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h RussiansiDuring Practice• By JACK SULLIVAN Canadian Press Staff Writer TORONTO (CP) Don’t, sell this Russian hockey team short. The Reds could cause some embarrassment to Canadian prestige on their pevcn-game exhibition tour of Ontario and Quebec starting Friday.The Russians showed this to a flock of interested Canadian hockev officials and players Wednesday afternoon during a 1%-hour workout at Maple Leaf Gardens. They’re fast and they've learned the fundamentals of Canada's national winter sport to a fine degree.The Reds, with only six hours sleep after a 60-hour plane trip from Moscow, whipped up and down the ice like a bunch of school kids and impressed railbirds with their hockey knowhow. Thera wasn’t a bodycheck handed out 1 during the scrimmage and the fee]-1 ing got around that they weren'tshowing their best.“We aren't a bit nervous about them, said playing - coach Sid Smith of the Whitby Dunlops, who open against the Russians here Friday night. “We’ll be playing the Russians according to international rules that cut down body-checking but we aren’t worried about it. If we bodycheck when we’re not supposed to according to the rules, we’ll take a pe.ulty that’s all.”SMYTHF IS SPECTATORInterested spectators included Conn Smythe, president of Maple Leafs Gardens, and his son, Stafford, general manager of the National Hockey League Maple Leafs. Also on hand were Tommy Ivan, coach of the NHL Chicago Black Hawks, and Turk Broda, one-time great goalkeeper with the Leafs and now coach of Toronto Marl-boros in the Junior Ontario HockeyGardensAssociation. ;The Russians went through - a free-wheeling scrimmage and amazed the railbirds with their superb condition. They meet Ontario and Quebec junior and senior clubs . intheir tour.It was announced the team, an all-star aggregation from Moscow, would forego a sight-seeing trip to Niagara Falls today in favor-of a workout on a soccer pitch.“Soccer builds up the legs and is a big help in conditioning for hockey,” said the team’s interpreter1 Roman Kiselev.Average age of the. learn is 24 and average weight is about 165.“These guys certainly know the fundamentals of hockey,” said Broda. “I like their goal-keepers. They're very fast, move with every shot and have good eyes. They'll be tobgh to beat.”
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St Johns Daily News
St Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Thu, Nov 21, 1957
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