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January 11, 1964
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Odrowski Gives Seals Lift
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. After losses in games, the sport of ii hockey suddenly became fun again for the Sa Francis-co Seals and their fans. The Seals closed out the atrocious old year with three straight victories, two of them on the roa and. in doing so, finally regained some semblance of the club that won the championship last year. Key factor in the resurgence was newly acquired defenseman Gerry Odrowski, who may not look like Santa Claus, but there the resemblance begins. Odrowski, in from Quebec in exchange for center Cliff Pennington, had the good fortune to become synonymous with victory in San Francisco uniform, sparkling the Bay skaters to three in a row the final week of 1963. He helped the club to victories over Portland and Van couver on the road, then paced…
Hall, Mikita NHL’s Halfway Leaders
Hawks’ Stars Pocket $500 As Top Goaler, Point Man CHICAGO. III.— The Chicago Black Hawks rode the crest of three 20-goal scorers in Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita and Ken Wharram to lead the Natiinal Hockey League in scoring over the first half of the regular season race. They parlayed the steady play of five established major league defensemen and superb goaltending by veteran Glenn Hall to show the best defensive record in the league. Hall ended up as the first half Vezina Trophy leader ahead of Johnny Bower of Toronto to pocket $500. Hawks lost only one of 18 games at home and, except for a brief December slump, threatened a runaway of the league’s regular season race. Ks it was they led Montreal by five points and Toronto by seven is they passed…
Leafs On Schedule In Title Planning
TORONTO, Ont.— Punch Imlach calculations say Toronto Maple Leafs will need 8f points this season to retain their National Hockey League championship. Leafs were just off the pact their coach and general manager had prescribed for them as they approached the half-way point in their 1963-64 schedule. They had 40 points from their first 33 games, which meant they were at approximately the level Imlatch had hoped for. Only the unexpectedly strong showing of Chicago Black Hawk accounted for the fact Leafs wen seven points out of first place Imlach still was confident his club would finish in front if it could just maintain a consistent rate of success. “I figure we ned to win 75 percent of our home points and break even out of town,” he said. “That would put us in,…
PASSING THE PUCK
• JANUARY is a particularly busy month for the American League’s Pittsburgh Hornets. They played 15 games during that time, 9 on the road and 6 at home … Pittsburgh and Providence are staging a keen race for top spot in the Eastern section of the AHL … Chicago’s Kenny Wharram looks like a einch to win the right wing berth on the NHL All-Star Team at the mid-way mark …The team should line up as follows: Goal, Glenn Hall; Defense. Tim Horton and Pierre Pilote; Centre, Jean Beliveau; and Bobby Hull at; left wing with Wharram on the right side … This means the Hawks I would place four of the six players on the team … There’s a fine story on Wharram in the January HOCKEY PICTORIAL. It’s…
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