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January 11, 1964
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Howe Only Three Points Behind Last Year’s Pace
DETROIT, Mich.— Gordie Howe seems to be warming up and if his second half this season is anything like last year’s, it could put the Red Wings on sound footing for the playoffs. Howe clicked at a 25 goal, 29 assist pace in the final 35 games last season and wound up with his sixth scoring championship. And, after 33 games this season. Howe was only three points behind last year’s pace, scoring 12 goals and assisting on 17. The 35-year-old superstar had an explosive start this campaign with three goals in his first two games and then bad his ankle cut. The injury, plus the pressure of tying and then breaking Maurice Richard’s 544 goals record had its effect. In a 17 game span, Howe scored only two goals— the 544th and then, six…
Plover ‘Feud’ Simmers Between Blues, Hobs
NEW YORK, N. Y.— The New York Rangers visit the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. uary 23, a date that offers some interesting possibilities— like an NHL record for penalties in a game. Judging by the Dec. 29th bout (s) between the New York and Montreal clubs about a dozen referees will be needed to patrol the pond. Referee Vern Buffey called l06 minutes in penalties as fight followed fight— although the boxing itself was questionable. “None of this is good for hockey,” said NHL President Clarence Campbell who witnessed the following bouts— Harry Howell Terry Harper, Rod Gilbert Ralph Back strom, Larry Cahan-J. C. Tremblay, Vic Hadfield-Claude Provost and Howie Glover-Jacques Laperriere. Ranger general manager Muzz Patrick was not overly perturbed over the outbreak before a standing-room crowd of 15,925. “ This was not a donnybrook,”…
Halifax Player Loses Eye After Falling On Skate
HALIFAX, N.S.— The career of rugged defenseman Jim MacLean, one of the outstanding rearguard starts in Maritime hockey, may be over f after an accident in a Nova Scotia Senior I Hockey League game cost the 26-y ear-old I an eye. MacLean, a Sydney native who starred with champion Amherst Rambler teams but who this year was with Halifax Tartans, lost an eye after the blade of a I skate struck him in the eye when he took a spill in a game at Moncton. The loss of the hard-hitting blueliner was only the latest in a long list of setbacks to the Tartans this year. Since the campaign opened in October the team has lost no less than 11 players from their then-contending lineup. The loss of the players has caused the management…
Hodge More Relaxed, Wins Netminding Job With Help Of Mask
MONTREAL, Que.— The Montreal Canadiens have done surprisingly well, so far this I season, and much of the credit for their showing belongs to a pintsized performer in the nets. Little Charlie Hodge, the perennial substitute, has emerged as a key factor for Habs in their strong display through the first half of the current schedule. The nimble little native of Lachine, P. Q., who was hauled up as a substitute for injured Gump Worsley last November, has won a goodly share of security and stardom for himself at the midway mark of the present campaign. “There’s no doubt about it,” says Toe Blake, “Charlie has been playing some of the best hockey of his career for us, this season. Some of the saves he’s made have changed the whole trend of a…
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