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March 16, 1968
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Reaume Top Hope For Shore Award
ROCHESTER N.Y. - A year ago at this time Marc Reaume already had announced he was giving up hockey after a lengthy and starry career. Today the Rochester American is a leading candidate for the American Hockey League All-Star team and the Eddie Shore Plaque as the circuit’s outstanding defenseman. Reaume, then 33 years old, was playing with the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Pro League last season, and although the club was a distant last in the standings, Marc claimed that wasn’t the reason he was hanging up his skates. “I’ve just lost interest in playing… it’s not fun or even enjoyable any more,” he was quoted at the time. Right up until shortly before the 1967-68 season started, Reaume steadfastly refused to reconsider. Finally Joe Crozier, general manager and coach of the Amerks,…
Black Hawks Still Hope To Beat Out Canadiens For First Place Prize
CHICAGO, Ill. If Billy Reay should wind up with the reputation of being a lousy prophet, he won’t mind in the least. A couple of weeks ago, after his Black Hawks had been bombed twice in week-end competition with the Canadiens, Billy said that the race for first place in the NHL’s Eastern division was over that nobody could possibly catch the richly-talented Montreal skaters. Things have changed a bit since Billy conceded, however, and although the Hawks aren’t the only beneficiaries of the change, they are still very much in contention for the No. 1 spot they captured for the first time last season. At this writing, the Hawks had just come off a five game road trip in which they won 2 tied 2, and suffered a horrible 4-0 beating by the…
NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE EAST
Lorne Worsley is enjoying the finest season of his major league hockey career and barring a complete collapse, he should carry off the Vezina Trophy this season with the help of his goaling mate, Rogatien Vachon. Worsley, who had never scored more than four shutouts in any previous NHL season, already has six to his credit and two of them came last week in spectacular back-to-back performances. The Gumper lowered his season goaling average to a fantastic 1.90 by blanking the Oakland Seals 2-0 on the West Coast and then returning home to collar the slipping Black Hawks 5-0 in Montreal. The twin shutouts gave the Montreal goaling team a 12-goal pull over their nearest rivals in the Vezina race and again established the veteran Worsley as Canadiens’ top net custodian. THE HOCKEY NEWS…
Blair’s Bench Masterminding Paying Off For North Stars
TWIN CITIES, Minn.— A hat trick and a hot goalkeeper … That’s what was on the minds of 14,706 fans who poured out of Metropolitan Sports Center March 2 following Minnesota’s stunning 3-2 Cesare Maniago victory over high-flying Montreal. But with all due respect to Wayne Connelly’s second three-goal game of the season and Cesare Maniago’s magnificent puck-stopping, a remarkable coaching job almost went unnoticed. Yes, almost. But not quite. The players themselves were well aware of what their boss, general manager-coach Wren Blair, had accomplished. As former Montreal farmhand Andre Boudrias said the next day, “If a guy had told me before the season started that an expansion team could beat Montreal by playing only nine forwards, I’d have told him he was crazy.” But that’s exactly what happened. While the Canadiens’ Toe Blake employed three…
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