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Hockey fans were once a Juvenile lot

the stadium and in 1944 had ducked it was tossed. Abel had it fried up after hauled a stove onto the ice while their
more “paper airplanes, pennies, poker the game and of course, he ate it. In mates smashed the windows on the
chips, decks of cards, even dry Navy Montreal at the Forum one night, the concourse to create a draft.
beans,” than anyone in the world. Earl Canadiens playing poorly, an alarm With everything going on in
could make a fruit salad some nights clock crashed to the ice in the hopes
By Thom Racine as fans lofted apples, oranges, and it would wake up Les Habitants. But the world of hockey and sports in
grapefruit slices. And eggs, a dime it was in Fredericton, NB, that the general…, doesn’t it seem simple, high
jinks from the good ole days?
a dozen on many a night. But it was premise for the “Hot Stove” league
the nightly contest of paper airplanes was born. Dressing rooms were heated In part from the files of Charles
floating from the smoke-filled rafters of by wood stoves. A few eastern fellas Chamberlin AP reporter 1944.
the stadium that saw wagers as to who
ften times when one researches
Ohockey history, some of the could place their paper flyer closest Thom’s Trivia
to a chosen face-off dot. Called the
stories can be downright crazy or Answers
simply bring a smile to one’s face. “stadium sweepstakes,” upwards to $5
could be wagered as contestants folded
Although not a smiling matter, this pages from programs into gliders. Old
tale needed to be retold for the sheer Questions on page 43
humour and perhaps in this age of Earl was convinced hockey fans were 1A - OCOT, Lions, K of C, Kiwanis, Kinsmen, and Holy Name.
betting on everything, it’s rather a wacky and perhaps I am too.
golden moment from yesteryear. In Boston one night in 1937 a fan 2A - Holy Name’s John Metcalfe led all scorers with 114 points. Cornwall
tossed a slab of uncooked beef in the Jrs. Doug Piteau (97) and Alec McAllister (86) were followed by Hydro’s
Once upon a time there was a man
direction of Hawks defender Taffy Gerry Moore, Canadian Tire’s Ray Sommerville. Holy Name’s B. Julien
named Earl Davis who cleaned the ice and Hydro’s Cyril Zunder rounded out the top six. The other team was
at the Chicago Stadium. Earl supervised Abel. Known for his rugged play, Abel
picked up the beef and bowed in the
the twelve-man maintenance crew at CCVS.
direction of the section from whence
3A - They were the Dodgers, played at the Water Street Arena, and were
led by Bob Bingley.

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