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February 2, 1952

The Hockey News February 2, 1952

<p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>ERTH, Ont.&mdash;Perth, whose Blue Wings were once the greatest name in Ottawa District hockey circles, have made a bid to return to their place in hockey with the revival of the junior club.</p><p>With Gene Chouinard, the man who led the Perth club into the Memorial Cup semifinals Lack in 1938, appointed coach and manager, the team will start as a Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; club, and on the basis of their performance this year, a decision will be made on whether to enter the &ldquo;A&rdquo; class.</p><p>The talk of reviving the Junior club rallied one of the strongest executives in amateur hockey around the Blue Wing name, held sacred in this little Ottawa Valley town. Beading the slate of officers is A. L. Code, prominent Perth manufacturer and noted Ontario sportsman, and John M. Flett, past president of the Ottawa and District Hockey Association.</p><p>Included on the roll of officers are, Ron Code, Perth hardware merchant and former Blue Wing, lawyers G. R. Dulmage and H. J. O&rsquo;Donnell, Provincial Police Inspector T. W. Cousans and W. H. Reil, prominent in OMHA circles.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

Perth Bids To Regain Place In Hockey Sun

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT, Mich. &mdash; A serious and sincere hockey player, Bob Goldham gave an unusual answer when asked what he considered the factor which most influenced his rink career.</p><p>&ldquo;Good coaching,&rdquo; was his reply. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the best thing which can happen to any player. Any boy who wants to become a top player must have good coaching &mdash; he can&rsquo;t accomplish It on his own, no matter how talented he is.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Good Coaching Essential in Becoming Top Player

<div class="byline">By PETER THORTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01292/1499748-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="534" height="865"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHN HARRIS</b></figcaption></div><p>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>One thing that Johnny Harris has missed in all his successful show business enterprises, which include two of the largest ice extravaganza&rsquo;s in the world, has been a championship hockey club.</p><p>A club that would not only bring league honors to Pittsburgh for the first time, but also the Calder Cup, an achievement that also remains to be fulfilled for the first time.</p><p>In 1947-48 the Hornets came nearer the league championship than ever before, going through fifty two games in first place and finally ending up in second spot.</p><p>As for the Calder Cup, it hovered between the Pittsburgh Hornets and Cleveland Barons for seven full play-off contests last season, before the cloud finally burst and a solitary goal presented the trophy to the Barons in the seventh and final encounter.</p><p>This season, with but four new faces added to the line-up, until the mid-January arrival of Jim Morrison from the Hershey Bears, plus a new coach, the Pittsburgher&rsquo;s jumped the gun at the start of the season in mid-October and have never looked back since, so that now they head into the stretch with enough points to give them practical assurance of the American League Championship.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Top Them All,&rdquo; Says Shore</b></h2><p>Many and varied compliments have been passed on to the Hornets during their present reign, the latest echoing through the channels of the Cleveland Press, but perhaps the best came from the old maestro himself, Eddie Shore, who claims the Hornets are the finest all-round hockey club he has ever seen during his fourteen year tenure in the American league.</p><p>King Clancy himself has been the subject of much praise for his excellence In handling the team, but the King refuses to accept any credit, using the old adage &ldquo;A good coach must have good material.&rdquo; But then one must not forget that only a good coach knows how to apply the good material once he has it, and mature it into a winning ball club.</p><p>Clancy regards his players highly, not only as a team but individuals also.</p><p>When they are having a rough period he will encourage them, understand them, nurse them along and inject a spirit of fire into them in such&rdquo; a manner that when the boys take the ice it is to win another hockey game for Clancy, &ldquo;The finest coach a man ever had&rsquo;&rsquo;.</p><p>The players will also admit that they have never before been in such fine physical condition as they have been this year. Not that this should be detrimental to Clancy&rsquo;s predecessor&rsquo;s, rather it should be Intended as a compliment to the strategy that King employs.</p><p>Despite the happy fact that the Hornets have maintained a good pace all along the line, not once has the training session been ignored. Whenever the club is at home they work-out at every available opportunity, sometimes at noon, sometimes earlier, and every player is just as intent on scoring and playing well in the practice scrimmage&rsquo;s as he is during a game. If things don&rsquo;t go too well for one or two of the players they remain on the ice, purely at their own volition, long after the scheduled practice is over, in order to overcome the difficulties before the next game.</p><h2><b>Travel To Practice</b></h2><p>Just recently the Gardens was closed to skating from Monday through Wednesday owing to basketball, and although there was no game until the following Saturday, Sunday was utilised as a practice period and on Tuesday the team travelled to Johnstown, returning home for work-outs on Thursday and Friday.</p><p>Should the Pittsburgh Hornets win the league championship and the coveted Calder Cup this season, for the first time in fifteen years, the credits will be shared. Not only has a great coach been at the helm of the club, but from his own words &ldquo;I have the greatest team of sportsmen a coach could ever wish for.&rdquo;</p><p>Perhaps, with that spirit prevailing, Johnny Harris will receive his long awaited prize in 1952, for there are few sportsmen who deserve it more.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Pittsburg Club Came Close In ‘47-48 But Finished Season In Second Place

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DID YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE !

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0152/1501012-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Old War Horse Rides Again</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Montreal, Que.</b></p><p>Elmer Lach of the Montreal Canadiens is eyeing the numbers nine and eleven today. Eleven points from now and he will be the National Hockey League&rsquo;s all time scorer. He will eclipse Bill Cowley&rsquo;s record of 548 points. Elmer now has 537. Nine goals from now will see Lach enter the 200 goal circle &mdash; he has now scored 191. And, if you&rsquo;re a fanatic who likes number seven Elmer can come up with something to suit that occasion too. Seven assists from now and he will top Cowley&rsquo;s record of 353. He has now totaled 346.</p><p>And so it was a tribute to the 34-year old youngster, who seems destined to outdo Cowley and even Boeing in making wings when both Dick Irvin and Frank Selke, on separate occasions but on the same night credited Elmer a being one of the greatest players ever to come down the NHL chimney.</p><p>Selke, not one to lavish praise on players without reason remarked last week to this writer after the Habs had defeated the Bruins: &ldquo;He is certainly great &mdash; in fact one of the greatest. His record speaks for itself. I&rsquo;m not going to say anything but just look up the record books. It speaks for itself. To me lie is one of the greatest that ever came Into the League.&rdquo;</p><p>You would expect, of course, that Irvin would go a little farther in praising Mr. Lach. First you must picture Irvin, thum in vest, hat pushed to the back of his heat bellowing: &ldquo;C&rsquo;mon you guys, we gotta catch a train tonight&mdash;sure that Lach is great &mdash; he&rsquo;s the greatest.&rdquo;</p><p>Then he&rsquo;ll turn and hurry up another slow dresser. He&rsquo;ll remark that it was a slow game, then he&rsquo;ll get back on the subject he loves best of all&mdash;one Elmer Lach.</p><p>&ldquo;Year in and year out that guy has been climbing over the boards to get into play. I&rsquo;ve never heard a peep out of him as far as beefs go, yet. He&rsquo;s been cut, had bones broken, he&rsquo;s been bloody and half dead, but he&rsquo;s never quit. That&rsquo;s what makes him the greatest centerman that ever came into this League.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin, in his year as a coach has called many players great. But you felt that this time he wasn&rsquo;t looking for headlines. He was in too much of a hurry to get to New York to find out what type of a reception Frank Boucher had waiting for him.</p><p>&ldquo;I can recall not too long ago when some of those so called critics were calling Elmer a wartime player who wouldn&rsquo;t be heard from when It was over. We&rsquo;ll It&rsquo;s been over for some years now and Elmer&rsquo;s racing with a young player like Howe for the scoring honors. A lot of fine new players hava come into the League since then but I see Lach is still up there with them.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin, whose pet hobby is ribbing the Leafs even went as far as to say that Teeder Kennedy, a real fine player couldn&rsquo;t come close to Lach.</p><p>&ldquo;He hasn&rsquo;t got Lach&rsquo;s durability, for one thing,&rdquo; said Dick. &ldquo;Kennedy has been playing in this League for nine years and he&rsquo;s showing signs or being worn out. He&rsquo;s a great competitor, that I must confess, but it&rsquo;s effort for him to skate, while Lach just glides around keeping up with all the youngster and topping them in skill.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin&rsquo;s high value of Lach is not confined to managers and coaches alone. Baz O&rsquo;meara, Sports Editor of the Montreal Star, a man who was around before Irvin decided to make a living from hockey rates Elmer as one of the greatest.</p><p>&ldquo;Frank Boucher was a fine hockey player and so was Nels Stewart but I&rsquo;d have to rate Elmer above either of them. I won&rsquo;t say he was better than Nighbor, Morenz or Joliat but he is as good.&rdquo;</p><p>There is talk around Montreal of having a night for Lach. Certainly no player deserves one as much as this guy. For it has been the play of Lach which has inspired the greatest array of rookies the Canadlens have shown since the year Lach, himself came into the League.</p><p>Lach, who has been giving out with everything for 13 National Hockey League seasons has never, for one moment stopped to worry about his own safety. He has been the &lsquo;go&rsquo; guy for the Habs, urging his mates on. He has asked no quarter and given none.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s his main asset, his desire to win every game&rdquo;, says Irvin. &ldquo;Even though he&rsquo;s been a constant success for all those seasons in the NHL he&rsquo;s still a hungry player and that&rsquo;s the one thing that makes him great.&rdquo;</p><p>It was a fine tribute to a player who has set his sights on ono more Stanley Cup. But in eyeing another Cup he has also become a leader in the race for the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player to his team. If liis is not value than what is?</p><p>It was also quite a tribute to a guy who not only has seen his own team change complexion but most of the NHL as well. For now the Canadiens are being led by Elmer and a glowing cast of rookies who are burning up the NHL with their goal scoring.</p><p>In four games last week those rookies scored no less than 15 goals. Over the weekend they notched no fewer than nine. Even more amazing was their feat in New York last Sunday. When the Canadiens defeated the Rangers 5-2 the rookies scored all five goals. Geoffrion got three, Mager one and Dickie Moore the other.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Elmer Eyes 11 and Nine to Top Cowley, 200 Mark

<div class="byline">By DAN DESMOND</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1120/1501043-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>A Rare Occasion</i></b></p><p><b>Caught together when Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens was presented with &lsquo;Sport Magazine&rsquo;s top performer in hockey for 1951&rsquo; award in the Forum in the above rare picture, Gorde Howe, after the presentation skated to the side and congratulated Richard on winning. Richard won out over Howe in the poll. However, the Detroit winger&rsquo;s sportsmanship in shaking hands with his rival drew the greatest ovation any visiting player has ever hod in Montreal. The Wings won the game 4-0 while Richard sot out with injuries. Howe scored one.</b></p> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by David)</span></figcaption></div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>The cellar-frozen Chicago Black Hawks, closer to themselves and their shortcomings than anyone in the National Hockey League, were in complete accord today on one only.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0245/1501050-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="232" height="389"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Mosienko</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;We just haven&rsquo;t got it.&rdquo;</p><p>But questioned as to what was wrong and where a remedy could be found, they displayed a delightful variance of opinion. Consensus natuarlly was:</p><p>&ldquo;We need big league players.&rdquo;</p><p>Some obviously wouldn&rsquo;t permit use of their names because their estimates of the situation were so outspoken. Oue, for instance, said:</p><p>&ldquo;There are five, maybe six or seven guys who shouldn&rsquo;t even be in this League.&rdquo;</p><p>Another Mr. Anonymous commented:</p><h2><b>Rookie Lack Desire</b></h2><p>&ldquo;The rookies we get aren&rsquo;t like the rookies on other clubs. This League has come up with 22 kids this year and at least half of them are ready right now Why? Because they&rsquo;re out hustling, with the desire to play.</p><p>&ldquo;We bring up rookies find after a game or twm, they think they&rsquo;re big leaguers and don&rsquo;t have to hustle. When I broke in, as a kid, I had the desire to stay around a while and kept plugging.&rdquo;</p><p>A man quotable by name. Bill Mosienko. 21st National Leaguer to &lsquo;qualify for the lifetime 200-goal club. He said:</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to say what&rsquo;s wrong with us. I can&rsquo;t knock anybody but we just don&rsquo;t seem to ba working as a unit. We don&rsquo;t complete our passes and we rush our plays . . . there&rsquo;s no finesse, and I think thgt&rsquo;s because we don&rsquo;t have practice ice enough in Chicago.</p><p>&ldquo;Why, we were on the road practically a month without any practice. You see, playing a game isn&rsquo;t enough. On the average, each of us may be on the ice 18 or 19 minutes out of the 60 and that&rsquo;s not enough to keep us sharp.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>All Behind Ebbie</b></h2><p>Parenthetically, the Hawks are unanimously for their manager, Ebbie Goodfellow, an attitude best summed up by George Gee who says:</p><p>&ldquo;You couldn&rsquo;t play for a better or grander person than Eb &hellip; We know the fans must be pretty disgusted with us and he must be too. But think how the players feel?&rdquo;</p><p>Pete Babando detects the absence of sustained pressure and explains:</p><p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have enough life for a long enough time. In Toronto last time, we got a 1-0 lead, then they scored twice on us before the first period was over and we were dead. We should have liad three or four other goals but they didn&rsquo;t drop.</p><p>&ldquo;I think we hurry our plays and our shots, maybe because we&rsquo;re trying hard. I know we will have a lot of fire for a few minutes and then we fizzle out.&rsquo;</p><p>Gus Bodnar, last remaining player of the six obtained in the trade of Max Bentley to Toronto a couple of years ago, had a note of optimism that suggested he could be in a training for hockey executive&rsquo;s job. He said;</p><p>&ldquo;We are better than we were last year. (Ed. note: The 19SO&rsquo;S 1 Hawks won 13 games against</p><p>a dozen for the present team and finished last by 1231 games.) Our trouble is, we&rsquo;re missing scoring opportunities.</p><p>But we do have some good rookies in the amateurs. At Galt, Red Hamill has a second place team in a 10-team league. He has kids like Pete Conacher, Kenny Wharram and Bill Price And then the Hawks have another winger, Murray Costello, with the Toronto St. Mikes.</p><p>&ldquo;The Hawks started late on their farm system but I&rsquo;m sure they&rsquo;ll show results within a couple of years. The others in the league have the jump on us.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Same Old Defence</b></h2><p>Still another forthnight Hawk who wanted to remain nameless said: &ldquo;When that midsummer deal was made with Detroit, we figured those new guys would mean 18 to 20 goals apiece. We forgot that we have the same old defense as last year. And we&rsquo;re too offensive minded, just like we&rsquo;ve always been. I mean that where other teams have one scoring line and two checking lines, the Black Hawks system has always been for a man to score and check too.</p><p>&ldquo;For example, other teams will put one man on Maurice Richard and if he holds the Rocket scoreless, he&rsquo;s had a great night. Here, our wings are expected to hold the opposing hot shot scoreless and to do some scoring themselves.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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They Agree Big Leaguers Needed Most

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01232/1499140-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="500" height="1133"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Sizzling Hot</b></p><p><b>HARRY WATSON</b></p></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Twelve days in January were going to make or break the Leafs. In those twelve days they faced the revolting prospect of seven games, their busiest stretch in the schedule, at a time when they were being criticized, cajoled and generally knocked for their apparent inability to hold a lead even against the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>First place at the start of those 12 days was as remote as the possibility of Bill Juzda winning a popularity poll in the Montreal Forum. Indeed the probability was that they would either lose second playoff spot to the then resurgent Canadiens or be chased right to the wire with the Habs biting huge chunks out of Leaf trouser seats.</p><p>Last week, the smoke of battle cleared, Coach Joe Primeau surveyed the scene like Hannibal in the Alps and allowed that yon Detroit Red Wings had best desist if they were buying television sets, mixmasters and stuff on the time payment plan using the extra five hundred they might be counting on winning for finishing in their perennial post on top of the League.</p><h2><b>Not So Untouchable</b></h2><p>&ldquo;All is not lost yet,&rdquo; said Primeau, who just two weeks before had been harassing his wig in an effort to uncover the solution for A) holding onto a lead and B) getting one in the first place. &ldquo;The Detroits don&rsquo;t look as untouchable as they did before.&rsquo;&rsquo;</p><p>Joe&rsquo;s optimism has likewise infiltrated the members of his club including Al Rollins who abhors the possibility that he will likely have to relinquish the Vezina Trophy, which he won last season, to the shutout crazy Terrence Sawchuk of the Wings.</p><p>Rollin&rsquo;s optimism abounds when he contemplates that last season the same Sawchuk seemed to be a shoo-in but blew a seven-goal lead just at the grandstand turn into the stretch, a circumstance which prompted some Detroit writers to suggest a switch in the rules which govern the awarding of the trophy to the effect that it should be Sawchuk&rsquo;s anyway because he had played more games in the season.</p><p>Rushing back to the present and Primeau&rsquo;s optimism (it must be recorded for history lest it disappear overnight) he is particularly pleased to note that the Leaf scoring strength, heretofore found mainly in the Ted Kennedy - Tod Sloan - Sid Smith line has spread itself. This is due mostly to the efforts of Harry Watson, the Lion of Leaside, Max Bentley of the Dipsy-Doodle Bentleys. At the end of the twelve day siege, goal stocktaking showed that Watson had scored 16, Bentley likewise and Smitty ditto.</p><h2><b>Strength Spread Out</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Our scoring strength has spread out,&rdquo; said Primeau. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s the way it should be. With Watson playing like he is and Bentley riding on that, high streak, it&rsquo;s taken a lot of pressure off the Kennedy line. It&rsquo;s a healthier situation all around.&rdquo;</p><p>Watson particularly has become the focal point of flowery phrases. Always till now the butt of criticism from fans and scribes alike who decried his reticence to go all out all the time, Watson has hit a pace which he admits has him in the middle of his best season yet. It is a circumstance for which he can only account with a terse &ldquo;I feel good&rdquo; and which has come about in spite of some mediocrity on the part of his centerman Cal Gardner, who is not yet skating in the approved Gardner style. But the redhead even now is catching the spirit of the thing handling the puck better than he was and running into a few people, a trait which he himself admits was missing from his makeup in the first half of the schedule.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02216/1499133-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="545" height="869"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Still To Start</b></p><p><b>CAL GARDNER</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03198/1499126-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="510" height="1107"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Dipsy Doodling</b></p><p><b>MAX BENTLEY</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Loitering in the wings while all this acting is going on are such members of the supporting class as Ray Timgren, the goalless wonder who is valuable for his checking and vastly improved playmaking, Rudy Migay, the utility center from the Pittsburgh Hornets who is wise in the ways of a puck plus backchecking, Howie Meeker, MP, whose recent infringement on the goal scoring records is attributed by he himself to a knee injury which plagued him earlier and which is just coming back to normal. Meeker, who scored three goals in one weekend to triple his production for the year, thinks that the knee slowed him up enough in his goalward assaults so that he could take a more thorough look at where he was going to put the puck and has more time to put it there.</p><h2><b>Armstrong Will Be Leaf</b></h2><p>Still farther back in the wings stands George Armstrong, at this sitting a 28 goal man with the Pittsburgh Hornets and according to message relayed from Conn Smythe who is staving off the rigours of a Florida winter, practically a lead pipe cinch to be with the Leafs before the Feb. 15 closing date when all inter-league promotions and demotions must cease. Reports have it that Army, a right winger, is showing his first signs of actually wanting to get into the big league. Replacement for him will likely be Jim Morrison, the former Bruin, who can play forward, defense and gin rummy too.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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“Wings Can Be Caught,” Joe Tells Bed Hot Leafs

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>When Bill Cowley was in his prime as the play-making wizard of the Boston Bruins, the talented John Gillooly once wrote, &ldquo;He has made more wings than Boeing.&rdquo;</p><p>Boston writers are now fishing around for an appropriate phrase to cover the centering activities of thd Bruins&rsquo; Elder Statesman, Capt. Milt Schmidt.</p><p>Just as Cowley used to make wings, so does Schmidt wear them out. The greatest feat for a Bruins&rsquo; wing is to be able to stay with the fastest puck-carrier in major league hockey.</p><p>This season alone Coach Lynn Patrick has put Milt with a halfdozen different sets, nut none of them fitted the whiz-bang style of the league&rsquo;s most valuable player.</p><p>Finally the Bruins looked all the way to Hershey for playing companions for the indefatigable Schmidt, choosing tor the purpose 19-year old Real Chevrefils and 20-year old Leo Labine.</p><p>Chevrefils was four, Labine five when Schmidt first skated for the Bruins, but the two youngsters soon found out what all of their from Dumart and Bauer to Brown and Ferguson had learned &mdash; that the most difficult part of playing for the Bruins was keeping up with the captain.</p><p>&ldquo;I used to go down from Barrie to Toronto to see him play,&rdquo; exclaimed Chevrefils, &ldquo;and I always marveled at his speed. But I didn&rsquo;t really appreciate it until I tried skating with him.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Tops In Business</b></h2><p>&ldquo;It isn&rsquo;t just the speed with which he skates,&rdquo; added Labine, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s the fact that he never lets up for a second while he&rsquo;s on the ice. I used to watch him, too, when I was a junior, but watching him and skating with him are two different things.&rdquo;</p><p>It was Ebble Goodfellow, coach of the Chicago Black Hawks, who scanned the Bruins* lineups earlier in the season and cracked. &ldquo;What difference does it make who plays the wings with Schmidt? I could go out there myself and get a couple of goals playing with the greatest center in hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>As the Bruins&rsquo; season neared the three-quarters mark, it was evident that if their fight for a playoff position could match the vigor with which Schmidt is defending the Hart Trophy, they&rsquo;ll be shooting for the Stanley Cup come spring.</p><p>If Schmidt was a dominating figure a year ago, when he won the MVP award hands down, his stature this season is even greater Unencumbered by injuries, challenged by the chronic fumblings of the Bruins as a unit, he has been carrying the lead on his bioad shoulders in unprecedented fashion.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04159/1499171-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="536" height="552"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Ice Melter</i></b></p><p><b>MILT SCHMIDT</b></p></figcaption></div><p>After one inspirational game, in which he knocked in a winning goal on determination alone, ths visiting coach cracked, &ldquo;I&rsquo;d hats to have to watch the Bruins without him, but I wouldn&rsquo;t mind playing them every night.&rdquo;</p><p>Allowing for the prospectivs development of Chevrefils and Labine, it is safe to say that Schmidt hasn&rsquo;t had two outstanding wings for company at the same time since Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer rounded out the Kraut Line.</p><p>Bruins&rsquo; coaches of recent years, as if in anticipation of Goodfellow&rsquo;s pungent comment, have always outfitted him with wings who needed strong support to hold up. There have been times, some of them this season, when Capt. Milt has been playing three opponents, with a minimum of assistance from his linemates.</p><p>In spite of that, he has never lost his zip, never let up, finding time to do the &ldquo;police&rdquo; work for a polite team, to work on what may turn out to be his best scoring figures, to make key plays in vital situations.</p><p>After one exhaustive evening of doubling In brass as a power play defenseman and regular center. President Walter Brown of the Bruins eyed the perspiring allstar and declared, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s one player who didn&rsquo;t put his amateur spirit away when he signed his professional contract.&rdquo;</p><p>Outside of Schmidt&rsquo;s one-man gangings and the steady goaltending of Sugar Jim Henry, there wasn&rsquo;t much about which the Bruins could be enthusiastic as January moved into February. Patrick&rsquo;s early-season prediction that they would finish a lot nearer to the top than bottom had disappeared with the fall leaves, and their chances or making the playoffs weren&rsquo;t exac ly of tho &ldquo;sure thing&rdquo; variety.</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; coach was still fishing for effective combinations to go with that of Dave Creighton, Jack McIntyre and John Peirson, hoping for results from the new Schmidt grouping, and trying to come up with a workable line from the remainder of his forward squad.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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New Bruins Find Tough Part of Job Keeping Up With Old Bruin Schmidt

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT, Mich. &mdash; One of the favorite stories other players tell about Bob Goldham goes back to the week in 1942 when he was playing with Toronto in the Stanley Cup finals against Detroit.</p><p>The Maple Leafs lost the first three games, then won the fourth. Hastily deciding not to do anything which might change their luck. Goldham and Wally Stanowski agreed that their game underwear should not be washed until the series was over.</p><p>It took Toronto seven more days to win the final three games time enough to ripen the underwear to a point where Bob and Wally had lost all their dressing room popularity.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Playoffs Of 1942 Cruel To Goldham’s Leaf Mates

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01231/1499216-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>It&rsquo;s All In The Timing</b></figcaption></div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s typical of Bob Goldham that he stars in hockey by leading with his chin.</p><p>Goldham, a lean-faced, sadeyed veteran of three clubs and 10 years in the National Hockey League, holds one particular honor for which no rival appears eager to challenge.</p><p>He is recognized as the game&rsquo;s most proficient artist at the daring act of dropping to the ice to block shots with his body before they can reach the goal. As the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; &ldquo;other goalie&rdquo;, he has proven that forwards and goalies own no monopoly on spectacular plays.</p><p>In a quiet business-like manner, Goldham hastens to explain that his is no grand-stand stunt.</p><p>&ldquo;The trick of dropping on shots just happens to me one of my assets, and I used it as best I can.</p><h2><b>Trained Himself</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I just figure that dropping is the best way to stop certain shots. So when the situation calls for it, I do it. Actually, I believe it is an automatic response which I&rsquo;ve trained myself to make.&rdquo;</p><p>The practice of defensemen dropping was more common to the earlier days. Babe Siebert and Bucko McDonald probably were the best, and it&rsquo;s easy to figure cut where Goldham learned the knack. In his rookie year with Toronto, Goldham was paired with McDonald on the Maple Leaf defense.</p><p>&ldquo;I never had dropped on a shot before I went with Toronto,&rdquo; Bob explains, &ldquo;but I watched Bucko, began to copy him, and he helped me learn how.</p><p>&ldquo;Bucko told me the main tip: Watch a forward&rsquo;s shooting shoulder, and when it drops, he&rsquo;s going to shoot.</p><p>&ldquo;From then on it&rsquo;s a matter of judgement. You have to study forwards just like a baseball catcher studies batters to know what they will do. Then you have to develop your timing.</p><p>&ldquo;Really, it&rsquo;s not as tough as I guess it looks to the fans,&rdquo; he said, a statement which most fans still will refuse to believe.</p><p>Here&rsquo;s how Bob does it:</p><p>First, he has to get in between the would-be scorer and the net, a maneuver in which he gets absolutely no co-operation from rival forwards.</p><p>Then he works in as close as possible to the man before he shoots. There are two reasons&mdash;technically, so he can cut off as much of the angle on the net as possible, and personally, so that he can block the shot before it has time to get off the ice, say as high as his head, for instance.</p><h2><b>Drops To Both Knees</b></h2><p>While some of the few defensemen practicing the trick go down on one knee, Goldham always drops to both knees. Also he drops both arms to his sides, a move some might feel undesirable since he no longer can protect his face from a high shot.</p><p>&ldquo;I figure I can offer a solid wall about three feet wide to block a shot,&rdquo; is his calculation.</p><p>And what about that shot which does get higher, up about the face?</p><p>Knocking on the wooden bench, Goldham pointed out, &ldquo;Probably it&rsquo;s iust luck, but I&rsquo;ve never been hit above the shoulder yet, In fact, I&rsquo;ve never known of any player hurt when hit by a puck after intentionally dropping to block a shot.&rdquo;</p><p>Goldham fingered an 18-stitch scar on his face and hurried to point out that accidents can happen. That&rsquo;s where he was cut when he dropped for a shot by Rocket Richard while Bob was playing for Chicago.</p><p>&ldquo;That was just one of those things, he recalls. &ldquo;The Rocket followed through with his stick after shooting. I blocked the puck with my thigh pads, and I blocked his stick with my face.&rdquo;</p><p>Goldham claims that there are other incidents which hurt more&mdash;whenever he misjudges a shooter, who fakes aud goes around him while he&rsquo;s down on his knees.</p><p>&ldquo;Back when I was in the Navy, I was playing for a service team and we had Chuck Rayner as our goalie,&rdquo; he said. Some one comes down to shoot, and I drop to block. I think the puck is under me, and I crouch with my head down waiting for the whistle.</p><h2><b>Rayner Advised Him</b></h2><p>I&rsquo;m still kneeling there when Rayner skates out and taps me on the shoulder. &lsquo;Better get up now,&rsquo; Chuck says. &lsquo;We&rsquo;re ready for the faceoff&hellip; up at center ice!</p><p>&ldquo;What&rsquo; had happened was that the puck had trickled through my legs, where the forward had picked it up and gone in to score. And there I was, still kneeling.&rdquo;</p><p>Looking back at a career as a three sports star, Goldham confesses that he can&rsquo;t remember the. time when he wasn&rsquo;t playing hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;It didn&rsquo;t take much forcing, but maybe I was forced into hockey &mdash; my home in Georgetown (Ont.) had the Arena right in front and a river right behind. When we kids couldin&rsquo;t get into the Arena to play hockey, we shoveled the snow off the river and played on that ice.</p><p>His first experience in the organized game came when he was 13 in Georgetown&rsquo;s Midget NHL league where he played, by coincidence, on the team called the Maple Leafs. In six years he was destined to be playing with the real thing.</p><p>As he progressed through midget, junior and intermediate ranks, his hockey had the blessing of his father &mdash; &ldquo;my greatest fan &mdash; he is a butcher and he even let me out of delivering meat for him so that I could play hockey&rdquo;.</p><p>The dream of actually playing in the big leagues came to him early, for at the tenderest age possible, about six, his father took him on the first of many trips over the 36 miles from Georgetown to Toronto tn see NHL games.</p><p>That dream started to come true when he was 15, the day a teacher from Toronto, a Leaf scout, came to talk with Bob&rsquo;s father. He offered the chance for Bob to come to Toronto&rsquo;s Northern Vocational school. The reason was clear: Although in only his first year of high school, Bob was showing unmistakable athletic talent.</p><p>&ldquo;My dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I couldn&rsquo;t think of anything else but going,&rdquo; Goldham recalls.</p><p>Once settled at Northern in 1937, Bob quickly began to carve a considerable repptation with his all-round sports brilliance.</p><p>In hockey he played Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; one year for Northern, and then moved to the Toronto Marlboros for the next two seasons which stamped him as an outstanding pro prospect.</p><p>In football he played three years as Northern&rsquo;s fullback, and made the All City team each year.</p><h2><b>Liked Lacrosse Best Of All</b></h2><p>And in the summers he played at the sport which he liked best of all, lacrosse. In 1940 he made the Ontario All Star team which traveled to Vancouver to play in (and win) the All Canadian junior finals.</p><p>Back in those days Bob would have picked lacrosse as his future full-time sport, but that wasn&rsquo;t where the biggest future appeared. The choice came down to football or hockey, and under somewhat dramatic circumstances.</p><p>&ldquo;It was on May 5, 1941, just before I graduated, that I was called into Conn Smythe&rsquo;s office,&rdquo; he remembers. &ldquo;Mr. Smythe told me I could have my choice of going on to the University of Toronto and play football and hockey, or having a pro contract.</p><p>&ldquo;To make the story short, I decided there to go into pro hockey, and I signed that same day.</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;d have been better off now if I&rsquo;d taken the college education &mdash; I know that&rsquo;s how I&rsquo;d advise any boy who had to make the same decision. Yet I&rsquo;ve really never been sorry I chose pro hockey, for it&rsquo;s been good to me.</p><p>&ldquo;But I&rsquo;ve always admired Mr. Smythe for giving me the choice. And that&rsquo;s just the same way I&rsquo;ve always found him to be in all my later dealings with him.&rdquo;</p><p>Goldham&rsquo;s progress as a pro is a matter of record which any fan with a hockey guide book is familiar. Except the guide book doesn&rsquo;t list all the happiness and heartbreaks.</p><p>The happiness came first, for his rise was rapid. He started his first pro season (1941-42) with. Hershey, but was called up by tha parent Leafs in January to play on a Stanley Cup championship team. Rather than the Cup finals, Bob looks back at his first NHL game as his greatest thrill. It was with reason, for he performed, with distinction on defense in a tight game against Boston which went through overtime and ended 0 to 0.</p><p>After beating Detroit in the Cup finals, Goldham&rsquo;s N-HL days were interrupted by three years in tha Navy. He returned to footbail, as well as hockey, during his service time, first on the West Coast, and then on the East Coast when ha played on HMCS Cornwallis&rsquo; two Maritime championship teams.</p><p>In 1945-46 he was back with Leafs again, and his pro career resumed in happy fashion. The following year came his first setback. In the 11th game of tha season, playing in Boston, he was checked heavily by Pat Egan and fell. X-rays told the rest of the story: Both bones in his forearms were broken, and he wore a cast for the next seven months, sidelined from sport for the first time in his life.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01252/1499209-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="1093" height="1134"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>The 200 th Smile</i></b></p><p><b>Baby Dye, former Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; star and first Chicago player ever to score 200 goals presents Bill Mosienko with the puck that made him a member of the select 200 goals circle. Mosienko scored his 200&rsquo;h on January 17th in Chicago when the Hawks tied the Rangers 6-6. Mosienko became the fourth player in Chicago&rsquo;s history to score 200 , goals. The others are Dye, Roy Conacher and Doug Bentley.</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02227/1499202-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="325" height="613"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Goldham&hellip;unhappy Hawk</b></figcaption></div><p>The following campaign he was assigned to Pittsburgh, a stay which lasted only two weeks. He Was wrapped up in the big package, Toronto sent to Chicago to get Max Bentley, being traded along with Gaye Stewart, Gus Bodnar, Bud Poile and Ernie Dickens.</p><p>There followed three years of toil with the Black Hawks, with bad luck Etill dogging him. His first teason in the Windy City, he again broke the same arm and missed the last half of that season.</p><p>In the summer of 1950 Goldham figured in hockey&rsquo;s biggest trade of all-time. Detroit gave up Harry Lumley, Jack Stewart, Al Dewsbury, Pete Babando to get Goldham, Metro Prystal, Gaye Stewart and Jim Henry.</p><p>Incidentally, it marked another Step in hockey in which he was accompanied by Gaye Stewart. They had played together on the Toronto Marlboro juniors, on two Navy teams, with the post-war Leafs, and then had been traded together, first to Chicago and then to Detroit. This was broken up just last summer when Detroit shipped Stewart on to New York.</p><p>Goldham came onto a Detroit team which had won the NHL title the year before, but was named immediately as a regular defenseman. It&rsquo;s a role he still fills as he bids again to have his name carved with thegpest of the Wings onto the Stanley Cup&mdash;just 10 years after he became a Cup sharer as a rookie.</p><p>And if it is Toronto which Detroit may beat for the Cup, and Goldham can play a major role in doing it, all the better. For he still enjoys every opportunity to prove that the Leafs were wrong when they traded him.</p><p>Toronto still is his permanent home, and he has built a house there where he spends his off-season time. Goldham is one hockey player who admits that coaching is far from his mind as a profession when his playing days are over, although he still has no concrete post-playing plans.</p><p>Married in 1946 to the former Elinor Platt, of Toronto, whom he met while attending Northern Cocational, Goldham has rented a home In Detroit (while he rents out his home in Toronto). They have two daughters.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Copied Bucko McDonald When Partnered as Leafs

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01301/1499316-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="313" height="404"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02271/1499309-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="248" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jack Adams</b></figcaption></div><p><b>&lsquo;THE JACK ADAMS TESTIMONIAL</b> dinner was one of the finest affairs ever staged in sport&hellip;. Jack-was truly and deservedly honored by his many friends in Detroit and hockey leaders across the continent &hellip; Dr. Charles J. Karibo, a personal friend of Jack&rsquo;s and one of the members of the three-man committee that organized the dinner, had this to say about the guest of honor: &ldquo;Jack has done everything in his heart to bring hockey to the hearts of the people in this city. As a result of his efforts, hockey has rightly taken its place with the other major sports &mdash; baseball and football.&rdquo; &hellip;. There was a big turnout of baseball and football folk on hand as Jack is a close follower of both sports and is on intimate terms with the leaders of the Tigers and Lions. &hellip; Adams was visibly touched by the laudatory remarks passed has way all evening and made a sincere and humble thank you speech at the close of the dinner&hellip;. He expressed his complete happiness at spending 25 years in Detroit as a hockey executive&hellip;. &ldquo;No one can be happier than I am tonight,&rdquo; Jack said with a catch in his throat&hellip;. He paid great tribute to James Norris, owner of the Detroit Red Wings &hellip;. &ldquo;Hockey will never be able to repay him for what he&rsquo;s done for the game,&rdquo; said Adams &ldquo;I can remember when he handed the New York Americans $40,000 out of his own pocket &mdash; just handed it to them, no questions asked, so that they could keep on going.&rdquo;. &mdash; Adams also recalled some of his younger days in the sport&hellip;.&rdquo; I remember my teacher in the eighth grade saying, &lsquo;Johnny Adams if you&rsquo;d quit monkeying around owith this hockey you might be a good student.&rsquo; &hellip; I kind of think that teacher wopld be proud of me tonight&rdquo; &hellip;. We sat at the head table between Tommy Ivan and Hap Day and the two coaching rivals of a few seasons back were busy ribbing each other all night&hellip; . &ldquo;That Pittsburgh must agree with you Hap! You&rsquo;re looking better than I&rsquo;ve ever seen you look before,&rdquo; Ivan kidded the assistant Toronto general manager&hellip; &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t be worrying too much,&rdquo; Day answered, &ldquo;as I see you haven&rsquo;t lost your appetite. Not much to worry about when you have a team loaded with stars like you have eh?&rdquo;&hellip;. &ldquo;Oh, I don&rsquo;t know about that,&rdquo; answered Ivan, &ldquo;I newer stop worrying. Every once in awhile when things are tough and I doubt if I can stand it much longer I go out and look over that golf course of mine.&rdquo; &hellip;.</p><p><b>CLEVELAND BARONS</b> of the American Hockey League took a table for the diiner. Jim Hendy, popular G.M. of the Barons, was the man-in-motion talking to NHL managers &hellip;. Probably trying to peddle one of his better Cleveland players or make one of his famous swaps &hellip;. Hendy is the new David Harum of hockey and one of the most astute judges of hockey talent in the business &hellip; . Norbert Stein, former G.M. of the Barons, was along with Al Sutphin Former Red Wing stars, Doug Young and Larry Aurie, attended the dinner &hellip;. All 16 mem-eenj of theprescntDeHoirteam were present along with their wives or girl friends&hellip;. All the wives and sported nice corsages too &hellip;. &ldquo;We went all out for tonight,&rdquo; said Tony Leswick &hellip;. Mrs Adams sat with Jack at the center of the head table. The honored guest thanked her publicly for the help she&rsquo;s been to him during those 25 years. &ldquo;She never criticized but many times when things were going bad and 1 couidn&rsquo;t sleep, I&rsquo;d get the car out at 3 in the morning and she&rsquo;d get up too and we&rsquo;d drive all night.&rdquo; &hellip;. Adams has been a United States resident for 18 years and has not missed casting his vote in any municipal state or federal elections. He is intensely proud of his United States citizenship &hellip;. Telegrams of congratulations arrived from Lou Boudreau, manager of the Boston Red Sox and a good friend of Jack&rsquo;s, Mayor Albert E. Cobo of Detroit, Lou Hill of Montreal and Milt Dunnell, sports editor of the Toronto Star&hellip;. Dunnell&rsquo;s wire read: &ldquo;It only happens to the best guys.&rdquo; &hellip;. The 56-year-old Detroit general manager let the 375 in attendance at the dinner know something about the intensive interest James Norris has in the Red Wings&hellip;. &ldquo;Mr. Norris is 72 but he knows every player on the Detroit roster. He gave me a great argument about 11 o&rsquo;clock last night about why we should bring up a player now in the minors, just because we lost a game the other night.&rdquo; Adams told the gathering&hellip;. Whether the Wings win or lose. Adams has to telephone Norris immediately after every game and report the highlights such as who scored and who were in the fights&hellip;.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03197/1499302-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="265" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ebbie Goodfellow</b></figcaption></div><p><b>WE WITNESSED</b> the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 win over the Black Hawks in Chicago last Thursday and it was more like watching a practice than a game. The crowd was announced at 4,114 but it was closer to 3,000. The huge Chicago Stadium takes on a sepulchral atmosphere with such a small crowd and you practically get lonesome in the place &hellip; Chicago scribes figure Harry Lumley is the only National Leaguer on the Hawks &hellip; Ebbie Goodfellow, Chicago coach who mystifies everyone by not having ulcers, has a keen eye for publicity&hellip; Ebbie saw the Arthur Godfrey skating party on television and liked the way Godfrey attempted to navigate on the blades. The next day Goodfellow sent the famed radio and TV artist a telegram. It read: &ldquo;Enjoyed watching your skating party on television very much Stop How would you like to play center fort the Chicago Black Hawks Stop We will make good any teeth you might lose.&rdquo; &hellip; Godfrey replied to the wire immediately but was sorry he had to decline the offer&hellip; Billy Sianis, who operates the Billy Goat Inn across the street from the Chicago Stadium, sent along his regards to his many Canadian friends. Billy&rsquo;s business has suffered along with the poor Hawk crowds.. President Bill Tobin of the Hawks figures Sunday afternoon games will prove quite successful. A surprising note about the 14,000 plus crowd that attended the first Sunday matinee between the Hawks and Toronto was less than 4,000 youngsters attended. Kiddies are admitted for half price at these games and it was expected they would make up more than half the crowd.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04148/1499295-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="268" height="385"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Chuck Rayner</b></figcaption></div><p>We were asked to select the three stars for the Imperial Oil hockey broadcast in Toronto on January 26 and picked as the outstanding trio, Edgar Laprade, Howie Meeker and Charlie Rayner &hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05129/1499347-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="277" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Irvin</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The lack of individual skill in hockey today has been brought on by overcoaching, in the opinion of an esteemed member of the professional coaching fraternity of the present.</p><p>That&rsquo;s what Dick Irvin of the Montreal Canadiens told Boston&rsquo;s sportswriters at a hockey luncheon the other day.</p><p>The eloquent coach of the Canucks told an attentive audience that stress on team play in the lower levels has virtually eliminated the development of present-day Eddie Shores.</p><p>&ldquo;Young players of today are overcoached from a team angle,&rdquo; declared Irvin. &ldquo;The trend is definitely away from the individual. Players don&rsquo;t learn to stick-handle and check today as they did years ago, when they had to learn those things to be in the game.</p><p>&ldquo;When I was a youngster playing up on the Red River, a youngster who couldn&rsquo;t take the puck and score just wasn&rsquo;t in the game. That&rsquo;s how Shore became a great player. He&rsquo;d take the puck down, and if he lost it he&rsquo;d go and get it.</p><p>He didn&rsquo;t have to pass the puck, in fact he never did,&rdquo; continued Irvin with a chuckle, &ldquo;and his great talents were never developed by any coach. He developed them himself.</p><p>&ldquo;That situation doesn&rsquo;t exist today,&rdquo; however. Today the ftrst thing a youngster is told is that when he gets the puck, he should pass it. He doesn&rsquo;t have to stickhandle, he doesn&rsquo;t have to check to get the puck back.</p><p>&ldquo;Every coach wants to win, so he stresses team play, not individual play. Players should be developed more as individuals. Anyone can&rsquo; mold 15 good players into a team if the players have skill.</p><h2><b>Lack Individual Scoring Skill</b></h2><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s something that&rsquo;s lacking in the game today, that individual skill of fellows who can take the puck down and score,&rdquo; Irvin added. &ldquo;You know what I&rsquo;m talking about here, because you&rsquo;ve had Milt Schmidt, Cooney Weiland and Shore.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin went on to regail his audience with a series of anecdotes of his own coaching experience, taking several sly digs at masterminding in general in the process.</p><p>&ldquo;Coaching strategy is overrated,&rdquo; he declared. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll give you a good example. In this last game we played here with the Bruins, the score was tied with less than two minutes left, so I put my three best checkers on the Ice, figuring I&rsquo;d have to settle for a tie.</p><p>&ldquo;The one thing I didn&rsquo;t figure on, though, was Schmidt&rsquo;s goal with that &ldquo;unseen puck&rdquo;, so what good was my strategy?</p><p>&ldquo;I remember another time we were tied with the Bruins in a Stanley Cup game, and Toe Blake wasn&rsquo;t going well. I decided to take him out, but before I could get another player on the ice, Blake scored the winning goal. That was masterminding for you.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin went on to compare hockey players with racing pigeons, his hobby, revealing that he finds them a lot alike, and that he uses similar methods for coaching both.</p><p>He touched lightly on &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; overtime, quipping, &ldquo;When you get the goal. It&rsquo;s sudden; when the other team gets it, it&rsquo;s death.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Overcoaching Killing Stars

<div class="byline">By Milt Dunnell-Sports Editor (Toronto Star)</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06107/1499392-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg"></div><h2><b>Exposing the Hockey Propaganda Boys</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>A</span>MID</b> the rubble of week-end shelling on the shinny front, you&rsquo;ll find the remnants of misinformation to which the hockey consumer has been exposed recently. You could start with what happened right here in Toronto. We had as our guests the Detroit</p><p>Red Wings, greatest kitty-bar-the-door experts in hockey. That&rsquo;s how they were described by Citizen C. Smythe just before he bundled up his bathing suit and skedaddled off to Florida. Give those Wings a couple of goals, Smythe proclaimed, and they&rsquo;ll spend the rest of the night giving the foe a lesson in frustration. With their tight defensive style of play and their&rsquo; amazing Mr. Terry Sawchizi, they can lock up a game tighter than a clam with tiie bends. That was Mr. Smythe&rsquo;s theory.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0793/1499385-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="284" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Rollins</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0884/1499378-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="294" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Sawchuk</b></figcaption></div><p>Too bad he wasn&rsquo;t up in the greens Saturday night. On the other hand, maybe it&rsquo;s just as well he wasn&rsquo;t. He&rsquo;d have been throwing down paper darts made out of railway tickets to the farm club at Pittsburgh &mdash; at least in the first period. Give the Wings a couple of goals? The Leafs gave them three in the first seven minutes and 14 seconds. Then they proceeded to blow five straight goals past those so-called kitty-bar-the-door champs &mdash; also past the most consistently capable goalie in the business.</p><p>If the Redbirds are as proficient as Smythe claimed at barring a door, or even a window, this would have seemed like the logical spot for a demonstration. With a three-goal cushion, they could, have saved themselves for Sunday night and the return joust before a new record Olympia turnout for NHL hockey. The previous mark there for pro hockey, by the way, was 15,336 who showed up Oct. 24, 19 48, to see the Wings win, 2-1. What&rsquo;s that&rdquo;?. They beat Toronto, of course. Same score as last night. It&rsquo;s tradition.</p><p>But to get along with the guff those rinkside oracles have been giving us: how about Dick Irvins lament that poor Rocket Richard would be on his bed of pain for a month with a tumult in his tummy. We suspected at the time that Irvin was feeling sorry for the Rocket who had been given the old razzoo by Sudbury fans according to the dispatches. What Dick was saying, in effect, to the nickel belt hecklers was that they should hang their heads in shame. Here was hockey&rsquo;s No. 1 attraction (Irvin couldn&rsquo;t consider any other) trying to give them a show, practically with his final gasp. And some of them hooted. A return to that Montreal air must have worked wonders for the Rocket. Instead of going into sick bay for a month, he went to the Forum and potted three goals. Irvin should discover what&rsquo;s causing the Rocket&rsquo;s excruciating pain &mdash; and make sure he eats plenty of it.</p><h2><b>Rollins Too Trustful of Mates</b></h2><p><b>ANOTHER</b> pearl of wisdom came from Bill Cook, who&rsquo;s been serving up a more palatable hockey dish with the Rangers.</p><p>Willyum described our Mr. Al Rollins as the kind of goalie who&rsquo;s all right when he&rsquo;s out In front and coasting. But he&rsquo;s liable to go to pieces when things are going against him, Mr. Cook suggested.</p><p>Things definitely went against Rollins Saturday night. Mostly it was the puck which went against him. Fern Flaman twice managed to deflect the disc into his own rigging. And strictly from a layman&rsquo;s point of view we can&rsquo;t hold Rollins entirely blameless. Contrary to Cook&rsquo;s opinion that Rollins is right only when, things are going his way, it&rsquo;s been our observation that it takes adversity to sharpen him. One of his faults this season has been that he&rsquo;s too ready to lean on his shovel when he thinks a Leaf is doing the work. Then, when something goes wrong and it develops bls mate merely got a piece of the puck, Rollins isn&rsquo;t set for it. In a game against Chicago a week ago, he was yelling encouragement to Gus Mortson who apparently had blocked a shot. As it turned out, Gus didn&rsquo;t have it stopped. The puck squirted through him and caught Rollins relaxing. Maybe that&rsquo;s what comes of playing behind Bill Barilko, who stopped more pucks than the goal-tender.</p><p>The fans were on Rollins for his first-period lethargy Saturday night. They were all for digging Turk Broda out of his new dininng room furniture. If Rollins had been a front-runnar, as Cook charged, that&rsquo;s when he&rsquo;d have chucked the issue for the evening. Instead, he closed the gate from there in. Of course, it wasn&rsquo;t too tough to play goal for the Leafs after that first period. Apparently stung by the humiliation in front of their own fans, they tore into the Detroits and made them suffer. There were only eight shots at the Toronto cage in the last 40 minutes. In the same period, Terry Sawchuk had a look at 27. Under those circumstances, chunky Mr. Sawchuk showed that, good as he is, he still can&rsquo;t defy the law of averages.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-06

Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03178/1499430-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="277" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Edgar Laprade</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Lindsay&rsquo;s Tactics Just Make Them Fighting. Mad: They&rsquo;ve Topped Champs Three Of Four</b></h2><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>For what he is worth to the Red Wings as a player. Terrible Ted Lindsay is worth a lot more to the Rangers as a pest. If there were only more Lindsays around the League, it can now be assumed the Cookies wouldn&rsquo;t have to fear not reaching the playoffs.</p><p>Lindsay brings out only the best in the Rangers. By retaliating tor his dirty stick swinging and other misdemeanors, they become rough and rugged &mdash; and very effective. New York has played its best games of the season against Detroit, as it did in the Motor City early in this critical swing on the road.</p><p>For a team of lightweights, the Rangers have showed a curious tendency to play sound hockey only when the going was rough and tough. They&rsquo;ve now beaten Detroit three of the last four times, and each was a hitting affair. The last time, they took a 21-penalty game in Detroit, first Ranger victory out there since the playoffs two years ago.</p><h3>Better When Rough</h3><p>On either side of tat triumph was a tie. New York played sloppy, erroneous hockey in Chicago, the place it figured to win, and was lucky enough to salvage a point. The same was true two days after the Detroit roughhouse &mdash; in Boston.</p><p>The Rangers must realize they&rsquo;re better when rough. Certainly Bill Cook knows it, he&rsquo;s been preaching the &lsquo;hit-&rsquo;em-first&rsquo; gospel ever since taking over as coach early in December. Yet, only against Detroit and Toronto, another club with some pretty good &ldquo;needlers,&rdquo; have the Rangers promised real action. Their record with the Leafs is also commendable &mdash; three wins (two tn Toronto) and two ties in eight games.</p><p>&ldquo;It must take some one like Lindsay to rile them,&rdquo; Cook says. &ldquo;Against some of these other clubs, the Rangers just go out and play sloppy, scrambling hockey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04138/1499423-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="529" height="547"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Cracks First</i></b></p><p><b>JACK EVANS</b></p></figcaption></div><p>They don&rsquo;t even try to hit when the opportunity presents itself.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt about it, we&rsquo;ve been beating Detroit because we hit them first and keep hitting then,&rdquo; the coach added. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t outskate or outpass them. We just get them off-balance.</p><h3><b>Dander Is Up</b></h3><p>&ldquo;You know what Detroit must be thinking before our games. They look at their defense and they look at ours, and say, &lsquo;this&rsquo;ll be easy.&rsquo; Then they compare line-for-line, and find no comparison. And then they look around and see that guy Sawchuk in the nets. They can&rsquo;t lose, yet they do. No one can score, even if you&rsquo;re a Howe oi Lindsay, when he&rsquo;s flat on his bdck.&rdquo;</p><p>Edgar Laprade, who&rsquo;s been a Ranger center long enough to have a philosophical nature, has a-reason why his club reacts favorably against the Wings and Leaf. &ldquo;Follows like Lindsay do get your goat, he admits. Bui the reason is more general. Detroit and Toronto have been kicking hell out of us for many years. We&rsquo;ve finally got our dander up. We just won&rsquo;t be pushed around any more. We&rsquo;ll do the pushing from now on.&rdquo;</p><p>Asked how the Rangers could play a sloppy 6-6 tie in Chicago one game and then win in Detroit, 3-2, the next, Laprade said: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s easy. We don&rsquo;t want to play sloppy hockey against Chicago. We have nothing but the best intentions before the game. Before you know it, however, you&rsquo;ve fallen right into their trap. You play as they do, scrambling all over the ice and leaving yourself wide open.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Can&rsquo;t Outskate Or Out pass Detroit, Blues Keep Hiting, Dumping Team Off Balance</b></h2><p>The Rangers&rsquo; reaction to even a little rough stuff was well illustrated in their 3-3 tie game in Boston. They were down two goals in the third period and had looked terrible in the cleanest game on record. When defenseman Jack Evans, hatchetman summa cum laude, put in his first appearance of the night, they pepped up immediately. Jack no sooner reached the ice than he cracked Bill Ezinicki. Within seven minutes, in suddenly fairly rough action, the Rangers produced the two goals for their tie. That one point kept them ahead of the Bruins in fourth place.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b> Besides taking four of possible six points at start of critical road trip (9 of 10 games away from home) Rangers were particularly pleased with certain individual performances. Their Summer trades had paid off. Gaye Stewart was now team&rsquo;s second highest scorer with 27 points, whereas Tony Leswick, who went to Detroit in exchange, had nothing but nuisance value left. He&rsquo;d scored 12 points. In the Paul Ronty-for-Gus Kyle deal, Ronty had turned up as Rangers&rsquo; third best scorer with 25 points. Kyle was merely leading the League in penalties. One Boston newspaperman said recently: &ldquo;You can have Kyla back for a good $5 hat.&rdquo;</p><p>Since his recall from Cincinnati Herb Dickenson scored three goals in first four games. Earlier in year, when brought up from Mohawks, 20-year-old left winger had similar record&hellip; Rangers, only team not to be shut out, are now-more than halfway toward own NHL mark of 117 successive scoregame in row they weren&rsquo;t shut out. Last team to go through entire season without single blank was Hawks, 1945-46.</p><p>Jack Stoddard is playing with corset covering strained lumbar sacro. Injury was incurred in exhibition game against Hawks in Milwaukee, Jan. 19&hellip; Frank Boucher will argue with anyone that Hy Buller is now League&rsquo;s second best defenseman &mdash; behind Red Kelly. Ranger rookie, who is getting more and more attention in Calder Trophy race, is tied with Kelly with most goals by defenseman (9). However, Hy has only 21 points to Wing&rsquo;s 29.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0005-03

Rangers Credit First Punch in Finding Wings Easy Meat

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p><b>Founded Octobet 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.</b></p><p><b>Advertising Editorial 603A 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 mail, Post Office Departrnrat, Ottawax</b></p><p><b>Entered as second class mail at the Post Office in Ogdensburg, N.Y.</b></p><p><b>Return all D.M. undeliverable copies under Form 3579 to the Hockey News Company</b></p><p><b>Room 204. King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg., 1231 Ste. Catherine Street Weet, Montreal 25. Quo. Printed in Canada</b></p><p><b>Volume 5 February 2, 1952 N.mber18</b></p><p>Congratulations are in order to one of hockey&rsquo;s &ldquo;Elder Statesmen&rdquo; &mdash; Jack Adams &mdash; who has just been honored for his 25 years service to the cause of hockey in Detroit. The astute hockey leader, whose keen and always inventive mind has done much to promote the game he loves so well, is truly one of hockey&rsquo;s gentlemen, whose host of friends includes those with whom he has had some of his bitterest&mdash;and the game&rsquo;s most celebrated&mdash;arguments.</p><p>Although the years have slowed him down somewhat and forced him to take a slightly less active roll, they haven&rsquo;t blunted his enthusiasm a whit or made him any less eager to get into a verbal battle whenever anyone belittles his Red Wings.</p><p>For the Detroit Red Wings, in a very real sense of the word, are the living symbol of &ldquo;Jovial Jawn&rdquo; Adams, who has put a large part of himself into the task of building them into the great team they are today and have been over the years. As player, Coach and Manager, after he moved from the bench to the executive offices, Jack Adams has been for a full quarter of a century an admired and respected figure in Motor City hockey circles and throughout the entire hockey world.</p><p>As Coach, he led the Wings to some of their brightest triumphs. Along with Art Ross at Boston and Lester Patrick at New York, he was responsible in large measure for popularizing hockey in the United States and building it up to a super attraction which is sure of a long lease on life despite the occasional setbacks which come from time to time.</p><p>It was under the forward-looking, guiding genius of Adams that the extensive Detroit Red Wing farm system was built up &mdash; a reservoir of talent which has produced a starry array of great young players in the past few years and bids fair to keep on turning out those finished pieces of hockey machinery for a good many years to come.</p><p>Adams &mdash; for the quarter-century he has been at Detroit, and for many other years before that &mdash; has lived and breathed hockey all his life. To him it has been more than a game &mdash; it has been his career, his entire existence. Although hockey has given him a Jot of fun, he has never forgotten his main mission, which has been to be a constant &ldquo;ambassador&rdquo; for hockey in Detroit and wherever he goes.</p><p>His fierce devotion to the sport he stoutly upholds as the finest in the world has been well proved in recent years since he gave up the active ice generalship of the club. Because of the undue strain any excitement puts on his ailing heart, Jack many times has been forced reluctantly to retire to the dressing room in the final stages of closely-fought games played by his Red Wings. His doctors have urged him unwillingly into that practice because they know he projects himself so completely into the ice action, fighting every moment with his players, that to stay at rinkside is dangerous for him.</p><p>Jack Adams, a &ldquo;Mr. Hockey&rdquo; in a real and glowing sense of the word, has received only what is his full and proper due in the formal recognition given his career in Detroit last week. It was a fitting tribute to one of hockey&rsquo;s finest gentlemen.</p><h2><b>ATTENDANCE LOOKING UP</b></h2><p>Just as things were beginning to look their blackest, with slumping attendances around parts of the National Hockey League building up to dangerous proportions, matters have taken a decided turn for the better in the past few weeks.</p><p>New York and Boston, formerly storm centers in the gate slippage, have come up with record and near-record crowds in past weeks, with Madison Square Garden climbing over the 15,000 mark on more than one occasion. Detroit Olympia turnstiles clicked up their greatest total ever in a recent game against Toronto Maple Leafs, and even Chicago has showed improvement despite the consistently drab showing of its beleaguered Black Hawks. Montreal and Toronto, where there has never been any worry about attendances in the last decade, also have been keeping the ticket sellers busy.</p><p>The closer competition and keener rivalry between most of the clubs may have had a lot to do with it, coupled with the onset of seasonable winter weather which is always more conducive to the hockey spirit. Overall attendance is running at just fractionally under last season&rsquo;s, and may better it from here on in.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

ONE OF HOCKEY’S GENTLEMEN

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01324/1499485-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>Hershey In Boston</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Maybe I&rsquo;m writing this to get something off my chest, or maybe I&rsquo;m just plain &ldquo;Burnt-up&rdquo;, No matter what it is, I feel I must voice an opinion I have formed.</p><p>I am writing in regards to the latest player deal (?) between Boston and the Hershey teams. In my opinion, Boston&rsquo;s coacn Lynn Patrick wasn&rsquo;t very far from being wrong when he said, &ldquo;It we have to do it, we ll bring the whole Hershey team up here.&rdquo; He sure Baid a mouthful there. And you&rsquo;ve certainly got to hand it to General Manager Art Ross for pulling off one of the shrewdest deals of the day. Getting Real Chevrefils and Leo Labine for injured Pentti Lund, 31-year-old Adam Brown and Lome Ferguson, who has his good nights once in a while. To top it all off, be pulled a player swap that did Hershey very little good at all. In that, I mean the deal in which defenseman Jim Morrison was lost from the Bruins farm system for gopd. So Boston got Fleming Mackell. What good did it do the Hershey team who received nothing in return except an empty slot on the defensive staff.</p><p>This isn&rsquo;t the first time that the Bruins pulled off queer deals. This &ldquo;Youth Transfusion&rdquo; is nothing new. Remember the &ldquo;Kid Line&rdquo; of Rooty, Pierson, and Babando? They were quite a factor in the Bears&rsquo; first Championship Team, And Hy Buller, Clare Martin and Fernle Flaman. Three extraordinary defensemen, without an argument, on any team lucky enough to have them. Just what happened to these men? If I remember correctly they aren&rsquo;t exactly old men and they all were property of the Bruins one time or another. Where are these men now? You can search the Boston roster high and low, inside and outside, but will you find their names on it? Negative! I can&rsquo;t help but wonder where &ldquo;Chevy&rdquo; and &ldquo;Leo&rdquo; will be playing in the few years but I have my doubts If It will be in Boston. I are of National League caliber and I wish them luck in the &ldquo;Big Time&rdquo;, but why, Mr. Ross, why do the Hershey Bears have to carry the burden of your deals? Sure, Hershey Is in first place in the Eastern Division of the AHL, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean they have it &ldquo;Clinched&rdquo; at the half way mark of the season. With a little more consideration on the part of the Boston system, I&rsquo;m sure the fans will receive the satisfaction deserved from a fair and square player deal. I, for one, take my hockey seriously and in appropriate words I say, &ldquo;Thanks for your time, and I&rsquo;ll see you in the Boston Gardens where the Hershey Bears become NHL playoff contenders.&rdquo;</p><p>Cpl. Gerald L. Wiley Grenier, AFB.</p><h2><b>GATE DOUGH</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>First of all I would like to make a suggestion to the National Hockey League. Why not let the visiting team snare in the gate receipts of the home team? This would keep the weaker teams on a better financial basis with the strong teams. Teams such as the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, and the Cincinnati Reds would not be able to stay in the baseball leagues If it were not for the fact that they can share in the gates of the home team, when they are on the road. I think it would strengthen the league from the standpoint of both the weaker and stronger teams.</p><p>I would also like to know what Ralph Nattrass who used to play with the Black Hawks, Is doing and how about putting in a list of the hotels the various teams in the National League stay in when they are on the road.</p><p>Keep up the wonderful work on paper. I am thoroughly discouraged with the Black Hawks and the Hockey News gives me a chance to read about teams with more success.</p><p>Sally Burger Munster, Indiana.</p><p>P.S. I am still rooting for the Hawks, though.</p><p>(Nattrass is in business in Chicago. Teame-stay at the Piccadilly Hotel, New York, Mount Royal, Montreal, Manger, Boston, Lasalle, Chicago, Detroit-Leland, Detroit and the Royal York in Toronto.)</p><h2><b>New Club</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>We are writing to the Fan Forum because we know of no other way to get the word around. We would like to start a fan club for Montreal&rsquo;s terrific goalie, Gerry McNeil.</p><p>Would any Interested persons &mdash; preferably teenagers &mdash; write to either Phyllis Blaine, 315 Washington Place, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, or Norma Coyle, 249 Washington Place, same town and state?</p><p>Gerry has given us his permission to start the club. We would appreciate as many members as possible and also any information on how a good fan club Is run.</p><p>Phyllis Blaine Norma Coyle Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.</p><h2><b>A Few Suggestions</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Your paper is on the same level as the Sporting News and does a great deal for servicemen away from the hockey fronts. Here is a few suggestions I would like to make. Write more articles on the two top teams in hockey, Detroit and Toronto. The top teams I think should get a less equal billing with the rest of the league. Toronto has a lot of color and Detroit is the team I still don&rsquo;t know too much about. Could you also tell me what happened to Broda.</p><p>P.F.C. Dale O. Eliott. Tacoma, Wash.</p><p><b>(Broda is Leafs sub goaler.)</b></p><h2><b>Nice Guy</b></h2><p>Dear Sir:</p><p>Probably the most surprising news came out of Edmonton the other week when it was announced that Frank Curie coach of the Edmonton Flyers of the PCHL., had been given his release. Much to the disappointment of fans and players alike.</p><p>Well this is one fan that was very much disappointed, not that I don&rsquo;t think Doug McCaig isn&rsquo;t capable of replacing Currie because he proved it in his first game as Flyers defeated the Saskatoon Quakers four to nothing. But I&rsquo;m quite sure they would have done the same had Frank Currie still been their mentor.</p><p>But the big question is. Why was Currie fired?</p><p>Maybe as one prominent Edmonton sportscaster put it, he was too nice a guy. Likewise that was the only reason I could find. Maybe nice guys don&rsquo;t go very far in hockey.</p><p>Well if that&rsquo;s the case the Edmonton management should go a long way.</p><p>Charlie Weitzel Dulwich, Sask.</p><h2><b>Goose Eggs</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>This is my first letter to your great paper &ldquo;HOCKEY NEWS&rdquo;. I enjoy this paper very much, and I will keep reading It as long as It Is in publication. Congratulations I would please like to know for what team Paul Meger of Montreal Canadiens NHL played for before coming up to the Majors. I would also like to know what former NHL goalie holds the record for the most shutouts in one season; Again I would like to congratulate you on your paper keep It up.</p><p>R. W. Leroux Kenora, Ont.</p><p><b>(Meger played with the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League before coming to Montreal. George Hainsworth holds the record for shutouts with 22.)</b></p><h2><b>What About Elmer?</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like very much to say how wonderful your paper is and how very anxious I am to receive it.</p><p>I&rsquo;ve been waiting all season for someone to write in and ask for an &ldquo;Elmer Lach Night&lsquo;&rdquo; I know many have often thought of this great player, but finally said: &ldquo;Oh what&rsquo;s the use, no one will do anything about it.&rdquo;</p><p>Now I hope that some kind people will appear and solve what many would like to see done &mdash; a Lach night. He is one of those guys who goes all out. Dick Irvin, their very able coach knows he can always depend on his number 16. Elmer is certainly not the boastful type (and surely a player of his type can be) he is always ready to give his teammates a boost instead of taking the credit for himself. He has, at his age, accomplished more than the fans seem to appreciate: so I&rsquo;ve wondered what it is a plftyer as great as him must do in order to be awarded a night.</p><p>So come on let&rsquo;s see something done so that the &ldquo;Great Elegant Elmer&rdquo; will be feted.</p><p>I hope that the people who were kind to the &lsquo;Rocket&rsquo; one night last year will peep in on this and not forget the player who loves hockey &mdash; Elmer Lach.</p><p>Sally Maislin Montreal, Que.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0006-01

THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02211/1499540-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="566" height="267"></div><h2><b>FEBRUARY 6 TO 12</b></h2><p>6&mdash;Bergeron, Frank, Syracuse, forward, 1927.</p><p>9&mdash;McMurdy, Goug, Syracuse, forward, 1926.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0006-02

Happy Birthday to You

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04144/1499599-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="281" height="386"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Suphin</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01275/1499592-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="895" height="967"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>For 25 Years&hellip; &hellip;A Credit To Hockey</i></b></p><p><b>KEN McKENZIE, CO-PUBLISHER of THE HOCKEY NEWS, right, presents Jack Adams with THE HOCKEY NEWS award as the outstanding executive in hockey last season. Adams was chosen by the editors of the paper.</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02243/1499585-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="822" height="979"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PRESIDENT CLARENCE CAMPBELL of the National Hockey League presents Adams with a silver tray on behalf of the rest of the teams in the League. It was engraved with crests of each team in the NHL.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03185/1499578-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="943" height="967"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CAPTAIN S!D ABEL of the Detroit Red Wings present General Manager Adams with a silver tea and coffee service at his 25th annual testimonial dinner. The gift was presented by Abel on behalf of the Red Wings&rsquo; team.</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>Wings&rsquo;Manager Celebrates Silver Anniversary As GM</i></b></h2><p><b>Three Close Pals Arrange Testimonial Dinner For &ldquo;One Of Finest Men We Have Ever Known&rdquo;</b></p><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Detroit&rsquo;s &ldquo;Mr. Hockey&rdquo;&mdash;John James Adams&mdash;had his &ldquo;night&rdquo; after 25 years as one of sports&rsquo; outstanding executives.</p><p>To mark Adams&rsquo; Silver Anniversary as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, a testimonial dinner was held Jan. 22 in his honor. It was a unique affair in one way, as such events go.</p><p>The banquet at the plush Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel was not arranged by any civic group or by any hockey personages. It was sponsored by three close friends who were known simply as &ldquo;the committee&rdquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;Jack is one of the finest men we&rsquo;ve ever known, in his hockey efforts, as an all-round sportsman, and as a citizen.&rdquo; stated Jean Caspar, one of the committee, &ldquo;We wanted to throw this party for him, so that we and other of his friends could say thanks to him publicly.&rdquo;</p><p>There is no place big enough In Detroit to stage a banquet for all Adams&rsquo; friends. True to the hockey tradition which he has built up locally, the affair was 8 sellout (at $25 a plate) and the 875 guests taxed the facilities ol the hotel&rsquo;s largest banquet hall.</p><h3><b>Top Brass Pay Honor</b></h3><p>Top hockey dignitaries were among them&mdash;President Clarence Campbell, of the National Hockey League; Walter Brown, Boston Bruins president; Bill Tobin, Chicago Black Hawks president; Frank Selke Montreal Canadiens general manager; Frank Boucher, New York Rangers general manager, and Clarence (Hap) Day, Toronto Maple Leafs assistant general Manager, to mention a few.</p><p>Missing, and unhappy about it, were James Norris and James D. (Young Jim) Norris, Detroit&rsquo;s executives. They were marooned in New York when plane flights were canceled, but the family was represented by Bruce Norris, who came in from St. Louis.</p><p>The entire Red Wing club was on hand, along with other Detroit sports figures, Charley Gehrlnger, general manager of the Tigers; Red Rolfe, Tiger manager, and George Wilson, assistant coach of the football Lions.</p><p>Adams was showered with warm words of praise and countless congratulatory telegrams. Numerous gifts were presented &mdash; a luxury automobile, a 1952 Lincoln Continental, from the committee; a large silver plate from the NHL engraved with the crests of the six clubs and presented by Campbell; a silver tea and coffee service presented by Capt. Sid Abel in behalf of the Red Wing players; the annual &lsquo;Mike&rdquo; award for 1951 from the Detroit Sportscasters Association presented by Al Nagler; a gift from the Detroit Hockey Writers&rsquo; Association presented by Paul Chandler; and THE HOCKEY NEWS award as the &lsquo;&lsquo;outstanding executive of 1951&rdquo; presented by Publisher Ken McKenzie.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05100/1499571-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="1068" height="1590"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>The Magnetic Magnet</i></b></p><p><b>Hie cover of the program at Jack Adams&rsquo; 25th Anniversary testimonial dinner.</b></p></figcaption></div><p>There was one other gift, the presentation of which somewhat shattered the aplomb of Fred A. Huber, Jr., who served as toastmaster in the absence of Jim Norris. This was a dressed lamb, frozen, from the citizens of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., site of tne Wings&rsquo; annual training camp. Huber finally had the lamb stowed in the Sheraton &mdash; Cadillac&rsquo;s kitchen, and produced a letter of presentation in its stead.</p><p>It was the gift of the lamb which produced a quip the next day in the column of Lyall Smith, sports editor of the Free Press, that &ldquo;Adams already had enough &lsquo;lambs&rsquo; flanking him at the head table in the personages of fellow executives from the five other clubs&rdquo;.</p><p>One of the &ldquo;lambs&rdquo; was another hockey man, Al Sutphin, former owner of the Cleveland club, who furnished top humor with his speech.</p><p>Sutphin observed that Adams was the &ldquo;Branch Rickey of hockey&rdquo; when it came to making trades. &ldquo;He always told me that he would save hockey players tor me when I had Cleveland. And he did&hellip; he saved them until they were 40 years old. But I want to say this about Jack, he always sent a wheelchair along with them.</p><p>Sutphin also noted that &ldquo;BUI Tobin is here against medical advice. He&rsquo;s not used to being in crowds of this size.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Suphin&rsquo;s. Speech Has 375 Guests &ldquo;In The Isles&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>Former Cleveland Boss At Very Best In Ribbing Jack</b></p><h3><b>Jack Gets Humorous.</b></h3><p>Adams was the last to speak, and he mixed the humorous with the serious. He recalled &ldquo;I used to have a teacher in the eighth grade back at Fort William who told me &lsquo;Johnny Adams, it you&rsquo;d quit fooling around with this hockey, you&rsquo;d make a good student. But I think she&rsquo;d be proud of me today.&rdquo;</p><p>In answer to Suphin, he stated &ldquo;He says I sold him broken down hockey players, but he sold his club for $2,000,000, and he loafs in Florida while I&rsquo;m back here working &ldquo;</p><p>Looking back at the Detroit club which he has handled for all except the first year of Its existence, Adams said it&rsquo;s could be divided into three phases:</p><p>&ldquo;First there were four years of fair prosperity.</p><p>Second, there was the depression, and tough times for all of us. We rode day coaches and ate sandwiches. If Howie Morenz had been for sale for $1.87, we still couldn&rsquo;t have bought him.</p><p>&ldquo;Third was the coming of the Norrises. There have been reams written about what that has meant and our relationship. I know that hockey never can repay Mr. Norris for the way he has built up the Detroit team, and also for how he has dug into his pocket several times just to keep the game going in other cities.</p><p>Mrs. Adams was at Jack&rsquo;s side at the table and he turned to her and said &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to thank my wife for her patience during the 25 years.&rdquo; It was the perfect gesture.</p><p>And typical of Adams was the fact that when he first arose to speak he thought of another great sportman whom Detroit has just lost. He asked for a moment of reverent silence to the memory of the late Walter Briggs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0007-04

‘Jolly Jasvn’ Honored by Detroit Friends

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT, Mich. &mdash; Otto Wagner, noted Montreal sportsman. Buffered a severe heart attack while in Detroit to attend Jack Adams&rsquo; Silver Anniversary testimonial banquet.</p><p>Wagner, one of Adams&rsquo; closest friends, came to Detroit solely for the dinner. He was striken just before the festivities started, and was confined to his hotel room.</p><p>He since has been moved to a Detroit hospital, where he will be confined for about three more weeks.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Adams’ Friend Suffers Heart Attack Prior To Testimonial

<h2><b>BUFFALO BISONS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01307/1499717-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="591" height="676"></div><h2><b>CINCINNATI MOHAWKS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02248/1499710-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="583" height="676"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND BARONS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03187/1499703-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="588" height="716"></div><h2><b>HERSHEY BEARS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04140/1499696-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="584" height="573"></div><h2><b>INDIANAPOLIS CAPITOLS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0599/1499689-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="585" height="547"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH HORNETS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0676/1499682-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="584" height="567"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE REDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0759/1499675-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="585" height="327"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0847/1499668-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="584" height="284"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS FLYERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0936/1499661-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="583" height="621"></div><h2><b>SYRACUSE WARRIORS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1026/1499654-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="585" height="617"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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American League Monthly Records

<div class="byline">BY STAN MOHER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02271/1499786-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Three Harris Hornet Stingers</i></b></p><p><b>Three men who ore doing big job in helping the Pittsburgh Hornets to their championship under owner John Harris are Pete Backor, left, captain of the Hornets, King Clacy, coach and Jim Balmer general manager.</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03225/1499779-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="558" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Eyes Big Time</i></b></p><p><b>PAT COBURN</b></p></figcaption></div><p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>Alex (Seabiscuit) Kaleta says &ldquo;he&rsquo;s better right now than half the defensemen in the National League.&rdquo; Doug McCaig is certain &ldquo;he has great possibilities.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;He&rdquo; happens to be Pat Coburn, hard-knocking rearguard of the Edmonton Flyers, a gent who seems headed for Pacific Coast League All-Star honors.</p><p>At 25 years of age, Ottawa-born Patrick Coburn hardly qualifies as a greenhorn, at hockey or otherwise.</p><p>Aware of this he Is keen to start realizing on those &ldquo;possibilities,&rdquo; as mentioned by former big leaguer McCaig, currently playing coach of the Flyers.</p><p>Built for the heavy going, the 180-pound defenseman demonstrated his durability by showing up for every one of Flyers&rsquo;, first - 50 league engagements.</p><p>With many rearguards this wouldn&rsquo;t prove too much. But Coburn happens to be a guy who revels In the heavy going. He gives opponents a bad time of It, particularly in the Flyer end, and in turn loves to carry the puck, even over the top of rival defenses, if need be.</p><h2><b>Cuts Around Eyes</b></h2><p>So far he has come through unscathed.</p><p>Unscathed, did we say? Well not quite, maybe.</p><p>Flyer Trainer Cecil (Tiger) Goldstick was doing a breakdown on Coburn just recently. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a guy who gets cut around the ey es more than any player I ever had to do with,&rdquo; he said. So far this season the slim defender (he goes six feet, even) has requned four hemstitching jobs, hard by his peepers.</p><p>Then there was the night at Saskatoon when Coburn, to quote observers of his antics, &ldquo;went berserk.&rdquo; First he tangled with Quakers&rsquo; George Senick, after which he took on Bill Heindl.</p><p>Upshot was that Coburn was banished from the game, the local paper came out the next day with a hot blast about &ldquo;roughhouse hockey,&rdquo; and league president Al Leader quickly left his Seattle headquarters in favor of a swing around the prairies.</p><p>Coburn came out of the Saskatoon calling it an &ldquo;inside job&rdquo; it was necessary to stitch the inside of his mouth in two places.</p><p>Not much later, Quakers returned the visit, Flyers blanking them 4-0 at the Edmonton Gardens. Coburn turned in a whale of a two-way performance, prompting Alex Kaleta&rsquo;s aforementioned remark that &ldquo;he&rsquo;s better right now than half the defensemen in the National League.&rdquo;</p><p>Coburn struck out for himself in time to hook on at Oakland, in the southern division of the PCHL, for the 1945-46 season. Then followed a one year hitch with Boston Olympics, after which this Hard Harry of the ice lanes headed off across the pond to England and a job with the &lsquo;Arringay Racers.</p><p>For three seasons Coburn and the Racers sang a duet entitled &lsquo;You Were Meant For Me.&rsquo; In that time the Racers &lsquo;win&rsquo; several championships and Coburn several times came in for all-league recognition.</p><p>Upon tne return of the Prodigal Son to this continent, a Detroit representative sweet-talked Peerless Pat into joining Omaha Knights of the United States loop (operations suspended) to start the 1950-51 campaign.</p><p>When the U.S. circuit tossed In the towel &mdash; temporarily, it says here &mdash; Coburn, along with a number of other Omaha performers, switched to Edmonton.</p><p>So much for his hockey wanderings.</p><p>There seems little doubt but that the parent Detroit Red Wings will ask Coburn to train with the &lsquo;big&rsquo; team next fall. He&rsquo;s having the kind of season that warrants some sort of recognition.</p><p>Can you see It now &mdash; Detroit&rsquo;s line-up for 1952-53 &mdash; starting like this: Goal: Sawchuk; Defence: Kelly and Coburn &hellip;</p><p>Nor could it happen to a fellow who&rsquo;s trying any harder than Pat Coburn to make it come true.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0009-02

Flyers’ Coburn Rated Better Than 50% of NHL Rearguards

<div class="byline">(Sporto Editor Montreal Gaietto)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01306/1499817-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="252" height="369"></div><h2><b>They&rsquo;re Rooting For Elmer</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>f it were only Canadiens&rsquo; supporters who were rooting for Elmer Lach to get ahead of Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe in the total-points column, you wouldn&rsquo;t be surprised. Maurice (The Rocket) Richard Is out of the lineup and Elmer is now the fellow who is giving the Red Ming star the stiffest competition in the Individual scoring race. But Elmer has others besides Canadiens&rsquo; followers pulling for him. A customer who sat near us at the game between the Boston Bruins and Canadiens In the Forum last Saturday must have been a Boston sympathizer.</p><p>&lsquo;&lsquo;Come on, Boston or Elmer &mdash; got a goal:&rdquo; he kept yelling every time Elmer took a turn on the ice.</p><p>It was obvious that he wanted the Bruins to win, but he also wanted to see Lach get a couple of goals in the process. The reactions of a fan are often difficult to account for and sometimes are downright inexplicable. He may not like a team, but one of the individual players on that team will appeal to him. He roots for the player and against the club, which leaves him with at least one of his feet on Schizophrenia avenue.</p><p>In the present case, it could be that the fan leaned in Elmers direction for the sentimental reason that Elmer is a veteran and Howe a comparative youngster.</p><p>Although Howe is now in his sixth full season in the N.H.L., he is only 23 years old. He was just 17 when he broke in back in the fall of 19456. Elmer is 34 and is now in his 12th season. There are only five guys left in the league &mdash; Sid Abel, Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart, Max Bentley and Jack Stewart &mdash; who were around when Elmer first came up.</p><p>Elmer, who has been on the verge of retirement many times because of serious injuries, is now enjoying one of his greatest seasons. That&rsquo;s enough to make a genuine hockey afficionado climb into his corner.</p><h2><b>Slower But Smarter</b></h2><p>Lynn Patrick, coach of the Boston Bruins, was commenting in the hotel lobby last Saturday afternoon on Elmer&rsquo;s present play.</p><p>&ldquo;When a player gets older and begins to slow up he gets smarter,&rdquo; Lynn observed. &ldquo;I always thought he was a good playmaker, but not a great one in the sense that Bill Cowley was great. Now he making plays that I never saw him make before. He&rsquo;s better than ever in that respect.&rdquo;</p><p>Did that mean that he thought Elmer had goone back in other departments of play?</p><p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t say that,&rdquo; he denied. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a good skater, but it stands to reason that he can&rsquo;t go at top speed as long as he once did. He may be just as fast for part of a game, but as the game goes along his legs must get heavier. You may think he&rsquo;s doing as much back-checking as he ever did, but I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s physically possible.</p><p>&ldquo;The difference I see in him is the way he carries the puck and sets up plays. He keeps his head up when he comes in over the blue line juggling the puck. He has the ability to keep it on his stick without looking at it. He watches until one of his own guys gets loose and then he lays a pass right on the guy&rsquo;s stick. That&rsquo;s why I say he&rsquo;s grown smarter as he&rsquo;s grown older.&rdquo;</p><p>The records would seem to bear this out, as Elmer is far in the lead in the matter of assists. He must Have eight or 10 more than his nearest competitor, and the obvious conclusion must be that he is depending more on his head and less on his legs.</p><h2><b>A Parallel In Baseball 1</b></h2><p>There is a parallel between a playmaker in hockey and a pitcher In baseball. The great young pitcher with blazing fast ball doesn&rsquo;t need anything else during the early years of his career, which has been amply proved by pitcher like Walter Johnson and Dizzy Dean. It&rsquo;s only when the zing goes from their fast ball that they bother to learn how to pitch.</p><p>Then they start to study the hitters, learn their weaknesses and pitch to them. They also start to acquire what is known in the trade as &ldquo;breaking stuff&rdquo; &mdash; curve&rsquo;balls thrown at different speeds. The late Tony Lazzeri once told us that a good pitcher had three careers.</p><p>&ldquo;He goes from fast to smart, and from smart to slow,&rdquo; said Tony, and he used Dizzy Dean as an illustration. &ldquo;When Diz had that good fast ball he never bothered with anything else. When it lost some of its zip he started curving the hitters. Then, when he developed arm trouble and couldn&rsquo;t throw hard enough to break a window, he could still win by throwing a lot of &lsquo;junk.&rsquo; He only quit when his arm got so sore he couldn&rsquo;t comb his hair.&rdquo;</p><p>A hockey player may not have three careers, but he can certainly have two. He goes from speed to savvy, so to speak.</p><p>While talking about Lach with Lynn Patrick, it was inevitable that some of the other veterans around the league should come into the discussion. Two of them were Milt Schmidt and Sid Abel.</p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re spelling Abel a lot these days,&rdquo; Lynn noted, &ldquo;but we&rsquo;re not giving Schmidt any relief at all, I may be killing him; I don&rsquo;t know. But sometimes he&rsquo;s out there for almost five minutes at a turn. He takes his regular turn, say, and just when it&rsquo;s about up the other team may get a penalty. He doesn&rsquo;t come off but remains at one of the points on the power play.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0010-01

Playing the Field

<div class="byline">By STAN MOHER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02248/1499848-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="244" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Hank Blade</b></figcaption></div><p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s either a feast or a famine with coach Hank Blade&rsquo;s Calgary Stampeders. Fresh from a 7 - 2 shellacking at the hands of the Edmonton Flyers, followed by a 4 - 3 loss to Doug Bentley&rsquo;s Saskatoon Quakers, the Cowboys bounced back the night of January 17 with a resounding 14-3 victory over a stunned Victoria Cougar machine.</p><p>Several Pacific Coast League marks went out of style as the Cougars were mauled, including the previous high for the number of points scored in a game by one player. Stamneder center George Agar fired four goals and assisted in three others for seven points, a brand new mark.</p><p>Agar&rsquo;s burst of fire-power climaxed what has been a steady climb in the scoring race for the past few weeks and the veteran pivot took over the league lead. Including games of Jan. 20, unofficial statistics showed Agar with 57 points, including 27 goals.</p><p>It was like old times for the cagey Calgary center. During a professional hockey career covering close to a dozen seasons, most of it in the minors, Agar invariably has been at, or near, the top in the point derby.</p><h2><b>Old Stuff To George</b></h2><p>Back in the 1947-48 season he set a new mark for United States League snipers to shoot at, same being 112 points. Agar was with Hector (Toe) Blake&rsquo;s Houston Huskies at the time. In an attempt to make it stick he came right back two years later at Minneapolis, to chip in with 109. Wonder of wonders, though, he didn&rsquo;t win the scoring crown, Ray Powell racked up 111 in the interests of Kansas City.</p><p>Based on the past performance charts, then, George Agar stands as the man to beat for Pacific Coast League scoring laurels.</p><p>The aforementioned Cougars were inaugurating a three-game road trip to the prairies the night the Stampeders worked them over so thoroughly. In succeeding outings, at Edmonton and Saskatoon, the fast slipping gang from the British Columbia capital made it closer on the scoreboard, though the net result was the same.</p><p>Flyers squeezed out a 3-1 win over Roger Leger&rsquo;s champs of a year ago. Then, playing their third game in as many nights. Cougars were dumped 4 - 2 at Saskatoon. By that time the Victorias had run the gamut from champions to basement dwellers in a few short months. They were tied with Calgary at the bottom of the heap, each with 33 points. Vancouver Canucks were a notch to the good in the standings, in sixth place.</p><p>New Westminster Royals, continuing to feature a smooth passing attack, backed up by Lucien Dechene&rsquo;s steady and oftimes brilliant netminding, maintained a stout grip on first place. With 27 wins and seven draws in 43 starts, coach Jake Forbes&rsquo; Royals were showing the get-up-and-go of a championship-bound aggregation.</p><p>Quakers likewise held safely to their grip on the runner-up slot, with an improving Edmonton squad-seemingly about to take a serious pass at third place.</p><p>Flyers, safely back on the prairies following a slightly less than sensational coast trip, had won four and tied one of their last five games. Playing coach Doug McCaig&rsquo;s scrappy club was strictly on the make, so that they had zoomed right up behind Tacoma and Seattle in a grim, threeway battle for the third rung.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0010-02

Stamps Open Hot, Cold Taps By Turns In Uneven Advance

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>I</span>ce Chips:</b> Six teams qualify for the PCHL playoffs so that the scramble for berths in the &ldquo;money games&rdquo;, based on the current standings, figures to go right down to the wire &hellip; Proposed east-west playoff, involving the champions of the Quebec and Pacific Coast loops, has aroused considerable interest hereabouts.</p><p>Prize &ldquo;whodunit&rdquo; of the senson concerns the whereabouts of forward Normie Kirk, last year a valued member of owner Kenny MacKenzie&rsquo;s New Westminster Royals. Kirk opened the season with the Royals, then all of a sudden he wasn&rsquo;t with them anymore. Neither has he popped up anywhere else in the league.</p><p>Seattle Ironmen were in a tailspin, at time of writing. Tony Hemmerling&rsquo;s hirelings had dropped four in a line, including one 9-2 thumping from Muzz Patrick&rsquo; Tacoma Rockets. And Hemmerling would rather lose to any other club than Patrick&rsquo;s.</p><p>Gordon Fashoway is hitting a merry clip for the Royals &hellip; Ditto Johnny Chad, at Saskatoon, and Cy Thomas, Calgary&hellip; Eddie (Pistol) Dorohoy counted both Victoria goals as the Cougara were dumped 4-2 in Saskatoon, jan. 19. &mdash;MOHER.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

PCHL Ice Chips

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>While Quebec Aces and Montreal keep on kicking the rest of the league around as they continue to roar along in the upper reaches of the standing making it a two team battle for first place, there is deep gloom in Valleyfield and Toe Blake, the Old Lamplighter is more than a little downcast.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01305/1499910-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="281" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Toe Blake</b></figcaption></div><p>The past week has seen no slackening of the pace by either Aces or the Royals, especially the Carlin Clippers, who made it eight straight victories as they nosed out Braves 3-2 on Valleyfield ice the night of January 23rd, then returned to the Forum, the very next evening and treated Chicoutimi. Sagueneens to defeat by an identical score.</p><p>Royals&rsquo; oldest fan couldn&rsquo;t recall a time when the Montrealers went through eight games and came out on the long end of the score in all eight. This drive brought Frank Carlin&rsquo;s team to within one point of the first place Acemen of Punch Imlach and Royals were highly favored too since they held a game in hand on the Quebecers in the Quebec Senior Hockey Lea gue pot-hunt.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02264/1499903-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="530" height="544"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Loses Lead</b></p><p><b>ANDRE CORRIVEAU</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Meanwhile, Aces took a setback 7-3 at Shawinlgan Falls, with Jack Gelineau taking his turn in the net This was part of Imlach&rsquo;s program of having two topnotch twine tenders ready for the dash to the playoffs and both available for the big money series. This is brought up here, even though it&rsquo;s past history The game was played January 18 and it was Aces first reverse in Ings only to point up the fact that the Quebecers immediately rallied and went through their next four assignments unbeaten with only one draw, a 4-4 deadlock with Senators at Ottawa.</p><h2><b>No Wonder He&rsquo;s Blue</b></h2><p>Reason for Blake&rsquo;s despondency was that the Braves, last year&rsquo;s winners of the Alexander Trophy, had stretched a skein of eight games without a win when they bowed 8-2 to Royals in the Valleyfleld rink on January 23.</p><p>The Old Lamplighter refused to be panicky though he did admit he was on the hunt for a couple of young players, not because he was ready to give up on on stars of proven class like Andre Corriveau, Barry Kwong, Jean Paul Bisaillon, Jack Irvine, or Kitoute Joannette, but more to inject a little life into his squad.</p><p>The Braves weren&rsquo;t scoring goals, they were getting nosed out too often in the low-scoring games and when their opponents unlimbered heavy artillery they were being out-goaled by big margins.</p><p>The past two weeks have seen Corriveau faded out of the scoring leadership for the first time Since the clubs warmed up for the season&rsquo;s start as Les Doug-Jas kept up his steady&rsquo; pace at making the plays for other members of the Royals&rsquo; cast to dump rubber by opposing goalers.</p><h2><b>An Old Complaint</b></h2><p>Blake&rsquo;s complaint is an old one in hockey, and most of those who have a close eye on things in the QSHL seem confident his team will snap its slump In short order. Others, however, figure that the Braves are just being cut down to size, pointing out that the competition is keener all round in the Slater Society this winter.</p><p>Rollie Hebert came to Montreal with his Chicoutimi Sags a little miffed over remarks around the loop to the effect that his Chicks were just a bunch of &ldquo;homore&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s a fact that all season the Chicks have won obly&rdquo; three games on foreign ice, but this night, even though they did get the short end in the score the Chicks surely outplayed Royals. They outshot the Montrealers 43 to 20 and It took some super net-guarding by the agile Jacques Plante to keep the score down while his forward line mates, especially Gerry Desaulniers, made the best of their opportunities. Desaulniers bagged two-of Royals&rsquo; tallies, the other one was collected by Lulu Denis, Regina-reared French Canadian, who continues to dazzle with his sparkling stick-handling. Pete Tchac-kuk and Lou Smrke connected for the Chicoutimi markers.</p><p>Hebert took come satisfaction out of the fact that his boys had played so well at the Forum where they have only managed to pick up one point this season, a 5-5 overtime tie back on October 28.</p><p>Hebert didn&rsquo;t bring Germain Leger, red-headed right winger to Montreal. He has been resting up the odd game, since he hasn&rsquo;t found the full strength in his left leg, after his early season fracture.</p><p>Ottawa Senators got a 4-4 draw with Quebec Aces last Saturday at the Dominion Capital and followed this up with a 3-1 the next day in Sherbrooke, but cn the eastern trip the Senators met with the same disaster that usually befalls the western clubs, when they were compelled to bow 5-3 at Chicoutimi and 5-1 at Quebec. Jean Marc Beliveau made it a big weekend when he had two goals and two assists against Ottawa on Saturday night and two tallies and one assist in a 6-3 triumph for the Aces over Valleyfield on Sunday &hellip; Jack Jrvine picked up a pair against Quebec and Kitoute Joannette got the other as Braves bowed 6-3 &hellip; Bill Chadwick, NHL referee, attended Royals-Sagueneen game at the Forum in company with Ernie Mundey, QSHL refree-in-chief &hellip; Cliff Malone missed two of Royais&rsquo; games while on a lend-lease stint with Canadiens &hellip; he played in Toronto night of January 23, then hopped the train for Montreal and got into action the next evening with his old mates as they won the hassle with the Chicks &hellip; while Malone was away Jacques Locas became a partner on the line with Les Douglas who now. has Gerry pia-mondon as his running mate on the left side&hellip; it doesn&rsquo;t appear to make much difference who skates with Douglas, he just keeps on getting the points &hellip; he had two goals, two assists as Royals handed a 9-3 pasting to Shawinlgan Cataracts, January 20 &hellip; the cellar teams just can&rsquo;t get away from one another &hellip; Cataracts and Saints played a 1-1 draw at Shawinigan night of January 23. Johnny Mahaffey scored for the Cats and Bobby Pepin for Saints &hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Toe Hunts New Faces as Young Braves Find ’52 Warpath Tough

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>A fitting memorial to the late Georges Vezina is to be permanently established in his home town when a plaque is unveiled on the night of Friday, February 1, at the Chicoutimi Coliseum, home of the Sagueneans of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.</p><p>Vezina, one of the all time greats among net-guardians, played for Canadiens from 1910 until he was stricken while in the nets at the old Mount Royal Arena on the night of November 28, 1925. After the first period he looked weak and frail, and when a burst of arterial blood spurted from his mouth, it was first realized that he was dangerously ill. For this was a forewarning of tuberculosis, and on March 24, 1926 he died at his Chicoutimi home</p><p>Long known as the Chicoutimi Cucumber Vezina was admired almost to the point of reverence by supporters of the Canadiens, just as he was greatly loved by his intimates and generally respected throughout the hockey realm of his time.</p><p>Shortly after his death the Vezina Trophy was established by the late Joseph Cattarinich, Leo Dandurand and Louis Letourneau, the trio of sportsmen then owning the Canadien Hockey Club. The &ldquo;Vezina&rdquo; has gained in importance as the hockey campaigns roll on, and now is one of the best known of individual prizes in professional sport.</p><p>Citizens of his home town have made a subscription for the plaque which is to be unveiled by Michel Normandin, widely known French language sports caster and for this occasion Normandin is going to stage his regular Friday night &ldquo;Dow Sports Tribune&rdquo; from the Chicoutimi Coliseum. Regularly this broadcast which has a vast audience is aired over Station CKAC in Montreal. Normandin acts as interlocutor of a panel of four outstanding sports writers, all regular columnists in the French language press.</p><p>Usually they answer questions on sports subjects sent in by listeners and the prizes are tickets to NHL games at the Montreal Forum.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03207/1499941-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="512" height="853"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>In His Memory</b></p><p><b>GEORGES VEZINA</b></p></figcaption></div><p>On this occasion the entire programme sent out over the Quebec net-work will be demoted to the life and times of Georges Vezina, and his boyhood in Chicoutimi. With Normandin on the broadcast will be CharleB Mayer, Le Petit Journal, Montreal; Oscar Major, Le Samedi, Montreal; Marcel Desjardins, La Presse, Montreal; Paul Parizeau, Le Canada, Montreal; and Jacques Beauchamp, of Montreal Matin.</p><p>Mayor Rosaire Gauthier, of Chicoutimi and Hon. Antonio Talbot, Minister of Roads for the Province of Quebec, will be official representatives. And for this occasion Rollie Hebert, generalmanager of the Coliseum, has arranged an extensive carnival program which will include skating races, figure skating and an old-timers hockey game.</p><h2><b>Sports Photos !</b></h2><p>3,000 different 3 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 S2.20 Send for FREE list and additional money-saving rates.</p><p><b>ALL SPORTS PHOTO STUDIO</b></p><p>Box 763, Grand Cent. Sta.</p><p>New York 17. N.Y.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Chicoutimi to Establish Memorial for Geo Vezina

<div class="byline">By IAN MacDONALD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01303/1499972-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="295" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Bartlett</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Sylvio Mantha. star member of the Montreal Canadiens when they were known as the Flying Frenchmen in the old rough and ready days of big time professional hockey, has taken distinct objection to a recent ruling of the QAHA.</p><p>Now coaching the fifth-place St. Jerome Eagles of the Quebec Junior Amateur Hockey Association, Mantha thinks his club was done wrong with the recent suspension of two of their stars by the ruling body.</p><p>Jimmy Bartlett and Ronald Pilon, friendly rivals for badman honors in the rugged junior loop were suspended for two games along With fiery Phil Watson, coach of the second-place Quebec Citadels for their parts in a recent expectorating duel at St. Jerome.</p><p>&ldquo;Why,&rdquo; said the enraged Sylvio, &ldquo;spitting is as old as the game of hockey itself.</p><h2><b>Chewed Special Gum</b></h2><p>&ldquo;In the old days I used to chew a special brand of gum so as to make my spit more slippy and I was better able to throw an opponent off balance by spitting in his eye,&rdquo; went on the graying Mantha.</p><p>&ldquo;To suspend two of my star players for two important games like that is much too grave a penalty for the offence&rdquo; lamented Mantha. &ldquo;This is a much smaller offence than throwing chairs out on the ice because the team loses,&rdquo; concluded the dejected mentor.</p><p>This last reference was to the runaway junior Canadiens coach Sammy Pollock&rsquo;s throwing of chairs on the ice when his squad was edged in early season games.</p><p>No action was taken in either of the instances that Pollock showed his chagrin or not wining a game and Mantha, desperately hoping to drive his squad into the fourth and final play-off post during the final five weeks of the campaign, thinks that this is a much worse showing of bad sportsmanship than merely spitting in a fellow&rsquo;s eye.</p><p>The expectorating action took place in a recent game at St. Jerome between the Eagles and the second place Quebec Citadels.</p><p>It seems that with Eagles handily leading the Citadels by a 6-2 count and minutes left in the game, players Jimmy Bartlett and Ronald Pilon of the home forces were kidding the Quebec squad about their inept performances during the game.</p><p>Bartlett, who has spent 186 minutes in penalties in his club&rsquo;s first 38 games, skated over to the sinbin and hurled remarks which hardly could be termed complimentary at Citadel defenseman Marc Jeanneau, who was serving a penalty. When the 210-pound Pilon skated over to join Bartlett in his ribbing of the Quebec player, much to the delight of the few fans in attendance, referee Tommy Shore ordered the two away from the scene.</p><h2><b>Scores a Bullseye</b></h2><p>As the two much penalized &ldquo;heroes&rdquo; wouldn&rsquo;t budge Shore threatened to ban them and pushed them away. Pilon skated to his poot but Bartlett wheeled behind the arbiter and to the keen delight of Eagle supporters spit at Jeanneau. The latter had been bracing himself to deflect just such action from the fans behind him, but such a brazen attack from in front found an opening, and caught him square on the proboscis.</p><p>Bartlett was immediately banned from the game by Shore and tagged with a misconduct.</p><p>Coach Phil Watson and his charges were in a fury.</p><p>As if losing a game to the fifth place Eagles wasn&rsquo;t bad enough now they were being spit upon and still more fuel was added seconds later when from the face-off Fern &lsquo;Killer&rsquo; Lapointe sent a back-hand drive screaming into the top corner of the cage to give the Eagles a 7-2 count.</p><p>This was Lapointe&rsquo;s fourth goal of the game and the burly Pilon made sure Watson understood the full situation as he recounted every detail to the fuming coach. When Pilon carried on his antics a little longer Watson hauled off and spit at him.</p><p>With players of both squads looking on and referee Shore attempting to send Watson away Pilon dragged from his toes audibly enough for the full rink to hear and let fly at the Quebec coach. His aim showed that he had practise before, since he had Watson rubbing his face to clear away the results.</p><p>Shore threw Pilon and Watson out for the game though the latter just moved to a box seat and handled his charges from there, for the remaining few minutes.</p><p>Now while Mantha cries of foul treatment against his two players, many of St. Jerome&rsquo;s rabid fans are actually taking that action as a direct insult.</p><p>All season some fans in this small industrial community of 22,000 have taken it on themselves to spit with great abandon on performers of visiting clubs and on officials, when things were going against the home team. That the QAHA should rule against a couple of the Eagles lads who probably learned their marksmanship from the small town fans, is a definite slam at one of their favorTtF sports.</p><p>However the action does assure that should any other players decide to resort to spitting on their opponents they would be better off to sit In the stands among the fans, for Mantha to the contrary, the QAHA takes a dim view of such unhealthy habits.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Two Game Suspensions To Eagles’ Pair Ires Coach Sylvio Mantha

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02233/1500003-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>One Buck Plays The Field</b></p><p><b>It&rsquo;s not all work, even for a coach. Wilf Field, coach of the Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s club of the Maritime Major Hockey League shows off a buck he shot on a hunting trip in the Maritimes recently. Who said all they had there was fish ?</b></p></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>M</span>ONTREAL &mdash; Last year when Jean Guy Talbot of Three Rivers Reds won the Quebec junior league&rsquo;s badman honors there was much criticism of the rough and ready blueline performer because he had spent so many minutes in the sinbin.</b></p><p><b>Talbot shattered all previous record when he spent 146 minutes in the cooler, in 40 games.</b></p><p><b>But this year that record won&rsquo;t even be close to deciding the badman as Jimmy Bartlett of St. Jerome Eagles lias passed that mark by 40 minutes in his first 38 games.</b></p><p><b>The 5&rsquo; 9&rdquo;, 165-pounder who was converted from a winger to a defenseman at the start of the present campaign has received two misconducts and five majors in his amazing 186-minute total and besides these figures has now been suspended for two games.</b></p><p><b>The ironic part of young Bartlett&rsquo;s performance is that when he isn&rsquo;t in the jug he is one of the speediest and best defenseman in the circuit and the blueline performance in points scored. He has scored 10 goals and been credited with 23 assists for a very respectable total of 39 points.</b></p><p><b>Bartlett&rsquo;s partner in crime, the rugged Ron Pilon was considered a pro-prospect at the start of the season mostly because of his size. At 210 pounds he holds a handy 25-pound advantage over his closest rival in the junior circuit.</b></p><p><b>&mdash; MacDonald.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Quebec Jr. Real Baddie

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11105/1500163-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="271" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dickie Moore</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>D</span>ickie Moore, who come into the National Hockey League 18 games ago and has notched 11 points since, is THE HOCKEY NEWS player-of-the-week and O&rsquo;Keefe&rsquo;s award winner.</b></p><p><b>The Habs won four games last week and in each Dickie got at least one point. The Habs. currently the hottest club in the circuit whipped the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 in Toronto on Wednesday, January 23 Moore led the way with two goals and an assist and was outstanding. The following night the Habs travelled to Chicago where they won 4-1 Moore added an assist on Meger&rsquo;s goal.</b></p><p><b>Back in Montreal last Saturday the Habs whipped the Boston Bruins 5-3 and Moore notched another assist and played a sparkling game. He missed scoring at least on three occasions by inches and was a thorn in the side of the Bruins all night.</b></p><p><b>Then the Cahadiens went to New York where they beat the Rangers 5-3. Moore, playing a fine game once more notched a goal in the first period. In the four games he scored three goals and added the same number of assists.</b></p><p><b>That Moore has joined the other Canadiens rookies in the success column is not surprising. He had been tabbed a future big leaguer long ago, when he was a junior. But he is becoming a success playing in a strange position.</b></p><p><b>Moore, a left winger prior to coming into the NHL has played every position but left wing with the big team.</b></p><p><b>Dick Irvin signed him to a NHL contract strictly on his fire and versitility. He has been playing at center for the most part but has switched over to right wing quite frequently. He doesn&rsquo;t seem out of position at center or right.</b></p><p><b>Dickie came into the NHL, with a flock of publicity attached to his name. As a junior he was outstanding. He was instrumental In leading the Junior Canadiens to the Memorial Cup two years ago and the season before that was highly rated as the Junior Royals brought Montreal its first Memorial Cup.</b></p><p><b>A product of Park Extension, a suburb of Montreal, Dickie is one of a large family of athletically inclined children. He has one brother who played for the Canadian Olympic hockey club in London in 1948. His sister Dolly is a well know Montreal track and field star. Another brother, Jim is currently playing for Chicoutimi in the Quebec Senior League and formerly played in the American League.</b></p><p><b>Dickie played with the Montreal Royals before signing to a pro contract. He was their leading goal scorer and would undoubtedly have been one of the leading candidates for rookie honors in the QSHL had he stayed their all season.</b></p><p><b>But lr&rsquo;s fusr a well That he didn&rsquo;t. He belongs in the NHL. He&rsquo;s proven that and his fire dash and spirit has added plenty of color to the loop.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player-of-the-Week

<p><b>Most Goals Agaist</b></p><p><b>The New York Rangers hold the dubious honor of being the club whom the most goals have been scored on in one season&rsquo;s play. In 1943-44 the Rangers had no fewer than 310 goals scored on them in a 50 games schedule&hellip;</b></p><p><b>Fastest Team Scoring</b></p><p><b>Eight goals were scored In four minutes and 52 seconds of the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New York Americans 8-5 at Toronto on March 19, 1938. Five goals were scored by the Leafs and three by the Americans.</b></p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01309/1500132-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="580" height="179"></div><h3><b>RESULTS OF GAMES</b></h3><p>Jan. 22&mdash;Rangers at Boston 3</p><p>Jan. 23&mdash;Canadiens 4 at Toronto 2</p><p>Jan. 24&mdash;Canadiens 4 at Chicago 1</p><p>Jan 24&mdash;Toronto 2 at Detroit 2</p><p>Jan. 26&mdash;Boston 3 at Canadiens 5</p><p>Jan. 26&mdash;Rangers 3 at Toronto 3</p><p>Jan. 26&mdash;Chicago 3 at Detroit 2</p><p>Jan. 27&mdash;Canadiens 5 at Rangers 3</p><p>Jan. 27&mdash;Toronto 3 at Boston 0</p><p>Jan. 27&mdash;Detroit 2 at Chicago 0</p><p>Montreal Canadiens enjoyed a successful week winning four straight games; Toronto Maple Leafs had one win, two ties and <b>a</b> loss in four starts; while the pace-setting Detroit Red Wings had one win, a draw and a loss in three games. The Wings are in first place in the National Hockey League standings with 63 points; Toronto Maple Leafs are second with 55; Canadiens are third with 62 and are followed in turn by New. York Rangers, 40; Boston Bruins, 39; and Chicago Black Hawks, 30.</p><p>Big Gordie Howe of Detroit tops the League&rsquo;s scorers with 25 goals and 21 assists for 46 scoring points. One point back of Howe is Canadiens&rsquo; Elmer Lach. The clever Montreal center has 12 goals and 33 assists. In third place among the circuits top scorers are Maurice Richard of Canadiens and Don Raleigh of New York with 39 points apiece. Sid Smith, of Toronto is next with 88 and is followed by Ted Lindsay, Detroit, 36; Ted Kennedy, Toronto, 36; Johnny Peirson, Boston, 35; and Sid Abel, Detroit, S3.</p><p>Howe is the leading goal scorer with 25 markers and Lach is first in assists with 33.</p><h3><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 22</b></h3><p><b>New York 3 at Boston 3</b></p><p>BOSTON. &mdash; Only one game was played In the NHL, New York Rangers rallying for a 3-all tie with the Boston Bruins. The Blueshirts are now only five points behind the Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>Herb Dickenson, recently promoted from Cincinnati, and Wally Hergeshelmer scored third period goals to give the Rangers the deadlock and protect their hold on fourth place.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Buller, Evans, Kraftcheck, Ross, Martin; forwards, Laprade, Stoddard, Kullman, Raleigh, Ronty, Mickosld, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowlnskl, Sinclair, Dickenson.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Quackeffbush, Kyle, Laycoe, Henderson; forwards, Creighton, Peirson, McIntyre, Labine, Schmidt, Chevrefils, Sandford, Mackell, Fisher, Sullivan, Kryzanowskl.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02267/1500125-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="574" height="364"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23</b></h3><p><b>Canadiens 4 at Toronto 2</b></p><p>TORONTO. &mdash; The Montreal Canadiens, minus Maurice Richard and Bernie Geoffrion upset the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2. Dickie Moore led the way with two goals and an assist&hellip;</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, St. Laurent, MacPherson; forwards, Lach, Curry, Olmstead, Gamble, Moore, Reay, Meger, McCormack, Malone.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Thomson, Mortson, Flaman, Juzda; forwards. Meeker, Sloan. Migay, Gardner, Lewicki, Timgren, Smith.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03240/1500118-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="567" height="461"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY&rdquo; 24</b></h3><p><b>Montreal 4 at Chicago 1</b></p><p>CHOCAGI &mdash; The Montreal Canadiens won their second game in as many nights by whipping the Chicago Black Hawks 4-1 in the Windy City. A small crowd of 4,114 fans were on hand to watch the Habs whip their favourites. Lome Davis, up from Buffalo for a stint replacing the injured Maurice Richard led the Habs with a goal and an assist. Meger, Lach and Gamble got the others. Bill Mosienko got his 201 goal for the Hawks.</p><p><b>Montreal:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, &lsquo;MacPherson.;, Bouchard, Johnson, St. Laurent; forwards, Curry, Lach, Olmstead, Reay, McCormack, Meger, Davis, Moore, Gamble.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Stewart, Gadsby, Raglan; forwards, Mosienko, Gee, Babando, Peters, McFadden, Guidolin, Witiuk, Horeck, Bodnar, Finney.</p><p>Referee: Georges Gravel; linesmen: Maurice Walsh and Doug Younng.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04212/1500111-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="574" height="393"></div><h3><b>Toronto 2 at Detroit 2</b></h3><p>DETROIT &mdash; Veteran Sid Abel scored at 10:31 of the final period to give the Leading Detroit Red Wings a 2-2 tie with the second place Toronto Maple Leafs. A crowd of 15402, record in Detroit for a weekday game sat in on the proceedings. Watson put the Leafs one up in the first and Lindsay tied it up. Max Bentley made it.2-1 before Abel countered with the one that notched the score.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Bolton, Flaman, Thomson, Mortson; forwards, Kennedy, Sloan, Smith, Watson, Bentley, Klukay, Meeker, Migay, Gardner, Lewicki, Timgren.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Reise, Kelly, Pronovost, W&rsquo;olt, Goldham; forwards, Prystal, Leswick, Pavelich, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Delvecchoi, Stasiuk, Sclisizzi, Skov.</p><p>Referee: Red Storey; linesmen: George Hayes and Frank Udvari.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05181/1500104-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="573" height="413"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 26</b></h3><p><b>New&rsquo; York 3 at Toronto 3</b></p><p>TORONTO. &mdash; The Toronto Maple Leafs had their hands full in getting a 3-3 tie with the Rangers at home. The Rangers came from behind and appeared to have the game won until 17:22 of the last period when Sloan scored the equalizer.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Evans, Buller, Kraftcheck, Ross, Martin; forwards, Raleigh, Ronty, Laprade, Stoddard, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Kullman, Sinclair.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Thomson, Mortson, Bolton, Flaman; forwards, Bentley, Sloan, Smith, Watson, Klukay, Kennedy, Meeker, Migay, Gardner, Lewicki, Timgren.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06152/1500097-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="574" height="432"></div><h3><b>Chicago 3 at Detroit 2</b></h3><p>DETROIT. &mdash; The last place Chicago Black Hawks upset the top placed Detroit Red Wings by w&rsquo;hipping them 3-2 in the Motor City before a crowd of 13,174.</p><p>George Gee led the Hawks with a goal and two assists.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Gadsby, Stewart, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Raglan; forwards, Gee, Peters, Guidolin, Mosienko, Witiuk, Babando, Horeck, Bodnar, Finney, McFadden.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Reise, Kelly, Pronovost, Goldham, Woit; forwards, Prystai, Leswick, Pavelich, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Delvecchio, Skov, Sclisizzi, Stasiuk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07140/1500090-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="572" height="411"></div><p><b>Boston 3 at Canadiens 5</b></p><p>MONTREAL. &mdash; Led by their rookies the Montreal Canadiens racked up a decisive 5-3 win over the Boston Bruins. Paul Meger, Bernie Geoffrion, Dollard St. Laurent and Dick Gamble were the rooks who hit the scoring column as well as veteran Floyd Curry. A crowd of 14.463 watched the Habs outplay the Bruins all the way.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Henderson, Quackenbush, Kyle, Laycoe, Kryzanowski; forwards, Schmidt, Chevrefils, Lablne, Fisher, Sullivan, Dumart, Creighton, McIntyre, Mackell, Peirson.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, St. Laurent, MacPherson; forwards, Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, Lach, Olmstead, Moore, McCormack, Curry, Gamble, Marshall.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01308/1500083-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="592" height="535"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 27</b></h3><p><b>Toronto 3 at Boston 0</b></p><p>BOSTON. &mdash; Al Rollins of the Toronto Maple Leafs racked up his fifth shutout of the season as the Leafs whitewashed the Bruins 3-0.</p><p>Harry Watson, Ted Kennedy and Cal Gardner scored the goals for the Leafs.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Flaman, Bolton, Thomson, Mortson; forwards, Gardner, Meeker, Watson, Kennedy, Sloan, Smith, Bentley, Lewlckl, Klukay, Timgren, Mlgay.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Henderson, Laycoe, Kyle; forwards, Schmidt, Lablne, Chevrefils, Peirson, Creighton, McIntyre, Sullivan, Fisher, Mackell, Dumart, Kryzanowski.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02234/1500076-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="594" height="319"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03172/1500069-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="600" height="57"></div><p><b>Detroit 2 at Chicago 0</b></p><p>CHICAGO. &mdash; The Detroit Red Wings, in a Sunday afternoon game shutout the Chicago Black Hawks 2-0 before a crowd of 13,904. It was the 10th shutout for Goaler Terry Sawchuk. All the scoring was done in the last period with Prystai and Lindsay getting the counters.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Reise, Kelly, Goldham, Woit, Pronovost; forwards, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Leswick, Prystai, Pavelich, Skov, Delvecchio, Stasiuk, Sclisizzi.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence. Gadsby, stewart, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Raglan; forwards, Gee, Peters, Guidolin, Mosien-ko, Witluk, Babando, Horeck, Finney, McFadden.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04144/1500062-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="596" height="277"></div><p><b>Canadiens 5 at New York 3</b></p><p>NEW YORK. &mdash; It was the Montreal rookies who came through again as they scored five goals to whip the Ranger 5-3. The rooks thus scored nine goats for the Canadiens in two weekend games.</p><p>The largest crowd of the season la New York, 15,243 saw the Habs jump into a two goal lead when Buller went off for a minor penalty in the first period and they never looked back. Geoffrion led the way with three goals.</p><p><b>Canadiens</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, MacPherson, Bouchard, St, Laurent, Johnson; forwards, Lach, Olmstead, Curry, Geoffrion, Gamble, Moore, Reay, McCormack, Meger, Marshall.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Martin, Buller, Evans, Kraftcheck, Rossfi forwards, Laprade, Stoddard, Kullman, Raleigh, Ronty, Mickoski, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergeshelmer, Sinclair.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05122/1500055-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="598" height="565"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 27)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08132/1500048-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="565" height="786"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORD</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09126/1500041-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="574" height="223"></div><h3><b>PENALTY IN MINUTES</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10121/1500034-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="515" height="149"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p><b>Solid Backing</b></p><p><b>The Hershey Bears of the AHL are well supported by the Hershey Booster Club, botn at home and away, as their loyal fans make many trips to see the Bears on alien ice. In addition, they present gifts to any player scoring a three goal &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo;, any defenseman to tally twice in a game, and a gift to goaltender George Henry for a shutout.</b></p><p><b>Reaches A Milestone</b></p><p><b>Kenny Hayden, star right wing of the Syracuse Warriors of the AHL scored the 100th goal of his career in the circuit on January 10 against Indianapolis. As Hayden has been in the league less than four full seasons, he thus has been registering at a better than 25 per season rate.</b></p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Monday, A.M.. Jan., 28)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01280/1500313-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="600" height="399"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 22</b></h3><p><b>Providence 4 at Buffalo 1</b></p><p>BUFFALO. &mdash; The Providence Reds entrenched themselves In second place in the Eastern Division of the AHL by trimming Buffalo 4-1.</p><p>The Reds now have a five-point edge over the Bisons.</p><p>Ray Powell, AHL leading scorer, picked up a goal and an assist. Other Red goals were made by Zellio Toppazzini, Ken Smith and Ray Laplante. Two came with the Bisons shorthanded. Gordie Pennell scored for the Bisons.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence, Morris, Egan, A. Michaluk, Lund; forwards, McGill, Smith, Toppazzini, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Laplante, J. Michaluk, Kapusta, Scherza.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Crowdis; defence, McNeil, Lavitt, Long, Dick; forwards, PenHell, Pargeter, MacKay, DeMarco, Davis, Kaiser, McNabney, Hickey, Mazur.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02243/1500306-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="588" height="465"></div><p>WEDNESDAY&rsquo;, JANUARY 23</p><p>Buffalo 3 at Cincinnati 2</p><p>CINCINNATI. &mdash; Eddie Mazur&rsquo;s goal at 3.06 of the last period turned out to be the winner as the Buffalo Bisons whipped the Cincinnati Mohawks 3-2. It Was Mazur&rsquo;s second goal of the night.</p><p><b>Buffalo.</b> &mdash; Goal. McAtee; defence, McNeil, Lavitt, Long, Dick; forwards, McNabney, Hickey, Mazur, Pennell, Pargeter, MacKay, DeMarco, Davis, Kaiser.</p><p><b>Cincinnati:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Lancien, Eddolls, Irwin, Barlow, Brklacich; forwads, O&rsquo;Connor, Harrison, McLeod, Masnick, Schwartz, MacKiptosh, Wylie, Brown, Webster.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03220/1500299-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="584" height="297"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04173/1500292-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="582" height="197"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05140/1500285-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="1687" height="1453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>A Swing and a Miss</i></b></p><p><b>Ken Schuliz, of Cleveland, makes with a roundhouse swing as he attempts to knock down the puck which Indianapolis goalie Glenn Hall has his eyes on.</b></p> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Lavelle)</span></figcaption></div><p><b>Indianapolis 4 at St. Louis 7</b></p><p>ST. LOUIS. &mdash; Harry Taylor scored three goals in a row in the second period to lead the St. Louis Flyers to a 7-4 verdict over the Indianapolis Caps. His first two goals came just 11 seconds apart. The Flyers had to come from behind to win the game after the Caps took a 2-1 lead at the end of the opener.</p><p><b>Indianapolis:</b> Goal, Hall; defence, Coflin, Heller, Hay, Zeidel; forwards, L. Wilson, Bruneteau, J. Wilson, Durham, O&rsquo;Grady, Glover, Hlrschfeld, Jankowski, Relbel, McKay.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defence, Milligan, Hrymnak, Nicholson, McNab, Hucul; forwards, Hamilton, Pogue, Kelly, Morrison, Lundy, Black, Baccarl, Taylor, Sonmor.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06121/1500278-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="572" height="682"></div><p><b>Pittsburgh 1 at Hershey</b></p><p>HERSHEY. &mdash; Sam Bettio&rsquo;s goal at 5:49 of the overtime session gave the Hershey Bears a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Hornets. Each club scored once in the opening period with George Armstrong connecting for the Hornets and Jerry Brown netting once for the Bears. There was no scoring in the middle frame.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton, Boivin, Mathers, Backor; forwards, Maloney, Barbe, Solinger, Blair, R. Hannigan, G. Armstrong, Morrison, Hassard, G. Hannigan, McClellan.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Branlgan, Schertzl, Gariepy, Armstrong, Crawford; forwards, Mario, J. Brown, Bettio, Barry, Kullman, O&rsquo;Brien, A. Brown, Lund, Corcoran.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07113/1500271-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="576" height="390"></div><p><b>Cleveland 6 at Syracuse 1</b></p><p>SYRACUSE. &mdash; The Cleveland Barons took a 3-0 lead in the first period and never looked back as they whipped the Syracuse Warriors 8-3. Defenseman Ed Relgle led the Barons with a pair of goals while Samis, Schultz, Couture and Carveth got one each.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defence, Samis, Chrystal, Relgle, Williams; forwards. Stearns, Wochy, Lynn, Reid, Thurier, Davis, Couture, Olson, Schultz, Carveth.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, O&rsquo;Hearn; defences, Allen, Hosking, Gustavsen, McCallum, summers; forwards, McMurdy, Gooden, Casanato, Burnett, Pidhirny, Narduzzl, Ford.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0994/1500264-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="572" height="87"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 24</b></h3><p><b>Buffalo 4 at Indianapolis 8</b></p><p>INDIANAPOLIS. &mdash; The Indianapolis Capitals won their fifth straight home victory by beating Buffalo Bisons 8-4.</p><p>Johnny Wilson scored the first three Indianapolis goals to become the first player to score three goals three times in the AHL this season.</p><p>The game was just 26 seconds old when Wilson got the Caps away in front. Buffalo moved into a 2-1 lead, but Wilson tied the score at 15:21 and put Indianapolis on top to stay at 4:49 of the second period.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1081/1500257-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="580" height="529"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02217/1500250-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="590" height="623"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 26</b></h3><p><b>Cincinnati 2 at Pittsburgh 3</b></p><p><b>Cincinnati:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Barlow, Eddolls, Lancien, Irwin; forwards; Masnick, Schwartz, MacKintosh, O&rsquo;Connor, McLeod, Harrison, Wylie, Brown, Webster, Brklacich.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton, Boivin, Sullivan, Mathers; forwards, Hassard, Armstrong, G. Hannigan, Maloney, Barbe, Solinger, Morrison, Blair, McLellan. R. Hannigan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03179/1500243-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="594" height="395"></div><p><b>Cleveland 0 at Hershey 0</b></p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defence, Samis, phrystal, Reigle, Williams; forwards, Stearns, Wochy, Lynn, Busch, Reid, Davies, Couture, Schultz, Olson, Carveth.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Branigan, Schertzl, Gariepy, Armstrong, Crawford: forwards, Mario, J. Brown, Bettlo, Barry, Kullman, Corcoran, A. Brown, O&rsquo;Brien. Lund.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04148/1500236-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="576" height="245"></div><p><b>Buffalo 1 at St. Louis 8</b></p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence, Long, Dick, McNeil, Lavitt; forwards, DeMarco, Davis, Kaiser, MacKay, McNabney, Hickey, Pargeter, Pennell, Mazur.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defence, Hrymnak, Milligan, Nicholson, MacNab, Quackenbush; forwards, Morrison, Taylor, Sonmor, Lundy, Kelly, Hamilton, Baccari, Pogue, Hucul.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05105/1500229-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="590" height="637"></div><p><b>Providence 6 at Syracuse 1</b></p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence, Egan, Morris, A. Michaluk, Lund; forwards, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Smith, Laplante, Scherza, J. Michaluk, Toppazzini, Kapusta, Reardon.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence, Allen, Hosking, McCallum, Summers; forwards, Burnett, Pidhirny, Lemieux, Narduzzi, Gooden, McMurdy, Curick, Horvath, Ford, Casanato.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0681/1500222-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="585" height="497"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 27</b></h3><p><b>Syracuse 4 at Providence 7</b></p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence, Allen, Tottle, McCallum, Summers; forwards, Burnett, Pidhirny, Lemieux, Narduzzi, Gooden, McMurdy, Curick, Horvath, Ford, Casanato.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence, M. Michaluk, Lund, Morris, Egan; forwards, Powell, Gladu, Smith, Laplante, Scherza, J. Michaluk, Toppazzini, Kapusta, Reardon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0771/1500215-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="582" height="765"></div><p><b>Hershey 3 at Buffalo 4</b></p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Crowdis; defence, Lavitt, Finkbeiner, Long, Dick; forwards, Kaiser, Davis, Mazur, Warwick, Ashbee, McNabney, Hickey, Pargeter, Pennell, MacKay.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Branigan, Gariepy, Armstrong; forwards, Mario, J. Brown, Barry, Kullman, Corcoran, Toppazzini, O&rsquo;Brien, Bettio, A. Brown, Lund, Ferguson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0866/1500208-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="602" height="624"></div><p><b>Cleveland 7 at Indianapolis 4</b></p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defence, Samis, Chrystal, Reigle, Williams; forwards, Stearns, Wochy, Lynn, Reid, Thurier, Davies, Schultz, Olson, Busch, Couture.</p><p><b>Indianapolis:</b> Goal, Hall; defence, Hay, Zeidel, Coflin, Heller; forwards, L. Wilson, Bruneteau, J. Wilson, O&rsquo;Grady, Durham, Glover, Hirschfeld, Jankowski, McKay, Reibel.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0955/1500201-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="596" height="675"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 27)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08102/1500194-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="592" height="539"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> George Armstrong, Pitt, (30</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Ray Powell, Prov. (43)</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Pete Durham, Ind. (123 minutes).</p><p><b>Best Goalie:</b> Mayer, Pitt. (47 games, 119 goales-against, 2:53 average)</p><p><b>Most Shutout:</b> Mayer, Pitt.; Henry, Hers.; Francis, CIn. (3).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01271/1500344-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="260" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Droinville</b></figcaption></div><p>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>A Moncton motion to admit all six teams to the Maritime Major Hockey League playoffs has been defeated. The League, voting 5-1 against the motion, will eliminate two of the six teams in the vicious 90-game schedule, the talk of the country, which is taking its toll of players and referees.</p><p>When the league was formed last summer all clubs enthusiastically endorsed the idea of allowing only four teams in the money series. Since then, however, Moncton had a change of heart.</p><p>Beset by financial troubles, the Hawks figured a crack at the playoff gates would help to balance the new set of books opened by the community setup which took over from the original backers. But the other clubs nixed the plan. Even Sydney Millionaires, running sixth, voted against it.</p><p>Moncton and Sydney are operating under new plans and fresh money. A community club took over in Moncton guaranteeing wages for the remainder of the season but refusing to assume old debts under the original regime. A citizens committee in Sydney guaranteed wages there but the old executive must finds ways and means to clean up the early-season deficit.</p><p>There is no change in the determined stand two weeks ago to complete the schedule. There has been a marked improvement at the gate since the Christmas holidays. The league had a very bad week when five games were postponed because of the weather. Glace Bay was the hardest hit, with two trips away from the home base and no games in the home rink. But the Bay Miners have picked up a bit since then and will be in stride for the remainder of the campaign.</p><h2><b>Miners Bedevil Saints</b></h2><p>Bud Poile made good his boast when his Miners cracked a six-game winning streak of the Halifax Saint Mary&rsquo;s. Hottest team in the league in the past month, the Saints had won six in a row at the city Forum, scoring 50 goals against only 10 for the opposition. Glace Bay vowed to end it right there, and the Miners did it, too &mdash; winning 2-i in one of the best games of the season.</p><p>They had an assist from the schedule. The Saints had been on the road for three nights before they tackled the Miners on the fourth. The Saints outplayed the Miners but lacked their newfound scoring punch.</p><p>Already the talk of the circuit, the Halifax team added new strength when big Bob Bowness reported from the Coast League. Leading scorer in the Cape Breton League last season, Bowness is slated to fill a weak spot on left wing.</p><p>There was a feeling of regret when goalie Don (Nipper) O&rsquo;Hearn shoved off for Springfield. A change of fortune had come to the local club with O&rsquo;Hearn&rsquo;s appearance a month ago. He was their lucky charm, as well as the best goalie they had seen all season.</p><p>But when O&rsquo;Hearn departed, Jimmy Strachan appeared on the scene. The substitute goalie for the Syracuse team came up with a brilliant game in his debut and, although it was a losing effort, the fans applauded his play. If he stands up as well as O&rsquo;Hearn the Saints will be favored to continue their jaunt up the league ladder.</p><p>One reason why Halifax is having belated success after a wobbly start is the production from their defense corps. Husky Bob Drainville is leading all defensemen in scoring points, this despite the fact he arrived late. Second is Danny (Killer) Nixon, who picked up his nickname when he flattened Sydney&rsquo;s burly Dune MacIntyre with one punch in a recent game.</p><p>Frank Bergeron&rsquo;s smooth, and effective play is also making it easier for the local goalies. Add the new-found scoring punch and you understand why the Halifax team is the talk of the circuit. The past month it has given one bang-up performance after another, on the road as well as at home.</p><p>Saint John Beavers, bogged down since the other teams added strength and star goalie Phil Hughes was taken to Buffalo, have come up with a new goalie. Hal Gordon, displaced by fancy working Ray Fredericks, has gone to the league leaders on loan. Injuries put Gordon on the sidelines and while he was out Fredericks was secured. The former Brandon star performed so sensationally Gordon couldn&rsquo;t get his job back.</p><p>While the Beavers waited in vain for a replacement for Hughes, Gordon Mabee guarded the cage for Beavers. In view of his inexperience he did pretty well, but was a long way from being another Hughes.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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5 Maritime Sixes Nix Moncton Plan To Allow All Clubs In Playoffs

<div class="byline">BY AUBREY KEIZER</div><p>SYDNEY, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>Cape Breton clubs enjoyed their best week since the Maritime Major Hockey League opened back Oct. 15 and the scoring statistics reflected the climb by Glace Bay Miners and Sydney Millionaires. Although in sixth place in the six-team standing, Mills are only six games out of second place, and Leo Lamoureux&rsquo; Charlottetown Islanders who hold that spot have played two games more than the rest of the clubs.</p><p>During the week Glace Bay stopped Millionaires. Halifax. Saint John and Charlottetown, but lost the postponed tilt to Johnny Horeck&rsquo;s Moncton. Hawks iu Amherst, Sydney made four appearances and won three. After losing at the Bay, they came back to post two wins over Moncton and a single over Charlottetown.</p><p>The Sydney - Charlottetown contest had some moments with the former Pacific Coast and Senior Group referee, Gerry Mathieu of Sherbrooke, P.Q., right in the middle &mdash; and Coach Leo Lamoureux of Islanders on the receiving end. Leo said he was protesting the game when Mathieu called a delaying penalty against Islanders. That was at 2.52 in the second period. At the 11-minute mark Leo got the gate &mdash; Mathieu said the Island coach had directed remarks at him from the bench. Another fine looks to be coming his way.</p><p>In the point column, Coach Bud Poile of Glace Bay Miners continued his sharp climb and moved into third place in the scoring, behind two Saint Jonn Eeavers, Johnny Ubriaco and Tom Smelle. Ubie has a healthy lead &mdash; 69 points, while Smelle is only two up on Poile with 55 points. Poile with 38 assists leads in that department.</p><p>A big figure in the Sydney case has been goalie Cliff Hicks, the ex-Guelph Biltmore custodian. Hick&rsquo;s latest big win was a 2-0 shutout on the road against Moncton Hawks. Mills need those road games in order to pick off one of the four playoff spots.</p><p>Just before the trading deadline closed. January 15, Sydney and Glace Bay made a swap which left some fans bewildered, but which both clubs agreod &ldquo;was the best for their clubs.&rdquo; Defenseman Dean McBride from St. Catharines, Ontario, went to Glace Bay in exchange for center and left winger Ron Rohmer, last year with Brandon Wheat Kings.</p><p>Sydney also got a lift by the return of defenseman Eddie Marineau who returned from Montreal where he underwent a knee cartilage operation.</p><p>Cape Breton hockey welcomed Bob Davidson, chief scout for Toronto Maple Leafs, who looked over four Leaf chattels the first night he was here when he took in the Charlottetown - Glace Bay Major game. In action were defensemen Bob Cooper and Dan Windley, winger Specs Chorlay, Glace Bay, and centre Willie Marshall, Charlottetown. Windley took the occasion to show one of his best games of the season. Cooper, Windley and Marshall are from Toronto junior clubs; Chcrley from Winnipeg Monarchs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Sydney and ‘Bay’ On Way Upstairs

<h2><b>League Record</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>G</span>eorge Agar set a new individual scoring record by scoring 4 goals and assisting in three others for a total of seven points during the game played in Calgary, Jan. 7th when the Stampeders defeated Victoria 14-3. The previous record of six was shared by seven players including Agar who picked up six points earlier in the current hockey season.</b></p><h2><b>Home and Away Records</b></h2><p><b>Out of the 175 games played to date, the home club has won 90, the road dub 58 and 27 have ended in ties. Ort of the 27 tie games, six have ended with four goals each and six by the score of 2-2. Five times the game was ended with each club scoring 3 goals, three games at one each, two at five, and one game saw each club score six times.</b></p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01237/1500532-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="594" height="235"></div><h3><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</b></h3><p>Jan. 14&mdash;Calgary 2 at Edmonton 7</p><p>Jan. 15&mdash;Calgary 1 at Saskatoon 3 Victoria 4 at Vancouver 6</p><p>Jan. 16&mdash;New West&rsquo;er 5 at Tacoma 2</p><p>Jan. 17&mdash;Victoria 3 at Calgary 14</p><p>Jan. 18&mdash;Seattle 1 at Vancouver 3</p><p>Victoria 1 at Edmonton 3</p><p>Jan. 19&mdash;Seattle 2 at Tacoma 9 Vancouver 0 at New West&rsquo;er 6</p><p>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 4 Victoria 2 at Saskatoon 4</p><p>Jan. 20&mdash;New West&rsquo;er 3 at Seattle 2</p><h3><b>MONDAY, JANUARY 14</b></h3><p><b>Calgary 2 at Edmonton 7</b></p><p><b>Calgary</b>&mdash;Goal, Dertell; defence, Dickens, Moe, Schvetz, Bedard; forwards, Miller Anderson, Brown, Agar, Larson, Juckes, Blade, Goodacre, C. Thomas, Ashworth.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Cox, Coburn, McCaig, Pettinger; forwards, Kilburn, Back or, Podolsky, Uniac, McLean, E. Thomas, Johnsoml, McLeod, Kubasek, Giesebrecht.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02202/1500525-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="592" height="735"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 15</b></h3><p><b>Calgary 1 at Saskatoon 3</b></p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Dertell; defence, Dickens, Moe, Schvetz, Bedard; forwards. Miller, Anderson, Brown, Agar, Larson, Jukes, Blade, Goodacre, Ashworth, Thomas.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Wocsley; defence, Heindl, Milford, Kaiser, Parker; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain, Hunter, Xuzma, Rouse, McCullough, Senlck, Bentiley, Fowler.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03160/1500518-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="600" height="287"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04119/1500511-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="582" height="147"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0587/1500504-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="2070" height="1632"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>AERIAL ATTACK FROM A ROCKET. Victoria Cougar Goalie Jim Shirley and his alternate, Jerry Cotnoir, haven&rsquo;t been getting too much protection from their mates lately, so scenes like this aren&rsquo;t uncommon. Here, Shirley sweating it out as he deflects a hard shot high into the air after Moe Young (right) of Tacoma Rockets had blasted one in. In center, Cougar mate Bob Bowness is powerless to help out the sweating Shirley. Since this shot was taken, Bowness has reported for duty with Halifax of the Maritime circuit.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Courtesy Victoria Dally Times)</span></figcaption></div><p><b>Vancouver at Victoria 4</b></p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnodr; defence, Leger, Bouchard, Roche, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton, Frampton, Abbott, MacIntyre, Ballance, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas, Medynski.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence, LaveM, Lofvendahl, Tarala, Currie; forwards, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Unger, Leler, Hartsburg, Manson, Hagen, Plumb.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0666/1500497-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="580" height="105"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0761/1500490-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="579" height="504"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16</b></h3><p><b>New Westminster 5 at Tacoma 2</b></p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle, Paul; forwards, Dorohoy, Slater, Ullyot, Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Lavell, Cabana, Boyce.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, S-tevenson; defence, Godfrey, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor; forwards, Bradley, Johnson, Kerr, MacDonald, Brown, Marquess, Haldorsen, Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0838/1500483-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="583" height="627"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 17</b></h3><p><b>Victoria 3 at Calgary 14</b></p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Shirley; defence, Leger, Bouchard, Roche, Goegan; forwards, Hebenton, Frampton, Abbott, McIntyre, Bowness, Ballance, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas, Strongman.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Dertell; defence, Dickens, Moe, Gilhooley, Shvatz; forwards, Thomas, Jukes, Larson, Andersson, Blade, Ashworth, Miller, Agar, Goodacre, Brown.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0928/1500476-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="578" height="383"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03136/1500469-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="600" height="520"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 18</b></h3><p><b>Seattle 1 at Vancouver 3</b></p><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; The Vancouver Canucks of the Pacific Coast (Prairie) Hockey League have something even better than a good goaltender. They&rsquo;ve got two good goaltenders.</p><p>Nick Pidsodny made his debut with Canucks and came within 23 seconds of scoring a shutout as Vancouver defeated Seattle Ironmen 3-1 to move into sixth place.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Hughes; defence, Talllefer, Sprout, Jackson, Conn, Shero; forwards, Homenuke, Bell, Filion, Fairburn, Del Monte, Maxwell, Ceresino, Tomiuk, Richardson.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Pidsodny, defence, Laveil, Lofvendhal, Tarala, Currie; forwards, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Unger, Leler, Hartsburg, Manson, Hagen, Plumb.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04116/1500462-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="592" height="415"></div><p><b>Victoria 1 at Edmonton 3</b></p><p>EDMONTON &mdash; Rookie Ross Johnson scored a goal at 19:36 of the last period to give the Edmonton Flyers a 2-1 verdict over the hapless Victoria Cougars.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Strongman, Goegan, Roche; forwards, Frampton, Abbott, McIntyre, Ballance, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Medynskl, Atanas.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, McCalg, Pettingor, Coburn, Cox; forwards, Kilburn, Podolsky, Uniac, McLean, Thomas, Joss, Johnson, McLeod, Kubasek, Giesebrecht.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0599/1500455-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="598" height="348"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 19</b></h3><p><b>Victoria 2 at Saskatoon 4</b></p><p>SASKATOON &mdash; The Victoria Cougars dropped their sixth game in a row as the Saskatoon Quakers came from behind to score three goals in the second period.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Shirley; defense, Leger, Bouchard, Strongman, Roche, Goegan; forwards, Heberaton, Frampton, Abbott, McIntyre, Ballance, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Worsley; defence, Heindl, Milford, Parker, Kaiser; forwards. Rouse, Kuzman, Strain, Hunter, Senlck, Fowler, McCullough, Kaleta, Manson, Bentley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0682/1500448-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="586" height="311"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0778/1500441-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="598" height="186"></div><p><b>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 4</b></p><p>CALGARY &mdash; Rookie Ross Johnson scored at 19.17 of the &lsquo;last period to give the Edmonton Flyers a 4-4 tie with the Calgary Stampeders.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Dtrtell, defence, Dickens, Moe, Bedard, Schvetz; forwards, Thomas, Jukes, Lairson, Anderson, Blade, Ashworth, Mlliler, Agar, Goodacre and Brown.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, McCalg, Coburn, Cox, Petinge-r; forwards, Kilburn, Backor, Raynak, Podolsky, Uniac, McLean, Thomas, Johnson, McLeod, Kubasek. Giesebrecht.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0874/1500434-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="599" height="533"></div><p><b>Vancouver 0 at New Westminster 6</b></p><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; The New Westminsters stopped the Vancouver Canucks win streak at lour games as they whitewashed the Canucks 6-0.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; defence, Houle, Bergeron, Roberge, Forbes, forwards, Paul, Fielder, Fashoway, Dorohoy, Love, Dufautt, Ullyot, Cabana, Boyce, C. Lavell.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence, O. La veil, Lofvendhal, Currie, Tarala; forwards, Hagen, Hartsburg, Po-pein, Gordon, Manson, Leler, Unger, Plumb, Smith, Groves.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0964/1500427-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="593" height="551"></div><p><b>Seattle 2 at Tacoma 9</b></p><p>TACOMA &mdash; The Tacoma Rockets filled goaler Phil Hughes&rsquo; nets with hot pucks as they went on to whip the Seattle Ironmen 9-2,</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Little; defence, Shero, Jackson, Sprout, Conn; forwards, Fillion, Beil, Fairburn, Samanski,, Homenuke, &mdash; Richardson, Ceresino, Maxwell, Tomluk, Del Monte.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, O&rsquo;Connor, Godfrey, Jones; forwards, Kerr, MacDonald Brown Bradley, Johnston Marouess. Haldorsen. Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1054/1500420-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="592" height="591"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 20</b></h3><p><b>New Westminster 3 at Seattle 2</b></p><p>SEATTLE &mdash; A bad penalty and a freak goal&mdash;that fateful combination&mdash;sent the Seattle Ironmen down to their fourth straight Coast Hockey League defeat at the Civic Ice Arena, by a score of 3-2 as the league leading New Westminster Royals whipped them.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Hughes; defence. Jackson, Shero, Sprout, Conn, Tailiefer; forwards, Ceresino, Maxwell, Del Monomiuk, Homenuke, Richardson, Fillion, Bell, Fairburn.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal: Dechene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle; forwards, UHoyt, Dorohoy, Boyce, Love, Fashoway, Paul, Lavell, Cabana, Slater, Robertson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1147/1500413-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="593" height="488"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 20)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1022/1500406-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="586" height="1045"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1117/1500399-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="590" height="342"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Gordon Fashoway, N.W. (32)</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Eddie Dorohoy, Vic. (37)</p><p><b>Most Winning Goals Scored:</b> Gordon Fashoway, N.W. (8)</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Ollie Dorohoy, N.W.; Bob Frampton, Vic.; Guyle Fielder, N. W.; Andy Hebenton, Vic.; George Agar, Sask. (2)</p><p><b>Most Shutouts:</b> Lome Worsley, Sask, (4)</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Scored Against:</b> Doug Stevenson, Tac (6)</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Norm Gustavsen, Van. (121 minutes).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ROLLY ETHIER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01245/1500587-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="277" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Grosso</b></figcaption></div><p>NORTH BAY, Ont &mdash;</p><p>With just 15 games to go before the NOHA senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; playoffs get underway Don Grosso&rsquo;s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds boasted a stranglehold on top place in the keen four-team race.</p><p>Of their first 27 games the powerful redshirts from the Steel City had won 20 while losing just six and tying the other to hold a firm grip on the league&rsquo;s top perch. Maxie Silverman&rsquo;s Sudbury Wolves, riding along comfortably in the runner-up spot, were also practically shoo-ins for a berth in the postseason &ldquo;serious.&rdquo;</p><p>North Bay Black Hawks and Sudbury Caruso Miners were waging an interesting battle for third and last playoff spot, Pete Palangio&rsquo;s Braves holding a slim two-point edge.</p><p>The Black Hawks in particular were desperately strengthening in a determined effort to capture the league&rsquo;s number three spot. Mentor Palangio brought in the veteran Les Colvin, formerly of Moncton Hawks, for goaltending duties and added a couple of hustling youngsters in Don Hogan and Danny Wilkes from the disbanded Philadelphia Falcons.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Grosso’s Soo Hounds Have NOHA By Tail

<h2><b>MARITIME MAJOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02167/1500891-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="596" height="181"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03106/1500884-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="596" height="185"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC MAJOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0476/1500877-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="590" height="207"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0559/1500870-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="592" height="155"></div><h2><b>NORTHERN ONTARIO SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0653/1500863-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="583" height="107"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0750/1500856-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="590" height="154"></div><h2><b>EASTERN CANADA SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0843/1500849-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="592" height="181"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0939/1500842-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="590" height="142"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1035/1500835-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="594" height="161"></div><h2><b>OHA SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1131/1500828-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="590" height="183"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1230/1500821-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="588" height="157"></div><h2><b>CAPE BRETON JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1330/1500814-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="596" height="115"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1429/1500807-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="586" height="154"></div><h2><b>OHA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1529/1500800-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="598" height="279"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1628/1500793-1-eng-US/f0018-162.jpg" title="f0018-16" width="591" height="154"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1726/1500786-1-eng-US/f0018-172.jpg" title="f0018-17" width="600" height="179"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1826/1500779-1-eng-US/f0018-182.jpg" title="f0018-18" width="594" height="157"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1924/1500772-1-eng-US/f0018-192.jpg" title="f0018-19" width="590" height="128"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2024/1500765-1-eng-US/f0018-202.jpg" title="f0018-20" width="586" height="157"></div><h2><b>WINNIPEG JUNIOR &ldquo;C&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2124/1500758-1-eng-US/f0018-212.jpg" title="f0018-21" width="590" height="135"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2223/1500751-1-eng-US/f0018-222.jpg" title="f0018-22" width="594" height="128"></div><h2><b>OHA JUNIOR &lsquo;B&rsquo; BIG SIX</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2321/1500744-1-eng-US/f0018-232.jpg" title="f0018-23" width="596" height="183"></div><h2><b>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2420/1500737-1-eng-US/f0018-242.jpg" title="f0018-24" width="593" height="204"></div><p>(Standings Include inter-league games with Saskatchewan Junior League).</p><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2520/1500730-1-eng-US/f0018-252.jpg" title="f0018-25" width="590" height="130"></div><p>(Standings Include Inter-league games with &ldquo;Western Canada Junior League).</p><h2><b>OTTAWA CITY JUNIOR &lsquo;B&rsquo;</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON FRIDAY, JAN. 25</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2619/1500723-1-eng-US/f0018-262.jpg" title="f0018-26" width="600" height="129"></div><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2718/1500716-1-eng-US/f0018-272.jpg" title="f0018-27" width="594" height="150"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2814/1500709-1-eng-US/f0018-282.jpg" title="f0018-28" width="588" height="151"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC PROVINCIAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURSDAY, JAN. 24</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2910/1500702-1-eng-US/f0018-292.jpg" title="f0018-29" width="610" height="213"></div><h2><b>EASTERN U.S. AMATEUR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3010/1500695-1-eng-US/f0018-302.jpg" title="f0018-30" 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/f0018-319/1500688-1-eng-US/f0018-312.jpg" title="f0018-31" width="589" height="158"></div><h2><b>AMERICAN AMATEUR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 28</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-329/1500681-1-eng-US/f0018-322.jpg" title="f0018-32" width="598" height="191"></div><p><b>TOP FIVE SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-339/1500674-1-eng-US/f0018-332.jpg" title="f0018-33" width="594" height="159"></div><h2><b>QUE. LAKE ST. JOHN SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURSDAY, JAN. 24</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-346/1500667-1-eng-US/f0018-342.jpg" title="f0018-34" width="608" height="163"></div><h2><b>ALBERTA BIG SIX</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-356/1500660-1-eng-US/f0018-352.jpg" title="f0018-35" width="590" height="163"></div><h2><b>OKANAGAN SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-364/1500653-1-eng-US/f0018-362.jpg" title="f0018-36" width="596" height="141"></div><p>(Includes inter-leagues games).</p><h2><b>PACIFIC COAST SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-372/1500646-1-eng-US/f0018-372.jpg" title="f0018-37" width="594" height="85"></div><p>(Includes Inter-leagues games)</p><h2><b>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, JAN. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-38/1500639-1-eng-US/f0018-382.jpg" title="f0018-38" width="596" height="141"></div><h2><b>OTT.-ST. LAWRENCE CONFERENCE</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON FRIDAY, JAN. 25</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-39/1500632-1-eng-US/f0018-392.jpg" title="f0018-39" width="594" height="163"></div><p>(&bull; Played 4-point game).</p><h2><b>QUE.-ONT., INTERCOLLEGIATE</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON FRIDAY, JAN. 25</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-40/1500625-1-eng-US/f0018-402.jpg" title="f0018-40" width="598" height="139"></div><h2><b>ENGLISH AUTUMN CUP</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, JAN. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-41/1500618-1-eng-US/f0018-412.jpg" title="f0018-41" width="590" height="177"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Puck Parade At A Glance

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01223/1500929-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>LAST WEEK&#8219;S X-WORD KEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02179/1500922-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="503" height="770"></div><p>ACROSS</p><p>1&mdash;Boston player pictured.</p><p>8&mdash;Given name of player traded to Detroit by Rangers tor Gaye Stewart.</p><p>11&mdash;This is said to affect hockey in Chicago.</p><p>12&mdash;Kind of animal.</p><p>15&mdash;Toe Blake likes to do this in the summer.</p><p>16&mdash;Red Williams of Cleveland once played for Saskatoon&mdash; (Sing.)</p><p>18&mdash;Month in which Bill Quackenbush celebrates birthday&mdash; (abbr).</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of a Georgetown-born member of the Red Wings.</p><p>32&mdash;Name given Air, last season with Kansas City.</p><p>35&mdash;Donat Deschene once played for Three Rivers&mdash;(Sing.).</p><p>36&mdash;Short for given name of &ldquo;Bucky&rdquo; Buchanan.</p><p>37&mdash;This is the name given Sawchuk, ex-Baron rearguard.</p><p>39&mdash;Initials of Earson, former Hershey player.</p><p>31&mdash;Initials of Hayden of Syracuse.</p><p>33&mdash;Short for given name of Gus Gustavsen, PCHD player recalled by Buffalo recently.</p><p>36&mdash;Initials of Hrymnak of Chicago.</p><p>37&mdash;Player who holds record for most points scored by a rookie.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Birthplace of Dickie Moore.</p><p>2&mdash;Johnny Gagnon first played NHL hockey with this club (abbr.)</p><p>3&mdash;Ed Slowinski injured one on Jan 13 th.</p><p>4&mdash;Initials of Trigg, last season with St. Louis.</p><p>5&mdash;Initials of Haldorsen of Tacoma.</p><p>6&mdash;Zellio Toppazzini&rsquo;s second name.</p><p>7&mdash;One of the players who figured in recent deal which sent Joe Lund to Providence.</p><p>10&mdash;Roman numeral for number once worn by Bob Davidson, ex-Leaf.</p><p>12&mdash;Lithium (Sym.)</p><p>13&mdash;Exclamation!</p><p>14&mdash;This Detroit player is called Glen.</p><p>17&mdash;Short for first name of Rose of Montreal Royals.</p><p>18&mdash;Boston gave this player to Toronto in exchange for pictured star.</p><p>19&mdash;This AHL rookie won the Red Tilson Memorial Trophy in the OHA last season.</p><p>21&mdash;One of the Black Hawks.</p><p>22&mdash;In 1934-35 Toronto sold this player to Boston.</p><p>23&mdash;Initials of Jackson, former Kansas City goaltender.</p><p>24&mdash;Hugh Bolton&rsquo;s nickname.</p><p>28&mdash;Bruin forward.</p><p>32&mdash;&ldquo;Pop&rdquo; Backor&rsquo;s initials.</p><p>34&mdash;Sun God.</p><p>35&mdash;Initials of right winger on 1956-51 second All-Star team.<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/f0020-01145/1500981-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="276" height="301"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0285/1500974-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="280" height="313"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0368/1500967-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="2936" height="1801"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Danny Lewicki of the Leafs registers glee as Harry Lumley and his Chicago teammates register a look of gloom when the red light flashes once more behind the Hawks goaler. Chicago players looking on are Fogolin, left, Gadsby (4) and Guidolin, right. In the bottom picture Lumley blocks the puck with his glove off the stick of Leafs&rsquo; Harry Watson, right. Black Jack Stewart stretches in hopes of deflecting the disc from the path of the nets. Behind Watson is Gardner while Meeker can be seen on the far left.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Turofsky)</span></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0454/1500960-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="2923" height="1621"><figcaption class="caption-body"><span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Paul Jackson. Chicago)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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