Word: toronto
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Migration West. Fans loved the new game-those who had a chance to see it. At its best, in the N.H.L., it was still played in only six cities, the southernmost of which was New York, the westernmost Chicago. And just try to find a ticket. Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens (capacity: 15,591) has not had a single unsold seat for an N.H.L. game since 1946. In Montreal, scalpers demand-and get-as much as $30 for a pair of $5 tickets to Canadiens' home games. Despite six cellar finishes in seven years, the Boston Bruins consistently...
With all that money rolling in (the Toronto Maple Leafs alone have turned a profit of $6,000,000 over the past six years), the N.H.L. was in no particular hurry to chance the risks of expansion. That attitude hardly pleased hockey-hungry Western fans, who had got a taste of the game with minor-league teams and now wanted to see some big-league action; it also did nothing for the morale of up-and-coming young players, hundreds of whom languished in the minors, waiting for somebody to retire or be sent down so they could get their...
...laughing now. Quality? In the last 34 games between East and West, the East has won 17, the West has won 13, and four have ended in ties. Finances? Four weeks ago in Pittsburgh, 12,563 fans turned out to watch the fledgling Penguins tie the old Toronto Maple Leafs 3-3-although the seating capacity at Civic Arena is only 12,507. The Philadelphia Flyers have been averaging 9,000 paid admissions per game; General Manager Bud Poile beams happily: "This game has really arrived in Philadelphia. The fans have started to boo us and the refs...
...fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment." Hull rarely does-whether it means visiting a Chicago hospital to say hello to ailing Black Hawks fans or hanging around the arena until the last autograph is signed. Last month in Toronto, he shook hands and signed autographs for a full 50 minutes. A Toronto lawyer recalls arriving at that city's airport at 5 a.m. to find the Black Hawks dozing in chairs while they waited for a delayed flight home. "I was with a friend who had four boys...
Situated 100 miles east of Toronto, Point Anne boasts two schools and three churches, but no bars, movie theater or shops. Now that MacDonald's general store has closed down for lack of business, people get their supplies at Belleville, five miles down the road. The population, according to Bobby's sister Judy, 20, is "about 1,000, if you count the dogs. And about 100 if you don't." The only industry is the cement plant. And the only dash of color in the grey landscape-since Bobby left-is a huge red, white and blue...