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December 19, 1953

The Hockey News December 19, 1953

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH (The Toronto Telegram)</div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Chicago Black Hawks, the club with probably the fattest bankroll and the most dismal future in the National Hockey League, will continue to strive to get out of the league cellar. Mr. Arthur Wirtz, their president, has bravely denied a report that he would jump overboard if somebody didn&rsquo;t offer assistance.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01328/1573819-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="266" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Charlie Conacher</b></figcaption></div><p>This means that William Tobin, the dapper general manager he entrusts with cooperation of his hockey interests, can continue to run the bases pleading for hockey players. Tobin Is being met with rebuffs almost everywhere he turns but is being paid for trying. Ho hasn&rsquo;t the hockey players to offer in exchange and nobody is interested In money in the NHL these days.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02293/1573812-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="233" height="392"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Tobin</b></figcaption></div><p>Of the three &ldquo;have&rdquo; clubs, Toronto, Detroit and Montreal, only the Canadiens have thrown him any sort of a bone. The story, is that Tobin, in a stroke of genius, has swung a deal for Paul Meger, a fair left winger, and Paul Masnick, a fair centre. For these he will reportedly give up Al Dewsbury, a defenseman. Any credits as to his powers of persuation or business acumen can be overlooked in view of the league&rsquo;s assent at their last annual meeting to help the Hawks out of the rut. Plus the fact that the Canadiens need a defenseman like another water bucket.</p><p>There is, apparently, no succor in Detroit, where lives the Hawks big brother. The Wings, save for having the best first string in&rsquo; the league, are not much more than an ordinary hockey club without them. Toronto has rushed to the breach twice in two of the biggest player deals C. Smythe has ever perpetrated and the Hawks have blown most of that help down the drain. C. Smythe is adopting a wait and see policy, undoubtedly hoping that the Wings will weaken.</p><h2><b>Conacher Had Connections</b></h2><p>Smythe was further instrumental in their signing of Charlie Conacher who four years ago. assumed manager coach duties. Conacher, with his connections, could have obtained Tod Sloan, then in Cleveland, possibly Flem Mackell and Sid Smith. But he had to quit after one season and the Hawks, typically fumbled them away.</p><p>Further rockhead plays were pulled at the beginning of this season when the Hawks were confronted with the opportunity of picking up players through the draft. Unprotected at that time were Jim Morrison of the Leafs, Johnny McCormack of the Canadiens Ed Slowinski, who was then with the Rangers, and Gaye Stewart who was Canadien property. Any one of them could have been picked up for the draft price. Any one of then would have been better than a frozen boot on the head.</p><p>Tobin fanned on all of them and perpetrated another stroke of genius when he sold Cal Gardner to the Boston Bruins for a pittance. It is further rumored that he nixed a deal for Dick Gamble of the Canadiens In exchange for Clare Raglan, a defenseman he has since sent to the Quebec league.</p><p>It is possible, but not probable, that these coups are not all attributable to Tobin. But Wirtz confesses that he knows little about the operation of the club and its president, Jim Norris, devotes most of his time to the operation of the International Boxing Club. Norrie is considered one of the smartest men in the hockey business when he devotes his time to it.</p><p>So it appears that the honor is all Tobin&rsquo;s. He can have it.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

News On Sports

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Jean Beliveau, the most publicized rookie to ever enter the National Hockey League, is having a lot of trouble living up his great advance notices. And the sad part about it, leastways as far as Beliveau and the Montreal Canadiens are concerned, is the fact that it is not the big fellow&rsquo;s fault.</p><p>He&rsquo;s been baset by injuries, the latest of which is a fractured right cheek bone, suffered when he was crashed into the goal post by the New York Rangers Jack Evans. And this in only his second game since returning from a period on the shelf with a fractured ankle bone.</p><p>It was In the second period of the Ranger-Canadiens game at the Montreal Forum on Saturday December 12. Beliveau and defense man Evans scrambled into the New York goal-crease during a close play around the net. Goalie Johnny Bower shoved the pair out of the way in order that he could follow the puck. Both fell to the ice and as Beliveau toppled to the ice, he banged his face against the goal Post.</p><p>He was taken to hospital where an X-ray examination confirmed the fracture. The bone also had to be put back in place and Dr. Gordon Young, club physician, said Beliveau may be out of action two weeks but the time element is Still difficult to determine. A day-to-day examination will be made.</p><p>Earlier he suffered a broken ankle bone when hit on the skate by Chicago&rsquo;s Bill Mosienko and was out from October 22 to December 10.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Beliveau Sidelined Once More

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0685/1574057-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="584" height="274"></div><p><b>DECEMBER 23 to DECEMB. 29</b></p><p>23&mdash;DUMART, Woody, Boston forward, 1916; SOLINGER, Bob, Toronto forward, 1925.</p><p>24&mdash;SULLIVAN, Red, Hershey forward, 1929.</p><p>25&mdash;WOCHY, Steve, Buffalo forward, 1922.</p><p>28&mdash;SAWCHUK Terry, Detroit goaler, 1929.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to You

<p>NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Lloyd (Pete) Durham, who has made a habit of picking up more penalties than any player in pro hockey, is beginning to live up to his press notices as predicted by Royals&rsquo; owner Ken MacKenzie.</p><p>Long a favorite of MacKenzie, Durham is the highest scoring defenceman in the league and one of the most efficient &mdash; and devastating &mdash; back of his own blueline.</p><p>How come the sudden change in Durham from an average rearguard to a standout with the Royals?</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03189/1574962-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="342" height="572"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PETE DURHAM</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s always went around with a chip on his shoulder daring somebody to knock it off. Now, he&rsquo;s concentrating on hockey alone and it pays off.&rdquo;</p><p>Durham still makes the occasional &lsquo;boner,&rsquo; but this season he&rsquo;s just as likely to follow it up by scoring a tying goal and then setting up a winner.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got in abundance what a lot of players lack,&rdquo; says MacKenzie. &ldquo;He wants to win every game. When he signs a contract at the start of a new season he figures he has to go out an earn it. That&rsquo;s the way he&rsquo;s always played.&rdquo;</p><p>In his first 22 games, Durham was ahead of such &lsquo;name&rsquo; players as Vancouver&rsquo;s Larry Popein, Victoria&rsquo;s Colin Kilburn and the Cougars&rsquo; Eddie Dorohoy. He had scored 19 points on four goals and 15 assists.</p><p>WATSON<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Pete Durham Leads WHL Rearguards

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0159/1575631-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HARRY LUMLEY is apparently enioying the action around him as Jim Thomson his Leaf teammate makes sure Canadiens&rsquo; Ken Mosdell stays his distance in the top photo.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Turofoky)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>Stylish Lum Watches Defense Hum</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0251/1575624-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="2256" height="1506"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>In bottom picture, Fern Flaman (No. 3) brushes Canadiens&rsquo; Bernie Geoffrion aside as Lum goes down to follow the play more closely.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Who Are All-Stars Now?

<div class="byline">By FRED ROBERTS</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>It has often been the case in the National Hockey League that the &ldquo;furies of the Fall&rdquo; very often sputter in the Spring.</p><p>With this in mind, the National Hockey League revamped its AllStar voting system this year to include two separate sections, &mdash; one dealing with the performances of the stars in the first half of the schedule and the other to include their showing in the second half.</p><p>The innovation was made primarily, to give those that are tremendous in the early part of the season a chance to gain votes. Also, It was designed to prevent sensational finishes front wrapping up the $1000.00 reward. As has often been the case, a player has gone through the first 50 games at a moderate pace, then suddenly, he broke out in a scoring rash to sway the selectors.</p><p>Now if a player has a good &ldquo;first half&rsquo; he doesn&rsquo;t have to be maintain the pace the make the all-Star team</p><p>The Editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS, judging the players on their merits so far this year have come up with the following &ldquo;first half All-Star&rdquo; team that is bound to cause considerable eyebrow-raising in several cities.</p><p>FIRST TEAM &mdash; Goal: Al Rollins, Chicago; Defense: Bill Gadsby, Chicago; Red Kelly, Detroit; Center: Ken Mosdell, Canadiens; Right Wing: Maurice Richard, Canadiens; Left Wing: Ted Lindsay, Detroit.</p><p>SECOND TEAM&mdash;Goal: Harry Lumley, Toronto; Defense: Doug Harvey, Canadiens; Tim Horton, Toronto; Center: Tod Sloan, Toronto; Right Wing: Gordie Howe, Detroit; Left Wing: Ed Sandford, Boston.</p><p>Leaving Terry Sawchuk and Gordie Howe off the first team is grounds for open-warfare in Detroit practically any time. But judging from the performances in the first 30 games, wouldn&rsquo;t you, as Hockey News readers and keen, analytical students of the game say that Al Rollins and Maurice Richard have deserved the first place vote at this time over the great Detroit duo?</p><p>Rollins, often referred to as the &ldquo;The Man that&rsquo;s All Alone,&rdquo; may not have as good a goals-against average as Sawchuk or Lumley but if all the shots on goals of every game in which he played were brought to hand, they would show that&rsquo; he&rsquo;s had twice as much, work as any other goal-keeper. And hasn&rsquo;t Gadsby earned the right to play alongside of Red Kelly with his tremendous showing so far ?</p><p>Kenny Mosdell, the top pointgetter among centres In the league so far, is playing the greatest hockey of his long and varied career at the present time. He was moved, to meet an emergency, to pivot the Richard and Olmstead duo and his capability at setting up a pass has been well proven. The Rocket has scored 16 goals in the Canadiens&rsquo; first 30 games and is well on his way to seriously challenging his own 50-goals in a season record.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01332/1575662-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="548" height="906"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Life - Saver</b></p><p><b>AL ROLLINS</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Of course it will be pretty hard for anyone to displace Ted Lindsay at left wing!</p><p>Starting this season the voting will be divided into two halves. Each half season will be worth 50 per cent towards the final selection. The first half includes games played up to January 1, 1954. Ballots must arrive at National Hockey League headquarters no later than January 6, and the results of the first half selections will be released to the press and radio as soon as the ballots have been tabulated.</p><p>The same system of balloting will take place for both halves. A panel of hockey writers and broadcasters&mdash;three ballots from each NHL city &mdash; will do the voting and points will be awarded on the basis of five points for a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. A unanimous choice would compile a total of 90 points, made up of 18 first choices.</p><p>Voting strength is the same in each of the six National Hockey League cities, but it is up to the individual club to decide what method of balloting will be carried out in that particular city.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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First Half Pick Shows New Names On All-Star Team

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Among the famous Ferdinands, there is one bull to whom posies aren&rsquo;t snuff stuff but merely an item to be placed upon the last resting place of those who would enrage him.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04172/1573592-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="568" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Felt Wrath of Bull&rsquo;s Fury</b></p><p><b>DOLLARD ST-LAURENT</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05132/1573585-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="590" height="601"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MARTY PAVELICH</b></figcaption></div><p>This could only be Ferdinand Flaman, who qualified for a Ring Magazine ranking among heavyweight contenders with two quick TKOs in one week of NHL hockey and who spurred the demise of Detroit Red Wings playing Horatio at the Bridge in his next exercises.</p><p>The 190-pound Toronto Maple Leaf defenseman only improves with rage and two careless chaps sporting flaming red found that out by making the mistake of inflaming Ferdinand.</p><p>Marty Pavelich came first. And went first. That was in Detroit Olympia, while the Leafs were being abused 2-0. The Detroiter became indignant at a solid check Flamant deposited on him and retaliated with a butt end. No further invitation was necessary for Fern Flaman, who turned on Marty with a cross check, then shed stick and gloves and proceeded to slaughter his antagonist.</p><p>Both received fighting majors but while Flaman jaunted snarlingly into the penalty box, Pavelich, who absorbed at least two dozen solid punches without a concrete reply, reported without sweater, with hair standing stiffly at attention and knees wobbling unsteadily.</p><p>One week later, Dollard St. Laurent had his costly lesson. Again the Leafs were being beaten, 5-1, when Dollard used his stick to protest a check the Bull had given him. Off came gloves again and Ferdinand battered St. Laurent&rsquo;s head like a demolition ball.</p><p>When fighting majors were assessed this time, Flaman again retired snarling and snorting to the penalty box and St. Laurent bleeding and beaten to the infirmary. Dollard couldn&rsquo;t serve the penalty, in fact couldn&rsquo;t play for the remainder of the week owing to a broken nose and gashes under his eye and on the bridge of the nose.</p><p>Flaman&rsquo;s fistic independence was in both instances the only objective piece of work the Leafs managed in those games as the remainder of the club remained submissive, to be bullied by Wings and Canadiens. It did earn Fern respect from his enemies, and left Detroit and Montreal fans hating him with a passion.</p><p>But when the Wings repayed their visit to Toronto, Leafs and Flaman got in step&rsquo; to crush the defending champions 3-0. Once again Flaman was a dominating personality, but this time for an entirely different reason.</p><p>With the Leafs short-handed two men early in the first period, he made the greatest one-man stand since Horatio retired from the bridge.</p><p>After diving to stop three blazing Wing shots, he lost his stick, but continued to squirm like a worm about the Leaf zone, intercepting passes and clearing with his glove, always leaving a deposit of muscle upon each attacker. For this, the Leaf fans rewarded him with the most overwhelming to player has received this year, to has reeeived this year.</p><p>Purchased as the policeman of the Leaf defense, Flaman is certainly earning his keep. And as a defender, he&rsquo;s a bonus, having improved immensely since sophomore Jim Morrison arrived as a reliable to free Ferdinand from cover-up work so that he might devote most of his attention to his personal chores.</p><h2><b>Incidentals &hellip;</b></h2><p>It is notable that the Leafs played their worst and best games of the season inside two days. The defense collapsed completely in a 5-1 beating by Montreal, then the entire team played like champions to crush Detroit two nights later&hellip; In shutting out the Wings, Harry Lumley registered his third zero in four consecutive home games. He has permitted only two goals in his last six outings at Maple Leaf Gardens &hellip; Eric Nesterenko joined the list of skate-gash casualties in Montreal when a skate sliced through hie shin pad and left an eight-stitch wound which sidelined him for only one game &hellip; George Armstrong, another of the wounded, returned to action after three weeks&rsquo; idleness to put punch back in Leafs&rsquo; SAW line with Tod Sloan and Harry Watson &hellip; Tim Horton, who coach King Clancy selects as the league&rsquo;s successor to Red Kelly, proved why by scoring on successive nights and assisting on three more goals to bring his season output to 16 points&hellip; That&rsquo;s an unheard of contribution for a Leaf defenseman &hellip; Sympathy is extended to King Clancy on the death of his uncle and former business partner, Pat O&rsquo;Leary.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Ferdinand (Flaman) China-Shop Terror, Sabu and Dollie Discover Their Error

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill&mdash;</p><p>Sidney Gerald Abel, one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s all-time greats at center ice, donned his playing togs once again December 2 and thus launched his 15th year as a big time competitor. It was in 1938 when he played his first game with Detroit as a raw rookie of 20.</p><p>Due for his 36th birthday in February, Sid had hoped all along that he wouldn&rsquo;t have to resume his role as a skater besides coaching Chicago&rsquo;s Black Hawks. He finally decided, however, to see what would happen if he returned to the frozen surface. He was player-coach of the Hawks for 39 games last season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0691/1573630-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="552" height="873"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>He Likes&hellip; Him On Ice</b></p><p><b>AL DEWSBURY</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0751/1573623-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="530" height="899"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SID ABEL</b></figcaption></div><p>Sid&rsquo;s presence out there seemed a definite aid in the first four games as the squad zipped to two wins and a tie, which represented the best showing to date. His vast experience and the psychological factor both seemed to share in the almost instantaneous improvement of the club.</p><p>Rearguard Al Dewsbury was one to express his favor of the coach&rsquo;s return. &ldquo;It makes a lot of difference when he&rsquo;s right out there with us,&rdquo; said Al, who notched three goals in the four games after going scoreless In the over 20 previous games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Abel Dons Togs For 15th Year As Battle-Scarred NHL Player

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01259/1573554-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="585" height="600"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Bop Cop</b></p><p><b>FERN FLAMAN</b></p></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Where are the rookies of last season who finished ahead of Boston&rsquo;s Bob Armstrong in the voting for the Calder trophy?</p><p>Lome &ldquo;Gump&rdquo; Worsley, the New-York goal-tender who won it, is playing in the Western League.</p><p>Gordon Hannigan, the Toronto forward who finished second, has missed almost of the season with an injury and Leo Boivin the Toronto: defenseman who finished third, has been relegated to a subtitute&rsquo;s role. Armstrong, the big Bruins&rsquo; defenseman who rated no more than a passing nod from the Calder selectors as a rookie, is having an outstanding season as a sophomore.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02243/1573547-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="288" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Armstrong</b></figcaption></div><p>There were strong convictions here a year ago that Armstrong should have figured more prominently in the Calder trophy voting, but they were subdued.</p><p>The 190-pound husky missed 15 games with a shoulder seperation, sufficient grounds, it was felt in some quarters, to withold criticism of the voting outcome.</p><p>But now Boston is full of hockey fans who are pointing to the final voting standing and saying, &ldquo;I told you so.&rdquo;</p><p>Among them, if not in the fan category, is Lynn Patrick, the coach of the Bruins, who was an Armstrong booster before the All-Canadian Boy was even a Bruins&rsquo; regular.</p><p>Of the broad - shouldered youngster Patrick says, &ldquo;He improves every week, and he has been doing that ever since he joined the team. A year ago he didn&rsquo;t get the credit he deserved, and he deserves all he&rsquo;s getting this year.&rdquo;</p><p>Armstrong was one of several Bruins cited by Sid Abel, coach of the Chicago Black Hawks, for the part he has been playing in the rise of the Bruins this season. Assets pointed out by Abel were improvement based on experience and determination.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03222/1573540-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="245" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leo Boivin</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;A boy like him is too darned big to push around,&rdquo; said the articulate Chicago coach, &ldquo;and he is showing the benefits of a year&rsquo;s experience.&rdquo;</p><p>Armstrong Is just another member of a large clan composed of players who bloomed unrecognized as rookies only to sprout afterward, and perhaps it&rsquo;s just as well, in his case.</p><p>Few Calder trophy winners have stood the test of time, a point emphasized by the fact that there are only three former winners &mdash; Montreal&rsquo;s Bernie Geoffrion, Chicago&rsquo;s Gus Bodnar and Detroit&rsquo;s Terry Sawchuk &mdash; still playing in the National league.</p><p>Since players like Maurice Richard, Bill Quackenbush, Milt Schmidt and Red Kelly were also Calder also-rans in their rookie days, maybe he&rsquo;s in more exclusive company.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bob Armstrong Soph Sensation For Bruins

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>etroit &mdash; Off the ice Bill Dineen has already dethroned Red Kelly as the least talkative member of the Red Wings. Schooled with an eye in Lighter education, he has an extremely intelligent viewpoint on his present role in hockey. But getting him talk about it is something else. He can barely answer a question without blushing and his conversations is of the &ldquo;yes&rdquo;, &ldquo;No&rdquo; and &ldquo;Thank You&rdquo; variety.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Talks Less Than Kelly

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>D</span>etroit, Mich. &mdash; Bill Dineen is actually a second generation National Hockey League player. His father, Matt Dineen, once played for about a half a season with the fabulous old Montreal Maroons.</b></p><p><b>Bill, however, Is playing for Montreal&rsquo;s biggest rival at the moment, the Detroit Red Wings.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Just Like Pop!

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>etroit &mdash; There is only a handful of players who have made the jump from junior amateur and managed to stick in the league without any previous pro experience. Detroit already had two of those rarities before Dineen in Lindsay and Red Kelly, who also came off the Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s springboard. Among the others who successfully made the sama jump in recent years are Boston&rsquo;s Ed Sandford, Montreal&rsquo; Boom Boom Geoffrion and New York&rsquo;s Dean Prentice.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Few Stars Made Jump

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01258/1573685-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dineen--- A Keen Red Wing</b></figcaption></div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>By the time a man becomes a top goal scorer for a championship team, you&rsquo;d figure he&rsquo;d be a regular.</p><p>Not Bill Dineen.</p><p>But maybe that&rsquo;s just natural for Dineen inasmuch as he has been an exception to a lot of rules ever since he became involved with pro hockey.</p><p>For instance, where is there another player who was lured to sign a contract by the offer of a free college education ? or how many boys successfully make the jump from junior amateur to the National League in one leap ? And how can you star with the Red Wings without getting on a regular line ?</p><p>Answers to those questions outline the progress made by the youngster in the last few months. True, it isn&rsquo;t progress in the direction which Dineen was sighting last April. For when he closed but a splendid career with Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s, his hockey future apparently rested with the University of Michigan team, which Is some 40 miles west and several layers lower than his present location.</p><p>Bill wanted to be an engineer &mdash; still does, for that matter, and probably will be some day. In the meantime, he&rsquo;s engineering a few goals on behalf of the Red Wings to the delight of Jack Adams and Tommy Ivan, a couple of master mechanics in their own field.</p><p>&ldquo;Pleasing, but I wouldn&rsquo;t say real surprising,&rdquo; is the way that Ivan, Detroit&rsquo;s soft-spoken coach, regards Dineen&rsquo;s two-month-old NHL career. &ldquo;There was something about that boy from the day training camp started which gave me a hunch that he&rsquo;d be with us for a long time.&rdquo;</p><p>Dineen had no such hunch himself. He figured he was bidding for a position with the Edmonton team when he checked into the Sault St. Marie training camp. Which in itself is a nifty target for a boy about to begin his education in pro hockey. Today he&rsquo;d probably be with Edmonton had he not become innocently involved in a tactical move.</p><p>General Manager Jack Adams granted four regular lines for the training camp phase and picked Dineen to center the extra unit. It was a make-shift deal since Bill was labelled a right winger. But the move got him onto the Detroit squad and no one has Been any reason since to take him off.</p><p>Naturally there was to be no fourth line when the season started. Dineen, however, had given such a sound performance that he was brought along as a spare forward. Theoretically he was involved with Vic Stasiuk and Tony Leswick in a three-way battle for the right wing position Leswick filled the year before.</p><p>That became just a part-time theory. In his first 22 games Dineen played right wing on all three Detroit lines, scoring at least once with each unit. He also was shoved in at center in an emergency, and scored from there as well. In brief, here&rsquo;s a breakdown of Dineen&rsquo;s positions for hie first seven goals.</p><p>He got his first two while filling Gordie Howe&rsquo;s skates on the Production Line. That was a result of Howe dropping back to the point on power plays. One of those goals brought a 1-1 tie in Toronto.</p><p>He took a fling at center between Howe and Ted Lindsay on the big line while Dutch Reibel was recovering from injuries. Another goal came from that combination,</p><p>While working the second line with Glen Skov and Marty Pavelich, he added two more goals. Then he subbed a bit for Metro Prystal on the third line with Alex Delvecchio and Johnny Wilson, and two more goals resulted. One of them broke a 2-2 tie for a 3-2 victory in New York</p><p>That&rsquo;s the factual story of Dineen&rsquo;s progress so far in the NHL and it makes nice reading to Detroit fans, even though he has wandered from line to line searching for a regular job. No question, it&rsquo;s an unusual success story for his just being on the club is a big measure of success in Itself.</p><p>What particular talent does Dineen possess which made it possible for him ? Adams has his ideas, speaking first of Bill&rsquo;s smartness with the comment that &ldquo;he never seems flustered &hellip; always knows what he&rsquo;s doing &mdash; stuff you can&rsquo;t teach a boy&rdquo;.</p><p>Dineen isn&rsquo;t particularly fast, and possibly his biggest handicap is slow pick-up. He skates in powerful strides, much like Howe, and has tne same deceptive strengtn, as rival defensemen and checking forwards are beginning to learn. Bob Goldham speaks with admiration about Dineen&rsquo;s knack &ldquo;of getting away his shot&rdquo; while Terry Sawchuk talks about his &ldquo;shooting a heavy puck&rdquo;. Howe likes his smoothness; Lindsay confirms his shooting eye, and Kelly mentions his natural caginess.</p><p>Dineen does allow that there&rsquo;s a big difference in the caliber of play from his last area of competition, summing it up as &ldquo;faster play and stress on playing your position&rdquo;. His advice to young Canadians who aspire to hit the big-time is: &ldquo;Get in condition to play and stay that way; practice skating, and learn to shoot hard and straight.&rdquo; To which any scout or coach will add amen.</p><p>His Detroit home has become &ldquo;Ma&rdquo; Shaw&rsquo;s boarding house where various Red Wings have lived for the last 20 years. He stays there with Kelly, Pavelich and Prystai, the team&rsquo;s three most eligible bachelors. Having passed his 21st birthday, Dineen also is in that eligible-bachelor category but claims that he does not even have a home-town sweetheart.</p><p>Popular music and movies always had been his favorite hobbies, but he&rsquo;s added another since starting the NHL circuit. Now he&rsquo;s a sightseer, delighting especially in trips to New York where so far he has taken in United Nations meetings, the Empire State Bldg., the Stock Exchange on Wall Street and the Statue of Liberty. The way he&rsquo;s playing hockey, he&rsquo;ll have plenty of time to catch everything worth seeing in the other NHL cities for no one argues but what he has a 10-year career ahead of him.</p><p>Dineen is another Irishman among hockey players who can speak French. He was born in Arvida, Que., and lived in Bour-lamaque, Que., until we was 10. Then his father, a mining engineer, moved the family to Ottawa where Bill first broke into organized hockey. His training followed the usual steps at first, since he started as a center with the St. Malachys School team when he was 14.</p><p>The unusual steps in his career started that season. He led the midgets in both goals and points and was rewarded, at the age of 15, with a jump all the way to St. Pat&rsquo;s junior A club. His play already had attracted scouts, and Cleveland quickly placed him on its negotiation list. It was at this point his parents&rsquo; insistence upon an education coming ahead of hockey first was revealed.</p><p>Although he had two years of junior A competition behind him, making the St. Mike&rsquo;s team was another question. His welcome there was a mild one, for he was sent out with a squad of midgets in his first tryout. But there was something about him &mdash; may be his size for he was a 5&rsquo;9&rdquo;, 150&frac12; pounder when he was 16 &mdash; that prompted Coach Joe Primeau to give him encouragement. Quickly he learned two essential differences, positional hockey and body contact, and he earned a team position which he held for four years.</p><p>It was during his first season that Bill had his most embarassing moment in hockey. St. Mike&rsquo;s was playing Barrie in a playoff game at Maple Leaf Garden before about 10,000 spectators. Dineen was checking Real Chevrefils when he slapped at the puck and sent a sizzling 20-footer past his own goalie, Lornie Howes. It gave Barrie a 2-1 lead, and Dineen didn&rsquo;t stop blushing even after promptly tying the score and tallying twice more for the hattrick as St. Mike&rsquo;s rallied to win.</p><p>That season he also became Detroit property in a four-man deal with Cleveland. The Wings had the Bailey brothers. Bob and John, and swapped them to Cleveland for the rights to Dineen and Lou Jankowski. Bill got the word from Father Flanagan, athletic director of the school, and recalled that It pleased him even though he had no plans for pro hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;Ted Lindsay and Red Kelly used to visit our dressing room regularly, and after meeting them I always had a preferance for Detroit,&rdquo; Bill explains.</p><p>But when Carson Cooper, then Detroit&rsquo;s chief scout, took a Detroit C-form around to Bill&rsquo;s father, the answer still was no.</p><p>In the meantime Dineen blossomed into a topflight junior star. Last year he scored 33 goals and 27 assists, and went on to make 14 goals in 17 playoff games. He calls his biggest goal the one he made in the sixth and final game of the semi-finals against Galt when he broke a 4-4 tie in the final three minutes.</p><p>All this time the Wings were getting more and more Interested, Ivan took over the sales campaign and had one long discussion with Bill parents. Bill was helping, too. By now he&rsquo;d decided that he wouldn&rsquo;t be satisfied unless he took a crack at pro hockey, but he wasn&rsquo;t getting anywhere with that kind of talk around the house. He figured his dad was becoming sympathetic, but not his mother, who still had a college education uppermost In her mind.</p><p>The turning point came last July In a telephone call from Ivan, extending an Invitation to the whole Dineen family to come to Detroit for a visit with Adams. In mid-August, Bill and his father walked into Adams&rsquo; office and in a space of about 15 minutes worked out one of the most unusual contracts in hockey.</p><p>After his father had explained that Bill already had applied to the University of Michigan and intended to enroll&rsquo;there within a month, Adams made his proposal: The Red Wings would agree to pay all of Bill&rsquo;s college expenses, either during the off-season or at the end of his pro career, If Dineen would turn pro. There was no guarantee of an NHL assignment, Adams only saying that Bill would be given every chance to make the Detroit squad.</p><p>Bill was ready to jump at the chance; his father also was enthusiastic, and his mother was sold by the college-education clause. They signed.</p><p>And that was the start of the happiest headache that Tommy Ivan ever had &mdash; the headache of finding a regular spot in his lineup for a youngster with the scoring talents of well-muscled 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, 183-pound Wiliam Patrick Dineen.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Dineen Jumped From Juniors To The NHL

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll</div><h2><b>When Plans Go Awry</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span> few days ago Lynn Patrick, coach of the Boston Bruins, was asked If he could explain why teams In the NHL are having such a tough time winning games away from home this season.</p><p>I think it&rsquo;s because the league is so well-balanced that the support of the home crowd makes the difference, he said. &ldquo;I understand Canadiens have won 13 of their 14 games In the Forum. We Just had a meeting and don&rsquo;t mind telling you what I told my players. I told them If they could hold Canadiens until the crowd starts clapping, they could beat them. Because the minute the fans start clapping for action, It&rsquo;s a sign they aren&rsquo;t pleased with the home team.&rdquo;</p><p>That was supposed to be the pattern of the play, but it didn&rsquo;t work out that way. In fact, It worked exactly in reverse. The Bruins, who were supposed to concentrate on keeping Canadiens from scoring early In the game, jumped into a two-goal lead In the first period. Canadiens couldn&rsquo;t score until the final period, but when they popped In their first goal the fans were solidly behind them and they rapped In three more before the period was over.</p><p>Crowd reactions are puzzling because they aren&rsquo;t always consistent. The home team usually wins If It scores the first goal because the tally Invariably stirs the fang to a display of enthusiasm, which in turn has Its effect on the players. It may stimulate them to the point where they will score a couple more in rapid succession.</p><p>So much for pre-game planning. A puck can roll for or against a team and make a lot of difference.</p><p>If the Bruins had scored their two goals at the start of the third period Instead of in the first, it&rsquo;s more than likely they would have won. There wouldn&rsquo;t have been enough time left for the Habitants to mobilize thefnselves and the fans, if you can judge by past performances, would have sat on their hands or clapped for action.</p><h2><b>Mackell&rsquo;s Poor Start</b></h2><p>Lynn said that injuries and the Inability of Fleming Mackell to get going had handicapped the Bruins. He explained that Mackell was a holdout and the Bruins won&rsquo;t allow a player to practice until he signs his contract.</p><p>&ldquo;He started 10 days later than the others and was behind them In condition,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;which may have led to his groin Injury. But he&rsquo;s starting to pick-up now. I had a dream the other night that Mackell was flying and when he flies he can carry our whole team.&rdquo;</p><p>Bill Quackenbush, who suffered a cracked ankle three weeks ago, may be back in the lineup next month. But Real Chevrefils, who suffered a broken leg in the same time, is through for the season. Both accidents occurred in Toronto and Lynn still resents something Conn Smythe said to him after the game.</p><p>&ldquo;He asked me how the players were and I thought he was being sympathetic,&rdquo; the Bruins&rsquo; coach said. &ldquo;I told him that Quackenbush was in the hospital with a cracked ankle and that I wag sure Chevrefils had a broken leg; he was on his way to the hospital. He started to walk away, but he turned back and said, &ldquo;You asked for it. You started trying to play it rough against us in the playoffs three years ago.&rdquo; .</p><p>He was reminded that some of the other clubs had been hit hard by injuries, especially Canadiens, who have lost three centres.</p><h2><b>A $100,000 Player</b></h2><p>Yes, he knew all about that, and when did Canadiens expect to have Jean Beliveau back ?</p><p>&ldquo;He wasn&rsquo;t too conspicuous when he played against us In Boston at the start of the season and the writers gave him a panning,&rdquo; said Lynn. &ldquo;They went around and got some quotes from fang. One was awell-known lawyer who said, &lsquo;My uncle is a better hockey player than the great Beliveau.&rsquo; Mr. Ross (Art Ross, the Bruins&rsquo; general manager) didn&rsquo;t like the remark and when he saw the lawyer he asked him if he&rsquo;d like to make $10,000. The lawyer said he sure Would.</p><p>&ldquo; &lsquo;Buy Beliveau for us for $100,000 and we&rsquo;ll give you $10,000 for putting over the deal,&rsquo; Mr. Ross said. &lsquo;That&rsquo;s what we think of him&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p><p>A much improved player for the Bruins this year is Leo Labine, who is ready to take on anybody.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s only one way I can describe Labine to you and that&rsquo;s to tell you the story of Algernon,&rdquo; chuckled Lynn. &ldquo;A man wanted to buy a horse and he was told that a certain farmer owned a horse named Algernon and might be willing to sell him. The man called on the farmer and the farmer led him to the field where Algernon was running loose. Algernon raced at an elm tree, bounced off It and then ran at a maple tree. The prospective buyer said, &lsquo;Why, I&rsquo;m not going to buy that horse&mdash;he&rsquo;s crazy.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo; Oh, no,&rsquo; said the farmer, &lsquo;you&rsquo;ve got Algernon all wrong. He&rsquo;s pot crazy &mdash; he just doesn&rsquo;t give a damn&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p><p>Lynn was asked if he&rsquo;d seen any good rookies around the league.</p><p>&ldquo;Yes, hut none I like better than our own kid, Mohns,&rdquo; he replied. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s excepting Beliveau, of course. But a coach isn&rsquo;t the Tight guy to ask that question. He never watches anybody closely except his own players. Mohns is still eligible for junior and I&rsquo;m bringing him along carefully. I don&rsquo;t want to have to send him to Hershey.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;One more question &mdash; do you think now you can make the playoffs ?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a little early to ask that because we&rsquo;re the club that never gets in until the 69 th game,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d say it all depends on how we do with the Rangers. If we play .506 hockey against them, we&rsquo;ll make it. When I was coaching the Rangers we could never beat the Bruins. Now that I&rsquo;m coaching the Bruins we can&rsquo;t beat the Rangers. Bo the fault must be mine. I&rsquo;ve tried everything to beat them except staying away from the rink. Maybe I should try doing that.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

playing the field

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>There&rsquo;s a growing belief in National Hockey League circles that Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay are something more than great scorers.</p><p>In fact, the story is gaining general credence that in addition to potting goals, the pair are probably the best &ldquo;centre&rdquo; wingers in the league. Any doubts that they&rsquo;re not can be quickly dispelled by looking at the records of a pair of rookies, and wondering why they&rsquo; have any records at all.</p><p>When the Red Wing management grudgingly permitted Sid Abel to call it a day, they paid him a final tribute by allowing that filling his centre spot would be something that would be next to impossible.</p><p>The ultimate task proved just that. Reggie Sinclair, a good scoring, clever playmaking centre was wangled away from the Rangers and he simply didn&rsquo;t fit into the Howe-Lindsay combine. Consequently, Sinclair, perhaps a little disappointed, retired from hockey.</p><p>That left the problem still unsolved although their was no immediate concern for the impending fate of Lindsay and Howe. With or without a centre, they were rollicking along, making a shambles of the NHL scoring race and wreaking havoc on the league in general, but a centre man had to be found, If for no other reason than to comply with a league ruling that insists each club use six players at a time.</p><p>The vast Red Wing farm empire was given a thorough scrutinization. The findings were encouraging but not necessarily conclusive. They had decided on two boys Who might fill the vacancy. In any case there was nothing to lose by giving them a full-scale trial. After the Wings broke training camp at Sault Ste. Marie, Coach Tommy Ivan, announced to a breathless press that the &ldquo;New Sid Abel&rdquo; was a kid who answered to the name of Earl (Dutch) Reibel. And by way of casting scorn at his opponents, Ivan intoned that Reibel, if nothing else, was the Red Wings&rsquo; answer to Canadiens&rsquo; Jean Beliveau.</p><p>Dutch stepped In between his illustrious linemates and the season was hardly five minutes old When it became apparent that the search was worthwhile.</p><p>Howe and Lindsay did everything to make the youngster look good and even tolerated (for a while anyway) his leading the league. They, as wingers, converted themselves into centres and set him up for important goals. Then, just when Reibel was beginning to win praise all around the circuit, he came up with a leg injury that hampered his play and forced him to a relief role.</p><p>That brought the burning question up all over again. How about a centre for Howe and Lindsay? This time Ivan didn&rsquo;t have to look as far. In fact, it was simply a matter of glancing along the Red Wings&rsquo; bench, and fingering young Bill Dineen.</p><p>Dineen clicked almost Instantly. After a full week of service as pivot for the Big Pair, he jumped In the individual points parade from 46th place to 18th and his stock was still on the rise as THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press.</p><p>Dineen now has 11 goals and five assists for a 16 point total while Reibel has scored eight times and picked up 17 assists for 25 points.</p><p>The question Is, which one will eventually wind up as a permanent centre. The answer may not be decided until the full 70 games are played out but one thing that remains almost a certainly is that one of them is almost a shoo-in for the Calder Trophy, an annual award that goes to the top rookie.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01279/1573850-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="558" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Top Rock</i></b></p><p><b>EARL REIBEL</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Reibel, Dineen Top Rookies, With Assists To Howe, Lindsay

<p><b>NEW YORK. N.Y. &mdash;</b></p><p><b>Frankie Boucher, general manager and coach of the New York Rangers, thinks he may have spotted what might develop into a flaw in Red Kelly&rsquo;s play.</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;All I can say is this &mdash; I think Kelly is becoming acutely conscious of Bill Gadsby. Kelly has always been off by himself as a scoring defenseman. Now Gadsby is beginning to challenge him. The defenseman with the most scoring points always makes the All-Star team and Kelly isn&rsquo;t a guy to allow another player to take over without a battle.&rdquo;</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Boucher Detects Kelly’s Flaw

<div class="byline">By REX MacLEOD</div><p>TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;</p><p>W. A. (Billy) Hewitt was bombarded on all sides by words of praise and adulation but he came through it with the same quiet dignity that has distinguished his 50 years as secretary of the OHA.</p><p>The occasion was a testimonial dinner in the Royal York Hotel given by the OHA in recognition of Mr. Hewitt&rsquo;s half-century of service to amateur hockey.</p><p>Almost 500 people, representing hockey, horse-racing and various other sports attended. Mr. Hewitt, besides his association with hockey, also served as a steward for the Ontario Jockey Club.</p><p>Various speakers paid tribute to Mr. Hewitt&rsquo;s lengthy sports record. Mayor Allan Lamport, who presented him with a silver cigarette box on behalf of the city, referred to him as &ldquo;OHA Hewitt.&rdquo; Conn Smythe remarked that the most conspicuous part of Mr. Hewitt&rsquo;s character was class. &ldquo;He is one man we can all point to with pride,&rdquo; Smythe said. &ldquo;He has always kept his standards up. One thing we all admire is class. I have never seen Mr. Hewitt fail or falter. He stays right to the finish.&rdquo;</p><p>George Dudley, secretary-manager of the CAHA and a veteran associate of Mr. Hewitt, credited the OHA secretary for the present stature of hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;One thing that speaks for Mr. Hewitt is the OHA itself,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think the OHA has become one of the outstanding sports organizations of this Dominion. The man who had moulded and formed this organization is Mr. W. A. Hewitt.&rdquo;</p><p>Dudley observed that &ldquo;kindliness and courtesy are two of Mr. Hewitt&rsquo;s greatest attributes.&rdquo; Sev. eral other speakers remarked in the same vein.</p><p>Tupper Bigelow, chairman of the Ontario Racing Commission, declared that horse racing was also indebted to Mr. Hewitt.</p><p>&ldquo;Racing owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Hewitt which can never be repaid,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;He is the most knowledgeable, well informed person on turf subjects in this country&mdash;if not on the continent.&rdquo;</p><p>To prove his point the ORC chairman challenged Mr. Hewitt to name the King&rsquo;s Plate winners in 1908 and 1928. The correct answers were given with only a moment&rsquo;s hesitation both times.</p><p>Col. K. R. Marshall, president of the Ontario Jockey Club, said Mr. Hewitt &ldquo;will go down as the greatest steward we&rsquo;ve ever had in the OJC.&rdquo;</p><p>Other speakers who eulogized Mr. Hewitt were Tory Gregg, OHA president; Louis Blake Duff, past president, OHA; TV. B. George, CAHA president; Captain James Sutherland, life-member OHA; Doug. Grimston, CAHA past-president; Tommy Lockhart, president AHA of U.S.; Clarence Campbell, NHL president; Jack Adams, manager, Detroit Red Wings; Frank Seiko, manager, Montreal Canadiens; Hamilton Cassels, Toronto Argonauts; J. Kingsbury, Toronto Star &lsquo;and Foster Hewitt.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03195/1573905-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="975" height="1698"></div><p>Mr. Hewitt, replying to the testimonial dinner, referred to it as &ldquo;this banner night of my life.&rdquo;</p><p>The OHA rewarded him with a combination television-radio-phonograph set. The OHA also announced that it had established an endowment at Sick Children&rsquo;s Hospital in the name of Mr. Hewitt and the late Mrs. Hewitt.</p><p>Doug Grimston, past president Of the CAHA, presented Mr. Hewitt with a scroll on behalf of the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association.</p><p>From the U.S.A.H.A. he received a life membership card of 14 karat gold. The presentation was made by Tommy Lockhart.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Almost 500 People From All Walks Honor Billy Hewitt at Testimonial

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Every season unexpected developments occur in the arenas of the National Hockey League to add spice and controversy to the game. This year the Montreal Canadiens, most penalized team in the league, played games on two consecutive nights in which queer rulings made the headlines.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02252/1573943-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="520" height="537"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Sounds Off</i></b></p><p><b>DICK IRVIN</b></p></figcaption></div><p>First there was the rhubarb in Toronto which ended on a ludicrous note When Referee Frank Udvari banished the bench reserves of both teams for participating in a free-for-all brawl.</p><p>Now Udvari was perfectly within his rights, according to Rule 66, in imposing 10-minute misconduct penalties on those who left the benches to swing fists but the question arises: what would have happened had the fracas occured with 10 minutes to play? The game would have had to continue with only the players who were on the ice when the brawl broke out.</p><p>What a farce that would have been! As there is no guarantee that players will always be cooperative enough to stage such wrestling and slugging matches with just a minute and 45 seconds to play, it seems that there is room for amendment, to this rule.</p><p>Why not just fine the offenders &mdash; and make it a stiffer penalty than $25 &mdash; and let them stay in the game to cool their</p><p>The other odd situation, which involved the Canadiens only indirectly, occured in Montreal. Playing against the Chicago Black Hawks. Maurice Richard was credited with a goal when the puck bounced into the Chicago cage off his leg. Al Rollins, protesting vigorously that the Rocket had kicked the puck into the net, pushed Referee Jack Mehlenbacher and drew a 10-minute misconduct penalty for his petulant and injudicious action.</p><p>The sentence was served by Larry Zeidel who wasn&rsquo;t even on the ice when Rollins was pleading forcibly for sympathy and justice.</p><p>That Is contrary to Rule 33, Section D, which reads: &ldquo;should a goalkeeper incur a misconduct penalty, this penalty shall be served by another member of his team who was on the ice when the offense was committed.&rdquo;</p><p>So Mehlenbacher erred. Not seriously, mind you, as the penalty transferred to Zeidel from Rollins had no bearing on the outcome of the game. But it did nothing to enhance his reputation in the eyes of the players which, might hamper his work in the future.</p><p>Coach Dick Irvin took a rather benign view of the two games and used the opportunity to sound off on his favorite topic &mdash; a return to the two-man system of refereeing.</p><p>&ldquo;One man can&rsquo;t watch everything that occurs on the ice.&rdquo; said the Habitant skipper. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s impossible. Hockey needs two referees.&rdquo;.</p><p>The players themselves believe that there would be fewer major brawls and stick-swinging episodes if the referees would enforce the rules against hooking and holding and, of course, high, sticking.</p><p>&ldquo;Those brawls always start with hooking and holding,&rdquo; said one player. &ldquo;When a fellow has been deprived of scoring chances by illegal holding or is hooked from behind he gets darned mad and it is only natural to want to retaliate.</p><p>&ldquo;And hooking and holding isn&rsquo;t fair to the customers either. They don&rsquo;t want to see men like our Richard and Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe constantly harassed. They want to see them given fair opportunities to get goals.&rdquo;</p><p>Another player pointed out that carrying a high stick should always merit a penalty. &ldquo;Some guys, like Fern Flaman of the Leafs, always carry sticks above their shoulders which is prohibited by a rule that&rsquo;s seldom enforced. So what happens? One of our guys gets nicked in the face and then he&rsquo;s after Flaman.&rdquo;</p><p>In fact it was a burning desire to get even that turned a simple skirmish between Bud MacPherson and Eric Nesterenko into the major brawl at Toronto.</p><p>&ldquo;That MacPherson jabbed me between the legs in the second period,&rdquo; is the way Ron Stewart explained his part in the affair. &ldquo;I was waiting for my chance to get even and when MacPherson tangled with Nester (Eric Nesterenko) I gave him the same jab he gave me.&rdquo;</p><p>Nesterenko then went after Bert Olmstead who promptly wrapped him around a goal post. Coach King Clancy then sent out auother line and the Habs were outnumbered on the ice nine to five as the original Toronto line had not deuarted from the scene of battle and Habs&rsquo; Doug Harvey was in the penalty box for a previous offence.</p><p>Tom Johnson was pinned by three Leafs, taking advantage of their extra manpower, so Butch Bouchard hurried off the Montreal bench to rescue him.</p><p>As Johnson crawled out of the melee, murmuring &ldquo;gee, thanks, Butch,&rdquo; reserves leaped from both benches and the battle was on.</p><p>Floyd Curry came out&rsquo;of it minus a front tooth but there wasn&rsquo;t a mark on any other Hab. Bob Solinger suffered a black eye and Flaman split his fist. There were no other casualties.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02255/1573936-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="556" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Jabbed</b></p><p><b>BUD MacPHERSON</b></p></figcaption></div><p>The ice was littered with gloves as the fracas subsided and two Canadiens, Bert Olmstead and Bud MacPherson, took the opportunity to acquire better pairs than they started with at the expense of a couple of Leafs who were slow in retrieving their belongings.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Irvin Reiterates Earlier Demand, Says “Two Refs Now a Necessity”

<div class="byline">Ken Mckenzie</div><p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p><b>Founded October 1, 1947</b></p><p><b>By Kenneth W. McKenzie ond Will. V. Cote</b></p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY 301 Empire Life Building 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 In Canada and the British Empire: $4.00 In the U.S.A. and Foreign Countries.</b></p><p><b>Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953 at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879.</b></p><p><b>Authorised aa second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa.</b></p><p><b>Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations</b></p><p><b>Printed in Canada</b></p><p><b>VOL 7 MONTREAL, DECEMBER 19, 1953 No.12</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01350/1573995-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="387" height="414"></div><p>&bull; <b>NINE PLAYERS</b> in the National Hockey League have played with more than two clubs &hellip; Seven players have performed for half of the six NHL squads, while two have performed for four teams &hellip; Jimmy Peters played with Canadiens, Boston and Detroit before joining Chicago &hellip; Cal Gardner toiled for New York, Toronto and Chicago before coming to Boston &hellip; Sugar Jim Hennry of the Bruins played with Rang&rsquo;ers and Chicago before his arrival in Beantown. His teammate, Hal Laycoe was with Rangers and Canadiens prior to joining Boston &hellip; Gerry Couture started out with Detroit, spent a brief sojourn with Canadiens, and ended up with Chicago, after spending some time with Cleveland in the American League &hellip; The 31-year-old Bob Goldham played with Toronto and Chicago before becoming a member of the Red Wings &hellip; Toronto&rsquo;s ace goalie, Harry Lumley, formerly played with Detroit and Chicago, while another Toronto, Harry Watson, played with the now-defunct Brooklyn Americans and Detroit Red Wings before being traded to the Leafs at the start of the 1946-47 season &hellip; The dipsy-doodling Maxwell Bentley gained his reputation with Chicago, later figured in a much publicized five-for-two trade that shifted him to Toronto, and finally wound no with the Blues of Broadway &hellip; Could it be that the New York Rangers will summon Air Pike irom uueipn io take over the coaching reins from Frank Boucher? &hellip; They say the fans are down on Pike in Guelph and he wouldn&rsquo;t be too hesitant to make a move.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02237/1573988-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="287" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alf Pike</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>THE SENSATIONAL AL ROLLINS</b> stops more pucks in one night than any other goalkeeper in the NHL does in two &hellip; Tall Al is playing the greatest goal of his career. His play has been nothing short of phenomenal this season Rollins, incidentally, caught the chickenpox from his Infant daughter &hellip; Bill Quackenbush has discarded his crutches Lynn Patrick bet Baldy Cotton five bucks that Jean Beliveau would score 30 goals this season &hellip; When Bill Quackenbush and Hal Laycoe are missing from the Bruins&rsquo; lineup, Boston ices the youngest defense in the league. Ray Ganepy is the oldest at 25 and Frank Martin the youngest at 20. Bob Armstrong and Warren Godfrey are each 22 &hellip; Camille Henry of Rangers is called &ldquo;The Eel&rdquo; due to his elusiveness around opposing clubs nets &hellip; New York Americans&rsquo; famed forward line of Schriner-Chapman-Carr was reunited the other night in Calgary in an Oldtimers Game &hellip; Such other former well known National Hockey League stars as Paul Thompson, Art Somers, Stew Adams, Frank McCool, Eddie Wares, Tommy Anderson, Marty Burke, Irvine Frew and George Boothman took part in the game &hellip; Jim Henry of Boston is called &ldquo;Sam&rdquo; by his clubmates &hellip; Bob Chrystal is the most consistent defenseman on the Rangers right now. In fact he Is one of the best on the entire team, far surpassing some of the so-called established stars &hellip; To protect spectators from wildly soaring pucks the Detroit Olympia recently installed a screen along each side of the rink. Previously the screen appeared at the ends of the rink &hellip; This new wire screen along the sides gives a certain amount under player impact. The screens will speed the action as the pucks will bounce back off them and there will be fewer faceoffs.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03152/1573981-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="259" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Rollins</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>JOHNNY PEIRSON</b> doesn&rsquo;t believe a top goal scorer employs any set pattern &hellip; According to the Boston right winger who has averaged close to 20 goals a season for the last five years, a player who notches 20 or more goals Jn a season uses about 15 different ways to tally them &hellip; &ldquo;The closest thing to a set rule for scoring is for a player to station himself In front of the net,&rdquo; says Peirson. &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t matter what pattern you follow in scoring goals, one of the biggest and most important parts is luck,&rdquo; Johnny added &hellip; Montreal Candlens boast the best record at home this season. The Habs have won 15 games in 16 starts on the Forum freeze &hellip; One of the finest hockey programs is put out by the Troy Bruins of the International Hockey League &hellip; Bob Goldham, Detroit&rsquo;s ever-reliable defenseman, seldom practices with the Red Wings. He just skates in practice for about 10 minutes. Bob plays so many minutes during a game (between 28 to 34) that the Red Wings management believes it best that he conserves his energy as much as possible. Goldham is so exhausted at the end of each game that he can barely skate off the ice sometimes at the end of a game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04108/1573974-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="266" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Goldham</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0599/1574026-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2><b>No Broadcast</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I have been a reader of your great paper for a long time and think it is tops.</p><p>All last year my friends and I listened to Montreal home games every Thursday night. We enjoyed them very much. This year we have not been able to get them in Vancouver. Could you let us know if they are being broadcast and if not why? We miss them very much.</p><p>I&rsquo;ll be looking for my letter in the Fan Forum and hope you will find room for it.</p><p>Pierre Ardan Vancouver, B.C.</p><p><b>(The games are still being broadcast. Would suggest you ask at your local CBC outlet about why they are not being heard in Vancouver.)</b></p><h2><b>Where&rsquo;s Bud ?</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I should like very much to secure information about Buddy Boone, formerly of the St. Louis Flyers of the American League.</p><p>Before the hockey season opened, I read in your paper that Bud was with the Edmonton Flyers of the Western League. But in your &ldquo;Thumbnail Sketches&rdquo; of the Edmonton club, his name was not mentioned. For the past two weeks I have searched the team line-ups for his name, but could not find it. I have followed his hockey career since he played for St. Kitts in the Jr. OHA so you can understand my interest in his whereabouts.</p><p>I would appreciate it very much if you could supply me with this information.</p><p>Beth Shaver Toronto, Ont.</p><p><b>(Bud is with the Edmonton Flyers of the Western League.)</b></p><h2><b>Ruined Beg</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>First, I would like to congratulate you on your paper which is almost complete. The only thing that it is lacking is the Crossword Puzzle. Whatever promoted you to take it out? I sincerely hope that you return it.</p><p>Secondly, I would like to know what has happened to Reggie Sinclair. It is my opinion that Detroit ruined him. He played great hockey for the Rangers and all of a sudden he is dropped from the Wings lineup:</p><p>Keep up the good work.</p><p>Howard Logan Thetford Mines, Que.</p><p><b>(Sinclair retired this season. The crosswords are now back.)</b></p><h2><b>No Initials</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I have noticed in the Fan Forum section that your newspaper staff has received a good number of letters concerning crossword puzzles.</p><p>On the other hand, I have also read that those with any views on the subject, either pro or con, were invited to write and let you know about it, thus deciding for you which way the majority rules. Well, here is where I would like to come in.</p><p>Yes, I am for crosswords; but not for the kind of crosswords we had in previous years, because there are too many questions regarding &ldquo;initials of Mr. So and So, or initials of this or that&rdquo;. If this is the kind of puzzle we are going to get, let&rsquo;s forget about them and have sogje printing on the minor leagues.</p><p>However, May I make a suggestion. Why doesn&rsquo;t the Hockey News start some kind of a Quiz Contest in which there would be prizes awarded to the winners; of course you&rsquo;re thinking of cash prizes, but it certainly does not have to be all in cash; how about some of those hockey tickets for future games, Hockey Guides, Sets of Hockey Pictures, etc.</p><p>John Forgues Montreal 34, Que.</p><h2><b>The Answer</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>For the first time, I saw an article in your paper, written by one Bob Swiriduk. I really enjoyed it and I hope the author of this column gets a weekly inkwork in the paper.</p><p>Yes, that&rsquo;s the way to judge hockey players. The Yankees won the World Series because they have the clutch players. They pushed the runs in while the Dodgers packed the bases, but let their runners die on the sacks.</p><p>This is by far the best answer to the eternal controversy going on. Is Rocket Richard greater than Gordon Howe? Nobody will let go of their favorite, but at the very end of it, Mr. Swiriduk has the right answer. It is a fact in Itself.</p><p>Best of luck to the Canadiens for this new season, and let&rsquo;s hope the opponents will have a hard time, having not only one, but two real players to cover on the first line.</p><p>Your paper is a dandy and keep up the good work.</p><p>Georges-C. Blanchette St. Johns, Que.</p><h2><b>Duck Stan !</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>There was an article written in your paper by Stan Houston, (who is he?), in the November 28th issue, extolling the merits of the Toronto Maple Leafs defensemen in general, and Jim Morrison in particular.</p><p>This article came from a Toronto writer evidently, because it carried the usual Maple Leaf BALONEY.</p><p>The article said in part that &ldquo;Jim Morrison flattened Maurice Richard four times in a recent game after first taking the puck off of him&rdquo;.</p><p>Is it any reason that we here in Montreal dislike the Toronto Maple Leafs and everything they stand for after reading stuff like that???</p><p>Jim Morrison better get up a little earlier in the morning and eat a lot more wheaties if he expects to accomplish a feat such as mentioned by that MAPLE LEAF writer. The day that any NHL defenseman can do what Morrison is supposed to have done has not yet arrived. That&rsquo;s for sure. The next you will be reading will be that Jim Morrison will be making the All Star Team. Naturally the story will come from Toronto.</p><p>Albert Trottier Montreal, Que.</p><h2><b>Red Headlines ?</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I have been an ardent reader of The Hockey News, since Its inception, in 1947.</p><p>Praise is due you, and your competent staff. The complete over all coverage of all the leagues, from the professional, to the amateur, leaves the reader with the feeling that little more could be desired.</p><p>The feature articles which you have published on your pages re Maurice (Rocket) Richard, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Ted Kennedy, and other glittering stars of the ice lanes, have been little short of perfect.</p><p>I am a Printer by trade. Because I am, I wish to suggest a few notable improvements that would go far to improve your already splendid hockey newspaper.</p><p>Would it not be possible to print the headline of your front page in red ink? Such a headline &mdash; would literally &ldquo;scream&rdquo; at the customers and fans, particularly, who purchase The Hockey News from their local magazine store.</p><p>I don&rsquo;t mean that your headlines and feature articles must appear in red and black every issue, but most certainly when deserving players and teams win the various trophies which are put up for competition each year.</p><p>Such a paper, appearing in red and black, especially bn your Anniversary Issue, would do much to enhance the appearance of The Hockey News.</p><p>Such a venture would involve a great deal more expense. But a hockey fan, if he is interested in your coverage of the sport, would be only too delighted to share the expenses of such a venture. The subscription rate might be raised 50c; the particular issue which appears on the newsstand In red and black, might, for that one issue, sell for the nominal fee of 25c.</p><p>It you will not print this suggestion in the columns of the Fan. Forum, is it worhwhile enough to have a census taken ot the public opinion of your readers?</p><p>I have planted the seed ot thought. Would the idea bear harvesting?</p><p>Raymond E. Hersley Winnipeg, Man.</p><h2><b>Tedium, Anyone?</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>It was with interest that I read your front page article of November 28th, emanating from Boston, re the holding tactics of the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>While I have attended the majority of the National Hockey League games played in the Maple Leaf Gardens for some years, I know nothing of the finer pointe of hockey, enjoying the game to recognise how different is the type of game played by the Boston Bruins, as compared to the other teams in the NHL. Their persistent checking spoils any chance of a wide open game, and to my mind slows the play almost to tedium.</p><p>Mrs. C. Campbell Toronto, Ont.</p><h2><b>In Book Form</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I am taking few minutes of my time to suggest you something new concerning the author of the &ldquo;Crosswords.&rdquo;</p><p>How about putting a book oa the market which will only contains crosswords on sports; I&rsquo;v been looking for one of those books everywhere and I just can&rsquo;t find any.</p><p>Do you think this will be a good suggestion? If yes, would you kindly let me know the answer by the voice of your fine paper.</p><p>Many thinks in advance. Robert Parent Giffard, Que.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>F</span>ans requesting these colorful Canadiens&rsquo; calendars will no doubt, be disappointed to learn that they&rsquo;ve all been sold out. Tre Montreal Forum conveyed to THE HOCKEY NEWS, its regrets that it wasn&rsquo;t able to accommodate more fans but indicated that provisions will be made next year to meet the increasing demand.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

All Sold Out!

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Frank Martin, a 20-year old defenseman, is becoming an important part of the Boston Bruins&rsquo; offensive picture this season.</p><p>Martin, a one-time forward, holds the unique&mdash;for defenseman&mdash;distinction of being the second-high assists maker on the Bruins. Only Ed Sandford, the big left wing, leads him in helping in the formulation of goals.</p><p>At this point Martin is well ahead of his defense mates in the assists department, and he is also closing rapidly on Bill Quackenbush&rsquo;s high for a Bruins&rsquo; defenseman of a year ago.</p><p>Quackenbush finished last season with 18 points, or only seven more than Martin owned after 24 games this season.</p><p>Furthermore, most of Martin&rsquo;s first 10 assists were rewards for deft passes, at which he demonatrates strongly his previous training as a forward.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01301/1574112-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="532" height="817"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Sets &rsquo;Em Up</b></p><p><b>FRANK MARTIN</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>MOSTLY A FORWARD</b></h2><p>Through four years of junior hockey with St. Catharine&rsquo;s of the Ontario Junior Hockey Association, the 198-pound Martin played mostly at forward, occasionally on defense.</p><p>Most of his fine scoring records, such as his 25 goals and 25 assists for St. Catharine&rsquo;s two years ago, were compiled as a center. In junior circles he was rated an excellent play-maker.</p><p>In National league circles this season, as a result, he is flashing more than average defenseman&rsquo;s knowledge of offensive moves with his manipulation of the puck.</p><p>At the present time the husky blond is only a long-shot bet to come close to the Bruins&rsquo; point record for a defenseman, held by Bill &ldquo;Flash&rdquo; Hollett. For the 1942-43 season Hollett collected 44 points. Like Martin, Hollett was also a combination defenseforward.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Frank Martin Tops Bruin Rearguards

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02268/1574143-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Ho More Disappointments</b></p><p><b>WALLY HERGESHEIMER &hellip; &hellip; A Tiger</b></p></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>For the first time in three seasons, the Rangers now must look past Wally Herge-sheimer to produce a Lady Byng candidate. All of a sudden, the little right winger has become a tiger, refusing to be pushed around.</p><p>Hergy is no bigger (5-8, 160) or stronger than he was in the past two seasons, when he gave Sid Smith and Red Kelly a good run for the &ldquo;most gentlemanly&rdquo; award. But his spirit is enlarged. He won&rsquo;t back away from trouble now and, as a result, has become a much more effective forward. He does all the checking, with stick and body, that can be asked of anyone of any size.</p><p>As a result of his new-found viciousness, Hergy Is spending more time in the penalty box. Usually he takes someone in with him, a little factor that serves to maintain Frank Boucher&rsquo;s peace of mind.</p><p>Two years ago, when Hergy scored 26 goals as a rookie, he lost the Calder Trophy to Boom Boom Geoffrion and the Lady Byng to Smith. The latter loss was a particular disappointment, since the small Ranger forward had served but six minutes in the box.</p><p>But he gave the Lady Byng race one more whirl last Winter, and again was disappointed. Although his production of goals increased to 30 and his penalty minutes only totalled 10, Wally was just one of those considered when Kelly got the $1,000 prize.</p><p>With this season only about one-third gone, Hergy has already been tabbed with a dozen minutes in penalties. He got two of them in one game, vs Toronto on Dec. 6. for the first time in his career. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sick of being pushed around,&rdquo; he confessed.</p><h2><b>Still Pots &rsquo;Em</b></h2><p>The most important item about this new Hergesheimer is that he hasn&rsquo;t forgotten how to score. Although he is trailing his own sizzling pace of last Winter, he already had 10 scores in the first 26 games. At this time last season, he had 13.</p><p>However, those 13 goals represented for good part two big nights. By this time, Hergy had scored four times in one game and three times in another. This season, each of the 10 goals has been made in a different game.</p><p>No one on the team can even approach Hergy as a timely goalgetter. It has been he who has helped the Rangers keep their self-respect in New York, where they&rsquo;ve played the most exciting hockey in the post-war era. All but one of their games here has been tight to the finish and, as proof, in nine of the first dozen Garden clashes one of the goaltenders was yanked in the closing minute.</p><p>Hergesheimer has scored seven times in New York. He took a total of 44 shots. In three of the last four games, his goals either tied or won the game. Three other times, his goals put the Rangers ahead.</p><p>Hergy, with considerable help from center Paul Ronty, has been the offensive stickout of the club. Defensively, Eddie Kullman stands all alone. The short, chunky veteran, one of the most underrated players in the league, tirelessly kills most of the penalties and checks the opposition&rsquo;s big gun like Rocket Richard and Gordie Howe.</p><p>Now in his sixth season in New York, Kullman is compiling a record to be proud of. At home, where complete statistics may be kept, it is noticed that Eddie has killed an average of six penalty minutes a game by allowing less than a shot per minute by the team with the advantage.</p><h2><b>Killer Kullman</b></h2><p>In the first 12 games on Garden ice, in which the Rangers compiled a 5-4-3 record, Kullman killed a total of 65:25 penalty minutes. In that time, the opposition had but 55 shots on goal and caged but six of them.</p><p>It is understood that Kullman doesn&rsquo;t do all this on his own. He serves with two defenseman and another wing, usually Aldo Guidolin. But It Is the tireless, aggravating Kullman who does the best work. Just ask anyone.</p><p>ICE CHIPS: Two injuries have given big Jack Evans another chance to make the Rangers. The jut-jawed defenseman was recalled from Saskatoon on Dec. 8 when Ivan Irwin came up with a bad back and Harry Howell with a deep gash in his left instep. After serving two years on the varsity, during which time he was a willing but crude worker, Evans last season was named on the Western League&rsquo;s All-Star team. If he fulfills his promise this time, Jack will stay and one of the Ranger &ldquo;regulars&rdquo; will be shipped out.</p><p>When the Rangers tied Toronto, 3-3, with last-minute goal on Dec. 6, they had four centers (Max Bentley, Ronty, Bones Raleigh, Camille Henry) and two wings, Hergy and Nick Mickoski, on the Ice. Hergy got the goal, on passes from Henry and Raleigh&hellip; Several Toronto writers came down with the Leafs, and went home empty handed. Their wives, who accompanied the party, found New York&rsquo;s stores nice places in which to do Christmas shopping.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hergy Forsakes ‘Nice Guy’ Role, Becomes More Effective Player

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The Injury bug which has hit the Canadiens&rsquo; organization this year hasn&rsquo;t been restricted to members of the varsity squad.</p><p>Young Henri Richard, better known in junior hockey circles as &ldquo;The Pocket Rocket,&rdquo; was tumbled early in the first period of a game in Montreal last Sunday night between Junior Canadiens and Royals.</p><p>The younger brother of the famous NHL Rocket was carried, stretcher-wise to the clinic and was removed to the hospital across the street where X-Rays later revealed that he had suffered a mild concussion and would be hors de combat for a week.</p><p>Young Richard, only 18-years-old scored 28 goals In his team&rsquo;s first 22 games this year and was leading the Quebec Junior Scoring parade. If it was any consolation he found company In the hospital in the person of Jean Beliveau, out with a fractured cheek-bone. Maybe young Henri can encourage &ldquo;Le Gros Bill&rdquo; by recounting the now famous tale, how his brother, Maurice survived a horrendous first season In the NHL and went on to fame and glory.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03204/1574174-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="528" height="898"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HENRI RICHARD</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Injury-Bug Hounds Canucks, Even Juniors Feel Pinch

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Al Rollins, still speckled with many of the chickenpox blotches that kept him out of the Chicago Black Hawk cage for nearly half of November, returned to action early this month with a series of netmindlng displays that may lead his mates back to the ranks of the respectable In the National Hockey League.</p><p>The first four games for the well-rested Al saw the Hawks turn on their best spurt of the season with five of a possible eight scoring points collected. They lost only to Boston while tying and beating the Rangers and then walloping Detroit, 5-0. The latter was shutout No. 3 for Rollins.</p><p>When he skated onto Madison Square Garden ice December 2 it was with practically no time to get back Into playing shape. He proceeded, however, to grasp countless New York shots and a starring role as the game ended in a 3-3 tie. It ended a losing streak of six games for Sid Abel&rsquo;s squad.</p><p>Al was a solid performer in Boston the next night too and drew no blame as the Beantowners waited until late to take a 3-1 decision. He actually allowed just two of the goals with&rsquo; Milt Schmidt scoring into an empty net in the final seconds after Coach Sid Abel chose to gamble with a six-forward attack.</p><h2><b>HARDEST FOUGHT</b></h2><p>When the Hawks returned to the Chicago Stadium December 5 one of the smallest crowds in recent history, 4,108 fans, turned out to appraise their subsequent 2-1 victory over the Rangers. Although only four penalties were called, the game was one of the hardest fought on the NHL schedule to date.</p><p>&ldquo;That was rough and then some,&rdquo; Al grunted as he flicked sweat from his brow afterward. His saves were not too extensive In number, but many were of the sensational variety. Half a dozen came in the waning moments as the Blueshirts tried everything to gain a second deadlock with their big city rivals.</p><p>Al Rollins kept hold of what was to be his most sterling effort until the next evening as the Black Hawks returned to the road and a game with the same Red Wings that had blasted them, 18-4, In two meetings the previous weekend. Jack Gelineau proved a shaky replacement for the still ill Al In these engagements.</p><p>Detroit&rsquo;s big bombs &mdash; Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay and Red Kelly &mdash; had hopes of again adding healthily to their scoring records, but they apparently neglected to tell Rollins of their plans. He batted down every puck knocked his way for the entire 60 minutes and Tommy Ivan&rsquo;s boys left the scene a disillusioned lot.</p><p>Al proved his right to be ranked among the all-time Chicago cage cops when he even shirked off the effects of a thorough shaking up In the third stanza. A scramble around the net found him beneath some five other players. He was assisted from the ice for repairs, but bounced back as sound as ever five minutes later.</p><p>While Rollins was keeping &lsquo;em out, the Black Hawks&rsquo; attacking corps was making the night miserable for Terry Sawchuk, who had possessed the best goals against average In the league prior to the game. They beat him three times In the first period and added single goals In the second and third stanzas.</p><p>This was the first time the Chicagoans were able to blank the Wings at the Olympia in a number of years. The three time he has faced them this fall, Rollins has allowed only four Detroit pucks to get by. Sawchuk, in the meantime, has been solved seven times by Abel&rsquo;s agressors.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rollins Leads Rejuvenated Chi-Hawks

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>There&rsquo;s childhood jingle about little Indians sitting in a row for which Coach Lynn Patrick of the Boston Bruins can write a hockey parody.</p><p>Patrick&rsquo;s version goes like this: Six little defensemen, very much alive.</p><p>One hit the sideboards, then there were five.</p><p>Five little defensemen, chock full of lore.</p><p>Pop. went a muscle, then there were four.</p><p>Four little defensemen, ready for a spree,</p><p>Up came a peeper, then there were three.</p><p>Three little defensemen, alas and alack,</p><p>Who would have thought it a few games back?</p><p>In mid-November the Bruins were the wealthiest team defensewise in the National league. They had six defensemen, three different pairs, all playing regularly and well.</p><p>Then, almost overnight, it seemed, their defense corps was down to three able-bodied players. The change took place so quickly it left Patrick practically speechless.</p><p>First Bill Quackenbush broke his ankle, and next Hal Laycoe Injured his back. Finally Ray Gariepy received an eye injury which rates as one of the freaks of the season.</p><p>The night the hard-rock Gariepy was hurt in a collision with Referee Bill Chadwick, the Bruins finished a game with two sophomores. Bob Armstrong and Warren Godfrey, the rookie Frank Martin and Jerry Toppazzini, the team handyman, for defensemen.</p><p>Fortunately for the Bruins Armstrong. Godfrey and Martin are young brutes with an abundance of stamina, but even so, Patrick was jarred by the situation.</p><p>&ldquo;When we called up Toppazzini from Hershey,&rdquo; he observed, &ldquo;the last thing I had in mind was using him on defense. He was to be the replacement for Real Chevrefils. At that time we had six defensemen, and I never dreamed wed be down to five, let alone three.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Hal In And Out</b></h2><p>Laycoe&rsquo;s back ailment started out as one of those good today-bad tomorrow things, and he was in and out of the lineup. Finally Patrick ordered him to stay out until the annoying condition cleared up.</p><p>As for Gariepy, his absence was only temporary, although its timing hurt the Bruins considerably. Rockabye Ray was trying to play with a partly-closed eye, the result of a two-stitch cut acquired in practice, when he ran into Chadwick. The referee&rsquo;s elbow caught him flush on the nose, and before he was able to get to his feet the eve was swollen tight.</p><p>Despite all the ministrations known to training, the Bruins&rsquo; medical staff was unable to get the eye open for the team&rsquo;s next game, and Gariepy still carries slight evidence of the strange accident.</p><p>Actually, the string of setbacks to the defense has served to bring out the best in Godfrey, Armstrong, Martin and Gariepy, and the four youngsters have played some outstanding games.</p><p>But the events have thoroughly disrupted Patrick&rsquo;s fond anticipation of alternating three defense teams. Since they started he has been satisfied to be able to ice two teams and happy to have both of them finish.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01334/1574236-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="528" height="795"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Still Going Strong</b></p><p><b>WARREN GODFREY</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02274/1574229-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="533" height="755"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOB ARMSTRONG</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bruin Defense Corps Riddled, Three Remain Of Original Six

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH (Seventh Of A Series)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03208/1574274-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="285" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Chuck Rayner</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04156/1574267-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="274" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Henry</b></figcaption></div><p>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;</p><p>Let&rsquo;s take a few moments to again look back at the happenings that made headlines in the world of hockey this same week in the not too distant past.</p><p>Six years ago this week &mdash; The New York Rangers were the hottest team in the National Hockey League with only one defeat in their last 12 games. Despite this pleasant trend, Coach Frank Boucher was finding it hard to decide whether or not to keep using Jim Henry in the nets or the returning Chuck Rayner, who had been on the injury list.</p><p>Jack Adams brought right wingers Fern Gauthier and Rod Morrison and left flanker Marty Pavelich up to Detroit from the Red Wings&rsquo; Indianapolis farm club to replace the injured Pete Horeck, Ed Bruneteau and Doc Couture &hellip; Ebbie Goodfellow launched what was to be a very good career as coach of the now defunct St. Louis entry in the American League.</p><p>Four years ago this week &mdash; With Conn Smythe threatening to make wholesale changes, mustached rearguard Garth Boesch out rushed every other Leaf in the battle for survival &hellip; The Millers of Minneapolis were setting a torrid pace in the United States loop with three of their star forwards, George Agar. Bill Warwick and Wally Hergesheimer, on top in league scoring.</p><p>The NHL race found the teams running in this order: Detroit, the Canadiens, Toronto, the Rangers, Boston and Chicago. Only four points separated the Habs and the Bruins &hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s streak of 10 straight wins on the road was snapped at New York by a hurryin&rsquo; bunch of Ranger skaters.</p><p>Two years ago this week &mdash; &ldquo;Sure I offered Harvey for Pronovost,&rdquo; said General Manager Frank Selke of Montreal, &ldquo;but the news is only a year late. I made that offer to Jack Adams last season.&rdquo; Selke denied that Gerry McNeil was headed for Chicago in a deal that would put Harry Lumley in the Canadien cage.</p><p>In an AHL swap, Providence sent wingers Ken Davies and Vic Lynn to Cleveland in exchange for defenseman Joe Lund and wingman Paul Gladu &hellip; Attendance in the Pacific Coast circuit was up 30,00 over the previous year in the first 65 tilts, according to league prexy Al Leader.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-03

Remember Boucher’s Problem?

<div class="byline">By REX MacLEOD</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Kitchener, a city which produced such hockey stars as Milt Schmidt, Bobby Bauer, Porky Dumart, Ott Heller George Hainsworth, Earl Reibel and a score of others, handed a rejection slip to its junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Greenshirts recently.</p><p>The Greenshirts, coached by Curley Davis; were the best junior team to play in Kitchener in years but they were treated with remarkable disinterest by the fans.</p><p>Attendance at Kitchener&rsquo;s junior games averaged about 1,100 and it was reported that the club was losing around $1,000 per week. So Kitchener club officials appealed to Frank Selke for assistance.</p><p>Selke, whose Montreal Canadiens had been sponsoring the Greenshirts, decided that junior hockey was a losing proposition in his old hometown. So he bought the club outright from his Kitchener associates, a move which produced angry repercussions in the Ontario Hockey Association.</p><p>Selke distributed Kitchener&rsquo;s best players among teams in the Quebec Junior League or at least that was his plan. At the time of writing the OHA was still refusing to grant transfers to those players.</p><p>Gregg Hicks and Beryle Klinck were ticketed for Quebec Frontenacs, a team which Selke has treated with rare charity this season. He gave them Guy Rousseau, a Montreal junior star last season, to help them get started.</p><p>Other Kitchener players were awaiting permission to play for Jonquiere, and the two Montreal clubs, Canadiens and Royals.</p><p>At first Selke said he would keep Kitchener in the OHA with a team composed entirely of local talent. It was his idea, he said, to build Kitchener hockey players, not to bring in Imports. Nobody reminded him that Klinck, exiled to the Frontenacs, had learned all his hockey on the outskirts of Kitchener.</p><p>Selke changed his mind in a hurry when the Shirts were cuffed mercilessly in the first three games after their top talent had departed. Marlboros wall oped them 12-2, St. Mike&rsquo;s blanked them 10-0 and Guelph racked them 14-4. Selke said that was enough.</p><p>&ldquo;The Kitchener club under no consideration can remain in the OHA,&rdquo; Selke decided. &ldquo;I thought we might be able to run a local team there but I see now that it can&rsquo;t be done.&rdquo; In case Selke is interested most of the junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; clubs in Ontario also depend on imports for a nucleus.</p><p>Some Kitchener citizens endeavoured to raise a fund to bail out the Greenshirts but it wasn&rsquo;t successful. So the Shirts, who were in third place at the time of their financial collapse, were forced to drop out of the league.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05111/1574305-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="536" height="889"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>In the Centre</b></p><p><b>FRANK SELKE</b></p></figcaption></div><p>The OHA, which was far from amused at the clandestine manner in which the Greenshirts had been sold to Selke, said it would fight all the way to the Privy Council to oppose the transfer of the Kitchener players to Quebec.</p><p>Individual OHA clubs weren&rsquo;t convinced that Selke had acted in, the best interests of the Kitchener club. They suspected that he might be more interested in trying to build up the Quebec Junior League at the expense of the OHA.</p><p>&ldquo;Why should we let those players go to Quebec?&rdquo; one OHA spokesman asked. &ldquo;If Kitchener has to lose those players I maintain they should stay in the OHA. Our first duty is to make our own league stronger.&rdquo;</p><p>Selke pretended to be surprised at the reaction in Ontario. &ldquo;What are the Ontario clubs complaining for?&rdquo; he asked. &ldquo;They have always grabbed players from anywhere in Canada whenever they wanted them. Surely they don&rsquo;t, object to others doing the sam thing.&rdquo;</p><p>Selke said he had no idea what would happen to the ex-Green-shirts if transfers were denied them. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve assured them that their salaries will be paid for to season,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It looks like the CAHA will have to decide what happens. Let them interpret the rules.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-05

Tempest Still Raging Over Selke’s Attempt To Move Junior Stars

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>hey might call Harry Lumley the hottest thing on ice for at the moment the apple-cheeked Toronto Maple Leaf netminder is setting a sizzling pace for all other National Hockey League goaltenders to try and keep up with.</b></p><p><b>In the last five Toronto games, Lum has racked up no fewer than three shutouts and allowed but four goals to get past him.</b></p><p><b>His three goose-eggs in the last five outings boosted his total to five for the season, more than any other NHL Janitor. During his red hot streak he also displaced Detroit&rsquo;s</b></p><p><b>Terry Sawchuk as the goaler with the best goals-against average and ranks at the moment as the number one candidate for the Vezina Trophy.</b></p><p><b>It all started on Saturday December 5 when Lum shutout the then league-leading Detroit Red Wings 3-0.</b></p><p><b>The next night in New York, he slipped a little and allowed three goals to get by him as the peppery Rangers earned a 3-3 tie with the Toronto troops.</b></p><p><b>Wednesday December 9, Lumley again at his best and once more on the desirable end of a 3-0 score, this time over the leagueleading Montreal Canadiens.</b></p><p><b>He made it two goose-eggs in a row when he came back the following Saturday on Maple Leaf Garden ice to blank Chicago Black Hawks 2-0.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1343/1574500-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="254" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Lumley</b></figcaption></div><p><b>It was those, pesky Rangers who again spoiled his string of zeros as they tallied in the first period of the game the following night but still the Torontonians managed a win, this one a 2-1 squeaker.</b></p><p><b>A lot of the pre-season prognosticators figured that this night be the year the Leafs would again reign as one of the big NHL powers due to the fine showing made in &lsquo;32-53 by their youngsters. With Lumley there to back up the youngsters, they could be right.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player - of - the - Week

<h2><b>A Long Time</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen the Canadiens trimmed the NY Rangers. 7-2, in Montreal, December 12th, it marked the 24th consecutive time that the Broadway Blneshfrts hate failed to win a same in Montreal. In that stretch, dating: back to February, 1950, Canadiens have won 20 and tied four. Those figures are exclusive of playoffs.</p><h2><b>Not Eligible</b></h2><p>There seems to the a mix-up concerning Tim Horton, the Toronto Maple loafs&rsquo; sensational defenseman. Several writers are referring: to him as a good bet to win the Calder Trophy, this year. Actually, Timothy isn&rsquo;t eligible. He played in 70 games with the Leafs last year, scoring two goals, getting 14 assists and snending 85 minutes In the cooler.</p><p><b>HOW THE BACE GOES</b></p><p><b>(STANDINGS ON WED. A.M. DEC. 16)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01319/1574469-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="578" height="182"></div><h3><b>RESULTS</b></h3><p>Wed. Dec. 9th&mdash;Canadiens 0 at Toronto 3</p><p>Wed. Dec. 9th&mdash;Detroit 3 at Rangers 3</p><p>Thurs Dec 10th&mdash;Chicago 3 at Cdns 6</p><p>Thurs. Dec 10th&mdash;Detroit 3 at Boston 6</p><p>Sat. Dec 12th&mdash;Rangers 2 at Canadiens 7</p><p>Sat. Dec. 12th&mdash;Chicago 0 at Toronto 2</p><p>Sat. Dec. 12th&mdash;Boston 1 at Detroit 7</p><p>Sun. Dec. 13th&mdash;Canadiens 3 at Detroit 4</p><p>Sun. Dec. 13th&mdash;Toronto 2 at Rangers 1</p><h3><b>SCHEDULED GAMES</b></h3><p>Wed. Dec. 16th&mdash;Boston at Rangers</p><p>Thurs. Dec 17th&mdash;Toronto at Boston</p><p>Thurs. Dec. 17th&mdash;Chicago at Detroit</p><p>Fri. Dec. 18th&mdash;Detroit at Chicago</p><p>Sat. Dec. 19th&mdash;Boston at Canadiens</p><p>Sat. Dec. 19th&mdash;Rangers at Toronto</p><p>Sun. Dec. 20th&mdash;Canadiens at Rangers</p><p>Sun. Dec. 20th&mdash;Toronto at Chicago</p><p>Sun. Dec. 20th&mdash;Detroit at Boston.</p><h3><b>WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 9</b></h3><p><b>Montreal 0 at Toronto 3</b></p><p>TORONTO &mdash; In a game that was significiant for its numerous outbreaks of fighting, the Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the first place Montreal Canadiens 3-9. Leafs goals went to George Armstrong, Ted Kennedy and Sid Smith.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal. McNeil; defence, Harvey, MacPherson. Bouchard, Johnson; forwards, Mosdell, Richard, Olmstead, Masnick, Geoffrion, Meger, McCormack, Curry, MacKay, Mazur, Gamble.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Bolton, Horton Flaman, Morrison, Boivin; forwards, Kennedy, Stewart, Smith, Sloan, Armstrong, Watson, Migay, Nesterenko, Solinger. Lewicki.</p><p>Referee, Frank Udvarl; linesmen, Georges Hayes and Jim Primeau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02297/1574462-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="590" height="539"></div><p><b>Detroit 3 at New York 3</b></p><p>NEW YORK &mdash; Johnny Wilson scored with only 30 seconds left of regulation time to give the Detroit Red Wings a 1-3 sawoff with the New York Rangers. Earlier in the third period, Camille Henry had put the Rangers out in front</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03250/1574455-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="586" height="181"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04209/1574448-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="581" height="308"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10</b></h3><p><b>Chicago 3 at Canadiens 6</b></p><p>MONTREAL &mdash; Sparked by Maurice (Rocket) Richard who scored a hat trick, the Montreal Canadians downed the Chicago Black Hawks 6-3 before a crowd of 14.373.</p><p>Other Montreal snipers were Dick Gamble and Floyd Curry while the Hawks&rsquo; three markers were scored by Bill Gadsby, Doc Couture and Pete Conacher.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal: Rollins: defense: Gadsby. Dewsbury, Mortson, Fogolin, Zeidel; forwards: Wilson, Conacher, Costello, Peters, Mosienko, Jankowski, Bodnar, Hucul, Couture, Gee, Price.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal: McNeil; defense: Harvey, MacPherson, Bouchard, Johnson, forwards: Masnick, Geoffrion, Mazur, Mosdell, Richard, Olmstead, Beliveau. Curry, MacKay, McCormack, Meger, Ganibce.</p><p>Referee: Jack Mehienbacher; linesmen: Geo. Hayes and Blfl Roberts.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05160/1574441-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="583" height="733"></div><p><b>Detroit 3 at Boston 6</b></p><p>BOSTON &mdash; Eddie Sandford scored a hat trick to lead the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 decision over the Detroit Red Wings, who are winless In their last four games.</p><p>Other Bruins marksmen were Johnny Pierson. Milt Schmidt and Hal Laycoe.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Goldham. Kelly, Arbour, Pronovpst, Wolt; forwards: Skov, Leswick, Pavellch, Reibel, Lindsay, Wilson, Delvecchio, Dineen, Stasiuk, Howe Prystai.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal: Henry; defense: Godfrey, Gariepy, Armstrong, Laycoe, Martin, forwards: Gardner. Labine, Mohns, Schmidt, Creighton, Klukay, Mackell, Sandford, Peirson. Toppizzini, Dumart.</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvari; linesmen: Sam Babcock and Bill Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06136/1574434-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="580" height="243"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07126/1574427-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="586" height="80"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01333/1574420-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="590" height="419"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY. DEC 12</b></h3><p><b>Chicago 0 at Toronto 2</b></p><p>Chicago &mdash; Goal, Rollins: defense: Morteon, Gadsby, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Zeidel, Price: forwards: Gee. Bodnar, Couture, Peters, Moslenko, Conacher, Jankowski, Hucul, Wilson, Costello.</p><p>Toronto &mdash; Goal Lumley; defense, Horton, Bolton. Boivin, Morrison; forwards, Sloani, Armstrong, Watson, Kennedy, Smith, Stewart. Migay, Nesterenko, SoMnger. Lewicki.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02274/1574413-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="586" height="363"></div><p><b>Boston 1 nt Detroit 7</b></p><p>Boston &mdash; Goal, Henry: defense: Laycoe, Gariepy. Armstrong, Godfrey, Marlin: forwards, Mackell, Pelrson, Sandford, Gardner, Dumart, Schmidt, Labine, Creighton Mohns, Toppazzini, Klukay.</p><p>Detroit &mdash; Goal. Sawchuk: defense: Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Wolt, Arbour: forwards, Skov. Leswlck, Pavellch, Reibel. Howe. Lindsay, Delvecchio, Wilson, Prystal, Dineen, Stasluk.</p><p>Referee. Red Storey: linesmen, Red Dunn, Doug Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03231/1574406-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="585" height="585"></div><p><b>New York 2 Canadiens 7</b></p><p>New York &mdash; Goal Bower: defense: Pelse. Chrvstai, Buller. Evans; forward; Bentlev. Raleigh, Hildebrand. Mickoski, Guidolin. Murphy. Bathgate. Prentice. Hergesheimer, Kullman, Henry. Ronty.</p><p>Canadiens &mdash; Goal: McNeil; defense: Bouchard, Johnson. Harvey, MacPherenr st. Laurent; forwards; Masnick. Mazur. Geoffrion, Mosdell. Richard; Olmstead, Beliveau, Curry, Mackay, McCormack, Gamble.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04177/1574399-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="576" height="597"></div><h3><b>Sunday. December 13</b></h3><p><b>Toronto 2 at New York 1</b></p><p>Toronto: Goal: Lumley: defense: Horton. Bolton, Boivin, Morrison; forwards, Bloan, Armstrong Watson, Kennedy&rsquo; Smith, Stewart, Migay, Nesterenko, Solinger. Lewicki.</p><p>New York: Goal: Bower defense: Buller. Evans. Irwin. Raise: forwards: Raleigh. Hergeshelmer. Chrystal, Ronty, Bentley. Guldolln, Hidebrand, Murphy, Bathgate, Pretlce, Kullman, Henry</p><p>Referee: Jerry Ollnskl; linesmen: Dorn Baolto and Sammy Babcock.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05143/1574392-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="579" height="364"></div><p><b>Boston 2 at Chicago 2</b></p><p>Boston: Goal: Henry; defense; Armstrong. Godfrey, Laycoe, Toppazzinl, Martin; forwards: Sandford, Mackell, Peirson, Gardner, Dumart. Schmidt, Labine. Creighton, Mohns, Klukay.</p><p>Chicago: Goal. Rollins; defense; Mortson, Gadsby. Fogolln, Dewsbury, Zeidel, Price; forwards: Feo, Bodnar. Couture, ppters, Moslenko. Conacher, Jankowski, Hucul, Wilson, Costello.</p><p>Referee: Red Storey; linesmen: Harold March and Done Young</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06122/1574385-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="587" height="85"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0795/1574378-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="584" height="241"></div><p><b>Canadiens 3 at Detroit 4</b></p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal: McNeil; defense; Harvey, MacPherson. Bouchard, Johnson, St. Laurent; forwards; Mosdell, Richard. Olmstead, Geffrlon, Curry, Gamble, MacKay, McCormack, Masnick, Mazur.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Goldham, Kelly. Pronovost, Woit, Arbour; forwards: Skov, Pavelich, Leswick, Reibel, Lindsay, Howe, Prystai, Delvecchio, Wilson. Stasluk, Dineen.</p><p>Referee: Bill Chadwick; linesmen: Red Dunn and Jim Prlmeau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1049/1574371-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="584" height="590"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(INCLUDING GAMES SUN. DEC. 13)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08117/1574364-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="580" height="2073"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09114/1574357-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="568" height="808"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10100/1574350-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="569" height="366"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORD</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1182/1574343-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="574" height="157"></div><p>* Wilson replaced Sawchuk in 3rd period on October 10.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1253/1574336-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="577" height="184"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, December 6)</b></p><h2><b>BUFFALO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0874/1574566-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="580" height="471"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0960/1574559-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="581" height="592"></div><h2><b>HERSHEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1143/1574552-1-eng-US/f0010-112.jpg" title="f0010-11" width="578" height="494"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1229/1574545-1-eng-US/f0010-122.jpg" title="f0010-12" width="584" height="589"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1320/1574538-1-eng-US/f0010-132.jpg" title="f0010-13" width="581" height="618"></div><h2><b>SYRACUSE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1414/1574531-1-eng-US/f0010-142.jpg" title="f0010-14" width="581" height="613"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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American Hockey League Complete Scoring

<div class="byline">By MARGARET SCOTT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1512/1574597-1-eng-US/f0010-152.jpg" title="f0010-15" width="290" height="418"></div><p><b>MOST ENJOYABLE MOVIES:</b></p><p>&ldquo;The Robe&rdquo; and &ldquo;Shane&rdquo;.</p><p><b>TWO BEST ACTORS:</b></p><p>James Mason and Alan Ladd.</p><p><b>TWO BEST ACTRESSES:</b></p><p>Ava Gardner and Virginia Mayo.</p><p><b>PREFERS TO WEAR:</b></p><p>Business suits. Dislikes bright sports clothes and bow ties.</p><p><b>FAVORITE HOBBY:</b></p><p>Reading.</p><p><b>BEST GIRL VOCALIST:</b></p><p>Did not select a favorite.</p><p><b>BEST MALE VOCALIST:</b></p><p>Likes Bing Crosby and Perry Como.</p><p><b>FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC:</b></p><p>Quiet dance music and piano solos.</p><p><b>BEST CLASSICAL COMPOSITION:</b></p><p>Clair de Lune.</p><p><b>BEST POPULAR COMPOSITION:</b></p><p>Stardust.</p><p><b>FAVORITE ORCHESTRA:</b></p><p>Russ Morgan.</p><p><b>BEST COMPOSER:</b></p><p>Cole Porter. Also likes most Chopin compositions.</p><p><b>LIKES TO READ:</b></p><p>Anything interesting. Is an avid reader and lists Ernest Hemingway as one of his favorite authors.</p><p><b>TWO BEST TV PROGRAMS:</b></p><p>The Jackie Gleason show and I Love Lucy.</p><p><b>WHEN RETIRED FROM PLAYING WOULD LIKE TO;</b></p><p>Enter a business.</p><p><b>FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT:</b></p><p>Florida.</p><p><b>SHOOTS GOLF:</b></p><p>In the 80&rsquo;s.</p><p><b>IN THE SUMMER:</b></p><p>Gets a job which keeps him in condition for the hockey season and plays a lot of golf.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Inside Stuff About… Marcel Pronovost

<p><b>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</b></p><p><b>Kenny (Big Mo) Mosdell, Canadiens&rsquo; latest centre sensation is having one of the greatest years of his long and varied National Hockey League career.</b></p><p><b>Mosdell, who was rushed into the breach to fill the vacancy created by injuries to Elmer Lach and Jean Beliveau, has scored 12 goals in Canadiens first 32 games, and is well on his way to eclipsing his own all-time high of 17 goals in a season. Mosdell, in the past two years, scored a total of 16 goals.</b></p><p><b>He&rsquo;s one of the two remaining members of the original New York Americans. The other, Toronto&rsquo;s Harry Watson, is also proving that age isn&rsquo;t a handicap if you&rsquo;re a good player. He has already notched 11 goals this season.</b></p><p><b>Watson&rsquo;s all-time high was the 26 goals he collected in 1948-49 while performing with the Maple Leafs.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Big Mo And Big Harry Showing Disdain for Age

<h2><b>Coach Scores</b></h2><p>A goal by Playing-Coach Murray Henderson gave the Hershey Bears a 3-2 win over Syracuse Warriors on December 9.</p><h2><b>Hat Trick</b></h2><p>Glen Son mor scored a hat frick and the Cleveland Barons defeated the Providence Beds 5-4 on Sunday December 13.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>(STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M. DEC. 15)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01332/1574743-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="587" height="182"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 9</b></h3><p><b>Providence 2 at Pittsburgh 3</b></p><p>PITTSBURGH &mdash; The Pittsburgh Hornets broke a fourth place tie with the Providence Rede Jn the American Hockey League by edging them 3-2 with Parker MacDonald supplying the winning goal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02291/1574736-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="591" height="633"></div><p><b>Cleveland 1 at Buffalo 6</b></p><p>BUFFALO &mdash; Donnie Marshall, the Buffalo Bisons&rsquo; clever centre score a pair of goals to pace the Bisons to 6-1 victory over the third place Cleveland Barone In an American Hockey League game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03230/1574729-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="593" height="616"></div><p>Penalties: None.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04182/1574722-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="498" height="832"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>High in Scoring Column</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05149/1574715-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="346" height="642"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>THE TRIO</b> shown here, Hershey&rsquo; Dune Fisher end &lsquo;Red&rsquo; Sullivan and Buffalo&rsquo;s Don Marshall are all high in the American League scoring column, which is led by Sullivan.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06135/1574708-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="508" height="844"></div><p><b>Hershey 3 at Syracuse 2</b></p><p>SYRACUSE &mdash; A goal by playing - manager Murray Henderson late in the final period, provided the margin of victory over the Syracuse Warriors as they won, 3-2.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07119/1574701-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="588" height="622"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY DECEMBER 11</b></h3><p><b>Buffalo 2 at Cleveland 3</b></p><p>CLEVELAND &mdash; Goals by Fred Glover and Eddie Olson in the third period gave the Cleveland Barons a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Bisona.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08114/1574694-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="587" height="760"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY DECEMBER 12</b></h3><p><b>Hershey 2 at Pittsburgh 5</b></p><p>PITTSBURGH &mdash; The Pittsburgh Hornets scored three goals in the first period and one in each of the remaining to down the Hershey Bears 5-2.</p><p><b>First Period</b></p><p>1&mdash;Hershey, Ferguson</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09107/1574687-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="590" height="718"></div><p><b>Providence 2 at Cleveland 6</b></p><p><b>CLEVELAND</b> &mdash; Ed Reigle scored a pair of goals to lead the Cleveland Barons to a 6-2 decision over the Providence Reds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1091/1574680-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="582" height="148"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1172/1574673-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="588" height="516"></div><p><b>Buffalo 2 at Syracuse 3</b></p><p>SYRACUSE &mdash; Two goals in the third period gave the Syracuse Warriors a 3-2 decision over tho Buffalo Bisons. Both goals came in the last two minutes of play.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01328/1574666-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="594" height="600"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY. DECEMBER 13</b></h3><p>Cleveland 5 at Providence 4</p><p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;Glenn Sonmor scored a three goal at Trick&rsquo; as the Cleveland. Barons shaded the Providence Reds 5-4.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02255/1574659-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="586" height="776"></div><p><b>Pittsburgh 0 at Buffalo 0</b></p><p>BUFFALO &mdash; The Buffalo Bisons and the Pittsburgh Hornets battled through three periods of regulation time and an overtime session without either team scoring and the result was 0-0 sawoff.</p><p><b>First Period</b></p><p>Scoring&mdash;None.</p><p>Penalties: Wright and Bailey 9:25, Lumsden 10:07, Bailey 11:46, Taylor 16:54.</p><p><b>Second Period</b></p><p>Scoring&mdash;None.</p><p>Penalties: Pilote 3:49, Bailey 7:41.</p><p><b>Third Period</b></p><p>Scoring&mdash;None.</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><p><b>Overtime Period</b></p><p>Scoring None.</p><p>Penalties; None.</p><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(INCLUDING GAMES SUN. DEC. 13)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1264/1574652-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="588" height="750"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals</b>&mdash;Don Marshall, Buff 19.</p><p><b>Most Assists</b>&mdash;Geo. Sullivan, Hers. 31</p><p><b>Most penalty Player</b>&mdash;Larry Cahan Pitts. 66 minutes</p><p><b>Best Goalie</b>&mdash;Jacques Plante, Buff. 29, 74. 2.55.</p><p><b>Most Shutout</b>&mdash;Jacques Plante and Gil Mayer, Pitts. 2 each.</p><p><b>Most penalty Team</b>&mdash;Hershey. 283 min.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BOB KRAUSE</div><p>SYRACUSE, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Fans in this American Hockey League city are still talking today about a feat performed the night of Saturday, Nov. 21, by Harry Pidhirny of the Syracuse Warriors.</p><p>Pidhirny, 25 years old and a resident of Toronto, that night scored six goals against the Providence, R.I., Reds to tie an American League record which had existed since Feb. 4, 1942. Harry worked the &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; in the second and third periods.</p><p>The original mark was established by Bob (Red) Heron of Pittsburgh, who tallied six times against New Haven, Conn. Pidhirny failed to tie the standard of four goals in a period held jointly by Norm Calladine of Providence and Gerry Couture of Indianapolis. Calladine and Couture accomplished their feats in 1942 and 1946, respectively.</p><p>At first glance it might appear that Providence, which lost the game, 9 to 1, had a bad night defensively, and that the Reds&rsquo; goal tender had his mind on something else. Both conclusions could be reached, but there are circumstances which need explaining.</p><p>Playing goalie that night for Providence was its coach, Pat Egan, who has gained fame for his rugged play as a defenseman for more than 15 years, a good portion of that time in the National League.</p><p>Pat put on the pads because the Reds were without a card-carrying member of the goal tender&rsquo;s union. Apparently Pat felt that, no matter what happened, he ought to shoulder the responsibility as the club&rsquo;s coach.</p><p>Harvey Bennett, who normally plays in the nets for Egan, was out with an injury. So the Reds borrowed Jean Marois from the Quebec Aces of the Quebec League for a few games. Time came for Marois to leave and Bennett was still sidelined.</p><p>The call went out to Jerry Cotnoir of the Sherbrooke in the Quebec circuit. But Cotnoir was grounded while attempting to fly to Syracuse. That left Egan with a decision and Pat decided to take the responsibility.</p><p>Surprisingly enough, the bulky defenseman stopped the Warriors cold in the opening period, and Providence skated off with a 1 to 0 lead. But after that Pat had reason to wish he was someplace else. Syracuse scored six times in the second session and Pidhirny made all the goals in the third stanza.</p><p>Pidhirny got his first score at 12:10 of the second when he blasted a 30-foot shot by Egan. His next one came at 15:59 and traveled about 15 feet. He completed the first &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; at 18:13 from a position almost directly in front of the goal.</p><p>Harry started things off in the final period at 6:35 with a slow dribbler that got past Egan from about 20 feet away. His fifth goal occurred at 15:13 on a short, angled shot which went through Egan&rsquo;s pads. And No. 6 followed closely at 16:16 when Pidhirny made good after taking a rebound off the goalie&rsquo;s stick.</p><p>As the crowd and Pidhirny&rsquo;s teamates became aware of what was happening, excitement reached a high pitch. W&rsquo;ith the game clearly won in the third stanza, the Warriors passed exclusively to Harry in hopes that he would get a seventh score. He very nearly did beat Egan again in the final minute.</p><p>The thin, sallow-faced right wing, who wears his back hair closely cropped, also bagged an assist to give him seven points for the night, one short of the loop mark.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03203/1574774-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="558" height="1486"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Double &rsquo;Hat&rsquo;</b></p><p><b>HARRY PIDHIRNY</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Pidhirny, who brought his season&rsquo;s total to 16 goals to take the lead, immediately ran into a slump after the big splurge. From Nov. 21 to the Syracuse game at Pittsburgh on Dec. 4, Harry added only one more score to his total.</p><p>On the part of fans who did not see the game, there may be a tendency to belittle the Warrior veteran&rsquo;s performance because Egan was the goalie. He couldn&rsquo;t have done it if a regular net-minder was playging, they may say.</p><p>Eddie Shore, &ldquo;Mr. Hockey&rdquo; who owns the Syracuse team, won&rsquo;t go along with this. And many others who watched the contest agree with him.</p><p>Comparing Pidhirny&rsquo;s feat to a man making an unassisted triple play in baseball. Shore says: &ldquo;Harry could have beaten any goalie in the game that night. It was one of the finest performances I&rsquo;ve ever seen.&rdquo; And Shore is a man who has seen quite a few of them come and go.</p><p>People who have watched Pidhirny through the years agree that he is one of the best shots in hockey. But, looking at him during a game, it is hard to believe. His hardest shot isn&rsquo;t powerful enough to break a window.</p><p>Coach Frank Beisler of the Warriors and Shore agree that timing is the secret of Harry&rsquo;s success. That and the fact that he rarely wastes a chance. Against Providence, he actually only missed three legitimate tries at the goal.</p><p>His favorite method is to jockey back and forth in front of the enemy goal Until he gets both the right position and the right pass. Then he usually feints the netman out of position and pushes a soft shot into the cage.</p><p>A great many of these &ldquo;right&rdquo; passes come from one of Harry&rsquo;s best friends, center Kelly Burnett. Burnett was the fourth leading scorer in the American League last year, and most of his points were accumulated on assists.</p><p>This &ldquo;teamwork&rdquo; continues when Pidhirny and Burnett are off the ice. Both are married and, here in Syracuse, share an apartment during the season. Both Harry and Kelly are fathers for the first time.</p><p>Pidhirny is listed on the Syracuse roster as six feet tall and weighing 160 pounds. But there is a feeling that, as far as the weight is concerned, he has added at least 10 pounds for the records. &ldquo;Frail&rdquo; is the word for Harry.</p><p>The Toronto native is candid when it comes to sizing up the goalies in the American League. &ldquo;Jacques Plante of Buffalo, Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh and Emile Francis of Cleveland are always tough for me,&rdquo; he says.</p><p>&ldquo;But I love to shoot against Bennett of Providence and Gordie Henry of Hershey,&rdquo; states Harry. &ldquo;Wish I could play against them every night, but I&rsquo;d just as soon never see Plante again.&rdquo;</p><p>Pidhirny, who is employed In a brewery in the off-season, is now serving his sixth term In the American circuit. He started out with the now defunct Philadelphia entry after leaving his last amateur club, the Galt Rockets.</p><p>The left-handed shooter then joined Shore in Springfield, Mass., and stayed there two years. He came to Syracuse when the franchise was shifted and is now in his third season here.</p><p>Harry has accounted for six &ldquo;hat tricks&rdquo; during his A.H.L. career, and three of them came last year. He had made 129 goals after five full seasons in the circuit for an average of just over 25 per year.</p><p>For his effort against Providence,. Pidhirny was awarded a suit as &ldquo;athlete of the week&rdquo; by a Syracuse newspaper. And a local firm presented him with two hats in recognition of the &ldquo;double hat trick.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Pidhirny Ties AHL Record With Six Goal Outburst

<h2><b>The First Goal</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>coring the first and Important goal of the game is evenly divided among the seven clubs. New Westminster and Vancouver have got the first goal of the game 16 times each, Calgary and Victoria 14 times each and Edmonton, Saskatoon and Seattle 13 apiece.</p><h2><b>Rookies</b></h2><p>Saskatoon tried out two rookies the past week and each scored the first goal of the game. Gordie Redhal of the I lin lion Juniors scored against Seattle In Saskatoon Wednesday night and Chuck Henderson of Kamloops against New Westminster Deccmber 5 In the Royal City.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>(STANDINGS ON MON. A.M. DEC. 7)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01333/1574931-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="596" height="211"></div><h3><b>RESULTS</b></h3><p><b>Monday Nov. 30th</b></p><p>Edmonton 4 at Victoria 6</p><p><b>Wednesday Dec. 2nd</b></p><p>Vancouver 2 at New West. 4</p><p>Edmonton 3 at Calgary 1</p><p>Seattle 1 at Saskatoon 4</p><p><b>Thursday Dec. 3rd</b></p><p>Seattle 3 at Edmonton 9</p><p><b>Friday Dec. 4th</b></p><p>Saskatoon 3 at Victoria 0</p><p>New West. 3 at Vancouver 0</p><p>Seattle 2 at Calgary 4</p><p><b>Saturday Dec. fith</b></p><p>Saskatoon 6 at New West. 4</p><p>Calgary 3 at Edmonton 1</p><p><b>Sunday Dec. 6th</b></p><p>Saskatoon 3 at Seattle 6</p><h3><b>MONDAY NOVEMBER 30</b></h3><p><b>Edmonton 4 at Victoria 6</b></p><p>VICTORIA &mdash; The Victoria Cougars climbed &lsquo;nto fourth place in the Western Hockey League by dumping the Edmonton Flyers 6-4.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Hall; defence, Hrymnak, Coflln, Zeniuk, B. Poile; forwards, Uniac, Scllsizzl, D, Poile, Strain, Boone, Haley, Bonin, J. Anderson, Hanigan, O&rsquo;Grady, Kubasek.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Almas; defence, Lavett, Schneider, Lowe, Clune; forwards, D. Anderson, Hebenton, Achtymichuk, Abbott, Sinnett, Kilburn, Kuzma, Dorohoy, Reay, Maxwell, Bettlo.</p><p>Referee, Scotty Morrison; linesman, Ross Valliere.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02291/1574924-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="587" height="688"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2</b></h3><p><b>Vancouver 2 at New West minster 4</b></p><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; The largest mid-week crowd of the season, around 4000. saw the New Westminster Royals down the league leading Vancouver Canucks 4-2.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Worsley; defence, Houghton, Dick, Landen; forwards, Kaiser, Boyd, Popein, Pea, Homenuke, Brown, Wylie, Smith, Hickey, Rouse, Sweaney, McCullough.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechene; defence, Durham, Bedard, Bergeron, Matthews: forwards, McNab, Dorohoy, Brilliant, Love, Hamilton, Fashoway, Boyce, Kasslan, Thomson, Denny.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03261/1574917-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="593" height="512"></div><p><b>Edmonton 3 at Calgary 1</b></p><p>CALGARY &mdash; Second place Calgary Stampeders I lew a chance to move With in two points of the league lead when they dropped a 3-1 decision to the lowly Edmonton Flyers.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal. Hall; defence, Hrymnak. Coflin. Zeniuk, B. Poile; forwards, Unlae, Sclisizzi, D. Poile, Strain. Boone. Haley, Bonin. J, Anderson, Hanigan, O&rsquo;Grady. Kubasek.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Quackenbush, Kyle, Coburn. A. Mlchaluk. Shvetz; forwards, Pargeter, Trennini. Lundy, Wittiuk, Barry, Ashworth, Scott, Finney, J. Michaluk.</p><p>Referee, Lou Farelli; linesman, Eddie Wares.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04233/1574910-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="590" height="286"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05201/1574903-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="584" height="115"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06171/1574896-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="1761" height="1549"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>A Bow From The Prince</b></p><p><b>CHARLIE (PRINCE) RAYNER, who starred for many years in the National League with Rangers, is shown here in his new surroundings, the goals of the Saskatoon Quakers. In the photo above, he repulses a bid for a goal by Seattle&rsquo;s Mark Marquess.</b></p> <span class="photo-credit">(Seattle Post-Intelligence Photo)</span></figcaption></div><p><b>Seattle 1 at Saskatoon 4</b></p><p>SASKATOON &mdash; With referee Ross Morrow handing out 10 minor and two misconduct penalties, the Saskatoon Quakers defeated the Seattle Bombers 4-1 in a rough, hard WHL game.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Pelletler; defence, Jones, Lofvendahl, Ailsby, Davidson; forwards. Fielder, Nadeau, Brown, Marquess, Filion, Macauley, Wall, Bell, Panagabko.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Ross, Parker, Milford, ontinato, Kaleta, McLeod, Manson, Holdaway, Kukulowicz, Howe, Kobussen, Senick, Redahl, Bentley.</p><p>Referee, Ross Morrow; linesman, Buck Crawford.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07159/1574889-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="589" height="495"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY&rsquo; DECEMBER 3</b></h3><p><b>Seattle 3 at Edmonton 9</b></p><p>EDMONTON. &mdash; Don Poile scored three goals in the space of 67 seconds a four altogether as the Edmonton Flyers trounced the Seattle Bombers 9-3.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Pelletier; defence, Lofvendahl, Davidson, Nadeau, Jones; forwards, Ailsby, Bell, Filion, Macauley, Brown, Wall, Marquess, Fielder,</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Hall; defence, Hrymnak, Coflin, Zeniuk, B. Poile; forwards, Uniac, Sclisizzi, D. Poile, Strain. Boone, Haley, Bonin, J. Anderson, Hanigan, O&rsquo;Grady, Kubasek.</p><p>Referee, Ross Morrow; linesman, Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08149/1574882-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="575" height="438"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09143/1574875-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="586" height="160"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY DECEMBER 4</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 3 at Victoria 0</b></p><p>VICTORIA &mdash; Saskatoon Quakers took over fourth place in the WHL from the Victoria Cougars by defeating the latter 3-0.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Milford, Parker, Ross, Fontinato, Evans; forwards, Kukulowicz, Kobussen, R. Manson, Howe, Senick, McLeod, Kaleta, Jeffrey, Holdaway, Bentley.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Almas; defence, Lavett, Schneider, Lowe, Clune; forwards, D. Anderson, Hebenton, Achtymichuk, Abbott, Sinnett, Kilburn, Kuzma, Dorohoy, Reay, Maxwell, Bettlo.</p><p>Referee, Lou Farelli; linesman, Ross Valliere.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10137/1574868-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="583" height="359"></div><p><b>New Westminster 3 at Vancouver 0</b></p><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; The Vancouver Canucks absorbed ttelr first home ice loss of the season when they were blanked 3-0 by the New Westminster Royals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11120/1574861-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="588" height="394"></div><p><b>Seattle 2 at Calgary 4</b></p><p>CALGARY &mdash; Playing their 19th game in 31 days, the Seattle Bombers were no match for the Calgary Stampeders who skated off with a 4-2 decision.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12107/1574854-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="589" height="463"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY DECEMBER 5</b></h3><p><b>Calgary 3 nt Edmonton 1</b></p><p>EDMONTON &mdash; Calgary Stampeders climbed into a first place tie in the Western Hockey League by defeating the last place Edmonton Flyers 3-1 before 4,700 fans.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1386/1574847-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="584" height="361"></div><p><b>Saskatoon 6 at New Westminster 4</b></p><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; Saskatoon Quakers ended New Westminster Royals&rsquo; home streak at nine games when they gained a 6-4 decision over the coast team.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1479/1574840-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="579" height="698"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY DECEMBER 6</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 3 at Seattle 6</b></p><p>SEATTLE &mdash; Joe Bell scored a hat trick as the Seattle Bombers bombed the Saskatoon quakers 6-3.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1926/1574833-1-eng-US/f0013-192.jpg" title="f0013-19" width="590" height="548"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(INCLUDING GAMES SUN. DEC. 6)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1567/1574826-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="582" height="1839"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1643/1574819-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="583" height="235"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1734/1574812-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="591" height="469"></div><p><b>Penalties In Minutes:</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1830/1574805-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="574" height="184"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Apparently a comfy lead atop the Western Hockey League isn&rsquo;t enough for Messrs. Coley Hall and Art Chapman, the bossmen of the Vancouver Canucks.</p><p>Coasting along at a three wins out of five pace after a tremendous start, the Canucks added further strength when they acquired veteran centre Chuck McGulloch from Saskatoon Quakers in a straight cash deal.</p><p>The trade came as a surprise and a definite shock to the last place Edmonton Flyers. The Flyers had announced a week previously that they had traded captain Jim Uniac for Quaker captain McCulloch.</p><p>With both sides agreeing, the trade seemed simple enough until McCulloch announced he wouldn&rsquo;t report to the Flyers.</p><p>Hall, owner of the Canucks, apparently offered McCulloch enough money to make the switch appear worthwhile.</p><p>The deal came about after Canucks&rsquo; Gordie Kerr suffered a torn cartilage In his right knee. McCulloch moved in on the Cy Rouso &mdash; an old Quaker teamnate &mdash; and Dale Sweany line.</p><h2><b>No Slow Up</b></h2><p>Loss of Andy Bathgate to the parent New York Rangers hasn&rsquo;t slowed up the Canucks. Billy Dea, who played 14 games with the Rangers early this season, has fit in well with the Canucks as a replacement.</p><p>Rumors that Allan Stanley would be recalled by Rangers were stilled when he suffered a severe Charley horse and sat out a few games. The local fans love him. Along with rookie Mid Houghton, he&rsquo;s been one of the Canuck defensive mainstays.</p><p>Under the Art Chapman system, defensive hockey comes first. The Canucks lead the league despite the absence of a player in the top 15 scorers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05126/1574993-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="576" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Fitting In</b></p><p><b>BILLY DEA</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Lome Worsley still tops the league&rsquo;s goalies in avergase with a 2.17 mark. Bill Brennan of Calgary is next.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Quakers Sell Captain To Vancouver Canucks

<p>Next week The Hockey News, you will find a article on the New York Rangers&rsquo; rookie defenseman <b>BOB CHRYSTAL</b> by <b>Dana Mozley.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04152/1575024-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="282" height="438"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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coming nextbook

<h2><b>Second Zero</b></h2><p>Dave Gatherum racked up bls second goose-egg of the season when the Sherbrooke Saints whitewashed Quebec Aces 3-0 on Dec. 9.</p><h2><b>Rifler</b></h2><p>When Valley field Braves defeated Chicoutimi Baguenecns 2-1 on December 14, Larry &ldquo;China Clipper&rdquo; Kwong scored both his team&rsquo;s goals.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M. DEC. 15)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01305/1575167-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="587" height="223"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9</b></h3><p><b>Ottawa 0 at Chicontimi 3</b></p><p>CHICOUTIMI &mdash; Phil Hughes applied the whitewash brush to the Ottawa Senators as the Chicoutimi Sagueneens emerged with a 3-0 victory and moved into fourth place in the QHL standings.</p><p>Ottawa &mdash; Goal, Frederick; defense: Arundel, Robertson, Hudson, Burega; forwards, Johnson, Gravell, Blair, Hugh Rlopelle, Howie Riopelle, Giesebrecht, Kuntz, Poland, Guldolin,</p><p>Chicoutimi &mdash; Goal: Hugbea; defense: Glaude. Lamirands, Roy, McCallum; forwards. Buchanan, White, S. Smrke, L. smrke, Perreault, Groleau, Dussault, Tkachuk, Moore, Leger.</p><p>Referee: Charlie Deziel; linesmen, Tailleur, Scullion.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02268/1575160-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="587" height="361"></div><p><b>Sherbrooke 3 at Quebec 0</b></p><p>QUEBEC &mdash; Goaler Dave Gatherum yacked up his second shutout of the season as the Sherbrooke Saints blanked the Quebec Aces 3-0 before 7.482 fans.</p><p>Sherbrooke &mdash; Goal, Gatherum; defense: Roberge, Palmer, Hay, Bownass; forwards: McLean, Dube, Irving, Stankiewicz. Ehnan, Podolsky, Bruneteau, Malo, Giesebrecht, Johnson.</p><p>Quebec &mdash; Goal, Marois; defense: Raglan, Crozier, Talbot, Houle; forwards, Nixon, Brown, Grosse, Powell, Regan, Harrison, Labadie, Kelly, Tremblay, Wharram.</p><p>Referee: Pean Bennett&rsquo;. linesmen: Armand Leclerc, Rene Langevin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03244/1575153-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="590" height="356"></div><p><b>Springfield 2 at Valleyfield 9</b></p><p>Valleyfield &mdash; Andre Corriveau and Larry Kwong tallied two goals apiece as the Valleyfield Braves ran roughshod over the Springfield Indiana to the tune of 9-2.</p><p>Springfield &mdash; Goal: Henderson; defense: Bloomer, McNab, Telford, Tarala; forwards: Leier, Gagnon, Bobenic, Schinkel, Hastings, MsLeod, McMurdy, Power, Locas, Pogue.</p><p>Valleyfield &mdash; Goal: P. Leclerc: defense: Ernst, Deslauriers, Irvine, White; forwards: Bisaillon, Corriveau, Bougie, oThomson, Kwong, Haworth, Cline, R. Leclerc, Farelli, Mlles.</p><p>Referee: Ching McDonald; linesmen: Antoine Latullppe, Gordie Whitehead.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04196/1575146-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="587" height="790"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 9 Bpringfield 4 at Sherbrooke 4</b></h3><p><b>SHERBROOKD &mdash; The Sherbrooke Saints came from behind a 4-2 deficit to gain a 4-4 overtime tie with the Springfield Indiana.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05159/1575139-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="588" height="820"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10</b></h3><p><b>Valleyfield 1 at Ottawa 6</b></p><p>OTTAWA &mdash; Defenseman Hugh Bolton scored one goal and assisted on three others as the Ottawa Senators dumped the Valleyfield Braves 6-1.</p><p><b>Valleyfield:</b> Goal: P. Leclerc; defense,: Irvine, Ernst, Deslauriers; forwards: White, Bisaillon, Corriveau, Thomson, Kwong, Haworth, Cline, R. Leclerc, Farelli, Mples, Bougie,</p><p><b>Ottawa:</b> Goal: Frederick; defense: Robertson; Arundel, Hudson, Burega, Bolton; forwards: Blair, Gravelle, Riopelle, Guldolin, Poland, Foley, Johnson, Kuntz, Giesebrecht.</p><p>Referee: Sibbey Mundey; linesmen: Yvon Renaud and Johnny McEvoy.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06139/1575132-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="581" height="610"></div><p><b>Springfield 4 at Chicoutimi 1</b></p><p>CHICOUTIMI &mdash; The Springfield Indians came from behind a 1-0 deficit to defeat the Chicoutimi Sagueneens 4-1.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal: Henderson, defense: Bloomer, McNab, Telford, McMurdy; forwards: Schlnkel, Gagnon, Hastings, McLeod, Jones, Bobenic, Power, Pogue, Leier.</p><p><b>Chicoutimi:</b> Goal: Hughes; defense: Claude, Lamlrande, Roy, McCallum; forwards: Buchanan, White, S. Smrke, L. Smrke. Perreault, Locas, Dussault, Moore, Tkachuk, Groleau.</p><p>Referee: Len Corriveau; linesmen: Demers, Tailleur.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07131/1575125-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="584" height="355"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08120/1575118-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="584" height="116"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09112/1575111-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="552" height="880"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Hat Trick&hellip;</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1098/1575104-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="532" height="830"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>&hellip; Hotshots</b></p><p><b>JACQUES LOCAS and JIMMY MOORE</b> both scored three goal &lsquo;Hat Tricks&rsquo; as the Chicoutimi Chicks walloped the Sherbrooke Saints 12-3 on Sunday, December 13</p></figcaption></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12</b></h3><p><b>Chicoutimi 0 at Valleyfield 2</b></p><p>VALLEYFIELD&mdash;Larry Kwong scored twice to give the lowly Valleyfields Braves a 2-0 win over the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1180/1575097-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="585" height="433"></div><p><b>Spring 1 at Ottawa 1</b></p><p>OTTAWA&mdash;Bep Guidolln scored early in the third period to give the Ottawa Senators a 1-1 draw with the Springfield Indians.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1259/1575090-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="587" height="418"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14</b></h3><p><b>Valleyfield 4 at Montreal 3</b></p><p>MONTREAL&mdash;The Valleyfield Braves Bcored three times In the third period to overcome a 3-1 deficit and win their second game in as many days, 4-3.</p><p>Valley field &mdash; Goal, P. Leclerc; defense, Ernst, Deslauriers, Irvine; forwards, Joannette, Bisaillon, Corriveau, Bougie, Thomson, Kwong, Haworth, Cline, R. Leclerc, Farelli, Myles.</p><p>Royals &mdash; Goal, Perreault; defense: Hollingworth, Hodgson, Roche, Leger; forwards, Blaine, Wray, Frampton, Litzenberger, Desauiniers, Tessier, Burchell, Denis, Meger.</p><p>Referee, Bill Roberts; linesmen: Jimmy Haggerty, Jim Slater.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1350/1575083-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="578" height="565"></div><p><b>Chicoutimi 12 at Sherbrooke 3</b></p><p>Sherbrooke &mdash; Jimmy Moore and Jacques Locas scored three goals apiece as the Chicoutimi Chics swamped the Sherobrooke Saints 12-3.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1442/1575076-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="581" height="819"></div><p><b>Springfield 1 at Quebec 2</b></p><p>QUEBEC &mdash; Quebec Aces scored twice In the second period to gain a 2-1 decision over the Springfield Indians.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1534/1575069-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="587" height="358"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(INCLUDING GAMES SUN. DEC. 13)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1633/1575062-1-eng-US/f0015-162.jpg" title="f0015-16" width="588" height="998"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPER&rsquo;S RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1731/1575055-1-eng-US/f0015-172.jpg" title="f0015-17" width="584" height="424"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Television is definitely hurting the game of hockey, and if you want proof from someone who knows whereof he speaks, ask Thomas Patrick Gorman, major-domo of the Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Hockey League:</p><p>&ldquo;Is TV hurting us?,&rdquo; wailed Tay Pay recently, reaching for a large towel behind his desk, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s plain murder for hockey, and what&rsquo;s more, I&rsquo;m afraid it&rsquo;s going to get worse.&rdquo;</p><p>No doubt about It, some factor, and it appears to be television, is hurting hockey attendances in the Capital City this season. The fans just aren&rsquo;t coming out in the numbers of a few years back.</p><p>&ldquo;I can understand what is happening,&rdquo; says the realistic Gorman, &ldquo;even though it hurts almost physically every time I think about the matter.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;You take a cold, rainy night in the Fall or Winter, and you&rsquo;ve got to have a mighty top attraction to draw people. Why, if they&rsquo;re not at home In their own living room watching TV, they&rsquo;re on the street watching it in some store window. It&rsquo;s a pretty tough problem.&rdquo;</p><p>The Senator boss went on to explain that the biggest effect has been felt this year. It was thought for a while that once the football season was over interest would, as it has in other years, pick up immediately, but it didn&rsquo;t work out that way at all.</p><p>This season, even the Quebec Aces have failed to pull them in, although the fact that the Aces no longer have Jean Beliveau probably has something to do with the situation.</p><p>Average crowds in Ottawa this season have been about 4,000 to 5,000 for a Saturday night (old average was 7.500) and about 2,500 for a mid-week game which used to attract about three to four thousand.</p><p>&ldquo;Minor hockey has to be helped by the professional teams (NHL Clubs) or the same thing will happen here as has happened in baseball,&rdquo; says T.P. &ldquo;Look what TV has done to minor league baseball. It&rsquo;s almost on Its last legs.&rdquo;</p><p>Just how the NHL clubs can help in the matter, however, Gorman did not know. Nor, apparently. does anyone else at this time.</p><h2><b>Saturday Night TV</b></h2><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty tough trying to run in opposition to the Toronto game on TV every Saturday night,&rdquo; says Gorman, making no bones about his anxiety. &ldquo;Hockey isn&rsquo;t the same on TV, but it&rsquo;s a lot cheaper and you don&rsquo;t have to go out on a bad night to a rink.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01290/1575198-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="570" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Pessimistic</b></p><p><b>TOMMY GORMAN</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Although Gorman Is worried about the effect of TV on hockey, it certainly hasn&rsquo;t effected other activities around the Auditorium, and in fact has actually boosted crowds, especially in wrestling.</p><p>Gorman also revealed that permission has been sought to televise three Ottawa-Montreal Royals games this season. These would be Sunday afternoon affairs from the Montreal Forum.</p><p>&ldquo;We have agreed to this,&rdquo; said Gorman, o&rdquo;and they will be piped into Ottawa on Sunday afternoon, minus, the commercial, of course. This Is Ontario, you know,&rdquo; quipped Tay Pay.</p><p>&ldquo;The solution to the problem may be difficult,&rdquo; concluded Gorman, &ldquo;but somehow, and soon, they have to come up with the answer or it will kill hockey outside the NHL. Why, just in one month alone, Ottawa stores sold 7,000 TV sets. And Christmas is coming, too,&rdquo; added Tay Pay, wringing out his towel, &ldquo;why, the rink will be empty from January on.&rdquo;</p><p>Maybe, T.P., maybe. TV or no TV, there are still a lot of guys who like their hockey first hand. They&rsquo;ll be there if there&rsquo;s a good attraction, and the way the Quebec League has been going neck and neck so far, it looks like the fans will still be coming.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0016-01

“TV Murder On Hockey” Says Unhappy Tay Pay

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Those merry bufoons of the cinema, Abbott and Costello, a few years ago exhumed an ancient vaudeville wheeze &mdash; &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s On First.&rdquo; Now it&rsquo;s being resurrected again in the Quebec Hockey League to the keen delight of George M. Slater, the league&rsquo;s chief executive.</p><p>From time immemorial league presidents in all athletic endeavors &mdash; from hockey to horseshoe pitching &mdash; have spouted for &ldquo;a nice close race&rdquo; in each season&rsquo;s forecast. Mr. Slater wotted not how close his predictions were to the truth as the old QSHL turned over new leaves &mdash; crisp greenbacks &mdash; and embarked as an all-out professional circuit in its 1953-54 campaign.</p><p>So rapid has been the turnover in the topsy-turvy Quebec loop that you not only must pick up your morning newspaper, but also check the agate type carefully to be sure the sports department&rsquo;s figure filbert is right these days.</p><h2><b>Like New Shoes</b></h2><p>From the start of the season the race has been that tight that a team can be in fifth place one day, put two victories back to&rsquo;back, and rocket to the summit on a weekend.</p><p>Mr. Slater, who Is an adept statistician in his own right glows when he contemplates this state of affairs, and he delights in his own mathematics.</p><p>Shortly before this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS was rolling presswise Sherbrooke Saints had provided &lsquo;the newest sensation. By holding Springfield Indians to a 4-4 draw in the Eastern Townships centre of culture the Saints moved into a first place tie with Ottawa Senators who in their turn had nudged by Quebec Aces only the previous night.</p><p>And the very night the Senators played Valleyfield Braves in Ottawa. And, you guessed it. Senators won 4-1 and took back first place as private property.</p><p>A first place partnership Is nothing new in the circuit. Royals were shareholders with Quebec Aces just a week ago after they had made a sensational road trip winning three out of four, but they couldn&rsquo;t stand prosperity and lost their grip when they went into Quebec and lost to Gerry Brown&rsquo;s bully boys 5-4 in overtime as Ludger Tremblay, the old warnurse tossed the bootheel Into the drapery nine seconds after tike extra session began.</p><h2><b>Chicks Early Leaders</b></h2><p>Taking things in chronological order, Slater, a stickler for mathematical exactitude, reveals that his numerology shows that Chicoutimi Sagueneens, in fitting style as reigning champions, were the first group of athletes, to flex their muscles and show superiority. The Chicks were in first place on November 2. Then along came the Aces to assert their claim and take over the driver&rsquo;s seat on November 16. On November 29 Quebec shared the perch with Royals, but three days later that fine friendship was ruined by the ruthless overtime sniping of Ludger Tremblay, as mentioned above,</p><p>Senators surged forward on December 7, only to have the Saints catch up with them in two days, and by the time you&rsquo;re reading this, another team may be hailed as the coming champ. Maybe you&rsquo;d better get the script and learn the Abbott and Costello routine, at that.</p><h2><b>No Stopping Slater</b></h2><p>You can&rsquo;t stop him. Slater goes into some more figures and discovers that the scoring has stepped up mightily this year. The average production is now 6.4 goals per game compared to the 6.2 tallies per contest recorded last season. To date there have been 17 overtime games compared to 45 in the full 1952-53 campaign. Nine of these 16 overtime games this year have been decided in an extra 10-minute session. Last season 16 of 45 were thus brought to a decision</p><h2><b>Odd Goal Victories</b></h2><p>Furthermore, if arithmetic doesn&rsquo;t bore you: It&rsquo;s interesting to learn that 47 of 210 games played in the 1952-53 schedule were decided by the odd tally.</p><p>Mr. Slater picked 12 games at random and learned for himself, and to pass along to you that the QHL referees demonstrate that they mean Business by handing out penalties in the first period freely, or. It could be that the players settle down to straight hockey in the later frames. At any rate there are more first period penalties than in the second and third sessions. In the 13 contests cited there were 40 first period penalties, 23 in the second, 14 In the third. Percentages were: 51%, 29.9% and 18.2%.</p><h2><b>Home And Away</b></h2><p>Quebec clubs are sizzlers at home. All of them with upwards of 60% graded from Sherbrooke (69.2%) down to Chicoutimi (61.5%).</p><p>When they skate on those other rinks? Not so hot.</p><p>Ottawa Senators, who win at a rate of 66.6% before friendly folk In their Auditorium cant show only 42.9% of wins in their travels.</p><p>Going down the line It&rsquo;s: Royals 35.7%; Chicoutimi 30.8%; Sherbrooke 26.7%; Springfield 16.6%; Quebec 15.5%; Valleyfield 9.0%. And if you want to know how championships are won, last year the Sagueneens who took it all, played at the rate of 57% at home and 53%&rsquo; in their travels.</p><p>Well, thank you Mr. Slater, it makes a very interesting story.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

QHL Improved as Pro League Claims Enthusiastic Slater

<div class="byline">By EARLE ROSS</div><p>MONCTON, N.B.&mdash;</p><p>There&rsquo;ll be many stormy sessions on the ice, but the top brass will have smooth sailing in the New Brunswick League this winter. This seems to be the promise held out for the club owners by the early season enthusiasm for the loop displayed by fans in four centers.</p><p>The New Brunswick Senior League after two weeks of operations is a well balanced affair, with only five points separating the top and bottom place teams. There have been three overtime games played to date and enough Match and Match Misconduct penalties awarded to satisfy even the most ravenous appetite of Gus Phan.</p><p>The Amherst Meteors, new entry to the league this season dropped the initial contest but after that jumped into the league lead and has held it for two weeks. The Meteors are coached by Jack Atchison of Sydney, former Winnipeg product who played with the Memorial Cup champions back in 1937. Jack has a smooth combination clicking on all eight, with a superb goal-tender who is the talk of the league. Gilles Boisvert, who hails from Three Rivers, Quebec, has easily been the outstanding player in the league. His acrobatics between the pipes have kept the Meteors at the top.</p><p>Joe McIntosh has his Fredericton Capitols in second place in the standings, mainly because of the outstanding defence corps fronting goalie Al Halverson.</p><p>The Moncton Flyers, with veteran Jimmy MacDonald at the helm displays plenty of possibilities as being THE Club in the League. Jimmy, who spent so many years with the Halifax Saint Mary&rsquo;s Hockey Machine, is putting his knowledge to good use in the Hub City, and already has earned the respect of fans, players and officials alike. The Saint John Beavers, the defending champions are making the usual slow start, but Lou Kiley&rsquo;s players, when they get settled Into harness are expected to make things mighty rough for the other three squads.</p><p>An outstanding feature of the league has been the number of Match and Match Misconduct Penalties awarded so far by the referees. Another unusual feature is that three goals have been scored on as many penalty shots.</p><p>Rheal Grenon of the Fredericton Capitols, a towering defenceman of the Killer Kowalski Build, has drawn a Match and a Game Misconduct and fines of $15.00 and $20.00 as well as a one game suspension. Eddie Perkins of the Beavers also has a Match Penalty, as has Ken McOnle of the Flyers. McOnie&rsquo;s was the most serious of the lot as he took a poke at one of the better referees in the loop, Dewar Judson of Moncton. Judson had called a Charging Penalty against the Flyer rearguard and was unjustifiably attacked by McOnle resulting in a $50.00 fine and a two game suspension levied Immediately after the game by League President T. Babbitt Parlee, Q.C., of Moncton. McOnle has since been released by the club and returned to his native Nova Scotia.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

New Brunswick Sr. League Well Balanced This Season

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>Tommy Fyles is finding the Maritime Major (Big Four) Hockey League a rugged circuit in which to earn a living. After setting a sensational pace in scoring for three weeks he was sidelined with a broken finger. In his second game back in action, playing with a cast covering the injured member, he got into a stick swinging duel with Sydney&rsquo;s Duke McDonald.</p><p>Bob Bedard, the ranking Canadian tennis star who referees during the winter months and is working the Maritime League for the first time, swung into action.</p><p>He plastered a match penalty on Fyles, fourth such of the early season. Next day league president C. Roy MacDonald levied a fine of $50 and a three game suspension. McDonald pickd up a six-stitch gash. Bedard charged Fyles with a deliberate attempt to injure. Future match penalties will draw even sterner fines and suspensions warned President MacDonald.</p><p>Glace Bay protested. In a statement signed by club president Gordon Clark, the Miners expressed &ldquo;surprise and disgust&rdquo;. Fyles, said the Glace Bay club, was merely trying to protect himself. &ldquo;&hellip; We find it difficult to understand why Duke McDonald was not included in the suspension&rdquo;.</p><p>Mr. Clark suggested that President MacDonald investigate &ldquo;threats&rdquo; he alleges were made by Sydney coach Terry Reardon, and asks for a strict check on future games.</p><p>Although Sydney are running second and Glace Bay is in and out of fourth place, the old Cape Breton rivalry is as heated as ever.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01256/1575277-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="550" height="868"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Set Down</b></p><p><b>ROSS WATSON</b></p></figcaption></div><p>A few weeks ago Charlottetown&rsquo;s Gus Gustaveson was given a match penalty for striking the referee. He was fined $100, with no suspension. In the same game Charlottetown&rsquo;s Elwood Ritchie and Halifax&rsquo;s Ross Watson engaged in a sticking duel, were each tagged for two-game suspensions.</p><p>Apparently the match penalties have induced league leaders to take Stock. At any rate the referee-linesmen system is out, for the time being anyway, and in future games two referees will be in charge.</p><h2><b>Mills Well Off</b></h2><p>Sydney Millionaires are well off in the goaltending department. Coach Reardon prefers Norm Defelice over young Gillis Boivert because of the former&rsquo;s experience. But before Defelice came in, and when he was sitting out an injury, Boisvert gave the Mills the best protection in the league.</p><p>Two of his first three games were shutouts. He has yet to have a bad game. In fact there is some speculation now whether Boisvert will go back to Amherst in the New Brunswick League or if Defelice will be sent to the farm club.</p><p>Halifax sharpshooters dominate the scoring lists. In games played through December 2, leftwinger Bill Ford is leading with 58 points fastest pace ever set in Maritime hockey. In 26 games he had shot 33 goals and assisted on 25 others. He had to his credit no less than five hat tricks.</p><p>Holding down second place is the veteran Pete Wywrot, the league&rsquo;s leading playmaker. Pete has 45 points, 31 of them assists. Third is young Doug McPhee, with 41 points. McPhee has been outstanding in his second season in major ranks. Last year as a rookie was so-so on right wing. Back in his old centre job he is the most improved player in the league.</p><p>Paul Saindon, of Charlottetown, is fourth and then comes another Halifax player, Muckle Hollett. Saindon has scored 21-19 for 40 points and Hollet&rsquo;s record is 1424 for 38.</p><p>Don (Peanuts) McLaughlin, Halifax boy now playing with Charlottetown, is the league&rsquo;s bad man with 71 minutes in the hoosegow. He is seven minutes up on team-rate Gus Gustaveson, the former leader.</p><p>Halifax&rsquo;s Roy Meekin, whose goal average suffers with Atlantics style of goal-hungry play, has taken over the lead among regular goalies. Roy&rsquo;s average 18 3.44. Next is Sydney&rsquo;s Norm Defelice with 3.68, Dick Dion with 4.46 and Paul Bessette of Charlottetown with 4.66.</p><p>In four games, hardly enough to count but very impressive nevertheless Sydney&rsquo;s Boisvert has a mark of 1.50, six goals against in four games.</p><p>Halifax Atlantics continue to lead the league, with a seven, point bulge on Sydney Millionaires. In 10 recent games Halifax stumbled only twice, both against Islanders.</p><p>Glace Bay has yet to beat Atlantics in eight tries, although they have one tide. Glace Bay and Charlottetown have been in and out of third place ever since the league opened early in October.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Maritime League Cracks Down On Stick Duel Participants

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><p>SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Hal Dewey is possibly the first coach to win two hockey games in one night&hellip; in fact he did it while at the helm of a team for the first time&hellip; Hal took over the reins of Pembroke Lumber Kings from Frank &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Stahan who resigned with the Kings in the basement of the Northern Ontario Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Hockey League&hellip; in his first start, Dewey faced the front-running, dangerous Sudbury Wolves&hellip; the Kings defeated Sudbury, 7-3 in a regular game, then in an extra five-minutes to decide a previous incompleted game (due to Sunday curfew in Pembroke) the Dewey-men scored three goals to one for Sudbury for a final 8-2 verdict &mdash; FOUR &lsquo;BIG POINTS AND TWO VICTORIES IN ONE NIGHT! &hellip; how do you like that, fans?&hellip;</p><p>Who is the most courageous hockey player in the North?&hellip; Louis &ldquo;Booty&rdquo; Casola of North Bay Trappers In a breeze&hellip; he started the senior hockey season with a broken hand (used a cast so he could play, anyway)&hellip; suffered black eyes when hit by pucks and sticks&hellip; cut his head requiring several stitches&hellip; suffered numerous cuts and bruises to his face and head &mdash; STILL HE KEPT ON PLAYING!&hellip; we remember the time El Boofy had nine teeth knocked out by a flying puck while performing for the Soo Greyhounds&hellip; he went off for a couple of minutes, then returned to action amid one of the most heartwarming rounds of applause we have ever heard for any hockey player&hellip; they just don&rsquo;t come any gamer or more courageous than our good friend, Boofy Casola&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01264/1575308-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="556" height="882"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DON GROSSO</b></figcaption></div><p>At last count, the high-flying forward line of Ab DeMarco, Don Hogan and George Gosselin of North Bay Trappers had amassed the remarkable total of 118 points in 23 games of NOHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; competition&hellip; Enzo Zannatta, the Soo, Ontario, lad who has made quite a name for himself in United States baseball, is going great guns in the Soo-Algoma Hockey League&hellip; Enzo exploded ten goals in his last three games&hellip; Some mighty fine hockey is being played in the Porcupine Mines Senior Hockey League&hellip; Billy Scott, pivot for the top line of Kirkland Lake Tecks, heads the Big Ten Scoring Parade on three goals and six assists in four games&hellip; Ray Marshall, Scott&rsquo;s teammate, is second on eight points &mdash; five goals and three assists&hellip; Roy McKay of Dome Porkies, who took a whirl with Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, is in third position on six points&hellip; in the first four games of the schedule, Kirkland Lake shot to the top with three wins and one defeat&hellip; In the Gold Belt Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; League, Kirkland Lake Blue Devils, sponsored by Toronto Maple Leafs, are picking up steam&hellip; they whipped Porcupine Combines to takeover third place&hellip; Jackie Sheppard fired two goals for the Devils and looked mighty good &hellip; New Liskeard Cubs still lead the Gold Belt circuit on four wins and no losses, while South Porcupine occupy second place, only two points ahead of Kirkland Lake&hellip;</p><p>Lornie &ldquo;Porky&rdquo; Watters, classy centre for New Liskeard Cubs, maintained his grip on the scoring leadership increasing his total to 14 points on five goals and nine assists&hellip; in fact New Liskeard completely dominate the Big Ten Scoring Parade with no less than seven players in the Select Circle&hellip; Ronnie Blais, a linemate of Watters, holds down second place with 12 points, while Lee Dodds and Stenlund, also of New Liskeard, have 11 apiece&hellip;</p><p>This is a rough season on coaches and managers in Northern Ontario senior hockey&hellip;first Don &ldquo;The Count&rdquo; Grosso resigns as coach of Soo (Mich.) Indians&hellip; then Butch Stahan calls it quits as coach at Pembroke&hellip; now Jack Houston has resigned as manager of Soo (Ont.) Greyhounds&hellip; who will be next?&hellip; Not many clubs can boast a Booster Club such as the one that is working so hard to keep senior hockey alive in the centre of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan&hellip; the Soo Indian Booster Club forked over $1,000 to the team when they got into financial straits&hellip; Club members are going out to get more&hellip; three cheers for the splendid Soo Indian Booster Club!&hellip; Who is the sharpest dresser in Northern Ontario hockey?&hellip; Pete Palangio, owner of North Bay Trappers, easily&hellip; and his coach, Leo Lamoureux is no slouch in sartorial elegance, either&hellip; in fact, Leo may be the best dressed coach in the business&hellip;</p><p>Espanola Kayvees and North Bay Black Hawks are really feuding in the NOHA Intermediate &ldquo;A&rdquo; race&hellip; everytime they meet the fireworks erupt&hellip; after Espanola beat North Eay, 8-7 in a rousing battle, North Bay came back to whip Kayvees, 6-5 in another sizzler&hellip; McManus was a standout for North Bay, handling 46 shots&hellip;</p><p>And thanks for the many kind remarks and letters about the start of the NOHA PUCK PARADE as a weekly feature for Northern Ontario hockey&hellip; let&rsquo;s all work together for the good of hockey In this great Northland.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NOHA Puck Parade

<div class="byline">By JOE MINSTER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02184/1575339-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Hodge Harried</b></p><p><b>DICK PONTAROLLO,</b> center, slides the puck pest Cincinnati goalie Charley Hodge for a Toledo Mercury goal. Pontarollo, leading member of the Mercs&rsquo; &ldquo;Lightning Line,&rdquo; which also includes Roy Hammond and John Kovich. has been battling for the International League scoring lead all season. Trying to stop him are the Mohawks&rsquo; Reggie Grigg (No. 11) and Connie Broden (No. 9).</p></figcaption></div><p>CINCINNATI, Ohio&mdash;</p><p>The big news in the International Hockey League recently concerned the Louisville Stars, where the coach resigned and his successor was attacked by a member of the club.</p><p>It all started when Alex Wood resigned as coach of the Stars, reportedly because he didn&rsquo;t see eye-to-eye with many of the policies of the owners.&rdquo; Wood, who directed Ft. Wayne of the IHL last season, was quoted as asserting that &ldquo;you might say I&rsquo;m quitting under pressure.&rdquo;</p><p>Center Ray Marshall was Immediately named to succeed Wood by Ralph Griffiths, president of the club, and that was when the fireworks started poppnig.</p><p>Joe Palmer, a center on the Louisville team, apparently was displeased with the selection of Marshall and, according to Marshall himself, tried to make trouble.</p><p>On the morning of Dec. 3, a day after Marshall, 29-year-old former player-coach of the Cornwall Ontario team in the East Canadian Senior League In 1952-53, took over his new post, the ticklish situation reached its climax.</p><p>Marshall entered the office of the managers that morning and found himself face-to-face with Palmer. &ldquo;What do you plan to do now, sonny?&rdquo; Palmer is said to have asked the new coach.</p><p>Marshall had his head averted at the time of this meeting and was totally unprepared for what followed. Palmer lashed out and caught him squarely on the bridge of his nose, breaking the nose, blacking both eyes and inflicting a four-stitch cut on Marshall&rsquo;s forehead with a single blow.</p><p>Louisville officials immediately suspended Palmer indefinitely and, according to Marshall, contacted International League headquarters and had him suspended for life from the IHL. Marshall declined to file suit against Palmer, as the coach missed the next two games because of his injuries. Incidentally, Louisville won its seventh game in eight starts, 2-0, from Marion, using only 11 men, the night of Marshall&rsquo;s injury.</p><p>Cincinnati&rsquo;s Mohawks moved into undisputed first place relagating Johnstown, which had been tied for the top spot, to the runner-up position.</p><p>Troy moved up to third, while Marion held down fourth, and Grand Rapids fifth. Toledo and Louisville shared sixth, with Ft. Wayne in eighth and Milwaukee still in the cellar.</p><p>All three of the league leaders played winning hockey during the week, as Cincinnati took four in a row, Troy three out of four and Johnstown two out of three. Marion and Toledo both broke even in four starts, Louisville captured one out of three and Grand Rapids one out of four. Milwaukee and Ft. Wayne were winless during the week, the former in its only outing, the latter in three contests.</p><p>Four &ldquo;hat tricks&rdquo; were featured during the week&rsquo;s play. Jim Cunningham had one for Toledo, Gordon Warner duplicated the feat In a losing cause for Grand Rapids, Connie Broden of Cincinnati got his second hat trick of the campaign and George Edwards pulled the difficult trick for Troy.</p><p>Troy&rsquo;s Edwards had a big week, as he tallied twice to help the Bruins to a 5-4 victory over Grand Rapids and also knocked a 150-footer Into an open net to clinch a 7-5 triumph for Troy In a key battle with Johnstown, his third goal of that encounter.</p><p>Other two-goal men were Gordie Vejprava of Marion, Art Dorrington of Johnstown and Reg Grigg of Cincinnati. Dorrington also registered once in that big Troy-Johnstown fray.</p><p>Marshall was not the only coach to sustain a broken nose during the busy week, which featured a 15-game schedule. Doug McCaig, Toledo&rsquo;s playing-coach, was struck in the face with a puck and suffered the same musfortune. Toledo and Marion, Incidentally, broke even In two 5-2 games.</p><p>Johnstown&rsquo;s Don Hall continued to set a fast pace in the scoring column with 18 goals and 23 assists for 41 points. Next in line were the three members of Toledo&rsquo;s &ldquo;Lightning Line&rdquo; Dick Pontarollo, John Kovich and Roy Hammond, with 38, 32 and 31, respectively.</p><p>Guy LeClerc of Louisville had the only shutout of the week against Marion but Charlie Hodge of the Mohawks continued to pace the circuit with a 2.27 average.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player Objects To New Coach So Promptly Breaks His Nose

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01242/1575377-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>Solution to Last Week&rsquo;s Puzzle</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02195/1575370-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="602" height="954"></div><h2><b>Across</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Played goal for Detroit in 1943.</p><p>5&mdash;Initials of a Red Wing defenseman.</p><p>6&mdash;Sloth.</p><p>7&mdash;Former N.H.L. netmlnder, first name Earl.</p><p>11&mdash;Nickname of coach of Hershey Bears.</p><p>12&mdash;Former Ranger player now with Ottawa Senators.</p><p>13&mdash;Initials of Sabourln of Pittsburgh.</p><p>15&mdash;Canadiens and Detroit did this In the last game of 1952-53 schedule.</p><p>17&mdash;Initials of A.H.L. scoring champion of 1952-53.</p><p>19&mdash;This Pittsburgh player is a native of Scotland.</p><p>20&mdash;Short for first name of Jeffrey of Saskatoon Quakers.</p><p>22&mdash;Initials of Maxwell, W.H.L. player.</p><p>24&mdash;Nickname of goalie who won Vezina Trophy in 1937-38.</p><p>26&mdash;One of the Bruins is called this.</p><p>28&mdash;Gordie Hannigan shoots this way.</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of a Chicago centre.</p><p>31&mdash;Short for given name of Murray, ex N.Y. American player.</p><p>32&mdash;All players do this.</p><p>34&mdash;Short for first name of 1 across.</p><p>35&mdash;Initials of a member of 195263 All-Star team.</p><p>36&mdash;First name of Masnick of Canadiens.</p><h2><b>Down</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Jimmy McFadden Is one during the summer.</p><p>2&mdash;Bert Hirschfeld&rsquo;s given name</p><p>3&mdash;Former New Westminster player, called Norm.</p><p>4&mdash;Canadiens play most of their home games on a &mdash;.</p><p>5&mdash;What Nick and Don Meta are.</p><p>8&mdash;Denotes scoreless tie.</p><p>9&mdash;Stanum (Sym.).</p><p>10&mdash;New Zealand, (abbr.)</p><p>14&mdash;Name given Mundey, former N.H.L. linesman.</p><p>16&mdash;Initials of player who scored Cup winning goal for Canadiens.</p><p>18&mdash;W.H.L. scoring champion of 1952-53.</p><p>20&mdash;Lee Fogolin&rsquo;s is 6&rsquo;11&rdquo; (abbr).</p><p>21&mdash;Initials of Noble, old time player.</p><p>23&mdash;Neil Colville&rsquo;s given name.</p><p>25&mdash;Birthplace of Jack Lancien.</p><p>27&mdash;Month in which Barry celebrates his birthday (abbr).</p><p>28&mdash;Chicago ended 1951-62 season In this position.</p><p>29&mdash;A forward line.</p><p>33&mdash;Initials of Morris, former Toronto defenseman.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

<h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON MONDAY, DEC. 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03152/1575541-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="583" height="313"></div><h2><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04131/1575534-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="588" height="392"></div><h2><b>NOHA SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON DEC. 6)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05113/1575527-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="580" height="164"></div><h2><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0696/1575520-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="588" height="286"></div><h2><b>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0790/1575513-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="588" height="264"></div><h2><b>OKANAGAN SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON DEC. 4)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0884/1575506-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="581" height="168"></div><h2><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0974/1575499-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="590" height="472"></div><h2><b>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; AVERAGES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1064/1575492-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="591" height="162"></div><h2><b>ONTARIO SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON DEC. 8)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1157/1575485-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="585" height="304"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC PROVINCIAL</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON DEC. 8)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1252/1575478-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="582" height="197"></div><h2><b>OHA JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON DEC 6th)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1344/1575471-1-eng-US/f0019-132.jpg" title="f0019-13" width="582" height="265"></div><h2><b>NEW BRUNSWICK SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON DEC 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1444/1575464-1-eng-US/f0019-142.jpg" title="f0019-14" width="586" height="130"></div><h2><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1540/1575457-1-eng-US/f0019-152.jpg" title="f0019-15" width="585" height="285"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; AVERAGES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1638/1575450-1-eng-US/f0019-162.jpg" title="f0019-16" width="591" height="234"></div><h2><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1734/1575443-1-eng-US/f0019-172.jpg" title="f0019-17" width="587" height="537"></div><h2><b>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1831/1575436-1-eng-US/f0019-182.jpg" title="f0019-18" width="588" height="364"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON DEC. 8)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1927/1575429-1-eng-US/f0019-192.jpg" title="f0019-19" width="581" height="158"></div><h2><b>WESTERN JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON DEC. 3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-2023/1575422-1-eng-US/f0019-202.jpg" title="f0019-20" width="582" height="180"></div><h2><b>INTERCOLLEGIATE</b></h2><p><b>(STANDINGS ON DEC. 8)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-2116/1575415-1-eng-US/f0019-212.jpg" title="f0019-21" width="586" height="133"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Dec. 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-2214/1575408-1-eng-US/f0019-222.jpg" title="f0019-22" width="586" height="129"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Puck Parade … … At A Glance

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01153/1575593-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="248" height="296"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0293/1575586-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="258" height="305"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0376/1575579-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="2841" height="1770"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0462/1575572-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="2805" height="1720"><figcaption class="caption-body">TORONTO&rsquo;S TOD SLOAN is shown In the top photo searching anxiously for the rebound which never came out as four members of the NY Rangers keep the disc well smothered. That&rsquo;s Sloan standing in front of the Rangers&rsquo; goal while the players in front of him are Hy Bulle (No. 4) and from left to right in the heap, Johnny Bower, Leo Reise and Don Raleigh. In the lower photo, Sloan breaks away from Camille Henry, centre as Harry Howell pins George Armstrong to the boards.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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