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April 4, 1964
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Totems’ Collapse Surprise To Observers Around WHL; Seals Strong In Playoffs
SEATTLE, Wash. The surprise of the Western Hockey League season was the demise of the Seattle Totems, picked by many pre-season prognosticators as the class of the circuit this year. The Totes wound up fifth in the six-team loop, and virtually handed the fourth playoff spot to the San Francisco Seals. The Seals, mired in fifth place for the most of the campaign, surprised everybody by winning a few games in the final two weeks, but even then wound up backing into the playoffs, getting a hand from the lowly Vancouver Canucks. The Canadian skaters defeated the Totems, 4-3, when the latter had but three games to go and five points to make up. The Seals had but one contest left, and they lost that one ultimately, so it turned out they were…
’Too Small’ As Youth To Become Hockey Star, Jack Stewart Big Man With Sault Ice Minors
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — As a young boy, Jack Stewart was always too small to take an active part in sports. It never failed — he’d continually be picked as the 10th member of a baseball team or the 19th player on a hockey club. His athletic career was extremely brief. He finished public school at 15 and went to work as a bread salesman with a horse and wagon. Sports seemed entirely out of the question. There were more important things on the youngster’s mind, such as helping to support four brothers and a sister. Today, this same Jack Stewart is still a small man by physical standards. He’s 37 years old, stands five feet, five inches off the floor and after a full-course dinner may hit the scales at 130…
Plante Seen Big Let down Of Famed Summer Trade; Goyette Ranger Surprise
NEW YORK. N. Y. Although the first anniversary of the controversial Plante-Worsley-Goyette-Balon, etc., trade still is more than a month away, the initial results are in. And, furthermore, are downright surprising. When the Canadiens dealt Jacques Plante, Phil Goyette and Don Marshall to the Rangers for Dave Balon, Gump Worsley and some minor leaguers, observers freely predicted the complete disintegration of the Canadiens. “They will be lucky to make the playoffs,” boasted Plante, who also awarded himself the Vezina Trophy in advance. Aside from spotlighting Plante’s efforts, Jacques’ japes also revived a juicy question — how would the loquacious goalie perform on a team with a weak defense? The answer hardly enhanced Plante’s prestige. Unlike Cassius Clay, Jacques could not fulfill his promises. He allowed 224 goals in 65 games for a 3.44 goals against…
Hobs’ Gilles Tremblay Breaks Ankle In Playoff Series With Maple Leafs
MONTREAL, Que.- Left winger Gilles Tremblay-became the first serious casualty of the 1963-64, Stanley Cup playoffs when he suffered a broken ankle in the semi-final series. Tremblay, bothered by a leg injury most of the season, was knocked to the ice in the first period of the second game of the series with Toronto Maple Leafs. Defenseman Carl Brewer fell on the Canadiens’ player in the scuffling and Tremblay limped off the ice for the rest of the season.…
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