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October 27, 1962

October 27, 1962

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

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HOCKEY PICTORIAL

OCTOBER ISSUE Now At YOUR NEWSSTAND WORLD’S OFFICIAL HOCKEY MAGAZINE Stan Mikita’s Big Test In NHL ALSO • What Makes The Pocket Go, Go, Go? • Harry Howell Has The Last Laugh • Canada’s Hockey Playing MP—Red Kelly • Red Wings Look To The Future…

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Trail Smoke Eaters Left Without Competition As Rossland, Nelson Quit Forcing Loop To Fold

KELOWNA, B.C.— The Allan Cup champion Trail Smoke Eaters are a hockey club without a league at the moment. The Smokies were left high and dry along with the Kimberley Dynamiters when the Western International Hockey League decided that two teams weren’t enough to form a league and voted to cease operations, ending 60 years of play. The decision to fold the league came after Rossland backed out of the remaining three-team set-up because of the difficulties of obtaining a playing coach and other troubles. Nelson Maple Leafs had dropped out earlier. At one time the league embraced teams from as far away as Lethbridge, Alta., and Los Angeles. In 1936, Kimberley won the World Hockey Championship. Trail, representing Canada in this year’s competition, won the world title in 1939 and 1960. The Dynamiters and Smokies…

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Robin Hood Oats

Most Valuable Player Awards • OVER 2000 HOCKEY TROPHIES AWARDED ANNUALLY TO CANADIAN YOUNGSTERS, 7 to 14, WITH ALLROUND ATHLETIC AND SCHOLASTIC ABILITIES • SEE “HOW TO SCORE MORE GOALS”, A 24-MINUTE SOUND MOVIE STARRING GORDIE HOWE, DETROIT’S GREAT RIGHT WINGER • FOR TROPHY DETAILS AND FILM RESERVATIONS, WRITE ROBIN HOOD SPORTS PROGRAM, BOX 8505, MONTREAL, CANADA Robin Hood Flour Mills Limited…

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Mathers Keeps His Promise, Delights Fans By Showing Nine New Faces In Opener

HERSHEY, Pa.— The Hershey Bears, as usual came home to a rousing welcome with 6,800 fans pouring through the turnstiles to get a peek at the ‘new look’ outfit in its American League season debut against the revamped Pittsburgh Hornets. The near capacity audience was the biggest opening night crowd in recent years, and from all indications pro hockey is, without question, the No. 1 sport in mid-state Pennsylvania, long noted for its football addicts. However, with the Bears drawing better than a million and a quarter fans in the last half-dozen years, all other sports have been shoved into the background. Coach Frank Mathers, who vowed last season to return for the 1962-63 campaign with new faces, iced nine new skaters, including seven rookies. Hershey edged the Hornets, who have 11 new men, 3-2…