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March 9, 1957

The Hockey News March 9, 1957

<div class="byline">By Ken In Kengie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01376/1709665-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="429" height="436"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02341/1709658-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="615" height="150"></div>&#9679; CAMILLE HENRY has picked up at least one point in his last 10 games &hellip; The tiny Rangers&rsquo; forward has been little short of sensational since he rejoined the New York six in mid-January &hellip; He&rsquo;s picked up eight goals and 11 assists during this time. This gives him 19 points in 10 games for almost a 2 points per game average &hellip; Gordie Howe scored in seven straight game before the Leafs stopped him on February 24 &hellip; Bobby Bergeron, a veteran of nine seasons in the Western Hockey League with the New Westminster Royals, will be honored with a special night by New Westminster-Vancouver fans on March 23 &hellip; 14 separate committees have been set up under Reg Pinniger, perennial hockey booster in NW, to assure the night being a ICO percent success for the popular Bergeron &hellip; Rochester Americans have signed a five-year agreement with Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs to ensure the continued co-sponsorship of the American Hockey League&rsquo;s newest entry &hellip; Eddie Litzenberger, who is having a phenomenal season with Chicago, probably won&rsquo;t rate very high on the final official All-Star team &hellip; The reason being that Eddie has divided his time between two positions this season. He started the season at right wing but has been playing center most of 1957 &hellip; He really started to roll after he was moved over to the pivot position.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03265/1709651-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="263" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Litzenberger</figcaption></div>&#9679; DUTCH REI BEL credits Ott Heller with helping him a lot to develop into a National Hockey League center. The 1955-56 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winner says Heller helped him tremendously when he played for Ott at Indianapolis in 1951-52 &hellip; Reibel was picked as the out standing rookie of the American Hockey League that season &hellip; Phil Watson is supposed to have made this observation about Coaler Lorne Worsley recently: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t ever worry about that Worsley having a nervous breakdown. He hasn&rsquo;t got any nerves.&rdquo; &hellip; Watson is very pleased with the playing of his three centers, Larry Popeiu, Dave Creighton and Red Sullivan of late &hellip; &ldquo;They&rsquo;re going well and I hope they keep it up,&rdquo; said last season&rsquo;s Coach of the Year. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m also pleased with the penalty-killing work of Guy Gendron and Gerry Foley &hellip; Lorne Carr, former right winger with New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs, has expanded his business interests in the West &hellip; Besides a billiard hall he runs a motel and miniature golf course &hellip; Eddie Litzenberger. Chicago&rsquo;s outstanding forward, expects to become a father for the first time this month &hellip; Canadiens&rsquo; Jacques Plante hasn&rsquo;t allowed more than five goals to be scored against him in any single game this season &hellip; The colorful netminder has had one goal scored against him 16 times. Two goals got past him 11 times and three goals got by him 10 times. Plante has let in four goals on five occasions and five goals in a game three times&hellip; He also tops the NHL in shutouts with eight &hellip; Phil Watson thinks Ron Murphy&rsquo;s improved play might be attributed to the arrival of Ron Jr. a few weeks ago &hellip; He thinks it may have improved his &ldquo;determination&rdquo; whereas in the past he was inclined to &ldquo;sulk&rdquo; over setbacks and play accordingly &hellip; Bobby Solinger notched his 200th AHL goal recently &hellip; The Hershey forward has been one of the top performers in the American Hockey League since he broke in with Cleveland in 1957-48.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04211/1709644-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="289" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dutch Reibel</figcaption></div>&#9679; ROCKET RICHARD has the theory that Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay have been overworked &hellip; &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t seem to have much left,&rdquo; he told Elmer Ferguson of the Montreal Herald recently &hellip; &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been worked about 45 minutes per game all season, and over this long schedule it&rsquo;s impossible that a player can be used that much and retain his form. He must go stale. The younger Red Wings don&rsquo;t amount to much,&rdquo; ventured Richard &hellip; &ldquo;And with an even break in luck I figure we can displace them from the leadership in the next few&rdquo; weeks &hellip; Howie Meeker still feels confident his Maple Leafs will make the playoffs &hellip; Every NHL club with the exception of Boston have decreased their time in the penalty boxes this season &hellip; The Bruins increased their time by four minutes &hellip; Toronto shows the biggest decrease in penalty minutes this year over a corresponding period year ago. The Leafs reduced their penalty fminutes by 263 &hellip; Detroit shows a reduction of 172 minutes over a year ago &hellip; New York Rangers are 43 minutes less this season, while Montreal has a reduction of 151 minutes and Chicago has a decrease of 57 minutes &hellip; Val Fonteyne of the Seattle Americans drew his first penalty after 120 games in the Western Hockey League at Calgary the other night &hellip; It was a minor &hellip; It marked the first penalty that fonteyne had incurred since be turned pro in the 1951-55 season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05188/1709637-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="275" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Meeker</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

PASSING THE PUCK

VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;Last autumn Gordon Redahl was a raw young guy who came to play. It didn&rsquo;t work out that way. He was still waiting&mdash;from his select seat on the bench&mdash;when Vancouver farmed him out of the Western Hockey League.The 20-year-old recruit from Flin Flon (Man.) was put on waivers. He could be had for $2,000. Nobody was made of that kind of money and this long 1.90-pounder found himself in Penticton of the pseudo-amateur Okanagan League.From there he got the call. Winnipeg had acquired him &mdash; for something less than 2,000 ironmen.&ldquo;Best thing that ever happened to me,&rdquo; Gordon says now, but the line had been used before. In reverse.&ldquo;This boy is no Gordie Howe,&rdquo; bubbled Alfred Pike, Winnipeg coach and honest worrier. &ldquo;Not yet. But neither was Howe at his age.&rdquo;How far Redahl will go seems to be his own business. Stopping his is somebody else&rsquo;s.The fate that fed him to Winnipeg has been working overtime. Warriors have absorbed all such charities with benign goodwill.First there was husky Murray Wilkie from Brandon. Then Redahl. Then the Little Train &mdash; George Ford &mdash; from, of all places, Vancouver.&ldquo;Fine, fine,&rdquo; said Warriors&rsquo; owner and tireless enthusiast Jack Perrin, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re poor little lambs who have lost our etc. Just keep &rsquo;em coming.&rdquo;Right now Warriors have had their quota. Nobody is giving anything away for free, and nobody seems especially hurt by the noble sacrificse.Not yet, as Pike would say.The time is coming, though, and guys like Wilkie, Ford and Redahl will hurry it along. This year may be their time of trial. They trail Calgary by a fat lot and Calgary has its teeth into the Prairie Division&rsquo;s last playoff steak.Warriors, did nothing in their rookie term last year to breed patience in their patrons. All they did was to run through the league like an ill-mannered bull, and win the Edinburgh Trophy for exercise.Now come the growing pains. Late but acute.Pike and Perrin have repfrained from throwing a musical fit. They have made no desperate overtures to Toronto and Montreal whose National League moguls fattened the Prairie calf the first yetar &mdash; and fed it air the second.Instead P. and P. elected to play it cool. Take our lumps and build for posterity, they said. Posterity has a way of getting here early and if happiness counts, it will set a record.For the Warriors are the happiest club yet invented. Perrin is the type of owner you dream about in the off-season and forget about when the sweat sets in. Money is a bore; all profits go to charity. He bought Winnipeg&rsquo;s historic Olympic Rink and turned it over to the minor hockey association. It was only money &mdash; $25,000, in fact.His fierce pride in his club transcends minancial matters. After one game in Victoria which Winnipeg lost 9-2 he phoned league president A Leader.&ldquo;Al,&rdquo; he said abjectly, &ldquo;I want that bad again. Ever.&rdquo;So far he has been right. Under Pike&rsquo;s man-to-man tutelage the Warriors have been developed into the best next-year prospect since Jayne Mansfield. Perrin? His players would crawl a mile over broken bottles for him, if they couldn&rsquo;t think of something difficult.Redahl happens to typify Young Winnipeg. New Westminster coach Hal Laycoe calls him the finest NHL prospect he can think of, and Hal works at it.&ldquo;Big, strong skater, fast, likes to rough it,&rdquo; Laycoe says. &ldquo;What else is there?&rdquo;There is one other thing. The short-cut blond with the genial frankness had ripped holes in the Saskatchewan Junior League at Flin Flon, but his confidence had sprung a few leaks of its own during bench duty at Vancouver.But he was getting it back, and geting his goals, when Victoria made its last Prairie trek. In the third period Winnipeg led 2-1, but drew a penalty. Victoria got ready to roll.Redahl got to the puck first, behind his own net, started up, shook off a check, and another, and closed on the Victoria defence. He hardly paused. He thundered through. He scored from 10 feet. It looked easy.It wasn&rsquo;t, but it&rsquo;s getting easier all the time. &#9632;

Al Hooper

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0196/1710602-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="265" height="285"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0295/1710595-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="280" height="309"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0390/1710588-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="2819" height="1892"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0476/1710581-1-eng-US/f00c4-042.jpg" title="f00C4-04" width="2819" height="1588"><figcaption class="caption-body">WHEN IT COMES to protection these NHL goalkeepers are getting a big hand from their defensemen. In the top photo, Detroit&rsquo;s Glenn Hail is on all fours as he looks for the loose puck while Marcel Pronovost does a capable job of tying up the Leafs Captain, feeder Kennedy. In the lower picture Ed Chadwick follows the flight of the puck while his defenseman, Jim Thomson (No. 2) makes sure that always dangerous Camille Henry of the Rangers doesn&rsquo;t get loose for a shot. (Photos by Turofsky)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rearguards Guarding The Goalies’ Domain

<h2>NOHA SENIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01353/1710495-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="581" height="196"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02313/1710488-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="595" height="640"></div><h2>Penalty Record</h2>Individual&mdash;Arnett, Trappers, 232 minutes: Kowalchuk, Indians, 200 minutes, Team&mdash;Most, Soo Greyhounds, 928 minutes; least, Soo Indians, 602 minutes.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03283/1710481-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="587" height="1317"></div><h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04229/1710474-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="583" height="588"></div><h2>OKANAGAN SENIOR LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05183/1710467-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="585" height="934"></div><h2>ILLINOIS LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06159/1710460-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="579" height="257"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07148/1710453-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="579" height="347"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08137/1710446-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="567" height="248"></div><h2>WESTERN ONTARIO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09129/1710439-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="574" height="243"></div>Best of Seven Semi-finals (Series A)Wallaceberg vs WoodstockBest of Seven Semi-finals (Series B)Strathroy vs St. ThomasMonday, Feb. 25 &mdash; Woodstock at Wallaceburg;Tuesday, Feb. 26 &mdash; Strathroy at St. Thomas;Friday, March 1 &mdash; Wallaceburg at Woodstock;Sautrday, March 2 &mdash; St. Thomas at StrathroyMonday, March 4 &mdash; Woodstock at Wallaceburg;Tuesday, March 5 &mdash; St. Thomas at Strathroy;Thursday, March 7 &mdash; Strathroy at St. Thomas;Friday, March 8 &mdash; Wallaceburg at Woodstock;Saturday, March 9 &mdash; St. ThomAs at Strathroy.Remaining dates to be announced<h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10115/1710432-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="568" height="464"></div><h2>GOALTENDERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1196/1710425-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="576" height="297"></div> &#9632;

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Amateur Puck Parade At A Glance

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Jacques &lsquo;The Roamer&rdquo; Plante, that wandering minstrel from Montreal who doubles as goaltender for Les canadiens, tempted fate one time too many at Madison square Garden and it cost his team a game.As everyone who has seen him play knows, the colorful Jake enjoys excursions from his bastille to corral loose pucks. Occasionally he gets boffed but usually recovers in time to protect his goal.This Feb. 24 in New York, Dave Creighton boxed the Snake behind the net and the puck flew out to Andy Bathgate who shot and missed. By this time Plante had returned to his cage but the Canadian defense was askew and Jacques himself seemed a bit shaken. Creighton scored paving the way for a Blue win.&ldquo;Plante certainly made a mistake.&rdquo; admitted Hab coach Toe Blake. &ldquo;He had no business wandering, back there then. It&rsquo;s the first time this season he&rsquo;s cost a goal like that.&rdquo;Creighton put it this way:&ldquo;I was just trying to take him out of the play. Then skated back and he was way in front of Hie net when I knocked in Bathgate&rsquo;s rebound.&rdquo;In spite of Plante&rsquo;s misfortune, his nomadic style is being aped by goalies around the NHL. Even Gump Worsiey takes an occasional tour of the ice.Gump&rsquo;s boss, Muzz Patrick does not object.&ldquo;Sure I approve of goalies going out of their cage,&rdquo; said Muzz. &ldquo;As long as it&rsquo;s successful!&rdquo;Ron Murphy&rsquo;s goal vs. Montreal. Feb. 24, was his first against Habs since before being involved in a stickswinging duel With Bernie geoffrion in 1953-54 &hellip; Camille Henry wears a band of tape around his wrists during games. Helps to strengthen them Another promising Ranger farm hand is Don Atamanchuk, high-scoring forward with Dennis Ball&rsquo;s Winnipeg Junior RangersSound choice for the Lady Byng Trophy is Andy Hebentou. Wonder what the non-New York writers think. Camille Henry says he learned how to deflect low-flying shots from his base-ball batting days. He&rsquo;s an excellent ball player. &#9632;

Blake Wonders If Plante’s Trip Was Necessary

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01227/1710654-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wrapped Up For DeliveryDETROIT&rsquo;S WARREN GODFREY seems to have matters pretty well in hand as he wraps himself around Toronto&rsquo;s Bob Pulford in an effort to prevent the Leaf forward from getting a shot on the net. (Photo by Turofsky)</figcaption></div>MONTKKAL, Que.&mdash;The term super star as applied to hockey players is coming more and more into general use. It is one of those vague terminations coined by a cult of enthusiastic sports writers for whom the usual superlatives arn&rsquo;t just good enough. They felt that they had to go further to describe men like Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau and Dong Harvey; Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay.The phrase has even crept into the vocabulary of coaches who, not so long ago, used only two classifications for their men &mdash; stars and work horses. Only the other day Tommy Ivan of the Chicago Black Hawks was saying, &ldquo;If I bad a couple of super stars the Hawks would make the playoffs.&rdquo; He mentioned Howe and Red Kelly, whom he used to coach at Detroit. &ldquo;With them.&rdquo; he went on seriously. &ldquo;the Hawks could even finish on top aud without them the Wings might finish last.&rdquo;Having penned this prologue we can get oh with the main theme of this essay which is this: perhaps some players who will deserve more recognition are being ignored in this new classifcation. Certainly a survey of second half statistics in the National Hoekey League causes one to wonder how the vote will go for the all-star team in the last 35 games. Will men like Andy Bathgate of the New York Rangers and Eddie Litzenberger of the Chicago Black Hawks, the leading scorers since the halfway mark was reached two months ago, be recognized?At the risk of being called a bitter iconoclast we submit that naming Litzenberger, Bathgate and Liudsay to the first All-Star team wouldn&rsquo;t be amiss. And how would you like to see a second line of Howe, Johnny Wilson and Dickie Moore?Heresay, you say. Well take a look at how the leading scorers in the NHL have fared so far in the second half and don&rsquo;t tumble off your chair in stark surprise. The blunt statistics are shown in the accompaning box.In selecting two lines, just to add fuel to the arguments that are bound to arise, we haven&rsquo;t attempted to designate positions. It wouldn&rsquo;t be fair to fellows like Bathgate and Litzenberger. who have played right wing and centre. And who&rsquo;d play centre on the Moore-Wilson-Howe line? You pick &lsquo;em.Actually the most surprising player of all has been Litzenberger, who last season got off to a slow start and scored only 10 goals.&ldquo;You really can&rsquo;t put your finger on any reason in particular for his great showing this season.&rdquo; said Ivan on his last trip to Montreal. &ldquo;He isn&rsquo;t doing anything different except maybe shooting more. He has a good shot. Not as strong as Bernie Geoffrion&rsquo;s and not as quick as Jean Beliveau&rsquo;s and Howe&rsquo;s. But it&rsquo;s a good shot and its big value to us has been that he has learned to use it effectively.&rdquo;Harry Watson, the big Chicago left winger, said: &ldquo;Litz has all the assets of a great player. He can skate. He can shoot. He plays position well most of the time. He&rsquo;s big enough and has just, enough aggressiveness so the other players don&rsquo;t, push him around. The big difference over last year is that he is shooting the puck more.&rdquo;Litzenberger says himself that he has learned not to become annoyed by the needling of rivals. &ldquo;Lindsay used to throw me off my game with his chatter,&rdquo; he revealed. &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t, help but listen to him and it affected my play. Now that I don&rsquo;t pay any attention to him. he&rsquo;s quieted down.&ldquo;Marty Pavelich used to bother me, too, with constant talk on the ice. But he hasn&rsquo;t been playing too much this season. Leo LaBine was another pest until 1 started to needle him back. I think that when you establish yourself and show that you can give as hard treatment as you receive, they sort of leave you alone.&rdquo;Is anyone wondering where Beliveau fits into that list of top scorers? Plagued by worries, a distressing slump, symptoms of a kidney infection which have disappeared and the loss of Geoffrion on his line the big Montreal centre has 17 second half points on 9 goals and 8 assists. Potentially he&rsquo;s still a great player and, it he recovers his form for the playoffs, the Habs could well retain the Stanley Cup regardless of where they finish in the league standing.<h2>Andy, Litz Latest Blitz</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02153/1710647-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="283" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0364/1710640-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="263" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Litzenberger</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0425/1710633-1-eng-US/cover-042.jpg" title="Cover-04" width="706" height="626"></div> &#9632;

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BATHGATE, LITZ BID FOR RECOGNITION

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins are making their final pitch for their best finish in nearly a decade right in their own back yard. At Boston Garden, that is.They spent most of last month travelling, starting their longest road trip of the season a point behind the Montreal Canadiens and completing it three points behind.Before they began the six game tour Coach Milk Schmidt said, &ldquo;If we can stay close until we get home we&rsquo;ll finish in second place.&rdquo; After brief reflection Schmidt added, &ldquo;And we may finish first.&rdquo;The Bruins didn&rsquo;t fare well on their trip as far as their own efforts were concerned, for they won but three of a possible 12 points. But Montreal for a comparable period was able to win but five of a possible 12.So the Bruins came home with most of their traveling done, with eight of their remaining games to be played here. The Canadiens also had 11 games left, only five in Montreal.The Bruins were playing Chicago. New York and Detroit twice and Montreal and Toronto once here and New York, Montreal and Detroit once away. Haymaking time in that schedule was the first part of it, for six of the home games were booked in a rowIf the Bruins finish second, it will be their best showing since the 1 948-49 season when they also finished second, behind Detroil. Oh, yes, Detroit. The Red Wings were leading the Bruins by six points when this figuring took place.At that point Detroit had 12 games remaining of which seven were road games, six of them in succession. The Red Wings were due in here for consecutive games on March 7 and 9.Under the circumstances if the Bruins had a crack at their first second place finish in eight years, or since their pre-World War if powerhouse spread-eagled the 1940-41 field.The Bruins were in reasonably good condition for the start of what they hoped would be a successful stretch run. They didn&rsquo;t have Jerry Toppazzini, nor were they likely to have the mained right wing again this season. But for the first time in a month they had an extra defenseman.The Bruins played their best this season with six defensemen, bur Jack Bionda went, to Springfield in a deal and wasn&rsquo;t replaced. They played their next-best with five, but when Boivin became ill he wasn&rsquo;t replaced, either. Capt. Ferny Flaman, Doug Mohns, Bob Armstrong and Allan Stanley were over-matched at times, working for the league&rsquo;s most penalized team, so Boivin&rsquo;s return gave the defense squad a decided lift.Another late-February returnee was Jack Caffery, the big forward who missed 23 games with a knee injury. When Caffery came back little George Ranieri was farmed to the Hershey Bears, and on Boivin&rsquo;s return Floyd Smith was returned to the Bears. Bob Beckett, the king-sized youngster called up from the Quebec Aces, remained in Toppazzini&rsquo;s position with Larry Regan and Fleming Mackell. &#9632;

Bruins Still Have Hopes Of Finishing In Second

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01310/1709492-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="530" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body">Coal ProducersREAL CHEVREFILS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02294/1709485-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="564" height="560"><figcaption class="caption-body">Coal ProducersDON McKENNEY</figcaption></div>Once the next-door neighbors could almost tell time by the movements of a hockey player.Or check the accuracy of their clocks by him if they chose.The athlete would nap, have his dinner, leave for the rink and return home at specific times on game days. Variations Practically none.But today keeping time tabs on a major league hockey player would require more clocks than the number used by an international radio network. It the chap follows the same time schedule for two game days in a row, that&rsquo;s a lot.In the National league of the present there is no standard timetable of hockey events. And a team taking a long road trip needs a date book to keep its engagements in order.The Boston Bruins last month took a trip which consisted of six league games and an exhibition game in Barrie, Ontario. Here&rsquo;s what they ran into:In Toronto they played at 8 o&rsquo;clock at night.In Chicago they played one game in the afternoon, another at 7:30 o&rsquo;clock at night.In Detroit they played at 2 o&rsquo;clock in the afternoon.In New York they played at 7:30 o&rsquo;clock at night.And not necessarily to be different, the game in Barrie was scheduled for 8:15 o&rsquo;clock at night.The Bruins have encountered as many as three different starting times in some cities this season, and one of them is here. They have played home games at 2, 7:30 and 8:30 o&rsquo;clock. The only place they&rsquo;ve found only one starting time is Montreal (8:15) &hellip; or is it &#9632;

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Time Means Nothing As Bruins Run Gamut In Tour Around Loop

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.Ever hear of a forward line that was TOO strong?Or a center who was TOO good?It happened here!The Red Wings&rsquo; potent Production Line was scoring so many goals after Alex Delvecchio became the center that Alex lost the coveted position between Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay.This startling break-up did not result from complaints from rival teams, although there may have been a basis for such a demand. During the eight games Delvecchio worked on the big line, that crew triggered an average of two goals a game.General Manager Jack Adams ordered the switch because the Wings had taken a lopsided appearance which was dangerous.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to have better balance,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t expect one line to carry the whole load and that&rsquo;s what has been happening.&ldquo;Sooner or later every club will gang up just to stop the big line and then what&rsquo;s going to happen?&rdquo;Adams found that out when the club dropped two straight, matching the longest winning streak of the season. The switch was ordered immediately.Delvecchio was moved elsewhere in an effort to prime a new source of goals. Norm Ullman got back the job he had held nine games ago &mdash; six of which he missed with injuries.The Production Line wasn&rsquo;t exactly weak while Ullman was there previously. That crew had 67 goals in the seasons first 49 games, top output for any line in the National Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03268/1709537-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="285" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>The chunky sophomore who was No. 2 among all centers in the mid-season All Star poll, Ullman was in top stride when he suffered a painful Charley horse. He had scored one goal in each of his last five games.When Delvecchio &mdash; bigger, faster and more fiery &mdash; moved in. however, the line hit an even sharper pace. In their eight games together. Howe got eight goals. Lindsay five and Delvecchio three.Delvecchio figured in 13 of the goals, since he assisted 10 times &mdash; on six of Howe&rsquo;s goals and four of Lindsay&rsquo;s. The spree ran his total to 32 points in 32 games since rejoining the lineup after missing 25 games with a broken leg.That new shape to the Production Line was so pleasing at first that Adams decided against budging Delvecchio when Ullman was ready again for action. Ullman was assigned elsew&rsquo;here, but he couldn&rsquo;t produce the same magic.In fact, there was little magic anywhere in the lineup. Only two other forwards, Billy Dea and Johnny Bucyk. got any goals during those eight games when the Productioneers scored 16. Dea clicked for three, Bucyk for two.Adams began to eye the others as icebound hitch-hikers getting a free ride to the playoffs. Billy McNeill hadn&rsquo;t scored a goal in 44 games. Metro Prystai in 28, Bill Dineen in 14, Lorne Ferguson in 11 or Dutch Reibel in 10.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04210/1709530-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="271" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Lindsay</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Whatta line that would be if we could keep Alex there.&rdquo; Adams pointed out. &ldquo;We could, too, if the others had been going but now we&rsquo;re forced to change and spread out our power.Delvecchio was handed two winger units. One listed Dineen and Bucyk and Coach Jimmy Skinner said they&rsquo;d get the first test in most games. If going well, they&rsquo;d get regular turns. Otherwise the penalty-killing unit of Prystal and Ferguson would move in on Delvecchio&rsquo;s flanks.What did Delvecchio think of the switch?&ldquo;Sure, I&rsquo;d like to stay with Gord and Ted &mdash; what center wouldn&rsquo;t? But I don&rsquo;t mind the switch as long as it&rsquo;s for the good of the club.&rdquo;Asked what difference the line setup would make in his style, Alex had this answer:&ldquo;It&rsquo;s easy playing with the big fellows. You just give them the puck and they&rsquo;re gone. They know what to do with it.&ldquo;The other wingers don&rsquo;t have their speed or experience so you have to carry more to the blue line or beyond, before making a pass. You don&rsquo;t get so many chances to slip them the long pass like you do with Howe and Lindsay.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS: In the past week&rsquo;s action, all of Detroit&rsquo;s goals came off the Production line except one which Capt. Red Kelly triggered on a power play.Lindsay scored twice and Howe once in a 3-3 tie at Montreal. Kelly, Delvecchio and Howe got the goals in a 4-3 defeat at Chicago. Lindsay collected the lone marker in a 2-1 defeat at home.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05158/1709523-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="270" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Delvecchio</figcaption></div>Those three games showed how meaningless shooting totals can be. Wings were outshot, 33 to 18, by the Canadians; outshot again, 35 to 22. in losing to the Black Hawks, but carried a 40-33 margin when beaten in the low-scoring game with the Maple Leafs.While all the players were in sound health. Adams and Skinners both were nursing injuries. Skinner pulled a groin muscle in his brief fight with Boston&rsquo;s Fern Flaman near the Detroit bench, and Adams hurt a knee in a tumble down the icy front steps to his home. &#9632;

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Line Too Strong So Adams Break It Up Moving Delvecchio

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01309/1709575-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">A Vote Of Confidence&hellip;HAP DAY</figcaption></div>TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;As far as Hap Day, the Leaf general manager, is concerned, Howie Meeker will still be coaching the Maple Leafs next season no matter what Jimmy Skinner, the coach of the Rod Wings, thinks about it.In print this may sound like a confusing bit of stickhandling. Ergo, an explanation.Recently, in a hotel lobby interview in Montreal, Skinner announced summarily that Ted Kennedy would succeed Meeker as coach of the Leafs next season &ldquo;because that is how Toronto operates.&rdquo;It is highly probable that Skinner, a pleasant chap who mostly minds his own business these days, did not think that his prediction would have such far-reaching results. &lsquo;The wire services picked it up and spread it with a big brush right across the country. Television and radio blatted it into the ears of a Buffering Maple Leaf fandom, members of which felt affronted that they hadn&rsquo;t been consulted bout any change in plans. If anyone deserves a say in what happens to Meeker and his cohorts, it is the fans who have Buffered and bled silently through the season. Any other way wouldn&rsquo;t be democratic.Day, in the absence of the master acid dispenser Conn Smythe dashed some of his own about when queried on Skinner&rsquo;s perspicacity, or the lack of it.&ldquo;The Toronto organization,&rdquo; he spat, &ldquo;it quite capable of looking after itself.&rdquo;With much more immediate problems on his mind than what may happen in the hazy future, Day dismissed Skinner&rsquo;s prediction as falderol, balderash and pish-tush. The impression was left with his open-mouthed audience that if heads were to be lopped. Meeker would be far back in the line.Skinner&rsquo;s choice of Kennedy as Howard&rsquo;s successor follows a line of thought which, it must be confessed, bad been whispered in the corridors here long before Skinner quoth it among Montreal&rsquo;s potted palms. Kennedy&rsquo;s comeback this season has been greeted with mixed emotions. Those who staunchly believe sports oldest adage that they never come back, were aghast that the Leaf management should experiment with a man who had played to his utmost for them, and whose illustrious career might not be besmirched by a prologue. Kennedy&rsquo;s lack of condition as he essayed his comeback supported their contention.Realistically speaking &lsquo;however, it remains fact that if Kennedy had not come back to serve his masters, the Leafs would have been farther back in the playoff hunt than they were. This was not the lustrous Kennedy of years gone by, the heroic figure who bore the legendary title &ldquo;Heart of the Leafs.&rdquo; But his play was much better than a kick in the pants with a frozen hoot insofar as the Leafs were concerned.Dedicated to a career in hockey, Kennedy would appear to be the logical choice to coach the club for which he labored so long and loyally. That is, if Meeker were not in the chair already. or even, indeed, had Meeker bumbled and fumbled his way through the season, which he didn&rsquo;t.If anyone was left at the gate in his maiden race as an NHL coach, it was Meeker. He had no sooner commenced than bodies began to fall around him. The only one who had it any worse was General Custer at the Little Big Horn. Hugh Bolton, his trusted blueline lieutenant, fell with a wounded ieg after only six games. Meeker hasn&rsquo;t seen him off crutches all season.Other valuable help such as George Armstrong, Rudy Migay, Ron Stewart, Tod Sloan, Tim Horton. Bob Pulford, Jim Morrison, Gerry James, Marc Reaume, Jim Thomson, all of whom started the season with high hopes and sound bodies, have at one time or another during the campaign, retired to base hospital for treatment. Indeed, a quick examination of the casualty lists discloses that of the warriors who commenced away back last October, only two, Sid Smith and Dick Duff have stayed in the front lines without wounds, rest or recuperation. This, of course, in addition to rookie goalie Ed Chadwick, the bravest of them all, who has kept Leaf hopes alive all season. Those who are statistically inclined may like to know that as of last Tuesday. Leafs had lost 129 man hours through injuries.It would not be fair to run to the weeping wall on this count alone. Even with healthy bodies and minds, it is not likely that the Leafs could have soared to the upper strata of the standings, no hands.This year&rsquo;s strategy&rsquo; didn&rsquo;t call for them to do that and they have attempted to salve their public by frequent announcements that they are building from a young team and are to be feared in the future. With faith in this assumption, customers have not faltered in their sweep through the turnstiles but it has been apparent from the occasions on which cat calls, programs and loud stomping have been in evidence that they are not always in a jolly frame of mind about it all. Toronto audiences are accustomed to, and in favor of hockey teams which bristle with fight, and desire and can boast at least a modicum of general talent.No one here, however, has openly suggested that Meeker&rsquo;s head should be the first to fall and that Kennedy should replace him. And the betting is that it won&rsquo;t happen. Kennedy will likely stay in the organization as he has already announced, when explaining his abstinence from joining the newly-formed NHL Player&rsquo;s Association, that he is in his last, sure-enough-final season on skates. But it is highly unlikely that he would get the big job on the Leaf coaching staff right off the bat.Speaking without consultation with the chief overseer Day announced:<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02255/1709568-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1096" height="1521"><figcaption class="caption-body">&hellip;or Rookie CoachHOWIE MEEKER</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Meeker certainly deserves a second year, I would say. As tar as we are concerned, he has done a good job.&rdquo;To which King Clancy, himself relieved of the arduous task after three seasons of toil, added:&ldquo;I wonder if those armchair coaches in Detroit and Montreal, loaded with power, could do as well if they had lost a 37 goal scorer like Sloan for half of the season.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been hit harder by injuries than any team in the history of the NHL,&rdquo; he continued and don&rsquo;t ferget Howie doesn&rsquo;t have a bunch of experienced hockey players to coach. He has a bunch of kids trying to be greats. No Howes, Lindsays or Beliveaus or Richards or Geoffrions.&rdquo;That, in fact, would make it too easy. &#9632;

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Day, Despite Skinner, OK’s Howie As Coach

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Gump Worsley&rsquo;s &ldquo;Battle of the Bulge&rdquo; reached new proportions recently and the added girth wasn&rsquo;t around his waist &mdash; or so Gump says.It had to do with a charge by his coach Phil Watson who muttered something about &ldquo;beer bellies and fat boys&rdquo; after the Chicago Black Hawks had tucked six pucks behind the Gumper in a 6-6 stalemate.Watson was at his blasting best after the game. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t blame the forwards and the defense all the time,&rdquo; he said. Then he went on, &ldquo;Worsley is five pounds overweight right now. He should be 165 and he&rsquo;s 170.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03167/1709606-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="547" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body">Belly LaughsGUMP WORSLEY</figcaption></div>&ldquo;How&rsquo;s he going to take it off?&rdquo; By skating, that&rsquo;s how. We should have won that game and we&rsquo;ve got to keep winning to get in the playoffs. And believe me we&rsquo;re going to win.&rdquo;Gump took the berating in stride. Asked if Watson&rsquo;s charges upset him, the diminutive Ranger goalie brushed it off with, &ldquo;Naw it doesn&rsquo;t bother me none. He likes to talk. He has to watch me play but I don&rsquo;t have to listen to him talk.&rdquo;Gump was sensational in the Rangers next two games. He was the star of the show as the Rangers nipped the Bruins 3-2 and in his next outing he held the high scoring Red Wings to a 1-1 stalemate. &#9632;

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Phil Fumes But Gump Calm

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The happy-looking creature you saw crawling out of a manhole on Eighth Ave. the other day was not a ground hog. That was the ubiquitous second guesser, a common mammal in New York.His mating call is one solid yelp followed by &ldquo;I told you so,&rdquo; or &ldquo;I knew it all the time.&rdquo;Obviously, Mr. Second Guesser currently is referring to the renaissance of the New York Rangers. To the success of Andy Bathgate, Dean Prentice, Dave Creighton, Larry Popein, Camille Henry. Ron Murphy and Danny Lewicki as scorers. And the heart-warming rejuvenation of Red Sullivan.Even the most doubting Thomases among the skeptics &ldquo;just knew&rdquo; the Bathgate line eventually would come through. However, the big surprise is Dave Creighton&rsquo;s sprightly play centering Henry and Murphy.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting more chances,&rdquo; is Dave&rsquo;s off-handed comment on his bright play. &ldquo;Murph is skating better than ever and Cammy gives me good passes.&rdquo;Henry would not permit Creighton&rsquo;s modesty to blemish the record.&ldquo;Dave digs that puck out for you,&rdquo; Henry reported. &ldquo;I had heard that he didn&rsquo;t pass much when I came up here but I certainly can&rsquo;t complain about that. Murph and I hang around the net and Dave gets it over to us. And he&rsquo;s a good forechecker.&ldquo;If you ask me, Creighton is the backbone of our line.&rdquo;Meanwhile, back at the pond, Henry continues to amaze. In nine straight games up until Feb. 27, he scored a goal or assist or both. A notorious red line hanger at Providence, the little ice intellect has surprised everyone with his versatility. He even backchecks.&ldquo;Camille definitely has improved since we first had him.&rdquo; said GM Muzz Patrick. &ldquo;When I was coach, I only used him in spots, now that he&rsquo;s playing reguarly. his skating actually has gotten better.&rdquo;Breathing easier because of the redeveloped power is coach Phil Watson.&ldquo;Now we have three lines scoring.&rdquo; he smiled. &ldquo;It takes the pressure off the Bathgate line. Take that Lewicki. he&rsquo;s really playing good hockey.&rdquo;What, about a Ranger playoff opponent?&ldquo;First I want to get into the playoffs,&rdquo; was the rejoinder. &ldquo;I really hope the Bruins finish second. But I don&rsquo;t think they&rsquo;ll be a soft touch for us. There&rsquo;s no friendship between Boston and New York.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06154/1709717-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="285" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Production Their BusinessAndy Bathgate</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07131/1709710-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="253" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Camille Henry</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08111/1709703-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="281" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dean Prentice</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-09105/1709696-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="299" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Creighton</figcaption></div>Muzz also remains cautious about a playoff prediction.&ldquo;Those playoffs are a long way away,&rdquo; he noted. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d be dreaming if I said anything positive until the 67th or 68th game. That&rsquo;s our home-and-home series with Toronto. Our club is at its peak. There have been few injuries, most of the boys are in good shape.&rdquo;What Muzz means, is that every Ranger, except for Red Sullivan, who is regaining strength after a serious operation, has the same or more suet that he had at the same time last year. You will recall that the Blues faded last February-March because of pressure and overwork.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got the energy,&rdquo; chirped Dean Prentice, &ldquo;and the legs now. Didn&rsquo;t have &rsquo;em at this time last year.&rdquo;Should injuries suddenly strike, Watson always can call on Gerry Foley, Larry Cahan, Guy Gendron and Parker MacDonald, otherwise known as the &ldquo;Frozen Four.&rdquo;Foley and Gendron have been used exclusively to kill penalties while Cahan has been spotted on defense. MacDonald has been riding the splinters since Henry got hot.Overlooked by the rah-rah. boys but nonetheless effective in the resurgence has been the not-so-new defense combo of Bill Gadsby and Lou Fontinato. &mdash; who combine to block almost as many shots as Gump Worsley &mdash; and Jack Evans and Harry Howell.Unfortunately, the galleryites take a dim view of Howell&rsquo;s style. While harassed Harry certainly is not spectacular, he has played solid, effective hockey in the past month.Gump Worsley, too, has been a contributor to the New Yorker&rsquo;s good showing.Sounds corny, doesn&rsquo;t it? But what can we tell you! The Blues have been playing up to their capabilities, and that&rsquo;s good.You say, you knew it all the time? Well, so did we and you can check year November, December HOCKEY NEWS to prove it. However, that doesn&rsquo;t conceal the fact that your correspondent is a card-carrying member of the L.A.E.L.O.S.G.** Loyal And Exalted League Of Second Guessers. Now, if you&rsquo;ll pardon us, well&rsquo; creep back into our hole with Mr. Groundhog. See you in the play-offs&rsquo; We hope. &#9632;

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Dave Creighton Surprises Centering Henry, Murphy

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;To all intents and purposes, the National Hockey League Championship could be decided on March 17, the second anniversary of the Richard riot in Montreal. On that date the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings will clash in the Motor City, their last engagement of the 1956-57 season.The Hahs moved into the final three weeks of the campaign, just three points behind the Wings following two decisions over the pace-setters &mdash; a smashing 3-9 shutout in Detroit, Jacques Plante&rsquo;s 8th of the season, and a 5-1 victory in MontrealThe championship might hinge on two factors, the ability of the Hahs, new at full strength with 18 players, to maintain pressure down the stretch and the slump of the Red Wings, who at this writing had gone five games without a win, four losses and a tie with the Rangers in New York.Detroit must play five of its remaining nine games on the road while Montreal with eight games to go has four in the Forum and four on foreign ice.Regardless of the outcome of the race, the Canadiens have their sights set on retaining the Stanley Cup. Ken Reardon, former all-star defenceman and now vice-president of the Montreal club, said: &ldquo;Our main concern is the cup. That&rsquo;s why we acquired Phil Goyette and Stan Smrke.&ldquo;We could have gotten along with the players we had and filled our rink. But we&rsquo;ve added two salaries to our payroll and we&rsquo;re not going to improve our receipts as we play to capacity crowds anyway. The new players were signed in fairness to the Habs&rsquo; fans who&rsquo;d like to see Us keep the cup won last year. And I think we will.&rdquo;Someone remarked to Coach Toe Blake that Smrke, who is 28, is a rather ancient rookie.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01330/1709755-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="560" height="539"><figcaption class="caption-body">First Place AmbitionsKENNY REARDON</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02300/1709748-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="594" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAURICE RICHARD</figcaption></div>Blake tilted his eyebrows. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t expect Smrke to be around for ten years but he should help us for three of four years at least. Bill Durnau was no youngster when he joined the Habs and he stayed around long enough to win six Vezina Trophies. Andy Hebenton was 26 when he started last season with the Rangers and Larry Regan with Boston is 26 and some of you writers say he&rsquo;s the rookie of the year. We ll go along with Smrke. He will be a good player when he gets into shape again Remember he was out for a while at Chicoutimi with injuries but is improving in every practice.&rdquo;&ldquo;Do you still think Canadiens will finish first?&rdquo; Blake was asked.&ldquo;Well,&rdquo; he replied, hedging a little if our club is as good as it was touted to be at the beginning of the season, we should finish on top. We have Io pick up two points on the Wings somewhere down the line and win that March 17 game in Detoil. Then they&rsquo;ll have to worry about us.&rdquo;Despite the presence of rookies in the line-up, the big gun in Canadiens&rsquo; attack in receht games has been the oldest member of the team, the amazing Maurice Richard.The Rocket, possessor of the most varied arsenal in all hockey, fired two goals in Habs&rsquo; 3-0 win in Detroit and notched another against them in Montreal to hoist his season&rsquo;s output to 29 and his lifetime total to 189, just 11 short of the magic figure of 500.&ldquo;What a guy!&rdquo; said Blake. &ldquo;In Detroit he should have had four goals. He hit the post dead on with one shot and missed a corner by a fraction of an inch on another. There&rsquo;ll never be another player like the Rocket.&rdquo;For the first time this season, the Habs are able to toss four complete lines at the opposition although it will be a while before Smrke sees much action.Acquired from Chicoutimi, Smrke recently underwent a knee operation and has been on skates only a few times in the last two months. Goyette, however, has made the team and is centering the French Line with Andre Pronovost and Claude Provost on the wings. A recruit from the Royals, he fired two goals in his first four games as a major leaguer. &#9632;

f0005-01

Last Hab-Wing Clash Could Decide Title

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO. Ill.&mdash;Aiming at putting some crunch in their blueline punch, the improving Black Hawks recently acquired burly Ian Cushenan from Cleveland in a straight trade for Ron Ingram who was promoted to Chicago earlier this season from Buffalo. Both are comparative youngsters of 23.The Hawks have been without a real color guy on defense since the legendary Johnny Mariueci thrilled Chicago Stadium crowds over a decade ago with his zest tor any sort of action on the lee. Cushenan has the ingredients and background to become a &ldquo;Maroosh&rdquo; type of competitor.He racked up dose to 150 minutes in penalties during Cleveland&rsquo;s first 50 games this year with a stout exhibition of sturdy and fiery play. On one weekend alone, he was banished with match misconduct penalties in two contests to leave little doubt of his ferocity.While misconduct sentences are not necessarily conducive to smart or winning hockey, the Hawks have many times this season showed the need for a fighter. Closest thing to this type in recent years was rearguard Lee fogolin, now coach of Chicago&rsquo;s Calgary farm club out west.Hawk General Manager-Coach Tommy Ivan gave a relatively simple explanation for the deal. &ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re getting a better hockey player.&rdquo; he said and then added, &ldquo;Cushenan is big and tough &hellip; we&rsquo;ll have the rest of the season to see if he is an NHL performer.&rdquo;The newcomer&rsquo;s size will place him among the heaviest on the Chicago roster which has already been figured at stronger per pound than any other in the National League. He stands 6&rsquo;2&rdquo; and tips the scales in the neighborhood of a hefty 200 pounds.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03234/1709793-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="539" height="536"><figcaption class="caption-body">Blueline BouncersLEE FOGOLIN</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04175/1709786-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="507" height="617"><figcaption class="caption-body">ELMER VASKO</figcaption></div>Cushenan will be reunited with another Chicago blue line giant, young Elmer Vasko. If teamed they could be the heaviest defensive duo in pro hockey history. The Iwo were teammates with the junior St. Catherine Teepees in 1953-54 with Elmer a rookie and lau readying tomake the pro jump to the Baron organization. Vasko is 6&rsquo;3&rdquo; and weighs nearly 210 pounds.Ingram, used only sparingly in his final games in the Chicago uniform, saw most of his action as a rearguard, but was also employed as a wingman on several occasions. He is expected to be used at forward with Cleveland. &#9632;

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Hawks Newest Defenseman Could Be Another Maroosh

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK NY.&mdash;You won&rsquo;t believe this, daddy-o, but we&rsquo;ll swear on a stack of frozen pucks that it happened and there are a half dozen New York hockey writers there to prove it.We&rsquo;re talking about a momentous statement uttered by Phil Watson at the hockey luncheon Feb, 21.Get this, folks, Phillipe, the fire-breathing New York coach, has given up on his quota system!For heaven&rsquo;s sake, stop laughing up your sleeves, the guy really means it. Honest injun and you can spread the word.Did we hear someone say &ldquo;big deal.&rdquo; Well, whoever did, has a short memory. Thrust your thought back to late October. If you&rsquo;re having trouble, we&rsquo;ll tune in the record for you. It&rsquo;s on the Ranger label and Watson (who else?) is the vocalist &hellip; A fanfare, maestro:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05118/1709831-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="264" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt Schmidt</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I want 235 goals,&rdquo; sung Phillipe in his classic French-English soprano. &ldquo;From Bathgate, Prentice, Lewicki and Hebenton I want 25 goals each. Creighton, Murphy and Sullivan should produce 20 each, etc., blah, blah, et. al.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0678/1709824-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="244" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Watson</figcaption></div>That&rsquo;s not all: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll settle for 185 goals against and 85 in the standings.&rdquo; As far as can be determined, his tongue wasn&rsquo;t stuck in cheek at the time of the declaration. Has the grand plan succeeded?If you&rsquo;ll pardon the simile, it has been as successful as the Belgian Congo Hockey League. But at least Watson has recognized the relative failure. Pay attention, chums, listen to what the master says.&ldquo;I am not pressing my players anymore,&rdquo; he concedes. &ldquo;I HAVE ABANDONED THE POLICY OF QUOTAS. What I&rsquo;m worried about now is keeping those goals against down&rdquo;An onlooker and listener to this bit of history in the making (after all, how often does Watson admit his mistakes?) was Boston coach Milt Schmidt. For a moment, Schmiddy was stunned to the core. Quickly revived, he tossed caution to the winds and hurled a few well-chosen barbs at the New York mentor.&ldquo;Watson was beating his gums,&rdquo; chortled Uncle Miltie, &ldquo;about his quota system last year and at the beginning of this season. Well, he sure has toned down plenty eh, Phil?&rdquo;&ldquo;You,&rdquo; gurgled Watson, &ldquo;have the floor Mr. Sohmidt.&rdquo;&ldquo;Okay.&rdquo; Milt shot hack. &ldquo;You also were the guy. Phil, who stated that the Bruins play tight hockey. Now, that&rsquo;s just what your club is doing.&rdquo;After thoroughly lashing his colleague (verbally) Milt tossed in a few words of praise for Ranger defenseman Lou Fontinato.&ldquo;He is the most improved defenseman on your club.&rdquo; he ventured. &ldquo;Lou has polished up some of his weaknesses, really has come a long way. And, don&rsquo;t forget, Fontinato still makes the other players keep their heads up.&rdquo;Getting back to the extinct quota system, it also brings to mind another statement by Herr Watson in October 1956. &ldquo;I just have to be on my players all the time. I have to be on their necks continually. Otherwise they won&rsquo;t succeed.&rdquo;Apparently that philosophy has gone bye-bye too.Who knows, perhaps the coach has changed. Maybe he&rsquo;s gone soft in his old age. Whatever it is, the new system is working, has been for weeks and, don&rsquo;t kid yourself, these have been crucial days in Rangerville.When the annual hullabaloo is over, observers may say that Watson&rsquo;s metamorphosis was the turning point in New York&rsquo;s gaining a Stanley Cup berth. Rangers have been playing like owners of the hockey universe since chameleon Watson stashed his whip awayIf you don&rsquo;t believe it, we have witnesses. They are the New York hockey writers &hellip; and more important &hellip; the New York Rangers! &#9632;

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Watson Gives Up On Quota System For NY Scorers

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01400/1709869-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="517" height="870"><figcaption class="caption-body">Playoffs?JERRY TOPPAZZINI</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The two ailing members of the Detroit chapter of Boston Bruins are happily on the mend.Jerry Toppazzini is improving rapidly at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital where he&rsquo;has been since Feb. 7 when hurt in a collision with Ted Lindsay.Terry Sawchuk is slowly regaining health at his suburban Detroit home where he has been in semi-conclusion since his stormy resignation Jan. 13.Sawchuk. suffering from loss of weight and shattered nerves, still hasn&rsquo;t decided whether he&rsquo;s an ex-goalie for good. He is holding the door open to playing again some day.&lsquo;I&rsquo;ve gained nine pounds (to 175) since I&rsquo;ve been home and feel better than I have in years,&rdquo; points out the former All Star and Vezina Trophywinning goalie.&lsquo;But my doctor says I need more rest yet.&ldquo;No. I haven&rsquo;t made up my mind about the future. What&rsquo;s the sense in trying to do that until I&rsquo;ve got all my health back again?Sawchuk said his Boston salary stopped the day he left the club and he has taken on a part-time job selling dies, jigs and fixtures for a local engineering concern.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nothing steady? &mdash; in fact the doctor lets me work only three days a week now anyway,&rdquo; he mentioned.Terry said he didn&rsquo;t knew when he could return to the Bruins or &ldquo;if they want me if I can play again&rdquo;. He added that he had not heard from anyone connected with the Bruins in the 39 days since his departure.Boston officials have been keeping close tab, however, on Toppazini, their leading scorer at the time of his injury. They have visited him in the hospital and recently paid the expenses so Jerry&rsquo;s wife and daughter could join him here.Topper is itching to return to skates and is confident that he&rsquo;ll be ready for playoff time.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll get part of this contraption off in a day or so,&rdquo; he said, waving as the complicated wire and plaster headgear required as a result of plastic surgery for his smashed face. Many of the bones of and about, his nose were shattered.&ldquo;They say I&rsquo;ve got to spend several more days here but maybe I can get over to Olympia for some skating or to ride the training room bicycle in the meantime.&rdquo;Jerry said that he lost 19 pounds after the injury but already had gained back five of those.Regarding the injury, since the very day it happened he has made only one reference to it: &ldquo;It was an accident &hellip; just one of those things that happen.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02284/1709862-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="535" height="878"><figcaption class="caption-body">UndecidedTERRY SAWCHUK</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Sawchuk And Toppazzini On The Mend In Detroit

<div class="byline">By DICK PIERCE</div>(As seen in the Detroit Free Press)CHARLOTTE, N.C.&mdash;The electric organ blared &ldquo;Dixie,&rdquo; 10,363 people exhaled an ear-pounding facsimile of the Rebel Yell, and 28 Canadians eyed the nearest exit with nervous apprehension.It was the night of Jan. 30, 1956. the night that strange Yankee game of ice hockey made its debut in this burgeoning metropolis of the mid-South.An accident exposed Charlotte to tile frozen floor game, hut it was no accident that an Eastern League franchise was immediately installed in the city.Southern money, suh, comes off the same presses imprinted with the same portraits as that Yankee green stuff.IN JANUARY of &rsquo;56 a fire destroyed Carlin&rsquo;s Ice Palace, a rundown rink in Baltimore. Carlin&rsquo;s was the home of a rag-tag hockey team known as the Baltimore Clippers.The Clippers were the plaything of a Baltimore contractor named Charlie Rock. His team, skating fifth, wasn&rsquo;t much. All of its equipment was destroyed in the tire and Rock, a hard-headed businessman first and a hockey fancier second had about decided to toss in the puck he used as a paperweight.Then out of the South winged a group of men with an offer. &ldquo;Bring your team to Charlotte for a few games,&rdquo; they said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a brand new 4-million-dollar coliseum, complete with ice, that seats up to 1 3.000. We&rsquo;ve already arranged to borrow dasher boards until we can build our own.&rdquo;Rock agreed to fly to Charlotte and take a look. Strangely, Charlotte was a city of skyscraper (small ones) instead of goateed colonels rockin&rsquo; and reminiscing on plank porches.THE COLISEUM was magnificent&mdash;the second largest domed structure in the world.The Baltimore builder stepped from the plane into the glare of television lights, live microphones, and a jostling horde of newspaper photographers and writers.&ldquo;We will,&rdquo; he stammered, &ldquo;bring our team here for a few games.&rdquo;Uniforms and equipment were borrowed from Hershey of the American League, and the Clippers, wearing &ldquo;Bears&rdquo; across their padded chests, took the ice against New Haven.THE FIRE DEPARTMENT let in 10,363 and then closed the doors. A thousand more were lined up at the ticket windows. Six lanes of traffic were backed up for blocks, and the occupants weren&rsquo;t even allowed out of their cars.&ldquo;Keep moving &hellip; they&rsquo;re full &hellip; no room,&rdquo; shouted an extra batalion of policemen called out for the occasion.Those who did get in saw New Haven slice up the &ldquo;home&rdquo; team, 6-2. hut that didn&rsquo;t matter. They went slightly delirous over the new game. The seven-story-high dome all but lifted from a two - hour bombardment of &ldquo;Whoopee!&rdquo;LOCAL NEWSPAPER sports departments canvassed their scribblers and found that not a single writer had so much as seen an ice hockey game. Consequently, the morning reports were strongly sprinkled with baseball terms.&ldquo;Les Binkley (the goalie) wore so many pads he looked like Mae West catching for the Dodgers,&rdquo; said one.&ldquo;That stick of his was purely educated. He fouled off shots like Luke Appling waiting for a belt-high fastball.&rdquo;BALTIMORE OWNED an inept defenseman with big muscles who came billed as Mike (Dirty Dessie) Desilets. Dirty Dessie couldn&rsquo;t back check worth a hoot &mdash; but he loved to fight.Twice during the game he threw down his gauntlets and clobbered a couple of the New Havens.Young belles swooned, their hot-blooded escorts balled up their fists and started out, to help, and one old gentleman, replete with cane and homberg. sat sedately, and said it for all;&ldquo;Ah don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s going on &hellip; but whatever it is, ah likes it!&rdquo;THE ORPHANED Baltimore team had not only found a home, it had stepped from a shanty into a mansion. It&rsquo;s biggest crowd of the season at Carlin&rsquo;s had ben 2,100, so 10,363 was a bonanza.Four more games were played and the total attendance was 40,000, equal to an entire season in Baltimore. The franchise was moved quicker than a Lighthorse Harry Lee cavalry charge.And Rock, alw&rsquo;ays the businessman. took in a couple of local civic leaders as partners, and heeded the advice of sports writers. &ldquo;We might not know hockey,&rdquo; he was told, &ldquo;but we know athletes. Don&rsquo;t bring that bunch of humpty-dumpties in here next year or you&rsquo;re dead.&rdquo;ROCK AND HIS coach, Andy Brown, scoured Canada&rsquo;s breeding grounds during the summer and came up with a team which has made a shambles of the Eastern League (which includes Philadephia, Washington, New Haven, Johnstown. Pa., and Clinton, N.Y).Was hockey just a passing fad in Dixie? In 27 home games the average attendance is near 5,000. Games with the circuit&rsquo;s two teams who even approach league-leading Charlotte in strength, Philly and New Haven, have averaged nearly 7,000.Spectators for home series are motoring in from Georgia, Tennesse and South Carolina. Folks, whose previous experience with ice was floating a couple of ice cubes or cracking the skin off the mule trough, now greet clever stickwork and passing with knowing applause.The Eastern League is the lowest grade of pro hockey played in the United States, and is a conglomeration of tender youngsters, aging veterans and a middle group who would have to go to work if the league didn&rsquo;t exist.WHAT ABOUT the future of ice hockey in other cities in the cornbread and buttermilk country?Already there&rsquo;s talk of a &ldquo;Southern&rdquo; division of Eastern League, with the North Carolina towns of Winston-Salem and Raleigh investigating prospects.Atlanta Richmond and Norfolk are interested. They&rsquo;ll all wait one more year, however, to see if i he sudden shower of gold in Charlotte will turn into a steady rain.MEANWHILE, Clipper owner Rock commutes between his Baltimore building business and the spinning Charlotte turnstiles. His hockey &ldquo;plaything&rdquo; has been touched by Midas.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll stay in Charlotte forever,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;if they want us.&rdquo;The statement, it might be pointed out, is accompanied by a knowing pat of a bulging hip pocket. &#9632;

‘Ah Don’t Know What It Is, But Ah Like It’

The HOCKEY NEWS salutes Don McKenney, the smooth-working centre of the Boston Bruins&rsquo; most prolific triumvirate of Leo LaBine and Real Chevrefils as the player-of-the-week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05130/1709976-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="270" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don McKenney</figcaption></div>McKenney started out the week by scoring a pair of goals and assisting in another as the Bruins blanked the Chicago Black Hawks, 4-0. Then in their next engagement, he was blanked as the Bruins lost 3-2 to the New York Rangers. But on Sunday, March 3, McKenney was bock in business, scoring twice and picking up as many assists as the Bruins bopped the Montreal Canadiens, 5-2 Those four goals scored by McKenney during the week were his 17th, 18th. 19th and 20th of the season and it boosted his point total to 50.McKenney has also been responsible for the great scoring surge executed by his linemate Chevrefils. &ldquo;Chevvy&rdquo; who was traded to Detroit and then bock to Boston, is having his greatest season in the NHL. He has already reached the 28-goal level and bids fair to hit the 30 mark before the season is over. &#9632;

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Player-of-the-Week

<h2>Handy Andy</h2>When the New York Rangers defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Saturday, March 2, Handy Bathgate set up all three New York goals in the first period.<h2>Some Fight</h2>Leaping Lou Fontinato had him. self a handful when he decided to exchange punches with Boston&rsquo;s Fern Flaman in the first period of the Saturday. March 2 game. It was an even enough battle while it lasted.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02319/1709945-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="569" height="560"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fourth BestANDY BATHGATE</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01352/1709938-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="581" height="244"></div><h2>RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED WEEKENDING MARCH 3, 1957</h2>Wed. Feb. 27&mdash;Chicago 5 at Rangers 6Thurs. Feb. 28&mdash;Cdns 8 at Detroit 0Thurs. Feb. 28&mdash;Chicago 0 at Bos. 4Sat. Mar. 2&mdash;Detroit 1 at Canadiens 5Sat. Mar. 2&mdash;Chicago 4 at Toronto 3Sat. Mar. 2&mdash;Rangers 3 at Boston 2Sun. Mar. 3&mdash;Canadiens 2 at Boston 5Sun. Mar. 3&mdash;Toronto 0 at Chicago 0Sun. Mar. 3&mdash;Detroit 1 at Rangers 1<h2>GAMES SCHEDULED FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 10, 1957</h2>Wed. Mar. 6 &mdash; Canadiens at TorontoThurs. Mar. 7 &mdash; Rangers at ChicagoThurs. Mar. 7 &mdash; Detroit at BostonSat. Mar. 9 &mdash; Chicago at CanadiensSat Mar. 9 &mdash; Rangers at TorontoSat. Mar. 9 &mdash; Detroit at BostonSun. Mar. 10 &mdash; Canadiens at ChicagoSun. Mar. 10 &mdash; Toronto at BostonSun. Mar. 10 &mdash; Detroit at Rangers<h2>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27Chicago 6 at New York 6</h2>Chicago &mdash; Goal: Rollins; defence: Pilote, Vasko, Martin, Cushenan, Mortson; forwards: Litzenberger, Wilson, Watson, Kachur, Mickoski, Kennedy, McIntyre, Skov, Ialande, Ciesla.Rangers &mdash; Goal: Worsley; defence: Gadsby, Howell, Caban, Evans, Fontinato; forwards: Sullivan, Bathgate, Gendron, Hebenton, McDonald, Murphy, Creighton, Prentice, Foley, Popein, Henry, Lewicki.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Chicago: Wilson (Vasko) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 13.052&mdash;New York: Lewicki (Hebenton, Sullivan) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 15.32Penalties: Howell 11.92, Creighton 10,50.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;New York: Henry (Bathgate, Gadsby) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 394&mdash;Chicago: Lalande &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 3.235&mdash;New York: Henry (Murphy, Creighton) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 3.516&mdash;Chicago: Litzenberger (Watson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4.447&mdash;New York: Murphy (Henry, Creighton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8.468&mdash;New York: Bathgate (Popein, Prentice) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 15.45Penalties: Pilote .29, 14.54.<h3>Third Period</h3>9&mdash;Chicago: Litzenberger (Watson, Wilson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; .5210&mdash;Chicago: Lalande (Kachur) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4.4011&mdash;New York: Bathgate (Gadsby, Prentice) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11.0212&mdash;Chicago: Lalande (Ciesla, Kachur) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 15.51Penalty: Evans 12.16.<h2>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28th</h2><h3>Montreal 3 at Detroit 0</h3>Canadiens &mdash; Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, St. Laurent, Johnson, Turner, Talbot; forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Curry, Smrke, Provost, Olmstead, Goyette, Marshall, A. Pronovost.Detroit &mdash; Goal: Hall; defense: Kelly, Arbour, M. Pronovost, Godfrey, Anderson; forwards: Delvecchio, Ferguson. Dineen, Lindsay. Reibel, Howe. Pavelich, Prystai, Dea, Ullman, McNeil. Bucyk.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Canadiens: M. Richard (Harvey, Geoffrion) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19.28Penalties: Kelly 2.18, Geoffrion 3.26, Johnson 5.15, Howe 5.51, Beliveau 8.4G, Howe 8.4G, Moore 11.47, McNeill 14.39, Harvey 15.55, Prystai 18.12, Ferguson 18.47.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Canadiens: M. Richard (Talbot) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 15.233&mdash;Canadiens: Goyette (St. Laurent) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18.38Penalties: Geoffrion 1.09, H. Richard 4.32, Godfrey 4.32, McNeil 8.00, A Pronovost 11.15.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: More 1.32, Geoffrion 14.30.<h2>Chicago 0 at Boston 4</h2>Chicago &mdash; Goal: Rollins; defense: Vasko, Mortson, Pilote, Martin, Cushenhan; forwards: Watson, Litzenberger, Wilson, Mickoski, Skov. McIntyre, Lalande, Ciesla, Kachur, Kennedy.Boston &mdash; Goal: Simmons; defense: Flamman, Mohns, Boivin, Armstrong, Stanley; forwards: McKenney, Labine, Chevrefils, Gardner. Peirson, Stasiuk, Regan, Beckett, Mackell, Caffery.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Boston: Stanley (Peirson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4.22Penalties: Lalande, Stasiuk 4.11, Mvrtson 9.33.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Boston: McKenney (Chevrefils, Mohns) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8.59Penalties: Mackell 8.31, Armstrong 14.18, Pilote 18.16, Mortson 19.57.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Boston: McKenney (Labine, Stanley) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1.454&mdash;Boston: Chevrefils (McKenney, Stanley) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12.12Penalties: Mohns, Pilote 14.46.<h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1957Detroit 1 at Montreal 5</h2>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Kelly, Arbour. M. Pronovost, Godfrayv Anderson; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, Lindsay, Reibel, Prystai, Ferguson, Ullman, Dineen, Dea, Pavelioh, McNeill, Bucyk.Montreal &mdash; Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, St. Laurent, Johnson, Talbot, Turner; forwards: Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore. Marshall, Provost, A. Pronovost, Goyette, Curry, Smrke.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Harvey 7.55, 16.16, Pavelich 10.56, Ferguson 12.88, Geoffrion 14.49.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Mon treal; Olmstead (Beliveau, Geoffrion) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; .892&mdash;Montreal: St. Laurent (Olmstead, Provost) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8.28Penalties: Pavelich (major) 3.25, Johnson (major) 3.25, Ullman (major) 12.42, St. Laurent (major) 12.42, Dineen 3.42, Arbour 7.20, M. Pronovost 18.50, Beliveau 18,50.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Detroit: Dea (Howe, Lindsay) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12.534&mdash;Montreal: M. Richard &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 13.025&mdash;Montreal: Beliveau &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 17.046&mdash;Montreal: Moore (M. Richard, H. Richard) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18.19Penalties: Olmstead 3.24, Godfrey 7.00. A. Pronovost 7.00, Howe 8.00, Lindsay 8.19, Geoffrion 3.19, Talbot 11.31.<h2>New York 3 at Bost on 2</h2>New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley, defense: Gadsby, Fontinato, Howell, Evans, Gahan: forwards: Popein, Bathgate, Prentice, Creighton, Henry, Lewicki, Murphy, Hebenton. Sullivan, Gendron, Foley, MacDonald.Boston &mdash; Goal: Simmons; defence: Flaman, Mohns, Boivin, Armstrong, Stanley; forwards: McKenney, Labine, Vhevrefils, Gardner, Peirson, Stasiuk, Regan, Beckett, Mackell, Caffery.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;New York: Popein (Bathgate, Prentice) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; .842&mdash;New York: Murphy (Bathgate, Henry) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4.273&mdash;New York; Caban (Bathgate) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11.50Penalties: Boivin 3.14, La-bine 5.44, Flaman major 5.33, Fontinato major 5.33, Murphy 5.44, Stasiuk 13.37, Evans 17.10.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Boston: Mackell (Flaman) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8.455&mdash;Boston: Regan (Mackell. Becket) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18.32Penalties: Gadsby 4.42, Gardner 8.40, Mohns 12.31, Murphy 19.04.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Mackell 2.05, Stasiuk 19.12, Bathgate 19.12.<h2>Chicago 4 at Toronto 3</h2>Chicago &mdash; Goal: Rollins; defense: Pilote, Vasko. Mortson, Cushenan, Martin; forwards: Litzenberger, Nesterenko. Wilson, Watson, Kachud, F. Kennedy. Mickoski, McIntyre, Skov, Lalande, Ciesla.Toronto &mdash; Goal: Chadwick; defense: Baun. Reau me, MacNeil, Thomson, Morrison; forwards, T. Kennedy, Stewart, James. Duff, Brian Cullen. Barry Cullen. Pulford.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Toronto: Migay (Duff) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8.292&mdash;Chicago: Vasko (Wilson. Litzenberger) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 10.42Penalties: Ciesla 3.17, Pilote (major), Migay (major and minor) 3.48, James 9.29. Nesterenko, Reaume 14.19, Mortson 15.18, F. Kennedy 19.17.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Chicago: Nesterenko (Litzenberger) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 2.114&mdash;Toronto; Horton (Migay, Thomson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18.57Penalties: Nesterenko 7.53, Mortson, Baun 17.59.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Chicago: Kachur (Lalande, Mortson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4.446&mdash;Chicago: Mortson &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 15.397&mdash;Toronto: Stewart (Kennedy, Reaume) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18.14Penalties: Stewart 1.35. Pilote 16.38, Nesterenko 19.22.<h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 3rd</h2><h3>Detroit 1 at New York 1</h3>Detroit &mdash; Goal: Hall; defense: Arbour, Kelly, Pronovost, Godfrey. Anderson: forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, Lindsay, Reibel, Prystai, Ferguson. Dea, Ullman, Dineen, McNeill, Bucyk, Pavelich.New York &mdash; Goal: Worsley; defense: Gadsby, Fontinato. Evans, Cahan, Howell: forwards: Popein, Bathate, Prentice, Sullivan, Hebenton, Lewici Creighton, Henry, Murphy, Gendron, MacDonald.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Gadsby 4.30, Bucyk 10.00, Evans 12.29.<h3>Second Period</h3>Scoring: NonePenalty: Fontinato 5.48.<h3>Third Period</h3>1&mdash;New York: Hebenton &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4.112&mdash;Detroit Howe (Lindsay Ullman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.52Penalties: Ferguson 2.54, misconduct to Detroit bench (served by McNeill), Cahao 7.24.<h2>Toronto 0 at Chicago 0</h2>Toronto &mdash; Goal: Chadwick: defense: Thomson. Mot risen. MacNeil. Haun, Jteaume; forwards: Sloan, Armstrong. Duff. T. Kennedy, Smith, Stewart, Brian Cullen. Barry Cullen, Pulford, James. Migay, Horton.Chicago &mdash; Goal: Rollins: defense: Pilote, Vasko, Mortson, Cushenan, Martin: forwards: Skov, Mikoski, Watson, Tatrenbeiffer, Nesterenko, Wilson, Kachur, McIntyre, Lalande, Ciesla, F. Kennedy.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: McNeil 5.54, Mortson 9.25, Pilote 10.25, Mortson 16.53. Horton 16.53, Armstrong 19.30, Mortson (2) 19.30.<h3>Second Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Ciesla 10.12, Baun 14.14, Resume 19.52.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Litzenberger 6.20, Resume 6.20, T. Kennedy (2) one a major 7.53, Skov (2) one a major 7.53.<h2>Montreal 2 at Boston 5</h2>Montreal &mdash; Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, St. Laurent, Talbot, Johnson, Turner; forwards: Beliveau. Geoffrion, H. instead, H. Richard. M. Richard, Moore, Marshall, Provost, Pronovost, Goyette, Curry, Smrke.Boston &mdash; Goal: Simmons: defense: Armstrong, Stanley, Flaman, Mohns, Boivin; forwards: Regan, Beckett, Mackelf, McKenney, Labine, Chevrefils, Gardner, Peirsen, Stasiuk. Caffery.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Boston: McKenney (Labine, Mackell) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 5.112&mdash;Boston: McKenney (Labine, Mohns) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11.42Penalties: St. Laurent 3.14. Harvey 4.34. Olmstead 8.54, Armstrong 8.54, Caffery 4.54, Talbot 12.21, Mohns 12.21, Boivin 13.27, Mackell 15.33, Talbot 19.14<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Boston: chevrefits (McKenney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.584&mdash;Boston: Mackell (Stanley) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16.58Penalty: Boivin 16.08.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Montreal: Beliveau (Geoffrion) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; .086&mdash;Montreal: Pronovost (Goyyette, Provost)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.247&mdash;Boston; Chev refils (McKenney, Labine) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1.54Penalties: St. Laucent 9.23, M. Richard 15.39.<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03246/1709931-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="587" height="3663"></div><h2>RECORDS OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1956-57</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04188/1709924-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="579" height="454"></div><h2>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h2>DETROIT&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;598CHICAGO&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;694TORONTO&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;729RANGERS&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;772CANADIENS&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;775BOSTON&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;887 &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01385/1710014-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Mask He didn&rsquo;t Wear&hellip;JIMMY MOORE AND THE MASK</figcaption></div>CLEVELAND. Ohio.&mdash;One of hockey&rsquo;s strangest stories of the season will have to be the saga of Jimmy Moore and how he played three great starring roles in a tremendous true life drama.He was cast in a sudden, odd twist of fate into the roles of guinea pig, victim and hero.Now Jimmy, among other reasons, is well known on both sides of the Canadian border as the older brother of the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; Dickie Moore.He is also known as a fellow with a pleasing smile and the charming manners of a real true southern gentleman (with certain exceptions during hockey battles).In recent months his fame has spread rapidly as the brilliant center of the Barons&rsquo; sparkling GEIM line (Glover, Elik. Moore).But getting back to Moore, the guinea pig.The Cleveland News wanted a picture of a hockey player wearing a mask in order to illustrate the kind of protection now available to players.A specially designed mask, manufactured by a Dr. Marietta of Dallas, Tex., was obtained.It just so happened that when the photographer from The News arrived to take the picture of the player and the mask, the only player available was Jimmy Moore.So Moore was posed with the mask.During the course of the interview concerning the wearing of masks by hockey players. Moore made it quite clear that he had no use for protective masks.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had some 60 stitches in my face to hold by profile together.&rdquo; he declared, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;d rather get another 60 than be made to wear one of those things.&rdquo;&ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong with a mask?&rdquo; Moore was asked.&ldquo;They cut down the vision,&rdquo; retorted Moore.&ldquo;Besides,&rdquo; he added, &ldquo;they hold the sweat in and make you too uncomfortable.&rdquo;&ldquo;Better to let the sweat, stay in than allow the blood to run out,&rdquo; it was suggested to the blond-thatohed native of Montreal.&ldquo;Players just won&rsquo;t wear them.&rdquo; Jimmy persisted.&ldquo;Could it be that they are just afraid of being called &lsquo;chicken&rsquo;?&rdquo; Moore was asked.&ldquo;It could be&rdquo; he replied, &ldquo;that, you would take some ribbing from players. They love to needle you for something like that.&rdquo;&ldquo;What if hockey made it mandatory to wear a mask, what then?&rdquo; Moore was asked.&ldquo;It would probably rain the game,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;a. player couldn&rsquo;t do his best wearing a gadget like that.&rdquo;Exit, Moore, the guinea pig.And now for Moore, the victim.Less than 18 hours later, during the first minute of a Cleveland Barons&rsquo; scrimmage at the Cleveland Arena. Moore was smashed in the face by a stick and suffered a broken nose and a battered eye.He was leading a rush along with his linemates. Freddy (No Kid) Glover and Boris (Blazing Bo) Elik when the blade of Kenny Hayden&rsquo;s stick accidentally crashed upward into his face.It took four stitches to close the nose wound but the nose itself was pushed far to one side.Exit. Moore, the victim.And now for Moore, the hero.It was 48 hours later back at the Cleveland Arena before the largest crowd in several seasons &mdash; nearly 10,000 &mdash; with the Barons face-to-face with the top dog Providence Reds.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02321/1710007-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1126" height="1425"><figcaption class="caption-body">&hellip;The Damage Under RepairTRAINER HOMENUK AT WORK</figcaption></div>The Reds, leaders of the American Hockey League with a three-game bulge on the third-place Barons, and backed up by the fabulous magic of Johnny (China Wall) Bower in the nets.The tension was chilling. This was a big one. The sports minded populace of Cleveland sensed it. That&rsquo;s why they were there in record numbers.It was like two fighters, cautious from the opening bell, knowing full well the latent power ready to explode at the first false move.They sparred cautiously No score in the first period.They went Out for the second. Still the sparring continued.One rush by the Reds, another in ceunterplay by the Barons.Thirty minutes elapsed. 35, 40, still no score, 45 minutes. A brilliant save by the Barons&rsquo; Marcel Faille.At 16:27 of the second period 10,000 fans leaped to their feet in a single motion, 10,000 voices screamed out a monstrous cheer.Jimmy Moore had ripped in over the Reds&rsquo; blueline, darted around the big Red defenders took a combination of passes from Glover and Elik, and planted the little black biscuit smack in the webbing.Moore, broken nose, blacked and bruised eye, disdaining the special mask flown in from Dallas. Tex., which had arrived in the second period, wearing nothing more than a hunk of tape over his injury, had sunk the goal that won the game.Exit, Moors, the hero.Hayden added another score in the third but it was Moore who won the game and jammed the Barons to within two games of the league lead.It was a strange and stirring saga for James Anthony Moore, the guinea pig, victim and hero. &#9632;

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Protective Face Mask Shunned By Moore

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio&mdash;For James C. Hendy, supreme commander of the Cleveland Barons, to part with a dime cash to obtain a hockey player is headline news.But for Hendy, the master trader, manipulator and magician in player swaps, to come up with $15,000 in long green to purchase a couple of stick-toting ice skaters was nearly unbeleiveableSo when he did this very thing last summer the first question put to him was:&ldquo;Did you get Howe and Lindsay?&rdquo;Needless to say Hendy didn&rsquo;t get Howe and Lindsay. Nor did he get Doug Harvey or Vic Stasiuk.What he did get was a couple of fellows named Moore and Shvetz.,He drafted Bill Shvetz from Calgary of the Western League and drafted Jimmy Moore from Chicoutimi of the Quebec League.And if ever $15,000 was spent better, Cleveland fans would like to know about it.Moore and Shvetz have been major weapons in the Barons&rsquo; rush to the front, a rush that, carried them in 47 games from fifth place in the American Hockey League to first place.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03251/1710076-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="277" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Shveti</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04190/1710069-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="285" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jimmy Moore</figcaption></div>Moore, the elder brother of the Montreal Canadians&rsquo; Dickie, a star in his own right, has been the sensational balance wheel of the Barons&rsquo; great GEM Line of Fred Glover, Bo Elik and Moore.After 51 games he had scored 21 goals and assisted on 56 more. He was second in the league in scoring, trailing only his linemate, Fred (No Kid) Glover.He was league leader in assists by a city block.He was a workhorse under pressure and a devil in the corners.When Moore replaced Playing-coach Jackie Gordon on the first line there was much concern and there were many who doubted the wisdom of the switch.But Moore caught hold at once. Together with the veteran Glover and the rookie Elik he welded what is generally considered to be the best forward platoon in the league.And although he is a seasoned veteran of nine years in professional hockey, Moore is only 27.And as for Shvetz, known familiarly now as &ldquo;The Destroyer&rdquo;. Hendy again got dividends on big investment.The 26-year-old rock-hard left wing needed only one rip found the circuit to establish himself as one not be toyed with.Shvetz has been the blackjack for the Barony jet-propelled, kid line which includes Gordon Vejprava and rookie Danny Poliziani.He rates as one of the heaviest bitters to wear the Cleveland colors in many seasons.He delights in cruising about in the manner of a threatening war Ship looking for somebody io sink.Virtually without emotion, Shvetz will take a Mow as easily as he gives one.His expression never changes but his bone-rattling bodychecks have contorted the features of many of the Barons&rsquo; opponents.It&rsquo;s generally accepted in the Cleveland camp that the fleet Vejprava and Poliziani would have been seriously slowed up by this time if it were not for the big bumper who rides shotgun on their left side.So Hendy, who took the deep plunge (for Hendy) by shelling out cold cash lost might have bought himself a league title.If it works out that way, it will a bargain that could not have been duplicated even in Maov&rsquo;s Basement. &#9632;

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Hendy Got Bargain Of Year In Deal For Moore, Shvetz

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;When the American Hockey League All-Star team is named for the 1956-57 season, don&rsquo;t be surprised if &ldquo;ancient&rdquo; Tom Williams of the Rochester Amerks is on either the first or second team.The bespectacled Williams looks like an insurance salesman or bank clerk when you see him walking down the street. The mild-mannered, conservative Williams just doesn&rsquo;t look like a hockey player.But when he has control of the puck and several big forwards from the opposing team come crashing in on him, very often they don&rsquo;t look touch like hockey players when Red is through with them.He spins this way, turns this way. shifts, slides, and leaves the forwards mumbling to themselves as he passes the puck to one of his own teammates from an apparently impossible angle.Williams, at 33, has proved invaluable on defense for the Rochester Americans. He&rsquo;s missed only one game, and has spent less than 25 minutes in the penalty box in 57 games&mdash;something of an oddity for a defenseman.Lack of a good shot has been the only thing that so kept Tommy out of the National League. Red hasn&rsquo;t lit the light yet this season and has just 4 assists. With Cleveland last year, Tommy had 0 goals and 15 assists.Williams turned professional in 1946 and spent two and a half campaigns with Minneapolis in the United States Hockey League before joining the Cleveland Barons for seven and a halt seasons.In his 11 seasons as a professional, Williams has tallied only 23 goals. But ask any coach he&rsquo;s ever played for just how valuable a man Tommy is to have on a team.He&rsquo;s the leading candidate for a special Most Popular Rochester American award to be made at the end of the season. The fans have been voting all season, and Williams is rumored to be out in front.Coach Billy Reay is counting on the 5-10, 166-pounder for next season too. As a farm club of both Toronto and Montreal, there probably will be many changes on the Amerks&rsquo; roster when the fall training camp opens. But Reay knows that one Tommy (Red) Williams will be back, and will be in there with everything he&rsquo;s got.ICICLES&mdash;Gilles Boisvert, recently acquired as a spare goalie for the Americans, saw his first action in an exhibition game against the Clinton Comets of the Eastern League. And Gilles, despite the long lay-off, came up with a 4-1 triumph,By the time this reaches print, Reay will have used 31 different players in his lineup. Bob Duncan, defenseman from the Montreal Royals, is the latest to don the star spangled uniform. He was sent to Rochester when the Montreal Canadians recalled Bob Turner, another defenseman.Earl Balfour set an individual high for himself here Sunday, Feb. 24, when he potted two goals to lead the 4-1 win over Cleveland. They were Earl&rsquo;s 17th and 18th goals of the season. His best previous effort in the goal department was 17 with Pittsburgh two seasons ago. Incidentally, Balfour collected six goals in a four-game span to lead the Americans&rsquo; recent surge.As this is written. Rochester is tied for second place in the AHL standings&mdash;the highest spot the Amerks have held all season. &#9632;

Amerks’ Tom Williams Playing Best Hockey Of Checkered Career

<h2>Superstitious</h2>Athletes have long been noted for their odd superstitions, ond one of the strangest is that of little Bobby Perreault, goaltender for Rochester. As soon as there is a lull in ploy, he removes his glove ond kisses the ring finger on his left hand.<h2>New Pact</h2>The success of American League hockey in its new city of Rochester, wos climaxed for the season, with the recent signing of a new long term agreement. The Americans signed a five-year pact with the Montreal ond Toronto.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01370/1710128-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="583" height="252"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27Buffalo 5 at Springfield 8</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Springfield: Pidhirny (Slowineki, Hollingsworth)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7.412&mdash;Buffalo: Bettio. (Blaine, Wharram)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8.48Penalties: Hueul 4.01, Carter 7.69jBicnda 19.03.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Buffalo: Blaine (Wilson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.314&mdash;Spring field: Slowinski (Pidhirny, Hollingsworth)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13.425&mdash;Springfield: J. Anderson (Bionda, Sabourin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15.40Penalties: Bouchard 10.40, Celliens 39.19.<h3>Third Period</h3>6&mdash;Springfield: Boone (Bionda, Ehman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2.547&mdash;Buffalo: Wharram (Bettio, Wilson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.128&mdash;Springfield: Sabourin (McCord, Anderson&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.509&mdash;Buffalo: Bettio (Wharram) &hellip; 10.0110&mdash;Springfield: Boone (Bailey, Ehman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13.5911&mdash;Springfield: Boone (Bailey, Collins)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15.3012&mdash;Springfield: Slowinski (Pidbirny)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.2513&mdash;Buffalo: Bettio (Wharram, Sullivan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19.33Penalties: McCord 3.45, Collins 8.36, Sullivan 10.40.<h2>FRIDAY, MARCH 1Providence 0 at Rochester 4</h2><h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Branigan .41, McAvoy 1.51, Langlois 2.03, Robertson 2.37, Robertson, Harris both majors 12.37, Guidelin, Balfour 12.37.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Rochester: Balfour (Harris. Langlois)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;F142&mdash;Rochester; Balfour (MacPherson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7.193&mdash;Rochester: Mazur (MacPherson, Masnick)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10.54Penalties: Masnick 3.41, Folk 10.26. Nyeoluk 12.35. Hannigan 17.04.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Rochester: Hannigan (Mazur. Langlois)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.41Penalties: Irwin, Aldcorn 11.44.<h2>SATURDAY. MARCH 2Rochester 3 nt Hershey 1</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Rochester: Horvath (Masnick. Mazur)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1.362&mdash;Hershey: Marshal (Zeidel, Fisher)&hellip;&hellip;17.36Penalties: O&rsquo;Brien .37, Davis 3.06, McPherson 11.22. Balfour 12.17.<h3>Second Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: None.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Rechester: Lund (McDonald)&hellip;&hellip;1.014&mdash;Rochester; Langlois)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19.43Penalty: Masnick 19.00.<h2>Buffalo 3 at Providence 3</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo: Bettio (Blaine, Wharram)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.052&mdash;Buffalo: Wharram (Bettio)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.13Penalties: Robertson 4.59, Blaine 6.ll, laiwin 12.42.<h2>Second Period</h2>3&mdash;Providence: Guidolin (Branigan, Robertson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11.51Penalties: Blaine 1.18, Davies 5.24, Hocoi 10.10, Robertson 1.68, Bartlett, snejer, minor. Ward, major 17.37.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Providence: Davies (Cline, Bartlett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2.525&mdash;Buffalo: Hassard (C. Blair)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8.366&mdash;Providence: Cyr (Davies, Robertson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.04Penalties: Brenigan 10.15.<h3>Overtime Pertod</h3>Scoring: None,Penalties: None.<h2>Cleveland 6 at Springfield 5</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Springfield: Bailey (Boone, Ehman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1.182&mdash;Cleveland: Glovear (Moore, MacQueen)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1.473&mdash;Cleveland: MacQueen (Moore, Glover)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.314&mdash;Springfield: Collins (Pidhirny, Slowinokl)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13.395&mdash;Springfield: Sabowrin (Sohinkel Anderson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.39Penalties: Pidtowny 2.00, Ingram 2,52. Geogan, Collins 16.30, Bourassa, Anderson I8.30.<h3>Second Period</h3>6&mdash;Springfield: Ehman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;857&mdash;Cleveland: MacQueen (Moore, Glover)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2.168&mdash;Cleveland: Goegon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6.30.Penalties: Ingram 6.47, 10.58 Collins 18.40, Bionda 17.25.<h3>Third Period</h3>9&mdash;Cleveland: MacQueen (Glover. Moore)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3.0710&mdash;Springfield: Boone (Bailey, Ehman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6.18Penalties: McCord 2.44, Bouchard 9.28, Hollingsworth 12.03, Vejprava, Bionda 16.45.<h3>Overtime Period</h3>11&mdash;Cleveland: McLelian (Gordon, Hayden)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5 30Penalties: None.<h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 3Starkagtield 6 at Buffalo 8</h2><h3>First Ferrod</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo: Wilson (Hucul. Conaeher)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.182&mdash;Buffalo: C. Blair (Jankoweki. Hassard)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.073&mdash;Buffalo: Bettio (Wharram)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10.244&mdash;Springfield: Ehman (Bionda)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13.105&mdash;Springfield: Pidhirny (Colling)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15.296&mdash;Buffalo: Wharram (Blaine, Sullivan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16.587&mdash;Springfield: Ehrnan (Boone, Bailey)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.05Penalty: Bettio 8.30, Blaine 17.38.<h3>Second Period</h3>8&mdash;Springfield: Slowkuski&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3.139&mdash;Buffalo: Blaine (Conacher, Wilson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.5610&mdash;Buffalo: Sleaver (Cohacher, Wilson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15.5911&mdash;Buffalo: Bettio&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.16Penalties: Ward 6.10. McCord 9.36. Bouchard 11.08. Hucul 19.59.<h3>Third Period</h3>12&mdash;Springfield: McCord (Boone)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2.0113&mdash;Buffalo: Hassard (Jankowski, Sullivan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.0114&mdash;Springfield: Hollingsworth (Schinkel)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12.34Penalties: None.<h2>Hershey 2 at Rocheeter 3</h2><h3>Flrot Period</h3>1&mdash;Hershey: Panagabko (Davia)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.20Penalties: Zeidel 57. Minor, misconduct 5.20. Cherry 7.44. Price 18.40.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Rochester: Masnick (MacDonald, Langlois)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2.563&mdash;Hershey: Kullman (Smith. Duff)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.504&mdash;Rochester: Masnick (McDonald, Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15.54Penalties; MacPhereon 7.02, Mazur, Zeidel, minors, game miseonuots, 17.02. Fisher 19.10.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Rochester: Lund (MacDonald,. Masnick)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2.40Penalties: Macpherson 4.27, Marshall minor, game mioeanuct 11.40, Cherry 14.47.<h2>Cleveland 3 at Providence 4</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Providence: Larivee (Guidolin, Toppazzini)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7.362&mdash;Providence: Guidolin (Bialr)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.023&mdash;Cleveland: McLelian (Gordon, Hayden)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.33Penalties: Kraftcheck .26, 12.17, 18.12, Robertson 4.17, McAvoy 8.00, Davies 10.55, Stearns 13.37, Guidolin 12.47, McLellan 13.25, Bourassas 13.45.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Cleveland: Vejprava (Bourassa)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6.935&mdash;Cleveland: Vejprava (Poliziani)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6.306&mdash;Providence: Cyr (Cline. Irwin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7.24Penalties: Irwin 3.11. Guidolin 13.45, Policianl 16.37, Shvetz 17.35.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Shvetz, Robertson. Bower (served by Lamoureux), Davies (miec) Moore, Bartlett<h3>Overtime Period</h3>7&mdash;Providence: Bartlett (McAvoy)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1.00Penalties: None.THE POINT PARADE<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02348/1710121-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="580" height="664"></div><h2>LEADERS</h2>Most Goals &mdash; Paul Larjvee, Providence. 40Most Assists &mdash; Jimming Moore, Cley. 62.Best Goalie &mdash; Johnny Boyer, Prev 32, 127, 3, 2.44.Most Shotours &mdash; Mareel Paillie, Cley 5.Most Penalized Players &mdash; Larry Zeidel Hershey, 201Most Penalized Team &mdash; Hershey, 925<h2>GOAlKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03300/1710114-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="582" height="446"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04257/1710107-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="1717" height="1608"><figcaption class="caption-body">PROVIDENCE&rsquo;S BILL FOLK appears to have a half-nelson in reverse on Cleveland&rsquo;s Buddy Boone as the Red rearguard moves in to give goalie Johnny Bovver ample protection during a skirmish in front of the Providence goal.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">AL HOOPER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01384/1710183-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Small, Smart SniperVANCOUVER&rsquo;S WIGGIE WYLIE</figcaption></div>VANCOUVER, E.C.&mdash;Whenever a midget succeeds in hockey such odious phrases as &ldquo;pound-for-pound&rdquo; and &ldquo;best little man&rdquo; adorn his presence like weeds in a violet patch.But William Vance (Wiggie) Wylie wants none of that.Now surviving his fifth season with Vancouver&rsquo;s Western League Canucks, he will rest on his merits&mdash;not his 143 pounds.You seldom hear Wiggie refer to his size. Neither do Canucks. They know if be were bigger he might be even better&mdash;but he wouldn&rsquo;t be here.For all these seasons Wiggle Wylie has been&rsquo;a kind of representative character. He&rsquo;s the David in Goliath country. He&rsquo;s the man of skill and refined finesse pitting his wits against, a superior force.And in a battle of wits. Wiggie makes many opponents seem half-armed.Sure, they sometimes find the equalizer.The number of times he has been hit squarely is almost none. There are other times. Along the boards or in a pileup. In the corners or behind the net.As a centre Wiggie diffuses his excellence. Besides a flawless passing touch he has a fore-checking sense second to few.A guy his size could avoid the corners and other bone-bending booby-traps and no questions asked. But just as he seldom mentions his size, he never avoids the corners.And so in seven professional winters Wylie has never played a full schedule. The closest he came was in &rsquo;51-52. He was with Cincinnati of the American League and missed only two games. That left him time for 21 goals and 53 points.Once he was asked why it was he had never been so lucky in the Western League. Only last year he was minced into the end-boards almost permanently. After the whistle, of course. But still he was out for 21 games.&ldquo;Old age, maybe?&rdquo; Wiggie replied. The glint in the blue eyes under the careless brown hair made him look more than ever like a Boy Scout who had got lost.It was pointed out that he would have to do better than that. He&rsquo;s 29, and while there is only five-feet-six of him, it is all the more reason why he won&rsquo;t get tired carrying it around. Try again.&ldquo;Maybe,&rdquo; he said soberly, &ldquo;the corners are smaldlr.&rdquo;Whatever it is he seems to have solved it. This year he hasn&rsquo;t missed a game.Those other games were missed for reasons. Few as they wer esome seasons, not once were they inflicted by a clean check.Last year it was a charge.The year before a knee (14 games).The year before that&mdash;something similar (16 games).And not once were his post-injury sentiments tinged with malice. For a guy who gives it 109 per cent at all times, Wiggie wastes very little air afterward.&ldquo;Looks like I&rsquo;m out two weeks,&rdquo; he said fretfully after one injury. It&rsquo;s always two weeks with Wylie. The prospect of sitting out longer would give him the jumping Nellies.It&rsquo;s always longer than two weeks, because he moves with to much reckless sweep and abandon to be injured lightly. But when he comes back he&rsquo;s the same old Wiggie. Making plays. Breaking up others. Killing penalties. If every penalty he had killed personally were laid end to end&hellip;And when he goes home to Galt., Ont., he doesn&rsquo;t really know about next year. He wants to see his wife and little daughters and it&rsquo;s been a long winter. But it&rsquo;s a longer summer, after the first two weeks.And if he tried to quit, Canuck would fight it. Didn&rsquo;t he win the big one for &rsquo;em at Edmonton on their final Prairie trip? It was 6-2. Wiggie set up three goals.The next night, though, fate closed in. Calgary led 5-3 after two periods and was headed home.Wylie had passed for one Vancouver goal and now, early in the third, he passed for another. And another. Hey&mdash;all tied up: 5-5 for everybody.If Calgary was through, Wiggie Wylie wasn&rsquo;t.He dug another puck from a face-off&mdash;he does it all the time. This one was the 6-5 winner. And for laughs&mdash;and his fifth assist of the night&mdash;he set up the 7-5 clincher.At the time it seemed enough to put Canucks in the playoffs (&ldquo;Where&rsquo;s Wylie? Hey, you crazy flump. D&rsquo;you know you got eight assists in two games?&rdquo;).Mst days, nobody else mentions Wiggle&rsquo;s si&rsquo;e, either. &#9632;

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Wiggie Rests On Hockey Merits Not Lack Of Poundage In WHL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01383/1710242-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">New WHL Penalty KingROYALS&rsquo; PETE DURHAM 156 Minutes in the Cooler</figcaption></div><h2>600 Points</h2>Bobby Love of New Westminter needs one more point for 600 in WHL, ploy the first pfoyet to reach this figure. This is the ninth season he is in the WHL.<h2>Streak Stopped</h2>Guyle Fielder of Seattle scored one or more points in sixteen consecutive games before Vancouver collared him last February 16. Vancouver was the last team to keep him off the score sheet they blanked him in Vancouver January 4th.<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02340/1710235-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="597" height="470"></div><h2>FORTHCOMING GAMES</h2>Monday February 18 Brandon at Victoria Calgary at VancouverTuesday February 19 Calgary at VancouverWednesday February 20 Brandon at Seattle Calgary at New WestminsterFriday February 22 Calgary at Victoria Brandon at Vancouver Winnipeg at EdmontonSaturday February 23 Calgary at Seattle Brandon at New Westminster Edmontin at WinnipegMonday February 25 Vancouver at Victoria<h2>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12Edmonton 2 at Vancouver 2</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Vancouver: McLeod (Kaiser, Wylie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6.492&mdash;Edmonton: Poile (Leswick)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.21Penalties: McCarthy, Leswick, Hudson, Lunde, Roggeveen, Brown, Currie.<h3>Second Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties; Burton, Kaiser, Menyk, McCarthy (misconduct).<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Vancouver: Lamoureux (Pennell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.554&mdash;Edmonton: Melnyk (MacFarland)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.25Penalties: McCarthy (minor and major), Syverson (major).<h3>Overtime Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: McCarthy (misconduct).<h2>New Westminster 2 at Winnipeg 4</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;New Westmineter: Durham&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7,442&mdash;Winnipeg: Ingarfleld (Pedahl, Hannigan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10.243&mdash;New Westminster: Goodwin (Schmauls)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19.44Panelty: Hannigan.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Winnipeg: Ingarfield (Price)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15.00Penalties: Schmautz, Shero.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Winnipeg: Van Tmpe&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10.246&mdash;Winnipeg: Mosienko (Burchell, Burega)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.39penalties: None.<h2>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13Edmonton 3 at Seattle 4</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Seattle: Lea (Dorohoy, Kuzma)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3.002&mdash;Edmonton: Homes (Melnyk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10.153&mdash;Edmonton: McFarland (unassisted)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15.304&mdash;Seattle: Kuzma (Dorohoy, Lea)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.51Penalties: Hillman 4.10, Bradley 8.10.<h3>Serood Period</h3>5&mdash;Seattle: Hart (Dorohoy)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13.346&mdash;Edmonton: McCreery (Burton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.34Penalty: McFarland 1.30, Hillman 8.34, Hoimes 3.34, Creighto 3.34, Hillman 9.43, Kuzma 9.43, Hillman 14.49.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Seattle: Kinssewleh (Fielder, Wright)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.21Penalties: Sinclair 10.42, Holmes 15.56, DorohOy 15.56, Coflin 15.56, Sayes: Francis 15.9-9.33; Hjggin 88-5&mdash;21.<h2>New Westminster 4 at Brandon 2</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;New Westminster: Hrymnak (Roberge)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7.302&mdash;Biandon: Yanorik (Lynn)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13.183&mdash;New Westminster: Fashbwey (Hrymak)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16.37Penalties: Chrystal 15.30, Lynn 10-min, misc 19.56.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Brandon: Yanosik (Raleigh, Manson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12.225&mdash;New Westminster: Roberge (Love)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.226&mdash;New Westminster: Fashoway (Love)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.307&mdash;Brandon: Manson&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.23Penalty: Durham 4.13.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: Kukulowicz 13.14.<h2>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15Edmonton 1 at Victoria 2</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Edmonton: Holmes (McCarthy, Strate)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1.18Penalties: Coateno 12.56, Heinrjeh 18.30.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Victoria: Carmichael (Haworth, Anderson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12.30Penalties: McCarthy 1.36, Hillman 3.38, Kilburn 3.38, Hay 11.20, 15.18.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Victoria: Chiupka (Haworth, Carmichael)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.45Penalties: Davidson 6.05. Holmes 6.05, Anderson (misconduct) 16.32.<h2>Calgary 3 at Winnipeg 4</h2><h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: Ross 8.35.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Calgarv: Scott&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6.092&mdash;Winnipeg: Burchell (Hoekstra, Price)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8.043&mdash;Winnipeg: Van Tmpe (Ford, Hoekstra)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.404&mdash;Winnipeg: Van Tmpe&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13.46Penalty: Kortje 12.46.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Winnipeg: Van Tmpe (Hoekstra, Burega)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13.336&mdash;Calgary: Duke (Ross, Marcetta)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.057&mdash;Calgary: Marcetta (Duke, Ross)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.54Penalties: Ashworth 6.47, Marcetta 18.21, Ingarfield 19.21.<h2>Seattle 4 at aVncouver 3</h2><h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: Keller 13.27.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Seattle: Bradley (Filian)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8.012&mdash;Vancouver: Maloney (Hudson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11.08Penalties: Creighton 8.36. Dorohoy 16.48, Currie 16.48, Hudson 19.12.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Vancouver: Johnson (Maloney, Currie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2.384&mdash;Vancouver: Brown (Maloney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3.115&mdash;Seattie: Kinasewich (Fonieyne, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16.116&mdash;Seattle: Kinasewich (Fielder, Fonteyne)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.34Penalties: Creighton 9.14, Kinasewich and Kaiser 19.46.<h3>Overtime Period</h3>7&mdash;Seattle: Fonieyne (Kinasewich, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3.09Penalties: None.<h2>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16Vancouver 3 at Seattle 1</h2><h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Kuzma, Dorohoy.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Vancouver: Jhnson (McLeod, Maloney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.44Penalties: Keller, McLean, DorohOy, Syverson.<h3>Third Period</h3>2&mdash;Vancouver: aKiser (Wiley, Pennell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.183&mdash;Seattle: Kuzma (Lea, Repka)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11.394&mdash;Vancouver: Maloney (Kaiser)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19.57Penalties: Hart, Pepnnell, Creighton.<h2>Edmonton 3 at New Westminster 1</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Edmonton: Holmes (Melnyk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;.16Penalties: Durham (2), Melnyk, Riggin (served by Lunde), Hillman, Schmautz, Strate, Roggeveen, Hay.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Edmonton: Ostello (MacFarland)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.073&mdash;Edmonton: Burton (Lunde, McCreary)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13.104&mdash;New Westminster: Goodwin (Kukulowicz, Durham)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15.42Penalties; Hillman, Coflin.<h3>Third Period</h3>Soaring: None.Penalties: Durham (minor and major), Burton (minor and major), Kukulowicz, Hillman, Coflin, Dorohoy, Hay, team penalty served by Lunds.<h2>Brandon 2 at Calgary 4</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Calgary: Barry (Sclisizzi, Ashworth)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.092&mdash;Brandon: Colwill (Chorley, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.22Penalties: Chiystal, Barry, Voss.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Brandon: Chorley (Yanosik)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16.424&mdash;Calgary: Sclisizzi (Ashworth, Barry)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.26Penalties: Chrystal, Barkley, Dzurko.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Calgary: Finney (Scott, Duke)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.216&mdash;Calgary; Scott (Dzuiko)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.50Penalties: Barklev (major), Milford (major), Bassen (served by Ross), Lynn, Ashworth.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03277/1710228-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="589" height="963"></div><h2>DEPARTMENT LEADERS</h2>MOST GOALS Sid Finney, Calgary 36.Most Assists Guyle Fielder, Seattle 68.Most Gaine Winning Goals Les Colwill, Brandon 8.Most First Goal of Game Les Colwill, Brandon; Bill McCreary, Edmonton, 8.Most Goals One Game Wayne Brown, Victoria: Phil Maloney, Vanciuver; Eddie Dorohoy, Seattit; Sid Finney, Calgary, 4.Most Hat Tricks Bill Mosienko, Winnipeg: Jackie McLeod, Vancouver; Sid Finney, Calgary, 3.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04222/1710221-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="573" height="596"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ace SniperSID FINNEY 36 Goals</figcaption></div>Assisted on Most Game Winning Goals Guyle Fielder, Seattle 11.Most Goals Scored when Oppositioni Shorthanded Ray Kinasewich, Seattle 11.Most Goals Against When Serving Penalties Bill Burega, Winnipeg 16.Most Shutouts Bev. Bentley. N.W. 6.Most Shots Stopped Marcel Pelletier, Victoria, 1624.Most Minutes in Penalties Pete Durham, New West, 156.<h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05185/1710214-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="583" height="268"></div> &#9632;

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WESTURN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By Al PARSLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01376/1710280-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="303" height="323"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Parsley</figcaption></div>(As seen in the Montreal Herald)&bull; FOR 20 YEARS the Quebec Hockey League and its forerunner, the QSHL, struggled along with no trophy for the team finishing first at the termination of the regular schedule, not even a pennant.Through the generosity of Emile Genest, television and radio sports commentator and actor bien connu. as well as one of Montreal&rsquo;s most ardent hockey fans, this year&rsquo;s first place finisher will be tangibly rewarded. The Thomas O&rsquo;Connell Memorial Trophy, presented to the league in 1939 by D&rsquo;Arcy and Daniel O&rsquo;Connell, in tribute to the memory of their father. Thomas O&rsquo;Connell, goes to the team winning the playoffs.Knaile Genest qualifies as a member of the QHL lodge. For a couple of seasons he served ns the league&rsquo;s announcer. His dulcet tones were heard over the Forum&rsquo;s public address system long before lie became nationally famous as one of the chief characters on &ldquo;La Famille Plouffe.&rdquo; He is also active on many sports presentations including hockey&rsquo;s &ldquo;Hot Stove,&rdquo; the QHL Sunday broadcast, and Royals&rsquo; baseball network during the summer.His idea to put up a Quebec League trophy was impulsive. Genest is like that. The other night at the Forum he broached the matter to Earl Sharpe, QHL. publicist. Fifteen minutes later, between periods of Royals-Lions game, league president George Slater learned of the offer. It was accepted. Genest went out shoppingThis offer will certainly be well received by Punch Imlach, general manager of the Quebec Aces. Quebecers are now counting the days until Aces will be beyond reach of all pursuers for first place.Asked what team he preferred meeting in the playoffs. Lions coach Jack Toupin said: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care who we play so long as it isn&rsquo;t the Royals.&rdquo;Royals have been as terrifying As &ldquo;White Hunters&rdquo; to these Lions. On safari at the Forum, Elmer Lach&rsquo;s bush-beaters have flattened the Trois - Rivieres beasts five times. One game was a 2-2 draw. Lions took the other.Our chit-chat with Toupin was before the game. He must have been even more melancholy afterwards. He also said &ldquo;I&rsquo;m extremely happy to congratulate young Phil Goyette on his great start with Canadiens in the NHL. So far as I&rsquo;m concerned I hope he stays in the big league forever. He beat us twice this season with the winning goals. It makes me sleep better at nights now that he&rsquo;s no longer around to haunt me.&rdquo;Two Trois-Rivieres players, &ldquo;Suitcase&rdquo; Ernst and Jean Paul Bisailton, claim 10 years service in the QHL. and are asking for their lapel buttons as tokens. George Slater says he&rsquo;ll examine the records If these men have completed a 10-year hitch they&rsquo;ll be rewardedMONTREAL, Que.&mdash;It looks like Quebec vs Royals, Chicoutimi vs. Trois-Rivieres in the first brackets of the Quebec Hockey League playoffs.As the teams roar towards the wire it seems that the 1, 2, 3, 1 order of finish will be unchanged from the way the teams are running now.Royals have been making a great bid to overhaul the second place Chicoutimi Sagueneens, but the Montrealers missed their big chance when held to a 1-l draw at the Forum by these Sags last Sunday.The same day the Lions&rsquo; tails were twisted at Shawinigan Falls. When Cataracts won 4-1, a Trois-Rivieres challenge to overhaul the third place Royals was checkmated.Elmer Lach and his Regals of. Montreal were eager to get to higher ground since as second placers they would have choice of dates, and thus claim first priorities for home ice There&rsquo;s rhe other factor, too of moola. This year QHL players draw no salaries during playoffs. A big chunk of playoff money is put into a pool, and split among the teams, on a graduating scale, according to order of finish.<h2>PLAYOFFS STANDARD</h2>The playoffs &mdash; all four in seven series &mdash; call for first and third, second and fourth teams to meet in the first round.Meantime Quebec Aces are licking their chops and coveting most of the individual honors, after the rest of the league seems ready to concede the Ace-men first place.There&rsquo;ll be quite a few first places for these jaunty Aces. First place will of course grant them first possession of the new Emile Genest Trophy. This would be a happy capture, to be sure. For the 20 years since the QHL has travelled under this name and its older label, the Quebec Senior Hockey League, the first placers received nothing but headlines in the sports pages. And if they were belled in the playoffs the headlines rapidly turned sour.<h2>THEY LIKE IKE</h2>On the individual front Conrad &ldquo;Ike&rdquo; Parent, Aces&rsquo; mentor can ride his team home in front in his first year in the league as well as his debut season as a professional coach.The Quebecers have been a powerhouse since the season began last October. True, it did take the team a little time to jell, but it started to drive after the first month and by the early New Year had wrested the top slot from the Chicoutimi Sagueneens, front-runners the first three months.Credit should be divided between Parent and the astute general-manager of the club for the Aces signal triumph. From his ample background of experience, Imlach was deeply aware of the truism: The easiest formula for winning hockey games is good players.<h2>RECRUITER IMLACH</h2>Never wavering from this simple maxim Imlach went out last Summer and combed the market places of shinny to acquire building materials to construct a winning team. That he succeeded has been amply demonstrated.Back to individual factor again, it may be stressed that Aces are likely to boast an overwhelming majority of players on the QHL first all star team, and a sprinkling of representatives on the second club. This is a development, truly remarkable, in view of the fast that Last season, Quebec didn&rsquo;t get a nomination on either team.<h2>PUSH-BUTTON?</h2>The revival this season is sensational. While Parent&rsquo;s fine job of leadership may be downgraded by some on the grounds that he was merely a push-button operator, it must be emphasized that it fakes great astutedness to handle a bunch of stars.Athletes are not given to temperament in the same degree as conceited film and stage stars. The rough brush of physical contact wears away bumptiousness and deflates swelled heads.Still, there&rsquo;s always the lurking danger of complacency, and it takes considerable cajollery, at times harsh words, to convince a group of expert specialists that team play must ever be paramount. That pot-hunting individual can destroy the main objective &mdash; to win hockey games.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02299/1710273-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1099" height="1752"><figcaption class="caption-body">Presents TrophyEMILE GENEST &hellip; A GIFT FROM NAPOLEON</figcaption></div>It&rsquo;s in this direction that the shrewd leadership of Parent has excelled. Sure he had the talent, but he had the savvy to get the most out of it.<h2>BASEBALL 55</h2>After years in hockey of no higher grade than junior or commercial leagues, this quiet - spoken gentleman, whose only claim to athletic fame in active ranks, was as a baseball shortstop has truly handled men against such doughty foemen as Elmer Lach, Jack Toupin and Roger Leger.It&rsquo;s four years since Quebec Aces have boasted a scoring champions in their ranks. Not since Jean Beliveau was the big seige gun and drawing card in the Quebec circuit in 1953-54. Beliveau was a two time winner.<h2>HOT NUMBERS</h2>The Aces have two hot entries this season &mdash; Orval Tessier and Marcel Bonin, the right and left wings on the same line, centered by Allan &ldquo;Skip&rdquo; Teal, the roving redhead. Tessier and Bonin were running a dead heat in the points race for a while. Last week Tessier pulled away on his own. But one of them is almost sure to take home the President&rsquo;s Cup. league prexy George Slater&rsquo;s award and the $100 waffle and jam money that&rsquo;s added.<h2>A GOOD ROOKIE</h2>Down in the Ancient Capital the scribes and spielers are bucking for Billy O&rsquo;Ree the fast-stepping Negro boy for the Northey Trophy &mdash; the prize pat of by William M. Northey, president of the Canadian Arena Company, for the top rookie. Quebecers wit! grudgingly admit the claims of Jacques Marcotte the stellar goalie with Trois-Rivieres. But since O&rsquo;Ree is by far the best scoring freshman and his talents are only excelled by the three members of the high production line &mdash; Tessier-Teal-Bonin &mdash; these writers and radio experts insist the booty should go to O&rsquo;Ree. And they&rsquo;re sending in a solid bloc of ballots in Billy&rsquo;s favor.Unless the complete collapse spoken of back yonder occurs which could tumble Aces from first place, their excellent goaler Al Millar is all but a cinch to walk away with the Vezina Memorial Trophy which goes to the netminder on the team which has the fewest goals against it during the complete schedule of championship games.To stun up &mdash; the Quebec Aces might be staggering home under the heavy burden of loot come March 24. &#9632;

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Blueprint For Order Of Finish Opens QHL Playoff Speculation

<h2>STRIKE &mdash; HOLD UP</h2>When A mix-up occured ever striking bus-driver Lions were delayed leovinq Trois-Rivieres lost Sunday. A convoy of private automobiles was hastily assembled.<h2>ANOTHER TROPHY</h2>Business is brisk in the trophy deportment in the QHL. Foblicist Earl Shope now has on offer from a Showinigon Foils&rsquo; fan anxious to sponsor on award. If accepted the new prize will go to the League&rsquo;s Most Valuable Player.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01381/1710339-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="532" height="2004"><figcaption class="caption-body">Royal RifleKELLY BURNETT</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02339/1710332-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="591" height="278"></div><h2>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26Montreal 3 at chieoutimi 4</h2>Reyals &mdash; Goal: McNeil; defense: Roche, Deslauriers, Clune, MacPherson, Keating: forwards: Corrivean, Boucher, G. Rousseau, Burnett, Denis, Gillie, Bradley, Laplante. Cressman.Chicoutimi &mdash; Goal: Frederick; defense: Hanna, Roy, R. Rousseau, Glaude: forwards: Smrke, Topoll, Loeas, Hicks, Perreault, Baluik, Watson, Pichette, Grolean, Leclair.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Chicoutimi: Glaude (Baluik)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6.542&mdash;Royals: Denis (Burnett, Deslauriers)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8.173&mdash;Chicoutimi: Leclair (Perreault, Baluik)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.064&mdash;Chicoutimi: Perreault (Leclair, Topoll)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.13Penalties: Corriveau 6.16, Pichette 6.16, MacPherson 10.47, Roy 11.29.<h3>Second Period</h3>5&mdash;Chicoutimi: Groleau (Watson, Pichette)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.02Penalties: MacPherson 6.15, Pichette 10.27, Roy 14.15, Keating 19.22.<h3>Third Period</h3>6&mdash;Royals: Boucher&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7.487&mdash;Royals: Deslauriers (Denis, Burnett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19.44Penalty: Hanna 10.15.<h2>Quebec 0 at Shawinigan 5</h2>Quebec &mdash; Goal: Millar: defense: Lamiande, MacNab, Crozier, Hillman, Whitney; forwards: Teal, Achtymichuk, Tessier, Tremblay, O&rsquo;Ree, Maxwell, Gamble, Bonin, Labadie.Shawinigan Falls &mdash; Goal: Hodge; defense: Labrosse, Hodgson, Flamming, Amadio, Taillefer; forwards: Grosse, Faulkner, Bouchard, Brodden, Wray, Laforge, Dube, Desaulniers, Denis.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Shawiuigau: Hodgson (Desaulniers, Denis)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3.522&mdash;Shawinigan: Broden (Wray, Laforge)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7.41Penalties: Crozier 9.05, Hillman 35.56.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Wray (Broden, Laforge)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.574&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Faulkner (Grosse, Amadio)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.22Penalties: None.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Grosse (Faulkner, Amadio)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1.13Penalties: None.<h2>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27Shawinigan 2 at Three Rivers 4</h2>Shawinigan Falls&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defence: Amadio, Hodgson, Labrosse, Taillefer: forwards; Flemming, Desaulnieis, Wray, Laforge, Bouchard, Broden, Grosse, Faulkner, Dube.Trois Riviere&mdash;Goal: Marcotte; defease: Ernst, Bownass, Bedard, Tennant; forwards: Bell, Kapusta, Kabel, Attwell, Bisaillon. Gagnon.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Faulkner (Grosse)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8.13Penalties: Labrosse 13.39, 16.26, Broden 17.58, Amadio 19.59.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Gagnon (Bedard, Kapusta)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;523&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Kapusta (Corcoram, Gagnon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1.314&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Grosse (Bouchard, Amadio)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.05Penalties: Tennant 2.57, Gagnon 12.54, 19.21.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Trois Rivieres; Kabel (Tennant, Bedard)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16.186&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Pepin&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.15Penalty: Tennant 19.00.<h2>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28Chicoutimi 2 at Quebec 3</h2>Chicoutimi &mdash; Goal: Frederick: defence: Glaude, Roy, Rousseau, Hanna: forwards: Leclair, Watson, Locas, Perreault, Leger, Topoli, Pichette, Baluik, Hicks, Groleau.Quebec &mdash; Goal: Millar; defense: Chozier, MacNab, Hillman, Lamirande; forwards: Gamble, Tessier, Teal, Bonin, Labadie, O&rsquo;Ree. Tremblay, Achtymichuk, Cossette. Gagne.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: O&rsquo;Ree 5.18, Hicks 6.42.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Quebec: Achtymichuk (O&rsquo;Ree, Labadie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;.50Penalties: Roy 2.04, O&rsquo;Ree 2.04, MacNab 3.29, Groleau 8.45, 14.42.<h3>Third Period</h3>2&mdash;Chicoutimi: Baluik (Leger, Roy)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2.383&mdash;Quebec: Tessier (Bonin, Hillman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.274&mdash;Chicoutimi: Watson (Groleau, Pichettc)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8.495&mdash;Quebec: Bimin&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.17Penalties: None.<h2>Three Rivers 1 at Montreal 4</h2>Three Rivers &mdash; Goal: Marcotte; defense: Ernst, Bownass, Bedard, Marcotte, forwards: Bell, Leclere, Kapusta, Attwell, Vinet, Pepin, Qorcoran, Blsaillon, Gagnon, Kabel.Montreal &mdash; Goal: McNeil: defense: Roche, Deslauriers, Clune, MacPherson, Keating; forwards: Corriveau, Boucher, Rousseau, Cressman, Burnett, Denis, Gillis, Bradley, Laplante.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Montreal: Keating&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16.45Penalties: Bedard 4.23, Bradley 12.05.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Montreal: Cressman (MacPherson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1.51Penalties; Cressman 12.00, Bedard 13.21.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Montieal; Burnett (Corriveau, Deslauriers)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1.154&mdash;Three Rivers: Bedard (Leclerc, Kabel)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.305&mdash;Montreal: Gillis (Laplante, Deslauriers)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10.20Penalties; Gillis 7.45, Bownass 14.10.<h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 3Chicoutimi 1 at Royals 1</h2>Chicoutimi &mdash; Goal: Frederick; defense: Glaude, Roy, Hama, R. Rousseau; forwards: Watson, Docus, Perreault, Leger, Topoll, Pichette, Leclair, Baluik, Hicks, Groleau.Montreal &mdash; Goal; McNeil; defence: Deslauriers, Roche, Clune,. Keating; forwards: Soychalk, Corriveau, Boucher, R. Rousseau. Cressman, Burnett, Denis, Gillis, Bradley, Laplante.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Keating 6.43, Roy 9.19, Hicks 16.11<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Montreal: Burnett (Corriveau, Deslauriers)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.582&mdash;Chicountimi: Leclair (Perreault, Topull)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17.45Penalty; Glaude 7.55.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: Rey 2.23.<h3>Overtime Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: Watson 8.12<h2>Troi-Rievres 1 at Shawinigan 4</h2>Shawinigan Falls&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defense: Hodgson, Amadio, Labrosse, Teiflefer; forwards: Broden, Faulkner, Bouchard, Grosse, Desaulniers, Wratf, Dube, Flemming Laforge.Trois Rivieres&mdash;Goal: Marcotte; defense: Bownass, Bedard, Tennant, Ernst; forwards: Thibault, Pepin, Bisaillon, Corcoran, Bell, Gagnon, Attwell, Kapusta, Kobe), Vinet.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Grosse (Hodgson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.55Penalties: Amadio major 1.10, Gagnon two minors 1.10, Tennant 1.10, 14.28, Bouchard 1.10, Bedard 3.26, Hodgson, 4.25, Hodge 4.48, Broden 7.00, Bownass 15.22, Bouchard 15.22, Bisaillon 15.22, Dube 15.22, Flemming 19.59.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Hodgson (Broden, Faulkner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7.033&mdash;Trois Rivieres: Corcoran (Gagnon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.19Penalties: Bownass .30, Kabel 5.50, Laforge 14.13.4&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Amadio&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4.03<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Flemming (Desaulniers, Dube)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.45Penalties: Broden 5.19, Flemming 15.13.<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03307/1710325-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="573" height="704"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04276/1710318-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="577" height="498"></div><h2>Percentage Of Games Won Points Earned(Includes All Gomes up to February 24)</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05236/1710311-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="1675" height="374"></div> &#9632;

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01377/1710370-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Smiling At LastJETS&rsquo; COACH LLOYD AILSBY</figcaption></div>JOHNSTOWN, Pa.&mdash;Charlotte may be the EHL champs, but Johnstown is the hottest team in the circuit right now.A playoff berth seemed out of the question and keeping out of the Eastern Hockey League basement seemed to be the &ldquo;aim&rdquo; of the Johnstown Jets as 1956 died and 1957 was born. The Pennsylvania sextet just couldn&rsquo;t seem to get going and Coach Lloyd Ailsby and Manager Jack Riley were two of the saddest bosses the game has known. The Jets owned a poor 9 and 20 record on New Year&rsquo;s Eve and the prospects for 1957 seemed dim.To make matters even worse, the team was playing its worst hockey before the home folk and attendance was starting to fall along with the team. Through December 15, the Blue-shirted Jets had but three wins in eleven decisions at the War Memorial and the local paper joined t(he fans in blasting everyone from Riley down thru the stick boy for the dismal showing.<h2>That Was 1958</h2>Well, this is 1957, and today the same (well almost the same) Jets are the hottest club in the circuit. Not only are they assured of a playoff spot, but unless New Haven wakes up, Johnstown will end the campaign in third place.Goalie Jimmy Mattson, former All-American from the University of Minnesota, must certainly get his full acclaim in the upward climb. Benched, released and finally re-signed, Mattson has spearheaded the Jets in their rise from the. depths to the &ldquo;top.&rdquo; Since January 22, when Riley re-hired the Minneapolis bred netminder, the Blues have won 14 of J8 games including four straight over the champion Charlotte Clippers.A few trades also figured in the jelling of this club. Veteran defenseman Alex Zubatiuk was traded to Washington along with Joe Howes (who came from Philadelphia in exchange for Ron Johnson) for winger Danny Morgan and center-defenseman Roy Hammond. Morgan and Hammond have both found the new surroundings to their liking and Jet fans have found the jets to their liking once more.Indian Joe Nolan was picked up from Clinton, and while he still&rsquo;gets his share (and a lion&rsquo;s share it is) of penalties, Joe has played a pretty fair game on the blue line. He has chipped in with some timely goals, too, and along with coach Ailsby (who will be 41 this spring), Dave Lucas and Ron Lee have given the Jets one of the best defense corps in the league.Captain Don Hall has played his usual fine game up front as his 92 points will attest. So has his center, Ken Coombes. Veterans Paul &ldquo;Swede&rdquo; Olafson and Marlowe McDonald have been plugging all season and have finally found the scoring range.Rookies Chuck Stuart and Bill Binnie and soph Glen McKenney (who played for Washington and Baltimore in 195556) have been tihe surprises up front. Stuart, on loan from Charlotte, is pressing the Clipper&rsquo;s &ldquo;Bibber&rdquo; O&rsquo;Hearn for the scoring title with 96 points to O&rsquo;Hearn&rsquo;s 99 and is tied for the lead in goals scored with Doug Adam of Charlotte with 53. Binnie was picked up following his release by Washington and is among the cifib&rsquo;s top point getters.McKenney, brother of Don McKenney of the Boston Bruins, has really found himself this winter. He clicked off his first hat trick a few weeks ago (a 4 goal job) and has 33 tallies to date for a total of 69 points.The Jets could be the team to go all the way. So, Charlotte, Philadelphia and New Haven beware when those playoffs begin.EHL NOTES &mdash; Ivan Walmsley, the loop&rsquo;s top netminder is sidelined with a back injury. Trainer Dan Canney of the Ramblers replaced him in the Philadelphia nets until another goalie (Jerry Fleury from Toledo) could be obtained. Considering the fact that he played with a brace on his neck and hadn&rsquo;t seen competition in 5 pears (when he was freshman goalie for Boston University), Canney did a commendable job &hellip; John Sherban of New Haven is thru for the year. He dislocated his shoulder (after firing a penalty shot) on Feb. 24th and wilt undergo surgery this week &hellip; Also thru is Charlotte center Ken Murphy, hernia operation &hellip; Dan Morgan of Jets suffered cracked ribs and New Haven goaler John Craig split lip over week-end &hellip; Clipper&rsquo;s Russ Hann and Jim McNulty out with ankle and knee injuries respectively. but should be back within a few days &hellip; Herve Lalonde of Clips is the loop&rsquo;s top playmaker with 64 assists &hellip; Joe Nolan&rsquo;s 235 minutes look good for bad man &ldquo;honors&rdquo; while Bernie Bernaquez (Washington) is cleanest, regular with only 2 minutes in the sin bin &hellip; Bernaquez and Adam each got hat trick number 5 on Sat., Feb. 23rd to stay tied for honors in that dept &hellip; Jerry Srtingle, Clinton and Paul Olafson got their maiden trios during past week as EHL total soared to 62 &hellip; Gerry Casey has taken over as top Philly point getter &hellip; Johnstown, Philly, New Haven and of course Charlotte are all ahead of last season&rsquo;s attendance figures &hellip; Captain Ron Telford of the Blades may have to have cartilage operation on Knees after season. &#9632;

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Johnstown Jets Recover To Sizzle EHL Rivals

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div>MOST HAPPY FELLA!!!&hellip;one of the current hits on Broadway is a breezy play called MOST HAPPY FELLA &hellip; in a senior hockey sense up here in Northern Ontario this could well apply to a really wonderful guy and hockey star, Laurie Peterson of the Sault Ste. Marie Indians in the NOHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; bracket&hellip;just a few minutes before this column was being prepared for a trip to Montreal and the editor&rsquo;s desk, there was a big laurie Peterson Day to honor one of the most popular and effective players in the history of the NOHA senior hockey wars &hellip; and as everyone in the North seemed to be saying: &ldquo;It just couldn&rsquo;t happen to a nicer guy!&rdquo; Probably, Laurie&rsquo;s greatest accolade comes in the form of admiration from opposing players and team officials &hellip; it&rsquo;s not often that a single hockey player can make everyone like and admire him, but Peterson seems to have accomplished this extremely difficult trick&hellip;WINS SCORING CROWN&hellip;hundreds of hockey fans from the American Soo and Canadian Soo joined in a fine tribute to Peterson in the final game of the regular 60-game schedule on a Sunday afternoon &hellip; the Laurie Peterson Day was a wonderful success and will be remembered by the popular veteran for a long, long time &hellip; as the big day started, Peterson owned a blazing record of 36 goals and 46 assists to lead the entire field in the NOHA &hellip; it was by far his greatest record since joining the NOHA senior ranks &hellip; he has been top dog in the scoring column for four of the five years he has worn Soo Indian livery &hellip; but this season he really reached the pinnacle by nabbing a spot on the All Star Team and racing to a clean-cut victory for the coveted scoring crown&hellip;A WESTERN PRODUCT&hellip;Western Canada has every reason to be proud of Laurie Peterson &hellip; he has been a symbol of all the finer things in a player&rsquo;s career &mdash; hard-work, team-spirit, effective play, a credit to his team and hockey &hellip; born in Selkirk, Man., Peterson has been a standout ever since he put on a pair of skates &hellip; today he&rsquo;s going on 30 years of age but you would never know it the way he can skate and score &hellip; today he&rsquo;s golf pro at the fine Sault Ste. Marie (Michigan) Country Club and he&rsquo;s as popular in this capacity as he is in hockey &hellip; Peterson got his first real brake when he joined the very first junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; team assembled by the great Rudy Pilous of St. Catharines. Ontario &hellip; Peterson, as you can see, was in darn good hands right from the start &hellip; Peterson was still a kid when he jumped into professional ranks&hellip;MAXIE SILVERMAN HEARING&hellip;one of the major highlights of the past few days has been the special NOHA executive meeting to air the controversial and celebrated Maxie Silverman Case in North Bay &hellip; a full executive slate was on hand &hellip; Maxie refused to cringe before the same men who have placed a ban on him insofar as NOHA activities are concerned &hellip; the meeting received a big play all over the North &hellip; Maxie had a ton of evidence which should have brought keen embarrassment to the NOHA officers &hellip; but they in turn levelled criticism at the Silver Fox for many things of which others have been guilty in NOHA hockey &hellip; the verdict: the ban continues &hellip; Don Mackintosh, generally regarded as the top sports editor in Northern Ontario, wrote that the ban should be dropped and Maxie reinstated, claiming the two-year suspension has been quite enough for anything he may have done &hellip; the Sudbury sports editor pointed out that Maxie could contribute a great deal to hockey in the way of promotion, etc., and felt the NOHA should lift the ban on the famous hockey personality &hellip; the verdict shows clearly that petty jealousies and petty prejudices still reign supreme in the minds of NOHA executive officers &hellip; as I have pointed out before there is no room in Canadian hockey for such prejudices but the NOHA refuses to accept this basic principle&hellip; &#9632;

NOHA Puck Parade

<div class="byline">By HUGH BOWMAN</div>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;The Battle for final positions in the OH A junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; race developed into a two way scrap for the league championship and a three way fight for the following spots as the junior loop moved into the home stretch. Toronto Marlboros cinched second place with a 4-2 victory ever the third place St. Michels College Majors and stayed within striking distance of the league leading Biltmores. With five games remaining the Hatters had a five point edge over the Dukes but Marlies with two games in hand were still in contention. They key to top spot lay in the final meeting of the two teams on Toronto ice.St. Mikes were in the best position to finish third despite a a great second half bid by the Hamilton Tiger-Cubs and a 5-0 victory over Hamilton by St-Kitts kept the Teepees chances of catching fourth spot alive. Barrie appeared destined to grab the final playof berth with the Peterborough Petes finishing in the cellar.The Hamilton Tiger-Cubs have been the most improved club in the circuit over last year. The Cubs finished in the depths of the cellar last season but under the capable guidance of Gerry Brown have emerged as a serious threat for league honors this year. Their upsurge in the league standings has resulted in a corresponding increase at the gate with crowls hovering gate with crowds covering around the 3000 mark. The Cubs are the only club in the league to televise their home games and the same effect that television has had on the NHL. has applied to a lesser degree in the case of the Cubs. It&rsquo;s taken time but Ken Soble&rsquo;s experiment in creating new fans is strating to payoff big dividends. In addition to the actual televising of the games CHCH-TV has made a number of films devoted to the other hockey teams in the league and these have been shown in between the second and third periods of the Cubs Thursday night games. It&rsquo;s developed into a major public relations job by Soble, a one man gang who operates the rink, the hockey team, the television and the radio station in Hamilton. He&rsquo;s come a long way from his original amateur hour which graced the stage of the old Lansdowne Theatre on Sunday afternoons?! His hockey team too has come along way from last season.The key man for the Cubs has been goalkeeper Carl Wetzel. Wetzel, one of the few American born goalkeepers in organized hockey has made the Hamilton fans forget about the starry Dennis Riggin. A graduate of a Detroit City league, that could be comparable only to class &ldquo;C&rdquo; hockey, Carl has stepped into the tough junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; ranks and given the Cubs the third best defensive average in the league. The Cubs improved performance this season has been based on a team effort. Brown has no outstanding starts and few high scorers. Murray Oliver who finally made the grade after a couple of seasons, commuting between Burlington and the Hamilton Forum is the only Cub in the top ten point getters. Capable junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; performers like Brien Smith, Gerry Sullivan and Whitey Youngberg have been getting their shareof goals and the Cubs defence, the roughest if not the best in the league has been making the road to Wetzel&rsquo;s citadel a rocky one.Possibly the biggest contribution to the Cubs success has been their lack of disciplinary problems as compared to last year when the players antics off the ice were more responsible than anything for thier poor year. Brown puts up with no nonsense and recently sent Jack Hendrickson home for getting out of line. Hendrickson is regarded as one of the top rearguards in the leagne but as far as Gerry is concerned, he&rsquo;ll play it Brown&rsquo;s way or not at all.Whoever meets the Cubs in the playoff will know they&rsquo;ve been in a series. &#9632;

Marlies Can Still Overtake Front - Running Biltmores

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-12" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1274/1710550-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</h2><h3>Across</h3>1&mdash;NHL referee.4&mdash;Initials of Cherry of Hershey Bears.6&mdash;Short for first name of Laycoe ex Boston rearguard.7&mdash;Leafs ended in this position at end of 1954-55 schedule.9&mdash;One of the Maple Leafs answers to this.10&mdash;Once had a try-out with Canadiens. first name Orval.12&mdash;Initials of Leger former NHL defense star.14&mdash;Glen Skov&rsquo;s nickname.16&mdash;Prep.17&mdash;Pictured referee once officiated in this league (abbr.)18&mdash;Noise.19&mdash;Howie Meeker&rsquo;s native province (abbr.)20&mdash;Ingram of Chicago is called this.21&mdash;Gerry Toppazzini patrols this wing.23&mdash;Mrs. Andy Hebenton.25&mdash;Initials of Bolton of the Leafs.27&mdash;First name of Backstrom who recently played briefly with Canadiens.30&mdash;Initials of player who No.7 for Detroit.31&mdash;Goaltender recently obtained by Hershey Bears.<h3>Down</h3>1&mdash;This former Montreal forward is called Jimmy.2&mdash;Plays defense for Buffalo.3&mdash;Nickname of club coached by Terry Reardon.4&mdash;Given name of Anderson of Detroit.5&mdash;&ldquo;Joe&rdquo; Lunds initials.6&mdash;Former Toronto netminoer.8&mdash;Musical note.11&mdash;The last time an assist was awarded to an NHL goalie this player was credited with the point.13&mdash;According to Lester. Patrick &mdash; blood flows through Phil Watson&rsquo;s veins.15&mdash;Doug Harvey&rsquo;s birthplace.18&mdash;Name given a Boston defenseman.22&mdash;Chicago is situated in this State (abbr.)24&mdash;Short for first name of Duncan. Leafs&rsquo; coach back in 1926-27.26&mdash;Name given a Toronto rearguard.28&mdash;All players do a certain amount of this to keep in shape (abbr.)29&mdash;Informal greeting.<h2>Solution to Lost Week&rsquo;s Puzzle</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1 &mdash; Arbour5 &mdash; G.B.7 &mdash; In8 &mdash; Lo9 &mdash; Galt11 &mdash; Aces13 &mdash; Ell14 &mdash; Clint15 &mdash; R.B.16 &mdash; R.B.18 &mdash; Can.20 &mdash; Tie21 &mdash; Lt22 &mdash; G.L.23 &mdash; Ear24 &mdash; Chi.25 &mdash; TV26 &mdash; D.T.28 &mdash; A.S.31 &mdash; E.W.32 &mdash; S.K33 &mdash; Clayion37 &mdash; Tour38 &mdash; Rev.<h3>DOWN</h3>1 &mdash; Alger2 &mdash; Bill3 &mdash; Ont.4 &mdash; Real5 &mdash; Glen.6 &mdash; Boston10 &mdash; Albright12 &mdash; Circle17 &mdash; Beliveau19 &mdash; Atanas26 &mdash; Det.27 &mdash; Two29 &mdash; Skov.30 &mdash; Oct.34 &mdash; Lo.35 &mdash; Yr.36 &mdash; N.B. &#9632;

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March 9, 1957

PASSING THE PUCK

Al Hooper

Rearguards Guarding The Goalies’ Domain

Amateur Puck Parade At A Glance