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February 2, 1963
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Balon Moves Into Horvaths Spot To Give Hebenton, Henry Big Lift
NEW YORK, N.Y.— With one eye on the calendar and one eye on the schedule, coach Red Sullivan is remolding the obsolete New York Rangers into what he hopes be an up-to-date model capable of a miracle surge to the playoffs. Sullivan’s first major decision since becoming New York hockey leader live weeks ago was the unloading last week of listless center Bronco Horvath. The Brone was claimed on waivers by Toronto. “I don’t like to see the puck thrown away blindly,” said Sullivan in an obvious allusion to Horvath. “Not when a player has a chance to carry it.” Horvath was notorious for his chronic habit of dumping the puck into the other team’s end, a trait that disturbed Sully. “Once you lose that puck,” said Sullivan, “it’s a pretty darn hard thing…
EHL May Establish Hall Of Fame
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The Eastern Hockey League is seriously considering the creation of a league Hall of Fame to honor players whose performances in the circuit were outstanding. President Tom Lockhart said the proposed idea is to restrict membership in the Hall of Fame to players and administrators and that the original members will be limited to five players and two administrators. Lockhart also said it is not intended to attract attention by naming major leaguers men who played at one time or other in the league but to cite those who actually were stars in the loop. A three-man committee including Charley Kunkle of Johnstown, Ray Miron of Knoxville and Bud Dudley of Philadelphia is working on the proposal which will get consideration at the coming league session. The idea is to make…
Blades Cutting Up With ‘New Look’
NEW HAVEN, Conn.— The rejuvenated New Haven Blades have a new look on life these days as they point for second place in the Eastern Hockey League’s Northern Division instead of just hoping for a playoff berth. Wally Kullman’s team was virtually rebuilt after the ill-fated bus mishap down south. Through some judicious moves, the Blades came back to life and captured nine of their 12 games before heading for their final southern junket. Prior to the last trip, the team was in the doldrums as it departed. This time the club was full of ginger and certain it would fare well on the tour. The Blades have been doing well even though Don Young has been sidelined with a concussion and Gil Moffat with a shoulder separation. As a result only one…
Omaha Making Big Push For Lead With Schedule Favoring Knights
OMAHA, Neb.— After languishing in fifth place for most of the season, torn with internal problems and subjected to a change of coaches before the halfway point in the race was reached, the Omaha Knights finally appeared ready to make their run for the title. The upturn in fortunes, if it was really to prove so, appeared to come about on the weekend of Jan. 19-20, when the Knights, with a blazing offensive, stunned the Minneapolis Millers, 9-2 and followed up the night by blitzing the Muskegon Zephyrs, 10-2, knocking them out of first place. The rousing offensive play of the Knights had the Ak-Sar-Ben regulars blinking in disbelief. It was the fourth straight victory on home ice. Against Mineapolis, Chick Chalmers registered Omaha’s first hat trick of the season. The next night John…
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