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March 7, 1964
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Hockey News Closes Out Annual Selection Poll For NHL All-Star Teams
MONTREAL, Que. If you have always longed to pick a big league all-star team and compare it with the experts, here’s your last chance. THE HOCKEY NEWS this week closes the voting for its 17th annual National Hockey League all-star selections and invites its thousands of readers and fans throughout the world to participate in the poll. Merely clip the ballot shown on this page, read the voting regulations below carefully and then fill in your selection. It’s simple and it can be fun. HOCKEY NEWS 17th ANNUAL ALL-STAR POLL As has been the custom in the past, you are requested to pick a first and second NHL all-star team, printing the name of the player carefully on the ballot. Remember, you are also afforded a chance to cast a vote for the league’s outstanding…
Hodge Battling Hall Down To Wire For Vezina Trophy
MONTREAL, Que. — While Montreal and Chicago continue their titanic struggle to wrest first place in the National Hockey League away from one another, there are two other races that haven’t escaped the attention of hockey fans. Who will wear the crown as the NHL’s top goalie — Vezina Trophy winner — this year? Will it be little Charlie Hodge of the Canadiens or Chicago’s Glenn Hall or even the ageless wonder of the Maple Leafs, Johhny Bower? And then, too, who will emerge as the scoring champion, Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull, Jean Beliveau or maybe little Kenny Wharram? Both these questions will be answered in the closing three weeks of the NHL season but in the meantime, they’re keeping hockey fans alert for every change in both the individual scoring and goalkeeping races. Hodge,…
Aces Foiled By Edwards’ Hot Goaling
BUFFALO, N.Y. Roy Edwards isn’t likely to be anywhere near the head of the polls in the American Hockey League all-star voting this season, but the sometime goaltender of the Buffalo Bisons tortured the Quebec Aces and Floyd Curry recently. Edwards was a dominating figure in a 3-1 win over the Eastern Division leaders, and Curry, the Quebec coach, praised Roy’s work as the “best goaltending job turned in against us this season.” Edwards made two spectacular stops on breakaways in the first two minutes, and finished with six saves after Quebecers had broken into the clear. In the same game, Gump Worsley, the Aces’ backstop, also turned in a sharp effort, despite the fact he had suffered a pulled groin muscle a night earlier in Springfield. Edwards, who has shared the Buffalo goaltending job…
Balon Surprise To Habs
MONTREAL, Que. The 1963-64 hockey season is one that will hold many memories for a man named Dave Baton. It was a season that began in obscurity for him and is finishing on the brink of stardom. It was a time when he established himself as a potent scorer, to the surprise of everyone including Toe Blake. Most of all it was a year in which he clicked at left wing — a position he tried to avoid like the plague before coming to Montreal. “I never thought I could play that position,” says Dave. “I came up as a centre and broke in with Rangers as one. Then they switched me to left wing with Jean Ratelle and Rod Gilbert, and it didn’t work out. I was hoping they’d put me back…
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