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July 1, 1963
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Stewart Resigns As Coach Of Hornets
PITTSBURGH, Pa— Pittsburgh Hornets coach Jack Stewart has announced that he is giving up the reins as coach of the American Hockey League club. He gave conflicting business interests as the reason for the move. Stewart, who came to the Hornets just one year ago, said that although he was severing his connections with the club he did not intend to leave the Pittsburgh area. A short while ago, the Meadows Harness Racetrack in Washington, Pa. announced that Stewart has been hired as a judge at the new track. Prior to his new association with the Meadows, Stewart had been an official at various racetracks in Ohio and Michigan. With the expanding racetrack season could no longer be able to continue both jobs. “Black Jack”, as he was known throughout the hockey world, was…
Harvey Not Protected But Other Clubs Pass On Veteran Rearguard
MONTREAL, Que.— The New York Rangers did not place veteran defenseman Doug Harvey on their protected list at the NHL draft meetings here. However, the 38-year-old star rearguard was not drafted by any other club. Apparently, Harvey’s reported $30,000 salary plus the $20,000 draft price was just too high for any team to take a chance on him. Harvey, one of the league’s super-stars during almost two decades, played with the Montreal Canadiens for 14 seasons before being picked up by the Rangers two years ago.…
PASSING THE PUCK
• TOTAL NUMBER of players drafted at the recent NHL meetings was a little disappointing to many observers. They figured that more action would have taken place and more players would have moved around… The New York-Montreal trade was the highlight news story and also one of the biggest trades in several years… It will be interesting to see how it eventually ends up but on the surface it would appear that New York Rangers got the edge… With three proven National Leaguers coming to their squad in Jacques Plante, Donnie Marshall and Phil Goyette, while giving up one established star, Lome Worsley, one potential star in Dave Balon and two question marks in Leon Rochefort and Len Ronson… Bob Haggert, Tom Nayler and Karl Elieff from Toronto’s training staff…
Leafs’ Unproductive Farm System Worries Imlach
Toronto Maple Leafs’ understaffed and unproductive farm system is the one insistent sour note spoiling their rare double achievement in April—the National Hockey League championship followed by the Stanley Cup Rebuilding is the major offseason occupation of Punch Imlach, the coach and general manager. The state of things in the Toronto camp is best illustrated by what happened at the NHL player draft in early June. On his reserve list, Imlach included all regular members of his Stanley Cup team including such veterans as Eddie Litzen-berger, Johnny Bower and Allan Stanley, whom no team would consider claiming for the regulation $20,000 fee. Because there were two openings on the list, he included forward Jim Pappin and defenceman Arnie Brown of Rochester’s American League club. What does this mean? It means Imlach doesn’t think much of the…
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