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August 1, 1965
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Camille Henry Produced Most Power Play Goals
MONTREAL, Que. Camille Henry doesn’t measure up to the National Hockey League’s more muscular super stars like Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe, but the wily 152-power veteran can put the puck in the net better than any other major leaguer when the power play is on. Henry, the 32-year-old left winger whose NHL career is in jeopardy as the result of a chronic back ailment, emerged as the leading power play goal scorer in the league last seoson while serving the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers. Henry scored 13 times for the Rangers and later added three more when he was traded to the Hawks for a league-leading total of 16, four more than Howe, the solid citizen of the Detroit Red Wings. While Henry was the top individual penalty goal scorer,…
Bathgate, Brewer Eyed By CBC For TV Hockey
TORONTO, Ont. The Canadian Broad-casting Corporation’s trend towards specialists in its football and hockey telecasts of the future could bring such name NHL stars as Andy Bathgate and Carl Brewer right into your living room. The CBC has decided it wants men who actually performed in the field to lend their knowledge and color to telecasts of Canadian pro hockey and football games. So far, two hockey players and three ex-football stars—hace submitted to tests by the CBC. The two hockey men, Bathgate and Brewer, are still engaged in the game actively and their television debut may have to be either putt off a few years, if they are acceptable, or used in spot assignments when they are not playing league games. Alex Ponton, Fred Black and Lynn Bottoms, all former members of…
Mother of Hobs’ Stars, Mrs. Richard Dies at 65
MONTREAL, Que. Probably hockey’s most famous mother, Mrs. Onesime Richard, died in a Montreal hospital last month after a long illness. She was 65. Mother of Canadiens’ spectacular hockey stars, Maurice ‘Rocket’ and Henri Richard, she was one of the most fervent fans of her two famous sons and was a regular spectator at Forum games for many years. Mrs. Richard was survived by her husband, sons Maurice, Henri, Rene, Claude and Jacques, and three daughters. Both Claude and Jacques played pro hockey as well.…
Ducks Complete Deal To Stay In Long Island; New York Rovers Withdraw From Loop For Year
COMMACK. N. Y. Joy reigns here among the fans of the Long Island Ducks for the threat of the loss of their Eastern Hockey League team has all but vanished through some last ditch man euvering. Although all the details were not ironed out, the Ducks definitely will remain here where they were supported so handsomely the last few years by the rabid fans. Threats of moving the club to St. Petersburg, Fla., Syracuse and Philadelphia are now dead since owner Al Baron has been able to work out a deal satisfactory to the club and to the new owners of the Commack Arena. Here’s what happened. The arena has been sold tentatively to a new group by Whitey Carlson, the man whose rental terms made Baron want to move the Ducks. The…
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