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February 6, 1965
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Boyer, Cheevers, Litzenberger Star As Americans Put In Hectic Five Days
ROCHESTER, N.Y. It’s impossible to sort out the feature of the five-day span from Jan. 20 through the 24th for the Rochester Americans. Glancing over the happenings in chronological order, we see that: Jan. 20 The Amerks went into Buffalo to face the only club with a chance of overhauling them for the American Hockey League’s Western Division crown and came out with a 1-0 victory. Wally Boyer scored the game’s only goal with only a minute and 19 seconds remaining and his team a man short because of a penalty. Boyer picked up the puck in his own end and went the length of the ice for the big unassisted tally. Goalie Jerry Cheevers held the high-scoring Bisons scoreless for the third time this season while posting his fourth shutout. Three of his whitewashings have…
Broken Hand Ends Johnston’s NHL Net Run At 166 Games
BOSTON, Mass. Eddie Johnston reluctantly stepped out of the Boston Bruins’ net the night of Jan. 31 but not before he had established himself as the NHL’s latest aspirant to the goalkeeper’s ‘iron man’ title. The courageous Bruin puck-stopper suffered a broken bone in his hand against the Maple Leafs the previous night in Toronto and was unable to take his regular place on the ice when the teams met again back at the Boston Garden for the Jan. 31 game. Johnston, who will be sidelined for at least five or six weeks, had played in 166 consecutive games before yielding his post to Jack Norris, the rookie goaler whom the Bruins called up from Los Angeles Blades of the Western Hockey League to replace Johnston. The cool-nerved Johnston, playing his third year with…
How They Stand
ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE (Standings on Mon. Feb. 1) (NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto 2. Montreal. 3. Chicago. 4. Detroit 5. New York. 6. Boston) GAMES COMPLETED Tues. Jan. 26 Oshawa 5, Peterborough 3 Thurs. Jan. 28 St. Catharines 6, Hamilton 6 Niagara Falls 4, Peterborough 3 Fri. Jan. 29 Montreal 5, Hamilton 3 Niagara Falls 5, Oshawa 3 St. Catharines 6, Kitchener 4 Sun. Jan. 31 Peterborough 4, St. Catharines 3 Montreal 6, Kitchener 2 Hamilton 8, Oshawa 1 Niagara Falls 4, Toronto 4 GAMES TO COME Tues. Feb. 2 Kitchener at Oshawa Toronto at St. Catharines Hamilton at Peterborough Thurs. Feb. 4 St. Catharines at Hamilton Montreal at Peterborough Fri. Feb. 5 Oshawa at Montreal St. Catharines at Niagara Falls Toronto at Kitchener Sun. Feb. 7 Toronto at Montreal Oshawa at St. Catharines Niagara Falls at Kitchener Peterborough at Hamilton LEADING SCORERS (Including games of Sun., Jan. 24) GOALKEEPERS’ RECORDS…
Leafs’ Future Looks Bright After Surviving Injury Jinx
TORONTO, Ont. The immediate future looks bright for Toronto Maple Leafs. They’ve ridden out a series of crippling injuries and an extremely tough schedule and have managed to remain within striking distance of the National Hockey League leaders. “If we don’t run into more bad luck, things should be easy from here in,” says coach Punch Imlach. Dave Keon, Bob Pulford, Frank Mahovlich, George Armstrong, Andy Bathgate and Ron Ellis all have been missing from the lineup for varying periods of time. And during the first 17 days of 1965, Leafs played 10 games. Of the last nine, they won six and tied two, even while working with a depleted squad. “We average only two games a week,” Imlach said, as Leafs started a week off Jan. 25. They had another open week later on, too. “We…
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