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March 17, 1962

The Hockey News March 17, 1962

<p>&ldquo;<i>you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</i></p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3>(Standings On Wed., A.M., March 14)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01454/1896487-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="577" height="188"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sun., March 11)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02387/1896480-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="576" height="2643"></div><h3><b>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1961-62</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03307/1896473-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="578" height="654"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS:</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04241/1896466-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="568" height="148"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 6 New York 5 at Detroit 4</b></h3><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Cahan, Langlois, Harvey, Spencer; forwards; Wilson, Balon, Schinkel, Hannigan, Gendron, Bathgate, Ingarfield, Hebenton, Henry, Hampson, Prentice.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Bassen; defense: Gadsby, Godfrey. Price, Pronovost, Odrowski; forwards: LaForge, Delvecchio. Howe, Jeffrey, Ullman. Macdonald, Fonteyne, Kennedy, Stasiuk, Boileau, McGregor.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05184/1896459-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="589" height="743"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 8 Toronto 1 at Montreal 1</b></h3><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Bower; defense: Horton, Stanley, Brewer, Batin. Arbour; forwards: Kelly, Shack, Mahovlich, Harris, Armstrong, Olmstead, Pul ford, Nevin, Duff, Litzenberger. Stewart.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defense: Talbot, Johnson, J. C. Tremblay. MacNeil, Fontinato; forwards: Beliveau, G. Tremblay, Backstrom, Geoffrion, Marshall, Goyette, Provost, Moore, Carter, Hicke.</p><p>Referee: Udvari. Linesmen: Armstrong, Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06149/1896452-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="591" height="547"></div><h3><b>Detroit 3 at Boston 0</b></h3><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Bassen: defense: Price, M. Pronovost, Godfrey, Gadsby, Odrowski; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, LaForge, Ullman, Jeffrey, MacDonald, Kennedy, Stasiuk, Fonteyne, MacGregor, Boileau.</p><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Gamble; defense: Westfall, Mohns, Stapleton, Green; forwards: McKenney, Toppazzini, Burns, Oliver, Connelly, Bucyk. Pennington, Williams, A. Pronovost, Meissner, Leach.</p><p>Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Hayes, Atanas.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07121/1896445-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="581" height="406"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Boston 2 at Montreal 5</b></h3><p>Boston&mdash;&mdash;goal: Gamble; defence: Mohns, Westfall, Stapleton, Green; forwards: Bums, Leach, Toppazzinl, Oliver. Connelly, Bucyk, McKenney, Williams, Pronovost, Pennington.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defense; Johnson, Talbot, J. C. Tremblay, MacNeil, Fontinato; forwards: Geoffrion, Rousseau, Backstrom, Hicke, Goyette, G. Tremblay, Marshall, Carter, Beliveau, Provost. Moore.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-08103/1896438-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="570" height="564"></div><h3><b>Detroit 0 at Toronto 2</b></h3><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Bassen; defence; Gadsby, Godfrey, Odrowski, Pronovost, Price; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, La-Forge, Ullman, Jeffrey, Stasiuk. Boileau, MacGregor, MacDonald, Fonteyne, Kennedy.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Simmons; defense: Brewer. Baun, Horton, Arbour, Stanley; forwards: Mahovlich, Kelly, Nevin, Duff, Armstrong, Stewart, Harris. Olmstead, Pulford. Litzenberger, Shack.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0985/1896431-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="580" height="422"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY. MARCH 11 Montreal 2 at New York 1</b></h3><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante; defence: Johnson, Talbot, Fontinato, J. C. Tremblay, MacNeil; forwards: Beliveau, G. Tremblay, Rousseau, Backstrom, Moore, Geoffrion, Marshall, Hicke, Goyette, Provost, Carter.</p><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defence: Howell, Cahan, Langlois, Harvey, Spencer; forwards: Hampson, Schinkel, Wilson, Ingarfield, Bathgate, Prentice, Balon, Hebenton, Henry, Hannigan, Gendron.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1071/1896424-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="571" height="403"></div><h3><b>Toronto 3 at Chicago 2</b></h3><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Simmons; defense: Baun. Brewer, Horton, Stanley, Arbour; forwards: Mahovlich, Kelly, Nevin, Armstrong. Harris, Duff, Olmstead, Shack, Pulford.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defense; Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Evans, St. Laurent;</p><p>forwards: Hay, Balfour, Hull, Fleming, Horvath. Murphy, Melnyk. McDonald, Nesterenko, Wharram, Mikita.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1159/1896417-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="589" height="547"></div><h3><b>Detroit 2 at Boston 2</b></h3><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Bassen; defense; Pronovost. Gadsby, Godfrey, Price. Odrowski; forwards; LaForge, Delvecchio, Howe, Jeffrey, Ullman. MacDonald, Fonteyne, MacGregor, Boileau, Kennedy.</p><p>Boston&mdash;goal: Gamble; defense; Stapleton. Mohns, Green, Westfail, Boivin; forwards: McKenney. Oliver, Connelly, Toppazzini, Pennington, Bums, Williams, Pronovost, Meissner.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1243/1896410-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="578" height="419"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BUSTER CLEGG</div><p>PROVIDENCE. R. I.&mdash;</p><p>Thanks to the pinpoint sharpshooting of rookie Pierre Briliant, the Rhode Island Reds are making a strong stretch bid for third place in the AHL&rsquo;s Eastern Division, and a post-season playoff spot.</p><p>Brillant, 29-year-old rookie sensation of the Reds has, at this writing, fired 30 goals for the campaign, and is pacing the Providence team in its late drive towards the playoffs.</p><p>A few days back, just when it looked as if the Reds were doomed for last place in the East, Mr. Brillant took charge of the dangerous situation.</p><p>It was the weekend of March 2-4, and the Reds were faced with a testing three-games in three nights, two of them on the road, and embarking upon the troublesome trio, they trailed Quebec by six points in the fight for third.</p><p>Pierre took it from there. Exploding for five big goals, the native of Rimouski, Quebec won Friday night&rsquo;s game in overtime at Rochester, pumped three more in Pittsburgh on Saturday to pace the Reds in a 10-4 triumph, and produced another on Sunday as the Reds nipped Springfield, 2-1.</p><p>End result of Pierre&rsquo;s fantastic weekend was that the Reds gained four points on Quebec, and Brillant added more meat to his impressive goal-scoring output.</p><p>At 29 years of age, Pierre Brillant is one of the oldest skaters ever to compete in the AHL rookie race. In quest of the Dudley (Red) Garrett award, the slender right winger just meets eligibility rules. Back in 1954-55, he played 19 games with the Reds, but it was two short of the 21 which would have disqualified him from later competition.</p><p>Back in 1952-53, Pierre began a string of disappointing pro tryouts, serving with Quebec, New Westminster, Valleyfield, Providence, and Three Rivers before deciding to give up the notion and return to amateur hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;Back in those days,&rdquo; Pierre said in his pleasant French manner, &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t put the puck in an open net. I think when I played in Providence before, I missed about six or seven breakaways.&rdquo;</p><p>When the slender sniper did return to the amateurs, he began a fabulous career in the senior ranks which has become a legend in the International League.</p><p>For the past five years Pierre, with always a hope that he might return to the pros, earned the fabulous total of 249 goals in the IHL, was chosen MVP on two occasions. and was selected to the AllStar team on all five occasions.</p><p>Why the sudden improvement? &ldquo;I learned to relax,&rdquo; Pierre answered. &ldquo;When I first broke into the pros, I was pressing too much. Now I take my time in shooting, and have much more success.&rdquo;</p><p>As much as he hoped to return to pro hockey, and as great as his record showed each season in the IHL, Brillant was still overlooked year after year. &ldquo;I had just about given up hope when Terry Reardon (Reds general manager) invited me to attend this year&rsquo;s training camp. Of course, I jumped at the opportunity.&rdquo;</p><p>Pierre did attend, and was promptly tagged the &ldquo;Rimouski Flash&rdquo; because of his colorful, wide-open, breaking style. The 5&rsquo;9&rdquo;, 155 pound winger displayed long unseen stickhandling art, and amazed local followers with his un-canny accuracy in shooting. When it came contract time, Reardon quickly inked him to the dotted line.</p><p>Since the beginning of the season, Pierre has scorched the league. As leading marksman of the Reds, he has taken no opponent lightly, scoring on all seven enemy teams. He has displayed remarkable form both at home and on the road, firing 18 here in Providence, and 12 on foreign rinks. Five of his goals have been winning markers, more than that of any other Reds player.</p><p>What of his storybook return to pro hockey? Pierre acts like an eager rookie. &ldquo;This has been wonderful! Ferny Flaman (Reds player-coach) has given me great confidence, and has played me on a regular shift throughout the sea-son. My linemates have been terrific, particularly Serge Boudreault and Stan Baliuk, two of the centers who have been setting me up.&rdquo;</p><p>At 29-years-old then, Pierre Brillant, who physically resembles the great Roger Bedard of a few years back, and who carries an educated stick of Camille Henry&rsquo;s type, has emerged as one of the leading candidates for this season&rsquo;s &ldquo;rookie of the year&rdquo; honors.</p><p>Mild-mannered and pleasant speaking, Brillant views his future with optimism. &ldquo;I think I have some very good years left in my legs, but only time will tell. I will have hockey as long as hockey will have me,&rdquo; he concluded with a resigning smile.</p><p>The Rhode Island Reds have had some fine rookies in recent seasons, namely Bruce Cline, Bill Sweeney, Stan Baliuk, and George Ranieri. Sweeney, in scoring 31 goals in his rookie year of 1957-58, is the highest producing freshman in Reds history, but Pierre Brillant seems destined to break this mark while he leads the hard-working Reds down the playoff trail.</p><h2>Flashy Rooster</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01420/1896293-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="530" height="774"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pierre Brillant</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Brillant Brilliant As Reds Make Basil For 3rd

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GREAT MOMENTS IN HOCKEY GREAT MOMENTS IN SMOKING

<div class="byline">By SAMUEL POMPEI</div><p>SPRINGFIELD. Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Smoothie Bill Sweeney of the Springfield Indians is continuing his assault on club and American Hockey League records.</p><p>When the clever center scored his 30th goal recently, he broke <i>a</i> Tribe standard and tied an AHL mark.</p><p>He became the first Indian in history ever to score 30 or more goals for three consecutive seasons and at the same time tied the league record of having scored 30 or more goals for five consecutive campaigns.</p><p>The AHL mark was held by Murdo Mackay of the Buffalo Bisons.</p><p>But Sweeney&rsquo;s feat is much more remarkable than even Macway&rsquo;s because the Indian scoring ace did it in his first five season&rsquo;s while Mackay didn&rsquo;t start his string until his third year of competition.</p><p>Sweeney tallied 31 goals in his first two seasons with Providence and Buffalo and then counted 37 and 40 his next two with the Indians.</p><p>On March 2nd, he connected for his 30th marker of this season.</p><p>As for other club records, Sweeney is the first Tribesman to hit the 100 or more points a season plateau&mdash;last year with 108, while winning the circuit&rsquo;s scoring title.</p><p>He is only the second Indian ever to win the scoring honor. Pete Kelly is the other with 78 points back in 1941-42.</p><p>Sweeney is also the Tribe&rsquo;s highest assist man in a single season, with 68 last year.</p><p>Now if he should take the scoring honors again this season, he would become only the second man in the history of the AHL to do it two years running, a feat accomplished only by Jack Markle of the old Syracuse Stars, from 1936 38.</p><p>As the middleman on a line with Billy McCreary and Bruce Cline, Sweeney appears to be a cinch to make the all-star team and has good shots at the scoring title and the circuit&rsquo;s most valuable player award.</p><p>Each of those honors carry an extra $300.</p><p>Incidentally, collecting extra cash has been a Sweeney habit ever since joining the AHL five years ago. He was on a first place finisher three times and appears to be on another this year. The other season, with Providence, he eut a third-place slice.</p><p>That Bill isn&rsquo;t in the National League is a mystery to many. He had a couple of short flings but in neither did he get the real test by the New York Rangers.</p><p>He is now owned by the Springfield hockey club as the result of another in a series of brilliant deals by Owner Eddie Shore of the Tribe.</p><p>Shore gave up Kenny Schlnkel to the New York club for Sweeney, Cline and Jerry Foley.</p><h2>Sharpshooter</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02386/1896348-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="566" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Sweeney</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Sweeney Making Assault On Club And Loon Marks

<p>MONTREAL. Que&mdash;</p><p>Boston Bruins has played 19 consecutive games without a win in games up to the morning of March 12th. The record for most consecutive games without a win in one season is 21 and is held jointly by the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers.</p><p>Chicago went 21 games without a win during the 1950-51 season. They had 18 losses and three ties. New York played 21 winless games in 1943-44. They lost 17 and tied four during this infamous streak.</p><p>The Bruins defeated Chicago 5-3 on January 27th and then started their downward slide. During the 19-game streak without a win the Hub City team lost 15 and tied four.</p><p>Boston had allowed 296 goals to be scored against them in 66 games. With four games still to be played they stand a remarkable chance of setting a new goals-against record by a team in one season. The record is 310 goals and was set by the New York Rangers in a 50-game schedule in 1943-44.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hard Luck Bruins On Trail Of Two NHL Records

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The National Hockey League increased its bonus money to players on the top four teams by $36,000 this season. The top four clubs will slice up a bonus melon of $189,000 this year compared to a $153,000 jackpot of a year ago.</p><p>A total of $54,000 is awarded to the first four teams in the regular championship schedule played for the Prince of Wales Trophy. The team finishing the championship schedule in first place and Prince of Wales Trophy winners receives $27,000 from the League to be divided into 18 units. This works out on an 18 unit basis, to $1,500 per player. Players on the team that finishes in second place each receive a cheque for $750 on an 18 unit basis. Members of the third-place finishers are enriched by $500 apiece while the fourth-place team members receive $250 each. This too, is calculated on an 18 unit basis.</p><p>In each case, however, it is up to the individual club to decide how the money is split up among the players.</p><p>In previous years the money awarded to members of the first-place finishers was $1,000 per player, $500 for the second-place members. $350 for members of a third-place club and $150 for players on the fourth-place team. This too was calculated on a 18 players basis.</p><p>The $54,000 awarded to the top four teams this season is an increase of $18,000 over the $36,000 presented to the four teams last year.</p><p>There are two semi-final rounds played in the Stanley Cup playoffs (first-place team meets third-place team and second-place finishers clash with fourth-place finishers). Each series is the best four games out of seven. Players on the clubs that win the semi-final rounds each pockets a cheque for $1,500. This is up from the $1,250 they pulled down a year ago. Members of the losing teams in the semi-finals receive $750 apiece, the same amount as last year. This shows an increase of $9,000 in bonus money for the semi-final rounds.</p><p>The remaining $9,000 added incentive money is distributed among the two clubs that meet in the Stanley Cup finals. There is a difference of $1,000 per player between being a member of a Stanley Cup champion and a Stanley Cup finalist. Last year the players received $1,750 and $750.</p><p>Each player on the club that wins the Cup finals is the recipient of $2,000. Members of the Stanley Cup finalists are each awarded $1,000 apiece, based on a 18 unit cut-up.</p><p>A total of $135,000 is awarded to players engaging in the 1962 Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><p>In a nutshell here is how the $189,000 is allocated by the National Hockey League.</p><h2>REGULAR SCHEDULE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0752/1897674-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="576" height="197"></div><h2>STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0836/1897667-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="558" height="488"></div><h2>Playing For The Love Of It</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01281/1897660-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="2108" height="1695"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Majors Boost Playoff Jackpot

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Doug Harvey, who is somewhat responsible for the New York Rangers&rsquo; frisky behavior this season, may permanently quit Manhattan at the end of the present schedule.</p><p>But no one&mdash;not even Harvey&mdash;knows for sure at the moment.</p><p>This somewhat depressing (to Ranger followers) report about Harvey still is in the &ldquo;iffy&rdquo; stage. But this much is known:</p><p>* Despite a three-year contract, Harvey has the option to leave after the first season, if he so chooses.</p><p>* The thought of leaving New York is on his mind.</p><p>* His decision will be made by May in time to allow the Rangers to find another coach, if necessary.</p><p>* Money will have nothing to do with his decision.</p><p>Doug&rsquo;s thoughts on retirement first were made public by Milt Dunnell in the Toronto Star, were reiterated by Red Fisher in the Montreal Star and re-defined in New York by Dave Anderson of the Journal-American.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m going to do,&rdquo; Harvey said. &ldquo;I probably won&rsquo;t know until I get back to Montreal in the Spring and have a little time to think about it.&rdquo;</p><p>Pressures of playing, coaching, living an hour&rsquo;s drive from Madison Square Garden and moving his family to New York have inspired Harvey to wonder whether it&rsquo;s worth the $25,000 a year he is being paid.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a big change for me,&rdquo; Harvey allowed. &ldquo;There are a lot of things to consider.&rdquo;</p><p>The 37-year-old All-Star defenseman confirmed the retirement story quotes attributed to him recently but challenged a headline reading: &ldquo;Homesick Harvey May Quit Hockey.&rdquo; Harvey said he was not homesick.</p><p>What causes family-man Doug to wonder, is the effect the move from secure Montreal to strange New York has had on his family.</p><p>For example his son, Doug, Jr., was uprooted from his Montreal kids&rsquo; hockey team. True, he&rsquo;s playing on a sextet in Long Beach but it isn&rsquo;t like home.</p><p>On top of that there&rsquo;s reason to believe Harvey is disenchanted with his player-coach role. When he signed with the Rangers it was thought that he would do as much coaching as playing. But Muzz Patrick has been handling the team from the bench and there are reports that the Garden brass would like Harvey to play for two more years.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a lot of playing,&rdquo; Doug said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see how they can expect that. It&rsquo;s been hard this year. I don&rsquo;t feel as peppy as used to It&rsquo;s even hard to get &lsquo;up&rsquo; for some of the big games.&rdquo; Harvey is too proud to keep playing as just an average skater.</p><p>There also have been suggestions that Harvey and Patrick have disagreed on some policy matters. Patrick reportedly failed to consult Harvey on the waiving of center Ed Litzenberger at a time when the Rangers needed a center. Litz was picked up by Toronto.</p><p>Harvey also was reported to have been interested in old pro pivot Larry Regan who was available after being fired as Pittsburgh coach. But Regan was bypassed by Muzz.</p><p>Some observers blame Harvey&rsquo;s mixed feelings about returning on the fact that the Rangers, at best, will be a fourth place team. Spoiled by successes in Montreal, Harvey is alleged to be disgruntled with the comparative mediocrity of the Rangers.</p><p>Abandoning the Rangers&mdash;if he so chooses&mdash;will not be easy for Harvey.</p><p>The Graham-Paige Corp., owners of the club, will make every effort to induce him to stay, for obvious reasons. First, the Rangers have rung up their most lucrative season in history. And second, Harvey has kept the Rangers in the playoff hunt down to the wire.</p><p>But Harvey is an independent cuss. He has a business in Montreal to keep him going. Last summer he told this writer that he expected to be given free rein in coaching the club and if he didn&rsquo;t get it, he&rsquo;d leave.</p><p>Now it appears that he may not have been kidding.</p><h2>Disenchanted</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01379/1895631-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="506" height="810"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Harvey</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Doug Will Decide Future When Cheering Dies Down

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Neil Armstrong began the Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs game as a linesman here the other night&mdash;and finished it as the referee.</p><p>And Vern Buffey, who began the game as the referee, finished it in the penalty box.</p><p>Turning suddenly in the first period, Buffey sustained a severe muscle pull in his leg. He was unable to skate for the second period.</p><p>So Armstrong, a Toronto native whose only experience as a referee had been in a Junior &lsquo;B&rsquo; game five years ago, took on the referee&rsquo;s job while continuing his linesman&rsquo;s work with Walter Atanas of Springfield.</p><p>Before the start of the second period Armstrong wisely called Captains Don McKenney of the Bruins and George Armstrong of Toronto aside, explained the situation to them, and asked them to ask their players to cooperate with him. Both teams did.</p><p>The pinch-hitting referee then ran off the rest of the game smoothly with Buffey watching from the penalty box in case his experience was needed.</p><p>&ldquo;He did very well,&rdquo; said Manager Lynn Patrick of the Bruins when asked about Armstrong&rsquo;s work. &ldquo;Not only did he do a good job as a referee, he did his linesman&rsquo;s job at the same time. That&rsquo;s quite an assignment.&rdquo;</p><p>Armstrong&rsquo;s officiating also drew the praise of hockey writers here, all post-game stories complimenting him.</p><p>Armstrong, in his fourth year as an NHL official, is a career golf professional. He is head professional at Sarnia (Ont.) Golf Club, having moved to Sarnia after five years as an assistant professional at the Mississauga club in Toronto.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Armstrong Complimented In First Job As NHL Ref

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>How good is Bruce Gamble?</p><p>For the second straight year Gamble is finishing the Bruins&rsquo; schedule as their regular goalkeeper.</p><p>Last season he replaced Don Simmons and&rsquo; played out the schedule.</p><p>This season he replaced Don Head.</p><p>By the time the Bruins finish up later this month, Gamble will have played more than 80 games in goal in the National Hockey League.</p><p>Does he have major league ability? Is he better than his goals-against average indicates?</p><p>Is he the Bruins&rsquo; goalkeeper for the future?</p><p>Those are questions applicable to the 23-year-old Gamble.</p><p>And no other NHL goalkeeper has tried to answer them under more testing conditions.</p><p>Playing goal for a last-place team which knows it cannot finish any place else but last must be the worst job in hockey. And evaluating the ability of the occupant of the position is difficult.</p><p>Will the stocky Gamble be the Bruins&rsquo; goalkeeper next season? Among those who do not know is Lynn Patrick, the Bruins&rsquo; manager and the man who picks his team&rsquo;s goalkeepers.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know, I don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; said Patrick. &ldquo;All I know right now is that Gamble is the best goalkeeper we have available. Otherwise he would not be playing for us.</p><p>&ldquo;Goalkeeping is a separate part of hockey,&rdquo; said Patrick, &ldquo;and I don&rsquo;t know of anyone who has ever been able to define what makes a good goalie. I know I don&rsquo;t know. All I know about goalkeeping is that the goalie who keeps the puck out of the&rsquo; nets is a good one.</p><p>Gamble has made as many as 51 saves in a game this season, since coming up from Portland&rsquo; of the Western League. In an-other game he made 48 saves. A game in which he does not have in excess of 30 saves would be the equivalent of a night off for Bruce.</p><p>Under the circumstances, does Patrick hold Gamble accountable for the soaring goals-against figures with, which the Bruins are finishing the season?</p><p>&ldquo;Some of the goals have been scored on him, naturally,&rdquo; said the Bruins&rsquo; boss, &ldquo;but it wouldn&rsquo;t be fair to pin the blame on him. I&rsquo;ve always felt a goalkeeper can&rsquo;t be better than his team.&rdquo;</p><p>Head, when he was here, drew criticism from the Bruins&rsquo; management for allowing what were called &ldquo;soft&rdquo; goals. Shortly after Gamble&rsquo;s promotion Phil Watson, Bruins&rsquo; coach, praised Bruce for his ability to make the &ldquo;big&rdquo; save.</p><p>Said Watson, &ldquo;He can come up with that save which gives a team a lift.&rdquo;</p><p>Gamble has surely made a sizeable number of spectacular saves. He has been notably proficient on breakaways. In one game with Toronto here he beat Dick Duff on a breakaway, then beat Ed Shack on the rebound of Duff&rsquo;s shot before teammates rushed to his aid.</p><p>The Bruins bought Gamble from the New York Rangers three years ago in the expectation that he would be their regular some day. The 200-pound husky from Port Arthur, Ontario, has certainly been having a tough time meeting their expectation.</p><p>But, what other goalie in the league has had to engage in the Don Quixote-style combat which has been Gamble&rsquo;s lot for two years? The answer is, no other.</p><h2>Not To Blame</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02361/1895686-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="540" height="804"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bruce Gamble</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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‘Gamble Best We Have’, Says Lynn Of Net Problem

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div><p>CHICAGO. Ill.&mdash;</p><p>The Chicago Black Hawks may or may not attain their regular season objective of second place in the 1961-62 National Hockey League race. They are a big 10 points behind Toronto with but six games to play.</p><p>But in the closing stages of the NHL race they are serving notice they have regained the rugged, rough-tough style of hockey that won the postseason Stanley Cup playoffs for them last year.</p><p>The latest demonstration came in their 5-2 victory over Montreal before 15,894 Chicago Stadium fans on March 4. The Black Hawks were once again the rugged team of last spring as the defense, particularly, asserted its muscles against the lighter, fastskating Canadiens.</p><p>After the game Chicago coach Rudy Pilous admitted his players were under orders to play it rough.</p><p>&ldquo;We got beat in Toronto earlier in the week because the defense was loose and we played poorly in Boston the next night for the same reason. We had a little talk about it and you could sure tell the difference in our play tonight.&rdquo;</p><p>Bobby Hull continues his fantastic rush toward a possible 50-goal season. He added four more during the week to give him 28 goals in his last 24 games. He has 44 on 64 games needing a goal a game in his final six games to tie the record held by Rocket Richard and Bernie Geoffrion.</p><p>Here is a rundown on the teams against which Hull has scored his first 44 goals.</p><p>Against Boston&mdash;14 goals. Six against Don Head, seven against Bruce Gamble, one against Ed Chadwick.</p><p>Against New York&mdash;9 goals. Eight against Lome Worsley, including one in an open net. One against Marcel Paille.</p><p>Against Detroit&mdash;9 goals. Seven against Terry Sawchuk, two against Hank Bassen.</p><p>Against Montreal&mdash;7 goals. All against Jacques Plante.</p><p>Against Toronto&mdash;5 goals. Four against Johnny Bower, one against Don Simmons.</p><p>During his scoring binge Hull has had only one big night&mdash;four goals gainst Terry Sawchuk in Detroit on February 1. In seven others he scored twice.</p><p>The Black Hawks have clinched third place in the NHL regular season race for the fourth straight season. This is a far cry from the previous 12 seasons when they made the Stanley Cup playoffs only once.</p><p>Stan Mikita has been suffering from a wrenched knee. He has been going at half speed with Jerry Melnyk filling in at center on the Scooter Line. He picked up his fifth goal of the year in the 5-2 win over Montreal on March 4.</p><p>The Black Hawks have three 20-goal scorers this season&mdash;matching their total of last year. The 20-goal men last season were Hull (31): Ron Murphy with 21&mdash;his first 20-goal year; and Murray Balfour with 21&mdash;also his first 20-goal season. He had totaled 18 his rookie season. Two others were close. Stan Mikita and Eric Nesterenko had 19 each. Ab McDonald had 17 goals.</p><p>Hull is the only repeater this season. He already has 44. Murphy has only 12 goals to date and Balfour, who has missed some 20 games this year, is at 14 goals. The two new Black Hawk 20-goal men, each for the first time in their NHL careers, are Mikita with 22 and McDonald with 21. Only other Black Hawk with a chance to hit 20 this season is veteran newcomer Bronco Horvath, who had 17 with six games to play.</p><h2>Pacesetter</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03328/1895717-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="560" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Hull</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Chi Now Under Orders To Play It Lot Rougher

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Goaler Glenn Hall of the Chicago Black Hawks was asked to pick an all-opponent team since he came into the NHL many years ago.</p><p>Hall chose the following: Goal: Jacques Plante, Montreal; Defense: Doug Harvey, Montreal; Bill Gadsby, New York: Centre; Jean Beliveau, Montreal; Right Wing: Gordie Howe, Detroit, with Richard and Geoffrion close behind. Left wing: Dickie Moore, Montreal.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Habs Dominate Hall’s All-Foe Team

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Tim Horton probably is the only hockey player with his own harem. His wife, Lori, and his three pretty daughters, do part-time modelling work for a Toronto agency.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Tim Not The Only Member Of Hortons In Public Eye

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02306/1895827-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>When Tim Horton, right, was playing with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League in 1952 he met pretty wife Lori, a professional figure skater. Frank Mathers, then a defenseman with the Hornets was best man at the wedding.</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Major league hockey almost had two Hortons. Tim&rsquo;s brother, Jerry, once was a highly rated prospect in Boston Bruins&rsquo; organization and played for their farm teams in the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series. He now plays senior hockey in North Bay.</p><h2>The Start Of The Horton Family<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Brother Jerry Once Rated Good Prospect By Bruins

<p><b>Follow the example of Tim Horton&mdash;enjoy BEE HIVE CORN SYRUP on bread, cereal, and pancakes.</b></p><p><b>All the Maple Leaf and Canadien hockey players use and recommend BEE HIVE CORN SYRUP exclusively.</b></p><p><b>For a free picture of Tim Horton or any member of Montreal Canadiens or Toronto Maple Leafs send one Bee Hive Corn Syrup collar or token; top from Durham Corn Starch or Ivory Laundry Starch; collar from St. Lawrence Corn Oil 25 oz. One collar, top, or token for each picture. Show your name and address, name of player you want, and mail to:</b></p><p><b>ST. LAWRENCE STARCH COMPANY LIMITED Dept. &ldquo;H&rdquo;, Port Credit, Ont.</b></p><p><b>Mounted pictures measure 5&rdquo;x7&rdquo;</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03199/1895865-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="582" height="992"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04123/1895858-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="290" height="642"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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GET TIM HORTON’S PICTURE FREE FROM BEE HIVE GOLDEN CORN SYRUF

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01378/1895772-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tim Horton&hellip; &hellip; He Started It</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont&mdash;</p><p>At Maple Leaf Gardens the other day, the hot stove forum was debating the toughness of various National Hockey League players. Names like Gordie Howe, Lou Fontinato and Pierre Pilote were mentioned. Then Punch Imlach, coach and general manager of the Maple Leafs, took the floor.</p><p>&ldquo;I think the strongest, toughest player in the National Hockey League is Tim Horton of the Leafs,&rdquo; he stated. &ldquo;In a way, of course, you can&rsquo;t call him a really tough player because he&rsquo;s, not mean the way, say, Howe is. Tim has to be riled up. But when he is, he&rsquo;s the best. I&rsquo;ve seen enough movies of him in action to know that.&rdquo;</p><p>By no stretch of the imagination could Horton be classified as a rough or crude hockey player. He never has surpassed 94 minutes in any of his 10 NHL seasons and his yearly average is around 70 minutes, which works out to approximately one minor penalty every two games. That is practically Lady Byng deportment for an aggressive defencement like Horton.</p><p>However, Horton&rsquo;s well-controlled Irish temper has been known to boil over and at times like that he utilizes tremendous physical strength. With muscles on top of muscles, he is about as powerful a player as there is in big-league hockey. Teammates think that in the service department of Tim Horton Motors, he holds the cars up when they are getting grease jobs. Tim can manhandle any player in the League and that includes strongmen like Bobby Hull and Jean Beliveau.</p><p>One memorable incident developed last winter when Horton, seated on the Leaf bench, was watching teammate Bert Olmstead absorbing punches from Lou Fontinato, then with New York Rangers. Tim finally couldn&rsquo;t stand it any longer, jumped over the boards and picked the 200-pound Fontinato bodily off Olmstead. Tim then started in to throw a few punches of his own. This touched off one of the liveliest brawls seen at the Gardens in recent years.</p><p>&ldquo;I started it, all right,&rdquo; Horton admitted later, his normal good spirits having returned. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting a little old for that sort of thing.&rdquo;</p><p>In face Horton became 32 years old on January 12. That qualifies him for membership in the Toronto veterans&rsquo; club. It is almost 13 years now since Myles Gilbert Horton graduated from Toronto&rsquo;s St. Michael&rsquo;s college and turned professional with Pittsburgh Hornets of the American League.</p><p>It took him three seasons of AHL apprenticeship before he earned promotion to Leafs in 1952. It was during his stay at Pittsburgh that he met his beautiful wife, Lori, a professional figure skater at that time.</p><p>The Horton career breaks down into three main sections. First, there was Horton the uninhibited, dashing rabble rouser who was on the NHL&rsquo;s second all-star team following the 1953-54 season. Then came a slight decline dating back to a 1955 accident when his jaw and leg were broken in a collision with Rangers&rsquo; Bill Gadsby. Now you have the mature, skillful, disciplined Horton of last season and this, how come?</p><p>Well, Tim was plagued with a persistent, mysterious leg injury last winter and missed several games because of it. When rest failed to produce improvement, he decided to resume playing again.</p><p>&ldquo;Rest isn&rsquo;t helping, so I might as well be playing as sitting,&rdquo; Tim reasoned.</p><p>But a funny thing happened. Since Horton couldn&rsquo;t skate with his customary abandon, he was unable to go on as many headlong charges down the ice. His defensive work in his own zone had to improve and he resumed his old status as one of hockey&rsquo;s top rearguards.</p><p>Horton&rsquo;s puck-carrying ability, plus a booming slap shot, always have made him an important part of Leafs&rsquo; attack. These skills also made him a prime favorite with Toronto fans. He is one of the best rushing defencemen in hockey and his slap shot is one of the hardest there is. He has scored 46 goals in nine and a half NHL campaigns. As a matter of fact, he even had a few whirls at right wing during Hap Day&rsquo;s regime as Leafs&rsquo; head strategist.</p><p>Horton has one problem, that of poor vision. In the Leaf dressing room, he is known as Magoo or Cousin Weakeyes. At one time, he wore contact lenses while playing and ordinary spectacles the rest of the time. Now he doesn&rsquo;t and his eyesight is seldom a problem. Occasionally, he loses track of the puck but not often enough to worry him or the team.</p><p>Jut-jawed Tim didn&rsquo;t make it to the NHL in time to play on Leafs&rsquo; last Stanley Cup team, the 1950-51 club. Therefore, his chief ambition in hockey, in the four or five seasons he has left, is to win the world professional cham-pionship. Secondary to that would be recognition as an all-star. Leafs never have failed to appreciate his worth. He always has been a regular, paired the last four years with Allan (Silent Sam) Stanley.</p><p>Horton and Stanley are two of senses of humor. Tim is a fast man with a quip.</p><p>Horton&rsquo;s a Nortnern Ontario man. He was born in Cochrane and spends his summers in Ferris, a suburb of North Bay. Tim Horton Motors has a location there, as well as in North Toronto. These successful enterprises, of course, ensure him of a comfortable future.</p><p>Right now, of course, his primary concern is the forthcoming Stanley Cup playoffs, where Leafs figure to be extremely tough, now that they&rsquo;ve shaken off their prolonged slump. Victories over Boston and Detroit hinted the decline was past; a bruising, convincing 4-2 decision over Chicago Black Hawks clinched it.</p><p>The pattern was established: Leafs would finish second and meet either Detroit or New York in the first semi-final round. Because they&rsquo;re heading for the playoffs on the crest of sound play (Punch Imlach&rsquo;s deadline for a full and fit team was March 1) they like their chances this spring. And Horton&rsquo;s muscular work back of the blueline and his swashbuckling charges up the rink in the vanguard of Leafs attacks will be an important reason why they might be correct.</p><h2>Muscleman Of The Leafs<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Horton Just Doesn’t Get Mad In Play

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p><b>Founded October 1st, 1947 35</b></p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly Moy through September by</b></p><p><b>Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</b></p><p><b>1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Ken McKenzie. President end Publisher</b></p><p><b>Will V. Cote, Vice-Pres.& Gen. Mgr.</b></p><p><b>Len Bramson, Editor-In-Chief</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth: $4.00 in the U.$.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 MONTREAL, MARCH 17, 1962 No. 24</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/f0004-02409/1895934-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="368" height="390"></div><p><b>&bull; ANDY HEBENTON</b> celebrated his 500th consecutive game as a member of the New York Rangers with his 17th goal. He also garnered an assist&hellip; Larry Cahan has scored two goals for the Rangers this season and both were against Hank Bassen of Detroit&hellip; Cahan and Bassen were teammates at Vancouver&hellip; Another Ranger, Andy Bathgate, stands a good chance of setting a new NHL assists record. The record is 58 and is held by Jean Beliveau of Canadiens. Andy had 54 with six games still to play&hellip; Parker MacDonald, Sydney, N. S.&rsquo;s gift to the National Hockey League, has been playing first-rate hockey for Detroit in recent weeks. Parker was the key man in Detroit&rsquo;s recent 4-2 win over New York with two goals. He is one of the few Maritime-born and developed players to make good in the NHL&hellip; Bobby Bauer, the former star left winger on Boston&rsquo;s Kraut Line, insists that Chicago&rsquo;s Bobby Hull has the hardest shot in the National Hockey League since Charley Conacher and his former linemate Woody Dumart&hellip; Bill Durnan, six-time winner of the Vezina Trophy, is quite a curling buff these days&hellip; Any talk to the contrary, Doug Harvey will be back as coach of the New York Rangers next season&hellip; Bobby Hull had 43 goals with seven games still to play&hellip; Boom Boom Geoffrion had an identical record a year ago&hellip; The Boomer then scored seven goals in five games to notch his 50. He went scoreless the final two games of the season&hellip; Phil Watson says Doug Mohns is the top NHL defenseman. The Boston veteran would probably be an All-Star if he toiled for any club but the last-place Bruins&hellip; &ldquo;I never really appreciated Mohns when he played against me,&rdquo; said Coach Watson, &ldquo;but as his coach I know how good he is. He goes both ways and gives out 100 percent. Offensively he&rsquo;s better than any defenseman in the League in lugging the puck out of his end.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03333/1895927-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="295" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Allan Stanley</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>GREENSBORO</b> and Knoxville drew the most people to Eastern Hockey League games this season&hellip; Knoxville had a very successful first year in hockey&hellip; Nashville, Tennessee will have a new 10,000 seat building ready by next fall and they are anxious to get a franchise in the Eastern loop&hellip; Jacksonville, Florida is also interested in getting a team in this far-flung circuit which has teams playing against each other over 1,000 miles apart. It is 1,013 miles from Clinton, N. Y. in the north to Knoxville in the south&hellip; Claude Cyr, Glen Cressman, players with Knoxville and Coach Don Labelle were all recipients of awards by the Knoxville fans&hellip; Allan Stanley, 36-year-old defenseman with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has been playing great hockey of late. Allan&rsquo;s played his best hockey the last few years&hellip; Most of Bobby Hull&rsquo;s rivals like his chances of getting 50 goals this season&hellip; Boston may set two NHL records&hellip; Most goals against by a team (Record is 310 goals and was set by New York Rangers in a 50-game schedule in 194344) and most consecutive games without a win. (Record is 21 and is held by New York and Chicago).&hellip; The Bruins have played 19 straight games without a win. They have lost 15 and tied four&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04277/1895920-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="284" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Mohns</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p><b>(HOCKEY NEWS correspondent Stan Fischler made his annual pilgrimage to Springfield last week for the Indian-Cleveland Barons game to scout the cream of the American League crop. Here are his findings.)</b></p><p>At least five overlooked players on Cleveland and Springfield, the top American Hockey League teams, are comp etent enough to make the grade in the NHL today.</p><p>They are forwards Jim Mikol, Hank Ciesla and Billy McCreary and defensemen Aldo Guidolin and Kent Douglas.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05249/1895965-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="299" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill McCreary</b></figcaption></div><p>The AHL pot &lsquo;o talent has more. Forwards Bill Sweeney, Ron Attwell and Floyd Smith and back-liners Gary Bergman, Bill Needham and Bob McCord all rate more than passing observation by NHL sages.</p><p>Only Clevelanders Guidolin and Mikol belong to NHL clubs; Guidolin is Ranger property and Mikol is tied up with Montreal. The others are contracted to the AHL clubs.</p><p>What many students of the shinny scene can not fathom is why&mdash;if these players supposedly are so good&mdash;they are not residing in the NHL right now.</p><p>The answers vary from player to player and include such tangibles as whims of general managers and exhorbitant price tags set by owners of the talent, causing players to be undesirable.</p><p>Some AHL stars like McCord and Doulgas of Springfield never have been given a chance to prove their worth as major leaguers. McCord was First All-Star and top defenseman last year and Douglas figures to duplicate the feat this season.</p><p>Springfield is a Ranger farm team, but most players, including McCord and Douglas, are owned outright by the AHL club.</p><p>Others, such as Guidolin, Ciesla and McCreary were auditioned in the NHL when they were young and inexperienced and chucked before they became mature solid citizens. Still others, like Mikol, have yet to be discovered.</p><p>Sweeney, a center, merely was the league-leading scorer last year with 108 points (a paltry 96 points the year before) and appears destined to repeat the feat again this semester.</p><p>His reward was a four-game tryout with the Rangers in 1959-60. Bill managed one goal despite spot duty. He was given a one-way ticket to Springfield. The rap against Sweeney is that he&rsquo;s too slow. But he gets more points than. faster skaters.</p><p>After sporadic duty as a utility forward in New York, Guidolin was sent to the AHL where he matured as a defenseman, last year winning a berth on the First All-Star team. He&rsquo;s also Cleveland&rsquo;s captain.</p><p>Last Fall Ranger coach Doug Harvey assured writers that Guidolin would be given a tryout in the Rangers&rsquo; camp. It never happened despite the insistence by Blue chief scout Johnny Gagnon that Aldo belongs in the big time.</p><p>Ciesla, a big center, the likes of which might have helped the Rangers this year, scored 30 goals last year for Rochester and is on his way to duplicating that figure; this year with Cleveland. But no body seems interested.</p><p>Like Guidolin, McCreary, a left or right winger, was given a brief tryout by the Rangers as a youth. When he hit his prime he was forgotten. He was high goal scorer for Springfield in the playoffs last year as the Indians won the Calder Cup.</p><p>Because of their relative youth, Mikol, 23, and Douglas, 26, are given the best chance of making the NHL.</p><p>Mikol, a former defenseman converted to forward, figures to hit 30 goals this year. Douglas, a defenseman with a forward&rsquo;s inclination, leads AHL backliners in scoring.</p><p>Bergman is young, tough and forgotten. Same goes for Attwell and Smith, both of whom can score.</p><p>In some cases (for instance an AHL owner asking an absurd figure for his player) there is good reason for the NHL club to reject an AHL star.</p><p>But in others there seems to be no rationale for negative actions of some NHL managers.</p><p>The Bruins boasted of spending a bundle to build a new team. In the process they picked up a number of nondescripts who would have a difficult time winning a berth in the American League, no less the NHL.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Fischler Says AHL Is Loaded With Prospects

<div class="byline">MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06209/1896003-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="311" height="450"></div><h2><i><b>The Fists Come Out Of Nowhere</b></i></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>or a young man who doesn&rsquo;t go out of his way looking for trouble, Edward Joseph (call me Ted) Green finds a barrel of it. He&rsquo;s had seven fist fights since he joined the Boston Bruins in training camp last September. By comparison, Floyd Patterson has had only one. And fist fighting is Patterson&rsquo;s profession.</p><p>With Ted Green, the manly art is purely accidental. He&rsquo;s playing his normal game of hockey when, out of the clear blue, the fists are flying. Youthful (22) Mr. Green does concede there may be some relationship between the frequent outbursts of hostilities and what he regards as his normal type of hockey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07172/1895996-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="538" height="820"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Green</b></figcaption></div><p>When he played for St. Boniface Canadiens in the Manitoba junior league, he invariably spent more time in the penalty coop than any other transgressor. In his first season of junior competition, he was under suspension for 10 games of the 32-game schedule. His second season was one of constant persecution. Because of his brushes with the law the previous year, referees tailed him and tagged him. He finally logged 11 games on the suspended list.</p><p>Although he still had a year of junior eligibility left, the energetic Mr. Green decided to look for a league in which men were men and the referees were able to identify bodily contact, as opposed to assault and battery. Montreal Canadiens called him to their training camp but they were not ready to sign him. They suggested another season of junior hockey. Green gave them a fond farewell and joined Winnipeg Warriors of the western pro circuit.</p><p>In a way, he was no more fortunate as a pro than he had been as an amateur. Maybe it was the name &ldquo;Warriors&rdquo; which plagued him. He averaged almost a dozen fist fights per season in his two years with Winnipeg.</p><p>None of the brawls stand out in his memory. He does recall that he broke Lou Marcon&rsquo;s jaw in two places. Purely a lucky punch, he insists. Marcon played for Edmonton. He also fractured the nose of Ching Johnson, a Spokane player. Ching challenged him twice in one period.</p><p>&ldquo;Remember, it takes two to stage a fight,&rdquo; Green cautions, lest anyone question his claim that he isn&rsquo;t a trouble-seeker.</p><h2><i><b>Shucks&mdash;No Wilder Than The West</b></i></h2><p>Ted always had heard that the National League was rough and tough. So, when the Bruins claimed him in the draft, he speculated happily that his troubles would be over. In the big league, his eager style of play would be regarded as orthodox.</p><p>He was dismayed, therefore, in his very first pre-season game as a Bruin. It was against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Green was tagged with two minor penalties, three majors, and a misconduct. He was amazed at the narrow-mindedness of the officiating. A throbbing pain in his left hand indicated additional grief. It was fractured.</p><p>&ldquo;Somebody started the story that I hit a goal post.&rdquo; Green scoffs. &ldquo;I did no such thing. I hit Frank Mahovlich on top of the head. That&rsquo;s how my hand got broken. The fracture put me out of action for the balance of training camp and cost me almost two weeks of the regular season.&rdquo;</p><p>Eventually, he got back to work. He confirmed a suspicion which had developed in the exhibition game: The big leaguers were no more tolerant of rough-and-tumble tactics than the westerners had been. Ted went into a huddle with himself and decided against reform. The Bruins knew the type of player he was when they drafted him, he guessed. So they must be looking for a policeman.</p><p>Having determined to be his own carefree, rollicking self, Green quickly engaged in bouts with Larry Cahan of the Rangers, Lou Fontinato of Canadiens, Bobby Hull of the Black Hawks, George Armstrong of the Leafs, and several others.</p><p>Of these encounters, the Fontinato match eame closest to producing a clean-cut decision. Leaping Lou played the bongo on Ted&rsquo;s skull with his fists. For a while, Green thought there were two jet bombers stunting inside his noggin.</p><p>Then came a costly collision with Guy Gendron of the Rangers. For the first time, Green claims, he was forced into a stick-swinging joust. Gendron clung to his shilelagh and Green felt impelled to do likewise. Use of the lumber will bring fines from league headquarters. In addition, coach Phil Watson lectured him thusly:</p><p>&ldquo;You cost us the game. If you had taken away (Andy) Bathgate or (Dean) Prentice for a match misconduct, I wouldn&rsquo;t say anything. But Gendron&mdash;who&rsquo;s Gendron? The Rangers put in Camille Henry and he beat us. So Gendron cut you for two stitches. What&rsquo;s that? The team comes first. Lester Patrick taught me that. No, I didn&rsquo;t pay any attention to him, either.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05147/1896110-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="258" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lorne Worsley</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;Few more colorful hockey players have ever come down the NHL pike than Lome (Gump) Worsley, the pintsized goaler of the New York Rangers.</p><p>Worsley, one of the all-time New York fan favorites, has had to fight for his job every season he&rsquo;s been in the big time. He&rsquo;s been rumored on the trade block so many times it&rsquo;s not even funny. As a matter of fact the pudgy eager from New York was actually left off the Rangers&rsquo; protected list once and no one picked him up. But each season Worsley turns up in Ranger blue. And each season he proves that few goalers in the NHL can rate with him today.</p><p>In his career he has won minor league awards and major league ones. He was voted top rookie in the old United States Hockey League in 1950-51. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the top NHL rookie in 1952-53. He was voted the most valuable player in the WHL in 1953-54 and that same season won the league&rsquo;s goalkeeping award.</p><p>He&rsquo;s a remarkable fellow who refuses to give up. He can truly be called &lsquo;Your Kind Of Player.&rsquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Your Kind Of Player

<p><b>TASTE THAT FLAVOR CRISP & CLEAR LABATT&rsquo;S PILSENER is</b></p><p><b>YOUR KIND OF BEER</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0693/1896141-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="902" height="784"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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YOUR KIND OF BEER

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04217/1896079-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="290" height="392"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Claude LaForge</b></figcaption></div><p>The Red Wings reversed themselves, winning on the road and losing at home, and thus heightened the suspense over who will be the fourth and final club in the Stanley Cup playoffs late this month.</p><p>The Detroiters, the League&rsquo;s poorest road club, went into the Montreal Forum and skated off with a 2-2 tie on the brilliant net-minding of Hank Bassen and some sharp offensive work by Alex Delvecchio and Claude LaForge.</p><p>Then they flew down to New York and beat the Rangers in their own den, 4-2.</p><p>But when they got the chance to jump over the Rangers into fourth place with a game at Olympia, they folded in the third period before a three-goal, two minute and 18 second blitz attack by the Broadway Blues.</p><p>The Rangers won that showdown, 5-4, strictly through hustle, a commodity that Doug Harvey&rsquo;s club has exhibited season-long in its effort to get back in the playoffs for the first time in four years.</p><p>&ldquo;We just flattened out,&rdquo; said Wing coach Sid Abel. &ldquo;The Rangers never gave up and deserved to win it. They played better hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>It was a bitter defeat for Abel. Detroit had a 4-2 lead into the 10th minute of the final period when defenseman Larry Cahan, who looks like the new Eddie Shack, sparked the comeback with only his second goal of the season.</p><p>Then ex-Ranger Bill Gadsby was called for holding Guy Gendron at 11.29 and seven seconds later, Camille Henry tipped Andy Hebenton&rsquo;s long shot past the screened Hank Bassen.</p><p>That tied it but it didn&rsquo;t last long. Only 24 seconds after Henry&rsquo;s equalizer, Junior Langlois scored his seventh goal on a long, low shot from the left point and the Rangers, who had lost one-goal leads in both the first and second periods, had the victory and a three point lead over the Wings.</p><p>Detroit was hopeful that its three games in hand would be able to undo the damage but the Wings had a rocky road&mdash;of their last nine games, six were on the road.</p><p>It was a strange week for the Detroiters.</p><p>They came off a pair of weekend home blastings by Chicago and Toronto to tie the Canadiens in the Forum and beat New York in New York.</p><p>In between, Abel gave the club three days off from practice. The only hockey during the week was an exhibition game in St. Paul against the International League Saints.</p><p>&ldquo;We played very poorly there,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;I got mad and laced into them. I don&rsquo;t care if it was an exhibition game. If you get sloppy there, you&rsquo;ll be sloppy in big games.&rdquo;</p><p>The Wings won it, 5-2, but their play obviously didn&rsquo;t please Abel.</p><p>Their weekend play did please him. Going into Montreal, Abel said if he could get a tie, he&rsquo;d feel like he was stealing.</p><p>Delvecchio started the thievery, breaking in alone on Jacques Plante after taking a pass from Gadsby to score his 23rd goal with the game only 21 seconds old.</p><p>Henri Richard tied it with his 21st on a power play before the period ended and Gilles Tremblay, who has liking for Detroit, scored his 27th in the middle session. Of the 27, 10 goals were at Detroit expense.</p><p>But back came Delvecchio, feeding linemate Claude LaForge for a slap shot from left wing that caught the short side at the 16 minute mark of the second period and that ended the scoring.</p><p>Plante, acting like the infielder who missed a hot grounder and then looked at the webbing of his glove as though it was the glove&rsquo;s fault, skated around to the side of his net looking for holes in the twine.</p><p>But LaForge&rsquo;s shot didn&rsquo;t make an illegal entry. It caught a small opening between Plante&rsquo;s padding and the post from an acute angle.</p><p>With that huge lift&mdash;it was only the second point Detroit earned in its seven Forum appearances this season,&mdash;the Wings didn&rsquo;t let up and dumped the Rangers before 15,925 Broadway faithful.</p><p>Parker MacDonald, Ranger and Red Wing castoff, started and closed the scoring in the Wings&rsquo; 4-2 decision. Parker, who scored 14 goals for Wings last term but couldn&rsquo;t stick with the club at the start of the season, laced one between Gump Worsley&rsquo;s legs to start the proceedings.</p><p>Andy Bathgate tied it before the period ended but the Wings picked up a pair in the second period by Gordie Howe and Marc Boileau and, when Irv Spencer tightened it in the third period with a long blast from the blue line, MacDonald came back in the closing minutes to score the clincher on a neat passout by Norm Ullman.</p><p>Both nights had anxious moments. Bassen played brilliantly, especially in Montreal where he again out-roved the master of roaming, Plante.</p><p>In New York, before MacDonald scored his second of the night to put the game away, Bathgate, shooting from Bassen&rsquo;s left, hit the far post on the inside and the puck caromed back along through the crease before being swept away.</p><p>In Montreal, Bassen jus got in his net to block a straight-on blast by Donnie Marshall but was helpless on the rebound and the puck sat in the crease, inches from the goal line. But Ullman cruised in and batted it out of danger.</p><p>The Ranger game was a hard-hitting affair with the Rangers doing most of the hitting.</p><p>It was quite a departure for both since Detroit and New York rank as the least penalized teams in the NHL.</p><p>Referee Eddie Powers let the boys get off their steam and it was a rousing show.</p><p>Just two nights before, in Montreal, ex-Detroit badman Jimmy Orlando, now a Montreal cabaret proprietor, was talking about hockey in his heydays and the present brand.</p><p>They get too much money now,&rdquo; said Jimmy, &ldquo;and they don&rsquo;t play hockey anymore. They&rsquo;re just thinking about the money.</p><p>&ldquo;The forwards don&rsquo;t bring in their checks to the defensemen anymore. Instead of steering them into the funnel, they take them out toward the boards.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s only one defenseman today who would have ranked high in the old days and that&rsquo;s Boston&rsquo;s Leo Boivin. Boivin is a real body-checker,&rdquo; Orlando said with relish.</p><p>Abel opined that he&rsquo;d like to have a rougher club but that the Wings&rsquo; style is dictated by the personnel on hand.</p><p>&ldquo;I can hardly tell someone like Val Fonteyne (lightweight of the Wings) to go out and bang into someone like Chicago&rsquo;s Ab McDonald,&rdquo; Abel said.</p><p>The Wings just don&rsquo;t have many crunching bodycheckers. Marcel Pronovost hands out several stiff ones a game and Howe takes care of his man but as far as heavy bumping is concerned, the Wings don&rsquo;t do much of it.</p><p>So it was a little surprising to see the Detroiters going at it, body-for-body with the Rangers.</p><p>But they didn&rsquo;t outhustle the Rangers 48 hours later and so that final playoff and the minimum $1,000 a man that goes with it ($250 for fourth place and $750 even if the club loses in the playoff semifinals) took another one of those old-time melodrama twists for the Red Wings.</p><p>Ice Chips: Howe scored his 30th goal in the return match with the Rangers, his best output in three seasons and the first time he&rsquo;s hit the 30 mark in three years.</p><p>It was a neat play, reminiscent of the one pulled so often by Howe and Lindsay. Claude LaForge was on the set-up end. LaForge crossed the red line just as Howe was about to cruise over the Ranger blue line. Claude banged the puck in off the boards in the right corner and Howe streaked in alone.</p><p>Worsley moved out to the side, trying to cut off the puck but it was too far away from him and he was too far away from the net when Howe got the puck, shifted by him and slid the puck into the net.</p><p>Gordie had scored his 100th career goal Sunday in New York&hellip; &ldquo;I must be getting old,&rdquo; Howe said when told it was his 100th.</p><p>And No. 30 was his 499th regular season goal.</p><p>Detroit clinched the season series with New York in the 12th meeting of the clubs with a 6-3-3 record but the Rangers won the 13th meeting to take the edge off the happiness.</p><p>The Wings were 3-2-1 in New York going into their final game there in mid-March&hellip; and going into the last six road games, Detroit had won only five contests on the road&hellip; the other wins were in Chicago and Boston.</p><p>When Boileau scored a power play goal in New York, it was his first goal in 31 games.</p><p>&ldquo;I reached into my secret for you, Marc,&rdquo; Abel told Boileau after the game.</p><p>&ldquo;Well,&rdquo; joked Boileau, &ldquo;when you put me out on the power play I knew you wanted me to score a goal so I did.&rdquo;</p><p>Vic Stasiuk returned to action in the Montreal-New York trip and strengthened the weak third line&hellip; Stasiuk got a goal in his second game back. He missed 10 games with a knee injury, got back for two and re-injured the knee in the second period of his second game, and missed two more.</p><p>&ldquo;The knee is sound,&rdquo; said Dr. John Finley, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s a matter of conditioning now.&rdquo;</p><p>Stasiuk was fitted with a brace for his knee so that he can&rsquo;t move it freely. It hinders his skating somewhat but Stasiuk was just glad to be back.</p><p>The Wings broke into an Ice Capades run at Olympia for a home game with New York and had their poorest ice surface of the season&hellip; the puck constantly was bouncing like a football&hellip; normally, Detroit prides itself on having the best ice in the league.</p><p>Turnabout is fair play for the Rangers&hellip; Detroit snapped an eight-game home ice unbeaten streak for New York so the Rangers promptly won one in Detroit..</p><p>Air travel is here to stay but sometimes there are misgivings for the Red Wings who do most of their travel by air.</p><p>Returning to Detroit from an exhibition game in St. Paul, the Wings&rsquo; airliner was just about to touch down at Detroit&rsquo;s Metropolitan Airport when the pilot gunned the big plane back into the air.</p><p>Once the plane got up again, the pilot came out to explain to the worried and mystified passengers that another airliner was taxiing across their runway.</p><p>Abel&rsquo;s business partner and long-time close friend, Pete Tomey, made the Montreal-New York swing with the Wings and came home glowing.</p><p>Tomey related details of the game to general manager Jack Adams who had stayed at home.</p><p>&ldquo;You did so well, Pete, that maybe I&rsquo;ll send you on the next trip and we&rsquo;ll leave Sid at home to run the furniture business,&rdquo; Adams said with a laugh.</p><h2>Flying High For Red Birds</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01399/1896072-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="584" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Hank Bassen</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02366/1896065-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="546" height="522"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alex Delvecchio</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03295/1896058-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="582" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Wings Flop Making 4th Place Race Lively One

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01469/1896172-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Billy Carter</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Gradually wrapping up first place with every game, the Canadiens&mdash;despite Coach Toe Blake&rsquo;s pessimism&mdash;are not too worried about clinching their fifth straight league championship. When they came from behind to tie Toronto in their last meeting at the Forum, the Habs moved within four and a half games (any combination of Montreal wins and Toronto losses) of making sure of the top spot in the final standing.</p><p>However, with the Stanley Cup playoffs only a fortnight away, the mighty Habs are keeping their fingers crossed about going into the series with a healthy team. In recent weeks, the Canadiens have had a string of injuries and the brass is somewhat worried that they may wind up the schedule as ailing as last season.</p><p>Despite the fine play of the Black Hawks who defeated Canadiens in six semi-final games last spring, it&rsquo;s a fact that Chicago wouldn&rsquo;t have had things so rosy if the Montrealers had been healthy.</p><p>Major cause for the Canadiens&rsquo; present concern is the loss of little Henri Richard for the rest of the season and the playoffs. The Pocket Rocket suffered a broken arm when he banged into the Forum backboards during a 2-2 tie with Detroit after being bodychecked by Marcel Pronovost.</p><p>Richard, at the time, was one of the most dependable Montreal performers and gunning for a berth on the all-star team. His loss meant that Phil Goyette would be pressed into more regular service and that Billy Carter, called up from Hull-Ottawa of the Eastern Pro League, would be given a real chance to stay in the NHL.</p><p>&ldquo;It was suggested that Richard might be able to get back into action for the playoffs while wearing a light cast between his wrist and elbow.</p><p>Toe Blake shrugged off any such possibility.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s not a remote chance of Henri playing again this season. If it was only a small bone fractured, his status would be different. But his forearm is broken and it would be crazy to even take a chance of more serious injury. You can write Richard off the lineup this season.&rdquo;</p><p>Although all hands were on deck when the Habs fought off the Leafs in a rough, penalty-filled contest, several Montreal players were far from 100 per cent healthy.</p><p>A series of groin injuries plagued the Habs before and after the Toronto clash, slowing down Jean Beliveau, Lou Fontinato, Phil Goyette Don Marshall and Dickie Moore. Jean-Guy Talbot played despite a badly bruised left knee and Claude Provost was favoring an ankle injury.</p><p>Fontinato was badly missed when the Habs dropped a 5-2 decision at Chicago. He got back into action after missing six games because of an old groin injury that bothered him to the point where he was hardly able to walk.</p><p>Against the Leafs, big Louie didn&rsquo;t have much zip in his skating but he was still able to throw his weight around and smother several shots in front of Jacques Plante.</p><p>&ldquo;Considering that Fontinato hadn&rsquo;t been skating,&rdquo; remarked Blake happily after the Toronto game, &ldquo;there was nothing wrong with his work. He sure makes a difference out there.&rdquo;</p><p>Billy Carter, making his second bid to stay in the big-time&mdash;he played eight games for Boston last year befare being returned to the minors&mdash;got plenty of ice time and was not out of place.</p><p>&ldquo;Carter played a very useful game,&rdquo; commented the coach. &ldquo;If he keeps on digging like that he should stay with us the rest of the season.&rdquo;</p><p>Carter was the second Hull-Ottawa player to come up to the NHL Habs during their injury plague. However the other minor leaguer, Chuck Hamilton, a forward-defenceman, saw only limited service in one game at Chicago before being sent down again.</p><p>Discussing the injuries, Blake pointed out:</p><p>&ldquo;Everybody has something bothering him. Pulled groins, bad knees, sore heads&mdash;you name it, we&rsquo;ve got it.</p><p>&ldquo;But please, fellows,&rdquo; said Blake addressing the Montreal scribes, &ldquo;please don&rsquo;t say that we&rsquo;re tired.&rdquo;</p><h2>Elevated From Hull-Ottawa<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Familiar Story: Habs May Face Playoffs Hurt

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT (In the Toronto Star)</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>How&rsquo;s Bobby Hull doing?</p><p>That&rsquo;s the number one question in big-league hockey today and the answer, of course, is that Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; golden boy is doing extremely well, indeed, in his razzle-dazzle rush at the National Hockey League&rsquo;s 50-goal scoring record.</p><p>Hull&rsquo;s total to date is 44, so he needs six more in the six games remaining in Hawks&rsquo; schedule to equal the record established by Rocket Richard in 1945 and matched last spring by Boom-Boom Geoffrion.</p><p>Hull was exactly even with Geoffrion&rsquo;s 196061 pace. He had 43 goals at the 63-game point. A three-goal outburst in Montreal&rsquo;s 65th contest last March made things much simpler for the Boomer; Hull needs to hit a similar jackpot.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02350/1896203-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="276" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Hull</b></figcaption></div><p>Last year, Geoffrion hit 50 by shooting 23 goals in his final 22 games. Hull is even hotter. Since Jan. 11, he counted 28 times in 24 games.</p><p>In the Rocket&rsquo;s historic season, which was only 50 games long, compared with today&rsquo;s 70, he merely coasted to his unprecedented total, after hitting the 36-goal level. by the end of January.</p><p>Those who know best, Hull&rsquo;s opponents, like his chances.</p><p>Goalie Gump Worsley of Rangers testifies Hull recently added a fearsome new weapon to his arsenal, &ldquo;a shot that&rsquo;s almost unstoppable.&rdquo;</p><p>Says Gump: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just along the ice and so fast you can hardly see it. But he gets some sort of spin on it so that when you block it, the puck goes twisting sideways. Instead of bouncing, it skids along your stick or skate, often right into the nets.&rdquo;</p><p>Johnny Bower, Leafs&rsquo; netminder, concurs to some extent: &ldquo;Because of the way he shoots, Hull could beat the record. He must spend hours on his shots because he&rsquo;s the best. They&rsquo;re so fast you lose sight of them, so heavy they&rsquo;re liable to go through your hand or stick and always exactly where he wants them.&rdquo;</p><p>Geoffrion, who drew the job of checking Hull because he asked for it, says: &ldquo;He&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t have much pressure on him. Last year, we were fighting for first place right up to the final game and finishing on top meant more than breaking any record. In Hull&rsquo;s case, his team has third place for sure and not much chance for second, so they can concentrate on getting him the record. And he can relax.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t forget that he&rsquo;s going for the scoring championship, too,&rdquo; adds Leafs&rsquo; Bert Olmstead. &ldquo;That means he knows that as long as he keeps playing well he&rsquo;ll get a pretty good personal reward, one way or the other.&rdquo;</p><p>Hull at present is two points behind the NHL point leader, Andy Bathgate. Bobby has six games left; Bathgate five.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hull’s Chances Of 50? Good, Say Many Rivals

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ATTENTION HOCKEY FANS!

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div><p>BUFFALO. N. Y.&mdash;</p><p>A finish unparalleled in the modern history of the American Hockey League was in the making in the Western Division as this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press.</p><p>The Buffalo Bisons and the Cleveland Barons, currently running 1-2 in the torrid Western Division race, will wind up their regular schedules with a home-and-home weekend series March 31&mdash;April 1, and it&rsquo;s entirely conceivable those two games will determine the winner.</p><p>With 10 games remaining, the Bisons held a three-point lead over the Clevelanders, who had 13 games left. By a quirk in the schedule, the Barons won&rsquo;t make up their games &ldquo;in hand&rdquo; until the final week of the season.</p><p>The schedule appeared to favor the Bisons. who had five of their remaining 10 games at home. The Bisons, on the other hand, were scheduled to play eight of their 13 on foreign ice. However, the Clevelanders, on an eight-game trip, won in Pittsburgh and then ended Springfield&rsquo;s 12-game home-ice winning streak before losing a 4-1 decision in Quebec.</p><p>Three games remained between the Bisons and the Barons, two of them in Buffalo. In seven previous meetings between the clubs, the Bisons won all three in Buffalo and took three of four in Cleveland.</p><p>The Bisons attracted Buffalo&rsquo;s largest mid-week gathering in 15 years&mdash;10,277&mdash;when they whipped the Barons. 5-3, here Feb. 21. Advance ticket sales for Cleveland&rsquo;s two other appearances in Memorial Auditorium in-dicated another pair of SRO crowds.</p><p>The Bisons took the Western Division lead for the fifth time this season, Jan. 26, and have remained in front since. The Barons were tied twice with Rochester for first place, and led for one week before the Herd took over.</p><p>President Ruby Pastor of the Bisons returned from a Florida vacation in time to watch the Herd hammer Pittsburgh, 10-3.</p><p>&ldquo;That was great,&rdquo; Pastor said, &ldquo;but how about those Barons. I go to Florida for a rest, and come back to this. I guess it&rsquo;s great for the box office, but for my nerves&hellip; maybe I&rsquo;ll have to go back South.&rdquo;</p><p><b>ALONG THE BOARDS</b>&mdash;The Bisons, with a week-long layoff in the schedule, flew to Charlotte. N.C., where they beat the Eastern Amateur League club, 7-3&hellip; Cliff Schmautz became the first Bison to enjoy a four-goal night when he connected against the hapless Hornets. Chico Maki clicked for his second hat trick the same night&hellip; Defenseman Ron Ingram got back into the lineup March 4 following a six-week layoff because of a groin ailment.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bisons And Barons May Go To Wire For Western Flag

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How Well Do You Know Your Hockey?

<p><b>GORDON&rsquo;S DRY GIN</b></p><p>Perfect with any mix</p><p><b>GORDON&rsquo;S DRY GIN</b></p><p>Makes a Martini Perfect</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3>(Standings On Tues.. A.M.. March 13) Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01439/1896623-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="579" height="133"></div><h3>Western Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02415/1896616-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="580" height="133"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sun., Mar. 11)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03363/1896609-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="574" height="303"></div><h3>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04306/1896602-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="571" height="277"></div><h3>Penalty Leaders</h3><p>Most Penalized Player: Ed Van Impe, Buffalo. 164 minutes.</p><p>Most Penalized Team: Providence, 1009 minutes.</p><h3><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 6 Cleveland 4 at Quebec 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05242/1896595-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="574" height="445"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 Hershey 9 at Pittsburgh 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06206/1896588-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="566" height="677"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Cleveland 0 at Providence 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07190/1896581-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="582" height="463"></div><h3><b>Buffalo 3 at Rochester 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08177/1896574-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="579" height="617"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Rochester 2 at Buffalo 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09173/1896567-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="570" height="613"></div><h3><b>Providence 3 at Hershey 12</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10159/1896560-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="570" height="917"></div><h3><b>Cleveland 4 at Pittsburgh 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11136/1896553-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="575" height="659"></div><h3><b>Quebec 1 at Springfield 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12104/1896546-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="571" height="404"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 11 Cleveland 4 at Buffalo 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1391/1896539-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="565" height="666"></div><h3><b>Hershey 3 at Providence 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1474/1896532-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="578" height="598"></div><h3><b>Springfield 1 at Quebec 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1557/1896525-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="569" height="431"></div><h3><b>Pittsburgh 2 at Rochester 9</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1637/1896518-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="568" height="787"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div><p>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;</p><p>Cleveland&rsquo;s bustling Barons may or may not wind up atop the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Western Division standings.</p><p>Whether or not they do, they have maintained and added to an enviable league record.</p><p>For the 22nd straight year, Coach Jackie Gordon&rsquo;s ieers have reached the Calder Cup playoffs, a mark not even approached by any other club. The champion Springfield Indians, about to go into their third straight playoff, have the next longest consecutive season streak now going.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1724/1896661-1-eng-US/f0009-172.jpg" title="f0009-17" width="272" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gary Bergman</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1814/1896654-1-eng-US/f0009-182.jpg" title="f0009-18" width="278" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Eddie Mazur</b></figcaption></div><p>The Barons started their playoff skein way back in 1940-41 under Bill Cook, hitting the post-season series three times under his direction. Brother Bun Cook put them in the playoffs for 13 straight years. This is Gordon&rsquo;s sixth straight season in the playoffs.</p><p>They would like to wind up the 1961-62 season as division leaders, but will nave a real battle on their hands to beat out the Buffalo Bisons. With their long road trip now over, they are ready to concentrate on a final drive for the top rung.</p><p>Meanwhile, they can point with pride to what already has been accomplished.</p><p>Basically, the Barons have been a good hockey club, with a few occasional bad moments. They could have been less than satisfactory. In fact, there is reason to believe that Gordon and Assistant Coach Fred Glover have performed a minor miracle with the material at hand.</p><p>At the season&rsquo;s start, the Barons had only three sound, proven hockey players in their prime, defenseman Aldo Guidolin and centers Ron Attwell and Hank Cisela.</p><p>Glover, Ed Mazur and Cal Stearns were regarded as valuable only if they could eke out another good season despite their advancing years.</p><p>High hopes were held for Dick Van Impe, although he never had a really brilliant year during his stay at Rochester. Bill Needham had improved consistently during his previous years in Cleveland, but never had achieved real stardom.</p><p>Defenseman Gary Bergman and winger Billy Sutherland were extremely promising, but unproven over a period of time.</p><p>Outright gambles were ex-trainer Les Binkley in goal, ageless Tommy Williams and rookie Murray Davison on defense, sophomores Wayne Larkin and John Ferguson on the wings and Jim Mikol at a forward post. Mikol had been outstanding in 1960-61, but as a rookie defenseman.</p><p>Good luck, only a few injuries and a lot of hard work on the part of Gordon and Glover steered this somewhat doubtful group through a hard and generally successful season.</p><p>Whether they outdistance Buffalo or not, the Barons have gained the playoffs and that&rsquo;s as it should be.</p><p>They have maintained a tradition that Cleveland fans hope will go on forever.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Cleveland Clinches 22nd Straight Playoff Berth

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<div class="byline">By BOB HULEN</div><p>PORTLAND, Ore.&mdash;</p><p>Usually when a hockey team has a seemingly never ending string of goaltenders, it is in trouble, often very serious, last place trouble.</p><p>Such is not the case with the Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League. The Bucks are sailing along well ahead of the pack in the Southern Division of the WHL.</p><p>And no less than seven individuals have appeared in the nets thus far for Portland.</p><p>Latest goalkeeper for the defending champion Bucks is Gerry McNamara, on loan from the Toronto organization. He was hurriedly obtained from Pittsburgh of the American League after Roy Edwards had been recalled by the Chicago Black Hawks to play at Sault Ste. Marie of the EPHL.</p><p>Edwards, in turn, had been serving as a temporary replacement for injured Don Head. He played eight games with the Bucks and had a 4.00 average, an average swelled by a disasterous Portland trip to Edmonton, Calgary and Spokane.</p><p>Now barring another emergency, McNamara will be with Portland until the close of the season or until Head is able to return to action. Right now the date of Don&rsquo;s appearance appears nebulous. The cast encasing his injured hip has been removed and he&rsquo;s off crutches but the explains, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s awful weak.&rdquo;</p><p>The interim between the recall of Edwards and the arrival of McNamara saw a one-game comeback by a former Hart and Vezina Trophy winner in the NHL. Al Rollins, the ex-Maple Leaf, Black Hawk and Ranger who is now a Calgary business man, donned the pads after a two-year layoff and blanked Seattle, 3-0. &ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;ll have a relapse,&rdquo; Rollins said after performing this feat. However, the Bucks pressed hard and Rollins was called upon to make only 19 saves.</p><p>First in the succession of Portland goalies was Bruce Gamble who was on the way to All-Star honors until called up by Boston of the National League. His average of 2.64 for 41 games was far and away the best in the WHL.</p><p>In the interim between the departure of Gamble and the arrival of Head from the Bruins, Seth Martin of the amateur Trail, B.C., Smoke Eaters took a turn in the nets and the Bucks scored a 3-1 victory over Spokane. So far this has been the lone Portland win in the Inland Empire.</p><p>Head played six games with Coach Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s team and showed that despite the statements of Boston Coach Phil Watson he could stop the long ones and give confidence to his teammates. Don had a fine 2.67 average until he tore a muscle in a game with Vancouver.</p><p>It was in this game that Portland defenseman Bill Davidson took a turn guarding the safe. Bill, a veteran of many years in the game, had never tended goal previously. However, he allowed only one goal in two periods and inspired his teammates to a 2-1 victory in overtime.</p><p>However, Bill was happy when help arrived a couple of days later in the person of Edwards.</p><p>It was fortunate that McNamara was available at the time or Davidson might have been pressed into service again. Gerry wasn&rsquo;t working at the trade temporarily as Pittsburgh had acquired Claude Evans from Eddie Shore and the Springfield organization hopefully on a permanent basis.</p><h2>Back On Ice</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01453/1896747-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="564" height="868"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Rollins</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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McNamara No. 7 Cage Cop For Portland Club

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER, N.Y&mdash;</p><p>Every once in a while there is agitation in National Hockey League circles to cut down the number of tie games by playing a sudden-death overtime such as is in use in the American League.</p><p>But the Rochester Americans would just as soon have the AHL adopt the National League no overtime set-up.</p><p>The Amerks have been in the hockey business here for only six seasons, including this one, but already have tied two&mdash;one of them twice&mdash;league records for ineptness in overtime.</p><p>The 1961-62 Rochesters unhappily already have scribbled their name opposite the line &ldquo;Most overtime games lost in a season.&rdquo; When the Amerks lost 4-3 to Providence here March 2 it was the sixth &ldquo;long game&rdquo; defeat this season-matching the standard set by Springfield in 1955-56, equaled by the Indians in 1957-58 and then tied by the Ro-chester team of two seasons ago.</p><p>In 1959-60, the Amerks also managed to equal the record for most overtime games lost at home&mdash;4.</p><p>Instead of struggling along in their third place position&mdash;where they were at this writing&mdash;this season&rsquo;s Amerks would be within a point of the Western Division lead had the games ended after the regulation 60 minutes.</p><p>For 13 overtime tussles, Rochester owns exactly one victory and six ties while losing six. The Americans have lost two and tied one at home, while winning one, losing four and tying five on foreign ice.</p><p>But the Amerks&rsquo; overtime miseries are nothing new. It&rsquo;s becoming a sort of complex.</p><p>For their six years. in the AHL, the Americans have a grand (but it really isn&rsquo;t very grand) total of 11 overtime triumphs. Twenty-eight games have ended deadlocked and 23 have finished when the opposition banged in a goal.</p><p>So, 62 overtime games (worth a point each if no extra period were played) have provided Rochester with a mere 50 points to the opponents&rsquo; 74. The road record really isn&rsquo;t too bad&mdash;6-12-15, but at home the Amerks have been victorious but five times against 11 setbacks and 13 ties.</p><p><b>ICICLES</b>&mdash;Jimmy Pappin registered the second Rochester three-goal &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; of the season March 2 when he pumped in three second-period goals against Providence here&hellip; Jerry Cheevers was given the Amerk goaltending job for the rest of the season March 4 when Don Simmons was recalled by Toronto. Simmons suffered a fractured cheekbone Feb. 21 in the same game in which Les Kozak suffered a depressed skull fracture. Cheevers replaced Simmons starting Feb. 23&hellip; Steve Kraftcheck will have eclipsed his own team records for most assists and points by a defenseman by the time this reaches print&hellip; Only three Amerks have been in uniform for every game&mdash;Bill Dineen and rookies Bruce Draper and Darryl Sly.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Americans Hard Luck Guys When Overtime Looms

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div><p>HERSHEY, Pa&mdash;</p><p>The hockey career of defenseman Gordon (Bucky) Hollingworth came to a sudden end with the disclosure the 28-year-old Hershey Bears&rsquo; backliner was suffering from chronic leukemia.</p><p>General manager Lloyd Blinco said physicians at St. Mary&rsquo;s Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., diagnosed Hollingworth&rsquo;s ailment following several days of tests.</p><p>Hollingworth was sent to the Leahy Clinic in Boston, Mass, for further treatment.</p><p>The Bears captain was stricken ill Feb. 23 at Rochester, between the second and third periods of an American Hockey League game. He was taken immediately to St. Mary&rsquo;s Hospital upon the advice of the Rochester team physician.</p><p>Blinco said that Rochester physicians at the hospital said Hollingworth &ldquo;with proper care and medicine could lead a normal life.&rdquo;</p><p>However, Blinco said the veteran skater &ldquo;would have to take things easy for awhile.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;The news came as a shock to the whole club,&rdquo; said coach Frank Mathers.</p><p>&ldquo;At first the doctors thought Bucky was suffering from mononucleosis, but the tests showed differently,&rdquo; added the coach.</p><p>Mathers said that after Hollingworth came off the ice between periods, &ldquo;he was simply beat.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;The guy never complained, though lately he seemed to tire pretty quickly.&rdquo;</p><p>Mathers added:</p><p>&ldquo;Even though he wasn&rsquo;t well, he kept insisting he play. He just wanted to help the team anyway he could. I have nothing but the greatest admiration for him. He had a lot of courage. I was really choked when the doctors informed me of his illness.</p><p>&ldquo;All he said was, &lsquo;Frank, it will have to come out sooner or later and it might as well be now&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p><p>Mrs. Hollingworth and the children David, 5, and Mary Beth, 2&frac12;, returned to their home in Hampton Beach, N.H., where Hollingworth operates a seaside resort hotel in the off-season.</p><p>Hollingworth, who appeared in 43 games, will be paid the balance of his season salary, club officials said.</p><p>The 5-11, 187-pound rearguard, considered one of the best in the AHL, launched his organized ice career with the Montreal Royals in Senior circles. Once the property of the Montreal Canadiens, he turned pro in 1952.</p><p>After two seasons in the Quebec League, the Chicago Black Hawks drafted him and later traded him to Detroit.</p><p>In six AHL seasons, Hollingworth appeared in 303 games, scored 16 goals and assisted on 71 for 87 points. He had 491 minutes in penalties. He skated four seasons in the NHL, scoring 18 points.</p><p>Mathers is in quest of a replacement for Hollingworth, but as of Mar. 3 has had no success.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have to trade someone, but so far. no one wants to talk trade. It&rsquo;s going to be difficult replacing Hollingworth. He always gave me a 100 per cent and he was a rugged checker. He was a real, solid player. We lost him in the Calder Cup finals last year against Springfield and it was a big turning point in the series.&rdquo;</p><p>Hollingworth was appointed captain of the team because Mathers said he felt &ldquo;Bucky was the type of man who could handle such a responsible position. He did a fine job, too.&rdquo;</p><p>Hollingworth always considered his job as captain as &ldquo;one of my big thrills in hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;The uppermost thing in my mind is to try and inspire them (teammates) and play the best I can,&rdquo; he said only recently in discussing the captain&rsquo;s role. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s quite an honor.&rdquo;</p><p>Hollingworth was not a flashy player, but rather a quiet, steady workman, who was a fine skater and a fearless checker.</p><p>Prior to playing hockey, Hollingworth was a star high school athlete in his hometown of Verdun, Que. He was named the most valuable player in football in his senior year and he also competed in track.</p><h2>He&rsquo;s Missed</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02385/1896802-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="534" height="1418"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bucky Hollingworth</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Long Faced Mathers Finds It Hard To Replace Bucky

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03320/1896833-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg"></div><p><b>MARCH ISSUE Now At YOUR NEWSSTAND</b></p><p><b>WORLDS OFFICIAL HOCKEY MAGAZINE</b></p><p><b>Glenn Hall&rsquo;s Own Story: &ldquo;My 500 NHL Games&rdquo;</b></p><p><b>ALSO</b></p><p>&bull; <b>&lsquo;I&rsquo;m No Jekyll and Hyde&rsquo;, says Bob Baun</b></p><p>&bull; <b>The Bruce MacGregor Story</b></p><p>&bull; <b>Talbot No Longer A Fall Guy</b></p><p>&bull; <b>My Roommate Andy Bathgate (By Dean Prentice)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY PICTORIAL

<p><i>Before you say SCOTCH &ldquo;say&rdquo; DEWAR&rsquo;S it never varies</i></p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3>(Standings On Tues. A.M. March 6)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01451/1896983-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="587" height="133"></div><h3>Northern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02407/1896976-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="585" height="130"></div><h3>(Intersectional Play)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03337/1896969-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="577" height="230"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Edmonton 5 at Vancouver 8</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04275/1896962-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="574" height="875"></div><h3><b>Los Angeles 1 at Calgary 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05235/1896955-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="568" height="478"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 28 Seattle 0 at Portland 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06208/1896948-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="570" height="306"></div><h3>Los Angeles 2 at Edmonton 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07188/1896941-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="564" height="410"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 2 Portland 2 at San Francisco 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08182/1896934-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="580" height="446"></div><h3><b>Seattle 5 at Vancouver 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09173/1896927-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="580" height="617"></div><h3><b>Los Angeles 6 at Edmonton 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12120/1896920-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="565" height="860"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Portland 3 at San Francisco 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1398/1896913-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="569" height="544"></div><h3><b>Seattle 3 at Spokane 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1474/1896906-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="569" height="540"></div><h3><b>Los Angeles 7 at Calgary 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1555/1896899-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="568" height="770"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY. MARCH 4 Vancouver 7 at Portland 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1640/1896892-1-eng-US/f0011-162.jpg" title="f0011-16" width="570" height="840"></div><h3><b>San Francisco 0 at Seattle 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1733/1896885-1-eng-US/f0011-172.jpg" title="f0011-17" width="566" height="418"></div><h3><b>Los Angeles 2 at Spokane 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1827/1896878-1-eng-US/f0011-182.jpg" title="f0011-18" width="584" height="756"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sun., March 4)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10153/1896871-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="583" height="521"></div><h3>(Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11131/1896864-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="580" height="258"></div><h3>(The Leaders)</h3><p>Most Points: Max Mekilok, Spo. 83.</p><p>Most Goals: Tom McVie, Port. 42; Bill MacFarland, Sea. 42.</p><p>Most Assists: Norm Johnson, Cal. 55.</p><p>Most First Goal Of Game: Jim Baird, Van. 9.</p><p>Most Game Winning Goals: Tom McVie, Port. 9: Gerry Brisson, Spo. 9.</p><p>Most Game Winning Assists: Max Mekilok 11.</p><p>Most Hat Tricks: Gerry Goyer, L.A. 3; Bill MacFarland, Sea. 3.</p><p>Most Goals With Man Adv.: Bill Mac-Farland, Sea. 13.</p><p>Most Goals Against When Serv. Pen.: Bill Burega, L.A. 13.</p><p>Most Minutes In Penalties: Connie Madigan, Spokane 146.</p><p>Most Shutouts: Bev Bentley, S.F. 3; Al Millar, Sea. 3.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BOB HULEN</div><p>PORTLAND, Ore.&mdash;</p><p>Vancouver may have a hockey team which is going absolutely nowhere in the Northern Division of the Western League, but the Canucks have one of the leading candidates for Rookie-of-the-Year honors in the WHL.</p><p>Jim Baird, a 22-year-old left winger, has to be considered when time for the balloting comes around if for only one reason: he&rsquo;s the top rookie goal scorer at this stage of the season in the history of the league.</p><p>Of course, Edmonton has a pair of prime candidates for top rookie honors in a pair of headhunting defensemen named Don Chiz and Doug Messier and Los Angeles can boost center Terry Slater, but if consideration is going to be based mainly on scoring, then Baird is the man.</p><p>Already he has tied the record for goal scoring by a rookie as he accounted for No. 38 with an easy 10-footer against Gerry McNamara, another in a long succession of Portland netminders, and the future for many more appears bright as he is teamed with center Phil Maloney and right wing John Annable.</p><p>Right now, this is one of the finest lines in the WHL as Maloney, relieved of the pressure of coaching, is operating brilliantly. And Annable, acquired recently by the Canucks from the EPHL, is an aggressive player who makes up for a lack of forechecking ability on the part of young Mr. Baird.</p><p>It was this forechecking laxity which brought Baird to Vancouver in December. He had started the season with Seattle of the WHL but was dealt off by Totem Coach Keith Allen in a straight swap for Ron Hutchison Dec. 18. At the time, Allen had the need of a forward to help team with center Guyle Fielder in a pressing role.</p><p>Fourteen of Baird&rsquo;s goals were with Seattle.</p><p>The 38 goals scored thus far tied a record set by three players for the now-defunct Winnipeg team. Barry Cullen accomplished the task in 1955-56, Howard Glover in 1957-58 and Gerry Brisson in 1958-59.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m lucky, I guess,&rdquo; Baird said of his goal scoring prowess after accounting for No. 38. But, he&rsquo;s been a big scorer before and so luck may be only part of the story. In his last season of junior hockey, at Flin Flon, Manitoba, Jim had 50 goals, a career high and last season at Ft. Wayne of his International League, he lit the lamp 45 times.</p><p>Baird was signed by the New York Rangers in his last junior season.</p><p>One of the reasons he has been able to score so often is the fact that he is a breaking wing who thrives on long passes across the blueline. And Maloney has been a perfect playmaker in this respect. &ldquo;Phil&rsquo;s really helped me.&rdquo; the slightly-built Baird maintains.</p><p>&ldquo;One of the troubles at Seattle was the fact that Guyle like to handle the puck more and I&rsquo;d break across the blueline and put us offside. I&rsquo;ve been pretty lucky playing with the two best centers in the league, Maloney and Fielder.&rdquo;</p><h2>Slick Scorer</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1923/1897014-1-eng-US/f0011-192.jpg" title="f0011-19" width="560" height="522"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Baird</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Rook Jim Baird Will Set WHL Freshman Record

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-20" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-2015/1897045-1-eng-US/f0011-202.jpg"></div><p><b>The Hockey News</b></p><p><b>The International Hockey Weekly</b></p><p>Founded October 1st, 1947<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Save, Save, Save Cash, Cash, Cash By Subscribing To

<div class="byline">By DON FLEMING</div><p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;Guess I just am mixing with the wrong people,&rdquo; commented Alf Pike, as he ruefully contemplated his battered countenance.</p><p>He had been to the doctors to have a king-sized embroidery job done on his face, some 135 stitches worth.</p><p>His comment could be taken two ways. He was on the way home from a bonspiel at Innisfail, some 80 miles north of Calgary.</p><p>The driver was sportscaster Eric Bishop, who suffered a broken nose and a few minor cuts when he piled into a traffic island in the middle of the highway. Pike went through the windshield. Their wives in the back seat missed only a few words of chit-chat.</p><p>&ldquo;I see enough of Bishop and his kind without spending time with them when I am away from the hockey arenas,&rdquo; Pike reflected.</p><p>Then, too, he was associated with the curling element. After all, this game has attracted many a youngster, to the dismay of the hockey scouts. Curling has become big in the schools, frequently bigger than hockey itself.</p><p>&ldquo;I guess the message finally struck home the hard way that I shouldn&rsquo;t be giving curling any kind of play,&rdquo; old Scarface grunted. &ldquo;But I guess I will recover. It only hurts when I smile.&rdquo;</p><p>The mishap occurred just when the Stampeders were launching a last-ditch assault on the top rung in the northern division of the Western League.</p><p>Seattle Totems were right there with them, and there were still the high-flying Edmonton Flyers to catch.</p><p>&ldquo;Even if our drive falls short,&rdquo; Pike maintains, &ldquo;I think we will be all right for the playoffs. Anyway, as I understand it, our club has a score or two to settle with the Seattle bunch.&rdquo;</p><p>Prospects are that the Cowboys and Totems will tangle in the north&rsquo;s best of three semi-final.</p><p>In the previous two years, Calgary has gone a hot lick during the regular schedule, only to run afoul of a club cleverly primed by Keith Allen. Of course, this was in the days of Gus Kyle at the helm of the Stampeders, but there are more than a few players who still recall the abrupt end to the hockey paydays and a premature return to the lunch-bucket brigade.</p><p>These fellows know the Totems as the villains who denied them a larger bite of the playoff melon, and aren&rsquo;t apt to be making light of them this time around.</p><p>After that&hellip; Edmonton? From way back in November, Pike has been predicting that Calgary would overtake the Flyers. They&rsquo;d get close a couple of times, then fell back again.</p><p>Alf still thinks that they can do it, though he&rsquo;s somewhat behind schedule. Injuries to such key men as captain Fred Hucul have hurt their cause, but Fred made it back to the hockey wars in time to get ready for the playoffs.</p><p>However, he had to be a reluctant witness to his goal-scoring record for league defencemen going by the boards. Lloyd Haddon of the Edmonton Flyers emerged from a prolonged slump to score twice in one night to move abreast of Hucul&rsquo;s 21, established half a dozen seasons ago. Hucul might have broken his own record, but for his two injuries..</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS</b>&mdash;incidentally, Flyers&rsquo; Warren Hynes had a convenient skate in the way to deflect Lloyd Haddon&rsquo;s shot for the latter&rsquo;s record-equalling goal&hellip; &ldquo;It would have missed the net altogether if it hadn&rsquo;t hit my skate,&rdquo; Hynes needled his team-mate, &ldquo;but I won&rsquo;t even get my name in the record book.&rdquo;&hellip; He didn&rsquo;t even draw an assist on the play. Two other guys ahead of him had relayed the puck to Haddon back on the left point&hellip; Two games ahead of that, Hynes had scored successive hat tricks, the first in Calgary and the second in Vancouver&hellip; That raised Hynes&rsquo; hat tricks to three for the season, all on the road&hellip;</p><h2>Carved Up</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01440/1897083-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="570" height="1112"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alf Pike</b></figcaption></div><h2>Sets Record</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02357/1897076-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="470" height="544"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lloyd Haddon</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Catching Flyers Ju st Too Much For Mr. Pike

<div class="byline">By VINCE LEAH</div><p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>The Manitoba Junior Hockey league playoff dates, which were changed more times than a woman changes her mind, finally were straightened out to the mutual satisfaction of the four clubs, Brandon Wheat Kings, Winnipeg Rangers, Winnipeg Monarchs, St. Boniface Canadiens and when this appears in print the battle <i>for</i> the right to represent Manitoba in the Memorial Cup series will be going full blast.</p><p>Canadiens surprised by agreeing to play the first three games of their semi-final series in Brandon when Brandon manager Jake Milford offered the Canyens the entire receipts of the second game. This move was necessitated by the Auto Show moving into the Winnipeg arena.</p><p>The plan was regarded as sweet suicide for the Canyens who promptly went out and won the first game 6-5 and were assured of at least one game in the series at home. The semis are best of five affairs.</p><p>Monarchs and Rangers had a whole week to prepare and did their practising in such nearby towns as Stonewall and Trans-cona.</p><p>Brandon veteran Gerry Kell won the scoring championship.</p><p>One of the few players to compete in the entire 40-game schedule, Kell scored 29 goals and added 53 assists for 82 points. His output fell one short of George Hill&rsquo;s winning total in 1960-61, In a 32-game schedule last season, Hill counted 83 points on 45 goals and 38 assists.</p><p>Second to Kell, whose 53 assists were tops in the league, is teammate Dave Mazure with 66 points. Third is Winnipeg Monarchs&rsquo; Peter Stemkowski with 65 points.</p><p>Another Brandon player, Marc Dufour scored a league-leading 37 goals in only 33 appearances.</p><p>Gary McAlpine of Brandon was awarded the top goalie title although the St. Paul, Minn native was third in the finalist. Participating in a minimum of 50 percent of a club&rsquo;s games is required to win the award. McAlpine had a 3.09 average.</p><p>Monarchs&rsquo; Brian Lunney had the league&rsquo;s top average with 2.60, and second was Brandon&rsquo;s six-game veteran Ben Harper with 2.83.</p><p>Monarchs took 264 penalties for 698 minutes and rated as the No. 1 club in the penalty department. Regal winger Terry Moore, fourth in the penalty parade last season, made it to the top this season with 128 minutes for 44 penalties.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Manitoba Junior

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div><p>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Slick-working Gary Peters of the Regina Pats captured the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League&rsquo;s individual scoring title with 114 points.</p><p>Final statisics released by commissioner Frank Boucher of Saskatoon credited the Regina centre, who still has two years of junior eligibility, with 45 goals and 69 assists. This put him 10 points ahead of his nearest rival, centre Jim Kozie of Estevan Bruins.</p><p>Peters was the leading playmaker in the league, while mate Norm Beaudin, who took third position with 88 points, led the goalgetters with 57.</p><p>A third centre, Andy Herrebout of Flin Flon Bombers finished in the fourth position, only two points back of Beaudin. Holding down fifth spot was George Swarbrick of Moose Jaw Canucks with 73 points.</p><p>Top scorers for Melville Millionaires was Ron Wilcox, who held down 11th spot with 65 points. Eric Sutcliffe, in a threeway tie for 12th position, led Saskatoon Quakers with 60 points. Jerry Rafter was Weyburn Red Wings&rsquo; best with 57 points, while Doug Davidson topped Dauphin Mintos with 53 points.</p><p>Beaudin was the league&rsquo;s only 50-goal man. Four others&mdash;Kozie, Peters, Swarbrick and Ron Willy of Estevan&mdash;hit the 40 bracket while still another seven managed 30 goals or better.</p><p>Jack Norris of the pennantwinning Estevan club had little trouble nailing down goaltending honors. The flashy sophomore finished with a 2.02 goals-against average and seven shutouts. Closest to him in average was Kenny Baum of Regina at 2.52.</p><p>Flin-Flon emerged as the most penalized club with 831 minutes as compared to 818 to runnersup Dauphin. Gary Kilpatrick of Moose Jaw was the individual bad men with 183 minutes in penalites.</p><p>Commissioner Boucher handed down his only supension of any duration shortly before the scheduled closed when George Pirie of the Weyburn Wings was suspended indefinitely for striking an official. Pirie&rsquo;s case will be reviewed at the league meeting sometime in May.</p><h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2><h3>Final Standings</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03270/1897145-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="582" height="246"></div><h3>Scoring Leaders</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04196/1897138-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="581" height="274"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Estevan, Regina Favored To Meet In Loop Finals

<p><b>Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip; say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY</b></p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3>(Standings On Tues., A.M., March 13</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01439/1897260-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="586" height="173"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, MARCH 5 Kingston 2 at Sudbury 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02397/1897253-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="567" height="499"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY. MARCH & Hull-Ottawa 3 at North Bay 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03363/1897246-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="565" height="525"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7 Kitchener 3 at Kingston 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04329/1897239-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="573" height="695"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY. MARCH 8 North Bay 1 at Hull-Ottawa 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05281/1897232-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="568" height="376"></div><h3><b>Sudbury 1 at Sault Ste. Marie 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06242/1897225-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="568" height="416"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Kitchener 5 at Sudbury 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07228/1897218-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="577" height="517"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Sudbury 2 at Kingston 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08215/1897211-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="580" height="750"></div><h3><b>North Bay 3 at Kitchener 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11177/1897204-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="571" height="473"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY. MARCH 11 Sault Ste. Marie 3 at North Bay 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12157/1897197-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="570" height="548"></div><h3><b>Kingston 3 at Hull-Ottawa 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13128/1897190-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="581" height="695"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2><p>(Including Games of Sun., Mar. 11)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09208/1897183-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="577" height="299"></div><h3>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10198/1897176-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="577" height="178"></div><h3>Penalty Leaders</h3><p>Most Penalized Player: Dino Robazzo, S.S.M., 173 minutes.</p><p>Most Penalized Team: Sudbury, 1001 minutes.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By DINK CARROLL (In The Montreal Gazette)</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Lynn Patrick, the Boston Bruins&rsquo; manager, remarked here last weekend that there&rsquo;s nothing worse than finishing out the schedule when you haven&rsquo;t got a chance to make the playoffs.</p><p>&ldquo;If we&rsquo;d had Jacques Plante on our club, I think we could have made that last playoff spot,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We had other problems, I&rsquo;ll admit, but the biggest one was in the nets.&rdquo;</p><p>Punch Imlach, the managercoach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, declared early this season that goalkeeping is about 80 per cent of hockey, a remark that was repeated to Lynn.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how much it is, but I do know it&rsquo;s a lot,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Look at it this way. A forward can make a lot of mistakes and not hurt the team. A defenceman can make a few, but not as many as a forward. A goalkeeper can&rsquo;t make any.&rdquo;</p><p>Oddly enough, Don Simmons, a former Bruin, went in to the nets for the Leafs last Saturday night and shut out the Detroit Red Wingss Lynn would probably say that Simmons could rack up a shutout with the Leafs, but he couldn&rsquo;t do it with the Bruins in front of him. Again, a team usually gives a substitute goaler good protection, being aware that he requires it.</p><p>He was asked if the Bruins had any young goalkeepsr in their organization who looked promising.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got one who looks good where he is now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But there&rsquo;s an awful lot of difference between the National League and the minors. Because a netminder looks good in the American League or Eastern Pro League, doesn&rsquo;t mean that he&rsquo;11 make it in this League.&rdquo;</p><p>If there&rsquo;s one department of the game that he&rsquo;s sure has improved over the years it&rsquo;s goal-tending.</p><p>&ldquo;The goalers have had to improve because the job is so much more difficult now than it used to be,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s pressure on them all the time now and they have to contend with screened shots and deflections.&rdquo;</p><p>Bill Durnan, who was the top man in the position in his years with the Canadiens, said recently that he though goaltending was tougher now because the slapshot is being so widely used.</p><p>&ldquo;Practically everybody uses it now and they have better control of it,&rdquo; Lynn observed. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d say they&rsquo;re more on target with it. But the Rocket (Richard) and Gordie Howe, the two greatest scorers of the modern era, didn&rsquo;t use it. I should say that the that the Rocket didn&rsquo;t and Howe doesn&rsquo;t, since Howe is still playing.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen them both use a sort of modified slapshot by meeting a pass out in front of them&mdash;sort of golfing it. The Rocket scored a lot of goals that way. But he didn&rsquo;t wind up to do it. It was all in his wrists and that&rsquo;s what made it so effective. He didn&rsquo;t telegraph&rsquo; it and the goalkeeper didn&rsquo;t have time to get set.&rdquo;</p><p>Lynn was here for last Thursday&rsquo;s game between the Canadiens and the Toronto Leafs and thought it was one of the best he&rsquo;d seen all season.</p><p>&ldquo;Both teams were really skating,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I was impressed by the speed. That&rsquo;s another department of the game that has improved. Of course, the playing surface is better. They clean the ice now between periods and the players always have a new surface. Even when I was playing, they didn&rsquo;t do that. I can remember there&rsquo;d be snow on the ice in the last period.&rdquo;</p><p>If the clean surface has speeded up the game, it&rsquo;s also improved the passing.</p><p>&ldquo;That and the forechecking,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Players used to carry the puck out of their own end before forechecking was introduced. Now they can get it out a lot faster by passing it ahead. The passes now have to be fast as well as accurate. Every pass is really a shot.&rdquo;</p><p>This recalled some advice the late Dick Irvin used to give young players: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t pass the puck to your grandmother.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;One of the reasons I&rsquo;ve always contended that the Cooks and Frankie Boucher would be great in today&rsquo;s hockey was because of their passing,&rdquo; said Lynn. &ldquo;They were ahead of their time in the way they threw the puck around.&rdquo;</p><p>Lynn was asked about a story out of Boston that the fans were highly critical of the Bruins.</p><p>&ldquo;You can hardly blame them,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been waiting for three years for us to make the playoffs. How do you think the fans here would behave under similar circumstances?&rdquo;</p><h2>Needed Him</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14110/1897291-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="543" height="515"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jacques Plante</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Could Have Made It With Plante In Nets—Patrick

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-16" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1657/1897322-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg"></div><p><i>tells the inside story of Big&mdash;Time Hockey in</i></p><p>HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA</p><p>Hockey fans of all ages will enjoy this exciting account of professional hockey and its stars from the early days to the present. Illustrated, $3.95.</p><p>The RYERSON PRESS</p><p>299 Queen Street West</p><p>Toronto 2B, Ontario<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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FOSTER HEWITT

<div class="byline">By BOB GIORDANO</div><p>KELOWNA, B.C.&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01434/1897353-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="275" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Hal Janes</b></figcaption></div><p>Bobby Kromm&rsquo;s Trail Smoke&mdash;Eaters, who last year won the World Amateur Hockey Crown for Canada, are heavy favorites to sweep aside all comers in the Western Canada Allan-Cup playdowns.</p><p>The Smokies, of the four team Western International Hockey League, were in a class of their own this season. In 38 regular league games, they won 34, and dropped only four.</p><p>Their closest rivals were the Nelson Maple Leafs, in second place some 31 points back.</p><p>The same story prevailed in the individual scoring, and goalkeepers&rsquo; race. Statistics reveal the top four spots occupied by Smoke-Eater sharpshooters. Centreman Hal Jones won the scoring race with 84 points. The 28-year-oId playmaker put together 24 goals, and a league leading 60 assists. One point behind with 83 is diminutive winger Pinoke McIntyre. He triggered 44 goals, a league high, and 39 helpers. Smoothie Dave Russnell follows. The 29-year-old centreman accounted for 32 goals and 39 assists for 71 points&hellip; Home brew Adolf Tambellini, who held the top spot for a good portion of the season was pushed into fourth place. He checked in with 41 goals and 25 assists&hellip; Neison&rsquo;s big gun, Howie Hornby followed with 25 makers and 36 helpers.</p><p>Trail veteran Seth Martin won the goalkeeping honors. In 30-games played he collected a 3.70 goals against average. Teammate Bruno Forlin who saw action in only seven games, trailed with a 3.90.</p><p>As a result of their first place finish, the Smokies won a bye into the league finals, and will now meet the Nelson Maple Leafs for the league championship. Mickey Maglio&rsquo;s Leafs won their semi-final series against the young Kinberley dynamiters, but had to go the limit of five games to do it.</p><p>League finals will be a best of seven, and the winner will advance against the Alberta champion. From there it will move to the Western Canada Allen Cup finals.</p><p>The Galt Terriers, Canada&rsquo;s representatives in world hockey play at Colorado Springs this month, invaded Trail&rsquo;s Cominco Arena and came up with their best effort of their cross-Canada tour as they turned aside the defending world champion Smokies 3-1, in a hard fought, typical playoff action, before some 3,800 Kootenay fans.</p><p>Kromm told this reporter the Terriers would do well at the tournament: &ldquo;If they play like they did against us, they will win it all. Galt has a well balanced club from goaltending out&rdquo; said the Trail mentor&hellip; He concluded by saying there was little to choose between the two clubs.</p><p>Meanwhile the Smokies will be minus their star defenseman Harry Smith when they open their league finals against Nelson. Smith earlier stated he would definitely not join Galt due to pressure of business, however in a last minute change of heart, the Husky All-Star blueliner agreed to join the Terriers for the tournament.</p><p>Smith however will return to the Trail Club after the World championships.</p><p>On the junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; hockey scene, the Kamloops Rockets have won the Okanagan&mdash;mainline junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; hockey league crown by eliminating Moe Young&rsquo;s Kelowna Buckaroos in three straight games. The Rockets, who won first place in the four team league, sidelined the second placed Buckaroos by impressive scores of 8-3, 6-1, and an overtime thriller of 7-6, on Kamloops ice before some 1,800 cheering customers.</p><p>The well balanced, smooth passing Rockets, coached by former pro Ken Stewart now advance to the British Columbia finals against Ray Hamilton&rsquo;s Trail juniors.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Trail Favored To Rep West In Allan Cup Race

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div><p>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>In their first season as a member team of the Ontario Hockey Association junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; league, Montreal Canadiens not only won the pennant but had a player finish in first place in the scoring race.</p><p>At the conclusion of the 50-games-a-team schedule, the Canadiens had 73&rsquo; points, three more than Hamilton Red Wings who waged a stern battle with the Canucks down to the last weekend.</p><p>St. Catharines Teepees, rated as a team to beat in early predictions, placed third, 24 points behind Hamilton.</p><p>The Niagara Falls Flyers nudged into the fourth and final playoff position, one point ahead of the Guelph Royals with 43 and 42 points respectively.</p><p>Peterborough Petes were a distant sixth with 26 points.</p><p>In the individual points battle, Andre Boudrias scored three goals and picked up two assists in the final game of the season to clinch the title with 97 points on 34 goals, 63 assists.</p><p>The Montreal star was nine points ahead of Pit Martin of Hamilton Red Wings who scored 42 goals, had 46 assists for 88 points.</p><p>Martin&rsquo;s linemate, Lowell MacDonald, was third with a league high of 46 goals which, combined with his 39 assists, gave him 85 points.</p><p>Others in the top 10 were Ray Cullen, St. Catharines 36 goals, 42 assists, 78 points; Norm Dennis, Montreal 28 goals, 44 assists, 72 points; Rejean Richer, Montreal 34 goals, 37 assists, 71 points; Phil Esposito, St. Catharines 32 goals, 39 assists, 71 points; Jacques La-Perriere, Montreal 28 goals, 41 assists, 69 points; Dave McComb. Guelph 29 goals, 45 assists, 68 points; Howie Dietrich, Niagara Falls 35 goals, 32 assists, 67 points.</p><p>LaPerriere&rsquo;s 69 points established a record for defencemen in OHA junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey. The old mark of 61 points was set by Ron Howell while playing with Guelph Royals. Howell is now better known as a member of the Hamilton TigerCat football team.</p><p>George Holmes, who tried unseccessfully for two years to become a regular in Peterborough, became a spectacular success in the nets for Montreal.</p><p>Holmes allowed 113 goals in 42 games for a league-leading goals against average of 2.69. His record included three shutouts.</p><p>In second place was Buddy Blom of Hamilton with 158 goals against in 49 games for a 3.2 average. Blom turned in two shutouts.</p><p>The semi-final series matches the first place Montreal Canadiens against the fourth place Niagara Falls Flyers and the second place Hamilton Red Wings against the third place St. Catharines Teepees.</p><p>These two rounds, as well as the final, are best-of-seven with the eventual winner meeting the Toronto Metro junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; champs for the right to contest the Memorial Cup playoffs.</p><h2>Scoring Champ</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02342/1897384-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="540" height="822"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Andre Boudrias</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Junior Canadiens Take Flag In Their 1st Year

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div><p>NEW GLASGOW, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>Amherst Ramblers, with their third consecutive Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League championship safely stashed away among their souvenirs, were favorites to capture their third Maritime crown in as many years as they prepared to meet the North Sydney Victorias in a provincial championship round.</p><p>Ramblers sewed up the NSSHL title in easy fashion. They copied the trend of other league playoffs in the Maritimes to eliminate the Moncton Beavers in four straight games.</p><p>It was the third league title to be won in consecutive. games this year. The Parkdale Royals were crowned titleholders of the Prince Edward Island League by brushing aside the Cape Travers Evinrudes in five straight contests. The North Sydney club scored a 5-0 series win in their best-of-nine Cape Breton Senior Hockey League finals with Glace Bay Miners.</p><p>Amherst remained kings of the NSSHL when veteran Shermie White rattled home the tying and winning goals late in the third period in the wrap up game with Beavers. It was the only game in the series in which Moncton appeared victory-bound. They held a 3-0 margin before the Ramblers roared back to take a 5-3 decision. White&rsquo;s two payoff markers were overshadowed by the play of little Gerry Boss in the finals. Boss racked up eight goals in the four games, five of them in the opening tilt.</p><p>Amherst, after stumbling somewhat in the late stages of the NSSHL regular schedule, returned to their winning ways of playoff times and looked like strong bets to roll to another easy Maritime victory. Last year they won the Nova Scotia loop crown with eight consecutive victories and coasted the rest of the way to the tri-province title. Their series sweep of Moncton gave them an impressive 8-1 record in racking up the league title this year.</p><p>A feud began between Ramblers and North Sydney even before the two clubs met on the ice for the first time March 5. With both league titles won in the least possible games, several days of idleness were placed on the two teams. The Vics tried to lengthen the best-of-three series but Rambler players would have no part of it.</p><p>Then North Sydney announced, with Maritime Amateur Hockey Association approval, that they would add three players for their provincial series. They chose Vince Ryan and Fred Courtney of Glace Bay Miners and Robert MacNeil of the Sydney Millionaires, three of the best players in the three-team Cape Breton circuit.</p><p>Amherst manager Ernie Adams yelled: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re supposed to be playing the Cape Breton champions, not their all-stars.&rdquo; But this shouting was apparently not loud enough and Vics were ready to go with their three additions.</p><p>Winners of the Amherst-North Sydney series will meet the survivors of the Parkdale-Saint John Oilers round for the Maritime title.</p><h2>Shoots Winner</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03253/1897415-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="547" height="768"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sherman White</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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North Sydney Next On List For Amherst

<p><b>&bull; Andy Bathgate</b></p><p><b>&bull; Glenn Hail</b></p><p><b>&bull; Metro Prystai</b></p><p><b>Who will be on hand to instruct you at the</b></p><p><b>INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY CLINIC</b></p><p><b>(Oldest clinic in operation)</b></p><p><b>NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA</b></p><p><b>JULY 9 to JULY 22</b></p><p><b>Learn to play the big league way. Write for full particulars and application form to:</b></p><p><b>BOX 1063</b></p><p><b>MOOSE JAW, SASK.</b></p><p><b>CANADA</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

You Can Learn Hockey From

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01411/1897470-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><p><b>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</b></p><h2>ACROSS</h2><p>1. Pictured Boston forward.</p><p>4. Initials of an NHL goaltender.</p><p>6. Former Maple Leaf centre star.</p><p>9. Method by which referees indicate penalties.</p><p>11. Synonymous with 8 down, (abbr.)</p><p>12. Most hockeyists shun this during the season.</p><p>13. Initials of Chadwick, ex-Leaf netminder.</p><p>15. Constantly scold.</p><p>17. Month in which Reg Fleming was born (abbr.)</p><p>19. Denotes number worn by pictured player.</p><p>20. Pictured star began skating when one.</p><p>21. Number of All-Star teams Johnny Bower has been on.</p><p>22. Tellurium (Sym.)</p><p>24. Warren Godfrey formerly played with Waterloo Hurricanes&mdash;.</p><p>25. This Ranger player was born in Magog, Quebec.</p><p>26. Number of goals scored by Hershey&rsquo;s Mike Nykoluk in 1960-61.</p><p>27. Initials of Coulter, former New York defenseman.</p><p>28. Initials of a Red Wing defenseman.</p><p>29. Given name of a Toronto forward.</p><h2>DOWN</h2><p>1. Pittsburgh&rsquo;s present coach.</p><p>2. Recently fired Hornet mentor.</p><p>3. One of the Black Hawks answers to this.</p><p>4. Eddie Shack was a patient in one last January.</p><p>5. Initials of MacGregor of Detroit.</p><p>7. Initials of Laycoe, ex-NHL defenseman.</p><p>8. Former occupation of Mrs. Ed Litzenberger.</p><p>10. 9th & 23rd letters of the alphabet.</p><p>14. NHL scoring champion of 194344.</p><p>16. New member of the Rangers.</p><p>18. Red Kelly&rsquo;s second name.</p><p>21. Otherwise.</p><p>23. This WHL coach hails from Saskatoon, Sask.</p><p>24. Toe Blake&rsquo;s daughter.</p><p>25. An injury to one helped terminate Blake&rsquo;s hockey career.</p><p>26. Initials of Williams of Boston.</p><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1. Jeffrey</p><p>9. Orlando</p><p>10. On.</p><p>11. Use</p><p>13. Nurse</p><p>14. New</p><p>15. C D.</p><p>16. G.R.</p><p>17. OHA</p><p>18. Lo</p><p>19. Re</p><p>20. A.D.</p><p>21. G.R.</p><p>22. Red</p><p>24. Art.</p><p>25. Marry</p><p>26. N.Y.</p><p>27. G.I.</p><p>28. YI</p><p>29. Pike</p><p>31. Co.</p><p>32. Raleigh</p><h3>DOWN</h3><p>1. Joann</p><p>2. Er.</p><p>3. Florida</p><p>4. Fans</p><p>5. R.N.</p><p>6. Ed.</p><p>7. Young</p><p>8. Brewer</p><p>12. S.E.</p><p>15. Cherry</p><p>16. Goderich</p><p>17. Organs</p><p>18. Larry</p><p>23. DY.</p><p>25. Mike.</p><p>27. Gil.</p><p>29. P.A.</p><p>30. E.I.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div><p>INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.&mdash;</p><p>Headline! &ldquo;Canadian Chief of Immigrations Pulled a Booboo&rdquo;&mdash;This appeared along with a story in the March 1, Indianapolis Times, by-lined by sports writer Dick Mittman.</p><p>The story reads: &ldquo;This is addressed to the immigrations chiefs at Windsor, Ontario, Canada.</p><p>&ldquo;Dear Sir:</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t know whether this is going through proper channels or not, old bean, but you&rsquo;ve made a ghastly mistake.</p><p>&ldquo;You signed a group of passports this winter for some gentlemen, who said they were coming to the States to play hockey. They pulled the wool over your eyes old boy.</p><p>&ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t want to pen this until it was certain. Last night made it official. They played Muskegon, which only had ten men, and led (the Chiefs), 4-1, (two goals by Garth Hayes) entering the final period. They got beat, 7-4. Larry Lund (Muskegon) scored four times in the last 20 minutes.</p><p>&ldquo;How&rsquo;s them crumpets?</p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re masquerading under the guise of the Indianapolis Chiefs. It&rsquo;s probably too late to do anything about them now, but maybe this will alert you to be more thorough when questioning a man who says he&rsquo;s going to the States to play hockey&hellip; especially if his destination is Indianapolis.</p><p>&ldquo;If you get down this way, drop in and we&rsquo;ll have a spot of tea.</p><p>&ldquo;Sincerely, Dick Mittman.&rdquo;</p><p>One source said the story was written in hopes of hurting the pride of some of the Chiefs&rsquo; players who were &ldquo;quitting&rdquo; on the ice, but snapped one wag, &ldquo;Does this club have any pride?&rdquo;</p><p>Now in the International Hockey League&rsquo;s cellar, Indianapolis has lost 14 out of their last 16 contests.</p><p>An observer in the Hoosier Capital, who has been close to the hockey picture for quite a number of years, said, &ldquo;If I were the goaltender on that club, I don&rsquo;t know how many nights I would have walked off the ice. They haven&rsquo;t given their goalies a bit of protection all year.&rdquo;</p><p>Chuck Adamson, now through for the season with an eye injury, served 53 games under the heavy barrage of &ldquo;flying-pucks.&rdquo; Spare goalie and trainer, Ed Kikendall has been peppered with an average of 35 to 40 shots per game in the last seven games.</p><p>Alex Shibicky, coach of the Chiefs, has tried to do his best&mdash;but without the &ldquo;horses,&rdquo; a coach&rsquo;s best effort is futile.</p><p>&ldquo;The caliber of hockey in Canada is deteriorating,&rdquo; commented Shibicky. The trouble with kids playing junior hockey in Canada now, they want too damn much for nothing, and don&rsquo;t want to work for it.&rdquo;</p><p>Getting wound up, the former National Hockey League great put the &ldquo;hat&rdquo; on the CAHA. &ldquo;In your figure-skating associations, you must pass tests before advancing to a further grade. Why can&rsquo;t hockey do the same? &bull;</p><p>&ldquo;I am of the opinion, that when a junior hockey player has completed his eligibility in Canada or the States, the governing bodies should put that player through a rigid test before he is able to compete in Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; and Professional hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>Continuing Shibicky said, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no excuse for a player not knowing the fundamentals of the game. I&rsquo;m blaming the coaches for this.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s one of the troubles with hockey today&mdash;the coaches aren&rsquo;t teaching the kids fundamentals. They&rsquo;re too busy teaching kids how to take slap-shots and not telling them about position play, passing and proper shooting tech-niques.&rdquo;</p><p>With the many ice-skating facilities being built in the United States, Alex feels within the next five to ten years, the majority of the National Hockey League teams will be drawing a lot of their talent from the States.</p><p>Although the Chiefs management has not been drawing well attendance wise the last few years, a source indicated that he expects that hockey will be played in Indianapolis next year. &ldquo;The door is always open,&rdquo; opined the informant.</p><h2>Blast Off</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02362/1897501-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="556" height="848"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alex Shibicky</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Shibicky Sounds Off As Caps’ Sticks Stay Silent

<div class="byline">By SID PAYNE</div><p>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;</p><p>As six teams went to the post in quest of the Eastern Hockey League playoff championship, this is how the &ldquo;morning line&rdquo; shaped up on the eve of the post-season action:</p><p>Clinton, 2-1; Greensboro, 7-2; Johnstown, 4-1; Knoxville, 6-1; New Haven, 8-1, and Philadelphia, 12-1.</p><p>Since this writer has had no previous experience as a professional handicapper, the above quotations should be taken lightly since hockey is a sport where anything can and usually does happen in the playoffs.</p><p>But there has to be a favorite and the Clinton Comets fill that role perfectly. After all, they did post the best record during the regular season and it wasn&rsquo;t done with mirrors.</p><p>Coach Benny Woit has a club that is strong in every department. The Comets were best offensively and defensively and most important, they didn&rsquo;t lose any players to the World Amateur Championships in Colorado Springs.</p><p>The Comets have the big line that can get the job done. They have the big goalie, too. and their defense can keep the team in the game should the attack bog down.</p><p>With Skip Teal centering for Pete Babando and Art Ross, the Comets boast a destructive trio that can break a game open at any time Goalie Norm DeFelice has been around long enough to know what play pressure is like, and the backline, headed by Woit himself and including Len Speck, Ted Szdlowski and Tim Hook is rugged and dependable.</p><p>There appears to be no flaw as far as Clinton is concerned. But stranger things have happened which proves there&rsquo;s no such thing as a sure thing&mdash;even in hockey.</p><p><b>AROUND THE LOOP:</b> The Comets met Greensboro, the Southern Division winner, in a best-of-nine series. Other first round pairings were Johnstown vs New Haven and Knoxville vs. Philadelphia in best-of-five sets. The Jets and Knights figure to meet in the semi-finals with the winner opposing either Clinton or Greensboro for the championship&hellip; Johnstown&rsquo;s Ken Laufman won the scoring championship with over 120 points&hellip; Long Island coach John Muckier joined Greensboro for the playoffs as Generals&rsquo; defenseman Butch Mac-Kay is playing in Colorado&hellip; Ducks&rsquo; Gilles Villemure is Ranger goalie Gump Worsley&rsquo;s standby&hellip; There was no weak sister in EHL this season as each of the eight clubs won at least 25 games and finished with over 50 points&hellip; Rumors have it that Nashville, Tenn., and Jacksonville, Fla., will come into league next season&hellip; Knoxville showed the best attendance in the circuit and Greensboro was next&hellip; Long Island showed greatest improvement&hellip;</p><h2>Eastern Hockey League</h2><h3>FINAL STANDINGS</h3><p>Northern Division</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-054/1897567-1-eng-US/c0004-052.jpg" title="C0004-05" width="576" height="166"></div><h3>Southern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-064/1897560-1-eng-US/c0004-062.jpg" title="C0004-06" width="572" height="174"></div><h2>The Power</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0116/1897553-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="257" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Norm DeFelice</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0217/1897546-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="278" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Len Speck</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0314/1897539-1-eng-US/c0004-032.jpg" title="C0004-03" width="273" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Szydlowski</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-048/1897532-1-eng-US/c0004-042.jpg" title="C0004-04" width="272" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Skip Teal</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Clinton 2-1 Favorites To Cop League Bunting

<div class="byline">By JACK THOMSON</div><p>FORT WILLIAM, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The story of Mickey Hennessey, is a long and colourful one in the junior hockey ranks of Canada. Today Hennessey is a coach and scout for the Montreal Canadiens, and is an aiderman in the city of Fort William. He has been at the head of the Fort William Canadiens for ten years, and this in itself must be some kind of record for coaching in hockey today. In those ten years in the Lakehead he has won the Lakehead league nine times, seven of those times he has taken his club out of the Thunder Bay district to represent the area against the always powerful Manitoba.</p><p>Twice the Hennessey coached club have ended up in the Western Canada final. This you must admit is quite a record for a junior coach. Any coach in any sport would be envious of the long list of winners this little ball of dynamite has had over the years. He is quick to point out that on both occasions his club was in the Western Final, the club that beat him out went on to win the Memorial Cup. Mickey says the best club he ever had would have to be the club Flin Flon beat out to go on to their big triumph. He lists players like Pete Goegan, Stan Baluik. Max Mekilok, and Eddie Kachur on that great club. Over the ten year period in Lakehead be has produced a lot of talent for his bosses in Montreal, and there are a lot of other clubs in the pro ranks who are making good use of Hennessey produced men today. Here is just a small list of the talent, Pete Goegan, Don Johns, Stan Baluik, Gary Mork, Max Mekilok, Lou Marcon, Eddie I^achur, Joe Zurra, KO Kowal-chuk, Lynn Davis, Rodger Sawicki, Bobby Ellett, Billy Isbell, Bob McCammon, Walter Bradley, Jean Gauthier.</p><p>The Hennessej&rsquo; career goes back twenty years in the producing of players for the professionals. He started out with the Detroit Red Wings organization. He moved to the Montreal Canadiens when Frank Selke took over the reins and has been with them for fifteen years. He coached in the minors in Montreal, moved up to the Junior &lsquo;B&rsquo; Wing Wheelers in the Forum, from there to the St. Hyacinthe Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; club and then back into the Forum with the Montreal Nationals Junior club. At one time or another he has coached such outstanding Canadiens as Dickie Moore, Don Marshall, Claude Provost, and Bernie Geoffrion. It was only last year that Geoffrion when being interviewed between periods on the Saturday night television broadcasts that he said Hennessey was the toughtest coach he ever had and most of the boys who play for him today, or over last few years will agree with Geoffrion wholeheartedly. He has been a bug on conditioning and skating. He says with out these two things you will never make the pro ranks, and after all he says; &ldquo;that is what I am being paid for.&rdquo;</p><h2>Busy Man</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-073/1897598-1-eng-US/c0004-072.jpg" title="C0004-07" width="554" height="845"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Mickey Hennessey</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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