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November 20, 1954

The Hockey News November 20, 1954

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01494/2777774-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>IN CASE YOU&rsquo;RE WONDERING</b> just how come Gump Worsley appears to have been decapitated in the above photo, we hasten to add that Nat Turofsky clicked his shutter just as Gump&rsquo;s head disappeared from view. The New York Rangers&rsquo; goal-keeper went to the ice in a vain effort to make a save off the stick of Toronto&rsquo;s Ronnie Stewart (left) who parked the puck into the cage despite Gump&rsquo;s frantic efforts. The manner in which he fell brought about this strange photograph in which Gump appears to be headless.</figcaption></div><h2><b>The &ldquo;Headless Goalie&rdquo;</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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IN THIS ISSUE

LEAFS SUDDEN SURGE SURPRISES

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03495/2776348-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"></div><h2><i>&ldquo;FURY ON ICE&rdquo;</i></h2><p><b>A SALUTE TO CANADIAN HOCKEY</b></p><h2><i>presents</i></h2><p>Against a background of enthusiastic, passionate violence, experience the thrill of professional hockey as it is played in Canada today!</p><p>Follow a deadly black puck as it rockets through the air at ninety miles an hour&hellip;ride through a spray of ice as a furious forward spins through the defense to score&hellip;feel the shock of big men colliding at 40 mph. Yes, meet the stars&mdash;discover the excitement that brings the crowds back again and again&mdash;be a spectator to some of the most famous Donnybrooks ever recorded!</p><p>Here is a thorough, comprehensive report on Canadian hockey that you&rsquo;ll want to read I Get your copy of the December Holiday magazine, today, and read &ldquo;Fury on Ice.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Plus many other fine features!</b></p><p><b>OUT TODAY &ndash; ON ALL NEWSSTANDS!</b></p><p><i>Do your HOLIDAY shopping in</i></p><p><b>HOLIDAY</b></p><p><i>-the magazine of People, Places and Pleasure!</i><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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DECEMBER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE

<div class="byline">Al Parsley (As Seen In The Herald, Montreal)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01517/2777374-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="299" height="337"></div><p>&bull; VALLEYFIELD&mdash;Arthur Vinet, president of the Braves, has been quite upset over the adverse publicity his team and the Valleyfield rink have received in the past few days.</p><p>Tuesday night QHL refree Bill Roberta was hit on the head by a puck thrown, from the seats in the late minutes of the game between Braves and Ottawa Senators. Kayoed for a long count, Roberts was helped off the ice.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think the fellow aimed to hit anybody&rdquo;, said Vinet here last night. &ldquo;It was just unfortunate that Roberts was struck on the head. We were happy that his injury wasn&rsquo;t more serious, but tills sort of thing has been going on in other places besides Valleyfield. I could bring up cases where chairs were thrown on the ice, but that doesn&rsquo;t excuse us.&rdquo;&hellip;</p><p>Prior to the. game between Royals and Braves, Vinet called his ushers together and instructed them tn be extra vigilant, and if anything was thrown on the ice to escort the culprit from the rink immediately, and hand him over to the police.</p><p>The program for the night carried an appeal to Braves&rsquo; supporters to show fair play to visiting players and officials. It was written by Jean-Claude Lefebvre, Valleyfield new paperman, who is also secretary-treasurer of the Braves.</p><p>&ldquo;Referee Bill Roberts will remember for a long time his visit to Valleyfield on Nov. 9&hellip;How about that puck-tosser who knocked out Roberts? He deserves a medal&mdash;the kind that lands you in jail.</p><p>&ldquo;We visited Roberts in his dressing room later and when asked, &lsquo;How do you feel now?&rsquo; he said&rsquo; Okay, but when I close my eyes I feel as if the skin on my face is too tight&rsquo;. He had a lump bigger than an egg on the right side of his head, which was slightly cut.</p><p>&ldquo;It should be remembered that the League can take drastic action against the Braves for such acts, despite the fact that the club owners have no control over such affairs&hellip;. Let&rsquo;s remember that hockey games are won on the ice and we do not help our team by such conduct as occurred last Tuesday.</p><p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s keep hockey clean and have fun at the same time&rdquo;.</p><p>An incident early in the game that might indicated that the majority of fans in Valleyfield are quite as decent as they are anywhere else. When Kitoute Joanette was checked by Gary Blaine, the puck sailed into the crowd. A fan caught it and lightly tossed it back to one of the linesmen. And the crowd applauded.</p><p>There were positively no missiles of any kind tossed on the ice during the full course of the game, which was well-handled by Georges Gravel, refree-in-chief of the QHL. It seemed that the fans were on their best behavior, realizing that ugly Incidents of the Tuesday night character smirch the good name of Velleyfield and its citizens. And Vinet and his directors are to be congratulated on the speedy manner in which they handled the entire situation.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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SIDELIGHTS

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Several months ago there was a popular song hit called, &ldquo;They&rsquo;re talking about the Jones boy.&rdquo; In Saskatoon it&rsquo;s not the Jones boy but the Bentleys&mdash;Max and Doug&mdash;whom Quaker fans are happily serenading, with fabulous Maxwell Herbert Lloyd Bentley far outshining Eddie Fisher.</p><p>Max, the Dipsy-Doodle Dandy from Delisle, Saskatchewan, returned to the Hub city and the WHL November 4th with a terrific fan fare. The Quakers had just returned home from a disastrous coast trip, losing four straight, extending their winless skein to five games and they were in the cellar with only three wins in 12 games.</p><p>Max&rsquo;s first game at home was against Vancouver. One of hockey&rsquo;s all time greats didn&rsquo;t disappoint the more than 5,000 fans who packed the Saskatchewan arena to see him strut his stuff. Max scored one goal and assisted on another but the Canucks spoiled Max&rsquo;s homecoming by winning, 3-2, thanks to the sensational net-minding of John Bower, Bentley&rsquo;s teammate at NY last season. All Bower did was make 46 stops, 22 in the second period, as against eight for Cliff Hicks in the Quakers&rsquo; goal. Bower stopped Max and Doug Bentley several times.</p><p>Another packed house saw Max and Saskatchewan play a return game at home against Vancouver two nights later, Nov. 6, and once again Max&rsquo;s efforts, a goal and an assist, were wasted as the Canucks won 5-3 on Bower&rsquo;s great goalkeeping and Doug Adam&rsquo;s three goal hat trick, his first of the season, and Adam&rsquo;s 205th goal. It was Saskatoon&rsquo;s seventh straight loss and the first time in four seasons Vancouver had won more than one game in a season on Saskatoon ice.</p><p>Tuesday, Nov. 9, the powerful Calgary Stampeders came to Saskatoon. Attracted by the magic Bentley name the arena was packed for the third consecutive time. This was to be Saskatoon&rsquo;s and Max&rsquo;s night. With Doug Stevenson in goal (he was obtained from Kamloops), Max and the Quakers defeated Calgary, 3-1. Max scored the winning goal and delighted the partisan Saskatoon fans with his artistry and dash. In three games Max has scored five (3-2) points. In 12 seasons in the NHL Max scored 544-points (245-299) with Chicago, Toronto and NY. He won several awards and figured in one hockey&rsquo;s biggest trades in November of 1917.</p><p>Vancouver missed vaulting into first over NW Nov. 9 when a hard-skating Edmonton club held on to win 6-5 over Art Chapman&rsquo;s battlers here at the Forum. Midway through the third period Edmonton led, 6-2. It was Vancouver&rsquo;s first home defeat in seven games this season, leaving only Calgary unbeaten before the home town customers. Little Bill Wylie starred for Vancouver with a gritty performance. He scored a goal and assisted on three more. Wylie was the psark which ignited the Canucks every time he was on the ice. Wylie&rsquo;s a little guy with a big heart, He&rsquo;s a terrific competitor and he doesn&rsquo;t know what the word &ldquo;quit&rdquo; means. If Vancouver had tied up the game the fans would have gone through the roof. It was a terrific game for the onlookers. Rookie Bill Bucyk and Bronco Horvath paced the Flyers.</p><p>Al Leader, president of the WHL, was prsented with THE HOCKEY NEWS scroll he won for being judged the outstanding executive in hockey for the 1953-54 season, on Bill Good&rsquo;s 30-minute TV show in Vancouver, Nov. 15. Leader was the featured guest on Dave Price&rsquo;s network show and Bill Stephenson&rsquo;s and Jim Cox&rsquo;s radio shows originating in Vancouver.</p><p>The past week or so has been a fruitful one for statisticians. On Oct. 29 Doug Adam scored his 200th goal in WHL league play. He is the only player to do this. Adam has scored six goals since to run his record total to 206. A few nights earlier Andy Hebenton, Victoria right winger, got his 100th goal. Then Bontreal&rsquo;s &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion exploded for his 100th NHL goal. Nov. 6th in Saskatoon. Chuck McCullough, who captained the Quakers for better than two campaigns, before joining Vancouver last year, got his 100th WHL goal. &ldquo;Blinky&rdquo; Boyce, NW, needs only two more goals, Victoria&rsquo;s Colin Kilburn nine more, to hit the 100 mark in WHL</p><p>Hebenton was the 18th player to score 100 goals, McCullough the 19 th. The former scored all his for Victoria, McCullough potted his 100 for Fresno, Saskatoon and Vancouver.</p><p>Rookie Bill Bumyk of Edmonton looks better each time out. The dark-haried 20-year-old left winger has drawn the praise of rival coaches, which is a nice tribute for the youngster. If Bucyk continues to sparkle he could be up there with the parent Detroit Red Wings soon.</p><p>When Victoria shut out New Westminster, 4-0, Nov. 6 in NW, it was the first time in 134 games, dating back to the 1952-53 season, the Royals had not scored at least one goal a game. It was Marcel Pelletier&rsquo;s first blanking and the third shutout in the loop. Bower leads with two.</p><p>At this time Bronco (that&rsquo;s his legal given name) Horvath, Edmonton, leads in points with 24 (11, -13)&hellip;Linemate Bucyk is tops in assists with 14, and Victoria&rsquo;s Andy Hebenton is top scorer with 12. Adam leads in scoring most game winning goals three.</p><p>Billy Reay, sophomore second ye?.r coach at Victoria, is reported to have told Vancouver scribes he can&rsquo;t figure out how NW is in first place. Reay intimated that without goalie Luce Dechene the Royals had very little and Vancouver minus Bower would be like cutting off your arms, hands and legs. In games to Nov. 10 NW Was first, Vancouver second, Victoria fifth!</p><p>Harry Dick, behemoth Vancouver rearguard and &ldquo;daddy&rdquo; of the Canucks at 32, rhubarbs consistently with Reay every time the clubs meet&hellip;Bud Poile, Edmonton coach, is quite a pacer. Poile must wear out shoes by the dozen because he spends most of his time pacing back and forth behind his club&rsquo;s bench. How much pacing he does depends on how the game&rsquo;s going for his Flyers.</p><p>Still on Poile. When Saskatoon Visited the coast the last week in October Doug Bentley told THE HOCKEYS NEWS how he thought the teams would finish, basing his selections on the peraonnel with each club at that time. Bentley selected Calgary first, Edmonton, New Westminster, Vancouver, Victoria and his Quakers in that order.</p><h2><b>Max&rsquo;s Return Boosts Quakers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01696/2777156-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="582" height="726"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MAX BENTLEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WHL Blueline Banter

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DUNN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Captain Ted Lindsay was the first to rush to the scoring aid of the Red Wings when his buddy and linemate Gordie Howe was sidelined by injuries.</p><p>Lindsay came up with the winning goal in Detroit&rsquo;s next two games. First game Howe missed was in Boston and Lindsay broke a 2-2 tie for a 3-2 triumph. Minutes earlier Tony Leswick had tied it up in a second period Detroit rally.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03160/2777812-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="292" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Lindsay</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0452/2777805-1-eng-US/cover-042.jpg" title="Cover-04" width="294" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><p>Next victory was a 1-0 affair with New York, Lindsay getting the goal at 2.33 and the Wings nursing it through the next 57 minutes. That one also was a &ldquo;milestone&rdquo; tally, being Lindsay&rsquo;s 250th in 11 seasons as a Detroiter.</p><p>Earlier in the campaign he also scored the winning goal of a 3-2 game in Montreal. So three of his first five tallies were big ones.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Lindsay Scores 250th of His Career, Getting Big Ones With Howe Absent

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>What looms as the most thrilling National Hockey League race in many years has already supplied enough surprises to satisfy the most fanatic fans.</p><p>Geoffrion&rsquo;s 15 goals in 16 games&hellip;Lewicki&rsquo;s amazing 11 goal spree in the first 15 games&hellip;the recent trades&hellip;Howe&rsquo; Iron man streak coming to a stop&hellip;Plante&rsquo;s injury&hellip;the goalkeeping of Harry Lumley last week (two goals in four games) the three winning goals by Sid Smith in as many games&hellip;and countless other early season sensations have gone a long way to making this season a pleasant one from the viewpoint of the freight payer.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02369/2777843-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="301" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>King Clancy</b></figcaption></div><p>But perhaps, the biggest surprise of all was the showing of the Toronto Maple Leafs. After a shaky start the Leafs finally began to jell and at the moment they&rsquo;re standing th NHL on its ear. They&rsquo;re whispering around the league that this is the year Detroit&rsquo;s six-season superiority comes to an end.</p><p>If you take a close look at the standings you&rsquo;ll notice that the Howe-less Red Wings are in third place, indeed, an unusual place for them.</p><p>Uu Toronto way Coach King Clancy of the Leafs is looking more like a prophet every day. A few days before the current campaign got underway, the volatile Clancy went on record with hi statement that the Leafs would finish one-two this year. After the first six games, even Clancy&rsquo;s most avid admirers were ready to concede that the King had come up with the greatest miscalculation of all time.</p><p>The Leafs, still a little dizzy by the two, 1-0 shutouts they scored over the world champion last week, went into Boston and carried their winning complex with them. They scored a 3-1 victory with Sid Smith again the payoff man with a pair of goals. He scored both Leaf goals in the 1-0 decisions against the Wings.</p><p>Those three victories vaulted the Leafs into second place, three points behind the front-running Montreal Canadiens who are going to have a tough time hanging on until their regular netminder, Jacques Plante gets back.</p><p>Meanwhile the Wings are undoubtedly missing the great scoring punch of Gordie Howe. The pleasant showing of the Rangers, who haven&rsquo;t been a force in the NHL since 1950, has been working wonders in New York where the fans, sensing that this may be the year their Broadway Blues will make the playoffs, are turning out at Madison Square Gardens in record numbers.</p><p>Even the &ldquo;lowly Hawks&rdquo; a tag they&rsquo;re living down this year, are showing signs of life that didn&rsquo;t exist in the past three years. They may not make the playoffs but they are no longer a push-over club for the top three teams. The Hawks are winning and are going to continue winning big games this year.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Clancy’s Kingpins Making Bold Bid To Win NHL Title

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02629/2775707-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="327" height="487"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jacques Plante</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03526/2775700-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="287" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bert Olmstead</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04374/2775693-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="306" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gerry McNeil</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Claude Evans, a 21-year-old roly-poly netminder with quick reflexes and a pair of sure hands, will remain in the nets for the Montreal Canadiens until Jacques Plante is able to return to action.</p><p>Although he saw action with four clubs in minor professional loops last season, Evans played his first NHL game in Montreal on Nov. 13 against Boston Bruins and acquitted himself with a cool fitness of a veteran.</p><p>Making more stops than a Fuller Brush man and changing uniforms almost as often as he changed his shirt, Evans was with the Royals and the Valleyfield Braves in the Quebec Hockey League last season, with Providence Reds in the American Hockey League and with the Victoria Cougars in the Western league.</p><p>He was with the Royals all this season and was top man in a shuffle of goaltenders throughout the Canadian organization, prompted by the injury to Plante prior to a game with the Chicago Black Hawks in Montreal on Nov. 11.</p><p>Bert Olmstead, the picket of the Punch Line, was unwittingly responsible for the whole affair when one of his rising slap shots hit Plante in the pre-game warmup.</p><p>Knocked colder thhan a Tommy Cod in zero weather and with blood spurting from an ugly wound, Plante was taken to the Montreal General Hospital, suffering from a fractured cheek bone.</p><p>The bone has been pushed back into place and, if it holds properly, he might return to action next week. Gerry McNeil, his predecessor in the Habs&rsquo; eage, sufago in a game in Toronto and fered a similar injury two years missed only four games.</p><p>As the Royals and the junior Canadiens, both well-staffed farm clubs with adequate netminders, were out of town when Plante was felled, the Habs had to act fast. They dressed Andre Binette, a 20-year-old prospect who had been understudy to Evans on the Royals. He had played last season for the Trois Rivieres entry in the Quebec junior league.</p><p>Suddenly lifted from obscurity to the glaring spotlight of the NHL, Binette didnt quail although he was jittery as frogs legs on a frying pan. Given stout defensive protection, he made some good stops against the Hawks, wobbled on others but at least showed courage against experienced marksmen.</p><p>As a temporary stop-gap he was fine. But the following day Frank Selke, managing director of the Habs, organized a switch of padded gentlemen without hurting any of the clubs involved.</p><p>The big team, of course, got Evans and Charlie Hodge, another Canadian chattel, was hoisted from the Providence Reds to the Royals. Providence simply used Harvey Bennett who had been alternating with Hodge, a rookie up from the Cincinnati Mohawks.</p><p>Habs now face a rugged stretch. In the 22 days between Nov. 20, when they engage the New York Rangers at the Forum, until Dec. 9, when they play the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Canadiens have only one home game scheduled, against the Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>In the meantime they&rsquo;ll live the lives of travelling salesmen, peddling their wares in eight games on foreign ice, visiting every cty in the league. They have three games against the improving Chicago Black Hawks, two against the New York Rangers and one each in Boston, Toronto and Detroit.</p><p>So it appears that Plante will rejoin his mates on the road.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bert’s Blast Fells Plante with Pre-Game Warmup Shot

<div class="byline">LUNNY.</div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>M</span>ONTREAL, Que.&mdash;When Paul Masnick, a scrappy little centre, was traded by the Montreal Canadiens to the Chicago Black Hawks he didn&rsquo;t have far to go.</b></p><p><b>Masnick simply slung his skates over his shoulders and walked from the home club&rsquo;s dressing room on the west side of the Forum to the visitors&rsquo; quarters on the east side.</b></p><p><b>The transfer was conducted in that simple manner when the Hawks and the Habs clashed in Montreal just two days after the deal was arranged in New York.</b></p><p><b>Masnick became the fifth ex-Montreal player to join the Black Hawks this season. The others were Johnny McCormack, acquired in the draft, Bucky Hollingworth, Dick Gamble and Lorne Davis.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05261/2775738-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="297" height="507"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Paul Masnick</b></figcaption></div><p>Davis, of course, went to the Detroit Red Wings later in the deal for Metro Prystai.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Masnick’s Trip To Chicago Just A Short, Short Jaunt

<div class="byline">Houston</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Penalty-killing sp&eacute;cialiste are never seriously considered as threats to scoring records.</p><h2><b>SCORES THE BIG GOALS!</b></h2><p>Yet Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; two highest goal producers of the young NHL season are their two PK players, Rudy Migay and Ron Stewart.</p><p>Stew leads all Leaf scorers with four goals and The Toy Terrier possesses three as well as one of the most unique records in the NHL.</p><p>That would be two goals in one game with his own team shorthanded.</p><p>The scrappy little forward turned that trick as Leafs whipped Chicago Black Hawks 5-2 in Maple Leaf Gardens Nov. 6.</p><p>&ldquo;I told you we were more dangerous with a man disadvantage, coach King Clancy says. &ldquo;Those two are the doggondest penalty killers I&rsquo;ve ever seen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06168/2775776-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="297" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Rudy Migay</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0796/2775769-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="297" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>King Clancy</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;Rudy has the fight and diggidness and Stew has the speed and knowhow to make them a perfect pair.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Leafs “PK” Aces Top Goal Producers

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Do you remember?…

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Gordie Howe&rsquo;s long reign as the modern &ldquo;iron man&rdquo; of the National Hockey League finally came to an end.</p><p>After 382 games, which was the longest streak by any player in the NHL today, Howe went to the sidelines with a sprained shoulder.</p><p>When he missed the Nov. 4 game in Boston it maked the first time he&rsquo;d been absent from the Detroit lineup since Jan. 22, 1949&mdash;more than five full seasons. Over that stretch he had scored 219 goals, also more than any other player in the NHL and much more important to the Dtroit cause than his endurance record.</p><p>Which posed the immediate question of how the Wings would function without the 197-pound Westerner from Saskatoon. He was the acknowledged &ldquo;big man&rdquo; of the squad in more ways than size.</p><p>For five seasons Howe was the payoff man on the Production Line, which functioned with Ted Lindsay on left wing and an assortment of centers since Sid Abel slipped the leash. Because of Howe this was hockey&rsquo;s hottest line, supplying the punch with which Detroit managed to rule the NHL for six years in a row. And hoped to continue.</p><p>It is comforting to know that the Wings didn&rsquo;t show any signs of an immediate collapse because they&rsquo;d lost a player considered a 40-goal-a-year man. They won two of the first three games after his injury, thanks in great part to Lindsay&rsquo;s thoughtfulness in taking over the chore of shooting winning goals.</p><p>Any prolonged experiment along these lines are considered unnecessary, happily. Doctors say that Howe&rsquo;s idleness shouldn&rsquo;t last too long&mdash;maybe 10 days to two weeks altogether.</p><p>But then comes another matter for brooding. Maybe the Wings&rsquo; luck with injuries has expired and a turn the other way should be expected. Through the championship years Detroit has been mighty fortunate in the matter of injuries which, as all hockey folk know, is exactly as stated before&mdash;luck.</p><p>For example, last season nine of the Detroit players worked the entire 70-game schedule. Four others did 65 games. Marcel Pronovost was out the most, a total of 23 games. Red Kelly missed a few as did Marty Pavelich.</p><p>That was tremendously helpful in winning the championship and Stanley Cup and would have been considered unusual if much the same record was posted in previous campaigns.</p><p>A run of luck the other way could also become tremendously eostly. The Wings want no part of that kind of luck.</p><p>When Howe finally was ordered off the ice and into the hospital, it ended his bid to break the &ldquo;iron man&rdquo; record set by Murray Murdock in the &lsquo;30s while with the New York Rangers. Murdock played 508 straight games, the acknowledged NHL mark, plus 55 wore in the playoffs.</p><p>While Howe&rsquo;s streak started in 1949, it was not interrupted by his Injury in the 1950 playoffs. In the opener of what proved to be a 14-game set with Toronto and New York, Howe suffered a brain concussion and fractured Jaw in the highly publicized collision with Ted Kennedy. He played no more in the playoffs but was ready when fall came around.</p><p>The leading NHL scorer for the past four seasons, Howe was off to a slow start when injured. He had made four goals and five assists in 10 games to rank fifth in defense of his point title.</p><p>Howe was unable to give full details of his injury in the game at Toronto but he did dispel any ideas that it came from a deliberate or illegal foul.</p><p>&ldquo;I was forechecking Hugh Bolton and stumbled,&rdquo; he explained. We collided and I fell. I noticed a little pain for a minute but it went away. Then in the next period I noticed it again when I bodychecked a Toronto player. I lost my strength and couldn&rsquo;t even shoot the puck.&rdquo;</p><p>His shoulder was examined by Toronto doctors, who advised him to take it easy and see what developed overnight. Plenty developed.</p><p>The team flew to Boston that same night by a chartered plane and the next morning Howe could not lift his arm. When Lindsay, his roomate, noticed the trouble he insisted that Howe call Trainer Carl Mattson to the hotel room. Mattson quickly called Coach Jimmy Skinner and they all went to the hospital for an X-ray.</p><p>The examination found no fracture but the doctor advised Skinner to send Howe home at once for further study and treatment. So Howe boarded a plane and had cheeked into a local hospital before the Wings took the ice that night.</p><p>Incidentallq, this crisis developed on the first trip that Skinner had complete charge. Manager Jack Adams had been accompanying the club on all its road trips but passed up the Bosto portion of a Toronto-Boston-Montreal trip because there weren&rsquo;t enough seats on the chartered plane.</p><p>Team doctors diagnosed the ailment as a sprained shouder, harnessed Howe up in straps and put his arm in a sling.</p><p>The next day he took a two-hour drill on skates and on the training room cicycle to keep his legs in shape. When the doctors learned about that, they ordered him to cease immediately and take it easy until they gave the word.</p><p>For the first home game during his enforced layoff, Howe sat two periods with his wife (the first time they&rsquo;d ever seen a game together), and then was a pressbox visitor for the third period. He appeared on the hockey telecast of that game with Sid Abel interviewing him.</p><p>In the meantime Skinner was devising various formulas for making up lines without Howe. Most satisfactory arrangement was in teaming Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio and newcomer Vic Stasiuk on one line. Delvecchio&rsquo;s move produced a new third line of Dutch Reibel-Metro Prystai-John Wilson. Prystai also took over Howe&rsquo;s spot a few times, giving Bill Dineen a chance for more work.</p><p>Stasiuk had joined the club on summons from Edmonton for the Toronto game in which Howe was hurt. On this his sixth trip up to the NHL from the minors, Stasiuk flashed new form and quicly became a regular. He assisted Wilson on Detroit&rsquo;s lone goal in the 1-1 tie at Toronto, scored the only goal in a 4-1 defeat in Montreal, and made a big assist on Lindsay&rsquo;s tally in a 1-0 decision over New York.</p><p>The way Stasiuk is going, someone is going to feel the squeeze when Howe returns. Stasiuk probably will get regular duty.</p><h2><b>Streak Ends</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01663/2775662-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="595" height="1208"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE HOWE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Howe’s Iron-Man Reign Which Threatened Mark Set By Murdock Is Over

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01665/2775838-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fern Flaman&hellip;&hellip;&ldquo;Where Do These Stories Start?&rdquo;</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>According to the inference of a story which has been making the hockey rounds since last summer, the Bruins are icing a cut-rate defenseman in Ferny Flaman.</p><p>When the Bruins acquired Flaman from the Toronto Maple Leafs during the summer, word was bruited about that he was in disfavor with Toronto officials.</p><p>The tale has it that Flaman was easy to get, that his number was up in Toronto.</p><p>No one knows its origin, but the story has been branded as false by two interested parties. One is Manager Lynn Patrick of the Bruins, the other Flaman himself.</p><p>&ldquo;Easy to get?&rdquo; demanded Patrick. &ldquo;We had to give up Dave Creighton, who made 20 goals in two of his three seasons here, to get him. Does that sound as though he came cheaply?</p><p>&ldquo;I went after Flaman because I wanted a good rugged defenseman. So far he has certainly lived up to my expectations. We didn&rsquo;t get any castoff. He&rsquo;s an outstanding player.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t imagine how the story started that I had any trouble in Toronto,&rdquo; said Flaman, &ldquo;but it certainly is not true. It never came from me.</p><p>&ldquo;At no time while I was in Toronto did I have any trouble With anyone. I have the greatest respect for Conn Smythe, Hap Day and the Toronto organization. I was never in anyone&rsquo;s doghouse.</p><p>&ldquo;Mr. Smythe called me one day and asked me how I&rsquo;d like to go home to Boston,&rdquo; continued the taciturn resident of Westwood. &ldquo;I told him that if I were to leave Toronto, that was where I&rsquo;d prefer to go. He said he was working on a deal, and that if it went through, I&rsquo;d be back here.</p><p>&ldquo;He added that if it did not go through, I would remain with the Maple Leafs. Does that sound as though I were in the doghouse?</p><p>&ldquo;A week before the deal was announced he called me and told me about it. Then after it was announced I received a nice letter from him.</p><p>&ldquo;I was always treated fairly in Toronto and I left with no hard feelings. Why, just th&eacute; other night when I wrenched my back there, King Clancy (Toronto coach) came in to see how I was. He Wished me luck.&rdquo;</p><p>During the period in which he was negotiating with Smythe for Flaman, Patrick never left any doubt about his desire for the rugged defenseman. When Smythe told him, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re getting a much better defenseman than he was when he came here (from Boston).&rdquo; Patrick agreed with him heartily.</p><p>Flaman, instead of playing like a castoff&mdash;which he is not&mdash;has been a lifesaver for the Bruins this fall. He has played more than the other defensemen, and he has played his customary agressive game.</p><p>If Flaman is a cut-rate player&mdash;which he is not&mdash;the Bruins <b>are</b> definitely in the market for one or more of the same quality, <b>and</b> the quality is high.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Got A Nice Letter From Conn&rdquo;</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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“Easy-To-Get” Yarns Inflame Flaman

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Among the hardest working Black Hawks so far this season have been Johnny McCormack and Jerry Toppazzini and their toiling hasn&rsquo;t gone unnoticed or they wouldn&rsquo;t be taking the ice so often. They compose the club&rsquo;s first penalty-killing duo with a real future in years.</p><p>Chicago has failed to develop any genuine specialists for shorthanded defending duty since the waning days of Red Hamill and his uncanny puck lifting ability. This satisfying art, as a matter of fact, is being subjected to revival with Toppazzini trying hard to master the difficult trick.</p><p>Classifying &ldquo;Goose&rdquo; and Jerry as hard workers is automatic since, besides their duties as penalty killers, they also take regular turns as attacking forwards too. They have played on a unit with Ray Timgren and more recently have been joined by Dick Gamble in his stern bid for a big league comeback.</p><p>Putting McCormack and Toppazzini together to skate out penalties was probably in the back of the mind of Coach Frank Eddolls even before it was learned that Johnny could be secured from the Canadiens through the National Hockey League draft. Both boys have had extensive experience with chores of this type.</p><p>McCormack seldom did anything else in his 164 games over a three-year span with Montreal. &ldquo;Topper&rdquo; started growing his penalty-killing wings with Boston before the deal which brought him to the Windy City in exchange for Gus Bodnar late in the 1953-54 schedule.</p><p>Despite these qualifications, Eddolls couldn&rsquo;t be really sure that they would work well together until Jerry and Johnny were put under actual NHL combat fife. They represent two distinctly different types of skaters and this was one of the things that no doubt worried their coach at the start.</p><p>McCormack is generally mild mannered and his elusive skating makes it hard to believe that he&rsquo;s larger than Toppazzini at six feet and 185 pounds. His most appreciable talent has always been his knack to wind his stick most anywhere the puck goes and it&rsquo;s this work that is most bothersome to opponents.</p><p>Jerry, more huskily built With 180 pounds poured into his five feet, 11 inch frame, is a constant hustler and is seldom one to back away from any physical contact. It is rather amazing, in fact, that his aggressive attitude doesn&rsquo;t bring on more penalties while he is penalty-killing.</p><p>While they have been able to prove themselves of real value in stalling attacks until Chicago regains full strength, these two have also more than held their own on the offense and this, perhaps, is what completely assures that they&rsquo;ll continue to play important parts in Hawk plans for the future.</p><p>It was Jerry who stole the puck from a Hab defenseman and scored the team&rsquo;s first goal of the season in the opener at Montreal and &ldquo;Goose,&rdquo; with Toppazzini assisting, came through the Hawks&rsquo; first encounter on home ice three nights later. This one score equalled Johnny&rsquo;s output for the whole season with the Canucks two years ago.</p><p>This trait of scoring while also playing it snug won starting assignments for McCormack and Toppazzini in seven of the club&rsquo;s first 11 games. &ldquo;Some of the other fellas may be getting more press notices, but these two deserve just as much or more,&rdquo; observes Eddolls rightfully.</p><h2><b>Going Two Ways&hellip;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02547/2775876-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="552" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GOOSE McCORMACK</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>&hellip;For Black Hawks</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03368/2775869-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="549" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JERRY TOPPAZZINI</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Goose, Jerry Specialize as Black Hawk Specialists

<div class="byline">by Bob Hesketh (As Seen In the Toronto Telegram)</div><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ISS JAN STERLING, who graces a local cinema in The Human Jungle, attended the hockey match at Maple Leaf Gardens recently. Perfunctory investigation disclosed that there were two perfect forms in the building.</p><p>The other belonged to the Maple Leafs when they finally got untracked.</p><p>In a nasty nutshell, the Hawks quit trying, a development which caused coach Frank Eddolls, who is too nice a chap to endure such pain, a great deal of gastronomical acidity. Mr. Eddolls groaned in distress after it was over in a room which evinced only the occasional face lined with the disappointment of defeat. These were the property of the old pros like Al Rollins, Bill Gadsby and Gus Mortson, whose temperaments revolt at defeat, and a sparse assortment of others.</p><p>&ldquo;When I was in this league,&rdquo; Mr. Eddolls exclaimed, &ldquo;I had to work like hell to keep my job.&rdquo;</p><p>Eddolls had touched on one of the evolutionary evils of the NHL&rsquo;s new protected list legislation. It is an evil which might be erased by new measures which the league is expected to adopt when the owners assemble in New York.</p><p>In an effort to throw the Hawks a life preserver rather than an anvil, it is anticipated that the NHL will place more players on the open market, either by drastically lowering the number of bodies which enjoy immunity or by making available employes of other clubs who are not being actively exploited.</p><h2><b>Who Is Protecting Whom?</b></h2><p>In either case it must be an improvement over a decadent situation which is apparently developing with the Hawks and could, conceivably, be the case elsewhere.</p><p>The 18-player protected list can be used as a perfect buffer by the dogging hockey player who conceals his own defeatist complex by assuring himself that the management still hasn&rsquo;t done enough to extricate the club from the league cellar. He no longer has to worry about suffering the slings and arrows of a trip to the minors.</p><p>In the final analysis the protected list not only protects the player from being dealt but it also protects him from any measures his own club might take to protect itself from being exploited by a protected player. Fining him is useless if he is taking the money under false pretenses in the first place.</p><p>It is their mess and they will undoubtedly muddle out of it. At any rate it doesn&rsquo;t seem possible that much can be done to sell the Black Hawks on the road, this year at any rate. Selling the Black Hawks on the road is the objective of the emergency meeting.</p><h2><b>Ivan Lives With Ivan</b></h2><p>The mopping up in the front office has been completely and wisely executed. No one questions the executive sincerity of Thomas Ivan, though there has been an insinuation that he departed Detroit without the blessing of patriarch Jack Adams.</p><p>Ivan refuses to be drawn into any controversy about his relations with Adams, in fact, abhors a story which was published in Montreal, which he maintains unfairly dealt with his personal life and feelings.</p><p>&ldquo;I know,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;that I have done nothing wrong. That&rsquo;s the most important thing to me because I&rsquo;m the guy I have to live with.&rdquo;</p><p>If Adams Is convinced of that, the cavalry might yet arrive in time to prevent a complete massacre. If James Norris, the chairman of the board of the Hawks, has a few words with sister Marguerite, who is the president of the Wings, the whole thing might be resolved with no difficulty at all.</p><p>Common sense dictates that some drastic means must be adopted. People tire of watching a four-horse race and the only Innovation over last year is the Rangers. Two clubs, Chicago and Boston, are already being left at the post. And they have to play 59 and 60 more games to prove that they didn&rsquo;t have it.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NEWS on SPORT

<p><b>STORKVILLE, CANADA.</b></p><p><b>The patter of little feet in the household of Ken McKenzie, co-publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS, was increased to four during the past week when Ken&rsquo;s wife Lorraine, gave birth to a 7 lbs 1&frac34; ounze baby girl.</b></p><p><b>As usual, the ordeal had a more telling effect on the father. In Ken&rsquo;s case, the mental anguish began seven hours before delivery. Ken, a strapping 200-pounder, was worn to a frazzle when a nurse relieved the tension by informing him that his son John had a little baby sister.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02678/2775931-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="454" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WHAT&rsquo;S MY NAME?</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Ken McKenzie’s Household Plays Host To Baby Girl

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll (As seen in the Montreal Gazette)</div><h2><b>Lynn Comes Up With A Cold</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>ynn Patrick, the Boston Bruins&rsquo; coach, wasn&rsquo;t feeling well here before the game on Saturday against Canadiens. He had a throat infection, was running a slight fever and his voice was hoarse, but, he would talk a little, if the interview was brief.</p><p>When you&rsquo;re talking to a sick man, you don&rsquo;t ask him about his hockey team if it isn&rsquo;t going well. That is, you don&rsquo;t it the coach is younger and stonger than you are, and you expect to stay healty.</p><p>But the Bruins operated a tryout school for boys of 15 and over early fall, which was something new for them. Would he talk about that?</p><p>&ldquo;We had 128 at the school, all kids from around Boston&rdquo;, Lynn said. &ldquo;Most of them play high school hockey. We were pleased with the way everything turned out and we&rsquo;re going to continue the evperiment&rdquo;.</p><p>Was the object of the school to develop American-born hockey players? Or was it to heighten interest in hockey among the youngsters in the area and build fans for the future?</p><p>&ldquo;Both&rdquo;, he said. &ldquo;Look, before I ever came into the National Hockey League there had been American-born players lige George Owen and Myles Lane. Owen had been a great all-around athlete at Harvard and Lane had been one at Dartmouth. Owen played for the Bruins and Lane for the Rangers.</p><p>&ldquo;In my own time in the league there were at least five others. There were the three goalers&mdash;Mike Karakas, Sam LoPresti and Frankie Brimsek&mdash;and there were Johnny Mariucci and Doe Romines. Brimmie was with the Bruins and the other four were with the Black Hawks.</p><p>&ldquo;Do you know Brimsek was the last real American player in the league? You can say Pete Babando, but I don&rsquo;t count him. His parents moved to Canada when he was a baby and that&rsquo;s where he learned to play hockey&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>He Can&rsquo;t Recall &lsquo;Em All</b></h2><p>There were a few others whom Lynn failed to recall, probably because they were only up for what is known in baseball as &ldquo;a cup of coffee&rdquo;. One was Eddie Jeremiah, a college player around Boston whom the Bruins tried for years to sign. But Eddie wanted to use his hockey ability to see the world and he went to Europe and played for a number of years with a team in Paris. By the time he returned and signed with the Bruins he had become a bon vivant, too fat to get out of own way. Then there were fellows like Viv Heyliger and Wingy Wilson, who served a brief spell with the Black Hawks.</p><p>The Hawks were then owned by Maj. Frederic McLaughlin, who was forever thundering that there was no game an American hoy couldn&rsquo;t play just as well as a Canadian. He would ice a team that was 100 per cent American and win the Stanley Cup with it He signed a whole raft of them and the raft sank almost without a trace.</p><p>&ldquo;It would be a great thing for the league if we could develop a few American-born players&rdquo;, Lynn said. &ldquo;There are four cities in. the NHL right now that are doing a pretty good job of supporting what must be regarded by them as a foreign game.</p><p>&ldquo;There are lots of kids in New England who would like to play professional hockey. But they quit early. They tell themselves there is no use goin on with it because they won&rsquo;t ge given a chance. We want to convince them that it&rsquo;s possible for them to have a hockey career, if they really want one and if they&rsquo;ve got the ability.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s my idea that if a kid has natural athletic ability he can become a professional hockey player, provided he gets enough ice and the right kind of competition&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>Hockey Summer League</b></h2><p>We have heard of the Winter League in baseball, but we never heard of a Summer League in hockey untill Lynn started to discuss the Bruin&rsquo;s tryout school.</p><p>&ldquo;We held the scholl in Lynn, a suburb of Boston&rdquo;, he said. &ldquo;They have ice in the ring there for all but two months of the year I think it&rsquo;s May and June. Anyway, they operate a league there through July and August. The players are all from the high schools and colleges.</p><p>&ldquo;As I told you, we had 128 kids attend the school. I had five or six Bruins helping me. We divided our time between teaching and refereeing&rdquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;Did any likely-looking prospects show up?&rdquo; he was asked.</p><p>&ldquo;Yes, there were a couple&rdquo;, he said. &ldquo;One kid I liked especially was a 16-year-old boy named Johnson. He was big and strong for his age and he waded right in. Seemed to do a lot of things naturally that you&rsquo;d have to teach other boys. We take three boys from the school to our pre-season training camp at Galt and he was one of them.</p><p>&ldquo;Then there was another boy named Hutton that Fleming Mackell was nuts about. Both he and Johnson are forwards. The Hutton boy was also big for his age, but he was only 15 years old. Flem wanted me to take the boy to Galt, too, but I though he was too young. He&rsquo;d have been playing with fellow&rsquo;s who are far more davanced than he is and it might discourage him.</p><p>&ldquo;All the kids who attended the school are playing high school hockey now around Boston. Young Johnson worked out with us the other day&rdquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;But what about the grader competition?&rdquo; Lynn was asked. &ldquo;Can they get that around Boston?&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

playing the field

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The injury jinx has been prodding its cold, ugly fingers into the affairs of Les Canadiens all season, the latest casualty being Paul Meger, out for six weeks with a fracture of the right temporal bone.</p><p>First, during the Autumn training period, big Eddie Mazur hobbled off for a knee operation to relieve a damaged cartilege. Then Donnie Marshall, the American Hockey League&rsquo;s most valuable rookie last season, broke a leg.</p><p>On an exhibition tour of the Maritimes, Dollard St. Laurent hurt a wrist and was unable to grip his stick properly. After the season got under way Dickie Moore missed two games wltth a partial shoulder separation and Jackie Leclair sat out one with <b>a</b> similar Injury.</p><p>But the injury jinx saved its most severe blow for Meger, a 25-year-old left winger, who has been one of the Habs most effective penalty killers.</p><p>Meger was hurt on Nov. 7 in Boston when he tripped the Bruins&rsquo; Leo LaBine, drawing a penalty on the play. Meger fell on LaBine&rsquo;s skate as the Bruin went down, suffering a deep gash over his right ear. Six stitches were required to close the wound.</p><p>On the way home to Montreal, Meger complained of severe headaches. The penetrating eye of the x-ray revealed the fracture and he was taken to the Montreal General Hospital where an operation was performed on the skull by Dr. Howard Elliott.</p><p>Dr. Elliot says his patient is progressing satisfactorily and it is believed that he will suffer no ill effects.</p><p>Meanwhile the Canadiens welcomed the return to action of Mazur to fill the gap at left wing. Mazur has been skating regularly and, due to long walks to strengthen his knee and leg muscles, he is in fine physical shape.</p><p>Meger, who learned to skate on the Red River just outside Selkirk, Man., turned pro with the Buffalo Bisons in the American Hockey League after two years with the Barrie Flyers in the junior Ontario Hockey Association.</p><p>After winning the Dudley Garrett Memorial Trophy as the AHL&rsquo;s most valuable rookie, Meger was sold to the Canadiens for $15,000 and three players with delivery to take effect a year later.</p><p>In his first season as a full-fledged Hab, Meger scored 24 goals in 69 games. It Was his most successful year in the NHL.</p><h2><b>Latest Casualty</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01727/2775962-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="591" height="609"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PAUL MEGER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Skull Fracture Sidelines Meger For Six Weeks

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01680/2776017-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gump Worsley&hellip;&hellip;Living Down Rookie Jinx</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>It turns out that Muzz Patrick was right after all. His pre-season decision to send Johnny Bower back to the minors and bring back little Gump Worsley to fill the Rangers&rsquo; goal&mdash;not a very popular one at the time&mdash;has brought fine results.</p><p>In the overall picture of their first dozen games, only two Baby Blues sparkled without a slump. One was Danny Lewicki, who picked up seven goals in his sudden emergence as a true major leaguer. The other was Worsley, the only Calder Trophy winner ever to be presented the rookie-of-the-year award while serving in the minors.</p><p>Worsley has been a revelation. He still has the cat-like reflexes, the sharp eyes and instincts and the courage that made him the top NHL freshman two seasons ago. But he has more than that, now, and is therefore better qualified for the job.</p><p>For one thing, Worsley now fills a little more of the cage. Two years ago, he stood 5-6 and weighed 145. Now he stands 5-7 and weighs 158.</p><p>For another, he is now a more stable person. When given his first crack at the majors, Gump seemed to be flighty. He was continually nervous&mdash;on edge. Now he is more relaxed and better able physically and mentally to handle the game&rsquo;s toughest assignment.</p><p>The added experience he has gained is a factor in his improvement, also. He was only 23, with two years of pro hockey behind him, when he acme up the first time. A keen observer, it was natural for him to improve with time.</p><p>Worsley&rsquo;s comeback record speaks for itself. Playing behind a defense which, for the most part, has been porous and playing for a team with a minus&mdash;.500 record, Gump limited the opposition to 2.92 goals a game. This included a seven-goal spree by Montreal.</p><p>They&rsquo;ve been talking about this Worsley all around the league. He has kept the Rangers in practically every game, making big save after big save when the team gave him no help. Since the defense figures to become much stronger as the season progresses&mdash;Harry Howell and Jack Evans are notorious slow starters, for instance&mdash;Worsley&rsquo;s goals-against record should improve, too.</p><p>Although he is not yet a serious threat to Terry Sawchuk or Harry Lumley, Gump will be aiming for goalkeeper awards. He has gotten into the habit of winning them. His first year as a pro, he was rookie-of-the-year at St. Paul. His next one, he was rookie-of-the-year at Saskatoon. Then came the Calder Trophy, followed by MVP and All-Star honors last Winter in Vancouver.</p><p>Worsley has one other goal this year&mdash;to prove that Connie Smythe was just as wrong two years ago as Patrick was right in bringing him back this Fall.</p><p>When the rookie award was announced, Smythe let out a howl. It was his rather emphatic opinion that Worsley was not even a major leaguer and that one of his boys, Gordie Hannigan or Leo Boivin or Bob Hassard, should have gotten the award. Worsley wound up with 41 vote points to Hannigan&rsquo;s 36 and Boivin&rsquo;s 30.</p><p>Gump won it then, and he is a better player now.</p><p>ICE CHIPS: Worsley&rsquo;s protection was due to be stronger on Nov. 13&mdash;the Rangers&rsquo; lone Saturday night date at the Garden&mdash;when Allan Stanley returned. The big defenseman, who&rsquo;d suffered a severe leg gash three weeks earlier, set that date for his comeback. He had been spending some time each day in skating and shooting with Wally Hergesheimer, due back in about three weeks. The sharpshooting right winger, inactivated since fracturing a leg last March, felt good the first time he put on the skates. &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t know just how strong this leg is until I scrimmage,&rdquo; he reminded well-wishers.</p><p>The Rangers are still a better team when the sides are uneven. With Edgar Laprade and Aldo Guidolin penalty-killing, they&rsquo;ve allowed only five goals when shorthanded. But their power play has scored 11 times. Camille Henry, the power play specialist, has scored just as often himself&mdash;one goal for every 12 minutes&mdash;as Laprade&rsquo;s penalty killers have allowed.</p><p>Patrick, Frank Boucher, trainer Frank Paice and a couple of New York writers spent an enjoyable afternoon with Davey Kerr in Windsor the last time the Rangers were in Detroit. Former goaltender&rsquo;s Drop-In Tavern is doing well&hellip;Rangers&rsquo; early success is reflected in the sale of Herb Goren&rsquo;s Blue Book, a fine record of the team&rsquo;s history, player personnel, etc. The sale is now four times that of a year ago at this time. Anyone can obtain a copy by sending $1 to the Rangers.</p><h2><b>Muzz&rsquo;s Mr. Miraculous</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Muzz’s Move to Bring Back Gump Still His Choice Despite Slump

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Ralph Nattrass, who was skating at defense for the Black Hawks as recently as four years ago, made his debut as a National Hockey League linesman when-his old team hosted the New York Blueshirts November 4. Officiating became an ambition shortly after he retired from active play in 1951.</p><p>Still relatively youthful at 29, Ralph started handling games in the amateur International League last season. While the experience gained was not too extensive, his work impressed Refereein-Chief Carl Voss enough to earn him assignment in the big time this fall.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02608/2776055-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="306" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ralph Nattrass</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03463/2776048-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="302" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Gadsby</b></figcaption></div><p>Nattrass has lived in Chicago ever since he broke in with the Hawks in 1946 after two campaigns with the team&rsquo;s affiliate at Kansas City in the old United States circuit. Selling cars has been his main occupation the past few years and he is now with a leading Windy City outlet for Cadillac.</p><p>He played with the Black Hawks for four campaigns through 1949-50 and his rearguard partner much&rsquo; of the time was Capt. Bill Gadsby. He probably wanted to, but the nature of his officiating duties wouldn&rsquo;t let Ralph renew the friendship in the Ranger game.</p><p>Only other Hawk member who was a teammate is little Billy Mosienko, oldest of the club&rsquo;s skaters. Nattrass was released outright to Cincinnati, then in the American league, for the 1950-51 schedule after a big deal with Detroit brought Chicago rearguards Jack Stewart, Al Dewsbury and several others.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Nattrass’ Work Impresses Voss, Jumps Back to NHL

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04316/2776086-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Real Chevrefils&hellip;&hellip;Getting his bumps</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>For Real Chevrefils of the Bruins a year was a long time&mdash;the time, to be exact, between goals.</p><p>Chevrefils&rsquo; last goal of the 1953-54 season was made here in a game with the Chicago Black Hawks on November 5, 1953.</p><p>His first goal of the 1954-55 season was made here in a game with the Detroit Red Wings, on November 4, 1954.</p><p>In between there were no goals for the husky left wing, and there wasn&rsquo;t much hockey, either. Eight days after his score against Chicago last fall he received the broken leg which sidelined him for the rest of the year.</p><p>The 22-year-old stylist played in the Bruins&rsquo; first two games this year, then sat out the next six with a knee injury. His goal against the Red Wings was made in his first game back.</p><p>The spacing of Chewy&rsquo;s goals was a coincidence, but the slow start of the Bruins this fall was a surprise, for they were expected to make a more auspicious getaway.</p><p>The Bruins were judged by those acquainted with them to be stronger this year than they were a year ago, but in the first month of the season they were not able to prove the contention.</p><p>They won only one of their first eight games, gaining ties in three others, but Coach Lynn Patrick postponed talk of personnel changes.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been through slumps like this before,&rdquo; declared Patrick, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;m not being panicked into making changes just for the sake of making changes.</p><p>&ldquo;If I think a change or two will benefit the team I&rsquo;ll move. But I&rsquo;m still confident that we have a better team, as I was when hte season opened.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve lost games we could have won with a break or two at the right time,&rdquo; he added, &ldquo;and I think that&rsquo;s a situation which is bound to change. If it doesn&rsquo;t, then I&rsquo;ll make moves which I think will help.&rdquo;</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; defensive play has been subjected to criticism here but the offense hasn&rsquo;t dona much to take the pressure off the defense. Half their goals for the first eight games were scored by two players. Center Don McKenney and Righ Wing Leo LaBine.</p><p>McKenney, after playing first right wing, then left wing has been installed permanently at center by Patrick. He has been playing on an all-20-year-old line, with Doug Mohns and Murray Costello as his wings.</p><h2><b>Now It&rsquo;s His Knee</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Lynn Not Over-Concerned Over B’s Slow Beginning, Thinks Luck Will Change

<p><b>Founded October 1st 1947</b></p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</b></p><p><b>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>Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879</p><p>Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa</p><p><b>Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation</b></p><p>Printed in Canada<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01756/2776162-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="408" height="426"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>B</span>ILL CHADWICK</b> rates Johnny McCormack as the NHL player with the best sense of humor&hellip;McCormack gets about two penalties a season on the average&hellip;Recently Chadwick thumbed him for an infraction&hellip;&ldquo;There you go again,&rdquo; Johnny complained. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the second time you&rsquo;ve cost me the Lady Byng Trophy&rdquo;&hellip;Hershey&rsquo;s Dune Fisher set a new American Hockey League record for scoring winning goals last season. The bagpipe-playing Fisher notched the winning counter on 13 different occasions&hellip;Only one set of brothers campaigning in the AHL this season and they are on different clubs&hellip;Chuck Blair is a Cleveland Baron veteran and Dusty Blair is a newcomer to Buffalo&hellip;Hap Day paid Toronto&rsquo;s Hugh Bolton quite a compliment the other day. After a particularly outstanding performance in Montreal last month, Day commented: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the best game I&rsquo;ve seen a defenseman play since 1936&rdquo;&hellip;Day retired in 1936&hellip;New York Rangers will play an exhibition game at West Point this season. Jack Riley, the West Point coach hails from Boston and is a former member of the Boston Olympics&hellip;Chicago Black Hawks may not be leading the NHL but they do lead in number of &ldquo;most valuable players&rdquo; on their roster. The Hawks have two of these players on their team this season. They are Al Rollins, most valuable player in the NHL last season and George (Red) Sullivan who captured similar honors in the American League while playing with Hershey Bears.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02615/2776155-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="306" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Goose McCormack</b></figcaption></div><p><b>IN A RECENT</b> National Hockey League game, Doug Davies, NHL linesman, called an offside against the Rangers that particularly angered Frankie Paice, New York trainer. When Davies skated past the Rangers&rsquo; bench, Paice hollered: &ldquo;Davies, you&rsquo;re taking the bread and butter out of my kids&rsquo; mouths&rdquo;. Paice was enjoying a post-game snack in a restaurant when who should come into the place but Davies. After he was seated and had given his order to the waitress, Davies picked up a piece of bread and a patty of butter, strolled over to Paice&rsquo;s table, laid the bread and butter down and said: &ldquo;Put this back in your kids&rsquo; mouths.&rdquo;&hellip;Jack Brickhouse, well-known sports announcer, made a big hit with everyone he came in contact with on his recent visit to Montreal as guest of Eddie Quinn. The famous Chicago sports authority said he thought the Black Hawks were making a big mistake in not televising the third period of their home games. He cited many cases where televising certain portions of an athletic event had aided the box office considerably&hellip;Maybe it&rsquo;s a sign of the times in New England, but there is more school hockey played in that area this season than ever before. One of the major reasons for the increase in school hockey is the extensive rink-building program that is being carried on in an effort to beat the weather problem.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03461/2776148-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="294" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Kennedy</b></figcaption></div><p><b>MONTREAL CANADIENS&rsquo;</b> ice the heaviest team in the NHL this semester. The average Canuck weighs 181 pounds.&hellip;Detroit Red Wings have the lightest squad with an average of 167 pounds per man&hellip;Average weights of the other clubs are New York, 170; Toronto, 179; Boston, 177, and Chicago, 178&hellip;The 1951-52 Memorial Cup champion Guelph Biltmores rate as one of the most productive farm clubs of all time. The New York Rangers have on their roster right now six players who played with the No. 1 Ranger junior team in 1951-52. They are Harry Howell, Lou Fontinato, Andy Bathgate, Aldo Guidolin, Dean Prentice and Ron Murphy&hellip;Penny Sacco of 912 N. Keystone Ave., Chicago 51, an ardent hockey follower, recently underwent a serious ear operation. Her many hockey friends all wish her the best&hellip;Alex &ldquo;Seabiscuit&rdquo; Kaleta was cut the other day by the Saskatoon Quakers after three years with the club. Kaleta was the captain of the team. He will likely be replaced by a Bentley&hellip;Conn Smythe stated recently that he had offered every Leaf with the exception of Ted Kennedy for trade at one time or another&hellip;&ldquo;Always the second party looked at me as if I was trying to unload a cripple,&rdquo; Smythe chuckled.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04329/2776141-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="314" height="476"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ron Murphy</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/f0006-05274/2776193-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2>Dropping Attendance</h2><p>Dear Sirs:</p><p>I would like to express my opinion on why attendance is falling, especially in the States.</p><p>Mainly I feel it is the lack of promotion. The kids don&rsquo;t get a chance to go to a game without paying a big chunk of their allowances. Why aren&rsquo;t &ldquo;knot hole gang&rdquo; rates instituted for boys and girls under 147</p><p>Take, for example, the way a bakery has reserved a large section at the British Columbia Lions football games.</p><p>Promotion for adults is not good in the minors. They rely on one crutch&mdash;the daily newspapers. As happened here this summer, the British Empire Games almost drowned baseball out in the press. I can imagine in Montreal the Canadiens drown out any news about the QHL and the juniors.</p><p>Whistle tooting at questionable infractions will make the game a fight between understaffed or uneven teams. How about when there is a double penalty the teams play at full strength while the players cool their heels&mdash;as in a misconduct?</p><p>Another aid for the minors is better knowledge of the NHL teams and players. Only a few Canuck fans are interested in how Toronto and Montreal are doing. The Rangers drew poorly in their exhibition games here. More broadcast over the network, such as a &ldquo;game of the week&rdquo; from anywhere instead of Toronto, Toronto and, again, Toronto, would be a big help. Either this or a resumption of the Thursday night Montreal games.</p><p>Finally, this new WHL rule about cracking down on every infraction will ruin the game if the rule-makers don&rsquo;t watch out.</p><p>Tom Creighton Vancouver, B.C.</p><h2>Bad For Cullen</h2><p>Dear Sirs:</p><p>This is the first time that we have ever written to THE HOCKEY NEWS and we are hoping this letter will be printed.</p><p>Last year Brian Cullen was the top player in Jr. OHA. He scored the most goals, had the most assists and was the leader on his team.</p><p>When he was traded by Buffalo to Toronto it was the worst thing that could have happened. Now we see that he is being sent to Pittsburgh for seasoning. If he does need seasoning, which we doubt, he should be able to get it in the NHL. Others have. For example, Bill Dineen, Red Kelly, Doug Mohns, Bernie Geoffrion, Dickie Moore and others.</p><p>During the time he was on the ice, which was only a few times in eight games, he collected two assists which helped the Leafs win. Think of what he would have done if he had had a regular turn on the ice, and had been playing his right position which was centre and not left wing.</p><p>It was once said &ldquo;why doesn&rsquo;t Kennedy retire and let Brian take his place&rdquo;. We still think this is a good idea.</p><p>We think that if any other club in the league had Brian, he would have been given the chance that he didn&rsquo;t get with the Leafs.</p><p>Deanie, Ardis and Gen Toronto, Ont.</p><h2>Favorite Players</h2><p>Dear Sirs:</p><p>I am getting THE HOCKEY NEWS regularly and am enjoying every subscription.</p><p>I particularly like the action pictures on the front and back on every issue.</p><p>Some of my favorite player are Don Raleigh, Maurice Richard Dave Creighton and Camille Henry.</p><p>Lots of luck from one of your many fans.</p><p>Henry Mattinson Truro, N.S.</p><h2>Day&rsquo;s Not Done Yet</h2><p>Dear Sirs:</p><p>I have been taking your news paper for three years, and enjoy it thoroughly. But I do wish you printed more articles on Gordion Howe.</p><p>In your Oct. 23 issue a person from P.E.I. who probably doesn&rsquo;t see very many NHL games (his name was L. Carver) said that players like Howe and Maurice Richard have had their day.</p><p>I would like to recall to his attention that these two players are still the big attractions these days. Gordie Howe is only 26 while the Rocket shows no sign: of tiring.</p><p>When Rangers played Canadiens on Oct. 23, Richard came very close to scoring, only to be foiled by Gump Worsley&rsquo;s beautiful save. His position in the scoring standings certainly doesn&rsquo;t indicate that his day is done.</p><p>One thing I will say about Montreal sportscasters, though, They&rsquo;re all afraid to give the other team some credit. On the play mentioned above, the comment was that Richard had missed, not that Gump had displayed considerable skill.</p><p>Robert Tuthill Lachine, P.Q.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06194/2776224-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="598" height="282"></div><h2>NOVEMBER 23 &ndash; NOVEMBER 30</h2><p>24&mdash;BELL, Joe, 1923, left winger, Victoria</p><p>27&mdash;BLOOMER, Sheldon, 1928, defense, Springfield</p><p>28&mdash;GAGNON, Bus, 1926, winger, Chicoutimi</p><p>29&mdash;KALETA, Alex, 1919, left winger, Saskatoon</p><p>30&mdash;SLOAN, Tod, 1927, centre, Toronto<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday To You

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-07100/2776255-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>f</span>or every true-blue hockey fan will want to be a regular reader of THE HOCKEY NEWS&mdash;&ldquo;Official Organ of All Hockey&rdquo;. The Hockey News carries stories on all the teams and the star players written by the foremost hockey writers in Canada and the United States. Besides outstanding features and stories The Hockey News runs more action pictures and cartoons than any other publication. Interesting Crossword puzzles also appear in each issue.</p><p>THE HOCKEY NEWS is published for 30 consecutive issues during the season and 5 monthly summer issues. It doesn&rsquo;t matter when you start, you still get your 35 issues.</p><p>A year&rsquo;s subcription is for 35 consecutive Issues.</p><p><b>Canadian Remittances</b>&mdash;$3.00 Payable by Postal Bank or Telegraph Money Order.</p><p><b>U.S.A. Remittances</b>&mdash;$4.00 Payable by Postal Note, Bank or Express Money Order or personal cheque.</p><p><b>Fill in Form Above and Send Postal Note or Money Order</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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KEEP UP WITH THE HOCKEY JONESES BY SUBSCRIBING TODAY

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont&mdash;</p><p>Harry Watson has possibly remedied the Toronto Maple Leaf left wing shortage by worsening it.</p><p>Until the big 20-goal perennial suffered tom knee ligaments Oct. 30, Leafs had tried everyone but trainer Tim Daly as a third line left wing. They had Sid Smith and Watson to handle first and second line duties, but nothing near them to plug the third line.</p><p>That made it so much worse when Hairbreadth Harry was injured in a mid-ice collision against New York Rangers. But the acutened dearth only forced Leafs to send an SOS to their Pittsburgh Hornet farm.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01708/2776293-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="296" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Parker MacDonald</b></figcaption></div><p>In response, the antidote to all left wing ailments came up the pike in 21-year-old Parker MacDonald.</p><p>A fleetfooted youngster with only four minutes previous NHL experience behind him, the 171-pounder moved onto Tod Sloan&rsquo;s left arm like a tailor-made sleeve. He played sound, aggressive hockey In his debut, impressing the Leaf front office with his speed, his shot and his ability to get Into position. And in his second game, he fired his first big league goal against Chicago&rsquo;s Al Rollins at Maple Leaf Gardens.</p><p>&ldquo;If he continues, after Watson comes back, our left wing problems are over,&rdquo; Assistant General Manager Hap Day allows.</p><p>Continues? Parker MacDonald expects to do better yet.</p><p>&ldquo;When I get used to the league, I think I can go a lot faster,&rdquo; the youngster says. &ldquo;In my first game I had to check Gord Howe and I was so worried about letting him get away that I was afraid to go all out myself.</p><p>&ldquo;And I muffed a couple of goal chances by being over-anxious. I think I&rsquo;ll get over that.&rdquo;</p><p>When Parker&rsquo;s first goal arrived, he was so excited he almost killed himself retrieving the puck. As fast as the red light flashed, he dived past Rollins into the net and suffered bruised ribs, a scraped back, and a tender side when he collided with the post.</p><p>Unlike most rookies who feel lost the first time they arrive in the big show, Parker feels at home.</p><p>&ldquo;These big rinks give me a chance to move around,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I always felt cramped in the smaller American League rinks. I guess I got used to places like the Gardens when I was playing junior for three years with Marlboros. It spoiled me.&rdquo;</p><p>All this confidence, however, came to Parker just as suddenly as did his orders to report to Leafs.</p><p>&ldquo;I had never really considered the possibility of ever playing for the Leafs,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;It just seemed like wishful thinking, even after Howie Meeker (Pittsburgh coach) told me earlier this season that there was a chance if I worked for It.</p><p>&ldquo;For that matter, until Marlboros brought me from Sydney, I never thought I&rsquo;d even see the city of Toronto. That was as far away as the moon when you&rsquo;re living in Nova Scotia. And I never heard of a hockey player back home making good up here.&rdquo;</p><p>It was MacDonald&rsquo;s two previous trips to Leafs, as much as anything else, which discouraged big league ideas. Both came two years ago, while he was playing his third year with Marlie juniors in the OHA Junior A series.</p><p>His first trip took him to Montreal Forum where he was dressed but didn&rsquo;t step onto the ice. Later in the year he was used in two brief shifts against New York Rangers at Maple Leaf Gardens.</p><p>The second member of Marlies&rsquo; big Dan Poland-Eric Nesterenko-MacDonald line to reach the big league, Parker has had other hockey disillusionments. His greatest followed his biggest thrill.</p><p>That was the night five years ago when Sydney Millionaires seniors brought him up for the opener of their playoff series against Halifax. Playing before 10,000 fans, the biggest crowd he could imagine, Parker turned a pass from Cliff Roach (Mickey&rsquo;s son) into the game&rsquo;s initial goal on his very first shift.</p><p>He wasn&rsquo;t played again all night. And next morning, the newspapers blamed Sydney&rsquo;s 7-6 loss on their use of a raw rookie of 16.</p><p>He&rsquo;s a raw rookie in another league now. But he&rsquo;s making it difficult to tell.</p><p>Incidentals&hellip;One fell swoop from Bill Mosienko&rsquo;s stick la Chicago cost right wing George Armstrong a three-stitch gash over his left eye, a misconduct for backtalk after he was penalized for retaliation, and two automatic $25 fines, from the NHL and the Leafs&hellip;Tod Sloan picked up an 11-stitch gash when a stick cut completely through his lip in the same 23-penalty game&hellip;Referee Bill Chadwick issued 60 minutes in sentences that Nov. 7&hellip;Dave Creighton, who had been tried at left and right wings, is now playing centre&hellip;Watson will be out one month with the torn ligaments in his left knee&hellip;</p><h2><b>Cause For Joy</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02636/2776286-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="572" height="1012"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HAP DAY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Parker’s Play Prompts Plaudits as Plugger

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Toronto Maple Leafs won four straight games during the week to climb into second place in the National Hockey League standings, three points back of the Montreal Canadlens. The Leafs have now won Bix games in a row and moved up from fourth place two weeks ago. The front-running Montreal Canadians captured two out of three and retained their hold on the No. one spot. Detroit Red Wings slipped down into third place with 19 points. New York Rangers are fourth with 13 points, followed by Chicago Black Hawks with eight and Boston Bruins with seven.</p><p>Canadiens&rsquo; Boom Boom Geoffrion is carrying on his sensational goal-scoring streak. In 16 games the Boomer has 15 goals to lead the NHL both in number of goals scored and also in points. He has five assists to go along with his 15 goals for a total of 20 points. Maurice Richard is second with 17 points and is followed by Ken Mosdell and Jean Beliveau with 15 points apiece. The top four places on the NHL scoring parade are occupied by members of the Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>Danny Lewicki, Nick Mickoski and Don Raleigh, three members of the New York Rangers, are grouped together with 13 scoring points each. Lewicki has 11 goals and is second only to Geoffrion in notching counters. Nickoskl and Raleigh lead all players in garnering assists. The New York duo have each picked up 12 assists to date. Sid Smith of Toronto was a real hero during the past week scoring three game-winning goals for the Leafs. He has seven goals and five assists for 12 points.</p><p>Harry Lumley recorded two successive shutouts in the Toronto nets and the Leafs&rsquo; defensive record is tops for the League&mdash;24 goals-against in 15 games. Detroit&rsquo;s Terry Sawchuk is the shutout leader with three.</p><p>Most penalized player is Boston&rsquo;s Fern Flaman within 39 minutes. Most penalized team is Montreal with 198 minutes.</p><div class="sidebar"><p>Sports College has tested and approves BIKE Supports and Bike Trainers Tape.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

Leafs Take Four Straight

<div class="byline">By Marshall Dann</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01742/2776386-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="310" height="451"></div><p><b>Mr. Vince Lunny,</b><br><b>c/o The Hockey News,</b><br><b>Montreal, Que.</b></p><h2><b>DEAR VINCE:</b></h2><p>Maybe you&rsquo;ve started an entire new trend of hockey sports writing with your story in the recent HOCKEY NEWS exploding the myth of Gordie Howe receiving &ldquo;phoney&rdquo; assists.</p><p>The statistics you dug up were revealing and must have required considerable research. It was all news to us in Detroit and we were keenly interested. I took the liberty, incidentally, of borrowing your story for my own paper.</p><p>It was a bold act for a Montreal writer to yank the rug from under those who have followed that propaganda line for years. Hope it didn&rsquo;t get you into hot water with the Canadien coachingstall.</p><p>Particularly, I liked your comment about writing the story &ldquo;in the interests of fair play and Justice.&rdquo;</p><p>Also the mention about &ldquo;this piece being written simply to set the record straight&hellip;a sporting gesture from a city in which Howe has been constantly be-littled.&rdquo;</p><p>Not often have such stories originated in a rival city. Your forthright stand, unfortunately rarely matched by the people in hockey, must be viewed as a healthy circumstance. To show that two can play at the game. I&rsquo;d like to make a few comments in the same spirit:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02654/2776379-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="289" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Maurice Richard</b></figcaption></div><p>Detroit fans boo Rocket Richard more than any other visitor, but I honestly believe it is some sort of tribute to his greatness. I hope Richard looks at it that way and realizes how everyone appreciates and respects his ability.</p><p>I echo your words that Richard is great&hellip;terrific&hellip;colorful&hellip;in a class by himself He&rsquo;s&hellip;THE Rocket.</p><p>Hockey has some sort of special appeal and luster when Richard is on the ice. I only wish Detroit fans had the opportunity to see him fly the way he does at home. His brilliance here is not as sustained, coming more in spurts. But the spurts are terrific.</p><p>Our fans enjoy many other members of the Canadiens. Gerry McNeil was a great favorite and Jacques Plante may gain that same admiration in time. We think of Jean Beliveau as one of the great centers. We wish Detroit had taken Doug Harvey when he was up for grabs before gaining stardom. How we&rsquo;d like to have Tom Johnson in a Red Wing uniform. Butch Bouchard and Ken Mosdell are respected veterans. You have some fine youngsters in Eddie Litzenberger and Jackie Leclair.</p><p>Yes, it&rsquo;s a great team that Montreal fans have to follow this season. Canadiens are the most Interesting and exciting club to come in here&mdash;and by a big margin. We&rsquo;re looking forward to watching and enjoying them the rest of. the winter.</p><p>Sincerely, Marshall Dann, Detroit</p><p>P.S. Sorry, Vince, that I made no mention of Dick Irvin. I did try to think of something nice to say about him, too.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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On Thin ice

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>When the Boston Bruins traded Joe Klukay to the Toronto Maple Leafs the other day, they wound up one of the most amazing sequences of events in hockey history.</p><p>A year ago the Bruins had three players who scored at least 20 goals for the season.</p><p>The three were Johnny Peirson, who scored 21, and Dave Creighton and Klukay, both of whom scored 20.</p><p>During the summer the Bruins swapped Creighton to Toronto for Defenseman Ferny Flaman.</p><p>Shortly after Creighton&rsquo;s departure Peirson announced his retirement to devote his full time to the manufacture of furniture.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03538/2776424-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="287" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leo Boivin</b></figcaption></div><p>Then the other day the Bruins sent Joe Klukay to Toronto for Defenseman Leo Boivin.</p><p>Thus in almost as short a space of time as it takes to tell about it, the Bruins lost their three top scorers of last season. Has any other team undergone a similar experience?</p><p>The departure of Klukay occasioned genuine regret here, for during his two-year stay the Soo Ghost was a 100 per center, always playing up to the full limit of his ability.</p><p>Two years ago Coach Lynn Patrick used the veteran right wing as a double-duty forward, Klukay taking a regular turn and killing penalties besides.</p><p>Last season, in an effort to conserve Joe&rsquo;s energy, Patrick limited him to regular turns, and the crafty fellow responded with his best scoring year ever.</p><p>This year Patrick put the 32-year-old Navy veteran on the penalty-killing detail almost exclusively, with the result that Klukay had no goals to show for his first 10 games.</p><p>A durable competitor, Klukay delighted many Garden audiences with his stick-handling skill and perpetual hustle. Boston fans, pleased no end by his acquisition from Toronto in the fall of 1952, were sorry to see him leave.</p><p>Despite his fine scoring output of last season, he&rsquo;ll probably be remembered the longest as a member of the Blanket Line&mdash;with Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart&mdash;with which the Bruins wrapped up the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup playoffs of 1953. That was the series in which Patrick put the three oldsters on Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay, the Bruins winning the series in six games.</p><p>Four years after his name first reached print here&mdash;in absentia&mdash;the Boston Bruins have finally gained Defenseman Leo Boivin.</p><p>Four years ago this month the Bruins engaged in the biggest player transaction in their history. In an effort to break an early-season slump, they traded Defenseman Ferny Flaman, Forwards Phil Maloney and Ken Smith and an &ldquo;unnamed amateur&rdquo; to the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>In return they received Forwards Bill Ezinicki, and Vic Lynn.</p><p>The deal turned out to be a bust for the Bruins, for with the departure of Flaman they lost a number of cash customers. All Boston gained was a respected citizen in Ezinicki, now a well-liked and highly-regarded professional golfer.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04396/2776417-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="300" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Joe Klukay</b></figcaption></div><p>Last summer Manager Lynn Patrick of the Bruins removed some of the bitterness from the old transaction by bringing Flaman back from Toronto, in exchange for Forward Dave Creighton.</p><p>Then the other day the &ldquo;unnamed amateur&rdquo; joined the team for which he was originally destined, for the anonymous throw-in of four years ago was Boivin, now in his third season in the National league.</p><p>Boivin went to Toronto originally in an effort by the Bruins to shake a slump. He came here this month in an effort by the Bruins to shake a slump, for when they yielded Joe Klukay for the stocky defenseman the other day, they had won only one of their first 10 games.</p><p>Their record at the time of the latest Boivin transaction was identical with their record at the time of the original Boivin deal.</p><p>The acquisition of Boivin climaxed an intensive effort by President Walter Brown and Patrick to strengthen the Bruins&rsquo; defense. Prior to Leo&rsquo;s arrival, Patrick had left no doubt about his dissatisfaction with his defense corps.</p><p>Boivin is a product of the Bruins&rsquo; farm system, spending his final 2 years of junior hockey with the Boston-sponsored team at Port Arthur, Ont. Always an aggressive little chap, he captained the junior Bruins in his second year.</p><p>That was the year when he was the &ldquo;unnamed amateur&rdquo;, and a season later Toronto started him at Pittsburgh. He became a Toronto regular in the fall of 1952 and made a strong bid for the rookie-of-the-year award.</p><p>A year ago Boivin was in and out of the Toronto lineup, and before coming here this fall he appeared in seven of Toronto&rsquo;s first 11 games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-03

“Unnamed Amateur” Leo Boivin Finally Lands With B’s As Ole Joe Goes To Leafs

<div class="byline">By JOHN WALTERS (As Seen In The Detroit News)</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Jack Adams was analyzing the shots of famous Red Wing scorers recently, while out on Olympia&rsquo;s ice coach Jim Skinner was trying to make three of the greatest&mdash;as well as their teammates&mdash;operate with less perfection and more shots.</p><p>Ted Lindsay is No. 1, Gordie Howe No. 2 and Red Kelly No. 11 on the all-time goal-getting list prepared by publicist Fred Huber.</p><p>&ldquo;Lindsay&rsquo;s special is a sharp, angle shot&rdquo;, said Adams. &ldquo;He is extremely accurate. Howe is the cleverest stick-handler of all, and with his ambidextrous shotmaking ability, I predict he&rsquo;ll rewrite the record books before he is through&rdquo;.</p><p>Skinner&rsquo;s complaint was: &ldquo;Our players are trying to make too sure of a goal. They&rsquo;re trying to finish the play&mdash;skate right up to the goalie&mdash;instead of shooting and taking advantage of the angles&rdquo;.</p><p>So while the Wings prepared for tomorrow&rsquo;s game at New York with a two-hour shooting drill, Adams continued:</p><p>&ldquo;Sid Abel was devastating around the net. He was tremendous in deflecting shots or angling them into the net. Syd Howe was a mechanical player. had a chance to finish a play.</p><p>&ldquo;Herbie Lewis, Marty Barry, Larry Aurie, Ebbie Goodfellow, and Johnny Sorrell comprised the most successful power play hockey has ever seen.</p><p>&ldquo;When they took the ice, Lester Patrick used to say: &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s He made no mistakes when he bear down now and hold them to one goal&rsquo;, Sorrell and Goodfellow at the points had two powerful shots. I&rsquo;d rate Sorrell and Liscombe&rsquo;s among the hardest in hockey. Ebbie of course originally was a center, then we moved him back to defense.</p><p>&ldquo;Carl Liscombe, Mud Bruneteau and Syd Howe composed our top line in the war years. Bruneteau had a great snap shot, with his wrists, particularly dangerous from 30 feet.</p><p>&ldquo;Joe Carveth was the &lsquo;fancy Dan&rsquo; of them all. He was a very clever stickhandler. Once he circled the net twice in New York and Abel shouted at him:</p><p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Everybody saw you deke the man twice. Why do it a third time? Shoot the puck&mdash;it might go in!&rsquo;&rdquo;</p><h2>ALL TIME WING SCORERS (including games of Nov. 8)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1369/2776511-1-eng-US/f0008-132.jpg" title="f0008-13" width="600" height="446"></div><h2><b>All-Time Red Wing Greats</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05309/2776504-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="297" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06254/2776497-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="294" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Lindsay</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07202/2776490-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="292" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Red Kelly</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-08166/2776483-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="287" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Abel</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-09137/2776476-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="296" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Mud Bruneteau</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-10118/2776469-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="286" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Joe Carveth</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-11102/2776462-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="295" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ebbie Goodfellow</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1281/2776455-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="301" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Carl Liscombe</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0008-13

Less Perfection More Profusion Demanded Nowadays

<p><b>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</b></p><p><b>Sid Smith, Toronto&rsquo;s hustling left winger, doesn&rsquo;t get the rave notices usually accorded his hockey contemporaries Ted Lindsay and Bert Olmstead but year in and year out, the spike-topped Leaf winger goes about his business of scoring goals with spectacular precision.</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;Smitty&rdquo;, who was averaged 24 goals a season in his last five seasons, scored four goals during the past week and every one of them produced victories for King Clancy&rsquo;s men.</b></p><p><b>He scored the only goal in the riotous game in Detroit last Wednesday night to give the Leafs a 1-0 win over the Red Wings and on Saturday night in Toronto in the return engagement he duplicated the feat as the Leafs made it two in a row over the world champions by a similar score.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-13144/2776692-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="298" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Smith</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Against the Boston Bruins on the Sunday night Smith scored two goals, the second and third as the Leafs nosed out the Bruins, 3-1. That gave him three winning goals in as many games.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0009-13

Player-of-the-Week

<h2><b>What A Week</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>arry Lumley was running second to Jacques Plante in the Vezina Trophy race when the Leafs went into action last week. Before the week was out, Plante was in hospital with a fractured cheek-bone and Lumley grabbed an eight goal lead.</p><h2><b>Some Line</b></h2><p>The Rangers line of Danny Lewicki-Bones Raleigh and Nick Mickoski have picked up 39 scoring points in 15 games, more than two a game, Lewicki leads in goals with 11 while his line-mates have 12 assists apiece.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>TANDING ON WED. A.M., NOV. 17)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01721/2776661-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="602" height="184"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAME PLAYED WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 14th.</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02664/2776654-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="602" height="260"></div><h3>SCHEDULED GAMES FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21st,</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03558/2776647-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="596" height="268"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY NOV. 10 Chicago 3 at Boston 4</h3><p><b>Chicago&mdash;</b>Goal: Rolline; defense: Gadsaby, Hollingworth, Martin, Mortson, Dewsbury; forwards: McCormack, Top-pazzini, Gamble, Wilson, Mosienko, Conacher Sullivan, McIntyre, Hassard, Jankowski, Timgren.</p><p><b>Boston&mdash;</b>Goal: Henry; defense: Flaman, Quackenbush, Armstrong, Godfrey, Laycoe; forwards Mackell, Labine, Chevrefils, McKenny, Costello, Mohns, Schmidt, Sandford, Ferguson, Gardner, Bodnar.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04470/2776640-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="594" height="518"></div><h3>Toronto 2 at New York 1</h3><p><b>Toronto&mdash;</b>Goal: Lumley; defence: Thomson, Morrison, Horton, Bolton; forwards: Smith, Kennedy, Armstrong, Creighton, Stewart, Migay, Sloan, Nesterenko, Hannigan, Bailey, Cahan, Macdonald.</p><p><b>New York&mdash;</b>Goal: Worsley; defense: Irwin, Howell. Fontinato, Stanley, Evans, Shrystal; forwards: Raleigh, Ronty, Laprade, Mickosky, Guidolin, Bathgate, Murphy, Sonnor, Prentice, Popein, Henry, Lewicki.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05366/2776633-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="594" height="358"></div><h3>THURSDAY NOV. 11 Chicago 4 at Canadiens 7</h3><p><b>Canadiens&mdash;</b>Goal: Binette; defense: Harvey, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson; forwards: Mosdell, Litzenberger, MacKay, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Curry. Leclair, Richard, Moore, Olmstead, Mazur.</p><p><b>Chicago&mdash;</b>Goal: Rollins; defense: Gadsby, Hollingworth, Martin, Mortson, Dewsbury; forwards: McCormack, Top-pazzlni, Gamble, Wilson, Mosienko, Conacher, Sullivan, McIntyre, Hassard, Jankowski, Timgren.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06313/2776626-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="592" height="724"></div><h3>Toronto 1 at Detroit 0</h3><p><b>Toronto&mdash;</b>Goal: Lumley; defense: Morrison, Thomson, Bolton, Horton, Gahan; forwards: Sloan, Kennedy, Nesterenko, Smith, Armstrong, McDonald, Migay, Stewart. Klukay, Creighton, Bailey, Hannigan, Parker.</p><p><b>Detroit&mdash;</b>Goal: Sawchuck; defense: Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Woit, Allen; forwards: Dineen, Davis, Wilson, Delvecchio, Lindsay, Stasiuk, Skov, Pavelich, Leswick, Reibel, Bonin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07278/2776619-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="592" height="316"></div><h3>SATURDAY NOV. 13 Toronto 1 at Detroit</h3><p><b>Detroit&mdash;</b>Goal: Sawchuck; defense: Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Woit, Allen; forwards: Delvecchio, Stasiuk Londsay, Skov, Leswick, Pavelich, Wilson, Davis, Dineen, Bonin.</p><p><b>Toronto&mdash;</b>Goal: Lumley; defense: Thomson, Bolton, Morrison, Horton, Cahan; forwards: Kennedy, Nesterenko, Smith, Sloan, Armstrong. MacDonald, Migay. Stewart, Hannigan, Bailey, Creighton, Klugay.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08257/2776612-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="590" height="366"></div><h3>Boston 1 at Montreal 2</h3><p><b>Boston&mdash;</b>Goal: Henry; defense: Flaman. Boivin, Armstrong, Godfrey, Quackenbush, Laycoe; forwards: Mackell, Labine, Chevrefils, Sandford, Schmidt, McKenney, Bodnar, Mohns, Costello, Ferguson, Gardner.</p><p><b>Montreal&mdash;</b>Goal: Evans; defense: Bouchard, Johnson, St. Laurent Harvey; forwards: Leclair, Richard, Olmstead, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Moore, Mosdell, Litzenberger, Mackey, Curry, Mazur.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09249/2776605-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="598" height="436"></div><h3>Chicago 5 at New York 3</h3><p><b>Chicago&mdash;</b>Goal: Rollins; defense: Gadsby, Hollingworth, Mortson, Dewsbury, Martin; forwards: Timgren, Masnick, Toppazzini, Wilson, Mosienko, Conacher, Jankowski, McIntyre, Hassard, Prystai, McCormack, Gamble, Sullivan.</p><p><b>New York&mdash;</b>Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Evans, Irwin, Chrystal, Stanley; forwards: Mickoski, Raleigh, Lewicki, Ronty, Laprade, Guidolin, Bathgate, Murphy, Sonmor, Prentice, Popein, Henry.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03538/2776598-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="605" height="541"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOV. 14 Toronto 3 at Boston 1</h3><p><b>Toronto&mdash;</b>Goal: Lumley; defense: Morrison, Thomson, Bolton, Horton, Gahan; forwards: Sloan, Kennedy, Nesterenko, Smith, Armstrong, McDonald, Migay, Stewart, Klukay, Creighton, Bailey, Hannigan, Parker.</p><p><b>Boston&mdash;</b>Goal: Henry; defense: Flaman, Boivin, Armstrong, Godfrey, Quackenbush, Laycoe; forwards; Mackell, Labine, Chevrefils, Sandford, McKenny, Bodnar, Mohns, Costello, Ferguson, Gardner.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04418/2776591-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="607" height="419"></div><h3>Canadiens 1 at Detroit 4</h3><p><b>Canadiens&mdash;</b>Goal; Evans; defenses Harvey, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson; forwards: Mosdell, Litzenberger&raquo; MacKay, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Curry, Leclair, Richard, Moore, Olmstead&raquo; Mazur.</p><p><b>Detroit&mdash;</b>Goal: Sawchuck; defenses Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Woit, Allen; forwards: Dineen, Davis, Wilson, Delvecchio, Lindsay, Stasiuk, Skov Pavelich, Leswick, Reibel, Bonin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05317/2776584-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="610" height="442"></div><h3>New York 5 at Chicago 0</h3><p><b>New York&mdash;</b>Goal: Worsley; defenses Howell, Evans, Irwin, Chrystal, Stanley; forwards: Mickoski, Raleigh, Lewicki. Ronty, Laprade, Guldolin, Bathgate, Murphy, Sonmor, Prentice, Popein&raquo; Henry.</p><p><b>Chicago&mdash;</b>Goal: Rollins; defenses Gadsby, Hollingworth, Mortson, Dewsbury, Martin; forwards: Timgren, Masnick, Toppazzini, Wilson, Mosienlt. Conacher, Jankowski, McIntyre, Hansard, Prystai, McCormack, Gamble, Sullivan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06247/2776577-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="601" height="465"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><h3>Including Games of Sun. Nov. 14.</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10229/2776570-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="588" height="2690"></div><h3>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1954-1955</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11199/2776563-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="598" height="320"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12161/2776556-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="590" height="154"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1596/2776549-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="1714" height="808"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-14118/2776542-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="1120" height="2096"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0009-01

NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORY, N.Y.&mdash;Although few people are aware of it, amateur hockey did not vanish from New York when it left the Garden with the Rangers-sponsored Rovers two years ago. It is still alive, if not flourishing, in the Blue Line Hockey League contested each Friday night at the Brooklyn Ice Palace.</p><p>No greater love hath any man for the game than the fellows who play in this league. Without benefit of publicity, they arrive at the Palace every game night at 11 o&rsquo;clock, pay $1.50 apiece for rental and play until 1:30 a.m. That is the only time the rink is available, since it is used for public skating, &lsquo;otherwise.</p><p>The players, at their own expense, occasionally make trips out of town to meet other teams. One team went to Baltimore last year for a tournament and came back with the intermediate championship. Another went to Lewiston, Me., where it reached the semi-finals of the junior tournament.</p><p>There are four teams&mdash;Arrows, Tigers, Hawks and Torpedoes&mdash;in the Blue Line League. The league, in part, is sponsored by the Blue Line Club, comprising former Rover fans.</p><p>John Cosby, from whom the Rangers buy their equipment, has donated four sets of jerseys. The players outfit themselves, otherwise. Several former Met Leaguers, like Dom Baolto, Dick McCurdy, Joe Calahan and Pete Budd donate their time and services as officcials.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Blue Line Hockey League Flourishing In New York

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01740/2776754-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HARRY LUMLEY,</b> the National Hockey League&rsquo;s holder of the Vezina Trophy, is bidding fair to making it two straight. Apple-Cheeked Harry racked up two shutouts last week&mdash;both by 1-0 scored over the world champion Detroit Red Wings.</figcaption></div><p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>Obie O&rsquo;Brien, captain of the Hershey Bears, is really flying this season. The lanky left winger, who is 12 games ahead of his last year&rsquo;s scoring record, seems to have taken a new lease on life since his appointment as leader of the Bears.</p><p>Obie sums it up himself thus, &ldquo;The younger players sort of look to me to set the pace, so I feel I can&rsquo;t disappoint them.&rdquo;</p><p>In the first 12 games, Obie has Mt the red lamp six times and assisted his line mates, Arnie Kullman and Norm Corcoran on seven other scores. He didn&rsquo;t score his thirteenth point last season until the 24th game.</p><p>Christened Ellard John O&rsquo;Brien, Obie has been playing pro hockey since 1950-51, when he broke in with Tulsa in the defunct U.S. League. Prior to joining the ranks of the play-for-pay athletes, O&rsquo;Brien played minor and junior hockey in his native St. Catherine&rsquo;s, Ontario. His minor hockey experience, incidentally, was gained under the coaching of Vic Teal father of Skip Teal Hershey&rsquo;s sophomore center ice man.</p><p>Obie came to Hershey in 195152, after scoring 33 goals and 28 assists with Tulsa. His play earned him a berth on the league&rsquo;s second All-Star six.</p><p>This Fall he became Heshey property in the deal which also brought Dune Fisher to th&eacute; Bears in exchange for Ray Gariepy.</p><p>The 6.3 winger had his best season as a Bear last year, when he lit the red lamp 20 times and assisted on 31 other scores.</p><p>O&rsquo;brien is married and is the father of two children, Ellard, Jr. and Margaret. During the off-season he sells soft drinks in his native St. Catherines.</p><h2><b>Still Coing Strong</b></h2><h2><b>Watching His Team</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02646/2776747-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1780" height="1575"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CANADIENS&rsquo; GOALIE JACQUES PLANTE,</b> prepares to tune in to his television set and watch his team play the Boston Bruins as his pretty wife looks on. Jacques, injured in a pregame warmup November 11th by a shot by Bert Olmstead, suffered a fractured cheek-bone and will be out of action for close to three weeks.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0010-01

Obie Sailing For Bears

<h2><b>Timely Tallies</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>eammates Andy Barbe and Jack Caffery had a timely time of it during the week&rsquo;s play, boosting the Pittsburgh Hornets into a temporary tie for second place on the merit of two well-scored goals. Playing against Cleveland Barons, the Hornets were one goal down at the end of the second frame. They went even on Barbe&rsquo;s goal in the third, then won it on Caffery&rsquo;s effort.</p><h2><b>Sharing the Kudos</b></h2><p>Dano Fisher, the amazing man from the Hershey Bears, had a little competition in the how-to-help-your-team department during the week. Jumping Joe Lund paced the Buffalo Bisons by scoring once and assisting on two others for a total of three points in one game. Fisher proved that he hasn&rsquo;t lost his touch by scoring twice in succession.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON MONDAY A.M. NOV. 15</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01730/2776862-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="599" height="178"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10 Pittsburgh 1 at Cleveland 3</h3><p>CLEVELAND,&mdash;Pittsburgh Hornets scored twice in the last period to defeat Cleveland Barons 4-3 and climb into a tie for second place with the Barons in the American Hockey League.</p><p>Final period goals by Andy Barbe at 8:37 and Jack Caffery at 13:57 enabled the Hornets to extend their undefeated string of six games&mdash;four victories and two ties.</p><p>Fred Glover of Cleveland, the league&rsquo;s leading scorer, boosted his point total to 26 with a goal and two assists.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02676/2776855-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="601" height="491"></div><h3>Buffalo 5 at Hershey 5</h3><p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;Hershey Bears scored in the final minute of play to hold Buffalo Bisons to a 5-5 tie in the American Hockey League. Overtime was dispensed With to permit Buffalo to catch a train.</p><p>Both teams scored in the opening period but in the second, Dune Fisher cored twice to give the Bears a 3-1 edge.</p><p>In the final period the Bisons scored three goals in six minutes to take the lead but the Bears came back to tie the core when Skip Teal rifled in a close-in shot. Again the Bisons took the lead when Ken Wharram scored at 16:02. With a late face-off in the Bisons defence zone, Johnny Henderson was withdrawn from the Bears net and six skaters were sent in.</p><p>From the face-off, Norm Corcoran rapped the tying goal into the net as the clock ticked off the final seconds of the game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03574/2776848-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="604" height="725"></div><h3>THURSDAY, NOV. 11 Cleveland 1 at Buffalo 6</h3><p>BUFFALO N.Y.&mdash;Led by jumping Joe Lund, who scored once and set up two others, Buffalo Bisons defeated Cleveland Barons. 6-1 before 2,305 fans at Memorial Auditorium.</p><p>The victory moved the Bisons out of the American Hockey League cellar. They scored twice in the first period and once in the second. Then they turned the game Into a rout with three more in the final period.</p><p>Buffalo&rsquo;s big line figured in three of the scores with Ken Wharram opening it at 1:46 of the first period, and Gaye Stewart starting the third with a score at 3:24. Stewart set up a 2-0 Buffalo lead in the first period with a pass to Dusty Blair.</p><p>Fred Glover got the lone Baron score at 14:39 of the opening period.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04485/2776841-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="591" height="545"></div><h3>Springfield 5 at Providence 2</h3><p>PROVIDENCE, RI.&mdash;Springfield Indians came up with a smooth-passfog attack to upend Providence Reds 5-2 in their game at the Auditorium. The victory lifted the Indians into a four-way tie for second place.</p><p>Leading 1-0 after the first period, the Indians matched two goals by Providence in the second stanza and then scored two more in the third.</p><p>Rookie Jim Anderson and Buddy Boone paced the Springfield attack with a goal and assist each. Walt Atanas, Harry Pidhirny and Ross Lowe made the other Springfield tallies.</p><p>Guy Gendron and Pete Kapusta scored 39 seconds apart early in the second period for the Reds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06360/2776834-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="591" height="492"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Providence 1 at Springfield 5</h3><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;Springfield Indians broke a 1-1 tie in the second period and scored three more goals in the third to defeat Providence Reds 5-1 in an American Hockey League game.</p><p>The victory was the third In a row for the Indians.</p><p>The only Providence goal, credited to Zellio Topazzini, actually was slipped&rsquo;Into the net by Springfield defenceman Danny Summers. Carl (Buddy) Bome tied it for Springfield in the first period.</p><p>Doug McMurdy tipped a puck Into the net for the Indians&rsquo; second-period goal and the third period tallies were registered by Graham Hasting, Mike Narduzzl and Ed Leier.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07327/2776827-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="597" height="485"></div><h3>Buffalo 2 at Cleveland 8</h3><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;Cleveland Barons cracked a five-game slump as they trounced Buffalo Bisons 8-2.</p><p>The Barons, who had not won a game in their last five starts, jumped out with goals by Jim Farelli, Gus Karrys and Tommy Williams before Hartley McLeod tallied for the losers In the first period. Karrys added his second goal of the night before the period ended.</p><p>Freddie Glover, Jackie Gordon and rookie Gordon Vjprava ran the score to 7-1 in the middle frame. Vjprava&rsquo;s marker was his first in the American League.</p><p>Buffalo newcomer Ken Wharram scored his club&rsquo;s final marker at 9.22 of the last period and Eddie Olson finished off the Barons&rsquo; scoring at 13.23.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09297/2776820-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="599" height="739"></div><h3>Hershey 3 at Pittsburgh 3</h3><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;Pittsburgh Hornets overcame a two-goal deficit to battle the first-place Hershey Bears to a 3-3 tie.</p><p>Andy Barbe opened the scoring for Pittsburgh in the first period with a goal from 15 feet out. The Bears countered in the same session with scares by Gordie Wilson, Frad Pietsch and Skip Teal.</p><p>Gerry Foley converted Hugh Barlow&rsquo;s pass for a Hornet goal in the second period and Willie Marshall banged in Earl Balfour&rsquo;s rebound for the tie in the third session.</p><p>No overtime was played because the teams had to meet train schedules.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10270/2776813-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="595" height="517"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Pittsburgh 3 at Buffalo 2</h3><p>BUFFALO&mdash;The line of Willie Marshall, Bob Sabourin and Earl Balfour, each with a goal, Led Pittsburgh Hornets to a 3-2 victory over Buffalo Bisons before 4,687 fans.</p><p>All the scoring game in the second and third periods after a wild first frame which saw 10 penalties handed out, Including match misconducts to Jack Caffery of the Hornets and Tony Scheneider of the Bisons.</p><p>Pete Wright gave Buffalo the lead at 1.22 of the second period, but Balfour, with Sabourin and Marshall assisting, up less than two minutes later.</p><p>Sabourin, with assists from his linemates, and Marshall, with Balfour helping, made it 3-1 before Hartley McLeod got Buffalo&rsquo;s last goal. The Bisons benched their goalie and sent six attackers on the ice in the final minute but couldn&rsquo;t get the tying goal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12218/2776806-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="599" height="547"></div><h3>Hershey 3 at Providence 3</h3><p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;Pete Kapusta&rsquo;s equalizer in the closing seconds of regulation time gave Providence Reds a 3-3 tie with Hershey Bears.</p><p>Both teams failed to score in a 10-minute overtime period.</p><p>Trailing by three goals late in the second period, the Reds reduced the deficit when Guy Gendron and Chuck. Scherza scored within less than a minute.</p><p>Providence had removed goalie Harvey Bennett from the net and were attacking with six forwards, when Kapusta drove home a 25-foot shot through milling players from mid-ice to score the tying goal 43 seconds before the end of the third, period.</p><p>Hershey took an early lead, when Ken Smith scored in the second minute of the game. Goals by Dune Fisher in the first and second perlods further increased the lead.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02613/2776799-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="598" height="582"></div><h2><b>Shouldering A Big Responsibility</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05406/2776792-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="1749" height="1875"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CHARLIE HODGE,</b> youthful goalie, is carried into the RI Auditorium after a recent victory over Buffalo. Almost immediately he left under his own steam, bound for Montreal Royals of the Quebec Hockey League. He was called up to replaced Claude Evans pressed into service by NHL Canadiens.</figcaption></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, Nov. 14) (Including games of Sun. Nov. 14)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11242/2776785-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="602" height="538"></div><h3>Leaders</h3><p>Most Goal&mdash;Fred Glover, Cleveland, 14.</p><p>Most Assists&mdash;Jackie Gordon, Cleveland, 19.</p><p>Best Goalie&mdash;Don Simmons, Springfield, 7,1702.43.</p><p>Most Shutout&mdash;Hank Bassen, Buffalo and Charlie Hodge, Prov. 1 each.</p><p>Most Penalties by a Team&mdash;Buffalo, 275 mts.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;</p><p>Ray Ceresino, who came to the RI Reds during the past summer from Cleveland along with Jack Stoddard, is back in the good graces of the RI Reds&rsquo; brass.</p><p>A rugged left winger, Ceresino figured to help the offensive of the Reds. Last season with Cleveland he scored only 36 points for the Barons but the previous season he had racked up 58 for the Bun Cook team.</p><p>In training with the Reds, Ceresino failed to impress Owner Lou Pieri, G.M. Terry Reardon or Coach Rat Egan. Ha was used in the early games in the AHL and then benched.</p><p>For a while, the front office was considering letting Ceresino go to some other club but Reardon wanted another look. Last weekend in games at Cleveland and Pittsburgh, plus a game last Sunday at home abainst Hershey, Ceresino got his chance.</p><p>The likeable Italian lad, who rooms with Al Baccari, did not mess up this big shot to make the Reds. Last Sunday in the 5-4 comeback victory over Hershey at R.I. Auditorium, Ceresino hustled in tremendous fashion from start to finish. When the game was over, Reardon was quick to admit that &ldquo;Ceresino played a whale of a game. Off his showing tonight, Ray sticks with the club&rdquo;.</p><p>Ceresino will further try to impress in future games.</p><h2><b>Close Shave</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01708/2776893-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="548" height="870"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RAY CERESINO</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Brass Beams On Ceresino

<div class="byline">By GEORGE DUFFY</div><p>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;</p><p>Woodrow Wilson Clarence (Woody) Dumart is on the comeback trail with the Rhode Island Reds of the American Hockey League.</p><p>It la fitting, too, for Dumart played with the Reds way back in 1936-37 before he joined the Boston Bruins and proceeded to play 15 solid years of fine hockey.</p><p>The last time he was a R.I. Red, he was a chipper young hockey player, destined to become one of the greats on the famous &ldquo;Kraut Line&rdquo; which also included Milt Schmidt and Bobby Bauer.</p><p>Now, at the age of 37, Woody, who lives in Needham, Mass., is one of the left wingers with the Reds and at this writing, is doing just fine. But back in the early stages of the campaign, the R.I. Red brass wondered if Woodrow could make the A.H.L. grade.</p><h2>Farewell to NHL</h2><p>Dumart joined the Reds after a trial with the New York Rangers. That was Woody&rsquo;s final bid to stick in the National Hockey League.</p><p>When he arrived in &ldquo;Little Rhody&rdquo;, Dumart faced a group of young rookies at the Providence training camp. These youngsters were eager to make the grade with the Reds and they skated like the wind. Dumart, after being away from Providence for 18 long years, wondered if this Stay was to be as short as his first.</p><p>All the while, Dumart kept plugging along, not gaining much notice because he was moving slowly, allowing himself to get into shape slowly and surely. When training camp ended, Woody was making progress and while the young pucksters headed back to Canadian amateur circles, Dumart remained.</p><p>Trainer George Army, who handed Dumart his togs way back in 1936, supplied Dumart with a No. 9 and all the extras needed for the playing of hockey.</p><p>The season got underway and Dumart was given the job as a penalty killer. He had not won a place on any of the three forward lines.</p><p>As time passed, Dumart began to round into shape. His penalty stints became better and better. In fact at times he and Ken &ldquo;Buck&rdquo; Davies were sensational in running out the time with a teammate in the &ldquo;coop&rdquo;.</p><p>Then came Dumart&rsquo;s first goal. Another came on October 30th at Pittsburgh. This deserves special mention for it came unassisted. The Dumart touch evidently was returning.</p><p>In a game at Providence on October 31, the Reds trailed the Hershey Bears, 3-0 in the first 10 minutes but came back to win a thriller, 5-4 on Jack Stoddard&rsquo;s goal in the final period.</p><p>There were numerous stars in that exciting win. Dumart was one. Coach Pat Egan, General Manager Terry Reardon and Owner Lou Pieri noted the big improvement in the play of Woody and they talked in terms of &ldquo;It&rsquo;s time to put him on a regular forward line&rdquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;Porky&rdquo;, as he is sometimes called, has won his way into the hearts of the top-level men in the Providence Hockey Club organization. He is also popular with the fans who have accepted their long lost (36-54) hockey player with open arms.</p><h2>Likes It Fine</h2><p>And what does Woody have to say about all this? A quiet guy who looks more like a college professor in civvies than a hockey player, Dumart admits &ldquo;It&rsquo;s great to be in Providence&rdquo;. And he adds with a grin &ldquo;and have a job&rdquo;.</p><p>Playing at Providence is almost as handy as playing in Boston. Dumart&rsquo;s Needham home is just about 40 miles from Providence. He makes the trips to practices and games over the road, sometimes having his wife and two children along as passengers.</p><p>Dumart has no idea how long he&rsquo;ll be playing in the AHL But he is already looking to the day when he might become a coach in the American League. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a fine league. Coaching in it would satisfy me completely&rdquo;, Dumart says.</p><p>Soft-spoken and with a world of knowledge of the sport he loves best, Dumart should make a good coach. He can do things when he sets his mind to them. Making the 1954-55 R.I. Reds is ample proof of this.</p><h2><b>Slow But Sure</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03485/2776924-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="583" height="901"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WOODY DUMART</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Dumart Hits Comeback Trail With Reds, Overcomes Earlier Doubts of His Ability

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div><p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>Arnie Kullman and his wingmen, Obie O&rsquo;Brien and Norm Corcoran, have emerged as the Hershey Bears&rsquo; No. 1 offensive combo after a dozen American Hockey League battles.</p><p>Kullman and his aides, who ran second to the Red Sullivan-Dunc Fisher-Lorne Ferguson unit of last season, have accounted for 14 goals and 23 assists in twelve outings. The diminutive pivot man is also setting Hershey&rsquo;s goal getting pace, with seven. The stocky alternate captain&rsquo;s scoring is for ten games only, a shoulder injury keeping him out of action in two contests.</p><p>Cocoran, while lighting the red lamp but once, has assisted on ten scores to lead the Bears in that department.</p><p>O&rsquo;Brien is hotter than a fire cracker. The lanky left winger seems to have taken a new lease on life since his assignment as captain of the Bears. His point production in 12 games is 11 games ahead of his 1953-54 scoring mark, when he racked up 20 goals and 31 assists. This year, after a dozen contests, he has bagged six goals and seven assists.</p><p>Kullman, too, is off and running to a fast start. One of the best break-away skaters in the American Hockey League, Arnie has scored three of his seven goals unassisted.</p><p>In addition to their fine offensive work, Arnie and O&rsquo;Brien have been used by Coach Murray Henderson as his No. 1 penalty killers. Their play as a defensive unit gives Hershey the best penalty killing duo since the departure of Frank Mario and Gerry Brown.</p><p>The lines centered by Gordon Wilson and Skip Teal are running two and three, respectively, behind Kullman&rsquo;s trio. Wilson, who has Dunc Fisher and Lionel Heirich as his regular partners, have accounted for 24 points. Kenny Smith has also seen service with this line, spelling young Heinrich from time to time.</p><p>Teal&rsquo;s combo, which includes rookies Stan Parker and Fred Pietsch, has registered 22 points. Each of the second and third lines have scored 13 goals.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Bears have compiled a very good 5-2 mark at home, compared with a 2-3 record on the road. And, happily for the Bears, two of their home wins came at the expense of the Cleveland Barons, their nemesis last season.</p><p>And, further pointing up the Hershey team&rsquo;s will to win, the Bears have come from behind in four of their seven victories. Two of these triumphs came in overtime battles at the Sports Arena, Hershey edging both Cleveland and Pittsburgh by 3-2 scores.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kullman, Corcoran, O’Brien Emerge As Bears’ Top Combo

<p>PROVIDENCE. R.T.&mdash;</p><p>Russ Kowalchuk, who has been with the Rhode Island Reds on loan from the Montreal Canadien organization, has been sent to the Shawinigan Cataracts of the Quebee Hockey League.</p><p>Kowalchuk played with Buffalo of the American Hockey League last season and has been bidding to win a regular job with the Reds.</p><p>Terry Reardon, general manager of the Reds, revealed that he was loaning Russ to Shawinigan subject to recall. However, the chances are good that Kowalchuk may not return for Shawinigan is now a Canadien farm team and the general manager of that team is Kenny Reardon who was sent into Shawinigan by Montreal officials to run the Cataracts.</p><p>Early in the season, Kowalchuk loomed as a possibility for a tough line known as &ldquo;The Wreckers&rdquo; but he failed to live up to expectations in recent weeks and has been riding the bench most of the time.</p><p>Kowalchuk is 21 years of age.</p><h2>On Tour</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04358/2776979-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="595" height="913"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RUSS KOWALCHUK</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Kowalchuk Sent To Cats

<h2><b>Having Wonderful Time</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>V</span>ancouver enjoyed the best Intersectional trip of the young season last week winning two, tieing one and losing one to give the Coast Club the lead in the intersectional games with ten wins, five losses and three ties in the 18 games played to date. 10 on the Coast and 8 on the Prairies.</p><h2><b>Horvath Holds It</b></h2><p>Bronco Horvath continues to set the puce for the individual scorers with a total of 22 points on nine goals and 13 assists. Andy Hebenton, the Victoria sharpshooter has taken the lead in goals scored with 12. Four players are tied with the most assists, 13, Horvath and John Bucyk of Edmonton and Eddie Dorohoy and Alex Kuzma of Victoria.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON MONDAY, NOV. 8</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01698/2777101-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="596" height="180"></div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p><b>Tuesday, Nov. 2</b></p><p>Victoria 3 at New West. 5; Vancouver at Calgary 6.</p><p><b>Wednesday, Nov. 3</b></p><p>New Westminster 1 at Vistoria 6; Vancouver 1 at Edmonton 1.</p><p><b>Thursday, Nov. 4</b></p><p>Vancouver 3 at Saskatoon 3.</p><p><b>Friday, Nov. 5</b></p><p>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 4.</p><p><b>Saturday, Nov. 6</b></p><p>Victoria 4 at New West. 0; Vancouver at Saskatoon 3.</p><h3>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Victoria 3 at New Westminster 5</h3><p>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;New Westminster Royals must be looking forward with relish to the 16 games they still have left with the Victoria Cougars.</p><p>Royals remained atop the Western Hockey League because they won their fourth in a row over the Islanders, 5-3. It was the third time in four games that the Cougars couldn&rsquo;t hang into ft lead.</p><p>It was announced after the game that Royals, who were two players over the league limit, had sold defenseman Jake Forbes, a former coach, to the Saskatoon Quakers.</p><p><b>Victoria</b>&mdash;Goal: Pelletier; defense: Durham, Clune, Keating, Davidson; forwards: Macauley, Hebenton, Achtym, Michuk, Anderson, Kuzma, Kilburn, E. Dorohoy, Reay, Marquess, Wall.</p><p><b>New Westminster</b>&mdash;Goal: Dechene; defense, Lavitt, Bergeron, Sinclair, Bedard; forwards: McNab, O. Dorohoy, McLean, Love Bradley, Fashoway, Matthews, Boyce, Fielder, Zarie.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02651/2777094-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="602" height="618"></div><h3>Vancouver .5 at Calgary 6</h3><p>CALGARY&mdash;Calgary Stampeders, coming right back from a Saturday Slight trouncing in Edmonton, won their seventh game of their last eight here as they outscored Vancouver Canucks, 6-5, before 4,107 fans.</p><p>Victory kept the Stamps only one point behind the leading New Westminster Royals and moved them three points Ahead of the third-place Canucks.</p><p>Vancouver, opening a four-game Prairie trip, grabbed a 3-0 lead by 7.08 of the first period but couldn&rsquo;t hold the high-scoring Stamps although Johnny Bower did get in front of 38 shots.</p><p>Penalties started the Canuck downfall. Doc Couture scored Calgary&rsquo;s first two seconds after a penalty to Mid Houghton had expired but the Vancouver defenseman was not yet back in play. Then Ray Barry scored while Doug Adam sat ou a penalty and the power attack carried over for the tying goal by Pat Cobum 20 seconds after Adam returned to the ice.</p><p><b>Steve</b> Witluk got the first of two goals late in the second period but Canucks tied it through Chuck McCullough&rsquo;s second goal. Witiuk and Pargetermade it 8.4 in the third period before Dale Sweaney got Vancouvers&rsquo; last at 17.02.</p><p><b>Vancouver&mdash;</b>Goal: Bower; defense: Reeve, Houghton, Dick, Lancien; forwards: Dea, Brown, Wylie, CcCullough, Cyr, Kerr, Adam, Kaiser, Sweaney, Pogue.</p><p><b>Calgary&mdash;</b>Goal: Almas; defense: Quackenbush, Kyle. Coburn, Michaluk; forwards: Couture, Pargeter, Lundy, Hucul, Witiuk, Barry, McFadden, Ashworth, Scott, Finney.</p><p>Referee&mdash;George Cullen, Regina; linesman: Eddie Wares, Calgary.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04554/2777087-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="612" height="836"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 New Westminster 1 at Victoria 6</h3><p>VICTORIA&mdash;Victoria Cougars romped back from a previous defeat at the hands of the New Westminster Royals to defeat them on home ice. 6-1.</p><p>Victory moved the Cougars within three points of the third-place Vancouver Canucks and while they are still eight points out of the lead, they have three games in hand over the Royals and even a modest win streak would now put them right in the thick of things at the top.</p><p><b>New Westminster</b>&mdash;Goal: Dechene; defense: Lavitt, Bergeron, Bedard, Sinclair; forwards: McNab, O. Dorohoy, McLean, Love, Bradley, Fashoway, Boyce, Matthews, Fielder, Zarie.</p><p><b>Victoria</b>&mdash;Goal: Pelletier; defense: Durham, Clune, Davidson, Keating; forwards: Anderson, Kilburn, Macauley, Reay, Wall, Maruqess, E. Dorohoy, Kuzma, Hebenton, Achtymichuk.</p><p><b>Referee</b>&mdash;Eddie Powers; linesman: Ross Valliere.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05458/2777080-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="598" height="710"></div><h3>Vancouver 1 at Edmonton 1</h3><p>EDMONTON&mdash;Edmonton Flyers and Vancouver Canucks skated to a 1-1 tie in a dull Western Hockey League game.</p><p>A crowd of 3,400 saw both sides play scoreless hockey in the last 40 minutes after each tallied once in the first period.</p><p>Doug Adam counted for Vancouver and Don Poile, playing his first game for Flyers since coming from Detroit Red Wings scored for Edmonton.</p><p>Vancouver went ahead at the three-quarter mark of the first period when Ray Cyr broke away from an Edmonton ganging attack. Glen Hall, in the Edmonton nets, blocked Cyr&rsquo;s drive from close in but was out of position when Adam shoved in the rebound.</p><p>Edmonton got its equalizer 48 seconds before the period ended when Poile&rsquo;s slider from a few feet out went between the skates of Johnny Bower in the Canuck nets.</p><p><b>Vancouver</b>&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Dick, Reeve, Lancien, Houghton; forwards: Adam, Cyr, Dea, Sweaney, Kaiser, McCullough, Wylie, Pogue, Brown, Kerr.</p><p><b>Edmonton</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Zeldel, Zeniuk, Arbour, Coflin; forwards: Horvath, Bucyk, Poile, Uullman, Sclisizzi, Rawlyk, Melnyk, Hannigan, Haley, Hrymnak.</p><p><b>Referee</b>&mdash;Paul Bozak; linesman: Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06390/2777073-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="602" height="444"></div><h3>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Vancouver 3 at Saskatoon 2</h3><p>SASKATOON&mdash;Vancouver Canucks, who have been staying near the top of the Western Hockey League standings this season mainly on the strength of the goalkeeping of Johnny Bower and a solid defense, squeaked through to a 3-2 victory over Saskatoon Quakers last night ot climb into a second-place deadlock with Calgary.</p><p>Playing before a capacity crowd of 5,000, the Canucks scored two goals seven seconds apart in the third period to gain the winning margin but is was a remarkable display in goal by Bowers that saved the victory and stopped what could have been a rout by Sasgatoon.</p><p>Bowers, who has given up only 29 goals in 12 games, stopped a total of 46 shots while Cliff Hicks, replacing Bev Bentley in the Saskatoon nets, was sailed upon to save only eight times. But, despite the lopsided difference in shots on goal, the Canucks were never behind as they made it one victory and a tie in the first three games of their opening tour of the prairies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07360/2777066-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="598" height="520"></div><h3>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Edmonton 4 nt Calgary 4</h3><p>CALGARY&mdash;The home-town Stampeders moved into second place in the Western Hockey League with no thanks going to Edmonton&rsquo;s Glen Hall.</p><p>The lanky Flyer goalie turned in a spectacular performance and the best the Stampeders could manage was a 4-4 draw.</p><p>The single point allowed Calgary to break a second-place deadlock with Vancouver Canucks. Stamps now have 16 points, two behind the league-leading New Westminster Royals and one ahead of Vancouver.</p><p>Hall was partially brilliant, while his opposition, Ralph (Red) Almas, had nothing but trouble. Hall stopped 41 shots, Almas 14.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09320/2777059-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="598" height="772"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Victoria 4 at New Westminster 0</h3><p>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;Victoria Cougars zoomed to the first shutout of the weekend as they pounded home four goals to stop New Westminster Royals cold, 4-0.</p><p>After a scoreless first period, Dale Anderson, Andy Hebenton and MacAuley dented the twine, followed by Hebenton&rsquo;s second goal of the game half-way through the final frame.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10298/2777052-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="602" height="550"></div><h3>Vancouver 5 at Saskatoon 3</h3><p>SASKATOON&mdash;Home ice proved no advantage to Saskatoon Quakers as they bowed before the fire-power of the Vancouver Canucks, 5-3.</p><p>Goals by Adam and Chuck McCullough proved to be the deciding factors in the Canucks&rsquo; victory, although Vic Howe tallied for the Quakers in a desperate last-ditch attempt to catch up.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11273/2777045-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="598" height="750"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(<b>Including Games Saturday, Nov, 6</b>)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12240/2777038-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="600" height="1390"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13206/2777031-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="594" height="260"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Andy Hebenton, Vic. 12.</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Bronco Horvath, Edm. 133 John Bucyk, Edm. 13; Eddie Dorohoy, Vic. 13; Alex Kuzma, Vic. 13.</p><p><b>Most Game Winning Goals:</b> Doug Adam. Van. 3.</p><p><b>Most First Goal Of Game:</b> Doug. Anderson, Vic. 3.</p><p><b>Hat Tricks:</b> Guyle Fielder, NW. 1; Eddie Dorohoy, Vic. 1; Bronco Horvath, Edm. 1; Doug. Adam, Van. 1.</p><p><b>Most Shutouts:</b> John Bower, Van. 2.</p><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14175/2777024-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="596" height="166"></div><h2><b>Mainstay</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03605/2777017-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="582" height="876"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHNNY BOWER</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Aiming High</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08337/2777010-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="548" height="560"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SID FINNEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<h2><b>Coach: Doug Bentley - Captain: Alex Kaleta</b></h2><p><b>1&mdash;Bev Bentley, goalie</b></p><p><b>2&mdash;Bob Lalonde, goalie</b></p><p><b>3&mdash;Dale Anderson, defense</b></p><p><b>4&mdash;Howie Meeker, defense</b></p><p><b>5&mdash;Murray Parker, defense</b></p><p><b>6&mdash;Aggie Kukulowicz, forward</b></p><p><b>7&mdash;Eldon Kobussen, forward</b></p><p><b>8&mdash;Jim Ross, forward</b></p><p><b>9&mdash;Ray Manson, forward</b></p><p><b>10&mdash;Vic Howe, forward</b></p><p><b>11&mdash;George Senick, forward</b></p><p><b>12&mdash;Murray Wilkie, forward</b></p><p><b>13&mdash;Vic Lynn, forward</b></p><p><b>14&mdash;Alex Kaleta, forward</b></p><p><b>15&mdash;George Robertson, forward</b></p><p><b>16&mdash;Chuck Holdaway, forward</b></p><p><b>19&mdash;Doug Bentley, forward</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Saskatoon Quakers

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>The critics who expected the Edmonton Oil Kings to roll over and play dead in defence of their Western Junior Hockey League title are due for a big surprise.</p><p>Just when they thought the Kings, weakened by the loss of four of last year&rsquo;s stars, would take it on the chin, the Edmonton club went out and whipped the Regina Pats twice within three nights. Both games were played on Edmonton&rsquo;s home ice and the scores were 6-4 and 9-3.</p><p>Despite the loss of these four men, the Oil Kings are still a formidable machine to be reckoned with. They still have Al Jacobson, the former Moose Jaw net-minder, in goal. On defence they have Gordon Strate, Hal Roggeveen and Lionel Repka from last year&rsquo;s team.</p><p>Holdover forwards Include veteran captain Chuck Holmes, Ron Tookey, George Congrave and Dave Joyal. And back in their coaching box for another campaign is Ken McAuley, the onetime New York Ranger netminder.</p><p>Missing from the Edmonton roster this season are centremen Norm Ullman and Jerry Melnyk and winger Johnny Bucyk, all of whom have made the big jump to pro company with the Edmonton Flyers. And fiery Billy McNeill has moved on to Hamilton to finish his junior career.</p><p>The road clubs were taking It on the chin with monotonous regularity in early season play in the Western Junior circuit. Of all the early games on the schedule, only one team managed to win on foreign ice. That was when the scrappy Medicine Hat Tigers, under the leadership of Wild Bill Hunter, took the measure of the Moose Jaw Canucks right in Moose Jaw.</p><p>The Regina Pats made their first swing into Alberta and came back without a single point to show for four games. Besides the pair they dropped in Edmonton, they bowed 2-1 in Medicine Hat and 4-3 in Lethbridge. Even the Edmonton squad showed the effects of road play as they accepted a 5-3 defeat in Moose Jaw and bowed 3-1 two nights later in Regina.</p><p>After all these developments, Murray Armstrong, coach of the Regina Pats, commented: &ldquo;It sure looks like an Interesting home town league.&rdquo;</p><p>Play has been proving rough and heavy with secretary-manager George Vogan of Moose Jaw kept busy dealing with frequent brawls. The Oil Kings play a rough-tough brand of hockey somewhat akin to the Western Pros, and twice within three nights they were engaged in fights in their games in Saskatchewan.</p><p>In their game at Moose Jaw, the final whistle brought on a free-for-all when defenceman Lionel Repka of Edmonton and Moose Jaw&rsquo;s Ron Lee came to grips. Fans and players joined in before police and referees broke up the donnybrook.</p><p>At Regina, there were two separate outbreaks in the third period and referees Chick Little and Clare Rothermal handed out six majors and one 10-minute misconduct in the final session.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kings Just Won’t Lie Down And Die; They’re Tough Despite Player Loss

<div class="byline">ORNEST</div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;He belongs in the NHL.&rdquo; Not one, but several WHL coaches, managers, players, sports writers and &lsquo;casters have made that statement and not without good reason either. All are agreed that John William Bower, Vancouver&rsquo;s great net-minder, is a big leaguer.</p><p>Bower is the talk of the league, and he&rsquo;s Vancouver&rsquo;s Big Guy. The Canucks&rsquo; first prairie trip was a huge success thanks to John&rsquo;s playing; winning twice, tieing Edmonton and losing a tough one to Calgary, to garner five of a possible eight points and skyrocket the Hallmen to within one point of the top in games through Nov. 10.</p><p>The one player who electrified the fans in Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon with his tremendous goalkeeping is the same guy who kicked &lsquo;em out for NY last year and for Cleveland for eight years. Johnny isn&rsquo;t noted for his oratory. He lets the records talk for him. And what records.</p><p>John leads the WHL goalies with a 2.69 goals-against average. He&rsquo;s allowed only 35 goals in 13 games. He leads in shutouts with two. He became the first goalie to get a point this season when he put Eric Pogue in the clear Nov. 6, in Saskatoon for the first goal of the game.</p><p>Calgary and Edmonton are the only teams in the WHL who have managed to score as many as six goals against Bower in a single game; each of the prairie teams accomplished this feat once. In the short time John has been in Vancouver and playing in the Western League he has won a large following who marvel at the uncanny way he time after time kicks shot after shot to one side and completely frustrates the league&rsquo;s outstanding marksmen repeatedly.</p><h2>NHL Material</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02587/2777211-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="548" height="556"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHNNY BOWER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bower Wows ’Em

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FOOTBALL NEWS

<h2><b>Shutout Leader</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>ob Perreault, goolie for the Shawingan Cataracts, has allowed only 24 goals in the club&rsquo;s first 12 games, 20 better than his closest rival.</p><h2><b>One-Two Punch</b></h2><p>Orval Tessier and Kelly Burnett of Royals are running abreast in the QHL scoring race. Each has scored 14 goals and 13 assists.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>(STANDING ON MON. A.M., NOV. 15)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01671/2777343-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="587" height="186"></div><h3>THURSDAY NOV. 11 Montreal 3 at Valleyfield 2</h3><p>VALLEYFIELD&mdash;Larry Kwong scored all Valleyfield&rsquo;s goals as the Braves upset the league-leading Montreal Royals 3-2 in a Quebec Hockey League game before 1,000 fans.</p><p>The victory was only the fourth for Valleyfield in 13 starts and still left them in the league cellar, two points behind fifth-place Ottawa.</p><p>Kwong opened the scoring early in the first period on a play with Jacques Deslauriers and Andre Corriveau. Skippy Burchell evened it up before the frame ended, taking passes from Ike Hildebrand and Glen Harmon to beat Andre Payette in the Valleyfield goal. Kwong scored twice in the second period, with Bruce Cline and Moe Collins assisting on the first goal and Cline and Rollie Leclerc on the second.</p><p>Lulu Denis scored Montreal&rsquo;s final goal in the third period.</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: Evains; defense: Rousseau, Shvets, Bownass, Roche, Harmon; forwards: Blaine, Martan, Tessier, Burchell, Burnett, Denis, Hildebrand, McKay, Laplante.</p><p><b>Valleyfield</b>&mdash;Goal: Payette; defense: Ernst, Deslauriers, Collins, Needham; forwards: Joannette, Bisaillon, Corriveau, Bougie, Dubuc, Kwong, Haworth, Cline, Leclerc, Jones.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02604/2777336-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="595" height="481"></div><h3>Quebec 1 at Chicoutimi 4</h3><p>CHICOUTIMI&mdash;Chicoutimi Saguepeens moved to within a point of third place in the Quebec Hockey League by defeating Quebec Aces 4-1.</p><p>A three-goal scoring spree in the first period, with Gilles Dube figuring in all the markers, sewed up the game for the Sagueneens.</p><p>Georges Roy took a pass from Dube to open the scoring at 5.06 but Marius Groleau tied it with Quebec&rsquo;s only goal less than four minutes later. Dube scored at 12.15 and added another marker on a solo play at 18.13.</p><p>Rocket Bartlett slipped an insurance counter past Johnny Marois in the Quebec goal in the third period.</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Gatherum; defense: Crozier, Tennant, Houle, Hay; forwards: Buchanan, Thibault, Powell, Regan, Uniac, Labadie, O&rsquo;Grady, Tremblay, Johnson, Ehman, Giesebrecht, Groleau.</p><p>Chicoutimi: Goal, Hughes; defense, Glaude, Roy, Taillefer, McNab; forwards, Locas, Dube, Dussault Bartlett, Topoll, Hicks, Leger, Power, L. Smrke, 6. Smrke.</p><p>Referee, Deziel; Linesmen, Boileau, Scullion.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03509/2777329-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="592" height="442"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Chicoutimi 2 at Ottawa 5</h3><p>OTTAWA&mdash;Ottawa Senators rammed home two goals in the final period here to assure themselves of a 5-2 decision over Chicoutimi Saguenees in a Quebec Hockey League game watched by 2,500 fans.</p><p>&ldquo;Wild&rdquo; Bill Ezinicki, Bobby Robertson, Leo Gravelle, Phil Maloney and Emile Dagenais scored the Ottawa goals. Scorers for Chicoutimi were Ted Powers and Stan Smrke.</p><p>Ezinicki got the first marker early in the opening period while Powers was in the penalty box, Ezinicki polished off a passing play with Bep Guidolin by stick-handling in close to beat Phil Hughes in the Sagueneen net at 4.37.</p><p>With just 14 seconds remaining in the period, Powers scored for Chicoutimi from a scramble in front of the net.</p><p>Robertson tallied at 4.32 of the second period taking Red Johnson&rsquo;s pass-back to the blue line and driving a screen shot past Hughes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04394/2777322-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="592" height="781"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Valleyfield 3 at Shawinigan 4</h3><p>SHAWINIGAN FALLS&mdash;An overtime goal by Jean-Paul Denis, his second in the game, gave the Shawinigan Falls Cataracts a 4-3 victory over Valleyfield Braves before 5,000 Quebec Hockey League fans.</p><p>The Braves took an early lead in the game, when Kitoute Joannette fired a close-in shot that caught the corner of the net.</p><p>Denis scored unassisted near the start of the period and Claude Provost added another a few minutes later. Georges Leclerc and George Bougie came back with one apiece for Valleyfield making the score 3-3 at the end of regulation time.</p><p><b>Valleyfield</b>&mdash;Goal: Payette; defence: Ernst, Deslauriers, Collins, Needhams; forwards: Joannette, Bisaillon, Corriveau, Bougie, Kwong. Haworth, Cline, Leclerc, Jones, Sinnett.</p><p><b>Shawlnigan</b>&mdash;Goal: Perreault; defence: Talbot, Lamirande, Turner, Hodgson, Leger; forwards: Broden, Faulkner, Provost, Desaulniers, F. Perreault, Katchur, Wray, Grosse, Denis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05297/2777315-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="587" height="805"></div><h3>Ottawa 2 at Quebec 6</h3><p>QUEBEC&mdash;Quebec Aces snapped a three-game losing steak by edging Ottawa Senators 6-2 before 5,500 Quebec Hockey League fans.</p><p>Pierre Brilliant scored two goals for Quebec and assisted on another while Gerry Ehman picked up three assists. Marius Groleau, Jim Uniac, Ray Powell and Ludger Tremblay netted the others. Allan Kuntz and Howie (Rip) Riopelle scored for Ottawa.</p><p>Ottawa went ahead 1-0 at the halfway mark of the first period when Quebec goalie Ray Gathe ? ? ? ? ? ? period to put Aces ahead 2-1 while Ottawa&rsquo;s bob Robertson was serving a holding penalty. Jim Uniac picked up his own rebound and made it 3-1.</p><p>Kuntz scored a disputed goal from a pile-up in front of the Quebec net. Aces claimed the whisle had gone before the puck was in but referee Bill Roberts ruled other wise.</p><p>Brillant banged in Ehman&rsquo;s pass for his second goal and Groleau added another near the end of the final period. With 10 seconds left to play veteran Powell rounded out the scoring.</p><p><b>Ottawa</b>&mdash;Goal: Frederick; defense: Copp, Arundel, Robertson, Hudson: forwards: Gravelle, Riopelle, R. Johnson, Ezinicki, Kuntz, Maloney, Guidolin, Taylor, Dagenais, Ford.</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Gatherum; defense: Hay, Houle, Crozier, Tennant; forwards: Ehman, Buchanan, Tremblay, Powell, Labadie, Uniac, E. Johnson, Brillant, Groleu, Thibault.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06245/2777308-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="592" height="720"></div><h3>Chicoutimi 8 at Montreal 4</h3><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Aided by the fine goal tending of little Charlie Hodge, Royals outlasted the improved Chicoutimi Sagueneens 4-3 in overtime as the largest crowd of the local Quebec Hockey League season turned out at the Forum.</p><p>Centre Ray Laplante came through with the winning goal at the four-minute mark of the overtime period before 4,967 paid customers. The triumph enabled Royals to retain their slim one-point lead over the Shawinigan Falls Cataracts who won 4-3 in overtime over Valleyfield Braves.</p><p>It was the Royals fourth victory in five games with the Sagueneens and they had to battle all the way to get it. The Chicks overcame a 3-1 deficit to the score in the second period and knocked on Hodge&rsquo;s door in the scoreless third session.</p><p>Veteran Glen Harmon, Gary Blaine and Ernie Roche were the other goalgetters for Royals. Gilles Dube tallied twice for Chicoutimi with Del Topall getting the other goal.</p><p>Only seven minor penalties were called in the hard-hitting contest but two figured in the scoring. Harmon scored while Chicoutimi Defenceman Gerry Claude was off in the first period and was sitting out a penalty himself when Dube tied the score in the second.</p><p>Coach Pete Morin of the Royals brought up Claude Vinet from the Junior Canadiens and the young left winger turned in a good game.</p><p><b>Chicoutimi&mdash;</b>Goal: Hughes; defense: Glaude, Talllefer, Roy, McNab; forwards: S. Smrke, Bartlett, Locas, Dube, Leger, L. Smrke, Topoll, Power, Dussault, Hicks.</p><p><b>Royals&mdash;</b>Goal: Hodge; defense: Bownass, Roche, McKay, Harmon, Burchell; forwards: Rousseau, Shevtz, Blaine, Martan, Tessier, Burness, Denis, Hildebrand, Laplante, Vinette.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09181/2777301-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="588" height="692"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. Nov, 14.)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10158/2777294-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="592" height="1411"></div><h2><b><i>Triple Targeteer</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07219/2777287-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="566" height="1019"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LARRY KWONG</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Helpmate</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-12111/2777280-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="533" height="553"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GILLES DUBE</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11138/2777273-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="1688" height="1368"></div><div class="sidebar"><p>The Toronto Maple Leafs use BIKE Supports and BIKE Trainers Tape.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>VALLEYFIELD, Que.&mdash;</p><p>A famine in scoring by the Braves in their Quebec Hockey League games has been the chief worry of Ott Heller, in the old New York Ranger&rsquo;s first year as coach of the Valleyfield club.</p><p>In the early laps of the QHL schedule Andre Corriveau, always a high producer in previous seasons, has failed to get clicking with his old time flair, and the remainder of the cast seemed to suffer by contagion. In fact, as the Braves continued to fail in their marksmanship, the highest total in any one of their first 14 games was four tallies.</p><p>Heller, who was a very able and rugged rearguard himself in his palmy days, was getting good goal-keeping from Andy Payette; in fact some boosters in the town who were ready to claim Payette as the best in the Slater Circuit.</p><p>While they weren&rsquo;t scoring many goals themselves the Braves, were at the same time travelling in certain bad luck in that they were beaten five times by the odd tally.</p><h2>Larry Kwong Bags Trio</h2><p>It was little wonder, considering such a state of frightening affairs that Heller got a terrific lift out of the performance here of Larry Kwong, who on the night of November 11 pulled off the hat trick as Montreal Royals were beaten 3-2.</p><p>The Vernon, B.C. boy of Chinese descent, the only member of such nationality playing professional hockey, has been playing for the Braves for the past four seasons, and has settled in Valleyfield and become, one of the city&rsquo;s most popular citizens.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02443/2777419-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="288" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Hendy</b></figcaption></div><p>A few years ago he opened a restaurant which has prospered. It is now one of Valleyfield&rsquo;s best known eating places, a rendez-vousvous for sportsmen, which might ge tagged the Toot Shor&rsquo;s of Valleyfield.</p><p>Naturally, any outstanding performance by Larry calls for spicy comment in the daily journals, and Lloyd McGowan, who covers the Quebec League affairs, hit an original note when he dubbed this three-ply scoring feat &ldquo;A Chinese Hat-Trick&rdquo; in the Montreal Star.</p><p>If the dearth of scoring seemed to a common trait among the Valleyfield forwards, Heller was fervently hoping that Kwong&rsquo;s outburst might now become equally infectious.</p><h2>Seek Help from Cleveland</h2><p>The Braves have a working agreement this season with the Cleveland Barons, and from this connection have been patiently waiting for the Barons to send along another defenseman. Jim Hendy is reported to have a deal cooking which may heat up one of these days so thah Arthur Vinet, president of the Braves, can announce additional help, not alone on the back division, but on the patrol front as well.</p><p>Bingo Ernst, Jacques Deslauriers, Maurice Collins and Bill Needham have been caring for most of the rearguard assignments, with Collins, who formerly played tor Quebec Citadels, about the only youngster in the quartet.</p><p>Of the younger forwards Rollie Leclerc, from Drummondville, Que. another former Citadel, who is playing his second season with the Braves, appears to be headed for a banner campaign.</p><p>And around the rink sharpeyed hockey men are mighty high on young Roger Dubuc, a 21-year-old, who was on Providence Reds&rsquo; negotiation list but picked up by the Braves, when the Reds&rsquo; either forgot about him, or lost interest.</p><p>Jean Claude Lefebvre, Valleyfield sports editor, who is also secretary-treasurer of the hockey club, is one who sings&rsquo; Dubuc&rsquo;s praise to anyone who will lend an ear.</p><p>Heller has had Dubuc working at left wing on a line with Georges Bougie and Al Jones, veteran American Leaguer, who was last season on the Pacific Coast at Seattle.</p><h2>Ki-Toute The Marvel</h2><p>There is none who can claim even a cursory knowledge of hockey however, who doesn&rsquo;t marvel every times he lamps the Braves in action, at the remarkable speed and all round ability of durable Rosario &ldquo;Ki-Toute&rdquo; Joannette, who still weaves his way at amazing speed in the centre lane flanked by Andre Corriveau and Jean Paul Bisaillon.</p><p>Record books claim Ki-Toute was born in 1919, though there are many who&rsquo;ll wager that he&rsquo;s older, and when Toe Blake was coach at Valleyfield there was documentary proof said to prove that this was his correct age.</p><p>Whatever his age Ki-Toute has been playing stick and puck in Valleyfield going back to the days when the Braves were representing the city in the old Provincial League and were coached by Archie Wilcox. In any argument he&rsquo;s a marvelous piece of athletic.</p><h2>Goalie Shuffled</h2><p>At Montreal Pete Morin was having his troubles. The injury to Jacques Plante of Canadiens, caused a general shake-up of goalies in Canadieus&rsquo; organization.</p><p>Dick Irvin summoned Claude Evans from Royals and Charlie Hodge was recalled from Providence where, he was on loan to take Evans&rsquo; place with Royals&hellip;when Marius Groleau was released by Rollie Hebert at Chicoutimi he caught on with Jack Toupin at Quebec, while the Braves at the same time took Bill Sinnett, another youngster cut loose by the Sagueneens, for a three game trial&hellip;</p><h2><b>Reardon&rsquo;s Prank</b></h2><p>Kenny Reardon, generalmanager at Shawinigan Falls has been pulling gimmicks since the season started. His latest was at the expense of the Royals&hellip;on a visit to the Forum Reardon quietly begged the loan of a Royals&rsquo; sweater from trainer Andy Galley&hellip;</p><p>Hearing this Frank Carlin was curious for a while, but when nothing happened it was generally believed that Reardon wanted the jersey for a masquerade or something like that&hellip;the answer was revealed the day of Shawinigan Cataracts&rsquo; next engagement with Royals in Montreal.</p><p>A picture appeared in two of Montreal&rsquo;s newspapers. Reardon was seated at one side, Cataracts&rsquo; goaler, Bob Perreault at the other. In between a trunk was draped with the missing jersey. Perched on top of the sweater was Perreault&rsquo;s pet monkeyandbelow in big bold letters, &ldquo;Once a Royal Always a Royal&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>Fast Company</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03349/2777412-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="518" height="546"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ANDRE CORRIVEAU</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>He Has Hopes</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04278/2777405-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="554" height="1116"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>OTT HELLER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Braves’ Scoring Famine Has Heller Worried

<div class="byline">By LES DALY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Every year along about November two things happen. The frost gets into the ground for one things. And for the the other? The Quebec Junior League erupts with what is commonly called, for want of a better word, a schemozzle.</p><p>It takes little more than the drop of a puck to set the Quebec junior loop loopy and this year is no exception. The four-team circuit reduced rapidly to three teams last weekend as the sagging Jonquiere Mafquis sagged right out of the league.</p><p>That leaves the circuit with three cities, Montreal, Quebec and Trois Rivieres. Where they go from here is anybody&rsquo;s guess.</p><p>Three-man commission consisting of league president Leo Fleury, Sammy Pollock of the Canadiens organization and Emil Couture of Quebec, has been set up to study the situation.</p><p>They might try to bring a fourth team into the league again. Or if that fails a hook up of some sort may be arranged with the Ontario junior loop. Meanwhile the Quebec loop is hanging in the air.</p><p>All past performances have gone down the drain, according to league registrar Frank Dilio. The standings, and records have been wiped out and the league is starting anew the night of Nov. 16. A short-term schedule has been drawn up until Nov. 25 by which it is hoped the league will have settled down to earth again.</p><h2>Pretty Husky Slice</h2><p>The Marquis walkout came at a league meeting in Montreal last Saturday. The league was meeting to ask each team to post a bond of &lsquo;a substantial amount&rsquo; to insure them finishing the schedule. The bond was reported to be in the neighborhood of $15,000.</p><p>The Marquis balked at this and rather than put up the money they took a powder.</p><p>The Jonquiere situation had been a longtime brewing, but only reached its head last week. The Jonquiere club had been suffering the worst season in its three year history in the league. In 14 games they had won only one and tied another.</p><p>Faced with increasingly decreasing attendances the Marquis did the first thing that came into their minds and fired coach Swede Paulsen. Gerry McNeil was brought in as a coach and after less than two weeks at the helm he quit. It was reported in the HOCKEY NEWS when he was hired that McNeil was on a trial basis. But nevertheless when the ex-Canadiens goaler gave up the ghost at the coach&rsquo;s garveyard in Jonquiere the announced reason was &lsquo;outside business interests&rsquo;.</p><p>With McNeil out and no new coach in the Marquis raised a howl for player aid and financial aid too if they could get it. They threatened to withdraw from the league if player help was not forthcoming&mdash;and in a hurry.</p><p>So the junior league magnates, fearful of seeing their circuit suddently become short-circuited, agreed to give help to the Marquis. The players were to come from Quebec and Canadiens, the two top clubs in the league. Trois Rivieres was exempt because they were not strong enough to be able to part with any of their hired hands.</p><p>It was where financial help was concerned that the league failed to make peace with the Marquis. The loop brass informed the Jonquiere management that financial help, if any, should come from the Chicago Black Hawks, the Marquis NHL affiliate.</p><p>The Saturday meeting in Montreal was to decide exactly what players should go to Jonquiere and under what conditions, one of the latter being the previously mentioned bond. That was to prevent any team from holding the league up in like manner next week or the week after.</p><h2>Players Split Up</h2><p>Now that Jonquiere is out and nobody Is in as yet the Marquis players have been divided up among the three remaining clubs. They will report as follows: To Canadiens&mdash;Bob Pelchat, Ed Johnson, Ted Szydlowski, Roger DeJordy, Franw McDonnell and Stan Rodeck; to Quebec&mdash;Roger Caron, Fred Carterm, Bob Laforest, Jacques Garant, Roger Trudel and Alfred Soucy; to Trois Rivieres&mdash;Al Viskelis, Armand Del Bosco, Mal Coates, Charlie Denomme, Fern Lemay and Don Kucyk.</p><p>Elsewhere on the junior scene gloom settked like a 10-ton truck and then lifted slowly on the Canadiens front office last week. The reason: an injury of untold seriousness to the Canadiens No 1 star Henri Richard.</p><p>The Pocket Rocket suffered an Injury in a collision with team-mated Ralph Backstrom in Quebec Nov. 11. At the time it was diagnozed and announced as a broken collar-bone, an Injury which might have kept the small-sized center out of action for a month or more.</p><p>However when Richard returned to Montreal Forum physiotherapist Bill Head, who has a way with injured athletes, diagnosed the ailment as pulled tendons and ligaments, rather than the broken collar-bone. Coach Elmer Lach heaved a sigh of relief, general manager Sam Pollock put away their insurance policy on the 19-year-old whiz kid and the Canadiens brass announced that they expected the prolific point-getter to be back in action before the week was out. That is if the league is still in action by the time the week is out.</p><h2><b>Close Call</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01432/2777457-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="563" height="1869"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HENRI RICHARD</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Just In Time</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02383/2777450-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="596" height="1512"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY McNEIL</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Jonquiere Marquis Quit Over Bond Issue; Survivors To Operate As Three-Team Loop

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>here is only one set of brothers playing in the American Hockey League this season, and they are on different teams. Charlie (Chuck) Blair is a Cleveland Baron veteran, while his brother George (Dusty) Blair is a newcomer with Buffalo. There are two Hendersons, Coach Murray and goaltender John, both with Hershey, but they are not related.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

ONLY ONE BROTHER ACT

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he highest scoring shutout ever recorded in the American Hockey League was an 11-0 tally, and this happened three times, with Hershey defeating Pittsburgh, and Cleveland beating both Hershey and Philadelphia by that count. Early this season, Buffalo was victorious over Providence 8-0.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

HIGHEST SCORING SHUTOUTS

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><p>SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>BIG NAMES!&hellip;plenty of them entered the Danny Poland case before Clarence Campbell, President of the National Hockey League, settled it&hellip;Danny, 23, a native of Chapleau, Ontario, was released by Ottawa Senators and struck out to make a deal for himself in Northern Ontario senior hockey., however, Clarence (Hap) Day, general manager of Toronto Paple Leafs, rirecter Poland to turn out with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds&hellip;officials of the Greyhounds officially announced that Poland would arrive in the Soo&hellip;but Danny never got to the Soo&hellip;only a few hours later, Maxie Silverman, boss of Sudbury Wolves, Allan Cup finalist last season, revealed that Poland had signed a Sudbury contract.., then the holler erupted and everybody got excited, ..</p><p>Hap Day attempted to block Poland&rsquo;s reinstatement papers which are needed before Poland can play in this so-called NOHA amateur hockey setup&hellip;but Poland insisted he was a free agent and was told by Tommy Gorman, head of Ottawa Senators, he could go out and make his own deal&hellip;Clarence Campbell then called Hap Day and wanted to know why Toronto Maple Leafs were interfering with Poland&rsquo;s reinstatement papers since the records of the Central Registry of the NHL showed Toronto had sold Polond to Ottawa&hellip;a set of circumstancts on the deal led by Day to feel that Toronto still had an investment in Poland and felt the Leafs should protect it&hellip;but Campbell insisted that the sale was duly recorded at the Central Registry and that Poland belonged to Ottawa and not Toronto&hellip;this left Poland free to make his own deal and since he signed a contract with Sudbury Wolves it now appears (at least at this writing) that Maxie Silverman, &ldquo;The Silver Fox,&rdquo; had pulled still another smart move&hellip;now there&rsquo;s some report going abroad that certain reasons for Poland&rsquo;s release from Ottawa does not make him a hot prospect for Northern Ontario senior hockey after all&hellip;after all this fuss it&rsquo;s going to be very, very interesting, indeed, to see who&rsquo;s going to get the last laugh&hellip;you know, fans, we really have a lot of fun and excitement in this topsyturvy, helter-skelter Northern Ontario senior hockey league&hellip;who said a circus was fun!!</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01438/2777536-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="507" height="510"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CLARENCE CAMPBELL</b></figcaption></div><p>Gordie Forslund, a big name in Northern senior hockey, is going great with Fort William Beavers&hellip;Gordie fired three brilliant goals to lead Fort William to a 6-2 triumph over Port Arthur Bearcats&hellip;Morris Saplywy, another top-notch performer in the great Northland, came up with two goals and one assist.,, the teams are playing in the Thunder Bay-Arrowheod Senior Hockey League&hellip;it&rsquo;s a circuit studded with many outstanding performers and is certainly well-operated&hellip;hockey fans all over the circuit are among the best you can find anywhere&hellip;Art Kirk is also playing with Fort William this season, while George Barrows and Gil Carlson are doing some nice work for Port Arthur&hellip;keep it up, fellows!!!..,</p><p>Peter Petrovitch of Regina has agreed to, terms with the Sault Ste. Marie (Michigan) Indians of the NOHA senior loop&hellip;Pete was a top performer with Yorktown and Springfield last season&hellip;incidentally, the Indians won and lost in one game&hellip;they beat Sudbury Wolves, 4-0 but three players lost around $60 when unknown thieves rifled their dressing room&hellip;Ron Rubic of Sudbury lost the heaviest (hey, Ronnie where did you get all that dough???) with $52 missing, while Dean McBride and Laurie May also felt the sting&hellip;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s worse than a good bodycheck,&rdquo; Ronnie lamented&hellip;</p><p>Frank King who performed with Sudbury Wolves last season Is doing very well with Vernon, BC, this season&hellip;someone sent us the standings in the mail the other day in the OSAHL&hellip;Frank, according to that report, scored the most goals with nine and already has engineered two hat-tricks&hellip;nice going, Frank!!&hellip;Timmins-Schumacher Flyers got off on the right foot in the Porcupine Mines Senior Hockey League defeating South Porcupine Porkies, 7-5&hellip;here&rsquo;s another circuit that can boast of several smart hockey players&hellip;there&rsquo;s a newly-formed Kid Line shining for South Porcupine composed of Graham Savord, Paul Piche and Bobby MsNeil&hellip;a hat-trick was fashioned by Piche while the other two players on the Kid Line accounted for one apiece giving the line a clean sweep&hellip;Ronnie Wallace and Normie Prest are playing for Timmins-Schumacher and doing very well early in the season&hellip;Eric Prentice fired two goals for Timmins in that opening game and is serving notice he&rsquo;s headed for a big year&hellip;Denny Morello is also right in the picture with Timmins&hellip;</p><p>Red McCarthy is winning considerable praise as playing-coach of Espanola Kay-Vees&hellip;the colorful ex-Sudbury performer should mean quite a bit to the team in their drive to capture the North Shore Hockey League crown this year&hellip;Espanola is one of the big teams in Northern Ontario intermediate hockey these days&hellip;among the boys in Espanola this season are Tommy Calahan, Johnny Vanier, Roger Bertnyk, Gordie Gow, Jackie Wilson, Johnny Savicky and George Mayer&hellip;Jack Evans was appointed head of the Goderich Booster Club designed to increase and develop hockey in that fine hockey centre&hellip;Teddy Williams was named manager of the Goderich Intermediates entered in the WOAA this season&hellip;Teddy is a fine hockey personality&hellip;</p><p>Dr. F. C. Hamill of Blind River, a man who has done great work for many hockey teams, was presented with a team jacket by C. E. Smith in recognition of his wonderful contribution to hockey in the booming uranium centre&hellip;a capacity crowd was on hand for the official opening of the Blind River Arena this season&hellip;Thessalon had trouble with affairs of its Community Building when no less than three trustees resigned from the commission&hellip;A. D. Lewis, chairman, Don Thomson and Jack Cavanagh all resigned&hellip;the matter of making the building available for more diversified interests sponsored by various town organizations led to the controversy and subsequent resignation&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NOHA Puck Parade

<div class="byline">By JOE MINSTER</div><p>GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.</p><p>Grand Rapids Rockets, who just missed out last year on a bid for a playoff berth, are making their presence felt this season in the International Hockey League.</p><p>Coach Norm Grinke has his club hustling, with the result that it was in third place after the first three weeks of play.</p><p>Grinke has combined a mixture of rookie prospects with some veteran performers to make the Rockets a definite threat for one of the top four spots in the IHL,</p><p>Testimony to the improvement being shown by the Michigan team is the fact that Grand Rapids&rsquo; attendance has picked up quite a bit in the early part of the campaign.</p><p>One of the most important additions to the Rockets was in the nets, where Lou Crowdis now is giving the team a high-class brand of protection. Crowdis was with Marion in the IHL in 1953-54, but switched his allegiance to Grand Rapids when Marion withdrew from the league.</p><p>George Hayes, who paced the Rocket point-makers last season, with a hefty 84-point total that included 33 goals, is back again and off to a good start towards emulating his scoring feat.</p><h2>Swings Deal</h2><p>Grinke recently swung a deal that is expected to strengthen his charges immeasurably, as it brought Rick Hogg to Grand Rapids. Hogg, a reinstated amateur, was with both Springfield and Syracuse in the American Hockey League last season. He was installed at right wing by Grinke. who benched himself and inserted Rookie Gary McLeod at a defence post.</p><p>All in all, prospects are rather bright for the Michigan entry, which drew a crowd of over 5,000 to its opener in mid-October and took four out of its first seven starts, with one tilt tied.</p><p>Two long streaks are in progress in the International League, one in the victory department, the other a string of losses.</p><p>Cincinnati&rsquo;s Mohawks, gunning for their third straight IHL crown, have captured six in a row, while hapless Johnstown, minus some of its key players of a year ago, has gone down to defeat seven straight times.</p><p>Consequently, early IHL standings found Cincinnati at the top of the heap and Johnstown languishing in the cellar.</p><p>One of the key series at this juncture of the campaign took place recently, with runner-up Ft. Wayne dividing honors with third-place Troy in a pair of nip-and-tuck contests. The Komets lost out to the Troy Bruins on Hoosier ice, 6-5, but came right back to edge the Ohioans, 3-2, in Troy the next day.</p><p>Grand Rapids pushed Johnstown deeper into last place by grabbing two weekend decisions, 3-1 and 4-3.</p><p>In Its only start of the week, Cincinnati tucked No. 66nto its increasing string in a free-scoring meeting with an improved Toledo outfit, 8-5. Ross Watson fired home his sixth and seventh goals to pace the Hawk offense, which clicked for 44 goals in its first eight outings.</p><p>ICING THE PUCK&hellip;Cincinnati is doing a good job of monopolizing top individual scoring honors in the IHL, as Mohawk skaters hold down the first four positions and seven of the top 12. Cincinnati&rsquo;s ace &ldquo;Kid Line&rdquo; of Centre Phil Goyette and Wingers Denis Boucher and. Barry Thorndycraft is running at the head of the list. All of them 21 years old, Boucher has eight goals and five assists for 13 points, Goyette three goals and nine assists for 12 points and Thorndycraft five goals and four assists for nine points. Duke Edmundson of the Hawks is tied with Thorn-dycraft with nine points on two goals and seven assists.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Mix Rookies, Vets, Shake Well Is Rockets’ Recipe for Success

<p>CINCINNATI, Ohio.&mdash;</p><p>Four of the six International Hockey League clubs recently made some changes in playing personnel, with only first-place Cincinnati and runner-up Ft. Wayne standing pat.</p><p>Troy signed Dennis Olsen, a junior from Port Arthur, Ontario, to replace Frank Leroux, who was released.</p><p>Grand Rapids obtained the services of Rick Hogg, a reinstated amateur who played with the Syracuse team of the American Hockey League last season. Hogg, capable of playing any position, replaced Coach Norm Grinke, who dropped off the active roster.</p><p>Toledo signed up three new players, veteran Right Winger Johnny Kovich; Ivan Chasle, a winger who was with North Bay of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association and Roy Mc-Meekin, a goalie with championship Halifax in the now-defunct Maritime Major League. Released to make room for these players were Vic DeMarco, George Harrison and Goalie Norm Defelice.</p><p>Johnstown got Defelice, following his release from Toledo, to take over the goal-tending vacancy created by the release of Steve Pataran.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IHL Clubs Juggle Players

<div class="byline">By FETE TOMLIN</div><p>PENTICTON, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>With three weeks played in the Okanagan Senior Hockey League&rsquo;s 1954-55 season, two things are evident. The first is that all teams with the exception of one, the Vernon Canadians, would much rather play in their own pond. They just can&rsquo;t seem to win away from home. The overall record shows that in twenty-one games played to date, the home team has taken thirty-one of a possible forty-two points.</p><p>The second outstanding factor, a natural result of the first, is that, if this win-at-home tendency continues, this will be one of the closest races this league has ever produced. Alex Shibicky&rsquo;s high flying Kelowna Packers are in first place with 12 points. They have six wins in nine games. They have a 5 won &ndash; one lost record at home. On the road they are one-two.</p><p>The defending champs, Penticton V&rsquo;s have a glittering record of five wins in five games at home but they have only one point (4-4 tie vs. Vernon) in six road games. The 11 point total is good enough for second place in the league standings.</p><p>Phil Hergesheimer and his Kamloops Elks have a tour won &ndash; two lost score in home games and have taken only two points in five away games. This gives them ten points and third place, one point ahead of the tail end Vernon team.</p><p>The Vernon Canucks have one win, two losses and one tie in four games played at Vernon. They have been a little more successful out of town winning three out of seven.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01415/2777629-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="299" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Phil Hergesheimer</b></figcaption></div><p>The league race shows a spread of three points from first place to the cellar, and one point separating each team. The scoring-est team is Kelowna averaging 4.78 goals per game. The Canadians are most-scored-on. They have allowed the opposition <b>an</b> average of 4.56 goals per game.</p><h2>Game Tossed Out</h2><p>At Nelson, Trail SmokeEaters and Nelson Maple Leafs of the Western International League learned, much to their chagrin, that no matter what people say, rules were not made to be broken. It seems that the powers that be made a ruling this year that all teams in this league would dress only twelve men for each game.</p><p>Since play commenced this season, this ruling has come in for much verbal abuse. On Saturday night, Oct. 30, it came to a head. Trail Smokies visited Nelson and were soundly thumped 10-4. But, before the game started, Chuck Rayner and Clint Al-bright, coaches of Nelson and Trail respectively, and the officials of both teams, all of whom should know better, met and decided that, since both teams were against twelve man hockey, they would revert to last season&rsquo;s rules and fifteen men each.</p><p>Obviously, they did not consider the views of the league executive. On Sunday, League president Joe Vingo pulled the best Hallowe&rsquo;en prank of all. His formal announcement read: &ldquo;Inasmuch as the game between Trail and Nelson on October 30 was played with 15 men, contrary to the league ruling of 12 men dressed which was passed at the annual meeting in June, the game will not be entered in the statistics as a regular league game. This ruling will stand pending a meeting of the league executive to be held this week.&rdquo;</p><p>This would tend to give a person the impression that League Executives frown on hockey teams breaking league rules that have been made for a definite purpose. Undoubtedly, the executive will uphold Vingo&rsquo;s ruling and order the game replayed. So, Nelson and Trail accomplished nothing by their little caper except to draw disapproving glances from WIHL chiefs. It serves to show that no matter how bad any rule is, if you wilfully break it, you must pay the consequences.</p><h2>Rules Hot Made</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02363/2777622-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="562" height="840"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CHUCK RAYNER</b></figcaption></div><h2>To Be Broken</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03294/2777615-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="540" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CLINT ALBRIGHT</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Game Tossed Out, Rule Still Stands Nelson, Trail Effort All In Vain

<div class="byline">By DAWSON WINCHESTER</div><p>FREDERICTON, N.B.&mdash;</p><p>After two weeks of play the ding-dong battle for first spot in the Atlantic Coast Senior Hockey League is still very much of a toss-up. Only four points separate the leaders and the cellar squad at this writing as the Fredericton Caps continue to hold first place by a small margin over the runner-up Moncton Hawks, Amherst Ramblers and Charlottetown Islanders are deadlocked in the basement of the loop, but it&rsquo;s a very shallow basement Indeed which allows them to roost so handy the Caps and Hawks.</p><p>One of the features and certainly not a good one from any point of view, in ACSHL play thus far has been the very apparent disregard of some players for the authority vested in the referees around the circuit. Some of the loop&rsquo;s &ldquo;bad boys&rdquo; are going to have to watch their P&rsquo;s and Q&rsquo;s in the future for the league executive have vowed to stand solidly behind the men in white and if need be levy fines in wholesale lots to counteract the actions of the culprits.</p><p>The past two weeks have seen new players joining the ranks of all teams in the loop. The new additions have certainly not tended to unbalance the circuit, but have, rather, seemed to further tighten the standings. Mr. and Mrs. Fan are, therefore, faced with the very enjoyable prospect of a season-long closely contested scrap by all four teams for final loop laurels</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04252/2777660-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="294" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dagger McNeil</b></figcaption></div><p><b>ICED TID-BITS</b>: Joe McIntosh&rsquo;s Caps faced a rugged schedule in a recent swing around the circuit which saw them entertain Lou Kiley&rsquo;s Amherst Ramblers on York Arena ice on Thursday, hop a bus to tangle with. Amherst again on the latter&rsquo;s home freeze the following night, double back to Moncton to do battle with &ldquo;Dugger&rdquo; Mc-Neil&rsquo;s Hub City Hawks on Saturday and then head for Fredericton for a brief Sunday off before taking the long jump to Charlottetown for a contest with the Islanders on Monday before they made Fredericton their destination in preparation for a tussle on Tuesday with the same Islanders&hellip;five games in three Provinces in six days and the Caps managed to win three&hellip;whew!!!&hellip;One of the out-standing players in the NBSHL last year has returned to the new-born ACSHL in the person of Pete Laliberte who will wear the colors of the Amherst Ramblers&hellip;Pete toiled in Amherst last year too&hellip;Four of Fredericton&rsquo;s defence stalwarts could take a leaf from a Toronto quartet of the same name by calling themselves the &ldquo;crew cuts&rdquo; since that&rsquo;s the style in which they have their hair barbered&hellip;Come to think of it the blueliners&mdash;Pat Powers, Rheal Grenon, Joe McIntosh and Dick Yeomans by name&mdash;have been &ldquo;shh-booming&rdquo; quite a few opposing forwards&hellip;One of the finest defencemen in the ACSHL was lost to the Amherst Ram-blers when Don (Buck) Rogers received leg Injuries as a result of a check dished out by Caps&rsquo; Pat Powers&hellip;good sport that Don is he attached no blame to Pat for the mishap&hellip;said he just &ldquo;wasn&rsquo;t looking&rdquo;&hellip;Moncton&rsquo;s Nick Pidsodny, always a colorful cage cop, certainly has not lost any of his touch&hellip;at the rate he&rsquo;s incurring the wrath of the refs this season he&rsquo;ll probably be the most penalized net minder in hockey before the schedule draws to a close&hellip;Another Monctonian that this writer and a goodly number of fans enjoy watching in action is heady Bert Hirschfield who never seems to fail to make at least a couple of &ldquo;picture plays&rdquo; a night&hellip;Caps&rsquo; Neil Sewell and Doug (Crow) Hewey are a couple of &ldquo;wrongway&rdquo; guys who always seem to do right&hellip;Neil shoots left and plays right wing while &ldquo;Crow&rdquo; shoots right and patrols the left boards&hellip;both seem at home on the wrong lanes as evidenced by their respective goal outputs&hellip;Big Hughie Campbell, playingcoach of the Charlottetown Islanders at the start of the campaign, has hung up the skates&hellip;&ldquo;for good&rdquo; he says&hellip;Steve Brklacich takes over the Islanders reins&hellip;Many fans seem to think that Amherst has a pair of brother combos&hellip;. not so&hellip;. Dave and Lou Kiley aren&rsquo;t related, the Bernquez&rsquo;s are&hellip;Loop prexy Hon. T. Babbitt Parlee, Q.C., levied a load of fines&rsquo; round the circuit after a recent &ldquo;hectic&rdquo; weekend of games&hellip;those who were stung were Douglas (Dugger) McNeil, Moncton&rsquo;s playingmentor ($5.00), Amherst&rsquo;s Larry Blackburn ($20,00), Caps&rsquo; Rheal Grenon ($25.00 plus a two games suspension.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Caps Lead Tightly Knit Atlantic Loop

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05210/2777691-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg"></div><h2>ACROSS</h2><p>1&mdash;Pictured Boston player.</p><p>7&mdash;Allan Stanley&rsquo;s complete initials.</p><p>8&mdash;Where Buffalo ended in 1953-54 AHL standing.</p><p>10&mdash;First name of player traded to Leafs by Boston for John Henderson.</p><p>12&mdash;First name of Boston&rsquo;s former manager.</p><p>14&mdash;Cal Gardner&rsquo;s number.</p><p>15&mdash;Reaume of Pittsburgh answers to this.</p><p>16&mdash;Jackie Leclair once belonged to this NHL team (abbr.).</p><p>19&mdash;Emil Iverson once coached this NHL club (abbr.).</p><p>21&mdash;Period of time.</p><p>23&mdash;McKenney&rsquo;s first name.</p><p>24&mdash;Toronto obtained this player from Chicago for Timgren.</p><p>28&mdash;Many fans see games via this medium.</p><p>29&mdash;Position played by Bev Bentley.</p><p>32&mdash;Sloth.</p><p>33&mdash;Terry Sawchuk got one last season (abbr.).</p><p>34&mdash;Once played for Leafs, called Vic.</p><h2>DOWN</h2><p>1&mdash;Johnny Peirson is now in the&mdash;business.</p><p>2&mdash;Former Ranger netminder.</p><p>3&mdash;Initials of Hastings of Springfield.</p><p>4&mdash;Pete Babando is a native of this country (abbr.).</p><p>5&mdash;Johnny O&rsquo;Flaherty once coached here.</p><p>6&mdash;Negative answer.</p><p>9&mdash;NHL clubs use the Art Ross&mdash;.</p><p>11&mdash;The Black Hawks stress that they will always be in this condition.</p><p>13&mdash;Initials of Moore of Canadiens.</p><p>17&mdash;Larry Popein&rsquo;s second name.</p><p>18&mdash;Boston traded this player to Chicago for Costello.</p><p>19&mdash;Initials of Dion, ex AHL net-minder.</p><p>20&mdash;Not out.</p><p>22&mdash;Initials of Powell, former Providence player.</p><p>25&mdash;First name of a new York defenseman.</p><p>26&mdash;An AHL coach.</p><p>27&mdash;League in which Eddie Power is a referee.</p><p>30&mdash;Osmium (Sym.).</p><p>31&mdash;Pictured player shoots this way (abbr.).</p><h2>DOWN</h2><p>1&mdash;Bassen</p><p>2&mdash;Thomas</p><p>3&mdash;Gate</p><p>4&mdash;A. D.</p><p>5&mdash;Tarala</p><p>6&mdash;E. M.</p><p>8&mdash;Saskatoon</p><p>10&mdash;Car</p><p>14&mdash;Gendron</p><p>15&mdash;Freeze</p><p>16&mdash;J. O.</p><p>19&mdash;Teal</p><p>20&mdash;Lt.</p><p>22&mdash;Ah!</p><p>23&mdash;Lach</p><p>25&mdash;G. C.</p><p>26&mdash;Moa</p><p>29&mdash;V. S.</p><p>30&mdash;R. C.</p><h2>ACROSS</h2><p>1&mdash;Bathgate</p><p>7&mdash;Adams</p><p>9&mdash;Scout</p><p>11&mdash;Sam</p><p>12&mdash;Evans</p><p>13&mdash;Era</p><p>15&mdash;Ft.</p><p>16&mdash;J. E.</p><p>17&mdash;Ro.</p><p>18&mdash;Ont.</p><p>20&mdash;Leo</p><p>21&mdash;Deal</p><p>24&mdash;Ten</p><p>25&mdash;Graham</p><p>27&mdash;Col.</p><p>28&mdash;Cover</p><p>31&mdash;Chas.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0019-05

Hockey X-Word Puzzle

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01183/2777743-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="245" height="284"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02166/2777736-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="256" height="300"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-03145/2777729-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="2899" height="1786"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-04114/2777722-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="2885" height="1774"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LIFE ISN&rsquo;T</b> always a bed of roses so far as goal-keepers in the National Hockey League are concerned. Just look at the pained expression on Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s face in the top photo as the puck glances off his pads after stopping a drive from Toronto&rsquo;s Sid Smith (No. 8) despite the frantic efforts of Bob Goldham to check Smith. The lower picture is another goalies&rsquo; tale of woe only the victim in this case happens to be Chicago&rsquo;s Al Rollins. Ted Kennedy has just slapped a close-in shot at Rollins which he managed to deflect into a corner (see puck sailing off his stick.) <span class="photo-credit">(Photos By Turofsky)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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