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March 24, 1962

The Hockey News March 24, 1962

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01349/1821951-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gooler Hank Bassen, right, has travelled somewhat since he turned pro. He signed with Chicago, played at Calgary, Seattle, Vancouver and Springfield before landing with Detroit. Since then he has journeyed to Edmonton and Sudbury. Above, as a rookie in Chicago he showed promise. He wanders out to stop a shot off of Toronto&rsquo;s Tod Sloan.</b></figcaption></div><h2>Hustling Cager&hellip;&hellip;Flying High</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02280/1821944-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1650" height="1960"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Fireball Hank Keeps Wings On Toes

<div class="byline">by Jack Thomson</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02333/1823337-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="322" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pete Goegan</b></figcaption></div><p>FORT WILLIAM, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The annual awards for the Lakehead junior league were selected by the sportswriters and broadcas ters this past weekend. Gary Veneruzzo, the flashy centre iceman of the Fort William Canadiens walked off with two honors. He won the Frank Sargent Trophy for the league scoring title and the Russell Trophy as the league&rsquo;s most valuable player. The Walter Risi Memorial Trophy which is presented to the top goaltender was won by Gord Murray of the Canadiens. Port Arthur North Stars Captain Ricky Yeo, who has yet to sit out any time for a penalty since his midget playing days was chosen as the league&rsquo;s most gentlemanly player for the second year in a row, and he will be awarded the George Budd Trophy. The rookie of the year honors went to Don Fedun of the Canadiens and he will be presented with the Larry Barts Trophy. Tony Goegan of the North Stars blue line corps was awarded the Jack Humphreys Trophy as the leagues top defenceman&hellip;The Lakehead junior all-stars were also chosen by the writers and broadcasters. On the dream team; Gord Murray, Canadiens in goal. Goegan and Don Milliard of the Canadiens on defence. At centre Ice Venuruzzo and Yeo tied for the position. Both wingers came from the Canadiens, Herb McCubbin down the right side and Wes Walchuk on left. Moe Irving, coach of the Port Arthur North Stars took the coaching position&hellip;The Warroad Lakers and Fort Frances Canadians playoff for the Ontario Minnesota Hockey League crown with the winner going against the North Shore for the Thunder Bay title&hellip;Former Lakehead junior Bob McCammon who was injured in a game his North Bay Trappers played against Sudbury, will be in the hospital one more month before he moves to Montreal for further treatment&hellip;Bearcats and the Winnipeg Maroons played one of the finest series fans have seen between these two clubs. And it certainly proves one thing, give the fans good hockey and they will come out in droves. They drew twenty five thousand people in the series. Pete Goegan of the New York Rangers of late, returned home last week, and would not say anything to the press as to why he had left the Ranger camp. Since that time the Rangers have placed him with Springfield in the American League and because he did not report has been suspended by the National League club.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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News From Around The Lakehead Area

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div><h2>Nets Big Ones</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01391/1822399-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="560" height="530"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ron Attwell</b></figcaption></div><p>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;</p><p>In the December 2 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, a story under a Cleveland dateline started: &ldquo;If, as it&rsquo;s said, the mark of a good hockey team is its ability to win on the road, the Cleveland Barons are going to wind up the 1961-62 season as one of the king-pins of the American Hockey League.&rdquo;</p><p>The same story ended with these words: &ldquo;All of which means that the Cleveland skaters are going to cut a swath through the AHL&mdash;if they can maintain anything approaching their fine early-season record on the road.&rdquo;</p><p>The season now is boiling into its final full week and it would appear, at this writing, that the Barons have an excellent chance of grabbing off the Western Division leadership. If they miss, it won&rsquo;t be by much.</p><p>And it is true&mdash;. as predicted&mdash;that they have made their presence felt in the AHL race.</p><p>They have been sustained throughout by their quickly&mdash;displayed ability to win games away from home. At this writing, they are the best road team in the league.</p><p>Coach Jackie Gordon&rsquo;s Barons, in 31 road starts, chalked up 29 points, on 14 victories and a tie. Hershey had registered 28 road points, but in two more games. Buffalo has 27 road points in 31 games and Springfield 26 in 32.</p><p>It can be said of this Cleveland team, perhaps more than of any Baron team in recent years, that it has had a tremendous will to win. Some of the players may not have been as polished as some of their predecessors, but this bunch never quit trying. When they appeared ready to be counted out, they always bounced back.</p><p>For a while, it seemed that the club was built around one line&mdash;the Ron Attwell&mdash;Fred Glover&mdash;Jim Mikol combination. The feeling was that when this line stopped producing, the team may fall flat on its face.</p><p>But the Barons continued to prosper for two reasons. The number one line seldom failed to produce. Secondly, the other two lines came to life.</p><p>In recent weeks, the Hank Ciesla&mdash;Dick Van Impe&mdash;John Ferguson line has chipped in with many important goals. So has the Billy Sutherland&mdash;Eddie Mazur&mdash;Wayne Larkin trio, with Cal Sterns occasionally stepping in.</p><p>What started as a fairly good defensive club with one strong line has developed into an excellent defensive club with a well-balanced scoring attack.</p><p>BARON BITS&mdash;Glover continues to pace the Barons in scoring, but he&rsquo;s being pressed closely by Attwell and Mikol. Attwell, especially, has been turning in big goals on the extended road trip that has seen the Barons win four and tie one in seven straight games away from home.</p><p>The road trip, incidentally, turned into a nightmare for Glover. Not only was the AHL&rsquo;s all-time scoring leader having trouble attaining the 400 goal mark, but the day the team left Cleveland his wife, Marie, slipped on the ice, breaking her right wrist and fracturing her cheek-bone in three places. Then, as the trip neared its end. Fred received the sad news that his&rsquo;father had passed away in a Toronto hospital.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IF Barons Miss Flag It Won’t Be By Much

<div class="byline">By DON FLEMING</div><p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>While talking around the National League recently with the parent Detroit Red Wings, we took advantage of the opportunity to check out their report that Bill Gadsby will be the next coach of the Edmonton Flyers.</p><p>Apparently, Bud Poile may be hankering to once again turn to an exclusive role of manager, instead of doubling up as the coach as well.</p><p>Ever since Gadsby joined the Red Wings, it was rumored that he had a bright future in the Detroit scheme of things. Else why would they bring him into the organization at that particular stage of his career?</p><p>Gadsby had nursed hopes for years of coming in with the Wings. Finally, it looked as if it was about to happen when a two-for-two swap with the New York Rangers was announced.</p><p>Eddie Shack and Gadsby for Red Kelly and Bill McNeill. But Kelly balked, and McNeill went along. So Bill languished with the Rangers still longer.</p><p>For many years. Gadsby had been a business associate of Clarence Moher, the Red Wings&rsquo; western scout.</p><p>What better way of really cementing their relationship than putting them on the same side of the fence all the way down the line!</p><p>Last summer, perseverance paid off. Bill became a Red Wing, and a major job for another year seemed assured, before branching out in his hockey career. After all. a 15th season counts big in the NHL pension plan. Now maybe a 16th?</p><p>Gadsby, you see, was originally earmarked for the role of fifth defenseman with the Red Wings. Then Pete Goegan slipped back, Marcel Pronovost was no longer going his best lick, and Howie Young took his umpteenth turn in the dog-house.</p><p>Bill stepped up to regular duty, and in the last half of the season, he has been the Wings&rsquo; best rearguard.</p><p>When Gadsby eventually does show up at Edmonton, where he owns a fine new home in the swanky west end of town, it could be as part of a package plan involving big John Miszuk.</p><p>The big Flyer rookie will be ready to make the switch any time Bill comes down. In fact, many hockey experts feel that Miszuk is eligible for promotion right now.</p><h2>What&rsquo;s Next</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01424/1822946-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="540" height="532"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Gadsby</b></figcaption></div><p>He took the jump to pro ranks in his stride, and looks eligible to make Bud Poile&rsquo;s boast come true that within two years he will be the best defenceman in the NHL.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS</b>&hellip;When Len Lunde came down from Detroit, he wasted no time wearing out the red light. Soon after his return, he accounted a hat trick against Vancouver Canucks&hellip;Another in a long line of rumors concerning the Canucks is that Montreal Canadiens will throw their weight in behind them, with a B.C. lumber-man taking over the beleaguered Vancouver club&hellip;Bobby Davidson says he is delighted with Ed Babiuk&rsquo;s play since he took over the goaltending with the Calgary Stampeders. The Toronto Maple Leafs made him available when Alf Pike decided he needed a switch in goaltenders&hellip;Possibly the Leafs felt that Ed figured least in their plans, so he was the chattel they made available on loan&hellip;Now they are regarding Babiuk in a new light, and so are the Stampeders. There is a good chance that they will attempt to buy him outright.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Will Gadsby Go Again. Or Take Over Edmonton?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01260/1823934-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Detroit&rsquo;s Vic Stasiuk (11) attempts to reach over the fallen Glenn Hall to tap the puck into the net. He failed as Moose Vasko and Pierre Pilote comes in to help out. Wings are making a desperate bid for a playoff spot.</b></figcaption></div><h2>Another Glenn Succeeds<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Hubs Grab Cream of Sweden’s Crop

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Reaction to the Galt Terriers&rsquo; loss to Sweden in the World Hockey Tournament ranged between indignation and ho-hum as far as Toronto&rsquo;s hockey men were concerned.</p><p>Maple Leaf Gardens executive vice-president Harold Ballard put it firmly:</p><p>&ldquo;It hurts me to see Canada get defeated in a sport in which we are rated supreme.&rdquo;</p><p>Ballard called the entire showing &ldquo;a disgrace.&rdquo; The powers that be had an awful nerve to send that club to the tournament. It&rsquo;s beginning to look as though the CAHA members are merely interested in having a good time on the trip, not in sending our best players.</p><p>&ldquo;I have nothing personal against the Galt players, but they were beaten in every department, skated dizzy, by the Swedes who aren&rsquo;t supposed to be as good as the Russians or the Czechs!&rdquo;</p><p>Gardens president Stafford Smythe was non-committal.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve no comment to add to&rsquo; what&rsquo;s been said every couple of years when Canada loses. This has been hashed over and over before.&rdquo;</p><p>Hank Goldup, former Toronto Maple Leaf and New York Ranger standout, felt Canada&rsquo;s loss was no fault of the Galt Terriers.</p><p>&ldquo;We send over a team that isn&rsquo;t our best and then we complain,&rdquo; said Goldup. &ldquo;I thought Galt played well but Sweden&rsquo;s goalie was just too sharp.&rdquo;</p><p>An unsolicited opinion came from Fred Toole, who coached junior hockey in Winnipeg in the 1920s.</p><p>&ldquo;A team like the Montreal junior Canadiens could spot Galt three goals and win,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Galt just didn&rsquo;t have the players from the goal out.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Will Teach Us A Lesson, Is Reaction

<p><b>THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; 15th annual NHL All-Star team will be published in our next edition, dated Saturday, March 31.</b></p><p><b>Our fans&rsquo; selections of a first and second All-Star team plus the NHL&rsquo;s Most-Valuable-Player and Rookie-Of-the-Year is the only one of its kind in the game.</b></p><p><b>Be sure to get your copy of the Saturday, March 31st edition when the NHL&rsquo;s first and only fan team is announced.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Fans’ All—Star Team Next Week

<p>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.&mdash;</p><p>The last place Boston Bruins, desperate for a top flight goaler since the days of Frankie Brimsek, will take a good, long look at Sweden&rsquo;s Lennart Haggroth, the 22-year-old sensation who spoiled the Galt Terriers&rsquo; bid for a world championship here last week.</p><p>General Manager Lynn Patrick, who always has felt European talent might someday be good enough to meet NHL standards has placed Haggreth on the Bruins&rsquo; negotiation list. Patrick said Haggroth. a five-foot-ten, 160 pounder will join Boston in training camp next September.</p><p>The Bruins have also invited Sweden&rsquo;s Ulf Sterner, a forward, and defenseman Roland Stoltz to work out at their camp next fall.</p><p>&ldquo;The experience will do them a lot of good,&rdquo; said Sven (Tumba) Johansson, veteran Swedish star who tried out with the Bruins five years ago. Tumba played five games with Quebec Aces, a Boston farm club in the American League, but declined to sign a professional contract.</p><p>&ldquo;It will be terrific if he can make it,&rdquo; Patrick said. &ldquo;All we need is a good goalie and we can move up in a hurry.&rdquo;</p><p>Patrick also said Mike Larson, goaler for the United States team in the world championships here, is on Boston&rsquo;s negotiation list. Larson attends the University of Minnesota.</p><p>&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t talk to him until he graduates,&rdquo; Lynn said.</p><p>Haggroth, an engineering student said &ldquo;there are a few things I have to consider before I can think of playing professional hockey. First I have two more years left to go in engineering school.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Then I would like to play in the world championships in Stockholm next year and the winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1964. I have never played in the Olympics and that is the highest honor in sports.</p><p>&ldquo;It is very nice to hear that Boston is thinking of me. Maybe someday I would like to play in the big pro league in the United States.&rdquo;</p><p>Reports say the youngster with the quick hands and sharp reflexes can be lured into the NHL. but that the price will be high. Haggroth apparently has been talking to a couple of smart Swedes&mdash;Tumba and Tumba&rsquo;s millionaire friend, Ingemar Johansson, former world heavyweight boxing champion.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Three Given Invitations To 62 Camp

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div><h2>On Target</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01350/1821827-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="544" height="517"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dickie Moore</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Sparked by their lesser lights through most of the schedule, the Canadiens may go into the Stanley Cup playoffs with all their big guns blazing. In recent games, the Habs have been getting that old-time scoring punch from their established stars who had been either injured or ineffective earlier in the season.</p><p>Dickie Moore, big Jean Beliveau and Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion got more than their share of goals during the second last week of the regular campaign as Canadiens won three out of four games and moved a little closer to their fifth straight league championship.</p><p>Moore tallied four times, Beliveau had three goals and three assists and the Boomer scored three and set up another. Rookie Bobby Rousseau was the big points collector through the four games with two goals and five assists.</p><p>As a result of their sprees, the well&mdash;balanced Canadiens could wind up with as many as eight 20-goal men which must be some kind of a record. Claude Provost (now with 31 goals), Gilles Tremblay (29), Ralph Backstrom (25), Henri Richard (21), Rousseau (21) and Geoffrion (22) were in the proven players&rsquo; circle going into the final week of the schedule. Moore (19) and Beliveau (17) appeared on the verge of getting in there.</p><p>Rousseau and Geoffrion scored their 20th goals in Montreal&rsquo;s 5-2 win over Boston here March 10. Moore bagged a pair to hit 19 and Beliveau netted Nos. 16 and 17 as the Habs edged Chicago 6-5 March 15.</p><p>Geoffrion&rsquo;s 21st goal, at Toronto where the Habs lost 5-2, made him the fourth highest goal-getter in National Hockey League history. It gave the Boomer a life-time total of 325 tallies in 12 seasons of play and one more than Nels (Old Poison) Stewart, the former Montreal Maroons standout. The Boomer now stands fourth in goalscoring behind Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay.</p><p>Through four games, 2-1 over New York, 5-2 against Boston, a 52 loss at Toronto and their 6-5 triumph over the Hawks, Dickie Moore was the outstanding forward for Canadiens. Always a brilliant playmaker and a fellow who came up with picture-play goals, Moore netted big ones against the Rangers and the Hawks.</p><p>At New York, where he did double duty due to left-wing injuries to Don Marshall and Gilles Tremblay, Moore was a constant thorn in the side of the Rangers. And his tying goal&mdash;Moore&rsquo;s eighth against New York&mdash;came on a cooly executed play by the plucky winger. After taking Jean-Claude Tremblay&rsquo;s pass at the red line, Moore broke away from Harry Howell to skate in alone on Worsley from the right side. He waited momentarily as Worsley skated out to meet him and then calmly slid the puck into the far corner of the Blue Shirts&rsquo; net.</p><p>Against Chicago, Moore was robbed by Glenn Hall after a double deke of the Hawks rearguards and a dead-on shot from 10-foot range. But he made no mistake on a 20-foot whip shot for the winning goal after Geoffrion had made Hall hop from a hard drive on the left point.</p><p>The game against Black Hawks at the Forum&mdash;in which Bobby Hull netted his 45th and 46th goals and closed in on the 50-record&mdash;was also a big one for Claude Provost, the Habs&rsquo; early-season sensation who had been in a slump that lasted 11 games.</p><p>Provost broke out of it with his 31st tally of the season 50 seconds after the faceoff and played a driving game that might have set him in the right frame of mind for the playoffs. However what Coach Toe Blake may have liked most about Provost&rsquo;s play was the way he was checking the Hawks at every turn, especially Bobby Hull.</p><p>&ldquo;The coach told me before the game that he wanted me to check Hull,&rdquo; said Provost. &ldquo;He said that was the best way to get out of a slump was to go back to my old checking style&mdash;too many goals were being scored against me in the last month or so.</p><p>&ldquo;It was good to get that goal so early,&rdquo; added Provost. &ldquo;But I was glad that I was checking so well. Hull didn&rsquo;t even get a shot on the net while I was watching him.&rdquo;</p><p>Hull got his first goal while the Canadiens were changing, Geoffrion going off for Provost, and netted his second on a power-play while Jean Beliveau was off for tripping. Bobby, who had six shots altogether in the game, paid tribute to Provost.</p><p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t think I was ever going to get a shot the way that Provost was hounding me,&rdquo; said Hull with a grin.&rsquo; &ldquo;You know he wasn&rsquo;t on the ice for either of my goals.&rdquo;</p><p>While the Habs broke out on a new note offensively, they appeared in trouble defensively. Lou Fontinato, the key to the Montreal rearguard corps, is doing a good job back at the blueline but he can&rsquo;t skate well due to a bothersome groin injury which needs rest more than anything else.</p><p>When they went into the last week of the schedule, their ace penalty-killer, Don Marshall, was on the shelf with a groin injury. Don sat out the last half of the New York game and missed two contests against Toronto and Chicago. Bill Hicke was inserted at left wing in Marshall&rsquo;s regular spot on the line with Geoffrion and Ralph Backstrom but appeared to be having trouble adjusting himself to the opposite side.</p><p>Billy Carter, called up from Hull-Ottawa as a replacement for Henri Richard who is out for the season, shared pivot duties with Phil Goyette for a few games but wasn&rsquo;t used against Chicago. Goyette figured in two goals as the pivot for Provost and Moore.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Habs Overshadowed Vets Finally Find The Range

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>As a Bruins&rsquo; defenseman, Doug Mohns has probably paid a penalty for not being colorful in the form of casual acceptance of his ability.</p><p>Mohns may have more all-round talent than any other defenseman in the National Hockey League, when his defensive and offensive assets are combined.</p><p>But since being named to the NHL second all-star team for the first half of the 1956-57 season after less than four months of playing defense, Mohns has been generally overlooked on a leaguewide basis.</p><p>This season, although it has been the Bruins&rsquo; worst, has been one of Mohn&rsquo;s best.</p><p>And, for the first time in his nine seasons here, the 29-year-old resident of Weymouth has something to show for his efforts.</p><h2>MVP In Boston</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02333/1821858-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="513" height="786"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Mohns</b></figcaption></div><p>He has been voted the Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy as the outstanding player in Bruins&rsquo; home games.</p><p>And he has been voted the Eddie Shore Award for his outstanding play over the season.</p><p>Sportswriters and sportscasters covering Bruins&rsquo; games chose Mohns for the 27th Dufresne Trophy, making him the sixth defenseman to win it. His predecessors were Shore, Dit Clapper, Johnny Crawford, Pat Egan and, last season. Leo Boivin.</p><p>Bruins&rsquo; fans who style themselves &lsquo;Gallery Gods&rdquo; and sit in the second balcony here chose the fast-skating veteran for the Shore Award, given in honor of the great Eddie, for 13 years a Bruins&rsquo; super-star and now owner of the Springfield Indians.</p><p>No one has approved the selection of Mohns for the Dufresne more than Boivin. Said the stubby body-checker, &ldquo;He has done a great job for us and he sure deserves the honor.&rdquo;</p><p>Said Phil Watson, the Bruins&rsquo; coach, &lsquo;I said at mid-season he should have been on the all-star team and I&rsquo;ll say it again. He has given us 100 percent all season and in his case that&rsquo;s a lot.&rdquo;</p><p>The ironic part of the pleasant windup to the Bruins&rsquo; season for Mohns is that he started it as a right wing. There he was moved to left wing, the position he played regularly his first two years here. When the Bruins traded Bob Armstrong and Dallas Smith to Montreal for Wayne Connelly, Mohns was shifted back to the defense position at which he is obviously most effective.</p><p>When Doug was announced as the winner of the Dufresne poll, he had scored 14 goals, 12 as a defenseman. He was the Bruins&rsquo; fourth-high scorer with 42 points. He holds virtually all Bruins&rsquo; regular-season and playoff scoring records for a defenseman.</p><p>This season, oddily enough, Mohns&rsquo; blazing speed has been more in evidence than it was in happier days for the Bruins. Countless opponents, breaking away against smaller, less experienced Bruins, have been overtaken by Mohns from his left defense position. The players he has caught from behind have included some of the NHL&rsquo;s fastest skaters.</p><p>It is probable that on the open market Mohns would command a higher price than any other Bruin. Considering what he could do for any other team, that&rsquo;s logical.</p><p>If the Montreal Canadiens had Mohns to play with Tom Johnson, their offense would probably be so potent they&rsquo;d clinch first place by February 1.</p><p>If the Chicago Black Hawks had the self-effacing speedster they might shake the early-season lethargy which is their undoing in the standing.</p><p>The Toronto Maple Leafs might catch Montreal with him in their lineup and the New York Rangers would be faster and stronger with him. The Detroit Red Wings could use his speed.</p><p>But the Bruins surely have no intention of parting with their most valuable player whose light, this spring, is shining more brightly than it has in the past</p><p>Now at last, the man who learned to skate at the age of three in his back yard in Capreol, Ontario, has tangible evidence of his graceful skills.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bruins Singing All—Star Tune For Doug Mohns

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03303/1821889-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="280" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Red Kelly</b></figcaption></div><p>With hockey rumors flying here, can spring be far behind?</p><p>If winter flies as rapidly as rumors have been, the answer is, no.</p><p>As the Bruins have gone through the formality of playing out their schedule, all sorts of stories have been spread about all phases of their operations.</p><p>Rumor: &ldquo;Boom Boom Geoffrion is coming to the Bruins as player coach, along with the player Bruins consider to be the best of the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; minor league players.&rdquo;</p><p>Comment: Geoffrion is more likely to come here to open a motel to match the one he operates near Montreal, although it would be nice to have him in the Bruins&rsquo; lineup. Besides, Phil Watson still has two years remaining on his coaching contract.</p><p>Rumor: &ldquo;Red Kelly is coming to the Bruins as player-coach, playing center as he has for the Toronto Maple Leafs.&rdquo;</p><p>Comment: The way Punch Imlach talks when trade is the subject, the Bruins can probably get Kelly in exchange for Doug Mohns, Don McKenney, 10 years&rsquo; receipts from the Garden&rsquo;s pizza concession and a new plaid cap for Imlach. Besides, Watson still has two years remaining on his coaching contract.</p><p>Rumor: &ldquo;Milt Schmidt, Bruins&rsquo; assistant manager who was succeeded by Watson as coach this season, will become coach of Toronto next season.&rdquo;</p><p>Comment: Schmidt will definitely be coaching nearer Toronto soon, but at his summer hockey camp near Peterborough. Toronto still has a coach, named Imlach.</p><p>Rumor: &ldquo;Parker MacDonald, a Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; forward, will definitely be with the Bruins next season.&rdquo;</p><p>Comment: Maybe, and since MacDonald comes from Nova Scotia, he&rsquo;ll be that much nearer home. But the Bruins could have claimed him before this had they chosen.</p><p>Rumor: &ldquo;The Bruins will buy up the remainder of Watson&rsquo;s contract and hire Cooney Weiland, coach of Harvard University, who coached them to their last Stanley Cup in 1941.&rdquo;</p><p>Comment: If they do no one will be more surprised than Weiland, who is probably the finest college coach in the business.</p><p>Rumor: &ldquo;The NHL, much concerned by the Bruins&rsquo; failure to improve, plans to stock the team with some first-class players.&rdquo;</p><p>Comment: Great! Bob Hull, Pierre Pilote, Bob Pulford, Gilles Tremblay and Bob Baun would make a fine start.</p><p>There will probably be more rumors, circulated both in print and orally, in the coming days and weeks. Where they start, no one knows. Who spreads them? Everyone.</p><p>One thing about rumors: As long as they&rsquo;re being buzzed about, people are interested. If they weren&rsquo;t they wouldn&rsquo;t bother listening, reading&mdash;and passing them on.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Fans Press Hub Rumor Hutton-Just Dreaming

<div class="byline">Frank Orr</div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Maple Leaf manager-coach Punch Imlach and chief scout Bob Davidson have both scoffed at a statement made by Milt Schmidt, assistant general manager of Boston Bruins.</p><p>Addressing a service club in Kingston, Schmidt blasted the rule barring sponsorship of hockey clubs within 50 miles of Toronto or Montreal. He said that it stacked the cards against the U.S. clubs in the National Hockey League, pieventing their building up good farm teams.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what he is complaining about,&rdquo; Imlach commented. &ldquo;At one time, Boston had more sponsored clubs in our 50mile radius than we did. They had a junior &lsquo;B&rsquo; team in Lakeshore and a &lsquo;C&rsquo; team in Newmarket. There is nothing to stop them from scouting players in our radius. We sponsor fewer teams than any other club in the league.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Boston sponsors Niagara Falls and Oshawa set-ups in our area now,&rdquo; Davidson added. &ldquo;So I don&rsquo;t know what more they want. There are only three midget teams in this area that are sponsored. We have Marlies and St. Mikes and Chicago has Dixie. They can&rsquo;t sponsor without our permission, but they can scout and take all the players they want.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Punch Scoffs At Milt’s Beefs On Sponsorship

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Hank Bassen had played less than one-third of Detroit&rsquo;s games going into the last three weeks of the season but had as many shutouts as the Toronto Maple Leafs, the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins.</p><p>And he had only two less than Jacques Plante of Montreal.</p><p>Despite his two whitewashes, Bassen will play fewer games this season than he did last year when he split the Red Wing goat-tending duties almost evenly with Terry Sawchuk.</p><p>But Hank isn&rsquo;t about to complain. He&rsquo;s not the type.</p><p>Sawchuk, one of hockey&rsquo;s alltime great goalers, started the season for the Red Wings. The Wings got off to a poor start but coach Sid Abel pointed out it wasn&rsquo;t Sawchuk&rsquo;s fault.</p><p>&ldquo;The games that we did win, we won through Terry&rsquo;s work,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t going to make a change as long as he was playing. Terry just didn&rsquo;t get any help from the defense and forwards.&rdquo;</p><p>So Hank sat and watched from the press box. He got a start in Boston early in the season and the Wings lost, 4-0. He didn&rsquo;t get another call until the 21st game.</p><p>He had sat out 13 straight NHL games but was loaned to Edmonton of the Western League for several weeks because of an eye injury to Flyer goalie Dennis Riggin.</p><p>General manager Jack Adams saw some of the games Bassen played on the West Coast and further reports from Bud Poile, GM of the Flyers, were glowing.</p><p>So, when the Wings limped home from a disastrous road swing&mdash;five defeats against only one victory in six starts, Abel decided to give Sawchuk a rest.</p><p>Bassen responded to his chance with two victories and a tie in four outings. Then he fell victim to some dizzy spells.</p><p>Sawchuk picked up with a shut out and Hank got back in goal only once (a loss in Boston) until Christmas night when Terry in jured his hand in the pre-game warmup.</p><p>It just wasn&rsquo;t Bassen&rsquo;s night. New York whipped the Wings, 6-4.</p><p>&ldquo;If Hank had been hot that night, I would have left him in,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;But he had a bad game so we went back to Terry.&rdquo;</p><p>Bassen went back to mothballs for 17 games. Sawchuk again was hurt in a warmup before a game with the Bruins and Hank responded with a 6-0 shutout and led the Wings to a six-game unbeaten streak.</p><p>But what is it like to sit out that long?</p><p>&ldquo;I just stayed in shape and went to the rink and worked as hard as I could during the practices so that I could be ready when the club needed me,&rdquo; Bassen said.</p><p>&ldquo;For some reason, they seem to play better in front of Hank,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;He fires them up and keeps them on their toes.&rdquo;</p><p>Bassen does that. He does it by skating out to the faceoff circles, toward the corners and behind the net. He was a rover before he ever heard of Jacques Plante, the Montreal gypsy.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve played that way since junior hockey,&rdquo; said the Calgary-born Bassen. &ldquo;It just seemed natural.&rdquo;</p><p>Some of Bassen&rsquo;s coaches weren&rsquo;t too pleased with his wandering style but they didn&rsquo;t change him.</p><p>And Hank has thought about it, too. He asked Sawchuk&rsquo;s opinion and Terry told Bassen to stay with his own style.</p><p>Hank doesn&rsquo;t go out unless he figures he can clear the puck away and get back to the net in time to be ready for a shot. Sometimes there are embarrassing moments.</p><p>There was one in a recent game with Toronto, Hank&rsquo;s worst night of the season. The Leafs pumped eight goals by him.</p><p>It started when George Armstrong broke in early in the game. Bassen moved out to his left and then hesitated. By then, he wasn&rsquo;t far enough out to knock the puck off Army&rsquo;s stick and he was out too far to guard the cage&hellip;Armstrong scored.</p><p>&ldquo;I missplayed it,&rdquo; Bassen admitted. &ldquo;I hesitated and you can&rsquo;t do that.&rdquo;</p><p>Bassen says he will take a chance and go out after an on-rushing forward if the player has his head down.</p><p>&ldquo;But if he has his head up and is watching, I stay in the net.&rdquo;</p><p>Although Hank came by his roving style early, it was the late Dick Irvin who asked him if he could go behind the net and stop the puck and get back without being trapped. Until then, Hank confined himself to moving forward or to the sides.</p><p>&ldquo;I said I&rsquo;d try,&rdquo; Bassen said. And that&rsquo;s been part of his repertoire since.</p><p>That was in the 1954-55 season, Hank&rsquo;s first as a pro. He broke in with Buffalo and was called up to Chicago for 21 games because of an injury to Al Rollins.</p><p>Hank shuffled back to Buffalo the next season but returned to the Hawks for 12 more games and he registered his first NHL shutout&mdash;and only one until last month&mdash;against Boston.</p><p>Then there were tours at Calgary, Seattle, Springfield and Vancouver before coming to Detroit. Hank was Wing property for less than a year in that stretch, coming as part of the paym for the shipment of Ted Lindsay and Glenn Hall.</p><p>But then he was traded to Springfield for Gerry Ehman in April, 1958. He became a Red Wing in the June, 1960 draft.</p><p>After those 33 games with the Hawks and while he was in the minors, Hank wondered whether he&rsquo;d get a chance again in the NHL and whether or not he could make it if the chance came.</p><p>It came when the Wings started worrying about Sawchuk&rsquo;s health. Terry had missed a dozen games in 1959-60 and the Wings had to hustle to bring in a goalie to replace him.</p><p>Adams figured he&rsquo;d like to have his insurance travel with the club so the Wings went to the two-goalie system and it helped carry them all the way to the Stanley Cup finals.</p><p>Now the Wings have shown signs of moving again and Bassen has been sparking the drive. He was brilliant in a 2-2 tie at Montreal in the Wings&rsquo; final Forum appearance of the season.</p><p>Several times he went out of the net to clear the puck. One time, Bobby Rousseau tried to dump him in the faceoff circle but it was Bassen who dumped Rousseau instead.</p><p>The next night, in a key game in New York, the Wing&rsquo;s opponent for the final playoff spot, Bassen engaged in a checking session with hustling Johnny Wilson.</p><p>First Wilson checked Bassen behind the net and Hank returned it. Hank got in one more but referee Eddie Powers sighted him.</p><p>Hank stuck out his rear deck and Wilson tripped.</p><p>&ldquo;He tripped over my skate,&rdquo; Bassen said later as though he didn&rsquo;t quite deserve the penalty.</p><p>Bassen didn&rsquo;t do quite as much roaming in New York as he does in other rinks.</p><p>&ldquo;The puck comes off the boards funny there,&rdquo; Bassen said, &ldquo;and it&rsquo;s a small rink so you can&rsquo;t go too far away.&rdquo;</p><p>Bassen figures that going out to stop the puck and to clear it makes it a little easier for his defensemen and. he says it gives him &ldquo;more of a feeling of being in the game.&rdquo;</p><p>And lately, he has really been in the game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bassen Steps In When Sawchuk Needs A Rest

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Sid Abel&rsquo;s description of goalie Hank Bassen is &ldquo;quick&rdquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;He goes out of the net but he gets back fast,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;And he makes a quick recovery after blocking a shot.&rdquo;</p><p>But Hank also has given Sid some anxious moments. Like a crucial game in New York in early March when the Wings, winding up their best trip of the season&mdash;a tie in Montreal and victory in New York, were tied with the Rangers, 1-1, early in the second period.</p><p>Junior Langlois let go with a blast from the left point. Hank went down and stopped the puck under his pad. He was flat on his back. Then he turned and looked behind into the net to see if the puck had gone through. It hadn&rsquo;t.</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t ever turn around and look in the net like that, Henry,&rdquo; said Abel after the game. &ldquo;You give the old coach a heart attack.&rdquo;</p><p>The Wings went on to a 4-2 victory for a 5-3-3 record in eight games.</p><p>Bassen disclaimed any credit for the surge.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a team effort,&rdquo; Hank emphasized. &ldquo;The forwards are coming back with their checks to help the defense and the defense is helping me. Everyone is doing his job&mdash;it&rsquo;s not a one-man effort.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hank Has Given Sid Abel Couple Of Anxious Tinies

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Hank Bassen hasn&rsquo;t had time to figure out who is the hardest man to stop in the National Hockey League.</p><p>&ldquo;Actually, I only played half the season last year and less than that this season.&rdquo; Bassen said. &ldquo;So they all look alike&mdash;you can&rsquo;t let up no matter who is shooting. They&rsquo;re all tough.&rdquo;</p><p>Gilles Tremblay has proved top man against Bassen. The Montreal winger has clicked off five goals against Hank in three games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hasn’t Had Time To Rate Hardest Man To Stop Yet

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01414/1822054-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="158" height="56"></div><p>Founded October 1st, 1947-35</p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May 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,</b> President and Publisher</p><p><b>Will V. Cote,</b> Vice-Pres.& Gen. Mgr.</p><p><b>Len Bramson,</b> Editor-in-Chief</p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: S3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth;</b></p><p><b>$4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign Countries</b></p><p>Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.</p><p>Authorized as second.class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash.</p><p>Printed in Canada</p><p><b>Vol. 15 MONTREAL, MARCH 24. 1962 No. 25</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The Hockey News

<div class="byline">MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06187/1822151-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="319" height="453"></div><h2><i><b>The Best Amateur Is An Old Pro</b></i></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07157/1822144-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="542" height="519"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tod Sloan</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>OLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.&mdash;A West German winger skated into a blind switch. The Canadians who steered him into the fence continued on his way, while the German sank slowly to the ice, twitching like a stricken twist dancer. He recovered instantly when the referee blew his whistle and thumbed the Canuck toward the cooler.</p><p>Tod (the Clinker) Sloan, an old Stanley Cupper with Toronto and Chicago, suddenly found something in his eye. It was the blade of a German stick. There was no malice on the part of the German&mdash;but the stick didn&rsquo;t know the difference. It bit in as deeply as if it had been aimed deliberately.</p><p>Sloan stuck his thumb in the wound to stop the flow of blood and skated for the dressing room. There wasn&rsquo;t even a stoppage of play. The referee hadn&rsquo;t noticed. When the Slinker reached the Canadian Club&rsquo;s cubicle, he stretched himself on the rubbing table and growled: &ldquo;Bring out the darning needle.&rdquo;</p><p>The dozen stitches which a doctor took in Sloan&rsquo;s hide will be lost eventually among scores of others. No person will be able to tell which are professional and which are amateur. The Slinker has been collecting them for almost 20 years. One night, some person nearly shot off his ear. He can&rsquo;t even recall who did it. He does remember the patchwork&mdash;33 stitches.</p><p>Almost 16 seasons have separated the Slinker&rsquo;s two ventures into amateurism. In 1946, he wound up&mdash;he thought&mdash;his voluntary service, as a member of St. Michael&rsquo;s College Majors. They looked like a cinch for their second Memorial Cup. With a roster which included Sloan, Fleming Mackell, Red Kelly, Eddie Sandford, Les Costello, Eddie Harrison and others of that calibre, it didn&rsquo;t seem possible that any junior club in Canada could extend them.</p><p>The Winnpeg Monarchs didn&rsquo;t seem to realize the Majors couldn&rsquo;t be licked. So they went out and licked them. Sloan went into exile on the Maple Leafs&rsquo; farm at Pittsburgh. The intention was that he should serve his apprenticeship before moving up to Toronto.</p><p>After two and a half years, he was still in Pittsburgh. The Slinker had one glaring fault&mdash;he was a centre. At that particular time, Leafs also had Syl Apps, Teeder Kennedy, Max Bentley and Nick Metz. They, too, played ceqtre.</p><p>In his third season as a pro, Sloan finally got promoted to battalion headquarters for the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Leafs won the big basin, too&mdash;but no person seemed to figure it was Sloan who made the difference.</p><p>In the off-season, Leafs unloaded the Slinker to Cleveland of the American League in a three-for-one deal to obtain Bob Solinger from the Barons. That started out to be one of the worst trades since the Indians took beads for beaver pelts.</p><h2><i><b>How To Capitalize On A Pay Cut</b></i></h2><p>As it developed, the Leafs had provided themselves with an escape hatch. This became known in a round-about manner. Charlie Conacher was coaching the Chicago Black Hawks then and he was desperately in need of bodies. On a scouting junket through the minor leagues, Conacher saw Sloan.</p><p>&ldquo;Get your bags packed,&rdquo; the late Jim Hendy, who operated the Cleveland club, told Tod. &ldquo;Conacher likes you and you&rsquo;re headed for the Black Hawks.&rdquo;</p><p>Hendy had overlooked something. In the deal with Toronto, there had been a clause in the contract which permitted Leafs to reclaim Sloan, for a stipulated price, within a year.</p><p>When Conacher attempted to get Sloan, the Leafs exercised their option. Hendy probably figured Leafs wouldn&rsquo;t be interested in a second look. They were interested&mdash;so they were saved from painful embarrassment.</p><p>In his first shot as a Leaf regular, Sloan fired 31 goals, operating from a right wing position. Leafs won the Stanley Cup again&mdash;so Sloan was batting 1.000.</p><p>His ups and downs as a Leaf made headlines and usually left the Slinker laughing. There was the autumn when Sloan and Hap Day, who was manager of the Leafs then, engaged in a stubborn salary battle. Sloan had scored only 11 goals the previous season. Day decreed a cut in stipend.</p><p>Sloan argued he had a big batch of assists. Furthermore, he had made the second all-star team. Finally, they reached a compromise. The Slinker would accept a cut of $500 in pay. In return, Day offered a series of bonuses. There would be an extra $1,000 for 20 goals. After that, every fifth goal would be worth a G-note. If he topped the club record of 37 goals in a single season, another $1,000 would be in order.</p><p>The Slinker shot 20 goals in a hurry. He pocketed the first grand and went gunning for additional loot. At season&rsquo;s end, he had 37 goals. That meant he actually wasn&rsquo;t entitled to the final bonus.</p><p>The club paid it anyway. So Sloan wound up with $5,000 in extra sugar&mdash;because of an argument over $500.</p><p>There&rsquo;s no squabble about salary now. The Slinker insists there is no salary. Maybe he can&rsquo;t find the fine line between wages and expense money. At any rate, he didn&rsquo;t dive back into amateurism to get wealthy.</p><p>&ldquo;I thought it would be fun,&rdquo; he explains. &ldquo;It was, too, until we hit some of those one-night stands on our western tour. At Warroad, Minn., it was 25 below outside the rink and five below inside.&rdquo;</p><p>There was a day when weather didn&rsquo;t matter. The first time Sloan came down from Northern Ontario with a juvenile team, he wore his ear-muffs in Maple Leaf Gardens. No person had mentioned the Gardens had central heating.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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speaking on SPORT IN THE TORONTO STAR

<div class="byline">By Ken Mc Kenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02381/1822113-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="366" height="389"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08129/1822106-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="512" height="74"></div><p>&bull; <b>THE CANADIAN AMATEUR</b> Hockey Association is anxious to improve their image to the people of Canada&hellip;The august amateur group seems to lack the prestige and respect which they believe they warrant&hellip;Unfortunately, the Galt Terriers didn&rsquo;t do too much to improve Canada&rsquo;s image in the world competition, either&hellip;Montreal fans accorded Bobby Hull a tremendous ovation when he scored his 45th and 46th goals against Canadiens the other night. It was a tribute to the sportsmanship of the Montreal fans&hellip;As Al Cauley, the polished master of ceremonies on the between periods Hot Stove radio sessions remarked: &ldquo;Those fans sound as if they want to see the record broken tonight.&rdquo;&hellip;Hull and Gordie Howe are both big favorites with the very knowledgeable Montreal Forum patrons&hellip;Chicago Black Hawks scored more goals from the power play than any other NHL team&hellip;Toronto Maple Leafs scored the fewest&hellip;The Hawks notched 42 goals when holding a man advantage. The Leafs scored 30 times this way&hellip;Montreal scored 39 goals from the power play. Detroit scored 38. New York tallied 36 and Boston 35&hellip;Gordie Howe scored 11 of his goals while operating on Detroit&rsquo;s power play. No other NHL player scored as many goals from the power play as the powerful Howe&hellip;Boom Boom Geoffrion of Canadiens accounted for 8 of Montreal&rsquo;s 39 counters. Jean Beliveau scored 7 and Claude Provost had 5&hellip;Ab McDonald paced Chicago&rsquo;s 42-goal onslaught&hellip;Big Ab scored 9 of the Hawks&rsquo; goals from the power play. Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull each scored 8 goals this way. Bill Hay notched 6 and Bronco Horvath 5&hellip;Norm Ullman with 6 and Alex Delvecchio and Vic Stasiuk with 4 apiece assisted Howe in the Wings&rsquo; 38 power play goals&hellip;Dean Prentice was the top Ranger in scoring with manpower advantage. He tallied 8 goals this way. Earl Ingarfield with 6, Camille Henry with 5 and Andy Bathgate with 4 were the other Rangers to fare well in scoring while the opposition was shorthanded&hellip;Don McKenney with 8; Doug Mohns and Jerry Toppazzini, 6 apiece; and Johnny Bucyk with 5, accounted for 25 of Boston&rsquo;s 35 power play goals&hellip;Allan Stanley and Red Kelly with four goals each were Toronto&rsquo;s top marksmen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03305/1822099-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="238" height="393"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Hull</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>IT WAS</b> back on October 19, 1957 when Maurice Richard scored his 500th NHL goal. It was played in Montreal and the Canadiens defeated Chicago, 3-1&hellip;Gordie Howe became the second man in history to score 500 NHL goals on March 14 in New York as the Rangers edged the Red Wings, 3-2&hellip;If you haven&rsquo;t already done so, be sure to order your copies of The Rocket Richard Story and Hockey Night in Canada&hellip;If Bobby Hull had been anywhere close to his present scoring pace during the first half of the season he would have shattered the 50-goal record long before now&hellip;Hull had 161 shots on goal in 35 games played during the first half of the schedule. This works out to an average of 4.60 shots on goal per game. He scored 14 goals on these 161 shots for an average of. 40 goals per game&hellip;The husky left winger has a fantastic second-half record. In the first 28 games played during the second half he had 171 shots on goal. This averages out to 6.11 shots on goal per game. He scored 29 goals in these 28 games and 171 shots for a 1.04 goals per game mark&hellip;Incidentally, Hull&rsquo;s idol is Gordie Howe&hellip;&ldquo;I was very pleased to see Gordie score his 500th goal. He&rsquo;s been my idol ever since I was a kid,&rdquo; Hull stated on his recent visit to Montreal&hellip;Doug Mohns, the outstanding player on the last-place Boston Bruins won all the trophies awarded to members of the Bruins&hellip;The 29-year-old defenseman captured the Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy as the outstanding player in home games and he also won the Gallery Gods&rsquo; new Eddie Shore Trophy&hellip;This is the third season in a row that the Bruins have missed the Stanley Cup playoffs and the second time in succession they&rsquo;ve finished in last place&hellip;Johnny Bower may have trouble getting his job back as regular goalie with Toronto now that Don Simmons has played so brilliantly for the Leafs&hellip;This means that Toronto now has two proven goalkeepers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04249/1822092-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="290" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Maurice Richard</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>JOHN H. HARRIS,</b> owner of the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American League and the Ice-Capades, was recently offered $5,500,000 for his ice show&hellip;when the show was first assembled in 1941 it cost the astute Harris only $50,000&hellip;Dickie Moore has to have the fluid drained off his damaged knee every two weeks. The Canadiens&rsquo; starry left winger is expected to undergo an operation to have the knee repaired during the summer&hellip;Leafs&rsquo; Bob Nevin lost one of his contact lens in Toronto&rsquo;s last game in Chicago&hellip;Nevin has been playing great hockey for Toronto this last month&hellip;Hawks&rsquo; Reg Fleming is one of the most improved players in the circuit&hellip;Lou Fontinato is playing some first-rate defense for Canadiens&hellip;The National Hockey League awards a total of $1450 in prize money to the best photos taken at National League games each season. The annual Press Photographers Competition awards prize money in each city of $100 for first, $75 for second and $50 for third&hellip;plus a grand prize of $100 for the photo selected as the best among the six winners from each city&hellip;Photographers in NHL cities may submit as many entries as they wish to the Publicity Directors of the six NHL clubs&hellip; All types of hockey photos are acceptable just as long as the photographers submit proof of publication in a newspaper or magazine&hellip;Chicago and Montreal each scored 8 goals while playing with a man disadvantage. Boston and Toronto scored 5 times while playing shorthanded&hellip;New York has scored 3 goals this way and Boston have done it twice&hellip;Bobby Rousseau, Montreal&rsquo;s exciting young rookie, has scored more goals while his team is shorthanded than any player in the league. He scored half of Canadiens&rsquo; 8 goals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02338/1822085-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="273" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Rousseau</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>Stoic citizens of Rangerville, starved without hockey broadcasts for nearly two seasons, suddenly find themselves gorged with play-by-play accounts of Blueshirt home and away games.</p><p>And they love it.</p><p>The unexpected decision of radio station WINS (1010 on the dial) to air the games early this month came after disgruntled fans badgered the station all year to restore shinny to the airwaves.</p><p>During the 1959-60 campaign, WINS carried the games with Jim Gordon handling the play-by-play. They were dropped last season and were not returned this annum. Sponsor difficulties was given as the reason.</p><p>But the combined pressure of the fans and the attractiveness of the Rangers&rsquo; playoff drive inspired the station (and two sponsors) to bring back hockey.</p><p>The opening broadcast was the March 6 Rangers at Detroit game in which the Blues induced a number of heart murmurs among the populace by coming from behind a two-goal deficit in the third period to win.</p><p>In order to determine listener interest the station suggested that fans drop a letter to WINS. At last report WINS employees were still digging out from under the avalanche of mail.</p><p>&ldquo;We got about 5,000 letters in the first two deliveries,&rdquo; said a slightly flabbergasted Les Keiter, the station&rsquo;s sports director. &ldquo;At the rate they&rsquo;re coming in it looks like hockey broadcasts are a cinch for next season.&rdquo;</p><p>Remaining games will be handled by Keiter and Gordon. Next year Keiter is expected to switch over to basketball, his specialty, leaving Gordon in complete command of hockey.</p><p>Meanwhile the natives are exulting over the communications breakthrough as if radio had just been invented.</p><p>&ldquo;For the last few years,&rdquo; one Brooklyn rooter said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had to listen to the games from Montreal in French. &ldquo;I guess the guy up there is a good announcer but I couldn&rsquo;t tell for sure. I don&rsquo;t understand French.&rdquo;</p><p>Another listener said he ran out and bought a carton of beer just to keep the sponsors happy.</p><p>&ldquo;And I hate beer,&rdquo; he admitted. &ldquo;But anything to hear the games.&rdquo;</p><p>Resumption of broadcasts is just another manifestation of hockey interest around Manhattan.</p><p>Despite the Rangers&rsquo; penchant for the second division, every Sunday game since New Year&rsquo;s has been standing room only and the club clearly will have its most lucrative season since Tex Rickard brought hockey to Broadway.</p><p>Standing room crowds at recent Sunday bouts have been two to three deep and there has been every indication that the proposed 25,000-seat Madison Square Garden would have bulged for the games.</p><p>In a way, though, perhaps it has been better for the fans that the Rangers have been lounging around fourth and fifth place. As one mezzanine patron put it:</p><p>&ldquo;Can you imagine what it would be like if we had a first place team? We&rsquo;d never get near the joint. &ldquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Fan Demands In NY Spurs Station To Play-By-Play

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div><p>CHICAGO, ILL.&mdash;</p><p>The strain of shooting for the magic 50-goal mark in a single season is beginning to tell on Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>Not that the Chicago Golden Jet has slackened his pace. Far from it. Hull scored in nine straight games and has netted 29 pucks in the last 25 games.</p><p>With 47 goals in his first 66 games (through March 18), he needs only three goals in his last three games to match the 50-goal National Hockey League record held by Rocket Richard and Bernie Geoffrion of Montreal.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t notice any heat during a game,&rdquo; Hull told Chicago reporters recently. &ldquo;But it does bother me at night.</p><p>&ldquo;I guess I try so hard to force it out of my mind that it gets stuck in my subconscious and I find myself lying awake staring at the ceiling.&rdquo;</p><p>Whether he counts opposing goalies or little black discs up to 50, Bobby didn&rsquo;t say. But any lack of sleep in the last few weeks hasn&rsquo;t seemed to affect his playing ability. The rugged Hull, with the power shot and the bull-like body, has been taking extra shifts and thriving on it.</p><p>&ldquo;Around Christmas, when I wasn&rsquo;t going too well, Tom (Tom Ivan, Chicago general manager) called me into his office,&rdquo; Hull told Chicago writer Dan Moulton the other day. &ldquo;He told me that I was better than I had been showing and that I probably would benefit by extra ice time. I told him I was more than willing to put in all the time he wanted and that&rsquo;s the way it&rsquo;s been since.&rdquo;</p><p>It was just after that when Hull, who had only 15 goals in the first half (35 games) of the season, began shooting with more accuracy and scoring goals like, the Hawks are paying him to do. Hull started taking a regular turn on the Chicago power play and in recent weeks has been taking an extra shift or partial shift on the regular lines.</p><p>Hull&rsquo;s performance won&rsquo;t affect his yearly contract too much, if at all. He is working on the second year of a five-season contract. He may try to work out some kind of special arrangement because of his good season but, as he recognizes, &ldquo;they&rsquo;d have to pay me the same money even if I only scored five goals.&rdquo;</p><p>Hull, physically, feels strong and also figures if he hits the 50-goal mark he will win his second NHL scoring title in three years. He won in 1959-60 with 39 goals and 42 assists for 81 points and is second (two points back of Andy Bathgate of New York) with one week to play.</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to be lucky to hit 50 but if I do I think I will also pass Bathgate for the scoring title,&rdquo; said Hull.</p><h2>Closing In</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01370/1822206-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="528" height="866"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Hull</b></figcaption></div><p>The Black Hawk Standby Club recently presented, their most valuable player trophy to Bobby Hull. The trophy is voted on by the Chicago players.</p><p>Chicago&rsquo;s aggressive Reg Fleming has been on his good behavior this year. He&rsquo;s only been in a handful of fights and has held his penalty minutes to 54 for the season. But somehow, if there is trouble around, Fleming is there&mdash;even when he tries to be helpful.</p><p>Immediately following the buzzer ending the March 11 Chicago-Toronto game in Chicago Stadium, the players started skating off the ice. In a section near the Chicago bench two fans stood up to whoop things up. A third fan, sitting behind them, yelled for them to sit down and when they didn&rsquo;t, he threw his coat at them. Moments later the three were tangled in a fist-throwing melee.</p><p>It was at this second that Fleming skated by on his way to the exit gate.</p><p>&ldquo;I saw a fan with two guys on top of him pummeling him,&rdquo; said the Black Hawk knight errant. &ldquo;So I went in to help him out.&rdquo;</p><p>When one of the battlers threw a punch at Fleming a couple of Hawks moved in with sticks raised but the excitement soon subsided as ushers took over. One fan, Richard Kerr, was arrested for disorderly conduct charged with taking a swing at Fleming.</p><p>Don Murphy, Chicago Stadium publicist, also happened to be passing the battle scene and got a whack on the side of his head when he threw his 5 ft. 5 in., 150-pound frame into the fray.</p><p>The March 11 game, which ended Chicago&rsquo;s hopes of a second place finish as they lost to Toronto 3-2, had three other interesting facets:</p><p>1&mdash;The crowd, announced at 16,003, was the largest of the season in Chicago and also the NHL. Best guesses are there were another two thousand or so fans in the Stadium than the announced figures.<br>2&mdash;During the second period combat was suspended for several minutes as players from both teams searched for Toronto Bob Nevin&rsquo;s contact lens. They didn&rsquo;t find it.<br>3&mdash;Late in the third period Bert Olmstead of Toronto broke away for a shot from a side angle at Chicago goalie Glenn Hall. Hall blocked the shot but Olmstead was checked hard by Chicago defenseman Moose Vasko and both slid into the boards. Vasko got right up but Olmstead who bore the brunt of the crash, was out cold for several minutes. He was revived but had also suffered a cracked left shoulder and is expected to be out of action for three weeks.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hull Admits It: ‘Race Keeps Me Awake At Night’

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03269/1822237-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="292" height="404"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Andy Bathgate</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>When Andy Bathgate scored the winning goal for the New York Rangers on March 14 on a penalty shot it could very easily be the goal that put the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Bathgate&rsquo;s goal gave the Men of Manhattan a 3-2 win over their rivals for fourth place, the Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>The veteran New York right winger has led the National Hockey League scoring race practically all season and if he should end the regular schedule at the top of the heap it will be the first time a member of the Rangers has won the title since Bryan Hextall performed the feat in 1941-42.</p><p>Bathgate is also going after the most assists by a player in one season. The record is 58 and his held by Jean Beliveau. He&rsquo;s certainly rated as &lsquo;Your Kind of Player&rsquo;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Your Kind Of Player

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><h2>Gets 500th</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01440/1822275-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="538" height="520"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02321/1822268-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="289" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bruce MacGregor</b></figcaption></div><p>The Montreal Canadiens may have made first place a runaway again but you can just about alWays depend on the Red Wings to furnish some life to the National Hockey League race.</p><p>The Wings were doing it again this season with the New York Rangers the other party in the down-to-the-wire battle for the final Stanley Cup playoff spot.</p><p>The Rangers were bidding for their first trip to the springtime party in four seasons while the Detroiters were trying to make the affair for the 23rd time in the last 24 years. They failed to get an invitation only in 1959 when they finished dead last.</p><p>&ldquo;And this year it probably won&rsquo;t be decided until the final night of the season (March 25),&rdquo; said Wing coach Sid Abel. &ldquo;We just can&rsquo;t do anything the easy way.&rdquo;</p><p>The hard-to-figure Wings were baffling everyone. It looked like curtains when they were forced on the road for six of seven games when an ice show took over at Olympia.</p><p>After all, the Wings had been the National Hockey League&rsquo;s poorest road team this season. They had won only four games away from Olympia and tied four.</p><p>So what happens?</p><p>They got a tie in Montreal and victory in New York to start the trip. Then, when they got a chance on their own ice, they blew a 4-2 third period lead and lost, 5-4, to the Rangers.</p><p>But, back on the cold, cold road, they blanked Boston, 3-0, fell to Toronto, 2-0, and then tied the Bruins, 2-2, for a 2-1-2 record on the first five games of the trip.</p><p>Who can figure them?</p><p>The Wings kept up that hot pace despite playing six games in nine days. Only one day was a day off at home. The two others were spent traveling.</p><p>They started to show the effects of the tight schedule in the 2-2 tie in Boston. The last-place Bruins outskated the Wings and twice took the lead only to have first Alex Delvecchio and then Parker MacDonald come back and tie it.</p><p>But then they had two days off before a key Ranger meeting&hellip;and, after a rough flight from Boston, they were in need of a little rest.</p><p>&ldquo;The government should pass a law that airplanes can fly only in perfect, sunny weather,&rdquo; said Gordie Howe who never has been the foremost advocate of air travel. Gordie&rsquo;s shirt was soaked through with perspiration after the ride.</p><p>Then he lost his hat to gusty Winds as he stepped out of the plane. It went splashing through the rain and puddles, headed toward a runway.</p><p>It just hadn&rsquo;t been Gordie day&hellip;or days lately.</p><p>He scored his 498th regular season goal in a 4-2 victory over New York and his 499th in the 5-4 defeat. Then he went without a goal in the next three games.</p><p>Howe kidded about it but it was bothering the Red Wing captain.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s tightened up thinking about it,&rdquo; said coach Sid Abel. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the thing with one of these milestone goals. If you don&rsquo;t get it right away, you start thinking about it.&rdquo;</p><p>And every town the Wings visited, the big story was Howe, going for his 500th goal. He finally got it against Rangers in the big 3-2 loss.</p><p>Goalie Bruce Gamble stopped him in Boston. Then Don Simmons turned back seven attempts in Toronto. Then it was Gamble again, blocking five drives.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll get it this morning,&rdquo; Howe said, lacing on his skates before a light workout at Iceland, the upstairs rink at Madison Square Garden, prior to the final Ranger-Red Wing meeting.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not so sure,&rdquo; cracked general manager Jack Adams who was in town for the big game.</p><p>Gordie got it&hellip;he beat Terry Sawchuk from close-in.</p><p>Bill Gadsby and Parker MacDonald had a theory about the 500th.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to get it at 19.59 of the third period and it&rsquo;s going to be the winner,&rdquo; claimed MacDonald hopefully and Gadsby nodded agreement.</p><p>&ldquo;It would be a perfect setting if Gordie&rsquo;s 500th would put us in the playoffs,&rdquo; said Abel.</p><p>The topic was on everyone&rsquo;s mind.</p><p>And with Gordie the bellwether&mdash;Mr. Red Wing&mdash;and a minimum of $1,000 a man for making the playoffs, it was understandable.</p><p>While Gordie was having a difficult time around the net, Hank Bassen was the big man around the cage.</p><p>His 3-0 shutout of Boston was his third whitewash in a dozen games. Only brilliant goal-tending by Bassen in the first 10 minutes even kept the Wings in the game as the Bruins constantly swarmed around the net.</p><p>But then Val Fonteyne poked in Bruce MacGregor&rsquo;s rebound and 21-year-old rookie Larry Jeffrey scored his first of two goals for the night. Larry&rsquo;s pair gave him five goals in his first 10 NHL games.</p><p>The Wings were on the other end of the zero at Toronto where Simmons, last-minute sub for Johnny Bower who was hurt in the pregame warmup, blocked all 28 Detroit shots.</p><p>Still, Bassen played well and couldn&rsquo;t do much about the Leaf goals. The first, by Bob Nevin, came on a power play with Bassen partially screened.</p><p>The second came on a blistering 30-footer by Frank Mahovlich after Marcel Pronovost inadvertently gave Mahovlich the puck by the Detroit blueline for a free ride down left wing.</p><p>Bassen continued hot when the Wings met the Bruins for the second time in four nights pulling off several big game-saving stops including. one on Jerry Toppazzini who got in alone with only 1.44 left in the game.</p><p>&ldquo;I just hope Hank can stay hot,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the big thing in this game.&rdquo;</p><p>Abel further was heartened by the better work of the third line.</p><p>Vic Stasiuk, back from a lengthy absence caused by two knee injuries, steadied the line and Bruce MacGregor, after a talk with Abel, started flying.</p><p>&ldquo;I told Bruce that he had to prove himself to win a regular job,&rdquo; Abel said.</p><p>MacGregor, red-haired crewcut 20-year-old center-right wing from Edmonton, figured big in Red Wing hopes this season but was a disappointment most of the campaign.</p><p>Then, after the talk with Abel, MacGregor started proving he belongs, centering the third unit.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Wings Set To Take Blues To Wire In Playoff Race

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Alex Delvecchio&rsquo;s hair is rapidly getting grayer but there&rsquo;s no noss on Delvecchio&rsquo;s skates.</p><p>Delvecchio, 30 last December, just seems to get better.</p><p>This is Delvecchio&rsquo;s 11th season with the Red Wings and it has been his best.</p><p>He topped his best goal and point mark last season with 27 goals md 62 total points.</p><p>Going into the last six games this time around, the Fort William, Ont., sporting good store proprietor had scored 64 points with 24 goals and 40 assists.</p><p>In one stretch this season, he scored a goal in five straight games. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt but what Alex is playing better than ever,&rdquo; said coach Sid Abel. &ldquo;And you know, he&rsquo;s on the ice as much or more than Gordie (Howe).&rdquo;</p><p>There are a certain number of fans who feel that Howe is overworked. But whenever Gordie is on the ice, so is Delvecchio. They&rsquo;re out for their regular shift and both are on the power play.</p><p>When Howe kills penalties, Delvecchio is his partner. When a game is tight, Abel uses the Howe line&hellip;which has Delvecchio at center&hellip;for the last shift of each period.</p><p>Alex also cashed in a milestone goal this season, firing his 200th regular season goal, only the 35th man in the history of the NHL to hit the mark.</p><p>Two games before that, he assisted on four goals in a 6-2 victory over Boston. The four setups were a personal high for Delvecchio.</p><p>Delvecchio&rsquo;s consistently good work with no nonsense&mdash;he won the Lady Byng in 1959 and never has drawn more than 37 minutes in penalties in a season and has only 14 this season&mdash;makes him the target of trade rumors more than any other Detroiter.</p><p>The reports usually originate out of Toronto with Punch Imlach coveting Delvecchio.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s never been a bit of truth to them,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;Alex never has been on the line. One time when we were in Toronto, there was a supposedly straight dope report that we&rsquo;d traded Alex. I called him on the phone and told him there wasn&rsquo;t a thing to it.</p><p>Earlier this season when we were having trouble with our defense and before we got Noel Price from the Rangers, there was word out that Imlach wanted to trade,&rdquo; Abel said.</p><p>Kind-hearted Punch, who will trade hamburger for sirloin any day, was quickly turned down.</p><p>Delvecchio, the Wings figure, isn&rsquo;t expendable.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Delvecchio Chalking Up His Best Season In NHL

<div class="byline">By FRED CEDERBERG</div><p>In the Toronto Telegram</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03229/1822337-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="273" height="403"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Simmons</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Toronto man ager&mdash;coach Punch Imlach has consistenly contended exBruin goalie Don mons is a big leaguer; that hulking Ed Litzenberger can sti11score goals in the NHL.</p><p>Last week, he won both points while standing behind the Toronto bench, chomping on his gum, and watching Leafs score a decisive 5-2 triumph over the Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>It was a big victory. It mathematically certified Leafs possession of at least second and moved them within five points of the frontrunning Canadiens.</p><p>Simmons put the boots to 34 of the 36 shots thrown his way by an often sluggish and disorganized Canadien offense, conceded Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion the 325th goal of his career, Gilles Tremblay&rsquo;s 29th of the season.</p><p>While he was holding the fort, Litzenberger was leading Leafs&rsquo; five-goal assault with a goal and two assists as he figured in each of Toronto&rsquo;s final three wrap-up counters.</p><p>Bobby Pulford (the 100th of his relatively short five-year tour of NHL duty), brilliant Davey Keon, Bob Nevin and Bob Baun helped Litz to riddle Jacques Plante&rsquo;s defenses.</p><p>Imlach was quietly happy. &ldquo;Simmons just proved what I&rsquo;ve always said,&rdquo; he argued, &ldquo;that he can still play in the NHL.&rdquo;</p><p>It was just a little over a year ago that Boston GM Lynn Patrick startled Imlach and club Exec. Hal Ballard with a long distance offer: &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll give you Simmons for Ed Chadwick.&rdquo;</p><p>The deal was made at a time Simmons was in exile, refusing to play with Providence Reds of the AHL.</p><p>Imlach talked the sometimes moody goalie into showing at Leaf training camp, playing with Rochester. Two weeks ago Simmons was recalled and hurriedly substituted for Johnny Bower when Ed Shack&rsquo;s warm-up shot almost removed the veteran goalie&rsquo;s thumb.</p><p>Playing behind a ribbed mask to protect a fractured left cheekbone, Simmons has been spectacular. He shut out Detroit, held Chicago to two. Was even steadier with his classic stand up style against Canadiens while 13,840 paid roared approval.</p><p>Given fantastic protection, he was especially effective midway through the second period when, with Leafs leading 3-2, referee Frank Udvari whistled off Pulford with a major for slicing Habs&rsquo; Bobby Rousseau over the left eye, at 7:52. Then at 9:29 Tim Horton ran Ralph Backstrom into the boards and took two.</p><p>Over the four minutes, seven seconds, Keon and tireless George Armstrong alternated in front of Carl Brewer, Baun and Allan Stanley, checking Habs into a complete state of inept shock.</p><h2>Shines</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04159/1822330-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="583" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Eddie Litzenberger</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Simmons And Ed Making Imlach Look Real Good

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<div class="byline">By SAMUEL POMPEI</div><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass&mdash;</p><p>They keep sending Floyd Smith down to the minor leagues and he just keeps coming back stronger than ever.</p><p>The fast-skating, sharp-shooting Springfield Indians rightwinger is out to prove that both the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers have missed the boat on his talents.</p><p>And he&rsquo;s doing a pretty good job of it.</p><p>Smittie recently fired two goals into the Quebec net and that put him just four away from being the highest goal scorer for a season in Springfield&rsquo;s history.</p><p>They were his 39th and 40th goals.</p><p>Only two Indians. Jimmy Anderson and Ken Schinkel, have scored more in a single season&mdash;43. Andy did it last season and Schinkel three years back.</p><p>The Bruins had Smith five years ago. They gave him a brief fling at making, the NHL. Then they traded him to the Indians as part of the deal which sent goalie Don Simmons to Boston.</p><p>After scoring 25 goals in each of his first two years with the American League Tribe and 19 in 40 games of the next campaign, the Rangers decided to give Floyd a second shot at the NHL.</p><p>He finished out the season and though his play seemed satisfactory, he wasn&rsquo;t invited back the following fall.</p><p>So. it was back to Springfield.</p><p>Being set down was no discouragement to him. He just played all the harder and his 40 goals in 62 games is proof of that.</p><p>With eight games still remaining Smith has an outside chance at hitting the half-centre mark in goal-scoring.</p><p>Club Owner Eddie Shore calls Smittie one of the best in the AHL and considers him a good bet at making the All-Star at right wing.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s not only a heck of a scorer but he&rsquo;s a top-notch checker and penalty killer. And he gives a 60-minutes-a-game effort every time out,&rdquo; Shore adds.</p><p>His scoring feats more than confirm the boss&rsquo; praise.</p><h2>Dashing Brave</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02357/1822430-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="546" height="1146"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Floyd Smith</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Snubbed By Majors, Smith Great Bargain As Indian

<h2><i><u>&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</u></i></h2><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3><b>(Standings On Tues. AM. March 20)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01425/1822655-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="580" height="182"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, Mar. 18)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02359/1822648-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="596" height="2652"></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/f0008-03285/1822641-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="583" height="665"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUB:</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04222/1822634-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="580" height="154"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 Montreal 2 at Toronto 5</b></h3><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante: defense: Fontinato, Johnson, MacNeil, Talbot, J. C. Tremblay; forwards: Beliveau, Moore, Provost, Backstrom, Hicke, Geoffrion, Rousseau, Goyette, Carter, G. Tremblay.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Simmons; defense: Brewer, Baun, Horton, Stanley, Arbour; forwards: Duff, Armstrong, Keon, Mahovlich, Kelly, Nevin, Litzenberger, Pulford, Stewart, Harris, Shack.</p><p>Referee: Udvari. Linesmen: Hayes, Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05167/1822627-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="592" height="647"></div><h3><b>Detroit 2 at New York 3</b></h3><p>Detroit&mdash;goal: Bassen; defense: Pronovost, Price. Godfrey, Gadsby, Odrowski; forwards: Delvecchio. Howe, LaForge, Ullman, Jeffrey, MacDonald, Kennedy, Stasiuk, Fonteyne, MacGregor, Boileau.</p><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Cahan, Langlois, Harvey, Spencer; forwards: Hampson, Schinkel, Wilson, Ingarfield, Bathgate, Prentice, Baton, Henry, Hannigan, Gendron, Hebenton.</p><p>Referee: Powers. Linesmen: Wicks, Pavelich.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06133/1822620-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="586" height="522"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 15 Chicago 5 at Montreal 6</b></h3><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: G. Hall. Defense: Evans, St. Laurent, Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Forwards: Mikita, Balfour, Hull, Horvath, Fleming, Nesterenko, Melnyk, McDonald, M. Hall.</p><p>Montreal: goal: Plante. Defense: Fontinato, J. C. Tremblay, Johnson. Talbot, MacNeil. Forwards: Goyette, Provost, Moore, Beliveau, Rousseau, G. Tremblay, Backstrom, Hicke, Geoffrion, Carter.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07107/1822613-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="580" height="838"></div><h3><b>Boston 4 at Detroit 0</b></h3><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>Detroit&mdash;goal: Bassen; defense: Price, M. Pronovost, Godfrey, Gadsby, Odrowski; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, LaForge, Ullman. Jeffrey, MacDonald, Kennedy, Stasiuk, Fonteyne, MacGregor, Boileau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0890/1822606-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="574" height="479"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 17 New York 0 at Montreal 2</b></h3><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><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante: defence: Johnson, Talbot, J. C. Tremblay. MacNeil; forwards: Beliveau, G. Tremblay, Rousseau, Backstrom, Moore, Geoffrion, Marshall, Hicke, Goyette, Provost, Carter.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0975/1822599-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="576" height="409"></div><h3><b>Chicago 3 at Toronto 1</b></h3><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal: G. Hall; defence; Evans, St. Laurent, Pilote, Vasko, Turner; forwards: Mikita, Balfour. Hull, Horvath. Fleming. Nesterenko, Melnyk, McDonald, M. Hall, Hay.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Simmons: defence: Baun, Brewer, Horton, Stanley, Arbour; forwards; Kelly, Shack, Mahovlich, Keon, Armstrong, Duff, Pulford, Nevin, Litzenberger, Stewart, Harris.</p><p>Referees&mdash;Powers. Linesmen&mdash;Hayes, Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1062/1822592-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="578" height="461"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 18 Montreal 2 at Boston 6</b></h3><p>Montreal&mdash;goal: Plante: defense: Talbot, Johnson, J. C. Tremblay, MacNeil; forwards: Beliveau, G. Trem-Tremblay, Backstrom, Geoffrion, Goyette, Provost, Carter, Hicke, Berenson, Rousseau.</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><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1153/1822585-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="570" height="670"></div><h3><b>Toronto 2 at New York 2</b></h3><p>Toronto&mdash;goal: Simmons; defence: Brewer, Baun, Arbour, Horton, Stanley; forwards; Keon. Armstrong, Duff, Kelly, Nevin, Stewart. Harris, PVlford, Shack, Litzenberger. Mahovlich.</p><p>New York&mdash;goal: Worsley; defence: Harvey, Langlois, Howell, Cahan, Spencer; forwards; Ingarfield, Bathgate, Prentice. Hebenton, Henry, Gendron, Balon, Schinkel, Wilson, Hampson, Hannigan.</p><p>Referee: Udvari; linesmen: Armstrong, Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1237/1822578-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="571" height="424"></div><h3><b>Chicago 1 at Detroit 4</b></h3><p>Chicago&mdash;goal: Hall; defence; Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Evans; forwards: Hull, Balfour, Hay, Horvath. Fleming, Melnyk, McDonald, Nesterenko, St. Laurent, Mikita.</p><p>Detroit.&mdash;goal: Bassen: defence; Pronovost, Gadsby, Price, Godfrey. Odrowsik; forwards: Howe, Delvecchio, Stasiuk, Ullman, Kennedy, Fonteyne, MacGregor, LaForge, Boileau, McDonald, Jeffrey.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Powers. Linesmen&mdash;Morrison, Pavelich.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1330/1822571-1-eng-US/f0008-132.jpg" title="f0008-13" width="583" height="637"></div><h2><b>NHL Playoff Dates</b></h2><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The National Hockey League has announced first round playoff dates.</p><p>Both series &lsquo;A&rsquo; and &lsquo;B&rsquo; get underway on Tuesday, March 27th. All games will be played on a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday.</p><p>The following are the dates:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1422/1822564-1-eng-US/f0008-142.jpg" title="f0008-14" width="580" height="1677"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p><b>GORDON&rsquo;S DRY GIN</b> Perfect with any mix</p><p><b>GORDON&rsquo;S DRY GIN</b> Makes a Martini Perfect</p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Wed. AM. March 21)</b></p><h3><b>Eastern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01410/1822784-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="580" height="132"></div><h3><b>Western Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02388/1822777-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="581" height="135"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun., Mar. 18)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03337/1822770-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="576" height="353"></div><h3>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04287/1822763-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="577" height="249"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY. MARCH 13 Springfield 4 at Quebec 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05225/1822756-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="573" height="577"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14 Cleveland 4 at Hershey 0</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06189/1822749-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="573" height="518"></div><h3><b>Buffalo 5 at Providence 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07177/1822742-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="568" height="812"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 16 Hershey 1 at Springfield 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08165/1822735-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="576" height="424"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY. MARCH 17 Quebec 3 at Cleveland 0</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09161/1822728-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="570" height="374"></div><h3><b>Pittsburgh 2 at Hershey 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10147/1822721-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="571" height="511"></div><h3><b>Buffalo 1 at Springfield 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11124/1822714-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="571" height="451"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY. MARCH 18 Springfield 3 at Buffalo 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1292/1822707-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="566" height="483"></div><h3><b>Hershey 0 at Cleveland 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1379/1822700-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="571" height="514"></div><h3><b>Pittsburgh 3 at Providence 8</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1463/1822693-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="564" height="746"></div><h3><b>Quebec 3 at Rochester 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1548/1822686-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="581" height="499"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>The Buffalo Bisons and the Cleveland Barons were headed for a photo finish in the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Western Division as this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press, and there was a good chance the race might not be settled until the two clubs met in a home-and-home weekend series the last two days of the regular season.</p><p>Meanwhile, business was brisk at the box office, and hockey interest soared to new levels in both cities. At this writing, the remainder of the schedule favored the Barons, but the Bisons, on top since Jan. 26, were hanging in there.</p><p>In Buffalo, the second-largest crowd in the 22-year history of Memorial Auditorium, 11,427, watched the Bisons stage a fantastic comeback to get a 4-4 tie with the Barons March 11. The jam-packed gathering was only 33 short of the all-time record of 11,460, set by the same teams when hockey was introduced to the Aud. Nov. 3, 1940.</p><p>The Bisons, who drew 9,675 a night earlier to watch them hammer Rochester, 5-2, attracted a two-night total of 21,102, best back-to-back crowds in the history of the club.</p><p>The Barons threatened to chase the Bisons, and the customers, out of the rink as they zoomed into a 4-1 lead in the first period. Suddenly, the Bisons, outplayed by a wide margin for 40 minutes, control and before the third period was 13 minutes old, it was a tie game, and it finished that way.</p><p>The roar with each of the Buffalo goals must have been heard above the din of the tumbling waters at Niagara Falls. It was a finish beyond the wildest imagination of the Hollywood writers, and both coaches were frank to admit they couldn&rsquo;t understand it.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what we have to do to beat that team,&rdquo; said the Barons&rsquo; Jack Gordon. &ldquo;We overpower them for two periods, and it was no contest. Then they come back and skate us into the ice.</p><p>&ldquo;Five times this year we&rsquo;ve had two and three-goal leads over Buffalo, and we managed to blow them all.&rdquo;</p><p>Billy Reay, the Bisons&rsquo; deep thinker was happy with the comeback. but not the result.</p><p>&ldquo;That was a great comeback, and it&rsquo;s almost impossible to understand how we can be so badly outplayed for two periods, and then take command after that.&rdquo;</p><p>They&rsquo;ll have to squeeze the customers in with shoe horns if the title is decided by the closing two games. These club&rsquo;s will play Saturday, March 31 in Cleveland and Sunday, April 1 here.</p><h2>Lead The Battlers</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1630/1822822-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="557" height="869"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jackie Gordon</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1719/1822815-1-eng-US/f0009-172.jpg" title="f0009-17" width="532" height="530"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Billy Reay</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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West Grabs AHL Spotlight With 2—Club Flag Struggle

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Maurice ‘The Rocket’ Richard says

<div class="byline">by ANDY O&#x2019;BRIEN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1811/1822884-1-eng-US/f0009-182.jpg" title="f0009-18" width="259" height="425"></div><p>A vivid, action-packed account of the &ldquo;Rocket&rsquo;s&rdquo; tempestuous career. Illustrated. $3.25<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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ROCKET RICHARD

<div class="byline">by Foster Hewitt</div><p>The inside story of big-time hockey from its early days right up to 1961. Illustrated. $3.95</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1910/1822915-1-eng-US/f0009-192.jpg" title="f0009-19" width="278" height="454"></div><p>THE RYERSON PRESS</p><p>299 Queen St. W., Toronto 2B<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey Night In Canada

<div class="byline">By JIMMY JORDAN</div><p>PITTSBURGH. Pa&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02359/1822977-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="288" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bo Elik</b></figcaption></div><p>The Hapless Hornets, who already have smashed one American Hockey League record for futility and have tied another, apparently were on their way to a third after dropping a 9-2 decision to the Amerks on their last visit to Rochester.</p><p>And they can find some of the oddest ways of losing games and setting records, too.</p><p>The Hornets had tied the AHL mark of 15 consecutive losses when Springfield clobbered them 11-4, last February 21. But on home ice three nights later, Jack McIntyre came up with the hat trick and they ended that string by edging Buffalo, 3-2.</p><p>But they started a new string, losing to Providence, Cleveland, Springfield, Providence again, Buffalo and Hershey, and when they dropped the latter, March 7 at Pittsburgh, they tied the record of 24 losses on home ice in one season. They did a good job of it, losing 9-1.</p><p>But on Saturday, March 10, they had a hard time cracking that record, finally losing to Cleveland in overtime, 4-3.</p><p>And the next night, March 11, Rochester romped off with that 9-2 victory to present the Hornets with their 52nd loss of the season.</p><p>The record for most games lost in one season is 53, held by the old Washington Lions and set in 1948-49.</p><p>That record should be in the scrap heap before this issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS hits the street.</p><p>The Hornets just about handed that victory to Cleveland which rewrote the record book as far as home ice losses are concerned.</p><p>They had taken a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Gordy Redahl and Dick Mattiussi when John Ferguson was credited with a goal. The Hornets protested that he had kicked the puck in, and Mattiussi even argued that he was hanging onto Ferguson&rsquo;s stick (which he was) but Referee Johnny Ashley, an old Hornet himself, let it stand, after putting both Mattiussi and John MacMillan into the sneezer on 10-minute misconduct charges.</p><p>Aldo Guidolin tied things for Cleveland in the second period, but a goal by Ray Brunel put the Hornets out in front again just before the session ended.</p><p>In the final period everything was even until the 18:45 mark when Wayne Larkin fired a halfhearted shot across the goal mouth, a good three feet from the pipes.</p><p>The Hornets&rsquo; Bo Elik stuck out his stick to pick up the puck and deflected it into the goal.</p><p>So. in the overtime period with MacMillan sitting out a five-minute high-sticking penalty, Ron Attwell hit a rebound off Jim Mikol&rsquo;s stick into the corner.</p><p>They found just as devious means to lose other games all through the season.</p><p>What&rsquo;s the cause of such helplessness?</p><p>It&rsquo;s hard to answer. It could be complacency on the part of veterans who know there&rsquo;s nobody around to take their jobs, plus lack of experience on the part of younger players.</p><p>Manager Baz Bastien hopes he&rsquo;ll find the answer between now and next October.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hornets On The Verge Of Still Another Record

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER. N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Wally Boyer probably won&rsquo;t pick up very many points when the votes are counted for the American Hockey League&rsquo;s most valuable player, but you can bet he will be mentioned on Rochester&rsquo;s ballot.</p><p>The 24-year-old center isn&rsquo;t having as good a year, scoring wise as he did last season when he collected 24 goals and 33 assists for 57 points and was runner-up to Buffalo&rsquo;s Chico Maki in the rookie-of-the-year voting.</p><p>At the moment, Boyer has 18 goals and 20 assists, yet still must rate as the Amerks&rsquo; most valuable performer.</p><p>Main reason for Wally&rsquo;s high rating here is his prowess at killing penalties. As soon as an Amerk is flagged to the penalty box, Coach Johnny Crawford unleashes his little puck retriever.</p><p>And five times this season when the opposition has had the upper hand in manpower because of a Rochester penalty Boyer has broken loose for goals. Four of these have been scored on the road&mdash;no easy feat.</p><p>On Nov. 18 in Pittsburgh Boyer tallied while his team was shorthanded and the Amerks eked out a 3-2 victory. On Jan. 6 in Hershey Wally tied the game with a shorthanded score, but Rochester eventually lost 4-2.</p><p>Pittsburgh fans again saw Boyer in action Feb. 17 when his goal while a teammate was in the penalty box proved to be the gamewinner in a 6-2 Rochester romp. The following night in Rochester, it was Boyer&rsquo;s goal, again while he was out to kill a penalty, that sparked the Americans to a 6-4 comeback triumph over Cleveland.</p><h2>One Man Gans;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03300/1823008-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="594" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wally Boyer</b></figcaption></div><p>The Barons held a 4-2 lead at the time and were threatening to add another goal while enjoying a man advantage. Boyer went through the entire Cleveland team to score. That woke up the Amerks who added three more goals for the triumph.</p><p>Ten days later in Quebec, Boyer did the same thing to give the Amerks a 2-1 lead, but the Aces finally came out with a 4-3 overtime verdict.</p><p>Just to prove he can score important goals without having his team shorthanded. Wally backhanded in a score at 6:43 of sudden-death overtime here against Buffalo March 9. That tally kept the Americans hopes of overhauling Buffalo and/or Cleveland in the Western Division standings.</p><p>With Wally Boyer this season, it has been a case of a disadvantage being an advantage.</p><p><b>ICILES</b>&mdash;Balance has been quite evident among the Amerk scorers since the first of the year. Dick Gamble has netted 15 goals since the start of 1962. with Bruce Draper getting 13. Boyer, Alex Faulkner and Jim Pappin each 12 and Gerry Ehman and Bill Dineen 11 apiece&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Boyer’s Bat Booms When Americans Shorthanded

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How Well Do You Know Your Hockey?

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NOW AVAILABLE

<h2><i>Before you say</i>&nbsp;<b>SCOTCH &ldquo;</b>&nbsp;<i>say&rdquo;</i>&nbsp;<b>DEWAR&rsquo;S</b>&nbsp;<i>it never varies</i></h2><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Tues. A.M., March 13)</b></p><h3>Southern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01423/1823213-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="577" height="129"></div><h3><b>Northern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02379/1823206-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="569" height="132"></div><h3><b>(Intersectional Play)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03312/1823199-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="569" height="229"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sun. March 11)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04254/1823192-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="566" height="518"></div><h3>(Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05215/1823185-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="567" height="225"></div><h3>(The Leaders)</h3><p>Most Points: Max Mekilok, Spokane, 88.</p><p>Most Goals: Tom McVie, Portland. 45.</p><p>Most Assists: Norm Johnson, Calgary, 60</p><p>Most First Goal Of Game: Jim Baird, Vancouver, 9.</p><p>Most Game Winning Goals: Tom Mc-Vie, Portland and Gerry Brisson, Spokane, 9.</p><p>Most Game Winning Assists: Max Mekilok, Spokane, 12.</p><p>Most Hat Tricks: Gerry Goyer, Los Angeles and Bill MacFarland, Seattle, 3.</p><p>Most Goals Against When Serv. Pen.: Bill Burega, Los Angeles, 14.</p><p>Most Minutes In Penalties: Connie Madigan, Spokane, 158.</p><p>Most Shutouts: Bev. Bentley, San Francisco and Al Millar, Seattle. 3.</p><p>Most Goals With Man Adv.: Bill Mac-Farland, Seattle, 12.</p><h3><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 6 San Francisco 2 at Spokane 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06193/1823178-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="572" height="452"></div><h3><b>Vancouver 4 at Edmonton 9</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07173/1823171-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="563" height="659"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 Son Francisco 1 at Portland 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08168/1823164-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="568" height="550"></div><h3><b>Vancouver 4 at Calgary 9</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09159/1823157-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="574" height="721"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Los Angeles 4 at Vancouver 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10139/1823150-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="567" height="597"></div><h3><b>Calgary 2 at Edmonton 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11118/1823143-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="561" height="336"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY. MARCH 10 Spokane 5 at Portland 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12107/1823136-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="574" height="709"></div><h3><b>Vancouver 2 at Seattle 8</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1385/1823129-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="559" height="740"></div><h3><b>Edmonton 3 at Calgary 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1461/1823122-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="566" height="577"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 11 San Francisco 6 at Portland 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1542/1823115-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="568" height="678"></div><h3><b>Los Angeles 4 at Seattle 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1629/1823108-1-eng-US/f0011-162.jpg" title="f0011-16" width="566" height="621"></div><h3><b>Calgary 4 at Spokane 10</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1722/1823101-1-eng-US/f0011-172.jpg" title="f0011-17" width="572" height="841"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-19" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1917/1823275-1-eng-US/f0011-192.jpg"></div><p><b>MARCH ISSUE Now At YOUR NEWSSTAND</b></p><p><b>WORLDS OFFICIAL HOCKEY MAGAZINE</b></p><p><i><b>The Glenn Holl Story</b></i></p><p><b>ALSO</b></p><p>&bull; <b>&lsquo;I&rsquo;m No Jekyll and Hyde&rsquo;, says Bob Baun</b><br>&bull; <b>The Bruce MacGregor Story</b><br>&bull; <b>Talbot No Longer A Fall Guy</b><br>&bull; <b>My Roommate Andy Bathgate (By Dean Prentice)</b></p><p><b>Subscribe Now and SAVE!</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY PICTORIAL

<div class="byline">By BOB HULEN</div><h2>Sparkplug</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1818/1823244-1-eng-US/f0011-182.jpg" title="f0011-18" width="531" height="663"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Millar</b></figcaption></div><p>PORTLAND, Ore.&mdash;</p><p>Now that ex-Portland Buckaroo Bruce Gamble has the dubious pleasure of having to avoid a barrage of rubberized flying shrapnel while with the Boston Bruins of the National League, leading goaltender in the Western Hockey League is a belligerent individual by the name of Al Millar.</p><p>The netminder whom Seattle acquired from the Detroit organization as part of a settlement of a $40,000 suit levied against the Red Wings for taking away the services of wing Marc Boileau and defenseman Les Hunt (now with Vancouver of the WHL) definitely should achieve first team status when the All-Star selections are made. Also with the Totems as past of the settlement is wing Gordie LaBossiere.</p><p>Only serious rival to Millar, who has been a brilliant performer the last month and has turned a previously wide open playing Seattle team into a defensive-minded outfit, is Calgary&rsquo;s Ed Babiuk and Millar should be given the nod over the Stampeder rookie as Al&rsquo;s current 3.03 goal allowed per game average should wind up best by a regular this season&mdash;barring an unforsseable total collapse by the Totems.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been an inspiration to the whole Seattle team,&rdquo; said Portland General Manager Harry Glickman. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s the reason they are up there fighting for second.&rdquo;</p><p>Glickman&rsquo;s words were echoed by Prof. Hal Laycoe, the Portland coach. &ldquo;He deserves every bit of praise possible. He&rsquo;s been fantastic against us.&rdquo;</p><p>But, the tempestuous Millar still doesn&rsquo;t think this has been his best season even though he has proved absolutely astounding on occasions. &ldquo;I had two better seasons in the old Quebec League and a better one in the American League. You can&rsquo;t say this has been my best.&rdquo;</p><p>Undoubtedly the seasons he was referring to were the past one when he had a 2.81 average with Hershey of the American League, 1956-57 when he led the now-defunct Quebec League with a 2.54 mark and had five shutouts and in 1957-58 when, after a poor start with three other teams, he moved to Quebec and had a 2.15 mark for 13 playoff games.</p><p>At the time this article was written, Millar had scored three shutouts and stopped 1321 shots while giving up only 149 goals in 49 games with Seattle.</p><p>Millar won&rsquo;t claim that competition is as tough in the Western League this time as he has faced in other circuits in previous seasons. The 5-10, 175-pound goalkeeper now is in his 10th pro season with a three-year layoff for Senior Amateur play in addition.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a lot tougher in the American League. They play every game for blood. Out here they are too friendly. See what I mean. Just look over there.&rdquo;</p><p>And a few feet away a group of Buckaroos and Totems were chatting amicably as they waited for equipment to be loaded on the Totems&rsquo; bus.</p><p>Millar certainly can&rsquo;t be classified as friendly. Although he has 20 penalty minutes, he won&rsquo;t come near the 101 minute all-time professional high set with Portland last season by the now-injured Don Head. Still, he is inclined to violence.</p><p>And in some ways he can be a more dangerous individual than Head. Where Don was prone to get whistled down mainly in protection of himself, his crease or another teammate, Millar tends to be explosive. He waves the big stick around like the grim reaper&rsquo;s scythe. In a recent game at Los Angeles, he was whistled down for illegal use of the chopper and, after the second slashing call, tossed his stick into the crowd. A woman fan promptly replied with a shower of popcorn.</p><p>Millar wears a Jacques Plante-type face mask and has a simple explanation for its use. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m 31 years old and I want to stay in the game. Actually it doesn&rsquo;t bother me at all. It&rsquo;s not a bit heavy. You sweat a little, but it doesn&rsquo;t hurt your vision. And you can&rsquo;t see on a screen shot anyway.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Millar Praised As Top Brave On Totems’ pole

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06101/1823420-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg"></div><p><i><b>The 22nd Edition</b></i></p><p><b>IS ON ITS WAY TO</b></p><p><b>Rochester. N.Y. MAR. 26</b></p><p><b>ST. LOUIS. MO.</b></p><p><b>Starts April 2</b></p><p><b>BOSTON said 22nd Edition eclipses all past efforts&hellip;The best show yet&hellip;You can&rsquo;t go wrong on this one&hellip;it suffused the great hall with a warm glow.</b></p><p><b>JOHN H. HARRIS presents</b></p><p><b>THE BIG SHOW</b></p><p><i><b>The &ldquo;I&rsquo;m 21&rdquo; Edition</b></i></p><p><b>IS ON ITS WAY TO</b></p><p><b>Evansville. Ind. MAR. 27</b></p><p><b>WICHITA, KAN.</b></p><p><b>Starts April 3</b></p><p><b>Seattle said This one has everything&hellip;the finest&hellip;show on ice, bar none&hellip;lives up to its claim as the greatest show on ice.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE BIG SHOW

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><p><b>(In The To ronto Star)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03258/1823389-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="310" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Smith</b></figcaption></div><p>COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.&mdash;</p><p>The most redeeming feature of the Galt-Sweden goodwill mission on skates is that it was televised for Canadian consumption only. That was fortunate. Otherwise, people would be scribbling &ldquo;Canucks, go home&rdquo;&mdash;on walls and fences all over this republic.</p><p>Only some 5,000 folks saw our red-blooded young men poking their sticks into the bellies of Swedes as a gesture of international friendship. Being strangers to our ways they undobutedly thought this was evidence of malice. There were some hoots, a lot of boos and a few shouts of &ldquo;butchers.&rdquo;</p><p>The TV audience back home knows the Canadians sometimes poke other Cana dians in the stomachs with sticks&mdash;even when there isn&rsquo;t a world championship on the barrel-head. So in doing the same thing to the Swedes, they actually were treating them as blood brothers.</p><p>The trouble is that outsiders don&rsquo;t understand these tribal rites. So Canadian shinny players are accused of shabby sportsmanship.</p><p>There may even be folks in Canada who figure the Galt Terriers and them storm troopers from other parts should be recalled at once and drummed out of the diplomatic service because of the image they created against Sweden on television. To be factual, they didn&rsquo;t do much here to create admirers for Canadian hockey or Canadian sportsmanship. And that should be an important part of their mission. They came to win.</p><p>They lost the game, the title&mdash;and the respect of many people who were on their bandwagon.</p><p>It doesn&rsquo;t do any good to say that the sins of the Canucks were not nearly as black as they undoubtedly looked on television. The silly caper of Butch Martin in the final seconds of the game falls into this category.</p><p>What the TV looker back home saw was Butch jabbing Swedish defenceman Bert-Olla Nordlander with his stick. Nordlander looked to be mortally wounded. His rearguard mate, Roland Stoltz, undertook to avenge the death of his buddy by decapitating Martin. Another Canuck prevented the Swedish doctor from rushing to the scene with his needles and his nostrums.</p><p>The actual details are not so hairraising. But how many know them? The facts, Ma&rsquo;am are these: Martin is a pretty law-abiding guy. At one time, he won national publicity because his religious beliefs prevented him from playing hockey on the sabbath. He poked Norlander because the Swede was giving him the Stockholm version of the Bronx cheer. Norlander had just looked at the clock and he knew from whom the bell would be tolling momentarily.</p><h2>(World Tournament)</h2><p>Final Standings</p><h3>Group A</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04186/1823382-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="578" height="219"></div><h3>Group B</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05127/1823375-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="583" height="171"></div><p>Having taunted the Canuck into a sucker move, the Swede capitalized on it by portraying the dying swan on a frozen pond. Many European players do this. Nordlander wasn&rsquo;t badly hurt but he wanted the referees and the audience to be sure he was dying. Three minutes later, he was accepting the congratulations of the Canucks&mdash;not on the act but on the Swedish victory.</p><p>HARRY SMITH&mdash;a good sound journeyman hockey player, was the other Canuck who made outlanders in this posh resort suspect that Canadian Hockey players actually are hostile Indians in disguise and that they carry tomahawks when they shed their skates and pull on their moccasins. Smith put the wood to Olf Sterner, a robust Swedish winger. In a way, Smith is fortunate it didn&rsquo;t happen in a Canadian game. A fellow-Canuck probably would have cut Harry loose from his ears.</p><h2>Rambler Star</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01410/1823368-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="540" height="723"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Germaine Munger</b></figcaption></div><p>The Swede did the thing that&rsquo;s fashionable with European players. He revealed his agony to the customers on hand&mdash;and probably to the television millions. Sterner will survive, too, although he may have a welt on his midriff. If it&rsquo;s any consolation to Ulf, the man who gave him the business wound up wearing goat horns. Maybe it&rsquo;s unfair to pick on one individual when a team blows as many chances as the Canadians did in losing to the Swedes.</p><p>It could be mentioned, though, that Smith would be a poor nomination for a most valuable payer award. He became the second Canadian in the penalty box when the Swedes scored their third goal. On the final Swedish goal&mdash;the one that sank the Canucks for keeps&mdash;he made a leisurely effort to prevent the puck from skidding into the open Canadian net. Obviously, he thought it would miss the cage. When it didn&rsquo;t miss, he claimed he couldn&rsquo;t reach it.</p><p>These incidents made the Canucks double losers. They lost on the ice because the Swedes stuck to business and were opportunists. Also, they had a hot young goalie named Lennart Hoggarth, who will be today&rsquo;s leading citizen in the Swedish town of Kirena. What the Canadians lost on skates may turn out to be secondary to what they lost in public opinion. Serious-minded people may wonder whether Canada wants this kind of publicity in other countries.</p><p>This isn&rsquo;t a new problem. It looks new now because it was piped back to the home firesides on television. Usually, the incidents take place far away, where only the partisans of European cities witness them. There&rsquo;s always a sus picion they are overplayed&mdash;which, of course, they are.</p><p>They were overplayed in the big game but that doesn&rsquo;t get away from the bad impression that was caused. The poor harassed Canadian Amateur Hockey Association has a double problem: Its teams are not good enough any more to win, every time out, in international competition, as Canadians expect them to do. They&rsquo;re not smart enough, either, to realize the role they play as representatives of all the people.</p><p>Maybe it&rsquo;s time the CAHA started policing its tourists&mdash;handing out suspensions to players why cause it embarrassment away from home.</p><p>Most of the culprits are not malicious. They are thoughtless.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Swedes’ Dives Hlade It Embarrassing For Galt

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div><h2>Tops Rooks</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01413/1823306-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="593" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dave Richardson</b></figcaption></div><p>CINCINNATI, O.&mdash;</p><p>Ken Yackel, Minneapolis Miller player-coach, headed the all-star balloting in the International Hockey League for the second consecutive year, receiving the unanimous 12 votes for left wing honors.</p><p>Members of the Press, Radio and Television crews, covering the International Hockey League did the selecting. Each of the seven cities in the IHL received five ballots per club, with no one being allowed to vote for anyone in his own city?</p><p>Yackel, currently leading Frank Gallagher&rsquo;s circuit in goals scored with 47, and winning goals&mdash;11, also finished second to Muskegon&rsquo;s Moose Lallo for coaching honors on the &ldquo;dreamteam.&rdquo;</p><p>Glenn Ramsay, Omaha&rsquo;s quickreacting netminder, was the goalie on the first squad, with Muskegon&rsquo;s Gerry Glaude and Cy Whiteside of Minneapolis at the defensive posts. Chick Chalmers, at center, from Omaha, Ft. Wayne&rsquo;s Eddie Long on right wing and Yackel were the forwards.</p><p>Lennie Thomson, Ft. Wayne Komets, won the James Gat schene Memorial Trophy, being selected as the player best combining sportsmanship with outstanding play. For Thomson, it was the third time in four years he has won this award.</p><p>It was no surprise that Thomson won the Gatschene Trophy. In addition to leading the IHL in assists with 87 and points with 115, Len is probably one of the best-liked of any puckster that has entered the league since its beginning (1945-46.)</p><p>Whiteside, Glaude and Yackel are the only repeaters on the first team from last year, as was Thomson in the Gatschene voting.</p><p>Dave Richardson, Ft. Wayne&rsquo;s fireballing-rookie left winger bested Lyle Porter of Muskegon in the selecting of the &ldquo;Leading Rookie.&rdquo; This is the first year the Rookie Award was put into competition.</p><p>In winning the First Team AllStar berth, Ramsay received the James Norris Memorial Trophy. Ramsay also won the Norris in 1956-57 and 1957-58, when a member of the Cincinnati Mohawks.</p><p>The second all-star team lines up with Ray Mikulan, Minneapolis in goal, Moe Benoit, Omaha at defense along with Moose Lallo, Muskegon and Ted Hodgson, St. Paul. Lallo and Hodgson were deadlocked.</p><p>Thomson was placed at center on the second squad, while Muskegon&rsquo;s Ken Hayden was &ldquo;voted-in&rdquo; at right wing and Greg Jablonski, Omaha at left wing. Chick Chalmers was second to Thomson in the Gatschene ballot.</p><p>Long, a ten year man with the Komets, made second team for the 1956-57 contingent, while this is Lallo&rsquo;s first appearance since 1954-55 with the Grand Rapids Rockets.</p><p>In all, 52 players were mentioned for the nine possible positions, including coach.</p><p><b>IHL Notes&hellip;</b> With one week to go in the schedule, Muskegon leads the loop with 82 points, second-place St. Paul has 81 and Minneapolis in third place has 79&hellip;Omaha, already in the playoffs has 75&hellip;Rounding out the standings are Ft. Wayne with 68 points, Indianapolis, 36 and Toledo 31.</p><p>St. Paul must win four of its remaining games (home and home with Minneapolis and Omaha) to over-take Muskegon who has a home-and-home with Toledo and a singleton with Indianapolis at home.</p><p>Commissioner Gallagher will not announce playoff dates until the completion of the regular season. Gallagher said it is expected that the playoffs will begin around March 20. Both series will be the best four of seven.</p><p>Ft. Wayne, St. Paul, Omaha and Muskegon will all go over the 100,000 attendance mark this season&hellip;Ft. Wayne was eliminated from playoff competition, when they tied Muskegon, March 10, 4-4 and Omaha was besting Minneapolis, 3-1.</p><p>Ted Lebioda, Omaha defenseman, is but eight minutes away from tieing Con Madigon&rsquo;s 272 minutes in penalties, set during the 1959-60 season&hellip;Chalmers broke Billy Goold&rsquo;s consecutive game record of 227&hellip;Glaude bested Roly McLenahan&rsquo;s mark for points by a defenseman in one season of 74.</p><p>Ken Ullyot, Ft. Wayne general manager, remarking on Alex Shibicky&rsquo;s (Indianapolis coach) comments about hockey players passing a test before they can play higher caliber hockey&hellip;&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no necessity to pass tests if the players have the proper coaching.&rdquo;</p><p>The WOWO Radio Station (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) Promotional Award for the IHL team showing the best promotion (on-and-off the ice) during the year, went to the Ft. Wayne Komets&hellip;Sports Director of WOWO Bob Chase made the presentation to Ullyot.</p><p>Ullyot also thought he should receive an honored mention for &ldquo;coach-of-the-year&rdquo; award, when he substituted for Art Stone, at Muskegon, when Stone had the flu&hellip;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m the only coach with an undefeated record this year,&rdquo; commented the witty Ullyot.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Yackle Gets Unanimous Nod On All-Star Squad

<h2><b>Don&rsquo;t be <i>vague</i>&hellip;say HAIG&HAIG</b> SCOTCH WHISKY</h2><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><h3><b>(Standings On Tues. AM. March 20)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01414/1823514-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="569" height="178"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. March 18)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02372/1823507-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="571" height="274"></div><h3><b>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03340/1823500-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="571" height="171"></div><h3>Penalty Leaders</h3><p>Most Penalized Player&mdash;Dino Robazza, SS, M 182 min.</p><p>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Sudbury, 1031 min.</p><h3><b>TUESDAY. MARCH 13 North Bay 1 at Sudbury 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04308/1823493-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="548" height="398"></div><h3><b>Hull-Ottawa 2 at Kitchener 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05262/1823486-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="567" height="379"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 15 Hull-Ottawa 4 at Sault Ste. Marie 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06223/1823479-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="569" height="566"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 17 Sudbury 2 at Kitchener 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07210/1823472-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="568" height="468"></div><h3><b>North Bay 2 at Kingston 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08199/1823465-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="570" height="549"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 18 Kingston 5 at North Bay 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09193/1823458-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="572" height="613"></div><h3><b>Sault Ste. Marie 0 at Hull-Ottawa 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10186/1823451-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="569" height="390"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By PAUL RIMSTEAD</div><p>KINGSTON, Ont.&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11165/1823545-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="253" height="392"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Red Sullivan</b></figcaption></div><p>They&rsquo;re offering top prices for a guaranteed crystal ball in the Eastern Professional Hockey League these days.</p><p>It doesn&rsquo;t matter if the globe is scratched or if the reception is foggy.</p><p>Any style, any size, will do.</p><p>If you stumble over one in your cellar, contact Sammy Pollock, Red Sullivan or Wren Blair&mdash;and send out a feeler to Murph Chamberlain.</p><p>Pollock, Sullivan, Blair and Chamberlain are the men who change the lines (among other duties) for Hull-Ottawa Canadiens, Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers, Kingston Frontenacs and Sudbury Wolves, respectively.</p><p>As THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press, these were the four teams counted on to take part in the EPHL playoffs.</p><p>Only a collapse by Sudbury and a mighty leap by the fifth-place North Bay Trappers could change the picture.</p><p>The top three teams, though, are tighter than old Josh Ginkle on payday.</p><p>Canadiens and Beavers, strong young teams which show no apparent strain from the skating hours they&rsquo;ve legged, are the skaters.</p><p>Frontenacs, with experienced veterans, have the scoring power to make up for a lack of legs.</p><p>And Wolves, under direction of Chamberlain after starting the season as charges of Chirp Brenchley, seen to be relying on the rough, tough checking game.</p><p>When this was written, Canadiens were atop the heap with 74 points.</p><p>Frontenacs and Beavers were tied for second spot with 73.</p><p>Canadiens and Frontenacs had the edge because they had played only 61 games apiece and Beavers were heading for number 63.</p><p>The top three teams have been juggling the lead like a hot potato and EPHL fans are being treated to the best dogfight in the league&rsquo;s three-year history.</p><p>The battle at this time of the year is usually for second place.</p><p>In the 1959-60 season, Chamberlain&rsquo;s Wolves had everything wrapped up at this point.</p><p>Last season, Pollock&rsquo;s Habs were untouchable.</p><p>As the league headed into its final nine games, Canadiens were favored to take it all with Kingston second and Kitchener third.</p><p>But the Kingston team could well wind up in third spot.</p><p>A series rash of injuries and a lack of rookies to comply with the league&rsquo;s rookie rule has left Frontenacs shorthanded for more than a month.</p><p>Playing with only three defencemen has been taking its toll.</p><p>As it says in the lead paragraph&mdash;the only way to know for sure is to find yourself one of these crystal balls.</p><p><b>EPHL NOTES:</b> Bob Dillabough has rejoined Sudbury Wolves after an absence spent recuperating from a broken jaw. The flashy young forward, who is now wearing a helmet, is gaining the reputation of being the fastest skater in the league&hellip;Wolves also acquired veteran Leo LaBine from the parent Detroit Red Wings. LaBine has been playing well and had six goals and six assists in his first 10 games&hellip;They&rsquo;re doing a lot of talking about Chicago&rsquo;s Bobby Hull&rsquo;s chances of scoring 50 goals this-season. But fans in Kingston aren&rsquo;t impressed. They have two fellows with the Frontenacs shooting for the half-century mark. Tom McCarthy had 49 goals with nine games remaining, and teammate Orv Tessier has 46&hellip;With the exception of Portland&rsquo;s Don Head, are there three goaltenders in hockey who can compare with the EPHL&rsquo;s three hotheads? Carl Wetzel of the Sudbury Wolves has 65 minutes in penalties, Kitchener&rsquo;s Jack McCartan 36, and Hull-Ottawa&rsquo;s Cesare Maniago 28&hellip;Consider the problems of the ice crew at the Kitchener Auditorium March 10. The Canadian Curling Cham pionship layoff finished at noon and the Beavers were booked to play North Bay Trappers the same evening. The curling ice, hacks etc., had to be removed and the hockey ice installed. Lines had to be painted and the ice had to be ready. It was&mdash;but it was a busy afternoon.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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EPHL Tweet-Tweets Over Lively Top Place Battle

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12148/1823576-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="284" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wren Blair</b></figcaption></div><p>KINGSTON, Ont.</p><p>Wren Blair, the outspoken manager-coach of the Kingston Frontenacs of the Eastern Professional Hockey League, was forced to post a $250 good behavior bond as a result of his most recent outburst.</p><p>League President John J. Urie of Ottawa suspended Blair pending payment of the bond after the Kingston coach was ejected from his fourth game this season.</p><p>Urie took action after Blair was thrown out of the Kingston-Hull-Ottawa Canadiens game March 11.</p><p>Blair went into a violent rage in protest against two penalties called by referee Bruce Sims.</p><p>He smashed sticks over the boards, against the walls and threw them in the air in disgust.</p><p>&ldquo;Mr. Blair has to be made aware that his conduct has to be more in keeping with the office he holds,&rdquo; said Urie.</p><p>Urie said Blair would be refunded $200 if his conduct was satisfactory over the balance of the season and in the playoffs.</p><p>Blair claims he was fighting for his team.</p><p>&ldquo;I felt Sims&rsquo; calls were grossly unfair to Kingston,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and anytime I feel officials are unfairly handling a game on our behalf I&rsquo;ll fight for our club.&rdquo;</p><p>The Kingston coach said the posting of the bond wasn&rsquo;t going to stop him from fighting for his team.</p><p>&ldquo;They might as well bank the money right now,&rdquo; he blurted.</p><p>&ldquo;It creates a situation where they are trying to muzzle me, which I resent.&rdquo;</p><p>Urie said he feels he handled Blair&rsquo;s previous three ejections &ldquo;in a reasonable and lenient fashion.&rdquo;</p><p>The league president also announced that Bob Olajos of the Frontenacs and Ted Wright of the Sudbury Wolves have been fined $50 each for a stick swinging fracas in Kingston Mar. 10.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Wren Posts Bond, But Be Won’t Guarantee Conduct

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div><p>NEW GLASGOW, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>Amherst Ramblers are convincingly proving a point.</p><p>They are showing without mercy that the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League is head and shoulders over other ice circuits in the Maritimes.</p><p>Winners of their third straight NSSHL crown, the Ramblers are again breezing to their third Maritime championship.</p><p>In Maritime semi-final play the Ramblers were pitted against the Cape Breton Hockey League champion North Sydney Victorias in a best-of-three affair, but not until Vics added three players from the rest of their loop.</p><p>Additions or no additions, Vies were no match for the Awesome scoring power of the Amherst squad. Ramblers posted a 7-1 verdict in the opener at North Sydney and then returned home to wind up the round with a 12-5 verdict.</p><p>Next stop for the Ramblers&mdash;Parkdale Royals, champions of the Prince Edward Island League who earlier eliminated the independent Saint John Oilers in P.E.I.&mdash;New Brunswick play.</p><p>The best-of-three set opened at Charlottetown, home ice of the Royals. The advantage of home ice didn&rsquo;t prove an asset to the Parkdale club as Ramblers skated to an easy 11-4 triumph. Second game was slated for Amherst with the NSSHL titleholders lopsided favorites to capture their Maritime honors once again.</p><p>As Ramblers awaited the second game with Parkdale, they owned a playoff record of 11 wins and one loss. The only setback was to Halifax Wolverines in league semifinals. After suffering the lone defeat the Amherst unit went on to 10 straight victories.</p><p>The oustanding record was no better than last year. Ramblers won the 1961 Maritime crown with a playoff record of 14 wins and a single loss.</p><p>Players who weren&rsquo;t with the Ramblers last winter were sparking the present addition of the Amherstonians.</p><p>Goalie Jean Guy Morrissette is continuing to prove a worthwhile addition. He allowed only 36 goals in the 12 Amherst playoff tilts for an even 3.00 goals against average.</p><p>Alain Caron, who scored 76 goals in the regular 48-game schedule, and Germaine Munger, both obtained from the Quebec Aces, were continuing their offensive stardom in the playoffs.</p><p>Also sharing in the glamor was little Springhill, Nova Scotia, native Gerry Boss. A 26&mdash;goal scorer during the regular season, he racked up a spectacular total of 18 goals in the 12 playoff contests.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Amherst Rolls Over Sydney, Charlottetown

<h2><b>THE 1961-62 EDITION OF THE N.H.L. PRESS & RADIO GUIDE</b></h2><p>The 1941-62 N.H.L. Press & Radio Guide also includes Hendy&rsquo;s Who&rsquo;s Who in Hockey and is the finest Hockey Guide published.</p><p>This compact 236-page book answers every question imaginable about the National League. Gives complete professional records of every player in the National, American, Western and Eastern Professional Leagues. It&rsquo;s a must for hockey fans everywhere.</p><p><b>ALL THIS FOR ONLY $1.00 (Postage Paid)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02324/1823683-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="274" height="393"></div><p><b>THE THIRD EDITION OF</b></p><h2><b>THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY ANNUAL 1962</b></h2><p>This 96-page book is jam-packed with full-length features about your favourite hockey stars&hellip;biographical sketches and pictures of over 120 National Hockey League players&hellip;birthdates and places of birth too&hellip;All at a glance I</p><p>You can&rsquo;t afford to pass up the opportunity of availing yourself of a copy of this outstanding hockey publication.</p><p><b>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY !&hellip;ONLY 50 CENTS (Postage Paid)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03242/1823676-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="340" height="437"></div><h2><b>OFFICIAL N.H.L. RECORD BOOK 1917-61</b></h2><p><b>(This is not the N.H.L Press & Radio Guide but an entirely different book).</b></p><p>The Official N.H.L Record Book includes complete team standings and individual scoring records of every season from 1917-18 up to the present.</p><p>This 350.page &ldquo;Hockey Masterpiece&rdquo; contains statistics and records unobtainable in any other publication. It is the most complete Record Book on Hockey ever published.</p><p>The supply is limited and books will be sold on a First Come&mdash;First Served basis.</p><p><b>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY&hellip;$1.25 PER COPY (Postage Paid)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04185/1823669-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="280" height="404"></div><h2><b>THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE YEAR BOOK FOR 1961-62</b></h2><p><b>(Fifth Annual Edition)</b></p><p>&bull; <b>Contains complete professional records of all American Hockey League players, both present and past.</b><br>&bull; <b>Complete team and individual records for the twenty-five year history of the American Hockey League.</b><br>&bull; <b>Pictures of league officials, championship teams, trophies and star players of the past and present.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05147/1823662-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="337" height="425"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06121/1823655-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="1671" height="603"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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ATTENTION HOCKEY FANS !

<div class="byline">By BOB GIORDANO</div><p>KELOWNA, B. C.&mdash;</p><p>There is plenty of joy and excitement bubbling over in the hub city of Kamloops, and responsible for all this noise is Ken Stewart and his beloved Kamloops Junior Rockets, the best Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; hockey club in British Columbia.</p><p>The Okanagan&mdash;Mainline Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; Hockey League is mighty proud too, and in more ways than one.</p><p>Just last fall the league became a reality when the four hockey centres of Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops joined forces and introduced junior A&rdquo; hockey to the fans of the Okanagan and the Mainline.</p><p>Now, six months later, and beyond any expectations, this newly formed junior circuit can boast a British Columbia champion.</p><p>The honor and glory belongs to coach Ken Stewart; his smooth, well balanced Rockets; and team manager Don Brown.</p><p>Billed as pre-season league-favorites, the B.C. winners were the cream of the Okanagan junior hockey circuit as they displayed an abundance of desire: hustle and polish. Their efforts paid off real good as they won 25, and lost only five in regular season play&mdash;good enough for a first place finish in the four team loop.</p><p>But that wasn&rsquo;t all. The Rockets did an excellent job of the record book too. League statistics, bare and factual, placed no less than eight Kamloops snipers in the top ten of the scoring race. Their young and agile netminder Peter Sternig led in his department, and was the only goalkeeper to hold a shutout, and he collected five.</p><p>The leagues first &lsquo;all-star&rsquo; team told the same story&mdash;heavily populated with Kamloops personnel. No less than five selected to be exact.</p><p>As the league playoffs approached, the bottom placed clubs began to pick up, and showed surprisingly well. With this in mind the two top clubs of the league Kamloops and Kelowna expected trouble.</p><p>The Buckaroos met Vernon in one set of the semi finals. And Kelowna lads were extended to the limit, coming through with the big one in the fifth and final game.</p><p>The Rockets met a determined band of Penticton youngsters in the other semi final series. As expected Ken Stewart&rsquo;s puck chasers turned them aside, three games to one&hellip;</p><p>The Okanagan junior finals saw the two top clubs in action in a best of five series. The experts had predicted the series would go the limit, with even betting.</p><p>The Rockets tripped the experts. The series lasted but three games, as the Rockets took command from the opening whistle, and kept the Kelowna Buckaroos off-balance in the first two games, with scores of 8-3 and 6-1. The Buckaroos showed midseason form in the final game as they checked and skated with the Okanagan winners. After sixty minutes of play the score was tied at six-all. With eight minutes of overtime played, big Buck Crawford fired a forty footer, which spelt defeat for Kelowna.</p><p>Further laurels came for the Kamloops squad in the British-Columbia playdowns. Labelled as favorites, the junior Smoke-Eaters from Trail met head on with a fired-up machine, and bowed out in two straight games, scores of 8-3, and 6-4.</p><p>Ken Stewart now takes his charges along the Memorial Cup trail against the Oil-Kings from Edmonton. All games in the best of five series are scheduled for the albertacity (to commence March 24th.</p><p>A great deal of the success achieved by the Rockets must go to their popular hard-working mentor Ken Stewart. The former ex-pro saw action with Chicago of the N.H.L. and Kansas City of the U.S.H.L. Also coached clubs from Lethbridge, Regina, Los Angeles Ramblers, and Kelowna Packers.</p><p>During the past ten years Stewart has devoted a tremendous amount of time to the minor league hockey ranks of Kamloops.</p><p>&ldquo;Winning the B.C. title, and being with these kids all season has been a great thrill for me. I have enjoyed this more than anything else I have done in hockey,&rdquo; said the polite Kamloops pilot. &ldquo;I have no idea how good the Oil Kings will be but I can assure my boys will give them a real battle&rdquo; said Stewart.</p><p>Kamloops took advantage of a C.A.H.A. ruling which permits the B.C. winners to strengthen six players. Stewart has chosen most of his additions from the ranks of Kelowna Buckaroos. They include Fred Thomas, Bob Gruber, Sonny Herbst and all-star defenseman Phil Larden. The balance from Penticton are Harvey Wish, a wonger, and netminder Rale Harder.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kamloops Juniors Take BC Flag: Play Edmonton

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01386/1823714-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><p><b>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1. Pictured Toronto player.</p><p>5. Initials of a Chicago defenseman.</p><p>7. Preposition.</p><p>8 Given name of Balfour of Pittsburgh.</p><p>10. Pictured star&rsquo;s favorite type of food.</p><p>12. Seats near the ice.</p><p>13. Initials of Dejordy of Edmonton Flyers.</p><p>14. Initials of Ward of Seattle.</p><p>15. Toronto&rsquo;s Dave Keon likes to do this.</p><p>17. What players try to do with the puck when killing off a penalty.</p><p>19. To repent.</p><p>20. 19th and 7th letters of the alphabet.</p><p>21. Allan Stanley&rsquo;s nickname.</p><p>22. Opposite to in.</p><p>23. Bob Baun visited this province last summer (abbr.)</p><p>24. The AHL&rsquo;s publicity director.</p><p>26. Initials of an NHL netminder.</p><p>28. Type of grain.</p><p>30. Pictured star&rsquo;s daughters are in demand as&hellip;</p><p>32. Tom Johnson injured one earlier in the season.</p><h2>DOWN</h2><p>1. Billy Dea&rsquo;s summertime occupation.</p><p>2. Brian Kilrea&rsquo;s birthplace.</p><p>3. This term applies to Toronto&rsquo;s Al Arbour.</p><p>4. Close.</p><p>5. Initials of Ronty, ex-NHL player.</p><p>6. This NHL goalie is a native of Shawinigan Falls, Quebec.</p><p>9. AHL player who scored the most goals in 1960-61.</p><p>11. Good condition (slang.)</p><p>16. Given name of Bodnar, former NHL star.</p><p>18. This NHL netminder was born in Port Arthur, Ont.</p><p>25. Given name of an NHL manager.</p><p>27. Native province of Larry Leach (abbr.)</p><p>29. One down played with this NHL club in 1956-57 (abbr.)</p><p>30. Initials of Lane, famous exRanger.</p><p>31. Old English (abbr.)</p><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1. Burns</p><p>4. H. B.</p><p>6. Thoms</p><p>9. Signals</p><p>11. TWA</p><p>12. Pie</p><p>13. E. C.</p><p>15. Nag</p><p>17. Apr.</p><p>19. 10</p><p>20. Lad</p><p>21. One</p><p>22. Te.</p><p>24. Jrs.</p><p>25. Langlois</p><p>26. Ten</p><p>27. A. C.</p><p>28. W. G.</p><p>29. Frank.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1. Bastien</p><p>2. Regan</p><p>3. Stan.</p><p>4. Hospital</p><p>5. B. M.</p><p>7. H. L.</p><p>8. Stewardess</p><p>10. IW</p><p>14. Cain</p><p>16. Goegan</p><p>18. Patrick</p><p>21. Or</p><p>23. Agar</p><p>24. Joan</p><p>25. Leg</p><p>26. T. W.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By SID PAYNE</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Clinton and Greensboro appear headed for a marthon series if the results of the first two games of their best-of-nine set are any indication.</p><p>After Greensboro stunned the Comets, 4-3, in overtime in the opening game of the series between the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s divisional champions, the Comets bounced back to shade the Generals, 3-1. Both games were played on Clinton ice.</p><p>The next three games were scheduled for Greensboro&rsquo;s Coliseum where the. Generals lost only seven times in 34 regular season games. However, a three-game sweep by the Generals is hardly likely since Clinton boasted the best road record during the season, winning half of its away contests.</p><p>The Generals almost let the opener get away from them as the Comets rallied for the tying goal with only 40 seconds remaining in regulation time. With goalie Norm DeFelice pulled from the nets, brother Angie beat General&rsquo;s netminder Jacques Monette with a backhander that set up the sudden death overtime period. However, Les Lilley, who had scored earlier, got the Generals off and running with his second goal, a 15-footer at 6:34, to put it away.</p><p>The Comets squared matters three nights later as rookies Reg Mullholland and Jeanot Gilbert accounted for all Clinton&rsquo;s scoring in its 3-1 triumph. Mullholland&rsquo;s first goal broke a 1-1 tie in the second period after Gilbert and Greensboro&rsquo;s Ron Muir matched goals in the first period, and bis second wrapped it up for the Comets in the third period.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Knoxville Knights became the first team to win a series as they eliminated Philadelphia with three straight victories in their best-of-five series.</p><p>The Knights will meet either Johnstown or New Haven, who are tied, 2-2, in a best-of-five affair, in another best-of-five series for the right to meet Clinton or Greensboro for the championship.</p><p>Knoxville got off winging when it defeated the Ramblers, 3-2. in the first game at Philadelphia. Trailing, 2-0, as Chuck Stuart put the home side in front with two quick goals, the Knights scrambled back for a tie early in the third period and won it on Glen Cressman&rsquo;s tally with less than five minutes left. The Knights then ousted Philly with successive 6-1 and 3-2 wins at Knoxville.</p><p>Yvan Chasle&rsquo;s hat trick paced New Haven to a 7-4 victory over Johnstown in the opener, but the Jets, returning to friendly home ice, beat the Blades twice, 3-1 and 5-0, before losing at New Haven again, 4-2.</p><p>Goalie Jim Helkie, who was borrowed from Charlotte excelled for the Jets in their two victories.</p><h2>Gets Big One</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02344/1823745-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="523" height="510"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Les Lilley</b></figcaption></div><p><b>AROUND THE LOOP:</b> Johnstown&rsquo;s Ken Laufman won the league scoring championship for the second straight season, amassing 128 points on 38 goals and 90 assists. Teammates Dick Roberge and John Lumley finished second and third with 117 points each&hellip;Clinton&rsquo;s Pete Babando was fourth with 111 and Philadelphia&rsquo;s Chuck Stuart wound up fifth with 110. Other players scoring over 100 points were Ramblers&rsquo; Russ McClenaghan (103) and Clinton&rsquo;s Skip Teal and Greensboro&rsquo;s Ron Muir (100 each)&hellip;Four players bagged over 50 goals: Lumley, 58; Stuart, 54; and Roberge and Greensboro&rsquo;s Les Lilley, 51 each&hellip;Comets&rsquo; Norm DeFelice led the goalers with 2.99 average and shared shutout honors with Knoxville&rsquo;s Claude Cyr at five apiece.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Marathon Looms Between Clinton And Greensboro

<p><i><b>Presented by DOSCO</b></i></p><p><b>Answer: 1949-50: Joe Primeon</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

<p class="dropcap"><span>K</span>INGSTON, Ont.&mdash;Don Cherry of Sudbury Wolves and brother Dick of the Kingston Frontenacs have returned to their respective teams in the Eastern Professional Hockey League, despite a double tragedy in their family.</p><p>The Kingston natives lost their father, former Kingston athlete Del Cherry, who died following surgery in the Kingston General Hospital, Friday, March 2.</p><p>Mr. Cherry was buried at Kingston the following Monday and one of the mourners was Don&rsquo;s fatherin-law, Paul Martini, 52, of Hershey, Pa.</p><p>The brothers returned to their teams and word was received Wednesday that Mr. Martini was killed in an automobile accident at Scranton, Pa., on his way home from Mr. Cherry&rsquo;s funeral.</p><p>The brothers had to take a further leave of absence to attend Mr. Martini&rsquo;s funeral at Hershey.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Double Tragedy Strikes EPHL’s Cherry Brothers

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League, said last week a penalty shot awarded Wednesday night, March 14. to Andy Bathgate of New York Rangers was &ldquo;perfectly legal.&rdquo;</p><p>Bathgate, the league&rsquo;s top point getter, scored on the shot to give his club an important 3-2 win over Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>Sid Abel, coach of the Red Wings, sent a telegram to Campbell about the call.</p><p>Reports from Detroit said Abel had protested against the decision of referee Eddie Powers in giving the shot to Bathgate, but Campbell said Abel &ldquo;only asked for interpretation of the application of the rule&rdquo; under which the penalty shot was awarded.</p><p>Powers awarded the shot after Detroit goalie Hank Bassen threw his stick at a New York player. Campbell said the referee&rsquo;s report showed that Bathgate was the player fouled but other reports said Bathgate&rsquo;s line-mate, Dean Prentice, was the victim.</p><p>Campbell said Abel&rsquo;s telegram &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t mention Prentice.&rdquo;</p><p>Further, he said, there is no such thing as a protested decision in the NHL.</p><p>&ldquo;No matter what happens, the game as it is played on the ice is the official result. There is no such thing as a protested game, no matter what the reason.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Penalty Shot In NY Legal—Prexy

<p>NORTH BAY. Ont.&mdash;Jack Stewart, the former National Hockey League defenceman, never had it so tough.</p><p>The coach of the Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds of the Eastern Professional Hockey League wouldn&rsquo;t oppose a move to keep his team out of North Bay for the balance of the season.</p><p>On Sunday, Mar. 11, Stewart led his sagging T-Birds to town for a game against North Bay Trappers.</p><p>Thunderbirds, in the league cellar. desperately needed a win over the fifth-place Trappers to keep their playoff hopes alive.</p><p>Trappers didn&rsquo;t co-operate and Stewart&rsquo;s boys took it on the chin, 5-3.</p><p>But this was not the sole cause for Stewart&rsquo;s grievance.</p><p>The coach, his trainer and the Soo players became involved in a brawl with North Bay fans after the game.</p><p>Stewart, who had more battle scars in his NHL playing days than anyone but Terrible Ted Lindsay, was socked on the noggin with a cowbell.</p><p>It took 14 stitches to close the gash.</p><p>The fan, though, was still not satisfied.</p><p>He bopped trainer Ed Dalton over the head also. Dalton required 12 stitches.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Cow Bell Swinging Fan In North Bay Tough On Jack

<div class="byline">By FRED CEDERBERG (In The Toronto Telecram)</div><h2>Moneyman</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0114/1823872-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="502" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jacques Plante</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Masked Jacques Plante figures to. take the NHL and the Montreal Canadiens for an extra $14,000 this season. And he won&rsquo;t use a gun to collect the loot plus his salary, estimated to be in the neighborhood of $15,000.</p><p>The melancholic French-Canadien, who plays great goal behind his ribbed mask, figures to do it this way:</p><p>He&rsquo;ll win back a $3,000 pay cut by taking the Vezina Trophy, a bauble worth one grand.</p><p>He&rsquo;s the leading contender for the first All-Star squad which will net him $1,000.</p><p>Unless Hawk&rsquo;s Bobby Hull is unanimously voted in as the last-half Hart Trophy choice. Plante should overhaul Rangers&rsquo; Doug Harvey in this MVP department and get another $1,000 from the league.</p><p>Take all three and Habs will match each award with a similar amount of gold. This brings Jacques to $9,000 in extras.</p><p>Then, should Habs finish first (and they&rsquo;re seven up on Leafs), Jake The Snake gets $1,500; defeating the Hawks in the semi-finals is also worth $1,500; victory in the Stanley Cup final is two grand.</p><p>Total&mdash;$14,000 in Bank of Canada notes.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Plante Working For A $14,000 Bonus Bundle

<div class="image-hero"><img title="C0004-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0215/1823903-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>OLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.&mdash;Those professional players seeking reinstatement as amateurs so they can represent Canada in world tournament play will have to be reinstated long before the season starts after the 1963 Games.</p><p>The International Ice Hockey Federation, meeting here during the world tournament has decided that something must be done to those last minute professionals added to clubs in the tournament.</p><p>&ldquo;After next year&rsquo;s tournament, any player who was in professional hockey after Sept. 1 of any year will not be permitted to play in the following year&rsquo;s tournament,&rdquo; said Robert Lebel of Montreal, IIHF president.</p><h2><b>GREAT MOMENTS IN HOCKEY</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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