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February 29, 1964
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Howell Wins Overdue All-Star Votes
NEW YORK, N.Y — In Glen Oaks, a neat middle - income section of Queens, the Harry Howells have a running gag about the NHL All-Star Team. The Howells joke about it because, basically, they’re happy people who treat annoying subjects with good humor. The All-Star vote is annoying. “I always felt Harry was overlooked because he wasn’t a scoring defenseman,” Marilyn Howell once explained. “Voters tend to vote for the offensive - defensemen.” Argue with Marilyn Howell? Never. Last year’s number one All-Star was Pierre Pilote. Number two, Carl Brewer. Many offensive points there. Ordinarily, the Howells wouldn’t think twice about the vote, except that this season several enlightened (sic) writers noticed Harry and amassed 15 votes in his honor. This was a mere two votes behind Bobby Baun, who made the first-half second…
Stanley Cup Playoffs To Open March 26 In Home Rinks Of 1st, 2nd Place Teams
NEW YORK. N.Y.— The 1964 Stanley Cup playoffs will begin Thursday, March 26 in the home rinks of the first and second-place teams. All play offs games will be played Thursdays, Saturdays or Sundays and Tuesdays, with the exception of New York Rangers’ home games. The National Hockey League owners and governors, meeting in New York last week, settled the playoff arrangements and announced that should Rangers qualify for the playoffs, their home games will have to be Tuesday and Wednesday because of the unavailability of ice on other dates. The venue of the playoff games, however, could not be determined because the final placings of the six teams are not yet known. At the moment, Montreal and Chicago are fighting for first place, Toronto is third and Detroit is fourth. The Rangers,…
Mikol Not Flashy Performer But Gets Job Done For Barons
CLEVELAND, Ohio. W h e t h er or not the Cleve land Barons finish the American Hockey League season atop the Western Division remains to be seen. From present indications, either they will make it or trail in a photo finish with the Pittsburgh Hornets. Should they miss making the top rung, the fault hardly will lie with the Barons’ first line of Fred Glover, Ron Attwell and Jim Mikol. Glover, as usual, is battling for the AHL scoring lead. Attwell, reverting to his form of two years ago, is pacing the club in goal-scoring. What of the third man, Mikol? It takes three able men to make a good line click. Not as spectacular as Glover, not scoring goals with the same frequency as Attwell, Mikol still is doing his part. He is…
PASSING THE PUCK
• CHICAGO’S KEN WHARRAM appears a cinch to make the right wing position on this year’s NHL All-Star Team. The high-scoring little package of talent has been by far the best at that position this season and if he doesn’t get the nod the selectors should be investigated … Chicago will set a new record for most penalty minutes by a team this season. The former mark is 1072 minutes and was set by the Hawks in 1960-61. It looks like they’ll hit the 1200 minute figure with ease unless they change their ways … When Stan Mikita gives out cigars for being a recent Daddy, he gives out good ones. In fact, “Stash” goes first-class all the time … One of the grand old veterans in the NHL is…
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