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March 2, 1963
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Melville Hot After First Loop Pennant
SASKATOON, Sask.— Neck-and-neck battles at both ends of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League standings highlights the final two weeks of the regular season. Melville Millionaires, striving towards their first league pennant in an eight-year history, and Estevan Bruins, regular visitors to the upper brackets, are the participants of the No. 1 struggle. Scotty Munro’s Cubs, who last year topped the regular schedule but lost out to Moose Jaw Canucks in playoffs, are seeking a chance to redeem themselves. The Moneymen, undoubtedly the hungrier of the two, had a substantial lead at one time; lost it, but have managed to keep a nose ahead of Bruins in the final run for the wire. First place carries with it a financial bonus as well as a definite advantage in the six team playoff pairings. The pennant winner…
Kelly Ranks 23rd Among Ice Greats
TORONTO, Ont.— Although he spent 13 of his 16 big league years as a defenseman, Red Kelly of the Leafs, ranks 23rd among the National Hockey League’s all-time scoring greats. Kelly recently banged in his 226th NHL goal allowing him to tie Alex Delvecchio and Roy Conacher and pass Charlie Conacher on the league’s all-time list. If he can garner another six goals before the season closes, Red will also catapult over such past ice stars as Dit Clapper and Bill Cook, 228; Milt Schmidt 229, and Ted Kennedy 231. Red is the sixth highest active scorer in NHL today, out ranked only by Gordie Howe, Bernard Geoffrion, Jean Beliveau, Andy Bathgate and Dickie Moore in that order. During his 13 years with Detroit, Kelly played 846 games, scored 154 goals, had 297 assists…
Barons Again Feel Balmer’s Hand As AHL Chief Disallows Protest
CLEVELAND, Ohio— Never has the name of Jim Balmer graced the Cleveland Barons’ lineup, but he currently has had a lot to say about the fortunes of the Cleveland team. Jim Balmer would be James G. Balmer, president of the American Hockey League. Because of one of his decisions, right winger Dick Van Impe, involved in a pushing incident with Referee Dalton McArthur, recently sat out a six-game suspension just when the Barons were making threatening gestures toward the Buffalo Bisons. Van Impe’s absence hurt the club, which dropped a pair of consecutive home ice decisions to Buffalo and Springfield. The latter game forced another decision on Balmer, but, once again, his ruling went against the Barons. General Manager Jack Gordon of the Barons protested the club’s 4-1 loss to Springfield on February 13, claiming that…
Construction Start On New Garden Planned For June In New York
NEW YORK, N.Y.— New York City has officially given its green light to the $100,000,000 Madison Square Garden III, which will be the Rangers’ 25,000-seat arena in 1966. Legal go-ahead on the sprawling sports center was provided by the City’s Planning Commission and Board of Estimate, both of which had to approve the new Garden plans before construction actually can begin. “Work on the new Garden will begin in June,” Rangers’ President Bill Jennings told THE HOCKEY NEWS. “That’s when we’ll start tearing down Penn Station.” The Garden complex, comprising four buildings, will be built over Pennsylvania Station tracks, at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue. The present Garden is at 50th Street and Eighth Avenue. “We hope to have the new Garden completed in two-and-a-half to three years,” predicted Irving Mitchell Felt, chairman of the…
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