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January 28, 1956

The Hockey News January 28, 1955

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02240/1564623-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he night the Detroit Red Wings amassed the most scoring points by a team in one period. It took place in the 3rd period of the game between Detroit and New York Rangers on January 23, 1944. The Wings score eight goals and had 14 assists for a total of 22 scoring points in 20 minutes of play.</b></p><p><b>Gooderham & Worts</b></p><p>LIMITED</p><p><b>DISTILLERS SINCE 1832</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Do you remember?…

<div class="byline">By JOHN AHERN</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Consensus is the United States Olympic hockey team is the finest ever put together for the purpose of representing this country in the international games.</p><p>It has nearly everything any amateur hockey team needs. It has wonderful skaters, wonderful stick handlers, wonderful scorers. It is extremely strong up the middle (centers Billy Cleary, John Mayasioh, John Matchfets). It is extremely strong in the goal (Don Rigazio and Willard Ikola). It is well coached, well conditioned.</p><p>But can it win the Olympics?</p><p>Only few would take a definite stand, despite the show the squad put on while drubbing Boston College (8 to 0), and Northeastern (9-1), and being held in check by surprising Harvard (1 to 0).</p><h2><b>Did Weiland Find Weakness?</b></h2><p>Walter Brown wasn&rsquo;t blinded by the avalanche of goals. He says he hasn&rsquo;t changed his opinion, formed some time ago. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sticking to my opinion until I see them with a team that hits hard, can skate as fast and can do the same things they do,&rdquo; Walter said. Earlier last week in a radio Interview Brown said he feared this team would finish &ldquo;about fifth.&rdquo;</p><p>Ed Brown, Bruins&rsquo; scout, wasn&rsquo;t so glum. But he wants to be shown some things. He wants to see this team against a team like Bobby Bauer&rsquo;s Canadian squad, which he says is outstanding. Burke wants to see them facing problems be-fore he commits himself.</p><p>Possibly, Cooney Weiland provided an answer recently. Possibly he uncovered the weakness of this squad.</p><p>Cooney instructed his team, not rated as strong as either Boston College or Northeastern, to skate position and stay with the Olympians. Both B.C. and Northeastern roamed, looking for the big opening. Instead, it left it for the starry squad.</p><p>The Harvard kids followed instructions to the letter and gave the Olympic team few chances. It wasn&rsquo;t entertaining hockey, but it may be indicative of what can happen. Of course the Olympians were tired from too much traveling and were worn down some by the earlier opponents. But if Harvard could hold it, what can powerful teams do?</p><h2><b>&ldquo;The Best&rdquo; Kelley Says</b></h2><p>Snooks Kelley still was high on the squad. He called it the best American representative of the five he has seen in his coaching career. &ldquo;It does everything well,&rdquo; Snooks said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re all Fancy Dans. They play positions perfectly and they&rsquo;re in wonderful condition. People are waiting to see what happens when hard checking defensemen get at them. I say no one will get a good piece of these kids. That&rsquo;s the way they play. &lsquo;They&rsquo;re excellent.&rdquo;</p><p>But can the squad win the Olympics?</p><p>Snooks wouldn&rsquo;t go out on a limb. He says he thinks this team has a chance.</p><p>Jimmy Bell of Northeastern was impressed with the team&rsquo;s offense. But he wants to see what the defense pairings can do and there was little chance to observe that department in yesterday&rsquo;s rout. Until he gets a line on it, Bell will say nothing. That goes for Weiland as well. He says this is a good team. He won&rsquo;t expand the statement.</p><p>Still, there are indications this team can beat position play. It showed it in its victory over Michigan, a Canadian team that plays position to perfection. It seems a team that beat Michigan also can beat Russia. Sweden. Czecho-Slovakia and possibly Canada.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

U. S. Olympians Rated The Best Team Sent Yet

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1179/1566172-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg"></div><p><b><i>Be Sure To Subscribe</i> to The Hockey News</b></p><p><b>Save yourself Money and Time by becoming a regular year-round subscriber</b></p><p><b>35 issues (30 weekly issues during season and 5 monthly off-season issues) for only $3.00 (in Canada) or $4.00 (in U.$.A.)</b></p><p><b>It doesn&rsquo;t matter when you start your subscription you still get your 36 issues.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY FANS

<div class="byline">Al Parsley</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01330/1566009-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="299" height="323"></div><p>(As Seen In The Montreal Herald)</p><p>&bull; SIXTEEN PLAYERS who wore Royals&rsquo; spangles in 195455, but are not around for this season&rsquo;s exercices, accounted for 161 tallies, which makes you wonder what&rsquo;s holding Elmer Lach&rsquo;s larrigans in second place in the Quebec Hockey League. Gerry McNeil?</p><p>Royals GM Frank Carlin hauled out one of the little black books in which he has been jotting Royals&rsquo; adventures, lo, these many years and went into a statistical dance.</p><p>&ldquo;Boston Bruins drafted Orval Tessier, and &lsquo;Tess&rsquo; is now playing against us at Quebec. You know all about that,&rdquo; Carlin said. &ldquo;We was high man in the league last year with 36 goals. Bill Shvetz, who is out in Calgary, was good for 20.</p><p>&ldquo;We shipped four players to the new Winnipeg team who scored an aggregate of 52 tallies. Skippy Burchell, 19, Gary Blaine, 18, Paul Masnick, 10, and Eddie Mazur, 5. Of course, Blaine has been returned to Montreal and may be back with us yet, though that&rsquo;s not settled.&rdquo;</p><p>We jotted down the names as Carlin went on with, the research. Ike Hildebrand, now with Cleveland, fired 17 goals. Eddie Shore took Ernie Roche to Springfield after he had topped the Montreal QHL defensemen in scoring with 11 tallies, Roche wound up with the Cataracts at the Falls last week and is now playing against Carlin&rsquo;s benohman as Tessier is doing for Quebec Aces.</p><p>Taking it from there, Jack Bownass at Seattle had 20, Glenn Harmon, now retired, the same. Al Dewsbury, back to Chicago, seven, Donnie Marshall up with Canadiens again five, John Martan, who is now playing in the Maritimes, three, and Bob Frampton, retired, one.</p><p>It seems a lot of goals to allow to drift away, but Royals managed to hold on to a few fair producers from the 1954-55 squad. They kept Kelly Burnett, who scored 30 goals and put 46 assists beside &lsquo;em to win the QHL scoring title and the President&rsquo;s Cup; Lulu Denis, who maintained a seven-year pace of 20 goals, Ray Laplante, good for 18, and Rollie Rousseau, a rugged rearguard with more repute as a blocker, who came through for three tallies.</p><p>With the foldup of professional hockey operations in Valleyfield the Royals grabbed Andre Corriveau, who scored 31 goals for the Braves last season, and is currently pressing Jimmy Moore, Chicoutimi Sagueneen, for the 1955-56 scoring honors. Doug Harney, official QHL statistician, in a recheck traced a lost assist for Corriveau, which makes his correct current record: 21 goals, 28 assists&mdash;52 points. Moore&rsquo;s figures: 19-35&mdash;54.</p><p>And If you&rsquo;re not blinded by the above figures, QHL prexy George Slater files a brief to prove that the Quebec circuit has the best minor league goalers. Here are recent averages of the top trio of twine-tenders in the three circuits: QHL-Gerry McNeil, Royals, 2.16, Bob Perreault, Shawinigan, 2.50; Marcel Paille, Chicoutimi, 2.61. WHL&mdash;Ray Mikulan, Vancouver, 2.65; Marcel Pelletier, Victoria, 2.71; Ray Frederick, Calgary, 3.05. AHL&mdash;Gil Mayer Pittsburgh, 2.69; Johnny Bower, Providence, 3.06; Roy McMeekin, Cleveland, 3.39.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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SIDELIGHTS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01184/1566652-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACQUES PLANTE,</b> the Montreal Canadiens wandering netminder, is shown above as he skates far out of his cage to grab a high-flying puck away from Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings. The fellow with the pained look on his face, moaning low, apparently at Plante&rsquo;s antics, is Earl (Dutch) Reibel of the Wings while the Hab player watching the whole performance is Floyd Curry (6). Note that the Montreal nets are nowhere in sight, a fact that doesn&rsquo;t seem to bother the agile Hab goaler. <span class="photo-credit">(—Photo by Scotty Kilpatrick)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>Montreal&rsquo;s Nomadic Netminder</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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GUMP TOPS HART TROPHY VOTING

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Voting was extremely close for three of the four National Hockey League individual trophy awards for the first half of the 1955-58 season. It was closest for the Hart Trophy, recognized as the top individual award in the NHL. and saw Lome (Gump) Worsley, pintsized goalkeeper of the New York Rangers finish two points ahead of Montreal&rsquo;s Jean Beliveau.</p><p>Worsley polled 55 points to Beliveau&rsquo;s 53. A unanimous choice for the first half would poll 90 points in the system employed by the NHL selectors in which points are awarded on the basis of five for a first choice, three for a second choice and one for a third. Hockey writers, broadcasters and telecasters from the six NHL cities are engaged in the voting.</p><p>It was. more or less a two-man race for top honors in the Hart Trophy voting with Red Kelly of Detroit and Tod Sloan of Toronto finishing far back of Worsley and Lumley with 14 points apiece.</p><p>Another NHL goalie, Glenn Hall of Detroit, annexed-first-place honors in the Calder Memorial Trophy balloting. The sen-sational Detroit rookie polled 48 points to nose out Henri Richard (Pocket Rocket) Richard of Montreal. Young Richard polled 44 points. Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; Hec Lalande finished third with 25 points.</p><p>Earl (Dutch) Reibel. clever center of the Detroit Red Wings, holds top rung on the ladder leading to the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy and the $1,000 cheque that accompanies the winners of this award which incidentally, is the amount presented to the winners of all National Hockey League individual trophy awards.</p><p>Reibel polled 43 points out of 90 for the first half. Johnny Wilson of Chicago was second with 24 and Floyd (Busher) Curry of Canadiens was third with 22 points.</p><h2><b>Commanding Lead</b></h2><p>The only real commanding lead was held by Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; Doug Harvey in the voting for the James Norris Memorial Trophy. The AllStar Montreal defenseman polled 78 points out of a perfect 90. Far behind came Detroit&rsquo;s Red Kelly and New York&rsquo;s Bill Gads by with 17 and 16 respectively.</p><p>Points earned by players for the first half of the 1955-5G season contribute 50 per cent to the final results. The final official winners of the various trophies will be announced at the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The season is divided equally into two halves&mdash;games up to January 1, 1956 and games after January 1, 1956.</p><p>Following are how the players fared in the voting at the halfway mark of the 1955-56:</p><h2><b>Hart Trophy</b></h2><p>Other players besides Worsley, Beliveau, Kelly and Sloan to receive votes in the balloting for the award which was won last season by retired Ted Kennedy of Toronto were: Doug Harvey, Canadiens, 6; Gordie Howe, Detroit, Ted Lindsay, Detroit, Maurice Richard, Canadiens, 5; Johnny Wilson, Chicago, 4; Andy Bathgate, Rangers, 1.</p><p>The Hart Trophy is awarded annually to &ldquo;the player adjudged to be most valuable to his team.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Calder Memorial Trophy</b></h2><p>This trophy is presented annually to &ldquo;the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League&rdquo; and was won in 1954-55 by Eddie Litzenberger of the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>Players other than the one-two-three finishers, Hall, Richard and Lalande to earn points at the half-way were: Hank Ciesla, Chicago, 15; Andy Hebenton, Rangers, 10; Dick Duff, Toronto, 7; Earl Balfour, Toronto, 6; JeanGuy Talbot, Canadiens, Marc Reaume, Toronto, 3; Ron Hurst, Toronto, 1.</p><h2><b>Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</b></h2><p>The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy was won in 1954-55 by Sid Smith of Toronto. It is awarded each year to &ldquo;the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability during the season.&rdquo;</p><p>Dutch Reibel topped the list at the first half with 43 points. He was followed by Johnny Wilson, Chicago, 24; Floyd Curry, Canadiens, 22; Deve Creighton, Rangers, 13; Alex Delvecchio, Detroit, 11; Wally Hergesheimer, Rangers, 10; Tod Sloan, Toronto, 9; Andy Bathgate, Rangers, 6; Maurice Richard, Canadiens, Hank Cjesla, Chicago, Bob Goldham, Detroit, 5; Doug Mohns, Boston, 3; Red Kelly, Detroit, Larry Popein, Rangers, 2; Henri Richard, Canadiens, Bill Quackenbush, Boston, 1.</p><p>More players received votes for this trophy than for any of the others.</p><h2><b>James Norris Memorial Trophy</b></h2><p>Newest of the NHL individual awards, the Norris Memorial Trophy is presented annually to &ldquo;the regular defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-around ability in that position.&rdquo;</p><p>Others besides Harvey, Kelly and Gadsby to receive recognition were: Tom Johnson, Canadiens, 14; Harry Howell, Rangers, Frank Martin, Chicago, 7; Allan Stanley, Chicago, Fern Flaman, Boston, 5; Dollard St-Laurent, Canadiens, Hugh Bolton, Toronto, Bod Goldham, Detroit, 3; Lee Fogoiin, Chicago, Jimmy Morrison, Toronto, 2.</p><h2><b>Pile Up Votes</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0598/1566690-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="597" height="593"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DUTCH REIBEL</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0684/1566683-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="549" height="549"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUMP WORSLEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Dutch Reibel Of Red Wings ‘Byng’ Leader

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The Boston Bruins were getting dressed for a practice at the Harvard College rink the other day, all of them except Leo LaBine and Doug Mohns, who were excused from the skate.</p><p>Mohns had a sprained shoulder and LaBine was limping, as he has limped off and on for a goodly part of the season. The smooth skating right wing started having trouble with the backs of his legs in November.</p><p>So Mohns and LaBine were kidding around in the dressing room when Trainer Win Green addressed a suggestion to the latter.</p><p>&ldquo;While we&rsquo;re over here, Leo,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;why don&rsquo;t we drop in and see Jack Fadden. Maybe he can help you get those legs straightened out?&rdquo;</p><p>&lsquo;&lsquo;Sure, Doc,&rdquo; agreed LaBine, and a few minutes later he and Green were conversing with Fadden, the man who divides his year&rsquo;s work between the Boston Red Sox, Harvard&rsquo;s Hundreds of athletes and&mdash;of late&mdash;major league hockey players.</p><h2><b>Elaborate Operation</b></h2><p>The training operation which Fadden oversees at Harvard may be the most elaborate in the world. It contains machines, contraptions and gadgets which defy both counting and description. It is said that his assistants even have assistants.</p><p>Green, a long-time friend of Fadden and scheduled to work with him with the Red Sox this year, outlined LaBine&rsquo;s case history, and Jack asked the young forward several questions.</p><p>Then he placed him on his back on a rubbing table and produced a set of weights. Draping a weight over LaBine&rsquo;s foot he had him lift it by raising his leg, and by adding others he built the weight up to 95 pounds. Then he repeated the process with the other leg.</p><h2><b>Failed Early</b></h2><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing wrong with your thigh muscles,&rdquo; he told LaBine. Then he ordered him to roll over on his stomach and repeated the tests on Leo&rsquo;s calf muscles. The second set of tests was brief. LaBine failed early.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s your trouble,&rdquo; said Fadden. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve never developed these muscles in back. Tenley Albright has stronger legs than you have.&rdquo;</p><p>LaBine&rsquo;s eyes popped and he mumbled, &ldquo;Gosh. I always thought I had pretty strong legs.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;You can have,&rdquo; said Fadden, &ldquo;but you&rsquo;ll have to build them up&rdquo;</p><p>A few minutes later LaBine was started on a series of weight-lifting and pushing exercises designed to strengthen his underpinning and Lynn Patrick, the Bruins&rsquo; manager, was thinking of a possible new phase to the training of his players.</p><h2><b>Will Test Others</b></h2><p>&ldquo;If a normally fine Skater like LaBine can benefit from special exercises,&rdquo; he observed, &ldquo;perhaps we should have the rest of our players tested. We might save ourselves Injuries and speed the development of some of our youngsters in the future.&rdquo;</p><p>Body-building and its offshoots have figured in the Bruins&rsquo; picture in recent years. Several summers ago Defenseman Warren Godfrey took a course and grew from 170 to 190 pounds. The following summer Defenseman Bob Armstrong added considerable muscle by following a similar program.</p><h2><b>Vic Has Own Course</b></h2><p>Forward Vic Stasiuk has conducted his own course for hand, wrist and forearm deve-lopment for two years and this past fall Center Fleming Mackell&rsquo;s convalescence from a knee operation was speeded by two weeks of work with Fadden.</p><p>Corrective exercises of the type being done by LaBine have never been employed on a wholesale basis by professional teams here abouts, but they have been standard procedure in the physical education courses at high and prep schools and colleges in this area for many years.</p><p>Patrick, ever ready to adopt progressive ideas, may be the first hockey executive to install then as part of Bruins&rsquo; training programs of the future.</p><h2><b>Surprised</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01256/1564537-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="585" height="1040"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEO LABINE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Developing Leg Muscles Weighty Problem For B’s

<div class="byline">Stan HOUSTON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Tod Sloan rates a membership in the lodge of the Get-Rich-Quick Barons of Bay Street for the amazing job ne is doing of turning his worst hockey contract into his most profitable.</p><p>Because of the miserable season he produced last year: when he scored only 13 goals and managed 28 total points, the Slinker reckons he deserved the heavy salary cut he took on his 1955-50 contract&mdash;a cut that he said would make this his least profitable season. Yet he has seized on the bonus goals clauses to turn it into what he now figures will be his richest year.</p><p>In Leafs&rsquo; 30th game Sloan collected his first bonus far ahead of schedule by scoring two goals on Chicago and running his season total to 20. For each additional five goals he stands to receive another bonus and he considers the bonuses &ldquo;considerable.&rdquo; In his very next game, he added two more against Boston to lunge toward bonus No. 2 with his sixth such two-goal night of the campaign.</p><h2><b>More Bricks</b></h2><p>To Slinker, each goal is now worth a few more bricks in the hotel he plans to buy and operate when he retires from hockey. Un like most hockey players, who say they hope they can stay in the game long enough to pay for a home, Slinker owns his home and is now working on a Northern Ontario hotel as a retirement proposition. &ldquo;At the rate everything has been going in, I&rsquo;ll be able to pay for the hotel by the end of the season,&rdquo; he kidded after his 24th goal. &ldquo;It used to be that I had trouble buying a goal, but now everything I shoot clicks. I&rsquo;m shooting the works now&mdash;it&rsquo;s 30 or bust.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Slinker Will Build Hotel Out Of Goals

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Meekness has seldom paved the path to the Stanley Cup playoffs and this may be the basis for the &ldquo;rock &lsquo;em and sock &lsquo;em&rdquo; role apparently assumed of late by the Black Hawks who fell into fifth place in the NHL during their recent prolonged holiday road tour.</p><p>Coach Dick Irvin has reportedly issued denials, but the facts are chalked up on the blackboard&hellip; the club was the third most heavily penalized team in the circuit when it last made the post season series under Sid Abel in 1952-53&mdash;a real rough and tumble crew.</p><h2><b>Slipped To Fifth</b></h2><p>A half dozen regulars began showing signs of age the following campaign with the aggressive spirit and fight subsiding. Chicago dropped to fourth in the most penalized category and finished last in league standings. The Hawks were down to fifth in penalties last year and in the NHL cellar again.</p><p>They held the questionable honor of least penalized team through the entire first half of the 1955-56 schedule and for a time it appeared that meekness might be a qualification for the playoffs as they successfully eluded the cellar, but then it happened!!!</p><p>Reversals replaced victories as a precedent and the Irvin crew finally fell to fifth at the hands of the Maple Leafs. It&rsquo;s believed that coach Dick saw the signs a full two weeks earlier, but it takes time, of course, to win back the respect of foes once it is lost.</p><h2><b>Fight-Filled Contest</b></h2><p>The change seemed to take effect December 19 as the Hawks celebrated the end of their 1955 home schedule with a fight-filled conquest of Boston, 7-1. A total of 20 penalties were called totalling nearly 50 minutes and referee Frank Udvadi was actually rather lenient in several instances.</p><p>Amid all this, Chicago Stadium organist Al Melgard still saw fit to end the evening with a inspiring rendition of &ldquo;Silent Night, Holy Night,&rdquo; but was it? With the league standings a foremost consideration, the Hawks also little time to think of the serenity of the season Christmas night in Toronto.</p><h2><b>Still Ailing</b></h2><p>When the smoke of burning tempers had cleared, the Hawks found they&rsquo;d been hit with 38 of a total of 61 minutes in penalties and some of the hosting Maple Leafs are still rubbing their hurts. Hawk titan on this occasion, was rearguard Allan Stanley who was at first solidly blasted by the Toronto press.</p><p>The typewriter attack came as the result of his encounter with Leaf Hugh Bolton who ended up in the hospital with a slight skull fracture at the forehead. Toronto players, said the writers, claimed Stanley&rsquo;s stick had done the damage.</p><p>The routine game movies taken by Leafian brass disclosed, however, that the broken bones were fist-inflicted by a pair of solid bare-handed blows heaved home by Stanley. Generally considered mild as a defenseman go, he must now have the respect of everyone in Maple Leafs. Gardens that night.</p><h2><b>Took Its Toll</b></h2><p>And Chicago has been going along in this vein ever since. The punishment has also taken its toll in New York and Montreal with &ldquo;Leapin&rsquo; Lou&rdquo; Fontinato slowed to a hobble by Lee Fogolin of the Hawks and young Henri Richard forced to the sidelines by a Stanley cheek.</p><p>The Black Hawks may have to take a few hard knocks themselves before the season is over and already have in a couple of instances, but Joe Fan will enjoy himself more regardless of the score if he sees more opponent bodies bounced around by his Black Hawk warriors.</p><h2><b>Rugged</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03220/1564592-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="589" height="1056"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ALLAN STANLEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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‘Get Tough’ Policy May Pay Off For Chi-Hawks

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>William Francis Martin, Chicago&rsquo;s blonde batch of silence along the blue line, has now come into his own as an NHL regular after a rather shaky start as a Black Hawk last season following his acquisition from Boston in exchange for forward Murray Costello.</p><p>Dick Irvin, the veteran coach who is quick to establish what he likes and doesn&rsquo;t when it comes to hockey play, did not waste much time after the start of the 1955-56 schedule to proclaim Martin as &ldquo;the most improved player on our club&mdash;if not in the whole league.&rdquo;</p><p>The outlook wasn&rsquo;t nearly so bright a year ago, however, for the fellow most people know as Frank for he was often no more than the spare rearguard for the Black Hawks being led by Frank Eddolls and his future seemed rather uncertain to say the least.</p><h2><b>Wasn&rsquo;t Protected</b></h2><p>This was. borne out in September when Chicago omitted Frank from its select list of protected players. This could have proven to be a sorrowful and costly mistake had some other team decided to pick him UP in the annual National League draft. It is extremely doubtful that he&rsquo;ll be unprotected in the future.</p><p>Both his looks and playing ability force the average observer to believe that Martin is considerably older than the 22 plus years recorded on his birth certificate. He was only past his 19th birthday when the Boston front office decided to offer him a professional contract in 1952.</p><p>A native of Cayuga, Ont., he has lived in St. Catharines of the same province since he was five years old and now lives there with his charming wife, Jo Ann, and their pert, four-year old daughter, Sharon. St. Catharines, of course, is the home base for the Chicago-sponsored Teepee Juniors.</p><h2><b>Man of Many Sports</b></h2><p>Frank played his last amateur hockey with the Teeps under Rudy Pilous early in &lsquo;52 and saw most of his earlier hockey training in St. Catharines too. That he is a man of many sports talents is evidenced by the fact that he&rsquo;s skilled in football, boxing and baseball.</p><p>It was the latter sport that could have spelled real doom to any hockey aspirations. About two years, Frank had to make his choice and fortunately for the Black Hawks now, he chose to go all out for a defense post with Boston rather than take to the diamond.</p><p>This decision could not have been easy for Frank was under contract to the Brooklyn Dodgers and had been invited to their spring training camp. On rare occasion he&rsquo;ll still wind up and exhibit the right-handed fast ball that won him the interest of the Dodgers.</p><h2><b>Sparring Partner</b></h2><p>Martin was a stellar performer on the gridiron at the St. Catharines high school he attended and also took an interest in fistic endeavors while serving as a sparring partner for a pal in the fighting game. This may have been in Rocket Richard&rsquo;s mind during a game at the Chicago Stadium earlier this season.</p><p>A fight erupted between two other sharers of the ice and after considerable shoving and verbal violence between all concerned, Frank suddenly threw his lumber down, dropped his gloves and challenged the famed Canadien winger for a bout for all to see.</p><h2><b>Rocket Said No</b></h2><p>That words were passing between the two was quite apparent, but Richard, possessor of a mild record as a ice pugilist, would have no part of the angered Chicago rearguard and did not even go so far as to render a shove or step forward. He thus probably saved himself from a mauling.</p><p>This was one of the few occasions which Martin has expressed any bad man tendencies for he is the valued type of a defender who can go about his job without unnecessary roughness and the usually accompanying penalties. He has yet to complete a pro season with more than 40 minutes of banishment.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Mr. Silence&rdquo;</b></h2><p>Frank Martin is hockey&rsquo;s uncrowned, but unchallenged Mr. Silence for, as he logically explains, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see any point in talking when there is nothing to say.&rdquo; Were this the feeling of such as Ted Lindsay, hockey would be rid of its false alarm ruffians who talk more than they sock.</p><p>Martin has become known among teammates and friends as &ldquo;Shane&rdquo; in honor of the quiet cowboy portrayed by Alan Ladd in the movie of the same name a few years ago. Oddly enough, however, Frank&rsquo;s quiet mannar isn&rsquo;t what produced this&rsquo; tabbing by Ed Sandford when both were in Boston.</p><p>&ldquo;We were out talking on one of those sort of gray days,&rdquo; Frank remembers, &ldquo;when Ed looked over at me in a trench-coat that I was wearing to keep dry and remarked that I looked just like Alan Ladd did when he played &lsquo;Shane.&rsquo; The name has stuck with me ever since.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Just Grunts</b></h2><p>Those getting to know Frank at the start find his quiet manner somewhat difficult to become used to. His roommate in training camp last fall grumbled, &ldquo;He never says anything&mdash;if it&rsquo;s a nice day, he just grunts one way and if it isn&rsquo;t, he grunts another way. I don&rsquo;t know what to make of it.&rdquo;</p><p>Whether he talks much or not doesn&rsquo;t matter in the least to Hawk leaders, however, since his playing ways are what they are interested in most. Frank recently was knocked down by the flu bug. He&rsquo;s had some trouble getting back to his original form, but hopes are high for his success.</p><p>Dick Irvin and general manager Tommy Ivan might also do well to look further into the Martin family ranks for hockey talent to add to that being shown by Frank now in the future. He has two brothers, Jackie, 14; and Gary 15, both of whom are working their ways through amateur puck ranks.</p><h2><b>As A Bruin</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01255/1564661-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="573" height="1440"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK MARTIN</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Vastly Improved Chi-Hawk</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02214/1564654-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1772" height="1732"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK MARTIN</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Frank Martin-Actions Speak Louder Than Words!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03146/1564692-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg"></div><p><b>MARTIN, FRANCIS WILLIAM</b></p><p><b>Born, Cayuga, Ont., May 1, 1933.</b></p><p><b>Defense-Shoots left-6&rsquo;1&rdquo;, 190 lbs Last amateur club: St. Catharines (Jrs.)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Martin’s Record

<p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Although he&rsquo;s as rugged and as fearless as any rearguard in the National Hockey League, Frank Martin isn&rsquo;t one to take foolish penalties just for the sake of belting an opponent, a fact attested to by his record in sin bin servitude.</p><p>In four seasons in the NHL, including games of the current campaign through January 15, Martin has amassed only 92 minutes in penalties.</p><p>In his rookie season in hockey&rsquo;s big time, a campaign that saw him play but 14 games with the Boston Bruins, Martin had the unimpressive total of six minutes in the cooler. The next two seasobs, one with Boston and one with Chicago, saw him serve 38 and 35 minutes respectively.</p><p>This season he&rsquo;s had 13 minutes of cooling off time to date.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Few Penalties For Rear guard

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01325/1564754-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><p><b>(AS Seen in the Toronto Star)</b></p><h2><b>Ballyhoo Probably Hurt Nester&rsquo;s Cause</b></h2><p>THREE years after ballyhoo, it seems safe to assume that rangy Eric Nesterenko is not the most spectacular Leaf right-winger since Charlie Conacher, as was alleged at that time. Current Leaf thinking, in fact, is that Nester isn&rsquo;t a right-winger at all. He&rsquo;s a centre, they say. And they&rsquo;re careful not to add that he&rsquo;s the brightest pivot prospect since Howie Morenz. If they had been as sparing with their superlatives three years ago as they are now, young Mr. Nesterenko might have enjoyed happier moments in the big league. He&rsquo;s been a favorite subject, at times, of the balladeers in the Bronx choir.</p><p>Their impatience with Nester probably stemmed from his failure to be as good as the advance raves proclaimed him to be. That wasn&rsquo;t his fault. No kid could have been that good. There was a suspicion among some of the more practiced suspecters, at the time, that the noise about Nester&rsquo;s arrival as a Leaf was intended to distract attention from the somewhat spavined condition of the hockey horses which Joe Primeau was using in that season&rsquo;s race. And you have to give the lanky Leaf credit. He made the tub-thumpers look like prophets by banging in 10 goals in 35 games, after he was kidnapped from Marlboros in mid-season. But he wasn&rsquo;t able to match that pace in the next two terms, and the Nesterenko Needle club had its birth.</p><p>From the production standpoint, this could be his poorest season since he joined the club. At his present pace, he will be hard-pressed to match even the 10 goals he delivered as a freshman in 35 games. And he definitely won&rsquo;t duplicate his 15 goals of last season in 62 games. That was considered a mediocre year. All of which is significant, because he&rsquo;s an adult at last. Next fall, he will be 23. Up to now, the unthinking people who booed must have forgotten they were watching a boy at a man&rsquo;s chores.</p><h2><b>Penalties Pain Both Him and Hap</b></h2><p>FOR a type who seems capable of arousing resentment among fans and foes alike, Nesterenko actually is a matter-of-fact, unassuming character who surprises himself by getting involved in numerous brawls on the ice. He is surprised because he knows he can&rsquo;t fight his way from a cellophane wrapper. Penalties pain him as much as they pain Hap Day, the old slave driver of the Leaf chain gang. Watching Nester skate dolefully to the penalty plank in a tight game, Day once muttered: &ldquo;You can get players prepared physically to play hockey,.but you can&rsquo;t prepare their thinking. If you could, they wouldn&rsquo;t get penalties like that one.&rdquo;</p><p>Nester thinks, although not necessarily in the same channels, as does Day. Nester thinks, for instance, there are a lot of players who get away with more infractions of the law than he commits. He&rsquo;s forced to conclude they must be less obvious about it. He thinks, too, that maybe his style of skating gives people the impression he isn&rsquo;t travelling under a full head of steam. There&rsquo;s a lot of truth in that. The best way to judge his easy stride is to note that he&rsquo;s outskating players who appear to be flying. As a centre, he&rsquo;s getting orders from King Clancy not to pull up and wait for his wings.</p><p>Nesterenko&rsquo;s reaction to being shifted from right wing to centre is the same as it was when be was shifted from centre to right wing. That was back in junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; days. They told him he was a winger.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I had learned to be a right wing,&rdquo; the big guy grins. &ldquo;Now, I know I haven&rsquo;t learned to play centre. But I&rsquo;m happy to try any position they say, because I&rsquo;m glad to be with this team.&rdquo;</p><p>Nester knows his goal total is liable to look skimpy, what with time lost through injuries, and a change in position. That&rsquo;s not all-important if he develops into a playmaker. Come contract time, though, 20 goals carry more weight than a million words.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02290/1564747-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="549" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ERIC NESTERENKO</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>While cheered by Detroit&rsquo;s surge and Montreal&rsquo;s January &ldquo;thaw&rdquo;, Jack Adams took new steps to better prepare his Red Wings for the winter weather ahead.</p><p>Having dawdled almost three months since last making a trade, the fast-dealing Adams hooked up with Boston&rsquo;s Lynn Patrick in a two-for-two deal.</p><p>Swapped were Real Chevrefils and Jerry Toppazzini, both with previous Boston backgrounds, for Murray Costello and Lome Ferguson.</p><p>All four forwards were in their new livery when Detroit and Boston met here three days later.</p><p>Although there was a great element of hope in Boston at getting Chevrefils back, from a Detroit viewpoint the deal wasn&rsquo;t as high in importance as in casual interest. In fell in the class of a harmless experiment.</p><p>&ldquo;Chevrefils and Toppazzini are good enough hockey players, but they weren&rsquo;t doing us much good,&rsquo;&rsquo; pointed out Adams.</p><p>&ldquo;So we took a gamble and traded.&rdquo;</p><p>It was no gamble. Chevrefils and Toppazzini both got off to cold starts with the Red Wings. By the time they showed improvement, they had been relegated to bench sitters and were seeing from little to no action. Their future here was bleak.</p><p>Costello and Ferguson can hold down the same spots on the bench, if required, without any difference in the overall strength. And should either develop, Adams can claim a profit. Both have enough ability to make them acceptable and, after all, Boston did have to part with someone.</p><p>Adams admitted he wanted Vic Stasiuk back in the deal, but the Bruins wouldn&rsquo;t go that high and refused to part with the Red Wing castoff.</p><p>Both Chevrefils and Toppazzini were temporary Detroit residents, Chevy getting three goals and Topper one in their brief stay.</p><p>They came from opposite directions in the big summertime trades, Chevrefils in the package delivered by Boston and Toppazzini in the package from Chicago.</p><p>For a quick rundown on those two deals, Detroit sent Sawchuk, Stasiuk, Marcel Bonin and Lome Davis to Boston for Chevrefils, Ed Sandford, Warren (Rocky) Godfrey, Norm Corcoran and Giles Boisvert, while in the other negotiation Detroit peddled Johnny Wilson, Glen Skov, Tony Leswick, and Benny Woit to Chicago for John McCormack, Dave Creighton, Toppazzini and Bucky Hollingworth.</p><p>Where are the men Detroit got now?</p><p>Chevrefils and Toppazzini departed in this latest trade.</p><p>Sandford was traded to Chicago.</p><p>Creighton was traded to New York.</p><p>McCormack, Corcoran and Boisvert were sent to the minors.</p><p>That leaves Godfrey and Hollingworth still with the Wings.</p><h2><b>Detroiter Now</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03217/1564785-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="597" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LORNE FERGUSON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Rocky And Bucky Only Survivors Of Wings’ Big Off-Season Swaps

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04164/1564816-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg"></div><p><b>The Lowdown on Gordie Howe</b></p><p><b>Toe Blake&rsquo;s Retort to Dick Irvin</b></p><p><b>Nothing Bothers Gump Worsley</b></p><p><b>Tod Sloan&rsquo;s Success Recipe</b></p><p><i><b>Special Adtlvd Features &ldquo;</b></i></p><p><b>MY BIGGEST BREAK IN HOCKEY &bull; HERSHEY: HOCKEY SHOWPLACE NO $64,000 FOR MUZZ &bull; &ldquo;I&rsquo;M ON THE SPOT&rdquo; GLENN HALL</b></p><p><b>AT YOUR NEWSSTAND TODAY&mdash;25c A COPY $2.00 for a Year&rsquo;s Subscription (8 issues)-Send to HOCKEY PICTORIAL</b></p><p><b>BOX 901, MONTREAL, CANADA</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The Stars Pick A Winner!

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01276/1564847-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE HANNIGAN</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Many hockey players in the past have cashed in their big league names for profitable business careers, but it was left to Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; Gordie Hannigan to reverse the trend.</p><p>Hopalong, as he became known when he was shooting up NHL goaltenders in his rookie major league season, has used his prosperous ice cream business as a stepping stone back to the big leagues after an absence of a year and a half.</p><p>A sensational rookie who scored 16 goals in the first half of the 1952-53 season, Hannigan became a sophomore bust who couldn&rsquo;t even complete his next season. An inferior skater to start with, he was reduced to minor league material when weight, pep and stamina deserted him and he began pressing following an attack of infectious mononucleosis.</p><h2><b>Went Into Business</b></h2><p>Then Hoppy and his older hockey brother, Ray, formed Hannigan Enterprises and went into the soft ice cream business in Edmonton. As one of his own best customers, Gordie added 15 pounds this summer and ran his weight to 173 pounds. And because he had plenty of other customers he also added an affluency that no longer made it necessary for him to play for pay and consequently removed the tendency to press for a hockey job.</p><p>With this new weight, pep and confidence and less desperation, Gordie showed sufficient ability and fight to rate another trial with Leafs midway through the season and then showed the To-rontos enough of the. same abilities to rate a crack at the power play. In his first three games after he was stationed on Tod Sloan&rsquo;s right wing on that play, the Leaf ganging attack blossomed from dud to dynamite with nine goals, three of them by Hoppy himself.</p><p>A humble hockey player, Hannigan realizes that his present top-of-the-world station may be short lived. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just a borderline hockey player,&rdquo; he&rsquo;ll be the first to tell you. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m on that line that separates the NHL from the American League and I know I will never be anything more. I am not much of a skater either; in fact I used to feel envious of other players who could skate well and wonder what I could do if I could skate like them.</p><h2><b>Will Do Best</b></h2><p>&ldquo;But those things don&rsquo;t bother me any more. Whether I play in this league or go right back to the American League tomorrow, I&rsquo;ll do the best I can wherever I am. I do not have to worry about where I play now because the ice cream business has been so good that I don&rsquo;t even have to play.</p><p>&ldquo;And. you know, since I got into a position to adopt that attitude, my hockey has really been better. It&rsquo;s because I&rsquo;m not pressing like I used to. I&rsquo;m still working hard because I have to work to offset my other shortcomings. But I&rsquo;m not upsetting myself with pressing.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>&ldquo;I Got Mad&rdquo;</b></h2><p>Hannigan actually never did have the average youngster&rsquo;s burning ambition to be an NHLer. &ldquo;The thing that made up my mind was being benched by Marlboros during the Allen Cup playoffs,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I got mad then.&rdquo;</p><p>He has recently overcome this, along with his weight problem, again thanks to his ice cream business. &ldquo;Since I put on that weight, I feel a thousand per cent stronger&rdquo;, he says. &ldquo;I used to wear out after two or three shifts ever since I had that infectious mononucleosis. But this year the weight has given me extra strength to keep going.&rdquo;</p><p>And now that the business has helped hockey for Hannigan, the hockey is repaying the business. &ldquo;With Ray coaching in Edmonton and me back in the NHL,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Any reputation we can make at hockey will in turn help the business.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Digs and Fights</b></h2><p>&ldquo;A power play needs a scrapper like Hannigan who can dig and fight in the corners and set up goals,&rdquo; coach King Clancy said in explaining his insertion of Hoppy into the ganging attack. &ldquo;And even though he&rsquo;s normally a left winger, he played enough right wing down at Pittsburgh to be able to fit into the only opening we had on the power play.&rdquo;</p><p>Ironically, Hannigan wasn&rsquo;t a member of a power play during his spectacular freshman days. Yet since he joined the task force at the beginning of the New Year, the attack has been so successful that Tod Sloan steps forth to rank it the greatest Leafs have had in five seasons.</p><h2><b>Real Power Play</b></h2><p>&ldquo;The last time we had a real power play like this was in 1950-51 when Maxie Bentley and Jim Thomson were on the points and Ted Kennedy, Sid Smith and myself up front,&rdquo; says Slinker. &ldquo;As soon as the other side takes a penalty now, we feel that we&rsquo;re going to put on the pressure and get lots of chances, even if we don&rsquo;t score.&rdquo;</p><p>This is the opportunity Hannigan had been awaiting. Prior to his inclusion on the play, he had been getting little work since he and Sid Smith were sharing the left wing spot on a line with Rudy Migay and Ron Stewart, &lsquo;the team&rsquo;s penalty killers. Since Leafs led the league in sins, the penalty killers had little opportunity to function as a complete line and Hannigan, sharing even that, had almost no work. Now that he is logging ice time he has created a handsome record of serving while Leaf scored 18 goals and the enemy but three.</p><h2><b>Old Partner</b></h2><p>And he is reunited with an old shooting partner. It must be more than coincidence that whenever Hoppy&rsquo;s guns are smoking, Chief George Armstrong can be found in the vicinity.. It was that way when the pair were wings for Bentley in Hannigan&rsquo;s spectacular rookie start. After Army was replaced by Eric Nesterenko on that line in mid-season, Hannigan&rsquo;s goal production sagged from 16 to one. On the new power play, Army is present again, on the point.</p><h2><b>Own Best Customer</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Hopalong Hannigan ‘Ate’ His Way Back To National Hockey League

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Yonnie Starr, a prominent Toronto horse trainer, not long ago came within one hour of receiving recognition as a hockey scout.</p><p>It happened one night when Leaf President Conn Smythe, for whom Starr trains horses, was in Boston watching a Leaf game and Starr was in nearby Providence, hoping to watch a Pittsburgh-Providence game.</p><p>Through Smythe, Starr arranged for passes to the Providence game in which Leafs&rsquo; farmhand Hornets were participating. The following morning Yonnie attempted to return the favor by tipping off Smythe on a star in his minor league camp.</p><p>&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t leave that Gordie Hannigan down at Pittsburgh much longer if I were you,&rdquo; Yonnie told the Leaf boss via long distance phone. &lsquo;</p><p>&ldquo;So you want to be a hockey scout, now,&rdquo; Smythe replied. &ldquo;Well, you just missed. We called up Hannigan an hour ago.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Conn Beat Him To The Punch

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>It was during the 1943-44 NHL season that Maurice Richard came into his own as a hockey scorer and renowned router of Rangers.</p><p>Perhaps fearful of what was to come Frank Boucher, then Blueshirt coach, assigned his toughest rearguard, Bob Dill, the job of slowing down the Rocket. Dill, an accomplished boxer, took on Maurice three imes in one game, was kayoed twice and lost the third decision in the penalty box.</p><p>It was an ominous note, seemed to symbolize the supremacy of the great Richard over Rangers for years and years to come.</p><p>So effective has he been against the New York sextet that the Rocket is now the top career goal sniper vs. Rangers. He started the season with a record of 86 markers shot past Gotham goaltenders, 30 more than his closest pursuer, Ted Lindsay.</p><h2><b>Double Figures</b></h2><p>What is not revealed in the record books are the number of pugilistic decisions Maurice has gained over New York hockey players since his first triumph over the redoubtable Dill. The total would likely reach double figures.</p><p>But alas pauvre Maurice, all good things had to come to an end and the end in this case was Louie (One Punch) Fontinato&rsquo;s fist which caught him plum in the puss&mdash;good for four Stitches&mdash;on the night of Jan. 11th at Madison Square Garden.</p><p>Frankly the crowd of 15,000 plus was about as numbed as Maurice was and it took a while for them to rally for a rafter-shaking ovation for Louie.</p><p>The noise, befitting a Stanley Cup. victory, was quite a propos since it probably marked the end of an era of Richardian domination of Rangers&mdash;spanning 13 lean Blue years.</p><h2><b>Fists And Figures</b></h2><p>Fontinato, who is regarded as a showboat and inept rearguard by many players around the loop, is rapidly dispelling these reports by means of fists and figures.</p><p>His goals against record is one of the best on the club, and in the box-fight department Louie seems to improve in every outing.</p><p>The Rocket tussle, which drew glaring headlines in all the New York dailies, was a pip even though it didn&rsquo;t last very long.</p><p>It started at center ice when Richard and Louie seemed to bump after the whistle had blown. Maurice knocked Fontina-to&rsquo;s stick from his grasp and then disdainfully shoved his gloved hand in Louie&rsquo;s face. As far as the rugged Ranger was con-cerned that was the last straw.</p><p>He dropped his gloves only to find his adversary one step ahead of him. Maurice jabbed twice which comprised his blows for the evening. Louie then brought up a haymaker from the floor, caught the Rocket cleanly over the right eye.</p><h2><b>A Mighty Blow</b></h2><p>It was a mighty blow, set Richard back a few paces as crimson oozed from the wound. That was enough for Maurice, he wanted no more of the fighting although Louie made like he hoped to get a piece of the Rocket&rsquo;s other eye.</p><p>New York press-box savants awarded Fontinato a hockey TKO, betowed the Ben-Gay award on him for the player involved in the most body-contact.</p><p>The entire Chicago Black Hawk team was on hand for the fray, got a big kick out of the result. &ldquo;As much as I dislike Louie (on the ice) it was real sweet seeing him belt Richard,&rdquo; said one of them.</p><p>Reticent when he&rsquo;s off ice, Louie insists he doesn&rsquo;t look for fights. But then he ags on the familiar amendment: &ldquo;but if they&rsquo;re there I&rsquo;m not going to turn my back on &lsquo;em.</p><p>&ldquo;I always say that you really can&rsquo;t tell if a guy is a good fighter on the ice,&rdquo; Louie contends. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s tough to maneuver around on skates and once you toss a punch you&rsquo;re off balance. It&rsquo;s the first blow that counts.&rdquo;</p><p>So that&rsquo;s why they call him &ldquo;One-punch-Louie!&rdquo;</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Rangerablia&rdquo;</b></h2><p>Larry Popein the first Ranger sidelined because of an injury this season&hellip; He suffered a mild concussion, was given a 10-day rest by GM Muzz Patrick&hellip; Blues took vitamins before tussle with Canadiens at Madison Square Garden. Result: New York 6, Montreal 1&hellip; Highest point total against Habs this year&hellip; Canadiens have played five games in New-York this season, drawing 15,000-plus capacity crowds for every game&hellip; At the rate he&rsquo;s going Fontinato should break Ching Johnson&rsquo;s all-time Ranger penalty mark (146 minutes) by the time this appears in print&hellip; Ching accomplished the record in 44 games&hellip; Toronto observers call Ron Murphy and Wally Herges-heimer two of the best position players in the loop.</p><p>Phil Watson still trying to find the formula to get Dave Creighton to pass the puck more often&hellip; Aside from that minor fault, Dave has been an all-round blessing to Rangers&hellip; He&rsquo;s a first-class stickhandler, has given a 100% effort&hellip; Advance sale for Rangers&rsquo; Jan. 11th game with Montreal was largest in Manhattan hockey history&hellip; Guts, Guts, Goals, Glamour of &ldquo;new&rdquo; Toronto Maple Leafs has once again endeared them to New York hockey populace like in Broda-Barilko-Boesch-Apps days when Leafs put the accent on boff and speed&hellip; Ranger-Leaf rivalries a carry-over from junior hockey when Guelph and Toronto Marlboros met&hellip; Latest enemy pairing has George Armstrong vs. Andy Bathgate and Lou Fontinato vs. Eric Nesterenko&hellip; Reminder: All Ranger road games broadcast over WINS, 1010, by Ward Wilson and Bert Lee.</p><h2><b>B-B-B-Boom!</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02250/1564902-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="577" height="584"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LOU FONTINATO</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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One-Punch Lou Fontinato Ends Rocket’s Supremacy In Battles With Blues

<p>Founded October 1 st 1947</p><p>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</p><p>1434 Ste Catherine Street West</p><p>Montreal 25, Que.</p><p>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada end the British Empire; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.</p><p>Entered as second-class matter. October S. 1963. at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y.. under the Act of March 3rd. 1879</p><p>Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa</p><p>Printed in canada</p><p><b>VOL. 9 JANUARY 28, 1956 No. 18</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01347/1564978-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="321" height="473"></div><p><b>&bull; MONTREAL CANADIENS</b> are featured in the January 23 edition of Sports Illustrated. Jean Beliveau is on this cover and this excellent sports weekly devotes four pages to color photos. The story is written by the talented Whit ney Tower&hellip;New York&rsquo;s Andy Bathgate is the only professional hockey player who drives a Cadillac. The Ranger right wingei is the most improved player in the National Hockey League this season and will poll plenty of votes for right wing on the final official All-Star team. He is also a leading candidate for the Lady Byng Trophy&hellip;Manager Lynn Patrick of the Boston Bruiiis is currently on a western scouting trip&hellip;The Red Keliy-Andra McLaughlin romance has definitely gone phfft. It hasn&rsquo;t affected Kelly&rsquo;s play, however, as he is enjoying one of his greatest seasons.&hellip;Detroit are very fortunate to have a man of his versatility on their squad&hellip;The coaches stay around for quite a while in the Ivy League. Murray Murdoch, coach at Yale, is in his 19th year with the team. Eddie Jeremiah has been at Dartmouth for 18 years, while the Princeton mentor, Vaughan, has been at the held for 21 years&hellip;Baz O&rsquo;Meara was profiled in the Montrealer recently unden the heading &ldquo;Men of Action&rdquo;&hellip;Maurice Richard has posted 28 &ldquo;Hat Tricks&rdquo;&hellip;24 during regular scheduled play and four during the Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02234/1564971-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="305" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jeon Beliveau</b></figcaption></div><p><b>&bull; &ldquo;WE&rsquo;RE NOT</b> crying&hellip;we&rsquo;re trying I&rdquo; is Tommy Ivan&rsquo;s theme song these days&hellip;The dapper Chicago general manager is one guy who believes in going to any lengths to help improve his team. Tommy is a tireless worker and if anyone can boost the Black Hawks into the playoffs, he&rsquo;s the fellow who can do it&hellip;Chicago has just concluded the longest road trip in the history of hockey. Home ice shouldn&rsquo;t mean much to the Hawks. They&rsquo;ve never been around the Chicago Stadium long enough to get used to it&hellip;Michigan&rsquo;s Royal Family, of Hockey are the Olsons of Marquette&hellip;Best known of the family is Eddie who is playing coach of the Victoria Cougars of the WHL. Eddie, incidentally, is the only American-born player to ever lead the American Hockey League in point scoring&hellip;Youngest member of the clan is Weldon Olson, who is a member of the United States Olympic Team and a former Michigan State University star. In between Eddie and Weldon are four other brothers who have a name in hockey&hellip;Allan and Gordon are remembered as the progenitors (that&rsquo;s what Fred Huber says) of hockey in Marquette and have retained an active interest in the game there. Brother Mark is present leader of hockey in Escanaba, Mich., while Brother Wesley attained pro ranks&hellip;Bill Cowley visited Halifax last week as guest referee at a Minor Hockey Night that was staged to help raise funds for kids&rsquo; hockey&hellip;Carl Voss, NHL referee-in-chief, has been running refereeing schools in almost every section of Canada this win-ter. The response and interest shown at these schools has been most encouraging to Voss and he has high hopes that another Bill Chadwick or Mickey Ion is in the offing.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03150/1564964-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="281" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Andy Hebenton</b></figcaption></div><p><b>&bull; MUZZ PATRICK</b> swung two deals in his first 60 days as general manager of the New York Rangers last summer that have meant 60 points to the Rangers according to Dave Anderson, hockey writer of the N.Y. Journal-American&hellip;He obtained Dave Creighton and Bronco Horvath from the Red Wings and Andy Hebenton from the Western League&hellip;Creighton and Hebenton have been real standouts with the club this year and the 24-year-old Horvath has been a fine spot player who looks like he should improve considerably in the future&hellip;Lynn Patrick hopes that by reuniting Real Chevrefils with Don McKenney and Leo LaBine, he will pep up McKenney and LaBine and make the line a resemblance of the fine trio of last year when they accounted&rsquo;for 64 Boston goals&hellip;Chevrefils and LaBine were linemates for six consecutive years, starting with the Barrie Juniors, moving up to Hershey and then the Bruins&hellip;Herbie Cain, Boston&rsquo;s all-time high point-getter for a single season, is now in the scrap iron business in Toronto. He also serves as an unofficial scout for the Bruins&hellip;Bob Goldham, veteran Detroit defenseman, stated the other day: &ldquo;Those Richards have me in stitches.&rdquo;&hellip;Bob didn&rsquo;t mean in an entertainment way, either&hellip;Bob has been cut for 25 stitches going down to block shots.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04107/1564957-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="297" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Eddie Olson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

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The BEST In Hockey Features And Pictures in the action-packed January Issue

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Henri Richard, about as big as a minute and just as fast, is back in action with the Montreal Canadiens, renewing his bid for recognition as the National Hockey League&rsquo;s top rookie.</p><p>His return to the Habs line-up, against the Maple Leafs in Toronto last week, left only one regular member of the team on the casualty list.</p><p>He&rsquo;s Dollard St. Laurent. The big defenceman is still sidelined with a fractured jaw and is not expected to be available for two weeks.</p><p>Meanwhile the Canadiens are retaining the services of Bob Turner, hoisted from Shawinigan Falls of the Quebec Hockey League. Turner&rsquo;s place with the Cataracts has been taken by Ernie Roche, acquired recently from Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Springfield club.</p><h2><b>Replacements Returned</b></h2><p>Two other temporary reinforcements, brought up when Doug Harvey was sidelined along with the Pocket Rocket, have been returned to the farm system. Connie Broden, a shifty centre, is back with the Cataracts and Jacques Deslauriers, a defenceman, is again toiling for Elmer Lach&rsquo;s Royals.</p><p>Harvey got back into action on Jan. 14. He had been lost to the club since Christmas night when he broke a bone in his right hand in a game against the Rangers in New York.</p><p>While the Montreal defence has been hard hit with injuries to keep players, Tom Johnson seems to lead a charmed life.</p><h2><b>Missed One Game</b></h2><p>Since joining the Habs as a regular at the start of the 1950-51 season, he has missed only one game. That was in his second year with the club when he was benched by Coach Dick Irvin, now at Chicago, for a dispute with one of the established stars, since retired.</p><p>If he can avoid the injury jinx just a little longer, he&rsquo;ll play his 400th regular league game with the Canadiens when they meet the Red Wings in Detroit on Jan. 29.</p><p>&ldquo;Johnson hasn&rsquo;t played a bad game all season,&rdquo; said Coach Toe Blake the other day. &ldquo;He has plenty of heart and he&rsquo;s always trying. I wasn&rsquo;t surprised to see that he had been named to the second all-star team. It&rsquo;s a recognition that was long overdue.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Dolly Still Out</b></h2><p>No one will be more pleased that Blake to see the Montreal team at full strength again although St. Laurent won&rsquo;t be dressed for a game until his shattered jaw is completely healed.</p><p>A combination of injuries and a disastrous scoring slump have all but evaporated the chances of the Montreal team of ending the season with the highest points total ever acquired by a National Hockey League squad.</p><h2><b>Record Safe</b></h2><p>When they finished the first half of the campaign with 51 points, many observers thought they would crack, or at least equal, the Detroit mark set in 1950-51.</p><p>The Red Wings of that year compiled 101 points in a 70-game schedule. Since the turn into the home stretch, the Habs have been playing far below the record pace. The Wings&rsquo; record appears safe.</p><h2><b>Charmed Life</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01298/1565040-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="561" height="1116"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOM JOHNSON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Durable Tom Johnson Nears 400-Game Mark In Sixth NHL Season

<div class="byline">PARSLEY.</div><p>SHAWINIGAN Fall, Que.&mdash;</p><p>While sorry to see Bob Turner, the hustling rearguard who formerly played for the Regina Pats, depart, fans in this city felt some reflected glory.</p><p>It was pointed out that the Cataracts of 1954-55 now had three stars holding regular berths with Toe Blake&rsquo;s National Hockey League Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>Defenseman Jean Guy Talbot was picked from the pack during the early autumn exercises at Verdun Anditorium. He has made good in such fashion that there has never been the slightest hint he might be returned to the minors.</p><p>The NHL season was little more than a month old when Claude Provost, hard-shooting and strong-skating winger, was summoned from the Cats to fill a gap caused by the injury of Bernie Geoffrion.</p><p>And now Turner, who became a perrflanent big leaguer when he signed his NHL contract last week.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bob Turner Will Stay Up

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02265/1565095-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MILT SCHMIDT and CLAUDE PRONOVOST</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The Case of the Missing Skates has given Boston one of the brightest stories in its long hockey history, that of Claude Pronovost.</p><p>The skates are the property of Long John Henderson, a king-sized goal-tender summoned from Hershey by the Bruins to replace an injured Terry Sawchuk.</p><p>By any measure Henderson&rsquo;s skates are unusual. They are size 13, a size larger than Long John used to wear because he needs room for a tender big toe, broken earlier this season.</p><p>When Henderson left Hershey for Montreal, where he was to join the Bruins, his equipment including skates was routed to keep pace with him. But between Philadelphia and New York the twain&mdash;Henderson and the equipment, that is&mdash;became separated.</p><h2><b>Size. 13 Skates</b></h2><p>Long John arrived in Montreal on schedule but not the equipment, all replaceable except for one item&mdash;the skates. In all Montreal there was no pair of goal-tender&rsquo;s skates size 13.</p><p>Enter Pronovost.</p><p>&ldquo;We kept hoping that Henderson&rsquo;s equipment would arrive all the day of the game,&rdquo; related Milt Schmidt, the Bruins&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;We thought we had arranged with New York for the stuff to come up by plane.</p><p>&ldquo;But Hammy Moore (trainer) made two trips to the airport during the afternoon, and at 7: 30 that evening we were told that it wasn&rsquo;t on the latest plane from New York. We had asked for and been refused permission to use Gerry McNeil if we needed a goaltender, so that left Pronovost.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Modest Fame</b></h2><p>Pronovost&mdash;how unfortunate for Bruins&rsquo; fans here that they have had no opportunity of seeing this 21-year-old pinch-hitter deluxe. A product of the Montreal farm system, Claude&rsquo;s claims to fame until his appearance with the Bruins were modest.</p><p>One or a dozen children, he is the younger brother of Marcel, the Detroit defenseman, a 146-pounder only one year out of junior hockey. His standing in the Montreal organization is vague; his official capacity is substitute for McNeil with the Quebec League Royals.</p><p>But he put on skates five sizes smaller than Henderson&rsquo;s and shut out the Canadiens, the team for which he hopes. some day to play, on their own ice.</p><p>&ldquo;Claude didn&rsquo;t get into our room until about 7: 45 o&rsquo;clock, a half-hour before game time,&rdquo; continued Schmidt, &ldquo;and he had to get dressed in a hurry.</p><h2><b>Needed Help</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Between, his hurry and his nervousness he had a little trouble lacing his boots and pads, so we had to help him out. But once the game started he wasn&rsquo;t nervous, and my boys gave him good protection, checking and checking.&rdquo;</p><p>As the stand by goal-tender for the Montreal Forum, Pronovost receives a set fee, but for his evening&rsquo;s work with the Bruins he requested&mdash;and is getting&mdash;a bonus.</p><p>&ldquo;I would like to have a Bruins&rsquo; jersey,&rdquo; he told Schmidt, and the unusual request stopped Schmidt only briefly.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll bring you a new one the next time we come up,&rdquo; he said to Boston&rsquo;s unseen hero, and I&rsquo;ll make it one of my own.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Arrived Later</b></h2><p>The Missing Skates? OK yes. They arrived in Montreal, by train, the morning after the Bruins left. A friendly government official re-routed them here, and they arrived in time for Henderson to wear them that evening.</p><p>People here were sorry that the Bruins didn&rsquo;t bring Pronovost back with them, just so they could see him. Goalies who shut out the Canadiens on their own ice are rare, and those who have performed the feat under the same cir-cumstances as Pronovost may be even more rare&mdash;perhaps limited to one.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Put It There, Kid!&rdquo;</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Rookie Pronovost Blanks Habs As Replacement For Henderson

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The number of players serving second hitches with National League teams after being traded to other teams is small, but the Boston Bruins have a virtual monopoly on members of the exclusive Two-Term club.</p><p>Only four National Leaguers fall into that category and the Bruins have three. Defenseman Ferny Flanian and Forwards Real Clievrefils and Jerry Toppazzini. All three were Bruins first, Flaman making a round trip to Toronto, Chevrefils to Detroit and Toppazzini serving with both Chicago and Detroit.</p><p>The only other major leaguer with a similar record is Metro Prystai of Detroit, a periodic commuter on the Detroit-Chicago run.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

B’s Have Trio Of 2nd Term Players Now

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03201/1565157-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="501" height="440"></div><p><b>With Boots Made of Genuine KANGAROO LEATHER</b></p><p><b>Why? Because KANGAROO leather combines lightness and flexibility with rugged durability to give you a more comfortable skating shoe&hellip; one that allows more freedom of movement&hellip; stays new-looking years longer. This superior quality shoe is skillfully matched with a precision-built C.C.M. skate blade. No wonder you skate better&hellip; enjoy skating more on C.C.M.&rsquo;s.</b></p><p><b>SEE YOUR</b></p><p><b>CCM DEALER</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04154/1565150-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="398" height="2109"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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You’ll Skate Better on CCMs

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>A hidden motive was behind the four-player deal in which the Boston Bruins engaged with the Detroit Red Wings the other day.</p><p>The deal on the surface was a two-for-two exchange, the Bruins swapping Forwards Lorne Ferguson and Murray Costello for Forwards Real Chevrefils and Jerry Toppazzini.</p><p>But behind the scenes was a bid by the Bruins&rsquo; management to turn the transaction into a stimulant for two key players who have been off form this season.</p><p>A year ago the Bruins&rsquo; best line&mdash;and one of the best lines in the National League&mdash;was that on which Chevrefils was the left wing, Don McKenney the center and Leo LaBine the right Wing.</p><p>The line totalled 64 goals, LaBine making 24, McKenney 22 and Chevrefils 18. Its outstanding member was LaBine, and at season&rsquo;s end the 24-year-old right wing was awarded the Elizabeth C. Dufresne trophy as the team&rsquo;s most valuable player.</p><p>When the Bruins and Detroit collaborated in a nine-player transaction last May in which Goalie Terry Sawchuk and Forwards Vic Stasiuk and Marcel Bonin came here, one of the players who went to Detroit was Chevrefils.</p><h2><b>Weren&rsquo;t The Same</b></h2><p>McKenney and LaBine remained, but the season wasn&rsquo;t far advanced before it was evident that some of them had gone to the Red Wings with Chewy. They didn&rsquo;t play the same without him.</p><p>It was with the hope of reviving LaBine and McKenney that Manager Lynn Patrick made the recent deal with Detroit, gambling that the reunion of the line would restore its two stand-pat members to their form of a year-ago.</p><p>&ldquo;Our hope is that it will,&rdquo; said Patrick. &ldquo;We hated to lose Ferguson and Costello, but we felt that besides acquiring Chevrefils and Toppazzini we might also be getting the LaBine and McKenney of a year ago.</p><p>&ldquo;Last year Chewy was making a comeback after missing almost an entire season with a broken leg, LaBine almost broke his neck helping him. He was the equivalent of Chewy&rsquo;s other leg, so to speak. McKenney fitted in perfectly with the other two.</p><h2><b>Will Gain Four</b></h2><p>&ldquo;If that line can play the way it did a year ago we&rsquo;ll gain more than two players, we&rsquo;ll gain four, because LaBine and McKenney certainly haven&rsquo;t been the same players this year they were a year ago.&rdquo;</p><p>LaBine and Chevrefils first became linemates with the junior Barrie (Ont.) Flyers, and in the spring of 1951 they led Barrie to the Memorial Cup, the Canadian junior championship.</p><p>The next fall they moved up to the Hershey Bears of the American League together, and in mid-season up to the Bruins. Over a period of five seasons they always played on the same line when both were available.</p><h2><b>Clicked Immediately</b></h2><p>When McKenney, then a rookie, was installed between them a year ago this fall the line clicked immediately, for the tall center&rsquo;s style blended perfectly with that of the two sidekicks?</p><p>The surface portion of the trade was received here with mixed emotions, since Ferguson scored 20 goals for the Bruins a season ago and Costello had been an efficient, willing worker this season.</p><p>But the Bruins&rsquo; brass was shooting for more than an even exchange of players when the deal was made, with the revitilization of LaBine and McKenney, two valuable young players, as the story behind the headlines.</p><h2><b>&lsquo;Back Home&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01331/1565188-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="581" height="964"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>REAL CHEVREFILS</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Chevvy-Leo-Don Reunited With Boston As Result Of Trade With Detroit

<div class="byline">Stan HOUSTON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Even while the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens continued to wage one of hockey&rsquo;s oldest rivalries, Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips last week called a temporary truce so that his city could honor one of its chief an-tagonists.</p><p>Rocket Richard was the guest of honor at the Toronto City Hall on January 18 while Mayor Phillips made him a presentation to commemorate his 500th National Hockey League goal.</p><p>&ldquo;Mr. Richard and other members of his great team have been great apostles for Montreal,&rdquo; said the Mayor. &ldquo;And we as Canadians are all very proud of Mr. Richard.&rdquo;</p><p>Officials of both Leaf and Canadien teams were present at the City Hall reception.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Toronto Mayor Honors Rocket At City Hall

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02271/1565250-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LARRY HILLMAN</b></figcaption></div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>The Red Wings have done a marvelous job so far toward keeping their big New Year&rsquo;s resolution. Which was, of course, to win an eighth straight National Hockey League title.</p><p>The 1956 version of the 1955-56 team has been a complete switch different from the 1955 edition.</p><p>New Year&rsquo;s Day dawned with Detroit 20 points behind pacesetting Montreal. Just two weeks later that deficit was cut in half.</p><p>There was wonderful cooperation along the way, of course, from the Canadians. While Detroit was winning six and losing one, the Canadiens won only once and lost five. That&rsquo;s how the 10 points were picked up so quickly.</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t count us out yet,&rdquo; warns Jack Adams, but with much more enthusiasm than he&rsquo;s shown before.</p><p>Adams kept insisting all along, even when the Wings were in last place, that his club was just as strong as a year ago. Trouble was, he had a tough time proving it then.</p><p>Actually, the surge started back on December 11. The Wings have played 15 times since, winning 11 and tying twice.</p><h2><b>Kept Firing</b></h2><p>Over that stretch the same big guns who have been firing the goals all along kept firing and they began getting help from others.</p><p>In those 15 games, Gordie Howe has scored 10, Red Kelly and Alex Delvecchio eight each and Dutch Reibel five. Other forwards contrlbutting were Metro Prystai with four, Norm Ullman and Marty Pavelich with three and Bill Dineen with two.</p><p>The derense has tightened up and Glena Hall has started pitching shutoqts. He blanked the opposition five times in 15 games, allowed 23 goals in the other 10.</p><p>The strange angle to the climb is that it was done without a single goal from Ted Lindsay. The fiery Detroit captain was leading the club in scoring&mdash;and his were key goals, too&mdash;when he broke a bone in his hand.</p><h2><b>Came Back Slowly</b></h2><p>After missing a few games Lindsay came back slowly to full-time play but the hand injury still is a big handicap in shooting and, obviously, in scoring.</p><p>It is more than a coincidence that Coach Jimmy Skinner made his biggest gamble to date just when the surge started. He broke up the Howe-Lindsay combination, the last holdovers from the Production Line and shifted Red Kelly to forward.</p><p>Teaming with Howe and Reibel, Kelly has proven himself just as classy a left wing as he was a defenseman. Lindsay, even with his injury, has added new threat to the line with Delvecchio and Bill Dineen.</p><h2><b>Third Line Clicking</b></h2><p>And for the first time, Detroit has a third line which can score. Ullman centers between Pavelich and Prystai, and the trio was good for 10 goals in 15 games.</p><p>There is still one more coincidence. Larry Hillman was recalled from the minors and became a regular defenseman during the hot streak. The 19-year-old Hillman, veteran Bob Goldham, flashy Marcel Pronovost and steady Warren Godfrey have formed the regular defense.</p><p>The last three games in the streak shows the variety Detroit has employed in winning. There was a 6-0 romp over second-place New York&mdash;which once led Detroit by 10 points and has seen that margin cut to three.</p><p>Next came a 3-1 decision over Chicago in St. Louis, with Howe breaking a 1-1 tie with only 8 seconds left. Pronovost&rsquo;s empty-net goal clinched it.</p><p>Finally there was a choice 2-0 victory over the Canadiens before the largest local crowd this season, 14,998. Reibel got both goals in the final period.</p><p>That game put the Wings all even wit hthe Canadiens this season&mdash;not in the standings, of course, but in the inter-club series. Eaoh has won four and another was tied.</p><h2><b>Regular Rearguard</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03205/1565243-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1201" height="2056"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Habs’ First-Place Margin Cut In Half By Red Hot Red Wings

<h2><b>Jinx Continues</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>ew York Rangers haven&rsquo;t been able to win a game on Montreal Forum ice in over two years. This season they&rsquo;ve lost 4-1, 6-1, 2-0 and 3-1.</p><h2><b>Sixth Zezo</b></h2><p>Terry Sawchuk of the Boston Bruins racked up his sixth shutout of the season on January 20 when he turned back the Chicago Black Hawks 3-0.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING ON WED. A.M., JAN. 25</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01316/1565379-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="601" height="178"></div><h3><b>RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED WEEK ENDING JANUARY 22nd, 1956</b></h3><p>Tues. Jan. 17th&mdash;Rangers 2 at Chicago 2 (Omaha)</p><p>Wed. Jan. 18th&mdash;Cdns. 3 at Toronto 2</p><p>Thurs. Jan. 19th&mdash;Toronto 1 at Cdns. 3</p><p>Thurs. aJn. 19th&mdash;Boston 2 at Detroit 4</p><p>Fri. Jan. 20th&mdash;Boston 3 at Chicago 0</p><p>Sat. Jan. 21st&mdash;Rangers 1 at Cdns. 3</p><p>Sat. Jan. 21st&mdash;Detroit 2 at Toronto 4</p><p>Sun. Jan. 22nd&mdash;Cdns. 6 at Chicago 2</p><p>Sun. Jan. 22nd&mdash;Toronto 1 at Detroit 4</p><p>Sun. Jan. 22nd&mdash;Rangers 1 at Boston 3</p><h3><b>SCHEDULED GAMES FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 29th, 1956 Wed. Jan. 25th&mdash;Chicago at Toronto Thurs. Jan. 26th&mdash;Canadiens at Boston</b></h3><p>Thurs. Jan. 26th&mdash;Rangers at Detroit</p><p>Fri. Jan. 27 th&mdash;Detroit at Chicago</p><p>Sat. Jan. 28th&mdash;Boston at Canadiens</p><p>Sat. Jan. 28th&mdash;Rangers at Toronto</p><p>Sun. aJn. 29th&mdash;Canadiens at Detroit</p><p>Sun. Jan. 29th&mdash;Toronto at Boston</p><p>Sun. Jan. 29th&mdash;Rangers at Chicago</p><h3><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 New York 2 at Chicago 2 (Played at Omaha, Neb.)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02294/1565372-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="598" height="439"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 Montreal 3 at Toronto 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03247/1565365-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="598" height="511"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 Toronto 1 at Montreal 8</b></h3><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal: Lumley; defense: Bolton, Reaume, Thomson, Horton, Burega; forwards: Sloan, Armstrong, Duff, Smith, Stewart, Migay, Harris, Nesterenko, James, Hurst, Hannigan, Balfour.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Turner, Talbot, Bouchard, Johnson; forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geofrrion, Olmstead, Mosdell, Curry, Provost, Marshall, LeClair.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Jack Mehlenbacher; linesmen: George Hayes and B41I Roberts.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04206/1565358-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="595" height="511"></div><h3><b>Boston 2 at Detroit 4</b></h3><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Armstrong, Boivin, Heinrich, Quackenbush, Flaman; forwards: Gardner, Stasiuk, Labine, Mohns, McKenney, Chevrefils, Laycoe, Bonin, Toppazzini, Peirson, Nicholson.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Godfrey, Pronovost, Hillman, Holling-worth; forwards: Reibel, Howe, Kelly, Delvecchio, Lindsay, Dineen, Ullman, Prystai, Pavelich, Bucyk, Costello, Ferguson.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Frank Udvari; linesmen: Bill Morrison, Doug Davies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05158/1565351-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="588" height="618"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 Boston 3 at Chicago 0</b></h3><p><b>Boston</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Flaman, Quackenbush, Armstrong, Heinrich, Boivin; forwards: Peirson, Gardner, Stasiuk, Laycoe, Labine, McKenney, Bonin, Nicholson, Toppozzini, Chevrefils.</p><p><b>Chicago</b>&mdash;Goal: Bassen; defense: Fogolin, Dewsbury, Mortson, Woit, Martin; forwards: Litzcnberger, Ciesla, Wilson, Watson, Sullivan, Leswick, Mickoski, Sandford, McIntyre, Skov, Lalande.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06134/1565344-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="586" height="364"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1956 Rangers 1 at Canadiens 3</b></h3><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Gadsby, Evans, Howell, Guidolin, Fon-tinato; forwards: Creighton, Hebenton, Lewicki, Conacher, Bathgate, Gendron, Horvath, Bartlett, Murphy, Prentice, Hertoesheimer.</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Turner, Bouchard, Johnson, Talbot; forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, Mosdell, Curry, Provost, Marshall, Leclair.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07124/1565337-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="586" height="390"></div><h3><b>Detroit 2 at Toronto 4</b></h3><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Godfrey, Pronovost, Hillman, Hollingworth; forwards: Reibel, Howe, Kelly, Delvecchio, Dineen, Lindsay, Ullman, Prystai, Pavelich, Ferguson, Costello, Bucyk.</p><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Reaume, Bolton, Horton, Morrison. Thomson; forwards: Sloan, Armstrong, Duff, Migay, Stewart, Smith, Harris, Hurst, Balf-ou-r, Nesterenko, James, Hannigan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08115/1565330-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="589" height="466"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY JANUARY 22, 1956Canadiens 6 at Chicago 2</b></h3><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Turner, Bouchard, Johnson, Talbot; forwards: M. Richard,&rsquo; H. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Curry, Olmstead, Mosdell, Marshall, Provost, Leclair.</p><p><b>Chicago</b>&mdash;Goal: Bassen; defense: Woit, Mortson, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Martin; forwards: Leswick, Skoy, Mickoski, Watson, Sandford, Litzenberger, Wilson, Lalande, Ciesla, Sullivan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09112/1565323-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="589" height="604"></div><h3><b>New York 1 at Boston 3</b></h3><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Gadsby, Evans, Howell, Guidolin, Fon-tinato; forwards: Greighton, Hebenton, Lewicki, Conacher, Bathgate, Gendron, Horvath, Bartlett, Murphy, Prentice, Hergesheimer.</p><p><b>Boston</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Flaman, Quackenbush, Boivin, Armstrong, Heinrich; forwards: Gardner, Peirson, Stasiuk, McKenney, Labine, Chevrefils, Toppazzini, Bonin, Nicholson, Laycoe, Mackell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1180/1565316-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="586" height="409"></div><h3><b>Toronto 1 at Detroit 4</b></h3><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Reaume, Bolton, Horton, Mo-rrison, Thomson; forwards: Sloan, Armstrong, Duff, Migay, Stewart, Smith, Harris, Hurst, Balfour, Nesterenko, James, Hannigan.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Godfrey, Pronovost, Hillman, Hollingwortn; forwards: Reibel, Howe, Kelly, Delvecchio, Dineen, Lindsay, Ullman,</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1251/1565309-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="583" height="382"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 22)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1098/1565302-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="589" height="3343"></div><h3><b>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1955-1956</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1430/1565295-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="604" height="685"></div><h3><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1518/1565288-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="589" height="166"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1612/1565281-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="1186" height="1051"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1341/1565410-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="301" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>G</span>ordie Howe, the stellar right wing of the Detroit Red Wings and a perennial scoring threat, has vaulted over all opposition in the NHL&rsquo;s individual point derby and now leads the pack with a record of 27 goals and 26 assists for 53 points.</b></p><p><b>Always a slow starter, Howe has finally untracked himself this season and is setting a pace that is hot enough to burn asbestos.</b></p><p><b>During the week just past, the rangy rifler racked up a total of 7 points, 5 goals and a pair of assists, to edge past Montreal Canadiens* Jean Beliveau, who now trails the Red Wing star by one point.</b></p><p><b>On January 19, Howe personally sank the Boston Bruins as he scored three goals and assisted on the fourth in a 4-2 Red Wing victory.</b></p><p><b>Two nights later he was held to a single assist as the Detroiters dropped a 4-2 decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs but the following evening he made up for this temporary lapse as he counted two more goals in a 4-1 win over these same Maple Leafs.</b></p><p><b>Always at or near the top of the NHL scoring heap, Gordie Howe this season hopes to add still another Point Crown to his already impressive list. And don&rsquo;t bet that he won&rsquo;t do it!</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player-of-the-Week

<div class="byline">By VIC WALL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01330/1565441-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE BELL</b></figcaption></div><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>So you think you have occupational hazards? Take a look at a hockey goalie&mdash;say Gordie Bell of the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League. He has only nine remaining teeth&mdash;all lowers. Most of the others have been scattered around ice surfaces in this country and Canada. (Off the ice he wears dentures).</p><p>Gordie has had his right cheekbone broken once and his nose fractured three different times. Additionally, he has had at least 80 stitches around the face, and head.</p><p>He just can&rsquo;t remember the other pucks he has stopped with his face. The bruises he has collected on his arms and other unprotected parts of his body could easily run into the hundreds.</p><h2><b>Idolized Hainsworth</b></h2><p>Few youngsters want to take up goaltending. In Gordie&rsquo;s case it was a little different. He could skate well enough to play elsewhere but idolized the late George Hainsworth and decided to fall into his footsteps.</p><p>&ldquo;Broke in at 17 with the Buffalo club,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;And I&rsquo;ve been a goalie ever since. I don&rsquo;t regret it a bit&rdquo;, says the chap who now makes his home in Springfield.</p><p>&ldquo;The pay is good and the club pays the dentist bills&rdquo;.</p><p>He&rsquo;s been a pro for the past 13 years. Right now, he is spare goalie to Don Simmons.</p><p>&ldquo;Toughest play&rdquo;, he observes, &ldquo;is the screen shot. A goalie has no idea where the puck is coming from through a maze of players. A sliding puck is harder to stop than one in the air even though it is less dangerous&rdquo;.</p><p>A quick pair of hands is a goalie&rsquo;s best asset, he maintains. Without them, a tender will not only let a lot of rubber get past him but he&rsquo;ll catch a few extra around the face.</p><p>The Bells have two children but like Gordie, Mrs. Bell has learned to take his profession in stride.</p><h2><b>Just Call Him &ldquo;Smiley&rdquo;</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Indians’ Gordie Bell Finds Goaltending Tough Oh Teeth

<p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Al Rollins, the lanky netminder recently sent to the Buffalo Bisons by the parent Chicago Black Hawks, blanked the Cleveland Barons, 3-0, in his first AHL game before home fans.</p><p>More significant, however, was the fact that the shutout marked the first time the Barons had been zeroed in three years of regular season play&mdash;168 games to be exact&mdash;and snapped one of the longest non-shutout records in professional hockey history.</p><p>It was also the first shutout posted by a Buffalo netminder this season.</p><p>Larry Wilson, Jack McIntyre and Chuck Blair took care of the scoring for the Bisons, McIntyre is also a recent Buffalo acquisition from the Chi-Hawks.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Barons Finally Blanked As Rollins Turns Trick

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><h2><b>NON SHUTOUT STREAK</b></h2><p>The Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League had the most remarkable record in professional hockey for avoiding shutouts. Including their game of January 20 the Barons had not been blanked for 167 consecutive games, exclusive of playoffs. The last time the whitewash brush was applied to the Barons was on October 18, 1953, and their current record extended through the remainder of the 1953-54 season, all of 1954-55 and up to January 22. Buffalo Bisons finally halted the streak at 168 games when Al Rollins turned in a 1-0 whitewash job.</p><h2><b>Trophy Won Early</b></h2><p>The Providence Reds of the American Hockey League wasted no time in clinching the Tommy Filmore Trophy this season, which is emblematic of the supremacy in the Providence and Springfield city series. The teams play 16 times during the season, and the Reds had it won in the first 10 games with a record of eight wins, one tie and a single loss, by January 2nd. The Trophy is in honor of the memory of Tommy Filmore, former player with both Providence and Springfield, and later a top notch professional in New England, who died two years ago.</p><h2><b>Leading Rookie Scorer</b></h2><p>Bruce Cline of the Providence Reds was the American Hockey League&rsquo;s leading rookie scorer with 32 points in 36 games by January 13. There is little chance of his equaling the record for first year player points which is 94 set in 1953&mdash;54 by Don Marshall of Buffalo.</p><h2><b>Goals Against Opponents</b></h2><p>Three American Hockey League players have excellent chances to set a new record this season in goals scored against a particular opponent, each having scored 10 goals on a rival by January 14. Fred Glover of Cleveland has performed the feat against Buffalo, Willie Marshall of Pittsburgh has tallied that many while playing Springfield and Zellio Toppazzini of Providence has harried Hershey to the same extent. The league record is 14 goals, which the long retired Carl Liscombe scored against Washington back in the 1947-48 season. Glover has seven games left to play against Buffalo, Marshall six with Springfield and Toppazzini three with Hershey.</p><h2><b>Game Winning Goals</b></h2><p>As of January 14, Willie Marshall of Pittsburgh was the American Hockey League leader in scoring winning goals with six. Dune Fisher of Hershey holds the league record for game winning goals with 13, scored in 1953-54.</p><h2><b>Most Goals Allowed.</b></h2><p>Johnny Bower of the Providence Reds had not allowed more than six goals in any single game including the contests of January 13, which was the lowest high scoring game for any regular American Hockey League goaltender. Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh was the next lowest having permitted seven goals in a game. Buffalo was the team which had given Bower his worst night, while Cleveland had the seven against Mayer.</p><h2><b>Just Missing</b></h2><p>Roy MoMeekin the Cleveland Baron&rsquo;s goaltender did not have a shutout in the first 35 games his team played, but came close a number of times. In nine different games he had permitted only a single goal, and in six others he had been scored on twice. McMeekin is eligible for the league&rsquo;s rookie award this year, as he played in only seven games last season, the maximum being 20. Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh who leads in shutouts with four, also had six-one goal games and seven in which the opposition scored twice.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03229/1565503-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="573" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRED GLOVER</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02272/1565496-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="2296" height="1077"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AHL Rinkside Revealings

<h2><b>Penalties</b></h2><p>A total of 92 minutes in penalties were called in the AHL game of January 20 in which Pittsburgh Hornets downed Hershey Bears 5-2,</p><h2><b>Ninth Straight</b></h2><p>When Pittsburgh Hornets downed Cleveland Barons 5-3 on January 21, it was the ninth straight AHL victory for the Steel City team.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING ON TUES. A.M., JAN. 24</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01329/1565590-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="592" height="228"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including-Games of Sun. Jan. 22)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02288/1565583-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="582" height="733"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals</b></p><p>Willie Marshall, Pittsburgh, 30.</p><p><b>Most Assists</b></p><p>Zellio Toppazzini, Providence and Ken Wharram, Buffalo, 43.</p><p><b>Best Goalie</b></p><p>Gil Mayer, Pittsburgh, 37, 95, 4, 2.57.</p><p><b>Most Shutouts</b></p><p>Gil Mayer, Pittsburgh, 4.</p><p><b>Most Penalized Team</b></p><p>Pittsburgh, 789 mts.</p><p><b>Most Penalized Flayer</b></p><p>Fred Glover, Cleveland, 118 mts.</p><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 Hershey 6 Springfield 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03228/1565576-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="596" height="612"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY JANUARY 20 Hershey 2 at Pittsburgh 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04180/1565569-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="592" height="659"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY JANUARY 21 Buffalo 7 at Hershey 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05147/1565562-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="604" height="771"></div><h3><b>Cleveland 3 at Pittsburgh 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06133/1565555-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="602" height="636"></div><h3><b>Providence 3 at Springfield 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08112/1565548-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="588" height="441"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY JANUARY 22 Cleveland 0 at Buffalo 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09105/1565541-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="606" height="406"></div><h2><b>Harried Harrington Handles Hot One</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07117/1565534-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="2331" height="1526"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL HARRINGTON</b> of fhe Buffalo Bisons blocks a sizzler (arrow) from behind the net by Moe Collins of the Springfield Indians (3). Bisson defenseman is Pierre Pilote.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>P</span>ersonal pictures of the Detroit Red Wings plus former outstanding players&mdash;a total of 33 pictures&mdash;may be had by sending $1.50 in money-order or cash (no stamps) to</b></p><p><b>JAMES D. MCCARTHY</b></p><p><b>8441 Northfield Ave.,</b></p><p><b>Oak Park 37, Michigan</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Red Wing Pictures Available

<div class="byline">By RAY GUAY</div><p>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>One would think that the wolf howls in Calgary would be something to behold in the face of the current tailspin experienced, by Calgary Stampeders. Their debacle the past two weeks saw a once handsome 12-point spread atop the WHL Prairie division evaporate into a four-point bulge over the now runner-up Edmonton Flyers.</p><p>There&rsquo;s been the odd rumbling from the back seat, but coach Frank Currie hasn&rsquo;t had to take to the back alleys. Most of the fans&rsquo; anger has been vented against the schedule maker for giving the club such a thorough going over since the Christmas holidays (?).</p><p>This session, including three trips in as many weeks around the Prairie cities,. culminated last week with five games, three on the road and two at home. Stampeders were not able to garner a single point although their play was deserving of much better fate on at least two occasions.</p><h2><b>Annual Question</b></h2><p>Despite the rough go, the Cowboys are still ahead and also have some handy games on hand over both Edmonton and Winnipeg. Fans and experts have posed the annual question: &ldquo;Why must the clubs play 70 games?&rdquo;</p><p>This has been a yearly question, one which was answered at league meetings by a decision to repeat the 70-game stand. While there are many arguments in favor of cutting the schedule down to 60 or less games, there are also some questions on the other side of the ledger.</p><p>One of the questions, probably one of the most important, is: &ldquo;What would happen to players&rsquo; salaries? Would they receive the same amount of money as today or, faced with the prospect of less work, would they be requested to take a cut?&rdquo;</p><p>It&rsquo;s a fact that both Calgary and Edmonton have boosted for a shorter schedule, but they haven&rsquo;t received enough support to swing the deal as yet.</p><p>Twenty-one goals, spread in the right places, will see all nine regular Calgary forwards surpass the 20-goal mark, which should be something of a record in modern professional hockey.</p><h2><b>Nine. To Go</b></h2><p>Archie Scott is the furthest away from the goal with nine tallies still to register. Jim McFadden is five short of the mark while Ray Barry needs three more. Dave Duke and Barrie Ross have two claims to register.</p><p>Sid Finney has reached the 30-goal mark, Doc Couture has 24, Steve Witiuk 22 and Bill Shvetz 20. Stampeders have scored an average of 4.5 goals per game.</p><p>Currie&rsquo;s club has only five scheduled engagements over the next two weeks, and four of them are at home. The other is in Edmonton.</p><p>They start their second coastal trip on January 30 when the club has to vacate the Corral in favor of the annual Ice Capades show.</p><h2><b>Out In Open</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01325/1565645-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="562" height="704"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK CURRIE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Stamps Drop Five Straight In Worst Tailspin Of Year While Flyers Gain Ground

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Well, it&rsquo;s official now&mdash;the Regina Regals have pulled up stakes in Regina and the franchise has been transferred to Brandon The Regina Regals of the first half of the schedule have now become the Brandon Regals.</p><p>Jim Piggott, owner of the Regal team, experimented with games in Brandon for several weeks before finally making up his mind to transfer the franchise there. The Regals played their last home game in Regina on December 9th, a 3-3 overtime tie with the Saskatoon Quakers.</p><p>From that date on, the Regals played their home games in Brandon although it wasn&rsquo;t until Janunary 5th that Piggott announced that the franchise had been definitely transferred to the western Manitoba centre.</p><h2><b>Never Did Draw</b></h2><p>The Regals, one of three new entries this year in the Western Hockey League, never did draw in Regina. Of all their games in Regina, there were only about three decent crowds. One was the season&rsquo;s opener against the Winnipeg Warriors; another came on a ladies night game with the Edmonton Flyers, and one contest with the Saskatoon Quakers drew a fair attendance.</p><p>The last straw for Piggott came when a &ldquo;Family Night&rdquo; game in Regina attracted less than 500 paid admissions. Under this deal, only one member of the family had to pay and the rest were admitted free of charge. With such a small turnout, it became the last game the Regals played in Regina.</p><h2><b>Christmas Rush</b></h2><p>In the Situation, the Regals moved to Brandon to see if they could draw better. The first game there drew over 2,200. The next few games the crowd was down around the 1300 mark, but it was pointed out that this was the Christmas rush and people were busy with nighttime shopping in Brandon and district.</p><p>Meanwhile, Brandon which was most anxious to have the Regals&rsquo; franchise transferred there had a committee at work. The committee was conducting a season-ticket drive for subscribers to the remainder of the Regals&rsquo; home games. Sales were slow during the Christmas season, with only about 200 sold. But the turning point came on New Year&rsquo;s Night when a crowd of 2,900 came out in Brandon to see the Regals play the Winnipeg Warriors.</p><p>For the last period of that game, the Regals skated out in sweaters of the Brandon Wheat Kings and received a tremendous ovation from the Brandon fans.</p><h2><b>$29,000 In Red</b></h2><p>Earlier in the season, owner Piggott was reported to be $29,000 in the red on operations of the Regals. Expenses were heavy in the starting of a new club, with the purchase of players, equipment, uniforms, etc. Piggotr was quite ready to write off this loss provided he could break even on operations for the remainder of the season. He was never able to accomplish that while the club was in Regina and just went deeper in the hole.</p><p>Poor crowds in Regina had a bad effect on the Regal players.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;d get all fired up ready to go out there and fight and win,&rdquo; explained Dale Sweany. &ldquo;Then we&rsquo;d hit the ice and find the Stadium almost empty and our spirits would drop.&rdquo;</p><p>With more enthusiasm behind them, in Brandon, the Regal club should perk up. Actually, they have done very well for a first-year outfit. They&rsquo;re only a couple points behind the fourth-place Saskatoon Quakers and have shown signs of moving past them.</p><h2><b>Hitting Stride</b></h2><p>The players have started to hit their stride now, particularly the younger members of the club. Young defencemen Gordon Strate and Bill Bucyk, former Edmonton juniors, have been playing well and the line of Murray Wilkie, Sweany and Norm Johnson has made their presence felt.</p><p>George Senick, a castoff from the Quakers, has clicked for more than 20 goals and the Quakers haven&rsquo;t been too happy at the way he has been playing. Bill Kyle has made a good comeback at centre after being out of topflight hockey for a couple years. And seasoned pros such as Ray Manson, Elliott Chorley and Aggie Kukulowicz are starting to produce the hockey expected of them.</p><p>All in all, manager-coach Frank Boucher is quite happy with the recent performance of his club and he&rsquo;s shooting for a playoff spot to reward the Brandon fans and to give them something to cheer about.</p><h2><b>Clicking</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02252/1565676-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="597" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GEORGE SENICK</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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“Family Night” Bust Decided Regals’ Transfer To Brandon

<p>SEATTLE. Wash.&mdash;</p><p>Attendance in the Western Hockey League over the first half of the 1955-56 season was off 13.1 per cent over the corresponding period last season, it has been announced by WHL President Al Leader.</p><p>The figures, computed up to games of December 30, showed a drop of 44,533 paid admissions for the first 128 home games of last season&rsquo;s six teams&mdash;New Westminster, Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon.</p><p>The Seattle Americans, said Deader, drew 9,778 more fans than in 1953-54, their last season in the WHL</p><h2><b>CLUB SHIFTED</b></h2><p>The two new teams&mdash;Winnipeg and Regina&mdash;attracted a total of 50,723 and 16,234 fans. Low attendance at Regina caused the club to move to Brandon this month.</p><p>Saskatoon recorded the biggest drop in crowds&mdash;18,338 in the first 18 home games compared with 47,370 for the same period last year.</p><p>Vancouver drew 47,391 fans in the first 19 home games compared with last season&rsquo;s 53,891 for the same number of games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WHL Attendance Down 13% In First Half Of Season

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The Canadian FOOTBALL NEWS

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04148/1565769-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="449" height="1233"></div><p><b><i>&hellip;TRY A PILSENEH</i></b></p><p>Next time thirst&rsquo;s hounding the life out of you&mdash;head straight for the sparkling relief of a tall, cool Pilsener I Lighter than ale&hellip; drier than lager&hellip; the quickest, lip-smackingest answer yet to the most bothersome thirst that ever dogged man or woman Rover, rove no more&mdash;call for PILSENER at your favourite hotel or tavern&hellip; and for thirst&rsquo;s sake, keep it handy at home.</p><p>The only beer in the world endorsed by the brew masters from seven other breweries. Made to the original Pilsen formula with yeast specially own from Europe. See the BACK of the label.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05109/1565762-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="581" height="775"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Thirsty

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1566/1565978-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="544" height="294"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1733/1565971-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="561" height="366"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>I</span>N HOCKEY,</b> the top players travel about 3 miles per game at an average speed of approximately 9 m.p.h. In bursts they reach speeds of 26 to 27 m.p.h. Goalkeepers need top reflexes since hard shooters propel the puck at between HO and 120 m.p.h. Most goals are scored on low shots propelled at about 15 to 20 feet from the goal.</p><p>Here&rsquo;s a Sports College tip for athletes that applies to everyone. Not long ago we ran a series of tests and found that rotary action Philishave gives smooth, clean skinline shaves. Even skin made tende by perspiration is not irritated by the rotary action. We&rsquo;ve tested and we recommend Philishave, the unique rotary action electric shaver, for close, comfortable shaves.</p><p>Sincerely.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1829/1565964-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="545" height="275"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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know the score on sport!

<h2><b>Double Shutout</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>M</span>arcel Pelletier. Victoria Goalie, had two successive shutouts blank, ing New Westminster Friday, January 6th and Vancouver Tuesday, January 10th, He held the oppos:. tion scoreless for 142 minutes and 22 seconds.</b></p><h2><b>Scoring</b></h2><p><b>Gerry Couture of Calgary scor one or more goals in seven con. secutiove games before being stopped by Brandon January 10. The league record is nine consecutive games set by Gordie Fashoway of New Westminster.</b></p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES STANDING ON MONDAY A.M. JAN. 16</b></h2><h3><b>Prairie Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01330/1565933-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="585" height="155"></div><h3><b>Coast Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1925/1565926-1-eng-US/f0013-192.jpg" title="f0013-19" width="585" height="126"></div><h3><b>RESULTS</b></h3><p><b>Monday January 9th</b></p><p>Seattle 2 at Edmonton 3 OT</p><p>Calgary 5 at Winnipeg 9</p><p><b>Tuesday January 10th</b></p><p>Vancouver 0 at Victoria 0</p><p>OT Seattle 4 at Saskatoon 3</p><p>Oalgary 0 at Brandon 2</p><p><b>Wednesday January 11th</b></p><p>Edmonton 8 at Calgary 5</p><p><b>Thursday January 12th</b></p><p>Seattle 3 at Winnipeg 2 OT</p><p><b>Friday January 13th</b></p><p>Victoria 2 at Vancouver 4</p><p>Calgary 2 at Edmonton 6</p><p>Seattle 4 at Brandon 6</p><p><b>Saturday January 14th</b></p><p>Victoria 6 at New West. 2</p><p>Seattle 3 at Calgary 2</p><p>Brandon 6 at Saskatoon 2</p><p><b>NOTE: Game scheduled in Brandon, Tuesday Jan. 17th, against Edmonton postponed until Tuesday January 31st. Winnipeg will play in Brandon Monday January 23rd instead of Tuesday January 31st.</b></p><h3><b>MONDAY&rsquo; JANUARY 9 Seattle 2 at Edmonton 3</b></h3><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Hodge; defence, Lavitt, Coburn, Durham. Bownass: forwards, Sinclair, Bell, Fielder, Watson, Fonteyne, Bradley, Filion, Kuzma, E. Dorohoy, O. Dorohoy.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Boisvert; defence, Hrymnak, Wright, Arbour, Coflin, Repka; forwards, Holmes, McCormack, Poile, Kinasewich, Melnyk, Dea, McTeill, Corcoran, Stankiewicz.</p><p>Referee, Eddie Powers; linesman, Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02288/1565919-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="584" height="488"></div><h3><b>Calgary 5 at Winnipeg 9</b></h3><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Frederick; defence, F. Hucul, S. Hucul. Syverson, Micsaluk; forwards, Barry, Witiuk, Shvetz, Finney, Couture, Scott, McFadden,. Duke, Crawford.</p><p><b>Winnipeg:</b> Goal, Chadwick: defence, Summers, Burega, Keating, Shero; forwards, Brian Cullen, Barry Cullen, Barlow. Hoekstra, Nykoluk, Mazur, Masnick, Couch, Burchell.</p><p>Referee, Blair Peters; linesman, Dick Davis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03258/1565912-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="587" height="876"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY JANUARY 19 Vancouver 0 at Victoria 0</b></h3><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Mikulan; defence, Egan, Kaiser, Currie, Hudson; forwards, Marquess, Lilley, Maloney, Wylie, Cyr, Carmichael, F. Brown, Ford, Kabel, Johnson.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Pelletier; defence, Whitney. Dobbyn, Bulloch, Davidson; forwards, Olson, Teal, Robertson, Anderson, W. Brown, Strasser, Kilburn, Chiupka, Macau ley.</p><p>Referee, Joey Johns; linesman, Ross Valliere.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04230/1565905-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="578" height="325"></div><h3><b>Seattle 4 at Saskatoon 3</b></h3><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Hodge; defence, Lavitt, Coburn, Durham, Bownass; forwards, Sinclair, Bell, Fielder, Fonteyne, Bradley, Kuzma. Filion, E. Dorohoy, O. Dorohoy, Robinson.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Chrystal, Houghton, Crew, Folk; forwards, Ingarfield, Lynn, McLeod, Kobussen, Colwill, Gordichuk, McCarthy, Haley, Bentley, Pilia.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06169/1565898-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="583" height="583"></div><h3><b>Calgary 0 at Brandon 2</b></h3><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Frederick; defence, F. Hucul, S. Hucul, Syverson, Micsaluk; forwards, Barry, Witiuk, Shvetz, Finney, Couture, Scott, McFadden, Duke, Crawford.</p><p><b>Brandon:</b> Goal, Dechene; defence, Allen. Hay, Strate, Bucyk; forwards, Kukulowicz, Senick, Kyle, Manson, Chorley, Johnson, Cowan, Sweany,, Stratton, Wilkie.</p><p>Referee, Dalton MacArthur; linesman, Andy Gurba.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07157/1565891-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="581" height="369"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11 Edmonton 8 at Calgary 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08148/1565884-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="583" height="729"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY JANUARY&rsquo; 12 Seattle 3 at Winnipeg 2</b></h3><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Hodge; defence, Lavitt, Coburn, Durham, Bownass; forwards, Sinclair, Bell, Fielder,. Watson, Fonteyne, Bradley, Filion, Kuzma, B. Dorohoy, O. Dorohoy.</p><p><b>Winnipeg:</b> Goal, Chadwick; defence. Summers, Burega, Keating, Shero; forwards. Brian Cullen, Barry Cullen, Barlow, Hoekstra, Nykoluk, Mazur, Masnick, Couch, Burchell.</p><p>Referee, Dalton McArthur; linesman, Dick Davis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09141/1565877-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="580" height="512"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY JANUARY 13 Victoria 2 at Vancouver 4</b></h3><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Pelletier; defence, Whitney, Dobbyn, Bulloch, Davidson; forwards, Olson, Teal, Robertson, Anderson, W. Brown, Strasser, Kilburn, Chiupka, Macaulay.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Mikulan; defence, Egan, Kaiser, Currie, Hudson; forwards, Marquess, Lilley, Maloney, Wylie, Cyr, Carmichael, F, Brown, Ford, Kabel, Johnson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10135/1565870-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="583" height="494"></div><h3><b>Calgary 2 at Edmonton 6</b></h3><p><b>Calgary</b>&mdash;Goal: Frederick; defense: F. Hucul, S. Hucul, Sy verson, Michaluk; forwards: Shvetz, Couture, Witiuk, Barry, Duke, McFadden, Scott, Finney, Crawford.</p><p><b>Edmonton</b>&mdash;G oal: Boisvert; defense: Hryman, Coflin. Arbour, Repka; forwards: Holmes, Poile, McCormack, Kinasewich, Melnyk, Dea, McNeil, Stankiewicz, Corcoran.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1343/1565863-1-eng-US/f0019-132.jpg" title="f0019-13" width="582" height="576"></div><h3><b>Seattle 4 at Brandon 6</b></h3><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Hodge; defence, Lavitt, Coburn, Durham, Bownass; forwards, Sinclair, Bell, Fielder, Watson, Fonteyne, Bradley, Filion, Kuzma, E. Dorohoy, O. Dorohoy.</p><p><b>Brandon</b>&mdash;Goal: Dechene; defense: Allen, Hay, Bucyk, Strate; forwards: (Kuklowicz, Senick, Kyle, Manson, Cherley, Johnson, Cowan, Sweaney, Stratton, Wilkie.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1443/1565856-1-eng-US/f0019-142.jpg" title="f0019-14" width="578" height="703"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 Victoria 6 at New Westminster 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1539/1565849-1-eng-US/f0019-152.jpg" title="f0019-15" width="579" height="366"></div><h3><b>Seattle 3 at Calgary</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1637/1565842-1-eng-US/f0019-162.jpg" title="f0019-16" width="578" height="537"></div><h3><b>Brandon 6 at Saskatoon</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1733/1565835-1-eng-US/f0019-172.jpg" title="f0019-17" width="578" height="608"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including games of Saturday Jan. 14)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12105/1565828-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="587" height="1332"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS AVERAGES</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1385/1565821-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="583" height="300"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-2014/1565814-1-eng-US/f0013-202.jpg" title="f0013-20" width="604" height="520"></div><h3><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1478/1565807-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="581" height="249"></div><h2><b>New Leader</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05198/1565800-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="1125" height="1595"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY MELNYK</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>SHAWINIGAN, Que.&mdash;</p><p>After a surprising move last week the Cataracts seemed to be setting their sails for a second run for the Quebec Hockey League title.</p><p>Club general manager Kenny Reardon bolstered the crew and at the same time appeased a discontented faction in this hockey-mad city, by bringing Jean-Paul Lamirande back from Trois-Rivieres.</p><p>Lamirande was released by the Chicoutimi Sagueneens, who owned him, at the start of the current season so that he could accept the job as playermanager of the Lions when the new club was formed.</p><p>He captained the Cataracts in the 1954-55 campaign when they ran away from the QHL pack, swept through the playoffs to win the league title after a gripping final series with the Royals, and then pulled the big hockey upset as a climax, when they downed Edmonton&rsquo;s Flyers to take the Edinburgh Trophy.</p><h2><b>In Nick of Time</b></h2><p>That&rsquo;s all history now, what&rsquo;s immediately important is that Lamirande came back to Shawinigan Falls in the nick of time to help a team that was harassed in the back-division.</p><p>To capture Lamirande, Reardon traded young rearguard Georges Bouchard to Lions and added&rsquo;&rsquo; $750.</p><p>This was less than a week after Ernie Roche had been obtained from the AHL Springfield Indians, via the NHL Canadiens. But the Shawinigan guardhouse was still only thinly populated with playing-coach Roger Leger masterminding from the bench while three broken ribs are slowly mending, and Bob Turner on an NHL tour with Canadiens.</p><p>Reardon must have know that something was in the wind. A few days later it was announced that Turner was with Habs for keeps and had signed a National Hockey League contract.</p><p>Turner has impressed with his fine defensive play while the Habs have been shorthanded through the prolonged absence of Dollard St-Laurent with a broken jaw and Doug Harvey also an interim sideliner with a damaged right fist.</p><h2><b>Steady Sensation</b></h2><p>The play of Eddie Kachur at right wing has been one of the steady sensations as the Cataracts showed sharp recovery, from a brief early 1956 slump.</p><p>A strong, speedy skater with a devastating shot Kachur has been giving hot pursuit to the league top point-maker Jimmy Moore, Chicoutimi and Andre Corriveau, practically all season.</p><p>When Royals made a determined bid to dent the Cataracts&rsquo; first place margin it was Kachur, at Shawinigan Falls, who came along and beat Gerry McNeil for the tying goal, with less than five minutes of regular play.</p><h2><b>Royals Repulsed</b></h2><p>The teams fought through a scoreless session of 10 minutes overtime. Though this was not so satisfying as a win for the home forces, the draw did mean that Royals were repulsed.</p><p>The Cats went out two nights later and beat Aces 4-3 in Quebec in overtime with Gilles Dube supplying the winning tally in the extra period.</p><p>Here again the Cataracts showed their last period kick. For they were trailing 3-1 to the Acemen when Connie Broden fired a pair of goals in the last five minutes of the third pediod. And the victory fattened the Cataracts&rsquo; first place bulge over the second place Royals to eleven points.</p><p>It&rsquo;s been this way most of the season. Everytime the Royals get within hailing distance the Cataracts put on a new spurt to protect their lead.</p><p>The Lamirande-Bouchard deal of course caused animated discussion in the Slater circuit. Shrewd club executives analyzed the situation like this:</p><h2><b>Toupin Takes Over</b></h2><p>Lamirande was the boss of the Lions through their early run, working under general manager Francois Hetu at Trois-Rivieres. Shortly before Christmas it was announced that Hetu was resigning his hockey post to return to his former job as a sales-representaitve for Hiram Walker & Sons, Limited.</p><p>Jacques Toupin, long a prominent hockey figure in Trois-Rivieres and a former minor pro player of considerable renown was at the same time named coach.</p><p>Lamirande was retained as a player, and would have the title of manager, with vague duties and authority.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Unloaded&rdquo;</b></h2><p>As one club GM put it: &ldquo;It looks like Toupin didn&rsquo;t relish the idea of having a former coach of the same team under him as a player. Dissension is bound to occur. Hence the Trois-Rivieres directors were glad to unload Lamirande.&rdquo;</p><p>Anyway the deal was made by Reardon with the knowledge that Lamirande had been a big help last year. Lamirande appeared to be happy on his return to Shawinigan Falls, thus there was little room for anyone to discover anything wrong with the proposition.</p><h2><b>Falls Guy</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02254/1566047-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="851" height="999"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JEAN-PAUL LAMIRANDE</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Series in West</b></h2><p>The Edinburgh Trophy series is in the west this year. Though it&rsquo;s mentioned in hushed tones, and with crossed fingers, at Shawinigan Falls, there is already some anticipation for the trip. For many of the Cataracts&rsquo; athletes it offers a first look at Western Canada.</p><p>Quietly the Cataracts are confident they&rsquo;ll be successful in defending their QHL laurels and will be heading west in April.</p><p>ICE VAPORS&mdash;Gary Blaine caused a mild surprise when he appeared at the Forum last week, announcing that he had been ordered back to Royals by Winnipeg Warriors as replacement for Cecil Hoekstra, the big blond centerman from St. Catharines and Winnipeg, who had joined the Warriors a few days earlier.</p><p>General manager Frank Carlin of the Royals took a different view. He ordered Blaine to take two hours skates every day before he was included in Royals&rsquo; assembly for general practice. There was a whisper that Blaine would eventually play elsewhere than Montreal in the Quebec loop, or might possibly be sent to an American League club.</p><p>Andre Corriveau&rsquo;s Fan Club was given mention in THE HOCKEY NEWS earlier this season. Over 500 strong this Is likely the only organization of its kind offering all-out support to a minor-pro hockey player. Well, the boys and girls arranged a dance at the Montreal Police Hall, Jan. 21, for which more than 600 tickets were sold.</p><h2><b>Lions&rsquo; Leader</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03187/1566040-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="867" height="1150"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACK TOUPIN</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Lamirande Back With League-Leading Cats

<h2><b>Eleven-Point Lead</b></h2><p>Shawinigan Falls Cataracts lead runner-up Montreal Royals by eleven points but have played two more games.</p><h2><b>Attendance Up</b></h2><p>Attendances at Chicoutimi Sagueneens* home games are up approximately 4,000 over last season.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING ON TLES. A.M., JAN. 24</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01302/1566141-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="591" height="156"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY., JANUARY 17 Montreal 3 at Shawinigan 3</b></h3><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: McNeil; defense: Deslauriers, Clune, Ingram, R. Rousseau, MacPherson; forwards: Denis, Corriveau, Mackay, Goyette, Burnett, Gravelie, Thorndycraft, Laplante, G. Rousseau.</p><p><b>Shawinigan Falls</b>&mdash;Goal: Perreault; defense: Hodgson, Langlois, Roche, La-Tnirande; forwards: Broden, Faulkner, Kachur, Desaulniers, D. Bouchard, Thomson, Grosse, Dube, Denis, Wray.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02265/1566134-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="591" height="642"></div><h3><b>Quebec 4 at Three Rivers 4</b></h3><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Evans: defense: Schnieder, Crozier, Ernst, Zeniuk; forwards: Gramble, Tessier, Powell, Ford, Poliziani, Labadie, Tremblay, Achtymichuk, Buchanan, Cossette.</p><p><b>Three Rivers</b>&mdash;Goal. Payette; defense: Goyette, Bouchard, Tennant, Macneil; forwards: Michelin, Joannette, Scherza, Kapusta, Groleau, Leclerc, Gooden, Gagnon, Dubuc.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03241/1566127-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="587" height="615"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 Chicoutimi 2 at Three Rivers 5</b></h3><p><b>Chicoutimi:</b> Goal: Pallle; defense: Roy, Glaude, Labrosse, Hanna; forwards: L. Smrke, S. Smrke, Moore, Perreault, Locas, Cressman, Topo11 Campeau, taax-well, Hicks.</p><p><b>Three Rivers:</b> Goal: Hughes; defense: Goyette, Morgan, Bouchard, MacNeil, Tenant; forwards: Scherza, Kapusta, Gagnon, Groleau, Thibault, Levlerc, Gooden, Bisaillon, Dubuc.</p><p>Referee: White; linesmen, Cote, Landry.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04193/1566120-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="600" height="626"></div><h3><b>Shawinigan 4 at Quebec 3</b></h3><p><b>Shawinigan Falls:</b> Goal: Perreault; defense: Hodgson, Roche, Langlois, Lamirande; forwards: Desaulniers, Wray, Bouchard, Kachur, Thomson, Denis, Broden, Grosse, Faulkner, Dube.</p><p><b>Quebec:</b> Goal: Evans; defense: Schneider, Crozier, Ernst, Zeniuk; forwards: Gamble, Tessier, Powell, Ford, Poliziani, Labadie, Trecblay, Achtymichuk, Buchanan, Cossette.</p><p>Referee: Gravel; linesmen, Langevin and Roy.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05158/1566113-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="585" height="799"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 22 Chicoutimi 3 at Royals 5</b></h3><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Paille; defense: Roy, Labrosse, Hanna, Plamondon; forwards, S. Smrke, Cressman, Locas, Perrault, Maywell, L. Smrke, To-poll, Campeau, Lalonde, Hicks.</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: McNeil; defense: R. Rousseau, Clune, Deslauriers, MacPherson; forwards: Ingram, Corriveau, Thorn-dycraft, Goyette, G. Rousseau, Burnett, Denis, Mackay, Gravelle, Laplante.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06138/1566106-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="584" height="682"></div><h3><b>Three Rivers 3 at Shawinigan 5</b></h3><p><b>Three Rivers</b>&mdash;Goal: Hughes; defense: Goyette, Bouchard, McNeil, Morgan, Tennant; forwards: Leclerc, Kapusta, Gooden, Groleau, Joannet-te, Bisaillon, Dubuc, Gagnon, Michelin.</p><p><b>Shawinigan Falls</b>&mdash;Goal: Perreault; defense: Hodgson, Roche, Langlois, Lamirande; forwards: Denis, Dube, Grosse, Broden, Kachur, Faulkner, Wray, Desaulniers, Bouchard, Thomson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07130/1566099-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="574" height="532"></div><h2><b>Powell Powers Puck</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08119/1566092-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="1733" height="1158"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RAY POWELL,</b> the starry triggerman of the Quebec Aces, gets off a shot at Gerry McNeil in the Montreal Royals&rsquo; cage as Ti-Guy Rousseau of the Royals moves in seconds too late to check him. Although barely visible, the puck is right on the end of Powell&rsquo;s stick, just started in its flight goalward. <span class="photo-credit">(&mdash;Photo by Mike Gravel)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Includes Gaines of Sunday, Jan. 22)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09111/1566085-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="587" height="754"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1097/1566078-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="586" height="339"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01288/1566203-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="596" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MAX SILVERMAN</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>HE &lsquo;OLE RASCAL&hellip;</b>you just never met a guy like our good friend, Maxie Silverman&hellip;he gained the title of &ldquo;Silver Fox of Amateur Hockey&rdquo; and has long been the most colorful fellow in senior hockey by a long shot&hellip;well, fans, he was left out in the cold by Sudbury moguls this season and shunted into the background after years and years of illustrious and controversial performances&hellip;now along comes Pete Palangio, major-domo of senior hockey in North Bay with the rueful comment that the NOHA Southern Division, and hockey in general, miss The Silver Fox&hellip;said El Pedro: &ldquo;Fans booed Maxie all the way from Pembroke to-Soo. Michigan, but they all paid well for the privilege. We always had good gates in North Bay when Maxie led his Sudbury Wolves into town. We sure miss good &lsquo;ole Maxie&rsquo;.&rdquo; We will have to ask Maxie whether or not he misses hockey or whether he enjoys these days of leisure with nothing to do but make a few million in the stock market and clip a bushel of coupons now and then just for kicks&hellip;Howz about it, Maxie?</p><p>New 4-H Club&hellip;you&rsquo;ve heard about 4-H clubs in Canada and the United States having to do with other fields than hockey&hellip;now along comes Nick Kolovos, The Duke of Ideas in Soo. Michigan, with the gimmick that Coach Pete Backor of the Soo Indians has his own 4-H club&hellip;seems that four players on the Indians with a last name starting with &ldquo;H&rdquo; have scored the hat-trick recently&hellip;they are Pete Horeck, Gordie Heale, Freddy Hildebrand and Chuck Holdaway&hellip;O. K., Nick, O. K., we&rsquo;ve had enough!!!&hellip;whatta guy this Nick is for ideas&hellip;one day he&rsquo;s composing songs, the other he is trying to upset the Einstein theory on relativity (Positively!) or trying a gimmick for a better mouse trap&hellip;It&rsquo;s an old saying around the Northern Ontario hockey circuit if Nick had a dime for every idea he propounds he&rsquo;d be richer than all the Fords put together&hellip;he&rsquo;s a real hockey booster&mdash;that boy!</p><p>CAUSE CELEBRE&hellip;they had quite a wild time down at Little Current on Manitoulin Island&hellip;seems that Bill Cunningham, captain of Little Current Starlites cross-checked Platt Purvis, in a rugged game&hellip;Purvis fell to the ice with a thud, suffered a concussion and a shoulder injury&hellip;Gore Bay fans became incensed over the incident and lodged a strong protest to league officials, clamoring for a seasonsuspension for Cunningham&hellip;the fans have urged their own team executive to refuse to play against Little Current in the event. Cunningham is not suspended&hellip;Norman Beauvais, league president, apparently has a &ldquo;red-hot potato&rdquo; in his lap right about now Cunningham stated he did not injure Purvis intentionally, however The biggest dud of the season in Northern Ontario senior hockey was the rumouf-factory claiming Pembroke was about to fold within a few days&hellip;they are still very much alive, indeed&hellip;ask some of the other teams!.</p><p>Three for Jimmy&hellip;young Jimmy McBurney turned in another terrific performance with three goals and three assists for the Soo Greyhounds&hellip;Coach Sugar Jim Henry now hopes the McBurney magic will not only assure his team of a player position but will also help win him his first crown as a coach&hellip;Sugar Jim is in his first year as coach&hellip;Tommy Donachey played his girst game in the Greyhound net the other day and looked impressive for two and a half periods&hellip;Hats Off to Ken MacKenzie!!!&hellip;no, no, not to our own Ken McKenzie, Editor and Publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS, but to Ken MacKenzie of Gore Bay&hellip;. the popular lad was recently voted the top athlete at Yale University&hellip;quite an accomplishment for a Northern Ontario hockey star&hellip;he not only earned the title of top scorer on the Yale hockey team, but also pitched Yale to the Ivy League baseball crown&hellip;he is rated one of the finest all-round athletes in a number of years&hellip;so, fans, it isn&rsquo;t any wonder that we take our hat off to one of our own Northern Ontario stars&hellip;Great Going, Ken!</p><p>SCALP! SCALP!&hellip;watch out for the Soo Indians&hellip;they collected no less than 19 goals in two straight games&hellip;Now let&rsquo;s take a look at the latest standings in the NOHA senior scoring derby&hellip;including all games up to the time this column was being prepared, it&rsquo;s still Bert Giesebrecht on top with 60 points on 12 goals and 48 assists&hellip;Bert&rsquo;s been up there a long time now&hellip;Bruce Giesebrecht occupies second place with 48 points on 14 goals and 34 assists&hellip;next comes Johnny Bailey with 45 points on 21 goals and 24 assists.&hellip;that&rsquo;s Pembroke running 1-2-3 in the standings&hellip;who said the Kings were going to fold??? Don Hogan of North Bay Trappers is fourth in the Big Ten with 43 points on 23 goals and 20 assists, while Cleland Mortson of the Soo Greyhounds is fifth with 41 points on 18 goals and 23 assists&hellip;jerry Cabana of North Bay is sixth with 40 points on four goals and 36 assists&hellip;Jack Giesebrecht, out with injuries, has fallen down the ladder as a result&hellip;right now he is seventh with 39 points on 24 goals and 15. assists&hellip;however, Jack is still the top man for the greatest number of goals with 24.&hellip;unfortunately, for Jack his enforced absence has enabled Rene Pepin of North Bay to close in tight with 23 goals, the same number as his teammate, Don Hogan&hellip;John Bailey has 21, so Jack&rsquo;s position as top goal-getter is pretty shaky&hellip;it was a tough break to get knocked out of competition just at a time when he was really firing goals&hellip;Jack is certainly missed by all hockey fans because he&rsquo;s a great competitor.</p><p>Bad Business&hellip;the Northern Ontario Hockey Association has a very serious case up for action right now&hellip;Jimmy Denalovich of Kirkland Lake Techs attacked referee Aime Joanisse, slapping him and knocking him to the ice before he could be subdued by his teammates&hellip;the incident occured during a Kirkland Lake-Abltibi Eskimo contest&hellip;referees must be respected at all times whether or not they make good or poor decisions&hellip;what players and fans must realize is that once authority in any sport is destroyed or hurt in any way the game itself suffers&hellip;all league executives should take very stern action against players who lay their hands on referees&hellip;this cannot &lsquo;be tolerated in any way, shape or form&hellip;all angles should be considered, of course, but if any league executive fails to take severe action once they conclude the player is at fault, after being fair and just in their consideration of the facts, then that executive has no business in hockey. l. Or Any Sport&hellip;referees try and do a good job&hellip;and they are essentially fair-minded men.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NOHA Puck Parade

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll</div><p>(As seen in the Montreal Gazette)</p><h2><b>How Good Are the Dutchmen?</b></h2><p>There have been various opinions expressed on the strength of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, who passed through hero recently on their way to Scotland, first stop en route to Cortina, Italy, where they will represent Canada in the Winter Olympics.</p><p>One official of the C.A.H.A. was quoted as saying that they were the strongest team we have ever sent over, stronger even than the Toronto Granites or the Varsity Grads. If he is right, they shouldn&rsquo;t have much trouble overcoming kind of opposition they will encounter in Europe.</p><p>The Granites had such fine players as Beattie Ramsay, Ernie Collett, Jack Cameron, Dune Munro, Sig Slater, Hooley Smith, Bert McCaffrey, Harry Watson and Harold McMunn. Four of them later played in the NHL and probably all of them could have, if they&rsquo;d wanted to pursue hockey as a career. One of those who didn&rsquo;t was Harry Watson, though Conn Smythe wasted a lot of time and energy trying to persuade him to turn pro.</p><p>The Varsity Grads were another star-studded outfit with players like Dave Trottier, Red Porter, Joe Sullivan, the Plaxtons (Hugh and Bert), Ross Gordon, Frank Sullivan, Frank Fischer, Reg Delahay, Lou Hudson and Heinie Mueller. Some of them turned pro and a number of them rejected offers, though they were certainly of NHL calibre.</p><p>Bobby Bauer, once the clever right wing on the Boston Bruins&rsquo; famed Kraut Line who is coaching the Dutchmen, is more moderate in his estimate of the team&rsquo;s ability.</p><p>&ldquo;I think they&rsquo;re better than the Penticton V&rsquo;s,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;who won in Germany last year. I&rsquo;m sure one of the players, Jack McKenzie, could make the grade in the NHL and one or two others might, if they wanted to give it a whirl.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Soviet Report</b></h2><p>They believe the Russians are the team they will have to beat, and it so happens that a copy of the Soviet News Bulletin, containing a piece about the Soviet hockey team, has reached the desk.</p><p>&ldquo;December was a busy month for the USSR team,&rdquo; says the article. &ldquo;It began the Olympic season with games abroad in November, and on December 1 it ended its tour of England. The last game with the Wembley Lions, a professional club, ended in a close 3-2 victory for the Soviet side.</p><p>&ldquo;After winding up its English tour with a score total of 19-7 in its favor, the USSR team played Brighton Tigers, an English professional club made up of Canadians, on an indoor rink in the Palais de Sport in Paris. It beat the Tigers, 2-1. From there the team went to Stockholm for the Christmas trophy tournament instituted by Mr. Ahearne, president of the European Ice Hockey League.</p><p>&ldquo;At the invitation of the sponsor of the tournament, the national teams of the USSR and Sweden, and the Harringay Racers of England, competed. This made the third encounter between the USSR team and that English professional club, reinforced with men from the Wembley Lions, which defeated Sweden, 6-4. The USSR team won by the impressive score of 9-2, the hero of the day being Shuvalov, one of the best Soviet forwards, who scored five goals. Guryshev and young Sidorenko made a good showing.</p><p>&ldquo;The next game in the tournament between USSR and Sweden, old rivals in world championships and friendly matches, gave the fans plenty of thrills. The Swedes played wonderful hockey, especially the young trio of forwards&mdash;Peterson, Nilson and Lundvall. In the second period the Soviet was losing, 0-2. In the third, with the score at 1-2, Shuvalov equalized, but then the Swedes shot home a third and winning goal. Despite this setback the USSR team won the Ahearne Cup for having the best goal ratio, and then it defeated Sweden by a convincing 6-2 score in a return game.</p><h2><b>Good At Home</b></h2><p>&ldquo;That brought to an end the USSR team&rsquo;s series of performances in London, Paris and Stock-holm. Fans now transferred their attention to the floodlit fied at Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, where Soviet players met a number of teams from abroad. First among the visitors was the fine team, Harringay Racers, which last season defeated the Penticton V&rsquo;s of Canada, the world champions. The season&rsquo;s fourth game between the Soviet and English teams ended a 7-1 Soviet victory.</p><p>&ldquo;In its second match in Moscow the English team beat the USSR No. 2 team, made up of youflg players, which earlier in the season had performed in the German Federal Republic and Czechoslovakia. After that came another game with the USSR No. I team. The Harringay Racers displayed skill and persistence, and their goaltender made a ma-gnificent showing, but even so the score at the end of the game was 4-0 in favor of the USSR.</p><p>&ldquo;Next to visit Moscow, was the Swiss team. It suffered an 11-1 defeat at the hands of the USSR&rsquo;s No. 1 team.&rdquo;</p><p>Maybe it&rsquo;s a good thing for the Dutchmen that Cortina is the site of the Winter Olympics because the Soviets, like NHL teams, are good on their home ice.</p><p>Some Canadiens in Europe insist that Czechoslovakia is the team to beat over there, not the USSR. Others, including Jack Adams, general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, think the United States might take it all. Jack took a look at the roster of the U.S. team and said &lsquo;&lsquo;it might go all the way.&rdquo;</p><p>One thing sure, the Dutchmen aren&rsquo;t going to cakewalk through to a championship. The play a different kind of hockey over there, as Bobby Bauer discovered when his team just managed to beat the Paisley (Scotland) Pirates by a 6-5 score. Admitted they were tired from the long plane trip, but they found it difficult to adjust themselves to the new rules. Bobby said his team were good forecheckers, but you can&rsquo;t bodycheck inside the opposing team&rsquo;s blue line and they drew a lot of penalties.</p><p>Calling them &ldquo;the strongest team weever sent over&rdquo; is putting the whammy on them. Even before the plane left here, Bobby Bauer was worrying about his players becoming too complacent.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02233/1566258-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="533" height="872"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOBBY BAUER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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playing the field

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><p>STRATFORD, Ont&mdash;</p><p>Although Kitchener Dutchmen only won one game during the last week prior to their trip overseas for the Olympic hockey championship tournament at Cortina, Italy, giving them but two victories in their last nine starts, they still lead the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA pack by 12 points.</p><p>This may be large enough margin for the Dutchmen to finish on top of the heap, when they return from the world championship tourney and play the remaining seven games of the schedule.</p><p>It has been a rough schedule for the Dutchmen, as they played more games than the rest of the pack in order to fulfill their dates, prior to their absence overseas, which will be at least three weeks. No great alarm is felt over their showing however, because they were plainly tired and legweary, yet they showed they had plenty of punch left when they whipped Windsor Bulldogs. 5-2, aS they played before nearly 7,500 fans in Kitchener the day before they left for Europe.</p><p>Windsor Bulldogs and Stratford Indians, who have been staging a see-saw battle for second place the last month, finally met in Windsor, last week, before a turbulent crowd of rabid border citv fans, who littered the ice with a conglomeration of debris, with the Indians emerging witli an 8-4 victory. The home fans showed their resentment over the setback and referee Frank Slota&rsquo;s decisions by tossing almost everything but the time clock on the ice, including a frozen pig&rsquo;s head and a large-sized iron nut. They became so unruly that the referee finally ordered an announcement over the loud speakers that if the fans persisted in littering the ice with debris he would forfeit the game to Stratford. They finally finished the game, but the ice looked like a miniature city dump when the last whistle sounded.</p><h2><b>Some Surprises</b></h2><p>During the last week&rsquo;s play, Owen Sound Mercurys fared the best by picking up five points of a. possible eight, as the five teams turned in some surprises, but they still rest in fourth place. Chatham Maroons, after a brief winning surge previously, were cooled out a bit, by adding three points in three games.</p><p>Windsor Bulldogs split their four games, winning two and losing one on their own backyard, while dropping&rsquo; the other decision at Kitchener.</p><p>After defeating Chatham 6-3 on the latter&rsquo;s home ice, the Stratford Indians turned in their usual poor display on home ice In sustaining a 3-0 shutout at the hands of the Owen Sound Mercurys. They came right back, however, to Upset their chief contenders, Windsor Bulldogs, 8-4.</p><h2><b>Battle For Playoffs</b></h2><p>From here out until Kitchener Dutchmen return home from the Olympic tourney, the other four teams will be battling for the playoffs, with all of them bunched closely enough to make it doubtful as to which club will miss the &ldquo;money series.&rdquo;</p><p>One factor that might have a serious effect on the Stratford Indians, according to the team manager-coach, &ldquo;Dutch&rdquo; Meier, is that &ldquo;Bud&rdquo; Kemp of the Kitchener Dutchmen, counted upon to bolster their defence when Art Hurst was loaned to Kitchener for the European trip, failed to show up for the game in Windsor, and the report is that Kemp is going south, for a three-week holiday.</p><p>This, of course, is contrary to the agreement between Kitchener.</p><p>Stratford and the OHA, and it would appear that business manager Ernie Goman of the Dutchmen was just a bit hasty, prior to accompanying the Dutchmen on their overseas trip, in assuring Meier that the Kitchener club had smoothed out their financial differences with, Kemp and that he would turn out with the Indians.</p><h2><b>Intention Unknown</b></h2><p>Kemp&rsquo;s future intentions are not known at present, but the fear in the Indians&rsquo; Teepee is that they may have been left holding the well-known bag, just as they were in the cases of &ldquo;Chuck&rdquo; Henderson, secured in a player deal with Windsor Bulldogs, and Lome Pirie, secured in the player allotment of the defunct Niagara Falls club, when both refused to come to terms with the Stratford club. Henderson is said to be sitting out the season at his Guelph home, while Pirie turned out with, Moncton Hawks of the Maritimes Senior Hockey League, contrary to CAHA regulations, and after playing several games was suspended.</p><h2><b>Confident</b></h2><p>Recognized authorities in the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA group are confident that Kitchener Dutchmen will make a good showing in the Olympic tourney at Cortina, Italy, and believe that Canada&rsquo;s representatives will take it all, thereby retaining the world crown won by Penticton V&rsquo;s last year. Kitchener Dutchmen expect their strongest opposition to come from Russia, Czechoslovakia and the United States in that order, but with more scoring power than Penticton had last year they feel that they can make the grade, and so do their rivals in the senior group. The Dutchmen rested on their oars for the past few weeks in taking no chances of injury, whereby injured players might be deprived of the overseas trip. They were definitely a tired squad, but they showed they had it when they wanted to win badly enough, by whipping Stratford Indians 9-2 and Windsor Bulldogs 5-2, their two chief threats so far this season.</p><h2><b>Storm Centre</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01254/1566289-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="579" height="872"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BUD KEMP</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Dutchies Leave For Italy With Twelve Point Lead Over Rest Of OHA Field

<div class="byline">By NICK ROCHE</div><p>PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Memorable indeed was the evening of Friday, January 13, 1956, and not for any of the usual unpleasantness which is usually associated with any Friday the 13th.</p><p>That was the night that Yorkton, Saskatchewan played host to the Second Annual Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League All-Star Game.</p><p>In addition to the actual game, the many officials, fans and players on hand sat in on the first annual All-Star Dinner, a most enjoyable affair indeed.</p><p>As to the game itself, the Second Team All-Stars skated off with a 12-6 decision over their rivals from the First Team. Over 2,000 pepopie turned out for the contest which saw all five SJHL teams represented on the rosters of the two Dream Teams&rsquo;.</p><p>Ken Ullyot of the Prince Albert Mintos was at the helm of the losing First Team while Bob Kirk of the Flin Flon Bombers was the guiding genius back of the victorious Second Team.</p><p>The day&rsquo;s festivities, under the organization of Bill (Red) Hunter, coach of the Yorkton Terriers, got underway at five o&rsquo;clock with cocktails, giving the guests a chance to get better acquainted.</p><p>At six, it was filet mignon and speeches as chairman Bill Hunter introduced many big names from the world of sport, among them Bob Davidson, chief scout of the Toronto Maple Leafs; Tiny Thompson, chief scout of the Chicago Black Hawks; Vic Jackett, former Yorkton Terrier netminder; Sportscasters Lloyd Saunders and Paul Hack of Regina; Ken Mayhew, past president of the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association and second vice-president of the CAHA; Scotty Melville, Sports Editor of the Regina Leader-Post and secretary of the SAHA; and Hermie Hermitson, long-time Yorkton supporter.</p><p>Guest speaker at the dinner was Jack Wells, well-known sportscaster of radio station CKY in Winnipeg. His topic was &ldquo;What Is Wronk With Hockey Today?&rdquo; and Jack, along with most observers present, agreed that there is very little wrong with Canada&rsquo;s national sport that some serious thought and discussion won&rsquo;t right.</p><p>Ken Mayhew was presented with a trophy to be presented annually to the Midget &ldquo;B&rdquo; champions of Saskatchewan. To be known as the Ken Mayhew Trophy, it was presented in appreciation of the many years of untiring effort that Mayhew has put in for Amateur Hockey in Saskatchewan.</p><p>Following the brief and Interesting talks, everyone retired to the Yorkton Arena for the game itself.</p><p>Following 60 minutes of crowd pleasing hockey, a drawing was made for a 1956 car, won by Mr. Shucker of Prince Albert.</p><h2><b>Victorious</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02218/1566320-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="583" height="583"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOB KIRK</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Sask. Junior Star Contest Huge Success

<div class="byline">By HUGH BOWMAN</div><p>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>St. Catharines Teepees dominated the scene as the OHA Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; loop headed into the final six weeks of the regu-lar schedule.</p><p>Rudy Pilous&rsquo; gold and black clad club from the Niagara Peninsula have been diligently wending their way upward in the standings since an early season slump rocked them right into the cellar. A pair of victories over the cellar-dwelling Hamilton Tiger-Cubs gave them a four point spread over the second place Kitchener-Waterloo Canucks and opened up a sixteen point gap between top and bottom. It was the first time this year that more I than 12 points ahve separated the league leaders from the basement occupants.</p><p>Six wins in seven since the New Year&rsquo;s turn skyrocketed the Teepees into a commanding lead while their nearest competitors, the Canucks, ewre in a tailspin that saw them lose eight games in 12 starts.</p><p>Roy Edwards continues to play sparkling goal between the pipes for the Teepees and with Ab McDonald leading the individual scoring race and Art Stratton only a few points off the pace, the Teepees have been a tough club to beat.</p><h2><b>Ducky Wades In</b></h2><p>Hamilton coach, Ducky Skinner, who&rsquo;s had more than his share of grief this season, just about touched off a small riot in the Cubs&rsquo; 6-4 loss to St. Catharines. It all started when the Cubs&rsquo; Gord Thompson and St. Kitts&rsquo; Bob Butler decided to sidestep hockey in favour of a wrestling match as the second period of the tilt drew to a close. Skinner was quite content to let the two go at it but when St. Catharines&rsquo; Pat Kelly started to move into the fray, Skinner grabbed Kelly&rsquo;s stick. Kelly threw a couple of verbal barbs at Skinner and the usually complacent Cubs coach waded into the Teepee bench. Fans spilled onto the ice and pandemonium held sway for a few hectic minutes until the enraged Skinner was bodily escorted from the Forum.</p><p>Brawling is not a recommended procedure for coaches but if the Tiger-Cubs could pick up some of Ducky&rsquo;s fighting spirit they&rsquo;d improve their lot considerably. Their showing against the Teepees despite the fact they lost both games, by scores of 6-4 and 6-3, proved they&rsquo;re a better hockey club than their recent record would indicate.</p><p>&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t got a fast-skating, club,&rdquo; says Skinner, &ldquo;which means they have to be digging all the time&rdquo;.</p><p>Some of them, obviously, haven&rsquo;t even been scraping the surface. When a club puts 12 goals behind a goalkeeper of the calibre of Dennis Riggin as the Guelph Biltmores did in a game in Guelph there&rsquo;s no question that some of the players aren&rsquo;t &ldquo;giving&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>Second Time</b></h2><p>That, incidentally was the second time this season that the Biltmores have rung up a dozen goals in one game. The Guelph line of Bill Sweeney, Brien Webber and Eddie Shack amassed a total of 20 points In that contest with Sweeney scoring four and helping on three others. Shack, who&rsquo;s been the Hatters&rsquo; most consistent forward in recent outings, registered a hat trick in the Biltmores&rsquo; 6-3 win over Kitchener that gave them a fourth place tie with Marlboros. A hardhitter with a tremendous shot, Shack is a ball of fire when he&rsquo;s in the mood and lately he&rsquo;s been in the mood.</p><p>Biltmores&rsquo; Ron Howell sewed up the game against Kitchener with a pool shot on the empty net. With Claude Dufour sidelined in favour of an extra forward, Howel! banked a drive off the boards that caromed into the Canucks cage. Howell made doubly sure by going end to end for the Bilts&rsquo; sixth goal with only three seconds remaining. Biltmores, who lead the league in total goal production, had never been beaten by more than two goals at the 32 game mark of the schedule.</p><p>K-W Canucks have been floundering badly in the last month of the schedule. Poor defensive play has been the major factor in their decline. In the 12-game stretch in which they won only four contests they had 64 goals scored on them, an average of 5.3 per game. Their offence has held up with 57 shots finding their way into enemy nets over the same stretch. Stan Baliuk, Walt Bradley and Ken Gribbons, second, fourth and eighth respectively in the race for individual honours have kept the Canucks in contention with their potent sniping. Baliuk racked up six points in a 7-6 win over St. Mikes in a Sunday tilt scoring the winning goal with only seven seconds remaining after the Collegians had taken their goalkeeper out and tied the score at 6-6.</p><p>St. Miks&rsquo; goalkeeper, Bob Savage, had his nose broken in that one when he got his breathing apparatus in front of a drive by Bob Duncan. St. Mikes, down 52 in the third period, made quite a comeback against the Canucks only to have Baliuk beat them in the dying seconds of the game. There Isn&rsquo;t a club in the league with more guts than the Irish but it&rsquo;s obvious that they miss the &ldquo;big guy&rdquo;, Frank Mahovlich. Coach, Father John Crowley, says he expects Frank to be out for at least another month after having the cartillage removed from his left knee. St. Mikes at the time of writing were still holding down third place but were being pushed by Marlboros and Guelph. If they can win their share until Mahovlich gets back they could be rough in the playoffs. They&rsquo;ve certainly been the surprise club of the league. Defenceman Noel Price came up with a standout effort against Kitchener and Pat Hannigan, Tim Hook and Bob Mc-Knight still give them plenty of punch up front. They&rsquo;re certainly far from out of it yet.</p><p>As Hap Emms predicted, his Barrie Flyers are starting to move in the stretch drive. The young-sters have come along exception ally well and some of the veterans appeared to be out for the skate in the early part of the season are starting to work at their trade. It&rsquo;s doubtful if they&rsquo;ll make the first division by the end of the campaign but they could well de-termine the-standings of the top division clubs. 11 winning tnree of their last four starts they stopped a Guelph bid to move into fourth place, a Hamilton bid to take over sixth, and St-Catharines bid to take over undisputed league leadership. The Teepees and Bilt-mores made it eventually but the Flyers could well play the rolb of spoilers from here on in and if the Forhans, Josephsons, No-renna&rsquo;s and Patricks continue co improve will be a threat. come pllayoff time. Barrie&rsquo;s 5-2 win, sparked by veteran Arnold Smith, over St. Catherines was unexpected but was a routine turn of events in the unpredictable age-limit ranks.</p><h2><b>Missed</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03169/1566351-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="572" height="864"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK MAHOVLICH</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Teepees Take Top Spot In Ontario Jr. League As Canucks Hit Slump

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>The teams in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League have agreed to finish out the regular schedule, which runs until February 22.</p><p>All four have suffered financial setbacks and at one time or other it was doubtful if they could stand the strain.</p><p>Saint John Beavers made one major move that should find favor with the fans; it has already been greeted with delight by the management. The players decided, voluntarily, to take pay cuts, 15 per cent per man. That will cut operating expenses by about $300 a week and should enable the Beavers to finish the season without adding to their deficit.</p><p>Amherst made a move toward replenishing their coffers by scheduling a postponed game with the league leading Beavers at Halifax. The Ramblers played an exhibition game late in December against junior Canadiens. Crowd for that one totaled 3600, far better than the top crowds at the home base and it should be larger for the meeting with Beavers.</p><p>A week ago you wouldn&rsquo;t have given a plugged nickle for the league&rsquo;s ability to survive. The teams were swimming in a sea of red ink. The expected jump in attendance after the Christmas season had failed to materialize.</p><h2><b>Were Doubtful</b></h2><p>Moncton Hawks issued a statement to the effect that they were holding an emergency meeting and it was doubtful at the time that they could last longer than a week. At the same time manager Jimmy McDonald was paying his monthly visit home and while here conferred with Forum officials and interested Halifax sportsman.</p><p>Nobody close to the scene would talk, but it was rum.ored that the Hawks were given assurance that they could have ice time if they&rsquo;d care to move same of their games here. A day later the Hawks announced firmly that they&rsquo;d complete the schedule.</p><p>A few days after that the other three teams gave similar assurances. At the same time they appealed to their fans to give them better support at the gate. Biggest and best move, of course, was that by the Beavers, players to take the weekly pay cut.</p><p>On the playing side, veteran Shermie White is on the brink of establishing a new league scoring record. Saturday. January 14, he was held to a single point&mdash;a goal&mdash;but that gave him 93, just one short of tying the record established by Roy (Buck) Whitlock last. season.</p><h2><b>400-Goal Man</b></h2><p>Whitlock, by the way, has edged up among the scoring leaders but is too far down to seriously challenge the high flying White. But the Charlottetown veteran is already established as the &ldquo;Rocket Richard&rdquo; of Maritime hockey. Over the years he has scored more than 400 goals in top Maritime play.</p><p>White, with 93 points, is 21 ahead of linemate Jackie Schmidt. Third is Whitlock with 71 points, one more than Pierre Brillant, Amherst&rsquo;s spectacular goal-scorer who is leading the entire field in light-blinkers. Brillant has 44 goals which is sensational even in this high scoring league.</p><p>Saint John&rsquo;s Jim Shirley is still leading the goalies with a defensive record of 2.73 and has the most shutouts, six.</p><h2><b>Had His Night</b></h2><p>Ray Leduc had a night for himself against the Beavers when he scored twice and had three helpings. The Hawks got only five goals and Leduc was in on all of them.</p><p>Meanwhile Truro, Kentville and Windsor will carry on the Nova Scotia League despite the defection of the Bridgewater Hawks. The Hawks quit when the Bridgewater rink alotted Saturday nights to an intermediate team.</p><p>And interest jumped in the Armed Forces Senior Hockey League when the one-time runaway Stadacona Sailors were beaten twice in a row. by the rejuvenated Shearwater Flyers and Greenwood Bombers.</p><p>Shearwater,&rsquo; sparked by the coaching and rugged blueline play of Ottawa veteran George Pumple, reeled Off three straight victories and jumped from sixth place to third in a space of eight days.</p><p>Stadacona, which had won 10 out of 11 games by Christmas, is now only two points ahead of the Bombers and the race for playoff positions is on in earnest.</p><p>This league is unique in Canadian hockey circles, bringing together six service bases. It is one league that doesn&rsquo;t worry about finances; the bases have the equipment for travel and there is no salary scale.</p><p>It is, frankly, not the best brand of senior hockey played in these parts but what the players lack in skill they more than make up for with spirited play. It is a high scoring league and, until lately, a wide-open one. Now the teams have bunched in a final drive for the four playoff positions. At the moment none of the six teams can be counted out.</p><h2><b>Top Scorer</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01262/1566382-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="562" height="1198"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PIERRE BRILLANT</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Atlantic Coast Clubs Will Finish Schedule Despite $$$ Troubles

<div class="byline">By JOE MINSTER</div><p>TOLEDO, Ohio&mdash;</p><p>Last-minute moves are being made by International Hockey League clubs to strengthen themselves for the stretch drive.</p><p>Toledo-Marion, lodged in fifth place, is making a determined bid to move into a playoff berth, as Coach Butch Stahan has added two new men to his roster.</p><p>Al Bennett is the new Merc goaltender, replacing Jack Spencer, while the veteran Mike Narduzzi has been added to the forward corps.</p><p>Bennett, who had experience with several IHL clubs a couple of years ago, has considerably more experience than young Spencer, who joined the Washington Lions of the Eastern League. Spencer was with Washington last season.</p><p>Narduzzi replaced John Ford, rookie ringhtwinger, who said he planned to quit hockey and go into business at his home in Kitchener, Ontario. Ford has tallied six goals and four assists for 10 points in 31 contests for Toledo-Marion, while Spencer had yielded 129 goals and registered one shutout (over Troy) in the same number of tilts.</p><h2><b>Changes Likely</b></h2><p>Several other changes in the various rosters appeared likely, with the deadline for signing players moved back two weeks by IHL officials from Jan. 15 to Feb. 1.</p><p>Increase in number of injuries was cited as the reason for the extension of the deadline at the regular meeting of the loop&rsquo;s Board of Governors recently in Toledo.</p><p>Playoff plans&mdash;both financial and team setup&mdash;were settled. The champion will face the third-placer and the runner-up will oppose the No. 4 outfit in best-of-five game sets. The semi-final victors then will come to grips in the best-of-seven series for the post-season crown.</p><p>The playoffs will get underway shortly after the season ends on March 11, with the Cincinnati Mohawks in the role of defending titlist for the third straight time. &lsquo;The Hawks have won both regular-season and playoff titles for the past three years.</p><h2><b>Brighter Picture</b></h2><p>Reporting on the current financial status of the IHL, President Frank Gallagher said it is brighter than a year ago. &ldquo;All of the teams are on the upswing,&rdquo; Gallagher pointed out..</p><p>Indianapolis&rsquo; last-place Chiefs will have first crack at available players if they are bidding against other International loop clubs, it was decided at the meeting. Next IHL meeting will take place Feb. 10 in Toledo.</p><p>ICING THE PUCK&hellip; A report from Charlotte, N.C., indicates that plans are underway to move a hockey franchise into that city in 1956-57. Backers of the enterprise are said to be interested in entering, the American League, but probably will settle for a berth either in the International or Eastern circuits. All games are to be played in the city&rsquo;s new multi-million dollar coliseum&hellip; Latest IHL standings find Cincinnati in first place, four and a half lengths ahead of second-place Troy. Grand Rapids is third, five games further back, with Ft. Wayne fourth, Toledo-Marion fifth and Indianapolis in the cellar&hellip; Cincinnati&rsquo;s two crack centers, Max Mekilok and Capt. Billy Goold, are running one-two among the individual scorers with 66 and 65 points, respectively. Third is Ft. Wayne&rsquo;s Pete Wywrot, while John (Bun) Smith, Duke Edmundson and Red Grigg, all of the Hawks, are next in line. Dennis Olson of Troy, George Hayes of Grand Rapids and Steve Gaber of Troy round out the top, group.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IHL Deadline For Signings Is Set Back

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s all over now. Except for making it official mathematically, the New Haven Blades are the 1955-56 EHL champs. The Blades dumped the second place Washington Lions twice over the week-end of January 7-8 and hold a more comfortable 15 point buldge over the runner-ups.</p><p>Stan Wareckl&rsquo;s sextet has its hands full trying to maintain second place as the Clinton Comets have suddenly come to life and now are only three points out of that slot.</p><p>Baltimore has a three point edge on Johnstown for the fourth and final play-off spot. Trailing them, four points behind the Jets, are the Philadelphia Ramblers.</p><p>Eastern League rosters will be frozen on February 15 th. All teams must declare and have properly registered all players who they wish to carry for the balance of the season and into the playoffs. No replacements will be permitted, except for goaltenders. (The team may carry as many players as they wish, but only 11 may dress for any game).</p><h2><b>Playoff Data</b></h2><p>The first and fourth place, and second and third place teams will compete in the semi-finale, each being a best of five series. The winners will than meet in a best of seven series for the championship. If all goes as planned, the play-off win-ner will face the International League winner in a fight for U.S. Senior Hockey supremacy.</p><p>Applications for membership have been received from teams in Providence (R.I.), Newark, N.J., Boston and Commack (N.Y.). There is also a chance that the league will expand southward and include two or three teams in the Carolinas.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN:</b> Joe Schaeffer, the New York Ranger spare goaltender, took over on Jan. 7th (while Murray Dodd was out with virus) and turned back the Washington Lions, 5-3, in Uline Arena.&hellip; Dodd returned to action the following night and hung up his first zero of the season&hellip; Cler Doyon has been out of action with virus and Rick Albert has moved up from his defense post to ease the situation&hellip; Yvan Chasle received his first penalty of the campaign this week&hellip; Ron Kapitan has been picking up his share of points (and penalties) and is closing in on Don Perry for team leadership for blueliners in both departments.</p><p><b>PHILADELPHIA:</b> The latest addition to Chirp Brenchley&rsquo;s squad is Al Bartoli&hellip; Jimmy Moore spoiled Murray Dodd&rsquo;s hopes of a shutout with less than three minutes to play when he scored against New Haven on Jan. 11th. (Philly lost 8-1)&hellip; Art Dorrington is the only member of the Ramblers among the top 20 scorers&hellip; Ramblers have scored fewest goals of any club in EHL and have allowed the most.</p><p><b>WASHINGTON:</b> Jack Spencer, last year&rsquo;s Washington goalie, has rejoined the team. He had been with Toledo-Marion of the IHL&hellip; Lions are carrying three goalies at present, Spencer, Jimmy Mattson and Bill McWhinney&hellip; McWhinney, who hasn&rsquo;t-seen any action in recent weeks, still leads league with two shutouts.&hellip; Capt. Fern LaPointe missed the Jan. 11th game because of a bad back but returned to action the following night and paced his team to a 614 win ofer Baltimore&hellip; Frank Toyota, the Japanese-Canadian forward acts as interpreter for Guy Periard who&rsquo;s knowledge of the English language is limited.</p><p><b>BALTIMORE:</b> Herb Schiller seems to have found the range again. The sophomore forward was the Clippers big gun in the 6-3 win over Washington on Jan. 11th&hellip; It was the first win for Baltimore after five straight losses to their neighbors from the Capitol&hellip; Coach Andy Brown hasn&rsquo;t seen action since before Christmas and won&rsquo;t play again unless needed.</p><p><b>CLINTON:</b> Bernie Hill has been named captain of the Comets&hellip; Joe Nolan picked up misconduct penalty number six this past week and has passed the 230 minute mark in the sin bin&hellip; Every time the Indian sits out a penalty, he sets a new EHL mark&hellip; E&rsquo;en Graham, Jerry String1e and George Steele each got a brace of goals against Johnstown on Jan. 10th as the Comets won an 8-4 verdict&hellip; The Comets repeated with a 6-4 in Johnstown the following night as they are making their move for second place and a playoff berth.</p><p><b>JOHNSTOWN:</b> If the Jets could play &ldquo;The Philadelphia Ramblers regularly, Coach Lloyd Ailsby&rsquo;s crew would be sure of a play-off berth. But, since they have to face the other four teams, it looks like the boys from Johnstown are going to have to wake up and fast if they hope to make the play-offs&hellip; Against the Ramblers, the Jets stand 6-2 on the season. With the rest of the circuit their record is a none too gaudy 9-15&hellip; Don Hall still main-tains the top rung on the scoring ladder. Linemates Dick Roberge and Ken Coombes are now 4th and Sth respectively and no other member of the Jets is near the top scorers&hellip; Ed Rumi is the only other Jet to have scored more than 10 goals.</p><h2><b>Hard Pressed</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02183/1566437-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="559" height="1191"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>STAN WARECKI</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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New Haven Captures Eastern Loop Crown With Time To Spare

<h2><b>INTERNATIONAL. LEAGUE (Standing on January 16)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01240/1566538-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="595" height="281"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02194/1566531-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="587" height="399"></div><h2><b>INTERCOLLEGIATE LEAGUE (Standing on January 19)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03151/1566524-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="587" height="166"></div><h2><b>ONTARIO SENIOR A (Standing on January 18)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04130/1566517-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="588" height="153"></div><h2><b>ONTARIO JUNIOR (Standing on January 18)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05112/1566510-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="586" height="200"></div><h2><b>SAGUENAY QUEBEC JUNIOR (Standing on January 18)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0695/1566503-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="585" height="203"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL METRO JR. (Standing on January 16) Western Division</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0789/1566496-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="585" height="154"></div><h3><b>Eastern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0883/1566489-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="583" height="199"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR (Standing on January 13)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0973/1566482-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="578" height="184"></div><h2><b>WESTERN JUNIOR (Standing on January 12)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1063/1566475-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="583" height="225"></div><h2><b>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE (Standing on January 14)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1156/1566468-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="577" height="174"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Puck Parade……At A Glance

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-12" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1251/1566569-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg"></div><p><b>(Solution next week)</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Leaf player shown in centre.</p><p>5&mdash;Murray Costello was born in this month, (abbr.)</p><p>7&mdash;Broadcasts Detroit&rsquo;s home games via radio.</p><p>12&mdash;Denotes number of goals scored by Mickoski last season.</p><p>13&mdash;Number of points amassed by Marty Pavelioh in 195455 season.</p><p>14&mdash;Linnean Society (abbr.).</p><p>15&mdash;This NHL team entered the league in 1926 (abbr.).</p><p>17&mdash;Former AHL star, DeMarco, is known by this name.</p><p>19&mdash;One of Leafs&rsquo; is called this.</p><p>20&mdash;Pictured player began skating as one.</p><p>22&mdash;Musical note.</p><p>23&mdash;Month in which Larry Popein was born (abbr.).</p><p>25&mdash;Each Fall the Red Wings usually do this at Sault St. Marie, Mich.</p><p>27&mdash;A eovert suggestion.</p><p>28&mdash;Initials of Regina&rsquo;s goaltender..</p><p>29&mdash;Old English (abbr.).</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of Egan of Vancouver Canucks.</p><p>31&mdash;Marcel Pronovost played&mdash;hockey with Windsor Spitfires (abbr.).</p><p>32&mdash;Ron Stewart&rsquo;s birthplace.</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of Lundy of Regina Regals.</p><p>31&mdash;Initials of Robertson who was recently traded to Vivtoria by Hershey.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Birthplace of pictured player.</p><p>2&mdash;Lionel Heinrich makes his home here.</p><p>3&mdash;Preposition.</p><p>4&mdash;One of the Colville brothers of Rangers fame.</p><p>6&mdash;Leafs acquired pictured star from this team.</p><p>8&mdash;League in which Nakina Smith played for several years (abbr.).</p><p>9&mdash;Initials of Reise, former Detroit defense stalwart.</p><p>10&mdash;Initials of Trigg, former AHL star.</p><p>11&mdash;Railway (abbr.).</p><p>16&mdash;Position Red Kelly frequently plays.</p><p>18&mdash;Where pictured star played junior hockey.</p><p>21&mdash;First name of Ranger player who hails from Schumacher, Ont.</p><p>24&mdash;Name given a Leaf rookie.</p><p>25&mdash;Short for given name of a Habitant defenserhan.</p><p>26&mdash;Pronoun.</p><p>28&mdash;Wally Hergesheimer once fractured one.</p><h2><b>(Last week&rsquo;s solution)</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1. Bartlett</p><p>6. Beliveau</p><p>11. Lease</p><p>12. P. S.</p><p>13. Ami.</p><p>14. Art.</p><p>15. Reg.</p><p>16. 11</p><p>17. R. H.</p><p>18. L. N.</p><p>21. Use</p><p>23. Vic.</p><p>25. M. H.</p><p>26. Java</p><p>29. Be</p><p>30. Amanda</p><p>31. Eric</p><p>33. Rocky</p><p>34. C. H.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1. Bob</p><p>2. Raleigh</p><p>3. Lois</p><p>4. Toe</p><p>5. Austin</p><p>7. Elmer</p><p>8. L. A.</p><p>9. V. E.</p><p>10. April</p><p>13. A. R.</p><p>19. Lumber</p><p>20. Evans</p><p>22. Shero</p><p>24. Coach</p><p>26. Jack</p><p>27. A. M.</p><p>28. Va.</p><p>32. Ic.</p><div class="sidebar"><h2><b>BOLS ANSWER</b></h2><p><b>Butch Bouchard of the Montreal Canadiens has played in 112 playoff games.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Hockey X-Word Puzzle

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0291/1566614-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="241" height="288"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0192/1566621-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="232" height="275"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0389/1566607-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="2829" height="1584"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0476/1566600-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="2801" height="1572"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUMP WORSLEY</b> is better known for his acrobatics in the New York Ranger goals than for diving ability but even at that The Gump can get off the odd belly-flopper when called upon to do so, as witness the photo at top. In this action at Maple Leaf Gardens, Gump slides away out of his cage to snare a loose puck as Dick Duff and George Armstrong of the Maple Leafs move tn. Ranger rearguards are Jack Evans, left, and Bill Gadsby. In the lower photo, Alex Delvecchio of the Detroit Red Wings (10) manages to get away a shot at Jacques Plante in the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; cage although checked by Jean-Guy Talbot, left, and Tom Johnson, right, of the Habs. Plante managed to grab the puck in his glove hand, however.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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