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December 18, 1970
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OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st, 1947 Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 107, Canada. Kenneth William McKenzie President and Publisher Charlie Halpin Editorial Director Yearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada $7.00 in the U.S.A, and $9.00 in Foreign Countries. Postage paid at Rouses Point. N.Y Second class mail—Registration No. 1327 Printed in Canada Vol. 24MONTREAL, DECEMBER 18, 1970No. 11…
Hockey Ad Lib
There Can Be Only One Boss PUNCH IMLACH WON FOUR Stanley Cups in eleven seasons as manager and coach of Toronto Maple Leafs. As soon as the team slipped, he was fired. “I had it in my contract that I was the boss, but I had a boss, Stafford Smythe, who wanted to be boss, so that, sooner or later, had to be it,” Punch explains. “He tried to get me to fire myself as coach, then he finally fired me as both manager and coach. We were swept out of the first round of the playoffs and when the last game ended, I walked into the dressing room and he stuck out his hand and shook my hand and said, ‘That’s it.’ I swear, I don’t think the players were…
North Stars Ecstatic As Barrett Making Impact In Rookie Season
TWIN CITIES— As the National Hockey League season rolled into December and proceeded inexorably toward the All Star break, the Minnesota North Stars were all the more convinced that they were (a) Perceptive; (b) Lucky or (c) Both in their second round of the junior amateur draft last June. Defenseman Fred Barrett, Minnesota’s pick in that second round, has not only made the break from the Ontario Junior Hockey Association to the NHL in one season, but he has done it with a flourish. Barrett, only 20, is the most exciting young blueline prospect the North Stars have ever had. He was given the advantage of being paired with veteran Teddy Harris in training camp, on the theory that the club would give him every break before he played himself into the minor leagues. It…
Watching Game Worse Than Playing Claims Injured Seals’ Star
OAKLAND— Bert Marshall flicked off the radio. His team had just won, but for him the feeling of victory was hollow. “I listen to parts of the game,” says Seals’ defenseman Bert Marshall, “but it’s very tough to tell what’s going on, so I just leave the radio on and catch snatches of the game.” Attending a Seals game in the Oakland Coliseum Arena is even tougher for the injured 6-2, 205-pounder from Kamloops, B.C. “Hockey as a spectator sport is my pick,” the impatient blueliner admits, “but not when the Seals are playing. I can’t stay in one place long. I just float around. “I dislike watching the Seals play,” he continues. “It’s easy to sit in the stands and see what’s wrong, that guy not doing very well or this one making a…
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