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October 12, 1963
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New Yorkers To See More Of Rangers Live’ On TV
NEW YORK, N.Y.— A New York brewery is making a valiant attempt to slake New Yorkers’ thirst for hockey by televising 18 NHL games into the Metropolitan Area, 12 of them involving the Rangers. The games, most of which will come over “live” rather than taped open Saturday, Oct. 12th, and will be available on Channel 11 (WPIX), same station that carried the shows last year. Madison Avenue ad men, always sensitive to the public pulse, said the Blue shirts’ bouts were installed again because of a hyperactive interest in hockey hereabouts. “Our response when we brought hockey back to TV last year was very gratifying,” said spokesman Tom Villante “We received numerous letters from Ranger fans thanking us. “And after the season was over, we were deluged with requests asking up to again sponsor…
Capacity Crowd Sees NHL Leafs Blank All-Stars
VANCOUVER, B.C.— The Western Hockey League All-Stars went down to defeat at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs but they were a howling success at the box office. A capacity crowd of 5,080 watched the Stars drop a 3-0 exhibition victory to the National Hockey League champions as Goalies Johnny Bower and young Swedish star, Kjell Svensson, slammed the door on the WHL selects. Eddie Litzenberger gave the WHL All-Stars most trouble, scoring once on Don Head of Portland in the first period and again on Seattle’s Claude Dufour in the second. Dave Keon scored the first goal for the National League club on passes from Ron Stewart and Dickie Duff. Bower played the first two periods, running his shutout string on the exhibition tour to six periods, and turned away 16 shots. Svensson,…
Hampson Promoted, Joyal Sent Down
DETROIT, Mich.— Detroit Red Wing Manager-Coach Sid Abel made his final line-up decisions and selected a squad of 17 players to open the new season against Chicago. Ted Hampson was promoted to the Red Wing club as a spare forward and Eddie Joyal was sent down to Detroit’s Pittsburgh farm team. Hampson is a 26-year-old center who was drafted this summer from New York. Joyal, 23 and also a center, played last season with Pittsburgh, leading the team in scoring. He was called up to the Wings for the year’s 14 final games and the playoffs, in which he starred. “Eddie doesn’t know himself what happened to his play in recent exhibition games, but we just couldn’t go along with him any longer,” Abel said. “And while Joyal was having his troubles, Hampson…
Bradley Named Senior Bearcats Playing-Coach
FORT WILLIAM, Ont._ Bart Bradley has moved up from the playing ranks once | again to take on a coaching position. I Bradley, who coached the Dryden Rockets in the Ontario-Minnesota League after his sons with Belleville, played Iasi year with the senior Port Arthur Bearcats. This year he steps up to combine playing and coaching the Bearcats. He replaces Lee Fogolin, who is definitely through with coaching… Baldy James, long-time coach and hockey official in Thunder Bay has been transfered by his company to Nelson, British Columbia… Gary Venerruzo, reported to the training camp of the San Francisco Seals. An all-star defenceman in last year’s Lakehead Junior Loop Lorne Carruso was also to report to the Seals, but he broke his leg this summer in a freak accident and may be out for…
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