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Hockey Annual 1963

Hockey Annual 1963

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

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What I’ve Learned About the NHL

AS a comparative rookie in this league, I’m often asked what my first impressions are of life in the N.H.L. After playing last season and winning the rookie award with the Canadiens, I can say for sure that life in the N.H.L. is exciting. There’s also plenty of pressure, and a lot of important lessons to learn in handling different situations. As an example, when I was brought up in 1960-61 to play my first games for Canadiens, I fourni myself on the Beliveau-Geoffrion line. Getting the chance to play alongside them was really a thrill for me, because I’d been following their careers since I was a little kid. It also created plenty of pressure, because more than anything else I wanted to make a good showing. On that line, I…

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HOCKEY’S LEADING PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

Goalkeeper Jacques Plante of Montreal Canadiens climaxed the most successful hockey comeback in many years during the 1961-62 season when he virtually ‘swept the board’ in the race for individual player awards. Relegated to the minors the previous season tor a stretch to ‘regain his touch’, the 32-year-old masked Plante recaptured the Vézina Trophy from Toronto’s Johnny Bower, won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player among the loop’s 120 odd performers and was selected to the first all-star team. By grabbing three of the NHL’s top awards. Plante established himself as ‘player of the year’ in the league. In addition he pocketed close to $10,000 in bonus money, making the 1961-62 season a highly lucrative one for the ‘Man In the Mask’. Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks’ ‘Golden Boy’, became…

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Tim Horton Watches Them Come and Go

WHEN Toronto’s Tim Horton was an aspiring rookie, his boss Conn Smythe predicted for him a future of possible greatness, but as the years marched on he never quite reached the stardom of others. The Stanley Cup has eluded him and he has received no distinctive awards except a berth on an alternate All-Star team. Yet, nevertheless, he does have a unique achievement to his credit. Besides possessing a blistering slap-shot, one which crashes savagely in all directions, and the ability to make crowd-pleasing rink-length dashes, he has also outlasted five coaches and a bevy of fellow blueline defenders. That in itself makes him a man of some renown since the Maple Leafs have made numerous man-power moves in bygone years. Since joining Toronto on a permanent basis in the fall…

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Delvecchio Puts in His Time, Too

HANDSOME enough to be a movie actor, possessing the build of a football player and the grace of a ballet dancer, Alexander Peter (Alex) Delvecchio of the Detroit Red Wings is fast emerging as one of the outstanding stars of the National Hockey League. For a long time he was over-shadowed by Gordie Howe, Detroit’s super-star, who sets a record every time he is credited with a point these days. This is the 12th season in the N.H.L. for the 6-footer from Fort William, Ont., home town of Ex-Red Wing manager Jack Adams, the 17th season for Howe. For most of the past five seasons now, Delvecchio and Howe have been teaming on the same line. They also have been teaming up as a penalty-killing combination. It’ll come as a surprise to many hockey…