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February 5, 1966
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Rousseau Close To Stardom
MONTREAL Que. The career of Bobby Rousseau has been something filled with the promise of better things to come. From the time he was a kid, playing his hockey on the frozen ponds of Quebec, he was marked as a star of the future. It’s common knowledge now in the hockey world, that Canadiens once purchased the rights to an entire juvenile team in order to bring Rousseau into the Montreal fold. That event occurred some years ago when Rousseau was playing hockey for a kid team in St. Johns, Quebec, region. The team in question belonged to the Detroit Red Wings and Canadiens bought it for a very sizeable sum. They did it for several reasons, of course, but one of the main ones was to obtain undisputed rights to Rousseau.…
‘Oldtimers’ Moore, Mosdell Provide Spark As Quebecers Beat Detroit ‘Vets’ Again
DETROIT, Mich.— Quebec’s Old Timers hockey team proved conclusively that their 6-5 victory over Detroit Jan. 21 in Montreal was no fluke. They turned around a week later here in the Motor City and handed the collection of ex-Detroit hockey stars another beating 5-2 in the return game at the Olympia. A crowd of 12,394 yelled with delight as the Old Timers made their appearance on the ice where they have carved their niche as Red Wings and with various other NHL teams. Dickie Moore, one year removed from the National League wars, and hard-nose Ken Mosdell, provided the impetus for the Quebec victory. Moore scored the opening goal and assisted on markers by Floyd Curry and Butch Bouchard. while Mosdell assisted on all three of those goals. The victory gave Quebec Oldtimers a sweep of…
Reds Deal ‘Bad Boy’ Blackburn To Vancouver, Flaman Adds Five New Faces In Club Shake-up
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Continuing concentrated efforts to streng - then their club for a strong finish during the final two months of the American Hockey League race, the Rhode Island Reds traded suspended defenseman Bob Blackburn to Vancouver Canucks as part of a five-player deal with the Western Hockey League club. The last-place Reds revealed Blackburn has been traded to Vancouver in a two-for-one deal, involving the permanent acquisition of defenseman Wayne Muloin and veteran left-winger Ron Hutchinson. Mudoin, only 24,, has been playing for the Reds the past three weeks on loan from the New York Rangers. The talented youngster, drafted by New York from Detroit for $20,000 two years ago, now becomes property of the Reds. In addition, the Reds announced that winger Wayne Larkin, owned by the Montreal Canadiens, has been sent to…
Little Bear Ubriaco Seen Club’s Big Hope For All-Star Honors
HERSHEY, Pa.— One of the Hershey Bears best bets for all-star recognition this season is Gene Ubriaco, a pint-sized forward who packs the punch of a howitzer in his stick. The 5-8, 160-pound left winger is headed for his greatest AHL season, one which could see the Sault Ste. Marie native top the 30-goal mark. At the campaign’s halfway point, Ubriaco had 18 goals, three more than he scored in the 63 games he played for Hershey last season. A shoulder injury in the 1964-65 season sidelined him for nine games. Ubriaco is on a line with center Mike Nykoluk, the Bears’ captain and Bruce Cline. For the first ten games in January, the trio averaged 3.4 points a game with 14 goals and 20 assists. Ubriaco, a fast, shifty skater, has scored at least once against…
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