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October 24, 1964
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Wayne Hicks Quebec Aces
Wayne Hicks of the Qi Aces is off to another fast star the American Hockey League. The 26-year-old right winger the AHL’s point leader for the k part of the first two months o schedule last season and he has ed up the tempo already this In his first six games with the power laden Aces, Hicks has pumped ii goals to match teammate Bill Sutherland’s goal production. The two Quebec forwards are running one, two in the league point race as the Aces got off to their best start since coming into the league. Hicks has always been a prolific minor league scorer. Last season he hit for 36 in 70 games. He counted 22 for Buffalo in a 70-game schedule a few years back and shot 30 with Sault Ste. Marie…
Reds’ New ‘M-Squad’ Seen Ready To Knock Heads
— PROVIDENCE. R. I. Police action — something lacking in the Rhode Island Reds for years — has returned to Providence in the form of the Roosters’ new “M-squad". The “M-squad” consists of Larry McNabb and Con Madigan, two of hockey’s most bruising blueliners. Coach Ferny Flaman, whose Reds finished third in the American Hockey League’s Eastern Division last year, set out last summer to strengthen his club. His first move was to beef up the defense. In June, Flaman acquired the loan of McNabb from the Boston Bruins. Later, in September, he purchased Madigan from Los Angeles of the Western League. Both are tough fighters. “These two fellows are going to improve our defense vastly,” Flaman says. “Why in our exhibition schedule they hit a few guys and scared them to death “McNabb…
Western Ad Lib
LOS ANGELES, Calif.— As population patterns vary over the years, expansion in major sports leagues has been and will continue to be inevitable. However, the shifting of franchises is a poor substitute for expansion and provides an instability which is threatening public loyalty to and faith in these leagues. Baseball provides an excellent example with Milwaukee, Cleveland and Kansas City in real danger of joining cities which have lost their franchises. Milwaukee has held and Cleveland still holds the season attendance records in their respective leagues. Milwaukee and Kansas City have had their franchises for only limited periods. one wonders why league officials and owners prefer to blame the cities for attendance failures rather than their products or the way they package them? There was one franchise shift in the Western Hockey…
Roberts May Be Answer To Penalty Killing Woes
MONTREAL, Que. The Cana-diensmay I have found 1 the answer to a problem in the person of rugged Jim Roberts. The problem concerns their penalty-killing record, which as of last season left much to be desired. Habs ranked no better than fourth in penalty-killing effectiveness at the end of the past campaign. They trailed Toronto, Detroit and Chicago, in that order. However, at the tail-end of the season they obtained the services of Roberts, and things were beginning to improve just as time ran out. This season, Roberts is back and early indications are that he’s going to help Canadiens considerably whenever they’re shorthanded. He was credited with turning in a topnotch effort against Rangers, recently, when Habs took three penalties in a row yet held New York to two shots on goal.…
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