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October 6, 1962

The Hockey News October 6, 1962

<div class="byline">By JOHN ED</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;In the excitement and hoop-la of Canadian Hockey, efforts of individual persons are all too often overlooked. Of course what many people don&rsquo;t realize is that without the work of the organizers, the sponsors and the workers on a lower level the finished product, in this case exciting competitive hockey, would never be produced.In Montreal, a city where inhabitants always view it as the world hockey capital whether the Stanley Cup is here or not, the combined efforts of many people go into the organization of hockey. In Montreal hockey revolves around the Forum. This huge building where some of the most thrilling chapters in the annals of the game have been written, is the goal of young players. This goal Is achieved in ways other than wearing the &ldquo;blue, blanc, rouge&rdquo;. Every year the Quebec Minor Hockey Association plays its championship series on Forum ice and for Junior age players the Forum sponsors leagues providing fast hockey and a good chance for advancement.The energetic president of the most successful minor hockey league in Montreal is Alex H. McKellar. Co-founder of the Metro Junior Hockey League with Sam Pollock and Ron Wilson, McKellar is now the chief executive of the circuit and enjoys the full confidence of the Forum and the team executives. McKellar is a tireless worker and has demonstrated his organizing ability by heading a swimming pool project in suburban Lachine while serving as president of the local recreation association and as a director of the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association for the past seven years.Last year was the Metro loop&rsquo;s most successful season vet. Crowds totalling over 80,000 jammed Montreal district rinks to watch the playoffs and the enthusiasm showed by the hockey fans was a fine tribute to McKellar. Interviewed on radio between periods of the final game he noted with pleasure the revival of junior hockey in Montreal after many people had written it off. The crowds were flocking to watch a fine product, graduates of the Metro loop have included Bobby Rousseau, Ralph Backstrom, Terry Gray and, says President McKellar, &ldquo;there are many more to come&rdquo;.On the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Montreal suburb of St. Lambert, &ldquo;Mr. Minor Hockey&rdquo; would have to be D. W. &ldquo;Doogie&rdquo; Parsons. Parsons claims he has been organizing hockey since he set up a &ldquo;back lane league&rdquo; at the age of six. Chairman of hockey in St. Lambert from 1951 to 1960, Parsons traces St. Lambert&rsquo;s growth in hockey circles from thirteen teams in 1951 to the present total of 43 hockey clubs. Parsons is presently president of the St. Lambert Community Sports Association which is responsible for all hockey except the pee wee all-stars. That team is administered by a special committee headed by the same Mr. Parsons.The pee wee all-stars are perhaps Parsons&rsquo; most spectacular project. Each year this team raises sufficient funds to fully outfit themselves and travel some 600 miles to the Goderich, Ont., pee wee tournament. This annual event captures the imagination of the townsfolk and Parsons tabs the fund raising as the least of his problems.Montreal being such a large city there are many more other persons who have made outstanding contributions to fostering minor hockey. Some of these include Hal King of St. Laurent, Ernest Skutezky of Mount Royal, Maurice Dagenais and Eddy Lanctot who are rivals in the Ahuntsic area and Metropolitan League directors Gaston Jutras and Al Eldridge.Without the labor of these, and others, many youngsters would never know the thrill and excitement of playing Canada&rsquo;s major winter sport.<h2>Diligent Worker</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02140/2029757-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="513" height="789"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex McKellar</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

McKellar Heads Montreal’s Most Successful Minor Puck Loop

What is it like to be discarded by one National Hockey League team and then turn up being the key man for another in the space of one big league season?That&rsquo;s the situation defenceman Warren &ldquo;Rocky&rdquo; Godfrey has suddenly found himself in with the Boston Bruins. Thrown into the draft by the Red Wings during the summer, Godfrey was promptly grabbed up by the man who let him get away to Detroit, general manager Lynn Patrick.Next week in the HOCKEY NEWS. Boston correspondent Roger Barry will outline how Godfrey feels about returning to his old NHL club and what effect leaving Detroit, where he has his home and business, has had on the veteran big leaguer.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03366/2028091-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="275" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Warren Godfrey</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Read It Next Week in The Hockey News

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Bright New Player Crop For NHL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04273/2029092-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg"></div>The 1962-63 N.H.L. Press and Radio Guide also includes Hendy&rsquo;s Who&rsquo;s Who In Hockey, and is the finest Hockey Guide published. 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 Leagues.All This For Only $1.00PER COPY (Postage Paid)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05203/2029085-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="269" height="397"></div> &#9632;

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The Best Hockey Guide Published

<div class="byline">By CHARLIE HALPIN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;What has happened to the seemingly invincible Jacques Plante?That question has been on the lips of every hockey fan around the National Hockey League circuit this past week, but no one has come forward with a solution.Plante&rsquo;s steady decline in the Vezina Trophy race during the second half of the NHL schedule has been alarming. Plante himself is concerned. The Canadiens, too, are worried.With only a handful of games remaining in the season, the onrushing Glenn Hall of Chicago has suddenly lurched into the thick of the battle for the $2,000 cup swag and don&rsquo;t let anyone tell you differently, it isn&rsquo;t so much losing the money as the prestige that is tormenting Plante.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02221/2029819-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="265" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Plante</figcaption></div>Jake &lsquo;The Snake&rsquo;, as American hockey fans know him, is a man who takes the utmost pride in his profession. With Plante there is no being second best. He wants to be the big man among the NHL goalies and to prove his theory, he has won the coveted Vezina Trophy four times in the past four years.Plante, who was at one time 29 goals ahead of Hall, has suddenly lost his touch. Canadiens&rsquo; officials claim he has grown weary of the NHL grind and needs a rest before the forthcoming playoffs. To ease the pressure on the 31-year-old puck-stopper, the Habs have elevated Charlie Hodge from their minor hockey system to spell off Plante in three of the final five games in the regular schedule.Plante has consented to the move after much persuasion by the Canadiens&rsquo; &lsquo;brass&rsquo;, even at the risk of losing the Vezina to Hall.To reconcile Plante to the imposed respite, Canadiens have assured him there will an extra G-note in his final pay cheque just as they have &lsquo;guaranteed&rsquo; Jean Beliveau a $1,000 even if he doesn&rsquo;t win the scoring title because he, too, accepted a rest rather than risk further injury trying to overhaul Bobby Hull and Bronco Horvath for the point lead.It is no secret that Plante has not been quite as effective in the second half of the year as he was in the first 35 games. Jacques had a 2.28 average against Hall&rsquo;s 2.87 at the midway mark in the season. Today Plante has skyrocketed to a 2.54 as against 2.55 for Hall, who has been far and away the best netminder in the last eight weeks.Plante declared earlier in the new year that he would take a few games off when he felt he had built up a commanding lead on his closest pursuer, whether it be Hall, Terry Sawchuk or Johnny Bower. The decision was left up to him but now with the colorful goalkeeper obviously shaky and fatigued, the club has stepped in and demanded he rest. He has partici-pated in all the team&rsquo;s 65 games.Jacques has resorted to leaving his controversial face-mask off for a game to see if it would make a difference. It hasn&rsquo;t.After wearing it for 50 straight games following a painful face injury suffered Nov. 1 in New York when he was struck by a shot from Andy Bathgate&rsquo;s stick, Plante discarded the mask for a game last week in Detroit. The Wings won 3-0. The next night in Toronto, he put it back on and the Leafs riddled him for four goals although Canadiens won by a lop-sided 9-4.In all fairness to the inventive Plante, it must be said that he has not had the protection accorded him in other years. His defense has been undistinguished this season, with the possible exception of Doug Harvey.Will Plante win the Vezina? And will he be back for the playoffs? And, too, will he wear his face mask in the Stanley Cup round?Only time will tell if he comes through in the Vezina Trophy race, but the possibilities are good, even with Hodge standing in for him in three games.Coach Toe Blake is certain Plante will be all right for the playoffs. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think Plante is feeling too good,&rdquo; said Blake. &ldquo;He really doesn&rsquo;t look well, doesn&rsquo;t seem to have his usual pep. But what can you do about these things hut rest.&rdquo;As for the mask, Blake insists he will allow Plante, to make up his own mind whether to wear it in the playoffs.&ldquo;The decision belongs to him&hellip; I won&rsquo;t force him to discard it&hellip;&rdquo;, declared Blake.&ldquo;Anyway, I figure the percentage is in favor of him wearing it the rest of the season. The mask was a great thing with everybody when he went those 18-straight games without a loss. Plante was wearing the mask then, and he&rsquo;ll be the same guy with it in the playoffs,&rdquo; added Toe.What does Plante himself say about it?&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be wearing it in the playoffs, don&rsquo;t worry about that. Oh, I know I got it be, and it&rsquo;s hot. But since I don&rsquo;t find any difference playing with or without it, I may as well wear it and avoid facial injuries,&rdquo; commented Plante.Who knows? Maybe a rested Plante may still turn out to be the &lsquo;marvel of the mask&rsquo; in the Stanley Cup playoffs. &#9632;

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Pressure Builds Up As Hall Puts On A Final Rusli

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The mystifying New York Rangers, who appear capable of more surprises than the Great Houdini, are ready for the NHL race with two set lines, a veteran defense and a familiar goaltender.After that, your guess is as good as Muzz Patrick&rsquo;s.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01426/2027998-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="269" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption></div>Gump Worsley is back in goal for the Rangers. In the old days., it was habitual for the New York brass to insist that Worsley had to beat out Marcel Paille and Jack McCartan for the job.But the front office has grown to respect the elderly and the Gump, now 33, sewed up the job the moment he reported to training camp. As usual, he can be counted on to retain it through April.Doug Harvey, Junior Langlois, Harry Howell and Larry Cahan, last season&rsquo;s defense, will return along with rookie Jim Neilson, the part Indian who previously scalped opponents with Kitchener of the Eastern League.<h2>Cahan, Howell Paired</h2>There have been suggestions that Neilson will dislodge Cahan as a regular if his improvement continues at the same astonishing pace. But, at the moment, it&rsquo;s Cahan with Howell, which is a better unit than a lot many others cruising around the league.Andy Bathgate, a fattened Dean Prentice and Earl Ingarfield again are the first line with Camille Henry (his health permitting), Bronco Horvath and Andy Hebenton the second line.The third-line could be Jean Ratelie centering Rod Gilbert on right wing and Len Ronson on left wing. Then again, it could not.Patrick isn&rsquo;t sure about Ratelie&rsquo;s drive. He also has a capable center in Dave Balon who had a so-so training camp. Another center is Ted Hampson. Another left wing is Vic Hadfield.Some cuts will be made before the Rangers opener at home Oct. 11th. Others will be delayed until after the firing starts.By that time the Bert Olmstead melodrama may be solved. Bert was supposed to report to Vancouver training camp and play left wing for the Rangers. That&rsquo;s why they paid $20,000 in the draft for him.Eventually, Bert, who is 36, showed up at Vancouver but he promptly announced his retirement. Said he didn&rsquo;t think he could help the team.&ldquo;If I was 26, I&rsquo;d go like a shot,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But at my age, never. Who am I going to help? I&rsquo;d be as much help as if I were wearing bob-skates.&rdquo;Olmstead was merely earmarked for the power-play, corner-digging, on the Horvath line, aid to youngsters and general spiritual uplift not to mention additional gate receipts. As a result his exit was a somewhat traumatic experience to New York fans but Patrick still hoped Bert would change his mind.&ldquo;He got the same offer as Harvey,&rdquo; a Ranger official disclosed, alluring to a contract between $25,000 and $30,000 as well as special privileges including the right to miss practices. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re still hoping.&rdquo;For good reason. Doug Harvey did more flip-flops before returning to the Blues than the Central Park seals. Now they say he&rsquo;s performing like a colt.&ldquo;So,&rdquo; says the man on Eighth ave., &ldquo;why not Olmstead?&rdquo; &#9632;

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Rangers Set With Same Old Faces, But Loss Of Olmstead Jolt To Club

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04281/2028036-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg"></div><h2>ALL-STAR GAME RECORDS, 1947 to 1961</h2>Most Game Played: Gordie Howe 14.Most Goals: Maurice Richard 7.Most Assists: Red Kelly 6, Doug Harvey 6.Most Total Points: Ted Lindsay 10; 5 goals and 5 assists.Most Minutes in Penalties: Gus Mortson 18.Most Minor Penalties: Gus Mortson 9.Most Major Penalties: Gordie Howe 1.Most Games Played by Goalkeeper: Terry Sawchuk 8.Most Hat Tricks: Ted Lindsay 1.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02407/2028029-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="2216" height="1077"><figcaption class="caption-body">ORIGINAL NHL ALL-STARS: Here is the first NHL all-star team selected 16 years ago that played and defeated Toronto 4-3. Front row, left to right, ERNIE COOK, trainer, Montreal; BOBBY BAUER, Boston; TED LINDSAY, Detroit; MAX BENTLEY, Chicago; TONY LESWICK, New York; KNOBBY WARWICK, New York; EDGAR LAPRADE, New York; BILL MO-SIENKO, Chicago; DOUG BENTLEY, Chicago; DICK IRVIN, coach, &lsquo;Montreal. Back row, FRANK BRIMSEK, Boston; MAURICE RICHARD, Montreal; BILL QUACKENBUSH, Detroit; KEN REARDON, Montreal; MILT SCHMIDT, Boston; BUTCH BOUCHARD, Montreal; WOODY DUMART, Boston; JACK STEWART, Detroit; BILL DURNAN, Montreal.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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All-Star Game Facts ’N Figures

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;It has taken many years to convince Terry Sawchuk of the value of a face mask but the 11 - year NHL veteran says he&rsquo;s sold on the use of the protector.Sawchuk recently used a mask developed by Detroit Red Wing trainer Lefty Wilson, himself a former netminder, in an exhibition game at Edmonton and was happy with the experiment.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sold on the masks now, except that I am going to make a switch or two in the one I will wear, I&rsquo;m going to try and get more ventilation into the mask,&rdquo; he said.Sawchuk said he felt the mask had helped his play this season and enabled him to win the Wings&rsquo; No. 1 goaling job from Hank Bassen and rookie Dennis Riggin at the age of 33.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what it is about the mask but it has given me extra confidence,&rdquo; revealed Sawchuk.The Detroit goalie becomes the second NHL netminder to wear a mask. Jacques Plante of Canadiens was the innovator of the face guard and has been instrumental in its widespread fame.Veteran NHL goalkeepers like Johnny Bower, Glenn Hall and Gump Worsley do not wear a mask in league game. Hall employs one in practice, however.<h2>Blues Need Olmstead</h2>In other training camp developments, the Rangers&rsquo; general manager Muzz Patrick is doing a little needling in an attempt to get veteran Bert Olmstead back with the club and inject a little scoring punch into the BluesPatrick, disappointed at Rangers&rsquo; 2-2 performance against Toronto Maple Leafs in an exhibition, said after the game the club would have to get Olmstead.&ldquo;I know he can help us even from the bench. I can&rsquo;t get mad enough myself to fire up some of these guys but I think Olmstead could do the job.&rdquo;But Rangers&rsquo; chances of persuading Olmstead to play with them this season seem awfully slim.Olmstead spent a whole day at the club&rsquo;s Vancouver training camp listening to similar plea. from Patrick. But he returned to his Sceptre, Sask., home insistent that he couldn&rsquo;t help the team that paid $20,000 to draft him from Leafs last June.<h2>Hawks Rolling</h2>There appears to be no stopping the Chicago Black Hawks as they roll through the exhibition circuit as if the Stanley Cup was hanging in the balance.Rudy Pilous&rsquo; warriors won eight straight games, including victories over NHL opponents like Toronto and Boston.<h2>Horvath Casualty</h2>The New York Rangers walloped the daylights out of the Calgary Stampeders of the Western League 9-0 in an exhibition at Calgary but the game turned out to be costly for the Blues. Both Bronco Horvath and Andy Bathgate limped off the ice with undetermined injuries. &#9632;

Training Camp Sidelights

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.-Toronto Maple Leafs are about to try doing something that only four Stanley Cup teams have ever been able to do: defeat a team composed of the best players picked from the other five National Hockey League teams.Leafs accept the challenge Sat., Oct. 6, in Maple Leaf Gardens, with a sellout opening night crowd of more than 14,000 contributing another $40,000 to the $450,000 raised for the NHL players&rsquo; pension fund at 15 previous all-star matches.As a matter of fact, the box office record for all-star games, set in Chicago last October, $43,652 may be surpassed. The game is sure of a capacity crowd in Toronto because it is included in Leafs&rsquo; season subscriptions.Two of those 15 extravaganzas pitted the official first all-star squad against the second. This practice was abandoned then and the NHL went back to the old system, letting the reinforced all-stars face the Stanley Cup winners of the previous spring in that club&rsquo;s home rink.Of 13 such encounters, four were victories for the Cupholders and seven were won by the NHL selects.It&rsquo;s questionable whether Leafs can succeed line the 1950 and 1954 Red Wings and the 1958 and 1959 Canadiens.The prospect of seeing them try and of seeing the best performers in hockey brought together on the same ice surface made the 1962 contest one of the most interesting in the series.It was preceded, as always, by the annual all-star banquet.NHL rules say no player who hasn&rsquo;t signed a contract for the coming season can take part in the all-star game. Ten days before the big show, Leafs had only two players, George Armstrong and Kent Douglas, under contract. The rest were holding out for substantial raises on the basis of Leafs&rsquo; championship season in 1961-62.Then, the official vote last spring doesn&rsquo;t supply Chicago&rsquo;s Rudy Pilous, the all-star coach, with a complete lineup by any means.All-NHL Leafs like Frank Mahovlich and Dave Keon must be replaced. And the stars also need extra forwards, so it can have a balanced attack.Pilous, wrapped up in the preseason preparation of his Chicago Black Hawks, at St. Catharines, Ont., was in no hurry to ponder who he&rsquo;d play together.Usually, the all-star coach strives for two things in naming his extra men. First, he tries to make his final lineup as representative of the five clubs as he possibly can. Second, he tries to unite regular combinations, such as Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio or Red Hay and Bobby Hull. This is to improve the spectacle and also to help himself, since these established units will play much more effectively than little groups of strangers.Last year, Detroit&rsquo;s Sid Abel was the all-star coach, since his was the team beaten in the final series that spring, and he was severely criticized for choosing Phil Goyette as his extra centre, ahead of the Leafs&rsquo; Red Kelly.Abel&rsquo;s defence was that he had gone to the Toronto lineup for an added defenceman, Carl Brewer, and felt he needed a Montreal player for balance.You might think the all-star game would be a pretty tame show. It&rsquo;s not. Like most hockey exhibitions, it can get unruly.Last year&rsquo;s game produced a scrap between those traditional rivals, Frank Mahovlich and Eric Nesterenko, complete with post-game muttering. It also produced an unforgettable moment when Bobby Hull leaned over the boards from the Chicago bench and hooked the puck away from Donnie Marshall, who was breaking into the clear.The stars won the game, 3-1, with Alex Delvecchio, Gordie Howe and Don McKenney counting against a Chicago single by Nesterenko.Andy Hebenton knocked in the decisive goal for Punch Imlach&rsquo;s all-stars in 1960. Mahovlich had opened the scoring only to have Montreal&rsquo;s Claude Provost tie it.Canadiens defeated the selects in 1958 and 1959 after losing in 1957 and tying the year before.The league experimented with matching the first and second teams in 1951. The stars had won the first three dream games and in 1950 Detroit Red Wings thumped the Stars, 7-1, before fewer than 10,000 spectators in the Olympia. The pension fund netted only $17,500 inspiring the new setup.The new game didn&rsquo;t draw much better in its two tries so in 1953 they went back to the old system. This time, the game was a rousing success, attracting 14,153 spectators in the Montreal Forum.Gordie Howe, of course, has been the greatest all-star performer. This year&rsquo;s game will be his 15th appearance, which means he&rsquo;s missed only once. He&rsquo;s also scored six goals, one short of Rocket Richard&rsquo;s record. And he&rsquo;s only a point behind Ted Lindsay&rsquo;s record 10 points, although Terrible Ted was in fewer games.Showing that any ill-feeling is short-lived is the fact Gus Mortson is the most penalized all-star&mdash;23 minutes. He drew the only major penalty in the game&rsquo;s history.Also there&rsquo;s never been a shutout.A new innovation to this year&rsquo;s all-star game will be the presence of three goalkeepers with the selects. Pilous plans to employ Jacques Plante, Glenn Hall and Gump Worsley in that order during the game. Each will play one period.Leafs will probably use both Johnny Bower and Don Simmons, who collaborated so nicely last year in the club&rsquo;s cup victory.President Clarence Campbell of the NHL will be on hand along with publicity director Ken McKenzie, who said Eddie Powers will handle the refereeing role for the 16th ice classic.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01425/2028129-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="546" height="1633"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY BOWER&hellip;Puck Stopper For Leafs</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03223/2028122-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="557" height="1671"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES PLANTE&hellip;All-Star Game Goalie</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Past Game History Shows Stanley Cup Champs Rarely Win In Pro Hockey’s All-Star Classic

Goal&mdash;Jacques PlanteGoal&mdash;Glenn HallGoal&mdash;Gump WorsleyDefence&mdash;Doug HarveyDefence&mdash;Jean Guy TalbotDefence&mdash;Pierre PiloteDefence&mdash;Doug MohnsDefence&mdash;Leo BoivinCentre&mdash;Stan MikitaCentre&mdash;Ralph BackstromCentre&mdash;Don McKenneyCentre&mdash;Norm UllmanR. Wing&mdash;Andy BathgateR. Wing&mdash;Gordie HoweR. Wing&mdash;Bernie GeoffrionR. Wing&mdash;Claude ProvostL. Wing&mdash;Bobby HullL. Wing&mdash;Dean PrenticeL. Wing&mdash;Alex DelvecchioCoach&mdash;Rudy Pilous &#9632;

The All-Stars

Goal&mdash;Johnny BowerGoal&mdash;Don SimmonsDefence&mdash;Allan StanleyDefence&mdash;Bobby BaunDefence&mdash;Tim HortonDefence&mdash;Carl BrewerDefence&mdash;Al ArbourDefence&mdash;Kent DouglasCentre&mdash;Bob PulfordCentre&mdash;Dave KeonCentre&mdash;Red KellyCentre&mdash;Billy HarrisCentre&mdash;Jim PappinR. Wing&mdash;George ArmstrongR. Wing&mdash;Ron StewartR. Wing&mdash;Bob NevinR. Wing&mdash;Ed LitzenbergerL. Wing&mdash;Frank MahovlichL. Wing&mdash;Dick DuffL. Wing&mdash;Eddie ShackL. Wing&mdash;Jim MikolCoach&mdash;Punch Imlach &#9632;

The Maple Leafs

Founded October 1st, 1947 109Published weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd., 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.Ken McKenzie, President and PublisherWill V. Cote, Vice-Pres, and Gen. Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Printed in CanadaVol. 16 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 6, 1962 No. 1 &#9632;

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01489/2028260-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="365" height="384"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02454/2028253-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="512" height="74"></div>&bull; BOBBY HULL and wife Joanne had their second son recently. The 50-goal scorer has looked great in pre-season exhibitions and is looking forward to an even greater season coming up. Hull was nicked as Hockey&rsquo;s Most Exciting Player by THE HOCKEY NEWS in his second season and it looks like it was one of the best picks made by this paper&hellip;The National and American Hockey Leagues are both looking forward to great seasons&hellip;Grant Warwick Jr., son of the former NHL star and onetime rookie award winner, will play hockey for Murray Armstrong&rsquo;s Denver University team this season&hellip;Jim Gordon, one of the top hockey announcers in the United States, will air all of the New York Rangers games this season&hellip;Detroit Red Wings have completed arrangements to broadcast all of their home and away games this season. Veteran hockey commentator Budd Lynch will describe the action and handle the intermission interviews&hellip;The NHL hopes to talk the American League into re-joining the draft&hellip;Tom Williams hopes to be the first product of United States hockey to play regularly in the NHL since Frank Brimsek. The youthful forward gave a good account of himself in the Boston Bruins&rsquo; preseason games&hellip;Doug Mohns will be starting his 10th season with Boston. The versatile 28-year-old speedster will play defense only this term. Last year he played the first part of the season at left wing&hellip;Rangers&rsquo; Andy Bathgate just finished another fine summer of golf. Andy was low amateur in the British Columbia Open&hellip;Be sure to order you copy of the 1962-63 NHL Press and Radio Guide. This is by far the best hockey guide published each year and a book all National League fans will want to consult frequently throughout the season. An order form is located in this issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03378/2028246-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="275" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Williams</figcaption></div>&bull; PUNCH IMLACH was very impressed with the work of Brian Lunney, 19-year-old Winnipeg goalkeeper in Leaf practices. Lunney was reported to have looked about as good as any goalie attending the Toronto camp&hellip;The Leafs have high hopes for him in future plans&hellip;Another goalkeeper, Dennis Riggin, highly-touted in the Detroit Red Wings organization, is doing his best to get back into his old form after suffering two serious eye injuries in recent years&hellip;Jim Neilson, new defenseman with the Rangers, is part Cree Indian&hellip;Howie Young tells one and all that he has reformed and the Red Wings certainly hope so as Howie could be the player to strengthen their defense&hellip;Howie could also be the most colorful defenseman in the entire NHL as well&hellip;Doug Harvey did his best to persuade Bert Olmstead to sign with the Rangers and kept telling Bert what a fine bunch the new Ranger owners were, etc., but Bert knew his own mind and honestly felt that he couldn&rsquo;t help the team. Bert plans to buy a home in Calgary&hellip;Larry Reardon, a member of the 1951 Vancouver Canucks, met up with brother Terry, General Manager of the Baltimore Clippers, out in Vancouver the other day and it was the first time the brothers had seen each other for 17 years&hellip;Jack (Red) Bownass should do a good job as playing-coach for the Los Angeles Blades&hellip;Dollard St. Laurent felt very badly about being waived out of the NHL. The exChicago defenseman believed that there were at least two teams in the National League that he could help&hellip;Old-time hockey great Cully Wilson died last month in Seattle&hellip;George Agar will only manage the Blades this season and leave the coaching to Bownass.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04320/2028239-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="286" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Young</figcaption></div>&bull; A WONDERFUL four-color picture of Canadiens&rsquo; Henri Richard adorns the cover of the October issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL&hellip;What Makes the Pocket Go? is a featured story in this picture-packed, finely-edited publication&hellip;A good story on Red Kelly, Canada&rsquo;s Hockey-Playing MP, also appears in this edition as well as coverage on all the professional teams and leagues&hellip;Dick Duff and Bob Pulford of the Leafs both had successful terms at McMaster University summer school&hellip;Eddie Shack is attempting to be a switch-shooter a la Gordie Howe&hellip;Gerry Ehman of Rochester launched a landscaping business at Saskatoon last summer&hellip;Johnny Bower and his family have rented the Toronto home of the Jimmy Morrisons&hellip;Jimmy will play with Quebec Aces this year&hellip;Doug Laurie, owner and operator of Toronto&rsquo;s finest sporting goods store, is moving his location in Maple Leaf Gardens after 18 years. Doug will shift his popular sports store from the Church street side to the Carlton street side of the Gardens.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05289/2028232-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="243" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Duff</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Weston W. Adams recently was elected president of the Boston Stock Exchange.Assuming this responsibility must make the 58-year-old Adams one of the country&rsquo;s busiest men. It is his third full-time operation.He is. also involved in full-scale duties as head of a brokerage firm bearing his name and as chairman of the board of the Boston Bruins and Boston Garden.Adams has held a seat on the Boston Stock Exchange since 1929 when his father transferred the membership to him.Weston&rsquo;s dad was C. F. Adams, who brought the Bruins and National League hockey to Boston in 1924, at one time owned the old Boston Braves baseball team, and built the Suffolk Downs race track in 1935.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06247/2028322-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="284" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Weston Adams</figcaption></div>Weston inherited his dad&rsquo;s love for sports and his acumen for finance. He played hockey at Exeter Academy and Harvard, and has been associated with the Bruins since their inception. He is also regarded as an excellent sailor out of Marblehead, Mass.During World War II Adams was a Navy Commander and skippered a patrol craft on escort duty in the Pacific.His new duties mean more work. But the indefatigable Weston has thrived on work all his life.&ldquo;My personal philosophy is there is no substitute for hard work,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;There are no short cuts to getting the work done.&ldquo;You have to be lucky. But luck won&rsquo;t do any good without the work.&rdquo;Will the new responsibilities curb his scouting activities for the Bruins? Weston frequently spends weekends during the hockey season, scouting minor league teams for prospects, or flying up to Canada to watch the Bruins&rsquo; junior amateur hopefuls.They won&rsquo;t, insists Adams.<h2>Bruins Open With Habs</h2>Meanwhile, the Bruins are readying for their first NHL test Oct. 11 at home against the Montreal Canadians, first time the &ldquo;Flying Frenchmen&rdquo; have opened in the Boston Garden.Coach Phil Watson, striving to pull the Bruins out of the doldrums of the league, will introduce six new faces to Boston fans this season. Actually there are really only four since defenceman Warren Godfrey and Jean Guy Gendron were here before. Gendron was drafted from New York during the summer months and Godfrey from Detroit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07201/2028315-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="279" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">J.G. Gendron</figcaption></div>Gendron won&rsquo;t be ready for action with the club for at least three weeks after undergoing an appendectomy operation Sept. 18.Watson said he was considering converted defenceman Dallas Smith or handyman Charlie Burns as possible replacements for Gendron, whom Watson thinks is going to be a big help to the team this season. Smith has since left the team.The parade of new faces in Boston uniforms will include goalies Eddie Johnston and Bob Perreault, both elevated from the minor leagues this season, defenceman Irv Spencer, winger Wayne Hicks and centre Tommy Williams. Johnston was drafted from the Montreal organization and Perreault was purchased from Hershey of the AHL. They will alternate the netminding job with holdover goaler Bruce Gamble, who had a disappointing training camp and was shipped out to the Bruins&rsquo; Kingston farm team in the EPHL.Spencer was grabbed from New York and Hicks came from Chicago&rsquo;s farm system. &#9632;

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Weston Adams Named Head Of Boston Stock Exchange, To Continue Hockey Duties

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DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Two of the big pre - season surprises in the Detroit hockey camp has been the return to Howie Young and the demotion of veteran Hank Bassen to the minor leagues.Rookie net-minder Dennis Riggin from Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League has won the No. 2 netminding job behind seasoned Terry Sawchuk for the moment and as the result, Bassen was sent to Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02412/2028384-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="283" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dennis Riggin</figcaption></div>Riggin, who once played nine games in the NHL with Detroit back in 1959-1960, is a 26-year-old native of Kincardine, Ont. He is a product of the Wings&rsquo; Hamilton junior farm club and has been toiling with Edmonton for the past six seasons.The plan to keep Riggin followed Coach Sid Abel&rsquo;s summer announcement that the Wings would not retain two pro goalkeepers as they did in the last two years. Abel said one would be sent to Pittsburgh and a rookie would stay with the NHL club as the stand-in puckstopper.The return of the belligerent Howie Young to the Wings&rsquo; defence came on the heels of an impressive training camp for the hardhitting rearguard, who was sent back to the minors last year after 30 games following a big start with the Wings. Young became embroiled with the law late in the season several times but this year he bounced back to win a spot with the Wings.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01446/2028377-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="1150" height="1909"><figcaption class="caption-body">EARL BALFOUR&hellip;Flying High For Wings</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rookie Puck Stopper Dennis Riggin Pushes Bassen From Goaling Picture

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Try this for a tongue-twister: Penny, Peggy, Patty, Paul, Peter, Pam, Piper.That&rsquo;s what Earl Balfour does when he calls the roster of his offspring.&ldquo;We started with &ldquo;P&rdquo; for Penny and just decided to name all the kids with names that started with &ldquo;P,&rdquo; Balfour said.Penny is 10, Peggy 8&frac12;, Patty 7, Paul 4&frac12;, Peter 3, Pam 2, and Piper 4 months.Pam isn&rsquo;t moving too well these days&mdash;she was playing on double bunks, fell and broke her collarbone. &#9632;

P’s Rule In The Balfour Household

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Earl Balfour was a surprise starter in the Red Wing camp and drew wondering looks from fans at the early morning practices.Balfour looks like a bonus from the Wings&rsquo; new working agreement with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American League.And even Earl was a little surprised. The 29-year-old, 6-1, 190-pounder dressed with the farm system players, down the hall from the Red Wing room at Olympia.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know who I belong to or what the plans are,&rdquo; Balfour said.Balfour belongs to the Hornets but the indication is that the Wings will buy his contract before the season starts.Manager-coach Sid Abel assigned Balfour to left wing on the Alex Delvecchio-Gordie Howe unit.&ldquo;I may move Larry Jeffrey up there and form a checking line around Balfour,&rdquo; Abel said before the Wings moved into the exhibition phase of the pre-season work.Defense&mdash;checking and killing penalties&mdash;was Balfour&rsquo;s specialty in his three years with the Chicago Black Hawks. Then, right after the Hawks won the Stanley Cup, Earl was drafted by Boston.Balfour walked out of the Bruin training camp after a run-in with coach Phil Watson and went home to Toronto. Pittsburgh general manager Baz Bastien talked him into returning to hockey.Bastien had nothing but praise for Balfour&rsquo;s tour with the Hornets.Balfour, father of seven ranging from four months to 10 years in age, is happy to get another shot at the NHL. And how about his penalty killing reputation?&ldquo;I like killing penalties,&rdquo; Balfour said, &ldquo;I like just playing in the NHL. But I&rsquo;d like to score some goals. It&rsquo;s like in baseball&mdash;you think about hitting the home run.&rdquo;The Wings could use a few home runs&mdash;and they also could use someone to blank the opposition home run hitters.Balfour was one of seven new men that went west with the Wings on their annual exhibition tour but Abel said there could be other changes.<h2>Smith On Wing</h2>Only the second line was set with Vic Stasiuk on left wing, Norm Ullman at center and Floyd Smith, the newcomer from Springfield, on right wing.Abel had several third line combinations juggling left wing Parker MacDonald and Balfour or Jeffrey, rookies Eddie Joyal and Alex Faulkner at center and sophomore Bruce MacGregor and Howie Glover on the right side.The first two defense pairs were set with Marcel Pronovost teamming Howie Young and Bill Gadsby with rookie Doug Barkley. Rookies John Miszuk and Roger Lafreniere have been fighting for the fifth spot.&ldquo;Lafreniere looks better all the time,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;Every day he amazes me.&rdquo;The amazement comes from the fact that Lafreniere has been playing defense only one year and that two years ago he was playing Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; and last year it was Jusior &ldquo;A&rdquo; with the Memorial Cup champion Hamilton Red Wings.Lafreniere is a husky six-footer former forward and good skater.ICE CHIPS: Every year Parker MacDonald has to prove himself again. MacDonald worked with the Edmonton and Pittsburgh players in the Detroit camp at the start of drills but showed so much hustle, especially in a 0-0 tie between Detroit and the farm players that Abel promoted him back to the Red Wing traveling team for the western trip&hellip;Abel further cut down the roster by selling Roger DeJordy to Hershey and loaning Yves Locas, a summer draft choice, and Wayne Rivers to the Bears&hellip;Bidding for a stronger Windsor following, Abel set up a &ldquo;Meet the Red Wings Day&rdquo; for Windsor younsters where the young fans could talk to the Wings and get their autographs. &#9632;

Balfour Finds Way Back To Big Time After Impressing Red Wings’Brass

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BERRY.</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Jack Adams, retired as the Red Wing general manager last spring after 35 years, isn&rsquo;t being forgotten by his friends.A group of Detroiters has set an Oct. 8 testimonial dinner for Adams with Detroit Major Jerome C. Cavanagh the main speaker.And NHL President Clarence Campbell announced that the league will hold a testimonial for Adams in Detroit in the late fall.&ldquo;Most likely it will be late November or early December,&rdquo; Campbell said.&ldquo;We want to get together as many hockey people as we can to honor this man.&rdquo; We have planned it for a long time. &ldquo;THE NHL will invite professional and amateur hockey officials and &ldquo;friends of Jack Adams. Every NHL club, of course, will be well represented.&rdquo; The 66-year-old Adams retired April 26 after 44 years in the NHL as player, coach and general manager.Meanwhile, Adams has been keeping busy. He was chairman of the Spirit of Detroit unlimited power boat race in August, dropped in on the Toronto training camp while visiting in Canada and helped cheer the Detroit Lions on to their first two victories in the National Football League..&ldquo;I feel great,&rdquo; said the ever-bubbling Irishman. Jack never slows down.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03336/2028463-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="284" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NHL, Detroit Group Both Planning Testimonial Dinner For Jack Adams

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Two of the most versatile players in the National Hockey League will be wearing the uniform of the Chicago Black Hawks this season.They are Reg Fleming and Bob Turner and give the Black Hawks the flexibility of personnel that can often get a team over the rough road caused by injuries.Both Fleming and Turner are capable defensemen, can play wing on a regular forward line, and together were one of the league&rsquo;s best tandems at killing penalties last season.Each of them performed in all three aspects for the Black Hawks last season and are a major reason why Coach Rudy Pilous&rsquo; Chicagoans are expected to battle Montreal and Toronto for the top snot in the NHL standings this year.Fleming, one of the league&rsquo;s most aggressive players and the physical spark of the Black Hawk squad, continues to be one of the more interesting players in the NHL.Reg was strictly a diamond in the rough when he came up to Chicago two seasons ago. In only his sixth game with the Hawks, he got into three separate fights one night in New York and. by the time the smoke had cleared, had set a National Hockey League single-game penalty record of 37 minutes.Fleming wound up the year with 145 minutes in penalties, second high in the league even though he was used primarily as a penalty killer and so saw comparatively little ice time.<h2>Goal Upset Wings</h2>But no one discounted Reg&rsquo;s value to the Hawks. The only rookie on the team, he gave them the explosive quality they needed to fight for every puck. In the final game of the 1961 Stanley Cup championships it was Fleming who intercepted a Detroit pass with the Hawks behind and short a man, and scored the unexpected goal that sent Chicago on its way to victory and its first Cup in 38 years.With the experience of playing against the top offensive stars in the league while his team was shorthanded, Fleming developed into an excellent stick handler and gained poise. His skating ability also improved and, with practice, he developed a fair amount of shooting ability.When Ron Murphy was injured late in the season, Fleming took over his left wing spot on the third line and finished the season with seven goals. He continued in the playoffs, netting two pucks and two assists. He also made an assist on Bobby Hull&rsquo;s record-tying 50tt goal in the final regular season game of the year.Now it is another new season and third-year man Fleming&mdash;whom many figured wouldn&rsquo;t gel past his first training camp, must be considered a candidate for a regular wing position in addition to his penalty killing duties.Turner, obtained from Montreal during the off-season a year ago is the opposite of Fleming. He is a smooth stickhandler, one of the fastest skaters in the game, and seldom throws a hard check. Yet he got his start as a defenseman with Montreal seven seasons ago.Although killing penalties most of last season, Turner accounted for eight goals&mdash;matching his previous career total in six sea sons with Montreal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01515/2028501-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="488" height="849"><figcaption class="caption-body">REG FLEMING&hellip;May Be A Regular</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02395/2028494-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="526" height="853"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB TURNER&hellip;Top Penalty Killer</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Fleming, Turner “Handymen” Around Wigwam Performing Dual Ice Duties For Black Hawks

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<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;As forecast in THE HOCKEY NEWS recently, Punch Imlach&rsquo;s greatest problem this month hasn&rsquo;t been getting his Maple Leafs ready for the defence of their Stanley Cup championship.It&rsquo;s to get their names on contracts.As Leafs toured Western Canada last week, only two players were known to have signed up for the 1962-63 season&mdash;rookies Kent Douglas and captain George Armstrong.Imlach was holding daily talks with the others, one by one. He didn&rsquo;t report much progress.Those asking the biggest increases were Frank Mahovlich, who scored 81 goals during the run of a two-year deal, Dave Keon, who became an established National Hockey League star during his first two big-league campaigns, and Tim Horton, who had his greatest season ever last winter.But every player wants a raise, on account of Leafs&rsquo; Stanley Cup victory last spring and because of Leafs&rsquo; continued box office success. They may be the longest sellout run in history&mdash;not an unsold seat in the Gardens since 1947.Management admits most Leafs deserve a raise. But they object to the extent of the boosts demanded. They point out Leafs are the bestpaid team in hockey, too.This reasoning isn&rsquo;t expected to cut any ice with the players who want to get their money now while they have a good talking point.In the case of a stalemate in negotiations, the case must be submitted to NHL president Clarence Campbell, who investigates, then makes a ruling which is binding on both parties.This could happen with the stubborn Leafs.Many of the players found fault with Imlach&rsquo;s contract policy which is to negotiate during training camp. Many spent the summer in Toronto and felt they could have disposed of this dickering, leaving them with a clear mind to concentrate on training camp.There&rsquo;s considerable bluffing on both sides.For example, it&rsquo;s hardly likely that any player would quit hockey rather than accept Imlach&rsquo;s offer, especially if it contained a raise, even a small one.On the other hand, it&rsquo;s equally unlikely that Imlach would face the coming season without his bigname players. Leafs would be weakened and their drawing power around the league would be diminished.So both sides hold their ground until somebody shows signs of yielding.That&rsquo;s how a compromise happens.Let&rsquo;s say Mahovlich received $15,000 basic pay last season. New he claims he won&rsquo;t sign for less than $30,000. Deep down, he may know he&rsquo;ll settle for half, $22,500 and Imlach, deep down, may know he&rsquo;ll pay it. But until the 11th hour, Mahovlich will try for $25,000 and Imlach for $20,000. Sometimes, bonus clauses are acceptable substitutes for salary boosts.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03285/2028556-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="558" height="598"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption></div>What could happen, though, is that some Leaf players will miss the all-star game Oct. 6 and Leafs&rsquo; first few scheduled games while these matters are ironed out. And that will be Imlach&rsquo;s fault, for he did have all summer to handle what he must have known would be a difficult problem.All this economic talk obscured the hockey news coming out of Leafs&rsquo; camp. It also cut down on Imlach&rsquo;s working time so that Rochester bosses Jack Riley and Rudy Migay frequently were left in charge.These were some kernels that slipped out:Mahovlich is playing rougher hockey this year.Kent Douglas may be worth the five men Leafs gave up to get him from Springfield Indians. He&rsquo;ll start out as a regular on defence.Jim Mikol, though slow afoot, will replace Bert Olmstead on left wing. He&rsquo;s tough.Johnny Bower looks as spry as ever and claims he now has proof he&rsquo;s only 35 years old. This was believed by absolutely nobody.The Keon-Duff-Armstrong and Mahovlich-Kelly combinations will be retained. Beyond that, who knows?Eddie Shack has acquired some finesse. &#9632;

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Leafs’Salary Demands Too High For Imlach

<h2>Sun. Sept. 30</h2>Canadiens 2, Quebec (AHL) 6Portland (WHL) 5, Toronto 1Chicago 4, Buffalo (AHL) 2Boston 7, Syracuse (EPHL) 1Detroit 3, Buffalo (AHL) 2<h2>Sat. Sept. 29</h2>Canadiens 9, Hull-Ottawa (EPHL) 1NNe York 9, Calgary (WHL) 6Chicago 4, Boston 2Toronto 7, Seattle (WHL) 2<h2>Fri. Sept. 28</h2>Canadiens 9, Hull-Ottawa (EPHL) 2Hershey (AHL) 2, Boston 1<h2>Thurs. Sept. 27</h2>Canadiens 3, Hull-Ottawa (EPHL) 3Chicago 7, Springfield (AHL) 1Boston 5, Rochester (AHL) 3Detroit 6, Los Angeles (WHL) 2New York 6, San Francisco (WHL) 3<h2>Wed. Sept. 26</h2>Toronto 2, New York 2Boston 4, Kingston (EPHL) 3Detroit 6, Edmonton (WHL) 3<h2>Tues, Sept. 25</h2>Chicago 4, Cleveland (AHL) 2Toronto 6, San Francisco (WHL) 2Boston 6, Hull-Ottawa (EPHL) 2<h2>Mon. Sept. 24</h2>Hull-Ottawa (EPHL) 2, Boston 1New York 6, Portland (WHL) 2Detroit 13, Calgary (WHL) 3<h2>Sun. Sept. 23</h2>Canadiens 6, Syracuse (EPHL) 3Toronto 4, Vancouver (WHL) 2Boston 6, Quebec (AHL) 3Detroit 7, Edmonton (WHL) 2Chicago 6, Buffalo (AHL) 1<h2>Sat. Sept. 22</h2>Detroit 4, Toronto 2Boston 3, Quebec (AHL) 1<h2>Fri. Sept. 21</h2>Chicago 6, Buffalo (AHL) 1<h2>Thurs. Sept. 20</h2>New York 1, Vancouver (WHL) 0Toronto 8, Hull-Ottawa (EPHL) 1<h2>Wed. Sept. 19</h2>New York 1, Vancouver (WHL) 0<h2>Sun. Sept. 16</h2>Toronto 9, Springfield (AHL) 1<h2>Sat. Sept. 15</h2>Chicago 3, Toronto 2 &#9632;

Exhibition Hockey Scores

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Barring injuries during their exhibition swing of 10 games through Quebec and Ontario, the Canadiens can be expected to tackle the new schedule virtually unchanged from the team that won the National Hockey League championship last season.Although Coach Toe Blake and Ken Reardon, the vice-president and farm director, screened 16 holdovers and 36 farmhands at the training camp, only two new faces&mdash;three at the most&mdash;will appear with the Habs when they open at Boston, October 11, and at home two nights later against the Rangers.In fact, the two newcomers are actually no strangers to Montreal fans.Defenceman Jean Gauthier played 13 games with the parent Canadiens before and after he was shipped to Hull-Ottawa of the Eastern Pro League. Gordon (Red) Berenson, who starred at the University of Michigan, impressed the club brass so much in the last four games of the 1961-62 schedule that he earned a two-year contract and saw action in the semi-final playoffs.Beaten out for the fifth defence job by Al MacNeil in training at Victoria last year, Gauthier has this year, has made no bones about his desire to earn a bigleague position this season. He reported to camp at 196, only four pounds over his playing weight, and with an entirely different attitude than when he went to Victoria last September.&ldquo;I thought I had it made even before going to camp last year,&rdquo; says Gauthier. &ldquo;As a result I think I lost a whole season in the NHL. Now I know that a player always has to fight for his job and I&rsquo;ve been doing my best.&rdquo;Blake has been well pleased with Gauthier, a 25-year-old Montrealer who played junior with the Memorial Cup Champion Flin Flon Bombers before moving through minor pro ranks.Next to Jean-Guy Talbot, a first All-Star Team choice last season, Gauthier was the best defenceman in the first two weeks of training.Gauthier&rsquo;s opposition for the job, vacated by the sale of MacNeil to Chicago last June, is Jacques Laperriere, a six-foot-two, 180-pounder who starred with the Junior Canadiens last year. Laperriere was unimpressive in prelim training but stood out in the Habs&rsquo; 6-3 win at Syracuse, their first exhibition game.Berenson appeared all by himself as the left-wing successor to Marcel Bonin, who announced his retirement from hockey in July following a serious back operation. The six-foot, 185-pounder from Regina played more like a regular than a rookie in training camp and was one of the leading goal-getters in practice games.The fact that Berenson is also very much at home at centre gave him an added edge over Brian Smith, the other top candidate for the portside wing. Smith will probably be the stand by forward for the NHL team in case of injuries while he toils again with Hull-Ottawa of the Eastern Pro League.Most of the Hab holdovers were skating and producing as Blake took his squad on the exhibition tour and no changes were anticipated, other than Gauthier for MacNeil and Berenson for Bonin.Centre Henri Richard, something of a question mark due to the right arm he had fractured last March, showed no signs of injury and was wheeling and skating as strong as ever. Big Jean Beliveau and Bernie Geoffrion also seemed to be hitting the form that made them stars before mediocre performances last season. And Dickie Moore, Canadiens&rsquo; best performer in their losing semi-final playoffs series with Chicago, appeared to have found new strength in the gimpy knee that slowed him through most of the 1961-62 schedule.After separating the wheat from the chaff in training camp, Blake set up forward and defence combinations for the exhibition games. They could stand up as the same units for the NHL openers.Naturally, Jacques Plante, the Vezina and Hart Trophy winner for 1961-62, will be in goal with Cesare Maniago as the standby netminder&mdash;either at Hull-Ottawa or Spokane of the Western League.Jean Beliveau was reunited at centre with Bernie Geoffrion on right wing and Gilles Tremblay playing the portside on that line. The unit of Henri Richard, Claude Provost and Dickie Moore was intact. Ralph Backstrom, pivot for Geoffrion most of last season, was placed between Billy Hicke and Don Marshall. Phil Goyette, a real ball of fire in training camp, centred a new line with Red Berenson at left wing and Bobby Rousseau, last year&rsquo;s Calder Trophy winner, on the right side.Defence pairs for the exhibitions were the same as last year with Tom Johnson beside Jean-Guy Talbot and Lou Fontinato pairing Jean-Claude Tremblay. Jean Gauthier and Jacques Laperriere, formed another pair in some games with the opposition.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01467/2028618-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="576" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRIAN SMITH&hellip;Stand by Forward</figcaption></div><h2>College Boy Makes Bid</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02432/2028611-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1137" height="1820"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED BERENSON</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Berenson, Gauthier Only New Faces As Canadiens Stick With Old Guard Following Lively Training Camp

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GREAT MOMENTS IN HOCKEY GREAT MOMENTS IN SMOKING

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03352/2028694-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg"></div>Strong Points: Punch Imlach, the coach and general manager, thinks Leafs&rsquo; status as incumbent Stanley Cup champions, constitutes their greatest strength. &ldquo;Now they&rsquo;ve got confidence because they know they&rsquo;re the best&rdquo;, he says, &ldquo;and it&rsquo;s up to the other clubs to come up to our level and knock us off&rdquo;. In more practical terms, Imlach points to Leafs&rsquo; strength at centre&mdash;Red Kelly, Dave Keon, Bob Pulford and Billy Harris. &ldquo;No team in the league has a comparable set&rdquo;, he contends. Also, Imlach claims, Leafs have a perfect balance of experienced veterans and tireless youth.Weak Points: For several seasons now, alarmists have claimed Leafs had too many elderly players in key positions. One of these years, it&rsquo;s going to come true. Johnny Bower, 38, Allan Stanley, 36, Red Kelly, 35, George Armstrong, 32, and Tim Horton, 32, are the vulnerable ones. Some may have lost their edge after culminating their careers with that Cup victory last spring.New Faces: Imlach will introduce two new players at Maple Leaf Gardens this season. The big name is Kent Douglas, a rough, 26-year-old defenceman they obtained from Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Springfield Indians in exchange for five minor leaguers.The other newcomer will be Jim Mikol, a strapping left-winger Leafs obtained from Cleveland Barons. He&rsquo;s the logical successor to Bert Olmstead.Outlook: Good. Imlach is foxy. He knows there are potential weak spots in his championship lineup and has the material available to patch it up. Don Simmons, who is recuperating from an off-season foot injury, and Jerry Cheevers back up Bower in goal; Douglas and Bob Armstrong, plus Al Arbour and Larry Hillman, give Leafs great defensive depth. Up front, he&rsquo;s loaded, too. Midseason adjustments might keep them out of first place but Professor Punch has the material necessary to mould a top contender by playoff time. And, if nothing goes wrong, which is extremely unlikely, they could finish first.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01501/2028687-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="553" height="859"><figcaption class="caption-body">Captain GEORGE ARMSTRONG</figcaption></div><h2>Top Scorers Last Year</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02434/2028680-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="592" height="301"></div> &#9632;

f0008-03

Hockey News Correspondents Take Pre-Seaso

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06176/2028739-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg"></div>Strong Points: In Jacques Plante, Canadiens have the best goalie in the league. He proved as much behind a shaky defence last season when he won the Vezina Trophy for the sixth time and was voted the Hart Trophy as most valuable player. There&rsquo;s experience all down the line with 16 holdovers from last year&rsquo;s league champions. Three well-balanced lines and dependable utility players give the Canadiens sustained scoring power if all hands are healthy.Weak Points: If any the defence, riddled by injuries from time to time last year, poses the question mark&mdash;whether Lou Fontinato will be hampered by groin injuries and whether 34-year-old Tom Johnson still has it for the big time. There&rsquo;s also the question whether the blueline corps as a whole will give Plante more protection than he received last season.New Faces: Gordon (Red) Berenson, left wing or centre, replacement for Marcel Bonin who retired during the summer after surgery for back ailment. Starred at University of Michigan before joining Canadiens for last four games of 1961-62 schedule and playoffs. Had two goals in five playoff tilts. Jean Gauthier, defenceman who played total of 13 games last season with NHL Habs. Hard hitter and has powerful shot but inclined to take useless penalties. Scored 11 goals and had 20 assists in 47 games with Hull-Ottawa of EPHL last season.Outlook: Since the Canadiens won the league championship last season by 13 points over Toronto Leafs with only half their scoring guns blazing, there&rsquo;s a bright outlook for the 1962-63 campaign if all of the Habs start hitting the net. First or second.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04276/2028732-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="544" height="707"><figcaption class="caption-body">Captain JEAN BELIVEAU</figcaption></div><h2>Top Scorers Last Year</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05216/2028725-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="587" height="240"></div> &#9632;

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Montreal Canadiens

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-09106/2028805-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg"></div>Strong Points: Foremost is Gordie Howe, still going strong after 17 seasons in the National League. Howe&rsquo;s 33 goals last year was his best output in four seasons. Alex Delvecchio and Norm Ullman are proven scorers and finished in the top eight in the NHL.Weak Points: While Howe, Delvecchio and Ullman scored well, few other Red Wings did. The next highest was Vic Stasiuk and he was 30th. Detroit scored only 184 goals and allowed 35 more than that.New Faces: Manager-coach Sid Abel expected to open the season with seven new faces, the biggest change of any club in the league. High hopes are held for left wing Larry. Jeffrey who scored five goals after being called up for the final 18 games last season. Floyd Smith, a 41-goal man at Springfield, Alex Faulkner, play-making center from Rochester and ex-National Leaguer Earl Balfour are the new forwards. Doug Barkley, 25-goal man at Calgary, and John Miszuk, just one year removed from Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo;, are the new defensemen and Howie Young is back as one of the four regulars. Dennis Riggin has replaced Hank Bassen as the second goalie the Wings will carry.Outlook: There are more &ldquo;ifs&rdquo; surrounding the Red Wings than any other club because of the large turnover. If the new men can click, if the defense can tighten, if the third line can pull its weight in scoring&mdash;those are a few. The prediction is that the Wings again will be figthting for fourth. With the Howe-Delvecchio-Ullman nucleus, they should make it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07147/2028798-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="556" height="722"><figcaption class="caption-body">Captain ALEX DELVECCHIO</figcaption></div><h2>Top Scorers Lost Year</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-08126/2028791-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="587" height="159"></div><h2>OCTOBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1092/2028784-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="1191" height="989"></div><h2>NOVEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1180/2028777-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="1196" height="1392"></div><h2>DECMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1263/2028770-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="1201" height="1570"></div> &#9632;

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Detroit Red Wings

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div>Strong Points&mdash;Hawks have two proven forward units in the &lsquo;Million dollar Line&rsquo; of Red Hay at center, Bobby Hull left wing, Murray Balfour right wing; and the &lsquo;Scooter Line&rsquo; with Stan Mikita, center, Ab McDonald left wing, Ken Wharram right wing. Hull (50 goals) and Mikita, are All-Stars at 23 and 22 years of age. &ldquo;Mr. Goalie,&rdquo; Glenn Hall, outstanding and consistent performer of AllStar calibre. Reg Fleming and Bob Turner give team flexibility: they kill penalties, play forward or defense as needed. Defense steady if not spectacular, including Pete Pilote second All-Star team two years running. Hull, Mikita and Hay 1, 3, 9 in individual scoring last year. Team has good overall balance.Weak Points&mdash;Need replacement for veteran Pronco Horvath third high Hawk goal scorer last season with 17 goals (drafted by New York) as third line center. Lack of scoring punch on right wing&mdash;good season why sound Murray Balfour needed. Also revival by third line wing Ron Murphy. More goals also needed from defense to beef up overall team scoring.New Faces&mdash;Seven promising new faces in training camp included defensemen Wayne Hillman, Al MacNeil (obtained from Montreal); centers Len Lunde (from Detroit) and Murray Hall; and wings Chico Maki, John McKenzie (from Detroit) and Doug Robinson. Best chance to see action with Hawks during season: Hillman, Lunde, Maki, MacNeil, McKenzie.Outlook&mdash;Speed, sound defense and more experienced youngsters in key spots mean improvement, but more goal-scoring a must, along with avoidance of usual early mid-season slump. Potential is there to battle Montreal and Toronto. Will be rugged again in playoffs. Forecast: second place, Stanley Cup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04343/2028850-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="586" height="768"><figcaption class="caption-body">Captain PIERRE PILOTE</figcaption></div><h2>Top Scorers Last Year</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05270/2028843-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="597" height="242"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06232/2028836-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="1184" height="89"></div> &#9632;

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Chicago Black Hawks

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>Strong Points: Gump Worsley, Harry Howell, Andy Bathgate, Doug Harvey, Andy Hebenton, Earl Ingarfield and Dean Prentice will carry the team on savvy and experience. Rookie Rod Gilbert, if his playoff effort was no fluke, should be a key asset. Blues have lost none of the big contributors to last season&rsquo;s playoff surprise. Removal of coaching burden may even improve Harvey&rsquo;s defensive work. Offense has one big line&mdash;Bathgate, Prentice, Ingarfield&mdash;with the likelihood of a good power play (thanks to Bronco Horvath&rsquo;s addition) and pretty fair second and third lines.Week Points: Father time may be a killer if he strikes Worsley, Harvey, Hebenton, and Horvath. Fourth and fifth defense may be soft spots, if Larry Cahan, and whoever the fifth guy turns out to be sag. Blues, as usual, are hurting at center. Ingarfield is the only sure-shot with Dave Balon fighting the sophomore jinx. Horvath is questionable over the long run. After that it&rsquo;s either Jean Ratelle, Ted Hampson or whoever offers a better challenge.New Faces: One never knows until opening day, but the most likely additions are Horvath, Al Lebrun and or Jim Neilson, the latter two defensemen from Kitchener, and Ronson, a left wing also from Kitchener. Horvath will help the power play and, if he decides to work, could embellish the second or third line. Neilson is a robust defenseman who may play regularly, if he makes the team. Lebrun has been erratic in the past. He&rsquo;s strictly questionmark. Ratelie, a center, and Rod Gilbert, a left wing, are the promising kids who&rsquo;ve been here for short spells before.Outlook: Barring a complete collapse, no worse than fifth place. With everything clicking, as high as second. Most likely fourth, for these reasons. Every forte, from goaltending to scoring, is just a shade under Montreal&rsquo;s and Chicago&rsquo;s. Toronto has too much power on defense and offense. Similary, Blues have that much more quality than Boston or Detroit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07211/2028895-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="556" height="821"><figcaption class="caption-body">Captain ANDY BATHGATE</figcaption></div><h2>Top Scorers Last Year</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08197/2028888-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="600" height="293"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09193/2028881-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="1177" height="94"></div> &#9632;

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New York Rangers

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>Strong Points&mdash;A stronger, more stable defense squad of Doug Mohns, Leo Boivin, Ted Green, Pat Stapleton and Warren Godfrey, with Godfrey as the key addition. Mohns was a left wing a year ago at this time, Green and Stapleton rookies, Boivin trying to play an unfamiliar right defense. Now everyone&rsquo;s in his right spot. Another strong point: the line of Murray Oliver, Johnny Bucyk and Wayne Connelly, which may be one of the league&rsquo;s best.Weak Points&mdash;A continued lack of checking strength on the forward squad which, while stronger, is still not overloaded with strongarm men. If the Bruins&rsquo; defensive is to improve, the improvement must start up front. Wayne Hicks, Irv Spencer and more experienced Tom Williams and Connelly may help.New Faces&mdash;Beaming Bobby Perreault and Young Eddie Johnston will be alternate goalkeepers and Hicks and Spencer have survived the personnel cuts. Guy Gendron, who plays here as he does nowhere else in the NHL, and Godfrey are other new faces back from sabbaticals elsewhere.Outlook&mdash;The Bruins are stronger physically, definitely improved on defense and probably better in goal with Johnston and Perreault available. They seem capable of moving by Detroit into fifth place, but higher than that? It may depend on whether the New York Rangers play as hard with Doug Harvey as they did for him. But the Bruins figure to be better.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10179/2028961-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="568" height="692"><figcaption class="caption-body">Captain DON McKENNEY</figcaption></div><h2>Top Scorers Last Year</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11154/2028954-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="598" height="192"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12121/2028947-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="1181" height="90"></div><h2>JANUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01486/2028940-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="1209" height="1509"></div><h2>FEBRUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02460/2028933-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1205" height="1315"></div><h2>MARCH</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03407/2028926-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="1197" height="1163"></div> &#9632;

f0009-10

Boston Bruins

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;A blueprint for establishing two major leagues of hockey has been laid out by Terry Reardon, general manager of the Baltimore Clippers, newest entry in the American Hockey League.The day of two big leagues&mdash;National and American&mdash;is merely &ldquo;a few years away&rdquo; Reardon told the HOCKEY NEWS in an exclusive interview. It would include six teams in each league with winners playing off in a &ldquo;World Series&rdquo;.Flushed with enthusiasm over the Clippers, equipped with a new 11,000-seat arena in a city of 1,000,000 people, Reardon said a second major league could be accomplished this way:&ldquo;The NHL would have to set up a draft where AHL clubs could each pick up a couple of tried and proven NHL players. That&rsquo;s all we&rsquo;d need to balance it out, player-wise.&rdquo;He asserted that the addition of two or three NHLers &ldquo;would even things because we&rsquo;re awfully close to NHL calibre now.&rdquo;&ldquo;The difference between an NHL and an AHL club,&rdquo; explained Terry with a straight face, &ldquo;is the difference in five or six men. A goaltender, a couple of defensemen and two or three forwards.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01500/2028992-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="300" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Reardon</figcaption></div>Pressing his case further, he cited the romantic story of the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, only an infant in the American League, but which had the audacity to challenge the Yankees in the 1962 pennant race.Although Reardon failed to mention which cities he had in mind for AHL major league status, it has to be assumed they will be those with the largest population and arenas. To wit: Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Quebec, Pittsburgh and, possibly, Rochester.Reardon displayed remarkable calm in discussing the usual obstacles such as chronic NHL reluctance to expand; the player purchase difficulties, scheduling and so on.&ldquo;These can be worked out,&rdquo; he blithely insisted. &ldquo;For instance we (Baltimore) have players owned by the Rangers. Some sort of arrangement can be worked out between the Rangers and ourselves to buy those players. I don&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;s any shortage of talent. We&rsquo;re no different than baseball.&ldquo;But, naturally, if we want to get a second major league&mdash;which, by the way, will be very good for hockey ALL OVER&mdash;we&rsquo;d have to get help from the NHL.&rdquo;If the two-league Utopia ever is realized (and don&rsquo;t put your life sayings on it), the National would play the American League for the Stanley Cup.&ldquo;This,&rdquo; said Terry, &ldquo;would be the natural turn of events.&rdquo;Western League, please copy. &#9632;

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Reardons Expansion Plan Calls For Second Big League

<div class="byline">By SAMUEL POMPEI</div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;This is the year that Eddie Shore will be on the spot with his Springfield Indians.The three-time American Hockey League and Calder Cup champions will operate independently after their successful affiliation with the New York Rangers was disolved early in the summer.The big Questions facing the Big Chief of the Tribe are these:1&mdash;Can rookie goalies Jacques Caron and George Wood fill the gap left vacant by all-star Marcel Paille?2&mdash;Can Shore find a suitable re-plecement for his brilliant defense ace, Kent Douglas?3&mdash;Can Shore replace Billy McCreary and Floyd Smith, who represented 68 goals between them?4&mdash;Can some of the older Indians, Jimmy Anderson, Bruce Cline and Bob McCord, continue to enjoy top-grade seasons?5&mdash;Can the Indians stave off complacency that sometimes follows a reign as champions?Those are just of the few problems facing Shore and Coach Pat Egan as they put the finishing touches on the Tribe at the Hamilton, Ont., training camp.Paille, along with Pete Goegan, Don Johns and Bob Kabel was recalled by the Rangers and will probably be sent to the new AHL Baltimore Clippers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02429/2029023-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="545" height="870"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES CARON&hellip;Can He Fill Paille&rsquo;s Shoes?</figcaption></div>Smith was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings.Douglas was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for five players.As for the goaltending situation, Shore has been platooning Wood and Caron. Neither has looked sensational and as AHL material both are of unknown quantity.Shore has added five players to the squad, Roger Cote, Dick Mattiussi, Wally Boyer, Bill White and Jim Wilcox, all obtained in the Douglas deal.Shore also obtained defense Ed VanImpe through the Leafs on a complicated draft manoeuvre, via the Buffalo Bisons. But VanImpe, like McCreary, had not reported.Even assuming that all of the newcomers perform well and the absentees should report to the Indians it is doubtful if the Indians can put together as strong a club as in any of the past three years.Shore, however, isn&rsquo;t overly worried about the situation.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll make it darn interesting for everybody. Our club will be a solid team&hellip;and a lot tougher than any of our previous squads,&rdquo; said the Tribe Chief.He still has a lot of top-grade hockey players around from last season&rsquo;s team, including Cline, McCord, J. Anderson, Brian Kilrea, Bill Sweeney, Dennis Olson, Ted Harris and Dave Amadio.For Shore and Springfield fans this should be a most interesting season. &#9632;

f0010-02

Eddie Shore On Spot As Indians Become Independent Hockey Club

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio&mdash;1962-63 looms as the year of the big question mark for the Cleveland Barons.Even as the club preps for the season at its training base is St. Thomas, Ontario, with the opener against the Pittsburgh Hornets only a few days away, no one quite knows what the makeup of the team will be.That is because, for the first time, the Barons have a full working agreement with the Montreal Canadiens. Until the Canadiens break up their training camp, the Barons will not have their full compliment of players.As this is written, two players have been assigned to the Barons by the National League club. They are center Bill (Bat) Masterton and left winger Freddie Hilts, both of whom should help the Barons.Masterton, a former collegian with Denver University before joining Hull-Ottawa last season, is tabbed as a potential star. The youngster, a native of Winnipeg, finished ninth in EPHL scoring last season and was the runner-up for rookie-of-the-year honors in that league. For Hull-Ottawa, he tallied 65 points on 31 goals and 34 assists.Hilts, a veteran of several years&rsquo; experience, wound up fourth in EPHL scoring, also for Hull-Ottawa. The 23 - year - old winger came up with 78 points on 39 goals and a like number of assists.Both should find a ready spot in the Barons&rsquo; lineup. The club is wanting for scoring power, having lost Ron Attwell, Bill Sutherland and Eddie Mazur through off-season deals.To go with Masterton and Hilts, the Barons can trot out several stars of a year ago, including Coach Fred Glover, John Ferguson, Wayne Larkin, Hank Ciesla, Cal Stearns and Dick Van Impe.On defense, the Barons also need help, having lost Aldo Guidolin and Gary Bergman in the off-season.Montreal is expected to come up with more help, both of a defensive and offensive nature, but the identity of the other players due to join the Barons has not yet been made known.Cleveland is well protected in goal, with Les Binkley ready for action. Returning defensemen are Bill Needham, Tommy Williams and Murray Davison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03360/2029054-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="555" height="1478"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL MASTERSON</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0010-03

Barons Desperate For More Scoring Depth, Secure Masterton, Hilts From NHL Canucks

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;The Hershey Bears secured the talents of left winger Roger DeJordy from the Detroit Red Wings, completing a trade which started a year ago.Hershey peddled goalie Al Millar to the National League club a year ago with the stipulation the Wings would send the Bears a skater of American League calibre.Just for good measure, the Wings tossed in two more players on loan with the promise of a third once Detroit and its farm teams had pared their rosters.Also joining Hershey were Yves Locas, center, and Wayne Rivers, right winger.DeJordy, 25, brother of Buffalo goalie Dennis DeJordy, spent the past four seasons with Edmonton of the WHL. Last season he scored 23 goals and helped set up 25 more.Locas skated for Spokane last year, tallying 27 goals. Rivers, an amateur, was with the Hamilton Memorial Cup champs last season. He tallied 14 goals and 15 assists.Hershey opened training camp at Stamford, Ont., Sept 18 and will remain until there Oct. 10. The Bears have scheduled four exhibition games, two against Buffalo and one against the Boston Bruins and Rochester Americans.Coach Frank Mathers was pleased with the physical condition of the 25 man squad that reported to him.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s too early to get a good line on the new fellows,&rdquo; he said.The Bears have 11 new faces in the ranks and two positions that are stacked with talent are defense and left wing.Mathers has eight backliners vieing for the five berths open, while there are a half dozen left wingers on hand.&ldquo;No matter which five defensemen make the club,&rdquo; said Mathers, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ll have a bunch big of fellows at the blue line. With the exception of the two Yanosik brothers, Howie and Ron, the rest of the defensemen average about six feet and 220 pounds.The Bears will also have goalie Ed Chadwick, who came to the Bears in trade for Bob Perreault, along with defenseman Barry Ashbee, and four other Boston players on loan, including Dick Meissner, Jean Parisi, Dale Rolfe, and Howie Dietrich.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be a tough job cutting the squad to 18 men. I want to open the season with 11 forwards, five defensemen and two goalies.&rdquo;Only two skaters, Les Duff and Mike Nyoluk, had signed their contracts prior to the camp&rsquo;s opening.The Bears will play 72 games, 36 at home, and meet Baltimore, Providence, Rochester, and Springfield four times on home ice; and Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Quebec five times in Hershey.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01498/2029123-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="569" height="842"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED CHADWICK&hellip;Bears&rsquo; New Puck Stopper</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0011-01

Bears Bolstered By Three Red Wing Additions

<div class="byline">By JOHN DOSER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;The Rochester American will have a pretty good hockey team this season in the American Hockey League, says Amerk General Manager Jack Riley with the help of the Toronto Maple Leafs.&ldquo;Pretty good providing I can find another center and a defenseman,&rdquo; Riley added.Those two items disturb Riley. First the parent Leafs assigned veteran defenseman Larry Hillman to Springfield by virtue of a prior agreement between Leaf Coach Punch Imlach and Springfield Owner Eddie Shore, and secondly, the Leafs trade of Wally Boyer to the Indians as a part of the five-for-one Kent Douglas package has weakened the club at center.When the Leafs left their Peterborough, Ont. training camp for their west coast tour, they left behind 23 players which make up the current Amerk roster.Six more will have to be cut in order for Riley to carry a goalie, five defensemen and ten forwards when the season gets underway.The near-final roster looks like this:Goalie&mdash;Jerry Cheevers, Jerry Mac Namara, Don Simmons; Cheevers or McNamara will start the season with Rochester; Simmons will probably sub for Leafs&rsquo; Johnny Bower.Defensemen&mdash;Amerks have six, Riley must cut one; Al Arbour, Bob Armstrong, Arnie; Brown, Darryl Sly, and either Paul Jackson or; Barry Trapp.Wingers&mdash;Gerry Ehman, Dick Gamble, Stan Smrke, Gene Ubriaco, Gary Jarrett, Larry Keenan, Lou Angotti; Riley also expects either Jim Pappin or Ed Litzenberger to come down from the Leafs.Centers&mdash;Bruce Draper, John McMillan, Ed Lawson, Duncan MacDonald and Moe Sevard.The Amerks open at home against Cleveland, Friday, Oct. 12.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02452/2029154-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="650" height="793"><figcaption class="caption-body">AL ARBOUR&hellip;Will He Come Down?</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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GM Jack Riley Expects leafs To Give Americans Strong Squad

Due to circumstances beyond our control we find it necessary to increase the yearly subscription rate to the United States by an additional dollar due to rising mailing and processing costs for copies going to the U.S.A.During the past 3 years the U.S. Post Office Department has increased the mail rates on second-class mail, however, during this period we have felt in the interests of our many U.S. friends, we have absorbed this increase. Recently, the U.S. Post Office Department saw fit to increase the postage charges pertaining to undeliverable copies due to change of address, etc. which were levied against the publisher. As a result we have found our mailing charges greatly increased and we are forced to increase our U.S. mail subscription rate. We would like to point out that in order that U.S. subscribers will receive the most prompt possible delivery, we arrange for special transportation to the United States border where the copies are handed over to the U.S. Postal Service for despatch. This accounts for the difference in the prevailing rates applying to Canadian and U.S. subscriptions.Effective November 1st, 1962, our U.S. yearly subscription rate will be $5.00. However, we are giving our present subscribers the opportunity of renewing their present subscription at the old rate of $4.00 per year up to November 1st. Regardless of when your present subscription expires, you can still renew now at the old rate of $4.00 by filling in the adjacent coupon and sending it in before November 1st, 1962.SAVE A DOLLAR&mdash;SUBSCRIBE TODAY! &#9632;

Attention U.S. Readers!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03381/2029209-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg"></div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947The Hockey News makes an ideal gift at birthday time or any other time of the year&hellip;it&rsquo;s the one way to keep abreast of what&rsquo;s going on in the world of hockey&hellip;up to date statistics&hellip;game summaries of all pro leagues each week&hellip;$3.00(Canada & British Commonwealth)$4.00(U.S.A. & Foreign Countries)A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.Canadian Remittances $3.00. Payable by Postal Bank or Telegraph Money Order.U. S. A. Remittances $4.00 Payable by Postal or Express Money Order.NOW YOU CAN GET THE HOCKEY NEWS FOR JUST $3.00 for 35 hockey packed Issues ($4.00 in the U.S.) &#9632;

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The Hockey News

PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;The Pittsburgh Hornets are slowly but surely getting a &lsquo;big league&rsquo; look with players like Val Fonteyne, Gerry Odrowski and Goalie Hank Bassen assigned to the American Hockey League team.All three performed with the Red Wings last season but do not figure in the parent club&rsquo;s plans for this year.The Hornets, rebuilding to escape the league cellar, will welcome the three with open arms.The Hornets are rounding off their early pre-season training. On defense it appears that the Hornets&rsquo; blueline crew will be selected from Gerry Odrowski, Barclay Plager, Noel Price, Roger Lafreniere, Ron Harris and Jackie Price, a returnee from last year.Top candidates for Jack Stewart&rsquo;s forward lines appear to be centers, Howie Minard, young Neal Forth and Hornet veteran, Gordon Redahl. Left-wingers in top contention are Bob Dillabough, Val Fontenye, Claude LaForge, and veteran Bo Elik. Right-wingers showing to best advantage to date are junior sensation, Lowell McDonald, Allan Johnson and last year&rsquo;s top scorer, Norm Corcoran and veteran, Ray Ross.Ross has been tabbed by coach Jack Stewart as the hardest working Hornet in camp to date. Veteran winger, Jack McIntyre, who topped Hornet snipers with 25 goals last year, reported to camp late but ready to battle for a regular wing position.The Hornets, bolstered by a stout defense, defeated the Cleve and Barons 5-2 in St. Thomas Ontario and returned to Windsor to hold the Barons to a 3-3 tie giving a good indication how the team has improved.The Wasps, playing without Minard, LaForge and Johnson started the season off in solid fashion.Business Manager, Baz Bastien said after the tie without question the key factor in both games was the solid all around performances of the defense. A year ago the Hornets were weakest at the blue line, but it appears, with the dition of Price and Odrowski, that the Hornets have the makings of a solid defense corps. Bastien further pointed out that in St. Thomas, along with Price and Odrowski, rookies, Harris and Plager were most instrumental in the victory. Harris and Plager threw solid body checks that continually slowed up the Cleveland attack.Offensively speaking, the key man for the Wasps was the speedy Fonteyne, who picked up 2 goals and an assist for 3 points in two games. Bo Elik, a returnee from last year who has shown well throughout training, picked up a goal in each game and appears to be headed for a good year.Other Hornet goal getters were Johnson, John Hendrickson, and McIntyre at St. Thomas, and young Ron Harris scored an unassisted goal at Windsor to give the Hornets their tie.Injuries which plagued the Hornets throughout last year have already hit, although coach Stewart expects LaForge, Johnson and Minard back on skates this week.<h2>Speed Will Help</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01481/2029247-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="506" height="870"><figcaption class="caption-body">Vai Fonteyne</figcaption></div><h2>Top Puck Stopper</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02398/2029240-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="521" height="878"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hank Bassen</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hornets Receive Big Shot In Arm Securing Three Ex-Red Wingers

CHATHAM, Ont.&mdash;Gus Mortson, colorful former NHL defenceman, has been signed as 1962-63 coach of Chatham Maoons of the Ontario Hockey Association.The 37-year-old Mortson, who has not played hockey since his etirement two seasons ago, said he hopes his Chatham chore will be limited to coaching.&ldquo;I would play if something happened that I had to, but I hope I don&rsquo;t have to,&rdquo; he explained.Mortson said he has started to scout for seven or eight players who will probably be needed to bring the Maroons team up to the 15-men complement planned for most of the season.The other five spots on the playing roster will be left open for the rest of the year, in case additional strength is required, Mortson said.Veteran Maroons Trainer Tommy Jaques, who has been helping to draft the OHA schedule, said the 48-game season will open early in November with a schedule that will provide three home games every two weeks.The 1962-63 schedule will avoid the final playoff rush which, Jaques says, cheated Windsor Bulldogs out of winning when they met Northern Ontario.Hockey Association officials said Mortson&rsquo;s training camp will open three weeks before the schedule opens.The former NHL player, who coached Dixie Beehives in Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; hockey last season, as his first coaching assignment, said he hopes to build the new Maroons around a nucleus of Chathamresident players.He estimated that seven or eight of the 16 Maroons of last season would be in the running, and would make it if time and training prove they have the &ldquo;legs and desire.&rdquo;&ldquo;I hope these players make the team,&rdquo; Mortson said, making it perfectly clear that they, as well as any new players coming in, will have to qualify.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04218/2029278-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="559" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUS MORTSON</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Former NHL Star Gus Mortson Signed To Coach At Chatham

BRANDON, Man.&mdash;Baltimore Clippers, new entry in the American Hockey League, opened training camp here under coach Red Sullivan former star with New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.Sullivan made his coaching debut last season with Kitchener-Waterloo Braves of the Eastern Professional League.Players already in camp include a number of former Brandon Wheat King junior players and Bryan Hextall, from Kitchener.Sullivan also brought along five Kitchener forwards, including Mel Pearson, Chick Balon, Bob Cunningham, Sandy McGregor and Leon Rochefort. His defensive strength is expected to be in AHL veterans Don Johns and Aldo Guidolin. Mike McMahon of Guelph, is also trying.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03304/2029309-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="273" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bryan Hextall</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Sullivan Takes New AHL Entry To Hockey Camp

TRAIL, B. C.&mdash;The Trail Smoke Eaters, 196162 Allan Cup champions, have decided to send a team to the world hockey tournament in Stockholm next spring.Club president Andy Soles said the Smokies will leave Trail about Feb. 4 and will carry out a 42-day tour starting with a five-game exhibition series against teams in Canada.The Western club will leave Canada Feb. 13 for a 10-game pre-tourney exhibition tour in Europe.Trail won the senior hockey title last season when they defeated Montreal Olympics in the national final. The Olympics are debating whether to accept an exhibition tour of Sweden in December. &#9632;

Trail To Send Hockey Team For ‘63 World Ice Tourney

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KANGAROO LEATHER MAKES C.C.M.s BETTER, TOO!

LOS ANGELES, Calif.&mdash;With the signing of new playing coach Jack &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Bownass to a Los Angeles Blades contract, all Western Hockey League teams are now decided and well set in coaching staff for the 1962-63 season which opens in San Francisco on October 10.Bownass, 32-year-old former New York Ranger hockey veteran, has been appointed playing-coach of the Blades, it was announced by Blade General Manager Jack Geyer.George Agar, who coached the Blades last year, their first in Los Angeles, has been elevated to the post of team manager where he will be in charge of player personnel, including scouting and supervision of the Blades&rsquo; farm system.Bownass, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been a professional since 1953. The burly 6 ft. 1 in., 197-pound defenseman performed with Kitchener of the Eastern Professional Hockey League the past two seasons, winning All Star honors both years.Bownass has played in the four professional leagues currently operating, plus the now defunct Quebec League. His career includes action with the Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens of the National League, Seattle of the Western League and Buffalo of the American League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02436/2029402-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="272" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Bownass</figcaption></div>Four of the eight teams in the Western Hockey League have acquired new coaches who are presently whipping their charges through practice sessions and exhibition games to get them in shape for a fast start in league play after October 10.Norman &ldquo;Bud&rdquo; Poile, who masterminded the Edmonton Flyers to the League Championship last season, moves south to take over the San Francisco Seals in the Seals second year of operation in the League. Congenial Max McNab, who guided the Seals in their first year, moves to Vancouver to take over the coach-general manager duties of the Canucks, a position divided last season between active players Phil Maloney and Hugh Currie.Taking over the Edmonton operation, replacing Poile and following on the heels of a Championship season, will be former New York Ranger goalkeeper, Charlie Rayner.Poile, at the present time, is the coach with the longest and with three Championships behind him, most impressive Western League record, having handled the Edmonton Flyers for ten straight years before moving to the Seals this season. However, &ldquo;Bud&rdquo; concedes to Seattle Coach-General Manager Keith Allen the longest record in point of service with one team. Allen has completed six full seasons with Seattle, during which time the Totems have never finished out of the play-offs and finished as low as fourth place only once.Portland coach Hal Laycoe has also spent 6 full seasons coaching in the Western League, but the seasons have been divided among three teams, New Westminster, Victoria and presently, Portland. Laycoe has one League Championship to his credit, having won the Lester Patrick Cup two seasons ago with the Portland Buckaroos in their first season back in the League.Calgary&rsquo;s Alf Pike has recently been named General Manager as well as coach of the Stampeders. Pike has now spent five full seasons in the League, four with the now defunct Winnipeg Warriors where he won the Championship in 1956, and one with Calgary last season.Roy McBride has been General Manager of the Spokane Comets for the four seasons they have been in the League and has also coached the team for three and part of the fourth season. He is still locking for his first League Championship which he barely missed last season when he lost the seventh and deciding game to the Edmonton Flyers in the final play-off series. &#9632;

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Bownass Signed By Los Angeles, Joins Poile, McNab And Rayner As Four New Coaches For Season

<div class="byline">By JACK THOMSON</div>FORT WILLIAM, Ont.&mdash;The Fort William Gardens under chairman Sid Smith have come up with a new plan for the local Junior and Senior Clubs offering them a bigger split of gate, based on the number of people they draw into the building. It will definitely give the teams a good chance to earn a buck by getting out and promoting hockey&hellip;All three coaches in Lakehead junior hockey are lining things up and getting ready to open their training camps. They all report that there will be a lot of new faces in Lakehead junior hockey this season&hellip;Don Fedun last year&rsquo;s rookie of the year in Lakehead junior hockey, has been moved to the Montreal Canadian juniors by his discoverer, Kenny Reardon, who thinks the boy has it to go all the way&hellip;Speaking of the Canadiens Gary Bergman, a product of Kenora minor hockey was extremely impressive with the Canadiens at training camp after a brilliant year at Cleveland&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03400/2029433-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="293" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lee Fogolin</figcaption></div>Cal Marvin, hockey promoter deluxe from Warroad, Minnesota was returned as president of the Ontario Minnesota Intermediate league this year. The league operates with three club, Kenora Thistles, Dryden Rockets and Warroad Lakers. Fort Frances Canadians, always a contender in the league, did not send representation to the annual meeting and have dropped out. This could idicate they are going to try senior again, or just can&rsquo;t get enough players together for an intermediate club&hellip;Lee Fogolin, head man of the Port Arthur Bearcat senior club for the last two years, has given every indication that he will retire this year, although knowing Fogy it&rsquo;s hard to believe he would give up hockey completely&hellip;Port Arthur North Stars already booked for two games against the University of Duluth in January. &#9632;

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Fort William Hockey Clubs Assured New Box Office Deal

tells the inside story of Big - Time Hockey inHOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADAHockey fans of all ages will enjoy this exciting account of professional hockey and its stars from the early days to the present. Illustrated, $3.95.THE RYERSON PRESS 299 Queen Street West Toronto 2B, Ontario<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04364/2029464-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="540" height="898"></div> &#9632;

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FOSTER HEWITT

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01478/2029502-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="667" height="7637"></div><h2>Game times unless otherwise noted:</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05309/2029495-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="565" height="334"></div> &#9632;

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Western Hockey League 1962-63 Schedule

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03288/2029533-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="848" height="4283"></div> &#9632;

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Eastern Pro Hockey League 1962-63 Schedule

KINGSTON. Ont.&mdash;Kingston Frontenacs will have Harry Sinden as assistant coach and Bruce Gamble as goaltender when the Eastern Professional Hockey League gets underway this season.Those were the major developments from Boston Bruins&rsquo; training camp as the first cuts were made. Sinden, who was signed by Kingston manager-coach Wren Blair, set a points record for a defenceman with Kingston last season.Gamble finished the season as Boston&rsquo;s goaltender last year. He will replace Ed Chadwick in Kingston, who has gone to Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.Another Boston regular who won&rsquo;t be with the club to open the season this year is young defenceman Ed Westfall.Westfall, who stepped from Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A series directly to Boston last year, has also been assigned to Kingston.Also optioned to Kingston were defencemen Wayne Schultz and Ken Stephanson. The two performed for Frontenacs last season.Frontenacs also got forwards Ron Willy, who played junior A hockey with Estevan (Saskatchewan) Bruins last season, and Billy Knibbs. Knibbs played most of the year with Niagara Falls, a junior A club and showed briefly with Kingston towards the end of last season.In addition, Frontenacs could get Wayne Rutledge, Howie Dietrich and Jean Paul Parise who were optioned to Hershey, Rutledge, a goaltender and forwards Parise and Dietrich will come to Kingston if they can&rsquo;t make it with the Bears.Sinden as expected, didn&rsquo;t stick with Bruins and, also as expected, he was signed by Blair as the club&rsquo;s assistant coach.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02381/2029571-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="273" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Sinden</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Harry will operate in much the same way as Orv Tessier, did last season,&rdquo; said Blair. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll run the practices and look after the club when I&rsquo;m away, which should be more often this season.&rdquo;Blair also said that Sinden will remain the team&rsquo;s captain, a position he held last year.While the Frontenacs have been stacking up on top talent, the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens have been receiving their share of material from the parent NHL Canadiens.The Habs assigned defencemen Terry Harper, Don Cherry, Chuck Hamilton, Bob Olajos and John Gravel and forwards Harold White, Reg Mulholland and Doug Senior. Boston Bruins sent forward Terry Gray, who was with Kingston last season, to the EPHL Canucks.The Habs netminder this season will again be Cesare Maniago, who will be Jacques Plante&rsquo;s stand-in in case of injuries.Canadiens purchased Cherry, 28-year-old defenceman, from the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; organization and shipped him to Hull-Ottawa.Cherry last year played with Sudbury of the Eastern Professional Hockey League and Springfield of the American Hockey League. He is a native of Kingston, and first played pro hockey with Hershey of the AHL in the 1954-55 season. In the playoffs that season he played one game with Boston Bruins. He has since been with various teams in the minors.<h2>Goalie Demoted By NHL Bruins</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01474/2029564-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="519" height="862"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRUCE GAMBLE</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Kingston Set Again As Gamble, Sinden Report

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04217/2029602-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg"></div>THE CANADIANFOOTBALL NEWSGet in on the ground floor and become a regular reader of Canada&rsquo;s informative football weekly. Enjoy the feature stories, columns and statistics every week. This fact-filled football newspaper is in its 12th year of catering to the Canadian football public.Don&rsquo;t miss getting your subscription early.There are 18 thrilling issues for only $2.00.&#9733; Game by game statistics&#9733; Special weekly features&#9733; Behind The Scene Photographs&#9733; Reports On U.S. Pro Leagues&#9733; Best Football Columns In Canada &#9632;

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All New For ‘62!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01451/2029633-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Pictured Boston forward.4&mdash;Initials of Bolton, former Leaf rearguard.6&mdash;Given name of Muzz Patrick&rsquo;s new assistant.9&mdash;Former linemate of Abel and Howe.11&mdash;Jacques Plante can do this.13&mdash;Initials of a former Toronto captain.14&mdash;Short for given name of 115&mdash;Contraction of17&mdash;Pronoun.19&mdash;Pictured star has spent five&mdash;with Boston. (abbr.)21&mdash;Initials of Mortson, last season with Hershey.22&mdash;Some Leaf players take winter courses at this university. (abbr.)23&mdash;Street. (abbr.)24&mdash;Initials of a former member of the once famous &ldquo;Kid&rdquo; line.25&mdash;Fred Glover&rsquo;s new role with Cleveland.27&mdash;Month in which Cliff Pennington was born. (abbr.)29&mdash;Initials of Bathgate of New York.30&mdash;Initials of Mortson, former Toronto defencemen.31&mdash;End.32&mdash;Hockeyists play tennis and golf to keep these in condition.34&mdash;Senior. (abbr.)35&mdash;Boston had 47 of these last season.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;AHL&rsquo;s outstanding rookie of 1961-62.2&mdash;Buffalo Bisons play their home games here.3&mdash;One of the Rangers answers to this.4&mdash;Allan Stanley likes to read about this.5&mdash;Bobby Hull&rsquo;s youngest son.7&mdash;Initials of Donaldson who played with Rochester last season.8&mdash;5th and 25th letters of the alphabet.10&mdash;Pronoun.12&mdash;North East. (abbr.)16&mdash;Players do this between periods.18&mdash;Dallas Smith was born in this month. (abbr.)20&mdash;This Springfield forward hails from MacNutt, Sask.23&mdash;Johnny Bower has a number of these.24&mdash;Footballer who formerly played with the Leafs.26&mdash;Given name of a Toronto defenceman.28&mdash;This player scored 15 goals for Springfield in 1961-62.30&mdash;Montreal&rsquo;s football club (abbr.)33&mdash;Initials of Ehman of Rochester.<h2>LAST MONTH&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>Across</h3>1&mdash;Geoffrion.8&mdash;James.9&mdash;Alta.12&mdash;G.L.13&mdash;Leafs14&mdash;Apr.16&mdash;Tor.17&mdash;Hay.19&mdash;GN.20&mdash;D.K.21&mdash;Joe.23&mdash;Reardon.26&mdash;Lois.28&mdash;Golf.31&mdash;Oak.32&mdash;Stewart.<h3>Down</h3>1&mdash;Goaltender.2&mdash;Ontario.3&mdash;FJ.4&mdash;Rag.5&mdash;Imlach.6&mdash;O.E.7&mdash;N.S.10&mdash;Leo.11&mdash;A.F.15&mdash;Rayner.18&mdash;Ago.21&mdash;Junior.22&mdash;Vault.24&mdash;D.L.25&mdash;OO.27&mdash;Sat.29&mdash;Os.30&mdash;Fe. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

PORTLAND, Ore.&mdash;Several player trades were announced last week by Western Hockey League teams before the league opener.Coach Hal Laycoe of Portland Buckaroos revealed that he purchased the contract of centre Gerry Goyer from Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.Goyer, 25, played with Los Angeles Blades of the WHL last season on loan from Toronto. He was leading the league in scoring at mid-season when he suffered a severe hand cut that kept him out of action until the closing weeks of the schedule.The Detroit Red Wings traded defenceman Gordon Strate to Calgary Stampeders of the Western Hockey League in return for centreman Sid Finney. Strate played with Sudbury Wolves of the Eastern Professional League last season and Finney, 33, scored 35 goals with Calgary in the 1961-62 campaign. Calgary is a Chicago farm club. &#9632;

Buckaroos Buy Gerry Goyer From Leafs

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div>FT. WAYNE, Ind.Ken Ullyot, Ft. Wayne Komet General Manager, has returned to the International Hockey League coaching ranks, after a year&rsquo;s layoff. Ullyot&rsquo;s decision came after Art Stone resigned to enter business.&ldquo;Art did a real good coaching job for us last year&rdquo;, stated Ullyot, &ldquo;But he is going to settle down in Ft. Wayne and thinks he has more of a future in industry.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02395/2029688-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="263" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Ullyot</figcaption></div>A native of Saskatoon, with previous coaching experience at Kamloops and Prince Albert, Ullyot coached Ft. Wayne to two of its best seasons in 1958-59 and 1959-60. The Komets finished three games behind Louisville in &lsquo;58&lsquo;59, winning the regular season championship in &lsquo;59-&rsquo;6O, copping 50 wins.With a little luck, barring injuries to key players and a little more from the rookies, Stone might have made the playoffs last campaign. Towards the end of the season, Ft. Wayne had one of the stronger sextets in the circuit.Stone, a non-playing leader, in his first year in the coaching ranks, guided the Komets to a 33-31-4 mark, winding three-and-a-half games behind fourth-place Omaha.Other big news to hit the six-team IHL ranks during the summer, was the forming of an interlooking schedule with the Eastern Pro League. The EPHL has Hull-Ottawa, Kingston, Sudbury and Syracuse, while the IHL lines up with Ft. Wayne, Minneapolis, Muskegon, Omaha, Port Huron and St. Paul.Commissioner Andy Mulligan of the IHL and EPHL head John Urie, along with Sam Pollack (Ottawa-Hull) and Frank Gallagher (Port Huron), were the driving forces behind the merger.Each club interlocks twice during the season&mdash;once at home and once abroad. It was hoped that four games could be worked out during the year, but building dates were not available, preventing the move. The closest jaunt is Port Huron to Sudbury (355 miles), while the longest point of travel is Omaha to Hull-Ottawa (1259 miles).Training camps for all clubs commence Monday, October 22, with every one of the teams training on their owne ice surface. The league schedule opens November 2, closing March 27. Playoffs begin about March 29. Muskegon hosts the All-Star game, Wednesday, January 9, at the L. C. Walker Sports Arena.IHL NOTES&hellip;Omaha General Manager Ken Wilson already has Moe Benoit, Glenn Ramsay, Chick Chalmers and Bill Swarbrick signed to contracts&hellip;Only coaching change is Ullyot in place of Stone at Ft. Wayne&hellip;Howie Milford, Omaha; Fred Shero, St. Paul; Ken Yackel, Minneapolis; and Moose Lallo, Muskegon, are back for another term.Chirp Brenchley, veteran hockey mentor, is at the reigns of the new Port Huron franchise. Frank Gallagher, general manager of the Flags, is having trouble inking players he drafted from the other clubs. Gallagher is hoping he will receive some talent from the Detroit Red Wings&hellip;The IHL meets with the EPHL, prior to the National Hockey League All-Star game, October 6, at Toronto. &#9632;

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Ullyot Returns To Coach Ft. Wayne, Teams Ready For Interlocking Play

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