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October 28, 1961
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Galt To Play 13 Western Games Before Colorado
MELVILLE. Sask.—Secretarymanager Gordon Jukes of the CAHA announced that the Galt Terriers of the OHA senior league and 1960-61 Allan Cup champions will play 13 exhibitions games in western Canada on their way to the World Hockey Championships at Colorado Springs March 8-18. Jukes, at the same time announced that a Canadian team will tour Europe in December. Terriers, last season’s national senior champions, will play in every western branch. Jukes said the tour has the dual purpose of providing Galt with good pretournament competition and of financing their participation in the world championship tournament. Jukes said the Canadian team touring Europe in December has not yet been selected by the CAHA from a number of teams that have applied. Final choice would be made later this month. The Canadian team will play 13…
HOCKEY CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1. Pictured Chicago player. 8. Ed Panagabko’s second name. 9. Initials of Ezinicki, former N.H.L. player. 10. 7th & 14th letters of the alphabet. 11. Number of full seasons Marcel Pronovost has spent with Detroit. 12. The Maple Leafs catch road trip planes at this airport. 14. Pictured star never played—hockey (abbr.) 15. Mile (abbr.) 16. Name given the late great Cobb of baseball fame. 17. Bob Nevin’s father answers to this. 18. Initials of Mrs. Lou Fontinato. 19. Initials of 1959-60 N.H.L. scoring champion. 20. Initials of Asmundson, ex Ranger forward. 21. First two letters of pirouette. 22. One of the players at the Toronto training camp. 24. Month in which Portland’s Don Ward was born (abbr.) 25. Home State of 1960-61 Stanley Cup champions (abbr.) 26. A team in the WHL (abbr.) 27. Month in which the Jean Beliveaus celebrate their wedding anniversary. 30. Eddie Wiseman, former…
Trying Kids Make Losing Easier Than Crying Vets, Says Mr. Watson
BOSTON, Mass.—Phil Watson insists he no longer kicks doors and climbs walls after being clobbered by the opposition. “I haven’t learned to laugh at, or like, defeat,” says Watson. “It still hurts. But I realize that my kids—we have seven rookies—are going to make mistakes and take their lumps while learning the hockey trade, NHL brand. “But I’d sooner lose with kids that are trying than veterans who are crying.” Asked about goalie Don Head, the Bruins’ rookie from Portland of the WHL, who allowed 12 goals in his first two games, Watson replied: Don’t sell the guy short. He wasn’t to blame. They made lots of mistakes in front of him and cute guys like Harvey, Andy Bathgate and Camille Henry grow fat on those errors. “But my kids are intelligent. When I check…
‘He Treats Us Like Pros’, Say Blues Of Doug
NEW YORK, N.Y.— At 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night, Oct. 15, the New York Rangers took over undisputed possession of first place in the National Hockey League. The unlikely event was greeted with mixed emotions. “Why make an issue of it?” a Ranger official said, “the other clubs have played fewer games than we have.” Which was true. But the fact remained that New York won three of its first four games. And who can remember when that happened? The answer is 1940-41, a year the Rangers finished fourth. Their best opener in recent history was 1938-39 when they won four out of their first four. And wound up second. While some may pooh-pooh the Blueshirts’ opening surge as something of a bubble that soon will burst, others see it as a portent of things to…
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