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March 1, 1952

The Hockey News March 1, 1952

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01146/1503825-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="260" height="289"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0286/1503818-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="253" height="310"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0369/1503811-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="2816" height="1969"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry McNeil of the Montreal Canadiens. steers the puck off to the corner in the top picture as big Butch Bouchard takes Gus Bodnar out of the play. In the background is Harry Tayler, now back in St. Louis and Tom Johnson.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0455/1503804-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="2816" height="1621"><figcaption class="caption-body">In the lower picture Chuck Rayner, Injured goaler of the Rangers does the splits on a Mosienko shot bat all In vain. The puck went into the cage while McFadden, left and Guidolin, background, looked on.(Photos by Paul Jackson, Chicago)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Hawks Hit and Miss on Home Ice

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Never cold, Gordie Howe has been at his hottest in the recent weeks of the National Hockey League campaign.Detroit&rsquo;s All-Star right winger has been &ldquo;showing &lsquo;em Howe&rdquo; all around the loop, coming up with a stretch drive little short of phenomenal. If he hadn&rsquo;t done the same thing just a year ago, and thus made all this old stuff, he&rsquo;d be acclaimed the sensation of the season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0595/1502332-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="289" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Maurice Richard</figcaption></div>The big project, of course, is to defend the Art Ross Trophy which he won as the NHL scoring champ in 1950-51. Barring an injury&mdash;such as happened to his pet rival, Montreal&rsquo;s Rocket Richard &mdash; Gordie should breeze in an easy repeater. He conceivall-time scoring record which ably could even better the he set in the process.Last season Howe won by 20 points with his record-setting point of 86. They were split evenly, 43 goals and assists, both also top figures in those departments.With 13 games remaining, Howe was in front by six points, with 64 on the books. He had the most goals, 35, and assists were second to Elmer Lach&rsquo;s impressive A 5 total.Thus Howe needed 9 more goals to pass his personal high, and 15 &mdash; not an altogether impossibility for a hot player &mdash; to equal the, NHL record of 50 held by Richard. The Rocket achieved that mark in only 50 games in the 1944-45 campaign.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0660/1502325-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="574" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HOWE</figcaption></div>And Howe needed 22 points to pass his own NHL point peak.All such aims might be written off as unlikely if Howe weren&rsquo;t noted for his strong finishes. For instance, after counting only 16 goals in the first 42 games last season, he came up with 2 7 in the last 28 starts.He&rsquo;s at it again, only he started earlier. Howe has fired 19 goals in the last 19 games, which means he made 15 in the first 36.Here&rsquo;s the game-by-game record of Howe&rsquo;s streak:Feb. 3 &mdash; Detroit&rsquo;s first goal, when trailing 2 to 0, in a 4-3 victory over New York.Feb. 7 &mdash; Detroit&rsquo;s third goal, making it 3 to 0, in a 5-3 decision over Montreal.Feb. 10 &mdash; Detroit&rsquo;s first goal in a 2-0 shutout over Boston.Feb. 13 &mdash; Detroit&rsquo;s final goal, into an empty net, in a 3-1 victory at Toronto.Feb. 14 &mdash; Detroit&rsquo;s first and third goals, the latter braking a 2-all tie, in a 3-2 decision over Chicago.Feb. 18 &mdash; Detroit&rsquo;s third and fourth goals, the latter into an empty net, to break a 2-2 tie and beat&rsquo;Boston, 4 to 2.Feb. 20 &mdash; Detroit&rsquo;s only goal, with two minutes left to play, for a 1-1 tie in New York.A survey of those achleve-ments show that Golden Gordie has been like money in the bank to the Wings, always handy when needed. In the last three games he ! came up with the important goal &mdash; each time in the final 10 minutes of the third period.For clutch work or for consistent work, how can you top Howe? &#9632;

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Howe Eyes Old Points Record Also Rocket’s

<div class="byline">(Sports Editor Montreal Gazette)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01308/1502604-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="240" height="369"></div><h2>&ldquo;All Guts and Ability&rdquo;</h2>A reader who wishes to remain anonymous&mdash;he signed his name but requested that it not be printed&mdash;has written a letter to this department on hearing that a &ldquo;night&rdquo; was being arranged for Elmer Lach. After reading his letter, we felt that many hockey tans must feel as he does about Elmer and that parts of the letter should be published.&ldquo;At this stage of my life,&rdquo; he writes, &ldquo;I am not given to worshipping at the feet of athletic &lsquo;heroes.&rsquo; I don&rsquo;t worship at the feet of Mr. Lach, either.&ldquo;For Elmer Lach I have a great deal of respect and admiration. I remember when he first joined the Habs. I sat just above him that night when he was rammed into the boards and smashed his elbow. We were in the same regiment at Farnham with the reserve army during the late war.&ldquo;We came to know Elmer quite well, although that was many years ago and he wouldn&rsquo;t know us today. We have come to know him as a man and as an athlete.&ldquo;As a man, married and with a family, I think he is a good example to all young men. For one so much in the public Bpotlight, he is very modest and unassuming. He is invariably friendly and courteous to those who recognize him In the street or in the Forum lobby.&ldquo;But it is as a hockey player and as a great competitive athlete that I wish to sing his praises. As somebody once said of him, &lsquo;He is all guts and ability.&rsquo;&ldquo;He once told friends after his first year in the big-time that he emerged with &lsquo;22 points and 22 stitches.&rsquo; Do you recall the many Injuries he has suffered in his career, at least one of which nearly caused his death and still another that left him partially and permanently disabled? Yet with his great heart and flaming competitive spirit he has overcome all this and more to become one of the leaders in the individual scoring race this season.<h2>100 Per Cent Hockey Player</h2>&ldquo;He has great inspirational qualities down there on the ice. I sit and marvel. When Elmer Lach takes his position at center he is in the game 100 per cent.&ldquo;I may be mistaken, but I do believe he so loves the game that he would play just as hard if he had to play hockey without salary, or if he were sent down to some team in the sticks.&ldquo;Everything he does during the course of a game I don&rsquo;t approve of. He has his share of sly tricks which he employs. I think Flash Hollett was justified in saying some of the things he said to Trent Frayne wiieu when wrote that piece for the Satevepost. Lach is no tin god of mine. However, he takes his share of beatings, as well as handing it out twofold and with interest.&ldquo;Lach must have the strongest legs and heart of any player In the history of the National Hockey League. How he backchecks all night, as well as leading the attack, is beyond me. It is quite a tribute to his personal way of living. His golf must help, too.&ldquo;In closing, I might add that I shall gladly contribute to a &lsquo;night&rsquo; for this great unconquerable heart With the inspiring team spirit&mdash;Elmer Lach!&rdquo;<h2>Dick Irvin&rsquo;s Tribute</h2>That&rsquo;s about it and it adds up to plenty. In the hurry-scurry of sports-scrivenlng, we imagine that Bports writers unconsciously develop favorites among the athletes, possibly because one of them Is better copy than others and make the work easier. That&rsquo;s why a letter like this one is so impressive. It was unsolicited and came from Can.There was a luncheon last week for the purpose of arranging the details of &ldquo;Lach Night,&rdquo; which has been set for March 8 at the Forum. Among the speakers was Dick Irvin, who has been Elmer&rsquo;s coach all through the latter&rsquo;s NHL career.&ldquo;He is the only hockey player I know of who once played himself into complete exhaustion,&rdquo; said Dick. &ldquo;That happened in a playoff game in Chicago in 1941. Big Earl Seibert and some of the other Chicago players were trying to slow up Elmer and he was giving it to them back in one way or another. Anyway, Seibert got a good piece of him, but Elmer didn&rsquo;t come off the ice. He kept on playing until he suddenly collapsed in behind the Chicago nets. He had to be carried from the ice on a stretcher.&ldquo;There are other reasons why I&rsquo;m glad to see him being given a &lsquo;night.&rsquo; In the dressing room, the players are often asked to contribute to various charities. Lach is always one of the first to dig into his pocket and come up with a donation.&ldquo;I think I can also say that he is one National League star who never hesitates to take time off to help the young fellows on the club. In the old days, the veterans made it as&rsquo;difficult as possible for the kids coming up. If they were going to make the grade, they had to do it all by themselves. But I see Elmer staying on the ice after a practice to teach the kids the tricks of the trade. There&rsquo;s hardly a rookie on our club in the last 10 years who hasn&rsquo;t learned something from him.&rdquo;Frank Selke, Canadiens&rsquo; general manager, Baid that the machinery for collecting contributions had already been set up. Anyone who wishes to make a contribution should send it to Miss Pat Dempsey, Treasurer Elmer Lach Fund, c/o The Forum. &#9632;

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Playing the Field

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01232/1501966-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Money Couldn&rsquo;t Buy These LadsA pocket full of $1,000 bills couldn&rsquo;t net the above five kids. Left to right: Dick Gamble, Paul Meger, Dickie Moore, Dollard St. Laurent, Bernie Geoffrion and coach Dick Irvin.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;When Dickie Moore and Dollard St. Laurent signed pro contracts with the Canadiens a few days after last Christmas they became the fourth and fifth rookies to dot the lineup of the Habs. They also became tike fourth and fifth of what many have called the greatest batch of rookies ever to play on one NHL team.And it&rsquo;s very unlikely that one team has ever had its fate carved by rookies as those same Habs are in this 1951-52 season. It may be hard to believe but the fate of the Habs depends solely on the ability of Boom Boom Geoffrion, Paul Meger, Dick Gamble, Dickie Moore and Dollard St. Laurent to continue burning up the National League as they have so far this season. It&rsquo;s a foregone conclusion that the Habs will make the playoffs, although they are not mathematically in yet. But how they fare in the post season classic depends on the five rookies.<h2>Banking on Them</h2>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m banking everything on those kids to come though in the playoffs,&rdquo; said Irvin. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d hate to say where we&rsquo;d be this season without them.&ldquo;They are undoubtedly the greatest group of rookies to ever come into the League. But the thing most people fail to realize Is that they have no hockey background. Most teams bring in rookies after a year or two in the minors. Two of these kids came up from junior, two from senior and one had a year in the minor league. And, they&rsquo;ve taken a big load off the veterans&rsquo; shoulders, too.&rdquo;<h2>Each Stands Out</h2>As a group, the Canadiens five rookies have been called the greatest ever to come into the League by no less an authority than Elmer Ferguson, dean of Canadian sports writers and the hot stove league&rsquo;s number one orator.&ldquo;Collectively I would say they are the greatest group of rookies of all time. Individually they are great young players. The remarkable part is, of course, that each stands out in one department or another. None overlap the other in say, the ability to put the puck into the net.&ldquo;For instance, take Geoffrion. His shot is one of the hardest this League has ever seen. Moore is a great fighter who battles every inch of the way. He&rsquo;s a very deft stickhandler but the outstanding part of his play is his amazing ability to think and move when the opportunity presents itself.&ldquo;Then there&rsquo;s Meger. He stands out in the hard work department. He&rsquo;s a terrific backchecker and can put the puck in the net also. Dick Gamble can cut in on goal as sharp as any player I have ever seen and his shot is one of the best and most accurate.&ldquo;St. Laurent, I believe, has the ability to become a fine yosng defenseman. He&rsquo;s a terrific puck carrier &mdash; one of the best in the League.&rdquo;Fergy, who watched National Leaguers come and go long before any of the five rookies was born, likened Geoffrion to Didier Pitre, old time Canadien.&ldquo;I think Geoff&rsquo;s shot is a little harder than Pitre&rsquo;s and he takes a little longer stride when he skates, but those terrific bursts of speed he comes up with are very similar to Didier&rsquo;s.&ldquo;X would say that Geoffrion has the ability to become one of the truly great right wingers of all time.&rdquo;<h2>Couldn&rsquo;t Buy Them</h2>Collectively it would be impossible to buy players like these.&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t put a price on these kids,&rdquo; says General Manager Frank Selke, because you can&rsquo;t buy these kind of players.&rdquo;Of the five Dickie Moore has probably been the greatest surprise of the bunch. In his first 27 games he collected 15 goals and added 14 assists. In three weeks he jumped rrom 88th in the League scoring to 30th.&ldquo;Moore has surprised me,&rdquo; said Coach Dick Irvin. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t think he could play that smart hockey. He&rsquo;s a fine young player.&rdquo;Said Selke: &ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t surprise me, because three years ago I said he was the finest prospect in the country and he&rsquo;s proving me right.&rdquo;It may or may not be generally known but after Moore was in the League for three weeks he was a disappointed young man. He hadn&rsquo;t been playing regularly and was not getting the goals he was so sure he could get when he turned pro.&ldquo;I came very close to asking Mr. Selke to send me back to the Senior Royals,&rdquo; Moore told us recently. &ldquo;I knew this was a tough League after I had my three game tryout. I was originally a left winger but I didn&rsquo;t play there at all when I first came up. I Was playing center and right. I wasn&rsquo;t getting any chances.&rdquo;Irvin originally signed Moore for his versatility. He can play any position and play it well.&ldquo;He gives you as neat a pass as any centerman in the League,&rdquo; reported Floyd Curry after one game.Moore is in the Ted Lindsay class. That&rsquo;s to say he&rsquo;s a needier all the way.One official, after a game in Toronto, reported: &ldquo;That kid&rsquo;s a going concern. And he personally needled the Leafs into three penalties.&rdquo;<h2>Goal Was Beautiful</h2>Moore, once the most hated junior in the Forum, just recently scored what Elmer Ferguson called: &ldquo;one of the nicest goals I&rsquo;ve ever seen in hockey.&rdquo;He took the puck at his own blueline, weaved past two Rangers and went in on Allan Stanley, Ione Ranger rearguard. He hesitated for a moment and Stanley also stopped. Moore drew the puck back and Stanley went forward a foot. Then Dickie shot a fast glance over his left shoulder and Stanley looked the same way. Before Stanley looked back Moore was around him and in on goal.Newsy Lalonde, all time great hockey player, sitting in the audience remarked after the goal: &ldquo;There was oldtime hockey at it&rsquo;s best. One of the nicest goals I&rsquo;ve ever seen scored.&rdquo;Taking these rookies individually you would have to class Geoffrion on top, not because he&rsquo;s a better hockey player but because of his scoring ability and color.It was not many weeks ago that Irvin rated this French kid the greatest rookie that ever came into the League. While the coach won&rsquo;t get backing from all sources on that count he Is backed on the statement that he is one of the greatest.&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t say he is a better rookie than Nels Stewart was,&rdquo; says Ferguson. &ldquo;But he certainly is as good. He&rsquo;s a better hockey player right now than either Morenz or Richard were at this stage of the game.&rdquo;But Irvin sticks by his claim. &ldquo;Why that kid can shoot a puck, stickhandle and score goals like a 10 year veteran,&rdquo; Irvin once told us. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen him score some of the prettiest goals in the game.&rdquo;<h2>Hardest Shot In Hockey</h2>Geoffrion had long been tagged a natural before he turned pro last season. As a junior with Nationale he was one of the most popular players in Montreal. Fans particularly took delight in watching him stickhandle through a complete team or stand at the red line and blast a shot that the goaler couldn&rsquo;f see.Hap Day, assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, in Montreal with the club recently admitted that Geoff&rsquo;s shot is the hardest he&rsquo;s seen in the NHL. During the game Boom Boom blasted a shot from outside the blueline and before Rollins could move to catch it the disc clanged up against the post and rolled harmlessly away.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the first time I&rsquo;ve ever seen a player shoot the puck and then been unable to see it in the air,&rdquo; said Day. &ldquo;That kid has the hardest shot I&rsquo;ve ever seen in this game.&rdquo; Both All Rollins and Terry Sawchuk go along with Day on his statement.In New York, where they feel Buller and Hergesheimer are every bit Geoffrion&rsquo;s equal as rookies, there is also a distinct feeling that the Blues would be much closer to a playoff berth had this lad been born a year later and was available for another junior year. No fewer than 12 of his 23 goals have come at the expense of tike Rangers.It would be folly to say that any of these rookies is indispensible. Nobody ever has been. But, if you were looking for the one closest to being indispensible then you would have to stop at Paul Meger. He is indispensible inasmuch as he&rsquo;s one of the finest checkers in the League, kills off penalties and scores plenty of goals. Around the NHL, where ever rookie talk generates, the feeling is that Meger is Geotfrion&rsquo;s biggest threat to Calder Memorial Trophy security.<h2>Meger Most Improved</h2>Recently on Jimmy Powers television program in New York Reg Sinclair of the Rangers was asked to name the most improved player in the League. Without hesitation Sinclair named Meger.Meger came into the NHL from the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL with a record as a great goal scorer. He was chosen the rookie of the year last season and made the All-Star team. His ascension into the big time was expected to bring a large red glow into the hearts of Montreal fans. But it wasn&rsquo;t to be. At least not at first. Meger proved he was NHL timber, but not by his goal scoring. His hard work kept him in the League during the first 25 games this season. Not only was he the lowest goal scorer on the club but he showed no signs of coming out of his early season slump. Then, overnight, he found himself. His scoring prowess grew and grew until, at this writing he&rsquo;s the second hign scoring rookie in the League.&ldquo;I think I was too worried about my check scoring,&rdquo; said Paul. &ldquo;I was always behind the play and wasn&rsquo;t getting the chances.&ldquo;Then of course I gained that confidence. This is a much tougher League than the AHL and it takes a while to get going.&rdquo;Meggr, it is reported, came close to being shipped back to the AHL this season. His early season failure was the reason. However, patience paid off. Frank Selke has always been sold cn the lad from Watrous, Saskatchewan. After the Canadiens were eliminated in the Stanley Cup final against the Leafs, Selke reported that Meger will stay in the NHL as long as he works like he does. His scoring ability was second, to his amazing legs.<h2>Scribes Like Gamble</h2>Dick Gamble is the least known of the rookies. A quiet mannered kid who would rather display action on ice than in the dressing room, Dick will be high on the list when rookie time rolls around. He gets his highest rating in Boston where he has scored most of his 17 goals. One afternoon when Irvin was spending a couple of hours fanning with Herb Ralby and Roger Barry, Boston scribes, he invited them to make a trade for him. Irvin wanted Sullivan and had in mind giving up Cal MacKay. But Ralby and Barry had their mind set on Gamble. The best rookie in the League, they called him.Gamble has been somewhat of a surprise to many fans this season.&ldquo;I thought he was a little on the frail side to be a real star in this League,&rdquo; said Ferguson.Jimmy Orlando, ex-Detroit star, boasts today that he predicted Gamble would score 20 goals for the Canadiens this season&ldquo;I told Irvin at the beginning of the season he would get 20 for the Canadiens,&rdquo; he laughed.Gamble, who came up from the Quebec Aces has one of the most accurate shots in the League and can cut in on net sharper than most players. And he&rsquo;s also the oldest looking 23-year old rookie that ever came this way.<h2>Saint Learns Fast</h2>Last of all is Dollard St. Laurent, the kid with the Prime Minister&rsquo;s name. St. Laurent, rated by Seike as a potential all-star defenseman, once turned down a pro-offer by the Canadiens because, It Is reported, he didn&rsquo;t want to be sent to the minors. With the Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior League he was the backbone of the blueline corps and the highest scoring defenseman in the fast, highly-rated loop bossed by George Slater.Saint, as he is called, doesn&rsquo;t have the chance to shine as do the other rookies. When he first came up Bep Guidolin whizzed around him like he wasn&rsquo;t there. There were moans that maybe he wasn&rsquo;t as great a prospect as he looked. But since then St. Laurent has learned in leaps and bounds, and looks better and better as he goes along.Dollard stands out as a puck carrier and is rated one of the finest rushing defensemen In the League. He may not be All-Star this season but here they believe he will be in the very near future. &#9632;

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Impossible to Say how Much Kids are Worth

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0153/1503863-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">He&rsquo;s Writing His Own Book</figcaption></div>BOSTON. Mass. &mdash;For one night this season the embattled Boston Bruins will sport the National League&rsquo;s best line of the last 15 years, bar none !That will be on the night of March 18 at Boston Garden, when with the Chicago Black Hawks as visitors the Kraut Line will skate again.For that one game the Bruins will spin the clock back a few years and the Black Hawks &mdash; and a probable capacity crowd &mdash; will have a look at Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer playing as a unit.The reunion of the Krauts, dissembled at the end of the 1946-47 season by Bauer&rsquo;s retirement, will be one of the features of Schmidt-Dumart Night, when the two will be honored for their long and talented service to the Bruins.General Manager Art Ross, feeling that the occasion called for theBauer touch, conceived the idea of regrouping the Krauts for one last fling. Bauer readily agreed to leave his skate-manufacturing business in Kitchener, Ont., to play right wing for Schmidt and Dumart.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be delighted to do it.&rdquo; he told Ross. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m in good shape and ready to play. Maybe we can show those Black Hawks a thing or two.&rdquo;The announcement that the Golden Days of Boston hockey would be revived, if only for one evening, met wilth an immediate response from Bruins&rsquo; fans, grown lethargic to varying degrees in the last few years.They gobbled up the information that Bauer, part-owner and player-coach of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, was actually in playing condition, and that the Krauts would work the full game, playing &mdash; as usual &mdash; to win.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02249/1503856-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1692" height="1217"><figcaption class="caption-body">They Rank Among TopsThe &ldquo;Kraut&rdquo; line, above, Boston&rsquo;s greatest trio of all time. The above picture was taken the year Bauer retired to go into business. They&rsquo;il be re-united when Boston fans honor Dumart and Schmidt on March 18.</figcaption></div>They also recalled with regret the spring of 1947 when Bauer said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m quitting. I&rsquo;ve found that fellows who couldn&rsquo;t touch me once are now checking me, so I&rsquo;m quitting.&rdquo;It wasn&rsquo;t difficult to remember thet feats of the Krauts, who acquired the tag before Boston ever saw them together. Al &ldquo;Battleship&rdquo; Leduc, one-time coach of the Providence Reds, gave that nickname to the three youngsters of German ancestry from Kitchener when they played for him at Providence.It was 15 years ago this month that Ross, then the coach of the Bruins, put Schmidt, Bauer and Dumart on the ice together for the last game of the 1937 season. All had been brought up from Providence a month earlier, but Bauer&rsquo;s debut was delayed several weeks by an ear ailment.For seven and a fraction seasons &mdash; discounting the three seasons they spent in rhe Royal Canadian Air Force &mdash; the Krauts played together. In that time tney scored 404 goals, made 461 assists, combined for B65 points.During that time the Bruins won the Stanley Cup twice and reached the Stanley Cup finals on two other occasions.When Bauer retired four seasons ago he had 122 goals, Schmidt 119, Dumart 131. Bauer quit after a season in which he scored 30 goals.When they first played together here Bauer was 22, Dumart 20, Schmidt 19. Woody was big and husky, Milt tall and skinny, Bobby short and stocky.Now the 37-year old Bauer, the 35-year old Dumart and the 34-year old Schmidt are going to play together once more. If only briefly, they will restore the Bruins to their one-time place in the hockey sun, and they&rsquo;ll bring back the capacity crowd to the Garden. And fans who haven&rsquo;t had much to shout about for the last four years will have a chance to exercise their tonsils once again. &#9632;

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“Krauts” for be Re-United for Schmidt, Dumart Night

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0246/1503894-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="279" height="365"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Cowley</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;After a host of cuts, fractures and a case or two of battle fatigue, Veteran Elmer Lach broke Bill Cowley&rsquo;s all time points record but had to score at least a point a game throughout his career to do so.Lach&rsquo;s goal at 11.32 of the second period of last Saturday&rsquo;s game in which the Canadiens defeated the Hawki 7-0 boosted his total points in his career to 549, one in which the Canadiens defeated the Hawks 7-0 boosted his total points in his career to 549, one better than Cowley&rsquo;s. He also added another assist after breaking the record and today stands alone with 550 points.Last week Lach broke Cowley&rsquo; all-time assists mark of 353. Lach also holds the record for most points, including playoffs. Cowley held that one too but Elmer passed it last week and his total is now 602 points.<h2>Holds Many Records</h2>Among the other records held by Lach are: Most assists in playoff games. He has 35. The most assists in a playoff series. He totaled 12 in nine games in the 1945-46 playoffs against the Bruins and Hawks.Another record held by tha Montreal veteran is most point* in a season by a center. He scored 80 points In 1944-45 in a 50-game schedule.Lach thus became the highest point-getter among active players. When Doug Bentley retired he had 526 points and had his sight set on breaking the record.Toe Blake also came close to breaking the record but a fractured leg sidelined him for good. He was forced to retire from tho NHL when he had 527 points.Lach has now set his sights on another record and may pass it. He is aiming at Ted Lindsay&rsquo; mark for most assists in one season by a player. Lindsay notched 55 assists in 1949-50. Lach has scored 45 to date with 12 games to go&ldquo;What record are you going after now?&rdquo; asked a newspaperman in the Habs&rsquo; dressing room after he (Lach) broke Cowley&rsquo;s record.&ldquo;Second place,&rdquo; said Elmer. &ldquo;Second place, yes sir, that&rsquo;s where the dough is.&rdquo; The Habs had taken over sole possession that night as they shutout the Hawks and the Wings defeated the Leafs 3-1.<h2>Closing In On 200</h2>When Elmer scored his 13th goal of the season against Chicago he also boosted his lifetime goal scoring in regular season play to 192.&ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;ll have to buy those other eight,&rdquo; laugired Elmer. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re taking an awful long time coming.&rdquo;Lach is in the running for many honors this season. He is second to Gordie Howe in the scoring. He is six points behind the Rod Wings&rsquo; star and could catch him. If he did and ended up on top he would get $1,000 and the Art Ross Trophy for leading the scorers. He is in the running for the center position on the all-star team which would mean another $1,000. To top them all Lach is also a leading candidate for the Hart Trophy &mdash; another $1,000. The Canadiens double each one of those awards so this could be a very big season for Lach.That he is in the running for the Hart Trophy there is no question. His check, although it&rsquo;s hard to believe, has scored but two goals against him this season. He&rsquo;s had a number of new wingmen playing alongside him too. At present he is in the midst of making Dickie Moore the most proficient scorer in the NHL. With Moore on right and Gamble on left the Canadiens have shown one of the highest scoring lines in the League during the past three Weeks.<h2>12 Seasons To Break Record</h2>It took Elmer 12 seasons to break Cowley&rsquo;s record. The National League did not record the number of games each player performed in when Lach first broke in in 1940-41. He did score seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points in 48 games, A check back shows he played in 35 games. The records that are being kept show that Lach, not including his first season has played 508 games up to last Saturday&rsquo;s game. His total number of games would read around 543 since he came cast to the Canadiens in 1940. Since then he has recorded at least a point a game to break the record. His best season was in 1944-45 when he scored 26 goals and 54 assists for 80 points. He won the Hart Trophy that season.If and when Lach breaks Lindsays assists in a season record he will be regaining one he once held himself. Until it was broken by Lindsay Elmer held It when he scored 54 assists in 1944-45.Lach&rsquo;s second season could hardly be considered in his record.. In his second year he played just one game! There is no doubt that had he not been sidelined by so many injuries the Hab star would not only have passed Cowley&rsquo;s record many moons ago but he would have had a lead that would stand good for seasons to come. &#9632;

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Elmer Out To TopLindsay’s Assists Mark

<div class="byline">BY ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01233/1501866-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="281" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pentti Lund</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Phil Watson is a hockey figure whom Real Chevrefils s has never had the pleasure of meeting, I but now that the baby-faced Boston Bruin has started scoring major league goals, an introduction should be arranged.Chevrefils, the stocky left wing whom the Bruins promoted from Hershey in early January, failed to score a goal in his first 17 National League games.But Watson, the fiery forward who played on the great New York Rangers team of the &lsquo;30s and &lsquo;40s failed to score a goal in his first 32 National League games.That&rsquo;s what Coach Lynn Patrick of the Bruins, a former New York teammate of Phiery Phil, kept telling young Chevrefils while he was collecting goose eggs instead of goals.<h2>Watson Scoreless 32 Games</h2>Overhearing a remark by Chevrefils about his inability to score one day, Patrick took the 19-year old wing aside.&ldquo;I know you are still looking for that first goal, Chewy,&rdquo; said Patrick, &ldquo;and I also know that the longer you go without it, the more you are pressing. I want to tell you about another player who ran into the same thing you&rsquo;re going through now.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02217/1501859-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="268" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Similar CasesPhil Watson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03199/1501852-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="271" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Real Chevrefils</figcaption></div>&ldquo;When I was with the Rangers, they brought a fellow named Phil Watson up from Philadelphia one year. He was a great player, one of the greatest I have ever seen, and he was a fine scorer.&ldquo;But do you know that Watson played 32 consecutive games for us before he made his first goal?&ldquo;Finally he got that first one, but it took him until the next season,&rdquo; Patrick added, &ldquo;but from then on everything went all right for him. If you&rsquo;ll look in a record book some time, you&rsquo;ll find that Phil scored plenty of goals before he was through.&rdquo;Chewy&rsquo;s scoreless stretch while considerably shorter than Watson&rsquo;s, paralleled that of Milt Schmidt, the Bruins&rsquo; captain on whose line he plays. In 1937 Schmidt scored his first two goals for the Bruins in his 16 th game, also in Chicago.Chevrefils&rsquo; debut as a scorer came shortly after a mild shakeup of the Bruins by General Manager Art Ross which resulted in the return of Leo Labine to Hershey and the recalling of Lome Ferguson.Labine, who made two goals and four assists in 16 games, was deemed less likely to help the Bruins in their fight for a playoff position than the more experienced Ferguson.At the same time he announced the return of Ferguson, Ross also expressed confidence in the comeback of Pentti Lund by stating that the blond right wing would play regularly for the Bruins for the rest of the season.Lund, Boston-bred on the Olympics and reacquired by the Bruins from Cleveland last fall, almost lost an eye in November. Nearly three months later he returned to the Bruins&rsquo; lineup, and after watching him in two games, Ross made his status permanent.In place of Labine on the line with Schmidt and Chevrefils, Patrick inserted Duncan Robert Fisher, who celebrated his escape from benching by scoring a goal, then assisting on both of Chevrefils&rsquo; in his next game. &#9632;

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B’s Chevy Nets His First Pair After 17 Games

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04160/1501897-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="573" height="1177"><figcaption class="caption-body">For 1952-53PETE CONACHER</figcaption></div>GALT, Ont. &mdash; If Ken Wharram and Pete Conacher can do halt as well with the Chicago Black Hawks as they did with the Galt Black Hawks of the Ontario Junior League this season then Chicago fans are in for some great hockey.The latest statistics Issued by the OHA junior league showed Wharram and Conacher up with the leaders.Despite the fact Wharram is out with a shoulder injury he continues to run third in the scoring. He scored 35 goals and 79 assists for 114 points in 45 games.Conacher is fourth in scoring in the League with 49 goals and 59 assists for 108 points in 46 games.Both Conacher and Wharram have averaged over two points a game all season. &#9632;

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Wharram, Conacher Average Over Two Points Per Game

<div class="byline">By DAN DESMOND</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05121/1501935-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Will They Put Hawks Back In First Division?Steve Witiuk, left, Sid Finney, center and Fred Hucul right, three kids who will shoulder Hawks big load.</figcaption></div><h2>Finney, Hucul, Witiuk Line Expected to Carry Biggest Load with Galt Junior Lads</h2>CHICAGO, Ill. &mdash;As the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; sixth successive season of artistic failure in the National Hockey League draws closer and closer to the end, it has become apparent to the die-hard fans that there is hope for the future after all.It&rsquo;s based on the kids who must carry the load in 1952-&rsquo;53 for the rather obvious reason that not only are advantageous deals impossible but the Hawks reservoir of trading bait is low indeed.So far, three rookies &mdash; Sid Finney, Fred Hucul and Steve Witiuk &mdash; have formed a sturdy kid line that has improved with each start. In fact, in the 2-2 tie with the Maple Leafs in Toronto that at least interrupted a four game losing string, the rookies figured in both Chicago goals.From Galt five amateurs have been imported for trials in line with the policy of manager Ebbie Goodfellow and president Bill Tobin that the time to take the measure of youth is NOW &mdash; at the height of the National League season and at a time when the youngsters themselves presumably are in top physical condition.<h3>Three Others Impress</h3>The last trio brought down from Ontario impressed just as much as the earlier pair, Pete Conacher and Kenny Wharram. For the fifth Sunday matinee, defensemen Jack Price and Mike Buchanan and winger Tony Poeta were moved right into the majors against Boston and conducted themselves with the poise and aggressiveness of their elders.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0683/1501928-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="571" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sidelined AgainBILL GADSBY</figcaption></div>In the matter of age, Buchanan, Price and Conacher are 19 each; Poeta and Wharram 18 apiece. Wharram, incidentally, won&rsquo;t be back for any more trials this season because he suffered a fractured collar bone. However, he showed enough in his single appearance to suggest that he won&rsquo;t be over his depth if &mdash; as planned &mdash; he&rsquo;s worked into the regular scheme of things next season.Buchanan is a 6 foot 1 inch defense man while Price is 5 feet 10 inches, 185 pounds. Poeta is a little guy, only 5 feet 5 inches, but he scales a stout 170 and handled himself well against any of the larger Bruins.<h2>Stewart Touched by Gesture of Chi Players when Given Present in Dressing Room</h2>Jack Stewart, veteran defense man who retired recentIly, was touched by a gesture from Hawks who were his teammates for only a brie period. The Hawks chipped in, bought him a handsome ring engraved with crossed hockey sticks with a diamond mounting. Jack, incidentally, attended the matinee game against Boston but there was no formal, public presentation of the memento. The players gave it to him in the dressing room after the game.There will be no more matinees in Chicago Stadium until March 16, the last date of the schedule here when Detroit is the visitor. However, it&rsquo;s almost certain the 1952-53 home schedule will include a heavy load of Sunday afternoon games.While the fifth afternoon game drew only 6,206 the average for the five, as compared to the season total overall, is significant. The five matinees drew 55,679 for an average of 11,136. At that point, the Hawks had played 27 home games in all which drew 223,502 for an average of 8,277. Obviously, the matinee job pulls them out even for a loser &mdash; although the consensus still is, there is no substitute for a winner or a contender.<h3>Gadsby, Babando Injured</h3>The injury jinx that destroyed Hawk hopes last season came up again. Bill Gadsby suffered torn ligaments in his left knee that will cause him to miss several games. Pete Babando is out for the year with a fractured hand. &#9632;

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Hawk Fans See Hope Ahead but It’s All Based on Kids

MONTREAL &mdash; Montreal&rsquo;s five rookies have many things in common! They are great players and fine living lads. If you&rsquo;re looking for an example for them to set the younger kids just ask either Moore, Gamble, Meger, Geoffrion or St. Laurent if they smoke. Each will say: No. &#9632;

Not Too Young, Five Hab Rookies Just Don’t Smoke

MONTREAL &mdash; The pace set by Rookie Dickie Moore over the last seven games he&rsquo;s played is so sensational that even the figures are hard to believe. In 27 games he&rsquo;s scored 15 goals and 14 assists for 29 points. He&rsquo;s the first player this season to score two hat tricks and he&rsquo;s done it while playing in a position new to him. He is a leftwinger but the loss of Richard made it necessary to switch him to right.In his last seven games Moore has picked up no fewer than 11 goals and five assists for 16 points. When he scored his 12th goal of the season against the Bruins recently he was presented with a $500 bonus.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a pleasure to play with a kid like that,&rdquo; says Vet Elmer Lach. &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t mind putting out a little extra for him because you know he&rsquo;s going to come through.&rdquo;&ldquo;If you think he&rsquo;s good here, you should see him on the road,&rdquo; says Tom Johnson. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s the kind of guy you like to have on your team.&rdquo; &#9632;

Moore Scores 16 Points, 11 Goals in Seven Games

MONTREAL &mdash; Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion will be the first player other than Richard in many years to lead the Canadiens in goal scoring if and when he finish this season. Over the past seasons Richard has been the leader in the department but his injury has put him aside and Geoffrion has taken over. Geoff is presently tied with Richard with 25 goals and is second only to Howe in that department.&ldquo;Remember this,&rdquo; said General Manager Frank Selke, after the Canadiens had defeated the Hawks 7-0, &ldquo;You are going for the right wing spot on that second All-Star team. It&rsquo;s going to be tough I know, but it&rsquo;s a wide open race,&rdquo; he told Geoff. &ldquo;It means $500 from the League and we double it.&rdquo; &#9632;

Geoffrion Going for Right Wing on 2nd All-Star Team

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01302/1502125-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="364" height="399"></div>NINE HAT TRICKS have been racked up in the National Hockey League so far this season. Seven of the nine were turned in by members of the Montreal Canadiens. Floyd Curry, Maurice Richard, Boom Boom Geoffrion, Paul Meger and Dick Moore twice, were the Canucks scoring three goals in one game. Gordie Howe of Detroit, Dune Fisher of Boston and Ed Slowinski of New York were the other players to score three in a game &hellip; Toronto Maple Leafs have had eight players take part in every game played by them this season. This makes the Leaf players the most durable in the circuit. Montreal has had only two players perform in all Canadien tilts to date. Seven members of the Red Wings have taken part in all their games while Chicago, Boston and New York each have four members who have played in all games these teams have been engaged in this season.NEIL COLVILLE is back playing hockey again. The retired coach of the New York Rangers has been reinstated as an amateur and is now playing with Edmonton Pats in an Alberta senior loop &hellip; Spud Russell, chief scout of the Montreal Canadiens, was a recent visitor in Montreal. Spud reports the junior team that will represent the Lakehead might be the team to beat this season. The Lakehead winner is allowed to strengthen by the addition of three juniors from defeated teams in the Lakehead League. There are some fine prospects playing in the Lakehead League this season according to Russell. Spud also likes Regina Pats as the 1952 Memorial Cup winner&hellip; Jack Stewart, recently granted his unconditional release from Chicago, plans to make his permanent home in Detroit. His wife is expecting a baby in the near future &hellip; Johnny Mitchell, Chicago scout, has been hospitalized with ulcers. Prez Bill Tobin and coach Ebbie Goodfellow have escaped the ulcers so far.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02272/1502118-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="254" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dune Fisher</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03198/1502111-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="254" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Emile Francis</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04149/1502104-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="266" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05130/1502097-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="260" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Mitchell</figcaption></div>IT LOOKS like Pittsburgh Hornets will win the Western title of the American Hockey League this season. It will mark the first time the Hornets have ever finished the season on top of their division &hellip; They haven&rsquo;t forgotten Pat Egan in New York, even though the ebullient Celt has been away from there all year. They still hang a banner bearing his name in Madison Square Garden at every Ranger game &hellip; Correct name of Quebec&rsquo;s Beliveau is Joseph Arthur Jean and not Jean Marc as he&rsquo;s been called since his hockey days. Beliveau was born at Three Rivers, Que &hellip; Miss Eleanor Johnson, 15-year-old Montreal schoolgirl, rates as one of Canadiens&rsquo; No. 1 fans. Eleanor has 10 scrapbooks dealing exclusively with the happenings of the Montreal team &hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s Terry Sawchuk, who reported at training camp weighing a fabulous 220 pounds has pared down to 192. Coach Tommy Ivan figures that weight Is about right for the goalkeeping wizard. &lsquo;SINCE CHICAGO Black Hawks started playing matinee games on Sunday afternoon, living conditions of the Chicago players have changed. The question might now arise: &ldquo;Has the poached egg replaced he steak?&rdquo; Chicago players are all in favor of afternoon hockey. Particularly so since a large portion of the Sunday matinee crowds are composed of youngsters and the cheering of the loyal Chicago kids does a lot to bolster the players morale. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing like playing in front of a cheering hometown crowd,&rdquo; one Hawk player told us.LYNN PATRICK figures Dollard St. Laurent of Canadiens is the best long-range rookie to come into the National Hockey League this season. The well-built defenseman has a lot of confidence for a first-year performer &hellip; Patrick also thinks that Bob Armstrong, defenseman with the Hershey Bears, will be a standout in the NHL when he joins the Bruins. Armstrong stands 6&rsquo;1&rdquo;, weighs 190 pounds, and is said to be one of the hardest body checkers in professional hockey &hellip; New York Rangers haven&rsquo;t lost a game since Emile &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Francis replaced Chuck Rayner in the Rangers nets. The Broadway Blues have two win and two draws with Francis between the pipes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06108/1502090-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="258" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Armstrong</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0794/1502083-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="250" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Neil Colville</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0885/1502076-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="272" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Taylor</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0983/1502069-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="256" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dir Clapper</figcaption></div>TAKING A night off from the Hollywood Ice Revue, Barbara Ann Scott watched the Red Wings and Bruins play in Detroit last week. Barbara Ann also watched her favorite hockey player, Gordie Howe, very closely. She cheered wildly when he scored the winning goal&hellip; Seven Boston hockey writers accompanied the Bruins on their trip to Montreal and New York last week &hellip; Harry Taylor of St. Louis is reputed to have the biggest appetite of anyone In hockey. &hellip; That sure takes in a lot of territory &hellip; George Abel, who is acoring plenty of goals for Canada&rsquo;s Olympic team, Is a younger brother of Detroit&rsquo;s Sid.BOBBY BAUER played on a line with his old mates Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart in an exhibition game between Boston and Waterloo recently in Waterloo, Ont. and looked right at home. He garnered an assist on Dumart&rsquo;s goal. Bauer is low 37 and has been Tetired from the NHL since the 1946-47 season. Dit Clapper, exBoston coach who Is now a prominent sporting goods dealer In Peterborough, Ont., is spending a couple of weeks vacation in Boston. &hellip; Clapper and Art Ross are very close friends. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By ELMER FERGUSON (Montreal Herald)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1076/1502156-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="270" height="330"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Ferguson</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Digging Dickie Moore was the big noise, as Canadiens, in a last-minute rush, pumped in two goals to tie a game against Boston last week which seemed hopelessly lost, and from which, indeed, the Habs were very lucky to emerge with a single point, after Bruins had twice led by two goals. Which sent us to the figures, and these disclose that Moore has been little short of sensational in his big League scoring feats to date.The scoring streak which he capped with his second hat trick against Chicago last Saturday started in Toronto, the night of February 9. He scored a goal and picked up an assist, though Habs lost 3-2. The next day in Chicago Moore got a goal. Against the Leafs here 14, as Canadiens won, 3-1, Moore had a hand in all three counters. He scored one, got two assists. On February 16, he performed the hat-trick, as Canadiens defeated Rangers, 5-1. The next night, in New York, he got an assist as Canadiens lost 3-2. Last Thursday Feb., 23 he fired two goals then he scored three and an assist last Saturday.In his first 27 games since he came up from Royals, Moore has scored 15 goals and picked up 14 assists. And Moore had 35 scoring points in some 20 odd games in the Quebec Senior Hockey League before he was drafted by the Habs. The first two goals by Moore against Chicago marked the 19th straight goal scored by Canadien rookies. Billy Reay got the last goal for the &ldquo;originals&rdquo; when he scored against Toronto on February 9th. Elmer Lacn broke the string against the Hawks.<h2>Meger Gets 20th</h2>The feats of these rookie Canadiens may be writing new records into the NHL books. When Paul Meger notched a goal in this game, it was his 20th, and It&rsquo;s been a long time since, if ever, that two rookies on the same team have hit the 20 goal mark in a season, as have Meger and Boom Boom Geoffrlon.On top of this, Dick Gamble has 17 goals and Moore 15, so there&rsquo;s better than an even chance that four Hab Tookies will wind up within the 20-goal mark, which is by no means bad for there were only 15 players who got 20 goals or more in the NHL last season. And all of these had more or less major league experience. In fact most of such scorers were well seasoned players, none were rookies.<h2>Stewart Has Record</h2>The highest seasonal score ever compiled by a first-year man was hung up by Nels Stewart, of Maroons, in 192526. He got 34 goals, 8 assists. But of those still top players in the NHL, the first-year records tor a full season may be of interest. They include Lindsay (17), Gaye Stewart (24), Tod Sloan (31), Howe (7), Lach (18), Richard (32), D. Bentley (12), M. Bentley (13), Schmidt (22), Mosienko (14) and Teeder Kennedy (26). It&rsquo;s possible that one of the Canadien rookies might excel all these marks, possibly excepting that of Nels Stewart, which, incidentally, was compiled in a 36-game schedule. &#9632;

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Hab Rookies May Set New Records

<div class="byline">By Milt Dunnell-Sports Editor</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1153/1502194-1-eng-US/f0004-112.jpg"></div><h2>Parallel Between Hockey and Homers</h2>Hirsch Jacobs, one of the shrewdest trainers in U.S. racing, got his start by conditioning pigeons. There&rsquo;s no record of how Jacobs did with the birds, but he&rsquo;s done very well with the beetles, Stymie, for instance, which he claimed for the price of a steak at the Ritz, won close to a million dollars. Dick Irvin hasn&rsquo;t said which came first with him: homers or hockey. He&rsquo;s been a pigeon fancier for years. And, of course, he&rsquo;s been on ice longer than the stuff which made Milwaukee famous. Now, he&rsquo;s beginning to co-relate the knowledge he&rsquo;s acquired from his hockey and his hobby.Pigeons, he&rsquo;s observed, can be kept to a racing peak for three weeks to a month. Then they taper off. For 10 days or so, they seem to lose their zest for racing. Hockey teams, he&rsquo;s decided, have something in common with the winged speedsters. A club will be riding along on the crest. All of a sudden, for no apparent reason, it will take a dip. After a few gray hairs and maybe vigorous protests from his lucers, the coach will get the team straightened away again. Boston is a club which has been on the up-beat. Now, the Bruins are flattening out.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a relationship between the duration of the dip and the calibre of the club,&rdquo; Irvin Insisted, while he was waiting to toss his bubbling Habs against the Leafs recently at the Gardens.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1228/1502187-1-eng-US/f0004-122.jpg" title="f0004-12" width="550" height="1470"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY McNElL</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The better the club, the shorter the slump,&rdquo; he expounded. &ldquo;A club like Chicago has brief flurries, but It stays a long time in its dips.&rdquo;Ebbie Goodfellow, the harassed coach of the Chicagos, would have to agree with at least part of that examination.<h2>Rocket, Like Poor, Can&rsquo;t Afford To Be Sick</h2>The financial aspects of Rocket Richard&rsquo;s current ailments came up for discussion. Irvin agreed the Rocket&rsquo;s miseries could cost him a possible six grand or more in extras. Richard, for instance, was a definite candidate for right wing on the all-star team. Even with work days lost through illness, he still is a threat for the scoring championship. And he always is a probable for the Hart Trophy as the League&rsquo;s most valuable sort to his masters. Those assorted honors are worth $6,000 in bonuses. In addition, the Rocket had an escalator clause in his contract last season. After he had potted 35 goals, his stipend was fattened by his employers. Supposedly there is a similar clause this season. That he would score 3 5 looked like the surest thing in futures&mdash;until injuries sidetracked him.The politicians often say the poor can&rsquo;t afford to be sick. And they&rsquo;re not kidding. But the poor are not the only ones. It applies to folks like the Rocket who have been riding the gravy train.Irvin was reminded of the terrific advantage a puck-pusher has today in the matter of making extra money. One day, instead of chalking up plays on the dressing-room blackboard, Irvin jotted down some bonus figures. He showed how one club could cut a melon of, roughly, $85,000 in one season. That&rsquo;s the absolute outside figure, of course. But one Montreal club which Irvin coached actually did collect close to $65,000 in extras. This included the auto for finishing first in the League, grabbing the Stanley Cup, and winning various individual baubles. Yet, the very next fall, Irvin had trouble getting one of the most highly rewarded Habs, Bill Durnan, on a contract. Bill wanted to retire from hockey.&ldquo;I showed him where he could make $18,000 with us,&rdquo; Irvin recalled, &ldquo;but Bill still wanted to call it quits, athough he agreed he didn&rsquo;t know where else he could make that kind of money.&rdquo;Things weren&rsquo;t always so good. One year, Irvin coached Chicago into the final round of the Stanley Cup, and the playoff cut for the whole club was a measly $750. There were four men on the team who played for $2,750 per season. Charlie Gardiner, one of the great goalies of all time, was second-high man&mdash;topped only by Taffy Abel&mdash;at $4,500.&ldquo;Sometimes I think some of those fellows fought harder for what they got than fellows today do for $12,000,&rdquo; Irvin lamented. A few hours later, Irvin probably was telling himself things haven&rsquo;t changed much, after all, in matter of devotion to duty. His little Gerry McNeil got hit on the head by a flying saucer from Harry Watson&rsquo;s stick. He was knocked down, and the claret flowed across the goal-mouth. He was helped to his feet and guided to the Garden&rsquo;s hospital. The doctors put eight stitches in his scalp and he went back to work. Hockey players still like to play hockey. McNeil&rsquo;s comment: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m okay&mdash;the puck didn&rsquo;t go in.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01253/1502246-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Emile&rsquo; The Cat&rsquo; &hellip; &hellip; Claws The HabsEMILE FRANCIS&rsquo;GUARDS Rayner&rsquo;s cage as Defenseman&rsquo;s Dollard St. Laurent of the Montreal Canadiens gets in behind defenseman Hy Buller while Rookie Paul Meger. left, waits for a pass. Francis made the stop and won the game with a sensational performance.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02228/1502239-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1216" height="711"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANCIS DOES THE SPLIT as he boots out a shot from the stick of Boom Boom Geoffrion (5) of the Canadiens while big Jim Ross closes his eyes and prays. A Ranger and Canadiens player are tangling on Ross&rsquo; left.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03179/1502232-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="288" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chuck Rayner</figcaption></div>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;As long on confidence as he is short on size, Emile (The Cat) Francis has come back to the NHL to stay. That is what the little man says. Until further notice, Francis is the Rangers&rsquo; goaltender. When he was recalled from Cincinnati in the emergency arising from Chuck Rayner&rsquo;s knee injury. The Cat was told the job was his as long as he could hold it. As of now, he has done nothing to show he doesn&rsquo;t want the job on a permanent basis.Rayner tore a cartilage in his left knee when jammed by Paul Meger on a play in Montreal, Feb. 16. When it was learned that the curly-haired veteran would be out tor the rest of the season and playoffs, that struck the Rangers as a crippling blow in their neck-and-neck race with the Bruins.<h2>Knew He Was On Spot</h2>Francis soon proved that to be a false premise. Flown in here from the Mohawks, he appeared in the nets the night after Rayner was hurt. After one of the neatest goaltending exhibitions of the year, during the course of which the Rangers beat the Canucks, 3-2, The Cat was unanimously chosen as &ldquo;player of the game.&rdquo;When cornered before his first comeback try, Francis was calm and collected. He knew he was on the spot, in the thick of a playoff race, but he didn&rsquo;t show it.&ldquo;Sure, I know how Important this is to me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If I fail now, I may never get another chance. I&rsquo;ve been waiting for this for a long time and the only thing I&rsquo;m sorry about is that it had to come in this way&mdash;when Rayner got hurt.&ldquo;I know I&rsquo;ll make It this time,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a better goaltender now than I was four or five years ago with the Hawks. If I stay in there, and the Rangers go on and win the Stanley Cup, don&rsquo;t you think I&rsquo;ll have the job next year?&rdquo;Frank Boucher answered that question the next day, after reviewing The Cat&rsquo;s first performance. The Ranger manager has always leaned toward having big men in the goal, but was temporarily convinced that Francis would do. He&rsquo;d seen him bounce from side to side of the cage, in his quick catlike movements, to stop at least three Montreal shots Rayner probably couldn&rsquo;t have covered.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04139/1502225-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="535" height="559"><figcaption class="caption-body">EMILE FRANCIS</figcaption></div><h2>Better Now Than Before</h2>&ldquo;If Francis plays as well as he did last night, and if the Rangers win the Stanley Cup, how could you possibly take him out of the lineup next year&rdquo; he answered the question. &ldquo;But that&rsquo;s looking too far ahead. We have to worry what he&rsquo;ll do in the next few weeks.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure that Francis is a better goalkeeper now than when he got him four years ago,&rdquo; Boucher added. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s more important, he has a good team in front of him for the first time. He didn&rsquo;t get much help in Chicago, Kansas City, New Haven and Cincinnati.&rdquo;If Francis is as good as first look, Rayner&rsquo;s long NHL career may well have ended on that play in Montreal. He has been around for 10 years, he&rsquo;ll he 32 in August, and there have been times recently when he showed the strain. His reactions weren&rsquo;t as sharp as they used to be.In fact, the handwriting may have been on the wall, so to speak, the night Francis took over. Although the gallery fans had no advance notice that Rayner was hurt and that The Cat would fill in, they&rsquo;d already prepared a mammoth banner to grease Chuck&rsquo;s exit. Posted at one end of the Garden, it read: &ldquo;We Want Francis.&rdquo;The Rangers&rsquo; new goalie won&rsquo;t be 2 6 until September, although he played as many as 19 games for the Hawks as long as five years ago. In 1947-48, he was their regular netminder.Francis came to the Rangers with Killer Kaleta in trade for Sugar Jim Henry in the summer of 1948. With Rayner established as a regular, there was no place for The Cat but the New Haven farm.This is Francis&rsquo; fourth recall from the minors to fill in for Rayner. He came in for two games and allowed four goals in 1948-49 and, the next year, gave up eight goals in his lone appearance. Last season, while at Cincinnati, he came back once again for five games. That was a good trial, for he allowed but 14 scores.Smallest Ranger goaltender since John Ross Roach (1928-32), Francis claims he stand 7 and weighs 145. He doesn&rsquo;t look 5-7, even on skates.&ldquo;Sure, I&rsquo;m small,&rdquo; he&rsquo;ll admit. &ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t find that any handicap. Being quick and fast compensates for loss of reach or size.&rdquo;He was asked if he thought little guys make good goalies, now that the crease has been widened. &ldquo;Yeah, until they widen the nets, we&rsquo;ll get along,&rdquo; he promised.ICE CHIPS: Rangers now are better manned than at any time this season. With return of Allen Stanley and Jimmy Conacher from injury layoffs, two players are being carried over &ldquo;uniformed&rdquo; limit of 15. Coach Bill Cook is trying experimental program, alternating three forwards as spare man along with defenseman Jack Evans. They are Conacher, Jack Stoddard and Reggie Sinclair. &#9632;

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’Cat’ to Keep Chuck’s Job - - Only if He Can Hold It

NEW YORK,. N.Y. &mdash; Emil (The Cat) Francis did a great job in his first assignment back in New York and he did almost as great a one getting here from Cincinnati. It took a certain amount of initiative and gumption to arrive on time for the game.It was a rainy, sleepy day when The Cat was ordered to hasten in as Chuck Rayner&rsquo;s replacement. He got the order by phone at 10.30 a.m. and was on a Cincinnati to Pittsburgh plane an hour later.When he reached Pittsburgh, he found that all planes to New York were grounded. That didn&rsquo;t phase him. He sneaked aboard a ship going to Washington and, from the nation&rsquo;s capitol, got another plane coming to New York. He made it with plenty of time to spare.Had Francis been grounded, the Rangers would have been prepared. Frank Boucher made arrangements to have Harvey Bennett of Providence come to New York as stand-by goal-keeper for Francis.&mdash;MOZLEY &#9632;

‘Cat’ gets to New York Via Land, Sea and Air

NEW YORK. &mdash; Charlie Rayner, injured goaler of the New York Rangers underwent an operation for torn ligaments in his left knee last Saturday, February 23.Rayner is exipected to be out of action for the rest of the season but General Manager Frank Boucher does not believe his career is over.&ldquo;When Rayner is mended,&rdquo; said Boucher, &ldquo;he&rsquo;s the third best goaler in the League behind Terry Sawchuk and Harry Lumley.&rdquo; &#9632;

Rayner Undergoes Operation for Torn Ligaments in Knee

CHICAGO, Ill &mdash; Former Detroit goaler Harry Lumley broke Gord Howe&rsquo;s chances of surpassing Maurice Richard&rsquo;s record of consecutive games scoring when the Wings defeated the Hawks 2-1 last Sunday. Howe failed to score and his streak was broken at eight games.Howe scored in eight consecutive games when he notched his eighth against the Leafs last Saturday night. Gord scored nine goals In his eight games streak. &#9632;

Howe Fails By One Game to Break Richard Record

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded. October 1. 1947Published by Kenneth W. McKenzie and Will. V. CateHOCKEY NEWS COMPANYROOM 204. King&rsquo;s Hell Bldg.. 1231 Ste. Catherinn Street West, Montreal 25. Que.Advertising Editorial 403A See Life Bldg., 1155 Metcalfe St., Montreal 2, Que.Average Weekly Clreelation 35,000Yearly Subscription Price $3.00 In Canada &mdash; $4.00 In U.S.A.Authorised as second class mail. Post office Department Ottawa.Entered as second class mail at the Post office in Ogdensburg, N.Y.Return all U.S. undeliverable copies under Form 3579 to the Hockey News Comnamy Room 204,King&rsquo; Hall Bidg., 1231 Sts Catherine Street West, Montreal 25. Que.Volume 5 March 1, 1952 Number 22Second and fourth are the most coveted positions in the National Hockey League standing this season, with spirited fights raging in each one of those vital sectors. And there is a very good reason for it, because none of the runner-up teams are especially anxious to tangle with Detroit Red Wings in the opening semi-final round.As this was written, Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens were running just about neck and neck in their struggle for second place, while New York Rangers and Boston Bruins were scrapping for a toehold on fourth place and the final spot in the post-season Stanley Cup classics.Chicago Black Hawks, of course, are out of the picture for still another season&mdash;mired deep in the cellar&mdash;and Detroit can afford to act somewhat superior as the powerhouse Wings ride a really healthy point margin at the top of the League. That left the other four teams to go at it hammer and tongs for the three remaining playoff spots.The most crucial question involves Rangers and Bruins in their seesaw for fourth place, because any lower than that the playoff gravy doesn&rsquo;t go. A little higher up, Leafs and Canucks were trying desperately to climb over one another&rsquo;s throats and solidify a grip on second. The team finishing third has to meet the League leaders&mdash;hence the more than usual reluctance to finish up in that unenviable spot.Wing have been none too easy to handle this year, holding good records against both their prospective opponents in the Cup series. Canadiens upset them in the semi-finals last Spring, but haven&rsquo;t had much luck against the Detroiters so far in this campaign.Maple Leafs&mdash;who usually do themselves quite proud against Detroit in the money set-tos&mdash;havem&rsquo;t exactly been a tower of strength the last few weeks, and also may feel the Red Wings are due to turn upon them for revenge after past humiliations.Somebody has to finish third, but in the meantime the clubs involved are going to do their best to make sure they aren&rsquo;t the ones. Stacking up against a powerhouse like Detroit in the opener series isn&rsquo;t too profitable. Even if the third-place team can shunt the Wings aside, they&rsquo;re apt to be so used up they&rsquo;ll fall easy prey to the other finalists &mdash; as happened with the Canadiens in last year&rsquo;s extravaganza.Thus, all in all, it promises to be an interesting race right down to the final siren in less than four weeks time.<h2>BALANCE OF POWER SHIFTING</h2>Turning to the American Hockey League, it&rsquo;s interesting to note that the center of gravity, or the balance of power, seems to be shifting gradually. At one time, all the strength was in the Western Division, whose teams consistently dominated the loop, usually outclassing all Eastern entries execpt the current leaders. Some years, if playoffs had been drawn up on a straight point total basis from top to bottom, only one Eastern squad would have got into the profitable dessert course instead of the three as provided in the rules.This season, however, the circuit is in better east-west balance for the most part. In fact, one Western club&mdash;Indianapolis&mdash;was operating at a slower point clip than the Eastern tailetnders, with St. Louis not too far ahead.In the battle for playoff positions, Pittsburgh and Hershey seemed almost sure bets to romp home first in their respective divisions (as of last weekend). Cleveland had a solid hold on second place in the Western Division, while Providence was somewhat less secure in the corresponding place in the East. Buffalo and Syracuse were waging a private war for third and last playoff honors in the East, while Cincinnati was going to be tough to dislodge from third in the West.Taking the League as a whole, this current season has seen a happier balance maintained, with the resulting closer competition. True, there was a 41-point gap between top and bottom at time of writing, the same as prevailed in the NHL at the same time. But spread among the nine member teams of the AHL, that spread didn&rsquo;t seem quite so large, with eight teams still solidly in the running for playoff honors.It&rsquo;s an encouraging trend, and one which if maintained next winter, may help solve some of those AHL attendance problems. &#9632;

NOBODY WANTS THIRD!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01325/1502411-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>In Reply</h2>Dear Sir,I have read your wonderful paper ever since I recevied my first copy in February, 1948, and after reading it four years I want to tell you it&rsquo;s terrific. I am writing this letter in regard to three things said in the February 9th issue. First of all Mr. and Mrs. Marks of Chicago stated that Harry Lumley is the reason for Chicago&rsquo;s basement position. Let me tell you Harry is a top-nocth goaltender and wonderful fellow. Maybe if Chicago acquired some defensemen (and a few more Mosienko&rsquo;s) they&rsquo;d get out of the cellar. Alfie Cautler stated that Wally Hergesheimer doesn&rsquo;t rate with Bernie Geoffrion. Geoffrion has more color and a harder shot but Wally is definitely a better back-checker and is no slouch in scoring. Geoffrion may be a better player but please don&rsquo;t go around calling Hergy a low rate player as you referred. As far as I am concerned Hy Buller should get the Calder Trophy. And as far as Gordon Dunn goes, I doubt very much If Andy Barbe could compare with the likes of Ted Kennedy, Sid Smith, Tod Sloan, Max Bentley, Cal Gardner, Harry Watson, and a few more of the Leafs.Pete Brennan. Bronx, N.Y.<h2>Those Jackets</h2>Dear Sir,I am fully aware of the fact that this enquiry which I am going to launch may be far from your chosen department or departments but nevertheless it is in my own mind worth a try. As the old saying goes &ldquo;nothing ventured, nothing gained.&rdquo;I wonder if you know which company or syndicate manufactures NHL club jackets of the reversible nature? I noted in your HOCKEY NEWS editions of last year an advertisement pertaining to club jackets but as yet this year I have failed to view the same add which I have been waiting for from week to week. Being that it was a part of your paper of last year you no doubt recall running this add. If you know of any Information on whereabouts one might order these jackets in group lot a prompt reply holding your information would be deeply appreciated.Jim Drew. Calgary, Alta.(Gerry Cosby, whose ad is currently appearing in this paper supplies the Rangers and Rovers with their Jackets.)<h2>Old Country&rsquo;s 13</h2>Dear Sir,In the January issue of the HOCKEY NEWS I have just received I noted with interest that you have only one player who wears number 13 sweater, and I thought it might interest you to know,, that in Great Britain we have only one player who wears a No. 13 that is Paddy Ryam who played for Streatham (England) from 1947 to 1950. When In 1951 they won the &ldquo;National Tournament a National League This season &ldquo;Paddy&rdquo; is player coach in the Scotish circuit.While writing to you I wonder if any of your supporters or NHL Clubs would have any Club penants to spare, if so I would be greatly pleased if they would send me one, for decoration on a glass sholve with my English ones.Thanking you in anticipation of publishing this letter, and sending me the HOCKEY NEWS each week, which I must say I look forward to reading from page 1 to 20 especially the news on the NHL teams and the PCL. I am sorry to see that an ex-Streatham player is still receiving the dubious honour of leading in the penalty coloum, &ldquo;Hard going&rdquo; Moose Gustaven.S D. Cole. Kent, England.<h2>His &lsquo;C Team</h2>Dear Sir,Last week (February 9th issue), Ken McKenzie had in his column an NHL team composed of players whose surnames begin with the letter &ldquo;S&rdquo;. Mr. McKenzie also asked his readers io &ldquo;try and pick a better team using the same letter for all surnames.&rdquo;Here is my team composed of players whose surnames begin with the letter &ldquo;C&rdquo;.GOAL, Lome Chabot and Alex Connell.DEFENSE, &ldquo;King&rdquo; Clancy, &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper, Lionel Conacher Art. Coulter and Johnny Crawford.FORWARDS, Bill Cook, Bun Cook, Sprague, Cleghorn, Charlie Conacher, Herbie Cain, Bill Cowley, Neil Colville (also defense), Lorne Carr, Roy Conacher and Art. Chapman.And on my &ldquo;jarm&rdquo; team I would have such stalwarts as, Wilf Cude, Odie Cleghorn, Carson Cooper, Danny Cox, Tommy Cook, Mac Colville and Joe Carveth.I don&rsquo;t know whether this is a better team but I am sure it would give Mr. McKenzie&rsquo;s team a heck of a battle.Behind this great team would be the man who formed the NHL Mr. Frank Calder.Ernie Evason Montreal, Que.<h2>Former Hornets</h2>Dear Sir,This is my first time for writing to you and your wonderful paper, which I have been reading for the last two years, but only recently subscribed for. I also enjoy your stories on the Pittsburgh Hornets. I have one request how about a story on the Wasps&rsquo; great left winger Bobby Solinger. My favorite player whom I never did see play yet is Max Bentley of the Leafs. Could you please tell me where Ray Ceresino? is and what is Bob Dawes doing?Hans D. Schack. Pittsburgh, Pa.(Ceresino is playing with Seattle of the Pacific Coast League and Bob Dawes is now playbig for the Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior League.)<h2>Adopted Game</h2>Dear Sir,This letter is an answer to a question submitted to you by Hewitt Stimson of Peterborough, Ontario.Mr. Stimson does not like the idea of two more American teams (namely Cleveland and Buffalo) coming into the NHL and would like to know why more Canadian teams don&rsquo;t join.The Americans have come to love the sport of hockey, and therefore have contributed greatly to its support. There are teams in the PCHL and Eastern Amateur League, but take a good look at how many there are in Canada.I can understand his story, but I do not like the way he talks about losing &ldquo;talented hockey players&rdquo; to the U.S. If he would take a good look at the two Canadian teams (Montreal and Toronto) he will see that there are a good many stars on these two teams and that these two teams have always been well up in the running in both the standings and playoffs.Hockey hit the U.S. with a bang and I know that this marvelous game will never leave our country.I hope I haven&rsquo;t offended any of our good friends in Canada.Camille Paradise. Irvington, N.J.<h2>Hawks&rsquo; Solution</h2>Dear Sir,I read recently in your paper that teams won&rsquo;t talk trade with Chicago Black Hawks because Bill Tobin wants a whole team for one or two so-so players. My opinion is that if Tobin would try and get a few NHL&rsquo;ers on his team instead of a flock of below-average talent he would get a stronger collection for the Windy City. Most of these players that he gets are through after one season or were never NHL material in the first place. So, these players do no good to strengthen the Hawks.Another thing&mdash;in your issue of Feb. 9 there is a column about the Hawk fans&rsquo; opinions. One of those interviewed said that Harry Lumley is not the goal-tender needed for the Hawks. He suggests &ldquo;Sugar&rdquo; Jim Henry. I might point out that no Chicago goalkeeper has ever had a good record in the past few years.Harry Lumley was doing very well when he played with Detroit. So it just goes to show that the goalie is only as good as his team. Just look at the League standings and then at the Vezina Trophy race. In every case the goalie is in the same position as his team is in the standings.Jim F. Foulds. Port Arthur, Ont. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

It is our policy to notify all subscribers well in advance of the expiration of their subscriplions.The ever-increasing demand for THE HOCKEY NEWS means that most issues are practically sold out before the printing is completed and that copies are seldom available for mailing to subscribers who are even one issue in arrears.Subscribers receiving &ldquo;expiretlon&rdquo; notification are reminded that, to make certain of continued receipt of THE HOCKEY NEWS: It Is necessary to send us their renewel orders promptly.If you have renewed yonr subscriptios then disregard our notice. &#9632;

DID YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE!

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02212/1502466-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="569" height="268"></div><h2>MARCH 5 TO 11</h2>5&mdash;SCHMIDT, Milt, Boston, forward, 1918; ASHLEY, John, Pittsburgh, defense, 1930; HAYDEN, Ken, Syracuse, forward, 19 26; HOULE, Butch, New Westminster, defense, 1929; PIDHIRNY, Harry, Syracuse, forward, 1928.&mdash;SINCLAIR, Reg, New York, forward, 1925.11&mdash;EZINICKI, Bill, Pittsburgh, forward, 1924; BLOOM, Carroll, Vancouver, defense, 1928. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to You

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05101/1502549-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="784" height="1381"><figcaption class="caption-body">Conn Smythe</figcaption></div>En route to Toronto &mdash; Frank Boucher, the manager of the New York Rangers, was remarking the other day that Conn Smythe, the Leaf managing director, was the element that made a Leaf team rise from being nothing to the point where they won cups and things.He meant nothing derogatory to Joe Primeau. whom he considers one of the finest coaches he ever has seen. But he commented that it was either Smythe or a fear of Smythe that gave Leaf teams the extra mileage. In which case there is only one thing to say to you, Smythe: &ldquo;Git home from Florida and bring your own fire, brimstone and matches.&rdquo;<h2>Nothing Works</h2>Primeau has tried everything, up to and including sticking pins in dolls but he can apparently do nothing to shake the Leafs, as a whole, out of a slump that reached its most depressing point in Chicago as they were skated into the ice by a Black Hawk team that, had nothing tq gaip but prestige, but swamped the cup champions, 5-1. Not the worst beating they&rsquo;ve had this season. The Rangers beat them 7-2 once but the Rangers might be good enough to get into the playoffs. The Chicagos aren&rsquo;t supposed to be. They&rsquo;re the patsies. They figured to improve a Leaf record that has only netted them two points of a possible ten in the last five games.Al Rollins the root of it all? Lanky Al has come in for some criticism this past few weeks for fanning on softies and for sure he should have found two of recent goals easy meat. But if he had, it still would have only served to lessen the pain, not cure the ill.<h2>Smug Fellows</h2>Some of the Leafs, as they have before, looked like complaceraent businessmen. Ted Kennedy, George Armstrong, Max Bentley, Jim Thomson and, in a rough and rugged way, Hugh Bolton and Bill Juzda, all earned their keep. Bill Tobin, the Hawk general manager, couldn&rsquo;t even consider the rest trading material on the other night&rsquo;s effort.Will Moslenko, who after 12 years with the Hawks should be looking for the bench every 30 seconds, was a comet on those breakaways which are the Hawk style. Se scored a pair, one in the first period when he was cut loose by Rookie Fred Hucul in the Hawk end, passed to George Gee and stayed right in front to get a relay. The other was the last Hawk goal, coming after Tod Sloan had scored the only one for the Leafs with Sid Smith carrying the puck in, Kennedy doing the battling and Chicago defenseman Al Dewsbury effectively screening the shot for goalie Harry Lumley.Lum, as per usual, was not short of being sensational, making saves on some Leaf shots that has to make you wonder if Detroit&rsquo;s Terry Sawchuk is really, if at all. that much better.<h2>Skating Hawks</h2>Pete Horeck, busy at keeping himself alive for next season and skating like a sprite, scored the opener for the Hawks, this one being no fault of Rollins, who went down to make a great save. Gus Mortson, trying to clear a bounding puck, planted it for Horeck. Hucul, moved back to defense since Bill Gadsby tore knee ligaments, and doing right well at it, too, beat George Armstrong and Juzda to work his way, darted back to the blueline in time to get Jimmy McFadden&rsquo;s passout and fire a shot through a maze of players that beat Rollins.Dewsbury, standing at the point, picked up a passout that Mosienko had missed to beat Rollins with a high, hard one and Mosienko wound it up in a fiery third, taking the puck from Mortson at the Chicago blueline and firing a high hard one. Juzda won the only decision for the Leafs when, after going off with Lee Fogolin for fighting, he straightened Clare Raglan with left hook in a fuss in the penalty box. Raglan, along with Jimmy Morrison who had dropped back to fill the defense gap, was sent off for high sticking.PS&mdash;Smythe comes home next week. It will be the first atomic explosion in Canada. &#9632;

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Leafs Rely on Tanned Smythe to Fire ’Em Up

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Walter Broda, the gentleman goalkeeper, will never pull on a pad again unless the emergency arises with the Leafs &mdash; Frank Boucher, the New York general manager, discloses that he made an effort to get Broda to take over for Emile Francis at Cincinnati &hellip; Francis, if his performance of the other night is any indicator, is doomed (?) to spend the rest of the season with the Rangers &hellip; Hap Day, Leaf assistant general manager, indicated that Boucher&rsquo;s offer had been laughed off &hellip; Day says that he had tried to get Broda to play In Pittsburgh but the suggestion had been nixed so it was not likely the Turkey would play hockey for any other club &hellip; In the Mohawk nets now is Paul Bibeault, former Canadien goalie, who is employed 1n the Cincinatti Mohawk business office and who feels, apparently that stopping pucks was not only not included in his contract but is unbefitting his condition &hellip;<h2>Blast At Rayner</h2>Rangers, Incidentally, were still boiling when they visited here, at James Burchard, the blase scribe of the New York World Telegram and Sun &hellip; The reason his stiff criticism of Charlie Rayner whose goalkeeping chore with the club ended for the season and maybe for good when he suffered torn knee ligaments in Montreal recently&hellip; Burchard grandiosely admitted that kicking a &ldquo;hound or a hockey player when he&rsquo;s down probably isn&rsquo;t cricket&rdquo; but&hellip; the loss of Prince Charlie couldn&rsquo;t &ldquo;be considered a blow to the Rangers&rsquo; playoff prospects &hellip;&ldquo;Quite to the contrary,&rdquo; says Burchard, &ldquo;the Blues might prosper in the homestretch with a young, more active and more eager performer inside the pads, a lad such as Emile Francis &hellip;&rdquo; Actually Francis, in his appearance here, doesn&rsquo;t seem to have hurt the Rangers at all, if they had to be without Rayner&hellip; Burchard claims that Charlie as due to retire anyway &ldquo;enforced or otherwise&rdquo; at the end of the season &hellip;. Boucher, on the other hand, claims that Rayner had never yet talked of retirement&hellip;<h2>Francis A Midget</h2>Burchard typified hig mad with Rayner with a parting arrow in which he claimed that Francis at least &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t portray the prostrate, dying gladiator every few minutes. He stays on his feet and does his best&mdash;which so far is very fine indeed.&rdquo; &hellip;Francis has only his size against him &hellip; Boucher claims I he will never cease to be amazed when the Cat takes off his pads because it&rsquo;s hard to find anything left&hellip; Francis, incidentally, claims that the Leafs aren&rsquo;t the hockey team they were last season, which is obvious to a lot of people &hellip; He credits Conn Smythe with being the magician who can raise them from the, depths of mediocrity to being a Stanley Cup team &hellip;Hesketh &#9632;

Leafs Turn Down Offer For Broda

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01276/1502518-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="276" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Selke</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Somewhere in Florida on this cold wintery day in Canada is a guy who is bathing in the cool blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean, laying on the white sands of a sun baked beach and eating the best of foods&mdash;and it&rsquo;s all on the house. But, believe it or not, he doesn&rsquo;t like it one bit.He&rsquo;s Maurice Richard and with him is Mrs. Richard. Where they are, only Senator Donat Raymond, Frank Selke and Dick Irvin know. This could turn out to be the best kept secret since George Ratterman came to Montreal with some well hidden talent as a football player&mdash;he too kept his talents a secret&hellip;The reason Richard doesn&rsquo;t like being in Florida in March (and that&rsquo;s the best time of year to be in Florida or any other time) is because he plays hockey for money&mdash;big money. When he left he was just eight goals off Nels Stewart&rsquo;s all time goal scoring record of 324. To top that he was supposed to get $100 for every goal he scored over 35. Any other year that would mean anywhere from $500 to one grand extra in his pocket. This season he may wind up owing the Canadian Arena Company dough, for when he left he had scored just 25 goals.<h2>Didn&rsquo;t Want To Go</h2>Richard was reluctant to board that train in Montreal last Sunday night. Heading south was heading away from his livelyhood and his kids which he is crazy about. If he could have had his way lie would have stayed in Montreal and tried to outlive his strange injury. He could easily have gotten up to a million and a half people to take his place on the trip but Frank Selke was interested only in seeing that Mons Richard took the holiday.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02244/1502511-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="560" height="858"><figcaption class="caption-body">Way Doivn SouthMAURICE RICHARD</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03186/1502504-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="296" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chicoutimi&rsquo;s Memorial to VezinaGEORGES VEZINA NIGHT ceremonies which took place at Chicoutimi, Que., birthplace of the Immortal Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; goalkeeper, recently were aided by the appearance of Vezina&rsquo;s two sons and 10-year old grandson. Shown above are Marcel Stanley (on the left) and Jules, with grandson Georges Vezina in the center. Marcel Stanley was so named because he was born on the night that Canadiens won the Stanley Cup in 1916.The attractive colored life-sized picture of Vezina is shown immediately following Its unveiling at the Chicoutimi Coliseum. Over 2,500 Vezina followers attended the unveiling. Michel Normandin conducted the popnlar La Tribune Sportif sports program as part of the evening&rsquo;s proceedings. This program is sponsored by the Dow Brewery and Dow&rsquo;s were mainly responsible, in organizing this Georges Vezina Night. Ken McKenzie, publicity director of the National Hockey League, represented the Lecguc and surprised the 2,500 attendees with a brief speech in French.Vezina&rsquo;s picture will hang on the wall of the Coliseum lobby where everyone entering the spendid new arena will easily spot it.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04145/1502497-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="1716" height="1161"></div>Richard&rsquo;B Injury, which has very doctor who ever filled a test tube and just as many who have never seen a patient, coming up with sure cures, has outlived its publicity value. In effect It is the real McKoy. He was not sent to Florida to prove to Frank Boucher in New York that Irvin was right when he said Richard Would be out for a month when asked by a Sudbury, Ontario reporter.&ldquo;They called me a liar when I said It,&rdquo; said Irvin, &ldquo;and now that he&rsquo;s out for a month, nobody says a word or even remembers that I said he would need the month&rsquo;s rest.&rdquo;The Canadiens, whatever else the records show since he&rsquo;s been out, miss their great Rocket. Perhaps they don&rsquo;t miss him as much as they first believed they would but they do miss him. He would have been good for at least eight to ten more goals on the Hab total which in turn would have been good for a few more wins and a few wins would put them in oecond place more solidly.Richard&rsquo;s trip to the southlands for health reasons is not unprecedented. Some three seasons ago Ted Lindsay, then the best left winger in the business (he still is according to the records) was sent to Hot Springs, Arkansas for a rest. When he came back the Leafs lost the Stanley Cup to the Wings for the first time in years.Exactly what is wrong with the great right winger nobody knows. Heat treatments and just about every other kind of treatments have been tried. The rest cure is the last resort. Dr. Gordon Young, club physician believes the rest will do the trick. Richard Is expected to be away from 10 days to two weeks and may return Just in time to get into the last few scheduled games. He is almost sure to be back for Elmer Lach night on March 8.Richard first started to feel his otrange malady around the middle of December. He reported pains in his stomach. He credited them to lack of food in order to lose a few pounds to get into shape at training camp. In January the Canadiens took a week long trip through Northern Quebec and Ontario. In an exhibition game in Sudbury Richard payed the first and second periods but failed to put in an appearance in the last one. The announcement that he would not play was greeted with a chorus of boos. It was here that Irvin told a reporter, after being asked that Richard would be out for a month. Although Irvin says he did not say he would be out for that month but rather be needed a month&rsquo;s rest.But Richard took three days off and came back to play in a game against Chicago. He made Irvin look rather foolish when he scorned a hat trick. It was here that Frank Boucher refused to be lulled into a false sense of security nor let his Ranger followers be and he said so in that many words and added a few more by calling Mons Irvin a liar. Being called a liar didn&rsquo;t hurt Irvin&rsquo;s feelings so much. He didn&rsquo;t even deny it. He wasn&rsquo;t sure he wasn&rsquo;t after seeing Richard score three against the Hawks. As a matter of fact he couldn&rsquo;t. The Rocket played in New York the next night and the Garden was packed to the rafters. The next time they met the Rocket came back to play his third game since the injury announcement and he scored the lone goal in a 1-0 Hab victory. Since that time Richard has proven that Irvin does know how to diagnose his cases properly. He played two more games and since has taken up a seat in the back of the goal at the south end of the forum. He was stuck with 25 goals and any chances of catching Howe and first place on the All-Star team as well as top spot in the scoring race as well as the Hart Trophy went when he took that seat.Richard, who rates Howe a fine hockey player, but a so-so competitor, was not too worried about losing those potential honors as much as he was concerned about the chances of the Canadiens making second place. The chances of them doing it are much better when he patrols his right wing spot.In the mean time Richard must rest. He has since been named the third best dressed man in Canada, taken exclusive rights to one of the best seats in the Forum and gone into the unbreakable hockey stick manufacturing business. &#9632;

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Richard Takes Florida Trip Against His Will

<div class="byline">By PETER THORNTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01293/1502635-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="355" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY BARBE</figcaption></div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;A quiet, unassuming man of sombre appearance and studious features, yet with dynamite in his stick and accuracy tha would do justice to William Tell. Just those few words would sum up Andre Joseph Barbe, better known to hockey followers as just plain Andy.Certainly not a player to stand out on a team through his dashing sweeps down the ice, or by - swinging punches at an opponent, Andy is nevertheless one of the most valuable players in the American Hockey League.He skates and moves easily, is an efficient puck handler, and as a playmaker leaves nothing to be desired. He also possesses what many good hockey players do not &mdash; jet propelled shot and amazing accuracy. Coach King Clancy, who has been around hockey and&rdquo; hockey players a long time, states, &ldquo;Andy Barbe has the hardest shot in hockey today.&rdquo;Born in Coniston, Ontario, July 27th, 1923, Andy is the oldest of five brothers, all of whom are chasing the little black disk for various teams around home. Although he always cherished ideas of becoming a hockey player himself, Andy also had a love for baseball and took that more seriously than the ice until his summer coach informed him that he had a great future as a hockey player.Following a successful spell with a Sudbury Senior team, which won the all Ontario Championship in 1944-45, Andy was to get his first spell in the American Hockey League when the St. Louis Flyers signed him at the end of the season.Before the 1945-46 season was over Andy was.one of the players requested by Oakland, then of the PCHL, in a player deal with St. Louis. Then he was purchased by Los Angeles and remained with them for three seasons, before coming to Pittsburgh and the Hornets in 1949-50. Always a prolific goal getter, Andy ended his Los Angeles career with 42 goals and 35 assists in 70 games. With the Hornets this season, Andy has always been above the twenty goal mark, is the second highest point scorer to date with 18 goals and 32 assists. &#9632;

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Andy Not Gallery Player But Hornet Ace No Slouch Either Around Those Nets

<div class="byline">By WHITNEY TOWER (Cincinnati Enquirer)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02272/1502666-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="293" height="488"><figcaption class="caption-body">Paul Masnick</figcaption></div>CINCINNATI, 0.&mdash;Wheat, on January 28th, the Cincinnati Mohawks, St. Louis Flyers and Indianapolis Capitals found themselves within four points of one another for the third and final playoff berth in the American Hockey League&rsquo;s western division, one fact became immediately very obvious. That last position in the Calder Cup classic in March was going to be earned by the team that could knock off its other two rivals in the remaining games on the schedule.At that point it was anybody&rsquo;s guess just which of the three teams had the necessary pivnch to polish off the other two once and for all.Three weeks later there was no doubt in anybody&rsquo;s mind which team had emerged from the three-way battle with all its colors still flying. The Mohawks, who had finished last in the western circuit for two straight seasons under King Clancy, buckled down to the job ahead of them, and in the space of 13 days they downed the Flyers and Caps three times each to open a suaden 11-Doint lead fourth-place over St. Louis.The Flyers, of course, were badly stricken with injuries during the crucial stage of the race. And the Caps never could quite come up with the big one when it counted most. For a time the Mohawks could do nothing wrong as they reeled off seven victories and a tie against a lone defeat during a hot nine-game stretch.But the playoff position was not yet clinched.On an abbreviated swing through the eastern division Clint Smith&rsquo;s icers dropped identical 4-1 verdicts to Syracuse and Buffalo on successive nights, and then returned home for their third straight loss.Two of the major reasons why the Mohawks are still no cinch to wrap up their first berth in the playoffs are Emile Francis&rsquo; recall to take over the New York Ranger nets for injured Chuck Rayner, and a shoulder injury to center Paul Masnick, which is expected to keep the scrappy former Canadien on the bench for another two weeks.Francis&rsquo; position has temporarily been taken over by the veteran Paul Bibteault, who doubles In brass at the Cincinnati Garden as manager of the ticket office. Hailed by Coach Smith as &ldquo;the best substitute goalie in this or any other league,&rdquo; Bibeault played his third game of the season for Cincinnati in the 2-1 loss to Hershey, and would have come out on the winning end of the score had not the Mohawk forwards done such erratic shooting at tlie other end of the rink.When Francis left the league he was leading in shutouts, with four, and had a goals-against average of 3.24, which was not sensational, but still good enough to rank him fourth among the AHL regulars.Masnick and Nick Mickoski, who had been sent down from Rangers when rookie Herb Dickenson moved up, were for a time the Cincinnati sparkplugs. Mickoski, demoted for having failed to score in his last 21 Ranger outings, made his Mohawk debut with a goal ills first time on the ice. And after that he kept right on going, racking up six goals and nine assist&rsquo;s in 12 games.Masnick, who was shoved into center on a line with Gus Schwartz and Ian MacKintosh, sparkled as a playmaker. He notched 13 assists in his first 14 games, as well as scoring three goals, and both his wingmen were finding it a pleasure, and quite a simple matter to pick u.p a Masnick pass and find themselves in perfect position to ram home a goal.Smith has had to do a lot of shuffling on his lines, and it&rsquo;s obviously taken its effect on Cincinnati&rsquo;s scoring punch. Key man on the team, as he has been all season, is Captain Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, who usually centers for Jackie McLeod and Eddie Harrison. Buddy&rsquo;s only scored 10 goals, but he&rsquo;s tops in assists, with 41.Cincinnati has possibly had more men in uniform than any team in the league this season. With the addition of defenseman Morley McNeil last week, the total ran to 31. McNeil came down from Halifax of the Maritime League after working in four I games for Buffalo earlier. &#9632;

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Mohawks Breezing Fast ’Til Francis Upped, Masnick Out

<div class="byline">By GEORGE CARSON</div><h2>Blocks Plenty Rubber With Big Right Mitt; Summertime He&rsquo;s Strictly Starboardside</h2>ST. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;They call Detroit&rsquo;s Terry Sawchuk the greatest goalie in the history of big league hockey and there are some qualified observers who rate the Flyers&rsquo; Ralph Almas as the best in the American League. Occasional high opponents&rsquo; goal totals notwithstanding, Almas is feared far and wide around the circuit, and coach Mud Bruneteau and other coaches as well will tell you that it&rsquo;s not Ralph&rsquo;s fault that those goal-hungry forwards are swooping down on him.Red had a brilliant early-season record against both Eastern and Western opposition before the injury jinx hit the St. Louis club and Flyer forwards forgot all about back-checking and defensemen somehow forgot how to hit the foe.Coach Bruneteau, pondering late at night over the Flyers&rsquo; up-and-down fortunes, once said: &ldquo;That Almas, he&rsquo;s terrific I I think he&rsquo;s the best goaltender in our league.&rdquo;&ldquo;You know why I like him?&rdquo; Bruneteau asked rhetorically. &ldquo;He just wants to win so bad it almost hurts. That&rsquo;s the kind of player I like to play for me. He tries with every ounce of strength he has.&ldquo;Sometimes when we&rsquo;ve lost a game on the road, Red will come into the dressing room with tears streaming down his face-that&rsquo;s how hard he wants to win. And he just sits there on the bench, with all his equipment on, and stares at the floor. Other players shower and dress and perhaps are gone, and Red&rsquo;s still sitting there. I&rsquo;ll take a man with that will to win any time.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03226/1502711-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="565" height="610"><figcaption class="caption-body">RALPH ALMAS</figcaption></div><h2>From Puck Incubator</h2>Almas is a native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, birthplace or home of quite a few hockey players, such as Pat Lundy, Vic Lynn, Bob Dawes, Don Morrison, Jerry Couture, Harry Watson and Tony Leswick.When a youngster, Red could skate and shoot as well as the other kids, but somehow he always played goal. Pee-wee teams, wearing sweaters with regular National League insignia, went to the boys under 14 and the kids then moved up to midget, juvenile and junior ranks. Red went up the ladder-always as a goaltender.Almas never played senior amateur hockey. From the junior ranks, he moved to the Detroit Red Wings as spare goalie for one season, spent three winters in the Canadian Navy and then one more year as amateur with the Saskatoon Elks before turning pro with Indianapolis for the 1946-47 season.He played two seasons with the Caps and in the spring of &lsquo;47 played five games for Detroit in the Stanley Cup playoffs when regular goalie Harry Lumley is hurt. And the rookie redhead, defending against the best shots in all hockeydom, had a brilliant 2.6 goals-against average in those five NHL playoff battles.Traded to St. Louis in the summer of 1948 with several other players from Indianapolis for Joe Lund and Hec Higaton, Almas had his greatest season as he led the Flyers to a Western Divlsi championship in the spring of 1949. For a season of 66 contest). Red had a sterling 2.86 average and also gave an outstanding performance in the gruelling postseason first-place playoff with Providence. That was won by the Rhode island Reds in seven contests, with Almas yielding an average of only 3.14 goals a game. Ralph won second team all-star goalie honors that campaign.<h2>Coach Mud Bruneteau Waxes Keen On St. Louis Goaie For His Real Urge To Win</h2>In spite of that kind of average, Red himself believes his best year of hockey was the winter of 1950-51, when the Flyers just narrowly missed a playoff berth because Pittsburgh played one extra game and won it. And. if you remember, the Flyers also lost a protest.Red had four shutouts the year Johnny Mitchell handled the St. Louis coaching job and had on 182 goals scored against him la 55 games, an average of 3.31. St. Louis sports writers voted Red a berth on the league all-star team that spring, but he wasn&rsquo;t named by enough other cities to gain the league&rsquo;s distinction.The Flyer goalie is different from most other netminders in that he holds the big goalie stick in his left hand and catches the puck in a claw mitt glove in his right hand. That glove is really a George McQuinn type first baseman&rsquo;s mitt with gauntlet material sewn on to make it larger.In summer, it&rsquo;s just the opposite for Red, who plays both softball and hardball righthanded, thus using the left hand for V&rsquo;e glove. So, does that make it difficult, catching with the glove on one hand in winter and on the other in summer &ldquo;No,&rdquo; Red says, &ldquo;it doesn&rsquo;t seem to bother me at all.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04187/1502704-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="541" height="762"><figcaption class="caption-body">HAPPY ANNIVERSARYMr. Hugh F. Labatt</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05140/1502697-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="562" height="765"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mr. John S. Labatt</figcaption></div>&hellip; to you, Mr. Hugh and Mr. John! Just two years ago, Mr. Hugh challenged his brother, Mr. John, to produce an ale worthy of their 50th Anniversary with the family firm. Mr. John&rsquo;s celebrated Anniversary Ale was the result&mdash;a golden brew with a lighter, smoother flavour. Today, Labatt&rsquo;s Anniversary Ale is the national favourite for glad occasions. The skilful blending of lightness and smoothness with Labatt&rsquo;s traditional body and character makes Anniversary a natural choice for those who want to celebrate in good taste and with full enjoyment. John Labatt Limited. &#9632;

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Winter Southpaw Red Almas Rated By Many As AHL Best

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Who is today&rsquo;s greatest right winger&mdash;Maurice Richard or Gordie Howe? That&rsquo;s the perennial question which for the past two or three seasons has split National Hockey League fans into two heatedly arguing camps, with debating honors about evenly divided and no clear-cut decision arrived at.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01307/1502777-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="290" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Maurice Richard</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02249/1502770-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="292" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>It&rsquo;s a problem which is still very much to the fore this semester, and which HOCKEY NEWS readers will have to debate carefully when naming their choice for the starboard-side berth on the Fifth Annual Fans&rsquo; All Star Team.Right at the moment, the odds seem to be in favor of the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; great sharpshooter getting the vote for the second year in a row&mdash;with the Canadiens Rocket falling behind in the crucial goal scoring department as a result of stomach and groin miseries which have forced him to miss several games.With both men going at peak form in 1950-51 campaign, Howe nosed out the brilliant Richard by a whisker in the fans&rsquo; poll, and went on to capture the vote of the sports writers and broadcasters who selected the official NHL team. Things were just about that close this season, until Richard&rsquo;s ailments slowed him up, but the chances are the Rocket will be back flying in the late stages of the campaign to give Howe some atiff competition.For that reason, it&rsquo;s especially Important that you keep an open mind on the right wing nominee until near the end of the voting propre, in case the riproaring Rocket comes back with a bang in the final lap. Rules of the All Star voting have been especially drafted so no ballots can be cast until the season is virtually finished, thus allowing you to rate every player on his long-term play.Ballots for your choice of the top men at each position and in the coaching job appear once each week in THE HOCKEY NEWS. The final one, in the March 22 Issue, provides space for you to write your name and address&mdash;and ALL SIX BALLOT FORMS MUST BE RETURNED AT THE SAME TIME, PROPERLY FILLED IN, TO BE ELIGIBLE.After you receive the issue with the final ballot, you will have until MIDNIGHT TUES DAY, MARCH 25, to make your final decisions and get your votes in&mdash;so please don&rsquo;t send in any individual ballots now, because they will not be counted.Following the usual procedure, the outstanding right wing candidate on each team has been selected for brief &ldquo;thumb nail&rdquo; sketching. At the moment, these are the best players at the position, but please remember that you are free to vote for other candidates who may appear superior performers as the season winds to its close.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03211/1502763-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="283" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Slowinski</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04164/1502756-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="272" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Peirson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05132/1502749-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="274" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tod Sloan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06117/1502742-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="288" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Mosienka</figcaption></div>GORDIE HOWE &mdash; The tall, husky Detroit pride and joy has been in the limelight so much he seems like one of the League&rsquo;s ancients. Actually, he won&rsquo;t be 24 until the last day of March, although this is his sixth NHL season. Born at Floral, Sask., Howe broke into pro hockey with Detroit&rsquo;s United States League farm team at Omaha in 194 5-46, coming up to the Wings the following season. Because of his youth he started slowly, scoring only 35 goals in his first three seasons&mdash;a total he equalled in 1949-50 and surpassed by eight last winter. Powerful and effortless, Howe is 187 pounds of muscle on a 5&rsquo; 11&rdquo; build.BILL MOSIENKO &mdash; Last surviving active member of Chicago&rsquo;s once famed &ldquo;Pony Line,&rdquo; the 3flyear-old Mosle is still tops in his class on the Black Hawks roster in his eleventh season. Born at Winnipeg on Nov. 2, 1921, the 5&rsquo; 8&rdquo;, 160-pound winger reached the 200-goal class this winter to join the highly exclusive company of great scorers of all time. He never racked up the scores in great splurges&mdash;his best effort was 33 goals in 1943-44&mdash;but he has always been a consistent and valuable sniper who could come through when needed.JOHNNY PEIRSON &mdash; Boston Bruins&rsquo; leading nominee to battle it out with Howe and Richard is the 26-year-old native of Winnipeg who is in his sixth season with the Beantowners, his fourth as a regular. The first two campaigns, the 5&rsquo; 11&rdquo; and 170-pound winger divided between Boston hnd Hershey of the AHL, winning himself a steady job starting in the 1948-49 semester.MAURICE RICHARD &mdash; Ace amateur ring boxer in his younger days, and still possessor of one of the hardest punches in the NHL, the colorful Rocket also packs a terrific wallop as a scorer when he&rsquo;s feeling at his best. Fated for stardom ever since he broke in with Canadiens back in 1942-43, Montreal-born Richard has more than lived up to his promise. The deceptive swing-and-sway skater will be 32 next August 4, and should be well past Nels Stewart&rsquo;s 324 all-time goal count by the time he finally calls it quits. He was a cinch to eclipse the record this year until those &ldquo;butterflies&rdquo; tripped him up. In nine seasons up to this one, he&rsquo;s been over the 40-goal mark four times&mdash;headed by his record 50-goal effort in 1944-45.TOD SLOAN &mdash; Christened Aloysius Martin at his birth in vintion; Que., 24 years ago last November 30, the potent Toronto Maple&rsquo; Leafs right winger seems to be well established at last after an up-and-down career. The 5&rsquo; 7&rdquo; and 152-pound winger broke in with Pittsburgh in 1946-47, playing one game with Leafs that year and 29 the next. In 1949-50, he performed for the AHL Cleveland Barons, and finally made good in the big league last season when he notched 31 goals, following that up with another sparkling effort in the current season.ED SLOWINSKI &mdash; Winnipeg-born &mdash; 29 years ago last November 18, Slowinski is in his third season on a full-time job with the New York Rangers. A well-muscled 200 pounds on a six-foot frame, big Ed got his chance in the big time back in 1947-48, when he played for both Detroit and the Rangers, after the New York management obtained him for future scoring production. In 1948-49 he shuffled around between New York, New Haven of the AHL and St. Paul of the now idle USHL. &#9632;

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High On Howe - Or Rooter For Richard It’s Your Move Now

1 &mdash; Anyone is eligible to cast ballots for the National Hockey League All Star Team, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming first, second and third choices.2 &mdash; One ballot will appear each week in the following order: goaltender, defensemen, right wing, center, left wing and coach. Final ballot will appear in the March 22 issue.3 &mdash; Ballots for the choice of three players at each position (six for defensemen) must be filled in as indicated, with the names of players and their clubs. Use blanks published each week, or reasonable facsimiles or tracings of same If you do not wish to deface your copy. Space will be provided on the sixth and final ballot for your own name and address.4 &mdash; Ballots must be held until all have appeared, and selections for all six positions, plus coach, must be submitted at the same time.5 &mdash; Ballots must be mailed to &mdash; All Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal.6 &mdash; All ballots must be mailed and postmarked NOT LATER THAN MID-NIGHT TUESDAY, MARCH 25. &#9632;

Voting Rules

<div class="byline">By STAN MOHER</div>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;Something new has been added to the Pacific Coast League race &mdash; new, at least, insofar as the struggle for second place is concerned. Coach Muzz Patrick&rsquo;s fast travelling Tacoma Rockets, one of the better coached teams in the PCHL, have projected themselves solidly into the chase for the runner-up slot, assuming that no team is going to catch the longtime pace-setting New Westminster Royals.To start the New Year, Rockets were a fourth place club, 15 points back of the Quakers, then, as now, in second place.In other words Patrick&rsquo;s rocketing Rockets had made up a lot of ground on the Saskatchewan crew, only four points away Feb. 18th.Rockets are a nicely balanced aggregation. They get good, steady netminding from Doug Stevenson, with Babe Pratt and his defensive mates especially effective on the somewhat smaller Tacoma ice surface.Spearheading the Rocket attack is a group of snipers, all of whom boast 20 or more goals. Included are Bradley (29), Moe Young (27), Wayne Brown (24), Johnston (23), McDonald (23) and Doug Adam (23).In their own way, the sixthplace Vancouver Canucks, buoyed by the return from Buffalo of defenseman and former playing coach Hugh Currie, earned a share of the headlines. The Canucks stopped New Westminster not once, but twice, in as many nights.It marked the first time this season that the Royals had been pushed around to any degree. Elsewhere in the circuit the double reverse was taken to mean that possibly at long last owner Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s Royals were slowing down.Neither of the teams presently outside the charmed playoff bracket&mdash;meaning the Calgary Stampeders and Victoria Cougars&mdash;seems capable of mounting a sustained victory streak, the only thing that will help either at this late stage of the campaign.Ice-Chips: Goalie Jim Shirley, who started the season with Victoria Cougars, only to be recalled by Cleveland a few weeks ago, popped up again, this time in the Saskatoon net&hellip; Quakers&rsquo; regular netminder Lome (Gump) Worsley was struck by a flying puck in a game at Calgary, resulting in his going into drydock for a time&hellip; A Saskatoon S.O.S. to general-manager Jim Hendy, at Cleveland, got the desired results, Shirley immediately heading west.Edmonton Flyers can&rsquo;t do anything right on Saskatoon ice, of late &hellip; Last two times coach Doug McCaig trotted out his currently injury-riddled Edmontonians at the Hub-City, scores were 10-2 and 10-3&mdash;for the Quaker, that is.League president Al Leader (a capable, energetic executive) made another flying trip to the prairies last week. While in Edmonton he disclosed that the proposed post-season series between the PCHL champions and the Quebec loop kingpins was off &ldquo;for this season.&rdquo; &#9632;

Rockets Living Up To Name, Close In Fast On 2nd Place

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Out of a heavy week of scrambling the alignment for the Quebec Senior Hockey League playoffs begins to clarify. Quebec Aces showed no signs of faltering under the pressure and just about nailed their flag to the top of the mast for keeps when they came into the Montreal Forum on Sunday, February 10 and smashed Royals&rsquo; hopes with a 6-3 pasting.Montreal&rsquo;s hallowed shinny center was packed to all corners as 15,392 fans took up every nook and cranny. It was claimed to be the largest crowd of all time ever to see a senior hockey game in Canada.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01306/1502863-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="265" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Kwong</figcaption></div>So it looked like Royals would have to be satisfied with second place, though they hesitated taking over full claim to the perch under their own efforts. Carlin&rsquo;s Clippers met defeat twice through the week as their heavy load of travel piled up. They were blanked by Paul Leclerc and the Braves in Valleyfield 2-0, then the very next night took the bus to Shawinigan Falls and were smothered 6-4 as Ralph (Bucky) Buchanan had himself a grand and glorious night.<h2>First triple</h2>Bueky, the pride of the Cataracts, scored his first hattrick of the season and helped in another goal. After the game he was given the No. 1 star in the writers&rsquo; poll and Don Wilson, president of the local hockey scribes&rsquo; group, announced that Buchanan thus had collected sufficient points to take possesion of the Beaubien Trophy, an annual award at the Falls to the year.It was while they were riding back to Montreal on their private bus that Royals learned that they had &ldquo;backed in.&rdquo; The radio announced that Ottawa Senators had beaten the third place Chicoutimi Sagueneens 5-1. This made is mathematically impossible for the Chicks to overhaul Royals, since the Sags had only three games remaining on their schedule and the gap between them and Royal was seven points.What made things more interesting still was that Les &ldquo;Kelly&rdquo; Douglas, the pride of Perth, Ont. had picked up two goals and an assist in the game at the Falls. So these points moved him into a tie with Quebec Aces&rsquo; Jean Marc Beliveau again. Both now showed 72 points, and all signs indicated that the race for the points supremacy would likely be carried through until the final day of the schedule-March 2th. Aces and Royals will be hooking up in Montreal that day, and another capacity house is predicted.<h2>Tight Fit</h2>It might be a shuffle through the last week between the Chicks and Senators for third place. For the Chicoutimi team boasted 57 points in the standing to Ottawa&rsquo;s 56. And each team had three games to play at this audit.Leo Gravelle, Allan Kuntz, Billy Robinson, Red Johnson and George Greene got the five goals in the Ottawa triumph while Jimmy Moore annexed the solo tally for Chicontimi.Jean Marois, Quebec Aces&rsquo; dandy little defender of twine, is so far in front of all competitors he&rsquo;s a lead pipe cinch to become the second winner of the George Vezina Memorial Trophy. Marois helped to stake his claim for keeps when he grabbed his Sixth shut-out of the season as Aces blanked Sherbrooke 5-0 before 10,000 in the Quebec Coliseum, February 20. Beliveau fattened his scoring mark to 39 goals with a pair in that big splurge by the men of Imlach, while the other Quebec goals were scored by Armand Gaudreault, Murdo MacKay an Marcel Bonin.<h2>Steady Larry</h2>Larry Kwong continues to be a regular producer for Valleyfield Braves. He shot one of the two goals when Royals were blanked 2-0 in Valleyfield. Jacques Deslauriers, got the other Valleyfield marker.Toe Blake amazed his bosses at Valleyfield last week by taking them around to the dressing room and proudly displaying a new uniforms hanging on one of the wall hooks. It bore No. 19.But Blake was having fun. First of all he placed his name on the teams active list quietly then wrote it on the program as the official seorer came around for the starting line-up.In this way his name was on the team line-up which was carried by the press wires. But Blake didn&rsquo;t put on skates. He was at one end of the bench in his customary place, wearing his natty brown ensemble and a rakish new fawn skimmer perched jauntily on his wavy black hair.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02265/1502856-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="529" height="1437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Falls&rsquo; FavouriteBUCKY BUCHANAN</figcaption></div>To a newspaperman who visited the Braves&rsquo; quarters Blake also pointed out the new uniform. &ldquo;See that,&rdquo; he said &ldquo;What do you think of a trainer who brings out a uniform for a man who is crowding his 40th birthday. Don&rsquo;t you think that trainer should be fired for his insolence?&rdquo;Mike Irish, the trainer referred to, just grinned.Privately Blake has told friends he feels in good shape. His speed in practice has surprised even him. And he might play if he thinks he can help the Braves in the playoffs. &#9632;

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Aces All But Clinch First As Royals Back Into Second Spot

<div class="byline">By JOHNNY ESAW</div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;Throughout the West, hockey eyes are turned toward the Regna Pats as the third season in their three-year plan to annext the Memorial Cup draws to a finish. The Pats appear headed for their strongest attempt at a Dominion Junior hockey crown since the wheels were set in motion, back in 1949, to form a junior club that would end the long famine that this city has suffered.At that time, coach Murray Armstrong said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re building for 1952&rdquo; and be looked longingly at the crop of rookies that the Pat minor system was in the process of polishing.&ldquo;I figure it&rsquo;ll take three years to gather a well balanced ruggedly composed aggregation of the calibre required to knock over those professionaly styled juniors in the east,&rdquo; the Pat mentor related,&rdquo; But in the meantime we&rsquo;ll be doing the best we can with what we have.&rdquo;As CAHA records will attest, that interim was highly productive and successful for the blue and white from the Queen City. For, the very season that Armstrong made his long range statement, the Pats came within one step of winning the coveted junior championship of Canada, when they bowed to the Montreal Canadiens in Montrtal. Already they were two years ahead of schedule but the production line was busy turning out the material that the former NHL performer had thought necessary to go all the way<h2>Not Quite Ready</h2>The next year, in 1950-51 season, the Pats added four from their juvenile farmhands that had lost in the Western Canadian semi-final, and once again the club began to march with Memorial Cup aspirations.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01304/1502894-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="557" height="867"><figcaption class="caption-body">On the March?MURRAY ARMSTRONG</figcaption></div>This time however, it was Winnipeg that provided the unconquerable hurdle and the Pats failed again. They were still one year ahead of their goal however, and it took an extra-game series to sideline them.Another season and another crop of rookies finds the Pats sailing along as the class of the Western Junior League. Their veterans now liberally mixed with a battling band of newcomers has provided the club with the balance and scoring ability that Armstrong had said would win the Memorial Cup for Regina in 1952.The end of the three-year plan is just around the corner on the playoff horizon, and Pat followers feel that this is really &ldquo;It.&rdquo; While they&rsquo;ve never been able to spread too much daylight between their position on top of the league and second place, monopolized by Lethbridge Native Sons, the Pats nevertheless have compiled a respectable record. In 37 games of a 44 game grind, the Pats have won 26, tied 3 and lost but 8. In their 8 game series with the Northern Saskatchewan League, they won 7, while the won and lost column at home is even more impressive. They collected 17 victories in 18 starts before local audiences which adds more weight to championship hopes since It appears certain that the Pats will have the extra games if the playoff series should be extended to the limit.While Pats cast furtive glances at a Dominion title, they still have a rugged row to hoe but feel that they have sufficient power to go all the way. Back for a third term between the pipes is Bobby Tyler and right from his post on out, the club is balanced. Headed by blond centerman Gordie Cowan, rated by chief scout Spud Russel of the parent Montreal Canadiens as the best pro prospect in the west, and lanky Eddie Litzen-berger, the finest stickhandler in the circuit, the Pats have three lines that can all account for their share of goals. None are amongst the scoring leaders, but as a club, they rate second in over all goal production indicating the scoring punch throughout the ranks.A six man defense corps ot extremely rugged nature patrols the blueline, affording Tyler the stiffest protection which has enabled him to produce the lowest goals-against-average in the league. The Pat rearguards play the bashing type of game that is generally lacking in a western club and so necessary to win in the east. &#9632;

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3 - Year Plan On Last Lap - Pats Sure Cup Due Out Regina Way

HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;Officials of the Maritime Major Hockey League have cracked down on fiery Phil Vitale, defenseman of Charlottetown Islanders. For his part in the &ldquo;rhubarb&rdquo; of February 14 in a game with Sydney, Vitale was suspended for five games and fined $100.In that game referee Gerry Mathieu stopped the rhubarb in the early stages of the third period and awarded the decision to Sydney. It was the first awarded game on Maritime ice in many years.Vitale&rsquo;s suspension and fine comes a few days after the return to action of manager Leo Lamoureux, who received a similar sentence for grappling with one of the referees two weeks ago.While suspending Vitale, the league officials again expressed their confidence in referees Mathieu and Frank Elliott and turned down a bid by Chariottetown and Glace Bay to drop them. &mdash;FOLEY &#9632;

Ref Cools Phil Mills Cet Duke

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;Saint John Beavers are coming into their own again. Early pace-setters in the Maritime Major Hockey League and at one time so far ahead of the pack that they were almost out of sight, the Bearers slumped badly after they lost goalie Phil Hughes to the pros. Charlottetown eased the tension somewhat by sendingspare goalie Hal Gordon into the breech. But even Gordon couldn&rsquo;t stem the tide of pucks flung in the direction of the Saint John goal, and Charlottetown and Halifax began to close in.Injuries began to take their toll at this stage of the game and Charlottetown fell off their rapid pace, while Halifax&rsquo;s gain was slow if sure. Then Gordon found himself. He began to play like the Gordon of last season, and the Beavers, their worries about the goaltending apparently over, began to make like champions again.The Beavers however, may surrender one department lead within the next week or so. They have topped the league all season in goals scored and goals against. They are in danger of losing the lead in the former to the surging Halifax Saints. But their defensive record won&rsquo;t be threatened this season, by any of the other five clubs.<h2>Latest, Greatest Rhubarb</h2>Biggest rhubarb of recent weeks saw referee Jerry Mathieu award a game to Sydney Millionaires over Charlottetown Islanders. The Island players, led by belligerent Phil Vitale, argued so loudly and so long that Mathieu called it off and awarded the honors to Mils, who led 4-1 at the time and appeared in no danger of dropping the decision anyway.All six teams are sagging from fatigue and Injuries. The mankilling schedule, longest in hockey annals, is taking its toll right and left. The teams with the strongest benches will be topheavy playoff favorites.These angles throw light on the Halifax setup. The tie-in with Buffalo Bisons and Montreal Canadiens was regarded as a failure In the first month or six weeks of the schedule. Then it started to pay dividends.Glace Bay Miners have run into a long slump that could cost them a playoff berth. They are be in harassed by the Moncton Hawks, who are spurting although their play is still erratic. Hawks almost had to call it off for the umpteenth time because of financial troubles early this month. But fresh money was thrown into the breach and the Hawks responded with a winning surge punctuated by losses in which scores often, reach double figures.The Hawks are the most erratic team seen here in a long time. They&rsquo;ll fall on their faces one night, then beat a strong team the next. &#9632;

While Others Scrap, Beavers Get Bach On Win Trail Once More

Gordie Howe, the Notional Hockey League&rsquo;s leading score is THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; Player-of-the-week and O&rsquo;Keefe&rsquo;s award winner. Howe was one game away from tieing Maurice Richard&rsquo;s record of goals scored in consecutive games last week when he failed to score in the game which the Wings defeated the Hawks 2-1 Chicago last Sunday night. Prior to that game Howe had score in eight games in a row.The Wings have run up a total of 10 undefeated games and the big gun in each of them has been Howe. He leads the League in goal scoring with 35 and is now after Richard&rsquo;s record of 50 goals in a season.Last week in three games the Wings won two and tied one, Howe took charge in each game and gave the Wings the points. In Boston on February 18 the Wings won 4-2. Howe scored two goals, the third and fourth and added an assist. Two nights later in New York he scored his club&rsquo;s only goal as the Ranger tied the Wings 1-1.Last Saturday night in Toronto, the Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1. It was Howe&rsquo;s goal, the second for the Wings that proved to be the winner. He also tallied an assist. His total for the week &hellip; four goals end two assists.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09127/1503088-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="282" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>Howe now leads the League by eight points. He has 64 to Lach&rsquo;s 58. With 13 games to go he stands a chance to break his own record for most points in a season by a player. He set that record last season when he scored 43 goals and the same number of assists for 86 points.At the moment Howe leads the League in goal scoring as well. He has racked up 35 in 57 games &hellip; more than one every second game.Howe, if he continues to have goal scoring seasons as he has during the past two and the present one will pass the 200 mark in record time. He is currently in his sixth year and has scored 148 goals. No fewer than 111 of those goals have come in less than three seasons. This year he has, to date. 35. Last season he scored 43 and the season before that he notched 35.The rivalry between Howe and the injured Maurice Richard has subsided somewhat since Rocket was sidelined. It would have been interesting to watch their close race had Richard not been hurt. There are some&rsquo; that say Howe would still win. It would make a good argument. Certainly this guy, who came into the NHL six years ago as a 17-year old, will go down in history as one of the greatest of all lime and he&rsquo;s a long time to go yet. &#9632;

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Player-of-the-Week

<h2>Defense Scorers</h2>The record for goals scored bv defensemen in one game is held by Hap Day of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Johnny McKinnon of the old Pittsburgh Pirates. On the night of November 19, 1929 the Pirates defeated the Leafs 9.5 and believe it or not both defensemen scored four goals.<h2>Points By Defenseman</h2>Babe Pratt, former Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; star now playing with the Tacoma Rockets of the PCHL holds the NHL record for most points in a season by a defenseman. In the 1943-44 season he scored 17 goals and added 40 assists for 57 points in a 50 games schedule.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., FEB. 26<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01310/1503057-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="588" height="181"></div>RESULTS OF GAMESFeb. 18&mdash;Boston 2 at Detroit 4Feb. 19&mdash;Rangers 3 at Toronto 3Feb. 20&mdash;Detroit 1 at Rangers 1Feb. 21&mdash;Boston 3 at Canadiens 3 Toronto 1 at Chicago 5Feb. 23&mdash;Chicago 0 at Canadiens 7 Detroit 3 at Toronto 1Feb. 24&mdash;Boston 2 at Rangers 5 Detroit 2 at Chicago 1NEX WEEK&rsquo;S GAMESFeb. 26&mdash;Detroit at BostonFeb. 27&mdash;Toronto at RangersFeb. 28&mdash;Detroit at Canadiens Rangers at ChicagoMar. 1&mdash;Rangers at Canadiens Boston at TorontoMar. 2&mdash;Canadiens at Chicago Toronto at Boston Detroit at RangersElmer Lach established a new National Hockey League point record during the week. The veteran Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; center has scored 192 goals and assisted in 358 others for a total 550 scoring points during regular scheduled play. This shatters the record of 548 which was held by Bill Cowley of Boston. This is Lach&rsquo;s 12th season in the NHL. His 358 assists is also a new NHL record.Canadiens pulled ahead of Toronto and into second place in the team standings of the League. Montreal won one and tied one during the week while Leafs dropped two and tied one. The Canadiens have 64 points to Toronto&rsquo;s 62. Both clubs have played 58 games. Detroit Red Wings continued their winning ways with three wins and a draw in four starts. This brings the Wings point total to 81.New York Rangers win the games that count and are now holding down fourth place with a three-point edge over Boston. The team has not lost a game since Emile Francis replaced Chuck Rayner in goal. New York has 52 points, Boston has 49 and Chicago Black Hawks have 36.Detroit&rsquo;s Terry Sawchuk leads all goalies in shutouts with 11 and in goals-against with 101 against in 57 contests for a 1.77 average.Most penalized player is Boston&rsquo;s Gus Kyle with 119 minutes. Most penalized club is Toronto with 656 minutes.<h3>MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18</h3>Boston 2 at Detroit 4DETROIT &mdash; Right winger Gordie Howe scored two goals in the last eight minutes, capping a third-period rally which brought Detroit Red Wings a 4-2 Victory over Boston Bruins.It was first-place Detroit&rsquo;s sixth Straight triumph, boosting its National Hockey League lead to 15 points, biggest Of the season.Howe&rsquo;s two goals were his 32nd and 33rd of the season, tops in the NHL. The last one was a 60-foot shot into an empty cage after goalie Jim Henry was pulled with 55 seconds left.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Henderson, Laycoe, Kyle; forwards, Schmidt, Fisher, Chevrefils, Sandford, Sullivan, Creighton, McIntyre, Lund, Mackell, Kryzanowski, Peirson.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Kelly, Woit, Goldham, Reise, Pronovost; forwards, Skov, Lindsay, Howe, Leswick, Prystal, Pavelich, Delvecchio, Glover, Wilson, Stasiuk.Referee: Jack Mehlenbacher; linesmen, George Hayes, Maurice Walsh.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02268/1503050-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="582" height="398"></div><h3>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19</h3>New York 3 at Toronto 3TORONTO &mdash; The New York Rangers came to Toronto and played the Maple Leafs to a 3-3 National Hockey League tie with a goal in the last three minutes of play.The split in points lifted Leafs into second place, one point ahead of Montreal Canadiens and boosted Rangers into the number four spot by the same margin.New York: Goal, Francis; defence, Buller, Eddolls, Evans, Stanley, Ross; forwards, Raleigh, Sinclair, Stewart, Laprade, Kullman, Stoddard, Hergesheimer, Ronty, Slowinski, Dickenson.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Mortson, Thomson, Flaman, Bolton; forwards, Kennedy, Sloan, Smith, Gardner, Meeker, Watson, Bentley, Armstrong, Lewicki, Timgren, Morrison.Referee: George Gravel; linesmen, G. Hayes and Frank Udvari.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03241/1503043-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="588" height="517"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20</h3>Detroit 1 at New York 1NEW YORK &mdash; Emile (The Cat) Francis in the New York nets was purring along to a shutout against the Red Wings. Then, with less than two minutes to play, he took a cat nap. That one lapse enabled Gordie Howe to score on a fluke long shot and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.New York: Goal, Francis: defence, Eddolls, Buller, Kraftcheck, Ross, Stanley; forwards, Laprade, Kullman, Sinclair, Raleigh, Ronty, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowinski, Conacher.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Kelly, Woit, Goldham, Reise; forwards, Skov, Howe, Lindsay, Prystal, Leswick, Pavelich, Delvecchio, Wilson, Stasiuk, Glover.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04213/1503036-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="586" height="348"></div><h3>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21</h3>Boston 3 at Montreal 3MONTREAL. &mdash; The feeling among the 14,301 who saw the game between Canadiens and the Boston Bruins at the Forum was that the Habitants were lucky to come out with a tie. Two goals late in the third period earned them a 3-3 draw.But the statemate was good for a point and enabled them to go into a tie for second place in the league standings with the Toronto Leafs, who were upset by the Black Hawks in Chicago.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Henderson, Quackenbush, Laycoe, Kryzanowski, Kyle; forwards, Schmidt, Crevrefils, Sullivan, Fisher, Sandford, Creighton, McIntyre, Lund, Mackell, Peirson.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, St. Laurent, Harvey, Bouchard, Johnson, MacPherson; forwards, Lach, Moore, Gamble, Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, McCormack, Davis, Olmstead, Mosdell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05182/1503029-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="586" height="391"></div>Toronto 1 at Chicago 5CHICAGO &mdash; The lowly Chicago Black Hawks slapped down the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-1, in an NHL game before 9,614 fans.The last place Hawks took a 3-0 first period lead, and proceeded from there to their win, with Bill Mosienko scoring twice along the way. Mosienko&rsquo;s second goal of the night came at 14:07 of the third period after he had hit earlier in the first heat.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Gadsby, Fogolin, Raglan, Dewsbury; forwards, Mosienko, Bodnar, Gee, Witiuk, Babando, Horeck, Peters, Finney, Guidolin, McFadden, Hucul.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Flaman, Bolton, Thomson, Mortson; forwards, Kennedy, Sloan, Smith, Watson, Bentley, Klukay, Meeker, Gardner, Lewicki, Timgren, Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02235/1503022-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="580" height="468"></div><h3>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23</h3>Detroit 3 at Toronto 1TORONTO. &mdash; The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 and gave sole possession of second place to the Montreal Canadiens. Skov, Howe and Abel scored for the Wings and Meeker for the Leafs.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Reise, Kelly, Woit, Pronovost; forwards, Skov, Lindsay, Howe, Prystal, Pavel ich, Leswick, Delvecchio, Stasiuk, Wilson, Abel.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Mortson, Thomson, Bolton, Juzda; forwards, Gardner, Meeker, Watson, Kennedy, Smith, Sloan, Bentley, Armstrong, Lewicki, Timgren, Morrison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03173/1503015-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="580" height="394"></div>Chicago 0 at Canadien 7MONTREAL. &mdash; A crowd of 14, 506 saw the Canadiens fire 44 shots at Harry Lumley in the Chicago goal an come away with a neat 7-0 victory. Rookie Dickie Moore scored a Hat and became the first player in the NHL to turn the trick twice this season. He also assisted on a goal. Geoffrion scored two, Curry and Lach each once.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Raglan, Hucul; forwards, Gee, Bodnar, Mosienko, Horeck, Peters, Guidolin, McFadden, Witiuk, Finney.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, MacPherson; forwards, Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, Lach, Moore, Gamble, McCormack, Curry, Olmstead, Mosdell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04145/1503008-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="571" height="491"></div><h3>SUNDAY&rsquo;, FEBRUARY 24</h3>CHICAGO. &mdash; The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 2-1 to stretch their undefeated string to 10 games Rookie Alex Delvecchio fired a shot past Lumley at 3.52 of the last period to give the Wings the points.Detroit 2 at Chicago 1Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Woit, Reise, Pronovost; forwards, Skov, Howe, Lindsay, Abel, Leswick, Pavelich, Prystal, Delvecchio, Stasiuk, Wilson, Glover.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Raglan, Hucul; forwards, McFadden, Guidolin, Gee, Mosienko, Witiuk, Horeck, Bodnar, Peters, Finney.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05123/1503001-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="570" height="266"></div>Boston 2 at New York 5NEW YORK. &mdash; The New York Rangers took a three pount lead in fourth place as they defeated the Boston Bruins 5-2. Buller, Stanley, Stoddard, Kullman and Sinclair scored for the Rangers and McIntyre and Creighton for the Bruins.New York: Goal, Francis; defence, Eddolls, Buller, Kraftcheck, Stanley, Ross; forwards, laprade, Stoddard, Kullman, Raleigh, Ronty, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowinski, Sinclair.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Henderson, Laycoe, Kyle; forwards, Schmidt, Labine, Chevrefils, McIntyre, Creighton, Peirson, Sandford, Lund, Mackell, Sullivan, Kryzanowski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06104/1502994-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="573" height="441"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Includings Games of Sunday, Feb. 24)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06153/1502987-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="584" height="1143"></div>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07141/1502980-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="586" height="279"></div>&bull; Replaced Lumley at end of 2nd period, November 25th.Penalties In Minutes By Club<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08133/1502973-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="534" height="155"></div><h3>Sports Photos !</h3>3,000 different 8 x 10 glossy photos of all your favorites of the SPORTS world, past and present. 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NATIONAL LEAQUE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>CHICOUTIMI, Que.&mdash;When a group of business men from the Saguenay district down in the north-eastern corner of Quebec province made their plea for a franchise in the Quebec Senior Hockeykey League, on a hot, sultry July day in 1948 some of the club representatives quibbled.The delegation from Chicoutimi had convinced league members they had sound financial backing. They were ready to put up bonds or any other guarantees necessary to commitments, but still some of the skeptics demurred.&ldquo;I wonder what kind of a team they&rsquo;ll have? Where are they going to get the players? What&rsquo;s like?&rdquo; These were the questions that were bandied the big green baize table after the lumber tycoons had withdrawn, so that their application could be discussed openly.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01309/1503119-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="525" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROLLIE HEBERT</figcaption></div><h2>Selke Advised Members To Accept Them</h2>&ldquo;I say take them in&rdquo; said Frank Selke. &ldquo;We know about their rink. George Slater has seen it. Some more of you fellows have seen it. We&rsquo;re sure they have enough money. These men are millionaires or close to it.&ldquo;As for their players, never mind about that. That&rsquo;s their worry. Suppose they finish last their first year. Then that&rsquo;ll help the rest of us, none of us will finish lasy. They&rsquo;ll learn by trial and error I guess, like the rest of you fellows did and I did.&rdquo;So the Chicoutimi team was voted a franchise in the Quebec Senior Hockey League without more ado.Their delegation was invited back, beamed like kids who had been invited to an ice cream festival when advised their application had been accepted, the franchise granted.In the buzz of congratulations and general spirit of camaraderie which followed it was learned that Roland Hebert was to be both rink-manager of the Chicoutimi Coliseum and manager-coach of the new senior hockey team to be known as the Sagueneens.The Sagueneens have a strong executive all representative business men in the prosperous Saguenay District. W. Odilon Crevier is the president, a hockey zealot with a consuming love for the game. Dr. Gerald Gagnon is a vice-president and associates of equal rank are Joseph Desbiens and Leo Quenneville. The treasurer is Leopold Lagace and Robert Tremblay is secretary.Many of the old QSHL die-hards knew Hebert. He had coached and managed the Victoriaville team in the wobbly Provincial Hockey League. With a rink holding&mdash;sitting, crouching, and girder-hanging and perching &mdash; scarcely 1,200 fans, he had been quite a success operating practically a one-man show.He had won more than local renown, not only because his team had always been up there battling for first place, but also because he had sent fleet-footed Normie Dussault to the NHL Habs.<h2>Great Job</h2>The current QSHL standing of the club indicates what a whale of a job Hebert has done in just three seasons in the Quebec Senior circuit. The Sags are in third place, and that&rsquo;s about how they&rsquo;ll finish. When it&rsquo;s considered that with practically no big league affiliation save friendship contacts and the like, Hebert has been able to trail powerful organizations of long standing operation like Quebec Aces and Montreal Royals, his work has been phenomenal.Starting from scratch he grabbed a few leftovers around Quebec province, made this a nucleus of a team, then picked up budding stars from practically nowhere, and welded the whole outfit into a smooth running rhythmically clicking hockey machine.All this in three years.His team has been able to stay in the first division of the loop practically all of the current campaign, and he has brought several new stars to light. This year&rsquo;s team is of course a rebuild job of that which carried the Saguenay banner the past two seasons.But Hebert brought in Marcel Pelletier at the start of the 195152 season to play goals. He was with Milwaukee in the USHL last season, a Drummondville, Quebec, boy frho played with the Kitchener-Waterloo team in the Senior OHA back in 1948-49. There were two goalers around at the start of the season, but Pelletier soon showed that the regular job belonged to him and Ray Frederick went to Charlottetown.<h2>Two Stalwarts</h2>Gerry Claude, Jean Paul Lamirande are the keystones of the defense. Dick Wray, a smooth-skating redhead has been the leading scorer most of the season and last reports from league headquarters showed him holding down fifth place in the list behind such noted riflemen as Kelly Douglas of Royals, big Jean Beliveau of Aces, Larry Kwong and Corriveau of Valleyfield and Allan Kuntz of Ottawa Senators.Others on the front rank who have been carrying the mail are the Smrke brothers Lou and Stan who hail from Toronto; Floyd Crawford, a bespectacled lad who is very fleet on his tubes; Sherman White, a New Brunswick product who has played most of his previous hockey with New Haven and on the west coast.Germain Leger, a big sorrel-top, of whom big things were expected, suffered a broken ankle bone just at the start of the season, and was sidelined for two months. Now He&rsquo;s back in action and big things are expected from him in the playoffs.<h2>Another Moore</h2>One of Hebert&rsquo;s biggest acquisitions not long after the season began was Jimmy Moore, brother of Dickie, now scintillating with the Canadiens in the NHL. Moore was handed over to Chicks by Frank Selke, and then a week or so later Hebert made a ten strike when he landed Normie Dussault in a deal with the Royals. Thus the dashing speed boy who had been sent up to Canadiens by Hebert from Victoriaville back in 1947 was back to play for an old boss and an old friend.George Levesque, Deiphis Franche and Pete Tkachuk help around out a well balanced squad which above all things stresses skating speed. &#9632;

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Hebert Keeps Chicks in First Division by Making Smart Deals

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<h2>Maintaining A Record</h2>Clint Smith, coach of the Cincinnati Mohawks of the American Hockey League has never brought a team under his guidance to the finish line without being in the playoffs, in his five year professional coaching career. The recent spurt of the Mohawks which has them well out in front for a third place finish, should keep his record intact for another season.<h2>Another Innovation</h2>The Providence Reds of the American Hockey League supplied their fans with something new on Wednesday, February 13, when they installed a large screen TV set in the Auditorium lobby to enable the game&rsquo;s spectators to view the Marciano-Sav-old fight at the conclusion of the hockey game. The game was started a half hour early for the occasion.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., FEB. 26<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01281/1503283-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="596" height="427"></div>&ldquo;Pittsburgh Hornets and Hershey Bears appear virtual certainties to win the Western and Eastern Division titles respectively of the American Hockey League for the 1951-52 season clevened should finish second in the Western sector without too much trouble but the real battle rests between Cincinnati and St. Louis for third place. Right now the Flyers trail the Mohawks by seven points &mdash; 51 against 58.The Eastern Division kingpins, the Bears from Hershey, are eight points in front of their closest rivals, the battling Providence Reds. Hershey has 63 points to the Reds&rsquo; 55. Buffalo is third with 52 and Syracuse occupies the cellar with 45 points.Ray Powell, high-scoring forward of Providence, leads the American League in three departments &mdash; most points, most goals and most assists. Always a high scorer in the United States League, Powell is well on his way to capturing the American Hockey League scoring championship.<h3>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19</h3>Syracuse 2 at St. Louis 4ST. LOUIS. Jackie Hamilton&rsquo;s second-period shot from 25 feet out gave St. Louis Flyers a lead they never relinquished as they defeated Syracuse Warriors 4-2 in an AHL game.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Allen, Tottle, Gustavsen, Summers; forwards, McMurdy, Hayden, Gooden, Lemieux, Burnett, Pldhlmy, Narduzzi, Curick, Casanato, Ford.St. Pauls Goal, Almas; defence, Milligan, Hrymnak, McNab, Quackenbush; forwards, Morrison, Kelly, Sonmor, Pearson, Lundy, Black, Hamilton, Baccari, Pogue, Taylor.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02244/1503276-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="593" height="496"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20</h3>Providence 6 at Buffalo 5BUFFALO. &mdash; The Providence Beds strengthened their grip on second place in the AHL with a 6-5 victory over Buffalo Bisons.Providence: Goal, Perreault; defence, Morris, Egan, A. Michaluk, Lund; forwards, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Smith, Laplante, McGill, J. Michaluk, Scherza, Toppazzini, Kapusta.Buffalo: Goal, McAtee; defence, Durham, Dick, Lavltt, Brandow, forwards, Pennell, Davis, Mazur, Kaiser, Warwick, MacKay, McNabney, DeMarco, Pargeter.First Period1 &mdash; Buffalo: McNabney<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03221/1503269-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="589" height="740"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04174/1503262-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="1707" height="1734"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hickey Sticky from Hornets&rsquo; HoneyGordie Hannigan of the Pittsburgh Hornets attempts to beat goaler Lou Crowtfls of the Buffalo Bisons in a game in which the Hornets defeated the Bisons 5-1. Coming in to clear on the right is Les Hickey (12) while defenseman Hugh Currie (3) cuts off Hannigan. Bob Hassard is the Hornet in the rear (11).</figcaption></div>Syracuse 2 at Cincinnati 4CINCINNATI. &mdash; Cincinnati&rsquo;s Mohawks broke a three-game losing streak as they defeated Syracuse Warriors 4-2 and kept their AHL playoff hopes alive.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Summers, Gustavsen, McCallum, Tottle; forwards, Curick, Ford, Narduzzi, Burnett, Pidhirny, Lemieux, McMurdy, Casanato Gooden, Hayden.Cincinnati: Goal, Blbeault; defence McNeil, Irwin, Martin, Lancien, Barlow forwards, Schwartz, Webster, Maclntosh, Wylie, McLeod, Harrison, O&rsquo;Connor Brown, Mickoski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05141/1503255-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="597" height="491"></div>Hershey 3 at Pittsburgh 9PITTSBURGH.&mdash;The high-flying Pittsburgh Hornets exploded for six straight goals in a wild third period to trounce Hershey Bears 9-3 in an AHL game.The victory widened the Hornets&rsquo; Western Division lead over second-place Cleveland to 10 points.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Garlepy, Schertzl, Branlgan, Armstrong, Caron; forwards, Mario, A. Brown, Labine, Barry, Kullman, O&rsquo;Brien, Toppazzini, J. Brown, Bettio.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence Mathers, Horton, Backor, Sullivan; forwards, Maloney; R. Hannigan, Blair, Migay, Solinger, G. Hannigan, Ezinicki, McLellan, Barbe.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06122/1503248-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="584" height="519"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07114/1503241-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="594" height="339"></div><h3>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21</h3>Syracuse 2 at Indianapolis 2INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; Indianapolis Capitals and the railroad schedule held Syracuse warriors to their first tie of the American Hockey League season, a 2-3 contest.The warriors had to catch a train and couldn&rsquo;t stick around for an overtime period that might have redded the game. The goal tending of Syracuse&rsquo;s Gordon Bell and Indianapolis Glenn Hall featured the game.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Allen, Tottle, Gustavsen, Summers; forwards, Curick, Ford, Narduzzi, Burnett, Casanato, Pidhirny, Lemieux, McMurdy, Gooden.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence, Coflin, Folk, Hay, Zeldel; forwards, Reibel, Hirschfeld, Sclisizzi, O&rsquo;Grady, Ashbee, Wilson, Jankowski, Bruneteau, Heller.Referee: Doug Davies; linesmen, John Sorrell, Hal Jackson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08103/1503234-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="602" height="481"></div><h3>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22</h3>Buffalo 4 at Providence 9PROVIDENCE. &mdash; Ray Powell, the AHL&rsquo;s leading scorer, added seven pointe with three goals and four assists while leading Providence Reds to a 9-4 victory over the Buffalo Bisons.Buffalo: Goal, McAtee; defence, Durham, Dick, Lavitt; forwards, Pennell, Davis, Mazur, Warwick, MacKay, McNabney, DeMarco, Pargeter.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, A. Michaluk, Lund, Morris, Egan; forwards, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, McGill, Smith, Toppazzini, Laplante, Kapusta, J. Michaluk, Scherza.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01272/1503227-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="577" height="884"></div><h3>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23</h3>Buffalo 4 at Syracuse 1SYRACUSE. &mdash; Buffalo Bisons darkened the AHL playoff hopes of Syracuse Warriors with a 4-1 victory,Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Lavitt, Durham, Pilote, Gould; forwards, McNabney, Davis, Mazur, DeMarco, Kaiser, Warwick, Pennell, Pargeter, Young, MacKay.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Tottle, Allen, Summers, Gustavsen; forwards, McMurdy, Casanato, Gooden, Burnett, Lemieux, Hayden, Curiclc, Narduzzi, Ford Horvath.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02218/1503220-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="577" height="603"></div>Cincinnati 2 at Cleveland 4CLEVELAND. &mdash; Cleveland&rsquo;s Barons ran their undefeated Streak in the AHL to 14, defeating Cincinnati 4-2.Cincinnati: Goal, Bibeault; defence, McNeil, Irwin, Lancien, Barlow, Martin; forwards, Schwartz, O&rsquo;Connor, Wylie, Brown, Webster, McLeod, Macintosh, Harrison, Mickoski.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Williams, Reigle, Shero, Chrystal, Olson; forwards, Stearns, Reid, Thurier, Wochy, Couture, Hildebrand, Lynn, Davies, Schuitz.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03180/1503213-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="579" height="182"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04149/1503206-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="583" height="275"></div>Indianapolis 2 at Pittsburgh 6PITTSBURGH. &mdash; Pittsburgh Hornets dumped Indianapolis 6-2 to maintain their 10-point lead in the Western Division of the AHL.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence, Hay, Zeldel, Coflin, Folk; forwards, Reibel, Hirschfeld, Sclisizzi, Wilson, Bruneteau, Heller, O&rsquo;Grady, Jankowski, Ashbee.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Sullivan, Horton, Backor, Mathers; forwards, Migay, Barbe, Solinger, Hassard, Ezinicki, G. Hannigan, Maloney, Blair, R. Hannigan, McLellan.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05106/1503199-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="583" height="674"></div>Hershey 7 at St. Louis 4ST. LOUIS. &mdash; Hershey Bears stretched their Eastern Division lead in the AHL to six points, defeating St. Louis Flyers 7-4.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Armstrong, Gariepy, Schertzi, Caron; forwards, Mario, J. Brown, Bettio, Kullman. Labine, Corcoran, Toppazzini, A. Brown, Crawford.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Milligan, Nicholson, Hrymnak, MacNab, Quackenbush; forwards, Lundy, Pogue, Kelly, Pearson, Morrison, Hamilton, Baccari, Sonmor.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0682/1503192-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="572" height="672"></div><h3>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24</h3>Pittsburgh 3 at Buffalo 5BUFFALO. &mdash; Third-period goals by Vern Kaiser and George Pargeter enabled Buffalo Bisons to trip Pittsburgh Hornets 5-3 in an AHL game before a crowd of 6,532.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Sullivan, Mathers, Horton, Backor; forwards, Migay, Barbe, Solinger, Blair, R. Hannigan, Maloney, Hassard, G. Hannigan, McLellan, Ezinicki.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Lavitt, Durham, Gould, Long; forwards, DeMarco, Warwick, MacKay, Kaiser, Pargeter, Pennell, Davis, Mazur, Young, Cullen.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0772/1503185-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="572" height="128"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0867/1503178-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="583" height="389"></div>St. Louis 4 at Cincinnati 1CINCINNATI. &mdash; Jackie Hamliton slammed home two goals at St. Louis Flyers defeated Cineiiinat.1 Mowarks to keep alive their slim hopes for a off berth in the AHL&rsquo;s Western Division.St. Louis:Goal, Almas; defence, Nicholson, Hrymnak; Quackenbush; forwards, Hamilton, Pearson, Kelly, Baccari.Cincinnati: Goal, Bibeault; defence, Martin, Lancien, Irwin, McNeil, Barlows, forwards, Schwartz, Webster O&rsquo;Connor, Brown, Mickoski, Wyill, McLeod, Harrison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0956/1503171-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="582" height="401"></div>Cleveland 5 at Providence 2PROVIDENCE. &mdash; Cleveland Barons stretched their unbeaten string to 15 straight by defeating Providence Redo 5-2 in an AHL game.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Williams, Reigle, Shero, Chrystal, Olsonfi forwards, Stearns, Reid, Gordon, Wochy, Couture, Hildebrand, Lynn, Schultz, Das vies,Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, A. Michaluk, Lund; Morris, Egan; forward, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, McGill, Smithe Toppazzini, Laplante, Kapusta, J. Michaluk, Scherza.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1049/1503164-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="581" height="442"></div>Hershey 3 at Indianapolis 4INDIANAPOLIS. &mdash; Indianapolis Capitals of the AHL found their first afternoon home game of the season doubly to their liking today, beating Hershey 4-3 and drawing a better-than-averaga crowd.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Armstrong, Gariepy, Schertzi, Crawford, Caron; forwards, Mario, A. Brown, Bettio, Kullman, Labine, Toppazzini, O&rsquo;Brien J. Brown. Berry.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence, Co-J flln. Folk, Hay, Zeldel; forwards, Reibel, Hirschfeld, Sclislzzi. O&rsquo;Grady, Ashbee. Wilson, Jankowski, Bruneteau, Heller.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1141/1503157-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="595" height="525"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Feb. 24)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0995/1503150-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="594" height="359"></div>THE LEADERSMost Goals: Ray Powell, Providence (34)Most Assists: Ray Powell, Providence (53)Most Penalties, Player: Pete Durham, Buffalo (156 minutes)Best Goalie: Gil Mayer, Pittsburgh (58 games, 2.48 average)Most Shutouts: Gil Mayer, Pittsburgh (5)Most Penalties, Team: Indianapolis 738 minutes). &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAQUE

MONTREAL &mdash; You&rsquo;d have to go back some 12 years to a game on the night of November 17, 1940 if you were looking for Elmer Lach&rsquo;s first point in his National Hockey League career.That night the Canadiens played the Chicago Black Hawks and the game ended in a 4-4 tie. Lach got an assist that night, it was his fourth game in NHL competition.Lach scored his first NHL goal on December 21st of that year against the Boston Bruins. The Canadiens won 3-1 and Lach&rsquo;s tally proved to be the winner. &#9632;

Lach’s First Point Came in 4th Game of Career

EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;Lex Cook, chief scout of Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League, spent some time in the west recently on official business.The big fellow who steered Kirkland Lake to an Allan Cup triumph just prior to the outbreak of World War Two, first took in a number of games along the Pacific coast. Then he headed off to the prairies, accompanying Seattle Ironmen, a Cleveland &ldquo;farm&rdquo;, who had league engagements to fulfil at Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon.Barons&rsquo; chief scout likewise worked on the Crow&rsquo;s Nest Pass area, where the Cleveland-sponsored Coalers were battling away, trying to catch a Western Junior League playoff spot.In a special interview for the Calgary Albertan, Cook traced some of hockey&rsquo;s current boxoffice ills to the fact that &ldquo;too many players won&rsquo;t dig any more.&rdquo;&ldquo;The fans want some sock with their hockey. They want to see players fighting for the puck in the corners and taking a good, healthy run at each other, at least once in awhile. If the players don&rsquo;t look interested, how can you expect the fans to be?&rdquo; he concluded.&mdash;MOHER &#9632;

Baron’s Ivory Hunter Takes View Too Many Players Not ‘Digging’

<h2>No Penalties</h2>New Westminster played their third game of the season without receiving a penalty Wednesday, February 13, against Tacoma in New Westminster. Ed Leier of Vancouver is the only Individual player participating in the majority of his club&rsquo;s games who has not received a penalty this season.<h2>Goal Scorers</h2>Seven Individual players have reached or past the coveted 30 goal mark for the season. Gordie Fashoway of New Westminster is the only player to pass 40. He has 41 to his credit to date. Three players have 33, Kay Manson of Vancouver, Ollie Dorohoy of New Westminster and Joe Bel of Ceattle. George Agar of Calgary has 31, Barton Bradley and Moe Young<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON MON. A.M., FEB. 181<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01238/1503491-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="594" height="239"></div>RESULTS OF GAMESFeb. 12&mdash;Victoria 2 at Vancouver 7 Seattle 4 at Calgary 3Feb. 13&mdash;Tacoma 2 at New West&rsquo;er 2 Seattle 2 at Edmonton 5Feb. 14&mdash;Seattle 6 at Saskatoon 5 Tacoma 4 at Victoria 2 New West&rsquo;er 3 at Vancouver 7Feb. 16&mdash;Victoria 2 at Tacoma 9 Vancouver 4 at New West&rsquo;er 2 Edmonton 3 at Saskatoon 10Feb. 17&mdash;Victoria 7 at Seattle 3Although unable to pick up a point in the only game played by Kia club the past week, Calgary Ptenter George Agar retains first place in the individual scoring race with 71 points. Eddie Dorohoy of Victoria picked up four points the past week to retain second place just three behind Agar. Gordie Fashoway of New Westminster continued to lead the goal getters and now had 41 goals to his credit. Eddie Dorohoy&rsquo;s 48 assists were tops in that department. Ed Leier of Vancouver was player of the week picking up eight points on one goal and seven assists. Lucien Deschene, New Westminster goalie continued to set the pace for goalkeepers with a goals against average of 2.70 per game. Bill Shvetz of Calgary leads the bad men with 128 minutes in the penalty box.<h3>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13</h3>Victoria 2 at Vancouver 7VANCOUVER &mdash; The Vancouver Canucks celebrated the return of playingcoach Hugh Currie by slapping down the cellar-dwelling Victoria Cougars 7-2 in their Pacific Coast Hockey League fame here.Victoria:Goal, Cotpoir; defence, Leger, Bouchard, Roche, Goegan, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton, Frampton, Abbott, MacIntyre, Ballance, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas.Vancouver: Goal, Pidsodny; defence, Bloom, Lotvendahl, Tarala, Currie; forwards, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Carveth, Leier, Hartsburg, Manson, Itagen. Plumb.Referee: Eddie Powers; linesman, Merrick Cranston.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02203/1503484-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="602" height="523"></div>Seattle 4 at Calgary 3CALGARY &mdash; The Seattle Ironmen made a successful start of their final owing through the prairies when they odged Calgary Stampeders 4-3 in a rugged Pacific Coast Hockey League fame here.Seattle: Goal, Hughes; defence, Taillefer, Jackson, Cpnn, Shero, Sprout; forwards, Homenuke, Bell, Fllion, Fairburn, Maxwell, Ceresino, Tomiuk, Samanski, Richardson.Calgary: Goal, Hendry; defence, Dickens, Shvetz, Moe, Gilhooley, Blade; forwards, Thomas, Juckes, Larson, Anderson, Ashworth, Pechet, Agar, Goodacre, Brown.Referee: Bill Knott and Jerry Trudell.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03161/1503477-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="1059" height="1473"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Wrong WordThings were rather peaceful at Memorial Arena recently until the 6.05 mark of the second period when Edmonton Flyer captain Doug McCaig drew a charging penalty. It is reported he then swore at referee Dick Davis. Couger walt atanas heard the remark and opined to Davis that McCaig should get a penalty. McCaig overheard this bit of advice and look what happened.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04120/1503470-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="597" height="422"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13</h3>Seattle 2 at Edmonton 5EDMONTON &mdash; Edmonton Flyers cooled Seattle Ironmen 5-2 in a hard checking Coast Hockey League game at the Gardens. The win, appreciated by a crowd of 4,747 paid, moved Edmonton five points ahead of the fifth-place Ironmen and drew them within two points of the third-place Tacoma Rockets who squeezed out a 2-3 tie in New Westminster.Seattle: Goal, Hughes; defence, Sprout, Taillefer, Jackson, Conn; forwards, Shero, Bell, Fillion, Fairburn, Maxwell, Ceresino, Tominuk, Homenuke, Richardson, Samanski.Edmonton: Goal, Brennan; defence, McCaig, Coburn, Cox, Pettlnger; forwards, Kilburn, Raynak, McLean, Thomas, Joss, Johnson, McLeod, Kubasek, Giesebrecht.Referee: Bill Knott and Hank Wilson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0588/1503463-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="589" height="446"></div>Tacoma 2 at New Westminster 2NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; The Tacoma Rockets extended their undefeated string in the Pacific Coast Hockey League to nine games by coming from behind to tie the League-leading New Westminster Royals 2-2.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt, Jones, Davidson; forwards, Brown, O&rsquo;Connor, Bradley, Johnston, Kerr, Marquess, Young, MacDonald, Del Monte.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene: defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle, Bedard; forwards, Dorohoy, Slater, Ullyot, Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Fielder, Paul, Cabana.Referee: Eddie Powers; linesman, Merrick Cranston.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0667/1503456-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="594" height="293"></div><h3>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14</h3>Seattle 6 at Saskatoon 5SASKATOON &mdash; Fifth place Seattle Ironmen turned back the Quakers in Saskatoon 6-5 for the American club&rsquo;s first win over Doug Bentley&rsquo;s crew in four meetings. More than 5,000 fans looked on.Saskatoon: Goal, Worsley; defence, Heindi, Milford, Parker, Kaiser; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain, Hunter, Kuzma, Rouse, Bentley, McCullough, Senick, Fowler.Seattle: Goal, Hughes; defence, Shero, Jackson, Taillefer, Sprout, Conn; forwards, Samanski, Homenuke, Richardson, Fllion, Bell, Fairburn, Ceresino, Maxwell, Tomiuk.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0762/1503449-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="594" height="551"></div>New Westminster 3 at Vancouver 7VANCOUVER &mdash; At Vancouver, the Canucks moved five points out in front of Calgary Stampeders in their battle for the sixth and final playoff berth by thumping the league-leading New Westminster Royals 7-3 before 5,000 fans.Vancouver: Goal, Pidsodny; defence, Laveil, Bloom, Lofvendahl, Tarala; forwards, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Leier Hartsburg, Manson, Hagen, Carveth, Plumb.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle, Bedard; forwards, O. Dorohoy, Ullyot, Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Boyce, Fielder, Paul, Cabana.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0839/1503442-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="592" height="620"></div>Tacoma 4 at Victoria 2VICTORIA &mdash; At Victoria, Tacoma Rockets, staying back and waiting for the breaks, extended their undefeated streak to 10 games by topping the punchless cellar-dwelling Cougars, 4-2.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Godfrey, O&rsquo;Connor, Jones, Davidson; forwards, Kerr, Brown, MacDonald, Haldersen, Young, Marquess, Pratt, Johnston, Bradley.VictoriaGoals, cotnoir; defence, Leger, forwards, Abbott, Evans, McIntyre, Anderson, Atanas, Frampton, Hebenton. E. Dorohoy.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0929/1503435-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="588" height="444"></div><h3>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18</h3>Victoria 2 at Tacoma 9TACOMA &mdash; Victoria Cougars, to all intents and purposes, bowed out of contention for a PCHL play-off berth.Trampled, 9-2, at Tacoma as the Rockets ran their unbeaten string to 11 games, the Cougars dropped 11 points out of sixth spot.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Godfrey, O&rsquo;Connor, Jones, Davidson; forwards, Kerr, Brown, MacDonald, Haldorsen, Young, Marquess, Pratt, Johnston, Bradley.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Strongman, Roche, Goegan; forwards, Bouchard, Hebenton, Frampton, Abbott, McIntyre, Ballance, E. Dorohoy, Evans, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1023/1503428-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="604" height="474"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03137/1503421-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="589" height="114"></div>Vancouver 4 at New Westminster 2NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; Vancouver Canucks made it two in two nights over New Westminster by edging the Royals, 4-2, at the Royal City.Vancouver: Goal, Pidsodny; defence, Lavell, Bloom, Lofvendahl, Tarala; forwards, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Leier, Hartsburg, Manson, Hagen, Carveth. Plumb.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle; forwards, O. Dorohoy, Ullyot, Love, Fashoway, Lavell, Boyce, Fielder, Paul, Cabana.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04117/1503414-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="592" height="395"></div>Edmonton 3 at Saskatoon 10SASKATOON &mdash; Saskatoon Quakers protected their five-point grip on second place and moved within seven points of the lead by blasting the short-handed Edmonton Flyers, 10-3.Edmonton: Goal, Brennan; defence, Coburn, McCaig, Pettinger, Cox; forwards, Thomas, Kilburn, Uniac, Raynak, Podolsky, McLean, Johnson, McLeod, Giesebrecht, Fleming.Saskatoon: Goal, Worsley; defence, Heindi, Milford, Parker, Kaiser; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain, Hunter, Kuzma, Rouse, Bentley, McCullough, Senick, Fowler.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05100/1503407-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="590" height="689"></div><h3>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Victoria 7 at Seattle 3</h3>SEATTLE &mdash; The Seattle Ironmen came Into the Civic Ice Arena &ldquo;fresh&rdquo;, as the saying goes, from a winning trip to the tough prairies. Instead, they as last week&rsquo;s doughnuts. &lsquo;The last-place Victoria in contrast looked like winners all the way, took a 2-0 lead In the first period and went on from there to a 7-3 decision.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Strongman, Roche, Goegan; forwards, Bouchard, Hebenton. Frampton, Abbott, McIntyre, Ballance, E. Dorohoy, Evans, Atanas, Hickey.Seattle: Goal, Hughes; defence, Sprout, Conn, Taillefer, Jackson, Shero; forwards, Ceresino, Maxwell, Tomiuk, Homenuke, Bell, Fillion, Fairburn, Samanski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0683/1503400-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="592" height="543"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Feb. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1118/1503393-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="589" height="1225"></div>GOALKEEPERS RECORD<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1213/1503386-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="600" height="381"></div>THE LEADERSMost Goals: Gordon Fashoway, N.W. (41)Most Assists: Eddie Dorohoy, Vic. (48) 11 Scnrwl-Ollie Dorohoy. N.W. (9Most Hat Tricks: George Agar, caig(3)Most Shutouts: Lome Worsley, Sask.(4)Most Hat Tricks Against: Russ Dertell, Calg (8)Most Penalties: Bill Schvetz, Calg. (128 minutes). &#9632;

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PACIFIC COAST LEAQUE

<div class="byline">By IAN MacDONALD</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Quebec Citadels, Three Rivers Reds and Montreal Nationale have reached the final few days of the 50-game schedule and still can&rsquo;t decide who should be in what position. The three clubs are roaring through their final games in a dog-eat-dog battle for the second, third and fourth positions in the final league standings. Montreal&rsquo;s high flying Canadiens clinched their first place berth weeks ago, and all the interest has been focused on the other three clubs as they jockey for preferred playoff positions.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01246/1503522-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="286" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Bartlett</figcaption></div>The Habs are scheduled to face the third place finisher in a best of nine semi-final series while the seccnd and fourth place squads are scheduled to do battle in another set.This style of pairing the clubs off for the first round, the same system as is in vogue in the National League, brings about the possibility, in a close race like the JAHA this year, where teams would like to pick and choose the positions.While not likely to happen, especially with juniors who are so keen and proud of their individual and team performances, a team fighting it out for third or fourth position would much rather lose a game or two than be faced with the prospect of facing Canadiens and virtual elimination in the first round.<h2>Have Equal Chances</h2>If the first place team were to be drawn against the fourth place club then all teams would be sure to be fighting desperately to get ahead in the final few games instead of stalling.However, in this case where no more than four points has separated second from fourth, the situation is different in that any team has a chance to make the Tunner up spot and have the advantage of home ice in series B.Quebec Citadels, fighting off over-age accusations and plodding along without the service of their fiery Watson for a week, are still in the driver&rsquo;s seat for the big post.Cits laughed at reports that the fifth-place St. Jerome Eagles were checking the ages of three of the Quebec stars, and easily proved that the lads in question were perfectly eligible.But coach Watson found out that he couldn&rsquo;t laugh off his part in a wild fist-swinging fracas between members of his club and the Three Rivers Reds at a recent game in Three Rivers. Called on the carpet by the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association heads, Watson along with Jack Toupin, mentor of the Trifluvians, was suspended for three games and warned to keep his players under control in the future.Three Rivers Reds would like to meet Nationale in the first round but their only hope of doing that would be to end in second while the Nats finished fourth. Nationale, who have had no luck at all against the Reds are doing their best to prevent this happening and whipping them in Important games.Three Rivers blew their big chance to gain last week when they lost to the weakened St. Jerome squad. Already out of the reckoning Eagles had sent their two star players &mdash; defenseman Jim Bartlett and centre Fern &lsquo;Killer&rsquo; Lapointe&mdash;to Boston Olympics of the Eastern Amateur League for the finish of the season.Meanwhile Canadiens who claim they don&rsquo;t mind who they meet are going out and beating every one they face. Habs hold commanding season edges over Quebec and Three Rivers but are behind in the season play with Nationale.Pete Morin&rsquo;s Nats claim they would rather face Quebec, but are not holding any fear for the powerful and favored Canadiens squad.The prospects point to a Three Rivers-Canadiens series and Quebec-Nationale fight in the other bracket.Both should be great rounds. A Canadiens-Three Rivers series could turn out to be a tremendously rough and rugged round while the Citadels-Nat round would be evenly matched.The clubs are out to regain the Memorial cup for the Quebec section. Winning their first Dominion title in 1949 when the Montreal Royals made their dramatic triumph, the section repeated with Montreal Canadiens in 1950, but last year the Quebec Citadels, led by Jean Beliveau, fell before Barrie Flyers in the Eastern final. &#9632;

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Detour Habs, Garner Home Ice, Big Aims As Juniors Jockey

<h2>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, FEB. 18<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02168/1503735-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="582" height="202"></div><h2>MANITOBA JUNIOR</h2>FINAL STANDING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03107/1503728-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="579" height="130"></div>TOP NINE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0477/1503721-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="583" height="253"></div><h2>OHA JUNIOR A</h2>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, FEB. 19<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0560/1503714-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="578" height="278"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0654/1503707-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="580" height="159"></div><h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, FEB. 18<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0751/1503700-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="589" height="128"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, FEB. 18<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0844/1503693-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="583" height="185"></div>TOP TEN SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0940/1503686-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="579" height="278"></div><h2>OHA SENIOR</h2>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, FEB. 19<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1036/1503679-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="583" height="175"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1132/1503672-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="585" height="155"></div><h2>QUEBEC MAJOR</h2>STANDINGS MONDAY, FEB. 18<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1231/1503665-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="585" height="199"></div>TOP TEN SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1331/1503658-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="582" height="274"></div><h2>MARITIME MAJOR</h2>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY. FEB. 70<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1430/1503651-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="585" height="172"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1530/1503644-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="582" height="151"></div><h2>QUEBEC-LAKE ST. JOHN SENIOR</h2>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, FEB. 18<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1629/1503637-1-eng-US/f0018-162.jpg" title="f0018-16" width="583" height="127"></div>TOP TEN SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1727/1503630-1-eng-US/f0018-172.jpg" title="f0018-17" width="572" height="250"></div><h2>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL</h2>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1827/1503623-1-eng-US/f0018-182.jpg" title="f0018-18" width="584" height="132"></div>(Standings In percentages as tennis do not play same numberf of games: Includes inter-league games).<h2>OKANAGAN SENIOR</h2>FINAL STANDINGS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1925/1503616-1-eng-US/f0018-192.jpg" title="f0018-19" width="588" height="125"></div><h2>SASKATCHEWAN SENIOR</h2>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, FEB. 19<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2025/1503609-1-eng-US/f0018-202.jpg" title="f0018-20" width="580" height="126"></div>TOP TEN SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2125/1503602-1-eng-US/f0018-212.jpg" title="f0018-21" width="574" height="270"></div><h2>QUE.-ONT. INTERCOLLEGIATE</h2>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, FEB<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2224/1503595-1-eng-US/f0018-222.jpg" title="f0018-22" width="532" height="131"></div><h2>INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, FEB. 18<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2322/1503588-1-eng-US/f0018-232.jpg" title="f0018-23" width="588" height="148"></div>TOP TEN SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2421/1503581-1-eng-US/f0018-242.jpg" title="f0018-24" width="584" height="277"></div><h2>AMERICAN AMATEUR</h2>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, FEB. 19<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2521/1503574-1-eng-US/f0018-252.jpg" title="f0018-25" width="578" height="176"></div>TOP TEN SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2620/1503567-1-eng-US/f0018-262.jpg" title="f0018-26" width="590" height="280"></div><h2>EASTERN AMATEUR LEAGUE</h2>STANDINGS ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2719/1503560-1-eng-US/f0018-272.jpg" title="f0018-27" width="584" height="255"></div>TOP TEN SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2815/1503553-1-eng-US/f0018-282.jpg" title="f0018-28" width="584" height="273"></div> &#9632;

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Minor League Parade At Quick Glance

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01224/1503773-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02180/1503766-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="555" height="839"><figcaption class="caption-body">LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WORD KEY</figcaption></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Maple Leaf rookie shown.6&mdash;United Nations (abbr.).7&mdash;This player scored the most goals in the NHL last season.10&mdash;Initials of player traded to Canadiens by Detroit for Hirschfeld.11&mdash;Starred for the Montreal Maroons in 1925-26, called Harry.13&mdash;Initials of goalie for Calgary Stampeders.14&mdash;Number of games Sid Abel missed last season.16&mdash;Initials of Lavell of New Westminster.17&mdash;Nickname of a former NHL president.18&mdash;Short for first name of 16 down.19&mdash;First name of Vezina Trophy winner of 1930-31.20&mdash;Initials of NHL linesman who played for Detroit & Canadiens.22&mdash;NHL team with Romnes first played (abbr.).24&mdash;This NHL player is Pete Conacher&rsquo;s cousin.26&mdash;First two letters of Uranium.27&mdash;All referees wear one (abb.).28&mdash;Initials of Maloney of Pittsburgh.29&mdash;Prep.31&mdash;Initials of a Canadien who hails from Baldur, Man.32&mdash;&ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion is said to do this fairly well.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;This AHL star played lacrosse last summer with Peterborough Petes.2&mdash;Ont. birthplace of pictured player.3&mdash;Lionel Conacher once played this game.4&mdash;Number of times Elmer Lach haB won the Hart Trophy.5&mdash;Marty Pavelich played Junior hockey with&mdash;Red Wings.8&mdash;Otherwise.9&mdash;Saskatoon&rsquo;s goaltender.12&mdash;Fern Flaman wore this number during his stay at Pittsburgh.14&mdash;Swedish coin.15&mdash;Name given a Ranger forward.16&mdash;Played defense for Chicago from 1939-40 to 1946-47.18&mdash;Initials of Raynak who spent Beveral seasons with St. Louis.20&mdash;This ex-AHL goalie Is called Connie.21&mdash;Coached Detroit to Stanley Cup victory In 1935-36.22&mdash;Ed. Fitkin, Leafs&rsquo; publicist, sometimes does this.23&mdash;Initials of Starr, ex-NHL player.24&mdash;Once played for N.Y. Americans, first name Fred.25&mdash;Short for first name of Larson of Calgary.30&mdash;Initials of Glover of Detroit. &#9632;

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