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January 25, 1964
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PASSING THE PUCK
• FEWER GOALS are being scored in the NHL this season than in any of the previous five and the sixth-place Boston Bruins are accounting for much of the difference … The have had an average of 1.30 fewer goals per game this term … The Black Hawks, led by their scoring triumvirate of Bobby Hull. Ken Wharram and Stan Nikita, are averaging 3.22 goals per game, the best in the league … Their previous high was 3.10 per game which they set in 1961-62 … Don McKenney is regarded as New York’s biggest disappointment this season and the soft-spoken veteran feels the same way: ’Tm disappointed myself. I’m a goal scorer and I’m not scoring this year.” he confided … For seven straight years Don has scored 20 or…
Howe Rolling In Old Time Form Gives Wings New Play off Hope
Detroit. Mich Some plain talk and double helpings of Gordie Howe can work wonders for the Red Wings. M a n-ager-coach Sid Abel did the talking after a week in which New York slashed Detroit’s hold on fourth place from eight to three points. Howe, working with two sets of line mates and equally successful with both, did the stick work, setting up the winning goal in three games the Wings won in a four game span. Howe had left wing Andre Pronovost and center Eddie Joyal as one set and left wing Alex Delvecchio and center Pit Martin as his other team. “Too much Howe,” Ranger coach Red Sullivan said simply after a key Ranger-Wing game in which Howe rallied Detroit from 1-0 and 3-1 deficits to win, 5-3. It was the first time this…
Fans Gaze In Disbelief As Bruins Rip Leafs 11-0
TORONTO, Ont.- National Hockey League fans awoke the morning of Jan. 20 rubbing their eyes in astonishment and who could blame them. The NHL had suddenly gone whacky what with the lastplace Boston Bruins—noted for their inability to score goals— exploding for an unbelievable 11-0 victory over the defending cup champs, Toronto Leafs. But that was only half the story. The next night, the Leafs’ porous defense went out and stifled the leading Chicago Black Hawks—big league hockey’s highest scoring team—2-0. In the meantime, the Bruins could barely find the range the following night and had to settle for a 1-1 tie with Montreal. The game that really shock the fans was the Bruins’ pasting of the Leafs in the Maple Gardens — a hockey arena where the Toronto team is near invincible. It…
All Seven Teams To Finish Year
TOLEDO, Ohio. — Andy Mulligan, commissioner of the International Hockey League, sounded an optimistic note following a league meeting in Chatham, despite slumping attendance figures in Chatham, Windsor and Toledo. Mulligan declared that all seven teams are solvent and would be able to finish the sea-son. It was believed that the league’s sinking fund might be called upon to help some of the teams. The commissioner cited instances of how the game had been built up from a slow start in other cities and said he believed the same thing was possible in the Canadian cities. Chatham president Jack O’Rourke said that enthusiasm remained high in the team’s board of directors. “We are doing everything We can to remain I a membe.r of the IHL.” he told the league directors. “We’ll be in the…
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