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April 21, 1962
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Ironman Wilson Hangs Up His Gear Forever
TORONTO, Ont.— Maple Leafs’ 7-1 shellacking of New York in the wrap-up game of their semifinal series provided the swan song for Rangers’ Johnny Wilson, hockey’s iron man. The industrious winger, who played in 580 straight games during his NHL career with Detroit, Chicago, Toronto and New York, announced his retirement after the game. “Hockey’s been wonderful to me,” Wilson said. “But I’ve had enough living out of a suitcase. It’s time I stayed home with my family. I have a fulltime job in Windsor.” Wilson’s string of consecutive games began with the final 20 tilts of the 1951-52 season and was broken at the start of the 1960-61 season when he was a minor holdout and Leafs sent him to Rochester. Later he was dealt with Pat Hannigan to Rangers for Eddie Shack. Johnny…
Your Kind of Player
TORONTO, Ont.—After two games in the Stanley Cup finals it became obvious to everyone that the Toronto Maple Leafs were back in form. They whipped the Hawks in both games and look like a powerhouse doing it. One of the outstanding players in the pair of victories was left winger Dick Duff. In the opening 4-1 win Duff was all over the ice, backchecking, forechecking and carrying the play to the Hawks. He and linemates George Armstrong and Dave Keon inspired the Leafs to the win, with Duff supplying the spark for his linemates. He’s ‘Your Kind of Player.”…
Doug Sets May 1st For Decision On Next Move
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Doug Harvey’s future with the Rangers is being determined now in New York and Montreal and likely will be established by the end of the month. A public announcement is expected to follow. At the moment there are several possibilities. They are: Harvey will return as player-coach and everything will be rosy. Harvey will retire as player and seek to return as coach and everything won’t be rosy. Harvey will retire as player coach and return to his home in Montreal. More and more it appears that 37-year-old Doug has had it as a player. A proud All-Star, Harvey would like to leave the game in the same dignified manner as his former teammate Maurice Richard, while still a hero. If Harvey continues playing, his All-Star lustre is bound to tarnish and, by next…
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