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January 1, 1955

The Hockey News January 1, 1955

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0634/1179064-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="594" height="276"></div><h2>JANUARY 2 TO JANUARY 8</h2><p>2&mdash;HARMON, Glen, Montreal Royals defense, 1921.</p><p>4&mdash;BALFOUR, Earl, Pittsburgh forward, 1938.</p><p>5&mdash;GLOVER, Cleveland forward, 1928; LECLERC, Rollie, Valleyfield forward, 1933; MILFORD, Howie, Saskatoon defense, 1929; WILKIE, Murray, Cleveland forward, 1932.</p><p>6&mdash;MOORE, Dickie, Montreal forward, 1931. 7&mdash;WOIT, Benny, Detroit defense, 1928.</p><p>8&mdash;HERGESHEIMER, Wally, New York forward, 1927; WTTIUK, Steve, Calgary forward, 1929.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Happy Birthday To You

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0476/1178663-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen two members of the Montreal Canadians established a National Hockey League record for most points by a player in one game. Both Maurice Richard and Bert Olmstead performed this feat. Richard scored 5 goals and had 3 assists on December 28, 1944, while Olmstead scored 4 and assisted on 4 others on January 9, 1954.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Do you remember?…

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01159/1180284-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GEORGE GEE&hellip; &hellip;He&rsquo;s Helped</b></figcaption></div><p>STRATFORD, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Windsor Bulldogs are setting a torrid pace in the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo;. OHA race since the veteran George Gee was released by the Chicago Black Hawks and signed with Windsor. In their seven games since Gee donned a uniform the Bulldogs won six and tied one, and in doing so defeated the league-leading Kitchener Dutchmen, Stratford Indians and Chatham Maroons twice each and tied Stratford once.</p><p>Following the Dec. 15 deadline for designating their 19-piayer roster for the balance of the season, Chatham Maroons stood pat, but Niagara Falls Cataracts and Stratford Indians made several changes. The Fallsers signed Harvey Jacklin and Lloyd Ferguson, members of the disbanded Hamilton Tigers of last season, while the Indians swapped homebrew centreman Jackie White to the Dutchmen for defenceman Art Hurst and wingers Charlie Brooker and Maurice Levesque.</p><h2>Lead Cut</h2><p>Kitchener was riding high at the top of the class until they ran into a 6-4 setback at the hands of the Niagara Falls Catties, and after that they won but one game in four, reversing the score on the Cataracts, but dropping a pair to Wind-sor Bulldogs and one to Owen Sound Mercurys.</p><p>Those four reverses cut the Dutchies lead to three points over the Mercs, while the Bulldogs in their splurge hopped ahead of the Indians into third place, six points behind Mercurys and the same number above the Indians.</p><p>Maroons were but one point in arrears to the fourth-place Indians, while Cataracts proved giant killers in decisioning the Dutchmen 6-4 right on the latter&rsquo;s back yard. The Fallsers trail Maroons by seven points, but still gained ground when they trimmed Mercurys twice by the same 4-2 count and grabbed a convincing 6-2 verdict over Maroons. During that time Cataracts lost single games to Mercurys and Dutchmen by the same 3-1 score.</p><h2>Nurse Hurts</h2><p>Injuries to key players removed some of the sting from the reigning champion Owen Sound Mercurys&rsquo; attack, as Bill McComb, Buck Forslund, Vern Gardiner and Tommy Jamieson were benched for brief periods nursing their hurts. The veteran Tommy Burlington saw limited action in three games, but is still limping a bit, and in the game with Niagara Falls at Owen Sound, Saturday night, he suffered another leg injury, extent of which has not been announced. Classed as the group&rsquo;s biggest attraction, Burlington was just nicely recovered from a broken leg sustained toward the tail-end of last season when he ran into another leg injury, and it could be that this will be the swan song of the clever pivot.</p><h2>Martin Dons Skates</h2><p>After trading or selling Harry Psutka and Art Hurst, a pair of rearguards to the Stratford Indians, the Kitchener Dutchmen appear to have encountered trouble on their defense, with the result that coach Clare Martin has donned skates to help out. They still have Howie Lee, Joe Schertzl, Mike Delich and Bud Kemp for defense, and have since purchased Rio Caron from Eddie Shore.</p><p>Although Caron, former Waterloo Hurricane junior, never played for Shore, the cagey ex-NHL&rsquo;er struck a hard bargain with Kitchener before waiving on the defenceman released by Quebec Aces of the Quebec Senior Hockey League. All other clubs in the Quebec loop waived on Caron except the Springfield Indians, owned by Shore, and Caron&rsquo;s personal appeal to Shore fell on deaf ears. Caron wanted to quit pro hockey, but Shore exercised his waiver rights, much to the disgust of Caron, the Dutchmen and the OHA executive, and asked for a cash settlement.</p><h2><b>Released By Chi-Hawks</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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OHA Bulldogs Win Six, Tie One Since Acquiring Vet George Gee

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01208/1179002-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="296" height="476"></div><p>&bull; <b>ALTHOUGH BILL QUACKENBUSH is of Dutch descent,</b> he is naming his twin sons Bruce and Scott, names as Scottish as the heather&hellip;Bill, incidentally, has been playing great hockey on the Bruins&rsquo; defense of late. I thrive on work. The longer I play the better I feel, the blond defense-man remarked recently. The 32-year-old Quackenbush started the season very slowly and many figured he was at end of the trail&hellip;As I get older it takes me longer to get in shape, he Panted out. &ldquo;Once I get into shape my timing improves and that&rsquo;s the whole secret of effective checking. Once your timing is the rest is easy.&rdquo;&hellip;One of the reasons for the success of the Toronto Maple Leafs this season can be attributed to Trainer Bill Smit. Smittv carries a wishbone, a four-leaf clover and a shoe once worn by Queen&rsquo;s Own, Canada&rsquo;s horse of the year&hellip;Arthur Siegel of the Boston Traveler credits Harry Lumley with telling John Henderson of the Bruins and Terry Sawchuk of the Red Wings not to be timid about using their goalsticks to drive away opposing players who venture too close to the net&hellip;Henderson said that when he was with the Toronto organization Lumley told him: &ldquo;If you let them do it, guys will be skating across your crease and making passes at you just to make you take your eye off the puck. Let them have it with your stick and they won&rsquo;t bother you.&rdquo;&hellip;Lumley is said to have given the same advice to Sawchuk when Harry was Detroit&rsquo;s No. One goalie and Sawchuk was the promising youngster on the way up the ladder.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02103/1178995-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="294" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Sawchuk</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>FRANK BOUCHER</b> says the Rangers haven&rsquo;t had a takecharge guy on the ice since Art Coulter retired. He feels there is a chance Bill Gadsby may take over the job, feeling Bill may need a while to get used to his new mates, but thinks eventually he will catch fire&hellip;Detroit is happy with the improvement of Marcel Bonin this season. Coach Jimmy Skinner is pleased with the way the 23-year-old left winger is getting his shots away. Previously he tried to skate in too close on the opposition goalie before firing. Now he rates as one of the top Wings for getting his shots away and most of them are right on the net&hellip;Bill Cleary Jr., son of the well-known Boston baseball and hockey official, is a star forward with Harvard this season&hellip;Jim Thomson&rsquo;s goal against New York the other night was his 13th since he broke into the NHL in 1945. Jim wisecracked: &ldquo;They can&rsquo;t stop what they can&rsquo;t see&rdquo;. Toronto&rsquo;s Harry Lumley appears to be walking away with the Vezina Trophy for the second straight year. His closest rival is Detroit&rsquo;s Terry Sawchuk hut Lumley should have a lead of 12 goals or more by the end of the first half&hellip;Sawchuk, incidentally, is still burned up about those retirement rumors that came out of Boston. &ldquo;I hope to play for another 10 years. I&rsquo;m only 25 now and have never felt better in my life,&rdquo; he stated the other day&hellip;If this is Ted Kennedy&rsquo;s final season in the National League he is making it a good one. The Toronto skipper picked up eight points in three games recently&hellip;Al Rollins is being booed by Chicago fans. Some fans sure do have short memories.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0363/1178988-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="294" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Lumley</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>JIM HENRY</b> is pleased working as a part-time net minder with the Boston Bruins. He is happy to pass or as many pointers as he can to Long John Henderson, who will supplant him as regular Boston goalie next season. In the meantime the Bruins plan to play both Henry and Henderson at different intervals for the remainder of the current season&hellip;Maurice Richard scored his 325th and 400th NHL goals against Al Rollins of Chicago&hellip;&ldquo;I was happy to get the 400th against Rollins because I was not pleased with the 325th as it was a lucky one&rdquo;, Richard said after notching his 400th counter&hellip;Only four &ldquo;Hat Tricks&rdquo; have been registered in the National Hockey League this season. Sid Smith and Ron Stewart, Toronto; Red Kelly, Detroit; and Leo Labine, Boston are the players responsible for the four &ldquo;Hats&rdquo;&hellip;Hockey crowds have been very promissing in Washington, D.C. this winter as Tommy Lockhart makes an all-out effort to once again establish his Eastern League as one of the country&rsquo;s top amateur loops.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0441/1178981-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="298" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Henry</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0183/1180624-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jump Worsley (left) thwarts Leafs&rsquo; Eric Nesterenko.</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>NHL And AHL Action</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0261/1180617-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1777" height="1525"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Providence defense converges on Barons&rsquo; Glen Sonmor.</b></figcaption></div><h2><i>Happy New Year!</i><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Habs, Wings Switch Places

<div class="byline">By VIC WALL</div><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>No one, even the most rabid, expected Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Springfield Indians to be a huge ball of fire when they turned to this city from Syracuse where they were not successful. But lo and behold, the Tribe has proved a sensation in the tough American Hockey League. What&rsquo;s the answer? Perhaps there are a number of them but essentially wise men in their hockey lore profess to the belief that a blend of rookies and vets makes the success of the Indians outstanding.</p><p>Let Coach Red Mitchel do the talking. He&rsquo;s entitled to do it. considering his remarkable success in coming down here &ldquo;cold&rdquo; from Brampton, Ont., taking over from as tough a task master as Shore himself, and leading his teams to unexpected success.</p><h2>A Blend</h2><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a blend of rookies and veterans,&rdquo; says the Redhead.</p><p>&ldquo;As a shining example, only recently the nightly Scheafer award winners in a smashing triumph went to a pair of players&rdquo;. It might be explained that the &ldquo;Schaefer Award&rdquo; goes to a player picked as outstanding in each particular game.</p><p>Don Simmons and Gordie Tottle shared it the night in question. &ldquo;Simmons is getting to be the best goalie in the league and it won&rsquo;t be long before he&rsquo;ll outshine Gil Mayer of Providence&rdquo;, Red avers. &ldquo;And Gordie Tottle he&rsquo;s about the steadiest defenseman in the league. Here&rsquo;s one example of youth and experience blending.</p><h2>Terrific Job</h2><p>But Mitchell&rsquo;s examples just don&rsquo;t end there.</p><p>&ldquo;The line if Jim Anderson, Buddy Boone and Ed Leire is doing a terrific job&rdquo;.</p><p>Mitchell also cites Danny Summers and Hugh Currie. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re veterans who have the savvy and experience. They make few false moves. But don&rsquo;t forget young Bob McCord. Playing with Tottle he&rsquo;s coming fast, too&rdquo;.</p><p>And so it goes. The right combinations, blending together. And not to forget Mitchell, of course.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“Right Blend” Paying Off For Indians

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Canadiens and Detroit&mdash;running one, two in the National Hockey League race this year&mdash;reached the halfway mark with exactly the same number of victories as they had at this point in the schedule last year with one major difference&mdash;their positions are reversed.</p><p>After 35 games last season, the Red Wings were well on their way to an unprecedented sixth straight NHL title with 20 wins, nine losses and six ties. Canadiens were in second place with 21 wins, 12 losses and two deadlocks.</p><p>This year, after completing half the schedule, the Montrealers are out in front with 21 wins, nine losses and five ties and the Detroiters are in second place with 20 wins, 11 losses and four ties.</p><p>The switching of places by Canadiens and Detroit represents the only change in the standing at a corresponding period a year ago. After the 35-game mark had been reached last year, Toronto, Boston, New York and Chicago followed the leaders in that order&mdash;the same order that exists this year.</p><p>However, one major difference has taken place in the intervening space of a year. Whereas the point spread between the third place Leafs and the fourth place Bruins was seven last year, it&rsquo;s double that this year. That can be accounted for by the fact that Bruins have four games in band over the third-place Leafs.</p><p>The margin between fourth and fifth last year was seven and this year it&rsquo;s been reduced to one, with Boston boasting 27 points in their first 31 games with the Rangers picking up 26 points in 36 encounters.</p><p>The sixth place Black Hawks are theoretically, a possible eight points better this year than last. After 37 games in 1953 they had 19 points. This year, they have the same point total but they&rsquo;ve played four less games.</p><p>Canadiens, the most productive team in the league this year, are setting a blisting goals pace. While they had scored 100 goals in their first 3 games in 1958, they&rsquo;ve exceeded that number so the scorers at a corresponding for this year. Detroit had 103 goals in their first 35 games last year compared to only 88 this year.</p><p>Defensively, the Leafs are still as steady as they were a year ago. Harry Lumley, last year&rsquo;s winner of the George Vezina Trophy, had 54 goals scored against him in the team&rsquo;s first 33 games. This year, he&rsquo;s allowed 57 pucks to escape his clutch in 34 games.</p><p>Gordie Howe, the loop&rsquo;s top scorer, was out in front by seven points over teammate Ted Lindsay at the 35-game mark in 1953. He missed six games this year due to Injuries and is in fifth place behind the Canadiens&rsquo; quartet of Bernie Geoffrion, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, and Ken Mosdell. The following table compares the scores at a corresponding period last year.</p><h2>THE TOP TEN 1953-54</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04103/1180686-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="598" height="326"></div><h2>1954-55</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0585/1180679-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="596" height="340"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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“More Deadlocks” Gives Canadiens Three Point Edge

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01115/1178577-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>BERNIE GEOFFRION</b></p><p><b>JEAN BELIVEAU</b></p></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Canadiens, sailing blissfully along in first place in the National Hockey League and looking more and more like the club that&rsquo;s going to shatter Detroit&rsquo;s monopoly on championships, reached the halfway mark of the 1954-55 season on Christmas night.</p><p>At that point the Habs, imbued with confidence, completely dominated the scoring statistics and with the acrobatic Jacques Plante back in the nets had new defensive strength.</p><p>Bernie Geoffrion, whose booming shot strikes terror into the hearts of rival netminders, was leading the league in scoring and, unless injuries strike him in the second half of the race, he&rsquo;ll be favored to win the scoring title and the Art Ross Trophy, ending a four-year reign by the Red Wings&rsquo; Gordie Howe.</p><p>Maurice Richard, with his 400th NHL goal in the bag, and Jean Beliveau, already fulfilling predictions of a great career, were tied for second place.</p><p>Before the first puck was dropped back in October. Coach Dick Irvin of the Habs predicted that this sharp-shooting trio would score 100 goals. Irvin appears to be a competent seer Indeed.</p><p>Up to Christmas, at the 35-game mark, they had fired 53 pucks past harassed goaltenders, accounting for nearly half of the Canadien total of 110, by far the best team output in the league.</p><p>Plante, who suffered a fractured right cheekbone on Nov. 11 and missed five weeks, got back into action on Dec. 16 and, allowing only three goals in his next three games, emerged as the net-minder with the best average in the league&mdash;a snappy 1.62.</p><p>If the Habs maintain their present gait, they will set two new Club records. In their first 35 games they amassed 47 points and are within striking distance of the all-time Montreal mark of 83 set by the powerful club of 1943-44. They had 21 wins up to Christmas and need only 17 more to tie the all-time mark of 38 established by the 1943-44 team and tied by the squad that wore the red, white and blue in the following season.</p><p>Part of the Canadiens&rsquo; success in this campaign is due to their phenomenal record on Forum ice. They Won 13 out of their 16 games at home, losing only a 3-2 squeaker to the Detroit Red Wings, a 3-1 decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs and a 3-0 shutout to the Boston Bruins. They scored 60 goals at home while holding opposition marks-ben to a measure 28 tallies.</p><p>Away from the familiar confines of the Forum, the Habs have played just a little better than .500 hockey, winning eight, losing seven and tying four in 19 starts.</p><p>They have won at least one game in every city in the league with the exception of New York where their record is two losses and one draw. The Habs have had no trouble in Detroit, home of their bitterest rivals, taking 3 games from the Red Wings in four starts. Included in their Detroit record is a 5-0 shutout.</p><p>Canadiens go into the second half of the schedule with an edge in home, games They have 18 more contests to play at the Forum, only 17 on the road.</p><p>Although their closest rivals, the Red Wings and the Leafs, have games in hand it appears now that the Montrealers are the team to beat.</p><p>The Red Wings have won six straight championships. it could be Canadiens&rsquo; turn to cop the pennant and start a long skein of their own.</p><h2><b>53 Down, 47 To Co!</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02101/1178570-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="822" height="862"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MAURICE RICHARD</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Beliveau, Rocket And Boomer Could Reach 100 Mark Sooner

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>The fancy formula that worked for the Cleveland Indians last summer is failing the Detroit Red Wings this winter.</p><p>The Indians salted away the 1954 American League baseball pennant by battering the five weakest clubs in the loop. They finished eight games ahead of New York and 17, games ahead of Chicago even though they didn&rsquo;t beat either the Yankees or the White Sox who placed two-three, in their season series.</p><p>The Wings wanted to apply that same principle to hockey this season. But it isn&rsquo;t working.</p><p>Detroit had done better (up to Dec. 22) against the three tailenders in the National Hockey League than either Montreal or Toronto. Here&rsquo;s the combined record for each club against the Boston-New York-Chicago threat:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0395/1178608-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="742" height="142"></div><p>Despite that profit the Wings were dead even with Toronto and both were five points behind pacesetting Montreal.</p><p>Cause of this standing, of course, is obvious: The Wings couldn&rsquo;t handle the other title contenders.</p><p>They lost five of the first seven games against Montreal; they lost three and tied one of six against Toronto.</p><p>The Canadiens gained all their lead by mistreating the Detroiters since the Montreal-Toronto series was all even at three victories each.</p><p>All this is being joyfully received by the Canadiens, as you can imagine. Seems that every time they meet the Motor City outfit, they are out to redeem themselves for last spring&rsquo;s playoffs which brought the bitterest Montreal setback in recent years.</p><p>In mid-December the Wings embarked on a pre-holiday eruise against the bottom clubs of the loop. Seven straight games came against Boston, New York and Chicago. The Wings won six, tied the other.</p><p>Their finest spurt of the campaign, it pulled Jimmy Skinner&rsquo;s lads back within waving distance of first place. Then came the stern test which was to determine if Detroit was back in the old-style championship form and ready to bid for a seventh straight NHL crown.</p><p>The answer, briefly, was NO.</p><p>After the long run at the weak sisters, the Wings found they were playing with the big boys. There was a difference. Montreal slammed out a 5-0 trouncing which was as decisive as the score indicated. Canadiens held a 35-27 shooting edge after a 19-shot barrage in the final period.</p><p>Last three times these teams met Montreal won by 4-1, 4-1 and 5-0 scores. That, in one sentence, tells what happened to Detroit&rsquo;s bid to retain its league title in the first half of the season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Red Wings Unlike AL Indians; Fail To Over-Take Top Clubs By Beating Second Division

<p>TORONTO, Out.&mdash;</p><p>There wasn&rsquo;t much Christmas spirit around Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens on December 25, but there certainly were plenty of ruffled feelings.</p><p>Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs ignored peace and goodwill among hockey players as they staged one of the roughest brawls of the NHL season. There were 76 minutes in penalties and $175 in fines assessed from the three players involved.</p><p>The game was a dilly for those fans who prefer it wild. A battle broke out in the second period when Detroit&rsquo;s Earl Reibel roughed up Lumley While he stood in the goalcrease. Harry dropped his stick and gloves and whaled into Reibel. Then Lumley went after Marcel Pronovost of the Wings.</p><h2>Everybody In It</h2><p>Soon everybody on the ice except Terry Sawchuk in the Detroit cage was in on it. Marcel Bonin of the Wings and Leafs&rsquo; Larry Cahan couldn&rsquo;t stand the excitement. They leaped Over the boards from the players&rsquo; bench and waded in.</p><p>Refree Jerry Olinski and the two linesmen needed 15 minutes to restore order and assess penalties. Bonin and Cahan received 10-minute misconducts for going on the ice. Those penalties call for $25 fines. Lumley was hit for $50 for getting a fighting major and for coming out of his nets.</p><p>Pronovost received a $25 major for highsticking and drawing defenceman Jim Morrison&rsquo;s blood. He later got another fighting major and had to fork $25 again a penalty for getting two majors in a game. Morrison and Leaf captain Ted Kennedy also got majors.</p><p>Sawchuk was given a miscon&mdash;good for $25&mdash;late in. the game when he blurted some nasty words at linesman George Hayes.</p><p>It took two hours and 45 minutes to play the game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

$175 In Fines Assessed For Leafs – Wings Brawl

<div class="byline">By MARGARET SCOTT</div><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>cross the nation, from Newfoundland to Victoria, the name of St. Michael&rsquo;s College School is synonymous with a galaxy of this continent&rsquo;s top athletes. For St. Michael&rsquo;s is not only one of Canada&rsquo;s outstanding schools for boys, but a veritable mecca of hockey. It is there that boys are equipped with a sound education which enables them to face the needs of the world and give a vast contribution to society. It is there that many of our finest hockey players were put on the road to fame and financial security.</p><p>Established since 1852, St. Michael&rsquo;s is separated into two schools. On Toronto&rsquo;s Bay Street you will find St. Michael&rsquo;s College, while on Bathurst Street there is the imposing St. Michael&rsquo;s College School, which has been built only four years Previously, it was part of the college. The new school is a stately, yellow brick building, with huge windows, a sweeping driveway and a modernistic air. The halis ring with the footsteps and laughter of boys who may one day thrill a multitude of NHL fans.</p><p>Guiding the destinies of these sporting hopefuls is a wise man in priestly garb, Father Flanagan, the school&rsquo;s athletic director. Besides organizing the sports activities, arranging practices and coaching the teams, Father Flanagan offers timely words of wisdom to his charges and instills in them a desire to be a Credit to the school both in and out of uniform. The role is familiar to him for he has held that position since 1949, when he Succeeded Father Mallen. Prior to that he spent nine years as Father Mallen&rsquo;s assistant.</p><p>The hockey alumni of St. Michael&rsquo;s reads like a &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s Who,&rdquo; as the grads are scattered from coast to coast, and it is understandable that Father Flanagan should feel justly proud When he talks of the success his boys are enjoying. Four of Detroit&rsquo;s stalwarts, Ted Lindsay, Red Kelly, Bill Dineen and Benny Woit were once students at st. Mike&rsquo;s. Boston can lay claim to Ed Sandford, Fleming Mackall, Leo Labine and Murray Costello. The Maple Leafs ice a Contingent of grads in Jim Thomson, Rudy Migay, Tod Sloan, Tim Horton and Gordie Hannigan, while Chicago has Johnny McCormack and Gus Mortson. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve produced a player for every position except goal,&rdquo; Father Flanagan points Out.</p><p>Frequently referred to as Canada&rsquo;s cradle of hockey, St. Michael&rsquo;s have earned that title by their tremendous contribution to all the pro leagues. The AHL&rsquo;s ranks are bolstered by twelve of their alumni, while Others are performing in smaller loops. Some are managing and coaching and many have retired from the game. The list seems never ending. There is Fred Hunt, now managing Buffalo&rsquo;s Bisons. Jack Crawford, who spent many years with Boston and is now broadcasting the Bruin games. Dave Trottier and tarry Aurie, former stars with iMaroons and Detroit. The Metz brothers, &ldquo;Pep&rdquo; Kelly and Art Jackson. Frank Dunlop, the Ottawa football star, who had a brief session with the Leafs and got his schooling at St. Mike&rsquo;s, and Joe Primeau is one of their most successful graduates, having coached his former school to Memorial Cup Victory and the Maple Leafs to the Stanley Cup. Reg Hamilton and Billy Taylor helped swell the ranks, although Taylor was there only a short time. In 1935-36, he was leading scorer for St. Michael&rsquo;s College Buzzers, OHA Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; champions, but he moved on to Oshawa Generals.</p><p>is now a lawyer, as is Tommy O&rsquo;Neill, the former piano playing Maple Leaf. Bobby Bauer</p><p>St, Michael&rsquo;s iced its first hockey team in 1909-10, and, oddly enough, they won the Allan Cup after playing only seven games in the entire season. The schedule was probably one of the shortest on record, a far cry from today&rsquo;s long grind. At that time there was a three team loop and each club played the other twice. There were no playoffs and at the end of the schedule St. Mike&rsquo;s led the league. They then challenged Queens&rsquo;, who held the Cup from the previous year, travelled to Kingston and won the one game series. There were only seven players on the St. Michael&rsquo;s team which consisted of a centre, right and left wing, goalie, rover, cover and point. The famous William &ldquo;Jerry&rdquo; Laflamme was their captain and centre star.</p><p>With the exception of that initial victory, the school didn&rsquo;t begin harvesting its hockey laurels until 1934, when Laflamme coached them to their first Memorial Cup victory. Previously, they had either not had a club or had been defeated. St. Michael&rsquo;s have since made up for lost time. In the past twenty years they have assembled powerful squads which, have made them formidable foes in the junior circuit and gained a host of conquests.</p><p>The dazzling teams of the 1940&rsquo;s were undoubtedly the greatest St. Michael&rsquo;s ever produced. Those were the years when Ted Lindsay, Jim Thomson, Red Kelly, Ted McLean, Gus Mortson and Dave Bauer reigned supreme. For three consecutive years St. Mike&rsquo;s were in the midst of Memorial Cup battle, being the victors on two occasions, 1945 and 1947, and losing to Winnipeg Monarchs in the finals of 1946. Father Flanagan describes the latter series as the greatest he has ever seen. It was a thrill-packed duel which saw St. Mike&rsquo;s defeated in the dying minutes of the seventh game and left on-lookers limp. The series aroused the interest of hockey fans everywhere and gave junior hockey a tremendous lift.</p><p>With such vivid memories it seems appropriate that Father Flanagan should reminisce about those days with an air of nostalgia, for although his charges have gone on to greater glory, he has been left with many happy thoughts of his close association with them. He can recall many items of interest. As an example, the best scholars among the hockeyists were Ed Sandford, Jim Thomson and Gus Mortson. &ldquo;They were brilliant students,&rdquo; Father Flanagan asserted &ldquo;but that doesn&rsquo;t mean that the others were not up to standard. All the boys had to have adequate marks. However, someone has to be best at everything and it just happened that those particular boys found the studies easy.&rdquo;</p><p>Ted Lindsay and Leo Labint were the most spirited. &ldquo;They weren&rsquo;t any trouble in class, but on the ice they were terrors,&rdquo; stated Father Flanagan. &ldquo;As a matter of fact, they&rsquo;re the same today. Basically, I don&rsquo;t think people change very much. Take Red Kelly for instance. He was always quiet and slow to anger, never any trouble on or off the ice, and he has the same characteristics today. Actually, I only saw Red really mad on one occasion.</p><p>&ldquo;He was playing left wing at the time and had been hit illegally. When he went over to have it out with the culprit he was hopping mad and I expected a fight and a penalty. Suddenly, he seemed to change his mind. He skated over for the face-off, got the puck, made a terrific rush and scored. When he went back for the next face-off he was still in a fighting mood. He got the puck right away, raced down the ice and scored again. I thought it was rather wonderful that he should choose to vent his anger in that manner. He not only avoided a penalty, but gave us two goals.&rdquo;</p><p><b>(The second and final chapter of St. Michael&rsquo;s College School, spawning grounds for many of Canada&rsquo;s top hockey players, will be concluded in next week&rsquo;s issue).</b></p><h2><b>They All Got Their Puck Start&hellip;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01115/1178736-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="546" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TED LINDSAY</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0297/1178729-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="594" height="606"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOE PRIMEAU</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0365/1178722-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="600" height="621"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL DINEEN</b></figcaption></div><h2>&hellip;At St. Michael&rsquo;s College School</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0440/1178715-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="537" height="558"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEO GRAVELLE</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0526/1178708-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="549" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE HANNIGAN</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0618/1178701-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="567" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOD SLOAN</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0711/1178694-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg" title="f0003-07" width="594" height="606"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUS MORTSON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hockeys “Who’s Who” Starts At St. Mike’s

<p>Jack Crawford</p><p>Pep Kelly</p><p>Bobby & Dave Bauer</p><p>Art Jackson Larry</p><p>Aurie Dave Trottier</p><p>Jerry LaFlamme</p><p>Reg Hamilton</p><p>Joe Primeau</p><p>Billy Taylor</p><p>Nick & Don Metz</p><p>Geo. & Paul McNamara</p><p>Johnny O&rsquo;Flaherty</p><p>Eddie Conway</p><p>Fred Hunt</p><p>Bob Paul</p><p>Johnny McCormack</p><p>Ted McLean</p><p>Red Kelly</p><p>Bill Dineen</p><p>Murray Costello</p><p>Frank Dunlop</p><p>Ray & Gordie Hannigan</p><p>Paul Knox</p><p>Phil Samis</p><p>Ed Harrison</p><p>Ed Sandford</p><p>Ted Lindsay</p><p>Benny Woit</p><p>leming Mackell</p><p>Leo Labine</p><p>Gus Mortson</p><p>Jim Thompson</p><p>John McLellan</p><p>Bob Sabourin</p><p>Tim Horton</p><p>Rudy Migay</p><p>Joe Sadler</p><p>Johnny Arundel</p><p>Tommy O&rsquo;Neill</p><p>Pat McCreavy</p><p>Les Costello</p><p>Willie Marshall</p><p>Jack Caffery</p><p>Leo Gravelie</p><p>Tod Sloan</p><p>Marc Reaume<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Former St. Michael’s Students

<div class="byline">By PAUL G. SULLIVAN</div><p>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>Three fancy gift packages arrived for Coach Howie Meeker and his pace-packing Pittsburgh Hornets well before the Yuletide.</p><p>The first two, labeled Foley and Burega, were returned after inspection in &rsquo;53, but are fixtures beneath the Yellow Jacket tree this year.</p><p>The third, brand new to the Steel City but certain to stay, carries a hefty Price tag but this Price is strictly right!</p><p>Hornet troubles last season sprouted mainly from right wing and defense. When Chuck Blair was shunted to Cleveland as part of the deal that brought Bob Bailey into the Toronto organization. the Barons gave up claim to Western League prize rookie Gerry Foley to replace Blair in the Pittsburgh starboard lane.</p><p>But Foley, one of the few State-side stick men to crack the professional crust in recent winters, simply couldn&rsquo;t catch the stride that had landed him 29 goals and 30 assists for Seattle the previous campaign. After 10 games and one goal with the Hornets, he was transferred for further experience to Ottawa, where in 43 contests he amassed the scarcely distinguished record of nine goals and six assists.</p><p>While Foley was fouling out for the Pittsburghers, six-foot, 195-pound backfielder Bill Burega, fresh from Winnipeg via Glace Bay, did likewise, if not more so. Burly Bill broke into just five engagements with the Jackets before an injury derailed him from the lineup. By the time he recovered, he, too, was in Ottawa, whence later he was switched to Quebec.</p><p>Over the same span, stocky, 185-pound Jack Price divided efforts between Ottawa and the Chicago Black Hawks with substantial credit, but no more, although his four goals and six assists in 46 games compared favorably with the records of confreres of the Hawk inner cordon.</p><p>So three months ago the Pittsburgh squad assembled for conditioning drills at Niagara Falls and the right wing-defense situation still rankled. At the former post, with Andy Barbe convalescing from an operation, only Bob Sabourin represented American League experience. At the latter, Capt. Frank Mathers alone linked present with past.</p><p>Returned were Foley and Burega, both bearing question marks where solid Pittsburgh numbers should have been. The jobs were there, but if these youngsters were to fill them, it would be largely by default.</p><p>Mishaps in the Toronto and Pittsburgh camps, plus the menace of the sharp-fanged waiver regulation, ultimately left Meeker no alternative but to begin the race with Gerry and Bill in uniform. But even so&mdash;and after purchase of redoubtable Ray Gariepy from Hershey&mdash;the defense quota remained unfilled, till within a week of the inaugural Price was landed from Chicago.</p><p>The denouement?</p><p>Well, Foley has just battled his way to starting duty after a magnificent display of grit and application. Stronger, heavier, and more combat-wise than a year ago, black-thatched Gerry has patrolled his alley, dogged his adversary, cleaned out his corners, and unslung his shot to rate title of most-improved Hornet, with seven goals&mdash;mostly at critical junctures&mdash;and eight assists in 24 games to prove it.</p><p>Burega, hardly conceded a chance to stick, has bashed and banged his path to popularity alike with galleries and an observant boss. He hasn&rsquo;t missed a tussle, despite sundry shattering raps, and he&rsquo;s learned a lot, though by no means all, about the problems of an AHL defenseman&rsquo;s life. To top his spurt, in recent vital action against Hershey, he cracked open the clash with his first Hornet goal, then helped clinch a 7-2 triumph with his second a little later.</p><p>As for Price, Meeker has found in him a model of efficiency and versatility. Square-built Jack, speedy of skate and slick of stick, takes turn on either side at defense or advances to left wing as circumstance demands&mdash;and circumstances have been mighty demanding. Like Foley and Burega, he&rsquo;s been up to his ears in every tussle&mdash;a Christmas gift de luxe for any coach!</p><h2><b>The Boss And His Ace</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0471/1178850-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="573" height="912"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HOWIE MEEKER</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0562/1178843-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="579" height="891"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY FOLEY</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0652/1178836-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="1159" height="2089"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Burega and Foley Make Grade With BUGS Despite Poor Start

<div class="byline">MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01183/1178805-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><p><b>(As seen in the Toronto Star)</b></p><h2><b>Wings Worry About Jimmy&mdash;It&rsquo;s Mutual</b></h2><p>NOTHING could be more encouraging to Leafs and Canadiens than the evidence that &ldquo;the big club&rdquo; is beginning to beat itself. That&rsquo;s what happened here recently. Benny Woit cleared a loose puck into his own net for what proved to be the only goal of a tense tussle which Leafs took, one to nil. This was a game which the Red Wings wanted desperately to win. Even &ldquo;the big club&rdquo; can&rsquo;t go on indefinitely blowing games without jeopardizing jobs within the ranks. And the Detroits still are &ldquo;the big club,&rdquo; despite the fact they&rsquo;re leg-chained presently in third place. There are fond hopes, especially within Montreal Forum and Maple Leaf Gardens, that the long domination of the redbirds is at an end. But no person is saying it is. As long as they have players like Terry Sawchuk, Red Kelly, Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay, the Wings scarcely can be arrested for vagrancy on anybody&rsquo;s street. That&rsquo;s why the Messrs. Smythe, Day and Clancy of the Torontos, Selke and Irvin of Montreal would be happy to see the champs beat themselves. It&rsquo;s a sign they&rsquo;re pressing&mdash;that maybe their confidence has ebbed a trifle. These always are heartening signals for those who are seeking evidence that decay is eating into a champion. Maybe it&rsquo;s only a nibble, but even a nibble is encouraging. It could become a bite.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02164/1178798-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="276" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dutch Reibel</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03103/1178791-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="288" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><p>Little Jimmy Skinner is inclined to blame his own well-advertised predicament for the club&rsquo;s in-and-out performance. When Skinner succeeded Tommy Ivan as coach of the Red Wings, he naturally became labelled as the man who couldn&rsquo;t win. The very best he could do was to break even. He inherited a club that had finished on top in six successive seasons. It was in possession, when he found it, of the Stanley Cup. There wasn&rsquo;t much Jimmy could do that hadn&rsquo;t been done before&mdash;except less. And that&rsquo;s the only place where the law of averages favored him in anything. It favored him to lose. The team had won so often that its time figured to be running out. Skinner accepted his position cheerfully but he&rsquo;s not so sure about the club.</p><p>&ldquo;This team seems to tighten up,&rdquo; he said, fretfully, on arrival here recently. &ldquo;And I have a hunch I know why. These guys are worrying because they think they&rsquo;re putting me on the spot. I&rsquo;m trying to tell them to stop stewing and just think of playing hockey. So far, I don&rsquo;t seem to have put that idea across.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>They Haven&rsquo;t Found Abel&rsquo;s Successor Yet</b></h2><p>MOST power-laden teams that can&rsquo;t get rolling have a common complaint; the catching is mediocre; the quarterbacking is faulty; they&rsquo;re weak in goal or at centre ice. Skinner is quick to absolve Terry Sawchuk of blame Frank Selke spoke in the same vein after Canadiens shot down the Red Wings in Montreal, a week or so back. If ii hadn&rsquo;t been for Sawchuk, he said, young Mons. Jean Beliveau himself would have filled the net. Then what about centre ice? Skinner was more hesitant about defending his serfs in that position. As a matter of fact, he said, the champs had been weak at centre.</p><p>This is the third season since Sid Abel quit, and still haven&rsquo;t found his successor. They&rsquo;ve done almost as much experimenting as the New York Yankees did after Lou Gehrig vacated first base. Dutch Reibel, Glen Skov, Alex Delvecchio and Metro Prystai have tried, with indifferent success. While it&rsquo;s a matter of opinion, Prystai probably was the man who fitted best into Abel&rsquo;s old chores. He usually got the call when the Production Line of Lindsay, Howe and whosit-at-centre bogged down. That&rsquo;s why the sale of Prystai to Chicago, over General Manager Jack Adams&rsquo; objections, may have hurt the Detroits more than anyone realized.</p><p>Skinner has been admittedly displeased with the work of Skov and Delvecchio. Both have been on the carpet. On the other hand, Bill Dineen, who had seven goals at this stage last season, has been playing well, in Skinner&rsquo;s book, although his goal total to date is an unimpressive two.</p><p>&ldquo;I know that people are saying this is our year to fold,&rdquo; Skinner said, grimly. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;ll promise them one thing We won&rsquo;t fold, even when we lose. We dropped two (it&rsquo;s three now) games to Leafs by 1-0 scores. Those games could have gone either way. And Canadiens are due for a slump. I know they&rsquo;ve gone on winning, even when they had substitute goalies after Jacques Plante was hurt. But sometimes those misfortunes work in reverse. Your club knows it has to give a little extra because a key player is injured. And that&rsquo;s what it does. Sooner or later, every team has a slump. We&rsquo;re having ours now. We&rsquo;re due to come out of it. Then, a lot of people will remember we&rsquo;re still in the league.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Speaking On Sport

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Everything&rsquo;s all in the point of view. If you read the Toronto papers, you get the Impression Danny Lewicki is with the Rangers only because Toronto&rsquo;s boss man, Conn Smythe, was so deeply imbued with the Christmas spirit he wanted to give the stricken New Yorkers a lift. He always knew Lewicki was a big leaguer.</p><p>Then you pick up a New York paper and what do you read? There it is in big, bold typer &ldquo;Conn Smythe pulled the biggest bone-head of his career when he sold Lewicki to the Rangers for $15,000.&rdquo;</p><p>The author is big Jim Burchard, of the N.Y. World Telegram & Sun, who goes on to say that Smythe had no use for Lewicki &ldquo;because the left winger wasn&rsquo;t a bruiser. He didn&rsquo;t fit into Smythe&rsquo;s pattern of sock, clutch and hold, so Danny was shipped to New York.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Boucher Not Surprised At Lewicki</b></h2><p>Well, however it happened, general manager Frank Boucher is not surprised by Lewicki&rsquo;s ability to put the puck in the net. Danny never got more than 16&mdash;that in his rookie year&mdash;and he hadn&rsquo;t been up for more than a cup of coffee with the Leafs the last two seasons; but Boucher did predict in fall training that Lewicki would be a 20-goal scorer as a member of the Rangers.</p><p>Only thing wrong with that is Boucher&rsquo;s under-evaluation. Lewicki racked up 18 goals in the first 33 games; at that pace he stood a fair chance of setting a new Ranger club record, 33 goals by Bill Cook, a figure made in, 1926-27 and again in 1931-82, when Bill played first in 44 games and later in 48. Yet it has withstood the assaults of numerous players under 70-game conditions.</p><p>The Rangers haven&rsquo;t won many games, but Lewicki has registered the &ldquo;winning goal&rdquo; in five&mdash;and is there another player in the league to match that record? More than that, Danny has clicked for the tying goal in two successive home games, each time in the late stages of action.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01136/1178888-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="454" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Muz Patrick</b></figcaption></div><p>There was the game with the Red Wings on Dec. 15. That night coach Muzz Patrick reluctantly permitted a presentation to be made to Danny in the dressing room before the game, and again after the second period before the television cameras.</p><p>&ldquo;This will ruin Lewicki for the night,&rdquo; Patrick moaned. &ldquo;But if it&rsquo;s good public relations, okay.&rdquo;</p><p>The presentation was a plaque voted to Lewicki by New York&rsquo;s Catholic Youth Organization roller hockey league for his sportsmanship. It was the first such award, and if the truth be known, Danny was having an awful night.</p><p>But with the clock running out, and the Wings ahead, 3-2, Bones Raleigh broke away on a rush, dropped a pass for Lewicki at the blue line and Danny got off a terrific 30-foot backhander fast Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s outstretched right leg. It tied the score at 2.10.</p><p>Later, Sawchuk offered it as his opinion that Lewicki had one of the hardest shots in the league.</p><p>&ldquo;But more than that,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;few players get it off as quick as he does&mdash;from either side. That shot wasn&rsquo;t screened. I just didn&rsquo;t move fast enough for it.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Already Has 18 Goals</b></h2><p>That was Lewicki&rsquo;s 17th goal. A few nights later he got his 18th in a freakish scramble around the Toronto nets in New York&mdash;with Gump Worsley out of the cage and six Rangers pressing for a score. Only six seconds remained when the red light went on.</p><p>&ldquo;I got lucky on that one,&rdquo; Lewicki admitted. &ldquo;But they all count&mdash;just like those shots that hit the post don&rsquo;t.&rdquo;</p><p>Lewicki is very happy in New York. He&rsquo;s getting a big league chance that eluded him for two straight years, when Smythe chose to keep him in the minors. Not that Danny regrets the time he spent in Pittsburgh. He just thinks maybe he was there too long.</p><p>&ldquo;In the minors,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;you can make a mistake and get away with it. Up here, you can&rsquo;t. Well, I think I learned by my mistakes.&rdquo;</p><p>The records show that Lewicki played in seven games for Toronto in mid-season of last year. Danny remembers being in only three or four.</p><p>&ldquo;One of those games was here in Madison Square Garden,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I went on for a face-off&mdash;they played me at center&mdash;and after six seconds, somebody was off-side, and out I came. That was the sum of my experience in that game.&rdquo;</p><p>The previous fall, after playing 61 and then 51 games in his first two years of pro hockey with the Leafs, he wasn&rsquo;t even invited to Toronto&rsquo;s training camp at St. Catherine&rsquo;s. This led him to suspect he was washed up, so far as Leaf plans were concerned.</p><p>&ldquo;All I can say about the deal to the Rangers,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;is that I knew I&rsquo;d get the chance to play. And I was happy about that. In Toronto, you play their way, or not at all.&rdquo;</p><p>Danny&rsquo;s way is a roving game. You can&rsquo;t rove in Toronto. Particularly If you&rsquo;re a wing. So they tried to make a center of Lewicki. That didn&rsquo;t work, either. He belongs on a wing, the way he busts in for a pass at the blue line, as Boucher was quick to note.</p><p>&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t matter which wing he plays,&rdquo; says Boucher. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s equally good on either side.&rdquo;</p><p>How true! Lewicki had scored seven goals in his first 13 Ranger games when coach Muzz Patrick decided to switch Lewicki and Nick Mickoski. Danny moved to a right wing for the first time in his life; Nick went to the left side. The idea was to help Michoski. He hadn&rsquo;t scored a goal at the time. So what happens? The first night Lewicki plays right wing, he gets two goals.</p><p>Five games later, the Rangers traded Mickoski to Chicago. Thug, Lewicki returned to his normal left wing position and Dean Prentice was placed on the line with him. Just to prove he wasn&rsquo;t going to let it throw him, dangerous Dan grabbed off two more goals as the Broadway Blues topped Boston, 3-1.</p><p>Lest any one get the impression that Lewicki is nothing short of a cockeyed wonder, it should be recorded that there are nights when Danny&rsquo;s shooting irons seem rusty and off-balance; and when that happens, he isn&rsquo;t much help to the Ranger cause because his backchecking leaves something to be desired. But few players have as much natural ability when it comes to skating, stickhandling and shooting. And he does get off good passes, too.</p><p>Playing as well as he has for the Rangers, it seems only poetic justice; because when he turned 16, the Rangers thought they had him on their negotiation list. There was quite a rhubarb at the time. Lewicki was the hot shot for the Port Arthur Bruins, -last Western team to win the Memorial Cup, and it seems that the Maple Leafs were also after him.</p><p>By some reasoning which escaped Frank Boucher, NHL prexy Clarence Campbell awarded Lewicki to Providence, which had also entered a claim for the fleet winger. Boucher suspected then that Providence&rsquo;s interest was purely hypothetical, that eventually some under &ndash; cover deal would send the lad to Toronto. He was right.</p><p>Anyway, Lewicki had a fine rookie year. By mid-February he had 16 goals. Toronto was plumping for Danny as rookie of the year. Sawchuk won it. But Danny might have made it if he hadn&rsquo;t suffered a groini injury which sidelined him for most of the last month.</p><p>As a sophomore, Lewicki flopped and it was not until Smythe spent hours of persuasive effort that Danny agreed to go to Pittsburgh.</p><p>&ldquo;I was wrong about that,&rdquo; Lewicki said. &ldquo;I should have realized I could use the minor league experience.&rdquo;</p><p>Lewicki says he was also wrong about his impression of New York.</p><p>&ldquo;I had an idea it might be tough to get around,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But it isn&rsquo;t. My wife Donna and I live in a nice country area, Glen Oaks Village, with most of the other married Rangers, and it&rsquo;s wonderful for the kids (Paul, who is 20 months, and Danny, just three months). I can drive to the Garden in 45 minutes, and if I take the subway it&rsquo;s 10 minutes quicker. The wives are really happy with the shopping and the play areas.&rdquo;</p><p>Lewicki has been called a little guy, but weighing 167 pounds this 23-year-old speed merchant has filled out and can take the bumps much better. At $15,000, he does represent a 10-strike investment for Boucher and the Rangers.</p><h2><b>Record-Bound?</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02119/1178881-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1197" height="1203"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DANNY LEWICKI</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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“Dangerous Danny” Lewicki Shooting For Cook’s Mark

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Maple Leaf coach King Clancy is too Irish and too superstitious to utilize his newfound scoring ammunition in a counter-attack at Montreal Canadien coach Dick Irvin&rsquo;s charges that Leafs play only defensive hockey.</p><p>Although his Leafs have outscored Habs through the first three-and-change weeks of December. The King is avoiding the comparison for fear of breaking the spell that keens his club in a race with the sizzling Montrealers.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m tongue-tied on that,&rdquo; he says. Yet he does insist the Leafs play offensive hockey. Or at least that he instructs them to do that.</p><p>&ldquo;We never were a defensive team,&rdquo; he insists. &ldquo;At no time since I&rsquo;ve been here have I given instructions to play defensive hockey. What I want is goals. And we&rsquo;re always trying to score them.</p><p>&ldquo;Just because we&rsquo;re suddenly scoring more doesn&rsquo;t mean we&rsquo;ve changed our style. We&rsquo;re just having a streak of better luck than usual. And out young players are beginning to look better.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0392/1178926-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="300" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>King Clancy</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0471/1178919-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="282" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Parker MacDonald</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;Eric Nesterenko is beginning to score. George Armstrong has begun to play the kind of hockey we expected of him. And Ron Stewart is having his greatest year. There&rsquo;s the difference.</p><p>&ldquo;Canadiens have been getting their goals all along because they have the classy experienced players. Richard always could score and Mosdell has a lot of experience. We had to wait for our kids to mature.&rdquo;</p><p>Those kids had to produce or else. In his valedictory address as Leaf General Manager, Conn Smythe had warned the juniors, or third-year men, that they either passed this year or flunked out of the class.</p><p>Only Gordie Hannigan of those juniors has not connected, but he was excused from classes for seven weeks with a broken hand. The rest of the class, including Nesterenko, Stewart, Armstrong and defensemen Jim Morrison and Tim Horton, have all passed their mid-term exams.</p><p>Half of Stewart&rsquo;s mid-term output of 12 goals came in that three-week pre-Christmas rush, making him second only to Sudden Death Sid Smith among Leaf snipers. In the same brief period, four of Nesterenko&rsquo;s seven goals have been contributed, along with three of Horton&rsquo;s four, half of Army&rsquo;s six and two of Morrison&rsquo;s three.</p><p>The stepped up output of Morrison and Horton has added further to Clancy&rsquo;s confidence, enough to make him raise the objective for his defense.</p><p>&ldquo;Last year I, figured our defense should average five goals per man and they came within one goal of that,&rdquo; he recalls. &ldquo;This year, they&rsquo;ve begun to, show enough of their added experience that I&rsquo;m looking for an average of seven.&rdquo;</p><p>Even the scoreless wonder, Jim Thomson, is in the mood. He fired his second goal before the mid-season mark. A perennial drag on the rearguardian averages, Jimmy needed until the final game of last two season previous to this.</p><p>Beyond the improvement in the junior class and the comparative prolificness of the defense, the Leafs have a third marvel in the making. A 30-goal scorer, no less.</p><p>Sid Smith, who scored 16 goals in his first 32 games, is the candidate to end a four-year Leaf dought of 30-goal scorers. It was the same Smith, and his linemate that year, Tod Sloan, who last scored 30 for Leafs.</p><p>In his climb to date, Smitty has compiled the three most Impressive individual Leaf records of the season. In one streak, he scored three winning goal in three successive games. In another, he scored in four successive games. And in that streak he fired the second Leaf hat-trick of the year just one week after Ron Stewart&rsquo;s triple had ended a three-year drought in Toronto.</p><p>Ironically, this sudden mass production of Leaf goals can be traced to a coach&rsquo;s pep-talk. But it wasn&rsquo;t a talk intended to inspire Leafs.</p><p>It was the comments of Dick Irvin when he hazarded Leafs are the poorest spectacle in hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;The fans like to see goals,&rdquo; said Dick. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what they come to games to cheer about. When Canadiens play, they have lots of chances to cheer. But when Leafs play, they&rsquo;re lucky to get off their hands once all night.&rdquo;</p><p>Leafs beat Canadiens 3-1 on Stewart&rsquo;s triple the night Irvin spoke those words. And since then they have run scores as high as eight goals against Chicago while amassing the three-week output of 30 which eclipses by four points the Canadien output for the corresponding period.</p><p>If it doesn&rsquo;t last, it won&rsquo;t be because Clancy jinxed the record by capitalizing on one of his few chances to retort at the powerful league-leaders.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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King Clancy Denies Leafs Strictly Defensive Club, Points To Recent Splurge

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The Hotkey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0537/1179033-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2>Not The Marilyn</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>In answer to a letter by Betty Giessler: No, I am not the Marilyn Bell who swam Lake Ontario. From now on, any further correspondence will be signed with my middle name.</p><p>I&rsquo;m still wondering if anyone is interested in starting a Montreal Canadiens or a Geoffrion-Beliveau-Moore (they&rsquo;re the greatest) fan club? I know many Canadiens fans in Toronto and many more in and around Montreal who might be interested.</p><p>I&rsquo;d love to join one if some one would just let me know how to go about it.</p><p>Marlene (Marilyn) Bell Toronto, Ont.</p><p><b>(Ed&rsquo;s note: Marlene&rsquo;s (or Marilyn&rsquo;s) address is 1475 Kingston Road, Apt. 304, Toronto 13, Ontario.)</b></p><h2>Need Speed</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I like reading your Passing the Puck Column and your Fan Forum column very much. I like Chicago hockey even though they are losing. Rollins should be MVP again this year.</p><p>One thing I can&rsquo;t figure out is why the Hawks persist in keeping Fogolin. These days, all the other teams have fast, rushing rearguards such as Horton & Bolton, Harvey & Johnson, etc.</p><p>Lee is the Mariucci type. Wait for &lsquo;em and sock &lsquo;em. What I see is wrong with the Hawks is a lack of one good, fast defenseman. Right now, Stanley & Martin, Mortson & Hollingworth are set as far as lines go. They need an alternate. My suggestion would be Ed Kryzanowski, Hal Laycoe or Max Quackenbush. By the way, speaking of Stanley, have you noticed what has happened to the two teams since that trade. The Hawks have improved about 25% as New York has lost five, tied three in their last eight games.</p><p>I would like the Oct. 16 issue from anybody who would care to send it to me after they have read it. Thank You. My address is 11915 Harvard, Chicago 28, Ill.</p><p>Chester J. Chrabasz Chicago, Ill.</p><h2>APC League</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>This is the fourth year that I have been reading THE HOCKEY NEWS and I couldn&rsquo;t do without it as it keeps me well posted on my favourite sport.</p><p>Jean Beliveau, of the Canadiens should end up the scoring champion with Bernie &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion and Maurice Ri chard holding down second and third spots respectively.</p><p>How about some more coverage on one of Canada&rsquo;s oldest hockey circuits, the Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Hockey League. This year the league consists of five teams: Halifax Wolves, Pictou Royals, Truro Bearcats, St. F. X. Collegians and our own Rangers.</p><p>Could you please tell me where, if possible, I can join the Montreal Canadiens fan club?</p><p>Hugh Townsend New Glasgow, N.S.</p><h2>Moe Man</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I am a subscriber to your fine paper and I always look forward to receiving it every week.</p><p>The semi-annual All-Star voting will soon take place and there is one point I would like to bring up. The two best centers so far this year are Mosdell and Beliveau, but to my own opinion, there is a whale of a difference between these two. Mosdell is not getting the press clippings like Beliveau, but so far this season he has been wonderful. His two wingers are so players, but spearheaded by Kenny they have looked good so far this season and are well up in the scoring parade. Jean is more fortunate. He has the top goal-getter on his line.</p><p>Kenny has been very useful to the Canadiens. He has to kill off penalties and check the opponents&rsquo; top lines. Beliveau has more scoring chances. He is constantly used on the power-plays and picks up a lot of points in this manner.</p><p>Jean is a wonderful stickhandler and packs a tremendously hard shot. He is a flashy performer but he does not exert himself at any time. Big Moe lacks this natural ability to a certain degree, but he compensates this with courage and guts. Unlike Beliveau, he is not scared by anyone and scores his goals the hard way.</p><p>Beliveau has a great future ahead of him. He will undoubtedly become a great scorer, but so far this season, Mosdell has outscored him and should be chosen on the number one Dream Team.</p><p>Noel Deslongchamps Montreal, Que.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0713/1179095-1-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 &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 consecutlye issues during the season and 5 monthly summer Issues. It doesn&rsquo;t metier when you stert, you still get your 35 issues.</p><p>A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive Issues.</p><p><b>Canadian Remittances&mdash;$3.00</b> Payable by Postal Bank or Telegraph Money Order.</p><p><b>U. S. A. Remittances&mdash;$4.00</b> 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 Bob Hesketh</div><p>(As Seen In the Toronto Telegram)</p><p>CONN SMYTHE in that roguish, quiet, persuasive manner of his, has commenced his annual electioneering, pounding the platform in support of Ted Kennedy to win the All-Star and/or the Hart Trophy in this, supposedly his last year in the game.</p><p>Quite unobtrusively Smythe, who himself hangs up his tonsils in February, happened to mention on the television Saturday night that it was high time Teeder was accorded the recognition he has richly deserved but never captured in 11 years of pursuit.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01159/1179133-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="300" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Conn Smythe</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02135/1179126-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="292" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Kennedy</b></figcaption></div><p>Later, in the press room after the subject had put it out of reach of the Rangers with one of the most perfect goals of the season, Smythe had an audience that nodded mechanically white he orated. Unfortunately for the success of his venture his raves can only fall on the ears of three of the voters.</p><p>It is highly probable that the other 15 ballot-casters will continue to blithely by-pass a plugger who has given the game everything to his toenails. In spit of Smythe&rsquo;s suspicion that after all these years Of stickhandling around Kennedy when it comes selection time, that they are beginning to feel their necks.</p><p>It would be repetitious to enter into the merits of the individual. It has been done too often to bear repeating. All the adjectives have been used up. The most amazing angle to his inability to collect a league bonus has been that, over the years, he has probably collected all three votes from Toronto the greatest percentage of the time. For, if the selectors have not been swayed by Smythe&rsquo;s silver-tongued oratory, they have bent over backwards to avoid being influenced and still found themselves voting for Kennedy for the Hart because they believed that he deserved it. That he shouldn&rsquo;t get a working percentage of the 15 other votes throughout the league is the mystery.</p><h2><b>No Feelings Hurt</b></h2><p>It is no secret that subtle pressures are applied by every league club. Just a couple of years ago one Montreal newspaperman asked to be relieved of the responsibility of voting because he had been needled by club officials for picking-Gord Howe as the All-Star right winger over Maurice Richard.</p><p>To all intents and purposes that situation has been cleared up and was only in effect in the first place because Canadlen brass was trusted with the responsibility of making up a composite vote out of the selections of nearly 20 sportswriters and sportscasters. All of whom had to get a ballot to complete so that no one&rsquo;s feelings would be hurt.</p><p>There are still, so far as it is known, about the same number of people voting but now the ballots are sent directly to league headquarters where they are examined by President Clarence Campbell and then, with all the rest of them, burned. Or so it is to be hoped.</p><p>The shortcoming of that system is that there can only be one composite vote so all three ballots allotted to Montreal turn out identical. If, say, 11 of 20 vote Richard as the Hart winner he collects 15 points on the basis of topping three ballots.</p><p>Operating under the system employed in all of the other five cities, where three individuals vote, it is conceivable that at least one might be cast in favor of another party which would at least provide a bit more of an even split.</p><h2><b>Mike Hammer For Centre</b></h2><p>Even exploiting the newspapermen and giving them a vote in the first place is probably not the best system. It&rsquo;s employed in the selection of major league baseball all-star teams but the voters are people who see the majority of games because they travel with the club. Toronto is the only club in the NHL which sends three scribes on the out-of-town junkets. One French newspaper in Montreal sends a representative on every trip. The other cities are content with sending a party of key-pounders on a swing through the circuit once a year.</p><p>On top of that hockey is greeted by some in certain league cities with some detachment. In Chicago there used to be a veteran sports writer who would read True Detective throughout the action, uncannily somehow know when the game was over and pound out a piece on something he hadn&rsquo;t seen.</p><p>When it came time to fill out a ballot he either consulted with the club officials to see what they thought or. else just filled out the thing by Braille or force of habit. It is not surprising, therefore, to discover people like Ivan Irwin emerging with a vote for the Lady Byng. That kind of a selector can cancel out a vote from a type who plants his nose on the rail and honestly tries to be conscientious about his picks.</p><p>What the solution might be is a problem. They took away the voting from the coaches a few years ago because there was some finagling. One of the voters went for a goalie for the All-Stars who obviously wasn&rsquo;t in the running so that there would be more of a split and his own man would stand a better chance.</p><p>Maybe the fans could handle it. Maybe the players themselves if you prohibited them from voting for their own teammates. Possibly a ballot from each captain, generally conscientious types, after conferring with the other chaps on the club.</p><p>Maybe it&rsquo;s better left the way it is, at that. Just as long as Kennedy wins the Hart, eh?<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NEWS on SPORT

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03102/1179164-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WALLY HERGESHEIMER&hellip; &hellip;He&rsquo;ll Be Missed</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>In his 14th game of the season, after a lengthy convalescent period following a leg fracture, Wally Hergesheimer again cracked up&mdash;and in the same general area as the previous fracture.</p><p>It came as a severe blow to the Rangers, already in the throes of a long stretch of ties and losses, at a time when they were counting on Hergesheimer to put extra punch in the lineup.</p><p>Hergesheimer had scored a goal a few minutes before the injury. It had put the Rangers in a 1-1 tie with Toronto in Maple Leaf Gardens, and for Hergy it was his fourth goal since coming back and his second in three games.</p><p>Coach Muzz Patrick had been saying: &ldquo;Hergy is looking like himself. His first two weeks, they were like fall training. But he is now the old Hergesheimer and we ought to get a lot of goals from his line.&rdquo;</p><p>Hergy&rsquo;s line had Paul Ronty at center and Ron Murphy on a left wing, and it was getting a few starting assignments. On the fateful play, Hergesheimer passed off to Murphy near the Ranger bench. He was between Ted Kennedy and the boards, and in attempting to get clear he tripped over Kennedy&rsquo;s leg and hit the ice in pain. First diagnosis was that Hergy&rsquo;s leg was bruised, but later X-rays revealed a transverse fracture of the left tibia.</p><h2>Nobody at Fault</h2><p>Nobody was at fault on the play, according to Frank Boucher and Muzz Patrick, and it was written off as an unfortunate occurrence that will put Hergesheimer out for the balance of the season. A cast was put on the little guy&rsquo;s leg in Toronto General Hospital, and he rejoined the Rangers that night for the train ride back to New York.</p><p>Instead of going home, however, Hergesheimer checked into Manhattan&rsquo;s St. Clare&rsquo;s Hospital where on Tuesday, Dec. 21, a bone grafting operation was performed, from Hergy&rsquo;s hip to his leg. Reporters who took a dim view of the little right winger&rsquo;s future were told by Ranger physician Dr. Vincent A. Nardiello that &ldquo;the leg ought to be stronger than ever, come next season.&rdquo;</p><p>Be that as it may, the Rangers will have to struggle along without a player who scored anywhere from 26 to 30 goals a season for three straight years, and there have been no expressions of sympathy reaching, the front office in the aftermath of the setback.</p><p>Boucher, however, acted quickly to find an immediate replacement for Hergesheimer. The Rangers met the Leafs in the second half of a home-and-home series the following night, and 20-year-old Billy McCreary, a 175-pound winger with the Guelph Biltmores of the OHA juniors, was called up.</p><p>For McCreary, it was his third game in as many nights, the first two being overtime affairs, one of which Billy himself broke up with a goal. He had appeared in two Ranger games the previous season, both on the road. So this was his Madison Square Garden debut, and he won over the crowd with his alertness and aggressiveness.</p><h2>Longer Look</h2><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether he&rsquo;s ready for this league,&rdquo; Boucher said later, &ldquo;but he certainly didn&rsquo;t seem out of place in that first game. I&rsquo;d like to look at him a little longer before we make up our minds.&rdquo;</p><p>A precocious youngster, McCreary was with the Guelphs in 1951-52, the year they won the Memorial Cup. He turned 17 in mid-season of that year, playing on a line with the same Ron Murphy and Chuck Henderson. A lefthanded shot, he&rsquo;s at home on the right wing. He got off one pass from that wing which led directly to a goal as the Rangers came from behind to get a 3-3 tie.</p><p>With McCreary in the lineup, the Rangers become younger than ever. But that is only incidental. Boucher&rsquo;s prime job is to keep the Blues in playoff contention, if not in fourth place, and he&rsquo;s got to do it without much hope of making a deal with another big league club. There seems to be an impression abroad that the Rangers are crying with a loaf of bread under each arm. Nobody in the big city has seen any tears in hockey headquarters here, and if the Rangers aren&rsquo;t starving for victories they must be fooling alot of fans who can&rsquo;t seem to re call the last time they won a game.</p><p>The slogan in this town is: &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s get mean.&rdquo; At least, it&rsquo;s Patrick&rsquo;s clarion call. Says Muzz! &ldquo;The only kind of sportsmanship a hockey player understands is a body check.&rdquo;</p><p>Apparently Patrick&rsquo;s message didn&rsquo;t fall on deaf ears. A few days later, the Rangers&rsquo; defense battalion of Jack Evans and Harry Howell took on Eric Nesterenko and Ted Kennedy in a battle royal on the Garden ice, which became somewhat complicated when Geo. Armstrong meddled into the Howell-Kennedy affair.</p><p>One New York reporter described this game as &ldquo;the best fight card in the Garden since pretelevision days.&rdquo; Whatever it was, hockey fans took heart over Ranger rumpuses, so that for the moment, at least, forgotten was the dearth of victories.</p><p>A week after it happened, the news leaked that silent Larry Popein became father of a second daughter and third child&hellip;Ties were becoming altogether too frequent in Gotham, four of five games ending that way&hellip;Murphy has picked up in his scoring, and, at the same time, in confidence, and he looks now like a kid who eventually will be as good as he appeared to be as a junior&hellip;Andy Bathge slumped off, due perhaps to slight shoulder separation that interfered with his shooting&hellip;Rangers got that 3-3 tie with Toronto with only six seconds to go and Gump Worsley out of goal&mdash;first time pulling a goalie worked for them. Has any other club succeeded in getting a tie with the goalie out this year?&hellip;Hergesheimer&rsquo;s bride of a few months, former Ruth Appler, at his hospital bedside&hellip;</p><h2><b>Out For Season</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Blues Call Up Billy McCreary From Guelph To Replace Hergy

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“NO CELEBRATION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT IT. THAT’S THE NEW LABATT ‘50’ LABEL”

<div class="byline">By Marshall Hann</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01192/1179233-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="307" height="454"></div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Our heroes this week shall be known as Terry, Lippy, Red, Carl, Walter, Bill and Jack.</p><p>Since those happen to, be their real names, any similarity to living persons you might know is no sheer coincidence.</p><p>Terry is a goaltender for a prominent Detroit hockey team. We&rsquo;ll get back to him in a minute.</p><p>Lippy is a Broadway character. (Not really on Broadway since his stand is on Eighth Avenue across the street from Madison Square Garden and that&rsquo;s a full block from Broadway.)</p><p>Lippy is a ticket broker and a hockey fan. He enjoys passing the time of day with hockey people who are his favorite people.</p><p>Certainly he doesn&rsquo;t talk much business with them. Hockey players get no tickets to pass along except at the full price. And nobody gets rich scalping Ranger tickets these days.</p><p>On with the plot.</p><p>True or false, Terry drops in to fan the hockey breeze one recent day while his Detroit team is visiting in New York. Something Terry says and something Lippy hears must have been different.</p><p>Out of their chat comes a yarn and it mushrooms as a bunch of gabby gossips (Red, Carl, Walter and Bill) take it along the hockey trails.</p><p>Lippy tells Red, who is a referee.</p><p>Red tells Carl, who is a chief referee.</p><p>Carl tells Walter, who owns a prominent Boston team.</p><p>Walter tells Bill, who is a Boston sports writer.</p><p>Bill tells nobody. He writes a story, instead.</p><p>Maybe you remember the story: It says Terry is quitting hockey right now because his eyesight is slipping.</p><p>This story is printed in a Detroit newspaper and you never saw such excitement. Jack, who is a general manager of the same prominent Detroit team, is in a tailspin waiting for Terry to get home.</p><p>&ldquo;NO!&rdquo; Terry yells when he sees what&rsquo;s in the papers.</p><p>&ldquo;It ain&rsquo;t true!&rdquo;</p><p>Terry also gets hot under the collar. Being a goalie, he is sensitive to people taking cracks at his eyesight.</p><p>Then everyone else gets the word. They also agree, happily, that it was all a mistake. Everyone says he&rsquo;s sorry it happened.</p><p>Our little plot ends, with only one minor result.</p><p>Terry isn&rsquo;t having any part of LiPPy on future visits to New York City.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Not True&rdquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02141/1179226-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="564" height="587"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TERRY SAWCHUK</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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on Thin ice

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03108/1179271-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg"></div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>When young Henry Bassen stepped into the Black Hawk cage for Al Rollins two weeks ago, General Manager Tommy Ivan wanted it made clear that the main reason for the change was to give the Hart trophy winner of last season a chance to train a trenuine rest.</p><p>It was no secret that Rollins appeared to be in a frayed mental state as the result of the way Chicago hockey fortunes had been slipping since the start of the 1954-55 schedule and he was physically ill after a 4-3 loss to Detroit a week before Bassen&rsquo;s arrival.</p><p>Al looked quite chipper when he strolled into the dressing room after the 6-1 conquering of Boston with Bassen in the cage. While admitting that even watching was pretty much of a burden on your nerves, he seemed to be looking better than he had&rsquo; in weeks.</p><p>Without saying who might play the nets in the next Chicago game, Ivan reminded that there would be a whole week in which to make that decision and it would also be a week in which Rollins could gain still more in the way of resting from the previous strain on his mind.</p><p>The Bassen for Rollins alteration brought immediate queries from unknowing writers concerning Al&rsquo;s future with the team. Was he on the way out or due to be traded, they wondered, and finally asked Ivan when the arrival of &ldquo;Hank&rdquo; was definitely established.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve said it before and I&rsquo;ll say it again,&rdquo; Tommy maintained, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll trade or deal for anyone if it will help us.&rdquo; It would appear at this stage, however, that the Hawks may at last have a lineup that will develop into a good enough club to continue representing Chicago for the rest of the season.</p><p>The resting of Rollins this time resulted in a distinct opposite from the happenings which transpired last season when he was sidelined with chickenpox. That time, too many Hawk fans still recall, Jean Marois and Jack Gelineau filled in and were peppered with 29 pucks in just four contests.</p><p>Al&rsquo;s return that time was mandatory as soon as possible, but this time he should be able to rest easier in the knowledge that a real promising newcomer is taking good care of the Black Hawk nets during his relaxation for recovery to the stature which earned him the respect of the entire hockey world last year.</p><h2><b>Nerve-Wracking?</b></h2><h2><b>Gear-Packing!</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0477/1179264-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1156" height="864"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>AL ROLLINS&hellip; &hellip;A Rest at Last</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Frayed Nerves Gets Al Rollins Rest; Ivan Reiterates: “Everyone Dispensable”

<div class="byline">Booth</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>The Black Hawks are hoping they can skate through the new year in the same convincing way that they concluded the old as their 1954 home ice schedule ran out December 19. With young Henry Bassen making his big time debut in the nets, the club rollicked to a 6-1 triumph over Boston.</p><p>It was only the second win for the squad in 14 games at the Stadium, but it&rsquo;s hoped that it was enough to help end a jinx which the Beantowners have seemingly held over Chicago. The Hawks came off with just one victory in the 14 meetings of the teams last season and had lost the first four this year.</p><p>The old psychological factor which finds a squad skating and checking with more zest for a new goalie was evident all the way. Though he had only 20 shots to handle, rookie Bassen showed very well for his initial test in the National Hockey League.</p><p>An apple-cheeked newcomer who grew up and learned his hockey ways out Calgary way, he was noticeably nervous and wiped his brow with regularity. &ldquo;Hank&rdquo; was within five minutes of a shutout in his initial try when fate intervened in the form of a clean breakaway by Real Chevrefils.</p><p>Up to that point and the rest of the way, however, he presented a stout wall across the Chicago cage in holding off several strong Bruin drives. He displayed exceedingly fast hands several times and his actions were with a nonchalance seldom seen among net-minding newcomers.</p><p>He was also very alert when the opposition&rsquo;s attack became screened by bodies, legs and sticks and hopped about with amazing speed to keep track of things. He kept his eyes as near the ice as possible during most of these instances to see the puck as much as possible.</p><p>All of these actions and his overall display gained hearty applause from his teammates after the game and one of the broadest smiles was on the face of the man for whom he was filling in, Al Rollins. Al was quick to admit that &ldquo;Hank&rdquo; had done darn well for himself.</p><p>Bassen, who doesn&rsquo;t look the <i>22</i> years he is in age, was quick to shake off compliments with a modest, &ldquo;Thank you.&rdquo; Throwing some nice words back, he added, &ldquo;Gee, they sure played well tonight&hellip;they gave me some wonderful protection every time that I needed it.&rdquo;</p><p>He has developed rapidly since winning All-Star. recognition in junior ranks with the Calgary Buffaloes two years ago. Turned pro by Chicago this fall, he went to Buffalo where he had recorded a 3.39 goals against average in 28 games in the high scoring American League. He captured two shutouts.</p><p>General Manager Tommy Ivan, impressed with &ldquo;Hank&rdquo; ever since he saw him work at training camp in September, felt even better after the Boston game, but his immediate concern was with the possibility of being able to keep the youngster for at least the foreseeable future.</p><p>&ldquo;I slept on the thought of giving Al (Rollins) a rest and then made up my mind in the morning. I called Buffalo and they were very nice in getting him on the first plane for Chicago available.&rdquo; The Bisons, in the meantime, had to turn to a young fellow still playing junior hockey.</p><p>Tommy explained that he would practically have to come up with a better replacement to be able to hang on to Bassen. &ldquo;After all,&rdquo; he disclosed, &ldquo;he won, 5 to 1, the night before we sent for him and had a shutout the game before that. You couldn&rsquo;t blame them for wanting to hold tight to the kid.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hank Bassen Sensational In Pro Debut

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>O</span>ver the Christmas weekend, the last place Chicago Black Hawks managed to play two games without a loss, both contests ending in draws, 3-3 with the Boston Bruins on Christmas Day in Boston and 4-4 the following night in New York against the Rangers.</b></p><p><b>A player who played a prominent part in both ties was Nick Mickoski, recently acquired by the Hawks from the Rangers.</b></p><p><b>In Boston he scored what would have been the winner had not Doug Mohns salvaged the tie for the Bruins with a last-minute goal.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0963/1179427-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="317" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Nick Mickoski</b></figcaption></div><p><b>In New York the following evening, Mickoski scored late in the third period to get the Hawks the tie with his former mates. Earlier in this contest, Nick had helped set up defenseman Allan Stanley for the Chi-Hawks&rsquo; third goal of the contest.</b></p><p><b>Mickoski now has scored four goals and has 19 assists for the season in 33 games, 15 as a Black Hawk and 18 as a Ranger. Although his goal output is comparatively low, Nick scores when he&rsquo;s needed, notching the &ldquo;Big Ones&rdquo;.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player-of-the-Week

<h2><b>Two For Rookie</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen rookie Donny Marshall of (he Montreal Canadiens scored two goals against the New York Rangers on December 25. they were the first and second goals of his NHL career to date.</p><h2><b>Doug Tops</b></h2><p>Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens leads all NHL defensemen in the matter of assists. He picked up fwo more in the Habs&rsquo; 4-1 victory over New York Rangers on Christmas Day to boost his total to 22.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON WED. A.M. DEC. 29</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01177/1179396-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="606" height="198"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED WEEK ENDING DEC EMBER 26th</h3><p>Wed. Dec. 22nd&mdash;Detroit 2 at Rangers 2</p><p>Sat. Dec. 25th&mdash;Rangers 1 at Canadiens 4</p><p>Sat. Dec. 25th&mdash;Detroit 3 at Toronto 2</p><p>Sat. Dec. 25th&mdash;Chicoga 3 at Boston 3</p><p>Sun. Dec. 26th&mdash;Toronto 1 at Detroit 1</p><p>Sun, Dec. 26th&mdash;Chicago 4 at Rangers 4</p><h3>SCHEDULED GAMES FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 2nd</h3><p>Wed. Dec. 29th&mdash;Canadiens at Toronto</p><p>Thurs. Dec. 3D th&mdash;Chicago at Canadiens</p><p>Thurs. Dec. 30th&mdash;Toronto at Detroit</p><p>Thurs. Dec. 30th&mdash;Boston at Rangers</p><p>Sat. Jan. 1st&mdash;Detroit at Canadiens Sat.</p><p>Jan. 1st&mdash;Chicago at Toronto Sat.</p><p>Jan. 1st&mdash;Rangers at Boston</p><p>Sun. Jan. 2nd&mdash;Canadiens at Detroit</p><p>Sun. Jan. 2nd&mdash;Toronto at Chicago</p><p>Sun. Jan. 2nd&mdash;Boston at Rangers</p><p>Individual scoring records are:</p><h3>WEDNESDAY&rsquo;, DECEMBER 22 Detroit 2 at New York 2</h3><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Woit, Allen; forwards: Leswick, Howe, Delvecchio, Pavelioh, Skov, Reibel, Davis, Wilson, Dineen, Stasiuk, Bonin.</p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Irwin, Howell, Gadsby, Chrystal, Evans; forwards: Raleigh, Ronty, Laprade, Guldolin, Bathgate, Murphy, Conacher, Prentice, Popein, McCreary, Lewickl.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02157/1179389-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="605" height="399"></div><h3>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25 New York 1 at Montreal 4</h3><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal, Worsley; defence: H. Howell, Elvans, Irwin, Gadsby, Chrystals forwards; Ronty, R. Howell, Murphy, Raleigh, Laprade, Guidolin, Bathgate, Conacher, Prentice, Popein, Lewioki.</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Bouchard, Johnson, St. Laurent, Harvey, MacPherson; forwards; Mosdell, Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olinstead, Marshall, Curry, Masnick.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03126/1179382-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="606" height="526"></div><h3>Detroit 8 at Toronto 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04109/1179375-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="608" height="589"></div><h3>Chicago 3 at Boston 3</h3><p><b>Chicago</b>&mdash;Goal: Bassen; defense: Martin, Stanley, Mortson, Hollingworth; forwards: Creighton, Sullivan, Prystai, McIntyre, Litzenberger, Watson, McCormack, Mickoski, Wilson, Mosienko, Jankowski, Toppazzini.</p><p><b>Boston</b>&mdash;Goal: Henderson; defense: Flaman, Godfrey, Laycoe, Armstrong, Boivin, Quackenbush; forwards: Mackell, Sandford, Mohns, Gardner, Costello, Ferguson, McKenney, Chevrefils, Bodnar.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0588/1179368-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="602" height="536"></div><h3>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26 Chicago 4 at New York 4</h3><p><b>Chicago</b>&mdash;Goal: Bassen; defense: Martin, Stanley, Mortson, Hollingworth; forwards: Creighton, Sullivan, Prystail, McIntyre, Litzenberger, Watson, McCormack, Mickoski, Wilson, Mosienko, Jankowski, Toppazzini.</p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Irwin, Howell, Chrystal, Gadsby, Evans; forwards: Popein, Bathgate, Conacher, Ronty, Laprade, Guidolin, Murphy, Prentice, Lewicki.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0678/1179361-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="608" height="664"></div><h3>Toronto 1 at Detroit 1</h3><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Morrison, Horton, Thomson, Cahan, Bolton; forwards: Kennedy, Nesterenko, Smith, Armstrong, Stewart, Migay, Sloan, McDonald, Marshall, Klukay.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Woit, Allen; forwards: Skov, Pavelich, Leswick, Delvecchio, Howe, Wilson, Reibel, Dineen, Bonin, Stasiuk, Davis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0769/1179354-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="600" height="416"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun., Dec. 26)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0864/1179347-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="597" height="4212"></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/f0010-01192/1179340-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="602" height="510"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02153/1179333-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="600" height="180"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1146/1179326-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="1730" height="818"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>By detaining-Eric Nesterenko for after school sessions, the Toronto Maple Leafs have changed their greatest disappointment into their most pleasant surprise.</p><p>A sulky and somewhat lethargic adolescent through the early stages of the season, the 21-year-old right winger underwent hours of special drills with Coach King Clancy to emerge a mature hockey player.</p><p>Instead of wheeling to retaliate at. the slightest tap on the shoulder, Eric began to laugh oft his agitators. And instead of sulking when he was. beaten on a shot, he commenced to work for another.</p><p>The result has been a stepped up production by both himself and his line. After contributing only two goals through the first two months of the season, he fired five in three weeks. And he helped the Ted Kennedy-Sid Smith line to top all Leaf unites with a 27-goal output by Christmas.</p><p>Eric didn&rsquo;t try to conceal his agitation when Clancy first singled him out for special tutilege following the regular Leaf practise periods. But since the extra work began paying dividends, the youngster has been annoyed instead by Acting General Manager Hap Day&rsquo;s orders to finish practise with the rest of the club.</p><p>The one-time wonder boy can now be considered a man.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

‘Nesty’s’ After School Lessons Paying Off For Maple Leafs

<div class="byline">By MARGARET SCOTT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03133/1179482-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="300" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jean Beliveau</b></figcaption></div><p><b>STATISTICS</b>:</p><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>orn in Three Rivers, P.Q., August 31, 1931. 6&rsquo;3&rdquo;, 205 lbs. Plays centre, shoots left. Turned pro with Canadiens in 1952-53, after having a fabulous amateur career in Quebec.</p><p><b>SUPERSTITION&mdash;IF ANY</b>:</p><p>Has none at all.</p><p><b>FAVORITE FOOD</b></p><p><b>BEFORE A GAME</b>:</p><p>Steak, and it must be cooked rare.</p><p><b>FAVORITE PLACE</b></p><p><b>TO LIVE</b>:</p><p>Montreal and Quebec City.</p><p><b>FAVORITE PLACE</b></p><p><b>TO VISIT</b>:</p><p>Though he is a well travelled young man, Jean has not yet been to the West Coast and he is looking forward to seeing that part of the country.</p><p><b>FAVORITE NHL CITY ON A ROAD GAME</b>:</p><p>Detroit.</p><p><b>FAVORITE</b></p><p><b>READING MATERIAL</b>:</p><p>French Novels (no western or gangster stories.)</p><p><b>FAVORITE RECREATION</b>:</p><p>Reading, which he does at every spare moment. He also enjoys watching TV.</p><p><b>MOST ENJOYABLE MOVIE</b>:</p><p>&ldquo;The Last Time I Saw Paris&rdquo;.</p><p><b>BEST ACTRESSES</b>:</p><p>Barbara Stanwyck (no hesitation about that.)</p><p><b>BEST ACTOR</b>:</p><p>Gregory Peck.</p><p><b>FAVORITE GIRL VOCALIST</b>:</p><p>Rosemary Clooney.</p><p><b>FAVORITE MALE VOCALIST</b>:</p><p>Tony Martin.</p><p><b>FAVORITE POPULAR SONG</b>:</p><p>&ldquo;Count Your Blessings&rdquo;.</p><p><b>FAVORITE ORCHESTRA</b>:</p><p>Glenn Miller.</p><p><b>FAVORITE TV PROGRAM</b>:</p><p>Ed Sullivan and Jackie Gleason rate high on Jean&rsquo;s list, but he doesn&rsquo;t get the opportunity to see them very often. He also enjoys good plays.</p><p><b>IN THE SUMMER</b>:</p><p>Works for Molson&rsquo;s Brewery (it&rsquo;s) really a year round job). Makes his home in Quebec and in his few leisure moments plays a little golf, shooting 85 pretty regularly.</p><p><b>GREATEST THRILL IN HOCKEY</b>:</p><p>Signing his contract with Canadiens.</p><p><b>TOUGHEST OPPOSING GOALTENDER</b>:</p><p>Terry Sawchuck.</p><p><b>TOUGHEST OPPOSING DEFENSEMAN</b>:</p><p>Fern Flaman.</p><p><b>TOUGHEST OPPOSING FORWARD</b>:</p><p>Couldn&rsquo;t single one out, because he claims he has trouble with all his opponents.</p><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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INSIDE STUFF About Jean Beliveau

<h2><b>Steady Eddie</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>ddie Olson of the Cleveland Barton, is the leading goal-getter in the American Hockey League. He has scored 24 in the first 29 games. Eddie, an American-born player, is second in the scoring behind linemate Freddie Glover.</p><h2><b>Tops here too!</b></h2><p>Hank Bassen, the elongated goalie, who was called up by the Chicago Black Hawks when Frankie Eddolls decided that Al Rollins needed a rest, has shown his versatility in two leagues. When he left Buffalo he was leading the goalies in shutouts with two.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON TUES. A.M. DEC. 28</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01191/1179555-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="612" height="196"></div><h3>SATURDAY, DEC. 25 Buffalo 1 at Cleveland 8</h3><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;John McLellan scored three times and Eddie Olson, the American Hockey League&rsquo;s leading goal-getter, twice as Cleveland Barons swamped Buffalo Bisons 8-1.</p><p>McLellan brought his goal production to 13 for the season and Olson scored his 23rd and 24th as the Barons led 1-1 in the first period, made it 6-1 in the second and added another pair of goals in the third.</p><p>Frank Sullivan got the lone Buffalo goal While Billy Ford, Jim Farelli and Jackie Gordon got the other Cleveland goals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02156/1179548-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="624" height="712"></div><h3>Springfield 4 at Hershey 2</h3><p>HERSHEY&mdash;Jim Anderson, 24-year-old left winger from Pembrooke, Ont., and leading Goalgetter for Springfield, got his 18th and 19th goals of the American Hockey League season as he led the Indians to a 4-2 victory over Hershey Bears.</p><p>However, what turned out to be the winning goal was booted into the net by Hershey player Ed Kryzanowski in the second period. Doug McMurdy got eredit for the tally.</p><p>The other Springfield goal was by Harry Pidhirny while Gord Wilson and Norm Corcoran scored for Hershey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03131/1179541-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="612" height="454"></div><h3>SUNDAY DEC. 26 Cleveland 2 at Buffalo 3</h3><p>BUFFALO, NY&mdash;The Buffalo Bisons scored three goals in the second period to defeat the Cleveland Barons 3-2 in an American Hockey League game at Memorial Auditorium.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04100/1179534-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="604" height="490"></div><h3>Hershey 5 at Providence 6</h3><p>PROVIDENCH, RI&mdash;Pete Kapusta scored his second goal of the night in overtime to give Providence Reds a 6-5 victory over Hershey Bears in an American Hockey League game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0585/1179527-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="630" height="1021"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><h3>(Including games of Sun. Dec. 26)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0769/1179520-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="598" height="532"></div><h3>Leaders</h3><p>Most Goals&mdash;Eddie Olson, Cleveland, 24.</p><p>Most Assists&mdash;Jackie Gordon, Cleveland, 30.</p><p>Best Goalie&mdash;Don Simmons, Springfield, 21, 59, 1, 2.81.</p><p>Most Shutouts&mdash;Hank Bassen, Buffalo, 2.</p><p>Most Penalized Played&mdash;Pat Egan, Providence, 78 mts.</p><p>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Buffalo, 429 mts.</p><h2><b>Palamar Pursues Pesky Puck</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0677/1179513-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="2288" height="1492"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ED PALAMAR</b> of the Springfield Indians chases the puck after Brent McNab (3) of the Indians and Eddy Olson (6) of the Cleveland Barons spill themselves in the earlier attempt. To the extreme left is Jackie Gordon.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By Paul G. Sullivan</div><p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>ITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;Howie Meeker&rsquo;s previously reported prediction that his Pittsburgh Hornets would be up there challenging for top position in the American Hockey League race by Christmas has held up handsomely!</p><p>The Hornets hit smack on the Yuletide taregt exactly a point behind front-running Springfield with the rest of the pack rolling along menacingly in the rear. That sets up youthful Howie as a pretty fair prophet&mdash;and an even handier coach.</p><p>Where the Pittsburghers go from there, of course, remains to be determined by the running of the calendar and certain somewhat more dynamic factors. It&rsquo;s a reasonable guess, however, that the club will keep moving at a satisfactory pace, for its experienced men are still young enough not to lag in the stretch and its freshmen are &ldquo;comers&rdquo; who should improve as they pile up playing time in the ruggde company of the AHL.</p><p>A point doubtless gratifying to their boss is the recent indication that veteran forwards Bob Solinger and Andy Barbe are beginning to find the net. These sharpshooting flankers should be good for better than 20 tallies&mdash;if not 25 or 30&mdash;apiece over the stretch of the winter.</p><p>Early returns, unfortunately, saw both blond Bobby and Andy the A-Bomb trailing pretty dismally. Solly collected a few markers here and there, but his starboard running-mate, convalescing slowly from a late-summer operation that kept him out of pre-season training altogether, simply couldn&rsquo;t strike pay-dirt.</p><p>Brian Cullen, celebrated rookie center of the 1954 Memorial Cup-winning St. Satharine Teepees, took over the pivot assignment between Solinger and Barbe upon his Steel City advent from Toronto in November. It has taken the trio a bit of time to adjust to the new combination, but mid&mdash;and latter&mdash;December brought effectiveness that included for Barbe a clutch spurt at Buffalo to bring-Pittsburgh exclusive occupancy of second place as a welcome Christmas gift.</p><p>Thus far the Hornets have suffered from two basic difficulties: lack of a real, pistol-toting game-buster up front and a tendency to open the inside gates on defense. The former dearth is reflected in the team&rsquo;s remarkable cluster of seven ties, the latter in chronic first-period slips that have compelled the Meeker outfit to go in for the ice equivalent of deficit financing in many of its tussles.</p><p>Another hazard to Hornet weal has been inability to clear the puck out of the Pittsburgh end of the rink in the face of hostile pressure. This weakness, with consequent allowance of extra blasts at goaler Gil (The Needle) Mayer when the little guy is striving to retrieve equilibrum after dves and splits, has cost many a critical counter.</p><p>Appraised against the rest of the American League field, the Toronto farmhands shape up with the best. The loop, as a matter of fact, enjoys the happy situation of being more than ordinarily well-balanced this year, every contender packing power enough to threaten all rivals.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Meeker’s Prediction That Homests Would Be “Up There” Comes True

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0961/1179617-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="390" height="2143"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0867/1179610-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="513" height="448"></div><p><b>With Boots Made of Genuine</b></p><p><b>KANGAROO LEATHER</b></p><p>why? Because KANGAROO leather combines lightness and flexibility with rugged durability to give you a more comfortable skating shoe&hellip;one that allows more freedom of movement&hellip;stays new-looking years longer. This superior quality shoe is Skillfully matched with a precision-built C.C.M. skate blade. No wonder you skate better&hellip;enjoy skating more on C.C.M.&rsquo;s.</p><p><b>SEE YOUR C&middot;C&middot;M&middot;DEALER</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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You’ll Skate Better on C·C·M’s

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01202/1179655-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>IN A PLAYFUL MOOD,</b> Eddie Shore, left, owner of the Springfield Indians, presents rival Lou Pieri, owner of the Rhode Island Reds, with a replica of the Reds&rsquo; symbol, the Rhode Island rooster. Shore&rsquo;s Indians are currently right up with the leaders in the AHL while Pieri&rsquo;s Reds are supplying Providence hockey fans with some of the most colorful hockey they&rsquo;ve had the pleasure of watching in many seasons.</figcaption></div><p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>Playing goal in 500 American Hockey League games is quite an accomplishment in itself, but when the goaltender plays the 500th game in spite of the fact that he was running a temperature of 103 degrees, the record is even all the more impressive.</p><p>Hershey&rsquo;s Gordie &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Henry turned the trick on December 15, as the Bears handed the Cleveland Barons a 9-3 shellacking. Although he was groggy from several shots of penicillin In an effort to combat a tonsil Infection, the big redhead insisted on taking his place in the Hershey cage. It was touch and go right up to game time whether he&rsquo;d be able to don the pads, but like the actors who adhere to the code of the theater that &ldquo;the show must go on,&rdquo; Henry went out and did his job.</p><h2>Holds Records</h2><p>Holder of three AHL goaltending records, the 28-year-old cage cop last year surpassed the 464 game mark previously held by Nick Damore, another Hershey netminder. In addition, Henry holds the mark for Calder Cup shut-outs&mdash;five&mdash;set in 1946-47, as well as posting the lowest goals allowed average&mdash;1.45&mdash;also established in 1946-47.</p><p>Hershey&rsquo;s coach Murray Henderson, meantime, has put together a potent scoring combo in the persons of Arnie Kullman, Obie O&rsquo;Brien and Dunc Fisher, in an effort to get the maximum fire power from his No. 1 line.&rsquo;</p><p>Fisher, who last year tabbed 41 goals, was brought up from Gordie Wilson&rsquo;s unit to replace Norm Corcoran, who had been playing right wing alongside Kullman since the start of the campaign.</p><p>The move paid off handsomely, too. for Fisher immediately took over as chief of the Bears&rsquo; lamplighting department. The former Boston Bruin, who was acquired by Hershey at the start of the season, had punched home 15 goals in 28 games.</p><p>Kullman had an even dozen and O&rsquo;Brien, eleven, in the same number of contests. Point-wise, the trio had registered 38 goals and 50 assists.</p><p>Corcoran, meanwhile, took over right wing alongside of Skip Teal, sophomore center, and Kenny Smith, former Rhode Island Red, who had been used largely as an extra man, earned himself a regular berth as Teal&rsquo;s left winger. Although these forwards accounted for only 18 goals between them, &ndash; they have shown signs of coming alive since being put to gether as a unit. In fact, both Smith and Teal registered a pair of scores in the second game the line played together.</p><p>Meanwhile, Gordie Wilson, who is now flanked by Fred Pletsch and Lionel Heinrich, has collected 14 of his line&rsquo;s 24 scores. Pietsch has scored six times and Heinrich, four.</p><h2>Shore Gives Pieri The Bird</h2><h2><b>Had Tonsil Infection</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02151/1179648-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1153" height="1648"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDON (Red) HENRY</b></figcaption></div><div class="sidebar"><p>George Stockwell, Trainer of the Toronto Argonaut, Football Club, uses and endorses Bike supports and Bike Trainers Tape.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Gordie Henry Plays 500th AHL Game Despite Temperature of 103 Degrees

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y&mdash;</p><p>Versatility in one&rsquo;s profession or occupation is always an asset to success, and defenseman, center, left wing and right wing Joe Lund of the Cleveland Barons is an outstanding example of a hockey player having that wonderful faculty. Joe has played all of those positions in his American Hockey League career, as a matter of fact played them all in one game on December 11, and just because goaltender was not listed doesn&rsquo;t mean that he probably could not have done a good job at that only remaining station in hockey, too.</p><p>Joe had his greatest night of proving he could play anywhere that game, and in doing so, he enjoyed the most successful game in his career. He did more than his share in the scoring jamboree that took place, as Cleveland defeated the Springfield Indians by 12 to 0, by piling up a total of 7 points on 3 goals and 4 assists. More remarkable, each of his goals was scored While working with a different set of linemates, as he moved from one position to the other. His 7 points fell just one short of the AHL record of 8 in a game, which was set away back in 1945, by two players in the same game, Bob Grade and Bob Walton of Pittsburgh.</p><p>His accomplishments that night also enabled him to pass the three century mark in league scoring points, as he boosted his total to 303 on 94 goals and 209 assists since entering the AHL in the 1947-48 season with St. Louis. Since then Joe has been all over the league, playing at various times with Indianapolis, Buffalo, Cleveland and Providence. Of the five teams with which he has played. Providence is the only one to which he did not make two trips as a home base, as he has doubled up with each of the other four, returning after playing with one of the others. One of the reasons for so many moves is his ability to play any position, thus he is always in demand by some club which happens to be short in a certain spot at one time or another. One thing is certain, and that is the team that does trade him always gets a valuable player in return, and even then regrets the deal and tries to get him back. This has been said by every team that has had his services.</p><p>Joe is one of the very few players in hockey who were born in Europe, his birthplace being Helsingfors, Finland, where his natal day was September 15, 1927. He and his older brother Pentti, who formerly starred with Hershey, New York and Boston in hockey, made the long trip across the ocean all by themselves, when Pentti was six and Joe four. Their parents had come to Canada before them, and when the home was set up, the boys who had been staying in Finland with relatives were shipped over alone. They enjoy remembering even though such a tender age, their experiences of walking around the boat holding each other&rsquo;s hand, and with big identification tags on them, so they wouldn&rsquo;t get lost.</p><p>Although he has been known as Joe in hockey circles and in general for years, his right name has almost as many components as his playing positions, it being, Conrad Waikko (Joe) Lund. Joe stands six feet one inch, weighs 175 pounds and is a lefthanded shooter. His last amateur club was the Barrie Flyers Juniors, and he spent one season as a professional with Dallas of the disbanded USHL before coming to the AHL in 1947.</p><h2><b>Completes The Cycle</b></h2><p>Freddie Glover of the Cleveland Barons was the first American Hockey League player to score a goal against all five opponents this season. First year player Jim Anderson of Springfield was the first rookie to complete the scoring cycle.</p><h2><b>Still Dons The Pads</b></h2><p>Baz Bastien, who while playing with Pittsburgh, was one of the American Hockey League&rsquo;s greatest goaltenders before an injury ended his career, still acts as practice net-minder for the Hornets, for which his official capacity is now the business manager. Bastien wears a plastic mask in the nets, and recently suffered a splintered bone in his big toe in stopping a hard shot.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

AHL Rinkside Revealings

<h2><b>Standings</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>dmonton and New Westminster moved into a tie for first place with 37 points each, just one more than Calgary who led last week end and two points more than fourth place Victoria.</p><h2><b>Penalty-Less Game</b></h2><p>Calgary and New Westminster were the first clubs to play a game this season without a penalty being called. Several individual clubs have played a full game without a penalty.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON TUESDAY A.M. DEC. 21</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01208/1179808-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="614" height="254"></div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>Tuesday December 14th.</p><p>New West. 3 at Calgary 3</p><p>Wednesday December 15th</p><p>Vancouver 1 at Victoria 5</p><p>New West. 3 at Edmonton 4</p><p>Thursday December 16th</p><p>New West. 5 at Saskatoon 4</p><p>Friday December 17th</p><p>Victoria 4 at Vancouver 2</p><p>Calgary 6 at Edmonton 11</p><p>Saturday December 18th</p><p>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 4</p><p>New West. 6 at Saskatoon 5</p><h3>TUESDAY DEC. 14 New Westminster 3 at Calgary 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02172/1179801-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="610" height="450"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY DEC. 15 Vancouver 1 at Victoria 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03148/1179794-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="616" height="454"></div><h3>New Westminster 3 at Edmonton 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04130/1179787-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="610" height="526"></div><h3>THURSDAY DEC. 1 New Westminster 5 at Saskatoon 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0693/1179780-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="598" height="658"></div><h3>FRIDAY DEC. 17 Victoria 4 at Vancouver 2</h3><p>VICTORIA&mdash;Goal: Pelletier; defense: Durham, Clune, Macauley, Hebenton, Achtynichuk, Anderson, Kuzma, Kilburn, Dorohoy, Reay, Marquess.</p><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Houghton, Dick, Lancien, Fontinato; forwards: Reeve, Dea, Ross. Johnson, Wylie, McCullough, Cyr, Ford, Senick, Gooden.</p><p>Referee: George Cullen; linesman: Gordon Hamilton.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0783/1179773-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="600" height="504"></div><h3>Calgary 6 at Edmonton 11</h3><p>CALGARY&mdash;Goal: Brennan: defense: Kyle, Michaluk, Coburn, S. Hucul; forwards: Finney, Scott, McFadden, Barry, Pargeter, F. Hucul, Couture, Witiuk, Lundy.</p><p>EDMONTON&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Hrymnak, Zeidel, Arbour, Coflin; forwards: Horvath, Bucyk, Poile, Stankiewicz, Malo.</p><p>Referee: Paul Bozak; linesman: Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0973/1179766-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="602" height="1070"></div><h3>SATURDAY DEC. 18 Edmonton 4 at Calgary 4</h3><p>EDMONTON&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Hrymnak, Zeidel. Coflin, Arbour, Zeniuk; forwards: Ullman, Horvath, Poile, Sclisizzi, Melnyk, Stankiewicz, Bucyk, Hannigan, Malo.</p><p>CALGARY&mdash;Goal: Brennan; defense: Kyle, Michaluk, Coburn, S. Hucul; forwards: Couture, Pargeter, Lundy, F. Hucul, Witiuk, Barry, McFadden, Scott, Finney.</p><p>Referee: Paul Bozak; linesman: Eddie Wares.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1072/1179759-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="598" height="827"></div><h3>New Westminster 6 at Saskatoon 5</h3><p>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;Goal: Dechene; defense: Lavitt, Bergeron, Sinclair, Bedard; forwards: McNab, Dorohoy, McLean, Bradley, Love, Fashoway, Fielder, Zario.</p><p>SASKATOON&mdash;Goal: Stevenson; defense: Ross, Kaiser, Forbes, Milford; forwards: Kobussen, Manson, Kullman, Robertson, McLeod, D. Bentley, Lynn, Lamoureux, Haley, Kukulowicz.</p><p>Referee: Eddie Powersl linesman: Merv Clouston.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1164/1179752-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="600" height="808"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><h3>(Including Games of Saturday, Dec. 18)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1258/1179745-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="608" height="1590"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1346/1179738-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="602" height="308"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Bronco Horvath, Edm. 14</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Bronco Horvath, Edm. 30</p><p><b>Most Game Winning Goals:</b> Bronco Horvath, Edm. 4</p><p><b>Most First Goal of Game:</b> Bronco Horvath, Edm. 5</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Bronco Horvath, Edm. 3</p><p><b>Most Shutouts:</b> Marcel Pelletier, Vic. 4</p><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1442/1179731-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="600" height="282"></div><h2><b>Badman</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05110/1179724-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="574" height="888"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HARRY DICK</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Moving Up</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0877/1179717-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="588" height="910"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY COUTURE</b></figcaption></div><h2>Now Third</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1536/1179710-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="572" height="888"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SID FINNEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>To be eligible for the rookie award a player must not have played more than three games of hockey as a professional in any previous season and must not have attained his 23rd birthday prior to October 5th 1954.</p><p>The following players are eligible for the &ldquo;Rookie&rdquo; award: John Bucyk, Gerry Melnyk and Norman Ullman of Edmonton. Ray Cyr, John Reeve and Bill Chalmers of Vancouver. Alex Hucul of Calgary and Dick Lamoureux of Saskatoon. Neither Victoria or Vancouver have an eligible player. Both Ray Keating of Victoria and Gordon Sinclair of New Westminster are just over the age limit. Previous winners were: 1950 Larry Reardon, Vancouver; 1951 Joseph Houle, New Westminster; 1952 Guyle Fielder, New Westminster; 1953 Gerry Foley, Seattle and last year Don Poile of Edmonton.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rookie Award

<p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Of the 96 hockey players on the rosiers of Western Hockey League Clubs 32 were born in the Province of Saskat-chewan. Twenty &ndash; two first saw the light of day in Ontario, 17 in Alberta, four in Quebec, two in British Columbia and 14 in Manitoba. One each from New Brunswick, Scotland and Ireland and two from the United States. Jim McFadden of Calgary was born in Scotland and Motto McLean of New Westminster in Scotland. Ray Cyr of Vancouver is the lone player from New Brunswick. The two Americans are Ray Barry of Calgary from the State of Massachusetts and Guyle Fielder of New Westminster from the State of Idaho.</p><p>Birthdays of eleven of the player are in the Month of September, January, November and December contributed 10 each. March and August, nine; June, eight; April and May, seven each; February and October, 5 each and four in July.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Two Amerks

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>A Hollywood script writer couldn&rsquo;t have dreamed up a better or more interesting race for the Western Hockey League championship than the one now on film. We don&rsquo;t want to bore you with the same old story each week about the terrific fight for first place, but figures don&rsquo;t lie.</p><p>When the WHL resumed play on Dec. 21 there were only two points separating the top four teams and three of these clubs had been in first or tied for first between Dec 14-21. Edmonton and New Westminster were tied for cop spot with 37 points apiece. Calgary was third with 36 and Victoria, currently the hottest team in Al Leader&rsquo;s loop, was fourth with 35 points. Vancouver, still in a slump, was fifth with 24 points and Saskatoon was last with 19 points.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01213/1179887-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="516" height="828"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DOUG ADAM</b></figcaption></div><p>As only four teams get into the playoffs this season Vancouver and Saskatoon, who finished first and third, respectively, last season, are going to have to play better than .500 hockey in the second half of the race to grab one of the post-season playoff berths.</p><p>Victoria leads in wins with 17, Edmonton has the fewest number of losses, 8, and most ties, 7. and Victoria was low in deadlocks, with only one. Calgary&rsquo;s high-scoring Stamps continued to lead in goals with 138 and total points with 342, while Marcel Pelletier and Victoria had the best goals-against average, 2.73, and 83 goals had been scored against the Cougars.</p><p>Bronco Horvath, Edmonton&rsquo;s ace centre, was the player-of-the-week, scoring two goals and seven assists for nine points. He now leads in every scoring department. His 24 goals, 30 assists and 54 points puts him nine points ahead of Gerry Couture of Calgary, who has 45 points. Horvath has scored the most game winning goals, 4, most first goals of a game, 5, and most hat tricks, 3. Horvath&rsquo;s play has helped&rsquo; linemates John Bucyk, the loop&rsquo;s outstanding rookie, and Eddie Stankiewicz.</p><p>Still on Horvath, he tied a league record for most assists in one game, 5, Dec. 17, when Edmonton walloped Calgary, 11-6. in the league&rsquo;s highest scoring game of the campaign. Horvath has had tremendous scoring success against the Stamps, and Bill Brennan and the rest of the Frank Currie team would be mighty happy if Detroit had reason to put in a SOS for the classy pivot. Earlier this season Bronco scored four, five, three and four points against the Cowboys.</p><p>And when Horvath rides high so do Bucyk and. Stankiewicz. Each scored a hat trick Dec. 17. Eldie Kobussen, Saskatoon&rsquo;s top point-man and number one centre, got his first &ldquo;hat&rdquo; Dec. 16 against NW, to raise the number of three goal game scorers in the league to 15. In the shutout department&mdash;there have been 10&mdash;Pelletier, who is playing the way he did two seasons ago when he led Chicoutimi to the Quebec League title, leads with four. John Bower, Luce Dechene and Doug Stevenson, each had two.</p><p>There has been more scoring in the league this year over last, with the average being 7.00 against 6.22 last season&hellip;Edmonton and Victoria continue to get that all-important first goal of the game. Edmonton has done it 21 times, Victoria 19, while Saskatoon has been able to score first only 11 times.</p><p>Bev Bentley has now played for three WHL teams this season. He started with Saskatoon, filled in for John Bower in the Vancouver goal for five games while Bower was goaling for NY, and he subbed for Dechene for two games while Big Luke was recuperating from an eye injury sustained at home Dec. 18. Apparently the rest didn&rsquo;t take any of Dechene&rsquo;s skill away from him because the Royals took two from Saskatoon on Quakers&rsquo; home ice with the &ldquo;Fat-Boy&rdquo; back in NW&rsquo;s cage.</p><p>Harry Dick still leads the &ldquo;bad boys&rdquo; with 92 minutes. However, Larry Zeidel, Edmonton defenceman, is now runnerup with 64 minutes, followed by Pete Durham, Victoria, who had 60 minutes.</p><p>The Coast teams still hold the upper hand on the Prairie clubs. In the 40 games played at this time the clubs from the Pacific lead 18-14-8&hellip;NW helped boost the advantage with a 2-1-1 record last week&hellip;Each of the three Coast teams has now garnered five points on a swing through the prairies&hellip;Victoria has won its last five games, Edmonton is undefeated in its last four, winning three and tieing one.</p><p>Dechene had played 419 consecutive league games before he was injured, Dec. 18. Only one other plaver, teammate Bob Love, has a better record. Every time Love plays he breaks his own record. The league&rsquo;s ironman has played in every league and playoff game NW has participated in since the league became pro in October of, 1948. In games through Dec. 20 Love had played 452 consecutive league games and 62 playoff games. As pointed out by Al Leader the record books do not reveal any player close to this mark in professional hockey who is still active.</p><p>Several changes in the WHL the past week. New Westminster lost the services of its starry right winger, Blinky Boyce, in Edmonton, Dec. 23. Boyce, who only recently joined the &ldquo;100 goal club&rdquo; and who has been playing great hockey for Max McNab&rsquo;s team, broke a bone in his foot and is expected to be out for at least four weeks. Defenceman Ron Matthew is the Royals&rsquo; other injured player at this time.</p><p>Earlier in the season NW sold defenceman Jake Forbes to Saskatoon. The deal was finally completed Dec. 17 when the Quakers, who had loaned Doug Adam to Vancouver, sold the veteran winger to the Royals. Adam was scheduled to make his first NW appearance against his old teammates, Vancouver, at the Forum, Dec. 21, After five seasons with Tacoma Adam is now playing for his fourth club in the last season-and-a-half. Tacoma sold him to Seattle at the start of the 1953-54 season. After a short stay with Seattle the Bombers sold Adam to Saskatoon and then the Quakers loaned him to Vancouver for the tail-end of the 1953-54 campaign.</p><p>The addition of Adam gives New Westminster three of the highest scoring left wingers in the league today. The others are Ollie Dorohoy, who has been playing terrific two-way hockey for the Royals, and Gord Fashoway, who is good for 30 or more goals each season. Adam, Fielder, Love and Fashoway have all won scoring and/or individual scoring honors in the Western League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WHL Blueline Banter

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>In hockey the payoff goes to the club that scores the most goals. The player that can put that elusive black disc in the net is a very handy guy to have around. The search for prolific goal scorers is a never-ending one. He is to hockey what a Stan Musial is to baseball, a Bob Cousy to basketball, an Otto Graham to football, and a Johnny Longden to horse racing. He&rsquo;s the payoff guy.</p><p>Fortunately, every club in the Western Hockey League is blessed with one or more payoff guys. Fellows who can turn the red light on with regular consistency. Players like Finney, Couture, Witiuk, McFadden and Lundy of Calgary; Horvath, John Bucyk, Sclisizzi, Poile and Hannigan, of Edmonton; Manson and Kobussen, of Saskatoon.</p><p>On the coast-there are Hebenton, Dorohoy, Kilburn and before his injury. Brown of Victoria, McNab, Fashoway, Ollie Dorohoy, Boyce, Fielder, Adam and Love, the loop&rsquo;s all-time leading point collector of NW. Senlck, McCullough, Johnson and De of Vancouver.</p><h2>Potential were</h2><p>There are many more but in most cases you&rsquo;ll find the top marksmen in the list mentioned above. Included in the list are several scorers who have good scoring records but who have not been ringing the bell as consistently so far this season. However, the potential is there, and it&rsquo;s possible that any one of the above mentioned snipers now in a slump could start giving goalies nightmares at a moment&rsquo;s notice.</p><p>A check of President Al Leader&rsquo;s fine Press and Radio Book revealed that as the curtain went up on the 1954-55 WHL season only seven players now active in the loop had scored 100 or more goals in league competition and. there are two scorers&mdash;Colin Kilburn and Ray Manson&mdash;knocking on the door and both of them should hit the century mark sometime next month or before the regular league season ends on March 21st.</p><p>The circuit&rsquo;s all-time goal scoring champ is Doug Adam. Ha started the season with 196 goals and he now has 210. He was the first to score 200. Ollie Dorohoy who is having a good season had scored 17 to date and he is second with 168 goals, at this writing.</p><h2>Third Spot</h2><p>Gord Fashoway, with 15 goals this year, has moved into third spot tie with teammate Bob Love, with 156 goals. Then comes Geo. Senick, in fifth, with 147 goals; Eddie Dorohoy, Andy Hebenton, Wayne Brown and Blinky Boyce, with 139, 114, 105 and 103 goals, respectively, round out the seven pucksters active in the league who have scored 100 or more goals.</p><p>Wingy Johnston, Jim Fairburn, Joe Bell, Ken Ullyot, Rudy Filion, Bill Shill, Gordon Kerr, Ronnie Rowe, Amy Dufault and Walt Samanski are other members of the WHL &ldquo;100 Goal Club&rdquo; who are no longer active in the league.</p><p>The main reason Finney, Lundy, Couture, Fielder, McNab, Witiuk, McFadden, Sclisizzi, Poile, Hannigan and Johnson have not hit the 100 goal mark is they have not been in the league long enough.</p><p>Kilburn had 98 goals and Manson 92 when this was written, and when they hit 100 goals they&rsquo;ll become the 20th and 21st players to do so in the WHL.</p><p>Keep your eyes on these payoff guys. They&rsquo;re liable to break up any game at a moment&rsquo;s notice.</p><h2><b>Top Sniper</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02150/1179918-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="510" height="831"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE FASHOWAY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Every Club In Western Circuit Blessed With Payoff Triggermen

<div class="byline">&#x2014;ORNEST</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03108/1179949-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg"></div><p>VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Edward Dorohoy who first saw the light of day 25 years ago on March 13, 1929, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, has had lots to celebrate the past few weeks.</p><p>Eddie, or &ldquo;Pistol&rdquo; as he is known to Western Hockey League fans, became a father for the first time Nov. 26 when his wife, Shirley, presented him with a girl, Barbara Lorraine.</p><p>To celebrate this momentous occasion the Victoria Cougars&rsquo; ace centre skyrocketed to the top of the WHL scoring ladder with 41 points, made up of 16 goals and a league leading 25 assists. However, Bronco Horvath of Edmonton temporarily spoiled Dorohoy&rsquo;s rapid climb by forging ahead.</p><p>The Cougars&rsquo; climb in the standings has been as rapid as Pistol&rsquo;s attack on the scoring leaders. Besides scoring a hat trick, collecting assists and making his line, which has Andy Hebenton and Mark Marquess on the wings, one of the top units in the circuit, Eddie has been raising cain with the all-time league scoring records.</p><p>When Pistol assisted on two goals Dec. 8 he recorded his 400tb point&mdash;139 goals, 261 assists in 139 games&mdash;in league play to become the second player to reach this figure. Only Bobby Love, New Westminster&rsquo;s ironman, who has 445 points at this time (153-292), is ahead of Dorohoy. Eddie started on his attack at the 500 point figure with an assist Dec. 12 for his 401st point.</p><p>&ldquo;Pistol&rdquo; stands a good chance of becoming the first player in league history to win the scoring championship more than once. The season of 1950-51 he finished on top with a 29-58&mdash;87 total, topping Ken Ullyot, then with NW, by one point.</p><p>As Dorohoy is Love&rsquo;s junior by several years and if Ed stays in the WHL, he could conceivably establish scoring records which could stand for a long time.</p><p>Dorohoy&rsquo;s complete professional record follows:<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0014-03

Dorohoy Stands Good Chance Of Becoming First Repeater

<h2>Two For Marius</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>arins Grolean scored two goals for the Quebec Aces when that team defeated the Montreal Royasl 4-1 in Quebec on December 26. His second goal was unassisted.</p><h2><b>Cats Lead</b></h2><p>Snawinigan Falls Cataracts continue to lead the revised QHL standings with the Quebec Aces in the runner-up spot. Montreal Royals are third and Chicoutimi Sagueneens fourth.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON tUES. A.M. DEC. 28</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01182/1180022-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="610" height="228"></div><h3>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21 Valleyfield 8 at Montreal 2</h3><p><b>Valleyfield</b>&mdash;Goal: Payette; defense; Deslauriers, Collins, Needham, Ernst; forwards: Kwong, Cline, Leclerc, Jeannette, Corriveau, Bougie, Dubuc, Haworth, Gagnon, Howe.</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defense: Bownass, Dewsbury, Harmon, Rousseau, Roche; forwards: Burchell, Laplante, Bhvetz, Tessier, Denis, Hildebrand, Blaine.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02150/1180015-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="613" height="634"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22 Chicoutimi 4 at Quebec 6</h3><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Evans; defense: Glaude, Roy, Taillefer, McNab; forwards: Locas, Dube, Dussault, L. Smrke, S. Smrke, Bartlett, Topoll, Power, Leger, Hicks.</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Gatherum; defence: Hay, Houle, Crozier, Levandoski; forwards: Powell, Labadie, Uniac, Groleau, Buchanan, Ehman, Henry, Tremblay, Regan, Thibault.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03132/1180008-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="613" height="883"></div><h3>SUNDAY DEC. 26 Montreal 1 at Quebec 4</h3><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defense: Harmon, Bownass, Rousseau, Roche; forwards: Burnett, Tessier, Denis, Burchell,</p><h3>Chicoutimi 3 at Valleyfield 3</h3><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Hughes; defense: Claude Taillefer, Roy; forwards, S. Smrke, Bartlett, McNab, Locas, Dube, Leger, L. Smrke, Topoll, Power, Dussault.</p><p><b>Valleyfield</b>&mdash;Goal: Payette; defence: Ernst, Deslauriers, Collins, Needham; forwards: Joannette, Corriveau, Boatie, Dubuc, Kwong, Cline, Leclerc, Gagnon, Howe, Haworth.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0663/1180001-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="606" height="763"></div><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Gatherum; defense: Hay, Houle, Crozier, Levandoski; forwards: Powell, Uniac, Ehman, Henry, Regan, Tremblay, Thibault, Groleau, Buchanan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0756/1179994-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="602" height="492"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><h3>(Including games of Dec. 26)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0498/1179987-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="607" height="1011"></div><h2><b>They Won&rsquo;t Dislodge Hodge Now</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0578/1179980-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="2320" height="1888"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CHARLIE HODGE, Hie mild-mannered little goal-keeper who so abley answered an emergency call from Canadiens when Jacques Plante was felled by a shot off the stick of Bert Olmstead, seems to have found a permanent home with the Quebec Hockey League Royals. Charlie, who played for Providence earlier this year, was shipped to Royals when Plante returned to duty. He proceeded to rack up a shutout in his first game and the Royals&rsquo; brass, apparently convinced he was the goalie they had been looking for, sent Claude Evans to Chicoutimi.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0015-01

QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>For the first time since World War II when teams representing branches of the armed forces were members, the Quebec Hockey League is reduced to five clubs.</p><p>Legislation to this end was passed after a series of meetings following the confirmation of the withdrawal of Ottawa Senators, league members continuously since the 1934-35 campaign.</p><p>Continuing operations are Montreal Royals, Quebec Aces, Valleyfield Braves, Chicoutimi Sagueneens and Shawinigan Falls Cataracts.</p><p>Senators were forced to take the count after weeks in which the entry from the Canadian Capital was hanging on the ropes and after Tommy Gorman, president of the Ottawa club and chief owner of the Auditorium, had made frantic efforts to keep the team afloat.</p><p>Television was chiefly blamed for the demise of the Ottawa team which had a glamorous background. Gorman told the first of the league assemblies that stark figures established the case against the ogre of the TV screens.</p><h2>Gate Shows Drop</h2><p>In 1952-53, before Senators Had been forced to combat the televising of National Hockey League games on the living-room screens of Ottawa&rsquo;s house-holders, in the bars and bistros, gate receipts for the first ten games at the Auditorium were $44,300. This figure was sliced to $27,962 for a similar period at the beginning of the 1953-54 schedule and this autumn and early winter it had been chopped to $15,621.</p><p>Resigned to a condition for which they could discover no remedy, the representatives and owners of the other five clubs agreed to accept the withdrawal of the Ottawa Club unconditionally after Gorman had asked for suspension for the balance of the current season, a request that was refused as unconstitutional.</p><p>Gorman and son Frank, representing Senators, were advised that the retirement of their club meant that he and his associates would surrender the franchise, as well as all equity in the league sinking fund. In addition all players to whom the Ottawa club held title would become QHL property to be disposed of as the league executive saw fit.</p><p>For 24 hours there was faint glimmer of hope that the Sherbrooke Saints, holders of an imperative franchise might become a mid-season entry in the loop. But this was on the terms that Sherbrooke interests could have the Ottawa players at their service.</p><h2>Project Scuttled</h2><p>This project was knocked on the. head when Hap Day, assistant general-manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs made quick disposal of five Leaf-owned players who had been on assignment to Senators.</p><p>Bill Ezinicki and Phil Maloney were sold outright to Vancouver Canucks of the Western League while Hugh Barlow was sent to the Canucks on loan. Providence Reds bought speedy forward Red Johnson, a player Royals, Quebec or Chicoutimi might have been willing to grab for cash, and the Reds took defenseman Bobby Robertson on loan.</p><h2>Lost Enthusiasm</h2><p>The Sherbrooke sponsors who were headed by Forest Keene, long one of the Eastern Townships&rsquo; foremost sports boosters, immediately lost their enthusiasm.</p><p>Then the league solons took up the onerous task of setting their house in order for a renewal of activities on a five club basis. This offered unusual complications, mainly because the Senators, with no Sunday sports permitted in Ottawa, always offered a ready opponent to teams in the Province of Quebec in their home rinks.</p><h2>Proxy&rsquo;s Plan</h2><p>League president Slater hit upon a plan of settling the league standing which was inequitable since some clubs had played Senators more than others. For example, Shawinigan Cataracts had played the Ottawas six times, winning five games, whereas Quebec had met Senators only four times.</p><p>The new schedule, originally a 60-game chore for each team, will work out with Valleyfield, Montreal and Shawinigan Falls each having 62 games. Quebec will have 60 and Chicoutimi 61.</p><p>The total for each club varies because of the number of games already played against Ottawa.</p><p>Arranging the points-earned total for each team was a problem because some teams had played the Senators six times. Quebec had met the Ottawa club only four times.</p><h2>Percentage System</h2><p>It was decided that the percentage of wins to games played, would govern the new point allotment. For instance, Shawinigan Falls had played Ottawa six times and had won five games. With a win percentage of 83, the Shawinigan team was allowed eight points. Quebec won three of its four games against Ottawa, for 75 per cent, and was allotted seven points.</p><p>The arrangement&mdash;based on games played, games won, points earned, percentage of wins and points awarded, was:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0554/1180112-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="598" height="187"></div><p>With this revision on points, as an example, the Shawinigan club instead of getting 10 points for five wins will have eight; Quebec instead of six points will have seven.</p><p>The clubs agreed to go on from there, planned to play games as originally booked over the Christmas weekend period, then gave Mr. Slater the tedious task of making up a new bill-of-dates, a chore which he had previously tackled three times in this unsettled season.</p><h2>Reardon To Rescue</h2><p>Kenny Reardon, generalmanager of the Shawinigan club, was made the league&rsquo;s temporary, but official salesman, and authorized to dispose of goaler Ray Frederick and defenseman Johnny Arundel, the cash received to bolster the finances of the harassed league.</p><p>The Chicoutimi Sagueneens were given title to defenseman. Bobby Copp and speedy forward Leo Gravelie, with Reardon to settle on the price for the two players.</p><p>Other players returned to original owners were; John Bobenio to Springfield, Mass. of the American League, Gordie Hudson to Providence of the AHL and Bob Rawlyk to Detroit of the NHL.</p><h2>Released</h2><p>Outright releases were granted to Frank Butch Stahan, Emile Dagenais, Allan Kuntz and Hughie Riopelle. It was understood that none of these players was willing to leave Ottawa, where all are either employed or engaged in private business apart from hockey. One or more of them may be heard of shortly in the City League which is under reorganization in the Capital. To this end they must be cleared through hockey&rsquo;s Central Registry for amateur reinstate-ment.</p><h2><b>For Sale</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02136/1180105-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="571" height="1198"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RAY FREDERICK</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Put Blast On Television</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03107/1180098-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="1767" height="1405"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>T. P. (Tommy) GORMAN</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Had Plan</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0488/1180091-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="591" height="599"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GEORGE SLATER</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>To Canucks</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0633/1180084-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="595" height="602"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL EZINICKI</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0016-05

QHL To Operate as Five Team Circuit

<div class="byline">AL Parsley</div><p>(Montreal Herald)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01186/1180053-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="303" height="339"></div><p>A break with tradition is always tough, and to be on the scene of the demise of a team becomes a great wrench to anyone devoted to sports.</p><p>Ottawa Senators are no more. It took less than two hours of deliberation last Monday night to count them out of the Quebec Hockey League, maybe for all time. And so Canada&rsquo;s Capital is no longer represented in a hockey league of consequence since Senators follow the trail of the original team of the same name which passed from the National Hockey League more than 20 years ago.</p><p>This Ottawa team over which the obsequies were read last week, was next to the Royals, the oldest member of the Quebec loop as constituted in recent years. Senators entered the old Senior Group QAHA in the fall of 1934, and became the first team outside the Montreal area in the circuit. The other teams were McGill, Victorias, Verdun, Lafontaine with Canadiens completing a sturdy seven club loop. Quebec Aces were admitted two years later.</p><p>Senators played their first league game in Ottawa&rsquo;s Auditorium the night of Saturday, Nov. 10, 1934, and defeated the famed Victorias of Montreal (long since defunct) 7-3. Travelling to Montreal immediately after this game Senators trounced Montreal Lafontaines 4-1, the following day (Sunday).</p><p>The Ottawa team was coached by Dr. Wes Richards and lined up the following players: goal, Maynie Peterkin; defense Johnny Wilkinson, Stan Pratt and Joe Irvin; forwards, Tag Millar, Polly Drouin, Vince Godin, Eddie Finnegan, Normie Olsen, Jules Chollette, and Charlie Hulquist.</p><p>Down the years the Senators have presented many other stars, and maybe greater stars, and these Ottawa players with their traditional sweaters of barber pole design came to be considered such an integral part of the league structure that, until now, most anyone would have scoffed derisively at the very thought of their breakup.</p><p>Jimmy McCaffery was the president and organizer of those first Senators in the old Senior Group QAHA, which later was known as the Quebec Senior Hockey League, and more recently the Quebec Hockey League under straight professional auspices.</p><p>The club didn&rsquo;t win a league title until the wartime season 1942-43 when as the Commandos with Canadian Army sponsorship they also copped the Allan Cup.</p><p>Senators won the league title in 1947-48, but lost to Edmonton in the Allan Cup finals, a series played at Regina, Edmonton and Calgary, but the next year repeating for the Quebec league championship the Ottawa club won the Allan Cup. Regina Capitals were this time their opponents in the final series split between Toronto and Ottawa. Tommy Gorman had acquired control of Senators from McCaffery prior to the opening of the season of this latter triumph.</p><p>It is all explained in the story alongside and the wake of Senators before a dozen or more grim faced club leaders in one of the smaller salons at the Windsor Hotel was without forewarnin.</p><p>The early drop in attendance last season, the first year Senators had to compete with television of National Hockey League games in the Ottawa area, was partly compensated by a couple of buniper gates at playoff time, but this autumn and early winter when the gate receipts were but a third of the 1952 cash totals over a similar stretch of home games it became obvious that the club just couldn&rsquo;t carry on. Notice of dire financial stress was given two weeks ago, when it was announced that the Ottawa players had agreed to accept a big slash&rsquo; in their salaries.</p><p>Now these same players are faced with unemployment, and only a few days before Christmas. The Yuletide will not be so merry for them. For only a few can hope to catch on with other Quebec League clubs and there are few places for them in the American League or the Western League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0016-01

SIDELIGHTS

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><p>SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont&mdash;</p><p>Keep your eyes on the North Bay Trappers!&hellip;they made another major move in bolstering their Northern Ontario Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; aggregation by acquiring Armand &ldquo;Bep&rdquo; Guidolin, former NHL performer who has really been around this hockey whirl&hellip;El Beppo played nine years in the NHL being a member of Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins&hellip;his contract was purchased outright by North Bay from Quebec Aces of the Quebec Hockey League&hellip;he is known as a tricky, speedy skater and a player who likes to really mix it up&hellip;he spends quite a bit of time in the penalty box, but when he&rsquo;s on the ice he makes his presence felt&hellip;he spent 148 minutes in the &ldquo;hoosegow&rdquo; with Quebec last season, but the Trappers feel El Beppo will like it in North Bay and will get down to serious business&hellip;actually, Guidolin will be right at home in the great Northland since he is a product of Timmins which has produced countless big-time stars&hellip;I had the pleasure of meeting Bep while he played for Timmins softball teams and during his sojourn With Detroit at their fall training camps in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan&hellip;if Bep settles down to serious hockey he could make a whale of a difference to North Bay&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01151/1180143-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="564" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BEP GUIDOLIN</b></figcaption></div><p>Billy Watson, clever centre acquired by Sudbury Wolves who was injured soon after joining the Allan Cup finalists, is just about Bet to return to action&hellip;talking to Maxie Silverman just before preparing this column, I learned that Billy has been skating regularly and appears almost fully recovered from a leg injury&hellip;&ldquo;With Billy back in the lineup, we&rsquo;ll be much stronger up front,&rdquo; said Maxie&hellip;injuries and hard luck have plagued Maxie&rsquo;s team and at this writing the Wolves are in the cellar&hellip;the wily &ldquo;Silver Fox,&rdquo; however, is confident his team will start rolling once they get a few kinks ironed out&hellip;colorful Red Barrett, rated one of the finest defensemen in Northern Ontario senior hockey, is back in harness with Sudbury and going just as good as ever&hellip;</p><p>Mike Ratchford of the Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) Greyhounds, a Toronto protege and one of the youngest players in the NOHA senior circuit, is the current King of the Big Ten Scoring Parade with nine goals and 25 assists for 34 points&hellip;Mike has been playing consistently sound hockey and his rise to the top has been methodical&hellip;Bruce Giesebrecht of Pembroke Lumber Kings and Rene Pepin of North Bay Trappers each have 31 points for second place, Bruce with 10 goals and 21 assists, Rene with 15 goals and 16 assists&hellip;Stan Maxwell, gum-chewing wizard of North Bay occupies third place on 30 points with nine goals and 21 assists&hellip;Ken McKenzie of the Sault Ste. Marie (Michigan) Indians is now tied with Ron Hurst of the Soo Greyhounds and George Gosselin of North Bay on 29 points, Gosselin with 14 goals, Hurst and McKenzie each with 13&hellip;</p><p>Young Jimmy McBurney, former Galt Black Hawks junior star, put on a dazzling one-man show for the Greyhounds when they trounced Sudbury, 7-0, scoring four goals&hellip;at the moment, Jimmy is the top goal-getter with 18&hellip;the forward line of McBurney-Ratchf ord-Hurst has accounted for 89 points on 40 goals and 49 assists to lead the DeMarco-Gosselin-Hogan line of North Bay which has 75 and the McKenzie-McCracken-Rubic combination which has 74&hellip;McBurney has made a great start in senior company and is one of the most popular players in the business&hellip;he&rsquo;s a local hero in his home-town of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and one of the finest young men you could hope to meet&hellip;</p><p>Abitlbi Eskimos are on the move!&hellip;they captured their sixth consecutive victory against South Porcupine Porkles in the Porcupine Mines Senior League to race into a second-place deadlock with the Porkies&hellip;Chick Chircoski and Jerry LaBelle each scored two goals to spearhead the attack for the Eskies&hellip;Bob McNeil, cut loose by South Poncupine, celebrated his debut with Abitibi by scoring against his former teammates&hellip;and Bob looked very impressive in his new uniform&hellip;. players have a habit of doing this after being exit loose by one team, napping a spot on another in the same league, then clashing against their former team&hellip;Bob could spell trouble for the Porkies the rest of this season&hellip;Billy Adamo and Graham Savord are playing some terrific games for that South Porcupine team&hellip;they each fired two goals to pace the attack against Porcupine Combines in a regular league encounter&hellip;. both are top favorites in Northern Ontario senior hockey&hellip;Moe Forget is another boy to watch this season&hellip;he engineered three goals for Porcupine Combines against the Porkies and may be among the leaders in the Big Ten scoring parade before very long&hellip;</p><p>A splendid hockey program is being maintained by officials of the Marathon Paper Company up in Marathon and the men up there certainly deserve a lot of credit for their outstanding success&hellip;Kapuskasing is also continuing its enlarged hockey program and when the time rolls around for playoffs in the juvenile and junior leagues, you&rsquo;ll be hearing a lot more from these fine towns&hellip;</p><p>The wonderful hockey centre of Sundridge and irrepressible Bucko McDonald, former NHL star and now a Member of Parliament at Ottawa, are all set for the opening of their new rink purchased from Huntsville&hellip;artificial ice will be installed and seating capacity enlarged&hellip;North Bay Trappers are set to play an exhibition game to help raise money for the rink&hellip;Sundridge Beavers represent the area and with Bucko at the helm can always be counted on for thrilling performances&hellip;THE HOCKEY NEWS extends very best wishes for every success to Sundridge!!!&hellip;</p><p>Hard-driving Chick Cecchini, formerly of North Bay Trappers and a veteran of many years in NOHA hockey, has moved to Timmins, his home-town&hellip;Chick will line up with the Timmins-Schu macher Flyers along with two other former North Bay Trappers, Alf (Chick) Guarda and Ralph Orlando&hellip;Cecchini has always been regarded as one of the gamest hockey players we&rsquo;ve ever seen up North&hellip;he helped North Bay capture its only NOHA senior crown back in 1949&hellip;he played seven seasons in the Gateway City&hellip;a swell party was held for Chick by his many North Bay fans&hellip;best of luck, Chick, on your new hockey career!!!&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0017-01

NOHA Puck Parade

<div class="byline">By JOE MINSTER</div><p>CINCINNATI, Ohio&mdash;</p><p>Eddie Long can&rsquo;t understand why the Ft. Wayne Komets are languishing in the cellar of the International Hockey League.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not that bad. We&rsquo;ll be up there in the running for a playoff berth. Just wait and see,&rdquo; the little right winger Insisted in a recent interview.</p><p>One thing is certain. It won&rsquo;t be for a lack of effort on the part of Long himself that the Hoosiers will miss out on post-season competition.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the way the five foot, eight inch star plays it all the time&mdash;all out for victory.</p><p>A native of Ottawa, the 21-year-old Long is in his third campaign with Ft. Wayne, for whom he tallied 31 and 25 goals the past two years.</p><p>Standing just 5-8, the chunky, 170-pound Long played his junior hockey for St. Pat&rsquo;s College during a three-year stint. From St. Pat&rsquo;s, he went right to Ft. Wayne.</p><p>Property of Buffalo in the American League, Long is one of just two survivors from the 195253 Komet club. The other is Capt. George Drysdale.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never shot a hat trick in regular play,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Of course, I did get four goals against the Cincinnati Mohawks in an exhibition game earlier this season.&rdquo;</p><p>Long claims that the Ft. Wayne rink is the best he&rsquo;s ever seen. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s wonderful to play in that city,&rdquo; he maintains, &ldquo;because the crowds are always wholeheartedly behind you.&rdquo;</p><p>A baseball player when he isn&rsquo;t playing hockey, Long is a southpaw pitcher. He&rsquo;s been remarkably free of serious injuries, exept for a brain concussion he suffered this year when Toledos Doug McCaig caught him napping with a bruising check. &ldquo;It was a legal check, though,&rdquo; little Long affirmed. &ldquo;I just had my head down when I should have been watching, and, wow, did he ever hit me.&rdquo;</p><p>Cincinnati remained four full games in front of runner-up Troy in the IHL race, as the Bruins maintained a three-and-a-half game bulge on the third-place Grand Rapids Rockets.</p><p>Johnstown moved ahead of Toledo into fourth, with Ft. Wayne still in the basement.</p><p>An abbreviated card saw Troy win its only two starts, Johnstown take two out of three and Cincinnati triumph in its lone outing when Duke Edmondson scored in the final eight seconds of a 4-3 thriller over Toledo.</p><p>A serious automobile accident involving the Johnstown club marred the week, with the Jet trainer and a star ice hospitalized and two other players hurt.</p><p>It happened as Johnstown was motoring back home&rsquo; from Ft. Wayne on icy roads late on a Saturday night. Trainer Dan Canney was driving Don Hall&rsquo;s car and it skidded Into a state highway truck in the mountains near Blairsville, Pa.</p><p>The vehicle was demolished and Canney sustained broken ribs, cuts about the head, face and hands and a possible hip fracture. Hall, a passenger, had a bruised shoulder and lacerations of the face and head. The other two, Charlie Marshall and Jim McKenzie, got off with cuts and both were able to play against Ft. Wayne next day. Marshall, incidentally, tallied a goal as shorthanded Johnstown won, 3-2.</p><p>ICING THE PUCK&hellip;Reg Grigg had the honor of knocking in Cincinnati&rsquo;s one hundredth goal of the campaign against Ft. Wayne&hellip;Phil Goyette, sensational Mohawk rookie centre who is pacing the IHL in point-making, notched his twentieth goal against Toledo on Dec. 18&hellip;Troy&rsquo;s Bill Tibbs is making a determined effort to win his fifth straight All-Star goal-tending berth in the loop. Tibbs has lowered his average to a fine 2.52 to 2.43 for Rookie Goalie Gaetan Dessureault of Cincinnati.</p><h2><b>Bids For Star Berth</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02121/1180174-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="853" height="1407"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL TIBBS</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Jets Take Over Fourth Place In International League Race

<p class="dropcap"><span>G</span>rand Rapids, Michigan.&mdash;One of those comparative rarities of ice hockey occurred here recently, when Goalie Lou Crowdis was credited with an assist.</p><p>Not only that, but Crowdis helped set up the winning goal in Grand Rapids&rsquo; 4-3 International Hockey League conquest of Johnstown.</p><p>Crowdis fired the puck to Joe Ingoldsby, who in turn relayed it to Roger Maisonnenve. Maisonneuve then blasted it past Norm Defelice in the Jet nets to climax the unusual play.</p><p>The Rockets added a player to their roster when they signed Earl Frezell, who saw some action for Ft. Wayne a year ago.</p><p>Other changes saw Ft. Wayne signing Ray Marshall and Claude Robert and Toledo getting the names of Carl Porteous and Robert Taylor (not the movie actor) on the dotted line. Marshall coached and played for the now-defunct Louisville club in the IHL last season, while Robert is a much-traveled puckster who once was with the Montreal Canadiens and Cincinnati Mohawks (then of the American League) briefly.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Lou Crowdis Gets Assist

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JOHNNIE WALKER

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Two long Western Junior Hockey League streaks&mdash;one winning and the other losing&mdash;came to an end recently in the same game at Edmonton.</p><p>When the scrappy Medicine Hat Tigers under coach Wild Bill Hunter turned back the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-3 on December 20, it marked Medicine Hat&rsquo;s first victory over Edmonton since December, 1952. During that time the Oil Kings have won 13 games and tied another.</p><p>The Edmonton defeat also brought an end to their long string of home successes. It was the first Edmonton loss on their home ice since the Lethbridge Native Sons turned the trick in a playoff engagement in the spring of 1953. Lethbridge went on to beat Edmonton in the league final that year but the Kings didn&rsquo;t drop another home-ice contest until Wild Willie Hunter fired up his Medisine Hat Tigers on December 20th.</p><h2><b>Pleasant Surprise</b></h2><p>It was fitting that Hunter&rsquo;s youngsters should finally end the Oil Kings&rsquo; unbeaten streak at home. They have been one of the pleasant surprises in the Western Junior League race. True, they are in only fourth place in the league standings, eight points behind the third-place Kings. But with a break here and there, Hunter&rsquo;s charges could be right up with the leaders.</p><p>Recently Medicine Hat club dropped three straight games in sudden-death overtime. Two of these games were with Lethbridge, the other with. Edmonton.</p><h2><b>Relies On Hustle</b></h2><p>As a coach, Hunter doesn&rsquo;t boast of being an outstanding strategist. His plan is to rely more on the hustle and drive of his players. And he does have them playing fired-up hockey. They would plough through a brick-wall if Hunter asked them to.</p><p>Meanwhile, coach Murray Armstrong&rsquo;s Regina Pats are compiling a streak of their own. At the time of writing, the Reginans have chalked up 11 straight victories. They were in a first-place tie with Lethbridge but the Pats have four games in hand over the Native Sons.</p><p>Regina has dropped only four games this season&mdash;all four losses coming on a four-game road trip into Alberta early in the campaign. Edmonton beat them twice, and Lethbridge and Medicine Hat once each on that ill-fated jaunt. But since their return the Pats have been unbeatable, winning nine games on home ice and two in neighboring Moose Jaw. They are undefeated this year on their home ice.</p><p>The change in coaches has made little difference to the fortunes of the lowly Moose Jaw Canucks. They are still losing. With the Canucks showing only one win in 15 starts (and 13 straight losses), Ab McDougall was replaced by Alex Kaleta as coach. Kaleta has the boys battling hard but they have dropped all three games played since he has been in charge. They lost a tough one, 2-1 to Edmonton, and other games to Regina and Lethbridge.</p><p>Earl Ingarfield, the Lethbridge smoothie, continues to lead the scoring pack. The Native Son centre has potted 21 goals, tops in the league, and has added 15 assists for 36 points. In second place is another centreman, Bill Kurtz of Regina, with 29 points on 10 goals and 19 assists.</p><p>The Regina line of Kurtz at centre with Elmer Schwartz and Frank Wappel on the wings is starting to find themselves these days. In a recent 8-2 win over Lethbridge, they accounted for seven of the eight Regina goals. Schwartz whipped in four goals and added two assists, while Kurtz scored three times and assisted on all four of Schwartz&rsquo; goals. The line has been playing together since their juvenile days.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Regina Sets Torrid Pace In Western Junior Loop

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>The early season stumblebums are now the pacesetters. Charlottetown Islanders and Amherst had a tough time getting off the starting blocks &lsquo;in early November but look, where they are today.</p><p>The Islanders are leading the Atlantic Coast Hockey League by a healthy margin. In the runner-up spot are the Amherst Ramblers. And right now the latter must be doing it with mirrors because sprightly Shermie White is on the sidelines.</p><p>White provided the spark that got the Ramblers in high gear. For the past fortnight, however, he has been ailing with chickenpox bit the team keeps rolling. It could be that the Ramblers, who caught and then passed first the Moncton Hawks and then the Fredericton Capitals, will also catch the Islanders too.</p><p>When Hugh Campbell stepped out as Islanders playing coach because of ulcers, rugged defenceman Steve Brklaccich stepped into the breach. Steve was a robust member of Murph Chamberlain&rsquo;s shock troops three years ago but nobody figured him as an ice pilot until the club needed a man to succeed Campbell and Steve was there ready, willing and, it has proven, able.</p><p>The man directing the team in the second slot is Lou Kiley, who started as a defenceman with Islanders the same season as Brklaccich and then was shunted to Saint John as Islanders set up a &lsquo;farm club. Kiley came to Amherst when the Saint John Beavers dropped out of the league and Amherst certainly have no complaint with his work either as a player or coach.</p><p>On the other hand the coach with the reputation, Douglas (Dugger) McNeill is bogged down with the Hawks in Moncton. McNeill piloted Halifax Atlantics to the Alexander Cup the past two seasons and started with great fanfare and a collection of All Stars in the Railway City.</p><p>For a while all went well. The Hawks and Caps battled in and out of first place while Islanders and Ramblers fought to stay out of the cellar. Then the last two moved to the top while Caps and Hawk&rsquo;s fell back. Caps have been having a running fight for second place with the Ramblers but the latter are holding that spot right now and the Hawks are dropping deeper into the basement.</p><p>Some of the &lsquo;all stars&rsquo; have departed, some of them to the Halifax Wolves who are having their troubles after a fast start in the ARC League. There have been some replacements but the team continues to bog down.</p><p>Meanwhile the Ramblers have acquired a goalie to spell Ray Steeves. Ray intended to play only now and then but had to fill in full time and get some work Kitchdone too. It was a rugged assignment but Ray stood up nobly, Now the Ramblers have signed Camille Tremblay, who goaled for the disbanded East York Lyndhursts, who occupied the sports spotlight last winter when they lost the world championship to the Moscow Dynamos In Europe.</p><p>Two players who were stars with Halifax Atlantics last season but aren&rsquo;t producing with Moncton Hawks, may join the Wolves. High scorer Bob Bowness and fast skating centre Jean LeClerc are said to be &ldquo;on the block&rdquo; at Moneton and it they go Halifax has first chance at that.</p><p>Bowness was a steady producer for Halifax major teams for three years. Five years ago he won the scoring championship of tha Cape Breton Major League and had a short stay with Victoria Cougars of the Western Canada League.</p><p>Leclerc came in at mid-season last winter from Providence Reds and after a slow start was a scoring standout in the playoffs. It the Hawks get new men Bowness and LeClerc, it is said, will be the first to go. They&rsquo;d prefer to play in Halifax and Wolves would Iika to have them.</p><p>For the Wolves, the early season sensations of the APC League, have fallen on evil days. They&rsquo;ve lost six of their last seven starts and the New Glasgow Rangers have taken a commanding lead. Pictou Royals have come up to tie Wolves for the runner-up position some distance behind the Rangers.</p><p>The man of the moment with Rangers is veteran goalie Henri Paul Leclerc, who is serving his first term as playing coach. Paul has been a goaltending standout since he came up with the Providence Reds in the 1944-45 season. Since then he has played with Valleyfield and Ottawa in the Quebec League.</p><p>Leclerc has trouble at times directing his team from the goal crease but much of the time he has able assistance from New Glasgow veteran Foster Dickson. The latter, once a standout player with various New Glasgow teams before he retired, has been invaluable as Leclerc&rsquo;s top aide.</p><p>Rangers now boast an eight game winning streak have the best balance in the league and feature the best passing attacks. When the team bogs down Leclerc holds them together at the thin red line.</p><h2>Bogged Down</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02100/1180315-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="600" height="612"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DUGGER McNEILL</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Islanders Pacesetters In Atlantic Coast League

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01138/1180346-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><p><b>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Pictured Ranger player.</p><p>7&mdash;Former NHL player known as Adam.</p><p>9&mdash;Initials of a Chicago forward.</p><p>11&mdash;Initials of &ldquo;Windy&rdquo; O&rsquo;Neill, ex-Toronto player.</p><p>12&mdash;Short for given name of Par, sons, former Leaf forward.</p><p>14&mdash;Number of assists Glen Skov collected last season.</p><p>16&mdash;NHL rearguard who recently set a record.</p><p>17&mdash;Nothing.</p><p>19&mdash;Tottle&rsquo;s Initials.</p><p>20&mdash;Another name for Desmond Smith, former NHL player.</p><p>21&mdash;One of the Leafs is called this.</p><p>22&mdash;To make mistakes.</p><p>23&mdash;Ivan Irwin was born in this month (abbr.).</p><p>26&mdash;Goaltender Dave Gatherum is the property of this NHL club (abbr.).</p><p>28&mdash;Lynn Patrick has been kndwn to wear the same one when club is on a winning streak.</p><p>29&mdash;Jimmy Skinner&rsquo;s second name.</p><p>31&mdash;A requisite for signing contracts.</p><p>31&mdash;Litzenberger of Chicago is called this</p><p>36&mdash;Ont. birthplace of Brian Cullen.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Dick Irvin once played this position.</p><p>2&mdash;Ray Cyr&rsquo;s native province (abbr.).</p><p>3&mdash;Name given Michaluk of Calgary.</p><p>4&mdash;This AHL coach is a native of Kingston, Ont.</p><p>6&mdash;Initials of Watson of Chicago.</p><p>6&mdash;During the war Milt Schmidt played hockey in this country</p><p>8&mdash;Nickname of WHL club with whom Gord Fashoway plays.</p><p>10&mdash;Pronoun.</p><p>13&mdash;Initials of former Canadien star who won NHL scoring championship in 1947-48.</p><p>15&mdash;This Maple Leaf player was born in Flin Flon, Man.</p><p>18&mdash;That is.</p><p>19&mdash;&ldquo;Bucky&rdquo; Hollingworth&rsquo;s given name.</p><p>21&mdash;Initials of a New York defenseman.</p><p>23&mdash;Mountain (abbr.).</p><p>24&mdash;Hockey players are usually in this condition.</p><p>25&mdash;This WHL mentor one played with Canadiens.</p><p>27&mdash;Tantalum (Sym).</p><p>29&mdash;Nickname of a former Boston captain.</p><p>30&mdash;Plays for Vancouver Canucks.</p><p>33&mdash;Initials of Wall, last season with Seattle.</p><p>34&mdash;Ashbee&rsquo;s initials.</p><h2><b>Lest Week&rsquo;s Solution</b></h2><h3><b>Across</b></h3><p>1. Lineman</p><p>6. Det.</p><p>8. Tottle</p><p>10. T.H.</p><p>11. Ted</p><p>13. Err</p><p>14. One</p><p>15. Bos.</p><p>16. Tor.</p><p>17. R.D.</p><p>19. Gosh</p><p>21. Dale</p><p>23. En.</p><p>24. Walter</p><p>26. Ray</p><p>28. Train</p><h3><b>Down</b></h3><p>1. Litzenberger</p><p>2. Nattrass</p><p>3. Sold</p><p>4. A.D.</p><p>5. Net</p><p>6. Three Rivers</p><p>9. Te.</p><p>12. Fontinato</p><p>18. Donat</p><p>20. H.W.</p><p>21. D.L.</p><p>22. Le</p><p>25. Ami.</p><p>27. Yr.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey X-Word Puzzle

<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2><h3>(Standing on Dec. 17)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02101/1180503-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="597" height="158"></div><h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><h3>(Stamling on Dec. 13)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0379/1180496-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="602" height="185"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0464/1180489-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="595" height="319"></div><h3>THE LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-227/1180482-1-eng-US/f0019-222.jpg" title="f0019-22" width="598" height="510"></div><h2>NOHA SENIOR</h2><h3>(Standing on Dec. 22)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0549/1180475-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="601" height="162"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0635/1180468-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="601" height="293"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0732/1180461-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="599" height="162"></div><h2>OKANAGAN SENIOR</h2><h3>(Standing on Dec. 11)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0829/1180454-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="599" height="133"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0924/1180447-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="598" height="589"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1018/1180440-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="603" height="136"></div><h2>OHA SENIOR A</h2><h3>(Standing on Dec. 17)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1118/1180433-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="604" height="192"></div><h2>WESTERN JUNIOR</h2><h3>(Standing on Dec. 11)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1218/1180426-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="607" height="160"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1317/1180419-1-eng-US/f0019-132.jpg" title="f0019-13" width="601" height="187"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1417/1180412-1-eng-US/f0019-142.jpg" title="f0019-14" width="598" height="320"></div><h2>OHA JUNIOR A</h2><h3>(Standing on Dec. 22)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1515/1180405-1-eng-US/f0019-152.jpg" title="f0019-15" width="609" height="239"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1612/1180398-1-eng-US/f0019-162.jpg" title="f0019-16" width="600" height="294"></div><h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2><h3>(Standing on Dec. 20)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1711/1180391-1-eng-US/f0019-172.jpg" title="f0019-17" width="607" height="133"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR</h2><h3>(Standing on Dec. 22)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1811/1180384-1-eng-US/f0019-182.jpg" title="f0019-18" width="604" height="110"></div><h2>OTTAWA JUNIOR</h2><h3>(Standing on Dec. 22)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1911/1180377-1-eng-US/f0019-192.jpg" title="f0019-19" width="602" height="193"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Puck Parade… …At A Glance

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The Canadian FOOTBALL NEWS

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0139/1180586-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="243" height="289"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0238/1180579-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="250" height="299"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0336/1180572-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="2873" height="1680"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0427/1180565-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="2883" height="1627"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BIG JEAN BELIVEAU</b> of the Montreal Canadiens skates right in on goaler Lome (Gump) Worsley of the New York Rangers to score in a game at the Montreal Forum. In the lower photo, Worsley comes out of his net to get a closer look at a mild skirmish between Dickie Moore (12) of the Habs and Larry Popein of the Blues. Looking on in the background are Floyd Curry of the Canadiens and Harry Howell of the Rangers.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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January 1, 1955

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OHA Bulldogs Win Six, Tie One Since Acquiring Vet George Gee

PASSING THE PUCK