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April 6, 1963

The Hockey News April 6, 1963

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Nine Canadians&mdash;including Montreal goalkeeper Richie Broadbent&mdash;and three Americans comprise the 1962-63 All-America college squad selected by the coaches of United States college teams at their annual meeting here.West&mdash;Goal, Gary Bauman, Michigan Tech; Defense, Don Ross, North Dakota, Lou Nanne, Minnesota; Fordwards, George Hill, Michigan Tech, Bill Staub, Denyer, Dave Merrifield and Al McLean (tied), North Dakota.East&mdash;Goal, Richie Broadbent, St. Lawrence; Defense, Dave Johnston, Harvard, Cal Wagner and Pat Brophy (tied), Clarkson; Forwards, Bob Brinkworth, RPI, DAVE Fryeberger, Middlebury, Jack Leetch, Boston College.Johnston and Fryberger were members of last year&rsquo;s squad which included Gordon &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Berenson of Michigan, now with the Montreal Canadiens. Leetch is from Braintree, Mass., Fryberger and Ross both from Minnesota. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

Nine Canadian Collegians On U.S. All-American Teams

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;If history repeats, the Rochester Americans still will be around when the Calder Cup is handed out later this month.When the Amerks debuted in the American Hockey League back in 1956-57, they went all the way to the final series before bowing out of the activity. The Americans didn&rsquo;t even qualify for the playoffs the next season, lost in the first round in 1958-59, were finalists in &rsquo;59-60, didn&rsquo;t make the playoff grade the following year and were first round losers last spring.That brings us to the next stop on the cycle&mdash;a Calder Cup finalist.Participating in post-season playoffs has become quite a habit for Rochester defenseman Al Arbour. In fact, the talented blue liner is finishing his 11th season in pro hockey by playing in his 12th playoff series.That&rsquo;s right, 12 playoff series in 11 years. Arbour managed the odd feat by skating for both Edmonton in the Western League and Detroit in the NHL duringthe 1956 playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03455/2230683-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="249" height="493"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Arbour</figcaption></div>Arbour and Gerry Ehman have been honored as co-winners of the Rochester Americans, Most Valuable Playable award, donated annually by Julian Kheel, a Rochester builder.Ehman, who credits a cutdown in his weight as the reason for one of his finest seasons ever in pro hockey, is the second highest all-time Amerk scorer. With three games left on the schedule, the personable right winger had 90 goals and 100 assists for 190 points in three seasons as an Amerk.Stan Smrke, completing his fifth season with Rochester, was the all-time leader, heading into the final week, with 98 goals and 111 assists for 209 points.The Americans completed the home ice portion of their schedule with 20 victories against nine defeats and seven ties. The 47 points earned is the fewest garnered at the War Memorial since 1957-58 when Rochester mustered only 42. But the 47 isn&rsquo;t far behind the past four seasons when the Amerks collected 49, 50, 49 and 49 at home.Rochester&rsquo;s home ice scoring was spread out fairly evenly, too&mdash;with 45 goals in the first periods and 51 in both the second and third. The opposition, meanwhile, made 29 goals in the opening stanzas, 37 in the second and 39 in the third. The Amerks outscored the visitors 1-0 in overtimes.Dick Gamble led the Amerk marksmen on home ice with 27 goals in the 36 games. Jimmy Pappin boasted 21 War Memorial light flashers, while Ehman had 18. &#9632;

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Arbour Set For 12th Playoff Start, Shares M VP Honors With Ehman

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02444/2230921-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="590" height="155"></div>MADE WITH CAM AHO GONSCIENCESHPSY&rsquo;SALL-BEEF FRANKS<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01544/2230928-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="112" height="175"></div>For The Best inHockey ReadingBuyHockey PictorialAnd Hockey News</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>How They Stand</h2><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues.. Mar-26It. Louis 7, Hull-Ottawa 2Wed., Mar. 27St. Louis 5, Hull-Ottawa 4Kingston 5, Sudbury 5Fri., Mar. 29St. Louis 7, Sudbury 1Sat., Mar. 30Hull-Ottawa 2. Kingston 2Sun., Mar. 31St. Louis 3, Hull-Ottawa 1Kingston 6, Sudbury 4<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03329/2230914-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="622" height="1119"></div> &#9632;

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

WHITE ROCK, B.C.&mdash;Ernie (Moose) Johnson, 77, a member of hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame, died at this resort town 30 miles south of Vancouver on March 25.Johnson, a defenseman, played on three Stanley Cup champion teams, Montreal Wanderers of 1907, 1908 and 1910.A native of Montreal, he joined Wanderers in 1906 and in 1912 moved to New Westminster Royals. He stayed with the club when the franchise was moved to Portland and led Portland to the league title in 1915-16. Later, he played with Victoria and Los Angeles, retiring in 1931. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in recent years. &#9632;

Hall Of Fame Member, Ernie Johnson Dies At 77

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01382/2231145-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALL EYES ARE ON THE PUCK: MURRAY BALFOUR, centre, of the Hawks, is a dashing figure as he pursues puck in Stanley Cup playoff series with Detroit. That&rsquo;s Red Wing goalie TERRY SAWCHUK watching action through his mask while defenseman DOUG BARKLEY covers in front of net. Semi-final playoff series is being closely waged and could go the limit.</figcaption></div><h2>The Hockey News</h2>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVol. 16-No. 27 MONTREAL, APRIL 6, 1963 PRICE: 15&#576;<h2>Read The Complete Stanley Cup Picture</h2>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;After the Detroit Red Wings lost the first two games of their semi-final Stanley Cup playoff to the Chicago Black Hawks, there were murmurings that the series was headed for a quick ending.But Detroit&rsquo;s great winger, Gordie Howe, predicted that once the Wings got the Hawks back on Olympia ice it would be a different story.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02269/2231138-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="269" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption></div>The Wings made a prophet of their big star by beating the crippled Hawks 4-2 here and the result put new life in the Red Wings and Howe had a big hand in turning the tables for the Motor City crew.He celebrated his 35th birthday with a goal and two assists and his brilliant ice manoeuvres proved too much not only for the Hawks but Howe&rsquo;s &ldquo;shadow&rdquo;, Eric Nesterenko, as well. Chicagoians had marvelled at the way &ldquo;Nester&rdquo; bottled up Howe in the first two games but it was another story when the series moved here.Wings&rsquo; coach Sid Abel feels his team can take it all. &ldquo;Terry (Sawchuk) is the key to our chances. If he holds up and we continue to score, I think this series will go down to the wire and we will be the winners,&rdquo; said Abel. &#9632;

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Abel Confident Wings Can Outhustle Hawks

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The scorching National Hockey League championship race had a pleasant effect on the league treasury this year&mdash;it helped set a new all-time attendance record.League president Clarence Campbell disclosed that a total of 2,731,609 fans paid their way into the 210 games this season, an average of 13,000 a game. The former record of 2,438,000 was established in the 1961-62 season when average attendance was 11,610.Campbell said the NHL operated this season with 92 per cent of the rated seating capacity occupied. Based on the figure, the actual saturation point of the six NHL teams&rsquo; total attendance is close to the 3,000,000 mark, or less than 300,000 above this season&rsquo;s total.As has been the case for several years, Montreal and Toronto top the league and the total for both the Canadiens and Maple Leafs is just short of 1,000,000. Canadiens attracted 499,756 fans into Montreal Forum.The Leafs, who won their first NHL championship in 15 years this season, drew 497,662 people into Maple Leaf Gardens&mdash;an average of 14,219 a game.A large part of the over-all increase was made by Chicago Black Hawks, whose strong run for the title most of the season was responsible for packing 482,770 fans into Chicago Stadium.The only club which failed to pass the 400,000 mark was lastplace Bruins with a total of 386,792, averaging to 11,051 a game.New York&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden contributed. 460,536, or 13,158 a game. Last season&rsquo;s fig ures were 403,000, or 11,514.Detroit Red Wings also showed a substantial increase in crowds. The total attendance at the Olympia was 404,093, averaging 11,545 a game. &#9632;

NHL Teams Set New Attendance Record

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Jacques Plante was sitting in the stands at Maple Leaf Gardens watching most of his team-mates in a skating drill before the second game of their Stanley Cup semi-final with? the Leafs. The veteran goalie had been excused, after complaining of another attack of Toronto asthma before the first game, and was fanning the breeze with a couple of reporters.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01505/2229834-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="277" height="385"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Plant</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Just what do you think has been wrong with Canadiens this season?&rdquo; asked a scribe, expecting Jake to come up with a series of drawn-out excuses.&ldquo;The answer is simple,&rdquo; replied Plante, &ldquo;we just haven&rsquo;t got a leader.&ldquo;Not long ago when we were winning easily, we always had some fellow who was the spark-plug of the team. First it was Butch Bouchard, then the Rocket who was always a leader, Bert Olmstead, Doug Harvey and a couple of other fellows.&ldquo;They told you off, if you were not playing well and the rest of the guys listened to them. A team needs a guy who will give the players a whack in the pants once in awhile.&ldquo;Now we don&rsquo;t have anyone like that. Lou Fontina helped a bit that way during the season and we certainly miss him in the play-offs. He was no super-star but he was always hollering and helped to give the team a lift.&rdquo;Glancing at Dickie Moore as the veteran winger climbed over the boards, Plante remarked: &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a fellow who might be a leader&mdash;but he&rsquo;s playing on one leg. It&rsquo;s pretty hard for him to tell guys what to do when he can hardly do things himself.&rdquo;A few days later Canadiens Coach Toe Blake and Vice-President Ken Reardon were asked about Plante&rsquo;s claim.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t go for that too much,&rdquo; said the coach. &ldquo;It takes more than a leader to make a team go&mdash;you need about 15 of them, all playing well.&rdquo;Turning to a scribe, Toe asked: &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s the team leader at Detroit?&rdquo;&ldquo;Gordie Howe&rdquo;, came the answer.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s funny,&rdquo; said Blake with a grin. &ldquo;I thought it was Howie Young. The fans cheer more when Young comes out on the ice than they do for Howe.&rdquo;&ldquo;How about Toronto?&rdquo; asked Reardon.&ldquo;Red Kelly,&rdquo; volunteered one writer.&ldquo;Gosh, no,&rdquo; said the other, &ldquo;the Leafs&rsquo; leader must be Eddie Shack. The crowd goes crazy when he goes helter-skelter down the ice.&rdquo;The leader argument ended that way. However after watching the Habs&rsquo; pitiful power-play in the first two semi-final games, it was evident that they lacked a leader&mdash;at least one who could set up goals while they had the man advantage.The Montrealers held a two-man advantage three times during the first two games and managed only one goal. That was Jean Beliveau&rsquo;s tally in the first game, on a rebound of Jacques Laperriere&rsquo;s shot while both Eddie Litzenberger and Bobby Pulford of the Leafs were off in the second period.The Habs had a two-man edge for 48 seconds in the opening period of the first game but couldn&rsquo;t score. During the second period of game No. 2, Leafs were two men short for a minute and 47 seconds of the middle frame but the Canadiens had only One shot on goal.&ldquo;The poor power-play has been our downfall all season,&rdquo; admitted Blake. &ldquo;The only reason I can see is that all five men are not hustling enough. They&rsquo;re thinking too much instead of doing something.&rdquo;One of the scribes suggested that the Habs&rsquo; lacked a guy like Doug Harvey who always has a plan in mind when he works from the point of the power-play.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02484/2229827-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1704" height="1069"><figcaption class="caption-body">REMEMBER WHEN? Hockey fans still have fond recollections of the Canadiens during their Stanley Cup heydeys. Here&rsquo;s the most winningest coach in modern cup history, TOE BLAKE, being hoisted up to the famed mug while such Canadiens&rsquo; stars as MAURICE RICHARD, GUY TALBOT, DON MARSHALL, BUTCH BOUCHARD and BERNIE GEOFFRION, share in the gaiety. Glory days have vanished for ageing Habs, who haven&rsquo;t had their hands on the cup since 1960-61 when their triumphant five-year reign ended.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Plante Says Lack Of Leader Hurting Habs, Another Olmstead, Harvey Needed By Club

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;What happened?This question could apply only to the Chicago Black Hawks who pulled one of hockey&rsquo;s biggest collapses by winning only two of their final 11 regular season games to lose the National Hockey League championship by one point to Toronto.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03431/2229865-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="292" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rudy Pilous</figcaption></div>The Black Hawks blew an almost unsurmountable eight-point lead (actually nine over third-place Toronto at the time) which they held on Feb. 24 by losing six games, tying three and winning two during the final four weeks of the season.At one stretch they picked up only 4 of a possible 18 points while red-hod Toronto clinched the league title, then hung on desperately with two third-period surges to tie Montreal 4-4 and beat Boston 4-3 on the final weekend for second place.The Black Hawks collapse was one of those things which everybody talks about and shakes their head but nobody can really explain.The saddest part is that the Black Hawks were badly outplayed in most of the games and seemed to lack any real hustle or will-to-win on the ice.Unfortunately, Coach Rudy Pilous was mistaken when, while faltering but still one point ahead of Toronto, he commented to one reporter:&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll take this thing even though we have to play five of our last six games on the road. Our guys have more to offer when the going gets tough.&rdquo;Instead of getting better, the Black Hawks played lacklustre hockey, gave the puck away on costly mistakes too often, and often seemed to stand around bewildered while their opponents fired rebounds almost at will on goalie Glenn Hall.When 16,297 Chicago Stadium fans booed them during most of their final home ice 5-1 loss to Detroit, Owner Jim Norris commented afterwards:&ldquo;I think we got what we deserved. The fans cheer us when we play well, so they certainly have the right to give us the business for putting on a show like that.&rdquo;It was after that game that Norris told Chicago&rsquo;s American reporter Dan Moulton:&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a matter of professional pride, and our players act as if they have none at all. How else can you figure it? Finishing first means that each man has $1500 in his pocket before the playoffs even start. Second is worth $1000. Our guys seem to be playing as if they would be just as content to finish third and get only $750.&rdquo;Added Tommy Ivan, who has spent eight busy, hard-working years building the Black Hawks from a doormat to a contender:&ldquo;This is a strange time for it but lazy hockey is the cause of our trouble. We&rsquo;re letting the other team get a step on us and then we have to try to make up for it by fouling&mdash;hooking and holding and stuff like that. They we get penalties and we&rsquo;re in trouble. Everybody seems to be guilty.&rdquo;One Black Hawk player traced Chicago&rsquo;s collapse to the Feb. 27 game which they lost in Toronto, 6-3, despite Reg Fleming&rsquo;s double fight with Kent Douglas and earlier scrap with Bobby Baun. &ldquo;That was the turning point,&rdquo; he said.The Black Hawks also had some injuries but so did the other clubs. Montreal, for example, lost Bernie Geoffrion for five games and defenseman Lou Fontinato was injured and out for the season. And in the big March 16 meeting in Toronto in which the Maple Leafs won 3-0 to move past Chicago by a point for the first time in 109 days, the Black Hawks were without Bobby Hull but Toronto was without Frank Mahovlich. &#9632;

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Hawks’ Collapse In Stretch Run Biggest Mystery Of NHL Campaign

<div class="byline">By BOB HARRIS</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01504/2229941-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="381" height="373"></div>Hockey&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs have become a high point with sports fans and it is primarily because the post-season games tend to produce the unexpected.The &ldquo;world series&rdquo; of pro hockey, which invariably attracts a mass audience, has been noted for coming up with the unusual or humorous events each year.There was the night Montreal hockey fans ventured into the Forum to watch the old Montreal Maroons engage the Detroit Red Wings in a playoff game. Little did they think they would still be there at 2.25 in the morning when Mud Bruneteau of Detroit shot the game-winning goal at 16.30 of the sixth overtime period to end the marathon contest that lasted 176 minutes and 30 seconds. There hasn&rsquo;t been a hockey game in history to match it since.Last season there was considerable eyebrow raising when an alleged &ldquo;Montreal&rdquo; fan attempted to steal the Stanley Cup&mdash;which originally cost a paltry $50 but it now valued at $16,000&mdash;from the showcase of the Chicago Stadium. Rink police stopped him as he was leaving the premises with the cup in his hands.And who can forget the night Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard, the greatest goal scorer in the annals of the cup, counted all five goals in the one game as the Canadiens beat Toronto 5-0.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02401/2229934-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1760" height="1317"><figcaption class="caption-body">Black Hawks cup victory in 1960-61 gave top brass ARTHUR M. WIRTZ, left, and JAMES D. NORRIS first chance to whoop it up in 23 years.</figcaption></div>Richard holds or shares at least eight playoff records including: 82 goals in 133 games; most hat tricks, seven; most winning goals, 18; most goals in a series, 12, and other records.Going farther back in history it is noted that there was a sad note when no Stanley Cup final was played in 1918-19 after an influenza epidemic claimed the life of Joe Hall of Motnreal.Other Stanley Cup highlights include Gordie Howe&rsquo;s feat in scoring the fastest playoff goal in 1954 against Toronto. He shot the goal after nine seconds of play. Howe is the greatest point getter of all time in the NHL but he hasn&rsquo;t been too prolific a scorer in the cup classics.And hockey men still remember the day the coveted cup was lost in transit when it was boxed in one city for shipment to another. No trace of it could be found for days before it finally showed up stached in an out of-the-way corner of a baggage car.Such events make the Stanley Cup the great spectacle that it is.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03260/2229927-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1153" height="1669"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK MAHOVLICH of Leafs hoists big cup over his head in jubilant victory celebration last season, Leafs first Stanley Cup conquest in 12 years.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04155/2229920-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="1141" height="1277"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAURICE RICHARD pours champagne into famed world championship trophy. Richard&rsquo;s five goals in one game is among past highlights.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Fans Look For Unexpected, Long Game, Theft Of Trophy Rockets Show Top Thrills

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly, except monthly Mey through September byKen-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.,1434 Ste. Catherine Street West,Montreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie, Will V. Cote,President and Publisher Vice-Pres, and Gen. Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates; S3.00 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,end for payment of postage In cash.Printed in CanadaVol. 16 MONTREAL, APRIL 6, 1963 No. 27DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Detroit&rsquo;s &rsquo;Production Line&rsquo; of Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio and Parker MacDonald emerged as the National Hockey League&rsquo;s most prolific unit of the 1962-63 season.According to figures compiled after the schedule windup, the Detroit line led all other NHL attackers in both goals scored&mdash;they collected 01 in TO games&mdash;and in points&mdash;211 from both goals and assists.The surprise play of MacDonald has been a vital factor in the rise of the Detroit unit as top scorers in the NHL this year. His 33 goals were the greatest of his career.Chicago&rsquo;s &lsquo;Scooter Line&rsquo; of Stan Mikita, Ab McDonald and Kenny Wharram ended second in points with 175 and third in goals, 71. Canadiens&rsquo; trio of Henri Richard, Dickie Moore and Claude Provost was third in points with 173 although their goal-scoring average was only sixth in the league.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01567/2229986-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="271" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">P. MacDonald</figcaption></div>Here are the NHL&rsquo;s top 10 scoring lines and their records:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02531/2229979-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="570" height="1011"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03454/2229972-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="560" height="1011"></div> &#9632;

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Detroit’s ’Production Line’ Most Prolific Of NHL Year, Lead League In Goals, Points

<div class="byline">By Kon McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04395/2230038-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="441" height="405"></div>&bull; CHICAGO&mdash;PENALTIES had proven the downfall of the Detroit Red Wings in the first two games of the semi-finals played here&hellip; Four of Chicago&rsquo;s five goals in the Hawks&rsquo; 5-2 win were scored with Detroit shorthanded&hellip; Six of the 10 goals scored by the Hawks in the first two games resulted from a manpower advantage&hellip; The irrepressible Howie Young nas hurt the Wings far more than he has helped them.&hellip; Eric Nesterenko, fast becoming the favorite of Hawk fans in this series, has done a masterful job thus far in bottling up the great Gordie Howe. Nester has stuck to Howe like glue and his close checking and constant shadowing is starting to irritate big Gord&hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s Bruce MacGregor felt badly about accidentally breaking Bobby Hull&rsquo;s nose with his stick in the second game. It was an accident all the way&hellip; It was a tough break for Hull as he had been playing terrific hockey for the Hawks as his three goals in a game and a half will attest&hellip; Owner Jim Norris of the Hawks, once head of the International Boxing Club, said: &ldquo;I never saw a fighter with his nose splattered all over his face like Hull&rsquo;s.&rdquo;&hellip; After the second game Nesterenko had this to say: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m learning something about using elbows by playing close to Howe.&rdquo;&hellip; Howe had this to say: &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll shake loose at home. But it would be easier if I didn&rsquo;t have to wear Nesterenko as an overcoat.&rdquo;&hellip; Some of the Hawk players have their fathers here from Canada watching the games&hellip; Red Hay, Pierre Pilote, Murray Balfour and Chico Maki have their dads on hand&hellip; Jack Evans has his brother as his guest&hellip; Evans and that fine utility performer, Bob Turner, are the playoff vets of the Hawks. Both are taking part in their seventh playoff series&hellip; This is the sixth playoff for Glenn Hall and Eric Nesterenko&hellip; Detroit have several playoff veterans on their squad&hellip; Gordie Howe/tops the list as these are his 14th playoffs. It&rsquo;s No. 11 for Marcel Pronovost, nine for Alex Delvecchio and eight for Terry Sawchuk.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05359/2230031-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="265" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eric Nesterenko</figcaption></div>&bull; PIERRE PILOTE, Kenny Wharram and Red Hay have all been playing strong games for the Hawks&hellip; Hay is playing much better in the playoffs than he did during the latter part of the regular schedule&hellip; Wharram always plays well in the playoffs&hellip; and Pilote, outstanding play-making defenseman in hockey today, is the take-charge guy, the leader of the pack&hellip; Rookie Doug Barkley of the Red Wings has been playing sound hockey on defense&hellip; Vic Stasiuk Alex Delvecchio and Norm Ullman have been going all-out but it was pretty hard to pick a top Wing per-&rsquo; former in the second game here&hellip; Terry Sawchuk has played well in goal despite the 10 goals scored on him in the two games&hellip; Milt Schmidt, Boston coach, sat beside us in the pressbox here at the second game&hellip; Milt plans to view most of the playoff games&hellip; Jack Adams also will see a number of the games&hellip; Ted Damata of the Chicago Tribune believes the shoulder injury to Bobby Hull which prohibits him from using his slap shot is a break for Bobby and the Hawks&hellip; led thinks it improves his line play and forces him to use his more accurate wrist shot&hellip; Hull stops skating for his slap shot but keeps moving on his wrist shot&hellip; Bobby&rsquo;s slap shot has been timed at 96 miles per hour while his wrist shot hits a peak of 106 miles per hour&hellip; When Stasiuk and Turner became involved in a brief skirmish late in the game Organist Al Melgard played &ldquo;I Love You Truly.&rdquo;&hellip; Pat Ryan and Pat Burden, the dynamic businessmen promoters from Toronto, here for the games and doing big business with their Jolly Jumper.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06300/2230024-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="247" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Barkley</figcaption></div>&bull; TORONTO&mdash;Maple Leafs, icing one of the oldest clubs in Stanley Cup play, Johnny Bower, 38 or more, Allan Stanley, nearly 37, Red Kelly, 35, Tim Horton, 33, and George Armstrong, 32, opened the series against Canadiens as favorites&hellip; After downing Canadiens in the first two games of the semis played here, it brought to 6 the number of times the Leafs have defeated Montreal at Maple Leaf Gardens this season&hellip; During regular scheduled play the Leafs won four, tied two and lost one&hellip; Only time Canadiens have bested Leafs on Toronto ice this season was on their first appearance of the year&hellip; Dave Keon is once again Toronto&rsquo;s payoff player. The smooth center has been Toronto&rsquo;s most effective performer in their key games this year&hellip; and the playoffs are no exception&hellip; Evergreen Johnny Bower was a standout in the second game as was another valuable yet Allan Stanley who seems to be improving with age&mdash;Frank Mahovlich was a big disappointment to the Leafs in their first two victories. His ineffective play forced Punch Imlach to bench him during the last half or the second game&hellip; Another star player who was benched in the same game was Canadiens&rsquo; Bernie Geoffrion. Like the Big M he has yet to produce in this year&rsquo;s playoffs&hellip; Jacques Plante, as usual, is playing a great game of goal for the Canadiens. The outspoken Plante is most concerned because he feels Canadiens lack a leader this year&hellip; &ldquo;We used to have guys like Butch Bouchard, Bert Olmstead, Doug Harvey, guys who would tell you if you weren&rsquo;t going well. We don&rsquo;t have anyone like that now. We need a guy to give you the occasional dressing down,&rdquo; Plante offered&hellip; Henri Richard, who was disappointed with his own performance in the opening game of the series, was a standout in the second contest. Henri played himself into exhaustion while giving a masterful exhibition of how the game should be played&hellip; Toe Blake&rsquo;s chief worry In his club&rsquo;s poor powerplay&hellip; Canadiens&rsquo; powerplay produced one goal in three playoff tries when they held a two-man advantage over the Leafs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07237/2230017-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="285" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01525/2230069-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="292" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Young</figcaption></div>Take Eddie Shack, a dash of Reg Fleming, a sprinkle of Ted Green and a helping of Dave Balon and you might come close to Howie Young&hellip; close, but you wouldn&rsquo;t match him.The rambunctious Red Wing has hit the National Hockey League like buckshot, sometimes on target, sometimes not.&ldquo;You can tell how mad Howie is getting by the color of his face,&rdquo; opined Toronto Globe and Mall columnist Scott Young one night on the Hot Stove League. &ldquo;He starts the game with a lily-white complexion but by the third period his face is fiery red.&rdquo;Howie is a favorite topic on the Hot Stove whenever the Red Wings play in Toronto and he&rsquo;s a favorite topic everywhere else.The story has been told often that both Young and the Red Wings management feel he often is penalized unfairly because of his reputation.He shattered Lou Fontinato&rsquo;s penalty record this season, compiling 273 minutes, 71 more than the old Leapin&rsquo; Louie mark.But the 25-year-old Young&rsquo;s problems don&rsquo;t all center around a white sheet of ice&mdash;his off-ice escapades have drawn as much attention and put him in as much trouble as those in the rink.Oddly enough, it&rsquo;s the tag &ldquo;bad man&rdquo; that Young dislikes the most, not allusions to his other ventures.Howie, off the ice, is engaging, can be wryly humorous.<h2>Mitchell His Roommate On Road</h2>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s just a boy,&rdquo; said Johnny Mitchell, aide to Red Wing manager-coach Sid Abel and assigned as Young&rsquo;s roommate for several trips following one of Howie&rsquo;s disappearances this season.&ldquo;He never developed a sense of responsibility,&rdquo; is the chorus of men who have handled and tried to help him all the way from junior hockey up to the NHL.Young has been the recipient of more advice than a daily reader of Ann Landers.A year ago, after the Wings banished him to Edmonton and he returned east as a cheerleader for the Junior Oil Kings in the Memorial Cup finals against Hamilton, Frank Gallagher, long active in Detroit hockey, had a talk with Young.Howie was supposed to return to Detroit but decided to stay for the Cup games.Gallagher started a Dutch uncle talk and told Young &ldquo;I&rsquo;m probably not the first one to tell you this, Howie&hellip;&rdquo;Young replied &ldquo;That&rsquo;s right and you&rsquo;re the 1,000th guy to tell me &lsquo;I know I&rsquo;m probably not the first one to tell you.&rdquo;Donnie Graham, Red Wing scout for eastern Canada and the man who discovered Young&mdash;Graham was working for Montreal at the time&mdash;also had a long talk with Young during the Memorial Cup series.&ldquo;I told him I hoped he&rsquo;d come to the realization of what he could do in hockey before it was too late,&rdquo; Graham said. &ldquo;We talked for a long time and I thought it was sinking in.&ldquo;Later that night, he got in the fight with the cop and wound up in jail.&rdquo;Jack Adams tried every possible approach on Young. When Howie was brought up from Hershey, Adams had figures drawn up showing how much money Young could make in 10 years in the NHL compared to 10 years in the minors or senior hockey.The Wings paid off some old debts for Young and Adams told Howie to forget the bad man days of the minor leagues&mdash;that he was getting a fresh start.Young became the most exciting player to hit the Red Wing blue line since Jack Stewart and he helped spark the Red Wings into the playoffs and into the finals.But during the summer, he became involved in several scrapes and when the club started the season poorly, it decided it could do without Howie&rsquo;s rash of penalties.At one point, Young went to a psychiatrist at the Red Wings&rsquo; expense. Howie went for three weeks and then the club had an extended trip. When it returned, Young didn&rsquo;t go back to the doctor and the Wings didn&rsquo;t find out about it until a month later when Young was in trouble again.&ldquo;Things just get to be too much,&rdquo; Young says. &ldquo;When that happens, I just feel like taking off.&ldquo;It was like that in January this year when I stayed in Chicago for three days.&ldquo;There was a clause in my contract that If I was on good behavior through the first of the year I&rsquo;d get a bonus.&ldquo;And that cover story on Sports Illustrated was due to come out then.&ldquo;I was wondering whether I&rsquo;d hold out that long and worrying about it and then I had a bad game New Year&rsquo;s night in Chicago and that was it&mdash;I missed the bonus by one day.&ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;m a fatalist. Whatever is going to happen is going to happen so I just go along with it.&ldquo;I guess it&rsquo;s a case of no responsibility. When everything gets to be too much, I just chuck the whole thing.&ldquo;But I&rsquo;m not running away from it,&rdquo; Howie reasoned, &ldquo;because I know it&rsquo;s going to be worse when I come back.&rdquo;Still, Young can&rsquo;t resist the urge to go. He&rsquo;s been told often that this well could be his final chance in the NHL. Colorful and dashing or not, no club can afford to continue holding hat in hand and wonder whether Young will show up for practices or be so out of shape that he can&rsquo;t help the club when he is there.After his latest string of difficulties&mdash;a three-game suspension for throwing a glove at referee Frank Udvari followed by an unscheduled trip to Chicago&mdash;Young vowed that he would finish the season &ldquo;in high style&rdquo; because of the treatment accorded him by owner Bruce Norris and Abel.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve really been great to me,&rdquo; Young said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to be in shape now the rest of the way&mdash;I haven&rsquo;t been.&rdquo;Even though Young calls himself a fatalist, he has shown the ability to overcome the attitude by working at it.A frequent customer at the $25 window for misconducts, Young didn&rsquo;t get one until Feb. 17, the night of his blowup at Udvari.&ldquo;I told myself at the start of the season I wasn&rsquo;t going to get any&mdash;I was determined not to.&rdquo;The determination lasted for 53 games. &#9632;

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He’ll Go All Out For Rest Of Year; Said To Dislike ’Bad Man’Billing

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BERRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02486/2230100-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk Figured Prominently In Tighter Club Defense</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Many long months ago, Sid Abel decreed a decrease in goals against and an increase in goals for.He got it on both counts and as a result, the Red Wings helped make the 1962-63 National Hockey League race the closest one since 1924-25.Only four points separated first place Hamilton from fourth place Ottawa that season. This term it was a five point spread between Toronto and Detroit.Abel&rsquo;s first order of business in training camp back in September was a tightening of the defense that had yielded 219 goals last season.The improvement came from goalie Terry Sawchuk, rookie defenseman Doug Barkley, the comeback of Howie Young and Marcel Pronovost and the youthful play of 35-year-old Bill Gadsby plus help from the forwards.The Wings chopped down the goals against mark to 194 and Sawchuk, with a 2.48 average, had his best year in six seasons.Led by scoring champion Gordie Howe&rsquo;s 38 goals and linemate Parker MacDonald&rsquo;s 33, the Wings Increased their own production from 184 to 200 goals. &#9632;

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Red Wings Achieved 2 Goals, Scored More, Gave Up Less

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01594/2230131-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="541" height="621"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAMILLE HENRY&hellip; Filled His Pocketbook</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;P. T. Barnum would have been proud of the Ranger triumverate&mdash;Andy Bathgate, Camille Henry and Gump Worsley. They&rsquo;re real showmen.The trio helped close the New York hockey season in so glorious a manner it caused many a Blueshirt follower to forget that his heroes finished 21 points out of a playoff berth.But such prosaic matters were forgotten at the finale on March 24 as Henry, Bathgate and Worsley&mdash;not necessarily in order of importance&mdash;combined to repulse the Montreal Canadiens, 5-0.Amid shouts and cheers from more than 14,000 fans (amazing in itself for closing night), Henry scored his 36th and 37th goals, Bathgate his 35th goal and 46th assist to finish second in scoring and Worsley, of course, recorded his shutout.Earlier in the evening the rotund Worsley was presented the West Side Association of Commerce Trophy as MVP Ranger. He previously had been awarded the Schaefer Circle of Sports prize ($500) and the Frank Boucher Trophy as the most popular Ranger. The latter is a Ranger Fan Club contribution.Bathgate&rsquo;s booty was the &ldquo;Player&rsquo;s Player&rdquo; award, another offering of the West Side Assn., this one based on the player&rsquo;s voting of their favorite teammate.Madison Square Garden was bubbling with a Mardi Gras atmosphere after the pre-game ceremonies concluded and the game count multiplied with every score. When the final buzzer sounded, the ovation ressembled that usually accorded a Stanley Cup-winning team.Minutes later, the Rangers sat content, in the dressing room. Some were even gloating. The veterans recalled that the same Canadiens knocked the Blues out of a playoff berth on the final night of the season four years ago at the Garden.It was some solace to the Rangers that they helped prevent Montreal from finishing second and also ruined goalie Jacques Plante&rsquo;s hopes for another Vezina Trophy.But just about the happiest guy was Henry. The 37 goals exceeded his previous high of 32 tallied in the 1957-58 season and also provided him with some extra gas money.&ldquo;You know,&rdquo; said Henry, &ldquo;I get $500 bonuses for scoring 20, 25 and 30 goals. It&rsquo;s in my contract and I asked for it. But I never thought I&rsquo;d get more than 35 goals so I never thought of asking for it. I cost myself another $500.&rdquo;General Manager Muzz Patrick, who was circulating among the players, overheard Cammy. He leaned over to the thinnest man.&ldquo;That bonus,&rdquo; said Muzz, &ldquo;is good for 35 goals too.&rdquo;Even Barnum couldn&rsquo;t top a closing like that.RANGERABILIA: Henry will be back in New York sometime in May for an elbow operation&hellip; Doug Harvey stole the show at the annual Ranger Fan Club party with an exhibition of base-stealing on the dance floor of the Woodstock Hotel&hellip; Harvey and Al Langlois visited a platoon of Canadian seamen stationed temporarily at the Brooklyn Navy Yard&hellip; G.M. Patrick will scout Western League playoffs, Assistant G.M. Emile Francis the American League and coach Red Sullivan, the Eastern Pro League&hellip; Trainer Frank Paice will continue working at the Garden. His assistant, Billy Hampton, will be stationed at Roosevelt Raceway&hellip; Spare goalie, Arnee Nocks, will be producing and directing at WNEW-TV. &#9632;

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Blues Appreciative, Toss Henry Extra $500

<div class="byline">&#x2014;Fischler</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;A generally troubled band of Rangers left Manhattan for points north and west burdened with thoughts about whether they&rsquo;d ever wear a red, white and blue New York uniform again.Once the joy of a last-game (5-0) triumph over Montreal subsided many of the Rangers turned blue as they discussed plans for next season and coach Red Sullivan&rsquo;s decision &ldquo;to make three or four changes&rdquo;.&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t look good,&rdquo; said 33-year-old Andy Hebenton, who scored 15 goals in 70 games, his worst record in seven years as a Ranger.&ldquo;Whaddya hear about trades?&rdquo; asked Harry Howell, who seemed more concerned than he had reason to be.&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got nothing to worry about,&rdquo; a friend chimed in.Howell laughed. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what Dean Prentice thought,&rdquo; said Harry, &ldquo;and look what happened to him.&rdquo;For some, the outlook is promising but uncertain. Andy Bathgate, the NHL&rsquo;s second leading scorer, departed for a golf pro job in Toronto wondering if he&rsquo;d be part of a fat trade in the potential Ranger shake-up.Ditto Gump Worsley, who returned to his restaurant business in Montreal. The Gump&rsquo;s ears had been so heavily assailed by trade talk all season he&rsquo;s become a walking rumor.Another large question mark is Doug Harvey who slumped in the first half and starred during parts of the second half of the season. Harvey will spend the off-season with his sporting goods and restaurant business in Montreal.&ldquo;Whether I come back or not is not all up to me,&rdquo; said Doug. &ldquo;But I won&rsquo;t make any decision yet. I&rsquo;ll have to go fishing for a while before I decide.&rdquo;Harvey&rsquo;s buddy, Al Langlois, likely will sell farm implements in Quebec and then teach at a hockey clinic in Worcester, Mass., during August.Larry Cahan will work for a brewery in Vancouver; Earl Ingarfield for the Liquor Control Board in Lethbridge; Ken Schinkel for an iron firm near Fonthill, Ont.; and Don McKenney will work in the Boston area.Camille Henry plans to resume his position as a good-will ambassador for a brewery in Quebec while Bryan Hextail lined up a job weighing gravel trucks for the municipality of Winnipeg.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02466/2230162-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="573" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY HEBENTON &hellip; A Bad Year</figcaption></div>One of the Rangers aspiring comics, Dave Balon, reports he&rsquo;ll be a &ldquo;fresh-air inspector&rdquo; at Prince Albert National Park. Translated it means he&rsquo;ll be a groundskeeper and also will sell real estate on the side.Rookies Rod Gilbert and Leon Rochefort will take it easy and play ball in Quebec province. Howell again will be a vacation relief man for a refinery in Hamilton.For some Rangers&mdash;Vic Hadfield and Jim Neilson for instance&mdash;next season can&rsquo;t come soon enough. Hadfield, who departed for a golf pro job in Oakville, Ont., emerged as the local glamor boy with a few good fights and an end-of-season hat trick.Neilson, who returned to Prince Albert &ldquo;to relax&rdquo;, virtually assured himself of a starting berth next season on the merits of a splendid second half.None of the Rangers, not even the pessimistic ones like Hebenton, want to believe they won&rsquo;t be around again. Hebby underlined this point when a reporter asked what he&rsquo;d do for the Summer.&ldquo;Go home to Victoria,&rdquo; said Andy, &ldquo;and practice shooting the puck.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Rangers Scatter To Four Winds, Several Won’t Be Back Vows Sully

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The summer months won&rsquo;t be vacation months for the Bruins, if some of them do the homework which has been assigned them.The Bruins&rsquo; obvious improvement during the second half of the season and the success of their minor league and amateur teams has imbued the entire organization with optimism.Next season the Bruins can be a winning operation, as well as a financially successful one, in the National Hockey League&mdash;if some players do their homework.Manager Lynn Patrick and Coach Milt Schmidt between them have given special assignments to players who can do better in certain respects, they feel.Among the players:Tom Williams, who scored 23 goals in his first full season in the NHL.Eddie Johnston, who showed both determination and improvement as the NHL&rsquo;s only rookie goalkeeper.Ed Westfall, the NHL&rsquo;s most improved young defenseman.Bob Leiter, most talented young center produced by the Bruins&rsquo; organization since Don McKenney.Ted Green, a potential solution to a defense problem.Williams&rsquo; homework is to give himself a course in body-building, for the purpose of increasing his strength.Johnston will make what arrangements he can to work on what he and Schmidt consider his weakest points.Westfall will concentrate on keeping himself in the same solid condition he has been in for the last few weeks.Leiter and Green, the Winnipeg chums, have been urged to groove their thinking along the positive lines it has followed in the late part of the present season.And Jerry Toppazzini, dean of the Bruins, has a homework assignment, too. Toppazzini had a splendid year, skating well and often and making 17 goals and 34 points despite his frequent penalty-killing detours. He is to hold his weight.Said Patrick of Williams, &ldquo;I told him I want him to work conscientiously on body-building. He lost effectiveness late in the season and he might have finished better if he&rsquo;d been stronger.&ldquo;I also reminded him that we have other right wings coming to training camp, among them Terry Gray, and that he&rsquo;ll have to show he belongs on the line with Murray Oliver and Johnny Bucyk.&ldquo;Tom will work on the weights, I feel sure,&rdquo; said Patrick, &ldquo;and his father (Rip Williams, former professional player) will prod him if necessary.&rdquo;Of Johnston, Schmidt said, &ldquo;Eddie improved a great deal with steady play. His two needs, to me, are to improve his control of rebounds and to set himself better on those 35-foot shots.&ldquo;If he can get some practice on both at his home in Montreal, he&rsquo;ll be that much ahead in the fall. Because when we start training in September, he&rsquo;s going to practice hard on both points.&rdquo;Said Schmidt of Westfall, &ldquo;He gained 11 pounds during the season (from 171 to 182) and that&rsquo;s a healthy sign. He definitely has the capacity to be a first-class right defenseman, and since Leo Boivin has taught him to body check he has something extra going for him. I want Eddie to keep himself hard physically so he&rsquo;ll be ready to pick up where he left off.&rdquo;Schmidt&rsquo;s line of Dean Prentice, Guy Gendron and Leiter was the Bruins&rsquo; best in their late games, after Williams tired and Oliver sustained an injury. Milt thinks playing with two good veteran wings has done a lot for the 22-year-old center.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01546/2230200-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="557" height="569"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOMMY WILLIAMS&hellip; He&rsquo;ll Put Weight On</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02505/2230193-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="561" height="545"><figcaption class="caption-body">JERRY TOPPAZZINI&hellip; He&rsquo;ll Keep It Off</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I expect Bob to continue to think positively, as he has been,&rdquo; said the Bruins&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;Prentice and Gendron have helped his confidence a lot. If he thinks constantly of trying to better himself in the fall, he should bounce into training camp ready to go.&rdquo;Schmidt had Boivin tutoring Green for the last month of the schedule, as he has tutored Westfall earlier. With the NHL&rsquo;s hardest checker for a partner, Ted showed definite signs of improved timing and curbed enthusiasm.&ldquo;Timing is Green&rsquo;s big problem,&rdquo; said Schmidt, &ldquo;and his timing was definitely better in our late games that it was earlier. I&rsquo;m expecting Ted to think about timing and disciplining himself in his moves.&ldquo;If he does,&rdquo; said Schmidt, &ldquo;he can be a good defenseman for us. He&rsquo;ll never get a blast from me for being aggressive, as long as he&rsquo;s aggressive at the right time.&rdquo;Despite a frightful start&mdash;they won only one of their first 17 games and Schmidt returned as coach&mdash;the Bruins won more points (45) this season than they did last year (38) or two years ago (43).The Bruins&rsquo; management has been spending money at an unprecedented rate to build up the organization, and the matriculation here of farm products like Williams, Leiter and Westfall has been an encouraging sign. Another has been the success of teams with Bruins&rsquo; ties such as the Niagara Falls (Ont.) juniors, Providence of the American League, Clinton (N.Y.) of the Eastern Amateur League and San Francisco and Portland of the Western League. &#9632;

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Bruins’ Summer ’Assignments’ Put Emphasis On Conditioning; Williams Ordered To Add Pounds

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Bruins&rsquo; attendance sagged earlier in the season, but the acquisition of new players like Forbes Kennedy, Bob Leiter, Ed Westfall and Dean Prentice and Milt Schmidt&rsquo;s reorganization restored the enthusiasm of the New England hockey public.The Bruins&rsquo; attendance of 387,522 was their best in three years, an average of more than 11,000 a game.With a contender next year, Boston&rsquo;s turnstiles could sing a merry tune. &#9632;

Bruins Low In Race High At Box Office

&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;<h2>Stanley Cup Playoffs At A Glance</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02508/2230293-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="588" height="153"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues., Mar. 26Toronto 3, Canadiens 1Thurs., Mar. 28Toronto 3, Canadiens 2Sat., Mar. 30Toronto 2, Canadiens 0GAMES REMAININGTues., April 2Toronto at Canadiens(Fourth game of series)Thurs., April 4Canadiens at Toronto (If Necessary)(Fifth game of series)Sat., April 6Toronto at Canadiens (If Necessary)(Sixth game of series)Tues., April 9Canadiens at Toronto (If Necessary)(Seventh game of series)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03422/2230286-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="608" height="129"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues., Mar. 26Chicago 5, Detroit 4Thurs., Mar. 28Chicago 5, Detroit 2Sun., Mar. 31Detroit 4, Chicago 2GAMES REMAININGTues., April 2Chicago at Detroit(Fourth game of series)Thurs., April 4Detroit at Chicago(Fifth game of series)Sun., April 7Chicago at Detroit (If Necessary)(Sixth game of series)Tues., April 9Detroit at Chicago (If Necessary)(Seventh game of series)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04331/2230279-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="594" height="1461"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;As expected, the pre-playoff conversation between Detroit and Chicago was cautious.&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re stronger than we were two years ago when we played Chicago in the finals but they&rsquo;re stronger too,&rdquo; said Gordie Howe.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be a difficult series no matter who wins it but if we don&rsquo;t we&rsquo;ll scare the life out of &rsquo;em.&rdquo;Howe didn&rsquo;t feel that the Hawks&rsquo; loss of first place would put them at a psychological advantage.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve got too many experienced players to let that get them down.&rdquo;Wing manager-coach Sid Abel saw goalie Terry Sawchuk as the key man for Detroit. &ldquo;If Terry can keep making the big saves, we can win it.&rdquo;The Wings missed right wing and penalty-killer Bruce MacGregor for the final weekend of the season and the first playoff game in Chicago. MacGregor flew home to Edmonton following the death of his father.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01580/2230324-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="277" height="477"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption></div>Trophy night at Olympia was, as usual, Gordie Howe Night with Howe being named the team&rsquo;s most valuable player for the eighth straight year and 10th time in his 17 seasons.Howe also took trophies as top goal scorer (13th time) and high point man (12th time).Then he went out and deflected in a shot by Parker MacDonald in the second period for his 38th goal of the season, tops in the NHL for the fifth time.It was an especially rewarding season for Howe. He collected $1,500 from the NHL for the Ross Trophy and $1,300 from the Wings in bonuses for his last four goals. He also gets a matching bonus from the club for winning the scoring title.Not bad for a man who was 35 on March 31.Defensemen took the rest of the awards at the Detroit Trophy Night with Bill Gadsby winning the top rearguard award from Trans Canada Airlines for the second straight year, Doug Barkley taking both the rookie and Unsung Hero awards, the later presented by the For-em Fan Club and Marcel Pronovost winning the players&rsquo; own trophy for best acting performance when injured. &#9632;

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Sawchuk Key To Red Wings’ Hopes For Playoff Win Says Coach Abel; Howe Cleans Up On ‘Silverware’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05263/2230386-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg"></div>Hockey observers have maintained for years that veteran Johnny Bower is unquestionably the best &ldquo;money goal-keeper&rdquo; in the business.Even when Bower was kicking them out during a 10-year span in the American Hockey League with Cleveland and Providence, he was tabbed as a top playoff clutch goalie.The 39-year-old Westerner is showing his playoff value for the Toronto Leafs in their current semi-final series with the Montreal Canadiens. The Leafs have won three straight and Bower has permitted the Habs only three goals in two games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06215/2230379-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="261" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bower</figcaption></div>Bower had the distinction of racking up the first shutout of the 1962-63 playdowns last week when Toronto stopped Canadiens 2-0. It was a personal triumph for the nimble Toronto goalie as it marked the first time he had collared the opposition in 38 Stanley Cup playoff games.Bower, who shared the regular season games with Don Simmons; has been an alert performer for the Leafs in the present semi-final series. In the first game he was credited with an assist on a goal by Bobby Pulford, a rare feat for a netminder in cup play.In general, the aging Leaf goalie has been a standout performer and has played a big part in the club&rsquo;s bid to defend the cup it won last season for the first time in 15 years.If the Leafs oust the Canadiens and go all the way, much of the credit will belong to Bower, hockey&rsquo;s great money goalkeeper. Player&rsquo;s is pleased to salute the veteran puck-stopper as the NHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week. &#9632;

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Johnny Bower…… Toronto Maple Leafs

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Maple Leafs unveiled a new offensive weapon to help dump Montreal Canadiens, 3-1, in the opening game of their Stanley cup semi-final series.Goalie Johnny Bower picked up a rare assist on the first Leaf goal with a snappy clearing pass to defenceman Allan Stanley, who fed Bob Pulford for the score.&ldquo;Pretty good pass, eh!&rdquo; Bower commented. &ldquo;I was trying to get the puck out of the way so I pushed it right through two Canadiens to Stanley. It was right on the button.&rdquo; &#9632;

Bower Gets Rare Playoff Assist

<h2>SERIES &rsquo;A&rsquo;</h2><h2>Game One</h2>Tues. March 26TORONTO 3, CANADIENS 1TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;The Maple Leafs drew first blood in the start of their semi-final Stanley Cup playoff with the Canadiens winning the opener 3-1 as 13,800 fans watched the defending cup champs completely outplay the Habs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01565/2230483-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="259" height="391"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Duff</figcaption></div>Bobby Pulford, Dick Duff and George Armstrong scored the Toronto goals to offset a Montreal marker by Jean Beliveau. Duff&rsquo;s goal, in the second minute of the middle period, proved to be the winner.Goalie Jacques Plante, who loomed as a doubtful starter for the game because of recurring asthma attacks, played brillantly as he handled 34 shots compared to 20 for Johnny Bower.The victory gave the Leafs a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.CANADIENS&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Talbot, Harper, J. C. Tremblay, Laperriere, Gauthier; forwards: Richard, Moore, Provost, Beliveau, Geoffrion, G. Tremblay, Backstrom, Hicke, Marshall, Rousseau, Goyette, Berenson.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower; defence: Brewer, Baun, Horton, Stanley, Douglas; forwards: Kelly, Stewart, Mahovlich, Keon, Armstrong, Duff, Pulford, Nevin, Shack, Harris, Litzenberger.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Toronto, Pulford (Stanley, Bower)&hellip;&hellip; 3:30Penalties: Stanley 8:42, Horton 9:17, Laperriere 10:05, Harper, Pulford 11:05, Harper 18:16.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Toronto, Duff (Keon, Baun)&hellip;&hellip; 1:423&mdash;Toronto, Armstrong (Kelly, Keon)&hellip;&hellip; 5:354&mdash;Canadiens, Beliveau (Laperriere)&hellip;&hellip; 8:46Penalties: Shack 6:04, Geoffrion 4:32, Litzenberger 7:53, Pulford 8:30, Beliveau 11:53, Geoffrion 18:46.THIRD PERIODPenalty: Talbot 7:17.PLANTE&hellip;&hellip; 9 10 12&mdash;31BOWER&hellip;&hellip; 6 8 5&mdash;19<h2>Game Two</h2>Thurs. March 28TORONTO 3, CANADIENS 2TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;With young Dave Keon and veteran Allan Stanley combining their efforts, the Maple Leafs made it two straight over the Canadiens in their semifinal playoff series with Leafs winning again 3-2.Keon netted the deciding goal at 16.35 of the second period after Montreal had come back to tie the score at 2-2. Stanley, who was picked as the game&rsquo;s No. 1 star, helped set up the winning goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02537/2230476-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="265" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Allan Stanley</figcaption></div>George Armstrong and Stanley got the other Toronto scores while Jean Beliveau with his second of the series and rookie Terry Harper, with his first Stanley Cup goal, were the Montreal marksmen.Unlike the first game of the series, the Canadiens played strongly and actually outshot the Leafs 31-27.Toronto&rsquo;s win gave Leafs a big 2-0 lead as the series moved to Montreal ice for third and fourth games.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower; defence; Stanley, Horton; centre; Pulford; wings: Nevin, Shack; tubs: Brewer, Kelly, Duff, Armstrong, Stewart, Keon, Harris, Douglas, Baun, Litzenberger, Mahovlich.CANADIENS&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Harper, Talbot; centre; Backstrom; wings; Hicke, Marshall; tubs.: J. C. Tremblay, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Gauthier, Moore, Rousseau, Richard, Berenson, Goyette, G. Tremblay, Laperriere.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Hayes, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Canadiens, Beliveau&hellip;&hellip; 6:072&mdash;Toronto, Armstrong&hellip;&hellip; 6:54Penalties: Mahovlich 2:45, Gauthier 14:54.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03480/2230469-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="2300" height="1321"><figcaption class="caption-body">A HELPING HAND: Chicago&rsquo;s BOBBY HULL (7) is aided to his feet by teammates MURRAY BALFOUR (8) and nose and ELMER VASKO (4) after he was slashed across face by Detroit&rsquo;s Bruce MacGregor in second game of Stanley Cup semi-final playoff series in Chicago. Hull sustained a broken nose and a 10-stitch cut that forced the Hawks&rsquo; ace scorer to wear a special face mask for the rest of the series.</figcaption></div>SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Toronto, Stanley (Pulford)&hellip;&hellip; 3:154&mdash;Canadiens, Harper (Richard)&hellip;&hellip; 6:145&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Armstrong, Stanley).. 16:35Penalties: Backstrom 0:16, Gauthier 9:03, Pulford 11:32, Horton 11:45, Talbot 18:22, Kelly 19:29.THIRD PERIODNo scoring. Penalties: Kelly 7:34, Gauthier 12:14.Saves:PLANTE&hellip;&hellip; 9 6 9-24BOWER&hellip;&hellip; 12 7 10-29<h2>Game Three</h2>Sat. March 30TORONTO 2, CANADIENS 0MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Bobby Pulford provided the offensive punch and aging Johnny Bower came through with the defensive insurance as the Maple Leafs banged the Canadiens over the head 2-0 for their third straight win in the semi-final series.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04409/2230462-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="256" height="475"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Pulford</figcaption></div>Pulford made the play for Eddie Shack&rsquo;s first goal in the second period and then drilled the second goal in the final period as the Leafs dominated the Canadiens throughout much to the dismay of 14,000 Montreal fans.Goalie Bower slammed the door on the victory-starved Canucks stopping them at every opportunity. He handled a total of 32 shots in recording his first shutout in Stanley Cup competition after 38 games.The Leafs pulled into a commanding 3-0 edge in the best-of-seven series.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower; defence: Brewer, Baun, Douglas, Horton, Stanley; forwards: Kelly, Stewart, Mahovlich, Keon, Duff, Armstrong, Pulford, Nevin, Shack, Harris, Litzenberger.CANADIENS&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Harper, Talbot, Laperriere, Gauthier, J C. Tremblay; forwards; Richard, Moore, Provost, Beliveau, Geoffrion, G. Tremblay, Hicke, Backstrom, Marshall, Berenson, Goyette, Rousseau.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Pavelich, Wicks.FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Shack (major) 9:37, Brewer 12:20, Rousseau 13:28.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Toronto, Shack (Pulford)&hellip;&hellip; 13:14Penalties: Gauthier 7:11, Brewer 19:44.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Toronto, Pulford&hellip;&hellip; 4:16Penalties: Brewer, Richard 19:31.Saves:BOWER&hellip;&hellip; 11 10 11&mdash;32PLANTE&hellip;&hellip; 7 6 7&mdash;20<h2>SERIES &rsquo;B&rsquo;</h2><h2>Game One</h2>Tues. March 26CHICAGO 5, DETROIT 4CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Ailing. Bobby Hull, who said he couldn&rsquo;t do the Chicago team any good with a bad right shoulder, scored twice in the first period to carry the Black Hawks to a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in the first game of their semi-final playdown.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05329/2230455-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="244" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Hull</figcaption></div>The muscular &lsquo;Golden Boy&rsquo; of the Hawks, who decided only a few hours before the game to play with his injured shoulder, thrilled 15,419 Chicago Stadium fans with his two goals to start the Hawks&rsquo; offense rolling, Ab McDonald, Eric Nesterenko and Bill Hay notched the others for Chicago.Marcel Pronovost, Vic Stasiuk, Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe were the scorers for the Red Wings. Nesterenko&rsquo;s &lsquo;shadowing&rsquo; job of Howe, who was held off the scoresheet until the ninth goal of the game in the final period, was one of the highlights of the contest.The Hawks lead the best-of-seven semi-final 1-0.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence: M. Pronovost, Gadsby, Young, Barkley, Goegan; forwards: A. Pronovost, Faulkner, Henderson, MacDonald, Delvecchio, Howe, Fonteyne, Ullman, Stasiuk, Joyal.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall; defence: Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Evans, MacNeil; forwards: Hay, McDonald, Hull, Nesterenko, Mikita, Balfour, Murphy, Wharram, Maki, Fleming, Lunde.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Pavelich, Wicks.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Chicago, Hull (Balfour, Maki)&hellip;&hellip; 9:082&mdash;Detroit, M. Pronovost (Delvecchio)&hellip; 13:373&mdash;Chicago, Hull (Wharram, Pilote)&hellip;&hellip; 15:01Penalties: Balfour 0:55, Howe 5:39, Young, Hull 9:22, Goegan 14:14, Stasiuk, Balfour 16:01.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Chicago, McDonald (Hay)&hellip;&hellip; 8:195&mdash;Detroit, Stasiuk (Ullman, Gadsby)&hellip;&hellip; 9:506&mdash;Chicago, Nesterenko (Wharram, Mikita) 12:507&mdash;Chicago, Hay&hellip;&hellip; 16:46Penalties: Balfour 3:15, Young 8:02.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio (Young)&hellip;&hellip; 1:189&mdash;Detroit, Howe&hellip;&hellip; 3:05Penalties: A. Pronovost 3:52, Vasko 6:54,Young 6:54, 16:00, Howe 10:02.Saves:SAWCHUK&hellip;&hellip; 9 7 15-31HALL&hellip;&hellip; 14 6 9-29<h2>Game Two</h2>Thurs. March 28CHICAGO 5, DETROIT 2CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The old adage in hockey that games are very often lost in the penalty box came home to the Red Wings in the second game of the semi-final series against Chicago as the Hawks beat them 5-2 scoring four times while the Wings were short-handed.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06280/2230448-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="250" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Hay</figcaption></div>Bill Hay with two goals, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita and Ab McDonald led the Chicago attack. Only Hull&rsquo;s goal, his third of the series, was scored with the teams at full strength. Two Chicago goals came with Detroit&rsquo;s &lsquo;bad man&rsquo; Howie Young in the box.Vic Stasiuk and Gordie Howe, each-with their second of the series, were the Detroit snipers.The game proved costly to the Hawks who lost the already injured Hull with a broken nose and a 10-stitch cut on the face after being slashed by Detroit&rsquo;s Bruce MacGregor.The Hawks led the best-of-seven semi-final 2-0 as the series moved to Detroit&rsquo;s Olympia for the next two games.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence: Gadsby, M. Pronovost; centre: Howe; wings: Delvecchio, P, MacDonald; subs.; Young, Barkley, Ullman, Stasiuk, Faulkner, A. Pronovost, McGregor, Smith, Goegan, Fonteyne, Joyal.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall: defence; Pilote, Vasko, Turner, Evans, MacNeil; forwards: Hay, McDonald, Hull, Nesterenko, Mikita, Balfour, Wharram, Maki, Fleming, Lunde.Referee: Skov; linesmen Wicks, Pavelich.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, Stasiuk (Goegan, Ullman)&hellip;&hellip; 10:542&mdash;Chicago, Hull (Pilote, Wharram)&hellip;&hellip; 16:58Penalties: Chicago (served by MacNeil) 6:47,Barkley 12:18, 14:49, M. Pronovost 13:21, Mikita 13:35, Gadsby 13:55, Hay 14:30.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Chicago, Hay (Nesterenko, MacNeil)&hellip;. 6:344&mdash;Chicago, Hay. (Hull, Pilote)&hellip;&hellip; 16:45Penalties: Gadsby 8:03, Lunde 8:03, M. McDonald 10:52, Young 14:51, Goegan 18:24, MacGregor (major) 19:10.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (Pilote, Nesterenko).. 1:566&mdash;Chicago, McDonald (Wharram, Mikita).. 17:437&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Gadsby, Delvecchio)&hellip; 10:51 Penalties: Barkley 2:54, Young 6:58, Turner11:21, 16:56, Howe 12:05, Ullman (misconduct) 12:05, Pilote 16:36, Stasiuk 16:56.Saves:SAWCHUK&hellip;&hellip; 9 9 17-35HALL&hellip;&hellip; 8 9 10&mdash;27<h2>Game Three</h2>Sun. March 31DETROIT 4, CHICAGO 2DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Gordie Howe came up with another brilliant performance to put the Red Wings back into contention in the Stanley Cup playoffs as he sparked Detroit to a 4-2 victory over the injury-riddled Black Hawks in the third game of the semi-final series.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07250/2230441-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="257" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>Howe scored once and assisted on two others as he celebrated his 35th birthday in grand style. Parker MacDonald, Alex Faulkner and Bruce MacGregor tallied the other Detroit goals.Stan Mikita popped in both Chicago counters as the Black Hawks were rendered futile by the absence of Bobby Hull, Al MacNeil and Ron Murphy, all out with injuries.The win was the first for the Wings and delighted 13,241 Detroit fans who thrilled at the showing of their Red Wings after losing the first two games of the series. Chicago still leads 2-1.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence: M. Pronovost, Gadsby; centre: Ullman; wings: Stasiuk, Smith; subs.: Young, Barkley, Howe, Delvecchio, Faulkner, A. Pronovost, MacGregor, Fonteyne, MacDonald, Joyal, Jeffrey.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: G. Hall; defence: Pilote, Vasko; centre: Hay; wings: Lunde, Nesterenko; subs.: Turner, Evans, Fleming, Balfour, McDonald, Maki, Wharram, Hillman, Mikita, Ingram, M. Hall.Referee: Udvari; linesmen Hayes, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (Pilote, McDonald)&hellip; 4:31 Penalties: Turner 1:32, Joyal 3:38, Pilots: 6:34, 11:27.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Barkley)&hellip;&hellip; 10:363&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (Wharram, McDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 17:334&mdash;Detroit, MacDonald (Young, Howe)&hellip;&hellip; 19:40Penalties: Hay, Gadsby 3:55, McDonald 18:05.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Detroit, Faulkner (A. Pronovost, Howe)&hellip;&hellip; 6:026&mdash;Detroit, MacGregor(Barkley, A. Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip; 6:42Penalties: Fleming, Hullman 8:17.Saves:HALL&hellip;&hellip; 17 17 10&mdash;44SAWCHUK&hellip;&hellip; 5 9 5&mdash;19 &#9632;

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Stanley Cup Playoff Picture Game By Game…

GORDON&rsquo;SDRY GINPerfect with any mixGORDON&rsquo;SDRY GINMakes a Martini Perfect<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04325/2230521-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="602" height="466"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues., Mar. 26Hershey 5, Pittsburgh 2Quebec 5, Rochester 1Wed., Mar. 27Baltimore 4, Cleveland 2Hershey 4, Pittsburgh 0Fri., Mar. 29Baltimore 5, Buffalo 1Providence 6, Rochester 0Sat., Mar. 30Baltimore 5, Cleveland 4Buffalo 2, Hershey 1Pittsburgh 7, Providence 4Springfield 5, Rochester 3Sun., Mar. 31Cleveland 14, Pittsburgh 3Providence 7, Buffalo 2Springfield 9, Hershey 1<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05242/2230514-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="625" height="876"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01579/2230566-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="553" height="629"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL SWEENEY&hellip; Becoming A Habit</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02505/2230559-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="545" height="625"><figcaption class="caption-body">ART STRATTON&hellip; Leading Playmaker</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03426/2230552-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="536" height="621"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENIS DEJORDY&hellip; Best Puck-Stopper</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Bill Sweeney of Springfield scored six points last week to annex an unprecedented third straight American Hockey League scoring title.The veteran center had 103 points on 38 goals and 65 assists which gained him a five point lead over runner-up Hank Ciesla of Cleveland who had 98 points. Ciesla, who had been tied for the lead with Art Stratton of Buffalo, picked up seven points. Stratton was fourth with 90 points.Willie Marshall of Hershey was third with 92 points.Ciesla had the most goals with 42 and Stratton&rsquo;s 70 assists led the playmakers.Denis DeJordy of Buffalo was the leading goaltender with an average of 2.79 on 187 goals allowed in 67 games and also had the most shutouts, 6.In the team standings, the Western Division was settled with Buffalo, Cleveland, Rochester and Pittsburgh finishing in that order. In the East, the big news was Baltimore Clippers beating Quebec Aces out of the third and final playoff berth. Each had 77 points but Clippers won more games. Providence ended first, Hershey second and Baltimore third. &#9632;

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Sweeney Wins Record Third Point Title; Baltimore Beats Aces Out For Playoff

Tues., March 26QUEBEC 5, ROCHESTER 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Quebec. Gray (Burchell, Morrison)&hellip;&hellip; 7:342&mdash;Quebec, Lewicki (Hanna, Morrison)&hellip;&hellip; 15:25Penalty: Labrosse 10:30.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: Cossette 11:48.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Quebec, Harvey (Lewicki, Hanna)&hellip;&hellip; 0:164&mdash;Quebec, Dineen (Lewicki, Harvey)&hellip;&hellip; 5:315&mdash;Quebec, Gray (Sutherland, Burchell)&hellip;&hellip; 6:166&mdash;Rochester, Ehman (Horvath)&hellip;&hellip; 14:05Penalty: Armstrong 5:48.Saves: McNamara 33, Hodge 21.HERSHEY 5, PITTSBURGH 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Hershey, Meissner (Mortson, Resume).. 6:142&mdash;Pittsburgh, Glover (Laforce, Martin)&hellip; 11:523&mdash;Pittsburgh, Menard. 15:25Penalties: Odrowski, Locas 2:30.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Hershey, Mahone (Dejordy, Marshall).. 7:54 Penalties: Lafreniere 5:39, Reaume 10:16, Odrowski 14:31.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Hershey, Yanosik (Rivers, Marshall)&hellip;&hellip; 9:006&mdash;Hershey, Rivers (Dejordy, Marshall)&hellip;&hellip; 16:067&mdash;Hershey, Mortson(Stankiewicz, Yanosik)&hellip;&hellip; 17:36Penalty: Dillabough 14:35.Saves: Riggin 28, Chadwick 33.Wed., March 27BALTIMORE 4, CLEVELAND 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Baltimore, Ratelle (Johns)&hellip;&hellip; 5:352&mdash;Baltimore, McGregor(Hampson, Johns)&hellip;&hellip; 11:373&mdash;Cleveland, Ciesla (Mattiussi, Williams) 17:19 Penalties: Rupp 2:28, Ferguson 8:49, Needham 9:34, Boudreault 11:59, Hilts, Pelletier 13:42, Ferguson, Boudreault 16:44, Needham 19:23.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Baltimore, Cunningham (Johns)&hellip;&hellip; 3:265&mdash;Cleveland, Ferguson (Glover, Marshall) 12:06 Penalties: Hilts 4:31, Glover 15:08, Bergman19:15.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Baltimore, Ford (Creighton, Price)&hellip;&hellip; 14.47Penalties: Needham, Price (minor and major) 16:32.Saves: Pelletier 29, Binkley 41.HERSHEY 4, PITTSBURGH 0FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Mortson 5:59, Glover 7:15, Stankiewicz 17:05.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Hershey, Duff (Nykoluk, Zeidel)&hellip;&hellip; 7:42Penalties: Rivers 9:19, Marcon 12:06, 16:33, Ashbee 17:48.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Hershey, Locas (Mortson, Meissner) 4:363&mdash;Hershey, Marshall(Stankiewicz, Mahoney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 9:364&mdash;Hershey, Dejordy (Marshall, Conacher).. 19:35 Penalties: Mortson 5:20, Mahoney 10:45.Saves: Riggin 22, Chadwick 35.Fri., March 29BALTIMORE 5, BUFFALO 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Baltimore, Creighton(Ford, Pearson)&hellip;&hellip; 10:21Penalties: McKenzie 5:25, Ford 14:26.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Baltimore, Cunningham(Ratelie, Ehrenverth)&hellip;&hellip; 4:013&mdash;Buffalo, Dea (Melnyk, Ingram)&hellip;&hellip; 8:31Penalties: Johns 1:17, McKenzie 11:04, Van Impe 12:03, Boudreault 17:02.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Baltimore, Ratelie(Boudreault, Ehrenverth)&hellip;&hellip; 16:075&mdash;Baltimore, Cunningham(McGregor, Hampson)&hellip;&hellip; 17:096&mdash;Baltimore, Hampson(McGregor, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 19:37Penalties: Erickson 8:54, Van Impe 18:12.PROVIDENCE 6, ROCHESTER 0FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Draper, Baliuk 1:56, Pappin 8:09, Bartlett 15:40, Ravlich (two minors, major) and Angotti (minor and major) 16:24, Mazur (misconduct) and Blackburn 18:01, Horvath 19:49.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Providence, Brillant (Baliuk, Mazur)&hellip;&hellip; 15:56Penalties: Trapp 2:12, Bartlett 8:38, Mazur 16:09.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Providence, Brillant&hellip;&hellip; 5:483&mdash;Providence, Beckett(Baliuk, Kraftcheck)&hellip;&hellip; 7:244&mdash;Providence, Poliziani(Mascotto, Ottenbreit)&hellip;&hellip; 8:125&mdash;Providence, Bartlett(Poliziani, Mascotto)&hellip;&hellip; 13:475&mdash;Providence, Baliuk (Mazur, Brilliant).. 14:15Penalties: Ubriaco 5:03, Baliuk 5:08, Armstrong (two minors) and Ranieri 15:59.Sat, March 30SPRINGFIELD 5, ROCHESTER 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Rochester, Pappin (Draper, Jarrett)&hellip;&hellip; 19:34Penalties: Ubriaco 1:37, Harris 8:19, Brown 9:58, Cote 10:30.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Springfield. Boyer (Sweeney, White)&hellip;&hellip; 4:41Penalties: Arbour 1:29, Cote, Arbour 11:03, Armstrong (minor, major), Cote (minor, major)3&mdash;Springfield, Cline (Boyer, Sweeney)&hellip; 8:54 17:13.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Rochester, Pappin (Jarrett, Sly)&hellip;&hellip; 2:555&mdash;Springfield, Olson (White, Amadio)&hellip; 9:146&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Sly, Armstrong)&hellip;&hellip; 14:077&mdash;Springfield, Foley (Kilrea, Hillman).. 14:438&mdash;Springfield, Boyer (Sweeney, Amadio).. 19:37 Penalties: Sleaver 8:07, Ubriaco 10:31, Armstrong 19:28.Saves: Wood 6, Caron 17, McNamara 49.BALTIMORE 5, CLEVELAND 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Cleveland, Masterton(Bergman, Ferguson)&hellip;&hellip; 7:362&mdash;Baltimore, Johns(Boudreault, Ratelle)&hellip;&hellip; 11:33Penalties: Boudreault, Ferguson 4:59, Bergman 5:32, Mattiussi 16:09.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Cleveland, Masterton(Williams, Mattiussi)&hellip;&hellip; 10:294&mdash;Baltimore, Boudreault (Ratelle, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 15:385&mdash;Cleveland, Stearns(Bergman, Mattiussi)&hellip;&hellip; 18:326&mdash;Baltimore, Boudreault (Ratelle, Keller).. 19:55Penalties: Price 3:01, Hilts 6:56. Pearson 9:38, Bergman 11:25, Mattiussi 16:07, 19:11.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Cleveland, Boddy (Stearns, Szura)&hellip;&hellip; 8:138&mdash;Baltimore, Keller (Ratelle, Ehrenverth) 14:34Penalties: Boudreault (major), Glover (major) 10:48, Stearns 12:31, Hampson 19:05.OVERTIME PERIOD9&mdash;Baltimore, Creighton&hellip;&hellip; 7:08Saves: Binkley 34, Pelletier 23.BUFFALO 2, HERSHEY 1FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Melnyk 2:37, Yanosik 6:47, van Impe 13:55.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Buffalo, Cushenan.. 8:452&mdash;Hershey, Rivers (Marshall)&hellip;&hellip; 8:10Penalties: Mahoney 6:13, Smith 8:21, B. Wilson, Locas 15:18.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: None.OVERTIME PERIOD3&mdash;Buffalo. Smith (Kachur, L Wilson)&hellip;. 5:17 Saves: Cnadwick 37, Dejordy 44.PITTSBURGH 7, PROVIDENCE 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Johnson (Glover, Jeffrey)&hellip;&hellip; 1:452&mdash;Pittsburgh, Glover (Laforge, Hynes)&hellip;. 2:483&mdash;Pittsburgh, Johnson (Odrowski, Jeffrey) 5:50 Penalties: Mazur 0:58, Bartlett 3:07, Mazur, Marcon 4:59, Glover 6:00, Odrowski 6:38, Lafreniere 11:00, Blackburn (minor, 10 min. misconduct) 14:22, Beckett 18:16, Chiz 19:29.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Pittsburgh, Hynes (Laforge, Glover)&hellip;&hellip; 3:415&mdash;Providence. Mascotto(Baliuk. MacQueen)&hellip;&hellip; 9:146&mdash;Pittsburgh, Chiz (Walsh, Balfour)&hellip;&hellip; 10:187&mdash;Providence, Bartlett(MacQueen, Blackburn)&hellip;&hellip; 12:468&mdash;Providence, Bartlett(Kraftcheck, Ottenbriet)&hellip;&hellip; 15:57Penalties: Flaman 7:11, MacQueen, Hynes 7:37, Odrowski 13:03, Brillant 17:02.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Providence, Brillant (Baliuk, Mazur)&hellip;&hellip; 6:0910&mdash;Pittsburgh, Johnson(Dillabough, Odrowski)&hellip;&hellip; 17:3011&mdash;Pittsburgh, Laforge (Odrowski, Glover) 18:21 Penalties: Beckett, Lafreniere 11:29.Saves: Giacomin 35, Riggin 21.Sun., March 31CLEVELAND 14, PITTSBURGH 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Cleveland, Masterton (Boddy)&hellip;&hellip; 12:572&mdash;Cleveland, Boddy (Mattiussi, Masterton) 13:263&mdash;Pittsburgh, Menard (Balfour, Wall)&hellip;&hellip; 13:504&mdash;Cleveland, Boddy (Szura, Stearns)&hellip;&hellip; 18:29Penalties: Wall 1:48, Ciesla 5:20, H. Glover 7:16, H. Glover (major) 10:55, Mattiussi 11:08.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Cleveland, Ciesla (Hilts, Williams)&hellip;&hellip; 1:266&mdash;Cleveland, Hilts (Siesta)&hellip;&hellip; 1:457&mdash;Cleveland, Olajos (Stearns)&hellip;&hellip; 3:408&mdash;Cleveland, Ciesla (Glover, Williams)&hellip; 15:419&mdash;Pittsburgh, Hynes (Laforge)&hellip;&hellip; 16:2610&mdash;Cleveland, Stearns&hellip;&hellip; 17:2511&mdash;Cleveland, Glover (Ciesla, Hilts)&hellip;&hellip; 19:35Penalties: Bergman 1:15, Lafreniere 1:15, Needham 10:53, Bergman 20:00.THIRD PERIOD12&mdash;Cleveland, Ferguson (F. Glover, Ciesla) 4:4613&mdash;Cleveland, Goddy (Szura, Stearns)&hellip;&hellip; 7:0014&mdash;Cleveland, F. Glover (Hilts, Williams) 12:4715&mdash;Cleveland, Masterton(Ferguson, Shearer)&hellip;&hellip; 14:4816&mdash;Cleveland, Ciesla (F. Glover, Hilts)&hellip;&hellip; 15:1317&mdash;Pittsburgh, Balfour(Dillabough, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 16:50Penalties: Marcon 10:42, Boddy 18:56.SPRINGFIELD 9, HERSHEY 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Hershey, Conacher (Nykoluk, Zeidel)&hellip;&hellip; 5:562&mdash;Springfield, Harris (Olson)&hellip;&hellip; 14:263&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea(J. Anderson, Sleaver))&hellip;&hellip; 15:34Penalties: Yanosik 13:22, Duff 19:48.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Springfield, Boyer (Cline, Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip; 3:585&mdash;Springfield, Cline (Boyer, Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip; 16:336&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea(D. Anderson, J. Anderson)&hellip;&hellip; 19:38Penalties: Wilcox 4:07. 11:29.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Springfield, Olson (White, McCord) 4:438&mdash;Springfield, Foley(J. Anderson, Kilrea)&hellip;&hellip; 8:419&mdash;Springfield, Cline(D. Anderson, Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip; 15:2910&mdash;Springfield, J. Anderson(Kilrea, Sleaver)&hellip;&hellip; 18:44Penalties: None.PROVIDENCE 7, BUFFALO 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Buffalo, Barry Cullen(Van Impe, Robinson)&hellip;&hellip; 7:382&mdash;Providence, Ravlich (Bartlett, Baliuk).. 10:513&mdash;Providence, Brillant (Bartlett. Baliuk)&hellip; 13:47 Penalty: B. Wilson 9:40.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Providence, Bartlett (Flaman)&hellip;&hellip; 1:045&mdash;Providence, Poliziani(Toppazzini, Mazur)&hellip;&hellip; 16:49Penalties: Mazur 6:43, Flaman 11:37.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Providence, Bartlett (Beckett. Baliuk)&hellip;. 1:327&mdash;Providence, Toppazzini (Baliuk. Mazur)&hellip;&hellip; 13:288&mdash;Providence, Baliuk (Bartlett, Brillant)&hellip;&hellip; 16:379&mdash;Buffalo, Dea (Cushenan, Melnyk)&hellip;&hellip; 19:45Penalties: Van Impe 13:35, Beckett 17:56.Saves: Giacomin 34, Dejordy 39. &#9632;

American League Summaries

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio&rsquo;Throughout the American Hockey League season, currently in its playoff phase, there have been occasions to sing the praises of such Cleveland Barons&rsquo; stalwarts as Coach Fred Glover, goalie Les Binkley, defensemen Bill Needham and Tommy Williams, centers Hank Ciesla and Bill Masterton, left winger John Ferguson and right wingers Dick Van Impe and Jim Mikol.Outstanding as these players have been throughout the season, the Barons did not earn their spot in a playoff against the Rochester Americans with the other positions on the team being filled by humpty-dumpties.Perhaps the other Barons could not be singled out for as much individual praise, but their contributions to the cause have been noteworthy in a less spectacular manner.Centers Joe Szura and Cal Stearns, left wingers Fred Hilts and Wayne Boddy and defensemen Dick Mattiussi, Gary Bergman and Bob Olajos fall into this category.With all due respect to the Eastern Professional Hockey League, which has an assortment of well-established veterans and outstanding young prospects and which has been the spawning ground of many players on their way to success, there is quite a bridge between stardom in the EPHL and the AHL.It has been a pleasant surprise to the Barons that Hilts, as well as Masterton, has scored as well as he has in AHL competition. Frankly, he has scored better than expected.Fourth highest scorer in the EPHL last season with 78 points, Hilts has approximated that figure with the Barons. With a week of the AHL season to go, Hilts has caged 28 goals and assisted on 37 others for a 65-point total. Working on the same line with Ciesla and Van Impe, he has been extremely helpful to both in the fine scoring marks they have established.Stearns, who has announced his intention of retiring after this season; has continued to be a back-checker and penalty-killer without peer in the AHL.The Barons honored the ice veteran with a special &lsquo;Cal Stearns Day&rsquo; in their closing game of the schedule. Steams, 36, who has played 12 seasons with the Barons, has scored 182 goals during his AHL career.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02529/2230621-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="553" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAL STEARNS&hellip; Calling It Quits</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Barons’ ’Second Line’ Players Making Big Contributions

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01576/2230652-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY DEA&hellip; Solid With Herd</figcaption></div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;William Fraser Dea is better known to his teammates as &ldquo;Kayo&rdquo; and to the hockey world as &ldquo;Billy&rdquo;, but whatever he&rsquo;s called, he&rsquo;s the Buffalo Bisons&rsquo; most popular&mdash;as well as one of their most valuable&mdash;players this winter.Dea, the hard-rock left-winger now finishing his fifth straight term with the American Hockey League champions, won the most popular player award in a ballot among the local patrons.Dea, who celebrated his 30th birthday April 3, hasn&rsquo;t missed a game since he joined the Bisons. He has had goal productions of 25, 28, 35 and 30, and will likely hit the 20-goal plateau again this year.But Dea&rsquo;s value to the club can&rsquo;t be determined by the statistics.&ldquo;You can toss the statistics out the window where Kayo is concerned,&rdquo; said Coach Billy Reay. &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t trade him for any leftwinger in this league. For that matter, I&rsquo;d be hard put to pick a player I&rsquo;d trade him for, regardless of position.&ldquo;This guy is a hockey player&rsquo;s hockey player. He and Jerry Melnyk do a great job killing off penalties for us, and they&rsquo;re as good as any penalty-killers in the league.&ldquo;Game in and game out, Kayo is the same, an honest guy giving you an honest night&rsquo;s work. He takes a beating, yet never backs away from anybody and never gets hurt.During the off-season, Dea and his wife, Sally, operate a beauty salon at nearby Crystal Beach., Ont., where the Deas live the year around with their 11-year-odl son, Butch.Dea attends a beauty school in Buffalo, and this summer well be graduated as a full-fledged beautician.When it first became known he planned entering the beauty field after his playing career ended, Dea was the victim of some gentle ribbing. Now It has subsided.However his Inseparable companion and teammate, John McKenzie, hasn&rsquo;t let up.McKenzie, who sports a brush cut, plans a change.&ldquo;If Kayo graduates this summer, maybe I&rsquo;ll let my hair grow and see what he can do with it,&rdquo; McKenzie laughed, prodding Dea with an elbow. &#9632;

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Bisons’ Fans Show Preference For ’Hard Rock’ Performers, Pick Dea Most Popular Player

HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;The Hershey Bears were among the scoring giants of the American Hockey League this season and it wasn&rsquo;t hard to see why. The Bears boasted eight 20-goal scorers, the most of any team in the league.Leading the Bears&rsquo; overpowering offense was of course Willie &lsquo;The Wisp&rsquo; Marshall with 36. The veteran AHL centre has scored total of 356 goals during his 11-year career.Other 20-plus scorers are Keke Morton with 32, Pete Conacher 28, Dick Meissner 28, Yves Locas 25, Les Duff 25 and Myron Stankiewicz 21.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04376/2230714-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="346" height="393"><figcaption class="caption-body">Willie Marshall</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Marshall Leads Bears’ Horde Of Eight 20-Goal Marksmen

Before you say SCOTA a say,&ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo;it never varisBefore you say&nbsp;SCOTCH&nbsp;sayDEWAR&rsquo;Sit never variesWHL SummariesTues., March 19VANCOUVER 6, CALGARY 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Maloney (Boone, Howe)&hellip; 8:572&mdash;Vancouver, Duke(Popein, McCusker)&hellip;&hellip; 18:48Penalty: McAvoy 18:36.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Vancouver, Maloney (Baird, Boone)&hellip; 2:474&mdash;Vancouver, Boone (Maloney, Baird)&hellip; 8:075&mdash;Calgary, Hendrickson(Kosiamc, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 10:326&mdash;Calgary, Sutcliffe(Johnson, Hucul) 16:21Penalty: Kabel 5:30.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;loney (Hunt, Howe) 5:14Calgary, McDonald(Hucul, Hoekestra)&hellip;&hellip; 9:409&mdash;Vancouver, Boone (Maloney)&hellip;&hellip; 19:59Penalties: Hunt 1:20, Hoekstra 1:53, Seattle 8:15, Matthews 14:33.Saves: Villemure 30, Edwards 33.Wed., March 20LOS ANGELES 2, SAN FRANCISCO 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;los Angeles, Carmichael (Haddon, Mackelt)&hellip;&hellip; 15:50Penalties: Haley 0:06, Burega 12:00, Picard 14:33, Boileau 16:23.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Los Angeles, Labine (Whits, Bownass).. 10:58 Penalties: Labine 1:29, Jackson 7:31, McNabb 11:41, Haworth 15:57.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;San Francisco, Kurtenbach (Mickoski, Belisle)&hellip;&hellip; 19:59Penalties: Belisle 7:23, White 7:23, Diachuk 6:53, Labine 19:21, Mantha 19:21.Saves: McLeod 42, McCartan 40.PORTLAND 2, SEATTLE 0FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Bionda (Laufman, Goodwin).. 10:16 Penalties: Donaldson 14:15, Bionda 17:58.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Portland, McCarthy (Bionda, Gave)&hellip;&hellip; 6:48 Penalties: Ward 4:53, Ward 12:29. Karowski 14:45.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: Konik 16:59.Saves: Millar 42, Head 21.EDMONTON 11, VANCOUVER 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Duke (Kabel, McCusker). 1:252&mdash;Edmonton, Kinasewich(Masiuk, Finney)&hellip; 7:373&mdash;Edmonton, Messier(Kinasewich, Finney)&hellip;&hellip; 7:534&mdash;Edmonton, Ross (Miszuk)&hellip;&hellip; 10:235&mdash;Edmonton, McNeill (Holmes, Miszuk). 15:026&mdash;Edmonton, Corcoran (Ross)&hellip;&hellip; 15:51Penalties: Lebrun 2:06, Baird 8:48, Elik 18:54, Muloin 19:59.SECOND PERIOD7&mdash;Vancouver, McCusker ((Kabel, Howe).. 5:288&mdash;Edmonton, KinasewichFinney, McIntyre)&hellip;&hellip; 7:509&mdash;Edmonton, Elik (McNeil, Plager)&hellip;&hellip; 12:2910&mdash;Edmonton, Kinasewich(McNeil, Miszuk)&hellip;&hellip; 12:3611&mdash;Edmonton, McIntyre(Finney, Kinasewich)&hellip;&hellip; 13:27Penalties: Matthews 10:30, Messier 15:20.THIRD PERIOD12&mdash;Vancouver, Keller (McCusker, Duke)&hellip; 0:5513&mdash;Edmonton, McNeill (Messier, Miszuk).. 12:0014&mdash;Vancouver, Lebrun (Beatty, Popein).&hellip;&hellip; 12:2215&mdash;Edmonton, Miszuk&hellip;&hellip; 19:22Penalties: none.laves: Villemure 29, Boisvert 28.SPOKANE 4, CALGARY 1FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Madigan 1:34, Kilpatrick, Shvetz 7:33, Witiuk 8:05, Kilpatrick 15:21.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Spokane, Brunel (Hucul)&hellip;&hellip; 12:512&mdash;Spokane, Mekilok (Stratton, Brisson). 14:33 Penalties: McAvoy 7:40, Mekilok 19:42.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Spokane, Mekilok (Johansen).. 1:484&mdash;Calgary, Jankowski(Velpraja, Willis)&hellip;&hellip; 15:145&mdash;Spokane, Mekilok (Brisson, Madigan)&hellip;&hellip; 15:23 Penalties: TopoIl 11:20, Shvetz 17:38.Saves; Edwards 51, Dufour 17.Fri., March 22SAN FRANCISCO 7, SPOKANE 0FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;San Francisco, Mantha (Nicholson, Haley)&hellip;&hellip; 3:502&mdash;San Francisco, Kurtenbach (Mantha, Mickoski)&hellip;&hellip; 7:57Penalties: Hucul 6:40, Edmonton 11:43, Jack son 17:06.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;San Francisco, Mantha (Haley, Panagabko)&hellip; 17:554&mdash;San Francisco, Panagabko (Haley, Nicholso)&hellip;&hellip; 18:38Penalties: Cherry 2:03, Holdaway, Haley 2:30, Jackson 15:07, Shvetz 19:42THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;San Francisco, Thurlby (Panagabko, Edmundson). 2:558&mdash;San Francisco, Mantha (Picard, Mickoski)&hellip;&hellip; 11:157&mdash;San Francisco, Edmundson (Kurtenbach) 18:54 Penalties: McNabb 4:15, Jackson 8:36, Hucu 8:36, Witiuk 8:36, Cherry 9:44, Haley 10:30 McLeod (served by Cyr) 12:46, Mekilok 16:24 Saves: Dufour 37, McLeod 26.EDMONTON 4, VANCOUVER 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Edmonton, Holmes (Plager, McNeill).. 17.23 penalties; Price 4:54, Howe 6:59, Kibel, Messier 15:38.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Duke (McCusker, Kabel). 6:273&mdash;Edmonton, McNeill (Holmes, Elik)).. 9:534&mdash;Varcouver, Duke(McCusker, Hunt)&hellip; 17:205&mdash;Edmonton, McIntyre(Kinasewich, Finney)&hellip;&hellip; 18:55Penalties: none.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Edmonton, Finney(McIntyre, Boisvert)&hellip;&hellip; 18:20Penalties: none.Saves: Villemure 24, Boisvert 19.Sat., March 23LOS ANGELES 3, SPOKANE 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Boileau (Labine)&hellip;&hellip; 3:15Penalties: Burega 4:56, Madigan 18:15.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Brisson (Mekilok, Shvetz)&hellip; 2:02 Penalties; Dufour 3:06, Hucul 10:02, Bownass 14:24THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;LOS Angeles, Carmichael (Mackell)&hellip;&hellip; 0:544&mdash;Los Angeles, Mackell(Bownass, Labre)&hellip;&hellip; 19:54Penalties: Hucul, Haworth 5:14, Witiuk 10:03, 12:31, Hucul, Boileau 13:18.Saves: Dufour 41, McCartan 40.SAN FRANCISCO 3, SEATTLE 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle. Chiupka (Sinclair)&hellip;&hellip; 19:50Penalties: Cyr 4:58, Kazowski 10:19, Panaga 13:13, McNabb 19:57.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;San Francisco, Edmundson(McNabb, Panagabko)&hellip;&hellip; 13:58Penalties: none.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;San Francisco, Panagabko (Edmundson) 8:444&mdash;San Francisco, Mickoski(Panagabko, Kurtenbach)&hellip;&hellip; 19:52Penalties: Picard 8:50.CALGARY 5, VANCOUVER 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Caigary, Jankowski (Hucul)&hellip; 12:432&mdash;Cagary, WillisHoekstra, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 15:53Penalties: Hunt, Hoekstra 5:40, Kellar 16:33.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Calgary, Sutcliffe (Jankowski)&hellip;&hellip; 7:434&mdash;Vancouver, McCusker (Howe, Kabel)&hellip;&hellip; 16:345&mdash;Calgary, Willis (Marcetta, Hucul).. 18:21Penalties Kilpatrick 2:23.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Calgary, Jankowski (Velprava, Sutcliffe) 17:41 Penalties; Hutchinson 2:42, Velprava, Howe 7:10 Howe 9:41, McAvoy 12:19, Hucul 12:56, atthews, McAvoy 14:53.Saves: Villemure 29, Edwards 22.Sun., March 24SEATTLE 3, EDMONTON 1FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Miszuk 1:45, Price 3:04, Ward 12:16, Sinclair 15:39, Burton, Ward 19:59.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle, Bartow (Fielder, Powers)&hellip;&hellip; 2:492&mdash;Edmonton, Corcoran (Miszuk)&hellip;&hellip; 5:00Penalties: Messier 0:59, Boisvert served by Plager 2:09, Sinclair 20:00.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Seattle, Hall (Leonard, Chiupka)&hellip;&hellip; 13:364&mdash;Seattle. Sabourin (Leonard)&hellip;&hellip; 19:58Penalties: None.Saves Boisvert 25, Millar 20.LOS ANGELES 8, SPOKANE 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Carmichael(Mackeii, Solinger)&hellip;&hellip; 2:2;2&mdash;Los Angeles, White (Labine, Burega)&hellip; 5:3(3&mdash;Los White (Labine, Haddon). 13:104&mdash;Spokane Witiuk (Cherry, Brunel)&hellip;&hellip; 17:34Penalties: Hucul 18:25.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Los Angeles, Boileau (Labine, Haddon)&hellip;&hellip; 11:16 Penalties: Solinger 3:10, Lamoureux 4:21Hucul, Arnett 16:24.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;los Angeles, &rsquo;ackell (Haddon, Carmichael)&hellip;&hellip; 8:207&mdash;los Angeles, Labine (Haddon, White).. 12:1:8&mdash;Los Angeles, Maxwell(Diachuk, Hawarth)&hellip;&hellip; 16:269&mdash;Spokane, Brunel (Witiuk, Cherry)&hellip;&hellip; 18:1410&mdash;Los Angeles, White (Boileau)&hellip;&hellip; 18:43Penalties: rone.Saves: Dufour.41, McCartan 31.PORTLAND 4, SAN FRANCISCO 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Schmautz(Fashoway, Bionda). 2:06Penalties: Edmundson 1:24, Kurtenbac 3:10,. enbach 11:03, Donaldson 19:43.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Portland, Tessier (Davidson, Jones). 13:50 Penalty: Edmundson 12:49.5 THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;San Francisco, Haley(Kurtanbach, Mickoski)&hellip;&hellip; 16:095&mdash;Portland Bionda (Tessier)&hellip;&hellip; 19:27PenalVes. Mickoski 2:13, Schmautz 16:44.Saves: McLeod 32, Head 25.<h2>Looking At The WHL Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02463/2230752-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="596" height="797"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03351/2230745-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="622" height="801"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01552/2230783-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="258" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hal Laycoa</figcaption></div>PORTLAND, Ore.&mdash;Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s Buckaroos established themselves as solid favorites to take the southern division playoff championship in the Western Hockey League when they demonstrated once again a great ability to win the &ldquo;must&rdquo; games.Blessed with a balanced lineup that can produce goals in abundance, the Bucks all but clinched their second straight league division title by whipping San Francisco Seals for the 12th straight time on Portland ice.The Seals, under coach Bud Poile, at one time were as much as 16 points behind Portland, but a tremendous second half pulled them past Los Angeles Blades and, for a very brief period, into first place.However, every time it came to a showdown with their Oregon rivals, the Seals would suddenly lose their scoring punch and the Bucks would win pretty well as they pleased.Twice in the last month of the season the Buckaroos saw their first place lead dwindle to the danger point. Each time that happened, though, the schedule called for the Seals to visit the Glass Palace.The first time it was close for two periods as Portland carried a slight 2-1 edge into the third. In the final session they erupted for six goals and an 8-1 victory.The second time the Seals made it a little closer but still lost a 4-1 decision.ICE CHIPS: Vancouver&rsquo;s rookie goalie Gilles Villemare experienced his worst night of the season in Edmonton when the Flyers bombed him for 11 goals in an 114 victory. The Flyers closed their season series on home ice with the Canucks with a 4-2 win, giving them five wins in six outings against the Canucks. At Vancouver, the story is different. The Flyers, who had one game demaining there, had scored only six goals in five games and had one tie and four losses in the five games played&hellip; Los Angeles rookie Harold White got his first pro hat trick against Spokane in an 8-2 victory&hellip; Claude Dufour returned to the nets for Spokane&rsquo;s final road trip but the change didn&rsquo;t help as the Comets were bombed twice in L.A&hellip;&hellip; Two players, players, Seattle&rsquo;s Bob Barlow and Vancouver&rsquo;s Buddy Boone, passed the 40-goal mark and Barlow has &rsquo; an outside chance of getting 50 before its all over&hellip; Vancouver&rsquo;s Dave Duke, who didn&rsquo;t joint Canucks until mid-December, has a strange record. He&rsquo;s picked up 21 goals, but 17 of them have come on the road. &#9632;

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Portland Seen As Team To Beat For Title In Southern Division

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01549/2230821-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="637" height="2695"></div><h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04430/2230814-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="610" height="1145"></div> &#9632;

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Playoff Races

<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02506/2230852-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="262" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Skip Teal</figcaption></div>CLINTON, N.Y.&mdash;The Clinton-Greensboro playoff series definitely will determine the Eastern Hockey League champion, but it also may settle some arguments about the superiority of the circuit&rsquo;s two top lines.The two clubs split the opening two games at Greensboro, and in each case it was the No. 1 line of each team that played the pivotal role in the triumph. It&rsquo;s more than likely that this situation will hold true throughout the best of seven series.All year long Greensboro has been crowing that its trio of Don Davidson, Garry Sharp and Bobby Boucher was the top threesome in the league. But in the Northern Division, there were many who felt that Skip Teal, Pete Babando and Art Rose of the Comets were just as good it not Better.Statistics are all In favor of Greensboro&rsquo;s trio as all three finished in the league&rsquo;s top 10. Sharp was fourth with 12 points, Boucher 6th at 107, and Davidson 9th with 103. This adds up to a grand total of 142 goals, 189 assists and 331 points for the line.Meantime Babando was second in the league to winner Chuck Stuart but the Clinton crew only had 122 goals, 166 assists and 288 points. So statistically Greensboro has the edge. Clinton&rsquo;s arguments, however, say that the Comet trio was afflicted with injuries all year and it was only on rare occasions when all three were healthy. On those occasions they claim no one could vie with the Comets. The figures do show that Rose missed 15 games, Teal 17 games and Babando two where as Boucher only missed one, Davidson seven and Sharp none at all.In the first game of the series Rose was the whole show with a hat trick as his line was involved in three of the four goals in Clinton&rsquo;s 4-3 win. The Generals trio had a hand in all three Greensboro goals too.In the second game, Davidson hogged the spotlight as he posted the hat trick in Greensboro&rsquo;s 5-4 triumph that squared the series. This time Clinton&rsquo;s trio shared credit for only one Comet goal.Ron Spong, Greensboro pilot, compares the lines this way: &ldquo;Clinton&rsquo;s line is more experienced and perhaps it is a bit faster than our line. Teal and Rose especially are fast skaters. But our boys throw the puck around more and better. I don&rsquo;t think Teal, Babando and Rose pass the puck nearly as well.&rdquo;It could be that nothing will be settled by the seven game series but it&rsquo;s a fitting climax to the EHL&rsquo;s successful season to have the two division winners battling for the crown and the league&rsquo;s best lines on opposite sides of the ice.PHILADELPHIA: Chuck Stuart and GM Connie Williams were interviewed by 47 high school editors at Temple University&rsquo;s press tourney. Bob Bailey said he would retire, but there&rsquo;s a rumor hereabouts that he might come back in a higher capacity than player. Stuart turned down bid from Spokane. Connie told high schoolers it costs $100,000 to run an EHL club for five months.KNOXVILLE: Bill Speer went to Springfield for a tryout. A sound movie of Knoxville&rsquo;s games is available in the area. Claude Cyr, former goalie, is taking a physical education course at the University of Tennessee. The club already has started a season ticket campaign for next year. Knights are fearful they may lose Ray Cullen to pros.CLINTON: Comets chose all-opponent team that had Gaetan Dessureault of New Haven at goal; Dave Lucas of Johnstown and Pat Kelly of Greensboro on defense, Chuck Stuart of Philly at center, Ray Cullen of Knoxville and Gus Brassard of Charlotte as wings. In Greensboro they call Norm DeFelice &ldquo;Rabbit Ears&rdquo; so when DeFelice leads the Comets on the ice, the organist plays &lsquo;Teter Cottontail.&rdquo;CHARLOTTE: Reports persist that Ken Croombes will wind up in Greensboro next season under the terms of his contract with New Haven which said he could repurchase his pact for $500 at the end of the season. The big question here is whether Ivan Walmsley or Ricky Charron will be club&rsquo;s goalie next year. Gus Brassard is likely to move into a higher league. He went to Rochester for AHL playoffs. Charron went to Portland and Leo Olivier to Springfield.GREENSBORO: Don Davidson almost had 4 goals against Clinton but tally into open net at buzzer was ruled too late. Harvey Turnbull has been improving considerably to the point where Ron Spong rates only Ray Cullen above him among the juniors. Ron Muir and Bob Boucher each had 10 points in Charlotte series. Goalie Jacques Monette has been playing brilliantly in series to back up his reputation as a clutch performer. &#9632;

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Clinton, Greensboro Set For Showdown

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03470/2230883-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="544" height="881"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHICK CHALMERS &hellip; Streak Ends At 337</figcaption></div>FORT WAYNE, Ind.&mdash;The Fort Wayne Komets came out of a four-game tailspin in the nick of time to clinch the International Hockey League&rsquo;s regular season championship on the second-to-last day of the 1962-63 schedule.The Komets, needing only to win in their closing game after blowing four straight on the road in the league&rsquo;s most exciting finish in history, responded to wallop Omaha 7-1 and apply the frosting to the cake.By virtue of their wind-up victory, Fort Wayne ended in first place with 75 points, just one more than Minneapolis Millers, who never quit trying to topple the Komets even in their final game as they lowered the boom on the hapless St. Paul Saints 9-4. Muskegon finished third with 73 points and Omaha, which dropped its final two games of the schedule, closed In fourth position with 65 points.The playoff alignment pitted Fort Wayne against Muskegon and Minneapolis against Omaha, both semi-finals to be a best-of-seven series.MINNEAPOLIS: The Millers were certain of at least two records. Moe Bartoli scored his seventh hat trick of the season for one and the line of Bartoli, Bruce Lea and Ken Saunders passed the old mark of 320 pointe for another. Coach Ken Yackel had nine winning goals. The record is 11&hellip; Yackel broke up the line temporarily, movink Nelson LeClair up to right wing&hellip; LeClair had a hat trick against Fort Wayne&hellip; Bartoli and Saunders were still in a hot race for scoring honors, Bar toll with 120 points and Saunders with 119.MUSKEGON: After losing two straight to the Flags, the Zephyrs knocked them out of the playoffs with a 3-2 victory. Rod Paavolo&rsquo;s goal at 14:42 of the final period was the winner&hellip; Joe Kastelic kept shooting at Len Ronson&rsquo;s league record of 62 goals with his 59th if the season&hellip; Goalie Dennis Jordan had 48 saves in a game against Port Huron&hellip; Ken Hayden scored four goals against St. Paul.OMAHA: Rhubarbs of varying nature cropped up in the two dossing home games against the Ko mets. Coach Ken Ullyot of the visitors complained of the officiating and the fact that only one lineman worked the first period. Ken Wilson, Knights&rsquo; general manager was ordered out of the building by Referee Morley Meyers after he threatened to punch the official&hellip; Chick Chalmers had his consecutive game mark stopped at 337 when he failed to play against Minneapolis because of a bad back. He came back to play next night against Fort Wayne. Ted Leboda far surpassed his record for penalties. He had 26 minutes in the second game against Fort Wayne.ST. PAUL: Fred Brown had four goals in the 7-5 victory over the Komets&hellip; In St. Paul there was talk that the Kingston club of the EPHL would be shifted to St. Paul next season&hellip; Rich Brown, rookie who was one of the bright spots in the Saints&rsquo; decline, was honored with a &ldquo;night&rdquo; i by South Saint Paul fans. &#9632;

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Komets Shake Off Road Setbacks To Grab Pennant In Final Game

<div class="byline">By ALLAN DICKIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04247/2230959-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="285" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce Gamble</figcaption></div>KINGSTON, Ont.&mdash;Kingston Frontenacs have finally ended Hull-Ottawa Canadiens&rsquo; reign on top of the Eastern Pro League.Canadiens, winners of the league title over the past two seasons, went ot the final week of the season and the last few games before grudgingly giving up the top spot.Frontenacs broke two of the EPHL&rsquo;s most coveted records in their march to the title&mdash;both of which formerly belonged to Hull-Ottawa. They won more games, 42, and picked up more points, 95, than any EPHL team has done before.The previous records were 41 wins and 91 points held by the powerful Hull-Ottawa club of two years ago.Canadiens are still defending the Tom Foley Memorial Trophy as playoff champions, however, and both Kingston and Sudbury Wolves would like to do something about that.Sudbury and Canadiens are meeting In a best-of-five semi-final series. The winner tangles with Frontenacs in a best-of-seven set for the league championship.Reasons for the success? There are quite a few. The club was rated as no better than second and possibly third when the season started.The biggest reason has probably been the club&rsquo;s depth. They&rsquo;ve had three good forward lines and a solid defense all season. And Bruce Gamble has given Frontenacs great clutch goal tending.Kingston has been strongest club in the league down the centre. Pivots Jeannot Gilbert, Cliff Pennington and Billy Knibbs have been big producers.Defensively, Harry Sinden and Whitey Stapleton are two of the leading candidates for all star honors and second year man Wayne Schultz has improved tremendously. Ken Stephanson provides the muscle back of the blue line.Sinden himself has been a tremendous factor. He handled the coaching chores over most of the last half of the schedule while manager-coach Wren Blair was busy on behalf of the Boston organization.The record shows what an excellent job Sinden did, while at the same time continuing as the league&rsquo;s best defenseman.Another vital factor in the tight race has been Kingston&rsquo;s performance against International Hockey League clubs. Frontenacs were undefeated against IHL opposition, winning 11 and losing one.Frontenacs&rsquo; record, though, isn&rsquo;t intimidating Hull-Ottawa and Sudbury. Both of those teams know that the playoffs are another story&mdash;and that the league has a history of long, gruelling and exciting playoff series. &#9632;

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Kingston Lifts League Title From Hull-Ottawa

ST. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;The St. Louis Braves had one thing to be proud of this season in the EPHL&mdash;their ace scorer Alain &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Caron.The hard-shooting winger of the Braves was the big scoring gun of the league and in the process of counting 61 goals, he shattered the old EPHL record of 59 set by Orval Tessier, then of Kingston.Caron closed the schedule by scoring four times in the second-to-last game as the Braves won 7-1 over Sudbury. He also helped in the finale with his 61st goal as the Braves beat Hull-Ottawa 3-1. &#9632;

Caron Sets Scoring Record “allying 61st Goal Of Year

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01521/2231021-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</figcaption></div>ACROSS1&mdash;Pictured Ranger player.4&mdash;Native province of Dick Gamble (abbr.)6&mdash;Initials of Pronovost of Boston.7&mdash;Chico Maki lives on one during the summer.8&mdash;Given name of 1 down.10&mdash;Pictured player&rsquo;s is 5 (abbr.)11&mdash;Fans like to catch these at hockey games.13&mdash;Still.14&mdash;Pictured star&rsquo;s&mdash;is 29.16&mdash;Nattrium (Sym.)17&mdash;Short for given name of Mayer who played for Providence this season.19&mdash;5th & 20th letters of the alphabet.21&mdash;Number of NHL teams with which Bathgate has played.23&mdash;Boston&rsquo;s new trainer.25&mdash;Month in which 12 down was born (abbr.)27&mdash;Initials of a Chicago defenseman.28&mdash;Played 58 games with Springfield last season.30&mdash;Opposite to out.32&mdash;Name given 23 across.DOWN1&mdash;Player who had two game trial with Toronto recently.2&mdash;A teammate of pictured star.3&mdash;Month in which Jean Gauthier was born (abbr.)4&mdash;Mrs. Chico Maki.5&mdash;Pierre Pilote recently sustained a&mdash;ankle.9&mdash;Initials of a former NHL referee.12&mdash;A Toronto defenseman.15&mdash;Initials of an NHL manager18&mdash;This ex-Boston player is known as Buddy.20&mdash;A. hockey club.22&mdash;Leaf forward who wears contact lenses.24&mdash;Hockey wives are usually&mdash;fans.25&mdash;Month in which Bob Pulford plans to marry.26&mdash;NHL club with which 12 down first played (abbr.)29&mdash;Initials of Asmundson, former Ranger player.31&mdash;Mrs. Red Kelly was born in this city (abbr.)LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERSACROSS1&mdash;Westfall6&mdash;A.C.7&mdash;Ed.9&mdash;Cheesey12&mdash;Watson14&mdash;U.S.A.16&mdash;MR.17&mdash;Sid.18&mdash;Gag20&mdash;One21&mdash;M.O.22&mdash;K.S.,23&mdash;Jet25&mdash;Stewart28&mdash;Is29&mdash;H.Y.30&mdash;Ski31&mdash;Noel33&mdash;GlassesDOWN1&mdash;Wicks2&mdash;Stewardess3&mdash;Fast4&mdash;Aces5&mdash;Le.8&mdash;D.P.10&mdash;Ea.11&mdash;Young13&mdash;N.S.15&mdash;Angotti16&mdash;Mink17&mdash;S.O.19&mdash;Amerks.23&mdash;Jas..24&mdash;Ring26&mdash;Thos.27&mdash;Eyes31&mdash;Na.32&mdash;Le.<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02463/2231014-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="598" height="1006"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By JACK THOMSON</div>FORT WAYNE, Ont.&mdash;The Port Arthur Bearcats are the senior champions of the Thunder Bay once again this year. They went right down to the wire with the league champion Fort Williams Beavers, and won the seventh and deciding game by a score of 6-3.A great deal of the credit for the Bearcats victory must go to coach Lee Fogolin who returned to their lineup at the end of the season, when the Bearcats were probably having their worst season in years. He seemed to pick them up and give them the spark that they needed to beat the rejuvenated Beavers.Suspensions were the order of the day in the junior and senior playoffs. Three deliberate attempts to injure penalties in Fort Frances cause the suspensions of three Junior players.Russ Poole, the manager of the Port Arthur Bearcats senior club, was dealt a four-game suspension for his abuse of a game official&hellip;In the first game of the senior inter-branch playoffs between Winnipeg Maroons and Port Arthur, Grebinsky of the Maroons and Dupuis of Bearcats engaged in stick swinging episode with Dupuis being cut for thirteen stitches. &#9632;

Lee Fogolin Leads Port Arthur Cats To Senior Crown

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03387/2231076-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="393" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Georges Roy</figcaption></div>MONCTON, N.B.&mdash;Moncton Hawks, seeking to place their name on the Allan Cup for the third time, found stronger-than-expected opposition from the Prescott-Kemptville Combines before winning the opening round on the playdown trail.The Maritime champions, bolstered with players from Windsor Maple Leafs and Halifax Tartans, were favorites to roar through the best-of-five series but after the first two games were lucky to be deadlocked at one victory each.However, they came on strong in the next two games to sweep the Ottawa squad aside and advance into the second round against the Quebec champions, Sherbrooke Raiders.Winner of the series was to meet the victor of the All-Ontario senior final between Windsor and Noranda for the right to represent Eastern Canada in the Allan Cup finals, which were to be held in the East this season.A Maritime flavor was added to the Prescott-Kemptville roster when the Ontario team acquired the services of Billy Watson in time for the second game. Watson, who was with the Ottawa Mounties, the team Combines beat out for the St. Lawrence Senior Hockey League final, was once a star member of the Halifax Atlantics of the Maritime Major Hockey League.Combines also obtained defenceman Pat Brophy, who had played with Pembrooke.Hawks also bolstered their reserves. Moncton, who had earlier signed Georges Roy, Simon Nolet, Rod Gaudreault and Jacques Allard from Windsor, later added goalie Pierre Paquette, from Leafs, and winger Hartley Estabrooks, from Halifax. Roy was a standout both offensively and defensively in the Ottawa series. &#9632;

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Moncton Steams Along Trail, Ousting Ottawa Champions

<div class="byline">By JOHNNY HOPKINS</div>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;The Big Six Hockey League (which hasn&rsquo;t always been able to live up to its name by icing exactly six teams) has provided Southern Alberta hockey fans with a lot of entertainment over the years.It&rsquo;s a fair-to-middling amateur league which has always attracted a lot of journeymen hockey players, and several of exceptional ability, all of whom pay more than lip service to the credo that the game&rsquo;s the thing. And the league, too, has always served up a tasty treat in this Blue Law country&mdash;Sunday hockey.For years the Sunday afternoon doubleheaders in the Corral were a must for thousands of fans who rather enjoyed the silver collection fashion of admittance fee.But silver collections aren&rsquo;t generally synonymous with lush bank accounts, and this is where Harry Bowell fits so admirably into the Big Six Hockey League scene.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-01155/2231107-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="824" height="833"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY BOWELL&hellip; Hockey And Finances His Job</figcaption></div>As secretary-treasurer of the league, a job he has held for 15 years, he&rsquo;s confronted with the task of handling the finances. He goes about his work with the jaundiced eye of a bank auditor, competently administering the league with what must be considered as scant financial reserves.For example, one year when the league played in the old Victoria Arena (the world&rsquo;s largest icebox which was replaced none too soon with the swank Stampede Corrall) the &ldquo;take&rdquo; for the year averaged five cents a person. That&rsquo;s a pretty reasonable price for the five hours of entertainment that the doubleheaders provided.There was the &ldquo;big&rdquo; year, though, 1957-58, when the fans threw caution to the winds and averaged 23 cents a head throughout the season.Harry has never found it in his heart to criticize the fans, after all a silver collection is a silver collection, but he&rsquo;s often longed to see the same number of fans paying a not particularly unreasonable 50 cents apiece just once.He&rsquo;s been with the Big Six Hockey League for something 22 years now. He was on the executive committee the year that the league lost president Bill Williams midway through the season. Secretary-treasurer Walter Walters stepped up to the presidential post and Harry was a unanimous choice for Walters&rsquo; job. He&rsquo;s held it ever since, and gives no indication that he has any desire to relinquish the post.Harry&rsquo;s hockey administrative talents first came to light with the No. 13 District Depot army team which was a member of the Big Six from 1944 through 1946. He was secretary of the team which boasted such players as Whitey Rimstad, Jack Quigley, Curly Hunt and Ollie Dahl.He was bom in Middlesboro, England, and in March of 1928 he made the decision to come to Canada and, specifically, the Calgary area. He took up farming in the Acme area and found that he had a genuine interest in the district&rsquo;s sports program.For ten years he managed the Acme junior baseball club and once took the team to the league finals.In 1939, in the fashion of other patriotic Canadians, he joined the Canadian army and was BQMS with the 91st Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery. He went overseas and when he returned in 1945 he was depot sergeant-major at No. 13 district depot. He still has an army association and serves as manager of the sergeants&rsquo; mess at Mewata Armouries.Now with the league into its playoffs, Bowell is busy with the task of sending out the all-star ballots and preparing the trophies for presentation. Following the annual windup banquet, he will start making plans for next year&rsquo;s schedule.Says Harry: &ldquo;We might not have the greatest league in the world, but there&rsquo;s a lot of satisfaction in knowing that we entertain a lot of people. I enjoy, too, associating with fellows who play the game because they enjoy it.&rdquo;Harry has another once-a-year job, too. His physique fits him most elegently for the role of Santa Claus and he plays this part with gusto each Christmas.Harry Bowell, hockey fan. And the sport has been a little better for it. &#9632;

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