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January 25, 1964
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Despite 33 Years, Boomer Still Canucks’ Leading Clutch Scorer
— MONTREAL, Que. Though his total goal production amountd to just 12 by mid-January, Bernard Geffrion was still Habs’ top scorer in at least one respect, this season. The veteran Boomer had accounted for more game-winning tallies than any other man on the team. Six of his 12 markers had spelled victory for Habs and proved that though Geffrion isn’t getting any younger, he’s still capable of the clutch performance that can give a team a lift. Geoffrion will be 33 next month, and, both in age and point of service, he’s the oldest player now on the club. He’s currently in his 13th full season with Habs, which doesn’t include the 18 games he originally played for them back in 1950-51. But, while time and a flock of injuries have certainly taken…
Flaman Pondering ‘Comeback’ As Reds Flop
PROVIDENCE, R.I ___ Coach Ferny Flaman was seriously considering a return to active service on the Rhode Island Reds blueline as the club hit a serious slump in early January. In mid-December the Reds were rolling along merrily, boasting a four-point lead in first place of the American Hockey League’s Eastern Division. By mid-January they were floundering in fourth place behind Hershey. Quebec and Baltimore. During that one month span Flaman’s charges won only three of 11 games, permitting a horrendous total of 52 goals for an average of 4.73 against per-game. Goalie Ed Giacomin, one of the league’s most bombarded netminders. hardly could take the entire blame. Defensive lapses, on the part of both the backline and forwards, caused most of the trouble. So serious was the overall defensive problem, that’ Flaman himself was contemplating…
Bruins Rookie Gets Big Chance
Broken Leg No Handicap, Dornhoefer Jumps To NHL — BOSTON, Mass. A need for his scoring ability gave Tom Williams an opportunity to become a regular right wing for the Bruins last season. And an injury to Williams — he has a broken wrist — has given Gary Dornhoefer a chance to take a regular turn at right wing with the Bruins this season. Dornhoefer jumped to the National Hockey League from Minneapolis of the Central League, a new operation which is rated a competitive step below the well-established American and Western Leagues. But for the 20-year-old youngster from Kitchener, Ont., the step to the Bruins has been even longer. He has come all the way from a hospital bed in Edmonton, Alta. When the Niagara Falls (Ont.) Flyers lost the Canadian junior championship in Edmonton…
Emms Envy Of Hockey Coaches With Two Top-Flight Netminders
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. Leighton A. (Hap) Emms, owner. manager and head coach of the Niagara Falls Flyers in the Ontario Hockey Association junior A league has a problem which must make him the envy of every other official in the eight-team group. While many of the teams are looking for one steady goaltender Emms is in the happy position of trying to decide before each game which of his competent guardians to use … Bernard Parent or Doug Favell. Parent was purchased by the Boston-sponsored Flyers for $5,000 during the off-season from Montreal Rosemounts of the Metro junior A league. Favell was obtained last season from St. Catharines Black Hawks for no charge as the Hawks, at that time, had three goaltenders. Although Parent has played the majority of the Falls’ games Favell, an outstanding…