Word: morenz
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Montreal Canadiens. A team of virtuosos-tricky Joliat in his little black cap, Leduc, indolent, brilliant Howie Morenz, the world's fastest puckster. Puzzled by the new rules, the Canadiens were bumped around and badly beaten by the Maroons, outskated by the Rangers...
...efficient, because Bill Cook, who skates with the rhythm of a moose running, is the highest-paid team captain in the National Hockey League, because Bun Cook, his brother who looks like Lindbergh and is engaged to be married, is surpassed as a skater only by the famed Howie Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens. All season big crowds (from six to fifteen thousand) have cheered the Rangers in their home games but until two weeks ago the Rangers did not do much to justify the hopes placed in them...
...however, has seen a shift in money values which brings one sport at least nearer a financial level with its vicious risks. Professional hockey players are being bartered for many thousands, receiving presumably increasingly fat dividends for their efforts. One rumor floats about that the Montreal Canadians hold Howie Morenz, greatest of all hockey players...
...Morenz is stoop shouldered with skinny legs. Possessed of that tiny fraction of speed which slips him around a twisting enemy, he is the highest scorer in either the International or American Divisions of big league hockey. Statistics issued last week give Morenz 22 goals. His teammate Aurel Joliat has 20. The highest scorer in the American Division is Hay, Detroit...
...With Morenz and Joliat pounding the puck so steadily into opponents' nets the Canadians lead the International Division by a safe margin. The only U. S. team, New York Americans, is a bad last. The rival league is led by Manhattan's other team, the New York Rangers, trailed closely by Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Chicago...