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February 12, 1955

The Hockey News February 12, 1955

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01219/1227005-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACKIE GORDON&hellip;&hellip;Double Misconduct</b></figcaption></div><p>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;</p><p>What amounts to a minor player rebellion against ice officials in the American Hockey League has ripped a costly chunk of cash from the pockets of the players and sent penalty totals soaring to unprecedented heights.</p><p>Misconducts, the real &ldquo;bad boy&rdquo; mark of distinction have left the field of the unusual and swung into the realm of the commonplace. Established bad actors are getting more of them than ever before, players with mild natures are getting them, and even the real gentle souls of the game, who normally rate no attention from the refs, are getting them.</p><p>Throughout the American League, where a total of 46 misconduct penalties were slapped on players last season, there have already been 44 handed out with the season only two-thirds over.</p><p>In a league where there was only a single game misconduct penalty imposed all last season, there have been four already this winter.</p><h2><b>Flipped His Lid</b></h2><h3>What Hoppen?</h3><p>What has happened to ignite this flareup?</p><p>Have the players gone on a rampage against law and order or have the officials been extra strict in the police duties?</p><p>From the lips of players comes the word that it&rsquo;s mainly due to &ldquo;inconsistency&rdquo; on the part of the officials.</p><p>One of these is Jackie Gordon, the slick captain and center icer of the Cleveland Barons.</p><p>Gordon is perhaps the least penalized player in all pro ice hockey. Up to this season he had a mere trickle of 42 minutes in eight seasons of the pro game, exclusive of playoffs. And he had very few in playoff competition.</p><p>Until Jan. 19th of this season, Gordon was gliding along without a single mark on his conduct card.</p><p>What of Gordon&rsquo;s charge that the refs are calling them differently from one moment to the next?</p><h3>Consistent Calls</h3><p>Carl Voss, the referee in chief of the ref staff used by both the National and American Leagues, told this writer that the instructions to his staff are &ldquo;to concentrate on being consistent in calling penalties&rdquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been one of the chief complaints down through the seasons,&rdquo; said Voss. &ldquo;We are striving to be as consistent as is humanly possible.&rdquo;</p><p>Voss said he had received a letter of protest from James C. Hendy, general manager of the Barons.</p><p>Voss said the mushrooming list of misconduct penalties stems from the fact that too many players rebel against the referee after drawing a penalty.</p><p>But let&rsquo;s go back to Gordon&rsquo;s fateful night at Pittsburgh when he was sentenced to a double misconduct, the first such penalties in his entire playing career.</p><p>What set off this Sir Walter Raleigh of the ice?</p><h3>Cheap Penalty</h3><p>&ldquo;(Jack) Mehlenbacher was ignoring most of the clutching and holding tactics of Pittsburgh and when he&rsquo; called a cheap little tripping penalty on Fred Shero, I protested,&rdquo; explained Gordon.</p><p>&ldquo;I told him he was calling them for Pittsburgh one way and for us another. I got a little hot about it and he tossed me off. When I got in the penalty box I said something else and he screamed &ldquo;That&rsquo;ll cost you 10 minutes and $25 more.&rsquo;&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;It all came out of the fact that there was no consistency about the way the penalties were being called,&rdquo; said Gordon. &ldquo;I just flipped my lid.&rdquo;</p><p>Nobody is particularly dismayed when Fred Glover of the Barons or Pat Egan of the Providence Reds gets a misconduct but it becomes a matter for investigation when Gordon and Johnny McLellan get them.</p><h3>Bun No Like</h3><p>The surge of penalties to the Barons has put them at the top of the heap in that department of the league, a matter which is not to the liking of Coach Bun Cook.</p><p>Cook, always an enemy of the penalty unless it is a bonafide, gold-plated type, has been forced to use his best magic to keep afloat in the face of his club&rsquo;s illegal capers.</p><h2><b>Protested</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02167/1226998-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="587" height="896"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JIM HENDY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Misconduct Penalties Increase In AHL As Referees Clamp Down

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;Hockey Fans! your favorite annual feautre of THE HOCKEY NEWS gets underway when you, the fans, can begin picking your All-Stars.</p><p>This marks the eighth straight season that THE HOCKEY NEWS has conducted this poll by the fans in which you&rsquo;re asked to pick your own dream team.</p><p>We&rsquo;ll follow the same pattern beginning next week whereby you pick the goalkeepers, defensemen, centres, right wings, left wings and coaches in that order from week to week. Watch for the goalies next week. The picking season&rsquo;s underway!<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY HEADQUARTERS IN DETROIT

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover1" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover18/1228199-1-eng-US/cover12.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SUGAR JIM HENRY parries a thrust by Detroit&rsquo;s Marcel Pronovost in the top photo as the puck skitters off to one side of the nets. When Sugar takes a rest, his youthful understudy, Long John Henderson takes over. In the lower picture Henderson flops to one knee to make a save off Jerry Toppazzini (No. 15) of the Black Hawks while Bill Quackenbush (left) and Allan Stanley, centre, look on. Top Photo&mdash;Roy Bash&mdash;Detroit Times</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Two Bruins, Two Styles</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover26/1228192-1-eng-US/cover22.jpg" title="Cover2" width="2277" height="1474"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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THE MAJOR STEPS DOWN

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Although the Toronto Maple Leafs are operating under new management, there remains a background of seven Stanley Cups in the General Manager&rsquo;s office.</p><p>Conn Smythe, who managed the team to all seven of its championships, retired as GM on his 60th birthday, Feb. 1.</p><p>Hap Day, who succeeded him in power, brought a similar record as coach of five of the Leaf champions, assistant manager of another and playing member of the seventh.</p><p>While surrendering the GM title, Smythe retained presidency of the club and in that capacity is expected to exercise almost as much control of Leaf affairs.</p><p>The change in title was effected more than 1,500 miles from the office in question. That would be at the Breakers, in Palm Beach, Florida, where Smythe has been vacationing for the past six weeks.</p><p>Before accepting the promotion at Smythe&rsquo;s birthday party there, Day himself spent two weeks on a Florida holiday, part of it believed to be in conferring with Smythe on his new post.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Leafs GM Post Backed by Seven Stanley Cups

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The casual announcement last week that the venerable Conn Smythe was taking down his shingle as General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and giving up his swivel chair to Hap Day, may sound like the passing of a great figure from the sporting scene. In actuality, this isn&rsquo;t true. The Smythian shadow will continue to form a part of Maple Leaf Gardens just so long as &ldquo;The Little Major&rdquo; can get around.</p><p>The succession of Day to Smythe&rsquo;s throne has been imminent for some time now but any announcements regarding Day&rsquo;s elevation were tempered with the clause that Conn would still &ldquo;take an interest&rdquo; in the management of Maple Leaf Gardens.</p><p>Officially Day is the new General manager but those who know the fiery Smythe know that he&rsquo;ll still be wielding his dynamic powers whenever the occasion demands it.</p><p>Last week at the Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida, Constantine Falkland Karrys Smythe celebrated his 60th birthday with his family at his side and many friends to make it a joyous occasion.</p><p>He had Hap Day there also to make it a managing director&rsquo;s farewell, as well as a Smythe birthday celebration.</p><p>Daughter Miriam (Mrs. Jack Hoult) with her husband, sons Staff and Dr. Hugh and their wives, have gone to Palm Beach to be on hand to help their father&mdash;and father-in-law&mdash;make it a happy occasion.</p><p>Hap Day had been there several weeks, no doubt going over all the details of his new job.</p><h2>Through The Mill</h2><p>The dynamic Smythe has been through the hockey wars for a long time. He was also through World War I as a flight lieutenant, earned the Military Cross, was a prisoner in Germany, and as one would expect, tried to escape, and once nearly made it.</p><p>He was in World War II also, formed his own Battery, took it overseas and was wounded in the back when an ammunition dump blew up. Returned to Chorley Park Hospital and there almost blew the lid off Ottawa with claims about the way war business was being handled.</p><p>On the hockey front he was equally as dynamic. Born in Toronto within a short distance of Maple Leaf Gardens, he played hockey and football at Jarvis Collegiate, Upper Canada College and Varsity. He coached Varsity teams, was one of the leaders on the great uproar that went on at Varsity when a faction insisted that the Blue football team should have a professional coach rather than a Varsity grad coach. He helped win that one.</p><h2>The Turning Point</h2><p>He gathered a New York Ranger team for Col. Hammond of New York, saw it snatched from him after he had moulded it in pre-season training at Ravina Rink. Hammond had been talked into believing that this young fellow Smythe didn&rsquo;t have the experience to coach an NHL team Lester Patrick got the job. Smythe got $10,000 to salve his wound. It was the most money he had ever had.</p><p>He immediately took some of it and bet on his favorite football team, Varsity, against McGill in Montreal. Varsity won.</p><p>The dismissal from Rangers stung him. He was out to prove Hammond wrong. Toronto born, he had faith in his own city, so he decided Toronto needed not only a great NHL team, but a fine arena. With a group of friends he purchased the Toronto Sc. Pats renamed them the Maple Leafs, and was in NHL business.</p><p>It was Smythe&rsquo;s drive that produced the Gardens, convinced banks, insurance companies. T. Eaton Co. in the lorge realm and hundreds of small investors&mdash;including working men who helped build the Gardens that this building was needed.</p><p>Hap Day, the new boss of the Maple Leaf hockey system, was born in Owen Sound June 1.4, 1901, so he, too, has been around the hockey wars a long time.</p><p>From Owen Sound he went to Midland, then came to Toronto to attend the Ontario College of Pharmacy, for it was a druggist, not as a hockey player, Hap looked for his future.</p><p>He played senior hockey with Hamilton Tigers and it. was from this, club that the operators of the Toronto St. Patrick&rsquo;s of the National Hockey League, got him to make the jump to pro company. And it was from the St. Pat&rsquo;s he moved to Maple Leafs and into the Smythe fold when the latter and his associates purchased the Toronto club franchise in the NHL.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover34/1228254-1-eng-US/cover32.jpg" title="Cover3" width="290" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Conn Smythe</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Smythe Gives Up GM Post To Day; Won’t Be Far Away

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Although his contract doesn&rsquo;t call for it, Gump Worsley should be paid for working overtime for the Rangers. The little goaltender, who isn&rsquo;t yet punchdrunk, should be after stopping a total of 1,486 shots this season.</p><p>Gump has been busier than any other goalkeeper in the league. All goalies get to make more saves now, with the puck thrown in the way it is. But none has had less assistance from teammates who get caught out of position or who fail to check.</p><p>The little fellow, who was rookie of the year two seasons ago and who, after spending last season in the minors, had to outduel Johnny Bower for his old job last Fall, played in 46 games through January. Twenty-one of them were on home ice, where he made 630 saves for a 30-a-game average. His 856 saves in 25 road games averaged 34.2.</p><p>The constant peppering of Worsley had reached a new high during January, when Worsley allowed only 16 goals in a nine-game period. Twice, in consecutive games in Chicago and Detroit, the opposition had 51 shots stopped short of the Ranger net.</p><p>When you consider the amount of stops he has been asked to make, Worsley has had a whale of a year. His 2.83 goals-against average would certainly have been good enough under even ordinary conditions. He had four shutouts, too, and only one of them was turned out with a minimum of effort. Boston took only 19 shots at him on Jan. 23.</p><p>The goaltending of Worsley was one of two features of the Rangers&rsquo; recent road trip during the Hollywood Ice Review&rsquo;s encampment at the Garden. The other was the emergence of Ron Murphy as a high class center.</p><p>Until he was shifted from left wing to center ice, where he hadn&rsquo;t played since his junior days in Guelph, Murphy had only occasionally shown flashes of the hockey player the Rangers intended he would be. His career seemed to bog down from the time of his brawl a year ago with Boom Boom Geoffrion, when Murphy came out of it with a fractured jaw. The Rangers didn&rsquo;t even bother to protect him prior to this year&rsquo;s draft.</p><p>Through the month of January, Murphy had played only five games at his new position, between Vic Howe and Pete Conacher. The line looked good but didn&rsquo;t score in its debut. It scored at. least once in the other four games, with Murphy and Conacher getting two goals apiece and Howe one tying tally late in a game in Detroit.</p><p>The only thing Murphy hasn&rsquo;t been able to do well as a center is to forecheck. He carries the stick around his waist. Otherwise, he has carried the puck well, made and taken good passes and has shown a great deal more drive and hustle than he ever did on the wing.</p><p>In the course of reviewing the records for the Worsley figures, it was discovered that (1) the Rangers, for some reason, have been weakest in the first period and strongest in the second and (2) they should, if they don&rsquo;t, prefer to play when Bill Chadwick is refereeing.</p><p>Through the end of January, the Rangers had scored 43 times in the middle period while the opposition was scoring 4 5. Think that&rsquo;s bad? They were outscored, 44 to 28, in the opening period and 54 to 39 in the last 20 minutes.</p><p>The department of accidental facts and figures also comes up with the pertinent knowledge that the Rangers are a better team when they score first. When they got the first goal, they won 11 games, tied eight and lost but three. When the opposition scored first, the Rangers have won but two times and tied five others. They lost 18.</p><p>Unless he may follow the rule book a little closer than the other officials, there could be no reason why Ranger victories and Chadwick&rsquo;s officiating would be correlated. However, there is no doubt but what they&rsquo;ve done better when he has been calling them.</p><p>Here is how they&rsquo;ve fared, &ldquo;against&rsquo;&rsquo; the league&rsquo;s referees:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01132/1225803-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="596" height="196"></div><h2><b>Meet The Man Who Makes The Most</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02118/1225796-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1761" height="1451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gump Worsley, saving a shot by Eric Nesterenko</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Gump Worsley Rates Overtime Salary, Has Averaged 32.1 Shots A Game So Far

<div class="byline">MOZLEY.</div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK.&mdash;Leaping Louis Fontinato and Jack Evans have swapped places in New York and Saskatoon. When Fontinato joined the club in Detroit, these were his first words to Muzz Patrick: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s nice to be south for the Winter. It was 14 degrees below when I left Saskatoon and it&rsquo;s three above here.&rdquo; Although Louie still has a lot to learn, he has been an improvement over the slumping Evans. At least his knee is now sound. It wasn&rsquo;t when he came to the majors for the first time earlier in the season.</p><p>Ivan Irwin hurt his knee so badly in Detroit on Jan. 29 that he had to miss the next game in Chicago. But, two days and several whirlpool treatments later, he was back skating&hellip;All last year, Dean Prentice played 51 games and scored only four times. In his first 51 games this season, he got 13 goals.</p><p>In their road trip during the ice show, the Rangers won as many times in seven games (three times) as they had previously in 20 away-from-home games&hellip;Wally Hergesheimer, whose broken right leg is healing as slowly as his broken left one did a year ago, is still in New York getting treatments.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“Leaping Louie” Enjoys Southern Safari To NY

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Coach Dick Irvin, the greyhaired master strategist of the Montreal Canadiens who has his team in first place nearly all season, expects his power-packed machine to produce 75 goals between now and the end of the campaign.</p><p>With only 17 games remaining on Montreal&rsquo;s schedule, that&rsquo;s a tall order.</p><p>Irvin feels that scoring at that clip will give his Habs a margin of safety in their bid to win the National Hockey League championship, ending a six-year reign by the Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>As the Leafs have fallen 14 points behind in the narrowing race, only the Wings pose a threat to the Habs now.</p><p>Irvin expects to get 11 goals from Bernie Geoffrion, from Maurice Richard and 10 from Jean Beliveau, which it would give them a total of 40 apiece for the 70-game season.</p><p>Before the 1954-55 campaign got under-way, Irvin freely pre-dicted that this trio would score 100 goals. Most observers thought he was optimistic but, with that objective in sight, Irvin apparently has revised the three-man quota to 120.</p><p>There never has been three 40-goal scorers on one club before. But says Irvin: &ldquo;My chaps can do it. All they have to do is maintain the pressure.&rdquo;</p><p>Richard ran his season&rsquo;s output to 3 2, highest in the league, with a four-goal outburst against the Rangers in New York on February 6 while Beliveau and Geoffrion have scored 30 apiece.</p><p>The coach also is 10 more goals from Dickie Moore, a versati1e but brittle youngster, who was on the trading block a month ago. Since shedding a shoulder harness which hampered his action. Moo re has become one of the sparkplugs of the team and has wiggled off the hook as trading bait.</p><p>Five goals apiece are expected from Floyd Curry, Jackie Leclair and Donnie Marshall. Four are the quotas of Bert Olmstead and Kenny Mosdell. Calum MacKay&rsquo;s quota is three.</p><p>Irvin wants 10 goals from his defenseman&mdash;three apiece from Doug Harvey and Tom Johnson and two each from Dollard St. Laurent and Butch Bouchard.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03110/1225879-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="284" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Maurice Richard</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0489/1225872-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="270" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dickie Moore</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0568/1225865-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="290" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Raxvey</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0651/1225858-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="1784" height="1067"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Irvin Expects 75 More Goals From Habitants

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01132/1225948-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div><p>Born, Prescott, Ont., August 2, 1932 Defense. Shoots left, 5&rsquo;7&rdquo;, 177 lbs.</p><p>Last amateur club: Port Arthur West End Bruins. (Jrs.)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Leo Boivin’s Record

<p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>OSTON&mdash;Unlike many professional athletes, Leo Boivin of the Boston Bruins never has to worry about his weight, which has remained constant for several years.</p><p>&ldquo;I finish a season weighing 179 or 180 pounds,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;and I start the next season weighing the same.&rdquo;</p><p>Boivin, shortest member of the Bruins, is also the lightest member of the defense squad, five pounds lighter than Bill Quackenbush.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Leo Has No Weight Worries

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass&mdash;</p><p>A member of a visiting team was making a spectacular rush at Boston Garden one night recently, and as he sped into the defensive zone of the Bruins, the home crowd inched forward anxiously on its seats.</p><p>Directly towards a stocky figure in a Bruins&rsquo; uniform the opponent skated, then he veered to his right to cut for the corner of the rink. Quickly the stocky Bruin also moved, and catching the opponent solidly with his body, he knocked him spinning to the ice.</p><p>From the crowd came a deep-throated roar of approval, and in a stadium seat the manager of the Bruins turned toward his neighbor.</p><p>&ldquo;There,&rdquo; said Lynn Patrick succinctly, &ldquo;is the best body-checker to play in the National League in the last 15 years.&rdquo;</p><p>The object of Patrick&rsquo;s praise was Leo Boivin, a 23-year-old defenseman whose tenure with the Bruins has been brief. He has been here only since early November, when he was acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Joe Klukay, the veteran forward.</p><p>But in that short time Boivin, a substitute in Toronto, has developed into a crowd-rouser for the Bruins. Hockey Bostonians like his smashing, crashing defense-work, and they also like his hustle.</p><p>Patrick&mdash;and Milt Schmidt, the Bruins&rsquo; coach&mdash;like the all-round ability of this diminutive youngster who seems well launched on a long career here.</p><p>Boivin, Patrick feels, is a natural for a game which is based on speed and contact, for the five-foot six-inch defenseman has demonstrated both. He&rsquo;s fast and he loves to hit.</p><p>&ldquo;Those are qualities which a player either has or hasn&rsquo;t,&rdquo; observed Patrick. &ldquo;Leo can move, and he&rsquo;s a natural body-checker.&rdquo;</p><p>Boivin is well constructed for rugged play, for his short frame carries 180 pounds, all muscle. Built for hard work, the little fellow has worked hard for most of his life.</p><p>The Boivins come from Prescott, Ontario, a town of 7,000 people on the banks of the St. Lawrence river. There his father. Pudent, spent 28 years as the captain of a ferry which plied between Prescott and Ogdensburg. New York.</p><p>Young Leo inherited his father&rsquo;s frame, but he built his own muscles. At 13 he was working a milk route, picking up the heavy containers from neighboring farmers and delivering them to a dairy. He worked on a coal boat summers; he helped harvest ice winters.</p><p>The result of his labors&mdash;and he still spends 10 hours a day on a dump truck in the summer&mdash;was a Charles Atlas physique and a pleasure in the strenuous activity of hockey.</p><p>Boivin first attracted the attention of a major league team as a 15-year-old in Prescott. The New York Rangers invited him to their tryout camp at Saranac Lake, New York</p><p>A year later he was playing for the Inkerman Rockets in Kingston, 50 miles from home and the legendary birthplace of hockey. There he was seen by Harold Cotton, the chief scout of the Bruins, and placed on the Bruins&rsquo; negotiation list.</p><p>As a member of the Bruins&rsquo; organization his first stop was Port Arthur, Ontario, where he spent two seasons. His Inkerman team had made the Eastern Memorial Cup finals twice, and he took the winning formula west with him. Port Arthur made the Western finals in both his seasons there.</p><p>Playing with Boivin&mdash;he was a combination defenseman, center and wing then&mdash;were three youngsters now with the Bruins&rsquo; Hershey farm club, Center Junior Wilson and Defensemen Arnott Whitney and Bill Matthew, but the association was dissolved in their second year together.</p><p>In the late fall of 1950 the Bruins and Toronto made a six-player deal, the Bruins sending Center Phil Maloney, Forward Ken Smith, Defenseman Ferny Flaman and an &ldquo;unnamed amateur&rdquo; to Toronto for Forwards Bill Ezinicki and Vic Lynn. The amateur was unnamed here, but in Port Arthur the captain of the West End Bruins read his name in a Toronto paper and looked to his future&mdash;with the Maple Leafs.</p><p>Toronto seasoned the youngster briefly at Pittsburgh, then brought him up to the varsity. Leo flashed briefly as a rookie two years ago, but his free-wheeling style of play didn&rsquo;t seem to fit into the Maple Leafs&rsquo; set system.</p><p>When he started this season playing only on occasion, the swap for the crafty Klukay was made, and Boston&rsquo;s biggest crowd-pleaser on defense since Eddie Shore finally reached his earlier destination.</p><p>Oddly enough, the fortunes of hockey war have maintained a friendship started in Toronto by the deal of four years ago, that of Boivin and Flaman. Ferny came home last summer in a deal for Dave Creighton, and when Boivin came here, he lived with the Flamans until he was able to set his family up in a home of their own.</p><p>A curly-haired boy with a slow smile, Leo is of French-Canadian extraction. His Dad is a native of Chicoutimi, Quebec, where he worked on the pulp boats in prePrescott days. He&rsquo;s the second hockey player in the family. His older brother Ferdinand, now an engineer, played at Montreal College and Queens in Kingston.</p><p>The Boivins&mdash;Leo and the former Patsy Kirby and little Michel&mdash;make their permanent home in Prescott, and Leo admits, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve gotten pretty handy around the house&rdquo;.</p><p>Here they are living in Westwood, where the Flamans have their home, and the two bruising Bruins make the trips into Boston together.</p><h2><b>Mr. Wham!</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0854/1225917-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="567" height="587"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEO BOIVIN</b></figcaption></div><h2>The Tradition Of Thump</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02111/1225910-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="2372" height="3101"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Boivin Labelled “One Of NHL’s Best Body-Checkers”

<div class="byline">By VIC WALL</div><p>SPRINGFIELD, MASS.&mdash;</p><p>Recognized as one of the best center ice men in the American Hockey League, the veteran Doug McMurdy is having an excellent year for the Springfield Indians. One of the few veterans of the team, who has played Eastern League, Quebec League and American League hockey for owner Eddie Shore, McMurdy is one of the strong silent men of the team, a player who can rise to the occasion, a player who can do double duty and otherwise perform as only a polished hockey player should.</p><p>Several times this season McMurdy has virtually pulled the Indians up by their boot-straps with his spectacular play that is based on long experience. He makes plays with the ease and facility of the real pro. He is a master at killing penalties. He also has stepped in on defense in tight spots.</p><p>No wonder he is one of the prime favorites in hot-hockey Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut. No wonder coach Red Mitchell sings his praises. No wonder his mates have only kind words of praise for &ldquo;Blackie&rdquo; as they call him.</p><p>McMurdy has had a varied career as a member of Springfield hockey clubs. He first came into the local picture in 1948-49 after two years with Tulsa. He has remained here ever since, although his career was marred both by tragedy and a transfer to Syracuse where Eddie Shore took the club in 1951-52.</p><p>While coaching the Indians in the Eastern League, the McMurdys lost their young son in an automobile accident in St. Catherine. Now they live quietly in West Springfield near the Coliseum where Doug plays his hockey and where he also coached the Indians in the Quebec League.</p><p>Springfield has a warm spot in its heart for Doug and Donna, his lovely wife. The McMurdys like this section, too.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01200/1226003-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="833" height="1746"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DOUG McMURDY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Springfield’s Doug McMurdy Still A Versatile Veteran

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div><p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>The Hershey Bears, seeking a replacement for goalie Gordie Henry, who is sidelined for the season as a result of injuries received in an auto crash, have called up Norman Defelice from the Johnstown Jets, of the International League, for a three-game try-out.</p><p>Defelice, who is the property of the Boston Bruins, had a 3.2 goals allowed average per game with the Jets in 33 games before joining the Bears. The 22-year-old netminder played with Sydney of the Maritime League last season. Terry Reardon, current general manager of the Providence Reds, was his coach and he has high praise for the youngster&rsquo;s ability. The little cage cop had eight shut-outs with Sydney.</p><p>He is the fourth goalie to tend the Bear cage this season. Long John Henderson, now Boston&rsquo;s first string twine tender, opened the campaign in the Hershey nets. After 15 games, Henderson was called to Beantown to supplant Sugar Jim Henry.</p><p>His namesake, Gordie Henry stepped into his old post and was just beginning to reach his peak form when he was injured in the unfortunate accident which also claimed the life of his wife, Leone.</p><p>Gilles Boisvert, 21-year-old Montreal Royal goaltender, came on as a stop-gap replacement for Henry and did a sensational job. After a quartet of games, however, he had to return to Montreal and general manager Lloyd S. Blinco decided to call up Defelice for a look-see.</p><p>Meanwhile, as the Bears sought the right guy to fill Henry&rsquo;s big shoes, coach Murray Henderson did a bit of shuffling of his forward lines in an effort to get more fire power for the home stretch drive of the American Hockey League.</p><p>With Dune Fisher, one of his top goal-getters in a terrific slump, Henderson switched the chunky little right winger from his No. 1 line centered by Arnie Kullman to Gordie Wilson&rsquo;s threesome. Meanwhile, he moved rookie Fred Pietsch into Fisher&rsquo;s spot alongside Kullman and Obie O&rsquo;Brien.</p><p>His other forward combo of Skip Teal, Kenney Smith and Norm Corcoran remains intact and understandably so. Dubbed the Katzenjammer Line by one-sportswriter, this combination has been the Bears&rsquo; most consistent scoring unit.</p><p>Corcoran, always a slow starter, has been lighting the red lamp regularly in recent games. Smith had a run of eleven games in which he scored at least one point a game, and Teal, on the strength of his play-making, has moved into fourth place among Hershey&rsquo;s individual scorers.</p><h2><b>On Shelf</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02180/1226034-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="548" height="899"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE HENRY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hershey Bears Call Up Jet Janitor Defelice To Fill Gaping Hole Vacated By Red Henry

<div class="byline">By PAUL G. SULLIVAN</div><p>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>If there&rsquo;s a fall guy when a hockey club is losing, it&rsquo;s a fair bet that, for a loud majority, it&rsquo;ll be the goal minder.</p><p>It&rsquo;s only reasonable then to pass out plaudits to little Gil (The Needle) Mayer for service above and beyond the call of duty in the Hornet crease while Howie Meeker&rsquo;s Pittsburgh troupe is making pretty much of a headache of itself for the rest of the American League.</p><p>Goodness knows, The Needle, despite about as sound a net keeping record as will be found in the annals of the AHL, has been subjected to full need of raucous criticism from that breed of patron who considers that the right to abuse is included in the price of admission!</p><p>But even the railbird whose sharpest reflex action is to blame the goalie for every hostile tally has been silent lately as Mayer has blocked, smothered, kicked, speared, and otherwise picked off in flight the hottest puck barrages that rivals have contrived to concentrate on his well-guarded citadel.</p><p>Early in the campaign, before the Steel City defense had properly jelled and when the infant son of the Mayers was undergoing hospitalization and operation, the Needle may have faltered here and there. Indeed, for a while, other meshmen enjoyed margin over him in the vital goals-against column.</p><p>But since the holidays, Gil has been just a flicker short of impregable on the goal patrol. His sparkling work has confounded not only the conventional attackers who let fly from scrimmage and hope to catch an empty corner; he has been equally poisonous in the breakaway boys who&rsquo;ve come in wide open with seeming opportunity merely to punch the pellet where they would and rack up their count.</p><p>Without disparagement of the inner cordon performances of such defense stalwarts as Capt. Frank Mathers, Ray Gariepy, Jack Price, and newcomers Bill Burega and Marc Resume, there&rsquo;s glory for Gil in a January record of 28 goals-against for 14 games in the thick of a close title fight for a team that&rsquo;s up where every foe is shooting the works at it.</p><p>The writer remembers with reminiscent thrill his first glimpse of tiny Gil Mayer. It was the eve of the 1949-&rsquo;50 season and the Hornets had just lost their great all-AHL perennial, Baz Bastien, through the tragic accident that cost him the sight of his right eye and ended his active career as a hockey combatant.</p><p>Coach Bob Davidson and the Toronto brass had sifted frantically all the goalkeeping talent at immediate disposal, but none seemed ready for the rough competition of the American League. In desperation, 19-year-old Mayer, small, light, and childish&mdash;not even boyish&mdash;looking, was called to the camp at Welland from the Barrie Flyers and thrown to the wolves in the final test battle with the mighty Leafs.</p><p>All Gil did was shut out the Stanley Cup champions, 2-0, and hurl the whole situation into turmoil. Bewildered, hardly articulate in the strange English tongue, and lacking pads to fit his meagre frame, the French youngster was hustled home for his clothes and told to report for Pittsburgh duty. Meanwhile Trainer Socko McCarey was delegated to improvise a set of protective gear for him to be ready for the opener a couple of nights later.</p><p>Well, Gil came to the Steel City and turned in a creditable average of 2.84 for 50 games over a campaign wherein he shared activities with big Al Rollins. When he moved on to Toronto, the job was Mayer&rsquo;s to have and to hold&mdash;and he&rsquo;s had it and held it ever since with such handsome effect as to constitute him virtual mortgage of the Hap Holmes Trophy, which, by the way, he&rsquo;s on the high road to cop again this winter.</p><p>If a kid ever did it the tough way in the face of doubt, scorn, and rugged opposition, Gil the Needle has done it&mdash;and at long last a lot people are beginning to wonder if he wouldn&rsquo;t look very much to the manner horn in National League regimentals.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Fans Needle “The Needle” But He’s Still Hot Hornet, Allowed 28 Goals in 14 Games

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02135/1226120-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg"></div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Nowhere on the lengthy lists of mid-season leaders for various National Hockey League awards was the name of Marty Pavelich.</p><p>Which isn&rsquo;t exactly unusual even though a strange circumstance in a way.</p><p>This is the eighth season that Pavelich has been a regular member of the Detroit Red Wings. He is one of the four players (along with Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe and Red Kelly) who have played on all six championship teams the last six years and who are anxious again.</p><p>Jack Adams used to refer fondly to that quartet as &ldquo;my deadend kids&rdquo;. That was in their younger days but now Adams calls them &ldquo;our winning nucleus&mdash;I built a team around them and a winning cycle started&rsquo;&rsquo;.</p><p>Never does Adams fail to mention that Pavelich is an important part of the nucleus.</p><p>It&rsquo;s about the only mention Pavelich gets since no one seems to mention him when it comes time to pass out league honors.</p><p>For instance, he is a better leftwinger than some of the eight nominated for the All Star squad. He is more sportsmanlike than a few of the 13 Lady Byng Trophy candidates. And he is more valuable than several of the 18 Hart Trophy vote-getters.</p><p>But Pavelich was on none of those lists.</p><p>Marty is used to being neglected for never has he won an individual award or honor of any kind. After eight seasons, he&rsquo;s still one of the most overlooked and underrated players in the NHL.</p><p>&ldquo;Pavelich is the best defensive forward in hockey and the best penalty-killer in the game&mdash;it&rsquo;s just too bad that there isn&rsquo;t some sort of award for those talents,&rdquo; Adams points out with considerable vigor.</p><p>As far as Pavelich is concerned, he&rsquo;s satisfied to settle for team honors. Of those he has many and few players are able to say that they played on six NHL title teams and have their name engraved on the Stanley Cup three times.</p><p>Which fits the pattern. Pavelich is the type of athlete referred to often as a &ldquo;team player&rdquo;. He is a holler guy, a strong force in the locker room, a sparkplug on the ice, a dogged perpetual-motion skater. He&rsquo;s never been heard to gripe and he has model living habits.</p><p>While this has nothing to do with his playing, Marty also is a terrific salesman for the game of hockey while off the ice. One of the smoothest speakers on the Detroit roster, he makes a highly favorable impression on his many speaking engagements.</p><p>They can tell you more about this in his native Canadian Soo. Marty goes back home every summer to play baseball and manage the team. Lately he&rsquo;s become a leader in promoting baseball for the kids. He works as the local representative of Carling&rsquo;s Brewery and is extremely proud of his membership in the Sault Kiwanis Club.</p><p>Like all forwards who are not particularly scoring threats, Marty does have one personal ambition he&rsquo;d like to satisfy before leaving hockey. That&rsquo;s to become a 20-goal man some season.</p><p>Closest so far was the year he got 17. His tally each season since joining the Detroit club from the Galt Juniors has been 4-10-89-17-13-9.</p><p>His aim still is within reach in the current campaign. Pavelich made 12 goals in the first 51 games, which left him with eight to go in the final 19. It is not an unreasonable order.</p><p>Despite the low goal count, never has there been a hint that the Wings should peddle him to get more punch. Marty&rsquo;s value lies elsewhere and it is a considerable value.</p><p>Furthermore his goals have included several big ones.</p><p>Six of them, including his first five, were &ldquo;starters&rdquo;&mdash;Detroit&rsquo;s opening goal of a game. Only Gordie Howe with eight has more starting goals.</p><p>His biggest night came on a visit to New York when he scored twice and Detroit got a 3-3 tie. Another time at New York he hit in the final period as the Wings came from behind for a 2-2 tie. Then there was a game here when he scored at 15.53 of the last stanza to salvage a 3-3 deadlock against Boston.</p><p>In a game at Montreal Marty kept a rally going as the Wings overcame a 3-0 deficit for a rousing 4-3 triumph. His was the third goal of that affair.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Dead-Ender&rdquo; Dead Stops</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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“No Award” Pavelich Playing Vital Role Despite Obscurity

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>&lsquo;CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Edward H. Burns, better known to his many friends and readers of the Chicago Tribune as simply Ed Burns, died the morning of January 2 7 in Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, after more than 2 7 years as a top reporter on baseball, hockey, football and other sports. He was 64.</p><p>Probably known best for his top baseball coverage with the Tribune, Burns had also been covering Black Hawk hockey activities for many years and continued to do so right up to Christmas night when he was stricken with a brain sickness brought on by hardening of the arteries.</p><p>He collapsed at the Stadium where he watched so many Chicago hockey games in the midst of his annual assignment as reviewer of the opening performance of the Hollywood Ice Revue. Despite his grave condition, he went ahead to finish the assignment before entering the hospital.</p><p>Exploratory surgery disclosed the cause of his illness the following Friday. He went into a coma following the operation and never regained consciousness. Operated on for cancer last summer in Boston, Burns never appeared to regain complete health and seemed to be failing fast just before the fatal attack.</p><p>Pallbearers at the funeral rites conducted January 29 by Dr. Preston Bradley, nationally known Chicago clergyman, were close friends of the late Tribune scribe. One was William J. Tobin, vicepresident of the Black Hawks.</p><p>He made this tribune to Burns: &ldquo;We feel we&rsquo;ve lost a great friend here and sports has lost a great writer. I never knew a sports reporter who was more considerate. I know of no one with higher integrity than Ed Burns. He was always very kind to us.&rdquo;</p><p>Other pallbearers were Charles Comiskey, vice-president of the White Sox; Bob Lewis, Chicago Cubs&rsquo; traveling secretary; Earl Hilligan, director of the American League (baseball) Service bureau; Dave Rush, Western Union sports chief in Chicago, and Irving Vaughan, Burns&rsquo; fellow ball writer on the Tribune.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Ed Burns Dies, Was Talented Hockey Writer

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass&mdash;</p><p>Necessity, as the mother of invention, has recently presented the Boston Bruins with a bouncing, new scoring line.</p><p>For a full month, from midDecember to mid-January, the Bruins traveled on the goalgetting ability of one line, that of Don McKenney, Real Chevrefils and Leo LaBine.</p><p>During that period Coach Milt Schmidt and Lynn Patrick, his predecessor, waited,&mdash;in vain&mdash;for their other line combinations to develop a scoring touch.</p><p>When none was forthcoming and opposing defenses started to concentrate on LaBine and his sidekicks, Schmidt was virtually forced into making his first major personnel change as a coach.</p><p>The object of Milt&rsquo;s manipulation was Doug Mohns, the young left wing with the fiery shot. Mohns, counted upon as a big gun in his sophomore season here, hadn&rsquo;t been going well.</p><p>Schmidt made a right wing of the solemn blond and placed him at that position on a line with Cal Gardner at center and Lome Ferguson at left wing. The line made an immediate hit.</p><p>Mohns, probably the fastest skater in hockey and Ferguson, deceptively fast and a serious scoring threat, fitted together in astounding fashion. They promptly launched a tattoo on opposing goal-tenders.</p><p>In their first seven games of operation the line scored 10 goals, six by Ferguson, three by Mohns, and the days of opposing concentration on LaBine&rsquo;s line were over. The Bruins, pressed for goals previously, won five of the seven games.</p><p>The new grouping, in addition to benefitting the team, has also been a blessing for Mohns and Ferguson. Young Mohns, a lefthanded shot, has been putting his bullets on the net more often from the position also played well by another southpaw, Maurice Richard.</p><p>Ferguson, the comebacker from Hershey, has positively thrived on the new relationship. For the first half of the schedule Lome plugged away on makeshift lines, then he was hampered for a long stretch by a badly sprained wrist.</p><p>But since the start of his collaboration with Mohns, he has been the team&rsquo;s leading scorer, and at the start of this month the only left wing in the league with more goals was Toronto&rsquo;s Sid Smith.</p><p>Patrick experimented with Mohns at right wing at the Bruins&rsquo; training camp at Hershey, but dropped the idea when he acquired Murray Costello.</p><p>When Schmidt was forced to make changes, that was the one he chose to make first, and it has doubled the Bruins&rsquo; prospective firepower.</p><h2><b>They Clicked Together</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03106/1226189-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="289" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Mohns</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0483/1226182-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="364" height="370"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Cal Gardner</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0558/1226175-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="293" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lome Ferguson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Mohns-Gardner-Ferguson Trio Now Paying Off For Schmidt

<div class="byline">By Marshall Dann</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01153/1226089-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="291" height="444"></div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Speaking as we were of failure to shoot on the net, wasn&rsquo;t that some election the experts held at mid-season.</p><p>They certainly made a valiant effort not to offend a single player by leaving anyone out of those $1,000 derbies&mdash;the races for the All Star team positions plus the various trophies.</p><p>There were 43 players named on the All Star ballots. Of these, 18 were nominated on defense, seven at center, four at right wing and six (naturally) as goalies.</p><p>When it came to the trophy voting, the same carefree scattergun trend continued. A total of 18 players drew votes for the Hart Trophy, 18 for the Lady Byng, 13 for the Norris and eight for the Calder.</p><p>This adds up to the nice round fully packed figure of 95.</p><p>Since there are only 102 players in the league, 17 on each of the six clubs, not many of the serfs should feel neglected.</p><p>Someone, of course, will want to remind me that there were duplications in the above totals and that actually only 5 4 players drew votes.</p><p>Personally, I always did confuse the two words&mdash;duplication and duplicity&mdash;and right now duplicity is the one which bothers me even more.</p><p>This is the second year that the NHL has fathered this mid-season voting. Which is long enough to learn that there are some kinks in the system which need straightening.</p><p>As I recall, the idea of running two elections, one at mid-season and the other at the finish, was to spread out the area of emphasis. That way a candidate wouldn&rsquo;t draw unusual attention just because his rousing finish was freshest in the minds of the voters.</p><p>The intent, I gather, was to allow for equal consideration of a man who got away to a fine start.</p><p>Wonderful theory&hellip;never fact.</p><p>Here&rsquo;s why. Voters being human, the second election will cover the full 70-game effort while the first election covers the first 35 games.</p><p>In other words, the emphasis has swung completely the other way. Double credit goes to early-season performance; single credit to play in the stretch.</p><p>Don&rsquo;t tell me a player who was nowhere in the voting picture at mid-season ever will pick up enough votes on the second round&mdash;no matter how brilliant his second-half performance&mdash;to become the final winner.</p><p>Figure it out yourself. Mathematics plus common Sense will show it&rsquo;s impossible.</p><p>Personally, I believe the payoff always should be on clutch play in the stretch. But it&rsquo;s the clutch player who suffers under this setup.</p><p>RESULTS OF the trophy and Ail Star voting follow:</p><p>HART TROPHY&mdash;Ted Kennedy 40, Harry Lumley 23, Rocket Richard 19, Bernie Geoffrion 15, Gordie Howe 14, Jean Beliveau 14, Danny Lewicki 8, Doug Harvey 7, Red Kelly 6, Alex Delvecchio 4, Ken Mosdell 4, Don Raleigh 2, Leo LaBine 1, Red Sullivan 1, Fleing Mackell 1, Lome Worsley 1, Terry Sawchuk 1, Sid Smith 1.</p><p>LADY BYNG TROPHY&mdash;Sid Smith 50, Red Kelly 34, Danny Lewicki 27, Don Raleigh 14, Jean Beliveau 11, Bill Mosienko 7, Edgar Laprade 7, Ed Sandford 5, Ron Stewart 3, Fleming Mackell 1, Bill Quackenbush 1, Alex Delvecchio 1, Dutch Reibel 1.</p><p>CALDER TROPHY&mdash;Eddie Litzenberger 54, Jacques Plante 41, Larry Popein 22, Bucky Hollingworth 18, Dia McKenney 15, Jackie LeClair 7, Parker MacDonald 4, Keith Allen 1,</p><p>NORRIS TROPHY&mdash;Doug Harvey 72, Red Kelly 40, Fern Flaman 17, Hugh Bolton 8, Bob Goldham 7, Tim Horton 4, Jim Thompson 3, Tom Johnson 3, Harry Howell 3, Butch Bouchard 2, Al Stanley 1, Bill Gadshy 1. Jim Morrison 1.</p><h2>ALL STAR POSITIONS</h2><p>GOALIE&mdash;Harry Lumley 80, Terry Sawchuck 58, Jacques Plante 16, Al Rollins 5, Lorne Worsley 2.</p><p>CENTER&mdash;Jean Benveau 65, Ken Mosdell 45, Ted Kennedy 38, Alex Delvecchio 9, Don Raleigh 2, Fleming Mackell 2, Red Sullivan 1.</p><p>RIGHT WING&mdash;Bernie Geoffrion 68, Rocket Richard 65, Gordie Howe 24, Leo LaBine 5.</p><p>LEFT WING&mdash;Sid Smith 71, Danny Lewicki 39, Ted Lindsay 24, Bert Olmstead 18, Lome Ferguson 5, Fleming Mackell 39, Doug Mohns 1, John McIntyre 1.</p><p>DEFENSE&mdash;Doug Harvey 89, Red Kelly 71, Bob Goldham 29, Hugh Bolton 21, Fern Flaman 19, Tim Horton 18, Jim Morrison 12, Marcel Pronovost 8, Butch Bouchard 7, Bill Gadsby 6, Gus Mortson 3, Warren Godfrey 3, Bill Quackenbush 3, Al Stanley 2, Bucky Hollingworth 2, Harry Howell 1.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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On Thin Ice

<p>Founded October 1st 1947</p><p>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</p><p>1434 Ste. Catherine Street West</p><p>Montreal 25, Que.</p><p>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire; $4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign Countries.</p><p>Entered as second-class matter, October&rsquo;s, 19G3, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879</p><p>Authorized as second-class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa</p><p><b>Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation</b></p><p>Printed in Canada<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01225/1226265-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><p>&bull; MONTREAL CANADIENS started something new in professional sports circles last week when they held their first &ldquo;Meet The Opposition&rdquo; dinner. Canadiens invited members of the Montreal press, radio and TV fraternity to sit down with the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs for their customary pre-game steak dinner. It is hoped that these dinners will enable the Montreal hockey scribes to become better acquainted with the Visiting teams and in this way enable the reporters&rsquo; to gather more and better stories. It has never been done before by any professional sports body and Canadiens deserve a large bouquet for this novel publicity arrangement. Dick Irvin is credited with the original idea but Frank Selke Jr., is the gent who put the idea in motion&hellip;Toronto&rsquo;s Jimmy Thomson is an astute follower of the stock market. He is better informed on the latest trends than many a stockbroker&hellip;New York Rangers&rsquo; Ivan Irwin has been wearing special football-type shoulder pads since he returned to action recently after being sidelined with an injured collarbone&hellip;Gunzo Homeniuk, assistant trainer of the Chicago Black Hawks, will middleaisle it this summer&hellip;When Bob Goldham first heard there was to be a &ldquo;night&rdquo; in his honor at Detroit Olympia, he exclaimed: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s real nice of them to be so kind to an old Maple Leaf.&rdquo;&hellip;Boston Bruins have been getting top mileage out of Fern Flaman, Leo Boivin, Cal Gardner, Fleming Mackell and Gus Bodnar, all former members of the Toronto Maple Leafs. These ex-Leafs were responsible for Boston downing Toronto in a couple of games this year.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02118/1226258-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="291" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gus Bodnar</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; LEAPING LOU FONTINATO, New York Rangers rookie defenseman, left Saskatoon in 14 below zero weather. He joined the Rangers in Detroit on the coldest day of the year. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s great to come south for the winter,&rdquo; he exulted&hellip;Fontinato has replaced Jack Evans. He is a colorful player and well-liked all around the NHL circuit&hellip;Eddie Bush has done a marvellous coaching job with Guelph Biltmores of the OHA Jr. &ldquo;A&rdquo; League., Those close to the scene say he has done by far the outstanding coaching job in amateur hockey in Canada&hellip;Happy Emms of the Barrie Flyers figures he has sent at least 26 players into professional ranks during the past few years. No one coach can better Emms&rsquo; record&hellip;George (Red) Sullivan has been the most consistent player for the Chicago Black Hawks this season&hellip;Do you know that Bill Mosienko and Gus Mortson are the only players on Chicago today who were with the club that started the NHL season a year ago?&hellip;Former hockey great, Toe Blake, has taken up curling in a big way this year&hellip;His ex-linemate, Elmer Lach, has also gone in for the Roarin&rsquo; Game&hellip;Certain members of the Chicago Black Hawks were complaining recently that the team has been practicing too much. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re tired out,&rdquo; one veteran explained&hellip;Bill Chadwick is thinking about retiring at the end of this season. The senior NHL referee has just recovered from a painful attack of bursitis. He never missed an assignment during his bout With bursitis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0371/1226251-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="273" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Toe Bloke</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; MONTREAL SPORTS FANS who follow their favorite games through television will be happy to know that Doug Smith, ace sportscaster, will move his popular &ldquo;The Big Time in Sport&rdquo; show on to television as well as radio. His TV show will appear over CBMT at 7.45 every Tuesday. Dow Brewery Ltd., will be the sponsor&hellip;Art Ross told Red Burnett of the Toronto Star that Jean Beliveau was the best young player he had ever seen in hockey. Ross figures that Beliveau can become the Ted Williams of hockey. That&rsquo;s some praise when it is remembered that Eddie Shore, Bill Cowley, Milt Schmidt and Dit Clapper all played for Ross when he was running the Boston Bruins&hellip;Leafs&rsquo; trainer Tim Daly is anxious to get one of the diamond-studded gold pucks which are given to NHL All-Stars. &ldquo;Now that Art Ross has retired, I&rsquo;m the only pioneer as what&rsquo;s left,&rdquo; Daly piously pointed out&hellip;Harry Lumley has the utmost of respect for Beliveau&rsquo;s shooting ability. &ldquo;He blasts them right through you,&rdquo; Lumley informed&hellip;Lumley gets better as he gets older. He is playing the greatest goal of his career right now&hellip;Hugh Bolton has been a stalwart on the Toronto defense of late. He was the best man on the ice the other night when Canadiens defeated the Leafs, 3-2&hellip;Ed (Butch) Songin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback, is playing defense for the Worcester Warriors in the Eastern Hockey League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0449/1226244-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="280" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Thomson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0006-01

PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0545/1226296-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2>Professionals</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Ever since Russia defeated Canada for the World&rsquo;s Hockey Championship last winter, all I have heard is how Canada should go about getting back the title that they lost. Don&rsquo;t get me wrong. I am very much in favour of it. But this is what my beef is about.</p><p>I have always been under the impression that for any team to take part in these games every player must be an amateur. How come all the &ldquo;Big People&rdquo; in hockey want to send hockey players such as Elmer Lach, Syl Apps and others over to Europe to play for Canada. Now Dick Irvin has come up with the bright idea that Harry Lumley, Doug Harvey, Red Kelly, Jean Beliveau, Sid Smith and Gordie Howe, be sent over to make up Canada&rsquo;s team. (I am surprised Mr. Irvin). These men are professionals, past and present. So to my understanding they are not eligible to take part in the games. Even if they have regained their amateur standing. Once a professional, always a professional.</p><p>I remember once hearing a story about a girl who won the World&rsquo;s Figure Skating Championship. But she was not allowed to keep this title, because she once accepted 25c for skating when she was a little girl. Then of course there is the known story of the great Jim Thorpe.</p><p>I am not saying that it should only apply to Canada. I mean it for all teams who wish to take part in these games. I wonder what thoughts other fans have on this subject?</p><p>Eleanor Johnson Montreal, Que.</p><h2>NHL Guides</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>A friend of mine has a copy of the NHL Press and Radio Guide which he purchased. He has, however, forgotten the address where he wrote to get it and I am wondering if you could supply me with same.</p><p>I realize it is late in the season and that they may all be sold out but I am hoping that I will be able to get a copy.</p><p>I read every edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS, having become a subscriber four years ago. If I might make a suggestion, how about a corner for. pen pals, where hockey fans all across Canada and the United States can exchange views, pictures, prograns, etc.?</p><p>David Levine Halifax, N. S.</p><p><b>(Kan McKenzie Enterprises, Room 603, Sun Life Building, Montreal have a limited supply of the NHL Press and Radio Guide still on hand but it might be wise to order one right away because there aren&rsquo;t too many left to be had. The price is one dollar. We are considering a pen pal corner, David, and you&rsquo;ll probably hear more on this subject at a later date.)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0641/1226327-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="582" height="269"></div><h2>February 13 to February 19</h2><p><b>14&mdash;GEOFFRION, Boom Boom, Montreal forward, 1931.</b></p><p><b>15&mdash;SCHERZA, Chuck, Providence forward, 1923.</b></p><p><b>17&mdash;MEGER, Paul, Monttreal forward, 1929.</b></p><p><b>18&mdash;JOHNSON, Tom, Montreal defense, 1928.</b></p><p><b>19&mdash;CROZIER, Joe, Quebec defense, 1929.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0006-06

Happy Birthday To You

<p><i><b>Read and Enjoy&hellip;</b></i></p><p><b>&#9733; Parker Nixes New York Offer</b></p><p><b>&#9733; Argos Sign Trio From NFL</b></p><p><b>&#9733; Stamps Co All-Out With Split-T</b></p><p><b>&#9733; Crowe, Lindskog To Aid Stukus</b></p><p><b>&#9733; The Chuckwagon</b></p><p><b>ONLY 15c AT YOUR NEWSSTAND</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

FOOTBALL NEWS NOW ON SALE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01176/1226406-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"></div><p><b>(As seen in the Montreal Star)</b></p><p>KENNY REARDON, who gets around a lot and also plays a spot of hockey with the big boys around the Hampstead rink, advances a theory often suggested by Frank Selke that there should be two hockey codes.</p><p>One covers the activities of kids up to sixteen years of age. The other refers to the present code which applies to all at present playing hockey.</p><p>Reardon thinks that the youngsters should be grooved into hockey under the old system which would eliminate the red line. This method would enable them to become better acquainted with the fundamentals of the game as skating, shooting and stickhandling.</p><p>He is on the right track. There isn&rsquo;t any doubt about that. It is a wonder that the CAHA and affiliated organizations do not revert back to the old system for the lower echelons of hockey.</p><p>Recently, this observer saw a Pee Wee game at Macdonald Park. It was the first game of its kind we have seen in years. Some of the kids were pretty good. They skate well, there was the odd good stickhandler, and some fair shooters. The coaches of both teams let them go their way, didn&rsquo;t overburden them with advice. They seemed to be having fun as much as the kids which is the way it should be in that type of hockey.</p><p>It has long been a Selke theory that many promising young hockey players have been spoiled by over-coaching on the way up. Some of them who are naturally gifted and might be fine individualists become discouraged by the carping criticism that they are &ldquo;puck hogs&rdquo; averse to team play. Most kids like a little praise whether they deserve it or not.</p><p>More youngsters would be attracted to hockey if they were allowed to go their own way; enjoy the pastime as a game and not as a means of glorifying coaches, or a springboard to later professional career.</p><p>By the time a boy is sixteen it should be amply evident whether he has the pro potential or not. If he is and he has a preference that way, it is the appropriate time to subject him to the pressure of serious coaching.</p><p>Reardon has found in his travels that more good hockey players are coming up in Quebec and in Ontario than in the western provinces but he theorizes that as these things go by cycles such centres as Regina. Saskatoon and Winnipeg, longtime developing grounds for good hockeyists, will be producing them in cargo lots again before long.</p><h2><b>Beliveau An Example</b></h2><p>TAKE a case in point. Jean Beliveau for instance. So far as we are aware, he became a great hockey player on his own. He had no formal coaching as a youngster. At Three Rivers he went out and played with other kids under the old system of everybody going for the puck, holding it as long as he could, then yielding it to somebody else. The old canal hockey type of game.</p><p>When his family moved to Victoriaville he got into organized hockey, started playing junior at an early age. Of course, he was a big boy, unusually big for his age. That helped. What helped mere was the skill he had acquired by himself in the furious forays, is the helter-skelter scrambling game he had enjoyed as a kid.</p><p>Many have marveled how Beliveau acquired such poise playing hockey in an outpost like Victoriaville. He did it all by himself. He was a natural from the start. One great asset was his ambition to excel above all others. Another was his temperament. In that respect he was something of a carbon copy of Syl Apps who, however, fell into the hands of excellent coaches in the OHA before Beliveau was exposed to them from his junior career onward.</p><p>Pete Martin, former Ace, was his first handler of note. He was wise enough to let him go his own way, develop himself. Then he came under the tutelage of Punch Imlach, a rink wary veterans who followed the same procedure.</p><p>Both built their systems around Beliveau rather than have him try any new patterns. The same thing obtained when he came to Canadiens. Irvin knew he had a great player, so his efforts were bent to get him into top condition, to teach him the advantage of keeping to the proper weight, to assure him wing companions who could take quick and constant advantage of his fine playmaking.</p><p>Beliveau, of course, is an exceptional type, yet many of the old-timers came up the same way. In a way he has restored the efficiency of the star system. While a great individualist, he is still an outstanding team player. It is significant of the record of Dick Irvin that wherever he went as a coach he has been able to merge the best talents of a number of stars on one team to the best advantage of his organization. Thus to prove our contention, the career of Beliveau is emphasized. Those of Richard, Geoffrion, Gordie Howe, Doug Harvey, could have been utilized as well.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The Passing Sport Show

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>After missing four games with an unprecedented 10-day suspension, Capt. Ted Lindsay was due to return to the Detroit Red Wing lineup against Boston.</p><p>Saturday&rsquo;s game in Boston, opening a two-night stand in that city, was slated as the first action for the fiery Detroit forward in almost two weeks.</p><p>Lindsay was grounded by Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League, as result of an incident in a game at Toronto Jan. 22. He clashed with a rinkside spectator in a scuffle after the spectator had grabbed teammate Gordie Howe&rsquo;s stick and then thrown a punch at Howe.</p><p>Campbell held a hearing here the following Tuesday and announced the suspension.</p><p>It not only was the stiffest penalty ever thrown at a Detroit player but also the strongest ever resulting from a player-spectator incident.</p><p>Co-Owner Bruce Norris, Detroit&rsquo;s governor, immediately appealed to the NHL Board of Governors for a review of the case. At Norris&rsquo; urging, the governors met two days later in New York and upheld Campbell&rsquo;s decision.</p><p>It was the first such appeal ever made by a team as result of presidential disciplinary action.</p><p>The hassle following the suspension was heated for a while, since Campbell also administered a verbal spanking to Detroit officials for their handling of the case.</p><p>Campbell said that he stepped in and took presidential action because it was the third time this season Lindsay had been involved in such incidents with fans this season. He pointed out that the Detroit team had assured him previously that there would be no recurrence.</p><p>Campbell figured that more effective discipline was necessary and that a fine wasn&rsquo;t the real answer. Therefore the suspension for 10 days, a move which hit directly at the Detroit club more than at Lindsay.</p><p>General Manager Jack Adams viewed the whole affair as just one more step in what he called a personal season-long attack by Campbell on the Detroit organization.</p><p>Angrily and bitterly, Adams reviewed previous events such as Assistant Trainer Lefty Wilson&rsquo;s suspension for heckling a referee and Campbell&rsquo;s invasion of the Red Wing bench a game at Montreal to chide Coach Jimmy Skinner for his players&rsquo; use of alleged obscene language.</p><p>Adams added that Campbell had given more lenient treatment to players on other teams for worse offenses. He referred to Montreal&rsquo;s Rocket Richard, who got off with a $250 fine for striking a linesman.</p><p>In the Lindsay case, Adams also was bitter because all the evidence was presented by Carl Voss, NHL referee-in-chief, who was seated some distance away. Voss&rsquo; version varied from that of other witnesses undeniably neutral.</p><p>It was Voss who also pressed the case against Lefty Wilson,</p><p>In his official decision, Campbell made the following statement:</p><p>&ldquo;The facts established that Gordie Howe of Detroit and Eric Nesterenko of Toronto were scuffling along the boards when a rinkside spectator grabbed Howe&rsquo;s stick. The spectator said the action was taken to prevent injury to his small son.</p><p>&ldquo;The scuffling ceased as play moved to the other end of the rink. As Howe pulled his stick away the spectator reached over the boards in an effort to strike him. Whether hit or not, Howe completely ignored the spectator&rsquo;s action.</p><p>&ldquo;Meanwhile, Lindsay, who was at a distance variously estimated at 30 to 40 feet away, skated toward the spectator and struck at him with his stick. The spectator took the blow on his arm and then he and Lindsay attempted to strike blows with their free hands.</p><p>&ldquo;The referee stopped play at the other end and officials and game police halted the scuffle. There wasn&rsquo;t injury to anyone.</p><p>&ldquo;In my opinion, Lindsay&rsquo;s action is completely indefensible and there was no provocation by the fan to cause him to strike with his stick.&rdquo;</p><p>Campbell conceded incidents involving players and spectators were difficult to handle because of their legal responsibilities.</p><p>&ldquo;For this reason,&rdquo; Campbell continued, &ldquo;when they occur they generally are dealt with on a disciplinary basis by the player&rsquo;s own club.</p><p>&ldquo;This was the procedure followed when Lindsay was involved in two similar incidents earlier this season. The facts were made known to the Detroit club with a request for suitable action. In due course the club gave written assurance there would be &lsquo;no recurrence&rdquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;Obviously, the steps taken by the club did not deter and other more effective disciplinary action is necessary. In the circumstances I am satisfied a financial penalty would not be a deterrent to similar conduct in the future. As a result Lindsay is suspended from all games for 10 days.&rdquo;</p><p>Attending the hearing were Referee Red Storey, Linesmen George Hayes and Bill Morrison. Lindsay, Howe, Voss, Adams, Coach Jimmy Skinner and Detroit Publicist Fred Huber.</p><p>The spectator involved was not present.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02152/1226451-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="293" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Clarence Campbell</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03113/1226444-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="292" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Carl Voss</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Forced Vacation&rdquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0494/1226437-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="857" height="921"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TED LINDSAY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0007-02

Campbell Grounds Lindsay And Backed By Governors

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Ted Lindsay of Detroit Red Wings, back in National Hockey League action for the first time after a 10-day suspension for punching a fan in Toronto, was punched himself by a Boston fan on February 5 when the Wings were having enough trouble as it was with the red hot Bruins.</p><p>Police arrested James T. Mulloy, 24, of Brookline, charged with assault and battery on the Detroit winger. Mulloy was released in $100 bail for appearance in Municipal Court.</p><p>Lindsay was leaving the ice at the conclusion of the second period of the Bruins-Detroit game when a fan leaned over a barrier and swung at him. Police quoted Mulloy as saying he just wanted to give Lindsay a friendly pat on the head.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Lindsay Is Attacked By Fan In Boston

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>At the moment, Toronto Maple Leafs could hardly be considered threats to either the Prince of Wales Trophy for the National League championship or the Stanley Cup for playoff supremacy.</p><p>Yet even while the two most cherished hunks of silverware in professional hockey seem somewhat distant, Toronto appears headed for its biggest silver strike of a decade.</p><p>In this one season, Leafs have taken holds on as many individual prizes as they have won in the past 10 years combined. And that past decade embraced five Stanley Cup winning clubs.</p><p>Despite all those Stanley Cup successes, nary a Leaf was adjudged valuable enough to his team to be voted the Hart Trophy. Only Sid Smith has convinced the voters that he combined enough savvy and suaveness to rate the Lady Byng Award for the league&rsquo;s most gentlemanly player. And only four Leafs have been rated high enough to be selected among the 60 NHLers who have Won $1,000 prizes as all-stars in that period.</p><p>The Vezina Trophy alone has appeared with any sort of consistency in Toronto. In bringing it to Toronto last year, Harry Lumley became the third Leaf in 10 years to do it. Al Rollins succeeded in 1950-51 after Turk Broda, the only other Leaf to win it, became the first Leaf to repeat in 1947-48.</p><p>Now precedent is being shaken. The Hart, Lady Byng and Vezina Trophies and two all-star positions are within the grasp of Leafs in a single semester. A truly incredible development.</p><p>Ted Kennedy, team captain and centre on Leafs&rsquo; only producing line, has a hold on the most elusive of these, the Hart Trophy. In the 31-year career, the league&rsquo;s most-valuable-player prize has only once previously visited Toronto, when Babe Pratt captured it through the 1943-44 season.</p><p>Having personally set up almost one-third of Toronto&rsquo;s goals this year while doing the work of three men and providing the incentive and drive for the whole club, Kennedy certainly deserves it. But actually he deserves it no more this year than he has in any of the past half dozen.</p><h2><b>Shooting For Three Trophies</b></h2><p>The fact that he has never been an exceptionally prolific scorer has obviously kept Teeder from claiming the prize before this. It is therefore ironic that he should receive overdue recognition in the year that his personal production of goals has reached an all-time low.</p><p>Kennedy is proof that goals are not the sole measure of a player&rsquo;s value. As a faceoff exponent, penalty killer or playmaker, he leads the class. And by no mere coincidence he has centred Toronto&rsquo;s most productive lines ever since the re tirement of Syl Apps. In fact, in 1950-51, he centred the last two Leafs to score 30 goals in a single season, Sid Smith and Tod Sloan. Neither has since approached that production until this year, when Smith could easily exceed it&mdash;as Kennedy&rsquo;s left wing again.</p><p>To further add to the irony, Kennedy&rsquo;s strongest challenger for the Hart Trophy at the season&rsquo;s mid-way mark is another Leaf, goalie Harry Lumley. How bad a beating can precedent take when only one Leaf in 31 years could win a prize which two contend in one?</p><h2><b>Lumley Could Make $3,000</b></h2><p>The reversal of form, therefore, becomes even more astonishing since Lumley could become the first Leaf in history to win two prizes in one season. He&rsquo;s the leading candidate for the Vezina Trophy, too.</p><p>If he succeeds in keeping the Vezina he first won last year, he&rsquo;ll be the only Leaf to win it in two successive years. Broda. who became the first Leaf winner of the 30-year-old mug in 194041, had to wait seven years to see it again.</p><p>And Lum could wind up this season as a $3,000 winner in bonus money. In addition to contending the Vezina and Hart Trophies, he has a handsome hold on a third grand as goaltender on the all-star team. Aside from Harry, who first made that last year too, only three other Leafs have rated all-star bonuses in the past 10 years. Gus Mortson succeeded in 1949-50, Broda in 194748 and Gaye Stewart in 1945-46.</p><p>Since Leafs placed only Broda on an all-star team during the five times they won Lord Stanley&rsquo;s trinket in that decade, it is again ironic they should have two candidates through a year in which they are mere dark-horse threats to the cup.</p><p>The second, of course, is Sid Smith, leading the mid-season poll for the left spot. Leafs never have had an all-star left wing.</p><p>Smith could also bring Toronto the unheard of sum of two double-bonus winners this year. Like Lum, he has a grip on more than an all-star berth. The author of almost one-quarter of Leaf goals to date, he also leads balloting for the Lady Byng award.</p><p>Although his angelic penalty record was set back last week when he served a minor because Leafs had seven men on the ice for a moment against Montreal, Smith seems destined to become.only the fifth Leaf to win the Byng in its 29-year history.</p><p>Smith would be the first repeater, having last smuggled it into Toronto in 1951-52, following the successes of Syl Apps in 1941-42, Gordie Drillon in 1937-38 and Joe Primeau in 1931-32.</p><p>Silver stock has never been so high on the Toronto market.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01209/1226520-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="293" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Kennedy</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02156/1226513-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="299" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Smith</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03119/1226506-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="283" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Lumley</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0008-01

Toronto’s “Silver Stock” Depends On Performances Of Lumley, Smith, Kennedy

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0486/1226558-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LONG JOHN HENDERSON</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Dealt oft by another major league team only last fall as not too likely to succeed, Long John Henderson has been reaching new heights of goal-tending promise with the Bruins.</p><p>Henderson, a Johnny-come-lately to the Bruins&rsquo; nets, has just finished compiling the best January record of any goal-tender in the National League.</p><p>During the month just passed, Long John started 14 games for the Bruins, and he was returned a loser only three times.</p><p>He played three games in which he shut out the opposition, five games in which he gave up only one goal, two games in which he yielded two goals.</p><p>For the entire month he restricted the combined opposition to 23 goals, an average of only 1.6 goals per game.</p><p>The striking thing about Henderson&rsquo;s goal-tending since his debut with the Bruins in late November has been his consistent improvement. The giant is not only growing, he is also growing better.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s improving, all the time,&rdquo; maintain Coach Milt Schmidt and Manager Lynn Patrick. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s gaining polish and confidence every time he plays.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m much more sure of myself than I was when I started,&rdquo; Henderson agrees. &ldquo;Milt, Lynn and Sugar Jim (Henry) have all helped me, but no one has tried to change my natural style of play. Experience is making the difference, mostly.&rdquo;</p><p>Henderson still hasn&rsquo;t been given carte blanche as the Bruins&rsquo; full-time goal-tender, a status which he will probably hold this year. Schmidt has been giving him periodic nights off, or, to put it another way, giving Henry occasional workouts.</p><p>Schmidt&rsquo;s original plan to alternate the two was dissolved by an injury to Henry, but the great veteran has been doing piecework.</p><p>When Henderson slapped a shutout on Toronto here to close the books on January, it was the fifth of his brief major league career. As of the end of January, the only goalies with more shutouts were Terry Sawchuk of the Detroit Red Wings and stout Harry Lumley of Toronto.</p><p>The Maple Leafs were the team which passed Henderson on to the Bruins last September, convinced that he wasn&rsquo;t for them or their top farm team, Pittsburgh.</p><p>Now it is extremely doubtful that Toronto could get him back, for Pittsburgh or anyone else.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0557/1226551-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="1174" height="1591"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0008-04

Long “Johnny-Come-Lately” Takes Shortcut To Success

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0972/1226718-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>D</span>on McKenney, an unpretentious but prolific rookie, is one big reason why the Boston Bruins are currently rated the hottest club in the National Hockey League.</b></p><p><b>The Bruins, striving to overtake the Toronto Maple Leafs and climb into third place in the NHL standings, went four games without a defeat during the past week and managed to take four of a possible six points from the powerful Detroit Red Wings in three meetings between the two clubs.</b></p><p><b>McKenney figured in the scoring in all four contests and closed out the week with a record of three goals and five assists for eight points.</b></p><p><b>The ex-Hershey hotshot started his splurge slowly, picking up but one assist on February 2 when the Bruins edged Chicago Black Hawks 3-2. He got going the following evening in Detroit when he scored the B&rsquo;s lone goal in a 1-1 tie with the Red Wings.</b></p><p><b>Two nights later, in an 8-4 trouncing of the Wings, he really splurged, picking up four points on a goal and three assists. He slowed down slightly to close out the week, netting a goal and assisting on the other as the B&rsquo;s tied the Wings 2-2.</b></p><p><b>To date the rifling rookie has netted 18 goals and has been helpmate on 16 more for 34 points and is right in the thick of the race for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the loop&rsquo;s top freshman, if he continues his current pace for the balance of the season, he might just as well order the silver polish now.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1064/1226711-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="1140" height="2058"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0009-09

Player-of-the-Week

<h2>Four Goals</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>aurice (The Rocket) Richard of the Montreal Canadiens scored four goals as the Montreal Canadiens walloped the New York Rangers 7-3 in Madison Square Garden on February 6.</p><h2><b>Still Leads</b></h2><p>Jean Beliveau, star sophomore centre with the Montreal Canadiens, continues to lead all NHL pointmakers with a three-point bulge over runner-up Maurice Richard.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON WED. A.M., FEB. 9</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01194/1226680-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="601" height="204"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 6th, 1955</h3><p>Thurs. Feb. 3rd&mdash;Toronto 2 at Cdns 3</p><p>Thurs. Feb. 3rd&mdash;Boston 1 at Detroit 1</p><p>Sat. Feb. 5th&mdash;Rangers 1 at Cdns 3</p><p>Sat. Feb. 5th&mdash;Chicago 2 at Toronto 2</p><p>Sat. Feb. 5th&mdash;Detroit 4 at Boston 8</p><p>Sun. Feb. 6th&mdash;Cdns 7 at Rangers 3</p><p>Sun. Feb. 6th&mdash;Toronto 4 at Chicago 2</p><p>Sun. Feb. 6th&mdash;Detroit 2 at Boston 2</p><h3>SCHEDULED GAMES FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 13th, 1955</h3><p>Wed. Feb. 9th&mdash;Canadians at Toronto</p><p>Wed. Feb. 9th&mdash;Chicago at Rangers</p><p>Thurs. Feb. 10th&mdash;Chicago at Boston</p><p>Sat. Feb. 12 th&mdash;Detroit at Toronto</p><p>Sat. Feb. 12th&mdash;Rangers at Boston</p><p>Sun. Feb. 13th&mdash;Canadiens at Rangers</p><p>Sun. Feb. 13th&mdash;Toronto at Boston</p><p>Sun. Feb. 13th&mdash;Detroit at Chicago</p><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2</h3><p><b>Boston 3 at Chicago 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02174/1226673-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="602" height="438"></div><h3>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3</h3><p><b>Toronto 2 at Montreal 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03143/1226666-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="608" height="560"></div><h3>Boston 1 at Detroit 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04124/1226659-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="603" height="319"></div><h3>SATURDAY, FEB. 5</h3><p><b>New York 1 at Montreal 3</b></p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell. Fortinato, Irwin, Gadsby, Chrystal; forwards: Murphy, Howe, Conacher, Raleigh, Ronty, Laprade, Guidolin, Bathgate, Prentice, Popein, Lewicki.</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson; forwards: Mosdell, Richard, Moore, Beliveau. Geoffrion, Olmstead, Marshall,</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0599/1226652-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="600" height="516"></div><h3>Detroit 4 at Boston 8</h3><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Woit, Hay; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, Lindsay, Skov, Leswick, Pavelich, Reibel, Dineen, Bonin, Stasiuk, Wilson.</p><p><b>Boston</b>&mdash;Goal: Henderson: defense: Flaman, Godfrey, Quackenbush, Boivin, Armstrong; forwards: McKenney, Labine, Chevrefils, Gardner, Mohns, Ferguson, Laycoe, Mackell, Sandford, Bodnar, Costello.</p><p><b>Referee</b>&mdash;Bill Chadwick; linesmen: Sam Babcock. Doug Davies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0688/1226645-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="597" height="839"></div><h3>Chicago 2 at Toronto 2</h3><p><b>Chicago</b>&mdash;Goal: Bassen; defense: Stanley, Martin. Mortson, Hollingworth; forwards: Creighton. Mosienko, Mickoski, Watson, Wilson, McIntyre, Litzenberger, Toppazzini, McCormack, Sullivan.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b>&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Thomson, Bolton. Morrison, Horton, Cahan: forwards: Kennedy, Nesterenko, Smith, Armstrong, Stewart, Migay, Sloan, Klukay, MacDonald, Cullen.</p><p><b>Referee</b>&mdash;Red Storey; linesmen: George Hayes, Bill Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0778/1226638-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="594" height="507"></div><h3>SUNDAY, FEB. 6</h3><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson; forwards: Mosdell, Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, Marshall, Curry, Mackay, Leclair.</p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Fortinato. Irwin, Gadsby, Chrystal; forwards: Murphy, Howe, Conacher, Raleigh, Ronty, Laprade, Guidolin, Bathgate, Prentice, Popein, Lewicki,</p><p><b>Referee</b>&mdash;Bill Chadwick; linesmen: Dom Baolto. Sammy Babcock.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01208/1226631-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="603" height="729"></div><h3>Detroit 2 at Boston 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02168/1226624-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="600" height="411"></div><h3>Toronto 4 at Chicago 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03147/1226617-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="602" height="615"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including games of Sun., Feb. 6)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0872/1226610-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="603" height="3351"></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/f0010-04111/1226603-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="611" height="768"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0591/1226596-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="568" height="185"></div><h3>TEAM SCORING STATISTICS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0683/1226589-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="268" height="183"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>A series of &ldquo;Meet the Teams&rdquo; dinners have been inaugurated by the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs and it is the since hope of both camps and other top hockey officials that the idea be extended to include all clubs in the National Hockey League.</p><p>The brain-child of Coach Dick Irvin of the Habs, the first dinner was held in Montreal to acquaint members of this city&rsquo;s press and radio with the players and officials of the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>It was such an overwhelming success that the Leafs reciprocated with a similar dinner in Toronto on the eve of Canadiens&rsquo; Feb. 9 game there.</p><p>Too often sports writers, operating close to their home teams, exhibit an ethical blind spot when it comes to dealing with opposing clubs. Not that they want to ignore visiting personnal. They just haven&rsquo;t got the opportunities to interview the stars on other clubs. Often the schedule is so tight, particularly on weekends that the visiting club arrices in town just a few hours before the game and then departs on the next available train.</p><p>The dinners are a good idea, especially when there is a day&rsquo;s layover in any city.</p><p>Following the first dinner in Montreal, every columnist wrote about the Leafs. In fact hockey hadn&rsquo;t had so much publicity all season. For the first time it pushed football right off the sport pages.</p><p>Montreal and Toronto pack their rinks for every game anyway but the other cities could use such stimulating public relations.</p><p>Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League, described hockey players as a &ldquo;fraternity of athletes who have won public acceptance everywhere.&rdquo; He favored the idea of extending the dinners. So did Frank J. Selke, managing director of the Canadiens, and Happy Day, new general manager of the Leafs.</p><p>It is hoped that New York, Detroit, Chicago and Boston will climb upon the band wagon. Judging by the reception accorded the plan in Montreal, and later in Toronto, they can&rsquo;t lose. Rather they can enhance their prestige and tap some unexploited sources of valuable publicity.</p><p>In addition to the Leafs, who seemed to enjoy meeting the Montreal press on informal terms, special guests at the first dinner were four hockey greats of other eras headed by Jack Marshall, a white-haired great grandfather, who played for the old Montreal Wanderers and coached Toronto to its first Stanley Cup in 1914.</p><p>Others were Newsy Lalonde, Sylvio Mantha and Toe Blake.</p><p>The writers were impressed by the clean-cut athletes from Toronto.</p><p>Ted Kennedy, finally winning recognition for his inestimable services, modestly accepted congratulations on his leadership in the Hart Trophy voting and said: &ldquo;Really I don&rsquo;t deserve the honor. Not this year at any rate. The fellow who&rsquo;s holding us up is Harry Lumley.&rdquo;</p><p>And Lumley, a quiet-spoken, apple-cheeked chap, paid tribute to the &ldquo;other guys for fine back-checking.&rdquo;</p><p>Larry Cahan, the youthful defenceman, proved himself the best trencherman but Joe Klukay wasn&rsquo;t too far behind in the dessert league.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0765/1226749-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="291" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Irvin</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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First “Meet The Teams” Dinner A Big Success

<p>Defenseman Leo Boivin has added a scoring threat as well as defensive thump to the Boston Bruins in the brief time he has been here.</p><p>In his three years in the Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; organization Boivin&rsquo;s largest goals output was two, a figure he reached twice. He scored his third goal for the Bruins in his 32nd game last month.</p><p>In his last two years of junior hockey, with the Port Arthur (Ontario) Bruins, Boivin scored a total of 31 goals and was considered one of the best rushing defensemen in junior hockey.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Boivin’s Goal Production Increased By 1 As Bruin

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he hardest of many body checks issued over the years by Leo Boivin of the Bruins is strictly a matter of opinion, but a Boston teammate may have been the recipient.</p><p>&ldquo;When I was playing for Chicago and Leo for Toronto we had a game in Chicago one night,&rdquo; relates Gus Bodnar, the veteran Bruins&rsquo; forward.</p><p>&ldquo;I made a rush on which I thought I had gotten around him, when suddenly the Stadium roof collapsed on me. When I woke up I was in the dressing room, and I was laid up for a week with a concussion.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bodnar A Ready Witness To Leo’s Thumping Power

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>J</span>ames D. McCarthy, of 8441 Northfield Ave., Oak Park 37, Mich., has an outstanding collection of Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; player pictures for sale. These are pictures of present day and former Red Wings. Interested parties contact at once for complete information.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Detroit Pictures Available

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0946/1226859-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>R</span>ED SULLIVAN,</b> the flashy center of the Chicago Black Hawks, is the subject of a scintillating piece next week by <b>THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo;</b> Chicago Correspondent, Bud Booth.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1040/1226852-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="2292" height="1069"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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COMING next week

<h2>Still Ahead</h2><p>Although Buffalo&rsquo;s Hank Bassen is doing his goal-tending for the Chicago Black Hawks these days, he still leads the AHL shutout Brigade.</p><h2><b>Tops All Round</b></h2><p>The Pittsburgh Hornets are the most penalized team in the AHL and defenseman Bill Burega is the individual leader.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON TUES. A.M., FEB. 8</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01208/1226967-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="592" height="199"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun. Feb. 6)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02172/1226960-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="600" height="537"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3><p><b>MOST GOALS</b>&mdash;Jim Anderson, Springfield, 35.</p><p><b>MOST ASSISTS</b>&mdash;Zellio Toppazzini, Providence, 39.</p><p><b>BEST GOALIE&mdash;</b> Gil Mayer, Pittsburgh, 48,135,2,2.81.</p><p><b>MOST SHUTOUTS</b>&mdash;Hank Bassen, Buffalo, 3.</p><p><b>MOST PENALIZED PLAYER</b>&mdash;Bill Burega, Pittsburgh, 121 mins.</p><p><b>MOST PENALIZED TEAM</b>&mdash;Pittsburgh, 639 mins.</p><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd Pittsburgh 3 at Hershey 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03143/1226953-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="598" height="828"></div><h3>Providence 3 at Buffalo 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04111/1226946-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="603" height="634"></div><h3>Springfield 4 at Cleveland 7</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0594/1226939-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="593" height="789"></div><h3>SATURDAY, FEB. 5 Buffalo 5 at Pittsburgh 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0686/1226932-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="589" height="634"></div><h3>Springfield 5 at Hershey 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0776/1226925-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="590" height="507"></div><h3>Providence 3 at Cleveland 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0873/1226918-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="592" height="584"></div><h3>SUNDAY, FEB. 5 Hershey 5 at Springfield 6</h3><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.,&mdash;Graham Hastings&rsquo; goal at 15 seconds of overtime gave the Springfield Indians a 6-5 American Hockey League victory over the Hershey Bears before a 3,432 crowd.</p><p>After a 2-2 deadlock in the first period, the lead see-sawed in the final two periods. A pair of Hershey goals in the third period gave the Bears a 5-4 advantage but Ross Lowe scored his second goal for Springfield at 12.58 to send the game Into overtime.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0967/1226911-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="593" height="936"></div><h3>Cleveland 2 at Providence 0</h3><p>PROVIDENCE, RI,&mdash;Goalie Emile. (The Cat) Francis scored his second shutout and Cleveland Barons registered their sixth straight American Hockey League victory by blanking Providence Reds, 2-0, before a 3,925 crowd.</p><p>Big Joe Lund and Glen Sonmor scored in the final period of a rugged game. Lund tallied at 1.46 on a 15-footer and Sonmor clicked at 17.09 on a 20-footer.</p><p>Francis made 38 stops while performing flawlessly.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1057/1226904-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="588" height="452"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 1 at Buffalo 4</h3><p>BUFFALO,&mdash;Ken Hayden netted twice in the second period to lead the up-and-coming Buffalo Bisons to a 4-1 American Hockey League victory over the first-place Pittsburgh Hornets. The win, the fifth straight for the Bisons, gave them a clean sweep of a home-and-home weekend series with the Hornets, whom they beat 5-4 in overtime in Pittssburgh Saturday night.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1147/1226897-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="594" height="469"></div><h2><b>Mayer Stares At Deflected Disc</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1243/1226890-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="2262" height="1455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>THE BIG STARE&mdash;Goaler Gil (The Needle) Mayer of the the Pittsburgh Hornets stares into the corner after having deflected a shot by Walt (Ants) Atanas (12) of the Springfield Indians. Atanas skates around behind the net in pursuit of the elusive disc while Gerry Foley (14) of the Hornets gets set to pursue Atanas.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, January 30)</b></p><h2>BUFFALO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03138/1227071-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="607" height="666"></div><h2>CLEVELAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04102/1227064-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="597" height="580"></div><h2>HERSHEY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0576/1227057-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="596" height="533"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0658/1227050-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="600" height="587"></div><h2>PROVIDENCE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0753/1227043-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="602" height="714"></div><h2>SPRINGFIELD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0843/1227036-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="599" height="776"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Complete AHL Scoring

<h2>Standings</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>dmonton winnin gto of the three games played the past week, increased its lead to 7 points over second place New Westminster and now has a total of 62 points. The Royals have 55, just one more than third place Calgary.</p><h2><b>Individual Scoring</b></h2><p>Bronco Horvath of Edmonton, back into action again, picked up a goal and an assist in the game he played and continues to lead the individual scorers with 35 goals and 35 assists for 70 point.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON TIES. A.M. FEB. 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01223/1227186-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="595" height="196"></div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p><b>Tuesday January 25th</b></p><p>Vancouver 1 at Calgary 3</p><p>Edmonton 1 at Saskatoon 0</p><p><b>Wednesday January 26th</b></p><p>New West. 1 at Victoria 8</p><p>Vancouver 6 at Edmonton 3</p><p><b>Thursday January 27th</b></p><p>Vancouver 0 at Saskatoon 3</p><p><b>Saturday January 29th</b></p><p>Victoria 2 at New West. 6</p><p>Vancouver 1 at Edmonton 8</p><h3><b>TUESDAY. JANUARY 25 Vancouver 1 at Saskatoon 0</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02186/1227179-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="590" height="416"></div><h3>Edmonton 1 at Saskatoon 0</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03161/1227172-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="587" height="284"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26 New Westminster 1 at Victoria 8</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04143/1227165-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="595" height="634"></div><h3>Vancouver 6 at Edmonton 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05123/1227158-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="592" height="531"></div><h3>THURSDAY JAN. 27 Vancouver 0 at Saskatoon 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06105/1227151-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="585" height="339"></div><h3>SATURDAY JAN. 29 Victoria 2 at New Westminster 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0795/1227144-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="588" height="638"></div><h3>Vancouver 1 at Edmonton 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0889/1227137-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="582" height="513"></div><h3>Saskatoon 1 at Calgary 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0984/1227130-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="583" height="558"></div><h2><b>Canuck Caged By Kobussen</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1352/1227123-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="1756" height="2008"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ELDIE KOBUSSEN (</b>6) of the Saskatoon Quakers retards the progress of Vancouver Canucks Ray Cyr (12) by the simple expedient of entangling him in the rigging at the back of the Saskatoon cage. Lending a hand is veteran Eddie Kullman, head showing over Kobussen&rsquo;s shoulder. Action took place at the Vancouver Forum.</figcaption></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Saturday Jan. 29)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1082/1227116-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="596" height="1722"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1172/1227109-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="582" height="303"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Bronco Horvath. Edm 35 Most Assists: Guyle Fielder NW 49.</p><p><b>Most Game Winning Goals:</b> Bronco Horvath Edm 5; Norman Ullman Edm 5; Ron Matthews NW 5.</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Bronco Horvath Ed 4</p><p><b>Most First Goal of Game:</b> Bronco Horvath Edm 7</p><p><b>Most Shutouts:</b> Marcel Pelletier Vic 5; Lucien Dechene NW 5.</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Against:</b> Bill Brennan Cal 6.</p><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1267/1227102-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="570" height="243"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-14" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1447/1227217-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg"></div><p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>Bronco Horvath of the Edmonton Flyers continues to pace all Western Hockey League pointmakers as the clubs head into the stretch run.</p><p>The prolific forward has picked up 35 goals and a like number of assists in the 42 games he&rsquo;s played to date to lead runners-up Gerry Couture of the Calgary Stampeders and Guyle Fielder of New Westminster Royals.</p><p>Couture has scored 28 goals and has 35 assists for 63 points.</p><p>Top mark in goal scoring is Horvath&rsquo;s 35 while Fielder leads in the assist department with 49, and has 14 goals to tie Couture for second place in the scoring race.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bronco Runs Wild

<div class="byline">By PETER TOMLIN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01227/1227290-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GRANT, BILLY nad WARWICK</b></figcaption></div><p>PENTICTON, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Although there are some great individual players on the roster of the Penticton V&rsquo;s, Canada&rsquo;s representative in the World Hockey Championships and current holders of the Allan Cup, the success of the Vees lies mainly in their ability to play as a team.</p><p>A shining example of this is their ability to play with any other member of the team It is very rare indeed when coach Grant Warwick uses the same forward lines two games running. Since he took over the reins of the club at the start of the 1953-54 season. Grant has consistently mixed his lines so that it has become a trade mark of the V&rsquo;s. It is very easy for him now. If a member of one line is hurt, all Grant has to do is shove someone in the breach and the new member fits in as if he had always played on that line. This oftentimes has a very adverse effect on the opposition. Particularly so in the Savage Cup Final against the Nelson Maple Leafs last spring.</p><p>Nelson Coach Willie Schmidt had put together a line composed of Herb Lovett, Mickey Maglio and Marty Burton for the sole purpose of checking the V&rsquo;s top line of Grant Warwick, Bill Warwick and Dick Warwick. And check the Warwick line they did. Lovett, Maglio and Burton did such a terrific job of bottling up this line that Grant decided to break it up. After that one Warwick played on each of the three lines and the V&rsquo;s went on to win the series with one of the dramatic comebacks for which they are famous.</p><h2><b>Penticton Point Producers</b></h2><p>The lines of late have been arranged something like this. Bernie Bathgate centres one line with Bill Warwick on the left and Grant on the right. Jack McDonald plays between Jim Fairburn and Eddie Kassian and Mike Shabaga pivots for Don Berry, Ernie Rucks and Doug Kilburn. The defensive pairings have Kevin Conway playing beside Captain George McAvoy and Hal Tarala teaming with Jack McIntyre. Ivan McLelland is. of course, in the nets. It is expected that Don Moog, local product, will go with the team as spare goalie, it is hoped that Dick, youngest of the Warwick brothers will recover from a severe shoulder separation in time to make the trip. Latest reports state that the shoulder is healing nicely.</p><p>Euthusiasm is running high around the &ldquo;Peach City&rdquo; as the team starts packing. A move has been started to have each hockeyfan in the area donate one dollar towards helping pay the cost of the trip. So far the response has been good. Also, we understand, the city of Kamloops and the Elks hockey club have pledged their financial support to the venture.</p><p>The V&rsquo;s did a lot of good for hockey in B.C. when they won the Allan Cup last spring. We hope they will do a lot of good for hockey in Canada when, and we are sure it will be when and not if, they win the World Crown in Dusseldorf.</p><h2>Complete WIL Scoring</h2><p><b>(INCLUDING GAMES OF SATURDAY, JANUARY 29)</b></p><h3>VICTORIA</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02164/1227283-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="586" height="429"></div><h3>NEW WESTMINSTET</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03120/1227276-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="595" height="419"></div><h3>VANCOUVER</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0498/1227269-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="587" height="423"></div><h3>CALGARY</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0584/1227262-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="584" height="420"></div><h3>EDMONTON</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0674/1227255-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="586" height="423"></div><h3>SASKATOON</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0758/1227248-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="581" height="429"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Teamwork Was Keynote Of V’s Past Success

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>What do the names Rocket, Boom Boom, Uncle Miltie, Teeder, Gump, Bones, Goose, Le Gros Bill, and Red mean to you? Any NHL fan could tell us that Maurice Richard, Bernie Geoffrion, Milt Schmidt, Theodore Kennedy, Lorne Worsley, Don Raleigh, John McCormack, Jean Beliveau and Leonard Kelly, respectively, answer to the above nicknames.</p><p>The Western League has several players who are known more by their nickname than their given name.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Walter&rdquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0849/1227328-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="539" height="1204"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>OLLIE DOROHOY</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Just Call Him &ldquo;Clary&rdquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0944/1227321-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="1066" height="1648"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MARK MARQUESS&hellip;&hellip;Cougar Star</b></figcaption></div><h3><b>Three Max&rsquo;s</b></h3><p>There are three Maxwells in the league&mdash;Bentley, Quaekenbush and McNab. All are called Max. Victoria&rsquo;s &ldquo;Pistol&rdquo; is Eddie Dorohoy. We know him as &ldquo;Gus&rdquo; Kyle, rugged Calgary rearguard, but his given names are Walter lawrence.</p><p>Blinky, Ollie and Motto are nicknames which belong to Nelson Boyce, Walter Dorohoy and Emmanuel Hall Roberts McLean, respectively, of NW Royals.</p><h3><b>&ldquo;Wiggie&rdquo;</b></h3><p>On the Canucks we are familiar with Wiggie, Ching, Wild Bill and Gopher. That&rsquo;s Bill Wylie, Earl Johnson, Bill Ezinicki arid Frank Ashworth.</p><p>Victoria has a Clarence. We know him as Mark Marquess. And &ldquo;Pete&rdquo; is what Durham likes to be called instead of Lloyd Robert. Calgary has a &ldquo;Doc&rdquo; and a &ldquo;Sandy&rdquo;, namely, Gerakl Couture and Alexander Hucul.</p><h3><b>Legal Name</b></h3><p>The coach of the Edmonton Flyers is Bud Poile. Norman Poile is the same guy. Bronco Horvath is that player&rsquo;s legal name.</p><p>A few years ago NW had a defenceman by the name of &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Houle. Did you know that his first name is Ferdinand?</p><h3><b>List Endless</b></h3><p>The list is.endless. Briefly how about the following NHLers.</p><p>Aloysius Martin (Tod) Sloan&hellip;Emi1e (The Cat) Francis&hellip;Claude (Bonnie Prince Charlie) Rayner&hellip;James (Sugar Jim) Henry&hellip;Walter (Turk) Broda&hellip;Francis (King) Clancy&hellip;Clarence (Hap) Day&hellip;Murray Frederick (Muzz) Patrick&hellip;Elwin Ira (Al) Rollins.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Most WHL Players Better Known By Nicknames Than By Real Names

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DOG BONE 10 WAY WRENCH 59c

<h2>Some Start</h2><p>Jack Gelineau, making a comeback with the Quebec Aces, scored a 3-0 shutout in his first start against Shawinigan.</p><h2><b>New Mark</b></h2><p>Shawinigan&rsquo;s Robby Perreault set a new Quebec Hockey League record for shutouts when he racked up his ninth last week.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON TUES. A.M., FEB. 8</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01197/1227453-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="587" height="219"></div><h3>TUESDAY, FEB. 1 Quebec 3 at Montreal 1</h3><p><b>Quebec:</b> Goal: Evans; defense: Arbour, Houle. Crozier, Ehman; forwards: Powell, Labadie. Uniac, Malo. Henry. Tremblay, Regan, Groleau, Buchanan, Levandoski.</p><p><b>Royals:</b> Goal: Hodge; defense: Bowkass Harmon, Rousseau, Dewsbury; forwards: Masnick, Hildebrand, Mazur, Blaine, Shvetz, Tessier, Burchell, Burnett, Laplante, Denis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02165/1227446-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="598" height="400"></div><h3>Shawinigan Falls 4 at Chicoutimi 5</h3><p><b>Shawinigan Falls</b>&mdash;Goal: R. Perreault; defense: R. Leger, Hudgson, Talbot, Lamirande; forwards: Desaulniers, Wray, F. Perreault, Turner, Katchur, Thomson, Denis, Broden, Grosse, Faulkluer.</p><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Hughes; defense: Glaude, Roy, Taillefer, McNab: forwards; Dussault, Power, S. Smrke, L. Smrke, Bartlett. Topoll, G. Leger, Hicks. Saskamoose.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03146/1227439-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="592" height="591"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Chicoutimi 3 at Quebec 2</h3><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Hughes; defense: Roy, McNab. Glaude, Taillefer; forwards: Power, S. Smrke, L. Smrke, Bartlett, Leger, Topall, Dussault, Hicks, Sasakamoose.</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Evans; defense: Crozier, Levandoski, Arbour. Houle; forwards: Uniac, Ehman, Labadie, Henry, Buchanan, Thibault, Regan, Tremblay, Groleau. Malo.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04111/1227432-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="588" height="474"></div><h3>THURSDAY FEB. 3 Shawinigan 4 at Valleyfield 0</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0590/1227425-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="586" height="410"></div><h3>SUNDAY FEB. 6 Montreal 3 at Chicoutimi 2</h3><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defense: Bownass, Shevetz, Harmon, Roche; forwards: Tessier, Burchell, Burnett, Denis, Hildebrand, Dewsbury, Laplante, Mazur, Masnick.</p><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Hughes; defense: Roy, Glaude, Taillefer, McNab; forwards: Dussault, L. Smrke, S. Smrke, Bartlett, Topoll, Leger, Power, Gravelie, Hicks, Sasakamoose.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0674/1227418-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="587" height="414"></div><h3>Shawinigan 0 at Quebec 3</h3><p><b>Shawinigan Falls</b>&mdash;Goal: R. Perreault; defense; Leger, Lamirande, Turner, Talbot; forwards: Faulkner, Broden, Provost, Grosse, Wray, Desaulnicrs, F. Perreault, Denis, Kachur.</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Gelineau; defense: Arbour, Houle, Crozier, Leveandoski; forwards: Henry, Tremblay, Regan. Groleau, Malo, Buchanan, Uniac, Labadie, Ehman, Thibeault.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0767/1227411-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="587" height="352"></div><h2><b>Quebec Ace Injures Shoulder</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0953/1227404-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="1699" height="812"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FLATTENED after colliding with Rollie Rousseau of Montreal Royals, Ray Powell, Quebec Aces&rsquo; high scorer, lies on the ice as two teammates, Al Arbour (left) and Ludger Tremblay look on. At extreme left is Charlie Deziel the referee. Powell suffered a dislocated shoulder.</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun. Feb. 6)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0857/1227397-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="598" height="1221"></div><h2>Still On Top</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1047/1227390-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="1115" height="1749"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>KELLY BURNETT</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

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You’ll Skate Better on C.C.M’S

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01199/1227515-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="294" height="337"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b><i>Al Parsley</i></b></figcaption></div><p>(Montreal Herald)</p><p>QUEBEC ACES have been noted over the years as a club that makes a wobbly start then catches fire in late January and roars into the playoffs.</p><p>Punch Imlach. general-manager of the Quebecers, was asked about this recently. Was there any special reason?</p><p>&ldquo;Well, I guess we have to take a month or two to get set, and then we begin a drive. It&rsquo;s nearly always been like that.</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ll remember that even when we had the big guy it was that way. He always seemed to hit his great stride after Christmas and really got cranked up about the middle of January, and he&rsquo;d pass two or three other fellows who had a better start to win the scoring championship.&rsquo;&rsquo;</p><p>Ed. Note: The big guy is Jean Beliveau, of course. Gros Bill to French speaking fans, big guy to the English, same thing.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll tell you something else about our club. We have been in the league finals every year since we&rsquo;ve been in the new rink. Yes sir, in the finals every year since the Coliseum was built, and that&rsquo;s something I don&rsquo;t think another top team in any rink in the country can boast.&rsquo;&rsquo;</p><p>Jack Gelineau was along with the Aces, but Claude Evans was in their net at the start of the game. Imlach explained this too.</p><p>&ldquo;Gelineau wouldn&rsquo;t sign with us until he felt sure he could do the job. He&rsquo;s a fellow of intense pride. Well, he&rsquo;s signed now, and he played In an exhibition recently, and hurt his leg, so we&rsquo;ll have to wait a while before using him in a league game.</p><h2>How About Evans?</h2><p>&ldquo;Well, there&rsquo;s something else. Claude has really given us a lift. The Aces got hot when he joined us after Davey Gatherum was hurt. We have been winning right along.</p><p>&ldquo;We have these two big ones coming up with Chicoutimi and Shawinigan. Evans will stay in our net for those two, and it could be he&rsquo;ll be in there for keeps.&rdquo;</p><p>Frank Carlin told us later that the Quebec club paid $1,000 for the loan of Evans for the balance of the season. Royals were going to take him back because they needed a goaler in Cincinnati. The notion was to recall Gilles Boisvert from Hershey, send him to Cincinnati and move Evans to Hershey.</p><p>Meantime down in Hershey Boisvert has been doing a pretty fair stint. When Providence Reds shutout the Bears 1-0 last week, the crowd in the Hershey rink stood up and gave Boisvert an ovation, even though the home team lost the game.</p><p>Skippy Burchell had tough luck in the puck-carrying races, losing the black biscuit on both his tries Marius Groleau of Aces made the best time 15.6 and 15.8; Jim Unjac, Aces, went around in 16.2 and 16.0; Bill Shvetz, Royals did 16.0 and 16.2. So Al Dewsbury&rsquo;s effort in 14.8 still stands as the series best.</p><p>Royals trek to Kingston to play the Goodyears, coached by their old pal, Les Douglas, in an exhibition game&hellip;Paul Masnick again bumped his nose, which was severely broken three weeks ago in Quebec. He may be hospitalized again, and miss a few more games with Royals.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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SIDELIGHTS

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s like the hoary dispute about which came first, the hen or the egg, and so will never be satisfactorily settled. Does a great team make a great goal-keeper, or vice-versa?</p><p>There&rsquo;s no disputing the fact, however, that Robert Perreault, the merry net-guardian who has a tiny simian species for a pet is having his greatest season, tending twine for the Shawinigan Cataracts, roaring along in first place in the Quebec Hockey League. The Cats are climbing so fast that they may be out of sight of the teams below by the time the decks are cleared for the playoffs on March 20.</p><p>In Valleyfield last week, as the Braves were given a thorough scalping 4-0, Perreault hung up his ninth shutout of the season&mdash;and in his 42 nd game. He thus equalled an all-time record for Quebec circuit teams set last season by Ray Frederick with the defunct Ottawa Senators.</p><p>Since Frederick tended the cage for Senators in 60 contests, it&rsquo;s self evident that Perreault has compressed his brilliant feat within narrower limits. He shows no sign of faltering, and could easily add one or two more cal-somine jobs before the sap begins to run in mid-March.</p><h2><b>Red Hot</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02149/1227546-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="552" height="887"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOB PERREAULT</b></figcaption></div><h2>Picked as All-Star</h2><p>Earlier this puck campaign Kenny Reardon, general-manager of the Shawinigan club, was forthright in an interview with yours truly in which he (Reardon) named Perreault as the QHL All-Star goaler.</p><h2>How right was Reardon!</h2><p>An elector would be looked at askance as a subject for the psychorapich ward, were he to name another candidate just now. For not only can Perreault point to those nine horse collars in record, he had the remarkably low total of 89 goals against him in 42 outings as these precious lines were indited.</p><p>When it&rsquo;s considered for comparison that the assorted efforts of Jean Marois, Dave Gatherum and Claude Evans for Quebec Aces are charged with 14 8 tallies in 43 contests; that Phil Hughes of Chicoutimi Sagueneens must take responsibility for 153 goals in 43 jousts, though Hughes was relieved a couple of times by Claude Evans, the travelling troubadour of the herring traps; and that Valleyfield&rsquo;s Andre Payette has succumbed to 162 shots, the mathematical value of Perreault&rsquo;s work can be appraised.</p><p>He should be a shoo in for the Vezina Memorial Trophy, adding his name to that of Paul Leclerc, of Braves, Jean Marois, Quebec Aces, Marcel Pelletier and Phil Hughes of Chicoutimi Saguenlens, those doughty custodians of the cordage.</p><p>We haven&rsquo;t got Perreault&rsquo;s full career record, but it may be pertinent to pick a few facts from the National Hockey League Press and Radio Guide that whereas he played 22 games for Providence in the 1951-52 campaign he didn&rsquo;t manage to hang up a zero. In 1952-53, his efforts divided with six games at Providence and 29 with Sherbrooke Saints. he delivered one collar job for the latter club And last season with Montreal Royals he had four zeros in 58 outings.</p><p>Thus nine shutouts now indicates terrific progress.</p><p>Perreault, now 24, began his important hockey career with Three Rivers Juniors, and he was born in that city, less than an hour&rsquo;s bus hop from Shawinigan Falls, which makes him one of the neighbors the next best to a native son. and a popular figure with the Cataracts. This can be a mighty important factor in one of hockey&rsquo;s smaller centres as most any rink owner or club sponsor will readily admit.</p><p>He&rsquo;s a very likeable character with a shy smile, bubbling over with fun, who has always been greatly admired by his teammates on every club for which he has played.</p><p>The Cataracts practically lionize him. In every game they win, their bench erupts with the final siren and the sitters gleefully join with the active skaters on the ice in a mob scene around their goaler.</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;d think they had just won the Stanley Cup,&rsquo;&rsquo; said a veteran observer at one such demonstration at the Montreal Forum.</p><p><b>ICE CUBES&mdash;</b>Quebec Aces were jolted when they lost their top scorer Ray Powell for three to four weeks in a game at the Forum, Feb. 1&hellip;In the second period Powell and Royals&rsquo; Rollie Rousseau collided. Rousseau crashed on top of the Quebecer as the latter&rsquo;s shoulder hit the ice, and Powell limped off with a dislocated shoulder&hellip;George M. Slater is recuperating after a succession of severe colds, which settled in his lungs&hellip;when fluid settled in his chest his family and close friends felt cause for worry, but happily a thorough check-up revealed that there was nothing seriously wrong with the league president&hellip;Montreal Royals enjoyed an excursion to Kingston where they played an exhibition game, and won same 5-2, against the Goodyears of the OHA coached by one of their own alumni, Les &ldquo;Dad&rdquo; Douglas&hellip;</p><p>When he shook up his patrols recently Pete Morin, coach of Royals, came up with what he termed an All-NHL Line. He had Eddie Mazur, at left wing, Paul Masnick, centre, both former Canadiens; and Ike Hildebrand who played for both New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks at right wing.</p><p>Masnick recovered from a badly shattered nose, which required hospitalization and the wearing of a cast over his proboscis for more than a week. Then in the game against Aces in Montreal &ldquo;Mazz&rdquo; gave his bugle another bad bump, but luckily it wasn&rsquo;t broken again, though swollen and painful.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bob Perreault Enjoying Best Campaign As A Pro; Cinch For All-Star Team

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Tommy Rochon, of Montreal, was named public relations man for the Quebec Hockey League last week.</p><p>In making the announcement league president George M. Slater said that he and his league governors had long felt the need of a man who could devise regular weekly releases of statistical and human interest material for the clubs in the outlying points of the circuit,</p><p>Rochon was chosen as a man who had the enthusiasm and zeal for the task. He has been employed in a similar capacity for nearly 15 years with the Montreal Hockey League, a thriving commercial set-up in the Quebec metropolis.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rochon Named QHL P.R.O.

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The Ottawa Auditorium, home of some of the greatest stars in hockey, has a new owner.</p><p>The Auditorium has a new owner, but the trouble is, nobody knows who he, or possibly, they are. It&rsquo;s a deep, dark secret.</p><p>Sole information available is that T. P. Gorman sold the arena to local and out-of-town interests, interests represented by Sam Berger Q.C., and Jack Aaron, the latter a real estate man.</p><p>More important than the question of ownership, perhaps, was the question as to the future of the famous old arena.</p><p>What everyone has been asking is: &ldquo;Will the new owner, or owners, keep the place for sport and other attractions, or will it be turned into some other use?&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Made Sale</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03118/1227601-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="580" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>T. R. GORMAN</b></figcaption></div><h3>Nobody Knows</h3><p>No one knows, or rather, no one will say. The only information available is that for the time being at least the Auditorium will continue to be the scene of such various activities as hockey, wrestling and bingo.</p><p>It was also learned from Berger that Tommy Gorman will be retained as manager of the Auditorium for the time being. T.P.&rsquo;s contract is supposed to run out some time in June, but what will happen after that is anyone&rsquo;s guess.</p><p>In view of the fact that Mr. Berger has been associated with shopping centre ventures, there is a rumor that at some time in the future the Auditorium may be converted to a huge shopping center, with offices and apartments above.</p><p>If this is the case, someone is going to have to spend a lot of money because the entire insides of the building&mdash;a solid concrete bowl&mdash;would have to be torn out.</p><h3>Solid Concrete Bowl</h3><p>The Auditorium was one of the first arenas to be erected with a solid concrete bowl, one of the reasons why nothing was ever done about those eggshell corners teams used to complain about so much.</p><p>As for turning the building into a shopping center, the idea doesn&rsquo;t appear to have much value when you consider that residents of the area around the Auditorium have excellent shopping facilities within reasonable walking distance.</p><p>Actually, though, if the Auditorium is operated in the future as a sports arena, it is difficult to see how it can support itself. A greater number of attractions will certainly be needed to keep things going.</p><p>There is a resurgence of hockey in the Capital City, with several leagues in operation at the moment, but it is a moot point if they are drawing enough to pay for the lights. After a drought of the nature experienced by Ottawa, it will take several years to recover.</p><p>Local sports enthusiasts, however, are pinning their hopes on the possibility that the new owners will be able to inject interest and support into the fans around Ottawa, and that the resulting return of interest will create another revival of sport, especially hockey.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0016-03

Ottawa Auditorium Sold To Out-of-Town Group; Gorman Remains Manager

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><p>SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>FOLK GOALS&hellip;that&rsquo;s the record established by Matt Mesich, brilliant rearguard for Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the NOHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; race&hellip;he drilled four past Clifford Hicks as the Hounds beat Pembroke Lumber Kings, 5-3&hellip;it was Matt&rsquo;s greatest performance&hellip;he&rsquo;s wellknown in many Canadian leagues&hellip;Our very good friend, Jean DeVilliers, sports director for Radio Station CFCL in Timmins, is pretty &ldquo;hot&rdquo; on classy Jerry Labelle of Abitibi Eskimos of the Porcupine District Senior Hockey League&hellip;and for good reason!&hellip;Jerry has fired 32 goals and 36 assists in only 31 games which could be something of an all-time marking&hellip;his total points of 68 gives sim a lead over Mike Hatchford of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds no has a total of 49 points in 4 7 games to lead the Southern Division&hellip;Ron Wallace is second to Labelle with 56 points at this writing&hellip;Comments Jean: &ldquo;Hockey in the PML is better than ever and the boys will certainly make a good showing in the NOHA playoffs&rdquo;.</p><p>Big names come back&hellip;several great names of the past in Northern Ontario hockey cropped jack in the picture with a series between Sudbury, Timmins, North 3ay and Pembroke featuring old-time stars&hellip;there were Pep Kelly, Pete Palangio and Leo Lamoureux&hellip;popular Ab &ldquo;Groucho Marx&rdquo; Demarco was engaged as coach&hellip;Orv &ldquo;Crash&rdquo; Kelly, coach of Temiskaming Royals in he NOHA Intermediate ranks, is rated an outstanding playing: oach&hellip;he went up to North Bay Trappers to help them in a senior game against the front-running Soo Greyhounds&hellip;after curning in a superlative performance, Crash had the misfortune of steering the puck into his own net, enabling the Hounds to tie it up 3-3&hellip;&ldquo;I coulda shot myself&rdquo;, quipped Crash.</p><p>HOCKEY LEADER PASSES&hellip;One of the most popular and hardest-working hockey officials in the Northland, Earl Walker, 60, died of a heart attack at Bracebridge&hellip;he was penalty time-keeper for Bracebridge hockey teams for almost 25 years&mdash;a fabulous record&hellip;he was a colorful and outstanding star in his own right during his youth, paving been a member of the Cleveland team in pro hockey&hellip;Earl will be sadly missed&hellip;he certainly was one of the GRAND OLD MEN of Canadian hockey who loved the sport more than any other&hellip;this week we join with thousands of good hockey fans in extending sincere condolences to his family&hellip;we&rsquo;ll miss him&hellip;</p><p>Ouch!&hellip;Johnny Savicky of Espanola Kayvees in the Intermediate division along with Stanley Tallon of Rouyn Flashes and Lornie McKay of South Porcupine Porkies in the senior race were given 12-game suspensions by the NOHA&hellip;reason: taking too many liberties with officials&hellip;Sudbury Wolves have gone over the $100,000 mark in receipts at their spacious Sudbury Civic Arena despite the fact they occupy last place.</p><p>Young stars on the rise&hellip;several youngsters are drawing rave notices in the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League at the Lakehead. Stu McNeil and Steve Smith are going strong for Port Arthur Stars, while Joe Wochy, Bobby Sawicki and Max Mekilok look very promising for Fort William Hurricanes&hellip;Bob Scott of Emsdale pas sent along a very interesting and informative letter&hellip;Bob reports that Jerry Horton, young brother of Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; Tim, is coming along splendidly with Bucko MacDonald&rsquo;s Sundridge Beavers in the Intermediate &ldquo;B&rdquo; division&hellip;writes Bob: &ldquo;Jerry scored two goals as his team lost 5-3 to Bracebridge Bears. Danny Poland fired three goals for the Bears&rdquo;, Danny, by the way, is the Loy that caused all the furore between Sudbury Wolves and the Soo preyhounds over his services&hellip;after all that fuss, neither team Decided to keep him when he tried out for both teams&hellip;Bob Scott goes on to write: &ldquo;Bracebridge have a promising netminder In Ken Austin, who is showing the results of coaching by Jim Strachan, former goalkeeper with Springfield Indians. Bucko McDonald&rsquo;s team suffered a serious blow when Sonny Odrowski broke his ankle and win probably be out for the season&rdquo;. Bob goes on to say that Huntsville is well on its way to opening a new arena and suggests this will put that wonderful centre right back on the hockey map&hellip;he also has a boost for his home-town of Emsdale which has built a fine new outdoor rink&hellip;many thanks for your swell letter. Bob!</p><p>ANOTHER LETTER came in from Robert Hamlyn, 5 Smith Avenue, St. John&rsquo;s, Nfld., who would like some information concerning several players&hellip;Don Ashbee, Gordon Reid, Art Duncan, one-time coach of Detroit and Toronto; Charlie McDonald, former Tacoma performer; Ossie Osmundson, Connie Brown, Wally Samanski, Len Halderson; Lolo Couture, Buzz Boll, Squee Allen, formerly of Dallas Texans in the Lid USHL; Bobby Carse, Pete Leswick&hellip;any of you fine hockey fans who have information concerning these players would do Robert Hamlyn, an avid follower of THE HOCKEY NEWS, a great favor by writing him&hellip;another swell letter arrived from Charles Daigle of Moncton, N.B., and one of the amazing things in the letter was that he picked up a recent Sudbury-Soo senior hockey game on his radio away out in Moncton&hellip;&ldquo;I must say the game founded very fast and exciting&rdquo;. That should make Joe Spence, brilliant play-by-play announcer of Radio Station CHNO in Sudbury feel pretty good&hellip;Charlie Daigle has asked me to appeal to all you hockey fans for programs of teams in your centre&hellip;lie&rsquo;s in the Tuberculosis Hospital at Moncton and I&rsquo;m sure he would greatly appreciate the favor.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01164/1227663-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="545" height="891"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>AB DEMARCO</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0017-01

NOHA Puck Parade

<div class="byline">By AL OSTROM</div><p>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;</p><p>The painters, plumbers and piano movers who make up this year&rsquo;s Seattle Bomber hockey team differ slightly from the athletes who have performed at the local hockey emporium in recent years.</p><p>To begin with, today&rsquo;s Bombers are occupying a position in the league standings which is very much in reverse to the near-bottorn surroundings to which Seattie teams of the past ten years have been accustomed.</p><p>Having taken the lead after the opening Northwest League game in November, the Bombers have hogged the top spot, completely dominating the league with sheer scoring power. Other clubs in the newly-formed league come from Vancouver, New Westminster and the University of British Columbia.</p><p>A second difference in the club is the salary status of the players. Contrary to some hockey &ldquo;amateurs&rdquo;, none of the current Bombers receives any more than the price of a. meal on game nights.</p><h2><b>New Contract</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02134/1227694-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="553" height="997"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GEORGE HOMENUKE</b></figcaption></div><h3>Play For Fun</h3><p>All of the boys live in the Vancouver, B.C., area. Some attend school while others hold down full time jobs. They play hockey for fun, and love it.</p><p>A few of the boys are on the road to pro careers, while others are content to play a game or two a week and earn their livelihood by other means.</p><p>Credit for assembling such a willing, and sucessful crew goes to John Gorman. A Vancouver automobile salesman by trade, Gorman has played a lot of hockey in the Northwest, including a stint with the 1943-44 Seattle Ironmen when only 17 years old. The 28-year-oid maestro, a former lightweight defenseman, had a promising playing career severed when he injured his back while with the New Westminster Royals in 1946.</p><p>Gorman&rsquo;s amiable personality, plus his intimate knowledge of hockey talent, accounts for his fine collection of stars. His roster is dotted with several types of players, such as Bobby Leek, who is a piano mover by trade; Walt Leskiw, a painter; Johnny Bates, a plumber; Nick Yanchuk, railroad worker; Kerry McKibbon prep student; goalie Al Weisner, who works in a plywood plant when not guarding the Seattle net; and Harold Patz, a business machine operator.</p><h3>Owned By Blues</h3><p>McKibbon, only 16 years old, is on the New York Rangers&rsquo; list. The cherub-faced defenceman is a polished performer for his age and is a tough, hard-knocking player, belying his movie-star profile.</p><p>Favorite of the Seattle fans is the lightweight &ldquo;pony line&rdquo;. This trio consists of Ron Cooper, John Bates and Nick Yanchuk. All weigh less than 150, but are speedy, scrappy and deft enough with the stick to counteract their lack of weight. Ail are prolific scorers.</p><p>Recent addition to the club is Skip McKay, who had a trial with the Rangers and Vancouver Canucks last Fall. He said &ldquo;nix&rdquo; when the Canucks wanted to send him to the Okanagan League for further seasoning, quitting the pros to cast his lot with the amateur Bombers.</p><p>McKay set the league back on its ear by scoring 12 goals in three games, six of which came in one game.</p><p>He was the first man to score six goals for Seattle since the club&rsquo;s owner, Frank Dotten, pulled the double hat trick against the Boston Olympics in the AHA championships here in 1945.</p><p>George Homenuke, a former Western and American League pro, cast his lot with the Bombers recently.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0017-02

Seattle Returns To Hockey Wars With Team In Northwest League

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><p>STRATFORD, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; O.H.A. group is probably one of the most unpredictable in hockey history, when you consider recent happenings. The best instance of this occurred recently when Windsor Bulldogs walloped Stratford Indians 16-4, after the Indians had blanked the Bulldogs 9-0 in the previous meeting. Stratford had extended their undefeated streak since the first of the year to nine games, marred by a 4-4 tie in Owen Sound, only to have their skein rudely shattered by the trouncing on Windsor ice. The Indians had walloped Chatham Maroons 10-2 the previous night in Stratford.</p><p>Games so far this season have produced some close overtime ties and some very lopsided scores, such as the two mentioned above plus a 11-0 Shutout Owen Sound Mercurys handed Chatham Maroons and a 13-3 trouncing the Indians dealt out to the Niagara Falls Cataracts.</p><p>Yet Chatham whipped Owen Sound 6-2 the past week, while Kitchener Dutchmen gained 5-4 verdicts over Owen Sound and Niagara Falls, thereby protecting their first-place three-point margin over the Mercurys.</p><p>Following Windsor&rsquo;s loss at Kitchener and Stratford&rsquo;s victory over Chatham, the Indians were but two points behind the third-place Bulldogs, but the latter regained their four-point edge over the Indians with their convincing win against the Stratford club, which evidently had a bad day.</p><p>Windsor trails the second-place Owen Sound Mercurys by three points starting this week, but the battle still rages for the four playoff berths between Kitchener, Owen Sound, Windsor and Stratford, with ten points separating the first and fourth teams.</p><p>Chatham Maroons still have a mathematical chance of making fourth place, although they are 11 points to the rear of Stratford, while Niagara Falls Cataracts are hopelessly out of the hunt with but 20 points in 33 games, and trail Chatham by nine points and Stratford 20.</p><p>Windsor Bulldogs can credit their third position largely to the Acquisition of George Gee and Jimmy Peters, a pair of reinstated pros, who are providing them with added scoring punch. Owen Sound is the latest club to add reinforcements through the signing of ex-NHL&rsquo;er Leo Reise, who has been released by the New York Rangers and waived out of pro hockey.</p><p>The big question facing all clubs in the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA is how to evade the Ontario Hospitals Tax Act, because while all clubs agreed to observe a $1,250 weekly salary limit for players, there is some doubt if any of the clubs have adhered to it. One prominent club official ventured the opinion that if the truth were known none of the clubs is living up to the mutual agreement. This also applies to Owen Sound, operating on a share-the-wealth basis, who may consider they are immune for that reason.</p><p>With another month to go to complete the schedule there is no surety as to how the clubs will finish, other than the strong probability that Chatham and Niagara Falls may finish in their present fifth and sixth respective positions, while the present picture of Kitchener, Owen Sound, Windsor and Stratford could finish in that order.</p><p>Kitchener and Windsor are without the services of their respective starry forwards, Jerry Theberge and Walt Pawlyshyn, who are not expected to see much action until the playoffs, while Coach Clare Martin of Kitchener has also benched Jackie Hamilton, another former big leaguer, until he pares his avoirdupoids, with an edict somewhat similar to that issued to &ldquo;Turk&rdquo; Broda by Conny Smythe of the Toronto Maple Leafs a few years ago. Stratford Indians have also encountered some injuries lately, with Tommy Walker and Ron Ingram being sidelined, the former with an injured ankle and the latter with a lame back</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03103/1227725-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="298" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leo Reise</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0017-03

Vet Leo Reise Joins Senior OHA Mercurys

<div class="byline">By JOE MINSTER</div><p>TOLEDO, Ohio&mdash;</p><p>Toledo, reinforced by some last-minute additions, is making its bid for a playoff berth in the International Hockey League.</p><p>Lodged in last place for the past few weeks. Coach Doug McCaig&rsquo;s Mercurys have closed the gap steadily until they now are within easy hailing distance of second-place in the six-team circuit.</p><h2><b>Closed Cap</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01172/1227756-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="538" height="892"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DOUG McCAIG</b></figcaption></div><h3>Tough To Catch</h3><p>It&rsquo;s going to be tough to catch the front-running Cincinnati Mohawks, who have been as much as eight and a half lengths in front, but only a few points separate the other five clubs&mdash;Troy, Johnstown, Grand Rapids, Ft. Wayne and Toledo.</p><p>One of the prime reasons for the resurgence of the Ohioans has been the play of 22-year-old Jerry Prince, a promising icer who has been harassed by various injuries in recent years.</p><p>Prince, property of the Cleveland Barons, has been going great guns and is the No. 1 goal-scorer of the Mercs at the present time.</p><h3>Native of Edmonton</h3><p>A native of Edmonton, Alberta, the 160-pound Prince, who stands 5-10, is in his second full season of senior hockey.</p><p>With the now-defunct Marion club in the IHL a year ago, he was able to see only seven weeks of action (22 games) after suffering a broken kneecap.</p><p>A one-game tryout the youthful Prince had with the Barons proved to be highly successful in 1953-54, when he came through by tallying a goal for the American League outfit.</p><p>The injury jinx continued to dog Prince this campaign, too, as he hurt his back while training with Cleveland prior to the start of the season and he was subsequently dispatched to Toledo.</p><h3>Wields Potent Stick</h3><p>Although he wasn&rsquo;t listed among the top International League scorers, Prince has been wielding a potent stick for the Mercs, with 17 goals and eight assists thus far this year.</p><p>A standout performer in three seasons with the Edmonton Oil Kings, a junior club, Prince had from 30 to 40 goals each year. His top individual contest was an eight-point effort, when he collected eight points on four goals and as many assists for the Oil Kings.</p><p>Prince, who aspires to win a regular berth with the Barons eventually, sells automobile parts in the off-season.</p><h3>All Show Promise</h3><p>He and his two linemates at Toledo, Hal Jones and Gordie Vejprava, all have given promise of developing into professional performers. Vejprava, with whom Prince has worked for the past two seasons, was with Cleveland and Providence in the AHL earlier this campaign.</p><p>Cincinnati is moving nearer and nearer to its third straight IHL flag. Back-to-back victories over Grand Rapids and Troy gave the Hawks a commanding 10 and a half game margin over the runner-up Bruins from Troy.</p><p>It&rsquo;s anyone&rsquo;s guess who will occupy the next five spots in the standings when the season comes to a close. Only five points separate Troy from last-place Grand Rapids, with Ft. Wayne third, Johnstown fourth and Toledo, which climbed out of the cellar, fifth.</p><h3>Icing The Puck</h3><p>Gaetan Dessureault, rookie goaltender of the Mohawks, had a big week as his team reeled off victories over Johnstown, Grand Rapids and Troy and lost to Toledo. Dessureault blanked Johnstown and Troy by identical 6-0 scores to give him seven whitewashings for the campaign, two more than Roy McMeekin of Toledo, runner-up in that department&hellip;Hat tricks recorded during the week went to George Drysdale of Ft. Wayne (all in the first period) in the Komets&rsquo; 5-3 conquest of Toledo, and Graham Joyce of Toledo in the 4-2 triumph of his team over Troy.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0018-01

Mercs Right Back In Contention For Intl. League Playoff Berth

<div class="byline">By PETER TOMLIN</div><p>NELSON. B.C.&mdash;</p><p>The Nelson Maple Leafs of the Western International Hockey League are reported to be in serious financial trouble. An itemized statement released recently by Carl V. Linden, Secretary-Treasurer of the Leafs, showed the club to be some $15,000 in the red as of January.</p><p>The Exectuive of the team has appealed to the Nelson and District hockey fans for financial aid to ensure that the Leafs will finish the current WIHL season. The tentative plan is based on the idea of the fans helping the club in either one of two ways. They can make a pledge or cash donation or they can sign a note promising to pay cash at some future date. It is understood that in the second case, the note will be used only if the club needs the help. The popular figure quoted for the notes is $100. A mammoth Hockey Jamboree is being held at the Nelson Civic Centre, in an attempt to save the Leafs.</p><h2>Salaries Top List</h2><p>The Team Financial Statement shows that it has cost $43,601.40 to operate the team so far this season. An estimated $4,062.71 in red ink is expected to be rolled up by the end of the campaign. Total assets so far amount to $32,415.17. This leaves a debit figure of $15,348.94 facing the club. Biggest expenditures are for salaries ($23,939.87) and the new 15% amusement Tax ($3,156.29). Included in the deficit is a bank overdraft in the amount of $9,854.43.</p><p>Unless the fans or an &ldquo;angel&rdquo; come forward with plenty of cold, hard cash, the Nelson team will have a hard time weathering the storm.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Nelson Maple Leafs Reported In Trouble

<p><b>February 25</b></p><p>Sweden vs. Germany at Krefeld.</p><p>Russia vs. Finland at Duesseldorf.</p><p>Czecholovakia vs. Switzerland at Cologne.</p><p>Canada vs United States at Dortmund.</p><p><b>February 26</b></p><p>Germany vs. Poland at Krefeld.</p><p>Canada vs Czechoslovakia at Duesseldorf.</p><p>United States vs. Finland at Cologne.</p><p>Russia vs. Sweden at Dortmund.</p><p><b>February 27</b></p><p>Russia vs. Czechoslovakia at Krefeld.</p><p>Sweden vs. Switzerland at Duesseldorf.</p><p>Canada vs. Poland at Cologne.</p><p>United States vs. Germany at Dortmund.</p><p><b>February 28</b></p><p>United States vs. Switzerland at Krefeld.</p><p>Canada vs. Finland at Duessedorf.</p><p>Russia vs. Poland at Cologne.</p><p><b>March 1</b></p><p>Germany vs. Finland at Krefeld.</p><p>Switzerland vs. Poland at Duesseldorf.</p><p>Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia at Cologne.</p><p><b>March 2</b></p><p>Russia vs. United States at Krefeld.</p><p>Swenden vs. Finland, and Czechoslovakia vs. Germany, both at Duesseldorf.</p><p>Canada vs. Switzerland at Cologne.</p><p><b>March 3</b></p><p>Canada vs. Sweden at Krefeld.</p><p>Russia vs. Germany at Duessel-dorf.</p><p>Czechoslovakia vs. United States, and Finland vs. Poland, both at Cologne.</p><p><b>March 4</b></p><p>Russia vs. Switzerland at Krefeld.</p><p>United States vs. Poland at Duesseldorf.</p><p>Canada vs. Germany at Cologne, March 5</p><p>Czechoslovakia vs. Poland at Krefeld.</p><p>Sweden vs. United States at Duesseldorf.</p><p>Switzerland vs. Finland at Cologne.</p><p><b>March 6</b></p><p>Russia vs. Canada at Krefeld.</p><p>Germany vs. Switzerland, and Czechoslovakia vs. Finland, both at Duesseldorf.</p><p>Sweden vs. Poland at Cologne.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

World Tournament Schedule

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><p>HULL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;You build the arena and the Montreal Canadiens will open ths doors for you.&rdquo;</p><p>The promise was made to the sports minded citizens of this community by Frank Selke, General Manager of the Montreal Forum, at a recent gathering held in the City Hall here.</p><p>Mr. Selke came to Hull at the invitation of the committee which has been handling plans for the new arena, and in the course of his candid chat with them, passed along valuable information on arenas.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Plan Wisely&rdquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02112/1227835-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="542" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK SELKE</b></figcaption></div><h3>Very Helpful</h3><p>The get-together was something in the nature of an informal question-and-answer session but proved, nevertheless, very helpful to the men who are doing the spadework for the proposed venture.</p><p>The plan for an arena in Hull is, of course, nothing new. Sports minded people in the Transpontine City have made several determined charges in the direction over the years, but just never seemed able to get on base.</p><p>This time, however, the success of the scheme seems virtually a certainty. Already a grant of $100,000 has been received by Hull from the Provincial Government, an additional sum has been promised by large industries in the city, and a plebiscite for the balance will be held in the forthcoming elections.</p><p>All told, it is estimated that $500,000 will be necessary to build an arena suitable for the City of Hull. Present plans call for an estimated capacity of between 6,000-7.000.</p><p>This was one of the points stressed by Mr. Selke in his remarks to the group.</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t try to aim too high. Stay within your limits and plan wisely. You can build an arena and operate it on a paying basis if you don&rsquo;t try to over-reach yourselves.&rdquo;</p><p>Mr. Selke gave several illustrations of his advice, based on a long experience in the operation of arenas which included Maple Leaf Gardens, Cincinnati, and the Montreal Forum.</p><p>While it has not been established definitely, it is fairly certain that when the arena is completed (present plans call for it to be ready in the late Fall of 1955), Hull&rsquo;s first step will be to enter a team in the Quebec Junior League.</p><p>As a matter of fact, it is rumored in some circles that a franchise has already been granted Hull and that their club will have the blessing (and help) of the Canadiens.</p><p>This city of 65,000 people has always been a hotbed of hockey, but since it lost its rink by fire many years ago, has had a rough time finding a place for its youngsters to develop.</p><p>Many have developed into fine players through the Hull Volants Association which annually backs a team in the Ottawa Junior City League, but it is in the lower echelons where the difficulty has been.</p><h3>Greatest Era</h3><p>Perhaps the greatest era of hockey in Hull was in the late 30&rsquo;s when the Volants pulled the upset of the year by ousting the Quebec League champions in a series that will never be forgotten by residents of the city.</p><p>Practically the entire town entrained with the team for games against Quebec Aces in Quebec and Montreal. Everyone just took a week off to follow the series.</p><p>Hull is not thinking of senior hockey now, however, preferring to get its junior club established and to develop a chain of leagues in minor hockey, including the schools.</p><p>Selke, representing the Montreal Forum, promised every support and help possible, including the promise to bring the Canadiens to open the rink&mdash;and all gratis.</p><p>Completion of the project will mean another shot in the am for hockey locally and will re-establish the great rivalry between Hull and Ottawa, across the river.</p><p>If all goes well in the coining elections, excavation should begin in April or May.</p><p>Watch for the name of Hull next season<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Selke Promises Hans Will Open Proposed Hull Arena

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01151/1227890-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><p><b>Solution Next Week</b></p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;NHL player who holds record for scoring the three fastest goals.</p><p>2&mdash;Harry Howell&rsquo;s brother.</p><p>3&mdash;Doug Mohns possesses a hard one.</p><p>4&mdash;Rangers&rsquo; Exec.-Vice President (two names)</p><p>7&mdash;Girl&rsquo;s name.</p><p>8&mdash;Initials of one of the Bentley brothers.</p><p>9&mdash;Iron (Sym.)</p><p>10&mdash;Initials of Timgren of Pittsburgh.</p><p>13&mdash;&rdquo;Rip&rdquo; Riopelle&rsquo;s birthplace.</p><p>15&mdash;One of the N. Y. Rangers.</p><p>19&mdash;Half an em.</p><p>23&mdash;Player who holds records for most points by a centre in one season.</p><p>24&mdash;First name of Rangers&rsquo; publicity director.</p><p>25&mdash;Initials of a Boston rearguard.</p><p>26&mdash;Nickname of Boucher, former Bruin coach.</p><p>27&mdash;Upon.</p><p>28&mdash;This is attached to hockey sticks.</p><p>3 0&mdash;Former Maple Leaf defense stalwart.</p><p>31&mdash;Gord Fashoway plays for this WHL team (abbr.)</p><p>32&mdash;Initials of Campeau, ex-NHL player.</p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Pictured Toronto player.</p><p>5&mdash;Zeniuk of Edmonton is called this.</p><p>6&mdash;Boston&rsquo;s captain.</p><p>11&mdash;Denotes number worn by Bill Gadsby.</p><p>12&mdash;One of the Cleveland Barons.</p><p>14&mdash;Players sometimes get one cut.</p><p>16&mdash;Wing played by 1 down.</p><p>17&mdash;&rdquo;Bucky&rdquo; Hollingworth is noted for his ability to do this.</p><p>18&mdash;First name of player who was chosen as All-Star centre of 1953-54.</p><p>20&mdash;Initials of a former Maple Leaf captain.</p><p>21&mdash;Don McKenney&rsquo;s native province (abbr.)</p><p>22&mdash;Initials of Wagner, former baseball great.</p><p>24&mdash;Initials of a Toronto rearguard.</p><p>26&mdash;Gus Mortson owns one.</p><p>29&mdash;Each (abbr.)</p><p>30&mdash;Coached Detroit in 1926-27.</p><p>32&mdash;Muzz Patrick once coached</p><p>33&mdash;Complete initials of Watson this club (abbr.) of Chicago.</p><p>34&mdash;Plays for Edmonton Flyers, called Bill.</p><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Solution</b></h2><p>ACROSS</p><p>1&mdash;Harvey</p><p>4&mdash;S. H.</p><p>6&mdash;Guy</p><p>7&mdash;Louis</p><p>11&mdash;Lester</p><p>10&mdash;T. M.</p><p>12&mdash;Ha.</p><p>13&mdash;Ten</p><p>14&mdash;Tie</p><p>16&mdash;P. L.</p><p>15&mdash;Or</p><p>16&mdash;P. L.</p><p>17&mdash;Cu.</p><p>18&mdash;Pat</p><p>20&mdash;M. A.</p><p>21&mdash;Eng.</p><p>23&mdash;R. D.</p><p>22&mdash;Allan</p><p>24&mdash;R. D.</p><p>31&mdash;VI.</p><p>27&mdash;George</p><p>32&mdash;Ernest</p><p>33&mdash;J. C.</p><p>DOWN</p><p>2&mdash;Rousseau</p><p>1&mdash;Hollett</p><p>3&mdash;Else</p><p>4&mdash;Sutherland</p><p>5&mdash;Hyman</p><p>8&mdash;O. E.</p><p>9&mdash;It</p><p>13&mdash;Topper</p><p>19&mdash;T. G.</p><p>17&mdash;Calder</p><p>20&mdash;Marge</p><p>25&mdash;Det.</p><p>26&mdash;Vic.</p><p>28&mdash;On.</p><p>29&mdash;Re.</p><p>30&mdash;G. S.</p><p>31&mdash;V. J.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey X-Word Puzzle

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-23" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-239/1227921-1-eng-US/f0019-232.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>I</span> want to become a regular year-round subscriber to Hockey&rsquo;s International Weekly. I want to take advantage of the saving a subscriber has and also receive the offseason issues which only a subscriber can get.</b></p><p><b>Put me down right now for a year&rsquo;s subscription.</b></p><p>A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues. Canadian Remittance $3.00 Payable by Postal, Bank or Telegraphic Money Order.</p><p><b>U.S.A. Remittances $4.00</b> Payable by Postal Note, Bank or Express Money Order or Personal cheque in U.S. funds. Postal Money Orders must be drawn on the Postmaster at New York in U.S. funds.</p><p><b>SEND COUPON BELOW</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standing on Feb. 2)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02114/1228092-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="598" height="208"></div><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b> (Standing on Jan. 31)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0388/1228085-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="591" height="189"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0474/1228078-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="595" height="287"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0558/1228071-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="587" height="291"></div><h2><b>OKANAGAN SENIOR</b> (Standing on Jan. 29)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0644/1228064-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="589" height="135"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0741/1228057-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="595" height="541"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0838/1228050-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="594" height="135"></div><h2><b>N.B. NORTH SHORE</b> (Standing on Jan. 27)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0933/1228043-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="595" height="157"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1027/1228036-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="590" height="309"></div><h2><b>ATLANTIC COAST SENIOR</b> (Standing on Jan. 27)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1126/1228029-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="597" height="126"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1225/1228022-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="598" height="312"></div><h2><b>NOHA SENIOR</b> (Standing on Jan. 30)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1324/1228015-1-eng-US/f0019-132.jpg" title="f0019-13" width="592" height="157"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1424/1228008-1-eng-US/f0019-142.jpg" title="f0019-14" width="590" height="363"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1522/1228001-1-eng-US/f0019-152.jpg" title="f0019-15" width="586" height="185"></div><h2><b>OHA SENIOR A</b> (Standing on Feb. 2)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1619/1227994-1-eng-US/f0019-162.jpg" title="f0019-16" width="591" height="179"></div><h2><b>OHA JUNIOR A</b> (Standing on Feb. 2)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1718/1227987-1-eng-US/f0019-172.jpg" title="f0019-17" width="598" height="234"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b> (Standing on Jan. 30)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1818/1227980-1-eng-US/f0019-182.jpg" title="f0019-18" width="594" height="107"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1917/1227973-1-eng-US/f0019-192.jpg" title="f0019-19" width="599" height="386"></div><h2><b>WESTERN JUNIOR</b> (Standing on Jan. 24)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-2015/1227966-1-eng-US/f0019-202.jpg" title="f0019-20" width="592" height="156"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-2111/1227959-1-eng-US/f0019-212.jpg" title="f0019-21" width="594" height="310"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</b></h2><p>(Standing on Jan. 24)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-2211/1227952-1-eng-US/f0019-222.jpg" title="f0019-22" width="591" height="131"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Puck Parade At A Glance

<p>VAL D&rsquo;OR, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Roman (Bes) Besidowski, well-known hockey player with the Val d&rsquo;Or Golden Stars and who formerly played in Noranda, died in Val d&rsquo;Or Hospital Tuesday, January 18, following a skiing accident.</p><p>Besidowski, who was employed at the Lamaque Mining Company at Val d&rsquo;Or, broke his left leg near the hip in a fall on what is known as &ldquo;Suicide Hill&rdquo; near the Val d&rsquo;Or airport. He was 24 years old.</p><p>He had been operated upon for the injury at the hospital.</p><p>Besidowski played Junior hockey at Sudbury before coming to Noranda, where he was with the Copper Kings Senior club for two seasons. He then went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, for two years and joined the Val d&rsquo;Or Golden Stas at the beginning of this season.</p><p>In Noranda, he played on the same line as Hec Miller, present manager of the Copper King Toilers, and Norm Connelly of the Rouyn Flashes.</p><p>&ldquo;Bes&rdquo; played his last game with the Golden Stars on January 6.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“Bes” Besidowski Dies Following Ski Accident

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0243/1228154-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="241" height="296"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0144/1228161-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="233" height="290"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0341/1228147-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="2860" height="3561"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>A LITTLE PERPLEXED is Gump Worsley as he attempts to follow the flight of the puck in the top photo as teammate Bobby Chrystal (No. 6) makes sure that Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe stays away from the danger zone in front of the New York Rangers&rsquo; nets. Red Kelly is in the background also looking for the elusive disc which seemed to be there just a moment before. In the lower picture the puck is far from lost although Toronto&rsquo;s Harry Lumley wishes it was. Can you see it trickling into his cage? Captain Ted Kennedy checks Canadiens&rsquo; Bert Olmstead (No. 15) but too late. Jean Beliveau&rsquo;s shot from just inside the blueline beat Lumley to give Canadiens a 1-1 tie with the Leafs.</b><span class="photo-credit">(Top photo&mdash;Roy Bash, Detroit Times&mdash;Lower photo&mdash;Turofsky of Toronto)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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