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November 30, 1963
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Schmidt’s Problems Quite Simple, Bruins Need Another “Johnny Bucyk”
BOSTON, Mass.— Milt Schmidt has been running into problems up front as the Bruins seek an improvement in their NHL status. His main need seems to be for two Johnny Bucyk-type forwards — and for the stretch of games which followed that with the Chicago Black Hawks here Nov. 10, he didn’t have one. Bucyk sustained a severe shoulder injury when he lost his balance and fell after being checked lightly by Chicago’s Pierre Pilote. The 203-pound Bucyk is probably the best cornerman in the NHL, highly proficient at digging the puck but of corners and setting up linemates. In addition, he is an excellent rusher and agile enough despite his bulk to work coihbination plays with smaller linemates. Bucyk’s feeding was the foundation on which the scoring success of the Bruins’ line…
Bisons Snap 4-Game Slump, Still Need Scoring Punch
BUFFALO, N.Y.— Adversity often brings out the best in some people, and the Buffalo Bisons, bearing a heavy burden of problems in the early days of the American Hockey League season, overcame some new ones as they broke off a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 win I over the Quebec Aces. The Bisons started witnout ngnt-winger Eddie Kachur (dislocated shoulder), leftwlnI ger Doug Robinson (flu), and defensemen I Bob Turner (foot injury). Defenseman Bob Wilson Jr., out for three i weeks with torn right knee ligaments, was pressed back into service and had to retire midway through the second period when he strained the knee again. Seconds later, Capt. Aut Erickson, the club’s top defenseman, stopped a shot with his ankle, missed two shifts and gamely finished the game on the limp. The Herd…
Laperriere Ranked Top Calder Prospect
MONTREAL, Que.- The National Hockey League rookie crop is considered ‘lean’ this season in comparison to past years. It is obvious the league doesn’t have a rookie crop to compare with the 1962-63 race in which Kent Douglas of the Toronto Leafs edged Detroit’s Doug Barkley for the award with Wayne Hillman of Chicago running a close third. All three were defensemen. This season, there are approximately ten players who qualify for the league’s Calder Trophy as the outstanding rookie of the year. Top prospects appear to be big Jacques Laperriere, a gangling defenseman with a blistering slap shot, and rugged right winger John Ferguson, a latecomer from the American Hockey League this year. Both are performing well with the Montreal Canadiens in their initial NHL campaign and they could grab the bulk of the…
Johns Back On Broadway With ‘New Look’
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Don Johns is a wholesome, all-American hoy who you’ve got to like once you get to know him. When Johns stepped on Madison Square Garden ice on November 17th, he was suitably welcomed by a healthy chorus of boos from the audience of 14,000. It was enough to make a guy take the next bus to Baltimore. But, blond, crew-cut Don did nothing of the kind. He simply played the best single game of defense New Yorkers have seen all season and was duly rewarded with a thunderous ovation at game’s end. That the fickle fans once again quickly reversed their policy toward a player was nothing new. But Johns’ extraordinary effort compelled analysis. He has been here before. He was a moderate to poor hitter, an adequate puck carrier but never…
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