Word: hockey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Varsity hockey coach Cooney Weiland yesterday proposed that a curb be placed on board checking. He recommended that a line be painted around the ice surface three feet from the boards in order to clarify the existing rules...
Weiland, a former National Hockey League star with the Boston Bruins, asserted, "The game is starting to get too aggressive." He claimed his proposal would eliminate a lot of vicious board checking and cut down on the number of injuries...
...Americans are handicapped," the Coach observed, "by a lack of a good sense of balance." Most hockey players in this country, he said, are "fellows with out too much experience." He pointed out that Canadian hockey players, for instance, spend most of their lives perfecting their skill in the game. A proposal of this kind, he stated, would protect the less experienced players from serious falls and injuries...
...initially opposed a recommendation to ban boarding entirely, other college coaches in the area welcomed Weiland's modification of that idea. The Varsity coach said he had no intention of eliminating body checking altogether. "I definitely believe there is a place for body checking in the game of hockey, but I'd just like to see it out in the open...
BOSTON, Jan. 16--New York capitalized on Boston laxness for a 3-2 National Hockey League victory tonight decided by Larry Popein's late goal as the Rangers snapped on eight game winless streak. Both teams employed veteran goalies just reclaimed from the minors...