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November 19, 1960

The Hockey News November 19, 1960

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01481/2119755-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="569" height="699"><figcaption class="caption-body">Before The ThirdJack Adams Behind 5-2</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Everyone once in awhile a team plays a game that becomes a landmark over the years.The Red Wings played such a game against the Boston Bruins Nov. 3 at Olympia.It&rsquo;s destines to become one of those &ldquo;Remember when &hellip;&rdquo; games for Red Wing fans but unfortunately, there were only 8,737 of them on hand to see it&hellip; and some of those had left.Boston had all but run the Wings out of the rink in the first 39 minutes enroute to a 5-1 lead. Detroit could do nothing right ; everything wrong.Even the goal that cut the margin to 5-2 with only 21 seconds left in the middle session came hard. It amounted to a flying wedge play with brute force finally getting the goal &mdash; scored by Jerry Melnyk &mdash; past Don Simmons and Aut Erickson.At that it was the fourth line on the ice&mdash;Melnyk, Brian Smith and Howie Glover. The issue seemed gone beyond doubt.Then general manager Jack Adams took over.If there are any who believe the old-fashioned pep talk is gone, let them be enlightened.Adams strode up and down the silent Red Wing dressing room&mdash;silent except for an un-jolly Jack. Among other things, Adams questioned the Wings&rsquo; intestinal fortitude and told them they were &ldquo;stinking the joint out and the people are leaving.&rdquo;True, some did leave. The others made up for them with their jeering and booing at the inept performance.Adams&rsquo; many unflattering words turned the trick. Boston, perhaps lulled by its 5-2 lead, didn&rsquo;t get a chance to recover as the Wings blitzed them with a half dozen third period goals starting at 2:21 with Parker MacDonald&rsquo;s and ending at 13:57 with one by Gary Aidcorn.In between. Norm Ullman registered the 99th and 100th goals of his NHL career, Allan Johnson got his first NHL goal and Melnyk fired his second of the night.Boston couldn&rsquo;t respond and the Wings skated off to a standing ovation and with an 8-5 victory.There hadn&rsquo;t been a rally like it in the Motor City in any sport in years.When Ullman narrowed the margin to 4-5 with his 99th the crowd was on its feet. It was the same when Johnson tied it less than three minutes later and after that it took just 44 seconds for Alex Delvecchio to shoot and the puck hit Ullman on the knee and deflected past Don Simmons to put the Wings in front for the first time.Play had to be stopped as the wild partisans threw programs, paper and pop corn boxes on the ice in jubilation.&ldquo;If I had known the Wings were going to get so hot,&rdquo; Boston&rsquo;s Vic Stasiuk said later, &ldquo;I would have got a couple of players and started fights all over the ice.&rdquo;But no fights were started and the reeling Bruins, their first road victory of the year in sight, couldn&rsquo;t cool off the Wings.That game could go down as a major turning point for the Detroiters.It was the second straight victory in a three-game home stand and the Wings extended it to three with a 5-2 win over New York three nights later before leaving on a four-game trip. They were only two points behind first place Montreal which had played two more games.And it was fortification the Wings needed for eight of the final 11 November home games were away from home due to an ice show taking over Olympia. And seven of those 11 Were against the top clubs&mdash;Montreal, Chicago and Toronto.Heading into the long road stint, Adams appraised his club as improved over last year&rsquo;s fourth place finisher.But he stuck with his pre-season estimate that Detroit could finish &ldquo;anywhere from second to sixth.&rdquo;&ldquo;We have better legs this year&mdash;we&rsquo;re not falling apart in the third period like we were the last half of last season,&rdquo; Adams said.&ldquo;We are as strong as any club in the third period and stronger than some. W&rsquo;e seemed to have eliminated the third period fade,&rdquo; Adams said.And the first 13 games seemed to bear him out. The Red Wings outscored the opposition 18-11 in the final sessions, twice achieved by rallying in the final 20 minutes and twice pulled out victories.Adams also figured the Wings&rsquo; rising fortunes could be traced in part to the work of two of the newcomers, Allan Johnson and Parker MacDonald who together pumped in a half dozen goals and assisted on seven others.Other pluses were on the play of Alex Delvecchio and Norm Ullman.&ldquo;This is the best Alex has ever played at the start of the year,&rdquo; said Adams after husky Alex netted six goals and as many assists in 13 starts.&ldquo;Ullman is coming into his own,&rdquo; said Adams after the 24-year-old centerman picked up at least one point in all 13.But Adams showed some concern too.Gary Aidcorn and Murray Oliver, two of Detroit&rsquo;s four 20-goal men last season, had only four between them. Marc Reaume evidently isn&rsquo;t the answer on defense. Likeable Marc has seen little ice time with rookie Gerry Odrowski moving in as a regular.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether it&rsquo;s the &lsquo;sophomore jinx&rsquo; or what,&rdquo; Adams said of Oliver, &ldquo;but he should be scoring more goals.&rdquo;Aidcorn, after a slow start, seemed to be coming on stronger in the home stand and with liniemates Len Lunde and Johnson, it was becoming one of Detroit&rsquo;s most effective units.Adams was hopeful ob bolstering the defense, stating that he would like to add an experienced hand.&ldquo;But I&rsquo;ve had several talks with both Boston and New York offering several different deals with no luck,&rdquo; said Adams who still would like to get Bill Gadsby, the man he had for less than 12 hours last season.That was the ill-fated Red Kelly and Billy McNeill swap for Gadsby and Eddie Shack that fell through when both Kelly and McNeill announced retirement plans.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve talked with Chicago but their idea of a trade is to offer you an apple for an orchard,&rdquo; Adams said. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Adams’ Blast Incites Storybook Finish By Six Goal Explosion

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The most recent experiment with Doug Mohns as a forward may be over for this season.Then again, the latest experiment with Mohns as a defense man may be only temporary.If Mohns finds his hockey life with the Bruins slightly confusing at times, his finding is understandable.Mohns has gone home from Boston Garden as a left wing, only to find on his return the next day he has become a left defenseman.Or a right wing&hellip; or a combination of two or more.Mohns was put back on defense the other day after injuries to Defensemen Leo Boivin and Bob Armstrong.He had started his previous 11 games this season as a forward.The Bruins&rsquo; Mr. Versatility has done some traveling in his eight seasons here.1953&mdash;Started with the Bruins as a 19-year old left wing.1956&mdash;Moved to left defense.1957&mdash;Played regularly on defense but at left wing in emergencies.1959&mdash;Began the season as a defenseman and finished it as a left wing, playing the point on power plays.1960&mdash;Started the season at left wing, moved to right wing, moved to defense.After so many changes, Mohns has become inured to them.After learning that he had become a defenseman after having gone home the day before as a forward, the blond Weymouth resident sighed, &ldquo;Oh well, there goes 20 goals for this season.&rdquo;The Mohns shifts, of course, have not been whims on the part of Milt Schmidt.The Bruins&rsquo; coach made a defenseman of Doug originally to give his defense corps the advantage of Mohns&rsquo; speed and agility.Schmidt transferred Mohns last season in an effort to beef up his forward squad.And the versatile player has gone back on defense to fill another need.After extended trials at both forward and defense, there isn&rsquo;t much doubt about where Mohns does better.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s better on defense,&rdquo; opined Lynn Patrick, Bruins&rsquo; manager. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s adequate as a forward but better on defense.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03358/2119817-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="533" height="864"><figcaption class="caption-body">Back To BlueDoug Mohns</figcaption></div>Mohns goes along with that opinion, although he enjoyed himself as a forward last season.After scoring his 20th goal, he told his envious neighbors in the defense section of the Bruins&rsquo; dressing room, &ldquo;This is the life, fellows. You should try it.&rdquo;Mohns adjusted to defense so rapidly four years ago that he was a leader in the voting for defensemen for the National League&rsquo;s all-star team less than three months later.His speed and ability to rush from his own zone hardly help but help the Bruins&rsquo; defense, which will need help during the lengthy absence of Armstrong,The big veteran sustained a broken bone in his foot when he was struck by a shot in a game with the Chicago Black Hawks here. His length of absence was set tentatively at five weeks.The Bruins also lost the hard hitting Boivin with a foot injury in the same game, so Patrick brought up 20-year old Edward &ldquo;Ted&rdquo; Green from the Winnipeg Warriors of the Western League as a one-game replacement.The replacement for Mohns as a forward was Gerry Ouellette, 22-year old forward, who scored his first NHL goal in his third game after being called up from the Kingston Frontenacs of the Eastern League. The stubby redhead from Grand Falls, New Brunswick, scored his first goal against Terry Sawehuk of the Detroit lied Wings. &#9632;

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Bruins Shift Mohns Back To Defense To Beef Up Thin Corps

<div class="byline">By DON FLEMING</div>EDMONTON, Alta&mdash;President Al Leader, the Hockey News&rsquo; executive-of-the-year a while back, can lay claim to still another first for his Western Hockey League.The referees this year are wearing their surnames on the backs of their striped sweaters.Leader and his colleagues believe the fans like to know the names of the officials they are cussing out. Maybe so.By the way, when the Edmonton Flyers were down at the Detroit Olympia for their annual pre-season sessions, they took in a few games at Briggs Stadium, where Chicago White Sox showed up with their names, along with numbers, on their uniforms.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01532/2120523-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="273" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Leader</figcaption></div>Bill Veeck is rated pretty good in the brainstorm department, too. Al Leader thought the idea might be worth consideration for his hockey league. The clubs didn&rsquo;t warm up to the idea, though. Something to do about program sales, and out here, most of the clubs need every bit of revenue they can grab off.It might be significant that Veeck had names only on his club&rsquo;s road monkey-suits. He wasn&rsquo;t doing anything to hurt program sales in Comiskey Park.Most fans naturally soon get to know their own club. But if the visitors identify themselves, there would soon be no market for the program&hellip; and it would be like throwing away a bloc of seats.In any event, the Western Leaguers aren&rsquo;t hiding the identity of Bing Juckes, Lou Farelli and their confreres in the fine print of the programs.Just another in a string of firsts that include suh inovations as variations in the icing rules, taboo on freezing the puck at the price of a penalty, sudden-death overtime and cancellation of the balance of a minor penalty when the shorthanded team has given up a goal.Some of these have been copied elsewhere in the hockey world, and Leader & Friends aren&rsquo;t done yet.Al just won&rsquo;t rest until, for instance, there is a reasonable way of dealing with icing the puck, even when a club is short.His pet project, of course, has always been to keep the games moving alone. That&rsquo;s why he insists on his officials taking drastic measures for freezing the puck along the boards.He reasons that one player is always more to blame than another, and the offender must do penance in the penalty box.Every faceoff that it saves is all for the better, and it has been estimated that the ban on freezing has knocked off up to 10 minutes the time it takes to get through a game.&ldquo;We are convinced that the hockey our fans see in our league,&rdquo; Leader contends, &ldquo;is more thoroughly entertaining than anywhere else in the world.&rdquo;As for icing, even during power plays, Leader admits that perhaps minor penalties might be a little excessive, but he&rsquo;s determined to battle icing to the death. &#9632;

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Spot The Officials-WHL Puts Name Right On Their Sweaters

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02426/2121042-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="566" height="265"></div>November 12 to November 1813&mdash;Len Lunde, Detroit, forward, 1936.14&mdash;Murray Oliver, Detroit, forward, 1937.14&mdash;Bruce Cline, Springfield, forward, 1931.16&mdash;Dick Gamble, Buffalo, forward, 1928.18&mdash;Rudy Migay, forward, 1928.19&mdash;Floyd Hillman, Providence, defense, 1933. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01100/2121173-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Goaler Don Simmons of the Boston Bruins takes no chances on dangerous Ed Litzenberger, captain of the Chicago Black Howks, so he comes out of his cage to slap the puck away from his cage. Other Bruins in the picture are Vic Stasiuk, foreground and Bob Armstrong in the background.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Cagey Don Clears Things From His Cage Area

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The Ranger brass was sick and tired of hearing about how many goals Eddie Shack COULD score.They knew that the troublesome left winger was NOT scoring for the Blueshirts and furthermore WAS whipping his teammates into fits of distemper at his antics.That is why the Rangers dealt Shack to Torohto for Johnny Wilson and Pat Hannigan, both left wings.As far as Ranger g.m. Muzz Patrick is concerned, he gave away nothing worthwhile to New York and got something in return.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m convinced that Shack will never be a good player in New York,&rdquo; Patrick said. &ldquo;Maybe he&rsquo;ll find himself in Toronto but he was a waste to us.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01461/2119479-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="264" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Muzz Patrick</figcaption></div>Ever since Shack graduated from Providence to the Rangers in the Fall 1958, Patrick felt like a man who was told he owned an oil field. Except that every time he drilled he came up with water.Although he has all the natural resources, Shack never produced. He scored seven goals in his rookie year, eight last season and had one this season.Perhaps the Rangers would have been more patient if Eddie had shown a serious inclination to learn. Instead, the management and some players contend, he was a troublemaker.Shack&rsquo;s zany antics undoubtedly contributed to former coach Phil Watson&rsquo;s ulcer and certainly wasn&rsquo;t doing coach Alf Pike&rsquo;s nervous system any good.&ldquo;The trade will help the morale of our club,&rdquo; said Pike. &ldquo;The players got tired of Shack&rsquo;s goofing around in practice. When I&rsquo;d stop a workout to talk to him, the players would resent him holding it up.&rdquo;Last month Pike ordered Shack off the ice in a workout, and Patrick followed with a $100 fine. However, the coach talked Patrick out of fining Eddie.&ldquo;I told Shack that I saved him $100,&rdquo; said Pike. &ldquo;I hoped it would change his attitude but it didn&rsquo;t work.&rdquo;Key player in the deal from the Ranger viewpoint, is Hannigan, 24, who played for Rochester in the American Hockey League. A 5-10, 178 pounder, he is reputed to be a scrapper, the kind of player Rangers need.Durable Johnny Wilson, 31, 5-10, 170 pounds owns the NHL iron man record having played in 580 consecutive games until he became a hold out in September and refused to report to Rochester.Wilson, in particular, was welcomed by the Ranger players. When word filtered around the league that he was available from Toronto a number of Ranger players urged Pike to acquire him.Pike followed through and also corraled Hannigan whom he coached at Winnipeg during the 1956-57 season.&ldquo;Both of them can help us,&rdquo; Pike said. &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t take anything away from Wilson, but Hannigan has the ability to help our club in the future.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s the point. With all Shack&rsquo;s hullabaloo, the Rangers were in last place. The New York brass feels that the acquisition of Hannigan and Wilson might remedy the situation.Pike summed up the team&rsquo;s feeling about Shack in four words:&ldquo;We won&rsquo;t miss him.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02441/2119472-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="267" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Says Goodbye To BroadwayLeft winger Edie Shack who was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs last week for Johnny Wilson and Pat Hannigan, showed he does know where the net is as he scored in his second game as a Toronto player. Coach Punch Imlach has tested Shack in a few positions and decided he could make the team. He replaced Gerry Ehman, who was sent to the American League.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Patrick Convinced That Eddie Will Never Be A Good Player In New York—Teammates Were Irked By His Attitude Towards Game

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03395/2119510-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Punch Imlach</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Maple Leafs acquired one of hockey&rsquo;s most perplexing problem children&mdash;and a potentially productive player&mdash;when they got 23-year-old Eddie Shack from New York Rangers.In exchange, they sent Rangers two members of their American league farm club, Johnny Wilson and-Pat Hannigan. At the time the deal was made, Wilson was with Leafs as an emergency replacement for injured George Armstrong.This meant that some other Toronto player would soon be on his way to join Rochester Americans, replacing the departed bodies.Shack is considered a left-winger but has been playing on the right boards and probably will continue to do so as a Leaf since Bert Olmstead, Dick Duff and Frank Mahovlich take care of the Toronto left-wing duties. There, is however, ample room for improvement at right wing.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll try him at a lot of spots,&rdquo; said coach and general manager Punch Imlach. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll have to make a place on this club.&rdquo;Imlach obviously feels he can succeed with Shack where two Rangers coaches failed. As one of Canada&rsquo;s outstanding junior players in 1957, Shack was rated a can&rsquo;t-miss professional prospect. He spent one season with Providence Reds in the American league, scoring 34 points in 35 games before suffering a broken leg, and then moved up to the Broadway Blues in &lsquo;58. New York executives were confident he couldn&rsquo;t fail being a top NHL performer.He did, though. He totalled 15 goals in two major-league seasons and during the same period amassed 219 minutes in penalties. In addition, he scrapged almost continually with his bosses over salary, discipline, his work and during training camp this fall, he walked out and returned to his home in Sudbury. Eventually, however, he did sign.Rangers tried to unload Shack last season after banishing him to the Springfield AHL club for nine games. They packaged him with Bill Gadsby and sent the boodle to Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Red Kelly and Billy McNeill. The deal was washed out when Kelly and McNeill refused to report to New York.However, Shack is only 23, is a 190-pound six-footer, is a tremendous skater and a fearless, if undisciplined, workman. He undoubtedly possesses great possibilities and it is Imlach&rsquo;s self-appointed chore to develop them.Both Wilson and Hannigan probably will help Rangers, although as left-wingers, they couldn&rsquo;t fit into Leafs&rsquo; plans. Wilson is a 31-year-old NHL veteran who scored 15 goals for Toronto last season. Hannigan, 24, potted 29 for Rochester Americans. &#9632;

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Toronto Sends Wilson And Hannigan To New York For Controversial Left Winger, But He’ll Have To Make A Place On Punch’s Club

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><h2>Got 14 Last Season While They Played A Man Short</h2>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Bruins are getting those &ldquo;gravy&rdquo; goals again.And if the Bruins&rsquo; scoring while they are short-handed is embarrassing for their opposition, it&rsquo;s certainly good for the Bruins.Any time a team can make a goal while it has a player in the penalty box, it gets the equivalent of Something for nothing.The Bruins began getting gravy this fall after the recall of Charley Burns from Kingston. Burns, an accomplished penalty-killer, went to work killing penalties with Jerry Toppazzini.And the Bruins, who scored 14 goals while they were short-handed during the 1957-58 season, started doing it again.First Toppazzini scored against the Montreal Canadiens with an assist from Leo Boivin.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04300/2119541-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="547" height="549"><figcaption class="caption-body">On Gravy TrainJerry Toppazzini</figcaption></div>Then Burns scored against the Detroit Red Wings with the help of Toppazzini.Next Don McKenney scored against the Chicago Black Hawks on passes from Guy Gendron and Toppazzini.<h2>Scored Three In Six Games After Burns Was Recalled</h2>In the six-game period after the arrival of Burns, the Bruins scored three times while they were short-handed.The opposition scored two power play goals in the same period. One of the two was made by Montreal with a two-player advantage.&ldquo;When a team gets a goal when it&rsquo;s a man down,&rdquo; observed goalkeeper Don Simmons, &ldquo;that&rsquo;s a real gravy goal. That&rsquo;s great.&rdquo;What&rsquo;s the key to turning a personnel deficit into a goal? With the Bruins the answer is the equivalent of a military secret.&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s just say the trick is putting the puck into the net,&rdquo; quipped the fast thinking Toppazzini. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the big payoff.&rdquo;Three years ago the Bruins&mdash;and especially Toppazzini&mdash;were holy terrors when they were killing penalties. That season Toppazzini made eight goals, Allan Stanley and Fleming Mackell two each and Don McKenney and Johnny Peirson one each while the Bruins were undermanned.Some hockey expert termed Toppazzini and Mackell &ldquo;the best two-men line in hockey.&rdquo;By subtracting the goals scored while they were short-handed from the number scored by their opposition in man-advantage situations, the Bruins arrived at a defensive net of only 25 goals against them on power plays for &lsquo;57-58.Coincident with the revival of the knack of getting the gravy goals, the Bruins also displayed all-around penalty-killing improvement after the return of Burns.Milt Schmidt, Bruins&rsquo; coach, backed up Toppazzini and Burns with Jimmy Bartlett, Guy Gendron and McKenney. The other teams&rsquo; power play scoring dropped from an average of just under one goal per game to one goal every three games.A goal by McKenney against Chicago here in his role as penaltykiller produced a scoring oddity. Both Toppazzini and Gendron, who replaced Toppazzini on the ice, received assists.Toppazzini cleared the puck into the Chicago end of the rink from a spot near the Bruins&rsquo; bench and hustled to the bench, Gendron replacing him. Little Guy caught up with the puck, skated behind the net and passed to McKenney cutting in for the goal. So Gendron, on the ice and Toppazzini, sitting on the bench, both receive assists. &#9632;

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Bruins Getting “Gravy” Goals From Hard Working Penalty Men

DETROIT, Mich. &mdash; &ldquo;I guess it&rsquo;s time to get my daily goal,&rdquo; Red Wing coach Sid Abel told club president Bruce Norris and general manager Jack Adams at the close of a morning drill.So Abel skated out, stickhandled down the rink and started in on Hank Bassen.Gordie Howe fired his stick over at Abel to distract him and Abel dodged it. But he was just putting the brakes on when he skidded into Bassen.Result: Abel is on crutches with pulled ligaments along the right side of his foot.&ldquo;Well, if we&rsquo;re going to have practice injuries I&rsquo;d just as soon they&rsquo;d be to me and not the players,&rdquo; said Abel who will have a tough time living this one down. &#9632;

Abel Gets Daily Goal And Crutches For His Attempt

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01460/2119603-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Henry Plays A Winning Tune With The DiscCamill Henry of the Rangers is one of the smallest players in the NHL, and also one of its finest scorers. Dead-eye Cammy scored 32 goals in 1957-58 and won the Lady Byng Trophy. One of his 32 goes into Toronto cage, above, guarded by Ed Chadwick.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02371/2119596-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1159" height="1146"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mr. And Mrs. HenryCamille and Dominique Henry. Cammy runs up huge phone bills keeping in touch with radio and television star wife in Montreal.</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;It pays to be lonely.Look at Camille Henry, lonliest man in hockey. He&rsquo;s currently the Rangers leading forward (1.2 points per game), and appears bent on another 20-goal campaign.Unfortunately, lithe Cammy cannot share his scoring joy to the fullest. His wife Aimee &mdash; better known as chanteuse Dominique Michel &mdash; is 400 miles away in Montreal where she sings and acts on television.So, what does lonesome Cammy do ? He pines for the days when the Rangers visit Montreal and, in the meantime, dopes out special tortures for Jacques Plante, Terry Sawchuk, et. al.He also runs up a rather impressive telephone bill.&ldquo;I speak to my wife twice a week throughout the season,&rdquo; Henry says. &ldquo;I call her after our Sunday game and she calls me on Wednesdays. We used to do it more often when we first got married but the bills came to about $100 a month. Now we&rsquo;re more mature about it.&rdquo;Without trying to get too nosey, the interviewer asked Henry what he and his wife talk about.&ldquo;After the Detroit game, she asked me how the game went. I told her we scored first but we blew the lead just like we had in the two previous games.&rdquo;&ldquo;What did she say ?&rdquo;&ldquo;She said, &lsquo;you ought to try and let the other team score the first goal&rsquo;.&rdquo;Cammy assured us that Dominique shares the same longdistance pains as he does.&ldquo;She worries about me getting hurt,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;She knows I&rsquo;m not too big.&rdquo;Last year Henry made a daring charge at the Red Wing net, was cleanly upset by Marcel Pronovost but careened headlong into the goalpost. He was able to protect his frame by thrusting his arm out but his arm was broken in the process.&ldquo;I felt as bad about telling Dominique as I did about my injury,&rdquo; Cammy said.But, he had no choice. So, from the hospital bed he put through his bi-weekly long-distance call to Montreal.&ldquo;I said &lsquo;Dominique, I have a broken arm&rsquo;. And she started crying. These injuries scare her the most. Same thing this Fall when I broke my rib in training camp. She was upset because she wasn&rsquo;t with me.&rdquo;Despite his Lilliputian frame, Henry is remarkably aggressive and manages to get into the hair of such menacing chaps as Ferny Flaman and Gordie Howe like an annoying gadfly. The giants brush Henry off as if he were a speck of dust but, darn it, he keeps coming back for more.Early this season Ranger coach Alf Pike had the temerity to assign 140 pound Henry to guard 200 pound Howe. The two of them looked like the &ldquo;before and after&rdquo; in body-building advertisements.Neverthelless, Henry kept Howe off the scoresheet although the incredible Detroiter played one of his better games. Camille revealed that guarding Howe is something akin to riding piggy back on an atomic bomb. For one thing, Gordie is apt to use any one of his 45,000 tricks to fake out Cammy and score. And for another Howe is just liable to huff and puff and blow Henry into a mezzanine seat.Nobody knows this better than Henry himself.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to get him mad,&rdquo; Cammy says, looking out of the corner of his eye to be sure Howe isn&rsquo;t listening, &ldquo;so I just play the puck and try to stay in front of him. I don&rsquo;t have to hit him to stop him.&rdquo;Camille was asked if Howe ever got violent with him.&ldquo;No,&rdquo; he replied. &ldquo;Sometimes, he&rsquo;ll do things to let me know he&rsquo;s playing against me&mdash;as if I need him to tell me&mdash;and sometimes, he&rsquo;ll check me a little. But he&rsquo;s never tried to put me out.&rdquo;One of Camille&rsquo;s proudest accomplishments occurred last year.&ldquo;I scared the hell out of Howe,&rdquo; Cammy said.&ldquo;How&rsquo;s that again ?&rdquo;&ldquo;That&rsquo;s right,&rdquo; Henry repeated laughing. &ldquo;Gordie hit me a good check and I fell to the ice. I scared the hell outa him&mdash;he thought he had killed me.&rdquo;Last year Henry scored 12 goals in 49 games compared with 23 the season previous and 32 (his NHL high) the season before that. Concern ran through his mind this Summer, concern over the ability to make a comeback.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got to prove to myself that I can score 20 goals in this league again,&rdquo; he said seriously. &ldquo;This is the challenge I face after the injury.&rdquo;&ldquo;Do you think you can do it ?&rdquo;&ldquo;Well, I feel better now than I did a few weeks ago. My ribs are better and I&rsquo;m skating more. I&rsquo;ll be very happy with 25 goals.&rdquo;So far, Pike has used Henry at left wing with Earl Ingarfield at center and Andy Hebenton on right wing. It&rsquo;s been the best allround line the Blues have had.A pro like Henry can&rsquo;t be satisfied merely with having a good line. He&rsquo;s after something more, a Stanley Cup contender and a shot of champagne out of the Cup.&ldquo;I sometimes dream about what it would be like to win the Cup,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no question in my mind that this would be my biggest kick out of hockey.&rdquo;Henry revealed that he&rsquo;s had two &ldquo;really big&rdquo; thrills so far.Number one was his first NHL goal, during the 1953-54 season. It was a shot that tied a game against the Chicago Black Hawks in the last minute of play. Number two was his four-goal game against Terry Sawchuk in the same year. He is the only player to tally four against Sawchuk.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t remember ever being so excited,&rdquo; Camille recalls. &ldquo;Muzz (Patrick) was coaching the team then. After the fourth goal, I skated back to the bench and Muzz told me to go back on the ice for another turn. I said&rdquo;Muzz, I can&rsquo;t go back, I&rsquo;m shaking too much.&rsquo; The thrill of the four goals had me trembling.&rdquo;Right now, though, Cammy concentrates on lifting the Blues into a playoff spot. He gets long-distance encouragement from Dominique and also is boosted by Guy Gignac, a former teammate of his with the Quebec Junior Citadelles.Gignac now works in New York and lets Cammy share his Jamaica home during the hockey season.In April, Cammy returns to Montreal, picks up Dominique and the love-birds return to their nest, a six room house in Charlesbourg, Que. just out of Quebec City.During the Summer, Henry works as a public relations man for Molson&rsquo;s Brewery, plays golf and delights in his wife&rsquo;s cooking &ldquo;particularly French Bouillie.&rdquo;&ldquo;Ste is a good wife and a good cook,&rdquo; Cammy says proudly, &ldquo;and if you want to know how good a cook she is, just ask Gadsby, Hebenton or Louie.&rdquo;The 27-year old Henry has at least two more NHL years ahead of him, maybe more. He says he&rsquo;d like to finish out his big league career in New York.&ldquo;When you&rsquo;ve settled in one place like I have,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;you like to stay there.&rdquo;But he&rsquo;s realistic enough to understand that he won&rsquo;t be in the NHL forever. And when the day comes that he&rsquo;s not wanted on Broadway anymore, Cammy hopes that he will wind up in Quebec City, his home town.This is where Cammy learned the art of stickhandling as a skinny tyke on the school and where he earned his first fame as the competent successor to the great Jean Beliveau. Few realize today that Cammy not only followed Beliveau but was as equally adored in the Walled City.&ldquo;Maybe I can go back home when I&rsquo;m no good here,&rdquo; Cammy says. &ldquo;At last I would be home and would be able to see my wife more often. Then, when all my playing days are over I&rsquo;d like to take up coaching.&rdquo;But, that&rsquo;s too far away.&ldquo;Right now I&rsquo;m worried about getting my 20 goals,&rdquo; Henry said. &ldquo;Excuse me, I&rsquo;m getting lonely. I must call Dominique and tell her about it.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Biggest Thrill For Henry Came On Four Goal Night Against Sawchuk

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October lst. 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd., 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Quo.Ken McKenxie, President and PublisherLon Bramson, Editor-in-ChiefWill V. Cote, General ManagerYearly Subscription Ratos: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in CanadaVol. 14 MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 19, 1960 No. 8<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01524/2119655-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="363" height="410"></div>&bull; ONLY NINE penalty shots were handed out in 10 years of National Hockey League play&hellip; Nine penalty shots in over 2,000 games&hellip; Dallas Smith, tall rookie Boston defenseman, is the youngest player in the NHL&hellip; The promising-looking rearguard who played with Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Jr. League last year is only 19. He was born on October 10, 1941&hellip; Since Fleming Mackell left the NHL the champion Daddys of the loop are Doug Harvey of Canadiens and Dollard St. Laurent of Chicago&hellip; Harvey and St. Laurent each have five children&hellip; Detroit Red Wings ice the youngest team in the National Hockey League this season&hellip; Sid Abel&rsquo;s boys average 26.1 years per player&hellip; Sorry to see where the Detroit Times folded &hellip; A Detroit daily since 1900 the Times ended its days last week&hellip; Wonder how that affects the Red Wings radio broadcasts as the Times sponsored the games this season ?&hellip; Not one of the four NHL clubs situated in the United States televises their games this season&hellip; which is indeed a pity&hellip; Chicago and New York do not broadcast the games, either&hellip; Boston&rsquo;s Jerry Toppazzini credits his improved play this year to the long bicycle rides he took last summer&hellip; &ldquo;I pedalled about 20 miles every other morning all summer,&rdquo; Topper revealed&hellip; The first season that NHL arenas flooded the ice between periods took place in 1940-41&hellip; It was an idea that was copied from England&hellip; Just four hours before this column was written my wife Lorraine gave birth to our fourth child, a bouncing baby girl. This little beauty is our third daughter&hellip; our oldest youngster is son John.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02489/2119648-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="259" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lorraine</figcaption></div>&bull; WANT TO hear the real story on how Rangers&rsquo; Muzz Patrick happened to put the name of Jack McCartan on his protected list ? &hellip; Bob Dill, former New York defenseman, saw McCartan playing goal for the University of Minnesota and tipped off Muzz. This was long before the Olympics at Squaw Valley&hellip; Newfoundland is considering affiliation with the CAHA, which would lead to competition between Newfoundland and the Maritimes &hellip; New York Rangers and Boston Bruins have the oldest teams in the NHL&hellip; Average age per player on these clubs is 27.2 years&hellip; New York has five players in the 30 or over category. They are Bill Gadsby, 33; Lome Worsley, 31; Red Sullivan, 30; Andy Hebenton, 31; and the most recent acquisition, Johnny Wilson, 31&hellip; Bruins have four in the 30 or more group. They are Fern Flaman, 33; Orval Tessier, 31; Vic Stasiuk, 31; and Bronco Horvath, 30&hellip; Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; coach Sid Abel has been walking around on crutches&hellip; He attempted to hop over a stick which Gordie Howe had jokingly slid along the ice during a Detroit practice. Abel discovered he isn&rsquo;t as bouncy as he used to be and fouled up the ankle&hellip; Montreal fans have been riding Jacques Plante of late&hellip; Montreal fans have ridden the best goalies in the business over the years including the one and only Bill Durnan &hellip; Al Millar, one of the two goalies used by Hershey Bears this year, is the latest netminder in the American League to don a mask during games&hellip; Gil Mayer of Cleveland and Gerry McNeil of Quebec are the others&hellip; Pittsburgh Hornets will be back in the American Hockey League in 1961-62 and will play in the new Pittsburgh Auditorium, which is reputed, to be one of the finest buildings in America&hellip; Larry Wilson of Buffalo garnered his 300th AHL assist recently&hellip; Toronto&rsquo;s Frank Mahovlich scored eight of his first 11 goals against the New York Rangers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03413/2119641-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="269" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Plante</figcaption></div>&bull; FOUR MEMBERS of the 1959-60 Eastern Professional Hockey League First All-Star Team are now members of American Hockey League clubs&hellip; Gerry McNeil and Moe Mantha of last year&rsquo;s champion Montreal Royals are with Quebec and Cleveland respectively &hellip; Cal Gardner, with Kingston a year ago, is now playing center for Cleveland and right wing Bob Courcy of Buffalo was with Hull-Ottawa last season&hellip; Wayne Hicks, rookie right winger of the Buffalo Bisons, is one of the very few United States-born players in pro hockey.,. Hicks was born in Aberdeen, Wash&hellip;. Gerry Foley of the Springfield Indians was bom in Ware, Mass&hellip;. Jack McCartan, New York goalkeeper, and Charlie Burns, center of the Boston Bruins, are the two National League players born in the States&hellip; McCartan was born in St. Paul, Minn, and Bums was bom at Detroit&hellip; Who remembers the last time 16 goals were scored in the NHL prior to Canadiens 9-7 win over Rangers last week ?&hellip; Toronto walloped the Rangers, 14-1, for 15 goals on March 16, 1957&hellip; Canadiens&rsquo; Dickii Moore is continuing his hectic goal-scoring pace. He had 18 goal in 18 games &hellip; This is Dick&rsquo;s fastest start yet in an NHL season &hellip; Maybe this will be the season that the 50-goal mark will be shattered &hellip; If Punch Imlach isn&rsquo;t the best coach in the NHL, he must rati as the best psychologist. When HOCKEY PICTORIAL asked hin what was the best team he ever coached, he quickly replied: &ldquo;This year&rsquo;s Toronto Maple Leafs.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04354/2119634-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="259" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cal Gardner</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Barring the annual onslaught of injuries, 1960-61 could become Bert Olmstead&rsquo;s finest season in major-league hockey.With five goals and eight assists in Maple Leafs&rsquo; 14 games to date, he has made a most impressive beginning and says: &ldquo;I feel certain I can keep it up all year &mdash; if I can stay healthy.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05321/2119686-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="273" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption></div>What&rsquo;s the explanation behind such coltish behavior on the part of a 34-year-old veteran of 10 NHL campaigns ?Olmstead confesses removal of a knee brace has allowed his skating to improve tremendously. The harness originally was designed to protect damage which sidelined him for a 17-game period last winter. Bert expected to wear it again this term.&ldquo;But when I saw that ugly looking thing in my equipment bag at training camp, I decided I&rsquo;d like to take a whirl without it,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Boy, I couldn&rsquo;t believe it was me, it made such a huge difference.&ldquo;So far,&rdquo; Bert adds, &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t missed it. I&rsquo;ve felt the odd twinge but no sign of weakness.&rdquo;Leafs almost didn&rsquo;t get Olmstead for 1960-61 duty. It wasn&rsquo;t until many days of preseason training had elapsed that general manager Punch Imlach yielded to Bert&rsquo;s salary demands.&ldquo;They gave me the money I wanted and they&rsquo;re going to get their money&rsquo;s worth,&rdquo; Olmstead declares. &ldquo;I told them they Would not bet getting half a job from me. I promise to go all out for the team because I want my last season to be a good one.&rdquo;That sounded ominously like a retirement pledge.&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s put it this way,&rdquo; Olmstead hedges. &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t want to play unless I could help the Leafs. And I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;d be able to help them much beyond this season.&rdquo;, That kind of talk is liable to stampede Leafs into giving Olmstead his 1961-62 contract immediately. He has been their most valuable workman since they got him from Montreal Canadiens in 1958, as one part of a triangular transaction, in which they sent Tod Sloan to Chicago Black Hawks.Just as he did in Montreal, Olmstead makes Leafs&rsquo; ganging attack function, with Frank Mahovlich usually the payoff man.&ldquo;So far, my regular line hasn&rsquo;t been as good as it should be,&rdquo; Olmstead analyzes. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s only logical to expect improvement there. A couple of goals will get Bobby Pulford rolling again.&rdquo;Olmstead regularly patrols the left boards alongside Pulford and Ron Stewart. He works left wing on the power formation, too, with Mahovlich at centre and Bob Nevin on right wing.Olmstead&rsquo;s accomplishments include 155 goals and 372 assists in scheduled NHL games (plus 15 and 39 in&rsquo;playoffs), two second-team all-star nominations, the record for assists in one season (56), a share of the record for points in one game (eight) and four Stanley Cup victories, all with Canadiens.His major ambition, and with him all ambitions are burning, is to win one more Cup before becoming a fulltime wheat grower on his farm in Saskatchewan. &#9632;

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Bert Admits It’s His Last Season In The Big Time

<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/f0004-06270/2119724-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg"></div>Boston Bruins haven&rsquo;t won the Stanley cup since 1941. Herbie Cain was the last Bruin to lead big league hockey&rsquo;s scorers. That was 16 years ago. It seems like a century in the land of the bean and the cod, where the bluebloods speak only to the Cabots, the Kennedys and God.There have been only two Bruins on the first all-star team in the last dozen years. One was Fleming Mackell, who broke in with the Leafs. The other was Milt Schmidt, whom the Leafs missed. Since 1951, no Bruin has grabbed the Hart trophy, which goes to the serf adjudged most valuable to his masters. The recipient that year was the aforementioned Schmidt.You could add to the list&hellip; No Bruin has been a Vezina trophy holder since 1942, when Frankie Brinsek filled the Boston net. Bruins haven&rsquo;t produced a winner of the James Norris goblet and G-note for proficiency on defence. But the point has been made: The natives are growing restless. Another Boston tea party could be brewing&mdash;only, this time, it&rsquo;s Bruins who might get dunked in the harbor, instead of all that good tea.Schmidt is aware of these things. His rugged features have picked up a few creases which were not left by hockey sticks. They&rsquo;re the worry wrinkles of a coach. The former fiery centre no longer is able to squander his nervous energy on the ice. It seethes within him while he walks his torture beat behind the bench.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07213/2119717-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="534" height="543"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt Schmidt</figcaption></div>&ldquo;When we went to training camp this year, I told our fellows there were two things which must be done,&rdquo; Schmidt said. His players were assembling for the usual pre-game meeting in his hotel suite.&ldquo;I told them we had to cut down the number of goals scored against our club and we had to win more games on the road. That entailed a change in our style of play. When I first started coaching, I was offensive-minded. Go, go, get goals&hellip; that was my thought. People told me how much they enjoyed watching our club. It took me a while to realize that putting on the show didn&rsquo;t necessarily help us to eat.&rdquo;<h2>Goals Don&rsquo;t Always Cure Slumps</h2>A year ago, Bruins won some early praise&mdash;but Schmidt wasn&rsquo;t fooled. His team was winnin. In order to win, it had to fire five or six goals per game. Milt knew the percentage was against him. Too many shots were getting into the net. Soon, the mathematics overtook him. Bruins missed the playoff bus.&ldquo;Scoring never has been a problem with this club,&rdquo; he sighed. &ldquo;Canadiens were the highest-scoring team in the league last season. Everyone knows that. But how many people would guess we were second in scoring ? Everybody knew where we stood in the league&mdash;fifth.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s one of the hardest lessons to impress upon players. When things begin to go bad with a club, everybody digs and hustles to get more goals in the hope of lifting the team out of its slump. Chances are they merely put you deeper in the hole. While they&rsquo;re out looking for goals, the other clubs are filling your net It&rsquo;s all right to score goals&mdash;as long as you play positional hockey. When you don&rsquo;t play positional hockey you soon are going to be dead.&rdquo;Schmidt has done some improvising this season. In one of his experiments, Jerry Toppazzini, the sparkplug of the team, went to centre and did a passable job. The Bruins still were not winning. Then Milt made a move on the spur of the moment which brought almost instantaneous success.Charlie Burns had been recalled from the Kingston club of the Eastern league. Burns is known, from Oslo to Oklahoma, as the man with a plate in his skull&mdash;the result of a hockey accident when he was a junior. In a moment of inspiration, Schmidt sent Burns to centre, with Toppazzini at right wing and Jimmy Bartlett, a draftee from Rangers, on the other rail.Bruins were losing 3-1 to New York at the time. Burns seemed to arouse the club. The fans responded, too. Soon the rink was in an uproar and Bruins were in charge. They won, 6-4. A few nights later, approximately the same thing happened against Montreal.Those are the breaks a coach likes to remember. There are so very many things he would like to forget. &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;with eight goals in four games including one hat trick and one four-goal outburst &mdash; Frank Mahovlich emerged last week as Mr, Big of the Toronto Maple Leafs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02444/2119786-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="291" height="473"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption></div>This streak produced a common sentiment among Toronto hockey folks. They were saying &ldquo;The Big M has finally arrived&rdquo; &mdash; something they&rsquo;ve been saying periodically since Mahovlich turned professionnal in 1957.Up till now, however, Frankie has been sounding a series of false alarms. This time, though; there is ample reason for thinking the change is permanent. It may be, ladies and gentlemen, that you are looking at the new Frank Mahovlich.Consider the testimony of Bert Olmstead: &ldquo;I noticed a change the first day I saw him at training camp. He has a more professional, big-league attitude. Before, he had sort of a collegiate outlook on things.&rdquo;Says Mahovlich : &ldquo;About this new approach, I&rsquo;m afraid I don&rsquo;t quite get it. The only difference I can think of is that I know a bit more about playing hockey than I used to.&rdquo;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s getting the puck away quicker&rdquo;, insists coach Punch Imlach, &ldquo;and he&rsquo;s firing instead of making a lot of extra moves when he gets in close&rdquo;.Folks refuse to accept any simple explanation for Mahovlich&rsquo;s successes and failures. They think he has psychological problems &mdash; he sulks when things go wrong, he gives up too easily, etc &mdash; and any improvement, they feel, is a sign of maturity.&ldquo;There is no dark, mysterious reason behind my playing well recently&rdquo;, Frank debunks. &ldquo;There happens to be 18 guys on our club who are going great guns right now and I&rsquo;m just one of them. I&rsquo;m fortunate enough to work with Red Kelly and Bobby Nevin on my regular line and to have Bert Olmstead beside me on the power play&rdquo;.Many of Frankie&rsquo;s early goals were power play efforts, teed up by Olmtead&rsquo;s work in the corners.&ldquo;One thing he has learned&rdquo;, Olmstead says, &ldquo;is to play that slot in front of the goal and to work his way into position for a passout. He didn&rsquo;t know how to do that properly before&rdquo;.Going into the 1960-61 schedule, Mahovlich had totalled 61 goals over three complete seasons, plus a three-game tryout in early &lsquo;57. Outside of that first half-season, when he had one impressive spurt (while working on a line with Tod Sloan) and sewed up that year&rsquo;s rookie award, he never has done any of the spectacular things predicted for him when he was starring for St. Michael&rsquo;s college juniors.However, chances are too much was expected of a 19-year-old. He was a boy, right out of teen-aged competition, and he was expected to lift Leafs right out of the doldrums and into hockey contention.The Moses, they said, who&rsquo;ll lead Leafs out of the hockey wilderness.&ldquo;I used to read that stuff, all right, and take it all in&rdquo;, Gutch admits, &ldquo;but not any more, though. A team is made up of 18 guys and they&rsquo;re all important. If I go on to have a big year, and I sure hope I do, it&rsquo;ll be because the club has stayed fired up and my line has continued to work well. Not because I&rsquo;ve suddenly come of age or whatever it is they call it&rdquo;.Notes : Injuries began to cause Leafs a little trouble. George Armstrong suffered tom rib cartilages and was replaced by Gerry Ehman at right wing with Dave Keon and Dick Duff. Later, Johnny Wilson, recalled from Rochester, took over from Ehman &hellip; Larry Regan&rsquo;s gashed foot had to be placed in a cast and he returned to his Ottawa home to rest &hellip; Then pulled stomach muscles sidelined Tim Horton, giving Larry Hillman, seldom seen since he was drafted from the Boston organization, a chance to play the defence. &#9632;

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Swift Start Turns Toronto Jeers To Cheers For Frank

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNEL (In The Toronto Ster)</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The referees&rsquo; room never had been like this. It&rsquo;s supposed to be a hideaway where the men in the striped shirts can relax between periods&mdash;and even confess their sins, since they&rsquo;re among friends. That&rsquo;s about the only place in the world where a referee can be among friends.Last night, the door to the referees&rsquo; room stood open. Queues of kids lined up in the corridor clutching their crisp programs which proclaimed the opening of St. Michael&rsquo;s College School&rsquo;s gleaming new rink.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01550/2119848-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="571" height="876"><figcaption class="caption-body">Remembers The CallMaurice Richard</figcaption></div>There have been few bigger nights for the Irish of St. Mikes since that September day in 1850 when Patrick Moloney, the first Basilian, came to town. One of Moloney&rsquo;s adherents&mdash;Francis King Clancy by name&mdash;was in the referees&rsquo; cubicle but he was playing second fiddle to a non-Irishman, Joseph Henri Maurice Richard.The Rocket finally moved his chair near the door so the autograph-seekers wouldn&rsquo;t get trapped in the room by the pressure of the procession outside. Clancy also scribbled furiously&mdash;but the Rocket outwrote him, two for one. Occasionally, an adult popped into the seat between them and asked someone to take his picture. Flash bulbs flared like fireflies.&rdquo;&ldquo;You know, Rocket, I gave you a penalty one night in Montreal for something I didn&rsquo;t see and that was none of my business,&rdquo; Clancy admitted, during a lull.&ldquo;Yes, and I remember the penalty,&rdquo; the Rocket agreed. &ldquo;It happened right in front of the Montreal bench.&rdquo;Clancy seemed startled that the Rocket, who once drew 125 minutes in the hoosegow during a single season, should recall one little sentence in a long-forgotten game.<h2>Rocket Was Penalized &mdash; Also Sued</h2>&ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;ll tell you how it happened,&rdquo; Clancy continued with his testimonial. &ldquo;The linesman told me you shot the puck at him. I pretended I didn&rsquo;t hear him, but he kept after me. Claimed it was the second time you had done it during the night. There wasn&rsquo;t anything I could do. I had to give you a penalty.&rdquo;&ldquo;Reason I remember so well,&rdquo; Richard related &ldquo;is that the puck went over the boards and a lady said it hit her. She sued me for $2,000. The Forum took over defence against the claim, so I never did hear how it turned out. But I didn&rsquo;t shoot at the linesman.&rdquo;&ldquo;Mr. Calder (first president of the NHL) always told us that if a player shot the puck over the boards we were to avoid giving a penalty if possible,&rdquo; Clancy grinned. &ldquo;Naturally, he knew there was a chance it might strike a spectator and he didn&rsquo;t want to encourage any suits. One night in Chicago, Pep Kelly&rsquo;s stick broke into two pieces. Pep tossed away the parts. They sailed over the boards and hit two customers. I turned my head.&rdquo;There was a time when the Rocket was determined to become a referee. Somewhere along the line, he regained his sanity and decided the whistle-blowing profession wasn&rsquo;t for him.&ldquo;I tried to hang up my skates after the first season,&rdquo; Clancy recalled. &ldquo;When they start throwing things at you, then you&rsquo;re forced to wonder whether you really did pull that many rocks Mr. Calder persuaded me not to quit.&ldquo;The reason I quit as a player,&rdquo; the Rocket said thoughtfully, &ldquo;was that I didn&rsquo;t want to go on and get booed.&rdquo;So why would he even consider becoming a referee&mdash;and exposing himself to the taunts and insults of every second-guesser who gets into the rinks? Last night, it was different, of course. Everyone wanted the referee&rsquo;s autograph&mdash;instead of his scalp. &#9632;

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King Finally Admits He Penalized Rocket But Didn’t See Call

DETROIT, Mich. &mdash; Sid Abel watches for Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League scores with more than the interest that could be expected of a westerner.The Red Wing coach&rsquo;s younger brother, Don, is coaching the Melville Millionaires this season.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the first time he&rsquo;s coached,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;When we were in Melville in September for the exhibition game we talked over tactics and conditioning and so forth.&ldquo;And Don calls me occasionally for advice. He called recently asking how to get the puck out of your own end. I told him if he finds out first to let me know,&rdquo; Abel quipped.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve all got the same troubles.&rdquo;Melville is sponsored by Toronto but Red Wing head scout Jimmy Skinner has sent four or five juniors to the club.At last report, Melville was playing like millionaires with a 6-1-1 record.BERRY &#9632;

Don Finds Sid Has Same Troubles

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><h2>Admiral Bergan Tells NEWS That Game Is Still Leader</h2>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Record NHL crowds of 25,000 fans in the proposed new Madison Square Garden, were envisioned today by Admiral John J. Bergen, president of the Rangers.In disclosing plans for the $38,000,000 diversified sports center to replace the present Garden, Admiral Bergen told the HOCKEY NEWS that the chief sport in the new arena would be hockey.&ldquo;Hockey is our number one sport,&rdquo; Admiral Bergen said. &ldquo;It brings in more money than any of the others.&rdquo;The present Garden capacity for hockey is 15,925 seats of which more than a quarter have some obstruction before the ice.Blueprints call for the new building to embrace the latest innovations in the use of pre stressed and post tension concrete permitting an unobstructed view of the ice from any location. Target date for completion is late 1963.Under these conditions and with a contending club to draw crowds, Admiral Bergen predicts that the Rangers will draw the largest attendance in league history.&ldquo;If we have a first place team, 50,000 seats wouldn&rsquo;t be enough,&rdquo; the Admiral said.The Rangers president scoffed at suggestions that the proposed rink would be too big for hockey.&ldquo;Last year when we played Montreal &mdash; when we hit &lsquo;em &mdash; we had a full house on several occasion,&rdquo; he said &ldquo;but to fill the place first you&rsquo;ve got to have a crackerjack team.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02428/2119903-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="516" height="871"><figcaption class="caption-body">Has Forward LookAdmiral John J. Bergen</figcaption></div>Then, as an afterthought, the Admiral added: &ldquo;And we&rsquo;re going to have a winning team, gosh darn it!&rdquo;Although no specific location for the new arena was revealed, educated guesses had it placed somewhere in the vicinity of the present edifice on Eighth Ave. between 49th and 50th Sts., which is slated to be demolished once the new arena opens.In addition to the main arena, the sports center will include an auxiliary sports arena, a separate theater and auditorium, an outdoor ice skating rink, indoor swimming pool and bowling alleys and parking area for 3,000 cars.<h2>Ranger Prexy Is Determined To Have A Winner In N.Y. Rink</h2>Admiral Bergen, who is chairman of the Graham-Paige Corp., which owns Madison Square Garden, indicated that the only stumbling block to the new Garden would be the acquisition of three City blocks on which to construct it. Other than that, he says, the program is ready for motion.&ldquo;If it&rsquo;s desire and money that will make this arena a reality, then we&rsquo;ll get it built,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t deal in applesauce.&rdquo;Directors of the new arena also include the following:Ned Irish, president of Madison Square Garden; Edwin M. Ost, Jr., vice president and treasurer of Graham-Paige; William M. Jennings, partner in the law firm of Simpson Thacher and Bartlett; the Hon. Richard C. Patterson, Commr. of the New York City Dept, of Commerce and Public Events; Enos Curtin, a director of Graham-Paige; James I. Bush, a director of Madison Square Garden, and William M. Flook and A. Charles Schwartz, directors of Graham-Paige.Admiral Bergen said that he plans to make a world-wide tour of arenas to incorporate the latest building design ideas in the new structure.The new Garden will be the fourth to bear that name. The present building was opened in 1925 and was designed primarily for boxing.The first Garden was built in 1874 at Madison ave. and 27th st. and that building was replaced in 1890 only to be demolished when the present structure went up. &#9632;

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Game To Be Feature In Gotham’s Proposed 38 Million Buck Arena

DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;Norm Ullman reached a milestone in his brief career with the Red Wings Nov. 6.It happened midway in the first period during a power play with New York two men short. Ullman, playing shallow right wing, took a pass from behind the net from Parker MacDonald and relayed it out to Gordie Howe on the point.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03315/2119934-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="271" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ullman</figcaption></div>Howe triggered a long, low shot past Jack McCartan for the goal, the 450th in regular play for the league&rsquo;s most valuable player.The assist ran Ullman&rsquo;s consecutive game scoring string to 13 &mdash; all the games Detroit had played &mdash; and tied the club record.Ted Lindsay established the mark in his final Red Wing campaign, 1956-57, with six goals and 11 assists. Ullman was 6-14 for his 13-game streak and in just over five seasons has moved into 12th place among alltime Red Wing scorers.With Ullman going strong, another string was all but overlooked. Defenseman Pete Goegan assisted on a goal in five straight games. After only 13 games, Goegan was only four points shy of his best year with Detroit.BERRY &#9632;

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Ullman Ties Detroit’s Point - Per - Game Record

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins are wearing something new in the way of skate blades this season.The Bruins&rsquo; skates have been equipped with guards designed to cut down the number of skate cuts which the opposition can receive.The guard, which creates a barlike effect on the back of the skate blade, has been designed by Jerry Snyder, a Montreal sporting goods dealer. The installation of the guard on Bruins&rsquo; skates has been made here by Bennett, Inc., of Cambridge, after a course of instruction by Montreal technicians.&ldquo;The guard should prevent injuries like those received by Paul Meger and Eddie Sandford,&rdquo; said Hammy Moore, Bruins&rsquo; trainer for whom Snyder once worked as a stick boy at Bruins&rsquo; games in Montreal.&ldquo;Meger sustained a head injury here when he was stabbed by the back end of Leo LaBine&rsquo;s skate. Sandford received a severed achilles tendon after checking Bill Barilko when Barilko&rsquo;s skate flew out and ripped across Eddie&rsquo;s heel.&ldquo;Another injury which has been prevented by the guard is one of the type which Milt Schmidt once received when he sat on the back end of the blade. He received a deep cut which pained him for a long time.&rdquo;The Bruins have been completely outfitted with the protective device which has the approval of the National League. Lynn Patrick, Bruins&rsquo; manager, has made the guard mandatory on all players&rsquo; skates.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04215/2119965-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="539" height="1246"><figcaption class="caption-body">Skate Kayoed HimPaul Meger</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Having the guards on our skates may not benefit us much,&rdquo; Moore pointed out, &ldquo;but it should benefit the opposition. And if all teams wear them we&rsquo;ll all benefit.&rdquo;The Montreal Canadiens were also equipped with Snyder&rsquo;s device before beginning pre-season training this fall. &#9632;

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Bruins Order Blade Guards To Cut Down Opponent’s Injuries

<div class="byline">By DICK BACON</div><h2>Toe Says He Won&rsquo;t Quit On Plante This Early In Year</h2>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care what anybody says, Plante&rsquo;s still the best goalie in the league.&rdquo;That was Montreal Coach Toe Blake talking less than 24 hours after his Habitants had &ldquo;edged&rdquo; the New York Rangers, 9-7, in the highest scoring National Hockey League game in recent memory.&ldquo;Sure, I admit he hasn&rsquo;t been as sharp as he was during the first half of last year or in the playoffs last spring, but neither has anyone else on my team, or at least most of them.&rdquo;&ldquo;The guy won five Vezinas (Vezina trophy&rsquo;s as the best goals-per-game netminder in the NHL) for us, didn&rsquo;t he ? Do you think I&rsquo;m going to quit on him now, just because he&rsquo;s looked off form in the first 16 games of the season ?&rdquo;Obviously, Blake, shooting for his sixth straight Stanley cup championship, isn&rsquo;t ready to push the panic button yet, despite the fact his team has been the second easiest team to score on in the NHL this season. Through the first 16 games the Habs allowed 56 goals. Pro rated over a 70-game schedule, that&rsquo;s 245 goals &mdash; and who can remember the last time a Montreal hockey club gave up that many goals ! &mdash; or 3.5 goals per game.Fortunately, the Canadiens are scoring at an even greater rate. They have blinked the light 62 times in 16 games, easily the most potent offense in the NHL. And over a full season, that amounts to 272 goals &mdash; a total no one in the history of the NHL has achieved.Still, the Montreal defense &mdash; or rather the lack of it &mdash; is one of the top subjects for conversation this year. Newspapers and magazines are beginning to speculate that this is the year the Canadiens might be tripped. With less than a quarter of the season in the record books, the Canadiens were sharing first place with the surging Detroit Red Wings and a point in front of Chicago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01502/2119996-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="574" height="1320"><figcaption class="caption-body">Masked MarvelJacques Plante</figcaption></div>Are the Canadiens worried ?&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether or not I&rsquo;d say we&rsquo;re real worried,&rdquo; Blake told the Hockey News, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;ll say I&rsquo;m very much concerned.&rdquo;Then, what&rsquo;s the trouble ?&ldquo;We&rsquo;re just not biting&hellip; we&rsquo;re not hitting. For that matter, we&rsquo;re not doing a lot of things right defensively. It starts with our forwards and goes always back into our net. The forwards aren&rsquo;t back checking and that gets our defensemen in trouble and they aren&rsquo;t doing the job they can do either. And that puts the load on Plante and even at his best, it&rsquo;s too much for any one man.&rdquo;Blake admits that his team has never been renowned as a &ldquo;hitting team,&rdquo; but he also recalls that the Habs have offered a little more resistance to opposing forwards.&rdquo;&ldquo;That game we played out there the other night (Montreal 9, New York 7) was more like a basketball game,&rdquo; Blake said in disgust. &ldquo;I thought our players were afraid to touch one of the Rangers for fear they would be given a free shot. I got news for them &hellip; the Rangers seemed to have free shots on Jacques all night long anyway.&rdquo;The fretting Canadiens pilot thinks the big difference between this team and the team that has won the NHL championship four of the last five years and has never lost the Stanley Cup under Blake, can be explained in two words : puck control.<h2>Poor Defensive Record Is A Matter Of Concern, He Admits</h2>&ldquo;I know we&rsquo;re scoring as well or better than ever,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;but we&rsquo;re just not controlling the puck like we used to. It seems that when we get the puck, we either score or give it back to the other team. And it&rsquo;s not just on offence &hellip; that&rsquo;s not what I mean by puck control. This team used to control the puck defensively too. If the other team made a shot on goal, then we&rsquo;d come up with the puck and keep it&hellip; or if they made a pass, or crossed our blueline, somehow we&rsquo;d manage to take it away from them. That&rsquo;s what I mean by puck control.&rdquo;During his interview with the Hockey News, Blake tried to explain what he thought was the difference between Plante this year and the Plante of last season.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t say I know everything about goaltending &mdash; no coach who has never played the position does &mdash; but I have seen instances where he seems to take his eye off the puck or anticipate a play when he should be letting the guy with the puck make the first move,&rdquo; Blake offered. &#9632;

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Blake Gives Jacques Vote Of Confidence Despite GA Record

<div class="byline">By DICK BACON</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Ever since he first talked of wearing a face protector, Jacques Plante&rsquo;s mask has been a subject for hot debate.The five-time Vezina trophy winner has been outspokenly in favor of it. He has claimed that above all, the added protection would add years to his hockey career.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02462/2120027-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="263" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Plante</figcaption></div>&ldquo;With a face mask I ought to be able to play until I&rsquo;m 45,&rdquo; he has said.&ldquo;The way he&rsquo;s playing now he won&rsquo;t be around anywhere near that long,&rdquo; said coach Toe Blake after the Canadiens had squeaked through to a 9-7 decision over the Rangers.During that game, which many said resembled a football game, at least as far as the score was concerned, Plante left his nets when the score was tied at 77 and skated over to the bench for what many fans consider is an extra-legal breather.&ldquo;He had a piece of felt lose in the mask and he wanted to get it fixed,&rdquo; said Blake.But while the game was delayed, several observers in the press box, and not a few among the 14,000-odd fans in the rink, speculated that Jake might be ready to abandon the mask, particularly after he had been scored on seven times in one game and still had half a period to go.He had no such intention and neither did Blake.&ldquo;I never even thought about it, and even if I had I wouldn&rsquo;t have asked him to take it off, whether it was in a game or any other time. How do you think that would make me look if I told him to get rid of the mask and he went out there and got injured ?&rdquo;Blake makes no bones about the fact he is heartily against goalies wearing masks.&ldquo;If the goalie is going to wear a mask, then everyone should,&rdquo; says Blake. &ldquo;What the hell, the game is dangerous for everyone.&rdquo;This year Plante has had trouble with loose pucks at his feet.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve scored on Jacques a lot on shots that drop at his feet. I&rsquo;m not saying it is the mask or that it&rsquo;s his reflexes. All I know is that he&rsquo;s not handling the puck as well when it&rsquo;s in his skates or just in front of him.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Blake Once Again Criticizes Jacques’ Wearing Of A Mask

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03375/2120058-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stumped By SlumpBOB PULFORD</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;A perplexing sidelight to Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; impressive endeavours to this point in the Nationab Hockey League schedule has been the fact Bob Pulford, normally their most productive and dependable attacker, has been fretting through the worst slump of his major-league career.Last season, Pulford&rsquo;s 52-point output was Leafs&rsquo; best. In 11 games this fall, five of his fellow skaters have made greater contributions than his single goal and four assists. Statistics aside, he just hasn&rsquo;t been as effective as he used to be.&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s face it: I&rsquo;m off to a horrible start,&rdquo; Pulford said this week. &ldquo;Nobody&rsquo;s more aware of it than I am. I&rsquo;ve checked last season&rsquo;s record and at this point, I had four goals and eight assists. That&rsquo;s a huge drop.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a hit concerned, of course. Anybody would be. But I&rsquo;ll snap out of it. Mark my words I will. There&rsquo;s only one solution to a slump and that&rsquo;s plenty of work. You just keep plugging away, harder and harder, and those goals have got to come eventually.&ldquo;I feel as if I&rsquo;d be okay if I could just get a couple of goals. For sure, there are a few things bothering me, things I have to get straightened out myself, but nothing so serious a few goals wouldn&rsquo;t fix it up.&rdquo;The grilling continued. What is the main problem ?&ldquo;I wish I knew. I feel as though I&rsquo;m in top shape and I think I&rsquo;m playing well&mdash;but I can&rsquo;t be. I practise hard but I don&rsquo;t seem to have it in the games. Saturday night, I got a breakaway against Chicago. Last year, I&rsquo;d have been in the clear.This time, Pierre Pilote caught me. I think I hesitated an instant. Why, I can&rsquo;t say.&ldquo;Apparently, I just haven&rsquo;t been digging in hard enough. So I&rsquo;ll just have to do more.&ldquo;I have one memory that gives me hope. Last year, I had an eight-game slump. Suddenly, I came out of it and had no more trouble the rest of the season. I did then what I&rsquo;m doing now&mdash;worked even more than I have been. It&rsquo;s got to be the answer.&rdquo;Pulford has been bothered this term by a backache which he at first feared might be a recurrence of the ailment which once prompted doctors to advise him to quit hockey.&rsquo; However, he refuses to cite this twinge as even a partial excuse. He says:&ldquo;No, that&rsquo;s been no problem. I&rsquo;ve felt fine all along.&rdquo;Neutral bystanders offer two other suggestions. One is that Pulford&rsquo;s three-month tour of Europe last summer may have blunted his characteristic conditioning. If this were accurate, though, Billy Harris and Bob Nevin, who accompanied him, would be equally sub-par. They aren&rsquo;t.Another possibility is that Pully&rsquo;s play-shaping linemate, Bert Olmstead, has had to expend so much energy on Leafs&rsquo; power-play offence that the Olmstead-Pulford-Ron Stewart unit has been disrupted.Perhaps that&rsquo;s making a simple situation more complex than it really is. Anyway, Olmstead says :&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve just got to bust a gusset getting Fully a couple of goals. That&rsquo;s all he needs to get him going.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Slow Getaway Stumps Pulford — He Had Slump Last Year Too

<h2>Bernard Geoffrion &hellip; Montreal Canadiens</h2>MONTREAL, QUE.&mdash;If Boom Boom Geoffrion can stay healthy he could set a few records this season. At least that&rsquo;s the way the hockey experts are thinking at this early date in the season. They have never seen the Boomer work so hard and it&rsquo;s paying off. Boomer is leading the league by two points over teammate Dickie Moore. He has 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01536/2120089-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="281" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">B. Geoffrion</figcaption></div>While everyone is screaming what&rsquo;s the matter with the Canadiens the Canadiens themselves have been setting quite a pace in the league. They have won four and tied one in five at this writing and have a three point lead over Detroit.Last week Canadiens won three games and Geoffrion figured in the scoring in the three. He scored a goal and added a pair of assists against the Rangers in that 9-7 win on Thursday, November 10.Last Saturday night, November 11 he chipped in with a goal as the Habs overcame the Detroit Red Wings 4-2.In New York last Sunday night he set up rookie Gilles Tremblay with the first goal of the game as the Canadiens defeated the Rangers 2-1 for the fifth straight time this season.In his nine years in the NHL Geoffrion has only completed one full schedule of games. That was back in 1954-55 when he won the Art Ross Trophy for leading the league in scoring. That season he scored 38 goals, the most in a season for him and added 37 assists for 75 points.If he can stay healthy this season and continue his present pace he&rsquo;ll bypass his best mark by far and may even set a new NHL scoring record. &#9632;

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Player - of - the - Week

<h2>MUZZ LOW SCORER IN NHL</h2>Muzx Patrick, general manager of the New York Rangers played a total of 166 games with the Rangers as a defenseman. Ho scored five goals and added 26 assists in his NHL games. His total points in his NHL career was 31.<h2>BLAKE, MILT 200 GOAL MEN</h2>Two coaches in the NHL scored 200 or more goals as active players in the NHL. Toe Blake of the Canadiens scored 235 in his career and Milt Schmidt of the Bruins potted 229 in his. Sid Abel of the Red Wings was 11 short of the mark when he hung them up.<h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Including Games Of Sun., Nov. 13)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02467/2120211-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="598" height="1242"></div><h3>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03383/2120204-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="599" height="384"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04300/2120197-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="596" height="160"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9</h3>Toronto 0 at Chicago 2Toronto &mdash; Goal: Bower; defense : Brewer, Baun, Horton, Hillman, Stanley; forwards : Mahovlich, Kelly, Nevin, Regan, Duff, Stewart, Keon, Harris, Olmstead, Ehman, Armstrong, Edmundson, Shack, Pullford.Chicago &mdash; Goal : Hall; defense : Evans, St. Laurent, Arbour, Pilote, Vasko, Fleming; forwards : Murphy, Litzenberger, Nesterenko, M. Balfour, Sloan, Hay, McDonald, Hull, Wharram, Balfour, Mikita Referee : Eddie Powers, linesmen ; Neil Armstrong, Ron Wicks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06196/2120190-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="580" height="465"></div>Detroit 4 at New York 3Detroit &mdash; Goal : Bassen; defense : Goegan, Pronovost, Reaume, Godfrey, Odrowski; forwards : Oliver, Howe, Fonteyne, Ullman, Delvecchio, Aidcorn, Melnyk, Glover, Smith, Johnson, Lunde Macdonald.New York &mdash; Goal : Worsley; defense: Fontinato, Morrison, Howell, Gadsby Johns, Spencer; forwards : Ingarfield, Hebenton, Henry, Sullivan, Bathgate, Cullen, Prentice, Schinkel, Hampson, Wilson, Hannigan.Referee : Frank Udvari; linesmen : Georae Hayes. Loring Doolittle.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07163/2120183-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="583" height="509"></div><h3>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10</h3>New York 7 at Montreal 9New York &mdash; Goal : McCartan; defense: Gadsby, Spencer, Morrison, Howell, Johns, Fontinato; forwards: Ingarfield, Hannigan, Wilson, Sullivan, Bathgate, Prentice, Cullen, Hebenton, Henry, Schinkel, Hampson.Montreal &mdash; Goals : Plante; defense : Johnson, Talbot, Harvey, Langlois, Turner; forwards : Richard, Hicke, Moore, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Rousseau, Backstrom, Provost, Bonin, Pronovost, Marshall.Referee : Art Skov, linesmen : Bill Morrison and Bob Frampton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-08137/2120176-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="595" height="850"></div>Detroit 4 at Boston 1Detroit &mdash; Goal : Bassen; defense : Pronovost, Odrowski, Reaume, Goegan, Godfrey; forwards : Ullman, Howe, Delvecchio, Oliver, Fonteyns, Aidcorn, Melnyk, Glover, B. Smith, Johnson, Lunde, Macdonald.Boston &mdash; Goal : Simmons; defense : Fleman, Mohns, Erickson, D. Smith, Green; forwards : Burns, Toppazzini, Bartlett, Horvath, Stasiuk, Bucyk, McKenney, Labine, Gendion, Tessier, Ouellette.Referee : Frank Udvari; linesmen : George Hayes. Loring Doolittle.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-09114/2120169-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="588" height="563"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12</h3>Detroit 2 at Montreal 4Detroit &mdash; Goal : Bcssen; defense : Goegan, M. Pronovost, Rheaume, Goffrey, Odrowski; forwards : Ullman, Howe, Delvecchio, Oliver, Fonteye, Melnyk, Glover, Smith, A. Johnson, MacDonald, Lunde, Aldcom.Montreal &mdash; Goal : Plante; deiense : Harvey, Langlois, T. Johnson, Talbot, Turner; forwards : Beliveau; Geoffrion, Tremblay, Richard, Hicke, Moore Backstrom, Provost, Benin, Marshall, Rousseau, A. Pronovost.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Standings On Tues., A.M., Nov. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05237/2120162-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="599" height="185"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1581/2120155-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="582" height="575"></div>Chicago 1 at Toronto 7Chicago &mdash; Goal: Hall; defense : Arbour, Pilote, Vasko, Evans, St. Laurent, Fleming; forwards : Hay, Hull, M. Balfour, Murphy, Sloan, Litzenberger, McDonald, Wharram, E. Balfour, Mikita, Nesterenko.Toronto &mdash; Goal: Bower; defense: Brewer, Baum, Stanley, Hillman; forwards : Keon, Duff, Armstrong, Nevin, Mahovlich, Kelly, Harfs, Olmstead, Pulford, Stewart, Shack.Referee : Frank Udvari; linesmen : Neil Armstrong, Ron Wicks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1658/2120148-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="586" height="762"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12</h3>Montreal 2 at New York 1Montreal &mdash; Goal : Plante; defense : Harvey, Johnson, Turner, Talbot, Langlois; forwards : Beliveau, Geoffrion, Backstrom, Hicke, Moore, Provost, Richard, Bonin, Marshall, Pronovost, Rousseau, Tremblay.New York &mdash; Goal : Worsley; defense : Morrison, Howell, Gadsby, Johns, Fontinato, Spencer; forwards : Hannigan, Sullivan, Bathgate, Ingarfield, Hebenton, Cullen, Wilson, Prentice, Schinkel, Henry, Hampson.Referee : Eddie Powers; linesmen : George Hayes, Dave Clutsan.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1744/2120141-1-eng-US/f0009-172.jpg" title="f0009-17" width="581" height="392"></div>Detroit 1 at Chicago 7Detroit &mdash; Goal : Sawchuk; defense : Goegan, Pronovost, Rheaume, Godfrey, Odrowski; forwards : Howe, Ullman, Delvecchio, Oliver, Aidcorn, Fonteyne, Melnyk, Glover, Smith, Johnson, Macdonald, Lunde.Chicago &mdash; Goal: Hall; defense : Pilote, Vasko, Arbour, Evans, Fleming, St. Laurent; forwards : Nesterenko, Litzenberger, Murphy, M. Balfour, Sloan, Hay, McDonald, Wharram, E. Balfour, Mikita, Hull.Referee : Dalton McArthur; linesmen : Bob Wicks, Harold Jackson,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1824/2120134-1-eng-US/f0009-182.jpg" title="f0009-18" width="581" height="186"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1920/2120127-1-eng-US/f0009-192.jpg" title="f0009-19" width="589" height="540"></div>Toronto 4 at Boston 2Toronto &mdash; Goal : Bower, defense : Brewer, Baun, Stanley, Hillman; forwards: Nevin, Mahovlich, Kelly, Keen, Duff, G. Armstrong, Harris, Olmstead, Pulfcrd, Stewart, Shack, Ehman.Boston &mdash; Goal : Simmons; defense : Erickson, Boivin, Mohns, Flaman, Smith; forwards : Burns, Toppazzini, Horvath, Stasiuk, Bucyk, Bartlett, McKenney, Tessier, Gendron, Labine, Ouellette.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-2012/2120120-1-eng-US/f0009-202.jpg" title="f0009-20" width="587" height="540"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<h2>Willie Marshall Hershey Bears</h2>HERSHEY, PA.&mdash;Veteran Willie Marshall of the Hershey Bears climbed into third place in the American League scoring race last week by netting three goals anl five assists for eight points in three games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01521/2120242-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="270" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Willie Marshall</figcaption></div>It was a big week for Willie in more ways than one. He played his 900th AHL game against Springfield on Wednesday, November 9 as the Bears won 3-2. He celebrated his 900th by scoring a goal, the winner, and assisting on the two others.On November 11th the Bears were beaten by Providence 5-2. Marshall continued his record setting scoring pace by scoring once and assisting on another.On November 12 the Bears defeated Rochester 6-2 with Marshall scoring a goal and adding two assists. The Bears scored 11 goals in the three games and Marshall figured in eight of them. In the first two games of the week the Bears scored five goals and Marshall figured in all of them.Marshall holds the American Hockey League recored for Hat Tricks. In his career he has scored 13 Hat Tricks.A look at the scoring statistics shows Marshall third in the race with 24 points. &#9632;

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<h2>INDIANS REACH 300 POINTS</h2>Two membort of the high flying Springfield Indians reached the 300 plateau in American Hockey League points on the same night, October 30, against Rochester, when Jimmy Anderson scored an assist and Bruce Cline had a pair of goals to reach that total in points.<h2>HICKS U.S. BORN PLAYER</h2>Wayne Hicks, rookie rightwing of the Buffalo Bisons Is one of the very few United States born players in professional hockey. Hicks was born in Aberdeen, Washington. Gerry Foley who is now starring for the Springfield Indians in Massachusetts, was born in that state also, in Ware.<h3>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8</h3>Springfield 2 at Quebec 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02494/2120399-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="580" height="467"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9</h3>Rochester 2 at Buffalo 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03440/2120392-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="587" height="536"></div>Hershey 3 at Springfield 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04375/2120385-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="582" height="509"></div><h3>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11</h3>Buffalo 6 at Cleveland 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05299/2120378-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="578" height="499"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06259/2120371-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="589" height="268"></div>Quebec 4 at Rochester 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07234/2120364-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="578" height="469"></div>Hershey 2 at Providence 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08219/2120357-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="574" height="543"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12</h3>Quebec 1 at Cleveland 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09213/2120350-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="576" height="539"></div>Rochester 2 at Hershey 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10198/2120343-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="573" height="262"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11172/2120336-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="582" height="397"></div>Providence 3 at Springfield 10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01535/2120329-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="584" height="467"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02464/2120322-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="587" height="369"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13</h3>Quebec 4 at Buffalo 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03387/2120315-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="576" height="89"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04295/2120308-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="580" height="499"></div>Springfield 8 at Providence 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06172/2120301-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="582" height="815"></div>Cleveland 2 at Rochester 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07131/2120294-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="576" height="800"></div><h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Standings On Wed., A.M., Nov. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12138/2120287-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="589" height="219"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Including Games Of Sun., Nov. 13)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-13123/2120280-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="591" height="405"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-14101/2120273-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="587" height="266"></div><h3>PENALTY LEADERS</h3>Most Penalized Player &mdash; Roger Cote, Roch., 82 mts. &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;When recording the astonishing performances of athletes don&rsquo;t fail to include the name of Cleveland&rsquo;s Cal Stearns whose training camp this season was a desk and telephone in the front office of the Barons.You can&rsquo;t use the ordinary moth-eaten phrases in describing this fellow Stearns.You can&rsquo;t just say about him that at age 34 he is a remarkably well preserved athlete.Nor can it be said in the customary trite manner that he is the greatest example of a &ldquo;handy-man&rdquo; to ever wear a Cleveland hockey uniform.And it isn&rsquo;t accurate to merely cloak him with the mantle of &ldquo;penalty-killer&rdquo; supreme.While all these descriptions are true they fail to picture the whole Cal Stearns.Most hockey clubs would be pleased enough to have a penalty killer with the magic stick of a Cal Stearns.When that same player can score goals as neatly as preventing them, you&rsquo;ve got a windfall.It&rsquo;s a real jackpot when your boy can score goals, prevent goals and sell tickets to boot.Cal Stearns can do all these things as he skates into his tenth campaign with the blue and white shirted Cleveland Barons.Stearns extra-curricular activity as a ticket seller and promotion man for the Barons has evolved over the last few years. He works at the job throughout the summer and whenever he is away from the action on the ice sheet.The directory of officials of the Cleveland Hockey Club, Inc., lists as Director of Season Ticket sales one Cal Stearns.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-2110/2120430-1-eng-US/f0009-212.jpg" title="f0009-21" width="515" height="534"><figcaption class="caption-body">Real HucksterCal Stearns</figcaption></div>Which brings us around to how Stearns made a telephone his training camp at the outset of this season.While the Barons checked in from all over the Canadian hinterland to report to Coach Jackie Gordon at the St. Thomas, Ont., training base this fall, Stearns was among the absent.He was so busily engaged in selling season tickets and carrying on other promotional activities for the hockey club that he was unable to break away from his Cleveland Arena desk.Stearns never did get to the St. Thomas base of operations until four days pefore the boys headed state-side for the opening of the season.He checked in at St. Thomas on a Sunday and worked out Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday the Barons had a date with the Montreal Canadiens for an exhibition match.Who scored the first poal of the game ?You guessed it. Cal Stearns. &#9632;

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Stearns “Handy Man” As Player And Exec

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05218/2120461-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">May Come Back To PlayHUGH COFUN</figcaption></div>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;Rumbles of the possibility of former Edmonton Flyer captain Hugh Coflin unretiring and hints that Winnipeg Warrior owner Jack Perrin may be guilty of tampering sparked off-day fireworks in the camps of the Edmonton and Winnipeg clubs this week.Perrin may have touched off the rumors himself when he was in Edmonton last week. He told it around that his Warriors, with the addition of a veteran defenceman, would be a serious factor in the Western League race.It just so happened that Perrin had a few words with Coflin as Hugh arrived via the north gate of the Gardens before the Flyers-Warriors encounter.&ldquo;So what ?&rdquo; Perrin retorted later. &ldquo;Coflin&rsquo;s wife was there, and so was Bud Poile of the Flyers, too, for that matter.&ldquo;We were just fanning the breeze. Am I not to talk to anybody ? I know not many people are talking to me these days, and I&rsquo;m glad of the opportunity for a little gab-fest now and then.&rdquo;Poile, for his part, is somewhat non-committal at this stage.Contacted at his club&rsquo;s Winnipeg headquarters at the Marlborough Hotel, the Flyer boss declared : &ldquo;Something seems to be going on, that&rsquo;s for sure. The Winnipeg writers have been asking me what was up. I told them I didn&rsquo;t know.&ldquo;I did tell them, though, that if Ceflin plays anywhere, he&rsquo;ll play for the Flyers. We&rsquo;re not that great on defence that we couldn&rsquo;t use him if he wants to take a winter&rsquo;s holiday from selling his biscuits.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to get to the bottom of this, however. I intend to find out whether Perrin has been tampering with our property.&rdquo;If Poile can prove that the Winnipeg owner has been poaching, then Perrin would, be liable to a league fine. &#9632;

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Perrin Eyes Coflin, May Be Tampering

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;Billy Saunders has been gone for two weeks now.He left Rochester a discouraged young man who had lost confidence in himself and just didn&rsquo;t have the temperament to overcome what he felt were wrongs inflicted upon him.It was 14 months ago that Saunders arrived at the Toronto Maple Leaf training camp in Peterborough, Ont., after a year with the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen in the Senior OHA.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-08104/2120492-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="257" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">Steve Kraftcheck</figcaption></div>He was the lad being boomed as the successor to Billy Hicke, who had set a handful of American League records as a rookie with the Rochester Americans the previous season. Saunders was supposed to pick up where Hicke left off, according to Leaf officials.After all, hadn&rsquo;t Saunders outscored Hicke in junior hockey out West ?But here Saunders talk as he did to this writer less than a week before the Amerks announced he was being sent to Victoria of the Mestern League on 24-hour recall:I heard all this stuff about following in Hicke&rsquo;s footsteps and how I was going to score 30 or 40 goals for Rochester. I heard it all the time at training camp and read it in the newspapers.&ldquo;They had me working with Rudy Migay and Pat Hannigan and I really was excited and thrilled about the whole thing the night we opened the season here.&ldquo;I was all set to go and felt wonderful until Steve (playercoach Steve Kraftcheck) skated over just before the game and said, &lsquo;Migay, Hannigan and Van Impe are starting&rsquo;. So there I was on the bench. And I stayed on the bench the whole game. Me, who had been publicized as another Hicke and all that. How do&rsquo;you think I felt then? I have never felt the same again. It was like cutting something inside me.&rdquo;Saunders didn&rsquo;t see too much ice time last season, but still managed to score 24 goals and 28 assists for 52 points in his brief flings. He was regarded as the best shooter on the squad.He was figured for fulltime duty this year, but failed to produce and showed only two goals (both in the same game) and two assists for Rochester&rsquo;s first 11 games.&ldquo;We feel Billy has lost a lot of his confidence,&rdquo; Amerk general manager Jack Riley said, &ldquo;and that is largely responsible for his poor play. He is not in the right frame of mind. He&rsquo;ll get a lot of work at Victoria and once he starts putting the puck in the net again he&rsquo;ll regain his confidence.&rdquo;Billy Saunders isn&rsquo;t a good enough skater or checker and isn&rsquo;t rugged enough to make the National League at present, but there&rsquo;s no reason that the personable 22-year-old couldn&rsquo;t have a long and prosperous American League career.How did he take the news of his demotion?&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be back,&rdquo; he said. &#9632;

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Discouraged Saunders Sent To WHL By Amerks

<h2>GOALKEEPERS</h2>Ray Mikulan, of Vancouver, alrho only playing two games, leads the goalkeepers with&rsquo;a goals against average of one goal per game. Lucien Dechene, of Calgary, had the only shutout of the week blanking Vancouver 1-0 in the Coast city Friday night Nov. 4.<h2>PENALTIES</h2>Ed Diachuk, of Idmonton, regained the penalty lead the past week and now het spent 38 minutes in the cooler followed by Tommy McVie, of Settle with 36 and Frank Arnett, also of Seattle, with 34.<h3>MONDAY, OCTOBER 31</h3>Edmonton 3 at Winnipeg 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02486/2120652-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="581" height="385"></div>Calgary 4 at Vancouver 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03413/2120645-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="579" height="437"></div><h3>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1</h3>Calgary 3 at Victoria 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04337/2120638-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="577" height="485"></div><h3>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3</h3>Edmonton 1 at Winnipeg 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05286/2120631-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="584" height="386"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06256/2120624-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="584" height="135"></div><h3>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4</h3>Portland 5 at Victoria 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08224/2120617-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="579" height="413"></div>Calgary 1 at Vancouver 0<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09214/2120610-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="569" height="284"></div>Winnipeg 3 at Edmonton 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10193/2120603-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="580" height="538"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5</h3>Calgary 2 at Seattle 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11168/2120596-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="578" height="235"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12155/2120589-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="577" height="208"></div>Vancouver 3 at Spokane 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13131/2120582-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="581" height="285"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6</h3>Portland 4 at Seattle 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-14103/2120575-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="588" height="392"></div><h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Standing On Tues., A.M., Nav. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07233/2120568-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="595" height="239"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Including Games Of Sun., Nov. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1582/2120561-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="607" height="552"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1658/2120554-1-eng-US/f0011-162.jpg" title="f0011-16" width="597" height="348"></div><h2>LEADERS</h2>MOST GOALSMarc Boileau, Seattle, 10Bob Solinger, Edmonton, 10MOST ASSISTSGuyle Fielder, Seattle, 13 &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Ron Spong&rsquo;s revamped Greensboro Generals are the team to stop the Johnstown Jets from making it two straight Eastern Hockey League titles, at least that&rsquo;s the consensus of the coaches and players around the circuit after the first two weeks of play.The Dixielanders captured their first four outings before being dropped by the Jersey Larks and New Haven Blades on successive nights. However, they rebounded with a 2-1 overtime triumph over the New York Rovers to make their season mark 5-2 and hold a four point edge over the defending champs.Billy Forhan (with Chatham last season) is centering the first line and has brother Bobby at right wing and Garry Sharp at left wing.Rene Pepin handles the number two unit with Don Carter and Les Lilley his flankers. Coach Spong is pivot man for Pierre Samson and Ron Muir while Garth Hayes has been spelling both Pepin and Spong.Captain Brian &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; MacKay works with Pat Kelly on one defense team and big (6&rsquo;2&rdquo;) Murray Davidson is teamed with Andre Martin on the other blue line combo.Don Campbell, the Saskatoon veteran, is, back in the nets for the Generals.Carter and the Forhan brothers are running about even for team scoring honors at this writing.The Jets, however, hold the individual scoring leadership with Remi Lesage, John Lumley, Dick Roberge, Ken Laufman and Captain Don Hall all among the league&rsquo;s top ten.Four General home games have drawn over 20,000, a pace that could find 200,000 patrons entering the Coliseum this winter, if the Greensboro boys go all the way.<h2>EHL Notes</h2>CLINTON &mdash; Comets have picked up veteran forward Chuck Blair &hellip; Gord Turlik is back in action after injuring knee in pre-season play &hellip; Goalie Norm and forward Angie Defelice both drew majors in Oct. 29 tilt with Jersey. Norm also had misconduct tagged on by referee Bob Perrons &hellip; Comets handed Johnstown first reversal of season with 5-1 verdict, Nov. 2.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01515/2120683-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="560" height="876"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joins CometsChuck Blair</figcaption></div>CHARLOTTE &mdash; Checkers dropped 5-4 overtime decision at Greensboro, Oct. 29 in lone game on their slate this week &hellip; Jim McNulty and Moe Savard share team scoring honors with nine points each &hellip; Checkers will probably cut defenseman this week.GREENSBORO &mdash; Rene Pepin&rsquo;s youngster very ill, forcing him to miss Northern trip to Jersey and New Haven &hellip; Garry Sharp scored only goal in 5-1 loss to Larks, Nov. 1 &hellip; Coach Spong slapped with match in Oct. 29 tilt with Charlotte.JOHNSTOWN &mdash; Marv Edwards&rsquo; 2.75 average best among EHL net-minders &hellip; Edwards blanked Philadelphia, 15-0, Oct. 29 &hellip; Ken Laufman paced one sided verdict with four goals and four assists &hellip; Remi Lesage picked up brace of goals and four assists in same &ldquo;game&rdquo; while Dick Roberge had two goals and three assists and Don Hall had two and two.JERSEY &mdash; Larks dropped Eno Kraft and Gil Champagne to make room on roster for Jerry Stringle and Jacques Begin &hellip; Steve Kuzma scored twice in 5-1 verdict over Greensboro, Nov. 1, and leads team with six goals and eight points &hellip; Steve had Larks&rsquo; lone goal in 4-1 loss at New Haven, Oct. 30, and had what proved to be winner in 3-2 game at Clinton, Oct. 29 &hellip; Claude Richard scored in 2-1 loss at Philadelphia, Nov. 2 &hellip; Goalie Gerry Devaney tagged with major in Clinton game as was captain Don Labelle.NEW HAVEN &mdash; Gaetan Dessu-reault blanked Jersey, 2-0, Oct. 28 for EHL&rsquo;s first 1960-61 white-washing &hellip; Gord Stratton is Blades&rsquo; top scorer to date &hellip; Stratton had hat trick in Oct. 26 rout of Charlotte &hellip; Capt. Don Perry netted twice in 7-3 loss at New York, Oct. 29 and picked up pair of assists following night in 4-1 win over Larks &hellip; John Brophy leads loop in penalty time.NEW YORK &mdash; Mike Labrosse, former Loyola (Montreal) star, netted two goals in Oct. 29 debut against Blades. He is property of Providence in AHL &hellip; Sam Gregory had goal and two assists in same tilt &hellip; Serge Beaudreault and Don Atamanchuk scored in 4-2 loss to Ramblers Oct. 30 &hellip; Beaudreault is team&rsquo;s scoring and penalty leader.PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Ramblers re bounded from 15-0 loss at John stown with 4-2 win over Rovers Oct. 30 &hellip; Chuck Stuart had trio of assists in initial victory &hellip; Stan Parker scored both goals in 2-1 win over Larks, Nov. 2, in Rambler home opener &hellip; Capt. Hugh Campbell and Norm Gustavsen still out with back and leg injury respectively &hellip; Ramblers added Ken Davies, cut by Jersey, and placed Bryan McLay on waivers. &#9632;

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Jets Find Generals Biggest Early Block For EHL Flag Repeat

BELLEVILLE, Ont.&mdash;The Belleville McFarlands, who represented Canada in the world hockey championships three years ago, are ready to pull out of the Ontario Hockey Association. Coach Gordie Bell says the team has applied for entry in the Interprovincial League.Bell, in announcing the decision, said the McFarland&rsquo;s couldn&rsquo;t survive in a three club eastern division of the OHA senior series and Belleville wished to play in the Ottawa district circuit instead.Bell has been highly critical of the reorganized OHA set-up in which the eastern division has been whittled down from five clubs to three. The Interprovincial League contains two Hull teams, and one each from Smith Falls, Pembroke and Ottawa.Since the old OHA Senior A and B circuits were reorganized into qn eastern and western division last August, the situation has become increasingly confused. First Whitby Merchants withdrew from the eastern division on the grounds of lack of players, then Welland Warriors pulled out because the club wouldn&rsquo;t operate in a four-team league.Last week the other clubs, Galt and Oakville, arranged an interlocking schedule with the western division clubs&mdash;Windsor, Chatham, Strathroy, Woodstock and Stratford. Under this arrangement Belleville, presumably because of its geographical situation, was to play five games with clubs of junior A calibre or better with the points won or lost to count in its section standings. &#9632;

McFarlands Ready To Pull Out Of OHA Senior Series

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Eddie Johnston, twine-tender for Hull-Ottawa Canadians, begins to loom as heir-apparent to Jacques Plante as goaler for the NHL Canadiens.The claim as successor to the big time goalkeeping job was formerly held by Gerry McNeil, who this season left the Montreal organization for an American Hockey League assignment in his home town, Quebec City.Charlie Hodge of the Royals has been generally regarded as next in line, but Johnston&rsquo;s fine showing this early season has caused many of those who follow the NHL Habs&rsquo; fortunes to wonder.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01511/2120738-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="252" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charlie Hodge</figcaption></div>An early November batch of statistics showed that Johnson was not only consistent in holding the leadership figure wise among the EPHL net-keepers, but he had registered three shutouts at that time.Two of his calsomine jobs were back-to-back zeros against Montreal Royals (1-0) and Sudbury Wolves (7-0) and before that he yielded only one puck in his net officially as the H-O-Habs drubbed the Royals in Montreal 4-1.Roger Sawicki, the swift moving curly-headed winger of the Montrealers, scored at 18:37 in the second period. Thus Johnston was scored upon only once in the first week of the month, and also completed 141 minutes and 23 seconds of goal-tending without being scored upon.He stretched this further when the EPHL Canucks went to Kingston, Nov. 9. The Frontenacs nosed the Habs 5-4 to prove that both Johnston and the H-O forces were not unbeatable with Real Chevre-fils firing the first Kingston ciunter at 8:23 of the first chukker.Thus Johnston made it 149 minutes 46 seconds of scoreless goal keeping for a new Eastern Pro League record.The old record was held by another H-0 backstop, Ken Walters who served in the cage for 126 minutes and 32 seconds, including two shutouts in a row, last year before being replaced in H-0 Canadiens&rsquo; net by Charlie Hodge last December.While Montreal Royals were having their troubles to climb out of the league cellar they had one grudging admirer in foreign parts.Murph Chamberlain, coach of the Sudbury Wolves considers&rdquo;Busher&rdquo; Curry&rsquo;s crew his archrivals.&ldquo;They play, their best hockey against us. If they played like that all the time, they&rsquo;d be leading the league,&rdquo; Murph tells Sudbury hockey writers.With the Ice Capades moving into the Montreal Forum for an eight-day run, Sunday, Nov. 13, the Royals were due to play six straight games on the road in which they&rsquo;ll visit all five of the other cities, making two appearances in Sault Ste. Marie.This is a tough ordeal for the Montrealers, but then they&rsquo;ll make up the slack that appeared in the inequity in games played.The Wolves were the busiest club in the first month of the EPHL schedule turning in 17 games in 31 days, and when the Sudbury musclemen had played again Nov. 9, they had 18 decisions on the register, three more than the T-birds, four more than all other teams bar Kitchener Beavers who had completed only 13 outings, five short of the Sudbury total.Though resting in third place in the club standings the K-W Beavers showed quite a respectable record with 14 points in 13 games at this reckoning, better than a 500 percentage, which is a strength that most NHL coaches generally predict as good enough to make the playoffs.The Beavers showed that they are not lacking in fire-power when they humbled the Frontenacs 9-5 in Kitchener. Only other club at this point to score nine tallies in an EPHL contest was the pacemaking Hull-Ottawa Habs, who on Oct. 14 clobbered Sudbury Wolves 9-1.In the humiliation of the Frontenacs, Beavers shared the spoils. Ed. Hoekstra scored twice with Sandy McBregor, Bob Sabourin, Dennis Olson, Don Cherry, Duane Rupp, Wayne Hall and Danny Belisle all hitting the target once. &#9632;

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Johnson Racks Up New Zero Record For EPHL

<h2>ROYALS&rsquo; YEAR BOOK</h2>One of the finer club publications to come this way from minor-pro organization is the Press, Radio and TV Guide of the Montreal Royals. Here editor Albert Trottier presents not only tabloid histories of the seasoned pros, but crisp sketches of the promising rookies. Something to ease the chores of scribes and spielers.<h2>SZURA GETS ROLLING</h2>He had played in nine games for the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens without notching a tally, but in his first outing with Royals tall Joe Szura hit the target. Coach Floyd Curry of the Montrealers counts on the Fort William, Ont., youngster to help bolster a weak center-ice situation.<h3>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9</h3>Sudbury 4 at Sault 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02468/2120832-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="581" height="754"></div>Hull 4 at Kingston 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03432/2120825-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="583" height="604"></div><h3>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11</h3>Sault 6 at Sudbury 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05333/2120818-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="584" height="606"></div>Kitchener 4 at Montreal 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06285/2120811-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="577" height="494"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12</h3>Kitchener 2 at Kingston 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07270/2120804-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="580" height="569"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12</h3>Montreal 6 at Kitchener 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10233/2120797-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="587" height="672"></div>Kingston 2 at Hull 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11211/2120790-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="580" height="470"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Standings On Tues., A.M-Nov. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04393/2120783-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="590" height="194"></div><h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Including Games Of Sun., Nov. 13)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08254/2120776-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="595" height="319"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09244/2120769-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="597" height="338"></div><h3>PENALTY LEADERS</h3>Most Penalized Team &mdash; Sault Ste. Marie, 275 mts.Most Penalized Player &mdash; Bob Wilson, S.S.M., 54 mts. &#9632;

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont&mdash;After less than two weeks of play the Ontario Hockey Association junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series has already had its first &ldquo;rumble&rdquo;.Late in the third period of a game in Maple Leaf Gardens, with St. Michael&rsquo;s leading Peterborough Petes 5-4, Jack Cole of the Dukes stepped out of the i penalty box, picked up an intended &ldquo;iced puck&rdquo; and headed for the Peterborough goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01507/2120863-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="261" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Boddy</figcaption></div>Cole was checked and brought down by Peterborough&rsquo;s persuing Reg Mulholland and Referee Merle Glassford awarded a penalty shot.This precipitated one of the biggest rhubarbs on Gardens ice in many a season.The Petes&rsquo; Hugh McGonial staged a temper tanstrum and fired the puck at the referee. The Petes&rsquo; Coach Scotty Bowman threw a bundle of stick on the ice and it was 15 minutes before order was restored and the shot taken.After all the excitement, Bruce Draper, nominated by the Majors&rsquo; Coach Father David Bauer to take the penalty shot, missed the net but the Majors went on to win 6-4.It was the second penalty shot awarded in two weeks at the Gardens and neither found the mark.St. Catharines Teepees, Memorial Cup champions in 1959-60, made the most rapid climb of any team in the seven-club circuit.Dead last after losses to Peterborough and Marlboros in the first two games the Teepees won their next three (two over Hamilton, one against the Marlboros) to rise into a tie for the lead with St. Michael&rsquo;s.However only four points separated the first place Majors and Teepees from the co-holders of the basement position, Hamilton and oTronto Marlboros.A tremendous fight is also shaping up for the scoring championship.Rod Gilbert, Guelph&rsquo;s brilliant forward, held a large lead in the opening week of the schedule but now shares the top spot with Peterborough Captain Wayne Boddy.Both players have identical records of eight goals, four assists.In third place is the Teepees&rsquo; import centre from Saskatoon, Howard Kellough who has picked up four goals and seven assists.Four players, Dave Draper of St. Michael&rsquo;s, Murray Hall Of St. Catharines, Howie Menard and Gary Jarrett of the Marlboros are tied in fourth with 10 points. &#9632;

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Teepees Creep To Top Spot In OHA

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div>TOLEDO, Ohio&mdash;Chirp Brenchley&rsquo;s Toledo Mercurys, along with the St. Paul Saints are the hottest squads at present in the International Hockey League. Both have won seven out of their first eight.For the St. Paul outfit, it was expected, but not the same could be said about the Mercs.Toledo has eight back from last year&rsquo;s squad, who finished a dismal third in the Western Division. Defensemen Dave Rimstad and Bert Aikens, forwards Gerry Moore, Ted Wright, Roger Maisonneuve, Hank Marczak, Gordie Cowan and Tom Wilson are the&rsquo; returnees.Tony Parisi, who couldn&rsquo;t even make the club last season, is playing a sensational brand of hockey in goal. Guy James was drafted from Louisville and the other rearguard, Tony Mancuso, came in from Niagara Falls.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02409/2120894-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="258" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Cowan</figcaption></div>Don Hart was obtained from St. Paul, Hank Therrien was picked up on waivers from Indianapolis and the Montreal Canadians sent overage junior from Peterborough, Bobby Rivard.Not a great team on paper, but Brenchley has them playing and hustling together.FT. WAYNE &mdash; Have released forward Andy Milne and signed Jean Therrien and Fred Creighton, a pair of defensemen from the Western League&hellip; One other rearguard must be cut from the roster&hellip; Lloyd Maxfield, Jim Baird and Len Thomson all have hat tricks so far this season &hellip;INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; Coach Leo Lamoureux is hospitalized in an Omaha hospital&hellip; Lloyd McKey and Buzz Deschamps added to team &hellip; Ross Hudson dropped and Bob Edworthy is now on waivers.MILWAUKEE &mdash; Are having serious goaltending problems among other things&hellip; Fiori Goegan signed contract after holding out&hellip; Former Montreal Canadien farmhand, Ernie Roche now in Falcon fold&hellip; Also picked up Ted Lanyon &hellip; Tony Kalis, Bob Storry, Bill Theiman and Gary Vena released.MINNEAPOLIS &mdash; George Cuculik replaced Jerry Ahearne and Gordon Dibley in nets &hellip; Jerry Melynchuk brought in to take place of Wayne Sproxton, who was placed on waivers &hellip; Billy LeCaine and Coach Ken Yackel leading club in scoring.MUSKEGON &mdash; Gerry Glaude and Coach Moose Lallo are the hometown favorites &hellip; Phil Golden, former Grand Rapids player and Joe Kiss signed contracts.OMAHA &mdash; Andy Despard back with squad after being out with a dislocated shoulder&hellip; Club is leading IHL in penalty minutes, with Nick Palano heading the list.ST. PAUL &mdash; Jacques Marcotte racked up his second shutout of campaign, with 3-0 witewash of Omaha &hellip; Big Ted Hodgson added to Saints blue line&hellip; This give them are colorful duo in Mickey Keating and Hodgson.<h2>SPORTS PHOTOS !</h2>Thousands of different 8 x 10 glossy photos. Ideal for your bar, den or clubroom. 60 cents each.SPECIAL OFFER10 Hockey Hall of Famers; $4.00Send for FREE LIST.ALL SPORTS PHOTOSBox 267 Freeport, N.Y. &#9632;

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Mercs Zoom, Surprise All In Hot IHL Race

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div>NEW GLASGOW, N.S.&mdash;With the opening of the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League rapidly approaching, news from the five participating clubs was still on the quiet side. Most news during the past few days made here in New Glasgow where the New Glasgow Rangers were making changes they hoped would boost the club out of the league cellar.Rumors circulated in this Pictou County that Rangers were negotiating for the services of former National Hockey League goalie Al Rollins but the executive of the team would not commit themselves on the matter. It is believed, however, that it is only a rumor.Rangers are planning to bring in a goalie from outside the Maritimes, as well as a defenceman and centre. Most of last year&rsquo;s club is back to form the nucleus of this season&rsquo;s team.Most startling news was the retirement of veteran playing coach Leo Fahey, one of the all time greats of Maritime hockey. The 35-year-old pilot of the New Glasgow club will not be back and the team has announced that starry defenceman Jim MacNeil will be playing coach this year.Word from Windsor is that the Maple Leafs have signed Ivan Tennant as playing coach. Tennant was a star with the Allan Cup winning Chatham Maroons last year. The club also announced that high scoring forwards Bob Bownass and Doug MacPhee will be back for a second campaign with the Valley aggregation. Bownass and MacPhee, both veteran performers of Maritime hockey wars, were members of the Halifax Atlantic teams that won the Alexander Cup two years in succession.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03307/2120925-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="580" height="593"><figcaption class="caption-body">RetiresLeo Fahey</figcaption></div>One of the big stars of the 1959-60 season will not be back this year. League scoring champ Doug Howatt will not line up with the champion Amherst Ramblerr, the club announced. He is devoting his time to business interests. Also missing from the Rambler lineup will be Lionel Botley, a defenceman from Belleville, Ont., who has been forced out of the Maritimes with the revival of the Ontario Hockey Association league. &#9632;

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NSSHL Gets Set For Lid Opener: Fahey Quits Job

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01484/2120956-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Pictured Chicago Player.8&mdash;Former Ranger, first name Jack.9&mdash;Initials of Kachur, last season with Buffalo Bisons.10&mdash;This Leaf player is bilingual.12&mdash;Initials of Lewicki of Quebec Aces.13&mdash;&ldquo;Duke&rdquo; Edmundson&rsquo;s initials.14&mdash;Requisite for golf.15&mdash;Native province of Ed Koek stra (abbr.).16&mdash;Preposition.17&mdash;Upon.18&mdash;Short for given name of pictured player.21&mdash;Number of games Rudy Migay played with Toronto last season.22&mdash;Colour of Mrs. Red Kelly&rsquo;s hair.24&mdash;Native province of Hanna of, New York (abbr.).25&mdash;Initials of Chicago&rsquo;s captain.26&mdash;Boston Bruins recently demoted this player to Hull-Ottawa.30&mdash;A Boston player answers to this.32&mdash;Bobby Hull scored the first hat trick of his career in this city abbr.).33&mdash;Initials of Atwell of Cleveland Barons.34&mdash;initials of Wharram of Chicago.35&mdash;John Hanna&rsquo;s native city.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Name given one of the Boston Bruins.2&mdash;Number word by 10 across.3&mdash;One of the Buffalo Bisons.4&mdash;Opposite to out.5&mdash;Initials of Corcoran of Quebec.6&mdash;Short for first name of Cleveland&rsquo;s netminder.7&mdash;Canadiens&rsquo; Jacques Plante has been bothered by an injury to one.11&mdash;Springfield&rsquo;s coach.12&mdash;Position played by pictured star.14&mdash;Detroit&rsquo;s Howie Glover scored his first N.H.L. goal against this club.15&mdash;N.H.L. scoring champion of 1958-59.19&mdash;Initials of Leaf Player who hails from Cudworth, Sask.20&mdash;Initials of recently suspended Springfield player.23&mdash;ExLeaf, Reg Hamilton, was noted for his ability to use this.26&mdash;Company (abbr.).27&mdash;Name given Canadiens&rsquo; trainer.28&mdash;Initials of Cote of Rochester.29&mdash;Former Toronto coach.31&mdash;Initials of player who wears No. 12 for the Maple Leafs.32&mdash;Initials of Kilrea of Springfield.33&mdash;Musical note.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Keon3&mdash;Boss7&mdash;South8&mdash;Larkin10&mdash;I.E.11&mdash;Oldest13&mdash;R.W.14&mdash;Oct.16&mdash;Bos.17&mdash;Chi.18&mdash;O.K.19&mdash;Cen.20&mdash;Ski21&mdash;E.S.22&mdash;1124&mdash;Tendon29&mdash;G.A.30&mdash;Dorohoy31&mdash;E.D.33&mdash;A.N.34&mdash;R.K35&mdash;Gamble<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Kyle2&mdash;Odrowski3&mdash;Bone4&mdash;Ou.5&mdash;Stitches6&mdash;She7&mdash;Sid.9&mdash;KL12&mdash;Soccer13&mdash;Rookie15&mdash;Tin20&mdash;Sitter23&mdash;Wayne25&mdash;N.D.26&mdash;Doug.27&mdash;Or28&mdash;Norm.29&mdash;Goal32&mdash;D.K. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

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ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS!

<div class="byline">By BOB GIORDANO</div><h2>Powell Ends Job At Kelowna, Schmidt Quits At Kamloops</h2>KELOWNA, B.C.&mdash;A couple of startling announce nents highlighted the weeks&rsquo; activities in the Okanagan Senior Hockey League when two members of teh coaching staff resigned with in hours of each other.At Kelowna it&rsquo;s a case of contusion, misunderstandings and a lot of balderdash. To give a blow by blow account of the story would take several pages. How ever the main issue involved a saary dispute between rookie coach Say Powell, and the players.The net results saw Powell&rsquo;s two month coaching career come to an abrupt ending. For the one time American Hockey League great, it&rsquo;s been nothing shy of a nightmare. Lack of fan support, players problems, and financial difficulties are just a few of the headaches Powell lad to face.Meanwhile the players appointed big Jim Middleton as playing coach. The 32-year-old Winnipeg born left winger has worn the Kelowna uniform for twelve consecutive seasons, coming to Kelowna after a brief stay in the professional ranks with the now defunct San Francisco Shamrocks. A respected and well thought of player on and off the ice, Middleton, during his 12 years of play has won scoring titles, all-star scberths, and is the all-time great scorer of the league. To date Middleton leads his club in scoring with 10 goals and 6 assists in 10 games played.It&rsquo;s a somewhat different story at Kamloops however. Willie Schmidt, a crafty veteran defenseman of wide pro and amateur experience, stepped down due to pressure of business.Schimidt&rsquo;s withdrawal caught everyone by surprise, and came as a severe blow to the Chiefs organization. The former Western Hockey League stalwart who played a number of seasons with the Vernon Canadians was appointed coach of Kamloops early this season.Commenting on Schmidt&rsquo;s decision, team business manager Johnny Johnson, who has taken over the coaching duties temporarily, said he was sorry to see Schmidt leave. &ldquo;Willie is a very popular coach, both with the fan and players, and I got a hunch he may change his mind and return. Willie has done a tremendous job at Kamloops. From the time he assumed his new post he moulded together a collection of veterans, rookies and the spirit on the club was tops. The record book shows his efforts have paid off. To date the Chiefs are in a first place tie with Vernon and Kamloops.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03361/2121011-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="462" height="480"><figcaption class="caption-body">New CoachJim Middleton</figcaption></div><h2>Middleton Succeeds Ray As Packers New Player Coach</h2>Attendance at Kamloops games have been disappointing, with an average of around six hundred. To date the players have received no money, but they unanimously agreed at a meeting to play the season through. The Chiefs have paid all this years bills, and also paid off one thousand dollars towards last seasons accounts.It is no secret Johnny Johnson has dug into his own pocket during the past two seasons to keep the club alive and somewhat healthy.Johnson said a new coach would be appointed shortly. &#9632;

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Coaching Switches Highlight Torrid Week On OSHL Horizon

<div class="byline">By JACK THOMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02289/2121080-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="246" height="295"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01353/2121087-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="224" height="281"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03219/2121073-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="286" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rudy Migay</figcaption></div>The Lakehead senior clubs have begun their season, and will play a ten-game schedule locally. The Beavers from Fort William had twenty five players in their training, and the Port Arthur Bearcats, last year&rsquo;s western finalists had about twenty players in their camp. Ex pro Lee Fogolin has returned to coach the Bearcats after a years absence, and has high hope for his club again this year. Joe Nigro is back at the helm of the Beavers. The Fort William club had two good surprises at their workouts when two hockey players who have not reported to their club as yet, were out at the Beaver camp, Rudy Migay of the Rochester Americans and KO Kowalchuk, last year with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in the Eastern Pro circuit. It&rsquo;s not known yet wether these two men will be available for play this year. The Beavers also signed Bobby McKee, who was rumored to be on his way to Fort Wayne, in the International League &hellip; Fort William Canadien&rsquo;s coach Mickey Hennessey, was handing out cigfirs the other day to everyone at the Gardens as his wife presented him with a baby girl &hellip; Two or three of the Warroad Lakers&rsquo; players may make the trip overseas with the Winnipeg Maroons &hellip; Sambo Fedoruk, long time Fort Francis hockey star, who has played on each of their championship clubs, has been granted his release and he will be playing for the Warroad Lakers this season &hellip; Fred Page, president of the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association, has appointed former Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president, Frank Sargent and former Thunder Bay president Charlie Boyle to head the committee in charge of the Canadian Association&rsquo;s annual convention &hellip; Chris Asseff, manager of the Fort William Canadians just returned from a hockey pow wow in Montreal, and says he hopes to be able to bring Maurice Richard to the Lakehead this winter, for a special hockey banquet &hellip; Kenora Thistles Intermediate club signed to play an exhibition game against the Edmonton Flyers, on their lay over in Winnipeg in January &hellip; Frank Eisenzoph has been reinstated by the Ontario-Minnesota Hockey League after being suspended last year for refusing to play a scheduled playoff game last year. According to Fort Frances officials Eisenzoph will coach the club again this year &hellip; The American National team will play at least three exhibition games in Northwestern Ontario&hellip;. The towns of Kenora and Dryden may see a lot of pro hockey clubs this winter with the layoff between games in Winnipeg, the pro clubs will be looking for a chance to make a buck, and keep the players busy&hellip; &#9632;

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News From The Lakehead

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;Metro Prys-tai&rsquo;s hard-working Moose Jaw Canucks are determined to use Melville Millionaires as a stepping stone to Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League recognition.Canucks, dismal cellar-dwellers each of the past two seasons, have shown many signs of new life this fall, and much of their success revolves around a surprising jinx they hold over the Moneymen.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04180/2121118-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="280" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Metro Prystai</figcaption></div>As a matter of fact, if it wasn&rsquo;t for Moose Jaw, the Millionaires and their rookie pilot, Don Abel, would be having themselves quite a ball in the league standings.With nine games under their belts, Melville has easily mastered all club except Moose Jaw &mdash; presently ranked fifth. Millionaires have only two defeats and a tie against them and all are the responsibility of Prystai&rsquo;s Canucks.The clubs fought to a 6-6 deadlock during their first meeting and Moose Jaw grabbed the next battle, 3-0, at home. Last week Canucks visited Melville for the first time, gave up two early goals, but rebounded for a 4-2 triumph.Prince Albert Mintos earned their first point in 12 starts by rallying in the third period to tie Regina Pats 44 &hellip; It was an auspicious debut for one-time pro sniper Johnny Chad, who had taken over the coaching reins following the resignation of Bill (Legs) Fraser &hellip; Estevan Bruins, with 11 games to their credit, hold a five-point lead atop the standing, ahead of Regina and Melville.John Rodger, the St. Boniface smoothie who is pivoted the big line for Bruins, maintained his hot scoring pace last week, picking up a pair of goals and six assists to increase his output to 28 points &hellip; He has counted 11 goals, which ties him with Ed Lawson of Melville for sniping honors, and has 17 assists, making him the top playmaker&hellip; Lawson ranks second in points with 21&hellip; Bruins control six of the top 15 placings&hellip; Terry Burns is third and Bruin mate Jim Kozie ranks fourth. &#9632;

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Canucks Barrel Ahead In SJHL

<div class="byline">By BRUCE HOGLE</div>TRAIL, B.C.&mdash;Trail Smoke Eaters are still undefeated after one week&rsquo;s action in the Western International Hockey League with three impressive victories to their credit.Smokies, who took Rossland Warriors 5-2 in the opener, scalped Nelson Maple Leafs 9-1 and trimmed Penticton Vees of the Okanagan Senior Hoceky League 6-3.Addie Tambellini had three goals while defenseman Harry Smith had a pair to lead Trail against Nelson. Singletons went to Norm Lenardon, Dave Rusnel, Cal Hockley and Ed Cristofili.Veteran Neil McClenaghan scored Nelson&rsquo;s lone tally.The Penticton game was the biggest test of the season for Smokies.Down 2-0 after five minutes of play, they led Vees 3-2 at the end of the second and outscored them 3-1 in the final 20 minutes.Pinoke McIntyre picked up his first points of the season, scoring twice to lead Smokies. George Ferguson, Norm Lenardon, Don Fletcher and Laurie Bursaw pounded in singletons. Hal Jones collected four assists while playing coach Bobby Kromm has three.Under a new arrangement with the OSHL this season, games are being &ldquo;exchanged&rdquo; with all points to count in the respective loops.Smooth centreman Hal Jones of Rossland Warriors who also plays with Trail in games with OSHL teams) heads the scoring parade with six points, five of them assists. He is followed by Norm Lenardon and Addie Tambellin, both of Trail, with five points, while trailing them are Smokies Bobby Kromm, Dave Rusnel and Harry Smith, each with four points.Trail netminder Seth Martin leads all goalies with an even 2.00 average. Bruno Forlin of Rossland is second with 4.00.Coach Mickey Maglio of Nelson found good news this week in the fact that Lee Hyssop would be returning. Hyssop had been transferred by his employers and it had first been feared that he would be lost the entire season.A pre-season dispute between goalies Red Koehle and Gus Adams has been settled with the former retiring from the game and the latter entrenched as No. 1 netminder of the team. Seems the boys did not want to split goaltending duties.Rossland Warriors were paced to a 5-3 win over Nelson this week by veteran Carl Cirullo, who picked up a hat trick. Lome Nadeau and Ray Demore scored singletons. Nelson goals went to Neil McClenaghan, Dave Stewart and Shorty Malacko.Cirullo, Nadeau and defenceman Danny McDougall&mdash;all Spokane residents&mdash;commute for the Rossland games and they&rsquo;ve added much power to Bud Andrews&rsquo; lineup. &#9632;

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