Injuries Plague Oshawa But Hildebrand Still Hopeful Generals Will Make Playoffs

OSHAWA, Ont.— It was just 20 years between the time Ike Hildebrand played his last game of hockey for Oshawa Generals and when he signed last fall as coach of the same club. With the late Charlie Conacher coaching in the 1946-47 season the Generals finished in third place and were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs. Hildebrand, who in his younger days was perhaps more noted for his lacrosse ability than his hockey talents, may have the suspicion these days that he checked back into Oshawa a year too soon. With one of the younger teams In the circuit Oshawa has had little go right this season. Few of their players have escaped injury at some point in the schedule and what could have been the death knell as far as their…

Maniago Laments Long West Coast Trips

Flyers Catch Up With Sleepy North Stars TWIN CITIES, MINN. – The North Stars and their West Division brethren of the National Hockey League may well have it tougher next season when the schedule calls for 36 (Instead of 24) games against the established East Division clubs. But you won’t hear any of the NHL newcomers complaining. One of the main reasons, says Minnesota goalkeeper Cesare Maniago, is it will mean one, perhaps two fewer trips to the West Coast for games against Los Angeles and Oakland. “It isn’t too bad when we have a day off between games out there,” said Maniago, “but it’s murder when a club has to fly out of Oakland after midnight West Coas, time and get into the Twin Cities about 10 in the morning on the day of…

National Hockey League Summaries

Seattle Final Hope To Prevent Interlocking Sweep By AHL Teams

SEATTLE, Wash.— As the seattie Totems prepared to head East and the Baltimore Clippers prepared to swing West, the second interlocking series between the Western and American hockey leagues was just about history. As a “competition,” in fact, the series already was over. The American Leaguers held an advantage over the West of 3825-4. The Westerners would have to win the last 13 in a row — 8 in the East and 5 in WHL cities — to pull even. So complete was AHL domination in the “standings” that if Buffalo, Quebec and Springfield won final home-ice games against Seattle, there wouldn’t be a single American League loser in the interlocking series. Of the Western clubs, only Seattle, with the swing East to play, and Portland, with one home game left against Baltimore, could…