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October 21, 1961

The Hockey News October 21, 1961

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03313/1734282-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg"></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1. Ranger forward shown in centre.6. Mode of transportation for players from Hotel to rink.8. Ex-Leaf, Syl Apps, was an&mdash;when discharged from the army.10. Initials of a member of the Boston Bruins.11. A coach never enjoys one.13. Former Toronto winger (two words)15. Initials of Reibel, ex-Red Wing.16. Former N.H.L. referee now in Hall of Fame.18. 4th & 9th letters of the alphabet.20. Month in which Mrs. Allan Stanley celebrates her birthday (abbr.)21. Former N.H.L. star, Cully Dahlstrom, is a native of this country (abbr.)22. Mel Harwood formerly refereed in this league (abbr.)23. Most penalized N.H.L. team in 1960-61 season (abbr.)24. Initials of a new member of the Buffalo Bisons.26. This player scored 35 goals for Buffalo last season.27. Trophy once won by ex-N.H.L. defenseman Bill Quackenbush.30. Murray Balfour injured one last spring.31. Initials of Anderson former star with N.Y. Americans and Maple Leafs.32. Former coach of Ottawa-Hull Canadiens.34. Skates often do this to players.36. Nickname of Thompson, former N.H.L. netminder.38. An injured&mdash;hampered Doug Harvey last season.39. Perform.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. Cliff Pennington purchased one last summer.2. Initials of Francis, former Chicago goalie.3. Alex Faulkner, Leaf farm hand, hails from here (abbr.)4. Players often have to have these taped when injured.5. 25th & 3rd letters of the alphabet.6. Frank Mahovlich is of this descent.7. Name given Pittsburgh&rsquo;s general manager.9. Another name for Yale.12. Larry Hillman fractured one during training season.14. Nickname of Dave Keon&rsquo;s old junior club.17. Initials of Chicago&rsquo;s trainer.19. Type of farm owned by Lou Fontinato.21. Syl Apps once coached at this Toronto college (abbr.)25. Nickname sometimes given pictured star.26. Given name of one of Cal Gardner&rsquo;s sons.27. This Leaf player broke a toe at training camp.28. Billy Harris toured this province during the past summer (abbr.)29. Initials of Kyle, Calgary&rsquo;s coach last season.31. Plane service sometimes used by the Maple Leafs (abbr.)33. Initials of Tessier who had trial with Boston.35. Initials of a former Maple Leaf captain.37. Initials of Mrs. Bert Olmstead.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Simmons8. Prentice10. Chas.12. None13. K.R.14. Ice15. P.K.16. G.I.17. Err19. All21. Ran.22. Moe23. V.S.24. B.T.25. Kabel28. Lebrun29. 1031. On32. Oct.33. Galt34. Ht.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Spine2. Ir.3. Melnyk4. M.N.5. O.T.6. Nick.7. Schriner9. E.A.11. Stearns15. Pilote16. Gamble18. Ravlich20. Le.25. Krol26. Aunt27. Bn.30. Ott &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By AL NICKLESON</div>(In The Toronto Globe And Mail)TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Johnny Bower, an oddity in that he encourages those who seek his job, is a strong booster of a youth who eventually could take it.The stripling is a 20-year-old by name of Jerry Cheevers. He tended goal last season for Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s College Majors, Canadian junior hockey champions. He performed most ably this fall in spelling off Bower in Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; exhibition games.Last week, Bower was asked whether he thought Cheevers should be shipped out now for seasoning, or whether he should stick with Leafs for a while and absorb big-league knowledge.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to have him stay with us for a couple of months and I&rsquo;d make a heck of a goalie out of him,&rdquo; said Bower. &ldquo;He has the stuff and for a kid just coming out of junior he knows a lot. He has a good set of hands and he clears the puck well. I&rsquo;m not going to last forever.&rdquo;The problem of what to do with Cheevers rests, of course, with manager-coach Punch Imlach. It is likely, however, that on the advice of Bower, Cheevers will stay with the National Hockey League club in a spare capacity. Later, when professor Bower&rsquo;s lessons are absorbed, Cheever&rsquo;s probably will be sent to a club of lower classification for active duty.&ldquo;Jerry played very adequately with us this fall,&rdquo; said Imlach after a lengthy ice drill. &ldquo;Any game we lost wasn&rsquo;t his fault. I&rsquo;m rather high on the kid He&rsquo;s going to be a very good goalie.&rdquo;Sticking close to Bower would sit well with Cheevers, son of a lacrosse standout with those great St. Catharines Athletics&rsquo; teams of yesteryear.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no better teacher than Johnny,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to make goaltending a career and I&rsquo;ve learned a lot from him.&rdquo;<h2>Promising</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02318/1734554-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="527" height="836"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jerry Cheevers</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Bower Offers To Train Junior Coaler

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;For the first time in several years, most of the so-called experts (like yours truly) are picking the Montreal Canadiens out of the picture as far the National Hockey League championship is concerned. They contend that the Habs are on the downgrade after being knocked out in the Stanley Cup semi-finals last April and that they have a slim chance of running their league title string to five straight.Frank Selke, the little general manager, sees things differently. Since he took over the club in 1946, Selke has seen the Canadiens win six Stanley Cups and as many NHL crowns and he doesn&rsquo;t give up easily.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01360/1733194-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="273" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Plante</figcaption></div>Says Selke: &ldquo;Canadiens will still have a lot to say in the first-place argument.&rdquo;Since the Habs started the season last week handicapped by the absence of brilliant centre Jean Beliveau and high-scoring leftwinger Dickie Moore, both sidelined with knee injuries, Selke was worried Nevertheless, he was optimistic.&ldquo;Before Jean Beliveau and Dickie Moore were injured, remarked the Montreal general-manager, &ldquo;I felt that Canadiens might be even a little stronger than they were last season. At the same time, Canadiens are even now a lot stronger than some people think.&ldquo;If we can hold our own during the first month of the schedule, the Canadiens will still have to be reckoned with in the championship race.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m told that Ralph Backstrom and Phil Goyette played very well at training camp and in the exhibitions. That&rsquo;s encouraging because both of these players had only fair seasons last year.&ldquo;According to Toe Blake, Lou Fontinato was our best defenseman at camp while Jean-Guy Talbot, J. C. Tremblay and Tom Johnson also played well. Al McNeil or Jean Gauthier should be better than Bob Turner (traded to Chicago) so we should be alright on defense.&rdquo;Selke didn&rsquo;t expect Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion to repeat the terrific performances of last season when he scored 50 goals, had 45 assists, won the scoring championship and the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player.&ldquo;Still,&rdquo; said Selke, &ldquo;Geoffrion should have another good season.&rdquo;The Canadiens&rsquo; general manager, who can readily point his finger at every aspect of the club&rsquo;s operation, was asked in an interview with Jacques Beauchamp of Montreal Matin, about the Habs&rsquo; failure to produce a single young player for the National League this season.&ldquo;We have in our organization,&rdquo; answered Selke, &ldquo;several promising young players but they won&rsquo;t be ready for the NHL before one or two more seasons. After this coming season, it will probably be necessary to sacrifice some of our veterans in order to protect younger players.&rdquo;Selke said that he wasn&rsquo;t a bit worried about the future of Canadiens and that Habs would be close to the top for several years to come.The Hab&rsquo;s G.M. was asked the big reason why he believed his club would be in the thick of this year&rsquo;s title race despite injuries.&ldquo;Jacques Plante will make the difference. Jacques is starting out with a different attitude than last year and his morale is marvellous. Don&rsquo;t be surprised if Plante has the best season of his hockey career.&rdquo;Coach Toe Blake, bringing his charges back to home ice at the Forum after 26 days of training and exhibitions, was also optimistic.Blake felt that Canadiens had a good training camp at Victoria where the &ldquo;the first week of training was the best I&rsquo;ve seen in years.&ldquo;I was quite satisfied with the way the fellows played in the exhibition series,&rdquo; remarked Blake. &ldquo;We had less goals scored against us than in previous years. The players are in fine condition and if we can hold our own without Beliveau and Moore for a few weeks, we&rsquo;ll do a lot better than most people expect.&rdquo;Beliveau was expected to carry a cast on his right knee for at least another two weeks. Moore skated lightly a few days to strengthen the knee he injured at Victoria (the same knee underwent surgery for cartledge in July) but his return to action remained indefinite.Winning 10 of their 11 exhibition games&mdash;they lost 3-2 to Calgary&mdash;the Canadiens scored a total of 52 goals against only 16 for the opposition. Bright spot of the goals-against record was that Jacques Plante, who played 20 of the 33 periods to 13 for Cesare Maniago, had allowed only seven tallies.Plucky winger Marcel Bonin was the scoring surprise of training with eight goals and nine assists for 17 points. Henri Richard had two goals and 12 assists while Ralph Backstrom (7-6-13) and Claude Provost (5-8-13) were the other scoring leaders.<h2>Look Sharp</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02327/1733187-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="539" height="519"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ralph Backstrom</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03254/1733180-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="556" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Goyette</figcaption></div><h2>A Repeat Would Make Life Easier</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04195/1733173-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="1698" height="1548"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Canadiens are hoping, but not expecting Boom Boom Geoffrion to repeat his 50 goal performance of 1960-61. But they are counting on him to have a good season. He could make life a lot easier for the Habs if he could duplicate his effort shown above. He gets the 50th goal puck from Coach Toe Blake.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Jacques’ Attitude Key To Habs High Altitude Prayers

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05122/1732887-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg"></div><h2>COACH & GENERAL MANAGER &#9632;</h2>

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Toronto Maple Leafs 1961-62 Roster

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PICK HAWKS TO DETHRONE HABS

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div>(Hockey News Copyrighted 196l)MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;A tradition in the world of hockey has been snapped by a panel of 18 experts, whose only experience in the world of body-checking has been confined to throwing a hip at a teammate in the press box, in order to find room to do their job.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02159/1734757-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="282" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Harvey</figcaption></div>The nation&rsquo;s number one hockey poll, as conducted annually by THE HOCKEY NEWS, shows that the world champion Chicago Black Hawks are favored to depose the Montreal Canadiens in the regular season race. Fourteen of the 18 NHL writers and broadcasters polled, reported that they believe the Hawks, who finished third last season, will step up into first this year and end Canadiens&rsquo; long reign as kings of the major league.Only three picked the Canadiens to repeat as Prince of Wales Trophy winners for the fifth straight time.The order of how the experts predict the 1961-62 race will finish is as follows:1st&mdash;Chicago; 2nd&mdash;Montreal; 3rd&mdash;Detroit; 4th&mdash;Toronto; 5th&mdash;New York; 6th&mdash;Boston.Our poll, the most quoted in the world of hockey, call the Hawks to walk away with the race and predicts that the only real close battle will be for third and fourth. That spot, say our geniuses from the six NHL cities, will be a touch and go affair with the Red Wings seeking out a decision over the Maple Leafs.Only Chicago, Montreal and Toronto got any nods for first place, with the Hawks getting 14, Canadiens three and the Leafs one.The second place race has Canadiens favored over Detroit and Toronto by a considerable margin. Detroit polled two more third place votes than did the Leafs and Toronto have one more fourth place tally than Doug Harvey&rsquo;s New York Rangers. The Rangers are as overwhelming favorites to finish in the exact same spot as they did last season, as the Boston Bruins are to end in the basement, once again.Only one writer picked the Bruins for any position other than sixth. Dave Anderson of the New York Journal American thinks Phil Watson can pull off the miracle of the year by leading the Bruins into fourth. The other 17 disagree.The 18 experts have varied reasons for picking them as they do.Most of them call the Hawks on the basis of their Stanley Cup victory last season.It will be some time before they can judge whether the Indians have sufficiently improved to jump two notches into first. Good goaling, pretty good defense, young legs and desire pretty well sums up why they believe the Hawks are now good enough to supplant the Habs in first.They expect Glenn Hall to remain the League&rsquo;s finest. Except for the loss of Al Arbour the defense has remained the same. Bob Turner has been added to replace Arbour, but he&rsquo;ll act more as a penalty killer than a regular rear-guard. So actually the Hawks haven&rsquo;t replaced Arbour, lost in the draft to Toronto. They have replaced Earl Balfour with Turner. Tod Sloan has retired and it is believed that Chicago made a pretty good move by picking up Bronco Horvath to replace the &lsquo;Slinker&rsquo; at pivot. If Bronco ever puts his mind to it he could become a tremendous asset to Chicago. The only other addition to the team has been Jerry Melnyk from Detroit. He will probably end up as a utility man if Chico Maki and Murry Hall are shipped to the minors.All in all the experts think Bobby Hull and his mates have enough desire, speed and above all brawn to win it all.When the experts looked over Les Canadiens they took two important things into consideration. Doug Harvey is gone and Jean Beliveau and Dickie Moore will be out of action for the first month of the season, at least.The loss of the great Harvey alone might have made them relegate the Habs to second but when they saw Moore and Beliveau hobblying around on their sore knees they became convinced that by the time this pair returns the Canadiens would be too far behind to catch Chicago. In essence, they say the Canadiens could conceivably win it all if Beliveau and Moore were starting the season with the club. But, with them out the Habs don&rsquo;t have the fire power to stay in the first place race during the first month of the campaign. Toe Blake is giving a goal a game to the enemy every time the Canadiens step onto the ice minus Dickie and Jean. And that&rsquo;s just enough to put them out of the first place race.The Canadiens are counting on Jacques Plante to fill much of the gap left by the departed Mr. Harvey. If he can do that then Lou Fontinato and Al McNeil can do the rest, they say. So they believe the club will not be any poorer defensively. It all boils down to the loss of the big two and unless some of the Habs lesser lights come through, it may be just too tough for the perennial champs to stay in the thick of the first place race.Possibly the most improved club in the NHL this season is the Detroit Red Wings. That&rsquo;s what the experts say, anyway.Last season they predicted the Wings would finish fourth, and they did. Now they say they have added sufficient bodies during the off-season to make them a threat for third. Most of the experts call the Wings a one year club who could upset the applecart right down the line. But if they don&rsquo; do it this year then they may have too much of a rebuilding job on their hands to do it next.A handful of players hold the key to the Wings&rsquo; finish this season. Veteran Billy Gadsby has improved the defence&mdash;in fact he makes it the best in the NHL. Of course he must perform like the Gadsby of old if they are to continue the best in the NHL.Up front another veteran, Ed Litzenberger must have a good season as the pivot between Howe and Delvecchio if the club is to click. This is one of the biggest lines in the NHL and it won&rsquo;t be pushed around. Howe is due for a better year and Delvecchio is capable of scoring 40 goals if he gets a good centre man to play with. Litzenberger was unhappy at Chicago; he is happy in Detroit. He won&rsquo;t be able to loaf with the Wings, for Jack Adams will be on him like a panther. In the right frame of mind and playing with Howe and Delvecchio, Litz could become an all-star once again.Toronto has too many old men to be anything but a threat for third or fourth. But Punch Imlach is an amazing guy. He&rsquo;s been able to get more mileage out of all-star Johnny Bower than anyone believed possible. Likewise, he&rsquo;s done miracles with oldsters like Olmstead, Kelly and Stanley. This is a club that could end anywhere from first to fourth. They have the ability but it&rsquo;s a question of whether they have the goaling and defense and whether in-and-outers like Duff and Brewer can come through. Much depends on Bower, of course. If he fails then Imlach has a problem, for he doesn&rsquo;t have a real good major league goaler on his list.The New York Rangers are an improved club over last year, but even the addition of Harvey to the defense desn&rsquo;t make it a club with playoff potential. They have the scoring power in Bathgate, Prentice, Henry and Hebenton. But can Langlois, Cahan, Howell, Spencer and Harvey hold off the likes of Howe, Kelly, Hull, etc. Last season the Rangers were the second most potent club on the attack in the League. It is a case of tightening up defensively if the Rangers are to improve in the standings. Apparently the experts don&rsquo;t think the club has enough on the blueline to take a step forward.The Boston Bruins have too much inexperience, in too many key spots to make a run from their cellar spot. Seven rookies are too many and it&rsquo;ll be too late by the time Phil Watson gets them playing NHL hockey. Don Head is reported to be an NHL goaler but if this club is to go anywhere it must strengthen on defense. It was weak on the blueline last season and the loss of the rugged Fern Flaman hasn&rsquo;t helped. True Flaman didn&rsquo;t have a good season last year but he was a smart leader and right now the Bruins don&rsquo;t have an adequate replacement.Up front the Bruins have but one consistantly good scorer. He&rsquo;s Don McKenney. There is potential in Cliff Pennington, the rookie of the year in the Eastern Pro League last season and in Terry Gray, Pennington&rsquo;s teammate at Hull-Ottawa. But it will take too much time to get them rolling and by the time they show signs of understanding the type of game that they are expected to play in the NHL it will be too late.The Bruins, of course, are building for the future. They won&rsquo;t get too far this year, but you can bet your bottom dollar that there won&rsquo;t be a more entertaining team in the League than the Bears.<h2>How They Placed &rsquo;Em</h2>Below is the points tabulation for the six NHL clubs. First place votes gives a club six points; second place votes five points; third place four points; fourth place three points; fifth place two points and sixth place one point.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-019/1734750-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="583" height="183"></div> &#9632;

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Experts Say Canucks To End Second

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Sid Abel figures his Red Wings are stronger this season but in the race for the Prince of Wales Trophy, &ldquo;it looks like Chicago.&rdquo;Abel knows the Black Hawks well, having lost to them in the six-game Stanley Cup final last spring and then beating them, 3-1, in the All-Star game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02302/1732525-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="278" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Johnson</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The Hawks played a whale of a game,&rdquo; Abel said in reference to the Detroit-led All-Star triumph. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve got goal-tending, defense, good lines and youth.&ldquo;It will be a &lsquo;rassle&rsquo; for the other playoff spots,&rdquo; opined Sid. &ldquo;I think the League will be more evenly balanced this season.&ldquo;As far as our club is concerned, we appear to have tightened up our defense. We didn&rsquo;t allow many goals in the exhibition schedule and we closed out the western tour with our best game in Brandon (5-2 victory over Toronto).&ldquo;Bill Gadsby has helped our defense, Al Johnson has played real well and Gordie (Howe) came back strong after missing 10 days because of a rib injury.&ldquo;Both goalies played well out west. Terry Sawchuk has looked real sharp. Hank&rsquo;s (Bassen) only bad game was one against Hershey but then, no one looked very good and Hershey was hustling and checking,&rdquo; Abel said.That was an embarassing night. It was the Wings&rsquo; only home exhibition game and it came the night after Howe, Alex Delvecchio, Norm Ullman and Marcel Pronovost had helped the All-Stars to their decision over Chicago.Howe scored in the first period, barging between defensemen Bucky Hollingworth and Mike Mahoney to beat Gilles Boisvert from left wing.Sawchuk blanked the Bears for 30 minutes and then Bassen took his turn in the nets. In less than four minutes, ex-Detroiter Claude LaForge tied the game.The American Leaguers clicked three times in the third period to wrap up the game before a slim turnout of 4,528 fans who were pulling for Hershey at the end.Detroit&rsquo;s big line of Delvecchio, Eddie Litzenberger and Howe were on the ice for the first two goals of the third period and Howe and Litz were playing defense when Cleland Mortson got a 40-foot breakaway for the final goal, pulled out Bassen and put the puck behind him.&ldquo;And that&rsquo;s Hank&rsquo;s long suit,&rdquo; said Abel. &ldquo;Normally, he never goes for that.&ldquo;But it was better that it happened now. I&rsquo;d rather lose one before the season starts than go in with a long streak and figure that the odds are going to catch up right away,&rdquo; Abel said.And the Wings had some streak. It was their first defeat in seven pre-season campaigns during which time they had won 64 games and tied five.But, maybe Abel had a point. Detroit&rsquo;s first three regular season games were with Toronto and Chicago.There was the opener with the Maple Leafs in Detroit and then a home and home weekend series with the champions.Heartening especially for the tough start was the work of Sawchuk in exhibition play. The 31-year-old veteran yielded only six goals in better than 20 periods of play.And then there&rsquo;s Howe. Gordie was out 10 days with a rib injury but in all, scored six goals in as many games or, count it seven for seven including the All-Star game in which he took down the No. 1 star on Foster Hewitt&rsquo;s selection.Al Johnson, intent on showing that his rookie year 16 goals were no fluke, was Detroit&rsquo;s leading scorer in pre-season play.There still was some question on the entire club makeup right up to the opener with Adams stating that &ldquo;we&rsquo;ll keep everyone.&rdquo;&ldquo;Everyone&rdquo; meant a total of 18 players plus the two goalies and that&rsquo;s two over the limit that will be allowed as of Dec. 1.Still in doubt were Parker MacDonald, John McKenzie, and Gerry Odrowski.The question is on the third line which is centered by Bruce MacGregor. He&rsquo;s had Val Fonteyne and Howie Glover on his flanks. Leo LaBine has centered a fourth line with MacDonald and Glover as his wings.So the Wings again will be going into the season still tinkering.CHIP SHOTS: Veteran sports-casters Al Nagler and Budd Lynch will handle Red Wing home and away games live this season on Michigan&rsquo;s most powerful radio station, WJR, 760 kilocycles&hellip;it covers a good part of the United States and Canada.It&rsquo;s the first time the Wings have broadcast all their road games live.Jack Adams is taking a higher view of his club this season&hellip;Adams has moved from his box behind the Red Wing bench to a booth at the end of the press box.Bill Gadsby and Alex Delvecchio picked up aggravating injuries the week before the season opened&hellip;Gadsby came up with a sore knee as a result of the Detroit-Toronto game in Winnipeg and sat out several games.Delvecchio had a severe bruise on his middle finger, right hand.<h2>Knife Sharp In Exhibitions</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01318/1732518-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="1750" height="1072"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Abel Nods To Hawks As Chief Threat For First

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Bruins&rsquo; dressing room here is still open to properly accredited sportswriters, sports-casters and telecasters.Phil Watson is not picking up where Ted Williams left off in his relations with the men who cover the National Hockey League for the several information media.The flurry of criticism which erupted in the wake of a &ldquo;closed door&rdquo; policy allegedly announced by Watson has subsided.The Bruins&rsquo; dressing room is open to sportswriters and sports-casters 10 minutes after each game.It is also open for the purpose of dispensing information immediately after Bruins&rsquo; practices.And the Bruins&rsquo; &ldquo;open house&rdquo; policy set by Art Ross is in its 38th season.When the report was circulated that Watson was barring press and radio personnel from the Bruins&rsquo; quarters at all times, the new coach was promptly paddled in print by some veterans of the hockey beat. Watson escaped a worse spanking because the report was buried under news of baseball&rsquo;s world series and football doings here.And before the incident became a major issue, Bruins&rsquo; officials straightened it out.Said Walter Brown, Bruins* president, &ldquo;We have always had excellent relations with the newspaper, radio and television people and we expect things to continue that way.&ldquo;Every coach has his own ideas of how he wants to run his dressing room and Phil is no exception. I hope there&rsquo;ll be no hard feelings over any misunderstandings.&rdquo;The 10-minute &ldquo;cooling off&rdquo; period after games is nothing new, except that it is now defined. Hockey writers here volunteered several years ago, when Milt Schmidt was coaching the Bruins, to delay their entry for post-game interviews, leaving the length of the delay to Schmidt. Only rarely did Milt, who never closed his room to the press anywhere in the NHL, make the wait longer than 10 minutes, or about the length of time it takes writers to make their way to the Bruins&rsquo; room here.Under the long Ross administration and later when Dit Clapper and Lynn Patrick coached the Bruins, the team&rsquo;s quarters were always open to the press. Here, where the dressing room must of necessity serve as an interview room as well, it is virtually mandatory for that to be the rule for the Bruins to receive the feature-type coverage which is customary here.No one questioned Watson&rsquo;s sincerity in labelling the original report of his policy &ldquo;a misunderstanding.&rdquo; It was only last June that Phil told press-radio-TV audience here on his hiring, &ldquo;I want to get to know all of you well, so I can call you by your first names.&rdquo;While the little fuss was going on one veteran of that luncheon quipped, &ldquo;He hasn&rsquo;t even had time to learn our last names yet, and it sounds as though he doesn&rsquo;t want to.&rdquo;But everything has been smoothed over now, and if there is a successor to Williams in New England to feud with the press, it is, assuredly, not Coach Phil Watson of the Bruins.<h2>Reopens Door</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05161/1732556-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="578" height="738"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Watson</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Brown Sticks Foot In Watson’s Closed Door Policy Swiftly

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks, defending Stanley Cup champions this season, have their sights set on first place in the regular National Hockey League standings.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03275/1732594-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="251" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Ivan</figcaption></div>This was the goal outlined by Coach Rudy Pilous in an appearance before a weekly football group in Chicago, the Chicago&rsquo;s American Quarterback Club at the Morrison Hotel. The visit was an unprecedented one for hockey in this city with General Manager Tommy Ivan and publicity director Johnny Gottselig also at the speaker&rsquo;s table usually reserved for college and pro football coaches.The invitation to the Black Hawk representatives was a promising one for increased recognition by the general sports public for hockey in this town, which has two major league baseball teams, a professional football team, is the heart of the Big Ten college football conference&mdash;the best one in the United States, and has two professional basketball teams. Competition is keen for the sports entertainment dollar and each bit of promotion helps.In their 35 years as a member of the National Hockey League the Black Hawks have never finished in first place during the regular season. They were third last year, for example, before going on to beat Montreal and Detroit for the Stanley Cup in the playoffs.&ldquo;We won the Stanley Cup last year&mdash;this year we&rsquo;re out to win the regular season NHL pennant too,&rdquo; Pilous told the Quarterback Club. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re out to prove we&rsquo;re the best. We know we&rsquo;ll have no easy time. But we had a good training camp. Our kids showed they benefited from another year&rsquo;s experience and our veterans were full of hustle.&rdquo;Pilous also pointed out the Black Hawks are out to improve their road showing this year.&ldquo;Tommy Ivan and I both insist that the club finish higher than third this year and the way to do it is to continue our fine play at home and improve on our road showing,&rdquo; Pilous commented.<h2>High Hopes</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04215/1732587-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="521" height="513"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rudy Pilous</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rudy’s Campaign For ’62 Starts “Let’s Be First”

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01317/1732632-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div><h2>Leaf Whizz&hellip; &hellip;In Relaxed Mood</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02260/1732625-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1735" height="1173"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich put himself on the well known spot when he scored 48 goals last season. Now fans will call him a flop if he scores anything less than 35 in a season. But Frank realizes his position and says that he&rsquo;ll do well as an individual if he continues to do his part as a member of the team. He doesn&rsquo;t seem too perturbed by his predicament in the above pictures.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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‘M’ Needs 3.5 To Stay Golden Boy

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03171/1732663-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Big &lsquo;M&rsquo; set a record for the most goals ever scored by a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs last season and came close to breaking Maurice Richard&rsquo;s 50 goals in one season. Above he is presented with puck of 38th goal last season by Coach Punch Imlach and team captain George Armstrong. His 38th broke Gaye Stewart&rsquo;s 37 record set in 1945-46.</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Only a handful of hockey players potted 30 goals last season on the big league ponds. Some of them collected premiums on regular pay for the achievement. If big Frank Mahovlich can just shoot 30 in the 70-game grind which he launched last week, he&rsquo;s practically sure of a noisy salute from the multitude. It will go something like: &ldquo;Mahovlich (the hooters add insult to indignity by mispronouncing his name) yer a bum. Yeah, yer loafin&rsquo; Mahovlich.&rdquo;Some of the Big M&rsquo;s leather-lunged critics considered him a bit of a bum last season, when he got 48 goals. They figured he should have fired at least 50. If he had done that, they&rsquo;d have said he was only a pretender to the throne once occupied by Le Rocket Richard. The Rocket racked up 50 goals in 50 games. Mahovlich would have to get 70. Then, he and the Rocket would be even.It&rsquo;s a pretty thankless task when a fellow trudges off to work by the dawn&rsquo;s early light with his spade over his shoulder&mdash;and all he&rsquo;s expected to do is turn up as much earth as the steam shovel.The Big M could have a highly productive season&mdash;and still find himself graded as a flopperoo. Anything less than 48 goals represents a decline in performance. He claims to be unperturbed by the new plateau he has built for himself.&ldquo;I keep reminding myself that hockey is a team effort,&rdquo; he explained last week, after the Leafs had wound up their final pre-season workout at the Gardens. &ldquo;If I contribute my share to the team effort, I should do well as an individual. When, I think of it that way, there is no pressure on me because of the 48 goals I got lost season.&rdquo;His undemanding coach (meaning he wouldn&rsquo;t actually demand the last breath), Punch Imlach, says he doesn&rsquo;t expect Mahovlich to shoot 48 goals again this season. He realizes the Big M will be checked and clutched and clobbered. That&rsquo;s the treatment reserved for notorious gunmen.&ldquo;But Mahovlich will need at least 35 goals if he&rsquo;s going to have a good season,&rdquo; Imlach hastened to add. Punch was afraid he had created the impression of softness.<h2>He Can&rsquo;t Afford Those Penalties</h2>Mahovlich&rsquo;s own reaction to the checking and heckling he will receive on the ice may be the key to the kind of season he has. In the 1960-61 campaign, he spent 131 minutes sitting on his rompers in the penalty coop. That&rsquo;s more than two complete shinny matches, in any man&rsquo;s arithmetic. Mahovlich had streaks during which he scored three or four goals in two-game bursts. There&rsquo;s no telling how much those penalties cost him.By comparison, Boomer Geoffrion, who led the league in scoring, with 50 goals and 45 assists, spent only 29 minutes in the sneezer. The Boomer missed six games, because of injury, so he couldn&rsquo;t afford the luxury of penalties, Jean Beliveau, second in the scoring derby, served 57 minutes. Their combined time in stir was less than the sentences served by Mahovlich.There&rsquo;s no reason to believe that opposition checkers harassed the Big M more than they plagued Geoffrion. Both are dangerous, whenever they handle the puck. Geoffrion took fewer penalties because he retaliated less than Mahovlich when tormented.It won&rsquo;t take the Big M long to discover whether he&rsquo;s going to fill the nets again this season. In order to get 48 goals, a shooter needs a fast start and steady blasting. Frank had 37 by midJanuary. After that, the goal lamps flashed less frequently and the checking became even tougher.&ldquo;I actually got away poorly,&rdquo; he recalled recently. &ldquo;In five games, I think I had one goal. I felt I really started to roll in a game at the Gardens against Boston. From there, we went to New York. I scored two goals and was on my way.&rdquo;Except for two or three pounds of extra weight, the Big M is approximately the same model as the one that powdered the goalies last season. He weighs 203 now. During the off-season, he did nothing more strenuous than golf while studying, history and economics at University of Ottawa.He passed in history but hasn&rsquo;t heard about economics. Without looking at his textbooks, he can estimate the impact which another 40-goal year would have on the Frank Mahovlich economy.<h2>Hit New Plateau With This One &#9632;</h2>

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Frank Understands Spot He’s On In Coming Year

Founded October 1st, 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.Ken McKenzie, President and PublisherWill V. Cote, Vice-Pres. & Gen. Mgr.Len Bramson, Editor-in-ChiefYearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign CountriesPostage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, OttawaPrinted in CanadaVol. 15 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 21, 1961 No. 3 &#9632;

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">By Ken Mc Kenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01384/1732739-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="367" height="389"></div>&bull; DETROIT RED WINGS turned 13 players pro at their training camp last month. These were players who performed on the Wings&rsquo; sponsored junior clubs across Canada&hellip;&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the greatest number to turn professional in a single season in my 31 years with the Wings,&rdquo; stated a proud Jack Adams&hellip;Ed Westfall, the 21-year-old defenseman who started the season with Boston Bruins, came to the Bruins straight from the Niagara Falls Juniors&hellip;Johnny Bower is playing his 17th season of professional hockey but the recent All-Star Game in Chicago marked the first time he had ever played in an NHL All-Star Game&hellip;And although he is a very easy-going fellow most of the time, he was quite excited at playing in the All-Star fixture&hellip;Bill Gadsby and Eddie Litzenberger, the two new members of the Detroit Red Wings, were captains of their respective NHL teams last season&hellip;Gadsby was captain of New York and Litz was skipper of the Stanley Cup champion Black Hawks&hellip;Ex-Leaf Johnny McCormack has moved from Edmonton and is now living at Brampton, Ont., outside Toronto&hellip;Eddie Coen retired as publicity director of the Cleveland Barons after 14 years&hellip;He was succeeded by Russ Schneider&hellip;&ldquo;Mr. Record Holder&rdquo; of the American League, Freddie Glover, is assistant coach of the Barons this season&hellip;Chicago Black Hawks will televise 12 Saturday night games into the Windy City this season&hellip;The games will come from three cities, Montreal, Toronto and Detroit&hellip;Joe Wilson will handle the games assisted by Johnny Gottselig and they will be carried by Station WGN in Chicago&hellip;Former USHL referee and NHL linesman, Harry Ornest, is anxious to buy the Vancouver franchise in the Western Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02349/1732732-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="306" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Glover</figcaption></div>&bull; GLENN HALL must rate as one of the most popular Black Hawks of all time. The standing ovation he received when introduced at the All-Star Game will go down in hockey history as one of the greatest tributes ever given to a hockey player&hellip;Glenn was overcome by it all and his eyes were filled with tears&hellip;The key to Chicago&rsquo;s success this season lies with Hall&hellip;Maple Leaf Gardens sent out a letter to subscribers complimenting them on the way they dressed attending Leaf games last year&hellip;Al Nagler and Budd Lynch will broadcast all Detroit Red Wing games this season both at home and on the road&hellip;Nagler and Lynch will air the entire game&hellip;Powerful Station WJR will broadcast the games&hellip;Art Wirtz and Jim Norris, co-owners of the Black Hawks, presented the 1961 Stanley Cup champs with $500 gold rings studded with diamonds at the All-Star dinner&hellip;Elliott Trumbull, youthful publicist of the Red Wings, always has plenty of good ideas&hellip;His latest is having the Wings home schedule printed on match box covers. The Red Wing crest is prominently displayed along with the club&rsquo;s phone number where fans may order tickets&hellip;These matches are handed out free of charge at all concession stands in Olympia Stadium&hellip;Pierre Pilote is the new captain of Chicago. He succeeds Ed Litzenberger.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03273/1732725-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="283" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hell</figcaption></div>&bull; TOMMY WILLIAMS, 21-year-old right winger who started the season with the Boston Bruins, is the first U.S.&mdash;born and developed player to perform with the Bruins since Frank Brimsek played goal for the Beantown six&hellip;Four of the New York defensemen are newcomers. Heading the group is Playing Coach Doug Harvey. The others are Albert Langlois, Larry Cahan and George Konik&hellip;Harvey and Langlois came from Canadiens, Cahan is back after a two-year stint with Vancouver of the Western League and Konik came straight from the University of Derver&hellip;It&rsquo;s been 15 years since Canadiens opened their home schedule on a Saturday night&hellip;They usually opened the new season on a Thursday&hellip;&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll have to be careful dropping passes to that Litzenberger,&rdquo; Gordie Howe was saying at the All-Star Gome&hellip;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s liable to drive the puck right through me.&rdquo;&hellip;The Wings are very high on the Howe-Litzenberger-Delvecchio line&hellip;Jacques Plante has shown his old-time form in Canadiens pre-season games and he is out to regain the Vezina Trophy which he won in five of the last six seasons&hellip;Tom Johnsin, veteran defenseman with the Montreal Canadiens has been very impressed with newcomer Lou Fontinato&hellip;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to help us a lot,&rdquo; says Tom. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s got the right attitude and I&rsquo;ve never seen a better man in front of his own net. He really clears well and covers up. He&rsquo;ll surprise a lot of people&hellip;Tom, who is the oldest player in point of service with the Habs and also the oldest in age with the club, is confident the present Canadiens will be in the thick of the race all the way.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04218/1732718-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="289" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tom Johnson</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

OCTOBER ISSUE NOWOn Newsstands<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05195/1732770-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="431" height="3366"><figcaption class="caption-body">A FINE CIGAR</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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“HOCKEY PICTORIAL”

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll</div>Montreal Gazette<h2>A CHANCE ENCOUNTER</h2>The big fellow with the quick grin was moving fast along Dorchester street here in Montreal, but not quite as fast as the day in 1938 when he broke the Grey Cup game wide open in Toronto&rsquo;s Varsity Stadium. This would have to be Red Storey, who traded his Argonaut uniform for a referee&rsquo;s whistle, which he tooted on Big Four football fields and in the arenas of the National Hockey League.Since retiring as a referee several years ago, he has become one of the most sought-after speakers at luncheons and dinners in this area. It seemed significant that he was coming away from the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.&ldquo;Another speech?&rdquo; he was asked.&ldquo;Nope, I was a guest,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I go back tonight to make a speech.&rdquo;No. he hadn&rsquo;t watched the All-Star hockey game on television, and he hadn&rsquo;t heard Danny Gallivan&rsquo;s frequent allusions to the 80 degree temperature in Chicago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06159/1732801-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="588" height="806"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Storey</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It was pretty warm for hockey,&rdquo; he observed. &ldquo;It must have been real tough on the players.&rdquo;That it must have been, but the game drew the largest crowd in its history and the proceeds go into the Players&rsquo; Pension and Savings Plan. That&rsquo;s worth a little sweat.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve got $3,000,000 in the kitty already,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It didn&rsquo;t take long to accumulate all that money.&rdquo;He was told that Bob Habenicht, the ball player turned lawyer, had mentioned on a recent visit here that major league&rsquo;s Pension Fund now amounted to over $30,000,000, which was causing some concern in official places. Too much money tied up.<h2>CURBSTONE ECONOMICS</h2>&lsquo;It&rsquo;s not really tied up,&rdquo; Red ventured. &ldquo;The money&rsquo;s invested in stocks and bonds, or maybe some of it&rsquo;s on deposit in banks. It&rsquo;s not as if it&rsquo;s out of circulation. It&rsquo;s working.&rdquo;That seemed logical, and maybe what Bob meant was that not many players were taking anything away from the stockpile as yet.&ldquo;Maybe that&rsquo;s what he meant, but it won&rsquo;t be long now,&rdquo; said Red. &ldquo;The ball players had their Pension Fund set up years before the hockey players got around to it. How long does a guy last in the big league? Ten years! Twelve Years?&rdquo;The hockey players can start drawing money out of the Pension Fund when they reach the age of 45, though the longer they delay the more they draw. A fellow who waits until he&rsquo;s 65, for example, will draw a much bigger pension than the fellow who starts at 45. The amount each player draws depends on the number of years he was in the league.&ldquo;I can remember when the public was on the side of the players in any salary arguments,&rdquo; said Red. &ldquo;Now the fans seem to be out of sympathy with them. They think they&rsquo;re getting too much money for chasing a puck or batting a ball around.&ldquo;But I can also remember when a guy would wind up his hockey career with nothing. Of course, there&rsquo;s a difference in guys. Say two guys are making $500 a week. One guy will wind up with nothing at the end of the week and the other will have about $490.&rdquo;<h2>ALL FOR THE PENSION PLAN</h2>True, and if there was a third guy in there, he might wind up owing money.&ldquo;I recognize the type,&rdquo; said Red. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m all for the Pension Plan. It makes responsible citizens out of guys who might be bums. What&rsquo;s the average player got after 10 years in the National Hockey League? Salaries are better today than they ever were. So maybe he&rsquo;s got a house and a car and a couple of G&rsquo;s in the bank.&ldquo;If he&rsquo;s smart, he will have been thinking of the future and working at something he can make a full time job of when he&rsquo;s through playing hockey. But he&rsquo;s got his pension coming, too. It gives him a sense of security.&rdquo;And then he becomes a real conservative?&ldquo;Why not? He&rsquo;s got a stake in the community, hasn&rsquo;t he? He&rsquo;s got something to protect. It&rsquo;s only the guys who haven&rsquo;t got anything that are happy-go-lucky.&ldquo;When I was first in football and hockey I didn&rsquo;t have much money, but I spent it and had a lot of fun. Then I&rsquo;d look at the guys who owned the clubs and some of them had ulcers. The coaches and managers had &lsquo;em, too.&rdquo;It was remarked that Senator Hartland Molson, president of the Canadien Hockey Club, didn&rsquo;t appear to be suffering from ulcers when last seen.&ldquo;Now you&rsquo;re going to extremes,&rdquo; Red laughed. &ldquo;Now you&rsquo;re really going to extremes.&rdquo; &#9632;

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playing the field

National Hockey League fans may obtain copies of the 1961-62 N.H.L. Schedules free of charge. These N.H.L. schedules are handy sized for the pocket and room is available to mark in the score of each game.Requests should be mailed to: Dept. H.S. N.H.L. Information Bureau, 601 Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Que. &#9632;

N.H.L SCHEDULES AVAILABLE FOR FANS

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Maple Leafs opened the 1961-62 National Hockey League season last week without one of their most important workmen, left-winger Bert Olmstead.Starting his 13th NHL campaign, Olmstead twisted a knee in training camp last month. At press time, there was no indication how soon he&rsquo;d be ready to rejoin the club. He returned to Toronto Oct. 5 to have the cast removed from his leg and begin therapeutic exercises to restore its strength.It&rsquo;s for sure Leafs need him. He figures prominently in all their &rsquo;61-&rsquo;62 plans, both as a regular left-winger and as the strategist on the all-important power play.Olmstead had been in his best frame of mind in years as he headed for training camp in mid-September.He had come east from his Saskatchewan farm well ahead of schedule for contract discussions with general manager Punch Imlach. Negotiations were brief and concluded with a two-year contract, &ldquo;the best I ever signed&rdquo;, according to Olmstead.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01338/1732856-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="422" height="648"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption></div><h2>Premature Exertion Cause The Injury</h2>Two days later, he was on his way back to Sceptre, his leg in a cast.Fortunately for both Olmstead and the Leafs, it was an entirely new injury and not a recurrence of the tear which hampered him in last spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs. Nor did it involve further damage to the other knee which sidelined him in March, 1958, occasioning Montreal Canadiens to peddle him to Leafs.What it was, actually, was the result of premature exertion. Olmstead went to Peterborough a few days early to get in some skating so he&rsquo;d be in extra good condition when training sessions began.Though Olmstead enjoyed one of his finest seasons last year, scoring 18 goals and 34 assists in 52 games, there had been annual recurrences of retirement speculation.Olmstead starts the 1961-62 schedule, when he does, with 168 goals and 398 assists, which ranks him high among NHL point-producers.Getting him has been one of the best moves Toronto management ever made. It was an acquisition Billy Reay suggested when he was Leaf coach. Leafs haven&rsquo;t missed the playoffs since then and Olmstead has transformed several pop-gun linemates into heavy artillery shooters.When Canadiens decided to let him go, Olmstead refused to consider moving anywhere except another Canadian city, which meant Toronto.An expert in handling and tutoring young players (Davey Keon is an example), Olmstead is considered sure-fire coaching material and that two-year deal suggests Leafs might have the same thought in mind.NOTES: Leafs&rsquo; exhibition grind through the west&mdash;seven games in seven days in seven different cities&mdash;took its toll on the old-timers and Leafs wound up their preseason schedule by getting beaten, 5-3, at Rochester, N. Y.&hellip;Carl Brewer was to miss the opening week of the season because of an infected elbow&hellip;A broken toe hobbled defenceman Bobby Baun&hellip;Billy Harris had his nose broken in the Rochester game&hellip;Leafs are thinking of moving one of Rochester&rsquo;s Sunday night American League games to Maple Leaf Gardens, where the 6 p. m. Sabbath curfew has been lifted. &#9632;

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Punch Was Set To Heave Heavy Load Onto Bert

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02308/1732918-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="576" height="880"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE PILOTE</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Defenseman Pierre (Pete) Pilote has been named captain of the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks, replacing Ed Litzenberger. who was traded to Detroit during the off-season.This will be Pilote&rsquo;s sixth full season with Chicago. He came up through the Black Hawk farm system, playing three full seasons at Buffalo before coming up to the parent Hawks for the last part of the 1955-56 season for 20 games.Pilote, who stands 5 ft. 10 in. and weighs 165 pounds, has come into his own the last two seasons and was named to the NHL second All-Star team both years. Last season he got off to a slow start but his outstanding play over the last part of the year helped fire the Black Hawks into the Stanley Cup playoffs. He had 6 goals and 29 assists last year and his NHL totals are 32 goals and 140 assists.He has teamed with Moose Vasko as a defensive tandem for most of his five full seasons with Chicago. He is also often on the Hawks&rsquo; power play. &#9632;

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Named Chi Captain

<div class="byline">Proudfoot</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Coach Punch Imlach was tinkering with his Maple Leaf offensive units as the National Hockey League schedule began the season.Two lines were set: Red Kelly between Frank Mahovlich and Bobby Nevin and Davey Keon centering Dick Duff and George Armstrong.Imlach had six other forwards to switch around, in the absence of injured Bert Olmstead, a left-winger.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03242/1732949-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="293" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Keon</figcaption></div>Once Olmstead returns, he&rsquo;ll probably go to portside with Bobby Pulford at centre and Ron Stewart and Eddie Shack alternating on the right wing.In the meantime, though, he was trying Pulford at his old left wing spot with Billy Harris in centre and Shack on the other side. A fourth trio had Johnny McMillan pivoting for Stewart and newcomer Bill Dineen.Nevin, Kelly and Mahovlich totalled 91 goals last season, so Imlach would be insane to break them up, even if they had played badly in exhibition games. But they played well, anyway.Imlach terms Keon the equal of Pocket Rocket Richard and undoubtedly hopes Keon can ignite Duff and Armstrong and boost them to old-time scoring heights.For the rest, it&rsquo;s a question of getting considerable NHL talent into action as often and as long as possible.Not an unpleasant problem, you&rsquo;ll agree. &#9632;

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Imlach Forced To Tinker With His Lineup

<div class="byline">Alex Delvecchio&#x2026; &#x2026;Detroit Red Wings</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Many players have come and gone in the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; organization in the last 10 seasons, but one man who managed to stick through all of the trading and head cutting is veteran Alex Delvecchio. Starting his 11th season in the red and white of the Red Wings Alex looms as one of the key players in the club&rsquo;s chances of going all the way this year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04181/1732980-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="286" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Delvecchio</figcaption></div>Few players in the majors are as dangerous out there as Alex and few work harder. One of the cleanest players in the league, he has, nevertheless, the respect of all of the tough guys in the NHL.In his 10 seasons Alex has played 672 games and has scored 186 goals and assisted on 301 more. His total points is 487.Delvecchio is also the Wings&rsquo; newest ironman. He has played in 280 straight regular season games.In 1958-59 Delvecchio was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the most gentlemanly player in the NHL. A favorite of Detroit fans, Alex is also one of the most loyal players in the Wings&rsquo; organization. He is truly &lsquo;Your King Of Player.&rsquo; &#9632;

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Your Kind Of Player

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;&ldquo;What about the Rangers?&rdquo; somebody asked NHL President Clarence Campbell who was providing a capsule prognosis of his loop&rsquo;s teams.The president was terse and to the point. &ldquo;Any changes,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;have been for the better.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01408/1733018-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="289" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Junior Langlois</figcaption></div>It turns out the Blueshirts renovated their fifth place roster to the tune of seven new faces, give or take a last-minute change here and there. The replacements and those replaced (in brackets) follow:Center Jean Ratelle (Red Sullivan); Center Bob Cunningham (Orland Kurtenbach); defenseman Doug Harvey (Bill Gadsby); defenseman Junior Langlois (Don Johns); defenseman Larry Cahan (Lou Fontinato); defenseman George Konik&mdash;if he makes it&mdash;(John Hanna) and left wing Vic Hadfield (Floyd Smith).Naturally it would be presumptuous to evaluate the possible outcome of the moves at this time, so we will.Ratelle has youth and, probably, more talent than Sully, who currently is coaching Kitchener in the Eastern League. &ldquo;But,&rdquo; as G.M. Muzz Patrick said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to see Jean a little rougher.&rdquo;Sully may have slowed up but he was a Ranger with a lot of mustard in him. If Ratelle scores and arranges goals, the move will be a better one. If not, the Blues will miss, somewhat, Sully&rsquo;s pep and savvy.Quietly efficient, Cunningham may be the real sleeper of the rookies. Kurtenbach, who was lost to Boston in the draft, was crafty but not sturdy enough for the New Yorkers. This is an improvement.Gadsby was a big man on the Ranger point. &lsquo;But,&rdquo; said a Ranger official, &ldquo;sometimes he was a little point hungry.&rdquo; The suggestion is that Harvey will be more a team man than Gads. Both are elder statesman and competent. Harvey has won more Norris Trophies so it can&rsquo;t be a minus for the Rangers.Of the big flops of last year&rsquo;s rookie crop, Don Johns was the Rangers&rsquo; biggest disappointment. He didn&rsquo;t hit and his fielding wasn&rsquo;t good enough to help: Langlois, his replacement, has &ldquo;beaucoup de savoir faire.&rdquo; Very big improvement here.In the heavyweight class, we find former champ, Lou Fontinato, supplanted by the exprodigal son, Larry Cahan. &ldquo;I expect Cahan to be my fourth defenseman,&rdquo; said Patrick. Which means he will be.An improvement? It&rsquo;s hard to say. Louie had experience and he did hit, although with less vigor in recent semesters. Cahan can hit, may be tougher than Louie. If Larry can cut down on miscues he may well be an improvement. If not,&hellip;trouble.Konik. if he makes the club, figures to land in the fifth (or sixth) defense slot. Last year John Hanna was low man. For a low man he had some high moments. This should be about even, assuming Konik fulfills his notices.Obtained in the draft, Vic Hadfield is truly an unknown quantity. On the other hand, Floyd Smith was a solid third-liner. The plus here is questionable.Offhand, the unofficial guess is that the Blues will wind up with three pluses, one minus and three question marks.Looks like the president was right.<h2>Toughie</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02292/1733011-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="569" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Cahan</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Early Peek Shows Rangers Changes Were Sound

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;When the New York Rangers stepped on to Madison Square Garden ice for the first time this year two players were conspicuous by their absence. And one of them never played for the club.The skaters were defenseman Bob McCord and right wing Floyd Smith, both of whom are tenting in Springfield, home of the Rangers&rsquo; best farm club.McCord last season was voted the best backliner in the American League and, consequently, many observers believed he would be given a shot in the NHL.Smith was elevated to New York late last season and looked like a competent third line forward. He rarely played a bad game, He too figured to be back.The Ranger front office offered the following explanation for the absence of McCord and Smith from the NHL club.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04140/1733056-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="278" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob McCord</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05119/1733049-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="314" height="404"><figcaption class="caption-body">Floyd Smith</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Both players were owned by Springfield,&rdquo; a Ranger spokesman said. &ldquo;As for Smith, we had him up last year for a look but we never made a firm deal for him.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a right wing and presently we have Bathgate, Hebenton, and Hannigan at that position. By December, our promising rookie, Rod Gilbert may be ready to play, which would give us four right wings. Under those circumstances it would not be worthwhile to deal for Smith.&rdquo;The situation is much the same for McCord.&ldquo;We have five defensemen now,&rdquo; the spokesman continued. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not anxious to make a deal unless the present defense proves inadequate.&rdquo;At press time, the Blues actually were carrying six backliners&mdash;Doug Harvey, Harry Howell, Junior Langlois, Larry Cahan, Irv Spencer and George &ldquo;Teddy Bear&rdquo; Konik, but one was slated to go.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m having trouble making up my mind about who to drop,&rdquo; Harvey said, which might indicate that the crop is so good he hates to tossaway one of his plums.Because of his inexperience&mdash;he&rsquo;s up straight from Denver University&mdash;Konik seemed the most likely to be cut.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not an easy move,&rdquo; said g.m. Muzz Patrick. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s been playing well for us in the exhibitions. Still, we want to keep five defensemen and use four regularly.&rdquo;So far the lineup has Harvey teaming with Langlois, same as they did in Montreal, and Howell with either Cahan, Spencer or Konik.RANGERABILIA: Andy Bathgate was picked captain of the Blueshirts to succeed Red Sullivan&hellip;Players were sounded out for their choice and went for the intelligent, high-scoring right wing&hellip;It might be just the move to spur a great season out of Andy&hellip;Danny Belisle, the clever right wing who last year played for Vancouver and also had a brief fling (in which he looked good) in New York, has been tabbed for Los Angeles. &ldquo;Doug and Muzz pretty much made up their mind that he wasn&rsquo;t the answer to the right wing problem,&rdquo; a Ranger spokesman said&hellip;Looks like there won&rsquo;t be any broadcasts of Ranger games this year. &#9632;

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Pair Who Didn’t Show Are Missed

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON. Mass.&mdash;Don Head still has to prove his ability to five other National Hockey League teams, but he has already convinced his manager of his talent.In Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s opinion Head is of NHL calibre.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03202/1733087-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="310" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Head</figcaption></div>At first thought that may sound as though Patrick might feel it necessary to justify his purchase of Head from the Portland Buckaroos of the Western League.But at second thought, Patrick should be a man who is cautious in his appraisal of Bruins&rsquo; goalkeepers.Is it necessary to offer the reminder that the Bruins have had some goalkeeping problems in the past half-dozen years?Patrick&rsquo;s rating of Head was the only one of a personnel nature made by the Bruins&rsquo; boss on the eve of the opening of their 38th season here.Said Patrick, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s one thing I&rsquo;m sure of and that&rsquo;s that we have a major league goalie in Head.&ldquo;He has already convinced me that he has the ability, not only to play in the NHL but to play 70 games as well.&ldquo;On top of being a major league goalkeeper,&rdquo; added Patrick, &ldquo;he&rsquo;s a great competitor. It won&rsquo;t be long before everyone is aware of that.&rdquo;Ever since the Bruins announced their acquisition of Head, a burly NHL rookie at the age of 28, his astounding record with Portland has been talked about here. That&rsquo;s his penalty record&mdash;he drew 101 minutes in penalties last season&mdash;not his goalkeeping record.But Patick points to his goalkeeping record in the Western League as support for his opinion, based mainly, however, on personal observation. And Patrick, who likes hard-nosed athletes of the Ferny Flaman-Leo LaBine-Milt Schmidt type, has been delighted by Head&rsquo;s aggressiveness.&ldquo;He was the sparkplug of that Portland team that won the Western League championship,&rdquo; contended the Bruins&rsquo; manager, &ldquo;and he has brought his spark here with him.&rdquo;In the Bruins&rsquo; first pre-season exhibition game, away back in mid-September, Head sped from his goal to fight Toronto&rsquo;s Frank Mahovlich, butting into a fight between the Bruins&rsquo; Ted Green and Toronto&rsquo;s Bob Nevin.The 195-pound bruiser shouts encouragement constantly to his teammates and pounds his stick on the ice to applaud their efforts. He uses his stick to direct traffic when it congregates around his net and moves in and out, up and down, with amazing speed for his bulk.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s unorthodox,&rdquo; admitted Patrick. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know any other goalie who works like he does. He has his own ways of doing things, but his ways look to me as though they&rsquo;ll work in the NHL.&rdquo;In the Bruins&rsquo; final two exhibitions, with the Providence Reds and Springfield Indians, Head dis played a most unorthodox maneuver for a goalkeeper. In each game he skated 40 feet out of his net to body-check an opponent. Both instances were races for loose pucks.Laughed Patrick, &ldquo;We have two first class body-checkers on our team. One is Leo Boivin. The other is Head.&rdquo;If Head plays the brand of goal which Patick thinks he will play, the NHL has gained itself a first-rate box office attraction. Like all other first-rate box office attractions, though, Don&rsquo;s rating will depend upon his ability to produce.Of that ability Patrick, the man who has invested in him, has no doubts. He considers him the block on which the Bruins are being rebuilt. &#9632;

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Lynn Puts Okay On His Goaler

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New York Rangers 1961-62 Roster

Thousands of different 8 &times; 10 glossy photos. Ideal for your bar, den or clubroom. 5 for $3.00Write for FREE new and enlarged illustrated catalog. Send 10&cent; (stamps or coin) to cover postage and handling.ALL SPORTS PHOTOSBox 267-H Freeport, N.Y. &#9632;

SPORTS PHOTOS!

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, MASS.&mdash;Less than two years after helping the United States win the hockey championship of the Olympic Games, blond Tommy Williams has made the lineup of the Boston Bruins.Williams, a native of Duluth, Minnesota, was promoted to the Bruins the day before they opened their 38th National League season here. He had been training with the Kingston (Ont.) Frontenacs of the Eastern Professional League.Williams was a right wing on the 1960 Olympic team which stimulated amateur hockey in this country with its stirring wins over Russia and Canada in the 1960 Olympics at Squaw Valley, California. His passes accounted for his line&rsquo;s two goals against Russia in a 2-1 game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05137/1733225-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="525" height="508"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Williams</figcaption></div>After being signed by the Bruins a year ago, Williams was assigned to Kingston and shifted to center. He scored 16 goals for the Frontenacs last season before sustaining a shoulder injury.Lynn Patrick, Bruins&rsquo; manager, had plans for Williams to remain with Kingston for at least half of this season, but he brought him here to play when injuries threatened to deplete the Bruins&rsquo; forward squad.&ldquo;I had hoped for him to get in at least a half-season with Kingston,&rdquo; confessed Patrick after announcing the promotion of the 170-pounder, &ldquo;but I must admit I&rsquo;ve been dying to see him in an NHL game.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Former US Olympic Star Tom Williams With Hubs

WESTWOOD, Mass.&mdash;Andy Bathgate was elected captain of the New York Rangers at an election held at the Route 128 Motel here the day before the opening of the National Hockey League season.Bathgate, 29-year-old forward, succeeds George &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan, who is now coach of the Kitchener&mdash;Waterloo (Ont.) Dutchmen, a New York farm team. Andy is the 11th Ranger captain since the team was formed in 1926.The New York team is staying here, 12 miles from Boston, for the first time this season. The Rangers are only a mile from Route 128 station of the New Haven Railroad. They commute to Boston Garden by bus. They are the first team to stay outside Boston in modern times, at least. &#9632;

Andy Elected Captain In Motel Room Vote

Montreal, Que.&mdash;Jean Beliveau, eightyear veteran of the Montreal Canadiens, was elected captain of the team for the 1961-62 season prior to the start of the new schedule.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0695/1733280-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="280" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption></div>Beliveau was named following a second vote among the members of the team after a first ballot resulted in a tie between the big centre and Bernie Geoffrion. The &lsquo;Boomer,&rsquo; Dickie Moore and Tom Johnson will serve as the alternate captains.Beliveau replaces Doug Harvey as ice leader of the Canadiens. Harvey is now the playing-coach of the New York Rangers.Beliveau is presently sidelined with torn ligaments in his right knee. &#9632;

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Jean Voted Habs’ Captain On Second Try By Mates

<div class="byline">by Andy O&#x2019;Brien</div>Maker of records, maker of riots, Maurice &ldquo;The Rocket&rdquo; Richard was one of hockey&rsquo;s brightest stars. Here is the stirring saga of his tempestuous career. Illustrated, $3.25.THE RYERSON PRESS 299 Queen Street West Toronto 2B, Ontario<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0767/1733311-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="474" height="793"></div> &#9632;

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ROCKET RICHARD

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;In the democracy of Rangerville everybody works&mdash;even vice presidents.And so, when the Blueshirts opened their home season in New York on Oct. 12 vice president and general manager Muzz Patrick was sitting on the Ranger bench. Working!What&rsquo;s more, he was taking orders from his playercoach, Doug Harvey.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the way it will be,&rdquo; Muzz admitted. &ldquo;I think it will be a workable arrangement.&rdquo;Patrick&rsquo;s announcement ended speculation about just how Harvey would manage to handle both playing and coaching chores. Some observers suggested that the All-Star defenseman would drive himself to the loonie bin trying to master both jobs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1411/1733471-1-eng-US/f0008-142.jpg" title="f0008-14" width="309" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Muzz Patrick</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-154/1733464-1-eng-US/f0008-152.jpg" title="f0008-15" width="297" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Harvey</figcaption></div>The new dual-system evolved naturally as the Rangers ploughed through their exhibition schedule.&ldquo;It training camp,&rdquo; a club spokesman revealed. &ldquo;Muzz and Doug were together on trips. While Doug was on the ice Muzz handled the bench.&rdquo;The most ironic twist of this set-up is that Harvey will tell Patrick, the man who hired him, exactly how to run the club. &bdquo;&ldquo;In this case,&rdquo; a Ranger official added, &ldquo;Harvey will be the boss&rdquo;.Barring unforeseen calamities, the Harvey-Patrick plan, will be employed through the 70-game schedule. One consequence undoubtedly will be that Harvey will do considerably more playing and less worrying&mdash;than if he was handling both jobs solo.But Doug already is feeling the crush of coaching problems, the most significant being a manpower shortage.As has so often happened in the past, injuries have upset plans for the forward lines.Left wing Johnny Wilson and right wing Pat Hannigan are expected to be absent at least until the end of the month with a broken collar bone and a separated breast bone, respectively.Hannigan a tough little cookie who played solid hockey at the end of last season, had been pegged for right wing on a line with Andy Bathgate at center and Dean Prentice on the left side.Minus Hannigan, the Blues will, for the zillionth time, invite Bathgate back to right wing and install Earl Ingarfield in his center slot.Other lines tentatively call for (from left to right wing) Andy Hebenton, Ted Hampson, Camille Henry: Ken Schinkel, Jean Ratelle, Guy Gendron with Bob Cunningham an extra forward.If the Rangers were starving for forwards, the defensive situation was rosier.Abandoning Alf Pike&rsquo;s system of three pair of backliners, Harvey will go with five defensemen including himself, Harry Howell, Larry Cahan, Junior Langlois and either Irv Spencer or Georee &ldquo;Teddy Bear&rdquo; Konik.And like V. P. Patrick, they all will work. &#9632;

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Doug Benches Muzz In Ny

tells the inside story of Big-Time HockeyinHOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADAHockey fans of all ages will enjoy this exciting account of professional hockey and its stars from the early days to the present. Illustrated, $3.95.THE RYERSON PRESS299 Queen Street West Toronto 2B, Ontario<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-16/1733502-1-eng-US/f0008-162.jpg" title="f0008-16" width="535" height="855"></div> &#9632;

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FOSTER HEWITT

<h2>500 Howe&rsquo;s Goal</h2>Gordie Howe has a good chance of becoming the second player in NHL history to score 500 goals in regular season play. He must score 31 goals in the 1961-62 season to Join Maurice Richard as the only players ever to accomplish the feat. Howe went into the season with 469 to his credit.<h2>Andy Eyes No. 200</h2>Andy Bathgate of the New York Rangers will be the next NHL player to score 200 goals in his NHL career. Bathgate started the current season with 193 to his credit and seven more puts him in the select 200 club. When he hits the mark he will be the fifth active player to be in the club.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Standings on Tues., A.M., Oct. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01393/1733433-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="582" height="178"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Including games of Sun., Oct. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02328/1733426-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="583" height="2087"></div><h3>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1901-62</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03255/1733419-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="570" height="177"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04193/1733412-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="570" height="156"></div><h3>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 All-Stars 3 at Chicago 1</h3>All-Stars&mdash;goal: Bower, Worsley; defence: Harvey, Pronovost, Stanley, Horton, Boivin, Mohns; forwards: Richard. Provost, McKenney, Ullman, Goyette. Geoffrion, Mahvlich, Howe, Delvecchio, Prentice, Marshall, Bathgate.Chicago&mdash;goal: G. Hall, defence; Evans, Fleming, St. Laurent, Pilote, Vasko, Turner: forwards: Melnyk, Hay, M. Hall, Horvath, Murphy, Nesterenko, Hull, Wharram, Maki.Referee: Frank Udvari; linesmen: George Hayes, Neil Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05140/1733405-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="574" height="568"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 New York 6 at Boston 2</h3>New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Cahan. Harvey, Langlois, Konik, Spencer; forwards: Hampson, Henry, Hebenton. Gendron, Bathgate, Ingarfield, Hadfield. Ratelle, Prentice, Schinkel, Cunningham.Boston&mdash;Goal: Head; defense: Armstrong, Stapleton, Green. Smith, Boivin, Mohns; forwards: Pennington, Bucyk, Toppazzini, Burns, Gray, Kurtenbach, Oliver, McKenney, Meissner, Pronovost, Williams.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Wicks and Hayes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06109/1733398-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="574" height="668"></div><h3>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 Toronto 4 at Detroit 2</h3>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense Stanley. Horton, Arbour, Baun, Brewer, Brown: forwards: Kelly, Mahovlich, Nevin, Keon, Armstrong. Duff, Harris, Pulford. Shack, Stewart, MacMillan.Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Godfrey, Gadsby, Young, Goegan, Odrowski; forwards: Ullman, Stasiuk, Johnson, MacGregor, Fonteyne, Glover. Litzenberger, Howe, Delvecchio, MacDonald, Labine.Referee: Ed Powers; linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Matt Pavelich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0784/1733391-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="577" height="590"></div><h3>Boston 3 at New York 6</h3>Boston&mdash;Goal: Head; defense: Armstrong, Stapleton, Green, Smith, Boivin: forwards: Oliver. Gray, Pronovost, Pennington, Bucyk, McKenney, Mohns, Toppazzini, Meissner, Williams.New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell. Cahan, Harvey, Langlois, Konik, Spencer; forwards: Hebenton, Henry, Gendron, Hampson, Bathgate, Ingarfield, Ratelle. Prentice, Schinkel, Cunningham, Hadfield.Referee: Frank Udvari; linesmen: George Wicks, George Hayes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0867/1733384-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="574" height="666"></div><h3>SATURDAY. OCTOBER 14 New York 1 at Montreal 3</h3>New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense; Howell, Cahan, Harvey, Langlois, Konik, Spencer; forwards: Hebenton, Henry. Gendron, Hampson, Bathgate, Ingarfield, Ratelle, Prentice, Schinkel, Cunningham, Hadfield.Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Johnsoan. Fontinato, J. C. Tremblay, Talbot, MacNeil, Gauthier; forwards: Backstrom, Geoffrion, Marshall, Richard, Bonin, Provost, Goyette, G. Tremblay, Hicke, Rousseau.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0952/1733377-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="577" height="547"></div><h3>Boston 2 at Toronto 3</h3>Boston&mdash;Goal: Head; defense: Armstrong, Stapleton, Green, Smith, Boivin; forwards: Oliver, Gray, Pronovost, Pennington, Bucyk, McKenney, Mohns, Toppazzini, Meisner, Williams.Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Brewer, Arbour. Horton, Baun. Stanley; forwards: Kelly, Duff, Armstrong, Nevin, Stewart. Keon, Harris, Pulford, Shack, MacMillan, Mahovlich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1041/1733370-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="579" height="819"></div><h3>Chicago 3 at Detroit 3</h3>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost. Gadsby. Goegan, Young, Godfrey, Odrowski; forwards: Delvecchio, Litzenberger, Howe, Ullman, La-bine, Stasiuk, Fonteyne, Glover, MacGregor, Johnson, P. MacDonald.Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Turner. Evans, Fleming, St. Laurent; forwards; Hull, Hay, Balfour, Horvath. Murphy, Melnyk, A. McDonald, Nesterenko, Wharram, Mikita.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1135/1733363-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="589" height="604"></div><h3>SUNDAY. OCTOBER 15 Montreal 5 at Boston 5</h3>Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Johnson, Fontinato, J. C. Tremblay, Talbot, MacNeil, Gauthier; forwards: Backstrom, Geoffrion, Marshall, Richard, Bonin, Provost, Goyette, G. Tremblay, Hicke, Rousseau.Boston&mdash;Goal: Head: defense: Armtrong, Stapleton, Green, Smith, Boivin; forwards: Pennington, Mohns, Bucyk, Oliver, Gray, Pronovost, Toppazzini, Meissner, Burns, Kurtenbach.Referee: Frank Udvari; linesmen: Ron Wicks, George Hayes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1221/1733356-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="583" height="740"></div><h3>Toronto 1 at New York 2</h3>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Brewer, Arbour, Horton, Baun, Stanley; forwards: Kelly, Duff, Armstrong, Nevin, Stewart, Keon, Harris, Pulford, Shack, MacMillan, Mahovlich.New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Harvey, Howell, Langlois, Cahan, Spencer; forwards: Gendron. Bathgate, Ingarfield, Hebenton, Ratelle, Prentice, Schinkel, Cunningham, Henry, Hampson, Hadfield.Referee: MacArthur; linesmen: Frampton, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1316/1733349-1-eng-US/f0008-132.jpg" title="f0008-13" width="574" height="423"></div><h3>Detroit 2 at Chicago 2</h3>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Gadsby, Goegan, Young, Godfrey. Odrowski; forwards: Delvecchio, Litzenberger, Howe, Ullman. La-bine, Stasiuk, Fonteyne, Glover, MacGregor, Johnson, P. MacDonald.Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Evans, Fleming. St. Laurent; forwards: Hull, Hay, Balfour, Horvath, Murphy. Melnyk, A. McDonald, Nesterenko, Wharram, Mikita.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Armstrong, Pavelich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1617/1733342-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="572" height="435"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<h2>Dea Bright Light</h2>Although left winger Billy Dea of the Buffalo Bisons couldn&rsquo;t make the grade in the NHL. he has proved that in the AHL he has few peers as a consistant goal scorer. In 214 games with the Bisons Dea scored 88 goals. His record is 25, 28 and 35 goals scored in three seasons.<h2>Amerks Can Score</h2>Although they finished fifth in the AHL league standing last season the Rochester Americans were the second highest scoring team in the League. Only the champion Springfield Indians topped them in goals for. The Indians netted 344 for the season, the Amerks 261.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Standings on Tues. A.M., Oct. 17)<h3>Western Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01378/1733631-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="584" height="136"></div><h3>Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02356/1733624-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="580" height="135"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Including games of Sun., Oct. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03308/1733617-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="571" height="394"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3>Most goals: Floyd Smith, Springfield, 4.Most assists: Brian Kilrea, Springfield, 5.Leading goalie: Charlie Hodge. Quebec, 1, 1, 0. 1.00.Most penalized player: Jim Mikol, Cleveland. 17 minutes.Most penalized team: Cleveland, 59 minutes.<h3>Goalkeepers&rsquo; records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04262/1733610-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="568" height="251"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Rochester 3 at Buffalo 2 (overtime)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05202/1733603-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="577" height="501"></div><h3>Cleveland 1 at Providence 9</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06169/1733596-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="571" height="780"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 2 at Springfield 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07158/1733589-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="573" height="487"></div><h3>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 Buffalo 2 at Rochester 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08147/1733582-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="575" height="535"></div><h3>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 Cleveland 2 at Springfield 8</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09142/1733575-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="569" height="735"></div><h3>Buffalo 2 at Pittsburgh 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10129/1733568-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="574" height="362"></div><h3>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 Pittsburgh 0 at Buffalo 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11107/1733561-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="576" height="555"></div><h3>Springfield 2 at Providence 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1275/1733554-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="576" height="650"></div><h3>Cleveland 1 at Quebec 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1363/1733547-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="569" height="412"></div><h3>Hershey 1 at Rochester 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1447/1733540-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="574" height="373"></div><h3>Rochester 4 at Hershey 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1533/1733533-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="577" height="677"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Seven rookies hit the points sheet after the first week of play in the NHL.Most auspicious debut was made by Cliff Pennington of the Boston Bruins. Cliff, the rookie-of-the-year in the Eastern Pro League with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens last season, collected one goal and assisted on three others in Boston&rsquo;s first four games. Pennington, now playing on a line with Don McKenney and Doug Mohns led the Eastern Pro League in scoring last season and was sold to the Bruins by the Montreal Canadiens during the off-season.Other rookies to hit the points sheet after a week&rsquo;s play were Jean Ratelle of the New York Rangers, with a pair of goals; Terry Gray of the Bruins with a goal and an assist; Ted Green of the Bruins with a goal and Bobby Rousseau of Montreal and Pat Stapleton of Boston, who each picked up an assist.All but Ratelle played in the Eastern Pro League last season. Ratelle played with the Guelph club of the Ontario Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; circuit.Gray was with Hull-Ottawa, Stapleton with Sault Ste. Marie, Rousseau with Hull-Ottawa and Green with Kingston. &#9632;

Pennington Leads Rookie Race to NHL Score Sheet

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N. Y.&mdash;Don Simmons is batting.500 this season. He lost one battle for a goaltending job, but he won another.Rochester American fans are just as happy Simmons didn&rsquo;t win his initial bid&mdash;that of trying to replace Johnny Bower or at least share the Toronto netminding job with the ageless Vezina Trophy winner.Don, who would just as soon forget the 1960-61 hockey season altogether, was named the Amerk goalie just three days before the team opened the American League season in Buffalo.For quite a spell at the combined Maple Leaf-Amerk training camp in Peterborough, Ont., it was Gerry McNamara and rookie Jerry Cheevers in the race for the Rochester spot.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1712/1733686-1-eng-US/f0009-172.jpg" title="f0009-17" width="270" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Simmons</figcaption></div>Simmons reported late to camp, and then with only one thought in mind&mdash;stay with Toronto. He was determined to show he belonged in the NHL, and even the mention of going to Rochester irked him.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m fed up with minor league bus jaunts,&rdquo; he was quoted. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m too old for that grind.&rdquo;But as it became more and more evident that Mr. Bower wasn&rsquo;t ready to step aside, Simmons smartly reconsidered. If true, a rumor that he was given a two-year contract calling for five figure amounts may have influenced his decision. Don also knows that by making a decent showing here, he stands alone as the successor to Bower&mdash;who certainly can&rsquo;t last more than another season.The change in heart by Simmons was brought to light in a Red Burnett story in the Toronto Star written from Edmonton as the Leafs began their pre-season Western swing. Burnett quoted Punch Imlach, double duty Toronto exec:&ldquo;I told Simmons before we left Peterborough yesterday that Bower was my goalkeeper until he proved inadequate for the job and that I was assigning him (Simmons) to Rochester. When he heard the news, he decided not to make the Western trip with us. He told me that if he was going to be in the American Hockey League he would sooner stay in Peterborough and work out with his new mates.&rdquo;Simmons&rsquo; name is familiar with Amerk fans on two counts. First, he played against Rochester while a member of the Springfield Indians early in 1956-57 until he was called up by Boston to replace Terry Sawchuck. Secondly, he was supposed to play here last year, but refused.Toronto dealt Ed Chadwick, the Rochester goalie, to Boston for Simmons. He declined to report and stayed out most of the season. Don started for Boston, but was blamed for the club&rsquo;s early troubles and sent to Providence. He didn&rsquo;t have the desire there and allowed an average of 5.1 goals for a 10-game stay.A Springfield writer says Don was so unhappy and discouraged by it all that after he left Providence he refused to report back to Boston, refused to come to Rochester and finally even refused to join Toronto after Bower was injured late in the season.Simmons, who seems contented and happy now, didn&rsquo;t waste a moment in impressing Amerk fans. Named as the goalie early on Sunday. Oct. 8, Don went out and led the Americans to a 5-3 victory over the Maple Leafs in an exhibition here that night. Two of the three goals he allowed were scored while Rochester had a man in the penalty box.There&rsquo;s a thought in hockey that if you&rsquo;ve got the right man in the nets, you&rsquo;ll win plenty of games.The Rochester Americans have the right man. &#9632;

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Reluctant Simmons Lands With Amerks

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<div class="byline">By SAMUEL POMPEI</div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;Springfield Indian hockey chief Eddie Shore gets quite a kick out of Buffalo Bison Coach Billy Reay&rsquo;s recent statement after the Tribe whipped the Herd, 6-3, in an exhibition game.It seems like Reay is displeased with the battle plan the Indians used to win two straight American League and Calder Cup championships.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01392/1733748-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="286" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Sweeney</figcaption></div>Not to mention that the Indians appear favorites to repeat this season.It seems that Reay&rsquo;s complaint centers around Shore&rsquo;s keenly devised passing attack, which Eddie spent years developing, and the big chief of the Tribe says that he has no intentions of changing it to suit Reay or anyone else.The Buffalo coach&rsquo;s statement was: &ldquo;That Springfield club played hockey like a football team that refuses to pass, and merely controls the ball.&ldquo;They keep passing the puck back and forth all night and make the other club look bad. They put on a terrific show. That kind of hockey shouldn&rsquo;t be permitted.&rdquo;Shore says the object of the game is to put the puck in the other club&rsquo;s net and so long as his Indians continue to do so he&rsquo;ll stick to his precision passing patterns.The only way that he&rsquo;ll change them would be if someone comes up with a perfect defense to stop his attack.Shore throws his defensemen into the battle of passes in a daring manner never before attempted in the AHL and up until now who is to argue with his success.On a scoring play, it isn&rsquo;t unusual for every Springfield player on the ice to touch the puck in rapid succession. The offense is always in motion and moving the puck.A Springfield player is seldom trapped with the disc on the blade of his stick; or seldom does he shoot the rubber into the opposite end.In fact, the Indians at times look like a pressure basketball team.Of considerable importance are the backlines&mdash;both at the enemy point and within their own end&mdash;because of their frequent handling of the puck.When the Springfield line of Bill Sweeney, Billy McCreary and Bruce Cline is out on the ice, the puck does all kinds of tricks; to such an extent that even Eddie himself sometimes complains that they over-do it.&ldquo;Sure, we want them to pass that puck around but we want them to shoot, too, when they get lined up for the net. I&rsquo;ve seen them pass off at times when they should be shooting,&rdquo; Shore points out.He adds that this is a happy complaint in the long run, though, because most hockey teams are being panned more for not passing than for passing the puck around.Eddie&rsquo;s other lines, too, which shape up with Jimmy Anderson, Floyd Smith and Brian Kilrea and with Denny Olson, Bob Kabel and Duane Rupp are just as nifty with the puck. &#9632;

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Tribe Attack Too One Sided Re ay Contends

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y&mdash;Although Coach Billy Reay was still experimenting with the makeup of his forward lines less than 48 hours before the regular-season opener, the Buffalo Bisons were being hailed as the team to beat in the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Western Division.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02329/1733786-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="311" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dennis DeJordy</figcaption></div>With only two left-wingers on the roster after the club broke camp at nearby Welland, Ont., and moved to Buffalo for several drills on the large playing surface at Memorial Auditorium, Reay toyed with the idea of making wingers out of two veteran centers, Brian Cullen and Larry Wilson.Culen rejoined the club three days before the opener following a week-long holdout siege at his St. Catharines, Ont., home. Wilson, one of the last Bisons to come to terms, together with Cullen, Dave Creighton and Art Stratton, gave the Herd four first-rate center men.Brian Smith and Billy Dea comprised the left-wingers. The rightwingers included Barry Cullen, often used on the left side; Bob Courcy and Wayne Hicks.The Bisons were hoping that Chico Maki would rejoin the Herd in time for the opener, but last year&rsquo;s AHL &ldquo;Rookie of the Year&rdquo; was still with the parent Chicago Black Hawks on the eve of the AHL opener.The defensemen included holdovers Ron Ingram and Wayne Hillman, and newcomers Autry Erickson, Ed Van Impe and Ian Cushenan. The blue line corps was the club&rsquo;s major problem a year ago, and the trio of additions appeared capable of providing first-rate defensive play.Denis DeJordy came back to the Bisons after training with the Black Hawks, and Western New York hockey fans couldn&rsquo;t have been more pleased.The slender young goaltender played a major role in the Herd&rsquo;s drive to a playoff berth a year ago after coming here from Sault Ste. Marie when he traded jobs with Roy Edwards.DeJordy quickly became one of the most popular players ever to perform here, and his return will aid the Bisons as much at the box office as on the ice.The current edition of the Herd appears to be one of the best-balanced in many years, and on paper, at least, rates with the championship club of three years ago.Time alone, however, will tell the tale.ALONG THE BOARDS&mdash;A half dozen Bisons were hit by a virus the day after breaking camp, and several missed the early workouts on Buffalo ice&hellip;Two. late games were added to the Bisons&rsquo; training schedule when the North Bay Trappers of the Eastern Pro League arrived in Welland. Lou Passador&rsquo;s Trappers, forced out of their building by lack of ice, toured Southern Ontario seeking preseason games. The Bisons won both starts from the EPH&rsquo;lers&hellip;The Bisons left Welland singing the praises of Al Wright, popular owner of their Reeta Hotel headquarters, and of Will Dahlmer, manager of the Welland Arena. The treatment accorded the Herd here was strickly big-league.<h2>Rooks With Rosy Reds Future</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03279/1733779-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="1693" height="1131"><figcaption class="caption-body">Three newcomers who are expected to help the Providence Reds climb into a playoff position this season are Pierre Brilliant left. Rod Paavola, center and Serge Boudreault, right.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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On Paper Herd Looks Like AHL Team To Charge

<div class="byline">By BUSTER CLEGG</div>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;The Rhode Island Reds training camp just concluded has resulted in a grand-slam jackpot hit for the Roosters as they signed three rookies to 1961-62 contracts.The Reds, who have energetic designs on icing a team with NEW personnel and spirit this year, nailed freshmen Pierre Brillant and Rod Paavola, both of the International League, and tiny Serge Boudreault of the Eastern League to professional contracts just before the season opened.General manager Terry Reardon, elated at snaring all three amateur talents, beamed at the good fortune of the Reds. &ldquo;Seldom does any club get the chance to sign even one rookie before the season starts, and now we have three. Believe me all three showed great moxie at training camp, and they&rsquo;ve earned making the club. They will be used regularly, and should provide us with a new punch!&rdquo;Brillant, oldest of the trio at 29, is technically considered a rookie. In 1954 he played 19 games with the Reds, two short of the limit which would disqualify him as a freshman.Following his short Rhody stint, Pierre returned to amateur hockey where he starred for five seasons in the IHL with Indianapolis and Omaha.Standing 5&prime; 8&Prime; and weighing only 152 pounds, the Rimouski, Que. right winger made himself a legend in his five seasons out West. His deft shooting and tricky manoeuverability earned him an astronomical total of 230 goals&mdash;second highest in league history.While puncturing opposing goalies, the &ldquo;Rimouski Flash&rdquo; was five times selected to the All Star team at right wing, won the scoring title once, and was chosen MVP on two occasions.Paavola, although a bit less heralded, has an interesting background. Not only is the blond, crew-cut defenseman American born, but he is also American bred. His signing of a contract makes him one of the few U.S. players in the pro game today.Two years ago, in 1960, the rugged 5&prime; 10&Prime;, 194 lb. blueliner played for the U.S. Olympic hockey team which took, the Olympic title at Squaw Valley, California.Last season Rod played for Muskegon in his home state of Michigan, and was rated one of the outstanding defensemen in the IHL. Only 22-years-old, Paavola should develop into a fine rearguard.The third rookie contracted, tiny 5&prime; 8&Prime; Serge Boudreault, who like Brillant weighs only in the low 150&rsquo;s, won the hearts of local fans early in the training camp when the Reds were engaged in intra-squad games.The 22-year-old center is a spirited hustler with a fearless approach to hockey. Several times during the camp he received huge applause from the gallery for his daring efforts and unique art of handling the puck.A comparative newcomer, Boudreault played last season with the Eastern League&rsquo;s New York Rovers where he scored 30 goals and earned the reputation of being a fine playmaker.The three new rookies join six other newcomers in giving the NEW R.I. Reds nine new faces. Early in the summer Ferny Flaman, popular captain and defenseman of the Boston Bruins for many seasons, was hired as player-coach. Later Larry Leach, Gerry Ouellette, and Jimmy Bartlett were secured by the Reds. Finally goalie Gil Mayer was purchased from Cleveland, and defenseman Matt Ravlich was assigned here from Boston.The newcomers, rookies and pros combined, have formed the nucleus of the NEW Reds rejuvenation, and have kept some of the returning Reds wondering about their jobs.<h2>R.I. Peach</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04217/1733817-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="536" height="524"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Leach</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Reds Add Spice To Old Menu With New Roosters

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<h2>Burton Bad Man Fast</h2>Veteran Cummy Burton of the Sudbury Wolves jumped into the early lead in the Eastern Pro League bad man race in quick time. In the very first game Burton picked up three minors and a misconduct for 16 minutes as Sudbury lost 4-1 to North Bay.<h2>Hoekstra Gets Jump</h2>Eddie Hoekstra of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen started out the season in great style as far as point making is concerned. In his first game of the season he scored one goal and picked up four assists for five points.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><h3>(Standings on Wed. A.M., Oct. 18)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01391/1733900-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="588" height="182"></div><h3>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 Kitchener 7 at Sault 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02348/1733893-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="592" height="766"></div><h3>Sudbury 1 at North Bay 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03284/1733886-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="581" height="583"></div><h3>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 Sault 3 at Sudbury 8</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04228/1733879-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="586" height="874"></div> &#9632;

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EASTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HARRY WOLFE</div>SAULT STE. MARIE. Ont.&mdash;Black Jack Stewart former NHL All-Star defenseman with the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Black Hawks, will guide the fortunes of the Sault Thunderbirds in the EPHL this season. Stewart has had no professional coaching previous, but has had a very extensive coaching career in both junior and senior ranks. Black Jack had a brilliant professional career, which spanned 15 years and netted him All-Star rating in the NHL on five separate occasions between 1942 and 1949&hellip;all while he toiled with the Detroit Red Wings. Never a prolific scorer or play-maker (what defensemen are) Stewart amassed a career total of 134 points including 36 goals in both regular season and playoff games. He also totalled almost 15 full games in the sin-bin&hellip;having served 894 minutes in penalties.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05190/1733938-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="322" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guy Brassord</figcaption></div>Coaching is no new venture for the Thunderbird mentor, but professional coaching is. Black Jack&rsquo;s first coaching job, after leaving the pro ranks as a player in the early 1950&rsquo;s was at Kitchener where he coached the junior Canucks for the Montreal Canadiens. From there he became &lsquo;chief cook and bottle washer&rsquo; for the Chatham Maroons of the OHA senior ranks. While at Chatham, Stewart not only owned the club, but coached, played, managed and as he told this reporter&hellip;&ldquo;even flooded the ice and sold tickets.&rdquo; From Chatham he moved over to Windsor where he coached the Bulldogs into the OHA playoffs on several occasions. The last few seasons Stewart has spent considerable time coaching and advising the minor hockey system in Detroit. Several of this years Thunderbird squad will be familiar to the 43-year-old coach. Walter Bradley played for him in junior at Kitchener&hellip;while both goalkeeper Roy Edwards and rugged defenseman Bob Wilson toiled for him at Windsor with the Bulldogs.When asked if the Thunderbirds this year would be a rugged, bodychecking team, Stewart replied&hellip;&ldquo;it&rsquo;ll depend on the personnel we have playing for us.&rdquo; &ldquo;I think fans like a rugged, hard hitting type of game, and I think there is not enough solid checking in the game of hockey today&hellip;Why look at the way people are flocking to the football stadiums. Why? Because they see hard hitting&rdquo; and once again he answered his own question. Stewart seemed to have a glint in his eye as he talked and we feel this year&rsquo;s edition of the T-Birds will keep opposing teams honest all year with the &ldquo;Black Jack&rdquo; type of play. Stewart appears to have a pretty good nucleus to help him get started in his pro coaching career. Many of last year&rsquo;s EPHL finalists are back, including&hellip;Roy Edwards in goal, Norm Guimond, Bob Wilson (who spent part of the year in Buffalo) and Guy Brassard on defense. Forwards include&hellip;Cliff Schmautz, Milly Marcetta, Merv Kuryluk, Don Grosso and Eddie Kachur. With Chicago and Buffalo carrying more than their quota in players to start the season, Stewart should pick up a couple of premium type hockey players to go with last years stars to again make the T-Birds a strong entry in the EPHL.<h2>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the MOST&rdquo; in the Maritimes</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06169/1733931-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="582" height="1160"></div> &#9632;

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Black Jack Counting On Old Hands To Accelerate T-Birds In New Race

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SIMON’S

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div>Harrisburg, Pa. Patriot-News SportswriterHERSHEY. Pa.&mdash;The biggest bombshell dropped in the Hershey Bears training camp at Detroit&rsquo;s Olympia, came Oct. 8, long about 10:30 p.m. when the scoreboard read:Hershey 3. Detroit 1.It was a big moment for the Pennsylvania outfit, though the game wasn&rsquo;t for keeps.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01383/1734007-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="544" height="522"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Boisvert</figcaption></div>The defeat marked the first time in 69 exhibition games that the big league Red Wings had been on the short end of the count.There were 5,000 fans on hand for the charity tilt and they got their money&rsquo;s worth as Hershey staged a three goal last period rally to win.Gordie Howe sent Detroit in front, 1-0, at 6:06 of the opening period and it was the last time the Wings&rsquo; attack punctured the nets, handled brilliantly by Gilles Boisvert and Bob Perreault.Detroit took 43 shots at the two stubby netminders, who split the job.Hershey squared the count at 13:17 of the second period when Claude LaForge lit the lamp.And two rookies. Marc Boileau and Cleeland Mortson. along with veteran Les Duff boomed in the three last period goals to snap what is believed the longest unbeaten exhibition mark in the modern history of the ice sport.What made it more startling was the fact Hershey had only two weeks of training prior to the scrap, while the Wings were in camp nearly a month and had just completed a long exhibition swing through the West.&ldquo;Our fellows just hustled,&rdquo; said coach Frank Mathers. &ldquo;We checked abous as perfect as I&rsquo;ve ever seen a Hershey team check.&ldquo;Willie Marshall. LaForge, and defenseman Marc Reaume played exceptionally well,&rdquo; said Mathers.With the Bears now in action for keeps in the American League campaign, Mathers feels his club &ldquo;has the talent to make a strong run at Springfield.&rdquo;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a pretty solid American League team and there&rsquo;s tremendous spirit on the club,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;We had one of our best training camps.&ldquo;Boisvert has been a big surprise. I told him if he kept up his good work he had a home with us.&rdquo;The 28-year-old netminder from Three Rivers. Que., was perhaps the most travelled cage cop in the game, prior to getting a shot with the Bears. He&rsquo;s played in a half dozen leagues and with as many clubs, often being tapped as an &ldquo;emergency&rdquo; man.Also Mathers&rsquo; rookies, Boileau, Mortson, Mike Mahoney and Nick Polano blended well with the veterans in camp.&ldquo;Like I said the training camp was good and I don&rsquo;t think any of the fellows will forget that 3-1 win over Detroit. Stopping a long streak like that is something. It did their spirit a lot of good.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Bears Hope To Run At Injuns

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Montreal Junior Canadiens. following months of uncertainty, were given permission to play in the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s junior A series last week.Chairman Stafford Smythe of the Toronto Maple Leafs agreed last week to let the Junior Habs compete in Leafs&rsquo; 50-mile radius following a meeting with the six-team league.Smythe, invoking his rights under the National Hockey League by law, earlier had refused permission for the pro-sponsored juniors to appear in Toronto territory.In return for the concession, all six OHA Junior A teams will be required to play one exhibition game with Toronto Marlboros and St. Michael&rsquo;s College Majors as part of Sunday afternoon doubleheaders in Maple Leaf Gardens.This means interlocking exhibition games will be played in Toronto on 12 of the 18 Sundays during the season.The Marlboros are co-owned by Smythe, and both Marlboros and St. Michael&rsquo;s are members of the new Smythe-inspired Metro Junior A League. Whitby, Unionville and Brampton are the others.Under the agreement, neither Toronto team will be required to play back in the rinks of St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Guelph, Peterborough or Montreal. &#9632;

Junior Habs Get OHA Jr. OK

<div class="byline">By DON FLEMING</div>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;Whatever else are his motives, Bud Poile has to be admired for his courage in rebuilding his Edmonton Flyers, who missed out on a playoff spot for the first time last season.Leaving the starting gate this autumn, the Flyers will have six rookies in the regular lineup&hellip;not to mention Russ Gillow, the talented young netminder who is expected to spell off Dennis Riggin from time to time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02306/1734062-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="308" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bud Poile</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Patience&hellip;patience, that is all I am asking for,&rdquo; pleads Norman Robert.It has to be like asking for the moon to expect half a dozen freshmen to click right off. Most times, a club does not break in more than two or three first-year players, and frequently allows for a period of adjustment.Like maybe throwing a kid in with a couple of experienced forwards, so that they could carry him along for a while.This Flyer club, though, will have to expect at least two of the rooks to get the job done right off. Else, they would be so far out of it after a couple of months, they couldn&rsquo;t be expected to make up the lost ground in the race for playoff berths.Off the pre-season exhibition games with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. showing up in the west for the first time in years, and their parent Detroit Red Wings, it would seem safe to presume that at least two are sure-fire to be stars in their first pro season.Up from the Hamilton Red Wings of the junior OHA&hellip;defenceman Keith (Knobby) Walsh and left winger Larry Jeffrey&hellip;and Poile is confident that they will make the jump with no trouble.&ldquo;Especially this kid Jeffrey,&rdquo; Bud contends. &ldquo;He has a lot of get up and go, and he won&rsquo;t back away from anybody. Some of those major leaguers he was playing against, found out in a hurry.&ldquo;He just won&rsquo;t be pushed around, and I sure was glad to see that. That was a lot of our trouble last year. Our 1960-61 team didn&rsquo;t have enough fire, and frankly, I&rsquo;m looking to our rookies to give it to us.&ldquo;Certainly, I expect they will make some mistakes, because you couldn&rsquo;t count on it being any other way. Still, I am sure that their desire will more than make up the difference.&rdquo;Also taking a shot at a defence berth is another Hamliton grad, John Miszuk, who was in a Polish concentration camp until he was 12.Products of the Oil Kings, who went to the Memorial Cup finals the last two years, are Don Chiz and Tom Burgess, and Tom in particular could fit into a policeman&rsquo;s role up front. Chiz, on the other hand, is a sniper of note.The sixth rookie is Dong Messier, a graduate from University of Alberta, who had first planned to embark on a teaching career. However, he decided to give pro hockey a two-year shot, and if the big fellow can make a success of it, his colorful way of going should make him a prime drawing card right around the circuit.ICE CHIPS&hellip;Duke Edmundson has turned up with the San Francisco Seals, after being granted a year&rsquo;s leave of absence by the Edmonton brewery where he is a goodwill man&hellip;Flyers had been dickering with the Toronto Maple Leafs for his services, but Coley Hall beat Edmonton to the punch for the big forward&hellip;The Portland Memorial Coliseum, home of the playoff champion Buckaroos, has been designated as the site of the annual WHL AllStar Game Monday Jan. 8. 1962&hellip;The dream game started out to be a mid-season feature, but in recent years, the moguls have been experimenting with staging the contest both at the start of the season and in March&hellip;The league will go in two divisions this year, a north and a south&hellip;Portland and Spokane will join the newcomers, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the southern group, while Seattle, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton will be bracketed in the north. &#9632;

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Poile Counting On Rooks To Get Edmonton Flying

<div class="byline">By RON McGRATH</div>LOS ANGELES, Calif.&mdash;Last-minute player problems hounded the Los Angeles Blades as they prepared for their historymaking Western Hockey League opener at the Memorial Sports Arena here last week.After completing a rugged and successful training camp session in snowy Saskatoon, the Blades travelled to B. C. for three pre-season exhibitions before heading South into California&rsquo;s eternal sun-shine.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03237/1734093-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="288" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Pelletier</figcaption></div>Not exactly cheering after the Blades dropped all three pre-season games, coach George Agar was still not pessimistic about the future of the new franchise. The Blades were blanked by the Spokane Comets, 6-0, but were vastly improved in the next battle with their Southern Division rivals, dropping a 4-3 decision. What stung Agar most was a 3-1 loss to the Trail Smoke Eaters, a senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; caliber team.Back in Los Angeles, the team learned that it would not have the services this season of Wally Hergesheimer, the former New York Ranger sniper who played for Calgary last season. &ldquo;Hergy&rdquo; had been a long-standing holdout, finally refusing to sign with the club. The right winger, who scored 40 goals and 26 assists for the Stamps last year, cited personal and business problems as the reasons for not signing.The Southern California entry was also unable to come to terms with 10-year veteran left winger Doug Anderson, who played with the team last season at Victoria.With a nucleus of 12 veterans signed, the club was still seeking a pair of centers and a left winger last week. The parent New York Rangers indicated they would send replacements along for Anderson and Hergesheimer before the Blades&rsquo; league opener.The Blade roster going into the two-game opening series with the defending WHL champion Portland Buckaroos included: goalie Marcel Pelletier; defensemen Jim &ldquo;Red Eye&rdquo; Hay, Les Hunt, Bill Burega, Ralph Keller and Don McLeod; center Gerry Goyer; right wingers Jim Powers, George Ford, and Doug Macaley; and left wingers Danny Belisle and Bruce Carmichael.The club also has the services of a pair of promising juniors, who will be given five-game pro trials. The players are center Dave Richardson from the Winnipeg Rangers in the Manitoba Junior League, and defenseman Gary Young, up from the Flin Flon Bombers of the Saskatchewan Junior League.Six of the 12 veterans on the team played with the Cougars last season. They are Goyer, Ford, Macauley, Hay, McLeod and Pelletier. Four players, Carmichael. Belisle, Keller and Powers, played with the Vancouver Canucks last season. Burega was obtained from Calgary and Hunt from Seattle.Goyer and Carmichael, eighth and ninth in the league in scoring last season, are expected to provide the firepower once again along with Ford, Macauley and Belisle. Goyer and Carmichael scored 77 points apiece last season, including 31 and 30 goals, respectively.With two league games at home under their belts, the Blades launched an extensive nine-game road trip this week. They don&rsquo;t return home until Saturday, November 4, when they meet the newly-formed San Francisco Seals for the first time. &#9632;

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Blades Fail To Sign Two Stars

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<div class="byline">By Harry Molter</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The standing ovation given Chicago Black Hawks goalie Glenn Hall between periods of the recent All-Star Game here must rate as one of the finest tributes ever given an individual player in the National Hockey League.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen anything like it in 18 years of coaching,&rdquo; said Black Hawk coach Rudy Pilous.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t remember such an ovation&mdash;not even in Detroit for Gordie Howe,&rdquo; said Hawk General Manager Tommy Ivan, who coached Detroit&rsquo;s great teams in the early 1950s.Even Montreal observers commented in the dressing room after the game that &ldquo;even the great Rocket (Richard)&rdquo; had not had such an ovation in his days in Montreal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01387/1734220-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="279" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eric Nesterenko</figcaption></div>During the introduction of the Black Hawks and All-Star players between periods, the Chicago fans stood as one and gave Goalie Hall a rising, hand-clapping ovation when he was introduced for what one observer timed as 47 seconds.Eric Nesterenko had an excellent training camp for the Black Hawks and may be in for his best season. He hit for 19 goals and 19 assists last year and both Coach Pilous and General Manager Ivan look for him to improve on that this yer. At the same time Nester is one of the finest defensive players in the game&mdash;the man who, along with linemate Ron Murphy, usually draws the &ldquo;shadowing&rdquo; job on players like Frank Mahovlich, Gordie Howe or Andy Bathgate.As befits a Stanley Cup championship team, the Black Hawks had some mild &ldquo;holdouts&rdquo; this year. Murray Balfour and Stan Mikita both missed the All-Star Game because they were not in the fold. Balfour signed on Tuesday prior to the opening game of the regular season but Mikita was still a holdout as this is written. Unfortunately, Mikita&rsquo;s actions have not exactly endeared him to many of his teammates. They feel his absence from the lineup during the All-Star Game hurt Chicago&rsquo;s chances of winning.Both Pilous and Ivan were satisfied with the Chicago showing in the All-Star Game despite a 3-1 loss. Rookies Chico Maki, at right wing, and Murray Hall at center, filled in for Balfour and Mikita, respectively. These two were the outstanding youngsters in the Black Hawks training camp. Chances are they will play for Chicago&rsquo;s Buffalo farm team this year but they will probably be on &ldquo;first call&rdquo; should anyone on the parent club falter up front.Hall, no relation to the Black Hawk netminder, signed a pro contract with the Chicago organization on Sept. 28, having played for St. Catharines TeePees last season. Hall started with the Hawk-sponsored Dixie Beehives in junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; in 1957-58 and moved up to the TeePees in junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; in 1959-60, when they won the Memorial Cup. Last year he scored 29 goals and 39 assists in 40 games. This year he has added 10 pounds to his slender frame&mdash;he now weighs 163 pounds&mdash;and in Chicago&rsquo;s first seven exhibition games this year scored eight goals and five assists.Maki, of course, was rookie of the year with Buffalo in the American Hockey League last season and performed briefly with the Black Hawks in the Stanley Cup playoffs.Assuming that Mikita signs before the start of the season, the Black Hawks had only one questionable spot-center on the Nesterenko-Murphy line. Here Bronco Horvath, obtained from Boston, has gotten off to a slower start than anticipated and Jerry Melnyk, obtained from Detroit, may get the call. Both will be retained on the Chicago squad at least for the first part of the season.The third new member of the Black Hawks, Bobby Turner, obtained from Montreal, will be swing man on defense and has worked out well with Reg Fleming as the No. One penalty killing tandem. They looked good together in the All-Star game, which should give a pretty good indication of their skill and teamwork. &#9632;

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Black Hawks Notes

<div class="byline">By HUGH BOWMAN</div>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;Jack Humphreys, chief scout of the New York Rangers who was also general manager of Guelph Royals in the OHA Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; last season, has added an executive post to his collection. While retaining his two previous jobs he has also been appointed general manager of K-W Beavers, the Rangers&rsquo; Eastern Pro League farm club.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02345/1734251-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="282" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Sullivan</figcaption></div>Fortunately for Humphreys the cities of Guelph and Kitchener are only 15 miles apart but even at that he should know every crack in the road before the season is over.The problems confronting the two clubs are of a diverse nature. Royals last season finished on top and went to the OHA finals and drew a record 97,000 plus in attendance. Beavers last season finished second and went seven games in the EPHL semi-finals against Hull-Ottawa but took a red ink bath at the gate.This season interest is high in Guelph but last year&rsquo;s flag winners have been decimated by graduations. In Kitchener the Beavers shape up as contenders for EPHL honors but hockey interest has to be revived.Royals will be counting heavily on their defensive play this season as the age limit has taken such junior luminaries as Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelie, Bob Cunningham, Paul Andrea and Barry Jakeman. Gilbert, Ratelle and Cunningham finished one-two-three in the point derby last season and the five players amassed 174 goals.,Only four regular forwards. Don DiBerardino, Borden Smith, Terry Oliver and Bill Taylor are returning.This places the burden on the defence but they should be capable of handling it. Mike McMahon, Bob Plager, John Hartig and Reg Whaley, all regulars last season are back. The only graduate is Al Lebrun. Joe Bamford from Fort William, who attended Rangers training camp, is tabbed for goalkeeping duties. Emile Francis, who returns as coach is in search of some 20 goal scorers.In Kitchener where former New York workhorse Red Sullivan has taken over as playing-coach there appears to be few problems in the talent department.Jack McCartan is back in goal and the defence pair of veteran Jack Bownass and Adam Keller has returned.Holdover forwards include Sandy MacGregor, Ed Hoekstra, Len Ronson, Leon Rochefort, Mel Pearson, Dave Balon and Chick Balon.A couple of highly, regarded rookies, Al Lebrun from Guelph and Jim &ldquo;The Chief&rdquo; Neilson from Prince Albert round out the blueline brigade.Up front Beavers have added Sullivan and Brian Hextall Jr., the son of the former New York great. Hextall who is making his debut in pro ranks played junior last year in Brandon.Beavers also expect to get back either Vic Hadfield who was a Ranger draft choice from Buffalo or Guelph centre star Bob Cunningham or perhaps both. They were called up by Rangers to replace the injured John Wilson and Pat Hannigan.Now all Humphreys has to do is come up with a couple of 20 goal scorers from among the rookies at the Royals camp and another thousand fans per game in Kitchener and there&rsquo;ll be few bumps on the highway between Guelph and Kitchener. &#9632;

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Humphreys Take On Kitchener GM Job; Keeps Other

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;It was a bad night all around for some Boston Bruins fans on the night the Bruins opened their 1961-62 season against the New York Rangers.First, they jammed Boston Garden only to see the Bruins get trounced 6-2 by New York Rangers in the opening National Hockey League game.Then 20 fans went out of the Garden to where they&rsquo;d parked cars&mdash;across driveways in some cases&mdash;and learned the vehicles had been towed away by police. That&rsquo;s $7.50 towing costs, plus a $10 fine.Another 137 will get little missives in the mail from the Boston police department, fining them for parking illegally. Most of those tags will cost $15, the fine for blocking traffic. &#9632;

Hub Fans Have Rough Opener

<div class="byline">By SID PAYNE</div>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;For the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s Long Island Ducks, the 1961-62 season is the &ldquo;New Frontier&rdquo; for them.A cellar club for two straight years, the Ducks are out to prove there&rsquo;s no such thing as a three-time loser.The Commack-based club, which skated under the traditional banner of the New York Rovers the past two campaigns, bagged only 37 victories out of 128 games since being reactivated following an eight-year absence from the hockey scene.Once listed among the league&rsquo;s elite, the Rovers sent to the National League such stars as Muzz Patrick, Neil and Mac Colville, Alex Shibicky, Cal Gardner and Lome Worsley.When the team returned to the hockey wars in 1959 and was transplanted on Long Island (about 45 miles from Madison Square Garden), neither the pundits nor the fans expected miracles, but neither did they foresee a club that was to be a far cry from their illustrious predecessors of the famed Eighth Ave. rink.Duck&rsquo;s coach John Muckier, who replaced one-time Rover favorite Lloyd Ailsby as top man near the end of last season, figures this should be the season the fortunes of his club will take a turn for the better.&ldquo;After all,&rdquo; commented Muckier, with tongue in cheek, &ldquo;there&rsquo;s really only one place for us to go&mdash;and that&rsquo;s up.&rdquo;AROUND THE LOOP: Eastern League squads will total 13 players this season, one less than last season&hellip;Coaches will have a problem on whether to keep four defensemen and eight forwards or to drop a backliner and add another winger&hellip;Teams carry only one goaltender&hellip;Ray Miron, Knoxville&rsquo;s GM, is with his third team in three years&hellip;Miron was with Washington and Haddonfield, N.J. the past two seasons&hellip;Both franchises are now defunct&hellip;Philadelphia will play seven of its home games at Haddonfield, only 15 miles away&hellip;Jacksonville will bid again for a franchise next year&hellip;Only one league game is scheduled for the Florida city this year and that one will come off on Nov. 22 with Long Island and New Haven the combatants&hellip;Games for the first week of the season: Charlotte at Knoxville, Oct. 19; Long Island at Johnstown. New Haven at Philadelphia and Charlotte at Greensboro, Oct. 20; Long Island at Clinton, New Haven at Johnstown and Philadelphia at Greensboro, Oct. 21&hellip;Long Island will play its SundayStar-center Lennie Thomson and games this season at 7:00 P.M. instead of in the afternoon as was the case last year&hellip;Clinton will play its Wednesday games at Utica.<h2>In Demand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01383/1734337-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="604" height="590"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Monette</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Ducks Hope To Flap EHL Wings

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div>NEW GLASGOW, N.B&mdash;Centre of interest in the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League as the thrills and disappointments of the World Series began to fade into the the background in the minds of sports fans was whether or not the loop would extend into New Brunswick this year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02299/1734368-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="318" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Dorrington</figcaption></div>Four of the five teams that operated in the NSSHL during last winter are ready to open the circuit in late November but the big question was whether the Moncton Beavers would be admitted or turned aside for a second time.The teams approved in principle the admittance of the Beavers at a loop meeting but the club representatives wished to discuss the matter with their full executives. Loop president John Mullane later proceeded to take a telegraphic vote on the matter but at the time of this writing no result was announced.The Hockey News learned that both New Glasgow Rangers and defending champion Amherst Ramblers were in favour of the New Brunswickers. The decision rested in the hands of Halifax Wolverines and Windsor Maple Leafs. A unanimous vote was required to allow the Beavers into the circuit.Plans of the four Nova Scotia teams were slow in being made public. It appeared that the teams&rsquo; executive were concentrating on financial campaigns, leaving the signing of players until later.Word was received unofficially by Amherst that the Allan Cup winning Galt Terriors were seeking the services of Rambler goalie-coach Jacques Monette for the World Hockey championships in the late winter. Monette played a sparkling series against Galt in the Eastern Canada finals last spring, as he did in two full campaigns in the NSSHL. From one source he was described as the best goalie to ever play in Galt.Amherst have still not announced if Monette will be returning. He has been the backbone of the championship clubs at the border town the past two seasons.Another standout member of the Ramblers last year, high scoring Frank &ldquo;Danky&rdquo; Dorrington, is reported headed for his hometown New Glasgow Rangers this time out. He is still Amherst property, however, and they have not given him his release to date. &#9632;

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Moncton Set For Franchise In Senior Loop

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div>FORT WAYNE, Ind.&mdash;Rookie coach Art Stone will have his hands full in hopes of making a contender out of the Ft. Wayne Komets.The Komets have invited about 25 players to camp and Stone, with the assistance of General Manager Ken Ullyot, have plans to make the Komets stronger than they were for the 1960-61 International Hockey League campaign.Reno Zanier, a returnee at goal, is the lone netminder on the Komet roster to date. However, Stone expects to have an over-age junior in camp shortly.Seven defensemen will vie for four berths. Back from last year are Andy Voykin, Con Madigan, Lione Repka, and possibly Dune McCallum. McCallum, has a good chance of sticking with the Western League Seattle Totems.Newcomers among the rearguard include Harley Hodgson, who played Intermediate with Drumheller Miners last year, Prince Albert Mintos&rsquo; Darrel Lubiniecki, and Gary Young from the Flin Flon Bombers.Ron Bahr and Vern Wildeman, both formerly with the Saskatoon Quakers in &rsquo;60-&rsquo;61, and Barry Jake-man of the Guelph Royals, expect to give Sid Garant, Jean Therrien and Jimmy Baird stiff competition in the running for a left wing slot. Reg Primeau will be back with Ft. Wayne for another season at center ice. Hubert Grayeyes, graduate of the Prince Albert club, is in the running for the other center position.Eddie Long, the IHL&rsquo;s all-time scoring leader, will begin his tenth consecutive year in a Komet uniform. Long and Ron Baryluk are the only vets trying out for right wing at the Indianapolis training site.Winnipeg Rangers grads Harry Bueckert and Bill Shields, will be given every opportunity to make the club, to complete the list of right wing candidates.Although G. M. Ullyot has turned in his training camp roster to league headquarters, he claims, &ldquo;I still have one or two more players in mind that will be of great help to us this season.&rdquo;The Komets have a working agreement with the New York Rangers. Perhaps a few NHL-prospects will be coming Ft. Wayne-way, when the Rangers get set on a roster for regular season.IHL NOTES&hellip;Muskegon&rsquo;s General Manager Jerry DeLise, and Zephyr coach, Moose Lallo, have been touring the NHL-training camps, in hopes of luring some player talent.The IHL begins its 16th season, October 20, with a 238-game sched. on tap&hellip;Each squad plays a 60 game card, with 34-at home and 34 away.Nothing new on a post-season playoff with the IHL and Eastern Hockey League. Both loop prexy&rsquo;s, (IHL Commissioner Frank Gallagher and EHL&rsquo;s Tommy Lockhart still must work out the various arrangements.<h2>Komet Cager</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03223/1734399-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="558" height="1150"><figcaption class="caption-body">Reno Zanier</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Stone Starts Building New Ft. Wayne Contender

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Nobody knows whether it&rsquo;s a NHL record or not, but exactly 11 rookies were dressed for the 1961-62 NHL opener between the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers here on October 11.The Bruins had seven and the Rangers four. Also on hand was one rookie coach.Rangers showed rookies Vic Hadfield (Buffalo) George Konik (Denver U.) Jean Ratelle (Guelph Jrs.) Bob Cunningham (Guelph Jrs.) Doug Harvey is the rookie coach.The Bruins showed rookies Tom Williams (Kingston) Orland Kurtenbach (Vancouver) Cliff Pennington (Hull-Ottawa) Terry Gray (Hull-Ottawa) Ed Westfall (Niagara Falls Jrs.) Don Head (Portland) and Pat Stapleton (Sault Ste. Marie).The Bruins had scheduled to show off another rookie, hard hitting Ted Green who played in Winnipeg last season. But Green was sidelined with a hand injury. &#9632;

Is It A Record? 11 Rookies In Hub-Blues ’61-62 Open

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<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;&ldquo;Future import considerations must be forthcoming if the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is to survive in competition at the inter-provincial level.&rdquo; These were the words of SJHL commissioner Frank Boucher last week as he watched Canada&rsquo;s largest junior hockey organization peel the wraps off the 1961-62 season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01359/1734492-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="297" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Boucher</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We have called the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association&rsquo;s attention to our plight,&rdquo; Boucher said. &ldquo;We realize that because we are expanding there is a danger of the calibre of play in our league dropping. There are only so many junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; players in this province and our population is among the lowest in the country.&rdquo;This fall the SJHL welcomed the addition of an eighth member&mdash;Weyburn Red Wings. This gives the league one Manitoba entry&mdash;Flin Flon&mdash;and seven from within Saskatchewan&mdash;Weyburn, Regina, Moose Jaw, Estevan, Melville, Saskatoon and Prince Albert.&ldquo;We are the largest junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; setup by at least two teams,&rdquo; pointed out Boucher. &ldquo;I believe the OHA (Ontario Hockey Association) is next to us with six clubs.&rdquo;As is the case in each province, the Saskatchewan teams are allowed two imports per season. The situation became increasingly difficult several months ago when British Columbia, which had been open territory, was given protective rights on junior players.SJHL officials complain most about Alberta, which, they feel, has only one bonafide junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; club in Edmonton Oil Kings.&ldquo;We were very much in accord with a suggestion by CAHA president Gordon Jukes which would have allowed us or any other branch to pick up out-of-the-province players after, a certain date,&rdquo; Boucher continued.&ldquo;Since each junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; club is only allowed 25 player certificates, we did not feel it was right that Edmonton could tie up an entire province. What happens to all the other players who don&rsquo;t make the Oil Kings? We feel they should be allowed to play in Saskatchewan once Edmonton has filled its 25-player roster.&ldquo;This is not meant to be a special concession to us but would be workable in all branches.&rdquo;Boucher anticipates further expansion within the SJHL in the next couple of years. North Battleford will have a new rink soon and the commissioner foresees &ldquo;at least two more entries.&rdquo;In time, Boucher expects the league will have to be split into two sections &ldquo;with an interlocking schedule.&rdquo;Training camp bulletins give little indications as to the various club&rsquo;s potential, but the general consensus is that Regina Pats will once again be the team to beat. Pats, easy league winners last year, lost only two players of any consequence through graduation&mdash;goalie Art Koberinski and forward Gary Butler.Despite Regina&rsquo;s cakewalk in the SJHL last year, they were soundly whipped by Edmonton in the first round of Memorial Cup playoffs. It was then that league officials began to fear the drain on the province&rsquo;s hockey youth was becoming too heavy.&ldquo;Pats appear to be stronger this year,&rdquo; said Boucher, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;m sure that whoever represents us next spring will put on a much better showing.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Player Shortage New Problem For Expanding SJHL

<div class="byline">By BOB GIORDANO</div>KELOWNA. B. C.&mdash;Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; hockey will make its debut in full force this season on a number of British Columbia cities.The Okanagan Valley, for years the home of one of the best senior leagues in the country, has switched its efforts to the junior flavor. A four team league consisting of Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops will kick off its opener on October 31st.Other leagues have also mushroomed into the junior set-up.A five team loop has been organized on the coast and Fraser Valley. Known as &ldquo;The Mainland Junior League&rdquo;, teams entered are from Vancouver, Kerrisdale, New Westminster, and two teams from Chilliwack district.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03288/1734523-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="279" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Russ Kowalchuk</figcaption></div>There is also a strong possibility a junior loop will become a reality on Vancouver Island within the near futrue.The Kootenays for years have operated junior hockey and will continue to do so this season. They will no doubt come up with another strong junior contender. Last season Trail Junior Smoke-Eaters won the B. C. championship, but were later eliminated along the Memorial Cup trail by Edmonton Oil-Kings.Meanwhile the Okanagan junior circuit has opened its training camp on all fronts, in preparation for the league opener on October 31st.There is still no indication senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; hockey will return to the Okanagan scene this season. Only one of the four Okanagan senior clubs of the past, have signified intentions of operating this season. They are the Vernon Canadians. Penticton and Kamloops are definitely out, while Kelowna Packers, who still have the nucleus of last year&rsquo;s players, are still trying to get something going, but there appears little hope for that.Nevertheless the senior players will not be without action this season.The formation of a senior &lsquo;B&rsquo; league is now in the making, with teams from Kamloops, Merritt, Vernon, Kelowna, and Summerland entering a club.From this, it is planned two allstar teams would be picked come playoff time. One would be for the senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; play downs and a crack along the Allan Cup Trail, and another for the senior &lsquo;B&rsquo; playoffs.During the season it is expected the senior &lsquo;B&rsquo; loop will play exhibition games as well, with teams from the neighboring Western International League.With the collapse of the Okanagan senior league, there remains only one senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; league in British Columbia, and that&rsquo;s the Western International Hockey League, and it too is having its up and downs.Last season it operated under a four team set-up, but this season there maybe only three teams.Rossland Warriors one of the four clubs that operated last season may not return. While the world champion trail SmokeEaters, Nelson Maple Leafs, and the Kimberley Dynamiters have opened their training camps.Bob Kromm the successful firey coach of the Trail SmokeEaters says his club is expected to be as powerful as last seasons. &ldquo;With the acquisition of one or two seasoned players we will be a strong club again&rdquo; says the coach of the world champions.Kromm has already filled one of the holes with the addition of Burley Russ Kowalchuk, who for the past three seasons played with the Kelowna Packers. &#9632;

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Juniors Grabbing Most Of BC’s Ice Spotlight

Tuesday, Oct. 17&mdash;Brandon at Braves.Thursday, Oct. 19&mdash;Canadiens at Brandon.Friday, Oct. 20&mdash;Monarchs at Rangers; Canadiens at Braves.Tuesday, Oct. 24&mdash;Canadiens at Braves.Thursday, Oct. 26&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.Friday, Oct. 27&mdash;Brandon at Rangers.Sunday, Oct. 29&mdash;Rangers at Braves; Canadiens at Monarchs.Tuesday, Oct. 31&mdash;Rangers at Monarchs; Brandon at Canadiens.Thursday, Nov. 2&mdash;Monarchs at Rangers; Braves at Brandon.Tuesday, Nov. 7&mdash;Rangers at Canadiens; Braves at Monarchs.Thursday, Nov. 9&mdash;Rangers at Brandon.Friday, Nov. 10&mdash;Braves at Canadiens; Brandon at Monarchs.Sunday, Nov. 12&mdash;Monarchs at Braves; Canadiens at Rangers.Tuesday, Nov. 14&mdash;Brandon at Braves.Wednesday, Nov. 15&mdash;Monarchs at Canadiens.Thursday, Nov. 16&mdash;Canadiens at Brandon.Sunday, Nov. 19&mdash;Canadiens at Monarchs; Brandon at Rangers.Tuesday, Nov. 21&mdash;Brandon at Canadiens.Thursday, Nov. 23&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.Friday, Nov. 24&mdash;Rangers at Braves.Sunday, Nov. 26&mdash;Braves at Canadiens; Rangers at Monarchs.Tuesday, Nov. 28&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs.Thursday, Nov. 30&mdash;Braves at Brandon.Friday, Dec. 1&mdash;Rangers at Canadiens; Monarchs at Braves.Sunday, Dec. 3&mdash;Canadiens at Monarchs; Braves at Rangers.Tuesday, Dec. 5&mdash;Monarchs at Canadiens; Rangers at Braves.Thursday, Dec. 7&mdash;Rangers at Brandon.Friday, Dec. 8&mdash;Brandon at Braves.Sunday, Dec. 10&mdash;Rangers at Monarchs; Canadiens at Braves.Tuesday, Dec. 12&mdash;Canadiens at Rangers.Thursday, Dec. 14&mdash;Canadiens at Brandon.Friday, Dec. 15&mdash;Braves at Rangers.Sunday, Dec. 17&mdash;Braves at Monarchs; Brandon at Canadiens.Tuesday, Dec. 19&mdash;Monarchs atRangers; Brandon at Braves.Thursday, Dec. 21&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.Friday, Dec. 22&mdash;Braves at Rangers.Sunday, Dec. 24&mdash;Braves at Canadiens; Monarchs at Rangers.Tuesday. Dec. 26&mdash;Canadiens at Rangers; Monarchs at Braves.Thursday, Dec. 28&mdash;Braves at Brandon.Friday, Dec. 29&mdash;Rangers at Monarchs.Sunday. Dec. 31&mdash;Rangers at Braves; Canadiens at Monarchs.Monday, Jan. 1&mdash;Rangers at Canadiens.Tuesday, Jan. 2&mdash;Brandon at Canadiens.Thursday, Jan. 4&mdash;Rangers at Brandon.Friday, Jan. 5&mdash;Braves at Monarchs.Sunday, Jan. 7&mdash;Braves at Rangers; Brandon at Monarchs.Tuesday, Jan. 9&mdash;Brandon at Rangers.Thursday, Jan. 11&mdash;Canadiens at Brandon.Friday, Jan. 12&mdash;Monarchs at Braves.Sunday, Jan. 14&mdash;Canadiens at Rangers; Brandon at Braves.Tuesday, Jah. 16&mdash;Monarchs at Canadiens; Brandon at Rangers.Thursday, Jan. 18&mdash;Canadiens at Braves; Monarchs at Brandon.Friday, Jan. 19&mdash;Rangers at Braves.Sunday, Jan. 21&mdash;Braves at Canadiens; Monarchs at Rangers.Tuesday, Jan. 23&mdash;Brandon at Canadiens.Thursday, Jan. 25&mdash;Braves at Brandon; Canadiens at Monarchs.Thursday, Feb. 1&mdash;Rangers at Brandon.Sunday, Feb. 4&mdash;Rangers at Canadiens; Braves at Monarchs.Monday, Feb. 5&mdash;Monarchs at Canadiens.Thursday, Feb. 8&mdash;Rangers at Monarchs; Canadiens at Brandon.Saturday, Feb. 10&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.Thursday, Feb. 15&mdash;Braves at Brandon.Friday, Feb. 16&mdash;Canadiens at Braves; Brandon at Rangers.Thursday, Feb. 22&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs.Sunday, Feb. 25&mdash;Monarchs at Canadiens; Braves at Rangers.NOTE: Winnipeg Canadiens Winnipeg Monarchs Winnipeg Braves &#9632;

Manitoba Junior League Schedule 1961-62

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Red Fisher, columnist of the Montreal Star was the closest of the experts in predicting the final outcome of the 1960-61 NHL regular season. Red missed slightly from making it a perfect score.<h2>Actual Finish</h2>1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Toronto3&mdash;Chicago4&mdash;Detroit5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Boston<h2>Fisher&rsquo;s Picks</h2>1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Toronto3&mdash;Chicago4&mdash;New York5&mdash;Detroit6&mdash;BostonRed picked Detroit for fifth and they ended up in fourth ahead of his choice New York for fourth. &#9632;

Red Fisher Closest To A Perfect Score Lost Year

Now Playing&hellip;ST. LOUIS ARENA ST. LOUIS, Mo.Coming To&hellip;CHICAGO STADIUM CHICAGO, Ill.October 24 to November 12 &#9632;

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