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December 6, 1952

The Hockey News December 6, 1952

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Dollard St. Laurent, sophomore defenseman with the Montreal Canadiens was forced to enter the Western Division of the Montreal General Hospital for a check-up on recurring headaches he has been suffering. They last anywhere from five minutes to an hour.</p><p>It was thought that they might be attribuable to the serious eye injury the burly rearguard received in last season&rsquo;s Stanley Cup play-offs. At that time he was nicked by Gordie Howe&rsquo;s stick.</p><p>St. Laurent did not play in the last three games the Habs were scheduled for.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

‘Doll’ In For Check-Up

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“HOCKEY NEWS” Heads their Christmas gift lists…

<div class="byline">Dryden</div><p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>Any resemblance between the game of hockey and the one presented at the Edmonton Gardens the other night was purely accidental, but it still served to attract 6,400 customers to a junior hockey game.</p><p>Sports writers and sportscasters from Calgary traveled to Edmonton to meet their counterparts in the Alberta Capital in a &ldquo;grudge&rdquo;. The occasion was a &ldquo;booster night&rdquo; for junior hockey.</p><p>The next day, Edmonton claimed a 4-3 victory. &ldquo;We scored three goals in our own nets and they (Calgary) scored four on themselves, so we won,&rdquo; was the Edmonton claim.</p><p>Such going-on as discharging a cannon (a real one, manned by soldiers) from behind the Edmonton nets, stealing the Calgary goalkeeper (three burly Edmonton policemen carried him from the ice), shooting a live chicken from the press box with hockey sticks Instead of guns served to keep the fans screaming.</p><p>However, attempts at playing hockey by the scribes were more hilarious than any tricks pulled off. The 10-minutes exhibition provided unusual entertainment for hockey fans, but the scribes will be using a lot of liniment to get back in shape for the return engagement in Calgary Dec. 6 Oh, my aching muscles.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Scribes Stage Grudge Hockey Game

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0351/1043830-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg"></div><p><b>BECAUSE</b></p><p><b><i>is &lsquo;COOL CONTROL&rsquo;</i></b></p><p><b>BREWED</b></p><p>&ldquo;COOL CONTROL&rdquo; brewing extracts only the top goodness from Dow quality ingredients by eliminating all adverse temperature variations in the brewing process. DCR-2<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Smoother! Lighter! Better Tasting!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0147/1043979-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>A Backward Glance</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>G</span>oaler Al Rollins of the Hawks casts a quick look backwards at the rolling puck as his mate, Defenseman Lee Fogolin sprawls in front of him. Bob Hassard of the Leafs (17) and Hannigan (22) watch for any rebound while Referee Melanbacher keeps a sharp lookout.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0318/1043972-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="1680" height="1354"></div><h2><b>Flying Wing</b></h2><p><b>Defenseman Benny Woit (5) of the Detroit Red Wings takes a flying tackle at Rangers&rsquo; Gaye Stewart but just a little too late. Benny got a piece of Gayes&rsquo; leg but Glen Skov on Stewart&rsquo;s right soon took him right out of the play.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0235/1043965-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1100" height="1441"></div><h2><b>A Rocket Goal</b></h2><p><b>Apple Cheeked Harry Lumley watches the puck roll into his net off the stick of Maurice Richard who blasted two in this game within 25 seconds. Veteran Eimer Lach and Hugh Bolton keep their sticks high on the side. Game ended in 2-2 tie.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0410/1043958-1-eng-US/cover-042.jpg" title="Cover-04" width="2233" height="1502"></div><h2><b>Deflection</b></h2><p><b>Little Gerry McNeil sprawls and deflects the puck into the corner while Teammates Paul Meger (20) and Dollard St. Laurent keep Leafs&rsquo; Tod Sloan at bay. This was taken during the 2-2 stalemate game.</b></p><h2><i>They Were Hub Favorites Once--Still Are</i></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0166/1043951-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="2402" height="1477"></div><h2><b>Silver Anniversary</b></h2><p>&mdash;And golden memories. Eight oldtime members of the Boston Bruins line up on Boston Garden ice, bridging a quarter of a century. Left to right, Eddie Shore, Aubrey &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper, Cooney Weiland, George Owen, Cy Denneny, &ldquo;Perk&rdquo; Galbraith, Harry Oliver and Lionel Hitchman. Montreal Canadiens spoiled Boston&rsquo;s debut, 1-0, in brand new Garden 25 years ago and Detroit Red Wings tainted the anniversary celebration, 5-2. But in between, these stars packed the rink night after night. For several years, seats for the entire home schedule were sold out long before the opening game.</p><h2><i>They Bruised the Opposition</i></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0256/1043944-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1746" height="1279"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fred Hitchman, Dit Clapper and Eddie Shore, left to right show off the old Boston sweaters and the exact same numbers they wore when they starred with the club. They were three of the toughest Bruins ever to represent the city. All three played defense, Clapper being converted to that position in the latter years of his career.</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Aid From a Kid Star</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0351/1043937-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="1155" height="1516"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Rookie Warren Godfrey left, the youngest Bruins on the 1952-53 team helps Cy Dennenny put on his jersey while Perk Galbraith looks on. They were amongst the oldtimers on hand for the Bruins&rsquo; 25th anniversary.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Big League Action from a Photographer’s Seat

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>When Francois Boucher was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police many years ago, he always used to get his man. Now as boss of the New York Rangers, Boucher doesn&rsquo;t always get his man, which is a mighty good thing for the peace and happiness of the city of Saskatoon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0437/1041710-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="298" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Bentley</b></figcaption></div><p>Before Boucher called up forward Neil Strain recently from Saskatoon, it was revealed that the man he was really after to give his lowly Rangers a shot-in-the-arm was none other than the veteran playing coach of the Saskatoon Quakers&mdash;Doug Bentley. If Boucher had taken Bentley away from the Quakers, the rumblings of discontent in Saskatoon would have been heard around the world.</p><p>It is believed that when Chicago Black Hawks let Doug go to the Rangers to coach their Saskatoon farm club, they put a clause in the agreement preventing New York from recalling him to their parent club. Otherwise, Doug might be up in the big top again with the Rangers.</p><p>Doug Bentley doesn&rsquo;t see much action on the ice these days with the Quakers but he still must have plenty of good hockey left in player in the whole league who could be of him for Boucher to want him with the Rangers. Happy Day of the Toronto Maple Leafs thinks so too. After watching every team in the Western league. Hap said Dong Bentley was the only player he saw who could be of any help to an NHL club.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Boucher Settled for Strain but Wanted Bentley

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Marcel Pronovost has a liking for all sports, and goes in for softball, swimming and golf in the summer plus bowling with the Red Wings during the hockey season.</p><p>But his favorite hobby is books. He reads a lot and fast, whipping through an ordinary novel in two or three hours at one Sitting.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

He’s Book Worm

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT, Mich.&mdash;It&rsquo;s a strange twist that Marcel Pronovost should have been shifted from forward to defense when he was was 16 because he happened to be the biggest man on his team then.</p><p>He has grown very little since&mdash;he&rsquo;s a 180-pound six-footer&mdash;and is one of the smallest defensemen in the National League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Marcel Biggest on Little Team but Small in Majors

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT. Mich.&mdash;Marcel Pronovost is the only Detroit regular who has been forced out of the lineup by Injury this season. He missed one game.</p><p>The Red Wings won that one in Boston without him, but they were glad he got back in time for the next start in New York. It was a 2-2 tie, with Pronovost scoring both Detroit goals.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Pronovost First Wing To Be Forced Out By Injury

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0166/1041765-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>The word around the National Hockey League is that Marcel Pronovost is the best rushing defenseman since Kenny Reardon.</p><p>One man who insists he&rsquo;s not an expert at making such a comparison is Pronovost.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve read that sort of thing, and heard talk about it,&rdquo; the slender Red Wings rear guard says with a modest laugh.</p><p>&ldquo;But you know something. I don&rsquo;t think I ever saw Reardon play more than a half-dozen games. From what everyone says, he must have been great. I&rsquo;m flattered to be compared with an All-Star player anytime.&rdquo;</p><p>It is proper for the next comment to be Reardon&rsquo;s.</p><p>Kenny has watched Marcel many times since retiring as a player to enter the highest echelons of the Montreal organization.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a terrific rusher,&rdquo; claims Reardon with the enthusiasm of a connoisseur of this particular form of art. &ldquo;And he&rsquo;s just as good in the rest of his play on defense.&rdquo;</p><p>A comparison of the two may be one of the arguments for which there is no answer. But one thing is certain. Pronovost excels at those electrifying headlong dashes down center ice and into the opposing defense. The way he does it makes him one of the most colorful contributions to NHL action today.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Rushing May Be Carryover</h2><p>More and more of this sort of rushing is being flashed by Pronovost this season. It was no hidden talent, for he owned that particular ability since he first started playing defense&mdash;possibly a carryover from his days as a forward.</p><p>But being a shrewd young man, Pronovost was patient about indulging in those wild dashes which can be most upsetting to a rival team.</p><p>&ldquo;When you break into this league as a defenseman, there&rsquo;s one big thing you have to concentrate on at first: Be Careful,&rdquo; he explains.</p><p>&ldquo;When you&rsquo;ve gained experience, you learn the proper time to make those rushes without leaving the defense open. Also you learn to gauge your energy, for no defenseman has the stamina to be breaking like a forward all the time.&rdquo;</p><p>Before going any further, it should be mentioned that this conversation with Marcel was carried out in clean-spoken English. The interviewer recalled the first time he met Pronovost was at the Detroit training camp in 1947. Marcel spoke only French at that time.</p><p>It was a natural situation. He was a 17-year-old native of Lac a la Tortue and had grown up in the French-Canadian city of Shawinigan Falls. He had come to training camp with Butch Houle and George Ouellette, and none of them professed to handle the English language.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Was Worried About English</h2><p>&ldquo;I was shy about speaking English then,&rdquo; he recalls. &ldquo;I first picked it up as a golf caddie, and also learned it in school. When I got to the Detroit training camp I believed that language might be just as big a problem in making the NHL as my playing.</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe that was a wrong impression but I did a lot of reading to improve my English vocabulary.&rdquo;</p><p>Three years later he was making speeches in English at Omaha and today his command of the language is equal that of any player on the Detroit club.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d advise every French-Canadian youngster who wants to play in the NHL&mdash;or every boy anyway, for that matter&mdash;to learn English as well and as quickly as possible,&rdquo; he adds.</p><p>You&rsquo;d expect that a French-Canadian would hit the NHL through Montreal, which is exactly what Pronovost dreamed of doing when he was back in midget and juvenile ranks.</p><p>&ldquo;I only saw one Canadien game at the Forum in those days, but those Canadiens were my idols and I always wondered if some day I&rsquo;d be good enough to play there,&rdquo; he admits.</p><p>Then how did he land with Detroit? The credit goes to Marcel Cote, Detroit&rsquo;s scout in Quebec, although Pronovost was not Cote&rsquo;s real target at the time.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Broke In At 14</h2><p>Pronovost broke into organized hockey when he was 14 with the E.S.I.C. school team in Shawinigan Falls. He was a center at the time. The following season (1945-46) he went to Shawinigan Tech where he found the Wilson brothers, John and Larry, as teammates.</p><p>Cote scouted that club for two years, his eye on the Wilsons. Pronovost had been shifted to defense &ldquo;because they needed defensemen and I was one of the biggest boys at 5-10 and 160 pounds&rdquo;.</p><p>He recalls that a sports writer on the Montreal Gazette made a mention in 1946 that &ldquo;Pronovost is a fine prospect&rdquo;, but found little satisfaction from that when not a scout approached him for a full year afterwards.</p><p>It was at the close of the 1946-47 season, while Shawinigan Tech was in the Provincial semi-finals, that Cote wirst decided that he had three birds in the bush, not just the two Wilsons. In April he told Pronovost that the Wings were interested, and in August came the real thrill: Orders to report to Detroit&rsquo;s camp at Kitchener, Ont.</p><p>The big test there seemed discouraging to him. There were 50 youngster&rsquo;s trying out for the Red Wings&rsquo; junior Windsor team.</p><p>&ldquo;I figured I didn&rsquo;t have a chance&rdquo;, Pronovost says. &ldquo;I was waiting every day to be told to go home, but after a couple of weeks they said I was to go to Windsor for further tryouts.&rdquo;</p><p>For the next two years his future lay with the Windsor Spiffires, and he doubled up along with the Wilsons by also playing with Detroit Auto Club in the International League.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Picked Up Individual Honors</h2><p>Both those seasons Windsor won the OHA title, just like the E.S.I.C. school and Shawinigan Tech had won championshop when he played there. And after he left Windsor, he kept up the habit for playing on champions since Omaha won the U.S. League crown in his one season there and Detroit won the NHL title in his two years in the big-time.</p><p>Marcel also picked up some individual honors along the way, at Omaha he was the USHL&rsquo;s &ldquo;rookie of the year&rdquo;. And after starting the 1950 season with Detroit, he went to Indianapolis for a 34-game stretch in mid-year which was long enough to be picked on the American League&rsquo;s second All-Star team.</p><p>His debut with the Wings came under the tensest circumstances. The day after Omaha had been eliminated in the finals of the 1949-50 USHL playoffs, Pronovost and the Wilsons got orders to fly immediately to Detroit.</p><p>The Wings were involved in the Stanley Cup semi-finals against Toronto, and had just lost the services of Gordie Howe who was in the hospital critically injured. Pronovost stepped into the lineup for the fifth game against the Maple Leafs, finished that series and worked against Rangers as Detroit won both rounds.</p><p>Not yet 20-years-old, Pronovost saw his name engraved on the Stanley Cup.</p><p>A fractured cheekbone in training camp the next fall set him back briefly. After recovering he played a few games with Detroit, but then drew the 34-game assignment at Indianapolis to get back into stride again. He returned in February of 1951, and has had a solid spot in the lineup since.</p><p>That season and the next he was teamed on defense with Leo Reise; now he partners with Bob Goldham. In each case it was the ideal combination of one experienced player and one youngster.</p><p>Marcel credits &ldquo;the advice I got back home from Mr. C. N. Crutchfield, the coaching I got at Windsor from Jimmy Skinner and the playing example I got from Reise and Goldman&rdquo; as the three biggest aids in his progress.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Needless Penalties Hurt</h2><p>A full-fledged regular&mdash;almost a veteran&mdash;at the age of 23 Pronovost would appear to have a 10-year NHL future before him. His legs will help him, for he&rsquo;s unusually fast and a good skater.</p><p>Over-eagerness Is one error he&rsquo;s sometime guilty of, but he&rsquo;s smart enough to correct that just as he already has a one-time fault of over-belligerance. He&rsquo;s particularly proud of the fact that while his penalty time reflects roughness and toughness, it doesn&rsquo;t show a single major penalty since he turned pro.</p><p>&ldquo;And I used to fight them all when I was a youngster,&rdquo; he points out with a smile. &ldquo;But those needless penalties only hurt you, and I think I learned that early.&rdquo;</p><p>In the summertime he works at his father&rsquo;s trade as a steamfitter, and may follow that line when he leaves hockey. That day, Detroit fans believe, is a long way off.</p><p>Marcel lives with his wife, the former Cindy Lapierre, of Pembroke, Ont., in an apartment-hotel near the Detroit Olympia. In the off-season they made their home in Shawinigan Falls, right next door to his parents.</p><h2><b>Busting Into Headlines</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Call Him Best Dashing Rearguard Since Ken Reardon Was in League

<div class="byline">BY MILT DUNNELL-SPORTS EDITOR</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01134/1041882-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><p>Toronto Star</p><h2><b>Phil&rsquo;s Fire and Patrick&rsquo;s Finesse</b></h2><p>THOSE junior Quebec Citadels, now in Ontario, are coached by a little man who tries to combine the technique of Lester Patrick and the temperament of Phil Watson. He enjoys success with the technique, but has trouble with the temperament, because the coach is, of course, Phil Watson, known as &ldquo;Fiery Phil&rdquo; during its years on hockey&rsquo;s big apple.</p><p>&ldquo;Lester was the best coach, the best manager and one of the finest gentlemen I ever met in hockey,&rdquo; Phil exclaims, almost reverently. &ldquo;Me?&rsquo; I was always looking for rouble, I guess, and generally finding it. I don&rsquo;t suppose I ever won a fight, although I was mixed up in plenty of them. But I never forgot my first game in the NHL. It was on Jan. 6, 1936. Were were playing Detroit in Madison Square Garden. The score was 2-1 for us. There was a tangle along the boards and Syd Howe planted his fist right in my kisser. I came out of the melee with a five-minute penalty. Detroit tied the score while I was off. Right then, I decided in that league you had to throw the first punch. No. I don&rsquo;t teach that to my kids. It&rsquo;s something they have to learn themselves.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02124/1041875-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="296" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lester Patrick</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0366/1041868-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="301" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Phil Watson</b></figcaption></div><p>Phil practically made a career of getting in the first lick if he ran into rough weather. He usually managed to be one of the most-penalized forwards in big-league hockey. In the season of 1941-42, for example, he was fourth among NHL serfs in scoring. Bryan Hextall, Lynn Patrick and Don Grosso were the only ones who topped him. Four points were all that separated the first four candidates. Watson, you&rsquo;d guess, might have blown second or third slot because he spent 58 minutes in the sneezer, as compared to 18 minutes by Patrick, and only 13 minutes by Grosso. But subsequent performance charts don&rsquo;t bear out that supposition. Watson went &ldquo;straight&rdquo; in the season of &rsquo;46-&rsquo;47. Penalty-timers around the league started asking: &ldquo;Whatever became of Phil Watsonl&rdquo; They saw him for only 17 minutes. Unfortunately, for the cause of reform, Phil&rsquo;s scoring averages showed a decline that was almost drastic. He had a puny six goals and 12 assists all season. The following season, he buckled on his six-guns again and went looking for trouble. Fifty-four minutes he spent in the jug, and profited handsomely. He finished with 18 goals and 15 assists, for one of his better seasons.</p><p>Big Bingo Kampman, who played for the Loafs, caused Phil one of his more humiliating moments in hockey. There was a bit of a fracas during a game at the Gardens, and Phil, true to his earlier resolution, started throwing punches. Kampman picked him u.p, danced him around like Waltzing Matilda, and then dumped him like a sack of flour. Hextall, who was watching from a discreet distance, shouted: &ldquo;Kampman, you dirty so-and-so, you&rsquo;re not a fighter, you&rsquo;re a wrestler.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Shore Gave Him a Sleeping Tablet</b></h2><p>THE only time Phil ever started thinking maybe crime doesn&rsquo;t pay was one night at the Gardens. He was with Canadiens then. Young Jackie Hamilton and Jack McLean, who were Leafs at the time, gave him the business.</p><p>&ldquo;Murph Chamberlain and I were fighting off five Leafs,&rdquo; Watson claims, &ldquo;while guys like Bill Durnan, Ray Getliffe and Mike McMahon, who should have been giving us a hand, stood back and laughed while we were getting a shellacking. What made me mad was that Jim Primeau, who was a linesman, was holding my arms while McLean and Hamilton were giving me a going-over. Bo when I got free, I took a shot at Primeau. I was suspended automatically, of course, and got word I had to appear before the president. Red Dutton.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;When I get up to Dutton&rsquo;s office, I say: &lsquo;Hi, Red.&rsquo; He gives me a dirty look and says: &lsquo;I&rsquo;m not Red to you. I&rsquo;m Mr. Dutton, president of the National Hockey League.&rsquo; He makes it sound like I&rsquo;m in for a rough time. But I tell my story, and, luckily enough, Nat Turofsky has taken a picture which shows Primeau is holding me while I&rsquo;m getting a going-over. Red gives me hell, nevertheless, for hitting an official. Then he says: &lsquo;So long, Phil. Now&rsquo;s the time to call me Red.&rsquo; I&rsquo;m on my way with no fine and no suspension. I Will say I don&rsquo;t think Primeau put in a very strong report against me.&rdquo;</p><p>Phil always was able to skate away from his brawls, with one exception. That was the time Eddie Shore clipped him in Boston. Watson had been needling Shore all night. Finally, the puck went behind the net, and Watson went in after it. He fell&mdash;or was tripped&mdash;and fell to the ice. His hands were outstretched, reaching for the puck, when the lights went out and he woke up in the dressing-room.</p><p>Phil has found amateur hockey more unsympathetic toward temperament than the big leaguers. Last season, during a game between Three Rivers and Quebec, there was a ruckus which Phil recalls mildly as &ldquo;a helluva fight.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;People said Jack Toupin, the Three Rivers coach, and I both opened the gates and told our benches to get into the brawl,&rdquo; Phil shrugs. &ldquo;Well, maybe we did. I don&rsquo;t know. I do know we drew two-game suspensions.&rdquo;</p><p>Another night, St. Jerome, which is out of the league now, had the Citadels beaten, 6-1, in the third period. Phil was raving. A big St. Jerome defenceman kept giving Watson the bird as he skated past the bench. Finally, the player spat at him.</p><p>&ldquo;Without thinking, I spat right back,&rdquo; Phil admits. &ldquo;We got thrown out of the game together.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0442/1041913-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="293" height="341"></div><p>(AS Seen in the Montreal Herald)</p><p>&bull; IN AN ECONOMIC WAY, the National Hockey League picture is improving somewhat, with Chicago attendance picking up substantially, as the result of a winning team, Boston crowds improving in size, and even Rangers drawing rather better than might be expected. All of which leads us around to a rather concise 3-Point Plan which Conn Smythe of Toronto Leafs, laid down as the road to hockey success the other night while talking to this agent and some others before the Canadian game at Toronto.</p><p>Smythe has been not only a successful, but a daring operator in hockey. He paid $50,000 for King Clancy, a price undreamed of at that time. He traded five players, most of them still in action on the major front, to get Max Bentley. He stole the front pages not only of the Toronto press, but most of those in Canada when he ordered Turk Broda to shed 20 pounds. He has occasionally enraged other clubs by sharply criticizing what he believed to be their dilatory tactics and lack of enterprise. So when Smythe talks fundamentals, or when Smythe talks, period, it&rsquo;s usually worth while to listen.</p><p>The Smythe 3-Point Plan is Ownership, Finance, and Management. &ldquo;Without active and enthusiastic management,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;you have no leadership to your club. Without finances, you can&rsquo;t make deals. Without management, even if you have a pretty good team, you can&rsquo;t get anywhere. It becomes a disjointed machine.&rdquo;</p><p>Smythe could have made it a 4-Point Plan, and included Salesmanship, for that is one division in which the fiery Leaf leader has excelled. He never misses a publicity trick. He has dreamed up more stories than most writers ever conjured, and has made pronouncements that seemed startling at the time. Even if they didn&rsquo;t always assay out, they made news, were widely quoted, intrigued customers.</p><p>Connie was talking of the renaissance at Chicago. &ldquo;New ownership, finance and management have already made a striking difference there,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;When Major McLaughlin was alive and leading the club at Chicago, he nearly always had a contender. The Major was, himself, a hockey fan. Some of his ideas may have seemed freakish to those long in the game, and perhaps grooved in their approaches. But he got publicity, he got results. He didn&rsquo;t lack for finances. He bought a whole Coast team to establish the Hawks on what was then foreign hockey soil, and drew the biggest gates, ultimately, in hockey history. After the Major died, the whole edifice started to topple. Now there&rsquo;s new ownership, new finance, and new management. Hawks are on the upgrade on the ice and at the box-office, and a situation which was causing the League great misgiving has been rectified.&rdquo;</p><p>Smythe believes the ownership change at Boston, where the club passed into the practical hands of Walter Brown, will improve the situation there. He said: &ldquo;Since the death of Charles F. Adams, who was a very keen thusiast, the background there was uncertain and vacillating, with a lot of pulling and hauling which reflected in the club&rsquo;s fortunes. Now Boston is developing, buying and trading. There is finance to back the operation. The management is excellent. Boston will come back to the place it once held.&rdquo;</p><p>Smythe believes Senator Donat Raymond, a keen hockey man himself, has played, along with Frank Selke, a big part in the continued success of Canadiens the past 10 years. It probably all boils down to the point, or the 3-Point, that clubs are successful in all sports because, over the years they have built more solidly, shown more intelligent enterprise and initiative, used greater, imagination in assembling reserves, more daring in trades and, probably, worked harder than anybody else to sell their product.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE CIST AND JEST OF IT

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0535/1041944-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div><h2>REGULAR SEASON&mdash;PLAYOFFS<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

f0004-05

Pronovost’s Professional Record

<div class="byline">By RED BURNETT</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>In hockey circles, they say Eddie Shore is a hard man to play for, also a tough fellow at contract time. With that in mind, we made it a point to ask Kelly Burnett, New York Rangers&rsquo; newest rookie, how he left the great Shore.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0443/1042058-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="298" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Edgar Laprade</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;I could write a book about Mr. Hockey,&rdquo; chuckled Burnett. &ldquo;What a man. One day he works you until you&rsquo;re tripping over your tongue, and the next he&rsquo;s the soul of kindness. You never know what to expect.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;At least you wouldn&rsquo;t get complacent around the guy,&rdquo; needled Gaye Stewart, who was introducing Kelly to the big town.</p><p>&ldquo;I had almost given up hope of getting a shot at the NHL when Shore called me in and shocked me with: &ldquo;This is it, boy, your chance. Don&rsquo;t muff it&rsquo;,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;So here I am, and believe me I&rsquo;m going to give it all I&rsquo;ve got.&rdquo;</p><p>Should Burnett make good, a couple of Rangers will be Syracuse-bound within the next 10 days. It&rsquo;s a provisional deal calling for players or the equivalent in cash. At the moment the Rangers have plenty of players. Their workout, when we were there, looked like a fall training camp scene. Coach Bill Cook had 14 forwards, six defencemen, and goalie Chuck Rayner in action.</p><p>Bill would cut down the numbers if he could exchange quantity for quality. He is set on defence and in goal. Has one scoring line in Wally Hergesheimer, Paul Ronty and Neil Strain. The other forwards can&rsquo;t seem to jell in numbers of three. It doesn&rsquo;t matter what combination he tries, the answer is always the same. &ldquo;No goals, no points, no nuthin.&rdquo;</p><p>* * *</p><h2>The Time Is Now</h2><p>That&rsquo;s why Cook and General Manager Frank Boucher will tell you no minor leaguer ever had a better chance to make the jump to the NHL.</p><p>&ldquo;If Burnett can fit in with two wings and get us the odd goal and assist, I&rsquo;ll be happy,&rdquo; said Cook.</p><p>&ldquo;Most of our tie games would have been wins if we could have got a goal from our second or third lines.&rdquo;</p><p>Watching Burnett in practice you couldn&rsquo;t find too much to enthuse over. The 26-year-old centre appeared too slow for the NHL. However, Leo Reise was quick to point out it was a terrible workout on poor ice, and that Kelly was meeting his new mates for the first time, and was naturally strange and ill at ease. General Manager Frank Boucher, who scouted Burnett for two weeks before making the provisional deal with Shore, figures the kid has a chance.</p><p>Cook figures Reise and Chuck Rayner, the established stars, will have to lift Rangers out of doldrums. Chuck is still shy on condition, and Reise is hampered by a bad foot cut that had to be reopened when infection set in. He&rsquo;s playing, but you can lay your thumb in the open wound, which rated 12 stitches the night Chicago&rsquo;s Jim McFadden stepped on his instep.</p><p>They took the heavy cast off Bones Raleigh&rsquo;s wrist, X-rayed the break, and put another heavy vast on ft. Bones can skate and check, but has trouble shooting the puck.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Edgar Not Enthusiastic</h2><p>Elgar Laprade has returned to work after being sidelined with a wrenched back. His condition is fine, but his mental attitude something else again. Edgar doesn&rsquo;t like the tag of penalty-killer placed on him by Coach Cook. He figures he&rsquo;ll light out for home at the holiday season and may not return.</p><p>Boucher may send Jim Conacher to the minors if Burnett makes good. The Ranger boss would like to send Andy Balth-gate to a club where he could get more hockey, but until Raleigh is right and Laprade decides to make New York his permanent address, he has to keep the kid around.</p><h2>Has a Chance</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0527/1042051-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="593" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>KELLY BURNETT</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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LOTS OF PERFORMERS NOT ENOUGH PLAYERS COOK-BOUCHER WORRY

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Two breaks loomed large in the Canadiens&rsquo; picture last week and neither was to their advantage. First: the biggest and most disheartening break came last Saturday night in Montreal when Sid Abel clubbed Elmer Lach&rsquo;s thumb until it was broken. The second break came last Sunday night in Boston when the Bruins broke the Habs&rsquo; string of four ties in a row.</p><p>Taking each break singularly; the one to Lach&rsquo;s thumb caused the most conversation with that same conversation blowing up to near anger.</p><p>Lach will be lost to the club for five weeks at the most. In the meantime the Canadiens have sent out a signal to Reg Abbott in Victoria and the former Brandon Wheat King star flew to Montreal for the game against the Leafs. on Thursday.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0272/1041989-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="290" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Skip Burchell</b></figcaption></div><p>As for the break itself. Lach didn&rsquo;t have too much to say. &ldquo;I went into the comer in the south end and was going to pass the puck behind. Just as I brought my stick back Abel brought his down with both hands. That Chadwick was standing right beside me and never even gave the guy a penalty. I&rsquo;m sure glad he didn&rsquo;t hit me on the arm. He would have taken it off,&rdquo; said Lach showing off a new white cast that stretched halfway up his left arm.</p><p>* * *</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be out for five weeks at the most. The doc can&rsquo;t put a small cast on the thumb because it&rsquo;s broken in a bad spot. The crack is right at the end of the thumb where it fits into the joint. If it was up further they could put a cast on so I could play.&rdquo;</p><p>This is the first serious injury to the club since Gerry McNeil broke his cheekbone in Toronto three weeks ago.</p><p>&ldquo;This is the first cast I&rsquo;ve had for a long time,&rdquo; said Elmer. &ldquo;Last real injury was the bird cage on my jaw when I broke it in Detroit.</p><p>&ldquo;That Abel really clubbed me. He dented the fiber on the thumb of the glove and you know how thick that is. It was a brand new glove too. Don&rsquo;t worry that Abel will get his.&rdquo;</p><p>That same feeling was echoed by the rest of the Canadiens&rsquo; players as well. But General Manager Frank Selke was really hot over the broken bone incident.</p><p>&ldquo;When I was watching that game I leaned over to Mr. Northey (exec of the Canadian Arenba Company) and told him to watch that Abel&rsquo;s interference. He used to do it with Detroit and he&rsquo;s still doing it. He was doing it when he slashed at Elmer and there wasn&rsquo;t a penalty on the play.&rdquo;</p><p>The loss of Lach left the Habs in a rather bad position. Already in dire need of center ice strength the Canadians went into Boston with Reay and Mosdell as their leading centers and neither had been playing regularly. Masnick was still centering the line with Meger and Geoffrion with Mosdell. Curry and Gamble being reunited. Reay was pivoting Olmstead and Richard. Johnny Mac-Cormack was the extra man for killing of penalties.</p><p>* * *</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re calling in Reg Abbott,&rdquo; said Selke. &ldquo;He showed the best at training camp although they say Doug Anderson is playing better hockey in Victoria right now.</p><p>&ldquo;Actually Skippy Burchell is the logical man to bring up from the Royals but I&rsquo;m not going to hurt that club right now. I don&rsquo;t know if we can get Beliveau for three games or not so we&rsquo;ll just have to wait and see.&rdquo;</p><p>Meanwhile, the Habs continued to be the tieingest team in hockey. Of their last six games they have managed to tie four and lose two. Their four ties came in a string, one against Toronto, then in New York, the third in Detroit and they were all two-two scores. Last Saturday night they tied the Hawks one-one in Montreal before they had the skien broken by the Bruins 3-1. The most alarming fact of the poor record was their good start in each game and poor finish.</p><p>In four of the six games the Habs scored the first goal and in two of the games they were ahead in the thid period. Their first tie of the four came in Toronto when they came from behind a 2-0 deficit to tie the count. The following night they were ahead of the Rangers 2-1 in the third period only to have the score tied by Raleigh.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02115/1041982-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="610" height="1832"></div><h2>He Bounced Off On This One</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0187/1041975-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="1699" height="1176"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Elmer Lach, who suffered a broken thumb against the Chicago Black Hawks last Saturday night is shown rebounding off the backboards after being hemmed in by Chi players Lee Fogolin and Jim Peters. Doesn&rsquo;t look as though Elmer will make it in this picture. He was uninjured. Later Abel caught him across the thumb and broke it.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Chi Abel’s Two Handed Swing Disables Lach’s Left Thumb

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>When it comes to a discussion of the game of hockey, you can come up with as many angles as there are fans. Everyone has his own Idea as to what&rsquo;s wrong with the game today.</p><p>One fan will say: &ldquo;Take the hooking and holding out of the game, and we&rsquo;ll really have something.&rdquo;</p><p>Another will proffer the thought that there are altogether too many lines, circles and dots in today&rsquo;s game.</p><p>Still another will claim there&rsquo;s too much accent placed on the &ldquo;shoot and scramble&rdquo; type of game popular in recent years.</p><p>Whatever their reasons (and suggested changes), the game of hockey is unlikely to undergo any major changes in the near future. It is still gratifying, however, to see that such a healthy interest exists among the fans in their national game.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Bill Coaching Carlton</h2><p>Qondam hockey players, of course, who have seen the game change considerably since their time, become quite voluble on the subject occasionally and that&rsquo;s how Bill Beveridge, the former NHL goalie with such clubs as Ottawa, and Montreal comes into this little yarn.</p><p>Beveridge, who incidentally is taking his initial plunge into the political pool in the incipient Ottawa civic elections, has a few ideas on the present game, gathered mostly as a result of several years coaching at Ottawa&rsquo;s Carleton College.</p><p>&ldquo;I could be wrong,&rdquo; said burly Bill the other night, &ldquo;but to my mind the. American college rules are the answer to hockey&rsquo;s big problem.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;No body checking outside your blue line, no red line, and you can pass the puck all the way to your opponents&rsquo; blue line. It makes for a much more exciting game, and most important, it allows more individual play.&rdquo;</p><p>The former NHL goalie went on to explain. Carleton teams, he said, frequently play exhibition games with college squads in northern New York State, and from the results, one would be led to hazard the opinion that they have the answer.</p><p>&ldquo;When defencemen know that they have no red line to restrain flying forwards,&rdquo; says Bill, &ldquo;they are mighty careful about getting caught and you don&rsquo;t have as much of that jamming in one end.</p><p>&ldquo;They know that if a wing ever starts to fly, he doesn&rsquo;t have to slow down to take a relay at the red line and hence they must vacate that center zone quickly to protect their goalie.</p><p>&ldquo;Then, too, tney can&rsquo;t body check in that area, so they must get back to their own defensive zone. You&rsquo;d be surprised how much difference this one thing means in a game.&rdquo;</p><p>Beveridge went on to say that much of the close checking and slamming in the center zone today is caused by the red line. Teams try to get the puck over it in order to shoot it into the enemy&rsquo;s end zone, then everyone piles in.</p><p>But with defencemen, and forwards, body checking inside the center zone, no one will ever carry a puck into enemy territory, preferring naturally to just shoot it in and keep their heads on their necks.</p><p>&ldquo;Of course, the defencemen still move up to the blue line for a power play,&rdquo; said Beveridge, &ldquo;but you don&rsquo;t see the protracted jamming of today. That puck can be fired out of there pretty quickly and that&rsquo;s usually what happens.</p><p>&ldquo;The fans see a spectacular, long passing game,&rdquo; continued Beveridge. &ldquo;And just to see a wingman take a long relay at top speed is a treat. If the defence is scrambling to get back, he can beat them with ease to go in alone on the goalie.&rdquo;</p><h2>Need More Relief</h2><p>&ldquo;I remember back in the days when I played, if a team was considerably stronger than its opponent, they could keep that puck in the end zone all night. It was no game at all.&rdquo;</p><p>The former goalie, however, said he&rsquo;d just like to see the idea tried. It might be a step in the right direction.</p><p>&ldquo;They Introduced the red line to help relieve that undue pressure in the end zone,&rdquo; said Beveridge. &ldquo;Now it looks as if they need more relief. Let&rsquo;s erase it, then, and push the forward passing area back.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s either that or start making our rinks bigger,&rdquo; concluded Bill. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no chance today for an individual star to develop and that&rsquo;s what the fans miss.&rdquo;</p><h2>It&rsquo;s His Opinion</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0356/1042020-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="531" height="927"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL BEVERIDGE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Beveridge Likes American College Rules

<p><b>Founded October 1, 1947</b></p><p><b>Published by Kenneth W. McKenxie and Will. V. Cote</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY</b></p><p><b>309 Empire Life Building, 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West. Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Average Weekly Circulation 35,000</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Price $3.00 in Canada&mdash;$4.00 in U.S.A.</b></p><p>Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa.</p><p>Entered as second class mail at the Post Office in Ogdensburg, N.Y.</p><p>Return all U.S. undeliverable copies under Form 3579 to the Hockey News Company 1434 Ste Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.</p><p>Printed in Canada.</p><p><b>Vol. 6 MONTREAL, DECEMBER 6, 1952 No. 10</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01160/1042127-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>C</span>LEVELAND BARONS</b> are sponsoring a Junior Hockey League in Cleveland, and one of the outstanding players in the loop is Murray Cook, 17-year-old son of the famous Bill Cook, New York Rangers&rsquo; coach&hellip;Lou Pieri, president and owner of the Providence Reds, is the Rhode Island State Chairman for the March of Dimes&hellip;The American Hockey League is enjoying a better season up to now than what they anticipated at the start of the year&hellip;Jim Ellery, publicity director of the American Hockey League, runs most of the business affairs of the league from his New York office&hellip;Jim is also a member of the New York Hockey Writers Association and attends their weekly luncheons so that the New York scribes may be kept better informed on the happenings in the American League&hellip;Boston hockey writers are calling Leo LaBine, the &ldquo;Bruins&rdquo; Magnificent Screwball&rdquo;&hellip;They&rsquo;re trying to instill as much color as possible into the Bruins this season and a recent step was the purchase of a touque in black and gold colors for LaBine to wear. He has worn it in practices and is expected to start wearing it in regular games soon&hellip;There is a former member of the Chicago Black Hawks on every National Hockey League team. Montreal Canadiens have. Bert Olmstead, Toronto has Harry Lumley, New York has Jimmy Conacher, Boston has Sugar Jim Henry, and Detroit Red Wings have Bob Goldham and Metro Prystai&hellip;Chicago has lost only one game in their first 11 starts at home this season. The Black Hawks picked up seven wins and three ties for 17 points out of a perfect 22 in their first 11 games at the vast Chicago Stadium this year&hellip;Kelly Burnett, new center of the New York Rangers, should have been in the National Hockey League a long time ago. He has been hoping Eddie Shore would trade or sell him ever since he joined Shore&rsquo;s organization.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0261/1042120-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="304" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Kelly Burnett</b></figcaption></div><p>* * *</p><p><b>WALLY HERGESHEIMER</b> has taken an apartment on Montague St. in Brooklyn, with Nick Mickoski, and apparently the rarified atmosphere of downtown Brooklyn agrees with him. Hergesheimer and Mickoski are the first Rangers to make their home in Brooklyn since the Cooks and Boucher were operating as the NHL&rsquo;s No. 1 line&hellip;Hergy continues to top the League in goal scoring&hellip;Neil Strain, recent addition to the Rargers, has been one of Bill Cook&rsquo;s boys ever since he graduated from junior ranks six years ago. Bill was running Cleveland&rsquo;s farm system at that time and Strain played for San Francisco, Minneapolis and Denver before coming to Saskatoon with Cook&hellip;Don Raleigh will have to wear a protective cast on his left wrist for the remainder of the season. The New York center is starting to shape up now after his lengthy layoff and should help the Ranger cause considerably from here on in&hellip;Motto McLean, tiny rookie of the St. Louis Flyers, has the longest monicker of any player in the American League. His correct name is Emmanuel Hall Roberts McLean. His birthplace was Delmeny, Scotland&hellip;Five of the seven AHL captains are defensemen and two arc centers. The rearguard skippers are Ross Lowe, Buffalo; Andy Branigan, Hershey; Pete Backor, Pittsburgh; Steve Hrymnak, St, Louis; and Keith Allen, Syracuse&hellip;Jackie Gordon of Cleveland and Ray Powell of Providence are the centers who wear the letter &ldquo;C&rdquo; on their jersey&hellip;Half of the NHL captains are defensemen, two are centers and one is a left winger&hellip;</p><p>* * *</p><p><b>WHEN WIN GREEN</b> saw Eddie Shore the other day in Boston, it reminded the Boston trainer of a breakfast he once had with Shore in Chicago when Eddie was the Bruins&rsquo; Mr. Hockey&hellip;Shore, a fussy eater, decided he wanted ketchup on his bacon and eggs, and sent the Waitress for a bottle. The young lady returned with one but Shore didn&rsquo;t like the color. Eight times he sent her back to the kitchen until finally when he found fault with the ninth bottle, Win lost his patience&hellip;Look, Shore,&rdquo; he shouted, &ldquo;that ketchup is good enough for me and it&rsquo;s good enough for you. Either you use that one or I&rsquo;m leaving.&rdquo;&hellip;Shore used it&hellip;The Ontario Minor Hockey Association had eight teams in 1935. Last season it had 338. It is one of the finest hockey organizations in the world&hellip;Rocket Richard has the pucks he scored his 324th and 326th NHL goals with, but the one that broke Nels Stewart&rsquo;s record is missing. The one he used in notching Goal No. 325 is being mounted and will be turned over to Her Royai Highness Queen Elizabeth&hellip;Doug Young oi Detroit, former Red Wing captain and new a NHL linesman, is referee-in-chief of the International Hockey League&hellip;Former puck stars Rabbit McVeigh, Mush Marsh, Harold Jackson, Ron Hudson and Len Loree, are other referees in this aggressive league&hellip;Andra McLaughlin, star figure skater with Hollywood Ice Review, is a terrific hockey fan and a faithful reader of HOCKEY NEWS.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0333/1042113-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="298" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Eddie Shore</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0420/1042158-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg"></div><h2>They Can Eat</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I have several questions I would like answered.</p><p>First I would like you to tell me if Gordie Howe is married? Next would like to know if a hockey player who is a citizen of Canada plays for an American team, does he have to become an American?</p><p>And last of all could you tell me the salaries of Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard?</p><p>Ray Fraser Chatham, N.B.</p><p>(Gordie Howe is not married. Canadian hockey players playing for American teams do not have to become Americans, although some do. We do not know how much Howe and Richard are making but they certainly can afford three square meals a day.)</p><p>* * *</p><h2>You&rsquo;re So Right</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>In your edition of November 22 you informed Andrew Perreault that Ray Hannigan is with the Calgary Stampeders.</p><p>You are incorrect as Ray is with the Edmonton Flyers and as a matter of fact has never played With Calgary.</p><p>Tom Manning Toronto, Ont.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Junior Habitants</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Could you please tell me the address of the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; junior A hockey team?</p><p>It is beginning to look like Terry Sawchuck is not the goaltender everyone though he was. I wonder in the Detroit defense is starting to weaken!</p><p>I look forward to your paper every week and think it is tops. I really like your human interest stories on players and would like to see more of them.</p><p>B. LeRoy Brantford, Ont.</p><p>(The Jr. Habs&rsquo; home address is the Montreal Forum, Montreal Que.)</p><p>* * *</p><h2>No Trouble He</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>This is my first letter to your wonderful paper. I was sure plenty mad when I read that letter from one Cain Paradise.</p><p>Babe Ruth may have been America&rsquo;s number one ballplayer and I am sure Canadians never tried to run him down at any time. So I don&rsquo;t think Americans should tell us how our hockey players should act.</p><p>I do not think that Dick Irvin has had one quarter the trouble with Richard that Ruth&rsquo;s manager had with him.</p><p>Edward Brown Montreal, Que.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>More Paradise</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>This is addressed to Mr. Cam Paradise of Irvington, NJ.</p><p>You say Richard should show more sportmanship in a game. I have seen Richard here in Toronto and the way he plays proves to me that he really shows sportsmanship. How do you know he doesn&rsquo;t when you are down in New Jersey where hockey is very seldom played?</p><p>Do hot believe all you read in the papers. In the instance of Richard grabbing the police officer, he thought it was an usher. That policeman was grabbing one of the Canadien players so I do not blame Richard for going to his rescue.</p><p>For your information, Richard spent only 44 minutes in the penalty box last year thus proving his sportmanship. Richard did not say he was the Babe Ruth of hockey, the sports writer picked that name for him.</p><p>I suggest you should see a few games with the Canadiens before you form your opinions about Richard.</p><p>Rocky Gadziola Toronto, Ont.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Lumley&rsquo;s Kin</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I have been reading your wonderful paper for the past year and enjoy it very much.</p><p>While reading the Fan Forum of November 8 I noticed that in answering Ernie Young&rsquo;s letter you said that Johnny Lumley was Harry Lumley&rsquo;s kid brother. Then in your November 15 issue Ken McKenzie said that John was Harry&rsquo;s cousin. Would you please tell me which is right?</p><p>Donald MacDiarmid Avonmore, Ont.</p><p>(Ken McKenzie was right, Johnny is Lum&rsquo;s cousin.)</p><p>* * *</p><h2>They&rsquo;ll Stick</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Mosh, to all those people who said the Chicago Black Hawks were just one week wonders and couldn&rsquo;t possibly stay in the thick of the National Hockey League race. Ha! In a way they&rsquo;re right. The Hawks aren&rsquo;t in the thick of the race, they&rsquo;re way out front.</p><p>Not only will this team make the play-offs, but they&rsquo;ll surprise a lot of people before this season is over. Riding in front of the pack for over two months is no fluke, it takes real drive and determination and that&rsquo;s just what coach Sid Abel has instilled in this fighting Hawk team.</p><p>There won&rsquo;t be so many people calling the Hawks for the Fifth or Sixth spot next season, not after Chicago disposes of a few of the teams this year.</p><p>Danny Laventi Chicago, Ill.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Prystai Booster</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I was glad to see by THE HOCKEY NEWS that the Detroit Red Wings are giving Metro Prystai a shot at the centre spot between Howe and Lindsay. All I can say is that its about time. I for one am sure that he is the right man for the job.</p><p>If I remember correctly it was said at the time he was purchased from Chicago that he would eventually fill in for Sid Abel. If such was the case, then now that Abel is gone he is the boy for the spot. He&rsquo;ll do well.</p><p>George Young New York, N.Y.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Back Issues</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I would appreciate it very much if you people would help me. I am an ardent Toronto Maple Leaf hockey fan and I keep records on every game they play. I missed two summaries on games they played this season.</p><p>These games were not so long ago and I hope you still have issues on them. They are Oct. 11, Chicago vs Toronto and Oct. 25, Boston vs. Toronto.</p><p>Please help me in this matter. It you have Issues on these two games that I ask for, please let me know at once and hold them for me, and let me know what the charge is for them.</p><p>I would also like to get THE HOCKEY NEWS this year. What is the subscription price?</p><p>Milton Sommers Bronx, N.Y.</p><p>(We have the copies in question. The subscription price in the United States is $4.00, but subscribe soon so you won&rsquo;t miss any more of the action-packed issues.)</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Miffed at Milt</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>This it the first time I&rsquo;ve written to the Fan Forum but before I start sounding off I wish to congratulate you on your excellent paper and wish you continued success during the future.</p><p>Now through the Fan Forum I wish to refer to the column in the Nobember 8 edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS by Milt Dunnell, sports editor of the Toronto Ctar. He was speaking of Maurice Richard. He said Maurice doesn&rsquo;t encourage conversation. Well of course he doesn&rsquo;t speak English fluently but he certainly doesn&rsquo;t go around speaking With an accent lie Mister Dunnell gave him in his column.</p><p>If he wants to use words in his column like &lsquo;nevair, ze, ozzer theengs&rsquo;, let him use them to describe Charles Boyer, not Richard. I was at Ogilvys Department Store and saw and heard Richard talk and either he must have used a different accent or Mister Dunnell Is like some Torontonians I&rsquo;ve heard say they can&rsquo;t understand French and so they poke fun at anyone who can&rsquo;t speak English as those fortunate people from Toronto.</p><p>I&rsquo;d also like to know by your column if there is a fan club for any other Canadien players besides Gerry McNeil. I am a member of the Gerry McNeil Fan Club and agre with the rest of the McNeil fans that we couldn&rsquo;t have a more deserving player to have a club for. Three cheers for the whole Canadien team and Dick Irvin.</p><p>Rose Mourt, Montreal, Que.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>OHA Schedule</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Will you please send me a copy of the schedule for the Ontario Junior Hoekey Association or else tell me There I can get a copy.</p><p>I will greatly appreciate any help that you can give in this matter.</p><p>Paul W. Lane, Cleveland, Ohio.</p><p>(Suggest you write to the OHA office in Toronto, Ont.)</p><p>* * *</p><h2>MacPherson Fans</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>This is my first letter to your paper and may I say it is terrific!</p><p>I am writing for a group of fans and myself who sit in the same section at the Montreal Forum. Here is our complaint. Why is Dick Irvin not playing Bud Macpherson?</p><p>We know that Irvin is capable of handling his team and we admire him very much, but we think it is about time he gave this player the opportunity to show what he can do.</p><p>Irvin was quoted last year as saying. &ldquo;I am protecting him from the wolves.&rdquo; Well coach, this is another season and the little time he has played, he played well. The crowd knew that and gave him a great hand. They finally have realized that the fellow is NHL calibre and was not given a chance.</p><p>Personally I think the only way MacPherson will gain confidence is by playing, so, let us see him out there, coach, you are ruining a hockey career.</p><p>Chuck Stevens. Montreal, Que.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0516/1042189-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="590" height="269"></div><h2>December 12 to December 18</h2><p>12&mdash;KENNEDY, Ted, Toronto forward, 1925; KULLMAN, Ed, New York forward, 1927.</p><p>15&mdash;COFLIN, Hugh, Edmonton defense, 1928; LAPLANTE. Ray, Providence, forward, 1925.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>P</span>ublished Weekly, except monthly May through September, HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, 309 Empire Life Building 1434 Ste-Catherine St. West, Montreal, Que. 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</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01111/1042279-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="987" height="1153"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>IT&rsquo;S TOUGH for a hockey player&rsquo;s wife as well. While her husband goes through his chores to bring home the bacon the Missus must watch her boy get bumped around like a tennis ball. Mrs. Ted Lindsay, wife of Detroit&rsquo;s terrior claps her hands and gives her favorite Wing a little encouragement while Mrs. Reg Sinclair adds to her husband&rsquo;s chorus of cheers.</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0289/1042272-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1003" height="1155"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>OH BOY says Mrs. Sinclair with a smile while Mrs. L looks on with an expression of bewilderments She writhes her hands, boos the opposition and screams every time he takes the puck. But she&rsquo;ll be a lot happier when it&rsquo;s all over.</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0363/1042265-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="991" height="1148"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GET THE BUM, screams Ted&rsquo;s number one fan but he can&rsquo;t hear her. He&rsquo;ll find out his mistakes when they meet after th. game. Lucky for Ted he doesn&rsquo;t make too many,</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0457/1042258-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="995" height="1151"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>OH, YOU MISSED. You didn&rsquo;t used to miss those kind. Gee, you haven&rsquo;t to much time to get back in the game Ted old boy. Let&rsquo;s get going.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0540/1042251-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="827" height="1149"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOO LATE as Mrs. Lindsay screens her face with the Detroit program. He tried hard but you can&rsquo;t win &rsquo;em all. Perhaps we&rsquo;ll come through next time.</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0631/1042244-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="1142" height="1142"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>THIS IS the best time of the night. When Ted is finished working end they can go and get something to eat in the Motor City. No hockey talk in the conversation, mind you.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Picture Story of A Hockey Wife Watching Her Husband Work

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>The Red Wings are finding that it&rsquo;s a lot harder to climb up the ladder than to slide down.</p><p>In the space of two weeks the Wings ran into the worst slump a Detroit team had suffered in six seasons. They stumbled from first place in the National Hockey League, standing to fourth by winning only one of seven games.</p><p>Then they started a recovery in which they lost only once in six games. Yet they found themselves still in fourth place.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0828/1042341-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="286" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Reg Sinclair</b></figcaption></div><p>At the bottom of the skid they were six points back of the Montreal Canadiens, then the leaders. After the two weeks of rallying they were only a point from the Canadiens.</p><p>But Chicago had slipped into the lead and held a five-point bulge over the title defenders.</p><p>High spot in the recovery was the novelty of winning a game on the road. Detroit didn&rsquo;t lose any of its first 15 away from home a year ago, but this time had to go eight games before getting the first road victory. It came in Boston by a 5-2 score.</p><h2>Reg Nets First Goal As Wing</h2><p>Reg Sinclair was the happiest man in that game. He finally netted his first goal of the season after drawing a puzzling blank for 15 straight games.</p><p>The road winning streak ended at one. The Wings journeyed on to New York a couple of nights later and emerged with a 2-2 tie. But it still was worth celebrating, for they overcame a 2-0 deficit on two late goals by Defenseman Marcel Pronovost.</p><p>Back home later in the week they indulged in the most lopsided victory of all, and became the first NHL team to reach double figures this season. With a 48-22 shooting edge, they routed the Chicago Black Hawks, 10 to 1.</p><p>The point which cheered Coach Tommy Ivan most (he didn&rsquo;t have a single thing to be gloomy about) was that the scoring was perfectly balanced. Each of the forward lines came up with three goals.</p><p>And then 24 hours later Detroit turned around and lost to those same Black Hawks 3-0. It was the first defeat in Chicago in two years, 12 straight victories and then a tie having gone into the record books since a 5-0 reversal there Nov. 26, 1950.</p><p>That 10-1 victory and 3-0 setback against the same team over one weekend was as bizarre as what happened earlier in the season. In the space of one week Detroit trounced Montreal, 6 to 1, and lost to the Canadiens, 9-0.</p><p>You figure it out.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Champs Finding it Tougher to Go Up Than Down Ladder

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Sid Abel is convinced the Red Wings have lost their hockey &ldquo;cousins&rdquo;&mdash;his Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>Results of a single hockey game should not be called a trend, but Abel believes Chicago has ended the long-time domination which Detroit has held.</p><p>For five straight years the Wings have been handling the Hawks with shameful ease. In that space Detroit won 53 and Chicago only 10. Two others were tied. No rivalry in the National Hockey League has been so lopsided.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0728/1042310-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="291" height="388"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Abel</b></figcaption></div><p>With such a big edge in that one series&mdash;it was 12-2 last year and 13-1 the season before, for example.&mdash;the Wings were getting points which meant titles. And the Hawks were being pushed deeper into the cellar.</p><p>&ldquo;It was psychological, and I knew it,&rdquo; Abel commented recently.</p><p>&ldquo;I realized that while I was playing with the Wings through last season. Most of the Chicago players were Detroit discards, and we just knew we could beat them anytime. Call it a superiority complex.</p><p>&ldquo;And when I came over on this side of the fence, I could feel the Inferiority complex here regarding Detroit.</p><p>&ldquo;That was one of my problems to lick. I had to convince these fellows that they could beat the Wings just like any other team.&rdquo;</p><p>Abel long has been capable at Influencing hockey morale. It was part of his job for many years as Detroit&rsquo;s captain and he demonstrated his leadership by make his own fighting spirit Infectious.</p><p>&ldquo;My selling point was that IS of the 17 players on this squad had played on championship teams,&rdquo; he revealed.</p><p>&ldquo;Jim Peters, Jim McFadden, George Gee, Doc Couture, Pete Babando, Fred Glover, Al Dewsbury and Lee Fogolin all were on Detroit title winners with me.</p><p>&ldquo;Gus Mortson, Gal Gardner, Al Rollins and Gus Bodnar played with Toronto champions.</p><h2><b>Pounding Started At Training Camp</b></h2><p>Right from the start of training camp I&rsquo;ve been pounding them with the idea that they were champion once and can be again.</p><p>&ldquo;It has worked. We&rsquo;re in first place and we have a winning record against four of the five clubs.</p><p>&ldquo;Now we&rsquo;ve got to take Detroit. And when we win the first one, watch out. The Wings never will push us around again like they used to.&rdquo;</p><p>It was just a few hours later that Abel must have been wondering if that &ldquo;first one&rdquo; ever was coming. His Hawks took their worst heating of the season, 10 to 1, from Detroit. It was even worse than the 7-0 rout the last time they&rsquo;d met.</p><p>But the inevitable finally took place. Chicago bounced right back the next night to blank the Wings, 3 to 0.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Wings Over Chi: “All Psychological,” Says Abel

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill&rsquo;&mdash;</p><p>The Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; best game to date attracted the largest crowd of the season to an NHL contest November 23. A total of 15,962 paying rooters nearly tore the roof off the Chicago Stadium as Sil Abel&rsquo;s roaring warriors slapped down the champion Detroit Red Wings 3 to 0 to avenge the previous night&rsquo;s 10 to 1 shellacking in the Motor City.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0298/1042424-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="294" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Abel</b></figcaption></div><p>Abel, for the first time since coming to the Hawks, assumed full-time command of the team as a player. He took his regular turn by centering the two Jims, McFadden and Peters. &ldquo;I felt pretty good out there and I&rsquo;ll be playing regularly from now on,&rdquo; he announced happily later.</p><p>The presence of Sid in action really stirred the puck pushers from Chi as they not only whitewashed their alleged &ldquo;cousins,&rdquo; but also out-hustled and outfought them. Al Rollins, who continues to look great in the Hawk goal, turned in a stellar performance to earn his second shutout of the season. He turned back 37 Detroit shots, many of which were blazers.</p><p>The game was the most grueling seen in quite awhile at the Chicago Stadium with Referee Mehlenbacher handing out 19 penalties, including majors for fighting to Lee Fogolin and George Gee of the Hawks and Wings Alex Delvecchio and Terry Sawchuk. Two of the goals, those notched by Gus Mortson and Gus Bodnar, came while Detroit was shorthanded.</p><h2>Fogy, Delvecchio Clash</h2><p>Fogolin, one of toughest rearguards in the NHL, and Delvecchio crashed into the boards to the right of Rollins at the 13-minute mark of the first period. The Hawks basher stepped back for a moment and then started flailing away. The Detroit youngster couldn&rsquo;t see what was going on after his jersey got pulled over his head and Fogolin definitely won the tussle.</p><p>Early in the second stanza, Gee was pinned in the Red Wing nets by Marcel Pronovost. Sawchuk apparently resented the invasion of his cage and promptly poked his stick in Gee&rsquo;s face. The Hawk winger retaliated with a fist and then wrestle his heavier opponent to the ice. George was on top when officials pulled the pair apart seconds later.</p><p>In the dressing room after the game, Abel revealed that the 10 to 1 win by the Wings the night before wasn&rsquo;t really that lopside a game. &ldquo;They got all the breaks and after their first few goals, the rest seemed to come easy,&rdquo; he commented. &ldquo;Any team seems to play well after getting a few goals. Take us, we could have gotten a couple more after those three tonight&rdquo;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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‘Boot’ Back in Hamess for Good After 3-0 Win

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; recent 3 to 0 blanking of Detroit actually cost Bill Tobin, the Windy City club&rsquo;s general manager, eight hats and eight shirts. Winners in a somewhat bet were Hawk players George Gee, Bill Gadsby, &ldquo;Doc&rdquo; Couture and Lee Fogolin.</p><p>The wager got its start coming back on the tram after Chicago had been drubbed 10 to 1 by the champion Red Wings, Tobin revealed. &ldquo;I got to giving them some good-natured ribbing about the lousy game and pretty soon we&rsquo;d made a bet. They felt that they&rsquo;d be able to come back and give Detroit a walloping. Well, they did and I wouldn&rsquo;t mind paying off a lot of bets like that.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Tobin Pays Highly When Hawks Shutout Wings 3-0

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH</div><p>(Of The Toronto Telegram)</p><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Leaf coach Joe Primeau knew that he was going to be on an elevator this season. No club can switch so radically to youth without being expected to knock at the top one night and be scrounging at the bottom the next.</p><p>This strage paradox was demonstrated in last week&rsquo;s extensive road trip, a trip which served to lengthen the Leafs period of low ebb to three points of a possible 12. They lost a 6-5 heartbreaker to Boston after twice hauling down three goal leads. Primeau saw some cause for elation in that, even though they couldn&rsquo;t win it.</p><p>&ldquo;I congratulated them after that one,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;because I could see that they were coming. They had the Bruins on the ropes at the end.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0621/1042479-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="285" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leo Boivin</b></figcaption></div><p>So it was on to New York, where some of the kids had never been before. Some of them must have overlooked the fact that there was an elevator in the Empire State Building and used the stairs instead because the Rangers, who had only managed to win two games until then, mopped up the Garden with them. It was the first time of the season that the Leafs had been so thoroughly outchecked, outsktated outbumped and just plain out-alerted. Any hope that sprung eternal in Primeau&rsquo;s breast after that one, was erased by his own comment.</p><p>&ldquo;If we don&rsquo;t snap out of that, we&rsquo;ll be going right down the sewer.&rdquo;</p><p>While Primeau is looking for a cheap decompression chamber he can use to ease the bends, the Leafs are continuing blithely in their up and down sort of existence, getting much better goalkeeping than Harry Lumley gave them at first but being seriously hurt by injuries, particularly to defensemen and by penalties. The Canadiens, for instance, got a tie out of them after being down two goals when Red Storey called a tripping penalty on Ron Stewart whose crime was diving at Paul Meger, who was proceeding unimpeded on the net, and taking the puck off his stick. Storey called It tripping, succeeded in lighting a match under Managing Director Conn Smythe and opening the door for Rocket Richard who scored two magnificent goals to tie it up.</p><p>* * *</p><h2><b>Injuries Have Depleted Ranks</b></h2><p>Injuries have depleted the defense staff with both Jim Morrison (shoulder injury) and Jim Thomson being left off while up front Harry Watson has been out with a back injury and Howie Meeker still recovering from being hit by Boston&rsquo;s Real Chevrefils in a game in Toronto late in October. Meeker&rsquo;s injury is clouded in mystery, might be showing symptons of a disk.</p><p>All this, plus some ineffective scoring punch, particularly on the part of Tod Sloan a (27 goal man in two previous seasons who scored his first of the year against Boston in the 18th game), has prompted Primeau to begin some player juggling the success of which will only be appraisable after some time has elapsed.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-06

Leafs’ Inconsistency May Force Primeau To Juggle For Consistency

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01144/1042393-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEO LaBINE</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>OSTON, Mass.&mdash;Boston doesn&rsquo;t have a trophy for its own rookie-of-the-year in hockey as it has in baseball, and this season it&rsquo;s too bad.</p><p>The competition for that&mdash;of necessity&mdash;mythical distinction among the four young Bruins eligible is, to say the least, intense.</p><p>Rookie Bruins this season&mdash;those who hadn&rsquo;t participated in more than 20 regularly scheduled games before&mdash;are Forward Leo LaBine and Defensemen Bob Armstrong, Jerry leppazzlni and Warren Godfrey.</p><p>Of the four the recipient of the strongest advance billing was LaBine, the Haileybury Hurricane, who played briefly with the Bruins between Hershey engagements a year ago.</p><p>Before the season started Coach Lynn Patrick came out flatly and predicted, &ldquo;He will win the Calder Trophy as the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie.&rdquo;</p><p>LaBine has since hit his high spots, but so have the other three. They have virtually taken turns in the spotlight.</p><p>The 21-year-old LaBine, who owns a touque but doesn&rsquo;t wear it in games, led Bruins&rsquo; forwards in assists for the first quarter of the schedule, and some of his scoring plays were beauties.</p><p>He also commanded attention with such extra-curricular incidents as run-ins with Tod Sloan and Ferny Flaman of Toronto, Dollard St. Laurent of Montreal, and Pete Babando and Lee Fogo-I lin of Chicago.</p><p>Of the three defensemen the one who made the most favorable impression the quickest was Godfrey, a 21-year-old giant whose motions seem casual but effective.</p><p>With only one season of professional experience behind him, the 190-pound native of Toronto displayed an enchanting knack of making the right moves, including a faculty for businesslike rushes. Then he ran into a knee injury which cost him seven games.</p><p>Godfrey&rsquo;s temporary departure opened the gate for Toppazzini, a 180-pound bundle of energy whom Patrick had been using for odd jobs, Toppazzini not only was a rookie, he was also a defenseman completely lacking&mdash;until this season&mdash;in experience at the position</p><p>Topper promptly showed the league something new in the technique of playing defense. In his very first game he had control of the puck so often that the Chicago Black Hawks were unable to test his defensive ability.</p><p>Given the chance to play regularly, Toppazzini learned his way around quickly. Some of his methods were unconventional, but they worked. When he scored his first major league goal In his 19th game, he also moved into third place on the Bruins&rsquo; scoring list. He looks like Boston&rsquo;s answer to Detroit&rsquo;s Red Kelly as a rushing defenseman.</p><p>* * *</p><h2>Bob Has Color</h2><p>While his co-rookies were having their ups and downs, the sturdy Armstrong substituted consistency for color. He started more slowly than the other three, but as the Bruins moved into the second quarter of the season, his pick-up was not-iceable.</p><p>His mistakes&mdash;and he hadn&rsquo;t made many&mdash;became fewer, his confidence greater, and he also developed new aggressiveness. Opposing teams started to learn that it didn&rsquo;t pay to rile the 186-pound business college student from Toronto.</p><p>Meanwhile Patrick has been sitting back and noting the work of his young proteges with fatherly approval. He hasn&rsquo;t hesitated to point out their mistakes, but he hasn&rsquo;t been reluctant to praise their good points, either.</p><p>&ldquo;One thing which has pleased me greatly,&rdquo; he observed, &ldquo;is the way they have cut down on their mistakes. I was afraid, frankly, that they would cost us a lot of games early in the season, but things haven&rsquo;t worked out that way.</p><p>&ldquo;They have made some mistakes which have hurt us, but not nearly as many as I expected they would. They seem to be improving all the time.&rdquo;</p><p>In the last decade the Bruins have had only one Calder trophy winner&mdash;Goalie Jack Gelineau three years ago&mdash;and it is still too early in the season to say that they&rsquo;ll have one this year.</p><p>But the four rookies they do have are staging a merry old battle for the honor on an intraclub basis, and it would take a Solomon to single out one from the others right now.</p><h2><b>They&rsquo;re Going Along&hellip;</b></h2><h2><b>On&hellip;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0373/1042386-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="293" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Armstrong</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0445/1042379-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="281" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Warren Godfrey</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>&hellip;Plenty of Savvy</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0525/1042372-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="1177" height="1377"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY TOPPAZZINI</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hub Rookies Elbowing Each Other for Top Honors

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>G</span>ordie Howe, the high scoring right winger of the Detroit Red Wings, this week finds himself in familiar surroundings for once again he&rsquo;s back atop the scoring parade, a spot he&rsquo;s had pretty much to himself during the last few seasons. The big fellow this week picked up four goals and one assists to give him 13 of each for 26 points in the 22 games he&rsquo;s played this season. Although there are others tied with him, he leads in both the goals scored department and the assist department. His 26 points is two more than the runner-up, line-mate Ted Lindsay.</b></p><p><b>Off to a fairly slow start this season as coach coach Tommy Ivan of the Wings juggled his lines in an attempt to find a replacement for the departed Sid Abel on the &lsquo;Production Line&rsquo;, Howe has now found himself and is winging like the Howe of old. The insertion of Metro Prystai between Howe and Lindsay seems to be just what the doctor ordered and once again the two wingmen are setting the pace for the others to follow.</b></p><p><b>On November 27 against the Montreal Canadiens, Howe scored one goal, his ninth of the season and the one that more or less started him on a streak. Against the Toronto Leafs two nights later. Howe added another goal and capped the week&rsquo;s performance by potting two markers ana assisting on another as the Leafs bowed to Detroit 4-1 on November 30.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0836/1042632-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="279" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><p><b>All-star right wing last season, Gordie Howe is one of the real come-back guys of hockey. it&rsquo;s not so long ago that the wiseacres were rubbing their heads and saying that It was to bad such a promising career had to be snuffed out before it got started due to a fractured skull. Fractured skull or no fractured skull, Gordie Howe did come back and what a come-back it was. in the relatively short time he&rsquo;s been in hockey&rsquo;s big time he&rsquo;s garnered just about every honour a player can get. He&rsquo;s been scoring champion. Hart Trophy winner, first all-star selection, the winning of which wasn&rsquo;t easy when one considers that he had to edge one of hockey&rsquo;s all-time greats, Maurice Richard, for the position, and a varied assortment of other honours.</b></p><p><b>Tall, handsome Gordie is at 23, one of hockey&rsquo;s most eligible batchelors and if he has any intention of getting married in the near future, he hasn&rsquo;t let it become public knowledge. Right at the moment it is possible he doesn&rsquo;t have time for it, for while others are worried about taking the step, Gordie Howe Is busy making a name as one of the real greats of the game.</b></p><p><b>He&rsquo;s climbed into the driver&rsquo;s seat in the point parade and now that Gordie Howe is up to that position, its going to take some mighty prolific scoring on the part of any of the pretenders to his crown to shake him loose.</b></p><p><b>All-Star, trophy winner, scoring champ&hellip;this week&rsquo;s Player of the Week&hellip;Gordie Howe.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player-Of-The-Week

<h2><b>Hard Luck Elmer</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he man who has probably the best assortment of fractures, breaks and splits in the NHL has done it again. Evergreen Elmer Lach suffered a fractured thumb against the Chicago Black Hawks Nov. 29.</p><h2><b>Ties Galore</b></h2><p>The Chicago Black Hawks hate tied three games in a row and the Montreal Canadiens had tied four in a row before being stopped by the Boston Bruins in Beantown on November 30.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDINGS TUES., A.M. DEC. 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01128/1042601-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="595" height="180"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3><p>Nov. 26&mdash;Toronto 2 at Rangers 4</p><p>Nov. 27&mdash;Canadiens 2 at Detroit 2</p><p>Nov. 27&mdash;Toronto 3 at Chicago 3</p><p>Nov. 27&mdash;Rangers 1 at Boston 3</p><p>Nov. 29&mdash;Chicago 1 at Canadiens 1</p><p>Nov. 29&mdash;Detroit 3 at Toronto 1</p><p>Nov. 30&mdash;Canadiens 1 at Boston 3</p><p>Nov. 30&mdash;Toronto 1 at Detroit 4</p><p>Nov. 30&mdash;Rangers 1 at Chicago 1</p><p>* * *</p><h3>WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26 Toronto 2 at New York 4</h3><p>NEW YORK&mdash;Rookies Dean Prentice and Kelly Burnett, the latter playing his first NHL game of the season each scored goals to lead the New York Rangers to a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was the first win for the Blues in four starts against the Leafs this season.</p><p>Besides the pair of newcomers, veteran Don Raleigh and Jack Stoddard scored for the New Yorkers. Max Bentley and Sid Smith were the Leaf marksmen.</p><p>Rangers built up a 3-0 lead before the Leafs finally got on the score sheet. Stoddard scored the only goal of the first period on a play with Nick Mickoski. Ted Kennedy, the Toronto captain, drew a misconduct in this peried.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal. Lumley; defence. Flaxnan. Bolton. Morrison, Horton, Boivin; forwards: Migay, Stewart. Solinger, Bentley, Smith, Kennedy, Sloan, Hassard, Armstrong. Hannigan.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence. Reise, Stanley. Howell, Buller, Kraftcheck; forwards. Raleigh, Ronty, Hergesheimer, Strain, Laprade, Mickoski, Stoddard, Barnett, Prentice, Kullman, Slowinski.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02108/1042594-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="597" height="497"></div><p>* * *</p><h3>Montreal 2 at Detroit 2</h3><p>DETROIT&mdash;One of the wierdest goals of the season gave the Detroit Red Wings a 2-2 draw with the Montreal Canadians. Gordie Howe, skidding off balance on his hands and knees, with his back to the puck, pushed the disc past an amazed Gerry McNeil in the Hab cage.</p><p>A Thanksgiving crowd of 13,247 saw the Wings fight back from a 2-0 deficite with two goa&rsquo;s within a minute and forty-two seconds of each other.</p><p>The first period was scoreless but the Canadiens went ahead in the second on Dick Gamble&rsquo;s goal. It came from 25 feet out after he had taken a pass from Ken Mosdell.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil: defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, Macpherson: forwards. Mosdebl, Curry, Gamble, Geoffrion, Richard, Masnick. Reay, Olmstead. Lach, McCormack, Meger.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk: defence, Goldham. Kelly. Pronocost. Woit, Folk; forwards. Prystai. Howe, Lindsay, Leswlck, Pavelich. Skov, Sinclair, Delvecchio. Wilson, Jankowski</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Jerry Olinski; linesmen, Bob Carse, Doug Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0377/1042587-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="589" height="429"></div><p>* * *</p><h3>Toronto 3 at Chicago 3</h3><p>CHICAO&mdash;With only a minute and eight seconds left in the game, Sid Smith fired a tie-gaining goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Chicago Black Hawks fought to a 3-3 deadlock. The draw, coupled with the DetroitMontreal tie, left the Hawks stibl four points in front of the pack.</p><p>Tod Sloan opened the scoring for the Leafs in the first period, taking a pas from Max Bentley at the 3.09 mark Jim Peters tied it up five minutes later on a play with Jim McFadden. Toronto again took the lead with only 52 seconds left in the first period, George Armstrong counting from Bob Hassard and Gordie Hannigan.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal. Lumley; defence Horton, Boivin. Thomson, Flaman, Morrison; forwards, Smith, Kennedy, Sloan. Migay, Hassard, Hannigan, Solinger, Stewart, Bentley, Armstrong.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Mortson, Gadsby, Dewsbury, Fogolin, Hucul; forwards, Peters, Abed, McFadden, Mosienko, Conacher, Babando, Bodnar, Glover, Couture, Gardner, Gee.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Frank Udvari. Linesmen, Morrison, March.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0466/1042580-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="589" height="425"></div><p>* * *</p><h3>New York 1 at Boston 8</h3><p>BOSTON&mdash;The Boston Bruins climbed to within one point of the fourth place Detroit Red Wings as they beat the New York Rangers 3-1. They scored a goal in every period to gain the victory.</p><p>There was only one goal in the opening stanza, that by Leo LaBine, Milt Schmidt drew the assist on the play, he having got the puck at the boards and cenetered to LaBine at the goal mouth.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence. Reise. Stanley, Howell, Buler. Kraftcheck; forwards, Ronty, Hergesheimer, Strain, Laprade, Mickoski; Burnett. Ra-</p><p>leigh. Prentice, Kullman, Slowinski.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal. Henry; defence. Armstrong. Quackenbush, Toppazzini, Laycoe: forwards, Schmidt, Labine, Chevrcfils. Mackell, Klukay, Sandford. Creighton, Peirson, McIntyre, Lund, Dumart.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0741/1042573-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="584" height="374"></div><p>* * *</p><h3>SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29 Detroit 3, at Toronto 1</h3><p>TORONTO&mdash;A crowd of 13,257 saw the Detroit Red Wings count two unanswered goals in the first period and match singles with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second to down them 3-1.</p><p>Johnny Wilson, Reg Sinclair and Gordie Howe were the Detroit marksmen while Ted Kennedy scored for the Leafs.</p><p>Ted Kennedy scored for the Leafs in the second period on a gainging attack that finally paid off. Late in the period Howe scored on a play with Ted Lindsay and there was no scoring in the third period.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Woit., Folk; forwards: Prystai, Howe, Lindsay, Leawick, Pavelich, Skov, Sinclair, Delcehhio. Wilson, Jankowski.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Horton, Boivin, Thomson, Flaman, Morrison, Bolton; forwards: Kennedy, Stewart. Smith, Migay, Sloan, Hassard, Hannigan, Solinger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1034/1042566-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="596" height="357"></div><p>* * *</p><h3><b>Chicago 1 at Canadiens 1</b></h3><p>MONTREAL&mdash;For the fourth time in a row. the Montreal Canadiens played to a draw, this time a 1-1 affair with the league leading Chicago Black Hawks. Hawks were without the service of Gus Bodnar and Bill Mosienko while the Habs lacked Dollard St. Laurent, all due to injuries</p><p>It was Bud MacPherson, lanky Canadiens rearguard dressed in place of St. Laurent, who got the Habs&rsquo; only goal at 10.20 of the final frame on a passing attack with Maurice Richard and Billy Reay. It was a 30-footer that had Rollins beaten.</p><p>Within two minutes, the Hawks came up with the equalizer. Right winger Gerry Couture fought his way in on Gerry McNeil with Pete Conacher and George Gee on the wings. Couture shot from about ten feet and McNeil went to his knees for the save. Couture grabbed up the rebound and flipped it over the kneeling McNeil into the cage.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence. Harvey, MacPherson, Bouchard, Johnson; forwards: Masnick, Geoffrion, Meger, Curry, Gamble, Richard, Reay, Olmstead, McCormack, Mosdell.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Mortson, Gadsby, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Hucul; forwards: Gee, Conacher. Couture, Peters, Babando, Glover, Gardner, McFadden, Abel.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01143/1042559-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="591" height="326"></div><p>* * *</p><h3>SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30 New York 1 at Chicago 1</h3><p>CHICAGO&mdash;Chicago Black Hawks played their second 1-1 draw in as many nights when they tied the New York Rangers by that score. The previous night in Montreal the Hawks and the Habs fought to a similar deadlock.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goat, Rayner; defence, Ross, Stanely, Buller, Kraftcheck, Ho well; forwards: Mickoski. Kullman, Prentice, Raleigh, Ronty, Bathgate, Conacher. Stewfart, Hergesheimer Slowinski, Strain Burnett.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Mortson, Gadsby, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Hucul; forwards; Gee, Conacher. Couture, Peters, Babando, Glover, Gardner, McFadden, Abel.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02110/1042552-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="588" height="353"></div><p>* * *</p><h3>Toronto 1 at Detroit 4</h3><p>DETROIT&mdash;The Detroit Red Wings scored their second win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in as many nights when they turned back Conn Smythe&rsquo;s rookie squad 4-1.</p><p>The win moved the Wings into sole possession of second place, two points head of the Montreal Canadiens. Gordie Howe, the loop&rsquo;s top scorer, had a big hand in the proceedings as he pumped two goals, the twelvth and thirteenth of the season for the big winger.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Horton, Boivin, Thomson, Flaman, Morrison, Bolton; forwards: Kennedy, Stewart, Smith, Migay, Sloan, Hassard, Hannigan, Solinger.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Woit Folk: forwards: Prystai, Howe, Lindsay, Leswick, Pavelich, Skov, Sinclair, Delvecchio, Wilson, Jankowski.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0393/1042545-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="590" height="404"></div><p>* * *</p><h3>Canadiens 1 at Boston 3</h3><p>BOSTON&mdash;The Boston Bruins came from behind to dump the Montreal Canadiens 3-1. Johnny Peirson was the hero of the piece, his goal at the 7.56 mark of the second period being the winner.</p><p>The third period was scoreless. Gerry McNeil in the Hab&rsquo;s cage was called on to make 26 saves to 25 for Sugar Jim Henry, the Boston petminder.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, MacPherson, Bouchard, Johnson; forwards; Masnick, Geoffrion, Meger, Curry, Gamble, Richard, Reay, Olmstead, McCormack, Mosdell.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Toppazzini, Laycoe, Godfrey, Armstrong; forwards: Schmidt, LaBine, Chevrefils, Mackell, Klukay, Sandford, Creighton Peirson, McIntyre, Lund.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0468/1042538-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="590" height="458"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(INCLUDING GAMES SUN. NOV. 30)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0554/1042531-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="589" height="709"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORD</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0647/1042524-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="591" height="258"></div><h3><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1127/1042517-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="543" height="161"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0936/1042510-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="2868" height="1336"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0556/1042663-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CAPT. SCHMIDT&hellip;&hellip;GETS HIS QUOTA</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>If winning hockey honors were contingent upon a speedy scoring start, Capt. Milt Schmidt of the Boston Bruins would probably have to restrict his bidding to the Lady Byng trophy.</p><p>For a man whose name has been synonymous with skating speed for more than 15 years, Schmidt is undoubtedly one of the slowest scoring starters in the National League.</p><p>When the veteran center played game after game this fall without scoring a goal, some who follow the Bruins closely started murmuring in their beards. Was he ever going to score again?</p><p>They were promptly brought up short with some words of advise from Coach Lynn Patrick, who said:</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t waste your time trying to figure Milt out. He&rsquo;s one of the slowest starters I&rsquo;ve ever seen.</p><p>&ldquo;Two years ago I worried about him when he went something like 17 games before he got a goal, and do you remember what happened that year? He won the Hart Trophy.&rdquo;</p><p>Shortly after Patrick issued his warning, Schmidt broke the ice. He scored his first goal of the year in the Bruins&rsquo; 19th game, against the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>He dressed up the occasion with one of his finest all-round performances, taking his regular turn at center, killing penalties and working as a power play defenseman, throwing in two assists for frosting.</p><h2>Not A Spring Hitter</h2><p>&ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;m just not a spring hitter,&rdquo; he laughed. &ldquo;It seems to me that I have usually had trouble scoring early in the year.</p><p>&ldquo;I remember another time when I went about 16 games before I scored, and still another time I must have gone 16 games at the start of a season without scoring.&rdquo;</p><p>Schmidt&rsquo;s unprofitable getaways fail to show up in the records. For the last six seasons, missing 55 games, he averaged 18 goals, indicating that if he started slowly he certainly finished strongly.</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; captain&rsquo;s emergence from his slump coincided with the first scoring harvest of the season for his team, and it accompanied two other &ldquo;firsts.&rdquo;</p><p>When the Bruins scored six goals against the Maple Leafs, they hit their peak for the year and their second-highest total in two years.</p><p>In that same game Defenseman Jerry Toppazzini scored his first major league goal, and Forward Pentti Lund scored his first regular-season goal in two seasons as a Bruin. Lund did score in the playoff series with the Montreal Canadiens last spring.</p><p>After that trio beat Harry Lumley, it left only Defensemen Bill Quackenbush, Warren Godfrey and Bob Armstrong without portfolio as lamp-lighters.</p><p>Toppazzini acquired his souvenir for the family mantle in Copper Cliff, Ont., in his new role of center on power plays, for the ever-experimenting Patrick has come up with a new combination for that vital work.</p><p>It consists of five forwards, with Woody Dumart working with Schmidt on the points and Toppazzini centering for Real Chevrefils and Leo LaBine. In the space of three games the Bruins won twice by a single goal, and in both winning games the power play produced the winning margin.</p><h2><i>Don&rsquo;t Try To Figure Him Out</i><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Just No Spring Hitter, Says Milt of Slow Start In Scoring Column

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0652/1042694-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he Perfect Combination &hellip; Howe, Lindsay and Prystai Finally Coach Tommy Ivan of the Detroit Red Wings has solved his biggest problem. He has a new Perfect Combination in Ted Lindsay, Metro Prystai and Gordie Howe. This week this line accounted for 13 points. Howe hod four goals and an assist, Lindsay a goal and four assists and Prystai three assists.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The Perfect Combination - Quality! Freshness! Price!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0740/1042725-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg"></div><p><b>Biring on the BRADING&rsquo;S</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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For the Holiday Season…

<h2><b>Little Man, Big Name</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>R</span>ookie Motto McLean, 5&rsquo;7&rdquo; wingman of the St. Louis Flyers of the AHL has just about the longest full name in hockey. His monicker is Emmanuel Hall Roberts (Motto) McLean.</p><h2><b>Defensemen Dominate</b></h2><p>Defensemen apparently make better captains for five of the seven captains in the AHL are defensemen. The only two who dont guard the Blueline are Cleveland&rsquo;s Jackie Gordon and Providence&rsquo;s Ray Powell.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDINGS TUES. A.M. DEC. 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01142/1042826-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="600" height="177"></div><h3>THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27 Providence 1 at Cleveland 6</h3><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower: defence, Reigle, Williams, Chrystal, Shero: forwards: Gordon, Lynn, Wochy, Bailey, Hildebrand, Sonmor, Olson, Kubasek, Ceresino.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence, Kryzanowski, Denis, Bloomer Bourasse: forwards: Scherza, Toppazzini, Kapusta, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Michaluk, Larives, Morris.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02108/1042819-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="599" height="504"></div><h3>Hershey 5 at St. Louis 3</h3><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Gatlepy, Henderson, Schertl, Branigan; forwards: Bettio, Kullman, Corcoran, Brown, Sullivan, Fisher, Ferguson, O&rsquo;Brien, Caren.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> is: Goal, Almas: defence. Hrymnak, MacNab, Lund, Forbes: forwards: Taylor, McLean, Bonin, Hirschfield, Harrison, Hayden, Boone, Stankiewicz, Schiisizzi.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0388/1042812-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="597" height="528"></div><h3>FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28 Cleveland 6 at Syracuse 0</h3><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower: defence, Reigle, Williams, Chrystal, Shero: forwards: Gordon, Lynn, Wochy, Bailey, Hildebrand, Sonmor, Olson, Kubasek, Ceresino.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal. Bell; defence, Tottle, Milligan, Allen, Ashley; forwards: Pidhlrny, O&rsquo;Grady. Lemieux, Gooden, Pogue, Casanato, McNabney, Horvath, Webster.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0465/1042805-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="597" height="431"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29</h3><p><b>Hershey 2, at Cleveland 10</b></p><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;Cleveland Barons In creased their hold on first place in the American Hockey League to two games Saturday night, thrashing the second-place Hershey Bears 10-2.</p><p>It was the fifth straight victory and third in three games&rsquo; for the Barons, who have scored 22 goals in their last three games while holding the opposition to three</p><p>Jackie Gordon, Frank Kubasek and Steve Wochy contributed two goals aniece. Eddie Olson. Ray Ceresino, Ike Hildebrand and Fred Shero each bagged one.</p><p>Dune Fisher and Sam Bettio scored for Hershey.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower: defence, Reigle. Williams. Chrystal, Shero: forwards: Gordon. Lynn, Wochy. Bailey, Hildebrand, Sonmor. Olson, Kubasek, Ceresino.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Gariepy, Henderson, Schertl, Branigan: forwards: Bettio, Kullman, Corcoran, Brown. Sullivan, Fisher, Ferguson, O&rsquo;Brien, Caren.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0555/1042798-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="595" height="755"></div><h3>Buffalo 3 at Pittsburgh 3</h3><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;Buffalo&rsquo;s Sam Lavitt scored twice Saturday night as the Bisons and Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Hornets battled to a 3-3 American Hockey League tie. The game was marked by numerous fights and arguments.</p><p>Buffalo&rsquo;s Lome Davis and Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Chuck Blair and Earl Balfour scored in the first period to give Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead.</p><p>Lavitt&rsquo;s pair came in the second to send the Bisons ahead.</p><p>In the rough third period Ray Tim gren scored to give Pittsburgh a tie.</p><p>Overtime play was not permitted because the fighting and Arguments delayed the game and both teams had trains to catch.</p><p>In the wild third, Hartley McLeod of Buffalo was chased with a match misconduct and a $100 fine.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence, Lowe, Lavitt, MacNeil. Pilote: forwards: Kobussen, Davis, McKay, McLeod, Fryday. Kaiser. Achtymichuk, Davies.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer: defence, Juzda, Backor, Sullivan, Mathers: forwards: Lewicki, Blair McLellan, Maloney, Ezinicki, Timgren, Marshall, Sabourin, Balfour.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0651/1042791-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="599" height="574"></div><h3>Providence 0 at Syracuse2</h3><p>SYRACUSE&mdash;Goalie Gordon Bell turned in his third shutout of the American Hockey League season Saturday night as Syracuse Warrior turned back Providence Reds 2-0.</p><p>Harry Pidhirny, high-scoring forward, had a hand in both Syracuse goals. Pidhirny assisted on the first, scored by Armand Lemieux, and scored the clincher in the third period.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence, Kryzanowski, Denis, Bloomer, Bourasse; forwards: Scherza, Toppazzini, Kapusta, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Michaluk, Larives, Morris.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence, Tottle, Milligan, Allen, Ashley; forwards: Pidhirny, O&rsquo;Grady, Lemieux, Gooden, Pogue, Casanato, McNabney, Horvath, Webster</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0842/1042784-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="595" height="350"></div><h3>SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30 Buffalo 2 at Hershey 3</h3><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Ga riepy, Henderson, Schertl, Branigan; forwards: Bettio, Kullman, Corcoran, Brown, Sullivan, Fisher, Ferguson, O&rsquo;Brien, Caren.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence, Lowe, Lavitt, MacNeil, Pilote: forwards: Kobussen, Davis, McKay, McLeod, Fryday, Kaiser, Achtymichuk, Davies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0941/1042777-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="597" height="578"></div><h3>Syracuse 2 at St. Louis 3</h3><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;Motto McLean, scoring two goals and assisting on the third, carried St. Louis Flyers to a 3-2 victory over Syracuse Warriors in the American Hockey League tonight.</p><p>Bronco Horvath gave Syracuse a shortlived 1-0 lead in the first period an 1 McLean tied it about two minutes later.</p><p>In the second session, the Warriors&rsquo; Sam Casanato made it 2-1 with an unassisted goal from a face off with eight second left in the period.</p><p>McLean again tied it with his second goal and Harry Taylor notched the winner.</p><p>Ralph &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Almas, Flyer goalie, playing despite a heavy cold, was the star of the Flyers&rsquo; defence, making 37 stops.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence, Tottle, Milligan, Allen, Ashley; forwards: Pidhirny, O&rsquo;Grady, Lemieux, Gooden, Pogue, Casanato, McNabney, Horvath, Webster.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defence. Hrymnak, MacNab, Lund, Forbes: forwards: Taylor, McLean, Bonin, Hirschfield, Harrison, Hayden, Boone, Stankiewicz, Schlisizzi.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1130/1042770-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="593" height="432"></div><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence, Juzda, Backor, F. Sullivan. Mather; forwards, Lewicki, Blair, McLellan, Maloney, Ezinicki, Timgren, Marshall, Sabourin, Balfour.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett, defence, Morris, Bourassa, Kryzanowski, Bloomer; forwards, Sullivan, Powell, Gladu, Scherza, Lavell, Denis, Larivee, Kapusta, Toppazzini.</p><p>Referee, Doug Davis; linesmen, Art Lesieur, George Desaulniers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1228/1042763-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="594" height="557"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Sun. Nov. 30)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1037/1042756-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="594" height="513"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Ike Hildebrand, Clev. (14).</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Marcel Bonin, St. L. (20); Red Sullivan, Hers. (20).</p><p><b>Penalties:</b> Frank Sullivan, Pitts. (48).</p><p><b>Goaler:</b> John Bower, Clev. (17 gms. 41 Gls. 3 SO., 2.41 Av&rsquo;g.)</p><p><b>Hat Tricks:</b> Harry Pidhirny. Syr. (2).</p><p><b>Team Penalties:</b> Pittsburgh Hornets (277 Mins.).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0744/1042857-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>B</span>ill Juzda takes puck from Ray Powell as &ldquo;Wild&rdquo; Bill Ezinicki keeps a watchful eye on Bert Bourassa of Providence in a game at the Gardens in which the Hornets handed Providence a defeat by the score of 7-0.</b></p><p><b>There was 23 penalties called in the exciting contest, including two 10 minute misconducts to Jean Paul Denis and Danny Poland.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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‘Beast’ and ‘Wild Bill’ in Action

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-14" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1412/1042888-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg"></div><p>* All misconduct penalties count ten minutes and are included In the total minutes.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AHL Team Totals

<div class="byline">By PETER THORTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01155/1042919-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WILLIE MARSHALL</b></figcaption></div><p>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>So many of todays great hockey players have passed through Pittsburgh on their way to the top that the North Craig Street Arena is fast becoming known as the &ldquo;Breeding place of Champions.&rdquo;</p><p>Of the Hornets victorious 195152 squad, which swept every available honor in the American Hockey League, no less than eight of the players are now be-decked in the colours of the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>Meanwhile the 1952-53 Hornets, drained severely by the parent club, have been fortunate in receiving good material in return, in the nature of three experienced Toronto veterans plus a sprinkling of the finest rookies available in the Maple Leafs farm system, and despite a poor start, which cost them five of their first six games while four top players were sitting on the bench recovering from training camp injuries, the Hornets have begun to roll again in the tightest league race ever encountered.</p><h2>Has Sharp Brain</h2><p>One player who is aiding the Hornets cause considerably is rookie Willie Marshall, one of the most refershing newcomers to the Pittsburgh scene. In Marshall one can see a combination of Migay, Solinger and Gordie Hannigan. He is fast on his skates, hangs onto the puck like a leach and has a deceptive swerve that makes him as easy to hang onto as an eel.</p><p>He has a sharp brain and uses it to advantage on nearly every play he makes, and there are times when young Willie not only out-thinks his own line-mates as well, a situation that has been practically remedied with wingmen Bob Sabourin and Earl Balfour catching on to his style of play, which is making this trio one of the most potent in the American Hockey League.</p><p>Born in Kirkland, Ontario, twenty years ago, Willie opened the door to his hockey career at the age of nine, with the job of centerman on the &ldquo;Federal Miners&rdquo; hockey club.</p><p>Three seasons later, and with great pride, he moved over to &ldquo;Holy Name&rdquo; in the juvenile ranks.</p><p>The words &ldquo;Holy Name&rdquo; might mean little to many hockey fans, but to one eager crew cut kid they meant a great deal, for many of hockey&rsquo;s great stars have donned &ldquo;Holy Name&rdquo; uniforms on their way to the top, included among them such outstanding performers as Ted. Lindsay and Gus Mortson.</p><p>While at &ldquo;Holy Name&rdquo; Marshall earned for himself the nickname &ldquo;The Holy Terror&rdquo;, and his fourth and final season there he won the Ted Lindsay Trophy as the &ldquo;most valuable player.&rdquo;</p><p>To substantiate Marshall&rsquo;s claim that he does have a brain somewhere, despite room-mate Bob Sabourin&rsquo;s protests, young Bill was admitted to St. Michael&rsquo;s College on <i>a</i> scholarship, and almost immediately took over the captaincy of the hockey team, which included Tim Horton, Gordie Hannigan and Leo Labine, the former pair now starring for Toronto, and the latter, who is responsible for three toothless gaps in Willie&rsquo;s mouth, now an important part of the Boston Bruins machine.</p><p>During his initial year at College Bill missed out on the scoring championship by just two points, being squeezed out in the final game of the season by that dynamic little left winger, Gordie Hannigan.</p><p>Marshall&rsquo;s second and third year there were both productive and encouraging, for as well as taking the scoring championship both times, he added another &ldquo;Most Valuable Player&rdquo; award to his list in his third and final year</p><p>Marshall credits much of his stylish play to Joe Primeau, a great Toronto center himself, and later coach of St. Mike&rsquo;s, prior to taking over the coaching reins of the Maple Leafs.</p><p>Last season Willie moved over to Charlottetown, in the Maritime circuit, and led his club in scoring with 51 goals and 45 assists.</p><h2>He&rsquo;s A Comer<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Pittsburgh, ‘Breeding Spot of Champs’ Breeding Marshall For Leaf Position

<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;</p><p>The plea of suspended Rhode Island Red defenseman Pat Egan for a hearing before the Board of Governors of the American Hockey League has been turned down.</p><p>League President Emory Jones, who also doubles as president of the St. Louis club, made known the action in a letter to Egan, carbon copies of which were sent to Louis A. R. Pieri, president of the Reds.</p><p>Pieri said the action of Jones in depriving Egan of a hearing is harsh and uncalled for. He said that Jones has again missed the point in that Egan is penalized without a personal hearing.</p><p>The Providence president said he has copies of the correspondence on which the league president and board arrived at their decision and he stated that this action by Jones again amplifies the fact that he, Jones, and the Board of Governors have not made a thorough investigation and examination of the case. &ldquo;The Providence Hockey club reiterates that it does not condone the striking of an official by a player, however if the harsh penalty given Egan is warranted then he was entitled to a complete airing of the case before a final decision was rendered.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02109/1042950-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="291" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pat Egan</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Jones Refuses Hearing for Suspended Pat Egan

<div class="byline">By RAY GILLESPIE</div><p>St. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;</p><p>At a time when Coach Jake Forbes was expecting his Flyers to step on the gas&mdash;during a six game home stand&mdash;the St. Louis club received a severe jolt when it lost the services of two of its most promising players, Center Guyle Fielder and Left Wing Clayton Lavell, through serious Injuries.</p><p>Both went out as the Airmen were scoring a hectic 4 to 3 overtime victory over the Hershey Bears the night of November 23, to halt a four game losing streak, Fielder with a cracked collar bone and Lavell with three fractured ribs. On top of that, the team&rsquo;s spark-plug, Defenseman Steve Hrymnak, suffered a severe skate wound in his left ankle that required six stitches.</p><p>&ldquo;Replacements?&rdquo; repeated Forbes when asked by newsmen if he planned to contact Head Scout Johnny Mitchell of the National League Detroit Red Wings, with whom the Flyers have a working agreement. &ldquo;Well, we need them, that&rsquo;s true. But you just don&rsquo;t get replacements for guys like Fielder. He&rsquo;s the leading scorer in the American Hockey League with 26 points (11 goals and 15 assists), and you don&rsquo;t pick up this type of player in midseason.&rdquo;</p><p>Reminded by Emory Jones, head of the Flyers and president of the American Hockey League, that a league rule prohibits a team from getting replacements if it has as many as 12 men and a goalie on its active roster, Jake whistled and said: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re hurt, badly, by the loss of Fielder, especially at a time when we should be &lsquo;making hay.&rsquo; I hope that somehow, we can wriggle through.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;From now until December 13, when we play our first game of the month away from home (at Pittsburgh), we&rsquo;ll have to take advantage of our home ice at the St. Louis Arena. In my book, it was a &lsquo;must&rsquo; that we win five of these six games, for while we&rsquo;re in sixth place in the American League standings, we have 16 points and we&rsquo;re only two points out of first place. Still, we must win whenever those clubs up front win, for you can&rsquo;t afford to let too many teams ahead pull away from you&mdash;or you&rsquo;ll never pass them.&rdquo;</p><p>A rugged defenseman himself, Jake hones Fielder&rsquo;s cracked collar-bone will heal sufficiently within two weeks to permit him to return to action. He wasnt so sure about Lavell&rsquo;s three cracked ribs, but he was sure Hrymnak wouldn&rsquo;t miss any time with his severe wound.</p><p>&ldquo;Steve&rsquo;s the answer to any coach&rsquo;s dream,&rdquo; Forbes admitted. &ldquo;He reminds you of those fellows up in the National League. He&rsquo;s all business, loves to play hockey, never fools around in practice or at any other time. Has little to say, does what he&rsquo;s told and above all, keeps in wonderful playing condition always.&rdquo;</p><p>Reminded that his team had a 3-7 road record, compared to a 5-2 showing at home so far this season, the Flyer coach replied: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s right, this team hasn&rsquo;t done so well on the road, but I believe it will do better.&rdquo;</p><h2>Out of Game</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0555/1042981-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="587" height="878"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUYLE FIELDER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Injuries Hit Flyers, Lose Fielder, Lavell, May Wriggle Through

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AHL Radio Broadcast Log

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0641/1043043-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="594" height="1040"></div><h2>for a man&rsquo;s beer!</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>f you suspect that other beers are brewed with the weaker sex in mind, switch to Labatt&rsquo;s India Pale Ale&hellip;plenty of old-time flavour, hearty, zestful and satisfying. It&rsquo;s a welcome change from weakertasting, less satisfying beers. I.P.A. is a real man&rsquo;s drink. Order Labatt&rsquo;s* next time. Ask for I.P.A.I John Labatt Limited.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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It’s a MAN’S work…

<h2><b>One Short of Mark</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>mile Francis, the stellar net-minder of the Vancouver Canucks is now just one short of the Shutout record for the WHL. He has racked up four to date, his latest over the Seattle Bombers.</p><h2><b>Most Goals Per Game</b></h2><p>The Saskatoon Quakers are leading in the average goals-per-game department. The high flying Quakers have an average of 3.95 while the Edmonton Flyers have the lowest mark at 2.60 per game.</p><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><h3>STANDINGS MONDAY A.M. NOV. 24</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01162/1043207-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="594" height="233"></div><h3>STANDINGS ONE YEAR AGO</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02129/1043200-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="594" height="224"></div><h3>LAST WEEKS RESULTS</h3><p><b>Mon. Nov. 17</b></p><p>Vancouver 2 at Saskatoon 11</p><p><b>Tues. Nov. 18</b></p><p>Vancouver 5 at Edmonton 2</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Victoria 2 at Seattle 3</p><p>Tacoma 2 at New Westminster 2</p><p>Vancouver 4 at Calgary 4</p><p><b>Thur. Nov. 20</b></p><p>Edmonton 3 at Saskatoon 4</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>New Westminster 0 at Victoria 2</p><p>Seattle 0 at Vancouver 3</p><p>Saskatoon 1 at Edmonton 3</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>Seattle 2 at Tacoma 3</p><p>Vancouver 1 at New Westminster 3</p><p>Saskatoon 5 at Calgary 0</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 23</b></p><p>Tacoma 5 at Seattle 5</p><h3>MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Vancouver 2 at Saskatoon 11</h3><p>SASKATOON&mdash;With first place at stake, the Saskatoon Quakers humbled the Vancouver Canucks 11-2. In their only other meeting so far this season the Quakers had won 7-3.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Dick, Currie, Lancien, Fontinato; forwards, Popein, Hickey, Mackintosh, Atahas, Smith, Power, Leier, Wylie, Maison, Brown.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, B. Bentley; defence, Milford, Parker, Evans, Heindl: forwards, McCullough, McLeod, Senick, Kaleta, Chad, Rouse, Jeffrey, Kuzma, Kaiser, D. Bentley.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Bill Knott and Hedley McDonald.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03107/1043193-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="594" height="708"></div><h3>TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18 Vancouver 5 at Edmonton 2</h3><p>EDMONTON&mdash;The Vancouver Canncks climbed back into a first place tie with the Saskatoon Quakers by dumping the Edmonton Flyers 5-2. Ted Power payed the way with a goal and two assists.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal. Francis; defence. Dick, Currie, Fontinato, Landen; forwards, Hickey, Wylie, Atanas, Smith, Popeln, Leier, Manson, Mackintosh, Brown, Powers.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal. Hall; defence, Hay Coflin; forwards, Poile, Johnson, Uniac; subs, Reibel, Anderson, Haley, Hannigan, Eliman, Macdonald, Zeidel, Raglan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0491/1043186-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="595" height="531"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY NOV. 19 Victoria 2 at Seattle 3</h3><p>SEATTLE&mdash;The Seattle Bombers scored twice in the first period and once in the second to down the Victoria Cougars 3-2. The third period was scoreless, Victoria scoring their two goals in the second.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir: defence, Webster, Roche, Long, Irwin, Kirk; forwards, Strongman, Hebenton, Abbott, McIntyre, Mazur, Dorohoy, Anderson, Fairburn, Goodacre.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence. Conn. Sprout, Ailsby, Lebioda; forwards, Fillon, Homenuke, Foley, Nadeau, Pargeter, Stearns. Bailey, Macauley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0664/1043179-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="593" height="431"></div><h3>Tacoma 2 at New Westminster 2</h3><p>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;The New Westminster Royals and the Tacoma Rockets fought to a 2-2 draw after the Rockets had overcome a two goal first period deficit.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechene; defence, Bergeron, Bedard, Coburn, Leek, Durham; forwards, Boyce, Dorohoy, Fashoway, Haidy, Love, Slater, Maxwell.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor, Tarala; forwards, Johnston, Adam, Kerr, Matheys, Halderson, Wall, Brown, Marquess, Bradley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0755/1043172-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="588" height="334"></div><h3>Vancouver 4 at Calgary 4</h3><p>CALGARY&mdash;Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Stampeders managed an even break on their meetings to date when they fought to a 4-4 deadlock. Each had previously won one game against each other.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Lancien, Fontinato, Currie, Dick; forwards, Leier, Manson, Brown, Popein, Macintosh, Hickey, Wylie, Smith, Atanas, Powers.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Hughes; defence, Kyle, Quackenbush, Michaluk, Shvetz, Levandoskl; forwards, Kelly, Brown, Lundy. Black Witiuk, Agar, Ashworth, Scott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0850/1043165-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="594" height="532"></div><h3>THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20 Edmonton 3 at Saskatoon 4</h3><p>SASKATOON&mdash;The Saskatoon Quakers took over first place in the standings by edgeing the Edmonton Flyers 4-3. The Flyers staged a third period rally that fell short of the mark.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, B. Bentley; defence, Heindl, Evans, Parker, Milford; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain, Jeffrey, Senick, McCullough, Wylie, Kaiser, Kuzma, D. Bentley.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Hall; defence, Zeidel, Coburn, Coflin, Hay; forwards, Johnson, Poile, Uniac, J. Anderson, MacDonald, Edman, Haley, Stasiuk, Reibel, Hannigan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0949/1043158-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="597" height="583"></div><h3>FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21 New Westminster 0 at Victoria 2</h3><p>VICTORIA&mdash;The Victoria Cougars ended a New Westminster Royals win streak at five games by whitewashing them 2-0. Andy Hebenton notched both goals for the last place Cougars.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechene; defence, Bergeron, Bedard, Coburn, Leek, Durham; forwards, Boyce, Dorohoy. Fashoway, Haidy, Love, Slater, Maxwell.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Webster, Roche, Long, Irwin, Kirk; for wards, Strongman, Hebenton, Abbott, McIntyre, Mazur, Dorohoy, Anderson, Fairburn, Goodacre.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1049/1043151-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="593" height="378"></div><h3>Seattle 0 at Vancouver 3</h3><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;Vancouver Canucks regained the WHL leadership when they blanked the Seattle Bombers 3-0. It was the fourth shutout of the season for Vancouver goaler Emile &lsquo;The Cat&rsquo; Francis.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Conn, Sprout, Ailsby, Lebiado; forwards, Filion, Homenuke, Foley, Nadeau, Pargeter, Stearns, Bailey, Macauley.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Lancien. Fontinato, Currie, Dick; forwards, Leier, Manson, Brown, Popein, Macintosh, Hickey, Wylie, Smith, Atanas, Powers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1144/1043144-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="592" height="351"></div><h3>Saskatoon 1 at Edmonton 3</h3><p>EDMONTON&mdash;The Edmonton Flyers scored twice in the first period and once in third and held the Saskatoon Quakers to one goal in the third period as they gained a 3-1 victory over the league leaders.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Hall; defence. Hay, Coflin; forwards. Poile, Johnson, Uniac; subs, Reibel, Anderson, Haley, Hannigan, Ehman, Macdonald, Zeidel, Raglan.</p><p><b>Saskatchewan:</b> Goal, B. Bentley; defence; Heindl, Evans; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain; subs., McCullough, Mcr Leod, Senick, Jeffrey, Kaiser, Rouse, D. Bentley. Parker, Milford.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1240/1043137-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="591" height="352"></div><h3>SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22 Seattle 2 at Tacoma 3</h3><p>TACOMA&mdash;Tacoma Rockets ran up a 2-0 lead and then held on to eke out a close 3-2 decision over the Seattle Bombers. Wingy Johnson scored what proved to be the winner in the second period.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence. Conn, Sprout, Ailsby, Arnett, Lebioda; forwards, Bell, Fillon, Foley, Bailey, Pargeter, Stearns, MacAuley, Nadeau, Homenuke.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Caron, Tarala, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor; forwards, Bradley, Matthews, Johnson, Wall, Kerr, Marquess, Halderson, Aram, Brown.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1330/1043130-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="589" height="326"></div><h3>Vancouver 1 at New Westminster 3</h3><p>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;Scoring three goals in the first three minutes of the second period, the New Westminster Royals went on to down the Vancouver Canucks 3-1. Gerry Cabana, Gordie Fashoway and Ken Ullyot scored in a row.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Dick, Currie, Fontinato, Lancien; forwards, Hickey, Wylie, Atanas, Smith, Popein, Leier, Manson, Mackintosh, Brown, Powers.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechene; defence, Durham, Bergeron, Bedard; forwards, McNab, Dorohoy, Slater, Ullyot, Love, Maxwell, Fashoway, Boyce, Haidy, Cabana.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1430/1043123-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="592" height="401"></div><h3>Saskatoon 5 at Calgary 0</h3><p>CALGARY&mdash;Saskatoon Quakers regained first place in the close WHL race when they dumped the Calgary Stampeders 5-0. Jackie McLeod paced the Quakers with a pair of goals.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, B. Bentley; defence, Heindl, Evans, Parker, Milford; forwards: Kalata, Chad, Strain, Jeffrey, Senick, McCullough, Wylie, Kaiser, Kuzma.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Hughes; defence, Kyle. Quackenbush, Michaluk, Schvetz, Levandoski; forwards: Kelly, Brown, Lundy, Black, Witiuk, Agar, Ashworth, Scott, Finney.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1615/1043116-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="593" height="478"></div><h3>SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23</h3><p>Tacoma 5 at Seattle 5</p><p>SEATTLE&mdash;The Seattle Bombers and the Tacoma Rockets fought to a 6-5 deadlock before a crowd of 3,000 at Seattle. The Bombers had to come from behind a two goal deficit for the draw.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor, Tarala; forwards, Johnston, Adam, Kerr, Matthews, Halderson, Wall, Brown, Marquess, Bradley.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence</p><p>Sprout, Conn, Lebioda, Ailsby; forwards: MacAuley, Nadeau, Homenuke, Bailey, Stearns, Pargeter, Foley, Fillon, Arnett.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0469/1043109-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="595" height="498"></div><h2>Pots Goals</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0575/1043102-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="532" height="854"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>STEVE BLACK</b></figcaption></div><h2>Moving Up</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1525/1043095-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="534" height="838"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LARRY POPEIN</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>(Including games Sunday Nov, 23)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1712/1043088-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="599" height="1132"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORD</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1812/1043081-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="594" height="253"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3><p><b>Most Goals,</b> Ian Macintosh, Vane., 15</p><p><b>Most Assists,</b> Alex Kaleta, Sask., 22</p><p><b>Most Shutouts,</b> Emil Francis, Vanc., 4</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Against,</b> Emil Francis, Vane., 3; Doug Stevenson, Tac., 3.</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks,</b> Ken Ullyot, N.W., 1: Fred Brown, Vane., 1; Steve Black, Cal., 1; Pat Lundy, Cal., 1; John Bailey, Sea., 1; Geo. Senick, Sask., 1; Chuck McCullough, Sask., 1; Alex Kuzma, Sask., 1; Sid Finney, Cal., 1; Colin Kilburn, Vic., 1; Rudy Filion, Sea., 1.</p><p><b>Most Winning Goals,</b> Gordie Fashoway, N.W., 5.</p><h3>MOST PENALTIES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1910/1043074-1-eng-US/f0013-192.jpg" title="f0013-19" width="594" height="225"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01167/1043238-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DOUG STEVENSON</b></figcaption></div><p>TACOMA, Wash.&mdash;</p><p>Last season youngsters provided most of the impetus, but this campaign the situation is reversed with the &ldquo;old pros&rdquo; taking over the spotlight for the Tacoma Rockets in Western Hockey League play.</p><p>With veterans Wingy Johnston, Doug Adam and Gordy Kerr teaming up on one forward line and with Goalie Doug Stevenson off to a good start after Rookie Jack Siemon failed to take his job away from him at the beginning of the season, the Rockets have started to look like a hockey club after a slow beginning.</p><p>The Johnston-Adam-Kerr trio, which coach Muzz Patrick rates as the best point-producing unit in the league, has scored 19 of the Rockets&rsquo; 48 goals and 53 of their 117 points, or almost half during the first four weeks of the season.</p><p>Johnston, the old-timer of the trio, at 32 years of age, is in his &ldquo;fifth season with the Rockets as is Adam, who turned pro with Tacoma. Kerr is playing his fifth season as a professional, and In his second year with the Rockets, he appears destined for his best season in the play for pay ranks.</p><p>The always dependable Stevenson was ranked as the No. 2 goalie in the league after four weeks of play with a goals against average of 2.91 in 12 games, and that has contributed greatly to the Rocket success of late.</p><p>Where last year, Patrick started off the season with four unproved rookies, this year he has only a pair, and it looks as if both might make good.</p><h2><b>Mathews a Forward</b></h2><p>Bill Matthews was sent to Tacoma by the Boston Bruins as a defenseman, but Patrick moved him to a forward line where the youngster has been using his strength to a good advantage. Dave Wall, a 20-year-old youngster up from the Saskatchewan Junior League is the other rookie on the roster, and he, too, has been turning in a top drawer performance.</p><p>Of last year&rsquo;s four rookies, Defenseman Warren Godfrey has made the grade with the Boston Bruins, and Wayne Brown and Ted O&rsquo;Connor are back with the Rockets after getting a pre-season trial with the parent National Leaguers. Chuck MacDonald, the fourth of last year&rsquo;s Whiz Kids, broke his ankle playing baseball last summer, and will have to sit out this year while the fracture mends.</p><p>Other than Matthews and Wall, Defenseman Hal Tarala is the only other Rocket player who wasn&rsquo;t with Tacoma last season. Tarala was picked up from Vancouver after the season started.</p><h2>In Top Form<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Veterans Replace Kids As Spark For Rockets

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<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>The ever-improving Calgary Stampeders accomplished a feat unapproached by any other prairie club since the formation of the Western Hockey League recently when they played five games on the coast without being beaten.</p><p>Stampeders garnered eight of a possible 10 points on the strength of three victories and two ties, the same number of points garnered by Saskatoon Quakers last season when they won four and lost one on a similar jaunt.</p><p>The Hank Blade-coached club got in the mood for its brilliant road performance by winning two games in as many nights over Edmonton Flyers just before leaving for the coast and ran their unbeaten streak to eight games upon their return by earning a tie against Vancouver Canucks.</p><p>The unbeaten string was the longest this season.</p><p>The points gathered by the Foothills City club meant a healthy climb in the standings.</p><p>They had 10 points to their credit when they played their first game against Edmonton and ran it up to 23 to climb right up with the leaders. In addition, the club has three games on hand over the league leading Canucks and two over the runner-up Quakers.</p><p>As a matter of fact, were it not for the presence of the same Quakers, Stampeders would still be unbeaten this season.</p><p>Stampeders, with five losses against them, have been beaten by Quakers all five times.</p><h2>Hughes Big Factor</h2><p>The season opener between the two clubs resulted in an astounding 6-0 victory for Quakers and the last one ended with Quakers ahead 8-3. In between, however, Quakers have won three games by close margins, netting the winning goal in the last minute of play on two occasions and with less than three minutes left the other time.</p><p>Stampeders salvaged only one victory in the six outings up to Nov. 19.</p><p>Phil Hughes&rsquo; goaltending, a strong defence and forwards who can score goals when they&rsquo;re most needed have made the Stampeders one of the most feared clubs in the circuit.</p><p>Hughes has been coming through with brilliant displays, especially on the coast circuit and has been giving little away.</p><p>The play of Art Michaluk on defence has been drawing heaps of praise from both fans and writers. The rangy blueliner is a tower of strength, dishing out some terrific body checks and also doing well on offence. Gus (The Great) Kyle, Joe Levandoski and Max Quackenbush have also been pulling their share of the weight with the result that Stampeders undoubtedly boast the strongest blue line brigade, one which can hold a one-goal advantage for two more periods as was proven at the coast.</p><p>Up front, the headlines have been shared by many. Roy Kelly Pat Lundy, Calgary product Sid Finney and others have found the mark often enough to keep the opposition jumping.</p><p>George Agar, last year&rsquo;s scoring champion, is coming in for extra attention from rivals even though the centreman has yet to find the range with any regularity.</p><p>Agar, known as a late starter, nevertheless is always being watched closely and is usually given some extra rough treatment.</p><p>Bill Shvetz, a defenceman turned forward since Ray Barry joined the sick list, is showing steady progress and has filled a gap which was hard to fill.</p><p>Stampeders, who have placed Quakers as their extra-special target, are playing like &ldquo;possible champions&rdquo; a term used by Clarence (Hap) Day of Toronto Maple Leaf fame after he&rsquo;d watched the club edge Victoria Cougars 5-4 at the coast centre.</p><h2><b>Big Factors in Stamp Wins</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01136/1043331-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="547" height="838"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PHIL HUGHES</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02106/1043324-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="529" height="839"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOE LEVANDOSKI</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0390/1043317-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="551" height="838"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL SHVETZ</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Stampeders Take Five On Coast

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey League have a new business manager.</p><p>He is none other than Alex Connell, the Capital City Fireman who starred in halcyon days with Ottawa, Detroit and Montreal Maroon teams in the National Hockey League.</p><p>Connell, who is retired now but who is on the staff of the Auditorium here, will replace Joe Gorman, pro tern, while the latter takes to the road with the Sonja Henie Ice Show.</p><p>Joe was recently named publicity director of the latest Gorman extravaganza which will start soon in the Eastern provinces and swing West on a Trans-Canada tour.</p><p>The former Ottawa Senator net-minder takes over immediately and if his past record for hi-jinks is any criterion, the Slater circuit can expect some colorful visits from the Senator crew.</p><p>Connell, the poker face to top them all, can pull a leg with the best of them&mdash;the rest of the loop beware.</p><p>Alex should also make a fine business manager with his lengthy experience in hockey to stand him In good stead.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

‘Fireman’ Connell Named Ottawa Business Manager

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>When the going got rough, when the pathway seemed so full of snarls, snags and the team hit a slump, Pete Morin, coach of the QSHL Royals decided it was time for action.</p><p>His remedies were by no means drastic. He didn&rsquo;t censure nor fine his players, he didn&rsquo;t tear up any uniforms or break any sticks, or fire pucks viciously. He just shook up his lines.</p><p>&ldquo;We have a lot of good players on this squad&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Maybe the forwards are not mated or blended right. Maybe it&rsquo;s my fault. We&rsquo;ll just change &rsquo;em around a little. We&rsquo;ll see&hellip;&rdquo;</p><p>So he put long-legged Eddie Litzenberger with Les Douglas and Gerry Plamondon. He moved Bob Frampton in with Skippy Burchell and Lulu Denis and he placed Cliff Malone with Gerry Desaulniers and Kenny Biggs.</p><p>Talk about your quick cures! Talk of your penicillin or sulfa drugs. It worked like magic.</p><h2>Miracle Tonic</h2><p>Where there were no goals at all, or very few before they came in batches. In four outings the Royals repulsed; no, they routed their two closest rivals, the Valleyfield Braves and the Ottawa Senators twice each. Four outings, four wins, eight points&mdash;and Royals, who had been in a sort of omelet with the other two teams in the first place hassle, alone rocketed to the summit and on the week&rsquo;s turn were off in front by themselves; four points in front of the second place Braves and five in the van of the third place Senators.</p><p>Dr. Pierre Morin should take a bow.</p><p>It isn&rsquo;t as if just one or two of these guys started to pick up the points. All of them were getting goals, and the assists were spattered all over the summaries. As Ottawa tasted defeat 6-1 and 3-1, the Braves were humbled 4-0 and 4-2.</p><h2>Santa Clans Calls</h2><p>While the department store ads were shortening the count on shopping day&rsquo;s &lsquo;till Christmas Quebec Aces got an unexpected gift from the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association.</p><p>It will be recalled by those who have been following affairs of the Quebec Senior League that right at the start of the season (Oct. 12) Aces and Shawinigan Fails Cataracts got into a hassle when Punch Imlach sent Jackie LeClair into action at Quebec Coliseum against the Falls guys. Quebec won the game 4-3.</p><p>On the grounds that Leclair belonged on the Ottawa Senators&rsquo; roster and hence was ineligible to play for Quebec, the Shawinigan club protested the game. Said protest was later upheld by QAHA and the Association, prexy, Martin Conway, ruled that the two points and the game should be awarded the Cataracts in the QSHL standing.</p><h2>New Evidence</h2><p>Aces took the decision ouietly, but were busy nonetheless digging up new evidence. On November 29 at the QAHA executive meeting in Montreal, Jack Latter proved to the provincial organization that Aces were entirely within their rights in playing Leclair in the disputed game. He had an okay from George Dudley, secretary and general-manager of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.</p><p>The evidence, with documents backing up same, was incontestable, so Conway and his Board, made the man-sized gesture. They reversed the decision on themselves and awarded the victory and the points that go with same back to Quebec. So the league standing was altered once more.</p><p>Such balm was very much needed and it came in the nick of time. For the Aces the same weekend were licking their wounds. They suffered a humiliating defeat 7-0 by Saguenays at Chicoutimi.</p><p><b>REBOUNDS:</b> Frank Carlin, Royals manager, refused to allow his team to get rusty when they had a seven day beak in the schedule this week. He booked exhibition games for Pete Mortin&rsquo;s hearties in Smith Falls Kingston, Ont., and Clinton, N.Y&hellip;. Phil Vitale, broad-shoulder Valleyfield rearguard got back into action on the weekend with Braves following a three week layoff due to an Infected foot&hellip; Rollie Rousseau, recuperating from a shoulder separation returned to Royals&rsquo; action, but is being used sparingly &hellip; Jimmy Moore is still carrying the cast on his left wrist, aftermath of a fracture sustained in a game against Quebec Aves, at the Forum, November 2, but is starting to skate &hellip; he expects to</p><h2>Provide Royal Tonic</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0462/1043424-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="589" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY DESAULNIERS</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0535/1043417-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="584" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LULU DENIS</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Doctor Pete Morin Shakes Lines Well Before Starting New Streak

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>The first playing date has been missed in the Maritime Major (Big Four) Hockey League, and maybe it is a forerunner of what is to come.</p><p>If you recall last season&mdash;and players, referees and fans shudder when they do&mdash;you&rsquo;ll remember that many were the teams and the occasions when snowdrifts took their toll.</p><p>Of course that was the year of the six teams and the 90-game schedule. This time the league has been reduced to four teams and 78 games per each, which sounds a little easier on life and limb. But if you know the Maritime winters you have to be prepared for anything.</p><p>Sydney Millionaires almost missed a date. It was like this. One night they played in Charlottetown. They travelled by bus, were delayed on the road and pulled into Glace Bay the following night at 10.15 lor a game scheduled at 8.30. Meanwhile the Islanders had taken to the air for Halifax and played on schedule with the Atlantics.</p><p>The Islanders flew back home after the Halifax game, intending to take the air route to Sydney the next night. But at a late hour planes were grounded and the league had its first howl, this time from Sydney where the Millionaires were left holding the bag while their fans howled for action.</p><p>There was an unusual sight the time Islanders played in Halifax wearing Halifax sweaters. Somebody blundered along the way and when Murph Chamberlain&rsquo;s men pulled into the Nova Scotia capital they had everything but the unies. Atlantics obligigly dug out their road uniforms. But they refused to go any farther&mdash;they drubbed the visiting team sporting &lsquo;Halifax&rsquo; across the front of the sweaters</p><h2>Fine Thing</h2><p>Last season the Maritime League was noted for another thing besides the back-breaking schedule, the failure to collect fines. There were many fines along the way. They came so thick and fast that the bookkeeper lost count. First thing you knew so much money was owed that the clubs claimed they couldn&rsquo;t afford to pay up.</p><p>The upshot was that the league waived the unpaid fines at too end of the season, but they had learned a lesson. A week or so ago the officials checked their books and found that two debts were outstanding.</p><p>Suspensions were promptly tacked onto Hugh Campbell of Halifax and Johnny Morrow of Sydney. They could not play until their certified checks were in the hands of the league secretary.</p><p>Campbell, who claimed he had mailed his check in time but it must have been lost enroute, promptly dug out another, had it certified by a willing banker working overtime and made the grade five minutes before the start of the game.</p><p>Morrow, however, had to sit out the game that night. The warning should keep the others in line. It might also cut down the fines, now that the players realize they&rsquo;ll have to pay up on time if they hope to keep playing.</p><p>Murph Chamberlain is either beginning to show age or changing his tactics. He used to be a fiery guy, throwing his hardy young men at the enemy with a vast di-interest in their physical welfare.</p><p>It&rsquo;s different this season. The Islander are still rugged, ambitious young men but they&rsquo;re not the rowdies who created such scenes in the Maritime playoff finals with Sydney Millionaires two years ago. They hit hard and they skate fast but they don&rsquo;t go in the hell-for-leather style that formerly characterized their play.</p><p>For a while the fans wondered if Murph had lost his fire. Then they heard a story that made the original tale unlikely. It seems Murph persuaded Al Millar to leave the Quebec Aces bench and become regular goalie for the Islanders.</p><p>Here is Millar&rsquo;s version: &ldquo;I&rsquo;d rather play regularly in the Maritime League than sit on the bench at Quebec most of the time. But what interested me most was Chamberlains faithful promise that he had the best team in the Maritimes and was sure to get into the Alexander Cup finals. That&rsquo;s for me&rdquo;.</p><p>So the Hard Rock hasn&rsquo;t lost any of his confidence even if some of his old-time enthusiasm has been carefully sidelined. One night Murph blew his top, jumped the rail at Halifax and promptly drew a suspension that brought an automatio fine. Otherwise he has been a perfect little gentleman. it doesn&rsquo;t seem right, especially to the Maritime fans who have become so used to his tantrums.</p><p>Dugger McNeil is making good in a big way in his home town. Back after a four-year sojourn with Montreal Royals and serving his first time as playing coach, McNeil has skated back into the good graces of Halifax fans with his hard hitting Atdantics. The league leaders play all-out hockey. Their defenses suffer in the quest for goals, but they&rsquo;re leading in firepower and also in league points. Somehow it seems Halifax teams have no desire to play it cosy. It&rsquo;s good for the gate but the Halifax goalie, and there has been a heavy turnover over the years, seldom has a defensive record to gloat about.</p><p>Meanwhile Marty Barry is whipping his Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s into shape. Eight-time Maritime junior champions and familiar figures in Memorial Cup play, the Saints will play in the South Shore League to keep in condition. They&rsquo;ll also take on any exhibition games available.</p><h2><b>Pays Up</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01141/1043386-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="562" height="857"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHN MORROW</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Planes Are Grounded; Maritime Majors Miss First Date of Season

<div class="byline">By CHUCK ROUNTREE</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>If the Montreal junior Canadiens only had to play against the teams of the OHA Junior section, they could look forward to putting a strangle-hold on the Memorial Cup they last held in 1950.</p><p>So far the junior Habs have yet to taste defeat at the hands of an Ontario junior entry, having picked up six wins in as many attempts. Galt Black Hacks have fallen before the speedy Canucks twice while Barrie Flyers, Windsor Spitfires, Kitchener GreenShirts and the Guelph Biltmores have each succumbed once.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01111/1043462-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="287" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Swartzack</b></figcaption></div><p>Just to prove that this team isn&rsquo;t a homer, the Canadiens have won four of the six contests on the road, with no game closer than a two goal difference.</p><p>The Quebec Citadels too have been riding herd on the OHA teams, they having won four of their first six starts against the Ontario squads. They have won twice at home, against the Galt Black Hawks and the Barrie Flyers, while winning two and dropping two so far on the road. Their losses were a 3-0 shutout at the hands of the Toronto Marlboros and 5-2 to St. Mikes but they edged the Oshawa Generals 6-4 and thumped the St. Catherines Teepees 7-2.</p><p>On the other side of the ledger, Three Rivers Reds and Montreal Royals have been taken in tow by the OHA teams. The Reds have won only two of the six contests they&rsquo;ve played while the Royals have one win in half a dozen attempts. The Reds&rsquo; wins were over the Barrie Flyers and the Windsor Spitfires while the lone Royal victory came as an upset against the Flyers.</p><h2><b>Cits Lead Habs</b></h2><p>Playing in their own league the Montreal Canadiens have had a shade the worst of it so far in their fight for the league lead against the Quebec Citadels. Although the Habs are the frontrunners, they have dropped two of their three contests against Phil Watson&rsquo;s Cits. In the very first game of the season, Sammy Pollock&rsquo;s charges dumped the team from Old Quebec 7-3 but in the next two meetings the Citadels were dominant, winning 4-3 in the ancient capital and then bouncing back with a 5-3 victory in Montreal.</p><p>Coach Jacques Belanger of the Royals was hit were it hurts most when he lost indeffinately the services of Steady Eddie Swartzack, one of the best players in the local circuit. He tore the ligaments in his leg in a game against the Toronto Marlboros. At best the Royals seem destined for the JAHA&rsquo;s lower rungs, and without Swartzack, the cause appears to be just about as hopeless as it can get.</p><p>If the unlucky Belanger has anything at all to be happy about it&rsquo;s the fine play of Ovila Gagnon, his burly defenseman. Gagnon has been a standout right from the start of the season.</p><p>Sam Polloek appeared happier with the news winger Dave McCready may see action sometime around the holiday season if his wrist continues to mend.</p><h2>Bright Star</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0281/1043455-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="590" height="893"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>OVILA GAGNON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Habs and Citadels Faring Well Against OHA Juniors

<div class="byline">By REX MacLEOD</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Toronto Marlboros, labelled as one of the teams most likely to succeed before the OHA, junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; season started, finally hit their stride during November and rocketed from the lower regions of the league into first place.</p><p>Marlboros put together 10 straight games without a loss (eight wins and two ties) in November to barge past the wobbling Barrie Flyers, league leaders from the start of the season.</p><p>When the Dukes blanked Quebec Citadels 3-0 in Toronto on November 23 it moved them a full game ahead of Barrie and they had played two fewer games at that time. The Marboros&rsquo; climb was so spectaculor that a few hockey entrepreneurs admitted they looked like a better balanced team than St. Mike&rsquo;s, a team that greatly impressed the experts early in the season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0440/1043493-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="302" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Earl Balfour</b></figcaption></div><p>Despite their winning ways the Marlboros continued to get inhospitable treatment from a great many Toronto fans. Even when they blanked Quebec the 8,000-plus crowd in Maple Leaf Gardens showed a distinct preference for the Citadels.</p><p>Phil Watson, the explosive coach of the Quebec team, offered no alibis after the Cit&rsquo;s defeat. &ldquo;Marlboros are the best junior team I&rsquo;ve seen this season,&rdquo; he said. Watson accepted the defeat philosophically but he admitted that the shutout was embarassing.</p><p>Marlboros are deep in reserves and they have one of the biggest clubs in the league so it may be quite a chore to knock them off their first-place perch. But they can&rsquo;t afford to relax because three other teams are snapping at their heels.</p><p>Barrie, finding it more difficult to hit the win column as the schedule advances, are only two points behind and the third-place St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors are one point behind Barrie. Galt Black Hawks hold down fourth spot, four points off the pace.</p><p>St. Catharines Teepees, who haven&rsquo;t played nearly as many games as most of the other teams, were a solid fifth, three points behind Galt. Guelph and Oshawa Generals were tied for sixth with Kitchener Greenshirts and Windsor Spitfires following in that order.</p><h2>First Last Season</h2><p>Marlboros finished in first place last season but they were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs by Guelph Biltmores. The Dukes lost a few of their last season&rsquo;s stars such as Danny Poland, Eric Balfour and Chuck Lumsden but a flock of newcomers from their championship &ldquo;B&rdquo; team have more than compensated for these absentees.</p><p>Their first-string line of Wally Maxwell, Eric Nesterenko and Parker MacDonald is one of the best in the league. Maxwell, at centre, is one of the most industrious players in junior hockey although he doesn&rsquo;t always attract as many favorable press notices as some of his high-powered team-mates.</p><p>Several junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; graduates are also playing great hockey for the Marlboros. Jerry James, Billy Harris, Dave Reid and John MacDonald have adjusted themselves to the faster brand of &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey without too much difficulty. Harris is regarded by several coaches as one of the more promising play-makers in the league. James who keeps in shape during the early autumn months by playing football for Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Is one of the league&rsquo;s most aggressive performers. Marlboros promoted him from the B&rsquo;s for last spring&rsquo;s playoffs.</p><p>Defence hasn&rsquo;t been a strong point with many teams this season but Marlboros are well fortified in that department with such huskies as Jack Bionda, John Ingram, John Tolton, George Stoyan and Dave Jackson. Ingram, a converted forward, has developped into a first-class defenceman.</p><p>Several coaches have questionned his style but Long John Henderson, the Marlboros goalie, has the best goals-against everage in the league. He allowed 48 goals in his first 18 games. Henderson has a habit of deserting his net to pounce on loose pucks but he usually pilfers the elusive disc and the opposition hasn&rsquo;t discovered a way to score goals without a puck.</p><p>Henderson&rsquo;s goal average looks more impressive when you glance at the goals-against column of the Barrie Flyers. The Barrie team scored 99 goals in its first 20 games but it was also scored on 93 times, the highest in the league. Last place Windsor was only scored on 58 times in 16 games.</p><p>Hap Emms, the Barrie coach, is still trying to correct the defensive weakness of his club. Known as the tradin&rsquo;est coaches in the league he has added to that reputation this year.</p><p>Recently he sent forward Hillary Menard to Galt Galt Black Hawks in a straight exchange for Tony Poeta, also a forward. He Followed that up by dealing a complete line to Kitchener Greenshirts to obtain Jack Higgins, a rugged defenceman.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Fans Are Tough On Marlies Yet They Still Win

<h2><b>OHA JUNIOR B STANDINGS ON NOV. 25</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01120/1043713-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="594" height="180"></div><h2><b>OHA JUNIOR A STANDING NOVEMBER 23 1952</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0263/1043706-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="593" height="261"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0340/1043699-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="595" height="364"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR STANDINGS NOVEMBER 24</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0431/1043692-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="592" height="153"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0522/1043685-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="592" height="305"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR STANDINGS NOVEMBER 24</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0618/1043678-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="592" height="149"></div><h2><b>WESTERN JUNIOR STANDINGS NOVEMBER 24</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0718/1043671-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="590" height="200"></div><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS NOVEMBER 26</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0813/1043664-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="590" height="177"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0911/1043657-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="592" height="332"></div><h2><b>NOHA SOUTHERN STANDINGS NOVEMBER 23</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-109/1043650-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="589" height="127"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-117/1043643-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="589" height="279"></div><h2><b>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS ON NOV. 16</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-127/1043636-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="589" height="133"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-137/1043629-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="588" height="292"></div><h2>GOALKEEPER&rsquo;S RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-146/1043622-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="593" height="239"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC SENIOR STANDINGS NOVEMBER 24</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-156/1043615-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="596" height="213"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-166/1043608-1-eng-US/f0018-162.jpg" title="f0018-16" width="595" height="332"></div><h2><b>EASTERN CANADA SENIOR STANDING ON NOV. 26</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-176/1043601-1-eng-US/f0018-172.jpg" title="f0018-17" width="597" height="134"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-186/1043594-1-eng-US/f0018-182.jpg" title="f0018-18" width="592" height="238"></div><h2><b>O.H.A. SENIOR STANDINGS NOVEMBER 23</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-195/1043587-1-eng-US/f0018-192.jpg" title="f0018-19" width="591" height="204"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-205/1043580-1-eng-US/f0018-202.jpg" title="f0018-20" width="589" height="319"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-215/1043573-1-eng-US/f0018-212.jpg" title="f0018-21" width="592" height="258"></div><h2><b>PROVINCIAL LEAGUE STANDINGS NOVEMBER 27</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-225/1043566-1-eng-US/f0018-222.jpg" title="f0018-22" width="587" height="123"></div><h2><b>LAKE ST. JOHN SENIOR STANDINGS NOVEMBER 27</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-234/1043559-1-eng-US/f0018-232.jpg" title="f0018-23" width="592" height="124"></div><h2><b>MARITIME MAJOR STANDINGS NOVEMBER 25</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-243/1043552-1-eng-US/f0018-242.jpg" title="f0018-24" width="593" height="128"></div><h2><b>N.B. SENIOR STANDINGS NOVEMBER 25</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-253/1043545-1-eng-US/f0018-252.jpg" title="f0018-25" width="588" height="101"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-262/1043538-1-eng-US/f0018-262.jpg" title="f0018-26" width="588" height="355"></div><h2>GOALKEEPER&rsquo;S RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-272/1043531-1-eng-US/f0018-272.jpg" title="f0018-27" width="590" height="127"></div><h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE STANDINGS NOVEMBER 25</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-28/1043524-1-eng-US/f0018-282.jpg" title="f0018-28" width="594" height="158"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Parade At A Fast Glance

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>estern Junior Hockey League teams, bound on avenging defeats in the Memorial Cup chase of recent years, are doing a better than fairjob at keeping customers happy on the home front.</p><p>With the onus placed on improving the calibre of hockey and gate receipts, the seven clubs in Saskatchewan and Alberta are shooting the works this season.</p><p>Edmonton Oil Kings, Lethbridge Native Sons, Calgary Buffaloes, Regina Pats, Medicine Hat Tigers, Crowsnest Coalers and Moose Jaw Canucks have all one objective in mind&mdash;the Memorial Cup&mdash;and it looks like there will be a ding-dong battle before the champion is declared sometime next March. Betwwen now and then the paying customers will be treated to some sharp displays.</p><p>Regina, which wasn&rsquo;t expected to give ite opponent too much opposition early in the season in view of the number of players lost by the age limit, has surprised everyone by jumping to the front by way of extreme success on the road.</p><p>Murray Armstrong, the smart mastermind of Pats, has brought the kids along to where they&rsquo;ve been battle-wise veterans from the start.</p><p>Ken McAuley&rsquo;s Oil Kings, favored by the schedule, looked unbeatable at the start, winning their first five games at home. The Oil Kings, dubbed the team to beat in the circuit, have proven tahe experts&rsquo; words good ones and will be around at the finish.</p><h2>Calgary Improved</h2><p>Calgary Buffaloes are another team which has improved greatly. Youngsters, playing their second year of junstart of the season, have been plowing through the top teams with remarkable succcess. Their top victory to date came at Lethbridge where they hammered the Native Sons 6-1.</p><p>Canucks and Coalers have been having their troubles to date, and it&rsquo;ll probably be a fight to the finish between the two for the sixth and last playoff berth&mdash;a new playoff setup adopted by the juniors this season.</p><p>ior hockey, abound in the club and most have developed into scoring machines due to the expert guidance of coach Art Somers.</p><p>With all-star goalkeeper and most valuable player Hank Bassen still between the twines. Buffaloes promise to offer stiff opposition to anyone. Bassen, who has been bothered by a sore knee since returning from the Chicago Black Hawk training camp, is presently in the shelf and has been capably replaced by spare netminder John Kruse.</p><p>The surprise package in the league has been Medicine Hat Tigers coached by Don McCullough, the ex-Prince Albert Minto junior coach.</p><p>Tigers, who weren&rsquo;t give a second look by the experts at the<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0197/1043799-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><h2>ACROSS.</h2><p>1&mdash;Detroit player shown in centre.</p><p>7&mdash;Short for second name of Ernie Roche.</p><p>8&mdash;Claude Robert played for this NHL club in 1950-51 (abbr).</p><p>11&mdash;Last season Jim Conacher was sidelined with an Injured&mdash;.</p><p>13&mdash;Number of times Roy Conacher was selected on an AllStar team.</p><p>15&mdash;Given name of a Toronto forward.</p><p>16&mdash;One of the Kilrea brothers.</p><p>18&mdash;Number of seasons Larry Wilson playes with Omaha.</p><p>19&mdash;During a game officials give signals with this.</p><p>20&mdash;Nattrium (Sym.).</p><p>21&mdash;Initials of a member of the Bruins.</p><p>22&mdash;Canadian Press (abbr).</p><p>24&mdash;Former NHL referee.</p><p>25&mdash;NHL team with whom Pete Horeck first played (abbr).</p><p>26&mdash;Initials of Nadeau of Seattle.</p><p>27&mdash;First name of Bonin of St. Louis.</p><p>30&mdash;One of the Providence eds answers to this.</p><p>32&mdash;Old Latin (abbr).</p><p>34&mdash;Initials of a Syracuse defenseman.</p><p>36&mdash;Number of penalties Woody Dumart received last season.</p><p>37&mdash;Month in which Delvecchio celebrates birthday (abbr).</p><p>39&mdash;Birthplace of pictured star.</p><h2><b>DOWN.</b></h2><p>1&mdash;-Name given Seiman who played goal for Tacoma on Oct. 8th.</p><p>2&mdash;Pete Conacher wears this number.</p><p>3&mdash;Dean Prentice celebrates his birthday in this month (abbr).</p><p>4&mdash;Initials of a Ranger forward.</p><p>5&mdash;Flayed for Providence in 1950-51, called Paul.</p><p>6&mdash;Initials of Schultz, former AHL player.</p><p>9&mdash;One of the Victoria Cougars.</p><p>10&mdash;Name given Trudell, former Ranger player.</p><p>12&mdash;Initials of a former Chicago coach.</p><p>13&mdash;Otherwise.</p><p>14&mdash;Toronto sold this player to Detroit at start of 1938-39 season.</p><p>16&mdash;Birthplace of Harry Howell.</p><p>17&mdash;Initials of McCullough of Saskatoon Quakers.</p><p>23&mdash;Jack McLeod is one.</p><p>25&mdash;Initials of 14 down.</p><p>27&mdash;Outstanding AHL rookie of 1949-50.</p><p>28&mdash;Name given Simmons, AHL linesman.</p><p>29&mdash;Jim Hay shoots this way (abbr).</p><p>33&mdash;Pictured star answers to this.</p><p>35&mdash;Native province of &ldquo;Mowie&rdquo; Milford of Saskatoon Quakers.</p><p>37&mdash;Initials of Gallivan, Canadiens&rsquo; announcer.</p><p>38&mdash;Cnaeous (abbr).</p><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Answers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0270/1043792-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="550" height="868"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOCKEY X-WORD

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-02/1043899-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="c0004-02" width="251" height="290"></div><p>VOLUME 6 MONTREAL, DECEMBER 6, 1952 NUMBER 10</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-01/1043906-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="c0004-01" width="229" height="275"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-03/1043892-1-eng-US/c0004-032.jpg" title="c0004-03" width="2988" height="3732"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>So you think goaling is easy? Ask Jim Henry of the Bruins and he&rsquo;ll tell you different. Don&rsquo;t bother asking him on second thought, just take a look at the above pictures of what he has to go through to earn his dough. In the top picture two Leafs, Ron Stewart and Max Bentiey try to bull their way into his crease while Quackenbush, Laycoe and Sandford block them off.</b></p><p><b>In the bottom picture, Quackenbush clears the puck from Jim&rsquo;s crease while Laycoe (A) covers him up. Henry is being shoved icewards by Ron Stewart while Jim keeps his eye on the disc and also on Sid Smith on his left. Sandford makes sure Stewart goes down while Referee Frank Udvari watches in the background. (Photos By Turofsky)</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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