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January 13, 1962

The Hockey News January 13, 1962

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IN THIS ISSUE

The picture-full 1961-62

<div class="byline">By DON FLEMING</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="C4-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01108/1773007-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg"></div><p>EDMONTON. ALTA.&mdash;</p><p>The hockey nurseries of this capital city of Alberta have proved to be among the most productive in the country.</p><p>For those of you with short memories, you have only to consult what has passed through the pipe-line to the Detroit Red Wings since that National League club sank its roots into this area.</p><p>Of recent vintage are fellows like Normie Ullman. Bruce MacGregor, Len Lunde, Val Fonteyne and the likes of Johnny Bucyk and Jerry Melnyk who have passed into the employ of other National League clubs</p><p>But before that, there were such prime examples as the Colville brothers, Neil and Mac, who were groomed for their exploits with the New York Rangers during their apprenticeship in Edmonton&rsquo;s minor hockey system.</p><p>These will do for the purpose of bringing you to the point of his little essay To paraphrase that great warbler. Al Jolson. &ldquo;You ain&rsquo;t seen nuthin&rsquo; yet!&rsquo;&rsquo;</p><p>At least, that is the glowing optimism that is bubbling with the advent of another artificial ice arena in Edmonton.</p><p>Says Bill Stukus, the old Toronto Argonaut football hero who now derives most of his sporting kicks out of directing the six-team juvenile &ldquo;A&rdquo; league in Edmonton: &ldquo;It is unbelieveable the strides our boys are making. We have turned out a lot of good ones in the past, but I think that is only piker stuff to what the future holds.&rdquo;</p><p>The opening of a new arena on Edmonton&rsquo;s south side was as if heaven-sent to the guiding forces of Edmonton&rsquo;s hockey development program&hellip;especially for the juvenile &ldquo;A&rdquo; league.</p><p>You see, this circuit is in a peculiar position in the matter of facilities. There are countless community leagues around the city which have their own outdoor rinks, but by the time they take care of the demands of the skaters and their own leagues, there just isn&rsquo;t any room for anybody else.</p><p>So they have to look elsewhere. Like, say, to the Edmonton Gardens, the home of the professional Edmonton Flyers and owned by the Edmonton Exhibition Association.</p><p>There are many demands on that old arena, too. So many, in fact, that last year, the juvenile &ldquo;A&rdquo; league got in only 12 games for each club. Naturally, this isn&rsquo;t anywhere nearly enough to give the boys a proper opportunity for development.</p><p>But with the opening of a $300,000 roofed arena, financed by the businessmen and service clubs of the South Side, the picture has suddenly taken on a much brighter hue.</p><p>&ldquo;Now we can have a doubleheader at the Gardens each week, and two doubleheaders at the South Side arena,&rdquo; Stukus points out. &ldquo;That triples the amount of ice time for our league.</p><p>&ldquo;Continuity is what you have to have. Formerly, the boys used to have something like 10 days between games in our league, and they couldn&rsquo;t be expected to show much improvement on a diet like that. Besides, they were inclined to lose interest.</p><p>&ldquo;Why, everybody has had a dozen games by the end of November, which equalled the total for last year. Besides rekindling the kids&rsquo; interest, the increased schedule seems to have shown benefits in much closer games than in the past. It used to be that if one team was a good deal better at the start, its opposition never did have a decent chance to improve.&rdquo;</p><p>With Mickey Checknita concentrating on the development of another junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; team to challenge the Oil Kings&rsquo; right to advance along the Memorial Cup trail, the Knights of Columbus Pats are coached now by former Oil King pilot Harry Allen. The K.C.&rsquo;s also have another entry in the league, the Colts, who moved up intact, coach Bob Hammond and all, from midget ranks.</p><p>The Maple Leaf Athletic Club&rsquo;s team is being operated by the Elks under Don Brown, while the Canadian Athletic Club has two entries, Universal Concrete coached by Jimmy Hemphill, and Premier Steel led by Doug McAvoy. Completing the league are the Jasper Place Lions, whose coach is the long-time minor hockey figure Joe Kay.</p><p>&ldquo;This league has nowhere to go but up,&rdquo; comments publicity director Johnny Gattens. &ldquo;More facilities mean better calibre and more teams.&rdquo;</p><p>Understandably enthusiastic over the turn of events is Clarence Moher, who beats the bushes in western Canada in behalf of the Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>While he naturally will have an improved crop to pick over each year, Moher says he is especially happy because of what it means to the youngsters.</p><p>&ldquo;Now they will be able to get all the hockey they want,&rdquo; he observes.</p><p>&ldquo;Not only that, but it should assure Edmonton of continuing as the hotbed of juvenile hockey in our province.&rdquo;</p><p>This was reference to the fact that Edmonton has captured the juvenile &ldquo;A&rdquo; title of Alberta for at least 20 years under such coaches as Buster Brayshaw, now piloting the junior Oil Kings, and Louis Holmes, who won 10 straight with the Maple Leafs. Ironically, both Brayshaw and Holmes are both former Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>Incidentally, the community league juvenile teams go into the provincial juvenile &ldquo;B&rdquo; play-downs, and thanks to the efforts of the community people, their boys have always had adequate facilities.</p><p>&ldquo;In every way,&rdquo; Moher is heard from again. &ldquo;I cannot see Edmonton&rsquo;s hockey program doing anything but going still farther ahead. There is talk of a new artificial ice arena in Jasper Place (shortly to be amalgamated with Edmonton) and when the downtown Coliseum becomes a reality, I imagine that the Exhibition Gardens will become increasingly available to minor hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;So it is evident that we should be able to take care of the increased number of teams in each division that we anticipate.&rdquo;</p><h2>Groomed In Edmonton</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02106/1773000-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="500" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Neil Colville</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-03102/1772993-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="519" height="508"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Norm Ullman</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0485/1772986-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="493" height="544"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Mac Colville</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hockey News and Old Spice Salute Edmonton

<p>Playing&hellip;</p><p>MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.</p><p>January 9 to January 21</p><p>Coming To&hellip;</p><p>ONONDAGA COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL, SYRACUSE, N.Y.</p><p>January 23 to January 28<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

ICE FOLLIES OF 1962

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-18" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1810/1772426-1-eng-US/f0011-182.jpg"></div><p>JANUARY ISSUE Now At YOUR NEWSSTAND</p><p>WORLD&rsquo;S OFFICIAL HOCKEY MAGAZINE</p><p>Hockey&rsquo;s Six Biggest Fights</p><p>ALSO</p><p>&bull; <b>Blues Strike Oil With Earl</b></p><p>&bull; <b>My &lsquo;Million Dollar&rsquo; Buddies (By Murray Balfour)</b></p><p>&bull; <b>Get The Money, Says Plante</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY PICTORIAL

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A Brave New World

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Hector &ldquo;toe&rdquo; Blake, the most successfu1 coach in professional hockey, quietly denied published rumors that he would retire at the end of the 1961-62 season.</p><p>The mellow voiced (after victories) 49-year-old Montreal Canadiens coach admitted it was becoming increasingly difficult to work himself into a froth over every game. But that won&rsquo;t stop him.</p><p>&lsquo;I&rsquo;ll be back,&rdquo; Blake disclosed to the HOCKEY NEWS. &ldquo;I doubt I&rsquo;ll sign a three-year contract like I did in the past. But I&rsquo;ll be back. I&rsquo;ll sign for one year and see how I feel after that.&rdquo;</p><p>Toe, who has five Stanley Cups and five first place finishes to his credit since becoming Montreal coach in 1955-56. had been reported ready to retire to his profitable tavern business in Montreal.</p><p>Blake said he&rsquo;d heard the stories and allowed that the NHL grind grates him a little more each year.</p><p>&ldquo;In my first year,&rdquo; he recalled. &lsquo;I felt like a kid with a new toy. I really enjoyed coaching. It was a wonderful experience. Second year was almost the same. Then it started to get harder.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;How do you feel right now?&rdquo; Blake was asked.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty hard for me to get myself up for every game. Sometimes this feeling gets me down. But this season, more than the others, I have a challenge keeping me going. I want to win back the Stanley Cup.</p><p>&ldquo;Every other year the writers would guess by how many games we&rsquo;d win the pennant. Now they&rsquo;re just wondering whether we&rsquo;ll win, period.&rdquo;</p><p>At the start of the season many Sages concluded that Canadiens&rsquo; deportment last Spring assured them of no better than second place this season. When Dickie Moore and Jean Beliveau were injured in training camp, Montreal&rsquo;s (and Blake&rsquo;s) doom seemed certain.</p><p>The Canadiens&rsquo; ability to hug first place through the first half of the schedule, consequently, has delighted Blake to the point of ecstacy.</p><p>&ldquo;I was worried how we&rsquo;d make out without Moore and Beliveau.&rdquo; Blake admitted, &ldquo;but this club can work like hell when the big guys are out.&rdquo;</p><p>Aside from the important task of keeping his team on top, Blake has accomplished a number of lesser feats. These include the development of Ralph Backstrom from a disgruntled bench-warmer into a first-class scorer; the redevelopment of goalie Jacques Plante and the knitting of a solid defense without Doug Harvey.</p><p>Undoubtedly, the most difficult job facing Blake lies within himself&hellip;the job of regenerating the winning fervor after six immensely successful seasons.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be back next year,&rdquo; Toe reiterated, &ldquo;but when the time comes that I can&rsquo;t drive myself anymore I&rsquo;ll give up coaching.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01246/1773069-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="256" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Toe Blake</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Won’t Sign 3 Year Deal Next Season

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>What began as a hot relationship in October cooled by December when the Red Wings sold Eddie Litzenberger to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the $20,000 waiver price.</p><p>It was one of several moves made by Wing general manager Jack Adams in the space of four days to shake the club from a winless spell.</p><p>It started with the promotion of left winger Claude LaForge from the American League Hershey Bears and that manoeuver paid off immediately.</p><p>LaForge, who failed two previous trials with the Wings, scored the tying goal in a 2-2 game with the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>LaForge replaced Allan Johnson who had scored five goals and assisted on six in 32 games and hadn&rsquo;t collected a goal in 23 games nor a point in 12 games.</p><p>Coach Sid Abel shuffled his second and third lines, moving rookie Bruce MacGregor up to right wing on the second line centered by Norm Ullman and installed LaForge on left wing.</p><p>LaForge nailed MacGregor&rsquo;s sharp passout for his goal.</p><p>Marc Boileau, Howie Glover and Val Fonteyne formed the third line with Leo LaBine spelling Glover at right wing.</p><p>The Wings also brought Lowell MacDonald, a 25-goal man for Detroit&rsquo;s Junior A club at Hamilton, up for a look-see in a game at Maple Leaf Gardens and benched LaBine for that game.</p><p>The sale of Litzenberger put the Wing roster at 16 men for the first time this season but there was the expectation that another move would be made in January. It was. Wings recalled Len Lunde from Edmonton.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b> The Wings staged an open house practice during the Christmas holidays and an estimated 4,000 fans, mostly youngsters, turned out.</p><p>Adams handled the microphone during the practice explaining the various manoeuvers and also held an informal clinic.</p><p>Then the players put on their game uniforms and returned to the ice for an autograph-picture session.</p><p>The Wings were overwhelmed&mdash;it was almost impossible to see any ice. Gordie Howe, as expected, drew the biggest mob of fans.</p><p>It was such a success that the Wings plan to make it an annual affair during the holidays.</p><p>January is exhibition month for the Detroiters. The Wings had games set at Muskegon, Mich., against that city&rsquo;s International League team, Hamilton against the Junior Red Wings, and a trip to Sudbury and North Bay to play the Eastern Pro League clubs in those cities.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01332/1771139-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="274" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Litzenberger</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Litz Sale One Of Many Moves To Improve Wings

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Can Eddie Litzenberger produce for the Maple Leafs?</p><p>Manager-coach Punch Imlach obviously thinks so. As a matter of fact, he figures acquisition of Big Litz Dec. 30, a few hours before Leafs&rsquo; 33rd 1961-62 game could be the deal that cinches Toronto&rsquo;s first Stanley Cup championship in a decade.</p><p>Leafs bought Litzenberger from Detroit Red Wings for the $20,000 waiver price. Wings, who got Litz from Chicago in a trade last summer made him available after he had scored only two goals in 27 games. Boston Bruins and New York Rangers passed on him before Leafs got their chance.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;ll help us,&rdquo; said Imlach. &ldquo;I know he&rsquo;s been in a bad slump but so were Eddie Shack and Red Kelly before they came here. All I know is he&rsquo;s a good hockey player and he&rsquo;s only 29.&rdquo;</p><p>Back in the fall, Imlach said he felt that his team, while strong, needed a sharp-shooting power play specialist, preferably a right winger since that was the club&rsquo;s weakest division, offensively. Andy Bathgate was his first choice, but Litzenberger can fill the bill perfectly, especially considering the bargain basement price. Many thought Imlach might have been forced to give up a player or two in exchange.</p><p>Litz is one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s greatest mysteries. During the 1954-55 season, which he started with Montreal Canadiens and finished with Chicago Black Hawks, he was voted the NHL&rsquo;s top rookie. From 1956 through &lsquo;59, he strung together three 30-goal campaigns. His next&mdash;1959-60&mdash;was marred by an automobile accident in which his wife was killed and he was badly hurt. So his low goals total was quite understandable.</p><p>But 1960-61 was hardly better, even though he was given the responsibility of being the Hawks&rsquo; captain.</p><p>And last summer, Hawks gave up and dealt him to Detroit for Brian Smith and Gerry Melnyk.</p><p>Spotted at centre between Gordie Howe and Vic Stasiuk, he counted six goals in Wings&rsquo; first six games. Then he lapsed into his old shell Alex Delvecchio returning to centre with Howe and Stasiuk. He was used strictly as a utility player and point man on Detroit&rsquo;s ganging attack. Finally, Wings gave up, too.</p><p>Feeling among hockey men was that Litzenberger would click in Toronto. Imlach didn&rsquo;t buy him without talking to the player himself, to Jack Adams and Sid Abel of the Red Wings and to Rudy Pilous, Litzenberger&rsquo;s coach at Chicago.</p><p>This is Litzenberger&rsquo;s last chance. Montreal, Chicago and Detroit all discarded him. New York and Boston didn&rsquo;t want him. If he doesn&rsquo;t make the grade here, the minors are the next stop.</p><p>He&rsquo;ll get a full tryout with Toronto. Imlach has had conspicuous success with castoffs like Kelly, Shack and Allan Stanley, and he needs Litzenberger if Eddie can revert to his 30-goal form. Of course, it&rsquo;ll be a few weeks before results are known. Litzenberger was far below peak playing condition when he suited up in Leaf uniform number 25.</p><p>Toronto fans gave him a big welcome and he got an unexpected opportunity to play when Red Kelly suffered a severly bruised thigh in a collision with a goalpost. Litz, who had shown consid-able skill at right point of Leafs&rsquo; power play, was inserted at centre between Frank Mahovlich and Bobby Nevin. With Kelly in hospital, indications were the job would be Litzenberger&rsquo;s for a while.</p><p>Litzenberger himself vowed he intended to dig in and do a job with Leafs. He admitted his first task would be to get in shape, having spent several weeks on the bench with Red Wings.</p><p>And if he meant it, and could do as he said, it might indeed mean the Stanley Cup for Leafs, who rated a good chance anyway. A player such as Litzenberger Could be was all they ever needed.</p><h2>Up To Him</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02316/1771170-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="546" height="524"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Litzenberger</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Ed Promises To Hit Gas Pedal In Toronto Blue

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Among other things that can be said for Vic Stasiuk is that he keeps coming back.</p><p>The burley, 32-year-old winger has become an important cog for the Red Wings after being seemingly washed up with the Boston Bruins.</p><p>But Vic is getting used to it.</p><p>Stasiuk had two tries with the Black Hawks and five with the Wings before finally making it in a big way with the Bruins.</p><p>For five straight seasons he starred with Boston and averaged 24 goals a season. With Johnny Bucyk and Bronco Horvath, Stasiuk formed the Uke Line, the highest scoring line in the National Hockey League.</p><p>Then the Bruin brass started looking at statistics and said the Ukes were allowing as many or more goals than they were scoring and the line was broken up.</p><p>Stasiuk watched more and more from the bench and saw less and less ice time.</p><p>The Bruins were looking for some young players and Red Wing general manager Jack Adams was doing his usual post-Christmas shopping for playoff insurance.</p><p>So Stasiuk and Leo LaBine switched jerseys with Murray Oliver, Gary Aldcorn and Tom McCarthy.</p><p>Stasiuk blended right into the Red Wing plan moving to left wing on a line with Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe.</p><p>Up to then, Howe had 10 goals and 30 assists in the first 46 games. In the remaining 24, with Stasiuk and Delvecchio, Howe clicked off 13 goals and added 19 assists.</p><p>Stasiuk, with only five goals plus 25 assists in 46 Bruin games, responded to the change in teams with 10 goals and 13 assists.</p><p>And the Wings went into the playoffs and all to the way to six games in the finals.</p><p>Stasiuk injured his knee in the second last game of the season and wasn&rsquo;t 100 per cent at any time in the playoffs but still ranked third in Red Wing scoring with two goals and five setups.</p><p>When training camp opened in September, Stasiuk was dropped from the choice spot on the Howe line. Detroit had obtained Eddie Litzenberger from Chicago in June and Litz was assigned to center the Howe line with Delvecchio shifting to left wing.</p><p>Vic was detailed to the second line with Norm Ullman.</p><p>Litzenberger&rsquo;s quick start&mdash;six goals in the first six games&mdash;helped the first line get going but the Wings&rsquo; second and third lines were doing little.</p><p>So coach Sid Abel juggled them and Stasiuk, who had been playing left wing since coming back to Detroit, was moved to right wing on the third line.</p><p>Handy Vic responded with a hat trick in leading the Wings to a 7-2 rout of the Bruins.</p><p>Stasiuk had another shift, back to the second line, before returning to the first line.</p><p>Litzenberger cooled and so did Red Wing scoring generally so Abel decided to go back to the line that was best for him down the stretch last season.</p><p>And the Stasiuk-Delvecchio-Howe combination is popping goals again.</p><p>In a six-game unbeaten string in December, they collected eight of the Wings&rsquo; 20 goals. Of the five victories and one tie, the line had the winning goal in three of the games and the trying goal in the deadlocked game.</p><p>It&rsquo;s been a happy reunion. With the season half completed, every man on the line was in position for a 20-goal year. Howe had 18, and Delvecchio and Stasiuk 12 each.</p><p>This may be Stasiuk&rsquo;s best comeback yet.</p><h2>Starry Vet</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03289/1771201-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="504" height="845"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Vic Stasiuk</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Old Story—Vic Making Good In New Comeback

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01331/1771232-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Carl Brewer doesn&rsquo;t mind telling you what his chief ambition in life is: he wants to become the best defenceman in hockey.</p><p>How&rsquo;s he making out? Well, observers say that All-Star voting over the first half of the 1961-62 National Hockey League season will show only New York&rsquo;s Doug Harvey ahead of Brewer. And since King Carl is only 23, there seems little doubt he&rsquo;ll rate first before very long. He counts on another decade of NHL employment.</p><p>Some folks call this year&rsquo;s performance a Brewer comeback since 1960-61 is generally rated a poor year for him. Carl disagrees.</p><p>&ldquo;Heck, I was on the second All-Star team at New Year&rsquo;s, he says. &ldquo;Then I ran into a flock of injuries and wasn&rsquo;t so hot when I finally did come back. But I don&rsquo;t think you can judge a guy&rsquo;s performance when he&rsquo;s had a series of injuries. Even when you come back it takes several games to get back in form.</p><p>&ldquo;Quite honestly,&rdquo; says Carl, &ldquo;I have to consider it sort of a compliment when people say I was in a slump in a year when I made second All-Star.&rdquo;</p><p>However, Brewer does feel that his work has improved this season.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy with my defensive play,&rsquo; he analyzes, &ldquo;but I should be carrying the puck up the ice a little better than I&rsquo;ve been doing.&rdquo;</p><p>Observers rate the 1961-62 Brewer second only to the rejuvenated Harvey among NHL blueliners.</p><p>Brewer&rsquo;s solid defensive work is reflected in Johnny Bower&rsquo;s goalkeeping average which has been cut almost half a goal a game since last winter.</p><p>It is mainly personal satisfaction that prompts Brewer to dream of capturing the Norris defenceman&rsquo;s trophy and an All-Star berth. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care too much about the bonuses,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;although they&rsquo;re nice. If you play well and get some of those honors, you&rsquo;re rewarded at contract time, anyhow.&rdquo;</p><p>Brewer was with Toronto Marlboros, one of Leafs&rsquo; junior subsidiaries in 1958 and was brought in by Leafs for a couple of NHL matches. He was impressive both times and, upon making a good showing at training camp that September, was given a major league contract. He was an immediate hit and was runner-up to Montreal&rsquo;s Ralph Backstrom in rookie-of-the-year ballotting.</p><p>Brewer had a few bad habits, most of them due to a trigger temper, and they got worse in 195960, when he served 150 minutes in penalties, worst in the league.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m doing my best now to avoid those chippy, senseless penalties,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;and I think I&rsquo;ve got it licked this season. I&rsquo;ve had a couple of bad games but mostly I&rsquo;ve been staying out of the penalty box. I went seven games without a penalty once and that&rsquo;s really something for me.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s tough to hold your temper when somebody pulls something sneaky on you. Usually they&rsquo;re trying to sucker you into taking a cheap penalty. The trick is to await your chance to pay them back later in the game.&rdquo;</p><p>Carl served only 45 minutes in Leafs&rsquo; first 32 games. That&rsquo;s a little more than a minor every second game.</p><p>Brewer has a few annoying little tricks himself. For example, he cuts the palms out of his gloves so he can grip his stick better, he says. He also can clutch an opponent without being apprehended. His flamboyant gestures he terms &ldquo;showmanship.&rdquo; It works, too. He&rsquo;s one of the most popular Leafs.</p><p>Although Brewer rates Dickie Moore and Bobby Hull as the toughest opponents to stop, he has engaged in a long-term feud with Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe. &ldquo;I guess he doesn&rsquo;t like me,&rdquo; Brewer philosophizes.</p><p>Brewer was one of Toronto&rsquo;s finest young athletes and might have had a splendid career in either football or baseball. He was a capable sandlotter, usually at shortstop, and just two years ago, passed up Leafs&rsquo; training camp and enrolled at McMaster university in Hamilton. His argument with manager Punch Imlach soon was patched up but he&rsquo;d been out to enough football practices to convince coach Ivor Wynne that he&rsquo;d have helped the senior Marauders.</p><p>It was a matter of principle involving salary and working conditions and Brewer, only 21, wanted to let Imlach know he had a sound head for business.</p><p>The future? As stated previously, Brewer plans another 10 years or more in big-league hockey. After that, he hopes to become a teacher. With that in mind, he&rsquo;s attending summer school regularly.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always regarded hockey as my career,&rdquo; he explains. &ldquo;To me, school has been an off-season relaxation. I like to study and hope to finally get my teacher&rsquo;s degree. But the books won&rsquo;t interfere with hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>Brewer, an intelligent, careful, quiet conversationalist, plans to be married next spring after the playoffs. His bride will be Marilyn Rea, who has been his girl friend for six years.</p><p>The amazing thing about Brewer has been the speed with which he has developed. He got an early start, for one thing. And now at 23, he&rsquo;s an experienced major leaguer in a job where experience is everything.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t really keep a book on opponents,&rdquo; says Carl. &ldquo;Of course, it&rsquo;s a good idea to have in the back of your mind what moves a fellow is likely to make. But you can&rsquo;t go by your memory a hundred per cent because the guys you&rsquo;re facing are smart. That&rsquo;s why they&rsquo;re big-leaguers. Just when you think you&rsquo;ve got a guy taped, he makes a new shift and you look silly. That&rsquo;s happened to me.</p><p>&ldquo;But experience is the most important thing. You learn something every game.&rdquo;</p><p>Coach Imlach, of course, is overjoyed at Brewer&rsquo;s work this season. &ldquo;If he played any worse than he did last year he wouldn&rsquo;t even be on the team,&rdquo; says Punch, &ldquo;so he had to improve. He&rsquo;s been having an excellent season, though. He has improved our defence and in that way our whole team. He&rsquo;s one of the reasons we&rsquo;re tougher, and will be tougher all year long.&rdquo;</p><h2>Young Man With New Ideas For 1962<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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He’s Reason For Toronto Improvement

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Carl Brewer, now rated among hockey&rsquo;s finest defencemen, was a forward in minor and junior hockey. It was while he was under Turk Broda&rsquo;s coaching wing with Toronto Malrboros that he began to work on defence. The forward influence still is evident in the way he carries the puck. And before acquiring Red Kelly and Dave Keon, coach Punch Imlach often considered making a centre out of Brewer. Left wing was his old position, before dropping back to left defence.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Started Out As Winger, Was Moved Back By Turk

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st, 1947</b></p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</b></p><p><b>1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Ken McKenzie,</b> President and Publisher</p><p><b>Will V. Cote,</b> Vice-Pres.& Gen. Mgr.</p><p><b>Len Bramson,</b> Editor-In-Chief</p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth, $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries</b></p><p>Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.</p><p>Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash.</p><p>Printed in Canada</p><p><b>VOL. 15 JANUARY 13. 1962 No. 15</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01397/1771332-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="359" height="386"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06171/1771325-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="510" height="77"></div><p>&bull; <b>DETROIT RED WINGS</b> were awarded two penalty shots in the last eight years. Both times Gordie Howe took the shot and both times the great right winger scored. The latest took place on December 31st when Howe scored against Goalie Johnny Bower and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The previous time was on March 5, 1953 and was against the New York Rangers with Lorne (Gump) Worsley in the nets&hellip;Howe&rsquo;s three goals against the Leafs on December 31st was his 13th &ldquo;Hat Trick&rdquo; during regular scheduled NHL play&hellip;Rocket Richard holds the record with 26&hellip;There&rsquo;s a forward line in the Squirts League in the Detroit-Windsor area composed of Marty Howe, Mark Howe and Kenny Delvecchio. Their fathers play on the Red Wings big line&hellip;The January issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL rates as one of the best in this widely popular hockey monthly&rsquo;s history. The collection of pictures are the greatest ever assembled in any book. The award-winning hockey photos over the years appear. Murray Balfour authors a yarn on My Million Dollar Buddies&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s about Bobby Hull and Red Hay, Balfour&rsquo;s linemates on the Black Hawks&hellip;Another great story is Hockey&rsquo;s Six Biggest Fights&hellip;Be sure you get your copy of this edition&hellip;Frank Ryan, original publicity director and broadcaster of the Boston Bruins, died in Boston the other day&hellip;Frank, a warm-hearted congenial Irishman, was one of the most helpful men we knew and gave us great assistance when we started this paper 15 years ago&hellip;Camille Henry, lightest man in the NHL at 151 pounds, is playing great hockey for the Rangers&hellip;A dressing room gag is that tape holds Camille together. Maybe it does at that, because he is the only player in the league who tapes both wrists before a game&hellip;&ldquo;I broke my wrists as a youngster playing hockey,&rdquo; Henry explains, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;ve been taping them ever since.&rdquo;&hellip;Chicago&rsquo;s Murray Balfour is still wearing a brace on the arm he broke in last Spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs. The healing process has been slower than expected.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02363/1771318-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="271" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Murray Balfour</b></figcaption></div><p><b>LEN LUNDE</b> was leading the Edmonton Flyers in scoring when he was recalled by the Detroit Red Wings&hellip;Lunde deserves a lot of credit&hellip;When he was sent to Edmonton, at the beginning of the war he said he was going to work hard to get back into the NHL&hellip;He did, and he&rsquo;s back&hellip;The Wings are looking for a player to send to Edmonton to replace Len&hellip;Litzenberger was supposed to go, but the Leafs fouled that up by picking Ed up for $20,000&hellip;Gerry Goyer of the Los Angeles Blades may get a shot with the Rangers&hellip;He scored 26 goals in 37 games with the Blades&hellip;When Dave Kcon was picked to take a penalty shot against Canadiens recently, he talked it over with Goaler Johnny Bower first&hellip;Bower advised Keon to shoot, rather than try to deke Plante&hellip;Dave took Johnny&rsquo;s advice and hit the post&hellip;Jack Matheson, the scribe from the Winnipeg Tribune predicts the Canadiens will win back the Stanley Cup in 1962 and will beat the Rangers in the final&hellip;He also predicts that Boston&rsquo;s Cliff Pennington will be named rookie-of-the-year&hellip;Tod Sloan has been reinstated as an amateur and will play for the Galt Terriers in the World Tournament at Colorado Springs&hellip;Sloan told General Manager Len Gaudette of the Terriers: &ldquo;don&rsquo;t worry about the money end of it. It&rsquo;s a pleasure to be asked to join the club.&rdquo; Tod&rsquo;s still a big leaguer&hellip;Says Toe Blake: &ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t hurt anybody in five years. Yet our club is leading the NHL in penalties.&rdquo;&hellip;Larry Hillman has returned to action with the Leafs and it will be interesting to see if Punch Imlach lets one of his other five rearguards ride the bench.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03287/1771311-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="281" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Cliff Pennington</b></figcaption></div><div class="sidebar"><p><b><i>Buy &ldquo;HOCKEY PICTORIAL&rdquo;</i></b></p><p><b>JANUARY ISSUE NOW</b></p><p><b>On Newsstands</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">MILT DUNNELL</div><p><b>IN THE TORONTO STAR</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04232/1771370-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="314" height="453"></div><h2><i>Did Smythe&rsquo;s Man Really Escape?</i></h2><p>Approximately 365 days ago, Staff Smythe, who was merely head of the Heigh-Ho Silver Seven then, named three hockey players who were on the Leafs&rsquo; want list. Smythe predicted the Torontos to corral one of them before the 1960-61 seasond ended. He was wrong&mdash;by a few months. The trio consisted of Don McKenney, the Bruins&rsquo; shifty center, Ed Litzenberger, lanky captain of the Black Hawks, and Ralph Backstrom, who couldn&rsquo;t seem to keep up with all the forecasts which had been fashioned tor him by Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>Litzenberger finally landed in Maple Leaf Gardens, via the Detroit Red Wings. So Smythe probably has closed the file marked &ldquo;Operation Optimist&rdquo;. He undoubtedly would claim he got the man he wanted. It wouldn&rsquo;t be diplomatic to say otherwise. A lie detector test, however, would produce tell-tale gyrations of the needle when he mentioned the name of Backstrom.</p><p>Off today&rsquo;s form chart, Backstrom would have to be called an untouchable on any hockey club. Smythe, or any other covetous executive, would have to be smoking the pipe of sweet dreams to get the idea he could pry the quick shooter away from Canadiens. A year ago, though, things were different.</p><p>At that time, Backstrom was the bright boy who was orbiting through pro hockey in reverse. In his first season as a Hab, after a sensational junior career, he nad scored 18 goals and taken the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year. That scarcely caused a ripple. Everybody knew it couldn&rsquo;t help happening.</p><p>The following season, young Ralph skidded to 13 goals. Surprise? It was written off as the sophomore hex. Second-year men in all forms of fun and games are affected by it. Last year, even the Montreal brass began asking questions. Backstrom was down to a dozen goals. That was approximately the production he was supposed to have by Christmas.</p><p>After the Habs blew the Stanley Cup, for the first time in five years, the club&rsquo;s managing director, Frank Selke, put into words what everybody had been thinking. Young Mr. Backstrom had exhausted the mileage allowed for winning the Calder Trophy. Was he a morning glory or a big leaguer?</p><h2><i>A Dog With A Healthy Appetite</i></h2><p>The answer is in the scoring statistics. Backstrom welcomed the New Year with 17 goals in the bag. That was an increase of five over last season&rsquo;s total output. A delayed count may make it 18. He&rsquo;s hoping that a goal scored in Boston will be transferred to him from the account of Jean Guy Talbot, eventually.</p><p>&ldquo;I actually tipped the puck into the net,&rdquo; Backstrom claims. &ldquo;The official scorer gave it to Talbot. I told Referee Frank Udvari I had tipped it in. Talbot told him the same thing. The scorer refused to change his decision. I don&rsquo;t intend to beg for goals but I feel I am entitled to that one&mdash;especially when Talbot says I actually scored it.&rdquo;</p><p>With or without the Boston goal, Backstrom will have to be stricken with collapsed arches and myopia to miss having his biggest season in shinny. And this is despite the fact he has been bounced around like a Russian diplomat, becasue of the Habs&rsquo; heavy casualties. At one stage, a forward line composed of Backstrom, Don Marshall and Boomer Georffrion was using goalies for clay pipes in their own private shooting gallery. An injury to Geoffrion broke up the bombardment.</p><p>The reasons for Backstrom&rsquo;s revival are all contained in one word: Responsibility. At least, that&rsquo;s his version. And who is in a better position to provide an explanation?</p><p>&ldquo;I got married&mdash;that was the most important development,&rdquo; Backstrom relates. &ldquo;Then, my wife talked me into buying a dog. It&rsquo;s a Labrador retriever. The pup is only seven months old now. Already, it weighs 80 pounds, and eats four cans of dog food per day. There&rsquo;s no telling how much it will eat when it&rsquo;s full-grown.</p><p>&ldquo;In a few weeks, we&rsquo;re expecting our first baby. With a wife, a dog, and a baby on the way, I can&rsquo;t afford to be a failure. Hockey is my business. Things have changed on the club, too. Before our big name players began getting hurt I was just another number on the program. With so many injuries, somebody has to get the goals. That&rsquo;s where I come in. Because I&rsquo;m scoring, I get more ice time. It all comes under the heading of responsibility. I play better when people are depending on me.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05209/1771363-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="532" height="835"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ralph Backstrom</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div><p>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;</p><p>The Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks are using the same script this season but different leading players than they had a year ago.</p><p>Thanks to a &ldquo;Scooter Line&rdquo; and a steady defense, the Black Hawks are about in the exact same spot at midpoint in the 1961-62 season as they were a year ago.</p><p>This year the Black Hawks had 11 wins, 13 losses and 11 ties for 33 points after the first 35 games of the season. A year ago they had 13 wins, 14 losses and 8 lies for exactly one more point, 34.</p><p>This year they are fourth in the NHL standings, in a three-way battle with the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings for the last two Stanley Cup playoff spots (third and fourth place). Last year at the halfway point they were also fourth in the standings, again in a battle with Detroit and New York for the last two playoff berths. Both years Montreal and Toronto were well ahead, running 1-2.</p><p>This year the Black Hawks had 94 goals over their first 35 games&mdash;only two less than a year ago. They had shown considerable improvement in goals against&mdash;with only 94 this year and 101 a year ago. But the entire league has improved in these areas. Where they were fourth in scoring a year ago they are tied for last (with Detroit) this year. And where they were within one goal of being second on defense last season at this time, they are third this year.</p><p>The big difference this year has been the &ldquo;Scooter Line&rdquo; of center Stan Mikita, left wing Ab McDonald, and right wing Ken Wharram.</p><p>Mikita, in his third year in the National Hockey League, is Chicago&rsquo;s leading scorer with 10 goals and 27 assists for 37 points&mdash;fifth in the NHL individual scoring race.</p><p>Linemate McDonald, obtained from Montreal two seasons ago, has broken out with eight goals during December to take over the top spot in goals scored for the Black Hawks with 15.</p><p>As a line the Scooters have tallied 35 goals&mdash;16 more than they had at this point a year ago. At midpoint last season McDonald had 9 goals and Mikita and Wharram 5 each. This year the totals are 15, 10 and 10&mdash;a steady increase across the board.</p><p>Their increase virtually offsets the decline in goal scoring which has occurred in all other areas of the team&rsquo;s attack. The Hay-Hull-Balfour line is down 9 goals, from 36 a year ago to 27. The Horvath-Melnyk line (with newcomers Bronco Horvath and Jerry Melnyk sharing the center duties in place of the departed Ed Litzenberger and retired Tod Sloan) with Ron Murphy and Eric Nesterenko on wings, is down five goals, from 30 to 25. The defensemen have scored four goals this year compared with six a year ago, and the penalty killers (Fleming and Turner) have contributed three this year compared to five by Fleming and Earl Balfour a year ago.</p><p>Biggest drops have been Murray Balfour (down five goals from 14 to 9) and Eric Nesterenko (down four from 11 to 7). Balfour, of course, has been hampered some by an arm injury and missed several games with a Charley horse.</p><p>Bobby Hull, who led the team in both goals scored (16) and total points (31) at the midway point a year ago, is actually only two goals (14) and three total points (28) off his 30-goal scoring pace of a year ago. Thus the powerful left winger, who is counted on to carry much of the Black Hawk scoring load, is actually in a fairly good position despite apparent trouble getting started this year. Hull even changed his jersey number several weeks ago and now wears the old No. 7 worn last by Ted Lindsay.</p><p>One other area where the Black Hawks have slipped is in penalty minutes. Last season they led the league with over 1,000 minutes, and five of the top 10 men. This year they are running second with 398 minutes&mdash;only 10 behind Montreal&rsquo;s league-leading total but well off their pace of a year ago. And they don&rsquo;t have a man in the top five.</p><p>Interestingly, the off-season trades have come out exactly even in the scoring column with the newcomers (Horvath, Melnyk and Turner) contributing the same number of goals, 15, as the departed (Litzenberger, Sloan, Earl Balfour and Al Arbour). Horvath has 9, Melnyk 4 and Turner 2.</p><p>As was the case last year, goalie Glenn Hall has been exceptional in the nets and at times phenomenal. In addition, Jack Evans is playing some of the best hockey of his career and rookie defenseman Wayne Hillman, called up twice from Buffalo to fill in for Pete Pilote and later Moose Vasko, has turned in a steady, workmanlike job which stamps him as NHL calibre.</p><p>Pilote, a second team All-Star last season, missed some dozen games but is actually only two points (2 goals, 6 assists) off his scoring contribution of 35 points of last year (6 goals, 29 assists). He has always been a strong second-half player and should be counted on for another good stretch drive.</p><p>The Black Hawks have had their troubles this season. They have had many more injuries already than over the entire season last year when they never once called up a replacement. This year both Hillman and right winger Chico Maki have been up.</p><p>The Hay line has been disrupted by the absence of Bill Hay early in the season and then Murray Balfour.</p><p>Coach Rudy Pilous even switched his lines around for the first time in two seasons&mdash;juggling the right wingers. But it lasted only one period and the Black Hawks have lost only one of nine games since then&mdash;winning 3 and tying 5, through games No. 35 on Jan. 1.</p><p>This, too, is reminiscent of the script of last year when, after a prolonged November-December slump, the team won 7 straight games sparked by the Scooter Line starting late in December. The momentum generated by this spurt carried them on to a third place finish and the Stanley Cup championship last spring.</p><p>Black Hawks are hoping the finish to this year&rsquo;s script will be the same&mdash;no matter what actions take place in between.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01352/1771432-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="268" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Hull</b></figcaption></div><h2>Big Reason</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02320/1771425-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="547" height="1424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Stan Mikita</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Right Down Line Braves Close To 1960-61 Figures

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONTREAL, Que.&mdash;When the Montreal Canadiens were ousted from the Stanley Cup race by the Chicago Black Hawks last season, it was freely predicted that the Habs would clean house, particularly in their defense corps. Topping the list to go was Tom Johnson, the veteran rearguard who has had more good years with the Habs than bad. Well, the Habs cleaned house alright, and they did rip their rearguard corps apart. But in parting with three of their blueliners, they insisted that Tom would remain a Canadien player and the defense would be built around him. Traded or sold were Doug Harvey, Junior Langlois and Bob Turner.</p><p>Few thought Johnson had the stuff to be the defense leader. Only in one season did he show any sign of real brilliance. In his others he player well, very well, but never outstanding. But Tom has fooled them. Until felled by an eye injury in Toronto in November, he was by far the best defenseman in the league. Between him and Jacques Plante, the Habs had managed to stay in the League lead despite playing cousin to the injury bug.</p><p>He&rsquo;s surely &lsquo;Your Kind Of Player.&rsquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05126/1771501-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="255" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom Johnson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Your Kind Of Player

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Two Bruins&rsquo; defensemen are paying the price for misleading statistics this season.</p><p>The two are Doug Mohns and Leo Boivin, the only veterans in the Bruins&rsquo; defense corps.</p><p>The statistics for which Mohns and Boivin are paying are the Bruins&rsquo; goal-against figures.</p><p>The cost to the two veterans is membership on the NL all-star teams.</p><p>So well have Mohns and Boivin been playing under testing conditions this season that a qualified expert like Milt Schmidt says, &ldquo;They both deserve all-star recognition.&rdquo;</p><p>But the Bruins&rsquo; goals-against record says otherwise. It&rsquo;s the highest in the league.</p><p>Schmidt discounts the statistics, and others, under the circumstances, however.</p><p>&ldquo;They don&rsquo;t prove a thing,&rdquo; declared the Bruins&rsquo; assistant manager and former coach. &ldquo;Neither do those statistics which show who&rsquo;s on the ice when goals are scored.</p><p>&ldquo;What counts is what the players who are on the ice are doing when goals are scored.</p><p>&ldquo;There aren&rsquo;t two other defensemen in the league who rate ahead of Mohnsie and Boivin,&rdquo; said Schmidt, &ldquo;and there isn&rsquo;t a team in the league, I&rsquo;d wager, that wouldn&rsquo;t love to have either or both.</p><p>&ldquo;This season they&rsquo;ve had to govern their own moves by the fact that they&rsquo;ve been playing with rookie partners, yet they&rsquo;ve both been playing exceptionally well. If our goals-against record reflects on them, that&rsquo;s a shame.&rdquo;</p><p>Mohns, 28, and Boivin, 29, have had rookies Ed Westfall, Pat Stapleton and Ted Green for partners on a rotating basis, although Westfall and Stapleton have played more than Green.</p><p>Boivin, generally rated the game&rsquo;s best body-checker, has been hitting hard since acquiring his timing early in November. The stubby resident of Prescott, Ontario, has been a model of consistency.</p><p>Mohns has also been a defensive powerhouse, but the speedster from Weymouth, Massachusetts, has been compiling some statistics of his own on offense. He finished the first half of the season with 11 goals, two of which he scored while playing forward. He has been running far ahead of other NL defensemen in scoring and he&rsquo;s a definite threat in the alltime goals record tor a defenseman, that of 19, held by Red Kelly.</p><p>Schmidt, who converted Mohns from a mediocre left wing to a free-wheeler on defense in 1956, thinks Mohns a masterful point man on powerplays on which he scored five first-half goals.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s accurate and smart with his shot now and he passes well,&rdquo; analysed Milt, &ldquo;but there&rsquo;s something else. He&rsquo;s the greatest insurance in the game against a successful breakaway.</p><p>&ldquo;Of course he&rsquo;s insurance whether we have a man advantage or not, and having a defenseman with his speed means so much to a team. I&rsquo;d like to have a dollar for every time I&rsquo;ve seen him stop a breakaway this season by catching someone from behind, even on the other side of the ice.&rdquo;</p><p>Mohns and Boivin, to their credit, have taken their relative obscurity in stride. Each boosts the other.</p><p>Said Boivin, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a shame Doug doesn&rsquo;t get more recognition in the voting because there&rsquo;s so much he can do. He&rsquo;s having a great year. &ldquo;</p><p>Said Mohns, &ldquo;There isn&rsquo;t a better defenseman in the league than Leo. He rates the all-star team any time.&rdquo;</p><p>But blanketing the good play of the two Bruins, except to the scrutiny of experts, is the team&rsquo;s goals-against record. Just as it influences the selection of all-star goalkeepers and determines the winning of the Vezina Trophy, so does it influence the selection of the all-star defensemen.</p><p>So Mohns and Boivin seem destiner to play some of their best hockey ever while others gain the all-star glory.</p><h2>Better Than Figures Show</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03252/1771470-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="523" height="511"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leo Boivin</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04186/1771463-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="557" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Mohns</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Mohns, Boivin Paying Price For Statistics

<div class="byline">By DON FLEMING</div><p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>By now, Flyers&rsquo; Bud Poile must be convinced that there are easier guys than Punch Imlach to deal with.</p><p>Twice already this year, the Toronto Maple Leaf boss has proved to be the proverbial fly in the ointment where the Edmonton club was concerned.</p><p>For a starter, go back to training camp. That was when Duke Edmundson was sitting on his haunches in Edmonton, refusing to report to the Leafs.</p><p>There had been loud rumors that the Flyers were trying to swing a deal for Edmundson, who said that he wanted to play out of Edmonton so that he could tie in his job with a local brewery.</p><p>Rather than have a suspended player on their hands, it seemed that the Leafs were willing to go along with the plan if Poile presented them with a sufficiently attractive deal.</p><p>The word got around that it was virtually assured Edmundson would be a Flyer, and that only a formal announcement was required to make it official.</p><p>Suddenly, Coley Hall announced from San Francisco that he had obtained Duke for his new club. The disclosure shook the Flyer camp somewhat, but not overly, because it had been the player who had been pressing for a deal to be made, more than anybody else.</p><p>But comes now the Eddie Litzenberger thing, and somebody&rsquo;s slip was showing.</p><p>At the start of the year, Bud Poile announced that Detroit would definitely not disturb the Flyers during the regular season. But it was felt that there would not be too much of a hue and cry from the Edmonton fans if a player like Litzenberger should come down to replace Len Lunde, recalled to the Wings after spending half a season here.</p><p>Everything was going according to plan, when all at once the news broke that the Maple Leafs had grabbed Litzenberger for the $20,000 waiver price. So Detroit was without a player to ship out to Edmonton.</p><p>&ldquo;It was a stunner,&rdquo; admitted Poile, who with some embarrassment was explaining to Edmonton fourth estaters what had happened.</p><p>&ldquo;We had done a little spadework, and we didn&rsquo;t think anybody would go for Litzenberger. Obviously, Boston, Chicago and New York passed on him. I am sure Montreal would have too. But Toronto had to be a surprise. They had 21 players on their National League roster already.</p><p>&ldquo;But I guess they were a little worried about injuries to Red Kelly and Eddie Shack, and they are out to win the Stanley Cup this year, and don&rsquo;t care what it costs.&rdquo;</p><p>Fortunately, for the Flyers, they had Warren Hynes willing and able to move to centre ice to help take up the slack. Hynes has been patrolling right wing during much of his career with the Flyers, but he has shown to advantage whenever circumstances required a bit of pinch-hitting at centre.</p><p>&ldquo;There isn&rsquo;t a smarter player in the WHL than Hynes,&rdquo; Poile points out. &ldquo;Maybe too smart sometimes for the guys he has with him on his line. We definitely won&rsquo;t be shortchanged with him making the plays.&rdquo;</p><p>Lunde&rsquo;s departure also coincided with the return to action of Don Poile, who had been laid up with battered ribs suffered in mid December at Vancouver. So in spite of the Litzenberger incident, the Flyers didn&rsquo;t have too much trouble making do.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03213/1771570-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="281" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bud Poile</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Imlach Spoils Poile’s Plans For Litzenberger

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Romantic Camille Henry, who gets bounced from defenseman to defenseman like a pin ball, is the first Ranger of 1962 to score 20 goals but he&rsquo;d rather not talk about it.</p><p>&ldquo;Hey,&rdquo; a writer called over to Camille after he&rsquo;d helped trap the Bruins, &ldquo;you&rsquo;re all right.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Never mind me,&rdquo; Henry shot back, &ldquo;get a load of my wife.&rdquo;</p><p>Whereupon Cammy pulled a few newspapers out of his pockets and proudly displayed reviews of &ldquo;Little Mary Sunshine,&rdquo; a musical spoof playing in Montreal and starring Dominique Michel, Henry&rsquo;s wife.</p><p>&ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t I always tell you she was great,&rdquo; Cammy shouted although no one in the vicinity was deaf. &ldquo;Well look at what they say.&rdquo;</p><p>A careful scanning of the Montreal papers showed Henry to be no fibber. Dominique was just that, great.</p><p>&ldquo;Why don&rsquo;t you bring her to New York? She&rsquo;d be a hit on Broadway.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Some of the producers are thinking about it. They think she&rsquo;s about ready for New York. Maybee.&rdquo;</p><p>If Dominique makes it to Times Square it just might cure Henry&rsquo;s chronic melancholy. This is induced by the heart-rending fact that Dominique remains in Montreal singing during the hockey season while her disconsolate husband shares bachelor quarters with Irv Spencer, Jean Ratelle and Guy Gendron. Individually or collectively they cannot match Mademoiselle Michel&rsquo;s natural talents.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m on the long-distance phone all the time,&rdquo; Cammy admitted. &ldquo;Costs me a fortune but I love her.&rdquo;</p><p>Some noted hockey headshrinkers believe that Henry&rsquo;s unrequited love actually has had a good effect on his playing.</p><p>They reason that he&rsquo;s angry when Dominique is not around. He takes out his aggressions, they figure, on the opposition goalies.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been nervous all season,&rdquo; said Cammy. &ldquo;Before a game I only finish half a steak, then I try to sleep, but I can&rsquo;t. I feel jumpy all the time on the ice. Maybe it&rsquo;s helping me skate faster.&rdquo;</p><p>This reminds one of Max Bentley, the master stickhandler and Cammy&rsquo;s tutor in his rookie-of-the-year season, 1953-54. When Maxie was hurting or nervous&mdash;almost always&mdash;he was at his best.</p><p>Henry&rsquo;s effort is triply remarkable. First, he&rsquo;s played with a hairline fracture of his left thumb, Second, he&rsquo;s playing on a mediocre line. Third, he gets creamed more than any Ranger. (At 151 pounds, it&rsquo;s not hard to cream him).</p><p>If he survives the battering, Cammy should supplant his previous season&rsquo;s goal high of 32 in 1957-58 when he won the Lady Byng Trophy. Last year, in 53 games he scored a respectable 28 goals.</p><p>Currently, he&rsquo;s challenging Claude Provost for the goal scoring title but he&rsquo;s as optimistic about finishing on top as the Bruins are of winning the NHL pennant.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m hot now,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but those big guys&mdash;Geoffrion, Hull, Mahovlich&mdash;somebody will pass me.&rdquo;</p><p>Just a few weeks ago, Punch Imlach discounted the possibility of including Henry in a trade with his Leafs. He considered Henry&rsquo;s a fringe player.&rdquo; Someone kidded Cammy about it. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re on the fringe of greatness,&rdquo; the man said.</p><p>&ldquo;Thanks,&rdquo; said Henry, &ldquo;but you should see my wife.&rdquo;</p><h2>Power Package</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04148/1771601-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="539" height="852"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Camille Henry</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Cammy’s Stick Booming Nifty New York Tune

<div class="byline">FRANK RYAN</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Frank Ryan, who died here at the age of 62 after a long illness, didn&rsquo;t mind being referred to as &ldquo;the Foster Hewitt of the United States.&rdquo;</p><p>When the late C. F. Adams told Ryan in 1926 that he was to do the play-by-play broadcasts of Bruins&rsquo; games, the Bruins&rsquo; publicist protested that he wasn&rsquo;t qualified. Adams talked down his objection.</p><p>&ldquo;So I did the only thing I could,&rdquo; related Ryan later. &ldquo;Foster had been doing Toronto Maple Leafs games for two years. I listened to him and copied him.&rdquo;</p><p>Hewitt, who is still associated with Toronto broadcasts and telecasts, didn&rsquo;t mind the copying. He and Ryan were firm friends until Frank&rsquo;s death.</p><p>Ryan, a graduate of Harvard University, was Bruins publicist for 25 years, starting in 1926. He gave radio accounts of their games until 1953, when he was succeeded by Fred Cusick. At one time he was also Bruins&rsquo; secretary.</p><p>A Boston Traveler sportswriter for 10 years, he was also publicity director of both Harvard and Suffolk Downs race track. In recent years he was affiliated with Boston Garden in a promotional capacity.</p><p>Besides his widow, Madeline (Brown), Ryan leaves a son, Frank Jr., a member of the faculty at University of Wisconsin and a daughter, Janice, a Boston school teacher.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Babe Dye, former star of the Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto St. Pats of the NHL died in Chicago on January 3rd. Dye had been ill for sometime following a stroke last year. He was 63.</p><p>In eight full seasons in the NHL Dye scored 202 goals and twice won the NHL scoring title.</p><p>Babe was an all-around athlete. He played for Buffalo of the International Baseball League and football with the Toronto Argos. He was also an NHL coach and referee before entering business in Chicago.</p><p>Dye was born in Hamilton in 1898 but his family moved to Toronto after the death of his father the following year.</p><p>He learned how to skate, play hockey and pitch a baseball from his mother, whom he described this way years later:</p><p>&ldquo;My mother knew more about hockey than I ever did and she could throw a baseball right out of the park. She could even cook&mdash;as a pinch-hitter.&rdquo;</p><p>Dye started his hockey career in 1917 with Toronto Aura Lee, champions of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior League, and moved up to Toronto St. Pats, the OHA senior champions, two years later.</p><p>In 1920 he joined Toronto St. Patricks of the NHL and played right wing on a line with Reg Noble and Corbett Dennenay.</p><p>He was sold to Chicago in the 1925-26 season and remained with the Hawks two years, playing on a line with George Hay and the late Dick Irvin in his first season.</p><p>In the fall of 1927, however, he broke a leg when the Hawks were in training camp in Winnipeg and was forced to stay out of hockey for a year. He was sold to New York Americans in 1928 but finished the season with New Haven of the Eastern League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

CECIL (Babe) DYE

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Strolling past the graveyard and sputtering so much that he could hardly breathe, the man turned to his companion and complained:</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had this cold for a month and can&rsquo;t get rid of it.&rdquo;</p><p>Glancing through the fence into the cemetery, the friend replied:</p><p>&ldquo;There are a lot of guys in that graveyard who would like to have your cold.&rdquo;</p><p>Well, there are a few other clubs in the National Hockey League that wouldn&rsquo;t mind having Canadiens&rsquo; troubles. Nevertheless, Coach Toe Blake, Frank Selke and the rest of the Montreal brass were worried about recent play of the league-leaders.</p><p>A 3-1 setback at Toronto, which left Canadiens only two points ahead of the Leafs who held two games in hand, was enough to bring the worries out into the open.</p><p>And the Habs&rsquo; record in three weeks after they had tamed Boston Bruins 8-4 at the Forum, spoke for itself. The Montrealers had only three wins and a tie in eight games, suffered two straight losses and had scored only one goal in over 126 minutes of hockey.</p><p>The Canadiens hardly resembled the team which went the first eight games without a defeat and later put together a string of seven wins and six ties from mid-November until they dropped a 3-1 game at Detroit on December 17.</p><p>Last week&rsquo;s beating by Toronto, their third in four starts at Maple Leaf Gardens was Canadiens&rsquo; worst performance of the season.</p><p>Frank Selke, the Habs&rsquo; general manager who is doing a lot of travelling this season, just couldn&rsquo;t hide his disappointment.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to understand,&rdquo; said Selke, &ldquo;how players who are supposed to be National Leaguers could play so poorly.&rdquo;</p><p>Moaned Coach Blake:</p><p>&ldquo;It was a game in which we should have been at our best. Instead we were at our worst. We didn&rsquo;t deserve the goal we scored (Marcel Bonin spoiled Johnny Bower&rsquo;s shutout with only 11 seconds to play) and if Jacques Plante hadn&rsquo;t been so hot, the Leafs would have doubled the score.&rdquo;</p><p>If the Montrealers were playing steady hockey and losing close games away from home, things wouldn&rsquo;t be taken so seriously by Blake and the brass. However, Canadiens have been blowing hot and cold and sudden letdowns have caused them to lose or tie games that were virtually in the bag.</p><p>Twice this season, the Habs have given up last-minute victories when they let opponents pay off on yank-the-goalie gambles. In both cases, the Chicago Black Hawks were the culprits. Murray Balfour was left unguarded for a last-minute tally in a 3-3 sawoff at Chicago November 19. On December 30, former Hab Ab McDonald netted a 4-4 equalizer right in the Forum with only 12 seconds to go. This was the worst blow of all since the Hawks had a man in the penaltybox at the time.</p><p>Injuries to key players and the time it&rsquo;s taking some of them to get back into form appear to be Blake&rsquo;s biggest worries. He made no bones about it last week that big Jean Beliveau and Dickie Moore were men of major concern to the club brass.</p><p>Blake, seldom known to criticize his men in public, was quoted by a Toronto scribe before the last game as saying that Beliveau and Moore had been &ldquo;lackadaisical&hellip;I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s the matter with that pair.&rdquo;</p><p>Asked about the newspaper yarn, Blake shrugged it off that he was hoping to &ldquo;build a fire&rdquo; under the two players before that night&rsquo;s clash with the Leafs.</p><p>The next day, although he said that Beliveau. Moore and Marcel Bonin were &ldquo;not the worst line on the ice,&rdquo; Toe admitted concern about the two stars.</p><p>&ldquo;Considering that Beliveau was hurt at training camp and had to get into condition all over again when he joined the team. I didn&rsquo;t expect too much of him. But I did hope he would play much better than he has been doing so far. I&rsquo;ll admit I&rsquo;m disappointed.&rdquo;</p><p>Moore, who bad only a week&rsquo;s skating at Victoria training camp before being sidelined with a gimpy knee, was hurt again a few weeks ago and has missed a. total of 12 scheduled games. Either he is slow getting into top shape or hasn&rsquo;t been able to do so.</p><p>Dickie, himself, figures that he will be alright just as long as he gets enough ice time. He played full shifts at Toronto and was skating well in practice the next morning.</p><p>However, Blake puts it this way: &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t afford to lose four or five games just to get a couple of players into shape.&rdquo;</p><p>No matter how you slice it. despite the Habs&rsquo; first-place stand, the coach has a problem. If he plays the unsung heroes who won so many games early in the season, the big guns won&rsquo;t be firing when needed later on. If the kids have to sit on the bench, they may go stale.</p><p>Blake received one bit of good news last week when Physiotherapist Bill Head said that Henri Richard and Boom Boom Geoffrion appeared healthy enough to return to action. Both missed six games, Henri with torn hip muscles and Geoffrion with an aggravation of the knee injury that sidelined him in the playoffs last spring.</p><p>Blake recalled the tight race last season when Canadiens came on to win their fourth straight NHL championship.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not the end of the world for us because we&rsquo;ve lost a few games. We may still get going the way we should. At one point last season the Leafs were six points ahead of us and we managed to overtake them.</p><p>&ldquo;However,&rdquo; added the Canadiens&rsquo; coach soberly, &ldquo;if the Leafs ever get six points ahead of us this year we may not be able to catch them.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01422/1771539-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="273" height="406"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jean Beliveau</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02305/1771532-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="269" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dickie Moore</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Toe Quietly Concerned By Skid Of His Giants

<div class="byline">By SAMUEL POMPEI</div><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>On home ice, the Springfield Indians are practically invincible with an average somewhere around the .900 mark.</p><p>But it&rsquo;s the road record of better than .500 which kept them on top virtually throughout the past three seasons in the American Hockey League.</p><p>All of their chief rivals for the Eastern Division crown&mdash;Hershey Bears, Providence Reds and Quebec Aces&mdash;have impressive home records, too, though not quite as strong as the Tribe&rsquo;s.</p><p>The fact that all of the Indians&rsquo; rivals have played so poorly on the road, however, has made this an easy season for the runaway club.</p><p>So far. the Indians have won eight, lost seven and tied two away from the friendly Coliseum. No other toe in the AHL which is noted as a &ldquo;homer&rdquo; circuit has played even close to .500 away from its own rink.</p><p>Matter of fact, when this story was written the Quebec club had not won a single game away from the Collisee, the Aces&rsquo; dozen victories having been accomplished at home.</p><p>During the past three seasons, the Tribe has played around .500 on the road. Their playoff record away from home is somewhat fantastic, too.</p><p>Last year, for instance, the Indians captured all four games on foreign ice&mdash;two each at Cleveland and Hershey&mdash;en route to their second straight Calder Cup championship.</p><p>It included a 4-0 whitewash at Hershey in the final battle.</p><p>The previous year, the Indians played even .500 in road playoff hockey, 1-1, at both Providence and Rochester while achieving the post-season honors.</p><p>Coach Pat Egan gives two reasons for the success of his Indians away from home.</p><p>&ldquo;The first,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;is simple&hellip;It&rsquo;s a good club that can adjust to any size rink.</p><p>&ldquo;The second, it&rsquo;s a tough team. Our boys command just as much respect in the other guys&rsquo; backyard as in their own.&rdquo;</p><p>The Indians are truly a team of brains and brawn. And they can use either&mdash;or both combined&mdash;to whip any opponent, away or at home.</p><p>While the Indians&rsquo; record of 14 wins out of their first 15 games at home is something out of the ordinary, their road mark is proof that they are not strictly &ldquo;homers.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01374/1771711-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="296" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pat Egan</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Indians Record On Road Making Home Life Easy

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02341/1771742-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="554" height="257"></div><p><b>JANUARY 6 TO JANUARY 12</b></p><p>6&mdash;Doug Barkley, Calgary, forward, 1937.</p><p>6&mdash;Dickie Moore, Canadiens, forward, 1931.</p><p>6&mdash;Dick Meissner, Boston, forward, 1936.</p><p>8&mdash;Wally Hergesheimer, Los Angeles, forward, 1927.</p><p>8&mdash;Danny Polizianni, Providence, forward, 1935.</p><p>8&mdash;Steve Witiuk, Spokane, forward, 1929.</p><p>9&mdash;Skippy Burchell, Quebec, forward, 1931.</p><p>9&mdash;Ron Matthews, Portland, forward, 1927.</p><p>10&mdash;Frank Mahovlich, Toronto, forward, 1938.</p><p>11&mdash;Ray Ross, Pittsburgh, forward, 1932.</p><p>12&mdash;Bill Needham, Cleveland, forward, 1932.</p><p>12&mdash;Tim Horton, Toronto, defense, 1930.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div><p>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;</p><p>Fickle 1961 bowed out of the picture on the discouraging sight of three teams&mdash;the Rochester Americans, Buffalo Bisons and Cleveland Barons&mdash;all trying their level best not to win the Western Division championship of the American Hockey League.</p><p>All three were floundering at a time when a concerted drive on the part of any one would put it clearly in the driver&rsquo;s seat.</p><p>Indications were that Buffalo eventually might wind up in the best position, although several factors seemed to show that 1962 might see some improvement in Coach Jackie Gordon&rsquo;s Cleveland Barons.</p><p>First and foremost was the success enjoyed by the Barons&rsquo; first line, on which Fred Glover, Ron Attwell and Jim Mikol perform. All three members of the combination were clicking with precision.</p><p>Second was the improvement shown by big Hank Ciesla and sophomore Wayne Larkin, both of whom suddenly showed some indication of finding opponent&rsquo;s nets with regularity.</p><p>Third was the imminent return to action of Dick Van Impe, who was just beginning to find himself when a leg injury on December 17 put him out of service.</p><p>Fourth was the discovery of two scoring combinations that were not total washouts when they were on the ice.</p><p>The combined result of these factors netted the Barons two victories to wind up 1961, restored the club to the thick of the Western Division title race and gave hope for more success in the new year.</p><p>A double shift of centers paved the way for the makeup of two scoring lines to go along with the Glover-Attwell-Mikol trio. Billy Sutherland was moved from center ice to a left wing position and Cal Stearns, the veteran penalty killer, was spotted in a regular center post. Gordon&rsquo;s drastic shift immediately paid off.</p><p>Jumping into a spot between Ed Mazur and Larkin, Stearns clicked at once in his new assignment. Placed at left wing on a line that had Ciesla at center and John Ferguson at right wing, Sutherland showed that a wing spot is his natural position.</p><p>Sutherland had displayed some goal-scoring ability from his center position, but was dragging his heels on setting up scores. Teamed with Ciesla, Billy started compiling assists, while Ciesla&rsquo;s shots began to find their mark.</p><p>One certainty is that Van Impe will have trouble getting back on the line with Glover and Attwell when he returns to action. To move Mikol now would be unthinkable. Young Jim works with Glover and Attwell as if he had teamed with them for years.</p><p>Most likely spot for Van Impe would be as a replacement for Ferguson, who has slipped in scoring since the first of the season. Ferguson may become the extra man, replacing young Bob Forhan, who was shipped back to Greensboro after playing his full five games with the Barons as an amateur tryout.</p><h2>In The Middle Of Moves</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03267/1771804-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="526" height="510"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Sutherland</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04203/1771797-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="564" height="549"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Cal Stearns</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Gordon Finds New Power, Giving New Hope To Fans

<h2>you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</h2><h2>How The Race Goes</h2><p><b>(Standings On Wed. A.M. Jan. 10)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01407/1771947-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="571" height="179"></div><h3>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 Chicago 4 at Montreal 4</h3><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defense: Evans, St. Laurent, Pilote, Turner, Hillman; forwards: Hay, Balfour, Hull, Mikita, Wharram, McDonald, Murphy, Nesterenko, Melnyk, Horvath, Fleming.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defense: Johnson. Talbot, Fontinato, J. C. Tremblay, MacNeil; forwards: Goyette, Provost. Marshall, Beliveau. F. Tremblay, Hicke, Backstrom, Rousseau, Bonin. Moore.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Ashley; Linesmen: Hayes, Frampton.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03268/1771940-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="578" height="726"></div><h3>Detroit 4 at Toronto 6</h3><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Godfrey, Gadsby, Goegan, Odrowski; forwards: Stasiuk, Delvecchio, Howe, LaForge, Ullman. MacGregor, Fonteyne, Glover, Boileau, McDonald.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Bower: defense: Brewer, Baun, Horton. Stanley. Arbour; forwards: Mahovlich, Nevin. Kelly. Duff. Keon, Armstrong. Olmstead. Pulford. Stewart. Harris. Litzenberger.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Udvari; Linesmen: Armstrong. Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04206/1771933-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="572" height="797"></div><h3>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 Toronto 2 at Detroit 4</h3><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Bower: defense: Brewer, Baun, Arboui. Horton. Stanley; forwards: Mahovlich, Litzenberger, Nevin, Duff, Armstrong. Stewart, Keon, Harris, Olmstead, Pulford, Con-acher.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Gadsby. Goegan, Godfrey, Odrowski. Young: forwards: Stasiuk. Delvecchio. Howe. Ullman. LaBine, Fonteyne, Glover, MacGregor, LaForge, Boileau.</p><p>Referee: Udvari; Linesmen: Hay, Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05151/1771926-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="565" height="559"></div><h3>Boston 7 at New York 4</h3><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Head; defense: Westfall, Boivin. Stapleton, Green, Mohns; forwards: Burns, Meissner, Beckett, Pennington, Connelly. Bucyk, Gray, Pronovost, Oliver, McKenney, Toppazzini.</p><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defense: Harvey, Langlois, Howell, Cahan, Spencer; forwards: Hannigan, Bathgate. Prentice, Hebenton, Henry. Hampson, Ingarfield, Gendron, Schinkel. Wilson, Hadfield.</p><p>Referee: Buffey; Linesmen: Pavelich, Wicks.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06118/1771919-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="573" height="773"></div><h3>MONDAY, JANUARY 1 Montreal 0 at Chicago 2</h3><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defense: Johnson, Talbot, J. Tremblay, Fontinato, MacNeil; forwards: Marshall, Goyette, Provost, Beliveau, Backstrom, Hicke, Moore, Rousseau, Bonin, G. Tremblay.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defense: Pilote, Hillman, Turner, Evans, Fleming, St. Laurent; forwards: Hull. Hay, Balfour. Horvath, Murphy, Melnyk. McDonald. Nesterenko, Wharram. Mikita.</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvari; Linesmen: George Hayes and Neil Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0792/1771912-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="571" height="503"></div><h3>New York 4 at Boston 2</h3><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley: defense: Harvey. Langlois, Powell, Cahan. Spencer; forwards: Hannigan. Bathgate. Prentice. Hebenton. Henry, Hampson. Ingarfield. Gendron, Schinkel. Wilson. Hadfield.</p><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Head; defense: Westfall. Boivin, Stapleton. Mohns, Green; forwards: Burns. Meissner. Beckett, Pennington. Connelly. Bucyk, Gray. Pronovost. Oliver, McKenney, Toppazzini.</p><p>Referee: Skov; Linesmen: Pavelich, Wicks.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0875/1771905-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="567" height="607"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3 Montreal 1 at Toronto 3</h3><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante: defense: Fontinato, Johnson. MacNeil. Talbot. J. C. Tremblay; forwards: Beliveau. Backstrom. Hicke, G. Tremblay, Moore. Provost, Rousseau, Bonin, Goyette, Marshall.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Bower; defense: Brewer, Baun, Horton. Stanley. Arbour: forwards: Duff. Armstrong. Nevin, Stewart, Keon, Harris, Olmstead. Conacher. Pulford, Litzenberger, Mahovlich.</p><p>Referee: Eddie Powers; Linesmen: Matt Pavelich. Ron Wicks.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0960/1771898-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="563" height="364"></div><h3>New York 1 at Chicago 2</h3><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defense: Howell. Cahan, Harvey, Langlois, Spencer; forwards: Henry. Hampson, Hebenton, Bathgate. Ingarfield. Prentice, Gendron. Schinkel, Hannigan, Wilson, Hadfield.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall: defense: Evans, St. Laurent, Turner. Hillman, Pilote, Fleming; forwards: Hull. Hay, Wharram, Balfour, Horvath. Murphy. Melnyk, McDonald, Nesterenko. Mikita.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1049/1771891-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="565" height="436"></div><h3>THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 Chicago 1 at Detroit 1</h3><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defense: St. Laurent, Evans, Pilote, Hillman; forwards: Murphy, Turner, Nesterenko, Fleming. Hull, Balfour, Horvath. Hay, Melnyk, McDonald, Wharram, Mikita.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Sawchuk: defense: Pronovost. Godfrey, Gadsby, Goegan, Odrowski; forwards: Stasiuk, Delvecchio, Howe, LaForge. Ullman. MacGregor, Fonteyne, Lunde, Glover, Labine, Boileau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1142/1771884-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="555" height="451"></div><h3>SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 Boston 2 at Detroit 6</h3><p>Detroit: goal: Sawchuk: defence: Pronovost. Gadsby. Goegan. Godfrey. Odrowski; forwards: Delvecchio. Howe. Stasiuk. Ullman. Labine, Fonteyne, Lunde, Glover, MacGregor. LaForge, Boileau.</p><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Head: defence: Staple-ton, Mohns. Green. Boivin. Westfall; forwards: Beckett. Pennington. Meissner. Connellv. Bucyk, Burns Gray Pronovost, Oliver. McKenney, Toppazzini.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1227/1771877-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="571" height="723"></div><h3>New York 1 at Montreal 5</h3><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defence: Harvey. Langlois. Howell. Cahan. Spencer; forwards; Hannigan. Bathgate, Prentice, Hebenton. Henrv. Hampson. Gendron. Ingarfield. Schinkel. Wilson. Hadfield.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante: defence: Johnson. Talbot. J. C. Tremblay. Fontinato. MacNeil: forwards: Richard. Moore. Provost. Beliveau. Backstrom Hicke. Rousseau. Ronin. Goyette, G. Tremblay. Marshall.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1322/1771870-1-eng-US/f0008-132.jpg" title="f0008-13" width="567" height="589"></div><h3>Chicago 3 at Toronto 6</h3><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defence: Evans, St. Laurent. Turner. Pilote. Vasko. Fleming; forwards: McDonald. Mikita. Wharram. Hull. Horvath, Murphy. Hay. Melnyk. Nesterenko.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Bower: defence; Brewer. Baun. Arbour, Stanley. Horton; forwards: Armstrong. Koon, Pulford. Nevin, Stewart. Harris. Olmstead, Litzenberger. Mahovlich. Conacher.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1415/1771863-1-eng-US/f0008-142.jpg" title="f0008-14" width="568" height="665"></div><h3>SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 Montreal 2 at Detroit 2</h3><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defence; Johnson, Talbot, J. C. Tremblay. Fontinato, MacNeil; forwards: Richard, Moore, Provost, Beliveau. Backstrom. Hicke, Rousseau, Bonin, Goyette. G. Tremblay, Marshall.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Sawchuk: defence: Pronovost, Gadsby, Goegan. Godfrey. Odrowski; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, Stasiuk, Ullman, Labine, Fonteyne, Lunde, Glover, MacGregor, LaForge, Boileau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-155/1771856-1-eng-US/f0008-152.jpg" title="f0008-15" width="572" height="494"></div><h3>Toronto 4 at New York 3</h3><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Bower; defence: Brewer, Baun, Arbour, Stanley, Horton: forwards: Armstrong, Keon, Pulfora, Nevin, Stewart, Harris, Olmstead. Litzenberger, Mahovlich, Conacher.</p><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defence: Harvey, Langlois, Howell, Cahan, Spencer; forwards: Hannigan, Bathgate, Prentice, Hebenton, Henry, Hampson, Gendron, Ingarfield. Schinkel. Wilson, Hadfield.</p><p>Referee: Dalton McArthur; linesmen: Bob Frampton, Walt Atanas.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-162/1771849-1-eng-US/f0008-162.jpg" title="f0008-16" width="575" height="601"></div><h3>Boston 2 at Chicago 0</h3><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Head; defence: Stapleton. Mohns. Green. Boivin. Westfall; forwards: Beckett, Pennington, Meissner, Connelly, Bucyk. Burns. Gray. Pronovost. Oliver. McKenney. Toppazzini.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defenec: Evans, St. Laurent. Turner. Pilote. Vasko. Fleming; forwards: McDonald, Mikita, Wharram. Hull, Horvath, Murphy. Hay, Melnyk, Nesterenko.</p><p>Referee: Ed Powers; linesmen: Matt Pavelich. Tom Clements.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-17/1771842-1-eng-US/f0008-172.jpg" title="f0008-17" width="570" height="347"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. Jan. 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02342/1771835-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="600" height="2725"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<h2>Six Times 30</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>wo players have scored 30 goals or more in the American Hockey League in a season more times than any other players. Cleveland star Freddie Glover and former Springfield Indians&rsquo; star Harry Pidhirny both hit that mark in six seasons during their AHL careers.</p><h2>Five In A Row</h2><p>Who scored 30 goals or more more times in consecutive seasons in the American Hockey League than any other player? That player was Murdo MacKay, who played for the Buffalo Bisons. MacKay scored 30 or more in five consecutive seasons.</p><h2>How The Race Goes</h2><p><b>(Standings On Wed. A.M. Jan. 10)</b></p><h3>Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01392/1772111-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="566" height="126"></div><h3>Western Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02370/1772104-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="566" height="128"></div><h3>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 Rochester 0 at Cleveland 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05211/1772097-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="557" height="456"></div><h3>Buffalo 1 at Hershey 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06177/1772090-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="549" height="411"></div><h3>Providence 3 at Pittsburgh 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07166/1772083-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="559" height="669"></div><h3>Quebec 3 at Springfield 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08154/1772076-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="553" height="352"></div><h3>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 Hershey 4 at Buffalo 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09150/1772069-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="559" height="734"></div><h3>Quebec 3 at Providence 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10137/1772062-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="556" height="572"></div><h3>Springfield 5 at Rochester 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11115/1772055-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="553" height="746"></div><h3>MONDAY, JANUARY 1 Cleveland 2 at Buffalo 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1283/1772048-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="553" height="537"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 4 at Hershey 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1371/1772041-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="564" height="695"></div><h3>Rochester 4 at Providence 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1455/1772034-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="563" height="659"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3 Springfield 2 at Cleveland 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1540/1772027-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="553" height="513"></div><h3>Quebec 4 at Pittsburgh 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1623/1772020-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="552" height="448"></div><h3>FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 Buffalo 2 at Rochester 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1716/1772013-1-eng-US/f0009-172.jpg" title="f0009-17" width="554" height="673"></div><h3>SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 Quebec 3 at Buffalo 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-189/1772006-1-eng-US/f0009-182.jpg" title="f0009-18" width="549" height="437"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 4 at Providence 11</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-198/1771999-1-eng-US/f0009-192.jpg" title="f0009-19" width="565" height="985"></div><h3>Cleveland 4 at Rochester 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-207/1771992-1-eng-US/f0009-202.jpg" title="f0009-20" width="554" height="512"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. Jan. 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03320/1771985-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="569" height="348"></div><h3>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04272/1771978-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="565" height="248"></div><h3>Penalty Leaders</h3><p>Most Penalized Player&mdash;John McKenzie, Hershey, 114 min.</p><p>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Providence, 621 min.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Less than two weeks after a pair of misinformed local radio and TV sportscasters predicted his dismissal by Jan. 1, Coach Billy Reay steered the Buffalo Bisons to within one point of the pace-setting Rochester Americans in the American League&rsquo;s Western Division.</p><p>Ironically enough, the Herd moved up on New Year&rsquo;s Day. the sports spielers&rsquo; target for Reay, and the Bisons did it the hard way.</p><p>Playing their third game in as many days, and with injuries and the flu bug hampering them, the Bisons whipped the Cleveland Barons, 4-2 in a rugged contest here.</p><p>The story that Reay was on his way out came after the club had lost 8 of 11, and dropped 10-1 and 5-0 decisions in Quebec.</p><p>Where the radio and TV oracles got their information that Reay was on borrowed time, is still a $64 question here. However, both this writer, in The Courier-Express, and Dick Johnston, the well-informed hockey writer for the Buffalo Evening News, made it clear that Reay&rsquo;s position was not in jeopardy.</p><p>The radio and TV boys insisted the newspapers were wrong, and that Reay would be gone by New Year&rsquo;s Day.</p><p>Both Ruby Pastor, the Bisons&rsquo; president, and General Manager Fred Hunt denied that Reay was walking a tight rope.</p><p>&ldquo;We had some problems, but simply changing coaches wasn&rsquo;t the answer,&rdquo; Pastor said. &ldquo;The club has straightened away, and their play during the past two weeks speaks for itself.&rdquo;</p><p>Reay credited the entire squad for the Bisons&rsquo; improved play, which earned them 5 wins, a tie and one defeat in their last seven starts as this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press.</p><p>&ldquo;Everybody has been working, and that&rsquo;s the formula for success,&rdquo; Reay pointed out. &ldquo;And I&rsquo;ll tell you this. We should have won both games we didn&rsquo;t, the tie and that loss, both with Hershey. However, we&rsquo;re working as a unit now, and if we can continue, we&rsquo;ll be all right.&rdquo;</p><p><b>ALONG THE BOARDS</b>&mdash;Roger Crozier, the young goaltender for the St. Catharines Teepees of the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA, replaced Denis DeJordy in the 4-3 overtime loss to Hershey. DeJordy was sidelined by a severe case of tonsilitis&hellip;DeJordy, still under the weather, came back the next night to steer the Bisons past the Cleveland Barons in the New Year&rsquo;s Night triumph. Crozier played in three winning games for the Bisons last season&hellip;Barry Cullen became the first Bison to hit the 20-goal plateau this season when he scored into an empty net against the Barons here. Barry, and his brother, Brian, are the Herd&rsquo;s 1-2 point leaders.</p><h2>In Solid</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01406/1772142-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="554" height="543"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Billy Reay</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Was Reay On Thin Ice Before Herd Got Hot?

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div><p>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Pit Martin, Hamilton Red Wing centre who has led the Ontario Hockey Association junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; league in scoring since the early weeks of the schedule, had to share first place as the six-team group entered the second half of the season.</p><p>The slightly-built Martin still leads in goals with 28 but is tied in points with Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; Andre Boudrias.</p><p>Martin has 26 assists to add to his 28 goals for 54 points while Boudrias has scored 21 times and drawn 33 assists.</p><p>Lowell MacDonald, Martin&rsquo;s teammate, is third with 47 points while Rejean Richer of the Canadiens is fourth with 44. Ray Cullen and Phil Esposito of St. Catharines Teepees are tied in fifth with 43 points apiece, Norm Dennis of Montreal seventh with 41 points.</p><p>While Boudrias moved up, the Canadiens also took over undisputed possession of first place in the group, three points ahead of the Hamilton club.</p><p>However Hamilton has two games in hand.</p><p>Despite their position atop the league, Montreal suffered one of its worst defeats of the season (they have only lost six games in 27 starts) New Year&rsquo;s afternoon when they were subjected to a 7-3 thrashing by the rapidly-improving St. Catharines Teepees.</p><p>The next night the Canadiens moved into Peterborough and defeated the last place Petes 3-1.</p><p>They played both games without their brilliant defenceman Jacques Laperriere who suffered a badly bruised shoulder during an exhibition game against Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors of the Toronto Metro League.</p><p>The Teepees, who many predicted would lead the league this season, have been playing much better of late and their only loss in six games was to Niagara Falls Flyers.</p><p>The Garden City club, which last won the Memorial Cup in the 1959-60 season (defeating Montreal in the Eastern Canada finals and Edmonton Oil Kings in the Canadian finals) have solidified their grip on third place but are still far back of Hamilton and Montreal.</p><p>The Canadiens, going into the first week of the New Year, had 40 points, followed by Hamilton 37, St. Catharines 26. Guelph 19, Niagara Falls 17 and Peterborough 15.</p><p>The first four teams in the final standing enter the playoffs with the group winners meeting the Metro League champions for the right to enter the Memorial Cup playoffs.</p><p>A feature of the games in the past month has been the increase in interest by the Montreal fans.</p><p>For many years junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey in the Forum has barely drawn enough spectators to pay for opening the building.</p><p>However the colorful Canadiens have put in better than 3,000 fans for each of their last four starts and against Peterborough during Christmas week had more than 4,000 in tire stands.</p><p>Crowds around the circuit have reflected the Montreal increase. Niagara Falls seldom goes below 2,400, St. Catharines put in 2,150 for their last game against the Canadiens, Hamilton has had three complete sellouts in their 4,000-capacity arena, Guelph is showing a marked upsurge in interest.</p><p>Only Peterborough has dropped off. The Petes, who averaged better than 2,000 last season are now playing before fewer than 1,500 on many occasions.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Boudrias Catches Martin In Ont. Jr. Loop Points Race

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER. N.Y&mdash;</p><p>The summary following the story of the Rochester at Buffalo hockey game Dec. 27 indicated that Steve Kraftcheck assisted on two Amerk goals.</p><p>So, what&rsquo;s unusual about that? Nothing unusual, numerically, since they were the 337th and 338th times since Kraftcheck entered the American Hockey League with Cleveland in 1949.</p><p>But those two particular assists did have special signifiance. They enabled Steve to first tie and then set an all-time assist record for AHL defensemen.</p><p>The old standard of 337 was held by Frank Mathers, now coach of the Hershey Bears. As recently as Dec. 15, Kraftcheck still was nine assists shy of Mathers&rsquo; mark. But he assisted on three Rochester scores in Pittsburgh Dec. 16, went pointless here the following night, then picked up two in Springfield Dec. 23, three in Providence the next afternoon and capped his surge with the big pair in Buffalo on the 27th.</p><p>The veteran Amerk rearguard didn&rsquo;t have any idea how close he was to a record, either. Reached at his Hamilton, Ont., off-season residence (where, incidentlly, he was spending his first Christmas at home in 14 seasons of professional hockey) the night before he set the mark, Steve admitted he didn&rsquo;t know what the record was or how many assists he needed.</p><p>&ldquo;If that&rsquo;s the case. I&rsquo;ll get a couple tomorrow night in Buffalo,&rdquo; he said with a laugh. But he did go out and &ldquo;get a couple&rdquo; in Buffalo.</p><p>Personal records don&rsquo;t interest Kraftcheck. Sure he&rsquo;s proud of having been picked on the AHL All-Star first team four times and on the second team twice in addition to being voted the Eddie Shore Award as the American League&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman in 1958-59. How many hockey players wouldn&rsquo;t be proud of success like that?</p><p>But, besides not knowing he was on the brink of the assist record, it was news to Steve that he needed only eight more points to become the all-time AHL point-getting defenseman (Mathers had 404 and Steve 397). He may be the record holder in that department, too, by the time this reaches print.</p><p>&ldquo;I never look at the records,&rdquo; Kraftcheck said, &ldquo;except at the records of the teams. How many assists or goals I get doesn&rsquo;t make any difference as long as we&rsquo;re winning hockey games. It&rsquo;s the two points you get in the standings for a win that&rsquo;s important.&rdquo;</p><p>Steve was born in Tinturn, Ont., March 3, 1929. He broke into pro hockey with San Francisco in the old Paficic Coast League in 1948-49 and made the first all-star team.</p><p>His AHL career started with Cleveland in 1949-50, but he spent the following year with Indianapolis of the AHL and Boston of the NHL and two full seasons with the New York Rangers before going back to Cleveland in 1953-54.</p><p>Steve was acquired by Toronto in 1958 after scoring 15 goals from defense for the Barons in 1957-58. After eight games with the Maple Leafs, Kraftcheck was sent to Ro-Chester&mdash;and he has been a backline fixture since.</p><p>His stay with the Amerks covered 229 regular season games at the time he set the assist record. For that span, Steve had seven goals and 132 assists. In addition to his defensive duties, Kraftcheck coached the Americans for just about two years&mdash;from January 1959 until January 1961.</p><p>How much longer does Steve figure he&rsquo;ll play hockey?</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll play until I feel I&rsquo;m no longer helping my team,&rdquo; he answered, then added, &ldquo;but I feel right now as though I could play another five years.&rdquo;</p><h2>Record Breaker</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02341/1772197-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="545" height="531"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Steve Kraftcheck</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Steve Sets One New Mark, Is On Verge Of Second

<h2>Bucks Great On Road</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>ven after the difficult swing through the Prairies the Portland Buckaroos still maintain a better than .500 average on the road in games played to date in the Western Hockey League. The Bucks presently have won 8 and lost 7 on the road, a record that no other club comes close to matching.</p><h2>McVie, Goyer Tied</h2><p>For the second time in the past three weeks Portland winger Tommy McVie has tied Los Angeles centerman Gerry Goyer for the League goal-scoring lead. Both players have blinked the red light 26 times, McVie doing it in 36 games and Goyer in 37.</p><h2>How The Race Goes</h2><p><b>(Standings On Tues A.M. Jan. 2)</b></p><h3>Southern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01405/1772364-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="567" height="134"></div><h3>Northern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02361/1772357-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="563" height="134"></div><h3>(Intersectional Play)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03295/1772350-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="564" height="233"></div><h3>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 Spokane 7 at San Francisco 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04238/1772343-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="566" height="803"></div><h3>Los Angeles 5 at Vancouver 8</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05200/1772336-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="560" height="821"></div><h3>Portland 2 at Edmonton 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06178/1772329-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="554" height="525"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27 Spokane 2 at San Francisco 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07158/1772322-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="551" height="470"></div><h3>Portland 3 at Calgary 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08153/1772315-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="567" height="425"></div><h3>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 Spokane 5 at Vancouver 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09144/1772308-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="550" height="452"></div><h3>Portland 6 at Edmonton 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10126/1772301-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="554" height="535"></div><h3>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 Los Angeles 1 at San Francisco 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11105/1772294-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="554" height="426"></div><h3>Spokane 2 at Seattle 10</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1295/1772287-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="559" height="801"></div><h3>Portland 4 at Calgary 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1373/1772280-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="556" height="684"></div><h3>MONDAY, JANUARY 1 Spokane 3 at Portland 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1450/1772273-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="561" height="575"></div><h3>Calgary 2 at Seattle 0</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1531/1772266-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="542" height="327"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Mon. Jan. 1)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1620/1772259-1-eng-US/f0011-162.jpg" title="f0011-16" width="563" height="452"></div><h3>(Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1910/1772252-1-eng-US/f0011-192.jpg" title="f0011-19" width="558" height="252"></div><h3>(The Leaders)</h3><p>Most points: Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles, 56.</p><p>Most goals: Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles and Tom McVie, Portland, 26.</p><p>Most assists: Bruce Carmichael, Los Angeles, 32.</p><p>Most first goal of game: Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles, 5.</p><p>Most game winning goals: Tom McVie, Portland, 8.</p><p>Most game winning assists: Len Lunde, Edmonton, 7.</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, 9.</p><p>Most min. in penalties: Con Madigan, Spokane, 84.</p><p>Most shutouts: Bev Bentley, San Francisco, 3.<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>The medicos let Dennis Riggin out on the town last week, and he took advantage of the reprieve, as short as it was, to sit in on the Flyers&rsquo; three-goal victory over the Buckaroos from Oregon&rsquo;s rosebud city.</p><p>The Kincardine Kid made it up to the press box, and peered through his smokers to see for himself that the Edmonton club&rsquo;s goaltending is in good hands during his absence.</p><p>Gilles Boisvert bailed out the Flyers repeatedly through the first two periods in particular to keep the Bucks from catching fire, and when an expert like Riggin approves, a guy has it made.</p><p>Incidentally, one way or another, the Flyers have quite a stock of netminders on the premises just now. At Riggin&rsquo;s left elbow in his press box perch was still another Dennis and a goaltender, name of Jordan.</p><p>Jordan is still in the wings as a standby. Nobody has said how long that Jordan will be around, but should he be farmed out like to the international League, the word is that he is still considered to possess a bright future in Detroit&rsquo;s scheme of things.</p><p>He may be a season or two away from a full-time job in pro hockey, and certainly it will be tough to beat out a pinch-hitter of Boisvert&rsquo;s ability at this time.</p><p>Back to the chap behind the dark specs, with a bandage completely obscuring his right eye, Riggin returns to hospital next week. No date has yet been set for the operation, but it seems certain that he won&rsquo;t be back to the hockey wars again this season.</p><p>&ldquo;No TV, a rigid diet, and a whole lot of other restrictions,&rdquo; Rig muttered, &ldquo;I had to be going stir-crazy. Sure glad I could make it out to a hockey game for a change.&rdquo;</p><h2>Sidelined</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1714/1772395-1-eng-US/f0011-172.jpg" title="f0011-17" width="522" height="514"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dennis Riggen</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Riggen Lost To Edmonton For Rest Of The Season

<div class="byline">By SID PAYNE</div><p>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;</p><p>Obie O&rsquo;Brien has had his work cut out for him as a rookie coach in the Eastern Hockey League this season&mdash;and no let-up appears in sight.</p><p>Obie&rsquo;s Philadelphia Ramblers have been unable to untrack themselves since the beginning of the season and the club, which for many years has been a participant in the playoffs, is on the verge of calling it a season when the regular schedule ends March 4.</p><p>Of course, there&rsquo;s plenty of time left for Obie&rsquo;s team to get hot and make a run of it, but the cards don&rsquo;t appear to be stacked that way unless the cellar-dwellers of the Southern Division trigger a player shakeup which would work out to their advantage.</p><p>Though O&rsquo;Brien wouldn&rsquo;t admit it, it was reliably learned that there are no untouchables on the club in the event a trade is in the making. Even Chuck Stuart, the Ramblers&rsquo; able center ice man, is on the block.</p><p>If Stuart does go, however, the Ramblers would get a lot for him in return as Chucky is one of the league&rsquo;s standout performers.</p><p>After missing a season of hockey, Stuart returned to action last year and established a Philadelphia scoring record with 44 goals and 51 assists for 95 points. He&rsquo;s already passed the 20-goal mark this season.</p><p>O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s big problem this campaign has been his club&rsquo;s defense, the weakest in the league. The Ramblers have allowed an average of nearly 4.5 goals per game and a team can&rsquo;t win many games with that record.</p><p>&ldquo;It seems that just when the defense and my goalie (Ross) Brooks) begin to look good, they fall apart all over again,&rdquo; declared O&rsquo;Brien.</p><p>Obie could probably swing a deal for a couple of backliners or go for one top-notcher. But the asking price is sure to be Stuart. If O&rsquo;Brien can also acquire a competent forward in a trade involving a defenseman, then the Ramblers pilot might be inclined to part with Chucky.</p><p><b>AROUND THE LEAGUE</b>s&mdash;The five-player trade made between Charlotte and Long Island several weeks ago is playing off for both clubs. The Checkers are on a five-game winning streak while the Ducks lost only once in four starts&hellip;Newcomer Jim Brown has also helped Charlotte with timely goals and goalie Ivan Walmsley has been solid in the nets.&hellip;Player-coach Wally Kull-man of the New Haven Blades is out for the season with a broken leg. Kullman sustained the injury when he was checked into the boards by Long Island&rsquo;s John Brophy. The Ducks won that game, 8-0, as Claude Vinet&rsquo;s hat trick gave him 19 goals for the season&hellip;Art Rose&rsquo;s overtime goal enabled Clinton Comets to thwart Johnstown&rsquo;s bid to draw close to the Northern Division leaders as the Comets shaded the Jets, 4-3&hellip;Ron Muir bagged two goals as Greensboro snapped a three-game losing streak by whipping Philly, 8-2&hellip;Joe Connors nabbed his first hat trick of the season as New Haven downed Knoxville, 5-3&hellip;The Knights&mdash;after winning nine out of 11&mdash;have now dropped their last four&hellip;Red Murphy&rsquo;s goal with only 26 seconds left gave Charlotte a 3-2 decision over Johnstown&hellip;Jets&rsquo; Dick Roberge still loop&rsquo;s top point producer, Teammate John Lumley has the most goals in the circuit while center Ken Laufman has garnered the most assists.</p><p>Clinton&rsquo;s Pete Babando and Skip Teal are once again listed among the league&rsquo;s top 10 scorers&hellip;After being out of action for about three weeks, coach Benny Woit is back in the Comets&rsquo; lineup. The club was in its only slump of the season when Benny was on the sidelines&hellip;Gil Francoeur, who was borrowed when Woit was injured has been returned to Canada.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03247/1772519-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="281" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Obie O&rsquo;Brien</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Philly Future Looks Blue Unless Things Turn Rosy

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div><p>TOLEDO, O.&mdash;</p><p>A bulletin came over the wire services&mdash;&ldquo;The Toledo Monro-Matic Mercurys must snap out of their losing streak this weekend, or Sugar Jim Henry will be out as coach.&rdquo;</p><p>General Manager Andy Mulligan gave Henry an ultimatum that the &ldquo;Mercurys either get a split in the next four games, or be replaced.&rdquo;</p><p>Toledo went out and got the split, besting Omaha and Indianapolis and losing to Muskegon, twice.</p><p>Howie Milford, Omaha mentor stated, &ldquo;The Mercurys played inspired hockey, in our 4-2 loss. It was a real good game.&rdquo;</p><p>Mulligan, who has enough knowledge of the game, is going to try something different in the method of coaching.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to give Jim some coaching help, commented the Merc boss. &ldquo;In addition to him being the head coach, we&rsquo;ve added former Mercurys&rsquo; Butch Stahan and Leo Richard to our coaching staff.&rdquo;</p><p>Stahan, one of the most colorful performers ever in hockey, played on three Allan Cup championship teams, and coached the Mercs for a couple of years back in the mid-50&rsquo;s. Butch will guide the defensemen.</p><p>Richard, a Mercury star in the late 40&rsquo;s and early 50&rsquo;s, will help the forwards.</p><p>&ldquo;The talent is there,&rdquo; exclaimed Mulligan. &ldquo;I think we have the best group of centers in the International Hockey League, in Gordie Cowan, Ken Gribbon and Walter Bradley.&rdquo;</p><p>Mulligan praised that Bradley could be the best forward in the league once he get&rsquo;s into shape. Bradley came to Toledo from Sault Ste. Marie.</p><p>The biggest Toledo problem, was goaltending, Gary Doggett started the season for the Mercs, playing in-and-out-hockey.</p><p>A new goalie and defenseman were added to the club, in the persons of Norm Jacques and Bob Bingley, both from Charlotte of the Eastern League.</p><p>Jacques was credited with 42 saves, a lot of them on the sensational side, in the 4-2 win over Omaha.</p><p>&ldquo;In 1961, we won three games out of 28,&rdquo; opined Mulligan. &ldquo;We consider this water over the dam.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to start a new slate for 1962. The local newspapers will start running an account of our 1962 record.&rdquo;</p><p>The first start of 1962, Toledo bested Indianapolis, 5-4, with Terry McGuire notching the winner. McGuire returned to action after being out with a sore hand, the result of a fight with Omaha&rsquo;s Jerry Walker.</p><p><b>IHL NOTES</b>&hellip;Chick Chalmers, Omaha center, tallied a point in his 21st consecutive game, breaking teammate Greg Jablonski&rsquo;s mark of 20 straight&hellip;Another Knight, Pat Ginnell, had a string of 18 games earlier in the season.</p><p>Len Thomson, Ft. Wayne Komets still leading the loop in scoring&hellip;also is setting a record-breaking pace in assists&hellip;The popular red-headed pivot had 55 assists after 36 contests.</p><p>Moe Bartoli, hard-skating Minneapolis winger, added 16 points to his scoring total in three games, pumping home hat-tricks in two of them.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01396/1772457-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="269" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Andy Mulligan</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Toledo Boss Issues Jim Ultimatum: “Win Or Else “

<div class="byline">by Jack Thomson</div><p>FORT WILLIAM, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Coach of the Port Arthur North Stars, Moe Irving and one of his players Tony Goegan (brother of Detroit&rsquo;s Pete) have been indefinitely suspended by the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association pending a meeting of the association. The suspension involves an incident in the overtime period of a holiday game against the Fort William Canadiens. The association will have to address the referee&rsquo;s report and dole out the suspensions from there. It could be very serious for both men involved&hellip;The Fort William Hurricanes Junior club who have won only one game in the schedule so far this year, have appointed a new coach. Ex National Leaguer Steve Black has taken over the duties for the balance of the season, he replaces, Norm Berglund who asked to be relieved from his duties, when the club just couldn&rsquo;t seem to click. Black comes to the Hurricanes, with a long hockey history, having played his junior hockey in Port Arthur, nine years of pro experience and senior hockey in Fort William. Black played for both Detroit and Chicago in the National League. For the last few years Black&rsquo;s name has been mentioned as a good prospect to coach a junior club, but each time he has turned down any offers to move into the coaching ranks&hellip;Fort William Canadiens&rsquo; forward Brian Latta has left for Montreal where the parent Canadiens doctors will perform an operation on his knee which has been giving him trouble for the last two years. Canadiens officials feel Latta has a good chance for a pro career and they aren&rsquo;t taking any chances with his knee giving him any more trouble&hellip;Hurricane forward Ted Landry is the bad man of the league, with forty three minutes in penalties&hellip;Fort William Beavers haven&rsquo;t played any games since the Bearcats went overseas, but they have kept up their practise sessions and will be ready for the Bearcats the week they return&hellip;Ex American Leaguer Fred Bacarri has taken over the midget club in the Canadiens&rsquo; chain&hellip;Bart Bradley coach of the Dryden Rockets predicts that in the next couple of years, with Dryden getting artificial ice and Kenora a new rink that we will see a Northwestern Ontario senior league involving all the western half along with the two senior clubs from the Lakehead. Bradley says with the new highway and travelling much easier the idea isn&rsquo;t too far away&hellip;Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; scout Mickey Hennessey makes his first trip of the winter into the outlying area. With most clubs depending on natural ice they don&rsquo;t get started until about the middle of December. Hennessey reports that Ken Campbell, Gary Veneruzzo and Don Milliard have signed cards with the Montreal Canadiens organization.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02317/1772488-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="296" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Steve Black</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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News From Around The Lakehead Area

<h2>Habs Best Two Ways</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span> total of 1386 goals were scored in the EPHL last season. The Hull-Ottawa Canadiens led the way in goals scored for, 286 and goals scored against, 187. Fourth place Kingston had the most goals scored against. 269 while the las place Montreal Royals scored the fewest goals, 167.</p><h2>Royals Worst Two Ways</h2><p>The Hull-Ottawa Canadiens won 41 of their 70 games last season while losing only 20. That was the most won and fewest lost by one team. The reverse was true of the Montreal Royals. They won only 19 and lost 37.</p><h2>How The Race Goes</h2><p><b>(Standings On Mon. A.M. Jan. 8)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01398/1772648-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="571" height="180"></div><h3>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 Kitchener 4 at Sudbury 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04292/1772641-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="553" height="521"></div><h3>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 Sudbury 3 at Kingston 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05249/1772634-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="566" height="749"></div><h3>North Bay 0 at Kitchener 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06210/1772627-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="556" height="399"></div><h3>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 North Bay 3 at Sault 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07197/1772620-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="557" height="426"></div><h3>MONDAY, JANUARY 1 Hull-Ottawa 1 at Kitchener 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08186/1772613-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="559" height="623"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 3 Hull-Ottawa 2 at Kingston 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09180/1772606-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="554" height="595"></div><h3>THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 North Bay 2 at Sault 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10174/1772599-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="564" height="575"></div><h3>FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 North Bay 3 at Sudbury 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11155/1772592-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="553" height="620"></div><h3>SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 Sault 6 at Kingston 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12138/1772585-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="556" height="598"></div><h3>Sudbury 2 at Kitchener 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13112/1772578-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="555" height="525"></div><h3>SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 Kitchener 2 at North Bay 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1499/1772571-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="558" height="300"></div><h3>Sault 3 at Hull-Ottawa 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1581/1772564-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="561" height="423"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun., Jan. 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02356/1772557-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="574" height="299"></div><h3>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03324/1772550-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="568" height="170"></div><h3>Penalty Leaders</h3><p>Most Penalized Player&mdash;Dino Robozza. SSM, 124 minutes.</p><p>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Sudbury, 570 minutes.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By RON REUSCH</div><p>KITCHENER, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The most improved hockey club in the Eastern Professional Hockey League since its inception in 1959 has been the Kingston Frontenacs.</p><p>The Boston farm team closed out its first season in the league cellar. At the beginning of the 1960-61 season, when Wren Blair joined them as manager-coach the team began to build. The Frontenacs managed a playoff berth last season but were eliminated by the Soo Thunderbirds four games to one in the semi finals. This season they are battling for first place with the Kitchener Waterloo Beavers.</p><p>Upon taking over the reins of the Frontenacs, Blair brought up men from the Whitby Dunlops, a team he had managed prior to being appointed the head of the Fronts. The Dunlops, under him, won the Allen Cup twice and the world championship once between 1957 and 1959. The players he took from that team were Bobby Attersley, a right winger, along with defencemen Alf Treen and Harry Sinden.</p><p>Now in his second year of pro hockey, Bobby Attersley is working on a line with the league&rsquo;s two top scorers. Orv Tessier has. at this writing compiled a record of 47 points. The 28 year old centre has 23 goals and 24 assists. The other man on the line, Tom MacCarthy is number two in the league scoring race, as of January 2nd. He has a 42 point total. Attersley himself is in the top ten in scoring. Combined this trio makes up one of the strongest and most dangerous scoring combinations in the EPHL.</p><p>Harry Sinden has been termed by coach Wren Blair as the &ldquo;most underrated defenceman in the Eastern Professional Hockey league.&rdquo; Sinden is the captain of the Frontenacs and a great leader on the ice. His heady play combined with the hard hitting style of play of blueline mate Alf Treen makes for a very solid wall against attacking forwards.</p><p>&ldquo;Orv Tessier has really been the key to my hockey club,&rdquo; Blair stated. &ldquo;Orv plays on the ice for me in the powerplay, in the role of a penalty killer and also takes his regular turn. And when I&rsquo;m away he handles the coaching.&rdquo;</p><p>The Kingston mentor added, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had some great help from Ed Chadwick in our nets, too. He&rsquo;s come up with games that are as good as any National League performance.&rdquo; Apparently the parent Bruins think so too, as he&rsquo;s been up this year to help Don Head in their nets.</p><p>The Frontenacs are a very successful team in more ways than one.</p><p>At this writing, the Fronts are in second place in the standings, three points behind the Kitchener Waterloo Beavers. However, they have a couple of games in hand over the Beavers. On top of that, the crowds have been the largest in the league. Some 5,200 fans were packed into the Kingston Memorial Community Centre for a game December 23rd against the fifth place North Bay Trappers.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been successful on ticket sales,&rdquo; manager Blair said, &ldquo;Every Saturday night game has been a sellout and even the weekday games have drawn well.&rdquo;</p><p>Blair continued, &ldquo;The people in this league are seeing some top notch hockey and there&rsquo;s no reason why the rest of the league can&rsquo;t get top crowds too. The way the league is now, with only eight or nine points separating the top five teams, people are bound to start coming out.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Notes</b>&hellip;Wren Blair is probably the most successful manager in hockey today. As well as handling the first division Kingston Frontenacs, he also heads up the Clinton, New York Comets of the Eastern Amateur League. Clinton is currently running well ahead of the pack in the Northern division of the EHL.</p><p>Attendance problems caused the Sault Ste. Marie Memorial Gardens commission to put an ultimatum to the Soo fans to either come out to the games or have the commission pull out of their agreement with the sponsoring Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL. Response was overwhelming. The Thunderbirds, who have been slow starters this season, won two straight home ice games against first division clubs, Sudbury and Kitchener Waterloo. Attendance was up to 2,000 for the games where they had previously been 800 to one thousand. The Gardens commission decided they will continue operation of the team in the Soo.</p><p>The Kitchener Waterloo Beavers, who have been ailing because of injuries, got back on the winning track with three straight decisive victories. They beat the Sudbury Wolves 4-1 on the 29th of December, blanked North Bay 3-0 on the 30th and on New Year&rsquo;s day took the strong Hull-Ottawa Canadiens 6-1. Jack McCartan played 133 minutes 38 seconds of shutout hockey in the Beaver nets during the series. The Beavers lineup has been bolstered by the addition of Paul Andrea, a rookie forward from the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey league.</p><p>The Sudbury Wolves have added defenceman Nick Polano to their lineup from Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. The Detroit farmhand scored a goal and an assist on his first game with the Wolves against the North Bay Trappers January 2nd.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1653/1772686-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="273" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alf Treen</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1744/1772679-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="279" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Sinden</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Kingston Giving Beavers Good Run For EPHL Roses

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-18" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1836/1772717-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg"></div><p>DETROIT RED WING FACTS AND RECORD BOOK DETROIT RED WING 1961-62 PRESS BOOK</p><p>Facts and Record Book-50 &cent;</p><p>The official Detroit Red Wing FACTS AND RECORD BOOK for the first time is being made available to the public for only 50 &cent;.</p><p>Among the information given in the 52-page pocket-size book are such items as:</p><p>&bull; <b>A listing of all wearers of the Red Wing uniform since 1926.</b></p><p>&bull; <b>Complete year-by-year team records</b></p><p>&bull; <b>A list of major Detroit player trades</b></p><p>&bull; <b>All-Time Red Wing scoring leaders</b></p><p>&bull; <b>Plus many other never-before published Red Wing Facts and Records</b></p><p>1961-62 Press Book-$1.00</p><p>ALL-NEW STREAM-LINED EDITION WITH NEW PHOTOS. FACTS. FIGURES AND FEATURES</p><p>New Items for 1961-62: Glossy Covers, Larger Player Pictures, 1960-61 Team Picture, History of Detroit Hockey Club with Photos, Highlights of 1960-61, Olympia picture on Title Page, Cover Photos, Feature Pictures, Scattered Informative Anecdotes.</p><p>64 FACT-FILLED PAGES&mdash;POCKET SIZE</p><p>Complete Schedule on Back Cover, Home and Away Schedules on Inside Covers<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NOW AVAILABLE

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div><p>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Scotty Munro and his smooth working Bruins are really wowing &rsquo;em in Estevan&mdash;both the fans and the opposition.</p><p>The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League leaders are unbeaten at home this year, and appreciative Estevan patrons have watched Bruins stretch the impressive string into 19 games, only three of which were ties.</p><p>Moose Jaw Canucks, on two occasions, and Saskatoon Quakers have been the only clubs to date to &ldquo;steal&rdquo; a point during a jaunt into the southern mineral centre.</p><p>Munro&rsquo;s clubs have always been terrors in Estevan, but never so much as this winter. The fine home stand has enabled Bruins to keep well out of reach of both Flin Flon Bombers and the fast-climbing Melville Millionaires.</p><p>Bruins had one of their worst road trips of the season during a second swing into Flin Flon. The visitors dropped a pair up north, by 2-1 and 6-2 counts, but still had plenty in reserve to stay ahead of Bombers.</p><p>The Bomber trip cost Estevan the services of flashy youngster Skip Krake, a 20-goal man who was put out of commission for an indefinite period of time.</p><p>To take up the slack, Munro ended a two-month player chase by purchasing Pat Donnelly, the top scorer with the last-place Prince Albert (Dauphin) Mintos. Donnelly, a hard competitor, fitted in nicely with Bruins, collecting three points in his first start.</p><p>Donnelly moved from a last to a first place club for cash and an unnamed player.</p><p>The Mintos, burned out of their Prince Albert home on Dec. 12, finally settled for good in Dauphin, and received an enthusiastic reception from a crowd of 1.400 on New Year&rsquo;s Day. However, despite the strong vocal support, Mintos still lost, 4-2 to Melville.</p><p>Bud MacPherson&rsquo;s lowly Weyburn Red Wings have finally stopped losing the close ones&mdash;they&rsquo;re losing by bigger scores now.</p><p>Red Wings, a new entry this year, had everyone talking in the early months because of the club&rsquo;s outstanding showing. Weyburn, in seventh place, lost more than its share of games, but the scores were usually pretty close.</p><p>The situation has changed over the holidays and, of late, the Red Wings have been getting their lumps.</p><p>Millionaires, despite a broken leg to starry rear-guard Barry Trapp, have been steadily improving since mid-December, and are threatening to displace Flin Flon as the runner-ups. Much of the credit for the awakening belongs to Jerry Korp, Jack Koshey and Ron Wilcox, who have been scoring at a rapid clip.</p><p>Moose Jaw ran a prolonged winning streak into a share of fourth spot and, despite numerous setbacks because of &lsquo;flu, have been able to stay in contention.</p><p>Doug Dawson&rsquo;s Saskatoon Quakers snapped out of a slump to crowd back into the picture for third, fourth, fifth or sixth positions. The fine scoring of Eric Sutcliffe, Lynn Bentley and Marv Henning: the work of Wayne Smith on defence and Phil Headley&rsquo;s steady work in the nets contributed to Saskatoon&rsquo;s success.</p><p>Centre Gary Peters of Regina Pats continues to set the scoring pace with 69 points in 33 games. Jim Kozie of Estevan ranks second with. 64 points.</p><h2>Builds All-Stars</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01394/1772748-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="527" height="517"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Middleton</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Estevan Wowing Them In SJHL—Melville Jumps

<div class="byline">By BOB GIORDANO</div><p>KELOWNA. B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Although senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; hockey has not been part of the Okanagan sport menu this season, (for the first time in 13 years) it will return shortly on an amalgamated scale.</p><p>Vernon Canadians coach Odre Lowe, and former Kelowna Packer pilot Jim Middleton have knitted together a collection of allstars from the three valley centres of Penticton, Kelowna and Vernon, and with this will carry the colors from the Okanagan along the Allan Cup trail.</p><p>Majority of the players are those who have played in the now defunct Okanagan senior league, for many years. From Penticton there&rsquo;s Don Slater, and high scoring winger Walter Peacosh.</p><p>Kelowna&rsquo;s contribution include Jim Middleton, one of the alltime great left wingers in the league, who has played under the Kelowna colors since 1948. Then also will be Kelowna Junior Buckaroos coach Brian Roche, another high scoring winger; Bill (Bugs) Jones, a former American League centreman; Mike Durban a ten year campaigner of Okanagan action; and Joe Kaiser, another mainstay of the Kelowna Packers.</p><p>Largest contribution to the all-stars will emenate from Vernon. These include Odie Lowe; Merv Bidoski, Sherman Blair, Walt Trentini, Johnny Harms. Don Jakes, Art Davison, O.S.H.L. allstar defenseman Tom Stecyk: Ron Morgan, and veteran metminder Hal Gordon.</p><p>The all-stars have been holding regular workouts in preparation for a number of exhibition games planned They will enter the British Columbia senior playoffs in February against the Kootenay winners, and unless there&rsquo;s a real upset, the Trail Smoke-Eaters will supply plenty of power and condition for the all-stars.</p><p>Meanwhile in the W.I.H.L. Bobby Kromm&rsquo;s Smokies haven&rsquo;t let up one bit, and have taken a large lead over their nearest rivals, Nelson Maple Leafs. The Smokies have 40 points in 21 games played, which is 20 points better than the Maple Leafs. The young hustling Kimberley Dynamiters are in third with 10 points, followed by Rossland, who have three wins.</p><p>In the individual scoring race, three top positions are held by Trail players. Leading the race is home-brew Adolf Tambellini. The 25-year-old centreman, enjoying one of his best seasons, has 26 goals, which is tops in the league, and 15 assists for 41 points Three points back with 38 is diminutive left winger Pinoke McIntyre, while centreman Dave Rusnel, in his second season with the Smokies has 15 goals and 19 helpers.</p><p>On the Okanagan junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; hockey scene, the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association has taken a second look at a suspension of two years handed Wayne Horning, a star player from Kelowna Buckaroos last month.</p><p>The original suspension extended to September 30th, 1963.</p><p>An appeal launched by Buckaroos officials at a meeting with the B.C.A.H.A. brass, has resulted in the suspension to now expire on December 31st, 1962. In other words Hornings suspension was chopped by nine months.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02310/1772779-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="274" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom Stecyk</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Okanagan Stars Group Together For Cup Battle

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div><p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>ight years ago a 24-year-old left winger from Toronto established new Maritime scoring records for both goals and points in a season as he led the Halifax Atlantics to the Canadian Major Hockey Championship and the Alexander Trophy.</p><p>Feeling was that the fabulous one-season marks set by Billy Ford would never be broken. He piled up a total of 77 goals in the 78-game schedule and added 60 assists for 137 points.</p><p>Now a new scoring wizard has hit the Maritime hockey trail and the pace he is setting could enable him to come close to, or break, the marks set by Ford in the 1953-54 campaign.</p><p>Alain Caron, who joined the Maritime champion Amherst Ramblers from the Quebec Aces, is setting a torrid pace at the top of the scoring race in the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League.</p><p>The changing of the calendar didn&rsquo;t hurt the wizardry of Caron; in fact, it brought him the biggest day of the season for the stocky winger. He was a one-man show on New Year&rsquo;s Day as Ramblers smothered second place Moncton Beavers 16-5 at Amherst.</p><p>Caron scored six goals in the game, and added an assist. Three of his goals came within a 27-sec-ond interval in the second period, a new speed record for Maritime hockey. He fired another goal after only six seconds of play in the third.</p><p>The holiday flurry left Caron with 42 goals and 31 assists for 73 points in 25 games. His 73 points tied the league record established a year ago by co-winners of the scoring title, Moe Lamirande and Shermie White. His 42 goals was only three short of the loop mark of 45, set by Lamirande a year ago.</p><p>Whether or not Caron can establish new Maritime marks depends to a great deal on the length of the schedule. The present setup has the NSSHL grind ending a 40-game haul late in January. However, talk is general that the campaign will be lengthened to either 48 or 56 games.</p><p>If the schedule ends after 40 games, Caron will have to pick up his pace slightly to erase Ford&rsquo;s marks that were set in almost twice as many games.</p><p>Caron&rsquo;s 73 points not only tied the loop record for one season but it gave him an enormous 23-point lead at the head of the scoring race. He is now a shoo-in to take the title.</p><p>Ramblers meanwhile had opened up a 10-point lead over Beavers with their New Year&rsquo;s Day verdict. At the same time the Windsor Maple Leafs, under new playing coach Hughie Campbell, beat the New Glasgow Rangers and moved past their rivals into third place.</p><p>Rangers continued their skid, hitting as low as fourth place for the first time this season. They held only a three-point margin over the last place Halifax Wolverines.</p><p><b>ATLANTIC BREEZES</b>&hellip;Germain Munger, linemate of Alain Caron, took a week off for Christmas and dropped from second to seventh place in the scoring race. He had been in second slot throughout the early weeks of the schedule&hellip;Nelson Wilson of the Rangers, with the 300th goal of his senior career in the record books, moved into second place with a 13-point week flurry&hellip;Bob Bowness of the Maple Leafs held onto third place&hellip;Ramblers were sticking with Emery &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Cormier in goal. He replaced Charlie MacTavish when the latter received a four-game suspension but stayed in the nets when the suspension ended&hellip;Another goalie change occurred at Halifax where Gary Doggett replaced Jack MacLean in the twines.</p><h2>Goal Happy</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03231/1772810-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="535" height="845"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alain Caron</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Caron Threatens Ford’s All-Time MSHL Records

<div class="byline">By DOUG McLELLAN</div><p>IROQUOIS FALLS, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The Abitibi Eskimos are going to finish the season in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association Senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; League. A few days ago owner-manager Jim Munsie announced that the club would fold and offered to give the team to anyone interested in picking up the tab needed to keep it in operation in the four-team league.</p><p>There were no takers but some 200 fans rallied to keep the club in the league. They pledged to work with a newly-formed booster club which will raise money for the hockey team.</p><p>Munsie took over the club three seasons ago, right after a new arena and community centre were built in Iroquois Falls, but crowds haven&rsquo;t been as large as the gatherings jammed into the old building.</p><p>The result has been that each season he has lost money and last week, Munsie decided to throw in the towel.</p><p>It is felt in this league that an average home crowd of 1,000 is needed if a club is to break even. To date, the Eskies have averaged 800, slightly higher than last season. The only difference is that last year a strong booster club aided the team.</p><p>As the Abitibi district is small in comparison to the other three areas in the league, the Eskimos have to bring in most of their hockey players. Last season they had three players from Kirkland Lake. That meant a 150-mile round trip to practices and games. In order to cut down on expenses, Munsie released Bobby Smith and Joe Howes to Rouyn-Noranda and Charlie Marshall, the third of the Kirkland players with the Eskies, hung up his blades.</p><p>But the club still has to bring in a half dozen players from the Timmins area who commute the 80 miles for each game and workout. And so, the operation of the Eskies is a costlier proposition than is faced by the other three clubs.</p><p>But with the newly-pledged support, the Eskies are going to finish the season.</p><p>HERE AND THERE: Eddie Kulik of the Porcupine Flyers is still leading the point race but he&rsquo;s getting stiff opposition from Del Franche and Billy Colvin of the Royun-Noranda Alouettes&hellip;The Kapuskasing GM&rsquo;s are leading the league by a slim two-point margin over the Als&hellip;Bobby McNeil, who broke his knee-cap while playing for the Flyers against the Als two weeks ago, is out of hospital and back at his teaching post in Schumacher. The feeling is that he&rsquo;ll probably never play again.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Abitibi Club To Finish Out Year

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01370/1772865-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3><p>1. N.H.L. coach pictured in centre.</p><p>4. Initials of McMillan of Pittsburgh.</p><p>6. Mrs. Ed Litzenberger is a native of this country (abbr.)</p><p>7. Number of goals scored by Stan Mikita last season.</p><p>10. N.H.L. officials use these to make signals.</p><p>11. Initials of Spokane&rsquo;s netminder.</p><p>13. Complete initials of Art LaRiviere of Calgary.</p><p>16. Paid notice, (abbr.)</p><p>17. Name given a Leaf defenseman.</p><p>19. Initials of player who wears No. 14 for Toronto.</p><p>20. Number of games Jack Evans missed last season.</p><p>21. Whether.</p><p>24. Short for first name of Toronto&rsquo;s publicist.</p><p>26. Friend (Fr.)</p><p>28. This N.H.L. linesman was recently under suspension.</p><p>30. Former Ranger defenseman, first name Fred.</p><p>32. North East (abbr.)</p><p>33. Second name of Ranieri of Providence.</p><p>35. Initials of Kraftcheck of Rochester.</p><p>36. What Glen Hall guards.</p><h3>DOWN</h3><p>1. Player obtained by Canadiens from Rangers last summer.</p><p>2. Given name of 14 down.</p><p>3. First name of Locas of Spokane.</p><p>4. Month in which Marcel Pronovost celebrates his birthday.</p><p>5. Initials of Schmidt, ex-Boston coach.</p><p>8. Erbium (Sym.)</p><p>9. Initials of McVie of Portland.</p><p>12. Pat Stapleton&rsquo;s second name.</p><p>14. AHL&rsquo;s Garrett Memorial Trophy winner of 1960-61.</p><p>15. Former N.H.L. referee.</p><p>18. Prefix.</p><p>22. Type of food most hockeyists avoid.</p><p>23. Requisite for broken limbs.</p><p>25. One of the Buffalo Bisons answers to this.</p><p>27. Initials of Henderson, former Boston defenseman.</p><p>28. Where most teams prefer to play on Christmas night.</p><p>29. Toronto&rsquo;s spot in the standing at the end of the 1960-61 season (abbr.)</p><p>31. Short for first name of a Black Hawk forward.</p><p>34. Pronoun.</p><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3><p>1. Murphy</p><p>5. R.T.</p><p>7. Ott.</p><p>9. Races</p><p>12. Apr.</p><p>13. Whitey</p><p>14. A.A.</p><p>15. Len.</p><p>17. Cyr</p><p>18. Ont.</p><p>19. Rio</p><p>20. Des.</p><p>23. Nursing.</p><p>26. R.P.</p><p>28. Oat</p><p>29. Taurus</p><p>30. On</p><p>31. Ht.</p><p>32. T.K.</p><h3>DOWN</h3><p>1. Mar.</p><p>2. Richardson</p><p>3. Host</p><p>4. YT.</p><p>6. Toronto</p><p>8. Taylor</p><p>10. Away</p><p>11. E.I.</p><p>16. Enio</p><p>17. Cudworth</p><p>21. Hit</p><p>22. Egan</p><p>24. Rout</p><p>25. Sask.</p><p>27. Pat.</p><p>30. Or<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By LEN GAUDETTE</div><p><b>(As told to The Hockey News)</b></p><p>(Len Gaudette is the General Manager of the Galt Terriers, the 1960-61 Allan Cup winners. Members of the Ontario Senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; Hockey Association and Canada&rsquo;s representatives at the 1962 world hockey tournament at Colorado Springs next March. Mr. Gaudette reported the following story about his Terriers when THE HOCKEY NEWS asked him what kind of a team will represent Canada at the Tournament.)</p><p>GALT, Ont&mdash;</p><p>In just over two months time, the World Amateur Hockey championships will be underway in Colorado Springs, with eight countries in class &ldquo;A&rdquo; division playing for the world title. Eighteen countries will be represented in three classifications.</p><p>Canada will be represented by the Galt Terriers, Allan Cup winners in 1961.</p><p>From the day we started organizing last May for this tournament, I knew we&rsquo;d run into problems and disappointments.</p><p>Main concern of the Galt management is to recruit the type of team that will fit together properly. Another problem is raising the required financial help to properly send the team on its way.</p><p>The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association with Jack Roxburgh as President has been very cooperative with their guidance and financial grants. Nevertheless it isn&rsquo;t quite enough to pay all the administration costs.</p><p>We won&rsquo;t get any Federal Gov&rsquo;t aid, unless a National Advisory Council is organized quickly to disperse of the $5,000.000.</p><p>We have asked time and again for some financial backing from the Government, but have been turned down. The Provincial gov&rsquo;t has donated $1,200.00.</p><p>A fund-raising campaign under Chairman Syl Assadoorian is underway in Galt now.</p><p>The team has figured on certain key players to bolster their line-up, and then would receive word that they could not get a &ldquo;leave of absence&rdquo; from their jobs.</p><p>Retired pro players are interested in lining up with the team. We have been working on getting reinstatements for nearly two solid months on two players.</p><p>The pros&rsquo; top brass, and C.A.H.A. President Roxburgh really went to bat for us.</p><p>Despite our problems we at Galt are willing to accept the responsibility of forming a Canadian representative for the games at Colorado Springs, U.S.A.</p><p>When the opening game is underway at the World tournament we&rsquo;ll have a contender that&rsquo;ll be a credit to our game of hockey.</p><p>We expect to obtain such players as Tod Sloan, Rudy Migay, Jackie McLeod, from Moose Jaw, Harry Smith, with Trail, Gordon Dibley, with Winnipeg Maroons, &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Martin, now with Johnstown Jets, Bobby Brown, of Windsor Bulldogs, Billy McNeill, former Edmonton Flyers. Approximately nine of the Allan Cup Galt squad will win a berth on the World Tournament team.</p><h2>Will Terriers Get Them?</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04238/1772917-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="268" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jackie McLeod</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05186/1772910-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="265" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Rudy Migay</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06161/1772903-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="267" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tod Sioan</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07150/1772896-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="280" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Billy McNeill</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Galt Team Low On Funds; Won’t Get Gov’t Aid

<div class="byline">BY FRANK MAHOVLICH</div><h2>THE BREAKAWAY</h2><p>The &ldquo;breakaway&rdquo; is one of hockey&rsquo;s most exciting plays but one of the more difficult to execute perfectly.</p><p>There are two ways to beat the goalie, by the so-called &ldquo;deke&rdquo; and the close-in shot. I, personally, prefer to shoot from about 10 to 15 feet because unless the goalie has come away out his nets, it&rsquo;s almost impossible for him to move quickly enough to make a save PROVIDING YOUR SHOT IS ON AN OPEN PIECE OF THE NETS.</p><p>If, however, the goalie come away out of his nets, it&rsquo;s almost impossible for him to move quickly enough to make a save PROVIDING YOUR SHOT IS ON AN OPEN PIECE OF THE NETS.</p><p>Make mental notes on the goalies you play against, watch their styles defending against the breakaway.</p><p><b>For instance, Chicago&rsquo;s Glen Hall will come out, then because he&rsquo;s quick, he&rsquo;ll drop back just to confuse you.</b></p><p>Leaf&rsquo;s Johnny Bower gives you an opening, then closes it up tight. And you&rsquo;ll never get the same opening twice so don&rsquo;t try guessing against his type.</p><p>General rule? Shoot. You have to shoot to score.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02329/1772955-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="153" height="304"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03294/1772948-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="221" height="471"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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