Baby Bruin

Four weeks ago when the Boston Bruins sold Goalie Tiny (180 Ibs.) Thompson to the Detroit Red Wings, Boston hockey fans moaned into their mufflers. "We had the best goalie in the world," they grumbled, "and Manager Art Ross sells him for $15,000!" Last week the moans turned to cheers. The rookie who had been raised from the Bruins Providence farm into Goalie Thompson's post had brought the Bruins six shutouts in seven games, had made Boston the frosty focus of the hockey world.

Rookie Frankie Brimsek, a native American (that in itself a rarity among predominantly Canadian players), had chalked up one of the most remarkable records in modern hockey. Within three weeks he had shattered mighty Tiny Thompson's record of 224 minutes, 47 seconds of play without a score being charged against his team. In ten games with the Bruins, nine of which they won, Rookie Brimsek had permitted only seven goals. But the latest addition to the Bruins was not inflated over his feat of two sets of triple shutouts. To reporters, taciturn Frankie Brimsek announced that the triples he liked most were triple features at the movies.

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