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October 5, 1963
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Abel Bolsters All-Star Squad, Howe Eyeing Two Game Records
TORONTO, Ont.- Coach Sid Abel has selected an additional 11 players to fill out his National Hockey League All-Star team for the 17th Annual All-Star game, at Toronto, Oct. 5. The 11 players — three each from Detroit, Boston and Montreal and two from New York — will join nine of the first and second team members of last spring’s voting for the game against the Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs. Two of the official All-Stars for the 1962-63 season, however will play for the Leafs. They are first-team left winger Frank Mahovlich and Tim Horton, one of the second team’s defencemen. Carl Brewer, who was named to the first team’s defence, will miss the game because of a broken arm. Abel has named defenceman Marcel Pronovost, left winger Alex Delvecchio and centre…
McKenzie Seen New Wing For Hay-Hull
CHICAGO, m.— Johnny McKenzie, who has had shots with Chicago and Detroit before, appears to have won Murray Balfour’s right wing spot on the Hay-Hull line with the Black Hawks. McKenzie is a good hustler and has scored well in the American Hockey League. He played for Buffalo under Reay last year. When the final player cut comes, it apparently will be among rookie left wing Doug Robinson, right wing Balfour, center Murray Hall and forward Chico Maki. One of them will have to go. Exclude the rugged Mr. McKenzie, who has been sizzling in camp.…
Chicago Seen Most Improved In Camp Play
—CHICAGO, Ill.— If pre-season exhibition play means anything, look for the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blacks Hawks to show the way in the early National Hockey League race. The Red Wings won six of their first nine warm-up games, tied two and lost only once in an off-night performance against their Pittsburgh farmhands. The Wings led all camp teams in the matter of goal scoring with 49 and in points with 14. Billy Reay’s revamped Hawks, straining to regain their position at the top of the NHL, also won six of their 10 games, tied one and lost three. They followed the Wings with 13 points. The Wings had the distinction of numbering both Chicago and Toronto among their camp victories while the Hawks downed the Leafs twice. The Leafs, swinging through…