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October 31, 1953

The Hockey News October 31, 1953

Any single player who can be picked from the flock and accredited with the noble feat of boosting his team into first place in the NHL standings certainly deserves THE HOCKEY NEWS nomination for player of the week &hellip; and just such a fellow is Bert Olmstead of Montreal Canadiens.Always the suave, quiet performer, Olmstead leaped into near-brilliance on Sunday, October S3, after his goal, with only 46 seconds of playing time left broke up a 1-1 tie with New York Rangers to give the Habs ultimate victory and, what is more important, that desperately sought-after foothold atop the league ladder.But it take more than a single goal to earn any player this rating. And Olmstead proved on his weekend play that the choice is well merited. The night before, Saturday, be was a solid bulwark on defense, causing Gordie Howe no end of trouble as the Habs soared to a 1-0 win over Detroit Red Wings.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1169/1521971-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="291" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption></div>Olmstead was a flashing figure on the ice, noteworthy despite the presence of such a great as Howe, whom he held in almost constant check. He is now tied for fourth place in the standings with two goals and eight assists for ten points. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Player - of - the - Week

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Veteran Ted Kennedy of the Toronto Maple Leafs, a man with an eye for shattering or tying records whenever humanly possible, has done it again &hellip; this time by ramming home the first goal of the Toronto-Boston Bruins game played Saturday, October 24 at Toronto in eight seconds flat. The goal, which tied the record set by Ron Martin of the New York Americans, also sent the Leafs ahead, although the lead was shortlived, the Bruins taking the game, 3-2.Martin scored his goal in eight seconds of the first period in a game at New York on December 4, 1932. Rabbit McVeigh assisted on that one, and the Montreal Canadiens were on the short end of the final 4-2 tally.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03206/1521097-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="289" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Kennedy</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Toronto’s Teeder Kennedy Ties NHL Scoring Record

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03134/1521242-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">a Won Hart Trophy (NHL&rsquo; Most Valuable Player Award).</figcaption></div>Born, Kitchener, Ont., March 5, 1918Center, Shoots left. 6&rsquo;, 190 lbs.Last amateer club: London, Ont. (Juniors) &#9632;

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SCHMIDT, MILTON CONRAD

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01261/1521342-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tomahawk Black Hawk?Chief Running Deer on Skates</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;When the late Maj. Frederic McLaughlin guided the destiny of the Chicago Black Hawks, he often expressed a fervent desire to ice a capable team made up entirely of Americans. He did eventually see the idea put to the test, but it failed miserably and he later died with the wish still unaccomplished.While he so much wanted a winning squad of United States skaters, it is doubtful that McLaughlin ever went so far as to consider someday having a real American native &mdash; an Indian &mdash; in Hawk regalia. Although the club was named after a famed warrior, this seemed just a little bit too much to ask.Last month, at the Chicago training camp, however, the &lsquo;impossible&rsquo; popped up in the person of a young center, Fred Sasakamoose (pronounced Saska-Moose.) He, it was revealed. Is a full-blooded member of the Cree tribe of Saskatchewan and bears the honorary title of Chief &ldquo;Running Deer.&rdquo;He could have been just one of the multitude of hopeful amateurs on hand, but he emerged as a standout from the very first I day of drills. Coach Sid Abel, General Manager Bill Tobin and other Hawk officials unanimously tabbed Fred as the possessor of a definite future in the big time.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been sensational from the time he&rsquo;s been in organized hockey and should be the first Indian to ever play in the National League,&rdquo; exclaimed Tobin. &ldquo;While he won&rsquo;t make the complete jump this season, we do plan to bring him up for at least a three-game tryout.&rdquo;George Vogan, Chicago&rsquo;s scout at Moose Jaw, Sask., first spotted Fred one day juggling a puck about with fellow braves on the Cree reservation at nearby Duck Lake. The discoverer of Metro Prystai, he brought him to Moose Jaw where he has starred with the junior squad for the past two years.As a chief of the Cree tribe, Sasakamoose annually receives 85 in treaty money from the Canadian government. His outstanding work among the non-professionals at training camp earned him the distinction of being picked as the top youngster over highly rated goaler Hank Bassen. &#9632;

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Full-blooded Indian Could Be First Chief To Cavort In Chicago

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0156/1522919-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">IT LOOKS GRIM FOR BOWER but actually Ron Stewart of the Toronto Maple Leafs has missed a golden opportunity in the NHL action shown in top picture. His shot slid past the wide-open net.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0248/1522912-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="2272" height="1501"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sugar Jim Henry of the Boston Bruins successfully blocks a shot by the Canadiens&rsquo; Maurice Richard (second from left) while Jean Beliveau, extreme right, coasts in waiting for the rebound that didn&rsquo;t come.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;.Are the Chicago Black Hawks nailing down permanent possession on the NHL cellar position already?Sid Abel&rsquo;s Cinderalla Team, which astounded the critics byfighting their way into the playoffs last year have gotten away to such a dismal start that even their closest supporters are conceding that the Hawks don&rsquo;t have it this year. But why?Well, with the exception of four players, the Hawks are operating with other NHL castoffs and players considered by other teams as over the hill.Of their entire roster only Bill Mosienko, Bill Gadsby, Pete Conacher and rookie Murray Costello, are direct products of the Hawk farm system. The rest &mdash; they were either discarded by the Detroit Red Wings or secured in trades with the Toronto Maple Leafs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0327/1522905-1-eng-US/f0001-032.jpg" title="f0001-03" width="286" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption></div>While the Hawks, at this stage last year, after seven games had been played were leading the NHL with eight points, they have picked up a solitary point this year, a tie with the Red Wings.Storming into the dressing room after they were beaten 5-8 by the New York Rangers early in the season, one of the Chicago players struck the keynote when lie said, &ldquo;What we need is soma players. Too many of us old timers. We don&rsquo;t have enough young blood on the team.&rdquo;Chicago, one of the best hockey towns in the world for years, hasn&rsquo;t taken to their favorite sons with the same zest they showed last year when Abel had &lsquo;em &ldquo;up&rdquo; from the opening game. Attendance have fallen off with alarming rapidity and the reason has been pretty obvious. They just don&rsquo;t like a losing club and the Hawks have done little to prove that their early season slump is only a temporary affair. They simply don&rsquo;t have the players and what&rsquo;s more, they haven&rsquo;t got a farm system that will produce adequate replacements overnight.Murray Costello, the 20-year-old rookie the Hawks brought up from the Galt Black Hawks of the Ontario Junior League, and Pete Conacher, who was shuffled between St. Louis and Chicago last year, represent the extent of the Hawk youth movement. &#9632;

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Lack of Youth Biggest Problem For Abel To Face

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;At the beginning of the season, Coach Dick Irvin, the grey-haired strategist of the Canadiens, predicted a close National Hockey League race. But, always the cautious pessimist, he added a rider, &ldquo;barring injuries.&rdquo;What the Hab coach didn&rsquo;t foresee was that his Stanly Cup champions would be hardest hit by a persistent injury jinx in the early weeks of the campaign.First Dickie Moore was sidelined by a broken collar bone and now Jean Beliveau, who came into the league as the highest regarded rookie in hockey history, is out of action with a cracked ankle bone, leaving the Habs with only two regular centres.Beliveau was hurt in a game against the Black Hawks in Chicago on October 22 and, upon the team&rsquo;s return to Montreal, he was sent to hospital after a preliminary examination by Bill Head, who mans the Forum clinic.The full extent of Beliveau&rsquo;s injury is still uncertain and, until a week passes, it will not be known how long his services will be lost to the club which was depending so much on his scoring ability to lift it into an NHL championship.Le Gros Bill, as Beliveau is known to his teammates, might be out for as long as six weeks which in the long-term analysis would be a severe blow to the team&rsquo;s chances.Dickie Moore, hurt in Canadiens&rsquo; first game in Boston, has his shoulder in a cast and might be out for another two months.The scrappy little 22-year-old forward appears to have succeeded Elmer Lach as Canauiens&rsquo; hard luck centre. Last year he suffered a knee injury which kept him out of action for most of the season. He appeared in only 18 games with the Habs, scoring two goals and gaining six assists for a total of eight scoring points.Until Beliveau was hurt, Irvin went along with three centres. But then he was forced to call up Paul Masnick, who had opened the season with the Royals of the Quebec Hockey League.Matters might have been even worst. The Habs nearly lost Ken Mosdell who was slashed across the ankle in a bruising game against the Red Wings in Montreal on October 24. But, although the ankle was swollen like a pigskin and the surrounding skin was deep purple, he hobbled into Canadiens&rsquo; next game against the Rangers.Moedell has been going well, he scored two goals &mdash; one of them a game-winning tally &mdash; in the Habs first eight games compared with a total output of five in the full season of 1952-53.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01241/1521066-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="278" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption></div>Meanwhile Irvin has put Lach, a hard-bitten campaigner who never quails under pressure, back at centre on the Punch Line with Maurice Richard and Eddie Mazur on the wings.Mosdell is centering Lorne Davis and Calum Mackay and sometimes Bert Olmstead and Floyd Curry. Masnick it between Boom Boom Geoffrion and Paul Meger.That&rsquo;s the extent of Irvin&rsquo;s injury-riddled lineup at the moment. If the injury jinx again hits the Habs at centre &mdash; and Irvin is keeping his fingers crossed beneath his clock of gloom &mdash; Donny Marshall will have to be brought up from Buffalo.Marshall was given a thorough trial with the Canadiens in pre-season training. He impressed the top brass of the Montreal system and was sent to the Bisons subject to recall.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02225/1521059-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="292" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dickie Moore</figcaption></div>If centres keep getting knocked out at the present disastrous rate, his NHL debut might come sooner than anyone had expected.Only bright spot in the picture is that the Habs, with plenty of strength in depth, have the necessary replacements. &#9632;

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Injury Bug Continues To Plague Canadien Centres Habs Short on Pivots As Beliveau Injured

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;A modern hockey team is no stronger than its farm system. The constant appearance of Montreal, Toronto and Detroit teams on top, along with New York and Chicago on the bottom, has proved that.And the truest sign of a healthy farm system is the caliber of rookies who are introduced, either by plan or in emergencies.Which brings us around to the current Red Wings.Four rookies have been seen so far this season&mdash;Center Earl Reibel, Right Wing&mdash;Center Bill Dineen, Defenseman Al Arbour and Goalie Dave Gatherum.The first three came up according to decisions made at training camp. Reibel has been a flash since the start; Dineen has been steadily improving although used less so far than any other forward; Arbour still hasn&rsquo;t seen much action, getting the &ldquo;slow treatment&rdquo; since he and Dineen are jumping from junior amateur.Gatherum is the aptly named goalie who had to come with a rush. Terry Sawchuk was hurt in Montreal, and a goalie was needed for a game 24 hours later in Detroit. Fast connections got Gatherum here.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04166/1521142-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="610" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">They&rsquo;re Latest&hellip;EARL REIBEL</figcaption></div>Had more time been available, Manager Jack Adams would have worked a more complicated move, the same shifting done a year ago when Sawchuk was injured.That time it was Gleh Hall who was brought in from Edmonton. Gatherum was grabbed out of the Quebec League and sent to Edmonton to replace Hall during that stretch.The point of this story 13 the quality of goalies which can be found in the system when needed. Hall gave up 10 goals in the six games he subbed for Sawchuk last year; Gatherum allowed three goals in his three games for Terry this time.That&rsquo;s how the present goalies in the Detroit chain are ranked: Sawchuk, age 23; Hall, 22, and Gatherum, 21.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05127/1521135-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="541" height="645"><figcaption class="caption-body">&hellip; ProductsAL ARBOUR</figcaption></div>And if you&rsquo;re interested in the future beyond that, then there&rsquo;s 17-year-old Dennis Riggin, a junior who is tagged as a real great prospect.Only because of Sawchuk&rsquo;s bad luck have Hall and Gatherum ever been seen here. It&rsquo;a comfortable to know that youngsters like that are both, available and capable, and yon can&rsquo;t help but wonder how deep the stock pile really goes in an emergency.Adams calls the ever-blooming farm system the real secret behind Detroit&rsquo;s five straight titles as well as the reason why Detroit is going to win more titles.He has exhibited depth in goalies&mdash;a situation which long has been a Red Wing trademark. Detroit has had a series of good goalies in recent years-Johnny Mowers and Harry Lumley Immediately preceding Sawchuk. All came out of ths system.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0688/1521128-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="610" height="606"><figcaption class="caption-body">&hellip;Of SystemBILL DINEEN</figcaption></div>Only Montreal also has a home-grown product in Gerry; McNeil.Toronto got both Its latest regulars out of the Detroit system&mdash;Turk Broda and Harry; Lumley.Boston&rsquo;s Jim Henry is a product of the New York chain via Chicago and Detroit&rsquo;s Indiana, polis farm.New York&rsquo;s and Chicago&rsquo; goalies both grew up in the Cleveland system. Johnny Bower, the present Ranger, was purchased this year. Chicago has Al Rollins who served a hitch at Toronto in between.Their ages also offer significant comment about the goalie future in the NHL: Henry, 33; Bower, 28; Rollins, 27; McNeil, 27; Lumley, 26, and Sawchuk, 23. &#9632;

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Red Wings’ Consistent Success With Rookies Emphasizes Important Role Of Farm Systems

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;&ldquo;Knock on wood before you say anything like that,&rdquo; may well be the soundest of advice. Nevertheless, Detroit&rsquo;s demoralizing jinx over the Chicago Black Hawks seems to have come to a close with Sid Abel&rsquo;s Injuns now appearing more than able to hold their own against the NHL title monopolizers.When the Wings squeezed out a 2 to 1 triumph on home ice October 10 it was their first full mark ip the credit column In the last five meetings between the clubs. The Hawks used 3 to 1 and 4 to 3 wins and a scoreless tie with their fading cousins late last season to get Into the playoffs.The interstate rivalry was almost launched in this Infant campaign with a Chihawk victory at the Stadium the night before the close decision at Detroit, but the Red Wings rallied with two late goals to earn a 2-2 deadlock. Yet, the Hawks did get their first point in league standings.It was after this home-and-home doubleheader that Abel himself observed, &ldquo;Yes, I do think we have brought an end to that jinx. We played them on equal terms and might have taken either or both of the games had a few breaks come our way instead of going to them.&rdquo;The fact that Chicago held the Wings to a single win in the last five encounters wouldn&rsquo;t ordinarily seem a great accomplishment. It can, however, be realized as a potent step in the right direction when Detroit&rsquo;s astonishing superiority in the last four years is reviewed.In the 56 games played prior to this season&rsquo;s start, the Motor City ice chippers skated of with 42 wins and five ties while tasting just nine losses. Here are the figures:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0748/1521173-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="584" height="181"></div>One of the most Important footnotes in this late Hawk upsurge is the fact that three of the Wings&rsquo; most vaunted aces, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay and Red Kelly, have been held scoreless. &ldquo;And one thing we&rsquo;ve found out,&rdquo; says Capt. Bill Gadsby, &ldquo;is that they don&rsquo;t go for the rough stuff.&rdquo;HAWK TALK: Jim Norris, chairman of the Chicago board of directors, has had his arm tightly enfolded with that of Betty Betts, a Windy City newspaper gal. They&rsquo;ll marry November 6 &hellip; Don Tobin, son of General Manager Bill Tobin, was discharged from the U.S. Air Corps recently.Murray Costello, lanky winger from the Galt, Ont., juniors, signed a pro contract with the Black Hawks October 10 after playing three games with the team as an amateur testee. There were numerous utterings of discontent from Galt, which wanted him to play his last junior season there. He is 19.With a winless record through the first two weeks of the 1953-54 NHL schedule, the Hawks drew only 23,891 to their three Initial home ice tests. A year ago, they were riding the crest in the league and attracted 33,961 patrons to the Stadium for the first three.Goaler Al Rollins has received none of the blame for Chicago&rsquo;s sad start. His play has been as excellent as ever and he&rsquo;s been the main man responsible for preventing all-out routs on a couple of occasions. Rearguards Bill Gadsby and Gus Mortson have also been standouts on defense. &#9632;

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Hawks Figure They’ve Finally Broken Wing Jinx Holding Detroit To One Win In Last Five Games

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01240/1521211-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cagey Kraut Still a Smoothie</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;First the firebrand center of the pre-war era, when the swashbuckling Boston Bruins dominated the National league.Then the stable leader of less fortunate teams, which looked to him for indominable example.What next for Milt Schmidt, now driving on determined legs Into his 18th season of major league competition?The remainder of this season, possibly next season as an active player, then the assignment of coaching the only major league team for which he has ever played.One sultry day last August, when the coolness of hockey rinks was a pleasant if remote thought. General Manager Art Ross of the Bruins made one of the most unusual announcements is hockey history.&ldquo;Milt Schmidt and Lynn Patrick have just signed new contracts with the Bruins,&rdquo; said the grizzled general manager.&ldquo;Under the terms of his contract Milt will continue to play until he decides that he is no longer able to help the team. Then he will become its coach.&ldquo;Under the terms of his contract Lynn will continue to coach until Milt decides that he is through as a player. Then he will move into the front office as general manager, and Milt will assume his coaching job.&rdquo;That Patrick would someday move into a swivel chair and turn his back on the raucous excitement of National league rinks had been taken for granted, more or less, ever since his arrival here four years ago.When the one-time four-sports athlete first joined the Bruins Ross emphasized the point that his eventual destination was the front office.But the official nomination of Schmidt as his successor on the Bruins&rsquo; bench created quite a stir, opening as it does a new chapter in a remarkable athlete&rsquo;s career.When Aubrey &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper retired as coach of the Bruins in the spring of 194 9, Schmidt was mentioned frequently as his successor. But Milt, then playing strongly, rejected all suggestions In that direction.Again in the spring of 1950, after George &ldquo;Buck&rdquo; Boucher&rsquo;s one-year tenure, Schmidt headed the unofficial list of logical successors, and again the Bruins&rsquo; captain played down the thought.&ldquo;I have no desire to be a playing coach,&rdquo; he emphasized, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;m not through yet as a player. As long as I think I can help the Bruins by playing I want to do so.&rdquo;Now that most of his playing &lsquo;days are behind him, the man Whom Ross calls the greatest of the Bruins has been named officially the heir-apparent to the position now filled by his friend Patrick.&ldquo;Most players, I suppose, have granted to coach,&rdquo; he observed. &ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;ve given the idea as much thought as anyone else. The Bruins are my team, the only one for which I&rsquo;ve ever played, and I&rsquo;ll certainly give the job everything I have.&rdquo;It was 17 years ago this winter that Schmidt, an angular young ster of 19, was summoned by the Bruins from the Providence Reds. Ross, who is now letting him set his own retirement date, could hardly wait to get him into a Rruins&rsquo; uniform.Early recollections of Schmidt here are many, since he quickly blossomed into stardom as the center for the colorful Kraut Line, with Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer, a big fellow and a little fellow respectively, and all from the industrial city of Kitchener, Ontario.With the Kraut Line as the generating force, the Bruins achieved a position of dominance threatened only by the mighty New York Rangers in the pre-war era.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02200/1521204-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1171" height="1239"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cagey Kraut Still a Smoothie</figcaption></div>When war broke out Schmidt and his two chums enlisted, departing Boston on the wings of one of the most thrilling sendoffs the staid old Garden has ever seen.His service as a flight officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force matured Milt, and soon after he rejoined the Bruins he became the team captain, a position which he still fills.His fiery leadership on the ice soon extended to off-ice activities. As far back as eight years ago, when the United States professional sports picture was stirred by the union talk in baseball, he was the spokesman for the Bruins in legislative hearings at the State House.He became the featured speaker on the after-dinner circuit, a member of an exclusive country club, the team&rsquo;s representative in charity drives, the owner of a promising job with a prosperous business concern.The growing suspicion that Schmidt one day would pack up his skates and quietly depart from hockey was finally dissu-dated by Ross&rsquo; announcement last summer.Hockey has been good to Schmidt, just as Milt has been good for hockey, here and elsewhere. He has a lovely family, a fine home in suburban Needham, a position of respect in the community.Yet the enticements toward easy living have never dulled his competitive zest, so that in his 18th season the will to win still burns as brightly as it ever did.It was during the trying days of last January that a Boston columnist with a flair for colorful descriptive threw the grizzled veteran at youths judged less earnest.&ldquo;Never has he taken a defeat with a vestige of a smile on that hatchet face,&rdquo; wrote Jerry Nason in the Boston Globe.And when Patrick addressed the gathering at the dinner which preceded this year&rsquo;s all-star game in Montreal, the Bruins&rsquo; coach looked at his successor and said:&ldquo;I wish Milt nothing but success, but I know one thing. He won&rsquo;t be as successful a coach as I am.&ldquo;When we&rsquo;re in trouble on the ice, I can look down the bench and say, Get out there Milt. He won&rsquo;t be able to do that, so he won&rsquo;t be as successful.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Bruins’ Uncle Miltie Improves With Age

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL-Sports EDITOR (As Seen in the Toronto Star)</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01310/1521280-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><h2>Learned While Peepers Were Crossed?</h2>DUTCH REIBEL was knocked cross-eyed in a car crash a year or so after he joined the Detroit chain gang. Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe, his lathe mates on the Red Wing Production Line, insist the Dutchman still looks both ways at the same time. That&rsquo;s how they account for the rookie&rsquo;s uncanny habit of being in the right place at the correct time &mdash; and passing the puck smack-dab on the blades of their sticks. The Leafs&rsquo; grand nabob, Conn Smythe, I commented on another feature of Reibel&rsquo;s work. When the Dutchman gets rid of the puck, Smythe had noticed he usually put a Redbird in the clear.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02279/1521273-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="596" height="593"><figcaption class="caption-body">DUTCH REIBEL</figcaption></div>The second period of the Leaf-Wing game was less than four minutes old when Reibel illustrated this observation on the ice. The puck jumped over Howe&rsquo;s stick as he wandered from his wing. Gordie managed to back-hand it to the centre ice zone as it came off the boards. Reibel picked it up, took a few smooth strides, and relayed it to another freshman, Bill Dineen, who scooted in, unchallenged, for the first goal of the game. The Detroits had an advantage in manpower at the moment. Bobby Hassard was doing penance for another man&rsquo;s sins. Goalie Harry Lumley had taken a slap at a Redshirt and had drawn a penalty. Hassard served it for him and was sitting in the sneezer when Dineen scored. For Lumley, it was a quick and costly demonstration that crime doesn&rsquo;t pay.Lum had robbed Reibel during a first-period power play. Dutch had come gliding in to stop a pass with his skate and blast the Toronto cage from point-blank range. King Clancy yipped a faint &ldquo;Look out&rdquo; from the end of the Leaf bench and closed his eyes, fearing the worst. Lumley managed to save. But the Dutchman gained his point &mdash; a point that improved his margin in the scoring derby &mdash; when he returned with Dineen.<h2>Two Titles and a Broken Leg</h2>HOWE and Lindsay both are so completely sold on Reibel as the long-sought replacement for their old buddy, Sid Abel, that they hope he remains right where he is as leading scorer. Since the Detroit triggermen finished one, two last season, that means they&rsquo;re so fond of Reibel they&rsquo;d be willing to accept second and third. It&rsquo;s a sacrifice of money, as well as of prestige, since there&rsquo;s a bonus of one grand for the leading man, $500 for second and nothing for show. Even if theyou&rsquo;re kidding, it&rsquo;s an effective way of letting a rookie know he belongs to the lodge.In his three seasons of pro hockey, Reibel&rsquo;s score is two individual titles and a broken leg. The last was first. It happened in his first term, at Omaha. The following season, he bounced back on the damaged pin and won the Red Garrett memorial trophy as best rookie in the American League. During the summer came the auto accident which scrambled his vision until he looked like an owl squinting into his own ears. His peepers still were askew when he reported to training camp. Jack Adams sent him to specialists. Their report was that time would put Reibel back on the beam. He went to the Edmonton farm club and didn&rsquo;t get a point in nine games. The Dutchman must have been shooting where he was looking and firing over the boards at the sides of the rink.Just as the doctors had predicted, time corrected the damage. At season&rsquo;s end, Reibel was leading scorer in the western league. But he must have retained the knack of exploring the flanks while peering straight ahead. He passes the puck, apparently without looking. But it goes to the right place. And he has a shot that bruises goalies who insist on getting in the way. The Wings call him Squarehead because of his crew cut which gives him a flat-top look. He&rsquo;s a square peg in a square hole that Adams and his coach, Tommy Ivan, hadn&rsquo;t been able to fill since Old Bootnose Abel became a coach with the Chihawks. &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">Elmer Ferguson</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03205/1521311-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="290" height="331"></div>&bull; BY LOOKING AT the top, then at the bottom, of the National Hockey League standings, you find, naturally enough, two strange contrasts. That&rsquo;s what you&rsquo;d naturally expect between leaders and tail-enders. But in this case, the positions occupied in the race by Canadiens at the top and Hawks at the bottom, carry a rather more incongruous note of comparison than usual.The fact that Ourtown&rsquo;s Stanley Cup champions are leading the League by a full game is possibly less significant than two other facts. One, they are setting a much more brisk pace than at the same time last season. Two, they are winning on foreign ice, which was more than they could do in their first 24 games last season.But the Canadien upswing, sharp it is, rates a mere nothing coinpard to tile decline of the Hawks, who have skidded with scarely a break from first place in the race last season to a bad last in the present grind. A single point, achieved in a tied game at home, represents the entire loot of the Hawks, who at this time last season were being extolled as the Miracle Team of the League, and Sid Abel, the ex-Wing, was already being termed the Coach of the Season, which, in fact, he deserved to be so far as League play is concerned.Taking first things first, let&rsquo;s glance over the shoulder, a proceeding which turned Lot&rsquo;s wife into a pillar of salt, and you find that in their first nine matches last season, Habs won only four, as against seven this season, and didn&rsquo;t win a single foreign-ice engagement in that time. In fact, it was not until early December last season that Canadiens won a foreign-ice game, though they had quite a number of draws before that while trouping in distant rinks.The brightest spot early last season in the Canadien record came the night of October 25, when they plastered an amazing 9-0 defeat on Detroit Red Wings here, witli seven Habs participating in the slaughter. But they went on for two months before winning away from home, and turned this trick in Toronto, December 10, with a 2-1 victory over Leafs.This season, in nine games, Canadiens have had four on the road, won half of them, and .500 on the road is supposed to be a title-winning figure, if coupled with .750 at home. And on home ice, the Habs are doing rather better than that percentage. In fact, they&rsquo;re batting for a neat 1,000., which is par for the course. They won all five home starts.In all fairness to the nearest pursuers, the Red. Wings hadn&rsquo;t hit full stride at this time last season, either. They had won only three starts in nine and tied a couple, so that they too are going faster than last season. But Canadiens are going even more rapidly at this point, and are figuratively licking their chops as they await the arrival of the Leafs here Thursday. Leafs are off last year&rsquo;s pace, when they won five of their first nine.Now we dip down to the nether ranks, to find that the big about-face in this season&rsquo;s early scramble has been done by Chicago Black Hawks. This time last season, inspired by the presence of a new pilot, Hawks were amazing the hockey world. They had won four, drawn three, lost only two, and in early November were leading the League race with six victories and three ties in 11 games. After that explosive upswing, they slowly came back to the pack, but clung to a play-off berth, and proved very stubborn play-off opponents for the Habs, who eliminated them only by sheer manpower. It&rsquo;s doubtful in the Black Hawk veterans will-again find the form they suddenly achieved last season. Up to this point, a tie on home ice against Wings, constitutes their lone point in this race, and finds them in the basement, a long decline from their League-leading pace at this time last season. Lack of scoring punch which their veterans found last autumn is the story behind the Hawk downfall. They had 20 goals in their nine games last season. In eight played in the present race, they have pegged home only 14. And their goals-against are up in even larger proportion, 27 this season, 19 last.Boston Bruins are doing rather better than last season at this time, Rangers are about static. Canadiens have displayed the biggest improvement, Hawks the most prenounced wrong-way display.Watching Toronto Leafs in action inToronto the other night, when they lost to the Battling Bruins after having acquired a 2-goal lead, this agent got the notion that Teeder Kennedy has lost some of the durability that formerly characterized this hard-driving, bulldog player &hellip; he seems to tire very rapidly, and is on for only short periods &hellip; Leafs lack a really well-organized power play, but they were foiled in the late stages on the game by the tremendous game of Sugar Jim Henry&hellip; the veteran Bruin goaler is suffering from a bad ankle, the same injury that hampered him in the Cup playoffs here last spring, but he was as sprightly and fast-moving as ever &hellip; Milt Schmidt remains the Miracle Man of the game &hellip; the great Bruin centre was never much better than now, and dominated the scene Saturday night&hellip; and Porky Dumart, nearing 37 years, and termed in erudite Boston the &ldquo;elder skatesman&rdquo; of hockey, can still show the youngsters a thing or two &hellip;Doug. Mohns (pronounced &ldquo;Moans&rdquo;) is playing well for Bruins &hellip; a guy with a name like that is a natural for a coaching job in the future &hellip; he is centering Leo Labine and Real Qhevrefils, a pretty nifty pair of wings &hellip; in intimate hockey circles, Mohns is known as &ldquo;Diesel,&rdquo; because his dad is a Canadian National diesel engineer running out of Capreol, Ont&hellip;.This agent may have, inadvertently, put the whammy on Leo Boivin, Leafs&rsquo; sturdy defence player, by voting for him as the rookie on the year at the close of the last NHL season &hellip; Leo made two errors in the October 24 night game with Bruins, and the alert Bostonians turned both these into goals &hellip; &#9632;

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THE GIST AND JEST OF IT

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;While the rosy-cheeked Rangers may still leave something to be desired, they gave tangible evidence during their late &mdash; but not lamented &mdash; suicidal tour of the circuit that better days are ahead. Even Lynn Patrick, who must speak with authority, was willing to give the opposition a boost.&ldquo;I saw a much better Ranger team tonight than I did any time last year,&rdquo; the Bruins coach remarked, after his team had won a 3-2 squeaker in Boston. &ldquo;Here they were at the end of a five-game trip and yet they had us on the ropes in the last period. We were lucky to win. And we played our best game yet.&rdquo;Although he named no player, Lynn admitted he was impressed with the New York rookies in general. But he seemed to be more taken with the new iNew York o coach.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02235/1521380-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="296" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Franl: Boucher</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The biggest difference in this club is Frank (Boucher),&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You had to admire the way he ran the team from the bench. He made quick changes. He made good moves, like closing out the period with Bentley playing between Ronty and Hergesheimer. And he had everyone hustling.&rdquo;One of those hustling the most is Allan Stanley. The blond defenseman, the team captain for two years slumped badly last season. Many fans didn&rsquo;t think he was trying hard enough, and they rode him unmercifully. It was no secret Al had to come back this fall and fight for his job in the majors.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03184/1521373-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="1068" height="1579"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;Definitely An Asset&rdquo;Max Bentley &hellip; &hellip; Power on Power Play</figcaption></div><h2>Started Digging</h2>&ldquo;Stanley has made a whale of a change,&rdquo; Boucher said, upon the team&rsquo;s arrival in New York. &ldquo;He started digging in training camp and he has never let up. Allan always had the ability. He proved that, in the Cup series against Detroit (194 9-50). He was a standout &mdash; on attack as well as defense.&ldquo;The trouble with Allan was tie was always inclined to take the easy way, without realizing it,&rdquo; Frank added. &ldquo;Now he&rsquo;s doing things the way they have to be done best. If a situation calls for a hard body check, he gives it. If the stick is needed, he uses that. He&rsquo;s noy the defenseman I always thought he would be.&rdquo;How about Stanley, himself? What does he think of this newest Ranger team?&ldquo;This is my fifth year with the club,&rdquo; Allan pointed out. &ldquo;And this is by far the best club we&rsquo;ve had. Everyone has a better attitude. There&rsquo;s lots more hustle. There&rsquo;s lots of youth, and more speed and stamina.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a good defense &mdash; the best, I&rsquo;m sure, the Rangers have had since the War. Max (Bentley) is definitely an asset. He gives us a good power play. We never had one before.&ldquo;The fact that Frank is coaching makes a difference,&rdquo; he concluded. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s given us a different attitude. We&rsquo;re taking it a lot more serious this year. We think, we have a good team. Well get better. We expect to make the playoffs.&rdquo;<h2>Plans Changes</h2>As well as Patrick and his own Stanley liked the team, Boucher wasn&rsquo;t satisfied. He planned some lineup changes prior to the home opener against Boston on the 22nd.&ldquo;With so many new players,&rdquo; the manager-coach pointed out, &ldquo;obviously it takes a few games before you can work out the best possible combinations. I&rsquo;m not sure we have them yet.&ldquo;For one thing,&rdquo; he added, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like the way the other teams have been scoring goals when Bones Raleigh&rsquo;s line is on the ice. Maybe he can use a bigger, stronger right winger. Little Ike (Hildebrand) has been playing well, but he might fit beside Bentley better.&rdquo;The next day in practice, Boucher changed his lines. The move might not be permanent, but Hildebrand was playing with Bentley and sturdy Eddie Kullman and Aldo Guidolin were alternating on Raleigh&rsquo;s right. With Nick Mickoski, the team&rsquo;s most powerful forward (194 pounds, 6-1%) on Raleigh&rsquo;s left, that could be the line to check the two killers &mdash; Detroit&rsquo;s Reibel-Howe-Lindsay and Montreal&rsquo;s Beliveau-Richard-Olmstead.Boucher wasn&rsquo;t yet sure who his &ldquo;giant-killers&rdquo; Would be, but he did promise to pay particular attention to that project. &ldquo;Against Detroit and Montreal, you&rsquo;re sunk if you don&rsquo;t stop their big guns,&rdquo; he admitted. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll let our lines fight their own battle against any lines they might be up against on the other three teams.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS: Stanley thinks ha has found a way to keep mora active on the ice. He has moved hig pre-game steak meal up an hour, so that he&rsquo;s already a hungry player when the game begins. &ldquo;Eating late may have made me sluggish last year,&rdquo; he vonfessed. &#9632;

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Boucher Not Happy With Blues Plans To Try New Combinations

<div class="byline">&#x2014; MOZLEY</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.-Some people believe that receiving a two dollar bill in change spells imminent bad luck for the recipient.Not all people subscribe to this theory but it would be mighty hard to convince a group of New York hockey writers that it isn&rsquo;t the truth.The group accompanied Ranger publicist Herb Goren to Boston to witness the game between the Blues and the Bruins. Somewhere along the line Goren picked up one of those pesky (money is pesky?) two dollar bills and then things started happening.First of all ths Rangers lost the game.Then the plane that was scheduled to take the writers back to their typewriters in New York developed oil pressure trouble and as a result the men of the fourth estate had to shift to another.That wasn&rsquo;t bad enough. When the plane finally did arrive at its destination, it was found that Manhattan was fogged in. There was nothing to do but keep on going to Philadelphia, where they finally landed.As a result of all the mishaps, the reporters reached home almost five hours later than they should have.One of the first things Goren did upon setting foot on Terra Firma again was to rid himself of the two dollar bill, and there wasn&rsquo;t a writer in the party who was unhappy to see it go.You&rsquo;ll never convince these fellows that a two dollar bill Isn&rsquo;t unlucky! &#9632;

New York Hockey Scribes Jinxed On Boston Trip

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1, 1947By Kennefh W. McKenzie ond Will. V. Cote Published Weekly, except monthly May through September, simultaneously in the United States at Rouses Point, N.Y., and in Canada at Montreal, Que.Editorial, Advertising and Circulation Hockey News Company. 309 Empire Life Building, 1434 St. Catherine West, Montreal 25. Que.Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.GO in Canada and the British Empire; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953 at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879.Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa.Member of the Audit Bureau of CirculationsPrinted in CanadaVOL. 7 OCTOBER 31, 1953 No. 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01332/1521456-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="388" height="408"></div>A NEW, spirit ha.; overtaken the New York Rangers tills season &hellip; Coach Frank Boucher has his charges playing inspired hockey right now and if they can keep it up all season they should garner a playoff berth &hellip; Boucher isn&rsquo;t too happy about the play of two of his defensemen and if some improvement isn&rsquo;t noted soon he will call up either Ivan Irwin from Vancouver or Jack Evans from Saskatoon &hellip; Fans at Madison Square Garden were riding Allan Stanley during the Rangers first home game of the season. They call the big defenseman &ldquo;Sonja&rdquo; &hellip; Rangers had as many points after six games this season as they had. after 11 games a year ago&hellip; Chicago has started off the current season in dismal fashion. After seven games the Hawks had one point. Last year they had eight for the same number of games &hellip; There are 13 French Canadian players in the National Hockey League this season. Some of these players cannot speak a word of French but they still have the French background and names. They are Butch Bouchard. Maurice Richard. Jean Beliveau, Boom Boom Geoffrion and Dollard St. Laurent of Canadiens, Ray Gariepy and Leo Labine of Boston, Fern Flaman and Leo Boivin of Toronto, Marcel Pronovost of Detroit and Gerry Couture of Chicago, and Camille Henry of New York &hellip; The NHL captains are the same this season as a year ago. They are Al Stanley, New York; Butch Bouchard, Canadiens; Milt Schmidt, Boston; Ted Lindsay, Detroit; Ted Kennedy, Toronto; and Bill Gadsby, Chicago &hellip; Rookie Bob Chrystal of Rangers looks like Canadiens&rsquo; Tom Johnson on the ice.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02219/1521449-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="272" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Butch Bouchard</figcaption></div>MAX BENTLEY is wearing New York sweater No. 10 &hellip; This Is the same number that Edgar Laprade wore for the Rangers&hellip; The Lady Byng Trophy will be turned over to the International Hockey Hall of Fame, at Kingston, Ont&hellip;. The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is the. award presently contested for by the National League&rsquo;s most gentlemanly players&hellip; Ray Gariepy is determined to win a regular berth on the Bruins. The rookie defenseman who has been playing very well for the Beantown six keeps asking Coach Lynn Patrick &hellip; &ldquo;Coach, should I look for an apartment now.&rdquo; &hellip; Patrick usually answers, &ldquo;No, not yet.&rdquo; &hellip; Dick Williams is starting his 88th season as a goal judge at Madison Square Garden &hellip; Spike-haired Ike Hildebrand has made a splendid impression with New York fans. The plucky little winger is elated at finally making the National Hockey League &hellip; &ldquo;Now that I&rsquo;ve finally made it I plan to stay here permanently,&rdquo; he told us In New York after the Rangers 4-3 win over Boston &hellip; Hildebrand scored the first Ranger goal on New York ice this season &hellip; Doug Mohns, rookie Boston winger, wears his age on his uniform &hellip; Number 19 &hellip; Marcel Bonin couldn&rsquo;t score for Detroit so Jack Adams sent him to Sherbrooke of the QHL. In his first two games lie scored five goals for the Saints &hellip; Toronto&rsquo;s Ted Kennedy doesn&rsquo;t feel he&rsquo;s in shape yet. He hasn&rsquo;t found his true form but hopes to soon &hellip; Murray Costello, Larry Wilson and Pete Conacher play on the same line for Chicago which has been dubbed the &ldquo;Papoose Line&rdquo; &hellip; Hubert Labre of Chesterville, Ont. suggests the Alexander Trophy be played for by the winners of the Western Hockey League and the Quebec Hockey League &hellip; Chuck Rayner is pleased as punch to be playing with Saskatoon of the WHL &hellip; &ldquo;This is my town,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;and a great place to be finishing up.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03136/1521442-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="292" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ike Hildebrand</figcaption></div>BILLY DEA. Rangers&rsquo; 2 0-year-old rookie left winger, is a nephew of Murray Murdoch, former Iron Man with N.Y. Rangers &hellip; Murdoch holds the NHL record for playing most consecutive games. He took part in 508 consecutive games during regular scheduled play and another 55 playoff tilts for a total of 563 consecutive games &hellip; New York Rangers are definitely Jean Beliveau&rsquo;s &ldquo;cousins&rdquo;. &ldquo;Gros Bill&rdquo; has scored eight goals in the NHL and six of these were against the Rangers. He scored one in 1950-51, three in one game last season, and two in a game on October 15, this year. He notched the other two against Boston in a game played last season &hellip; There is a former member of the Chicago Black Hawks on every NHL club. Three are on the Detroit roster. They are BobGoldham, Metro Prystai, and Vic Stasiuk. Toronto has Harry Lumley, New York has Max Bentley, Montreal has Bert Olmstead while Boston has former Chicagoans Cal Gardner and Jim Henry &hellip; Buffalo Bisons&rsquo; first line of Gaye Stewart, Don Marshall and Ed Slowinski are playing terrific hockey for the Eddollsmen &hellip; Stan Long of the Bisons wore a shoe on the foot of his baldy injured leg for the first time last week. He had been wearing a slipper up until that time &hellip; Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s Injured knee is not recovering as quickly as expected. His return is uncertain &hellip; Jim Ellery, AHL publicity director, presented American League All-Star mementos to Ike Hildebrand and Johnny Bower at the first luncheon of the New York Hockey Writers Association &hellip; Ike and Johnny were All-Stars with Cleveland last season &hellip; Incidentally, there are five former Cleveland Darons on the Rangers this year. Besides Bower and Hildebrand there&rsquo;s Hy Buller, Bob Chrystal and Wally Hergesheimer &hellip; Two of the top forwards in the American Hockey League are named Marshall&hellip; Don of Buffalo and Willie of Pittsburgh &hellip; They are not related, however &hellip; Boston&rsquo;s Ray Gariepy is said to be the hardest hitting defenseman to play for the Bruins since Babe Siebert.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0496/1521435-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="276" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gaye Slewart</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0588/1521487-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2>Fan Clubs</h2>Dear Sir:Although this is my first letter to the Fan Forum, I&rsquo;ve been reading THE HOCKEY NEWS for almost three years now and enjoy it very much.I particularly like the Fan Forum, as It often answers questions I would have asked myself.I am writing especially to ask if there is such a thing as a fan club for each NHL team or player. It so, would you tell me where I could get in touch with them, so that I may join?Lorraine Chouinard.Amesbury, Mass.(Fan clubs are always organized by local enthusiasts, and unfortunately we do not have a list of the outfits. For a clue you might try writing to the local newspaper in the town where any of these teams operate. Possibly they could put you in touch witli fan or player club in that area.)<h2>Likes Fan Forum</h2>Dear Sir:This is my first letter to your Fan Forum, which I consider to be one of the high points of interest in your paper.I agree with Sanford Zwickler when he gives credit to Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers, and I want to wish Boucher and the whole Ranger team lots of success for the coming season.I would like to know where, I can obtain emblems for sweaters of all the NHL teams, and also if decals for windows are available and where I can purchase these items.Keep up the excellent work.William Perkins.Fair Lawn, N.J.(Such emblems and decals are not&hellip; available&hellip; from the clubs direct, but many sporting goods stores do stock them for hockey fans. Would suggest that you shop around.)<h2>Inquisitive</h2>Dear Sir,A couple of questions have been cropping up in my mind for some time now, and I wonder if you could answer them for me.First, where can I obtain NHL team roster?Second, what minor league teams are owned by the New York Rangers?And third, does any NHL club, apart from the Toronto Maple Leafs, put out a calendar?In closing, I would like to say that you have a fine hockey paper, and you can count on me as a constant reader.Richard HallSt. Johns, Nfld.(The simplest way to obtain team rosters is to write directly to the various clubs themselves. The Rangers have working agreements with Quebec Citadels of the Ontario Hockey Association and with Guelph Biltmores of the same association in the east; in the west they have agreements with Vancouver Canucks and Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Hockey League. The only other NHL team putting out a calendar is Montreal Canadiens.)<h2>Have at Youl</h2>Dear Sir:As rabid Toronto Maple Leaf fans, we must take exception to the treatment accorded our team in the experts&rsquo; poll in THE HOCKEY NEW&rsquo;S, October 10 issue.We, too, tabulated the experts&rsquo; opinions, and according to our calculation Boston should have five third place votes and seven fourth place, instead of the reverse. This results in Boston receiving 64 points instead of 66, relegating this team to fourth place and elevating our Leafs to third, one point higher.Confound it, gentlemen, we demand satisfactionl Our seconds will see you in the morning.S.W. McCoy.M.T. Cutnan.Niagara Falls, Ont.(Not too early, we hope?)<h2>Penalty Parade</h2>Dear Sir:This is my fourth year as a subscriber to your fine paper, but this letter is my first to The Fan Forum.I would like to know how many penalties in minutes are given to a player who rates: 1&mdash;a match penalty, and 2&mdash;a match misconduct.I believe the player is put out of the game if he gets a match penalty, but I&rsquo;d like to know what is registered against his Penalties in Minutes record for the year.I am a real Boston Bruin fan and if anyone doesn&rsquo;t think the Bruins will win the Stanley Cup within the next two years I&rsquo;d like to hear from him.Carl W. KnightlyAurora, Ill.(There is no such animal as a match misconduct penalty. Penalties under the current NHL code are: minor, two minutes; major, five minutes; misconduct, 10 minutest game misconduct, manishent, for the remainder of the game, but no penalties in minutes record; match, $100 fine, banishment for the remainder of the game, but no mark against the player&rsquo;s penalty record.)<h2>More on Trading</h2>Dear Sir:After reading THE HOCKEY NEWS for the past three years, I&rsquo;m all in favor of setting up some sort of trading post where we enthusiastic fans can get together to swap pictures, programs and calendars.Wouldn&rsquo;t it be possible for you to arrange, say, a monthly section where all the readers who write in could swap addresses, so that we could get togethere, if only by mail, in the interests of our hobby?I hope you will be able to do something along this line soon.Marguerite Hickok.Banff, Alta.<h2>And More Penalties</h2>Dear Sir:As a subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS, I&rsquo;d be very pleased if you could answer the following questions on penalties.Let&rsquo;s say a player gets a match penalty in the first period, as recently happened in the opener in Montreal between Canadiens and the Black Hawks. Does the time spent outside of the rink there after count as minutes spent in the penalty box?That is, if the penalty is assessed in the first period at 18:05, does the player receive 1:5.4 seconds plus two periods (40 minutes) for a total of 41:55 on his penalty record. If not, what is the rule?I&rsquo;d like to know about the other penalties, too.Chester Chrabasx.Chicago, Ill.(Full details on penalties are covered elsewhere in this Forum.)<h2>Trading Topics</h2>Dear Sir:Regarding the proposed trading post requested by Carol Yanowitz, I would like to say that though the idea is good it would be sacrificing space that so far is occupying news of hockey, the original purpose of THE HOCKEY NEWS.We all should know that without the advertising in your weekly the price of such a paper would be much higher than is it; therefore, we are in no position to begrudge you the spaces rented and should be grateful that these firms use THE HOCKEY NEWS to reach your readers.However, if space is to be utilized let us make use of as many columns as possible for direct happenings in hockey. A suggested program could be operated by your staff if they are not already overloaded with work, and it&rsquo;s this: at the end of every Fan Forum insert a paragraph notifying all interested parties to communicate to your office with their names and addresses and what they have in mind, such as favorite team collections, etc. A nominal charge could be made to cover expenses incurred by this added service &hellip; but whatever you do, please do not take away our reading space to convert a part of your fine paper into a pawnshop of sorts.Roger Dubour.Montreal, Que.<h2>Consecutive Wins</h2>Dear Sirs,Although I&rsquo;ve been reading THE HOCKEY NEWS for nearly a year now I&rsquo;ve never had cause to write in to the Fan Forum before, but the need&rsquo;s finally arisen.A friend hat bet me that no team has ever racked up more than 12 consecutive victories in hte National Hockey League in onse season. He says the record stands at 12; I say it&rsquo;s more.Can you set us straight on this?Vic Lester,Hull, Que.(You win. According to the current issue of the NHL Press anil Radio Guide, Boston Bruins played 14 games in a row without being tied or defeated. The streak began on December 3. 1929. with a 3-1 victory over Montreal Canadieus on Boston ice. It ended January 12, 1930, in New York, when they were finally beaten by the Americans, 3-2. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0677/1521518-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="594" height="269"></div>NOVEMBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 71&mdash;ARBOUR, Alger, 1932, defense, Detroit.2&mdash;MICHALUK, John. 1928, forward, Calgary.2&mdash;MOSIENKO, Bill, 1921, right wing, Chicago.8&mdash;LEIER, Ed, 1927, centre, Syracuse.4&mdash;ARUNDEL, John, 1927, defense, Ottawa.4&mdash;EHMAN, Gerald, 1932, right wing, Sherbrooke.5&mdash;MAXWELL, Stan, 1925, defense, Buffalo.6&mdash;DURHAM, Pete. 1927, defense, New Westminster.6&mdash;KLUKAY, Joe, 1922, left wing, Boston.6&mdash;LONG, Stanley, 1929, defense; Buffalo.6&mdash;PAVELICH, Marty, 1927 left wing, Detroit.7&mdash;PRYSTAI, Metro, 1927, centre, Detroit. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to You

Because of the sudden and almost overwhelming demand for Canadien Hockey Club calendars, the Montreal Forum has asked us to inform our readers that there is a service charge of twenty-five cents on each of these calendars.So when writing to The Forum for these calendars in future, please include that amount with each order. &#9632;

CANADIEN CALENDARS

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs have the youngest team in the National Hockey League this season, while the Chicago Black Hawks ice the oldest squad. Average age of each member of this year&rsquo;s edition of the Maple Leafs is 24.4 years. The Chicago club averages 26.8 years per player.Toronto is the youngest team by the slimmest of margins as Detroits 1953-54 Red Wings average 24.5 years. Third youngest sextet belongs to the New York Rangers with an average of 24.8 years pier man. The age average goes up somewhat after you leave. Toronto, Detroit and New York.Chicago are the oldsters with a 26.8 average but Montreal Canadiens with a 26.6 average and Boston with a 26.4 average are close behind.There are 19 players in the NHL who are 30 or over. Six members of the Bruins are in this group. Montreal and Chicago each have four players in the over 130 class. Detroit and New York each have two, while Toronto has the least number with Harry Watson at 30 being the sole Leaf in the greybeard circle.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01283/1521573-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="288" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Lach</figcaption></div>Woody Dumart of Boston is the oldest player in the National League at 3 6. Elmer Lach of Canadiens and Milt Schmidt of Boston are next at 35. Lach is two months older than Schmidt.While Chicago has the oldest team average and four members over 30, they also have the youngest player in the League on their roster. He is Murray Costello, rookie forward, who won&rsquo;t be 20 until February 24, 1954. The second youngest player in the loop belongs to Boston. Doug Mohns, Bruins&rsquo; promising left winger, will turn 20 on December 13, 1953.Forty-five players in the National Hockey League are under the age of 25, while 60 players are included in the group of 25 years or more.The average age of a National Hockey League player in 1953-54 Is 25.6 years. Two years ago the average was 26.1. Three years ago It was 25.8 and five years ago It was 25.4 years.Incidentally, there Is a former member of the Chicago Black Hawks oh every team in the National Hockey League. There exHawks are on the Detroit roster. They are Bob Goldham, Metro Prystai and Vic Stasiuk. Toronto has Harry Lumley, New York has Max Bentley, Montreal has Bert Olmstead, while Boston has former Chicagoans Cal Gardner and Jim Henry. &#9632;

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Leafs Youngest Hawks Ancient In Age Averages

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON(The Toronto Telegram)</div><h2>Assistant GM Hap Day Helps With Defense</h2>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Conn Smythe, the Chief Leaf, wasn&rsquo;t spoofing when he hazarded: &ldquo;No club in hockey history has had as much coaching as this gang.&rdquo;He referred, of course, to the current edition Toronto Maple Leafs, the only club in hockey to possess two (count &lsquo;em 2) coaches. And both working on the same players at the same time.King Clancy is, of course, the recognized mentor, but Assistant General Manager Hap Day has moved back to the players&rsquo; pews to assist him. In practise, Clancy will often coach the offense and Day will lecture to defend against Clancy&rsquo;s offence. &lsquo;Tis a mighty battle of wits, but occasionally the pair get together to coach the same principals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02251/1521618-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="547" height="549"><figcaption class="caption-body">SteadyLEO BOIVIN</figcaption></div>Most of the time, however, it is a contest. And since Hap and King were buddies and verbal sparring partners in their playing days with Leafs, the coaching competition becomes extremely keen. One slip by either chap and the other will plunge Into his hide a needle so that he cannot forget the error.<h3>System Has Merit</h3>It sounds like a confusing kibitz, but the system has merit because it combines perfection and desire at the Leaf helm. Day, the perfectionist, has an unchallenged record as coach of five Stanley Cup Champions, the Leafs of 1941-42, 1944-45, 1946-47,1947-48 and 1948-49. When he was unravelling that string, Including three in a row, Boston coach Lynn Patrick called him the coach of the &ldquo;Clutch and Grab&rdquo; system, always admitting it was a tough one to beat. Already this season Patrick has noted the similarity between the Cup winning Leafs of Day&rsquo;s day and the. current crowd. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s back to grab and clutch,&rdquo; said Lynn after his Bruins met Leafs for the first time this semester.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03191/1521611-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="568" height="738"><figcaption class="caption-body">HeadyERIC NESTERENKO</figcaption></div>Clancy, on the other hand, is the colorful, superstitious and popular type of Irishman who can make almost any athlete play over his head just because he&rsquo;s doing it for Clancy.Together they brought the Leafs through the first two weeks of the NHL schedule with a surprising record of three wins, one tie and one defeat. Surprising because even Managing Director Smythe had relegated the club to fifth place.Detroit, which Smythe rates &ldquo;The greatest hockey club in the world&hellip; with the greatest forwards (Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe) and the greatest defenseman (Red Kelly) and the greatest rookie (Earl Reibel)&rdquo; Is the only team which so far has mastered Toronto. They did it 4-0 the night Davey Gatherum broke into the big leagues with a shutout while pinch-hitting for an injured Terry Sawchuk.<h3>Beat Hawks Twice</h3>Leafs on the other hand have beaten Chicago twice, 6-2 and 2-1, doused Boston 4-1 and tied New York 1-1 (Toronto scored a second goal in that game which was mistakenly, as movies later proved, disallowed because Bob Solinger was in the crease.) This is a very healthy start against the three clubs they must beat to make the playoffs.The opening surge can be credited chiefly to the youngsters, Bophomores like Ron Stewart, a penalty killing wizard, Tim Horton and Leo Boivin, both ready and heady on defense, and to the surprising play of the third line.Made up of a sophomore and two other forwards who are making their third crack at sticking in the big leagues, the third line is the Hungry Line and has shown It.<h2>Both Working With Players At Same Time</h2>Eric Nesterenko, after a dismal showing at training camp, has made the most spectacular plays of the campaign from the right wing of this unit. His greatest was the classic effort in Chicago where he deked Jim McFadden, Jim Peters, Gus Mortson and goalie Al Rollins in succession to complete a fantastic scoring rush from his own blue line.At centre, Rudy Migay has made up for his mediocre skating ability with exhausting pestiferous checking. &ldquo;When you&rsquo;ve got a centre who can forecheck like Rudy, it makes it a lot easier for the wings,&rdquo; is the way Nesterenko salutes his pivot.<h3>An Artist</h3>The third member of the line, Bob Solinger, has been an artist at both checking and puck carrying since the season started, and has already made his perfected elapshot respected throughout the league.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04149/1521604-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="538" height="543"><figcaption class="caption-body">ReadyTIM HORTON</figcaption></div>Tod Sloan has been another of the most consistent Leafs, and with his wings, Harry Watson and George Armstrong, Improves in each game. The early disappointment was captain Ted Kennedy, who contributed almost nothing in the first three games, then picked up in the third period of the fourth game and once again looked like the Great Teeder in Leafs fifth contest, against Chicago.The captain, however, still condemns himself. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m only 65 per cent efficient,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;m getting too old.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Leafs Using Two Platoon System For Coaching Practice Sessions

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;There may have been players more excited for their first NHL game than Davey Gatherum was &mdash; although it&rsquo;s doubtful.But there never was one sleepier than Davey when he hit the big-time.Gatherum had to make a hectic cross-country dash to get into the Red Wing nets after Terry Sawchuk was injured and it meant a sleepless night of travel.The story, of course, had a happy ending since the baby-faced 21-year-old native of Fort William, Ont., shut out the Toronto Maple Leafs in his debut. And he stayed on for two more games in his emergency stint, allowing a total of three goals in the three games.But a part of the Detroit farm system was kept hopping the night of Oct. 10 and the morning of Oct. 11 to plant Davey in the Detroit goal.It all happened in this sequence:Sawchuk was hurt in the Montreal Forum about 9:55 p.m. (It was a three - stitch wound on his knee cap, suffered in a coll i s ion with Rocket Richard).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05105/1521649-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="267" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Brown</figcaption></div>Jake Forbes, coach of Detroit&rsquo;s farm club at Sherbrooke in the Quebec League, was on hand as a spectator. Detroit Coach Tommy Ivan asked Forbes if he could reach Gatherum and get him on a Detroit bound plane.Gatherum was at Sherbrooke, more than 100 miles away. Furthermore. he and his wife had retired without knowledge of Saw chuk&rsquo;s injury, and they have no telephone in their apartment.So Forbes phoned Tod Campeau, another Sherbrooke player, and Campeau enlisted teammate Moe Irving to assist in the search. Shortly after midnight Campeau and Irving routed Gatherum out of bed and after taking 15 minutes to convince him it wasn&rsquo;t a joke, they got Davey started.The Sherbrooke trainer rushed to the rink to open the dressing room so Gatherum could get his equipment. Then he waited until 2:15 a.m. until Forbes and Kenny Brown, the Wings&rsquo; scout in Quebec, arrived from Montreal by auto.Brown and Gatherum took off in Gatherum&rsquo;s car for Dorval Airport at Montreal, arriving at 5:15 a.m.. Davey caught a 6 a.m. flight and arrived at a Detroit hotel shortly after noon.So far he&rsquo;d had less than 30 minutes sleep, and by that time the jitters had hit him so hard that there was no sleep that afternoon.&ldquo;I just got shakier and shakier in &lsquo;my stomach, and I was so nervous that there was no use even thinking about sleep,&rdquo; Davey recalls.&ldquo;Lucky for me the jitters always go away after I handle my first shot. But they came back this time in the last period. I never had had a shutout in pro hockey, and I started thinking about what a thrill it would be to get one in my first NHL game &mdash; and against Toronto.&rdquo;The Wings gave a terrific defensive showing in front of Gatherum, but he still had to make 2 2 saves and the toughest one of all, by Ted Kennedy, came late in the final period. Detroit won, 4 to 0.In the second game Gatherum had another shutout going until the final period, but Chicago&rsquo;s Doc Couture and Bill Gadsby hit at: 21 and :56 of that stanza and the Wings got a 2-2 tie.Another shutout really looked on its way in Gatherum&rsquo;s thiid and last game, also against the Hawks. He was protecting a 2-0 lead in the final minute, but Pete Conacher nicked him at 19:56 to spoil it &#9632;

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Hectic Hunt Found Gatherum Deep in Slumber

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Montreal Canadiens won three games during the week to climb into undisputed possession of first place in the National Hockey League standings. The Habs have 14 points, two more than Detroit Red Wings. Bosto&rsquo;n Bruins are in third slot with eight points in seven games. Toronto Maple Leafs also have eight points but the Leafs have played one more game than Boston. New York Rangers are fifth with five points, followed by the cellar-dwelling Chicago Black Hawks who have yet to win their first game of the season. The Hawks have a single point.Detroit&rsquo;s sensational rookie center, Earl (Dutch) Reibel is still the top point-collector He jeads the pack with four goals and nine assists for 13 points. Gordie Howe is second with 11. The big Detroit winger has four goals and seven assists. Bernie Geoffrion of Canadiens follows with four goals and six assists and Detroit&rsquo;s Ted Lindsay is next with two goals and eight assists. Bert Olmstead, Canadiens, and Ed Sandford, Boston, are tied with eight points apiece.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0674/1521680-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="596" height="583"><figcaption class="caption-body">Top SniperMAURICE RICHARD</figcaption></div>Maurice Richard of Canadiens leads in goals with six, while Earl Reibel has the most assists with nine.Terry Sawchuk racked up his second shutout of the season on October 25 as Detroit (blanked Toronto, 2-0. The 1953 Vezina Trophy Iwinner has played lifsix of the Red Wings&rsquo; nine games and the Wings have had 10 goals scored against them for the best defensive record in (the NHL. Gerry McNeil of Canadiens also has two shutouts. He registered his second &ldquo;gooseegg&rdquo; on October 24 against Detroit.The most penalized teams is Canadiens with 97 minutes, while the most penalized players are Maurice Richard, Canadiens and Leo Boivin of Toronto, each With 18 minutes. &#9632;

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Habs Hold Edge Over Red Wings

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;There&rsquo;s some strange sort of hockey talk going on this season, enough to make a player quiver with suspicion.It sounds like Maple Leaf strategy is to smother the Red Wings with sweetness&mdash;if you can imagine such a thing.Conn Smythe, managing director of the Leafs, was the latest to get Into the act. An inveterate Detroit-hater, he has Issued numerous acid-tongued comments during their rink warfare these past 25 years.(And the feeling and comments have been mutually returned, of course.)But Smythe dripped with syrup after watching Detroit tag a 4-0 shutout on Montreal recently.&rsquo;I&rsquo;ve just seen the best hockey team in the world,&rdquo; the crusty war-scarred Leaf boss began.&ldquo;In Red Kelly they have the best defenseman in the world. In Gord Howe and Ted Lindsay they have the two best men at those positions. In Earl Reibel they have the best rookie by a city block. Their goalie, Terry Sawchuk, is at his best. Bob Goldham is playing terrific defense.&ldquo;This is the best team Detroit has had in years. I don&rsquo;t know how anyone can stop them.&rdquo;And those wondrous words were only following the party line established the week before after Detroit had beaten Toronto, 4 to 0.At that time Coach King Clancy called Detroit &ldquo;just too good for us.&rdquo; And Hap Day, assistant to Smythe, added, &ldquo;They&rsquo;re too powerful &mdash; they really work all the time both ways.&rdquo;Now nowhere in hockey is there a man prouder of his team than General Manager Jack Adams. But do you think such praise caused him to beam with pleasure?Not this time. Not when it came from Toronto.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what Smythe is building up to, but you can bet he&rsquo;s got something up his sleeve,&rdquo; growled Adams, scowling darkly.&ldquo;Whatever it is, he isn&rsquo;t fooling us. We&rsquo;ve been conned by real experts before.&rdquo;Possibly it all goes back to training camp when Adams made a straight-faced analysis of the coming NHL season and called &ldquo;Montreal and Toronto are the teams to beat, and we must fight it out for third.&rdquo;At any rate this &ldquo;peace offensive&rdquo; sounds strange.Maybe things will be back to normal again in a month or so. Detroit and Toronto officials once again will berate and belittle each other. And the loser again will blast about (1) the officiating, (2) luck, or (3) dirty rival tactics.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01316/1521718-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="454" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cross Sticks EarlyCONN SMYTHE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02257/1521711-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="487" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK ADAMS</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Adams Refuses To Be Smothered By Sweet-Talking Conn Smythe

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass,&mdash;When Hal Laycoe injured his knee in a conditioning drill at Hershey a week before the Bruins opened their. National league season, he touched off one of the most spirited competitions ever seen here.The competition is based on a simple mathematical fact, that six defensemen cannot occupy five positions.When the Bruins started their pre-season training, their defense setup was all laid out, neatly and precisely.The regulars would be Bill Quackenbush and Laycoe, both veterans, and Bob Armstrong and Warren Godfrey, the heavyweight rookies of a year ago.Another rookie, 20-year old Frank Martin, seemed destined to be the fifth, or spare, defenseman.Then Laycoe was hurt, and the Bruins acquired Ray Gariepy from the Hershey Bears to keep their defense strength up to five until Laycoe&rsquo;s return.Since Gariepy&rsquo;s arrival speculation has been raging, as to which defenseman will be moved out when Laycoe moves back. At this point the identity of the loser is anyone&rsquo;s guess.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03194/1521773-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="607" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ignited SparkHAL LAYCOE</figcaption></div>Coach Lynn Patrick has compensated for Laycoe&rsquo;s absence by pairing Armstrong and Godfrey together and alternating Gariepy and Martin with Quackenbush. But if he had to choose today between the four youngsters, he&rsquo;d probably be stumped.Armstrong and Godfrey have displayed the beneficial effects of a year&rsquo;s experience, and the stimulus of having Gariepy and Martin breathing down their necks.The 25-year old Gariepy and his younger rookie counterpart have been playing with the dash of men bidding for jobs, which they are.And Patrick, willing to let time settle his eventual cutting down problem, is sitting back and watching the checks be handed out.&ldquo;This is great,&rdquo; grinned the big coach. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing like competition to bring out the best in players. These fellows know that they can have their jobs if they can win them, and I&rsquo;m enjoying watching them try to do that.&rdquo;Both Gariepy and Martin have spotted Armstrong and Godfrey considerable major league experience, although Gariepy is the senior member of the foursome in point of professional experience.Rockabye Ray, whose natural defense game is hitting, has been making his strongest bid with his body-checking, and the 195-pound Martin has come pretty close to keeping pace with him.Armstrong and Godfrey, not to be outdone as musclemen, have flung their own considerable weights around more confidently than they did a year ago.Since Laycoe has had to start from scratch In his reconditioning program, Patrick hasn&rsquo;t had to hurry In making up his mind on the final makeup of his defense corps, and in the meantime his Bruins have been overhauling the rest of the field in the matter of conditioning.&ldquo;I suspect that we were behind the others from the start,&rdquo; observed Patrick. &ldquo;We started practice after the others and played lewer exhibition games. When we first met Montreal, for example, we had played only four exhibition games whereas the Canadiens had played a longer exhibition schedule, an All-Star game and two league games.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been catching up on them, however,&rdquo; he added, &ldquo;and as long as we keep hustling I won&rsquo;t worry much about our condition.&rdquo;The first visit of the New York Rangers was a night of note for two Bruins, Real Chevrefils and Armstrong. Chevrefils scored his first goal of the season against the Rangers, and it was also the first for the 20-year old left wing since February 21st of last season. Armstrong potted his first regular-season goal in 61 games in the same game. &#9632;

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Laycoe’s Early Injury Touches Off Spirited Battle For Position

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Two years ago the Boston Bruins bought Sugar Jim Henry from the Detroit Red Wings for 0the monetary equivalent of peanuts, and Suner Jim has since given them their best goal-tending in more than a decade.A year ago they purchased Joe Klukay from the Toronto Maple Leafs, land what I they paid for &lsquo;the classy Soo Ghost amounts to little more than pop corn.Now the Bruins have another off-season acquisition who may be the Henry or Klukay of this season in 29-year old Cal Gardner.They bought the Manitoba redhead from the Chicago Black Hawks last summer for a sum which can be classified either way, as peanuts or pop corn.Just why the Black Hawks, not exactly overloaded with forward talent, were willing to part with the versatile Gardner so cheaply is somewhat of a mystery, but one in which neither Art Ross nor Lynn Patrick is especially interested.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04147/1521818-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="282" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Henry</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why Chicago ivas willing to sell him,&rdquo; said Ross, the Bruins&rsquo; general manager who engineered the Henry and Klukay buys. &ldquo;All I know Is that when I learned he was for sale, I bought him.&rdquo;&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know, either,&rdquo; said Patrick, &ldquo;but I do know I&rsquo;m mighty glad to get him. I&rsquo;ve known Cal for a long time, ever since he first came dawn here to play with the old New York Rovers of the Eastern league.&ldquo;After he left New York I watched him with Toronto and Chicago, and there were many nights when I wished he were on my team instead of against us. I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;ll do a good job for us.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05103/1521811-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="538" height="847"><figcaption class="caption-body">Playing OffCAL GARDNER</figcaption></div>Gardner has gotten around during his nine years in the National league, playing with the Rangers, Maple Leafs and Black Hawks before coming here, and Patrick has kept him moving with the Bruins.Always a center, the muscular veteran was shifted to left wing in training camp and started the season at that position on a line with Capt. Milt Schmidt and Klukay.But in the Bruins&rsquo; third game Fleming Mackell damaged a shoulder, and Gardner went back to centering, displaying the versatility on which Patrick tabbed him for general labor when he was acquired.&ldquo;He can play wing or center and do a good job of killing penalties,&rdquo; Lynn pointed out. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to be a handy man to have around, I&rsquo;m sure.&rdquo;Oddly enough, although he is playing in Boston Garden as a member of the Bruins for the first time, Gardner has always considered it his lucky rink. His biggest games have been prayed here.&ldquo;When I was with the Rovers I had a four-goal game here once,&rdquo; he recalled, &ldquo;and twice I made three goals here, once with the Rangers, another time with the Maple Leafs.&ldquo;Years ago I used to think that I did well here because the rink was so much like the one in New York, where I was used to playing, but I&rsquo;ve changed my mind since. Now I look upon it as my lucky rink, and it&rsquo;ll be my lucky rink as a Bruin.&rdquo;Bostonians have always considered the soft-spoken Gardner a rugged character, and only last winter they were blaming him for issuing the check to Hal Laycoe that put the bespectacled defenseman out of commission for 17 games &mdash; and the Bruins out of championship contention.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0679/1521804-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="290" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Klukay</figcaption></div>They also recall the memorable night several years ago when Gardner scored two goals here for Toronto with his chin a mass of stitches, the result of a 17-sttich cut received the night before in Toronto. &#9632;

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PATRICK HAPPY OVER PURCHASE OF GARDNER

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Arthur H. Ross may be 67 years old, but the veteran general manager of the Bruins still packs a wallop.Lynn Patrick, the Bruins&rsquo; 220-pound coach who is 26 years Ross&rsquo; junior, found that out the other day.Ross and Patrick were illustrating a discussion of bodychecking in the Bruins&rsquo; office, with Uncle Arthur as the defensive player and Lynn as the puck-carrier.&ldquo;Now the way to hit a man is this way,&rdquo; explained Ross, and with a flip of his hip he spilled the startled Patrick into a nearby sofa.Amidst the roars of laughter, led by Patrick, an onlooker observed, &ldquo;The Ray Gariepy (body-checking Bruins&rsquo; defenseman) influence is even spreading to the front office.&rdquo; &#9632;

Ross Body-Checks Patrick “A-La Ray Gariepy”

<h2>Second Shutout</h2>Gerry McNeill, the diminutive goaler of the Montreal Canadienn, racked up his second shutout of the young season when he blanked the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 in Montreal, lie had ten goose eggs last season.<h2>Broken Collarbone</h2>Dong Diesel&rsquo; Mohns, of the Boston Bruins suffered a broken collarbone against the Chicago Black Hawks, tie is the second player to come up with the same ailment this season. Dickie Moore of Canadiens is also out with the same injury.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>Standings Monday A.M. October 26)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01301/1521940-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="594" height="186"></div>GAMES LAST WEEKWed. Oct. 21st&mdash;etroitl at Toronto 1Thurs. Oct. 22nd&mdash;Canadiens 3 at Chicaga 2Thurs. Oct. 22nd&mdash;Boston 3 at Rangers 4Sat. Oct. 24th&mdash;Detroit 0 at Canadiens 1Sat. Oct. 24th&mdash;Boston 3 at Toronto 2Sun. Oct. 25th&mdash;Canadiens 2 at Rangers 1Sun. Oct. 25th&mdash;Toronto 0 at Detroit 2Sun. Oct. 25th&mdash;Boston 4 at Chicago 3GAMES THIS WEEKSat. Oct. 31st&mdash;Canadiens at ChicagoSat. Oct. 31st&mdash;Rangers at TorontoSat. Oct. 31st&mdash;Boston at DetroitSun. Nov. 1st&mdash;Canadiens at DetroitSun. Nov. 1st&mdash;Toronto at RangersSun. Nov. 1st&mdash;Boston at Chicago<h3>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21</h3>Detroit 1 at Toronto 1TORONTO &mdash; Eric Nesterenko&rsquo;s third goal of the season, midway through the final period provided the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 1-1 deadlock with the league-leading Detroit Red Wings.Rookie Bill Dineen, who learned his hockey around Toronto, scored the Wings&rsquo; goal In the first period on passes from Gordie Howe and Earl (Dutch) Reibel.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Woit. Arbour; forwards, Reibel, Howe, Lindsay, flkov, Prystai, Pavelich, Delvecchio, Wilson. Leswick, Dineen. Stasiuk.Toronto: Goal, Lumley; defence, Thornton, Horton, Flaman, Boivin. Morrison; forwards, Kennedy, Bailey, Smith, Sloan, Armstrong, Watson, Migay, Nesterenko, Bolinger, Stewart, Hassard.Referee: Bill Chadwick; linesmen, George Hayes and Jim Primeau.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02280/1521933-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="604" height="404"></div><h3>THURSDAY, OCT. 22</h3>Canadiens 3 at Chicago 2CHICAGO &mdash; A crowd of less than 6,000 watched the Montreal Canadiens pull Into a first place tie with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League with a 3-2 victory on a goal late in the third period by veteran Ken Mosdell.Jean Beliveau, Montreal&rsquo;s highly-touted rookie, was injured midway through the final period and was helped from the ice.Montreal: Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, St. Laurent, Harvey, MacPherson; forwards, Richard, Lach Mazur, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Curry, MacKay, Olmstead, MosdeD, Meger, Davies.Chicago: Goal, Rollins; defence, Fogolin, Gadsby, Dewsbury. Zeidel, Mortson; forwards. Couture, Peters, McFadden, Mosienko, Conacher, Lynn, Wilson, Gee, Jankowski, Costello, Wharram.Referee, Bill Chadwick; linesmen, George Hayes and Harold March.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03233/1521926-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="599" height="438"></div>Boston 3 at New York 4NEW YORK &mdash; A goal by Wally Her gesheimer, Rangers&rsquo; top goal producer last year gave the New Yorkers a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins.Rookie Ike Hildebrand sent the Rangers off to a 1-0 lead with his third goal of the season and before the first period was over, Nick Mickoski and Paul Ronty had boosted the margin to 3-0. Bruins came back with a pair in the middle canto and each club scored once in the final frame.Boston: Goal, J. Henry; defence. Quackenbush, Garlepy, Armstrong, Godfrey. Martin; forwards, Schmidt, Mohns, Klukay, Sanford, Mackell, Gardner, Chevrefils, Dumart, Labine, Creighton, Peirson.New York: Goal, Bower; defence, Howell, Stanley, Buller, Reise, Chrystal; forwards, Ronty, Hergesheimer, Murphy, Raleigh, Bentley^ Mickoski, Guidolin, Hildebrand, Dea, Kullman, C. Henry.Referee, Red Storey; linesmen, Doug Davies, Sammy Babcock.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04192/1521919-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="602" height="572"></div><h3>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25</h3>Detroit 0 at Montreal 1MONTREAL&mdash;A crowd of close to 15,000 fans watched Big Eddie (Spider) Mazur score the only goal of the game as the Canadiens handed the Detroit Red Wings a 1-0 loss as Gerry McNneil racked up his second shutout of the young season.Detroit:Goal: Sawchuk; defence:Gold-hen, Kelly. Pronovost, Woit, Arbour; forwards: Prystai; Pavelloh, Skov, Delvecchio, Wilson, Stasiuk, Dineen.Montreal:Goal: McNeil; defence:Harvey, St. Laurent. Bouchard, Johnson, MacPherson; forwards: Mosdell, Davis, MacKay, Lach, Richard, Olmstead, Masnick, Meger, Mazur, Curry.Referee: Red Storey; linesmen: Sam Babcock, and M. Primeau.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06121/1521912-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="595" height="292"></div><h3>SATURDAY OCTOBER 24</h3>Boston 3, at Toronto 2TORONTO&mdash;A goal by defenseman Frank Martin in the final period skittered a 2-2 deadlock and gave the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs before an audience over 15,000 fans.Bouton: Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Gariepy, R. Armstrong, Godfrey, Maretin; forwards, Schmidt. Mohns, Klukay, Sandford, MacKell, Gardner, Chevrefils, Dumart, Labine, Creighton, Peirson.Toronto: Goal, Lumley: defence; Thomson. Horton, Flaman, Boivin, Morrison: forwards, Sloan, Watson, Amrstrong. Kennedy, Bailey, Smith, Migay, Stewart, Nesterenko, Hassard, Solinger.Referee: Frank Vdvarl; linesmen, Doug Young and Red Dunn.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01315/1521905-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="610" height="423"></div><h3>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1953</h3>Boston 4 at Chicago 3CHICAGO&mdash;Joe Klukay whipped the puck past Chicago Black Hawk net-minder Al Rollins twice to spark a spirited Bruins drive that resulted in a 4-3 Cictory over the Hawks.Bill Mosienko, Hawk veteran, also netd a pair in a losing cause.Boston&mdash;Goal, Henry; defense: Quackenbush, Gariepy Armstrong, Godfrey, Martin; forwards: Klukay, Schmidt, Creighton. Sandford, Mackell, Gardner, Chevrefils, Dumart, Labine, Mohns, Peireon.Chicago&mdash;Goal. Rollins; defense: MortBon, Gadsby, Dewsbury, Zeidel, Fogloin, forwards: Mosienko, Wilson, Gee, Peters, Conacher, Lynn, Couture, McFadden, Jankowski, Costello, Wharram.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02257/1521898-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="610" height="446"></div>oronto O, at Detroit 2DETROIT&mdash;Vic Stasiuk and Gordie Howe combined to blank the striving Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0.Both Wing goals were notched in the first period, after which the Detroiters lapsed into a defensive game, foiling all attempts by the invaders to get past goalie Terry Sawchuk.Toronto&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense Thomson, Horton, Flaman, Boivin, Morsison; forwards: Kennedy. Smith, Bailey. Watson, Armstrong. Stewart, Nesterenko, Solinger, Hassard, Sloan, Migay.Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Woit; forwards; Skov, Pacelich, Dineen, Lindsay, Leswick, Howe, Prystai, Reibel, Delvecchio, Wilson, Stasiuk.Referee&mdash;Red Storey; linesmen: Bill Morrison, Doug Young.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03217/1521891-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="612" height="359"></div>Montreal 2 at New York 1NEW YORK&mdash;Bert Olmstead, who had Carried the Montreal Canadiens all weekend scored the tie-breakin goal as the Habs edged past the New York Rangers to the head of the NHL ladder, 2-1.Rocket Richard and Tom Johnson earned assists on the Canadien goals, Johnson entering the scoring column himself early in the second frame to take a lead on the Blueshirts. Don Raleigh evened the count before the period had ended, and only Olmstead&rsquo;s marker saved the game from remaining a tie.Montreal&mdash;Goal, McNeil; defense: Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, St-Laurent, MacPherson; forwards, Lach, Richard, Mazur, Geoffrion, Curry, Mackey, Olmstead, Mosdell, Meger, Davis, Masnick.New York &mdash; Goal, Bower; defense: Howell, Stanley, Buller, Reise; forwards, Chrvstal, Guidolin, Kullman, Raleigh, Ronty, Bentley, Mickoskl, Hildebrand, Murphy, Dea, Henry.Referee. Frank Wivari; linesmen, Dom Baolto, and Sammy Babcock.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04167/1521884-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="604" height="386"></div><h3>THE POINT PARADE</h3>(Including Games Sunday Oct. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05145/1521877-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="594" height="1619"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07111/1521870-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="580" height="1242"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08102/1521863-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="584" height="607"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0999/1521856-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="598" height="305"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1087/1521849-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="482" height="199"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05135/1522002-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sawchuk Repels Leafs SophomoreNESTY NIXED &mdash; Eric Nesterenko, sophomore sensation, is seen above being repulsed by Detroit&rsquo;s Terry Shawchuk, while Bob Goldham and Marty Pavelich of the Red Wings look on from the background.</figcaption></div>Jimmy Peters of Chicago and Cal Gardner of Boston are currently performing for their fourth National Hockey league team.Before joining the Black Hawks Peters played with Canadiens, Boston and Detroit. The redheaded Gardner has center-iced it for Rangers, Toronto and Chicago prior to his arrival as a Bruin.Vic Lynn of Chicago is in a class by himself, of course, as at one time or another he has played for every team in the NHL.He failed to play a complete season with either Rangers, Detroit or Canadiens but still got into action for all three teams. &#9632;

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<h2>October</h2>12&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs14&mdash;Brandon at Barons16&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens17&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon19&mdash;Monarchs at Barons22&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens24&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens24&mdash;Barons at Brandon26&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens27&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs30&mdash;Barons at Monarchs31&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon<h2>November</h2>2&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens4&mdash;Brandon at Barons6&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons7&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon9&mdash;Barons at Monarchs10&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens13&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs14&mdash;Barons at Brandon16&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons18&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs20&mdash;Monarchs at Barons21&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon23&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens25&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens26&mdash;Barons at Monarchs28&mdash;Barons at Brandon30&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons<h2>December</h2>2&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs5&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon7&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs9&mdash;Brandon at Barons11&mdash;Monarchs at Barons12&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon14&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens16&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs18&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens19&mdash;Barons at Brandon21&mdash;Monarchs at Barons22&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens26&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon, 8.3026&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons, 3 p.m.28&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs30&mdash;Brandon at Barons<h2>January</h2>1&mdash;Barons at Monarchs, 3 p.m.2&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon4&mdash;Barons at Monarchs6&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens8&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens9&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon11&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens13&mdash;Brandon at Barons15&mdash;Monarchs at Barons16&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon16&mdash;Barons at Monarchs18&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons20&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs22&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs25&mdash;Monarchs at Barons27&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens29&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens30&mdash;Barons at Brandon<h2>February</h2>1&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Can &mdash; adiens3&mdash;Brandon at Barons5&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens6&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon13&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon18&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs19&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons20&mdash;Barons at Brandon20&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs &#9632;

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<h2>Piling Up Points</h2>Former NY Ranger Glen Sonmor got off to n flying start October 20 at Cleveland, scoring three goals anil rating an assist on another. Another ex Ranger, Jack Stoddard, connected for two goals and two assists as the Barons beat Syracuse, 8-1.<h2>Stewart Steams A Head</h2>Gaye Stewart of Buffalo, with seven goals and six assists for 13 points, Is roaring: along at tile head of the AHI, scoring parade. Don Marshall, also of Buffalo, is second with five goals and six assists for eleven points.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>Standings as of Tuesday A.M. Oct. 27<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01314/1522155-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="601" height="189"></div><h3>TUESDAY OCT. 20</h3>Syracuse 1 at Cleveland 8CLEVELAND &mdash; Two ex&mdash;New York Rangers stole the show as the Cleveland Barons Inundated the Syracuse Warriors, 8&mdash;1. Glen Sonmor and Jack Stoddard scoring five goals between them.Sonmor scored the hat trick and assisted In another while Stoddard tallied twice and earned two assists. Jack Gordon and Fred Glover scored the other Baron goals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02273/1522148-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="607" height="746"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21</h3>Cleveland 4 at Pittsburgh 6PITTSBURGH &mdash; Danny Lewlckl hooked up with teammate Olson to score four goals between them as Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Cleveland Barons, 6&mdash;4.Lewlckl and Olson each bagged a pair ef goals, with Olson also rating an assist. Maloney and Balfour got the ether Pittsburgh tallies.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03214/1522141-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="590" height="620"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04166/1522134-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="597" height="158"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05135/1522127-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="1759" height="1293"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jake The Snake Has A Save To MakeGALIE JACQUES PLANTE of the Buffalo Bissons does a juggling act with the puck after a shot by Paul Gladu (no. 7) of Providence Reds. Harry Taylor is at Gladu&rsquo;s right while an unidentified Bison player rides Gladu off the cage. Player&mdash;coach Frankie Eddolls is at extreme right.</figcaption></div>Buffalo 7 nt Providence 2PROVIDENCE &mdash; Danny Marshall took over the hero&rsquo;s mantle as Buffalo Bisons trounced Providence Reds on their own ice, 7&mdash;2.Marshall pounded home two tallies along with team&mdash;mate Steve Wochy, while Marshall also rated a helping. Ed Slowinskl plckep up three assists on the night&rsquo;s work.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06121/1522120-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="593" height="643"></div>Hershey 9 at Syracuse 4SYRACUSE &mdash; Hershey sharpshooters unlimbered their big&mdash;bore artillery to blast Syracuse Warriors to the tune of 9&mdash;4 as Harry Pidhlrny and O&rsquo;Brien belted home two goals apiece to lead the scorers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07105/1522113-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="594" height="674"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08100/1522106-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="602" height="235"></div><h3>SATURDAY OCT. 24</h3>Providence 1 at Cleveland 5PROVIDENCE &mdash; Cleveland Barons tightened their hold of the top of the AHL ladder by trouncing the visiting Providence Reds, 6&mdash;1.Chuck Blair and Ray Ceresino were the scoring heroes, each netting two goals. Zelllo Toppazzlni saved the Reds from a shutout.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0994/1522099-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="599" height="536"></div>Pittsburgh 3 at Syracuse 5SYRACUSE&mdash;Pittsburgh Hornets rushed to an early lead on the strength of Parker MacDonald&rsquo;s hat&mdash;trick, but failed to stem a &ldquo;Warrior rally that saw the Syracuse crew smear their visitors, 5 &mdash; 3.Two of MacDonald&rsquo;s goals were scored within 22 seconds in the first period. His thir goal, at 4:44 of the second frame, kept the Hornets ahead, but the Warriors belted back with four goals by Charley, Pidhihny, Sumers and Burnett to wrap It up.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1080/1522092-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="602" height="591"></div>Buffalo 2 at Hershey 5HERSIIEY &mdash; George Sullivan and Jerry Toppazzini smashed home two tallies each as Hershey bounced the Buffalo Bisons, 5&mdash;2.The Buffaloes got their only two goals on a first period rally with Ed Slowinskl and Gaye Stewart counting. But the Bears had it tied up before the period ended, and went on to collect the duke with another in the second and two more in the final frame.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1163/1522085-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="600" height="199"></div>Penalties: Wochy 5.03, Sullivan 7:28, McIntyre 11:15, Wright 15:47, Teal 19:24.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1256/1522078-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="607" height="372"></div><h3>SUNDAY OCTOBER 26</h3>Hershey 2 at Buffalo 4BUFFALO &mdash; In a spirited rally sparked by Ken Hayden, who scored two goals, Buffalo Bisons roared from behind to clip Hershey Bears, 4&mdash;2.The Bears, off to a fast start, took an early lead, but never got another look&mdash;in until the final frame as the Bisons sprinkled rubber at a fancy clip. McIntyre and Corcoran paid off for the losers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1424/1522071-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="602" height="547"></div>Pittsburgh 3 at Providence 0PROVIDENCE &mdash; Gill Mayer rung up his first shutout of the season as the Pittsburgh Hornets blanker the Providence Reds, 3-0.Andy Barbe, MacDonald and Rtry Timgren pounded home tallies to assure Mayer of his zero job.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1513/1522064-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="601" height="436"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1341/1522057-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="591" height="568"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3>Most Goals&mdash;Stewart 7Most Assists&mdash;Stearns 8Penalties&mdash;Larry Cahan, Pitts. 22 mins.Goalie&mdash;Francis 7&mdash;17&mdash;0&mdash;2&mdash;.43Team Penalties&mdash;Providence 64 mlns.Most Assists&mdash;Stearns 8 &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01311/1522193-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">All the IngredientsED SLOWINSKI, DON MARSHALL and GAYE STEWART</figcaption></div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Coach Frank Eddolls was kibitzing with a reporter in the Buffalo dressing room when the question was asked what line he thought might set the American League ablaze this season.The perspiring mentor wiped his youthful face, and grinned.&ldquo;Why, our Shoot-Man-Shoot line should be as strong as any,&rdquo; he shot back. The perplexed scribe, laughed half-heartedly, then turned away.&ldquo;No kidding,&rdquo; Eddolls called, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m serious about Shoot Man Shoot.&ldquo;Shoot on left wing (Gaye) Stewart, the Man in the middle is (Don) Marshall, and the Shoot on right wing is (Ed) Slowinski.&rdquo;The relieved writer, pencil again poised over pad, settled on the bench next to Eddolls. He was interested in hearing more.&ldquo;The line, least on paper, has all the ingredients,&rdquo; Eddolls per osued. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s speed, size, scoring punch, a balance of experience and youth. What more could you ask for?&rdquo;The reporter just shook his head. He had no answer.<h2>Marshall a Standout</h2>&ldquo;Take young Marshall to start with. He was a real stickout as a junior with Montreal Canadiens for four years. Last year with Cincinnati in the International League, he did everything but win the goaltending award. He was AllStar centre, leading goal scorer, and Most Valuable player.&ldquo;Donnie, although he&rsquo;s only 21, can do some things with a puck that many a veteran In the NHL today only dreams about. He&rsquo;s an excellent feeder, and can pass to either wing with equal facility.&ldquo;As a forechecker, he&rsquo;s also very strong, breaking up plays in the other end a lot of times.&rdquo;Eddolls took a swig on his bottle of soft drink, then continued.&ldquo;Stewart on left wing is a real finisher. Let Marshall get that puck to him around that net, and watch out, goalie. Gaye once led the NHL in goals with 37 and went over 20 three of four other times. And only last season with Quebec Aces in the QHL playoffs he scored 16 goals in 2 2 games. He still has that scoring touch.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03194/1522186-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="1105" height="1527"><figcaption class="caption-body">Our Dressing Room?THAT&rsquo;S WHAT AL BACCARI, veteran Providence Red winger, seems to be saying as he points to the sign on the dressing room door despite the fact that pretty Nancy Parker of &ldquo;Hippodrome&rdquo; has taken over the room. Not too disturbed by the invasion are four Providence rookies, from top to bottom, Walter Pawlyshyn, Camille Bedard, Claude Roy and Jean Leclerc.</figcaption></div><h2>Raves For Slowinski</h2>The now, well wound up Eddolls didn&rsquo;t even pause before starting to rave about Slowinski.&ldquo;Big Ed and I were teammates with the Rangers a couple of years ago, and I know what the guy can do. He&rsquo;s usually a slow starter but grows stronger as the season progresses. But this year, he reported in such fine shape that I expect to make his presence felt right from the start.&ldquo;Ed can put that black disc in the net, too, and also will make anyone think twice before they get too rough while his line is on the ice. The big boy is plenty strong, and tough when aroused.&ldquo;Yes, if you&rsquo;re interested in knowing what line I think will make the AHL sit up and take notice this year, you can say watch out for Buffalo&rsquo;s ShootMan Shoot line&rsquo;. &#9632;

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Shoot—Man—Shoot Line Has Eddolls Tickled Pink

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;Coach Murray Henderson, of the Hershey Bears, has no plans to reunite Red Sullivan, Jack McIntyre and Norm Corcoran, the high scoring &ldquo;kid line&rdquo; of 1950-51 not for the present at least.It was suggested that he throw the former St. Catharines stars together as an offensive&rsquo;unit when McIntyre and Sullivan Were left with the Bears by the Boston Bruins, reuniting the trio for the first time since their sensational freshman season of three years ago.Playing In most of th Hershey club&rsquo;s games in 1950-51, the &ldquo;kid line&rdquo; amassed a total of 189 points, including 73 goals and 116 assists. Sullivan topped the threesome with 28 goals and 56 assists, followed by McIntyre with 28 goals and 36 assists and Corcoran, who scored 17 times and assisted on 24 other goals.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t say I won&rsquo;t put them together again some time before the season closes.&rdquo; Henderson said, &ldquo;but for the moment at least, I want to keep my veterans spread around with the rookies in order to give the newcomers proper balance.&rdquo;Also, Henderson is striving to keep from concentrating all of his offensive power in one line, hoping to develop at least two, three if possible, forward trios of equal goal getting potency.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02238/1522224-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="355" height="564"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Sullivan</figcaption></div>Sullivan and McIntyre are currently playing on the same line, with Dune Fisher, last year&rsquo;s top goal getter, holding down the third position.Corcoran is presently teamed with Obie O&rsquo;Brien and Skip Teal, the latter a recruit from the Barrie Flyers.The third Bear line is centered by rookie Don McKenney, flanked by Lome Ferguson and Arnie Kullman, a converted center.Sullivan, who paced American Hockey League individual scorers last season until he was airlifted to the Bruins to replace the injured Dave Creighton, Is off to another good start. In the first three games, five redhead lit the red lamp on three occasions. In addition, he collected an assist.The popular playmaker is tied with Lome Ferguson, last year&rsquo;s leading scorer, for total point honors. Fergie had a pair of goals and a like number of assists in the first three tilts.Andy Branigan, veteran defenseman, has again been named captain of the Bears, with Sullivan, O&rsquo;Brien and Kullman wearing alternate captaincies on their sweaters.Although Hershey dropped its first three games to Providence, Pittsburgh and Cleveland, coach Henderson&rsquo;s confidence in his ice men has not been shaken. &ldquo;We were guilty of some defensive lapses, which cost us two of the games, but on the other hand, we&rsquo;ve out fired the opposition in all three tilts,&rdquo; Henderson said. &#9632;

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Coach: Frank Eddolls &mdash; Trainer: Frank ChristieNo. 1 &mdash; Jacques Plante, goalNo. 2 &mdash; Frank Eddolls, defenceNo. 3 &mdash; Pete Wright, defenceNo. 4 &mdash; Pierre Pilote, defenceNo. 5 &mdash; Pete Babando, left wingNo. 6 &mdash; John McCormack, centreNo. 8 &mdash; Don Marshall, centreNo. 9 &mdash; Gaye Stewart, left wingNo. 10 &mdash; Steve Wochy, right wingNo. 11 &mdash; Ed Slowinski, right wingNo. 12&mdash;Doug Anderson, centreNo. 14 &mdash; Joe Lund, left wing, defenceNo. 15 &mdash; Harry Taylor, left wingNo. 16 &mdash; Ken Hayden, right wingNo. 17&mdash;Rollie Rousseau, defenceNo. 18 &mdash; Russ Kowalchuk, left wingNo. 19 &mdash; Stan Long, defence &#9632;

BUFFALO BISON ROSTER

<h2>Sinbin Specialists</h2>Saskatoon is the most penalized club in the league having spent 83 minutes In the cooler. Seattle have 33 minutes in 5 games for low. New Westminster has 35 minutes hut has played two more games than the Bombers.<h2>Capable Cowboy</h2>Steve Black of Calgary was &lsquo;Player of the Week&rsquo; scoring 3 goats and 3 assists for six points to take over first place in the scoring race with 16 points. He has 8 goals and 8 assists.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>(Standing on Monday A.M. Oct. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01316/1522356-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="607" height="207"></div>RESULTSMonday, Oct. 12th Calgary 7 at Victoria 3Tuesday, Oct. 13th New West. 1 at Saskatoon 2Wednesday, Oct. 14th New West. 3 at Edmonton 3Thursday, Oct. 15th New West. 3 at Calgary 7Friday, Oct. 16th Edmonton 3 at Victoria 4 Seattle 1 at Vancouver 2Saturday, Oct. 17th Victoria 2 at Seattle 7 Edmonton 4 at New West. 4 Calgary 8 at Saskatoon 2Sunday, Oct. 18th Edmonton 3 at Seattle 8<h3>MONDAY OCT. 12</h3>Calgary 7 at Victoria 3VICTORIA &mdash; Victoria Cougars, glaringly weak cn defense and with little to offer in the way of resistance to the smooth Calgary Stampeders, bowed 7&mdash;3.First Period &mdash; Victoria (Kilburn, Hebenton), 1.59; Calgary, Quickenbush (Trentini, Berry), 3.28; Victoria, Sinnett (Abbott), 12.02; Calgary, Ashworth (Scott, Witiuk), 14.40; Calgary, A. Michaluk, 16.28. Penalty: Roche, 3.23.Second Period &mdash; Calgary, Hucul (Kyle), 9.12; Calgary, Witiuk (Scott, Ashworth), 9.31; Victoria, Bettio (Abbott), 16.18; Calgary, Finney (Black), 19.17. Penalties: Reay 7.17, Witiuk 17.50, Sinnett 17.50.ThirdPeriod &mdash; Calgary, Ashworth (Scott), 13.53. Penalties: Witiuk 7.47, Hebenton 7.47, Sinnett 8.16, Kyle 15.05.<h3>TUESDAY OCT. 13</h3>New Westminster 1 at Saskatoon 2SASKATOON &mdash; Saskatoon Quakers nudged New Westminster Royals 2-1 before 3,000 fans with Alex Kaleta scoring the winner after John Bailey had tied it up for the Quakers.Linesman Hedley McDonald had to retire from the Saskatoon lineup in the first period after he was hit on the kneecap by a flying puck. Buck Crawford subbed for him.New Westminster &mdash; Goal: Dechene; defense: Bergeron, Bedard, Matthews, Durham; forwards: McNab, Fashoway, Paul, Brilliant, Love, Hamilton, Boyce, Fairburn, Dorohoy, Denny.Saskatoon &mdash; Goal: Rayner, defense: Heindi, Milford, Evans, Parker; forwards: Kobussen, McCullough, Senlck, Kaleta, McLeod, Manson, Kukulowicz, Howe, Bailey, Bentley.Referee: Scotty Morrison; linesmen: Hedley McDonald, Buck Crawfbrd.First period: 1 &mdash; New Westminster. McNab (Boyce) 10.39. Penalties: Durham 3.12. Senlck 18.25.Second period: 2 &mdash; Saskatoon, Bailey, 6.25; Saskatoon, Kaleta (Manson) 14.59. Penalties: Kukulowicz 5.57 and 19.56.Third period: No scoring. Penalties: Dorohoy 17.16. McLeod 17.16. Stops: Dechene, 9. 11, 8-28; Rayner, 5, 5, 7-17.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02274/1522349-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="1196" height="1901"><figcaption class="caption-body">Calgary Cage Cop TopsBILL BRENNAN&hellip; &hellip;He Keeps &rsquo;Em Out</figcaption></div><h3>WEDNESDAY OCT. 14</h3>New Westminster 3 at Edmonton 3EDMONTON&mdash; It took 128 minutes of hockey but Edmonton Flyers used it all to good advantage to hold New Westminster Royals to a 3-3 deadlock.After suffering through a 9-0 blanking by Calgary and a 4-0 whitewash job at the hands of Saskatoon In their first two home games, the Flyers finally hit pay&mdash;dirt.New Westminster&mdash;Goal: Dechene; defense: Durham, Bedard. Bergeron, Matthews; forwards: McNab, Dorohoy, Brilliant, Love, Fashoway, Homenuke, Paul. Fairburn, Thomson, Denny.Edmonton&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Folk, Coflin, Bucyk, Thibeault, forwards; TTniac, Sclisizzl, D. Polle, Johnson, Boone, Haley, Macdonald, Hannigan, O&rsquo;Grady, Hrymnak.Referee: Scotty Morrison, Montreal; linesman: Hank Wilson, Calgary.First period: 1, New Westminster, Fashoway (McNab) 1.25; 2, Edmonton, O&rsquo;Grady (Boone) 8.43. No penalties.Second period: 3. New Westminster, McNab (Fashoway, Paul) 9.13; 4, Edmonton, O&rsquo;Grady (Thibeault) 19.26. Penalties: Haley 1.58; Matthews, 10.20.Third period: 5, New Westminster, Thomson, 8.55; 6. Edmonton, Coflin (Sclisizzi) 13.06. Penalty: Folk 17.17.Stops: Dechene 10, 12, 13&mdash;35. Hall 8, &mdash;7. 12&mdash;27.<h3>THURSDAY OCT. 15</h3>New Westminster 3 at Calgary 7CALGARY &mdash; Calgary&rsquo;s rampaging cowboys pulled the trigger on New Westminster Royals to defeat them 7&mdash;3 as forward Steve Black scored two more goals Calgary goalie Bill Brennan proved to be Royal&rsquo;s undoing, blocking shot after shot to keep the Stampeder marksmen at bay.First period: Calgary, Pargeter (Barry, Trentini) 5.25; New Westminster, Fashoway (Durham, McNab) 9.42; New Westminster, Matthews (Fashoway, McNab) 10.27; Calgary, Black (A. Michaluk) 19.00; Calgary, Witiuk (Scott) 19.17. Penalty: Quackenbush.Second period: New Westminster, Denny 4.17; Calgary, Black (Hucul, Finney) 5.56. Penalties: Bedard, A. Michaluk.Third period: Calgary, Finney (Black) 6.34; Calgary, Scott (Finney) 14.405 Calgary, Trentini (Ashworth, Scott), 17.06. Penalties: Barry, Durham.<h3>FRIDAY OCT. 16</h3>Edmonton 3 at Victoria 4VICTORIA &mdash; Victoria&rsquo;s victorious had just enough steam to edge by the visiting Edmonton Flyers, 4&mdash;3.Manson, Abbott, Dorohoy and Bettio handled the Cougar scoring, yhlle O&rsquo;Grady, Haley and Boone pushed them in for the Flyers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03245/1522342-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="601" height="461"></div>Seattle 1 at Vancouver 2VANCOUVER &mdash; Vancouver Canucks eased by the Seattle Bombers, 2&mdash;1, to rack up the fourth game in which they have managed to win by a one&mdash;goal margin.Penalties played a heavy part in the game&rsquo;s statistics, all the scoring taking place in the first and second periods.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04217/1522335-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="601" height="332"></div><h3>SATURDAY OCT. 17</h3>Victoria 2 at Seattle 7SEATTLE &mdash; Seattle Bombers wasted little time in opening fire on Victoria Cougars, scoring two goals in the first period to establish an edge the Cougars never overcame, wining finally 7-2.Victoria-Goal: Almas; defense: Lavltt, Schneider, Lowe, Conn, Roche; forwards: Hebenton, Achtymichuk, Abbott, Kilburn, Dorohoy, Reay, Manson, Maxwell, Bettio.Seattle-Goal: Pelletier; defense: allsby, Lofvendahl, Davidson, Goegan; forwards: Nadeau, Bell, Fielder, MacAuley, Brown, Bradley, Wall, Marquess, Oliver.Referee: Lou Farelli. Linesman: Bill Knott.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08135/1522328-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="599" height="365"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01227/1522321-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="610" height="209"></div>Calgary 8 at Saskatoon 2SASKATOON &mdash; Calgary Stampeders pulled out all the stops to pound Saskatoon o-2 as Hucul and Lundy each netted two goals each to pace the winners.Calgary&mdash;Goal: Brennan; defense, Kyle A. Mlchaluk, Quackenbush, Coburn; forwards, Finney, Scott, Ashworth, Black, Witiuk, Lundy, Trentini, Hucul, Barry, Pargeter.Saskatoon&mdash;Goal: Rayner; defense, Heindi, Milford, Evans, Parker; forwards, Kaleta, McLeod, Manson, Kobusen, McCullough, Senick, Kukulowicz, Holdaway, Bailey, Bentley.Referee: Scotty Morrison. Linesman. Hedley McDonald.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02182/1522314-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="611" height="667"></div>EdmoiHon 4 at New Westminster 4NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; Love and Durham teamed up to keep New West-minster Royals in the hockey game as the Royals and Edmonton Flyers battled to a 4-4 tie.Love scored two goals and assisted in two others while Durham tallied one and rated two helpings. The Flyers plled up a four-goal lead in the second period, only to see it equalized by the Royals in the third.Edmonton &mdash; Goal, Hall; defense, Folk, Coflin, Zeniuk, Bucyk; forwards: Uniac, Bclisizzi, D. Polle, Johnson, Boone, Haley, McDonald, Anderson, Hannigan, O&rsquo;Grady.New Westminster&mdash;Goal, Duchesne; defense: Durham, Bergeron, Matthews, Bedard; forwards, McNab, Slater, Brilliant, Love, Hamilton, Fashoway, Boyce, Thornsen, Denny, O. Dorohoy.Referee: Ed Morreau. Linesman, Merrick Cranstoun.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03139/1522307-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="611" height="618"></div><h3>SUNDAY, OCT 18</h3>Seattle 8 at Emdonton 3EDMONTON &mdash; Despite the advantage of home ice the Edmonton Flyers were soundly whacked by Seattle Bombers, 8-3. Brown nipped in two goals to spark the winners, who took a lead In the first two periods that proved too high a barrier for the Flyers to vault.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04119/1522300-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="600" height="670"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>Inclading Games Sunday, Oct. 18<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05185/1522293-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="598" height="621"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06156/1522286-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="604" height="206"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3>Most Goals: Steve Black, Calgary, 8Most Assists: Steve Black, Calgary, 8 Frank Ashworth, Calgary, 8Most Game Winning Goals: Bill Wylie, Vancouver, 2 Steve Black, Calgary, 2 Andy Bathgate, Vancouver, 2Most first goal of game: Steve Black, Calgary, 2Hat Tricks: Steve Black, Calgary, 1 George Senick, Saskatoon, 1 Pat Lundy, Calgary, 1Shutouts: Bill Brennan, Calgary, 1 Chuck Rayner, Saskatoon, 1Penalties:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07144/1522279-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="571" height="159"></div> &#9632;

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GLENN HENRY HALL. Goal, 6&rsquo; tall, 160 lbs, left handed. Born I in Humboldt, Sask. October 3rd 1931. Turned pro with Indianapolis en 1951. Played junior hockey for the Windsor Spitfires. This will be his second year with Edmonton. Won All-Star selection in the OHA for the 1950-51 season and placed on the second allstar club In the WHL last season. Single.HIGH COFLIN. Defence, 6&rsquo; tall. 190 lbs, left hand shot. Born in Blaine Lake, Sask. Dec. 15th 1928. Turned pro in 1949 with Chicago. Played with Calgary in the Western Canada Senior League during the 1947-48 season and was elected on the All-Star team. Plays golf and is a good curler. Single. Started last season with Edmonton but received an ankle injury that kept him cut for the most of the season.WILLIAM &ldquo;BII.L&rdquo; FOLK. Defence. 6&rsquo; tall, 195 lbs, left hand shot. Born In Regina, Sask. July 11th 1927. Married and has one boy and one girl. Turned pro with Omaha in 1948. Played his junior hockey with, the Regina Abbotts. Played amateur hockey with the Boston Olympics. Played all his pro hockey with Omaha, Indianapolis and a few games with Detroit. Was with Edmonton last season.STEVE HRYMNAK. Defence. 5&rsquo;10&rdquo;, 170 lbs, left hand shot. Born in Port Arthur, Ontario March 3rd 1926. Married and has one son. Turned pro in 1947 with the New York Rangers. Played three seasons with New Haven and three with St. Louis where he s pent last season. Played part of the 1951-52 season with Chicago. This is his first year with the Flyers.LAWRENCE THIBEAULT. Defence, 6&rsquo; tall. 175 lbs, left hand shot. Born in Winnipeg, Man. August 28th 1932. Played with the Barrie Flyersfe junior champions of Canada last season. Turned pro with. Edmonton at the start of this season. Shows considerable promise. Single.WILLIAM ZENIUK. Defence, 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, 180 lbs, left hand shot. Born in Edmonton March 8th 1933. Played junior hockey for the Edmonton Oil Kings last season. Turned pro with the Flyers at the start of this season.WILLIAM BUCYK. Defence, 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, 175 lbs., right hand shot. Bern in Drumheller, Alberta Jan. 26th 1933. Played junior hockey for the Edmonton Oil Kings last season. Turned pro with the Flyers at the start of this season.JAMES UNIAC. Center or left wing, 5&rsquo;9&rdquo;, 170 lbs. Born In Stratford, Ontario Sept. 21st 1928. Turned pro with the Omaha Knights in 1948. Spent the next season in Indianapolis then back to Omaha for the 1950-51 season. With Edmonton since 1951 when the Flyers joined the pro league. Team Captain, married and has one boy, Terry and a daughter, Gail. Sells Sporting Goods during the off season.LEN HALEY. Right wing or centre. 5&rsquo;7&rdquo;, 160 lbs., right hand shot. Born In Edmonton, Alberta Sept. 15th 1931. Turned pro with Omaha in 1951. Played the 195152 season in Glace Bay where he scored 102 points. Played with Edmonton the past two seasons. Married and has one daughter. Played junior hockey for Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s.EARL &ldquo;CHING&rdquo; JOHNSON. Left wing. 6&rsquo;, 180 lbs, left hand shot. Born in Fort Francis, Ontario June 28th 1931. Turned pro with Edmonton In 1951 and this will be his third season with the Flyers. A high scoring winger with lots of hustle. Played his junior hockey with the Windsor Spitfires. Single.RAY HANNIGAN. Right wing, 5&rsquo;9&rdquo;, 165 lbs., right hand shot. Born in Schumaker, Ontario July 14th 1927. Turned pro with the Toronto Maple Leafs In 1949. Played three seasons with Pittsburgh. Played with Edmonton last season. Married and has two sons. Played junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboros. Runs an Ice Cream parlor In Edmonton during the summer season.DONALD POILE. Right wing. 15&rsquo;11&rdquo;, 170 lbs, left hand shot. Born In Fort William, Ont. June 1st 1932. Turned pro with the Flyers at the start of this season. Played junior hockey for the Fort William Hurricanes in 1951-52. Spent last season in the International League. Single and spends the off season driving a truck.FRANCIS O&rsquo;GRADY. Centre. 5&rsquo;10&rdquo; tall, 178 lbs, left hand shot. Born in Cobalt, Ontario August 10th 1929. Turned pro with Omaha in 1949. Played there two seasons and one with Indianapolis. Was with the Flyers last season. Single and makes his home in Sarnia, Ontario.ENIO SCLISIZZI. Left wing, 5&rsquo;10&rdquo;, 175 lbs, left hand shot. Born in Milton, Ontario August 1st 1925. Turned pro with Detroit in 1946 and has been with that club and Indianapolis until last season when he played 14 games with Chicago and finished the season in Calgary. Single. &#9632;

Thumbnail Sketches

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01316/1522411-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Capping&rsquo; a Long CareerGARTH BOESCH&hellip; &hellip;PLENTY OF KNOW HOW</figcaption></div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;Garth Boesch, a four&mdash;time Stanley cup winner with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has been signed as coach of the Regina Caps of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey league.He succeeds Bill Kyle, who took the club to the western Allan cup semi-finals last spring before losing to the Fort William Beavers. Kyle, a starry centreman and younger brother of Calgary defenceman Gus Kyle, will continue with the club as a player. He felt the combined roles of player and coach were too much for one man to handle.It will mark Boesch&rsquo;s first return to an active hockey role since he left the Toronto Maple Leafs three years ago. A Southern Saskatchewan farmer, Boesch has stayed away from the hockey front since leaving Toronto. In the summers he is a keen trapshooter and when winter rolls around, he likes to get out with the curlers.<h2>Probably Won&rsquo;t Play</h2>Some observers wondered whether Boesch would don the blades again with the Caps. However, it&rsquo;s doubtful. Even if he wanted to, he would still have to obtain a release from Conn Smythe of the Toronto organization.Boesch will have most of last year&rsquo;s championship squad back with him this campaign. Among the missing will be veteran forward Ab McDougall, who has signed as coach of the Moose Jaw junior Canucks, and Bill Papp, who has left Regina to play hockey In the east.Clift Dobson and Bob Tyler, who graduated last spring from Regina Pat junior ranks, will bo available for goaltending duties.On defence, Boesch will have Norm Blackett, slap-shot specialist Huddy Bell, Bill Giokas and Jack Wilkie. Forwards include Kyle, Gordie Staseson, Warren Dowie, Bill Dockery, Buddy Rogers, Doug Hingley, Bob Pelllng and big Doug Killoh who Is expected to rejoin the club after his gridiron duties with the Saskatchewan Roughriders are completed.<h2>Really Cooking</h2>Elsewhere in the four-team circuit, things are really cooking as all clubs build powerful contenders. Veteran Vic Myles is back at the helm in Moose Jaw and he has such returning stars as George Hunchuk, Amos Wilson, Cy Whiteside, and Bob Wilson. In addition the Millers have nabbed former Moose Jaw juniors Harvey Stein and Glen (Baldy) Smith.The Yorkton executive have signed Wilf Field, the former AHL star, as coach to try and pull the LeglonaLes out of the cellar. Field, who has been la big-time hockey since helping Winnipeg Monarchs win the Memorial Cup back in 1935, is presently busy rounding up import players.There has been no announcement as yet as to who will coach, the Melville Millionaires. The big news out of Melville is that aa artificial ice plant will be installed in the Stadium for this winter&rsquo;s hockey wars. Holdover already signed are Nipper Knlppleberg, Ken Barlow and Adam Twardoski. &#9632;

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REGINA, Sask.&mdash;With two new coaches at the helm everything is set for a fast start from the barrier in the Western Canada Junior Hockey League.The new mentors are Ab McDougall, the veteran western senior puck chaser who has signed as coach of the Moose Jaw Canucks. And at Medicine Hat, where Wild Bill Hunter has taken over as general mani ager of the Tigers, young Ron I (Crafty) Craven is the new I coach. The youth is just a few years out of junior hockey him I self.With the folding of the&rsquo; I Crows Nest Pass Coalers, the league has been reduced to six teams four from Alberta and two from Saskatchewan. Coaches back at the helm &lsquo;this year are Butch McDonald who led Lethbridge Native Sons to the league title last I spring in his first year as boss Ken McAuley, of the runner I up Edmonton Oil Kings; Art Somers of the Calgary Buffaloes and Murray Armstrong i starting his sixth campaign as I coach of the Regina Pats.With 11 holdovers back in the fold, Edmonton will be a tough team to beat. However, Moose Jaw Is highly rated and fang are hoping that the Can I lucks will get into an early Head. &#9632;

Juniors Primed For Racy Start

<h2>Simmering Saint</h2>Marcel Bonin, who was rejected for service with Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League, is proving himself something of a wonder with Sherbrooke Saints in the Quebec Hockey League. In two games alone lie&rsquo;s scored five goals, and shows promise of developing into one of the Saints top prospects.<h2>Royal Eruptions</h2>After a slow start I&rsquo;ete Morin&rsquo;s Montreal Kovals aro now cominir along in high gear. During the past week they&rsquo;ve won two, lost one, are currently fifth in the standings.<h2>HOW THE RAGE GOES</h2>Standing as of Tuesday A3L, Oct. 27<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01288/1522557-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="600" height="255"></div>Sherbrooke 2 at Valleyfield 2VALLEY FIELD &mdash; Valleyfleld Braves, desperately defending their own citadel, could do no better than a standoff against Sherbrooke Saints, tying them 2-2. &lsquo;Larry Kwong and Bisalllon cornered the scoring market for the Braves, while Marcel Bonin and Giesebrecht tallied for the invaders.Sherbrooke: Goal, Gatherum; defence, Roberge, Palomar, Hay; forwards, Bownass, Campeau. McLean; subs., Irving, Stankiewicz, Ehnan, Podolsky, Bruneteau. Bonin, Giesebrecht.Valleyfield: Goal, P. Leclerc; defence, Arnett, Deslauriers; forwards, Needham, Joanette, Bisalllon, Corriveau; subs., Bougie, Thamson, Kwong, Haworth, Kline, R. Leclerc, Farelli, Myles.Referee: C. McDonald; linesmen, Peras Reynold, Gordie Whitehead.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02251/1522550-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="600" height="443"></div>Chicoutimi 6 at Springfield 0SPRINGFIELD &mdash; Horrified Springfield Indian fans saw their favorites mangled 6-0 at the hands of the onsurglng Chicoutimi Saguenays, last year&rsquo;s champs in the old QSHL.The whitewash job was one of the worst defeats suffered so far this season by the Indians.Springfield: Goal, Henderson; defence, Bloomer, McNair, Telford, Perry; forwards. Powell, Schenkel, Lumley, Hastings. Pachal, McLeod, Bobenlc, McMurdy, Power.Chicoutimi: Goal, Hughes; defence, Claude, Lamirande, McCallum, Roy; forwards, Buchanan. Perreault. Franche, Dussault, L. Smrke, S. Bmrke, Moore, Groleau, Tkachuk.Referee, Bill Roberts; linesmen, Demers, Levesque.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03227/1522543-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="607" height="683"></div><h3>THURSDAY, OCT. 22</h3>Springfield 0 at Montreal 7MONTREAL &mdash; Montreal Royals lost little time in lifting the Springfield Indians hair in this one, making their first victory in QHL competition this year a real whopper as they blanked the Indians 7&mdash;0.Dick Gamble, e.x&mdash;NHL star who helped Royals tie their last game on Montreal ice against Chicoutimi Saguenays, had a hand in the scoring this time, too, rating one goal and one assist.Other scorers were Billy Wray, Blaine, Lulu Denis, who got two, Tessier and Desaulnlers.Springfield: Goal, Henderson; defence, Bloomer, Perry, McNab, Telford; forwards, Paschal, Schlnkel, Lumley. Powell, Mastlngs, McLeod, Bobenlc, McMurdy, Power.Montreal: Goal, Perreault; defence, Harmon, Lsger, Rodgson. Macnelll; forwards, Masnick, Litzenberger, Gamble, Blaime, Kaiser, Desaulnlers, Tessier, Burchell, Wray, Denis.Referee, 81bby Mundey; linesmen, Jimmy Haggerty, Jim Slater.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04179/1522536-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="602" height="664"></div>Quebec 1 at Sherbrooke 4SHERBOOKE &mdash; Marcel Bonin, fresh from a brief stint with New York&rsquo;Rangers, banged home two goals and assleted on two others to gain star ratin as the Sherbrooke Saints clobbered Quebec Aces, 4&mdash;1.Quebec: Goal, Gelineau; defence, Raglan, Crozier, Houle, Talbot; forwards, Brown, Cabana, Grosse, Powell, Regan, Harrison, Labadle, Kelly, Tremblay, Caron.&lsquo;Sherbrooke: Goal, Gatherum; defence, Roberge, Palamar, Hays, Bownass; forwards, Irving, Bruneteau, Bonin, Campeau, McLean, Dube, Stanklemicz, Ehman, Podolsky, Giesebrecht.Referee, Roberts; linesmen, Mathieu, Bedard.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05145/1522529-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="600" height="606"></div><h3>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24</h3>Quebec 1 at Ottawa 1OTTAWA: Quebec Aces saw their early one&mdash;goal lead dissipated by a sharp Ottawa Senator rally before 4,000 fans as Danny Poland evened the count at 1&mdash;1, a deadlock neither team was able to break.The Aces teook the lead early fn the third period on a tally by Gerry Cabana. Poland got that one back a short time later.Quebec: Goal: Gelineau; defence: Raglan, Crozier, Caron, Talbot, Houle; forwards: Brown, Cabana, Grosse, Powell, Regan, Harrison, Labadle, Kelly, Tremblay.Referee: Pean Bennett, Montreal; linesmen: John Mcevoy and Gordie Pranschke, both of Ottawa.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06125/1522522-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="598" height="489"></div>Sherbrooke 2 at Springfield 3SPRINGFIELD&mdash;On an overtime goal by Ted Power, Springfield Indians celebrated their third straight victory an home ice, edging the Sherbrooke Saint, 3&mdash;2.Other Springfield goals were scored by Pachal and John Lumley. Marcel Bonin and Roberge scored for Sherbrooke.Sherbrooke: Goal: Gatherum; defence: Roberge, Palamar; forwards: Irving, Bruneteau, Bonin; Subs: Hay, Bownass, Campeau, McLean, Dube, Podolsky, Brown, Malo, Giesebrecht.Springfield: Goaf: O&rsquo;Hearn; defence: Bloomer, Perry; forwards: Power. McLeod, Locas; Subs: McNab, Telford, Powell,, Schlnkel, Lumley, Pachal, Bobenlc, McMurdy, Ford.Referee: Ken Mullins; linesmen: Bill Cote, Charlie Ghedi.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08106/1522515-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="602" height="326"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0998/1522508-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="604" height="215"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07117/1522501-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="562" height="1212"><figcaption class="caption-body">Back in FoldRETURNING to his place between the Ottawa pipes is Ray Frederick, who was ousted by owner T. P. Gorman and only recently reinstated.</figcaption></div>Montreal 1 at Valleyfield 2VALLEYFIELD&mdash;Goals by Jean Paul Bisalllon and Jack White gave Valleyfield Braves a 2&mdash;1 victory over Montreal Royals.The Montrealers slammed Into an early lead when Dick Gamble netted in the first period, but Bissalllon tied it up at 0:52 in the second period and White got his on a pass from Andre Corriveau In the third to sink the Royals.Montreal: Goal: Perreault; defence: Holllngworth, Hutchinson; forwards: Harmon, Leger, Blaine; subs: Kaiser, Litzenberger, Desaulnlers, Tessier, Burchell, Wray, Denis, Gamble, McClean.Valleyfleld: Goal: P. Leclerc; defence: Arnett, Deslauriers; forw&mdash;ards: Needham, White, Joanette; Subs: Bisalllon, Corriveau, Thomson, Kwong, Haworth, Kline, R. Leclerc, Farelli, Myles.Referee: George Gravel; Linesmen: Georgi Whitehead, Jimmy Haggarty.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1084/1522494-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="603" height="436"></div><h3>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25</h3>Valleyfleld 1 at Montreal 2MONTREAL&mdash;An overtime goal by Roger Leger killed Valleyfield&rsquo;s hopes of at least a tie as the Montreal Royals came back to win, 2&mdash;1.The Braves, ahead on a first&mdash;period tally by Andre Corriveau, saw the score squared at 3:30 of the midle canto as Dick Wray scored on an assist by Blaine. Leger saved the Royals from a one&mdash;point deadlock by beating Valleyfield goalie Leclerc at 2:07 of the extra stanza.Valley field: Goal: P. Leclerc; defence; Arnett, Deslauriers, Needham; forwards: White Joanette, Bisalllon, Corriveau, Thomson, Kwong. Haworth, Kline, R. Leclerc, Farelli, Myles.Montreal: Goal: Perreault; defence: Holllngworth, Hodgson, Harmon. Leger; forw&rsquo;ards: Blaine, Kaiser. Litzenberger, Desaulnlers, Burchell, Wray, Malone, Denis, Bouchard, Gamble.Referee: Bill Roberts; linesmen: Jimmy Haggerty, Jim Sister.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1168/1522487-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="596" height="202"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1252/1522480-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="598" height="315"></div>Ottawa 1 at Quebec 3QUEBEC&mdash;Ottawa Senators had a brief glimpse at the scoring summaries the first pernod, but from there on in it was all Quebec Aces, as Brown tailed two and Reagan netted the other to give the homesters a 3&mdash;1 victory.Jack Glesebretch scored the sole Ottawa goal to save the Senators from a whitewashing.Ottawa: Goal: Hicks; defence: Coop, Robertson, Bolton, Arundel. Price; forwards: Gravele, Robet, Poland, Blair, Riopelle, Giesebrecht, . Kunts, Moore, Guldolln.Quebec: Goal: ellneou: defence: Raglan Crozier Caron Talbot, Houle; forwards: Brown Cabanza, Gosse, Powell, Reagan, Harlson, Labadle, Kelly, Temblay.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1346/1522473-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="597" height="431"></div>Springfield 2 at Sherbrooke 4SHERBROOKE &mdash; Despite an early lead by Springfield Indians Sherbrooke Saints came roaring back to finish the game witty a 4-2 victory.arcel Bonin opened the scoring for the Saints, who then saw&rsquo; the Indians take oxer to finish the firt period on goal up. But the lead was shortlived as the Saints, on goals by Roberge, Stan kiewlcz and Bownass, snow&rsquo;ed the opposition, under.Springfield: Goal: O&rsquo;Hearn; defence: Bloomer, McNab, Telford, Perry; forwards: Powell, Lumley, Pacha], Method, Bobenlc, McMurdy, Power, Locas, Ford.Sherbrooke: Goal: Gatherum; defence: Roberge, Palamar, Bownass, Hay; forwards: Campeau, McLean, Dube, Irving, Stankiewicz. Ehnan, Podolsky, Bruneteau, Bonin, Malo, Giesebrecht.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1439/1522466-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="601" height="507"></div> &#9632;

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01275/1522595-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="583" height="598"><figcaption class="caption-body">Two Nifties for SaintsJIM HAY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02220/1522588-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="601" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARCEL BONIN</figcaption></div>SHERBROOKE, Que.&mdash;Sherbrooke Saints of the new Quebec Hockey League have acquired the services of Forward &ldquo;Marcel Bonin and Defenseman Jim (Red Eye) Hay from the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.The pair joined the Saints along with Dave Gatherum, the youthful netminder who was returned after substituting for the Injured Terry Sawchuk. In his first game in the big league, Gatherum shutout the Toronto Maple Leafs.Bonin was a Detroit regular lit the latter part of the 1952-53 season after being called up from the St. Louis Flyers of the American Hockey League. Getting into a total of 37 regular schedule games, he accounted for four goals and nine assists for 13 points. In the five playoff games against the Boston Bruins he was held scoreless but did contribute one assist.Before joining the St. Louis team last season he played four games with the Quebec Aces of the QSHL, with which team he played the entire 1951-52 campaign. He played his junior hockey in the QJHL for the Three Rivers Reds.&lsquo;Red Eye&rsquo; Hay, who was prominent in the Detroit training camp news earlier this season for his slugfest with Terrible Ted Lindsay, has played in five different leagues in the last four seasons.He turned pro for the 195 0-51 campaign after starring with the Windsor Spitfire juniors of the OHA. His first team after quitting the ranks of the &lsquo;simon pures was the Omaha Knights of the USHL. The next season saw him in the livery of the Indianapolis Caps of the AHL.Last year he split his time between the Wings of the NHL and Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League. He got into 4 2 games with the former, accounting for one goal and five assists. He also played in four of the five Detroit playoff games but aside from a minor penalty, didn&rsquo;t appear on the score sheet. &#9632;

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Saints Get Stars Hay, Bonin ‘Arrive’

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><h2>Nat. Goalie Trouble All Patched Up</h2>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;No sooner is one brand of trouble done and over with but another crops up.Ray Frederick is back between the pipes for the Quebec Hockey League Ottawa Senators, just as everyone predicted he would be eventually.Frederick, who was bounced by owner T. P. Gorman for refusing to come to terms, returned to his old job a week ago after patching up differences with the Auditorium boss.The question now is, what will happen to young Cliff Hicks who stepped into the breach and played some pretty steady hockey for the Barber Poles in four games?It is almost certain that the Senators will not keep the pair of them around because it would be a waste of talent, as well as being somewhat of an expensive bit of business.Probably Gorman will find a spot for Hicks with another team and use a local goalie as spare netminder this season. It&rsquo;s a rough break for the former Ottawa boy who starred as a junior here before going to Guelpli Biltmores and later becoming a New York Ranger chattel.Meanwhile, Turk Broda&rsquo;s club is rolling along in great fashion to earn a leading role on top of the ladder In the early jockeying for position. Perhaps the greatest factor in the clubs&rsquo; success has been the phenomenal work of the first line.Jack Leclair, Leo Gravelie and Rip Riopelle have been plain murder to opposing goalies and have accounted for practically all of the Ottawa scoring.But mention of Leclair brings up the other brand of trouble mentioned earlier.The first shot in this war was fired here recently when the Chicoutimi Sagueneens made their initial l appearances of I the season on Ottawa ice.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03181/1522633-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="256" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leo Gravelie</figcaption></div>Rollie Hebert, Chicoutimi boss, advised referee Sibbey Mundey that the game was being played under protest, the protest being against the use of center Jackie Leclair by Ottawa.Briefly, the crux of the situation is this: the Quebec League turned professional last spring and among other things, became subject to the draft. Practically all the clubs. Including Chicoutimi, lost valuable players to the American Hockey League or Western Hockey League, but the thing that gripes Hebert is that some of the clubs got their players back and he didn&rsquo;t.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04150/1522626-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="560" height="563"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lodges ProtestROLLIE HEBERT</figcaption></div>Hebert is not so much indignant about other clubs getting players back so much as he is riled about the way it was done.&rsquo;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s definitely contrary to the reason behind the draft,&rdquo; said Heebrt after the game here last week.To explain:Hebert says he lost goalie Marcel Pelletier, and forwards Bucky Buchanan and Sherman White in the draft, but he got the latter. pair back when they were waived out of the American League.&ldquo;In Ottawa&rsquo;s case, though, Leclair was drafted by Toronto and later sent back after a trial without waivers being asked. They say he was returned on loan, but loan or asslgment, it amounts to the same thing. It&rsquo;s Illegal and defeats the purpose of the draft.&rdquo;&ldquo;If Ottawa can have Leclair back,&rdquo; continued Hebert, &ldquo;why can&rsquo;t I get Pelletier back?&rdquo;And, you must admit, Hebert has a point.<h2>Sags Protest Use Of Jackie Leclair</h2>According to the Chicoutimi boss, if this allowed to pass unnoticed there is nothing to stop an American League club from, drafting his best line next season, give them a brief trial, and then send them to their affiliate in the Quebec Hockey League. &#9632;

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Frederick Back In Nets, But AlVs Not Smooth Yet

WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;,Bill Robinson has decided to call it a day.Now in Winnipeg, where he plans to settle down to the management of a motel he built during the past summer, the former Allan Cup star who played with Quebec Aces and Ottawa Senators said recently that his decision is final, and the ice lanes will see him no more.Robinson came to Ottawa during the 1948-49 season and played left wing on a line with Nils Tremblay and Eddie Dartnell. This line proved the Senators&rsquo; most effective offensive weapon and with it in action the club swept to the QSHL title and the Allan Cup title.The trio averaged 111 points per man over the season, rolling up a total of 333 for the season. Robinson had 44 goals and 67 assists. &#9632;

Bill Robinson Quits Hockey

HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;Halifax Atlantics of the Maritime Major Hockey League opened the season in defense of their title, minus the service of their star centre and captain, Billy Watson. Billy failed to agree to terms and was promptly suspended. He Is reported to be going home to Ottawa.In four years in Halifax, the fast skating Watson was one of the outstanding players in Maritime hockey, a high point scorer each season, the champion playmaker and one of the best defensive players as well.That left only one survivor of Halifax&rsquo;s big line of last season, Hughie Campbell having gone over to Glace Bay. Billy Ford, a high scorer year after year, is still doing business on left wing and this year is lined up with the veteran Pete Wywrot and young Ross Watson.Newcomers this year include Bill Arcand, veteran defenceman. But more players are on the way and there is still hope that Watson will come to terms. He has been offered a generous contract, a boost over last year. &#9632;

Atlantics Lose Billy Watson

CINCINNATI, Ohio&mdash;If the first few gapies are any criterion, the International Hockey League race this season should be a sizzlerlWhen the first week end of IHL play was already written in the books, only two points separated the first six clubs and a seventh, Milwaukee, has yet to see action.Cincinnati&rsquo;s Mohawks, the defending champions, are tied for first place with Toledo, while Ft. Wayne and Johnstown are one point back of the leaders and Troy and Marion two points back.Next in line &ldquo;are Louisville and Grand Rapids, beaten in their only outings.So far as goal&mdash;scoring ability is concerned, the Mohawks once again have Indicated that they will be particularly potent In that department.<h2>Cincinnati Crew Cracking</h2>A total of 19 goals in their first three games &mdash; an average of just over six a contest &mdash; has been racked up by the Cincinnati icers, as they have won two out of their first three starts.Toledo, which has come through with victories in its first two games, boasts the best defensive mark, as Goalie Bill Tibbs, selected as the IHL&rsquo;s allstar net-minder last season, has permitted only two pucks to get past him thus far for a line average of one per contest. Tibbs also owns the lone shutout racked up thus far in the league, a 6-0 verdict over Johnstown.An Indication of things to come was provided Oct. 13 In the opening IHL contest of the campaign. Ft. Wayne staged a late rally to nose out Troy, 2-1. A goal behind late in the final period, the Komets pulled even and theq won out in the extra period when Jim Wilson fired home the winner.Wilson tallied two more times two days later when Ft. Wayne and Johnstown, Pa., played to a hectic 7-7 overtime standoff in the Pennsylvania city. That deadlock represented one of the highest-scoring affairs of its kind ever to be staged in the International loop.Hockey made its bow In Marion&rsquo;s Coliseum on Oct. 14, with Cincinnati walking off with a one-sided 7-1 verdict over a Marion club that showed a decided lach of conditioning. A near capacity gathering of 3,300 was on hand to watch the battle.Marion which is being coached by the veteran Ott Heller, notched his first IHL triump Oct. 18, turning back Louisville, 5-3.Toledo lifted the curtain on its 1953-54 campaign with a bang, as Tibbs turned in that shutout over a Johnstown club that had registered seven goals in its first game, a day after the Mercs had downed Grand Rapids Rockets, 4-2, in their inaugural Oct. 17.Cincinnati won its first two games, trimming Marion and then coming right back to overpower Troy, 9-1, before falling to the Troy, 6-3, in an overtime thriller. Conversely, Troy went down to defeat at the hands of Ft. Wayne and Cincinnati before coming up with triumph No. 1 of the young season over the Mohawks.Hottest line in the entire league was Cincinnati trio of Center Billy Goold and wingers Kenny Biggs and Art Ross.In their first three tilts, this threesome accounted for 10 goals, with Rose and Goold each netting four and Biggs two. Rose is the lone holdover from Cincinnati&rsquo;s United States senior championship squad of 195 2-53 on the line, while Goold was with Halifax in the Maritime Major League and Biggs with Montreal Royals of the Quebec Hockey League last season. Goold also compiled the record of scoring at least one in each of the first three Mohawk frays.By a simple process of elimination, six of the nine clubs in the IHL had scored their initial 1953-54 victories in the first five days of play in the circuit. Toledo and Cincinnati each had won twice, while Johnstown, Ft. Wayne, Marion and Toledo all had marked up their first conquests.<h2>Fire Damages Dressing Room</h2>A stroke of misfortune hit the Cincinnati club Oct. 16, a day before its home opener with Troy, when fire broke out in the drying room adjoining the Mohawk dressing room and damaged or destroyed two complete sets of new jerseys, as well as considerable underclothing and stockings.Damage was estimated at about $3,000 by Alex Sinclair, general manager of Cincinnati Garden &mdash; $2,000 to equipment and $1,000 to the premises. Immediate steps were taken to round up the necessary articles of clothing for the next night&rsquo;s big game. Jerseys were borrowed from a local college, Xavier University underclothing was purchased by Sinclair in Cincinnati and stockings were flown in from Detroit with Red Wings insignia on them.Apparently the new jerseys did not worry the Cincinnati players, as they skated to an easy 9&mdash;1 conquest of Troy before a huge crowd of 8,049 that constituted a new opening night record at the Garden, surpassing the previous high of 7,881 set in 1050 against Cleveland when Cincinnati was a member of the American Hockey League.Hockey Rebounds &hellip; Frank Gallagher, president of the IHL, forecast a great campaign for his league. He was in Marion for the opening of the arena in that city &hellip; Center Connie Broden of the Mohawks had a tough time against Troy Oct. 17, first suffering a cut above his eye and then having his nose broken by a flying stick. He will be out of action indefinitely &hellip; A record opening gathering saw Troy in its opener as the Bruins lured 3,855 to Hobart Arena.&mdash; Minster. &#9632;

IHL Off to Sizzling Start; Mohawks, Toledo Tie for 1st

HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;The first serious injury in the Maritime Major Hockey League has been reported as the teams opened their drive toward 1953-54 season honors.Charlottetown Islanders lost their goalie, Roger Bessette, who was hit in the face and suffered a broken nose in a game against Sydney Millionaires.The score was 1-0 at the time in a ding-dong game. Forward Will MacPherson was dressed in the big pads and sent into the cage.It&rsquo;s expected that Bessette will be out of action for a week or more. &#9632;

Islanders Hit By 1st Injury

<div class="byline">By JOE MINSTER</div><h2>Marion Coach Proves 43 Isn&rsquo;t Too Old</h2>MARION, O.&mdash;Ott Heller, coach of the Marion Barons in the International Hockey League, is truly a remarkable fellow!Born Ehrhardt Henry Heller 43 years ago in Kitchener, Ontario. the six foot, 190 pound Ott still 13 going strong at an age when most hockey players have long since quit the ranks of the active players.Moreover, Heller is doing double duty for Marion, which is participating in organized hockey fot the first time.Besides coaching the club, he is taking his regular turn on defense for the Barons, whom he predicts will be up in the running for a playoff berth in the IHL.<h3>No Nicer Guy</h3>Ask anyone who knows anything about hockey and he will tell you that there is no nicer person in the game than the gangling Heller.Altogether, Ott has been in organized hockey for 25 years, 15 of which were spent in the big time, with the New York Rangers of the National League.He got his start with Springfield of the Canadian American Hockey League way back in 1929 and was with that club for three years. He then was promoted to the Rangers in 1931-32 and remained In the big league through 1945-46, when he divided his time between New York and St. Paul of the now defunct Untted States Hockey League.The next two campaigns 1946-47 and 1947-48 he spent with New Haven, then of the American League, enjoying his best scoring year in 1946-47, when he registered 36 points for the Connecticut team.He was appointed coach of Indianapolis in 1948-49 and played and coached that entry in the AHL for four years. His greatest success came in 1950, when he led the Hoosiers to the playoff crown in an unprecedented eight straight games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01241/1522712-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="544" height="1107"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ageless OttOTT HELLER</figcaption></div><h3>Age No Barrier</h3>Last season, Heller coached at New Haven of the nowdefunct Eastern Hockey League until he was recalled by Cleveland late in the season to bolster the sagging defense corps of that American League outfit. There, at the age of 42, he contributed heavily to the success of the Barons, who went on to capture the Calder Cup in American League competition.Heller, who never made much of a name as a prolific goal corer, got his biggest scoring thrill back in the early 19 30s, when he was the Ranger hero against the Montreal Canadiens in Stanley Cup play. He poked In the only goal in a 1-0 New York triumph and then followed it up by registering the first two goals in the next battle between the Rangers and Canadiens.<h2>Not Only Tutors But Battles Too</h2>With reference to his Marion club, which broke even in its first two IHL starts, bowing to Cincinnati, 7-1, and defeating Louisville, 5-3, Heller had this to say:&ldquo;My team will right up there with the International League leaders when we get our defense situation straightened out. Against Cincinnati in our opener, we haJ only two experienced rear guards, including myself, to call on. Yes sir, we&rsquo;ll be tough when we round into shape.&rdquo;Queried about himself, the good-natured Heller replied, &ldquo;I have a little more trouble getting Into condition these years than I used to, but I&rsquo;m okay as soon as I get into shape. How long will I continue to play? I don&rsquo;t know, but I&rsquo;ll probably continue playing as long as I feel that I am able, whleh may be quite a while.&rdquo;Yes, he&rsquo;s really an amazing guy, that Ott Heller! &#9632;

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Maybe Ott Ought to Quit Hockey But He’s Still Qoing Qreat Quns

<div class="byline">By REX MacLEOD</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01249/1522798-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Laying the Cornerstone</figcaption></div>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;St. Catharines Teepees were perched in first place in the OHA, junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; league at the end of the first week of play which must have been a pleasant surprise to coach Rudy Pilous.Before the season started Pilous the modest fellow, opined that his Teepees might find their true level In junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; ranks. Maybe his players resented the Inference because they started out to prove him wrong by winning their first four games.Teepees suffered their first loss in Toronto when Reg Hamilton&rsquo;s Marlboros bounced them 5-1. A third period imbroglio which resulted in 10 major penalties featured the bitter clash and Marl &mdash; boros copped this decision too.Pilous had an explanation ready for Teepees&rsquo; ineffectual performance in both the shinny and the fights.&ldquo;We weren&rsquo;t skating and we weren&rsquo;t shooting,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t win hockey games that way. I can tell you that we skated a lot faster than that in Quebec City.&rdquo;As for the brawl, Pilous had an answer tor that too. &ldquo;They caught me with my little fellows out on the ice,&rdquo; he complained. &ldquo;The guys on the bench stood up but I held them back But there&rsquo;ll be other games and other fights and maybe next time we&rsquo;ll do better.&rdquo;Despite the loss Teepees held onto first place, one point ahead of Kitchener Greenshirts, who won three and tied one in their first five games. Their only loss was to Teepees.Right behind were Marlboros and Guelph Biltmores, followed by Barrie Flyers, Galt. Black Hawks, St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors, Hamilton Tigers and Quebec Citadels in that order.The consensus among the coaches is that the league is better balanced than it has been in several years But, if one took the trouble to check the records, you would discover that similar views were expressed at this time last year, the year before and so on.Teepees were difficult to figure before the season started but it is obvious now that they should be a first-division club all the way. They have a rough, tough defence corps, fast skating, energetic forwards and an experienced goalie in Merv Edwards. That combination will be difficult to stop. And with Pilous, one of the shrewdest coaches in the business In charge Teepees&rsquo; hopes appear even brighter.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02171/1522791-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="548" height="841"><figcaption class="caption-body">SurprisedRUDY PILOUS</figcaption></div>Kitchener&rsquo;s strong break took a few rash pre-season speculators by surprise. The Shirts numbered Marlboros and St. Mike&rsquo;s among their early victims which would indicate that Curly Davis&rsquo; team has a few ambitions of challenging for the top.Quebec Citadels, who bought their way into the OHA, learned painfully that the Ontario clubs will not only accept their money but also clobber them at every opportunity on the ice. In their first four bouts with Upper Canadian teams the Cits finished on the bottom.But Phil Watson, the Cits&rsquo; gregarious coach, dismissed those four losses as trivial. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be all right,&rdquo; he said cheerful. &ldquo;It takes time.&rdquo; And money, he might have added.Guelph Biltmores dropped their first two games but recovered in a hurry to win three in a row. The Hatters have some of the best snipers in the league. If their defense and goal tending holds up they should be one of the loop&rsquo;s top teams.Galt, Barrie and Hamilton are still in the question mark category. If the Hawks can convince Chicago Black Hawks that Murray Costello should remain an amateur they&rsquo;ll be heard from. &#9632;

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Teeps Off to Strong Start in OHA, Display Rugged, Well—knit Team

<div class="byline">By PAUL ROACH</div>HAMILTON, Ont.&mdash;It seems that the city of Hamilton has finally laid its hands on a sure fire plan for bringing to the city a potential Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; or Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey championship. Not since the old Hamilton Tigers swept the Senior OHA championship six times during the years 1942 to 1948, have the fans shown such enthusiasm in the new brand of hockey that is anticipated to take place in the new renovated Forum, a product of a few public spirited citizens called the sports committee.Under the able direction of Ken Soble, fiery owner of the new Forum, the committee has spared no expense to bring to Hamilton fans the type of hockey that has been too long lacking in the Ambitious City.Working in the dark and with little publicity (although Mr.Soble owns one of the largest radio stations in Hamilton) the men went ahead with their first step, the hiring of George Redding as coach of Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; club. Most fans in Hamilton remember George as the pipe smoking master who a few years ago brought out a few local boys like John Conick and Polly Mioclnovitch and brought Hamilton its first taste of championship hockey.<h2>Franchise Welcome</h2>Then to work into their plans &ldquo;that the city shall have a winning club,&rdquo; the sports committee accepted a welcome proposal made by the Detroit Red Wings for the transfer of the Windsor Spitfire Junior OHA franchise, complete with players and officials.Jim Skinner was part of the &ldquo;big switch&rdquo;, and if records mean anything, then the fans will be getting the best coach in Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circles. The one time Westerner has had an almost perfect&rsquo; record with the Windsor Spitfires, and it doesn&rsquo;t seem that the change or new environment has affected him any. For the past two weeks now, the portly coach of the newly found Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; club has been working daily at the Forum with about ninety hopefuls. From all indications, the team is shaping into a possible Memorial Cup contender. Such outstanding Junior players as Denny Riggins, the seventeen-year old goal-tender from Kincardine, Ont., Teddy Reid, the young center star purchased from the Toronto Marlboros for an estimated $1000, and Cummy Burton a product of Sudbury, Ont., are forming part of the nucleus of this year&rsquo;s squad.Coach Redding has also been busy whipping his Senior club into a smooth working machine. As we said earlier, George is no newcomer to Hamilton hockey wars. A native of Peterborough, he moved to Hamilton at an early age, and played Junior and Senior hockey ror this city in the 1921-2-3 seasons, and later to the NHL where he played writh the Boston Bruins in 1924-5-6.In 1927, Redding became a member of the old Boston Tigers for three seasons and finished with Minneapolis in the 30&rsquo;s.In 1933, he came back to Hamilton and in 1936 coached the Pats to the Senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; championship. Then there was a stint in the British Isles hockey setup, and he didn&rsquo;t return back to Caada until 1940. From then on, he has made Hamilton his permanent home.Trying to bring a Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; contender to the city will be a tough job. However coach Redding seems to be on the right track. He has announced the purchase of Steve Brklacich, a hardhitting defenceman from Schumacher, Ont. Formally with the Charlottetown Islanders and Shawinlgan Falls in the Quebec League, Brklacich brings to Hamilton a background of valuable experience. This experience includes a year with the Guelph Biltmores, the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; champions in 1949-50, two years with the New York Rovers and a year with St. Paul Saints. &#9632;

Hamilton Hockey Gets New Deal

VOLUME 7 MONTREAL. OCTOBER 31, 1953 NUMBER 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01149/1522874-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="251" height="288"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0289/1522867-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="261" height="300"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0372/1522860-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="2929" height="1641"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mac Misses As Sugar ShinesHOT AND HECTIC &mdash; Baldy McKay, left in the top photo, just missed on this one as the Bruins&rsquo; Sugar Jim Henry made a sliding save. The Hab coasting in for the rebou.id is Ken Mosdell but he was too closely checked to get away a shot.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0458/1522853-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="2920" height="1635"><figcaption class="caption-body">Canadien Cage Cop Down But Not Outwee Gerry McNeil is flat on his haunches but he has the puck underneath him, thus thwarting the best efforts of little Ike Hildebrand of the Rangers. The fellows putting the stopper on Hildebrand are Dollard St. Laurent and Doug Harvey (2).</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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October 31, 1953

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