MADE THEIR BET

Vol. 01 / Issue 24 - March 10, 1948

BY JARED CLINTON

THE HOCKEY NEWS’ founders, Ken McKenzie and Will Cote, couldn’t have fathomed that one of the biggest scandals in NHL history would be sprawled across the front page six months after their journalistic endeavor began. In March 1948, NHL president Clarence Campbell expelled New York Ranger Billy Taylor for life and suspended Boston Bruins youngster Don Gallinger indefinitely for betting on their own games. The ordeal drew comparisons to the 1919 Black Sox scandal that rocked MLB – eight members of the White Sox were accused of match-fixing during the World Series and banned from baseball. But Taylor and Gallinger weren’t the first NHLers caught wagering. In 1946, Babe Pratt was slapped with a lifetime NHL ban for betting, though his sentence was later rescinded after he admitted to the offense. Pratt…

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