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October 15, 1947
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Sees Every Pro Game From Forum Start
MONTREAL— When you start talking about keen hockey fans, you won’t find a much more devoted addict of the ice madness than Jack Raymond—one of the fortunate fraternity who can follow their favorite sport and attend to their job at the same time. Raymond, operator for the Canadian Pacific Telegraphs, hasn’t missed a professional hockey game in Montreal in more than 23 years—he’s lost track of the exact time—but there have been some close shave. On at least one occasion that he still chuckles about he had to call on facilities of the august Canadian Pacific Railways usually reserved for Very Important Personages to get him to a game on time, but he still got there. He Gets In When the Montreal Forum saw its first pro game back in November 29, 1924, as…
Coast Loop Opens Tuesday Clubs Face 66-Game Drive
LOS ANGELES— The Pacific Coast Hockey League will pry open the lid of its 330-game schedule Tuesday, October 21, when six teams take the ice. Bob Grade’s Fresno Falcons will play hosts to last year’s P.C. H.L. champions, Los Angeles Monarch, led by playing mentor Johnny Polich. In the Bay Area, Eddie Shore’s Oakland Oaks will take on Les Cunningham’s San Francisco Shamrocks in the Berkeley arena. The sole Northern Division game will see Ron Moffatt’s Tacoma Rockets hosting Jimmy Ward’s Portland Eagles, last season’s Northern Division winners. The following evening, three more members of the ten-club league will make their Initial home appearance. Mac Colville will take his Vancouver Canucks to Seattle to. battle Frank Dot-ten’s Ironmen. Meanwhile, the maiden home tilt for Ken McKenzie’s New Westminster ‘Royals will see Tacoma Invading…
New Coaches, New Players For U.S.H.L. As League Commences Third Season
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN,— The third season of the United States Hockey League—which stretches from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul south to the Gulf Coast metropolis of Houston, Texas—got off to a fast start this week with the Tulsa Oilers playing host to the Minneapolis Millers in the curtain-raiser October 14. The schedule, which includes 66 games (33 at home and 33 away) will come to an end on March 21—and two nights later the clubs will swing into the playoffs. Every indication points to the 19 47-48 season being a good one both from the standpoint of the calibre of competition as well as from attendance. As in the past, the eight clubs in the circuit will be divided into two divisions. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Omaha and Kan-City form the Northern…
Why Not Consider Goalies For Hart Trophy Awards?
BOSTON— Now, that a $1,000 bonus is given to players winning the trophies annually awarded in the National Hockey League, goalies should be considered for the Hart Trophy, the League’s most valuable player award. A hockey team is only as strong as its defence; the main bulwark of a team’s defence is obviously the goalie. A great goalie often-times spells the difference between victory and defeat, between a National Hockey League Championship and second place. Consider the Montreal Canadiens, admittedly the class of the National Hockey League last season despite their upset by the youthful Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Canadiens were a strong team offensively, a stronger team defensively. Only 138 goals were scored against their tight defence. This was 34 less than were scored against the runner-up…
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