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January 29, 1966
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Three NHL Rinks Get New Clocks
MONTREAL, Que. Credit National Hockey League president Clarence Campbell with giving three of the league’s cities a ‘new look’ in game time cloeks. It was Campbell’s recommendation to the NHL governors during the summer hockey meetings that timing devices in all six arenas could be improved. Three of the six teams decided to act on Campbell’s advice. Montreal, Detroit, and Toronto proceeded to arrange for new clocks to be installed in their rinks. Canadiens erected their new time-piece over centre ice and made the four-sided scoreboard bilingual to satisfy its French and English patrons. While Montreal went for its first mid-ice clock, the Detroit Red Wings decided to remove theirs from the middle of the Olympia and install devices at each end of the rink. Neither Toronto nor Detroit have their new clocks in operation…
Fred, Sandy Hucul Unusual Brother Act Plavinq As Defense Team With Victoria
VICTORIA, B.C. — Fred and Sandy Hucul are the only brothers playing defense side by side in professional hockey. It is a unique act, but no stunt. They may very well be the best defensive duo in the minors. And if Victoria wins the Western Hockey League pennant this season, they will be key figures. Both are playing tremendously well right now. They blend remarkably. Fred is left-handed, Sandy righthanded. Fred doesn’t throw a lot of muscle around, but he’s clever defensively. He’s the puck-carrier and scorer of the unit, one of the best in these regards among defensemen in the game. Sandy isn’t a great stick-handler or shooter, but he’s rough on defense. He’s the hitter of the unit. At mid-season, Fred had six goals and 23 assists for 29 points. He…
Leafs’ Rookie Brit Selby Makes Grade After Passing‘Tests’ From Howe, Green
TORONTO. Ont. The first time Brit Selby ever played in the National Hockey League, he was sent out on left wing against Detroit’s Gordie Howe. His job: check The Great one. Immediately, Selby hustled into a corner with Howe and tried to wrestle the puck away from him. Howe brought a subtle but sharp elbow up under the youngster’s chin, cracking his teeth together. “Welcome to the league, kid,” Howe said. Selby clenched his aching jaw, dug in and pursued Howe doggedly. Howe did not get a goal that night and Leafs won, 3-1. The next night, they played in New York and Selby scored once in a 3-3 tie. Three days later, Selby got the decisive goal in a 3-1 victory at Chicago. Selby then returned to Marlboro juniors and completed the 1964-65 season there. But…
Ex-NHL Stars Put Life In Hornets
PITTSBURGH, Pa. The play of two veteran centrem e n has reignited the spark in the Pittsburgh Hornets. The result has been another winning surge by Eddie Bush’s club. A couple of weeks ago the team went into a tailspin. They dropped five in a row and scored just ten goals in the process. General Manager Baz Bastien and Bush knew they needed’ help up front, especially with their third line. Don McKenney, a 228-goal man in the NHL, had been assigned to the Hornets but he alone was not enough. Then Bush and Bastien were treated to another belated Christmas gift when Sid Abel also transferred the 30-year old Billy Harris to the Hornets. Harris, a veteran of ten seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs, had talked of retiring when the Red Wings…
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