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February 18, 1956

The Hockey News February 18, 1956

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>As Atlantic Coast Hockey League teams plunged into the final fortnight of the long schedule, two titles had just about been decided. Nobody is going to knock Shermie White off the championship scoring perch.</p><p>The Beavers, who took over from the Amherst Ramblers as pacesetters late in December, have run up a sevengame margin over the Nova Scotia team and the way they&rsquo;ve been playing the last five or six weeks there are no reasons to expect a major slump.</p><p>White has just about clinched the scoring championship, with a new record already accomplished. With only nine games to go White has a 15-point lead over linemate Jackie Schmidt and is back in his best form following a layoff with injuries.</p><p>Fredericton Caps and Moncton Hawks have been shuttling in and out of third place, with the former holding the berth at the time of writing. While the Hawks haven&rsquo;t been able to overtake the Caps, except now and then only to fall back, they have. played much better hockey in the second half of the schedule.</p><h2><b>Zero Hero</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02163/1475227-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="584" height="1164"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JIM SHIRLEY</b></figcaption></div><h3>Came From Behind</h3><p>In fact they are playing so well that many expect them to reach the playoff finals with Saint John, unless they happen to collide in the semis The Hawks, it will be recalled, came from some distance back to defeat Charlottetown Islanders in the ACSHL last season and then go on to the Eastern Canada finals against Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen.</p><p>In scoring White has accumulated 105 points on 37 goals and 67 assists. Schmidt&rsquo;s total is 25 goals, 64 assists. Other man on this high production line is Pierre Brillant who leads the league in goal-getting with 48 light-blinkers. He&rsquo;s in sixth place in the league list in points. Buck Whitlock, former champion and record holder, is now third with 85 points.</p><p>Saint John&rsquo;s Jim Shirley is in a class by himself when it comes to shuotouts. The agile custodian has blanked the opposition seven times, four more goose-eggs to his credit than the next man, Fredericton&rsquo;s Plummer Craig. In goals against Shirley&rsquo;s average is 1.32, and that&rsquo;s not only the best in the league by a long shot but an excellent defensive record at any time.</p><h3>Interest Aroused</h3><p>The Armed Forces Senior Hockey League has aroused a lot of interest since the playoffs started, especially since Greenwood Bombers and Shearwater Flyers, Air Farce versus Navy, locked up in Series B. In the first four games each team had won two, both away from home. One of the games went 104 minutes before a winner was decided. It was one of the longest games in Nova Scotia playoff history and the best played in these parts in a long time.</p><p>For even in the two sudden-death overtime sessions there was no attempt to play defensive hockey. This is a wide-open, high scoring group and the trend has continuer through the playoffs.</p><p>In Series A the powerful Stadacona Sailors, who finished atop the regular schedule standings, had run up a three-one lead in games over Maritime Air Command Headquarters.</p><p>New Glasgow Rangers, formerly the Truro Bearcats, have won every game since they took over the Nova Scotia Senior League franchise and are now favorites to top the field in the playoffs.</p><p>In a recent exhibition game the Rangers walloped St. Francis Xavier team, which was an indication of their scoring power. The X-team will shortly play exhibition games in and around Boston, following in the footsteps of the Dalhousie University Tigers from Halifax who won all three games during a Christmas series in Massachusetts.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Beavers Almost Certain To Retain Top Spot In Atlantic Coast Loop

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The Canadian FOOTBALL NEWS

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Only a little more than a month ago everybody around here was talking about the Bruins.</p><p>They were losing most of their games.</p><p>Now everybody is talking about the Bruins again, but the tenor of the conversation has changed.</p><p>Lately they&rsquo;ve been winning most of their games.</p><p>The big mystery of the middle portion of the National League season was the collapse of the Bruins, what had caused it after a promising start.</p><p>But there is no such element of mystery in their late-season surge. The reason is evident, in black in white.</p><p>The line of declevity between losing and winning is the day in late January when they made a four-player deal with the Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>In the deal they traded Lome Ferguson and Murray Costello to Detroit for Real Chevrefils and Jerry Toppazzini.</p><p>Prior to the deal they were losing regularly; since the deal they have been winning frequently.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;No Doubt&rdquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03191/1473468-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="584" height="896"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LYNN PATRICK</b></figcaption></div><h3>Playing Well</h3><p>&ldquo;I guess there&rsquo;s no doubt about it,&rdquo; observed Manager Lynn Patrick. &ldquo;The records say our pickup started with the arrival of Chevrefils and Toppazzini, so they must be the reasons for the pickup.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt about how well they&rsquo;ve been playing, either. They&rsquo;ve been scoring, digging and doing just about everything, as well giving us plenty of noise.&rdquo;</p><p>&lsquo;&lsquo;They&rsquo;re the reason for the improvement,&rdquo; opined the veteran Hal Laycoe. &ldquo;They came here fresh and full of enthusiasm and started scoring goals. The lines on which they were placed immediately started scoring goals.&rdquo;</p><p>In their first nine games as second-term Bruins Chevrefils and Toppazzini scored 10 goals between them, Chevrefils making six.</p><p>The line on which Chevrefils was placed with Don McKenney and Leo LaBine promptly displayed its talent of a year ago, when it was one of the league&rsquo;s best.</p><p>Toppazzini was installed at right wing on a line with Marcel Bonin at left wing and Hal Laycoe, Fleming Mackell and Doug Mohns as successive centres, and that line speedily evolved as a hustling, aggressive affair.</p><h3>Incredible Progress</h3><p>After nine games of exposure to the Chevrefils-Toppazzini influence, the Bruins had made progress toward a playoff position which was almost incredible.</p><p>When the two joined the team the Bruins were 10 points behind Toronto, then in fourth place. In between was Chicago.</p><p>Nine games later they were only two points out of fourth place, held by Chicago, with Toronto in between, a point ahead.</p><p>In the time prior to the deal the Bruins had lost five successive games right here at the Garden. After the deal they ran off a streak of six straight games here without a loss, winning five of the six</p><h3>Topper Surprised</h3><p>&ldquo;When I made the trade I knew we were getting one good all-around player in Chewy, because he was just that when we had him before,&rdquo; said Patrick. &ldquo;I always had a high opinion of Topper, but frankly, he has surprised me.</p><p>&ldquo;And the way the thing turned out for us also surprised me because while I hoped it would help, I didn&rsquo;t expect it to work out as well as it has.</p><p>&ldquo;Offhand I can&rsquo;t recall another instance of a trade working as this one has, with such positive proof. All anyone has to do is look at the record, and there is the answer.&rdquo;</p><p>Before embarking on the sevengame road trip which can make or break their playoff prospects eventually, the Bruins gave every team in the league a taste of their newly-potent medicine.</p><p>The only opponent to escape a shellacking here was Chicago, which emerged with a tie on the splendid goal-tending of battered Al Rollins, but the Black Hawks had been served a shutout earlier on their own ice.</p><h3>Buried Habs</h3><p>Their biggest blowouts were at the expense of the league&rsquo;s two top teams, Montreal and New York. The Canadiens were burried under a Chevre-filsled outburst in the course of which Capt. Ferny Flaman also punched out a one-sided decision over Montreal&rsquo;s Jean Beliveau. The Rangers were snowed under a seven-goal blizzard.</p><p>Only one final statistic is needed to point up the difference in the pre and post-trade Bruins. That is that in the nine games played after the coming of Chevrefils and Toppazzini, they won only two less games (six) than they had won in the preceding three months.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Patrick Credits Trade With Wings for Surge By Rejuvenated Bruins

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06102/1473730-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>JEAN BELIVEAU</b></p><p><b>TERRY SAWCHUK</b></p><p><b>GORDIE HOWE</b></p></figcaption></div><p><i><b>In the February Issue</b></i></p><p><b>&ldquo;Marriage, Hockey Don&rsquo;t Mix&rdquo;&mdash;Nick Mickoski Cyclone Taylor &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Lucky&rdquo;&mdash;Says Andy Bathgate Scouts Can Be Wrong</b></p><p><i><b>-Special Added Features-</b></i></p><p><b>IS CANADIAN FOOTBALL STEALING HOCKEY&rsquo;S THUNDER ? PICTORIAL FEATURE OF CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS ON THE ROAD</b></p><p><b>AT YOUR NEWSSTAND TODAY&mdash;25c A COPY</b></p><p><b>$2.00 for a Year&rsquo;s Subscription (8 issues)&mdash;Send to</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY PICTORIAL</b></p><p><b>BOX 901. MONTREAL. CANADA</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The Stars Pich A Winner!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01158/1475487-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUS MORTSON</b> of the Chicago Black Hawks grabs a hold on Earl Balfour&rsquo;s stick in the action above, thus Dreventing the Leaf forward from getting a shot on goal. Though&mdash;Photo by Turofsky slightly illegal, the manoeuvre may have saved a goal. Balfour, in the meantime, has his arm draped around Mortson&rsquo;s back and rides sidesadle on the Chicago rearguard. <span class="photo-credit">(—Photo by Turofsky)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>Caught In The Act</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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UPSURGE IN U.S. HOCKEY

<div class="byline">Stan FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>While Phil Watson was putting his Rangers through an especially tough workout at Iceland last week we observed one railbird watching the proceeding with an unusually wide grin on his face.</p><p>We discovered that it was Guy Gignac who played forward for Phil when Watson was coach of the Quebec Citadels.</p><p>Guy is now a resident of New York City, makes his home in Rockaway Reach while attending a school for Beauticians in Manhattan.</p><p>We asked Guy what he thought of the gruelling practice.</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t make me laugh,&rdquo; he said, although he was already wearing a broad smile. &ldquo;These Rangers are lucky. When I played for Phil he used to take us into the country to shovel snow.</p><p>&ldquo;I started the season at 183 pounds and finished at 157&mdash;but, brother, was I in shapel&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Is Phil doing the same things he did as a junior coach?&rdquo; we inquired.</p><p>&ldquo;If you mean does he hate to lose, growl at referees and all that, then I have to say yes.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Has he changed in any way?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I remember a game, I think we were playing the junior Canadiens. Phil got very upset over a referee&rsquo;s decision and hurled a chair on the ice. I don&rsquo;t think he&rsquo;s doing things like that in the NHL.&rdquo;</p><p>Give him a chance, Guy. Give him a chance.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Fiery Phil Watson Hasn’t Changed Much!

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The excellent performances of the United States Olympic team in the world-wide competition in Italy may have given amateur hockey in this country a stimulant with far-reaching effects.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the opinion of Lynn Patrick, manager of the Boston. Bruins and the game&rsquo;s foremost booster in New England.</p><p>The United States team finished in second place behind Russia at Cortina D&rsquo;Ampezzo under the capable direction of Johnny Mariucci, and for the first time in the long history of the Olympic hockey program its progress was an item of major interest here.</p><p>Newspapers in this area gave the team front page coverage, and radio&rsquo;s greatest contribution was a coast-to-coast broadcast of the United States-Russia game by Foster Hewitt of Toronto, a production suggested and arranged by Fred Cusick, the Boston sportscaster who broadcasts Bruins&rsquo; games.</p><p>&ldquo;Mariucci and his players have probably done more for amateur hockey in this country than all the other Olympic hockey teams we&rsquo;ve ever had combined,&rdquo; observed Patrick.</p><p>&ldquo;There have always been people who have followed the fortunes of the hockey Olympics closely, but this team attracted the attention of the general public as no other American amateur team ever has.</p><h2>Has Been Growing</h2><p>&ldquo;Amateur hockey in this country has been growing by leaps and bounds since World War II,&rdquo; added Patrick, &ldquo;and the Olympic team&rsquo;s success in Italy will, I feel, accelerate the spread of the game. The impact will be felt all the way down the line, from our National League teams down to the pond level.&rdquo;</p><p>Patrick is of the opinion that the even competition at Cortina was a beneficial factor in itself.</p><p>&ldquo;Only a few years ago. or even a year ago, most of the teams in the hockey tournament had little chance of winning,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;This year five or six teams had a chance to finish first.</p><p>&ldquo;That suggests that the game is becoming world-wide in the interest being paid it. The game must be a good one when that many countries can ice teams much improved over their previous entries.&rdquo;</p><p>Prior to this year professional hockey organization in this country paid little heed to the professional prospects of members of the Olympic teams, but such was not the case this time.</p><p>Center John Mayasich, a 22-year-old University of Minnesota alumnus from Eveleth, Minn., has&rsquo; been placed on the Bruins&rsquo; negotiation list and Goalie Willard Ikola, also from Eveleth, has been placed on the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; list. Center Bill Cleary, Jr., a Harvard alumnus from nearby Cambridge, was placed on the Montreal Royals&rsquo; list a year ago.</p><p>One of the surprising features of the strong United States showing was that Mariucci&rsquo;s squad was selected from a list of less than 400 eligibles, for the total number of registered senior amateurs in this country is less than that figure.</p><p>The performance of the Yanks was not entirely unheralded, however. Before the team left for Europe General Manager Tommy Ivan of Chicago predicted that it would do well, and Coach Milt Schmidt of the Bruins expressed similar feelings. Goalie Terry Sawchuk of the Bruins, more familiar with most of the team&rsquo;s personnel than other hockey people here, gave advance warning to all of Ikola&rsquo;s proficiency.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Olympic Team Helped Create New Interest

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02208/1473499-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Maple Leafs on November 19, 1929, when two defensemen Johnny McKinnon of Pittsburgh and Happy Day of Toronto each scored four goals. No other defensemen in N.H.L. history has ever scored that many times in one game.</p><p><b>Gooderham & Worts</b></p><p><b>LIMITED</b></p><p><b>DISTILLERS SINCE 1832</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Do you remember ?…

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01224/1473437-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JEAN BELIVEAU</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s not official yet but the Canadiens have all but sewn up the National Hockey League championship for early delivery, F.O.B. Montreal.</p><p>With their closest pursuers falling further and further behind, the Habs can concentrate now on setting some new National Hockey League and team records. Hopes of shattering the Detroit mark of 101 points gained in one season appear to be slim now. However a new team record is in prospect.</p><p>All the Montrealers have to do is surpass 93, their all-time high established last season when they trailed the persistent Red Wings by two points at the finish.</p><p>They won 41 games last season, another all-time peak that might be altered in the record books at the close of the current campaign.</p><p>Jean Beliveau, who came into the NHL on a tidal wave of printer&rsquo;s ink and has been wallowing in its wake ever since, might end up with three records&mdash;two NHL ones and one club mark.</p><h2><b>Headed For Record</b></h2><h3>Penalty Record</h3><p>The big, strong, smoothskating Habitant is certain to become, by a wide margin, the highest penalized centre in any season. The previous mark of 125 minutes was set by &ldquo;Hooley&rdquo; Smith, when he was with the Ottawa Senators before joining the old Montreal Maroons, in the 1926-27 season.</p><p>Beliveau reached 121 minutes in his first 53 games. Not that he&rsquo;s a dirty player. It&rsquo;s just that he resents holding, pushing and shoving&mdash;always the lot of the super star&mdash;and takes the necessary steps to retaliate.</p><p>In addition to becoming the highest penalized centre, Beliveau might set a new goal-getting record for pivotmen. He is within range of the mark of 43 chalked up in the 1929-30 campaign by Cooney Weiland of the Boston Bruins.</p><h3>Lach Set Mark</h3><p>Now for the club record. Most points ever obtained by a member of the Canadiens in a single season was 80. That record is the personal property of Elmer Lach, who set it in 1944-45 as the centre for the famous Punch Line, one of the most feared orward combinations af all-time.</p><p>Lach had Maurice Richard at Tight wing and Toe Blake, now coach of the Habs, on the port-side. Beliveau, with Bernie Geoffrion and Bert Olmstead on the flanks, should sail through 80 points, barring injuries.</p><p>Beliveau, of course, is more a scorer than a playmaker. The best plays on the line are made by the crafty, quick-thinking Olmstead who, with a spurt in the stretch, might surpass the NHL record for assists. That one belongs to wily Ted Lindsay of Detroit. He was credited with 55 helpings in the 1949-50 season while operating with Gordie Howe and Syd Abel. Most assists ever obtained by a Montreal player were 54. Lach fell just one short of tying Lindsay&rsquo;s feat in 1944-45.</p><h3>Two Stand Firm</h3><p>There are two club records that won&rsquo;t be broken. No one is going to threaten Richard&rsquo;s 50-goal output in this campaign and George Hains-worth&rsquo;s mark of 22 shutouts is a safe as the Hope diamond.</p><p>Richard got his 50 goals in 50 games and Hainsworth achieved his 22 whitewash jobs in 44 games. Hockey doesn&rsquo;t lend itself to that kind of air-tight goaltending today. It Richard had been playing in the Hainsworth era he&rsquo;d probably still be looking for his 300th goal.</p><p>We were saying that Olmstead Is the playmaker on the Beliveau-Geoffrion line. That isn&rsquo;t exactly a hockey rarity.</p><h3>Baver Was Great</h3><p>Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Boston Bruins, said once, &ldquo;every line needs a good playmaker and it doesn&rsquo;t matter whether he&rsquo;s a centre or not. I always thought Bobby Bauer made the best plays for the Kraut Line and he was a right winger.&rdquo;</p><p>Traditionally the Habs are a colorful club and they are drawing record crowds around the circuit as well as at home.</p><p>When they all but nailed down the NHL title by taking five points out of a possible six from the Red Wings and tying the Rangers in New York, all within eight days, they saw nothing but jam-packed arenas.</p><h3>Largest Crowd</h3><p>In the first game in Detroit they drew 15,180 fans, the largest crowd of the season in the Olvmpia, and for the second engagement there they attracted 14,430.</p><p>After concluding the three-game series with the Wings at the Forum, before a full-house of enthusiastic Montrealers, they went to New York.</p><p>The attendance there was 15,925, the capacity for a hockey game in Madison Square Garden, according to the New York fire laws.</p><p>The ink was sold out three weeks before the game and Herb Goren, Rangers&rsquo; publicity man, cracked: &ldquo;We should have staged this one in Yankee Stadium.&rdquo;</p><h3>Distressing Note</h3><p>There is only one distressing note from the camp of the colorful Canadiens this week. Dollard St. Laurent&rsquo;s fractured jaw isn&rsquo;t healing as well as had been expected. With wires still holding the complex break, he isn&rsquo;t due to return to the line-up until March 1, three weeks before the playoffs get underway.</p><p>It may take him a while to work himself into tip-top physical shape again as he has lost eight pounds. He can&rsquo;t eat solid food. All he can do is consume liquids, sipped between clenched teeth. Hardly an adequate diet for an athlete.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Habs All But Sew Up NHL Title By Sweeping Series With Wings

<p><b>BATHGATE, ANDREW JAMES</b></p><p><b>Born, Winnipeg, Man., August 28, 1932. Centre. Shoots right. 6. 175 lbs. Last amateur club: Guelph Biltmores.</b></p><h2>ANDY&rsquo;S RECORD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02188/1473568-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="478" height="182"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03126/1473561-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="605" height="209"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Andy’s Record

<p>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>According to Ranger coach Phil Watson, the rejuvenation of the now great Andy Bathgate occurred the night of Oct. 22nd, 1955.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;d lost, 3-2, at Toronto and were returning to New York on the train,&rdquo; Watson recalled. &ldquo;Andy had been playing some lackadaisical hockey in our first six games and I decided it was about time to have a little heart-to-heart talk with him..</p><p>&ldquo;I laid it on the line,&rdquo; Watson continued. &ldquo;I told him he was a wonderful hockey player and a grand athlete. I told him that it was entirely up to him whether he Played at Vancouver where his wife&rsquo;s father owns a resort lodge, or whether he wanted to live in New York and play for Rangers.</p><p>&ldquo;He thought it over for a moment, then he said: &lsquo;Coach, I want to be a star and I&rsquo;m going to prove it to you.</p><h2>Lived Up To Promise</h2><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s more than lived up to promise,&rdquo; adds Watson. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s taken more shots on the net than any other Ranger&mdash;and he&rsquo;s the only man on the squad who plays on all our units.&rdquo;</p><p>The six-foot 175-pound Bathgate was one of the most sought-after players on the squad during the off-season.</p><p>&ldquo;Toronto talked a lot of trade with us during the summer, said Watson. &ldquo;And just about every time, they&rsquo;d get around to mentioning that &lsquo;big wing&rsquo;&mdash;meaning Bathgate.</p><p>&ldquo;I saw Andy play for Guelph back in 1950 and I knew what he could do. That&rsquo;s why he&rsquo;s still a Ranger.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Heart-to-Heart Lecture Did Trick Mighty Quick

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01223/1473530-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>No matter how hard he tries, Andy Bathgate simply can&rsquo;t help being compared with the great Jean Beliveau of Montreal.</p><p>&ldquo;I was hoping they wouldn&rsquo;t write to much about me lately so I could sort of sneak up on the Rocket and Beliveau in the scoring and maybe even pull ahead of them,&rdquo; Andy revealed to us.</p><p>But alas, poor Bathgate has come along so well this season that he is no longer being called &ldquo;the Poor Man&rsquo;s Beliveau.&rdquo; In fact, it is believed in some quarters that someday, soon, they may be calling Beliveau &ldquo;The Poor Man&rsquo;s Bathgate.&rdquo;</p><p>It should come as a surprise to no one that Bathgate has achieved stardom at the tender age of 23. Didn&rsquo;t the writers across Canada predict greatness for the Winnipeg native when he captained the Guelph Biltmores to the Memorial Cup Championship in 1951?</p><p>Naturally Andy had difficulty making the jump from junior to big time hockey. Perhaps if he joined a top flight NHL club the adjustment would have come easier but as things turned out the Blues were at their Bluist When Bathgate became a Ranger.. Which meant that there was an unusual amount of pressure on him.</p><p>He took a bounce around the minors with stints at Vancouver and Cleveland before permanently hooking oh with the Rangers.</p><p>&ldquo;The minor league experience built up my confidence,&rdquo; said Bathgate. &ldquo;My skating was weak and my shooting off when I first came to New York but I worked at it and things finally paid off.&rdquo;</p><p>And how! It took Handy Andy only 35 games this season to accomplish what he needed a whole Beason to do last year. That is, score 40 points. The way he&rsquo;s going the classy right winger should hit for at least 70, if not more.</p><h2>&ldquo;Best Since Bill Cook&rdquo;</h2><h3>Excellent Record</h3><p>&ldquo;He has an excellent record for goals scored for and against him when he&rsquo;s on the ice,&rdquo; notes his statistically minded coach Phil Watson. &ldquo;That is very exceptional because I use him to kill penalties as well as play the point on the power play and take his regular turn.&rdquo;</p><p>It is conceivable that the youngest of three hoekey-playing Bathgates has not yet reached his completed hockey maturity yet. Last year when he started racking up the points he did it on general all&mdash;round usefulness. Nothing exceptional.</p><p>So far in &rsquo;55-&rsquo;56 he has revealed leadership qualities, a deadly shot&mdash;both slap and regular forehand&mdash;and savvy on the power-play point.</p><p>What he hasn&rsquo;t shown, and very well might, is the stickhandling finesse, rushing ability and aggressiveness of Beliveau.</p><h3>Gets Lazy</h3><p>Says Watson: &ldquo;When Andy gives an all-out effort in a game he&rsquo;s as good if not better than Beliveau. But he has a tendancy to get lazy at times and it hurts his entire line.&rdquo;</p><p>When he wants to, Bathgate can stickhandle in the finest Max Bentley tradition and d&rsquo;ya know why? Wait, we&rsquo;ll let Andy tell it:</p><p>&ldquo;I played 20 games for Rangers in the 1953-54 season when Max was with the club. Very often he&rsquo;d take me aside and give me pointers. But better that that, I paid close attention to the way he himself operated on the point. I think I picked up plenty of information just by watching Max. Wow, What a stickhandler he was!&rdquo;</p><p>As in the case with all the Guelph grads, Andy heaps a large share of praise on Alfie Pike.</p><h3>Perfected Shot</h3><p>&ldquo;When I came East (to Guelph) from Winnipeg I couldn&rsquo;t break a pane of glass with my shot,&rdquo; Bathgate said. &ldquo;Alfie worked with me, kept telling me to shoot, shoot, shoot. Within two months my shot was one of the best on the club.&rdquo;</p><p>Watson isn&rsquo;t the only Bathgate booster. GM Muzz Patrick believes Bathgate has the potential to become the greatest Ranger right wing since Bill Cook. Even Black Hawk coach Dick Irvin doled out a few compliments;</p><p>&ldquo;Bathgate should be the AllStar right wing. He and the Rocket are about equal and Richard&rsquo;s on a better team.&rdquo;</p><p>It&rsquo;s not inconcievable that Bathgate could lead the NHL in scoring. Only two Rangers ever have topped the NHL scoring list. Bill Cook did it twice and Bryan Hextall once.</p><p>Buddy O&rsquo;Connor missed out by a single point in 1948 so the last time a Blueshirt was first was in 1941-42 when Hextall tallied 56 points.</p><h3>Made For Each Other</h3><p>For a while this season Bathgate was making little headway. That is, up until Watson shifted him to a line with Larry Popein and Dean Prentice where he should have been in the first place. The trio plays like they were made for each other.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to explain,&rdquo; says Andy, &ldquo;but we seem to know just what&rsquo;s going on in the other fella&rsquo;s mind and know when and how to pass off and shoot.&rdquo;</p><p>Popein&rsquo;s dandy playmaking at center and Prentice&rsquo;s go-go-go have given Bathgate much of his new look. Andy played with Popein at Vancouver and with Prentice at Guelph.</p><p>Ever since his profitable campaign last year Bathgate&rsquo;s been the most sought after Ranger but, naturally, there is very little that can be offered&mdash;less than a Beliveau&mdash;that would lure Andy away from New York.</p><h3>Proud of Stature</h3><p>And don&rsquo;t think he&rsquo;s not proud of his present stature. Andy&rsquo;s family was far from wealthy. They came from a suburb of Winnipeg called West Kildonan. Andy&rsquo;s dad who was always encouraging his sons along the sports trail unfortunately passed away before Andy achieved the success he worked so hard to achieve.</p><p>We recall reading an article by Winnipeg sportswriter Vince Leah who remembers Andy when he was just a tyke, the first one to hammer the boards in the neighborhood hockey rink and the first on and the last off the ice every day of the winter.</p><p>&ldquo;If hard honest toil is the secret of sporting success,&rdquo; said Leah, &ldquo;Bathgate is headed for stardom.&rdquo; How right he was.</p><p>The non-drinking, non-smoking, bi-dimpled Bathgate married pretty Merle Lewis of Vancouver last spring.</p><h3>Operates Motel</h3><p>In the off-season Andy operates a motel along the Alaskan Highway in British Columbia anl if you have a few spare hours he&rsquo;ll also tell you how you can catch a fish every time you drop a line at the local lake.</p><p>Of course no one on the team believes him but Dean Prentice and Frau are going out there in the spring to see whether Andy&rsquo;s kidding or not.</p><p>Like most of the married Rangers the Bathgates live in Windsor Park, a half hour hop from the Garden, in suburban Queens.</p><p>His favorite hobby is fishing, also enjoys the odd game of darts and plays hockey more as if it were a hobby than a job. Now that we think of it that&rsquo;s another trademark of his greatness. Andy is making his moves with the leisureliness of a Howe or Harvey. That&rsquo;s confidence personified.</p><h3>Studies Opponents</h3><p>He&rsquo;s an interesting mixture of a serious yet happy-go-lucky fellow on and off the ice. It&rsquo;s hard to figure but nonetheless true. He studies opponents as well as teammates with an intensity that would amaze a researchdr, gives pointers in a helpful, considerate way.</p><p>At the same time he&rsquo;s a quick man with the gag, always has a tailor-made needle for his opponents.</p><p>He&rsquo;s fast developing into a smooth-working public relations man for the Rangers, attends banquets, speaks with assurance. Andy and Larry Popein were recently cited by a Queens American Legion youth group for distinguished service with teenagers.</p><p>That Beliveau is quite a suave PR man himself. Yup, there&rsquo;s quite a ressemblance between the two and just two years ago a Ranger official remarked that he&rsquo;d give all the tea in China to get Big Jean into a Ranger uniform. Now they are satisfied with Bathgate.</p><h3>Isn&rsquo;t Consistent</h3><p>But let&rsquo;s not go overboard on this fellow and remember what Watson warbled: I&rsquo;m not completely satisfied with him because Andy isn&rsquo;t consistent and he&rsquo;s inclined to be lazy.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s loaded with natural ability and gets his points without working too hard. Once he really puts his mind to it he&rsquo;ll be up there with Beliveau or ahead of him. I&rsquo;m sure of it.&rdquo;</p><p>Y&rsquo;see, it&rsquo;s all in the mind. But if Andy Bathgate has anything to say, all this darn newspaper publicity is doing him no good either.</p><p>Not much !<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Ex-Biltmore Now Veteran In Big Time

<p>Founded October 1st 1947</p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</b></p><p><b>1434 Ste. Catherine Street West Montreal 25. Que.</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates; $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.</b></p><p>Entered as second-class matter. October 1. 1953. at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd. 1879 Authorized as second-class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada</p><p><b>Vol. 9 FEBRUARY 19, 1956 No. 21</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">BY McKenzie</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01293/1473668-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><p>&bull; MUZZ PATRICK just returned from a scouting trip to Western Canada. While in Winnipeg he ran into Joe Cooper, the former New York Ranger and Chicago Black Hawk defenseman. During their fanning bee, Cooper stated that kids in Canada today don&rsquo;t rough it as they did in the old days. &lsquo;&lsquo;All they do is play in heated rinks or stay home and watch TV,&rdquo; Cooper griped&hellip;&ldquo;Taint so,&rdquo; Muzz countered&mdash;&ldquo;I watched kids play the other night in a rink which wasn&rsquo;t heated and it was not only 35 below outside but 35 below inside.&rdquo;&hellip;Cooper, a man of a million words made sure he had the last one this time: &ldquo;Yea,&rdquo; he said, &lsquo;&lsquo;but they&rsquo;re not bucking the wind like we used to&rdquo;&hellip;Cooper, incidentally, is doing very well in the bowling business in Winnipeg. He and Billy Mosienko are partners in a thriving bowling alley in Winnipeg&rsquo;s North End&hellip;Jack Adams says Jean Beliveau is the best hockey player to come along since Gordie Howe. &ldquo;The way he&rsquo;s going now he might score 50 goals this season,&rdquo; the Detroit G.M. remarked the other day&hellip;Real Chevrefils asked Lorne Ferguson how he was doing since he was traded to Detroit&hellip;&ldquo;Fine,&rdquo; answered Ferguson, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sitting in your place on the bench&hellip;Fred Huber advises that Connie Dion who played for Detroit in 1945 was only 5&rsquo;5&rdquo; tall and was the shortest goalie to play in the NHL since the 5&rsquo;3&rdquo; Roy Worters played for New York Americans&hellip;Hal Jackson has been doing an outstanding job as an official in the International Hockey League and as a lineman in the National League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02264/1473661-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="313" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Mosienko</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; WHEN HE was known as Gentleman Jean Beliveau and made very few visits to the penalty box, Beliveau scored less goals than when he is known simply as Jean Beliveau, one of the league&rsquo;s penalty leaders. After 53 games last season and with only 44 minutes in the penalty box, he had scored 30 goals. After the same number of games this season and with 121 minutes penalty time he&rsquo;d scored 34 goals&hellip;Now Beliveau hits back anytime an opposing player does something to him&hellip;&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the only way you can play in this league,&rdquo; he explains. You leave them alone and a few players in this league will climb all over you.&rdquo;&hellip;With Jean&rsquo;s size and ruggedness very few players will be climbing over him&hellip;Bobby Solinger, ace left winger of the Pittsburgh. Hornets, has amassed a total of 400 points in American Hockey League play&hellip;Leading point getter among active American League players is Cleveland&rsquo;s Jackie Gordon. The clever Baron center had 548 points on February 15&hellip;The retired Fred Thurier holds the all-time league record. He amassed a total of 744 scoring points&hellip;Johnny Crawford, who has kept the Providence Reds in first place in the AHL all season, has a splendid coaching record. In two seasons with Hershey in 1950-51 and 195152, he led the Bears to second and first place finishes respectively. It looks right now as if he will capture his second league title in three attempts. Not a bad record, at all, at all&hellip;Fred Hucul has been playing well for Calgary of the WHL and might still be a bet for the NHL if given another opportunity.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03190/1473654-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="301" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jackie Gordon</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; CLAUDE ROBERT, who played briefly with Montreal Canadiens and also for different teams in the American and Quebec Hockey Leagues, played an important role in capturing a Montreal bank robber recently. Claude is now an officer on the Montreal police force and he had to run after the fleeing robber before overcoming and overpowering him&hellip;He&rsquo;s still in good shape, no doubt&hellip;Don (Bones) Raleigh hopes to make good as a coach now that his playing days are on the wane. He would like to prove himself in the minor pro ranks and then some day come back to the National Hockey League as a full-fledged experienced mentor&hellip;Phil Watson sleeps in an upper berth when the Rangers are on the road. That&rsquo;s because Muzz Patrick occupies the lower. It&rsquo;s nothing new, however, as Patrick and Watson were once roomies as players and Watson has been occupying the secondary bed for a long time&hellip;Watson and Patrick met in the fall of 1935 at Rangers&rsquo; camp in Winnipeg Watson arrived first and after being assigned to his room which contained a regular bed and a cot, he staked claim to the bed by putting his luggage there. Then he went out When he returned he found his bags had been tossed onto the cot and some-body else had staked claim to the bed&hellip;Before Watson could protest out of the bathroom came a husky six-footer who introduced himself&hellip;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Muzz Patrick,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Guess we&rsquo;re roommates. Where are you going to sleep?&hellip;Watson looked at the size of Patrick, glanced longingly at the bed and then replied pointing to the cot, &ldquo;There I suppose.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04141/1473647-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="289" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Claude Robert</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>As they launched their stretch drive for the fourth and final Stanley Cup playoff berth, the Toronto Maple Leafs looked to Harry Lumley to do for them what Terry Sawchuk did in Boston and Al Rollins in Chicago.</p><p>In short, they relied upon Lum emerging from his layoff sharper than he went into it.</p><p>In the two weeks Lumley was shelved with torn thigh muscles he suffered in Detroit Jan.. 22, three goaltenders tried to preserve Leafs&rsquo; playoff hopes.</p><p>Lefty Wilson, Red Wings&rsquo; own trainer and goaltending understudy, was the most successful, playing shutout hockey for the fraction of a period that he replaced Lum on the night of his accident.</p><h2><b>To Return</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05122/1473699-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="581" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HARRY LUMLEY</b></figcaption></div><h3>Losing Streak</h3><p>Gil Mayer then came in from Toronto&rsquo;s Pittsburgh Hornet farm to make his major-league bid, but departed six games later after yielding 19 goals. As he left, Leafs were in the throws on a five-game losing streak, equalling their longest of the season.</p><p>And Little Gil wasn&rsquo;t sorry to regain the sanctuary of Pittsburgh. In fact, after his sixth game, he was plaintively heard to ask: &ldquo;When will Lumley get back? I won&rsquo;t be sorry to go back to Pittsburgh now.&rdquo;</p><h3>Summon Chadwick</h3><p>Ed Chadwick, the giant blond who learned his hockey at St. Micheal&rsquo;s College and last year with Sault-Ste-Marie Greyhounds, was imported from Winnipeg Warriors of the Western League to replace Mayer through the final three games of Lum&rsquo;s absence.</p><p>With the return of Lum, Leafs looked for a lift like their challengers for the fourth spot received when their goaltending regular returned. Sawchuk, who gained a rest when a fractured thumb sidelined him, rejoined the slumping Bruins in time for a run that put them back into contention almost overnight. And Rollins, who had been exiled to Buffalo, rejoined Hawks in the midst of a five-game losing streak and lifted them to a three-game unbeaten skein that sent them ahead of Leafs into fourth place Feb. 5.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Maple Leafs Look To Lumley To Lead Them Into Playoffs

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Gordie Howe used a pet Red Wing play to finally get his 300th National Hockey League goal.</p><p>After being stalled for five straight games on the milestone tally, Howe finally hit in a 3-2 victory here over Chicago. He also got a start toward his 400th the same night by adding a 301st a period later.</p><p>The play carried a Detroit trademark. For several years the Wings have enjoyed confusing opponents by bouncing forward passes off the lively back boards at Olympia Stadium.</p><p>When the timing is right and the passing accurate, a winger can whip around the defense and take the pass from the boards to come in on the goalie from an unexpected angle.</p><p>Howe handled two such passes in the Chicago game, converting passes from Ted Lindsay and Dutch Reibel for two goals.</p><p>Tommy Ivan, Chicago&rsquo;s general manager, was among the witnesses and he shook his head sadly.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve told our players to watch for that play and how to cover up on it, and still it works,&rdquo; Ivan said.</p><p>&ldquo;You know, it doesn&rsquo;t happen very often anywhere except in Olympia.</p><p>&ldquo;I remember a few years ago when I was coaching Detroit we got a big playoff goal against Toronto exactly that same way. I see that Gord and Ted haven&rsquo;t lost their knack&rdquo;.</p><p>Muzz Patrick, New York&rsquo;s general manager, also has taken special interest in this particular trick.</p><p>Last time the Rangers came here they were herded out to the Olympia at 11 a.m. the day of the game. A handful put on skates with their street clothes and, armed with sticks and pucks, took the ice.</p><p>They lined up at the blue line and began firing shots off the boards. Patrick, Coach Phil Watson and Goalie Lorne Worsley gave careful study to the results. They watched how the pucks bounced off the boards and the angles.</p><p>&ldquo;I still don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s smart,&rdquo; Patrick said bluntly. &ldquo;You have to hit the boards just so and if a player is that accurate why doesn&rsquo;t he shoot on the net instead.</p><p>&ldquo;But as long as the Wings do it and get result, I guess we&rsquo;d better find a way to stop it.</p><p>&ldquo;Besides, maybe we&rsquo;ll learn the secret ourselves and get a few of our own.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Pet Play</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01244/1473775-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="465" height="1028"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE HOWE</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Assisted</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02219/1473768-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="287" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dutch Reibel</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03173/1473761-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="304" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Lindsay</b></figcaption></div><h3>Only At Olympia</h3><p>Patrick said success on such a play can come only at Olympia.</p><p>&ldquo;The players tell me that these are the livliest boards in the league,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;Anywhere else the puck comes off too dead for the same results.</p><p>Just then Howe came by to watch the Ranger experiment. Sizing up the situation, he hollered over to Watson: &ldquo;Tell them to hit the fifth board from the left 10 to 12 inches off the ice&mdash;that&rsquo;s the spot where it works every time.&rdquo;</p><p>Chuckling, Howe moved on while Watson mused, &ldquo;You know, I think maybe that guy can hit a tiny spot like that when he really wants to.&rdquo;</p><p>It was almost two weeks later when Howe finally cashed in one of those plays to become the third player in the history of the National Hockey League to reach the 300 level.</p><p>Nels Stewart did it first, stopping at 324 when he retired. Rocket Richard went by 300 five years ago, passed Stewart&rsquo;s total and had hit 450 by the time Howe got to 300.</p><h3>Easiest Team</h3><p>It was fitting that Chicago should be the opposing team when Howe collected such a milestone. The Black Hawks have been the easiest for him to dent and this was the 80th against them.</p><p>He has scored 58 against both Boston and New York, 57 against Toronto and 47 against Montreal.</p><p>Al Rollins, the victim for the 300th, has been his second favorite goalie. Howe has nicked Harry Lumley, a former team-mate, 50 times and Rollins 38.</p><p>All told, he has nicked 20 different goalies. His other goals were against Jim Henry (30), Gerry McNeil (24), Turk Broda (21), Jack Gelineau (20), Chuck Rayner (18), Lome Worsley (17), Bill Durnan (15), Johnny Bower (12), Frank Brimsek (12), Emil Francis (11), Terry Sawchuk (8), Jacques Plante (8), Hank Bassen (5), John Henderson (5), Lorne Anderson (2), Paul Bibeault (1) and Doug Jackson (1).</p><p>Howe made 172 of the goals in the Olympia and 128 on the road.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Wings’ Gordie Howe Only Third Player In History To Notch 300 NHL Goals

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04136/1473806-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>AL ROLLINS</b></figcaption></div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Al Rollins returned to the Chicago Stadium February 5 amid a boisterous display of spectator approval of a volume seldom heard in the 29-year history of the Black. Hawks. It had been just a month since he was benched and then dispatched to Buffalo in favor of the youthful Hank Bassen.</p><p>As recently as three days before his return, coach Dick Irvin had indicated that Rollins would probably do no better than Hank who had been badly mistreated by both opponents and Chicago fans. At the last minute, however, a decision was made and big Al returned to the National League.</p><p>That this move was in any sense a poor one could not have been proven by the most learned of attorneys as Rollins was quick to display the form which won him the Vezina trophy with Toronto in 1950-51 and the even more important Hart Trophy in his first Black Hawk season of 1953-54.</p><h2><b>Game Competitor</b></h2><h3>A Prime Factor</h3><p>Al first held the suddenly explosive Boston Brunis to a 2-2 deadlock and then proceeded to be a prime factor in twin weekend victories over Toronto which moved the Hawks past the Maple Leafs back into fourth place in the NHL and in view of playoff contention.</p><p>Any illusion that his return to Chicago was with any ease would be wiped out with a review of the Boston game in which he was socked down and injured by flying pucks in both the second and third periods. In staying in the game, he actually shirked off doctor&rsquo;s advice.&hellip;a dead game guy!</p><h3>Five Stitches</h3><p>The first damaging disc came off the stick of Leo Labine and the game was curtailed for 10 minutes while Rollins received five stitches to close a wound just above the bridge of his nose. It happened again less than an hour later while Al was still feeling the sting of the first wounding drive.</p><p>This time, Dr. Edward Browne, Bruin physician, needed seven stitches to close a gash at the highest point of the Rollins scalp line and advised Al to call it quits for at least the evening when a a slight concussion was noted as a result of the shot that had come from Johnny Peirson.</p><h3>Back In Action</h3><p>He had been knocked out by this puck, but had recovered his senses enough to wipe any such idea out of the picture. He was back in action after 20 minutes had passed and succeeded in stemming the Boston tide the rest of the way to assure Chicago of a much needed point in league ratings.</p><p>Rollins might have even asked to be excused before the Boston encounter and many skaters undoubtedly would have under these circumstances. He was sporting a king-size egg midway between the spots of his two later wounds as the result of a fray in front of his cage in his last game at Buffalo.</p><p>The second Rollins-led win over Toronto, which followed by one night, a 4-2 verdict in Maple Leaf Gardens, was the game that established the feelings of his large following of admirers. Chicago held off numerous last period threats to eke out a 3-2 decision.</p><h3>Saved On Breakaways</h3><p>The game could very well have gone the other way were it not for the stellar play of the lanky and bruised fellow in the Hawk cage. He was beaten by Tod Sloan for one of the Leaf scores, but robbed the high scoring Toronto forward of a hat trick when he saved on two Sloan breakaways.</p><p>At the start and at numerous times throughout the contest, some of Al&rsquo;s staunchest supporters would climb atop their seats at one end of the ice and gleefully wave the banner they had prepared especially for his return to Chicago. &ldquo;Welcome home, Rollins&rdquo; seeme the sentiment of most the crowd<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Rollins Returns To Windy City Much To Satisfaction Of Fans

<div class="byline">STAN HOUSTON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>King Clancy&rsquo;s &ldquo;Three Aces&rdquo; almost singlehendedly carried Toronto Maple Leafs through the first month of the New Year, and consequently brought new furrows of concern to genial manager Hap Day.</p><p>&ldquo;A team&rsquo;s best line won&rsquo;t stay its best line if it has to play too much,&rdquo; Day reckoned. &ldquo;And we have had to play that line an awful lot lately.&rdquo;</p><p>Through the 17 games from Christmas until Feb. 5, the Three Aces scored 30 of the team&rsquo;s 44 goals. Tod Sloan had 16 of those himself and Dick Duff and George Armstrong seven each. And of the 14 goals they didn&rsquo;t score, five were counted by Gordie Hannigan while he played right wing for Sloan on Toronto&rsquo;s power play.</p><p>Sloan reached the final plateau of his bonus-for-goals contract on Feb. 5 when he fired his 30th of the season. Previous dividends had accompanied his 20th and 25th scores. But as soon as Slinker wore out his original contract, Leafs stepped in to offer him additional bonuses when he scores his 35th and again when he eclipses Gaye Stewart&rsquo;s all-time Leaf record of 37.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Slinker Gets New Contract From Toronto

<div class="byline">By Til Ferdenzi</div><p><b>MR. WATSON SPEAKS ON HOCKEY</b></p><p><b>(As seen in the N.Y. Journal. American)</b></p><p>One of the nicest compliments ever offered in behalf of Phil Watson was mouthed by a basketball buff who would not be caught dead within three miles of a hockey rink.</p><p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t have to be a hockey nut to appreciate this guy,&rdquo; the roundball addict said. &ldquo;Watson is different.&rdquo;</p><p>No doubt about it. The flamboyant and outspoken coach of the New York Rangers is different, all right, and with a personal trademark all his own. Here&rsquo;s a fellow who doesn&rsquo;t have to wear red socks to let you know he&rsquo;s in the neighborhood.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01316/1473861-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="577" height="880"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PHIL WATSON</b></figcaption></div><p>There&rsquo;s the way, for example, the Gallic fire flares in Watson whenever some bleeding heart says something about hockey players today not being what they used to be.</p><p>Watson, who was throwing his weight around as a Ranger during the colorful pre-World War II era in professional hockey, has a brief reply for people who. hang on to yesterdays as though they happened an hour ago.</p><p>&lsquo;They&rsquo;re nuts,&rdquo; says the boss of the Blueshirts.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d say 75 per cent of the hockey players around when I broke in with the Rangers could not make the grade nowadays,&rdquo; Watson said.</p><p>&ldquo;These kids in the National Hockey League today are better in all ways. They&rsquo;re in better shape to play, that&rsquo;s for sure. They know more about the game, they are smarter in the way they handle money. The only edge I give pro hockey players around when I broke in would be in the social league. Those guys had a lot more experience in raising hell and breaking training.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>IT&rsquo;S NOW A TEAM GAME&mdash;NO BIG SHOTS ALLOWED:</b></h2><p>Watson says the coaching is better, too.</p><p>&ldquo;There are still coaches in this league who open and shut gates better than anything else they do,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I hope I never get that way, and I don&rsquo;t think I will. I&rsquo;m up here to coach and that&rsquo;s what I aim to do.&rdquo;</p><p>No one has yet accused fiery Phil of collecting his pay-check just for standing guard on the end of the bench while his club changes lines. No gate opener is Watson. The technical abilities of his charges have something to do with the Rangers being in second place of the NHL today, but the heavy-hand of the coach means something, too.</p><p>When one of the hired hands starts to lag a bit, for instance, Watson wants to now why&mdash;and right now.</p><p>&ldquo;Hockey is a team game,&rdquo; says Phil, &ldquo;and I don&rsquo;t want any big shots in my clubhouse. They all put out or they do their playing tor someone else.&rdquo;</p><p>And that&rsquo;s what brought the Ranger coach to the theme of this piece. Someone asked; &ldquo;What makes a great line?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;First you&rsquo;ve got to have a completely unselfish center,&rdquo; Watson said. &ldquo;Then one wing who has the knack for flicking the puck into the net. The other wing must be a digger, the real workman of the group. That&rsquo;s about all there is to it, but you&rsquo;d be surprised how few times you get the pieces to fit together like that.&rdquo;</p><p>Watson said he thought he had the right pieces in the right places on this edition of Rangers. Reading from one wing to the other, they are Dean Prentice, Larry Popein and Andy Bathgate.</p><h2>PRENTICE GIVES ALL</h2><p>&ldquo;These three fellows play very well together,&rdquo; the pilot of the Rangers said.</p><p>&ldquo;Prentice gives you everything he has. Popein is not afraid to pass off. He feeds the wings pretty good. Bathgate, of course, does most of the scoring.&rdquo;</p><p>Those are, says Phil, the ingredients that made a great line out of Primeau-Conacher-Jackson in the golden days before Pearl Harbor.</p><p>&ldquo;That line was a good example of what I am trying to point out,&rdquo; Watson explained. &ldquo;Primeau was a fine passer who was always thinking of the wings. Conacher was a consistent scorer. Jackson was the hard-working guy that helped set up scoring situations. Without any one of them you had a line, but not a good one.</p><h2><b>COWLEY TOP CENTER</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Dumart, Bauer and Schmidt&mdash;well, just name any line that ever amounted to anything and you will find an unselfish center, a scoring wing and some guy who put out 100 per cent on the other wing,&rdquo; Watson said.</p><p>There have been great centers, according) Watson, who never received the publicity they deserved. Bill Cowley, the playmaker on Boston&rsquo;s second line when the Kraut axis was doing big business in the Hub, is &ldquo;the best&rdquo; Watson ever saw.</p><p>&ldquo;Cowley was the perfect center,&rdquo; the Ranger coach said. &ldquo;He knew how to slide that puck around instinctively. I ought to know. I played against the guy.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NEW ICE ERA

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02204/1473892-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ANDY HEBENTON</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Do you remember when, at the beginning of the NHL season, Phil Watson told everybody that he expected the Rangers to score 204 goals by the end of the season and have only 150 scored against &lsquo;em?</p><p>And do you recall the loud guffaws that followed the statement? Imagine the colossal nerve of a Ranger coach expecting his club to have 136 goals in the till by the end of January and only 96 against.</p><p>It&rsquo;s mid-February now and the chap who is laughing the loudest is M. Watson who is seeing his goal goal fulfilled.</p><p>&ldquo;I asked for 136 goals by the end of January and I got 143,&rdquo; chirped Phil. &ldquo;I asked for 96 goals against and we have 117 which is not too good but it sort of balances things out.&rdquo;</p><p>Is Watson getting complacent now that his club has all but sewed up a palyoff spot? If you know Watson the answer is obvious: NO!</p><p>&ldquo;This team of ours is money-hungry,&rdquo; he shouted. &ldquo;Money, money, money! Players&rsquo; wives are having kids. Expenses are high. If we don&rsquo;t make the playoffs then they have no money to get home. Seeeee.&rdquo;</p><p>While Watson talks playoffs, Muzz Patrick has his eyes and heart set on second place.</p><h2><b>His Quota Upped</b></h2><h3>&ldquo;Made The Playoffs&rdquo;</h3><p>&ldquo;Never mind the statistics,&rdquo; says Muzz. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve made the playoffs. And you can quote me on that. But that&rsquo;s not all we want. It&rsquo;s second place we&rsquo;re after.&rdquo;</p><p>Brother Lynn overhead Muzz&rsquo;s murmurings, wandered over, shappened his needle, and offered this bit of advice:</p><p>&ldquo;Muzz,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re only asking for trouble by hoping for second place. Our club (Bruins) are sure to make the playoffs which means we&rsquo;ll be in fourth place. We&rsquo;ll eliminate the Rangers in four straight games.&rdquo;</p><p>Just to stimulate his boys to a greater second place effort Watson has altered his goal quotas for three of his forwards, Dave Creighton, Andy Hebenton and Ron Murphy.</p><p>&ldquo;I asked Murphy, Creighton and Hebenton to score 12 goals each, over the season,&rdquo; Phil revealed. &ldquo;On Feb. 3rd Creighton and Hebenton had 18 and Murph had 14. I&rsquo;ve changed my mind. I want each one to get 24.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Aren&rsquo;t you going overboard,&rdquo; someone sheepishly asked Phil, knowing full well what the answer would be.</p><h3>&ldquo;They Drop Back&rdquo;</h3><p>&ldquo;Overboard?&rdquo; he bellowed. If I don&rsquo;t harp on an objective then they have nothing to look ahead to. Once I stop encouraging them to do better they drop back and take it easy. They&rsquo;ll get it. They&rsquo;ll sweat and they&rsquo;ll scare those Wings out of second!&rdquo;</p><p>According to Watson&mdash;and the record book&mdash;his technique has been paying off all season.</p><p>&ldquo;I told Worsley to buckle down or we&rsquo;d send him to Providence,&rdquo; he went on. &ldquo;And now he&rsquo;s the best goalie in the league. Fontinato played badly on the road and he was on the carpet.</p><p>&ldquo;In a week he scored two goals and three assists. By cracky it&rsquo;s paying off.&rdquo;</p><h3>New Objective</h3><p>Watson also has a new objective for the team.</p><p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s finish the season with 91 points. That means we have to win six out of nine on the road and 11 of 12 at home.&rdquo;</p><p>(Loud guffaws were heard at this point.)</p><p>Ranger records falling like tenpins&hellip;Louie Fontinato, who should break Red Horner&rsquo;s NHL penalty record (167) with ease owns the new Ranger mark&hellip;He bested the old club record (146 minutes) held by Ching Johnson&hellip;When Canadiens close out the regular NHL season at the Garden March 18th it will mark the biggest crowd for a Hab encounter in New York this season&hellip;In all the Montrealers will play to more than 100,000 paid customers in their seven New York games, a record for Garden attendance&hellip;Andy Hebenton, making a strong bid for rookie recognition, has been the hottest Ranger this month&hellip;He&rsquo;s tallied 10 goals in 14 games&hellip;Hockey night at the Garden looks like convention night in Philly with over a dozen banners gaily draped over the sides of the balcony, mezzanine and end arena.</p><p>Gump Worsley temporarily relinquished his &ldquo;smallest goalie&rdquo; crown to Toronto&rsquo;s Gil (5-6) Mayer&hellip;The Gump has an inch on Gil&hellip;Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s reason for watching the Blues vs. Toronto: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m here to see that you guys don&rsquo;t soften up on the Leafs. We think we can catch &lsquo;em and we want a little cooperation&hellip;He got it. Watsonmen raked Leafs, 5-2&hellip;&ldquo;That game showed me our boys can beat any of the others at the Garden,&rdquo; opined Watson&hellip;&ldquo;That includes Canadiens.&rdquo;&hellip;Rangers weren&rsquo;t interested in putting U.S. Olympic star Johnny Mayasich on their list&hellip;Bruins were and did&hellip;&ldquo;Johnny Mariucci told me about him a while back,&rdquo; said Muzz Patrick &ldquo;But the boy isn&rsquo;t intent on a pro hockey career.&rdquo;&hellip;Brother Lynn is hopeful of changing his mind&hellip;Rangers set to bring up a defenseman as this edition went to press&hellip;The guess is either Ivan Irwin or Aldo Guidolin.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Rangers Hope to Outrun Wings For Second Place In NHL Race

<div class="byline">By DICK BEDDOES</div><p>(As seen in The Vancouver Sun)</p><h2>Russia 2, Canada 0</h2><p>The captains and kings of Olympic hockey depart Cortina (Italy), but the tumult and the shouting does not die.</p><p>Canada&mdash;disguised as the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen&mdash;beaten overseas by the United States and Russia. At home a caterwaul of criticism salutes selection of the Dutchmen as the Canadian candidates.</p><p>Some radio commentators view the Canadian defeat with voices containing an urgent note of phony menace.</p><p>Some sports writers pan the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association with typewriters dripping abuse. They write of injured national pride in a Piltdown prose that is both primitive and phony.</p><p>Many former hockey players are quoted as saying the Dutchmen &ldquo;were boys trying to do a man&rsquo;s job.&rdquo;</p><p>On every hand we are in danger of being hit by flying cliches.</p><h2><b>Russians Won on Merit</b></h2><p>It is said, now, that Canada wouldn&rsquo;t have been beaten if represented by the Penticton Vees or the National League All-Stars.</p><p>It isn&rsquo;t a surprisingly shrewd thing to say, though, because the Canadian club wasn&rsquo;t the Penticton Vees or the NHL All-Stars. The Kitchener Dutchmen couldn&rsquo;t whip Russia, and the Kitchener Dutchmen were the only Canadian club at Cortina.</p><p>The Russians won, by all accounts, on merit. They fled past the United States 4-0, and flashed beyond Canada 2-0. They wrapped up the Olympic package neat and tidy.</p><p>Maybe the Soviets would lose to Kitchener in Canada. Possibly their precision passing and flying skates would fail in a Canadian rink patrolled by Canadian referees. Likely the best players in Russia couldn&rsquo;t subdue the best in Canada in a world series.</p><p>But they didn&rsquo;t pay off on &ldquo;maybes&rdquo; or &ldquo;possiblys&rdquo; or &ldquo;likelys&rdquo; at Cortina. There, they recognized only winning records and conclusive results against the best opposition provided. On that basis they paid off in rubles.</p><h2><b>Kitchener Nearly-Best</b></h2><p>It is a hackneyed thing, this continual bleating at the CAHA governors. They are always the fall guys in print and they always lose in straight falls.</p><p>At the risk of ridicule, it is suggested here that the CAHA selected the nearly-best possible team within the bounds of the Olympic code as we know it.</p><p>The Kitchener Dutchmen were the Allan Cup champions. They won the national amateur title in 1955 the hard way: oh foreign ice. They could have been improved only if the CAHA had culled the country for six better replacements than Kitchener recruited to supplant its ineligible players.</p><p>Even with better recruits, Kitchener may have still succumbed. That, at least, was the objective notion of Foster Hewitt. His staccato commentary across static seas said, without reservation, that few hockey clubs anywhere would have routed Russia in the Olympic final.</p><h2><b>Sport Alternative to War</b></h2><p>Patriotism is a lovely thing, but hardly unprejudiced. It refuses to recognize that we don&rsquo;t have hockey hermetically sealed aWay from prying hands.</p><p>The game is no more Canada&rsquo;s private property than soccer is a British monopoly. The old order changeth, painfully perhaps, but irrevocably.</p><p>Our decline as a hockey power is a minor piece in the West&rsquo;s athletic puzzle. We stand at the crossroads: We can continue competing on a semi-amateur basis for fun, or play at all costs, employing sport as a national enterprise for international prestige.</p><p>The latter way is the Russian way. Sports Illustrated reports the Communists annually budget $35,000,000 for their state athletic program. We can take some balm from the report. That&rsquo;s $35,000,000 they don&rsquo;t have to spend on guns.</p><p>If winning is all-important, we must imitate Russia. It means substituting the Anglo-Saxon ideals of sanctity of the individual for the Slavonic-type supremacy of the state.</p><p>I vote the Saxon way. It&rsquo;s a casual thing that does not always ensure Olympic wins. But I&rsquo;m for losing to Russia in the Olympics if it will prevent us from losing to her in war. Olympic sport, it says here, is the civilized alternative to world war.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

From Our Tower

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01267/1473947-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BRIAN CULLEN</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Brian Cullehs comeback has firmly established Winnipeg as the overhauling depot of the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey empire.</p><p>And Brian is neither the first nor the last athlete for whom Leafs may express a debt of gratitude to the &lsquo;Peg.</p><p>The first was defenseman Bill Burega, who came East briefly in mid-January as an emergency replacement when Jim Morrison was sidelined with a severe charley horse. Although Bashing Bill wasn&rsquo;t completely ripened for regular NHL service, he showed a vast improvement over his previous form and his four-game pinch-hitting assignment convinced Leafs they could soon count on him as a major league regular.</p><p>Cullen caught on quickly, but even while he was retained as the last recall Leafs could summon from the &lsquo;Peg this year, under terms of their working agreement, it was learned that another player was almost ready to roll off the Peg reassembly line.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure Barry Cullen will be able to make this team next year,&rdquo; Leaf general manager Hap Day predicted after making two Western soujourns to inspect his farm merchandise.</p><h2><b>Professor Pike&rsquo;s Pupil</b></h2><h3>Three Graduates</h3><p>This would mean that in its initial year of operation, the Winnipeg School of Higher Hockey Education will have an alumni class of at least three. And all three agree on the reasons for their improvement&mdash;the new &lsquo;Peg Arena with its major league proportions, and the personal touch in the coaching of Warriors&rsquo; Alfie Pike.</p><p>Brian Cullen, who has so far indicated the greatest improvement, prompted Day to appraise the part of the arena in his remodelling.</p><p>Brought East to increase Leafs&rsquo; strength down centre for the stretch drive, Brian was judged Leafs&rsquo; top forward in his first game and among the top three in his next. It was not the same Brian Cullen who flopped miserably a year ago after considerable fanfare heralded his premature promotion from St. Catharines Teepees&rsquo; Memorial Cup chainpions.</p><h3>Knows Way Around</h3><p>&ldquo;Brian is playing his position now and he appears to know his way around.&rdquo; Day noticed immediately. &ldquo;The fact that he played all his home games out West in an arena with the same ice surface as ours (Maple Leaf Gardens) has given him a chance to get his bearings. Last year he looked lost in the NHL and he was having difficulty adapting himself to the big ice surfaces after coming right out of the smaller junior arenas. Playing in Winnipeg has helped him immensely.&rdquo;</p><p>In addition to this, all three of the remodelled athletes are acknowledging Pike&rsquo;s part. Burega was the first to cite Alfie when he made a hit in his major league debut against New York Rangers&mdash;and such a hit, on the body of Danny Lewicki, that it lifted Leafs to a three-goal comeback which almost caught Rangers in a 6-5 contest that was rated the best at Maple Leaf Gardens this year.</p><h3>&ldquo;Beating Myself&rdquo;</h3><p>&ldquo;Alfie straightened me away on skating, puckhandling, bodychecking and confidence,&rdquo; Bashing Bill said. &ldquo;I guess the biggest single thing he did for me was show me where I was beating myself in charging about all the time. I got that way because as a kid I was big. but I was no stickhandler, so I&rsquo;d just try to make it up by going through anyone in my way instead of around him. It got so I would charge all the time. But Alfie has worked hard straightening away my skating and puck carrying so that he has me taking the man out better. I still like to hit, mind you, but not unless I&rsquo;m sure I won&rsquo;t miss and get left out of the play.</p><p>&ldquo;Alfie has done a lot for my confidence, and the more I play with him, the more confident I&rsquo;m getting.&rdquo;</p><h3>Personal Testimonial</h3><p>Cullen&rsquo;s unsolicited testimonial was just as personal. &ldquo;Pike works with the players on little things,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;In my case things like shooting off the right foot so that I&rsquo;m properly braced, or getting away on the right foot, and resisting the magnetism of the puck so that I stay in position.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s done wonders for Barry&rsquo;s skating too, getting him to start sideways. They all sound like little things, but put together they mean an awful lot.</p><p>&ldquo;I know I wasn&rsquo;t ready when I came right up from junior last year. But now I feel confident and more at home. Before I was afraid of everyone, afraid to make a mistake because every mistake meant a goal. In junior, mistakes weren&rsquo;t that serious, but big leaguers are real opportunists. Only the odd guy can make the complete jump without getting that training pro hockey in the minors.</p><h3>&ldquo;I Need Prodding&rdquo;</h3><p>&ldquo;Now I&rsquo;m sure I can make it if somebody keeps on me the way Jack Perrin (Warriors manager) did out West. I&rsquo;m the kind of guy who has to hustle or I&rsquo;m no good and I know I need someone on me all the time.&rdquo;</p><p>Everyone who has watched Cullen&rsquo;s first few games is just as certain he can stick. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s impressed me,&rdquo; coach King Clancy says. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a really improved player who seems to know what he&rsquo;s doing.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s going after players too,&rdquo; Sid Smith added after playinb with Brian. &ldquo;I mean he&rsquo;s hitting well and playing his position. And he&rsquo;s a sunofagun of a forechecker, and a lot more manoeuverable than he used to be.&rdquo;</p><p>In fact, the lightweight centreman was so aggressive that he wound up in a fist-fight with New York&rsquo;s Harry Howell in his initial start.</p><p>There&rsquo;s something in that Western air besides Stetsons.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Brian Cullen Vastly Improved Since “Studying” At Winnipeg

<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 110 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 tender 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><p><b>PHILISHAVE</b></p><p><b>THE ROTARY ELECTRIC SHAVER</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02235/1473992-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="549" height="300"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03178/1473985-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="561" height="377"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04140/1473978-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="569" height="245"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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know the score on sport!

<div class="byline">BY MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>The ill-timed skid that snuffed out Detroit&rsquo;s last title hopes also caused the scrapping of two headlined player switches.</p><p>Red Kelly is back on defense again after 26 games as a left wing.</p><p>Ted Lindsay is reunited with Gordie Howe on the same line after being separated for 26 games.</p><p>Thus ended, at least temporarily, the two big moves credited with sparking Detroit&rsquo;s whirlwind mid-season spurt.</p><p>It was big news when Kelly, All&mdash;Star defenseman for six straight seasons, was moved to forward, and the Lindsay-Howe combo was broken up for the first time in seven seasons.</p><p>Big excitement also followed. The revamped Wings found new life and there were high hopes that another of those late title drives was underway.</p><p>Over a stretch of 20 games, Detroit gathered 32 points with 15 victories, two ties and three defeats. At the end there was a stretch where they won nine of 10 games.</p><h2><b>Versatile</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01299/1474023-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="601" height="883"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RED KELLY</b></figcaption></div><h3>Key Spot Of Season</h3><p>That was the situation going into three-game series with pace-setting Montreal. Three victories were called for, cutting Montreal&rsquo;s margin to six points. It was the key spot of the season.</p><p>Right there the Canadiens chilled all chance of an eighth straight championship for the Motor City. A 1-1 tie in the opener gave a hint and a 2-0 Montreal triumph in the rematch confirmed it. As an added flourish the Canadiens added a 2-1 victory at Montreal to collect five of the six points.</p><p>There was no argument about who was to blame&mdash;from a Detroit viewpoint. Jean Beliveau wielded the big stick by scoring four of the five Montreal goals.</p><p>In the letdown that followed the Wings also were handed a 3-1 setback in Boston to complete their longest slump of the season.</p><h3>Junked Experiments</h3><p>It was at this point that Coach Jimmy Skinner junked those two experiments. Kelly returned to the defense and Lindsay rejoined Howe. The immediate results were a 3-2 victory over Chicago that checked the skid.</p><p>&ldquo;We may switch them some more later on depending on what happens next,&rdquo; Skinner pointed out.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s like a convertible&mdash;push a button and the top comes down, push it again and the top goes up.</p><p>&ldquo;We may keep them like they are, switch them back again for a game or so, or even make switches within games.&rdquo;</p><h3>Other Factors</h3><p>There are couple of other factors which may determine when Skinner fingers the button.</p><p>Marcel Pronovost suffered a broken nose that might sideline him for a spell, in which case Kelly must remain on defense.</p><p>Lorne Ferguson, recently obtained from Boston in Jack Adams&rsquo; latest swap, was given a crack at the left wing spot vacated by Kelly&rsquo;s transfer. In his first game as a full-time performer Ferguson fired the winning goal in the 3-2 game with Chicago.</p><p>If Ferguson proves that he can handle left wing as capably as Kelly, that may be the real determining factor in any future juggling.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Kelly Defenseman Again As Wings Juggle Lineup After Series With Habs

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The Bruins enjoy having Doug Mohns on the ice when they&rsquo;re playing, but they&rsquo;re less enthusiastic about having him practicing with them.</p><p>Their lack of enthusiasm is understandable.</p><p>Twice this season Mohns has hit teammates with hard shots and knocked them clear out of the lineup.</p><p>The powerful forward&rsquo;s first connection was made in late November, when one of his shots caught Ferny Flaman flush on the ankle. The tough defenseman was unable to play in the next game.</p><p>Just the other day he scored a second direct hit on a teammate, this time breaking Jerry Toppazzini&rsquo;s finger. A one-armed Toppazzini played the next game.</p><p>&ldquo;We should have two practices,&rdquo; muttered Toppazzini through clenched teeth, &ldquo;one for Doug, the other for the rest of us.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Menace</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02241/1474061-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="607" height="613"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DOUG MOHNS</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Future NHL Star ?</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03181/1474054-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1189" height="1027"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>A HOCKEY GREAT</b> poses with his children. Earl Seibert, one of hockey&rsquo;s greats with the Black Hawks and New York Rangers, visited the Eastern States Coliseum, West Springfield, Mass., recently to watch his son, Oliver, left, play for United Commercial Travelers in the 10-12 division of the Greater Springfield Junior Amateur League. The other youngster is his daughter, Marilyn, age five. Seibert, who started his career with Springfield and ended it as coach of the Indians, is now a prosperous proprietor of a package store in nearby Agawan, Mass.</figcaption></div><h3>Own Concern</h3><p>Even with the addition of Toppazzini to the list, Mohns can still count more opponents than teammates on his personalty-disabled list, but the Bruins&rsquo; concern is mostly for their own welfare when the big fellow winds up for a shot.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m the only guy in hockey who has ever been through the experience of having a broken leg without having one,&rdquo; related Center Cal Gardner. &ldquo;One night in New York a couple of years ago he hit me on the leg. I didn&rsquo;t have any feeling in it for hours, and the doctor had to tell me it wasn&rsquo;t broken about five times before I would believe him.&rdquo;</p><p>Mohns employs a slapshot frequently, and Coach Milt Schmidt thinks it is the most destructive weapon owned by any Bruins&rsquo; player within his memory, which covers 20 years.</p><p>&ldquo;Roy Conacher and Pat Egan had hard shots when they were playing here,&rdquo; opined Schmidt, but they didn&rsquo;t slap. them. Jean Pusie had a fine slapshot in the old days, but he didn&rsquo;t use it as much as Dougie does.</p><p>&ldquo;I know when I&rsquo;m out there when we&rsquo;re practising,&rdquo; added Schmidt with a chuckle, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m thinking about the good health of the other skaters when he has the puck, and do you know whose health I think about first ? My, own.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-02

Diesel Doug’s Damaging Drives Keep B’s On Edge At Practices

<div class="byline">Stan FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Muzz Patrick visited the Rangers Saskatoon farm club recently. He came back with no players&mdash;didn&rsquo;t expect to&mdash;but the best hockey gag of the month.</p><p>&ldquo;On the trip west I stopped off at Winnipeg,&rdquo; Muzz recalled. &ldquo;Ran into Joe Cooper, the former Ranger and Black Hawk. We saw a junior game together at the old Olympic Arena and it must have been 40-below inside.</p><p>&ldquo;Coop said: &lsquo;Y&rsquo;know Muzz, the kids of today aren&rsquo;t as hardy as they were when we played junior.&rsquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Geez, Coop,&rdquo; I said, It&rsquo;s 40-below in here. So cold that icycles are hanging from those kids&rsquo; noses.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s nothing,&rsquo; he shot back, &lsquo;They&rsquo;re not bucking any wind!&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Coop Claims Today’s Kids Have It Easy

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04136/1474116-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><i><span>H</span>ockey, Canada&rsquo;s national game, is one of the world&rsquo;s most exciting sports. The torrid pace, skilful play-making and bruising contact displayed make hockey first for thrills with many sports fans.</i></p><p><i>After an exciting evening at the hockey game there&rsquo;s great enjoyment in relaxing with a bottle of DOW Ale, one of the world&rsquo;s finest quality ales.</i><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-04

FIRST FOR THRILLS FIRST FOR RELEXATION

<h2><b>&ldquo;Bad Man&rdquo;</b></h2><p>Lou Fontimato has served a total of 154 minutes in the panlty box to date.</p><h2><b>Zero Hero</b></h2><p>Glenn Hall continuees to lead in the shutout department with 10 to his credit to date.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON TUES. A.M., FEB. 14</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01284/1474238-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="598" height="190"></div><h3>RESULT OF GAMES PLAYED WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 12th. 1956</h3><p>Tues. Feb. 7th&mdash;Chicago 2 at Detroit 3</p><p>Wed. Feb. 8th&mdash;Canadiens 1 at Toronto 1</p><p>Wed. Feb. 8th&mdash;Boston 3 at Rangers 3</p><p>Thurs. Feb. 9th&mdash;Toronto 1 at Boston 1</p><p>Fri Feb. 10th&mdash;Canadiens 3 at Chicago 1</p><p>Sat. Feb. 11th&mdash;Rangers 0 at Toronto 5</p><p>Sat. Feb. 11th&mdash;Detroit 2 at Boston 3</p><p>Sun. Feb. 12th&mdash;Canadiens 7 at Boston 1</p><p>Sun. Feb. 12th&mdash;Toronto 1 at Chicago 1</p><p>Sun. Feb. 12th&mdash;Detroit 1 at Rangers 2</p><h3>SCHEDULED GAMES FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 19th, 1956</h3><p>Tues. Feb. 14th&mdash;Rangers at Detroit</p><p>Wed. Feb. 15th&mdash;Boston at Toronto</p><p>Wed. Feb. 15th&mdash;Chicago at Rangers</p><p>Thurs. Feb. 16th&mdash;Toronto at Canadiens</p><p>Fri. Feb. 17th &mdash; Boston at Chicago</p><p>Sat. Feb. 18th&mdash;Rangers at Canadiens</p><p>Sat. Feb. 18th&mdash;Detroit at Toronto</p><p>Sun. Feb. 19th&mdash;Boston at Rangers</p><p>Sun. Feb. 19th&mdash;Detroit at Chicago</p><h3>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Chicago 2 at Detroit 3</h3><p><b>Chicago</b>&mdash;Goal: Rollins; defence: Mortson, F. Sullivan, Fogolin; White, Pilote; forwards: Ciesla, Litzenberger, Wilson, Watson, G. Sullivan, Leswick, Mickoski, Sandford, Skov, Lalande, Corcoran.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall, defence: Provost, Hillman, Godfrey, Goldham. Hollingworth; forwards: Reibel, Howe, Lindsay, Delvecchio, Dineen, Kelly, Ullman, Prystai, Pavelich, Ferguson, Costello.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02263/1474231-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="583" height="391"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8 Boston 3 at New York 3</h3><p><b>Boston</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Flaman, Quackenbush, Armstrong, Heinrich, Boivin, Laycoe; forwards: Stasiuk, Mackell, Gardner, Labine, McKenney, Bonin, Mohns, Toppazzini, Chevrefils.</p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell. Gadsby, Evans, Fontinato: forwards: Conacher, Murphy, Hergeshelmer, Bathgate, Gendron, Horvath, Hebenton, Prentice, Creighton, Popein, Lewicki.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03217/1474224-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="595" height="559"></div><h3>Montreal 1 at Toronto 1</h3><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Johnson, Bouchard, Harvey, Talbot, Turner: forwards: Geoffrion, Olmstead, Beliveau, H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Leclair, Curry, Provost, Mosdell, Marshall.</p><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Chadwick; defense: Bolton, Reaume, Horton, Morrison, Thomson; forwards: Sloan, Armstrong. Duff, Migay, Stewart, Smith, Harris, Hurst, Balfour, Cullen, Hannigan, James.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04180/1474217-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="595" height="304"></div><h3>THURSDAY, FEBRUARYY 9 Toronto 1 at Boston 1</h3><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal: Chadwick; defense: Bolton, Reaume, Thomson, Morrison; forwards: G. Armstrong, Sloan, Duff, Migay, Hurst, James, Harris, Hannigan, Balfour, Cullen.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Quackenbush, Flaman, Boivin, R. Armstrong, Heinrich; forwards: Gardner, Mackell, Stasiuk, McKenney, Chevrefils, Labine, Mohns, Toppazzini, Bonin, Laycoe.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Jack Mehlenbacher; linesmen: George Hayes. Bill Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05135/1474210-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="598" height="421"></div><h3>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Montreal 3 at Chicago 1</h3><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Johnson, Talbot, Harvey, Bouchard, Turner; forwards: Olmstead, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Curry. Leclair, Rocket Richard, Moore. Henri Richard, Mosdell, Marshall, Provost.</p><p><b>Chicago</b>&mdash;Goal&mdash;Rollins; defense: Morrison, Woit, Fogolin, Martin, Pilote; forwards: Mickoski, Skov, Corcoran, Watson. Sullivan, Leswicki, Sandford, Litzenberger, Wilson. Lalande, Ciesla.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06115/1474203-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="592" height="442"></div><h3>SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1956 New York 0 at Toronto 5</h3><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense Howell, Gadsby, Evans, Fontinato; forwards: Conacher. Murphy, Hergesheimer, Bathgate, Gendron, Horvath, Hebenton, Creighton, Prentice, Popein, Lewinki.</p><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Chadwick, defense: Thomson. Reaume, Morrison, Bolton, Horton; forwards: Harris, Duff, Hurst, Sloan, Balfour. Armstrong. Stewart, Migay, James, Hannigan. Cullen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07105/1474196-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="589" height="424"></div><h3>Detroit 2 at Boston 3</h3><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Kelly, Hilman, Goldham, Godfrey, Hollingsworth; forwards: Lindsay, Reibel, Howe, Delvecchio, Dineen, Ullman, Costello, Ferguson, Pavelich, Prystai.</p><p><b>Boston</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Flaman, Quackenbush, Boivin, Armstrong, Heinrich; forwards: Mackell. Laycoe, Gardiner, McKenney, Labine, Chevrefils, Mohns, Toppazzini, Bonin, Stasiuk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0896/1474189-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="586" height="436"></div><h3>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1956 Canadiens 7 at Boston 1</h3><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Johnson, Talbot, Turner, Bouchard, Harvey; forwards: Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Mosdell, Curry, Provost, Marshall, LeClair.</p><p><b>Boston</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Flaman, Quackenbush, Laycoe, Heinrich; forwards: Gardner, MacKell, Stasiuk, McKenney, Labine, Chevrefils, Mohns, Toppazzini, Bonin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1082/1474182-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="586" height="595"></div><h3>Detroit 1 at Ranger 2</h3><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Hoilingworth. Godfrey, Hillman; forwards: Reibel, Howe, Kelly, Lindsay, Delvecchio, Pavelich, Prystai, Ferguson, Bucyk, Dineen, Costello, Ullman.</p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Fronteinato, Howell, Evans, Gadsby; forwards: Lewicki, Creighton, Hebenton, Conacher, Bathgate, eGndron, Horvath, Murphy, Prentice, Hergeshelmer, Popein.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1165/1474175-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="594" height="394"></div><h3>Toronto 1 at Chicago 1</h3><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Chadwick; defense: Thomson, Morrison, Bolton, Reaume; forwards: Stewart, Migay, Hannigan, Armstrong. Sloan, Harris, Duff, James, Hurst, Balfour, Cullen.</p><p><b>Chicago</b>&mdash;Goal: Rollins; defence: Mortson, Woit, Stanley, Martin, Pilote; forwards: Litzenberger, Sullivan, Watson, Leswick, Mickoski, Sandford, Skov, Wilson, Lalande, Corcoran, Ciesla.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1237/1474168-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="594" height="364"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Includes Games of Sunday, Feb. 12)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1328/1474161-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="597" height="3978"></div><h3>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1955-1956</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1515/1474154-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="595" height="703"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-169/1474147-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="598" height="169"></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/f0009-1419/1474269-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="307" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jean Beliveau</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Big Jean Beliveau, like Old Man River, just keeps rolling along.</b></p><p><b>Big Jean, star centre with the league-leading Montreal Canadiens, is hotter than a ten cent clay pipe at the moment and has stretched his lead atop the NHL&rsquo;s individual scoring race to five points over his closest rival, Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings.</b></p><p><b>Beliveau added six points to his total this past week, boosting his production for the season to 37 goals, 29 assists, 66 points.</b></p><p><b>On February 8, Le Gros Bill had an assist as the Habs tied the Toronto Maple Leafs, 1-1, in Toronto. Two nights, later, in Chicago, he had a goal in a 3-1 Hab victory over the Black Hawks. He capped the week&rsquo;s performance by snaring two goals and a pair of assists as the Montrealers downed Boston Bruins, 7-1, in Boston.</b></p><p><b>iWthin shooting distance for Beliveau is his first NHL scoring title. At the rate he&rsquo;s going, he&rsquo;ll be pretty hard to stop.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0009-14

Player-of-the-Week

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01298/1474300-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRED GLOVER</b></figcaption></div><p>CLEVELAND, Ohio&mdash;</p><p>Freddy (No Kid) Glover is talking and fighting his way to an all-time American Hockey League record for penalties despite an effort by Cleveland Barons&rsquo; general manager James C. Hendy to enforce a &ldquo;gag&rdquo; rule.&rdquo;</p><p>Glover, one of the league&rsquo;s great right wingers, a terror in close on an enemy goaltender, sat out 154 minutes in penalty time during the Barons&rsquo; first 44 games.</p><p>With 20 games to go, Glover is being banished to the penalty coop with a regularily that means he will break the all-time league record of 212 minutes recorded by Buffalo&rsquo;s Harry Dick in 195152.</p><p>Glover has been clicking off an average of three-and-a-half minutes per game. If he keeps going at the same rate for the remaining games, he will have 224 minutes by the time the regular schedule runs out.</p><p>His 154 minutes is made up of half as many majors and misconducts as minors. He has 27 minors, six majors and seven misconducts.</p><h2><b>Wallopin&rsquo; Winger</b></h2><h3>Hendy Cracked Down</h3><p>Six weeks ago after a particularly serious outbreak of misconducts, Hendy cracked down. He ordered his players to keep their mouths shut.</p><p>Glover&rsquo;s frequent excursions to the penalty box have been a damper on the attack of the Cleveland forces.</p><p>The Barons, normally a rollicking powerhouse in the American League, have been limping badly this Winter because of a combined slump of several veterans together with the slow development of certain key rookies.</p><p>Players of Glover&rsquo;s talented caliber have been forced to carry the heavy load. But Glover, at critical moments, has been forced to remain in official confinement because of some naughty act.</p><h3>Will Continue</h3><p>Carl Voss, referee-in-chief of the American and National Hockey Leagues, told the writer last week that Glover will continue to get slapped with heavy penalties as long as he persisted in abusing the officials.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s strictly a question of whether Mr. Glover runs the officials out of the game or whether the officials keep him in his place,&rdquo; declared Voss.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s an awfully good hockey player and he can put the puck into the net as well as anyone I know, but if he wants his club to suffer through without him, that&rsquo;s the way it will be.&rdquo;</p><h3>Has Not Helped</h3><p>Voss said that Glover&rsquo;s reputation through his entire professional hockey career has not helped him any in his dealings with the officials.</p><p>&ldquo;His record indicates that he has always been that way,&rdquo; said Voss.</p><p>&ldquo;He has no business talking to the officials anyway since he&rsquo;s not a captain or alternate. I&rsquo;ve been told by some of my men that he gets pretty abusive.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s mighty strange that a guy like Glover, who looks like Little Lord Fauntleroy, can act so mean on the ice,&rdquo;</p><p>Glover&rsquo;s reputation as an expert on the rules is well known and often it is this knowledge which lands him in trouble.</p><p>For example, in a recent game in Cleveland,&rsquo; he argued with the referee because the opposing goalie was catching the puck and tossing it forward&mdash;towards the Cleveland end. That is a rule violation and Glover called it to the attention of the official who immediately gave him a 10-minute misconduct for speaking out&rsquo; of turn.</p><h3>In Trouble Again</h3><p>The other night at Providence, Glover became enraged because referee Lou Maschio failed to call a play in which the puck was hit above shoulders-height, in this case another infraction. Again, Glover was in trouble.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure,&rdquo; declared Voss, &ldquo;that our officials know the rules as well if not better than Glover. Our fellows don&rsquo;t always make perfect calls, but they have to be allowed to run the game as they see it.</p><p>Glover&rsquo;s disposition, of course, has not been helped by the fact his great play-making center&mdash;Jackie Gordon&mdash;has been sidelined.</p><p>Gordon, the Barons&rsquo; captain and leading scorer, has been out of action since Jan. 7 th with a knee ailment.</p><p>Hurt seriously by his absence, the Barons have been waging a back-to-the-wall battle to gain a playoff position.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0010-01

Barons Fred Glover Nearing All-Time AHL Penalty Record

<div class="byline">By PAUL G. SULLIVAN</div><p>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>Ten years ago, rookie Joe Klukay topped off his return from three years with the armed forces of his native Canada by accomplishing the big leap from the Pittsburgh Hornets to Toronto Maple Leafs&mdash;and sticking!</p><p>Right now, at 33, veteran Joe Klukay looks like a logical candidate to do it all over again.</p><p>Quiet, matter-of-fact Joe, who knows his job thoroughly and performs it with equal thoroughness, was routed back to The Gardens here when Gordie Hannigan was recalled to Toronto some two months ago.</p><p>A major leaguer for a decade with the Leafs and Boston, Klukay could have sulked, dragged his flying feet, and/or otherwise deported himself in fashion to render him of no more than minimum value to Howie Meeker and his Pittsburghers in their desperate quest to retain the American League title against the challenge of the Providence Reds.</p><p>That, however, isn&rsquo;t according to Klukay character. Joe promptly stepped into the gaping vacancy created by Hannigan&rsquo;s sudden departure and immediately softened&mdash;indeed parried&mdash;the bitter blow of the loss of Hopalong, whose 10 goals and 10 assists in 17 games had contributed mightily to the local hope that the Yellow Jackets would repeat as champs.</p><h2><b>Team Player</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02241/1474331-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="561" height="616"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOE KLUKAY</b></figcaption></div><h3>Sizzling Line</h3><p>It will be remembered that the Hornets began 1955-&rsquo;56 operations with a sizzling line centered by Willie (The Whip) Marshall and flanked by Hannigan and rugged freshman Ron Hurst. Hannigan, a relentless digger, and Hurst, an aggressive lad with a formidable shot, diverted enough attention to themselves to assure Marshall opportunities that Willie the Whip was zealous to capitalize.</p><p>The combination was cracked when Hurst was summoned to Toronto for emergency relief duty whence he never returned. It was really shattered when Hannigan caught the nod of desperation from the Leaf front office.</p><p>Klukay&rsquo;s advent definitely saved the situation. With Joe to starboard and young Les Duff to port, Marshall was soon zooming again. At current writing, Willie is over the 30 mark in tallies and beyond 60 in total points, for which no inconsiderable appreciation is due Joe Klukay.</p><p>In his first 25 games as a Hornet on his present tour, Klukay racked up 10 goals and 14 assists. Correspondingly in the critical goals-for-and-against department, Klukay&rsquo;s trio was some two-to-one on the Pittsburgh side.</p><p>Business Manager Baz Bastien of the Pittsburghs is a mile high on Klukay. In a recent discussion of Hornet chances, Baz averred:</p><p>&ldquo;Klukay has helped the club a lot. He&rsquo;s a good team man&mdash;never let down when he came here and never complained.</p><p>&ldquo;Joe listens to directions from Howie Meeker with the respect of a rookie and goes out and follows them.</p><p>&ldquo;He does everything you can expect&mdash;skates like a kid, kills penalties, makes plays all over the place, and gets us the important goal.&rdquo;</p><p>Klukay&rsquo;s value to the Pittsburgh cause was belted home strikingly when he pulled a back muscle in the opening period of the Hornet contest at Hershey on Feb. 1 and missed virtually all the remainder of that engagement as well as the entire clash with Springfield at Pittsburgh two nights later.</p><p>The Meekermen were shooting in Hershey to tie the all time AHL consecutive victory record of 11 set by Cleveland a dozen years ago. But minus Klukay they not only blew a 3-1 advantage to lose, 6-4, to the Bears, but fell before Springfield, 5-2.</p><p>Then with Joe back in action the next evening, the Steel Citians cooked Buffalo, 6-4. And who whipped in the goal that put the Hornets back on the rails? Why, Joe Klukay, of course!<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0010-02

Veteran Joe Klukay Playing With Vigor Of First Year Man

<p>CLEVELAND, Ohio&mdash;</p><p>Howie Lee, star defenseman with Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen and a standout on the Canadian Olympic team, has joined the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League.</p><p>Lee was at the Barons&rsquo; training camp last Fall and it was believed then that he intended to play professional hockey.</p><p>However, he later reappeared with the Kitchener-Waterloo team.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

KW Rearguard Joins Barons

<h2><b>Few Ties</b></h2><p>There have been only eleven tie games to date in the American Hockey League. Cleveland has seven of these.</p><h2><b>Dune Climbs</b></h2><p>Dune Fisher of Hershey Bears has climbed into second place in the individual scoring race.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON TUES, A.M., FEB. 14</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01297/1474432-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="607" height="193"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Feb. 13)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02256/1474425-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="610" height="589"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3><p><b>Most Goals</b>&mdash;Willie Marshall, Pitts, 35.</p><p><b>Most Assists</b>&mdash;Ken Wharram, Buff, 50.</p><p><b>Best Goalie</b>&mdash;Gil Mayer, Pitts, 40, 107, 4, 2.68.</p><p><b>Most Shutouts</b>&mdash;Gil Mayer, Pitts, 4.</p><p><b>Most Penalized Team</b>&mdash;Pitts. 1065 mst.</p><p><b>Most Penalized Players</b>&mdash;Glover, 154. m.</p><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Springfield 4 at Buffalo 10</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03199/1474418-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="613" height="934"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 4 at Hershey 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04153/1474411-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="607" height="472"></div><h3>SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11 Springfield 2 at Cleveland 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05125/1474404-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="585" height="520"></div><h3>Buffalo 3 at Hershey 10</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06112/1474397-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="604" height="799"></div><h3>Providence 4 at Pittsburgh 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0799/1474390-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="604" height="562"></div><h3>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Hershey 3 at Springfield 8</h3><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;Graham Hastings scored two goals 10 seconds apart as Springfield Indians defeated Hershey Bears 8-3 in an American Hockey League game here.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0894/1474383-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="595" height="832"></div><h3>Cleveland 3 at Providence 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1532/1474376-1-eng-US/f0019-152.jpg" title="f0019-15" width="599" height="603"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 4 at Buffalo 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1629/1474369-1-eng-US/f0019-162.jpg" title="f0019-16" width="603" height="705"></div><h2><b>Bower Bows To Beat Boone</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0988/1474362-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="2338" height="1399"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GOALER JOHNNY BOWER</b> goes io his knees as he makes a save off the stick of Springfield Indians&rsquo; Buddy Boone (9). Bower, former netminder for the New York Rangers and currently with the AHL-leading Providence Reds, is enjoying one of his best seasons since turning pro in 1945.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By AL HOOPER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01295/1474487-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>EDDIE (PISTOL) DOROHOY</b></figcaption></div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>One Eddie Dorohoy should happen to every hockey club, but not twice. There would not be enough words for two of them.</p><p>Words are Eddie&rsquo;s avocation. He knows them all, although he leans a little toward the more picturesque colloquialisms. There is only one thing Eddie likes more than talking for free and that is playing for the privilege.</p><p>As captain of Seattle Americans in the Western Hockey League, Edward is exposed to numerous opportunities to exercise vocally. He has not blown one yet.</p><h2><b>Plays Hockey Too!</b></h2><h3>Offered Job Before</h3><p>&ldquo;One year when I was playing for Lester Patrick,&rdquo; Eddie recounts with animation, &ldquo;he offered me the job as captain.&rdquo; That would be with Victoria Cougars, who Eddie forsook this year to join coach Billy Reay at Seattle.</p><p>&ldquo;Well now,&rdquo; Eddie says he said to Lester, &ldquo;this is liable to cost me a little.&rdquo; Misconduct penalties were what Edward had in mind, and they range from $10 for 10-minute economy jobs to $25 for game misconducts.</p><p>So, Eddie says, Lester promised him a $125 bonus if he negociated the full season without a misconduct. And he did, Eddie says.</p><h3>More Beckless</h3><p>If there is a moral to the story it is that Edward has grown a little more reckless of his finances in his 26th year. After his nervous tonsils got him ejected from a recent game at New Westminster, he was asked if he knew, off-hand, how many misconducts he had suffered this year.</p><p>Edward cogitated while removing his teeth from a glass. &ldquo;The first three I count,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The next three my wife counts. After that it&rsquo;s up to the league secretary. He gets paid&rdquo;.</p><h3>Uunlikely Offence</h3><p>On this night he also promoted a team-penalty for &ldquo;spitting at the referee,&rdquo; one of the more unlikely offences on the books.</p><p>Eddie was serving his misconduct when referee Joey Johns passed by in line of duty. Johns hastily returned in a state of huff, pointed to a spot on his tunic and proclaimed: &ldquo;I been spit on.&rdquo; Team penalty.</p><p>&ldquo;All I was doing&rdquo;, Edward explained later, &ldquo;was talking at him.&rdquo; Eddie&rsquo;s sin was one of negliegence. He failed to take into account that he had his teeth out at the time.</p><h3>Standout Centre</h3><p>Before Eddie became the joy of journalists, he established himself as a centre of rare skills.</p><p>&ldquo;His skills are rare,&rdquo; a referee recently agreed, adding: &ldquo;thank God.&rdquo;</p><p>In Vancouver and concentric points the arrival of Seattle Americans is anticipated with frank glee by newspapermen, whose normal hockey interviews follow the pattern of one-syllable replies. Eddie Dorohoy has never known to rely on one syllable to answer anything from &ldquo;How do you feel?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Is life hell?&rdquo;</p><p>Referees, it is true, do a better job of containing their enthusism. They react with the air of an innocent man who will hang if it kills him.</p><h3>&ldquo;They Got To Live&rdquo;</h3><p>&ldquo;Referees got to live, too,&rdquo; Eddie has been known to say in his more magnanimous moments. &ldquo;But have they ever proved it?&rdquo;</p><p>The wonder of Eddie Dorohoy is rivalled by the volume of his confliction achievements. In five full seasons in the second-best league in the world, Eddie has never scored fewer than 24 goals. Last year he scored 33. In only two seasons did he dip below 80 point. Those years he had 78 and 79.</p><p>Such genius, everyone knows, requires the sort of dedication Maurice Richard symbolizes. Nothing can deflect the concentration. Most hockey players take the game back to the dressing room with them. Defeat disturbs them. Even in victory, they frequently lapse into a period of grace, in which the tension seeps out.</p><h3>Escape Valve</h3><p>Eddie Dorohoy undergoes his own emotional catharsis. Its escape-valve is his larynx. To Eddie no problem is so great that it cannot be talked out, if not actually thought out.</p><p>After the game in which Seattle was assessed a team penalty for spitting, Eddie discoursed freely in the dressingroom. Then he disappeared. As newspapermen prepared to leave a voice came from the shower:</p><p>&ldquo;I dunno how the referee can see somebody spit when he misses a play by 50 feet.&rdquo;</p><p>If president Al Leader could prove who said that, it would cost him. Criticizing officials is verboten.</p><p>If it turned out to be Eddie Dorohoy, he would consider it an honest bargain.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Seattle’s Eddie Dorohoy Talks And Talks And Talks And Talks

<p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>Johnny McCormack, Edmonton hockey product who &ldquo;came home&rdquo; from the major leagues to play centre for Edmontton Flyers of the Western Hockey League this season, has retired.</p><p>The 30-year-old player, who had stints with Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and who played with Chicago Black Hawks all last season, has decided that his future lies in the steel business and not in hockey, according to Fred Miller, Flyers&rsquo; manager.</p><p>&ldquo;Johnny said his decision to retire is in the best interests of the club,&rdquo; said Miller. &ldquo;As we can carry only 14 players it isn&rsquo;t reasonable to carry specialists.&rdquo;</p><p>McCormack was renowned as a penalty-killer. He had scored six goals and had eight assists in 35 games this season at the time of his retirement.</p><p>&ldquo;This gives us time to get a replacement/&rsquo; said Miller, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re down to only two centres, Melnyk and Pennell, so it&rsquo;s likely that Steve Hrymnak will be shoved into that spot in the meantime.&rdquo;</p><p>Player signing deadline is Feb. 19 in the WHL.</p><h2><b>Retires</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02228/1474518-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="561" height="896"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHN McCORMACK</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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“Goose” Decides Future Lies In Steel Business

<h2><b>Losing Streak</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>askatoon lost nine straight games before gaining a tie then lost three more for a total of 13 winless games before beating Seattle February 1.</p><h2><b>Penalties</b></h2><p>Valere Fonteyne of Seattle and Lucien Dechene of Brandon have not received a penalty to date in contrast with the 119 minutes Winnipeg&rsquo;s Bill Burega has served in the cooler.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON MONDAY A. M. FEB. 6 PRAIRIE DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01300/1474706-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="603" height="157"></div><h3>GOAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02260/1474699-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="605" height="133"></div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p><b>Tuesday January 31st</b></p><p>Calgary 1 at Victoria 2</p><p>Saskatoon 4 at Vancouver 11</p><p>Edmonton 2 at Brandon 1</p><p><b>Wednesday February 1st</b></p><p>Saskatoon 4 at Seattle 0</p><p>Calgary 2 at New West 12</p><p>Brandon 0 at Edmonton 5</p><p><b>Friday February 3rd</b></p><p>Seattle 2 at Victoria 0</p><p>Calgary 4 at Vancouver 5</p><p>Brandon 1 at Winnipeg 5</p><p><b>Saturday February 4th</b></p><p>Calgary 3 at Seattle 4</p><p>Vancouver 2 at New West. 3</p><p>Winnipeg 2 at Edmonton 5</p><p>Brandon 4 at Saskatoon 4 OT</p><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Includes Games of Saturday Feb. 4)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1629/1474692-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="589" height="1384"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1720/1474685-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="613" height="337"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3><p><b>Most Goals</b></p><p>Sid Finney. Cal., 35.</p><p><b>Most Assists</b></p><p>Guyle Fielder, Sea., 45.</p><p><b>Most Game Winning Goals</b></p><p>Sid Finney, Cal., 9.</p><p><b>Most First Goal of Game</b></p><p>Colin Kilburn, <i>7,</i></p><p>Barry Cullen, Wpg., 7.</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks</b></p><p>Jackie McLeod, Sas., 3.</p><p><b>Most Shutouts</b></p><p>Marc. Pelletier, Vic., 7.</p><p><b>Most Goals Scored When Opposition Shorthanded</b></p><p>Barton Bradley, Sea., 8.</p><p><b>Most Goals Against When Serving Penalties</b></p><p>Bill Burega, Wpg., 7.</p><p><b>Most Minutes in Penalties</b></p><p>Bill Burega, Wpg., 119, Bud Syverson, Cal., 118.</p><h3>FEWEST MINUTES IN PENALTIES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1817/1474678-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="604" height="244"></div><h3>TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 CALGARY 1 at Victoria 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03232/1474671-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="597" height="341"></div><h3>Saskatoon 4 at Vancouver 11</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04205/1474664-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="601" height="879"></div><h3>Edmonton. 2 at Brandon 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05175/1474657-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="587" height="331"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Saskatoon 4 at Seattle, 0</h3><p><b>Seattle</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defence: Bownass, Coburn, Lavitt. Durham; forwards: Fonteyixe, E. Dorohoy, Kuzma, Filion, Bell, Watson, Bradley, Fielder, Sinclair.</p><p><b>Saskatoon</b>&mdash;Goal: Francis; defence: Chrystal, P&rsquo;olk, Houghton, Yanosic; forwards: Lynn. Kobussen, McLeod, Ingarfield, I/amoureux, Haley, McCreary, Raleigh, Gordichuk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06146/1474650-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="595" height="395"></div><h3>Calgary 2 at New Westminster 12</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07135/1474643-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="597" height="949"></div><h3>Brandon 0 at Edmonton 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08127/1474636-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="593" height="480"></div><h3>FRIADY, FEBRUARY 3 Seattle 2 at Victoria 0</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09121/1474629-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="599" height="371"></div><h3>Calgary 4 at Vancouver 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10116/1474622-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="593" height="557"></div><h3>Brandon 1 at Winnipeg 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11100/1474615-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="603" height="527"></div><h3>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Calgary 3 at Seattle 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1287/1474608-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="596" height="514"></div><h3>Vancouver 2 at New Westminster 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1368/1474601-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="598" height="438"></div><h3>Winnipeg 2 at Edmonton 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1461/1474594-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="600" height="548"></div><h3>Brandon 4 at Saskatoon 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1551/1474587-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="606" height="706"></div><h2><b>Rookie Rifler</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1915/1474580-1-eng-US/f0013-192.jpg" title="f0013-19" width="1182" height="1483"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILLY McNEILL</b> of Edmonton regained the individual scoring honors for rookies last week and now has 49 points and 19 goals and 30 assists. Tied for second place among the rookies are Barry Cullen of Winnipeg and Dave Duke of Calgary. Each have 46 points.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">Al Parsley</div><p>(As Seen In The Montreal Herald)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01301/1474737-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="305" height="327"></div><p>&bull; SHAWINIGAN FALLS Que.&mdash;The management of a local radio station is ready to put up $250 to start a fund to transport the Cataracts to Russia.</p><p>The idea isn&rsquo;t to exile the QHL champs to the salt mines. The enterprising radio people figure the Shawinigan hockey heroes could give the Soviet Olympic team its come-uppance and restore Canada&rsquo;s prestige in what this country claims to be national game.</p><p>While the whole thing was rather fantastic, Don Wilson sports editor of the Shawinigan Standard, is a keen news hawk. Acting upon the newspaper man&rsquo;s axiom that every wild rumor should be checked, he called up Joe Tremblay, Shawinigan Hockey Club vice-president. The prexy, Art Lacoursiere, was in Florida, and GM Ken Reardon at the time was away on scouting mission.</p><p>Wilson wanted to know if he should cancel his reservations for the trip to Western Canada, if the Cataracts were to be defenders of the Edinburgh Trophy.</p><p>&ldquo;If we are going to Russia, maybe we&rsquo;ll not be back in time,&rdquo; suggested Wilson.</p><p>&ldquo;Hmm, that&rsquo;s true,&rdquo; Tremblay reflected. &ldquo;And if you once get behind that Iron Curtain, they&rsquo;ll never let you out?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;And another thing,&rdquo; Tremblay went on. &ldquo;You&rsquo;d better bring blankets. We&rsquo;ll go, of course by Carriere Coach Lines, and we&rsquo;ll have to sleep on the bus to cut expenses.&rdquo;</p><p>Causing a buzz around the QHL during the week was the great surge of the Trois-Rivieres Lions who defeated Quebec Aces 6-2 in T.R. and Sagueneens 4-3 in Chicoutimi on consecutive nights. Tis made it three wins in their last four starts in which the Lions had clawed every team in the loop save the first place Shawinigan, Cataracts.</p><p>In Quebec the Aces were looking over their shoulders in apprehension. What a week ago looked to be firm grip on fourth place by the Aces, now looked to be slipping.</p><p>His many friends in Montreal and Winnipeg who have admired Gary Blaine&rsquo;s past performances, will be happy at his great comeback with the Lions. He scored two goals in the game against Aces, indicating that there is still explosive power to his blasting shot. Blaine has all the requisites of a big leaguer, and if he&rsquo;ll just concentrate for a while they won&rsquo;t be able to shut that major league door in his kisser next season.</p><p>Frank Carlin and Elmer Lach took their show on the road for a four day stretch. With ice unavailable in the Montreal Forum due to the run of the &ldquo;Ice Follies&rdquo; Royals made their headquarters in the Laurentide Motel near Quebec City. The idea was that Lach could send his hearties through a couple of practices at the Coliseum, but it was no dice about the ice. The Coliseum was all booked up. So Lach&rsquo;s larrigans had a couple of days to loaf between their Thursday night joust with the Aces and their afternoon tilt with the Sagueneens at Chicoutimi.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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SIDELIGHTS

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>SHAWINIGAN FALLS, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The intrinsic value of Gilles Dube and his important contributions to what looms as a second season of magnificent triumph for the Cataracts is now revealed in elaborate mathematics by Paul Lafond.</p><p>Lafond is a figure filbert who tosses the arithmetic around yo-yo style as a labor of love for the Shawinigan Falls entry in the Quebec Hockey League.</p><p>Since playing-coach Roger Leger has got back in harness these Cataracts picked up full stride again, after faltering only slightly in mid-January. With or without the great inspiration of Leger circling about in his slow style in the back area, Dube has consistently been forging to the front in the scoring list.</p><p>But Lafond persists in an analysis to show how important Dube&rsquo;s contributions always loom to the cause.</p><p>It is hereby shown that Dube has fired nine winning goals, which gives him a heavy plurality over all his teammates. Next best on the Shawinigan club is Jean-Paul Denis, with six winning markers while Eddie Kachur ranks third in this special ranking with five winning goals.</p><h2><b>Marksman</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02229/1474792-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="556" height="550"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GILLES DUBE</b></figcaption></div><h3><b>Four &ldquo;Extras&rdquo;</b></h3><p>In what Mr. Lafond calls the &ldquo;safety&rdquo; goal, tagged by many hockey writers the &ldquo;insurance marker,&rdquo; Dube is likewise prominent. He has added four of these extras to make life easier for the team&rsquo;s supporters and lessen the heart strain on coach Leger.</p><p>Mr. Lafond&rsquo;s figures which are based on the first 51 games played by Cataracts further indicate that Dube can&rsquo;t be discredited by any &ldquo;homer&rdquo; sneers. He gets the goals in all rinks. For it&rsquo;s revealed that 13 of his 25 tallies were bagged on the road.</p><p>And he shares them with all opponents since he has fired seven pucks for official markers into the nets of the Royals, Aces and Lions. The one goaler to slow him down has been Marcel Paille of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens beaten by Dube only four times.</p><p>Another distinction that Dube can claim is accuracy. For in his thorough fashion, Mr. Lafond has kept track of the Shawinigan players&rsquo; shots. The breakdown shows Dube excelling here again. For he scored his 25 tallies with only 120 shots at the net.</p><h3>Kachur Next</h3><p>Eddie Kachur, next highest in collecting goals for the Cataracts, at point of reckoning, needed 153 shots to accumulate his 22 tallies, and Erwin Grosse, who had 19 goals to his credit, in the 51 outings required 165 shots.</p><p>Of course, there would in many cases be no winning goal for the Cataracts if they didn&rsquo;t first get ever</p><p>So its only fair to dissect from Lafond&rsquo;s tables the performance by Kachur. Stocky, square-shouldered Eddie has knotted the count six times besides leading the parade with the first goal of the game for his team half a dozen times. He is Cataracts&rsquo; leader in. both these columns.</p><p>Lafond also takes a look at Cataracts&rsquo; opponents. He reveals that Andre Corriveau the slim jack-rabbit of Royals&rsquo; right lanes is the most feared marksman. Corriveau has ripped the target nine times when Royals were stacked against the Cataracts.</p><h3>Smrke Second</h3><p>Stan Smrke, of Chicoutimi Sagueneens, is next best of opposing riflemen with six tallies, while Jimmy Moore and Fern Perreault, Chicoutimi, and Kelly Burnett, Royals, have all beaten the Shawinigan goaler five times.</p><p>At the team level it&rsquo;s interesting to note that the Cataracts had 1,611 shots on opposing goalkeepers for an average of 33.5 per game while opposing teams have fired 1,174 shots at the Shawinigan nets for an average of 23 per game.</p><p>The Cataracts continue to accelerate their scoring pace as was shown in the last of these reports. In the 51 game employed for this analysis they bagged 48 tallies in the first period, 63 in the middle frame and 69 in the third. Three were scored in overtime.</p><p>The comparison shows opponents counting against Cataracts 45 times in first period, 47 in the second, 41 in the third. Only two overtimes tallies have been registered against this year&rsquo; Cataracts. The 41 third period goals and the two in overtime emphasize the fact that the Cats&rsquo; can play it tight to the vest in the final chuckers when the chips are down.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Gilles Dube Tops Cataracts At Firing Winning Counters

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BOSTON BRUINS

<p>QUEBEC, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Employing gate stimulants wholesale the Quebec Aces are going in for promotion gimmicks in a bigger way perhaps than ever exploited by a minor pro hockey club.</p><p>It&rsquo;s no secret that attendance at the Quebec Hockey League games at the plush Quebec Coliseum have dwindled alarmingly in recent years.</p><p>Where crowds broke the 15,000 barriers when Jean Beliveau was hitting the zenith of his scoring power with 50 goals in the 195253 season, now 4,000 is rated a big house.</p><p>It&rsquo;s painfull for Aces&rsquo; generalmanager to report that the count for some of the jousts with the last place Trois-Rivieres Lions this season have dropped as low as 1,400.</p><p>The fans did keep coming the first season after Beliveau had departed to join the NHL Canadiens. Likely there was still the momentum of those glamourous seasons.</p><p>But the advent of television coupled with an internecine warfare carried on by two junior clubs brought about disaffection among hockey customers.</p><p>With the consent of his directors general&mdash;manager George (Punch) Imlach put an elaborate promotion into action with the game Feb. 5 against Chicoutimi Sagueneens.</p><h2>Pump Primed</h2><p>The pump was primed by radio and newspaper publicity to announce that an automabile would be given away the last home date of the Quebec League schedule, March 17.</p><p>Each ticket buyer attending future games is to be given a coupon on which to write his name and address. These coupons are dropped in ballot boxes near each rink entrance. On March 17 when Aces are booked to play Trois-Rivieres Lions the winning coupon for a Ford Victoria will be drawn.</p><p>Since a customer gets a coupon for each ticket bought, it&rsquo;s natural that the fans attending most games have more chances of winning the car.</p><p>To detour a local ordinance which frowns on lotteries, the winning fan is to be paid $1 for his autograph. This is a sharp departure from tradition. Hockey players give their autographs cheerfully, and for free.</p><h2>Door Prizes</h2><p>A regular feature will be a door prise of $100. This cash award was first offered when Royals played Aces on Feb. 9.</p><p>Results were immediately gratifying, when 4,100 fans turned out for the Chicoutimi contest. And though the crowd slumped to 2,200 for the game between Aces and Royals, Imlach was confident that the plan would ateamroller on its own motive power.</p><p>Word of mouth stimulation was Imlach&rsquo;s aim. He felt that if people got to talking more and more about the Aces they&rsquo;d soon win back their host of supporters.</p><p>Indicative of the interest aroused was the immediate response of manufacturers, wholesalers and merchants in the Ancient Capital. Many sought to get into the act.</p><p>In less than a week the shiev 1956 Ford equipped with all extras and gadgets was supported by the following awards:</p><p>A television set, Sewing machine, Electric heater, Spring suit or overcoat for either man or woman, Prosmatic field or opera glasses, Round trip to New York, and a set of sterling silver cutlery.</p><p>As is usually the case when a daring promoter unveils something new, Imlach met with resistance. One or two broadcasters and sports writers were inclined to sniff at his new didoes.</p><p>The best antidote for falling attendance is a good hockey team one which will win the majority of its home games&mdash;was the general tone of the adverse critics.</p><p>While admitting this was basically true, Imlach said that while Aces were running in fourth place, hey had been steadily shifting players and importing new talent since the start of the season.</p><p>Barring total collapse the Acemen would make a playoff spot and were girded to make a stout showing in the money series.</p><p>What was needed urgently was more revenue. He felt that the new promotion schemes would help the club attract more customers, hence more money in the treasury. And he was counting on the performance of his athletes to build up new clients for the future.</p><p>Of course the imposing array of loot which was offered plus the regular $100 door prizes would be the immediate incentive to lure to the Aces a good share of the entertainment dollar in Quebec City.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Payoff Scheme Is Paying Off For QHL Aces

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01272/1474917-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MONTREAL ROYALS&rsquo; GERRY McHEIL</b> grabs a hold of a hot one as the player who took the shot, Chicoutimi Sagueneens&rsquo; Fern Perreault, skates on past the net. That&rsquo;s Royals&rsquo; Wally Clune at left attempting too late to halt Perreault. <span class="photo-credit">(—Photo by Gravel)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>Number 30</b></h2><p>Andre Corriveau of Montreal scored his 30th goal of the season on February 12 against Chicoutimi.</p><h2><b>Hat Trick</b></h2><p>Gilles Dubes scored a Hat Trick as Shawinigan Falls dumped Quebec 9-1 on February 12.</p><h2><b>Hot Shot For Wee Gerry</b></h2><h3>WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8 Three Rivers 4 at Chicoutimi 3</h3><p><b>Three Rivers</b>&mdash;Goal: Fayette; defense: Bedard, Tennant, McKeil, Amadio; forwards: Scherza, Kapusta, Groleau, Gooden, Thibeault, Gagnon, Bisaillon. Blaine, Bouchard, Hayworth.</p><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Faille; defense: Glaude, Roy, Tailliefer, Hanna; forwards: Moore, S. Smrke, L. Smrke, Locas Topol1, Maxwell, Perreault, Hicks, Cressman, Campeau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02237/1474910-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="604" height="535"></div><h3>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Montreal 1 at Shawinigan 2</h3><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: MacNeil; defence: deslauriers, Clune, MacPherson, Ingram, R. Rousseau; forwards: Goyette, L. Denis, Thorndycraft, Mackay, Laplante, Burnett, Corriveau, G. Rousseau, Dudyon.</p><p><b>Shawinigan Falls</b>&mdash;Goal: Perreault; defence: Roche, Hodgson, Langlois, Lamirande, Leger; forwards: J.P. Denis, Dube, Grosse, Broden, Faulkner, Kachur, Deslauriers, Wray, Bouchard.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03214/1474903-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="601" height="451"></div><h3>Quebec 2 at Three Rivers 6</h3><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Evans; defence: Schneider, Crozier, Ernst, Zeniuk; forwards: Gamble, Powell, Ford, Poliziani, Labadie, Tremblay, Achtymichuk, Buchanan, Gossette, Vinet.</p><p><b>Three Rivers</b>&mdash;Goal: Payette; defenee: Bedard, Amadio, Bouchard, Tenmant, MacNeil: forwards: Blaine, Scherza, Kapusta, Groleau, Thibault, Leclerc, Gooden, Gagnon, Bisaillon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04167/1474896-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="592" height="556"></div><h3>THURSDAY, FEBRUARYY 9 Montreal 4 at Quebec 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05134/1474889-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="607" height="628"></div><h3>Chicoutini 3 at Shawinigan 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06116/1474882-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="607" height="550"></div><h3>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1056 Royal 4 at Chicoutimi 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07107/1474875-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="592" height="710"></div><h3>Quebec 1 at Shawinigan 0 First Period</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0896/1474868-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="592" height="739"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Includes Games of Sunday, Feb. 12)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0990/1474861-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="607" height="796"></div><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON TUES. A.M.. FEB. 14</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1077/1474854-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="601" height="163"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1163/1474847-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="604" height="343"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-13" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1341/1474948-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg"></div><p><b><i>Be Sure To Subscribe</i></b></p><p>to The Hockey News</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.S.A.)</b></p><p>It doesn&rsquo;t matter when you start your subscription you still get your 35 issues.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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—HOCKEY FANS—

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>C</span>onfused by a crazy canvas?</b> Then rest your eyes on a sparkling glass of Labatt&rsquo;s &lsquo;50&rsquo;. What a refreshing prospect&mdash;and &lsquo;50&rsquo; is every bit as good as it looks! Pour yourself a &lsquo;50&rsquo;&hellip;admire, savour its golden mildness. This is the lightest and smoothest of all ales&mdash;the happier ale that makes anytime a good time. Enjoy a &lsquo;50&rsquo;&mdash;soon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1247/1474979-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="640" height="1561"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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You’ll enjoy ‘50’ MILD…SMOOTH

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><p class="dropcap"><span>U</span>NUSUAL TRIAL&hellip;a very unusual court case was conducted before Magistrate P. J. McAndrew in Sudbury&hellip;Dale Anderson, fiery and hard-playing member of the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Indians of the NOHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; League, was arraigned on a charge of causing a disturbance by using abusive language during a game in Sudbury&hellip;the complaint was filed by the Sudbury Arena and not the Sudbury Wolves Hockey Club&hellip;the case attracted widespread interest all over Northern Ontario and Northern Michigan&hellip;I was on hand for the trial and found Magistrate McAndrew one, of the finest and fairest jurists. I have met in a long time&hellip;he is an ardent hockey fan, as well&hellip;what made the case so interesting was the fact that Anderson, off the ice, is one of the finest gentleman you could hope to meet&hellip;in the heat of battle he goes all-out to win and often lets his temper get the best of him&hellip;this was brought out in the trial&hellip;actually, many testified on behalf of Anderson, while one witness testified that Anderson used bad language while in the penalty box.</p><p>George Collins Defends&hellip;a man who has had a fine record as a hockey executive, George Collins, defended Anderson&hellip;Ty Smart, Manager of the Indians, revealed that the Sudbury Wolves Hockey Club engaged the attorney and did everything possible for Anderson&hellip;Collins struck into the heart of the case with his argument that while Anderson may have used bad language it was directed to one man&mdash;the sergeant of Arena police and did not in any way cause a general disturbance among the fans&hellip;this was the point the Crown had to prove&hellip;several officials in the penalty box took the stand and said they did not hear Anderson use &ldquo;foul language.&rdquo; There were two separate charges involving two separate games against Anderson&hellip;Magistrate McAndrew dismissed the first one, but found Anderson guilty on the second, imposing a small fine of $10 and costs&hellip;in view of all the evidence and the way things went, I felt that Magistrate McAndrew handled the case as fair as possible&hellip;he warned that hockey players must realize that women are present at hockey games and that they should be considered as far as bad language is concerned in spite of players losing their temper in the heat of battle&hellip;it was also a good thing that Anderson&rsquo;s name was more or less cleared since there was some impression he was sort of a villain type off the ice, as well&hellip;actually Dale is a clean-living type and a real credit to hockey&hellip;this, of course, does not excuse using bad language in the heat of battle and I believe Dale realizes this now&hellip;the case cleared up a lot of things and THE HOCKEY NEWS takes its hat off to such fine men as Magistrate McAndrew who handled a delicate case with great fairness and finesse.</p><p>HARRY TAYLOR&rsquo;S BACK&hellip;just about the best news of the past few days for Coach Sugar Jim Henry of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds was the return of hard-driving Harry Taylor to the lineup&hellip;as you read this, the playoff position will have been pretty well decided and everyone will be getting ready for the torrid playoff fight&hellip;and it&rsquo;s going to be a dandy&hellip;as this column is being prepared all five teams in the NOHA Southern Division have a chance&hellip;actually, Coach Johnny O&rsquo;Flaherty has assured Sudbury fans one playoff spot, while Coach Eddie Reigle has his North Bay Trappers in second place&hellip;Sugar Jim Henry has his Greyhounds in third spot, Cully Simon has his Pembroke Lumber Kings in fourth, and Pete Backor has his Soo Indians in fifth, only two points back of Pembroke and with one game in hand&hellip;so by the date of February 18 we should see things pretty well clarified and at least one team just about ready to call it quits for the season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01266/1475010-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="541" height="553"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SUGAR JIM HENRY</b></figcaption></div><p>Big Ten Scrap Hot&hellip;the battle for top position in the Big Ten Scoring Parade is getting hotter than ever&hellip;the real battle is for second place since Bert Giesebrecht of Pembroke has the leadership pretty well sewed up&hellip;Bert has a total of 66 points on 14 goals and 52 assists&hellip;even that is not &ldquo;home free&rdquo; because a lot can happen in the few games left&hellip;Bert is getting his share of points right now and barring a complete collapse should win the scoring honors&hellip;Don Hogan of North Bay has shot into second place with 57 points on 30 goals and 27 assists&hellip;Don has the greatest number of goals so far and is setting a fine pace&hellip;Bruce Giesebrecht has dropped into third position with 56 points on 17 goals and 39 assists, while Cleland Mortson of the Soo Greyhounds has 55 points on 25 goals and 30 assists&hellip;Gordie Heale of the Soo Indians in Number Five man on 54 points with 22 goals and 32 assists&hellip;so you can see, fans, the battle for second place is a dandy&hellip;going the rest of the Big Ten we find Billy Watson of Sudbury sixth on 49 points, and three tied for seventh position on 47, including Eddie Joss and Chuck Holdaway of the Indians and Jerry Cabana of North Bay&hellip;tied for eighth spot are Jack Giesebrecht and John Bailey with 46 points&hellip;quite a race right to the wire!</p><p>TRAINING SITES DECIDED&hellip;we had quite a squabble about where the Toronto Maple Leafs may train next fall&hellip;for a time it appeared North Bay had the inside track, then the tide swung over to Sudbury&hellip;now it appears certain the Leafs will continue to train at St. Catharines&hellip;Cleveland Barons have made up their mind to train at North Bay where they have a working agreement with the Trappers&hellip;for a time the news was out that Sudbury Civic Arena may get the Maple Leafs this fall, but this has fallen through&hellip;Detroit Red Wings will still train in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan&hellip;General Manager Jack Adams considers that centre an ideal spot for his training camp&hellip;they always roll out the thick red carpet for Jolly Jack, one of the greatest men in sports today.</p><p>Re-Unite Kid Line&hellip;the once-famous Kid Line of senior hockey, Yacker Flynn, Mauno Kauppi and Tatter McClellan has been re-united by the Sudbury Wolves&hellip;Kauppi was the last to join the fold and this is bound to bring back a lot of color from the good &lsquo;ole days&hellip;the boys said it feels great to be back together again&hellip;they gained fame for their hustle, dazzling passing and tenacious checking.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NOHA Puck Parade

<div class="byline">By JOE MINSTER</div><p>INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.&mdash;</p><p>Surprising as it may seem, all is not shrouded in gloom and despair in Indianapolis hockey circles.</p><p>This despite the fact that the hapless Chiefs are assured of a cellar finish in this, their first year, in the International League.</p><p>Consider the plight of a club that has won just eight times while losing 42 and has been able to score just over 100 goals over that stretch to about 300 for the opposition. There, in a nutshell, you have the unfortunate case of the Indianapolis sextet.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s Tough&rsquo;&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03176/1475041-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="595" height="880"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEO LAMOUREUX</b></figcaption></div><h3>Still Optimistic</h3><p>Nevertheless, there still is a certain amout of optimism among members of the Chiefs&rsquo; official family.</p><p>Mel Ross, general manager of the team, is confidently looking to the future, as are his two top lieutenants, Johnny Sorrell and Coach Leo Lamoureux.</p><p>Lamoureux, powerfully&mdash;built former National Leaguer, replaced Sorrell at the helm of the Hoosiers when the latter was moved into the front office.</p><h3>Better Lately</h3><p>&ldquo;Sure, I know we haven&rsquo;t done too well,&rdquo; the 39-year-old veteran of six seasons with the Montreal Canadiens remarked. &ldquo;But, we&rsquo;ve been looking a lot better lately and hope to make things difficult for some of the top clubs in this league before the season ends.</p><p>&ldquo;Listen,&rdquo; Lamoureux added, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s tough to keep these guys&rsquo; interest up the way things have been going. But, they&rsquo;ve been showing a lot of enthusiasm out there, and that helps.&rdquo;</p><p>Coaching is no new experience for Lamoureux, a defenseman on two Stanley Cup champs with the Canadiens. He&rsquo;s now directed teams in four different leagues.</p><h3>Veteran Coach</h3><p>At the helm of North Bay in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association for three years, he also coached Charlottetown in the former Maritime Major Hockey loop for two years and Shawinigan in the Quebec League (then amateur) for two years.</p><p>&ldquo;What we&rsquo;ve tried hard to do here is to get our players out of a losing frame of mind,&rdquo; Lamoureux pointed out. &ldquo;Youngsters like Pete Huggard and Myron Stankiewicz have helped, as has veteran Gordon Buttrey.</p><p>&ldquo;What we want more than anything else is to build the nucleus of a better-balanced club for the coming season. We feel that if we give our fans winning hockey in Indianapolis, they&rsquo;ll turn out to watch us play, because this is a good hockey city.&rdquo;</p><h3>Helps On Defense</h3><p>Lamoureux, who is helping out at defense for the Chiefs, was confident that Ross &ldquo;will bring Indianapolis a good team next year. Mr. Ross is going all out to put hockey over in Indianapolis and I think he&rsquo;ll do it,&rdquo; Leo added.</p><p>Speaking of the caliber of play in the International League, Lamoureux said the first two teams (Cincinnati and Troy) are &ldquo;as good as any in senior hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;This is a good league,&rdquo; the coach stated, &ldquo;and we hope to be up there in playoff territory next year.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0016-03

IHL Indianapolis Chiefs Point To Future Despite Dismal Year

<div class="byline">By BILL SMITH</div><p>OSHAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Whitby Dun1ops have clinched first place in the Eastern Ontario Senior League standing, and while doing so, have built up a reputation as a high scoring hockey club.</p><p>On Saturday February 4, some 1,000 fans sat in the Whitby Arena and watched their favourites rack up a 21-5 win over Brockville who were holding down third place in the loop standings.</p><p>The &ldquo;Dunnies&rdquo; have scored a total of 257 goals while the opposition have blinked the light on only 101 occasions.</p><p>The Whitby club is a well balanced hockey machine and are lead by former Quebec and American Hockey League ace Bus Gagnon, who serves as playing coach. In addition to Gagnon the Dunlops have acquired the services of former Oshawa General and Guelph Biltmore Bob Attersely. Attersely won the Red Tilson award as the most Valuable Player in the Junior OHA while he was with the Generals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02213/1475072-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="297" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bus Gagnon</b></figcaption></div><p>Bob is joined on the team by a number of other former Generals, Harry Sinden, Don McBeth, Fred Etcher, Ted DeGray, and another junior star with Stratford, Doug Williams. Imports on the Dunnies this year include Eddie Redmond and Jack Donlevy who were secured at the start of the season from Peterborough. The Petes were entered in league competition this year.</p><p>Whitby is a town which, over a period of two years, has become &ldquo;Hockey Crazy&rdquo;, and it&rsquo;s the thing to do on Saturday night, going to the Hockey game. The fans follow their club at home and on the road, and all this interest goes back to one person, Wren Blair, the hard working manager of the Dunlops, who three years ago guided a team from Oshawa to the Ontario Championship while playing all their games away from home. Oshawa had lost its Arena at that time.</p><p>Dunlops are going to be hard to stop, as they have their eyes on that Ontario crown, and it will take a good club to beat them. The Dunnies held the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen to a 5-5 tie in an exhibition game earlier in the season, while the Dunnies&rsquo; star centre and league scoring leader, Bob Attersley, was approached by the Dutchmen to make the trip to the Olympics.</p><p>All eyes are on the Dunlops in South Central Ontario<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0016-02

Whitby Leads Eastern Ont. Senior Loop

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><p>STRATFORD Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Kitchener Dutchmen, who failed to win the Olympic hockey title, face perhaps a tougher schedule in their own senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA group, when they arrive home Feb. 10, from Cortina, Italy, than they did in the Winter Games, because they have seven games listed in nine nights, and hold a slim one-point margin over the second-place Stratford Indians.</p><p>Two protests have been lodged with the OHA, one of them being disposed of by the protest committee without discussion. In that one Windsor Bulldogs protested their loss to Kitchener Dutchmen the night before the latter left for the Olympic tourney, claiming that Art Hurst, Stratford defenceman, was granted permission to line up with the Dutchmen in that game, as a defence replacement for Joe Schertzl, Kitchener player ineligible for the world tourney, owing to his previous pro puck activities.</p><h2><b>Error ?</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01232/1475103-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="581" height="868"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HUGH McLEAN</b></figcaption></div><h3>Thrown Stick</h3><p>In the other protest Chatham Maroons claim that referee Hugh McLean erred in awarding Owen Sound Mercurys a goal when a Chatham player threw his stick at an Owen Sound player, who was in the clear with nobody to beat but the goalie. Owen Sound were leading at the time and went on from there to win. CAHA rules state distinctly that a goal is awarded only when the defending team has removed its goalie and the attacker has the open net to shoot at, if a defender throws his stick. It would appear that Chatham has a strong basis for their protest, and the possibility is that the game, or the balance of it may be replayed, in the event the outcome has any bearing on the final standing.</p><p>Maroons are making a staunch hid for a playoff berth and right now are tied with Windsor Bulldogs for fourth and last playoff spot, with Owen Sound Mercurys one lone point in front of them in tthird place. Stratford Indians hold an eight-point margin in second place, and along with Kitchener Dutchmen are practically assured of a place in the playoffs.</p><h3>Slumped Badly</h3><p>Windsor Bulldogs, who have slumped badly of late, dropping their last three games, are faced with an ultimatum from their co-owner Bill Butcher, who returned from a Florida holiday trip and found that his team, which he figure is good enough to top the class, was batting to stay out of the cellar. The sum and substance of his edict to several players is remini-scent of a similar one issued to goalie &ldquo;Turk Broda of the Toronto Maple Leafs a few years ago, reduce the avoirdupois or face a fine.</p><p>Chatham picked up three victories in their last four games, losing the odd one to Stratford, who racked up three straight wins. Owen Sound Mercurys played but two games&rsquo; and lost both of them. So as matters stand now, with time running out, it looks like a battle from here to the wire for third and fourth playoff berths between Owen Sound, Windsor and Chatham.</p><p>Depending on the outcome of Chatham&rsquo;s protest referred to above, Kitchener has seven games left, winding up Feb. 20; Stratford, Windsor and Chatham have six apiece and Owen Sound five.</p><h3>Not Too Rosy</h3><p>Windsor&rsquo;s future does not present too rosy a picture, because they have Ches Warchol and Paul Oliver, two of their young wingers, nursing a broken arm and wrist resppectively, while George McLagan, tdoubled with a lame back last season, has again been benched the last six games, owing to a recurrence of tre injury.</p><p>As for Kitchener Dutchmen&rsquo;s failure to retain the world championship for Canada, every Canadian hockey fan regrets their loss, and there are two trends of thought, now that the post-mortems are heard. One is that Canada will have to enter a national team in the 1957 tourney, or else forego it entirely, and compete only in the Olympic tournament every four years.</p><h3>Would Cost Plenty</h3><p>A national team assembled on the same system as the other Olympic entries would cost plenty of money, and that seems to be the big problem. Then there are those who would object to wrecking teams by taking away their top players and weaken a team they have been supporting for years. They feel that losing an ace performer, and that&rsquo;s what it would amount to, could very easily ruin their chances of winning their own league, or possibly the Allan Cup.</p><p>The consensus of opinion around the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA group, however, is that the best team won the Olympic title, simply because the Kitchener Dutchmen where not just good enough, and congratulations are due the Russians on their victory. The Soviet team won the title where it should be won&mdash;on the ice&mdash;and certainly the Kitchener Dutchmen have no alibis. They&rsquo;re too good sportsmen for that.</p><p>Incidentally, when the Dutchmen return to Canada, Art Hurst will revert to the Stratford defence, while Bud Kemp of the Dutchmen, ineligible for the Olympic tourney and loaned to Stratfor as a replacement for Hurst, will go back to the Dutchmen.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0017-01

K-W Dutchmen’s Big Lead Reduced To Single Point During Trip To Olympics

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Eastern League Hockey made its southern debut, Monday, January 30, and if the initial reception is any indication of what the future holds, well, hockey is there to stay.</p><p>A crowd of 10,363 fans turned out to see the Baltimore Clippers face New Haven at the Charlotte Coliseum in the first hockey game ever played in the North Carolina city. Another 3,000 had to be turned away from the multi-million dollar arena because they couldn&rsquo;t be accommodated. The attendance was the largest for any indoor sporting event in the history of the city.</p><p>Over 6,000 turned out for the Clippers second &ldquo;home&rdquo; game on February 3. This contest was delayed when Johnstown was forced to land at Columbus, S.C., when fog closed down the Charlotte airport and didn&rsquo;t arrive until after 11 p.m.</p><h2><b>Joins Ramblers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02198/1475134-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="581" height="1340"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PAUL MICHELIN</b></figcaption></div><h3>Franchise Switch?</h3><p>Baltimore (wearing Hershey Bears uniforms) has three more games scheduled down south and the franchise may be switched there next season. (Baltimore&rsquo;s home rink was destroyed by fire on January 23).</p><p>Clinton and Washington are still waging a redhot battle for second place behind the New Haven Blades. The Comets, though trailing by eight points, are even in the lost column and have four more games to play than the Lions.</p><p>Johnstown is only five points behind Clinton and if the Jets can escape further injury, Lloyd Ailsby&rsquo;s crew has to be reckoned with. The Jets also have to keep an eye on the Clippers who trail them by only three points.</p><p>NEW HAVEN: When the Blades complete the formality of clinching the EHL pennant, they will become the first pro hockey team in the history of the Elm City to win a league championship&hellip;Ron Foster, Claude Boileau, Bill MacPherson and Cler Doyon each scored their 20th goal of the season during the past week&hellip;Johnny Sherban and Yvan Chasle are the team leaders with over 30 each&hellip;Rick Albert scored one of his infrequent tallies on Feb. 2nd (his 3rd of the season)&hellip;Ron Rohmer had his nose broken in a fight with Ray Crew of the Ramblers on Feb. 2nd&hellip;Joe Bucholtz has not been dressing since Nick Donaleshun joined the team ten days ago&hellip;Boileau still leads the league in assists.</p><p>PHILADELPHIA: The Ramblers will lose their leading scorer next week when Art Dorrington is inducted into the U. S. armed forces. The Negro star, who hails from Truro, N.S., became an American citizen in 1953 and he has been ordered to report for induction on Feb. 9 th. Art is leading the team in goals with 32 and points (59)&hellip;In a surprise move, the Ramblers released defenseman Dick Piloquin and forward Rollie Savard. Savard had 20 goals and 22 assists when he was handed his walking papers. Piloquin was runner up to Joe Nolan of Clinton in the penalty department&hellip;Ray Crew, a 6&rsquo;3 defenseman, who played for Saskatoon (Western League) and Three Rivers (Quebec League) earlier in the season has joined the team. He is owned by the New York Rangers&hellip;Paul Michelin, a forward, will join the club as soon as he gets his amateur card back. (Michelin has also been in Three Rivers)&hellip;Ivan Walmsley missed picking up his second shutout by 7 % minutes against Clinton on Jan. 31st&hellip;Mert McClenaghan is a catcher in the Pittsburgh farm system during the summer.</p><p>WASHINGTON: Jack Spencer returned to action after a one game rest, in spite of 50 stitches due to a collision with teammate Dave Lucas last week&hellip;Joe Formica continues to be the Lions hottest scorer with two goals in each of the last three games&hellip;Coach Stan Warecki and Fern Lapointe have returned to action and each scored a goal in the team&rsquo;s 6-5 overtime win in Philadelphia, Feb. 3rd&hellip;Ross Kelly received a game misconduct penalty for his part in a brawl with Ray Grenon of Ramblers.</p><p>BALTIMORE: Willard Maas&rsquo; goal in overtime gave the Clippers a 5-4 victory over Johnstown on Feb. 2nd at Charlotte, N.C&hellip;. Ralph DeLeo and Mike Desilets were the marksmen for Andy Brown&rsquo;s sextet in their first appearance below the Mason-Dixon Line&hellip;Les Binkley has been a standout in the nets and owns the third best average among the league&rsquo;s regular netminders&hellip;The Clippers trail Johnstown by three points in the battle for 4th place and the final playoff, berth.</p><p>CLINTON: The Comets bowed to Montreal Jr. Canadiens, 5-1, in an exhibition game at Cliuton on Jan. 29th&hellip;Jerry Stringle is sidelined with a leg injury but should he ready to play in a few days&hellip;Ken Grabeldinger scored two goals and set up two others in the Comets 5-5 tie with Washington, Feb. 2nd&hellip;Defenseman John Murray has been added to the Clinton blueline corps&hellip;Doug Coxon registered his third shutout of the campaign, Jan. 28th, blanking Philadelphia 5-0. Coxon leads the league in zeros.</p><p>JOHNSTOWN: Defenseman Crash Kelly has been suspended for the balance of the season (including playoffs) for hitting referee Bernie Burns in Clinton, Jan. 24th&hellip;Ed Rumi picked up his 2nd hat trick of the year on on Feb. 1st against New Haven&hellip;Paul Olafson got his first trio two nights earlier against the Lions.., Skip MacKay, a wing from Vancouver of the Western League, is scheduled to join the Jets this week&hellip;Joe Cyr was released outright&hellip;Bill Gallangher, with 10 goals and 32 assists, set a new scoring mark for Johnston defensemen. The old mark, 37 points, was set by Joe Desson during the 1950-51 season&hellip;Gallagher is now aiming for the loop mark of 61 points held by Len Burrage with Washington during the 194041 campaign&hellip;Coach Lloyd Ailsby has been rotating goalies Jimmy Mattson and Bill Anderson.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey Makes Southern Debut As Charlotte Adopts Clippers

<p><b>45th Street West off Broadway</b></p><p><i>HOCKEY HEADQUARTERS in New York City, N.Y.</i></p><p><b>$5.00 SINGLE</b></p><p><b>$7.50 DOUBLE</b></p><p><b>$8.30 TWIN BEDS</b></p><p><b>(Special Rares for Hockey Teams)</b></p><p>600 Rooms. AU With Private Baths Showers Radios&mdash;Garage Facilities Available Television and Air-Conditioning Desired.</p><p><b>EXCELLENT CUISINE</b></p><p>Frederick J. McBride Managing Director</p><p><i>Home of the Famous PICCADILLY CIRCUS LOUNGE</i></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03156/1475165-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="257" height="493"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOTEL PICCADILY

<div class="byline">By HUGH BOWMAN</div><p>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>With less than three weeks remaining in the schedule and a nine point hold on first place the St. Catharines Teepees looked like a shoo-in to cop their third straight league championship.</p><p>With less than two weeks remaining any thought the Garden City entry had of coasting in had been dispelled by the upsurging Kitchener-Waterloo Canucks. Shaking off the rigors of a midseason slump the Canucks whittled five points off the Teepees&rsquo; lead by winning three games in four starts while the Teepees were picking up only a tie in three efforts. With two games in hand over St. Kitts, the Canucks are intent on taking it right down to the wire although the Teepees with four of six remaining games at home are still the best bet to take it all.</p><p>The adversity of finding himself with the shortest bench in the league turned out to be merely prosperity in disguise for Canucks&rsquo; coach Jack Stewart. Stewart solved the &ldquo;weak third line&rdquo; problem that&rsquo;s confronted most of the clubs in the league by the simple expedient of doing without a third line. He elected to work his proven performers ovetime rather than bring in untried youngsters and the move, at the time of writing, had paid off handsomely.</p><h2><b>Solid</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01239/1475196-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="584" height="892"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>AB MARTIN</b></figcaption></div><h3>Injuries Hurt</h3><p>Injuries to Howie Young, Sonny Larose and Whitey Youngberg necessitated the Kitchener austerity program. Given more work, Willie O&rsquo;Ree promptly started hitting his early season stride and the line of Baluik, O&rsquo;Ree and Bradley once again came in for the biggest share of abuse from the Goalkeepers Protective Association. Bradley is just one short of the forty goal mark. Baluik, who racked up a hat trick against Barrie in a convincing 9-2 victory over the Flyers, continues to lead the league in assists and O&rsquo;Ree has been averaging close to a goal a game over the past couple of weeks.</p><p>Ken Gribbons passed the 20 goal mark with five goals in two nights against Guelph and along with Bob Ertel and Abo Martin give the Canucks a prolific &ldquo;second line&rdquo;. Martin has been playing solid hockey for the Canucks although his absence from Sunday games, through religious principles, forced the Canucks to play with only ten men against Marlboros. The short-staffed Canucks racked up a 2-0 victory.</p><p>It was the second shutout of the season for a much-improved Claude Dufour. In fact the Canucks defensive Play both back of the blueline and in the back-checking department has improved tremendously and has been the key factor in their upward trend.</p><p>Although the Canucks self-imposed strategy of using two lines eliminates any weak spots from the lineup it raises the question: how long will it last in this era of speed in hockey ? Toronto Marlboros tried it, and with some success, only to run out of steam. The Dukes have been shuffling their lineup trying to find awinning combination and several player who were riding herd on the timbers are seeing ice action. The Dukes&rsquo; big problem is scoring goals although they did erupt for nine against the lowly Hamilton Tiger-Cubs in one of their few splurges of the season. They have far and away the best defensive record in the league but had scored only seven more goals than the celler-dwelling Cubs at the 39 game mark. Their 142 goals scored is in sharp contrast to the goal-happy Guelph Biltmores&rsquo; 220 markers.</p><h3>Need Scoring Punch</h3><p>Their defensive ability will stand them in good stead in the playoffs but in the free-scoring age-limit group they&rsquo;re going to have to find some scoring punch if they hope to survive.</p><p>Return to action of Walt Boyer should help the cause and Charley Burns is improving every time out. Burns who plays with a plate in his head as a result of a skull fracture over a year ago has more courage than any hockey player we&rsquo;ve seen in a long time. Charley realizes the risk he&rsquo;s running but he can&rsquo;t see much point in existing if he can&rsquo;t play hockey.</p><p>Hamilton Tiger-Cubs, who have only a mathematical chance of gaining a playoff berth, cleaned house last week. Coach Ducky Skinner suspended forward Gary Sharpe and defenceman Guy James for the balance of the season for breaking training rules. Forward Bob Robinson and defenceman Vigor Gendron and Jack Hendrickson were severely reprimanded. Earlier in the season Ken Stanlund was suspended for the season and several players were fined for the same reason. General Manager Syd Bibby said, &ldquo;Talking to them and fining them didn&rsquo;t seem to work. Their conduct off the ice reflected in their hockey ability. Keeping them wouldn&rsquo;t be fair to their teammates or to the Hamilton fans.</p><h3>Some Slackers</h3><p>Meanwhile, it&rsquo;s been obvious that several of the Tiger-Cubs haven&rsquo;t been performing to the best of their ability. It&rsquo;s also obvious that the sponsoring Detroit Red Wings are going to have to get down to business if they hope to keep junior hockey alive in Hamilton and if they hope to have talent available to replace the Howes and Lindsays when age begins to tell on the Detroit super-stars.</p><p>Barrie Flyers, who&rsquo;ve moved from the cellar into the thick of contention for a first division berth, racked up their ninth straight home ice triumph at the expense of the Tiger-Cubs by a 6-2 margin and then battled the league leading Teepees to a one-all tie in a bath night fixture at the Garden City Arena. With their ability to win at home the Flyers are gunning for third place and the extra home game in the first round of the playoffs.</p><p>This year&rsquo;s playoff arrangements will be the same as last year&rsquo;s with the first place team playing the fourth in a best-of-seven affair with the winner advancing to the finals. The second place team meets the fifth and the third place finished the sixth in best-of-five affairs, the winners of those two series clashing in a best-of-five semi-final.</p><h3>Best-of-Seven</h3><p>League finals will be best-of-seven. The league is so closely packed that the odd home game could mean the difference. While Kitchener is challenging St. Kitts for the league lead, St. Mikes, Marlboros, Barrie and Guelph are scrapping for third place.</p><p>St. Michaels College Majors, who surprised even their most ardent suppoders with their early foot that took them to the top, are right in the middle of it and had a one point edge on the show spot at the time of writing. The Irish, who were expected to fold when a knee injury put their ace, Frank Mahovlitch, out of action, have won six and tied one in 14 starts since the injhry. This record is even more impressive when it&rsquo;s considered that defenceman Bob Watt and regular goal-keeper Bob Savage have also been sidetracked for a good part of that time. Savage, who had his nose broken, is back in the lineup and they hope to have Watt and Mahovlitch back for the playoffs. Pat Hannigan continues to spark the Collegians. He registered a hat trick as the Irish stopped St. Kitts&rsquo; home ice unbeaten streak at 13 with a 6-5 victory. The streak lasted two months. Teepees were beaten 10-5 by Guelph on Dec. 3rd while the loss to St. Mikes occured on Feb. 4 th.</p><p>Guelph Biltmores, who still have trouble occasionally in the defensive department, must be ranked as the best-balanced offensive club in the league. With seven games remaining, no fewer than nine players were in or were within striking distance of the charmed 20 goal circle. Bob Forahn, Bill Sweeney, Gerry Goyer, Brien Webber and Bill Graham were all over the 20 goal mark. Ed Shack needs one and Al Cleary, Dan Belisle and Ron Howell are just two short.</p><p>Graham, who didn&rsquo;t join the club till the end of the football season, has scored 23 goals in just 28 contests while Ron. Howell, who started late for the same reason, was shooting for his third straight year in which he&rsquo;s led the league&rsquo;s defencemen in goal scoring.</p><p>It&rsquo;s unfortunate that the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen hadn&rsquo;t played the OHA junior All-Stars before they went overseas. Their defeat at the hands of the Russians might not have come as such a big shock.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Teepees And Canucks Battle For OHA Junior A Loop Lead

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01218/1475258-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><p><b>(Solution next week)</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Pictured Leaf player.</p><p>5&mdash;Initials of Providence Reds&rsquo; coach.</p><p>7&mdash;Add an R to this combination and you would have a requisite for rowing.</p><p>8&mdash;One of the Vancouver Canucks.</p><p>10&mdash;Former forward with New York and Detroit.</p><p>12&mdash;Name given a Red Wing winger.</p><p>14&mdash;Month in which Al Nicholson was born (abbr.)</p><p>16&mdash;Short for given name of Trudel, former Canadien star.</p><p>17&mdash;One of the Black Hawks is called this.</p><p>18&mdash;Period of time.</p><p>19&mdash;Initials of Love of New Westminster.</p><p>20&mdash;Exists.</p><p>21&mdash;Initials of 8 across.</p><p>22&mdash;Jim Bartlett celebrates his birthday in this month.</p><p>23&mdash;Initials of Asmundson, former Ranger forward.</p><p>24&mdash;Doug Harvey recently sustained one in his hand.</p><p>26&mdash;Detroit&rsquo;s publicist.</p><p>27&mdash;Cerium (Sym.)</p><p>28&mdash;Initials of Larson, former N. Y. American player.</p><p>29&mdash;Name given 13 down.</p><p>31&mdash;One of the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Marc Reaume&rsquo;s birthplace.</p><p>2&mdash;Claude&rsquo; Provost was born here.</p><p>3&mdash;These go with hockey boots (sing.)</p><p>4&mdash;Affirmative answer.</p><p>5&mdash;Gaye Stewart was once one.</p><p>6&mdash;Initials of Nattrass, ex Chicago rearguard.</p><p>9&mdash;Given name of Mayer of Pittsburgh.</p><p>11&mdash;Initials of Denis of the Montreal Royals.</p><p>13&mdash;A linesman in the NHL.</p><p>15&mdash;Played goal for Canadiens last December.</p><p>20&mdash;Jim Bartlett&rsquo;s second name.</p><p>21&mdash;Plays for Boston.</p><p>22&mdash;Former Ranger forward, called Hub.</p><p>24&mdash;Short for given name of a Hab winger.</p><p>25&mdash;Initials of Rossignal, ex Boston forward.</p><p>29&mdash;First two letters of vermilion.</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of player who wears No. 9 for Chicago</p><h2><b>(Last week&rsquo;s solution)</b></h2><h3><b>Across</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Martin</p><p>6&mdash;M.C.</p><p>8&mdash;Ehman</p><p>10&mdash;Yug.</p><p>11&mdash;Ray</p><p>13&mdash;Ivan</p><p>14&mdash;N.U.</p><p>15&mdash;Win</p><p>18&mdash;Ira</p><p>19&mdash;O.H.A.</p><p>21&mdash;Le.</p><p>22&mdash;Ru.</p><p>23&mdash;L.L.</p><p>24&mdash;K.M.</p><p>25&mdash;Ian.</p><p>27&mdash;Yes</p><p>29&mdash;Andrew</p><p>33&mdash;M.D.</p><p>34&mdash;Erin</p><p>35&mdash;Ed.</p><p>36&mdash;J.K.</p><p>37&mdash;Boisvert</p><h3><b>Down</b></h3><p>1&mdash;May</p><p>2&mdash;Regina</p><p>3&mdash;T.H.</p><p>4&mdash;I.M.</p><p>5&mdash;Na.</p><p>7&mdash;Cayuga</p><p>9&mdash;N.R.</p><p>12&mdash;A.N.</p><p>15&mdash;William</p><p>16&mdash;Ireland</p><p>17&mdash;Porky</p><p>20&mdash;Hume</p><p>26&mdash;N.D.</p><p>28&mdash;Sask.</p><p>30&mdash;Reds</p><p>31&mdash;E.R.</p><p>32&mdash;Wide</p><p>35&mdash;E.I.</p><p>36&mdash;J.T.</p><div class="sidebar"><p><b>BOLS ANSWER</b> Detroit Red Wings, 15.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Hockey X-Word Puzzle

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Standing on Feb. 6)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02174/1475373-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="599" height="191"></div><h2>SCORING LEADERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03133/1475366-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="601" height="319"></div><h2>EACTERN LEAGUE (Standing on Feb. 4)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04113/1475359-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="601" height="187"></div><h2>ONTARIO SENIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo; (Standing on Feb. 9)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0596/1475352-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="601" height="161"></div><h2>INTERCOLLEGIATE (Standing on Feb. 9)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0680/1475345-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="609" height="139"></div><h2>NOHA SENIOR (Standing on Feb. 1)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0776/1475338-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="599" height="163"></div><h2>SCORING LEADERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0872/1475331-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="605" height="299"></div><h2>EASTERN ONTARIO SR. (Standing on Feb. 6)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0962/1475324-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="611" height="165"></div><h2>SCORING LEADERS SCORING LEADERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1052/1475317-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="605" height="261"></div><h2>MONTREAL METRO JR. (Standing on Feb. 9) Western Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1145/1475310-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="605" height="163"></div><h2>Eastern Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1241/1475303-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="613" height="161"></div><h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo; (Standing on Feb. 9)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1335/1475296-1-eng-US/f0019-132.jpg" title="f0019-13" width="605" height="213"></div><h2>SAGUENAY QUEBEC JUNIOR (Standing on Feb. 9)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1435/1475289-1-eng-US/f0019-142.jpg" title="f0019-14" width="609" height="213"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Puck Parade At A Glance

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1728/1475404-1-eng-US/f0019-172.jpg" title="f0019-17" width="394" height="508"></div><p>800 Outside Rooms With bath and free radio Many with T.V.</p><p>Single $4.50 up</p><p>Double $7.00 up</p><p>No charge for children 14 or under</p><p><b>Fine food served in GRENADIER DINING ROOM and LOUNGE also COFFEE SHOP</b></p><p>DETROIT-LELAND HOTEL</p><p>Cass and Bagley Ava.</p><p>Ample Parking</p><p>Wm. H. Chalmers,</p><p>General Manager<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY HEADQUARTERS IN DETROIT

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0276/1475449-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="241" height="288"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0177/1475456-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="232" height="275"></div><h2><b>Jake And Glenn Beaten Men</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0374/1475442-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="2868" height="1808"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0461/1475435-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="2896" height="1520"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TED LINDSAY,</b> the fiery captain of the Detroit Red Wings, fires a goal past Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadians as defenseman Tom Johnson, left, looks on. The other spectator, at right, is Earl (Dutch) Reibel of the Red Wings. In the action below, it&rsquo;s the Red Wings who are being scored on as Earl Balfour of the Toronto Maple Leafs beats goaler Glenn Hall. Watching Balfour with a pained look on his face is rearguard Bob Goldham of the Wings. <span class="photo-credit">(Bottom Photo by Turofsky)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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