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...Neck & Eye. Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings estimates that he has had 500 stitches taken in his face, and it took a delicate operation to save Howe's life after he suffered a fractured skull during the 1950 season. Five years ago, Montreal's Lou Fontinato crashed into the boards with such force that he broke his neck. Fontinato never played again-nor did Detroit's Doug Barkley, who was blinded in the right eye by an opponent's stick in 1966. Last year, players from the six teams that then made...
Picked by many to finish on top, the Canadiens were plagued by injuries to goalie Jacques Plante, defensemen Tom Johnson and Lou Fontinato (who is in hospital with a broken neck), and forwards Bernard "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Dickie Moore, and Gilles Tremblay. Rookie defenseman Terry Harper and newly acquired left-winger Bill McCreary will prove valuable to the club in the coming Stanley Cup playoffs...
...League history, after picking up an unprecedented 27 min. in penalties in a game with the Detroit Red Wings against the Montreal Canadiens. The 25-year-old defense man, with 210 min. in the penalty box so far this season, easily surpassed the record of Montreal's Lou Fontinato (202 min.) by clobbering two Canadien players with his stick, lunging at the referee and finally bouncing his glove off the ref's head. Total fine for misconduct: $100, plus a three-game suspension without...
...Howe 942). The Rocket still holds the record for most goals in one season (50 in an abbreviated 50-game season, 1944-45). He is also one of the game's great clutch players, has scored the winning goal in 98 games. Says New York Rangers Defenseman Lou Fontinato, who tangles often with the Rocket: "I don't like to see him out on the ice with the score tied, because then he does the most damage...
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