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May 1, 1963
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Douglas First Defenseman To Get Rookie Award
The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Vol. 16—No.31 MONTREAL, MAY, 1963 PRICE, 15ɀ MONTREAL, Que.— For the first time in the history of the National Hockey League, a defenseman has won the rookie-of-the-year award. Rookie Kent Douglas of Toronto won the Calder Memorial Trophy for 1962-63 over Doug Barkley of Detroit, another defenseman, in the closest voting ever staged for a league trophy. Douglas eked out his win by the narrowest of margins. He polled 99.4 points to 99.2 for Barkley. In the first half with Barkley garnering more points than Douglas. The husky Detroit rookie polled 51.3 points to 36.6 for Douglas. Actually it works out to 63 points in the first half for Douglas and 37 in the second for a total of 100 points. Barkley had 48 points in the first half and…
Total Votes Listed For Players Not On NHL’s All-Star Teams
MONTREAL, Que.— Players not making the First and Second All-Star teams who polled one or more points are as follows: GOALKEEPERS: Plante, 71; Worsley, 29; Bower, 6. DEFENSEMEN: Pronovost, 43; Talbot, 38; Gadsby, 36; Harvey, 32; Baun, 19; Douglas, 16; Boivin, 15; Barkley, 11; Mohns, 8; J.C. Tremblay, 7; Howell, 6; Fontinato, 5; Langlois, 5; MacNeil, 3; Wayne Hillman, 2; Stanley, 1; Johnson, 1; Neilson, 1; Young, 1. CENTERS: Keon, 56; Delvecchio, 8; Oliver, 7; Beliveau, 4; Harris, 2; Kelly, 2; Hay, 1. RIGHT WINGS: Geoffrion, 29; George Armstrong, 10; Williams, 4; Wharram, 2; Bucyk, 1; Hull, 1-Oliver, 1; Prentice, 1; Rousseau, 1. LEFT WINGS: Bucyk, 31; Gilles Tremblay, 17; Henry, 15; Parker MacDonald, 15; Ab McDonald, 15; Prentice, 10.…
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PASSING THE PUCK
• ONCE AGAIN the Official NHL All-Star Team is identical with the team selected by the readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS a month earlier… It’s the same old story year after year as the well-informed readers of Hockey’s International Weekly have the uncanny ability to pick the top performers in the League a good month before the Official Team is selected by hockey writers, broadcasters and telecasters from the six NHL cities… THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star Team Is the only NHL All-Star aggregation selected by the fans and it is usually a forerunner of the Official Team… Jack Griffin of the Chicago Sun-Times came closest of any NHL writer in calling the correct order of finish in our annual pre-season poll… Jack was the only member of our 18-man panel…
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