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“We Work TageherLee Fogolin and His ’CatsSolid But UnspectacularTORONTO (CP)—Port Arthur Bearcats, an unspectacular but well-knit group of journeymen hookey players, left by plane Unirsday nlglit to represent Canada In an exhibition series against select teams of Sweden, East Germany and Czechoslovakia.Coach Leo x Fogolin, cue of three former professionals with tho club, put It this way In a pic-takeotr mtervjew:Wo have a good team. Nostars ... no fancy dans. But when we work together, we're hard to beat.' Fogolin, like the IS other members of the club, learned bis hockey on the outdoor cushions at the Lakehead, lie earned a reputation as a rugged dcfcDccraaji in the National Hockey League with Detroit Red.. take home thehJdqeplans for the tvemng, I goodnau of Lethbridge good lime «vtn betterl t mw HOLIDAY PAKitort whtro you shop**Wings and Chicago TOwflc Hawks.The other former pros with the Bearcats are Rudy Migay, a Junior star for Port Arthur and Toronto St. Michael’s College In the 1940s who later performed as a hard - working centre for Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL, and defenceman Steve Hrymnak.Hrymnak, SB, played In the NHL with Chicago and Detroit and In the minors with St. Louis, New Haven, New Westminster and Edmonton, before returning to Port Arthur.The youngster of the team Is Wayne Pcnvcr, Iasi year wilh. Fort William Hurricanes in theThunder Bay Junior League and still of Junior age.ALL LIVE AT LAKEHEADOne of the unu3ual things about the Bearcats la that every member is a native or longtime resident of Port Arthur and its Lakehead neighbor. Fort William. Another is that they play lor no pay. The Bearcats are in the Thunder Bay Senior League.We're just a bunch of guys who live and work in the Lake-head, FogolLn said. We grew up together, went our separate ways in hockey—now we're all back home playing because we like to play.”Accompanying the team are Gordon J u c k e 3 of Melville, Sask., sccrctary-manager or the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and Fred Page, president of the Thunder Bay branch. The club manager Is Rusa Poole.I was worried about thisteam until I saw them play, Juckes said. Now I know they are like Winnipeg Maroons of last season, a good - well - knit team.The Maroons encountered tremendous success la.*d winter, as a team and as a group of goodwill ambassadors, In a European exhibition tour last winter.
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Fri, Dec 08, 1961
Page 16
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