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March 15, 1969
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Life Different As Hockey Coach But Kelly Devoted To Kings’ Job
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — After 20 years as a major league hockey player, there is no doubt where Red Kelly ranks. In a poll being conducted for a forthcoming issue of Hockey World Magazine he is rated bv veterans as the third best defenseman of all time. Some feel he was the best. He was also a very fine centerman. He was an all-time great Derformer. After almost two full seasons now as a major league coach, one hesitates to rate him, but there is growing evidence that He is on his way to becoming one of the best and possibly a great coach. More than during his first season, Red now admits that there are some things about coaching that are different than he thought they were as a player. He is…
North Stars Tout Danny Grant For Calder Cup Rookie Award
TWIN CITIES, Minn.— Friend Spence Conley of the Oakland Tribune has dutifully reported for his THE HOCKEY NEWS readers that Seals’ two forwards Norm Ferguson and Mike Laughton are bonafide candidates for the coveted Calder Memorial Trophy. Likewise, Bill Libby of Los Angeles and Norman MacLean of New York have informed the public that the Kings and Rangers, too, have players deserving of Calder consideration. The Calder, of course, is the National Hockey League’s annual award “to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the NHL.” In the case of L.A., Libby’s man happens to be Gerry Desjardins, easily the best first-year goalkeeper in the league despite a goals-against average which has gone over 3 per game. MacLean’s nominees? None other than Walt Tkaczuk, a fine centerman, and…
Spokane Jets Clinch Title In WIHL Race
SPOKANE. Wash. — The 1968-69 Western International Hockey League season is over, but it ended up just as exciting as it started out. The Spokane Jets have clinched first place honors and began their playoff series with the fourth-place Trail Smoke Eaters. Nelson and Kimberley clashed in the other playoff series. Just consider, for instance, the following recent happenings in “twilight” games of the season: Spokane’s Tom Rendall scored a second period hat trick in an interlocking game with Drumheller of the Alberta Senior Hockey League, and this was only part of his total of five goals for the’ game. (Drumheller won 9-8); the Trail Smoke Eaters and Nelson Maple Leafs continued their “tradition” of violence and extracurricular stick-swinging which began in their first meeting of the season, and as a result. Nelson’s…
Bisons Face Stretch Test But Hope Top Guns On Deck
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bisons lost Pat Hannigan, but were awaiting the return of Dennis Hex-tall and Bob Blackburn from the parent New York Rangers, for the closing weeks of the American Hockey League season. The Philadelphia Flyers, who had indicated Hannigan had been sent here for the season, reassigned him to Vancouver of the Western Hockey League. The Rangers recalled Hex-tall and Blackburn when injuries forced Phil Goyette and Harry Howell out of the New York lineup. In addition, the Rangers also reached into the Buffalo lineup for Guy Trottier when Vic Hadfield was incapacitated. “All three are up under emergency recall, and will be back when the injured players are ready to resume playing,” said Fred Hunt, the Buffalo general manager. “They are all on our playoff eligibility list.” Meanwhile, Coach Fred…
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