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January 25, 1969
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Penalty Killing Ace, Fonteyne Finds Range As Goal Scorer, Too
PITTSBURGH, Pa,— He’s 35 years old and for a hockey player that’s old, indeed. He’s been around the National Hockey League for almost ten years and really doesn’t have to prove himself. Yet, Val Fonteyne of the Pittsburgh Penguins is hustling this season as he never did before. Maybe his legs aren’t what they used to be. And mavbe he doesn’t have the reactions that helped him break into the NHL at Detroit in 1959. But you’d never know it by watching him kill penalties for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Then, you’ll see him whizzing around the ice like a youngster — making a tricky manuever every so often as he cuts and fakes to gain time while a teammate sits in the penalty box. If ever a man deserved to be called “Charlie Hustle” it’s Val…
Kings Hit Low Point In NHL As Touted Offense Sputters
LOS ANGELES, Calif. The L.A. Kings have determined management, a beautiful building, the youngest team in the NHL, some talented players and, among their spokesmen, at least, optimism — oh, boy, do they have optimism — but they reached the half-way point of their second season at the lowest ebb in their brief history. They had won only one of their last 13 games, and lost their last four in a row. And they had just broken a string in which they were shut out for three straight games and went scoreless for 210 minutes and four seconds in a row. The leaders say they have the best talent of any expansion team, but the talent is letting them down… so far, anyway. Strangely, while it has been generally forgotten, the Kings had…
PASSING THE PUCK
• ST. LOUIS — WITHOUT A doubt the most enthusiastic fans in the NHL right now are located in this city, on the banks of the Mississippi … It’s a real Fun Night to attend a game here and he way the Blues’ fans get behind their team no wonder they are away out in front of the Western Division of the NHL and stand a good chance of capturing the Stanley Cup this year … Here to present Scotty Bowman, St. Louis coach, with the HOCKEY NEWS award as top coach of the 1967-68 season, we watched the Blues bomb the Chicago Black Hawks, 6-1 … Ron Schock scored for the Blues 47 seconds after the game started and the Hawks were never in the contest … With the…
Western, Quebec Oldtimers Split
MONTREAL, Que.— National League Oldtimers rolled back the hockey clock the weekend of Jan. 17-19 to provide a little nostalgia of how the game was played some 10 to 20 years ago. The Western Oldtimers turned back the Quebec selects 5-3 here in Montreal before nearly 6,000 Forum fans Jan. 19 to vindicate themselves after losing 7-6 on their Winnipeg home ice Friday, Jan. 17 to the Quebecers, made up mostly of former stars of the Montreal Canadians. Sparked by the one-time famed Pony Line of the Chicago Black Hawks, the Westerners won handily in the Montreal game. Max Bentley and Bill Mosienko each scored once with help from Doug Bentley to down the Quebec team. Ron Castelane, Doug Lewis and Edgar Laprade were the other scorers in the game. Gerry Heffernan, Elmer…
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