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December 23, 1961

The Hockey News December 23, 1961

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NHL Decals

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Whitey Ford and Luis Arroyo don&rsquo;t have much on the Red Wing tandem of Terry Sawchuk and Hank Bassen these days.</p><p>Not much except the World championship, it might be added. But then, this is just December&hellip;</p><p>Sawchuk was the Wings&rsquo; starting goalie. When the club faltered, coach Sid Abel rushed in Bassen from the bullpen and Bassen came up with a 2-1-1 record in relief.</p><p>Then Hank needed relief himself. Maybe it was the tension of playing 13 games in 25 days&mdash;from Portland, Ore., to Los Angeles, to San Francisco, and other West Coast points to Montreal and Detroit.</p><p>He played nine games for the Wings&rsquo; Edmonton farm club.</p><p>Bassen had a few dizzy spells. The first hit him in the dressing room following the Wings&rsquo; 3-1 victory over Toronto. It didn&rsquo;t bother him again until five days later when the dizziness returned in practice.</p><p>So Bassen went to the hospital&mdash;an examination disclosed nothing wrong but the club felt it best to rest him&mdash;and Abel brought Sawchuk in to relieve him.</p><p>And what a relief effort! Sawchuk blanked the Chicago Black Hawks, 3-0, in a matinee game at Olympia and stopped the Hawks again the next night in Chicago, 3-2.</p><p>There&rsquo;s nothing like a little competition to keep things lively.</p><p>The Wings surged to four victories and a tie against one defeat after returning from their six-game trip. It might also be only coincidence that the NHL player limit dropped to 16 just hours after the first home game.</p><p>It seems no one wanted a night off&hellip;everyone wanted to play.</p><p>Warren Godfrey sat out the first game, a 3-2 defeat at Montreal, and then Pete Goegan got the nod to sit in the stands the next night. The Wings won that one and went on an unbeaten streak and poor Pete couldn&rsquo;t get back in the lineup.</p><p>Abel, showing a touch of superstition like all of his coaching brethren, didn&rsquo;t want to break up his winning combination.</p><p>For the first time this season, the Wings were showing concerted effort. The forwards forechecked and backchecked and the defense hit and swept away the rebounds.</p><p>The Wings eased up a bit in a game with New York and had to fight for a 3-3 tie. Camille Henry put the Rangers ahead in the first period and Vic Stasiuk tied it on a power play goal before the period ended.</p><p>Marcel Pronovost regained the lead for Detroit with both clubs short-handed at 10.16 of the second period with his first goal of the season.</p><p>And the Rangers answered with goals by Henry and Jean Ratelle.</p><p>But Alex Delvecchio netted a 40-foot screen shot on a power play with less than five minutes to play to gain the tie.</p><p>It was Bassen&rsquo;s only bad game in the four straight he worked with the Wings.</p><p>He juggled Henry&rsquo;s first period shot and Henry banged in the puck when Bassen couldn&rsquo;t control it. And he got only a piece of Ratelle&rsquo;s straight-on 35-footer.</p><p>Sawchuk, with better than a week&rsquo;s rest, registered his third shutout of the season, tops in the League to continue the Wings&rsquo; hot spell.</p><p>Sawchuk, who will be 32 on Dec. 28, blocked 20 Black Hawk shots while Bill Gadsby and Howie Glover provided the goals for the Red Wings.</p><p>Gadsby collected his second of the season at 8.54 of the second period and Glover scored his first of two in the matinee game less than eight minutes later.</p><p>Glover provided more breathing room with a hard drive at 6.27 of the final period.</p><p>The shutout was Sawchuk&rsquo;s 86th in regular season play and he&rsquo;s now eight behind the record set by George Hainsworth. The whitewash also is one more than Terry hung up while playing half of the Wing games last season.</p><p>Montreal, New York and Chicago have been Sawchuk&rsquo;s shutout victims this season.</p><p>The Hawks were a hot club until they ran into Sawchuk and the Wings. They had scored 13 goals in their last two games before Sawchuck blanked them.</p><p>Then, when the series moved over to Chicago Stadium, Eric Nesterenko and Bronco Horvath gave the Hawks a 2-0 lead before Gordie Howe ignited the Wings.</p><p>Howe tipped in his 12th goal of the year and a little more than seven minutes later, Stasiuk tied it.</p><p>Howe victimized Hawk defenseman Dollard St. Laurent to set up Stasiuk for the winner with 37 seconds left in the game.</p><p>It was a tough weekend for St. Laurent. It started when he went into the boards Saturday with Howe. Howe gave St. Laurent a glove massage as they got up and St. Laurent tried to do a little retaliating when play moved to the other end of the rink.</p><p>Moments later, Howe got the puck again and crossed the Hawk blue line. He skated around St. Laurent and St. Laurent started hooking him in the ribs&hellip;once, twice, three times and more until referee John Ashley called him for hooking.</p><p>While St. Laurent cooled in the penalty box, the Wings scored.</p><p>So it wasn&rsquo;t too happy an ending when the next day in Chicago, Howe poke-checked the puck from St. Laurent near the Wing blue line, turned and wheeled back down ice with Stasiuk on his wing.</p><p>Howe fed Stasiuk a pass and Stasiuk pulled out Hall and put the puck in the net.</p><p>It was quite a weekend. Not only did the Wings win two games in a row for the first time this season, they also beat Chicago for the first time after four unsuccessful tries.</p><p>And the double victory put them in fourth place, two points up on the Hawks and six out of third place.</p><p>The Howe-Stasiuk mating also has been of more than a little importance in the Wings&rsquo; turnabout play.</p><p>Vic was teamed with Howe last season when he was obtained in a trade with Boston and it was profitable for both. But when Detroit picked up Eddie Litzenberger from Chicago in the offseason, the lines were re-arranged and Stasiuk went to the second line.</p><p>Later, Vic went to the third line. He prospered in his first appearance on that line with a hat trick.</p><p>But Litzenberger went into a slump after seven goals in his first 11 games. After that, Litz managed only one assist in 13 games.</p><p>The Wings were slipping and Abel juggled his lines. Delvecchio, left wing on the HoweLitzenberger unit, went back to center and Stasiuk was returned to the No. 1 line.</p><p>It was the right combination.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b> Howie Young, behaving since his club-imposed suspension last month, picked up his first scoring point of the seacon in the 3-0 victory over Chicago but the lack of points isn&rsquo;t indicative of Young&rsquo;s play.</p><p>The bruising defenseman has steadied down but still hits hard and rushes with the abandon of a locomotive hitting a straightaway.</p><p>It seems the only way to get the puck past Glenn Hall is by deflecting it&hellip;of the Wings&rsquo; half dozen goals in their weekend series with the Hawks, half were deflections&hellip;and the Wings peppered Hall with 78 shots.</p><h2><b>Brilliant</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01367/1813030-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="540" height="526"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Sawchuk</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Terry Shines As Detroit Plays Old ‘Who’sInNets’Bit

<h2>Fronts Get Red</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Kingston Frontenacs were given added strength by the National Hockey League Boston Bruins last week. The Fronts picked up Gerry Ouelette from Providence Reds of the AHL. Last season at Kingston Red scored 13 goals and added five assists in 21 games.</p><h2>Johnson Mr. Zero</h2><p>Goaler Eddie Johnson of the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens led the league in shutouts last season. He scored 11. Closest to him was Roy Edwards of Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds with three. Johnson is now playing for the Spokane Comets of the Western Hockey League.</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3><b>(Standings On Thurs. A.M. Dec. 21)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01411/1814372-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="592" height="190"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun., Dec. 17)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02369/1814365-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="574" height="284"></div><h3><b>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03337/1814358-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="584" height="186"></div><h3><b>Penalty Leaders</b></h3><p>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Sault Ste. Marie, 464 minutes.</p><p>Most Penalized Player&mdash;Bob Wilson, Sault Ste. Marie, 98 minutes.</p><h3>Hull Ottawa 2 at Sault 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04305/1814351-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="572" height="468"></div><h3>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 Hull-Ottawa 1 at Sudbury 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05259/1814344-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="568" height="432"></div><h3>SATURDAY. DECEMBER 16 Sault 2 at Kingston 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06220/1814337-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="570" height="489"></div><h3>Sudbury 3 at Kitchener 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12146/1814330-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="570" height="521"></div><h3>SUNDAY. DECEMBER 17 Sudbury 1 at Hull-Ottawa 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07207/1814323-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="576" height="470"></div><h3>Sault 1 at North Bay 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08196/1814316-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="576" height="412"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Punch Has Trade Bundle Ready To Go

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Punch Imlach prepared a package deal for any one of three NHL teams which would give his Toronto Maple Leafs a first-class forward and&mdash;he hopes&mdash;first place.</p><p>The Toronto general manager said he was willing to part with Billy Harris, Ron Stewart, Al Arbour and Johnny McMillan in pairs or even as a group of three for a prize player.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02175/1814731-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="274" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Punch Imlach</b></figcaption></div><p>In an exclusive HOCKEY NEWS interview, Imlach disclosed he would consider Andy Bathgate, Dean Prentice, Norm Ullman. Alex Delvecchio and Murray Balfour in that select category.</p><p>Imlach&rsquo;s offer was especially enticing to the Rangers who have been hurting for strength down the middle.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d give the Rangers Harris (a center) and Stewart (all positions but goal) for Prentice,&rdquo; Punch advised us.</p><p>&ldquo;Prentice is having a great year,&rdquo; Imlach was told.</p><p>&ldquo;Listen,&rdquo; he replied, &ldquo;Harris is a better center than anybody New York&rsquo;s got.&rdquo;</p><p>We pointed out that Blueshirt center Earl Ingarfield had 13 goals in 26 games, more than any in the League, including Leafs&rsquo; Red Kelly. King Clancy, Imlach&rsquo;s trusty aide, bridled at the comment.</p><p>&ldquo;Hmph,&rdquo; muttered Clancy, &ldquo;you could put me at center with Bathgate and I&rsquo;d score 13 goals.&rdquo;</p><p>The object of Imlach&rsquo;s affection is Bathgate, the abundantly talented right wing. Punch offered the Rangers Dick Duff, Gerry Ehman and Harris for Andy two years ago but New York nixed the bid.</p><p>&ldquo;Now,&rdquo; said Clancy in what sounded like a rather far out statement, &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t trade Duff even up for Bathgate.&rdquo;</p><p>Imlach, who last year traded Johnny Wilson and Pat Hannigan to New York for Eddie Shack, said he was not particularly interested in trading for Camille Henry or Andy Hebenton left and right wing respectively of the Rangers.</p><p>&ldquo;I always liked Camille when I had him at Quebec,&rdquo; Punch allowed, &ldquo;but he&rsquo;s just a good fringe hockey player. I want something more. Hebenton? He&rsquo;s strictly a right wing. I got enough of those.&rdquo;</p><p>When Imlach admitted his power play was punko, we put in that Henry, a sharpshooter, might be the man they need.</p><p>&ldquo;Hell, no,&rdquo; said Punch, &ldquo;we need Bathgate.&rdquo;</p><p>Imlach added that there now were eight players on his changeable &ldquo;untouchable list,&rdquo;&mdash;Frank Mahovlich, Eddie Shack, Duff, Red Kelly, Bob Pulford, Dave Keon, Carl Brewer and Tim Horton.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d take Pulford off the list,&rdquo; Punch relented, &ldquo;if I could get a man like Bathgate in return.&rdquo;</p><p>Chances of any deal for Bathgate or Prentice are slim. But the possibility of a deal for less distinguished players or with a club other than the Rangers exists.</p><p>&ldquo;There are plenty of clubs who&rsquo;d like Harris,&rdquo; said Imlach, &ldquo;and Boston is one of them.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Names Four Leafs He’d Swap Today

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT In The Toronto Star</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Punch Imlach, the oracle of Maple Leaf Gardens, was in a mystic mood last week and out of a prolonged seance came the following pronouncements concerning the present situation in major league hockey:</p><p>&bull; First place in the National League this winter will be the prize in a two-team struggle between Montreal Canadiens and Imlach&rsquo;s Toronto Leafs.</p><h2><b>Record Better Now Than Year Ago</b></h2><p>&bull; Imlach claims the advantage because he rates the 1961-62 Leafs as greatly improved over last season&rsquo;s club, which finished its schedule one game off the pace; in fact, this is the best team Imlach has coached.</p><p>&bull; Canadiens are on the skids despite their successes in the first 40 per cent of the season. According to Imlach, defensive weaknesses will be their ultimate undoing.</p><p>&bull; Ninety-two points from 70 games is the quota Imlach has established for Leafs. He thinks this total will be enough to park them securely ahead of Canadiens. With 35 points in 27 games to date, they&rsquo;re a little behind schedule.</p><p>&bull; Secondary to the season-long Montreal-Toronto duet will be a scramble among New York, Chicago and Detroit for the third and fourth playoff places. Boston Bruins, in Imlach&rsquo;s view, already have been eliminated.</p><p>Punch elaborated.</p><p>He cited statistics as evidence of Leafs&rsquo; advancement. Of their first 27 games a year ago, they won 12, lost 10 and tied five, while scoring 83 goals and allowing the opposition 72. Right now, their record is 16 wins, eight losses and three draws, 93 goals for, 63 against.</p><p>No player is experiencing a notably poor season, Imlach figures, and Carl Brewer, Bob Pulford and Dick Duff have recovered from the various things which ailed them during sub-standard 1960-61 campaigns. Additionally, Dave Keon is even better and Eddie Shack is &ldquo;the most improved forward in the League.&rdquo;</p><p>And don&rsquo;t forget Leafs are the only NHL team without a rookie on the roster.</p><h2><b>Habs Have Been Living On Goalkeeping</b></h2><p>About Canadiens, Imlach said:</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;ll help them when Jean Beliveau is back in top condition. But their problem will still be the same. They can&rsquo;t get the puck out of their own zone. Put pressure on them and they&rsquo;ll make a mistake. That never happened when they had Doug Harvey. So far, this hasn&rsquo;t hurt them because they&rsquo;ve been getting exceptional goaltending.</p><p>&ldquo;But&rdquo;, limlach intoned, &ldquo;it&rsquo;ll catch up to them one of these nights and they&rsquo;ll get bombed for seven or eight.&rdquo;</p><p>What about those 92 points?</p><p>&ldquo;I thought that would be enough for first place,&rdquo; said Punch, &ldquo;but we may have trouble making it. So far, our record on the road hasn&rsquo;t been good enough. You&rsquo;ve got to hit 50 per cent away from home and we haven&rsquo;t.&rdquo;</p><p>And finally: &ldquo;I always thought Canadiens were the team we&rsquo;d have to beat. You&rsquo;ve got to rule Boston out. I figured they&rsquo;d have to take seven out of every 10 from here in to make it. And that&rsquo;s impossible. Which leaves Rangers, Hawks and Wings to fight it out.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Calls The Finish</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01347/1812572-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="546" height="1140"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Punch Imlach</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Punch Imlach’s Crystal Ball Spouts All!

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>AMBRIDGE, Mass.&mdash;An unprecedented Ivy League ruling has made a brilliant sophomore forward from Edmonton, Alberta, a member of Harvard University&rsquo;s hockey team.</p><p>The player is Gene Kinasewich, who played Junior A hockey in Canada before preparing for Harvard at Deerfield (Mass.) Academy. Under Ivy League rule players with Junior A experience are not eligible for competition here.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Ivy League Rules Canuck Okay To Play At Harvard

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Trade talk which travels the National Hockey League grapevine has been making life unpleasant for some of the Bruins&rsquo; veterans.</p><p>The talk, in the form of rumors, has been making the rounds of the League for weeks. Its effect on some of the more experienced players here have not been beneficial.</p><p>&ldquo;Some people have the idea that a player will play harder if he thinks he is in danger of being traded when he doesn&rsquo;t want to be,&rdquo; said one Bruins&rsquo; veteran.</p><p>&ldquo;That may be, if the player isn&rsquo;t already trying as hard as he can. But what about the guy who is doing his best? He hears he&rsquo;s going to be in a deal. He starts thinking about having to break up his home, move his family, get a new place to live&mdash;everything that goes with moving.</p><p>&ldquo;Sure, being sold and traded is all part of the business,&rdquo; added the veteran, &ldquo;but hearing rumor after rumor is one thing. Actually being sold or traded is something else. These rumors haven&rsquo;t made us feel any better.&rdquo;</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; corps of experienced players is small, consisting of Defensemen Leo Boivin and Doug Mohns and Forwards Don McKenney, Andre Pronovost, John Bucyk and Jerry Toppazzini. Forwards Murray Oliver and Charley Burns are quasi-veterans.</p><p>Most of the experienced players have been named in rumors as being traded to other teams, some to as many as three different teams. The returns to the Bruins? So sparse that the names of the players supposedly coming here alone have been enough to depress the Bruins&rsquo; veterans.</p><p>The only solace offered the experienced hands here has been Manager Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s statement: &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t be making any deals since I can&rsquo;t make any that will help us.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Swaptalk Makes Life Tough For Bruins Veterans

<p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;The man who coached the Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors to the Memorial Cup last season is back in hockey.</p><p>Rev. David Bauer has returned after an absence of less than a year.</p><p>The 37-year-old Roman Catholic priest, who coached Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s College majors to the Memorial Cup championship last spring, has agreed to become coach of the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds.</p><p>He&rsquo;ll be back on the ice when the Thunderbirds resume training early next month for the Western Canada Intercollegiate Athletic Association season.</p><p>His appointment, to succeed Al Stewart, was announced last week by the University. It came only a few months after Father Bauer moved from St. Michael&rsquo;s College to St. Mark&rsquo;s College at the University here.</p><p>Father Bauer indicated he was reluctant to take on the job this year, but since the remainder of the season would involve only a couple of months&rsquo; work, he accepted the appointment.</p><p>Last year, he guided the majors in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A series and took them to the Canadian championship.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rev. Bauer To Coach UBC Hockey Club This Season

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Eddie Shack is the most improved performer in the National Hockey League, according to Leaf coach Punch Imlach.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s quite something,&rdquo; says Imlach, &ldquo;when you recall that when we got Shack more than a year ago, he was the 10th or 11th forward with New York.&rdquo;</p><p>Imlach obtained Shack in a trade for Johnny Wilson and Pat Hannigan and the credit for his improvement is shared by coach Imlach and Shack&rsquo;s left-wing partner, Bert Olmstead.</p><p>Why did Leafs grab Shack?</p><p>&ldquo;I thought he had potential,&rdquo; said Imlach. &ldquo;He had the two things I consider most important in a hockey player&mdash;he could skate and he could check. The rest we could teach him.&rdquo;</p><p>Which Leafs have done.</p><p>&ldquo;He keeps opposition defences guessing,&rdquo; says Imlach. &ldquo;He cuts in there fearlessly and there&rsquo;s sticks and elbows and knees and everything flying. And he&rsquo;s hard to knock off balance because of the way he skates with his feet wide apart.</p><p>&ldquo;Oh, he&rsquo;s not the fanciest player in the League and he&rsquo;s got plenty to learn. But he wants to learn and he wants to play hockey. And that&rsquo;s not something you come across every day.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Hustler</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02330/1812675-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="534" height="864"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Eddie Shack</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Ed Climbs From 11 th Blue To Top With Punch

<div class="byline">JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Matinee idols, that&rsquo;s the Red Wings.</p><p>The Wings boast a 6-0-1 record in their last half dozen afternoon appearances over the past several years.</p><p>But only 8,915 fans, most of them from the peanuts, popcorn and cotton candy set, turned out to watch the Red Wings stop the Chicago Black Hawks, 3-0.</p><p>Maybe it&rsquo;s the pre-Christmas rush. Last season, the Wings had matinee games with New York and Boston, the fifth and sixth place teams, and drew 12,025 for one and 13,432 for the other.</p><p>However, attendance is down for all Wing games this season, down by 15,772 after 13 home games.</p><p>The surprising part of it is that the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks have drawn only 18,507 for two games at Detroit.</p><p>There are several factors responsible&mdash;the competition from football is one but the main one is that the Wings flirted with first place in the first two months last year and were in first at one stage.</p><p>While Wing officials don&rsquo;t like the decline in attendance, it isn&rsquo;t as bad as it appears&hellip;a price increase before the season started has put the club ahead at the bank in comparison to last year.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Wings Down In Fans But Up At The Bank

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div><p>MONTREAL, Que&mdash;</p><p>With a reported $100 bonus on the line every time he blinks the red light from now on, Claude Provost of the Canadiens has good reason to worry about a slump. And when he went four games without a scoring point recently he was a bewildered athlete.</p><p>In previous seasons, six since he jumped to the National Hockey League in 1955, the hard-skating and steady-checking right-winger never had to worry about a slump. He just wasn&rsquo;t a high scorer and 19 goals in 1957-58 was his best record.</p><p>But this season is different because Provost happens to be the leading goal-getter on the big-time circuit. After 30 games, he had a record of 18 tallies and a margin of three over his closest rival, teammate Ralph Backstrom with 15.</p><p>Provost, a 28-year-old winger, started the schedule like a ball of fire by banging in 10 goals in the Habs&rsquo; first 11 games. He followed up later by performing the hattrick&mdash;his first in the big-time&mdash;and the third goal, although into an empty Detroit net, was worth $100.</p><p>The plucky winger was determined to make up for only an 11-goals effort in 49 games last season and managed to get a bonus clause put into his contract before going to training camp at Victoria. It calls for $100 for each goal over 15. With less than half the schedule completed, Provost may easily wind up with an extra grand or two if he regains his early-season scoring punch.</p><p>A modest starboard winger who broke into the position in the shadow of Rocket Richard, Boom Boom Geoffrion and Floyd Curry, Claude considered himself &ldquo;just lucky&rdquo; when the scribes started asking about his new-found ability to get goals.</p><p>And Coach Toe Blake, pleasantly surprised at the unheralded winger&rsquo;s spree, had only a philosophical answer.</p><p>&ldquo;The puck is just going into the net for him, that&rsquo;s all. Provost has always been a hard worker with a lot of ability but couldn&rsquo;t seem to pay off. The shots that he&rsquo;s scoring with now are no different than in other years. It&rsquo;s just that instead of hitting the goalie&rsquo;s pads of the post, the puck is hitting the net for him.&rdquo;</p><p>Later on Provost revealed that Coach Sid Abel of Detroit, albeit unintentionally, had a hand in his success.</p><p>&ldquo;I got a lot of confidence in myself when Sid Abel invited me to play in the All-Star Game,&rdquo; Provost pointed out. &ldquo;It was one of the greatest thrills of my life to be chosen to play with the best players in the League. Just being with them in the dressing room did me a lot of good.&rdquo;</p><p>Claude revealed that merely picking out a stick before the All-Star game at Chicago paid off.</p><p>&ldquo;I noticed that Gordie Howe&rsquo;s stick was shorter than most of them. When I tested it, the stick felt good in my hands. So I thought that if a shorter stick was good enough for Howe, it might also be good for Claude Provost.</p><p>&ldquo;Before our first game of the season, I sawed a few inches off my stick just for the fun of it. It felt good and my shots seemed to be more accurate. I scored a goal, got another in our second game and two more in the fourth.</p><p>&ldquo;That was enough for me and after our meetings on the day of a game I stayed around to cut down four or five of them.&rdquo;</p><p>Provost said he didn&rsquo;t know how far he could go this season but was hoping to get at least 25 goals.</p><p>&ldquo;I try not to think about it and try to be confident. I&rsquo;m shooting more this year because I&rsquo;ve been scoring. This may sound simple. But when a player isn&rsquo;t scoring, he loses confidence in himself. He has a tendency to pass the puck once too often on every play, hoping that his linemate will score.&rdquo;</p><p>Through the early part of the schedule Claude was on a line with a couple of fine playmakers, Henri Richard and Marcel Bonin, and was getting most of the goals.</p><p>It was pointed out to Provost, as if he didn&rsquo;t know, that a lot of his goals had come on backhand shots.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s true,&rdquo; said Claude, &ldquo;because I&rsquo;m using the backhand whenever I get a chance. Jacques Plante tipped me off on that. He told me that goalies don&rsquo;t like backhanders. They never can tell where the puck is going to go, high or low, right or left.&rdquo;</p><p>A native of Montreal, Claude came up through amateur ranks with the Junior Canadiens and played minor pro hockey with Shawinigan Cataracts of the old Quebec Hockey League. He bagged 25 goals and had 23 assists with the Cats in 1954-55 and was on the way to another banner year when Canadiens called him up the following season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01346/1812737-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="534" height="1354"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Claude Provost</b></figcaption></div><p>Provost netted 13 goals and had 16 assists in 60 games during his first NHL season but became noted more as a checker and a penalty killer in the following years. His career total going into the 1961-62 schedule was 92 goals and 117 assists for 209 points. In 55 playoff games, he had bagged 12 goals and helped set up 13 others.</p><p>Provost is an honest workman and a stickler for condition. He believes in daily exercises to keep fit and steps up his training program for two or three weeks before reporting to Canadiens in September.</p><p>This season Claude had an edge on his team-mates at Victoria. He had been skating on his own for a fortnight before the team went west.</p><p>Now he has an edge on the NHL goal-getters. If he keeps on skating, he may wind up as the scoring champion with a pocket-full of dough.</p><p>After all $100 a tally is something to skate for.</p><h2><b>Hab Star&hellip;&hellip;Putting On Feed Bag</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02278/1812730-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1650" height="1068"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Right winger Claude Provost, left, has been a standout for the Canadiens this season. He&rsquo;s already scored 18 goals and earned $300 bonus. Club wrote him a contract this season that says he&rsquo;ll get $100 for every goal he scores over 15. Above, Provost with his mates put on the feed bag on the afternoon of a game. Left to right: Henri Richard, Provost, Jacques Plante, Jean Guy Talbot and Boom Boom Geoffrion.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bonus Mark Was Set At 15 For Him

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Toe Blake and a few of the Montreal writers were sitting around the Madison Hotel in Boston the other night, discussing the merits and demerits of potential first-half all-stars and selections for individual trophy awards in the National Hockey League.</p><p>Judging by the many different nominees for various positions, it&rsquo;s evident that with the exception of Doug Harvey as a shoo-in for one of the first-team defense spots, this season&rsquo;s all-star team presents quite a problem.</p><p>Someone mentioned the Hart Trophy and Blake piped up.</p><p>&ldquo;I know who should get the most votes,&rdquo; said the Canadiens&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;But he probably won&rsquo;t get them. And I&rsquo;m not thinking of Doug Harvey, either.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03183/1812768-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="268" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jacques Plante</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;If you fellows, covering all our games, don&rsquo;t know who I&rsquo;m talking about you better have your eyes tested.&rdquo;</p><p>Toe was talking about Jacques Plante, the man in the mask whose goaltending has been the major factor in keeping the crippled Canadiens at the top of the standing. A check on Plante&rsquo;s record through the last month showed that Blake wasn&rsquo;t whistling up a blind alley in favor of the goalie.</p><p>After his mask was criticized, following a couple of questionable goals in a 4-4 tie at New York, Plante started to play as well, if not better, than ever. He was kicking out pucks from all angles, batting them down, catching them and even taking a few on his cherished mask.</p><p>Through the Canadiens&rsquo; unbeaten string of six wins and six ties, Jacques gave up only 23 tallies for an impressive average of 1.92. After his first shutout over Boston&mdash;he later blanked Chicago&mdash;Plante allowed only 13 goals in nine games for a 1.4 average.</p><p>Ever since Plante discarded his famous tuque and came into the League nine years ago, critics belittled his efforts with the question &ldquo;Where would he be without Doug Harvey in front of him?&rdquo;</p><p>Well, Jacques hasn&rsquo;t had Harvey helping all this season and, in fact, has been performing behind a hot-and-cold defense. Minus Tom Johnson and Lou Fontinato, both out with injuries for several games, the Montreal defense corps was operating with virtually three rookies.</p><p>Jean-Guy Talbot was the only tried and true rearguard for a half-dozen contests. Blake had to string along with Al MacNeil, making a fine NHL comeback after four years in the minors; sophomore J-C Tremblay and rookie Jean Gauthier.</p><p>Other critics of the showboat goalie may attempt to point out that Plante doesn&rsquo;t do half as much work as opposing netminders. But figures don&rsquo;t lie: A count of pucks since the schedule started shows that Jacques is second in shots-against only to Boston&rsquo;s overworked custodian Don Head.</p><p>Through 28 games, Plante had been tested 806 times and stopped 739 shots for a .916 average.</p><p>That&rsquo;s a lot of goaltending no matter who does the shooting.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Blake Sings Jacques’ Praise As MVP

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04111/1812799-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg"></div><p><b>Follow the example of Claude Provost&mdash;enjoy BEE HIVE CORN SYRUP on bread, cereal, and pancakes.</b></p><p><b>All the Maple Leaf and Canadien hockey players use and recommend BEE HIVE CORN SYRUP exclusively.</b></p><p>For a free picture of Claude Provost or any member of Montreal Canadiens or Toronto Maple Leafs send one Bee Hive Corn Syrup collar or token; top from Durham Corn Starch or Ivory Laundry Starch; collar from St. Lawrence Corn Oil 25 oz. One collar, top, or token for each picture. Show your name and address, name of player you want, and mail to:</p><p>ST. LAWRENCE STARCH COMPANY LIMITED</p><p>Dept. &ldquo;H&rdquo;, Port Credit, Ont.</p><p>Mounted pictures measure 5&rdquo; &times; 7&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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GET CLAUDE PROVOST’S PICTURE FREE FROM BEE HIVE GOLDEN CORN SYRUP

<p>Founded October 1st, 1947 35</p><p>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</p><p>1434 Ste. Catherine Street West. Montreal 25, Que.</p><p>Ken McKenzie, President and Publisher</p><p>Will V. Cote. Vice-Pres.& Gen. Mgr.</p><p>Len Bramson, Editor-in-Chief</p><p>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth;</p><p>$4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign Countries</p><p>Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.</p><p>Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa</p><p>Printed in Canada</p><p><b>VOL. 15 DECEMBER 23. 1961 No. 12</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02378/1812875-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="368" height="392"></div><p>&bull; THE AMERICAN HOCKEY league Year Book, complete with all of the statistical records for the 25-year history of the league and pictures of players, officials and trophies is now off the press. Copies of this finely-illustrated hockey book may be obtained by sending 50 cents to Ken-Will Publications, Box 800, Montreal, Canada&hellip;Jimmy Anderson, ace left winger of the Springfield Indians, scored his 200th AHL goal the other evening. Jimmy is a former winner of the Dudley Garrett Memorial Trophy as the American League&rsquo;s outstanding rookie&hellip;Elmer Ferguson, well-known Montreal hockey writer, became a bridegroom the other day at the age of 76&hellip;Eddie Giacomin, Providence goalkeeper, garnered an assist against Buffalo recently&hellip;Coach Jackie Gordon of Cleveland and Bill Sweeney of Springfield each led three different teams with which they played in scoring for a single season&hellip;Gordon led New Haven in 1949-50 with 83 points, Cincinnati in 1950-51 with 65 points and Cleveland in 1953-54 with 102&hellip;Sweeney was the top point-getter for Providence in 1957-58 with 77, he had 75 for Buffalo in 1958-59 and twice led Springfield with 96 in 1959-60 and 108 in 1960-61&hellip;Four graduates of the same junior team are still starring in the National Hockey League&hellip;The team was the Guelph Biltmores of 1951-52 and the players are Andy Bathgate, Harry Howell and Dean Prentice of New York and Lou Fontinato of Montreal&hellip;Guelph won the Memorial Cup that year&hellip;Sault Ste Marie of the Eastern Pro League is having trouble drawing customers this season. There is a lot of local trouble and even the Mayor of the Soo is geting into the act. Boston Bruins haven&rsquo;t won a game on Chicago ice since February 27, 1960. They&rsquo;ve played 10 straight games without a win&hellip;The record being seven losses and three ties&hellip;Punch Imlach thinks Tim Horton has the fastest slapshot in the NHL. Imlach figures it travels close to 100 miles an hour&hellip;Ken Yackel, player-coach of the Minneapolis Millers of the United States League, is off to his fastest scoring start in years.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03302/1812868-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="288" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Giacomin</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04247/1812861-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="278" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jackie Gordon</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; CLARENCE CAMPBELL, National Hockey League president, was recently elected president of the new Lakeshore General Hospital at Pointe Claire, Que.&hellip;Terry Sawchuk recorded his 87th shutout in the NHL last wek&hellip;The late George Hainsworth holds the all-time shutouts record. George had 94&hellip;Frank Boucher is to receive a Sportsmanship Brotherhood Award in New York in February&hellip;Canadiens have lost only a single game since Tom Johnson has been out of the lineup&hellip;<u>King</u> Clancy calls Eddie Shack &ldquo;the most explosive player Toronto has had for some time.&rdquo;&hellip;Omaha Knights of the International League have their own Hall of Fame&hellip;According to Stan Fischler&rsquo;s story in HOCKEY PICTORIAL&rsquo;S December issue, there are 48,000 registered hockey players in Czechoslovakia&hellip;There are at least 25,000 schoolboys under 14 playing organized hockey in Slovakia (eastern province) and 50,000 in Moravia and Bohemia (western provinces)&hellip;There are 33 artificial ice rinks in Czecho and 1,400 natural ice rinks. Only 10 of the artificial rinks are covered&hellip;New York&rsquo;s Andy Bathgate has his sights set on 35 goals this season. As a matter of fact that is Andy&rsquo;s goal every year&hellip;MERRY CHRISTMAS to Hockey Fans Everywhere.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05222/1812854-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="264" height="376"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Clarence Campbell</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Best way to torture Johnny Wilson is keep him off the ice for a couple of months like the way New York doctors have since the season opened. At last report John was seen babbling to himself.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s driven me nuts,&rdquo; said the blond crewcut Ranger left wing, who&rsquo;s been &ldquo;hors de combat&rdquo; since Oct. 2. That&rsquo;s when he fractured his collarbone against George Konik&rsquo;s steely frame during a workout.</p><p>If John sounds a bit emotional he can be forgiven. He&rsquo;s missed hockey games as infrequently as Lou Gherig missed ball games for the New York Yankees.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06184/1812906-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="298" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Johnny Wilson</b></figcaption></div><p>Consequently, John owns the NHL consecutive game record (580) a mark he set between 195152 and 1960-61. it broke Murray Murdoch&rsquo;s old record of 508 for iron man play.</p><p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t give it much thought once the record was broken,&rdquo; said Wilson whose return is expected to bolster the lately blah Ranger attack.</p><p>&ldquo;Of course, in a strict sense I was breaking the record every time I played another game. But so was Maurice Richard every time he scored another goal, and Gordie Howe breaks a record every time he gets another point.&rdquo;</p><p>When Konik&rsquo;s check dismantled Wilson&rsquo;s collarobne it merely was a case of ye old law of averages finally trapping him.</p><p>&ldquo;You gotta be lucky to go through 580 games without an injury,&rdquo; John admitted. &ldquo;Once I was cut over the eye in practice and needed 10 stitches. The eye closed so bad I couldn&rsquo;t see out of it.</p><p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s where the break came in&mdash;we didn&rsquo;t have a game for a few days. By the time we were ready to play I was able to see.&rdquo;</p><p>Although Wilson&rsquo;s dossier indicates he&rsquo;s ready for an old-age home (he&rsquo;s 32), the 5-10, 175 pounder never looked more robust or faster.</p><p>&ldquo;Nowadays athletes know how to take care of themselves. I&rsquo;ve been in the League 13 years. I figure I can still go some. In the old days it was different.</p><p>&ldquo;I remember seeing in Maple Leaf Gardens dressing room names of old-time Leafs on the wall. I was amazed to see that a fella liked Red Horner was only around the NHL for six years.&rdquo;</p><p>In a weak moment, Wilson disclosed a four-part secret for longevity&mdash;8-10 hours sleep a night; sleep with windows open; no smoke, no drink and only an occasional beer; stay in shape during the off-season.</p><p>Johnny admits he will spare no effort to get in shape. During his two-month exile he scrounged up practice partners wherever he could find them. He even lowered himself to the point of working out with two newspapermen, this one and Joe Breu of UPI.</p><p>When it was over the writers vowed never again to try stickhandling past Wilson. And John vowed never to touch a typewriter.</p><p>RANGERABILIA: Camille Henry sidelined with torn knee ligaments.&hellip;Many friends of Andy Bathgate congratulate him and frau, Merle, on the birth of their first child, Sandra Lynn&hellip;Asked how he explains his dipsy-doodle turns after being checked, Dean Prentice commented, &ldquo;Showmanship, man, showmanship.&rdquo;&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Ironman Wilson Finds It Tough Sitting Around

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07155/1812944-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="323" height="456"></div><h2><b><i>Head of Sitting Ducks Limited</i></b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>lmost everyone has heard or read about Ducks Unlimited. That&rsquo;s a conservationist group, with thousands of members, dedicated to the protection of quackers. Hardly anyone knows about Sitting Ducks Limited. This is a one-man organization devoted to the survival of hockey goalies&mdash;one goalie in particular. Chunky Don Head is organizer, president, and total membership.</p><p>Sitting Ducks Limited has a slogan: &ldquo;The Life You Save Could Be Your Wife&rsquo;s Husband&rsquo;s.&rdquo; Maybe it&rsquo;s not original, but it expresses the sentiments of the founder. Goalies, he maintains, have been sitting ducks for all kinds of characters who harry them, wrestle them, and shoot out their teeth with little discs of black rubber.</p><p>Being an old railroad man by trade before he turned full-time, to hockey, Mr. Head of Sitting Ducks Limited is familiar with the railway system of clearing main lines of slow traffic by shunting it to sidings. He applies this technique to the goaling business. If a man stands in the goal crease, obstructing his vision and interfering with his movement, Head merely chops the feet from under him and dumps him on his panties.</p><p>People who get cut down cause all kinds of commotion. Detroit&rsquo;s Vic Stasiuk, a noted stalker of net-minders, tried to beat out Head&rsquo;s brains during a couple of encounters in Boston. Marcel Bonin, who once wrestled a bear, tried the same holds and tackles on Head in the Montreal Forum.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t mind a guy standing 10 feet in front of the net and trying to deflect a shot past the goaltender,&rdquo; Head claims. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s his business. When he backs right in on me and shuts off my view, that&rsquo;s my business. If a guy stands up in front of your seat at a theatre and won&rsquo;t move, what do you do to him? That&rsquo;s what I do, too.</p><p>&ldquo;I whacked Stasiuk on the ankle. He swung at me when he got up. I threw off by gloves and we went into it. Bonin? I hit the blade of his skate and he went down. He was right in the crease. When he got to his feet, he was swinging. I wasn&rsquo;t even looking for a fight. The puck had gone out to the point, and I was covering for a shot from that direction.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08128/1812937-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="552" height="840"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Head</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>He Feels He&rsquo;s a Marked Man</i></b></h2><p>Referees, Head is grieved to report, don&rsquo;t seem to understand the aims of Sitting Ducks Limited, nor appreciate its activities. Last season Don was with the Portland Buckaroos in the Western League. This was his first venture into honest professionalism. Previously, he had been a railroader who used hockey as a profitable hobby. At Portland, he drew 101 minutes in penalties. That must have been an all-time high for goalies in the Western Hemisphere.</p><p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s say the penalties were justified,&rdquo; Head concedes. &ldquo;That merely brings out the point I&rsquo;m making. Over the years, all goaltenders have had a rough deal. I hear referees warning players to keep out of the crease. The warning may be ignored&mdash;but the moment the goalie does something to protect himself, the referee is on him.&rdquo;</p><p>Logically, Head suspects he&rsquo;s a marked man because of his devotion to Sitting Ducks Limited. He cites an incident in Detroit by way of illustration. Gordie Howe of the Red Wings was upended, near the Boston net. Head drew a two-minute penalty. He claims the real culprit was Ed Westfall.</p><p>In the Western League, Head was on the Public Enemy list in every town except Portland. His feuds made colorful copy. He and Hal Laycoe, coach of the Buckaroos, had an understanding. The club paid Don&rsquo;s fines, provided he didn&rsquo;t get tapped for cussing an official. In the Western League, the automatic ante for a misconduct penalty is $25. The deal with Laycoe was a powerful cleanser of Head&rsquo;s language.</p><p>After a couple of battles in the NHL, there was some agitation for a $50 fine to curb Don&rsquo;s tendencies toward pugilism. This brought a bitter complaint from Boston general manager Lynn Patrick that some people in the League couldn&rsquo;t seem to tolerate a spark of individualism and color. The word that Head was likely to be fined apparently reached Portland. Don received a letter from an 11-year-old Buckaroo fan. It contained a dollar. The boy wrote that, if Don got nicked, the kid wanted to contribute.</p><p>Unfortunately, the greatest enemy of Sitting Ducks Limited is not cruising forwards, not near-sighted referees. The deadliest foe is the Bruins. Sometimes, you can&rsquo;t tell whether they&rsquo;re for their own goalie or against him.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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MILT DUNNELL speaking on SPORT IN THE TORONTO STAR

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-09116/1812975-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg"></div><p>&mdash;Color Picture Pennants&mdash;</p><p><b>Gordie Howe Autographed Picture Pennant</b></p><p>in Red and White (full size&mdash;23 inches long)&hellip;&hellip;$1.00</p><p><b>Red Wing Team Picture Pennant</b></p><p>in four colors (full size pennant with picture inserted)..$1.00</p><p><b>Please add 25&cent; for each item for mailing.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NEW RED WING SOUVENIRS!

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ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERSI

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04197/1813099-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="242" height="396"></div><p>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;</p><p>If the New York Rangers jump from fifth place into the playoff this season then much of the credit for their wonderful showing will have to be given to that much underrated player Dean Prentice.</p><p>Playing the left wing on a line with Andy Bathgate and Earl Ingarfield, Dean is on his way to one of his best major league seasons yet. After 27 games he had scored 10 goals, exactly half of what he scored in 56 games last season, and added 14 assists for 24 points. Only teammates Bathgate and Ingarfield were ahead of him in the points derby.</p><p>Prentice, who joined the Rangers from the Guelph Biltmores back in 1952-53 has been rumoured on the trading block many times. But while most clubs would like to have him, few have offered what the Blues think Prentice is worth. Now with a good solid centre for his time. Deano is expected to erupt again as one of the League&rsquo;s top scorers. At least he is now listed amongst the &lsquo;untouchables&rsquo; by the Rangers, which means he can&rsquo;t be had no matter what you offer.</p><p>A hard skating left winger who never gives anything but his best, Prentice is going to be the next Ranger to hit the 200 goal mark. He started the season with 151 to his credit and now has 161. He should get at least 25 more this season, which will leave him about 14 away from the select circle.</p><p>Here&rsquo;s one star who is surely &lsquo;your kind of player.&rsquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Your Kind Of Player

<p><b>TASTE THAT FLAVOR CRISP & CLEAR LABATTS PILSENER Don Head IS YOUR KIND OF BEER</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05136/1813130-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="916" height="788"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Your Kind Of BEER

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>When Don Head showed signs of goal fatigue in late October, the Bruins gave him a brief vacation with pay.</p><p>They brought up Easy Ed Chadwick from Kingston of the Eastern Professional League to play two games.</p><p>Then Head, refreshed and refurbished, returned to the Bruins&rsquo; goal with a shutout which perked up the whole team. The Bruins lost only two of their next eight games.</p><p>The success of the October experiment prompted Lynn Patrick, Bruins&rsquo; manager, to repeat it in mid-December when Head began seeing Toronto, Chicago and Montreal uniforms in his sleep.</p><p>Again the Bruins called up Chadwick and scheduled Head for a two-game respite.</p><p>Their purpose: To give Head&rsquo;s spirits a chance to rise.</p><p>Their hope: That the 200-pound rookie goalkeeper would bounce back into the lineup in fine fettle.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m convinced that Head has the proper temperament for our team,&rdquo; said Patrick in announcing the call to Chadwick. &ldquo;Don doesn&rsquo;t become discouraged easily. He has a buoyant personality.</p><p>&ldquo;But we&rsquo;ve been going through some trying times and it has become a matter of how much a fellow can take. In fairness to him we&rsquo;ll play Chadwick while he gets a chance to catch his breath.&rdquo;</p><p>Prior to Head&rsquo;s pre-Christmas &ldquo;vacation&rdquo; the Bruins had won only one of 11 games. The weekend before Chadwick came up to play against Chicago and Detroit, Toronto bombed Head for nine goals. At times the game sounded one-sided in another respect&mdash;Head against five Maple Leafs.</p><p>The following night Montreal beat the Bruins here, one of the Canadiens&rsquo; goals coming on a &ldquo;Heaven help us&rdquo; flip from center ice by Defenseman J. C. Tremblay. The puck bounced erratically by Head for a goal of the type which all goalkeepers give up occasionally. But it prompted Patrick to make the change.</p><p>&ldquo;I insist it&rsquo;s in the nature of helping Head,&rdquo; insisted Patrick. &ldquo;He has the toughest job in hockey&mdash;breaking into the National League as a rookie with a rookie-loaded, rebuilding team in front of him. I think he has the goods and I&rsquo;m trying to help him.&rdquo;</p><p>To some hockey people here Patrick seemed to be protesting too much, but there have been few indictments of Head&rsquo;s goalkeeping. This is only mid-season. He has had good games, very good games. He is colorful, a real crowd-pleaser, a prospective ticket-seller.</p><p>On the other hand, Don is unorthodox, to the point where he has baffled some qualified hockey experts. They haven&rsquo;t been able to catalog him yet.</p><p>One thing is certain, and that&rsquo;s that the position of the Bruins in the standing cannot be attributed to inability on Head&rsquo;s part. It is true that the Bruins are in sixth place, but it was only six years ago that the Bruins had the greatest goalkeeper in hockey history and finished fifth.</p><p>Terry Sawchuk came here the owner of all goalkeeping distinctions in 1955 but it was with the Bruins, not Detroit, that he really proved his worth. He had nine shutouts, a modern Bruins&rsquo; record, and he was brilliant all season. But the Bruins, with a team far superior to the one fronting for Head, still finished out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><p>It was thought by some here, that the Bruins might go whole hog on a change of goalkeepers and replace Head with Bruce Gamble, the stocky 23-year-old who was their regular last season.</p><p>Gamble has been burning up the Western League with Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s Portland Buckaroos just as Head did when he played for Laycoe a year ago.</p><p>But when Patrick moved it was to bring Chadwick, whose Kingston team was having a schedule breather, and give Head a chance to catch up on his Christmas shopping.</p><h2><b>Rest&hellip;Works</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02335/1813068-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="570" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Head</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03266/1813061-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="574" height="556"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Chadwick</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Head Gets Rest Again—For His Own Good Again

<div class="byline">By Jim Proudfoot (In The Toronto Star)</div><p>BELIEVE it or not:</p><p>About 50 weeks ago, Chicago Black Hawks had slipped as low as fourth place in the National Hockey League, having won only 11 games while losing 14. A minor-league coach was contacted and asked if he would be available to assume similar duties at Chicago within a week.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01437/1813161-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="596" height="884"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Rudy Pilous</b></figcaption></div><p>By the time this fellow had decided he didn&rsquo;t want to leave the organization which employed him at the moment, and had prepared a negative reply to this most flattering query, Hawks had started what eventually became a seven game string of victories. From that impressive beginning, they went on to finish a strong third and to win the Stanley Cup, signifying the professional world championship.</p><p>Coach Rudy Pilous, who must have heard the whispers his job was in dire jeopardy, toted home all the marbles and richly deserved each and every bow he so flamboyantly took throughout the spring and summer. He had performed a masterful feat of coaching.</p><p>Hawks were not an easy cast to direct. They didn&rsquo;t have the built-in confidence of champions, as Canadiens did, or the locker room leadership Leafs received from their veteran players, or Gordie Howe, as the Red Wings did. What they had, midway through the 196061 schedule, was a handful of talented but unproductive prima donnas and a mountain of disorganization.</p><p>By playoff time, though, Pilous had them at their very, very peak, like Frankie Merrill preparing a horse for a major stake rave. They were just adequate in the trials, but when the payoff was there, so were the Black Hawks. They did what no team had done since 1955: They beat Canadiens in a money series.</p><p>Now those rumors are alive again. Memories are short in sports and just because Hawks have been performing below expectations, people would like to believe Pilous&rsquo; neck has been shaved for the guillotine.</p><p>Hawks were consensus picks to finish first this winter and so far they&rsquo;ve encountered all sorts of trouble staying as high as fourth. This is especially serious in a city like Chicago, where last night&rsquo;s result affects tonight&rsquo;s game.</p><p>The feeling here is they were rated too high at the outset. They stood 17 points short of first place when the regular season ended last March and did not strengthen that line-up significantly. It is more likely they soon will return to third spot, once the effects of injuries to Pierre Pilote, Murray Balfour and Red Hay wear off and as soon as New York Rangers come down out of the clouds. And because they&rsquo;re tough and own the best goaltender in hockey, they&rsquo;ll be dangerous again in the spring.</p><p>With Rudy Pilous as their coach.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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That Annual Fable

<div class="byline">By BOB HANLEY</div><p>HAMILTON, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Lowell MacDonald, a refreshing young fellow from Thorburn near New Glasgow in Nova Scotia, has hit the post three times this year for every goal he has scored as a Hamilton Red Wings&rsquo; juniors forward. Undaunted by the tough luck that has dogged him, and with 17 goals to date, he works and dreams toward a 50-goal tally by season&rsquo;s end.</p><p>Two futures loom for this ambitious young Red Wing&mdash;one as a high school teacher in his native Pictou County and the other as a National Hockey League star.</p><p>Taking them one at a time, Lowell figures he can accomplish both.</p><p>Lowell is 20, 5-11, 175, a swift, smooth, intense wingman who is too busy playing hockey to be angered by the bumps and bruises. In 20 games this year he has drawn only a single two-minute penalty.</p><p>He&rsquo;s working toward his BA degree, earning off-season credits at St. Francis Xavier University, and stands a mighty good chance of being called next year to the parent club&mdash;Detroit Red Wings of the NHL.</p><p>Ultimate goal for Lowell, who thrills to history but can&rsquo;t stand fiction, is the role of history and physical education teacher in a Pictou high school.</p><p>Lowell was scouted while playing on the MacDonald line for the Thorburn area high school down home.</p><p>&ldquo;There were three MacDonalds on the line, including a cousin and a third fellow who was no relation, but they thought we were brothers. There were only eight players on the team and our line played the entire game. Although a small school, we won the Nova Scotia title in &lsquo;58-&rsquo;59.&rdquo;</p><p>There isn&rsquo;t much there to sustain its people&mdash;Thorburn is the last mainland coal mining town in Nova Scotia&mdash;but Lowell longs for the wild green of the summer, the winter outdoors and his own people.</p><p>His father is a CNR policeman and his mother is a school teacher.</p><p>&ldquo;Young fellows in Ontario have things pretty easy,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;To get to our area high school some boys get up at 4.30 a.m. to walk to the bus stop and after that it can be a trip of up to 60 miles. It&rsquo;s not unusual to come back on the school bus at 9 o&rsquo;clock at night.&rdquo;</p><p>This is Lowell&rsquo;s third season with the Hamilton junior A club and he hasn&rsquo;t missed a game. He scored 17 goals in his first year, 26 last year, and 17 to date this season.</p><p>He hit the goalpost four times in one game, this season, and on four breakaways against Niagara Falls, here, recently, failed to beat the goalie once.</p><p>&ldquo;Eddie Bush has found what I&rsquo;ve been doing wrong,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been flicking the puck when I&rsquo;m in close, instead of giving them a driving shot.&rdquo;</p><p>With &lsquo;Pit&rsquo; Martin and Earl Heiskala as linemates, he hopes to beat the jinx now that he knows.</p><p>Lowell has a part-time job with Veri-Best Paper Products, having abandoned efforts to study during the hockey season.</p><p>&ldquo;Some fellows can do it but I was afraid I couldn&rsquo;t make a success of both.&rdquo;</p><p>So Lowell withdrew from McMaster and has confined his studies to the six months of the year when he isn&rsquo;t playing hockey. With his courses at St. Francis Xavier, he has whittled down the credits needed for his BA from 20 to 12.</p><p>&ldquo;Down home&rdquo; keeps creeping back into the conversation and that&rsquo;s where Lowell will head immediately after tomorrow night&rsquo;s game. He flies out of Malton at midnight for five days Christmas holiday at home.</p><p>&ldquo;From Pictou County,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;there are only two places for most people to go to make their livings&mdash;to Ontario or to Boston. Some people adjust better than others but I think the east will always be calling to me. Hockey is great and I&rsquo;d like a career in the NHL. But when it&rsquo;s over, it&rsquo;ll be teaching in Pictou.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Plans Future</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02319/1813192-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="542" height="724"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lowell MacDonald</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Farm Flash MacDonald Has NHL—Teaching Career Ahead

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How To Score 35 Coals…

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;Reg,&rdquo; said Chicago Black Hawk forward Murray Balfour of roommate Reg Fleming, &ldquo;is the chief cook around here. I&rsquo;m the bottle washer.&rdquo;</p><p>Fleming and Balfour were talking about their &ldquo;home&rdquo; life during the hockey season in a three-room apartment on Chicago&rsquo;s north side near Lake Michigan.</p><p>Fleming&mdash;one of the most aggressive and hard-nosed players in the National Hockey League, was second in the NHL in penalties last year with 145 minutes. But off the ice on the home scene he&rsquo;s much more &ldquo;domesticated.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I started as a potato peeler,&rdquo; says Fleming in his soft voice. &ldquo;When I was a youngster both my mother and dad worked. To help out I used to get my own breakfast and in the afternoon, when I got home from school, would peel the potatoes or fix the vegetables.&rdquo;</p><p>Steaks and pork chops with apple sauce are Fleming&rsquo;s favorite dishes&mdash;although the night we visited their apartment Reg was preparing baked beans and frankfurters.</p><p>&ldquo;I just put butter in the frying pan, put the meat in and turn up the burner,&rdquo; says Fleming of his cooking technique.</p><p>Eggs&mdash;as you like them, are another Fleming specialty. He hasn&rsquo;t tried any fish dishes yet and cakes come only from a box of cake mix.</p><p>&ldquo;I used to room with Gary Aldcorn at Rochester before he went up to Detroit,&rdquo; said Fleming with a gleam of admiration in his eye. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a real gourmet. He used to bake pies and prepare stuffed pork chops and such dishes. I just peeled the carrots.</p><p>Bottle washer Balfour added: &ldquo;I roomed with Billy Hicke (now with Montreal) and Billy Carter (now with Hull-Ottawa) in those days. We used to eat hamburgers. We used to look forward to the days when Aidcorn and Fleming had us over for a real meal.</p><p>&ldquo;Bobby Baun of Toronto is another who was a good cook in his minor league bachelor days.&rdquo;</p><p>Balfour and Fleming are the only two bachelors on the Black Hawks sharing an apartment.</p><p>One of the other two Black Hawk bachelors, Stan Mikita, rooms with defenseman Moose Vasko, whose wife is back home in St. Catherines, Ont.</p><p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t do too much cooking in,&rdquo; says Vasko. &ldquo;On game days when we have a big meal we usually go nearby to Bronco Horvath&rsquo;s place where his wife, Dolly, fixes a meal for all of us. The rest of the time I like to eat light. Maybe coffee in the morning, a couple of boiled eggs after practice, and a sandwich or tomatoes and lettuce in the evening.</p><p>Despite his light eating the big defenceman has a reputation for cooking the best omelettes on the club.</p><p>&ldquo;Cheese and ham omelettes are my favorites,&rdquo; admits Vasko. &ldquo;And of course steaks are easy to cook. I don&rsquo;t make any deserts because I usually drink a glass of milk instead.&rdquo;</p><p>Says bachelor Mikita: &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t do too much cooking. We eat most of our meals at the Horvaths. When we do cook it&rsquo;s mostly steaks. For breakfast it&rsquo;s just juice or maybe cold cereal.&rdquo;</p><p>The fourth Black Hawk bachelor is Eric Nesterenko. Nester lives alone in an apartment and does only a fair amount of cooking.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m no culinary expert,&rdquo; says Nesterenko. &ldquo;Just cook steaks and roasts. I have an electric stove and there&rsquo;s nothing to it. Just put them in the oven and turn the heat up.</p><h2><b>Food Boss</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01388/1813302-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="574" height="898"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Reg Fleming</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bachelor Life Makes Kitchen Kings Of Hawks

<p>PROVIDENCE, R.L&mdash;It takes more than transportation difficulties to keep a good team like the Providence Reds down.</p><p>Providence beat the Hershey Bears here, 2 to 0, after coming from Cleveland and a game there the night before by impromptu transportation. And playing on virtually empty stomachs besides.</p><p>When the Reds&rsquo; plane out of Cleveland was grounded by weather, Coach Ferny Flaman hired a bus which took them to Buffalo. There they boarded a plane for home, but after a landing in Albany the plane developed engine trouble.</p><p>Flaman then hired another bus and Providence arrived here 35 minutes after the scheduled starting time for the game which finally began 71 minutes late. All the Reds had for nourishment was sandwiches purchased en route.</p><p>The shutout was the first as a professional for 22-year-old Ed Giacomin, who moved up to Providence from Long Island of the Eastern Amateur League last season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Reds Take Long Way In To Rip Bears In 2-0 Win

<div class="byline">By BUSTER CLEGG</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02354/1813357-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fern Flaman</b></figcaption></div><p>PROVIDENCE. R.I&mdash;</p><p>The Rhode Island Reds, seething with a new-found spirit best described as the &ldquo;old college&rdquo; type, have set their sights on taking second spot in the Eastern Division over the holiday season.</p><p>Successful in six of their last eight outings, the Reds have narrowed the gap to four points between themselves and Hershey, present occupant of second, and are now determined to overtake the Bears through Christmas and New Year.</p><p>During the Yule season the Reds have the comfortable proposition of playing four of six games on their home rink here in Providence&mdash;a place the club has found greatly to its liking this season.</p><p>At it stands at this writing, the Reds have won 10 of 13 games on home territory thus far, and have played some outstanding hockey before the home folk all season long. Keeping this in mind, then, the Reds are looking to the friendly confines of R.I. Auditorium as an opportunity to make hay in the division standings.</p><p>What about the road? Although much less successful on enemy ice with a 3-9-0 slate to date, two of the trio of victories abroad have come in the last three games, an indication of vast improvement in the Reds travel play.</p><p>Player-coach Ferny Flaman, a tower of strength on defense all season long, has been able to inject much of his own fierce competitive spirit into the improved Roosters until now the entire club is displaying an eagerness and spirit of their own, optimistic and anxious about future prospects.</p><p>Flaman has the club flying to say the least. Only this week, while idle from the playing scene for almost five days, the Reds conducted daily practices with schoolboy vigor and enthusiasm. Flaman had his charges skating full speed through the usual 90 minute sessions, skating, shooting, bumping, and driving all the way. All in all, Ferny and his boys experienced the most profitable, well attended, and willing practice sessions of the campaign. The Reds appear ready and eager for their big push in the East.</p><p>While winning six of eight contests recently, the Roosters had several big names mainly responsible for the success. Flaman, himself, was indestructable on defense. The goal duo of veteran Gil Mayer and young Eddie Giacomin performed brilliantly, each winning three of four games.</p><p>Giacomin, allowing only seven goals in his quartet of tussles, had a sensational 1.75 goal-against average, and chalked up his first shutout of the campaign by whitewashing Hershey, 2-0. Mayer permitted only 10 to squeeze past him in a like number of games.</p><p>While defense tightened considerably, the threesome of Jimmy Bartlett, Danny Poliziani, and Larry Leach provided the local power. During the eight game span, Bartlett fired five goals, Poliziani had four, and Leach three, the latter providing many more sparkling passes from his key center position.</p><p><b>COOP SCOOP</b>&mdash;Rookie Pierre Brilliant still leads the club in goals with 12, Bartlett and winger George Ranieri next with 10 each. Flaman has the most assists&hellip;Rod Paavola, another freshman, recently became a father for the first time&mdash;it was a boy&hellip;Ian Anderson fired the winning goal in overtime against Pittsburgh Dec. 3rd giving the Reds a 2-1 verdict. It was his first as a R.I. Red&hellip;Only Ranieri, Flaman, and rookie Matt Ravlich have played in all Reds&rsquo; games as injuries have hit hard on several occasions&hellip;Leach missed a dozen games with a broken ankle, Bartlett sat out eight contests with a badly bruised hand, and a heavy case of flu still has Dino Mascotto sidelined after 12 games&hellip;the club is still the most penalized in the AHL, averaging over 18 minutes in the coop each contest.</p><h2><b>Gets Birds Flying</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Old Flaman Charm Making Big Vultures Out Of Roosters

<p><b><i>&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</i></b></p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3><b>(Standings On Wed., A.M., Dec. 20)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01422/1813458-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="584" height="186"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun., Dec. 17)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02356/1813451-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="601" height="2901"></div><h3><b>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1961-62</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03282/1813444-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="598" height="582"></div><h3><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS:</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0887/1813437-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="492" height="205"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13 Boston 2 at Chicago 2</h3><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Chadwick; defense: Westfall, Boivin, Stapleton, Green; forwards: Beckett, Burns, Meissner, Pennington. Connelly. Bucyk, Gray, Oliver, McKenney, Mohns, Toppazzini, Pronovost.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defense: Evans, St. Laurent, Turner, Vasko, Pilote, Fleming; forwards: Hull, Hay, Wharram, Balfour, Horavth, Murphy, Melnyk. McDonald, Nesterenko. Mikita.</p><p>Referee: Vern Buffey; Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ron Wicks.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04219/1813430-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="583" height="479"></div><h3>THURSDAY. DECEMBER 14 Boston 0 at Detroit 5</h3><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Chadwick; defense: Mohns, Stapleton, Green, Westfall, Boivin; forwards: Burns, Beckett, Meissner, Pennington, Connelly. Bucyk. Gray. A. Pronovost, Oliver, McKenney, Toppazzini.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Sawchuk; defence: M. Pronovost, Godfrey, Gadsby, Odrowski, Young; forwards: Delvecchio, Stasiuk, Howe, Labine, Fonteyne, Litzenberger, Glover, MacGregor, Johnson, Boileau.</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvari: linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Matt Pavelich.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05164/1813423-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="578" height="549"></div><h3>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 Boston 4 at Montreal 8</h3><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Head; defense: Stapleton, Boivin, Mohns, Westfall, Green; forwards: Oliver, Connelly, Bucyk, McKenney, Gray, Pronovost, Beckett, Pennington, Meissner, Toppazzini, Bruns.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defense: J. C. Tremblay, Talbot, Gauthier, MacNeil; forwards: Backstrom, Geoffrion, Marshall, Richard, Provost, Moore. Beliveau, Hicke, G. Tremblay, Goyette, Rousseau, Bonin.</p><p>Referee: Art Skov; linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Bob Frampton.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06130/1813416-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="577" height="771"></div><h3>New York 2 at Toronto 4</h3><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Cahan, Harvey, Langlois, Spencer; forwards: Henry, Hampson, Hebenton, Bathgate, Ingarfield. Prentice, Gendron, Ratelle, Schinkel, Hannigan, Wilson.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;&mdash;goal: Bower; defense: Brewer, Baun. Arbour, Horton, Stanley; forwards: Kelly, Mahovlich. Nevin, Harris, Duff, Armstrong, Pulford. Shack, Olmstead, Keon, MacMillan, Stewart.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07104/1813409-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="579" height="587"></div><h3>SUNDAY. DECEMBER 17 Montreal 1 at Detroit 3</h3><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante, defense: J. C. Tremblay. Talbot. MacNeil, Gauthier; forwards: Richard, Moore, Provost, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Backstrom, Hicke. Rousseau, Bonin, Goyette, G. Tremblay, Marshall.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Godfrey, Gadsby. Odrowski, Young; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, Stasiuk, Ullman, Labine, Fontyene, Litzenberger, Glover, MacGregor, Johnson, Boileau.</p><p>Referee: Eddie Powers; linesmen: Bill Morrison, Matt Pavelich.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0972/1813402-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="583" height="456"></div><h3>Toronto 4 at Boston 1</h3><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Bower; defense; Brewer, Baun, Arbour, Horton, Hillman, Stanley; forwards: Keon, Duff, Armstrong, Kelly, Nevin, Mahovlich, Pulford, Shack, Olmstead, Harris, MacMillan, Stewart.</p><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><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1151/1813395-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="580" height="508"></div><h3>New York 1 at Chicago 3</h3><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Cahan, Harvey. Langlois, Spencer; forwards: Henry, Hampson, Hebenton, Bathgate, Ingarfield, Prentice, Gendron, Ratelle, Schinkel, Hannigan, Wilson.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defense: Turner, Pilote, Vasko, Evans, St. Laurent; forwards: Fleming, Hull, Balfour, Horvath. Murphy, Hay, Melnyk. McDonald, Nesterenko, Wharram, Mikita.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1235/1813388-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="593" height="544"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1060/1813489-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="571" height="262"></div><h2><b>DEC. 23 TO DEC. 29</b></h2><p>24&mdash;Red Sullivan, Kitchener-Waterloo, coach, 1929.</p><p>25&mdash;Larry Cahan, Rangers, defense, 1933.</p><p>26&mdash;Ray Cyr, Vancouver, forward, 1933.</p><p>26&mdash;Colin Kilburn, Spokane, forward, 1927.</p><p>26&mdash;Norm Ullman, Detroit, forward, 1935.</p><p>26&mdash;Gene Ubriaco, Pittsburgh, defense, 1937.</p><p>28&mdash;Ed MacQueen, Providence, defense, 1935.</p><p>28&mdash;Harry Howell, Rangers, defense, 1932.</p><p>28&mdash;Terry Sawchuk, Detroit, goaltender, 1928.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday To You

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-15" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1510/1813534-1-eng-US/f0008-152.jpg"></div><p><b>&lsquo;Rocket Richard&rsquo;</b></p><p>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).</p><p>Followtheflamboyant, 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!</p><p>And you&rsquo;ll do yourself 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/f0008-166/1813527-1-eng-US/f0008-162.jpg" title="f0008-16" width="1084" height="486"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1420/1813520-1-eng-US/f0008-142.jpg" title="f0008-14" width="582" height="1166"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<h2>Johnson Goes, Bailey Returns</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Pittsburgh Hornets made a player change this week. They sent Earl Johnson to the Los Angeles Blades of the Western Hockey League as Bob Bailey returned from the injured list. Bailey last season played for the Quebec Aces.</p><h2>Bears Lose Polano</h2><p>The Hershey Bears lost rookie defenseman Nick Polano with a shoulder separation last week but promptly called up young Mike Mahoney from the Sudbury Wolves of the Eastern Professional Hockey League. Both clubs are tied up with Detroit of the NHL.</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3><b>(Standings On Tues. A.M. Dec. I9)</b> Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01407/1813656-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="575" height="130"></div><h3>Western Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02385/1813649-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="579" height="133"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Son., Dec. 17)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03334/1813642-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="569" height="350"></div><h3><b>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04284/1813635-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="573" height="283"></div><h3><b>Penalty Leaders</b></h3><p>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Providence 475 minutes.</p><p>Most Penalized Player&mdash;John McKenzie. Hershey. 82 minutes.</p><h3>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Rochester 3 at Quebec 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05222/1813628-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="558" height="595"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 Springfield 2 at Hershey 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06186/1813621-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="563" height="491"></div><h3>Cleveland 2 at Pittsburgh 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07174/1813614-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="560" height="487"></div><h3>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 Quebec 2 at Cleveland 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08162/1813607-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="558" height="710"></div><h3>Buffalo 4 at Hershey 0</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09158/1813600-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="574" height="360"></div><h3>Rochester 8 at Pittsburgh 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10144/1813593-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="573" height="804"></div><h3>Providence 4 at Springfield 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11122/1813586-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="570" height="700"></div><h3>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 Springfield 5 at Buffalo 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1290/1813579-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="572" height="505"></div><h3>Cleveland 0 at Providence 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1377/1813572-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="574" height="405"></div><h3>Quebec 1 at Rochester 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1461/1813565-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="566" height="390"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1546/1813687-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="292" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Reay</figcaption></div><p>BUFFALO, N. Y&mdash;</p><p>The Buffalo Bisons sneaked a new right-winger into the lineup under the embarrassed noses of the local press, radio and TV representatives, but Cliff Schmautz ruined the secret when he scored two goals in his debut before 4,901 Memorial Auditorium patrons.</p><p>Why the Bisons were determined to make a cloak-and-dagger affair out of year-old rookie went through to get there, is another.</p><p>Schmautz started the 600-mile drive from the Sault at 6 o&rsquo;clock on the night of Saturday, Dec 9. Bucking heavy snow and rain storms all the way, he arrived in St. Catharines, Ont., some 30 miles from her, at 5 Sunday morning.</p><p>Following less than six hours sleep Schmautz scored twice in the third period to put the decision out of reach for the Pittsburgh Hornets, beaten twice in as many nights by 5-3 scores by the Bisons.</p><p>&ldquo;I nearly stopped at Barrie, about 120 miles from St. Catharines, because I couldn&rsquo;t see on account of the snow. But I decided to keep going,&rdquo; Schmautz said.</p><p>&ldquo;I figured I would be sitting on the bench for most of the game. I was really surprised when he (Coach Billy Reay) put me in on the power play in the first period.</p><p>&ldquo;I was little afraid of how my legs would react and I was scared that I might make a mistake. But I just got lucky, I guess,&rdquo; he added.</p><p>Since arrangements to transfer Schmautz from the Sault to the Bisons were made at least 24 hours before his arrival, and local crowds were getting slimmer as the Bisons dropped 8 out of 10 before the two-game sweep over the Hornets, local reporters were at a loss to explain the secrecy surrounding the move.</p><p>Buffalo&rsquo;s lone Sunday newspaper, The Courier-Express has a Schmautz&rsquo;s assignment here from Sault Ste. Marie of the Eastern Pro League, is one thing. What the 22-circulation of nearly 400,000. There are several local radio sports shows on Sunday, as well as both radio and TV sports shows on Saturday. Instead of getting as much publicity out of the Schmautz transfer as possible, the Bisons got absolutely nothing.</p><p>The $64 question is here&hellip;why?</p><p><b>ALONG THE BOARDS</b>&mdash;Art Skov treated Buffalo fans to a first-rate refereeing job when he handled the Buffalo-Pittsburgh game Dec. 10. Although there haven&rsquo;t been any serious complaints about the work of other referees, an extraordinary amount of hooking and holding has been overlooked in the early part of the season&hellip;Jim Ellery, the AHL&rsquo;s fine secretary-treasurer, presented the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Trophy to Chico Maki, last winter&rsquo;s rookie of the year. Paul Meger, whose career was cut short by a mishap in a game at Boston, and Don Marshall of the Montreal Canadiens, were earlier Bisons who carried off the rookie award&hellip;It&rsquo;s that time of year when the rookies are being tagged with nick-names. Murray Hall has been dubbed &ldquo;Hot Dog&rdquo; by his Buffalo teammates.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Buffalo ‘s Secret Weapon Blasts Two In Blast-Off

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YOU CAN TELL A Northland STICK BLINDFOLDED

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div><p>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;</p><p>When a guy gets his taste buds all set for a juicy steak, it&rsquo;s disappointing to settle for hamburger.</p><p>Cleveland Barons&rsquo; Coach Jackie Gordon knows the feeling. He thought he had his club all poised on the springboard that would orbit the Barons into the top spot of the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Western Division. Then the springboard broke.</p><p>In a disastrous stretch of seven games, the Barons had to settle for a single victory and two overtime ties.</p><p>It was enough to send Gordon and his assistant coach, Fred Glover, into a quick huddle to figure out the what&rsquo;s what and why of the Barons.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01421/1813797-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="292" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Aldo Guidolin</b></figcaption></div><p>They came up with the inevitable line changes, meantime hoping that the club would lift itself out of the dumps.</p><p>Glover&rsquo;s own line, on which he works with Ron Attwell and Dick Van Impe, showed signs of snapping into form. The line accounted for all three goals in the Barons&rsquo; single victory during the seven-game period, a 3-2 win over Providence on December 9.</p><p>Personnel changes sent Jim Mikol to the right wing spot with Billy Sutherland and Wayne Larkin, replacing John Ferguson, who was assigned to work with Hank Ciesla and Ed Mazur. In two games, the switch failed to produce results.</p><p>With the Barons, it has been a case of the scorers not scoring, the puck taking some odd bounces, injuries beginning to make themselves felt and the officials ruling in favor of the Barons&rsquo; opponents.</p><p>Ed Mazur leads the scorers with 18 points, but that&rsquo;s not too many in 22 games. Hank Ciesla follows with 17 and several other players are bunched closely behind this pair.</p><p>What the team lacks is a &ldquo;take charge guy.&rsquo;&rsquo; The empty shoes are waiting for one of the forwards to step into them.</p><p>Defenseman and captain Aldo Guidolin became the team&rsquo;s first casualty of the season when he tried to move the Arena several feet east by using his head. The Arena stayed put, but Guidolin suffered a five-stitch gash on his head, several chipped teeth and some jammed muscles in the neck, shoulders and back. His fellow blue-liner, Gary Bergman, also was suffering from back miseries.</p><p>Guidolin&rsquo;s absence did give rookie Murray Davison a chance to get in some action. Davison still has plenty to learn but, on the whole, he did a creditable job.</p><p>Two teams, Hershey and Rochester, tied with the Barons by sinking goals in the dying seconds of regular play. The Hershey tie was especially hard to take because two apparent Baron goals were disallowed.</p><p>And then, in a third straight overtime game, the Barons lost to Buffalo, 5-4, when a wild shot in the extra session caromed off Bill Needham past Les Binkley into the Cleveland cage.</p><p>&ldquo;That was the hardest defeat of the season,&rsquo;&rsquo; moaned Gordon. &ldquo;We scored four goals, took 51 other shots, 23 in the first period alone, and had to lose it on a goal like that!&rsquo;&rsquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Stormy Weather Sends Barons Reeling—Quick Changes Fail To Help

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div><p>HERSHEY. Pa.&mdash;</p><p>Coach Frank Mathers and his Hershey Bears won&rsquo;t forget Dec. 5, 1961 for quite a while. It was more like a Pearl Harbor on ice for the Pennsylvania gang after a stop off at Quebec where they were &ldquo;entertained&rdquo; by the Aces.</p><p>The Canadians lost 1-0, but Hershey wound up with a crop of &ldquo;walking wounded&rdquo; with no less than seven skaters paying a visit to the hospital the next day.</p><p>&ldquo;It was a clean game and the checking was about as rugged as I&rsquo;ve ever seen in an American League game,&rdquo; said Mathers.</p><p>The band aid brigade, with injuries, reads: Claude Laforge, fractured cheekbone; Bob Perreault, eye cut; Jack McKenzie, back injury; Bucky Hollingworth, jammed hand; Marc Reaume, six-stitch head wound, ankle injury; Larry Zeidel, groin injury, and Parker MacDonald, Charley horse.</p><p>It required an extra day in Quebec to get the outfit patched up and in shape for the next stopoff at Springfield.</p><p>And on Dec. 1 at Rochester, the Bears lost defenseman Nick Polano with a shoulder separation. Rookie Mike Mahoney was recalled immediately from Sudbury of the Eastern Professional League.</p><p>At one stage of the Quebec game, Mathers was down to seven forwards and four defensemen with Mahoney alternating between a wing and backline spot.</p><p>Perreault suffered his injury in the second period and was replaced by standby goalie Gilles Boisvert. Between the two, they came up with 30 saves in registering the shutout. Boisvert made 17 and had several spectacular stops in the closing stage of the game.</p><p>Through the first four games of the trip, the Bears won one, tied two and lost one to garner four of a possible eight points to stay within striking distance of the powerful Springfield Indians, the Eastern Division pacesetters.</p><p>However, coming off the road jaunt, Hershey catches six of its next eight opponents on home ice before Jan. 1st sets in and the midseason mark attained. The Bears sport a ten game win skein at home.</p><p>Prior to checking into Springfield, Mathers said he would be happy to come off the road journey with a .500 record.</p><p>&ldquo;These injuries will really foul things up,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;because we&rsquo;ll have to change some of the line combinations.</p><p>&ldquo;Up until now we haven&rsquo;t been bothered too much by injuries.&rdquo;</p><p>Laforge was forced to use a special plastic mask to protect the broken cheek bone. It was designed by Hershey team physician, Dr. Claude Light.</p><p>For a while it was touch and go as far as bringing in additional replacements; however, Mathers felt the patched up club would be able to get by until the wounds healed.</p><p>&ldquo;When we got to Springfield,&rdquo; joshed Mathers, &ldquo;I was afraid to let the guys out of the hotel for fear someone would get hit with a truck or something the way our luck was going.&rdquo;</p><p>At the end of the 22 game mark, Willie (The Whip) Marshall was still leading the AHL scoring derby with 45 points on 14 goals and 20 assists. Laforge was next highest with 23 on ten goals and 13 assists.</p><h2><b>Injured</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03298/1813883-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="538" height="621"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Claude Laforge</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Aces Cut Bears Ranks To Ribbons—Seven Go To Hospital For Help

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04228/1813914-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg"></div><p>DECEMBER ISSUE Now At YOUR NEWSSTAND</p><p>WORLD&rsquo;S OFFICIAL HOCKEY MAGAZINE</p><p>&ldquo;My Job Is To Stop The Scorers&rdquo;</p><p>Says Canadiens&rsquo; Lou Fontinato</p><p>ALSO</p><p>&bull; Litz Sprouts New Wings</p><p>&bull; Hockey: Iron Curtain Styk</p><p>&bull; Bower&rsquo;s Biggest Enemy Is Time<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY PICTORIAL

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div><p>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Riding the crest of a 14-game undefeated streak, Montreal junior Canadiens have moved to within striking distance of the leading Hamilton Red Wings.</p><p>Led by their sensational defenceman Jacques Laperriere, the heir apparent to the NHL Canadiens defence leadership vacated by Doug Harvey, Claude Ruel&rsquo;s team has to be considered the club to beat for the Memorial Cup.</p><p>Laperriere, who played briefly with the National League Montreal club during the absence through injury of Tom Johnson, is ranked the outstanding defence prospect to play in junior hockey in many years.</p><p>An inch over the six foot mark, the French Canadian 19-year-old sensation plays more than 50 minutes of every game and last week went the full three periods without rest as the Canucks defeated St. Catharines Teepees 5-3 in St. Catharines.</p><h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR &lsquo;A&rsquo;</h2><p>(Standings On Frl. AM., Dec. 15)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02356/1813852-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="582" height="184"></div><p>Not only did he play a spectacular defensive game, but he also fired the winning goal past allstar netminder Roger Crozier in the second period, then set up the clincher midway in the third.</p><p>While Hamilton and Montreal are fighting it out for the lead, St. Catharines had taken <i>a</i> fairly firm grip on third place but there is still a desperate scramble for the fourth and final playoff position.</p><p>Only one point separated the last three teams, Peterborough, Guelph and Niagara Falls as the league approached the midway point in the 50-game schedule.</p><p>In the scoring race, Hamilton&rsquo;s Pit Martin is having a tremendous year.</p><p>After just 20 games of the 50-game schedule the Red Wings centre has scored 23 goals, 20 assists for 43 points, a five-point margin over his teammate Lowell MacDonald who has 38 points on 17 goals, 21 assists.</p><p>Martin has now passed his total points production built up in the full 50-game schedule last season when he managed to score just 41 points.</p><p>Andrew Boudrias of Montreal Canadiens is third with 15 goals, 19 assists followed by his teammates Rejean Richer and Norm Dennis, both with 32 points.</p><p>Phil Esposito, St. Catharines Teepee centre is sixth with 29 points while Howie Dietrich of Niagara Falls Flyers jumped from well down the list into seventh position with 28 points.</p><p>George Holmes of the Canadiens, who couldn&rsquo;t make a regular position with Peterborough Petes, lowered his league-leading goals against average to 2.33 when he allowed only six goals in three games.</p><p>Roger Crozier of St. Catharines, the league&rsquo;s all-star goaltender the past two years, took over second with 2.91 while Buddy Blom of Hamilton dropped back to third with 3.15.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Junior Hubs Now Favored Club In Memorial Derby

<div class="byline">by JACK THOMSON</div><p>FORT WILLIAM, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Port Arthur Bearcats carry a proud heritage as they headed overseas in quest of the Ahearne Trophy on their 13-game tour of Europe. The team, now reaching the peak of a rebuilding job which started some four seasons back, can look back upon its past history with pride. In western Canada, the record of Port Arthur Hockey teams in senior competition is unparalled. The Ports have reached the Western Canada final 11 times, more than any other team, and have won the western title eight times, also a record. In eight Canadian finals the team has broken even, winning four Allan Cups, symbolic of Canadian Senior Amateur hockey supremacy. The championships came in 1925, 1926, 1929 and 1939. In 1938, 1940 and 1960 it reached the western final, or Allan Cup semi-final, before bowing. Along the way the team has produced many National League hockey stars, including Lorne Chabot, listed among the goaltending greats in the NHL, Edgar Laprade, one of the slickest stickhandlers and niftiest skaters ever to play under hockey&rsquo;s big top, and several others who moved up to take their place along with the best in the world. One of the pluckiest teams ever to go down the Allan Cup trail from the Hill City was the 1942 Bearcats. This club met the powerful Ottawa RCAF Flyers. This service team was stacked with several NHL greats in the air force at that time, including the famous &ldquo;Kraut Line&rdquo; of the Boston Bruins, Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer. The &ldquo;Cats&rdquo; were given little chance against the opposition but surprised by carrying the best-of-five series to the limit before bowing out. Probably the best team ever to represent Port Arthur in all Allan Cup play was the 1939 championship crew. Baz O&rsquo;Meara, noted Montreal columnist, noted at the time that he&rsquo;d been watching Allan Cup squads for some 20 years and in his mind Bearcats were quite possibly the best.</p><p>Over the years Port Arthur has been chosen only once before to represent Canada in International competition. This was in 1936 when Port Arthur Bearcats were picked as the Olympic team. This is still a sore spot in Port Arthur. Bearcats lost only one game, and that was to England by a 2-1 score. However, England with many Canadian stars performing for its team, swept the rest of its games as did Bearcats and won the Olympic title. While the team was from Port Arthur seven players were chosen from Halifax Wolverines and Montreal Royals to bolster it. It&rsquo;s still the opinion of some that this caused a lack of harmony and was a big reason for their loss. At that Bearcats were stopped by a red-hot British goalie who had been imported from Canada. Some consolation was also to be found in the fact that the winning goal was scored by a Canadian, Gerald Davey, who learned his hockey right in Port Arthur. Following the Second World War senior hockey in Port Arthur started on what soon turned out to be a serious relapse. Where players had previously stayed home to play with the hometown seniors many now left to fill the ranks of professional teams, hungry for talent following the lean years when many stars were in the service. After a rather barren 15 years Bearcats began a serious rebuilding plan four years ago. In that season they reached the western semi-final before bowing to Regina 3-2 in a best-of-five series with Regina winning the fourth game in overtime. The following season they swept into the western final, upsetting the highly-rated Saskatoon Quakers in three straight games along the way. The &ldquo;Cats&rdquo; bowed to Trail Smoke Eaters in their next series, however going on to represent Canada and win the world amateur championship the following season. Last season Bearcats figured their chances to win the western title, and gain a berth in the Allan Cup final, were good. Unfortunately they suffered injuries to three key players just previous to their playoff against the tough Winnipeg Maroons. With these key men out Bearcats still all but won the series, finally bowing 3-2 in the best-of-five set, the fourth game going into overtime with Winnipeg winning.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

News From Around The Lakehead Area

<h2>McVie Has Big Night</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Portland Buckaroos are making a habit of setting records, League records as well as records for their own team. On Sunday night, December 10, the Bucks walloped the Los Angeles Blades. 11-4. Winger Tommy McVie could have done the Job all by himself as he scored no less than five goals.</p><h2>Three Badmen</h2><p>Three players now have the dubious honor of spending more than one full game in the penalty box. Spokane&rsquo;s rookie Larry McNabb moves to the front in the penalty parade with 65 minutes on the sidelines. He is followed closely by team mate Bill Shvetz and Edmonton&rsquo;s Forbes Kennedy who are deadlocked in second place with 64</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3><b>(Standings On Tues. A.M. Dec. 12) SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01420/1814064-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="571" height="131"></div><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02376/1814057-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="577" height="133"></div><h3><b>(Intersectional Games)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03309/1814050-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="563" height="238"></div><h3>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Vancouver 3 at Los Angeles 7</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04251/1814043-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="577" height="701"></div><h3>Spokane 7 at Edmonton 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05212/1814036-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="574" height="806"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 Vancouver 0 at San Francisco 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06190/1814029-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="556" height="343"></div><h3>Seattle 2 at Portland 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07170/1814022-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="567" height="469"></div><h3>Spokane 3 at Calgary 8</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08165/1814015-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="568" height="662"></div><h3>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 Vancouver 4 at Los Angeles 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11116/1814008-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="570" height="725"></div><h3>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 Vancouver 4 at Son Francisco 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12105/1814001-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="572" height="555"></div><h3>Los Angeles 1 at Seattle 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1383/1813994-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="562" height="484"></div><h3>Calgary 2 at Edmonton 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1459/1813987-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="574" height="549"></div><h3>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 Los Angeles 7 at Spokane 7</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1540/1813980-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="573" height="944"></div><h3>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 8</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1628/1813973-1-eng-US/f0011-162.jpg" title="f0011-16" width="571" height="725"></div><h3>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 Los Angeles 4 at Portland 11</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1720/1813966-1-eng-US/f0011-172.jpg" title="f0011-17" width="576" height="886"></div><h3>Spokane 0 at Seattle 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1816/1813959-1-eng-US/f0011-182.jpg" title="f0011-18" width="582" height="651"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sun. Dec. 10)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09156/1813952-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="574" height="482"></div><h3><b>(Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10137/1813945-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="570" height="235"></div><h3><b>(The Leaders)</b></h3><p>Most Points: Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles, 47.</p><p>Most Goals: Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles 21.</p><p>Most Assists: Bruce Carmichael, Los Angeles 28.</p><p>Most First Goal Of Game: Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles 5.</p><p>Most Game Winning Goals: Tom McVie, Portland, 6.</p><p>Most Game Winning Assists: Len Lunde, Edmonton 6.</p><p>Most Hat Tricks: Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles 3.</p><p>Most Goals Scored With Man Adv.: Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles and Don Chiupka, Seattle, 7.</p><p>Most Goals Against When Serv. Pen.: Bill Burega, Los Angeles 7.</p><p>Most Min. In Penalties: Larry McNabb, Spokane 65.</p><p>Most Shutouts: Bruce Gamble, Portland and Bev Bentley, San Francisco, 2.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By DON FLEMING</div><p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>When the fellow spoke of folks coming back to haunt, he must have been thinking ahead to hockey players like Carl (Buddy) Boone and Bob Solinger.</p><p>These times, Boone and Solly do their stuff for the San Francisco Seals. And on a recent two-game visit the Edmonton Flyers paid to the Cow Palace, these two veterans went big.</p><p>They scored three goals apiece&hellip;all of their team&rsquo;s scores&hellip;as the Seals snatched three points out of four from the Flyers in that series.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1915/1814102-1-eng-US/f0011-192.jpg" title="f0011-19" width="286" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Buddy Boone</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-2010/1814095-1-eng-US/f0011-202.jpg" title="f0011-20" width="274" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Solinger</b></figcaption></div><p>Solinger and Boone have something else in common. They are also former Flyers.</p><p>When it was mentioned to Boone that his scoring outburst had done his one-time pals a good deal of damage, Buddy smirked: &ldquo;It couldn&rsquo;t happen to nicer people! Yes sir, I sure bleed for &lsquo;em!&rdquo;</p><p>This did not happen to be the first time that Boone has turned on his former employers. The most memorable incident was recalled by Montreal scribe Andy O&rsquo;Brien recently.</p><p>Boone, who fits the proportions of Mr. Five by Five as well as anybody we know, was brought up by Lynn Patrick from Springfield in the midst of a crisis in the Boston Bruin camp in the 1957 Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><p>Writer O&rsquo;Brien recalls that a Boston scribe challenged Patrick thusly: &ldquo;Were you stiff when you bought him?&rdquo;</p><p>Well, Boone didn&rsquo;t see too much ice time in those playoffs, but he did chip in a goal. And what a goal it was!</p><p>A long shot in overtime found the net behind Glenn Hall, and Detroit Red Wings were out of the playoffs. So was Hall out of a job with the Red Wings, for he was dealt off to Chicago immediately, and Terry Sawchuk came back from Boston.</p><p>Boone, a castoff from the Detroit organization (he had been with the WHL farm club at Edmonton for the first half of the season three years earlier), helped to create still another Detroit castoff out of Hall.</p><p>The pudgy Boone, a 29-year-old native of Kirkland Lake in Northern Ontario, has suddenly come afire as a goal scorer this year. That big series against the Flyers has had quite a bit of company this season.</p><p>Before the current campaign hit the third-mark, Buddy had fired 13 goals to dead-heat none other than the scoringest Western leaguer of them all, Gordon Fashoway of the Portland Buckaroos.</p><p>Off this kind of pace, he will become a 40-goal man this year, so maybe Lynn Patrick really did see something that escaped most everybody else.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS</b>&mdash;The Pacific National Exhibition, while weighing an offer for purchase of the Vancouver Canucks by a syndicate fronted by former Rangers Clint Smith and Babe Pratt, withdrew the offer of the general manager&rsquo;s post of the Canucks to playing coach Phil Maloney&hellip;Instead, they appointed Dave Dauphinee, manager of Empire Stadium, to the position. Meanwhile, Max Bentley, ex-National League scoring ace, interrupted one of his curling games back in northern Saskatchewan long enough to suggest publicly that he was willing to take over Maloney&rsquo;s coaching duties with the last place club so that he could concentrate on scoring goals and making plays for same&hellip;Del Topoll, capable Spokane Comet centre, scored the first hat trick in his seven years of pro hockey while his mates were beating Los Angeles Blades 7-4&hellip;Tommy McVie from Trail, B. C. arrived unheralded in the Western League and proved a real surprise package in his two seasons on Guyle Fielder&rsquo;s line at Seattle&hellip;Now he is at Portland, and he still has the scoring touch by way of proving something or other. Recently he scored No. 100 in WHL play.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Boone Making Big Splash As Member Of The Seals

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01410/1814140-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="295" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ron Boomer</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW GLASGOW, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>A red hot race is being waged in the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League this season&mdash;for every position except the top.</p><p>Amherst Ramblers, for the third consecutive year, are threatening to break the pennant race wide open but the other four clubs are conducting a dog-eat-dog scramble for positions.</p><p>Ramblers opened defence of their loop title by winning ten in a row. After finally falling to the Halifax Wolverines, the Amherst crew won their 11th game in 12 starts to hold an eight point lead after one quarter of the schedule was completed.</p><p>While Ramblers&rsquo; rocket was already off the ground and heading for the open spaces, the rest of the league had little light between second and fifth places. Only five points separated the four teams battling for the remaining three playoff spots.</p><p>Moncton Beavers, newest entry in the league, were struggling in recent games but still managed to hold a slim one-point edge for the runner-up spot. Only the fine work of goaltender Ron Boomer was keeping the Beavers in the thick of the race.</p><p>Leo Amadio continued his fine coaching at New Glasgow, and amidst player shuffles, had his Rangers in third place. The club halted a slight skid by adding rugged defenceman Hugh Matheson, formerly of the Beavers, and centreman Bob Judge of Niagara Falls.</p><p>Windsor Maple Leafs, under new playing coach Bob Bowness, spurted past the Halifax Wolverines into fourth place, lost a key game to the Wolves to drop back to the cellar, and then defeated Moncton to regain the fourth slot by a single point, three points behind New Glasgow.</p><p>League attendances were poor during the early part of December but are expected to pick up after the Christmas season. A continued close battle for positions after the New Year will help promote business at the box offices.</p><p>Although the Ramblers are presently head and shoulders over the rest of the league, the other teams are not panicking and still hold hopes of cracking the Amherst armour before the schedule reaches the half way mark.</p><p><b>ATLANTIC BREEZES&hellip;</b> Alain Caron of the Ramblers continues to set a torrid pace at the top of the scoring race. After 12 games the former Quebec Aces&rsquo; forward showed a record of 25 goals and 17 assists for 42 points, good for an eight-point bulge over linemate Germaine Munger&hellip;The Nova Scotia version of the &ldquo;Big M&rdquo;, Daryl MacMillan of the Rangers, snapped a scoring slump Dec. 11 when he potted a pair of goals against Halifax. He now has a record of 9 goals and 16 assists for 25 points in 14 games&hellip;Bessie MacDonald, a veteran of Cape Breton hockey circles, is having a big year with Windsor after a brief whirl with the Wolverines&hellip;</p><h2><b>New Maroon</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02330/1814133-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="528" height="841"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gary Aidcorn</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Tight Race For Everything But First In NSSHL

<div class="byline">By VINCE LEAH</div><p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>Unbeaten in exhibition starts this season, this could be the year Winnipeg Maroons finally win the Allan cup.</p><p>The country&rsquo;s senior hockey championship series isn&rsquo;t what it used to be but the Maroons, a little older but abounding in experience, feel that they can go all the way this term. Last spring they bowed to Galt Terriers in the national final.</p><p>Playing coach Bill Juzda, an evergreen defenceman in his early 40&rsquo;s, has led the Red Wreckers to victory over Saskatchewan senior sides, North Dakota University, the European tourists, Port Arthur Bearcats, St. Paul Saints and managed a tie with Minneapolis Millers.</p><p>New faces with the Maroons this season include Gary Aidcorn, who turned his back on the National League to go to college and Julian Klymkiw, one-time spare goalkeeper and assistant trainer for Detroit Red Wings and the Winnipeg Warriors.</p><p>With such veterans as Fred Dunsmore, Reg Abbott, Sheldon Bloomer, Murray Couch, Lou Joyal, Bill Johnson, the Rendalls, Tom and John, Lloyd Orris, et al, it should takes a strong side to stop the Maroons, who still as the last of the great amateur sides, do their own laundry, pay for their own skate sharpening, bring their own towels in a mutual co-operative which is almost dazzling in this day and age in which everybody wants something for nothing.</p><p>The Canadian Amateur Hockey association ordered the Manitoba juniors to cut out the international rules experiment and get back to CAHA code. Brandon Wheat Kings continue to set the pace but the other four clubs are staging a merry scramble to catch up with the Wheaties.</p><p>Brandon and Rangers almost had a penalty-free game Dec. 7. Referee Andy Gurba only called one minor&hellip;The local teams continue to hold special events to get the customers out. The Blue Bomber homecoming drew 6,300 to the Arena but only around 5,000 took advantage of watching a junior double bill at the same time for the same price&hellip;Gates are picking up. In 33 games to date the MJHL has drawn 44,300 paid. Brandon has averaged 1,422 for nine games at home and the Winnipeg clubs 1.312 for 24 gates at the Arena.</p><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR (Standings On Tues., A.M., Dec. 12)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05126/1814171-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="583" height="186"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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‘Peg Maroons Power Sextet On Cup Trail

<p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>OSTON, Mass.&mdash;Jack Kirrane, captain of the United States team which won the 1960 Olympic hockey championship, has been suspended from competition for a year by the Amateur Hockey Association.</p><p>Kirrane&rsquo;s suspension is the result of his having struck an official during a Metropolitan League game at the North Shore Sports Center in Lynn, Mass.</p><p>Ironically, shortly after the Lynn incident Kirrane&rsquo;s older brother Bill figured in another susupension. The older Kirrane, an official, was assaulted by Bob Anderson of the Dedham Hockey Club during an Old Colony League game at the Weymouth (Mass.) Skating Club. Anderson received a lifetime suspension from the league.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

US Olympic Captain Gets Stiff One Year Suspension

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03256/1814233-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="294" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Kirk</b></figcaption></div><p>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>The Saskatchewan and Manitoba junior hockey leagues have officially sanctioned an all-star game between the two groups, the first of which will be played in Winnipeg on Sunday, Jan. 21.</p><p>A joint announcement by SJHL commissioner Frank Boucher of Saskatoon and Manitoba president William Johnston of Winnipeg stated that next year&rsquo;s game would be played in a Saskatchewan centre, and the games would alternate thereafter.</p><p>MJHL officials plan to make every effort towards giving the new series a real sendoff. Included in their elaborate plans for the event are special game ceremonies and an all-star reception and banquet, to be held following the game itself.</p><p>The dinner will be for all-star players; representatives from the six National League teams and members of the CAHA, MAHA and Greater Winnipeg Minor Hockey Association.</p><p>Selection of the players for the two teams will be made through a poll of either players and managers or press, radio and TV, or both, depending on the league.</p><p>Players for the Saskatchewan team will congregate Saturday night, Jan. 20 in Saskatoon, where the SJHL will stage its annual allstar game. Players will leave Saskatoon at midnight Saturday, arriving in Winnipeg the following morning.</p><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR (Standings On Tues. A.M., Dec. 12)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04184/1814226-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="577" height="229"></div><p>Members of the first two all-star teams, as selected by the Saskatchewan press, radio and TV, will constitute the SJHL all-stars. The club will be handled by the coach and manager of the first-place team as of a stipulated date.</p><p>At the time of this writing this rule would give the nod to Scotty Munro and Ed Hudson of Estevan. The coach will be allowed to add five players and a spare goaltender of his choice.</p><p>Influenza has hit the ranks of the SJHL and absence of players is causing plenty of headaches for rival coaches.</p><p>An example was the last weekend series in Flin Flon where the Bombers tied and whipped the last-place Prince Albert Mintos. Coach Bobby Kirk had no less than two first-string defencemen and a high-scoring forward in hospital.</p><p>However, Kirk had the pain eased somewhat by the fine performances, of two replacements&mdash;Don Chian and Al Hamilton&mdash;from the junior &lsquo;B&rsquo; club. Bombers managed a total of nine goals in the weekend series with Chlan firing four of them and Hamilton a pair.</p><p>At Saskatoon the Quakers have had their lineup disrupted by an assortment of things. The flu has bothered two defencemen and a forward, and university exams and an injury has broken up the club&rsquo;s first line entirely.</p><p>Jack McKenzie was the injured player. He broke his nose for a seventh time Nov. 27 during a game against Flin Flon and is still in a Saskatoon hospital. Doctors fear the all-around junior athlete may be through for the season because of undetermined pressures on a nerve which are causing blackouts.</p><p>Bombers have steadily closed the gap on first place, and now trail Estevan by only one point. The battle for third spot is a dandy with three points separating four clubs&mdash;Regina, Melville, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw.</p><p>Gary Peters of the Regina Pats has stretched his lead over Jim Kozie of Estevan in individual scoring to four points, 53 to 49. Four players are in the 20-goal bracket&mdash;Peters, Kozie, Norm Beaudin of Regina, and Ron Willy of Estevan.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Saskatchewan—Manitoba Jrs. To Play Dream Game

<p>NOW&rsquo;S THE TIME TO ORDER YOUR COPY OF&hellip;</p><h2>THE 1961-62 EDITION OF THE N.H.L. PRESS & RADIO GUIDE</h2><p>The 1961-62 N.H.L. Press & Radio Guide also includes Hendy&rsquo;s Who&rsquo;s Who in Hockey and is the finest Hockey Guide published.</p><p>This compact 236-page book answers every question imaginable about the National League. Gives complete professional records of every player in the National, American, Western and Eastern Professional Leagues. It&rsquo;s a must for hockey fans everywhere.</p><p>ALL THIS FOR ONLY $1.00 (Postage Paid)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06100/1814285-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="270" height="388"></div><p>ANOTHER BIG SPECIAL!&hellip;</p><p>THE THIRD EDITION OF</p><h2>THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY ANNUAL 1962</h2><p>This 96-page book is jam-packed with full-length features about your favourite hockey stars&hellip;biographical sketches and pictures of over 120 National Hockey League players&hellip;birthdates and places of birth too&hellip;All at a glance!</p><p>You can&rsquo;t afford to pass up the opportunity of availing yourself of a copy of this outstanding hockey publication.</p><p>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY!&hellip;ONLY 50 CENTS (Postage Paid)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0783/1814278-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="343" height="438"></div><h2>OFFICIAL N.H.L. RECORD BOOK 1917-61</h2><p>(This is not the N.H.L. Press & Radio Guide but an entirely different book).</p><p>The Official N.H.L. Record Book includes complete team standings and individual scoring records of every season from 19 I 7-1 8 up to the present.</p><p>This 350-page &ldquo;Hockey Masterpiece&rdquo; contains statistics and records unobtainable in any other publication. It is the most complete Record Book on Hockey ever published.</p><p>The supply is limited and books will be sold on a First Come&mdash;First Served basis.</p><p>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY&hellip;$1.25 PER COPY (Postage Paid)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0869/1814271-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="280" height="403"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0955/1814264-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="1668" height="566"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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ATTENTION HOCKEY FANS I

<div class="byline">By RON REUSCH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09190/1814410-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="268" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Brian Hextall Jr.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10183/1814403-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="262" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Cunningham</b></figcaption></div><p>KITCHENER, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The Kitchener Waterloo Beavers&rsquo; lead over the rest of the Eastern Professional Hockey League has slowly dwindled as injuries weakened them badly.</p><p>The Beavers, at one point, led the pack by nine points. A sudden rash of injuries to the squad pushed them onto the skids and their lead has been cut to two points.</p><p>The injuries started with the loss of Bryan Hextall Jr., in a game in Kingston, November 10th. Hextall was poke checked by goaltended Ed Chadwick of the Frontenacs and fell across the crossbar of the net. However the extent of his injury was not completely diagnosed until a week and a half later. The doctors, after thorough examination of X-rays called it a hairline fracture of the leg. Between the time of the injury and the final diagnosis, the rookie centre-iceman played a game against Sault Ste. Marie November 18 and scored a goal.</p><p>The second injury came to playing coach Red Sullivan, November 25 against Sudbury. Sullivan was sidelined with a slight shoulder separation. He has been handling his team from behind the bench since the injury was incurred.</p><p>Adam Keller, a sophomore defenceman took a puck on his left foot, and he&rsquo;s out for three to four weeks with a broken bone in theinstep. His injury came in a game Tuesday, December 5, against Hull-Ottawa.</p><p>The fourth injury came in a rather disastrous game against Kingston Frontenacs in Kingston December 6th. The Beavers lost the game 9-4 to the Frontenacs and also lost rookie Bob Cunningham for five weeks. He was checked against the boards and broke his wrist.</p><p>The worst part of the problem for the Beavers has been the fact that three of the four injured were centremen. That has left the fourth and remaining centreman Ed Hoekstra to pick up the slack and try to hold the failing team together.</p><p>The brother act of Dave and Chick Balon who, before this season were both centremen, went back to their old position to help ease the pressure.</p><p>The parent club, the Rangers were unable to provide any help for the ailing team, due to their own injury. Left winger Johnny Wilson is still out with an injury.</p><p>The record for Kitchener Waterloo over the week of December 4th to tenth showed the difficulty they&rsquo;re having. In the four games played in that period, they managed just one point. That was a 1-1 tie with Hull-Ottawa. The Beavers lost to Kingston 9-4, and the fifth place North Bay Trappers twice 5-4 on home ice and 6-4 in North Bay.</p><p><b>Notes:</b> The Sudbury Wolves found themselves in much the same position as the Beavers recently. They were missing three of their key players. However the parent Detroit Red Wings came to their assistance.</p><p>Netminder Carl Wetzel received an ankle injury and was replaced with Gilles Boisvert, who seems to be Detroit&rsquo;s roving substitute. Boisvert came up from Hershey to substitute in the Sudbury goal. Boisvert played a couple of games for the Wolves and then was shipped out to Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League to assist in their goaltending problem, caused by the eye injury to regular Dennis Riggin.</p><p>With the injury to left winger Ed Diachuk, Detroit sent Edmonton winger Roger DeJordy to the Wolves for five games. Diachuk was put out of the wars by a badly sprained ankle.</p><p>Also injured on the Sudbury squad was defenceman Jack Turner. He broke his ankle in a game against Kingston, Monday, December 4th and will be out for the rest of the season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Injury Bug Puts Crimp In Runaway By Beavers

<div class="byline">By SID PAYNE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01407/1814486-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="286" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Glen Cressman</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;</p><p>The Knoxville Knights are making the so-called Eastern Hockey League experts look bad these days.</p><p>Picked by the majority of them to finish last in the Southern Division of the Eastern Hockey League, the Knights are out to prove they have a pretty fair hockey club and so far it appears they have succeeded.</p><p>Knoxville, the former Haddonfield, New Jersey franchise, was trailing the pack for most of the opening month of the season but the Knights have rebounded of late to the tune of five straight victories that have vaulted them into second place in the Southern sector.</p><p>With Philadelphia and Charlotte finding the going rough recently, Knoxville appears to be the only club that can seriously challenge Greensboro for division honors.</p><p>Many of the league&rsquo;s scribes were wondering what came over Knoxville before Knights&rsquo; coach Don Labelle gave this valid explanation:</p><p>&ldquo;At the beginning of the season we were weak in goal and on offense. So changes had to be. made. We made them and you can see the difference.&rdquo;</p><p>Labelle was referring to the acquisition of goalie Claude Cyr and forwards Les Calder, Ken Coombes and Glen Cressman.</p><p>Cyr and Cressman were formerly with the Montreal Royals while Calder was brought in from Melville, and Coombes was acquired in a trade with Johnstown. Also Bob Duncan, ex-Noranda defenseman, has helped out since he joined the club.</p><p>These newcomers have not only put new life into Knoxville but they have been responsible for the improved play of the Knights&rsquo; 1-2 scoring punch&mdash;Joe Zorica and Clare Wakshinski.</p><p>Zorica had scored 22 goals until an ankle injury forced him to the sidelines during Knoxville&rsquo;s last trip north. He scored his team&rsquo;s first hat trick when he got four goals as the Knights defeated Long Island, 5-3.</p><p>&ldquo;I believe we finally have the right ingredients for a sound team,&rdquo; says Labelle who guided Haddonfield into the playoffs last season on the strength of a hot streak at the tail end of the campaign.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not conceding anything, even to Greensboro. We can still catch them. We&rsquo;re rolling now,&rdquo; chirped Labelle.</p><p>Knoxville&rsquo;s surge is a blessing to the league as there were some doubts as to the fans&rsquo; acceptance of hockey in that Tennessee town before the season began.</p><p>The crowds have been good and they&rsquo;re bound to get better, especially with a hot club around.</p><p><b>Around The League:</b> That old hockey rarity&mdash;the penalty shot&mdash;seems to be a common thing this season in the EHL. There have been eight such plays called already with the Long Island Ducks the victims on four occasions, including three on consecutive nights&hellip;Ducks&rsquo; goalie Gilles Viliemure is batting .500, stopping a pair and allowing two shots to slip by&hellip;The Greensboro Generals won their eighth straight game while snapping Johnstown&rsquo;s five-game win streak with a 4-1 decision over the defending champions&hellip;Greensboro holds a 10-point lead over second place Knoxville in the Southern Division, while Johnstown trails Clinton by only two points in the Northern.&hellip;Jets&rsquo; Dick Roberge, Ken Laufman and John Lumley still 1-2-3 in league scoring followed by the Greensboro trio of Les Lilley, Ron Muir and Gary Sharp&hellip;Philadelphia suffered a blow when its top scorer, Chuck Stuart, suffered shoulder separation. Stuart may be lost to the club for at least a month&hellip;Clinton, which lost five straight after winning 12 in a row, rebounded with 10-4 romp over Ramblers&hellip;Hapless Charlotte has now dropped last seven games and coach Joe Crozier sees some heads rolling&hellip;Checkers added goalie Ivan Warmsley, replacing Norm Jacques&hellip;New Haven placed veteran defenseman Don Perry on waivers and Knoxville claimed him. Question is whether Perry will report to Knights&hellip;Andre Drolet registered hat trick in his first game with Charlotte&hellip;Knoxville has scheduled two home games for Jacksonville, Fla., Arena.</p><h2><b>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE (Standings On Tues. A.M. Dec. 12) NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02321/1814479-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="579" height="128"></div><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03239/1814472-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="585" height="128"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Knoxville Sets Sizzling Tempo In Eastern League

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04183/1814531-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="283" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Ottenbreit</b></figcaption></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.&mdash;</p><p>Although Ken Yackel&rsquo;s Minneapolis Millers are in second place, the Minnesota sextet has the best chance of over-taking the St. Paul Saints, for the leadership in the International Hockey League.</p><p>With Ray Mikulan in a starring role, the Millers moved within two points of the Saints, shutting-out the St. Paulers, 5-0. However, St. Paul has played four more games than Minneapolis.</p><p>Minneapolis has a lot of scoring power, with a top-notch defense, and a goaltender that is unbeatable on occasions.</p><p>Harry Ottenbreit, the Regina, Sask, native, pivots line number one for Moe Bartoli and St. Paul-born Paul Johnson. This trio has accounted for 37 goals, with Johnson pumping home 13 and Ottenbreit and Bartoli, 12 each.</p><p>The second set is equally as strong. Aggie Kukulowicz, like Johnson, obtained from St. Paul in the off-season, sets &lsquo;em up for player-coach Yackel and Billy LeCaine.</p><p>Laurie Langrell and Remi Lesage are the other forwards between Ottenbreit or Kukulowicz, who rotate, every other line change.</p><p>Captain Cy Whiteside pairs with Bob Currie on one blue line crew, while Bud McRae and Ted Lanyon form another duo.</p><p>After a slow start and an injury, Ray Mikulan is regaining the form that made him the top netminder in the IHL last season. In addition to his one shutout, he has three one goal-allowed games.</p><p>While the Millers had a week break in the schedule, they traveled to Winnipeg for an exhibition game with the Winnipeg Maroons. For several of the Millers, it was a homecoming. Mikulan, Lanyon, Kukulowicz and Langrell all live in or around the &lsquo;Peg.</p><p><b>IHL NOTES&hellip;</b> Glenn Ramsay, Omaha netminder, broke the thumb on his catching hand, and will be out of action for about ten days&hellip;His place is being taken by Gary Waugh, spare netminder for Los Angeles (WHL), who was in the Omaha training camp.</p><p>Omaha PeeWee and Bantam Hockey Leagues are receiving expert tutoring from both the old pro&rsquo;s and the new&hellip;Besides former Knights, (now making their homes in Omaha) Motto McLean, Jake Forbes, Winkie Smith, Sam Lavitt, Sandy Ross and Jim Jamieson helping the young hockey enthusiasts, members of the current club are aiding in coaching when possible.</p><p>Toledo, in hopes of giving their club additional scoring punch, added Walt Bradley, Lou Kazowski, Denis Menard and Des Maroney to the lineup&hellip;Bradley and Kazowski came from the EPHL, Moroney from WHL and Menard from Knoxville EHL&hellip;Mercs released Norm Doyle, Ken Grib-bon, Jerry Frizzelle and Brian Graver.</p><p>Indianapolis&rsquo; Chuck Adamson, a 3-0 win over Toledo, and Minneapolis&rsquo; Mikulan chalked up first shutouts of year&hellip;Reg Primeau, Ft. Wayne, tallied four goals in a 6-1 win against Toledo&hellip;</p><p>Marcel Goyette, Indianapolis defenseman, overtook the penalty lead, with 96 minutes in the box&hellip;Goyette&rsquo;s 34 minutes against Ft. Wayne, gave him the leadership&hellip;In same contest, teammate Jean Therrien was assessed 36 pim&rsquo;s&hellip;Chiefs had 82 minutes in the &lsquo;sinbin&rsquo; for the game.</p><p>Omaha&rsquo;s Greg Jablonski added second hat trick of the season, in the Knights 8-3 decision over St. Paul&hellip;Ft. Wayne&rsquo;s, Eddie Long and Reggie Primeau also have a pair of three goal performances.</p><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE (Standings On Tues. A.M., Dec: 12)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05145/1814524-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="581" height="205"></div><h2>GREAT MOMENTS IN HOCKEY</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06119/1814517-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="2356" height="2392"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Millers dosing In On League Leading Sainis

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01383/1814562-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><p><b>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</b></p><h2>ACROSS</h2><p>1. Boston player shown in centre.</p><p>6. Initials of a Black Hawk who is engaged to be married.</p><p>7. Initials of Duke of Vancouver Canucks.</p><p>9. NHL. scoring champion of 1949-50.</p><p>13. Native province of pictured star (abbr.)</p><p>14. Chief product of Murray Oliver&rsquo;s native Hamilton, Ont.</p><p>15. Some players eat these on game day (sing.)</p><p>18. Degree Bob Pulford hopes to get in 1963 (abbr.)</p><p>19. Pronoun.</p><p>20. Name given 8 down.</p><p>21. Carl Brewer acquired one in Florida last spring.</p><p>23. One of the Canadiens answers to this.</p><p>25. This man coaches Los Angeles in WHL.</p><p>27. Name given a teammate of pictured player.</p><p>28. This Cleveland defenseman is called Gary.</p><p>30. Johnny Bower&rsquo;s&mdash;for last season 2.50 (abbr.)</p><p>32. Period of time.</p><p>33. Player who placed second in Calder voting last spring.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1. A WHL coach.</p><p>2. Given name of Douglas of Springfield.</p><p>3. Terminate.</p><p>4. Tommy Ivan is noted as a&mdash;dresser.</p><p>5. Yard (abbr.)</p><p>8. This player had a trial with Detroit in November.</p><p>10. Opposite to out.</p><p>11. Initials of Smith, ex-Toronto captain.</p><p>12. Affirmative answer.</p><p>16. Initials of Odrowski of Detroit.</p><p>17. Second name of 28 across.</p><p>18. Initials of a Toronto forward.</p><p>20. This player had a trial with Rangers in 1959-60.</p><p>21. Trainers use one when giving players <i>a</i> rub-down.</p><p>22. Pictured player&rsquo;s&mdash;is 27.</p><p>24. First two letters of ounce.</p><p>26. Initials of Gamble of Rochester.</p><p>27. Name given 20 down.</p><p>29. Native province of Ab McDonald (abbr.)</p><p>31. Roman numerals for number worn by Pat Hannigan.</p><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</b></h2><h3>ACROSS</h3><p>1. MacMillan</p><p>7. Allen</p><p>8. A.A.</p><p>9. Apps</p><p>11. Coulter</p><p>13. L.D.</p><p>14 Or</p><p>16. Tie</p><p>17. Feb.</p><p>18. E.V.</p><p>19. Ea.</p><p>20. New</p><p>21. Syl.</p><p>23. N.R.</p><p>24. Paavola</p><p>28. Shack</p><p>30. Rod.</p><p>31. Due</p><p>33. S.E.</p><p>34. Miner</p><h3>DOWN</h3><p>1 Marc</p><p>2 A1</p><p>3 Claude</p><p>4. Meal</p><p>5. In</p><p>6. Nose</p><p>9. A.E.</p><p>10. Professor</p><p>12. Oliver</p><p>15. Reay</p><p>16. Tennis</p><p>22. Leader</p><p>24. Paul</p><p>25. Ace</p><p>26. A.K.</p><p>27. Lose</p><p>29. H.D.</p><p>32. VI.<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>A severe blow struck the rank of Kelowna Junior Buckaroos Hockey Club this past week, and at the same time all but snuffed out a fine hockey career to one of its star players in Wayne Horning.</p><p>The 18-year-old fleet Kelowna boy was told this week by Ivan Temple, president of the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association that he had been suspended from all organized hockey effective immediately, and to run until September 30th, 1963.</p><p>The high scoring right winger received a misconduct penalty, followed by a match penalty as a result of his actions in a game played at Penticton on December first. According to the referees report, young Horning struck referees Bernie Bathgate and George Morrish, and used abusive language.</p><p>Up until the game in question, the Kelowna youngster noted for his clean play, had totalled 14 minutes in penalties spread over a ten-game period.,</p><p>In handing down the stiff penalty, the B.C. prexy said: &ldquo;Perhaps the wrong people are getting the suspensions I can&rsquo;t help but wonder if the coaches are controlling their players in the proper manner.&rdquo;</p><p>Officials of the Kelowna team, startled at hearing the severe sentence, immediately launched an appeal, and are seeking a hearing at the mid-season meeting of the B.C.A.H.A. slated for Penticton December 16th.</p><p>In other action around the League, Kamloops Rockets maintained their hold on first place, splitting their two games. Buckaroos trounced them 7-5 in a hard-fought penalty-filled fixture at Kamloops, but Rockets roared back to wallop Penticton 7-1.</p><p>Odie Lowe&rsquo;s Vernon Canadians broke an eleven game losing streak, registering their first win of the season, by trouncing the Vees from Penticton 5-4.</p><p>The four team circuit sees Kamloops in first with 20 points, followed by Kelowna with 16. Penticton are third with 10, while Vernon remains in the basement with a single win.</p><p>In the Senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; Western International Hockey League, the powerhouse Trail Smoke Eaters have increased their unbeaten string to 14, downing Nelson Mapel Leafs 6-4. The runner-up Leafs are fourteen points back of the Smokies. Kimberley Dynamiters are in third with five points, and Rossland Warriors are at the bottom with four.</p><p>The individual scoring race is pretty well an all-Trail effort, with the four top positions held by Smoke-Eater players. Leading the parade is slick centreman Andy Tambellini who has 21 goals, which is tops in the league, and 9 assists, for 30 points in 14 games played.</p><p>Runner-up diminutive Pinoke McIntyre is two points off the pace with 28 points, made up of 13 goals and 15 assists. Another high-scorl ing centreman Dave Rusnel is in third place with his nine goals and 18 assists. In fourth with 21 points is Harold Jones, a veteran SmokeEater centreman.</p><p>Both Trail netminders are tied for top honors in the goals against race. Veteran Seth Martin, in ten games has allowed but 25 goals for a 2.50 average, while his younger protege Bruno Forlin, who has played six less games, also has a 2.50 average.</p><p>Nelson Gerry Koehle is third with a 3.50 in 11 games.</p><p>Big Ted Leboda of the Nelson Maple Leafs continues to lead the penalty parade with 86 minutes, but is closely followed by Trail defenseman Ed Polasell, who has 72 minutes.</p><h2><b>Skateless</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02341/1814593-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="498" height="846"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wayne Horning</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Kelowna Junior Handed Stiff Two Year Suspension

<div class="byline">BY FRANK MAHOVLICH</div><h2><b>SKATING</b> PART II</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>s I said in the previous article, the best way to become a strong, quick skater is to skate, skate and skate some more. But there&rsquo;s a few simple things to remember when you&rsquo;re out on an openair cushion or inside an artificial rink, charging from one end of the rink to the other, whether in a game of shinny or just skating.</p><h2>KEEP YOUR HEAD UP</h2><p>Unless you learn that rule, you won&rsquo;t last long even if you&rsquo;re another Rocket Richard.</p><p>That&rsquo;s when even the slowest defenseman will lower the boom, send you so far into a hospital you could even wind up finished.</p><p>Also when you keep your head up you learn to skate and handle the puck by feel instead of having to keep your eyes on it: to pass instinctively and accurately.</p><h2>DON&rsquo;T BEND TOO MUCH WHEN SKATING.</h2><p>Watch Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe, he&rsquo;s an excellent example of a stand-up skater. It makes him harder to knock over (besides the fact he&rsquo;s 190 pounds) and thus gives him a more solid sense of balance.</p><p><b>Toronto Telegram News Service</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03301/1814624-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="480" height="986"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE HOWE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOCKEY SCRAPBOOK

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div><p>SASKATOON, SASK.&mdash;</p><p>Organized juvenile hockey, the brand familiar these days in most large Canadian centres, is something of a novelty for Saskatoon.</p><p>Seven years ago the Saskatoon Minor Hockey Association was formed to administer such classifications at a time when Saskatchewan&rsquo;s second largest city had fewer than 15 teams to accommodate youngsters under the age of 21.</p><p>The 1954-55 season, when Saskatoon&rsquo;s only junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; club&mdash;Wesleys&mdash;folded, prompted the awakening among sportsminded citizens hereabouts and minor hockey has grown by leaps and bounds ever since.</p><p>Don Burgess, quite a Junior and college star himself in his day and presently athletic director at the University of Saskatchewan, was the driving force behind the formation of the SMHA. Assisting him over the rough spots were men like Bill Roberts, Jack Tait, Joe Zeman, Pete Schmautz, Arnie McFadzen, Morley Pyett, Joe Brecknell, Father Stortz and John McInnes.</p><p>At first the SMHA split the city into four sections with each supplying a juvenile and midget club.</p><p>Today the association has grown to eight midget and six juvenile clubs, and further expansion is expected over the next two years.</p><p>When the present junior Quakers were re-organized in 1955-56, the club consisted almost entirely of midgets and juveniles from the year-old association. Consequently, the Quakers won only once in 51 starts that winter, setting some kind of a record for losing.</p><p>Most of the players remained in Quaker colors for three or four years, and the association&rsquo;s first real graduating class sent five players directly into minor pro ranks.</p><p>Defenceman Eddie Van Impe and forward Jerry Esch went to Calgary Stampeders of the Western League; forwards Bert Fizzell and Don Wilson went to the now-defunct Victoria Cougars of the same loop and Cliff Schmautz reported to Sault Ste. Marie of the Eastern Professional League.</p><p>Van Impe, a mainstay defensively for Quakers for three seasons, is considered one of the top prospects by Chicago Black Hawks of the National League.</p><p>The association struggled along on its own, financially, for the first year, but the following winter accepted a working agreement with Black Hawks. This tie-up continued until three years ago when Jim Piggott of the Western League assumed control.</p><p>Quakers and the association are now tied up with Piggott and his Los Angeles Blades of the WHL.</p><p>Shortly after the SMHA became a reality, Father Stortz, Zeman and a few others went to work to form a Playgrounds Association, which would cater to kids below the juvenile and midget divisions.</p><p>The Playgrounds League started in 1955-56 with five teams in one division. Today there are 116 teams in six divisions and this provides plenty of working hours for dedicated men like Albert Rochelle. Murray McKee, Bob MacDonald, etc.</p><p>Playgrounds divisions now start at mites and go right up to junior &lsquo;B.&rsquo;</p><p>At the juvenile level, the association&rsquo;s champions have not fared too well in provincial competition. The main reason was because of Regina, which entered an all-star club rather than a league winner.</p><p>Two years ago the association&rsquo;s Nutana club did cart off a Saskatchewan crown, and the next winter sent two players&mdash;centre Eric Sutcliffe and defenceman Wayne Smith&mdash;to the junior Quakers. Both are still there. Another product, Jim Twigg, joined the club recently.</p><p>The 1955-56 Riverside club, which featured players like Esch and Van Impe, and the championship Nutana club were probably the association&rsquo;s strongest juvenile aggregations.</p><p>The clubs goaltender, Lynn Bannister, a promising youngster, has left for the United States and a college schoolarship.</p><p>So much for the present. Now for the past.</p><p>Back in the old days. Saskatoon may have been a bit short on teams and leagues, but there certainly was no shortage of talent. A glance through National. American and Western League rosters of the past decade will prove that point conclusively.</p><p>Around the war years, both before and after, Saskatoon usually had one juvenile &lsquo;A&rsquo; club&mdash;at the most two&mdash;and for a long spell the two men who looked after such matters were Russ McQuarrie and the late Charles McCool.</p><p>In those days, McQuarrie was a Quaker man and had an affiliation of sorts with Detroit Red Wings, while McCool was a staunch Wesley booster with a tie up with Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>A product of that era that still stands as the symbol for today&rsquo;s hockey-minded youth hereabouts is Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe, the great right winger who is starting his 16th National League campaign.</p><p>Howe, beyond any doubt, is Saskatchewan&rsquo;s No. 1 hockey son.</p><p>Joining Howe on the list of Saskatoon natives to crash the big time were Vic Lynn. Harry Watson, Mel Hill, Gerry Ehman, Hal Laycoe, Gerry Couture, Bobby Dawes, Tony Leswick, Chuck Rayner and Rod and Don Morrison.</p><p>The minor leagues were sprinkled with Saskatoon talent like Art Jones, scoring champion in the WHL last year, Keith Allen, Jim Hay, George Senick. Vic Howe. Rich Van Impe. Arlo Goodwin, Arnie Schmautz, Ralph Almas and Billy Brennan.</p><p>Some past stars and a few future ones have probably been overlooked. Saskatoon is slowly returning to a minor hockey power as the vast playgrounds&rsquo; setup starts paying dividends. Only time will tell what impact this growth will have on juvenile and junior clubs of the future.</p><h2><b>Three Favorite Sons</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0113/1814669-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="539" height="1132"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0214/1814662-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="529" height="778"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Watson</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0312/1814655-1-eng-US/c0004-032.jpg" title="C0004-03" width="509" height="919"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Van Impe</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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