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October 21, 1961
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On Paper Herd Looks Like AHL Team To Charge
BUFFALO, N.Y— Although Coach Billy Reay was still experimenting with the makeup of his forward lines less than 48 hours before the regular-season opener, the Buffalo Bisons were being hailed as the team to beat in the American Hockey League’s Western Division. With only two left-wingers on the roster after the club broke camp at nearby Welland, Ont., and moved to Buffalo for several drills on the large playing surface at Memorial Auditorium, Reay toyed with the idea of making wingers out of two veteran centers, Brian Cullen and Larry Wilson. Culen rejoined the club three days before the opener following a week-long holdout siege at his St. Catharines, Ont., home. Wilson, one of the last Bisons to come to terms, together with Cullen, Dave Creighton and Art Stratton, gave the Herd four…
Lynn Puts Okay On His Goaler
BOSTON. Mass.— Don Head still has to prove his ability to five other National Hockey League teams, but he has already convinced his manager of his talent. In Lynn Patrick’s opinion Head is of NHL calibre. At first thought that may sound as though Patrick might feel it necessary to justify his purchase of Head from the Portland Buckaroos of the Western League. But at second thought, Patrick should be a man who is cautious in his appraisal of Bruins’ goalkeepers. Is it necessary to offer the reminder that the Bruins have had some goalkeeping problems in the past half-dozen years? Patrick’s rating of Head was the only one of a personnel nature made by the Bruins’ boss on the eve of the opening of their 38th season here. Said Patrick, “There’s one thing I’m sure of…
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Brown Sticks Foot In Watson’s Closed Door Policy Swiftly
BOSTON, Mass.— The Bruins’ dressing room here is still open to properly accredited sportswriters, sports-casters and telecasters. Phil Watson is not picking up where Ted Williams left off in his relations with the men who cover the National Hockey League for the several information media. The flurry of criticism which erupted in the wake of a “closed door” policy allegedly announced by Watson has subsided. The Bruins’ dressing room is open to sportswriters and sports-casters 10 minutes after each game. It is also open for the purpose of dispensing information immediately after Bruins’ practices. And the Bruins’ “open house” policy set by Art Ross is in its 38th season. When the report was circulated that Watson was barring press and radio personnel from the Bruins’ quarters at all times, the new coach was promptly paddled in print…
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