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October 31, 1964
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Veteran Claude Provost Off To Fast Start
MONTREAL, Que. A man who needed 25 games to score three goals, last season, has equalled that production in less than a week, this year. Claude Provost, a 31-year-old veteran now in his 10th season with Canucks, had emerged as the team’s leading goal-getter in the first week of the schedule. And, though one of his counters was into an empty net against Boston, Provost was perfectly content to take his points wherever he could find them. He was also happy, though puzzled, about the fact that he seemed to be skating in midseason form. “It’s hard to give an explanation for the skating,” says Claude. “Some years, a guy goes good right from the beginning, and other times it takes half the season to hit your full stride. I don’t know why…
Bisons’ GM Says Team Better Than Cup Sq.
BUFFALO. N. Y — Art Stratton and Paul Popeil missed the Buffalo Bisons’ season - opener as holdouts, and General Manager Fred Hunt could barely contain his enthusiasm after the pair signed in time for the second game of the schedule. Hunt, in a rare moment of unguarded optimism, compared the present Bisons with the club which won the Calder Cup two years ago, and said he liked the current Herd better. “We still need some help, and I’m not claiming any titles, or trying to put extra pressure on the team, but I feel this gang is better than our Calder Cup winners of two years ago,” he said. “We may not have as many individual stars, but there is much more balance, and that is very important. The last time we won…
Gerry Mazur Sizzling Winnipeg Goal-Getter, Sparks Braves To Title
WINNIPEG, Man. — Statistically speaking, centres generally get fat on assists. But Gerry Mazur’s diet is restricted to goals. The 18-year-old sophomore scored four during the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s pre-season tournament to help bring Braves the Charlie Gardiner Memorial Trophy. He fired two as Braves scalped Rangers 5-2 in the tournament opener. He contributed two more three nights later in a 6-3 win over Monarchs. The goals earned Mazur the tournament’s mythical scoring crown. They represented the only jewels in the headpiece. So what else is new. During his rookie whirl last season, the big centre (6’ 172) esablished the trend. He scored nine goals but was credited with only one assist in 25 games. His performance has generated optimism in the teepee. He and his rookie associates, Ed Skyhar and Bill Burns, give Braves depth up…
Harper Out, Indefinite Say Habs
MONTREAL. Que. —’ The Canadiens will be without the services of hardrock defenseman Terry Harper for an indefinite period, following his injury in an October 21st game at the Forum. Harper suffered an injury to the lumber vertebrae, after crashing into the boards in a game against the Chicago Black Hawks. He was treated in the Forum clinic and returned to the ice shortly after sustaining the injury; but had to call it quits after a brief turn on defence. He was then hospitalized for treatment, and no details were available as to when he might return to action. To help fill the breech, Canadiens called up Bryan Watson, who played 39 games for them last year. He will be used as a fifth defenseman. The 21-year-old rear-guard has been working regularly with…
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