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February 27, 1960

The Hockey News February 27, 1960

<h2><b>Four Goals A Game Men</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>ix American Hockey League players have scored four goals in one game this season. Three Buffalo players, Billy Dea, Larry Wilson and Ed Kachur have turned the trick Three others, Fred Glover of Cleveland, Claude LaForge of Hershey and Jimmy Anderson of Springfield have also scored four in a game.</p><h2><b>Hat Trick Performers</b></h2><p>Five players performing in the American Hockey League have scored three goal Hat Tricks twice this season. They are Cleveland&rsquo;s Ed Mazur, Willie Marshall of Hershey, Nick Mickoski of Providence, Bob Nevin of Rochester and Harry Pidhirny of Springfield.</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Tues., A.M., Feb. 23)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02343/1697034-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="604" height="220"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Cleveland 4 at Quebec 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03296/1697027-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="598" height="590"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Rochester 3 at Buffalo 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04253/1697020-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="592" height="590"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Cleveland 8 at Quebec 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06164/1697013-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="607" height="842"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Cleveland 2 at Springfield 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07153/1697006-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="602" height="530"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Quebec 0 at Cleveland 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08142/1696999-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="604" height="395"></div><h3><b>Hershey 1 at Springfield 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09137/1696992-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="601" height="474"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Quebec 2 at Buffalo 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10124/1696985-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="604" height="497"></div><h3><b>Hershey 3 at Providence 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11102/1696978-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="597" height="677"></div><h3><b>Springfield 2 at Rochester 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1270/1696971-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="604" height="502"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sun., Feb. 21)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05195/1696964-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="606" height="381"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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OHA SENIOR ‘A’ STANDINGS (On Tues., A.M., Feb. 16)

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02279/1696525-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="575" height="276"></div><h2><b>February 27 to March 4</b></h2><p>27&mdash;Dick Lamoreux, Winnipeg, forward, 1934.</p><p>29&mdash;Henry Richard, Canadiens, forward, 1936.</p><p>1&mdash;Allan Stanley, Toronto, defense, 1926.</p><p>3&mdash;Steve Kraftcheck, Rochester, playing coach, 1929.</p><p>3&mdash;Jack Gordon, Cleveland, playing coach, 1928.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<p><b>Founded October 1st, 1947</b></p><p>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.,</p><p><b>1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Ken McKenzie,</b> Publisher</p><p><b>Len Bramson,</b> Editor-in-Chief</p><p><b>Will V. Cote,</b> General Manager</p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries</b></p><p>Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879</p><p>Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada</p><p><b>Vol. 13 MONTREAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1960 No. 22</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01222/1698105-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02149/1698098-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="2714" height="1626"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>As the NHL race races to its climax, four clubs were in the middle of a battle for three playoff berths. The Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins were fighting it out for second, third and fourth. The Leafs were favored for second on the strength of back-to-back wins against the Wings recently. The above pictures were taken in Detroit as the clubs battled it out. In the top picture Norm Ullman watches bouncing puck, lower right, as Leafs George Armstrong and Dick Duff get an arm lock on him. In the lower shot, Gordie Howe is foiled by Leafs Johnny Bower as Tim Horton races in to help. Leaf (20) is Pulford. Bert Olmstead is in the background.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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A Couple Of Wavs To Hold Off The Red Wings

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Are the Red Wings going to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second straight season?</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01305/1696091-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="292" height="474"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Sawchuk</b></figcaption></div><p>Unless the Wings snap out of their prolonged streak, they&rsquo;ll be on the outside looking in again. A weekend sweep by Toronto dumped Detroit down to fourth place, just one point from fifth, and left it seven points behind the second place Leafs.</p><p>Now, instead of a fight for second, it&rsquo;s developing into a three-way struggle between Detroit, Boston and Chicago for third and fourth place.</p><p>The trip to fourth was the first to so low a spot in the standings for the Wings this season, most of which they spent in runnerup position to Montreal.</p><p>The Wings have been decidedly unimpressive since December. They are suffering from third period sag.</p><p>After looking like the Wings of old in polishing off Chicago, 5-0, on Feb. 7 the Wings lost three straight in the final period, 3-2 at Boston on Bob Armstrong&rsquo;s goal with 71 seconds left in the game; 7-1 at Toronto and 3-1 to Leafs at Detroit.</p><p>That put the Wing streak at one victory in 11 games. In the last seven defeats Wings were even with the opposition in the final period and then faded.</p><p>Toronto&rsquo;s seven goal assault in the last 20 minutes&mdash;missing the league record set by Detroit when it clicked off eight in a 15-0 triumph over New York in 1944&mdash;marked the low point of the Red Wing streak&hellip;so far.</p><p>General manager Jack Adams and coach Sid Abel haven&rsquo;t been able to pinpoint the reason for the slump.</p><p>The Wings are in good physical condition, pointed out a not-too-jolly Jack. And they&rsquo;ve been getting the chances, just as many or more than the opposition.</p><p>But the difference is that where a Detroit shot is a fraction of a second too late, or a fraction of an inch wide, the opposition has been flashing the red light.</p><h2><b>Line Scoring Is Fairly Well Balanced</b></h2><p>Adams passed off the Toronto flock of goals as one of those hot streaks in sports where everything goes right, like a big inning in baseball or a string of strikes in bowling.</p><p>But the hot streaks have been too one-sided for Detroit comfort.</p><p>Adams wouldn&rsquo;t blame goaler Dennis Riggin, called up to fill in for ailing Terry Sawchuk.</p><p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t win many games scoring only one goal,&rdquo; Adams said.</p><p>And there is another mystery.</p><p>Sawchuk last played in a 3-3 tie with Rangers on Jan. 31. Then Riggin moved between the posts for six games, five of them defeats. In three setbacks Detroit scored but one goal, in another notched two and in the other scored four times.</p><p>Sawchuk was examined at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital by team physician Dr. Charles J. Karibo. He was generally run-down and his legs were bothering him again.</p><p>A virus that affected Sawchuk&rsquo;s legs kept him out of three games last November.</p><p>But Karibo could find nothing wrong with his legs and sent Terry to the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor for more observation. Sawchuk said he felt good but still went in for the tests.</p><p>Adams was hopeful of getting Sawchuk back in the nets by Feb. 20 but it could be longer.</p><p>The Wings, in an attempt to discover the reason for the club&rsquo;s skid studied period-by-period scoring, line scoring in every period and experimented with line changes.</p><p>Detroit allowed nine more third period goals than it scored in 55 games. But seven of those could be traced to the Maple Leaf splurge.</p><p>Line scoring was fairly evenly balanced between periods. Shots on goal didn&rsquo;t decline that appreciably. It&rsquo;s just that Detroit hasn&rsquo;t shown the finishing power in the last 20 minutes and every goal tender looks like an All-Star.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Wings Greatest Two Period Club In NHL, But Oh That Third

<div class="byline">ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;For adherents of high scoring hockey there&rsquo;s this year&rsquo;s series between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>With two games of the 14-game series remaining the teams have already scored a total of 100 goals.</p><p>Montreal has beaten the Bruins by scores of 8-1 and 8-2 and the Bruins have beaten the Canadiens by 8-4.</p><p>In closer games with lots of scoring the Bruins have won by 7-6 and 6-5, the Canadiens by 6-5 and 5-3.</p><p>The Canadiens have also won by such routine scores as 5-1, 4-1 (twice), 4-2 and 3-1 for a lead of nine wins to three. Twice the Bruins have scored five goals in the first period to win eventually by a goal.</p><p>&ldquo;I used to think a first period lead of two or three goals was really something,&rdquo; said Coach Milt Schmidt of the Bruins with a shake of his head, &ldquo;but in these Boston-Montreal games this year leads like that don&rsquo;t mean anything.&rdquo;</p><p>The 7-6 game here was the second 13-goaler in which the Canadiens were involved this season. They beat New York by 11-2 last month.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hub-Hab Series Of 1959-60 Is Paradise For Scorers; Hit 100 Mark In 1st Dozen

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>History is making a habit of repeating itself in the cases of Harry Lumley and the Boston Bruins.</p><p>For the third straight year the Bruins are making their stretch run for the Stanley Cup playoffs-with &lsquo;Big Daddy&rsquo; as their goalkeeper.</p><p>Lumley first plunked his 226 pounds into the Bruins&rsquo; picture two seasons ago, when they bought him in desparation from the Buffalo Bisons as a: substitute for Don Simmons, out with an injury.</p><p>Lumley backstopped the Bruins into fourth place and Simmons returned to lead them into the Stanley Cup finals, over New York and against: Montreal.</p><p>Last season an appendectomy for Simmons put Lumley in the nets for a March drive which put the Bruins in second place. Big Lum played out the string in the playoffs against Toronto.</p><p>Again this season an injury knocked the ill-fated Simmons out of the Bruins&rsquo; lineup. Dapper Don returned briefly this month, but Coach Milt Schmidt chose Lumley as his stretch goalkeeper.</p><p>When Schmidt gave the nod to Lumley for the rest of the season, he did it without fanfare. &lsquo;Big Daddy&rsquo; returned the 77th shutout of his 16-year National League career as the Bruins beat Toronto here, 3 to 0.</p><p>Afterward Schmidt said simply, &ldquo;Lum will be: my goalkeeper for the rest of the season.&rdquo;</p><p>So Lumley, who became a major league regular with Detroit at the age of 18, found himself a regular again at the age of 33, with the Bruins.:</p><p>What was the result of Schmidt&rsquo;s choice of Lumley over Simmons? The Bruins won four games in nine days. After the shutout of Toronto they: beat Detroit, 3 to 2, then outlasted Montreal in a goalfest, 7 to 6.</p><p>And a week after his first shutout of the season Lumley scored another, by a similar score (3-0), over New York.</p><p>What, Schmidt was asked, was he looking for in Lumley in the vital games of late February and March?</p><p>&ldquo;Stability, steadiness,&rdquo; replied the Bruins&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not asking for or expecting miracles.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m hoping that Lum will give us the good, steady jobs which inspire confidence in a team. I&rsquo;m hoping he&rsquo;ll have his share of goalie&rsquo;s luck.&rdquo; Added Schmidt, grinning, &ldquo;As a matter of fact, I hope he&rsquo;s luckier than he has ever been in his life.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02289/1696146-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="570" height="1216"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Lumley</b></figcaption></div><p>Mid-February was a trying time for the Bruins, engaged for many weeks in <i>a</i> running fight for fourth place with the brawny Black Hawks from Chicago. But if they were unable to shake Chicago even during a period in which they won seven of nine games and lost only two of 10, they did gain ground on Detroit.</p><p>On February 14, the night Lumley shut out New York, the Bruins climbed by the Red Wings and into third place.</p><p>At that point the Bruins were tied with Montreal for the second-half championship. Since playing their 35th game, the last game of the first half of the schedule, they had won 12 games, the same number as the defending champions.</p><p>Behind in order in the second half standing came Chicago with 11 wins, Toronto with nine, Detroit with five and New York with four. Thus the Bruins&rsquo; pickup on Detroit was seven wins since January 1.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Big Daddy Lumley Gets Signal From Milt For Crucial Finale

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>What is this hockey world coming to when the last place team roars hell bent on setting the second-best money-making record in its history ?</p><p>Although the New York Rangers are skidding to an all-time low point mark for a 70-game schedule, Manhattan fans have treated the Garden turnstiles as if the home team was rubbing elbows With first place.</p><p>After 26 home games, the Blues attracted 4,845 More fans than last season, the biggest money-maker in history.</p><p>However, with six games now remaining, the Ranger brass expects attendance to dip and consequently the best they can hope for is runner-up spot to last year&rsquo;s gold strike.</p><p>How does one explain this phenomena&mdash;a loser making not money but big money ?</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; a Ranger official told the Hockey News. &lsquo;There must be a few reasons. One of them is a general interest around the league.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;How does that affect New York ?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;More rinks are going up around here, more kids are playing. The kids take the old man to the game. You see it here at the Garden. I gotta believe that it&rsquo;s the youngsters.&rdquo;</p><p>Last season after 26 home games the Rangers drew 324,554 for an average of 12,482. This was a team that hovered between second and fourth place until the last week of the schedule, when it expired in fifth.</p><p>This season, after 26 home games, the Rangers drew 329,399 for an average of 12,669. These figures are for a team that nestled comfortably in sixth place except for an occasional sortie into the wilds of fifth. One forgets when they felt the heady atmosphere of fourth.</p><p>At their tortoise pace, the Rangers only hope now is to be spoilers and outdo their all-time 70-game low point total of 50, accomplished in the 1952-53 season. It&rsquo;s even-money bet that they&rsquo;ll do it.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Garden management is realistic enough to realize that the attendance euphoria soon must collapse.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll probably tail off in the last few games,&rdquo; the official said. &ldquo;We were hurt in a public relations way by the Kelly incident. Even non-hockey fans are talking about it.&rdquo;</p><p>The man was referring to the trade between New York and Detroit which had Red Kelly and Billy McNeill coming to the Rangers for Bill Gadsby and Ed Shack. The deal was killed when Kelly &ldquo;retired&rdquo; for five days.</p><p>However, the syrupy thought of playing for Toronto urged Kelly out of retirement and a deal was made&mdash;Kelly for Marc Reaume.</p><p>The Ranger management says it &ldquo;couldn&rsquo;t do anything about the deal.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Ned Irish represented the Rangers at the NHL meeting in Palm Beach,&rdquo; the Garden official said. &ldquo;Before he could do anything Detroit already had announced the deal with Toronto.</p><p>Thus, the Rangers gave their tacit approval and wound up with nothing.</p><p>Aside from supporting their heroes, the current sport in Rangerville&mdash;particularly among the writers&mdash;is guessing who&rsquo;s going where in 60-61.</p><p>A warm rumor, based on a Hockey News story of two months ago, has Gump Worsley going to Toronto for Dick Duff and goalie Ed Chadwick.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how true the trade is,&rdquo; said Worsley, &ldquo;but we&rsquo;ve been hearin&rsquo; about it for a week.&rdquo;</p><p>What Gump may not know is that the rumor born in Al Muller&rsquo;s Restaurant across the street from Madison Square Garden two months ago when Leaf goalie Johnny Bower confessed to friends that he was quitting after this season.</p><p>Bower related how the Leafs were displeased with Chadwick&rsquo;s NHL potential and how much they liked Gump. Since Duff allegedly is in disfavor with Leafs, the DuffChadwick-Worsley package made a good and logical talking point.</p><p>It is expected that no deal will be consummated until after the playoffs&hellip;if at all.</p><h2>Middle Of Rumor</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03263/1696177-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="552" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gump Worsley</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Leafs-Rangers, Gump For Duff Rumor Luke Warm In Manhattan

<div class="byline">By CHARLIE HALPIN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01304/1696215-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Claude Provost, Phil Goyette and Andre Pronovost chat during warmup before a game. This trio has been together for three years and is one of the oldest in point of service, as a unit, in the NHL.</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Claude Provost of the Montreal Canadiens typifies the unsung hero in hockey.</p><p>The lantern-jawed right winger probably will never win a Hart Trophy or a scoring championship or ever become an all-star in the National Hockey League, but to the Canadiens he&rsquo;s a valuable piece of hockey property.</p><p>Provost is known in the hockey vernacular as an &lsquo;honest player&rsquo;, a guy who goes both ways with little fuss but effectively.</p><p>Employed primarily as a checking forward during his five years in the NHL, Provost has still managed to score 79 goals despite the fact he has become a hockey &lsquo;specialist&rsquo;.</p><p>Provost has never achieved an 20-goal season, even though the man who launched him in the big time, Ken Reardon, believes he should be a perennial 25-goal man. This season with 15 goals in 55 games, Claude could conceivably reach his plateau and if he does, he&rsquo;ll be a happy young man.</p><p>&ldquo;I shoot for 20 goal and hope 1 get dem,&rdquo; he says in his French-Canadian dialect.</p><h2><b>Loves Those Bruins</b></h2><p>Provost himself is certain he&rsquo;d make it if the Canadiens had a few more games scheduled with Boston this season. The Bruins have become Claude&rsquo;s &lsquo;lucky&rsquo; club. Of the 15 goals he has scored during the present year, eight have been against the Bruins and six were counted right on Boston ice.</p><p>How did he account for the fact he had become a prolific scorer at the expense of the Bruins ? &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I do anything different, except the puck rolls for me in Boston, that&rsquo;s all,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>Provost, it seems, has had the Indian sign on the Bruins from the start of his NHL career. His first big league goal was scored right in Boston back in 1955 against Terry Sawchuk. Like most rookies, Claude dove head-long into the net to retrieve the puck and today it is among his most cherished hockey momentoes.</p><p>Provost may like to see the Bruins coming but Boston GM Lynn Patrick wishes his club had never laid eyes on the sturdy winger.</p><p>Recently, Patrick was told by newsmen before a game in Montreal, &ldquo;The Canadiens won&rsquo;t be at full strength. Neither Beliveau nor Bonin is going to play.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d feel much better if you&rsquo;d said Provost wasn&rsquo;t going to be in the lineup,&rdquo; said Lynn.</p><p>&ldquo;That guy murders us.&rdquo;</p><p>Provost has scored one winning goal for the Canadiens against the Bruins this year and numbers two &lsquo;insurance&rsquo; counters among his collection of points in games with Boston.</p><p>What team does he dislike in the NHL?</p><p>&ldquo;The Rangers, of course,&rdquo; snap ped Provost. &ldquo;I just can&rsquo;t get a goal against those guys,&rdquo; he says. Clan de counted but one goal in 14 games last season with New York and this year he has yet to find the range against the Broadway Blueshirts.</p><h2><b>Playoff Goals A Big Thrill</b></h2><p>When Claude and his hockey pals, linemates Phil Goyette and Andre Pronovost, sit around reminiscing about the past and counting their Stanley Cup bonuses, he always likes to recall the Stanley Cup playoffs of last spring. In two series with Chicago and Toronto, Claude scored six goals and the two he registered in the deciding game of the semi-finals to knock Chicago out of the playoffs, presented him with his greatest thrill thus far in hockey.</p><p>Provost in currently playing his fifth season as a member of Les Canadiens and the fact he has already had his name etched on four Stanley Cups, is a tribute to the Montreal-born performer.</p><p>A product of the city&rsquo;s heavily-populated East End, Claude played in the same minor districts as Boston&rsquo;s Jean Guy Gendron and teammate Bernie Geoffrion. He moved steadily through the Canadiens&rsquo; farm system, once advancing from junior &lsquo;B&rsquo; up to &lsquo;A&rsquo; to replace Geoffrion, who had been called up by the parent Habitants.</p><p>He eventually moved into semi-pro ranks with Shawinigan Falls, where the Canadien-operated Cataracts were &lsquo;bossed&rsquo; by Reardon, the present vice-president of the NHL team.</p><p>Provost started badly with the Cataracts and when he failed to score a goal in his first 13 games, Reardon admitted he was ready to give up on the youngster. &ldquo;If I had someone better, I would have replaced him right then,&rdquo; he says.</p><p>But Reardon stuck with Provost the rest of the year and it proved a shrewd move. &ldquo;Claude really arrived in that Edinburgh series against Edmonton. His performance in helping win the cup convinced me he was well worth a look for the big leagues,&rdquo; said Reardon.</p><p>Provost and his Shawinigan teammates, who included Connie Broden, Jean Guy Talbot, Bob Turner, Jean Paul Lamirande, Roger Leger, Miche Perreault and Eddie Kachur, won the minor pro classic from a great Edmonton team that was sponsored by Detroit and included Bronco Horvath, Glenn Hall, Johnny Bucyk, Norm Ullman and Gerry Melynyk among its players.</p><p>&ldquo;It was one of the greatest series I had ever witnessed,&rdquo; declared Reardon, &ldquo;and Provost was much a star as anyone in the games.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Lacks Scoring Confidence</b></h2><p>Reardon thinks that Provost could become a great scorer in the NHL if he could acquire the necessary confidence.</p><p>&ldquo;I personally don&rsquo;t think Claude realizes his potential. He should be able to score 25 goals every season,&rdquo; commented the Canadiens&rsquo; executive.</p><p>&ldquo;Claude has a terrific shot, one of the harder ones in the NHL. He is a strong defensive player and a good offensive man as well. The Canadiens are fortunate to have him with the club,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>Provost is a work-horse type player, who doesn&rsquo;t need much urging to get on the ice. At the outset of the season, he acted both as a penalty killer and took his regular turn at right wing with Goyette and Pronovost. As the result he was logging more ice time than any other forward on the team.</p><p>Now in his 27th year, married and the father of an 18-months-old son, Claude is not big by NHL standards at 5&rsquo;8&frac12;&rdquo; and 172 pounds. But he&rsquo;s solid on his skates and a difficult man to knock off stride once he&rsquo;s in motion. Provost has an unusual wide skating stance that caught the attention of a Montreal skating experts, who predicted he would last longer than most players in the NHL because of his manner of skating.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a tirless skating motion and certainly one that keeps him well balanced of body. I would say he&rsquo;d be a hard man to knock down in a hockey game,&rdquo; added the expert.</p><p>Although he&rsquo;s not a rough player, Provost rates as one of Coach Toe Blake&rsquo;s &lsquo;hardrock&rsquo; kids and he has contributed much to the team&rsquo;s four cup successes in the last four years.</p><p>Provost is also a durable performer who rarely misses a league encounter. In five seasons he has been out of the lineup only four times in 353 league and playoff games.</p><p>Does he like playing with the Canadiens ?</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the only team to be with, even if you have to sit on the bench,&rdquo; he says.</p><p>What of his future in the National League ?</p><p>&ldquo;I hope to play long enough to become a 10-year man.&rdquo;</p><p>Did he think the Canadiens would win the Stanley Cup again this season ?</p><p>&ldquo;Of course. At least I hope so. It&rsquo;s money in the bank.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>The &ldquo;Kids&rdquo; In A Relaxed Moment</b></h2><h2><b>On The Way Up</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02251/1696208-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1160" height="1170"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Claude Provost, centre, and linemate Phil Goyette, another member of the &lsquo;Unsung Hero&rsquo; club and their wives, take the elevator to their fourth straight victory celebration last season. Hero of the playoffs was Provost, who lead Canadiens against the Black Hawks in semi-finals.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Claude Shoots For 20, Hasn’t Made Mark Yet

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Coach Toe Blake has, on numerous occasions during the past three seasons, made lineup switches to fill-in or try to break a slump. The one line he never touches is his &lsquo;kid line&rsquo; of Provost, Pronovost and Goyette. They have been together for three years, probably the only one in the NHL that can boast that length of life. This trio has much in common. All three were born in the Province of Quebec. All three graduated from the Montreal Junior Canadiens to Quebec Hockey League Clubs before joining Canadiens. Both Provost and Pronovost played at Shawinigan Falls, Goyette with the Montreal Royals.</p><p>Provost and Pronovost are two of five players who graduated from that Shawinigan team. Others are Junior Langlois, Jean Guy Talbot and Bob Turner.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Line Oldest In NHL

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01371/1696315-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="386" height="441"></div><p>&bull; <b>SOMEONE ASKED</b> Red Kelly after his first game for Toronto against Detroit if he had a tendency to pass the puck to the red-shirted Red Wings, instead of to his teammates of only five days standing&hellip;&ldquo;No, I&rsquo;m not color blind,&rdquo; Kelly replied&hellip;&ldquo;I can tell the difference between red and blue-and-white&rdquo;&hellip;Only three times in the last 10 years have the Boston Bruins iced a team that won more games than it lost&hellip;yet the Bruins outdraw by a considerable margin the world champion Boston Celtics basketball team&hellip;If Detroit Red Wings finish the current season as the least penalized team in the NHL it will mark the fourth straight year that they were the least penalized squad&hellip;Some of the finest photos of a hockey player and his family at home appear in the February issue of Hockey Pictorial&hellip;It&rsquo;s At Home with Henri and shows the Pocket Rocket and Mrs. Richard and their three children&hellip;Henri Richard&rsquo;s great play with Canadiens has amazed everyone including the Rocket himself&hellip;Marshall Dann, a hockey writer for the Detroit Free Press and Detroit correspondent for both HOCKEY NEWS and HOCKEY PICTORIAL for several years, was recently named executive vice president of the Western Golf Association&hellip;Dann will resign from his Detroit commitments and move to Chicago shortly&hellip;Besides being an outstanding hockey writer he was one of the top golf writers in the United States&hellip;Chicago&rsquo;s defense corps of Pierre Pilote, Elmer Vasko, Jack Evans, Al Arbour and Dollard St. Laurent have played great hockey for the Hawks of late&hellip;St. Laurent in particular has improved this season. He is one of the Hawk mainstays this term after riding the bench most of last year.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02336/1696308-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="301" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dol. St. Laurent</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>GEORGE HAYES,</b> veteran NHL linesman, was given a Night by friends last week in his native Ingersoll, Ont&hellip;. A dinner organized by Joe Iannarelli, Ingersoll recreation director, was attended by most of the top hockey leaders in Ontario&hellip;He received a travelling bag from the Ingersoll Marland Hockey Club and an electric shaver and pen and pencil set from the referees and linesmen as well as a mantle clock&hellip;An enthusiastic group in Pouston are trying to revive hockey interest in the Texas city&hellip;An amateur league has been formed which plays two nights a week&hellip;Hank Bruce and Tony Watkin are the key men behind the move&hellip;Guy Gendron is enjoying his best season with Boston. He scored his 22nd goal on February 13 which is by far his greatest goal output in the NHL&hellip;Only four players remain from Detroit&rsquo;s last Stanley Cup champions of 1954-55 &lsquo;&hellip;They are Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuk, Alex Delvecchio and Marcel Pronovost&hellip;Eleven players had scored 20 or more goals in the NHL this season in games up to February 18&hellip;Bronco Horvath, hot-shot center of the Boston Bruins, led the attack with 37 counters. The others were Jean Beliveau, Canadiens, 32; Bobby Hull, Chicago, 29; Henri Richard, Canadiens, 26; Gordie Howe, Detroit, 25; Dean Prentice, Rangers, 24; Vic Stasiuk, Boston, 24; Bernie Geoffrion, Canadiens, 23; Guy Gendron, Boston, 22; Bob Pulford, Toronto, 21; and Dickie Moore, Canadiens, 20&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03260/1696301-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="295" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Guy Gendron</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>THE BOB TURNERS</b> proud parents of a son. It was the first for them&hellip;Lynn Patrick says Leo LaBine is one of the hardest bodycheckers in the league and is afraid of no one&hellip;Montreal fans can&rsquo;t remember when they saw a club come out on top after pulling their goaler on Forum ice&hellip;Sid Abel did it last week and Norm Ullman scored with one second left in the game. It gave the Wings a much needed 3-3 tie&hellip;Al Rollins, who was dealt to the New York Rangers by the Winnipeg Warriors to replace the injured Gump Worsley plans to hang up his skates after this season. There&rsquo;s a good chance that he may be back next season, depending on how he does for the Blues from here on in&hellip;Toronto&rsquo;s Bob Pulford calls the Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks the toughest teams in the NHL. &ldquo;Canadiens are the hardest team to beat, but not the toughest to play against,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Canadiens don&rsquo;t play the body&mdash;that is, hit as hard or as often&mdash;as Boston or Chicago.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04206/1696294-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="266" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Pulford</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By CHARLIE HALPIN</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.</p><p>Toe Blake of the Montreal Canadiens isn&rsquo;t famed for his verbal outbursts as a hockey coach.</p><p>In fact, he sometimes talks very little. His players only have to look at the expression on his face to know if everything is going right or wrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05183/1696346-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="279" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Toe Blake</b></figcaption></div><p>The one-time member of the Canadiens&rsquo; great Punch Line has never been one to accept defeat lightly and when the four-time world champions returned to Montreal after losing three games out of four on their recent disastrous road trip, Blake was fuming and the words gushed from between his teeth.</p><p>&ldquo;I would say it was our worst road trip in two years. I can&rsquo;t remember the last time we dropped two games on a weekend. Sure we missed our injured players, but we have enough reserve to help pick up the slack. We didn&rsquo;t go too well defensively, either.&rdquo;</p><p>The Canadiens, forced out of their home rink by an ice show, lost a game in New York to the lowly but inspired Rangers, beat Toronto, lost again to Boston in a marathon 7-6 Saturday afternoon television feature game and ended the dismal road run by being blanked by Chicago.</p><p>It marked the first time this season the Habs lost two games on a weekend and the shutout loss to the Hawks&mdash;the second time they did it this year&mdash;was only the third time the Canadiens were held off the scoresheet in an NHL game during this campaign.</p><p>The defeats showed up the value of Jean Beliveau, Dickie Moore and Marcel Bonin, all sidelined with various injuries. The Habs missed their scoring prowess, which totalled 67 goals between the three of them.</p><p>There&rsquo;s no denying the depth of the Canadiens, but no team can lose the services of players like Beliveau, Bonin and Moore, and still flourish. It&rsquo;s rarely done in any sport.</p><p>Canadiens are gearing for the NHL stretch run like the rest of the clubs. Just a few weeks remain in the regular schedule, and only two teams, Canadiens and Toronto Leafs, are certain of a playoff berth. Boston, Detroit and Chicago are struggling for the other two spots in a hot three-cornered fight.</p><p>Even Canadiens cannot afford complacency, because a let down at this stage might see the team lose its edge for the Cup playoffs, which start in a little more than a month.</p><p>We doubt if complacency played much of a part in the recent road defeats of the Canadiens. This letdown was obviously attributed more to the absence of Beliveau, Bonin and Moore than anything else.</p><p>The situation also tended to point up a recent argument over the selection of Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe for the Hart Trophy award rather than Beliveau. The wings are losing steadily with Howe in the lineup while the Canadiens were losing without Beliveau.</p><p>Big Beliveau personnally lost ground in his battle with Boston&rsquo;s Bronco Horvath for the scoring title. The Bruins&rsquo; Uke Line ace &lsquo;cushioned&rsquo; his lead while Beliveau rested a groin injury, but Beliveau backers declare that with 15 games remaining there&rsquo;s still time for Jean to catch Horvath.</p><p>&ldquo;If Beliveau overtakes Horvath now for the scoring championship, then it will prove conclusively that he is deserving of the Hart Trophy,&rdquo; said one hockey observer.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Canadiens Aren’t The Same Without That Big Number 4

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL Toronto Star</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06149/1696391-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg"></div><h2><b>A Coach Who Can Talk Back</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>omewhat sadly, you&rsquo;re obliged to report that Murph Chamberlain, a noted hellion in his days as a working stiff, has become something of a company man. The old Hard Rock definitely hews to the management line. As coach and major-domo of the Sudbury club in the new Eastern league, Murph has <i>a</i> set-up of which most skippers dream but few enjoy. If his critics get unreasonable with Murph, he has the medium through which to talk back&mdash;his own television sports show. No longer can a sports writer be sure he&rsquo;s getting the last word with Murph.</p><p>There was a time when such a situation might have been untenable for the poor wretches on the sports beats. Murph would have blasted them out of the rinks. There isn&rsquo;t much danger now. Murph has arrived at the fairly sensible conclusion that managers and coaches seldom score goals. It also has occurred to Murph that the intangible commodity called color is more saleable on the ice than it is on the bench.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07126/1696384-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="568" height="890"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Murph Chamberlain A Rook In Toronto</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;I heard&rsquo; they wanted color when I first went to the Western league (Vancouver) as a coach,&rdquo; Murph recalls. &ldquo;So I did some popping off in the papers. First thing I know, I&rsquo;m fined 250 bucks. They give me the choice of paying the fine or quitting the league. I decided to quit.&rdquo;</p><p>From Vancouver, Murph shuffled off to Buffalo&mdash;another town that could do with a colorful coach. One eventful night, Murph got SO colorful he tossed a second puck into a game to show his displeasure toward the referee. The league did some tossing, too. It tossed Murph out on his ear for the final month of the campaign. Painfully, Murph realized he was in danger of becoming the most colorful chap in the alms house.</p><p>Now, he&rsquo;s saying such stuffily respectable things as: &ldquo;A contract, you know, works two ways. The club has to carry out its obligations. A player has obligations, too. If he&rsquo;s traded, the way I see it, he should report to his new club, for the balance of that season, at least.&rdquo;</p><p>Chamberlain obviously was thinking of the Detroit deal which blew up, although he didn&rsquo;t mention either Red Kelly or Billy McNeill by name.</p><h2><b>They Loved Him In Boston, So</b></h2><p>Chamberlain, of course, got bounced around like a ping pong ball in his playing days. There&rsquo;s no record of what he said at the time, but it can be assumed his most severe shock was his first. The Leafs sold him to Montreal, without getting so much as a broken shoestring in the deal. All they got was money.</p><p>&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t traded&mdash;they got rid of me,&rdquo; Murph grins. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d been three years at the Gardens and sort of figured I belonged. Half a dozen people called me and said they&rsquo;d read it in the paper before I finally read it myself. Dick Irvin was leaving Leafs to coach in Montreal. I was going along with Irvin.&rdquo;</p><p>When the Habs shipped Murph to Boston, after two seasons, he was jolted again. The Hub was heaven, as it turned out. He had his best season. The fans loved him. Murph practically purred with a Harvard accent&mdash;until the Habs bought him back.</p><p>&ldquo;I went to see Irvin and told him how much I liked Boston,&rdquo; Murph recalls. &ldquo;He asked me one question: &lsquo;Do you want to play hockey next season?&rsquo;. I said I did. Irvin had the final word: &lsquo;Then you&rsquo;ll be playing in Montreal.&rsquo; You know how it worked out. I never was out of the playoffs. We won the Stanley Cup twice.</p><p>&ldquo;Any time I started feeling sorry for myself over getting traded, I remembered that Howie Morenz was traded. So was Charlie Conacher. If it could happen to them, why shouldn&rsquo;t it happen to me?&rdquo;</p><p>Chamberlain became known as one of &lsquo;Irvin&rsquo;s boys&rsquo;. Other included Bill Durnan, Kenny Reardon and Toe Blake. Irvin had great respect for their hockey abilities and their power to inspire the team. Whenever he wanted to bawl out a member of the Habs, he usually picked on one of his favorites first. Then he switched to the man he really had in mind.</p><h2><b>Red Shoots At His Old Mates</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01325/1696377-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="1756" height="1921"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Goaler Dennis Riggen deflects a shot off the stick of former Teammate Red Kelly as the clubs met for the second time in as many nights. Kelly failed to score in either game as the Leafs won two but he was a standout for his new team playing on a line with Frank Mahovlich and Gerry Ehman. Mahovlich has back to camera in above picture.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>What will the acquisition of veteran Red Kelly mean to the Maple Leafs?</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve greatly strengthened our club,&rdquo; says coach and general manager Punch Imlach.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02295/1696422-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="288" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Marc Reaume</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;I can help the Leafs,&rdquo; says Kelly, who&rsquo;s only 32.</p><p>Toronto fans gave their answer Feb. 10 when the redhead made his first appearance in Leaf livery. They greeted him with one of the loudest and longest ovations ever accorder a hockey player in Maple Leaf Gardens.</p><p>Kelly was an all-star defenceman six times and occasionally was shifted to left wing with good results. But when he joined Leafs, he was placed at centre, an almost completely new position.</p><p>Imlach felt his defence pairings were adequate&mdash;Tim Horton and Sam Stanley, Carl Brewer and Boomer Baun&mdash;and was confident in his left wings&mdash;Dick Duff, Bert Olmstead and Frank Mahovlich. The one spot that needed bolstering was the gap at centre between Mahovlich and Gerry Ehman. So that&rsquo;s where he spotted Kelly.</p><p>&ldquo;I played between Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay many years ago,&rdquo; Kelly recalled, &ldquo;but centre is pretty new to me. However, centre&rsquo;s okay with me, if that&rsquo;s where they feel I can help most.&rdquo;</p><p>Red didn&rsquo;t get a point in his first three games as a Maple Leaf. But Mahovlich and Ehman were much more of a threat with him at centre than they had been all season. As a veteran of nearly 13 big-league campaigns, Kelly moves the puck and plots plays with far more assurance and know-how than any Leaf, with the exception of Olmstead, has shown.</p><p>And while working Kelly at centre, Imlach still knew this was his fifth defenseman&mdash;the best spare rearguard in the National League.</p><p>So it was easy to see how Kelly strengthened the Toronto club. The weekend after they got him, they swept two games from Detroit and pretty well assured themselves of second place.</p><p>It was no problem to figure out why Leafs would want Kelly. How they got him in less clear. It was one of the most muddled transactions in the history of hockey.</p><p>It all began Feb. 4 when Jack Adams, general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, unloaded the shock announcement that Kelly, who was in his 13th season with Wings, had been traded along with Billy McNeill to New York Rangers for Bill Gadsby and Eddie Shack.</p><p>The next morning, Kelly announced he was quitting hockey, rather than accept the proposed shift.</p><p>McNeil retired, as well, and the deal was nullified. Gadsby and Shack returned to New York With the Rangers.</p><p>That week-end, Leafs got permission from Adams to talk to Kelly. The idea was that since the Redhead wouldn&rsquo;t rejoin Wings under any circumstances&mdash;and they didn&rsquo;t want him&mdash;it would be to Adams&rsquo; advantage to salvage SOMETHING. As matters stood, he was short two players.</p><p>On Feb. 9, Kelly came to Toronto, huddled with Imlach and assistant general manager King Clancy and agreed to join Leafs, if arrangements could be made with Wings.</p><p>Imlach contacted Adams and a deal was quickly closed. Marc Reaume, reserve defenceman with Leafs for two seasons, would go to Detroit as full payment for Kelly.</p><p>Now came the hitch. Clarence Campbell, NHL president, interrupted to say the trade wasn&rsquo;t legitimate. Kelly, having cut himself loose from the Wings, was in limbo, so to speak, and not proper trading material. Red had been given a five-day period in which to decide whether to rejoin Wings or go on the voluntary retired list.</p><p>The transaction was speedly legalized. Kelly reported back to Adams, thereby making himself a Red Wing again. Then he was informed he&rsquo;d been swapped to Toronto. Meanwhile, the NHL board of governor&rsquo;s, meeting in Florida, agreed to waive the five-day period of grace.</p><p>And so it came to pass that Kelly was in the Leaf lineup when they played Montreal Canadiens Feb. 10&mdash;and lost, 4-2. And it was then that he received that thunderous ovation.</p><p>&ldquo;I sure did notice the hand they gave me&rdquo;, Red said afterwards. &ldquo;It was really nice of those people. I&rsquo;m just sorry we had to lose.</p><p>&ldquo;The week off sure didn&rsquo;t help me&rdquo;, he said. &ldquo;I lost my dinner at the end of the first period. Gosh, I was afraid it was going to happen on the ice right in front of everybody.</p><p>&ldquo;I was nervous as a rookie in his first game&rdquo;.</p><p><b>NOTES:</b> Kelly wears sweater number four, formerly borne by Hap Day, Bob Davidson, Harry Watson, Hugh Bolton and Steve Kraftchek&hellip;Reaume took over Red&rsquo;s No. 4 at Detroit&hellip;Red got a few boos first time he played back in the Olympia. However, Leafs won, 3-1 and Kelly said: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t mind a few boos any time my teams gets two points&rdquo;&hellip;Dick Duff got three goals against Detroit, raising his total to 17, and now is a cinch to surpass 20 for the fourth straight year. But he won&rsquo;t match last year&rsquo;s 29&hellip;Leafs are concerned about Larry Regan, whose injured back refuses to respond to treatment&hellip;Bert Olmstead&rsquo;s return to the Leaf lineup restored the team to. 500 hockey&hellip;Carl Brewer now has served 128 penalty minutes in 55 games. His closest rival is Vic Stasiuk. with 105&hellip;With 15 games to go, Johnny Bower trailed Jacques Plante by 14 in the Vezina trophy race&hellip;Bobby Pulford was the first Leaf to hit 20 goals. He did it in the team&rsquo;s 54th game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Kelly At Centre Gives Punch Needed Punch Down The Middle

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Madison Square Garden stock hasn&rsquo;t been hurt by the fall of the New York Rangers but the local fan club reports that a depression has set in.</p><p>Membership has dropped by 300 and club officials are fearful of losing $200&mdash;a huge sum by fan club standards&mdash;at its annual dinner-dance in honor of the Rangers, March 14th.</p><p>&ldquo;As the team goes, so goes the fan club,&rdquo; says Jerry Ahrens, an official in the group.</p><p>Ahrens reports that membership has ebbed from a record 1,300 two years ago to 913 now.</p><p>&ldquo;Most of the loss is in Canada,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It seems our Canadian fans quit first&mdash;we&rsquo;ve lost 30 per cent of them&mdash;but the American members are more loyal.&rdquo;</p><p>He noted that membership of New York members remains stable whether the team is a playoff contender or not.</p><p>Despite the loss of enrollment, the fan club&rsquo;s activities have expanded.</p><p>Members already have taken trips to Toronto, Rochester, Commack and Springfield en-masse. Others have authored convoys to New Haven, Hershey and all points west.</p><p>Since there is some doubt about the Blueshirts gaining a playoff berth, the Fan Club is planning a mass assault on Springfield to see the Blueshirts&rsquo; farm club in the Calder Cup Playoffs.</p><h2><b>Fan Club To Put On Its Own Show</b></h2><p>If the Rangers had an affiliate on the Cocos Islands, chances are the Fan Club would get THERE somehow.</p><p>Annually, the boosters hold a dinner-dance at which time, win or lose, the players are honored and the New York hockey writers lampoon the hockey scene with skits and song.</p><p>This season, however, the Fan Club, will put on its own show at the Hotel Woodstock with its own five piece band.</p><p>Fan Club President, Mike Komelis, hopes that the rank and file gives the Rangers a vote of confidence by filling the dining room.</p><p>Based on past performances, Mike has little to fear.</p><p>In some of the most dismal campaigns of the early fifties, the Fan Club shindigs were THE office hockey events of the year.</p><p>Those were the years when former general manager Frank Boucher and New York Times writer Joe Nichols swirled and sank through their &ldquo;Are You From Dixie&rdquo; minstrel routine; Don &ldquo;Bones&rdquo; Raleigh, crooned &ldquo;Flamin&rsquo; Mamie,&rdquo; Jack Evans strummed a guitar and Allan Stanley tickled the piano.</p><p><b>RANGERABILIA:</b> Andy Bathgate and Dean Prentice are the Rangers candidates for finishing in the top ten of scoring. It won&rsquo;t be easy&hellip;Andy Hebenton&mdash;a 33-goal man last year&mdash;is hoping for 20 this season&hellip;Ken Schinkel, a Calder Trophy candidate, has won a spot on next year&rsquo;s varsity&hellip;Blues practice goalie, Arnee Nocks&mdash;who&rsquo;s also a TV producer and director&mdash;nearly suffered a fractured skull the other day. A 90-mile an hour shot by Brian Cullen smacked him above the eye. The Lauch face mask saved him. &ldquo;Hardly felt it,&rdquo; Arnee said.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Ranger Blues Cause Fans In Canada To Drop Cards

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Red Wings, currently in a prolonged slump, are guaranteed of bettering the dismal 1958-59 season at least in attendance.</p><p>Detroit has played to 25,000 more fans this season than last. Still the pacesetter is Montreal which has pulled the top three crowds of the campaign into Olympia.</p><p>Red Kelly&rsquo;s Detroit debut in a Maple Leaf uniform brought out 14,652 fans&mdash;fourth largest turnout of the season.</p><p>Kelly didn&rsquo;t receive the ovation that greeted Ted Lindsay when he came into Detroit with Chicago after being traded. Kelly&rsquo;s return was met with a mixture of cheers and jeers.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Win Or Lose, Wings Better Off At Till

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll Montreal Gaiette</div><h2><b>The Bruins&rsquo; Problems</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>here was a sombre little group from Boston standing in the lobby of the hotel late Saturday afternoon. In it were Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Bruins, Coach Milt Schmidt and Herb Ralby, the club&rsquo;s publicity director.</p><p>You didn&rsquo;t have to be told why they looked so grim. The Bruins had lost a game in Boston the previous Thursday to the Chicago Black Hawks, the team they are battling for fourth place in the league standings, which dropped them into a tie with the Hawks whereas a victory would have put them four points ahead. Now they had just finished watching the Hawks defeat the New York Rangers on television, 5-1, and to keep pace with them they would have to beat the Canadiens within the next few hours.</p><p>&ldquo;The Canadiens won&rsquo;t be at full strength,&rdquo; they were told. &ldquo;Neither Beliveau nor Bonin is going to play.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d feel better if you&rsquo;d said Provost wasn&rsquo;t going to play,&rdquo; said Lynn. &ldquo;That guy murders us.&rdquo;</p><p>(Ed. note&mdash;Provost did it again on Saturday night, setting up Boom Boom Geoffrion for the winning goal and scoring the insurance tally himself.)</p><p>What did they feel the Bruins need in the stretch run to make sure of landing in the playoffs?</p><p>&ldquo;Consistent goal-tending,&rdquo; said Herb Ralby. &ldquo;Lumley is replacing Simmons in our nets tonight.&rdquo;</p><p>How many times had they switched goalkeepers this season ?</p><p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t tell you offhand,&rdquo; said Herb. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got all that information upstairs in the room.&rdquo;</p><p>It isn&rsquo;t so long ago that the Bruins thought they had their goal-tending problem solved. Don Simmons, experimenting with a mask, had come up with two successive shutouts, but somewhere along the line the mask had lost its magic.</p><h2><b>How To Speak French</b></h2><p>A dark, slender young man approached the group and addressed Lynn Patrick:</p><p>&ldquo;Comment ca va, M&rsquo;sieu Patrick?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Beliveau, Geoffrion et Richard,&rdquo; said Lynn. &ldquo;I can speak French, too.&rdquo;</p><p>The laugh seemed to ease the tension and made conversation less difficult.</p><p>&ldquo;The fault isn&rsquo;t all in our nets,&rdquo; volunteered Milt Schmidt, who looks as though he&rsquo;d lost considerable weight since the season started. &ldquo;It all starts with the forwards when they fail to check back.&rdquo;</p><p>Milt was asked about a recent quote of his to the effect that it was impossible to prevent the Uke Line&mdash;Bronco Horvath, Vic Stasiuk and Johnny Bucyk&mdash;from scoring.</p><p>&ldquo;Did I say that ?&rdquo; he asked, looking puzzled.</p><p>He was told he&rsquo;d pointed out that certain teams played checking lines against them and that they scored just the same. Only the Canadiens didn&rsquo;t bother to assign any specific line to them.</p><p>&ldquo;I think I said it was impossible to stop them consistently,&rdquo; he mended. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve played some games without scoring, but they always bounce back.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>The Key-Man Is Bucyk</b></h2><p>Somebody ventured the opinion that the key to the. line is Vic Stasiuk. He seemed to be the guy who goes into the corners and digs the puck out for Bronco Horvath.</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re wrong there,&rdquo; broke in Lynn Patrick. &ldquo;The key-man on the line is Bucyk. When he&rsquo;s playing well the line plays well. But he doesn&rsquo;t always play well.&rdquo;</p><p>What&rsquo;s the matter with him ? Is he the moody type ?</p><p>&ldquo;No, I wouldn&rsquo;t call him moody,&rdquo; replied Lynn. It&rsquo;s just that he appears to be distracted at times and doesn&rsquo;t always concentrate on hockey. Sometimes it looks as if he&rsquo;s thinking about some movie he saw instead of the game he&rsquo;s playing in.&rdquo;</p><p>It was suggested that both Boston and Chicago may make the playoffs and Detroit may be the team to fall out, especially since the Red Kelly and Billy McNeill shocker.</p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been in a slump and that isn&rsquo;t going to help them,&rdquo; nodded Milt. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t understand McNeill&mdash;he&rsquo;s just a kid getting started in the game &ldquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Did you hear about Bill Gadsby&rsquo;s wife ?&rdquo; said Herb Ralby. &ldquo;There was a lady in hurry to get out of New York. By the time Bill phoned to tell her the deal was off she&rsquo;d sublet the place, sold the furniture, parked the cat with a neighbor, given the groceries away and packed two trunks. Whew !&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

playing the field

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;The Whomp,&rdquo; a bodychecking revival directed and produced by Ken Schinkel, is the latest hit on Broadway.</p><p>According to its author, a 27-year-old right wing with the Rangers, &ldquo;The Whomp&rdquo; is a sequel to the &ldquo;Jolt,&rdquo; once performed by Lou Fontinato and the &ldquo;Thump,&rdquo; immortalized by Bill Ezinicki in another era.</p><p>Mr. Schinkel created &ldquo;The Whomp&rdquo; to return bodychecking to Madison Square Garden. He says the bone-shatering production is in no way similar to the &ldquo;Jolt&rdquo; and &ldquo;Thump&rdquo; although Gotham critics believe otherwise.</p><p>Its uniqueness, Schinkel says, lies in the area of the stage, oops, ice in which it is dealt and the specific manner in which it is per. formed.</p><p>The production begins&mdash;and ends&mdash;when an opponent&mdash;preferably Albert &ldquo;Junior&rdquo; Langlois&mdash;winds up behind his own net. But, wait a moment, here&rsquo;s the producter&mdash;director&mdash;perpetrator himself, so we&rsquo;ll let him tell all. Take it away Ken Schinkel:</p><p>&ldquo;First of all the other guy has to be coming around the net to my wing (right). I take a quick look to see if he has his head down.&rdquo;</p><p>If he does (poor sap), the countdown on the &ldquo;Whomp&rdquo; begins.</p><p>&ldquo;It takes a couple of seconds for me to be sure it&rsquo;s coming off right. I have to be sure the guy is in, far and deep, and that he&rsquo;s just making the corner&hellip;and going to the outside.&rdquo;</p><p>It was becoming obvious that Mr. Schinkel is a meticulous director.</p><p>&ldquo;Well, because of the way I do it, I can only pull it off two or three times a game, if that many.&rdquo;</p><p>Mr. Schinkel says Ezinicki&rsquo;s &ldquo;Thump&rdquo; was dealt low. The &ldquo;Whomp&rdquo; is high.</p><p>&ldquo;I start low and then I suddenly come up. I get him good with the shoulder near the boards.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;What if he sees you coming ?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Sometimes they bring their stick up. I usually see &lsquo;em do it so I jump off the ice and still get &lsquo;em with my shoulder. It doesn&rsquo;t bother me at all. In fact I hardly feel it.&rdquo;</p><p>But, they do.</p><p>Ken rehearsed the &ldquo;Whomp&rdquo; for a few years on the road and tried it out for perfection last year at Springfield. Its New York premier was an instant success.</p><p>If Ken himself is the &ldquo;hero&rdquo; of the &ldquo;Whomp&rdquo; then the &ldquo;heavy&rdquo; is Junior Langlois of Montreal who absorbed it the first and last time Canadiens were in New York.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a good reason,&rdquo; Schinkel said. &ldquo;Him and I have been having a feud all year. It started last season when he was at Rochester and I was at Springfield.&rdquo;</p><p>On Canadiens first visit to New York, Schinkel introduced the &ldquo;Whomp.&rsquo;</p><p>He appeared to be circling like a bee for a few seconds just outside of the Canadiens right faceoff circle. Just as Langlois curved around the net, the Ranger catapulted himself forward and&mdash;whomp!&mdash;caught the Canadien amidships. There wasnt a better check in the Garden until the last Montreal-Ranger game when the &ldquo;Whomp&rdquo; had an encore.</p><p>Later in the game Schinkel and Langlois had a fist fight. Was it because of the &ldquo;Whomp ?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I dunno. At the start of the game he come over to me and said &lsquo;you&rsquo;ll get yours tonight&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;What did you say to him ?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I said &lsquo;anytime, pal, anytime&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Well, did he start the fist fight because of the &lsquo;Whomp&rsquo; ?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Nope, not really. He started it because I gave him a club in the back of his head.&rdquo;</p><p>That&rsquo;s another kind of &ldquo;Whomp.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>The &lsquo;Whomper&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01395/1696556-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="532" height="543"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ken Schinkel</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Schinkel’s “Whomp” Puts “Jolt” And “Thump” To Shame In Garden

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FULL COLOR 9 × 11 GLOSSY PRINTS of HOCKEY’S TOP PERFORMERS

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>How often have you thought to yourself &ldquo;those experts don&rsquo;t know a thing about picking All-Star teams ? I wish I had a chance ?&rdquo;</p><p>Well, THE HOCKEY NEWS is giving you that chance. Not only are they giving you a chance to pick your All-Stars but also the top rookie-of-the-year and most-valuable-player. You get all of these chances in the next three issues of THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>Below is the ballot form in which you can jot down the players you would like to see on your 1959-60 All-Star team.</p><p>The rules, which appear elsewhere on this page, are simple to follow. The most important thing is to get your ballot in so your favorite players are not left off.</p><p>The faster you get them in the sooner we can tabulate them, too.</p><p>It doesn&rsquo;t matter who you vote for&mdash;but vote !</p><p>Remember, if one of your favorites should fail to gain a berth on the Fans&rsquo; All-Star team by the margin of just a few points, it could be because you didn&rsquo;t sent that ballot in as you had intended. So right now, while it&rsquo;s still fresh in your mind, fill out the ballot on this page and mail it right away to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 309, 1434 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal Quebec, Canada.</p><h2><b>Six From Over One Hundred</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01347/1696653-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="569" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Glenn Hall</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02314/1696646-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="550" height="564"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom Johnson</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03242/1696639-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="536" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Marcel Pronovost</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04184/1696632-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="570" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Johnny Bucyk</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05128/1696625-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="550" height="560"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Henri Richard</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0690/1696618-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="528" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Fans! Pick Your All-Stars And Show The Experts You Know Your Players

<p><b>1&mdash;Anyone is eligible to cast ballots for the National Hockey League All-Star Team, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming first and second team, as well as coach, MVP and Outstanding Rookie.</b></p><p><b>2&mdash;The ballots will run for four weeks. Final ballot will appear in the issue dated March 12, 1960</b></p><p><b>3&mdash;Use blanks published in The Hockey News, or reasonable facsimile or tracings of same if you don not wish to deface your copy. Bo sure to fill in your own name and address.</b></p><p><b>4&mdash;Ballots must bo mailed&mdash;to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 309, 1434 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal, Que.</b></p><p><b>5&mdash;All ballots must be postmarked NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1960.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

VOTING RULES

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-08" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0855/1696708-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg"></div><p>My selections for the National Hockey League All-Stars are as follows (please print):<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The Hockey News 1959-60 National League All-Star Team

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt about it, Glenn Hall has been our steady man all season without so much as a hint of breaking down, wanting a rest or anything of the sort.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0763/1696739-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="286" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Glenn Hall</b></figcaption></div><p>Thus spoke Coach Rudy Pilous of the Black Hawks after no less than a 5-0 pasting from Detroit. This, as he said, was no appraisal from one game, but for the entire schedule to date. &ldquo;No, I wasn&rsquo;t disappointed with our effort tonight.</p><p>&ldquo;It came at the end of what was otherwise a most successful road trip&mdash;and just how successful may well be remembered at the time the final standings for the season are written down. In the other two parts of the trip we beat Boston, 7-2, and the Rangers, 5-1.&rdquo;</p><p>These two strong victories climaxed a month of work that covered a month of hard work that Chicago can now look back on as a &ldquo;lucky series&rdquo; rather than the opposite description usually attached to the number of games that were involved&mdash;13. Chicago marked seven of those games up in the win column while losing four and tying the other two.</p><p>&ldquo;The boys were obviously running downhill physically tonight. Remember, we had these three games in four nights with traveling taking up much of the time that we weren&rsquo;t playing. They were tired, but they still tried hard and I wasn&rsquo;t ashamed of anyone,&rdquo; Pilous continued.</p><p>&ldquo;If we can just now put together another 13 games as good as those from the second week in January up to tonight, 1 know it will be pretty darn hard for anyone to keep us out of the playoffs. It&rsquo;s going to mean, naturally, just as much hard work and effort the rest of the way to do it.&rdquo;</p><p>Hall&rsquo;s value was possibly the standout factor in the 13-game streak for he never allowed more than three goals in a game, four times held opponents to just a single score and posted an allimportant shutout over none other than the champion Canadiens (3-0 January 10).</p><p>Over the series, he allowed a stingy 23 goals in all for a fine average of just 1.77 against per game. This lowered his goals against average for the year to a creditable 2.74 which, could he carry it through to the end of the schedule, would give him his best record in three years.</p><p>Behind Hall&rsquo;s play and just as important, Pilous emphasized, has been the steady work of &ldquo;all five&rdquo; Black Hawk defensemen&mdash;Pierre Pilote, Elmer Vasko, Dollard St. Laurent, Al Arbour and Jack Evans. During the 13 tests, Pilote was also one of the stronger skaters offensively.</p><p>&ldquo;Pete&rdquo; accounted for two goals and seven assists for nine points that left him behind only four others on the entire squad. These four carried the scoring load that backed up the Hall netminding stoutly more often than not. While Glenn held rivals to 23 goals, the Hawks whacked in 37 at the same time.</p><p>Starry Bobby Hull set the pace with four goals and eight assists in terms of total points&mdash;12, but perhaps even more appreciable was the big splurge in the 13 games by &ldquo;coming on strong&rdquo; rookie Murray Balfour. He scored eight times and added three assists for 11 points.</p><p>The equally promising young center ice rookie for Balfour and Hull wasn&rsquo;t standing still either. &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Hay got four goals and six assists for 10 points. Right behind him came a strong comeback effort by veteran Ron Murphy who had a 3-7-10 mark over the month stretch.</p><p>It was, actually, a pretty thorough team effort, Pilous pointed out. &ldquo;Look at Ted Lindsay. He showed that &lsquo;he can still come through in the clutch when he got both of our goals in that important 2-2 tie with Montreal. (January 30). Its good to have 35-year-olds like him around.&rdquo;</p><p>The remaining part of the 195960 National League Schedule may appear to stack the cards against Chicago chances for getting into the playoffs, but not if the club can respond as it just did and coms up with another &ldquo;Lucky 13&rdquo; series or anything remotely the same.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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It’s No Race—Hall Brave’s MVP Despite Starts And Stumbles

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks recalled Veteran Phil Maloney from their Buffalo Bisons American Hockey League farm club last week to replace an injured Stan Mikita. Rookie Mikita broke his left hand in a game against the Montreal Canadiens in Chicago on Sunday, February 14. Mikita will be lost to the Hawks for an indefinite period, examination by doctors disclosed.</p><p>Mikita was injured in the first period after a pile-up along the boards. X-rays disclosed the broken hand and it was placed in a cast.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Broken Left Paw Sidelines Mikita; Hawks Call Maloney

<h2><b>Goalers And Penalties</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>even NHL goalers have spent two or more minutes in penalties this season. Glenn Hall, Jacques Plante, Johnny Bower and Don Simmons all have two minutes each to their credit. Harry Lumley, Terry Sawchuk and Lorne Worsley all minutes in penelties chalked up against their name.</p><h2><b>Hall Gets A Point Across</b></h2><p>Chicago&rsquo;s Glenn Hall is the only National Hockey League goaler to have chalked up a point this season. Ho has one assist to his credit. Last season only Montreal&rsquo;s Jacques Plante was able to pick up a point in the goaler race. Hall and Plante are the only two goalers who have played a complete season thus far.</p><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sun., Feb. 21)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01380/1696878-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="599" height="3651"></div><h3><b>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06102/1696871-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="590" height="669"></div><h3><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS:</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0779/1696864-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="587" height="168"></div><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Wed., A.M., Feb. 24)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02316/1696857-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="593" height="188"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Boston 1 at Toronto 3</b></h3><p>Boston&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: R. Armstrong, Boivin, Erickson, Flaman; forwards: Bucyk, Horvath, Stasiuk, Mackell, Burns, Davis, McKenney, Toppazzini, Meissner, Leach.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Horton, Stanley, Brewer, Baun; forwards: Olmstead, Pulford, Stewart, Duff, Harris, G. Armstrong, Mahovlich, Kelly, Ehman, James, Edmundson, Wilson.</p><p>Referee: Vern Buffey, linesmen: Neil Armstrong, George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03246/1696850-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="594" height="537"></div><h3><b>Chicago 1 at New York 5</b></h3><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Arbour, St. Laurent, Pilote, Vasko, Evans; forwards: Lindsay, Nesterenko, M. Balfour, Sloan, Murphy, Hay, Skov, Hull, Wharram, E. Balfour, Maloney, Mikita.</p><p>New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Bonass, Fontinato, Hanna, Gadsby, Spencer; forwards: Stratton, Schinkel, Prentice, Sullivan, Bathgate, Shack, Popein, Hebenton, Pearson, Cullen, Kabel.</p><p>Referee: Lou Farelli; linesmen: Patterson, Doolittle.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04186/1696843-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="591" height="538"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Detroit 3 at Montreal 3</b></h3><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Riggin; defense: M. Pronovost, Morrison, Reaume, Godfrey, Hadden; forwards: Oliver, Howe, Del-vecchio, Ullman, Cullen, Aldcorn, Fonteyne, Melnyk, Smith, Lunde, McKenzie, Haley.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Langlois, Johnson, Turner, Talbot forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard, Bonin, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Backstrom, A. Pronovost.</p><p>Referee: Eddie Powers; linesmen: George Hayes, Jack Paterson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05133/1696836-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="592" height="558"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 New York 3 at Montreal 3</b></h3><p>New York&mdash;Goal: Rollins; defense: Gadsby, Spencer, Howell, Bownass, Hanna Fontinato; forwards; Popein, Shack, Bathgate, Sullivan, Hebenton, Stratton, Cullen, Kabel, Pearson, Prentice, Schinkel.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Johnson, Talbot, Harvey, Langlois, Turner; forwards: Goyette, Provost, Pronovost, Geoffrion, Backstrom, McDonald, M. Richard, Bonin, Marshall.</p><p>Referee: Dalton McArthur; linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Loring Doolittle.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0862/1696829-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="595" height="614"></div><h3><b>Boston 1 at Detroit 4</b></h3><p>Boston&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Armtrong, Boivin, Erickson, Flaman, Mohns; forwards: McKenney, Labine, Toppazzini, Stasiuk, Bucyk, Horvath, Bums, Davis, Meissner, Leach.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Riggin; defense: Pronovost, Godfrey, Morrison, Reaume, Hadden; forwards: Oliver, Howe, Delvecchio, Ullman, Cullen, Aldcorn, Fonteyne, Melnyk, Smith, Lunde, McKenzie, Haley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0947/1696822-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="592" height="488"></div><h3><b>Chicago 1 at Toronto 3</b></h3><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Arbour, Evans, St. Laurent; forwards: M. Balfour, Hull, Hay, Lindsay, Sloan, Murphy, Skov, Nesterenko, Wharram, Maloney, Mikita.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Stanley, Horton, Brewer, Baun; forwards: Armstrong, James, Stewart, Duff, Kelly, Harris, Olmstead, Mahovlich, Ehman, Wilson, Pulford, Creighton, Edmundson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1036/1696815-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="594" height="631"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Montreal 6 at Detroit 3</b></h3><p>Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Langlois, Johnson, Turner, Talbot; forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard, Bonin, Geoffrion, Backstrom, A. Pronovost, McDonald, Goyette, Marshall.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Riggin; defense: Godfrey, M. Pronovost, Morrison, Haddon, Goegan; forwards: Oliver, Howe, Aldcorn Ullman, Cullen, Delvecchio, Fonteyne, Melnyk, Smith, Lunde, McKenzie, Haley.</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvari, linesmen: Neal Armstrona, Bill Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1130/1696808-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="594" height="738"></div><h3><b>Boston 2 at New York 7</b></h3><p>Boston&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Armstrong, Erickson, Flaman, Mohns, Boivin, zini, Meissner, Gendron, Leach, Bucyk. Burns, Davis, Labine, McKenney, Toppaz-Rolfe; forwards: Horvath, Stasiuk, Mackell</p><p>New York&mdash;Goal: Rollins; defense: Bownass, Howell, Gadsby, Hanna, Fontinato, Spencer; forwards: Shack, Sullivan, Bathgate, Stratton, Hebenton, Cullen, Kabel, Pearson, Prentice, Schinkel, Popein.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1216/1696801-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="598" height="833"></div><h3><b>Toronto 5 at Chicago 7</b></h3><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Brewer, Stanley, Horten, Baun, Kelly; forwards: Olmstead, Puford, Stewart, Duff, Armstrong, Harris, Ehman, Wilson, Edmundson, Mahovlich, James, Creighton.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Evans, St. Laurent; forwards: Hull, Hay, M. Balfour, Lindsay, Sloan, Murphy, Skov, Nesterenko, E. Balfour, Mikita.</p><p>Referee: Ed Powers; linesmen: Geo. Hayes, Jack Paterson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1311/1696794-1-eng-US/f0008-132.jpg" title="f0008-13" width="602" height="896"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>OSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Brians and Montreal Canadiens were recipients of gifts when New Hampshire Day was observed at their national televised game at Boston Garden.</p><p>Captains Ferny Flaman of the Bruins and Maurice Richard of Montreal both received weekend vacations for two at New Hampshire resorts. Harry Lumley, Guy Gendron, Bronco Horvath, Vic Stasiuk and Coach Milt Schmidt of the Bruins and Coach Toe Blake of the Canadiens received other awards. Each Bruins&rsquo; player also received a hand-crafted replica of a colonial milking stool.</p><p>Governor Wesley Powell and other dignitaries led a delegation of several hundred New Hampshire fans to the game, which the Bruins won by a score of 7 to 6.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bruins, Habs Get Gifts In New Hampshire Day Honors

<p><b>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;</b></p><p><b>Scoring 13 goals in four games in the NHL could probably be termed a record. If that&rsquo;s the case then Chicago&rsquo;s Bobby Hull, the hustling left winger with muscles to spare, has himself a record. He&rsquo;s scored 33 goals this season and no fewer than 13 have come in four games. He has scored three &lsquo;Hat Tricks&rsquo; and last week added a four goal game to his total.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-148/1696933-1-eng-US/f0008-142.jpg" title="f0008-14" width="258" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Hull</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Bobby, after what could be termed a slump (if you compared his recent pace to his early season one) started to come out of it last week. He climbed back into second place in the individual scoring race, four points back of leading Bronco Horvath of the Boston Bruins and three points more than the injured Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens.</b></p><p><b>Hull picked an ideal time to come to life, as well. With his team in a late season battle with the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings for a playoff post, he picked up his four goal game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. He also picked up an assist for five points in a 7-5 win. The win, combined with losses to both the Wings and Bruins, kept them in a tie with Detroit for third and moved them two up on the Bruins.</b></p><p><b>Actually Bobby scored what could be termed his first &lsquo;real&rsquo; hat trick of the year. He scored the first three goals for the Hawks and then banged in what proved to be the winner at the 59 second mark of the final period.</b></p><p><b>This is Bobby&rsquo;s best season in the NHL. In fact he has now scored more goals that he did in his previous two seasons combined. His 69 points is more than either of his other years. His output in two seasons was 31 goals (he has 33 this season, alone) and 66 assists (he has 36 this year) for a total of 97 points. There&rsquo;s no doubt that Bobby Hull is probably the most improved player in the league. They predicted he would become a real solid player, but no one ever dreamed that after less than three seasons in the big time he&rsquo;d be setting the loop on its ear. The Hawks can hardly wait until next year to see just what he will do with the big boys. After all he&rsquo;s just turned 21.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bobby Hull……Chicago Black Hawks

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>C</span>LEVELAND, O.&mdash;Fred Glover, the American Hockey League&rsquo;s all-time everything, had himself another great week last week and bounced into top place in the individual scoring race for the first time. In four games, three of which the Barons won, he picked up four goals and added eight assists for 12 points. His total for the season new stands at 33 goals and 49 assists for 82 points. As the number one man in the league he had to jump over Springfield&rsquo;s Floyd Smith to grab the honors. Smith had the lead since the season started.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01365/1697065-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="307" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fred Glover</b></figcaption></div><p><b>The Quebec Aces bore the brunt of the Barons&rsquo; attack last week. They played three times&mdash;twice in Quebec and once in Cleveland&mdash;and the Barons swamped the Aces in each game. On Tuesday, February 16, the Barons won 4-3 and Glover picked up three assists. Two nights later, in Quebec, the Barons beat the Aces 8-3. This time Glover picked up a pair of goals and two assists. In Springfield on Friday night the Barons lost 3-2. Glover picked up assists on both the Cleveland goals. Then last Sunday night in Cleveland, Goaler Gil Mayer racked up another shutout as the Aces were blanked 4-0. In this game Glover scored two goals and added an assist to run his total for the week to four goals and eight assists, for 12 points. His 33 goals are high in the league. Only three times in his great career has he scored more. His season high came in 1950-51 when he scored 48 with Indianapolis. In 1956-57 he scored 42 with the Barons and back in 1948-49 he rapped in 35. He was with Indianapolis that season, as well. In 195455 he scored 33, the number he now has.</b></p><p><b>In the assists department Glover has only had one better season than this one. In 1956-57 he picked up 57. At this moment he has scored 49. He undoubtedly will break that record of his own. Fred is now only 17 points away from his all-time best season of 99 points. That was 1956-57 when he led the league in points for the second time. At his present rate of production he&rsquo;ll pass that figure and hit over the century mark for the first time. This will be a season he won&rsquo;t forget. Not only will it be his greatest on ice, but his wife is expecting their first child. If it&rsquo;s a boy we suggest he call him Baron.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Fred Glover……Cleveland Barons

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>The credo for success in hockey has long been to win at home and play for an even break on the road.</p><p>Coach Dit Clapper&rsquo;s Buffalo Bisons rate with any American League aggregation for performance away from home. The Herd, as The Hockey News goes to press, has won 12 and tied three of 28 games.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1358/1697096-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="534" height="545"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Gamble</b></figcaption></div><p>That might indicate a team capable of being atop the league standings. But the rub is that the Bisons have been one of the losingest teams before the home fans to ever represent the Queen City of the Great Lakes. When Hershey&rsquo;s Bears skated off with a 5-3 win Feb. 14, it was Buffalo&rsquo;s 11th defeat in Memorial Auditorium.</p><p>Injuries, without a doubt, have hurt the Buffalo cause all season. Only left winger Dick Gamble, right winger Wally Hergesheimer, left winger Billy Dea, defenseman Capt. Gus Mortson and goaltender Roy Edwards have played in all of the Bisons&rsquo; first 55 games.</p><p>Gamble, who Clapper credits with being one of his hardest workers, already has more assists than he&rsquo;s ever earned in a season before. The 40 goals he helped set up in those 55 games are 10 more than his previous high, set last year.</p><p>Dea, who has filled in at center as well as playing his accustomed portside position, needs only six goals in the final 15 games to eclipse the high goal total of his career.</p><p>He scored 29 goals for Edmonton in the Western League in 1955-56. His next goal will match his total of 25 scored last season, his first as a Bison.</p><p>Perhaps, the most surprising performer of late has been the 35-year-old Mortson, now in his 15th year as a pro.</p><p>Capt. Gus has been making rink length dashes with the abandon for which he became famous with Toronto and Chicago.</p><p>Mortson has eight goals, the most he has garnered since he switched to defense after playing left wing way back in 1945-46 with Tulsa in the defunct United States League.</p><p>&ldquo;Look at Mortson, then look at how some of younger players look so bushed after playing three games in three nights,&rsquo;&rsquo; Bison Manager Frank Eddolls commented. &ldquo;You&rsquo;d think they&rsquo;d be able to keep pace with a man 35-years-old&mdash;but they don&rsquo;t seem to be able to.&rdquo;</p><p><b>BISON BRIEFS</b>&mdash;Buffalo GM Fred Hunt feels that the development of goalie Roy Edwards almost makes the ups-and-downs of the current campaign worthwhile. &ldquo;Roy is playing outstanding goal for us of late, making the big save and keeping us in games that our general play hasn&rsquo;t been good enough to warrant us even being close.&rdquo;</p><p>Ivan Irwin, who has played only 27 games this season, is about ready to start skating again preparatory to returning to the lineup. Irwin&rsquo;s most recent injury was a shoulder separation.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Away Ice No Problem For Herd, But Home Sheet A Real Killer

<p>ROCHESTER, Minn.&mdash;</p><p>The 1959-60 U.S. Central Hockey League title race is over.</p><p>Green Bay, playing its first season in the USCHL, defeated the Rochester Mustangs 3-1 Saturday night Feb. 13 to wrap up the league title and end the Mustangs&rsquo; five-year reign as USCHL kingpins. The Bobcats still had to meet Rochester Saturday, Feb. 20 and Des Moines Sunday, Feb. 21 but with a 19-3 record, they are safely out of reach of the Rochester sextet. Other games left sends Des Moines to Minneapolis, Des Moines to Marquette, and Rochester to Marquette. In last week&rsquo;s only other league action, last-place Des Moines made it three straight victories with a 5-3 triumph over Minneapolis. Here are the standings:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1442/1697134-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="558" height="161"></div><p>While the league title race has been decided, the run for individual scoring honors has not. Green Bay&rsquo;s Dick Dougherty sent home two goals against Rochester to boost his league-leading scoring total to 72 points, 10 ahead of Ken Johannson of Rochester. But while Dougherty has just two games to play, Johannson has five contests in which to make up the deficit. Only change in position among the leaders found Marv Jorde of Minneapolis taking over undisputed eighth place. The leaders:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1528/1697127-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="546" height="293"></div><p>Jim Mattson of Green Bay lowered his top-ranking goals-against record to 3.05, while Rochester&rsquo;s Gordy Gosselin upp-ed his penalty time total to 57 minutes.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Green Bay Cops Title

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Although the Rochester Americans have employed but 23 hockey players (they used 33 last season) during the 1959-60 American League season, just two of the Amerks have been in uniform for all of the club&rsquo;s games.</p><p>Winger Bobby Nevin and rookie defenseman Dick Mattiussi are the two Rochester skaters who have seen duty in all of the team&rsquo;s first 54 outings.</p><p>That General Manager Jack Riley and player-coach Steve Kratfcheck have their team as high in the standings (the Amerks are second with still a chance at the top spot) despite the unavailability of so many regulars is a tribute to their ability.</p><p>A rundown as of Feb. 13th showed goalie Ed Chadwick and Claude Labrosse each had missed two games: Cecil Hoekstra three, Kraftcheck four, Stan Smrke, Billy Saunders and Howie Young five each, Hank Ciesla and Pat Hannigan eight apiece, Dick Van Impe nine, Rudy Migay 10, Dave Creighton 11, Guy Rousseau 18, Al MacNeil 23, Billy Hicke 40, Joe Crozier 42 and Ted Hampson 43.</p><p>Reasons differ for those missing games.</p><p>Chadwick was called up by the Toronto Maple Leafs for a weekend. and, at this writing, Hoekstra and Creighton both are playing in the National League, but are expected back with the Amerks by the time this reaches print.</p><p>Ciesla didn&rsquo;t arrive in Rochester until after the season started. The same holds true for MacNeil. Hicke. Hampson and Crozier.</p><p>Injuries and illness, including pneumonia and appendicitis, kept Rousseau, MacNeil, Migay, Smrke, Hannigan. Van Impe, Saunders, Kraftcheck, Labrosse and Young out for various lengths of time</p><p>At least six of the Amerks figure to crack the 20-goal mark before the season finishes on March 27th.</p><p>Three Rochester skaters already have reached that figure&mdash;Stan Smrke leading with 31 goals, followed by Bobby Nevin with 28 and Dick Van Impe with 22.</p><p>Certain to finish with more than 20 are Billy Saunders (18), Hank Ciesla (18) and Pat Hannigan (17). Rudy Migay (15, out with a groin injury for a long spell, has an outside chance, as does Guy Rousseau (14), who was sidelined for more than a month with pneumonia Dave Creighton, with Toronto at this writing, also has 15, and if he is returned to the Americans in time, he too could make it a 20-goal campaign.</p><p>A check of the individual statistics shows Smrke has made 10 of his 31 tallies against the Quebec Aces, and added six against Springfield, Buffalo and Providence. Three have come against Hershey and two against Cleveland.</p><p>Nevin&rsquo;s &ldquo;favorite&rdquo; oponents are Quebec (7), Buffalo (6), Cleveland (6) and Providence (5). Van Impe, the other 20-goal man, owns six against Buffalo and five each against Quebec and Springfield.</p><p>How can you figure hockey teams ?</p><p>Rochester whipped the Hershey Bears, 8-2, here on Friday, Feb. 12th. The following night it was Hershey 3 and Cleveland 2 in Cleveland, and on the 14th the Barons from Cleveland slammed the Amerks, 5-0, in Rochester.</p><p>The 8-2 triumph over Hershey was powered by a seven-goal flurry in the third period. Tht&rsquo;s both a club record and a War Memorial mark for a single team.</p><p>Rochester, with 216 goals in its first 54 games, is certain to set a new club high in that department. The Amerks of 1956-57 scored 224, the 1957-58 team mustered only 205 and last season&rsquo;s squad tallied 242. The Americans need only 27 goals in the remaining 18 games to better their standard.</p><h2>20 Goal Men</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01379/1697179-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="559" height="923"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Stan Smrke</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02318/1697172-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="532" height="539"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Nevin</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03271/1697165-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="548" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Von Impe</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Only Two 2nd Place Amerks Have Played Full Slate Of Games

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div><p>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;</p><p>One of hockey&rsquo;s ageless axioms is that it takes thick limbs and iron muscles to conquor the enemy in his homeland.</p><p>Cleveland&rsquo;s Barons, who are having a tough time making a lasting impression in anything else they do this rocky season, nevertheless are blasting this theory wide open.</p><p>It&rsquo;s been a difficult campaign for Coach Jackie Gordon and his hard-pressed skaters. Injuries, suspensions and shocking slumps by some hands have left the Barons in a position of struggling to make the playoffs.</p><p>This in itself is a rare predicament for a hockey organization that has failed to gain the Calder Cup playoffs only two times in 23 years.</p><p>The Barons of 1960 vintage are probably the least muscled, the most non-belligerant group of mild young lads to wear the Cleveland colors in many years. Still it&rsquo;s road record reads as though it was welded together by a ferocious crew of brigands.</p><p>The Barons had lost only ten of their first 24 games on enemy ice when this story went to press. Their record on the road of 11 wins, three ties and 10 losses was equel to the finest efforts of good road clubs anywhere. At home they had won 12, tied four and lost 11.</p><p>Cleveland&rsquo;s road record was equal to its home record and this, of course, is news in the camp of any hockey club.</p><p>Together with the theory that it takes muscle and intimidation to overcome an opponent on his home ice, there is the frequently expressed view that visiting players in hockey are more likely to be upset by the nearness of the partisan crowds and the fact that players are within hearing range of those fans who enjoy heaping abuse upon them.</p><p>The present Barons are knocking that collection of data into a cocked hat. The Cleveland roster is loaded with peacefulminded gentlemen who would rather discuss baby formulas than rake the blade of a stick under an opponent&rsquo;s chin.</p><p>The few belligerents can be counted on one hand with fingers left over. These might include Fred Glover, George McAvoy, and Aldo Guidolin. To stretch a point one might add James C. Hendy, the general manager. Hendy, while possibly the most explosive of the tiny group, is normally safely corraled in the Press Box far from the field of combat.</p><p>But nobody would suggest that the remainder of the Barons are equipped to absorb the butt ends of sticks and the abusive taunts of the grandstand. Instead most of them would appear much more at ease at a convention of the Ladies Aid Society.</p><p>This is not to imply that they lack in courage because this writer has yet to hang that label on any hockey player in many years of viewing the sport. It&rsquo;s merely that they prefer to play hockey and have no desire to engage in the extra-curricular activities which lead to bloodshed.</p><p>Thus it is that Ed Hoekstra, George Gosselin, Bill Dineen, Cal Stearns, Earl Ingarfield, Mike Labadie, Danny Blair and Don Hogan had accumulated an aggregate of 100 minutes in penalty time after 51 games while Capt. Glover, a notorious fighter, had 110 minutes all by himself.</p><p>At the outset of last season Gordon and Hendy were brimming over with enthusiasm because they had what they thought was the unbeatable collection of ruffians who would bull their way to many triumphs in games away from the Cleveland Arena.</p><p>Instead, the wrecking crew of last season failed miserably to capture a respectable share of road engagements. It finished the campaign with a record on the road of 12 wins, 22 losses and one tie in 35 games. But it proved to be a fine bunch of &ldquo;homers&rdquo; with a record of 25 wins, eight losses and two ties.</p><p>The present crew has already matched last year&rsquo;s total of 25 points on the road schedule and it still had 12 more games to play away from home.</p><p>Gordon explains it as a psychological phenomena.</p><p>&ldquo;They seem to be taut and strained on the home ice before the home crowd&hellip;appear to be scared they&rsquo;ll make a mistake. On the road I notice these same &ldquo;taut&rdquo; players unwind as soon as they leave the dressing room. By the time the referee drops the puck they are freewheeling and loose. Of course they play much better that way.&rdquo;</p><p>Maybe Hendy should have scheduled all his games away from home.</p><h2><i>Barons&rsquo; Tough Guys</i></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04210/1697224-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="560" height="1453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Aldo Guidolin</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05165/1697217-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="597" height="1458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>George McAvoy</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06139/1697210-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="594" height="1462"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fred Glover</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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‘59-60 Barons Peaceful-Minded Gentlemen Compared To Others

<h2><b>Goalkeepers</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>ank Batten, of Vancouver lowered hit goals against average to 2.29 per game to continue to lead the goalkeepers. Marcel Pelletier of Victoria follows with a goals against average of 2.53. Batten hat five shutouts and Al Rollins, of Winnipeg, has made the most saves, 1,610.</p><h2><b>Individual Scoring</b></h2><p>Guyle Fielder, of Seattle, added two goals and two assists to his total the past week to take a nine point lead over teammato Bill MacFarland in the individual scoring race. Fielder now has 27 goals and 50 assists for 77 points. He has the most assists. MacFarland leads in goals scored with 30.</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Tues., A.M., Feb. 16)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01378/1697346-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="598" height="216"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Victoria 2 at Vancouver 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02335/1697339-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="587" height="392"></div><h3><b>Winnipeg 1 at Edmonton 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03273/1697332-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="595" height="391"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Spokane 1 at Victoria 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04219/1697325-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="603" height="602"></div><h3><b>Winnipeg 0 at Clagary 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05182/1697318-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="604" height="470"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Spokane 1 at Vancouver 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06163/1697311-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="589" height="392"></div><h3><b>Victoria 3 at Seattle 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07145/1697304-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="596" height="493"></div><h3><b>Calgary 3 at Edmonton 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08140/1697297-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="601" height="563"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Seattle 5 at Spokane 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1194/1697290-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="600" height="680"></div><h3><b>Vancouver 3 at Victoria <i>2</i></b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1284/1697283-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="599" height="473"></div><h3><b>Winnipeg 2 at Calgary 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1362/1697276-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="605" height="454"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Vancouver 2 at Seattle 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1440/1697269-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="597" height="466"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Game Of Sunday, Feb. 14)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09132/1697262-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="604" height="561"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10114/1697255-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="597" height="273"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><p>MOST GOALS</p><p>Bill MacFarland, Seattle, 30.</p><p>MOST GAME WINNING GOALS</p><p>Art Jones, Victoria, 7.</p><p>Chuck Holmes, Edmonton, 7.</p><p>MOST ASSISTS</p><p>Guyle Fielder, Seattle, 50.</p><p>MOST GAME WINNING ASSISTS</p><p>Arnie Schmautz, Victoria, 9.</p><p>MOST FIRST GOAL OF GAME</p><p>Chuck Holmes, Edmonton, 8.</p><p>MOST HAT TRICKS</p><p>Lou Jankowski, Calgary, 3.</p><p>MOST SHUT OUTS</p><p>Hank Bassen, Vancouver, 5.</p><p>MOST PENALTIES</p><p>Frank Arnett, Seattle, 134.</p><p>Larry Cahan, Vancouver, 106.</p><p>Jim Hay, Victoria, 102.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By LARRY ROSE</div><p>VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>It appeared only a matter of time until Gordon Fashoway shook off a slow start and began living up to his reputation as the top goal-scorer in the Western Hockey League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1525/1697377-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="290" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordon Fashoway</b></figcaption></div><p>Fashoway, a notorious slow starter, got off to a bad start this season. When the Victoria Cougars passed the halfway mark of their 70-game schedule at Christmas the husky left-winger had but nine goals.</p><p>Since that time, Fashoway has scored 18 goals and at this writing (Feb. 15) leads the club with 27. He has scored 18 goals in roughly six weeks.</p><p>It appears Fashoway has just began to find the form that makes him the highest goal-scorer in WHL history with 371 goals in 10 seasons.</p><p>During the past week Fashoway was player-of-the-week in the WHL with six goals and two assists. Included in that total was his second hattrick in three weeks&mdash;all the goals coming in the first period Feb. 13 as Victoria crushed Spokane 7-1.</p><p>In that game Fashoway just missed a $100 bonus offered by a city merchant for any Cougar player scoring four goals during a game at Memorial Arena.</p><p>Fashoway did score four goals in the opening period. But, he pushed one by Spokane goalie Emile Francis with his hand and it was promptly nullified.</p><p>Francis also came up with three fine saves off Fashoway as linemates Art Jones and Arnie Schmautz attempted to set him in up the final minutes of the game.</p><p>Schmautz finally banged a Fashoway rebound past Francis in the last minnute for his 22nd goal of the season. Jones has 26, giving the line 75 for the season and almost half of the Victoria total.</p><p>The previous night Victoria had edged Vancouver 2-1 at Vancouver with Fashoway scoring the winning goal with a baseball-style swing. It was Victoria&rsquo;s first win in seven 1959-60 season starts on Forum ice with the Cougar goals coming within 19 seconds. Schmautz scored the first.</p><p>Jones, a deft cestre previously owned by Toronto, Fashoway and Schmautz came to Victoria this season from New Westminster Royals. The club sold it&rsquo;s franchise to Portland which will enter the WHL in the 1960-61 season.</p><p>The recent upsurge of Fashoway, who spent nine seasons with the Royals and scored over 35 goals seven times, has made the line one of the most dangerous in the league.</p><p>Between the three players, they have 163 points, second highest line total in the league and have been a major factor in Victoria&rsquo;s battle with Edmonton and Seattle for second place.</p><p><b>COUGAR BRIEFS</b>&mdash;Defenseman Jack Bionda was fined $210 and suspended two games last month for attacking referee Willie Papp at Victoria. It was the first such action since president Al Leader issued a get-tough policy following previous attacks on referees by Fred Creighton of Spokane and Doug Barkley of Calgary&hellip;Cougars purchased centre Gerry Goyer from Seattle as a replacement for Gordie Wilson who joined Quebec of the American League&hellip;Attendance at Cictoria is running on a par with last season but the hockey outlook here next season is clouded.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Late Mover Fashoway Flashes Usual Late Season Brilliance

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HOCKEY SAVE 40% SUBSCRIBE NOW

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div><p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>The Bears may be fighting a losing battle for a spot in the Calder Cup playoffs, but they&rsquo;ve made one thing clear&mdash;they intend to go down swinging.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01372/1697439-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="302" height="472"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Frank Mathers</b></figcaption></div><p>As of Feb. 15, Hershey, winner of the Calder mug for the past two years, was camped in sixth place, 11 points behind fourth place Buffalo. Cleveland was wedged in between, six points up on Hershey and five points off the Bisons.</p><p>Hershey is currently on a seven game road swing and the Bears got off to a decent start on the trip, whipping Cleveland and Buffalo on sucessive nights, while losing to Rochester.</p><p>When Hershey beat the Barons and Bisons, Feb. 13-14, it marked the first time in 26 road games the Bears were able to put together two straight wins on foreign ice.</p><p>Heading to the wire, Hershey is faced with ten of its last 18 games on the road. Through the first 26 road contests, Hershey showed a 7-17-2 mark.</p><p>If the Bears hope to make the playoffs, they&rsquo;ll have to get help from pacesetting Springfield and Rochester, which are running one two, respectively.</p><p>In Hershey&rsquo;s 18 remaining games, it plays a total of eight games against Buffalo (1), Cleveland (3) and Providence (4), the three outfits the Bears must overhaul. The other ten games are divided among Quebec (3); Rochester (4) and Springfield (3).</p><p>Hershey&rsquo;s only winning record against an opponent is a 6-2 mark with Providence.</p><p>It&rsquo;s figured 73 points should earn fourth place, last position open for the playoffs. In order for Hershey to amass the necessary points they must close with a 13-5 showing in the last two months. It&rsquo;s not improbable, but it&rsquo;s doubtful the Bears can regroup for such a phenom pace in the stretch run.</p><p>Coach Frank Mathers says the club must win its eight remaining home games.</p><p>Since the halfway mark got underway, the Bears have improved, showing a 7-8-3 standard for 17 of a possible 36 points. In the first half, they closed 13-19-4 for 30 out of a possible 72 points.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS</b>&mdash;Forbes Kennedy assigned to Hershey from Edmonton nailed his first point, an assist, against Buffalo&hellip;Willie Marshall. the team&rsquo;s leading scorer, also paces the outfit in game winners with five&hellip;Dune Fisher scored his 600th point on Feb. 6 against Buffalo&hellip;Arnie Kullman was the first Bears&rsquo; player to hit 600 points, reaching the goal Jan. 20&hellip;Mathers needs only nine more points to hit a career total of 400.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bears Get Figures—They Know What They Must Do To Make It

<div class="byline">By SAMUEL POMPEI</div><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;If he isn&rsquo;t ready now, he certainly will be by next year.&rdquo;</p><p>That was Eddie Shore&rsquo;s comment when asked about Floyd Smith&rsquo;s chances of moving into the National Hockey League, mostly likely up to the New York Rangers, the Tribe&rsquo;s affiliate.</p><p>Shore, owner of the Springfield Indians of the American League, is high on Smittie, and not without good cause.</p><p>The Tribe has been in first place in the AHL race almost from the start of the season and as far as Eddie is concerned Smith is one of the big factors in the club&rsquo;s surge toward its first league flag in history.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s rugged, good checker, accurate shooter, fine play-maker, hard skater, hard worker,&rdquo; Eddie pointed out. After a slight pause, Shore added:</p><p>&ldquo;Besides, he&rsquo;s a good liver and a very sensible guy.&rdquo;</p><p>The Indians have had two good years out of the last three and Smith has been a big gun in each. Two years ago when the Tribe reached the finals of the Calder Cup championships, Smith was a big man with 25 goals and 50 assists for 75 points during the regular season and 2-11-13 in the playoffs.</p><p>Even last season while the entire club was having an off year, Smith came up with 25 goals and 32 assists.</p><h2><b>He&rsquo;s Brilliant Penalty Killer Too</b></h2><p>But this season Smith will outdo both of his previous outstanding seasons with the Indians&hellip;The AHL scoring leader for the first three-quarters of the campaign, Smith already has scored 25 goals and assisted on 45 for 70 points when this piece was submitted to THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>Smith&rsquo;s value to the club isn&rsquo;t only in his offensive record. He, along with Harry Pidhirny, is a brilliant &ldquo;penalty killer&rdquo;.</p><p>As a pair, Smith and Pidhirny are second to none in this speciality.</p><p>Smith came to Springfield in an unusual deal from the Boston Bruins.</p><p>The B&rsquo;s were in need of a goaltender three years ago and they coveted Don Simmons, then the property of the Springfield club. At the time, the Indians needed a defenseman and Shore had long eyed Jack Bionda of the Boston club.</p><p>GM Lynn Patrick of the Bruins and Shore finally got together. Simmons went to the Bruins for Bionda and a player to be named later. The deal also had another stipulation&mdash;that the Bruins could repurchase Bionda (at a fixed price) at the conclusion of the season, if the club so desired.</p><p>The Bruins decided that they wanted Bionda back and turned over the cash to Shore.</p><p>Then the player to be agreed upon later turned out to be Smith.</p><p>So, what the deal finally amounted to was Simmons for Smith and cash. At the time, it appeared that perhaps the B&rsquo;s got the better of it.</p><p>But, on the basis of an appraisal of the deal today, Shore did all right, too. &ldquo;I think that both clubs made a good deal. Simmons is a fine goalie and has helped Boston get into a couple of playoffs&hellip;and Smith has been a great player for us,&rdquo; Shore asserted.</p><p>Eventually, however, Shore will probably come out away ahead on this deal because Smith likely will make it to the NHL and the price tag in cash or player&mdash;or both&mdash;is expected to be pretty high.</p><p>Smith is valuable property and the Indians figure to collect handsomely on him&mdash;in victories or otherwise.</p><h2>A Guy Named Smith</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02295/1697470-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="854" height="1774"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FLOYD SMITH</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Shore Tabs Floyd Smith Sure Bet—But At His Price Tag

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03228/1697501-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>his 96-page book is jam-packed with full-length features about your favorite hockey stars&hellip;biographical sketches and pictures of over 120 National Hockey League players&hellip;birthdates and places of birth too&hellip;All at a glance !</p><p>You can&rsquo;t afford to pass up the opportunity of availing yourself of a copy of this outstanding hockey publication.</p><p><b>ONLY</b></p><p><b>50c</b></p><p><b>Pick Up A Copy At Your Favorite Newsstand Now!</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The Official National Hockey Annual—1960

<h2>Inventor Of &lsquo;Drop Pass&rsquo;</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>red &lsquo;Bun&rsquo; Cook, left-winger of the famous New York Ranger line with his brother Bill on the other flank, and Frank Boucher in center says he thinks he was the first to use the drop pass. It came to him in a dream. He tried it with his line-mates and they often scored on the play, according to Sudbury Star columnist Bob Scott</p><h2><b>Chevy Haunts Tessier</b></h2><p>When Kingston Frontenacs came into Sudbury in mid-February, Murph Chamberlain, Wolves coach, gave Real Chevre-fils the assignment of covering the league&rsquo;s top goal-shooter Orval Tessier. Chevy&rsquo;s job was perfect, and Gerry McNamara hungs up his second shutout Wolves won 3-0.</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Wed., A.M., Feb. 24)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03304/1697602-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="601" height="182"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Hull-Ottawa 6 at Montreal 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04273/1697595-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="596" height="699"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Sudbury 4 at Sault 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05233/1697588-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="592" height="744"></div><h3><b>Ottawa-Hull 3 at Three Rivers 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06198/1697581-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="590" height="669"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Sault 8 at Sudbury 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07185/1697574-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="588" height="923"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Montreal 3 at Kingston 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08174/1697567-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="600" height="514"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Sudbury 3 at Montreal 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11143/1697560-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="599" height="619"></div><h3><b>Sault 6 at Three Rivers 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12126/1697553-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="601" height="569"></div><h3><b>Kingston 3 at Hull-Ottawa 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13104/1697546-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="611" height="772"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sun., Feb. 21)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09168/1697539-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="603" height="300"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10162/1697532-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="593" height="746"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">Al Parsley</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01378/1697640-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="304" height="330"></div><p>&bull; IN HIS APPROACH to hockey Sam Pollock is a &lsquo;schizo&rsquo;. There is unshakeable testimony that there are two sides to his character.</p><p>He was one of the smoothest talkers, most convincing in his charm, as he pioneered the launching of the Eastern Professional Hockey League last autumn. He had spent a good part of the summer is delivering the message to the new centers which were &lsquo;sold&rsquo; on minor pro hockey&mdash;Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Ottawa-Hull, Kingston.</p><p><b>Later he spoke warmly about the quality of the referees. He preached a doctrine emphasizing the class of officiating, and what a break it was for the new minor pro circuit to obtain a close relationship with the National Hockey League cadre of referees. It gave such prestige to the EPHL that Carl Voss, referee-in-chief of the NHL, was sending his regulars into the new loop on steady assignments.</b></p><p>When Eddie Powers, No. 1 &lsquo;zebra&rsquo; on the major league staff worked a game in the Forum of a Sunday afternoon, immediately after handling a difficult chore the previous evening in the same rink between Boston Bruins and Canadiens, Pollock urged this writer to do a piece about it</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s one of the things that &lsquo;makes&rsquo; the EPHL stand out above all other minor pro circuits&rdquo; Pollock said. &ldquo;Think what it means to the players and the fans to have whistlemen of such high rank handling the games they play and watch. It takes the league at once out of the &lsquo;bush&rsquo; category.&rdquo;</p><p>Your agent took Pollock&rsquo;s hint with alacrity. It has long been the writer&rsquo;s belief that the referees in hockey are decent citizens. None of them has been known to hit a lady without first doffing his hat. Kind to children, ready to give up a seat on a bus to one of the opposite sex, when he can&rsquo;t hide behind his newspaper, the referee is a gentleman, at least within liberal interpretation of that often understood noun.</p><p><b>But, alas. Recently the other side of &lsquo;schizo&rsquo; Sammy has been unvieled. His conduct and speech have of late indicated that these referees are not all they should be. By no means. He has ranted and raved about the decisions of the men in the vertical stripes. He has even alleged that several of the officials are bereft on their faculties, are unacquainted with the rules, they are duty bound to enforce, and completely lacking in normal process of thought.</b></p><p>Of course to behold Sammy when his Hull-Ottawa Canucks are in action is an experience in itself. He paces up and down that small floor space behind the bench like a naval commander on his quarterdeck during the heat of engaging the enemy. Or he might be compared to a caged lion or tiger. For Sammy keeps within the territorial limits of the hockey bench with out being impeded by bars.</p><h2><b>Royals&rsquo; Hard-Luck Guy</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02336/1697633-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="1146" height="787"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY McNEIL</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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ON THE SIDELINES

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The physical fitness and adaptability of Gerry McNeil appear to be key factors in Royals&rsquo; success or distress in the late drive in the Eastern Pro Hockey League race, and the playoffs that follow the Ides of March.</p><p>Going into late February McNeil was expected to take over regularly custody of the Montrealers&rsquo; cage, following his third prolonged absence this season due to injury or misery.</p><p>McNeil&rsquo;s latest mishap occured at Sault St. Marie, Feb. 9. Struck in the face during the pre-game warm-up before the assignment with Thunderbirds, McNeil was compelled to retire for repairs to a badly lacerated mouth, and few teeth that were loosened by impact with the frozen bootheel. It took considerable stitching and a brief stay in hospital to recover from shock, before McNeil&rsquo;s face was tidy again.</p><p>The victim of several similar accidents in a brilliant goal-keeping career that covers more than 15 years in top grade senior, minor pro and four full seasons with NHL Canadiens, Gerry decided that it was high time he tried out the new face armour popularized by NHL Canadiens&rsquo; Jacques Plante.</p><p>&ldquo;I think I would like to try the new type mask worn by Jacques Plante&rdquo; McNeil told coach Floyd Curry while recuperating in sickbay.</p><p>Unfortunately the Plante type face-gear can&rsquo;t be ordered off the shelf. These things are specially fitted to the face after a mold is taken. While waiting for the new mask McNeil thought he&rsquo;d try out one of the face-protectors goalers in Canadiens&rsquo; organization have employed the past few years in practise.</p><h2><b>Repeated Grief</b></h2><p>Royals have had more than their share of goal-keeping problems in the prospering EPHL. When the seasoned opened Charlie Hodge was in the cage. He did well for 33 games, before he was transferred to Ottawa. It was decided by the top brass operating the NHL Montrealers&rsquo; farm clubs that Royals were a little too rich in goalkeeping talent. Not only had they Hodge, McNeil was in the background recovering from an infection in one of his legs. Hodge was transferred to the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens.</p><p>McNeil took over, only to have a recurrence of the blood poisoning. At this point Claude Cyr, who had come from the H-0 Habs in the Hodge deal took over for a spell.</p><p>The night McNeil was injured at the Soo, Billy Tibbs second stringer with the Thunderbirds assumed the task for one night only in Royals&rsquo; goal. He did pretty well, too. Royals came out of the Soo with a 3-3 draw.</p><p>They were not so fortunate the next night in Sudbury. Cyr, who had flown to Toronto from Montreal, was stranded at Malton airport when all northbound planes, which meant Sudbury, were grounded by a big snow-storm and fog.</p><p>For the second night in succession Curry had to borrow a practise goaler. This time it was Wolves&rsquo; willing man, Rolly Giacomin. The Wolves were foracious, while getting fine net-minding from their own Gerry McNamara. They scored upon their practise boy five times, and won 5-1.</p><p>While Cyr had done a good job in the interim it was estimated by Royals&rsquo; general-manager, Frank Carlin, coach Curry assenting, that the youngster was a bit green against the sharp-shooting pros.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hard-Luck McNeil To Try A Plante Mask On Return

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><p>STRATFORD, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; group of the Ontario Hockey Association, apparently, has lost one club and saved another for the 1960-61 campaign. For some time now the question of whether to include all five teams in this season&rsquo;s playoffs has been kicked around, with a wide variance of opinions. Belleville McFarlands, deep in the rut, with not a snowball&rsquo;s chance of making the four-team playoffs, campaigned for a round-robin playoff that would include all the clubs, and based their proposal by pointing out that every team except Windsor and loaned players to the Kitchener Dutchmen for the Olympic tourney only.</p><p>It was known that Kitchener Dutchmen did not favor the five-team round-robin at one time, but when they received player help from the other club, including Belleville, they were left squarely in the middle. But not so Whitby and Chatham, who rendered Canada&rsquo;s Olympic team the most assistance in playing talent. John Sutherland, secretary of the Windsor Bulldogs, and majority owner, Bill Butcher, wanted no part of the newly adopted playoff setup. As the agreement prevailing between the clubs is understood, it was necessary for all clubs to endorse the five-club round-robin playoff, and with Windsor objecting so strenuously, the thought was that Belleville&rsquo;s bid would be rejected.</p><p>Now that the five-club roundrobin has been approved, it could possibly mean that the group will have to operate without the Windsor Bulldogs next season. Belleville posted a $2,000 bond as evidence of good faith that they would be back for the 1960-61 season. But secretary Sutherland of the Windsor club makes it quite emphatic when he is quoted as announcing at a meeting of the Senior Council: &ldquo;We play a 54-game schedule for nothing. Windsor will not be in the league next year.&rdquo;</p><p>In making his appeal to the Council, Sutherland referred to several points, for which he has more than a little support. He explained that the round-robin series would make the long regular-season schedule pointless. The first place team would be forced to play a full eight games before reaching the four-team semi-finals. He added that Windsor was also concerned about falling attendance with the prospect of long drawn out playoffs.</p><p>Providing Whitby finishes in first place they will meet Belleville in the first of the two-game round-robin March 1, and on the same night Windsor and Chatham will clash, with the higher team in the standings as hosts. Kitchener, in second place, when the playoffs were arranged, return from the Winter Olympic Games, Feb. 29 and will rest for several days before entering the OHA roundrobin. The team with the fewest games won after the series will drop out and the four remaining teams enter the semi-finals. The first-place team in the round-robin plays the third place team, leaving the second and fourth teams to battle it out in the other bracket.</p><p>Further reaction to the adopted playoff system is voiced in St. Catharines, a junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; stronghold for many years. From St. Kitts comes this: &ldquo;If senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; nockey lasts another season in Ontario it will be more good luck than good management. The &lsquo;moguls&rsquo; of four of the five teams pushed it closer to extinction when they decided to include all clubs in the playoffs. To go through a full 54-game schedule for each club, then start right off again with all five teams in the playoffs is foisting a little too much on the public. If Windsor sticks to their convictions, and Kitchener goes into the Eastern Pro League, as has been intimated, the end of the line will be in sight for the seniors. And they have only themselves to blame.&rdquo;</p><p>But from Belleville, whose McFarlands gain a berth in the playoffs via the back door, comes this: &ldquo;It has been written, aired and blasted by western Ontario sportswriters and &lsquo;casters&rsquo;. The consensus was it would kill senior hockey. One called the proposed roundrobin &lsquo;tripe&rsquo;, another dubbed it &lsquo;hockey garbage.&rsquo; Windsor officials state plainly that the Bulldogs will not enter next year. Time has a wondrous way of healing and changing minds. It&rsquo;s a long haul from now until next season. It could be a different story by that time. After all, the &lsquo;Dogs drew the best houses in the league.&rdquo;</p><p>Johnny Horeck, coach of the Chatham Maroons, displays a wrinkled brow right now in his quest for a suitable goalie. When Johnny Albani retired, Maroons were left without a netminder. Two days previously Horeck attempted to peddle Albani to Washington in exchange for Jacques Caron, late of the Peterborough Petes. Caron was willing to go to Chatham, but Albani refused to go to Washington, so the swap collapsed. Another trade with Charlotte, North Carolina, for goalie Lynn Davis, who kicked out pucks for Kingston last season, also blew up in Johnny Horeck&rsquo;s face, when his brother, Pete, decided against the switch. Bill Tibbs, alternate goalie for the Soo Thunderbirds, was the next puckstopper sought by Chatham, but he refused to join the Maroons because he couldn&rsquo;t get leaves of absence from his job.</p><p>Since then, Kitchener Dutchmen have loaned both &ldquo;Boat&rdquo; Hurley and Cesare Maniago for a few games, but would not part with either permanently, and Maniago is now wearing Windsor regalia as a replacement for Don Head, who is with the Dutchmen at Squaw Valley for the Olympic tourney. Monty Reynolds was the next netminder used by Chatham, but he was smitten with the flu. Next in the parade was Larry Millman, borrowed from Chatham&rsquo;s affiliate senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; team in Woodstock. Almost at the end of his tether, Horeck then contacted Al Bennett of Wallaceburg, Ed Lochhead of St. Thomas, and finally Dick Piatowski of Strathroy Rockets, who also have Jim Strachan, for whom Horeck offered $300, but none of the proposed deals clicked. So, unless Horeck manages to come up with a goalie of proven ability the Maroons may be in a bad way.</p><p>A rumor has it that the Ottawa-Hull Canadiens may endeavor to land centre Bobby Attersley and defenceman Harry Sinden of Whitby after they return from the Olympic Games with the Kitchener Dutchmen. If true, they can&rsquo;t do it this year, without the consent of the Whitby club, and bossman Wren Blair is said to definitely opposed to the plan.</p><h2>Unavailable</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01374/1697695-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="573" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Tibbs</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Five Team Playoff Costs OHA Windsor Bulldogs For 1960-61

<div class="byline">GATECLIFF</div><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>T. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;Jack McMaster, the former Marlboro and St. Michael&rsquo;s junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; star who was injured and left partially crippled following a hockey injury in Sudbury 14 months ago has received close to $4,000 from two exhibition hockey games held in his benefit in the Niagara District.</p><p>More than $1,000 was realized from a game in Welland between the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League and the Welland-Crowland Combines of the Niagara District OHA senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; league.</p><p>A week later the Toronto Marlboros, with whom Jack played for one season, met a combined Niagara Falls-Stamford senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; team in Stamford.</p><p>The largest crowd in three years, close to 2500 fans, packed the small Slamford Arena for the game and contributed close to $3,000.</p><p>All teams concerned not only donated their time but paid their own expenses to the games.</p><p>Other games are plannd in St. Catharines (between the Teepees and Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen) and in Sudbury.</p><p>Sudbury Wolves Manager Ted Hill has promised his full cooperation for the game in Sudbury but to date no team nas been found willing to make the long trip into Northern Ontario to supply the opposition.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Injured McMaster Gets 4Gs From Pair Of Benefit Games

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div><p>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.&mdash;</p><p>Billy Reichart, Minneapolis Miller centerman, became the International Hockey League&rsquo;s new scoring leader with 92 points. In close persuit is Chick Chalmers of Louisville and St. Paul&rsquo;s Aggie Kukulowicz with 91 markers.</p><p>Reichart, a 5&rsquo;7&rdquo;, 140 pounder from Calgary, has accounted for 30 points in his last eight games. Eight of the points have been goals.</p><p>The classy little centerman pivots a high scoring line for Bruce Lea at left wing and Donnie McLean at left. Lea has hat tricks in each of his last two games, while McLean has one.</p><p>ST. PAUL&hellip;sugar Jim Henry, the ex-National and American Hockey League goalie, is proving an able replacement for the ailing Glenn Ramsay&hellip;IHL President Frank Gallagher fined the Saint Paul Hockey Club $250 for using ineligible player Mickey Keating. Keating failed to get his reinstatement from the Montreal Canadiens who own his contract.</p><p>INDIANAPOLIS&hellip;President Gallagher allowed Indianapolis&rsquo; protest of January 10 game in Cincinnati against St. Paul for using 14 active players on roster&hellip;A four point game will be played in St. Paul, Monday, February 29&hellip;Goalie Chuckie Adamson has been outstanding in recent game as is right winger, Pierre Brillant&hellip;Hustling Dennie Minard received plaudits from Coach Marcel Clements.</p><p>LOUIVILLE&hellip;Chick Chalmers is back in the groove after a slight slump&hellip;Winger Moe Bartoli, although spending 152 minutes in penalty box, has managed to score 34 goals in 37 games&hellip;Bartoli is one of the most colorful players in league and is always hustling.</p><p>FT. WAYNE&hellip;Have used Murray McPherson, Stan Fogg and Nipper O&rsquo;Hearn in goal since injury (cheek cut by skate) to Reno Zanier&hellip;Zanier, who supports a Jeague leading 2.39 goals against average is expected back in action this week&hellip;Connie Madigan needs but 33 minutes to break Russ Kowalchuk&rsquo;s record with Cincinnati in 1952-53 for most penalty minutes in one season of 232&hellip;Len Thomson and Len Ronson are scoring at a hot pace now they have right winger Andy Milne&hellip;Artie Stone out for the season with injured knee.</p><p>TOLEDO&mdash;ST. LOUIS&hellip;Still packing&rsquo;em in St. Louis&hellip;averaging close to 5,300 per game&hellip;Roger Maisonneuve is the club&rsquo;s leading scorer and Tommy Wilson is close behind&hellip;Len Binkley playing well in goal.</p><p>MILWAUKEE&hellip;Released defenseman Jean Therrien to Greensboro and signed Henry &lsquo;Bud&rsquo; Sy-verson&hellip;Were down to ten men for Feb. 14 game in Minneapolis&hellip;Play of Don Hart and Charley Goodwin have been pleasing&hellip;Playing-Coach Fiori Goegan tied a league record for assists in one game with six against Minneapolis, Feb. 5.</p><p>OMAHA&hellip;Players coming and going by the dozen&hellip;One IHL source said the Knights have too many skaters and not enough goal scorers&hellip;Carl Wetzel is back in action after being out with an injured leg&hellip;Hope to win 12 games by the season&rsquo;s end.</p><p>IHL NOTES&hellip;President Gallagher said that any club hereafter using an ineligible player, after saying not to play the said player, will be fined $1,000 and forfeit the game&hellip;Playoffs will start, Tuesday, March 22&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

St. Paul Fined For Using Keating Before Hab Okay

<p><b>(On Tuet., AM., Feb. 16)</b></p><h2><b>EASTERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03215/1697812-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="600" height="134"></div><h2><b>WESTERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04166/1697805-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="605" height="138"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IHL STANDINGS

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Veteran Dickie Wray of the Clinton Comets, with an eight point edge at this writing, is making a determined bid for a second consecutive Eastern Hockey League scoring crown. Wray, who had 126 points last season&mdash;his first in the EHL after a long and brilliant career in the Quebec Hockey League&mdash;has 86 points as of now and leads the circuit in goals with 39. His 56 tallies were also high last season.</p><p>The Last player to take two consecutive titles was Herb Foster of the Atlantic City Sea Gulls. Foster had three in a row, 1936-37, 1937-38 and 1938-39.</p><p>Wray also won a scoring title with the St. John Beavers of the Maritime Senior Hockey League back in 1948 49.</p><p>In 1956-57, while playing for the Shawinigan Falls Cataracts, he was awarded the Byng of Vimy Trophy for his general all-around play coupled with good sportsmanship.</p><h2><b>EHL NOTES</b></h2><p>CHARLOTTE.&mdash;Jim McNulty&rsquo;s second goal of the night gave the Clippers a 3-2 edge against Rovers in New York, Feb. 11&hellip;Wimpy Jones netted twice and Jim Maxwell and Joe Ingoldsby once each in 6-4 loss at New Haven, Feb. 10&hellip;McNulty is tied for sixth spot in scoring race with 68 points while Jones is eighth with 63&hellip;Clipper defenseman John Brophy is currently leading the circuit in penalties with 173 minutes&hellip;Ingoldsby tallied lone Charlotte goal in 2-1 loss to Jets, Feb. 16.</p><p>CLINTON.&mdash;Ted Szydlowski is back on defense for Comets after missing four weeks with fractured thumb&hellip;Center Bill Mahoney is also back in action after missing five tilts&hellip;Norm Defelice recorded his third shutout of season, blanking Jets, 3-9. Feb 10. Coach Billy Watson, Dick Wray and Tim Hook got the Clinton goals&hellip;Veteran Willie Pawchuk is tied for fourth place in scoring race with 71 points.</p><p>JOHNSTOWN.&mdash;Ed Johnston&rsquo;s 2.70 goals against average best among league&rsquo;s regular netminders&hellip;Stan Parker&rsquo;s third session marker gave Jets 4-3 win over Clinton, Feb. 17. Remi LeSage, Clare Wakshinski and Dick Roberge got the other goals&hellip;Capt. Don Hall&rsquo;s goal at 6: 41 of overtime gave Jets 2-1 win over Charlotte, Feb. 16. Hall also scored the first goal in the Jets&rsquo; first win on Charlotte ice this season.</p><p>GREENSBORO.&mdash;Max Szturm moved into tie for 10th spot in scoring race, the only General in the select circle&hellip;Chuck Hold-away saved Generals from whitewashing in Feb. 17 th game at New Haven&hellip;Four goals in third period gave Generals 4-2 victory against Johnstown, Feb. 14. Ron Brain, Les Lilley, Holdaway and Szturm each popped one past Ed Johnston. It was Greensboro&rsquo;s first win over the Jets this season&hellip;Holdaway and Ike Scott had &ldquo;hats&rdquo; in 9-1 win over Washington, Feb. 10.</p><p>NEW HAVEN.&mdash;Gordie Stratton moved into the runnerup slot in scoring parade with 78 points, eight off Dick Wray&rsquo;s pace. His 49 assists are the league high&hellip;Coach Wally Kullman sank the winning tally after Jack Rogers had tied the score in 2-1 victory over Generals, Feb. 17. It was the. Blades&rsquo; fifth straight win&hellip;Five third period goals produced 6-4 triumph over Charlotte, Feb. 10. The goals, scored in a period of 7: 46 were by Claude Boileau (2), Doh Davidson, Stratton and Hugh Riopelle. Davidson also had another goal earlier in the game.</p><p>NEW YORK&mdash;Coach Andy Branigan tallied his first goal of season, Feb. 11&hellip;Minnie Menard is probably through for season with broken wrist. He plans to stay on Long Island this Summer and take out citizenship papers&hellip;George Ranieri also scored in Feb. 11, 3-2 loss to Charlotte and continues to pace club in scoring&hellip;Ed Giacomin&rsquo;s work in Rover nets of late has been outstanding and he may be a boy with a future in this game&hellip;Former Rover and Jet pilot Lloyd Ailsby now living in New York and is a frequent visitor at both Cammock and Madison Square Garden&hellip;Ranger Fan Club and old Blue Line Club (Rovers) made trip to Commack, Feb. 11th.</p><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Coach Doug Adam gave goalie Ivan Walmsley a much needed rest&mdash;his first other than by injury&mdash;in five years with Ramblers&hellip;Reggie Meserve out with hand injury&hellip;Adam&rsquo;s 38 goals one off Wray&rsquo;s pace. He&rsquo;s tied for hat trick lead with Jets&rsquo; John Lumley, each having three&hellip;Rocky Rukavina pumped home winning goal in 6-4 win over Charlotte, Feb. 14 and Adam added insurance marker&hellip;Ramblers tied Washington, 4-4, before crowd of 3,078, Feb. 12. Rukavina, Moose Lallo, Hugh Campbell and Jerry Frizzelle, the latter trio defensemen, doing the scoring&hellip;EHL spare goalie George Wood replaced Walmsley in nets.</p><p>WASHINGTON&mdash;Larry McLaren, Jacques Gagne, Walt Pawly-shyn and Mike Ratchford got the goals in 4-4 tie at Philly, Feb. 12. Latter was picked up from Greensboro&hellip;Gagne got Presidents&rsquo; lone tally in 9-1 belting by Greensboro, Feb. 10&hellip;EHL hit Presidents with fine for failure to register Alex Kuzma and Pawlyshyn within week of their joing club&hellip;Team plays in New York for first time since early December, Feb. 21st.</p><h2>Sizzling Comet</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01350/1697843-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="580" height="1212"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Wray</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Clinton’s Wray On Way To 2nd Eastern League Scoring Crown

<p><b>(On Tues., A.M., Feb. 16)</b></p><h2><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02310/1697888-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="592" height="135"></div><h2><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03281/1697881-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="591" height="136"></div><h2><b>TOP TEN SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04227/1697874-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="597" height="508"></div><p><b>NOTE: Statistics do not include game of Saturday, Feb. 13th, Philadelphia at New York. No score sheet received. OFFICIAL LEAGUE STANDING</b></p><p><b>NOTE: These statistics do not show games of Jan. 1st, Greensboro at Charlotte and Jan. 2nd, Charlotte at Greensboro. Games have been ordered cancelled.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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EHL STANDINGS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06157/1697919-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg"></div><p><i><b>FOR THE FINEST READING ANYWHERE!</b></i></p><p>&bull; <b>Covers hockey from coast-to-coast.</b></p><p>&bull; <b>Standings of all hockey leagues.</b></p><p>&bull; <b>Action Shots, Crosswords Puzzle and many other great features !</b></p><p><b>ONLY 3.00 (IN U.S. $4.00)</b></p><p><i><b>SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE $2.25</b></i> (Save $1.25 In US)</p><p><i><b>A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.</b></i></p><p><b>Canadian Remittances $3.00</b>&nbsp;<i>Payable by Postal, Bank or Telegraphic Money Order.</i></p><p><b>U. S. A. Remittances $4.00 <i>Payable by Postal Note, Bank or Express Money Order or Personal cheque.</i></b></p><p><b>FILL IN FORM AND SEND POSTAL NOTE OR MONEY ORDER</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The Hockey News

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05182/1697950-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg"></div><h2><b>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Pictured Red Wing player.</p><p>4&mdash;Initials of an N.H.L. coach.</p><p>6&mdash;Buffalo&rsquo;s Ed Kachur fractured this.</p><p>7&mdash;One of the Province Reds.</p><p>11&mdash;Northern Ireland (abbr.)</p><p>12&mdash;Former Ranger winger.</p><p>14&mdash;An injury to one has sidelined Camille Henry.</p><p>16&mdash;N.H.L. team with whom Babe Pratt first played (abbr.)</p><p>17&mdash;Bob Turner played his first N.H.L. game against this club (abbr.)</p><p>18&mdash;The 11th & 5th letters of the alphabet.</p><p>19&mdash;Initials of Cleveland&rsquo;s coach.</p><p>20&mdash;Month in which 7 across was born (abbr.)</p><p>21&mdash;Artifical language.</p><p>22&mdash;A. habitant forward answers to this.</p><p>23&mdash;Hart Trophy winner of 1933-34.</p><p>26&mdash;This Leaf player hails from North Bay, Ont.</p><p>28&mdash;Number of games Dick Duff missed in 1958-59 schedule.</p><p>29&mdash;Former Maple Leaf defense star.</p><p>30&mdash;John Hanna&rsquo;s native province (abbr.)</p><p>31&mdash;Ex-Red Wing forward.</p><p>32&mdash;What most people do at races.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Given name of 7 across.</p><p>2&mdash;Second name of Balon who recently made his N.H.L. debut with Rangers.</p><p>3&mdash;One of Toronto&rsquo;s Silver Seven.</p><p>4&mdash;Native province of Pearson of New York.</p><p>5&mdash;Mrs. Bob Turner was once a&mdash;instructress.</p><p>8&mdash;Pronoun.</p><p>9&mdash;Initials of Timgren, ex Leaf forward.</p><p>10&mdash;25th & 12th letters of the alphabet.</p><p>13&mdash;Former linemate of Blake & Richard.</p><p>15&mdash;Initials of player who wears #16 for Chicago.</p><p>18&mdash;A New York forward.</p><p>19&mdash;The wife of 18 down.</p><p>20&mdash;Pictured star&rsquo;s name.</p><p>21&mdash;African river the&mdash;Grande</p><p>23&mdash;Pictured star&rsquo;s wife.</p><p>24&mdash;Number of times pictured star has been traded.</p><p>25&mdash;Players who have been injured sometimes&mdash;themselves before returning to action.</p><p>27&mdash;Players protested when this rule was first introduced by the N.H.L.</p><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Henry</p><p>6&mdash;U.S.A.</p><p>7&mdash;Lost</p><p>8&mdash;Seven</p><p>10&mdash;Sask.</p><p>12&mdash;Stan.</p><p>13&mdash;Tea</p><p>14&mdash;Ce.</p><p>16&mdash;Any</p><p>18&mdash;Aug.</p><p>19&mdash;Li.</p><p>20&mdash;M.R.</p><p>21&mdash;N.M.</p><p>23&mdash;Iowa</p><p>25&mdash;Dea</p><p>26&mdash;L.P.</p><p>27&mdash;G.I.</p><p>28&mdash;Len.</p><p>30&mdash;Bucko</p><p>31&mdash;Bucyk</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Hurst</p><p>2&mdash;E.S.</p><p>3&mdash;Nassau</p><p>4&mdash;Montreal</p><p>5&mdash;Stanley</p><p>7&mdash;Les.</p><p>9&mdash;E.K.</p><p>11&mdash;A.E.</p><p>14&mdash;Camille</p><p>15&mdash;Europe</p><p>17&mdash;Nine</p><p>22&mdash;Magoo</p><p>24&mdash;A.S.</p><p>25&mdash;Dick</p><p>27&mdash;Guy</p><p>29&mdash;N.B</p><p>30&mdash;B.C.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div><p>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Close finishes, in both the league standing and the individual scoring are assured this season in the Ontario Hockey Association junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; derby.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-014/1697981-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="304" height="480"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Chico Maki</b></figcaption></div><p>Until two weeks ago it appeared as if both contests were cut and dried.</p><p>The Marlboros had a 15-point edge in the seventeam league and it was merely a question of which Guelph player, Rod Gilbert or Jean Ratelle would win the scoring championship.</p><p>This situation has now changed drastically.</p><p>The Marlboro lead has been cut to eight points and three teams, Barrie Flyers, St. Catharines Teepees and Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors still retain a mathematical chance of winning the pennant.</p><p>However the biggest shift has come in scoring.</p><p>Since the first two weeks of the schedule, in early November, Gilbert and Ratelle have cruised along in the one-two positions without a worry between them.</p><p>Both players have maintained their two-points-a-game average but are suddenly challenged by fast-skating Chico Maki, right winger with the St. Catharines Teepees.</p><p>In eight games Maki picked up 20 points and now trails the league-leading Gilbert by three points and second place Ratelle by one point.</p><p>Gilbert has 82 points, Ratelle 80 and Maki, who is now in his fourth and final season of junior &ldquo;A&rdquo;, has 79 points.</p><p>Maki&rsquo;s surge, and the sensational scoring of sophomore Ray Cullen have highlighted a Teepee drive which has lifted them from a precarious sixth position into a tie for third.</p><p>Cullen, younger brother of Barry of the Red Wings and Brian of the Rangers, has 44 goals in 42 games, the only player thus far to pass the 40-goal mark.</p><p>The sweaters worn by Toronto Marlboros and Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s College Majors weren&rsquo;t the only things which were blue in Maple Leaf Gardens Sunday afternoon.</p><p>Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey fans also had the &ldquo;blues&rdquo; after the worst drubbings suffered by the two clubs in many seasons.</p><p>In the opening game of the weekly doubleheader Peterboro swamped the Majors 8-2 while in the second half the Teepees went one better by trouncing the leading Marlboros 9-2.</p><p>To make the double setback even more humiliating for the strong Toronto teams, the largest crowd of the season, 7,212 sat in on the two games.</p><p>The junior schedule closes at the end of February with six of the seven teams entering the playoffs.</p><p>Hamilton Tiger-Cubs have already been mathematically eliminated from the post-season games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Both Title And Scoring Race In Doubt In OHA Jr.

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div><p>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>The fourth and last playoff position in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League belongs to Saskatoon Quakers today.</p><p>And, after a torrid seven-game road trip, just about everybody is conceding another league championship to Bobby Kirk&rsquo;s well-drilled Flin Flon Bombers.</p><p>Quakers, the hottest club on the circuit the past two weeks, wrapped up a playoff berth with a tight 4-3 victory over Melville Millionaires, at the time a fading fifth-ranking challenger.</p><p>Doug Bentley&rsquo;s unpredictable Quakers launched an eight game unbeaten streak last Jan. 31 in Flin Flon by collecting a 2-2 tie. The string came to an end Feb. 15 in Saskatoon when the same Bombers posted a 6-4 victory.</p><p>The hot stretch not only gave Quakers a post-season placing but carried them to within 3&frac14; points of the third-place Prince Albert Mintos.</p><p>Bombers practically sewed up first place by taking four of six road games, the biggest one a 1-0 triumph over the runnerup Regina Pats in the Queen City. The last win over Quakers put them 6&frac14; points ahead of Pats with three games left to play&mdash;two of them at home against Estevan Bruins.</p><p>It marked the first Flin Flon decision in Regina this year. Previously, Bombers had been thrashed 6-0, 5-1, 4-1 and 7-2.</p><p>Bombers dropped overtime games to Estevan and Melville, but followed with victories over Moose Jaw, Regina, Prince Albert and Saskatoon, who played without the services of coach Bentley.</p><p>The Bentley clan of Delisle&mdash;Doug, Max, Jack, Reg and Scoop&mdash;attended an oldtimers&rsquo; charity game in Vancouver that night and scored six of their club&rsquo;s goals in a 10-6 win.</p><p>If the standings remain as they are for the rest of the schedule, Flin Flon will face Saskatoon in one best-of-seven semi-final and Prince Albert will meet Regina in the other.</p><p>The two series will begin Feb. 27 with games at the home of the first and second place finishers. They will be completed by March 9.</p><p>Bombers and Quakers met in the first round of playoffs ast year when the mining town stalwarts came out on top four games to one.</p><p>In nine games this year, Bombers hold the edge on Saskatoon four wins to three with two ties. Prince Albert is on top of Regina in eight meetings, winning four, losing three and tying one.</p><p>Mintos have been having their troubles of late and a lot of the grief could be due to the absence of scoring wizard Chick Balon, sidelined 10 days with a shoulder injury.</p><p>Despite the layoff, Balon maintained his position as individual scoring leader with 100 points on 45 goals and 55 assists. This was 10 better than runnerup Don Wilson of Saskatoon.</p><p>Wilson has 49 goals and 41 assists for 90 points, one ahead of linemate Jerry Esch. Gord Wilkie of Regina stands third with 88 points while Gord Turlik of Prince Albert is fifth with 79.</p><p>Turlik is the leading sniper with 53 goals, nine less than the record of 62 set last year by Cliff Pennington of Bombers. Mintos have seven games left in the schedule.</p><p>Dick Vincent is Flin Flon&rsquo;s top man with 75 points; Ernie Dyda heads Estevan with 67 and Bob Bartlett is Melville&rsquo;s best with 65.</p><p>Rookie Art Koberinski of Regina continues to hold sway with the goaltenders, boasting a 2.42 goals-against average for 38 games. Phil Headley of Flin Flon is second with a 3.41, closely followed by Prince Albert&rsquo;s Gary Bauman with 3.45.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kirk’s Bombers All But Sew Up Flag In SJHL, Pats Second

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