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Oshawa Times (1958-), 12 Mar 1963, p. 13

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ee 12 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuvedey, Merch 12, 1968 FPR A Gm Aah nt Dg ia i a it VELA, ig Yt 0 Tit BS Henry Carves A Niche For Small Men In KEN NEW Pg Mg) -- Little man, take hea Camille Henry, skinniest yer in the National Hockey ague, is again demonstrating that there's a place in the rugged professional game for the lightweight performer--pro- vided he's smart. The 90-year-old left winger with New York Rangers has ssed the 20-goal mark in scor- g for the fifth time in six ears--and for the sixth time b his NHL career. This is no mean achievement for a man who has a perpetual weight problem -- how to keep his weight above 145 pounds, In games through March 10th Henry had scored 33 goals this season for an NHL career total of 193. He has said that 200 'oals is his minimum objective efore retiring from the NHL ind, He has also been cred- d with 22 assists this season. Camille Henry {s not the shoriest NHL ae er, standing five feet nine inches, But he's certainly the lightest, He re- ported last fall at 150 pounds and he says his best playing weight is 147, But he has trou- ble keeping it up to 145, Below that weight he feels fatigued, a problem that put him out of the lineup for brief periods two winters in a row, SQUEEZES IN It's a combination of hockey brains and nimble body that enables him to be a scoring : : * al standout in a league which in- wd creasingly demands big, S*°™S1CAMILLE HENRY, 147 LBS, LIGHTEST IN NHL "] think being a lightweight helps me," says Camillé./near the goal and darting in to) while the opponents were short- "Sometimes I can squeeze in/nyt the puck past the opposing] handed, Henry scored 24 goals among the biggest fellows, get) goalie, and had 15 assists. That record Fee neta ee Amd Pull In his first NHL s08800,/yy the tad then just out of Que- it past the goalie." hi there he spotlighted his|1058-54 when he was used al-|hec junior hockey ranks earned longtime pth Ra ie most exclusively on power playsihim the Calder Memorial Beneral manager, NHL Trophy as best rookie of the year, Now he not only performs on power plays, but patrols left wing as a regular. Brains and experience won him the spot. NATURAL TALENT "He's got it up there," says Ranger general manager Muzz Patrick, "He knows the game inside out, He has a natural tam for doing the right And Emile Mage | assistant adds; He's one of the canniest Players around the net I've ever Francis has a natural admir- ation for Henry, because he too was & 'ttle man when he was cai py in the NHL, But rancis never had to skate into the corners and battle the big men for the puck, Henry has had his ups and downs in the NHL, Despite his first sensational season he was sent down to Quebec Aces mid. way through the schedule; and next season was with Provi- dence in the AHL where he led = the league with 50 goals and 41 } assists, He started the 1956-57 season with Providence and was aver- aging better than a goal a game most penalties he had in @ son was five minors, in his rookie year. 'There isn't a man in the NHL that I can lick, and that keeps me out of trouble," he says, Henry capped that big 1957-58 season by getting married, in May 1958, to Canadian acrtress- singer Dominique Michel: Dom-' inique continues her stage car- eer in Montreal durin; hockey season, while Camille lives with the Ranger bachelors in a house they've rented across the Hudson River from here in New Jersey. BOUNCES BACK Henry started the 1961-62 sea- son in brilliant fashion, getting his 20th goal on New Eve, Then he became under- weight, developed a gastric con- dition and had to lay off for 10 games, He came back to score! three more goals and help ease} the Rangers into the playoffs. During the current campaign he also has missed 10 games, Five in January when he again found his weight slipping. When he returned from the January holiday, which he spent in Mont. real, he was a ball of fire, scor- ing six goals in five .games, The little fellow in the big man's game was born in Que- teama in old country soc- a leer (including Saturday's games): Leicester Everton Liverpool ear's|Burniey Chelsea Piyinouth Stoke City Swindon Town 1410 6 Sears ike Bournemouth 1210 6 Northampton 13 8 7 Oldham Et LONDON (AP)--Sandings of ENGLISH LEAGUE asags ss*ss eeane eeess eor2 mag saEarnw F 3 LUMBER & SUPPLIES LTo, "DO-IT-YOURSELF HEADQUARTERS" NEW HOMES & HOME IMPROVEMENTS FULL LINE OF BUILDING MATERIALS 725-4704 436 RITSON NW. Povement Ends) Division 111 15 8 8 1212 5 SeSes SERS SSaSS 3 Division TV 17 9 6 bec City Jan, 31, 10933, He re- tains some of his FrenchCana- dian accent, but is well-spoken and in demand as a speaker at clinics the Rangers conduct for amateur hockey players, "How do you keep away from all those big guys?" he is asked frequently at these clinics, "T just keep running," is his stock reply. when the Rangers called him = He's been with them ever since | WON BYNG TROPHY In 1957-58 he scored $2 roals and had 35 assists. That effort won him the Lady Byng Me- morial Trophy, awarded annu- ally to the player judged to have best combined good sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct with a high standard of playing ability. He also was picked for the second all-star team. 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