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March 8, 1952

The Hockey News March 8, 1952

<h2>Paced By Flying Lach Kid Cagy Oldsters Show They Won&rsquo;t Take Any Back Seat</h2>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Oldtimers are more than holding their own with the youngsters in the &ldquo;Quarterback&rdquo; spot of hockey &mdash; the center ice position. Which accounts for the fact that of the half-dozen top-ranking candidates for the pivot position on the Fifth Annual Fans&rsquo; All Star Team, only three are under 30 &mdash; and even one of those is just a fraction under the age spot where hockey. players begin to more into the Methuselah category.Heading the parade at his current hot playmaking pace is 34-year-old Elmer Lach of Montreal Canadiens, while Boston&rsquo;s Milt Schmidt and Detroit&rsquo;s Sid Abel In the same age bracket are easily the outstanding performers at their positions on their squads.George Gee of Chicago Black Hawks is crowding fast on his 30th cake-cutting event, while Toronto&rsquo;s Ted Kennedy at 2 6 and New York&rsquo;s Don Raleigh, who will be 26 In June, round out the list of hopefuls for the ice general slot on the mythical dream team selected each year by readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS.<h3>Two More to Go</h3>This marks the fourth week of ballotting, which means &lsquo;you still have a little over two Weeks before finally making your minds on your choices for the big team and the runner-up positions.The final ballot &mdash; containing space for your name and address &mdash; will appear, in the March 22 Issue. When you have them all, fill in the battols with your nominations and MAIL THEM IN ALL TOGETHER. You can take as long as you like to make up your minds, as long as your votes are MAILED AND POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, TUESDAY MARCH 25, when the voting contest closes.And now, here&rsquo;s a brief rundown of the top center candidates in the League, including the player we consider outstanding on each team at the time this was written.SID ABEL &mdash; One of the real greybeards of the League &mdash; he was 34 on February 22 &mdash; the Detroit Red Wings smoothie still rates right up near the top of the list along with those other veterans, Milt Schmidt and Elmer Lach. Born at Melville, Sask., the 6&rsquo; 11&rdquo; center setter-upper moved from Flon (Manitoba) Bombers to Pittsburgh of the International-American loop (now the AHL) in the 1938-39 campaign. He played 15 games with Detroit that season, then, divided 1939-40 between the NHL and the AHL Indianapolis Caps, before winning a regular big league berth. Always well up among the leading point-getters, Abel captured the Hart Trophy in 1948-49 when he also led in goals with 28.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01278/1422404-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="279" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">MiddlemenElmer Lach</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02222/1422397-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="274" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03190/1422390-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="278" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Kennedy</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04147/1422383-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="283" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Raleigh</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05118/1422376-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="278" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt Schmidt</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06106/1422369-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="274" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Gee</figcaption></div>GEORGE GEE &mdash; The leading point-getter in the Chicago Black Hawks center ice brigade is currently enjoying his best season since he began NHL play in 1945-46. He should easily surpass his best showing (in 1946-47 when he racked up 20 goals and 20 assists) since he&rsquo;s currently second high man on the team, taking a back seat only to venerable Wee Willie Mosienko, the right wing sniper. Gee &mdash; a well-distributed 180 pounds`and 5&rsquo; 11&rdquo; &mdash; was born at Stratford, Ont., June 28, 1922, and got his pro grooming with Kansas City back in 1941-42. Three years at war intervened Before he came back in the first post-war season to win entry to the NHL.<h2>Experience Rates As Top Asset Among Men Who Hold Ice General Jobs In NHL</h2>TED KENNEDY &mdash; At 26 almost a youngster as far as the current crop of seasoned top enters is concerned, Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; &ldquo;Teeder&rdquo; has been bearing a heavy share of the load lately keeping the sagging Smythe men going. He&rsquo;s surpassed in the team statistics only by winger Sid Smith, although he&rsquo;s slightly below his last year&rsquo;s pace when he tied Gordie Howe with 43 assists and racked up a 61-point total. The wiry Toronto center iceman, who is just a shade under six feet and weighs an even 17 5, was born at Humberstone, Ont., on December 12, 1925, and moved directly from the Port Colborne Seniors to the Leafs for a two-game tryout in 1942-43 and a regular&rsquo;s job the next season. His best effort was last year, with 61 points in 63 games, followed by his 60 total in 60 games in 1946-47.ELMER LACH &mdash; Elegant Elmer, or Elmer the Great, as he&rsquo;s been variously labelled, this year is enjoying one last big fling and doing a spectacular job. The much-injured Elmer, who was 34 on January 22, is in his 12th NHL year and is sweeping aside all the records he can lay his hands on. Although he&rsquo;s missed lots of time due to injuries, including full half-seasons in 194 647 and 1948-49, Lach has already swept aside Bill Cowley&rsquo;s all-time points and assists marks and holds a bagfull ef other records collected in his brilliant career. He&rsquo;s still well in the running for the NHL scoring championship, and could catch Detroit&rsquo;s Howe to take his third championship to add to the crowns garnered in 1944-45 &mdash; when he won the Hart Trophy &mdash; and in .1947-48.DON RALEIGH &mdash; The studious, serious &ldquo;Mr. Bones&rdquo; of New York Rangers has come into his own with a vengeance in his sixth season of NHL hockey. The lean and lanky 155-pound pivot, who towers 5&rsquo; 11&frac12; into the stratosphere, is fighting, Detroit&rsquo;s Ted Lindsay for third place in the scoring race, and supplying much of the punch that&rsquo;s keeping the Blueshirts in contention for the fourth and final playoff spot. Born at Kenora, Ont., June 27, 1926, the going-on-26 Raleigh is the youngest of the current crop of contending centers. He cut his NHL teeth with Rangers in 1943-44 before he was 18, then decided to go back to school. Out of hockey for three seasons, he returned to New York in 1947-48, and has been steadily working toward stardom.MILT SCHMIDT &mdash; Although this is &ldquo;merely&rdquo; his 13th NHL season, the grand-daddy of the centers has been around the loop since the 1936-37 season which lie split between Boston and the AHL Providence Reds. The Kitchener, Ont., born slicker just celebrated his 34th birthday this week, on March 5th, and for nearly half that time he&rsquo;s been skating with the Bruins except for three years in the Canadian Air Force during the war. Schmitty despite his advancing age, is still the pick of the Boston center corps, and holding his own with the rest of the pack in the scoring race. Member of the famed Kraut Line of Boston, Schmidt is almost certain to pass the 200 goal mark this semester. &#9632;

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<h2>Penalty-less Games</h2>New Westminster and Seattle played an entire game in New Westminster without either club drawing a penalty. This was the second time this season that these clubs have played a complete game without a penalty. The other game was also played In New Westminster, Oct. 31st. Seattle and Vancouver played a penalty-less game in Vancouver. Oct. 9th.<h2>Scoring In Empty Nets</h2>Twelve times to date, a club removing its goalkeeper for an extra 7 forward have saw their strategy A backfire and a goal scored in their empty net. Tacoma have been the victim three times. Saskatoon and Seattle twice New Westminster, Victoria, Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton once each.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><h2>STANDINGS ON MON., A.M. FEB. 25</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01218/1423164-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="608" height="223"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3>Feb. 18&mdash;Tacoma 5 at Calgary 5Feb. 19&mdash;Vancouver 1 at Victoria 0 Tacoma 1 at Edmonton 3Feb. 20&mdash;Seattle 0 at N. Westminster 11 Tacoma 4 at Saskatoon 5Feb. 21&mdash;Edmonton 2 at Calgary 5Feb. 22&mdash;Seattle 4 at Victoria 6 Tacoma 6 at Vancouver 6Calgary 2 at Edmonton 7Feb. 23&mdash;Vancouver 4 at Tacoma 7Victoria 2 at N. Westminster 8Calgary 1 at Saskatoon 1Feb. 24&mdash;New Westminster 3 at Seattle 4The New Westminster Royals won two of the three games they played the past week to increase their first place margin to eight points over second place Saskatoon. The Quakers saw their second place margin over third place Tacoma reduced to four points, however Saskatoon have three games in hand over the Rockets. Tacoma maintained their six point margin over fourth place Edmonton. The Flyers increased their margin over fifth place Seattle to five points and sixth place Vancouver gained one point on Seattle and now trail them by four points. The Canucks have played two mores games than the Ironmen. Calgary gained one point on Vancouver and a coveted play-off spot last week but still trail by six points with two games in hand over the Canucks. Victoria dropped two more points behind Calgary the past week and now trail by four points. The Cougars have two games in hand over the Stampeders.George Agar of Calgary continues to lead the individual scorers with 31 goals and 45 assists for 76 points. Gordie Fashoway of New Westminster has scored the most goals, 45, and Eddie Dorohoy of Victoria leads in assists with 48.Lucien Dechene, New Westminster goalie has the best goals against average for goalkeepers. Dechene has allowed an average of 2.66 goals per game. Bill Shvetz of Calgary and Buck Jones of Tacoma have each spent 130 minutes in the penalty box to lead the &ldquo;bad-men.&rdquo;<h3>MONDAY, FEB. l6</h3>Tacoma 5 at Calgary 5CALGARY &mdash; The Calgary Stampeders and Tacoma Rockets played to a 5-5 deadlock in a Pacific Coast Hockey League game here.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence. Pratt, O&rsquo;Connor, Davison, Jones; forwards, Bradley, Johnston, Young, Brown, Kerr, Marquess, Adam, MacDonald, Delmonte.Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Dickens, Moe, Gllhooley, Shvetz; forwards: Thomas, Juckes, Larson, Blade, Ashworth, Pechet, Agar, Goodacre, Brown, Butler.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02184/1423157-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="586" height="447"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03145/1423150-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="592" height="179"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04107/1423143-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="1131" height="1602"><figcaption class="caption-body">Royal Goal-GetterGordie Fashoway of the New Westminster Royal, left, gets a pat on the back from team owner Kenny MacKenzie for his terrific goal scoring bursts which he has shown this season. Fashoway, now second to George Agar in the scoring leads the league in netting the puck. Thus far Gordie has scored 45 goals.</figcaption></div><h3>TUESDAY, FEB. 19</h3>Tacoma 1 at Edmonton 3EDMONTON &mdash; Tacoma Rockets&rsquo; hopes of a Pacific Coast Hockey League unbeaten record were given a dash of cold water by Edmonton Flyers who handed them a 3-1 setback at the Gardens.The Flyer victory, satisfactory for the most part to the crowd of slightly more than 4,000, chopped off the Rockets&rsquo; unbeaten streak at 12 games, one short of the league record set earlier in the month by New Westminster Royals. By coincidence, Royals were cut short at 13 games by the same Flyers, in a game at the coast city Feb. 6.Tacoma &mdash; Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor; forwards, Bradley, Johnson, Kerr, Marquess, Adam, DelMonte, MacDonald and Young.Edmonton &mdash; Goal, Brennan; defence, McCalg, Cox, Pettinger, McLean; forwards, Kilburn, Raynak, Podolsky, Thomas, Joss, Johnson, McLeod, Kubasek, Glesebrecht.Referee: Bill Knott and Hank Wilson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0581/1423136-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="600" height="227"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0662/1423129-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="598" height="251"></div>Vancouver 1 at Victoria 0VICTORIA, B.C. &mdash; Vancouver Canucks took a firm grip on sixth place &mdash; the Pacific Coast Hockey League&rsquo;s last playoff berth&mdash;with a 1-0 win over Victoria Cougars.The two points put Canucks 11 points ahead of the cellar Cougars and eight points in front of the seventh-place Calgary Stampeders.Vancouver: Goal, Pldosodny; defence, Lavell, Baklaclch, Tarala, Lofvendahi, Currie; forwards, Plumb, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein Carveth, Hartsburg, Manson.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Goegan, Roche, Leger, Bouchard, Strongman; forwards, Dorohoy, Frampton, Hebenton, Abbott, MacIntyre, Anderson, Hickey, Atanas, Evans.Referee: Dick Davis; linesman, Paul Waldner.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0757/1423122-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="598" height="271"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20</h3>Seattle 0 at New Westminster 11NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. &mdash; New Westminster Royals earned the most decisive shutout victory in the Pacific Coast Hockey League&rsquo;s history by blanking Seattle Ironmen 11-0.The previous record was set when Tacoma walloped Victoria 9-0.Seattle: Goal. Huges; defence. Tailefer, Sprout, Jackson. Conn; forwards. Homenuke, Bell. Filion, Fairburn, Maxwell, Cereslno, Tomluk, Richardson, Samanski, Ross.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene; defence, Bedard, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes. Houle; forwards, Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Laveil, Fielder, Paul. Cabana.Referee: Eddie Powers; linesman, Merrick Cranston.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0836/1423115-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="596" height="690"></div>Tacoma 4 at SaskatoonSASKATOON &mdash; Saskatoon Quakers strengthened their hold on second place in the Pacific Coast Hockey League when they edged the threatening third-place Tacoma Rockets 5-4 in one of the fastest and best-played games here this season.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson: defence. Pratt, O&rsquo;Connor, Davidson. Jones; forwards, Bradley, Johnston, Young. Brown. Kerr. Marquess, Adam, McDonald, DelMonte.Saskatoon: Goal, Worsley; defence, Hendi, Milford, Parker, Kaiser; forwards; McCullough. Strain, Chad, Kaleta, Senick, Fowler, Hunter, Rouse, Kuzma, Bentley.Referee: Bill Knott and Hedley McDonald.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0926/1423108-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="598" height="585"></div><h3>THURSDAY, FEB. 21</h3>Edmonton 2 at Calgary 5CALGARY &mdash; Calgary Stampeders tripped Edmonton Flyers 5-2 in a Pacific Coast Hockey League game here to keep their playoff chances alive.Stampeders remained six points behind Vancouver Canucks and have 13 games to play. Canucks hold the sixth and last playoff spot in the league. Flyers stayed in fourth place.Edmonton: Goal, Brennan; defence, McCaig. Cox. Pettinger; forwards, Kilburn. Raynak, Podolsky, Thomas, Joss, Johnson. McLeod, Kubasek. Geisebrecht.Calgary: Goal, Dertell: defence. Dickens. Moe, Gilhooley, Shvetz; forwards, Thomas, Juckes. Larson, Blade, Ashworth, Pechet, Agar, Goodacre, Brown, Butler.Referee: Billy Knott and Jerry Trudell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1020/1423101-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="604" height="442"></div><h3>FRIDAY, FEB. 22</h3>Seattle 4 at Victoria 6VICTORIA &mdash; Victoria Cougars kept alive their flickering playoff hopes by besting the slipping Seattle Ironmen, 6-4, in a PCHL. game played before about 3.800 fans at Memorial Arena.Seattle: Goal. Hughes; defence. Taillefer. Sprout, Jackson. Conn; forwards, Homenuke, Bailey. Bell, Filion. Fairburn, Maxwell, Ceresino, Tomink, Richardson, Samanski.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Bouchard, Roche, Goegan, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton, Frampton, Abbott, McIntyre, Hickey, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas.Referee: Eddie Powers and Paul Waldner.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1116/1423094-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="422" height="51"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03123/1423087-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="604" height="585"></div>Tacoma 6 at Vancouver 6VANCOUVER &mdash; Getting away to a fast start as Bill Hartsburg scored at 10 seconds and Larry Popein followed with a second goal 23 seconds later, Vancouver Canucks Improved their PCHL play-off chances at Vancouver by stubbornly hanging on to get a 6-6 draw with Tacoma Rockets.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt, Jones. Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor; forwards, Bradley, Johnson. Kerr, Marquess, Adam, DelMonte. Macdonald, Young.Vancouver: Goal, Pidsodny; defence. Laveil, Brkiacich, Tarala, Lofvendahl, Currie; forwards, Plumb. Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popeln, Carveth, Hartsburg, Manson, Leier.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04104/1423080-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="598" height="671"></div>Calgary 2 at Edmonton 7EDMONTON &mdash; Action at Edmonton was featured by a third-period mix-up which ended in a fight between Calgary Stamps&rsquo; Dick Butler and Flyers&rsquo; Nels Podolsky, who started throwing punches in the penalty box after getting penalties for a roughing exchange. Rookie Earl Johnson led the winners with two goals and an assist. Flyers won 7-2.Calgary: Goal, Hendry; defence, Dici kens. Shvetz, Glllhooley, Blade; forwards. Thomas, Juckes, Larson. Anderson. Ashworth, Pechet, Agar, Godacre, Brown.Edmonton: Goal. Brennan: defence, McCaig, Cox, Pettinger, McLean; forwards, Kilburn. Raynak. Podolsky. Thomas, Joss. Johnson, McLeod, Kubasek, Giesebrecht.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0587/1423073-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="604" height="590"></div><h3>SATURDAY. FEB. 23</h3>Vancouver 4&rsquo;at Tacoma 7TACOMA &mdash; It took some time, out the Tacoma Rockets got around to beating the Vancouver Canucks at the Arena.The Rockets, looking none too sharp in the first period, came to life in the second and third periods and came on with a rush to dump the Canucks, 7-4, before a fair-sized Saturday night crowd of some 2.300 fans.Vancouver: Goal, Pidsodny; defence. Laveil, Tarala, Lofvendahl, Brkiacich; forwards, Plum, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Carveth, Leier, Hartsburg, Manson, Hagen.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt, Jones, Davidson, Godfrey, O&rsquo;Connor; forwards Adam, Johnston, Bradley, DelMonte, Marquess, Young, Kerr, Brown and MacDonald.Referee: Eddie Powers and Cam Praudlock.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0672/1423066-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="598" height="597"></div>Victoria 2 at New-Westminster 5NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; Victoria Cougars saw their PCHL playoff hopes almost blacked out at New Westminster as the league-leading and short-handed Royals rode to a 5-2 victory although badly out-played.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Roche, Goegan, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton. Frampton, Abbott, Ballance, E. Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas, Medynski, Hickey.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle, Bedard; forwards, Ullyot, Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Laveil, Fielder. Paul, Cabana.Referee: Dick Davis; linesman, Merrick Cranstoun.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0769/1423059-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="606" height="445"></div>Calgary 1 at Saskatoon 1SASKATOON &mdash; Calgary Stampeders and Saskatoon Quakers battled to a 1-1 tie in a Pacific Coast Hockey League game here.The stars of the game were the rival netminders&mdash;Lome Worsley of Saskatoon and Russ Dertell of Calgary. Worsley stopped 28 shots compared to 21 by Dertell.Saskatoon: Goal, Worsley; defence, Hendi, Milford, Parker, Kaiser; forwards, McCullough, Strain. Chad, Kaleta, Senick, Fowler, Hunter, Rouse, Kuzma, Bentley.Calgary: Goal, Hendry; defence, Dickens. Shvetz, Moe. Gillhooley, Blade; forwards, Thomas, Juckes, Larson, Anderson, Ashworth, Pechet, Agar, Goodacre, Brown.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0865/1423052-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="601" height="294"></div><h3>SUNDAY. FEB. 24</h3>New Westminster 3 at Seattle 4SEATTLE &mdash; Seattle had a new coach and the Ironmen won themselves a hockey game.The up and down Ironmen, with Danny Sprout handling the coaching chores, rose up to knock down the league leading New Westminster Royals 4-3, after Tony Hemmerling had announced his resignation as boss of the Seattle sextet.Seattle: Goal, Hughes; defence, Taillefer. Sprout, Jackson, Con; forwards, Homenuke, Bell, Filion, Fairburn. Maxwell, Ceresino, Tomiuk, Richardson, Samanski, Ross.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene; defense, Bedard, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle: forwards Love. Dufault, Fashoway, Laveil, Fielder, Paul, Cabana.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0956/1423045-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="618" height="565"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1212/1423038-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="596" height="621"></div><h2>TEAM LEADERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1310/1423031-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg" title="f0017-13" width="603" height="127"></div> &#9632;

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

VOLUME 5 MONTREAL, MARCH, 8, 1952 NUMBER 23<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01137/1423432-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="257" height="290"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0277/1423425-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="272" height="313"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0362/1423418-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="2964" height="1997"><figcaption class="caption-body">Haste Doesn&rsquo;t Make Waste HereIt looks like every player on the Detroit Red Wings hockey club is in the top picture as they try desparately to to crowd the Leafs out of the play. Terry Sawchuck is out of his cage as Leo Reize takes over and stretches to deflect the disc into the corner. Tod Sloan tries to break in between Pavelich (11) and Goldham while Leswick seems to be packing his stick through Kennedy&rsquo;s back. Lindsay is the player on the left.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0448/1423411-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="2932" height="1541"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gus Mortson, being held by linesmen George Hayes and Frank Udvari looks like news breaking into tears. Actually he&rsquo;s trying to get at Milt Schmidt of the Bruins. Meeker is resting his head on Schmidt&rsquo;s shoulder, or whispering something to him while Quackenbush and Henderson look on. Also looking on is Referee Doug Davies on the right. ((Photos by Turofsky))</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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The Hockey News

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0147/1423463-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Preview of a June Debut</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Boucher Urges Player Draft For All Hockey

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash; Within the next three months, hockey will be asked to rid itself of the costly, inefficient means of developing player material as incor porated in vertical sponsorship from majors to amateurs. A comprehensive draft system would take its place.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0240/1423494-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="294" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Boucher</figcaption></div>This is no idle dream. A plan of change has been drawn up and published by one of the game&rsquo;s most respected and able figures. He knows all the agle and problems &mdash; of player, coach and front-office and from the NHL down through the minora to the juniors. The plan&rsquo;s author is Frank Boucher, Ranger manager.This draft proposal will be offered for action at hockey&rsquo;s meetings in June. In the meantime, Boucher expects it to be seriously considered and, as he says, &ldquo;kicked around&rdquo; by all concerned.&ldquo;Hockey has needed a player draft for a long time,&rdquo; Boucher points out. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t claim that mine is perfect in every respect. There undoubtedly are some weaknesses, which can be worked out. Maybe the draft prices aren&rsquo;t right or maybe the order of draft is wrong. But at least it&rsquo;s a concrete plan of action. With minor alterations, it should provide the answer to many of our current problems.&rdquo;<h2>Streamline Proposal</h2>Boucher&rsquo;s proposal, as revolutionary as it may be to some people, is a simple one. It calls for the abolishment of all Reserve Lists. In their places would be the player draft.D-Day (for draft) would be next June 30. At that time, all Negotiation Lists would be frozen for one year &mdash; in which time all clubs would have to sign their players before the Lists go out of existence.Boucher makes a point that Negotiation Lists have been criticized throughout Canada for some time. &ldquo;If we abolish them for all professional teams, that will do away a big bone of contention,&rdquo; he claims. &ldquo;Negotiation Lists will become unnecessary when we have a proper draft system.&rdquo;All Sponsored Lists would be frozen on D-Day, also. In the case of the NHL, the List would be kept alive for three years before the players would be made eligible for the draft. In the case of the AHL, PCHL and Major Series, those Lists would be frozen for only one year, and then abolished.&ldquo;I think there is a good reason for this disparity in time,&rdquo; the author says. &ldquo;Major league teams have had Sponsored Lists for five or six years. Minor league teams have had them but a year or two at the most. We&rsquo;ve spent considerably more money and have much larger Lists. Therefore, we should be given more time to make the change.&rdquo;All pro teams are now allowed a Reserve List of 40 players and four goalkeepers. Under the proposed system, these Lists would be reduced to a total of 30 names, including goalkeepers. The reduction deadline would be Oct. 31 of this year.The draft, as proposed, will limit the number of players who can be taken from any one team in any given year. Only two could be drafted from the AHL or PCHL and only three from any one Major Series or other CAHA club. In the latter instance, Major Series players to be draftable must have attained their 22nd birthday by May 1, of the year available In the draft as much as the cellar team?&rdquo; Boucher asks.Draft prices and number of players draftable by any one team are subject to easy change, of drafted, and other CAHA players must have reached their 18th birthday on the same date.As set up now, the order of draft would be the reverse of the order of standing in each league. For instance, the Chicago Black Hawks would get first crack in the draft from any and all lower echelons in hockey. That is, under the present situation in the NHL. &ldquo;Who needs the best player course. As Boucners plan is proposed, the price ranges from $10,000 for any AHL player drafted by NHL down to $2,500 from Major Series or other CAHA to the PCHL.Actually, in the detailed chart of the proposed draft, accompanying this article, the range is even lower than that. Major Series could draft any number of players at no cost from the balance of the CAHA, but subject to the rules and regulations and approval of the CAHA.&ldquo;Amateur teams snouldn&rsquo;t have to pay for amateur players,&rdquo; Boucher explains.Of course, in such a complete overhaul in the system of player development as this, many hitches and ramifications may be expected. Some will ask: &ldquo;What will this do to the small rink owner? What happens to the minor leagues without sponsorship? Will it hurt some while helping othersBoucher is ready with the answers, beginning with what a draft system would do for the NHL.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s no secret why the Rangers and most of the other major league clubs should be in favor of it,&rdquo; he remarks. &ldquo;The main reason for the need of a draft is to reduce our cost of operations, which have now gotten out of hand. Under this draft, the Rangers alone would save between $50,000 and $100,00 a year.&ldquo;It would strengthen the league, itself, by first strengthening the weaker teams,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;It would also make available the best player talent, which occasionally is frozen in the minors or the amateurs. Our Hy Buller, for instance, is now a leading candidate for both the Calder Trophy and All-Star team and he was held down in the minors at least three years too long.&rdquo;What about the minors? &ldquo;Their cost of operations will go down, also,&rdquo; Boucher points out. &ldquo;No Sponsored Lists and smaller Reserve Lists will be a saving. They will be well paid for the maximum of two players who can be drafted from them in any one year. If they have a special star who is worth more than the draft price on the open market, he can be sold at any price prior to the draft deadline each year.&ldquo;The loss of only two players, at the most, can&rsquo;t possibly hurt a minor league club seriously. They can easily replace them by; draft from lower down.&rdquo;What about the seniors and juniors? &ldquo;They, in turn, will be well paid for the players drafted from then,&rdquo; he adds. &ldquo;Who gets the money, if a player is developed over several years on a junior team and then is drafted after one season in Major Series? The CAHA would decide.&ldquo;How will the smaller teams survive without sponsorship, you ask? There is a lot of feeling now that sponsoring teams has led to a great loss in developing players. Many teams are going out of existence and some leagues are so threatened under our present system. Open competition, without benefit of sponsorship, has always flourished.&ldquo;Take the case of Winnipeg, for example. I can remember in the old days, not so long ago, when it was a hotbed of hockey talent, Winnipeg had from eight to 12 junior teams playing in that league. Now it is down to three sponsored teams. &#9632;

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Moguls To Give Idea Going Over At June Meets

New York, N. Y. &mdash; Although still in pain and already, bored with hospital life after undergoing an operation on his torn knee cartilage, Chuck Rayner hasn&rsquo;t lost his famous sense of humor. The little man who replaced him in the Rangers&rsquo; nets can bear witness to that fact.One recent morning, at the awful hour of 6:30 o&rsquo;clock, Emile (The Cat) Francis was awakened by a phone call to his hotel room. Rayner was on the other end, although The Cat didn&rsquo;t know it at the time.Faking his voice and using a fictious name, Chuck said he was a real fine shortstop who&rsquo;d been referred to Francis for a job. He wondered if Emile couldn&rsquo;t help him-sign on with the Battleford, Sask., club this Summer.Francis wasn&rsquo;t too enthusiastic. You see, besides being the manager of that team, he is also its regular shortstop. MOZLEY. &#9632;

Hospitalized Rayner Shows He Still Has Sense of Humor

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens, with the biggest hold on second place they have held all season &mdash; four points &mdash; will have to beat the Leafs if they want to finish in the runner-up spot.With nine games to go the Habs held a four point edge over the Toronto Leafs. But of those nine games five are between the Wings and Leafs. The Habs finish out the season i with a home and home series against the Leaque leading Wings. Toronto finish out against Chicago and Boston. So I to maintain their hold in second the Canadiens aye going to 1 have to defeat the Leafs at least twice. They play three more games together before the season comes to a halt. Two of the games are in Toronto, one in Montreal.Although the Canadiens hold a wide margin of victories in their 11 games so far against the Leafs this season the three games to come loom bigger than any other on the schedule. If they whip the Leafs in Toronto on March 5 they will hold a six-point lead &mdash; if they lose the lead is cut to a mere two points. A six-point lead with eight games to go would all but put them into the playoffs against the fourth place finisher.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0741/1421693-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="586" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body">FLOYD CURRY</figcaption></div>If the Canadiens finished second it would not be hard to guess whom they would like be pitted against in the playoffs. It would be the Rangers of course. They have had good success against the Rangers in Montreal, poor against them in New York. They whipped the Rangers seven times in Montreal but won only once and tied twice in New York. Still, that Is better than their record against the Bruins.<h2>Five 20 Goals Scorers</h2>Going into the stretch before playoffs the Canadiens are relying on their kids to keep them in the race. Not since the early war days have the Canadiens had so many potent goal scorers. No fewer than five of the players have hit the 20 goal mark so far this season. Gamble was the last two pass it against the Hawks last Sunday. Curry hit the 20 mark with two that night. Prior to that Geoffrion, Meger and Richard hit the 20-mark. Dickie Moore should pass the mark shortly. He has scored 17 and netted them in 29 games.Moore has been the big gun in the Habs race for second place. Since he turned pro at the New Year the Habs have been the hottest team in the League. When Richard was shipped to Florida for a rest Moore switched to right wing and. In a nine game stretch he scored 14 goals. He has scored a point in each of his last 15 games, which is thought to be a record, not only for a rookie but for a player in the NHL.Maurice Richard is expected to return from Florida shortly. If and when he returns he will take up his usual position on right wing alongside Elmer Lach. Moore will be shifted to left wing again and Gamble will be re-united with Curry on right and either Mosdell or McCormack at center. Olmsteal will be used at the extra forward.<h2>Moore Injures Knee</h2>An injury to Moore sidelined him for a game. Against the New York Rangers he was driven into the goal post by Defenseman Hy Buller. It was a play which could easily have been averted by Buller. The latter had plenty of time to pull away. He was given a two-minute penalty and Moore played the rest of the game with a badly swollen left knee. He was told to stay home from the Chicago trip and went to hospital for treatment.The Canadiens have three candidates for trophies this season and they are almost certain to win one. The rookie award looks to be Boom Boom Geoffrion&rsquo;s already. Most fans and experts cannot understand how It could possibly give it to anyone else other than a rookie who will score easily 30 goals this season, rank second only to Howe in the League in goal scoring as well as finish fifth or sixth among the League scorersElmer Lach will certainly be given a lot of consideration for the Hart Trophy. Elmer has been the key man on the Hab team all season. His value can be seen by a look at number of assists he has been credited with this season.The third candidate they are putting up for honors this season is none other than Floyd Curry for the Lady Byng Trophy. Floyd, known as the &ldquo;Honest Blocker&rdquo; in Montreal is having his best season of his career this year. His ambition to net 20 goals has been realized. His mere eight minutes in penalties puts him well into the race for the Lady Byng. Although he is farther down the list of scorers than most other Lady Byng winners of the past were, it must be remembered that Curry has played more hockey this season than any other candidate. He has been used to kill off penalties and to check the best players in the League. So far this season Ted Lindsay has scored but one goal against the Canadiens. Curry has checked him to a standstill. &#9632;

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Habs Must Wing Leaf Qames To Consolidate Second Spot

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH (Toronto Telegram)</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The FBCP EHCCW (Frank Boucher Committee for the Preservation of Equality and Harmony in a Cold, Cold World) has passed judgment on another egg-headed aspect of the National Hockey League and suggested a remedy &mdash; which is as much, if not more, than Kefauver ever did.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0826/1421724-1-eng-US/f0002-082.jpg" title="f0002-08" width="265" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Carl Voss</figcaption></div>In simple language, the Ranger manager has decided that the NHL&rsquo;s leading two referees (he mentioned no names but the inference was obvious) have been transformed from fine upstanding red-blooded citizens to quivering, quaking paranoics, by the relentless pressure brought to bear by managers,&rsquo; coaches, owners and press.<h2>What A Memory!</h2>&ldquo;It has got to the point,&rsquo; mused Boucher, &ldquo;where a referee must not only weigh in his subconscious mind whether or not an infraction deserves a penalty but must also consider (a) what period it is? (b) who&rsquo;s in front? (c) by how much? (d) who&rsquo;s playing (e) where? (f) where are they in the standings? (g) who beefed last? and (h) how close are the playoffs? There have been so many complaints against them from every club in the League, and that includes the Rangers, that they could be excused if they just said to hell with it and left for a sanitarium.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t blame Carl Voss (referee in chief)&rdquo; says Boucher. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s done a great job. But think of how horrible it must bo for those referees to have to have on their subconscious minds all the consequences there will be every time they hand out a penalty.<h2>They Called Nothing</h2>&ldquo;At the start of the season, we were told they were going to clamp down on everything. They were going to call board checking, high sticking and holding right to the letter of the book. The only trouble is, they&rsquo;re not.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s where the FBCPEHCCW remedy comes in &ldquo;If all a a referee had to think about was the rulebook, there wouldn&rsquo;t be any trouble at all. Right after they started out to call them close early this season. Tommy Ivan, Sid Abel and some of the Red Wings were quoted right here in New York as saying they were trying to make a sissy game out of it. Well, if that&rsquo;s the case, the fault is not in how the referees are calling them, but in the rules themselves.<h2>What&rsquo;s Wrong With Book?</h2>&ldquo;We shouldn&rsquo;t try to cut out bodily contact because that is part of the game, but why we can&rsquo;t have consistent refereeing, based on the rules in the book and without regard to other circumstances, is beyond me. Conn Smythe said the other day that the Ranger-Toronto game in Toronto last week was the first time he had ever heard of a referee calling five straight penalties against the same club (the Leafs). It shouldn&rsquo;t matter if he called 10 straight&rsquo; penalties against the same club just as long as they were all in the book.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Boucher Sides With Officials - Too Many Beefs

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Because they accepted a challenge by Lynn Patrick, for what it was worth, and threw it right back in I his teeth, the | Rangers apparently are headed toward their third Stanley Cup playoff in 10 long years. If so, they&rsquo;ll have the last laugh on Patrick and the Bruins.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01204/1421638-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="288" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Cook</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02188/1421631-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="265" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Putting the Belt on Blues&rsquo; LineHy Buller</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03173/1421624-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="259" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Ross</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04143/1421617-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="288" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Steve Kraftcheck</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05111/1421610-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="274" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Eddolls</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0676/1421603-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="292" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Allan Stanley</figcaption></div>It seems that Patrick, when advised Boston would have to beat New York to reach the playoffs, was quoted. &ldquo;We can beat the Rangers because they don&rsquo;t have any defense.&rdquo;Since that profound statement was made several weeks ago, the picture has changed. Not only do the Cookies now have as sound an overall defense as there is in the League, but they are well qualified to say this to Patrick: &ldquo;We can beat the Bruins because they don&rsquo;t have any defense.&rdquo;<h2>Find Bruins Easy Meat</h2>If the Rangers fail to make the playoffs, it won&rsquo;t be because they failed to prove themselves a better team than the Bruins. Since Bill Cook took over the Rangers on Dec. 9, which is now when they figure their season startou, Boston and lork have met seven times. The Bruins drew first blood on home ice, and have since gotten but a lone tie in six engagements.What do the Rangers think of the Bruins&rsquo; defense? They just love it. In the last six games between the two rivals, New York has scored 28 times. Boston has just half that.Where defense is concerned, the Cookies will no longer buckle down to anyone. All of a sudden, everything jelled a few weeks ago. The youngsters developed; Allan Stanley came back from a shoulder separation; Frank Eddolls looked years younger when recalled in haste from Cincinnati; and, when Chuck Rayner was injured and sidelined for the rest of the season, Emile (The Cat) Francis reported in to do a wonderful job in the nets.Francis has even amazed Cook, and he&rsquo;ll admit it. &ldquo;When the little guy came in in such a spot,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;I never expected he&rsquo;d have a two goals-against average. He&rsquo;s done a great job. I feel now that, with the way we&rsquo;ve been scoring, we&rsquo;ll beat out Boston it Francis&rsquo; average isn&rsquo;t over 2.5.&rdquo;After his first four games in the nets, The Cat was still to be beaten. That streak, incidentally, was as long a one as the Cookies have had all season. He allowed but eigh goals in that period, and was the first to spread the credit elsewhere.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had the best help out in front any goalkeeper could have,&rdquo; Francis declares. &ldquo;If there is a better defense in the League, I have yet to see it.&rdquo;The Rangers have been dressing five defensemen, as is their custom, but have been playing only four most of the time. Jack Evans, who has great potential but only occasionally shows it, has been taking a rest as 6th man.Since Stanley&rsquo;s return, the defensive pairings have been fairly permanent. Al teams with rookie Jim Ross and Eddolls with rookie Hy Buller. Steve Kraftcheck is the odd man.Each man complements the other. Stanley is the chief rusher on his team al Ross covers up for him on a backfire. The same is true of Eddolls, who adds fine insurance to Buller&rsquo;s continual rushes.Of the four, Eddolls has been the most amazing. Between the time he left here in early December to replace Cook as fill-in coach at Saskitoon and the time he was eventually recalled from Cincinnati, the former team captain gained new life and new skating speed. He&rsquo;s playing as well or better now than he ever has in the League.A smart &ldquo;old&rdquo; warfior, who is unusually adept at) diagnosing plays and shots in advance, Frankie has been of tremendous help to Francis. When he&rsquo;s on the ice, the Rangers have had two goaltenders. In a 1-1 tie with Detroit recently, Eddolls must have stopped at least a half dozen good shots. And what&rsquo;s important to Francis, the defenseman doesn&rsquo;t screen him.Except for Stanley, who was one of the League&rsquo;s best to begin with, the other defensemen have noticeably improved. Buller, who should win the Calder Trophy, now is being mentioned for AllStar as well. He just gets better all the time.As for Ross, he has become the sound, rather than the spectacular type. He made the usual mistakes early in the season which most rookies make. But as Cook says: &ldquo;Jim is quick to learn. He does the right thing most of the time now, and he&rsquo;s one of our hardest workers. You&rsquo;ll find that he&rsquo;ll be in this League for a long time.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Improved NY Defense Make Blues Favourite in Fourth Place Race

<div class="byline">By DAN DESMOND</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01203/1421762-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Unusual Sunday Night Guest!</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;One more Sunday afternoon&mdash;March 16 against Detroit&mdash;and the Chicago Black Hawks experiment with matinee hockey will be ended for the 1951-52 season. It has been a box office success. And without exception, is has been a hit with the players too.Anyway, the 55,684 total for five Sunday matinees up to now suggests that president Bill Tobis will try to work in as many of the afternoon matches as possible next season.As for the players, they are all for it. Of course, the matinee as Bignment causes some minor Changes of diet on game days.For instance, eggs&mdash;boiled or poached&mdash;are the main sustenance before the day game whereas the big steak or some other heavy fare builds up the athlete three or four hours before a night cono test.<h2>3 Eggs For Lum</h2>Goalie Harry Lumley, who admits with a grin that he is a real trencherman, said:&ldquo;Around 3:30 of the afternoon we play a night game, I tie into a steak&mdash;the bigger the better. These matinees make it different. I&rsquo;ll eat three boiled eggs, some toast and coffee around 11 or 11:30 in the morning.After the game, I wait till around 8 o&rsquo;clock ror the big meal. Takes that long to get rid of the tenseness and excitement of playing.&ldquo;I think afternoon games are terrific though. We all get home I that much earlier. And those larger crowds always make it better for the players because of the enthusiasm and the noise.&rdquo;<h2>Gadsby Likes Them</h2>Bill Gadsby, Lumley&rsquo;s roomie at the Midwest Athletic Club here, has almost the same routine:&ldquo;Eggs are the main item of my pre-game meal around 10 in the morning. Afterward, I wait till 8 or 9 o&rsquo;clock for the heavy meal. It&rsquo;s impossible to eat right after a game, for me at least. The excitement carries over and it takes time to calm down.&ldquo;I like these afternoon games. It&rsquo;s possible to go to a show Sunday nights &hellip; I hope we play a lot more next season.&rdquo;.Gus Bodnar stokes up twice in the morning of a matinee. He says:&ldquo;I have breakfast at around 9&mdash;oatmeal, bacon or ham and eggs, followed by coffee. Then around noon, I&rsquo;ll have three boiled eggs, some toast and tea. I&rsquo;m all for the matinees because it helps the crowds and after all, the crowds are what pay our way. Of course, there&rsquo;s no doubt but that Sunday night television is tremendous competition.&rdquo;<h2>Old Stuff For &ldquo;Rags&rdquo;</h2>Afternoon play is nothing new for &ldquo;Rags&rdquo; Raglan who says:&ldquo;I got in a lot of it in the Quebec Senior League and I think I like afternoon games better than nights. My pre-game meal is eggs and toast and maybe a cup of a tea&mdash;no cereals. I eat the heavy meal about an hour and a half after the game.&rdquo;Bill Mosienko is another two meal guy. He explained:&ldquo;I get up pretty early and for, breakfast at 8:30, I&rsquo;ll have juice, toast and coffee. Around 11:30, I&rsquo;ll have some softboiled eggs, a fruit cocktail, toast and cereal. My big meal&mdash;sometimes a steak, sometimes roast, but anyway heavy&mdash;comes about 6:30 p.m., or an hour or so after the game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02171/1421755-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="528" height="791"><figcaption class="caption-body">All For ItBILL MOSIENKO</figcaption></div>&ldquo;On night games. I&rsquo;ll eat heavy at 3 in the afternoon. It has been a little difficult to get adjusted to this change of routine, particularly because of our children. When we play a night game, we can have a baby sitter, put them to bed and my wife can go to the Stadium.&ldquo;I do get up earlier on the morning of an afternoon game and there is some readjustment of the youngsters&rsquo; feeding schedules However, as long as the crowds are turning out, I&rsquo;m all for it.&rdquo;<h2>No Nervous Waiting</h2>Young Sid Finney who, though he&rsquo;s just out of the amateurs, never played any afternoon hockey is an enthusiast. He pointed out:&ldquo;Toughest thing about a night game is sitting around the hotel all day, waiting for the time to leave for the Stadium. Of course, on night games, I have a big steak in the afternoon. On day games, I eat two or three soft boiled eggs, toast and coffee in the morning. Best part of it is, after being up and around for several hours, it&rsquo;s time to go to the Stadium.&ldquo;I know I feel a lot peppier and livelier in these afternoon games.&rdquo;<h2>Hucul Has Same Diet.</h2>Fred Hucul, whose improvement with every game establishes him as one of the best rookies the Hawks brought along in several years, is another who likes the matinee games. His diet on game day is the same as his mates&mdash;except that he waits until 11 a.m. to stow away fruit juice, bacon and eggs, toast and coffee.Hucul, incidentally, had to do some overtime duty in a recent game when injuries reduced the Hawk defense corps to two healthy, sound availables&mdash;Al Dewsbury and Raglan. Hucul, moved back to defense, played 45 minutes of the 2-1 loss to Detroit. &#9632;

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Don’t Even Miss Pre-Game Steaks; Gobble ‘Em Later

<div class="byline">BY Ken Mckenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01274/1421821-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="379" height="408"></div>CLEVELAND&mdash;FROM WHAT we saw of the operations of the Cleveland Barons and after talking with fans, sportswriters and sportscasters, we are convinced the Barons belong in the National Hockey League. Everything about the way the club Is handled is Big League and they would in time prove a valuable asset to the National League &hellip;Here to present THE HOCKEY NEWS awards to Bun Cook as the Outstanding Coach in Hockey for 1950-51 and the top Executive title for 1949-50 to Jim Hendy, we were thoroughly impressed with the way hockey is presented in the sprawling Ohio city&hellip; &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll either have to go into the NHL or forget about hockey here,&rdquo; is a statement we heard more than once during our two day stay.&rdquo;Cleveland is major league in baseball and major league In football and the fans won&rsquo;t be satisfied until the same thing applies in hockey. Ticket prices are scaled the highest here of any American Hockey League city and it wouldn&rsquo;t take much of an increase to bring them into line with National League prices,&rdquo; Tom Manning, veteran Cleveland sportscaster pointed out.THE FEELING around here is that the Barons will never draw the capacity crowds they did during the lush years of the early forties unless they perform in the top hockey circuit. The fans here demand the best. They&rsquo;re used to competing against clubs from New York, Chicago, Boston and Detroit in baseball and football and a natural rivalry between these cities and Cleveland already exists. The appearance of teams from such AHL cities as Providence, Hershey, Syracuse, Indianapolis and Buffalo in Cleveland mean very little to Gus Phan as he knows they&rsquo;re not major league cities &hellip; The Barons are fortunate in having such an outstanding man running the team as Jim Hendy. The personable general manager of both the Barons and the Cleveland Arena has more ideas than any executive in hockey. Former publicity director of the New York Rangers, ex-publicist of the American Hockey League and two-year president of the United States Hockey League, Hendy is well grounded in all phases of the game. This is his third season as G. M. of the Barons. In his first two seasons, the Barons were out of first place only 10 days during that time. They copped the Calder Cup, highest honors, last season. Now called the &ldquo;David Harum&rdquo; of hockey, genial Jim has &lsquo;rebuilt the team completely and has made money for the organization by selling players to National League clubs &hellip; If the Barons do join the National Hockey League next season, they couldn&rsquo;t have a better man at the helm than James C. Hendy.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02247/1421814-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="268" height="406"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Chrystal</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03174/1421807-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="250" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bower</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04128/1421800-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="253" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Shero</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05113/1421793-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="262" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bun Cook</figcaption></div>WHO SAID too many Cooks spoil the broth? That isn&rsquo;t so. Not judging by the Cleveland Barons at any rate. These are three gents named Cook who presently are on the payroll of tle Barofis. Bun is the coach, Lex is the chief scout and Ron broadcasts the third period of all home and away games played by the Barons. Bun, Rex and Ron are not related to each other In any way. Ron Cook was president of the United States Hockey League last season. The hockey broadcasts are not sponsored, the promotion-minded Barons paying the freight.CLEVELAND downed Hershey, 3-1, in the game we saw for their sixteenth undefeated game in a row &hellip; Johnny Bower, Cleveland goalie, is the most Improved player in the American Hockey League. He made some sensational saves. Bower could move into the NHL today and hold his own with any of that loop&rsquo;s netmindsrs &hellip; Bob Chrystal, rookie defenseman with the Barons, is another who Impressed. Chrystal is big, tough and fast. He also possesses that elusive quality known as color &hellip; Cleveland has two players wearing glasses now that Freddie Shero has started using spectacles during a game. The other is Tom Williams &hellip; Leo Labine was stand out for Hershey. He scored his team&rsquo;s only goal and was a threat every time he was out on the Ice. He can&rsquo;t miss being a regular with Boston next year &hellip; Johnny Crawford, the Squire of Newton, was a playing coach in this game. Crawford has done a splendid job as Hershey coach. He&rsquo;s played about 25 games for his charges this season.GAIL. EGAN, who is well known across canada, sat oesiue us at the game. Egan handled the television of the Cleveland Indians games last summer. He also has several other TV shows. Chief scout for the Barons for four years, Gail&rsquo;s only connection with hockey now is through the Midget AHL. This six-team league is composed of boys between 12 and 16 years and the teams are named after American Hockey League clubs. The teams are coached by members of the Barons. This is the first time that hockey has been made available for Cleveland youngsters. Ed Ungus, star tackle with Purdue in 1934, is secretary of the Midget League &hellip; The rugged Phil Samis played his first game since he fractured his skull a month ago &hellip; The press box at the Cleveland Arena is one of the finest you&rsquo;ll find anywhere. A colored attendant is always on hand to serve you your favorite beverage etc, and to make the writers task as pleasant as possible. Situated at one end of the Arena, it has a glass front and affords an excellent view of the ice surface.BOB CARSE, a Baron stalwart for several seasons, acts as a lines man at all Baron home games. He is also one of Cleveland&rsquo;s Insurance salesmen&hellip; Patsy Callighen is the other linesman at Cleveland&rsquo;s home games &hellip; Les Cunningham, one of the Barons&rsquo; Alltime greats, is now in the oil filter business here &hellip; Ed Coen, former publicist of the Barons, now works for an advertising agency handling the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns&hellip; Eddie Olson of the Barons pitched batting practice for the St. Louis Cardinals last summer. Olson takes credit for the phenomenal hitting feats of Stan Musial. &ldquo;After hitting my pitching out of the park, Musial entered the game full of confidence. It was that confidence that won him the batting championships,&rdquo; laughed Eddie.JIM HENDY has just completed arrangements with Baldy Northcott of Winnipeg whereby the Winnipeg Black Hawks franchise chise in the Manitoba Junior League will be sold to Cleveland at the end of this season. It was formerly owned by Chicago. The entry will be known as the Winnipeg Barons. Cleveland will sponsor the West End Orioles&rsquo; minor setup in Winnipeg as well&hellip; Hendy claims the suddent change in fortunes of the Cleveland Barons is the result of his fending a joiner from a deck of cards in a Syracuse Hotel lobby. The team had lost five games in a row when Hendy picked up the famous 53rd card. &ldquo;The team hasn&rsquo;t lost a game since then,&rdquo; Jim enthused &hellip; Jim Hendy was offered the job as president of the AHL but turned it down. Maurice Podoloff will retireir June. Tom Manning is booming ex-Barons&rsquo; owner Al Sutphin for the job but Carl Voss is said to be the next prexy &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNEL-SPORTS EDITOR</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0696/1421859-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg"></div><h2>Voice from Upstairs: &lsquo;What Happened Leafs?&rsquo;</h2>THIS is a telegram which we have prepared for Frank Selke, general manager of Montreal Canadiens: &ldquo;Finally accept Dick Irvin&rsquo;s lament that Canadiens are the unluckiest team in hockey Stop. You probably would be leading the league now if Rocket Richard had been injured earlier In the season. Stop. Rocket&rsquo;s early return essential to Toronto&rsquo;s Stanley Cup chances.&rdquo;Mr. Selke won&rsquo;t get the telegram. The operator who was to send it on its way received one instead. It said: &ldquo;Rocket Richard has gone to Florida. Stop. Remembering Al Rollins&rsquo; statement that Canadiens, without Richard, are just a senior team, the Habitants are reverting to type by playing Fredericton, N.B., intermediates. Should win this series. Stop. Don&rsquo;t kid yourself about Willie Morrissey being lucky. Stop. He was smart enough to realize that Johnny Star and I could not be wrong in our hunch. Stop. You get a Jew and a Pole working on a shoestring, and something has to happen. Stop. Sorry the Dunnells and the Selkes could not go with Rocket as drumbeaters. Stop. By the way, what is the matter with the Maple Leafs? Regards.&rdquo;You have to give the little man marks for patience. He had to wait for the last month of the schedule, until Habs passed the Leafs. Then he popped the question. We still figure our wire re Richard was a good idea, as per the following:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0787/1421852-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="568" height="1353"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICKIE MOORE</figcaption></div>When Richard finally surrendered to his miseries, the wail went out that Canadiens would finish somewhere south of Lake Placid. It looked that way, too, when the Red Wings plastered them, 4-0. They lost again, to Boston, before they got organized. Then Dickie Moore joined them. Irvin described him as a replate of Murph Chamberlain. Since then, the sordid story of deterioration has continued. Only it has not been the Habs who have been deteriorating. The touching tale reads something like this: 14 wins, two ties and four losses since Moore joined the club. When did Irvin have it so good? He&rsquo;d have to go back to the days of the Punch Line.<h2>Generous Hap Day Had His Eye on Moore</h2>OUT of fairness to the Messrs. Selke and Irvin, it should be mentioned that common sense and statistics will be on their side, when they file their rebuttal to the innuendo that their secret weapon is to keep the Rocket in Florida. No matter how well your club is going, it stands to be better with a player who will score upwards of 40 goals in a season.Seiko&rsquo;s explanation of the rise of the Habitants is that two pretty good hockey players joined the club about the time the Rocket departed for a date with the doctors. In addition to Moore, they got Dollard St. Laurent. The pair could have come up sooner, but Selke was anxious that Doc Couture and Calum MacKay, both of whom had cost him a fair price, should have a chance to prove they belonged in the NHL. Another factor was that the Forum&rsquo;s farm club Royals were doing a profitable business in the Quebec senior circuit, and Selke had no desire to strip the roster of its better attractions.When the Rocket comes back, he likely will play with Lach at center and Moore at left wing. Selke figures this might be the most damaging threesome for the Forum foes since Toe Blake&rsquo;s retirement broke up the Punch Line.Leafs&rsquo; Hap Day, Selke claims, cast approving glances in Moore&rsquo;s direction several years back. When the Habs needed help and mentioned players like Fleming Mackell and Bill Ezinicki, Hap appeared most co-operative. He suggested it would be fair if Leafs condescended to accept in return the untried, unproven Moore, and Tom Johnson, the handsome defenseman. They would accept these as a favor to Canadiens, plus, of course, a sum of money which he proposed should be $20,000.&ldquo;That Day,&rdquo; Selke praises, &ldquo;would give you an apple for your hockey club. But first he&rsquo;d want a bite out of the apple.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Speaking On Sport

<div class="byline">By DAN DESMOND</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01224/1421890-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;At 30, and neither taller nor very much heavier than when he first came up, Willie-the-Wisp Mosienko is the old man of the Chicago Black Hawks by service seniority since he first came up to the National Hockey League in the 1941-42 season.Of his team mates of that campaign, not one is still a Hawk and only Max Bentley, now with Toronto, is still in the National League. Those 1941-42 Hawks included such familiar names as Mush March, Red Hamill, Alex Kaleta, the Carse brothers, Joe Cooper, George Allen, Johnny Mariucci, Art Wiebe and others.Mosienko feels he has another couple of good seasons left in his physical frame, rather fragile by big League standards. He is 5 feet 8 inches, weighs 160 and in his dozen years up with hockey&rsquo;s aristocracy has had more than his share of injuries &mdash; ranging from a fractured ankle in the All Star game of 1947 to such other incapacitating mishaps as wrenched knee tendons, torn cartilages, a shoulder separation and various sprained ankles.At the moment, he is having one of the best seasons, goalwise, of his career. Back in 1943-44, his first full campaign in the National, he had 32 goals and the following season, he had 28. Since then his high was 25 in 1946-47.<h2>Same Goalie &mdash; 200 Apart!</h2>Mosienko rolled into the League&rsquo;s lifetime 200-goal club this season on Jan. 17. By an odd coincidence, he scored that magic 200th against Jim Henry who also was in the nets on a February night of 1942 when he got his first major league goal. In &lsquo;42, Henry was with the New York Rangers and Bill recalled:&ldquo;I got two goals and an assist that night. But I never dreamed I&rsquo;d get as many as 200 before I was through. Guess my biggest thrill was two or three years ago when I got four goals and one assist in a 5-4 victory over Detroit. I&rsquo;ve had the hat trick three, four times &hellip; but four&rsquo;s the most I ever got in one game.&rdquo;Bill is 200th, incidentally, came with only 1:33 to go in the third period against Boston, for whom Henry is goalie now. He went into the contest in a deep, discouraging slump. He had gone eight straight games without a point and then, at l:34 of the first, soloed in for his 199th goal.Then, late in the game, he climaxed a sortie into the Boston zone with No. 200 but later, he confessed:&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t even see the light wink on so I skated around the nets and whacked the puck in again to be sure. Guess it went in the first time at that.&rdquo;Mosienko is a native of Winnipeg who, when he was 10 years old, lived only four blocks from Joe Cooper, seven years his senior and later to become his team mate and protector with the Hawks.Cooper and Mosienko now are partners in a 20-alley bowling establishment in Winnipeg.<h2>From Tobans To Tobins</h2>Anyway, young Bill&rsquo;s first hockey experience, as a midget, was with a Winnipeg team known as Toban&rsquo;s A.C. &mdash; not to be confused with the later Tobins (an &ldquo;I&rdquo; Instead of an &ldquo;A&rdquo;) A.C. or Chihawks.By the time he was 12, he had grown but little and two teams an his age bracket, the Panthers and the Sherburns, rejected his services because of his size. But six years later, Mosinko caught on with the Winnipeg Monarchs amateur team and by this time. Cooper, a star with the Black Hawks, was aware of the kid&rsquo;s speed and dexterity and warmly recommended him to the Chicago ownership.However, Mosienko ran into a snag. Canadian immigration officials refused to give him permission to cross the border and become a professional because of his age. Paul Thompson, then Hawk manager, turned on all of his powers of persuasive eloquence, pointed out the fact that Mosienko&rsquo;s family needed whatever financial help he could get. So Bill was allowed to come to the United States and join the Providence team, then a Chicago farm.That was in 1940-41 but before the season was over, the Hawks bought the Kansas City team as a farm club so Mosienko was shifted there. He played the early portion of 1941-42 at Kansas City before he was brought up to the Hawks in February for the last 12 games.The following season, because he was working in a defense plant in Winnipeg, Mosienko couldn&rsquo;t get permission to re-enter the United States so he got into only two games with the Hawks. But in 1943-44, he became a regular and has been one ever since. In 1944-45, he won the Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship when he went through the season without a single penalty.President Bill Tobin of the Hawks once exploded with his evaluation of Mosienko in unmistakeable terms. That was on Dec. 31, 1945, the day after New York&rsquo;s Bill Moe had blocked and caused a severe injury to his knee. Tobin said heatedly:&ldquo;What makes me maddest Is that a $5,000 hockey player should ruin a $50,000 player &hellip;&rdquo;Tobin still has high regard for Mosienko and still insists today:&ldquo;He&rsquo;s one of the finest players we&rsquo;ve ever had. Never any salary difficulties, never any worries about his physical condition. He is just about the cleanest living fellow in the game.&rdquo; &#9632;

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OI’ Man Mose Far from Ready to Hang It Up

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><h2>Bostons Have Won All Star Nods Everywhere Else But Even Bauer, Dumart Missed Sidewinger Jobs</h2>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;For a team which has contributed players to the National League all-star team more or less regularly lover two decades, the Boston Bruins have been noticeably deficient in one department. In all that time they have never placed a wing on the annual &ldquo;dream&rdquo; team.Over the years Bill Cowley and Milt Schmidt have been all-star centers; Dit Clapper, Eddie Shore, Babe Siebert, Bill Quackenbush and Johnny Crawford have been seleced as defensemen, and Tiny Thompson and Frank Brimsek have been chosen as goaltenders. But no Bruin has ever been selected as a wing, not even Bobby Bauer and Woody Dumart in their palmiest days. Bauer, Dumart, Clapper and Herb Cain have all been named to wing positions on second teams, never on first teams.That deficiency is one which Coach Lynn Patrick is convinced will be eliminated within the next three years, however, by a member of his present team. Patrick&rsquo;s nominee for the all-star team of 1955 is a left wing, 19-year-old Real Chevrefils.So impressed is Patrick by what he has seen Chevrefils do in the last two months, so certain is he of the youngster&rsquo;s future, that he says without qualification:&ldquo;Chewy is the best left wing prospect to come to the the Bruins in the last 10 years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02200/1421921-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="784" height="789"><figcaption class="caption-body">On His WayREAL CHEVREFILS</figcaption></div><h2>Lynn Patrick Predicts Barrie Product Will Cop Writers&rsquo; Votes Within Three Seasons At Most</h2>Right now, regardless of his lack of experience, he is the best left wing on our team. Within three years&rsquo; he will be the best left wing in the League, an all-star.&rdquo;Patrick isn&rsquo;t shouting Chevrefils&rsquo; praises for the Calder Trophy this season because he feels that the young man is in the porcess of development. But as much as he admires stalwart Dickie Moore of the Montreal Canadiens, he prefers Chevvy.&ldquo;He has all the assets and instincts of a great player,&rdquo; declared the Bruins&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;There is nothing he cannot do or isn&rsquo;t learning to do. I&rsquo;ve been around this League for 20 years, and I&rsquo;ve seen enough youngsters come and go to know that only time can substantiate such predictions as I&rsquo;m making, but in Chewy&rsquo;s case I&rsquo;m dead sure that I&rsquo;ll be right.&rdquo;Chevrefils, one year off the junior Barrie Flyers, has made favorable impressions on most of the National League masterminds since becoming a Bruin in early January. He has been likened to the rafty Bauer in his play-making ability, had his shiftiness extolled in other cities, been praised for his defensive work.He hasn&rsquo;t had any soft touches for opposition, either, for Patrick has never &ldquo;spotted&rdquo; him. As the left wing on Schmidt&rsquo;s line, Chevrefils has cut his major league eye teeth on characters like Gordon Howe and Maurice Richard, and nothing ever fazed him. &#9632;

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Chewy Bruins’ Hope As First Wing On Dream Team

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1, 1947Published by Kenneth W. McKenxe and Will. V. Cote HOCKEY NEWS COMPANYCirculation Room 204. King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg.. 1231 Ste. Catherine Street West. Montreal 25. Que.Advertising & Editorial 603A Sun Life Bldg.. 1155 Metcalfe St.. Montreal 2. Que.Average Weekly Circulation 35.000Yearly Subscription Price $3.00 In Canada &mdash; $4.00 In U.S.A.Autheried as second class mail. Post Office Department Ottawa.Entered as second class mail at the Post Office in Ordensbury, N.Y.Return all U.N. undelirerable copies under Form 3579 to ths Hockey News Company Room tot. King&rsquo;s. Hall Bldg.. 1231 Ste Catherine Street Went. Montreal 25. Que.Printed in CanadaVolume 5 March 8, 1952 Number 23The proposal advanced by Manager Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers has obviously been given a great deal of thought and serious consideration by its framer. It&rsquo;s a well documented plan which Boucher has been working on for quite some time, and it&rsquo;s safe to assume that the astute puck professor hasn&rsquo;t jumped into this without looking into all the angles.Even with all that, Boucher realizes it isn&rsquo;t entirely foolproof. He wants the hockey bigwigs to give the idea a good mulling over during the next few months, in preparation for threshing the entire thing out at the annual hockey meetings in June. The draft plan has so many ramifications, so many teams and players are affected that there will need to be some thorough pro and con discussion before any action is taken one way or the other.On the face of it, the plan has much to commend it from the standpoint that it will stabilize the entire business of bringing up players to the big league. It may help also to eliminate some of the scrambling which now goes on for young and promising players, with kids signed, sealed and delivered through ironclad documents before they are scarcely dry behind the ears.The basic idea behind the draft is that the yougsters can move up through the hockey ranks, from junior through senior and up the professional ladder, without being tied to any particular team until they are ready for the chance they have earned.One inequity which any draft plan is supposed to correct is that of a good player being tied up by a strong club which can&rsquo;t give him the opportunity to play in the National Hockey League because its roster is already well staffed. In such cases, if the club owning his contract won&rsquo;t sell or trade him to another team, he can conceivably be held in the minor leagues longer than is necessary.But, if the hockey draft is operated on the same basis as that in baseball, the NHL team owning any player&rsquo;s contract will be allowed to assign him to an AHL of PCHL team, say, for only a limited time. If not brought back up to the big top within the time set, the youngster then would be eligible for the draft and some other club needing talent could claim him. With the supply of really top hockey players admittedly limited, its important that the talent be spread around as much as possible, to make for better balanced competition and consequently better financial support by the fans.The amateur and minor loop clubs developing players would also obtain cash payments for drafted players, which would help encourage teams in the smaller centres. Draft payments, with a limit of three players taken from amateur teams each season, wouldn&rsquo;t, of course, make up for the financial support now given &ldquo;sponsored&rdquo; teams by the big pro clubs, but the elimination of heavily packed clubs under the present sponsorship system should make for better balanced leagues in the smaller &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; leagues.If the time-tested baseball system were followed, NHL clubs could still maintain their &ldquo;farm&rdquo; teams in various junior, senior and minor pro categories, but they would have to make the best possible use of their talent, moving their players steadily up the ladder as their improved play warranted, or else take the risk of losing them to some other club in the draft.Some objections may be raised by teams in lower classifications, because of the fact that players could be lifted from their rosters without their consent. But, in the final analysis, their tenure on most talent isn&rsquo;t too solid under present circumstances, because players owned by clubs higher up can always be removed at rather short notice, at least up to the February 15 deadline when all such transactions are supposed to be wound up.On the whole, it should work out fairly well to the players, also. Although it will to a certain extent cut down their chance for choosing the team they will play with. Under the present system their sole opportunity for choice usually ends once they reach the signing age and put their John Henry on a binding form which ties them to some NHL team. After that, they have very little voice in the matter as they can be assigned to any junior, senior or minor pro club the owner decides upon. &#9632;

NEEDS SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01296/1421976-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>Blame The Scribes</h2>Dear Sirs,We have written to straighten ont a statement made by a Renger fan, stating that if Don Raleigh failed to make the second AllStar team and Hy Buller didn&rsquo;t win the Calder Memorial Trophy that he figured the league was leaning towards and favoring the Canadian teams.What we want to explain to this Ranger fan, is that, the coaches and newpaper representatives from every city in the NHL and not the League itself, pick the All-Star teams and trophy winners, (with the exception of the Vezina Trophy).Therefore if Bones Raleigh fails to win a place on the AllStar team, and Hy Buller don&rsquo;t win the Calder Memorial Trophy don&rsquo;t take it out on the League.Our choice for the Calder Trophy Winner is Bernard Boom Boom Geoffrion who we figure has definitely earned it.Dave Bechtel Bob SpoonerGalt, Ont.<h2>The Other Patrick</h2>Dear Sir,Have you forgotten the third member of the Patrick Clan? Namely Murray &ldquo;Muzz&rdquo; Patrick who has been and currently is coaching our hockey club, the Tacoma Rockets. This team is in third place in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and have gone twelve games without a loss. We Tacomans think that Muzz Patrick and his team are tops and are especially proud the the talent he is developing in his kid lines. We feel that ho has several candidates tor the Rookie of the year.O. D. AxtellTacoma 7, Wash.<h2>Too Much Montreal</h2>My only squack about your paper is the way the team coverage is divided. The Montreal Canadiens receive approximately 75% of the space and the other five teams get what is left. The Feb. 23, 1952 issue is an excellent example of The Montreal Canadiens getting &ldquo;the lions share&rdquo; of the news!Your paper has articles on Lach on page 1, MacPherson on page 2, Richard&rsquo;s stomach on page 4 and Habs defence on page 4, and Geoffrion&rsquo;s picture on page 5.There is not one article about the Detroit Red Wings before page 8 and the last time I read a paper the Wings were in 1st place by fifteen points in the NHL and had four All-Stars in their lineup.I repeat, THE HOCKEY NEWS is a swell paper, but now that I&rsquo;ve read everything about Richard, Lach, Geoffrion, etc., that can be written, how about giving the other teams a break.Charles G. NolanSt. Clair Shores, Mich.<h2>Boom Boom Tops</h2>Dear Sir:Some of your readers think that Gordie Howe is the greatest player In hockey today, but for my money I will take Bernie Geoffrion, he will surpass Howe next season, and will take the Calder Cup in a landslide. The Ranger fans talk about Hy Buller taking it, but he hasn&rsquo;t got a chance at all.Hoping your paper gets bigger and better than ever.John ChambersPalm Beach, Fla.<h2>On Lum&rsquo;s Side</h2>Dear Sir,Congratulations to your fine paper which I have read ever since I received it in 1949. It sure is great. I agree with Connie Hickling of Toronto that it is not Harry Lumley&rsquo;s fault that the Hawks are in the cellar. In my opinion he&rsquo;s a great goaler.Walter GuentherHague, Sask.<h2>Western Trader</h2>Dear Sirs,In regard to the letter you published one or two weeks ago from the man in Cleveland who wanted to trade programs and autographs for PCHL programs and autographs, I would be glad to send him Edmonton, Saskattoons, Tacoma and Victoria programs and autographs in exchange for ones from the American league.Also if anyone in National League Citys wants to make these trades with me I would be able to do so. So if the man in Cleveland would send me his programs I would immediately send him mine.I also would appreciate it if you cold publish write-ups with, full size picture of Gerry Cotnoir of Victoria Cougars, and Doug Stevenson of Tacoma.Don ChevrierSte. 11, Rothesay Apts.Edmonton Alberta.<h2>A Guy Named Smith</h2>Dear Sir,Could you tell me where Kenny Smith is now playing? I don&rsquo;t see his name in the Pittsburgh lineup this season. Was he traded?Also would like anyone interested in swopping programs and hockey photos to drop me a line. Rudolphe Robichaud P. O. Box 253 Richelucto, N.B.(Smith was sold to Providence Reds.)<h2>Lou Is Free</h2>This is just a short note to let you know how much we enjoy your paper especially the TORONTO column. Could you please tell us where we can obtain pictures of AHL players and Lon Jankowski married Thanking you for publishing such a wonderful paper.Pat MillenMuriel JamesToronto Ontario.(Jankowski is not married. You must write each individual club for pictures.)<h2>The Hab Rookies</h2>Dear Sir,Liked the story on the Canadiens&rsquo; rookies very much last week. By the way what is the record for scoring a point in consecutive games.The Habs are certainly lucky they turned Moore pro when they did. But just imagine where they would be today had he&rsquo;d been with them all season.Michael SmartOshawa, Ont.(The records along those lines haven&rsquo;t been kept).<h2>Armstrong Failure</h2>Dear Sir,When George Armstrong first came into the National Hockey League he was touted a sure thing to be a star from the first time he laced on his skates. Whatever happened to him? In his first dozen games he scored one goal. That&rsquo;s not very good for a lad who scored 30 in the American Hockey League without any trouble.Is Armstrong finding it tough to play on a line with Max Bentley as it was first thought he would.Wilfred DameWinnipeg, Man.(Give the guy a little time. It takes some players a little longer than others to get going. George has all the earmarks of becoming a star and we bet he will).<h2>Jean Marc &mdash; The Star</h2>Dear Sir,I remember at the beginning of the season when one Ken McKenzie predicted Jean Marc Beliveau would be the flop of the year in the Quebec Senior Hockey League. How wrong can a guy be?Last Sunday afternoon Jean Marc climaxed a season by ending the year in top place in the scoring. He beat out veteran Les Douglas ny three points.Does Mr. McKenzie still believe Beliveau is a flop. If so where does he get his information?Rene BoileauMontreal, Que.(A guy can only be as wrong as Ken was in that statement).<h2>Cat Won&rsquo;t Do</h2>Dear Sir,If Emile Francis is Rayner&rsquo;s replacement for the rest of his career then the future of the Rangers is not too good. While I do not want to take anything away from Francis he will never be the goaler Rayner when Chuck was bis worst, I fear the little guy, who came up the long hard road to the Rangers just doesn&rsquo;t have it as a big league goaler. He is so small the players are shooting the puck over his head into the net.Irving FeldmanBrooklyn, N.Y.<h2>Valuable Glossy Pics</h2>Dear Sir,I have about 40 8&rdquo; 10&rdquo; glossy hockey photos of Toronto Maple Leaf and Montreal Canadien players to trade. They are in excellent condition. I would like to trade for players of Detroit, Boston, New York or Chicago. Lt someone has other items and would like to write to me I would consider trading if I haven&rsquo;t got what is offered. I hope to hear from a lot of fans.Robert RonanColgan, Ont.<h2>The Hockey News</h2>published Weekly, except monthly Moy through September, HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY. 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Entered as second class Matter December 6, 1951, at the Post Office in Ogdensburg, N.Y., under the act of March 3. 1879. Subscription price $3.00 in Canada, $4.00 in U.S.A. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02186/1422031-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="575" height="266"></div>March 12 to March 1812&mdash;L.EWICKI, Dan, Toronto, forward, 1931; HORVATH, Bronco, Syracuse, forward, 1930.13&mdash;DOROHOY, Eddie, Victoria, forward, 1929; IRWIN, Ivan, Cincinnati, forward, 1927; BELL, Gordie, Syracuse, goaler, 1925.15&mdash;STRONGMAN, Bernie, Victoria, forward, 1919; RICHARDSON, Bill, Seattle, forward, 1926; BULLER, New York, defense, 1926.17&mdash;LESWICK, Tony, Detroit, forward, 1931; PEARSON, Gor don, St. Louis, forward, 1929. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to You

<div class="byline">By WHITNEY TOWER</div><h2>First Player So Honored By Fans; Also Only One Left Of 1st Mohawk Team</h2>CINCINNATI, O.&mdash;Cincinnati hockey fans, who haven&rsquo;t had too much to cheer about in the Mohawks three seasons in the American Hockey League, have decided to honor their most popular and dashing player on the final night of the season, March 16th, which will be called &ldquo;Ivan Irwin Night.&rdquo;The presentation of awards to the popular defenseman by Cincinnati Garden officials and members of the Mohawk Boosters Club at a brief ceremony prior to the game against the Pittsburgh Hornets will mark the first time that local hockey fans will have so honored any player by giving him a &ldquo;night&rdquo; of his own.And even hockey skeptics about town will admit that no Cincinnati player deserves such an honor more than big, bruising Ivan (The Terrible) Irwin, who incidents is also the only skater on Coach Clint Smith&rsquo;s roster to have played in a Mohawk uniform since the ice sport was inaugurated in Southwestern Ohio at the Start of the 1949-50 AHL season.&ldquo;Ivan Irwin Night&rdquo; will have special significance for the honored guest, because after the presentation ceremony Ivan will go out to battle against the forces of former Cincinnati Coach King Clancy, now at the helm of the high-riding Hornets.It was Clancy who put Irwin through his first professional paces when the rangy kid came down for a three-game tryout from the Sherbrooke Saints in the QSHL. in the fall of 1949. Irwin, as unpolished as a 185pound chunk of pig-iron and just about as hard to dent, was a smash hit from the start.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01247/1422062-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="539" height="878"><figcaption class="caption-body">To Be HonoredIVAN IRWIN</figcaption></div>He didn&rsquo;t know a great deal about hockey, to be sure, and he had difficulty skating in such fast company for quite a while. That first season he worked in 52 games for Clancy, scored two goals, seven assists and spent 114 minutes in the penalty box with an angelic face that was the perfect picture of innocence.Referees noticing Irwin anywhere the scene of a rough-house used to thumb him to the penalty box so quickly, that Clancy blew his top on marg than one occasion, and stated that the loop&rsquo;s officials &ldquo;were gunning&rdquo; for Irwin in 99 per cent of the cases in which he was penalized.<h2>Big Rearguard Favorite With Ohio Fans Who See Him In NHL Before Long</h2>The second season under Clancy Irwin saw action in 62 games and got three goals and 14 assists. He also upped his penalty time to 145 minutes, but everyone could see that he was learning a lot of hockey, and learning it well. He was still backchecking as hard as any rearguard in the league, but now he was using legal methods instead of grabbing his man around the throat and doing him in like a desperate commando.Irwin has really blossomed this season under Smith, who recently stated, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s as good as any delenseman in the league, and when he goes up to the National League he&rsquo;ll stick and become a great star.&rdquo;<h3>He&rsquo;s Eager to Learn</h3>Big Ivan has great determination and a profound willingness to learn the mastery of defensive hockey. He knows he&rsquo;s got the potential to stick in the NHL, and even before the current season started he was a temporary holdout for two weeks while being looked over by Montreal Canadiens officials. The Habs, with first call on his Cincinnati contract, figured he wasn&rsquo;t quite ready for the Forum last fall.Next season, Irwin believes, they&rsquo;ll have a change of mind.Born in Chicago on March 13, 1927, Irwin is one of the few professionals in organized hoekey to have been born in the United States. He never really got interested in hockey until he was 16 years old but he picked up the game like a natural improving with finesse in every outingDuring his last two seasons In Cincinnati he has shared an apartment with goalie Emile (The Cat) Francis, and his arrangement started a friendship which is most noticeable during home games when enemy forwards get a little too rough with The Cat in. the Mohawk cage. Irwin is first on the scene to protect Francis, and if the foe still persists in giving The Cat a bad time, the hostile skater usually winds up flat on his back with Ivan smiling gently down on him.If the Mohawks reach the AHL playoffs in March, and their current slump makes this rather questionable at the moment, one of the &ldquo;big&rdquo; men responsible will be Ivan Irwin, the 6&rsquo; 2&rdquo; 185 pound package of dynamite, now one of the most respected defensemen in the league and Mr. Hockey in Cincinnati.<h3>Chips Off the Ice</h3>Paul Bibeault, veteran of 12 seasons as a professional, has taken over the Mohawk cage since Francis&rsquo; recall to the Rangers, and although the former Chicago Black Hawk and Montreal goaltender has let in only 20 goals in seven games, the team has dropped six of seven games to put their hold on third place in the western division in severe jeopardy.Clint Smith made his second appearance of the season, and first in a home game, when he centered for Gus Schwartz and Ian MacKintosh in a 3-1 defeat by Providence February 26. Paul Masnick, out for three weeks with a lame shoulder, is expected back for the stretch drive, and Ed Harrison has been given a week of bench, duty to recover from a sprained wrist.But despite the threat from fourth-place St. Louis, Smith thinks his club will pull itself together in time to put Cincinnati in the playoffs for the first time. In four years as a playingcoach in the United States League Smith&rsquo;s teams never failed to make the post-season classics. And he has no reason to believe that his first entry in the AHL will miss the boat either. &#9632;

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Cincy Has Cause To Cheer So Irwin Draws a ‘Night ‘

<div class="byline">DINK CARROLL (Sports tCditor Montreal Gasette)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03164/1422124-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="241" height="381"></div><h2>As a Coach Sees Them</h2>As if to disprove the rumor that hockey coaches do nothing more than just open and shut the gate, Dick Irvin was talking recently about some of the many players he has coached in his 23 seasons in the NHL. You gather that he has given them more than a cursory glance.&ldquo;The hardest worker I ever had is Elmer Lach,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but Rocket Richard is my best meal ticket. Isn&rsquo;t that what Bill Terry called Carl Hubbell? He&rsquo;s the big winner, the meal ticket. The most versatile player I ever coached was Nick Metz.The fastest skater? I&rsquo;d say it was a tie between Mush March and Syl Apps. The least serious was Gordie Drillon and the most serious were Joe Primeau and Elmer Lach.&rdquo;Dick broke in as a coach with the Chicago Black Hawks, moved from there to the Toronto Maple Leafs and then over to Canadiens, so his observations cover a lot of territory and many players.&ldquo;The three neatest guys I ever saw in a dressing room were Elmer Lach, Toe Blake and Rocket Richard,&rdquo; Dick said. &ldquo;I could tell you the sloppiest, but I&rsquo;m afraid the guy might sue me. The two best-dressers were Jack Church and Floyd Curry, though I see The Rocket was named the other day among the 10 best-dressed men in Canada.&ldquo;The biggest eater I ever saw on a hockey club was Busher Jackson and the smallest &mdash;this will surprise you &mdash; was Charlie Conacher. For a big guy he had an appetite like a bird. But Busher could really stow it away.&ldquo;The best goalie I had was Bill Durnan. The best body-checking defenseman was Teddy Graham and the best body-checking forward was Ray Getllffe. The best holler guy I ever saw was Murph Chamberlain, though there were two guys who could out-talk Murph any day in the week and twice on Sundays. They were Phil Watson and Kenny Reardon.&rdquo;<h2>Balancing the Picture.</h2>There has to be some balance somewhere and the guy whose reticence made up for the volubility of Reardon and Watson was Joe Benoit.&ldquo;Joe never spoke unless you spoke to him first,&rdquo; said Dick. &ldquo;The fellow who enjoyed the game and the life of a hockey player the most was Toe Blake. The most inspirational players &mdash; guys who could come through with the big effort and rally a team &mdash; were Kenny syl Apps. The most colorful player I ever had is The Rocket and the modUll&ldquo;The best stickhandler was Johnny was Johny Gottseiig had the hardest shot but Tony Demers had the most accurate one. The sfnallest fellow who ever played for me was Mush March. He only weighed 128 pounds when I had him in Chicago. The biggest was Taffy Abel. Taffy weighed 235.&ldquo;The guy who gave me the most headaches and worries was Murph Chamberlain. I could write a book about him. For the slowest skater It would be a tie between Tod Campeau and Joe Carveth. The best sleepers were Mike McMahon and Doug Harvey. Those two could sleep through an earthquake.&ldquo;The earliest riser was Murph Chamberlain, though maybe ho was just coming in and not getting up. You never knew. He grew up on a farm and I guess that&rsquo;s where he got the habit of getting up so early. The biggest prankster was Hap Day. He was always pulling something on the other guys and there was always a near-riot when he was around.&rdquo;The most punctual players were Elmer Lach and Rocket Richard, in that order.&ldquo;Elmer has never been late for a practice and The Rocket was only late once,&rdquo; said Dick. &ldquo;That was earlier this season when he stopped to watch a fire. The two guys who are always last under the wire are Butch Bouchard and Doug Harvey. They make it with nothing to spare.&rdquo;Dick says the best first year man he ever had was Johnny Quily, who stepped right into the NHL out of Glebe Collegiate to win the prize rookie award.&ldquo; I thought that was unusual,&rdquo; said Dick. &ldquo;Most rookies play a few games at the end of the previous season, or they practice against NHL players and know them pretty well. Quilty broke in cold.&ldquo;The fellow who could rise to the greatest heights was The Rocket and he is also the player who has given me the most thrills. The best six-man team I ever had was Durnan, Reardon, Bouchard, Lach, Blake and Richard. The hardest loser was Toe Blake and the easiest was Flash Hollett. Flash could come into the dressing room whistling after losing a game.&ldquo;The most nervous player I ever coached was Pep Kelly and the calmest under fire is Billy Reay. Billy Is also the best trouble-shooter. He&rsquo;s the guy to kill oft penalties and get you out of a tough spot. Butch Bouchard is the best defensive defenseman I ever had and Kenny Reardon was the best offensive defenseman.&ldquo;The best position player was Frank Finnigan and the worst wa Murph Chamberlain. The best playmaker is Elmer Lach. The most stylish player was Busher Jackson and I guess he was also the most popular with the ladies. What do you call that &mdash; a matinee idol? Anyway, that was Busher.&rdquo;Just to prove that nothing escapes him, even when travelling on trains, Dick noted that Paul Meger is the best rummy player while the best bridge player was Andy Blair. Would he name the best hockey player he ever had and also the worst?&ldquo;I always had the best,&rdquo; he said, swerving brilliantly, &ldquo;and I never had a poor player.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Playing the Field—

<div class="byline">By RED BURNETT (Toronto Star)</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;If Leaf fan stopped Conn Smythe on the street today and asked: &ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong with the Leafs?&rdquo; he&rsquo;d likely get only a puzzled frown in reply. The Leafs&rsquo; general manager has seen his hired help play only three games since he left for Florida, at Christmas, and they&rsquo;ve won all three! What&rsquo;s more, they&rsquo;ve looked pretty good doing it.Big reason was, that with Smythe in the audience, they played positional hockey and went all-out to do so. If they continue to play the positional way, now that Smythe is home for keeps, they may wrest second place away from Canadiens.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02216/1422093-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="544" height="549"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOD SLOAN</figcaption></div><h2>But No Roaming</h2>However, if they follow the pattern of the past month and half, they&rsquo;re liable to run helter-skelter all over the ice.Coach Joe Primeau has known for some time that lack of positional play and lack of effort were the causes of Leafs&rsquo; fall from grace. He&rsquo;s probably pointed that out to them a zillion times without the desired results.Smythe, wise in the ways of hockey teams, knows you can&rsquo;t , keep a club up for 70 games, bue he does know you can get them up for a stretch drive that sends them into the playoffs in high-gear.Discussing his men, Smythe said: &ldquo;We must use all our manpower to keep pace in this league. You can&rsquo;t have rookies sitting idle on the end of the bench. They have to play to improve, and we need them to give our key men breathers during games.&rdquo;Smythe was referring to Jim Morrison, who was back at centre against New York. He spelled Ted Kennedy, Max Bentley and Cal Gardner during the Ranger show, and the result was they finished stronger and fresher.<h2>Kelly, For Instance</h2>There is a possibility that Morrison may double in brass from now to the finish of the schedule. Commenting that Morrison was a standout junior as a defenceman, Smythe recalled that Detroit&rsquo;s Red Kelly played centre and defence, the first two seasons he was with Detroit.Smythe didn&rsquo;t say specifically that Morrison would go in both spots. But after the reference to Kelly, he remarked that Leafs were still hunting two players, a right winger and left defenceman.It could be, he hopes Morrison, used in both spots, suddenly might become the answer to the defence problem. The right wing spot is something else again. Smythe said the ones who stayed on their wings in the Leaf minor chain looked too slow for the big time, and the ones with speed were inclined to wander.He hopes to find a winger, good enough, to free Tod Sloan for duty at centre ice.&ldquo;If I could use Sloan at centre, I&rsquo;d have four of the best in the league,&rdquo; enthused Smythe. &ldquo;Tod&rsquo;s a natural centre ice man, but we had to make him over into a right wing to plug that hole in our personnel.Quit: He&rsquo;s Kidding&ldquo;Since I came back from the war I have been hunting right wingers. To date, Howie Meeker is the only one to come up to the mark. What&rsquo;s this I hear about him retiring at the end of this season? He&rsquo;s playing the best hockey of his career, and I hope he can be talked into changing his mind. I have found that players usually change their mind about quitting after having a good season.&ldquo;When I was in Florida, I heard stories of how Danny Lewicki wasn&rsquo;t pulling his weight. Yet, he looked good last night (Wednesday). &#9632;

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TOD SLOAN IN CENTER? THAT’S WHAT MAN SAID SEEKS RIGHT WINGER

<div class="byline">By GEORGE PATRICK DUFFY</div>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;Last September when Ray Powell trudged into the R.I. Reds&rsquo; Grand Mere training camp, Coach Terry Reardon told me that &ldquo;This guy Powell is a clever stickhandler and a good scorer.&rdquo;Now, practically six months later, Reardon&rsquo;s observation would seem to have been Heaven-Possessed. Powell, who came to the Reds from the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, is setting the American Hockey League scoring pace.When likeable Jim Ellery, AHL publicist, released his figurative figments on Tuesday, February 26, Powell was far and away the top scorer with 87 points in 58 games. Ray had pumped 34 goals past enemy twine-minders and had assisted on 53 others. In both the goal scoring and assist department, Powell held the largest total.Recently, in fact it was Friday, February 22 (Washington&rsquo;s Birthday,) Powell paced the Reds to a 9-4 victory over the Buffalo Bisons by scoring seven points on three goals and a quartet of assists. The seven points enabled Powell to come within one point of the record of eight for a single game.<h2>Like Old Timers</h2>In most hockey circles, Powell is considered to be a throw-back to the old days of stick handlers in hockey. The good-looking center ice operative of the Reds has a good change of pace and hockey players say that Powell can really &ldquo;deke&rdquo; (fake) an opposing player out of position.Providence, after a slow start, has been pushing Hershey of late for the lead in the Eastern Division. The entire team, after Owner Lou Pieri had made oa couple of slick trades with New York and Cleveland, picked up momentum and as the American League schedule hits the stretch, Jack Crawford of the Bears continually watches the pesky Roosters.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01280/1422155-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="580" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">He&rsquo;s ModestRAY POWELL</figcaption></div>Powell, of course, is a mighty big factor in the Reds&rsquo; pace. A good skater, he has been the very soul of the Providence offensive. And he is enjoying the surroundings in &ldquo;Little Rhody&rdquo; immensely.&ldquo;You know,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;Rhode Island may be the smallest State in the United States, but boy, how I love it. The entire situation suits me fine.&rdquo; Smilingly, Ray admits that &ldquo;it is sure swell to be having a good year, too. My linemates Barry Sullivan and Paul Gladu have helped tremendously. I&rsquo;m sure Barry and Paul have made my scoring feats PossibleIvot a pop-off in any way but rather modest, Powell is justified in giving a pat on the back to Sullivan and Gladu. In that aforementioned 9-4 victory over Buffalo in which Powell scored seven points, Gladu collected three goals and two assists and Sullivan had four assists. The Reds&rsquo; No. 1 line then, had accounted for 16 points in one contest.As the American Hockey League season rolls to an end, Powell will continue to be impressive. In the playoffs, Rollicking Ray will have to be reckoned with by all opponents. And finally, when the AHL starts passing out awards and bouquets at the climax of the 1951-52 season, Raymond Henry Powell will be first in line. &#9632;

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Powell’s Deadeye Sniping Rates Big Assist In Reds Steady Drive Up Ladder

(1) A total of two (2) players only from any one AHL and PCHL club in any one year may be drafted.(2) A total of three (3) players only from any Major Series or other CAHA club in any one year may be drafted subject to players of Major Series having attained 22nd birthday by May I, oT year dratted, and other CAHA players having attained 18th birthday by May I, of year drafted.(3) The order of draft and draft prices to be as follows:1&mdash;NHL from AHL in reverse order of NHL standing (6-5-4-3-2-1): one player each at $10,000.2&mdash;NHL from PCHL in reverse order of NHL standing (6-5-4-3-2-1 ): one player each at $7,500.3&mdash;AHL from PCHL in reverse order of AHL standing (9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) one player each at $5,000.4&mdash;NHL from Major Series and CAHA in reverse order of NHL standing (6-5-4-3-2-1): three players each at $5,000.5&mdash;AHL from Major Series and CAHA in reverse order of AHL standing (9-8-7-6-5.4-3-2-1): three players each at $3,000.6&mdash;PCHL from Major Series and CAHA in reverse order of PCHL standing (8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1): three players each at $2,500.7&mdash;Major Series from balance of CAHA: any number of players at no cost, subject to rules and regulations and approval of CAHA. &#9632;

The Cost

(1) Negotiation Lists to be frozen as of June 30, 1952. All clubs will be given one year to sign players on Negotiation Lists. Negotiation List will be abolished, June 30, 1953.(2) NHL, AHL and PCHL Reserve Lists shall be reduced to a total of 30 names (including goalkeepers) on Oct. 31, 1952.(3) NHL Sponsored Lists shall be frozen on June 30, 1952, and all players on these lists shall be placed on Contingent Sponsored Lists set up for each club. Players on these Lists shall not be eligible for draft until June 30, 1955 (3 years), at which time NHL Contingent Spsnsored Lists shall be abolished. Players still on the lists on June 30, 1955, shall then be eligible for draft.(4) AHL, PCHL and Major Series Sponsored Lists shall be frozen as of June 30, 1955, and all players on these Lists be placed on Contingent Sponsored Lists set up for each club. Players on thees Contingent Sponsored Lists shall not be eligible for draft until June 30, 1953 (one year), at which time the AHL, PCHL and Major Series Contingent Sponsored Lists shall be abolished and players still on list shall be eligible for draft. &#9632;

The Plan

<div class="byline">By GLEN GARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01265/1422276-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="558" height="549"><figcaption class="caption-body">IKE HILDEBRAND</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02245/1422269-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="556" height="562"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB CHRYSTAL</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03201/1422262-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="556" height="553"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HASSARD</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04167/1422255-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="548" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HANNIGAN</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05127/1422248-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="552" height="564"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK SULLIVAN</figcaption></div>CLEVELAND, 0 &mdash; Last season when little Wally Herges-heimer, now leading goal scorer for the New York Rangers, was named American Hockey League &ldquo;rookie of the season&rdquo; there didn&rsquo;t seem any chance that the Cleveland Barons would come up with another outstanding rookie for the 1951-52 season. But they have fooled the experts again and this season not only have one candidate but three!<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06109/1422241-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="291" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cal Stearns</figcaption></div>In big Bob Chrystal the Barons have perhaps the finest young defenseman to come along in years. Bob was with the Brandon Wheat Kings in 1949-50. Last season he turned professional with Denver and had a great season with that club. He joined the Barons this season and has been a regular from the start. He is a big rangy kid, standing 6 feet and weighing 180 pounds. He is a strong skatei who seems to improve with every game and is fast enough, that when he does make a mistake his speed invariably enables him to rectify the error.But it is in the heavy going that Chrystal is at his very best. There have been few young players who can take it and dish it out without becoming ruffled like the Winnipeg youngster. He can be counted upon to. play it clean but rough at all times.<h2>Baron Farm Product</h2>Chrystal is strictly a product of the Cleveland farm system. He was brought along through the Winnipeg West End Orioles and Brandon Wheat Kings, both clubs at that time sponsored by Cleveland. He spent his first year with Cleveland&rsquo;s affiliate in the USHL. &mdash; DenverDefensemen have rarely been given &ldquo;outstanding rookie&rdquo; honors because, those who do the selecting are usually dazzled by points. But Bob Chrystal&rsquo;s name will have to be seriously considered by those who do the voting.Charlie Cord, owner of the Los of Angeles Hockey Club and Pan Pacific Auditorium, owned the contracts of two promising hockey players named Ike Hildebrand and Cal Stearns. When Los Angeles did not ice a team for the 194950 season Cord loaned both players to the Kansas City Royals of the NSHL. Last season Stearns, playing center on a line for the Royals finished second In total points with 92, just two less than the leader. Ike Hildebrand was just one point behind with 91, but he led the entire league in goals, registering 42.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0799/1422234-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="551" height="543"><figcaption class="caption-body">Who Succeeds?WALLY HERGESHEIMER</figcaption></div>Stearns started the season with the Seattle Ironmen, PCHL affiliate of the Cleveland Barons. He would have been with the Barons from the outset but a wealth of center talent shunted him to Seattle. However, early season injuries to Jackie Gordon and Bob Bailey caused Stearns to be rushed east after he had tallied 21 points in 21 games for the Ironmen. Stearns scored in I his first game with the Barons and set up another and he has been going at a terrific clip ever since.<h2>Great Penalty Killer</h2>Stearns has been outstanding in every department of the game. He is a brilliant playmaker and forechecker. He teams up with Vic Lynn to form one of the finest &ldquo;penalty killing&rdquo; combinations seen in the American League in years.Had it not been for a groin injury which has had him sidelined for 15 games and playing whe? he should not have dressed at all in at least another ten, little Ike Hildebrand might have been breaking Wally Hergesheim-er&rsquo;s goal scoring records.Hergey was perhaps the greatest position player ever to perform in the American League. The secret of his goal scoring is that he seems to be always in position. He never seeks trouble, but when it comes his way he doesn&rsquo;t back down.Hildebrand, weighing 150 pounds soaking wet, revels in the heavy going and goes out of his way to body check or trade bumps with defensemen who outweigh him by as much as 50 pounds. The adage about a good big man and a good little is proven practically every night when Hildebrand is in action, but in addition to his ability to score goals he usually receives a big &ldquo;A&rdquo; for effort to belt players he should be side-stepping. As it is on average goals per game Hildebrand tops all American League players &mdash; rookies and veterans. &#9632;

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Trio Of Baron Kids Hustle To Follow Up Hergy’s Win

<div class="byline">By DICKIE McCRONE</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;Although they dropped four of the first seven games of their last long road trip of the regular American Hockey League campaign, Johnny Crawford&rsquo;s embattled Hershey Bears were still clinging tenaciously to their slim Eastern Division lead over Providence Reds.As Hershey moved into the Cleveland Arena on the last leg of the Bears&rsquo; cross-country swing, the Chocolatetown skaters were sporting a .500 average for away from home play. In 30 games on foreign ice, the Bears had won 14, lost an equal number and tied two other contests.The Bears&rsquo; home record, on the other hand, included 15 wins, 10 losses and a trio of ties, giving them an over-all mark of 29 wins, 24 losses and five ties for a total of 63 points. Their principal challengers, Terry Reardon&rsquo;s Rhode Islanders, had 27 victories, 29 defeats and three ties, which was good for 57 points.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0890/1422314-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="262" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Branigan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0989/1422307-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="264" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sam Bettio</figcaption></div>One thing the Bears did accomplish on their road jaunt was to pull even with the Cincinnati Mohawks in games played to date, giving them at least an even break with five of their eight league opponents. Only Cleveland, Pittsburgh and St. Louis hold advantages in their respective series.In spite of Hershey&rsquo;s road slump. Coach Johnny Crawford found a couple of bright spots to cheer him up. First, there was the return of Leo Labine, promising rookie right winger, from the Boston Bruins. Leo rejoined the Bears when Lome Ferguson, veteran forward, was recalled by the Bruins. &ldquo;I think Leo&rsquo;s aggressiveness is just what we need for our stretch drive,&rdquo; Crawford said, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t get me wrong. &lsquo;Fergy&rsquo; was a good hockey player, but he lacked Leo&rsquo;s fire and enthusisasm.&rdquo;Sam Bettio also gave the Hershey mentor some happy moments as he finally began finding the scoring range. The veteran left winger, who had been playing in tough luck most of the season, racked up five goals and six assists in seven road contests to put him just two points behind the Bears&rsquo; top individual scorer, Arnie Kullman. Kullman had bagged 23 goals and 25 assists for a total of 48 points, while Bettio lit the red light on 15 occasions, while assisting his line mates in setting up 31 other goals.The play of young Rio &ldquo;Pete&rdquo; Caron, formerly of the Waterloo club, of the OHA, has also pleased Crawford. Caron, a defenseman, was signed after a three-game trial, and gave Sgulre Jack some badly needed help in his blue line department. Prior to Caron&rsquo;s acquisition, the Bears were playing with a minimum of four defenseman.Meanwhile, Crawford is booming veteran Andy Eranigan, senior member of his defense complement, for possible All-Star honors. Handy Andy, as loop scribes have tagged him, has been the bulwark of the Bears&rsquo; defense all season. One of the fastest, if not the fastest skater in the AHL, the 29-year-old Branigan has been one if the big reasons why the Bears have been able to keep out in front of the Eastern Division pack all season.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s not as spectacular as some of the other blue liners,&rdquo; Crawford claims, &ldquo;but game in and game out there&rsquo;s no one who plays a more consistent game. With our wide open type of hockey we often get caught with our defense up ice, leaving Gordie Henry at the mercy of enemy forwards. However, Andy always manages to get back in time to break up enemy thrusts.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Bears Cling To Lead As Pack Closes

<div class="byline">By PETER THORNTON</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa&mdash;Now seems to be the logical time for all the clubs in the American Hockey League to start having pleasant dreams about their rookies, convincing themselves, and others, what great players they are, and generally showing the creative imagination of genius as they commence to tout &ldquo;their boys&rdquo; as contenders for the prized &ldquo;Rookie of the Year&rdquo; award.Without fear or prejudice, but with a certain amount of pride, the big wheels of the Steel City will convince you that we have four of the finest rookies in the American Hockey League right here in Pittsburgh.Ever since the start of the season the Hornets, who have never been guilty of selfishness as far as the Championship and Cups are concerned, have led the way at the top of the league. They&rsquo;ve fought and beaten clubs who on paper were considered definitely superior, both in ability and experience and they&rsquo;ve played a brand of hockey that had even the hard boiled Cleveland scribes describing them as &ldquo;National Leaguers all the way.&rdquo;The fact that every man on the club has played an important part in the. Hornets&rsquo; success goes without question, but the amazing thing is, that instead of having to break the rookies in gradually, they were able to step into a well knitted team and at once establish themselves as stars.As eight other clubs in the league are well aware, there is nothing amateurish about the play of Messrs. Hassard, Sullivan, Boivin and G. Hannigan.<h2>They&rsquo;ve Come Fast</h2>Under the careful and expert tutelage of King Clancy these boys have become four of the most formidable hockey players in the league. Although defenseman Leo Boivin might have some difficulty in gaining recognition, owing to his absence from the club in the earier part of the season, defenceman Frank Sullivan is must.Weighing just 175 potfnds with the appearance of a schoolboy, Sullivan is as rugged and cunning as they come. At the start of the campaign he fooled many opponents attempting to break through on his lane usually ending up on their backNumber two on the Pittusburge list is Bobby Hassard, ex-Toronto Marlborough star who already has proved his value in pro hockey by taking over the top spot in the Hornets point scoring race.Working with Gordie Hannigan and George Armstrong, the Hassard line became known as the &ldquo;Workhorse line of the Hornets&rdquo; and produced goals regularly. Not a rapid goal scorer like some centermen, Hassard is, regardless, one of the most potent leadoff men in the circuit. With a deceptive crouch that mystifies the opposition, Bob is skilled at opening up the defense and pulling the goalie out of position, allowing a linemate to finish off the play.Hassard entered the American League with a reputation as a good choice for the &ldquo;Rookie of the Year&rdquo; honors. So far he nas done everything, and more, to justify that confidence.Lastly, but certainly not least in importance, comes left winger Gordie Hannigan. Gordie came up from the amateurs with, the thought in mind that he would be overshadowed by his brother Ray, also a left winger and a star in his own right. However, Gordie Hannigan not only beat out Ray, but also every left winger on the club, with his rugged, determined characteristics and the large chunk of courage that made up for his slight build.Willing to battle with any man that tries to stop him, Gordie bores his way through the aggressors like a drill, either skating around them or through them, setting up goal scoring plays and ruining netminders averages with Carefree abandon.Hornet coach. King Clancy, who never praises anyone unduly, states: &ldquo;If one of those boys does not walk away with that award then something must be radically wrong. Why, they&rsquo;re good enough for the All-Star team.&rdquo; &#9632;

Hornets Plump For Quartet As Threats In Award Race

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 MIDNIGHT TUESDAY, MARCH 25. &#9632;

Voting Rules

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;As the American Hockey League trading deadline came and passed, Buffalo General Manager Art Chapman vainly sought to strengthen his Bisons for the stretch drive and the post season playoffs. Despite efforts to make trades with several clubs, an even-up switch with Indianapolis in which Buffalo got defenseman Pete Durham in return for left winger Don Ashbee, was the only deal consummated.It was very unlikely that the trade will have much bearing on Buffalo&rsquo;s final finish. Durham, a rookie in the AHL and the loop&rsquo;s most penalized player. iust isn&rsquo;t the cure-all to the Bisons&rsquo; multitudinous ills.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0783/1422459-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="337" height="564"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETE DURHAM</figcaption></div>Buffalo, while definitely dethroned as Eastern Division champions, may lay claim to the title of being the team with the greatest turnover in personnel during the season. No less than 33 players cavorted in Buffalo colors as Chapman continuously sought to mold a winning combination.In all, four goalies, 12 defensemen, five centers, six right wingers, and six left wingers dressed for Herd contests.Only once &mdash; when Montreal sent right wing Gerry Couture and left wing Calum MacKay down for a ten game stint &mdash; did Buffalo show any signs of winning consistently. With their recall, the Bisons lost their drive and never recaptured it. MacKay, himself, failed to measure up to his previous showing when he was returned later in the season.Although, the picture for the playoffs looked none too godd. Chapman refused to give up on his players.The team, at this writing, is composed of goalies Phil (Red) McAtee and Lou Crowdis, who was in Florida sweating off th. excess poundage which resulted in his suspension; defensemen Harry Dick, Stan Long, Sam Lavitt, and Durham; centers Ab DeMarco, Gordie Pennell, Sid McNabney, and Eddie Kobussen; right wings Grant Warwick, Lome Davis, and Vern Kaiser (normally a left winger); left wings Ed Mazur, George Pargeter and MacKay.Others who have played for Buffalo this season include goalies Phil Hughes (Seattle) and Nick Pidsodny (Vancouver); defensemen Lloyd Finkbeiner (Montreal Royals), Carroll Bloom (Vancouver), Ernie Roche (Victoria), Hugh Currie (Vancouver), Wayne Stevenson (Springfield), Pierre Pilote (St, Catharines); center Billy Hagan (Vancouver); right wingers Paul Masnick (Cincinnati), Walt Atanas (Victoria), Les Hickey (Victoria), and Couture (Cleveland)i left wingers John McCormack (the position he played here, Montreal), and Ashbee.At one time or another, McNabney, Warwick, Pargeter, Kaiser, Mazur, Kobussen, Ashbee, Finkbeiner, Currie, and Long were out with injuries.The loss of Warwick, who was out twice with leg hurts, Pargter, Ashbee, and Currie probably had the most disastrous results.Ashbee, who looked like a good NHL bet in 1950-51, suffered recurrent rib injuries and had his efficiency dulled.Currie never got started with Buffalo after a holdout siege. Shipped to Vancouver to play himself into shape, he was injured and later made temporary coach. Recalled by Buffalo for a brief spell, he looked little like the fellow who set an AHL record for assists by defensemen last year. &#9632;

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Buffalo Gets Durham In Their Only Trade

<div class="byline">By STAN MOHER</div>EDMONTON, Alta&mdash;Coach Murray (Muzz) Patrick had his hustling Tacoma Rockets in town for a Pacific Coast League encounter. The talk got around to the night in New York when Patrick, then with the Rangers, broke Eddie Shore&rsquo;s nose and otherwise worked Boston&rsquo;s great defenseman of those days over.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01278/1422497-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="273" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Shore</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02237/1422490-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="268" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Muzz Patrick</figcaption></div>Patrick&rsquo;s main reason for mentioning the incident was to bear out what he had 6aid earlier about Shore being &ldquo;a great competitor.&rdquo;&ldquo;We were playing Boston in the fourth game of the 1939 Stanley Cup semi-finals, at Madison Square Garden,&rdquo; the husky Tacoma coach rolled back the years. &ldquo;That was the series where the Bruins beat us three straight, only to have us bounce back for three wins in a row to square matters. They took the seventh and deciding game.&rdquo; He said this last a trifle sadly.&ldquo;In the first period of that fourth game,&rdquo; Patrick resumed, &ldquo;Phil Watson, of our club, and Jack Portland took to shoving each other around in a corner. Somehow Shore got into it, too, and when I moved in, meaning only to pull him off Watson, the punches Started to fly.&ldquo;Anyway I broke his nose in two or three places and cut him pretty badly in a couple of other spots.&rdquo;&ldquo;And do you&rsquo;know,&rdquo; he went on, &ldquo;they hustled Shore off to the hospital where they stitched him up and back he came to play a terrific game the rest of the way. He gave no quarter, expected none In return.&rdquo;Patrick could remember other fights where he hadn&rsquo;t come so well.&ldquo;I was playing with Philadelphia and Kilrea, who wasn&rsquo;t any bigger than that (business of holding out his arm at shoulder level, palm of the hand down) was with Hershey. We got into a mix-up and first thing I knew he hauled off and socked me, not once, but three times &hellip; bang, bang, bang &hellip; just like that.&rdquo;Earlier this season Patrick appeared to drop a decision to Tony Hemmerling, then coach of the Seattle Ironmen, when the two tangled in Tacoma. Incensed by Patrick&rsquo;s actions, to say nothing of having had the needle stuck into him on numerous previous occasions, Hemmerling crossed the ice from the Seattle bench to hang a shiner on his persecutor.Then, before Patrick could do much about returning the sock, fans and police broke it up. It was the kind of one-punch battle that occurs almost nightly in many Hollywood joy-spots, with large gobs of printer&rsquo;s ink used up in detailing the incident.True to form, even if Tacoma is by no means Hollywood, the Hemmerling-Patrick hey rube was widely publicized, particularly olong the coast.P.S.&mdash;It did nothing to hurt attendance. &#9632;

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PCHL Heyrubes Set Muzz To Recalling His Fights Of Yore

<div class="byline">BY STAN MOHER</div><h2>Jackson Said To Have Put Himself In Wrong At Team Meeting Because Of Views</h2>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;The slumping Seattle Ironmen, who of late have been flirting with the headlines in reverse English fashion, chose Saturday, Feb. 23, as the date on which to drum up a banner line with a positive slant to it. Following a team meeting, presided over by Lex Cook, head scout of the Cleveland Barons, &ldquo;parent&rdquo; squad of the Ironmen, it was announced that (a) Tony Hemmerling had resigned as coach and (b) defenseman Jack Jackson had been suspended indefinitely from organized hockey.Reports coming out of the meeting indicated that the rearguard had voiced his displeasure over league playoff arrangements. More than this he stated, according to The Canadian Press, that quite frankly he wanted the Ironmen to finish in sixth place, a notch lower than their position at the time.Inasmuch as playoff arrangements call for the team completing the schedule atop the heap, almost certain to be New Westminster, to clash with the sixth placers in the first round. Jackson seemingly reasoned that a New Westminster-Seattle series, with little in the way of travelling expenses, would result in a bigger playoff split for each player than would a Seattle-Saskatoon series, say.<h2>OK Financially &mdash; But!</h2>Cook and associates may have given Jackson some marks for his reasoning in the matter. But for obvious reasons thy couldn&rsquo;t go along with his point of view, considering its Implications. He was asked to leave the meeting and his suspension followed.Just who takes it from there was not quite clear at time of coaxing this from the typewriter.Hemmeriing&rsquo;s resignation was not entirely unexpected. Cook accompanied the Ironmen on their last swing of the prairie end of the circuit. Despite their improved showing (two wins in three starts) Cook let it be known that he did not think the team as a whole was hustling.Just after returning home the Ironmen suffered a humiliating 11-0 setback at the hands of New Westminster. It was the most lopsided defeat in PCHL history. Undoubtedly it strengthened Hemmerling&rsquo;s resolve to unload the coaching headache on someone else.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03186/1422528-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="536" height="558"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wrong Idea!JACK JACKSON</figcaption></div>Defenseman Danny Sprout took over as coach.Hemmerling became the fourth Pacific Coast league coach to quit or be &ldquo;quitted&rdquo; this season. He was preceded by Tommy (Cowboy) Anderson, Calgary, Frank Currie, Edmonton and Murph Chamberlain, Vancouver.<h2>The Vanishing Crew</h2>Muzz Patrick of Tacoma, Roger L.eger of Victoria, and Jake Forbes of New Westminster alone remain of the eight coaches who opened the season back in October. Bill Cook, at the helm of Saskatoon Quakers in October, subsequently answered an S.O.S. from New York Rangers, with first Frank Eddolls, and then Doug Bentley, succeeding him.New Westminster Royals continue supreme at the head of the standings. No one seriously doubts but what that&rsquo;s just where they&rsquo;ll end up. Quakers, who staved off a Tacoma threat by edging the Patrick-men at Saskatoon, last time the squads clashed, have a snug hold on the second rung.After that it&rsquo;s Tacoma. Edmonton, Seattle and Vancouver occupying the balance of the playoff slots, with Calgary and Victoria apparently just playing out the string.Something &ldquo;new&rdquo; has been added to the scoring chase.In the 11-0 debacle mentioned previously, New Westminster&rsquo;s Gordon Fashoway clicked for six points to leap into a first place tie with George Agar, Calgary. Each had 71 points at the time.Eddie (Pistol) Dorohoy, Victoria, last year&rsquo;s champion, was close behind. A keen, three-way duel for honors was shaping up. &#9632;

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Seattle Rearguard Fired For Urging Lower Finish

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Grinding to a stop after the long 60-game schedule, clubs in the Quebec Senior League, only paused briefly. Immediately six of the seven teams were to start in a lengthy playoff routine that for two of the clubs may stretch into mid-April.Quebec Aces celebrated first place with two individual triumphs. For Jean Marois, their great goaler, who is also an ace in tennis, annexed the George Vezina Memorial Trophy and Jean Marc Beliveau, who has been labelled the &ldquo;big Diesel&rdquo; around the circuit, succeeded in grabbing the President&rsquo;s Cup, another of the newer awards.The &ldquo;Vezina&rdquo; was put up last season by Dr. Gustave Gauthier, of Chicoutimi, Que. the deed of gift making it similar to the &ldquo;Vezina&rdquo; of the NHL. It goes to &ldquo;the goal-keeper playing the greatest number of games for the team having the least number of goals scored against it in the entire league schedule&rdquo;.<h2>Only 168 Goals</h2>Marois was relieved in just a few games by Jack Gelineau, former net-minder with Boston Bruins, but Aces had only 168 goals scored against them in the 60 outing. Nearest contender was Paul Leclerc, of Valleyfield Braves, who was last year&rsquo;s winner, who tiiis season was scored upon 178 times. Marcel Pelletier, Chicoutimi Sagueneens, had 179 goals against him and was a serious challenger until Quebec Aces put him out of the running by fanning him seven times as Aces trounced the Sagueneens 7-2 the day before the season closed.The President&rsquo;s Cup a handsome silver urn was put up last season by George M. Slater, president of the QSHL, and first donated in November to Andre Corriveau, of Valleyfield Braves, who had been the pace-setter in the scoring parade for the past two seasons.<h2>Douglas Wins &ldquo;The Byng&rdquo;</h2>Douglas, though beaten out by Beliveau, whom he trailed by three points in the final audit, (83-80) didn&rsquo;t go unrewarded. He receives the Byng of Vimy Trophy, which was won by Larry Kwing of Valleyfield Braves in the 1950-51 campaign.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01278/1422559-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="548" height="1292"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN BELIVEAU</figcaption></div>This covers the Individual awards. Though best rookies are voted upon, notably in The Montreal Gazette poll of club coaches, which is conducted annually by Charlie Halpin, and in the poll of writers covering QSHL games which is operated each season by Tommy Shields, sports editor of the Ottawa Citizen, there is no trophy to such a vote-getter.Under the playoff system which has been established in the Quebec major circuit the past few years, the first and fourth, second and fifth, third and sixth teams are paired in the first rounds of the eliminations leading up to the Thomas O&rsquo;Connell Memorial Trophy.<h2>Top Places Staked</h2>Quebec, Royals and Chicoutimi Sagueneens had to top places clinched in that order before the teams swung into the last laps of the schedule.Aces were out of reach at the peak, nearly two weeks ago, while Royals clinched second place just a few days later. Chicoutimi snowed Royals under a 13-4 avalanche to stake full claim to third by midweek.Thus it was left for Ottawa, Sherbrooke and Valleyfield to settle their alignment of finish. Ottawa was fairly secure in fourth place in the last weekend, but Sherbrooke Saints pulled the big surprise by sweeping a double win with Cataracts of Shawinigan Fails, while Braves were splitting a home and home set with the Ottawa Senators. This combination of results brought the Saints home in fifth place, while Braves, who won everything last season wound up sixth.Now Quebec Aces will engage the fourth place Senators in a 5 in 9 series which is dubbed. Series A. The winner of this round goes right into the finals against the survivor of three groupings in which the others will have to be engaged.Royals meet Sherbrooke and Chicoutimi Sags tackle Valleyfield Braves. Both are to play four in seven series with the survivor in each case meeting in another four in seven set to determine an opponent to engage the winners of Series A.It&rsquo;s a long haul with the eventual winner to go against the Maritime champions for the Alexander Trophy won last year by Valleyfield Braves, but there are fears in many of hockey&rsquo;s high places that this may be the last Alexander Trophy series we&rsquo;ll hear about unless the hockey structure is completely overhauled.PUCK PATTER &mdash; Nelson &ldquo;Freckles&rdquo; Little got into action for the first time this season when Braves made their last visit to Ottawa, March 1. And Little, as replacement for goaler Bill &ldquo;Legs&rdquo; Fraser, got a shut-out&hellip; Senators won 3-0 and it was the first zero an Ottawa team had handed any club in the QSHL this year &hellip; Ernie Munday, referee-in-chief, has arranged for neutral linesmen in all playoff games &hellip; Frank Carlin planned to carry Charlie Hodge, of Junior Canadiens, as his spare net-minder as Often as the junior playoff series would permit&hellip; Glen Harmon may be forced to miss a few of Royals&rsquo; early games with Sherbrooke since he suffered a knee-twist at Chicoutimi, February 28. Bill Head, Forum&rsquo;s physio-theraputist said it was risky for Harmon to skate &hellip; &#9632;

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Beliveau Tops Douglas by Three But Les Takes Byng of Vimy Cup

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;If time doesn&rsquo;t run out on them, Sydney&rsquo;s aroused Millionaires might yet win a berth in the Maritime Major (Big Six) Hockey League playoffs. The defending Maritime champions have done much better since Cliff Roach displaced Bill Dinning as playing coach.The popular veteran, long-time star with Hamilton Tigers, is not only giving his new boss the co-operation he promised but is showing the way to the other defensemen. He seems like a new man since he shed the worries of coaching.Right now the Mils are setting their sights on the fifth place Moncton Hawks and the fourth place Glace Bay Miners, both of whom are within reach of the recent Sydney surge.The Hawks, beset by financial worries, were blasted by the Sydney management this week. The Hawks failed to keep an engagement in the Steel City. Sydney promptly claimed two points for the game and $1,000 for non-appearance. The Mils claim the Hawks are running up a series of postponed games they have no intentions of playing while the other clubs are missing out on the gates.League president Judge Elliott Hudson investigated the claims, but said he was satisfied with the Moncton explanation. There will be no cash forfeiture or even loss of points.<h2>Miners Sinking Fast</h2>Bud Poile&rsquo;s Miners, who ran a cosy third for a long time and then dropped with a sickening thump, have really bogged down. The Miners are in a position where they could be shunted aside by Moncton or Sydney, or both. &#9632;

Sydney Six Step Fast In Bid For Playoffs

FLOYD &lsquo;busher&rsquo; curry. in the opinion of many, the most understand player in the national hockey league, is THE HOCKEY NEWS player - of- the - week and O&rsquo;Keefe&rsquo;s award Winner.Curr&rsquo;s biggest ambition since coming into the National nocuey League has been to score 20 goals. It&rsquo;s like hitting .300 in baseball. Last week Floyd saw his ambition achieved. He scored four goals and added two assists and boosted his total to 20. The Canadiens won three games, took a four point hold on second place and were burning on all fours as the end of the season came in view. For Curry it meant he was finally established as a star in a League which he was never quite certain of his position.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10110/1422743-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="286" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Floyd Curry</figcaption></div>Known as the &lsquo;Honest Blocker&rsquo; in Montreal Floyd is also one of the most reliable workmen in the NHL. Certainly his value to the Canadiens has not been given its just due. Not only does Curry score plenty of goals but he also does a workmanlike job as penalty killer and checker.As a candidate for the Lady Byng Trophy Curry is high on the list. He has spent but eight minutes in penalties. When it comes to mind that he checks the likes of Ted Lindsay every game then it Isn&rsquo;t hard to see why he is in line for the award. Lindsay has scored just one goal against the Canadiens this season. To be able to hold Lindsay to one goal in 12 games means that a player must resort to every trick in the book. Not so Curry. He plays the checking game the way it was meant to be played and he stops his men cold.Last week the Habs defeated the Wings. Rangers and Hawks. They scored 10 goals and Curry figured in six. His four goals were big ones.Against the Wings he went scoreless but played one of the best games of the season. He checked Lindsay to a standstill, killed off penalties and did a fine job in the win.In Montreal last Saturday night Curry scored two goals, the first and last. He played an outstanding game and was first star.Last Sunday Curry had a four point night. He scorer two goals and added two assists. His two goals came in the first period and gave the Canadiens a goal edge which they never relinquished. His first goal made the score 2-2. His two assists came on the fifth and sixth goals for the Habs which turned out to be the winner and clincher.Curry, this season is having his best since he turned pro with the. Canadiens in 1947-48. Until last season he was a member of the Canadiens air lift between Buffalo and Motnreal.This season is his best ever. He&rsquo;s scored 20 goals and 16 assists for 36 points and is finally the star he looked to be when he was with the Montreal Royals five seasons ago. &#9632;

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Player - of - the - Week

<h2>Playoff Goals</h2>Manrice &lsquo;Rocket&rsquo; Richard of the Montreal Canadiens holds the record for tlie most goals scored in playoff competition. He leads with 65 points. nice he came into the League Richard has racked up 43 goals and 22 assists in seven playoff series.<h2>Playoff Shutouts</h2>Turk Broda, veteran goaler of the Toronto Maple Leafs holds the record of the most shutouts in playoff competition. Since he came into the League Broda has racked up no fewer than 12 shutouts in the post season run for the Stanley Cup.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>(STANDINGS ON MON. A.M.. MAR. 3)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01286/1422712-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="590" height="187"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3>Feb. 26&mdash;Detroit 4 at Boston 3Feb. 27&mdash;Toronto 3 at Rangers 1Feb. 28&mdash;Detroit 2 at Canadiens 3 Rangers 2 at Chicago 2Mar. 1&mdash;Rangers 1 at Canadiens 3 Boston 1 at Toronto 1Mar. 2&mdash;Canadiens 6 at Chicago 4 Toronto 2 at Boston 2 Detroit 6 at Rangers 4<h3>NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</h3>Mar. 3&mdash;Chicago at DetroitMar. 4&mdash;Rangers at BostonMar. 5&mdash;Canadiens at TorontoMar. 6&mdash;Rangers at Chicago Boston at DetroitMar. 5&mdash;Chicago at Canadiens Detroit at TorontoMar. 9&mdash;Canadiens at Rangers Toronto at Detroit Chicago at BostonMontreal Canadiens won three straight during the week to pulb four points ahead of Toronto in the battle for second place In the National Hockey League team standings. Canadiens have 70 points to Toronto&rsquo;s 66. Detroit Red Wings won a pair last week to increase their point total to 85. The Wings have all but clinched first place in the NHL this season. New York Rangers remain in fourth place but their lead over Boston has been whittled down from three points a week ago to two. The Blue Shirts have 53 points to the Bruins&rsquo; 51. Chicago is sixth with 37 points.Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; right wing ace, big Gordon Howe, had four goals and three assists for seven scoring points to add to his point output and now has a commanding 12-point lead over his closet rival, Elmer Lach of Canadiens. Howe has 71 scoring points to Lach&rsquo;s 5 9. Howe&rsquo;s total is made up of 39 goals and 32 assists, while Lach&rsquo;s were accumulated through 13 goals and 46 assists. Howe&rsquo;s 39 goals and Lach&rsquo;s 46 assists are tops in the League this Beason.Ted Lindsay of Detroit is third with 54 points and is followed by Don Raleigh, Rangers, 51 points; Sid Smith, Toronto, 47; Bernie Geoffrion, Canadiens and Johnny Peirson, Boston, 46; and Ted Kennedy, Toronto, 45.<h3>HUESDAY. FEBRUARY 26</h3>Detroit 4 at Boston 3The Detroit Red Wings need only three more victories to win the National Hockey League championship for the fourth consecutive year.By defeating the Bruins, 4-2, In the Boston Arena the powerhouse Detroit club extended its margin at the top of the league to 19 points over the second-place Canadiens.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02247/1422705-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="590" height="451"></div><h3>WEDNEDAY, FEBRUARY 27</h3>Toronto 3 at New York 1NEW YORK &mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs made their scoring chances count to defeat New York Rangers 3-1 In a closechecking National Hockey League game before 10,063 fans. The victory pulled Leafs Into a second-place tie with Montreal.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Juzda, Bolton, Thomson, Mortson; forwards. Bentley, Armstrong, Lewicki, Watson, Kennedy, Meeker, Morrison, Sloan, Gardner, Timgren, Smith.New York: Goal, Francis; defence, Buller, Eddolls, Stanley, Ross, Kraftcheck; forwards, Laprade, Sinclair, Kullman, Conacher, Raleigh, Ronty, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowinski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03221/1422698-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="589" height="375"></div><h3>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY&rsquo; 28</h3>New York 2 at Chicago 2CHICAGO &mdash; The Black Hawks showed the first signs of a massed rookie assault here with their three freshmen combining to fashion Hawks&rsquo; second goal and give them a 2-2 tie with New York.New York: Goal, Francis; defence, Eddolls, Buller, Kraftcheck, Stanley; forwards, Kullman, Laprade, Sinclair, Raleigh, Ronty, Ross, Stewart, Dickenson, Hergesheimer, Slowinski, J. Conacher.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Gadsby, Raglan; forwards, Mosienko, Bodnar, Gee, Hucul, Wtiuk, Horeck, Peters, Finney, Guidolin, McFadden.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04195/1422691-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="589" height="319"></div>Detroit 2 at Montreal 3MONTREAL &mdash; The Montreal Canadiens came back from the brink of defeat to whip the league leading Detroit Red Wings 3-2. The Habs took a 1-0 lead In the first period and the goal stood good until mid-way through the last period when Olmstead was given a penalty. The Wings then broke through for a pair of goals. Then Moore connected for the Hab to tie the game and Meger scored the winner with three minutes to go.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuck; defence, Woit, Kelly, Gold ham, Reise, Pronovost; forwards, Skov, Howe, Lindsay, Leswick, Prystai, Pavelich, Abel, Delvecchio, Wilson, Stasiuk.Canadiens: Goal. McNeil; defence, Harvey, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson, McPherson; forwards, McCormack, Curry Olmstead, Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, Lach, Moore, Gamble, Mosdell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05167/1422684-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="594" height="455"></div><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 1</h3>Boston 1 at Toronto 1TORONTO. &mdash; Bruins and Leafs staged a terrific fighting game but the score ended up in a 1-1 tie. Bolton, Schmidt, Creighton and Sloan were ln*on the fisticuffs. Sloan and Peirson scored.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Henderson, Laycoe, Kyle; forwards, Schmidt, Fisher, Chevrefils, Sandford, Sullivan, Creighton, McIntyre, Lund, Mackeil, Kryzanowski, Peirson.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Mortson. Thomson, Flaman, Bolton; forwards, Kennedy: Sloan, Smith, Gardner, Meeker, Watson, Bentley, Armstrong, Lewicki, Timgren, Morrison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06139/1422677-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="586" height="232"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02216/1422670-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="605" height="224"></div>New York 1 at Canadiens 3MONTREAL. &mdash; Floyd Curry with two goals and Dickie Moore with a single led the Canadiens to their third straight victory with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers.New York: Goal, Francis; defence, Eddolls, Buller, Kraftcheck, Stanley, Ross; forwards, Laprade, Kullman, Sinclair, Conacher, Raleigh, Ronty, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheiuier, Slowinski.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil, defence, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, MacPherson; forwards, Lach, Moore, Gamble, Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, McCormack, Curry, Olmstead, Mosdell<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03159/1422663-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="601" height="485"></div><h3>SUNDAY, MARCH 2</h3>Canadiens 6 at Chicago 4CHICAGO. &mdash; Dick Gamble scored a hat trick and Floyd Curry scored a pair of goals as the Montreal canadiens whipped the Hawks 6-4. Boom Boom Geoffrion also scored his 26th goal of the season. It was the Habs fourth straight win.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, St. Laurent, Harvey, Bouchard, Johnson, MacPherson; forwards, Geoffrion, Reay, Meger, Curry, Gamble, Olmstead, Lach, McCormack, Mosdell.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Gadby, Raglan. Dewsbury, Fogolin; forwards, Mosienko, Bodnar, Gee, Witiuk, Horeck, Peters, Finney, Guidolin, McFadden.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04133/1422656-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="592" height="554"></div>Detroit 6 at New York 4NEW YORK. &mdash; Gordie Howe scored his 38th and 39th goals of the season to lead the Red Wings to a 6-4 win over the Rangers. It was the third straight defeated for the Rangers. Prystai, Abel, Skov and Delvecchio also connected for the Wings.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Kelly. Woit, Goldham, Reise, Pronovost; forwards, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Leswick, Prystai, Pavelich, Skov, Delvecchio, Wilson, Glove:.New York: Goal, Francis; defence, Buller, Eddolls. Krakftcheck, Stanley, Ross; forwards, Laprade, Sinclair, Kullman, Conacher, Raleigh, Ronty, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowlnski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05111/1422649-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="592" height="372"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0693/1422642-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="600" height="179"></div>Toronto 2 at Boston 2BOSTON. &mdash; The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins played to their second draw in as many nights. They finished this game with a 2-2 tie. Kennedy and Smith gave the Leafs a 2-0 lead before the Bruins came back on goals by&rsquo;Che. vrefils and McIntyre.Boston: Goal, Rollins; defence, Mortson, Thompson, Bolton, Juzda; forwards, Gardner, Meeker, Watson, Kennedy, Smith, Sloan, Bentley, Armstrong, Lewicki, Timgren, Morrison.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/f0014-0773/1422635-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="602" height="419"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, March 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07129/1422628-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="579" height="1623"></div>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08121/1422621-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="589" height="280"></div>Penalties In Minutes By Clubs<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09115/1422614-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="531" height="132"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">By BRITT JESSUP (North Bey Daily Nugget)</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01286/1422774-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">AB (COUNT) DeMARCO at right, uses fisherman&rsquo;s technique to describe his newly-arrived son and heir to rival claimant to title, Don (Count) Grosso at North Bay recently.</figcaption></div>NORTH BAY, Ont.&mdash;&ldquo;Who&rsquo;s this phony count in town?&rdquo; asked Ab (The Count) DeMarco.Who is this guy who calls himself &lsquo;The Count&rsquo;?&rdquo; demanded Don (The Count) Grosso.That&rsquo;s what happens when hockey &ldquo;royalty&rdquo; crosses trails in North Bay, as occurred recently when Grosso and DeMarco were in town.DeMarco was here to congratulate his wife on presenting him with another hockey player, and Grosso was here in his role as mentor of tha power-laden Soo Greyhounds, NOHA title favorites.&ldquo;Why, I was The Count long before DeMarco,&rdquo; insisted Grosso, in an impromptu press &lsquo;conference held in the hotel lobby.&rsquo;Not so,&rdquo; quoted Abner. &ldquo;I was always a count&mdash;but I did not like to let the other players know I had lands and castles back in sunny Italy. But when Grosso started calling himself The Count when he was with Detroit, I had to come out and oppose his false claim. After all as Count DeMarco, I have my pride.&rdquo;DeMarco had just come from a visit with his wife and the new bambino. &ldquo;He looks just like me,&rdquo; beamed Ab.&ldquo;Poor kid,&rdquo; sympathized Grosso.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s even got my nose, except It&rsquo;s bent the wrong way a bit. I told the nurse to try to bend it back. If the kid ever plays hockey, he&rsquo;ll have it bent plenty. Mine feels like an old, dented trumpet Harry James threw away in his circus days.&rdquo;El Pedro Palangio chanced to come along just then, to join the two &ldquo;Counts.&rdquo; His brow was creased with worry. He had been on the phone all afternoon trying to get hold of Eddie Shore and have Chick Guarda&rsquo;s suspension lifted.Your interviewer suggested that here was a natural setup for 1952-53 &mdash; Palangio as sponsor-manager, Grosso as coach, DeMarco as ice general.&ldquo;What?&rdquo; yelped DeMarco. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m after that coaching job myself next season. Let Grosso stay in the Soo and help make steel!&rdquo;The conference broke up in confusion. &#9632;

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<h2>Embrassed Rookie</h2>When one of the AHL rookie players, Leo Labine of the Hershey Bears questioned a linesman&rsquo;s decision during a game one night this season, his temporary anger brought him to inquire what the official knew about hockey anyway. When informed that the official was Johnny Sorrell, he was a little embarrassed.<h2>First Stalemate</h2>The 2-2 tie game with Syracuse played against Indianapolis in the AHL on February 21, was the first deadlocked contest of the season for t&rsquo; the Warriors in their both game. They can still set a new league record however, as the lowest amount of ties for a team in a whole season is two, engaged in by Providence in the 1942-43 season.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON MON. A.M., MARCH 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01257/1422969-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="593" height="349"></div>Cleveland&rsquo;s rampaging Barons have now played 18 consecutive games without a defeat. Winning three games last week the Barons now have a total of 83 points and are breathing hot on the necks of the leading Pittsburgh Hornets. The one-time almost unsurmount able lead of the Hornets has been chopped down considerably since the Clevelanders went on their scoring spree and defeatless streak. The Hornets hold down first place in the Western Division with 89 points, just six more than the high-flying Barons. Cincinnati Mohawks are third with 58 points and are followed by St. Louis Flyers with 53 and Indianapolis Caps with 46.Hershey Bears, leaders in the gfe Eastern Division of the AHL, boast the same lead over their closest rivals as the Hornets do over the Barons. The Chocolate Soldiers from Hershey have 69 points, while the Reds of Providence have 63. Hershey&rsquo;s big lead is also being narrowed as the season hits the homestretch. In third place with 52 points are the Buffalo Bisons, while Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Syracuse Warriors hold down the fourth slot with 47 points.Ray Powell, the one-man gang of the Providence Reds, leads the AHL in total points, goals scored and assists. The tall center has tallied 35 times and laid down assists on 56 others for the as toundingly high point total of 91. Steve Wochy of Cleveland is next with 34 goals and 37 assists for 71 points. Jackie Hamilton of St.Louis is third with 70 points. Veteran Ab De Marco of Buffalo comes next with 68 points.Johnny Bower of Cleveland has the best record among the loop&rsquo;s goalkeepers. The Cleveland ace has allowed 149 goals to be scored against him in 61 contests for a 2.44 average. Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh is the leader in shutouts with five.<h3>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26</h3>Providence 3 at Cincinnati 1CINCINNATI &mdash; Providence Reds proved just too much for the battling Cincinnati Mohawks as they opened up a 2-0 lead in the first two stanzas and ojnarched on to a 3-1 victory. Scherza, Toppazlnnl and McGill shared the goalgetting for the winners.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, A. Michaluk, Lund, Egan, Morris, Reardon; forward&rsquo;s, powell, Sullivan, Gladu, McGill, Toppazzini, K. Smith, Scherza, Kapusta.Cincinnati: Goal, Bibeault; defence, Landen, Irwin, Barlow, Martin, McNeil; forwards, C. Smith, Schwartz, Mackintosh, Wylie, McLeod, Brown, O&rsquo;Connor, Webster, Mlckoski.Referee:Frank Udvarl; linesmen,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02222/1422962-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="590" height="108"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03201/1422955-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="598" height="329"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04158/1422948-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="1720" height="2205"><figcaption class="caption-body">Spider Weaves His WebBuffalo Bisons&rsquo; Eddie &lsquo;Spider&rsquo; Mazur puts the clutch on Eddie Bruneteau of the Indianapolis Caps while the latter tries to whirl away with the puck. ((Photo by Lavalle))</figcaption></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27</h3>Pittsburgh 1 at Syracuse 2SYRACUSE &mdash; The cellar-dwelling Syracuse Warriors came up off the floor to smite the high-flying Pittsburgh Hornets and humble them 2-1 In a closely-fought encounter. Curick got what proved to be the winner about half way through the final stanza, and the best the Hornets cud do was a single counter by Wild Bill Ezlnlck with less than six minutes to go In the game.Pittsburgh: Goal. Mayer; defence, Horton, Backor, Mathers, Boivin; forwards, Hassard, Ezinicki, G. Hannigan, Mlgay, Solinger, Barbe, McLellan, R. Hannigan, Blair, Maloney.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Allen, Tottle, Gustavsen, Summers, McCallum; forwards, Curick, Narduzzi, Ford, McMurdy, Casanato, Gooden, Burnett, Hayden, Lemieux.Referee: Walt Russell; linemen, Earl McDonald, Lou Burgwin.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05126/1422941-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="598" height="512"></div>Indianapolis 5 at Buffalo 3BUFFALO &mdash; Larry Wilson turned the three-goal &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo;, two of his scores coming within 36 seconds in the first period, as Indianapolis Caps beat Buffalo Bisons 5-3. Ott Heller, the Caps&rsquo; veteran coach, filled in at left wing Instead of his customary defence position, and contributed assists on two of Wilson&rsquo;s goals.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence, Polk, Coflin, Hay, Zeidel; forwards, Reibel, Hirschfield, Sclisizzl, O&rsquo;Grady, Ashbee, Wilson, Jankowski, Bruneteau, Heller.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Lavitt, Durham, Brandow. Long; forwards, Pennell, Kaiser, Pargeter, Warwick, MacKay, McNabney, Demarco, Davis, Mazur.Referee: Red Dunn; linesmen. Babe Bogardis and Mike McMahon.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06109/1422934-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="595" height="599"></div>Hershey 1 at Cleveland 4CLEVELAND &mdash; Cleveland&rsquo;s Barons extended their unbeaten American Hockey League string to 16 by defeating Hershey Bears 4-1. The Barons have won 14 and tied two since Jan. 20.Phil Samis, Cleveland defenceman whose skull was fractured In Providence Feb. 3, was back in the line-up for the game.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Schertzl, Branigan, Armstrong, Caron, Crawford; forwards, Mario, Barry, Kullman, Corcoran, A. Brown, Bettio, L.abine, Toppazzini, J. Brown.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Samis, Reigie, Chrystal. Maxwell, Shero; forwards, Stearns, Reid, Gordon, Lynn, Davies, Schultz, Couture, Wochy, Olson.Referee: Doug Davies; linesmen, Bobby Carse and Patsy Callighen.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07100/1422927-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="604" height="173"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02199/1422920-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="598" height="209"></div><h2>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28</h2>Providence 5 at St. Louis 3ST-LOUIS &mdash; The powerhouse Providence Reds put the heat on early, slamming home five straight goals in the first two periods, and clouted the low-flying St. Louis Flyers 5-3. St. Louis drew first blood, but the Reds roared back that to take control until the dieing minutes of the game when the home forces broke through for a pair of counters.Providence: Goal. Bennett; defence, Egan, Morris, A. Michaluk, Lund, Reardon; forwards, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, McGill, Toppazzini, Smith, J. Michaluk, Scherza, Laplante.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Milligan, Hrymnak, Quackenbush, MacNab, Nicholson; forwards, Lundy, Pogue, Hamilton. Morrison. Sonmor, Pearson, Baccari, Taylor, Kelly.Referee: Hal Jackson; linesmen, Leo Carbol and Ernie Trigg.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03163/1422913-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="596" height="572"></div>Pittsburg 4 at Hershey 5HERSHEY &mdash; Hershey Bears rallied after a bad strat and nosed out Pittsburgh Hornets 5-4. Hornets drew first blood when Bill Ezinicki scored in the first period and Bob Hassard sank a shot early in the second. At this point, the Bears rallied to take the lead when Jerry Brown scored and Obie O&rsquo;Brien added a pair.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton. Backor, Mathers, Boivin, Sullivan; forwards, Hassard, Ezinicki, G. Hannigan, R. Hannigan, Maloney, Migay, Solinger, McLellan. Barbe.Hershey: Goal. Henry; defence, Schertzl, Branigan. Gariepy. Armstrong, Crawford; forwards. Mario. J. Brown, Bettlo, Barry. Kullman. Labie, Toppazzini, O&rsquo;Brien, A. Brown.Referee: Doug Davie; linesmen. Art Fasnacht and Bill Stover.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04136/1422906-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="598" height="589"></div><h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 1</h2>Indianapolis 0 at Hershey 6HERSHEY. &mdash; Jerry Toppazzini&rsquo;s three goals led Hershey to a 6-0 shutout of Indianapolis Caps in an AHL game.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence. Coflin. Folk. Hay, Zeidel, Heller; forwards, Reidel, Hirschfeld, Sclisizzi, O&rsquo;Grady, Ashbee. Wilson, Jankowski. Bruneteau.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Branigan, Schertzel, Gariepy, Armstrong, Caron: forwards, Mario, J. Brown. Barry, O&rsquo;Brien, Kullman, Labine, Corcoran, Toppazzini, A. Brown.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0593/1422899-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="600" height="419"></div>Syracuse 2 at Pittsburgh 5PITTSBURGH. &mdash; The AHL&rsquo;s frontrunning Pittsburgh Hornets exploded for four goals in the last period to defeat Syracuse 5-2.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Allen, Tottle, Summers, Gustavsen, McCallum; forwards, Curlck, Ford, Narduzzl, Mc-Murdy, Casanato, Gooden, Burnett, Hayden, Lemieux.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton, Backor, Sullivan, Boivin, Mathers; forwards, Hassard, Ezinicki, G. Hannigan, Migay, Barbe, Solinger, R. Hannigan, McLellan.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0669/1422892-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="596" height="274"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0759/1422885-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="596" height="279"></div>Cincinnati 1 at St. Louis 5ST. LOUIS. &mdash; Roy Kelly and Glen Sonmor each scored a pair of goals to lead St. Loui3 to a 5-1 victory over Cincinnati Mohawks. The win kept St. Louis slim playoff hopes alive in the Western Division of the AHL.Cincinnati: Goal. Blbeault; defence, Irwin, Lancien, Barlow, Martin; forwards, Schwartz, Macintosh, Harrison, Wylie, McLeod, Mickoski, O&rsquo;Connor, Webster, Brown.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Milligan. Nicholson, Hrymnak, MacNab, Quackenbush; forwards, Lundy, Taylor, Hamilton, Pearson, Morrison, Kelly, Barcari. Sonmor, Pogue.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0854/1422878-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="594" height="473"></div>Providence 1 at Cleveland 3CLEVELAND. &mdash; Cleveland Barons ran their AHL unbeaten string to 17 straight by defeating Providence Reds 3-1.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, A. Michaluk, Egan. Morris, Lund, Reardon; forwards, Powell. Laplante, McGill, Sullivan, Scherza, Toppazzini, Smith, Gladu, J. Michaluk.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Samis, Reigle, Chrystal, Shero, Maxwell; forwards, Stearns. Reid, Gordon, Wochy, Couture, Olson, Lynn, Davis, Schultz.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0943/1422871-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="595" height="421"></div><h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 2</h2>Syracuse 1 at Cleveland 3CLEVELAND. &mdash; Cleveland&rsquo;s Barons boosted their AHL unbeaten streak to 18 straight games by edging Syracuse Warriors 3-1.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Allen. McCallum, Tottle, Gustavsen, Summers; forwards, McMurdy, Burnett, Curlck, Lemieux. Narduzzi, Gooden, Hayden, Casanato. Ford.Cleveland: Goal. Bower; defence, Williams, Samis, Reigle, Chrystal, Shero; forwards, Stearns. Gordon, Thurier, Lynn, Davies, Schultz, Wochy, Couture, Olson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1039/1422864-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="593" height="390"></div>Pittsburgh 2 at St. Louis 1ST. LOUIS. &mdash; A last-minute goal by Phil Maloney gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 triumph over St. Louis Flyers and kept the Hornets six points ahead of Cleveland in the AHL&rsquo;s Western Division race.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton, Backor, Boivin, Sullivan, Ashley; forwards, Migay, Barbe, Solinger, G. Hannigan, Hassard, McLellan, R. Hannigan, Maloney, Mathers.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Milligan, Nicholson, Hrymnak, McNab, Quackenbush; forwards, Lundy, Taylor, Hamilton, Morrison, Pearson, Kelly, Baccari, Sonmor, Pogue.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1132/1422857-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="600" height="348"></div>Hershey 11 at Buffalo 3BUFFALO. &mdash; Hershey Bears, leaders in the Eastern Division of the AHL, routed Buffalo Bisons 11-3 before an afternoon crowd of 6,565.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Branigan, Gariepy, Armstrong, Caron; forwards, Mario, J. Brown, O&rsquo;Brien, Barry, Kullman, Labine, Corcoran, Toppazzini, A. Brown.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Lavitt, Durham, Bergeron, Long; forwards, DeMarco, Warwick, MacKay, Kaiser, McNabney, Pargeter, Pennell, Davis, Mazur, Dawes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1229/1422850-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="602" height="803"></div>Providence 6 at Indianapolis 5INDIANAPOLIS. &mdash; Chuck Scherza scored an overtime goal to give Providence Reds a 6-5 victory over Indianapolis Capitals in an AHL game before 2,420 fans.Providence: Goal, Bennett: defence, A. Michaluk, Lund, Egan, Morris; forwards, Powell, Sullivan. Gladu, Smith. Laplante, McGill. T. Michaluk, Scherza, Toppazzini, Kapusta.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence. Hay, Zeidel, Folk, Coflin; forwards, Reibel, Hirschfeld, Sclisizzi, O&rsquo;Grady, Ashbee, Wilson, Jankowski, Bruneteau, Heller<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1325/1422843-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="598" height="770"></div><h3>THE POINT PARADE</h3>(Including games of Sunday, Feb. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0890/1422836-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="595" height="383"></div>THE LEADERSMost Goals: Ray Powell, Prov. (35).Most Assists: Ray Powell, Prov. (56).Most Penalties: Pete Durham, Ind-Buff. (156 minutes).Best Goalie:Johnny Bower, Clev. (61 games, 149 goas-against, 2.44 average).Most Shutouts: Gil Mayer, Pitts. (5).Most Penalties, Team: Pittsburgh (779 minutes). &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAQUE

<div class="byline">By IAN McDONALD</div>MONTREAL, Que &mdash;Seven lads chosen last weekend to the JAHA&rsquo;s first-string-All-Star team for 1952 have had a precendent set for them which is going to be mighty tough to maintain.Charlie Hodge, Jean Guy Tai bot, Brian MacKay, Donnie Marshall, Camille Henri, Dave McCready and Pierre Brillant this year&rsquo;s luminaries will have their hands full, if they attempt to equal the records made by the League&rsquo;s 1951 all-stars.Through many fans argue that these so-called dream-teams are not always composed of the best players in the circuit, as too many good players go unnoticed, while others make a name because of their teammates or their environment, it is an annual custom to honor a few chosen stars.Last year the list selected by Quebec&rsquo;s junior scribes turned out to be a true all-star line-up as the players blossomed into great performers in higher professional ranks, two of them in the World&rsquo;s top League, the National Hockey League.The forward line selected on that squad was a trio of youngsters who may, in the not too dist ant future, from a great National Line unit. Bernard &lsquo;Boom Boom Geoffrion at right wing, dashing Dickie Moore at left and the smooth giant young centre-man from Victoriaville, Quebec, Jean Marc Beliveau in the pivot spot.Bob Perrault, unanimous choice as goaltender is one of the top net-minders in the American League today, toiling for Providence Reds. Gordie Hudsan, defense stalwart is making a name for himself with Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey League while the other blue-line performer Jean Plante has caught NHL scouts attention while playing with New York Rovers of the Eastern Amateur League.While this years batch may not come close to emulating the feats of their forebearers in their first season following selections have several youngsters who should click in the rear future.A certain sign that this years top talent is not quite as well developed as last year&rsquo;s was unseen in the closeness of this year&rsquo;s balloting. Not one of the forward positions was certain until after the final votes were tabulated.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01252/1423000-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="550" height="1374"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON MARSHALL</figcaption></div>At centre Canadiens dipsy-dool-in pivotman Donnie Marshall, Quebec Citadels great little playmaker Camille Henri and St. Jerome&rsquo;s deadly sniping Fern &lsquo;Killer&rsquo; Lapointe were all within a point or two of one another with a only a few votes to be counted. At left wing Nationales Eddie Swartzack, Habs Dave McCready and Eagles diminutive Guy Rouseau all polled strong support, while on the starboard ledger Three Rivers&rsquo; Pierre Brillant and Quebec rookie Michel Labadie both came in for plenty of attention.Marshall the leangue&rsquo;s Most valuable player was selected because of his continual fighting drive when on the ice. Hab coach Sam Pollock uses Donnie at his regular post or to kill off penalties. &#9632;

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Quebec’s ‘51-52 All Stars Would Find It Tough Job To Follow Path of’ 50-51 Team

<h2>QUEBEC LAKE ST. JOHN SENIOR</h2>FINAL STANDINGS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01225/1423342-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="593" height="160"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS&rsquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02150/1423335-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="598" height="184"></div><h2>OHA SENIOR</h2>FINAL. STANDINGS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0398/1423328-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="601" height="211"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0471/1423321-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="593" height="181"></div><h2>SASKATCHEWAN SENIOR</h2>FINAL STANDINGS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0555/1423314-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="592" height="163"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0650/1423307-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="590" height="157"></div><h2>INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, FED. 25<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0747/1423300-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="593" height="180"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0841/1423293-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="599" height="191"></div><h2>EASTERN US AMATEUR</h2>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, FEB. 26<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0937/1423286-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="599" height="253"></div>Withdrew from league.TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1033/1423279-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="594" height="159"></div><h2>AMERICAN AMATEUR LEAGUE</h2>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, FEB. 26<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1129/1423272-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="599" height="194"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1228/1423265-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="601" height="176"></div><h2>ONT-QUE INTERCOLLEGIATE</h2>STANDINGS ON FRIDAY, FEB. 29<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1328/1423258-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="598" height="142"></div><h2>OHA JUNIOR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, FEB. 25<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1427/1423251-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="595" height="297"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1527/1423244-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="598" height="171"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>FINAL STANDING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1626/1423237-1-eng-US/f0018-162.jpg" title="f0018-16" width="598" height="189"></div><h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, FEB. 25<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1724/1423230-1-eng-US/f0018-172.jpg" title="f0018-17" width="604" height="144"></div>(Includes games with Western Canada League teams.)TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1824/1423223-1-eng-US/f0018-182.jpg" title="f0018-18" width="595" height="172"></div><h2>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, FEB. 25<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1922/1423216-1-eng-US/f0018-192.jpg" title="f0018-19" width="602" height="218"></div>(Includes games with Saskatchewan League teams.)<h2>QUEBEC MAJOR</h2>FINAL STANDING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2022/1423209-1-eng-US/f0018-202.jpg" title="f0018-20" width="607" height="219"></div><h2>MARITIME MAJOR</h2>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY, FEB. 26<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2122/1423202-1-eng-US/f0018-212.jpg" title="f0018-21" width="600" height="193"></div>TOP FIVE SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2221/1423195-1-eng-US/f0018-222.jpg" title="f0018-22" width="593" height="191"></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/f0019-01204/1423380-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WORD KEY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02163/1423373-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="566" height="870"></div><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Habitant rearguard pictured.6&mdash;Native state of Ivan Irwin (abbr).7&mdash;Member of the St, Louis Flyers.9&mdash;Players wear pads for these.12&mdash;This is what Lindsay and Howe are.14&mdash;Initials of Crowdis, ex-USHL goaltender.15&mdash;Terry Sawchuk is given one each time he gets a shutout.16&mdash;&mdash;Doug McCaig wears this number for Edmonton.17&mdash;Old Testament (abbr).18&mdash;Stanley Cup winners of 1945-46 (abbr).20&mdash;Military rank (abbr).21&mdash;A veteran of the Buffalo Bisons answers to this.22&mdash;Initials of player traded to Indianapolis by Buffalo for Durham.23&mdash;Coach of Regina Pats (two names).26&mdash;Initials of a New York forward.27&mdash;Name given Tuten, ex-NHL player.29&mdash;Played 23 games in the Ranger goal in 1942-43.30&mdash;Paul Saindon&rsquo;s second name.31&mdash;Organ of hearing.33&mdash;Bill Quackenbush once won this trophy.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;&mdash;Given name of an NHL coach.2&mdash;Syl Apps once played senior hockey with &mdash; Tigers.3&mdash;Hugh Coflin&rsquo;s native province (abbr).4&mdash;Bernie Geoffrion spent this number of minutes in the penalty box last season.5&mdash;Initials of Lundy of St. Louis.8&mdash;Johnny Wilson was born in this province (abbr).10&mdash;This is Gordon Tottle&rsquo;s second name.11&mdash;Chuck Blair was born in this country.13&mdash;Associate of Arts (abbr).18&mdash;Boston and Rangers argued over rights to this player several seasons ago.19&mdash;One of the Detroit Red Wings.24&mdash;Name given Oliver, member of the Boston Bruins in 1928-29.25&mdash;Gaye Stewart first learned hockey in the &mdash; head district.28&mdash;Milt Schmidt is a resident of this eountry. (abbr).29&mdash;Month in which George Pargeter celebrates birthday (abbr).32&mdash;Initials of Chevrefils of Boston. &#9632;

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March 8, 1952

Age Proves No Barrier As Veterans Show Heels To Pack In Center Voting

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