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November 16, 1963
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Off-Season Rodeo Cowboy, Hawk Winger Riding High
CHICAGO, Illinois— John McKenzie, a rodeo cowboy in the off-season, is set to ride high in his third try at the National Hockey League. He’s getting every chance to make good with the Chicago Black Hawks as right winger on the high-scoring Bobby Hull-Billy Hay line. “It’s a terrific break for me,” says the husky, 170-pound forward who first came up with the Black Hawks five years ago. He also spent a season and a half with Detroit Red Wings before going back to the minor leagues for the past three seasons. McKenzie came “back home” to the Black Hawks this season and was put right on the HulT-Hay line in training camp by new coach Billy Reay, under whom McKenzie had played at Buffalo in the American Hockey League last season. … “It's My…
Plante Not Talking Anymore—About Hubs
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The already embarassed Jacques Plante has vowed not to say another word about his former Montreal Canadiens teammates. Plante has become a somewhat penitent orator since his candid comments about the debility of the Canadiens prodded the Habs to efforts above and beyond the call of their ability. In three games, two in Montreal, the other in New York, Plante was stoned with 131 shots and permitted 15 goals. He lost all three games. Some of Jacques’ teammates suggested he would have been better off declaring an embargo on future anti-Canadiens’ statements. Jacques agrees. “I am not saying any more about Montreal,” Plante observed at a recent N.Y. hockey writers’ luncheon. “All I did was get them mad at me.” The Canadiens endorsed his statement without equivocation. “We were delighted to beat him,” said Jean…
Fund Drive Saves New Glasgow
NEW GLASGOW, N.S.— A playing coach singing the hit parader “Sugar Shack” over the radio; a goalie riding a horse through the main street of town; and three forwards and a defenseman combining their talents as the “French Quartette". Sounds absurd? Well, it really happened here and it may have saved the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League from becoming a thing of the past. It all started when New Glasgow Rangers were forced to open the 1963-64 season in nearby Stellarton while repairs were made to New Glasgow Stadium. Fans just wouldn’t go the extra distance to see games and within two weeks the club was threatening to quit the four-team league because of critical financial problems. The players, however, not wanting the team to call it quits, combined with team management on an emergency…
Marlboros Display Class To Head Early Loop Race After ‘Showdown’ Win
ST. CATHARINES, Ont.— The Toronto Marlboros were setting the early pace for the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A league race and no one was disputing the Dukes ice superiority. They looked great in their 11 OHA starts and even came out ahead 7-6 in their first “showdown with the strong Montreal Canadiens. Kitchener coach Steve Brklacich said the Marlies oozed class and he was expecting the worst when his Rangers encountered the Toronto farm hands. The Marlboros lost only five of a possible 22 points in their first 11 games, dropping a close 7-6 decision to second place Peterborough and, surprisingly, being held to a 6-6 tie by the last-place Hamilton wings. With 17 points the Dukes, re-entered in the provincial league after an unsuccessfuly two years with the now-defunct Toronto Metro League, head the…
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