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October 16, 1965
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NHL Rivals To Give Habs Early Test
MONTREAL, Que. When is an exhibition not an exhibition? Perhaps it’ll be when last spring’s Stanley Cup finalists meet in a pre-season duel this fall. The Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks, who closed out the hockey action last May, will play back-to-back games this week in what could be a postscript to their Stanley Cup warfare. The teams who played the famed “homer series” for the Cup, in which neither could win on the other’s ice, tangle in Chicago on Friday, October 15th, and meet again the following night in Montreal. Both will be trying to shake off the “homer” tag, with which they were promptly labelled, following their sevengame series last spring. The result could be some spirited tussling, under the guise of an exhibition. Canadiens also meet Detroit Red Wings,…
Wings To Give Bathgate Big Shot On Production Line With Howe
DETROIT. Mich.— Andy Bathgate stood there, peeling the “9” off the heel of his skate boot. There is only one No. 9 in Detroit, the incomparable Gordie Howe. Bathgate would have liked to have kept the number, it was his through brilliant seasons with the New York Rangers and his for 1’4 seasons in Toronto, that one-half being a Stanley Cup year and he scored the winning goal twice in the finals including the seventh game. But Andy Bathgate was very happy to be in Detroit. “I’d heard about the spirit here… I’ve heard so much about the Wings and now I can hardly believe that I’me here.” After the first two weeks, he compared the Toronto-Detroit training methods. Bathgate had been quoted last spring, rapping the Maple Leaf system. “I didn’t know he was a newspaperman…
Johnstown Jets To Go With Rookie Studded Lineup
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. The Johnstown Jets, are renowned for the great influx of young talent they bring into the Eastern Hockey League, evidently are planning to continue the same strategy for the coming campaign. General manager John Daley has lined up a host of rookies to report to the club’s camp in Niagara Falls, Ont. Daley will bring in men for all positions with the possible exception of the goalie slot. In this way, pilot Dave Lucas will have quite a bit of material to utilize in the drills and exhibition games in an effort to determine the strongest roster for the season which opens on Oct. 20 with Knoxville. Steve Brklacich, a former Jets’ coach but now a New Ybrk Rangers’ scout, recommended one of the newcomers. He is Neil Armstrong, a 21-year-old defenseman…
Separate Warm-ups, ‘Stick’ Ban Among 6 New Features For NHL
MONTREAL, Que.— The earliest starting date in 20 years, separate pregame warmups by teams and a crackdown on stick swingers will be some of the new developments National Hockey League fans can look forward to with the approach of the 1965-66 schedule opener. The NHL has decided not to oppose baseball’s traditional World Series for public interest and has set Oct. 23 as its opening day for the new season. By that time the baseball classic will be out of the way. Last season opening day was Oct. 12. The NHL has decreed that a $200 fine will automatically accompany any attempt by a player to swing his stick on an opponent, whether he connects on his rival or not. The fine will be imposed after the NHL receives the game report from…
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