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October 29, 1966
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“BIG M” LAST OF NHL HOLDOUTS
— TORONTO, Ont. Frank Mahovlich became the last of the National Hockey League holdouts and the mutinous act got the ‘Big M’ a suspension and loss of salary from the NHL’s opening day Oct. 19 until he signs his contract. Mahovlich appeared to be anxious to sign but manager-coach Punch Imlach refused to waver in his negotiations with the starry left winger, who scored 32 goals last season for the Maple Leafs, second only to Bobby Hull’s 54. “So far as I’m concerned,” Imlach said, “he’ll have to come and see me. I won’t be phoning him.” Mahovlich’s reaction was simply, “I guess I’m a holdout. But I’d like to get back as quickly as possible,” he said, The ‘Big M’ said he and Imlach weren’t too far apart but refused to say how…
The Player Of The Week
Rod Gilbert came back to the National Hockey League wars last week after missing half of last year with a painful back injury and already he is making his presence felt for the New York Rangers. The 25-year-old Ranger ace clicked for the first ‘hat trick’ of the young NHL season last Saturday night in Toronto as the Blues and Leafs battled to 4-4 tie. Gilbert’s three goals coupled with two assists gave him a five-point week, a pretty commendable performance for a player whose big league hockey career hung in doubt all summer long while he recuperated from delicate back surgery. But the hustling New Yorker has shown no ill effects of the injury as he skated through training camp with five goals and into the first week of the NHL schedule…
WHL’s SUMMARIES
Fri. Oct. 14 LOS ANGELES 5 at SEATTLE 2 FIRST PERIOD SECOND PERIOD THIRD PERIOD SAN DIEGO 3 at VANCOUVER 5 FIRST PERIOD SECOND PERIOD THIRD PERIOD Sat. Oct. 15 LOS ANGELES 1 at PORTLAND 5 FIRST PERIOD SECOND PERIOD THIRD PERIOD SAN DIEGO 2 at SEATTLE 4 FIRST PERIOD SECOND PERIOD THIRD PERIOD CALIFORNIA 0 at VICTORIA 2 FIRST PERIOD No scoring. Penalties : Harris 2:24, Maxner 15:15. SECOND PERIOD THIRD PERIOD Sun. Oct. 16 CALIFORNIA 3 at PORTLAND 3 FIRST PERIOD SECOND PERIOD THIRD PERIOD OVERTIME PERIOD No scoring. Saves : McCartan 40, Head 24. Attendance : 5,522.…
NHL Teams Open With 10 Rookies
MONTREAL, Que.— The National Hockey League launched its 50th anniversary season with 10 rookies in the lineups of the six clubs — the same number of freshmen that answered the starting bell last season. The Boston Bruins, striving to gain their first NHL playoff berth in eight years, have the most rookies in their lineup. The Bruins opened the campaign with four first-year performers, followed closely by Detroit with three and Toronto Leafs with two. Chicago Black Hawks introduced one rookie — rugged defense man Ed Van Impe — who is also the oldest new player at the age of 26. Van Impe had been seeking to crash the Hawks’ lineup for the past four years but had been shutout every time. The retire ment of Elmer Vasko created a void and the…
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