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December 9, 1961

The Hockey News December 9, 1961

<div class="byline">By DON FLEMING</div><p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>All seems like milk and honey in the camp of the Spokane Comets by now.</p><p>The inland Washington city has a winning hockey team, and the fans have finally warmed to the professional product.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04249/1807851-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="289" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gerry Brisson</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;Looks like we finally have it made,&rdquo; acknowledges Gen. Mel Smith, the personality kid who is the Comets&rsquo; secretary and one of the chief angels.</p><p>Four years ago, the Spokane organization cut itself adrift from the shamateur Western International. Too much of its funds were being used to keep the other clubs in business. So the Spokes decided that their money would be better spent by giving their fans a superior brand of hockey.</p><p>So they went after a franchise in the Western League, but when the league directors voted them in, they didn&rsquo;t have any delusions.</p><p>&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t expect to make it overnight,&rdquo; Smith explains. &ldquo;Right at the start, I anticipated that we would need five years to win over the fans.</p><p>&ldquo;But it looks as if it&rsquo;s happened already. We&rsquo;re only into our fourth year, but the town is talking hockey now, and that&rsquo;s always a good sign.&rdquo;</p><p>It was quite a challenge, at that. Nobody came along to stock Spokane with a ready-made professional club, such as the Rangers did in Saskatoon, Detroit in Edmonton and Chicago in Calgary.</p><p>Right off the bat, they even lost their name. The Edmonton Flyers had prior rights to the nickname, so the Spokane Flyers became Comets.</p><p>Manager-coach Roy McBride tried to make do with a nucleus of the shamateurs. He knew they could be regarded as little more than stopgaps in the over-all scheme of things.</p><p>The Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens have furnished a little help along the Way through partial working agreements, but with the termination of the tieup with Detroit, the Comets had to give up their &ldquo;most popular player&rdquo; of a year ago, Forbes Kennedy.</p><p>Despite these little reverses, McBride and his henchman, Colin Kilburn, have managed to mould an interesting, exciting hockey team for Spokane&hellip;and even more important in the long-range view, a contender.</p><p>And to give you an idea of how things are at last working out for the Spokane organization headed up by president Ron Robertson, consider the substitution of Gerry Brisson for Ching Johnson on left wing this year.</p><p>&ldquo;We had to regret losing a fellow like Ching,&rdquo; Dick (Spokesman-Review) Dillman admitted to us recently. &ldquo;He scored 103 goals in his three seasons with the Comets.</p><p>&ldquo;But look at this fellow Brisson. Here the season is only about six weeks old, and Gerry has 14 goals already, one more than even Portland&rsquo;s great Gordon Fashoway. Why, I don&rsquo;t believe that even Ching would have matched that pace.&rdquo;</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS</b>&mdash;A first-rate press book put out by the Vancouver Canucks this year says the first kind words for the much-maligned Forum in a long while&hellip;Built at a cost of $146,000 back in 1930, the Forum was described thusly by a Seattle newspaper, covering the opening: &ldquo;It is a sportsman&rsquo;s joy. Truly a great example of architectural ingenuity&hellip;Actually, it was originally built for public skating and curling, but was pressed into service when the old Denman Street Arena burned to the ground six years later&hellip;If you think that Portland had a great last year, look at the way the Buckaroos are drawing in the early part of this season&hellip;They are averaging 7,511 as compared to 5,113 at the same stage a year ago when they came on to average out to 7,782&hellip;Nevertheless, Bud Poile of Edmonton predicts that San Francisco will top all previous attendance marks this season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Spokane Fandom Finally Taking To Their Comets

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;Ranger Bubble Bursts.&rdquo; The headline in the N. Y. Journal-American last week after the Blue were blitzed 6-0 by Toronto chilled the hearts of many Ranger fans who feared all along that Doug Harvey&rsquo;s re-doubtables were playing over their heads.</p><p>The question now is whether Harvey can blow up another winning bubble or whether the Blues will descend to the subterranean depths originally selected for them by the &ldquo;experts&rdquo;.</p><p>If the Rangers hope to continue rollicking along in the first division they will need more help from the second (Hampson-Henry-Hebenton) and third (Ratelle-Gendron-Schinkel) lines.</p><p>So far the Bathgate-Prentice-Ingarfield triumverate has borne the brunt of the load with the others contributing sporadically.</p><p>At the start of the season g. m. Muzz Patrick admitted his club&rsquo;s weakness focussed on center ice. The sprightly play of Earl Ingarfield has helped to partially dispel that rumor but Teddy Hampson and Jean Ratelle have been anything but overwhelming.</p><p>Since their respective wingers have come to depend on the centers for help, only some giddyap play by Hampson and Ratelle can get the lines going.</p><p>Defense, the perennial sore spot, has held up well but there&rsquo;s still a question about how long Harvey can endure the heavy work. He appeared jaded during the Rangers&rsquo; 2-2 tie with Monteral Nov. 26&mdash;the club&rsquo;s fourth game in five days&mdash;but, then again so did three-quarters of the team.</p><p>&ldquo;Harvey has never played better than he has for us this season,&rdquo; insists Patrick. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m not too surprised. We figured he could do the job for us.&rdquo;</p><p>Within a week Harvey had done the following&mdash;collected three assists in a 4-0 shutout of Detroit: scored the winning goal with 18 seconds left at Boston; and pep-talked the Rangers into a 2-2 come-from-behind tie with Toronto.</p><p>Doug is most proud of the latter accomplishment since it followed the ignominious 6-0 affair in Toronto.</p><p>&ldquo;That Toronto game had me worried,&rdquo; he admitted, &ldquo;because I thought it might lead to a slump. I&rsquo;m told that used to happen in New York. What I told the gang is that there was nothing we could do about the 6-0 game. Just to forget it and think about working Hard against Montreal.&rdquo;</p><p>The tie preserved a unique Ranger record for the season; only team without two straight losses.</p><p>Despite this proud mark, some of the Blueshirts, who once entertained wild dreams of first place, were jolted back to their senses by the Toronto holocaust.</p><p>The theme among many Rangers now is: &ldquo;to heck with first place, let&rsquo;s get a fat lead over Boston, Detroit and Chicago so we can make fourth place.</p><p>&ldquo;When you haven&rsquo;t made the playoffs in three years,&rdquo; said Bathgate, &ldquo;you get a complex. You hit a slump and you&rsquo;re liable to stay in it. That&rsquo;s why my first goal is to make the playoffs.&rdquo;</p><p>But Al Langlois, the defenseman extracted from Montreal, doesn&rsquo;t know from anything but first place. He scoffs at Bathgate&rsquo;s talk and the sarcasm of Canadiens&rsquo; veep Kenny Reardon who insists Langlois would be lost without Harvey.</p><p>&ldquo;Humbug,&rdquo; chortles Langlois, &ldquo;if Reardon is a good boy I&rsquo;ll give him a sip of champagne when we win the Stanley Cup.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Slumps</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05220/1806768-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="555" height="547"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Hampson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Rangers New Tune: “Let’s Make The Playoffs First”

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01255/1808559-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><h2>He Knew What He Wanted<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Player Shortage Killing Expansion—Adams

<h2>Some Barons&rsquo; Records</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>ndividually, most of the AHL records are held by players who wear or have worn Cleveland uniforms. Their all-star right winger Freddie Glover recently scored his 900th point, which is an all-time scoring record. Ex-defense star Hy Buller scored 79 goals, which is tops for rearguards.</p><h2>Hot Trick Stars</h2><p>Three players each have scored two hat tricks apiece in the AHL this season. Willie Marshall, the veteran Hershey star, Dick Gamble of Rochester and Floyd Smith of Springfield have each turned the trick twice. No other players have scored three times in a game this season.</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p>(Standings On Tues. AM. Dec. 5) Eastern Division</p><h3>Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01405/1807491-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="566" height="127"></div><h3><b>Western Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02383/1807484-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="568" height="101"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sun., Dec. 3)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03332/1807477-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="562" height="322"></div><h2><b>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04282/1807470-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="562" height="274"></div><h2><b>Penalty Leaders</b></h2><p>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Providence, 428 minutes.</p><p>Most Penalized Player&mdash;John McKenzie, Hershey, 76 minutes.</p><h2><b>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Pittsburgh 0 at Quebec 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05220/1807463-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="548" height="340"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Springfield 4 at Buffalo 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06184/1807456-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="549" height="596"></div><h2><b>Hershey 4 at Cleveland 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07172/1807449-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="555" height="964"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 Hershey 2 at Rochester 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08160/1807442-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="558" height="508"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 Rochester 2 at Cleveland 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09156/1807435-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="549" height="504"></div><h2><b>Springfield 6 at Pittsburgh 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10142/1807428-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="557" height="872"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 Cleveland 4 at Buffalo 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11120/1807421-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="548" height="627"></div><h2><b>Pittsburgh 1 at Providence 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1288/1807414-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="552" height="468"></div><h2><b>Hershey 2 at Quebec 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1376/1807407-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="550" height="569"></div><h2><b>Springfield 2 at Rochester 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1460/1807400-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="546" height="417"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Jack Adams thinks the West Coast is great&hellip;but it isn&rsquo;t for the National Hockey League at this time.</p><p>The Red Wing general manager fo1lowed the Edmonton Flyers, Detroit&rsquo;s top farm club, to Los Angeles and San Francisco for the Flyers&rsquo; first appearances there this season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02174/1808590-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="301" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;Both have nice buildings,&rdquo; Adams said. &ldquo;The Los Angeles Arena is a beautiful place.</p><p>&ldquo;The thing that impressed me was that the people were so enthusiastic. When they left the game in Los Angeles, they were limp. They were really cheering.</p><p>&ldquo;But as far as the NHL expanding. I think any hope the West Coast has is in-their own league (Western Hockey League). They&rsquo;re aren&rsquo;t enough NHL caliber players around now, let alone enough to stock new teams,&rdquo; Adams said.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Jack Admits Californians Have Arenas

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO. Ont.&mdash;Few players in the NHL have ever had a closer brush with permanent injury than did Tom Johnson of the Montreal Canadiens in Toronto, November 29th. Johnson was injured when teammate Lou Fontinato&rsquo;s stick accidentally caught him on the eye. When he was taken to hospital Johnson could not see out of the eye at all. A few days after, however, he did regain some vision. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not much, he agrees, but it&rsquo;s an improvement.</p><p>&ldquo;When they brought me in here (Toronto Western Hospital) I couldn&rsquo;t see our of my eye at all. Then they covered both eyes, but the pain was terrible. They gave me seven sleeping pills, but I didn&rsquo;t sleep at all.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Finally, in the morning, the doctor took another look at the eye, and that&rsquo;s when I saw his outline. It made me feel a lot better.&rdquo;</p><p>Johnson was injured during a melee around the Habs nets. He knew he was hurt too badly to continue:</p><p>&ldquo;Right away, I couldn&rsquo;t see.</p><p>I wanted to get out of there fast, but I couldn&rsquo;t see where to go,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;The pain was awful, worse than a toothache.&rdquo;</p><p>Johnson was rushed after the game to Toronto General Hospital, where he was treated in the emergency ward. Then he was transferred to the Western, where Dr. T. J. Pashby practices.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been very good to me,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got a lot of confidence in him.&rdquo;</p><p>Dr. Pashby said that he won&rsquo;t look at Johnson&rsquo;s eye for several days.</p><p>&ldquo;He needs absolute rest,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want to take the chance of another hemorrhage.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;The lucky thing about this injury,&rdquo; said Johnson, &ldquo;is that I closed my eye at the moment of Impact. I saw it coming at me, but couldn&rsquo;t duck in time. So I instinctively closed my eye. If I hadn&rsquo;t, maybe I wouldn&rsquo;t have an eye to save,&rdquo; he remarked grimly.</p><p>Johnson is resigned to his stay in hospital, and he&rsquo;s also certain in his own mind that it&rsquo;s a healing process that can&rsquo;t be rushed.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m ready to play with a charley-horse or a bad ankle or anything else. But when it comes to my eye, I&rsquo;m not moving out of here until I&rsquo;ve got perfect vision.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a terrible thing to lie here without seeing anything. It scares you when you can&rsquo;t make a move without being afraid of knocking something on the floor. So this has got to be an absolute recovery. I&rsquo;m not taking any chances.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Johnson Won’t Play Until Eye Completely In Shape

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Minutes spent in the penalty box aren&rsquo;t necessarily a true measure of a hockey team&rsquo;s aggressiveness. But they tend to give an indication that a team is fighting for every puck and going all out on every play.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01345/1806551-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="268" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pierre Pilote</b></figcaption></div><p>In the fast pace of hockey today, when you play this type of game you can&rsquo;t help but pick up your share of penalties.</p><p>In the late 1940&rsquo;s when the Toronto Maple Leafs were winning the Stanley Cup five times in seven years, they were usually the top team in penalty minutes with such &ldquo;bad men&rdquo; as Bill Barilko, Bill Juzda, Gus Mortson and Wild Bill Ezinicki.</p><p>During Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; recent reign as five-time Stanley Cup champions the Canadiens were also the most penalized team in the League one season and the second most penalized team twice.</p><p>And last year, when the Chicago Black Hawks ended Montreal&rsquo;s unprecedented reign, they were far and away the most penalized team in the National Hockey League with an all-time record 1072 minutes. Next in line were Toronto (844 minutes), Montreal (811 minutes), Boston (810 minutes), Detroit (655 minutes) and New York (691 minutes).</p><p>The Black Hawks had four of the top players in penalty minutes and five of the ten in the NHL who were penalized 100 minutes or more.</p><p>Defenseman Pete Pilote led all players with 165 minutes and an aggressive rookie Reg Fleming&mdash;who played mostly as a penalty killer and fill-in forward-defenseman, was next with 145 minutes. Forwards Eric Nesterenko and Murray Balfour were fifth and sixth in the NHL with 125 and 123 minutes, respectively; and center Stan Mikita hit the 100 even mark.</p><p>True, there were about half a dozen misconduct penalties in Chicago&rsquo;s team total and General Manager Tommy Ivan put a quick halt to this by threatening to fine those who drew such useless penalties. But there weren&rsquo;t many cheap penalties in the Black Hawk total.</p><p>For the most part the penalties reflected the all-out aggressive hockey that made Chicago, over most of the season, the roughest team in the League. This aggressiveness was seen in their all-out play in the Stanley Cup playoffs when they outhustled, outfought and eventually outscored Montreal in six-rugged games in the first round and then smashed past Detroit in the finals.</p><p>This year the champion Black Hawks have had more than their share of troubles in getting untracked. They have had injuries but this is part of hockey and all teams have this problem. Their defense is second best in the league in goals allowed.</p><p>It is in goals scored&mdash;where they are last in the League over the first quarter (41 goals in 18 games) that they are hurting.</p><p>The Black Hawks also ran sixth and fifth in minutes penalized over the first part of the season and at the one-quarter mark were fourth with 194 minutes. Stretched over the full season that&rsquo;s a total of 776 minutes&mdash;well short of last year&rsquo;s league leading total.</p><p>Obviously, the Black Hawks have cut down on a lot of cheap penalties this season&mdash;Mikita and Balfour were the worst offenders last year. But they apparently have also lost some of their aggressiveness.</p><p>The fact that five of their most penalized players last year were forwards and the fact that the penalties and the scoring are down this year, may have some connection.</p><p>At the quarter mark only two Black Hawks&mdash;Nesterenko and Mikita&mdash;had 25 minutes or more in penalties, or a pace equal to 100 minutes over the full season. Nesterenko had 32 minutes&mdash;tied for third in the NHL behind Lou Fontinato of Montreal (76 minutes in 20 games), Harry Howell of New York (33 minutes), and Marcel Bonin of Montreal and Al Langlois of New York, who also had 32 minutes along with Nester. Mikita was next on Chicago with 26 minutes and Balfour and defenseman Jack Evans had 20 minutes each.</p><p>Have last year&rsquo;s hungry, rampaging Stanley Cup champions become too meek for their own good? The idea is to stay on the ice and play hockey&mdash;not see how many penalties you can get. But to score goals you need to have the puck and in today&rsquo;s fast pace this takes aggressiveness. And when you&rsquo;re aggressive you draw more than your share of penalties.</p><p>When Rudy Pilous took over as coach of the Black Hawks during the 1957-58 season, one of his first statements was:</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want any Lady Byng winners on my squad. I want players who will knock the opposing players down to get the puck.&rdquo;</p><p>Pilous has never deviated from his philosophy and has molded a team of, for the most part, hard-nosed, aggressive hockey players.</p><p>In their latest effort, a 4-1 triumph over Detroit on Nov. 26, the Black Hawks showed some of the hustle and fight that made them champions last year. Pete Pilote took a poke at Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe when the latter lost his stick and shoved Pilote in going after it&mdash;and you just don&rsquo;t try to push Howe around unless you are ready for rough going. Reg Fleming mixed it up with Bruce MacGregor and at game&rsquo;s end Stan Mikita got in a quick scuffle with a couple of Red Wings.</p><p>It was flash of the old spark. Chicago has an excellent penalty killing tandem in Fleming and Bob Turner. Others, like Nesterenko, Ron Murphy and Murray Balfour, are also adept in this art. The Black Hawks need not be afraid of playing a man short.</p><p>From this corner we look for Chicago to throw off its somewhat docile attitude and be the rugged, hard-hitting, aggressive Black Hawks of last year over the balance of the 1961-62 season.</p><h2><b>Catching Up On His Reading</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02328/1806544-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1516" height="1622"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe and teammate Ed Litzenberger of the Red Wings catch up on a little bit of the life of Maurice Richard. Our photographer caught Howe reading Andy O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s new book Rocket Richard. Gordie is expected to grab most of Richard&rsquo;s records before he quits the game.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Chi’s Scoring Dips As Penalty Minutes Droop

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Gordie Howe, with more than 1.060 regular season games behind him in his National Hockey League career, figures on at least 300 more before retiring.</p><p>That figures to at least four more years for the Red Wing great who will be 34 when playoff time comes around next spring.</p><p>Red Wing general manager Jack Adams and coach Sid Abel figure on moving the many-time All-Star right winger to centre when he begins slowing down and then to defense.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03299/1806582-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="273" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Turk Broda</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;So far, Gordie hasn&rsquo;t shown signs of slowing down,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;He should be able to play four or five more years.&rdquo;</p><p>To Adams, Howe is &ldquo;the Big Fella.&rdquo; And he has been that to Red Wings for more years than anyone cares to remember&hellip;this is Gordie&rsquo;s 16th season.</p><p>Despite all the goals, all the honors&mdash;like five-time Hart Trophy winner, a record, Howe&rsquo;s head size hasn&rsquo;t changed a bit. He is as unpretentious as the newest of rookies.</p><p>Howe has had his share of setbacks in hockey&mdash;there was the night he lay on an operating table with a fractured skull after being board checked by Ted Kennedy. Howe was close to death that night.</p><p>There were concussions, one as recent as last year when he collided with Ed Shack in Maple Leaf Gardens.</p><p>There was a knee injury and a painful rib injury and broken noses.</p><p>But Howe has survived them all.</p><p>&ldquo;How much longer I&rsquo;ll play depends on staying healthy,&rdquo; Howe said.</p><p>Howe has played on great Red Wing teams and holds a flock of NHL records. While the Wings of the past four seasons have been out of first place contention, it has been Howe that has kept the club going.</p><p>Without Howe, the Wings would be lost.</p><p>Howe broke into the NHL in 1946 after one season in the minors with Omaha of the United States League. He scored 22 goals and had 26 assists in 51 games for Omaha.</p><p>Gordie&rsquo;s NHL start wouldn&rsquo;t have caused anyone to think he would become the game&rsquo;s top scorer. He had only seven goals and 15 assists his rookie year.</p><p>&ldquo;I remember that my first goal was against Turk Broda in the second period of a game with Toronto,&rdquo; Howe said. &ldquo;I got a rebound and shot it past him.&rdquo;</p><p>Howe&rsquo;s best and worst were brought out by the Nev. York Rangers.</p><p>&ldquo;For years I had trouble with Chuck Rayner,&rdquo; Howe said. &ldquo;Then one Christmas night about 10 years ago I had the hat trick against Rayner and three assists.</p><p>&ldquo;Another night I was on the ice for five of the six goals New York scored against us. We lost, 6-4. I felt so bad I would have liked to have disappeared into the ice.&rdquo;</p><p>Fortunately for the Wings and for hockey, Gordie didn&rsquo;t.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Howe Figuring On Four More Years In Detroit

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Dave Keon&rsquo;s freshman season with Toronto Maple Leafs was so incredibly good that everybody involved&mdash;except possibly Davey himself&mdash;expected a letdown this year.</p><p>Here, pessimists reasoned, was the perfect target for the legendary sophomore jinx&mdash;a rookie who scored 20 goals and 25 assists.</p><p>Instead, Keon has improved.</p><p>&ldquo;As a matter of fact,&rdquo; says coach Punch Imlach. &ldquo;he&rsquo;s our most improved player&mdash;and he&rsquo;s been our most consistent player, as well.&rdquo;</p><p>What&rsquo;s better about Keon?</p><p>Well, one of the reasons for the so-called second-year hex always has been the fact that the opposition always used to tumble to the tricks employed by first-year sensations. Keon has come up with several new wrinkles and. instead of being easier for enemy defences to handle, he&rsquo;s become far tougher.</p><p>Says Davey: &ldquo;Now that I know what I&rsquo;m up against, I&rsquo;ve got more confidence. I can make plays I might have hesitated to try last year.&rdquo;</p><p>Another new Keon feature is his speed. Excellent skating, with minimum effort warding off fatigue, always was his trademark, right from junior days. However, he&rsquo;s quicker than ever this year and Imlach now figures:</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s just about the fastest skater in the League. He&rsquo;s skating faster than ever and right now I&rsquo;d stack him up against anybody.&rdquo;</p><p>That, of course, includes such speedsters as Henri Richard, Doug Mohns and Bobby Hull. Keon rates right with them.</p><p>&ldquo;Another thing,&rdquo; Imlach adds, &ldquo;is that he has developed a great change of pace. Because he can accelerate just when he appears to be going full speed he keeps his checks guessing.&rdquo;</p><p>Keon&rsquo;s playmaking and his rapidity and his non-stop skating have assisted no end in the conspicuous improvement of Dick Duff, his left-wing partner. And George Armstrong, untracked now after a slow start, fits right in with them. It&rsquo;s as good as any Leaf line.</p><p>Not many hockey players have been featured in Sports Illustrated. Jean Beliveau, Bobby Hull, Rocket Richard, Andy Bathgate and Gordie Howe are about all. Keon made it this fall.</p><p>The Keon article misrepresented one thing. It gave Punch Imlach, present manager-coach, the credit for getting Keon for the Leafs. It didn&rsquo;t happen that way. Keon was playing for a Leaf-sponsored team at St. Michael&rsquo;s college before Imlach returned here from minor league stints at Quebec and Springfield.</p><p>As a matter of fact, Keon narrowly missed becoming Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; property. He came down to a Wing-sponsored tryout camp at Hamilton, Ont., and was invited to stay, probably to play junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; hockey. Instead he returned to his home in Noranda, Quebec, for another winter of juvenile hockey.</p><p>At this point, Bob Davidson, Leafs&rsquo; chief talent scout, got the scent and took over as sponsor of the team for which Keon was playing. That clinched it as far as Leafs were concerned.</p><p>Davey&rsquo;s parents allowed him to move to Toronto as a student at St. Michael&rsquo;s college and he became an immediate sensation with the school&rsquo;s Buzzers in the Metropolitan junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; league. Next stop was the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Majors, where he was coached by Bob Goldham and Father Dave Bauer, both of whom influenced him tremendously.</p><p>There never was any question about Keon&rsquo;s skating or offensive ability. But in his early junior days, he wouldn&rsquo;t check. Defensive hockey didn&rsquo;t interest him. And he was small.</p><p>At this time, Keon made a revealing statement about himself. He said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve decided to become a professional hockey player. That means I&rsquo;ll do anything, any amount of work, that&rsquo;s required to achieve that goal.&rdquo;</p><p>True to his word, he buckled down and made himself a checker.</p><p><b>Today, this is one of the strong points of his game. His speed makes him a relentless forechecker and he even appears when Leafs are shorthanded, a real tribute to his defensive ability.</b></p><p><b>Keon, still only 21, is only five-foot-nine and weighs just 165 pounds&mdash;small by NHL standards. But he is elusive and always alert to upcoming checks and as a result he doesn&rsquo;t get hit solidly, even though bruisers like Leo Boivin and Pierre Pilote have taken dead aim to slow him down.</b></p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to roll with them, sort of,&rdquo; says Keon. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty near impossible to tag a moving target. Sometimes it makes a lot of noise when somebody takes me into the boards. But the sound doesn&rsquo;t mean anything, if you&rsquo;re on the move when it happens.&rdquo;</p><p>It is obvious from all this that motion is an important part of Keon&rsquo;s game. Yet he doesn&rsquo;t seem susceptible to weariness at all. Part of the reason for this is the way Imlach handles him. He bars Keon from workouts quite often so he&rsquo;ll have a chance to rest up. This is annoying to Davey because hockey is so important a part of his existence that he likes to practice as frequently and as long as possible.</p><p><b>Keon&rsquo;s first cousin is Tod Sloan, a 200-goal shooter with Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. The two cousins didn&rsquo;t know each other well but when Keon first came to Toronto, he had a chat with the Slinker, who told him:</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;Just remember this: no matter how badly things seem to be going, stick with it and keep plugging away. You&rsquo;re bound to be discouraged.&rdquo;</b></p><p>So far, there has been a minimum of discouragement&mdash;45 points as a freshman, considerable fame, a $1,000 bonus as winner of the Calder Trophy as the NHL&rsquo;s rookie-of-the-year.</p><p>Naturally, Keon isn&rsquo;t eligible for the Calder this year. But he established himself as a definite thread for the Lady Byng Trophy, which goes each year to the player best combining gentlemanly deportment with effective play. Over Leafs&rsquo; first 17 games, he had served only one minor penalty and, if there was a better centreman in the League, please name your candidate.</p><p>But it wasn&rsquo;t until just recently that the final compliment was paid. Keon was added to Leafs powerplay. There&rsquo;s no greater tribute.</p><p>Yes there is, too. It used to be that when the matter of trades came up, Leafs always said they had just one untouchable who wasn&rsquo;t for sale under any circumstances. Now there are two. Mahovlich and Keon.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Second Year Jinx Never Threatened 60-61 Rookie Now In Byng Trophy Race

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Vince Thompson, Maple Leafs&rsquo; scout in Northern Quebec, gets credit as discoverer of Dave Keon. In 1955, chief scout Bob Davidson received a letter from Thompson saying you&rsquo;d better grab this kid or he&rsquo;ll come back to haunt you 10 years from now.&rdquo; Davidson spent $1,000 to sponsor Noranda juvenile Lions, for whom Keon was playing, and this gave Leafs right to Keon. &ldquo;Best $1,000 we ever spent,&rdquo; says Davidson.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Leafs Sponsored Team To Get A Chance At Keon

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The day can&rsquo;t be too far off when a great St. Michael&rsquo;s college forward line is reunited&mdash;Dave Keon, Bruce Draper and Larry Keenan. Keon, of course, is starring with Leafs. Draper and Keenan, who spent an extra year in junior hockey, are rookie stickouts with Leafs&rsquo; American League farm club at Rochester, N.Y.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Leafs Looking Forward To Day Kid Line Is Reunited

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01344/1806685-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dave Keon&hellip;&hellip;Adds Confidence</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Dave Keon is first Maple Leaf player to be selected star of five consecutive Saturday night home games, according to veteran announcer Jack Dennett, who has been handling the Imperial Oil broadcasts for many years.</p><h2><b>Lillie Man With Big Future</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Dave Saturday Night Star Five Consecutive Outings

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01410/1806737-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="365" height="384"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02376/1806730-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="512" height="74"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>O</span>NE OF</b> the finest things to give any hockey fan this Christmas would be copies of the Official NHL Record Book, 1917 to 1961, and the 1961-62 edition of the annual NHL Press and Radio Guide&hellip;This is a gift that any hockey fan would be crazy about&hellip;See particulars on how to get these wonderful hockey books on the back page of this issue of HOCKEY NEWS&hellip;Harry Howell will set a New York Ranger record on January 1st if he continues to play every New York game up to that time&hellip;On January 1st Harry will have played his 648th game as a Ranger. This shatters the former mark of 647 which was held by Ott Heller. Now in his 10th season with the Rangers, Howell has never missed more than five games in any one season. He missed four games this season with a knee injury&hellip;Asked what he thought about breaking Heller&rsquo;s record, Harry answered: &ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;ve got an edge over Ott. In his day they played 44 and 50-game schedules. We play a 70-game schedule and they add up faster.&rdquo;&hellip;The Red Wings had trouble with their skates recently in Chicago&hellip;The Chicago skateman sharpened their blades along with those of the Black Hawks on the morning of the game. The trouble being that the Hawks like their skates razor sharp and the Red Wings don&rsquo;t&hellip;After the Wings tried vainly to blunt their skates by rubbing them across their hockey sticks during the warm-up period, it was decided the skates should be sharpened again&hellip;but duller&hellip;Henri Richard&rsquo;s wife is recovering now after a rough time in the hospital following the birth of their recent child.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03300/1806723-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="276" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Howell</b></figcaption></div><p><b>DETROIT RED WINGS</b> and Montreal Canadiens both published excellent hockey books on their respective teams this year. For particulars on how to obtain these books see the ads in this issue&hellip;The amazing turnover of players in the NHL shows that 24 players have gone to the minor leagues since the start of last season and another 22 are playing on different NHL teams&hellip;President Clarence Campbell of the NHL says the pension figures show the average age of players in the NHL to be 28.2&hellip;It has remained constant at that figure, give or take a couple of months, for eight years&hellip;He adds that the intake of rookies has been quite uniform, with 16 to 20 in the League each year&hellip;Frank Selke sent the following telegram to Milt Dunnell on Canadiens last appearance in Toronto: &ldquo;Could you have the Jockey Club post a clocker to record when Stafford (Smythe) will break Conn&rsquo;s record circling the rink? Yours for goal judges with improved vision.&rdquo;&hellip;The last sentence refers to a goal which Canadiens contended they scored on their last trip but didn&rsquo;t get&hellip;A fine story on Rangers&rsquo; Albert Langlois appears in the December issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL&hellip;Feature story in the same issue of PICTORIAL is Stan Fischler&rsquo;s on Hockey behind the Iron Curtain. It&rsquo;s called Hockey: Iron Curtain Style&hellip;Fischler recently returned from three weeks in Czechoslovakia.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04245/1806716-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="279" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Langlois</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich&mdash;</p><p>Marc Boileau is a candidate for Johnny Bower&rsquo;s &ldquo;Life Begins at 29 Club.&rdquo;</p><p>It was at 29 that the Toronto Maple Leaf goalie first stepped into the National Hockey League. That was with New York and Johnny made a few more trips before coming up to the big time for good with the Leafs.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06182/1806799-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="270" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marc Boileau</figcaption></div><p>Now it&rsquo;s Boileau. oldest rookie to the NHL, stepping up to find out what life is like in the first cabin.</p><p>A rookie at 29 is rare in any sport but more so in hockey where they start younger and leave sooner than in such endeavors as football, baseball and basketball.</p><p>But Boileau didn&rsquo;t have to wait long for his first NHL goal. It came at 14:59 of the second period in his third game when he put the puck past Boston goalie Don Head in a 6-2 Red Wing victory.</p><p>Boileau actually got his chance to make the NHL in early October when the Wings assigned him to Hershey of the American League. It made him available for a quick call-up.</p><p>The call came when it was obvious that 20-year-old Bob Dillabough, a spring graduate of junior hockey, needed more experience. So Dillabough was sent to Hershey and coach Sid Abel brought up Boileau.</p><p>Boileau served as relief center for the first line and third line and then, when Abel juggled his lines after a 6-1 defeat in Toronto, he was made third line center with Vic Stasiuk and Val Fonteyne his wing men.</p><p>Boileau replied with a goal and an assist.</p><p>Boileau is a product of the Montreal farm system. He played for the Canadiens&rsquo; Cincinnati, O., farm club in the International Hockey League in 1953-54 getting 12 goals and 28 assists in 33 games.</p><p>Then the Pointe Claire, Que., native was sent to the Maritimes for two seasons. When his coach moved to Indianapolis of the IHL, Boileau went along.</p><p>It was in his second IHL stint that the Red Wings heard of him, especially after he led the club to the playoff championship in 1957-58.</p><p>The Wings bought him and then loaned him to Seattle where he flourished for three years, topping it with 42 goals last season, before moving him to Hershey.</p><p>And now the Wings have the youngest and oldest rookies in the NHL&mdash;20-year-old Bruce MacGregor and 29-year-old Marc Boileau.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Red Wings Boast Youngest, Oldest Of NHL Freshmen

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07154/1806837-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg"></div><p><b>&lsquo;Rocket Richard&rsquo;</b></p><p><b>Get Andy O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s intimate, action-packed biography of Rocket Richard&mdash;Regular value $3.25, yours for only $2.00 and one box top from Vitalis Hair Tonic (any size).</b></p><p>Follow the flamboyant, controversial Maurice &lsquo;The Rocket&rsquo; Richard as he puts his name opposite 16 records. Here&rsquo;s the full story of the NHL&rsquo;s most exciting 18 years, including the bombing that started the Richard Riot, and how sugar cubes and brandy exploded into one of the greatest scoring moments in hockey. Get your hard-cover, illustrated copy now. Makes a wonderful gift too I</p><p>And you&rsquo;ll doyourself another favour when you take it from Rocket Richard, who says: &ldquo;After thousands of showers, Vitalis Hair Tonic was the only thing that kept my hair from drying out. There&rsquo;s no messy grease with Vitalis.&rdquo; Get Vitalis with V-7, the modern greaseless grooming discovery&mdash;and keep your hair neat and natural looking the whole day through.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08127/1806830-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="1068" height="472"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NEW RED WING SOUVENIRS!

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Two years ago it was third period flame-out for the Red Wings. Now it&rsquo;s third period fizzle-out.</p><p>The Wings ended a six-game road swing far, far away from third place in the National Hockey League standings and not so far away from the basement.</p><p>Among the numerous ills was Detroit&rsquo;s inability to stay in contention in the third period. It was like that two years ago but not as bad.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01365/1806906-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="292" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Litzenberger</b></figcaption></div><p>During the six game stretch, the Wings scored only one goal in the third period&hellip;the opposition scored 13.</p><p>If lack of legs is the answer, it&rsquo;s going to be a cold, dreary winter around Olympia.</p><p>Take those six games&hellip;the Wings were in every one going into the third period:</p><p>1. A 2-0 defeat at Chicago. It was 1-0 going into the final period.</p><p>2. A 6-1 shellacking at Toronto. It was 3-0 going into the final period and Norm Ullman shortened it to 3-1 at 1:51 but then the Leafs turned on the goals.</p><p>3. A 6-2 victory at Boston, the only points the Wings earned on the trip. Still, Detroit did all its scoring in the first two periods and Boston had a singleton in the third period.</p><p>4. A 4-0 defeat at New York. The score was 1-0 when the last 20 minutes began.</p><p>5. A 5-3 loss in Montreal. The Wings led, 3-1, at the end of the first period and still were ahead, 3-2, going into the final session but couldn&rsquo;t hold on.</p><p>6. A 4-1 defeat in Chicago. It was 2-1 for the Hawks at the end of two periods and then they put it away.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re getting the shots but we aren&rsquo;t putting the puck in the net,&rdquo; said coach Sid Abel.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if everyone fancies himself a slap shot artist or what,&rdquo; said general manager Jack Adams. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t see how they can take so many shots and not be on the net.&rdquo;</p><p>The combination of yielding third period goals and being unable to get any themselves saw the Wings fade from four points out of third, a position many picked them for at the season&rsquo;s start, to 11 points away at the end of their journey.</p><p>Chicago wasn&rsquo;t doing much more than the Detroiters but the Hawks still appeared to have the more solid club over the long stretch and New York keeps on winning and staying in contention for first place.</p><p>So where would that leave Detroit? Out of the playoffs?</p><p>&ldquo;The playoffs are a long way off,&rdquo; Adams said.</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe we&rsquo;ll be able to do the reverse of last year.&rdquo;</p><p>A year ago, going into December, the Detroiters were up in first place. Then Boston came to town on Dec. 1 and started the Red Wings on their slide to a fourth place finish.</p><p>December wasn&rsquo;t remembered for holiday joy&mdash;the Wings picked up only nine of a possible 24 points.</p><p>A similiar December this time around could be disastrous.</p><p>Abel hasn&rsquo;t been able to point to many bright spots in Red Wings play all season.</p><p>Surprisingly, Gordie Howe, who now is over 1,000 in regular season games played, is far ahead of his goal pace of a year ago.</p><p>After 20 games, Howe had 10 goals. He didn&rsquo;t score his 10th last season until the Wings&rsquo; 32nd game. But his total points were the same&mdash;20 in 20 games.</p><p>Howe&rsquo;s increased goal production hasn&rsquo;t been met by his teammates. Goals are down 14 over the same period of 1960-61 and up eight for the opposition, a 22-goal span in one year.</p><p>Forwards don&rsquo;t backcheck, defensemen are skirted and, said Adams, there have been some &ldquo;bad goals&rdquo;.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the story of the Wings&rsquo; life all season.</p><p>And, after 20 games, four players still hadn&rsquo;t scored and three others had only one goal. Howie Glover, Gerry Odrowski and Howie Young were without goals.</p><p>Al Johnson had an 11-game drought, Ed Litzenberger a 10-game blank and Alex Delvecchio a six-game scoreless spell.</p><p>Although the Wings&rsquo; Edmonton farm club topped the Western League, Adams, who saw the team in four games, said there wasn&rsquo;t anyone who could be of immediate help.</p><p>However, goalie Hank Bassen, who split the duties with Terry Sawchuk last season, was brought back to Detroit after filling in for injured Dennis Riggin during a nine-game Flyer journey.</p><p>Adams was enthusiastic over Bassen&rsquo;s work in the Flyers&rsquo; games&mdash;the Red Wing GM saw four of the games in Los Angeles and San Francisco&mdash;and it was expected that Bassen would see some action for the Red Wings.</p><p>Bassen, who was 5-2-2 after two months last season, had played only once for the Wings this fall and that was in a 4-0 setback at Boston.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b> Dennis Jordan, 20-year-old goalie who played for Guelph of the OHA last season, was assigned to Edmonton for a five-game pro tryout&hellip;Jordan has been playing with the Muskegon, Mich., Zephyrs of the International League this season.</p><p>Jordan is the second reliefer for Flyer regular Riggin who is nursing an eye injury. A decision on whether or not to operate on Riggin&rsquo;s eye won&rsquo;t be made until early January.</p><p>If Jordan passes the five game trial, he will be turned pro and will remain with Edmonton, Red Wing boss Adams said.</p><p>Marc Boileau, the 29-year-old rookie center, was one of the very few to gain praise from the Red Wing brass after the club&rsquo;s six-game trip&hellip;Boileau scored his first and second NHL goals on the swing, one in Boston and the other in Montreal.</p><p>Delvecchio picked up one point in the 5-3 defeat at Montreal and the point gave him an even 500 in NHL play&hellip;Delvecchio is third on the list of all-time Red Wing scorers trailing Ted Lindsay.</p><h2><b>Back In Action</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02333/1806899-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="534" height="859"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Hank Bassen</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Wing Nosedive Blamed On 3rd Period Fizzle

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>There was a time when a National Hockey League goalkeeper was a chap whose duties were limited to trying to stop the shots of the opposition.</p><p>But that was in the old days, before Don Head.</p><p>Has the venerable NHL ever known another goalkeeper like Head, the 28-year-old rookie of the Bruins? If so, who?</p><p>Besides doing a passable job of stopping opponents&rsquo; shots, Head has also:</p><p>Skated from his net to join the Bruins&rsquo; offense in delayed penalty situations as a point man.</p><p>Participated in the passwork which is part of the killing of penalties.</p><p>Made some of the best body checks by Bruins this season.</p><p>And, of course, done more fighting than any other Bruin.</p><p>&ldquo;I know I&rsquo;ve never seen anyone like him,&rdquo; said Lynn Patrick, manager of the Bruins. &ldquo;Jacques Plante (Montreal) began what is now a general practice of skating behind the net to stop passes, but I&rsquo;ve never, seen any goalkeeper get into the game the way Head does.&rdquo;</p><p>Head&rsquo;s dashes down the ice on delayed opponents&rsquo; penalties have now been frequent enough here to occasion no further surprise. Neither do his smashing bodychecks.</p><p>But there were gasps all around the Garden the night of a game with the Toronto Maple Leafs when Head joined in the penalty-killing passing being done by Jerry Toppazzini, Charley Burns, Doug Mohns and Leo Boivin.</p><p>Toppazzini dumped the puck out of Toronto&rsquo;s zone to Mohns at the Bruins&rsquo; blueline, with Maple Leafs in hot pursuit.</p><p>&ldquo;Dougie!&rdquo; shouted Head, pounding his heavy goalkeeper&rsquo;s stick on the ice.</p><p>Mohns promptly fired a skimmer along the ice to Head, more than 60 feet from the nearest Toronto player. The 200-pound goalie made what was actually a save, then passed up the other side of the ice to Boivin as the Bruins went on to kill the penalty.</p><p>Observed Carl Voss, the Massachusetts-born NHL referee-in-chief, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the first time I&rsquo;ve ever seen an intentional play involving a goalkeeper like that one.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Lynn, did you gasp when Mohns shot the puck to Head?&rdquo; asked sportswriter Nick DelNin-no.</p><p>&ldquo;Yeh, I gasped,&rdquo; replied Patrick, grinning.</p><p>Patrick has been predicting since the start of the season that Head will make Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s scoring statistics before the Bruins finish in the spring.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s bound to get one or more assists with these plays they&rsquo;ve worked out,&rdquo; said the Bruins&rsquo; manager, &ldquo;and I won&rsquo;t be surprised if he&rsquo;s the first major league goalie to score a goal.</p><p>&ldquo;He practiced bouncing the puck off the boards and toward the empty net, and he&rsquo;s good at it. One of these nights the other team will have the goalie out and Mr. Head will score a goal.&rdquo;</p><p>When Head talks about goalkeeping he strikes notes of originality like Plante, who also pioneered in the wearing of the face mask.</p><p>&ldquo;What the heck, why should a goalkeeper just stand around out there?&rdquo; challenged Don. &ldquo;If he can skate and do some other things, why shouldn&rsquo;t he get in the game? Anything he can do to help his team he should do. That&rsquo;s the way I feel about it.&rdquo;</p><p>And as far as Bruins&rsquo; customers are concerned, if that&rsquo;s the way their colorful goalkeeper feels about such matters, it&rsquo;s quite all right with them. He is rapidly becoming one of the leading favorites here.</p><h2><b>In The Game</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04195/1806937-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="545" height="808"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Head</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Head Practices Empty Net Shot With Extra Man

<p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen Gordie Howe played his 1,000th NHL regular season game on Sunday, November 26th it was just another milestone in the brilliant career of one of the game&rsquo;s all-time greats.</p><p>Aside from Howe&rsquo;s feats as a hockey player, he is also one of the most pleasing guys anyone would want to meet. After 15 years in the big time he is still as humble as the day he first donned a Red Wings&rsquo; sweater. He&rsquo;s never too big to give an autograph or talk to a tot who&rsquo;s sole dream is to someday play in the NHL.</p><p>No greater athlete ever graced an athletic field. He&rsquo;s proud of the game and hockey is proud <i>at</i> him. He&rsquo;s truly &lsquo;Your Kind of Player&rsquo;.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05134/1806968-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="287" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Your Kind Of Player

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03264/1806999-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="553" height="250"></div><h2><b>DECEMBER 9 TO DECEMBER 15</b></h2><p>11&mdash;Elmer Vasko, Chicago, defense, 1935.</p><p>11&mdash;Mike Nykoluk, Hershey, forward, 1934.</p><p>11&mdash;Pierre Pilote, Chicago, defense, 1931.</p><p>11&mdash;Ted Hampson, Rangers, forward, 1936.</p><p>12&mdash;John MacGregor, Detroit, forward, 1937.</p><p>12&mdash;John McKenzie, Hershey, forward, 1937.</p><p>12&mdash;Les Duff, Hershey, forward, 1934.</p><p>13&mdash;Don Johns, Springfield, defense, 1937.</p><p>13&mdash;Doug Mohns, Boston, defense/forward, 1933.</p><p>13&mdash;Moe Mantha, Quebec, defense, 1933.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday To You

<div class="byline">ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Doug Mohns may score goals for the Bruins at a record pace this season&mdash;if he remains a defenseman.</p><p>When Mohns blasted his low, hard one by Gump Worsley of the New York Rangers in a recent game here, it gave him a record of five goals in 10 games.</p><p>It also gave him eight goals for the season, and since he had scored one earlier while playing the position, it also gave him six goals as a defenseman.</p><p>The National League has had 20-goal scorers who were defensemen, but not recently. Harry Cameron scored 20 goals with the old Toronto team of 40 years ago. Bill &ldquo;Flash&rdquo; Hollett did it for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1944-45 season.</p><p>Mohns has scored 20 goals in a season himself, for that matter, but that was two seasons ago, when he played left wing a good part of the time.</p><p>This season Doug may hit 20 as a defenseman&mdash;if he stays on defense.</p><p>Mohns began as a right wing in October, playing with Don McKenney and Johnny Bucyk on the Bruins&rsquo; number one line. But they needed a defenseman after they traded Bob Armstrong to the Montreal Canadiens, so the versatile Mohns was shifted back to the position which he plays best, even if he is unorthodox.</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; offense improved with Mohns joining the rushes from a defense position. Doug&rsquo;s scoring figures mounted rapidly until, by late November, he was far ahead of all other NHL defensemen in both goals and points.</p><p>At his November scoring pace the 27&ndash;year old Mohns was also challenging for the scoring leadership of the Bruins. Wouldn&rsquo;t that be something, if the fast-skating, hard-shooting defenseman wound up scoring both 20 goals and being the Bruins&rsquo; leader in that department?</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01435/1807030-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="271" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Mohns</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Mohns May Be First In Many Years to Rack Up 20 Goals Playing Defense

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Just when the sun started shining on the Canadiens again last week, new clouds developed to blot it out on the defending NHL champions.</p><p>Recovering from the recent road trip on which they lost three straight games, the Habs got going on another unbeaten streak of seven games. Admittedly, five of them were deadlocks, but they still managed to share the League lead with Toronto Leafs.</p><p>The other bright spots were the gradual return to form of high-scoring Dickie Moore, who came up with four goals in 10 games, and reports that Jean Beliveau was about ready to get into action anytime.</p><p>Big Beliveau, who suffered a serious knee injury in one of the Habs&rsquo; training exhibitions, had been skating better each day and was due to scrimmage with his teammates for the first time during the regular season.</p><p>Then the clouds came after a gruelling pair of deadlocks with the Leafs.</p><p>Beliveau might be out much longer. The club doctor&rsquo;s examination of Le Gros Bill revealed that Jean&rsquo;s knee appeared completely healed but the thigh was too weak to risk in competition.</p><p>Beliveau, who had hoped to get into a weekend series against Detroit and Chicago, was down hearted when asked when he might return to the club.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; said Beliveau with a shrug. &ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo;</p><p>The Beliveau case was hardly half of the Habs&rsquo; troubles.</p><p>Defenceman Tom Johnson, enjoying one of his greatest seasons, suffered an eye injury at Maple Leafs Gardens and was lost to the club for at least a week, possibly much longer.</p><p>Johnson was struck in the eyeball by the blade of teammate Lou Fontinato&rsquo;s stick during a melee in front of the Montreal net in the third period of the 2-2 tie with Leafs.</p><p>It appeared to be a routine injury until Tom complained of being unable to see in the dressing room after the game. He was taken to Maple Leafs Gardens clinic, then to Toronto General Hospital and later to Western Hospital.</p><p>An eye specialist said that there was considerable hemor-raging inside and that he had no chance of examining the eye closely for at least 24 hours. Later it was announced that Johnson would remain in hospital at least five days under orders of complete rest and observation.</p><p>A club spokesman said that Johnson&rsquo;s condition did not appear critical but that &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t be too careful in the case of an eye injury.&rdquo;</p><p>Johnson, one of the Canadiens&rsquo; most durable performers down through the years, missing only 19 games through 11 previous seasons, appears to be the hard luck guy of the team this campaign. The 33-year-old defenceman has been hit by injuries since the season started.</p><p>Prior to the eye injury, Johnson suffered a bruised ankle, Charley horse, infected foot and a 12-stitch gash on the forehead.</p><p>The pressure on Johnson this season has been terrific. Following a so-so showing in 1960-61 it was rumored that he was on the trading block. Instead, three other defencemen, Doug Harvey, Junior Langlois and Bob Turner were let go, making things that much more challenging for Johnson around the Forum.</p><p>Despite the pressure, Tom has come up with his finest hockey in years, so fine in fact that Coach Toe Blake recently rated Johnson &ldquo;as good if not better than any defenceman in the League.&rdquo;</p><p>As a result of Johnson&rsquo;s injury Blake called up Jean Guathier from Hull-Ottawa Canadiens of the Eastern Pro League. He will probably be used as the fifth rearguard. In the first absence of Johnson, Blake teamed Lou Fontinato with Jean-Claude Tremblay, Al MacNeil with Jean Guy Talbot, and was well pleased with his blueline corps against the Leafs.</p><p>Brightest spot of the Canadiens&rsquo; play through the late November stretch was the work of Goalie Jacques Plante. The masked marvel racked up his first shutout of the season when the Habs blanked Boston 5-0 and had a record of only eight goals against him in five games.</p><h2><b>View From The Boards</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03225/1807068-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="549" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom Johnson</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04157/1807061-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="550" height="533"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jean Beliveau</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Habs Take Another Rap From Ole Debbil Injury

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;</p><p>Emaciated Camille Henry, not satisfied having run Fernie Flaman out of the NHL, has taken on another formidable foe, his former roommate Lou Fontinato.</p><p>Henry, who is so skinny he&rsquo;s often mistaken for a straw, nearly bodychecked behemoth Fontinato into the Hudson River on Montreal&rsquo;s last visit to Madison Square Garden, Nov. 26th.</p><p>Louie made the mistake of dropping his head while passing the puck at center ice. At that precise moment Henry, cruising in from left field, deposited Fonty on his rompers. It was very embarrassing.</p><p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t get him good,&rdquo; complained Henry, waiting in line to get on the rubbing table in the</p><p>Rangers&rsquo; dressing room. &ldquo;I just got a piece of him.&rdquo;</p><p>Dean Prentice was listening to the conversation. Henry&rsquo;s modesty so upset Dean he nearly spat out his upper plate reprimanding him.</p><p>&ldquo;What,&rdquo; blurted Prentice, &ldquo;are you kidding? You got him real good, Cammy. That was a solid check. You can bet he felt it.&rdquo;</p><p>Since Henry weighs only 150 pounds (after a seven-course meal), and Fontinato checks in at a muscular 200, we wondered what accounted for Cammy&rsquo;s sudden surge of belligerency.</p><p>&ldquo;This is what,&rdquo; he replied indignantly, holding up his bright red hockey pants. An eight-inch hole was torn clear through the back of the pants. &ldquo;That Louie speared me. And not just once either.&rdquo;</p><p>Henry doubled-up in pain when it happened and limped to the Ranger bench. Ranger captain Andy Bathgate pointed out the infraction to referee Frank Udvari.</p><p>&ldquo;He said he didn&rsquo;t see it,&rdquo; explained Bathgate, &ldquo;and I can believe that. Louie usually makes sure the referee isn&rsquo;t looking when he pulls that.&rdquo;</p><p>Bathgate said Fontinato rarely hurts anyone when he throws a legitimate bodycheck. &ldquo;But,&rdquo; added Andy, &ldquo;he usually brings his hands up when he hits you.&rdquo;</p><p>Like most players, neither Bathgate nor Henry are offended by a legal check. That&rsquo;s why Fontinato&rsquo;s repertoire annoys them.</p><p>&ldquo;I told him,&rdquo; said Cammy, &ldquo;he hasn&rsquo;t got any guts to spear me that way. I don&rsquo;t mind a good, solid bodycheck but a guy has to be out of his mind to spear.&rdquo;</p><p>Henry doesn&rsquo;t want his public to think it takes a Fontinato act of aggression to bring out the rhino in him.</p><p>&ldquo;Heck,&rdquo; said Cammy, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been throwing checks for a long time. It&rsquo;s just that people are beginning to notice it now.&rdquo;</p><p>We asked him if he ever really hurt anyone with his patented blocks.</p><p>&ldquo;Sure,&rdquo; he replied as if offended.</p><p>&ldquo;Who?&rdquo; we wondered.</p><p>&ldquo;Camille Henry.&rdquo;</p><p><b>RANGERABILIA:</b> Hab veep Ken Reardon says he&rsquo;s pleased with Fontinato&rsquo;s overall play&hellip;With Louie gone, Rangers lack a policeman&hellip;Larry Cahan figured to be the man but he appears to be guarding against foolish penalties&hellip;Timekeeper Lou Hogg back at the Garden after an illness&hellip;Johnny Wilson due back any day&hellip;ex-Olympian, Marty Glickman, is handling the pay-TV telecasts for Toronto away games. His son, Johnny, plays high school hockey in Westchester&hellip;Doug Harvey centered a fourth line of Vic Hadfield and Pat Hannigan in practices.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02317/1807099-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="270" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Camille Henry</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Cammy And Louie, Once Roomies, Now Feudin And Fussin

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THE Robin Hood OATS

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Maple Leaf Gardens will have the National Hockey League&rsquo;s largest seating capacity, just over 17,000. under ambitious new plans announced by Stafford Smythe when he took over from his father, Conn, as MLG president.</p><p>Stafford, 40, along with Harold Ballard and John Bassett, paid Conn Smythe $2,000,000 for his 45,000 shares of Gardens stock. That gave the threesome controlling (65 per cent) interest and Stafford moved in as president with Smythe, Sr., becoming chairman of the board.</p><p>Ballard is chairman of the Gardens hockey committee and president of the Marlboro junior hockey team. Bassett is publisher of the Toronto Telegram and chairman of the board of directors of the Argonaut football team.</p><p>In his maiden speech as new boss. Stafford said: &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll get together with our engineers to see what can be done about our seating capacity. We have 6,000 names on the waiting list for season tickets. I think it will be possible to add 2,000 seats in one end.&rdquo;</p><p>Stafford reaffirmed his confidence in manager-coach Punch Imlach and, as a matter of fact, said: &ldquo;Imlach will have more freedom than ever before, particularly in negotiating player trades.&rdquo;</p><p>It is rumored that occasional Imlach deals ran into front office vetoes in the past. One of these reportedly involved captain George Armstrong and Boston Bruins&rsquo; Don McKenney.</p><p>Complete retirement of Conn Smythe, who now will devote his vast energies to operation of his horse racing stable, ends a whole hockey era for Toronto. It was Smythe who masterminded construction of the magnificent Gardens, a city landmark, and it was he who bought the leaky-roof St. Patricks franchise and established the Maple Leafs seven-time Stanley Cup champions.</p><p>After winning a world amateur championship with the famous Varsity Grads, Smythe stepped into pro ranks to organize the New York Rangers. He signed Bill and Bun Cook, Frank Boucher, Taffy Abel and Ching Johnson before he was sacked.</p><p>At this point, he got together the capital to build the Gardens at. Church and Carlton Streets in downtown Toronto. The building was opened in 1931.</p><p>After Leafs won their fourth Stanley Cup in five seasons in 1951, Smythe began to relinquish control and in 1957, a hockey committee was formed. Sometimes nicknamed the Silver Seven, this group supervised operation of the team.</p><p>That year, fortunes had sunk to their all-time low with a last-place finish, following upon a fifth-place windup the previous spring. Punch Imlach was hired and Leafs haven&rsquo;t missed the playoffs since.</p><h2>Future Uncertain</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02353/1807192-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="532" height="524"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Red Kelly</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Staff Will Make MLG Biggest Of NHL Ice Palaces

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Might this be Red Kelly&rsquo;s final season in the National Hockey League?</p><p>Kelly revealed recently that he had turned down an opportunity to sign a two-year contract with Maple Leafs so that he would have a chance to think things over at the conclusion of the 1961-62 campaign.</p><p>&ldquo;As long as I&rsquo;m doing the job I&rsquo;ll stay,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll see how I feel in the spring. I&rsquo;m making good money and I&rsquo;ve worked at hockey all my life. But I have other interests, too.</p><p>&ldquo;If I find I can&rsquo;t keep my hockey desire up to the level of physical fitness, or vice versa, I might as well quit. I want to give value for value and I wouldn&rsquo;t want to feel I wasn&rsquo;t earning my money.&rdquo;</p><p>If good results will encourage Kelly to stick around, Leafs don&rsquo;t need to worry. Kelly had 10 goals and 10 assists to show for his first 18 games. He needed just two more to reach the 200 mark.</p><p>Only 34. Kelly had perhaps his finest NHL campaign last year, his 14th in big-league hockey. He had 20 goals and 50 assists.</p><p>Kelly, of course, came to Leafs from Detroit Red Wings near the end of the 1959-60 schedule. He had balked at going to New York Rangers along with Billy McNeill in a trade for Bill Gadsby and Eddie Shack. Then Leafs talked him into coming out of retirement and moving to Toronto. Defenceman Marc Reaume was the price they paid.</p><p>At the time, Kelly, six times an all-star defenceman. was considered washed up. Moving him to centre, as Punch Imlach did. opened up a whole new career for him.</p><p>However, Kelly has several outside business interests and feels it best to leave himself set up so he can negotiate annually. It is this reasoning, rather than any real inclination toward quitting, that led him to turn down the two-year deal Imlach offered him last summer.</p><p>Now in his 15th NHL season, Kelly is financially independent of the game that made this possible. With part of his earnings he has acquired a bowling alley in Simcoe and a 36-acre tobacco farm, and trout stream on the outskirts.</p><p>Would he consider dropping back to defense, his position for years with Detroit Red Wings, if he felt he was losing step as a forward?</p><p>&ldquo;A defenseman must skate as fast as a forward nowadays,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;I think when I&rsquo;m through as a forward I&rsquo;m through as a defenseman, too&rdquo;, he replied.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Red Indicates This Might Be His Last Year

<h2><i>&ldquo;YOU LIKE 7UP 7UP LIKES YOU&rdquo;</i></h2><h2><i>&ldquo;YOU LIKE 7UP 7UP LIKES YOU&rdquo;</i></h2><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p>(Standings On Wed. AM. Dec. 6)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01420/1807338-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="565" height="176"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of sun., Dec, 3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02354/1807331-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="589" height="2793"></div><h2>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1961-62</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03280/1807324-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="564" height="547"></div><h2>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS:</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04217/1807317-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="557" height="156"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Montreal 2 at Toronto 2</h2><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defence: Johnson. Fontinato, MacNeil, Talbot, J. C. Tremblay; forwards: Richard, Provost, Bonin, Goyette. Hicke, G. Tremblay, Backstrom, Geoffrion, Moore, Marshall, Rousseau.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Bower; defence: Brewer, Baun. Horton. Stanley, Arbour; forwards: Kelly, Nevin, Mahovlich, Keon, Duff, Armstrong, Pulford, Shack, Olmstead, Harris, Stewart, MacMillan.</p><p>Referee: Dalton McArthur; linesmen: Ron Wick, George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05162/1807310-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="552" height="485"></div><h2>Boston 4 at Chicago 7</h2><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Head; defense: Stapleton, Mohns, Green, Westfall, Boivin; forwards: Connelly, McKenney, Bucyk, Pennington, Bums, Gray, Oliver, Toppazzini, Meissner, Pronovost, Beckett.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall: defense: Evans, St. Laurent, Pilote, Fleming, Hillman, turner; forwards: Nesterenko, Horvath, Murphy, Hull, Hay, Melnyk, McDonald, Wharram, Mikita.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06128/1807303-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="562" height="863"></div><h2>THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30 Toronto 1 at Montreal 1</h2><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Bower: defense: Brewer, Baun, Arbour, Horton, Hillman, Stanley: forwards: Keon, Duff, Armstrong, Kelly, Nevin, Mahovlich, Pulford, Shack, Olmstead, Harris, MacMillan.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defense: Fontinato, J. C. Tremblay, Talbot, MacNeil. Gauthier; forwards: Backstrom, Geoffrion, Moore, Richard. Provost, Bonin. Goyette, Hicke, G. Tremblay, Marshall, Rousseau.</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvari; linesmen: George Hayes, Ron Wicks.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07102/1807296-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="546" height="443"></div><h2>Boston 1 at Detroit 3</h2><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Head; defense: Boivin, Westfall, Stapleton, Green; forwards: Pennington, Mohns, Connelly, Bucyk, Burns, Gray, Oliver, McKenney, Toppazzini, Meissner, A. Pronovost, Beckett.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Bassen; defense: Gadsby. &Mu;. Pronovost, Goegan, Godfrey, Odrowski, Young; forwards: Ullman, Stasiuk, Johnson, Labine, Howe, Delvecchio, Fonteyne. Litzenberger, Glover. MacGregor, Boileau.</p><p>Referee: Eddy Powers; linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Matt Pavelich.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0885/1807289-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="549" height="506"></div><h2>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 Detroit 2 at Montreal 3</h2><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Bassen; defense: Pronovost, Gadsby, Geogan, Odrowski, Young; forwards: Ulman, Stasiuk, Johnson, Delvecchio, Howe, Boileau, MacGregor, Labine, Fonteyne, Litzenberger, Glover.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defense: Fontinato, J. C. Tremblay. Talbot, MacNeil, Gauthier; forwards: Backstrom, Geoffrion. Moore, Richard, Provost, Bonin, Goyette, Hicke, G. Tremblay, Rousseau, Marshall.</p><p>Referee: Art Skov; linesmen: Bill Morrison, Neil Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0970/1807282-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="564" height="628"></div><h2>Chicago 4 at Toronto 6</h2><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall: defense: Evans, St. Laurent, Pilote, Vasko. Hillman, Turner; forwards: Nesterenko, Horvath, Murphy, Hull, Hay. Melnyk, McDonald, Wharram, Mikita, Fleming.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Cheevers; defense: Brewer, Baun, Horton, Arbour, Stanley; forwards: Harris, Duff, Armstrong, Kelly, Nevin, Mahovlich, Pulford, Shack, Olmstead. MacMillan.</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvari; linesmen: Matt Pavelich, George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1058/1807275-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="565" height="747"></div><h2>New York 1 at Boston 3</h2><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defense: Harvey, Langlois, Howell, Cahan, Spencer; forwards: Ingarfield, Bathgate, Prentice, Ratelle, Schinkel, Gendron, Hampson, Hebenton, Henry, Hadfield, Hannigan.</p><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Head; defense: Stapleton, Mohns, Boivin, Westfall, Green; forwards: McKenney, Meissner, Bucyk, Pennington, Connelly, Oliver, Gray, Pronovost, Burns, Toppazzini, Beckett.</p><p>Referee. Darton McArthur; linesmen: Ron Wicks, Walt Atanas.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1149/1807268-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="568" height="522"></div><h2>Sunday, DECEMBER 3 Montreal 1 at Chicago 0</h2><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defense: J. C. Tremblay, Talbot, Fontinato, MacNeil, Gauthier; forwards: Moore, Backstrom. Geoffrion, Hicke, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Bonin, Goyette, G. Tremblay, Marshall.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Evans, Fleming, St. Laurent; forwards: Hull. Hay, Balfour, Horvath, Murphy, Melnyk, McDonald, Nesterenko, Wharram, Mikita.</p><p>Referee: Eddie Powers; linesmen George Hayes and Bill Clement.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1234/1807261-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="564" height="363"></div><h2>Boston 1 at New York 3</h2><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defense; Howell, Cahan, Harvey, Langlois, Spencer; forwards: Bathgate, Ingarfield, Prentice, Henry, Hebenton, Hampson, Ratelle, Gendron, Schinkel, Hannigan, Hadfield.</p><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Head; defense: Stapleton, Mohns, Boivin, Westfall, Green; forwards: McKenney, Meissner, Bucyk, Pennington, Connelly, Oliver, Gray, Pronovost, Burns, Toppazzini, Beckett.</p><p>Referee: Vern Buffey; linesmen; Ron Wicks, Bob Frampton.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1328/1807254-1-eng-US/f0008-132.jpg" title="f0008-13" width="570" height="593"></div><h2>Toronto 1 at Detroit 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1419/1807247-1-eng-US/f0008-142.jpg" title="f0008-14" width="569" height="469"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-15" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-159/1807369-1-eng-US/f0008-152.jpg"></div><p><b><i>ALL THE FACTS AND FIGURES ON HOCKEY&rsquo;S MOST COLORFUL TEAM&mdash;ROSTERS, RECORDS, PHOTOS, HALL OF FAME, TEAM PHOTO, SCHEDULE.</i></b></p><h2><b>SPECIAL BONUS</b></h2><p><b>Completely free of charge! Users of the coupon below will be sent a complete set of autographed postcard size photos of all the Canadiens with every Yearbook Order. To get yours, fill in the coupon below, enclose 55&cent; in coin or Postal Money Order and we will send you by return mail your Yearbook and Photo set.</b></p><p><b><u>NOW AVAILABLE</u></b></p><p><b>COVERS All CHARGER 55</b></p><p><b>USE THIS COUPON</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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CANADIENS’ YEARBOOK

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div><p>CLEVELAND. O.&mdash;</p><p>No one, least of all Coach Jackie Gordon, would have denied that the Cleveland Barons entered the 1961-62 American Hockey League season with more than their share of question marks.</p><p>Would the acquisition of Hank Ciesla and Dick Van Impe from Rochester bolster the somewhat anemic attack of a year ago?</p><p>Would the Billy Sutherland-Jim Mikol-Wayne Larkin line prove something more than just a checking unit?</p><p>Would veterans Fred Glover, Ed Mazur and Cal Stearns continue to produce at their accustomed pace?</p><p>Would Mikol make a successful shift from defense to wing?</p><p>Would Larkin and John Ferguson, raw rookies last season, improve with a year&rsquo;s pro experience under their belts?</p><p>Most of all, Gordon was confronted with the problems surrounding two bespectacled players, one of whose best days probably were behind him, the other who really never had &ldquo;arrived.&rdquo;</p><p>Defenseman Tommy Williams, the 38-year-old blueliner who had &ldquo;retired&rdquo; following the 1958-59 season, and 25-year-old Les Binkley, the Barons&rsquo; trainer a year ago, were the biggest question marks of all.</p><p>Gordon, nor anyone else for that matter, knew whether Williams could go at top pace over a full season. Nor did the Baron coach know whether Binkley had the class to compete full-time against the fire-power that could be mustered by seven other strong AHL teams.</p><p>After all, Williams had hung up the skates, apparently for good, after completing the 1958-59 season with Spokane of the Western Hockey League. He had taken a fulltime job in Cleveland, had sat out the 1959-60 season and only had nosed back into the hockey picture for 29 games last season when injuries forced the Barons to call on the veteran for part-time homeice aid.</p><p>The lure of the game got to Williams, a two-time All-Star selection, and this season the bespectacled redhead quit his regular job to cast his lot once again with the Barons. This is his 10th year as a member of the club, his 13th year in the AHL.</p><p>While there was some question of Williams&rsquo; ability to get back into playing shape, at least there was no question of his innate talent. Over a period of years, Williams was one of the AHL&rsquo;s best. Strong, clever, gifted with perfect timing, the Redhead had proved on more than one occasion as one of the steadiest defensemen in the league.</p><p>Binkley, who wears contact lenses while playing, presented a different problem. A mediocre amateur career that had seen him play with a variety of clubs&mdash;Kitchener, Baltimore, Charlotte and Toledo, among others&mdash;never had proved conclusively that he was a gifted goalie. His best average in any of the stronger amateur leagues was a 3.76 mark with Charlotte in 1955-56.</p><p>Once, in 1958-59, Binkley had answered a hurry-up call to come in from Toledo for a one-night stand with the Barons. He allowed three goals and posted a victory. He actually joined the club last year as its linament and muscle man, although he also was scheduled to serve as spare goalie.</p><p>When injuries and ineffectiveness forced Gil Mayer to the sidelines late in the 1960-61 season, Binkley was summoned to perform in the final eight games of the season. In those eight games, the Barons won six and tied one. Binkley posted a 1.38 average. His brilliance put the Barons into the playoffs.</p><p>Binkley&rsquo;s showing was spectacular enough to earn him a starting shot this season. The job became his for keeps when Mayer was peddled to Providence.</p><p>To date, the Barons appear to be solid contenders for the AHL title.</p><p>Chief among the reasons for their success is the play of Williams. who is playing like a kid, and Binkley, who is playing like a veteran.</p><h2><b>Starry Vet</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1545/1807529-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="540" height="533"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tommy Williams</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Stopper Deluxe</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1627/1807522-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="545" height="857"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Les Binkley</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Early Question Marks Now Answer Barons’ Problems

<p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>ATERVILLE, Me.&mdash;The hockey boom here has resulted in the organization of an extensive program for boys under the jurisdiction of the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States.</p><p>Leagues embracing three age brackets, up to the age of 15, have been organized for play at Colby College&rsquo;s Alfond Arena. The bantam, peewee and midget leagues will hold playoffs later in the winter.</p><p>The bantam league for the older boys is under the direction of Dick Morrison, hockey coach at Waterville High School.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Maine Youngsters To Get Chance To Play In League

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div><p>HERSHEY, P.A.</p><p>The power laden Hershey Bears, currently on a six game road trip, have let it be known in a hurry they intend to knock the Springfield Indians off their league and Calder Cup Championship perch.</p><p>As Coach Frank Mathers&rsquo; charges departed for foreign ice, they trailed the Indians by a point, 27-26, in the Eastern Division race of the American Hockey League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01419/1807584-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="274" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Parker MacDonald</b></figcaption></div><p>What makes this road trip a key one for the Bears is the fact Springfield also will be out in the hinterlands at the same time. Hershey catches the Indians once on the road, while they tangle with the Bay Staters upon their return home Dec. 13.</p><p>&ldquo;If we can just hit .500 on the road,&rdquo; said Mathers, in departing, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ll either be even or ahead of Springfield by the time we come home. But we&rsquo;ll go for broke on this road swing. It could be one of the most important stretches of the season.&rdquo;</p><p>The Bears play at home has been phenomenal. They are unbeaten in their first ten games at the Sports Arena, out-scoring the opposition, 51-21. The string of wins is the longest in the club&rsquo;s 23-year history in the circuit.</p><p>What&rsquo;s the reason behind the tremendous play&mdash;which, incidentally, has seen the club draw 60.380 fans in the two-month period?</p><p>Mathers is of an opinion that the team&rsquo;s last period drive has been one big factor for the showing. In the final 20 minutes, Hershey has out-scored the opposition, 27-15, while the Bears won both of their overtime games, 5-4 and 2-1.</p><p>&ldquo;It seems as though when we&rsquo;re coming on in the late going, the other clubs are fading,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;And we&rsquo;ve been able to get that quick jump on the opposition with a 22-13 goal edge for the first period.&rdquo; Hershey also holds a 21-19 edge for the second period.</p><p>One of the new Bears&rsquo; performers drawing early rave notices is Parker MacDonald, a veteran forward cut loose by the Detroit Red Wings. The Wings ordered Parker to Sudbuy. He balked. Detroit suspended him and home went MacDonald to Sydney, Nova Scotia.</p><p>When the Wings recalled Marc Boileau, Mathers asked for MacDonald. The one-time teammate of Mathers at Pittsburgh when informed Hershey wanted him, took off for Pennsylvania, like someone was ready to drop an A-bomb on the Scotia fishing banks.</p><p>&ldquo;Parker&rsquo;s out of shape because of the layoff,&rdquo; said Mathers, as he assigned jersey No. 17 to the stocky, likeable skater. &ldquo;Once he gets in shape, he&rsquo;ll help us.&rdquo; This was Mathers&rsquo; comment before he sent MacDonald out on the ice for his first game against Quebec, Nov. 22.</p><p>All the &ldquo;out of shape&rdquo; MacDonald did was score the first time he hit the ice, then knock in the game winner in overtime for a 2-1 Bears&rsquo; victory.</p><p>After the game Mathers said, &ldquo;Parker didn&rsquo;t look too bad but he&rsquo;s not in top form yet.&rdquo;</p><p>So in came the Buffalo Bisons three days later and out went MacDonald. Results, a three goal &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; for the alleged poor conditioned ex-big leaguer.</p><p>Someone asked Mathers after this performance, how MacDonald was shaping up physically these days.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s improving,&rdquo; chuckled Mathers, thinking of the five goals in two games.</p><p>And the night MacDonald tallied the &ldquo;hat&rdquo; so did Willie (The Whip) Marshall, somewhat of a rarity in the spoil. It was Marshall&rsquo;s 15th &ldquo;hat&rdquo; of his career and since he holds the league record for most &ldquo;hats&rdquo; all he can do is fatten his mark everytime he bangs in a triple.</p><p>With a standing room house of 7,981 jammed in the 7,200 seat building for the Buffalo tilt, young Myron Stankiewicz nearly completed a triple &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; as he popped in a pair and in the closing seconds missed the third. Never in the history of hockey have three players on the same team notched the &ldquo;hat&rdquo; in one game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bears’ Challenge To Braves Hinges On Road Success

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER. N.Y&mdash;</p><p>Hockey is like any other sport&mdash;one day you&rsquo;re a hero, the next a bum.</p><p>If you don&rsquo;t believe it, just ask Dick Gamble of the Rochester Americans. Only he&rsquo;s made the transition the other way this season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02354/1807615-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="298" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Gamble</b></figcaption></div><p>After the first 11 games of the 1961-62 American Hockey League season, Dick had himself only two goals. Rochester fans became quite vocal in their wonderment at just how Gamble had managed to total 40 goals with Buffalo last season. And Amerk officials too were unhappy with Gamble&rsquo;s performances, which failed to approach his status as the defending All-Star left winger.</p><p>He tallied goal No. 3 in Rochester&rsquo;s 8-1 loss in Buffalo on Nov. 4, but went pointless at home the following night. All three of his goals up to that time had been scored on foreign ice.</p><p>But Gamble shed the role of a bum in a hurry, and at this writing has scored 10 goals in his last nine games. And seven of the tallies came in five outings here.</p><p>He started his surge towards retention of his All-Star spot with three goals and four assists for three weekend games of Nov. 1012, had only one goal and one assist for three starts the following weekend, then blossomed out with six goals and two assists in three games Nov. 24-26.</p><p>His six goals that weekend came on two &ldquo;hat tricks&rdquo; against Quebec here and in Providence. Against Quebec, Gamble put the Americans ahead early, but the Aces rallied to take a 2-1 lead in the second period. Midway through the stanza. Dick flashed the red light twice in the space of 28 seconds to first tie, then win the game. In Providence two nights later, the 33-year-old winger snapped a 3-3 deadlock with the game winner at 19:18 of the final period.</p><p>If Dick Gamble can keep his hot pace for a while, he may be persuaded not to quit hockey. He is working in the investments business in the off-season&mdash;selling a Canadian mutual fund. The company wants him to quit hockey at the end of the present season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Gamble Hero Of Amerks; WasBum Just Last Week

<div class="byline">By SAMUEL POMPEI</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03296/1807646-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Walter R. Graham, sports editor of the Springfield, Mass., Sunday Republican, making presentation of the John B. Sellenberger Trophy to Bill Sweeney, leading scorer in the AHL last season.</b></figcaption></div><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Center Bill Sweeney of the Springfield Indians is the American Hockey League&rsquo;s all-time highest scorer on a per-game average with a neat mark of 1.29.</p><p>And at the same time, he is the Tribe&rsquo;s highest single year point getter with 108 and an assist maker with 68.</p><p>Now in his third season with the Tribe, Sweeney has been a most remarkable scorer and certainly one of the chief reasons for the club&rsquo;s two successive AHL and Calder Cup championships.</p><p>In all, Bill has played four full seasons in the AHL, one each at Providence and Buffalo before coming to Springfield at the start of the 1959-60 season as one of Owner Eddie Shore&rsquo;s greatest hockey bargains ever.</p><p>During that span, Sweeney had scored 374 points in 289 games for an average of 1.29. His nearest rival is Willie Marshall of the Hershey Bears with 707 points in 555 games for 1.27.</p><p>Last year, Sweeney became the first player in the Tribe&rsquo;s history to hit the century mark in scoring when he tallied his 108 points on 40 goals and 68 assists.</p><p>And he was only the second scoring champion in the Indians&rsquo; quarter-century in the AHL, the other being Pete Kelly back in the 1941-42 season with 78 points.</p><p>What makes Sweeney all the more amazing as a scorer is the fact that the Springfield club, as the result of its three well-balanced forward combinations, doesn&rsquo;t favor Sweeney or anybody else on the power play.</p><p>Whenever the opposition is short-handed, it makes no difference to Coach Pat Egan. He just rotates his lines. Most clubs, of course, favor their better scorers in power situations.</p><p>Furthermore, little Bruce Cline, one of the AHL&rsquo;s best &ldquo;penalty killers,&rdquo; is Sweeney&rsquo;s linemate. This means that Sweeney often sits out time he might be using scoring points while his side-kick is fighting off a penalty.</p><p>Sweeney works with Cline and Billy McCreary and they&rsquo;re just about the best unit in the AHL over the past two seasons.</p><p>Last season, Cline was the circuit&rsquo;s leading rightwinger with 92 points on 40 goals and 52 assists and McCreary led all leftwingers with 87 points on 33 and 54.</p><p>In order for Shore to lure Sweeney away from the New York Rangers of the NHL he had to give up Kenny Schinkel but to round out the deal the shrewd Mr. Shore also got Cline and Gerry Foley.</p><p>And Sweeney had made the deal look very good for Shore.</p><h2><b>Bill Honored For Title Year</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Sweeney Leader In Pts Per Game

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NOW AVAILABLE

<h2>Lunde Halted</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>dmonton&rsquo;s flashy centerman Len Lunde was finally kept off the scoresheet in Spokane on Saturday night November 25th, after scoring at least one point or more in sixteen straight games since the start of the season.</p><h2>Rook Sets Record</h2><p>Edmonton rookie Larry Jeffrey set a new penalty record in Portland on Wednesday night November 22nd as he picked up seven penalties in one game. The previous high was six and was held by three players, Clarke Ragland of Edmonton, Duke Edmundson of New Westminster and Frank Arnett of Seattle.</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p>(Standings On Tues. A.&Mu;. Nov. 28)</p><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01418/1807820-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="564" height="142"></div><h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02374/1807813-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="565" height="141"></div><h2><b>(Intersectional Play)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03307/1807806-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="554" height="239"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 21 Calgary 5 at Los Angeles 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05210/1807799-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="553" height="493"></div><h2><b>Edmonton 3 at Vancouver 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06188/1807792-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="551" height="392"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22 Edmonton 4 at Portland 8</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07168/1807785-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="561" height="916"></div><h2><b>Seattle 6 at Spokane 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08163/1807778-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="562" height="688"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Calgary 0 at San Francisco 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11114/1807771-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="546" height="380"></div><h2><b>Edmonton 4 at Seattle 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12104/1807764-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="556" height="608"></div><h2><b>Portland 8 at Vancouver 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1382/1807757-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="560" height="760"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Calgary 3 at San Francisco 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1458/1807750-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="555" height="475"></div><h2><b>Portland 4 at Seattle 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1539/1807743-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="554" height="507"></div><h2><b>Edmonton 2 at Spokane 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1627/1807736-1-eng-US/f0011-162.jpg" title="f0011-16" width="548" height="410"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26 San Francisco 4 at Los Angeles 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1719/1807729-1-eng-US/f0011-172.jpg" title="f0011-17" width="547" height="590"></div><h2><b>Calgary 1 at Portland 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1815/1807722-1-eng-US/f0011-182.jpg" title="f0011-18" width="550" height="479"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p>(Including Games Of Sun., Nov. 26)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09154/1807715-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="565" height="476"></div><h2><b>(Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10135/1807708-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="562" height="308"></div><h2><b>(The Leaders)</b></h2><p>Most Points: Rudy Filion, Seattle 30.</p><p>Most Goals: Gerry Brisson, Spokane 14.</p><p>Most Assists: Guyle Fielder, Seattle 22.</p><p>Most First Goal Of Game: Chuck Holmes, Edmonton, Bob Solinger. San Francisco and Gerry Brisson, Spokane 4.</p><p>Most Game Winning Goal: Tom McVie, Portland 5.</p><p>Most Game Winning Assists: Len Lunde, Edmonton 6.</p><p>Most Hat Tricks: Several Tied 1.</p><p>Most Goals Scored With Man Adv: Don Chiupka, Seattle and Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles 5.</p><p>Most Goals Against When Serv. Pen: Bill Burega, Los Angeles 5.</p><p>Most Min. In Penalties: Forbes Kennedy, Edmonton 58.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div><p>BUFFALO. N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Playing on championship hockey clubs has become something of a habit with Ian Cushenan, and it&rsquo;s the kind of a habit the Buffalo Bisons&rsquo; rugged defenseman isn&rsquo;t planning on breaking this year.</p><p>Cushenan and center Art Stratton, purchased last summer from the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League for a reported $50,000, both were members of the Calder Cup-winning Springfield Indians the last two seasons.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01408/1807889-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="270" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ian Cushenan</b></figcaption></div><p>Before that, Cushenan was with the Montreal Canadiens when the Habs won the Stanley Cup in 1958-59.</p><p>Cushenan closed out his amateur career with a Memorial Cup winner. Along with two other members of the current Bisons, Brian and Barry Cullen, Cush was with the St. Catharines Teepees, the 1953-54 Canadian junior titleholders.</p><p>&lsquo;&lsquo;There&rsquo;s nothing like playing on a winner, and I honestly believe this Buffalo club can be one this season,&rdquo; Cushenan said.</p><p>&ldquo;Right from training camp I&rsquo;ve felt that we could be strong. I figured Springfield would get away to <i>a</i> good start again and probably walk away with the Eastern Division.</p><p>&ldquo;There are 11 or 12 guys on that club who have been playing together for several years. They&rsquo;re only fitting a few new guys into the team.</p><p>&ldquo;With us, 50 per cent of out players are new to the club, and we&rsquo;re playing for a new coach, Billy Reay. It takes longer for a team like that to get straightened away, and to grow accustomed to one another with so many new men.</p><p>&ldquo;However, as the season goes along we&rsquo;ll jell as a unit, and there have been signs of that already. I&rsquo;m confident we&rsquo;ll win the Western Division, and when the playoffs roll around, that Springfield outfit better beware of us.&rdquo;</p><p>Cushenan, who celebrated his 28th birthday on Nov. 29, his wife, Loretta, and their two children, Rick, 3, and Dawn Cheryle, 6 months, live in Weller Park, Ont., a suburb of St. Catharines.</p><p>Cush and Brian Cullen, who makes his home in St. Catharines, commute here for games and workouts.</p><p><b>ALONG THE BOARDS</b>&mdash;The Bisons, who won five straight after dropping their first two games of the season, ran into a slump when they lost four in a row, and six of seven starts&hellip;Reay juggled his forward lines in an effort to add some scoring punch, but finally had them the same way they were before the Herd hit the skids&hellip;Attendance in Memorial Auditorium is some 25 per cent ahead of last year.</p><h2><b>Sidelined</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02328/1807882-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="538" height="518"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lee Fogolin</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Watch Out When We Jell, Cushenan Warns Of Herd

<div class="byline">By JACK THOMSON</div><p>FORT WILLIAM, Ont.&mdash;</p><p><b>THE FIRST TRADE</b> of the season in the junior ranks at the Lake head, was announced this past week. The Fort William Canadians traded three players to the Fort William Hurricanes for forward Clare Battison. Canadians gave up two players from their junior club, defenceman Buddy Crocker, and forward defenceman Moe Zalany. The third man Dave Kells comes from their championship juvenile club. Hurricanes who have not won a game this year needed help, and on paper it looks like this trade will definitely help them. Hennesey&rsquo;s Canadian crew also made out well on the deal in gaining Battison who is an experienced junior player. He just didn&rsquo;t want to play hockey with the Hures this year, so to this reporter it looks like a good thing for both sides&hellip;Port Arthur Bearcats who left December 7th for their tour overseas, got some shocking news this past week, when coach Lee Fogolin, was taken to the hospital with Kidney Stone trouble. Club president and doctor, Dr. George Gwozdecky said that he felt a few days rest, and Fologin should be alright for the trip, although it was feared at first he would not be able to go&hellip;Bearcats still have not been able to clear the release of Rudy Migay, who has given up the pro game to establish his business in Port Arthur. Seems that one club in the Western loop feels he still can play amateur hockey only if after all attempts to get him back into the pro game fail&hellip;First serious injury of year was suffered by rookie Port Arthur junior, Gary Tees of the North Stars. Tees, who is showing well for Moe Irving&rsquo;s club&hellip;Former Port Arthur Bearcat Brian Graver who signed a pro contract with the Detroit Red Wings this year, has been sent to Toledo Mercuries of the International League from Sudbury Wolves of the Eastern Pro loop&hellip;It&rsquo;s surprising how many letters the Bearcats have received from overseas about their tour. The fans over their have asked the club to bring certain things with them on the trip. Seems the hockey fans overseas get the most out of saving the badges of the different clubs who tour their country each year&hellip;Here is the list of players who will be making the trip. In goal, Bobby Kilgour and Bert Brooks. On defence, Ab Cava, Red Olson, Steve Hyrmnak, Gino Antoniazzi, Cec Eade and Steve Ochrymovich. Up front they have Ron Hurdon, Wally Maxwell, Gary Oleny Bud Whitney, Pete Johnston, Alvin Jorgenson, Cliff Berini, Roy Arnold, Ken Harris, Wayne Peever and Ernie Dupuis.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

News From Lakehead Area

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div><p>NEW GLASGOW, N. S.&mdash;</p><p>Amherst Ramblers, Maritime champions of the ice lanes the past two years and Eastern Canada finalists in Allan Cup playdowns last spring, appear to once again be the powerhouse at this end of the country.</p><p>Ramblers opened their season in the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League with several new players, including forwards Alain Caron and Germain Munger from the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League.</p><p>The pair of imports were hotter than a July bight in Florida as the lid went up on the 1961-62 struggles. After one week&rsquo;s action Caron was at the top of the scoring race and Munger was right behind him in second place.</p><p>Ramblers lost seven of last year&rsquo;s players, among whom were goalie-coach Jacques Monette and high scoring Frank &ldquo;Danky&rdquo; Dorrington, but their new additions are quickly proving to be sufficient enough to give Amherst another strong crack at the tri-province title.</p><p>While Ramblers appear in the early stages to be head and shoulders over the rest of the NSSHL, the four other clubs may battle down to the wire for the other playoff positions. One team will watch the money-round from the sidelines.</p><p>Windsor Maple Leafs, second place bridesmaids in the two Amherst title years, opened the circuit with a much weaker team. They lost their first three games before hitting the victory column with a decision over the New Glasgow Rangers.</p><p>Rangers opened strong, winning two and tying one of three games, then lost two in a row. The executive of the team that finished last the two successive seasons are looking for changes and are putting out feelers in the Montreal area for new talent.</p><p>Halifax Wolverines sported a new goaltender in Dave Wilbur but most of the old standbys were back on the forward lines for another whirl around the circuit. Wilbur last winter carried on his operations between the pipes for the Moncton Junior Beavers.</p><p>Beavers, meanwhile, turned senior and became the fifth club in the Nova Scotia loop. They won two of their first four games in the senior ranks with a club built around the junior stars of a year ago and Galt, Ontario native Ron Boomer in goal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03255/1807944-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="274" height="391"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alain Caron</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amherst Still Powerhouse Of Maritime Senior Loop

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04183/1807989-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="876" height="1004"></div><p><b><i>With Almost Everyone On Your Christmas Gift List</i></b></p><p>Score a goal with THE HOCKEY NEWS this Christmas. Just $3.00 ($4.00 in U.S. and Foreign countries) for 35 consecutive issues&hellip;and each Christmas gift is announced with a special card.</p><p>Fill in the form below telling us who you wish the gift to go to and how you wish the gift card signed.</p><p><b>Gift Card Instructions:</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0699/1807982-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="1087" height="303"></div><p>A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues</p><p><b>Canadian Remittances $3.00</b></p><p>Payable by Postal, Bank or Telegraphic Money Order</p><p><b>U. S. A. Remittances $4.00</b></p><p>Payable by Postal Note, Bank or Express Money Order or Personal Cheque</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05125/1807975-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="1072" height="415"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How To Score 35 Goals…

<h2>Consistency In PIMS</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>very player in the EPHL last season picked up at least one minor penalty throughout the regular season. Lome Ferguson was low man. He played 26 games for Kingston and was given only two minutes in the sin bin. J ean Gauthier of Hull-Ottawa led the league with 138 miutes.</p><h2>Goal Scoring A Habit</h2><p>Every prayer but one who played 20 or more games in the EPHL scored at least one regular league goal. Sole scoreless player was Guy Brassard of Sault Ste. Marie. He went 62 games with the Thunderbirds and failed to score one goal. He picked up 12 assists, however.</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p>(Standings On Mon. AM. Dec. 4)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01409/1808097-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="567" height="226"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sun., Dec. 3)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02367/1808090-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="559" height="280"></div><h2><b>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03335/1808083-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="559" height="174"></div><h2><b>Penalty Leaders</b></h2><p>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Sault Ste. Marie, 402 minutes.</p><p>Most penalized Player&mdash;Dino Robazba, SSM, 89 minutes.</p><h2><b>MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Sault 3 at Sudbury 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04303/1808076-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="548" height="508"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Kingston 2 at Kitchener 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05257/1808069-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="546" height="493"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30 North Bay 1 at Hull-Ottawa 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06218/1808062-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="545" height="391"></div><h2><b>Kitchener 0 at Sault 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07205/1808055-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="550" height="459"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1 Kitchener 5 at Sault 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08194/1808048-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="545" height="581"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2 Sault 3 at Kitchener 7</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09188/1808041-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="556" height="644"></div><h2><b>North Bay 2 at Kingston 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10182/1808034-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="543" height="425"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 Kingston 3 at North Bay 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11162/1808027-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="545" height="357"></div><h2><b>Sault 4 at Hull-Ottawa 6</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12145/1808020-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="559" height="669"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By RON REUSCH</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Last year&rsquo;s Tom Foley Memorial Trophy Winners, the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens, after starting very slowly this season, have begun to sneak up the ladder towards the top.</p><p>The Canadiens got off to a very disappointing start both on the ice and at the gate this year. However most teams in the league didn&rsquo;t discount the potential power behind their club.</p><p>Sam Pollock, general manager of the team, after taking a close look, started to make changes designed to get them moving.</p><p>The first move was a trade with Boston which sent Wayne Connelly to Bruins for veteran Bob Armstrong and Dallas Smith. Smith was immediately sent to Pittsburgh of the AHL and Armstrong was appointed playing coach of the Canadiens. He is the second playing coach to come out of the NHL this season. Red Sullivan came down from New York Rangers to take over the reins of the youthful Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers.</p><p>Armstrong took over the coaching duties from Pollock, who had been searching for a top man for the position since Glen Skov quit hockey to go into private business.</p><p>Next, Willie O&rsquo;Ree, who was picked up in the NHL draft by the Montreal organization, was sold outright to the Los Angeles Blades of the Western Hockey league.</p><p>Jean Gauthier, who had a tryout with the parent Canadiens, was sent down to Hull and was appointed team captain.</p><p>Now the Canadiens are picking up. Armstrong seems to have made the difference. His experience on the blueline and the years he spent picking up knowledge of the game in the NHL have proven extremely valuable.</p><p>Last year&rsquo;s championship team was depleted by the NHL draft and trades with other teams during the off-season. Boston Bruins got Cliff Pennington and Terry Gray, while Montreal got Bobby Rousseau.</p><p>However, in the off-season the Canadiens managed to pick up some valuable replacements. Cesare Maniago, a Trail, British Columbia, native, who got an important tryout in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leasf in the playoffs last spring, was selected in the draft.</p><p>Since coming to Hull, Cesare&rsquo;s goals against average has been very respectable. At the moment he is second only to Jack MacCartan of the first place Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers.</p><p>Fred Hilts came to Hull from Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds. Last year he scored the most goals in the EPHL. The 22-year-old left winger netted a total of 45.</p><p>Hilts is a perfect example of the way the Canadiens are moving. He jumped from number 20 in the scoring race, to number five in just two weeks. At this writing he is just four points back of the leaders, Orval Tessier of Kingston and Dave Balon of Kitchener-Waterloo.</p><p>Another noticeable jump in positioning is shown by centre iceman Bill Carter. He moved from 19th to ninth spot over the same period.</p><p>The Canadiens are extremely strong on defence. Led by captain Jean Gauthier and playing coach Bob Armstrong, they&rsquo;ve proved to be a rock to try to break.</p><p>Hull always had a strong team on paper and there was no reason they couldn&rsquo;t have a winning combination. The team is just starting to move again and before long will be giving every team in the loop more trouble than they can handle.</p><h2><b>Sparkplug</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13118/1808128-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="533" height="726"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Armstrong</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Armstrong Gives Club The Spark It Needed To Get It Going From Opener

<p class="dropcap"><span>K</span>ITCHENER, Ont.&mdash;Bryan Hextall Jr., Son of a former New York Ranger star, will spend a week to ten days off the roster of the Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers after X-Rays showed an injury suffered in Kingston November 10th was a hairline fracture of the Tibia bone in the right leg.</p><p>The injury was incurred when Frontenac net minder Ed Chadwick&rsquo;s stick became entangled in Hextall&rsquo;s skate and he hit the back of his leg on the crossbar of the net.</p><p>He missed two games but came back a week later to play, thinking his leg stiff. However, the original diagnosis of a pulled tendon, was disproven after X-Rays were taken.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kitchener Loses Hextall With Fractured Right Leg

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div><p>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is developing into a gambler&rsquo;s nightmare. Few things, if any, are following much of a pattern this winter.</p><p>Three possible sure bets would be:</p><p>(1) Estevan Bruins, sweating under the iron fist of colorful boss Scotty Munro, would continue to be a handful on their home pond:</p><p>(2) Flin Flon Bombers, always tough and always hustling under Irishman Bobby Kirk, and ever mindful of a rabid home-town following, would be almost invincable in the northern mining center; and</p><p>(3) Regina Pats, despite any off-nights that might come along, would continue to slap the faces of Saskatoon Quakers at every meeting.</p><p>Beyond those mentioned and as far as game-scores are concerned, everything is topsy-turvy.</p><p>Estevan, still front-runners, ventured a bit further from home during the week and found the going much more difficult. On the road, Bruins dropped squeakers to clubs like Prince Albert Mintos, one of the lower-bracket names, and Saskatoon Quakers.</p><p>Bombers, riding high in second place, climbed off the bus after a gruelling 12-hour drive from</p><p>Flin Flon, rattled home five goals in eight minutes&mdash;the first eight&mdash;and breezed to a victory over the well-rested Quakers.</p><p>One night later the same Flin Flon squad journeyed 100 miles to Prince Albert, and faced a complete turnabout as the lowly Mintos pumped home five consecutive goals in handy fashion to register a surprise triumph.</p><p>Pats, the defending champions, toured the countryside spoiling everyone&rsquo;s home stands with impressive displays. However, upon returning to the so-called friendly confines of Regina Stadium, took it on the chin from the likes of fourth-ranking Melville and the last-place Weyburn Red Wings.</p><p>Moose Jaw Canucks, sixth place holders, were taking beatings from Melville, then battled back to tie the Bruins three times in five starts.</p><p>Home stands by Estevan and Flin Flon have been keeping those two clubs to the fore. Bombers have lost twice and been tied once at home, while Bruins have been tied only twice at home in 12 starts, both times by Metro Prystai&rsquo;s Canucks.</p><p>Quakers, who had at one time lost once in nine Saskatoon appearances&mdash;the loss was to Regina&mdash;took another crack at Pats and lost one more. It marked the fourth straight lop-sided win by Regina over Quakers, and the ninth time in a row that Pats had beaten Saskatoon teams over a two-year span.</p><p>Detroit-raised goalie Pat Rupp was lost to Flin Flon Bombers for an indefinite period when he suffered a skate cut under his left eye. He was replaced by 16-year-old Garry Baumgartner.</p><p>Hard-luck man in the league as far as noses are concerned must be Jack McKenzie of Saskatoon, who broke his for the seventh time during a game against Bombers. McKenzie&rsquo;s misfortunes cover both hockey and football.</p><p>Smooth centre Gary Peters of Regina has taken over the scoring leadership from Jim Kozie of Estevan. Peters has 44 points in 20 games, three ahead of Kozie&rsquo;s pace.</p><h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR (Standings On Wed. AM. Nov. 29)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01405/1808183-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="569" height="233"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Few Teams Going As Predicted In Saskatchewan Jr

<div class="byline">By VINCE LEAH</div><p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>The Blue Bombers may have lost a potentially fine fullback but Toronto Maple Leafs can smugly smile in the realization that they own one of the finest young hockey prospects in Western Canada in 17-year-old Peter Stemkowski of the Winnipeg Monarchs.</p><p>The Manitoba Junior Hockey League may not be exactly loaded with future major leaguers but Pete must be one of them. The big fellow, six feet odd in his socks and a 190-pounder, is leading the Regals out of the wilderness. He scored the winner Nov. 26 to defeat Rangers 2-1 and rifled home three more two nights later as the Monarchs stunned the league-leading Brandon Wheat Kings, 9-5.</p><p>General manager Clark Simpson may have to ship Pete east in another season to help St. Michael&rsquo;s but at the moment he can drool over him. Pete now has 17 goals in 16 games including three &ldquo;hat tricks.&rdquo;</p><p>Crowds are improving slightly. Monarchs sold 6,000 tickets for their booster night but only 1,050 used them to see Brandon whomped&hellip;Brandon has averaged around 1,7000 for home games&hellip;General manager Deno Ball of Rangers took his lads to Grand Forks where they were soundly whipped by the University of North Dakota&hellip;This year&rsquo;s MJHL race is the best in history. Everybody still looks like a contender&hellip;Young Dave Cox of Rangers went 154 minutes, 25 seconds, before Monarchs finally scored on him. The Selkirk lad did a complete about-face after conceding 13 goals in three games&hellip;Marc Dufour from Three Rivers, Que., has scored 13 goals in ten games. His teammates Dave Mazure and Gerry Kell lead the scoring with 27 points each. Monarchs&rsquo; fiery Terry Moore, who reveals he has hit goalposts on eleven occasions this season, is the penalty leader with 67 minutes&hellip;Rick Brown from St. Paul, Minn., has scored 16 goals and general manager Jake Milford wonders if there are any more like him back in Minnesota.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Leafs Farmhand Sparks Monarchs

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div><p>TOLEDO, O.&mdash;</p><p>Sugar Jim Henry is having his troubles. Henry&rsquo;s last-place Toledo Mercurys, of the International Hockey League, have won only two of the 14 contests.</p><p>Once they were beaten badly in the 14 games&mdash;that being a 11-0 shellacking at the hands of the St. Paul Saints. Other than that, they&rsquo;ve lost games by one or two goals at the most.</p><p>Henry has been on the lookout for a defenseman, goaltender and one or two wings. So far, he&rsquo;s been only able to come up with a winger and a couple of defensemen.</p><p>Jerry Frizzelle, a 185-pounder, who played with Philadelphia last season, was purchased for defensive work, as was Jean-Pierre (Pete) Taillefer, from another Eastern Hockey League club, Charlotte.</p><p>Taillefer stands 5&rsquo;10&rdquo; and weighs 180-pounds. He has played in the Western and Quebec Hockey League. The colorful French-Canadian has a business in Shawinigan Falls, Que. and is making arrangements there before reporting to Toledo.</p><p>Des Maroney, who was obtained from Portland of the Western League, is expected to join the Mercs. Maroney was one of the top scoring threats for the Minneapolis Millers last season, with 39-goals.</p><p>Coach Henry pointed out that with a little luck &ldquo;we should have won five of our one-goal losses. Things can&rsquo;t go this bad for us all the time. I hope the breaks will start coming our way soon.&rdquo;</p><p>Roger Maisonneuve, tops the squad in scoring, plays on the number one line with Gordie Cowan and Gerry Moore. This trio has played together for the last three campaigns and have caused enemy goaltenders many uneasy moments.</p><p>It could be the Mercs troubles lie with the other forward combinations. Ken Gribbon, Gaetan Secours and Brian Graver form one set, while Dick Carpenter, Al Cleary and Norm Doyle make up the other.</p><p>Secours scored four goals in his first pair of skirmishes and only tallied two in the Merc&rsquo;s next dozen games. Doyle, an acquisition from Muskegon, and Carpenter, have pumped in four goals each and Cleary, but three.</p><p>Toledo&rsquo;s defensive units are solid, with Guy James, Terry McGuire and Frizzelle, while netminder Gary Doggett&rsquo;s job has been adequate.</p><p>Perhaps, within a few games, Henry&rsquo;s luck could do an about face&mdash;towards the winning side.</p><p><b>IHL Notes</b>&hellip;Omaha released Gordon Rice and replaced him with Marv Famuluk&hellip;Knights also dropped Don Makow.</p><p>The league&rsquo;s Board of Governors met with Commissioner Frank Gallagher in Omaha, Dec. 4 and 5, to discuss an all-star game (St. Paul vs. All-Stars) in St. Paul, in January, play off plans and other matters concerning the league.</p><p>Indianapolis purchased Grant Munro from Toledo and asked waivers on Bernie Gould&hellip;Both pucksters are defensemen.</p><p>Minneapolis, St. Paul, Ft. Wayne, Muskegon and Omaha are running neck-and-neck for the League lead&hellip;Four points separate first place from fifth place.</p><h2><b>Merc&rsquo;s Power Boy</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02319/1808245-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="556" height="545"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Roger Maisonneuve</b></figcaption></div><h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE (Standings On Tues. AM. Nov. 28)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03238/1808238-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="570" height="202"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Sugar Jim Having Trouble Sweetening Up His Mercs

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FREE!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01381/1808307-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><p><b>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1. Pictured Red Wing player.</p><p>4. Initials of Witiuk of Spokane.</p><p>6. N.H.L. club affiliated with Buffalo Bisons (abbr.)</p><p>7. A former New York forward star.</p><p>11. Upon.</p><p>12. This Rochester forward hails from Newfoundland.</p><p>14. Nickname of Williams of Cleveland.</p><p>16. Yard (abbr.)</p><p>18. Stanley Cup winners of 1945-46 (abbr.)</p><p>19. Old Latin (abbr.)</p><p>21. Number of goals scored by Bob Baun last season.</p><p>22. Many Maple Leaf players like to water&mdash;during the summer.</p><p>24. Rochester&rsquo;s goaltender.</p><p>28. Initials of an N.H.L. coach.</p><p>30. Given name of Rupp of Springfield Indians.</p><p>31. Organ of hearing.</p><p>33. Pictured star never played&mdash;hockey (abbr.)</p><p>34. Short for first name of Toronto&rsquo;s publicity director.</p><p>36. Eddie Shack has been termed a&mdash;hockey player.</p><p>37. Initials of Smrke of Rochester.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1. Teammate of pictured player.</p><p>2. Minnesota birthplace of Williams of Cleveland.</p><p>3. Foster Hewitt recently wrote one.</p><p>4. AHL trophy given to league&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman.</p><p>5. What the Bruins failed to do on October 14 against Leafs.</p><p>8. Sloth.</p><p>9. Initials of a Detroit forward.</p><p>10. Double 14th letter of the alphabet.</p><p>13. This Buffalo defenseman was a recent holdout.</p><p>15. Given name of Edmonton&rsquo;s goalie.</p><p>17. Short for given name of Raleigh. ex-Ranger centre star.</p><p>20. Kozak of Rochester answers to this.</p><p>23. Bert Olmstead and Dickie Moore have had operations on these.</p><p>25. First two letters of ideate.</p><p>26. Nickname of Harold March, former Black Hawk star.</p><p>27. Mrs. Vic Stasiuk.</p><p>28. Position played by pictured star (abbr.)</p><p>29. Name given Portland&rsquo;s coach.</p><p>32. Sun God.</p><p>35. Initials of Sly of Rochester.</p><h2><b>LAST WEEKS ANSWERS</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1. Beckett</p><p>8. Leach</p><p>9. Bears</p><p>11. Ran.</p><p>13. Tireless</p><p>15. E.S.</p><p>16. Toe</p><p>18. T.M.</p><p>20. E.W.</p><p>22. Wed.</p><p>23. Apr.</p><p>24. An</p><p>25. Ranieri</p><p>29. Thos.</p><p>31. Dion</p><p>32. Ad.</p><p>34. G.B.</p><p>35. Hy.</p><p>36. Fights</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1. Bob.</p><p>2. Claire</p><p>3. Kerr</p><p>4. Ease</p><p>5. T.C.</p><p>6. Three</p><p>7. Fans</p><p>10. ET</p><p>12. Asst.</p><p>14. Stewart</p><p>17. Owen</p><p>19. Martin</p><p>21. Raleigh</p><p>25. Rod.</p><p>26. A.S.</p><p>27. I D.</p><p>28. Robt.</p><p>30. Hay</p><p>33. E.I.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By BOB GIORDANO</div><p>KELOWNA, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>The Western International Hockey League, the only remaining senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; hockey circuit in British Columbia, is in danger of being split into two divisions unless there is a club who can cope with the World Amateur Champion Trail Smoke-Eaters.</p><p>Bobby Kromm&rsquo;s powerful champions are like runaway horses, with no one to date being able to stop them. They are undefeated so far in League, play, having won twelve straight games.</p><p>The much talked about Smokies are running away with the League for a good many reasons. Coach Bobby Kromm says his club is far too strong for what the opposition has to offer, and he has plenty of ammunition to sub-statiate such a statement.</p><p>A scan through the latest W.I.H.L. statistics is enough to convince one the Smokies&rsquo; pilot isn&rsquo;t talking through his hat. The Smokies lead in every department team standings; individual scoring race; and goaltending honors.</p><p>The Smokies hold a commanding lead in the four team circuit, with 24 points. In second place, twelve points off the pace are Mickey Maglio&rsquo;s Maple Leafs from Nelson with six wins and four losses. Deadlocked for third are Kimberley Dynamiters and Rossland Warriors, each having won two games.</p><p>In the individual scoring race the top six positions are seated by Smoke-Eater players. Leading the parade is dimiutive Pinoke McIntyre. The speedy left winger has chalked up 25 points, made up of 11 goals and 14 helpers. A single point back in second spot is home-brew Andie Tambellini, The 24-year-old centerman has triggered 16 goals, which is tops in the league, and eight assists, in 12 games played. Tied for third with eighteen points apiece are centerman Hal Jones and Dave Russnell. Fourth place is also tied between Laurie Bursaw and teammate Bill Birukow, each have 14 points. Nelson Maple Leafs big gun George Pilla is next with 13 points, and up and coiner Trail blueliner Ed Cristofoli is in sixth with 12 points. Three players are deadlocked at 12 points apiece. They include Davis and Godfrey of Nelson, and George Ferguson of Trail.</p><p>Outstanding play between the pipes has earned the mask-wearing Seth Martin of Trail a neat 1.90 goals against average in eight games played. The 27-year-old native of nearby Rossland was a standout in leading the Smokies to the World Hockey title last February.</p><p>Another of the many Trail born players who perform either for Trail or Rossland holds down second spot. He is 21-year-old Bruno Forlin. In two games with the Smokies he earned a 2.50 average. In third place is Nelson netminder Gerry Koehle with a 3.10. Rosslands 20-year-old Gerry Zanuzzi, who graduated from the Trail junior ranks follows with a 4.00. Wolfe of Nelson has a 7.00; Wardle of Kimberley a 7.30, and Holmes of Rossland 9.70.</p><p>In his usual roll, Ted LeBodia, the rough tough customer from the Nelson Maple Leafs leads the penalty parade, having spent 65 minutes in the cooler after nine games of action.</p><h2><b>Top Sniper</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03300/1808338-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="486" height="839"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Andie Tambellini</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0015-03

Smokies Win 12 Straight, Take Huge WIHL Lead

<div class="byline">BY FRANK MAHOVLICH</div><h2><b>BOOTS</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>o a boy with hockey on his mind, his first pair of skates are the most important things in his young life. In a way, they are, but they can be too expensive, too tight, too big.</p><p>Nippers of the age of 5, 6 or even 10 are just growing, therefore I strongly advise buying second hand skates at this stage. If Mom and Pop insist on going out and buying brand new skates, then they should get them too large.</p><p>Skates and boots should should last a couple of years. But unless they&rsquo;re big enough, they won&rsquo;t. So, get &lsquo;em extra-large and stuff them with a pair or two of extra heavy socks. You&rsquo;ll find you can do just as well as if the boot fitted skin-and-sock tight.</p><p><b>I received my first pair of really good skates ($35) from my parents when I reached the juvenile classification. Since then on through the Junior A&rsquo;s, the club I was playing for supplied my boots and skates.</b></p><p>However, there are some rich hockey chains, backed by pro parent clubs where the skates and boots are supplied to boys as young as 12 years of age.</p><p>Just remember, the cost of expensive boots and skates for children could put a real burden on a family&rsquo;s income. And the boys won&rsquo;t learn to skate any better or stronger.</p><p>Toronto Telegram News Service</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02339/1808369-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="505" height="696"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PRO. SKATES</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOCKEY SCRAPBOOK

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div><p>ST. CATHARINES. Ont.&mdash;</p><p>After a near-record string of 13 consecutive games without a defeat. the Hamilton Red Wings were finally reduced to mere mortals in the Montreal Forum.</p><p>Starting with a victory against the Montreal Junior Canadiens in the opening game Oct. 22 in Montreal, the Wings, under the guidance of Coach Eddie Bush, cruised through the opposition for 11 wins and two ties.</p><p>However the beginning of the end was apparent in Niagara Falls when Pit Martin scored a goal with less than four minutes remaining in the game to salvage a tie for the Wings.</p><h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR &lsquo;A&rsquo; STANDINGS (Standings On Fri. AM. Dec. 1)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01113/1808407-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="570" height="182"></div><p>Two days later in Montreal the Canadiens exploded for six goals in the final period to trim the league-leading Wings 7-3.</p><p>Andre Boudrias, fast-moving Montreal right winger, was the man who lowered the boom on the Wings, scoring four of his club&rsquo;s goals, including three in those final and hectic 20 minutes.</p><p>The largest crowd of the season to see a game in the Ontario Hockey Association junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; league&hellip;2.999 paid&hellip;took in the action which was described as one of the most exciting junior games in years at the Forum.</p><p>Although the Wings failed to follow the example of the Tiger-Cats in football, they continued to dominate the scoring in the six-team circuit.</p><p>Pit Martin, their brilliant centre, collected nine points on four goals and five assists during the week to take over the lead from his teammate Lowell MacDonald.</p><p>Martin now has 33 points on 18 goals, 15 assists, three more than MacDonald&rsquo;s total of 30 points on 12 goals and 18 assists.</p><p>Bourdrias&rsquo; four-goal effort against the Wings lifted him into third place with nine goals, 14 assists while Phil Esposito, a rookie St. Catharines centre is fourth with 14 goals, eight assists.</p><p>Esposito&rsquo;s goals have come in clusters. In 13 games he has scored three hat tricks.</p><p>Bordon Smith of Guelph is fifth with 18 points while Montreal&rsquo;s sensational defenceman Jacques Laperriere and his teammate Norm Dennis are tied in sixth with 18 points.</p><p>The goaltending race is still headed by Hamilton&rsquo;s Buddy Blom with an average of 2.5 goals against in 15 games. Montreal&rsquo;s George Holmes, who played last year with</p><p>Peterborough in the same league is second with 2.83 in six games while Roger Crozier of St. Catharines is third with 3.13.</p><p>In the Toronto Metro junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; league, Toronto Marlboros stopped the St. Michael&rsquo;s undefeated streak at four games (including one four-pointer) and now trail the leading Majors by a single</p><p>point. Whit by, Unionville and Brampton follow in that order.</p><h2>TORONTO METRO JUNIOR &lsquo;A&rsquo; (Standings On Thurs. AM. Nov. 30)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02111/1808400-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="568" height="178"></div><p>Rod Seiling of the Majors is the group&rsquo;s leading points scorer with eight goals and 13 assists and his linemate Garry Dineen is just two points back with 11, tied with Whitby&rsquo;s Bill Collins.</p><p>Gary Smith of the Majors is the leading goaltender with an average of 2.11.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

C4-01

Habs Hand Wings 1st Clipping In Junior A League

<div class="byline">By SID PAYNE</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Coach Ron Spong has his Greensboro Generals on the move and the North Carolina team is taking command of the Southern Division of the Eastern Hockey League.</p><p>The Generals, who last season won their sectional title by averaging better than five goals per game, got off to a slow start this fall, winning only five of their first 11 games and causing consternation among many scribes who picked them to run away from the Southern Division rivals.</p><p>But Spong has had his boys skating the last fortnight to the tune of six victories in nine games, including three successes over the defending league champions, the Johnstown Jets.</p><p>The victories over Johnstown were achieved within a span of five nights as odd scheduling paired the Generals and the Jets for four straight games.</p><p>The Generals big four on offense is once again powering the club&mdash;Les Lilley, Don Carter, Garry Sharp and Ron Muir. Lilley already has three hat tricks on the season, while the other three are all in double figures as far as goals are concerned.</p><p>&ldquo;Beating the Jets three times in one week has really pepped up this club,&rdquo; declared a jubilant Spong who is in his sophomore year at the Greensboro helm.</p><p>&ldquo;I knew this club was much better than our early record showed. It was only a matter of time before the fellows would start to jell,&rdquo; added Spong.</p><p>The Generals now hold a seven point lead over their nearest rival, the Philadelphia Ramblers. And Greensboro has played three less games than Philly.</p><p><b>CLINTON</b>&mdash;Pretty soon a &ldquo;Stop the Comets&rdquo; cry will be heard around the league&hellip;The Comets reeled off 10 straight victories before heading south for their second extended road trip of the season&hellip;Their 17-2-1 record is the best any club in the history of the league has achieved for the first 20 games of the season.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN:</b> Coach Wally Kullman lost to club for 30 days with leg injury&hellip;Defenseman Ray Crew back with club after preseason knee operation&hellip;Blades snapped five-game losing streak, their longest in two seasons, with 5-3 win over Philadelphia.</p><p><b>LONG ISLAND</b>: Ducks continue to flounder in basement of Northern Division&hellip;Don Atamanchuk scored four goals in 5-3 triumph over Charlotte which snapped seven-game losing streak&hellip;But club dropped next contest, 6-1, to Clinton&hellip;Ducks signed defense man Pete Tallifer, who was a free agent after being dropped by Charlotte.</p><p><b>KNOXVILLE:</b> Despite a 6-13-2 log, Knights trail second place Philadelphia in Southern sector by only one point&hellip;Gil Champagne bagged two goals as Knoxville defeated Charlotte, 4-2, after losing to Checkers by the same score night before&hellip;Goalie Clyde Cyr posted first shutout of season when Knoxville and Johnstown battled to 0-0 tie.</p><p><b>CHARLOTTE:</b> Checkers added forwards Bill Rawson and Rick Hay to roster&hellip;Charlotte lost three games in four starts during week, but Coach Joe Crozier still figures his club is as good if not better than the other Southern opponents, including Greensboro.</p><p><b>PHILADELPHIA:</b> Coach Obie O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s Ramblers are a much improved team since the early stages of the season. The reason for that is the resurgence of center Chuck Stuart who has averaged a goal a game in the clubs last 10, including a hat trick against Greensboro in a game won by the Ramblers, 8-4.</p><p><b>JOHNSTOWN:</b> Despite fine 14-6-1 log, Jets trail Clinton by as much as six points in Northern Division race&hellip;Jets&rsquo; only victory in a five-game week was a 10-4 romp over Greensboro&hellip;But Johnstown also lost three games to Generals, 5-3, 8-3 and 4-2&hellip;Jets &ldquo;Big Three&rdquo; of John Lumley. Ken Laufman and Dick Roberge continue to do most of team&rsquo;s scoring.</p><h2><b>Slick Leader</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-03107/1808452-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="566" height="552"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Obie O&rsquo;Brien</b></figcaption></div><h2>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE (Standings On Mon. AM. Nov. 27)</h2><h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0489/1808445-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="573" height="130"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0519/1808438-1-eng-US/c4-052.jpg" title="C4-05" width="575" height="127"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

C4-03

Greensboro Steps Up Pace In Eastern Race

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO, Ont.&mdash;When Dave Keon made his NHL bow with Leafs, observers thought there was something familiar about him. They recognized it when they learned Keon is Tod Sloan&rsquo;s cousin. Keon has the same dark, beetle-browed, widow&rsquo;s peak face, and the same blocky physique as the former Toronto and Chicago star. And he seems to have the Slinker&rsquo;s goal-scoring and playmaking skills, as well. One difference: Keon is a faster, smoother skater.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

He’s Got Many Of Sloan’s Ways But Better Skater

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