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October 27, 1956

The Hockey News October 27, 1956

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01166/1632622-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02106/1632615-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="2738" height="1703"></div>THE PUCK ISN&rsquo;T rolling for Detroit&rsquo;s Ted Lindsay as Toronto goalie. Ed Chadwick slides out to make a sensational save. In the lower photo, Detroit netminder, Glenn Hall duplicates the feat at the expense of Toronto&rsquo;s Gary Aidcorn as Detroit defenseman, Warren Godfrey watches the puck skim off Hall&rsquo;s outstretched leg. Referee Red Storey stands in the background.&mdash;Turofsky Photos &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Doing The Splits When It Fits

BRANDON, Man.&mdash;Jim Piggott is a mild-mannered, soft-spoken Saskatoon gentleman who has made the contracting business pay off handsomely. Piggott is also a hockey fan who loves the game so much that he is willing to forget his solid business principles and invest part of his money in the usually non-paying proposition of sponsoring a professional hockey team.Piggott takes his hockey financial loses without saying a word, but when someone starts telling him what he is going to do with his team, that&rsquo;s when he raises his voice above his usual loud whisper. It takes quite a bit to get Piggott annoyed, but recent reports stemming out of Saskatoon and appearing in THE HOCKEY NEWS have made him almost downright mad.The reports, both of a speculative nature, have suggested that the Piggott-sponsored Brandon Regals of the Western Hockey League will be moving to Saskatoon before the current season is over. Piggott flatly denies this.&ldquo;I have no plans of taking the franchise from Brandon&rdquo;, Piggott stated. &ldquo;Why, this city has been wonderful to me. As long as Brandon fans keep supporting the team I&rsquo;ll keep the Regals here.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02272/1632322-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="471" height="819"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM PIGGOTT</figcaption></div>Mr. Piggott said that he had never talked with anyone about moving the club. Reaffirming his stand, the Regal sponsor added, &ldquo;I hope to operate the club in Brandon for many years to come. I&rsquo;m completely satisfied with this city &mdash; they&rsquo;ll have to run me out of town to get me to move.Henry STOTHARD &#9632;

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Piggott Denies Kegals To Shift To Saskatoon

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04195/1631990-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Yogi On HockeyYOGI BERRA, the famed catcher of the New York Yankees catches up on his favourite off-season past-time, following news of the New York Rangers. Yogi is an avid hockey fan and there&rsquo;s no need to mention that the Rangers are his favorite team.</figcaption></div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;It was just three weeks shy of 13 years from the time that Hary Lumley first set himself between the pipes in Buffalo&rsquo;s Memorial Auditorium as an Indianapolis rookie and he returned as a Bison, and veteran of tours with Detroit, Chicago and Toronto.The game on Nov. 4, 1943 ended in a 1-1 tie while the Buffulo-Hershey clash on Oct. 14, 1956 also ran to a 2-2 deadlock.Perhaps, those two scores indicate the toll on time on Lumley. The score against him may be a goal or two more on a given evening&mdash;but he&rsquo;s still a match tor any opposition.One need go no further than that Hershey game. The Bisons were down in manpower, with two players in the penalty box to only one Bear, in the final three minutes of the overtime period.Hershey made the most of the situation. The Bears roared to the attack&mdash;but couldn&rsquo;t put the puck past Lum.Mind you, the apple-checked veteran from Owen Sound has yet to reach peak condition due to the lapse in his training schedule when he went home after a contract squabble<h2>Eddolls Pleased</h2>Coach Frank Eddolls, who has been plagued with a lack of scoring punch among his wingmen nevertheless can&rsquo;t help but smile when Lumley&rsquo;s name is mentioned.&ldquo;Harry gave us that important point we otherwise would have lost to Hershey, a club no one can afford to let get a lead In the standings,&rdquo; Eddolls enthused. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt that he&rsquo;s still a top-flight goalie.&rdquo;Lumley&rsquo;s introduction to Buffalo colors was rather rough as the Herd dropped a 5-1 decision to Providence and a 4-2 verdict to Springfield prior to his home debut.However, the first two Providence scores came with Buffalo horthanded. Then Lum was left pretty much alone defensively as the Bisons gambled late in the game. The final Springfield tally came with him sitting on the Buffalo bench as the Bisons made a futile effort to gain a 3-3 tie.<h2>Not Too Late</h2>What has Lumley&rsquo;s attitude been since he accepted his demotion by Chicago?While nearing his 30th birthday. Lumley knows that it&rsquo;s still not too late for him to work his way back into the NHL.His work at Chicago&rsquo;s training camp prior to his sudden departure made the battle with Al Rollins a nip-and-tuck affair. Both were impressive, although Lumley had something of a weight problem he hasn&rsquo;t yet mastered.The odds heavily favor Lumley to cut down the avoirdu-poids&mdash;and opposing snipers with equal facility. &#9632;

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Harry Lumley Continues To Show Old Brilliance As Member Of AHL Bisons

<div class="byline">By JOE MINSTER</div>INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.&mdash;Talk about a face-lifting job and you could be talking about the Indianapolis Chiefs.You could be talking about the club which finished dead last in the International Hockey League race a year ago, far behind the rest of the field.You could be talking about the team which now is entering its second full season in the IHL, after returning to the ire game.To lie exact, only two players from the 1955-56 cellar-dwelling crew of Chiefs is back in uniform for Coach Leo Lamoureux. Roger Hayfield and Ed Calhoun. Both are left wingers, with Calhoun just converted to that post from defense.It would be nice to be able to write that &lsquo;the &ldquo;new-look&rdquo; Indianapolis sextet opened the 1356-57 campaign with a pair of convincing victories, aiming for the top spot instead of the bottom of the standings this season.It would be nice to write that, but it wouldn&rsquo;t be true, Lanoureux&rsquo;s boys, in fact, dropped wo decisions on the opening weekend of play. 5-1 and 4-1, to Toledo at Indianapolis.I have no alibis,&rdquo; Lamoureux pointed out. &ldquo;I saw what my club could do in three stiff exhibition games against. Windsor and Chatham. We have 12 new players and it&rsquo;s simply a matter of spending some time together. I have a couple of weak spots and I intend to make some changes. Were going to be alright.&rdquo;Against Toledo, it was more the spectacular goal-tending of Merc Al Bennett that beat, the Chiefs than anything else. In the first contest, the Hoosiers outshot the Ohioans. 60-34 and in the next game the Chiefs held a 56-55 advantage. It was only through the superb efforts of the veteran Bennett that Toledo salvaged the two triumphs.Cliff Hicks, in the nets for Indianapolis, has indicated that he will give Lamoureux&rsquo;s team a steady brand of net-minding, and he, too. made his share of good saves in the series with Toledo. The 25-year-old veteran has plenty of experience to back him up.Operating in front of Hicks are four rugged defensemen. Danny O&rsquo;Copnor, Don Busch. Jack Douglas and Gaff Turner. O&rsquo;Connor, named captain of the club, played with Sudbury&rsquo;s Wolves last year, Douglas with Pembroke, Ontario and Busch and Turner with Kamloops. British Columbia. Turner is no stranger to the IHL, having starred for the now-defunct Grand Rapids club and Toledo in past years.Center ice will be manned by Mate Boileau. Jean Leclerc and Pete Wywrot. Wywrot, a long-time star in many circuits and a former pro. was obtained in a trade with Ft. Wayne, which received Charlie Picard. Boileau hails from Quebec City and Leclerc from Amqui. Quebec.At right wing for the Chiefs will be Pierre Brillant. Vip (Okay) Palladino and Frank Kusma Brillant was with Amerst. N.S. a season Ago. And Palladino and Kusma both hail from St. John, New Brunswick.Rounding out the made-over! squad will be a third left winger Bob Bowness, who came from Halifax. Nova Scotia.The Hoosiers may not win the IHL title, but Coach Lamoureux promises that they will be a fighting crew, definitely in the running for a play off berth.ICING THE PICK&hellip; The much-discussed dispute involving Cincinnati defenseman Lou Dietrich, with Troy for the past two seasons. apparently has been solved, and Dietrich is to be allowed to don a uniform. Troy claimed that it still had amateur rights on Dietrich, but reportedly agreed to allow him to &ldquo;play for Cincinnati, which will either make a cash settlement with the Bruins or furnish them (through the parent Montreal club) with a replacement, on loan. Dietrich missed the first two contests of the campaign, between Troy and Cincinnati &hellip; After the first weekend of play. Cincinnati, seeking its fifth straight IHL crown, shares the top spot with Toledo. both with 2-0 slates. Tied for third with 1-1 marks are newcomer Huntington. W. Va. and Ft. Wayne, with Indianapolis and Troy bring up the rear &hellip; In opening series, Cincinnati won two from Troy, Toledo two from Indianapolis and Huntington and Ft. Wayne broke even. &#9632;

Lamoureux Chiefs May Be Surprise Of International

PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;The Rhode Island Reds have a goal to achieve when they play the American Hockey League All-Stars at R. I. Auditorium, October 23.If the Reds win the All-Star game, they will be the first league champion to do this. Cleveland lost to the Stars in 1954 by a 7-3 score and last year Pittsburgh had to be satisfied with a 4-4 stalemate. Manager Terry Reardon and Coach Johnny Crawford and their players are quite confident that they will establish league history this season by defeating the star-studded aggregation.Although Cleveland was the defending champions in 1954, the game was played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, as it was through the efforts of the Hershey members of the press and radio that the All-Star game was originated. In the future it will always be played in the home city of the defending title holders, as it was last year in Pittsburgh when the Hornets had won all the laurels.In the first encounter, the Barons were no match for the high powered All-Stars, led by Dune Ficher of Hershey who scored the only three goal &lsquo;Hat Trick&rdquo; of the classic thus far. Although Cleveland was defeated 7-3, they actually scored first as Fred Glover opened the game at 45 seconds with a tally. However at the end of the first period it was 3-1 as Fisher got a pair of his trio and his teammate Arnie Dullman added another. Strangely enough, Kullman, Fisher, Obie O&rsquo;Brien and Frank Mathers drew all the assists in that opening period to make it an all Pennsylvania scoring session.The second contest between the Calder Cup Champions Pittsburgh Hornets and the All-Stars was played in the Smoky City and resulted in a thrilling 4-4 &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; overtime tie. Willie Marshall of the Hornets provided the top thrill with a rink length breakaway at 18.56 of the final period, with Hornet netminder Mayer out of the game, to tie the score. Neither team could break the deadlock in the overtime period.The players themselves receive all the financial benefits from these games, as all net recepts go into the Players&rsquo; Emergency Fund. This provides financial assistance to any player whose career may be terminated due to an injury and also supplies other benefits strictly for the players alone. With the recepts from these All-Star games, the small assessment which is added to playoff same tickets and the investment of the money in guaranteed securities, the fund has risen to quite a sum in the two years since it was established. Future contests will enable it to reach the status of a very. sizable fortune. &#9632;

Reds Seek First AHL All-Star Game Win

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01199/1632660-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Two Captains And A ChabotLORNE CHABOT JR., son of the illustrious former twine-tender of the Toronto Maple Leafs, drops the puck at the centre ice ceremony recently as Maple Leaf Gardens played host to one of the greatest teams in its history. Ready for the face-off and Red Kelly, captain of Detroit and Toronto ice boss, Jim Thomson. (—Turofsky Photo)</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Injuries, the bane of any National Hockey League coach&rsquo;s existence, have been taking their toll early this season, with four clubs directly involved and the other two trying desperately not to be.Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs have all been hit hard thus far. Each one losing a key man for a. lengthy period of convalescence.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02133/1632653-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="294" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Henri Richard</figcaption></div>The Habs, Defending League and Stanley Cup champions, were dealt a severe blow when they lost young Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard in the opening game of the season against the Boston Bruins.Young Henri, who centres his famous brother, The Rocket, and Dickie Moore on the Canadiens&rsquo; number two attacking unit, was hit hard by the Bruins&rsquo; flamboyant Leo La Bine and wrenched his knee. Carried from the Montreal Forum on a stretcher, young Henri was taken to hospital where it was found necessary for him to don a plaster cast which will keep him on the shelf for at least three weeks, possibly more.Detroit Red Wings, off to their best start in a number of years, ware also hit hard through the loss of smooth-skating centre Alex Delvecchio, forced to the sidelines with a broken bone in his ankle. He&rsquo;ll be out for at least two months, possibly longer.<h2>DINEEN OCT TOO</h2>In addition to Delvecchio, All-Star centre a few seasons back, the Wings, striving hard to regain the title they lost last season after having held it for seven straight years, are with-out right wing Bill Dineen, recuperating from a wrenced knee.Before the season even got underway, the New York Rangers lost Parker MacDonald, the starry winger the Blues managed to lure away from the Toronto Maple Leafs during the off-season. It isn&rsquo;t known how long he&rsquo;ll be out of the Blues lineup. Coach Phil Watson had been impressed with the young skater&rsquo;s showing in training camp prior to the injury and was counting on him to fill one of the regular wing spots with Lis dub.The Maple Leafs, going Ibis season with a fine crop of rookies and featuring a &ldquo;Rock &lsquo;n&rsquo; Roll theme with freshman coach Howie Meeker at the helm, lost one of their &ldquo;Crew Cuts&rdquo; before he&rsquo;d even seen action in the big league. Bob Pulford, graduate of the junior Toronto Marlboros, and expected to give just the right amount of balance to the tine featuring the Cullen brothers. Brian and Barry, missed the first few Toronto games with a badly wrenched back. He was slated to start skating again this week but the date of his return to the lineup won&rsquo;t be decided upon until the results of his ice trials are in.<h2>Milt ls Hoping</h2>Thus far, the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Black Hawks haven&rsquo;t reported any serious injuries, for which stroke of luck Coaches Mitt Schmidt and Tommy Ivan are probably thanking their lucky stars.The Bruins in particular were exceptionally bard hit by ol&rsquo; debil injury last season. the reason, many experts feel, that they failed to make the playoff grade. Schmidt is hoping his club can avoid the jinx this year and possibly end up as high as third place in the standings.Only time will tell how lucky lie is in avoiding this scourge. After all. the jinx plays no favorites, hitting the meek and the mighty alike. Who knows who&rsquo;s next? &#9632;

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INJURIES HAMPER NHL CLUBS

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;What a difference a year makes !Last season the Red Wings lost their first three games and the sagging start was a tipoff of what was to follow. Although Detroit eventually climbed up to second place, the National Hockey League title and the Stanley Clip were taken away by the Montreal Canadiens.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01280/1631420-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="285" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Dinceen</figcaption></div>This season, going about it the other way, the Wings won their first three games. The flying start was enough, to get fans talking about championships again.The surprising note is that the Wings made such a getaway despite two injuries. Alex Delvecchio, Second-team All-Star center, suffered a broken leg in the second game and will be out for at least six weeks. Bill Dineen twisted a finee in the opener and headed for two weeks on the sidelines.From various people come various answers about Detroit&rsquo;s fast start.Jack Adams: &ldquo;We were ready this time. A year ago our preseason program was aimed toward the All-Star Game and not the long haul. This year we got ready the right way and this is the difference.&rsquo;Jimmy Skinnet: &ldquo;We know the players better this year. We had a lot of new ones to fit into the lineup last season and it took a lot of fitting. Even with the injuries this time we were able to adjust quicker and faster.&rdquo;Phil Watson, after his New York Rangers became Detroit&rsquo;s third victim: &ldquo;Detroit is in better shape than anyone else. They won their last two games because they outskated the other fellows in the third period. I saw them do it on TV in Toronto one night and then do it to us the next night.&rdquo;Different methods were used in grabbing the three victories.Chicago was spotted an early goal in the opener. Then the Wings struck for successive tallies by Norm Ullman. Metro Prystai and Ted Lindsay for a 3-1 triumph.In the second game Marty Pavelich provided an early lead which was offset by Toronto. Detroit broke the game open as Lindsay, Billy Dea and Capt. Red Kelly scored to win, 4 to 1The Rangers were beaten. 2 to 1. Ullman and Dea produced a 2-0 lead in the first 14 minutes and the 14 Wings hung on valiantly against the stubborn Rangers the rest of the way.ICE CHIPS: Ullman went 25 games last season to get his second goal but he managed that total in the first three games this season. In addition he also made two assists to take over the NHL scoring lead with a total of four points after the first week of action. Ullman obviously is thriving on his new assignment as center for Lindsay and Gordie Howe.Dea broke away to a snappy start for a rookie. After his goal in Toronto he grabbed the puck tor a souvenir of his first NHL tally; Then the next night he got the winner against New York, the team which traded him to Detroit a year ago in the deal that brought Daye Creighton and Bronco Horvath to the Rangers.Lindsay, who proved that he was ready with All-Siars&rsquo; tally in the 1-1 All-Star Game, is keeping up his sharp pace. He got a key goal in the opener and the winner in Toronto. Like his goal in the All-Star Game, both came on heady plays iii front of the net.Goalie Glenn Mall, who suffered in Detroit&rsquo;s rocky start last season but still came on to win &ldquo;Rookie of the Year&rdquo; honors, has been brilliant. He has yielded a single goal in each game and was blameless on each of those.Howe, leading goal-getter on the club for seven straight seasons, drew a blank in the first three games. Howe was handicapped at first with the ankie injury which forced him to miss the All-Star Game but he came up with Several strong bids against New York.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02264/1631413-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="265" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Delvecchio</figcaption></div>The injuries jo Delvecchio and Dineen forced Coach Jimmy Skinner to remake two forward lines. Dutch Reibel was moved to Delvecchio&rsquo;s center spot between Lorne Ferguson and Metro Prystai. Marty Pavelich took over at center for Reibel and Johnny Bueyk, recently converted from left wing, took over at Dineen&rsquo;s right-wing berth on that line.Rookie help was forthcoming. Billy McNeil was recalled from the Edmonton Flyers farm club in the Western Hockey League and Murray Costello was shipped to Edmonton in exchange. Tall Tom McCarthy. who had won a place with the Wings when he underwent an emergency appendectomy at training camp, has been skating with the the team in practice and was expected to be ready within a game or two.The regular defense pairs were operating with Kelly-Larry Hillman and Warren Godfrey-Marrel Pronovost. Although classed as the extra defenseman, Bucky Hollingworth saw more action in the first three games than he did in some 20 games last season. Bucky alternated with Hillman for the most part. &#9632;

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Wings Off To Three-Straight Start Despite Injuries To Key Men Delvecchio and Dineen

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Tommy Ivan was in a rather accurate descriptive frame of mind the other night. &lsquo;He&rsquo;s a real dead end kid of the ice &mdash; he doesn&rsquo;t know or care who they are, he just hits &lsquo;em,&rdquo; the Black Hawk mentor offered in typing the admirable big time debut of young Forbes Kennedy.&ldquo;He works and skates hard like Marty Pavelich of Detroit,&rdquo; the leadership mastermind who led the Red Wings to six straight National Hockey League championships further commented on the subject of the rookie he succeeded in prying loose from the Montreal organization the past summer for $25,000.Kennedy&rsquo;s thorough and solid Checking and highly aggressive competitive spirit tabbed him as a strong candidate for a Chicago suit right from the start of the club&rsquo;s recent training camp at St. Catharines, Ont. There was. however, a stumbling block of sorts blocking his path.Involved was the fact that he had been reared and schooled as a center ice man through just about all of his hockey experience to date. As a middle forward he was practically lost in a long list of candidates that included Ken Mosdell, Glen Skov, Hank Ciesla, Hec Lalande, Ed Sandford, Larry Wilson, Barry Ross. Ken Wharram and several others.&ldquo;I played wing some when I was just getting started,&rdquo; Forbes happened to mention over the breakfast fable one morning at camp. An hour later Ivan had him skating up and down both boards as he happily found that Kennedy was just as much at home despite the change so sudden.The room at the end of the hall on the third floor of the Queensway hotel in St. Catharines got busier daily as the drills neared an end. Besides holding the bed where Ivan sought rest every night, it was the beadquarters for contract talks between the general manager and his chosen men.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve planned on you for the Hawks, kid,&rdquo; Tommy stated flatly when Forbes met this appointment, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;ve got to tell you right now&rsquo; that well be nsing you at just about any spot.&rdquo; Two sets of eyes met and there was only a small moment of silence.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03238/1631458-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="534" height="717"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hit Parade StarsFORBES KENNEDY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04184/1631451-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="529" height="726"><figcaption class="caption-body">EDDIE KACHUR</figcaption></div>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s okay with me,&rdquo; Kennedy replied quickly, &ldquo;All I want to do is play in the big league &mdash; no matter what position it is.&rdquo; A pen scratched out his name on the appointed spot and he was officially a National Leaguer.That Ivan was keeping his word &mdash; and then some &mdash; was quite apparent to Forbes in Chicago&rsquo;s second home game October 14. a close, but losing effort with Toronto, 1-0. Kennedy fell a little tired and found out why when statistics showed that only goaler Al Rollins had been on the ice longer.He started the game on the ice on the right side of Glen Skov and Nick Mickoski. A few minutes later he was back in his old center spot on a Hawk rookie line that placed him between Eddie Kachur and Ed Mazur, two other acquisitions from the Canadiens since last season.Kennedy&rsquo; also took over the right wing slot with Mosdell and Harry Watson, two of the NHL&rsquo;s foremost veterans who launched their big time&rsquo; careers when he was just preparing to start school, during the five penalties given Leaf skaters. He filled in for Ed Litzenberger who moved back to the point.If he was confused at all. Forbes never bothered to show the signs. He was too busy going after or carrying the puck and living the life of a dead end kid. He proved to be a dead end for several of Toronto&rsquo;s grabbing gang and doubtless earned I heir respect for a lengthy period to come. &#9632;

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Ivan Labels Forbes Kennedy “Dead End Kid On Skates”

CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;He doesn&rsquo;t get that way very often, but Tommy Ivan was admitedly mad after the Black Hawks he is now both managing and coaching suffered the second straight shutout in their first, three starts of the 1956-57 National Hockey League campaign a few days ago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05141/1631489-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="447" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Ivan</figcaption></div>After a 3-1 defeat at Detroit on opening night, the club came home to be greeted with 3-0 and 1-0 blanking dealt out by the Rangers and Toronto two nights apart. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a bad start &#8213; bad! &#8213; BAD ! ! ! he exclaimed gustily in conference with Owner Jim Norris and the press.Norris, taking time from his normally busy schedule to witness all three games, didn&rsquo;t dispute the Ivan exclamation and was himself feeling to be somewhat of a bad luck omen. &ldquo;And I plan to take in the next game at Montreal too.&rdquo; he mentioned as if considering a change in his intention.Taking a closer look at the engagement with Meeker&rsquo;s Maples, however. Ivan couldn&rsquo;t refrain from adding, &ldquo;1 wish we could play 70 games like that one. With our share of the breaks, we would be bound to win our share too.&rdquo; He listed only the New York loss a genuinely poor effort.The one-goal loss to Toronto increased the consecutive minute total without a score for the Hawks to something like 178 plus. Chicago&rsquo;s lone tally in the lid lifter at Detroit came off the-stick of big Hank Ciesla at 2.29 of the opening stanza, but things have been pretty cold since then.Ivan has been stressing a stronger defensive game since succeeding Dick Irvin as Black Hawk Coach a few weeks ago. &ldquo;After all,&rdquo; he points our, &ldquo;goals against have been our problem all along.&rdquo;Netminder Al Rollins played strongly in all three games and despite the reverse outcomes his goals against average stood at a commendable 2.33. This is quite a dip below his 1955-56 figure of 3.00 and the 3.23 and 3.41 averages recorded the two years previously.Ivan also found cause for appreciation in the work of several rookies. Both rearguard Elmer Vasko and forward Forbes Kennedy have shown that they want to stick with the Hawks and play of their type is what should eventually lift the squad into contention as a NHL power.ICINGS: Tommy Ivan has three defensemen assigned to the Buffalo farm club in the American League whom be &lsquo;feels he could call upon for duty with the Hawks without too much hesitation. They are Ron Ingram, Fred Hueul and Vic Dzurko who all showed well in pre-season drills.Offered a minor league contract, forward Ed Sandford announced he would rather retire than pass our of the National League. An honest performer who had his best seasons at Boston, he has been hampered the past couple of years with poor legs.Bud BOOT&rsquo; &#9632;

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Tommy Ivan Stresses Defensive Improvement As Hawks Drop Openers

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Has he seen his best days at the age of 27, relatively young even in the turbulent game of hockey?Perhaps not.Has he passed his peak after only seven years of regular service in the National League?Perhaps not.But this is still the season of decision for Fleming Mackell, in point o&pound; continuous service the dean of this year&rsquo;s Boston Bruins.Mackell is attempting a cpmeback this season, attempting to regain his former position of prominence in the Bruins&rsquo; plans.Four years ago he was named the center on the National League&rsquo;s All-Star team, designated the best in the business at his position.<h2>MAKES SWITCH TO LEFT WING</h2>Four weeks ago there was lingering uncertainty that he would make this year&rsquo;s team. When he did it was as a left wing, not as a center.After the 1952-53 season, when he led the Bruins to third place and the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The future looked bright for Maekell.The stocky young fellow was an All-Star, he had scored 27 goals for the Bruins, and he had captured the fancy of their followers with his spectacular skating sortees.Ahead of him, it seemed, lay a career both brilliant and profitable, and he was only 23 years old.But the following fall the tide began to ebb for the blackhaired speedster whose feats were expected to spin the Garden&rsquo;s turnstiles at a merry clip. It went out steadily.From his goals production of the big year he dropped 12 the following season. Two years ago he dropped four more, and last season he scored only seven goals.Mackell&rsquo;s comedown is one of those things which defies accurate analysis. Perhaps a succession of minor physical ailments have been contributing factors. He has had his share, and a year ago he received a major physical setback.Just before the season opened he underwent an operation for the removal of a damaged cartilage in his knee. Aided by special treatments he returned to action well ahead of the medical schedule, but he still missed the first month of games. And although his knee regained its strength, he didn&rsquo;t regain his oil scoring touch.Faulty vision he wore glasses off the ice for years&mdash;was advanced as a cause for his scoring recession, and Fleming tried contract lenses for a while, but goals continued to elude him.The combination of his meagre scoring output and the Bruins&rsquo; fifth place finish of last season made Mackell&rsquo;s status uncertain during the summer mouths. Players were acquired, others sent away, but at his home in Hingham the one-time Alt-Star looked ahead to the fall.First he cleared up the doubts about his eyes, taking a series of corrective exercises which have enabled him to discard glasses altogether. Then he worked diligently in a lumber yard to insure his condition, stabilizing his weight at 170 pounds.When the Bruins began training here in mid-September rosters were issued which listed forwards by positions. Five centers were listed, but Maekell wasn&rsquo;t one. He was listed as one of a half-dozen left wings.<h2>THE FLAME TOOK MILT&rsquo;S HINT</h2>&ldquo;Anyone who makes this team will have to make it on what he shows me here,&rdquo; warned Coach Milt Schmidt and the word, to Mackell, was sufficient.In the strenuous scrimmages which Schmidt conducted twice daily the former center was a veritable toy tiger, clashing with both friend and. foe. Finally the left wing squad was reduced to three, the final reduction coming on the eve of the Bruins&rsquo; opener. Left at the position were Beal Chevrefils, Vic Stasiuk &mdash; and Maekell.Of his shift he shrugged and said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll play wherever they want me to. play. If. it&rsquo;s left wing I II do my best. I&rsquo;ll keep trying.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02233/1631534-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="906" height="884"><figcaption class="caption-body">FLEMING MACKELL</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01279/1631527-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="1655" height="2461"><figcaption class="caption-body">Has Essential PotentialFLEMING MACKELL&hellip;&hellip;A BUSTLING BRUIN</figcaption></div>In the Bruins opening game with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team from which the Bruins acquired him nearly five years ago, Maekell made a propitious start at his new position. He set up two goals with clever passes.Fleming has both support and incentive for his comeback. He has been a prime favorite with hockey fans here since his days as a Montreal schoolboy when he first dazzled a Boston audience with his skill. As a year-round resident lie has made many friends.And &lsquo;dependent upon his bread-winning ability are live Mackells, three girls and two boys, enough incentive for a man pursuing any trade.The pressure isn&rsquo;t likely to be relaxed on the player attempting a comeback as the season progresses. The&rsquo; Bruins are dedicated to making a comeback of their own and they are prepared to call upon all those in their far-flung organization they feel will help.Such a policy makes no allowance for personalities, grants no periods of grace. That&rsquo;s why. For Mackell this is a season of decision and that&rsquo;s the way he is tackling it.<h2>MACKELL. FLEMING DAVID (MAC)</h2>Bora. Montreal. Qued April, 30, 1929.Center, Shoots left. 5&rsquo;8&rdquo;. 157 lbs.Last amateur club: St. Michael&rsquo;s College (Juniors)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03155/1631520-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1172" height="822"></div> &#9632;

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Can Fleming Rekindle The Flame?

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01347/1631586-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="445" height="431"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02312/1631579-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="290" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Thomson</figcaption></div>&bull; GENERAL MANAGER Jack Adams of Detroit Red Wings reports an advance subscriber ticket sale for Red Wings&rsquo; home games in excess of $400,000 &hellip;Tommy Ivan, Chicago&rsquo;s man-in-motion, travelled more miles looking over hockey talent the last two years than any two hockey, executives put together &hellip; Tommy, incidentally, still hag more travelling ahead of him before he lines up the type of team that will have Chicago up among the leaders &hellip; Maple Leaf Gardens is 25 years old but it still looks as if it opened its door for the first time yesterday &hellip; Maple Leaf Gardens has many firsts to its credit such as escalators etc. and now it has a luxuriously appointed lounge for between periods enjoyment of Gardens&rsquo; box seat holders. It is truly a beautiful room and the type or room you wouldn&rsquo;t associate with a hockey arena &hellip; Jimmy Thomson. Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; new captain, has come a long way since the time he worked as a bus boy in the dining car of a CPR special &hellip; Thomson probably sates as one of the wealthiest hockey players in the game today. What he doesn&rsquo;t know about the stock market isn&rsquo;t worth knowing &hellip; Barring two years in the Canadian Air Force, Chicago&rsquo;s Kenny Mosdell has been a National League regular since breaking in with Brooklyn Americans in 1941 &hellip; Mosdell and Harry Watson are the only members of the old Amerks still active in the NHL &hellip; Jack Adams figures his Red Wings are better this year than last despite the loss of ace defenseman Bob Goldham &hellip; &ldquo;The new players we fitted in a year ago have finally jelled and we have a line rookie left winger in Billy Dea&rdquo; Adams enthused.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03236/1631572-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="281" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Lindsay</figcaption></div>&bull; LIKEABLE RED STOREY tells some funny stories on himself. The senior NHL referee was complaining about his reception from the crowd at an exhibition game in New Haven &hellip; &ldquo;I never worked a game there before in my life,&rdquo; he beefed, &ldquo;and I don&rsquo;t know anybody in the town. But when they announced my name as the referee that night, I got the biggest razzberry imagineable&rsquo;&hellip; Then there was the that Red was standing at the blue line and Ted Lindsay, ex-Detroit captain, was parked in the faceoff&rsquo; circle to the side of the net &hellip; Ted kept yelling at Storey who declared &hellip; &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t hear you Ted. 1 can&rsquo;t hear you&rdquo; &hellip; Without hesitation. Lindsay shot back the squelcher: &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t see me, either.&rdquo; &hellip; Maurice Richard and Doug Harvey like to hunt deer on Sundays they&rsquo;re not on the road during the fall season. They jump in a car following a Saturday night game, drive Io their destination and start out first thing Sunday morning on their deer hunt &hellip; Richard and Harvey are both great outdoorsmen. Both rate as excellent shots and excellent fishermen &hellip; The NHL has two new linesmen this season with familar surnames. they are Matt Pavelich and Art Skov &hellip; Matt is a younger brother of Detroit&rsquo;s Marty, while Skov is a cousin of Chicago&rsquo;s Glen Kaov.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04183/1631565-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="259" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">Col Gardner</figcaption></div>&bull; CAL GARDNER is the new Iron Man of the National Hockey League. The 32-year-old Boston Bruins&rsquo; center played in 380 consecutive NHL games including those played over the weekend. The last time he missed a game was on January 28. 1951, in Chicago&hellip; Cal was playing for Toronto at that time&hellip; He can&rsquo;t remember exactly why he missed that game, either. He seems to think that lie suffered some hind of a head injury in Toronto the night before and although he made the trip to Chicago with the Maple Leafs he failed to get into the game &hellip; Although Lardner is the current NHL iron Man. he is still a long way from the mark Tony Leswick compiled before lie left the league at the end of la season &hellip; Tony played six consecutive seasons of 70 games per season and the last games he missed was on March 22. 1950. He played a total of 421 consecutive games &hellip; The all-lime NHL Iron Man record is held by Murray Murdoch of New York Rangers, Murdoch played 508 consecutive games for the Rangers &hellip; Vern Buffcy. who served his apprenticeship as an NHL linesman last season, will work for Scotty Morrison this year in the Western Hockey League &hellip; Morrison will both officiate in Al Leader&rsquo;s loops &hellip; Morrison will act ns referee-in-chief as well as work games &hellip; Gump &ldquo;Worsley with two shutouts in his first three games looks like he&rsquo;s headed for his greatest year yet &hellip; The NHL has had a strong run on shutouts in early games &hellip; Out of the first nine games played this season, four of them saw one team earn a shutout. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05161/1631617-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div>Dear Sirs,I have been a reader of THE HOCKEY NEWS for four years now and wouldn&rsquo;t be without an issue. As a former hockey player myself (strictly ultra-minor league), I find your paper the best way to keep up with the game I can find.I once played in an exhibition game against Lorne Worsley when he was still a junior with the Verdun Cyclones and still consider him to be one of the coolest and most capable gaolers I have ever seen. His misfortune is that he plays with a team that stresses offense (second only to Canadiens in goals scored last year) and to h&mdash;I with defense (obviously, when they carry characters like Fontinato, who&rsquo;s biggest asset is his thick skull).I am wondering if Phil Watson, who certainly proved last season that he belongs in the NHL, will lay off Worsley this year? Last season every time the Rangers lost a game, it was Lorne&rsquo;s fault. What is the guy supposed to do? For the first half of the schedule he virtually carried them on his back, getting shutouts &lsquo;in games when he was peppered with some 40-odd shots and in general supplying a defense where there was absoloutely no other reason for there to be one.This season, I hope, Phill will lean on a few of the other players and leave Worsley alone, or, perhaps (?) even offer a few words of praise now and then. He&rsquo;s the greatest thing that has happened to New York hockey since the cornerstone was laid for the Garden.Don FeatherBrooklyn, N.Y.<h2>TV Mix-Up</h2>Dear Sirs,I am most interested to read that this season the NHL referees and linesmen are employing signals to signify in-factions of the rules, something similar to football.I understand this is to better acquaint the national TV audience in the U.S. with the various penalties.All well and good, but right here and now, I think it only fair to warn my American friends that if their TV cameras follow the action as closely as those here in Montreal, they will seldom get to see one of these signals in actual use. In three games I have watched thus far (including the All-Star game) I have seen only one of these signals used, that a holding penalty signified by Red Storey. Not that the refs aren&rsquo;t using the signals &hellip; it&rsquo;s just that the camera follows the erring player and not the ref. We do not, therefore, see the official call, so what good are the signals?John WestmoreMontreal, Que. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01300/1631648-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;Hardest Of Em All&rdquo;ANDY BATHGATE</figcaption></div>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;You don&rsquo;t have to hold a physics degree from Harvard to realize that the harder the shot, the better the hockey player&rsquo;s chance of scoring.It follows, then, that Phil Watson (who knows less about physics than he does about quoits, of which he knows nothing) should expect his Rangers to do much scoring this season because, as he puts it, he has many of the &ldquo;hardest and most accurate shots in the league&rdquo; on his team.Watson is not understating his case. A study of the New York lineup reveals that almost every forward packs a potent shot. Even smoothy Larry Popein, once regarded as a &ldquo;weak Shot,&rdquo; is now firing light bombs.According to most observers, the hardest shot on the Blues belongs to Andy Bathgate. His high ones have come close to decapitating goaltenders on numerous occasions.But it takes more than a powerful shot to make a goal scorer and Watson is the first to admit it.&ldquo;What good is a hard shot if it goes wide?&rdquo; Phil wondered aloud. &ldquo;Not worth a darn. And worse than that is a hard shot that never leaves the stick.&rdquo;It was obvious during his discussion Phil was&rsquo; thinking of Bathgate, the player who he envies in a friendly sort of way.&lsquo;If I ever had a shot like his,&rdquo; Phil chortled, &ldquo;I&rsquo;d have led the NHL in scoring.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s may be an overstatement but the point is clear. Watson wants Bathgate to put his good shot to good use. He needled Andy about it last season and while the talented right wing broke the all-time Ranger point mark lie tallied only nineteen goals, a paltry figure considering Bathgate&rsquo;s potential.&ldquo;I learned an awful lot last year,&rdquo; Bathgate explained. &ldquo;Dean (Prentice), Larry (Popein) and 1, made plenty of foolish mistakes and I think we&rsquo;ve learned from them.&rdquo;&ldquo;Like what!&rdquo;&ldquo;Well, we usually kept the puck moving and maybe we threw it around one time too many. Trouble was the three of us have good shots but nobody used his enough. This year well shoot more and. I think score more. I myself figured I should have had 25 goals last season.&rdquo;&ldquo;And this season?&rdquo;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m aiming for 30. That doesn&rsquo;t mean I&rsquo;ll get it, of course, but that&rsquo;s my goal and while I&rsquo;m at it I&rsquo;ll try not to be a puck hog.&rdquo;Bathgate thinks his hard-Shooting Ranger pals should be a goal or two better than last year because of the retirement of Bob Goldham, Detroit&rsquo;s puckblocking defenseman.&ldquo;With Goldham gone, I should score a goal or two more against the Wings,&rdquo; said Bathgate. &ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;ll add a few by pacing myself. Last season I knocked myself out in the first half of the schedule.&rdquo;According to Ranger blueprints, Bathgate again will be the point man on the powerplay although it has been suggested to Watson that Dave Creighton and Danuy Lewicki might do as well.Watson has mixed emotions about using Creighton on the point. As for Lewicki, he figures that Danny is too light to be a point man. Phil wants a large player who can double up as a defenseman should a breakaway occur.During training camp workouts Bathgate paid special attention to his power-play shot.&ldquo;I try to keep it about a toot high,&rdquo; he revealed. &ldquo;In that way it&rsquo;s tough for the goalie to catch and difficult to stop with the boot. And it still ean be tipped in by guys standing around the net. If the shot is too high it&rsquo;ll hit a body or be knocked down by hand. The real low ones are stopped by sticks.&rdquo;Aside from Bathgate, other Ranger hard shooters include Lewicki, Ron Murphy (who, incidentally, is considered one of the best shots in the league), Dean Prentice, Guy Gendron, Andy Hebenton, Bronco Horvath and Dave Creighton.The defensemen. paced by Bill Gadsby, can rifle them too Louie Fontinato, for one, spends much of his after-practise hours firing bombs from the blue line. If extra workouts mean anything, Fonty should become a hard, accurate shooter by playoff time.When discussing shots, one naturally must differentiate between backhanders, forehanders, blue line shots and the in-close feints, among others.Camille Henry and Danny Lewicki are, perhaps, the most dangerous Ranger deke artists in close.Then there&rsquo;s Gump Worsley. Don&rsquo;t laugh, even the Gump must know how to fire the plug. He may never achieve the feats of his predecessor. Chuck Rayner, but Gump does alright firing the rubber off the boards over the blue line.Now if the so-called Ranger sharpshooters can find the range all will be peaceful in Watsonville. For the time being. &#9632;

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Watson Hopes To Bomb Foes With Hard - Shooting Brigade

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll (Montreal Gazette)</div><h2>Injury Jinx Pays Early Visit</h2>In the two great body-contact games, hockey and football, injuries are what the coaches fear the most.&ldquo;I think the real battle for the league championship will be between ourselves and Detroit,&rdquo; said Toe Blake, coach of the Canadiens. before the All - Star contest here. &ldquo;But the race is going to be a lot closer and it&rsquo;s wishful thinking on the part of anybody to believe that we can win again by a margin of 12 games.&rdquo;Toe didn&rsquo;t mention injuries, but his own team was hit hard when Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard was carted off to hospital on a stretcher with torn ligaments in his knee, an injury which will keep him out of action for at least three weeks is it necessary to point out that a lot can happen in three weeks?The Pocket is the pivot-man on the line with his famed brother, the Rocket, and Dickie Moore. It&rsquo;s a good line, one of the best, and some say the Pocket is the fellow who makes it click. He&rsquo;s a-fast skater, a digger, a playmaker and a forechecker, and he can score goals as well.&ldquo;The Rocket didn&rsquo;t play well in Boston last time &mdash; think he missed Henri,&rdquo; Toe reported when the Canadiens returned home after dropping a 3-1 decision to the Bruins. &ldquo;Henri was out for six games last season with an injured ankle and the Rocket wont into a scoring slump.&rdquo;Toe took the afternoon train to Ottawa recently to watch the Junior Canadiens play at home. Frank Selke, the Habitants&rsquo; general manager, was waiting for him in Ottawa. They decided to call up one of the juniors as a replacement for the Pocket until the latter is ready to resume.<h2>Hopes Are High in the Hub</h2>The Bruins and their supporters were heartened by the home victory.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know when a game has taken so much out of me as a player or as a coach,&rdquo; Coach Milt Schmidt told the Hub hockey writers the following day. &ldquo;Certainly that was the best hockey game I&rsquo;ve seen in some time.&rdquo;Well, they&rsquo;re all great games when you win. as Lynn Patrick, the Bruins&rsquo; general manager, has pointed out over the years.The Bruins just missed making the fourth playoff spot last spring and they were convinced the reason for their failure was ? the unprecedented number of injuries they suffered early in the season. Over the final 25 games of the regular schedule they were, next to the Canadiens, the hottest team in the league.The Boston fans and sports writers haven&rsquo;t forgotten that fast finish, and they are high on this year&rsquo;s club. Writes Leo Monahan in The Daily Record:&ldquo;On the basis of a two-game judgment, several facts about the B&rsquo;s are evident: (1) Terry Sawchuk, for sure, is the best goalie in the league; (2) the defense, viewed with trepidation, is stronger than anticipated; (3) Fleming Mackell, Jerry Toppazzini and Don McKenney are playing exceptionally well; (4) rookie centres Jack Caffery and Larry Regan have it; (5) attendance-wise, the B&rsquo;s will do well if they continue the crowd-pleasing play shown here Thursday and Sunday.&rdquo;That is a lot to discover in two games, more than most fellows can find out in a dozen, but you can&rsquo;t keep guys from hoping and who would want to? Incidentally, there were 10,486 at the Sunday game, which is a terrific crowd in Boston at this time of year, considering that all New England is football frantic.<h2>Has the Red Wings Luck Run Out ?</h2>Over the seven-year stretch in which the Detroit Red Wings won that many consecutive league championships, they were miraculously free of injuries. But they collected a few last season and the Canadiens put an end to their victory string.Not that the Canadiens needed that kind of help to win &mdash; they were undoubtedly the best club in the league &mdash; but the injuries to key players on the Wings made their task easier.The Wings&rsquo; bad luck appears to be continuing this season. Alex Delvecchio, one of their good centres, has a fractured foot which may keep him off the ice for two months. Then there is Gordie Howe, their great right-winger, who damaged his ankle before the season started and is still on the limp. Young Norm Ullman is said to be emerging as a potential star and if he comes through, the Wings may not be so hard hit by the injury to Delvecchio.It is the notion here that the New York Rangers, who furnished a surprise last season by finishing third, are going to repeat again this year. They have some good scorers &mdash; they scored more goals than any other team last season except the Canadiens &mdash; and if their defense improves, they will be tough. A lot will depend on how little Gump Worsley responds to Coach Phil Watson&rsquo;s handling. He may grow tired of being blamed for every Ranger loss and being threatened with demotion.The Toronto Leafs are a big question mark. Crewcuts and rock-and-roll slogans won&rsquo;t win hockey games, as the Leafs&rsquo; management is well aware. But they have a new coach in Howie Meeker and a raft of rookies, a combination which may pay off.At this writing, the Chicago Black Hawks look like the team most unlikely to succeed. They lost their good coach. Dick Irvin, early in the training season and Tommy Ivan is doubling in brass as coach and manager. Tommy had contract trouble with Harry Lumley, who went home in a huff. But Tommy has straightened that out and Lumley is minding the nets for the Buffalo Bisons, still hoping to challenge Al Rollins for the job with the Hawks. Tommy thinks they look better than the team that won only games last season.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s too early yet to say definitely whether they are better,&rdquo; lie says, &ldquo;but they&rsquo;re definitely bigger. &#9632;

plauincqthe field

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div>MONTREAL, Que.The Montreal Canadiens are beginning to wonder if the first game of the season is a jinx. A year ago in their home opener Bernie Geoffrion suffered a painful complexity of rib, chest and shoulder injuries against the Leafs.This year as the National Hockey League season got underway in Montreal, Henri Richard suffered torn ligaments in his right knee when checked heavily by the Boston Bruins&rsquo; impish Leo LaBine.Young Richard, centre for his brother, the famed Maurice Richard, and Dickie Moore, was taken to hospital on a stretcher. He left 48 hours later with the knee in a cast.It will stay on for. perhaps, two weeks and, after removal the youngster will be immobile for at least another ten days.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01371/1631703-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="528" height="1162"><figcaption class="caption-body">InjuredHENRI RICHARD</figcaption></div>The Pocket Rocket had been dumped similarly by LaBine in the All-Star game and on that occasion the knee had been bruised but it responded to treatment and he was able to take his place in the opener.The injury to young Richard set the stage for the first big penalty parade of the season. As the kid limped toward his bench, big brother Maurice tangled with LaBine and Moore became involved in a fist-swinging skirmish with big Fern Flaman.In a little more than a minute the penalty box was jammed with eight doleful occupants. Bert Olmstead and Jerry Toppazzini were banished for high sticking, then Bob Turner went off for a strip, followed by Bob Armstrong.A further note of confusion was added when LaBine jumped out of the box before his sentence expired. He was quickly sent back by referee Frank Udvari.Oddly Jacques Plante earned a shutout, the Habs winning 3-0. Thus the Vezina Trophy holder duplicated his feat of a year ago when he blanked Toronto 2-0 in the Forum opener, the night Geoffrion was injured.With the Pocket Rocket out of action, Canadiens decided to fill the gap in their ranks by using amateur players on a three-game trial basis.First to get the call was 18-year-old Ralph Backstrom of the Ottawa Canadiens, the Memorial Cup entry that also is helping to round out the Quebec Hockey League.A native of Kirkland Lake, Ont., now in his third season in Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; company, Backstrom was one of the club&rsquo;s top marksmen last season in the Baby Habs&rsquo; long march to the eastern finals against the Toronto Marlboros.Backstrom made his debut against the Chicago Black Hawks in Montreal.Managing Director Frank Seike said Backstrom was chosen for the first test because &ldquo;his style of play more closely resembles Henri Richard&rsquo;s than any other player in our organization.&rdquo;Kenny Reardon, assistant manager, called the youngster a promising prospect. &ldquo;He skates like Milt Schmidt, makes plays like Bill Cowley and has a heart like Elmer Lach&rsquo;s.&rdquo; Reardon said.Meanwhile the seeking another player to add to the permanent roster. He might be bought from another club. Or he might be hoisted out of the Habs&rsquo; farm system, although Seike is reluctant to deprive minor pro clubs of player material.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re looking for a player,&rdquo; Seike said, &ldquo;and it doesn&rsquo;t matter if he&rsquo;s a left winger or a right winger because Claude Provost is adaptable. He can play either wing.&rdquo;Provost came up to the Canadiens as a right winger and was converted to the portside by Coach Toe Blake. He has acquitted himself well on a line with Jackie Leclair and Floyd Curry. &#9632;

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Pocket Rocket First Casualty Of New Season

MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;While most hockey experts are conceding the National League championship and, of course, the Stanley Cup to the Montreal Canadiens, Coach Toe Blake of the Habs is taking a more realistic view.Oh, he isn&rsquo;t pessimistic. Don&rsquo;t get that idea. It&rsquo;s just that his approach to the season is heroically rational.&ldquo;Everyone is conceding us the Cup without a fight,&rdquo; said Blake. &ldquo;They think we&rsquo;re crazy to play games. We should just go away on a holiday and come back for the finals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02255/1631734-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="278" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toe Moke</figcaption></div>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s ridiculous. We&rsquo;re bound to lose games. All clubs will be out to give us a battle to enhance their own prestige. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be a long, rugged season,&rdquo; he went on. &ldquo;And remember the Canadiens aren&rsquo;t supermen. They&rsquo;re just good hockey players and some of the other clubs have good players too.&rdquo;Blake took a puff on a big cigar and continued: &ldquo;Every where I go I keep hearing how easy it&rsquo;s going to be for the Canadiens to retain the Cup. I guess it looks that way to everybody but me. But believe me, we can have our troubles, too. Look how we lost Henri Richard in the first game, wrecking one of our best lines. And we&rsquo;ll have more troubles before this season is over.&rdquo;One thing Blake and the Montreal management must guard against is complacency. If players keep hearing that they are cinches to dominate the league, they might start believing it.Last year the Habs were a grimly determined crew, anxious to dethrone the Detroit Red Wings, who had enjoyed a monopoly for seven years. This was achieved. That spirit must be maintained and Blake is going to see that it is.&ldquo;There&rsquo;ll be no complacency on this club,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Perhaps it is just as well that we lost our second game of the season to the Bruins in Boston. It proved that we are not invincible, that our work is cut out for us.&rdquo;LUNNY &#9632;

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Blake Has Word Of Caution, Canadiens Are Not Supermen

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs, their crew cuts a-bristlin&rsquo; like the hair on a houn&rsquo; dawg&rsquo;s back threw themselves at the awesome prospect of 70 games on hockey last week and if Elvis Presley ever cut a disc to match the frantic show they put up against the Detroit Red Wings in their first endeavour, he would blow his lid.The rock &lsquo;n&rsquo; roll Leafs, who borrowed their trademark from a Ranger defenseman with loving cup ears named Lou Fontinato, played against the Wings with all the frantic undulations which Elvis the Pelvis demonstrates. And like Elvis, though, they did a lot of moving, the hardly got off one spot.As J. Skinner the petulant coach of the ex-world champion Wings later remarked: &ldquo;Them cats had the biscuit most of the night, dad, but for a while there I thought they were going to pick it up and eat it. They did not seem to know what to do with it.&rdquo;Or words to that effect &hellip;Verily the Toronto heroes have started the season with wild kind of rhythm. Hap Day, who plays Burl Ives to Coach Howie Meeker&rsquo;s more modern tempo, was so overjoyed that the Leafs managed to gain a goal lead and hold it for sixty minutes against the lowly Chicago Black Hawks in their first game away from home, that he fairly leaped over two ticket takers at the Garden turnstiles.This amazing road feat hardly accomplished often enough to warrant mentioning in recent years, will undoubtedly throw the Gardens board of strategy into a helpless tizzy. Last season they were so often confronted with the problem of getting a one goal lead, that they never had the opportunity to grease their minds as to how to hold onto one.Ed Chadwick opened his first NHL season in the Leaf nets as though he were feign to trample the hallowed ice once trod by H. Lumley. The end result, 4-1 for the outlanders, does not however, lend a true estimate of Chadwick&rsquo;s initial endeavours. Obviously disdaining Ohan&rsquo;s chances of winning the Vezina Trophy, Meeker deducted him from the home forces to try to tie up a contest that had only seconds left and in which the Leafs were minus two goals. This daring type of strategy has been tried before but only when the result was of some consequence, such as Lynn Patrick beating Muzz Patrick or a bookie impersonating a coach in an attempt to hit a spread.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01322/1631779-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="523" height="531"><figcaption class="caption-body">Driving ForceTIM HORTON</figcaption></div>Whatever magic Meeker worked with the Leafs on the Chicago-bound must remain secret. Chadwick played his sterling type or game that night, lending credence to the report that he sometimes has his lapses. In fairness to him. however, it must be recorded that the Detroit victory was not his responsibility. On one goal, betlonging to Ted Lindsay. The Terrible One had time to recite the Charge of the Light Brigade while Chad made stops and Leaf defense-men stood aghast and agape. Finally Lindsay, reaching the last stanza, scored the goal that made the difference.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02289/1631772-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="532" height="1243"><figcaption class="caption-body">Great PrideJIM THOMSON</figcaption></div>Caustic observers are finding it difficult to be swept up in the wave of enthusiasm being generated about the Leaf team this season. Even those who like Rock &lsquo;N&rsquo; Roll.Of primary importance is the fact that the Cullen Freres, St. Catharines&rsquo; gift to the Gardens, have not yet had the opportunity to show the fire and fury&rsquo; they promised at training camp. This was mainly due to an injury sustained by left winger Bob Pulford, expected back as this was being written. The possibility that Pulford&rsquo;s return will immediately elevate this threesome into the higher strata of a good second line, is highly suspected by close observers. Failing this, the Leafs must immediately plumb the depths of the Rochester coal pits for the answer.No one would dare to mention the suggestion until it had definitely&rsquo; been established that the line had or had not the stuff. But people with long memories recall that Ron Hurst and Gord Hannigan, both substantial type left wingers, are sojourning at Rochester just dying for the chance to kiss Tim Daly, the kindly old trainer, hello. Likewise Earl Balfour, another left winger who yearns for the upper strata having breathed it last season and a bustling young bucko, Mike Nykoluk.Unfortunately the Leafs cannot pluck these rosebuds with harum-scarum plucks, pledged as they are, along with Canadiens, to foster hockey in the newly-found mine shift at Rochester. Defensively, Timothy Miles Gilbert Horton has been the early standout, dispensing with at least, one misgiving that had not fully recovered from his atomic crash with Bill Gadsby last year which rendered him hors de combat with a broken leg and a mixed up face. Horton&rsquo;s offensive sorties into enemy country were the driving force of the Leafs in the opener and. Happily enough, Marc Reaume picked up the torch where he dropped it in the second contest.Jim Thomson&rsquo;s promotion to the captaincy, though it did not presumably bring him any fringe benefits insofar as his paycheck is concerned, seems nevertheless to have instilled new blood and lust for living into his veins. Thomson&rsquo;s pride in any&rsquo; line of endeavour is the springboard upon which Meeker hopes and plans to build his defensive corps this season.On the surface, the club has not failed to do anything that the management promised it would do. It is a fast moving lively group that flies at the opponents throats like an alcoholic vampire bat. It follows that several mistakes will be made in the process of trying to grind the enemy into the ice. Older, more experienced members of the league will capitalize on these mistakes.&ldquo;But.&rdquo; Clarence Day says ominously, &ldquo;only for a while.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03221/1631765-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="1086" height="1765"><figcaption class="caption-body">Missing PartnerBARRY CULLEN</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rock ‘N’ Roll Leafs Off To Slow Start

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01355/1631817-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.In a surprise move, officials of radio station WINS, which broadcast all Ranger home and some away games last season, have decided not to broadcast any New York games for 1956-57. At this writing, no other station has expressed interest in airing the Blueshirt contests.Les Keiter, sports director of WINS, gave this explanation:&ldquo;We decided to broadcast the Giant football games this season and also wanted to have another&rsquo; winter sport on our program schedule. It was a toss-up between the Knickerbockers (pro basketball) and Rangers.&ldquo;Naturally I had a tough time deciding. The Rangers were popular last year and figure to do well again. On the other hand the Knicks were so-so last year but their prospects are bright this year. I checked the dates, days of week on the schedule and decided we-would be able to work out a better programming schedule with the Knicks.&ldquo;The reason why we are not doing both basketball and hockey is that we want to concentrate all our efforts into one sport rather than do a little with each. I don&rsquo;t know whether it will be a wise move. Hockey outdraws basketball at the Garden and has a rabid following but we had to consider the dates.&rdquo;So, it appears that stay-at-home Ranger fans may face a season without broadcasts unless another station comes through. At the moment prospects are not bright but it must be remembered that two years ago they started the season without broadcasting until a sponsor picked up the tab in mid-season.It was rumored that Ward Wilson. one of the veteran New York hockey announcers, was negotiating with a station other than WINS to have games aired. So-far nothing definite has developed.Prior to 1955, the Ranger home and away games were broadcast over-WMGM, the station that currently airs the Brooklyn Dodger baseball games. However, Nat Asch, sports director at WMGM, doubted that they would pick up the hockey games. The station&rsquo;s policy has switched from intensive sports coverage to an emphasis on recorded music.&ldquo;I think our station should have kept the hockey broadcasts.&rdquo; Asch admitted. &ldquo;But you can&rsquo;t argue with the station&rsquo;s policy. There&rsquo;s little chance that well do hockey this year.&rdquo;Asch doubted that any of the other stations would air the games now that the season has started.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s difficult to begin broadcasting once the season has started. A big program change is involved, one that normally is arranged in July. We found that it was more profitable to broadcast recorded music than sports like hockey and basketball. That&rsquo;s why we dropped it.&rdquo;RANGERABLIA: A sprained ankle sidelined Ron Murphy from the first week of play. Bronco Horvath had the same trouble last year. He didn&rsquo;t rest it and it took almost half a season until he recovered &hellip; Billy Dea, who scored the winning goal for Detroit against the Blues in the first meeting between the teams, was once New York property. He went to the Wings in the deal that brought Creighton and Horvath to Manhattan &hellip; Rangers Fan Club &ldquo;Welcome Home&rdquo; reception for the team slated for Nov. 5. This year the RFC members are catering the affair themselves. Plenty of chow, chaps &hellip; Now that he&rsquo;s through wrecking the Dodgers Yogi Berra turns his attention to hockey. The Yankee backstop is an ardent Ranger fan and a regular at Garden games. He lives in nearby Jersey&hellip; Congrats to Norman MacLean, editor of the Rangers Review, fan club newspaper. The latest edition of the RR is really a knockout with plenty of readable copy and nifty photos &hellip; Free copies are available by writing, Rangers Fan Club, Madison Square Garden, N.Y&hellip;. Garden hockey fans are rooting for the speedy recovery of their former friendly enemy Dick Irvin. Good luck, Dick!<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02292/1631810-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="2782" height="1167"><figcaption class="caption-body">1931-32 Stanley Cup Kings Stage ReunionTORONTO MAPLE LEAF GARDENS was the scene of a happy reunion last week as members of the 1931-32 Stanley Cup Champions got together as part of the ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the opening of the arena. At top are members of the Maple Leafs fabulous &ldquo;&lsquo;Kid Line&rdquo;. Left to right they are Charlie Conacher. Joe Primeau and Harvey Jackson. Below are more members of that great team, which won hockey&rsquo;s most prized trophy during Maple Leaf Gardens first year of operation. From left to right they are King Clancy, Ace Bailey, Andy Blair, Alex Levinsky, Red Horner, Hap Day (Team Captain) and Dick Irvin (Coach). Both Clancy and Day later served as coach of the Leafs, with the latter now employed as General Manager of the club. Irvin later served as coach of the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks. Primeau, at top, is another who served as bench boss of the Leafs while Conacher had a term as head man of the Black Hawks.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Broadway Blueshirts Co Off The Air!

<h2>Unbeaten</h2>Detroit Red Wings are the only unbeaten club in the league thus for. They have won three, tied two.<h2>Top Sniper</h2>Tod Sloan of Toronto&rsquo;s is the NHL&rsquo;s leading matrksmaa with four goals to date.<h2>HOW THE RAGE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01340/1631883-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="578" height="270"></div><h3>RESULT OF GAMES PLAYED WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 21, 1956</h3>Wed. &lsquo;Oct. 17th&mdash;Boston 0 at Rangers 2Thurs. Oct. 18th&mdash;Chicago 1 at Cdns. 1Thurs. Oct. 18th&mdash;Tor. 8 at Detroit 3Sat. Oct. 26th&mdash;Rangers 0 at Cdns. 5Sat. Oct. 20th&mdash;Boston 2 at Toronto 2Sun. Oct. 21st&mdash;Chicago 1 at Rangers 4Sun. Oct. 21st&mdash;Boston 3 at Detroit 3<h3>SCHEDULED GAMES FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28. 1956</h3>Wed. Oct. 24th&mdash;Canadiens at RangersThurs. Oct. 25th&mdash;Toronto at CanadiensThurs. Oct. 25th&mdash;Chicago at DetroitSat. Oct. 27th&mdash;Boston at CanadiensSat. Oct. 27th&mdash;Chicago at TorontoSun. Oct. 28th&mdash;Canadiens at DetroitSun. Oct. 28th&mdash;Toronto at Hungers<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Includes games of Sun. Oct. 21)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02318/1631876-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="575" height="3290"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03271/1631869-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="572" height="293"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3>Chicago 20 Detroit 45 Canadiens 64 Toronto 35 Rangers 56 Boston 86<h3>WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 17</h3>Boston 0 at New York 2Boston Goal &mdash; Sawchuk: defense Armstrong. Stanley, Flaman, Mohns, Boivin: forwards: Stasiuk, Mackell, Gardner, Chevrefils, Dabine. McKenney. Caffery. Toppazzini, Peirson, Regan.New York &mdash; Goal: Worsly: defence: Cahan, Howell, Gadsby, Evans. Fontinato; forwards: Sullivan. Bathgate. Gendron, Horvath, Hebenton, Murphy, Creighton, Prentice, Creighton, Foley, Popein, Henry, Lewicki.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;New York: Hehenton &hellip; 4.32Penalties: Maekell and Gendron, 2.16, Stanley 2.42. Evans 7.07, Sullivan 8.33, Mohns 10.93, Evans 14.40.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;New York: Creighton (Murphy) &hellip; 8.35Penalties: Fontinato 4.55. Gendron 12.09, Cahan and Mohns 18.83, Pailson 19.38.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Howell 5.18, Sullivan 11.19.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04230/1631862-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="537" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body">Top ScorerTEO LINDSAY</figcaption></div><h2>WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 17</h2>Boston 1 at Now York 1Boston &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk: defense Armstrong. Stanley, Flaman, Mohns, Boivin: forwards: Stasiuk, Mackell, Gardner, Chevrefils, Dabine. McKenney. Caffery. Toppazzini, Peirson, Regan.New York &mdash; Goal: Worsley: defence: Cahan, Howell, Gadsby, Evans. Fontinato; forwards: Sullivan. Bathgate. Gendron, Horvath, Hebenton, Murphy, Creighton, Prentice, Foley, Popein, Henry, Lewicki.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;New York: Hehenton &hellip;. 4.32Penalties: Mackell and Gendron, 2.16, Stanley 2.42. Evans 7.07, Sullivan 8.33, Mohns 10.93, Evans 14.40.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;New York: Creighton Murphy &hellip; 8.35Penalties: Fontina to 4.55. Gendron 12.09, Cahan and Mohns 18.83, Pailson 19.38.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Howell 5.13, Sullivan 11.19.<h2>THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18</h2>Canadiens 1 Chicago 1Chicago Goal: Rollins; defence: Morison, Vasko, Martin, Woit, Pilette: forwards: Kennedy, Skov, Mickbaki, Watson, Hergesheimer. Kachur, Meintyre, Litzenberger, Wilson, Mosdell, Mazur, Ciesla.Canadiens Goal: Plante; defence: St. Laurent, Johnson, Harvey, Turner, Talbot; forwards; Leclair, Curry, Provost, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead. Buckstrom, Richard, Meore, Marshall.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty; Harvey &hellip; 8.03.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Canadiens: Moore (Richard) &hellip; 13.18Penalties; Mortson 1.10.<h3>Third Period</h3>2&mdash;Chicago: Skov (Martin, Mickoski &hellip; 13.45Penalties: Kennedy &hellip; 7.93.<h3>Detroit 3 at Toronto 3</h3>Toronto Goal. Chadwick; defence; Thomson, Morrison, Bolton.; Horton; forwards: Migay, Steward Smith, Armstrong, Duff. Stoan, Harris, Janies, Aldcorn, Burry Cullen Brian Cullen.Detroit Goal: Hall; defence: Pronovest, Godffrey, Kelly, Hillman, Hol-fingworth; forwards &#8541; Pavelich. Prystai Ferguson Ullman. Howep; Lindaay. Reibel, Dea, McNeill, McCarthy.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Detroit: Hillman (Lindsay) &hellip; 2.09Penalty: Keibel 13.19.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Toronto: Junies (Thomson) &hellip; 3.113&mdash;Detroit: Pronovost (Ullman, Lindsay) &hellip; 15.31Penalties: Godfrey 1.18. &lsquo;Thomson 3.58, Horton 8.12, Howe 6. 12, Brian Cullea 11.31, Pavelich 11.51.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Toronto: Duff (Armstrong, Brian Cullen) &hellip; 2:485&mdash;Toronto: Stewart (Migay) &hellip; 8.248&mdash;Detroit: Howe (Kelly) &hellip; 19.20Penalty: Aidcorn 7.57.<h2>SATURDAY OCTOBER 20</h2>Canadiens 5 at New York 0New York &mdash; Goal: Worsley; defence: Howell. Fontinato. Cahan, Gadsby, Evans; forwards: Popein. Bathgate, Prentice. Sullivan, Gendron. Horvath. Creighton, Murphy, Foley, Henry, Lewicki.Canadiens &mdash; Goal: Plante: defence; Harvey. Turner, St. Laurent, &lsquo;Talbot. Johnson: forwards; Beliveau. Geoffrion. Olmstead, Backstrom, M. Richard, Moore, LeClair, Curry, Provost. Marshall.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Canadiens: Olmstead (Harvey, Beliveau) &hellip; 4:232&mdash;Canadiens: Beliveau (Haivey, Olmstead) &hellip; 12:323&mdash;Cauadiens: Geoffribn Beliveau, Olmstead) &hellip; 19:23Penalties: Evans 3.35. Moore 5.17. St. Laurent 8.58. Howell 12.25. Cahan 15.28, Beliveau 17.32, Foley 17.22.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Canadians: Curry (Johnson) &hellip; 5.02Penalties: Turner 3.55. Fominato 5.34, Beliveau 6.34, Beliveau, major 15.16, Foley, major 13.16, Sullivan, major 15.16, Olmstead, major 15.18.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Canadiens: Geoffrion &hellip; 18.51Penalties: Johnson 6.11, Beliveau 16.05.Toronto 2 at Boston 2Boston &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk: defence: Flaman, K. Armstrong, Boivin, Mohns; forwards; Caffery, Peirson. Stasiuk. McKenney, Labine. Chevrefils, Maekell, Toppazzini, Begun, Gardner.Toronto &mdash; Goal: Chadwick: defence: Thomson. Morrison. Holton, Horton; forwards Sloan, G. Trmstrong, Duff. Harris, Aideorn. James, Migay. Smith. Stewart, Brian Cullen, Barry Cullen.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Toronto; Duff (Sloan Horton) &hellip; 12.132&mdash;Toronto: Sloan (Morrison) &hellip; 18.33Penalties: Mohns 1.28, Morrison 3.22 Flaman 5.43, Stasiuk major, Harris 3.00 Labine 14.35, 18.04.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Boston: Callery (Moirns) &hellip; 11.2Penalties: Gordner 3.09, Bolton 12.03, R. Arinostrong 14.00, G. Arinostrong.tThird Period4&mdash;Boston: Tippazzini (Mackell, Regan) &hellip; 1.17Penalties: none.SUNDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1956Chicago 1, at New York 4Chieago &mdash; Goal Rollins: defence: Mortsou. Martin, Woit, Pilote. Vasko; forwards: Watson. Hergesheimer, Kaennedy. McIntyre, Litzenberget. Skov, Wilson. Mosdell, Mazur, Ciesla.New York &mdash; Goal: Worsley; defence: Gahan, Howell. Gadsby, Evans, Fontinato: forwards: Sullivan. Bathgate, Gendron. Horvath, Hebenion, Murphy, Creighton. Prentice, Foley, Popein. Henry. Lewicki.Referee: Red Storey: linesmen: Hait Pavelich, Scotty Morrison.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;New York: Gemhon (heighton, Howell) &hellip; 13.01Penalties: Pilote 9.15, Horvath 16 26.<h3>Second Period</h3>2 New York: Gendron (Creighton. Cahan) &hellip; 10.35Penalties: Cahan 6 47. Prentice 19.46.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;New York: Lewicki (Horvath) &hellip; 17.414&mdash;Chicago: Watson (Mosdell) &hellip; 17.575&mdash;New York: Bathgate (Prentice) &hellip; 18.26Penalty: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06150/1631855-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="568" height="94"></div><h3>Boston 3. at Detroit 3</h3>Boston &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Flaman. Mohns. Boivin, Armstrong; forwards: Mackell, Toppazzini, Regan, Gardner, Gaffrey. Peirson. Stasiuk, Labine. McKenhey, Cheyrefils.Detroit &mdash; Goal: Hall defence: Kelly. Pronovost. Godfrey. Hillman. Holingworth: forwards: Reibel, Dea, McNeil. Ullman, Howe, Lindsay, Prystai, Ferguson. Pavelich. Bucyk.Referee: Eddie Powers; linesmen: Doug Davies. Bill Roberts.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Detroit: Prystai (Pavelich, Ferguson) &hellip; 4.172&mdash;Detroit: Ferguson (Pavelich) &hellip; 5.463&mdash;Boston: Stasiuk (Peirson) &hellip; 16.18Penalties: Armstrong (major) 9.31, Hitman (major) 9.31, Godfrey 11.42, Bucyk 16.11.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Boston: La bine (Mohns, Flaman) &hellip; 3.38Penalties: Gardner 0.13, Hillman 7.4 1. Pavelich 14.30.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Detroit: Reibel (Lindsay, Pronovost) &hellip; 18.196&mdash;Boston: stasiuk (Caffrey, Mohns) &hellip; 14.48Penalties: Mohns 4.18, Toppazzini 12.18, Godfrey 14.04<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07140/1631848-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="569" height="108"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<h2>Montreal Canadiens</h2>Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; acrobatic goaltender and current holder of the prized Vezina Trophy, is off and running in the nehninding sweepstakes.To date this season, in four games, the colourful Habitant goaler has allowed only four goals to get by him for an average of only a goal a game. In the process, he&rsquo;s racked up two shutout and shares the NHL lead in this department as well.This past week, Jake the Snake uncoiled two really sensational displays, allowing only one goal to pass his puck portal in two outings.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05178/1631914-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="282" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Planta</figcaption></div>On October 18, he held the Chicago Black Hawks to a singleton in a 1-T tie. Two nights later, showing all the finesse of an aerialist, acrobatic Jacques whitewashed the New York Rangers, one of the highest scoring clubs in the league, 5-0.Jacques Plante has the Vezina Trophy &hellip; and from all indications, he intends to keep it ! &#9632;

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Player-of-the-Week Jacques Plante

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01354/1631959-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02295/1631952-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="290" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Irvin</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03250/1631945-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="281" height="390"><figcaption class="caption-body">Conn Smythe</figcaption></div>&ldquo;This building will be dedicated to opera and music,&rdquo; the late Jack Bickell proclaimed, on that night, almost 25 years ago, when they opened the doors of the gleaming new Maple Leaf Gardens. A few enemies of culture howled from the stands: &ldquo;To h&mdash; with the music, bring on the &ldquo;Poor Bickell dug up most of the money for the building,&rdquo; Conn Smythe, whose dream became Maple Leaf Gardens, recalled recently. &ldquo;Yet people hockey.&rdquo; But Bickell persisted&mdash;and turned out to I be a true prophet. There has been music. And the Metropolitan Opera comes up from New York to get its biggest audiences. couldn&rsquo;t wait while he spoke for a few minutes. I think it was Ted Reeve who said that if it took us as long to pay off the mortgage as it took us to make the dedication speech, the Gardens never would be paid for.&rdquo;The records will say Art Duncan was coach of the club that moved into the news sports palace &hellip; and that Duncan got fired after five or six games, with Dick Irvin succeeding him. According to Smythe that&rsquo;s only partly correct.&ldquo;I guess I was the real coach of the team,&rdquo; Smythe confessed, &ldquo;but I was such a bad coach we had to blame somebody. So we blamed it on Duncan. I don&rsquo;t know whether many people know how Irvin was hired.&ldquo;We had gone five games without winning one, and it was obvious something had to be done. Irvin had been asked to sit in as an observer. I had moved down to the bench. This night, we were playing Boston. That was one of the great Boston clubs which had Eddie Shore, Lionel Hitchman, Cooney Weiland and other big stars in its lineup. We got a lead on them, but I could see the Bruins beginning to take charge of the game. When a big team starts to take over like that, there&rsquo;s not much you can do about it. There was she thing I could do. 1 yelled for Irvin and told him: &ldquo;Now, you&rsquo;re in command. I&rsquo;m gonna get out of here.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s how Dick took over.&rdquo;<h2>SMYTHE REBUILT&mdash;AND BOUGHT&mdash;WISELY</h2>The team which Irvin inherited bore little resemblance to the collection which Smythe and his associates had acquired, a few years earlier, when they purchased the assets of the old Toronto St. Pats for $163,000. After sorting out their goods and chattels, the new promoters decided they didn&rsquo;t have much, aside from Hap Day, Ace Bailey, and Tim Daly, who came along as trainer. By the time they moved into the Gardens, they had a Stanley Cup winner. That&rsquo;s how wisely Smythe had rebuilt. His right wing platoon consisted of Charlie Conacher, Ace Bailey and Frank Finnigan. Such depth along the right rail has been acquired by few clubs in the league&rsquo;s history.He also had two stars who must rate as the best buys a promoter ever made. King Clancy stood the Leafs $50,000 in cash and players. Joe Primeau cost Smythe personally $500. This was an unusual deal which came about when the New York Rangers fired Smythe after he had assembled their first club for them. Smythe had intended-that Primeau, Larry Aurie and Normie Himes should comprise a pony line for the Broadway Blues. All three were smallish fellows. As it turned out, the Rangers didn&rsquo;t want Smythe nor his pony line either. So Smythe shelled out $500 and acquired Primeau&rsquo;s contract.Another way of assessing that first Gardens club is to reflect that it provided the Leafs, in later years, with three coaches, starting with Day and continuing with Primeau and Clancy. Although he never coached the Leafs, Charlie Conacher became a big league skipper with the Black Hawks. And Harold Cotton is still in big time hockey as chief scout for the Bruins. So Smythe should have that first team on his Gardens totem pole.<h2>NESTER CLAIMS HE WASN&rsquo;T BIG LEAGUER</h2>Thumbnail Tales: Former glamour boy of the hockey Leafs, Eric Nesterenko, has his fight arm in a sling these days. He is recovering from an operation to correct an old hockey injury which was aggravated when he turned out with the Varsity football squad. Hopes to have the arm free in time to write his pre-Christmas examinations &hellip; Nester says the reason he decided to quit hockey is that he figured he was not a big leaguer. &ldquo;I played with the finest playmaker in the game (Teeder Kennedy) and scored only 15 goals that season,&rdquo; the big former winger recalls. &ldquo;That convinced me I just wasn&rsquo;t good enough.&rdquo; &hellip; He wants to become a school teacher &hellip; The hockey Leafs of 1931-32&mdash;first to play in the Gardens, were introduced on the TV Hot Stove league between the second and third periods recently. Spiff Evans, the Garden&rsquo;s public relations man, introduced them. &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<h2>Top Netminder</h2>Johnny Bower of Providence leads AHL gaolers with an average of 2.17 goals per game.&ldquo;Bad Man&rdquo;AI Dewsbury of Buffalo is the early-season &ldquo;Bod Mon&rdquo; with 20 minutes in penalties.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01353/1632028-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="578" height="355"></div>SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20Cleveland 4, Providence 1<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland: Hayden (Kraftchecke, McLellan) &hellip; 12.33Penalties: Glower 6.15, Irwin 11.27.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Cleveland; Elik (Morgan, Glover) &hellip; 7.543&mdash;Cleveland: Shvets (Goegan, Foliziani) &hellip; 8.15Penalties: Irwin 4.07. McAvoy 9.18, Coogan 11.47. Kabel 14.59.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Providence: Ross (Blair, Johansen) &hellip; 6.415&mdash;Cleveland: Glover (Elik, Goegan) &hellip; 19.08Penalties: Morgan 2.45. floss 3.30, Poliziani 4.13, Robertson 4.35. Elik 8.22, Iswin 11.36, McLellan 14.13, Laivee 14.13, Hayden 14.13, Davies 14.13.Buffalo 4. Hershey 3<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Hershey: Marshall (Cherry, Fisher) &hellip; 17.392&mdash;Hershey: Nicholson (Ullman, Smith) &hellip; 19.27Penalties: Bettio 7.20, Cherry 9.15.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Hershey: Solingen (Cherry) &hellip; 4.324&mdash;Buffalo: Jankowski (Hucul) &hellip; 6.345&mdash;Buffalo: Wilson (Mowinski. Betrio) &hellip; 13.406&mdash;Buffalo: Jankowski (Hucul. Dewsbury) &hellip; 16.05Penalty: Nicholson 2.49.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Buffalo: Bettio (Wilson. Dewsbury) &hellip; 13.38Penalties: None.Springfield 8. Rochester 2<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Springfield: J. Anderson &hellip; 2.022&mdash;Springfield: Tottle (J. Anderson) &hellip; 13.26Penalties: Haun 6.43, (J. Anderson) 9.18, Bouchard 13.43, Baun 16.44.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Rochester: Lalonde (Hannigan, G. Collins) &hellip; 5.434&mdash;Springfield: Ehman (J. Anderson, Bailey) &hellip; 6.945&mdash;Springfield: Blaine (M. Collins) &hellip; 9.146&mdash;Springfield: Schinkel (McMurdy) &hellip; 12.13Penalties: Tottle 0.08, McCord 2.26, McNell 6.45, Tottle 11.19. M. Collins 13.30, Tottlo 14.45, M. Collins 19.50.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Springfield: Boone (Corcoran. M. Collins) &hellip; 2.478&mdash;Springfield: M. Collins (Blaine) &hellip; 3.169&mdash;Springfield: McMwdy McCord, D. Anderson) &hellip; 6.1810&mdash;Rochester: Balfour (Lalonde, Hannigan) &hellip; 11.06Penalties: Hurst 8.48. J. Anderson 5.27. Balfour 7.41. Bonchard 9.02, D. Anderson 16.40. Lalonde 16.40.<h2>SUNDAY OCTOBER 21</h2>Cleveland 7. Springfield 3<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Clevelaud: Vejprava (Poliziani) &hellip; 2.172&mdash;Springfield: J, Anderson (D. Anderson, Bailey) &hellip; 7.193&mdash;Springfield: Ba Hey (Ehman. Bouchard) &hellip; 11.054&mdash;Cleveland: Glover (Moore, Goegin) &hellip; 15.24Penalties: McLellan 2.22. D. Anderson 3.25, Stearns 3.25, D. Anderson14.40, Haydon 14.40, Erman 17.27. MeLellan 17.37.<h3>Second Period</h3>5&mdash;Cleveland: McLellan (Vejprava, Poliziani) &hellip; 2.056&mdash;Cleveland: Elik (Moore) &hellip; 5.087&mdash;Springfield: Collins (unassisted) &hellip; 11.458&mdash;Cleveland: Gordon (Gordon, Stearns) &hellip; 18.53Penaldes: MeLellon 6.42. Tottle 9.25, Blaine 13.36, Boone 17.35.<h3>Third Period</h3>9&mdash;Cleveland: Glover (Elik) &hellip; 2.1810&mdash;Cleveland: Stearns (Gordon) &hellip; 19.07Penalties: Vejprava, major 9.45. Blaine and Kraftchcek 10.05. Bailey 12.10 and 15.14, D. Anderson 17 19, Boone 18.25.Buffalo 2, Providence 1<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo: Pogue (Sullivan, Dewsbury) &hellip; 7.45Penalties: Beittio 1.18. Dzurko 5.09, Bartlett 5.45. Kabel 8.02. Pogue 12.49, Ingram 14.05. Dave 15.09. Dzurko 15.29, Wilson 16.52, Irwin 19.28.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Buffalo: Sullivan (Bettio, Slowinski) &hellip; 1.42Penalties: Bettio 6.48. Folk 12.16. Ingram 16.59. Bartlett 16.36, Dewsbury 16.52.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Providence: Robertson (Davies) &hellip; 17.18Penalties: Lewisburry Folk 9.10, Jankowski 15.16.<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02312/1632021-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="566" height="799"></div><h3>Leaders</h3>Most Goals &mdash; Bo Elik, Clev. And Fred Glever, Clev. 5.Most Assists &mdash; Dewsbury, Hucul, Kraftcheck, Morre and Pollizini, 5.Most Penalized Player &mdash; Al Dewsbury, Buffalo, 20 mts.Most Penalized Team &mdash; Cleveland, Proyidence, 90 mts.Best Goalie &mdash; Johnny Bower, Providence, 6, 13, 2.17 &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;Herb Mitchell is back in the Hershey Bear den after a lapse of fifteen years &mdash; this time as chief scout in charge of player development.Mitchell&rsquo;s re-affiliation with the Bears in a newly created post was announced by John B. Sollen-berger, president of the Bears, who said, &ldquo;The Hershey club feels that Herb brings a wealth of experience and hockey background that will prove beneficial in building up an independent supply of talent for the future.&rdquo;The move was another step in the direction of making Hershey completely independent of National Hockey League ties, a program which was begin last Spring when the Bears acquired seven players from the Pittsburgh Hornets for a reported $50,000.<h2>Won Three Titles</h2>Mitchell first joined the Hershey organization in 1934 as coach of the Chocolate Town entry in the Eastern Amateur League. He brought Hershey three league titles beginning in 1935-36. as well as the Na-Amateur crown in 1937-38.When Hershey entered the pro ranks as a member of the net emotional-American Hockey league in 1938-39, Herb took over the reins of the pros and remained at the helm of the Bears for three more seasons. &#9632;

Herb Mitchell Returns To AHL Hershey Bears As Chief Talent Hunter

NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;Frank Eddolls, coach of the Buffalo Bisons, who will direct the American Hockey League All-Star Team against the Providence Reds in Providence on Tuesday, October 23, has named his squad of players to represent the league in the game with last season&rsquo;s champions.Eddolls has designated a powerful team on offense, backed up by a strong defensive combination led by goaltenders Gil Mayer of Hershey and Harry Lumley from his own Bisons. Performing the defensive moves in front of the star netminders will be Frank Mathers, playing coach of Hershey and the league&rsquo;s perennial All-Star, Frank Sullivan of Buffalo. Steve Kraftcheck of Cleveland, Gordon Tottle of Springfield and Tommy Williams of Rochester.Eddolls will call on four centers, three leftwing, and a trio of right wings to round out his 17 player squad; The centers are Willie Marshall of Hershey, Larry Wilson and Ken Wharram of Buffalo and Boh Bailey of Springfield. The leftwing corps will be comprised of Bob Solinger of Hershey, Joe Lund from Roches&rsquo;er and Jimmy Anderson of Springfield. On the right flank will be Dune Fisher of Hershey and Fred Glover and Cal Stearns of Cleveland. Frankie Christie who normally is the trainer for Buffalo, will administer to the needs of the All-Star team.<h2>High Scoring Lines</h2>Based on last season&rsquo;s scoring records, Eddolls has chosen one of the most power packed high scoring forward groups to ever represent an All-Star team. Led by Marshall who registered 4 5 goals and 52 assists for 97 points, the ten player front line unit totaled 308 goals and 412 asists for 7 2 0 points during the 1955-56 campaign. Thus they averaged 30 goals. 4 1 assists and 72 points per man.Defensively it is one of the strongest also. Not only are the five rearguards tops In the body checking and defense departments, but they also boast a high scoring threat. Mathers had 63 points on 12 goals and 51 assists last season, and has more life-time assists and points than any backliner in AHL history. Sullivan ran up 46 points in 1955-56. Backing them up on the last line of defense will be Mayer, holder of the league&rsquo;s best goaltending average for the past four seasons and Lumley with his eleven years of experience in the National league.In spite of the powerful array which their team will face. Manager Terry Reardon and Coach oJhnny Crawford of the defending champions. Providence Reds, are out to defeat the starry squad and are confident it can be accomplished. If the Reds do win, it will be the first victory for the title holders in the three years the game has been played. In 1954-55. the All Stars defeated the champion Cleveland Barons 7-3, while in 1955-56. the best the Pittsburgh Hornets could do was to hold the select squad to a 4-4 overtime tie.Providence players who were voted to the All-Star team selected by the league&rsquo;s press and radio mid TV last Spring, will play with their own team. Thus the Reds will have the benefit of oustanding goaltending too, as their Johnny Bower, most valuable player in the AHL last year will line up in front of his own teammates, in addition. Providence will have most of the great team which swept to the regular season and playoff titles last Spring, in their efforts to conquer the stars for the first time.That the players take the game as seriously as one of the regularly scheduled championship contests was quite evident by the hard fought and bruising play in the first two encounters of the series. It is gratifying to see how players who just a couple of night previously, while playing on opposite teams against each other, suddenly forget their regular difference and team up in an all out effort against the title holders. Then in the next league game, they are once again bashing each other around the ice in opposition. Anyone who has witnessed the two previous all star games will attest to the spirit and will to win of the players participating.On the All Star Team are seven players who were actually voted to the team last Spring. They are Mayer, Mathers, Sullivan. Kraftcheck, Marshall, Wilson and Fisher. Coach Eddolls selected the remainder of the team to fill out the vacancies created by the Providence players playing with their own team, and also a few have left the AHL. Three of the stars, Fisher, Lund and Tottle have been in the two previous contests and will be making their third appearance as All Stars. Others such as Marshall. Mathers, Mayer, Glover and Stearns have been in every game, but in one of the contests they played with their own team, either Pittsburgh or Cleveland. &#9632;

Eddolls Names Squad Of All-Stars To Meet Reds In Glitter Game

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO. N.Y.&mdash;One-Minute Interview with Frank Mathers &hellip; Hershey&rsquo;s new player-coach. Frank Mathers is among those who believe Providence is not as strong as last year when the&rsquo;Retls swept both the regular and post-season championships.Krom what I&rsquo;ve seen so far there is no Camille Henry or Topper Toppazzini in this year&rsquo;s linenp I can&rsquo;t see any of their players scoring 50 goals like Henry did or 42 like Topper.&ldquo;Of course, they still have Johnny Bovver. I think he&rsquo;s just great, really great. The first time we played them this season, we won 2-1 hut Bower made at least. four, saves on sure goals. As long as ha&rsquo;s around. Providence will be tough &hellip; but they&rsquo;ll miss those other guys.Short Shots &hellip; Morley Mai-Neill, who wore the uniforms of Cincinnati, Syracuse, Buffalo and Providence in the AHL, has traded his skates for school books. The popular defenseman has enrolled at the University of Colorado, where he is taking a business administration course. MacNeill will ever be a fine advertisement for pro hockey for he is a gentleman in every sense of the word &hellip;Incidentally, MacNeill&rsquo;s cousin. Lorne Davis, figures to have a fine season now that he&rsquo;s sealed with Hershey. The past two seasons Davis has been shuttled from Montreal-to-Chicago-to-Detroit-to-Edmonton-to-Boston and. finally, to Beartown &hellip; Buffalo&rsquo;s line of Pete Conacher-Ken Wharram-Chuck Blair, expected to be one of the American League&rsquo;s top point producers, got off to a slow start with Conacher hobbled by a training camp back injury. He pulled a muscle right after scoring a goal against his old New York Ranger mates &hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01349/1632128-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="279" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mathers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02275/1632121-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="259" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Reay</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03216/1632114-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="262" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack&rsquo; Gordon</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04160/1632107-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="257" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gaye Stewart</figcaption></div>Peek at a Personality &hellip; Jumpin Joe Lund. Conrad Waikko Lund, who answers more readily to the nom-de-guerre of Jumpin Joe, is a rare species of hockey man. Now in his 10th year of campaigning in the AHL and with his sixth club, Lund still retains his great competitive spirit.A versatile and willing performer. Lund has moved back and forth from defense to left wing that it&rsquo;s hard to recall which was his original position.The Rochester club, which is loaded with players making their initial appearances among the pros, made a good move in acquiring Lund. Aside from his ability to carry his share of the load on the ice. Jumpin Joe conducts himself in becoming fashion off the frozen floes.Lund summed up his philosophy very succinctly one night when the Buffalb team was enroute to Cleveland for a playoff game.Hockey may be rough at times but it sure beats swinging that ole baloney bucket five or six days a week.&rdquo;Circling the Cities &hellip; Buffalo&rsquo;s new owner Reuben Pastor has told General Manager Fred Hunt to bid on the open market for any player he feels will be of aid to the Bisons. Pastor showed he meant business when he paid New York $10,000 and two players for Pete Conacher &hellip;Providence&rsquo;s Andy Branigan. who broke in with the New York Americans way back in 1 940. is still going strong. Handy Andy, was an All-Star second team choice at the age of 23 last year, is still rated Coach Jack Crawford&rsquo;s steadiest defenseman &hellip; The Initial response of Rochester fandom to the Americans was encouraging. Billy Reay&rsquo;s team drew more than 6,000 fans to their home opener &hellip; Hershey&rsquo;s Bears, the almost unanimous pre-seaeon pick to lead the AHI pack, aren&rsquo;t allowing themselves to take anything for granted &hellip; Lorne Davis summed up the general team feeling: &ldquo;We still have to prove that we belong on top on the ice &hellip; not on paper.&rdquo; &hellip; Many feel that Cleveland Player Coach Jackie Gordon&rsquo;s job will be a lot easier if he can curb his line-mate Fred Glover&rsquo;s tendency to take unnecessary penalties. Glover Spent in excess of three full games in the penalty box last year &hellip; Jimmy Anderson. Springfield left winger who won the AHL rookie award in 1 954-55 with 29 goals but then slumped to 28 last year, got off on the right foot this year. He put two shots past Buffalo&rsquo;s Harry Lumley in the Indians&rsquo; opener.From the stands &hellip; When Hershey defenseman Don Cherry Was handed a misconduct penalty by Referee Gaye Stewart for Some &ldquo;unkind&rdquo; remarks he made to Linesman Mike McMahon in a recent Buffalo-Hershey-game, he protested his innocence in a loud Voice.A press row wag familiar with the singer-golfer by the same name turned to an unsuspecting compatriot and remarked:&ldquo;If he can&rsquo;t sing any better than that, he&rsquo;d better stick to golf. His tune sounds more like &lsquo;Sour Grapes&rsquo; than &lsquo;Wild. Wild Cherry.&rdquo; &#9632;

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HORRIGAN’S HOCKEY HORESCOPE

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05115/1632159-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Flying StartHERSEY ACE&hellip; WILLIE MARSHALL</figcaption></div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;The Hershey Bears have a potential American Hockey League scoring champion in their midst in the person of Willie Marshall, high scoring center ice man, who last year finished second to Zellio Toppazzini, the loop leader.Marshall got off to a flying start in his quest for the scoring diadem by taking a hand in the scoring of all five goals registered by the Bears in their first two league contests. He posted one goal and four assists.Willie scored 45 goals and 52 assists a year ago and. had it not been for being called up by the Toronto Maple Leafs for a couple of-weeks he might have nosed Toppazzini out for scoring honors. He was. threatening to make a run-away of the individual scoring race when he was air lifted to the Maple Leafs.If Marshall can continue his torrid have he might seriously threaten the all-time AHL scoring mark set by former Bear George, &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan. Sully came up with 30 goals and 89 assists for a total, of 119 points in 1953-51 to lead the pack. In so doing. Red registered a new mark for assists, as well as total points.The ex-Hornet is getting a lot of help from his linemates, captain Obie O&rsquo;Brien, and Lorne Davis O&rsquo;Brien, who was was hampered by injuries last year and turned in his poorest campaign since turning pro, has been something less than sensational to date. He has a pair of goals and two assists to his credit in two games, and has been flashing the kind of form which helped him to 31 goals and 31 assists two years ago. Davis has scored one goal and an assist.Meanwhile, coax Frank Mathers is writing for his other two forward lines to jell. The Solinger trio, which looked so good in training camp, has yet to score, but Mathers is confident they&rsquo;ll soon begin hitting the twine with regularity. H&rsquo;s third combo is still in the process of experimentation. Arnie Kullman. the eight-year Hershey veteran is set at center, but Mathers is alternating Floyd Smith. Al Nicholson. Ed. Pdnagabko and Les Duff at the wings in an effort to find his most potent combination.Defensively. the Bears are stronger than at any time in the last five years, Mathers, Jack Price, another ex-Hornet; Larry Zeidel. from last year&rsquo;s Bears, and Don Cherry, on loan from the Boston Bruins, form a bone-crnshing quartet which doesn&rsquo;t allow&rsquo; opposition forwards to take too much liberty.And, as their last line of defense, the Bears have the reliable Gil Mayer in the nets. Gil missed a week of practice because of a contract dispute, but the lay-off didn&rsquo;t dull his effectiveness. He limited Providence and Buffalo to a trio of goals in his first two efforts, including an extra period session against the Bisons. He missed a shutout in the opener with Providence, when a spectator batted a loose puck into position for Paul Larivee to slap home a quick score. &#9632;

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Will Willie Supplant Zellio As AHL Scoring Kingpin?

<h2>Top Pointmaker</h2>Guyle Fielder leads all WHL pointmakers to dote with 12 points in four games played.Pair of ZerosBill Tibbs of New Westminster Royals has registered two shutouts to date in WHL action.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01354/1632260-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="579" height="190"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02312/1632253-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="581" height="164"></div><h3>RESULTS</h3>Monday, October 8thVancouver 2 at Victoria 5Calgary 1 at Brandon 3Tuesday, October 9thSeattle 3 at New Westminster 5Edmonton 3 at Winnipeg 2Wednesday, October 10thNew Westminster 3 at Seattle 5Brandon 2 at Calgary 1Friday, October 12thSeattle 6 at Victoria 4New Westminster 2 at Vancouver 0Calgary 5 at Edmonton 2Brandon 0 at Winnipeg 3Saturday, October 13thVictoria 3 at Seattle 4Vancouver 0 at New Westminster 5Edmonton 3 at Calgary 3Winnipeg 3 at Brandon 3Tuesday, October 16thNew Westminster 1 at Edmonton 5Victoria 4 at Winnipeg 4Wednesday, October 17thVictoria 0 at Brandon 5New Westminster 1 at Calgary 9<h2>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12</h2>Brandon 0 at Winnipeg 3Brandon &mdash; Goal: Dechene; defence: Chrystal, Yanosik, Lynn, Bucyk; forwards: Raleigh, Haley, E. Johnson, Manson, E. Chorley, N. Johnson, B. Chorley, Willey, Lilley, Wilkie.Winnipeg: &mdash; Goal: Ed Johnson; defence: Price, Summers, Burega, Kortje: forwards: Bogan, Ingalfield, Forhan, Barlow, Burchell, Mosienko, Van Impe, Hannigan, Stratton. Hoekstra.Referee: Vern Buffy; linesman: Al Paradise.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Winnipeg: Mosienko Burchell) &hellip; 1.242&mdash;Winnipeg: Mosienko (Burchell, Barlow) &hellip; 12.08Penalties: Wilkie 0.45, 18.20, Burega 3.30, Kortje 12.15, Price 18.20.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Winnipeg: Mosienko (Burchell, Bogan) &hellip; 3.02Penalties: E. Chorley 1.01, Kortje 3.09, Hannigan 5.55, N. Johnson 13.15, Chrystal 13.52.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Kortje 2.55. Bucyk 14,18, Chrystal 15.13, Burega 19.31.<h3>New Westminster 2, at Vancouver 0</h3>Vancouver &mdash; Goal: Mikulan; Defence: Raglan. Keller, Hudson, Currie; forwards: Maloney, McLeod, Redahl, Whylie, Kaiser. Brown, Marquess, Pennell. McLean, Ford.New Westminster &mdash; Goal: Tibbs; defence: Durham, Bergeron, Hay,Hrymnak, Matthews; forwards: McNab, Olson, Jablonski, Love, Fasheway, Boyce, Schmautz, Roberge, Kukalowicz.Referee: Scotty Morrison; linesman: Ed Downey.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Ford 6.35, Hay 12.44, Brymnak 14.38.Second Period1&mdash;New &lsquo;Westminster: Olson (Jablonski, McNab) &hellip; 9.582&mdash;New Westminster: McNab (Durham) &hellip; 13.46Penalties: Currie 12.04, Pennell and Durham 19.25.Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalty: Matthews 10.55.<h3>Calgary 5, at Edmonton 2</h3>Calgary &mdash; Goal: Bassen; defence: Michaluk. Hucui, Carter, Barkley; forwards: Witiuk, Sclisizzi. Barry, Crawford, Duke, Finney, Couture, Cadman, Marcette.Edmonton &mdash; Goal: Riggin; defence: Arbour. Repka, Roggeveen. Strate; forwards: Meinyk, Burton, McCreary, MacFarland, McNeil. Hart, Lunde. Holmes, Poile. Leswick.Referee: Andy Gurba, Brandon; linesman: Hank Wilson. Edmonton.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Calgary: Sclisizzi (Finney) &hellip; 1.302&mdash;Edmonton: Poile (Lunde. Holmes) &hellip; 14.203&mdash;Calgary: Duke (Finney) &hellip; 18.05Penalties: Duke 16.03. Witiuk (two majors, misconduct) 17.16, Poile (two majors, misconduct) 17.16, Marietta, Cadman. Crawford. Hart. McNeill, MacFarland (misconduct) 17.16.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Calgary: Couture (Carter, Barry) &hellip; 3.355&mdash;Calgary: Finned (Melnyk, McCreary) &hellip; 17.06Penalties: Cadman 12.35, Hucul 10.16.<h3>Third Period</h3>6&mdash;Calgary: Barkley Marietta, Couture) &hellip; 19.167&mdash;Edmonton: Holmes (Melnyk, McCreary) &hellip; 19.20Penalties: Hart 4.55, Barton 15.14.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05217/1632246-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="563" height="77"></div><h3>Seattle 6, at Victoria 4</h3>Seattle &mdash; Goal: Francis; defence: Allen. Sinclair, Wright, Coburn, Creighton; forwards: Fontaine, Fielder, Kinasewich, Bradley, Filion, Kuzma, E. Dorohoy, Lee, Senick.Victoria &mdash; Goal: Pelletier; defence: Heinrich, Bobbyn, Davidson, Bulloch; forwards: Anderson, Kilburn, MacAuley, Haworth, Carmichael; Ranier, Brown. Beckett, Partride, Chiupka.Referee: Joey Johns; linesman: Red Smith.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Seattle: Fielder (Kinasewich. Allen) &hellip; 1.472&mdash;Victoria: Kilburn (MacAuley, Anderson) &hellip; 9.403&mdash;Seattle: Lee (Dorohoy) &hellip; 8.30Penalties: Heinrich 9.03, Wright 13.40 Partridge 19.37<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Victoria: Partridge (Dobbyn) &hellip; 4.255&mdash;Victoria: Carmichael (Ranier, Howarth) &hellip; 12.306&mdash;Seattle: Senick &hellip; 17.53Penalties: Bulloch 9.15, Anderson 15.18, Senick 18.23.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Seattle: Dorohoy (Fielder) &hellip; 9.388&mdash;Seattle: Wright (Sinclair) &hellip; 5.009&mdash;Victoria: MacCauley (Brown) &hellip; 17.4210&mdash;Seattle: Kuzina (Coburn) &hellip; 18.20Penalties: Kinasewich 0.40, Bulloch 3.55, Ranier 7.53, Davidson 8.52, Carmichael 14.27, Lee 17.14.<h2>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13</h2>Winnipeg 3. at Brandon 3<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Brandon: Colwill (Madson, Willey) &hellip; 1.372&mdash;Winnipeg: Barlow (Burega, Price) &hellip; 2.55Penalties: Colwill 2.01, 7.55, Burega 6.56, N. Johnson 9.37, Lynn 11.12.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Brandon: Yanosik (Releigh) &hellip; .334&mdash;Winnipeg: Ingarfieid &hellip; 13.08Penalties: Dudych 1.16, Burchell 4.22, Hannlgan 19.26.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Winnipeg: Mosienko (Burchell. Summers) &hellip; 2.166&mdash;Brandon: Willey (Chrystal) &hellip; 16.02Penalties: Bucyk 2.25, Price 2.25, Sarlow 5.49.<h3>Overtime Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: None.Edmonton 3, at Calgary 3<h3>First Perid</h3>1&mdash;Edmonton: Arbour &hellip; 2.492&mdash;Calgary: Barry (Witiuk, Carter) &hellip; 9.553&mdash;Edmonton: McCreary (Repka) &hellip; 10.424&mdash;Calgary: Duke (Sclisizzi, Carter) &hellip; 13.31Penalties: Barry 1.17, Leswick 4.44, Carter 18.17, Arbour 18.17.<h3>Second Period</h3>5&mdash;Oalgary: Couture (Cadman. Marcetta) &hellip; 17.09Penalties: Cadman 9.04. McNeil (minor and misconduct) 14.12.<h3>Third Period</h3>6&mdash;Edmonton: Leswick (Melnyk, Strate) &hellip; 9.39Penalties: Leswick 2.35, Roggeveen 2.38, Barkley 2.38, Crawford (major) 2.38, Sclisizzi 5.14, Arbour 15.24.<h3>Overtime Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07172/1632239-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="566" height="76"></div>Vancouver 0, at New Westminster 5<h3>First Period</h3>New Westminster: Fashoway (Love. Schmautz) &hellip; 4.22Penalties: Keller 7.13. Love 11.04, Kaiser 13.19, Schmautz 15.02<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;New Wfrtminster: Schmautz (Duraam) &hellip; 7.453&mdash;New Westminster: Hay (Fashoway) &hellip; 10.04Penalties: Keller 7.00, Olson 15.56.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;New Westminster: Durham (Kukulowicz) &hellip; 8.245&mdash;New Westminster: Prince &hellip; 17.12Penalties: Kukulowicz 0.43, Ford 4.20, Raglan 16.09.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08162/1632232-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="561" height="74"></div>Victoria 3, at Seattle 4<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Victoria: Anderson (Brown) &hellip; 15.08Penalties: Davidson 8.36, E. Derohoy 11.01.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Victoria: Anderson (MacCauley) &hellip; 0.123&mdash;Seattle: Winascwich (Fielder, Fonteyne) &hellip; 7.154&mdash;Seattle: Fonteyne (Allen. Fielder) &hellip; 10.02Penalty: Haworth 13.25.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Victoria: Anderson (Bulloch) &hellip; 5.516&mdash;Seattle; Creighton (Kinasewich, Fielder) &hellip; 19.38Penalties: Carmichael (served by Beckett) 13.01, E. Dorohoy 18.14.<h3>Overtime Period</h3>7&mdash;Seattle: Lea (Winasewich, Bradley) &hellip; 1.34Penalty: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09156/1632225-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="575" height="83"></div><h2>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16</h2>New Westminster 1 at Edmonton 5<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Edmonton: Melnyki Roggeveen) &hellip; 13.592&mdash;New West minster: Roberge (Prince) &hellip; 18.35Penalties: Durham 1.08, McNeil 15.53.<h3>Second. Period</h3>3&mdash;Edmonton: Melnyk (Coflin) &hellip; 1.10Penalties: Burton 4.10, Love 16.02. Hrymnak (misconduct) 16.02, Durham 16.40.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Edmonton: McNeil (MacFarland, Arbour) &hellip; 5.325&mdash;Edmonton: Lunde (Poile, Roggeveen) &hellip; 8.056&mdash;Edmonton: Leswick (Melnyk, Burton) &hellip; 10.97Penalty: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10150/1632218-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="568" height="84"></div>Victoria 4, at Winnipeg 4<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Winnipeg: Hannigan (Ingarfield) &hellip; 2.222&mdash;Winnipeg: Hoekstra &hellip; .21Penalties: Carmichael 1.49, Burega 12.15, Bulloch 17.08. Ashoro 17.19.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Winnipeg: Mosienko (Insarfield) &hellip; 2.1:4&mdash;Victoria: Anderson &hellip; 16.2Penalties: Bulloch 9.00, Brown 14.00 Ranieri (minor and migcoinhuct) 14.51 Price (minor and major) Partridge (minor and major) 19.22.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Winnipeg: Burchell (Mosienko) &hellip; 1.066&mdash;Victoria: Brown (Howarth, Heinrich) &hellip; .3.167&mdash;Victoria: Andernon (Bulloch) &hellip; 17.218&mdash;Victoria: Carmichael (Brown. Kilburn) &hellip; 18.31Penalty: Chiupka 19.45.<h3>Overtime Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Barlow 0.45, Heinrich 1.35.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02209/1632211-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="568" height="82"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 17</h2>Victoria 0 at Brandon 5<h3>Find Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Dobbyn 8.27, Killiburn 8.53, Chrystal 17.28, Davidson 18,03.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Brandon: Colwill (Lynn. Willey) &hellip; 1.412&mdash;Brandon: Raleigh (Bucyle. Lilley) &hellip; 18.21Penalties: Heinrich and Wilkie 5.25 Dobbyn and Haley 6.19, Davidson 7.37, Yanosik 9.11.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Brandon: Lilley (Raleigh, Voss) &hellip; 4.234&mdash;Brandon: N. Johnson (E. Johnson) &hellip; 6.275&mdash;Brandon: Voss (Wilkie) &hellip; 8.41Penalty: Heinrich 13.46.New Westminster 1 at Calgary 9<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Calgary: Witiuk (Barry, Cadman) &hellip; 4.37Penalties: Hay 5.04. Barkley 13.49 Hay 14.38, Kukulewicz 16.31, Duke 17.30.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Calgary: Marcetts (Couture. Carter) &hellip; 2.053&mdash;Calgary: Finney (Hueni, Scott) &hellip; 4.404&mdash;Calgary: Couture (Barkley) &hellip; 9.565&mdash;West minster: Fashoway (Schmautz, Durham) &hellip; 10.34Penalties; Carter 2.09. Prince 2.99 Selisizzi 6.09. Dorohoy 7.21.<h3>Third Period</h3>6&mdash;Calgary: Cadman (Wiriuk. Barry) &hellip; 3.2:7&mdash;Calgary: Duke (Huenl, Kinney) &hellip; 6.018&mdash;Calgary: Finney &hellip; 7.569&mdash;Calgary: Finney (Duke. Michaluk) &hellip; 13.0110&mdash;Calgary: Hucul (Duke, Scott) &hellip; 14.44<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03281/1632204-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="573" height="675"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04252/1632197-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="575" height="321"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3>Most Goals: Ray Kinasewich. Sea. &hellip; 6Most Assists: Guyle Fielder, Sea. &hellip; 9Most Game Winning Goals: Denny Olson. NW &hellip; 2Most First Goal of Game: Gordie Fashoway, NW &hellip; 2Most Shutouts: Bill Tibbs, NW &hellip; 2<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06185/1632190-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="1480" height="1457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hat-TricksterBILL MOSIENKO, veteran forward of the Winnipeg Warriors bagged a hat-trick as the Warriors scored a 3-0 win over Brandon Regals on October 12. Rookie goalie Ed Johnson of Montreal got the shutout.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01353/1632291-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">A 12-Point WeekGUYLE FIELDER</figcaption></div>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Ten games are scheduled for this week, eight of them intersectional games. The New Westminster Royals and the Victoria Cougars make their first of three trips to the Prairies. New Westminster will open in Edmonton Tuesday then move on to Calgary Wednesday on to Winnipeg Friday and back to Brandon for Saturday. Victoria will travel to Winnipeg for their opener Tuesday night, back to Brandon Wednesday. Edmonton Friday and will conclude their tour in Calgary Saturday night. The other two games of the week find Vancouver and Seattle playing a home and home series with the Americans in Vancouver Friday night and the Canucks back in Seattle Saturday night.This year&rsquo;s intersectional games will be less strenuous on the players than in the past in that they will never play more than two games on successive nights. All Coast Clubs travelling to the Prairies will play games Tuesdays and Wednesdays will have Thursdays to rest and conclude their trip with games Friday and Saturday night. Prairie Club on their trips to the Coast will always have a day&rsquo;s rest following their first two games and in some instances will have six days to play their four games. In previous seasons teams played as many as three and four successive nights. Last season the Coast Clubs played five games in six nights on each of their trips to the Prairies.The players will like this year&rsquo;s schedule in that only twice in the entire schedule does a team have to play five games in one week. New Westminster and Vancouver will have one rough week each. In past seasons teams played five nights in one week on several occasions. During the 24 week schedule the teams will play four games in one week the following number of times; Vancouver 5; Seattle, Victoria and New Westminster 6 each; Calgary, Brandon and Edmonton 7 times each and Winnipeg 9. Vancouver will have two weeks in which they play only one game Calgary and Winnipeg have one week with a single game.Guyle Fielder of Seattle jumped off to a big lead in the individual scoring race the opening week with 3 goals and 9 assists for 12 points to give him &lsquo;player of the week&rsquo; honors. Teammate Ray Kinasewich scored 6 goals to lead in that department. Kinasewich, Doug Anderson of Victoria and Bill Mosienko of Winnipeg all picked up a three goal &lsquo;hat trick&rsquo; the first week.Sharing &ldquo;player of the week&rdquo; honors with Fielder was goalkeeper Bill Tibbs of New Westminster who shutout Vancouver twice to tie a league record shared by several goalies with two successive shutouts. Tibbs has shut out his oposition for 131 minutes and 45 seconds and will have the opportunity to add to this Tuesday night when his team plays the Flyers in Edmonton. The league record, held by Jerry Cotnoir of Victoria, is 183 minutes and 34 seconds.Billy McNeill of Edmonton spent 24 minutes in the &lsquo;cooler&rsquo; to lead the bad men for the first week. &#9632;

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Cuyle Fielder Of Seattle Sets Early WHL Scoring Pace

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02288/1632381-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Six Coal WeekSTAN SMRKE</figcaption></div><h2>Aces Out Front</h2>Quebec Aces leod the early QHL race with four wins in five starts.<h2>Goal Production</h2>Ston Smrke of Chicoutimi scored two goals in three seperate games this week.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01326/1632374-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="575" height="232"></div><h2>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16.</h2>Chicoutimi 3 al Quebec 1Chicoutimi &mdash; Goal: Frederick; defence: Glaude, Rosseau, Roy, Hanna. Chevalier; forwards: 8. Smrke, L. Smrke. Rocas, Hicks. Perreault, Topoll. Watson, Pichette, Baliuk, Farelli.Quebec &mdash; Goal: Miliar: defence: Crozier. I.amirande. Hillman, Ernst, Schneider; forwards: Bonin. Tessier. Teal. Gamble, Tremblay. Buchanan, Achtymiohuk, Labadie, O&rsquo;Ree.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Chicoutimi: Roy (Pichette) &hellip; 1.52Penalties: L. Smrke .31, Lamirande 4.22, Locas 15.53, Glaude 18.51.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Quebec: O&rsquo;Ree (Hillman, Crozier) &hellip; 5.053&mdash;Chicoutimi: S. Smrke (Glaude, L. Smrke) &hellip; 12.08Penalties: Hillman 5.10. Hanna 9.23, 11.15, Locas 14.40, Baliuk 18.29.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Chicoutimi: S. Smrke &hellip; 17.30Penalties: None.<h3>Trots-Rivieres 2 at Shawinigan 1</h3>Trois-Riviere &mdash; Goal: Marcotte: defence: Bourassa, Bownass, Bedard, Mascotto: forwards: Farelli, Heli, Kapusta, Atwell. Vinet, Pepin, Thibault, Paiker, Bisaillon, Gagnon.Shawihigmi Falls &mdash; Goal: Perreault: defence: Roche. Flemming, Langlois, Taillerer, Labrosse; forwards; Faulkner. Broden. Bouchard, Denis, Dube, Grosse, Desaulniers, Pronovost, Wray.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Taillefer 4.19, Mascotto 12.39.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Trois-Rivieres; Pepin (Bell, Kapusta) &hellip; 6.43Penalties: Bedard 35, Bownas 7.04, Atwell two minors 9.45. Flemming minor and major 9.45, Thibault 13.22. Taillefer 13.22, Gagnon 17.51.<h3>Third Period</h3>2&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Faulkner (Wray, Broden) &hellip; 5.20Penalties: Bownass 3.35, Dube 16.36.<h3>OVERTIME</h3>3&mdash;Trois-Rivieres: Bisaillon (Bownass, Kapusla) &hellip; 2.52Penalties: None.<h2>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17</h2>Trois-Kivieres 6 at Chicoutimi 3Chieouotimi &mdash; Goal; Frederick; defence: Glaude, chevalier, Roy, Hanna, Rousseau; forwards: S. Smrke, L. Smrke, Baliuk, Watson, Loeas, Perceault, Topoll, Pichette, Hicks.Trvib Rivieres &mdash; Goal; Bell: defence, Mascotto, Bownass, Bourassa, Bedard; forwards: Bell. Matthew, Kapusta, Atwell, Vinet, Pepin, Thibault, Parker, Bisaillon, Gagnon.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Mownaas &hellip; 1.212&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Vinet (Atwell, Gagnon) &hellip; 3.123&mdash;Trois Rivieres; Mascotto &hellip; 4.58Penalties: Bownass 5.03, Chevalier 1.25. Gagnon 9.35. Bedard 11.31, Roy 32.38. Maseotio 15.15, 18.01, Perreault 18 01.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Chicoutimi: S. Smrke (Roy, L. Smrke) &hellip; 2.315&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Pepin (Bownass, Kapusta) &hellip; 2.566&mdash;Chicoutimi: S. Smrke (Topoll) &hellip; 7.007&mdash;Chicoutimi: Perreault (Locas, Hicks) &hellip; 14.46Penalties: S. Smrke 4.21, Topoll 12.09.<h3>Third Period</h3>2&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Vinet (Atwell) &hellip; 14:36Penalty; Mascotte 18.36.Chicoutimi 3 at Trois-Rivieres 5Chicoutimi &mdash; Goal: Frederick; defense; Glaude, Chevalier, Roy, Hanna, Rousseau; forwards: S. Smrke, L. Smrke. Baliuk, Watson, Locas, Perseault, Topoll, Pichette, Hicks.Trois-Rivieres &mdash; Goal: Bell; defense: Mascotto, Bownass, Bourassa, Bedard; forwards: Bell, Matthew, Kapusta, Atwell, Vinet, Pepin, Thibault, Parker, Biseallion, Gagnon.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Trois-Rivieres: Bownase &hellip; 1.212&mdash;Trois-Rivieres: Vinet (Atwell, Gagnon) &hellip; 3.123&mdash;Trois-Rivieres: Mascotte &hellip; 4.58Penalties: Bownass 5.03. Chevalier 8.25, Gagnon 9.35, Bedard 11.31. Roy 12.38, Maseotto 15.15. 18.01, Atwell 18.01, Perreault 18.01.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Chicoutimi: S. Smrke (Roy, L. Smrke) &hellip; 2.315&mdash;Trois-Rivieres: Pepin (Bownass, Kapusta) &hellip; 2.566&mdash;Chicoutimi: S. Smrke (Topoll) &hellip; 7.007&mdash;Chicoutimi: Perresult (Locas Hicks) &hellip; 14.46Penalties: S. Smrke 4.21. Topoll 12.09.<h3>Third Period</h3>8&mdash;Trois Rivieres. Vinet (Atwell) 14.36 Penalty: Mascotto 18.36.<h2>THURSDAY OCTOBER 18</h2>Shawinigan 5 at Royals 1<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Taillefer (Broden, Pronovost) &hellip; 13.17Penalty: Clune 11.33.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Royals: Deslauriers (Corriveau, Burnett) &hellip; 3.223&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Dube (Wray) &hellip; 11.244&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Desaulniers (Edmunson. Bouchard) &hellip; 12.58Penalties: Dube 4.35, Taillefer 7.17, Roche 13.56.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Desaulniers (Bouchard) &hellip; 456&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Faulkner (Langlois, Pronovost) &hellip; 18.21Penalty: Labrosse 2.06.Quebec 4 at Trois Rivieres 2<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Quebec: O&rsquo;Ree (Achtymichuk, Cossette) &hellip; 3.352&mdash;Quebec: Robertson (Gamble. Tremblay) &hellip; 10.563&mdash;Quebec; Hillman (Bonin. Teal) &hellip; 11.43Penalties: Hillman 3.49. 11.49, Bedard 5.07, Farelli 14.22, Crozier 17.09.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Gagnon (Vinet, Atwell) &hellip; 6.315&mdash;Quebec: Bonin (Teal, Tessier) &hellip; 17.44Penalty: Achtymichuk 14.05.<h3>Third Period</h3>6&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Bownass (B. Bell) &hellip; 2.53Penalties: Teal 2 09, Bisaillon 6.43, Farelli 18.05.Penalties: Teal 2.09. Bisaillon 6.43. Farelli 18.05<h2>SUNDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1956</h2>Ottawa 2, at Rayols 3Ottawa &mdash; Goal: Boisvert. Dufour; defence: Ruel, Longarini, Taidiff, Pelchat, Picard, Mantha; forwards: Carroll. Carter, Richard, Wilson, Backstrom, Dumouchel, Kowalchuk, Lucas, Balfour, Reid, Annable.Royals &mdash; Goal: McNeil: defence: Amadio. Desiauriers. Clune. Macpherson; forwards: Corriveau, Mekllok, Goyette, Rousseau, Burnett. Denis, Gillis, Bradley, Laplante, Soychak.Referee: Georges Gravel; linesmen: Eric Milford, Paul Moreau.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Rovals: Deslauriers (Rousseau) &hellip; 18.31Penalties: Dumouchel 1.46, 18.31, Amadio 1.27. Backstrom 6.17.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Ottawa: Annable (Pelchat, Carter) &hellip; 10.573&mdash;Ottawa: Annable &hellip; 11.304&mdash;Royals: Burnett (Corriveau) &hellip; 16.37Penalties: Picard 2,11. Denis 2.31. Soychak 7.50, Mantha 11.33, Clune 19.51.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Royals: Gillis (Goyette) &hellip; 1.51Penalties: Burnett 6.22, Picard 10.25, 19.40. Soychak 16.11.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03262/1632367-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="576" height="137"></div><h3>Shawinigan 2, at Three Rivers 4</h3>Shawinigan Falls &mdash; Goal: Peueault; defence: Langlois, Roche, Labrosse, Taillefer; forwards: Flemming. Desaulniers. Wray, Pronovost, Bouchard, Edm unson. Denis, Btoden. Grosse, Faulkner, Dube. Roche.Three Risers &mdash; Goal: Marcotte: defence: Bourassa. Bownass, Bedard, Mascotto: forwards: Farelli, Bell. Vinet, Pepin. Thibeault, Parker, Bisaillon, Gagnon.Referee: Jim Slater; linesmen: Dawes, Landry.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Three Rivers: Gagnon (Bourassa, Vinet) &hellip; 4 30Penalties: Labrosse 1.58. Bell 8.36, Pronovost 10.43, Bourassa 15.36.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Shawinigan: Pronovost (Broden. Wray) &hellip; 2.243&mdash;Three Rivers: Pepin (Bedard. Kapusta) &hellip; 19.48Penalties: Pepin 0.21, Edmunson 17.45.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Three Rivers: Bell (Kaousta. Bowuass) &hellip; 6.375&mdash;Three Rivers: Bell (Kapusta. Pepin) &hellip; 10.406&mdash;Shawinigan: Dube (Denis, Roche) &hellip; 11.38Penalties: Edmunson minor and misconduct) 5.37, Bownass (two minors) 11.33. Dube 11.38, Bell (major) 11.38, Denis 11.38.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04213/1632360-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="573" height="105"></div>Quebec 4. at Chieoutinn 3 (Overtime)Quebec &mdash; Goal: Millar; defence: Crozier, Hillman. Schneider, Lamirande; forwards: Gamble. Tessier. Teal. Bonin. Robertson. Labadie. Woree, Achtymichuk, Cossette. Buchanan.Chicoutimi &mdash; Goal: Frederick: defence: Glaude. Roy. Hanna. Rousseau, Chevalier: forwards: S. Smrke. L. Smrke. Baliuk. Topoll. Pichette. Watson, Hicks. Locas. Perieault Langevin.Referee: Whitehead; linesmen: Demers, O&rsquo; Doherty.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties Crozier 5.40. Chevalier 5.40, Cossette 10.48. Hillman 14.06<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Quebec: Tessier &hellip; 1.282&mdash;Chicoutimi: Topoll (Pichette. Watson) &hellip; 10.18Penalties: Bonin 7.06. Hanna 7.06, Roy 11.18, Crozier 17.18.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Chicoutimi: Perreault (Roy, Topoll) &hellip; 13.334&mdash;Quebec: Gamble (Bonin) &hellip; 13.505&mdash;Quebec: Gamble (Robertson) &hellip; 15.006&mdash;Chicoutimi: Locas &hellip; 17.25Penalties: Hillman 6.42. Hicks 12.35, Lamirande (match misconduct) 16.48<h3>Overtime Period</h3>7&mdash;Quebec: Teal (Bonin, Tessier) &hellip; 6.42Penalty: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05173/1632353-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="568" height="108"></div> &#9632;

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02245/1632443-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Skips For AcesSKIPPY TEAL</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;A name once familiar at the summit adorns the pinnacle of the Quebec Hockey League these days. The Aces of Quebec City are threatening to make it an early runaway from the pack. In this way the representatives of the Ancient Capital have displaced Shawinigan Cataracts and Montreal Royals the teams which have held such sway the last few years, holding the one-two positions as it they held the copyright.You don&rsquo;t need to be an oldtimer among Quebec Hockey loop followers to remember that the old formula of the Aces was to saunter along for halt a season in the nether regions of the race, then about February 1 come along with a belated spurt. The drive was generally accelerated through the Lenten period and by the Ides of March the Quebecers would be either first or second and then show their full power in the playoffs.The early impression is that the 1956-57 script is to be entirely different. As the teams went swinging into the third week of the schedule the Aces had won four out of their five engagements showing their heels to the remainder of the pack.They haven&rsquo;t found the road easy. Sammy Pollock&rsquo;s Ottawa Canadiens the group of youngsters better known as the Baby Habs, who have quartet of over-agers and pros to give then balance and bring them up to QHL competitive level, held the Aces 1 to a 2-1 score, and then last weekend the Acemen had a real [hassle on their hands at Chicoutimi.Al Leslie &ldquo;Skip&rdquo; Teal delivered the knockout punch to the Sagueneens in the seventh minute of overtime play to provide la 4-3 decision for the Quebecers in one of the most thrilling battles Mr. Slater&rsquo;s society of shinny artists has dished up in the early schedule lapse.Since Marcel Bonin, the lad who earned some notoriety a few years back for an alleged rasslin&rsquo; match with a bear was in there for an assist in this winning marker it&rsquo;s indicative, too, that George Punch&rdquo; Imlach, Aces&rsquo; general-manager, rates kudos for some shrewd between season deals.Teal and Bonin are two of the newer additions to the Acemen&rsquo;s banner. An original Quebec player in the old QSHL, Bonin was obtained by Imlach from Boston Bruins. Those who follow the ivory market in hockey will recall that he came to the Bruins along with Terry Sawchuk, the great goaler, when Real Chevrefils and Warren Godfrey went the other way to Detroit the year I before last.Teal, out of Ridgeway, Ont., is on the small size among pro forwards at 5&rsquo;7&rdquo;, but carries 175 pounds on this chassis. He came to pro ranks from the Junior Barrie Plyers and has played for Hershey and Boston and on the Pacific Coast for Victoria Cougars.Of course the Aces are getting good service out of such reliable performers as Orval Tessier, Bill Robertson and Dick Gamble. Imlach has been cheered too by the apparent complete recovery from a broken leg by his veteran captain and defenseman Joe Crozier.Quebec hoekey followers might join in the Republican campaign over the border in a modest or simulated way. at that. They could order a supply of those &ldquo;I like Ike&rdquo; buttons, for credit must be given for the smooth manner in which the Aces are functioning, to Conrad &ldquo;Ike&rdquo; Parent. The rookie coach is making a few oldsters like Elmer Lach, Roger Leger and Jacques Toupin take notice.It&rsquo;s quite something for pilot a fellow to crash the pro ranks as a mentor after many seasons as the mentor of Junior B and scholastic teams and have his charges away from the barrier at such an amazing gallop.While the Aces have provided the major surprise in the early funning of the race some thought has been given too to the manner in which Trois-Rivieres Lions have been roaring along in second place.Bev Bell fired two goals to lead the Lions to a 4-2 victory over their closest neighbors and bitterest rivals, the Shawinigan Cataracts last weekend. Jacques Gagnon and Rene Pepin fired the other tallies for the trifluvians with Andre Pronovost and Gilles Dube collecting the Shawinigan tallies.It looks as if Skipper Toupin has come up with a pretty tidy twine-tender, too, in Jacques Marcotte. He acquitted himselt brilliantly in this same game and measured up to class competition since the rival net-minder was Bob &ldquo;Miche&rdquo; Perreault, the noted monkey-tamer. Marcotte handled 33 saves expertly while Perreault was turning aside 32 shots.Frank Carlin, the general-manager and Elmer Lach the coach of Royals reached almost a state of comma when their larrigans eked out 3-2 triumph over the Ottawa Canadiens at the Forum.It was Johnny Gillis, the former star of Sudbury Wolves who took Royals off the hook with a third period goal after these Baby Habs who are given an adult look by the addition of the four brethern of voting age, had held the hamps of 1955-56 in a 2-2 lasso for the first two frames.Carlin admits to all and sundry that Royals are far from a set team. &ldquo;We need some help. I don&rsquo;t know where we are to get it, but we need some help&rdquo; he groans grimly.Before the first shots were fired it seined that Royals had a deal cooked wherby they&rsquo;d get Connie Broden from the Shawinigan Falls outfit, but Kenny Reardon at the Falls soured on that transaction. Reardon felt he had to have Broden and that&rsquo;s all there was to it, and it is understood he soothed Broden&rsquo;s feelings by a tidy pay boost. Broden as reported by yours truly had a definite yen for further education.Now holder of Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola he had planned to enter Normal School, his target a teacher&rsquo;s certificate, so that he might take up class-room work at the end of his hockey career.Reardon persuaded Broden with a cash inducement to postpone the scheme for at least another year. The plan of course demanded Broden&rsquo;s residence in Montreal. There are no normal schools in Shawinigan Falls. &#9632;

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Quebec Aces Do Quick Turnabout Winning 4 Of First 5 Contests

<div class="byline">Al Parsley</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01305/1632412-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="292" height="309"></div>Many of the cash customers last week at the Montreal Forum were inclined to give a double-take at the Ottawa players&rsquo; bench. It seemed that the artful innovator Sammy Pollock had brought the three platoon system to the Quebec Hockey League.The reserve talent resembled a jury box with twelve spares strewn over the long pew. But Sammy was within his rights. Earlier Elmer Lach. Royals&rsquo; coach had taken a gander at the line-up of Pollock&rsquo;s Canadiens. Noting that 19 men were listed Lach grabbed a Quebec Hockey League rule book and marked the passage where it says. Playing strength for QHL games shall be limited to fourteen men and a goaler&rdquo;. He sent same around to the Ottawa room on the other side of the rink. Broadcaster Tom Foley was the messenger.Instead of being nonplussed I when so confronted. Sammy was I in high glee. &ldquo;Tell Elmer he doesn&rsquo;t know about another paragraph in the book&rdquo;, he said After thumbing a few pages, Pollock looked at the cover.&ldquo;This is last year&rsquo;s book. Here&rsquo;s a new one, and it says here, &ldquo;Ottawa Canadiehs shall be permitted to dress 17 players besides their goal-keeper. Tell Elmer to get up to date.&rdquo;It seems that Pollock wants 1) develop as many young players possible against the competition offered in the QHL and 2) Wishes to be Strong in reserves so that none of his kids will be overworked.At the rate they tore along Against Royals they&rsquo;re likely to wear out the veteran pros first.Actually he had 19 men dressed before the game was in the second period. Gilles Boisvert, last year with Edmonton Flyers, now the understudy to Glenn Hall with Detroit Red Wings was in goal at the start, but was running a fever, suffering from intestinal &lsquo;flu. An extra long rest interval was asked and granted to get Claude Dufour armoured to take the net for the second chucker.Jack Adams, generalissimo of the Red Wings, has loaned Boisvert to Pollock. Hr wants his No. 2 netminder to get the experience offered against minor pros firing. When he&rsquo;s not so engaged Boisvert will hustle bark to join the Wings, be available if Hall meets with mishap.After recovering from the state-of-shock which is the lot of all hockey leaders when they succumb to defeat: (Royals beat Ottawa 3-2) Pollock said:&ldquo;Realty I guess we can treat this as a win. These kids of mine have played only two games in the Quebec League. They have been beaten 2-1 by Chicoutimi and now 3-2 by Royals. Both games on the road. too. This indicates that we can likely beat these clubs on our home ice.Another thing you can figure in our favor &ldquo;Sammy went on. When playing against Royals my boys were shooting against a National League goaler. Gerry McNeil.&rdquo;In his second outing with the NHL Canadiens Saturdav night Raby Hab Ralph Backstron: caught the eye of many critics when he made a nice run in on the net, but was bilked from scoring as hump Worsley of Rangers made a smart and sudden sortie from the cage.&ldquo;Better perhaps that the kid didn&rsquo;t score&rsquo; philosophized Frank Seike later. &ldquo;Now he knows it&rsquo;s not too easy to get a goal in the big league. So he&rsquo;ll be working all the harder in the junior and QHL games from here on.&rdquo;&ldquo;That&rsquo;s right&rdquo; said Pollock. He still eighteen and is going to be a great hockey player in a year or so.&rdquo; &#9632;

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SIDELIGHTS

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div>SAULT STE; MARIE, Ont.&mdash;CHAMPS LOOK STRONG&hellip; The defending-champion Sudbury Wolves will have most of last year&rsquo;s players back in a bid to repeat as Northern Ontario Sepior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Kings &hellip; under Coach Johnny &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; O&rsquo;Flaherty the Wolves look brisk and ready to sink their teeth into the opposition, although Bun Cook of the Soo Greyhounds, Jake Forbes of the Soo Indians and Eddie Reigle of North Bay Trappers will try to extract the teeth once the first bite is made &hellip; just how successful they are remains to be seen &hellip; but it&rsquo;s interesting to take a look at the Sudbury roster as it appears at this writing&hellip; Johnny Albani, the All-Star netminder last season, is back and this gives Sudbury a decided edge in that department because most fans will agree he&rsquo;s tops &hellip; Sudbury also nabbed young Bobby Forhan, who was fifth highest scorer in the OHA Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; race last season with 36 goals and 40 assists&hellip; Johnny Arundel and Johnny Gillis are expected back and this gives O&rsquo;Flaherty plenty of punch two ways &hellip; high-scoring and hard-checking Billy Watson is also expected to lineup with the champs for 56-5 7.VETERANS RETURN&hellip; Many familiar faces to Northern Ontario hockey fans will re-appear on the Sudbury lineup if present plans materialize the rest of the way &hellip; Norm Gustavsen and Lennie Speck seem assured of defense posts, while one forward&rsquo; Jine has Hub Beaudry, Yacker Flynn and Tatter McClellan &hellip; this means that two-thirds (Flynn & McClellan) of the once-famous Kid Line is still in business &hellip; Mauno Kauppi the third member of the Dynamite Trio has left the hockey wars &hellip; another line that has looked good is composed of Francis O&rsquo;Grady, former Detroit Red Wing hopeful, Andy Milne and Nick Tomiuk &hellip; while these hoys are veterans they still have that drive and, above all, ability to put the rubber into the net&hellip;and that&rsquo;s what counts in any league ! &hellip; Armand Lemieux still looks spry despite his years, &bull;while Fete Horeck, the ole Pistol Peter himself, is being given a chance to make the Wolves&hellip; Ronnie Rubic, who has been around just about every senior hockey team in the country (or so it seems) also is making a bid for the team &hellip; and there&rsquo;s even talk that Carl Smelle, an old buddy of O&rsquo;Flaherty&rsquo;s, may come out of retirement to help the Wolves repeat as champs &hellip; Alf Baccari is another expected back &hellip; all in all, it does appear as though Sudbury has once again come up with a formidable squad and the other teams will have to be good and sharp to dethrone the boys from the Land Of Nickel ! &hellip; as my good friend. Joe Spence, of Sudbury puts it: &ldquo;Yep &hellip; it should be a da dy season, especially with the Greyhounds and Trappers out to scalp us this season.&rdquo; Don Macintosh, well-informed and popular sports editor of The Sudbury Daily Star, looks forward to a banner season in NOH A Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; competition.ANOTHER FLAMAN ARRIVES&hellip; Northern Ontario senior hockey has a new face in Gordie Flaman, younger brother of the NHL&rsquo;s Fern Flaman &hellip; Gordie came to the Soo Greyhounds very highly rated as a defenseman &hellip; he hails from Regina and Lynn Patrick. feels tile youngster will be ready to turn pro after another season or two &hellip; he&rsquo;s only 20 &hellip; welcome to the North, Gordie ! &hellip; Morris Snider, the very well-liked new manager of North Bay&rsquo;s Arena, is doing something about the press accommodations &hellip; poor Rolly Ethier, spurts editor of the North Bay Daily Nuggett, and the rest of the press-radio to corps have been pretty burned up ever lack of suitable accommodations for the intportant publicity fraternity &hellip; Rolly, in particular, has grown three brandnew Gateway&rsquo; City ulcers (those are the King Size, of course) over the situation &hellip; Morris is a kindly and co-operative soul, as we all know&rsquo;, and in his new job he is out to remedy the situation&hellip; Congratulations Morris! &hellip;you deserve it &hellip; Rolly throw&rsquo; away those ulcer-medicines!NORTH BAYIN ?&hellip; From all appearances hockey interest may be quite high in North Bay this season &hellip; Pete Palangio & Co. are out to build a champion team for the Allan Cup hunt and if the Trappers get away to a strong start they could draw&rsquo; more fans than they have in the past few years &hellip; Coach Eddie Reigle is working&rsquo; hard along these lines &hellip; Don Hogan finally signed up with the Trappers after a tussle which saw other teams in the circuit try to nab the hard-working and high-scoring forward &hellip; Don has been one of the standout players in the North for a long time&hellip; the working agreement with Cleveland Barons and Jim Hendy has been a God-send to the Trappers because that AHL club is playing ball with North Bay &hellip; Ilendy sent Howie Glover and Art Stratton to the Trappers for seasoning and they will be strong additions to the Trappers in their re-building task &hellip; another player who is drawing raves is the veteran Walt Atanas from Hamilton who has scored 53 goal tor Springfield in the AHL the last two seasons &hellip; Palangio&rsquo;s troops are looking forward to big things from Atanas &hellip; North Bay will be minus such stars as Bob Barlow and Rene Pepin, but should not miss Bob Elik who is highly overrated &hellip; all in all, it does look like tin exciting senior season for 56-57. &#9632;

NOHA Puck Purude

<div class="byline">By CHICK APPEL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01271/1632498-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Picture Of A ChampMURPH CHAMBERLAIN</figcaption></div>STRATFORD, Ont.&mdash;As the five teams in the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA western division gird armor for the 1956-57 season, which opened on two fronts, Oct. 19, all teams iced greatly revamped rosters.The personnel of the Owen Sound Mercurys, who lost no less than seven regulars, some through retirement and others by release, is the debatable question among the other four clubs. All known to date about the Mercurys is that they have signed two or three players.The champion Chatham Maroons, with Murph Chamberlain at the helm again, have Jim Connelly, Ted Powers, Alec Viskelis, Graham Joyce, Ernie Dick, Lloyd Ferguson, Eddie Busch, &ldquo;Chick&rdquo; Chalmers, Eric Unger, Danny Blair and Doug Baldwin returning. Goalie Marve Edwards, property of the Chicago Black Hawks, may wind up with the Calgary farm team.Newcomers are rightwinger Fred Pietsch of Stratford, with the Quebec Aces last season: Ed Palamar, a defenceman from the Hershey Bears&rsquo; training camp; &ldquo;Copper&rdquo; Leyte a 25-year-old forward, who can also take his turn on the defence, who played against the Maroons with St. John Beavers in the Allan Cup Eastern Canada finals, but who played for the Amherst Ramblers in the Atlantic Coast League-lust season; Gord Stasser, Leon Hubert and goalie Andre Binette former Quebec junior. Rounding out the list of newcomers is defenceman Ron McMillan, with the Guelph junior Biltmores last season.Kitchener Dutchmen are still dickering for talent, and may arrange a two-player deal with Stratford Indians. At present Bob Senior and Jim Oliver are battling it out to replace goalie Denis Brodeur, who was sold to Pete Palangio&rsquo;s North Bay Trappers. On defence they have Art Hurst, who played for Stratford last season, and Ralph Hosking, purchased from Owen Sound, &lsquo;Butch&rdquo; Martin, from their Elmira Polar Kings farm club, Joe Schertzl and Ab Klinck are returnees, while from Guelph Biltmores they have landed Billy Graham, the classy backfielder for the Kitchener Dutchmen (senior ORFU variety). A wealth of front-liners includes returnees Ken Laufman, Jerry Theberge, Paul Knox, Charlie Brooker, Pete Kowalchuk and Jack McKenzie. &ldquo;Chuck&rdquo; Henderson, formerly of the Windsor Bulldogs, who sat out last season, is one of the new forwards, along with Jack Taylor of the Owen Sound Mercurys, Don Rope of the Soo, Ont. Greyhounds; John Barlow of the Barrie Flyers, and Jim Hogan of Galt.Windsor Bulldogs have come up with a flock of new players, including goalie Don Head and centre Lou Bendo of the Stratford Indians, for whom manager George Gee has agreed to recompense the Stratford club with an un named defenceman and forward, plus $500 in each. Holdovers are forwards Frank Bathgate, Reg Abbott, Paul Oliver, John Sleaver, Bob Brown, Walt Pawlyshyn, Earl Keyes, Gord Haidy and Ches Warehol, and defenceman Carl Evon.Ted O&rsquo;Connor and Jack Armstrong, both the property of the Windsor club, had not secured their releases up to time of writing, but Manager Gee announced that a deal for the defenceman and rightwinger respectively was pending with the Whitby Dunlops of the new Eastern Ontario senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA group. Pete Pilotte of the Guelph juniors and Pat Kelly of the St. Catharines Teepees, have come from the Buffalo Bisons training camp to the Bulldogs, and both young defencemen are highly recommended by Tommy Ivan, manager and coach of the Chicago Black Hawks, whose property they are.Loss of goalie Head and forward Bendo to the Windsor Bulldogs put a crimp in the Stratford Indians&rsquo; plans. Under the new setup, the Indians have tried out several goalies, including Jack Ross of Stratford. Pavvy Purola of Woodstock and Ray Fredericks, the latter having since signed with Chicoutimi of the Quebec Senior League. Irons are in the fire for another experienced goalie, who saw previous action in senior and pro ranks, and who may be signed before Friday night&rsquo;s opening game here with Windsor Bulldogs.Stratford released their veteran defenceman, Lloyd &ldquo;Apples&rdquo; Finkbeiner to Strathroy, where he will play for and coach the Rockets in intermediate &ldquo;A&rdquo; or possibly senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; company. Harry Psutka of Kitchener has been unable to attend Stratford workout owing to illness in his family, and Bud Kemp of Hamilton is also prevented from attending the Indians&rsquo; training camp due to pressure of personal business in the construction company which his father organized.Bob Dawson, with the Pembroke Lumber Kings last season, has agreed to terms, and will be playing for the Indians in the league opener. In addition to the defenceman coming from the Windsor Bulldogs, the Indians also expect to arrange a with another senior dub for a defenceman. while from North Bay Trappers may come still another defenceman in a swap for Johnny Muretich, veteran centreman loaned to Pete Palangio midway through last season. Soo Greyhounds also are indebted to the Indians for Herve Dejordy, who played left wing for Startford, but whether this will be in the form of a defenceman, forward or cash has not been determined.Of the players from last season, the Indians still have defenceman John Ashley, Don Heinbuch. Doug Ashley, Bill Walsp, Harry Psutka and Bud Kemp, the latter secured in a straight trade with Kitchener Dutchmen for the veteran Art Hurst.For forwards they have the well-known Mickey Roth-Billy Flick-Dinny Flanagan trio intact. Other front-liners returning are George Aitken, Tommy Walker. Bobby Mader, Doug McKay and Larry Lemenchick. New forwards seeking spots on the forward wall are &ldquo;Goose&rdquo; Land of Ingersoll. Jolin Muckier of Paris. Jim McKenzie of Winnipeg is also expected to join the Startford camp any day.With so much shuffling in rosters, the general belief is that Windsor Bulldogs and Kitchener Dutchmen still shape up as the strongest teams, but that picture can be altered drastically before the schedule is far advancec in the event that the other three clubs come up with, the talent they hope for and expec to join them. &#9632;

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Merks’ Status Debatable With 7 Regulars Missing

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01279/1632553-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg"></div>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;The six Eastern Hockey League clubs are in training camps reaching from Hershey. Pa., north Io New Toronto, Ontario in preparation for the 1956-57 season.The defending champions, the New Haven Blades, and the runner-up Clinton Comets are holding their pre-season drills at their respective rinks. The Blades met with coach Don Perry on October 17th (the latest date of the six clubs), while the Comets reported to Jack Timmins two days earlier.Washington Lions opened their preliminary camp at the shore Arena in New Toronto, Ont., on October 9th with forty candidates on hand. Coach Red Mitchell, the only new bench boss in the circuit, will-bring twenty players back to Washington for the final phases of training before making final cuts. Mitchell plans to carry two goal tenders for at least part of the season.&ldquo;Chirp&rdquo; Brenchley&rsquo;s Philadelphia Ramblers opened their camp on October 12th in Stamford, Ontario. The Ramblers, last season&rsquo;s tailenders, open the 1956-57, season in Philadelphia against. New Haven on October 26th.Johnstown aspirants met coach Lloyd Ailsby and manager Jack Riley in Niagara Falls, Ont., on October 15th. The southern member of the loop, the Charlotte Clippers travel north to Hershey, Pa., for their initial workouts under coach Andy Brown. The sextet will then go to Dixie&rdquo; for the final tune-ups.Nine referees have been appointed for work in the Eastern Hockey League this winter, with one or two more to be added to the staff after the season opens.The whistle-tooters are: Bernie Burns, Jim Creed, Ted Daley, Tom Dockrell, Al DuPuy, Bud Foley, Frank Macintosh, Mike Nardello and Ed Panezak.Macintosh and Foley saw service as players in the EHL while Nardello, Dockrell and Burns were all members of the Clinton Comets in their playing days. Panezak played hockey in the New Haven area and is a linesman in the National Hockey League. Daley, an Atlantic City, N.J. native, is the senior referee in point of EHL service.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE STIFF</h2>NEW HAVEN: The Blades lack only a goallender to complete their 19 16-57 roster &hellip; Latest additions to the squad are forwards Fred Wonbski, Andre Dutrisac and Jolin Soychak &hellip; Wonoski was with Vivtoria of the Western Hockey League last year and is the property of the Boston Bruins &hellip; Dutrisac, who played Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; last year, and Soychak will be battling for the. only open spot on the Elm City squad &hellip; Soychak started the 1956-57 season with Montreal Royals of the Quebec Hockey League and is due in New Haven after his three game trial with Elmer Lach&rsquo;s sextet &hellip; Three goaltenders are being considered for the job held last year by Murray Dodd &hellip; The defense pairings look to be coach Don Perry and Ron Kapitan, and Captain Ron Telford and Fred Weaver &hellip; Up front the CBS (Chaste, Boileau, Sherban) Line will again be intact with Bill MacPherson, Gier Doyon and Ron Foster of last year&rsquo;s club, plus Bert Hirschfeld and the forementioned newcomers, forming the other two lines.CHARLOTTE: Stan Wareeki, last year&rsquo;s player-coach with the Washington Lions, has signed with the Clippers &hellip; Rumor had him headde for Johnstown, but &ldquo;Stosh&rdquo; will be on left wing for Andy Brown&rsquo;s crew this winter &hellip; Jim McNulty, a center on the Baltimore dippers in 1954-55, has also been signed. Jim sat out last season with an injury but reported to the Hershey training camp in top shape &hellip; A new forward line also was due in camp. Ivan Houle, Bill Sinnett. and Raynald Lacroix, who performed last season for the Moncton Hawks of the disbanded Atlantic Coast Hockey League, all agreed to terms with Charlotte &hellip; Herve LaLande, the EHL scoring leader two seasons back, was also expected in camp. He played with Three Rivers of the Quebec League in 1 955-56 &hellip; Jack Stoddard, the former Ranger, was not in camp but is expected this week.WASHINGTON: Two players originally slated for the New York Rovers have been loaned to the Lions for the 1 956-57 season Bob McGregor, a 20-year-old center who played Junior with Winnipeg Monarchs and Clarence &ldquo;Curley&rdquo; Melanchuk reported to coach Red Mitchell at the New Toronto training camp last week. Melanchuk started last season with the Baltimore Clippers, was suspended by Andy Brown, finally reinstated through the efforts of Ranger manager Muzz Patrick, and finished the season with Brandon Regals of the Western Hockey League &hellip; Norm Dowdall was also added following his release by Philadelphia &hellip; Frank Toyota surprised everybody by showing up in camp and giving hockey another whirl. The Japanese forward, had announced he was quitting the ice in favor of higher education &hellip; El Eustace, a Montreal boy who hasn&rsquo;t played the past two years, also checked in &hellip; But the best news was the goalie Jack Spencer will be back. Cleveland has. reassigned him to the Lions for a third term. The Lions will bring two netminders back to the Nation&rsquo;s Capital, Spencer and either the 36 year-old Roger Bessette or 19 year-old Gary Sharman, who played for Kitchener of the Junior OHA last winter&hellip; Real Tuzon and Paul Provosit checked in from the Toledo Mercurys and are making strong bids for berths with the Lions &hellip;CLINTON: Reports have Doug Coxon being dropped, after three years in the Comet nets &hellip; The job is reportedly wide open with two or three candidates, being considered &hellip; Another rumor has Doug Adam, the poach of the inactive Rovers, scheduled to play this season on loan to the Comets &hellip; If this is true, Adam will be released at the end of the campaign to take over the Hovers next winter &hellip; Don Kendall. who played defense for the Comets the latter half of last year, is in Quebec trying to hook on to one of the QHL clubs. He may be back in Clinton though &hellip; The Comets will open their season with a home and home series with the champion New Haven Blades on October 27th and 28th &hellip;PHILADELPHIA: Al &ldquo;Junie&rdquo; Fontana has signed for another term on the Philly blueline. It will be his third in the&rsquo; loop (Philadelphia last winter and New Haven the year before) since returning from the Italian ice wars. Junie is the lone American on the Philadelphia squad &hellip; The Rambler defense now shapes up with Fontana. Jimmy Moore, and big Ray Crew returning from last season. Larry Thibault, who was with the Quebec Aces last, winter, is expected to hold down the fourth rear guard position in front of All-Star goalie. Ivan Walmsley &hellip; Returning forwards are Nick Rukavina, Gerry Casey, Gil MacNeil. Moe Bartoli, Meri McClenaghan, Reggie Meserve and Pele Koval &hellip; Ross Turnbull, who played for Woodstock. Ont., Jack Whalen and Bert Aikens are the newcomers in camp &hellip;JOHNSTOWN: The Jets first line of Dick Roberge (winner of the John Carlin Trophy as top scorer in the loop), Don Hall and Ken Coombes will be intact when the Jes open the 1956-57 season &hellip; Coach Lloyd Ailsby will be back on defense along with Bill Gallagher. Alex Zubatiuk (both from last year&rsquo;s club) and Dave Lucas (last year with Washington Lions). Ronnie Lee, the forward-defenseman who joined the club midway through the 1955-56 campaign. may also be back in the fold Jimmy Mattson will be back in the cage unless there is an eleventh hour change &hellip; Buddy McDonald. Danny Rizzo. Ed Ferenz. George Harrison. Paul Olafson and possibly Ed Rumi will be back for cracks at Jet forward jobs &hellip; Several rookies are also in camp and may win starling assignments according to manager Jack Riley.<h2>INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STATISTICS</h2>STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1956<h2>THIS WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</h2>Tuesday, Oct. 16Cincinnati at Fort WayneWednesday. Oct. 17Troy at IndianapolisThursday, Oct. 16Huntington at CincinnatiSaturday. Oct. 20Indianapolis at CincinnatiSaturday, Oct 20Indianapolis at CincinnatiHuntington at ToledoTroy at Fort WayneSunday, Oct. 21Fort Wayne at TroyToledo at CincinnatiHuntington at Indianapolis<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S RESULTS</h2>Saturday. Oct. 13Fort Wayne 1. at HuntingtonTroy I. at Cincinnati 5Toledo 5, at Indianapolis 1Sunday, Oct. 11Fort Wayne 3, at HuntingtonCincinnati 4. at. Troy 1Toledo 4, at Indianapolis 1 &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01256/1632584-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1. Pictured Boston player.6. Name given Springfield&rsquo;s coach.7. Pronoun.8. One of the Buffalo Bisons.11. This former bashing N.H.L. rearguard is called Pat.12. Initials of goalie Gatherum.13. Camille Henry&rsquo;s native province (abbr.)14. Initials of an N.H.L. coach.16. Initials of a Maple Leaf Centre.17. Ed Sanford was born in this month (abbr.)18. Initials of a Leaf defenseman.39. North Dakota (abbr.) =20. Short for first name of i Copper, ex Hawk defenseman.21. Ha shard&rsquo;s initials.23. Northern Ireland (abbr.)24. Plays for the Maple Leafs.29. Otherwise.30. Eormer Cleveland star.32. Ex Ranger defenseman, called Gus34. Land measure.35. Given name of Kachur of Chicago.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. Ous Morison is one during the summer.2. Pictured player&rsquo;s given name.3. Short for given name of Detroit&rsquo;s captain.4. Mazur of the Hawk is called this.5. Rangers stated this player to Chicago for Sullivan.9. Nickname of Smith, former N.H.L. referee.10. Upon.12. Former N.H.L. president.15. The Leafs train here.22. Initials of Buffalo&rsquo;s goalie.24. Johnny MacCormack was noted for this type of check.25. Glover of Cleveland answers to this.26. Old Mnglish (abbr.)27. Girl&rsquo;s name.28. Initials of Gallivan who announces Canadians&rsquo; home games.31. Jean Beliveau learned to skate when one.33. The (Fr.)<h2>SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK&rsquo;S PUZZLE</h2><h3>Across</h3>1. Sullivan7. Elmer9. One11. R.L12. Up13. Boston16. Day17. RES.19. Oct.20. Reo21. Ten23. Bruce27. Or.28. Ankles30. N.W.32. Arid34. Smythe<h3>Down</h3>1. Shoulder2. Lee3. L.L.4. I M.5. Vets6. A.R.8. Kingston10. N.P.11. Ro.14. Toronto15. Nykoluk18. E. C.22. Ernie23. Babe24. R.N.25. Clem26. E.E.29. Sat.31. W. B.33. R.H. &#9632;

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October 27, 1956

Doing The Splits When It Fits

Piggott Denies Kegals To Shift To Saskatoon

Harry Lumley Continues To Show Old Brilliance As Member Of AHL Bisons

Lamoureux Chiefs May Be Surprise Of International