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October 15, 1955

The Hockey News October 15, 1955

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0726/1361931-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg"></div><h2>BOSTON</h2><h2>CHICAGO</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0818/1361924-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="1380" height="296"></div><h2>DETROIT</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0912/1361917-1-eng-US/f0005-092.jpg" title="f0005-09" width="1372" height="298"></div><h2>MONTREAL</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-108/1361910-1-eng-US/f0005-102.jpg" title="f0005-10" width="1487" height="292"></div><h2>TORONTO</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-116/1361903-1-eng-US/f0005-112.jpg" title="f0005-11" width="1376" height="292"></div><h2>NEW YORK</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-125/1361896-1-eng-US/f0005-122.jpg" title="f0005-12" width="1408" height="341"></div><h2>CANADIENS</h2><h3>FIRST</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01203/1361889-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="704" height="464"></div><h2>RED WINGS</h2><h3>SECOND</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02180/1361882-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="684" height="348"></div><h2>BRUINS</h2><h3>THIRD</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03140/1361875-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="664" height="616"></div><h2>MAPLE LEAFS</h2><h3>FOURTH</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04113/1361868-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="400" height="456"></div><h2>BLACK HAWKS</h2><h3>FIFTH</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0578/1361861-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="456" height="432"></div><h2>RANGERS</h2><h3>SIXTH</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0647/1361854-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="482" height="488"></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Hockey Poll

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02152/1361744-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg"></div>NEW YORK, NY&mdash;Danny Lewicki has run the hockey gamut from delightful to dreadful and back again.Now hockey fans in general and Ranger rooterg in particular are wondering which course Mr. L. will embark on in 1955-56.At 17 years he was a great hockey player with a sky-limit future. At the age of 21 he was a rank hockey player destined for obscurity.Danny is now 24 and a good National Leaguer with Rangers. You can&rsquo;t put him in the class with, Rocket Richard or Gordie Howe nor can he be termed &ldquo;run-of-the-mill.&rdquo;Rather, he is in a class with Sid Smith and Dutch Reibel. Only difference is that Smith and Reibel have been saddled up with top-notch linemates while Lewicki has had to toe the mark with so-so partners on the blues.Make no mistake, Lewicki has most of the ingredients for greatness. Besides, he is young, supple and will be teamed up with, a pair of linemates likely to bring out the scoring best in him, this year. The Lewicki Legend begins on the ponds of Canada&rsquo;s Lakehead District. A short scrawny kid, Danny dabbled in shinny like all the other boys his size in native Fort William.He joined the Kiwanis (Bantam) Hawks at the age of 12, was just another player on the team. In fact the Hawks dropped him at the end of the year.Someone must have mixed adrenalin with his corn flakes during the summer because it wasn&rsquo;t the same Danny Lewicki after that.He lined up with the North (Bantam) Stars in 1944, was the driver of the star wagon. He rapped home 73 goals, took MVP honors and began hypnotizing the expert eyes of Lakehead scouts.He followed the same pattern the next year and the season after that. Dangerous Dan couldn&rsquo;t be stopped. Three years running he was MVP, top-scorer and what have you. The talent chasers formed a double-line waiting for his pro signature.A touch of irony enters at this time.Rangers and Toronto were the clubs most interested in him. Since the Blues were lower than Leafs in the NHL at the time,, Frank Boucher, Ranger GM, figured he had the inside track in the contract derby.But along came Lou Pieri of Providence. He beat Boucher by 59 seconds, signing Lewicki just after midnight when the boy turned 16.In short shrift he was bartered to Leafs, began his doleful decline. Rub of the tale is that Lewicki is now a Ranger and Providence was recently made the Blues&rsquo; American League farm club.It was in 1947-48 that Danny Lewicki achieved the greatness of scoring, fluidity of form, that he only recently began to recapture in Manhattan livery.Playing for the Port Arthur Bruins&mdash;along with present Rangers linemate Dave Creigh-thon&mdash;in the Memorial Cup playoffs, his feats were nothing short of magical.&ldquo;Creighton and Lewicki, the youngest players on the ice, were terrific on the offensive, both being blessed with an abundance of speed,&rdquo; remarked Gordon Walker who covered the series for the Toronto Globe and Mail.&ldquo;He sets a torrid pace.&rdquo; &ldquo;Fastest man on the ice&rsquo;&rsquo;. &ldquo;Most closely guarded player in Canada, and that goes for Richard.&rsquo;&rsquo; &ldquo;Lewicki is the dominating figure in junior hockey&rdquo;. &ldquo;He personally won the Memorial Cup.&rdquo; These were other headlines he drew in 1948.Next season Danny joined the Stratford (Junior) Kroehlers. He did well enough with the K&rsquo;s but Toronto, in a sense, wasn&rsquo;t willing to leave well enough alone.It may or may not have been a coincidence but after a series of hassles with the Leafs there was little stardust on Lewicki&rsquo;s shoulders.Toronto wanted him to play for its Marlboro club. Danny demurred.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like Toronto, it&rsquo;s too big,&rdquo; was Lewicki&rsquo;s answer to a question as to why he didn&rsquo;t wish to go there.&ldquo;If we can&rsquo;t come to an agreement, I&rsquo;ll offer him a pro contract,&rdquo; said Conn Smythe, then Leaf GM. &ldquo;If he doesn&rsquo;t accept it he won&rsquo;t play hockey at all.&rdquo; Danny got the point and soon signed.That pleased Smythe who raptured: &ldquo;He looks more to me like Aurel Joliat than anybody I&rsquo;ve ever seen.&rdquo;Lewicki played a season with Marlboro Juniors, joined the senior Marlies for the playoffs. He jumped to the Leafs in 1950, was moderately successful in his first year, droopy in the next.It was all bafflement to Toronto and Leaf&rsquo;s Coach Joe Primeau.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a smart hockey player, smart beyond his years,&rdquo; said Joe one day. &ldquo;He plays his position as well as anybody in the game and can handle himself out there too.&rdquo;A few weeks later Primeau right-about-faced and stated: &ldquo;He diddles around too much. In junior you can put the puck between a man&rsquo;s legs and come behind him. Furthermore, he&rsquo;s not skating like he should be. He&rsquo;s not skating either way.&rdquo;With a barb to the right and a back pat to the left of him. Lewicki could be pardoned for not knowing on what ground he was standing or skating. It was something a kin to Jimmy Durante who sings: &ldquo;Did you ever get the feeling that you wanted to go, and then get the feeling that you wanted to stay, wanted to go, wanted to stay&hellip;&rdquo;In the summer of 1954 Lewicki was purchased by the New York Rangers for $15,000.Skeptics scoffed. &ldquo;Boucher wasted $15,000. He&rsquo;s strictly minor league,&rdquo; they said.One of the first to see the sagacity of the move was Herb Ralby who wrote in the Boston Globe on Oct. 14, 1954:&ldquo;Lewicki will be a major leaguer. He&rsquo;s contented now, free from pressure. Rangers have picked up an all-star.&rdquo; It was terrific tabbing by Ralby.Danny finished the 54-55 season tied with Gordie Howe in goal-scoring with 29. He had 53 points in all, made the second all-star team, led the Blues in scoring, was named Ukrainian Athlete of the Year, copped the CYO sportsmanship trophy and was voted the Most Valuable Ranger by Gotham scribes.&ldquo;So why,&rdquo; you may ask, &ldquo;isn&rsquo;t he in the &ldquo;great&rdquo; category again?&rdquo;As potent as Lewicki was for Rangers, he still has to prove to himself and to the hockey world that it was no mere pan flashing.Most puck pundits don&rsquo;t think that it was. He started last season as left wing with Nick Mickoski at right and &ldquo;Bones&rdquo; Raleigh centering.When Nick was bartered to Chi., Lewicki was switched to right wing, the center and back to left more times than he&rsquo;d care to remember, and with more linemates than he can recall.He finished the &rsquo;54-&rsquo;55 campaign at left wing with Raleigh and Bill Ezinicki, neither of who are back with Danny.Instead, Phil Watson has contrived his number one line with Lewicki at left wing. Dave Creighton (Dan&rsquo;s Port Arthur teammate) at center and Andy Bathgate on the right side. The trio sports weight, speed and scoring punch.At 165 pounds, Creighton is the lightweight of the three, all can skate and have had 20 goal seasons.How does Danny feel about his elevator-type hockey career?&ldquo;It&rsquo;s all part of the game,&rdquo; he philosophically replies. &ldquo;I just never could get untracked at Toronto. That&rsquo;s when the change of scenery comes in handy.&rdquo;He bears no grudge whatsoever against Maple Leafs, speaks highly of Smythe, something not uncommon among hockey players who know the Mapleo magnate well.&ldquo;Mr. Smythe treated me squarely when I was with Toronto,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;No, I don&rsquo;t go out of my way to play better hockey now when we face the Leafs.&rdquo;The 5-9, 170 pounder is a natural skater, a Max Bentley sans the herky-perk movements. He is as fast as anyone&mdash;Richard included&mdash;from blueline to goal, but lacks the Rocket&rsquo;s brute strength.Lewicki throws a soft pass, has a springy, true shot, is poison around the nets.He is happy sort, refreshing in the dressing room and a willing worker when it comes to fan club meetings and the banquet brigade.In all likelihood, Danny will locate his family again in Glen Oaks, which is a conveniently placed suburb in the Queen section of New York City.Proud pop of 2-year-old Paul and 13-month old Danny Jr., the senior Lewicki (himself the youngest of eight children) is uncertain whether he wants his sons to turn to hockey.Danny&rsquo;s attractive wife, Donna, feels the same way. He met her while he played hockey for Stratford. She&rsquo;s an avid Ranger fan, never misses a home game.Variously known as &ldquo;The Bargain of the Century,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Fort William Hurricane,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Dangerous Dan,&rdquo; Mr. Lewicki will be aiming to best Bill Cook&rsquo;s club scoring record of 33 this season.It&rsquo;s a true challenge to him. not in the impossible realm.If he comes close or shatters it, he will have completed the cycle, from poor to good to great.All New York is pulling for him.LEWICKI, DANIELBorn, Fort William, Ont., March 12, 1931. Left wing. Shoots left. 5&rsquo;9&rdquo;. 160 lbs.Last amateur club: Toronto Marlboros<h2>Blueshirt And Boosters</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01182/1361737-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="1730" height="1482"><figcaption class="caption-body">LEWICKI receives Plaque from fans Bob Woop and John Donnelly</figcaption></div><h2>D For Dangerous</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03103/1361730-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1208" height="1188"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY LEWICKI&hellip;&hellip;The Rifling Ranger</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01258/1361723-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="1194" height="1803"></div> &#9632;

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Lewicki Fulfilling NHL Potential

<div class="byline">By PAUL SULLIVAN</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;The Pittsburgh Hornets face the 1955-&rsquo;56 campaign with the American Hockey League championship in hand and the Calder Cup in the trophy room. All of which adds up to interesting history, but neither catches nor fries future fish.Fortunately, Coach Howie Meeker looks ahead to his second winter at The Garden in the Steel City with more to rely on than glittering memories. As a matter of fact, the Yellow Jackets completed their pre-season training stretch at Niagara Falls, Ont., with more substantial reason for optimism than they have enjoyed within recent recollection.On the credit side, the Meeker-men can start counting their blessings with two outstanding AHL All-Star operatives in Capt. Frank Mathers, a defenseman whose prowess would grace just about any club in the National League, and goalminder Gil (The Needle) Mayer, who worked every regular and playoff game over the 1954-&rsquo;55 span and led the rest of the loop&rsquo;s netmen by a most convincing margin in the goals-against averages.Collaborating with Mathers in the backfield are redoubtable Ray Gariepy and versatile Jack Price from last year&rsquo;s troupe and lacrosse ace Jack Biando, blockbuster from the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Greyhounds. Furthermore sophomore Marc Reaume, currently listed with parent Toronto, is expected back in the Hornet nets as soon as Tim Horton can return to action for the Leafs.<h2>No Worries</h2>Down the middle, the Pittsburghers have no worries except possibility of illness or accident. Willie (The Whip) Marshall and Bob Hassard are long-tested material. It&rsquo;s questionable whether Gardens fans would trade either of them even up for any other centerman in the loop. The No. 3 pivot, Jack Caffery, displayed extraordinary promise last season and has been impressive at camp, while Mike Ratchford, another Greyhound product, must be rated still in the running for a job at this writing.The wing situation is almost equally well assured. On the right flank, Gerry Foley&rsquo; and suitably streamlined Bob Sabourin are back and husky Ron Hurst from the Greyhounds has been signed to replace Andy (The A-Bomb) Barbe, who has decided to retire from competition and confine his activities to a thriving soft drink distributorship.Across on the left, Bob Solinger, Gordie Hannigan and Parker MacDonald are sound certainties with young Les Duff looming as a sharp prospect from the Marlboro Juniors. Incidentally, Hannigan is quite as handy in the starboard lane as in the port, in case necessity for a switch should arise.Aside from Barbe and the more or less temporarily absent Reaume, the only losses from last spring&rsquo;s champion troupe are Earl Balfour and Ray Timgren, left wingers presently with Toronto, and defenseman Bill Burega and forward Hughie Barlow, both at Winnipeg with Toronto strings attached. Also routed to Winnipeg from the Pittsburgh entourage at Niagara are the Cullen brothers, Brian and Barry, who, with Barlow, comprised the fabulous first line of the 1954 Memorial Cup-copping St. Catherines TeePees.A Pittsburgh sum-up off the cuff would show the Meeker outfit heavy in experience without verging on superannuation, as tough as ever on defense, and about as formidable on the attack as a team can be expected to be within the rigorous limits of the Toronto two-way system.But it&rsquo;ll take five other American League entries, most of them said to be improved, to determine what, if any, disparity exists between the Hornets on paper and the Hornets on ice.<h2>Reliable&hellip;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01257/1362607-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="591" height="867"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK MATHERS</figcaption></div><h2>&hellip;Veterans</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02217/1362600-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="582" height="864"><figcaption class="caption-body">GIL MAYER</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hornets Will Pack Lots Of Sting, Club Shapes Up As Balanced Unit

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The poet, Sir Thomas Overbury, must have had the Rangers Fan Club in mind when he wrote, &ldquo;Devotion, like fire in frost weather, burns hottest in affliction.&rdquo;Just substitute &ldquo;Rangers Fan Club&rdquo; for &ldquo;devotion&rdquo; and you have the story of hockey&rsquo;s&mdash;or any sport&rsquo;s&mdash;strongest booster group.With ice devotees ranging in age from eight months to 80 years (the RFC boasts three grandmas), the Fan Club is a veritable UN having members located in Canada, England, Switzerland and Japan as well, as all parts of the USA.It all started in 1950. Frank Boucher, then Blueshirt GM, thought it would be a good idea to bring the Rangers closer to the fans, and vice versa.He had a letter distributed through the upper regions of Madison Square Garden one night, to which has attached a card so that one could signify his intention of joining the RFC.About 200 letters were passed out. More than 200 names came back. Before the season had ended, patrons from all sections of the Garden flocked to meetings and club membership began to swell.Point of it all was to have the fans meet the players. Show hockey films. Furnish fans with a regular news letter on the Rangers and the fans themselves. Listen to gripes and take action on them.The meetings are the perfect spot for rooters to sound off. Sometimes it&rsquo;s the officiating, sometimes it&rsquo;s he general play of h am. Hr hy can get the squawks off their chests, or, as the case may be, deliver a stirring tribute to whomsoever they wish.In the five years isnce its inception the enrollment has soared to a record high of over 500, and it&rsquo;s still growingu All this happening during the Blues&rsquo; non-playoff yearsbHardly more than a season after it was organized, members of the group put into competition a handsome trophy to be awarded anhually &ldquo;to the most popular Ranger, on and off the ice.&rdquo;Don (Bones) Raleigh was first winner of the award which is accompanied by a handsomely engraved wrist watch. Other recipients were Wally Hergeishemer, Johnny Bower and Edgar Laprade.&ldquo;Bones&rdquo; has made several appearances at RFC meetings and never fails to bring down the house with his humorous and eloquent expositions of behind-the-scenes activity in the life of a hockey player. It&rsquo;s typical of the realistic look fan clubbers get at the players.For Raleigh, as the fans discovered, life is one mad, endless whirl. When he isn&rsquo;t playing hockey, he is writing verse or collecting musical platters from Beethoven to boogie-woogie. And when he&rsquo;s playing hockey, little side lights come into action which no fan could possibly follow from the stands unless Raleigh gives one of his first hand accounts as only he can tell &lsquo;em.Fan club festivities never stop. Besides the sparkling meetings the group junkets to Boston each year for a look-see at the Blues in a road game, tosses a gala end-of-season banquet and publishes a breezy newspaper&mdash;The Rangers Review.When April rolls around hockey is over at the Garden but Fan Club members keep in touch, with meetings and an annual boat ride and picnic at Bear Mountain.One of its proudest possessions is a 35-foot, der, white and Blue banner with &ldquo;Rangers Fan Club&rdquo; prominently printed on it. It is displayed at the Garden every hockey nigth.The players appreciate the club&rsquo;s staunch support. Ron Murphy tells about the clubber who knitted him a pair of argyle socks when he was hospitalized. Last year members donated $50 to the Glen Sonmor fund and bought Wally Hergeishemer a handsome sterling silver ice bucket after he injured his leg.Injured players are never forgotten by the fans, ditto departed Ranger favorites and Ranger birthdays.One rooter journeyed to four different American League cities to see Steve Kraftcheck in action. Another zealot flew in from California juts to take in a RangerBruin game. Note they don&rsquo;t come any more rabid than RFCers.Membership dues are a nominal dollar a year which included regular receipt of The Rangers Revue. All hockey fans are welcome to join. Those interested should write to the Rangers Fan Club c/o Madison Square Garden, 307 W., 19th St., New York.At the RFC&rsquo;s recent election the following were appointed: Jacques Schiff, president; Jerry Weiss, vice president; Lillian Greenburg, secretary; Bruno Wolff, treasurer.The executive board consists of Sy Kass, Mary Marino and Bernard Wolk.<h2>He Started It</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04125/1361637-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="558" height="548"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK BOUCHER</figcaption></div><div class="sidebar">Answer to Boll&rsquo;s Question&hellip;Maurice Richard &#9632;</div>

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Creed, Race, Color Don’t Count So Long As You’re A Ranger Fan

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01129/1363386-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><h2>Getting Behind The 8-Ball</h2>Previous Pool Predictions As Picked BY HN Experts &#9632;

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POLL EXPERTS PICK MONTREAL

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Each year at this time, THE HOCKEY NEWS takes particular delight in putting a little more than a baker&rsquo;s dozen of hockey experts on the guessing gridle by asking them to name, without hesitation or retrovocation, the order of finish in the National Hockey League.We realize that this is most unfair, but you&rsquo;d be surprised at the number of writers who are prepared to call the shot in October for the finish in March.Since this is our eighth annual poll, it would be only fair to point out that the experts haven&rsquo;t been total flops during the past five years, indeed they called the shot to the letter last year.As. in the past five polls THE HOCKEY NEWS called in 18 experts representing the six cities in the league and asked them to pick their order of finish. With this as a working margin, THE HOCKEY NEWS editors went to work and using an infallible system of six points for a first place choice, five for a second, four for a third, three for a fourth two for a fifth and one for a sixth arrived at these conclusions.1.-Montreal, 2.-Detroit, 3.-Boston, 4.-Toronto, 5.-Chicago 6.-New York.That&rsquo;s the way the experts called &lsquo;em. Montreal to finish ahead of the world champion Detroit Red Wings with the Bruins nosing out Toronto who wind up fourth&mdash;the final playoff spot.In selecting Canadiens to top the National Hockey League this year, the experts calculated that they stand the best chance since they finished the 1954-55 season by producing the top three scorers in the league, namely Bernie Geoffrion, Jean Beliveau and Maurice (Rocket) Richard. They, further figured that it Jacques Plante stands up (and he&rsquo;s shown flashes of greatness in the past) they might get the defensive help they&rsquo;ve been missing.Perhaps the biggest factor in relegating the Red Wings to second was the goal-keeping switch which Jack Adams engineered during the off-season. For the record, Adams dealt Terry Sawchuk off to Boston and decided to put all his blue chips on angular Glen Hall, the kid from Edmonton who filled Sawchuk&rsquo;s boots so well when he was called on to replace injured Terry.The Red Wings also figure to have strengthened their defense with the addition of young Bucky Hollingworth from Chicago and Warren Godfrey from Boston.While the Sawchuk switch was a factor in demoting the Red Wings to second it also served to elevate the Bruins to thrd. Our experts feel that with a steady goal-keeper like Sawchuk, the Bruins, who have enough scoring potential, might make it rough for anybody in the league. The Torontos, according to our experts, have lost Ted Kennedy and don&rsquo;t appear ready to come up with a replacement for old &ldquo;heart-and-guts&rdquo; this year. They have several new faces in the lineup which makes them questionable. The Black Hawks, with Dick Irvin at the helm, have earned the respect of our experts who call them to finish ahead of the New York Rangers.Well, they&rsquo;re stuck with their selections and whether they&rsquo;re right or wrong won&rsquo;t be known until next spring. In the meantime, the race is on and if the first week&rsquo;s play is any indication of things to come, our experts are going to do plenty of blushing come the Ides of March. &#9632;

Experts Figure Canadiens Better Than Wings In ’56

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0599/1361692-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg"></div>When Bill Mosienko of the Chicago Black Hawks scored 3 goals in 21 seconds. Bill tallied three times in the 3rd period in a game at New York on March 23, 1952. He scored the firt at 6:09, the second at 6:20 and the htird at 6:30. In doing so he established a new N.H.L. record for the fastest three goals by a player. &#9632;

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Do uou remember?…

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Casting into the biggest pool of minnows in their history, the Toronto Maple Leafs reeled in four keepers at their Garden City training base this autumn.Forwards Billy Harris, Dick Duff and Earl Balfour won spots in the first stages of Toronto&rsquo;s giant rebuilding program and de-denseman Marc Reaume was retained pending clarification of the condition of Tim Horton&rsquo;s rigth leg.Horton, who suffered the broken limb last spring, Was obliged to forgo all camp scrimmages until he received a final OK from Leaf physician Dr. Jimy Murray during the final week of training. And even in the last week of waiting, he missed skating practices when his skate boot developed a tender achilles tendon on the other leg. All of which left a temporary vacancy which Reaume filled after competition from three other new faces. Horton himself was going to have to contest his new job as the season opened.Of the new forwards, Harris and Duff are both making their professional debuts, Hinky in the spot left vacant by captain Ted Kennedy&rsquo;s retirement and Duff on left wing for George Armstrong and Tod Sloan.The remaining seven amateurs and three other embryo pros who were invited to the peach-face festival which Leafs ran in competition to St. Kitt&rsquo;s grape festival, were thrown back into the pool for further seasoning. Those still eligible for junior hockey, Bobby Baun, Al MacNeil and Gary Collins, were tenurned to Marlbore juniors while the others were shipped to Pittsburgh Hornets in the AHL and the new Winnipeg Warriors in the Western League.Yet even many of them outshone the veteran major leaguers and brought plaudits from the normally taciturn General Manager, Hap Dal. &ldquo;I expected a lot from them,&rdquo; the demanding taskmaster said. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;ll have to admit they even exceeded my greatest expectations.&rdquo;It is therefore not surprising that the keepers should bring back to Coach King Clancy much of the irrespressible excitement which somehow deserted him when Leafs fell out of last spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs in four straight games.&ldquo;That Harris has hinges for ankles,&rdquo; squeeled the King. &ldquo;He skates like blazes abd yet shifts without any effort at all. And he&rsquo;s tough to check. None of this big shift for him; just a little and he&rsquo;s away.&ldquo;And Duff, what a smoothie. He skates the same way and sticks to his wing, too. He&rsquo;s a great positional player.&rdquo;Actually Duff, although he received less ballyhoo than did Harris, did more in training for the makeup of the &lsquo;56 model Leaf&rsquo;s than any of the other newcomers. With Armstrong and Sloan switching tracks. Army moving to centre and Slinker to right wing, the St. Michael&rsquo;s College alumnus has filled out the most potent of Leaf lines. And it is a line that sagged sadly last year after Parker MacDonald&rsquo;s first burst as replacement for the departed Harry Watson on left wing.&ldquo;He just seems to have natural hockey sense,&rdquo; is the way Sloan appraises his new playmate. &ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t have to look around before making a move. He knows where George and I are without looking.&rdquo;Sloan himself is making a big contribution to this line. A prolific 31-goal scorer the last time he spent a full season at right wing, in 1950-51, Tod watched his output dwindle to 11 and 13 goals for the past two seasons, most of which he spent at centre. Now he admits he&rsquo;s happy back on the wing, where he feels more at home.&ldquo;I expect to get some of the goals back on the wing,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;At centre I used up so much energy digging for the puck and checking in the corners, I never had anything left when I saw a chance to go in on goal. Army&rsquo;s bi, so playing centre takes less out of him while I&rsquo;ll have that little extra left when I see a chance. And this year I need those goals.&rdquo;Having taken a contract cut, Slinker needs them in order to claim the bonus cash which can still make this his most profitable year. He&rsquo;ll collect first if he reaches 20 goals and at five goal intervals thereafter. His training camp performance, easily outstanding among Leafs, makes his contract look very attractive.Harris, as replacement for Kennedy, has a far larger pair of shoes to fill than does Duff as MacDonalds successor. And he candidly admits losing a little sleep over the prospect.&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t help thinking about it a lot when people you don&rsquo;t even know point to you and say: &lsquo;There&rsquo;s the kid who&rsquo;s going to take Kennedy&rsquo;s place,&rsquo;&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be happy just to make any place on this team.&rdquo;Harris, however, has one item in his favor that even Kennedy-lacked: speed. With the jet-skated Sid Smith, the new Leaf captain, on his right wing, and leggy Eric Nesterenko on the other, he centres the fastes Leaf line. And at camp there was less lestion about Duff&rsquo;s play than Nesterenko&rsquo;s on this unitt.The third newcomer to stick with Leafs, Balfour, had minor league seasoning at Pittsburgh to help him break in at left wing for Rudy Migay and Ron Stewart. Another leggy speeder, Balfour clicked instantly when he replaced the veteran Joe Klukay there. But there were two other surprises on that line. One was that the slow-footed but hard-working Migay had found new speed and the other that the ability-loaded Steward had lost some of his old foot.Migay was cautious about his new legs. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to thing I&rsquo;m faster,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Because L played both solftball and baseball, sometimes on the same days, to keep in shape through the summer. But I&rsquo;m afraid it might just be that I look faster because I had a head start in condition and the others haven&rsquo;t caugh up and passed me yet.&rdquo;Stewart&rsquo;s slowing could really be attributed to the eight extra pounds he carried to camp, much to the concern of the management. But he swore he&rsquo;d lose it fast through hard work.Of the youngsters cut by Leafs, the 19-year-old Baun was the most pleasant surprise. His speed, effective checking and punishing body work were more outstanding than most of the veterans.Brian and Barry Cullen were less spectacular at the Leaf camp, but as soon as they were reunited with their former St. Catharines Teepes junior linemate, Hugh Barlow, at Pittsburgh&rsquo;s camp, they caught fire. The line scored five goals in its first scrimmage and Leafs elected to keept it intact through minor league seasoning and accordingly shipped it in its entirity to Winnipeg.Along with the CBCers, goalie Ed Chadwick, forwards Mike Nykoluk and Gary Aidcorn and defenseman Bill Burega all vent west as Leafs uphelp their half of a Toronto-Montreal promise to stockk the new Western League entry. All but Barlow had started their training at the Leaf camp in the new youth movement.Still another of the ledlings at the youthful camp, Paul Knox, left during the final week of training to resume his studies at the University of Toronto.Only the next 70 games will tell the success of the youth movement and it&rsquo;s up to the four keepers to do it.<h2>The Leaf Pot Is Bubbling</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01183/1361606-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="592" height="590"><figcaption class="caption-body">KING CLANCY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02167/1361599-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="560" height="552"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED KENNEDY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03153/1361592-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="568" height="578"><figcaption class="caption-body">TIM HORTON</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Leaf Minnows May Turn Into Fighting Sharks

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Dick Irvin&rsquo;s second generation of Black Hawk puck pushers opened their 1955-56 National Hockey League schedule last weekend with six new skaters fitting into the line-up for the first time. Included are two highly regarded youngsters and four players secured in a spring deal with Detroit.The rookies, both from the OHA Jr. circuit, are centers Hector Lalonde and Henry Ciesla who were with the Galt and St. Catharines clubs respectively last year. Mutt and Jeffish in physical stature, it is hoped they will play important roles in the predicted rise of the Chicago team in the NHL.Smaller of the two at 165 pounds and 5&rsquo;10&rdquo; in height, the 21-year-old Lalonde looked very good when brought up from Galt for a two-game trial early in 1954, but little was seen or heard of him again until he suddenly caught the eye of virtually all of the board-leaners at Hawk training camp in Welland, Ont.Agreeing with an observation of Publicitor Johnny Gottselig, Irvin notes that Lalonde skates upright and in the same forceful manner as a fellow whom he tutored at Montreal for many years&mdash;one Maurice Richard by name.At 6&rsquo;2&rdquo; and 195 pounds, big Ciesla might remind some visioners of Jean B&eacute;liveau of the Canadiens, but the Chicago youngster is thinner and in possession of a different skating style. He started slowly at Welland, but has since been progressing steadily and could become a great asset.St. Catharines standout performer last year, &ldquo;Hank&rdquo; was adjudged the OHA circuit&rsquo;s most valuable skater and was awarded the Red Tilson trophy. In addition, he won the Eddie Powers trophy as the league&rsquo;s top scorer with an amazing margin of 23 points over runnerup Bill McCreary of Guelph.The Ciesla record through 45 games was a potent 106 points from 57 goals and 49 assists. McCreary posted a 46-37&mdash;83 record in 48 games while Lalonde, going through the entire 49-game slate, finished third best in the race with 31 goals and 48 assists for 79 points.The quartet of transfers from the world champion Red Wings is made up of defenseman Benny Woit, center Glen Skov and wingers Johnny Kilson and Tony Leswick. The Hawks were forced to part with Bucky Hollingworth, Jerry Toppazzini, Dave Creighton and Johnny McCormack to acquire the experienced foursome.Woit, while not the spectacular type of rearguard, is considered one of the steadiest blue line patrollers in the game today. He will probably look his best when teamed with a rushing type defender like Gus Mortson. Ben played most of the time in the Motor City with the great Red Kelly.The lanky Skov is a hard working middle lane skater who is particularly bothersome to opponents when they are trying to work the puck out of their own end. Chicago has been looking for a good two-way center with his ability for a number of years and Glen could prove to be the most important piece of the swap.Johnny Wilson joins brother Larry who came to Chicago a couple seasons ago from the Red Wings. He is a persistent checker with a good shot and eye and is one of severay Chicago pucksters ranked as potential 20-goal scorers. He tallied 23 times with Detroit, in 1952-53.The fiery Leswick was of constant bother to Irvin at Montreal, but the new Chicago coach is now pleased to have the little veteran with the Black Hawks. Although he is now 32-years-old, Tony figures to continue his pesky play for aother two or three years.Continuing with the Windy City club from last season are these 12 players: goaler Al Rollins, rearguards Gus Mortson, Allan Stanley, Frank Martin and Lee Fogolin, and forwards Eddie Litzenberger, Harry Watson, Red Sullivan, Jack McIntyre, Metro Prystai, Nick Mickoski and Larry Wilson. &#9632;

Lalonde, Ciesla Draw Interest From Irvin

<div class="byline">IRWIN B. BLOND, Notary Public.</div>STATEMENT of the ownership, management, etc., of THE HOCKEY NEWS, a weekly and monthly paper, published in Rousses Point, N.Y.The name of the editor is Kenneth W. McKenzie; business manager, Will V. Cote, both of Montreal, Canada.The publishing company is Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd., Montreal, Que., a Limited Company.There are Will V. Cote, 4884 Montclair Ave., N.D.G., Montreal, Que.; Ken McKenzie, 4925 Bessborough Ave., Montreal, Que. There are no bond holders, mortgages or other security holders.The average number of copies of each weekly and monthly issue of the publication sold and distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the twelve months proceeding the date shown is 30,000 and 9,000 copies respectively.Sworn to by Will V. Cote on the 6th day of October 1955.My Commission is for life. &#9632;

Statement of Ownership

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01253/1361823-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY LUMLEY&hellip;&hellip;Well Fixed For Blades</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;In attempting to measure up a hockey club, it is not normally necessary to employ a tape measure. But this year&rsquo;s Toronto Maple Leafs are an exception.Tape measures, although they have not yet been adopted as standard equipment, are destined to play an important part in the fortunes of King Clancy&rsquo;s rebuilt clan.It was because of a tape-measure that goaltender Harry Lumley was obliged to undertake his first full season with a new and narrower-bladed stick. And it was because of another tape measure that defenseman Tim Horton was forced to miss the first three weeks of play.Lum, who had been unwittingly using an oversized stick until Chicago&rsquo;s Dick Irvin, then coaching Canadiens, ordered it measured last winter, is certain he&rsquo;ll benefit from his lighter weapon. Similarly, Horton, who was kept out of the lineup when it was found one leg measured shorter than the other, feels he will benefit in the long run.But the proof is 70 games away. Leafs cannot afford to experience any trouble in goal because it was only Lumley who got them into the playoffs last year. And, if they cannot overcome the temporary loss of Horton, they may find themselves in the unenviable position of spotting a few games to the rest of the field and facng a long comeback season.Tim had been counted on to start the season. The right leg break he suffered in collision with New York&rsquo;s Bill Gadsby last March 12 seemed completely recovered. Yet, while the bone itself was as good as new, the muscles weren&rsquo;t.In examining the leg three days before the season opener, Dr. Jim Murray, the Leaf physician, found it lacking in girth and length. The measurements indicated Tim&rsquo;s muscles still had not fully recovered from the six months of idleness. Horton was consequently requested to remain out of action for three additional weeks so that the limb could be further conditioned through physio-therapy treatments, exercise and skating.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m disappointed,&rdquo; Tim admitted at the time. &ldquo;Although I hadn&rsquo;t been scrimmaging, I had skated a lot and the leg felt fine. But I guess I&rsquo;d rather be safe than sorry. If I did go back to playing too soon I could set the leg back.&ldquo;On top of that, I don&rsquo;t want to have any excuses. When you&rsquo;re playing for Leafs you&rsquo;ve gotta give your best all the time or they don&rsquo;t want you. By waiting until the leg is perfect, I&rsquo;ll be able to jump right in and give it everything I&rsquo;ve got. When Dr. Murray says it&rsquo;s OK, he&rsquo;ll mean I can play that very minute&mdash;all out. There won&rsquo;t be any excuses for me then.&rdquo;Tim is not in the least worried about a recurrence of the bone break itself. While the muscles and tendons could be damaged by a premature start, Tim knows his own reputation as a quick healer. He has had four previous broken bones and none of them have bothered him since.&ldquo;They were all down the right side, so I can&rsquo;t have many bones left intact down there now,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;And they all came at playoff time, but I was ready to play the next season.&rdquo;The previous fractures were suffered on his cheekbone, wrist, ankle and jaw. All occurred while Tim was still an amateur and all healed perfectly.In looking objectively at Tim&rsquo;s temporary loss, Leaf General Manager Hap Day reasons it is better to lose his ace rearguard for three weeks now than to lose him for a longer period later through aggravation of the improperly re developed muscles.In that way, Leafs hope to benefit from the use of a tapemeasure. Just as Lumley feels he will.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure I didn&rsquo;t lose anything through playing with a smaller stick after Irvini came out with his nichtape last year,&rdquo; says Lum. &ldquo;And I think I actually stopped a few shots I might have missed by usnig my older, heavier stick.&rdquo;Lum points out that the stick&rsquo;s more eiasly mianoeuvrable in two ways. Because it has a three-and-a-half inch blade compared to the four-inches of his former weapon, it is lighter. And to offset the loss in length through the blade&rsquo;s thickness, it is longer in the handle behind Lum&rsquo;s grip, thereby improving the leverage.It would seem inconceivable that Lum could improve upon the 1.85 and 1.94 averages that made him the NHL&rsquo;s All-Star twineminder for the past two seasons. But Hairbreadth Harry left sports scribes stunned with his performance in the first period of the AllStar game against Detroit&rsquo;s powerful Red Wings.He handled 16 shots, three of them virtually impossible, with such eclat that Montreal Canadien Publicity Director Camil DesRoches commented: &ldquo;After looking at Lum, all the writers want to get back their ballots so they can pick Toronto to finish higher than fifth.&rdquo;To which Detroit scribe Marshall Dann added: &ldquo;Indeed, the Maple Leaf team is back intact.&rdquo;Working with this new weapon makes Lum recall another time he was switching sticks.&ldquo;That helped me too,&rdquo; he recalls. &ldquo;When I first played goal back in Owen Sound, my grandfather used to make my sticks for me. He&rsquo;d take an old plank, whittle at it for 15 minutes and that was my stick.&ldquo;The blade was never under five inches and the stick weighed like an anchor.&rdquo;These sticks encouraged Lum to play defense for awhile, but when he was put back into goal with a regulation stick, the task seemed so much simpler that he decided after just one game that he would aim for a career as a major league goalie.&ldquo;Maybe history will repeat,&rdquo; says Lum. &ldquo;Irvin has lightened my load and maybe he&rsquo;ll add years to my career.&rdquo;What you get out of a tapemeasure all depends upon which end you read from.Incidentals&hellip;Despite the loss of Horton, Leafs further pared their defense by demoting rookie Marc Reaume to their farmhand Pittsburgh Hornets before the opener&hellip;It left only four men, Jim Thomson, Jim Morrison, Hugh Bolton and Larry Cahan to other last-minute move, centres Willie Marshall and Bob Bailey share the blueline lead&hellip;In an switched, Marshall rejoinnig Hornets and Bailey returning to Leafs&hellip;The George ArmstrongDick Duff-Tod Sloan line wound up training as the team&rsquo;s chief offensive weapon&hellip;Duff and another rooke, Blly Harrsi, were among the top five scorers&hellip;<h2>Hot Stuck For Stick &#9632;</h2>

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Tape Measure Tells Tale As Lum, Tim Discover

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll</div>(As seen in the Montreal Gazette)<h2>Exit Baseball, Enter Hockey</h2>The Toronto Maple Leafs, who have been dubbed the &ldquo;mystery team&rdquo; of the NHL, opened the hockey season against the Canadiens. It has become the custom, and it goes with this kind of an occupation, to pick the order of the finish before the season even starts. We recall that this practice once provoked Lynn Patrick into making one of the few sarcastic remarks we have ever heard him make.&ldquo;You guys are wonderfull,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You can tell where a team is going to finish without ever having seen it play.&rdquo;A few years ago we called the finish correctly, but Dick Irvin&rsquo;s &ldquo;Unseen Hand&rdquo; was on our side. If a couple of the teams hadn&rsquo;t been hit hard by Injuries, we might have been away off the beam. There isn&rsquo;t anybody in hockey, or in its allied industries, who can foresee injuries, so predictions are guesses at best. But sometimes guessing can be fun. That&rsquo;s when you don&rsquo;t take it seriously, if you know what we mean.Our best guess as to the order of the finish goes like this: (1) Canadiens; (2) Detroit; (3) Boston; (4) Chicago; (5) Toronto; (6) New kork.Dick Irvin has already gone on record as saying that the Canadien will win the league championship by 10 games, which sort of puts Coach Toe Blake on a spot. Dick had virtually the same team a year ago and it didn&rsquo;t finish first, though we still think it was the best team in the league. Injuries to fellows like Jacques Plante, Dickie Moore, Dollard St. Laurent and Jim MacPherson hurt, and Rocket Richard&rsquo;s three-game suspension at the season&rsquo;s end didn&rsquo;t help.The club is at least as good as it was a year ago, which is the big reason we think it will win the NHL championship.<h2>The Habitants Can Score</h2>There is a lot of firepower on the club. Boom Boom Geoffrion, the Rocket and Jean Beliveau finished one, two, three in the individual scoring race last season and they are still around. There are others on the team who can score, too, and offensively they should be the best club in the circuit.Doug Harvey was the No. 1 defenseman in the loop last season and there&rsquo;s no reason why he shouldn&rsquo;t have another great year. Tom Johnson is solid enough and, after his work in the playoff last spring, Dolly St. Laurent may emerge as a full-fledge star. Butch Bouchard is far past his peak, but he has been going surprisingly well in the pre-season practices. Jim MacPherson is still a question mark. He has had an operation on his knee to remove some loose cartilage and if the knee stands up, the defense should be all right.The team&rsquo;s weakness last year was in the nets where Jacques Plante was inclined to blow both hot and cold. If Jacques and Gerry McNeil can furnish consistent goalkeeping, this could be a fine season for the Habitants.The Detroit Red Wings are the only team in the league who can come close to matching the Canadiens in offensive power, but most of it is concentrated in the Reibel-Howe-Lindsay line. They may be able to come up with another good scoring line with such forwards on hand as Alex Delvechio, Real Chevrefils, Bill Dineen, Ed Sandford, Jerry Toppazzini and the two rookies, Norman Ullman and Johnny Bucyk.Their defense is as strong as ever with Red Kelly. Marcel Pro-novost and Bob Goldham as holdovers from last season. They have added Bucky Hollingworth and Warren Godfrey and they have a likely looking propect in young Larry Hillman.<h2>The Red Wings Depend on Hall</h2>A lot is going to depend on young Glenn Hall, the fellow who has replaced Terry Sawchuk between the pipes. He looked very good in the All-Star game, but it&rsquo;s a long haul over that 70-game stretch and even experienced netminders have cracked up in midseason in recent years.Dick Irvin told us a month or so ago that Detroit couldn&rsquo;t have won the league championship or the Stanley Cup last season without Sawchuk. It was Dick&rsquo;s opinion that Sawchuk won at least a dozen games for them all by himself. That&rsquo;s why we like the Boston Bruins to finish third.They were a fair kind of a team a year ago and they should be better this year. They don&rsquo;t get many goals, but they don&rsquo;t allow many, either. With Sawchuk in the nets it will be tougher than ever to score on them.Dick Irvin is talking about third place for the Chicago Black Hawks, but we think he&rsquo;s got them pegged a little high. They had goaler trouble last season and they have the same goalkeepers back again. But you can bet Dick will tighten them up defensively. He has some good scorers in Harry Watson, Eddie Litzenberger, Red Sullivan and Metro Prystai, but he has stressed defense all through the Hawk&rsquo;s training season.&ldquo;I told my guys that they will have to lop 75 goals off the number that were scored against them last season,&rdquo; he said in Detroit last week-end.No one knows just what the Toronto Leafs will look like withuot Teeder Kennedy. Some think his retirement will hurt the team; others think it will help it. The Leafs are a little like the Bruins. They have a fine goaler in Harry Lumley and they don&rsquo;t allow many goals, but their own goal production is low.Coach King Clancy is predicting 20 goals for four of his forwards. One of the four is Dick Duff, a rookie, which is a little hard to take without salt. We think they will have trouble making a playoff spot.The Rangers don&rsquo;t appear to have improved over last season. Stories from their training camp out west say that their new coach, Phil Watson, has built a fire under them, but it will have to be one of our-alarm dimensions to make them a contender.That concludes our guessing for today and whe hope we won&rsquo;t be afraid to look back at this piece near the end of next March. &#9632;

playing the field

Just to give you an idea what kind of batting averages the hockey experts have racked up in the five previous polls, here&rsquo;s the evidence. The left hand column indicated the teams the experts chose and how they called them to finish before the season got underway with the column on the right the way they finished in those particular years.<h2>PICKED</h2><h3>1949-50</h3>1&mdash;Toronto2&mdash;Detroit3&mdash;Montreal4&mdash;Chicago5&mdash;Boston6&mdash;New York<h3>1950-51</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Toronto3&mdash;Boston4&mdash;New York5&mdash;Chicago6&mdash;Montreal<h3>1951-52</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Toronto3&mdash;Montreal4&mdash;Chicago5&mdash;Now York6&mdash;Boston<h3>1952-53</h3>1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Detroit3&mdash;Boston4&mdash;Toronto5&mdash;Chicago6&mdash;New York<h3>1953-54</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Montreal3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;Chicago6&mdash;New York<h3>1954-55</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Montreal3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Chicago<h2>FINISHED</h2><h3>1949-50</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Montreal3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;New York5&mdash;Boston6&mdash;Chicago<h3>1950-51</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Toronto3&mdash;Montreal4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Chicago<h3>1951-52</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Montreal3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Chicago<h3>1952-53</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Montreal3&mdash;Boston4&mdash;Chicago5&mdash;Toronto6&mdash;New York<h3>1953-54</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Montreal3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Chicago<h3>1954-55</h3>1&mdash;Detroit2&mdash;Montreal3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Chicago &#9632;

The Last Five Polls

A major surprise at the end of the first week&rsquo;s play in the National Hockey League was the poor start of the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. The Wings are winless after their first three games. Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers have yet to lose a game this season. The power-laden Canadiens hold down first place in the team standings with six points. New York have played two games and have four points.Chicago Black Hawks also have four points and share the second slot with the Rangers, although the Hawks played one more game than the Rangers. Toronto Maple Leafs are next with two points compiled as a result of one win in three starts. Boston Bruins are like Detroit, pointless. The Bruins dropped their first two games of the new season.Ron Murphy of the Rangers and Jean Beliveau, All-Star centre of the Canadiens, top the individual scoring parade, with five points apiece. Murphy has four goals and one assist while Beliveau has two goals and three assists. Murphy&rsquo;s four goals are high for any player in the League.Alex Delvecchio, Detroit; John Wilson and &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan, Chicago; and Maurice Richard, Canadiens, all have two goals and two assists each for four points. Andy Bathgate, Rangers; Rickie Moore, Canadiens; and Metro Prystai, Chicago; all have one goal and three assists, while Ranger&rsquo;s Dave Creighton has four assists. Creighton&rsquo;s four assists place him at the head of assists section.Candiens&rsquo; Jacques Plante registered shutouts in his first two games and has allowed only two goals in three games for a .66 average. He leads the loop&rsquo;s goalies in every department. Detroit are the most penalized team with 46 minutes and Ted Lindsay is the most penalized player with 22 minutes. &#9632;

Hi-Lites of Games Up To Sunday October 9th

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Change of Address

Founded October 1st 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West Montreal 25, Que.Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire; $4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign Countries.Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1963, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, OttawaPrinted in CanadaVOL. 9 OCTOBER. 15th No. 3 &#9632;

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/f0006-01275/1362058-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div>CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS did not offer a contract for 1955-56 to Bill Mosienko. The rebuilding Hawks figure the 33-year-old right winger is over the hill and would not help them this season&hellip;Sid Smith was asked after the All-Star Game how it felt playing on a line with Jean Beliveau and Maurice Richard. &ldquo;I think I could get used to playing with those two guys,&rdquo; he quipped&hellip;Chicago&rsquo;s publicity-minded coach, Dick Irvin, has invited the Chicago hockey writers to listen to his pregame pep talks before the Hawks take the ice&hellip;Terry Sawchuk said it felt most unusual stopping the Red Wings&rsquo; shots in the All-Star Game. When Sawchuk replaced Harry Lumley in the Stars&rsquo; nets midway through the game he received one of the biggest ovations ever accorded a player in the Detroit Olympia&hellip;Lorne Worsley won the New York goalkeeping job over Johnny Bower by an eyelash. Bower will play with the Providence Reds of the AHL&hellip;Coach Phil Watson of the Rangers expects his team to score 60 more goals this year. &ldquo;If you add 60 more goals to the 150 they scored last season we&rsquo;ll make the playoffs&rdquo;, he stated as Rangers broke training camp&hellip;Don Raleigh, 29-year-old Ranger centre, will be starting his 10th season with the club and the first in which he is not a regular. Raleigh and Larry Popein are listed as spares&hellip;Some of the Chicago Black Hawks had their pockets picked when they played an exhibition game in Buffalo recently. Eddie Litzenberger, the Calder Trophy winner, was nicked for $183, and Tony Leswick lost his money and the gold watch he received while playing on the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings last season.HERE&rsquo;S HOW Roger Barry, Boston correspondent for THE HOCKEY NEWS, picks the NHL clubs to finish the season: 1. Montreal (Even without Irvin), 2. Detroit (Without Sawchuk), 3. Boston (With Sawchuk), 4. Chicago (With Irvin), 5. Toronto (Without Kennedy), 6. New York (Without Ezinicki)&hellip;When Chicago defeated Detroit, 3-2, in the Red Wings&rsquo; season opener, it marked the first time in 17 years that the Wings have failed to win Game No. One at Olympia. The last time they lost a home opener was in 1938 when Boston set them back 3-2. They won eight in a row after playing a 3-3 tie with Toronto in 1946&hellip;Clarence Campbell, NHL president, will wed Miss Phyllis King, his secretary of nine years, sometime in November&hellip;Whenever Providence opposes Hershey in the American Hockey League, two former Boston Bruins&rsquo; teammates will match wits. Murray Henderson coaches Hershey and Johnny Crawford pilots Providence.. Henderson and Crawford played together on the Bruins&rsquo; defense for quite a number of seasons. Henderson, beginning his fourth year at the helm of the Bears, succeeded Crawford as coach of Hershey&hellip;Long John Henderson who played goal for Boston last season will be with Hershey this year&hellip;Camille Henry, the NHL rookie of the year two seasons ago, will line up with Providence this campaign&hellip;One of the most pleasant surprises at the training camp of the Chicago Black Hawks was the play of Bill Harrington. Harrington is a goalie that Tommy Ivan, Chicago general manager, scouted and signed last season. He played with Windsor Seniors last year&hellip;Toronto and Montreal have sent enough good players to aid the Winnipeg Warriors in the Western Hockey League that the Warriors now look like the team to beat. Edmonton Flyers appear to be their most formidable opposition.MAURICE RICHARD scored for Canadiens on his first shot on goal in his first game of the season. It was his 423rd tally&hellip;Dickie Moore has started out the season playing as if this is the year he will finally fulfill the promise he has always shown but never quite lived up to&hellip;Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay are bidding against each other for the services of Gordie Howe. Abel and Lindsay are both manufacturers representatives in Detroit and both want Howe on their staff&hellip;Three members of Canadiens, Richard, Geoffrion and Doug Harvey, will do public relations work for the Dow Brewery this winter&hellip; Gord Fevreau and Lou Maschio are two new NHL referees who will replace the retired Bill Chadwick and Ian (Scotty) Morrison. The latter will work as a linesman out of Toronto&hellip;Fevreau and Maschio are both 29 years old and both are grads of the OHA. Fevreau is also a first-rate baseball umpire and is a graduate of Bill McGowan&rsquo;s School for Umpires&hellip;Al Nagler, who has broadcast the Detroit Red Wings games for 18 years and is the dean of United States hockey announcers, retired recently from Station WJBK in Detroit. Al will embark on a free-lance career, although he is still airing the Wings&rsquo; games this year. The Stroh Network which carries the Red Wings&rsquo; games throughout Michigan is hockey&rsquo;s largest radio and television network in the United States&hellip;Half of the Boston Bruins&rsquo; equipment was lost en route to Montreal from Hershey, Pa. and the Bruins spent some anxious moments before it finally arrived in time for their game against Canadiens. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02165/1362089-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg"></div><h2>More On Plain Drivel</h2>Dear Sir,Recently I was surprised to read a letter in the Fan Forum by Don Johnson, surprised because it was printed: The letter referred to the Fan Forum as &ldquo;plain drivel.&rdquo; I agree.It&rsquo;s discouraging for any writer to sit down and pen a constructive letter to THE HOCKEY NEWS, only to see it ignored as week after week, on and on, you print letters by teenagers whose main stock in trade&mdash;either sex&mdash;is rudeness.When Howe was having his greatest year you crammed it down our throats about the &ldquo;unfairness&rdquo; of the 70 game season to Richard&rsquo;s record. Was it the only way the NEWS could be abusive to an &ldquo;opponent&rdquo;, and still be &ldquo;impartial&rdquo;?The innocent young fans who want to know something&hellip;well, they have a right to space, but the rude hooligans certainly bring out the worst in the other fans.I certainly have been burned up and aroused many times by stupid comments finding their way into print as &ldquo;ordinary, average letters&rdquo;. Why encourage such letters? If the tone of the letters printed was fair and courteous, the replies would be courteous as well.Last season, for instance, you printed a letter by a Toronto fan named Bruce Edwards. There was no justification for such a letter being printed. Not only was it slanderous but also untrue.He stated that Howe had scored &ldquo;no winning goals against Toronto&rdquo; the previous season, to attempt to prove his point that Howe is not a clutch players.His letter appeared in Volume 8, No. 12. You printed his letter and did not bother to check his discreditory remarks. If you had, you would have found, as I did, that Howe had scored two winning goals against Toronto the season in question, (see Vol. 7, Nos. 5 and 18).Why did you spend so much space telling me you were impartial, yet spend none at all in checking on such statements and putting him straight?No letter answered that written by Edwards, either. Could it be that everyone agreed? Did no one point out the mistake?I would have, but the chances of my being printed are so slim that it&rsquo;s a waste of time to think my letter would be even opened. The whole question of clutch goals is crazy.How can such a question be raised legistimately against any player who is closely checked constantly, and continues to score goals? You know that Howe would have faded at 21 if he couldn&rsquo;t handle the pressure.I hope that the next time the 50 goal record is threatened, the players will have as much encouragement and lack of pressure as Richard himself enjoyed when he set the record. I feel sorry for Boom Boom Geoffrion and Jean Beliveau. Montreal fans would hate them if they dared go for Richard&rsquo;s records, and the newsmen&hellip;by encouraging such thinking&hellip;can&rsquo;t be held blameless.Elmer Ferguson (Montreal Herald columnist) is a walking wonder. I marvel that anyone can think Montreal can be as perfect as he does, regardless of what they do.Excuse my bad temper. I&rsquo;m really not as mad as this letter sounds. I like THE HOCKEY NEWS.N. McTaglis(Ed. Note: The subject of the quality of letters sent in to, and printed in, The Fan Forum, seems to be coming under fire from certain quarters. Our answer is this: we do not write the letters, we do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed in them by the simple act of printing them, we do not hold ourselves responsible for their factual content, nor do we rewrite them. This department is exactly what it is called, a forum for fans who wish to express themselves in print. If it were not, the above letter could easily have been discarded, or ignored. It was, in fact, not only opened, but read and printed here, for the reaction and opinions of other fans. The matter of courtesy is not within our scope. Granted, we do not run letters which are obscene; but if a fan has a beef and wants to express it, no matter how unlettered he may be, we feel that he has as much right to be heard as one who writes his complaints in the best of taste, and English. As to the complaint about teenagers&hellip;well, we were all teenagers at one time, and if our judgments weren&rsquo;t as sound as they might have been, or our methods of expressing ourselves as polished as we would have liked, we probably expected our elders to make allowances for us. THE HOCKEY NEWS claims to be impartial on these grounds: we do not, editorially, take sides. If our corres-pondents choose to do so in some issue, that is their right. They are, we feel, on the whole, fair in their presentation of the facts, and even should some local color creep in, it must be remembered that these writers live in, and reflect, the feelings of the cities where they work. Elmer Ferguson, one of Canada&rsquo;s more noted sports columnists, is a case in point. We respect his knowledge of hockey, and feel that if lie roots for Montreal Canadiens, it is not unnatural. He is a Montreal writer, with a good knowledge of the entire league scene. He calls the shots as he sees them, and we feel that this is the policy followed by our writers generally. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0395/1362120-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="600" height="270"></div><h2>October 10-17</h2>11&mdash;MORRISON, Jim, Toronto, forward and defense;13&mdash;GIESEBRECHT, Bert, Pembroke, centre, 1929;16&mdash;ASHWORTH, Frank, Calgary, centre, 1927. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01226/1362158-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Howell (left) and Jack Evans</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;They say a faithful friend is a strong defense. That being the case Phil Watson is hoping that he has many many comrades on the Rangers&rsquo; backline.If there is one uncertain quantity about the newest edition of the Broadway skaters it is the blueline brigade. It can make or break the club.Last year the New York defenders were about as strong as gossamer strings. The Blues closed out in fifth place with au average of three goals against per game.Considering that the Patrick-men were able to outscore third place Toronto, it was obvious that a hefty bit of remodeling would have to be done on the Ranger defense.On the surface, the change doesn&rsquo;t seem apparent. But there is a difference and it was noticeable from the very first exhibition of the season.Louie (The Leaper) Fontinato has matured, hockeywise, as expected. He&rsquo;s as aggressive as ever, but with it all just a little smarter. He can skate and shoot and when Doug Bentley, suggested to Muzz Patrick that Louie reminded him of Johnny Mariucci, Muzz snorted: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s already better than Mariucci ever was.&rsquo;&rsquo;Watch for a new-look,&mdash;or should we say old-look&mdash;Harry Howell. He bids fair to return to his form of two years ago. He looked like a future All-Star then. Now he appears ready to fulfill his potential.Harry never really got going last year. He&rsquo;s changed now, practically a take-charge guy and very effective teamed up with his Guelph linemate, Fontinato.Bill Gadsby is also going at a faster clip under Watson&rsquo;s constant prodding. He&rsquo;s working with Ivan Irwin.Watson is hoping to play the right tune for the fifth man theme. At first young Mid Houghton seemed to have the inside track after some bright displays in early exhibs.Jack Evans, however, has come along fast and, at this writing, appears to have sewed up the final rearguard berth. When Evans is on his game he can&rsquo;t be topped.Finesse-wise they may not be the best but when it comes to the &ldquo;in-fighting&rdquo; the Ranger defenders of 1955-56 won&rsquo;t back up from anyone. Watson sees to that.&ldquo;Look &rsquo;em right in the eye!&rdquo; he shouts.&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t give an inch.&rdquo; Watson has made that a standing order.OFFSIDE: Red Wings&rsquo; new goalie, Glenn Hall, had a few kind words for Bronco Horvath, Blues&rsquo; rookie center&hellip;&ldquo;That guy can really shoot the puck,&rdquo; said the pudgy Hall who was a teammate of Horvath&rsquo;s with Edmonton last year&hellip;Bronco reputed to be a smart not flashy player who gives a good pass&hellip;Ex-Ranger rearguard, Allan Stanley thinks Andy Hebenton has the makings of a National Leaguer&hellip;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a darn good player, a hard worker,&rdquo; remarked Stanley&hellip;Danny Lewicki missed All-Star game appearance due to a skate cut&hellip;Ranger fans will miss Aldo Guidolin, always a favorite in New York on or off ice&hellip;Brass hopeful that he gets good blueline experience with Providence&hellip;He&rsquo;s young rugged and a brainy hockey player&hellip;This time a year ago the three regular centers were Raleigh, Popein and Ronty. The latter has retired, the others are spare forwards.Three top Ranger lines are (left wing-center-right): Lewicki, Creighton, Bathgate; Prentice, Horvath, Hergesheimer; Gendron, Murphy, Hebenton&hellip;Extras are Don Raleigh and Larry Popein, either of whom could crack the starting lineup.<h2>The Ranger Rough Riders</h2><h2>Gets Needle</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02198/1362151-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="591" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL GADSBY</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Watson Figures Defense Will Be Vastly Improved

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Coach Dick Irvin makes it clear that the Black Hawks have no such thing as established lines for forwards, but he does have 12 skaters whom he can alternate as four attacking trios if he wishes. This system has been absent from the National League for several years and has always been controversial.The problem has always basically seemed to involve the acquisition of a dozen offensive players with enough talent to perform in the big time. There is no indication that Chicago has such a classy group, however, the developper of countless stars seems set to give it a try and see what happens.Probably as set as a line will ever be under Irvin is the threesome that represented Chicago on the attack in the AllStar game in Detroit earlier this month. A hot combination for the last half of the 1954-55 schedule, it has spunky Red Sullivan centering Harry Watson and Eddie Litzenberger.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03149/1362203-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="297" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Watson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04120/1362196-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="286" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Litzenberger</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0585/1362189-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="297" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Sullivan</figcaption></div>Another Hawk line with scoring potential that might develop into something permanent has Metro Prystai and Johnny Wilson flanking rookie Hank Ciesla who is trying to make the big jump from junior hockey (St. Catharines in the OHA) into the NHL.Developed as a checking line at least temporarily at Chicago&rsquo;s Welland, Ont., training headquarters was the trio made up of center Glen Skov and wingers Tony Leswick and Nick Mickoski. Skov and Leswick were defensive specialists with the Red Wings last year before being dealt to the Hawks.The fourth likely line which Irvin could ice has another center attempting to make the leap from junior play into the big time. He is hustling Hec Lalonde. His wingers are big Jack McIntyre and Larry Wilson, converted to the board from the center ice spot.If this system falls short on talent, Coach Irvin might still hold on longer on the theory that making quicker changes might make up any difference in ability. Whatever his plans, Irvin promises to give Chicago fans hockey fans that best break possible in consideration of their patronage. &#9632;

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Litz-Red-Harry Loom As Only Set Line As Irvin Indicates He’ll Alternate 12 Forwards

YOU&rsquo;VE HEARD&hellip;YOU&rsquo;VE READ&hellip;YOU&rsquo;VE SEENBUT NOW Experience&hellip;The Thrill Of Hockey in Action Through The Medium Of PICTURES AND WORDS COMBINED IN HOCKEY PICTORIAL&ldquo;WORLD&rsquo;S OFFICIAL HOCKEY MAGAZINE&rdquo;Published by Ken McKenzie, Edited by Ed Fitkin and featuring such well-known hockey writers as Herb Ralby Bud Booth, Herb Goren, Marshall Dann, Leo Ornest, Fred Huber and Vince Lunny. 25c a copy at your newsstand&mdash;or $2.00 for a year&rsquo;s subscription. (8 issues. October to May). Send Cash, Check or Money Order to HOCKEY PICTORIAL, Box 901. Montreal, CanadaSubscribe anytime&mdash;You are guaranteed 8 successive issues for $2,00. &#9632;

Now! Action Plus in Hockey…

It isn&rsquo;t very often that you&rsquo;ll see the name of Ronnie Murphy prominently displayed on the top of the National Hockey League scoring statistics. But that&rsquo;s where the New York Ranger winger is this week&mdash;the first full week of play&mdash;sharing the limelight with Canadiens&rsquo; Big Jeon Beliveau.Murphy wins his player-of-the-week kudos for his performance in the Rangers&rsquo; first start of the new season when he banged in a hat-trick against the rejuvenated Chicago Black Hawks. He also picked up an assist in that game as linemate Andy Bathgate matched his point output with a goal and three assists.Murphy added another goal as Rangers defeated Detroit 3-2 on October 9 to give him a total of four goals and one assist after two games&mdash;a top performance and the league scoring leadership.Ronnie Murphy may not be on top come next Spring but for the time being he&rsquo;s the hottest hockey player in the loop and largely responsible for the Rangers being undefeated in their first two starts of the new season. &#9632;

Player-of-the-week

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1016/1362397-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="392" height="508"></div>800 Outside Rooms With bath and free radio Many with T.V.Single $4.50 up Double $7.00 upNo charge for children 14 or underfine food served in GRENADIER DINING ROOM and LOUNGEelseCOFFEE SHOP DETROIT-LELAND HOTELCass and Bagley Ave. Ample Parking Wm. H. Chalmers, Genera! Manager &#9632;

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HOGKEY HEADQUARTERS IN DETROIT

<h2>New Mr. Zero?</h2>Jacques Plante, Canadiens&rsquo; acrobatic goal-keeper held the opposition scoreless for over 120 minutes when he opened the season with a bang, scoring successive shutouts over Toronto and Boston.<h2>Tough Break</h2>Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion suffered a bad injury in a collision with Toronto&rsquo;s Larry Cohan in the opening game of the season and may be out of action for month.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><h3>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., OCT. 12</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01260/1362318-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="598" height="186"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 9th., 1955</h3>Thurs. Oct. 6th&mdash;Tor. 0 at Canadiens 2Thurs. Oct. 6th&mdash;Chicago 3 at Detroit 2Fri. Oct. 7th&mdash;Rangers 7 at Chicago 4Sat. Oct. Sth&mdash;Boston 0 at Canadiens 2Sat. Oct. Sth&mdash;Detroit 2 at Toronto 4Sun. Oct. 9th&mdash;Canadiens 5 at Bost. 2Sun. Oct. Sth&mdash;Toronto 1 at Chicago 3son. Oct. Sth&mdash;Rangers 3 at Detroit 2<h3>SCHEDULED GAMES FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16th, 1955.</h3>Wed. Oct. 12th&mdash;Toronto at BostonSat. Oct. 15th&mdash;Rangers at CanadiensSat. Oct. 15th&mdash;Boston at TorontoSat. Oct. 15th&mdash;Detroit at ChicagoSun. Oct. 16th&mdash;Canadiens at ChicagoSun. Oct. 16th&mdash;Toronto at DetroitSun. Oct. 16th&mdash;Rangers at Boston<h3>THURSDAY. OCT. 6 Chicano 3 at Detroit 2</h3>Chicago&mdash;Goal: Rollins: defense-Stanley, Woit. Martin. Mortson. Fogolin; Ciesla, Lalonde, Litzenberger, Watson, L. Wilson, J. Wilson, McIntyre, Prystal.Detroit&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Kelly, Goldham, Pronovost. Godfrey, Holling-worth, Hillman; forwards: Reibel Howe Lindsay, Delvecchio. Chevrefils. Dineen, Ullman Bucyk, Toppazzini, Sandford, Pavelich.Referee&mdash;Mehlenbecher. Linesmen&mdash;Hays. Morrison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02203/1362311-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="606" height="502"></div><h3>Toronto 0 at Montreal 2</h3>Toronto: Goal, Lumley; defense, Bolton, Thomson, Cahan; forwards: Sloan, Armstrong, Duff, Harris, Smith, Balfour Migay, Stewart, Klukay, Bailey, Nesterenko.Canadiens&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense-Harvey, St. Laaurent, Bouchard, Johnson, Talbot; forwards: Mosdell, Curry, Gamble, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, Leclair, Maurice Richard, Moore, Marshall, Henri Richard.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04111/1362304-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="598" height="298"></div><h3>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 New York 7 at Chicago 4</h3>New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Fontinato, Irwin, Gadsby, Evans; forwards: Prentice, Raleigh, Hergesheimer, Bathgate, Gendron, Horvath, Hebenton, Murphy, Creighton, Lewicki, Popein.Chicago&mdash;Goal: Rollins; defense: Stanley, Martin, Mortson, Fogolin, Woit; forwards: J. Wilson, iesla, Prystai, Watson, Sullivan, Leswick, Mickoski, McIntyre, Litzenberger, Skov, L. Wilson, Lalonde.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0576/1362297-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="598" height="756"></div><h3>SATURDAY, OCT. 9 Detroit 2 at Toronto 4</h3>Detroit&mdash;Goal, Hall, defense. Kelly, Godfrey, Goldham, Pronovost, Holling-worth, Hillman; forwards, Retlbel, Lindsal, Howe. Delvecchio, Chevrefils, Dineen, Ullman, Bucyk, Toppazzini, Sandford, Pavelich, Corcoran.Toronto&mdash;Goal, Limley, defense, Thomson, Morrison, Bolton, Cahan; forwards, Sloan. Armstrong, Duff. Nesterenko. Harris, Smith. Stewart, Migay, Klukay, Balfour, Bailley.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0742/1362290-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="602" height="538"></div><h3>Boston 2 at Montreal 5</h3>Boston: Goat Sawchuk; defense, Armstrong, Flaman, Quackenbush, Laycoe, Boivin; forwards, McKenney, Bonin, Labine, Gadner, Ferguson. Tessier, Mohns, Costello, Panagabko.Canadiens: Goal. Plante; defense, Harvey, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson, Talbot; forwards, Mosdell, Curry, Gamble, Leclair, M. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, H. Richard, Olmstead, Marshall.Referee: Frank Udvaria; linesmen, Doug Davies and Bill Roberts.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01244/1362283-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="611" height="560"></div><h3>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 Montreal 5 at Boston 2</h3>Canadiens&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Harvey, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson, Talbot; forwards, Mosdell, Curry, Gamble, Leclair, M. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, H. Richard, Olmstead; Marshall.Boston&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence: Armstrong, Flamon, Quackenbush, Laycoe, Boivin; forwards: Gardner, Ferguson, Mohns, McKenney, Bonin, Labine, Tessier, Costello, Panagabko.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02224/1362276-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="615" height="572"></div><h3>New York 3 at Detroit 2</h3>New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense; Howell, Fontinato, Gabsby, Irvin, Evans; forwards, Raleigh, Prentice, Hegesheimer, Creighton. Bathgate, Murphy, Popein, Gendron, Hebenton, Horvath, Lewicki.Detroit&mdash;Goal: Hll; defense: Kelly, Godfrey, Pronovost, Hollingworth, Goldham, Hillman; forwards, Reibel, Howe, Lindsay, Delvecchio, Dineen, Chevrefils, Ullman, Bucyk, Toppazzini, Sandford, Pavelich, Cocoran.Referee: Storey, linesmen, Morrison, Young.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03185/1362269-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="612" height="502"></div><h3>Toronto 1 at Chicago 3</h3>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defence, Bolton, Cahan, Thomson, Morrison; forwards: Stewart, Migay, Balfour, Smith, Armstrong, Sloan, Harris, Nesterenko, Duff, Bailey, Klukay.Chicago&mdash;Goal: Rollins; defence, Mortson, Woit, Fogolin, Stanley, Martin; forwards, Leswick, Skov, Mickoski, Watson, Sullivan, Prystai, McIntyre, Litzenberger, J. Wilson, Ciesla.Referee, Olinski; linesmen, Hayes and Maschio.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04153/1362262-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="608" height="390"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including games of Sun., Oct, 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0655/1362255-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="604" height="2431"></div><h3>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1955 - 1956</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0833/1362248-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="602" height="188"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0924/1362241-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="606" height="160"></div><h2>Shares Lead</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03150/1362234-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="578" height="590"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN BELIVEAU</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON (Toronto Telegram)</div>St. Catharines, Sept. 28&mdash;It is not on the ice surface of Garden City Arena trat the Maple Leafs are preparing their new aggression format for the NHL wars. Even before coach King Clancy herds his flock into physical combat, he has begun to de a little stick-handling between their ears.The NHL rules book is the King&rsquo;s Bible, and through his pre-practice sermons, the coach hopes to remove from Leafs the blight of being the NHL&rsquo;s most penalized club, their foremost distinction a year ago. Clancy has already reminded them they&rsquo;ll Meed for taking stupid penalties, but he would prefer prevention to punishment.Although these reading classes have so far progressed only six pages into the NHL handbook, already. King has his charges conscious of the rules&mdash;conscious enough to note that the fan is going to be a heavy winner as a result of three major revisions in this year&rsquo;s text.<h2>Quick Drop</h2>The most important of these will remove from the fan the self-imposed obligation to remind referees to &ldquo;drop that puck,&rdquo; on faceoffs. It will be a great timesaving device that refs no longer need to wait until the antagonists are cheek-to-jowl. He can now dunk the puck when only one is ready, even if the other thinks it propitious at that moment to comb his hair, fasten his suspenders or straighten his stocking seams.It happened in practice here. Familiar with the new rule, George Armstrong took a virtually drawless faceoff from a disinterested Billy Harris to score during scrimmage. It happened twice Monday in St. Thomas where the alert Willie Marshall, with Pittsburgh then, caught two Cleveland sleeping beauties for unassisted goals from faceoffs.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve really done something this time,&rdquo; says team captain Sil Smith. &ldquo;It&rsquo;ll speed up the game and that&rsquo;s what the fans have been asking for.&rdquo;The second innovation that will please fans concerns icing the puck. Whereas ieing faceoffs have always been conducted in the offending team&rsquo;s end of the rink, they will now be conducted in the non-offending team&rsquo;s end whenever the referee decides a defenseman on the defending team has not done his utmost to retrieve the puck before it crossed the icing line.<h2>Onus on Defense</h2>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s bound to cu down on the number of play stoppages,&rdquo; defenseman Jim Thomson reasons. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d say about 20 per cent, of pucks that are iced could be stopped if a defenseman really tried. Now he&rsquo;ll have to try or be responsible for having the faceoff in his own end. And it&rsquo;s bound to make the fans happier if there are fewer whistles.&rdquo;The third rule will alter the players&rsquo; lots little. It provides that a goal shall be allowed even it a member of the offensive team is assisted by a defender into the goal crease without a foul being committed.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s really a clarification of the old rule.&rdquo; goalie Harry Lumley explains. &ldquo;The goal will still be disallowed if the offensive player goes in under his own momentum and it wifi still be allowed if he is fouled into the net.&rdquo; &#9632;

Toronto Stresses Players Familiarity With Rules

Billy Harris, Dick Huff and Earl Balfour are the three rookies who will perform for the Toronto Maple Leafs as the new season unwinds. Harris is the much-discussed center who starred for last year&rsquo;s Memorial Cup champion Toronto Marlboros. Leaf fans hope he will be able to pick up the mantle left by the great Ted Kennedy when he retired last spring. Harris is a Toronto native, weighs a little over 150 pounds, and scored 37 goals and had 29 assists with Marlboros last year.Duff is a left winger who has been called a second Ted Lindsay. He played junior with Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s last year where he helped himself to 33 goals and 20 assists. A scrappy little fellow (5&rsquo;8&rdquo;, 160 lbs.) who won&rsquo;t be 20 until February, Duff played three games for the Leafs last season. Harris and Duff Earl Balfour, third newcomer with Toronto, has played for the are jumping into the NHL straight from junior ranks, while last three seasons with Pittsburgh of the AHL. A right winger, Balfour had 17 goals and 31 assists with Pittsburgh in 1954-55. &#9632;

THREE ROOKIES WITH LEAFS

Four new players will dot the lineup of the New York Rangers as they start the current NHL season. The newcomers are Defenseman Mid Houghton, Center Bronco Horvath, Left wing Guy Gendron and Right wing Andy Hebenton. With the exception of Gendron, all the players are graduates of the Western Hockey League. Gendron, who stands 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; and weighs 156, was with Providence Reds of the American League last year, while toiling with the Reds he scored 24 and assisted on 15 for 39 points.Bronco Horvath boasts the finest scoring record of the Ranger newcomers.Last season he led the Western League scorers with 50 goals and 60 assists for 110 points. He paced the Edmonton Flyers to the League championship and he finished the season 22 points ahead of Johnny Bucyk who finished second in the scoringrace.Andy Hebenton played with Victoria Cougars last year and he finished seventh in the WHL scoring derby. He had 46 goals and 34 assists for 80 points. Hebenton and Horvath each weigh 180 pounds. Horvath stands six feet while Hebenton is 5&rsquo;9&rdquo;. Defenseman Houghton weighs 185, stands 6&rsquo;1&rdquo; and was a stanchion on defense for the Saskatoon Quakers last year. &#9632;

NEW YORKERS ICE FOUR FRESHMEN

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FOOTBALL NEWS

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;Tim Horton may not be able to put in a personal appearance at the NHL opener in Montreal Oct. 6, but his influence will most definitely be felt.Now nursing a tender Achilles tendon in his left leg, to go with the questionable right limb that was fractured last spring, the Pony Express may have to abandon even the limied skating practises he has been conducting aside from Leaf scrimmages here. Irritation of his skate boots caused the new aggravation and brought from Coach King Clancy an order to stay off skates until the swelling subsides.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02205/1362531-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="303" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tim Horton</figcaption></div>Since Tim is already left out of scrimmages, and will be at least until Sunday when his broken leg will be examined again, the added burden of the heel doesn&rsquo;t enhance his chances of readying himself for the opener.<h2>A New Combo</h2>Yet the very fact that Horton may be absent has obliged Leafs to create a new defensive combination that looks better than anything they had last season.Jim Morrison, Tim&rsquo;s former running mate, has now beenp aired with Jim Thomson and the result is a dashing new Morrison. Thirteen pounds heavier, but without any loss of speed, Morrison shows new confidence in his defensive work and new daring in his bolts from the blueline.&ldquo;I always liked to go with the puck when I had the chance,&rdquo; says Jim. &ldquo;But last year I got into the habit of thinking first. With me, thinking is fatal. By the time I finished thinking, there was no place to go. But with Jim there, I know he&rsquo;ll cover up if I get a chance to move. I feel I ean go back to doing things on an impulse and that always worked better.&rdquo;<h2>Goal-Scoring Drop</h2>Morrison emphasises his point with his own record. Two years ago he scored nine goals, the most a Toronto rearguard has counted in eons. Last year he dipped to five. He was thinking&mdash;obviously thinking that Horton, who plays the same dashing game, might be contemplating moves at the same time, a situation that would leave the blueline vacant. &#9632;

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PONY EXPRESS MISSED MAN FOR MAPLEOS

<h2>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M. OCT. 12</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03174/1362569-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="608" height="182"></div><h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Oct. 9)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04134/1362562-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="608" height="311"></div><h2>Leaders</h2>Most goals&mdash;Joe Lund, Cleveland, and Camille Henry, Providence, three each.Most assists&mdash;Jackie Gordon, Cleveland, three.Best goalie&mdash;Harvey Burnett, Providence, 1, 1, 0, 1.00.Most penalties in minutes bya player&mdash;Tony Schrieder, Buffalo, 14.Most penalties in minutes by a team&mdash;Buffalo, 35. &#9632;

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AHL Scoring

General Manager Terry Reardon and Coach Jack Crawford went into a long huddle after their latest workout at RI Auditorium with designs on selecting the personnel for the 1955-56 RI Reds.Crawford, who has been drilling his team hard, will select the players. When Jack has decided who he wants, Reardon will take over and ship the surplus talent to other clubs for more seasoning.It was with hope of deciding on who to keep that Reardon and Crawford met in the Red&rsquo;s dressing room at the conclusion of the morning practice round. Crawford said that &ldquo;we have 17 forwards and probably will not be able to use more than 10. Thus, we must shave down in this department&rdquo;.He added that &ldquo;we also have too many defensemen. I plan to use only five.&rdquo; Although he has a supply of defenders, Crawford is far from satisfied with the type of back-liners he has. &ldquo;I want Terry to search out one and possibly two more good defensemen. We need them to make ourselves stronger on the back line&rdquo;, Crawford said.Reardon indicated that he will go all-out to get Crawford the necessary players to develop a winning club. &ldquo;After all we hired Jack in hopes that he would do a good job for us. Now we must give him some players to allow him to mould a winning club&rdquo;, Terry stated.Two new players, Jim Bartlett and Bill McCreary worked out for the first time. McCreary took the afternoon off to have a tooth removed. He had been struck in the mouth while training with the New York Rangers at Saskatoon. Bartlett, rated as one of the toughest players in hockey, got off to a fast start yesterday and this morning by bumping several of his mates hard.<h2>Out With Axe</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03170/1362686-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="570" height="848"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY REARDON</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Reds Shuffle Top Cards As Season Opening Nears

<div class="byline">McCrone</div>HERSHEY Pa.&mdash;Obie O&rsquo;Brien is back at the same old stand&mdash;acting as field general of the Hershey Bears.The hard-working left winger of Hershey&rsquo;s No. 1 production line, incidentally, inherited Andy Branigan&rsquo;s duties as captain last season when Handy Andy was traded off to Providence for Eddie Kryzanowski. He did such a fine job of leading and inspiring his teammates that Coach Murray Henderson tapped him again for the job this season.Obie took his new duties last season with a relish. And, in addition to his aded responsibilities of leadership, he blossomed forth as one of Hershey&rsquo;s most consistent scorers. Not only did he top the Bears in the lamp lighting department with 31 goals, but he also accumulated 38 assists for a total of 69 points. He was topped in the scoring department only by his line mate, Arnie Kullman, who amassed 71 points on 23 goals and 48 assists.O&rsquo;Brien became Hershey property last season, along with Dunc Fisher, in a deal which sent Ray Gariepy to the Boston Bruins. Gariepy in turn was dealt to the Toronto Maples Leafs in exchange for goaltender John Henderson.Prior to joining the Bears on loan from the Bruins in 1951-52, Obie broke into the pro ranks with the Tulsa Oilers of the now defunct U.S. League. He scored 33 goals and 28 assists and won a place on the league&rsquo;s second all-star club. His last amateur affiliation before turning pro was with the St. Catharine&rsquo;s Tee Pees.Obie&rsquo;s assistants in the captain department, also renamed, include: Arnie Kullman, Dune Fisher and Kenny Smith. &#9632;

O’Brien Back At Old Stand For Hershey

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;Another ding-dong scramble for Calder Cup playoff berths, with his Hershey Bears in the thick of the melee, is forecast by coach Murray Henderson.Henderson, of course, is, like all other athletic coaches at the start of a new season, very optimistic about his club&rsquo;s chances of nailing down a playoff spot. However, a glance at his squad reveals the reasons why he is so confident that the Bears won&rsquo;t miss the American Hockey League gravy train next March.A year ago at this time, Henderson went to the AHL post with an unknown quantity. Almost half of his ice men had no previous professional experience. This year only two amateurs are members of the Bear complement.Hershey is stronger in all departments, particularly on defense. Long John Henderson, who is heir apparent to Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s goal tending job with the Boston Bruins, is the Bears&rsquo; regular cage cop. And, for the first time in many season, the Bears&rsquo; are carrying a spare goalie in the person of Norm Defelice, who did such a neat job for them in the closing days of the 1954-55 campaign.Although he was disappointed when Larry Zeidel left training camp in a huff and returned home, coach Henderson is sure that veterans like Arnott Whitney and Eddie Kryzannowski, supported by Don Cherry and Lionel Heinrich, a couple of second-year ice men, will carry on nicely. He&rsquo;s still hoping that Zeidel will reconsider, and, meanwhile, he&rsquo;s keeping in shape, to help out if the occasion arises.Up front, veterans like Captain Obie O&rsquo;Brien, Arnie Kullman, Dune Fisher and Kenny Smith, who carried the brunt of the attack last season, together with Jim Uniac, who was acquired from the Quebec Aces during the off-season, are expected to be the bell wethers of Hershey&rsquo;s offensive.Gordie Wilson and Stan Parker, who potted better than 20 goals apiece as freshman a year ago, are back, as are Fred Pietsch and Jim Robertson, two other sophomore forwards.The Bears entered the AHL flag chase with just rookies, Al Nicholson and Floyd Smith, and both have given every indication of living up to Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s prediction that they are &ldquo;potential National Leaguers, just a year or two away from stardom in the big time.&rdquo;Nicholson, third highest scorer in the Saskatchewan junior loop with 37 goals and 34 assists, was a member of Scotty Munro&rsquo;s Humboldt Indians last year. Young Smith, a protege of Gerry Brown, former Hershey star, hammered out 29 goals and 20 assists last year with the Galt Juniors.Another factor which weighs heavily in Hershey&rsquo;s favor is the fact that the Bears won&rsquo;t have to scramble for replacements if injuries reduce their playing complement below the minimum. Eight likely looking youngsters were sent to the Victoria Cougars, of the Western League, by the Boston Bruins, and they will be available if and when the occasion demands. &#9632;

Ding-Dong Duel For Calder Cup Is Forecast

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;That time of year is finally here again&hellip;the time when all good hockey fans, given their first taste of blood and hockey by the National Hockey League season, reach for their NHL Press and Radio Guides.For this is the only book on the market that will give them the information they&rsquo;re going to be using all season. And not only during the NHL season, for despite its title, the Guide caters to other leagues, too. Between its orange and black covers, fans who follow the exciting paths of the American League, the Western Hockey League and others, will find details on their heroes, details that have not been compiled into any other volume.It has been said of this guide that it makes an expert out of the regular fan. Actually, it does more than that for him. Unlike most statistical tomes, it can be fun to read, and unlike the telephone book, once described by a wag as having a tremendous cast but very little plot, the guide spans an entire era of the hockey world, so that it is part history book, part record-book, a veritable who&rsquo;s who, a sort of universal box score of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s activities over the years.<h2>A Book of Facts and Figures</h2>Such a book isn&rsquo;t the work of a month, but of years and the fan, casually flipping his way through the 230 pages of this compact volume, may well be impressed with the meticulous thought, the diligent research and the many hours of plain hard labor that went into its compilation. It has been called, and with good reason, hockey&rsquo;s bible. Facts are listed alphabetically for easy reference, and on the first line of the index page attention is drawn to the All-Star games, so that anyone lucky enough to have been in the Detroit Olympia on Saturday, October 2, has at his fingertips all there is to know about All Star games as far back as 1931.In actual content, the book opens as it should, with the complete listing of each NHL club&hellip;its players, directors and officials, down to such details as directions on bow to find the home arena in which the team plays and, if you&rsquo;re a visiting newspaperman, how you get to the press box. This is only one indication of how thorough Editor Ken McKenzie, who is also Publicity Director of N.H.L., has been. At scraping the bottom of the fact barrel, Mr. McKenzie is something of a genius; and the inclusion into the book of Jim Hendy&rsquo;s Hockey Guide and Who&rsquo;s Who in Hockey rounds out an admirable piece of work.<h2>A Thorough Job of Research</h2>Not the last in importance by any means is the section devoted to personal statistics on famous professional players. Don Ellis, associate editor of the Guide, has done a thorough job here; he brings into close focus all the pertinent details of those men who have reached the ultimate in hockey, so that no reader has to put this book down unsatisfied on any point he wants to know.While the NHL Guide was primarily designed for quick knowledge by hockey&rsquo;s thousands of fans, it has another purpose, too, and one that reveals with what esteem it is held by the professional men who cover the sport. No newspaper office is without this book; and no sports writer, harried by phone calls from fans who don&rsquo;t happen to have one of these guides, could get along without it. For memory is a tricky thing. But here memory is solidified, frozen in print, and beyond personal error.As an added touch the book contains, at it&rsquo;s very end, the entire NHL schedule for the current year&hellip;with a refinement. This is the inclusion of blank space for the recording of each game&rsquo;s score, and properly filled in as the season passes, this record rounds out a volume that gains in usefulness as the years roll by.The NHL Guide is going into its eighth year now, with every season&rsquo;s release sort of anniversary. As the popularity of Canada&rsquo;s national sport increases, so too does the demand for this fine, compact little volume. It is, as much as anything else, a service to a peculiar sort of community&hellip;the community that exists whereever a puck is iced or a goal scored.As such, it is a success, and like all successes, it deserves its tribute and the patronage of the fans who have made it a necessity.(You can obtain this book by sending $1 (Personal cheque or money order) to McKenzie Enterprises Itd., 603 Sun Life Building Montreal. P.Q.) &#9632;

NHL Guide Offers Hockey Fans All There Is To Know-Quickly

<h2>OCTOBER</h2>20th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge22nd Lethbridge at Medicine Hat24th Edmonton at Lethbridge25th Edmonton at Medicine Hat26th Edmonton at Regina26th Lethbridge at Medicine Hat28th Edmonton at Regina28th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge30th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>1st Regina at Medicine Hat2nd Regina at Lethbridge4th Regina at Edmonton6th Regina at Edmonton8th Lethbridge at Medicine Hat9th Lethbridge at Regina10th Medicine Hat at Edmonton12th Medicine Hat at Edmonton15th Edmonton at Lethbridge16th Medicine Hat at Regina17th Edmonton at Medicine Hat20th Lethbridge at Edmonton21st Medicine Hat at Regina22nd Lethbridge at Edmonton23rd Medicine Hat at Regina24th Lethbridge at Medicine Hat26th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge28th Edmonton at Lethbridge29th Edmonton at Medicine Hat30th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge<h2>DECEMBER</h2>1st Regina at Medicine Hat2nd Regina at Lethbridge3rd Lethbridge at Medicine Hat4th Regina at Edmonton4th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge5th Regina at Edmonton7th Lethbridge at Medicine Hat8th Edmonton at Regina10th Edmonton at Regina10th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge12th Edmonton at Medicine Hat13th Edmonton at Lethbridge14th Medicine Hat at Regina16th Medicine Hat at Regina17th Lethbridge at Medicine Hat19th Lethbridge at Regina20th Medicine Hat at Edmonton22nd Medicine Hat at Edmonton28th Medicine Hat at Regina31st Lethbridge at Medicine Hat<h2>JANUARY</h2>1st Medicine Hat at Lethbridge2nd Lethbridge at Edmonton4th Lethbridge at Edmonton6th Regina at Lethbridge7th Regina at Medicine Hat9th Lethbridge at Regina11th Lethbridge at Regina12th Edmonton at Medicine Hat13th Edmonton at Lethbridge14th All Star Game - Lethbridge16th Edmonton at Regina17th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge18th Edmonton at Regina20th Regina at Medicine Hat21st Regina at Lethbridge22nd Medicine Hat at Edmonton23rd Lethbridge at Regina24th Medicine Hat at Edmonton26th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge28th Regina at Edmonton29th Regina at Edmonton30th Lethbridge at Medicine Hat31st Regina at Lethbridge<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>1st Regina at Medicine Hat3rd Medicine Hat at Lethbridge4th Lethbridge at Medicine Hat6th Regina at Medicine Hat7th Regina at Lethbridge8th Lethbridge at Medicine Hat10th Lethbridge at Edmonton12th Lethbridge at Edmonton14th Edmonton at Medicine Hat15th Edmonton at Lethbridge16th Medicine Hat at Lethbridge &#9632;

Western Junior League 1955-56 SEASON

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01267/1362779-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY REAY</figcaption></div>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Absence has certainly made the heart grow fonder in Seattle&mdash;so fond, in fact, that Billy Reay, the man with many titles, is being hailed on all sides as Mr. Hockey, the guiding genius behind the revival of the Seattle Americans in the Western Hockey League.Loaded down with worries, plans and four titles&hellip;coach, general manager, director and player&hellip;Reay more than anyone else is responsible for the return of this coast division club to the AHL after an absence of two years.Reay, who came here from the Victoria Cougars, was faced with a stiff problem: he had to build the team from the ground up, and neither boasts nor apologies enter his conversation when he talks about the players he has hired during his three months on the job.Who are the players? Well, so far Reay hasn&rsquo;t been wasting his time. He has Guyle Fielder, Eddie Dorohoy, Barton Bradley and Rudy Filion, and these efficient centres should insure him of the nucleus of a top-notch club.It looks, however, as if he&rsquo;s going to need this strength down the middle. At the moment be is horse-trading with Calgary, in the hopes of acquiring Doc Couture and Vic Lynn. If this deal falls through, Reay will be without a wingman who has played a full season in pro hockey.But, says, Reay, centres make the wingmen, and he will gamble on rookies for that position if he has to.Among the rookies are Jerry-Penner and Valiere Fonteye, both ex-New Westminster players; Ross Watson, a rough and tough forward from Moncton, M.B. Ray Demore of Medicine Hat, Alta., Bev Bell and Billy Kurtz of the Regina Pats and Bill Robinson, another &ldquo;rookie&rdquo; who was a popular Seattle player during the amateur days in the 1940&rsquo;s.Robinson, now about 33, was sought by the Winnipeg Warriors and the Regina Regals, two new WHL clubs in the prairie division.But if Reay has worries about wing positions, his real headache is on defense.His only prospect who showed to any great advantage last season with New Westminster Royals is Gordon Sinclair.Here again Reay is relying on rookies. Elmer Pelto and Don Busch, both from English Leagues, are prospects. Kimberley&rsquo;s Barry Craig looks good, and he has his eye also on Harry Smith of Trail and Doug Baldwin of Winnipeg, who will turn out at the training camp blueline.As yet the Americans have no goal-keeper. Here Reay must await a nod from Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League, who have promised him a goalie. Reay wants Charlie Hodge.To the onlooker, Reay&rsquo;s penchant for rookies may have its dangerous overtones, but Billy is starting a long-range youth program, and has his orders to widen the team&rsquo;s plant of operations. By the end of two or three seasons, Reay hopes to have farm clubs which will stock the parent club with a continuous supply of young talent.<h2>All The Grief, Some Glory</h2><h2>Efficiency Plus</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03202/1362772-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="1209" height="1491"><figcaption class="caption-body">EDDIE DOROHOY</figcaption></div><h2>Centre Man</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02228/1362765-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="555" height="1363"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUYLE FIELDER</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Many-titled Reay Spark Behind Seattle

WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;Twenty-eight years is a long time&hellip;so long, in fact, that when Winnipeg Warriors ice a comparatively young and vibrant hockey club this season, Winnipeg fans may well recoil with shock.The Warriors, latest entry in the Western Hockey League, are also the latest enigmas. Their potential is almost unknown and, railbirds know only that Coach Alf Pike, who piloted Guelph Biltmores to the Memorial Cup three years ago, has assembled youth and experience into what may well be a surprising hockey club.Even now reinforcements for the Warriors are still trickling in, Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League have donated seven players, Montreal Canadiens are due to kick in with a few more, and in the interim, a guess is as good as a judgment.Ed Chadwick appears to be Pike&rsquo;s choice as netminder. Chadwick, now 22, has had experience with Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Greyhounds, and was a standout at the Leafs training camp before coming to Winnipeg.Jack Bownass, Bill Burega, Fred Shero, Danny Summens and Mike Keating are tentatively on the defence, and they pack plenty of bulk between them.Summers, now 31, will pair off with Keating, who spent last season with Victoria Cougars. Summers was with Springfield Indians of the American League.Bownass is a veteran of the Montreal chain, having played last years with Montreal Royals of the Quebec Hockey League, while Shero and Burega are ex-AHL players, the former with Cleveland Barons, Burega with Pittsburgh.When Warriors open in the new $2,000,000 Winnipeg Arena, Brian and Barry Cullen and Hugh Barlow will be the line the fans will watch. The three were rated the best junior line in Canada two years ago, when they led St. Catharines Teeps to the Memorial Cup. Last year Brian went on to greater things with Pittsburgh Hornets and Toronto Leafs. Barry stayed in the OHA and came second in scoring with the Teeps. Barlow was with Pittsburgh.Big Eddie Mazur, formerly with Montreal Royals and Canadiens, is playing on a line with centre Mike Nykoluk and winger Gary Aldcorn, both members of the Canadian junior champion Toronto Marlboros in 1954-55.Paul Masnick, who has seen service with Montreal Royals and Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks, will pivot between Gary Edmundson from Cincinnati Mohawks and Al Johnson from Trois-Rivieres Juniors.A fourth line has centre Len Thomson from Shawinigan Falls of the QHL flanked by local product Jim McKenzie and Dick Bouchard from Quebec Frontenacs juniors.Almost certain to break into one of the forward walls as soon as he recovers from a severe groin injury is hard-shooting Wingman Gary Blaine, last year with Montreal Royals. Blaine was speared by a stick during a workout about 10 days ago, and likely will miss at least the opening game. &#9632;

Warriors Blend Youth, Experience

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;The Western Hockey League has a new look this year&mdash;the league consists of nine teams&mdash;five in the Prairies division and four on the coast. Winnipeg and Regina, new entries in the league thia year, along with the Seattle Americans, are in the Prairies division with Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon. The coast group consists of Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, and Seattle, back after one year&rsquo;s inactivity.There are several new coaches in the league&mdash;Alf. Pike, former New York Ranger star, is head man at Winnipeg; Keith Allen, who was a key man in Edmonton&rsquo;s championship team last year, is playing-coach of the Regina Regals and he will be ably assisted by Frank Boucher, Regina General Manager, Doug. Bentley, Bud Poile, and Frank Currie, coaches, are back with Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgary. Swinging to the coast Max McNab, the league&rsquo;s most valuable player last year, will pilot the New Westminster Royals; Pat Egan is the new Assistant Coach under Art Chapman at Vancouver; Eddie Olson, the only American born player to coach a Canadian pro club, has succeeded Billy Reay at Victoria, This is Olson&rsquo;s first experience as a coach. Reay has moved to Seattle as vice-president, General Manager&egrave; and coach of the all-new Seattle Americans. We look for the former Montreal Canadian centre to do some playing as well.A new league rule which makes it manditory for all clubs to have at least three rookie in the line-up who have never played pro hockey and who are under 23 years of age has the experts guessing and as each team can only play 13 men and a goal keeper it is still too early to hazard a guess how the teams will finish. However, a poll of the managers, coaches, and sports scribes and casters has the defending champion Edmonton Flyers and Winnipeg picked to lead the Prairies group and its a toss up among the four coast teams as to which club will head the pack. By the time this reaches your favorite newstand the league will be one week old and more than 15 games will have been played. The campaign starteo on October 7th, with New Westminster at Victoria; Seattle at Vancouver; and Winnipeg at Calgary.Here, briefly, is a run down of the nine clubs, starting with Winnipeg in the East and working our way West:Winnipeg&mdash;With Pike at the head&mdash;will open on the road because their new arena will not be ready for a couple of weeks. Pike has Ed Chadwick in goal and veteran Fred Shero, from Cleveland, as his key defenseman, along with Wild Bill Burega, from Pittsburgh, and Mickey Keating, from Vivtoria. Two of his lines are set with Brian and Barry Cullen and Hugh Barlow on one unit and Masnick, Mazur and Blaine forming another unit. If Pike is able to hang on to these Toronto and Montreal owned players, and they are not re-called, his Warriors will be a mighty potent outfit.Regina&mdash;Boucher and Allen have their work cut out for them. They are set with Luce Duchene in goal; Allen, Red Eye Hay, Hunchuk, and Parker on defense; and up front they will go with Manson, Senick, Bucyk, Howe, Kuzma, Blackett, Sweeney, Jeffrey, and Ceresine. We look for several changes here shortly after the season opens.Saskatoon&mdash;Bentley is strong in goal with Emile Francis and his defense corps will depend upon how much help he receives from the Rangers. He has Howie Milford back from last year; brother Max will be his No. 1 offensive threat. Doug is counting heavily on dooky Earl Ingarfield. Max will have to have some help if the Quakers are going to be a high scoring team.Edmonton&mdash;Bud Poile has lost the key men from last year&rsquo;s championship club but the parent Detroit Red Wings have sent ample replacements. Gilles Boisvert, who runs hot and, cold, will handle the goal keeping chores. Coughlin, Arbor, Wright, obtained from Buffalo for Enio Sclisizzi, and rooky Lionel Repka, comprise the defense coprs. For forwards Poile looks to Melnyk, young brother Don Poile. Stankowitz, McCormack, Dea, rookie Chuck Holmes, and Aggie Kukulowicz to fill the opposition goal.Calgary&mdash;Frank Currie had his largest training camp in the three years he has been at Calgary. If Dick Irvin does not send him Hank Bassen, Ray Fredericks, or Al Rollins, for goal he will go along with hold-over Doug. Stephenson or Hal Gordon. Hold-over defensemen are Kyle, Coburn, Hucul, and Bill Shvetz returns after a year with Montreal Royals. Art Michaluk is a doubtful starter at this writing. Calgary&rsquo;s scoring power will be up to Finney, Witiuk. Scott, Couture, McFadden, Pargeter, and Michaluk all returnees. Ray Barry has decided to stay in Regina and his job with the Exhibition Board there and he will be missed.New Westminster&mdash;Dave Gatherum should give New Westminster good goal keeping. Zeniuk, Thibeault, Bergeron, Matthews, and B&eacute;dard will be on defense. For forwards McNab has himself, Fashoway, Zarie, Love and Boyce to lead the way.Seattle&mdash;The &ldquo;Amerks&rdquo; will be strong down the centre with Charlie Hodge in goal and Fielder, Ed Dorohoy, and Fillion for centre. Sinclair, Lavitt, who was purchased from New Westminster along with Ollie Dorohoy, rookies Craig and Pelto, form the defense unit. Bradley, Alex Kuzma, Robinson, Watson and Fonteyne round out the forwards.Victoria&mdash;Will count heavily on Pelletier in goal and Davidson and Dobbyn on defense. For scoring punch coach Olson, Anderson. Kilburn, McAuley and Teal.Vancouver&mdash;The Canucks started the season with five rookies and on how these freshmen play will depend the success of the Canucks. The rookies are Ray Mikulan, forwards Kabel, Lilley and Carmicheal and defenseman Grebinsky. Egan, Currie and Hudson will form the solid block in front of Mikulan. The scoring strength will be led by Maloney, Ford, Wylie, Cyr, Brown, and Kaiser.WHL Notes&mdash;Vancouver is dickering for a high scoring left winger and the name NHL sharp shooter may already be in the Canucks camp&hellip; The Dorohoys are finally on the same elub and line&mdash;they are with Seattle&hellip; The success or failure of most of the teams in the league, especially the coast clubs, may depend mainly on how the rookies turn out&hellip; there will be 10 minute sudden death in the league this year for the first time&hellip; Babe Pratt will be top man on N.W.&rsquo;s &ldquo;Hot Stove League&rdquo; sessions&hellip; Seattle is telecasting all its home games with Bob Field at the mike.<h2>Able Assistant</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01187/1362834-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="595" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Bourcier</figcaption></div><div class="sidebar">BIKE Supports and BIKE. 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Western Loop Has New Look With 9 Teams

<div class="byline">By DALLIS BECK (As Seen in The Winnipeg Tribune)</div>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;Jack Perrin must be smiling today. His Winnipeg Warriors didn&rsquo;t clobber the New York Rangers&mdash;and nobody expected them to&mdash;but when Olympic Rink manager Pat Lyon hung out the SRO sign for the October 4 exhibition game it must have meant that there is more than mild interest in the return of professional hockey to these parts.Something like 2,900 fans gave the old Olympic its biggest night in years to watch fiery Phil Watson&rsquo;s Rangers nip amiable Alf Pike&rsquo;s Warriors 4-1 behind the sharp goal - tending of Lome (Gump) Worsley. Almost as many patrons were left hollering for justice on the outside when the Olympic box office ran out of ducats long before game time.Warrior general manager Perrin will gladly inform one and all that there is a seating capacity of more than 9,000 at the new Winnipeg Arena to handle all the enthusiasm if it is still present when his team opens their 35-game Western League schedule on Octobre 18.As for what they&rsquo;ll see, Pike&rsquo;s clan showed a lot of promise last night against the Rangers, no world-beaters mind you, but still of National League variety.&ldquo;I was quite pleased with our performance&rdquo;, were Alfie&rsquo;s words after the battle, a hot and cold show at the best, pretty well typical of pre-season skirmishing. &ldquo;There were a lot of butterflies out there with a few of our young boys&rdquo;, added Pike, &ldquo;and there&rsquo;s lots of things to be ironed out yet&hellip;but for a first time out I thought they did pretty well.&rdquo;Rival coach Phil Watson almost went along with Pike in giving an opinion on the Winnipeggers. &ldquo;But I think&rdquo;, said Phil. &ldquo;that they&rsquo;ll need some help on defence. Otherwise all those young forwards local pretty good, and don&rsquo;t forget who&rsquo;s coaching them. This Pike is a good one. I&rsquo;ve seen his clubs operate before&rdquo;.Watson was right about the youth. It showed up prominently on the Warrior front lines, especially a Toronto Marlboro junior grad, Mike Nykoluk. The hefty young centre was a pleasant surprise ail around and pivoted the best line the Warriors had with home-bred Eddie Mazur and Gary Aidcorn on the wings.The Cullen line, with Brian Cullen flanked by younger brother Barry and dimiuutive Hugh Barlow, also came up with some good flashes and was responsible for the lone Warrior goal of the night. Brian snapped the puck into the corner along the ice from 10 feet out after picking up defenceman Fred Shero&rsquo;s rebound.Barry Cullen had all the chances for the Warriors but the little guy named Worsley was equal to the task at every occasion. Gump gave some remarkable exhibitions when his mates had trouble shaking the pesky Warrior forwards in front of him.The New York goals came off the sticks of blueliner Harry Howell, scrappy Ron Murphy, centre Larry Popein and Dean Prentice. Winnipeg goalie Ed Chadwick was all alone on three of them when, his defence was outmanoeuvred. Big Ed turned in a capable display, making his best saves against Popein in the opening period and Danny Lewicki in the third.<h2>No Muscles Spared</h2>Eleven penalties were meted out over the route as the teams didn&rsquo;t spare the muscles&rsquo; in any period. Six of the total went to the Rangers and Muphy had a 10minute misconduct sentence tacked onto a holding count in the third period when he disputed whistleman Vic Lindquist&rsquo;s judgment too strenuously.One of the penalties&mdash;to Ranger rearguard Jack Evans in the opening period&mdash;figured in two goals, one by each club. Harry Howell had been left uncovered to slap in his own rebound to open the scoring at 12.16 and less than a minute later Fvans visited the penalty box with a high-sticking sentence.While he was off Murphy checked a Winnipeg defender directly in front of Chadwick and walked in alone to make it 2-0. Twenty-four seconds later, however, Brian Cullen triggered the Warriors&rsquo; one and only tally when the puck skimmed through a few skates past Worsley.Worsley was at his best against Mazur and Aldcorn during the frame, while Rangers played without Lou Fontinato, serving an interference penalty. He had to be good again at the halfway mark of the second stanza when Paul Masnick found himself in the clear on Duke Edmundson&rsquo;s relay, and he buffaloed Barry Cullen twice in succession just before Popein pumped in the Rangers&rsquo; third goal of the game. The New York pivot was uncovered at the corner of the net to flip in a double relay from Andy Hebenton and Jean-Guy Gendron.The pace slowed considerably after that goal at 16.14 and there wasn&rsquo;t too much to view on the sweaty ice surface in the final 20 minutes. Prentice beat Chadwick at 4.12 with an unassisted effort, drilling a sizzling slap shot from well out. The Winnipeg netman got a piece of the puck but was unable to hold it.Worsley staged a tremendous display against the Nykoluk line with Danny Summers and Bill. Burega also adding to his misery on the points. The stocky New York goalie kicked out for successive drives, all from different angles as the Warriors scrambled desperately in front of him.ICE CHIPS&mdash;Burega caused the New Yorkers considerable consternation with his bulling tactics on the Warrior blueline, especially opposing defencemen Jack Evans and Lou Fontinato&hellip;The fans got a kick out of riding some of the New York bashers, Bill Gadsby for one, who came to the Blue-shirts this year from Chicago&hellip;Don Raleigh still shows all the desire in the world and featured Now York&rsquo;s best line with Wally Hergesheimer and Dean Prentice&hellip;Rangers didn&rsquo;t dress the WHL&rsquo;s record pointgetters of last year, Bronco Horvath. He has a bad foot&hellip;Phil Watson commented &ldquo;that Burega ain&rsquo;t wild, he&rsquo;s crazy!&rdquo;&hellip;Bashin&rsquo; Bill will be the object of a lot of comments before the season is very old&hellip;Masnick centred rookies Al Johnspn and Edmundson, while Len Thomson was between two more in Jim McKenzie and Dick Bouchard for the Warriors.Both Worsley and Chadwick complained of the poor vision because of fog that hung over the ice surface throughout the game, a combination of a warm rink and cold ice.Winnipeg defenceman Jack Bownass suffered a shoulder injury and left the game in the second period&hellip;President J. D. Perrin, Sr., dropped the puck for the opening faceoff.<h2>Combo Ace</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01268/1362865-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="568" height="754"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRIAN CULLEN</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Fans Flock To Olympic To See Warriors In Action Against NY

REGINA, Sask.&mdash;If you think you have troubles, pity the plight of Frank Boucher, whose task it is this season to revive hockey interest in a city that has been dead, in a hockey sense, for thirty years.At 55 a veteran of 27 yrs in the New York Rangers fold, Frank isn&rsquo;t unduly worried at the monumental task. He&rsquo;s manager-coach of Regina Regals, the new entry in the Western Hockey League, and he&rsquo;s going to make a go of it&hellip;or else.Just who or what are the Regals? At this point, half a dozen veterans and a crowd of amateurs, all waiting to be welded into the first high-class senior hockey team the 80,000 inhabitants of Regina have had a chance to see since 1925.&ldquo;I made out a lot better than I had hoped in the player department,&rdquo; Boucher says. &ldquo;As we have no major league ties, that source of supply is cut off. But we&rsquo;ll do all right. In fact, we&rsquo;ll do darn well.&rdquo;On this optimistic note Boucher sets forth. From Detroit&rsquo;s farm at Edmonton he bought Keith Allen, 32, a defenceman and assistant coach rolled into one.He persuated Pat Lundy back into, his centre spot. This was no easy chore as Lundy, who had retired last year at the age of 32, had taken over the managership of Regina&rsquo;s 5,000 Exhibition Stadium. Lundy, last year with Calgary Stampeders, will keep that job and play for Boucher as well.Vic Howe and George Senick were acquired from Saskatoon, as was Ray Manson. All three had seen some brief service under Boucher at New York. Another exQuaker, Dale Sweany, also signed up, and Jim Hay, who played in Saskatoon last season, will be back on the blueline along with Alien and Bill Bucyk. Joining them will be Gordon Strate of Edmonton and George Hunchuk of Moose Jaw.With that much cleared up, Boucher went after the backbone of any good club, a goaltender. He found one in Lucien Rechene. an ex-New Westminster Royal twine guard last year.Rounding out his roster are Elliott Ghorley, a former Winnipeg junior, and John Bobeniuk. This will be their debut in the WHL. From Cleveland of the American league, Boucher drew Murray Wilkie, a Saskatchewan product.And the result of all this? So far, not too much in that important box-office department. Only 20 tickets have been sold for the season.But Boucher is undaunted. He blames the football season for the present lack of hockey interest, and the fact that the fans have had so much time to get used to being without a senior club.Boucher intends firmly to alter all that.<h2>Double Life</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02200/1362896-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="593" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAT LUNDY</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Boucher Confident Of Regina Revival

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03145/1362941-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="602" height="552"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;A job like mine takes it out of you&rdquo;</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04121/1362934-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="602" height="552"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;But Labatt&rsquo;s IPA puts it right back in,&rdquo; says Frederick Gilbert, Wexford, Ont.</figcaption></div>if you&rsquo;re the kind of man who craves a real man&rsquo;s ale&mdash;an ale with real body and flavour to it&mdash;you&rsquo;re ready for IPA. Frederick Gilbert has a man-size job, and a man-size taste in ales. His ale is Labatt&rsquo;s IPA. Make it yours, too.Find out about IPA&hellip;the alt that satisfies the man in you! Make the great discovery as soon as possible&mdash;try IPA next time you&rsquo;re at your favourite hotel or tavern, or next time you order ale for the home. Start enjoying the ale with body&hellip;flavour&hellip;ZEST! The man&rsquo;s ale-IPA!<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05101/1362927-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="592" height="640"></div> &#9632;

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A MAN’S ale with BODY in it

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01240/1362993-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">KELLY BURNETT</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Before the first shots were fired in the Quebec Hockey League, Elmer Lach was plainly worried. If he&rsquo;ll forgive a feeble pun, it was the lack of able, proven defensemen that bothered him.We caught up with Elegant Elmer in Royals&rsquo; dressing room at the Forum. The place was littered with the heavy cumbersome kits as the team was setting out for Pembroke to make on the Lumber Kings in an exhibition joust and Lach and businessmanager Frank Carlin were conning their roster.Lampig the list yours truly opined that it was a likely looking aggregation since is boasted terrific fire-power up forward. Few teams could show two such efficient puck-propellers as Kelly Burnett and Andr&eacute; Corriveau, both of &lsquo;em either league leaders, or nudging the top-kick in every league wherein they had played.Corriveau, the pride of the Valleyfield Braves, lo these many seasons, had been added to Royals&rsquo; battle strength this year when, the Braves suspended operations for the season.&ldquo;Yeah!&rdquo; said Lach and Carlin, almost as if they were reciting a duet, &ldquo;but we haven&rsquo;t got much of a defense. And there&rsquo;s a chance that Toe Blake may reach down and grab Jacques Deslauriers before the season is far spent.&rdquo;<h2>Best Bet</h2>Next to Deslauriers, Wally Clune, who played last season in Victoria B.C. looks like the pick of the lot. Rollie Rousseau has slowed down with the advancing years, though he may pick up once the chips are down. Ron Ingram, who played for Stratford Seniors, is yet to be proven of minor pro calibre, and the same rating goes for Leo Amadio and George McAvoy, who toiled for the Penticton Vs&rsquo; last season when the west coasters journeyed to Dusseldorf, Germany to win the world amateur hockey tournament.An uncertain defense in the early games&mdash;we say early because Royals are expecting help in this department&mdash;makes the come-back of Gerry McNeil difficult.After a year&rsquo;s absence from hockey competition of any rank, McNeil turned out with Canadiens&rsquo; NHL party this fall, and was assigned to Royals. Naturally this makes him the No. 1 reserve for Jacques Plante, the Habs&rsquo; regular NHL backstop. The notion seems o be, though nobody says so out loud, that McNeil might be ushered into a regular assignment with the major league team any time Plante may falter.First, McNeil has to show his polished wares mith the Royals in QHL competition and his task looms tall it the sentries aren&rsquo;t extra vigilant.<h2>Brighter Side</h2>On the brighter side the forwards look like the best the Montreal QHL team has boasted starting out a season in many years. Burnett, who led the point-makers in last season&rsquo;s run for the bric-&agrave;-bric handily will spearhead a line in which Skippy Burchell and Lulu Denis are the flankers. Skippy has been shifted to the left rail because the squad has such a fine staff of pivotmen who carry more heft. Lulu, of course, has been a 20-goal producer over a span of seven seasons with Royals. He hit the ewo score tally mark squarely on the nose in 1954-55 and had 47 assists toput alongside, giving him 67 points for second place money behind Burnett&rsquo;s 75.Burchell scored only 19 goals, but when he helped in 41, he didn&rsquo;t finish far down the list. With his 60 points he ranked tenth.A lefthanded shooter, Corriveau like a few more good ones, including Rocket Richard, plays right winy. As linemates he has Cecil Hoekstra, formerly with St. Catharine&rsquo;s Junior Teeps, at centre and Guy Rousseau, up from the Junior Quebec Frontenacs, at left wing.Hoekstra, a tall, loosed-limbed blond, has been picked as a youngster bound to go places by the Habitant scouts while young Rousseau is expected to be one of the more promising junior graduates his first year as a pro.Corriveau missed six of Braves&rsquo; games last year when strickem with vims, but even so managed to score 31 goals, collect 32 assists for 63 points to finish in sixth place in the scoring table.<h2>Potent Kid Line</h2>Then there is the Kid Line&mdash;Barry Thorndycraft at left wing, Phil Goyette, centre and Denis Boucher, right wing. They came from Cincinnati Mohawks as a front line firing unit and, wisely, Lach has decided to keep them skating this way.Leo Gravelle, the fleet and smooth skater who was with Ottawa Senators,, and switched to Chicoutimi when the club in Canada&rsquo;s Capital abandoned competition last season, and Ray Laplante man-of-all-work with the Royals in 1954-55 are thus far without portfolio.It emphasizes the class of those picked for regular berths when two such outstanding puck-chasers as Gravelle and Laplante are not reckoned early season starters.ICE CHIPS&mdash;QHL prexy George Slater announces that George Gravel has again been appointed referee-in-chief, and Earl Sharpe will handle the league&rsquo;s ballyhoo department&hellip;with retirement of Sibby Mundey it&rsquo;s likely that some of the younger officials who previously toiled on the lines will be given more refereeing assignments in the coming season&hellip;. in this category are: Jimmy Slater, Eric Milford, Bobby Sleeth and Jimmy Haggarty&hellip;. Quebec Aces are likely to present Stan Maxwell and Leacock on their line-up the first two colored stars, since Herbie and Ossie Carnegie and Herbie McIntyre performed for Shawinigan Cataracts and Sherbrooke Saints<h2>Bright Light For Lach</h2><h2>20-Goal Producer</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02206/1362986-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="1166" height="1655"><figcaption class="caption-body">LULU DENIS</figcaption></div><h2>Uncertain</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03185/1362979-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="608" height="599"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES DESLAURIERS</figcaption></div><h2>Over To Left</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04142/1362972-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="609" height="601"><figcaption class="caption-body">SKIPPY BURCHELL</figcaption></div><div class="sidebar">BIKE Supports and BIKE Trainers Tape are used and endorsed by the Toronto Argonaut Football Club &#9632;</div>

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Lach’s Noble Brow Furrowed; Habs May Grab Deslauriers

<h2>Andy Gets Topper</h2>Andre Corriveau of the Montreal Royals is off and running to a good start this year. In his first game of the season he scored the hat-trick as Royals beat Quebec, 4-2.<h2>Standout Goalie</h2>Phil Hughes of Shawinigan Falls Cataracts provided plenty of inspiration as his team beat Trois-Rivi&egrave;res 2-0. He turned back 3-0 shots for a shutout.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><h3>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 Montreal 4, Quebec 2</h3>A hat-trick by veteran Andre Corriveau sparked the Montreal Royals to a 4-2 win over Quebec Aces before 4,588 fans in a Quebec Hockey League season opener at the Forum Sunday.Corriveau, acquired from the now-defunct Valleyfield Braves during the off season, netted markers in each period of a contest that was marred by 25 penalties.The revamped Regals, showing only five holdovers, and a promising, &ldquo;kid line&rdquo; of centre Phil Goyette and wingers Barry Thorn-dycraft and Denis Boucher, enjoyed a wide margin territorial play in the opening period but wilted a bit in the two final stanzas.Corriveau&rsquo;s second goal, the winner wasscored on a penalty shot awarded to the Montreal team when Quebec defenceman Joe Crozier tripped Lulu Denis on a breakaway. Elmer Lach, Royal skipper, elected to let Corriveau try his luck and the veteran gave Quebec goaltender Claude Evans no chance.Pluscky Skippy Burchell notched the second Royal tally on passes from Boucher and Corriveau, after a melee directly in front of the Quebec net.Michel Labadie of Quebec was penalty for saucing Referee Charlie Deziel. given a .0-minute misconductRalph (Bucky) Buchanan and Ledger Tremblay were the Quebec marksmen. Tremblay took a neat pass from Buchanan midway through the second period and beat netminder Gerry McNeil while Royals&rsquo; Walter Clune and Thorndycraft were sitting out minor penalties.Buchanan repeated the procedure seconds later just as Thorndycraft stepped back on the ice.Quebec&mdash;Goal: Evans; defense: Crozier, Higgins, Picard, Ernest, Hayes; forwards: Maxwell, Cossette, Vinet, Buchanan, Thibeault, Gagne, Labadie, Tremblay, Achtymichuk.Royals&mdash;Goal: McNeil; defense: R. Rousseau, Clune, Ingram, Deslauriers; forwards: Thorndycraft, Groyette, Boucher, G. Rousseau, Gravelle. Hoekstra, Burnett, Denis. Corriveau, Burchell.Referee: Charlie Deziel; linesmen: Jim Haggerty and Robbie Sleeth.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01235/1363059-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="607" height="940"></div><h3>Shawinigan 2, Three Rivers 0</h3>Single goals in the second and third periods Sunday gave Shawinigan Falls Cataracts their second consecutive victory over Three Rivers Lions, a 2-0 triumph.Phil Hughes, acquired during the weekend from Chicoutimi Sagueneens, turned in a standout job in the Three Rivers nets. He turned back 36 shots, including 17 in the last frame alone.Although the Cataracts held an edge in play, neither team could unleash a scoring offensive in the first period. Erwin Grosse broke the deadlock half way through the second period, scoring on a head-on backhander from 20 feet out. Assists went to Phil Dube and Ed Kachur.Claude provost put the home crew two up at 1.13 of the third period when he tipped in Connie Broden&rsquo;s long pass. From that time on, the Cataracts turned on the steam and it was only Hughes&rsquo; net-minding that turned back repeated attacks.Bob Prreault was called on for only 16 saves in the game. Each team had four penalties, all minor.Three Rivers&mdash;Goal, Hugrhea; defense, Lamirande, Willis, Lemonde, Benoit; forwards, Power, Brilliant, Bougie, Bisaillon, Joannette, Kwong, Leclerc, Wall, Gagnon, Lalonde.Shawinigan&mdash;Goal, Perreault; defense, Hodgson, Leger, Turner, Langlois, Bouchard; forwards, Faulkner, Broden, Provost, Dube, Grosse, Kachur, Desaulniers, Denis, Pronovost.Referee, Georges Gravel; linesmen, Jean Landry, Real Leblanc.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04122/1363052-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="606" height="588"></div>Defending champion Shawinigan Falls Cataracts opened the Quebec Hockey League season here Saturday night by walloping Three Rivers Lions 4-0 before 5,000 fans.Although bowing to the powerful Cataracts, the Lions&mdash;a new QHL team, succeeding the Valleyfield Braves&mdash;showed a strength and drew praise from League President George Slater, who attended the game.Shawinigan net-minder Bob Perreault stopped a total of 24 shots many of them sizzlers. Andre Payette, Lions goalie, stopped 32.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0657/1363045-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="606" height="596"></div><h2>Setting A Good Example</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02183/1363038-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="554" height="550"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDRE CORRIVEAU</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03148/1363031-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="558" height="858"><figcaption class="caption-body">SKIPPY BURCHELL</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0579/1363024-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="550" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUCKY BUCHANAN</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0748/1363090-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg"></div>and every true-blue hockey fan will want to be a regular reader of THE HOCKEY NEWS&mdash;&ldquo;Official Organ of All Hockey&rdquo;. The Hockey News carries stories on all the teams and the star players written by the foremost hockey writers in Canada and the United States. Besides outstanding features and stories The Hockey News runs more action pictures and cartoons than any other publication. Interesting Crossword puzzles also appear in each issue.THE HOCKEY NEWS is published for 35 consecutive issues during the season and 5 monthly summer issues. It doesn&rsquo;t matter when you start, you still get your 35 issues.A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.Canadian Remittances&mdash;$3.00 Payable by Postal Bank or Telegraph Money Order.U.S.A. Remittances&mdash;$4.00 Payable by Postal Note, Bank or Express Money Order or personal cheque.Fill In Form Above and Send Postal Note or Money Order &#9632;

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YES, HOCKEY FAN, THE 1955-56 SEASON IS HERE AT LAST

<div class="byline">By LES DALY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01200/1363121-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">SAM POLLOCK</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The sombre countenance of Sad Sam Pollock is no more.This is not so say that Sam has lost face. But merely that the erstwhile epitome of pessimism is actually beaming like a blushing bride these days over the present and future of junior hockey picture in Montreal.Pollock, for the uninformed, is the man who wields the whip in the Canadiens junior farm system, his official title being general-manager of the junior hockey chain in the Habs&rsquo; organization.Sad Sam, who is well on his way to being called &lsquo;Smiley&rsquo;, has nothing but cheer and optimism to spread around about the local junior hockey set-up. And one of the things which is keeping Pollock so peppy is the fact that the junior setup is strictly local.The Canadiens have had as much as they and their bankrolls can stand of province-wide junior hockey. This year it&rsquo;s Montreal alone, and the rest of the province can slide into the St. Lawrence for all the Forum cares.It took awhile but the Habs finally decided that spreading junior hockey around just wasn&rsquo;t the way to make money, or even break even. Although they talk about it in soft whispers and as reluctantly as possible, the Habs will admit that the whole thing was a mistake. In quest of the almighty green stuff which was so prevalent after the war, they bit off more than they could chew. They choked on it.&ldquo;Now,&rdquo; gloats Pollock, &ldquo;junior hockey is in the best shape its ever been since I&rsquo;ve been here and that&rsquo;s 10 years.&ldquo;And&rdquo;, he rattles on without stopping for breath,&rdquo; I&rsquo;ll tell you why. We&rsquo;ve got more teams playing now, and that means more boys playing hockey. We used to have six &lsquo;A&rsquo; clubs and four &lsquo;B&rsquo;s. Now we have 10 teams in the Metropolitan League and a strong junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; team, the Canadiens.&rdquo;How about the caliber of the hockey, Sam? Is it just as good in the Metropolitan as it would be if you had stayed with junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; leagues?&ldquo;If it&rsquo;s not it&rsquo;s only a shade lower,&rdquo; claims Sam. &ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t make the Metropolitan an &lsquo;A&rsquo; league simply on account of finances. It involves higher fees to the CAHA, higher salaries to officials and various other expenses which bring the operating costs way up.<h2>No Salary Problems</h2>&ldquo;Most important of all, when you get into &lsquo;A&rsquo; hockey you get into salaries. And there you get into trouble. The Metropolitan League is an amateur league.&rdquo;This comparison of amateur and professional junior teams brings Pollock around to the Ontario Junior loop with hardly any effort at all.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re a professional league and don&rsquo;t let anybody tell you anything different. So are our Junior Canadiens. They&rsquo;re pros just as much as the Canadiens or the Maple Leafs. The only difference is that they don&rsquo;t play as well or get paid as much.&rdquo;This last is not contributed for its news value, which is little, but rather for a reference for the record anytime the argument occurs, as it usually does every once in awhile.&ldquo;And I think,&rdquo; thought Pollock, &ldquo;that our Metropolitan League is as strong as any junior league in the country, except the Ontario League.&rdquo;Pollock has some definite ideas on what caused the decline and fall of the Canadiens&rsquo; empire, in a junior hockey sense, of course.<h2>Expenses Soared</h2>&ldquo;First of all,&rdquo; said Sam, off and running, &ldquo;everybody thinks salaries got so high they killed us. I would like to correct that impression. Salaries were never that high. But expenses soared while the gates fell off. That&rsquo;s what killed us. Operating expenses, travelling and competition for a buck.&ldquo;After the war there was plenty of money around and people would go to the Forum to watch the guys clean the ice. Then the Royals were drawing, the juniors were drawing and everybody was rolling in dough.&ldquo;But,&rdquo; remembered Sam, as a shadow like the hand of a bill collector crossed over his face, &ldquo;then money got a little scarce. Television came in and junior hockey started going out. Epenses kept getting higher, and people, beginning to pick and choose their entertainment, stayed away from junior hockey.&rdquo;Pollock claims that the Toronto Blue Laws are helping to keep junior hockey alive there. &ldquo;What else can you do on a Sunday afternoon in Toronto except go to a junior game? So they pack the place and make money. Besides, there&rsquo;s no senior club there like the Royals.&rdquo;Pollock soft-pedals the salary angle to these highly-publicized prima donna junior players who found they could ask for more dough than they could count and get it when the Forum decided that it would go all out to compete with Ontario in the quest for the Memorial Cup.&ldquo;You want to know what started the salary craze in junior hockey in Quebec?&rdquo; asks Sam. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll tell you. The building of the Quebec Coliseum in 1948. When they got a rink up there we decided to expand the league to cover the province.&rdquo;When players have to go chasing all over the countryside to play hockey games a couple of times a week they find it difficult to keep jobs or attend school. So to make it worth their while the Canadiens had to put it in large round numbers right on the dotted line. The kids, who had enough education to know that they could make more than bubble-gum money out of it, did OK financially, some by threatening to go to Ontario and play there.<h2>$60 Salary Limit</h2>So now the Metropolitan is amateur, or reasonably close to it, and the junior Canadiens are working under a $60 salary limit per week. Sam goes even farther by claiming that not only is the club sticking to it, a claim which has been known to raise eyebrows in certain quarters, but that only three of the players are making that much loot.The junior Canadiens, without a league to play in since the slow painful demise of the Quebec Junior League, are going travelling this winter with a schedule of some 60 games on tap. They&rsquo;ll play all over the country, from St. John&rsquo;s Newfoundland and Edmonton, with 58 stops in between.They will also take part in the second annual Laurier Trophy series with teams from the Ontario junior loop. That will embrace 20 games, two home and two away, with St. Michael&rsquo;s, Toronto Marlboros, St. Catharines, Hamilton and Kitchener with Barrie a possible post entry. Marlboros, 195455 winners of the Memorial Cup, also won the Laurier Trophy last year.Pollock proclaims a new outlook for the Canadiens this year. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to be strict with these kids and we&rsquo;re going to make sure that they grow up to be good citizens as well as hockey players. The Canadiens are paying for schooling of those players still getting their education and if they don&rsquo;t pass they don&rsquo;t play. They have to keep their marks up.&ldquo;For the youngsters from cut of town we&rsquo;re paying their room and board here and their schooling too. We&rsquo;ve hired Bill Campbell to keep track of their marks in school and also check the homes in which they&rsquo;re living to make sure they&rsquo;re taking care of themselves.<h2>Must Attend Church</h2>&ldquo;On the road every player must go to church in Montreal. The local lads living at home are under the care of their parent, but the others have to go to church each week.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re starting over and we&rsquo;re going to do it right.&rdquo;Pollock revealed that the Canadiens are footing the school bills for six players on the junior Canadiens this year, one of whom is attending McGill. &ldquo;We figure that a player can afford to miss one day of school per month. If he gets high marks maybe he can miss a few more days to play hockey. Another words the higher his marks, the more he&rsquo;ll play.&rdquo;The students won&rsquo;t be making most of the trips with the Baby Habs, but will play only the local Laurier Cup and exhibition games. Pollock plans to have a roster of some 13 players on the trips, allot whom are working or just playing hockey.The Metropolitan League will opens its 44-game schedule Oct. 14 with a doubleheader. The league is a 10-teamaffair divided into eastern and western sections.Sunday evening, Oct. 16, the Canadiens will play St. Michael&rsquo;s in the first game of the Laurier Trophy series, which will be preceded by a Metro loop game.In order to prevent the early-morning finished so frequent in junior doubleheaders a few years ago, the Metropolitan loop has decided to run &lsquo;fast time&rsquo; for the final stanza. Penalties will be counted on a separate clock and will be the full two minutes.The Canadiens, after their exhibition and Memorial Cup series, plan to challenge for the Memorial Cup playoffs against Ontario.<h2>Cone Are His Woes &#9632;</h2>

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Strictly Local Junior Setup In Montreal Has Sad Sam Positively Livid With Joy

<h2>OCTOBER</h2>21&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham Owen Sound at Strathford22&mdash;Chatham at Owen Sound Windsor at Kitchener23&mdash;Strathford at Windsor25&mdash;Windsor at Owen Sound26&mdash;Owen Sound at Kitchener Stratford at Chatham28&mdash;Kitchener at Strathford Windsor at Chatham29&mdash;Kitchener at Owen Sound30&mdash;Chatham at Windsor<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>1&mdash;Kitchener at Owen Sound2&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener4&mdash;Owen Sound at Stratford Kitchener at Chatham5&mdash;Chatham at Owen Sound Windsor at Kitchener6&mdash;Stratford at Windsor8&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor Stratford at Owen Sound9&mdash;Chatham at Stratford10&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener11&mdash;Windsor at Stratford Owen Sound at Chatham12&mdash;Stratford at Kitchener Owen Sound at Windsor15&mdash;Chatham at Windsor Stratford at Owen Sound16&mdash;Windsor at Chatham Owen Sound at Kitchener18&mdash;Kitchener at Stratford19&mdash;Stratford at Kitchener Windsor at Owen Sound20&mdash;Owen Sound at Windsor&mdash;Kitchener at Owen Sound23&mdash;Stratford at Chatham25&mdash;Windsor at Stratford Owen Sound at Chatham26&mdash;Stratford at Owen Sound Chatham at Kitchener27&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor29&mdash;Kitchener at Owen Sound30&mdash;Chatham at Stratford Owen Sound at Kitchener<h2>DECEMBER</h2>2&mdash;Kitchener at Stratford Owen Sound at Chatham3&mdash;Stratford at Kitchener Owen Sound at Windsor6&mdash;Chatham at Windsor7&mdash;Windsor at Chatham Owen Sound at Kitchener9&mdash;Owen Sound at Stratford Kitchener at Chatham10&mdash;Chatham at Owen Sound Windsor at Kitchener11&mdash;Stratford at Windsor13&mdash;Kitchener at Owen Sound14&mdash;Stratford at Chatham16&mdash;Windsor at Stratford17&mdash;Stratford at Owen Sound Chatham at Kitchener18&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor20&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor21&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener Windsor at Stratford23&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham26&mdash;Stratford at Kitchener27&mdash;Chatham at Owen Sound Stratford at Windsor28&mdash;Windsor at Kitchener Owen Sound at Stratford30&mdash;Kitchener at Stratford<h2>JANUARY</h2>1&mdash;Chatham at Windsor2&mdash;Owen-Sound at Kitchener3&mdash;Windsor at Owen Sound4&mdash;Kitchener at Stratford6&mdash;Chatham at Stratford7&mdash;Stratford at Kitchener Owen Sound at Chatham8&mdash;Owen Sound at Windsor10&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor11&mdash;Owen Sound at Kitchener Stratford at Chatham13&mdash;Owen Sound at Stratford Kitchener at Chatham14&mdash;Chatham at Owen Sound Windsor at Kitchener15&mdash;Stratford at Windsor17&mdash;Chatham at Windsor Stratford at Owen Sound18&mdash;Windsor at Chatham20&mdash;Windsor at Stratford21&mdash;Owen Sound at Chatham22&mdash;Owen Sound at Windsor24&mdash;Windsor at Owen Sound25&mdash;Chatham at Stratford27&mdash;Stratford at Chatham28&mdash;Windsor at Owen Sound29&mdash;Chatham at Windsor<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>1&mdash;Stratford at Chatham3&mdash;Owen Sound at Stratford Windsor at Chatham4&mdash;Chatham at Owen Sound5&mdash;Stratford at Windsor7&mdash;Windsor at Owen Sound8&mdash;Chatham at Stratford10&mdash;Windsor at Stratford Owen Sound at Chatham11&mdash;Stratford at Owen Sound Chatham at Kitchener12&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor14&mdash;Kitchener at Owen Sound15&mdash;Chatham at Stratford Windsor at Kitchener17&mdash;Kitchener at Stratford Windsor at Chatham18&mdash;Stratford at Kitchener19&mdash;Owen Sound at Windsor20&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham &#9632;

OHA SENIOR “A” 1955-56 SCHEDULE

<div class="byline">By CHICK APPEL</div>STRATFORD, Ont.&mdash;While Kitchener Dutchmen, reigning Allan Cup champions, are representing Canada at the Olympic Games world hockey championship, at Cortona, Italy, the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA group will be obliged to operate with four teams, but Kitchener will play a complete OHA schedule before and after their European trek, and must finish among the first four clubs in order to qualify for the playoffs.The Dutchmen are scheduled to play their last OHA game before departing for overseas Jan. 14, and after six weeks abroad, they are listed to return home Feb. 9 and continue their OHA schedule Feb. 11.With Niagara Falls Cataracts having suspended operations for one season at least, it leaves five clubs in the group, and means that each club will have 48 games to play.Kitchener Dutchmen have signed Bob White, junior graduate who played a few games for them towards the tailend of last season, and have also picked up Jim Mc-Burney, which appears to leave them well fortified with forwards for their world tournament, but they appear to be short of sufficient defencemen at present. According to a an Olympic decree, the Dutchmen have three defencemen ineligible for Olympic hockey and a fourth is reported to have signed a pro contract with the Cleveland Barons but has relented since and is reluctant about joining the Barons. Joe Schertzl, Clare Martin and Bud Kemp were declared ineligible owing to their previous pro activities, while Howie Lee is the other rearguard said to have signed a pro contract. If such be true, it leaves Kitchener with but one defenceman from last season&rsquo;s team, Mike Delich.Every assistance will be extended the Dutchmen to bolster their defence brigade in order to successfully defend the world hockey championship, captured last year by Penticton V&rsquo;s of British Columbia. It is fully expected that by the time Kitchener leaves for the Olympic Games hockey tourney they will have acquired the needer rearguards. &#9632;

Dutchies Must Play Complete OHA Schedule

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;Douglas (Dugger) McNeill has retired as a hockey coach after three successful years. In his first two seasons he led Halifax Atlantics to the Alexander Cup. Last winter he piloted Moncton Hawks to the Eastern Canada senior finals, bowing out to the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen.Dugger has quit but he&rsquo;ll probably be available if Halifax ices a senior team. That&rsquo;s the impression he gave as he turned to a business career. Halifax may yet line up in a senior Nova Scotia circuit.With McNeill on the sidelines. Moncton fanager Jimmy MacDonald cast about and came up with Bert Hirschfeld, another of his old stars with Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s juniors of a few years ago. Bert, who has been around the country since he left the Santamarians, hopes to duplicate MsNeill&rsquo;s feats in a coaching role.Since leaving Halifax, Bert helped Montreal Royals win the Memorial Cup, played senior hockey with Montreal Royals, was in the NHL with Canadiens and in the AHL with Cincinnati, St. Louis and Providence. Last winter he returned home to play with Moncton.Another senior coach has been signed by a Maritime team. Steve Brklaccich, who took over the Charlottetown Islanders when Hugh Campbell retired with an ulcer, has accepted the job with Saint John Beavers.The Islanders have been suspended for a year by the Atlantic Coast Senior Hockey League for not paying some fines incurred last winter and Brklaccich was declared a free agent. A fast skating defenseman he is now scouring the country for playing talent.The Beavers are back in hockey after a year&rsquo;s absence. For a while it was felt that the club wouldn&rsquo;t raise the necessary money to exercise their newly won franchise and Halifax was prepared to move into the breach if the Beavers defaulted. But the Beavers are in now and signing Brklaccich was their first move.Things have been stirring in Cape Breton where senior hockey was dead last winter. Glace Bay Miners are anxious to get back in to the grind and are hopeful or talking the Sydney Millionaires into rounding up a team too.New Glasgow, with a successful season behind them in APC League play last winter, are looking for a possible new league if the APC does not go, and Halifax has announced it will play if a fast league operates. But it must be faster than the APC which didn&rsquo;t attract much attention in Halifax last winter.Three of the four teams in the Atlantic Coast League are making ready for an early start. They are Moncton, St. John and Amherst. From Fredericton, however, comes word that the Capitals are are perturbed by the salaries being offered by these three teams and can&rsquo;t afford to match them. There is the possibility the Caps won&rsquo;t be at starting line, which could mean that Halifax, which was denied entrance a few weeks ago, may be given an invitation to re-apply for a franchise. &#9632;

Dugger McNeill Retires, But How Long Will It Last?

National Hockey League fans may obtain copies of the 1955-56 N.H.L. Schedules free of charge.These N.H.L. schedules are handy shed for the pocket and room is available to mark in the score of each game.Requests should be mailed to: NHL Information Bureau.603 Sun Life Bldg., Montreal. Que. Able Assistant &#9632;

N.H.L. SCHEDULES AVAILABLE FOR FANS

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div>BIG RHUBARB&hellip;the salary limit everyone in Northern Ontario clamored for to save the Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit from self-destruction is the hub of a raging controversy at the moment&hellip;Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Greyhounds and Sudbury Wolves are veiling to have the limit of $2,100, exclusive of coaches&rsquo; salaries, hiked to $2,400&hellip;North Bay Trappers and Pembroke Lumbers are yelling equally as loud to hold the line&hellip;Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.) Indians already have a limit of $2,400 since they have a little different situation because players cannot work in the U.S.A, while playing hockey&hellip;the question, as this is being written, has seen two solid camps refusing to budge&hellip;so, in steps Pete Palangio of North Bay Trappers with a peace proposal calling for the teams to slice their rosters to 16 from 18&hellip;&rdquo; If the teams adopt this plan they can stay within the $2,100 salary limit and still come out better financially.&rdquo; El Pedro explained&hellip;SUGAR JIM HENRY has joined the NOHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; ranks&hellip;the immensely-popular NHL netminder has been hired to coach the Soo Greyhounds and in the few days he has been in Sault Ste. Marie he has certainly won a lot of friends for himself&hellip;he takes over from Johnny &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; O&rsquo;Flaherty who has moved on to Sudbury Wolves in THE BIG SWITCH of 1955-56&hellip;Sugar Jim told THE HOCKEY NEWS in a special interview that he is confident he can build a strong contender&hellip;&rdquo; I like it very much in Northern Ontario,&rdquo; said The Sugar Man&hellip;&ldquo;I know this is going to be a great season.&rdquo; Lornie Watters, who played with the Greyhounds a couple of seasons back then made a hit with Hershey Bears in the AHL, is returning to the Greyhound fold&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01208/1363176-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="543" height="828"><figcaption class="caption-body">SUGAR JIM HENRY</figcaption></div>PETE BACKOR is back with the Soo Indians and Cully Simon is back as top man with Pembroke Lumber Kings&hellip;Kenny Watson, clever pivot with the Greyhounds last season, has decided to play with Subury Wolves this term&hellip;Jimmy Mattson has been called by Detroit Red Wings brass as the best American born netminder prospect since Frank &ldquo;Mr. Zero&rdquo; Brimsek&hellip;Mattson is a former University of Minnesota star and will lineup with Pete Backor&rsquo;s Soo Indians in the NOHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; bracket&hellip;Jack Adams, General Manager, and Jimmy Skinner, coach, made a big hit as usual when they led the big Detroit Red Wing training camp here&hellip;Jack said: &ldquo;Training in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan must be good for us. Look at all the titles we won since training here.&rdquo; The life story of Jack Adams was dramatized over Radio Station WSOO and a tape of the show turned over to Jolly Jack as a souvenir&hellip;the story was titled: &ldquo;In Jack Adams&hellip;The King of Hockey.&rdquo; The story was well received and the station received nutnersoud letters, notes and calls from appreciative fans&hellip;NORTH BAY RINK is still unfinished&hellip;the long-awaited opening day of the new $750,000 North Bay Civic Arena has been delayed&hellip;it will not be ready for the opening of the NOHA schedule but will be ready by the end of October&hellip;meanwhile, North Bay Trappers will operate out of Sundridge until the spanking new rink is ready&hellip;Add Ed Reigle, former Cleveland Barons star, as new coach of North Bay Trappers&hellip;with Sugar Jim Henry and Ed Reigle in the fold a lot of glamor has been injected into Northern Ontario major hockey&hellip;and if you think Pete Palangio is a smart dresser and a good lookin&rsquo; gpy, just take a squint at Sugar Jim!!!KID LINE TALK!!!&hellip;Johnny O&rsquo;Flaherty has a hankering to re-unite the once-famous Kid Line for Sudbury Wolves&hellip;Yacker Flynn is the fly in the ointment, though, since he has announced he still wants to stick to his job and forget about hockey&hellip;Mauno Kauppi and Tatter McClellan want to play and many fans predict Yacker will find the idea of re-uniting the Kid Line too tempting and will give it another fling&hellip;Sudbury missed the inspirational qualities of the Kid Line last season&hellip;We&rsquo;re still talking about some kind of interlocking schedule between the OHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit and the NOHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; loop&hellip;the OHA is said to be more interested than ever, although nothing definite has been done at this writing&hellip;it&rsquo;s been early-season talk now for a long time&hellip;JOHNNY ALBANI is expected to join Sudbury Wolves this season&hellip;he played with the Memorial Cup champions, Toronto Marlboros, last season&hellip;he&rsquo;s 20 and reportedly has a great future&hellip;George White, a defenseman with Saskatoon, is also ticketed for a Sudbury tryout&hellip;Marcel Clements worked out with Sudbury Wolves early in the training grind, but Soo Greyhound officials maintain he will try again for the Soo&hellip;could be???&hellip;a flock of new players are set to tryout for Northern Ontario senior teams&hellip;there&rsquo;s Joe Kastelick and Bobby Maxwell from the Chicago training camp, along with Gordie Onotsky from the Toronto system&hellip;all served with brilliance in the OHA Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit&hellip;BROKEN LEG HEALS&hellip;Rheal Lafreniere will be back with North Bay in senior hockey&hellip;his broken leg has completely healed and he reports he is all set for a bangup season&hellip;he&rsquo;s a rugged defenseman who should help North Bay considerably&hellip;other players likely starters for North Bay include Don Hogan, Jack Higgins, George Gosselin and Bo Elik&hellip;Sudbury will likely have Pete Horeck back&hellip;Northern Ontario fans remember Pete as the dashing, hell-bent-for-election forward who has the habit of running his gloves over the entire length of his stick every once in a while&hellip;he&rsquo;s a fiery competitor with a lot of good hockey left&hellip;JULIAN KLYMKEW is trying out with the Soo Greyhounds&hellip;he attended the Detroit training camp&hellip;Matt Pavelich, o brother of Marty Pavelich of Detroit Red Wing fame, gets a promotion as a referee&hellip;he&rsquo;ll operate in the International Hockey League for 1955-56&hellip;watch out for this kid!!!&hellip;he&rsquo;s on his way to the NHL as an official the way we see it right now&hellip;Northern Ontario expects a big minor hockey campaign &hellip; the NOHA is going overboard to help bantam, midget and juvenile teams&hellip;quite a successful meeting was held in North Bay&hellip;&ldquo;We are very optimistic for the 1955-56 season,&rdquo; said President Carl Palangio&hellip;Pembroke appears set to give Cully Simon&rsquo;s Lumber Kings the best support they have had in a long while&hellip;fans in that fine city feel the salary limit will even things up a bit and give all teams in the NOHA a better chance to survive both financially and from a competitive standpoint&hellip;this could be the deciding season for senior hockey in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the only American club in the NOHA&hellip;HOCKEY PICTORIAL&hellip;it&rsquo;s congratulations to Ken McKenzie, Publisher of the new Hockey Pictorial, which promises to become the Life Magazine of the hockey world&hellip;everyone in Northern Ontario extends best wishes to Ken and his brand-new venture&hellip;it&rsquo;s going to be a terrific magazine&hellip;get your subscription in real early&hellip;they&rsquo;re already going like hot-cakes&hellip;and, fans, please remember we want to help all phases of hockey in Northern Ontario&hellip;just drop me a line at 164 Gore Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and let me know how NOHA Puck Parade can help your community&hellip;THE HOCKEY NEWS wants to help everyone who is trying to develop and expand this great game of our&hellip;See you next week!!!&hellip; &#9632;

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NOHA Puck Parade

NORTH BAY, Ont.&mdash;North Bay Trappers have come up with a compromise plan on a salary dispute which has sundered the Northern Ontario Hockey Association down the middle.The Trappers agreed to stick to a weekly salary limit of $2,100. but will cut their roster down to 16 players instead of a proposed 18.This clashes with the stand taken by Sudbury Wolves and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Greyhounds, who have been pressing for an increase in weekly salary scale to $2,400.Officials of Pembroke Lumber Kings plan to stand by the original limit set at an earlier meeting. At that meeting, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Indians were granted the $2,400 limit because a US immigration law prevents the team from lining up jobs for players.Trappers, in the meantime, intend to dress 15 players and keep one in reserve. &#9632;

Trappers Offer Solution

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02148/1363303-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg"></div>(Solution next week)<h2>Across</h2>1&mdash;Bruin player shown in the centre.6&mdash;Bob Chrystal celebrates his birthday in this month (abbr.).8&mdash;One of the Red Wings.11&mdash;Initial of 25 across.12&mdash;First name of Whitney of Hershey: Bears.14&mdash;Bruins&rsquo; Junior Wilson is the&mdash;of a former hockey star.16&mdash;Contraction of over.17&mdash;Goflin&rsquo;s initials.15&mdash;Initials of Ronty, ex-Ranger player.19&mdash;&ldquo;Red&rdquo; William&rsquo;s initials.21&mdash;Post-script (abbr.).24&mdash;Bronco Horvath&rsquo;s native province (abbr.).25&mdash;Plays with Winnipeg Warriors.28&mdash;Number of goals Bill Quackenbush scored last season.30&mdash;Once played with Boston, called Bill.31&mdash;Number of games Hugh Bolton missed in 1954-55.33&mdash;Upon.34&mdash;Bob Solinger is a native of Star Sask.<h2>Down</h2>1&mdash;Fred Thurier plays this game.2&mdash;First name of a Black Hawk rearguard.3&mdash;Coached the NHL All-Stars against the Leafs in 1949.4&mdash;&ldquo;Bingo&rdquo; Allen&rsquo;s initials.5&mdash;A referee often uses one as a signal.7&mdash;A new referee in the WHL.9&mdash;Initials of Reaume of the Hornets.10&mdash;Negative answer.13&mdash;Player who picked up most assists in the AHL in 1954. 55.15&mdash;Month in which Larry Wilson was born (abbr).20&mdash;This NHL coach is a native of Montreal.22&mdash;One of the Chicago Black Hawks.23&mdash;First name of MasNeil of Providence.25&mdash;Initials of an NHL coach.26&mdash;Exclamation!27&mdash;First two letters of the name of 8 across.29&mdash;How Rangers fared against the Leafs last March 20th.32&mdash;One of the Wings is called this.<h2>Solution from last week</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;BLAKE4&mdash;F.M.5&mdash;M.N.6&mdash;Shy8&mdash;Green10&mdash;One.12&mdash;Retired13&mdash;VII15&mdash;Inc.16&mdash;Toe18&mdash;Ten19&mdash;H.W.O.20&mdash;E.L.21&mdash;Ro.23&mdash;EGAN27&mdash;INDIANS28&mdash;Ac.29&mdash;L.D.30&mdash;On31&mdash;STYLE.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Big2&mdash;Americans3&mdash;KNEE4&mdash;Fine.7&mdash;Horvath9&mdash;N.T.11&mdash;Eddie Olson13&mdash;Victoria14&mdash;In17&mdash;Owe.22&mdash;Once.23&mdash;E.I.24&mdash;GALT25&mdash;ANDY26&mdash;N.S.30&mdash;O.E. &#9632;

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Hockey X-Word Puzzle

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0161/1363355-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="240" height="280"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0260/1363348-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="254" height="298"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0358/1363341-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="2831" height="1380"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0446/1363334-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="2819" height="1776"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES PLANTE, who won the goal-keeping job over Gerry McNeil as the Canadiens opened their 1955-56 season at home, gets set to make a save off the stick of Boston&rsquo;s Bob Armstrong in the top photo while teammate Bert Olmstead watches in the background. Canadiens, with Plante playing brilliantly, won their first three games, beating Toronto 2-0, Boston 2-0 and 5-2. In the lower picture Big Jean Beliveau (No. 4) gets into the thick of things with three Boston defenders as he attempts to crash a shot out of harms way.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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