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February 16, 1963

The Hockey News February 16, 1963

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;Despite a record of three wins in their last four games St. Catharines Black Hawks have failed to gain an inch in their late season bid for a playoff position in the Ontario Hockey Association junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; league and it appeared time was running out on the Chicago farmhands.While the Hawks picked up six points, the nearest teams above them also added to their totals. Their chances of catching the Hamilton Red Wings and Peterborough Petes were considered pretty slim.The Wings and Petes are now battling for third place and the Hawks were nearly a dozen points behind with only 10 games left to play.It&rsquo;s still a fairly close fit at the top, Niagara Falls Flyers leading and opening up a wider gap over Montreal Canadiens, who are second.Pit Martin, now in his fourth season of junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; with Hamilton Red Wings has at last put some light between himself and Wayne Maxner of Niagara Falls, his closest rival for the points scoring championship.Three weeks ago the two players were tied for the lead, two weeks ago Martin had a point margin and last week they were in a stalemate again.However Martin added nine points on five goals, four assists to top the league with 72 points (31 goals, 41 assists) three more than Maxner who now has 23 goals, 46 assists for 49 points.In the Toronto Metro League Neil McNeil is assured the pennant with 55 points in 32 games. Toronto Marlboros are second but well back followed by Knob Hill Farms, Brampton, Oshawa and Whitby in that order.In keeping with their first place position three Neil McNeil players also dominate the scoring.Mike Corbett paces the group with 72 points on 33 goals, 39 assists. Teammates Gary Dineen and Rod Seiling are second and third respectively with 71 and 61 points. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

Time Running Out On Chicago’s OHA ‘Farmhands’

ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;ICICLES &mdash; Bruce Draper, tied for runnerup in AHL rookie-of-the-year voting last season, became the third member of the Amerks&rsquo; &ldquo;youth movement&rdquo; to be demoted to Sudbury this year. He followed Cheevers and winger Gary Jarrett.Gene Ubriaco, making a serious bid to win the AHL scoring championship, collected the 100th goal of his professional career against Hershey Feb. 3. &#9632;

Amerks’ Ubriaco Flying, Fires 100th AHL Goal

BOSTON. Mass.&mdash;Looking at Johnny Bucyk of the Bruins smack in the middle of the National Hockey League scoring race makes Boston fans chuckle and cheer because most of them can&rsquo;t remember the last time a Bruin won the league point title.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01569/2239542-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="274" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Herbie Cain</figcaption></div>To be exact the last Bruin to turn the trick was a shifty little centre by the name of Herbie Cain, who led the NHL in 1943-44 with a total of 82 points.Bucyk, the &lsquo;Big Chief&rsquo; of the lowly Bruins, is making a determined bid to equal Cain&rsquo;s feat this season. The setting is much the same for the modern day Boston star as it was when Cain won it. The Bruins were fifth in the six-team league in 1943-44 and out of the playoffs just as they are this year.The closest a Boston player has come to matching Cain&rsquo;s effort was in 1959-60 when Bronco Horvath, then a Bruin, missed the NHL scoring crown by one point to Bobby Hull, 81-80 in points.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02541/2239535-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="284" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bucyk</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Bucyk Aiming To Achieve Cain’s Feat

OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;Eastern Professional Hockey League teams are running well ahead of their International League rivals in their first attempt at interlocking hockey play.Following last week&rsquo;s action, when EPHL teams won three and tied once in four interleague games, the Eastern circuit teams boasted a commanding edge. EPHL teams had won 24 and tied three of the 34 games, meaning than IHL clubs had been able to register victories only seven times.EPHL teams had a wide edge in the scoring as well outgunning their IHL rivals 158-97 in 34 games. There are approximately 12 interlocking games remaining on the schedule for the two leagues, who are reportedly well satisfied with the experiment of inter-league competition.IHL head Andy Mulligan said that his teams have gained valuable experience from the rivalry and expects that if the plan is continued next year, his clubs will be in a position to give a better account of themselves. &#9632;

EPHL Teams Hold Big Interlocking Victory Margin

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Retire? The word isn&rsquo;t in Jack Adams&rsquo; vocabulary.Technically, I the long-time Red Wing general manager has been retired since last spring. That&rsquo;s just technically.He&rsquo;s visited Montreal, St. Catharines, Lethbridge, Winnipeg and San Francisco, talking hockey among other things.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02271/2240515-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="271" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never had so much fun,&rdquo; Adams said.Despite other diversion, Adams still is all hockey with definite ideas, on how the game can progress.Foremost is admitting San Francisco and Los Angeles to the National Hockey League. That would be the key to a national television contract, Adams feels.&ldquo;I just came back from a banquet in Lethbridge,&rdquo; Adams said, &ldquo;and the two big stars were Maury Wills, the Los Angeles Dodger swiftie, and Jimmy Brown, the Cleveland fullback.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re known all over and the reason is television &mdash; kids nowadays see major league football and baseball on TV wherever they live. Pro football&rsquo;s big growth came about because of television.&ldquo;I think national TV can do the same for hockey. But when the NHL lost its TV contract, one of the reasons they gave us was that the sponsors felt the game wasn&rsquo;t known in the south and west.&ldquo;But now there are rinks through the south as far down as Jacksonville, Fla., and the teams in Los Angeles and San Francisco are doing very well. They tell me that Los Angeles is going to draw 600,000 people overall this season.&ldquo;Los Angeles has a better building than any in the NHL and San Francisco just announced plans for a 64 to 65 million dollar building that will seat 15,000.&ldquo;You get those teams in there and a sponsor is going to be interested. There would be an NHL team in six of the seven largest population centers of the United States and California ranks now as the most populated state in the country.&ldquo;They talk about Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cleveland being ahead of Los Angeles and San Francisco. I think they&rsquo;d make a big mistake by taking them in instead of the California teams.&ldquo;As far as travel is concerned, there wouldn&rsquo;t be any problem. With the jet flights now, you&rsquo;re in California in no time.&ldquo;Why a team could go out there and play four games while the ice show is taking over their building. There&rsquo;s two times a season when you have to get out of your building for the ice shows.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03107/2240508-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="2309" height="1786"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;MR. GOALIE&rdquo; IN ACTION: Here&rsquo;s GLENN HALL, Chicago Black Hawks brilliant netminder and &ldquo;Mr. Goalie&rdquo; to hockey fans in Chicago, making one of his exciting stops in a National Hockey League game. Defenseman AL MACNEIL, left, is the other Hawk player on the scene. Hall currently leads all NHL goalkeepers for the Vezina Trophy, the one honor that has eluded the Chicago veteran in his distinguished eight-year big league career.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Adams Looks To West For Expansion

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01509/2238885-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HOWE &hellip; Better With The Years</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;&ldquo;Gordie Howe is the greatest of them all,The greatest of them all,Yes, the greatest of them all.You can have your choice of all the rest,If you&rsquo;re a Howe fan, you&rsquo;ve got the very best.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s the refrain from an opus titled &ldquo;Gordie Howe&rdquo; and recorded by Big Bob and the Dollars for Globe Records of Montreal &hellip; with a rock&rsquo;s roll beat.The six choruses detail Howe&rsquo;s career starting with his birthplace in Floral, Sask., the old Production Line, his trophy awards, setting up teammates and rookies for goals, his scoring records and one general verse.It amuses Gordie&rsquo;s four-year-old daughter Cathy who plays it at home but Howe is a little embarassed by it all. Still, there&rsquo;s more than a little truth in the song and the way Howe is going, they&rsquo;ll have to add another chorus after this season.Howe, with five Hart Trophies to his credit as the National Hockey League&rsquo;s most valuable player, now is the chief contender for this season&rsquo;s Hart award with teammate Terry Sawchuk, the first half leader, out with a bad hand.Sawchuk had 37 points in the mid-season voting, Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita 35 and Howe 30.With Sawchuk not due back until the end of this month at the earliest, Mikita ranks as Howe&rsquo;s leading challenger.Mikita, the All-Star center and a Chicago sparkplug, still will have to go some to beat out Howe if the Red Wings right winger keeps going at anywhere near his present pace.Since the second half of the season started, Howe fired 12 goals in 13 games for Detroit and assisted on seven others. In two games with New York, which has been trying to catch up to the fourthplace Detroiters, Howe scored four goals to lead the Wings to victory in both games.He scored a pair in Montreal for Detroit&rsquo;s first victory in the Forum in two years.In two straight games at Boston he scored in the last four minutes of play to give Detroit a victory in one and a tie in the other.The splurge put Howe right in the thick of the scoring race with games in hand on all of the players.And he will be 35 next month.The conversation shifted to Howe&rsquo;s scoring and Jacques Beauchamp, sports editor of the Montreal Matin, predicted Howe would score his 545th goal in November, passing Rocket Richard&rsquo;s lifetime output. &ldquo;Or maybe it will even come this season,&rdquo; Beauchamp said.To tie the Rocket, Howe would need a 42 goal effort this season and 43 to beat him meaning a torrid second half of 29 goals to tie and 30 goals to break it.&ldquo;I won&rsquo;t do it if I play like I did against Canadiens,&rdquo; Howe said, referring to. a recent 6-2 walloping by Montreal.Howe and the rest of the Wings started strong in that game and Jed 1-0 and 2-1 before collapsing in the second period. They had arisen at 5 a.m. that morning in Boston to get back to Detroit and had a 2% hour layover at the airport in New York in between.&ldquo;This is a game of mistakes,&rdquo; Howe said, &ldquo;our mistake was getting out of bed that morning.&rdquo;<h2>How All-Time Goal Race Stands</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02488/2238878-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1153" height="184"></div> &#9632;

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Gordie Howe Seen Top Contender For MVP Award With Sawchuk Out; Mikita Looms As Big Opposition

<div class="byline">JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Red Wings expect to find out Feb. 13 how soon Terry Sawchuk can get back in goal.The cast that has encased Sawchuk&rsquo;s hand is due to be taken off in Toronto and Dr. James Murray, who sewed up the severed tendons on the back of the hand, will examine Sawchuk.If the hand has mended, the next problem is how soon Sawchuk will be able to regain coordination in his fingers.&ldquo;If Terry can come back at the end of the month he can give us a big lift,&rdquo; said Wing managercoach Sid Abel.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03435/2238916-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="260" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Jeffrey</figcaption></div>Abel isn&rsquo;t detracting from Hank Bassen, Sawchuk&rsquo;s stand-in during the emergency, but after all, Sawchuk was the Hart Trophy leader at mid-season and tied with Glenn Hall as the first team All-Star goalie.&ldquo;Hank has done a good job,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;But his roaming does lead to some uncertainty on defense. The defensemen don&rsquo;t know whether he&rsquo;s going to go and get the puck or if they should.&ldquo;Sometimes it turns into an Alphonse and Gaston act and no one goes after it. That&rsquo;s when my hair turns gray.&rdquo;But the Wings turned in a 2-2-3 won-lost-tied record in Bassen&rsquo;s first two weeks in goal.In other Red Wing developments, power play specialist Parker MacDonald boosted his total goal output to 26 after 51 games with 12 of them coming on the gang attack &hellip; and MacDonald also had more winning goals than any other Detroiter &mdash; seven of them.If both MacDonald and Gordie Howe hit 30 goals this season, it will be the first time in six seasons Detroit has had two 30-goal men &hellip; Howe had 44 and Ted Lindsay 30 in 1956-57, the last time Detroit finished in first place.The Wings continued their shuttle to Pittsburgh, recalling Larry Jeffrey after he scored nine goals in seven games including two hat tricks, and sending Vic Stasiuk back to the Hornets.Alternate goalie Dennis Riggin was sent to Edmonton to help out the Flyers after 20-year-old rookie pro Harrison Gray was touched for 74 goals in 11 games.Defenseman Howie Young wiped out a Lindsay record when he drew a major and two minors in a 6-1 Detroit victory at New York &hellip; it boosted Young&rsquo;s penalty total for the season to 167 minutes at the time, bettering Lindsay&rsquo;s one-season club mark of 161 in 1955-56. &#9632;

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Terry Sawchuk’s Cast To Go As Wings Anxiously Await Earlv Return Of Vet Goaler

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01384/2238989-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="276" height="373"></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins this season have plucked the rarest of all hockey gems &mdash; an American born and produced player.He is 22-year-old blond Tommy Williams from Duluth, Minnesota, who is striving to become the first big &ldquo;American&rdquo; name player to hit the National Hockey League and the Boston ice scene since the glorious days of Goalie Frank Brimsek.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01508/2238982-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="387" height="386"></div>The fast-skating right winger appears to be heading in the right direction for he already has his sights set on the 20-goal mark in his first full season as a major leaguer. In his initial 52 games, Williams has netted the puck 19 times, making him the third highest scorer on the Boston club exclusive of the newly-acquired Dean Prentice, who garnered most of his points while a member of the Rangers.Williams, who is one of three American-born players on the Bruins (the entire U.S. output for the NHL), is actually the only genuinely developed United States player of the three. Tommy&rsquo;s Boston teammates, Wayne Hicks of Aberdeen, Wash., and helmeted Charlie Burns of Detroit, actually learned their hockey in Canada after moving out of the U.S. at a young age.Williams, who is hoping to follow in the foot-steps of such former U.S. stars as Brimsek, Johnny Mariucci, Mike Karakas, Doc Rommnes and a few others, has a little more than the usual incentive for wanting to make good in the NHL.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02404/2238975-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="545" height="743"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK BRIMSEK &hellip; Darling Of The Hub</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03262/2238968-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="539" height="746"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY MARIUCU &hellip; Rugged Minnesotian</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I want to set an example for the youngsters in this country and show them that an American can make the grade in the NHL,&rdquo; said the handsome Bruins&rsquo; winger.Williams realizes this presents a challenge since only a handful of American-developed players have ever been able to crack the Canadian monopoly on the NHL teams. But Williams already has one thing in common with Brimsek, Mariucci and Karakas. He also hails from the Minnesota area.&ldquo;There will be much more of a chance for American kids to reach the NHL in the immediate future,&rdquo; Williams added. &ldquo;Then are more rinks now in the Midwest and NewEngland and I&rsquo;ve seen a few good, young players around myself,&rdquo; he said.Williams, who scored six goals in 26 games for Boston last season, said he expected to be sent to Kingston of the Eastern Professional League, a Bruin farm club, shortly after the start of the current campaign.&ldquo;I was hardly being used and because I had less NHL experience than most of the other players I figured I was going down,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Then they put me on a line with Johnny Bucyk and Murray Oliver and what a break that was.&rdquo;The trio has developed into the second highest production line in the NHL.The Williams-Bucyk-Oliver line has connected for 61 goals and 145 points in the Bruins&rsquo; 53 games, ranking second only to Detroit&rsquo;s Howe-Alex Delvecchio-Parker MacDonald unit, which heads the NHL in goals scored with 66 and in points, with 150.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04157/2238961-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="1730" height="1643"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s Boston&rsquo;s TOMMY WILLIAMS (11), left, shadowing Toronto&rsquo;s FRANK MAHOVLICH (27) while Bruins&rsquo; goalie ED JOHNSTON juggles puck after making save off Leafs&rsquo; high scoring winger.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05101/2238954-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="538" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHARLIE BURNS &hellip; American-born, Too</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0668/2238947-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="544" height="499"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE HICKS &hellip; Bruins&rsquo; Third &ldquo;Yank&rdquo;</figcaption></div>Milt Schmidt thinks the tipoff on the fast forward has been his constant improvement.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt about it, he&rsquo;s improving all the time,&rdquo; said Schmidt.&ldquo;He had a lot of inexperience to make up for when he began playing our game under our rules, but the big thing is his constant improvement. Some players reach a certain point and never get better.&ldquo;Tom had the speed when we signed him in 1960. He still has the speed, but he&rsquo;s using it more effectively. Now he changes his pace and shows us new shifts and new moves.&ldquo;As he grows stronger and more sure of himself he&rsquo;ll gain effectiveness,&rdquo; said Schmidt. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s still maturing physically and as he does he becomes more aggressive around the net and his checking improves.&rdquo;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s sure doing his share with us,&rdquo; said big Bucyk, the heavy duty left wing and alternate captain of the Bruins.&ldquo;When Tommy gets that puck in scoring position he knows what to do with it. He can pull the trigger with as little motion and wasted time as almost anyone in the league.Lynn Patrick, the Bruins&rsquo; manager, put himself on record several times while Williams was with Kingston to the effect that the Minnesota speedster would become an outstanding NHL forward. He has had no reason this season to change his mind, he says.Boston fans, who still remember Brimsek, have been waiting a long time for a player like Williams to come along. There isn&rsquo;t much doubt that he can write his own ticket if he fills Frankie&rsquo;s big shoes in Beantown. &#9632;

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Williams Admits He Has Extra Hockey Incentive

<div class="byline">By Ken Mckenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02535/2239041-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="394" height="330"></div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.,1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25. Que.Ken McKenxie, President and PublisherWill V. Cote, Vice-Pres, and Gen. Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $5.00 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, FEBRUARY 16, 1963 No. 20<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01571/2239048-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="153" height="62"></div>&#9679;CHICAGO &mdash; BIGGEST CROWD to ever watch the Black Hawks play on a weekday night during the regular season was on hand to witness the 3-3 draw between the Hawks and Detroit during our visit here last week &hellip; It is getting almost impossible to purchase tickets for the Hawk games and pretty soon the huge Chicago Stadium will be almost 100 per cent on a season ticket basis &hellip; This same situation will apply during this year&rsquo;s playoff games &hellip; Almost all of the good seats will be sold long before the first game of the playoffs is played here &hellip; It is pretty well agreed by long-time followers of the Black Hawks that this year&rsquo;s edition Is the best balanced team in the history of the club &hellip; Stan Mikita, fiery and colorful center of the Hawks, is called &ldquo;Stash&rdquo; by his teammates &hellip; The crowd&rsquo;s favorite here is Reg Fleming. They hoot and holler his every movement on the ice and Reggie seldom lets them down &hellip; Incidentally, Reg can speak fluent Polish&rsquo;&hellip; His father is of Scottish extraction while his&rsquo; mother is of Polish descent &hellip; Eric Nesterenko is another popular player with the fans. It took &ldquo;Mr. Elbows&rdquo; a while to gain acceptance by the faithful followers but he&rsquo;s got them behind him now &hellip; Bill Tobin has been associated with the Black Hawks for 37 consecutive years. We ran into Bill at the Stadium and he hasn&rsquo;t changed much in the past 17 years &hellip; Sam Pollock of the Canadiens&rsquo; organization was a press box visitor. He was on his way back from St. Louis with his Hull-Ottawa EPHL team &hellip; Kenny Wharram, who missed 10 of the Hawks&rsquo; last 11 games, wasted little time in getting back on the scoreboard. Kenny scored two of the Hawks&rsquo; three goals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03458/2239034-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="263" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Reg Fleming</figcaption></div>&#9679;PIERRE PILOTE, captain of the Black Hawks and voted the top defenseman in the NHL for the first half of this season, played another one of his flawless games &hellip; &ldquo;Pete&rdquo; right now reminds us somewhat of Doug Harvey at his peak &hellip; It&rsquo;s a treat to watch him set up plays and rally his team and there isn&rsquo;t a better defenseman in the NHL at playing the point on the powerplay &hellip; Pilote also rates as one the nattiest dressers in the circuit especially when the wears his dark blue suit with the matching vest &hellip; Johnny Gottselig, Chicago&rsquo;s director of public relations, does the play by play announcing over television of 11 Hawk road games&hellip; and these telecasts are being very well received by hockey fans here &hellip; Highest scoring line in the NHL is Detroit&rsquo;s unit of Howe, Parker MacDonald and Delvecchio. Howe has scored 27,1 MacDonald 26 and Alex 13 for a total of 66 goals &hellip; But here&rsquo;s the rub. All the other Wings have scored only 68, which means that when Howe and Co. take time to catch their breath the other team catches the Wings &hellip; Home attendance at Hawk home games will soon pass the 400,000 mark &hellip; There are 22 bachelors in the NHL right now &hellip; Detroit and Boston each have five unmarried performers on their rosters. Montreal, Toronto, New York and Chicago* all have three single players on their teams &hellip; O.K. Girls! &hellip; Here they are: Boston&mdash;Ed Johnston, Ted Green, Bob Leiter, Guy Gendron, Irv Spencer &hellip; Detroit: Doug Barkley, Alex Faulkner, Larry Jeffrey, Ed Joyal, Lowell MacDonald &hellip; Montreal: Tom Johnson, Gilles Tremblay, Cesare Maniago &hellip; Toronto: Dick Duff, Bob Nevin, Bob Pulford &hellip; New York: Jim Neilson, Rod Gilbert, Leon Rochefort &hellip; Chicago: Stan Mikita, Reg Fleming, Murray Balfour.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04399/2239027-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="256" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pierre Pilote</figcaption></div>&#9679;LOOKS LIKE the McKenney-Prentice trade is going to work out well for both New York and Boston &hellip; Both Players starred in their first games for their new teams&hellip; Off-hand we would say it was a good trade &hellip; Hockey&rsquo;s tough-luck guy, Terry Sawchuk, had the cast taken off his wrist this week and hopes to be back in action later this month. All depends on the amount of freedom he has in the injured hand &hellip; Larry Jeffrey and Howie Young played strong games for the Wings in their 3-3 draw with Bruins the night we were in Detroit &hellip; Milt Schmidt has his Bruins playing heads up hockey right now and they should finish the season in strong fashion &hellip; &ldquo;Some players will say they never hear booing by the fans,&rdquo; Don McKenney was telling friends the other day. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re lying. I know&rdquo; &hellip; The ex-Boston captain is happy at making a new start with the Rangers &hellip; We saw Gordie Howe play his 1100th NHL game the other night &hellip; Howe wants to finish his career playing right wing and not defense which has been suggested so many times.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05363/2239020-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="267" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Bruins are hoping for a quick dividend on their first trade with the New York Rangers in more than a decade.The hoped-for dividend is enough improvement in their defensive play to enable them to be occupying fifth place in the National Hockey League standing by March 25. That&rsquo;s the day after the NHL season ends.It was the need for improving their checking which prompted the trade in which the Bruins acquired Dean Prentice for Don McKenney, according to Lynn Patrick.Prentice, who got plenty of checking practice in more than 10 years with New York, is being counted on to help check the Bruins one&rsquo;position upward in the standing by spring.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve rated Dean of the best defensive forwards in the league for years,&rdquo; said Patrick. Perhaps he will strenthen us enough defensively for us to get into fifth place this season. I certainly hope he can. We can then consider the deal helpful immediately.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06304/2239086-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="554" height="734"><figcaption class="caption-body">Veteran Stars ExchangedDEAN PRENTICE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07239/2239079-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="551" height="737"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON McKENNEY</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not slighting his scoring ability by talking about his defense,&rdquo; the Bruins&rsquo; manager hastened to add. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just that we&rsquo;ve been sorely hurt by our limited checking ability.&ldquo;Prentice should be a serviceable player for us for an indifinite future. The big thing, from our point of view, is that he&rsquo;s out there working on defense all the time he&rsquo;s on the ice.&rdquo;Milt Schmidt, Bruins&rsquo; coach, who installed Prentice in McKenney&rsquo;s left wing position on a line with Bob Leiter and Guy Gendron, also looks to the 30-year-old veteran for defensive assistance.&ldquo;Scoring goals hasn&rsquo;t been our problem,&rdquo; said Schmidt. &ldquo;Johnny Bucyk and Murray Oliver have already (at trade time) scored 20 or more goals. Tom Williams is almost there and Gendron and Jerry Toppazzini may make that many. We have been scoring plenty of goals.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s our checking, particularly in our own end, which needs improvement. We haven&rsquo;t been doing a good job at all of taking out the other team&rsquo;s point men. That&rsquo;s something at which Prentice is very good.&ldquo;Oh, it isn&rsquo;t realistic to expect one man to make us a terrific defensive team all of a sudden,&rdquo; said Schmidt, &ldquo;but Dean can help. He can help his line give us a real lift defensively&rdquo;It isn&rsquo;t considered likely that Prentice, a competent scorer, will make the scoring contributions to the Bruins that McKenney has made. Schmidt has encouraged the development of a modern &ldquo;fill the holes&rdquo; offense with his fast forwards. That&rsquo;s the technique which has zoomed the Oliver-Bucyk-Wil-liams line to fame. It was also suited to Leiter, Gendron and McKenney.Prentice is a product of New York&rsquo;s old-fashioned &ldquo;skate your lane&rdquo; offense which is adaptable to teams of big men like Toronto and Chicago but which simplifies checking problems when used by teams with less physical drive.Nonetheless, Prentice scored 186 goals for the Rangers, making 49 against the Bruins, against whom he scored eight of his 22 goals last season. Dean was overshadowed on offense in New York by Andy Bathgate, his long-time chum and linemate except, as one Bruin pointed out, when the other team had the puck. Then his checking ability was both obvious and necessary, for Bathgate will never make hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame on his skill as a checker.McKenney, a year-round resident of Braintree, where he owns a home and sells cars, came here in 1954 as a 20-year-old center. He left as the fourth-highest goalscorer in Bruins&rsquo; history.Don&rsquo;s 195 goals place him behind only Schmidt, Dit Clapper and Woody Dumart on the all-time Bruins list. He is third behind Bill Cowley and Schmidt in assists and fourth behind Cowley, Clapper and Schmidt in scoring points. &#9632;

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Bruins Eye Prentice As “Checker”, Exoect Dino To Lift Hub Defense

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The trade in which the Bruins acquired Dean Prentice from the New York Rangers in exchange for Don McKenney was the first swap of personnel between the neighbors&mdash;the cities are 215 miles apart&mdash;since 1951.In the last previous Boston-New York trade the Bruins gave Paul Ronty, a center, for Walter &ldquo;Gus&rdquo; Kyle, a defenseman.The two clubs have had other kinds of business dealings since, including the purchase by the Bruins twice for the draft price of forward Guy Gendron, having another of his fine seasons here.The Prentice-McKenney trade was actually the first made by the Patrick brothers, Manager Lynn of the Bruins and General Manager Muzz of New York. When the Ronty-Kyle deal was made Art Ross was managing the Bruins, Frank Boucher the Rangers. &#9632;

Prentice-McKenney Trade First Completed Between The Patricks

(As Seen In The Toronto Star)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01529/2239148-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="300" height="445"></div><h2>Trouble Comes Looking For Ted Green</h2>Trouble is Ted Green&rsquo;s blood brother. When Ted shuns trouble, it comes looking for him. Of course, it isn&rsquo;t often that he shuns it. In case you have forgotten, Ted! is the husky, fresh-faced belter whom the Boston Bruins dug out of Winnipeg last season. He was as refreshing as a Cape Cod seabreeze in an otherwise drab Boston picture.Ted was Green by name and green by big league standards. As a new Bruin, he hit the headlines early by taking a roundhouse swing at Leafs&rsquo; Frank Mahovlich&mdash;in an exhibition game, of all things. He missed the Big &lsquo;M&rsquo; but a goal post forgot to duck. Green&rsquo;s hand was broken. This was recorded as the least excusable injury since Harry Mummery toasted his paw while broiling a steak on a coal shovel in the furnace room of the old Mutual St. arena.Equally unproductive, as it turned out, was Ted&rsquo;s fracas with Guy Gendron, then of the New York Rangers. They knocked each other down. Then they duelled with their sticks, without even nicking each other. It was enough to get them fined $200 each. The irony of it all was yet to come. Bruins drafted Gendron from New York. Now Gendron and Green have adjoining lockers. They laugh about being such goons and costing each other $200.Green&rsquo;s critics last year insisted he merely was living up to past performances. In two terms as a pro, he hadn&rsquo;t been below 127 minutes in penalties.&rsquo; As a junior, he sat out suspensions that added up to 15 games over two seasons. And Winnipeg junior clubs played only a 32-game schedule.In vain, Ted tried to explain there were extenuating circumstances. Just by way of illustration : One night, at Winnipeg, his junior team was playing a club coached by ex-Leaf Bill Juzda. Ted got a two-minute penalty for what he considered a perfectly legal check. He registered a mild beef but finally proceeded toward the penalty box. Juzda, he claimed, interfered with him. One thing led to another until the original two minutes had mushroomed to 15. Next day, the league added a five-game suspension.&ldquo;There was nothing in that incident that merited the minor penalty to begin with,&rdquo; Green maintained recently. &ldquo;But there it was&mdash;a five-game suspension. People don&rsquo;t know the circumstances. All they know is what shows in the records.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02490/2239141-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="507" height="753"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED GREEN</figcaption></div><h2>Green Versus Green&mdash;Over A Stick</h2>The records also show that Green&rsquo;s crime wave is liable to become a shooting war when Eddie Shack of Leafs is in the vicinity. He and Shack are as compatible as Castro and Kennedy.&ldquo;I have no grudge against Shack,&rdquo; Green contended. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just that Shack is the kind of guy who never tries to go around you: He runs right at you. When you see Shack coming, you have to protect yourself. He&rsquo;s not the toughest man in the league&mdash;physically, I mean. For my money, Gordie Howe is the toughest. I never have any trouble with him.&rdquo;Ted and Shack had several tiffs in a recent game and the Bruin drew a penalty that might have been embarrassing. With the clock showing 17.27 of the third period&mdash;Bruins leading 4-2&mdash;he got the gate for cross-checking. If his penalty had opened the dam for a Toronto torrent, Green would have been in the doghouse. Instead, he was practically a hero.His penalty prompted a desperate Punch Imlach to derrick goalie Don Simmons for what he loosely called a ganging act. Leo Boivin, who hadn&rsquo;t scored since Feb. 21, last year, cleared the puck the length of the rink&mdash;and into the Leaf net.Thus, the evening might have ended on a harmonious note for Ted Green&mdash;but it didn&rsquo;t. On the way to the Boston dressing room, he handed his stick to one of the numerous kids lining the corridor.&ldquo;Win&rdquo; Green, crusty assistant trainer of the Red Sox, who is travelling with the Bruins during Hammy Moore&rsquo;s illness, protested against this outright gift of club property. The Greens obviously are not related. When Ted barked that the stick was broken and that Win should mind his own business, the trainer grabbed the shillelagh from the kid who had received it. Ted attempted to take it away from Win.There was much ranting and raving. Ted finally stomped into the Boston room and slammed the door on the trainer. When Win went in, the shouting match broke out all over again. Coach Milt Schmidt broke it up. Milt really has those Bruins fighting.For Edward Joseph Green, it was just another incident to help prove that trouble plagues some folks when they merely are walking to the dressing room. &#9632;

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MILT DUNNELL speaking on SPORT

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;An employee of Maple Leaf Gardens was discussing Dick Duff the other day.#8220;I&rsquo;ve been with the Leafs four seasons now and every winter people tell me Duff&rsquo;s having a bad year,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;m getting to the point where I think maybe his big seasons were extra good and his recent ones have been normal.&rdquo;Duff averaged 25 goals a season over his first four in the National Hockey League. Since then, his totals have been 19, 16, 17 and over the first 51 games of the 1962-63 schedule, 13&mdash;hardly the kind of output you&rsquo;d expect from a fellow who once was rated just about the finest prospect to come up to major league competition.Duff himself feels lack of ice time has hurt his performance badly.He says: &ldquo;My linemates, Dave Keon and George Armstrong, are being used for penalty killing, as well as on power plays. Now if we happen to run into a couple of penalties, or the opposition does, it creates a situation where I have to miss three or four shifts.&ldquo;And I&rsquo;m one of those players who needs plenty of ice time. I&rsquo;m not content to sit on the bench and it hurts me because I prepare myself for every game and by sitting there I lose my edge.&rdquo;Duff also admits that he doesn&rsquo;t play the game as aggressively as he once did. Observers feel that this has diminished his effectiveness. They insist that when he was hurling his 165-pound frame at every opponent he could find, he was one of the best left-wingers in hockey.Duff, an intelligent, thoughtful young man who&rsquo;ll be 27 Feb. 18, isn&rsquo;t convinced there&rsquo;s much percentage in rough hockey, although he still stands his ground when challenged. He was affected greatly when he thumped Detroit&rsquo;s Val Fonteyne into the boards and the Detroit player was rushed to hospital with a concussion that looked as though it might have been a much more serious injury.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03394/2239179-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="537" height="955"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK DUFF &hellip;Still Good In Clutch</figcaption></div>On the other hand, Duff&rsquo;s goals this season have been important ones. Of his first 13, 10 could be described accurately as &ldquo;clutch&rdquo; goals. One was the decisive goal in a Leaf victory. Twice he shot the first score in a game. On four occasions, he tied the score, once in a match that ended in&rsquo; a draw. Three other times, he broke deadlocks.At the 51-game point, only Frank Mahovlich had surpassed Duff in getting key goals. He had 13 of this type, including six winners. George Armstrong had 10 of these scores, Dave Keon nine, Red Kelly eight and Eddie Shack seven.In the light of those statistics, plus Duff&rsquo;s relatively infrequent play, perhaps his so-called slump hasn&rsquo;t been as serious as it&rsquo;s made out to be.LEAF NOTES: Beginning with Leafs&rsquo; Feb. 9 game against Canadiens, they had 19 left in their schedule, 12 at home and only seven on the road. Coach Punch Imlach thought this break in the schedule would give Leafs the edge in their struggle with Montreal and Chicago for the NHL&rsquo;s schedule championship &hellip;Imlach took advantage of a week off to give most of his players a rest and to fly west to scout Western League teams &hellip;Billy Harris&rsquo; ninth goal of the season will be his 100th as an NHL player &hellip;Leafs knew Rangers were interested in trading Dean Prentice but never bothered entering the bidding. &#9632;

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Duff Admits Aggressiveness Gone, Lack Of Ice Time Hurting His Play

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01598/2239210-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">LORNE WORSLEY &hellip; Like A Duck In A Shooting Gallery</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;It has been suggested that a team of United Nations observers be called in to investigate &ldquo;acts of brutality&rdquo; being perpetrated against New York Rangers&rsquo; goaltender Gump Worsley.The Gumper, in the last few months, has been the classic example of a victim of man&rsquo;s inhumanity to man as he has been subjected to one of the heaviest bombardments of rubber in the history of goaltending.In a stretch of six games from Jan. 23-Feb. 3, the Gump blocked 269 shots for an average of 45 per game. The count was 52, 41, 50, 50, 42, and 34. Over a similar six-game stretch, Chicago goalie Glenn Hall averaged 27 per game.Result has been a battered, tired but still competent Worsley.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s never been anything like this,&rdquo; moaned the Gump, alluding to the regular shower of flak. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong with us?&rdquo;The problem, of course, is to determine who has been more abusive to Worsley, the opposition or Gump&rsquo;s own non-checking teammates.Once asked which team gave him the most trouble, Worsley blandly replied: &ldquo;The Rangers.&rdquo; A statement ringing with paradoxical truth, and confirmed by coach Red Sullivan.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a general all-round lack of checking on our club,&rdquo; said Sully, &ldquo;by forwards and defensemen. I can&rsquo;t condemn Gump. I don&rsquo;t know whether he&rsquo;s overworked and needs a rest.&rdquo;During the 6-4 humiliation at the hands of the Bruins on Feb 4, Worsley appeared downright weary and, at times, appeared to have difficulty rising after a heavy barrage of rubber.This bears out an observation offered by Toronto&rsquo;s assistant g.m., King Clancy, in December: &ldquo;As long as Gump stays healthy it&rsquo;s possible for Rangers to beat any team in the league.&ldquo;But, in the long run, they haven&rsquo;t enough big guns to finish high.&rdquo;So be it. No matter how many breakways Worsley stops, there always seems to be still another resulting in a score. In spite of his brilliance, the weary Blues are bluer than ever. But Gump still remains cynically philosophical.&ldquo;I wish we'd be in the playoffs,&Prime; remarked after stopping a mere 42 shots in a 2-2 tie at Toronto, &ldquo;but that&rsquo;s all right. They pay me good.&rdquo;Worsley&rsquo;s formula for sanity under continuous fire is an occasional explosion of anger.After a goal that peeves him, he&rsquo;ll fire the puck angrily into the crowd or kick it down the ice. Every so often he&rsquo;ll offer a word designed to c &ldquo;I wish we&rsquo;d be in the playoffs,&rdquo; he curl an errant teammate&rsquo;s ear. &#9632;

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Worsley Easily NHL's Most Fired At Netminder

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;One person who thinks Gump Worsley is well suited for his goalkeeping role with the Rangers is ex-New York ice great Neil Colville.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got the right attitude for goaltending,&rdquo; said Colville, who was in town for a recent RangerBruin game. &ldquo;He never pushes himself mentally.&ldquo;If pressure hasn&rsquo;t got him now, after playing with the Rangers, it won&rsquo;t ever get him.&rdquo; &#9632;

Gump Ideal For The Job Says Ex-Ranger Colville

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02470/2239265-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="271" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate</figcaption></div>Citizens of Rangerville are slowly recovering from the numbness induced by the trade of favorite son Dean Prentice to the Boston Bruins for center Don McKenney.The deal stunned most everyone from Prentice himself right down to stickboy Billy Hampton and up to All-Star Andy Bathgate who had been Dean&rsquo;s teammate going back 13 years to junior hockey in Guelph.&ldquo;I feel kinda awful,&rdquo; said captain Bathgate, echoing the sentiment of thousands of New York fans who regarded Prentice as an &lsquo;untouchable&rsquo;. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m really gonna miss Dean. He&rsquo;s been a close personal friend.&rdquo;To others, Prentice was the heart of the Ranger attack, consistently coming up with the two-way game when others failed.In 11 years as a New Yorker&mdash;in which he rarely drew a boo from the critical Garden audience&mdash;Prentice became the second highest scorer in Ranger history with 186 goals, 236 assists, 422 points in 666 games.At the time of departure he was the Rangers&rsquo; second leading scorer and finished second in the writers&rsquo; voting for the MVP Ranger for the second third of the season.But the New York brass, disturbed over a fifth place club, was more concerned with an agonizing center ice problem than with sentiment over Prentice.&ldquo;Our club needed help at center ice,&rdquo; explained coach Red Sullivan. &ldquo;McKenney is one of the smoothest centers in the NHL. He knows how to put the puck in the net.&ldquo;When you want something in this league, you gotta give something up.&rdquo;The logic was understandable but the reality of leaving New York after playing in the City for his entire 11-year NHL career was difficult for Prentice and his wife, June, to comprehend.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll give everything I have for Boston,&rdquo; said Prentice trying very hard but only half-succeeding in controlling his emotion. &ldquo;Lynn (Patrick) is a good egg.&rdquo;Mrs. Prentice was nearly reduced to tears. &ldquo;Dean tried and tried all the time,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;This is hard to believe.&rdquo;Ironically, Prentice was roundly lauded by g.m. Muzz Patrick for his all-round play earlier in the season and was generally rated the most effective Ranger forward game in and game out.Dean&rsquo;s replacement, the 28-year-old McKenney, comes to New York with a handsome scoring record of 195 goals, 267 assists, 452 points in 593 NHL games spread over 10 seasons.Acquisition of the smooth, 6-0, 170 pound center marks another move in the Rangers reshuffling. A few days before McKenney arrived, the Blues shipped centers Jean Ratelle and Ted Hampson to their Baltimore farm.Ratelle and Hampson were replaced by center Bryan Hextall, Jr. and right wing Leon Rochefort both from Baltimore. Rochefort scored a goal in his New York debut.Plans, subject to change, call for McKenney to center for Bathgate on right wing and Dave Balon at left wing. Hextall will center for right wing Andy Hebenton and left wing Camille Henry.Earl Ingarfield will center a third line. &#9632;

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Trade Of Star Winger Stunned Players, Fans

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;The spark has been ignited for Chicago&rsquo;s Bobby Hull.Though the fuse was somewhat late this season the fire is burning brightly for the two-time National Hockey League scoring champion.The Black Hawk ace left winger, with only 12 goals in Chicago&rsquo;s first 43 games, suddenly erupted for 10 goals in seven games between Jan. 19 and Feb. 3. Chicago won five and tied two during this stretch.This not only gives Hull 22 goals for the season but sets him up for another strong finish&mdash;his trademark since he came into the NHL six seasons ago. It also puts him in good position for a third NHL scoring title with 48 points on 22 goals and 26 assists as of Feb. 5 &mdash; only seven points behind leader John Bucyk of Boston.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01550/2239310-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="544" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL &hellip;Found The Spark</figcaption></div>Hull won the NHL scoring title two of the past three years: in 1961 when he beat out Bronco Horvath of Boston by one point at the age of 21; and last season when he edged Andy Bathgate of New York Rangers by the same slim margin.What has sparked Hull&rsquo;s sudden surge?&ldquo;Bobby was carrying the puck too much early in the season. The goalies could cut the angle down on him easier,&rdquo; says linemate and right wing Murray, Balfour. &ldquo;Now he&rsquo;s making his play quickly and getting in position. He gives a short pass off to Bill (Million Dollar Line center Bill Hay) and goes for the slot. That&rsquo;s where he&rsquo;s best at shooting.&rdquo;Says center Hay: &ldquo;The puck is starting to roll for Bobby now. He was going two ways all season but hitting the post or having the big save made on him. Now its going in and the momentum is building up. Just like last season. We were overly conscious of our goals against record early this year. It made us too cautious on the ice. We had a talk a few weeks ago after we were back together as a line and decided to return to our old style of play. Not that we forget the opposing line but we are more aggressive in our own attack. It was after that when Bobby started rolling.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02508/2239303-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="548" height="568"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL HAY &hellip;Puck Rolling For Bobby</figcaption></div>Hull, beaming over a two-goal night against Toronto, confirmed Hay&rsquo;s comments:&ldquo;We got off to our usual slow start. Why, I don&rsquo;t know. But we did and then everybody got on us including the fans. Finally they broke up our line and even when we got back together we weren&rsquo;t clicking like we should. We got to thinking and worrying so much about the other team scoring on us we forgot to carry the attack.&ldquo;It was before the Detroit afternoon game in Detroit on Jan. 26 that Murray, Bill and I talked things over. We decided to play our own game and let the other team come to us. We had fallen into an up and down the ice pattern and when the other team knows what you are going to do they can stop you. Now we are all over the ice as the holes open up. It&rsquo;s our style and the only way we can play effectively.&bdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03414/2239296-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="544" height="575"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURRAY BALFOUR &hellip;Bobby Best In Slot</figcaption></div>Hull scored one goal and set up Balfour for another in the Jan. 26 game. It was in that victory that he crashed into the Red Wing net and bruised his hip. He missed the next game (which Chicago lost 3-1 to Montreal) but made the road trip to Boston on the chance he might play. It wasn&rsquo;t until after the pre-game warmup that he told Coach Rudy Pilous his leg felt a little tight but not too bad to play.Hull scored the three-goal &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; that night as did center Stan Mikita in a 9-2 Chicago romp, their highest total of the season. He added another goal in a 3-3 tie at Montreal and then two more Feb. 3 in a 3-1 triumph over Toronto to give him seven goals in four games.In his three previous games Hull scored twice in a 3-1 victory over Toronto, once in a 6-2 win over New York and was blanked in a 3-3 tie against Rangers.Prior to his recent outburst Hull had only one brief spurt which came immediately following the breakup of the Million Dollar Line. He had back-to-back games of two goals each on Nov. 14 and 17, with Len Lunde at center. But his big stick cooled off again and even after the Hay-Hull-Balfour line was reunited he managed only 10 goals at midseason and 12 un until Jan. 19. &#9632;

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Hull Seen Ready To Make Big Push With Siahts Set On Third Point Title

<div class="byline">&#x2014;MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;Tommy Ivan, general manager of the Chicago Black Hawks, thinks 87 points will be enough to win the National&rsquo;Hockey League regular season race this year.This would be the lowest point total for the first place team since the 70-game schedule was inaugurated in the 1949-50 season.&ldquo;It could even be as low as 85 points,&rdquo; said Ivan. &ldquo;The race is closer than any I can remember. This, of course, is what will account for the low winning point total.&rdquo;Ivan&rsquo;s Black Hawks, which have held or shared first place since Dec. 2, have never won the NHL regular season race. They held first place by four points over Toronto and Montreal on Feb. 5 with a total of 62 points in their first 51 games. If Ivan&rsquo;s figuring is correct, Chicago would need any combination of 25 points in their remaining 19 games to win the race.Montreal has won the NHL title the past five seasons with totals of 98, 92, 92, 91 and 96 points. &#9632;

GM Ivan Figures 87 Points Enough To Win NHL Race

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;No matter where they finish this season, the Canadiens can hardly be rated as homers or front-runners. With two-thirds of the NHL schedule completed the Habs have a better record on the road than at the Forum and their ability to come from behind stamps them as a club with real spirit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04334/2239459-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="566" height="578"><figcaption class="caption-body">May Need RestJACQUES PLANTE</figcaption></div>Canadiens&rsquo; road record stands at 10 victories and 10 ties in 27 games for 30 out of 54 points. Their unimpressive showing at the Forum&mdash;where they lost only two? games and tied seven last season &mdash; includes 11 victories and eight draws in 26 starts for 30 out of 52 possible points and a .577 percentage.For some reason, which has Coach Toe Blake baffled, the Habs have given up the first goal in 35 of their 53 games to date. However, they&rsquo;ve come from behind successfully for eight wins and 15 deadlocks. They overcame two goal deficits on six occasions for two victories and four ties and twice forced draws after being behind three goals.By contrast, Canadiens scored the first goal on 18 occasions and went on to win. 13 and tie three of those games.Toronto is the only club with an edge on Montreal so far this season. The Leafs have won five and tied three on their 11 starts against Canadiens. The Habs are even with Chicago (3-3-5) and have a big edge over Detroit (6-2-2) and Boston (6-1-4). However, they&rsquo;ve met trouble with the fifth place Rangers and after 10 games, they are 3-3 in wins with four ties between the clubs.Coach Toe Blake is an unhappy man these days.Blake was steaming after the Boston game about the Habs&rsquo; defence play and the goal-tending of Jacques Plante whose injuries, serious or imagined, have left the coach in a quandary. The teams tied 5-5.&ldquo;We will have to do something about Jacques,&rdquo; said Blake. &ldquo;This certainly wasn&rsquo;t one of his better games. I never know when he&rsquo;s ready to play or not.&rdquo;Blake was so incensed after the Bruins&rsquo; fifth goal that he hollered up to the radio booth above the bench for Cesare Maniago to get into uniform.&ldquo;By the time Cesare was dressed the score was 5-5,&rdquo; said Blake. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to put the kid on the spot.&rdquo;After last week&rsquo;s game at Toronto, it didn&rsquo;t take Blake long to recall the last time he pulled his goaler and won the gamble.&ldquo;Henri Richard was the scorer the last time, too, and the goal eventually cost me $2,000,&rdquo; said Blake with a wry smile.Toe was referring to the play-off game at Chicago two years ago, when the Habs lost 2-1 in overtime and he was fined for throwing a punch at referee Dalt McArthur.Last weekend&rsquo;s tally came only 21 seconds after Plante had been yanked in favor of an extra attacker&mdash;little Richard.&ldquo;Jean Gauthier shot, Bobby Rousseau knocked the puck down and I pushed it under Bower,&rdquo; said Richard of the tying goal which gave Canadiens a 3-3 draw. &#9632;

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Habs Proving NHL’s Top ‘Comeback’ Team

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05265/2239504-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="267" height="197"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06216/2239497-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="329" height="310"></div>Little Henri Richard of the Canadiens scored only three goals last week but they proved just as important as if he had filled his hat.Firstly, the fast-skating Montreal pivot, counted twice in Boston to enable the Canadiens to get a 5-5 tie. The previous night he registered the game-tieing goal in the final minute of-play with the goalkeeper out of the net against Toronto.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07176/2239490-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="275" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Henri Richard</figcaption></div>Secondly, the Pocket raised his season total to 20 goals, marking the sixth successive year he has been a 20-goal man in the NHL.Richard, who will be 27 this month, is playing his eighth year with the Canadiens and hardly a season passes that he isn&rsquo;t among the league&rsquo;s leading point men. His career goal total has already reached 181 and he has collected 469 points, meaning that he will be among the NHL&rsquo;s select 200-goal scorers and 500-point men in the early weeks of next season.At his present pace, however, Richard could achieve his biggest year as a scorer this season. With 20 goals already to his credit, the 160-pound bullet has 17 games left in which to score 11 goals to surpass his high of 30 In 1959-60.Richard has gained all-star centre honors three times In the past six years and this season was picked at the halfway mark In the schedule for the second team behind Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita. He currently ranks among the NHL&rsquo;s top eight point men and his performance this past week has earned him player-of-the-week distinction from Player&rsquo;s. &#9632;

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Player of the Week

<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01584/2239428-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="593" height="222"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed., Feb. 6Rangers 6, Canadiens 3Detroit 3, Chicago 3Thurs., Feb. 7Boston 3, Detroit 3Set., Feb. 9Canadiens 3, Toronto 3Chicago 3, Rangers 3Canadiens 5, Boston 5Sun., Feb. 10Detroit 2, Toronto 1Chicago 4, Rangers 2<h2>National Hockey League Summaries</h2><h2>Wed., Feb. 6RANGERS 6, CANADIENS 3</h2>RANGERS &mdash; Goal: Worsley; defence: Harvey, Howell, Langlois, Cahan, Neilson; forwards: McKenney, Bathgate, Balon, Hextall, Gilbert, Ingarfield, Hadfield, Hebenton, Rochefort, Schinkel, Henry.CANADIENS &mdash; Goal: Maniago; defence: J.C. Tfemblay, Fontinato, Johnson, Gauthier, Talbot; forwards: Beliveau, Geoffrion, G. Tremblay, Backstrom, Hicke, Moore, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Berenson, Marshall.Referee: Udvari; linesmen: Pavelich, Armstrong.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Rangers, Hebenton (Hextall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:362&mdash;Canadiens, Geoffrion (Beliveau, G. Tremblay)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:283&mdash;Canadiens, Hicke (Marshall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:484&mdash;Canadiens, Provost (Moore, Richard)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:11Penalties: Howell 6:35, Richard 12:26.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Rangers, Balon (Howell, Harvey)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:096&mdash;Rangers, Howell&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:587&mdash;Rangers, McKenney (Cahan, Bathgate)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:03Penalties: Gauthier and Ingarfield 7:54, Fontinato 12:12, Maniago 12:51.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Rangers, Bathgate (McKenney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:178&mdash;Rangers, Hebenton (Henry)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:25Penalties: Neilson 4:51, Harvey 13:10, Geoffrion 15:43.Saves:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03484/2239421-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="559" height="75"></div><h2>DETROIT 3, CHICAGO 3</h2>CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall; defence: MacNeil, Hillman, Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Evans; forwards: Maki, Murphy, Nesterenko, Hay, Hull, Balfour, Fleming, Lunde, McDonald, Mikita, Wharram.DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Bassen; defence: M. Pronovost, Gadsby, Young, Barkley, Goegan; forwards: Joyal, MacGregor, Jeffrey, Ullman, Stasiuk, A. Pronovost, L. MacDonald, Howe, Delvecchio, Faulkner, Fonteyne, P. MacDonald.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Hayes, Wicks.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Delvecchio, P. MacDonald)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:042&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (McDonald, Mikita)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:47Penalties: Hillman 1:22, Pilote 1:50, Howe 4:16, Nesterenko 16:03, A. Pronovost 19:33.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Chicago, Maki (Murphy, Nesterenko)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:21Penalties: Young 3:44, MacNeil 6:41, Goegan 14:31.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Detroit, P. MacDonald (Howe, Fonteyne)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:195&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (McDonald, Pilote)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:206&mdash;Detroit, L. MacDonald (Ullman, A. Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:51Penalties: MacNeil 0:36, Bassen (served by L. MacDonald) 3:06, MacNeil 7:33.Saves:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04413/2239414-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="561" height="63"></div><h2>Thurs., Feb. 7BOSTON 3, DETROIT 3</h2>DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Bassen; defence: M. Pronovost, Gadsby, Young, Barkley, Goegan; forwards: Howe, P. MacDonald, Delvecchio, Ullman, L. MacDonald, Faulkner, Jeffrey, A. Pronovost, MacGregor, Fonteyne, Joyal.BOSTON &mdash; Goal: Johnston; defence: Westfall, Mohns, Green, Boivin, Spencer, Godfrey; forwards: Williams, Bucyk, Oliver, Hicks, Kennedy, Prentice, Toppazzini, Gendron, Leiter.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Hayes, Wicks.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Boston, Spencer (Oliver, Mohns)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:302&mdash;Boston, Prentice (Spencer, Mohns)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:18Penalties: Barkley 4:54, Boivin 11:21, Bucyk 14:12, P. MacDonald .18:40.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Boston, Williams (Bucyk, Oliver)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:554&mdash;Detroit, Delveochio (Howe, P. MacDonald)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:535&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio (Goegan, Howe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:27Penalties: Jeffrey 9:39, Young 14:36.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Detroit, Jeffrey (Barkley, MacGregor)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:52Penalties; Spencer 12:05, Mohns 16:26.Saves:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05333/2239407-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="553" height="67"></div><h2>Sat., Feb. 9CANADIENS 3, TORONTO 3</h2>TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower; defence: Brewer, Douglas, Stanley, Horton, Baun; forwards: Keon, Duff, Armstrong, Stewart, Harris, Pulford, Shack, Litzenberger, Kelly, Nevin.CANADIENS &mdash; Goal: Plante; defence: Johnson, Talbot, J.C. Tremblay, Gauthier, Fontinato; forwards: Richard, Moore, Provost, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Backstrom, Hicke, Rousseau, Berenson, G. Tremblay, Marshall.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Hayes, Wicks.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Armstrong)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:172&mdash;Toronto, Stewart (Douglas)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:02Penalties: Richard (misconduct) 1:28, Fontinato 2:35, Backstrom 5:31, Pulford 5:31, Brewer 9:22, Geoffrion 10:57, Pulford 15:32, Mahovlich18:11.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Canadiens, Moore (Provost, Richard)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:004&mdash;Canadiens, Hicke&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:24Penalties: Johnson 11:20, Brewer (2 minors) and Backstrom 16:39.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Toronto, Kelly (Armstrong, Duff)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:596&mdash;Canadiens, Richard (Gauthier, Beliveau)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:02Penalties: Shack 10:37, Moore 14:17, Brewer 16:45.Saves:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06284/2239400-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="557" height="66"></div><h2>CHICAGO 3, RANGERS 3</h2>RANGERS &mdash; Goal: Worsley; defence: Harvey, Howell, Langlois, Cahan, Neilson; forwards: McKenney, Bathgate, Balon, Hextall, Gilbert, Ingarfield, Hadfield, Hebenton, Rochefort, Schinkel, Henry.CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall; defence: Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Evans, MacNgil, Hillman; forwards: Hay, Balfour, Hull,- Fleming, Murphy, McDonald, Nesterenko, Maki, Wharram, Mikita.Referee: Powers; linesmen: Pavelich, Armstrong.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Balfour (Hull, Hay)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:462&mdash;Rangers, Howell (McKenney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:17Penalty: Howell 4:59.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Rangers, Henry (Langlois, Hextall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:374&mdash;Chicago, MacDonald (Wharram, Mikita)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:075&mdash;Rangers, Henry (Bathgate)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:056&mdash;Chicago, Hull (Pilote)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:09Penalties: Hay 5:06, Hull-7:37, Neilson 8:32, Vasko 11:30.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Balfour and Balon 8:07, Hillman 14:34, Fleming and Worsley (served by Rochefort)) 16:46.Saves:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07253/2239393-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="556" height="67"></div><h2>Sun., Feb. 10CANADIENS 5, BOSTON 5</h2>BOSTON &mdash; Goal; Johnston; defence: Westfall, Mohns, Spencer, Boivin, Godfrey, Green; forwards-. Oliver, Bucyk, Williams, Leiter, Gendron, Prentice, Kennedy, Toppazzini, Burns, Hicks.CANADIENS &mdash; Goal: Plante; defence: J.C. Tremblay, Fontinato, Johnson, Gauthier, Talbot; forwards: Richard, Provost, Moore, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Marshall, Rousseau, G. Tremblay, Hicke, Backstrom, Berenson.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Pavelich, Frampton.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Boston, Prentice (Boivin, Leiter)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:112&mdash;Canadiens, Geoffrion (Marshall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:483&mdash;Canadiens, Rousseau (G. Tremblay, Beliveau)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:444&mdash;Canadiens, Beliveau (Fontinato)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:55Penalties: Kennedy 6:44, Backstrom 9:22, Gauthier 15:01.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Boston, Gendron (Boivin, Prentice)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:036&mdash;Boston, Burns (Toppazzini) 2:417&mdash;Boston, Williams (Westfall, Mohns)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:34Penalties: Mohns 2:23, Mohns and Richard (majors) 5:34, Green 6:28, Boivin 13:55.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Boston, Boivin (Gendron, Prentice)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:339&mdash;Canadiens, Richard (Provost, Moore)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:5810&mdash;Canediens, Richard (Provost)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:17Penalties: Richard and Mohns 1:04.Saves:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08236/2239386-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="559" height="68"></div><h2>DETROIT 2, TORONTO 1</h2>DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Bassen; defence: M. Pronovost, Gadsby, Young, Barkley, Goegan; forwards: Ullman, Jeffrey, A. Pronovost, L. MacDonald, Faulkner, Howe, Delvecchio, MacGregor, P. MacDonald, Fonteyne, Joyal.TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower; defence: Brewer, Douglas, Horton, Baun, Stanley; forwards: Keon, Duff, Armstrong, Kelly, Nevin, Stewart, Harris, Pulford, Shack, Mahovlich, Horvath.Referee: Udvari; linesmen: Paterson, Armstrong.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Gadsby 6:45, Young 10:42, Horvath 16:41.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Fonteyne, Joyal)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:33Penalties: Horton 3:49, A. Pronovost 8:19, Barkley 12:54, Brewer 19:20.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Detroit, Joyal (Jeffrey, M. Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:133&mdash;Toronto, Stewart (Stanley, Stewart)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:24Penalties: Horton and Howe 0:49, Mahovlich 18:19.Saves:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09230/2239379-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="562" height="68"></div><h2>CHICAGO 4, RANGERS 2</h2>CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall; defence: Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Evans, MacNeil, Hillman; forwards: Hay, Hull, Balfour, Fleming, Murphy, McDonald, Maki, Wharram, Mikita, Lunde.RANGERS &mdash; Goal: Worsley; dfeence: Harvey, Howell, Langlois, Cahan, Neilson; forwards: McKenney, Balon, Bathgate, Hextall, Gilbert, Hadfield, Ingarfield, Hebenton, Rochefort, Schinkel, Henry.Referee: Skov; linesmen: Wicks, Clements.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Rangers, Rochefort (Ingarfield, Neilson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:19Penalties: Hextall 3:26, McDonald 15:04, Balon 19:43.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Rangers, Henry (Bathgate, McKenney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:533&mdash;Chicago, Lunde (Maki)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:504&mdash;Chicago, Hull (Hay, Vasko)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:23Penalties: Harvey 1:27, Balfour 3:42, Hull 8:50, Hadfield 11:00.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Chicago, Fleming (Hillman, Maki)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:276&mdash;Chicago, Balfour (Hull, MacNeil)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:10Penalties: None.<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02512/2239372-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="615" height="2621"></div><h2>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03426/2239365-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="597" height="298"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Frank Seike, managing director of the Canadiens, said that this appears to be the club&rsquo;s last year of operation of a farm team at Hull-Ottawa.Commenting on the recent semi-annual meeting of owners and governors in Florida, Seike said that the Eastern Professional Hockey League is &ldquo;in a precarious position&rdquo; and that National Hockey League sponsors are no Jonger willing to go on losing as much as $75,000 a year.&ldquo;We won&rsquo;t go another year in Hull-Ottawa,&rdquo; said Seike, pointing to the fact that the minor league Canadiens are drawing an average of only about 1,200 per game.Seike said that &ldquo;some type of league will have to be set up to take care of the players now with EPHL clubs&rdquo; and that the International League may become professional.The Montreal G. M. also commented on the Western Hockey League, saying that things are going well on the west coast, especially at Los Angeles.He added that despite newspaper talk about expansion of the NHL to Los Angeles and San Francisco, no definite bids have been made for major hockey franchises in those cities.&ldquo;When actual offers are made, the league will act on them,&rdquo; said Seike.Other developments at the Florida meeting dealt with the job being done by the referees and complaints in some quarters.&ldquo;The referees have been told to go by the book and they should have no trouble.&rdquo;Regarding the change rule, whereby the 18 players on protected lists may now be sent down to the minors without waivers, Seike remarked &ldquo;the rule is on a tryout basis this season. If it works out, the rule will be made more definite.&rdquo; &#9632;

Canadiens May End EPHL Tie-Up Unless Fans Support Team

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;National Hockey League owners, meeting last week in Palm Beach, Fla., announced that the 1962-63 Stanley Cup playoffs will start March 23.They also agreed that the 1963-64 season will begin Oct. 9 and run to March 22.Clarence Campbell, league president, said attendance reports filed by clubs through January show an increase of 135,000 over last year at the same time. He said this amounted to 1,000 persons per game more than last year, when a league attendance record was set. &#9632;

NHL Sets Playoff Start For March 23

<h2>Looking At The AHL Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01583/2239635-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="585" height="389"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Feb. 5Providence 4, Quebec 1Baltimore 3, Cleveland 1Wed., Feb. 6Buffalo 3, Rochester 2Cleveland 4, Pittsburgh 1Thurs., Feb. 7Providence 2, Quebec 0Fri., Feb. 8Baltimore 7, Pittsburgh 2Springfield 7, Hershey 2Sat., Feb. 9Buffalo 4, Cleveland 1Rochester 9, Pittsburgh 1Springfield 3, Providence 0Sun., Feb. 10Hershey 4, Quebec 3Buffalo 5, Springfield 2Providence 5, Baltimore 2Rochester 3, Pittsburgh 2<h2>American League Summaries</h2><h2>Tues., Feb. 5BALTIMORE 3, CLEVELAND 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Glover (Boddy, Szura)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:16Penalty: Price 13:07.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Baltimore, Creighton (Price Pearson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:48Penalties: Ciesla 4:22, Boudreault 6:15, Hilts 8:08, Ciesla 9:55.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Baltimore, Creighton (Ford, Johns)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:434&mdash;Baltimore, Pearson (Ford, Creighton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:01Penalties: None.Saves: Binkley 38, Pelletier 42.<h2>PROVIDENCE 4, QUEBEC 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, Rameri2&mdash;providence, Poliziani (Ravelich) 10;05Penalties: Flaman 10:33, Lewicki 15:18.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Quebec, Burchell (Morrison, Gray)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:31Penalties: None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Providence, Beckett (Pidhirny, Flaman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:565&mdash;Providence, Poliziani (Bartlett, Baluik)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:22Penalty: Beckett 10:21.Saves: Giacomin 43, Hodge 23.<h2>Wed., Feb. 6CLEVELAND 4, PITTSBURGH 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Ferguson and Marcon 1:49, Marcon 4:27, Ciesla and Marcon 9:54, Van Impe 10:00, H. Glover 14:20.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Hilts (Ciesla, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:562&mdash;Cleveland, Van Impe (Hilts, Ciesla)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:413&mdash;Cleveland, Szura (Glover)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:31Penalties: Bergman 3:44, LaFreniere 6:43, Marcon 7:58, Van Impe (misconduct and match) 11:21, Bergman 13:55.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Cleveland, Boddy (Glover, Szura)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:555&mdash;Pittsburgh, Hynes (Holmes, Smith)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:16Penalties: Mikol 10:48, LaFreniere 17:57.Saves: Binkley 25, Boisvert 21.<h2>BUFFALO 3, ROCHESTER 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, Dea (L. Wilson, B. Wilson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:01Penalties: Erickson 12:14, Arbour 14:28.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Smrke 8:05, Arbour 10:03, Stratton 11:08, Erickson 18:07.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Buffalo, C Wilson (Smith, Kachur)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:243&mdash;Rochester, MacMillan (Ehman, Ubriaco)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:404&mdash;Rochester, MacMillan (Ubriaco, Ehman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:205&mdash;Buffalo, Melnyk (Dea)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:56Penalties: McKenzie 7:54, Arbour and McKenzie 15:51. Armstrong 19:56.Saves: McNamara 33, DeJordy 27.<h2>Thurs., Feb. 7PROVIDENCE 2, QUEBEC 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Baluik 3:12, Mascotto 5:53, MacQueen 7:01, Flaman 7:55, Burchell 7:55, Flaman 10:08, Hanna 13:27.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, Leach (Toppazzini)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:51Penalty: Attwell 1:16.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Providence, Toppazzini (Leach, Ravlich)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:14Penalties: None.<h2>Fri., Feb. 8BALTIMORE 7, PITTSBURGH 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Baltimore, Pearson (Rupp, Creighton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:082&mdash;Baltimore, McGregor&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:15Penalties: Marcon 2:30, Pearson 9:40, 13:41, LaForge 16:24.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Baltimore, Pearson (Johns, Creighton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:314&mdash;Baltimore, Hampson (McGregor, Cunningham)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:15Penalties: Harris and Boudreault 12:14, Holmes and Boudreault 15:46, Odrowski 18:55.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Baltimore, Hampson&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:236&mdash;Pittsburgh, Menard (Stasiuk, Holmes&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:428&mdash;Baltimore, Ratelle (Boudreault, Balon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:229&mdash;Baltimore, McGregor (Price)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:14Penalties: Cunningham 2:15, Johns 4:16, Marcon and Rupp 9:33, LaForge 11:34, Pearson 13:09.Saves: Boisvert 46, Pelletier 26.<h2>SPRINGFIELD 7, HERSHEY 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, McCord (Davison, White)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:532&mdash;Springfield, Cline (Olson, Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:543&mdash;Springfield, J. Anderson (Larkin, Kilrea)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:58Penalties: Harris 2:24, Zeidel 11:27, Rolfe and Harris 15:51.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Cline, Olson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:57Penalties: Zeidel 7:09, Cote 18:52.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Hershey, Conacher (Marshall, Stankiewicz)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:136&mdash;Hershey, Meissner&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:057&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (Amadio)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:398&mdash;Springfield, Harris (McCord, White)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:269&mdash;Springfield, Cline (Sweeney, Olson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:57Penalties: Harris (minor and major) and Mortson (minor and major) 4:46, Zeidel 4:52, Cote 5:40.Saves: Wood 32, Chadwick 27.<h2>Sat., Feb. 9BUFFALO 4, CLEVELAND 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, McKenzie (Stratton, Cushenan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:092&mdash;Buffalo, Smith (L. Wilson, Erickson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:42Penalty: E. Van Impe 2:52.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Buffalo, Robinson (McKenzie, Stratton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:184&mdash;Cleveland, Boddy (Szura, Glover)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:25Penalties: Kachur 8:31, Ingram 14:39, Hilts 18:08.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Buffalo, Melnyk&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:46Penalties: Ingram 3:39, McKenzie and Mikol, Cushenan and Ferguson 18:01.Saves: Binkley 19, DeJordy 51.<h2>ROCHESTER 9, PITTSBURGH 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Rochester, MacMillan (Ehman, Ubriaco)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:222&mdash;Rochester, MacMillan (Ubriaco, Pappin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:183&mdash;Rochester, Angotti (MacMillan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:114&mdash;Rochester, Ehman (Arbour)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:30Penalties: Stasiuk 6:50, McNamara (served by Lawson) 10:38, Marcon 13:15, R. Armstrong (minor and major) 13:15, Boisvert (served by Johnson) 13:57, Odrowski 16:41.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Rochester, Pappin (Arbour)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:15Penalties: Keenan 6:15, Trapp 12:00, Harris 17:18.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Rochester, Pappin (B. Armstrong)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:277&mdash;Rochester, Keenan (Lawson, Gamble)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:078&mdash;Pittsburgh, Dillabough (Hynes, LaForge)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:569&mdash;Rochester, MacMillan (Ubriaco)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:3210&mdash;Rochester, Arbour (Keenan, Ubriaco)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:08Penalties: Arbour 2:37, Smith 4:58, Harris 11:57, Glover 13:14.Saves: Boisvert 25, McNamara 35.<h2>SPRINGFIELD 3, PROVIDENCE 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:57Penalties: Leach 5:37, Hillman 6:14, Flaman and Harris 18:00.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (Cote, Hillman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:45Penalties: Olson 3:40, Beckett 7:20, Mascotto 14:14.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:22Penalties: Leach 6:20, Cote 12:24, Anderson 14:47.Saves: Wood 25, Giacomin 35.<h2>Sun., Feb. 10BUFFALO 5, SPRINGFIELD 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, Robinson (Cushenan, MacKenzie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:19Penalty: Cote 15:50.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Buffalo, Stratton (Robinson, MacKenzie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:063&mdash;Springfield, Cote (Kilrea, Anderson&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:214&mdash;Buffalo, Smith (Kachur, L. Wilson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:265&mdash;Buffalo, McKenzie (Robinson, Stratton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:10Penalties: McCord 3:59, L. Wilson 14:30.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Buffalo, Smith (L. Wilson, Ingram)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:037&mdash;Springfield, Harris (McCord)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:24Penalties: Cushenan 1:36, Olson 6:52.Saves: DeJordy 39, Wood 43.PROVIDENCE 5, BALTIMORE 2<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Creighton 6:34, Baluik 7:31.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>l&mdash;Providence, Brillant (Baluik, Bartlett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:342&mdash;Baltimore, Boudreault (Rupp, Keller)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:463&mdash;Baltimore, Cunningham (Creighton, Ford)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:09Penalties: Flaman 2:35, Ravlich 6:37, Bartlett (major) 9:29, Mascotto 10:40, Ravlich and Boudreault (minor and major) 18:32.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Providence, Pidhirny (MacQueen, Ranieri)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:065&mdash;Providence, Flaman (Toppazzini, Leach)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:486&mdash;Providence, Leach (Mazur, Toppazzini)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:067&mdash;providence, Pidhirny (Ranieri, Beckett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:33Penalties: Bartlett and Keller 11:04.Saves: Giacomin 35, Pelletier 24.<h2>HERSHEY 4, QUEBEC 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Quebec, Dineen (St. Laurent)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:472&mdash;Quebec, Dineen (Atweli, St-Laurent)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:59Penalty: Mortson 19:59.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Hershey: Locas (Mortson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:51Penalties: Hodge (served by LaBrosse) 8:44, St-Laurent 12:14.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Locas, Mortson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:425&mdash;Hershey, Meissner&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:026--Quebec, Sutherland (Martin, Burchell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:44Penalties: Zeidel 12:06, Rolfe 14:55, Grigg 14:55.<h3>OVERTIME PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Hershey, Mortson (DeJordy, Locas)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:27Penalties: None.Saves: Hodge 38, Chadwick 35.<h2>ROCHESTER 3, PITTSBURGH 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Pappin, Keenan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:11Penalties: Gamble 3:57, N. Armstrong and Marcon 6:44, LaForge 11:33, Dillabough (misconduct) and Pappin (misconduct and match penalty) 15:10, Odrowski 16:19, Marcon (major) and N. Armstrong (major) 16:57, LaForge 18:27.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Rochester, Angotti&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:413&mdash;Pittsburgh, Glover (Smith, Stasiuk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.084&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Arbour, Angotti)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:06Penalties: LaFreniere (2 minors) and MacMillan 0:25, Sly 3:01, McNamara (served by Trapp) 4:36, LaForge (minor and misconduct) 4:40, Menard 5:47<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Pittsburgh, Hynes (Smith, Holmes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:03Penalties: Arbour 2:20, Harris 7:57.Saves: McNamara 29, Boisvert 33.<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02509/2239628-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="582" height="577"></div><h2>GOALKEEPER&rsquo;S RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03430/2239621-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="590" height="280"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By SAMUEL POMPEI</div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;When a club is going sour just change things around a bit. That&rsquo;s standard procedure for the ordinary hockey boss.But Owner Eddie Shore of the Springfield Indians is no ordinary man. He not only changed his men around for more efficiency but he changed them around to give the club a completely new character.When he got through shaking things up every skater on the Indians had a new position, and, of course, a new face playing beside him.And the results. They were fantastic. The Indians, with their new look, belted the Buffalo Bisons, 9-4, on Saturday night and the Pittsburgh Hornets, 9-3, the very next night.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04328/2239666-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="270" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob McCord</figcaption></div>The 11-game winless string, the longest in some 10 years for the Indians, was a thing of the past.Shore started right from scratch. He switched from George Wood to Jacques Caron in the goal.Then he put Denis Olson into injured Bill Sweeney&rsquo;s center spot between Wally Boyer and Bruce Cline.Next he drew together a line of Brian Kilrea with Jimmy Anderson and Wayne Larkin.But the most drastic of his changes was line No. 3. To make up this battle unit he put his three best and toughest defensemen together&mdash;Bob McCord at center with Ted Harris and Bill White on the wings&mdash;to add more muscle to the attack.Appropriately called the Muscle Line this combo not only manhandled the opposition but in the game against Pittsburgh each player scored a goal.It&rsquo;s almost unbelievable that any man would put three of his best defensemen up on a forward line. The sacrifice to the defense would seem too a high a price to pay.It wasn&rsquo;t the case here, however, as Shore threw Murray Davidson and Dave Amadio back in the backline with Larry Hillman and Dale Anderson. This didn&rsquo;t stack up as a brilliant defense but Eddie felt that there was no point in making just minor changes as he had done during the agonizing slump.The results were spectacular to say the least.They were even more spectacular when one considers that Shore plotted the whole thing while suffering from the flu bug and laying in bed with a temperature of 103 or so.He outlined his master battle plan to Coach Pat Egan over the phone.The new goalie, George Wood, was outstanding. The Muscle Line beat the daylights out of the opposition.Shore had made one of his most daring gambles pay off handsomely.Suppose that the Indians had lost? Then how could he have explained such unorthodox battle strategy.But the Indians won. &#9632;

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Indians Find Win Formula With Three Top Defensemen Starring On Forward Line

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01580/2239704-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="479" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">WILLIE MARSHALL &hellip;Lead Shortlived</figcaption></div>Willie Marshall&rsquo;s reign as leading scorer in the American Hockey League has ended after one short week.The all-time scoring leader of the Hershey Bears stepped into first place early last week when Bill Sweeney of Springfield, who had set the pace for 13 straight weeks, went out of the Indians&rsquo; lineup with a broken toe.Sweeney made a quick return to action this past week to count three points and move back into the lead along with John McKenzie of Buffalo Bisons each with 63 points.Marshall, who managed only one assist in the Bears&rsquo; two games last week, dropped down into a tie with Art Stratton, also of Buffalo.Each had 62 points and trailed Sweeney and McKenzie by a single point.Brian Kilrea of Springfield was close on the heels of the leaders with 61 points followed by Gene Ubriaco of Rochester with 59.John Ferguson of Cleveland continued to lead the AHL in goals with 30 although he drew a blank last week. Stratton became the new playmaking king of the league with 47 assists with Sweeney next with 44.Denis DeJordy of Buffalo wrested the goalkeeping lead from Quebec&rsquo;s little Charlie Hodge with a 2.75 average allowing 132 goals in 48 games. Hodge slipped to 2.85 with 157 goals against In 55 games. DeJordy and Ed Chadwick of Hershey share the shutout honors with four each.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02533/2239697-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="506" height="596"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL SWEENEY &hellip;A Quick Recovery</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Sweeney, McKenzie Push Marshall Off AHL Scoring Throne

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;The Rochester Americans may have the worst record (at least they did at this writing) in the American Hockey League this season, but they do have a couple of things worth boasting about.Probably the most unusual was that the Amerks, although having more defeats than any of the eight other clubs, were the only team In the AHL which hadn&rsquo;t been shut sut through games of Feb. 4.A total of 24 shutouts had been registered up to that time. Ballimore had suffered the most whitewashings &mdash; seven. Quebec, the Eastern Division leader, surprisingly had failed to score in six games, while Springfield and Pittsburgh both were blanked three times, Cleveland twice and Buffalo, Hershey and Providence one each.And Rochester tied the season&rsquo;s mark for most goals in a single game by blasting Hershey by a 10-1 score here Feb. 3. Only other sextet to reach double figures was Springfield with a 10-1 rout of Buffalo on Nov. 3.The 10 goals marked only the third time in 467 games since the Amerks came into being in 195657 that they made double figures. Rochester netted 11 goals against Quebec here March 27, 1960, and matched that against Providence here March 10, 1961.The 10-goal outburst caught Amerk fans by surprise. Their heroes had won only three of their previous 24 trips to the ice, while Hershey came to town unbeaten on the road since Dec. 19.Veterans Gerry Ehman and Stan Smrke led the Rochester rout with three and two goals, respectively. Ehman&rsquo;s tallies were his 19th, 20th and 21st of the season and gave him seven goals in his last six games, while Smrke made it five goals in five games and 17 for the campaign. &#9632;

Amerks Taper Off But Club Boasts Of Scorina Feats

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio&mdash;So much ink has been spilled this season over the efforts of two bright and shining lights of the Cleveland Barons, that their linemate almost fades into the limbo of forgotten men.John Ferguson and Bill (Bat) Masterton, both big heroes in the Barons&rsquo; stellar comeback from near-American Hockey League oblivion, have been drawing the big raves.For the record, though, they do not constitute a two-man line. Third man on the unit is Jim Mikol and he, too, should rate some of the attention.Reporting to the Barons late after starting the season with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mikol has appeared in 21 less games than his linemates.In his first 26 games with the Barons, however, Mikol powered home 14 goals and assisted on 14 others for a 28-point total, an average of 1.08 points per game. Hank Ciesla, the Barons&rsquo; scoring leader has a 1.19 average.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03459/2239783-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="264" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Mikol</figcaption></div>In scoring goals, Mikol is averaging .54 per game compared to Ferguson&rsquo;s .64 per contest.Obviously, Mikol is lending his weight to the attack.The husky youngster, in addition, lends plenty of beef and dash to the unit that sees him performing at right wing. A former defenseman, Mikol knows how to use his weight to advantage and his ceaseless efforts in digging out the puck have been instrumental in the high point totals registered by both center Masterton and left winger Ferguson.It is no coincidence that the Barons started their big climb from the cellar after Mikol joined the club and became accustomed to playing with his new linemates.Since Mikol reported, the Barons have been the sensations of the AHL. They have been undefeated in 18 of their last 19 home games and have lost only twice in their last seven appearances on the road.Advance predictions always are dangerous, but it is evident that unless the Barons run into a string of crippling injuries they are in a position to pose a real threat to the front-running Buffalo Bisons.The one thing the Barons have gained since early season, in addition to experience, is confidence. No longer do they figure that their relative youth and inexperience will handicap them against more mature clubs.Coach Fred Glover has&rsquo; them believing in themselves and that&rsquo;s half the battle.With Fred Hilts filling in capably with Ciesla and Dick Van Impe on one line and Glover helping to steady the line that includes rodkies Joe Szura and Wayne Boddy, the club has three units functioning at top speed.From the time he reported from Toronto, Mikol has added the drive that has made the second unit click.This Is Mikol&rsquo;s third year with the Barons.He may not yet fit in with the Maple Leaf picture, but that is all well and good with Baron fans. They would prefer to see him remain right where he is. &#9632;

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Jim Mikol Making Presence Feit In Barons’ Sensational Comeback

<div class="byline">By JIMMY JORDAN</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;The Pittsburgh Hornets are making an all-out effort to climb into second place in the Western Division of the American Hockey League these days.And the parent Detroit Red Wings are shuffling players around in an effort to provide the Hornets with the necessary defense and firepower to get them there.Recently, the Wings sent Larry Jeffrey and Floyd Smith, a pair of good checking wings who also can give goalies fits, to the Hornets.They called up Lowell McDonald and Eddie Joyal, the Hornets&rsquo; two top scorers. Then they &ldquo;borrowed&rdquo; the veteran Vic Stasiuk to play a few games while Marcel Pronovost was bedded with tonsilitis.When Pronovost returned to action, Stasiuk was sent back and Jeffrey was called to Detroit.And while all these players were going in and out of the revolving door, the Hornets edged closer to second place Cleveland, and pulled away from last place Rochester in the battle for a Calder Cup playoff spot.&ldquo;We want second place, and we&rsquo;ll get there if this team stays healthy,&rdquo; Coach Jack Stewart said reecntly.&ldquo;If we finish second place, we&rsquo;ll have the advantage of home ice in the first round of the playoffs. If we finish third, we do most of the traveling.&rdquo;Capt, Alan Johnson returned to action January 31 after three weeks on the sidelines to give Stewart 10 forwards for the first time in more than two months. There were five defensemen, too, with return of Lou Marcon.Gilles Boisvert, brought in from Edmonton when Hank Bassen took over the Red Wings&rsquo; nets for Terry Sawchuk, looked great In all but two of his first seven games in Hornet livery? &mdash; and the defense could have been partly responsible for a 9-3 loss at Springfield Feb. 3. It came just a few days after he had shut out the Indians here, 3-0.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05316/2239814-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="533" height="841"><figcaption class="caption-body">GILLES BOISVERT</figcaption></div>Fans, who have been coming out in big numbers to watch the Hornets despite sub-zero weather, squawked a bit about Jeffrey going back to Detroit.In seven games with the Hornets he scored nine goals and three assists &mdash; including hat tricks against Quebec and Baltimore. &#9632;

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Detroit’s “Shuttle” System Putting Sting In Hornets

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Center Brian Cullen of the Buffalo Bisons has been granted a month&rsquo;s leave of absence in order to remain near his wife, Carol, who has been seriously ill for some time at a hospital in St. Catharines, Ont.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04380/2239845-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="272" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brian Cullen</figcaption></div>Coach Billy Reay revealed Cullen would not rejoin the club until shortly before the playoffs in the midst of a rash of injuries which forced the Herd to play with 14 men, two under American Hockey League regulations, for several weeks.&ldquo;Brian can&rsquo;t concentrate on hockey because of his wife&rsquo;s illness,&rdquo; Reay said. &ldquo;His wife is showing signs of recovering, and we hope to have him back for the playoffs. Until then, we feel his place is with his wife and children.&ldquo;In every other sense, he will remain a full-fledged member of this club.&rdquo;Cullen, who commutes here from his home in St. Catharines, has played most of the games in Buffalo, but has skipped the majority of road games.In addition to Brian Cullen, his brother, Barry, and defenseman Ed Van Impe were out of the lineup. Barry was sidelined with a pulled groin muscle. &#9632;

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Brian Cullen Out Of Herd Lineup Until Playoffs

<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01556/2239890-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="592" height="415"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Feb. 5San Francisco 5, Vancouver 4Calgary 9, Los Angeles 5Wed., Feb. 6Portland 5, San Francisco 4Spokane 4, Seattle 1Los Angeles 6, Edmonton 1Thurs., Feb. 7Edmonton 5, Los Angeles 4Fri., Feb. 8San Francisco 5, Vancouver 3Sat., Feb. 9Calgary 5, Los Angeles 3Vancouver 6, Portland 3Spokane 6, San Francisco 0Sun., Feb. 10Seattle 4, San Francisco 2Los Angeles 5, Spokane 2<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02467/2239883-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="591" height="540"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03354/2239876-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="595" height="271"></div><h2>LEAGUE LEADERS</h2>MOST POINTS &mdash; Nick Mickoski, San Francisco, 64.MOST GOALS &mdash; Jim Powers, Seattle, 29.MOST ASSISTS &mdash; Guyle Fielder, Seattle, 50.MOST WINNING GOALS &mdash; Nick Mickoski, San Francisco, 7.MOST HAT TRICKS &mdash; Jim Powers, Seattle, Bruce Carmichael, Los Angeles, and Bob Barlow, Seattle, 2.MOST SHUTOUTS &mdash; Gilles Villemure, Vancouver, 5.MOST MINUTES IN PENALTIES &mdash; George McAvoy, Calgary, 105. &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;When in doubt, fire the coach. That seemed to be the theory of the Calgary Stampeder hockey board here when Alf Pike was kicked upstairs to make way for defenseman Fred Hucul as a playing coach recently.The move came as no surprise to the rest of the Western Hockey League. The Stampeders have languished in the basement of the northern division ever since they fell into a prolonged slump after winning their first two starts of the season.The choice of Hucul was a natural. He handled the club on a recent coast trip when Pike stayed behind to nurse a bout of the flu. The club responded with two great games against Vancouver and then returned home to extend its win streak to three games. Under Pike once again, the team returned to its losing ways and couldn&rsquo;t make any headway in a drive for third place despite a horrendous losing streak by the Edmonton Flyers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04253/2239921-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="566" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRED HUCUL &hellip;Facing Big Task</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t surprised by the move,&rdquo; said Pike. &ldquo;The club hasn&rsquo;t played up to its potential for me. Perhaps the change will do some good. Certainly, on paper, the Stamps aren&rsquo;t a last place club. They should be up there with Seattle and Vancouver instead of fourth place.&rdquo;Hucul, who threatened retirement this season unless he received a two-year contract, has been the club&rsquo;s main spark this season. While he&rsquo;s just an average defenseman, his point shot from the blueline has always given the Stamps a lift on offence.&ldquo;I just want to make the playoffs, then we&rsquo;ll start the season all over again,&rdquo; says Hucul. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got good goal-tending with Roy Edwards and our first forward line is as good as anything in the northern division. I think we can go with what we have and still catch Edmonton. Even second place isn&rsquo;t out of the question now that Vancouver is having its troubles with Phil Maloney injured.&rdquo;It will be a long climb for the Stampeders. When Hucul took over the club had a record of 13 wins, 33 losses and one tie.His debut appeared, to be a memorable one when Gordie Vejprava, Gordie Redahl and Cec Hoekstra scored three times in eight minutes against the red-hot San Francisco Seals.However, as has been the case all year, Calgary couldn&rsquo;t stand prosperity. The Seals, unbeaten in 11 straight games and only five points behind Portland in the southern division, scored four unanswered goals in the final two periods, Moe Mantha getting the winner with 22 seconds left to grab a 4-3 victory.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s frustrating,&rdquo; conceded Hucul. &ldquo;Imagine blowing a 3-0 lead at home. The only consolation is knowing that the Seals have been doing that to everyone.&rdquo;Despite their miserable showing so far this season, the Stamps are still only six points back of the third place Flyers and have played four fewer games.&ldquo;Those games in hand are the key,&rdquo; says Hucul. &ldquo;Also we&rsquo;ve got to beat Edmonton fairly consistently in our last five meetings. They&rsquo;ve won eight of 11 against us so far, but they aren&rsquo;t that good. We should catch them.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hucul Takes Over Playing-Coach Role In Calgary Shake-Up To Lift Cowboys

CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;ICE CHIPS: For the first time since the third week of the schedule, the league has a new scoring leader. Veteran winger Nick Mickoski of the San Francisco Seals, who has been on a very impressive scoring binge in the past three weeks as he has picked up a point or more in 12 consecutive games and nine points in four games last week, moved to the front with 64 scoring points, three more than the injured Phil Maloney and Seattle&rsquo;s Guyle Fielder. In the past 12 games Mickoski hgs picked up 11 goals and 15 assists for 26 points, better than two a game, and now has 28 goals and 36 assists in 44 games &hellip; The Edmonton Flyers are in desparate straits. When they dropped two home games to the touring Seals, it extended their winless skein to 11 games. Young Harrison Gray, who took over the goal-tending job when Gilles Boisvert was recalled to Pittsburgh, was finally removed from the nets in a desparation move by Charlie Rayner to stem the flow of pucks into the Edmonton cage. Harrison&rsquo;s goal average was an astronomical 6.37 in 13 games. Russ Gillow replaced him in the second game against San Francisco and couldn&rsquo;t do any better, losing 6-4&hellip; Detroit sent Dennis Riggin down to fill the breach. Billy McNeill has returned to Edmonton and while he&rsquo;ll help, it&rsquo;s the defense that needs strengthening.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05172/2239952-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="277" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Nick Mickoski</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Mickoski’s Sizzling Point Spree Moves Veteran To Top Of Scoring

<h2>U.S. EASTERN LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01552/2240032-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="599" height="389"></div><h2>Games completed</h2>Tues., Feb. 3Philadelphia 5, Nashville 3Johnstown 5, Charlotte 3Wed., Feb. 6Long Island 1, Clinton 0New Haven 5, Nashville 2Charlotte 3, Greensboro 2Knoxville 6, Johnstown 3Thurs., Feb. 7Nashville 2, Long Island 1Frl., Feb. 8Philadelphia 3, Nashville 0Greensboro 5, Johnstown 1Knoxville 4, Charlotte 2Sat., Feb. 9Nashville 1, Clinton 1Long island 5, New Haven 1Johnstown 7, Philadelphia 5Charlotte 5, Knoxville 3Sun., Feb. 10Long Island 5, Nashville 1Johnstown 4, Knoxville 3Philadelphia 4, Clinton 2Greensboro 6, New Haven 2<h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02509/2240025-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="603" height="215"></div><h2>TORONTO METRO JUNIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03473/2240018-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="603" height="214"></div><h2>NOVA SCOTIA SENIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04433/2240011-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="596" height="157"></div><h2>SASKATCHEWAN SENIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05358/2240004-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="604" height="215"></div><h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06308/2239997-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="597" height="242"></div><h2>MANITOBA JUNIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07289/2239990-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="597" height="185"></div><h2>CENTRAL ALBERTA SENIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08273/2239983-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="603" height="215"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Races

<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div>KNOXVILLE, Tenn.&mdash;The cakewalk that the Greensboro Generals anticipated in the Southern Division after their 16-game winning streak has been converted into a roadblock by the explosive Knoxville Knights.What had been appeared to be a Greensboro runaway now has been changed into a two-horse race for the laurels. Charlotte has fallen by the wayside, and it could be that the identity of the division titlist may not be known until the final night of the season when Knoxville and Greensboro clash on the Knights&rsquo; ice.As it is now, the two clubs are battling tooth and nail. Greensboro winds up its northern jaunts this weekend, while Knoxville will be the last southern team to make a northern jaunt next week. The final week of the campaign will find all lntra-division games with Greensboro&rsquo;s five road games working against it. Knoxville will have two home and two away in the last week.Coach Don Labelle didn&rsquo;t come up with a 16-game win streak to move into contention, but the Knights did win eight out of 10 to forge forward. Only two 4-3 losses to Greensboro marred the skein.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09262/2240070-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="274" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Rose</figcaption></div>The Knights also have been bolstered by some new blood in the person of Eddie Dorohoy from Vancouver of the Western League and Norm Guimond on defense. The club shipped Kenny Coombes, last season&rsquo;s most valuable player, to New Haven in a surprise move which was explained by GM Ray Miron with &ldquo;Coombes hasn&rsquo;t reached last year&rsquo;s performance this season.&rdquo;CHARLOTTE: The Checkers went on the road hopeful of winning four of the seven listed games, but came back home with only one win in the finale to ruin division title hopes. Trainer Emile Cote had a battle with Nashville&rsquo;s Marv Edwards in the last home game. Mike Kardash fined $100 for molesting official for second time and also was suspended for game.NEW HAVEN: Club purchased Larry Ziliotto from Johnstown and Ken Coombes from Knoxville to strengthen chances in stretch. Carlo Rossi dropped. Bob Ertel out with groin injury and Gil Moffatt, Pete Lambo and Fern Bernaquez playing despite injuries. Don Young due back any day after 30-day rest from concussion. Gaetan Dessureault was brilliant in game at Charlotte. Wally Kull-man realizes club is in peril of not making playoffs should Ramblers continue hot play. Kullman and Dessureault fined $50 apiece for molesting officials.GREENSBORO: Bobby Boucher&rsquo;s goal beat Knoxville. He is reaching for Les Lilley&rsquo;s 52-goal club mark. Garry Sharp also in position to top the figure. Knoxville tried three defenseman strategy to check Boucher, but it failed. Generals want to make adjustments in final week&rsquo;s road log because of unavailability of plane. Ron Muir and Sharp tabbed fourth hat tricks.CLINTON: Pete Babando in seesaw race with Chuck Stuart for scoring crown. Comets shooting for better record than Southern Division champion. Norm DeFelice has seven shutouts. Babando&rsquo;s goal in overtime beat-New Haven. Eno Kraft and Tim Hook had a fracas. Comets have best defensive average in league. Art Rose has passed John Ayotte to move into third place in club scoring.LONG ISLAND: Ray Larose didn&rsquo;t score all year and then got two in same game with Johnstown. Don Perry also tabbed his first in the same game which was minus any penalties. Buzz Deschamps&rsquo; goal beat Ramblers in overtime. John Muckler says the tension is unbearable as a bench coach. John&rsquo;s streak of 352 straight league games ended with his foot injury. Claude Boileau played Chuck Stuart man to man and blanked his foe who only got 4 shots. Team has won five of six overtime games.NASHVILLE: Emile Gillies and George Knipelberg quit club prior to club&rsquo;s long road trip. Don Graham had to fly home for grandfather&rsquo;s funeral. Decision due on whether Lloyd Hinchberger will play rest of year. Joe Zorica suffered badly cut eye. When Marcel Clements came back to duty, Eddie Dudych was dropped. Dick Lackowich hurt hand in workout. Club won six straight at home.PHILADELPHIA: John Brophy was in hospital with tonsilectomy. February busiest month of year with 18 games. Club drew 4,150 and just short of 4,000 in three other games during transit strike. Jack Stanfield starred as his parents watched Charlotte game and Ross Brooks did same thing for his parents next night against New Haven. Club has lost 12 straight at Johnstown since Nov. 1960. Club arrived three hours late for Long Island game because of icy roads.JOHNSTOWN: The 14-3 rout by Ramblers couldn&rsquo;t be blamed on goalie Jim Helkie as he received poor protection. Dick Roberge has broken thumb. There are now five juniors on team as club rates as league&rsquo;s youngest. Spectators got into rhubarb with John Brophy of Ramblers over a grabbed stick. Club defense is in danger of clipping club mark of 298 goals allowed.KNOXVILLE: Linesman Karl Evers pressed into service as referee when Tom Smith was stranded in Greensboro. Clinton GM Ed Stanley lauded Karl for his efforts. Eddie Dorohoy is a fast talker and fancy skater. The 12 goals against Charlotte were club mark.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11226/2240063-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="537" height="541"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN COOMBES &hellip;MVP Winner Traded</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Aroused Knights Cut Generals Down To Size As Fight Looms Between Southern Rivals

<div class="byline">By BUSTER CLEGG</div>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;The Providence Reds are thankful they&rsquo;ve got Ed Giacomin around when an emergency crops up as it did last week when veteran goaler Gil Mayer was sent to hospital for treatment of an ulcer.The Reds headed into a two-game &ldquo;showdown&rdquo; against Quebec Aces with Giacomin between the pipes and first place at stake. Fern Flaman&rsquo;s Roosters came through with flying colors winning both games and Giacomin responded with a shutout in the second game.Mayer, who will be 33 in August, took ill early in January with the flu. Now it has been discovered the balding little netminder is suffering for a stomach ulcer and was admitted to hospital, where he will undergo a strict diet treatment as a cure.Mayer&rsquo;s incapacitation, which is expected to last at least another month, means that young Giacomin will see plenty of goaltending action during the last two months of the season.The 23-year-old Giacomin is playing his third season with the Reds as a fill-in goaler. Last year he played in 40 games while Mayer dressed for 30. This season, he has been limited to 18 games with Mayer returning to his old time form in the Reds&rsquo; other 34 games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10249/2240101-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="523" height="912"><figcaption class="caption-body">GIL MAYER &hellip;Out Of Action</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Ulcer Puts Mayer In Hospital, Reds’ Hopes Rest On Giacomin

COMMACK, N.Y.&mdash;Norm Doyle, left wing for New Haven Blades of the Eastern Hockey League, suffered a broken nose during a fist fight in a game with Long Island Ducks last weekend that sent him to hospital.Doyle was removed to Smithtown General Hospital following a first period fight with Don Perry of the Ducks.The Ducks beat the Blades 5-1 before a crowd of 2,500. &#9632;

New Haven Wing Ends In Hospital After Game Fight

CINCINNATI, Ohio&mdash;Cleveland Barons scored two goals in the last five minutes and beat Buffalo Bisons 4-2 in an American Hockey League Exhibition game here Feb. 8.The contest, first professional hockey game played here since 1952, attracted a crowd of 5,068.Cincinnati formerly was in the AHL. &#9632;

5,068 Cincinnati Fans Witness AHL Exhibition

<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01547/2240194-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="582" height="178"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Feb. 5St. Louis 6, Hull-Ottawa 4Wed., Feb. 6St. Louis 12, Muskegon 7Thurs., Feb. 7Fort Wayne 4, Kingston 4Fri., Feb. 8Sudbury 5, St. Louis 2Sat., Feb. 9Kingston 2, Omaha 1Hull-Ottawa 6, Fort Wayne 0Sun., Feb. 10St. Louis 4, Hull-Ottawa 1Kingston 6, Minneapolis 1Fort Wayne 3, Sudbury 3<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02447/2240187-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="593" height="1134"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03331/2240180-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="586" height="188"></div> &#9632;

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ALLAN DICKIE</div>KINGSTON, Ont.&mdash;Eastern Pro League goalers have a new dream haunter.He&rsquo;s a 24-year-old right winger with a box car build who goes by the name of Alain Caron. His friends call him &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; for obvious reasons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04249/2240232-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="534" height="864"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALAIN CARON &hellip;A Brave On The Warpath</figcaption></div>In 30 games with St. Louis Braves, Caron has counted 34 goals. He was the league&rsquo;s leading sniper and ranked as the hottest goal scorer in all pro hockey. Marc Dufour of Sudbury had 30 but Dufour had played 45 games.Caron had a truly fantastic streak recently when, in the space of four games, he counted 13 goals. On a Friday night in Sudbury he scored twice. The next night in Kingston Braves were beaten 9-5. Caron got all five goals to set a new EPHL record for one game.The St. Louis squad lost again the next day in Hull by the same score. But Caron added three more and scored another later the following week when Braves ended Canadiens&rsquo; nine game unbeaten streak. A few nights later in an interlocking game, Caron counted four times as the Braves pounded Muskegon 12-7.&lsquo;While Caron&rsquo;s fantastic scoring pace has astounded observers around the league, the fact is that he&rsquo;s never been above putting the puck in the net when the occasion warrents it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05190/2240225-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="257" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce Draper</figcaption></div>Last year, playing with the Amherst Ramblers in the Maritime League he managed a record setting 76 goals in one season.Caron started this season with Charlotte Checkers of the U.S. Eastern League. St. Louis managercoach Gus Kyle got him from there and he&rsquo;s been one of the few bright spots in a dismal season for St. Louis.Caron was up for half season with Sault Ste. Marie in the EPHL two years ago. He was moderately successful, picking up 11 goals and six assists in 35 games, but it was nowhere near his present pace.Harry Sinden, the EPHL&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman and assistant coach of the Kingston Frontenacs thinks he has the answer to Caron&rsquo;s increased output.&ldquo;Two years ago he was shooting from too far out,&rdquo; said Sinden. &ldquo;Now he&rsquo;s learned to carry the puck better and is in better position to score.&rdquo;Caron also has a big shot, one of the hardest in hockey. He scores plenty of goals with a slap shot that is a goalie&rsquo;s nightmare. League netminders who get in front of his drives aren&rsquo;t inclined to forget the experience overnight.EPHL LEFTOVERS: Cesare Maniago, the roaming netminder who of late has been tending goal for Hull-Ottawa Canadiens, was called by Montreal ot give Jacques Plante a rest&hellip; Alf Treen, the rugged Kingston defenseman whose career was ended by a disc injury is recuperating nicely. The operation was a complete success &hellip; Sudbury Wolves, who embarked on an 11-game winless streak, got Bruce Draper from Rochester in the AHL&hellip; St. Louis is leading the EPHL in attendance, drawing an average of 4,400 a game. &#9632;

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St. Louis Whiz Registers 34 Goals In 30 Games

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01524/2240294-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</figcaption></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Leaf player shown in centre.7&mdash;On account (abbr.)8&mdash;Carl Brewer&rsquo;s birthstone.10&mdash;This former Bruin is called Leo?12&mdash;Initials of a Boston forward.13&mdash;Most players receive an abundance of this.14&mdash;Number of games Stanley missed last season.15&mdash;Initials of DeJordy of Hershey.16&mdash;20th & 2nd letters of the alphabet.18&mdash;Outcome of Jan. 20 game between Detroit & Toronto.19&mdash;Initials of Gamble of Rochester.21&mdash;Ocean (abbr.)22&mdash;Name given a former Leaf coach.23&mdash;Eddie Shack&rsquo;s first NHL team (abbr.)25&mdash;Initials of a Boston rearguard.26&mdash;Number of penalties Keon collected in 1961-62.27&mdash;This Ranger hails from Togo, Sask.30&mdash;Period of time.31&mdash;Doug Barkley played in this league in 1959-60 (abbr.)32&mdash;Springfield&rsquo;s owner.35&mdash;Johnny Bower visits one each summer.36&mdash;Initials of Spencer of Boston.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Val Fonteyne had to wear one recently.2&mdash;Tommy William&rsquo;s daughter.3&mdash;Old-time Ranger known as Sparky.4&mdash;Ken Wharram recently had an infected &mdash;.5&mdash;Initials of Pidhirny, former Springfield star.6&mdash;Colour of Mrs. Dave Keon&rsquo;s hair.9&mdash;Nationality of Tom Williams.11&mdash;Initials of Arbour of Rochester.17&mdash;This former NHL star is nick named Turk.18&mdash;Howie Glover&rsquo;s birthplace.20&mdash;Kent Douglas&rsquo; second name.24&mdash;Players often have jittery &mdash; before a game.27&mdash;This man scored 28 goals for Detroit last season.28&mdash;Initials of Ronty, ex-NHL player.29&mdash;Native province of Bob Turner (abbr.)33&mdash;Pronoun.34&mdash;Rhode Island (abbr.)<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02466/2240287-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="532" height="784"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div>FORT WAYNE, Ind.&mdash;As the International Hockey League reached the two-thirds mark in its schedule, the Fort Wayne Komets were the only club in the league playing above the .500 mark, so keen was the competition. And they had only a four-point lead, which could easily be wiped out in one week of play.Komet Coach Ken Ullyot said, &ldquo;I naturally hope we. can go all the way, but any team can consider itself fortunate if it makes the playoffs, the way things are going.&rdquo;At that time the Komets had a record of 26-18-1 for a percentage of .581. Muskegon was an even .500 at 23-23-3.With 24 more games to play, 10 at home and 14 on the road, there was speculation&mdash;always dangerous this season in the IHL&mdash;as to what could happen the rest of the way.It was figured that if the Komets played .500 hockey the rest of the way they would finish with 37-30-1 for 75 points, 13 less than the 88 that Muskegon won with last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03389/2240339-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="258" height="406"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Ullyot</figcaption></div>However, in order to match this, here is what the others would have to do: Muskegon, 15 out of 23, Minneapolis 15 of 24, Omaha 18 out of 26, St. Paul 18 of 26 and Port Huron 19 out of 24.MINNEAPOLIS: The feud between the Millers and Omaha broke out again in the Feb. 1 meeting here. A fight between John Bailey and Cy Whitesides lit the fuse. Bailey, Ted Leboda and Pat Ginnell of Omaha wound up with game misconduct penalties &hellip; The Millers lost Merv Dubchak for the season with a broken ankle &hellip; The Millers had a good 8-4-1 road record from Christmas up to Feb. 6 &hellip; High scoring Ken Saunders picked up eight points in the two games against Fort Wayne &hellip; Bruce Lea&rsquo;s 22-game scoring record was broken by Port Huron&hellip; Saunders and Moe Bartoli took over the IHL scoring lead with 76 points each from Gerry Glaude of Muskegon.ST. PAUL: The Saints were expecting to have former Saint Augie Kukulowicz back with them but Minneapolis, which claimed title to him, wanted either Elliott Chorley or Cliff Bristow in exchange&hellip; A crowd of 6,637, largest of the season, turned out for the game with Omaha, in which the Saints achieved a 1-1 tie that partially broke a losing streak that had reached six straight&hellip; Mickey Keating was back in the lineup after a bout with measles.OMAHA: The Knights came from behind in the last five minutes to beat St. Paul, 3-2, with a crowd of 3,934 watching&hellip; Glenn Ramsay was called upon for only 17 saves in the game. Marcotte had 29 &hellip; John Gravel was on the shelf with an injured knee &hellip; Referee Fred Blackburn called only three minor penalties in the game with Port Huron. Sid Garant of the Flags had two of them.PORT HURON: Sid Garant scored the hat trick in the 4-4 tie with Muskegon &hellip; Minneapolis goalie Ray Mikulan had 45 saves against the Flags in their game here Feb. 3 &hellip; The Flag line of Lloyd Maxfield, Bill Sinnett and Bill LeCaine had scored 68 of their total of 151 goals in 42 games &hellip;MUSKEGON: Goalie Dennis Jordan was credited with 51 saves in a game against Port Huron and the Flags&rsquo; Norm Jacques had 47 &hellip; Bob Sloan, referee who was embroiled in the fight with Muskegon owner Jerry DeLise, handled the game but there were no untoward incidents. Commissioner Andy Mulligan was on hand.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04295/2240332-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="554" height="769"><figcaption class="caption-body">MOE BARTOLI &hellip;Top point Scorer</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05217/2240325-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="537" height="763"><figcaption class="caption-body">LLOYD MAXFIELD &hellip;High Producer</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Fort Wayne Hoping To Win Pennant By Maintaining 500 Stretch Pace; Miller Stars Grab Scoring Lead

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06181/2240384-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="595" height="344"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Feb. 5Fort Wayne 2, Muskegon 2Wed., Feb. 6Minneapolis 8, Fort Wayne 6St. Louis 12, Muskegon 7Thurs., Feb. 7Fort Wayne 4, Kingston 4Omaha 6, St. Paul 1Fri., Feb. 8Minneapolis 2, Port Huron 2Sat., Feb. 9Kingston 2, Omaha 1Muskegon 12, St. Paul 5Hull-Ottawa 6, Fort Wayne 0Sun., Feb. 10Kingston 6, Minneapolis 1Port Huron 6, St. Paul 3Fort Wayne 3, Sudbury 3<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07162/2240377-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="596" height="292"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08148/2240370-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="596" height="214"></div><h2>LEAGUE LEADERS</h2>MOST POINTS &mdash; Ken Saunders, Minneapolis, and Moe Bartoli, Minneapolis, 76.MOST GOALS &mdash; Eddie Long, Fort Wayne, 43.MOST ASSISTS &mdash; Gerry Glaude, Muskegon, 65. &#9632;

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Looking At The IHL Race

<div class="byline">By JACK THOMSON</div>FORT WILLIAM, Ont.&mdash;Former Port Arthur North Star Junior, Ricky Yeo, was honored here at the eighth annual Sports celebrities dinner, held by the central committee of the Canadian Legion. Yeo was chosen as the sportsman of the year, by the sportswriters and broadcasters at the Lakehead.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-01157/2240415-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="261" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ricky Yeo</figcaption></div>Twenty one Lakehead athletes were represented in the balloting. With the presentation of the plaques to Yeo, it marked the first time in the eight year history of the dinner that a hockey figure had been chosen for the award.Arnold Southern, the secretary manager of the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association, announced that the Thunder Bay intermediate playoffs would start on March 22. The playoffs this year will begin in the city of the winner of the Ontario Minnesota League. The first two games will be played there the 22 and 23 and if there is a split the third game of the best-of-seven series will also be held there. The series will shift to the North Shore winners&rsquo; home ice on March 28 for the balance of the series. The Ontario Minnesota League is made up of teams from Kenora, Dryden and Warroad, Minnesota. The North Shore league has teams from Nipigon, Schrieber, Terrace Bay and Marathon. The Marathon Mercuries are last year&rsquo;s Canadian intermediate champions.A very tight scoring race is developing in the Lakehead Junior Hockey League with four games remaining on the schedule. Murray Marcino, captain of the Port Arthur North Stars still hold the lead with 46 points, but he is followed very closely by Fort William Canadians&rsquo; captain Ken Campbell who has 43 points. Last year&rsquo;s winner, Garry Veneruzzo of the Canadians, had been moving up quickly the last ten days and has added ten points to his total and now is in third place with 39. All clubs have two games to play.Gord Murray of the Canadians leads the goaltenders with a 3.16 average. North Stars&rsquo; goaltender Dennis Gibson has the most shutouts with three. Port Arthur defenseman Lorne Carusso has 81 minutes in penalties.The Fort William Beavers senior hockey club, who won the Lakehead Senior Hockey League this year, have signed two new players. Sid Smith, president and manager of the Beavers, announced that Billy Isbell, who played last year for North Bay in the Eastern Pro&rsquo; League, had been reinstated as an amateur and had signed a card with the Fort William Club. They have also signed Ron Erne, former Junior star of the Saskatoon Quakers of the Saskatchewan Junior League. &#9632;

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Yeo Honored As Leading Sportsman

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div>NEW GLASGOW, N.S.&mdash;Moncton Beavers have proven they can win when the chips are down.The New Brunswickers, early runaway leaders in the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League, saw their once commanding lead diminish to a single point over surging Halifax Tartans.Tartans were hot&mdash;only one loss in 15 games&mdash;and with a &ldquo;showdown series&rdquo; of three straight games with Moncton, the Haligonians appeared ready to take charge in the four-team loop.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-02149/2240477-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="279" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Oscar Gaudet</figcaption></div>But Tartans didn&rsquo;t make the grade!Beavers, playing some of their finest hockey of the season, combined youth with experience to sweep the three-game series and open up a sevenpoint margin at the top of the ladder.Just as convincingly as he and his mates took charge of the pennant race, Moncton right winger Oscar Gaudet suddenly showed the circuit that he doesn&rsquo;t plan to &ldquo;blow&rdquo; the loop scoring championship.Gaudet saw a once 17-point lead shaved to six point by Jacques Allard of the Windsor Maple Leafs. But the three-game set with Halifax again gave him the upperhand in the race for the prized title. The 21-year-old winger garnered 10 points in the trio of contests to regain an 11-point edge over Allard.WINDSOR: Goalie Pierre Paquette was a one show against New Glasgow, blocking 52 shots. He handled 23 drives in a single period in one of the most outstanding netminding exhibitions ever seen at the New Glasgow Stadium &hellip; Right winger Simon Nolet regained the league lead in goals with 47 in Windsor&rsquo;s first 45 games&hellip;HALIFAX: The three-game Tartan slump against Moncton was preceeded by a 8-1 drubbing&rsquo; at the hands of New Glasgow. Their four game losing streak was a complete reversal of form that moved Halifax from last place to within a single point of the top &hellip; Bob Bowness netted the 300th goal of his Maritime career. The Montreal native has been playing in the seaside provinces since 1952 &hellip;NEW GLASGOW: Ranger officials are making preparations to honor veteran Nelson Wilson who scored well over 300 goals in 12 years with Rangers &hellip; &ldquo;Nelson Wilson Night&rdquo; will see the New Glasgow native receive a new 1963 automobile.<h2>GREAT MOMENTS IN HOCKEY</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-03142/2240470-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="1764" height="916"></div> &#9632;

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February 16, 1963

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