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January 12, 1952

The Hockey News January 12, 1952

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0129/1234819-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Stop and Go, Go, Go</i></b></p><p><b>It&rsquo;s puck jamming time in Madison Square Garden between the Rangers and Montreal Canadiens. Johnny &lsquo;Goose&rsquo; MacCormack of the Habs Is the player in the top picture on the left. He is trying to a force faceoff by holding the puck, which can be seen between Gaye Stewart&rsquo;s legs. On the right side of the picture Zellio Toppazzinl (since traded to Providence) lays on the ice as Ross Lowe (4) of the Habs stands over Toppazzini and ponders his next move.</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0223/1234812-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="2332" height="1333"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>In the bottom picture, Chuck Rayner of the Rangers lays on the ice outside his goal while Adam Brown of the Bruins looks to be flying into them. The puck has just been shot out of the Ranger territory while Mickoski and Ross in the center look open-mouthed and startled. Fifteen of the Bruins Is Schmidt.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Slater Envisions ‘Little Stanley Cup’ Series

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DID YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE!

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01211/1233682-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="556" height="553"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Biggest&hellip;</b></p><p><b>BERNIE GEOFFRION</b></p></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The Montreal Canadiens can thank more powerful sticks for their high position in the National Hockey League standings today. The Habs, currently the hottest club in the League with six straight wins under their belts entered the second half of the 1951-52 schedule 36 goals better than they were at the same time last season. That record is after the 36 game mark.</p><p>After 36 games had been played last season the Habs found themselves tied with Chicago and Boston for third place. They had 80 points on 11 wins, 17 losses and eight ties. They had scored 78 goals and had exactly 100 scored against them.</p><p>At the same time this season the Habs found themselves tied with Toronto for second place. They had 38 points, eight better than last season, had won 17, six better than last season, and had tied four. They had scored 96 goals, three short of Detroit the League&rsquo;s leading goal scorers and they had allowed 82 goals to be scored against them, 18 goals less than the year before. So the Habs had scored 18 more goals more than the year before and had the same number cut from their against average. For the books the Habs were equal to a goal a game better this season that they were at the 36 mark last season.</p><p>Figures show that the Canadiens didn&rsquo;t start to pick up until the second half of the first half of the schedule was underway. All of which means the club was more potent in the second 18 games played of the 36. They were eight goals better.</p><p>Most noticable boost was by Paul Meger. Paul scored one goal In his first 18 games with the Canadiens this season and then in the second 18 game string he went out and belted .500. He scored nine goals in that time.</p><p>Rookie Dick Gamble also doubled his mark in the second half of the first half of the 1951-52 schedule. He netted four pucks in his first 18 games this season but in the next 18 he doubled that mark and scored eight.</p><p>Maurice Richard was two goals down in the second 18 game string as compared with the first. In his first 18 games this season he scored 11 goals and then dropped two in the second 18.</p><p>Canadiens showed to be 18 goals better this season at the half way mark than last. Gamble, Geoffrion and Meger were the big guns in getting those 18. Meger scored 10, Gamble 12 and Geoffrion 13.</p><p>Richard was one g&rsquo;oal better off after the 36 game mark this season than he was last. He had 20 this year as compared to 19 in 1950-51.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02158/1233675-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="552" height="555"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>&hellip; Gains</b></p><p><b>DICK GAMBLE</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Lach was one down, nine-ten. Olmstead was up four, &lsquo;five-one. Curry was down two, 10-8. Reay was even, 2-2. Harvey was up three, 2-5. Mosdell was even, four-four. Bouchard was two up, zero-two.</p><p>The most noticable drop came from Cal MacKay. At the 36 games mark last season he scored 13 goals and at the same time this season he was scoreless. He had only played 12 games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hab’s Potent Stick Makes Club Goal Per Game Better After 36

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Feeling between the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs, not good since the Eddie Shore-Ace Bailey mishap of the early &lsquo;30s, has taken another turn for the worse with the Ed Kryzanowski incident.</p><p>In the last game between the two teams for 1951, Kryzarated by contact with the glass which encircles the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. A total of 14 stitches was necessary to close four seperate cuts.</p><p>The Bruins charged that Kryzanowski was driven into the glass by Jimmy Thomson, lanky Toronto defenseman.</p><p>They also termed Referee Retd Storey&rsquo;s handling of the situation &ldquo;a bad deal&rdquo;.</p><p>The accident to Kryzanowski threw another log on a fire already hot with feuds between Boston&rsquo;s Milt Schmidt and Toronto&rsquo;s Ted Kennedy, and Boston&rsquo;s Ezinicki and Toronto&rsquo;s Bill Juzda and Cal Gardner.</p><p>To fan the Bruins&rsquo; Ire at Thomson, the Toronto player was also involved in a similar affair during last spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs, in which Johnny Pelrson wound up In a Toronto hospital with a fractured cheek bone.</p><p>&ldquo;Thomson pushed Kryzanowsky into the glass just like he did Pelrson,&rdquo; charged Coach Lynn Patrick of the Bruins, and he got off this time just like he did then.</p><p>&ldquo;Storey gave us a bad deal,&rdquo; the angry coach continued. &ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t give Thomson a penalty for a board check, which is supposed to be strictly enforced this season, and he didn&rsquo;t penalize him for attempting to injure an opponent.&rdquo;</p><p>When Kryzanowski regained his bearings, according to Patrick, he made a bee-line for Thomson, and only then did Storey exert his authority and penalize both &mdash; for roughing.</p><h2><b>Goes Back To Playoffs</b></h2><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the same guy who was refereeing when we had another injury there during the playoffs,&rdquo; Patrick recalled. &ldquo;That was when Bill Barilko charged Duncan Fisher, knocked him into the boards and out. They had to carry Fisher off the ice on a stretcher, and Barilko was given two minutes.&rdquo;</p><p>The presence of Storey on the ice for the Peirson and Kryzanowski injuries has made him the target for part of Patrick&rsquo;s wrath, but the big referee&rsquo;s work In Boston so far this season has been excellent.</p><p>Toronto has, however, been the scene of so many Bruins&rsquo; Injuries in the last few years that the definition of &lsquo;coincidence&rdquo; is being strained to the limit to cover all of them.</p><p>In the 1949 playoffs Capt. Milt Schmidt and Jimmy Peters were both badly hurt there; last spring Peirson and Fisher became casualties, and Woody Dumart was badly cut two years ago. Chicago&rsquo;s Bill Gadsby and Bill Mosienko and. New York&rsquo;s Jackie McLeod have all suffered mishaps there In recent years, to mention others.</p><p>Kryzanowski, one of the League&rsquo;s cleanest players &mdash; his penalties In minutes total for three years is only 32 minutes &mdash; doesn&rsquo;t take offense easily, but he isn&rsquo;t likely to forget the scars which now adorn his rugged countenance.</p><p>The former University of Toronto football player has had only one fight since he has been with the Bruins, but he made that a brjef one. During the free-for-all in the Bruins&rsquo; 1951 opening game with Montreal, he flattened a Canadien with one punch.</p><p>The last time the Maple Leafs were In Boston a new row broke out and an old one picked up. Ezinicki unloosed a barrage of punches at the rotund Judza after the 203-pound Maple Leaf tried to knock his head off with his stick.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0560/1233465-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="532" height="846"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>He&rsquo;s Excellent</b></p><p><b>RED STOREY</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>May Make Protest</b></h2><p>In the same game Schmidt was boarded by Kennedy, who escaped without official reprimand, so Capt. Milt took off after his Toronto antithesis. Kennedy promptly postponed participation in a power play for a fancy exhibition ot broken field skating &mdash; to the bench.</p><p>Just what form the Bruins&rsquo; anger against Thomson will take remains to be seen, but the front office promptly started thinking about a protest to President Clarence Campbell, not about the result of the game, which they lost, but about Storey&rsquo;s attitude toward Thomson. It, they felt, was much too lenient.</p><p>At any rate, the Bruins are now atop the class In the school of thought which Insists that Toronto operates with a manpower advantage in Toronto whether or not the opposition happens to be short-handed.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Bruins started 1952 with Patrick still convinced that he was coaching a playoff team and in a position to say that he is doing all he can to produce the long missing scoring punch.</p><p>For the 1951 portion of the season tha Bruins&rsquo; coach tried 41 different line combinations in home games. From a total of 14 forwards he experimented with six centers, 11 left wings and seven right wings, using Ed Sandford and Kryzanowski at all three positions.</p><p>The Bruins closed out &lsquo;51 by being shut out, however, and every failure to win has shortened the time until some of the Hershey Hot Shots are summoned to replace goalless veterans.</p><p>The scoring of Hershey&rsquo;s Real Chevrefils, Norman Corcoran, Leo Labine and Ray Barry is something on which the Bruins have been keeping close tabs, so close that Patrick has made two tripe to Providence In the last three weeks to see them play against the Reds.</p><p>The Bruins reversed what seems their future policy long enough to return Defenseman Jim Morrison to Hershey when Murray Henderson came off the Injured list, but Morrison, like the others, is playing for the Bears on borrowed time.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Storey Ires Bruins--Charge Leniency When Judging Thomson Case

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0314/1234850-1-eng-US/f0001-032.jpg" title="f0001-03" width="238" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>George Slate</b></figcaption></div><p><b>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</b></p><p>An east-west hockey series which would be a revival of the Stanley Cup playoffs of the early years of this century in fact, if not in reality is envisioned by George M. Slater, president of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.</p><p>Slater arrives at his startling idea because of the gradual collapse ot the &ldquo;super&rdquo; or major series which got its start last year under the banner of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association when Canada&rsquo;s Governor General first put up the Alexander Trophy for coast-to-coast competition.</p><p>In one year the Alexander Trophy series has shrunken to almost the vanishing point because of an unpredictable chain of events in hockey since the beginning of the 1951-1952 season.</p><p>First ot all the Ontario Hockey Association abandonned its &ldquo;major&rdquo; grouping. The merger of ths best teams in the old Western League with the Pacific Coast League which Is out-and-out professional without pretentions or hamstrung by any CAHA restriotions rapidly followed. Then comes the near-liquidation of the Maritime Major group as the teams in the seaboard provinces seem about to drown in a sea of their own red ink.</p><p>From the present outlook there will only be two league champions playing for the fine prize put up by His Excellency the Viscount of Alexander of Tunis, Quebec and the Maritimes, that&rsquo;s if the downeasters survive for another two months, a prospect which many close observers begin to doubt.</p><h2><b>Looking To Future</b></h2><p>&ldquo;We may have such a playoff this year, but what about next year,&rdquo; says Slater &ldquo;I sincerely doubt that there&rsquo;ll be any major series by 1953 of any consequence. Thus we&rsquo;ve got to look to the future.</p><p>&ldquo;I propose a playoff between our titlists (QSHL) and the Pacific Coast League champions for the Governor General&rsquo;s Trophy. This would arouse Dominion-wide interest and might in a few years be established on a plane which would make it a classic almost comparable to the Grey Cup in football.</p><p>&ldquo;Call it the Little Stanley Cup Series&rdquo; or what you will. With the Governor Genaral&rsquo;s permission we could use his trophy since there&rsquo;ll be a complete breakdown in the order which was planned when His Excellency first put up his Trophy.&rdquo;</p><p>Old timers will remember that the Pacific Coast used to send it&rsquo;s champs east alternate years in quest of the Stanley Cup. In the odd years the top kicks of the east would travel West.</p><p>The last series of this kind was in 1926 when Victoria Cougars came to Montreal to play the old Montreal Maroons and the Big Red team of Montreal went on to win the Stanley Cup.</p><p>There is no waning of interest, no shrinkage of gate receipts in the Quebec Senior Hockey League. Though Sherbrooke, Shawinigan Falls and Valleyfield, the loop&rsquo;s smaller towns, may have their usual struggle in Montreal Quebee and Ottawa the turnstiles are spinning merrily.</p><p>The Ancient Capital, especially, is enjoying a great boom. Playing in their palatial new coliseum for the second year, the Aces have drawn 165,000 in 18 home games. The team coached by Punch Imlach, now riding the crest of prosperity is expected to hit close to an average of 9,000 per. game throughout.</p><p>Its entire home schedule of 30 games, might even top this figure and crowding a total attendance of 300,000 for the season.</p><p>It&rsquo;s not a secret that certain American interests have been casting envious glances in the direction of Quebec, would like to have the Ancient Capital listed in their group. But Jack Latter the president of the Aces, is not willing to talk turkey along any such lines just now, or ever.</p><p>His first loyalty is bound in the QSHL and he would like to see this league continue along it&rsquo;s prosperous destiny.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Quebec Major PCHL Playoff A Possibility

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><h2><b>Cook Moves Ex-Providence Star Into Left Slot With Laprade and Reg Sinclair</b></h2><p>NEW YORK, N.Y &mdash;</p><p>Having learned they&rsquo;ll need help to climb into the Stanley Cup playoffs for only the third time in 10 years, the Rangers went into the market again last week and came out with the AHL&rsquo;s leading scorer. In getting Jack (Elbows) Stod dard from Providence, boss-man Frank Boucher sort of hoped this may be the forerunner of a more important deal for a defenseman.</p><p>The need for a good defenseman has been uppermost in Boucher&rsquo;s mind, ever since Allan Stanley suffered a separated shoulder the night after Christmas. Stoddard will be a big help, just as have been Wally Herge sheimer and Hy Buller &mdash; the 175,000 package from Cleveland last Summer. The purchase of defenseman Clare Martin from the Hawks two days after Stanley&rsquo;s accident in no way solved a problem, however.</p><h3><b>Buller, Evans Sound</b></h3><p>Coach Bill Cook admits he needs another defenseman, and fast. &ldquo;With Stanley out, I&rsquo;ve only got two men I can count on back there,&rdquo; Cookie says. &ldquo;Buller and Jack Evans are playing within six. The Ranger Martin, Kraftcheck and Ross, are good and bad.</p><p>&ldquo;Martin&rsquo;s slow, but maybe he wasn&rsquo;t in shape with Chicago,&rdquo; he added &ldquo;Ross looked good for awhile, but lately has been rushing foolishly and has been getting caught. He&rsquo;s slow motion getting back down ice.</p><p>&ldquo;As for Kraftcheck, he&rsquo;s my main hope now to take up the slack. He&rsquo;s a youngster (only 22) and has made a lot of mistakes. Recently, he has improved. Regular work may be just what he needed.&rdquo;</p><p>Boucher promises that he is doing all he can to get Cook another defenseman. &ldquo;To coin an old phrase, &lsquo;I&rsquo;ll leave no stone unturned&rsquo; to deal for the man we need,&rdquo; Frank says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve contacted every club in the League and I&rsquo;m also hunting through the minors Do you know, there&rsquo;s an awful shortage of good defensemen, now? Every club in the league is looking for one.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01134/1232972-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="541" height="1305"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Perfect Passes</b></p><p><b>JACK STODDARD</b></p></figcaption></div><p>During the minimum of six weeks that Stanley will be out of action, the Rangers could use an old hand of theirs. Frankie Eddolls has been recalled from Saskatoon, where he replaced Cook as temporary coach. Cook, however, wasn&rsquo;t too enthusiastic about using the former team captain. He hadn&rsquo;t teen him play this year, but had heard Frankie was slower than ever. He&rsquo;d wait a few games before deciding.</p><h3><b>Rumor Deal For Chrystal</b></h3><p>There was still a strong rumor that Boucher would go back to Cleveland for the man he needed. Jim Henry, Barons&rsquo; boss, was in New York Christmas time and was touting a young defenseman of his to the Ranger manager. Bob Chrystal, 21-year-old husky from Winnipeg, is the man in question. In his second year of pro hockey, he is supposed to be a stickout &mdash; according to Hendy.</p><p>While the search for a defenseman was going on, the Rangers could at least be assured they now were Insured up front. Stoddard&rsquo;s purchase from Providence, for a four-man package estimated by Boucher to be worth $30,000, fills the club&rsquo;s last crying need for a scoring wing.</p><p>A five-year veteran at Providence, where he once was a teammate of Stanley, the 25-year-old Stoddard was dealt for Zellio Top-pazzini of the Rangers, Pat Egan and Jean Paul Denis of Cincinnati and a fourth player to be exchanged and identified after the season. The Rangers reserve the right to repurchase Toppazzini, who has considerable potential, at the season&rsquo;s end.</p><h2><b>Recall Of Eddolls, Trade For Clare Still Leaves Boucher Dissatisfied Over Rearguards</b></h2><p>Cook had a place all picked out for Stoddard, who, at 6-3, is now the tallest forward in the NHL. Only Ross of all League personnel can match him in height. Stoddard moved right in as Edgar Laprade&rsquo;s right wing, with Reggie Sinclair sliding over to the left lane. Eddie Kullman, a weak attacker but a standout on defense, went to the bench for spot duty. He&rsquo;ll help kill all the penalties.</p><p>Although Laprade is still one of the best playmakers in the League, his line has been the weakest ever since Cook joined the club. &ldquo;Do you realize, that line has scored only one goal in the last 10 games?&rdquo; Cook asked &ldquo;Stoddard for Kullman may well be the answer.&rdquo;</p><p>There&rsquo;s no doubt about it, the Rangers got themselves quite <i>a</i> minor league scorer in Stoddard. At the time of the deal, he was leading the AHL with 48 points (20-28) in 34 games. After a slow start in 1947-48 at Providence, he had these previous scoring records: 25-28 &mdash; 53 In 1948-49; 32-29 &mdash; 61 in 1949-50 and 3727 &mdash; 64 in 1950-51.</p><p>&ldquo;What I like most about&rsquo; him is his all-around ability,&rdquo; Boucher says. &ldquo;Although he&rsquo;s awfully tall, he isn&rsquo;t ungainly. He&rsquo;s strong (185 pounds) and he&rsquo;s well coordinated. He&rsquo;s a strong skater, a fine combination player and a real good goal scorer. He gets those big assists, too&hellip; those perfect passes leading directly to a score.&rdquo;</p><h3><b>Has Very Large Elbows</b></h3><p>Because of the unusual length and operation of his arms, Stoddard was tagged with the nickname &ldquo;Elbows&rdquo; in the AHL. One opponent recently pointed out: &ldquo;No matter where you hit Stoddard, you always wind up getting his elbowin the eye.&rdquo;</p><p>What was good for the Rangers &mdash; and Providence &mdash; wasn&rsquo;t good for another club. In order to replace Egan and Denis at Cincinnati, the Rangers had to take two of their better &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; hands on the Rovers and send them to Ohio. Defenseman Jean Marie Plante and forward Vic Howe, Gordie&rsquo;s younger brother, have joined Cincinnati for a three game amateur trial and, if appreciated, will remain.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Stoddard Elbows into Eddie Job but Martin Doesn’t Solve Defense

<div class="byline">&#x2014; MOZLEY.</div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK, N.Y. &mdash; For the first time in the memory of one old pro, an NHL player wore No. 13 uniform last week at the Garden. Jack Stoddard, who super-stitiously flashed that number at Providence before being dealt to the Rangers, was given a special jersey to correspond with his fetish when he debuted here against the Red Wings on Jan. 2</p><p>Frank Boucher, Ranger manager, noted that the 6-3 right wing had always worn No. 13 at Providence. When the deal was made, Boucher was asked if Stoddard would be given Zellio Toppazzini&rsquo;s old No. 12. &ldquo;No, if Jack wants &ldquo;13&rdquo;, we&rsquo;ll give it to him,&rsquo;&rsquo; Frank promised. He did.</p><p>Although this Is the first time a major league hockey player ever wore the unlucky numerals, they&rsquo;ve become quite common in other pro sports. In baseball, for instance, Brooklyn&rsquo;s Ralph Branca is No, 13 on your scorercard. So was Kirby Higbe, ex-Dodger pitcher. And many more.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Stoddard First Player To Wear 13 In National Loop

<div class="byline">&#x2014; MOZLEY.</div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK, N.Y. &mdash; Because of a very successful operation, defenseman Allan Stanley should be skating within four weeks and playing within six. The Ranger team captain surtered a severe shoulder separation when hit while off-balance by Detroit&rsquo;s Bob Goldham here on Dec. 26.</p><p>Before the operation, performed here at St. Clare&rsquo;s Hospital on Dec. 29, Dr. Vincent Nardiello, Ranger physician, had predicted Stanley wouldn&rsquo;t be able to rejoin the team for the rest of the season. At that time, it was announced the operation would entail grafting tissue from his leg.</p><p>As it turned out, no grafting was done. By means of plastic surgery, part of the bone was shaved off and the excess tissue then used to draw the separated parts together.</p><p>Stanley already has full use of the injured shoulder &mdash; his left &mdash; but is being kept in the hospital for two weeks for regular penicillin Injections to thwart any chance of infection.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Stanley Expected To Return To Rangers Within Six Weeks

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Alter a disappointing first half Paul Meger of the Canadiens looks like he may make up for his lack of goal scoring in the earlier stages on the 1951-52 schedule by pumping in twice as many in the later stages.</p><p>Meger&rsquo;s &ldquo;come to life&rdquo; in the last few games of 1951 was the best New Years present Coach Dick Irvin could ask for. Not only has it given the Habs a lift but it was just what they needed to get them on the win road. Meger&rsquo;s last six games, according to Irvin have been terrific.</p><p>Paul&rsquo;s goal scoring during that period was hotter than you know what. In the six games he scored more goals than he was able to during the first 32 of the schedule. Meger notched only five in the first 32 times out and then added six in six games. But more important, his check only scored three against him in 37 games. He started the 33 rd game with five goals and seven assists for 12 points. Dick Irvin admitted he was disappointed in his lack of goals, it took Paul 12 games to get his first goal after two seasons in the American League with Buffalo where goal scoring was his best commodity.</p><h2><b>Made Team In NHL</b></h2><p>In two seasons in Buffalo he scored 26 goals in the first to win the rookie award and in his second he scored 34 goals before he was called up by the Canadiens. He is the only player in the history of the American League who was chosen on its All-Star team while playing in the National Hockey League. He did that last season.</p><p>And so, when he arrived in Montreal he was labeled a goal scorer. Yet he failed to score. He worked hard, was probably the best two way player in the League but he just couldn&rsquo;t score goals.</p><p>Meger didn&rsquo;t arrive until the night after Christmas in Toronto. The Habs won 3-2 and Meger notched his first of his current outburst.</p><p>In his next four games he got five goals and held his check goalless. He scored two against the Rangers in a 7-2 win. He notched two over Chicago when the Habs won 3-0. He returned to Montreal and notched the first-goal against Toronto when the Canadiens won their fifth game in a row by whipping the Leafs 3-1.</p><p>Meger was a going concern and Irvin hoped he&rsquo;d stay that way.</p><p>&ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;ve been getting a few more breaks than when I first, came up,&rdquo; says Paul. &ldquo;Earlier in the season I was afraid of being caught up the ice. I was worried about my check scoring and was always behind the play. I was never in front of the nets when the chances came.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got over that worriedness, now. I think I&rsquo;ve gained a little more confidence.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not doing anything different. I&rsquo;m working just as hard as when I came here but I&rsquo;m getting better chances because I&rsquo;m in on the play more.&rdquo; said Paul.</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe it took me a little while to get going. This is a lot tougher League than the American is. Up here they&rsquo;re on you all the time. In the American League there are probably lots of players who could make the grade here but I find the biggest difference Is when you get a break. There, if you get a break most of the players are older veterans and don&rsquo;t try too hard to stop you. Here, you have to make your own breaks, because they&rsquo;re always on you.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin agrees that Meger has gained confidence. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s lost a little weight, too,&rdquo; said the Coach. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s skating better and he&rsquo;s not fighting the puck like he did at the first of the season.&rdquo;</p><p>Meger, playing on a line with Reay and Geoffrion has also been used to kill penalties and has proven himself a valuable man in the clutch.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s getting a few of the breakB now,&rdquo; says Centerman Billy Reay. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to be a fine player. But you can&rsquo;t say he wasn&rsquo;t working at the start of the season. He just didn&rsquo;t get some of the breaks he&rsquo;s getting today.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02120/1233051-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="556" height="1332"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Gangway</b></p><p><b>PAUL MEGER</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Defensive Record Worried Meger Out of Goal Scoring

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01134/1233082-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div><p>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;</p><p>Success, which has been a hard commodity for Chicago players to come by during the last decade has finally knocked on Jim McFadden&rsquo;s door.</p><p>Once rated by General Manager Jack Adams of the Detroit Red Wings as the &ldquo;Most valuable rookie for Detroit in all me years I&rsquo;ve Deen associated with the club,&rdquo; Stocky James has had an up and down career since Tie Joined the Wings from the Buffalo Bisons in the middle of the 1946-47 season.</p><p>When he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League&rsquo;s outstanding rookie It looked as though his career, which up until then hadn&rsquo;t been Btudded with honors, was finally on its way. Despite his 27 years (he was the oldest rookie ever to win the honor) McFadden outdid the rest of the first year men in the League by scoring 24 goals and the same number of assists for 48 points in 60 games. That season Jim finished eleventh amongst the League&rsquo;s top snipers.</p><p>But from then until this season McFadden&rsquo;s high rating had dropped. In 194849 he scored just 12 goals and added 20 assists for 32 points in 55 games. The following season in 68 games he scored just 14 goals and added 16 assists for 30 points.</p><p>Last season was little better. In 70 games he scored 14 goals and added 18 assists for 32 points. McFadden had failed to live up to his first year when he won the rookie award.</p><p>When the Wings and Hawks decided to talk trade last summer McFadden&rsquo;s name was immediately brought up. Despite the fact that he hadn&rsquo;t been the consistant scorer that Adams would have liked him to be it was only after much persuasion that he was allowed to go to the Hawks.</p><p>Along with McFadden went Jim Peters, Clare Martin, Rags Raglan and George Gee. The trade didn&rsquo;t exactly sit well with Jim. Being with the Wings was at least a guarantee that when the end of the season rolled around there would be playoffs. With the Hawks there was little chance. Still McFadden turned up at the Hawks camp, donned a jersey and went to work. It was the starl of a new year for the Irish born centerman. Coach Ebbie Goodfellow reorganized his lines. He put McFadden at cented with Willie Mosienko and Pete Babando And, from the moment the trio were put together they started to click. Mosienko began to fire goals like the days when he was with the Bentley&rsquo;s on the &lsquo;Pony Line.&rsquo; Babando starting showing his best hockey since leaving the Boston Bruins in August of 1949 for the Motor City of Detroit.</p><p>Any success the Hawks have enjoyed this season most of the credit must go to this trio. Mosienko has been outstanding since playing with McFadden. He scored 15 goals before the season was half over. Last season he scored 21 in 65 games.</p><p>Babando too, can thank the fact that he is up in the scoring on McFadden.</p><p>McFadden, who was born in Belfast, Ireland (he&rsquo;s the only player performing in the NHL who was born in that country) has made his home for the greater part of his life at Darlingford, Manitoba. He owns and operates a 100 acre wheat farm there during the summer months.</p><h2><b>Buffalo Record Impressive</b></h2><p>Jim came into the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings in the 194647 playoffs. He played four games against Toronto in the first round and picked up two assists. He joined the Wings from the Buffalo&rsquo; Bisons of the American Hockey League, where he played the last half of the season after leaving the Ottawa Senators in the Quebec Senior Hockey League. What made General Manager Jack Adams so sure he was major league material was his half season record in Buffalo. In 31 games he scored 19 goals and added 15 assists for 34 points.</p><p>McFadden a quiet, likeable guy who has never spent too much time in the penalty box, first came into general attention as the subject of a lively controversy, in January of 1947. McFadden started that season with the Ottawa Senators in the Quebec Senior League and was a star.</p><p>When he was offered a contract by Buffalo of the American Hockey League, Jimmy quickly accepted, and as quickly found himself in a legal tangle with the Quebec circuit.</p><p>When Frank Selke took over from T. P. Gorman as Manager of the Montreal Canadiens he found the McFadden, once on the list of the Habs was a free agent and was signed to play in Ottawa. Selke charged that Gorman had deliberately made McFadden a free agent so he could sign him with the Nats. The situation was finally Ironed out but not before plenty of noise was made.</p><p>Actually McFadden made his first professional appearance as a &lsquo;teen ager, some 11 seasons ago. He joined the Portland club of the old Pacific Coast Hockey League. When the League disbanded at the close of Mac&rsquo;s first professional year he drifted back into amateur hockey and finally into the Canadian. Army. It was while playing for the service teams that he first attracted the attention of the Montreal front office.</p><p>When he was discharged he got a tryout with the Canadiens but Coach Dick Irvin wasn&rsquo;t too impressed with the stocky lad and announced that he&rsquo;d never make a major leaguer.</p><p>It was at this point that the wrangle between Montreal and Ottawa came about. Selke charged, that although McFadden was turned down by Irvin he was still Montreal property and shouldn&rsquo;t have been a free agent.</p><p>Tommy Gorman ironed out the case by replying that it was incorrect to say McFadden was a free agent. He said McFadden was on Canadiens&rsquo; contingent reserve list for several years while he was in the Canadian Army and was later transferred to their active list. He received orders to report to Montreal and worked out with, the Habs and then went to Ottawa.</p><p>&ldquo;McFadden was transferred to the Buffalo list by the Canadiens,&rdquo; said Gorman and was subject to recall by the Habs. When the Canadiens passed him up the Buffalo Bisons sold him to the Detroit Red Wings for $25,000. I never allowed McFadden to become a free agent&rdquo;, said Gorman.</p><p>And so it is that McFadden made his NHL career in Detroit Instead of Montreal. When the then Buffalo Bison scout, Hap Emms, signed McFadden from the Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Hockey League, he unknowingly at the time created almost an International incident. Reams of publicity were carried throughout United States and Canada when he was refused admittance into the States to join the Bisons. Unable to enter the States at the time of his signing in mid-December by miles of governmental red tape, he finally joined the Bisons in January Jimy, who was born in Belfast, Ireland, on April 15, 1920, finally arrived in Canada at an early age. Settling in Manitoba, he proceeded to take UP hockey like practically every Canadian youngster. For three years Jimmy played with the Carman Beavers, an intermediate team, from 1938 to 1940. In 1938 Carman were the Western Canada champions. In 1940-41 he was with the Portland Buckaroos in the Pacific Coast senior league. The following season saw him enlist with the Canadian Army, where he served four years in the Provost Corps or more familiar to us, the Military Police. During his army stay, Jimmy managed to get in four seasons of hockey, having been delegated to do lais army chores in Canada. On his discharge from the army, he joined the Ottawa Senators.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Jim Finds Range Again After Three Bad Years

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02113/1233113-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg"></div><p><b>Bom, Belfast, Ireland. April 15, 1920</b></p><p><b>Center. Shoots left. 5&rsquo;7&rdquo;, 178 lbs.</b></p><p><b>Last amateur club: Ottawa Senators (Seniors)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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McFadden, james Alexander

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01202/1233200-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="310" height="418"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>C</span>HUCK RAYNER</b> just loves playing against Detroit. He&rsquo;s had two shutouts, this season and both were against the Red Wings. In their last two meetings the Rangers have blanked the Wings, 1-0 &hellip; Rayner rates Maurice Richard the most dangerous forward in close, followed by Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay and Sid Smith in that order &hellip; Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick and Secretary-Treasurer of Baseball Charley Segar are both former hockey writers. Frick and Segar covered hockey In New York during the 1920&rsquo;s &hellip; Although Richard had scored 20 goals in games up to January 6, only one of these was a winning effort&hellip; Gordie Howe scored one winning goal and one tying marker in his 19-goal output up to January 5 &hellip; Dick Irvin, Canadiens&rsquo; coach, told Dink Carroll, sports editor of the Montreal Gazette, that Dickie Moore reminded him of Murph Chamberlain in action. &lsquo;&lsquo;He even fell down when he got a breakaway just as Murph sometimes did.&rdquo; &hellip; Canadiens&rsquo; Paul Meger is one of the most improved players in the NHL the past couple of weeks. Always a high scorer in the American Hockey League, Meger has at long last found the range in the National League. He was the outstanding player on the ice in Canadiens recent 3-1 win over Toronto &hellip; New York Rangers so-called first line of Edgar Laprade, Ed Kullman and Reggie Sinclair are in a slump. They&rsquo;ve only scored one goal in the last 12 games &hellip; Sid Abel needs just two points to fracture Syd Howe&rsquo;s mark of 4 36 and become the leading Detroit point-getter of all-time &hellip; Pete Backor, outstanding defenseman of the Pittsburgh Hornets, was honored with a special Pete Backor Night on January 9 by the Pittsburgh Hornets Boosters Club. It was suggested that all contributions be limited to one dollar. A sort of &ldquo;Buck for Backor&rdquo; idea. One of the greatest defensemen in American League history, Pete has made the AHL. All-Star Team for the last four years.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02182/1233193-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="271" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pete Backor</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03117/1233186-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="268" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Moore</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0483/1233179-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="262" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ray Timgren</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0571/1233172-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="262" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Abel</b></figcaption></div><p><b>PLAYERS</b> on the Boston Bruins contributed enthusiastically for the gift they gave Turk Broda on his &ldquo;Night&rdquo; &hellip; It reflects on Broda&rsquo;s popularity when you figure out the number of years he&rsquo;s knocked the Bruins out of the playoffs &hellip; John Silva of Sommerrllle, Mass, was awarded a year&rsquo;s subscription to THE HOCKEY NEWS by the Boston Olympics Booster Club for bringing in the most new members during December. Silva brought in 15. The Pics Boosters now number 991 and should top 1,000 for the second straight year &hellip; When Bill Mosienko joins the select 200-goal club of the NHL soon, he will become the fourth Chicago player to do so. Other Black Hawk players who have scored 200 or more goals during their careers are Babe Dye, Roy Conacher and Doug Bentley. Dye, labelled by many the Babe Ruth of hockey on account of his booming drives, is attending all home games of the Hawks these nights in order to be present when Mosienko gets his 200th goal and usher him into the exclusive club personally&hellip; Ray Timgren lost two of his pearly-white front teeth in Montreal last week when Doug Harvey, swinging his stick at the puck in mid-air, accidentally caught Timgren in the teeth. Timgren is one of the few players in the NHL with his own uppers and it made him quite mad to lose the teeth &mdash; in acquiring Jack Stoddard from Providence Reds, the New York Rangers picked up one of the tallest players in hockey. Stoddard stands six feet-three inches without skates. He&rsquo;s been nicknamed &ldquo;The Octopus&rdquo; on account of his long arms&hellip; Stoddard will wear Sweater No. 13 with Rangers. He&rsquo;s believed to be the first National Hockey League player to wear this number&hellip; Ted Kennedy became the father of 10-pound boy recently&hellip; Barry Sullivan of Providence passed the 100 mark in goals the other night. The night he passed the century figure he scored four goals and had three assists for a seven-point game &hellip; Ten members of University of Michigan&rsquo;s crack hockey team are Canadians. Four of the U.S. players are from that thriving hockey town of Eveleth, Minnesota.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0659/1233165-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="259" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Barry Sullivan</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0750/1233158-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="268" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Kullman</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0844/1233151-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="253" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Edgar Laprade</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0944/1233144-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="253" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Kennedy</b></figcaption></div><p><b>WHEN DETROIT</b> lost to Canadiens on New Year&rsquo;s Eve, 5-3, and to New York, 1-0 on January 2, it marked the first time this season that they&rsquo;ve lost two games in a row &hellip; They say Murph Chamberlain was fired as coach of the Vancouver Canucks &hellip; Average number of goals scored in Pacific Coast League games up to date is 7.29 &hellip; When Dickie Moore scored his first NHL goal against Rangers on December 29, he dived into the net to retrieve the puck as a souvenir almost as fast as he shot the puck to score the goal. Moore and Dollard St. Laurent, Canadiens&rsquo; newest rookies, both scored their first NHL goals on December 29&hellip; Herb Ralby has put out a fine press and radio guide for the Boston Bruins. Copies may be obtained by sending 30 cents to the Boston Garden Publicity Dept.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>That right-wing position on the next National Hockey League All Star team has become a tight two-man race again.</p><p>Once more Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe and Montreal&rsquo;s Rocket Richard are battling even in a resumption of their tense scoring duel of a year ago.</p><p>Acknowledged by most experts as the two best players In hockey today (certainly they are the finest scorers), they have had to contend with each other for the right forward spot on the honor sextet.</p><p>For six years Richard ruled as the No. 1 right wing in the NHL. All the evidence needed was his scoring record. Always a 20-goal man, three times he went over 40 to lead all NHL marksmen.</p><p>Then along came Howe, ths easy-going Westerner, to outscore the fiery Frenchman by a single goal, 43 to 42 last season. And with that effort he also stripped the Rocket of All-Star acclaim.</p><p>Apparently both are willing to let the goal scoring total settle their supremacy again this year. Richard leaped off to a brilliant start, and had counted 10 times before Howe had his fifth goal. Then the Rocket hit a slump, and was further hampered by an injury.</p><p>Slowly Howe crept up on him Then in one brilliant burst, he caught him. In a pair of games three days apart, Howe picked up five goals. Richard wasn&rsquo;t exactly asleep during that period, getting three himself.</p><p>But just a couple of hours before the ending of the old year, Howe matched Richard&rsquo;s total of 19, and they went into 1952 all even.</p><h2><b>Fourth Hat Trick</b></h2><p>On Saturday, Dec. 29, Richard scored twice in Montreal&rsquo;s 7-2 rout of New York for his 17th and 18th of the season. That same night Howe clicked for Detroit&rsquo;s last two tallies in a 3-1 decision over Chicago, his 15th and 16th of the year.</p><p>On New Year&rsquo;s Eve the two great wingers were on Olympia ice in Detroit Richard scored his 19th to send Canadiens off to a 1-0 lead. Howe responded with his 17th to tie it and 18th to put Detroit ahead. Later on Howe hit for No. 19, but Detroit still lost, 5 to 3.</p><p>The hat trick was the fourth In the NHL this season, Montreal&rsquo;s Floyd Curry, Boston&rsquo;s Dune Fisher and Toronto&rsquo;s Tod Sloan having nit previously.</p><p>In accounting for all three Detroit goals, Howe stretched his record to having made each of the Red Wings&rsquo; last five tallies. It was the hottest streak tn which he had operated since joining the club.</p><p>Canadiens&rsquo; victory, incidentally, was the first over Detroit in eight tries. Previously the Wings had achieved some small amount of revenge against the team which bumped them out of the playoffs last spring by winning six and tying one.</p><p>In fact, Montreal could blame the fact that It was In third place instead of second upon Its Inability to handle Detroit. Until that game Detroit had scored more goals against Canadiens (22) than against any other rival, and had permitted fewer goals (8).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Richard-Howe Battle Tooth and Counters

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL-SPORTS EDITOR (Toronto Star)</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-10" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1041/1233262-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1127/1233255-1-eng-US/f0004-112.jpg" title="f0004-11" width="354" height="575"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOE PRIMEAU</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Primeau First Leaf &mdash; First Ranger, As Well</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>J</span>OE PRIMEAU,</b> the first New York Ranger&hellip; please stop interrupting, Junior, we know Primeau never played for the Rangers, but we&rsquo;ll get to that by and by. We were going to say that Joa Primeau was the first Ranger and also the first Leaf. It&rsquo;s true, as Junior has been bowling, that Gentleman Joe never showed as a Blueshirt. It also is true his career as a Leaf almost ended after one single play.</p><p>Ed Fitkin, the &ldquo;voice&rdquo; of Maple Leaf Gardens, tells the yarn in &ldquo;The Gashouse Gang of Hockey,&rdquo; one of four hockey books by Fitkin which have just hit the shelves. The others are biographies of Maurice Richard and Max Bentley, along with a collection of ice anecdotes which Fitkin has titled &ldquo;Footloose In Hockey.&rdquo; Now you know how a praise agent for a hockey empire spends his summer months. Instead of writing pieces for Maple Leaf Gardens&rsquo; program, he&rsquo;s hammering out books.</p><p>Primeau was salvaged for hockey In Toronto through a series of Incidents. The most important was a personal contact with Conn Smythe, who still Is his boss. Smythe had signed Joe as his first player when Smythe got what he and everyone else thought was a. job as coach of the Rangers, a new club being formed in New York.</p><p>It&rsquo;s oft-repeated history how Smythe assembled a club for Madison Square Garden and then was fired, in favor of Lester Patrick, who had a long and successful career in New York. This kick in the teeth merely spurred Smythe to a more ambitious effort: the revitalizing of professional hockey in Toronto and the construction of Maple Leaf Gardens, which came within a few years.</p><p>When he was paid off by Rangers for the work he had dona Smythe retained the rights on Primeau. His claim was disputed by Rangers some years later, after the New York club got wise to the fact it had passed up a prize. Smythe&rsquo;s right to Primeau was upheld by the high brass of the League. By that time, Joe was pivoting the famous Kid Line for Smythe. It would be nice to report that Joe had been a sensation from the moment Smythe, who had switched his hockey operations from New York to Toronto, said: &ldquo;You were a Ranger, Primeau, but now you&rsquo;re a Leaf.&rdquo; But Joe didn&rsquo;t come along quite,, that quickly.</p><h2><b>Smythe Finally Offered Joe for $3,000</b></h2><p><b>JOE&rsquo;S</b> apprenticeship in pro hockey had been served with the old Toronto Ravinas, and then with the London Panthers under colorful Bert Corbeau, the man in the hard hat. Prlmeau&rsquo;s debut as a Leaf was made in a Montreal hotel room in the &#8219;28-&rsquo;29 season, when Tim Daly, the man of a million mangled words, who is trainer of the Leafs, ordered Primeau up for rummy. Daly considered himself entitled to first call on any gullible rookies who hit the club. This was one novice who disappointed Daly. When the rummy session was Interrupted for lunch, Daly owed Primeau $12. The debt gradually has been whittled down to a sawbuck over the years.</p><p>Joe got his start in big league hockey that night&mdash;late in a game with the Montreal Maroons. Smythe, who was handling the Leafs, sent out Primeau for an Important faceoff. All he had to do was make sure Nels Stewart, the Ole Polson of the NHL, didn&rsquo;t get the draw. Almost before Joe got a look at the puck, It was in the Leaf net&mdash;and Joe was back on the bench.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;11 learn you to beat me at rummy,&rdquo; Daly rasped as he edged along to the end of the benfch. &ldquo;Betcha you&rsquo;ll be on yer way back to the minors tomorrow. Walt and see.&rdquo; Tim looked like a true prophet on that one. Next day, Primeau was on his way.</p><p>Joe attended Leaf training camp the next fall, but made such poor impression that Smythe was ready to sell him. The Buffalo Bisons asked for a price, prior to an exhibition game between the Bisons and Leafs.</p><p>&ldquo;You can have him for $3,000,&rdquo; Smythe finally offered. Th* Buffalo shoppers thought the price was a trifle steep. So Joe must have been something less than a whizz-bang In their books, too.</p><p>After the game, they had changed their minds. But so had Smythe. Primeau had scored the two goals which gave Leafs a 2-1 win.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve decided to pay the $3,000,&rdquo; the Bison executives told Smythe.</p><p>&ldquo;The price has gone up to $5,000 since I was talking to you,&rdquo; Smythe countered. Such a suggestion was ridiculous, the Buffalo people snorted.</p><p>At that, the Bisons got a concession which Smythe seldom extends: he gave them a chance to make the same mistake twice.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01155/1233293-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="511" height="241"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>ruins spares: Schmidt, Dumart, Bauer, Crawford, Hollett. Jackson, Reardon, Cain, Hill. Ranger spares: Watson, L. Patrick, Hextail, M. Patrick, Heller, C. Smith, Hiller, Macdonald, Pike.</p><p>Officials: Referee: Ion. Linesman; Smith.</p><p>Scoring: 1st period: None. 2nd period: None. 3rd period. oHextail (R), (Pratt, L. Patrick) 12:33; Hiller (R) (Pratt) 15:41.</p><p>Penalties: M. Patrick, D. Smith, Pratt, N. Colville, Cow ley 2, Clapper 2, Hiller. Watson.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Boston’s End

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02137/1233324-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="256" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lynn Patrick</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON. Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The Boston Bruins will have the greatest team in the National League&mdash;in a couple of years.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the flat prediction of Lynn Patrick, who hopes he will be around to coach it.</p><p>Patrick made his statement at the weekly luncheon of the Boston hockey writers, at which the Bruins are now represented regularly as part of their new public relations program.</p><p>He based it on the ability of youngsters now with his team and on the potential ability of others now playing for the Hershey Bears.</p><p>&ldquo;All I&rsquo;ve heard since I&rsquo;ve been In Boston (two years) is about the great hockey that was played here between 1938 and 1942,&rdquo; exclaimed Patrick, whose own playing days encompassed that period.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think that comparisons between the Bruins of those days and the present team are fair,&rdquo; he continued, &ldquo;because the Bruins of those years were probably the greatest major league team ever assembled.</p><p>&ldquo;But I&rsquo;ll predict right now that In a couple of years you&rsquo;ll be able to make them fairly because the best games will be played right here again. Tike Bruins will have the best team in the League.</p><p>&ldquo;We have some good young players on our team now,&rdquo; he continued, &ldquo;and we have some others at Hershey who are acquiring the polish to move up to the Bruins.</p><p>&ldquo;Not only that,&rdquo; Patrick added, &ldquo;but we also have the greatest scout in hockey in Harold Cotton, who has gotten most of our good youngsters for us and is still working at the job.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have the best team when these youngsters are ripe, and I hope I&rsquo;ll be around to coach them.&rdquo;</p><p>Patrick&rsquo;s optimistic statements highlighted a lively forum, in which Coach Ebbie Goodfellow of the Chicago Black Hawks was also a featured participant.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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L. Patrick Predicts Boston Will Have Great Club Ahead

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03108/1233355-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="298" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Slowinski</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>If they do nothing else this season &mdash; and the majority vote would I have it so &mdash; the Rangers at least can take I credit for being&rdquo;the NHL&rsquo;s biggest streak spoiler of the decade. For the second time within the past 10 years, they put up a roadblock to a record in a memorable game here against the Red Wings the night after Christmas.</p><p>On Feb. 25, 1941, New York shut off the longest undefeated record in NHL history at 23 games, when Davie Kerr shut out the Bruins in Boston, 2-0. When Chuck Rayner blanked Detroit here on Dec. 2 6 last, 1-0, he stopped the Wings from setting another mark. It was their first loss away from home and they&rsquo; were trying for No. 16 in a row without defeat.</p><h2><b>Broda Shutout Bruins</b></h2><p>As it stands now, the Wings must share a place with the Bruins in the record book. Boston also was unbeaten through 15 successive games on the road, closing out the 1940-41 season. It wasn&rsquo;t until its opener in Toronto the next season that the great Hub six finally surrendered Its streak. On second period goals by Gordie Drlllon and Don Metz, the Leafs and Turk Broda shut out the Bruins, 2-0, Nov. 8, 1941. It was tike first of six shutouts for Turk that season.</p><p>There was considerable difference between these two Ranger record-snappers. The team of 1940-41 was a real good one&hellip; good enough to come on late in the season to get solidly in the playoffs. This year&rsquo;s club, still in the formative stage, wasn&rsquo;t supposed to be in a class with Detroit. In previous meetings, all it had with the Wings was one tie in six games.</p><p>In breaking the Wings&rsquo; string of nine victories, as well as their bid for 16 road games without loss, the Broadway Boys offered several features:</p><p>(1) The goal by Big Ed Slowinski, made just after three minutes of the first period. After passes from Bones Raleigh and Gaye Stewart. Ed beat Terry Sawchuk cleanly while falling flat on his face 15 feet in front of the nets. Hard-pressed to handle Stewart&rsquo;s sizzling pass, Slowinski dove and backhanded the shot into a corner&mdash;in one quick motion.</p><p>(2) Edgar Laprade, Raleigh, Slowinski and Reggie Sinclair played probably the best games of their careers&mdash;both ways. It was their beautiful checking which helped keep Detroit bottled up in its own ice for about three-quarters of the game.</p><p>(3) The goal-tending by both Rayner and Sawchuk was exceptional. Of the two, Terry was the greater that night. Only a superman could have kept New York from scoring several times.</p><p>(4) The strength of the Rangers, when undermanned. They so successfully killed four penalties in the first period, alone&mdash;once for 57 seconds while two men short&mdash;that Detroit had but one shot on goal while playing will an advantage. Penalty-killing had been one of New York&rsquo;s main weaknesses all year.</p><p>Even Detroit will admit that the Rangers deserved to win that one. The Rangers will admit they didn&rsquo;t deserve to snap the Bruins&rsquo; streak back on Feb. 25, 1941.</p><p>Frank Boucher, coach then and manager now, can&rsquo;t remember many of the details of the game in Boston nearly 10 years ago. In general, however, he recalls: &ldquo;We got the hell beat out of us that game, and won it. I remember Davie Kerr making great saves and I remember Boston hitting the post a number of times. I know Boston outplayed us badly.&rdquo;</p><p>A review of newspaper reports of the game Bhows that both New York goals were scored within about three minutes of the final period. Each came while Dit Clapper, Bruins&rsquo; captain and defenseman, was serving penalty time.</p><p>While Clapper was off for interfering with Neil Colville, Bryan Hextali converted Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s rebound into the first goal&mdash;at 12:33. Jt was shot from 20 feet directly out In front of goaltender Frankie Brimsek.</p><p>Almost as soon as he returned to the Ice, Clapper was thumbed off again for holding Hextail. While Dlt was gone, Babe Pratt set up Dutch Hiller with a long pass Into the goal mouth. Dutch nudged it home&mdash;at 15:41.</p><p>That was it. Boston&rsquo;s streak was snapped.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Rangers Act as Spoilers for 2nd Time in Decade

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0485/1233386-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="472" height="237"></div><p>Ranger spares: Evans, Buller, Kraftcheck, Raleigh, Ronty, Mickoski, Toppazzinl, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowinski.</p><p>Detroit spares: Wolt, Reise. Skov, DelVecchio, Pronovost, Stasiuk, Leswick, Prystai, Pavelich.</p><p>Scoring: 1st period: Slowinski (R) (Raleigh, Stewart) 3:04. 2nd period: None 3rd period: None.</p><p>Penalties: Kullman, Goldham, Stanley, Buller, Laprade, Howe, Raleigh.</p><p>Ref.: Storey. Linesmen: Hayes and Babcock.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Detroit’s End

<p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK. N.Y. &mdash; Apparently the Rangers&rsquo; serious attempts to get a winner in New York are having a bearing on their fan patronage. After the first 17 games at the Garden, the attendance was up 9.1 per cent over a similar period a year ago.</p><p>While other sports have showed a marked decline here, the Rangers have Increased their first 17-game gate from 168,076 in 1950-51 to 183,354. They&rsquo;re still going up, too. Their last two crowds &mdash; 13,556 and 15,063 &mdash; were the season&rsquo;s largest. &mdash;MOZLEY<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rangers’ Gates Upped After First 17 Home Games In ’52

<p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK, N.Y. &mdash; With the recall ot Frank Eddolls, the Rangers last week named Doug Bentley, ex-Hawk, as their new coach at Saskatoon. Eddolls had been sent out there merely In a stopgap situation to replace Bill Cook when he joined the Rangers as ice boss.</p><p>Bentley had been the Rangers&rsquo; choice as farm club manager all along, but they had trouble getting his release from Chicago Doug quit the Hawks early In the season with a chronic groin injury, at which time he promised he&rsquo;d never play another game. He will play as well as coach at Saskatoon.</p><p>Now 35, the older of the two Bentley brothers spent more than 11 full seasons with the Hawks At the time he quit, he had a total of 531 points &mdash; tops among present-day players and second only to Bill Cowley of all time. The former Bruins playmaker holds the record with 548 total points. &mdash;MOZLEY<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Doug Bentley Joins Blues’ System As Saskatoon Coach

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p><b>Founded October 1, 1947</b></p><p><b>Published by Kenneth W. McKenzie and Will. V. Cote HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY</b></p><p><b>Circulation Room 204, King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg., 1231 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que. Advertising A Editorial 403A Sun Life Bldg., 1155 Metcalfe St., Montreal 2, Que.</b></p><p><b>Average Weekly Circulation 35.000</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Price $3.00 in Canada &mdash; $4.00 In U.S.A.</b></p><p><b>Autherised as second class mall, Post Office Orpartmcnt, Ottawa.</b></p><p><b>Entered aa second class mall nt the Post Office in Ocdensbnrr, N.Y.</b></p><p>Returns all U.R. nndrllverahle copies under Form 3579 fe the Hockey News Company Room 104, King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg., It31 Rte. Catherine Street West, Montreal 15, Que.</p><p><b>Volume 5 January 12, 1952 Number 15</b></p><p>Ever since the master Cook took over the preparation of the strategies and strategems of the New York Rangers, something amazing has been happening in Manhattan. The Broadway Blueshirts have been cooking with gas within their own bailiwick, becoming well-nigh invincible on home ice ever since big Bill Cook came out of West to take over the direction of the once-faltering crew.</p><p>The casual scanner of the National Hockey League standings by-this time is well aware that Rangers have made a strong surge in the past few weeks, gaining themselves a secure grip on fourth place as of last Monday, January 7. But few outside New York are aware of the really remarkable stand the Blues have made at home since Cook took his bow as an NHL Coach with a victorious debut December 9 against Toronto.</p><p>Of 14 games played since that date &mdash; when, incidentally, Cook&rsquo;s men presented him with a welcome victory over the Maple Leafs &mdash; the New Yorkers have won eight, tied one and lost five. But on Madison Square Garden ice, Rangers have won seven games while losing only one and deadlocking another.</p><p>Only the League leading Detroit Red Wings have been able to conquer the revamped Rangers on their own skating grounds &mdash; taking a 3-1 decision over them on December 16, a week after the new regime began. But the Manhattanites revenged that loss in capable style as they snapped Wings&rsquo; unbeaten road streak with a 1-0 decision in New York the night after Christmas.</p><p>Then, after losing a close 2-1 verdict to Detroit, Rangers duplicated that 1-0 blanking as Chuck Rayner marked up his second shutout of the season &mdash; both against the League&rsquo;s highest-scoring team!</p><p>As a further matter of interest, the Blues have been undefeated in their last four starts (including Sunday&rsquo;s game) as they won three and tied one for a nearly unmarred record. Whatever the recipe Cook is using it seems to be a potent one, at least as far as home ice is concerned.</p><p>It&rsquo;s almost as though the burly master of strategy has been able to instil into his players some of the fire and magic that made Rangers one of the most exciting and colorful teams in the loop in the days when he was at the peak of his career as one of the all-time great right wingers in the game. He&rsquo;s stirring memories of the old days.</p><p>As a matter of fact, whether it&rsquo;s the old fans who are coming back or a brand new crop intrigued by their team&rsquo;s winning ways, attendances have been picking up at an encouraging rate almost simultaneously with the rise of the team&rsquo;s puck fortunes. Attendance is well above last season&rsquo;s level, with several turnstile counts of over 15,000 jamming the Garden&mdash;including the largest crowd in two years. It&rsquo;s just further proof that the best tonic at the gate is a winning team.</p><p>Now, all Cook has to do is find the formula for conducting those winning efforts on foreign ice, and the Rangers will be a really threatening factor in this season&rsquo;s hectic League race. If there&rsquo;s any way of doing it, Bill, with his knack for getting the most out of his players, is surely the one to do it.</p><h2><b>RULE CONFUSION IN C.A.H.A.</b></h2><p>Over the weekend the contentious icing-the-puck rule got another flip-around in the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association as the officials voted by a narrow margin to retain the new rule, first adopted at Halifax last Spring. A couple of weeks ago, a decision was made to drop the revamped legislation, but this raised such a storm of protest from Western Canada members that a turnabout was made.</p><p>The previous icing rule, which is the one in effect in the National and other pro loops, permits the attackers to shoot as soon as they cross the center ice red line, without having the play called back. Under the new C.A.H.A. regulation the puck can be shot from outside the defenders&rsquo; blue line as long as it is stopped by the goaltender. But if it crosses the goal line and is recovered by some defending player other than the goalie, a faceoff is called at the far end of the ice.</p><p>Thus the teams are encouraged to stickhandle their way across the blue line, rather than shooting and rushing in Western delegates feel that this will be valuable in helping to develop puck-carrying ability among the youngsters coming up, which will stand them in good stead in pro hockey.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

THEY’RE COOKING IN NEW YORK!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01227/1233520-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>WANTS HELP</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to say your HOCKEY NEWS paper is tops. I get it every week. It is fun to keep up with the fellows you used to see play in our town. I am a Baltimore, Maryland boy. We used to have an Eastern Hockey League team before the war years. Now I am living in Pennsylvania just oustlde Phllly.</p><p>I have started a a team around town with the help of two old pros. We are having it a little tough at the start. We tried to get ice time from the arena in Phllly but it cost too much so now we are using a small rink outside of Philadelphia and we are paying $20 an hour for ice time. We have the ice two nights a week and we pay $2.00 each. We have some one buying us 15 sets of pants and stockings. Our biggest trouble is getting equipment like gloves, elbow pads, shin pads and shoulder pads. It would be swell If you would put a little ad in your paper for us. We would be glad to buy any old equipment we can get a hold of. Anything at all.</p><p>We need this hockey team around Philly If we are to Interest the young fellows to like the game of hockey. That is the only way to make hockey fans in the States. If you can help us at all it will sure be appreciated. Thank you very much for taking up your time With this letter.</p><p>O.L. Tilton.</p><p>1401 Melrose Ave., Chester, Pa.</p><h2><b>Contented</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Thanks for a swell paper! I look forward to receiving mine each week.</p><p>I have no beef, no suggestions or Improvements except maybe to ask for a small favor sometime soon. How about a story on my favourite player, Tod Sloan of the Leafs?</p><p>Merry Christmas to all the members of THE HOCKEY NEWS, including Elmer Ferguson even though he isn&rsquo;t a Leaf fan.</p><p>E. A. Sullivan. Halifax, N.S.</p><p><b>(Yon will have your story before the end of the season).</b></p><h2><b>Ranger Fan</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I am personally a Ranger fan and think they have a great goaler in the name of Chuck Rayner. How about a story on him?</p><p>I am also pleased that the Rangers broke the Red Wings&rsquo; 15 game winning streak away from home.</p><p>Could you please tell me where Bud O&rsquo;Connor and Wally Stanowski are playing this season.</p><p>Joe McConkey. Oshawa, Ont.</p><p><b>(O&rsquo;Connor and Stanowski are both playing for the Cincinnati Mohawks this season. Stanowski is currently sidelined with a broken leg.)</b></p><h2><b>On Ed&rsquo;s Team</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Congratulations on your simply wonderful article on Eddie Sandford of the Bruins. Eddie is my favourite hockey player so I was sure glad to see a story on him at long last. I&rsquo;m sure Sandford will begin to shine soon as Patrick predicts and at our house we&rsquo;re all pulling for him. I&rsquo;m sure he can succeed.</p><p>Helen Dyk. Hlgate, Sask.</p><h2><b>Subscription News</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I am Interested in subscribing to your paper.</p><p>I would appreciate Information regarding cost of subscription to run through the playoffs as well as postal regulations.</p><p>Frank Elhsuln.</p><p>Brockton, Mass.</p><p><b>(Send four dollars (money order) to THE HOCKEY NEWS, Subscription Department, 204 King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg., Montreal, Que. A one year subscription is for 35 issues. That includes 80 weekly issues and five monthly issues. A subscription taken out now would expire at this time next year.)</b></p><h2><b>Battling Away From Home</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I was reading an article in your paper in which Conn Smythe said that all opposing teams never seem to want to fight the Leafs at Toronto but when at home they all seem to want to fight the Leafs at Toronto but when at home they ail seem to want to fight them.</p><p>Although I am a Montreal fan I am inclined to agree with him. All great fighters such as Lindsay, Ezinicki and even Richard and a few others all engage in small scraps but never like the ones that are fought outside Toronto. The Leafs, on the other hand, fight at any time, at home or away.</p><p>Howard Logan.</p><p>Montreal, Que.</p><h2><b>Not Enough Richard</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>This is my second letter to THE HOCKEY NEWS. I am a subscriber and certainly enjoy and want to compliment you on this fine paper.</p><p>I have one complaint, however, and that is I very rarely see a picture or a Write up on hockey&rsquo;s best player, Maurice &lsquo;Rocket&rsquo; Richard. I am a Canadians&rsquo; fan and Richard fan. Please give us a write up on the &lsquo;Rocket&rsquo; like the one we saw on his linemate Elmer Lach. I would like this very much.</p><p>Elizabeth MacEwan. Macville, Ont.</p><h2><b>Still Single</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you please answer a question for me? Has Marcel Joseph Pronovost (defenseman) on the Detroit Red Wings been recently married?</p><p>Your answer would settle an argument between a friend and I.</p><p>Barthoieu Larten. Detroit, Mich.</p><p><b>(As far as we know Pronovost is still a bachelor. We haven&rsquo;t heard of a marriage.)</b></p><h2><b>Oh! Those Seniors</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Congratulations on your fine paper. I think it has terrific hockey coverage.</p><p>At the climax of last year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs a certain long-legged lanky Leaf goaler by the name of Al Rollins said that Montreal was just a good senior team without Richard. From those scores the Canadiens have been beating Toronto of late it&rsquo;s amazing what a senior team can do to the world&rsquo;s champions.</p><p>What would the score have been had Richard been around?</p><p>What was Mr. Rollins doing last spring; blowing for publicity eh!</p><p>Billy Neveu, Athelston, Que.</p><h2><b>Change Of Mind</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>What is Dick Irvin trying to pull? From the All-Star issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS I would like to quote a few words by him:</p><p>&ldquo;I know McNeil is much better than Rollins. I don&rsquo;t consider Mr. Rollins a very good goaler.&rdquo;</p><p>From the December 29th issue I would like to quote Mr. Irvin as saying:</p><p>&ldquo;Sawchuk of Detroit is sensational so is Rollins of Toronto and our boy McNeil.&rdquo;</p><p>I wonder what happened to make him change his mind?</p><p>Jimmy Squires, Welland, Ont.</p><h2><b>Northern Light</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I really enjoy reading every issue of your HOCKEY NEWS. Each issue becomes more and more Interesting each week.</p><p>But, for my part, I think you could enlarge on the amateur leagues, especially in Northern Ontario.</p><p>With such greats as Ted Lindsay, Gus Mortson, Floyd Curry, Bill Durnan and long-to-be-remembered Bill Barilko coming from the north I&rsquo;m sure many people would like to hear about future stars.</p><p>Did you know George Hains-worth&rsquo;s son is playing goal for a Kirkland Lake Intermediate &lsquo;A&rsquo; club up here and many people think he is a natural.</p><p>Sidney Radish. Kirkland Lake, Ont.</p><h2><b>Requests</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>First I&rsquo;d like to congratulate you on your fine paper. How about a little more on the OHA and Manitoba Junior Leagues.</p><p>Could you tell me where Johnny Arundel is playing this year and his record? What is Leo Boivin now doing and could you tell me his record? How about a story on Flem Mackell? He may not be a prolific scorer but he does his best when he&rsquo;s on the ice.</p><p>This is my first letter to the &ldquo;Fan Forum&rdquo; so I hope you can publish it. I&rsquo;ve been getting the &ldquo;Hockey News&rdquo; for about two years but I&rsquo;ve been reading it for about four years. My uncle gets it and I usually read it. Thank You.</p><p>Rudolphe Jalbert.</p><p>Prince Rupert, B.C.</p><p><b>(Arundel is playing with the St. John Beavers of the Maritime Hockey League. Boivin is back with the Pittsburgh Hornets after being suspended for leaving his club without permission. We don&rsquo;t have tlie records at the moment.)</b></p><h3><b>THE HOCKEY NEWS</b></h3><p><b>Published Weekiy, except, monthly May through September, HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY. 603A Sun Life Bldg.. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Entered as second class Matter December 6, 1951, at the Post Office in Ogdensburg, N.Y., under the act of March 3. 1879. Subscription price $3.00 in Canada. $4.00 in U.S.A.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02120/1233575-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="578" height="268"></div><p><b>JANUARY 16 to JANUARY 22</b></p><p>20&mdash;FRAMPTON, Bob, Victoria, forward, 1929.</p><p>22&mdash;LACH, Elmer, Montreal, forword, 1918.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to You

<div class="byline">(Sports Editor Montreal Gazette)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01178/1233613-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="248" height="381"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02154/1233606-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="356" height="569"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Irvin</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Hockey Better Than Ever?</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ick Irvin, with Frank Selke staunchly supporting him, was saying recently that there are as many good hockey players around as there ever were and that the game today is better than it ever was.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s harder to score now than it was 15 or 20 years ago,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;What makes me think of it was something I heard at a sportsmen&rsquo;s dinner in Boston a few days ago. Remember Bob Zuppke, the old Illinois fooltball coach? Well, someone was recalling an interview that Grantland Rice had with him back in the &lsquo;20s when Zuppke had his great teams. Rice caught up with him while the team was practising and asked him what made an All-American player.</p><p>&ldquo;Zuppke didn&rsquo;t take his eyes off the practice, but lie said over his shoulder: &ldquo;Weak opposition, good blocking and a favorable press&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p><p>The point Dick wanted to make was that some of the old-timers set the&rsquo;r scoring records against weak opposition.</p><p>&ldquo;There were two seasons when the Chicago Black Hawks only won seven games,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;When Philadelphia was in the League they won only four games during the entire season. The old New York Americans weren&rsquo;t much better. When the good clubs played them they ran up big scores and fellows like Howie Morenz. Aurel Joliat. Nels Stew art, Harvey Jackson, Charlie Conacher, Bill Cook and those other good players filled their hats.</p><p>&ldquo;Why, I remember one night when Charlie Gardiner was hit with a puck playing in the Chicago nets and had to leave the game. The fellow who replaced him&mdash;I think It was Wilfie Cude&mdash;also was conked and Charlie had to come back on the ice. By that time the game had developed into such a burlesque that Gardiner came back on wearing a derby hat. Could you Imagine anything like that happening today?</p><p>&ldquo;The goalkeepers today are a lot better than they used to be, too. If you were to put one of those old Immortals In there now, they wouldn&rsquo;t be able to stop anything. They&rsquo;d fill the neta on them.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>The Millenium Is Here</b></h2><p>If someone had told you that the day would come when Dick would agree about anything with Clarence Campbell, the League prexy, you would have doubted the guy&rsquo;s sanity. But maybe the millenium is here.</p><p>It isn&rsquo;t much more than three weeks ago that President Campbell told the press that there wasn&rsquo;t anything wrong with hockey that couldn&rsquo;t be cured If the clubs would put goal-scoring first. If they concentrated on attack instead of defense, the ubiquitous and obnoxious tie would virtually disappear. Maybe Dick didn&rsquo;t see the story, because he said practically the same thing in reverse.</p><p>&ldquo;If I had my way I&rsquo;d throw out the Vezina Trophy,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Get rid of it completely. You watch and you&rsquo;ll see that the only time there&rsquo;s a sag in a hockey game is when a team is a couple of goals ahead and they start thinking about their goalkeeper. They say, &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s keep the score down for good old Joe Blow,&rsquo; and that does It. They go into a defensive shell. That Toronto club does it all the time because Conn Smythe is trying to prove that Rollins Is better than Sawchuk.</p><p>&ldquo;I say get rid of the Vezina award and make the teams go full-out all the time and you&rsquo;ll never have a dull moment in a game.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Clean Goals and Bodychecks</b></h2><p>He resents the often repeated statement that you never see a clean goal scored nowadays; they&rsquo;re all screened shots or deflects.</p><p>&ldquo;Why, I saw two goals scored In the last few games that were as pretty as any that were ever scored in the National League,&rdquo; he declared. &ldquo;Pronovost scored one of them against us in Detroit and Hergeshelmer scored the other in New York. Pronovost took the puck, circled his own net, skated through everybody on our team and scored. Howie Morenz never did it any better.&rdquo;</p><p>He refutes the charge that it&rsquo;s almost Impossible to hit anybody owith a bodycheck in the kind of hockey they&rsquo;re playing today and cited the Boston-Detroit game in Boston recently as proof.</p><p>&ldquo;The Bruins were two goals behind in the last period and the fans were getting on them,&rdquo; lie said. &ldquo;Then Lynn Patrick took off Ferguson, Fisher and Sullivan and just played two lines. Kryzanowski hit a couple of those Detroit guys and slowed them up a bit. Then Schmidt and Sandford stepped into a couple more and the next thing you knew the Bruins had scored two goals and tied the score. You didn&rsquo;t hear any complaints about the tie. The people left the rink plenty satisfied.</p><p>&ldquo;There are still plenty of opportunities to bodycheck in this game. A fellow who broke into the League three years ago used to throw plenty of them in his first year; then he suddenly stopped hitting anybody. I said to him the other day, &lsquo;What&rsquo;s the matter? You haven&rsquo;t hit anybody in the last two years.&rsquo;</p><p>&ldquo;He said, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m just smarter than I used to be. I&rsquo;m going to leave this game the way I came in&mdash;with everything intact.&rsquo; There are others like him, too, and they don&rsquo;t do hockey any good because they&rsquo;re holding back. The good ones are never like that; they give everything they&rsquo;ve got.&rdquo;</p><p>Did anybody say there was something wrong with hockey? The defense (Mr. Irvin) rests.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Playing the Field

<div class="byline">By AL NICKLESON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03115/1233644-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>&ldquo;Yug&rdquo; On His Way</b></p><p><b>HUGH BOLTON &hellip; &hellip; Six Teeth Did Trick</b></p></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>He wears size 13 shoes and he&rsquo;s always hungry. They call lim &ldquo;Yug&rdquo; but he doesn&rsquo;t now why or what it means. He never says three words when two will do and he ends his sentences with a grin instead of a period.</p><p>That&rsquo;s Hugh Bolton, the lanky linestopper who only a few short months ago figured he just wasn&rsquo;t a good enough hockey player to hold a job with the club he admired most &mdash; the Maple Leafs. Now, the long-legged kid is a top candidate for the National Hockey League&rsquo;s rookie award.</p><p>They say that 22-year-old Hugh bears striking resemblance to a young Abe Lincoln &mdash; although Abe never was photographed in a Leaf jersey for comparison. It&rsquo;s hard to get living proof of other similar mannerisms, however, because not even Turk Broda was around at the time Mr. Lincoln was emancipating.</p><p>One thing, Bolton has that same lean, hungry look despite the fact he eats four meals a day, with assorted snacks, such as sandwiches and apples in between. He credits the steady munching with filling out his six-foot, three-inch frame to 190 pounds, 10 more than at fall training, and thus giving him the strength to carry on.</p><h2><b>Had No Strength</b></h2><p>&ldquo;In fall training and in exhibition games I was giving everything I had but it didn&rsquo;t seem to be enough, Hugh recalled the other day. &ldquo;One game I&rsquo;d be okay and the next game or practise I&rsquo;d be all tired out. I had no strength. I felt I was being shoved all over the ice. I didn&rsquo;t have it and I began to wonder if I ever would.&rdquo;</p><p>The big guy was worried, too, as to whether his bones were brittle. The previous season, on moving up from the Allan Cup-winning Marlboro seniors, he&rsquo;d had a dismal time with Injuries, played only 13 games with Leafs and nine on the farm with Pittsburgh.</p><p>&ldquo;Once this season started I felt stronger,&rdquo; added Bolton. &ldquo;I hit some guys pretty hard and it didn&rsquo;t bother me. I think that having six teeth out and eating plenty has done the trick.&rdquo;</p><p>An all-round athlete, Bolton is the second Toronto-born player on the Leaf team. The other is Sid Smith. Bolton was a star halfback for Humberside Collegiate and for the intermediates at Queen&rsquo;s University. He&rsquo;s among the best amateur basebailers in this city and played last summer with Milwaukee Sports, a senior club. That was for pure love of the game and not for money. After a schedule of about 50 games, the players cut up the melon and received $25 each. On a financial basis, that&rsquo;s a wage of 50 cents a game.</p><p>His hockey career started in shinny games with other kids on the Oakmount Park city rink in the west end. He came up through the T.H.L. to Ed Wildey&rsquo;s Young Rangers, thence on to Marlboro juniors and seniors.</p><p>&ldquo;I always hoped to be a pro but in those early days. I never really thought I would. But I knew that I didn&rsquo;t want to be with any other team but the Leafs.&rdquo;</p><p>Asked when he first had the idea he might become a professional player, Bolton said, with a big grin: &ldquo;I still haven&rsquo;t got the idea.&rdquo;</p><p>At first, Hugh was a center and right winger. He went back to a regular defense spot as a Young Ranger of 17 years. Back in &lsquo;48 he entered Queen&rsquo;s University. After starring at football there, he was talked into moving back to Toronto to play for Marlboro juniors and attended University of Toronto. He was a big factor in the Marlies getting as far as the OHA finals.</p><p>Slow and deliberate off the ice, Bolton is the good-natured recipient of much &ldquo;kidding&rdquo; by his mates. Trainer Tim Daly calls him &ldquo;Lightning&rdquo; A couple of seasons back, when he was with Marlboro Seniors, teammate Scotty Mair dubbed him &ldquo;Yug.&rdquo; Mair claimed that was Scotch for Hugh but Bolton isn&rsquo;t sure.</p><p>Coach Joe Primeau who also had Bolton when he was with Marlboro Seniors, terms him &ldquo;a die-hard guy who gives everything he&rsquo;s got.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;The thing that always impressed me was that Hughie will fight to the last ditch,&rdquo; said Joe, &ldquo;and really takes a loss to heart.&rdquo;</p><p>As to Hughie, he definitely wants to make hockey his career. He&rsquo;s also thinking of marriage and, eventually, settling into some kind of business.</p><p>He was taking an engineering course at U of T when he turned pro. He couldn&rsquo;t keep up with school. But last summer, he started an economics course at the university&rsquo;s summer school.</p><p>&ldquo;I want to keep my hand in&rdquo;, said Bolton. &ldquo;If I&rsquo;m not good enough to play for the Leafs I want something to go on. I might wind up as a school teacher or an engineer.&rdquo;</p><p>Right now, there doesn&rsquo;t seem to be any immediate chance of that. The big, dark-haired kid is improving all the time. The polishing is starting to show.</p><p>What&rsquo;s more, Yug likes to lug that puck up the ice. He has an excellent chance of becoming a great rushing defenseman. That&rsquo;s something that any hockey team prays for.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0007-03

Bolton Keeps Nose in Books Just in Case He can’t Stick with Leafs

<p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK, N.Y. &mdash; The readers of Sport Magazine have chosen Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens hockey&rsquo;s &lsquo;top performer of 1951.&rsquo;</p><p>It marked the third time Richard has been chosen by the magazine as the outstanding hockey player of the year.</p><p>Richard, who won in 1947 and 1950, polled a sizable margin over runner-up Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>This year marked the first time the winners of Sport Magazine&rsquo;s &lsquo;Top Perform e&rsquo;r&rsquo; awards were picked by vote of the fans themselves. In the past the candidates were chosen by a panel of famous sportswriters. Last fall, however, it was decided by the editors of the magazine to shift the power of selection to the people who follow the games from the stands.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Richard Chosen By Sport Readers As Top Performer

<div class="byline">&#x2014;DANN</div><p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT, Mich. &mdash; The fanciest collectors of winning streaks in the National Hockey League this season, Detroit Red Wings were starting from scratch when they opened the second half of the campaign.</p><p>In the first 35 tests of the 70-game schedule, Detroit put together the best streaks of any club.</p><p>Twice the Wings skated through 10 straight games without defeat. They were unbeaten in the first 15 road starts, tying an all-time NHL record. And they piled up six straight victories on home ice.</p><p>But by the time the 1952 portion of the campaign rolled around, with game No. 36 in the future, the Wings didn&rsquo;t have a streak to their name.</p><p>They lost their final road start of 1951, bowing 1-0 in New York.</p><p>And they lost their final home start, as well, dropping a 5-3 verdict to Montreal.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Wings Start Second Half Without Streak To Name

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03121/1233761-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>B</span>elow, the statistics comparing the Canadiens after the 36th game had been played last season and this. It compares the players with their goal scoring last season and this and also how they fared in the first and second 18 games in the first 36 games of the season.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Comparing Habs This Year and Last

<div class="byline">By ANNIS STUKUS (Toronto Star)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0488/1233792-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="292" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Rudy Migay</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO Ont.&mdash;</p><p>A new method &mdash; for the Leafs &mdash; of taping knees has been paying off with the return to action of Howie Meeker and the staying in action of several of the other speedsters who have had knee ailments.</p><p>It may help Rudy Migay stay up this time as the former St. Michael&rsquo;s ace comes up from Pittsburgh in an effort to give the Leafs a shot in the up-and-at-them department.</p><p>Because with Migay&rsquo;s arrival, Hap Day announced that someone would be &lsquo;&lsquo;going to the Hornets&rdquo; to take his place if he stays.</p><p>That should wake some of the boys who have been going just hard enough to earn their salaries. Migay will make it 12 forwards in camp and Joe Klukay is expected to start skating shortly.</p><p>But getting back to the taping formula. One of the Leaf club doctors noticed an article in a medical journal about the Harvard style of taping knees for their football players. The tape job hadn&rsquo;t prevented knee injuries, it was pointed out. What it did show over the years was that in not one case had the school had a recurrence of a knee injury.</p><p>They&rsquo;ve been trying it out this campaign and reports have been very encouraging. The boys like it, have confidence in the method and that&rsquo;s 90 per cent of the battle in getting knees back into playing shape.</p><p>In his previous stint with the Leafs, Migay was just starting to look as if he belonged when he ran into a knee injury in Chicago that sidelined him for over a month. Rudy&rsquo;s only difficulty at the moment is that he may not be in proper playing condition after the long enforced rest.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-04

Migay Returns To Leafs New Knee-Tape Method May Keep Him Up There

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0559/1233823-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="289" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Barilko</b></figcaption></div><p><b>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</b></p><p><b>An offer of a $10,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of National Hockey League star Bill Barilko expired with the new year.</b></p><p><b>Barilko, who fired the Stanley Cup-winning goal for Toronto Maple Leafs last season, disappeared in Northern Ontario August 26 with Dr. Henry Hudson, dentist, en route home from a two-day fishing trip.</b></p><p><b>A search was conducted throughout the barren region for more than six weeks. The Royal Canadian Air Force alone said it had spent over $1,000,000 on the search.</b></p><p><b>The reward had been offered by Maple Leaf Gardens, through Leaf chieftain Conn Smythe, who urged on searches to press the hunt tirelessly for the colorful, forceful Toronto rearguard.</b></p><p><b>As time went on, hope for his safety waned, but search planes and ground parties kept up the fruitless quest for weeks.</b></p><h2><b>Sports Photos !</b></h2><p>3,000 different 8 x 10 glossy photos of all your favorites of the SPORTS world, past and present. Ideal for your television den, tavern, clubroom or album. Price in Canada:</p><p>60 cents each &mdash; 5 for $2.20 Send for FREE list and additional money-saving rates.</p><p><b>ALL SPORTS PHOTO STUDIO</b></p><p>Box 763, Grand Cent. Sta. Mew York 17, N.Y.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Search For Leaf Finally Dropped, Reward Withdrawn

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1226/1234025-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="299" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Paul Meger</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>R</span>ookie Paul Meger, Montreal&rsquo;s &lsquo;Eager Beaver&rsquo; is THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; player-of-the-week and O&rsquo;Keefe&rsquo;s Award. Meger came up with five goals last week and played fine hockey, fine enough to lead the Habs into second spot in the National League race.</b></p><p><b>Meger found the going rather tough at the beginning of the season. In fact it took him 12 games to get his first goal. Even after he connected for the first one it took him another 10 to get the second. He was disappointing because he came to Montreal from Buffalo with record as a prolific scorer. He won the rookie award in the American League and then was placed on the All Star team in the loop last season although he had been brought up to the National League.</b></p><p><b>There is no doubt that Meger is one of the hardest working two way players in the NHL today. But his failure to click around the nets often left Montreal fans wondering if perhaps the Habs had just found themselves another player who was a terrific minor leaguer but a bust as a major leaguer.</b></p><p><b>It wasn&rsquo;t until the night of January 27th in Montreal against the Rangers that Meger finally got going. The Habs whippet the Blues 7-2 and Meger accounted for two goals and an assist.</b></p><p><b>The Canadiens then went on the road and whipped Detroit 5-3 and Chicago 3-0. Meger failed to garner any points against Detroit but his fine checking helped his club to their first win over Detroit this season.</b></p><p><b>In Chicago Meger played his finest game in the NHL. His teammates praised him for what they called one of the finest games they have ever seen a man come up with.</b></p><p><b>Not only did &lsquo;Eaged&rsquo; Meger come up with two goals but he killed off penalties and flew up and down checking like a 10 year veteran.</b></p><p><b>The Habs came home to play the Leafs on January 3rd and with Meger once again playing a starring role they knocked off the Blue and White 3-1. Meger got the first goal on beautiful play by &lsquo;Boom Boom&rsquo; Geoffrion. He took a pass about 15 feet past the blueline, cut in on Rollins and slid the puck between his legs as he went down to make the save.</b></p><p><b>Since Meger started to hit the twince, as he been doing of late the Habs have found themselves a going concern. Paul has been used to kill penalties and to hold the opposing high scorers in check. Proof that he&rsquo;s doing a good job is the fact that his check has only scored three times en him this season.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0009-12

Player-of-the-Week

<h2><b>Most Playoff Shutouts</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>V</span>eteran Turk Broda of the Toronto Maple Leafs hold the record for scoring the most shutouts in the National Hockey League playoffs. In his years with the Leafs Broda totaled no fewer than 12 shutouts in the playoffs.</p><h2><b>Fast Playoff Goal</b></h2><p>Sid Smith of the Toronto Maple Leafs holds the record for the fastest goal scored in a playoff game. When Smith flicked the disc into the Montreal cage exactly 15 seconds after the first game of the 1951 Stanley Cup playoffs got underway on April 11, he made the record. Toronto won in overtime.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON SUNDAY, JAN. 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01196/1233994-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="598" height="176"></div><h3><b>RESULTS OF GAMES</b></h3><p>Dec. 31&mdash;Canadiens 5 at Detroit 3</p><p>Jan. 1&mdash;Canadiens 3 at Chicago 0 Rangers 4 at Boston 2</p><p>Jan. 2&mdash;Detroit 0 at Rangers 1</p><p>Jan. 3&mdash;Toronto 1 at Canadiens 3</p><p>Jan. 6&mdash;Boston 3 at Canadiens 2 Chicago 1 at Toronto 2</p><p>Jan. 6&mdash;Chicago 2 at Rangers 3</p><p>Jan. 6&mdash;Boston 2 at Detroit 4</p><h3><b>NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</b></h3><p>Jan. 8&mdash;Boston at Chicago</p><p>Jan. 9&mdash;Toronto at Rangers</p><p>Jan. 10&mdash;Rangers at Detroit</p><p>Jan. 12&mdash;Chicago at Canadiens Detroit at Toronto</p><p>Jan. 13&mdash;Canadiens at Rangers Toronto at Detroit Chicago at Boston</p><p>Montreal Canadiens won three out of four games during the week and climbed into a second-place tie in the N.H.L. standings with Toronto Maple Leafs. Each club has 40 points. Sporting a 12-point lead over Leafs and Canadiens are the front-running Detroit Red Wings with 52 points. The Wings didn have a particularly good week, however, losing two out of three tilts. New York Rangers, playing inspired hockey under the capable guidance of Bill Cook, won three games during the week and are now located In the fourth spot with 34 points. Boston Bruins are fifth with 31 while Chicago is sixth with 25 points.</p><p>Elmer Lach picked up three points and linemate Maurice Richard acquired four to show the way in the National Hockey League individual scoring race. Lach has nine goals and 28 assists for 37 points while Richard has 21 goals and 15 assists for 36 points. Gordie Howe of Detroit is back of the Montreal twosome with 35 points made up of 20 goals and 15 assists. Don Raleigh of N.Y. Rangers is next with 33. Sid Bmith and Ted Kennedy of Tofonpo are grouped together with 31 points apiece. Johnny Peirson is high scorer for Boston with 11 goals and 18 assists for 29 points. Ted Lindsay of Detroit has 28 and Chicago&rsquo;s premier marksman, Bill Mosienko, follows with 27 points.</p><p>The 21 goals scored by Richard is tops for the season and the 28 assisters piled up by Elegant Elmer Lach rates No. 1 in that division.</p><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29</b></h3><p><b>New York 2 at Montreal 7</b></p><p>MONTREAL &mdash; Maurice Richard scored two goals and the rookies had a field day when Montreal Canadiens plastered a 7-2 defeat on New York Rangers.</p><p>A bug-eyed home crowd of 14.270 saw Canadiens rattle in six goals In the second period, two short of the singleperiod record of eight set by Detroit Red Wings against the Rangers back in 1944.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Evans, Buller, Kraftcheck, Ross; forwards, Laprade, Kulman, Sinclair, Raleigh, Ronty, Mlckoski, Toppazzini, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowinski, Ailsby.</p><p><b>Montreal:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, St. Laurent, Bouchard, McPherson, Johnson; forwards, Lach, Olmstead Richard, Curry, Geoffrion, Gamble, Moore, Reay, Meger, McCormack.</p><p>Referee: Georges Gravel; linesmen, Jim Primeau and Doug Davies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02176/1233987-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="598" height="574"></div><p><b>Chicago 1 at Detroit 3</b></p><p>DETROIT &mdash; Gord Howe&rsquo;s two last period goals led Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the tail-end Chicago Black Hawks. About 10,760 fans saw the Wings win.</p><p>It was Detroit&rsquo;s sixth straight victory on home ice, and the sixth in seven starts against Chicago.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Gadsby, Stewart, Dewsbury, Fogolin; forwards, McFadden, Mosienko, Babando, Gee, Peters, Guldolin, Bodnar, Taylor, Hyrmnak.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Kelly, Reise, Pronovost, Woit; forwards, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Prystal, Paveltch, Leswick, Delvecchio, Skov, Glover, Stasluk.</p><p>Referee: Bill Morrison; linesmen, George Hayes, Jack Mehlenbacher.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03145/1233980-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="595" height="295"></div><p><b>Boston 0 at Toronto 4</b></p><p>TORONTO &mdash; In a wild and wooley game that produced four major penalties the Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Boston Bruins 4-0. Highlight of the game was a brawl between Leafs&rsquo; Jim Thomson and Bruins Ed Kryzanowski.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Laycoe, Henderson, Kyle, Kryzanowski; forwards, Schmidy, Peirson, Ezinlckl, Sullivan, McIntyre, Fisher, Creighton, Sandford, Brown.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Thomson, Mortson, Flaman, Juzda, Bolton; forwards, Kennedy, Smith. Sloan, Gardner, Watson. Lewlcki, Bentley, Mackell, Tlmgren, McLellan, Meeker.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04126/1233973-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="594" height="423"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30</b></h3><p><b>Toronto 2 at New York 2</b></p><p>NEW YORK &mdash; The Maple Leafs, wearying in the late stages, blew a two-goal lead to New York Rangers and were hard put in the closing minutes to protect a 2-2 tie. The Rangers, showing plenty of dash and fight, never looked like a team that had managed a 7-2 loss to Montreal Canadiens the previous night.</p><p>A crowd of 15,063, the largest of the New York season looked on.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Thomson, Mortson, Juzda, Flaman; forwards, Bentley, Tlmgren, Lewlcki, Kennedy, Smith, Sloan, Gardner, Meeker, Watson, Mackell, McLellan.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Ross, Buller, Kraftcheck, Martin, Evans; forwards, Raleigh, Slowinski, Stewart, Laprade, Ronty, Mlckoski, Hergesheimer, Toppazzini, Kullman, Sinclair.</p><p>Referee: Bill Chadwick; linesmen, Sammy Babcock and Dorn Baolta.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05101/1233966-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="592" height="369"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0690/1233959-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="598" height="131"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, DECEMBER 31</b></h3><p><b>Montreal 5 at Detroit 3</b></p><p>DETROIT &mdash; The Montreal Canadiens whipped the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 for their first win over the League Leaders this season. Despite the hat trick by Gord Howe the Wings were unable to hold the revitlllzed Habs. Lach led the Montrealers with a pair of goals.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil: defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, MacPherson, St. Laurent: forwards, Lach, Richard, Olmstead, Geoffrion, Curry, Gamble, Reay, McCormick, Meger, Moore.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Reise, Pronovost, Woit Kelly; forwards, Abel Howe, Lindsay, Skov, Prystal, Pavelich, Delvecchio, Leswick, Glover, Stasluk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0780/1233952-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="594" height="498"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 1</b></h3><p><b>Montreal 3 at Chicago 0</b></p><p>CHICAGO &mdash; Goaler Gerry McNeil racked up his first shutout of the season as the Montreal Canadiens whipped the Chicago Black Hawks 3-0.</p><p>Maurice Richard scored the first goal shortly after the game got underway. Referee Bill Chadwick ruled that Jim Peters hooked Bert Olmstead and awarded Montreal a penalty shot.</p><p>Richard took the free shot and pulled Lumley out of the cage for the goal. Paul Meger got the other two in the third period.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, MacPherson, Bouchard, Johnson, St. Laurent: forwards, Richard, Lach, Olmstead, Geoffrion, Curry, Reay, McCormack, Mosdell, Meger, Masnick, Moore.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Stewart, Gadsby, Hrymnak; forwards, Guldolin, Gee, Peters, Mosienko, Babando, Bodnar, Witiuk, McFadden, Taylor.</p><p>Referee: Bill Chadwick; linesmen: Doug Young and Geo. Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0874/1233945-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="598" height="219"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02170/1233938-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="592" height="125"></div><p><b>New York 4 nt Boston B</b></p><p>BOSTON &mdash; Ex-Bruin Steve Kraftcheck helped the New York Rangers take over fourth place in the National Hockey League from the Boston Bruins with a 4 to 2 victory before 6,301 at Boston.</p><p>Kraftcheck scored the first two Ranger goals in the first period. His teammates, Gaye Stewart and Wally Hergesheimer, counted the other tallies In the second and third periods respectively to provide the margin of victory.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Evans, Buller, Kraftcheck, Ross, Martin; forwards, Raleigh, Stoddard, Stewart, Slowlnskl, Ronty, Laprade, Mlckoski, Hergesheimer, Kullman, Sinclair.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush. Kyle, Laycoe, Henderson; forwards, Schmidt, Ezinickl, Brown, Creighton, Peirson, McIntyre, Sandford, Fisher, Ferguson, Kryzanowski, Sullivan.</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvarl; linesmen: Sammy Babock and Doug Davies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03149/1233931-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="588" height="419"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3</b></h3><p><b>Detroit 0 at New York 1</b></p><p>NEW YORK &mdash; The Rangers duplicated their feat of a week ago when they shut out the League-leading Detroit Red Wings, 1-0, in a National Hockey League game featured by the brilliant play of both goal tenders.</p><p>A mob of 9,385 saw Don Raleigh score at the 12-minute mark of the first period and then watched while the fourth-place Rangers outskated and outchecked Detroit the rest of the way.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Kelly, Goldham, Wolt, Reise, Pronovost; forwards, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Leswlck, Prystai, Pavelich, Skov, Delvecchio, Glover, Stasiuk.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Evans, Buller, Kraftcheck, Ross, Martin; forwards, Laprade. Stoddard, Sinclair, Raleigh, Ronty, Mlckoski, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Kullman, Slowlnskl.</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvarl; linesmen: Bam Babcock and Doug Davies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04113/1233924-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="589" height="321"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 3</b></h3><p><b>Toronto 1 at Canadiens 3</b></p><p>MONTREAL &mdash; Maintaining the sizzling pace of recent weeks, Canadiens skated to their fifth straight victory and second place in the NHL by defeating Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 before a capacity crowd of 14,492 at the Forum.</p><p>It was the Habitants&rsquo; ninth win in their last 12 games and their fourth straight triumph over the fading Leafs. The win left Canadiens two points up on Toronto for the runner-up berth and 10 points back of the leading Detroit Red Wings.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Flaman, Juzda, Thomson, Mortson; forwards, Migay, Meeker, Watson, Bentley, Kennedy, Sloan, Mackell, Gardner, Lewlckl, Timgren, Smith.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, St. Laurent, Macpherson; forwards, Lach, Richard, Olmstead, Geoffrlon, Curry, Gamble, Moore, Reay, McCormack, Meger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0593/1233917-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="590" height="222"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0685/1233910-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="595" height="124"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 5</b></h3><p><b>Chicago 1 at Toronto 2</b></p><p>TORONTO. &mdash; Danny Lewlcld&rsquo;s goal at 12:08 of the last period broke a 1-1 tie and gave the Leafs a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks. Harry Watson also scored for the Leafs with Pete Babando getting the lone Chicago goal.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Lumley; deence, Fogolln, Dewsbury, Stewart, Gadsby, Hrymnak; forwards, Guidolin, Gee, Peters, Mosienko, Babando, Bodnar, WItluk, McFadden, Taylor.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Thomson, Mortson, Flaman, Bolton; forwards, Kennedy, Sloan, Watson, Bentley, Meeker, Migay, Mackell, Gardner, Lewickl, Timgren, Smith.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0767/1233903-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="586" height="377"></div><p><b>Boston 3 at Canadiens 2</b></p><p>MONTREAL. &mdash; The lowly Boston Bruins broke the Montreal Canadiens five games winning streak with a 3-2 win over the Habs. Lome Ferguson paced the Bruins with two goals. He scored the winner with a minute and fourty-five second remaining In the game.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Kyle, Quackenbush, Henderson, Laycoe, Kryzanowski; forwards, Ezinickl, Dumart, Schmidt, Sandford, Fisher, Sullivan, Creighton, Ferguson, McIntyre, Peirson.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, St. Laurent, Harvey, Bouchard, Johnson, MacPherson; forwards, Olmstead, Lach, Richard, Meger, Reay, Curry, Gamble, McCormack, Geoffrlon, Moore.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0855/1233896-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="589" height="294"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0947/1233889-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="592" height="204"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 5</b></h3><p><b>Chicago 2 at New York 3</b></p><p>NEW YORK. &mdash; A goal by Rookie Jack Stoddard, his first of the season since being traded to the Rangers from Providence, gave the Rangers a 3-2 win ovefl the last place Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Stewart, Gadsby, Martin; forwards, Gee, Peters, Guidolin, Mosienko, Babando, Horeck, Bodnar, Taylor, McFadden, Hrymnak.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Kraftcheck, Stanley, Ailsby, Buller; forwards, Laprade, Mlckoski, Sinclair, Raleigh, Ronty. Stewart, Kullman, Blowlnskl, Toppazzlnl.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1041/1233882-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="588" height="352"></div><p><b>Boston 2 at Detroit 4</b></p><p>DETROIT. &mdash; The Detroit Red Wings scored three goals In the last period to get a 4-2 win over the Bruins. Ted Lindsay led the Wings with two goals while Stasiuk and Howe got the others. Creighton and McIntyre scored for the Bruins.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Bawchuk; defence. Goldham, Reise; Pronovost, Woit, Kelly; forwards, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Skov, Prystai, Pavelich, Delvecchio, Leswick, Giover, Stasiuk.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Kyis, Quackenbush, Laycoe, Morrison, Kryzanowski; forwards, Schmidt, Ezlnlckf, Ferguson, Sandford, Fisher, Sullivan, Brown, Creighton, McIntyre, Peirson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1135/1233875-1-eng-US/f0010-112.jpg" title="f0010-11" width="586" height="375"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 6)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0974/1233868-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="591" height="951"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1066/1233861-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="596" height="225"></div><p>&bull; Replaced Lumley at end of 2nd period, November 25th.</p><h3><b>Penalties In Minutes By Club</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1151/1233854-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="539" height="158"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">By IAN MacDONALD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01210/1234056-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="278" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pierre Brillant</b></figcaption></div><p>THREE RIVERS, Que.-</p><p>Coach Jack Toupin, of the Three Rivers entry in the Quebec Junior Amateur Hockey Association race, has his Reds rolling along at a great clip and the other five clubs in Buster Horwoods thriving circuit are served notice to beware.</p><p>Reputed to be loaded with top talent but also to be slow starters, in pre-season predictions, Toupin&rsquo;s Trifluvians are taking the wise boys at their word and hitting top form for the last half of their 50 game schedule.</p><p>The Reds closed out their 1951 campaigning in sensational style as they scored a double win over two of the loop&rsquo;s top entries. Edging Quebec&rsquo;s powerladen Citadels 3-2 in overtime, at Three Rivers on Dec. 29, the Reds travelled to Montreal the following night to paste the third-place Nationale 4-2 before a kiddies night crowd of 7,500 at the Forum.</p><p>The double win establishes the husky striped shirts firmly in fourth place and leaves them just one point behind Nationale. With a game in hand over all the top teams they are six points behind the runner up Quebec squad and an even dozen in arrears of the high-flying Montreal Canadiens.</p><h2><b>Boisvert Surprises In Goal</b></h2><p>Pacing Toupin&rsquo;s Terriers in this brilliant upsurge has been the club&rsquo;s number one scoring line, a pair of husky rearguards who thrive on plenty of extra work, and the unexpected topnotch play of Gilles Boisvert in goal.</p><p>With only five players back from last year&rsquo;s A squad Toupin was figured to be in for a tough rebuilding job to make a contender out of this years crop. Gone was the Reds two-time all-star goalie Bob Perrault, who graduated to Providence Reds of the American League. Rene Pepin, last year leading goal-sniper with the club and his playmakin.g linemate Edgar Gendron had graduated to senior company in the Quebec Major League.</p><p>But Toupin took his time. For weeks he drilled the club fairly easily stressing fundamentals and making sure the lads got plenty of ice. As the season got underway the boys were subjected to more and more training, Toupin figuring he wanted the club hits its peak late in the season. The team now has two skating sessions a day.</p><p>The result of this training plan are now paying off as the Reds present the fastest and strongest skating club in the loop. Their plays are begining to formulate as the players co-ordinate with their mates and when their shooting eyes get on the target this club will be hard to beat.</p><p>Not that all the boys are wild when goalward bound, for Pierre Brillant right-winger on the first line with team-captain Jean-Jacques Bernaquez, at centre, and Jean Leclerc, at left wing, has scored 32 goals In 2 8 games for better than a goal a game average. The sturdy 5&rsquo;714&rdquo;. Brillant playing his last year junior has been one of the big cogs in the present spurt of the Reds to the upper ranks of the standings.</p><p>Jean Guy Talbot, last year&rsquo;s junior badman, and member of the first string all-star team at defense has improved some and is without a doubt the standout blue-line performer in the loop at the present time. Talbot han&rsquo;t distance away from the dubious honor of being badman for a second year running as he is 42 minutes behind St. Jerome Eagles&rsquo; Jimmy Bartlett in minutes spent in the sinbln to date. It&rsquo;s not that Talbot has turned fancy dan all of a sudden but that the Eagles wild Jimmy is going completely wild and already spent 137 minutes in the cooler, more than Talbot had when he led the league last season.</p><p>Toupin&rsquo;s big worry has been at left-wing where his boys have been Injured regularly. But this misfortune on the portside patrol turned out to be a blessing in disguise. For in desperation Toupin shunted defenseman Paul Marion up to the wing and the burly 185-pounder so thrived on the extra work that when he took his turn back on defense he has played the best hockey of his young career. Toupin now keeps Marion playing the double role and he is blossoming into another fine defenseman.</p><p>Goaling seemed to be Toupin&rsquo;s most severe worry. The loss of Perrault was tough enough but then Gilles Boisvert last year&rsquo;s substitute turned up some 15-pounds overweight and was very weak in the early weeks of the schedule. Hardwork and serious living however have helped the 150-pound youngster to shed the extra poundage which was bothering him, and now he stands along with Quebec&rsquo;s Marcell Paille and Habs&rsquo; Charlie Hodge as one of the top netminders in the group.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Reds Close Out 1951 Leaving Rest of QJHL Hanging on Side Rails

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<h2><b>Penalty Shots</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he fourth penalty shot of the season was awarded last week. Edmonton was the offending club in the game played in Edmonton against Calgary, December 28. George Agar of Calgary took the shot and made no mistake, hitting the hemp behind Goalie Bill Brennan.</p><h2><b>Hat Tricks</b></h2><p>Three hat tricks were turned in the past week. Garry Gordon of Vancouver against Saskatoon, Christinas Day in Vancouver. Alex Kaleta of Saskatoon against Vancouver the same game anil George Senick of Saskatoon against Seattle, December 30 in Seattle.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., DEC. 25</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01225/1234391-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="595" height="226"></div><h2><b>RESUETS OF GAMES</b></h2><p>Dec. 25 &mdash; Saskatoon 8 at Vancouver 4</p><p>Dec. 26 &mdash; Vancouver 3 at Victoria 2 Saskatoon 1 at New West&rsquo;er 6 Edmonton 4 at Calgary 2</p><p>Dec. 28 &mdash; Saskatoon 6 at Victoria 0 Calgary 4 at Edmonton 3</p><p>Dec. 29 &mdash; Saskatoon 5 at Tacoma 4</p><p>Vancouver 2 at New West&rsquo;er 4 Edmonton 4 at Calgary 5</p><p>Dec. 30 &mdash; Saskatoon 8 at Seattle 5</p><p>Joe Bell of Seattle, who did not jilay the past week due to injuries, and Eddie Dorohoy of A lctoria who picked up one point, lead the individual scorers with 44 points. Several players moved close to the top in the past week, and a battle royal is developing tor the scoring lead.</p><p>Alex Kaleta of Saskatoon, who enjoyed the best week any player has this season, was player of the week, with 7 goals and 7 assists for a total of 14 points. This Increased his point total to 43, just one less than the leaders. George Agar of Calgary picked up six points and is tied with Kaleta with 43 points. John Chad and Neil Strain of Saskatoon each picked up ten points the past week to increase their&rdquo; totals to 40 points. Gordon Fashoway of New Westminster continues to lead the goal getters with 28, and Eddie Dorohoy the play-makers with 31 assists. Norm Gustavsen Increased his penalty total to 121 minutes. Lucien Dechene, New Westminster goalie, lowered his goal average the past week and leads with a 2.59 average per game. Lorne Worsley, Saskatoon Goalie leads in shutouts with three.</p><p>The New Westminster Royals continued their winning ways, winning both games played, but saw their first place margin reduced to four points as the Saskatoon Quakers moved into second place by picking up eight points. The Quakers had two games in hand over the Royals. Calgary and Vancouver closed the gap between the bottom and fourth, fifth and sixth place. Both were tied with 27 points, just four less than Edmonton, Victoria and Tacoma have.</p><p>Edmonton made their second coast tour last week and were In a good position to solidify fourth spot and challenge the Seattle Ironmen for third place. The Flyers have played the least games of any club to date-Eleven games were scheduled for last oweek. Edmonton played five times on the Coast. Tacoma played four games, Calgary and Saskatoon three each, Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver two, and New Westminster played only one game.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02188/1234384-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="1725" height="1152"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>A Full House</i></b></p><p><b>Penalties galore &hellip; Tacoma and Victoria had eight players (four from each team) In penalty box at one time in second period and for a stretch of close to ten minutes. Reading from left to right: Ernie Roche, Victoria, in white uniform, looking at Roger Leger, whose head is bent; that&rsquo;s Bob Frampton In front of Roche watching the play and Andy Hebenton can be seen partially In front of Frampton, sitting down. To Leger&rsquo;s left Is official scorer Leon Hall and P. A. man Ernie Fox. In front is Doug Fletcher, Tony Harrison and timekeeper Tom McKeachie &hellip; in the far penalty box (Tacoma) are the Rockets&rsquo; Warren Godfrey, Moe Young, Doug Adam and Bill Davidson.</b></p> <span class="photo-credit">((Courtesy Victoria Daily Times))</span></figcaption></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 8 at Vancouver 4</b></p><p>VANCOUVER. &mdash; The Saskatoon Quakers opened a five-game coastal Invasion by drubbing Vancouver Canucks 8-4 in an afternoon PCHL contest.</p><p>The victory moved Quakers to within one point of the second-place Seattle Ironmen.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Worsley; defence, Helndl, Milford, Parker, Kaiser, Eddols; forwards. Rouse, Kuzma, Strain, Hunter, Fowler, McCullough, Kaleta, McDougall, Manson, Chad.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, McAtee: defence, Gustavsen, Lofvendahl, Tarala, Unger, Bloom; forwards, Hagen, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Leler, Hartsburg, R. Manson. Plumb.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03163/1234377-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="587" height="699"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26</b></h3><p><b>Vancouver 3 at Victoria 2</b></p><p>VICTORIA. &mdash; Hugh Currie &mdash; and not Murph Chamberlain &mdash; held the guide reins as Vancouver Canucks skated to a 3-2 win over Victoria Cougars.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence, Gustavsen, Lofvendahl, Bloom, Tarala, linger; forwards, Hagen. Plumb, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Leler, Hartsburg, Manson.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Shirley; defence, Leger, Bouchard, Roche, Strongman; forwards, Dorohoy, Frampton, Hebenton, Abbott, Evans, Medynskl, Anderson, Bowness, McIntyre.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04145/1234370-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="592" height="323"></div><p><b>Saskatoon 1 at New Westminster 6</b></p><p>NEW WESTMINSTER. &mdash; New Westminster Royals extended their lead in the PCHL to seven points by belting Saskatoon Quakers 6-1.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Worsley; defence, Helndl, Milford, Kaiser, Eddolls; forwards, McCullough, Hunter, Strain, Rouse, McDougall, Fowler, Kaleta, Kuzma, Chad.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle; forwards, Dorohoy, Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Lavell, Boyce, Fielder, Paul, Cabana.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05125/1234363-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="596" height="447"></div><p><b>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 2</b></p><p>CALGARY. &mdash; Edmonton&rsquo;s delayed action paid off with the fifth victory against Calgary to three for the Foothills City when the PCHL assignment at the Corral ended In a 4-2 success for the Flyers against Stampeders.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, McCaig, Pettinger, Coburn, Cox; for-forwards, Kilburn, Backor, Raynak, Podolsky, Uniac, McLean, Thomas, Joss, Johnson, Kubasek.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Dertell; defence, Moe, Schvetz, Dickens, Bedard, Gilhooley; forwards, Thomas, Wilder, Anderson, Blade, Miller, Agar, Goodacre, Scott, Larson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06107/1234356-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="594" height="125"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0797/1234349-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="591" height="305"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 6 at Victoria 0</b></p><p>VICTORIA &mdash; Saskatoon&rsquo;s smooth Quakers gave over 5.000 Victoria hockey fans an eyeful at Memorial Arena with an impressive 6-0 blanking of Victoria Cougars.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Worsley; defence, Helndl, Eddolls, Milford, Kaiser; forwards, Rouse, Kuzma, Strain, Hunter, Senick, McCullough, Kaleta, McDougall, Manson.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Bouchard, Roche, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton, Frampton, Dorohoy, Abbott, Evans, Medynskl, Anderson, Atanas, Bowness, McIntyre.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0891/1234342-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="594" height="391"></div><p><b>calgary 4 at Edmonton 3</b></p><p>EDMT5NTON &mdash; A hotly-contested penalty-shot goal by George Agar gave Calgary Stampeders a 4-3 victory over Edmonton Flyers before 4,500 irate fans at Edmonton. The loss prevented Flyers from moving into sole possession of fourth place in the Pacific Coast Hockey League.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Dertell: defence, Dickens, Moe, Shvetz, Bedard, Cilhooey; forwards, C. Thomas, Larson, Anderson, Blade, Miller, Agar, Goodacre, Scott.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Brennan: defence, McCaig, Pettinger, Cox, Coburn; forwards, Raynak, Kilburn, Backor, Joss, Johnson, E. Thomas, Podolsky, Uniac, McLean, Kubasek.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0986/1234335-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="596" height="431"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Dec. 23)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1084/1234328-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="592" height="981"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1174/1234321-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="593" height="300"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Gordon Fashoway (28)</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Eddie Dorohoy. Vic. (31)</p><p><b>Most Winning Goals Scored:</b> Gordon</p><p>Fashoway, N.W.; Ollie Dorohoy, N.W. (6)</p><p>Most Hat Tricks: Ollie Dorohoy, N.W.; Bob Frampton, Vic.; Guyle Fielder, N. W.: Andy Hebenton. Vic. (2)</p><p><b>Most Shutouts:</b> Lome Worsley, Sask (2)</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Scored Against:</b> Doug Stevenson. Tac. (6)</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Norm Gustavsen, Van. (121 minutes).</p><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 5 at Tacoma 4</b></p><p>TACOMA &mdash; The Saskatoon Quakers won the third game of their coastal swing when Alex Kuzma scored with five seconds remaining to give them a 5-4 victory over Tacoma Rockets at Tacoma. The victory boosted the Quakers three points ahead of Seattle Ironmen, whom they oppose at Seattle tonight to wind up their second coastal swing.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt, Godfrey, Jones, O&rsquo;connor, Davidson; forwards, Johnston, Adam, Bradely, Kerr, MacDonald, Brown, Haldorsen, Marquess, Young.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Worsley; defence, Heindl, Eddolls, Milford, Kaiser; forwards, Rouse, Kuzma, Strain, Hunter, Senick, McCullough, Kaleta, McDougall, Manson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0769/1234314-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="599" height="573"></div><p><b>Vancouver 2 at New Westminster 4</b></p><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; Now Westminster Royals maintained their six-point lead over the Quakers, who have three games in hand, by defeating Van-couver Canucks, 4-2, at New Westminster.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, McAtee: defence, Gustavsen, Lofvendahl, Tarala, Currie; forwards. Hagen. Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Leler, Hartsburg, Manson, Davis, Plumb.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle; forwards, O. Dorohoy, Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Lave 11, Boyce, Fielder, Paul, Cabana.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0859/1234307-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="597" height="443"></div><p><b>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 5</b></p><p>CALGARY &mdash; Calgary Stampeders, with five games tn hand, moved into a seventh-place tie with the Canucks by scoring their second straight victory over Edmonton Flyers, 5-4, at Calgary.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Dertell; defence. Dickens. Moe, Shvetz, Bedard, Gilhooly; forwards, C. Thomas, Larson, Anderson, Blade. Miller, Agar, Goodacre, Scott.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence. McCaig, Pettlnger, Cox, Coburn; forwards, Raynak, Kilburn, Backor, Joss, Johnson, E. Thomas, Podolsky, Uniac, McBean, Kubasek.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0955/1234300-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="592" height="148"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1049/1234293-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="601" height="346"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 8 at Seattle 5</b></p><p>SEATTLE &mdash; Georgie-Boy Senick remains a problem child to the Seattle Ironmen.</p><p>He was a problem child when they had him, so they got rid at him.</p><p>At the Ice Arena he came back for his second visit as a Saskatoon Quaker, and proved just as hard to handle.</p><p>Playing the best game of what has, up to now, been rather a mediocre season for him, the cockey left-winger jammed three goals into the Seattle nets. With his three and five others. Saskatoon didn&rsquo;t have too tough a time beating the Ironmen, 8-5.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Little; defence. Sprout, Conn, Talllefer, Jackson, Shero; forwards, Ceresino, Maxwell, Del Monte, Filion, Homenuke, Fairburn, SamanSkl, Tomluk, Richadson.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal. Worsley; defence, Heindi, Milford, Eddolls and Kaiser; forwards: Hunter, Rouses Kuzma, Kaleta, Strain, Chad, McCullough, Senick, Manson, Fowler.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1144/1234286-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="594" height="539"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<p>GRAND RAPIDS, Mich&mdash;</p><p>The Grand Rapids Rockets face the conquering of a longtime jinx if they are to win the season schedule championship of the International League for the second straight season. For Lou Trudel&rsquo;s men, who spread-eagled the field in capturing the J. P. McGuire Trophy last season, will achieve a feat never previously attained by an IAHL team if they bag the cup two years hand running.</p><p>To date, the Rockets have developed soundness without the spectacular goal scoring power of last season&rsquo;s club. They have two thirds of their top line, left wing George Parker and right wing George Burcham, intact, but Herve Parent, the center, was late in reporting, as he was completing construction on a new home in Quebec.</p><p>As a result, Bobby Moy was elevated to the center spot between Parker and Burcham. &lsquo;With defense players Al (Gaff) Turner, Joe Beda, and Tom Goodfellow, and right wing Don Anderson, the seven players represent the total holdover from last season&rsquo;s club.</p><p>New men include center George Gennings of last year&rsquo;s Hettche team; Bob (Skin) Turner, a young brother of Gaff; Harold McNamara, Jim Freeman, Harry McKeen, Fred Evans, Gordon Blackman, and Doug Coxon. Turner comes from the Windsor Spitfire Junior Club. Normally a defense player, he is being converted into a right wing.</p><p>Gennings saw some service with the Rockets in the playoffs last season. Evans and McNamara are newcomers. The former was signed following his release by Troy. McNamara came from the Kitchener Flying Dutchmen.</p><p>Coxon is a new goalie, and bids fair to follow in the footsteps of Don Campbell. Blackman, the new rear guard, came from the Toronto Mercantile League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Grand Rapids ‘52 Models Face Jinx

<h2><b>MARITIME MAJOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01229/1234691-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="596" height="197"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02166/1234684-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="590" height="172"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC MAJOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. SI</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03122/1234677-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="594" height="223"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04100/1234670-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="587" height="170"></div><h2><b>OHA SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. 31</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0585/1234663-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="590" height="196"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0675/1234656-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="589" height="175"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURSDAY, JAN. 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0759/1234649-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="588" height="340"></div><h2><b>QUE. LAKE ST. JOHN SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0850/1234642-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="588" height="176"></div><h2><b>UPPER OTTAWA SR.</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0945/1234635-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="589" height="146"></div><h2><b>QUE. PROVINCIAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1042/1234628-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="602" height="169"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1137/1234621-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="589" height="155"></div><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1231/1234614-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="595" height="174"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1325/1234607-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="592" height="153"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURSDAY, JAN. 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1416/1234600-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="594" height="198"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1515/1234593-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="591" height="153"></div><h2><b>WESTERN CANADA JR.</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. 31</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1613/1234586-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="594" height="199"></div><p>(Includes inter-league games with the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey league.)</p><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1714/1234579-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="591" height="152"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. 31</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1814/1234572-1-eng-US/f0014-182.jpg" title="f0014-18" width="590" height="134"></div><p>(Includes inter-league games with the Western Canada Junior Hockey League.)</p><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1913/1234565-1-eng-US/f0014-192.jpg" title="f0014-19" width="592" height="161"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2013/1234558-1-eng-US/f0014-202.jpg" title="f0014-20" width="588" height="131"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2111/1234551-1-eng-US/f0014-212.jpg" title="f0014-21" width="588" height="156"></div><h2><b>OHA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. 31</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-229/1234544-1-eng-US/f0014-222.jpg" title="f0014-22" width="591" height="277"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-237/1234537-1-eng-US/f0014-232.jpg" title="f0014-23" width="588" height="152"></div><h2><b>THUNDER BAY JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. 31</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-247/1234530-1-eng-US/f0014-242.jpg" title="f0014-24" width="592" height="167"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-254/1234523-1-eng-US/f0014-252.jpg" title="f0014-25" width="589" height="209"></div><h2><b>CAPE BRETON JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. 31</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-264/1234516-1-eng-US/f0014-262.jpg" title="f0014-26" width="592" height="131"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-274/1234509-1-eng-US/f0014-272.jpg" title="f0014-27" width="595" height="194"></div><h2><b>OTTAWA CITY JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-284/1234502-1-eng-US/f0014-282.jpg" title="f0014-28" width="589" height="227"></div><h2><b>EASTERN CANADA LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-294/1234495-1-eng-US/f0014-292.jpg" title="f0014-29" width="589" height="234"></div><h2><b>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL</b></h2><h2><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. 31</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-303/1234488-1-eng-US/f0014-302.jpg" title="f0014-30" width="598" height="129"></div><h2><b>OKANAGAN SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-313/1234481-1-eng-US/f0014-312.jpg" title="f0014-31" width="595" height="155"></div><h2><b>PACIFIC COAST SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-322/1234474-1-eng-US/f0014-322.jpg" title="f0014-32" width="593" height="104"></div><p>Includes Inter-league games.</p><h2><b>ENGLISH AUTUMN CUP</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON FRIDAY, DEC. 29</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02167/1234467-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="600" height="225"></div><h2><b>UNITED STATE AMATEUR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03148/1234460-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="595" height="222"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04113/1234453-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="597" height="192"></div><h2><b>EASTERN U.S. AMATEUR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0592/1234446-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="596" height="371"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Puck Parade At A Clarnce

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01199/1234729-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WOkD KEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0676/1234722-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="550" height="825"></div><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Ex-Leaf rookie shown in center.</p><p>8&mdash;Member of last season&rsquo;s second All-Star team.</p><p>10&mdash;Initials of a defenseman for Tacoma Rockets.</p><p>LI&mdash;All clubs do this during the NHL campaign.</p><p>13&mdash;Former Bruin president.</p><p>16&mdash;Initials of a PCHL coach.</p><p>17&mdash;This man scouted Ken Reardon for Canadieus.</p><p>18&mdash;Initials of a Buffalo player nicknamed &ldquo;Spider&rdquo;.</p><p>20&mdash;Once an entry In the PCHL (abbr.).</p><p>21&mdash;Pittsburgh&rsquo;s business man ager is called this.</p><p>22&mdash;Short for first name of a Leaf player recently recalled from Pittsburgh.</p><p>23&mdash;Initials of a Detroit forward.</p><p>24&mdash;Number of All-Star teams Johnny Mowers was on.</p><p>2 6&mdash;Fans often require the services of one at a hockey game (abbr.)</p><p>27&mdash;First name of a Black Hawk player.</p><p>29&mdash;Crown of India (abbr.).</p><p>30&mdash;First name of 3 down.</p><p>31&mdash;Larry Zeldel once played for Quebec &mdash;.</p><p>33&mdash;How fans shout at games.</p><p>35&mdash;Maurice Richard&rsquo;s brother is called this.</p><p>36&mdash;Fleming Mackell&rsquo;s nickname</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;A Chicago rookie answers to this.</p><p>2&mdash;Exclamation.</p><p>3&mdash;Ex-Bruin, now with the Habitants.</p><p>4&mdash;Phil Watson was occasionally referred to as one.</p><p>5&mdash;Hub Macey is now playing hockey in this province (abbr.).</p><p>6&mdash;Name given Poirier, ex-Canadien.</p><p>7&mdash;Initials of Nicholson of St. Louis.</p><p>9&mdash;Forward for Edmonton-Flyers.</p><p>12&mdash;Tom Johnson is of this descent.</p><p>13&mdash;17 across played amateur hockey with Montreal A &mdash;</p><p>14&mdash;Indefinite article.</p><p>15&mdash;Hec Kilrea was awarded one during the last war.</p><p>19&mdash;This AHL goaltender once played for Barrie Flyers.</p><p>21&mdash;Player traded to Chicago by Rangers for Howie Morenz.</p><p>22&mdash;Artificial language.</p><p>25&mdash;Name given Smith, former scout for the Red Wings.</p><p>27&mdash;Behold!</p><p>28&mdash;Small island.</p><p>29&mdash;Nickname of AHL club with whom Glover played in 1948-49. (abbr.).</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of pictured player.</p><p>32&mdash;Nickname of Brandon junior team with whom Arnie Kullman played (abbr.).</p><p>34&mdash;First two letters of Uranium.</p><p>35&mdash;First name of a Ranger rookie who once played for Detroit.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01201/1234781-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="256" height="289"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02151/1234774-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="256" height="306"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03119/1234767-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="3030" height="1791"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0497/1234760-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="3030" height="1491"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Reggie Sinclair of the New York Rangers goes after the puck (arrow) which bounces off the skate of Bep Guidolin of the Hawks. Rayner is down between Sinclair and Guidolin while Buller is on his knees in front of Chuck. Waiting for the pass out is Peters on the right and George Gee In the background. In the bottom picture, Sugar Jim Henry of the Bruins stop a backhander from the stick of Pete Babando while Gus Kyle (6) of the Bruine goes into the splits to stop Pete. Seen in the background are Guidolin and Quackenbush and Referee George Gravel.</b><span class="photo-credit">((Photos hy Paul Jackson, Chicago))</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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