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June 1, 1964

The Hockey News June, 1964

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01742/3068582-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="478" height="619"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACQUES LAPERRIERE</b>&hellip; Rookie of Year</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02618/3068575-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="616" height="612"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PIERRE PILOTE</b>&hellip; Top Defenseman</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03413/3068568-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="495" height="622"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>KEN WHARRAM</b>&hellip; Byng Winner</figcaption></div><h2><b>Beliveau Picks Off Hart As MVP Pilote, Wharram Grab Trophies</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04243/3068561-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="281" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Hull</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL. Que.</p><p>Members of the Chicago Black Hawks and Montreal Canadiens went home for the off-season with bulging pockets as the result of sweeping the National Hockey League&rsquo;s individual player awards.</p><p>Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens plucked the NHL&rsquo;s big player prize, the Hart Trophy, as the league&rsquo;s most valuable player. Bobby Hull of the Black Hawks was second in the voting.</p><p>Jacques Laperriere, the big, exciting Montreal defenseman, won rookie-of-the-year honors and the Calder Cup and two of his teammates, John Ferguson and Terry Harper, finished second and third behind him.</p><p>Ken Wharram of the Hawks swept to the Lady Byng Trophy while Wharram&rsquo;s Chicago teammate. Pierre Pilote&rsquo;again won the nod as the league&rsquo;s best defenseman in the Norris Trophy voting.</p><p>In the official NHL all-star voting, the Black Hawks placed five players on the first team out of six and one on the second while the Canadiens put three on the second team with the two clubs dominating the selections by garnering nine of the 12 berths.</p><p>Beliveau, who became the NHL&rsquo;s all-time scoring leader among centres this past season, polled a total of 102 points in the voting for the Hart Trophy, a comfortable margin over Hull, who finished second with 58 points and Gordie Howe of Detroit who was third with 50 points.</p><p>Beliveau, six-foot-three-inch, 205 pound captain of the Canadiens, finished third in the scoring race this season with 28 goals and 50 assists for 78 points. He was instrumental in leading Canadiens to their seventh NHL championship in nine years.</p><p>The 32-year-old Beliveau, with 338 goals. 448 assists and 78 points in 686 regular-season NHL games, leads NHL players in points-per-game average. In 1963 64, he broke the record of mosl goals by a centre&mdash;324, held bj Nels Stewart, former Montreal Maroons great.</p><p>Beliveau led the voting at the end of the first half of the season with 82 out of a possible 90 points. He added 20 points in the second half. He receives $1.251 from the league, including $1,001 as winner and $250 for leading the first half.</p><p>Goaltender Charlie Hodge, who provided Canadiens with a: strong a defensive leadership a Beliveau did offensively, led the voting in the second half with 43 and receives $250.</p><p>Following is a complete list of players who received points in the Hart Trophy voting. Figures in brackets are the points received in the first half, second half and combined total:</p><p>Beliveau, (82-20&mdash;1021; Hull, (32-26&mdash;581; Howe, (10-40&mdash;50); Hodge, (0-43&mdash;43); Stan Mikita, (12-18&mdash;30); Glenn Hall, (19-6&mdash;25); Ken Wharram, (3-0&mdash;3); Terry Sawchuk, (3-0&mdash;3); Johnny Bower, (0-3&mdash;3); Ed Johnston, (11&mdash;2); Tim Horton, (0-2&mdash;2); Frank Mahovlich, (1-0&mdash;1); Mur-ray Oliver, (1-0&mdash;1); Jacques Plante, (1-0&mdash;1).</p><p>Wharram, a diminutive right winger who scored 39 goals this season, has become the first Chicago player to win the Bying Trophy in 19 years.</p><p>Wharram was an easy winner of the award, collecting 80 of a possible 90 points in the voting for the second half of the NHL season. The over-all results showed Wharram with 120 points. Last season&rsquo;s winner, Dave Keon of Toronto Maple Leafs, finished a distant second with 69 points and another former winner, Camille Henry of New York Rangers, was third with 50 points.</p><p>The last Hawk to win the award, presented to the player &ldquo;adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability during the season,&rdquo; was Bill Mosienko in 1944-45.</p><p>This season, Wharram&rsquo;s play earned him the right wing berth on the NHL First All-Star Team and $2,000 in All-Star award money. His Lady Byng victory earns him another $1,500&mdash;$1,000 as over-all winner plus $250 for each half of the voting which he led both times.</p><p>Following is a complete list of players who received points in the Byng Trophy voting: Wharram, (40-80&mdash;120); Keon, (31-38&mdash;69); Henry, (32-18&mdash;50); Hull, (25-3&mdash;28); Phil Goyette, (11-10&mdash;21); Murray Oliver, (11-2&mdash;13); Alex Delvecchio, (0-11&mdash;11); George Armstrong. (6-0&mdash;6); Red Kelly, (2-0&mdash;2); Ab McDonald, (2-0&mdash;2); Beliveau, (1-0&mdash;1); Andy Hebenton, (1-0&mdash;1).</p><p>Pilote, 32-year-old captain of the Black Hawks, has become only the second NHL player to win the Norris Trophy twice.</p><p>Pilote received 138 points, almost twice as many as his nearest rival, veteran Tim Horton of Toronto Maple Leafs who had 70 points. In third place was another Hawk, Elmer Vasko with 28 points.</p><p>Following is a complete list of players who received points in the Norris Trophy voting: Pilote, (72-66&mdash;138); Horton, (43-27&mdash;70); Vasko, (21-7&mdash;28); Laperriere, (619&mdash;25); Harper, (1-12&mdash;13); Harry Howell. (1-12&mdash;13); Bob Baun, (72&mdash;9); Doug Barkley, (2-7&mdash;9); Carl Brewer, (4-0&mdash;4); Al MacNeil, (3-0&mdash;3); Doug Mohns, (0-3&mdash;3); Allan Stanley. (0-3&mdash;3); Marcel Pronovost. (0-3&mdash;3); Bill Gadsby, (1-0&mdash;1); Tom Johnson, (1-0&mdash;1); Leo Boivin, (0-1&mdash;1).</p><p>Laperriere, a six-foot-two-inch, 190-pound native of Rouyn, Que., thus becomes the second defenceman ever to win the Calder Trophy. Kent Douglas of Toronto Maple Leafs, who won the award in 1962-63, was the first defenceman to win it.</p><p>The 21-year-old Laperriere polled a total of 117 points in the balloting. He led the voting in both halves, collecting 53 points in the poll at the end of the first half of the regular season and another 64 points for the voting covering the second half of the season.</p><p>Finishing behind Laperriere were two other Montreal players. Left winger John Ferguson was second with 65 points &mdash; 43 for the first half and 22 for the second&mdash;and in third place was defenceman Terry Harper with 48 points, including 20 for the second half.</p><p>Following is a complete list of players who received points in the voting for the Calder Trophy Trophy: Laperriere, (53-64&mdash;117); Ferguson. (43-22&mdash;65); Harper, (28-20&mdash;48); Gary Dornhoefer, (044&mdash;44); Bob McCord, (23-8&mdash;31); Pit Martin, (9-1&mdash;10); Jim Pappin, 14-0&mdash;4); Phil Esposito, (0-3&mdash;3); Murray Hall, (1-9&mdash;1; Ed Joyal, (1-0&mdash;1).</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05141/3068554-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="1136" height="1934"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JEAN BELIVEAU &hellip; Most Valuable Performer in NHL</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Chicago, Montreal Stars Sweep NHL Awards

<div class="byline">BY FRANK ORR</div><p><b>(As Seen In Toronto Daily Star)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01783/3069362-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="294" height="478"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Rod Seiling</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO. Ont. &mdash;</p><p>In all the history of Canadian I junior hoc-! key, probably no team; ever so completely dominated the scene as this year&rsquo;s Toronto Marlboros.</p><p>Even the oldest hockey men. many of whom hold out for the talents of the &ldquo;good old days,&rdquo; are forced to admit Marlies are at least as good as the best previous teams.</p><p>Marlies completed the pic-ture by overwhelming the dis-appointing Edmonton Oil Kings to win the Memorial Cup in four straight games.</p><p>The final series a game won 7-2 by the Dukes, so typical of Marlboros. They started slowly against the plucky Oil Kings and held only a 3-2 lead after two periods. Then, in their methodical. deadly fashion, Marlies scored four goals in the third period &mdash; and left the impression they could have scored 24 if needed. &ldquo;</p><p>This is the complete hockey team that has no real weakness. Dukes had 17 playoff games, losing but one and that a tainted defeat to Notre Dame de Grace, whose presence on the same ice was treated as a joke.</p><p>Marlies had three solid forward lines, any of which could break loose if the spirit moved them. Their defence didn&rsquo;t match the forward patrols in brilliance, but who can remember their last inefficient game?</p><p>Goalie Gary Smith, who removes people from his bandwagon with occasional unnecessary histrionics, proved in the playoffs he is a front rank netminder.</p><p>&ldquo;We won because we have more good hockey players than any other team,&rdquo; said Jim Gregory. the youthful Marlboros&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;Everyone claimed our size was the big thing in our favor, but I think our skating was the strong point.&rdquo; Edmonton&rsquo;s Buster Brayshaw, who has guided his team to five straight Canadian finals, had high words for Marlies.</p><p>&ldquo;They are just a superb hockey club,&rdquo; Buster said.&rsquo;&rsquo;They&rsquo;ve played an entire season without ever being pressed. We&rsquo;ve been in the finals now for five years and Marlies are so far ahead of any of the other four teams we&rsquo;ve played that they have to be the greatest. There&rsquo;s nothing they can&rsquo;t do.&rdquo;</p><p>For Marlboros, it was their first Memorial Cup since the two straight wins of 1955 and&rsquo;56. They lose 10 players &mdash; eight to over-age, plus Rod Seilling who moves to the New York organization and Ron Ellis, who is certain to turn professional &mdash; but they could well be a repeat winner.</p><p>It is likely at least two and possibly three of this year&rsquo;s team will jump directly to the National League. Seiling is given a strong chance of making New York next year while Stem-kowski and Ellis are almost certain to open the season with Maple Leafs.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02672/3069355-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="2389" height="1537"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>CLINTON COMETS</b></p><p><b>The Clinton Comets, representing the Northern Division, won the Eastern Hockey League playoff championship this season. Left to right, they are in front row, LORNE O&rsquo;DONNELL, JACK KANE. NORM DeFELICE, PETE BABANDO, DOM DiBERARDINO. Back row, BILL GLASHAN, HOWIE DIETRICH, TED SZYDLOWSKI, JOHN AYOTTE. BENNY WOIT, TIM HOOK. HEC LALANDE. LEN SPECK. ART ROSE.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Marlboros Rank With Great Ice Teams

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Past Winners Hart Trophy

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01818/3069055-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"></div><h2><b><i>Leader Says WHL To Stay Intact With Denver Only Question Mark</i></b></h2><p>SEATTLE, Wash. &mdash;</p><p>Western Hockey League President countered reports that his circuit would, break up and i become&rsquo;big. time-by announcing that the six teams that finished last season would start the 1964-65 campaign.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02728/3069048-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="289" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Leader</b></figcaption></div><p>Leader said that the same six cities &mdash; Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland. Vancouver, Seattle and Denver &mdash; would be; in the fold for next year.</p><p>The WHL was confident the: Denver Invaders, last season&rsquo;s league schedule champions,&rsquo; would be ready for the firing line in early October. The Invaders were given six weeks in which to promote a 2,000 season ticket sale to meet league requirements.</p><p>If the campaign failed, there was a possibility the Denver franchise would be moved to Long Beach, Calif., which has been dickering for a WHL berth for some time, or Victoria, B.C.</p><p>D. P. Bolger, president of the Denver Invaders, said he believed fans in Denver will prove they are a &ldquo;good hockey town.&rdquo;</p><p>The possibility of a merger of the American and Western Hockey Leagues will be discussed in Montreal, June 7. a league spokesman for the WHL said.</p><p>Merger possibilities first were mentioned at the WHL spring meeting here May 7-8. At that time the league said it would I send representatives to the AHL meeting in Montreal.</p><p>Leader&rsquo;s insistence that the WHL would roll with the same cast spiked repeated rumors that Los Angeles Blades were ready to pull out of the league and join up with the NHL.</p><p>The WHL has long wanted to become a western division of the NHL. but the only thing to come out of the WHL&rsquo;s recent emergency session in this regard was a statement that:</p><p>&ldquo;Provisions were adopted whereby any city or all six members may apply for entry into the National Hockey League.&rdquo;</p><p>In Montreal, Clarence Campbell, president of the NHL. declined to comment on the statement. He did say the Blades had made application for membership in the NHL, but that it had never been considered &ldquo;Because Los Angeles is already a member of a league with which we have friendly relations.&rdquo;</p><p>The league&rsquo;s announcement about next year&rsquo;s operation apparently means Edmonton and Calgary will not rejoin the circuit. The two Canadian cities took a year&rsquo;s leave of absence last season and were to report their plans at this meeting.</p><p>The league also announced it would join with the AHL. the NHL and the Central Pro Hockey League in a pool of officials. All but the WHL had such an arrangement last season.</p><p>It was decided to open the 1964-1965 season Oct. 9 and close March 28. The directors also did away with the so-called &ldquo;rookie rule&rdquo; which said that if a team wanted to suit up more than 15 players one had to be a rookie. Next year, the teams will be able to suit up 15 players, exclusive of goalies with no specifications regarding rookies.</p><h2><b>PLAYOFF RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03602/3069041-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1222" height="1136"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE STATISTICS

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0361/3069407-1-eng-US/f0001-032.jpg" title="f0001-03" width="278" height="475"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Kent Douglas</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.</p><p>Amid speculation that the summer hockey draft may have lost some of its glamor because of the multiple late Reason hockey trade involving Toronto and New York, delegates from professional and amateur hockey streamed into this Canadian metropolis for the June 8-11 meetings still hopeful there would be a flurry of activity.</p><p>Rocked by the Andy Bathgate-Don McKenney swap that sent the veteran ice stars to Toronto Maple Leafs in February in exchange for three promising youngsters of the future and Dick Duff and Bob Nevin. Hockey has slowly sobered from the blow.</p><p>Both the Leafs and Rangers had been expected to set the pace in the summer hockey bartering and drafting before the &lsquo;big deal&rsquo; was pulled off unexpectedly. Hockey observers still believe the two clubs will be doing some business in spite of the trade.</p><p>The hockey corridors echoed with rumors that the Leafs may go after Boston&rsquo;s Dean Prentice to reunite him with Bathgate. Then was speculation that the Leafs would leave such top names as Ron Stewart, Don Simmons and Billy Harris unprotected. Another source thought the cup champs might make a pitch for Gump Worsley, even if he only provided the Leafs with needed goalkeeping insurance for aging Johnny Bower.</p><p>Despite the fact some pessimists anticipated a not too active draft, there were reports such players as Ron Murphy, Reg Fleming, Murray Balfour, Kent Douglas, Parker MacDonald, Larry Cahan, Ron Ingram, Jerry Toppazzini, and others would be&rsquo;available&rsquo; for the $20,000 draft price.</p><p>Many were speculating that the Rangers would go after Leo Boivin and Douglas to fortify their weakened backline. Rangers were also ready to waive the name of Vic Hadfield at prospective buyers providing the price was right. Billy Hicke also loomed as trade bait for the Canadiens, who have taken steps to protect both Claude Larose of Omaha and rugged Ted Harris of Cleveland, the AHL&rsquo;s top defenseman, and both of whom figure in the club&rsquo;s big league plans for next year.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01155/3069400-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg" title="f0001-01" width="2412" height="1270"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Here are the Toronto Maple Leafs, this year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup champions. Left to right, first row, GEORGE (PUNCH) IMLACH, manager-coach, ALLAN STANLEY, STAFFORD SMYTHE, president, GEORGE ARMSTRONG, captain, HAROLD BALLARD, vice-president; BOB PULFORD, KING CLANCY, asst, manager. Second row, DAVE KEON, RON STEWART. JOHNNY BOWER, DON SIMMONS. TIM HORTON, BOB BAUN. Third row. CARL BREWER, FRANK MAHOVLICH, ANDY BATHGATE, RED KELLY. BILLY HARRIS. Fourth row. BOB HAGGERT, trainer. EDDIE SHACK. JIM pappin, don McKenney, larry hillman, tom NAYLER, asst, trainer. Leafs have won the Stanley Cup for the last three seasons.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-02127/3069393-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="3063" height="1306"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>This year&rsquo;s Calder Cup champions are the Cleveland Barons. They are, left to right, front row, JEAN-GUY MORISSETTE, BOB ELLETT, JACKIE GORDON, general-manager, FRED GLOVER, playing-coach, PAUL BRIGHT, president. BILL NEEDHAM, captain, LES BINKLEY. Middle row. GEORGE POLINUK, trainer, SHEL FULLERTON, public relations director. JIM HOLDAWAY. CEC HOEKSTRA. RON ATTWELL, TED HARRIS, JOE SZURA. PETE SHEARER. DINO LUCARELLI, promotion director, JOSEPH B. VARGO, business manager. Back row. TOMMY WILLIAMS. RAY BRUNEL. RAY KINASEWICH, JIM MIKOL, LARRY ZEIDEL, DICK MATTIUSSI, WAYNE LARKIN. GUY ROUSSEAU. Barons went through nine-game playoff schedule without a loss to capture cup.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Trade May Cast Shadow On Draft

<div class="byline">SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03563/3068523-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="292" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ken Reordon</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;</p><p>Kenny Reardon, who came to Canadiens in 1940 as a raw&rsquo;teenager and wound up as a polished executive, has ended h i s career with the club.</p><p>The 43-year-old Irishman announced his resignation as vice-president of Canadiens on May 8. so ending a near quarter-century service with the Montreal organization. His career covered every facet from untried rookie to allstar defenseman, to front-office personality.</p><p>A native of Winnipeg. Manitoba, Reardon played junior hockey in the West, and at the age of 18 was invited to try out with Canadiens. He caught on. and made the jump from junior to N.H.L. with no stops between &mdash; a highly unusual feat for a defenseman. After two seasons with Canucks, during which he showed a willingness to step into the opposition with gusto. Reardon joined the Army, He had a distinguished war record, overseas, and earned high honors for himself in the bitter fighting at Arnhem. When the war ended in 1945. he reappeared on the Canadien blueline, to enjoy what proved to be the best years of his playing career.</p><p>From 1945-46 to 1949-50, when he retired as a player, Reardon never failed ter make an all-star team. Twice he was picked to the first squad, and three times to the second. He was no Fancy-Dan, and crowds used to needle him for running at the opposition on his skates. But. he &ldquo;got the job done.&rdquo; as he put it, and often the job was outstanding. Enemy forwards certainly didn&rsquo;t float around the Canadien zone unmolested when Reardon was on the ice. He flattened them, whether it was an implacable enemy like Cal Gardner of the Rangers, or his own brother Terry Reardon, of Boston. for whom he had the highest regard. They all looked alike to Kenny, once the game was on.</p><p>Reardon, however, was far more than a brawler, as his all-star nominations prove. As he matured, he developed into a highly effective performer, and he earned the reputation of being a good clutch player too. He tired as a player at the end of the 1949-50 season, and there were those who felt that he&rsquo;d quit a little early. He&rsquo;d been voted to the first All-Star team in his final season, and he was just 29 years old.</p><p>The end of Reardon as a player, however, marked the beginning of Reardon as an executive. He held numerous positions in the Canadien organization. &mdash; goodwill ambassador, manager of farm teams, director of farm systems, etc.. &mdash; and along the way he also acquired a wife. In December of 1950, Reardon married Suzanne Raymond, daughter of Senator Donat Raymond, longtime owner of Canadiens. In 1956, after several years of experience at various executive posts in the organization, he was named vice-president of Canadiens, succeeding the late D. C. Coleman. He held that position, until his retirement on May 8 of this year.</p><p>Reardon gave personal reasons as the cause of his retirement, saying that he wished to devote more time to his family, and especially to his children who are now in their formative years. He indicated that he would not be seeking further commitments in hockey. &ldquo;Right now, I would have to say that I&rsquo;m through with hockey for good,&rdquo; was his statement.</p><p>If it turns out that way it will be the game&rsquo;s loss, for Reardon knows his hockey. Yet, the feeling persists that Canada&rsquo;s National Sport has not heard the last of the name of Reardem. All that&rsquo;s really certain, is that the man has left Canadiens.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Through With Hockey for Good Says Reardon

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01737/3068492-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="285" height="472"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fronte J. Selke</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The Mont-real Canadiens, oldest club in professional hockey, are now being guided by the youngest executive panel in the NHL.</p><p>In a spate of front office changes, the Montreal organization:</p><p>Named David Molson, 35. as president of Le Club de Hockey Canadien and its parent organization, the Canadian Arena Company.</p><p>Appointed Sammy Pollock, 38, as general manager of the hockey club.</p><p>Awarded Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard. 42, a new position as assistant to the president of the hockey club.</p><p>Nominated Frank Selke, Jr., 34. to the position of vice-president, sales and publicity, of the Canadian Arena Company; and installed Howard Hamilton, the former comptroller, as vice-president &mdash; finance and administration &mdash; of the arena company.</p><p>The widespread changes followed announcements by Senator Hartland Molson and Frank J. Selke. that they were relinquishing active roles in the operation of the club. Under the new&rsquo; setup. the Senator becomes Chairman of the Board of the Canadian Arena Co., while Selke, after 18 years as managing director, becomes assistant chairman. He will be available to act in an advisory capacity to the younger executives, however.</p><p>The appointment of David Molson as president, was not surprising to those close to the club. A member of the brewing family that owns Canadiens, he has become increasingly active in hockey affairs over the past fewseasons. He was named vicepresident of the Canadian Arena Co., last year, and is familiar with the executive end of the operation. At one time, he played, hockey with the Junior Royals, and was also a star with the Molson team in the Commercial League.</p><p>Sammy Pollock, the new G.M., has spent exactly half of his 38,. years in hockey management. As far back as 1945. he was helping to guide the Junior Canadiens, and in 1947 he took over direction of the club. Under his leadership the team won the Memorial Cup in the 1949-50 season, and subsequently he was given further responsibilities in the far-flung Montreal chain.</p><p>Eventually Pollock took over operation of the vast farm system which supplied numerous stars to the N H L. team. He also played an active role in setting up the various trades and drafts that Canadiens have engaged in during recent years. In his new capacity as G.M., he has inherited the duties of Frank J. Selke. and will be mainly responsible for the operation of the club.</p><p>The appointment of Maurice Richard as assistant to the president, launches the famed Rocket on a new phase of his hockey career. His duties will lie primarily in the field of public relations, a role with which he is not unfamiliar, but will also include player development and scouting In the latter connection, the Rocket will likely go on scouting trips, mainly through Quebec and Ontario, but also as far as Western Canada, to view Canuck prospects in action. He has not previously done this in an official capacity for Canadiens.</p><p>Thus, Richard, a legendary figure as the result of his fabulous playing career, joins the organization as a fulltime executive at the age of forty-two. It could mark the beginning of a highly interesting second career for hockey&rsquo;s former superstar.</p><p>Frank Selke, Jr., a familiar figure to T.V. audiences throughout the country as the result of hockey broadcasts, steps up to vice-president, sales and publicity, of the Canadian Arena Co. In addition to directing all phases of publicity, press relations, radio and T.V., the younger Selke will also be responsible for all other events and attractions staged in the Forum.</p><p>Without doubt the most significant &mdash; and poignant &mdash; development in the many changes that occurred, was the stepping aside of Frank J. Selke. The 71-year-old executive, who came to Canadiens 18 years ago after a lengthy association with Toronto Maple Leafs, was the chief guiding spirit behind the team&rsquo;s tremendous success. He was the man who developed the matchless farm system which supplied Habs with a nonstop flow of talent, and which produced the great Canadien teams of the late&rsquo;fifties.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02686/3068485-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1791" height="1030"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b><i>NEW CANADIENS&rsquo; EXECUTIVE:</i> In the sweeping front-office changes announced by the Montreal Canadiens, DAVID MOLSON, flanked by the great MAURICE&rsquo;ROCKET RICHARD, left, and SAM POLLOCK, was named president of both the hockey club ond the team&rsquo;s sponsors, the Canadian Arena Company. Richard was appointed assistant to Molson and Pollock became the new general manaaer of the Canadiens, a oost formerly held by the retiring Frank J. Selke.</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>Blake Returning For 10th Season As Habs&rsquo; Coach</i></b></h2><p>MONTREAL, Que.</p><p>The changes in the Montreal Canadiens &mdash; sweeping in nature &mdash; affected almost everyone in the Canadiens front office, with the exception of Toe Blake.</p><p>He&rsquo;ll be back to coach Habs for the 10th straight season,&mdash; a remarkable achievement in an insecure profession.</p><p>However, since signing his first coaching contract with Canucks back on June 8, 1955, Blake has compiled a formidable record. Under his guidance, the team came up with seven first-place finishes and carried off five straight Stanley Cups.</p><p>Perhaps one of his most remarkable showings occurred last season, when he coached Canadiens to the NHL championship in the face of staggering odds. For this feat he was selected coach of the year by the editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Accent On Youth As Pollock, Rocket Gain Posts In Habs’ Sweeping Changes

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0697/3068613-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="292" height="477"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Charlie Hodge</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que</p><p>Little Charlie Hodge of the Canadiens can look back on the 1963-64 National Hockey League season as the year he&rsquo;doubled&rsquo; his hockey earnings in one campaign.</p><p>The diminutive Montreal netminder &mdash; dominant figure in the club&rsquo;s second half surge to the NHL title&mdash;climaxed a year of successes that pushed his early season AHL salary, reportedly $10,000 with Quebec Aces, to an unbelievable $22,000 with the Canucks.</p><p>When Hodge was called up by the Canadiens in November to replace injured Gump Worsley, he proceeded to win the Vezina Trophy, lead the Canadiens to first place, gain second-team all-star berth and pace the Hart Trophy voting in the second half. For this Charlie received $4,750 in awards&rsquo; money from the NHL. The Habs tore up his old contract and gave him a new one at $15,000 with bonus clauses which totalled another $2,500 bringing his&rsquo;take&rsquo; for the year to roughly $22,000 or better.</p><p>Considering he started the year in the minors and was snubbed by all NHL teams last season in the draft, little Charlie&rsquo;s success story has to rank as the greatest individual achievement of 1963-64 in hockey.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hodge’s Amazing Season Boosts Earnings To $22,000

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-1116/3068675-1-eng-US/f0003-112.jpg"></div><p>Five Chicago Black Hawks were named to the official 196:5-64 National Hockey League All-Star team.</p><p>Only defenceman Tim Horton of the Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs prevented the Hawks from making a clean sweep of the first team selections.</p><p>Following is a list of the first and second team selections with the combined first and second half vote total in brackets:<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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How NHL All-Star Teams Looked

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01802/3068706-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="455" height="448"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>P</span>assing The Puck will not appear this month. Ken McKenzie, publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS, is currently in Europe on an extended business trip. His column will be resumed in the July issue.</b></p><h2><b>Frank Selke Admits Surprised By Habs&rsquo; Retirement Request</b></h2><p>MONTREAL, Que &mdash; The text of Frank J. Selke&rsquo;s speech on the occasion of his retirement as managing director of the Montreal Canadiens is herewith reproduced:</p><p>&ldquo;When <i>Senator Hartland Motion suggested that he and I step aside to make room for our younger people, it caught me by surprise. In my</i> opinion <i>I had not quite completed the rebuilding of the team which I hoped to turn over to my successor.</i></p><p>&ldquo;<i>&rsquo;Some of you people who know horse racing may remember the story of the great Exterminator. After his racing career was finished, he was retired out into the fields with a pony as companion. I sincerely hope that when I am out in the field, you will know which is the&rsquo;pony&rsquo;.</i></p><p>&ldquo;<i>You know my favorite slogan &ldquo;The Kids Go Marching On&rsquo;. If it applies to others, it naturally had to catch up with me. Let me assure you that I shall continue to do all I can for the Forum and the Canadien Hockey Club without in any way interfering with the young men who are taking over the management of the Forum and its. affiliates.</i></p><p>&ldquo;<i>My seventeen years at the Forum have been most interesting. Some of you will remember what the building looked like at the time of my arrival. Let me just this once recall a few of the most important things which have happened since 1946. I have already mentioned the renovation of the Forum. Next we built a hockey empire which brought three Memorial Cups, one Allan Cup and six Stanley Cups to the Forum, plus many League championships. Since 1956 we have finished first or second in every year, evcept 1963 when we were three points out of first place.</i></p><p>&ldquo;<i>Under Kenny Reardon Frank Carlin, Sam Pollock, Dei Wilson, Mickey Hennessy, Chris Asseff and others, our affiliates won league championships in Shawinigan Falls, Montreal, Ottawa, Hull, Regina, Fort William, Cincinnati, Peterborough Winnipeg and Omaha.</i></p><p>&ldquo;<i>Just a few weeks ago two teams in which we have no financial interest but who work</i> in close harmony with us foughtS it out for the <i>American League Championship. In the Spring of 1947 Canadiens toured the West and were heartily booed in every city in which they played. Maurice Richard bore the brunt of this criticism.</i></p><p>&ldquo;<i>Knowing that the Toronto hockey radio broadcast was responsible, we campaigned for a fifty-fifty break on radio and later on T.V. After some years of skirmishing with Jack MacLaren and the Toronto</i> club, <i>Conn Smythe conceded this privilege on the mutual understanding that Canadiens would stay out of Ontario and Toronto out of Quebec. This has since been modified slightly. With the help of our N.H.L. confreres we built the Hockey Hall of Fame, which will stand as a perpetual shrine to the many wonderful players and men who have brought hockey to its present eminence.</i></p><p>&ldquo;<i>Having said all of these things, let me stress that nothing would have been possible but for the generous support of the Honorable Donat Raymond and later Honorable Hartland Molson. Given &ldquo;carte blanche&rdquo; and the cooperation of a highly efficient staff and the support of my hundreds of friends in the newspaper, radio and television fields I have enjoyed some success and the happiest years of my life right here in Montreal. For this I must once again thank you all and conclude with this observation to the young men who are to follow me:</i></p><p>&ldquo;<i>No victory is important enough to justify the loss of the respect of your friends or damage the good name of the Canadien Hockey Club.</i>&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<p>MONTREAL, Que.</p><p>The Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs earned one-third the total monetary awards distributed by the National Hockey League at the conclusion of the 1963-64 regular season and playoffs. Toronto defenceman Tim Horton reaped the highest individual total of any NHL player.</p><p>The league&rsquo;s cash awards totalled $220.500 and were distributed in the following manner: $135,000 to the teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs; $54,000 to the first four teams in the final regular-season standing; $18,500 to the players selected to the First and Second All-Star Teams; $13,000 to the players winning individual trophies and the runners-up. Each of the team awards are based on 18-player units, meaning that each of 18 players on a team winning a monetary award must receive a full share.</p><p>According to figures compiled by NHL publicist Ron Andrews, the Leafs won a total of $76,250 in award money. They received $63,- 000 as Stanley Cup champions ($1,500 per man for winning the semi-final and $2,000 per man for winning the final series); $9,000 for their third-place finish in the regular season ($500 per player); $3,250 in All-Star awards; and $1,000 in individual trophy awards.</p><p>Horton&rsquo;s share of the Leaf total was $6,500. He received $3,500 in playoff awards; $2.000 for being named to the First All-Star Team in each half and in the final compilation; $500 for Leafs&rsquo; third-place finish; and $500 as runner-up in the Norris Trophy voting to winner Pierre Pilote of Chicago.</p><p>Detroit Red Wing players collected $51,250 &mdash; $2,500 per man in playoff awards; $250 each for their fourthplace finish; and Gord Howe earned an additional $1,750 in individual award money, the only Red Wing to do so.</p><p>Montreal Canadiens received $48,750 in award money, including $1,500 each as NHL champions and $750 each as the losers&rsquo; share in the Cup semi-finals. In addition, Jean Beliveau, Charlie Hodge, Jacques Laperriere, John Ferguson and Dave</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02755/3068744-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="507" height="633"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TIM HORTON&hellip; He&rsquo;s $6.500 Richer</b></figcaption></div><p>Balon each earned individual award money.</p><p>Chicago Black Hawks were awarded a total of $44,000, including more than half the total money disbursed by the NHL for individual awards and All-Stars. Of the $31,500 given out by the NHL, Hawk players collected $17,000 with Pilote and Ken Wharram each receiving $3,500 and Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull each collecting $3,250. In addition, each of 18 Hawks received $750 for the club&rsquo;s second-place finish plus $750 as the losers&rsquo; share in the semifinals.</p><p>Camille Henry of New York Rangers was the only player on either the New York or Boston Bruin clubs to collect any award money. The left winger received $250 for being placed on the second All-Star team for the second half of the season.</p><h2><b>Horton Leading Money Winner</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03657/3068737-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="1232" height="989"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Maple Leafs’ Players Collect Third Of $220,500 Bonus Money From NHL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01745/3068782-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>SAN FRANCISCO SEALS</b></p><p><b>Here are the San Francisco Seals, this year&rsquo;s Western Hockey League champions. Left to right, front row, BOB PERREAULT, GERRY BRISSON, ED PANAGABKO, NICK MICKOSKI, playing-coach, CHARLIE BURNS, LEN HALEY, KURT RAYER, asst, trainer. Back row, MAX HALL, asst, general-manager, JEAN MARC PICARD, RAY CYR, LARRY McNABB, PAUL JACKSON. AL NICHOLSON. MOE MAN-THA, LARRY LUND, GERRY ODROWSKI, TOM THURLBY. WAYNE CONNELLY, BILL GRAY, trainer, NORMAN (BUD) POILE, generalmanager. Seals won title for second straight year despite finishing fourth during regular schedule.</b></p></figcaption></div><p><i>For The 1963-64 Season</i></p><p>NATIONAL LEAGUE</p><p>Champions: TORONTO LEAFS</p><p>CENTRAL LEAGUE</p><p>Champions: OMAHA KNIGHTS</p><p>ALLAN CUP</p><p>Champions: WINNIPEG MAROONS</p><p>AMERICAN LEAGUE</p><p>Champions: CLEVELAND BARONS</p><p>EASTERN LEAGUE</p><p>Champions: CLINTON COMETS</p><p>WESTERN LEAGUE</p><p>Champions: SAN FRANCISCO SEALS</p><p>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</p><p>Champions: TOLEDO BLADES</p><p>MEMORIAL CUP</p><p>Champions: TORONTO MARLIES</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02641/3068775-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="2988" height="1433"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>TOLEDO BLADES</b></p><p><b>Here are the Toledo Blades, this year&rsquo;s International Hockey League champions. Left to right, front row, JOHN GRAVEL, GARY MORK, MOE BENOIT. GLENN RAMSAY. CHICK CHALMERS. MOE MORISETTE, WALTER BRADLEY. Back row. KEN WILSON, general-manager, WAYNE NORTH, DON CURRIE, GREG. JABLONSKI, TED LEBODA, DON WESTBROOK. LARRY MAVETY, TERRY SLATER, JIM YOUNG. Benoit coached Blades to both league title and playoff round championship in Toledo&rsquo;s successful return to the IHL this year.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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The Hockey News Statistical Issue

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01832/3068827-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>REGULAR SCHEDULE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02676/3068820-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="497" height="613"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE HOWE &hellip; Top Playoff Scorer</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03492/3068813-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="1274" height="2595"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STATISTICS

<div class="byline">BY STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04343/3068858-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="292" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Vic Hadfield</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;</p><p>The New York Rangers can be expected to dig into the NHL grab-bag of hockey players at the annual draft meetings with more than the usual dose of enthusiasm.</p><p>Woefully weak on defense, the Blueshirts would like to grab Jean-Guy Talbot of the Habs or Ted Harris, the American League&rsquo;s top defenseman, but the Canadiens reportedly will protect both in the draft.</p><p>Still thinking defense, the Rangers likely will resume talks with the Boston Bruins, presumably to obtain Leo Boivin or another Bruin backliner of quality.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a defenseman or two we can&rsquo;t use,&rdquo; said Bruin coach Milt Schmidt. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to sit down with a few people and talk a little trade.&rdquo;</p><p>Talk has it that Schmidt will want Ranger left wing Vic Hadfield in any deal for Boivin. Hadfield showed to advantage when Andy Bath-bate was his linemate but went nowhere after the trade.&rsquo;</p><p>The Bruins, because of their affinity for last-place, always seem to have first draft pick on the Rangers and this year is no exception. But once the Boston club makes its move the New Yorkers follow.</p><p>The Canadiens offer other possible attractions for the Rangers. Namely, Red Berenson, Ralph Backstrom and Billy Hicke, all relatively young forwards not especially adored at the Forum, but the word is that if anyone is let &ldquo;free&rdquo; it will in all probability be Hicke.</p><p>Conceivably, the Canadiens and Rangers could negotiate a deal similar to the large Worsley, Plante, et. al. trade of last Summer. Hadfield also might be a principal in this one.</p><p>A year ago the big names in the deal were Plante and Worsley but the prizes turned out to be Phil Goyette (for New York) and Dave Balon (for Canadiens). Montreal&rsquo;s new g.m. Sammy Pollock doesn&rsquo;t rue the move.</p><p>&ldquo;Goyette was a throw-in,&rdquo; said Pollock.&rsquo;&rsquo;We didn&rsquo;t want to let him go in the draft and nobody wanted to trade for him alone. We couldn&rsquo;t keep him, so we let him go.&rdquo;</p><p>The Rangers also will have an eye on other surplus products on sale at the $20,000 draft price.</p><p>Those mentioned as possibilities include Kent Douglas, the Toronto defenseman; Chicago forwards Murray Balfour, Phil Esposito and Len Lunde and defenseman Aut Erickson.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0006-04

Rangers To Hunt Defensive Strength In Draft With Eve On Boivin, Doualas

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01776/3068903-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="297" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Roger Crozier</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK. N.Y. &mdash;</p><p>Fred Glover, fiery playing coach and right wing of the Cleveland Barons, has been voted the Leslie Cunningham Plaque as the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Most Valuable Player for the 1963-64 season.</p><p>This marks the third time in the past five years that Glover has received this honor, which carries with it a cash bonus of $300. Only one other player, goaltender Johnny Bower, has I been a three-time winner, Bower taking the honors in three consecutive years, 1955-56, 1956I 57 and 1957-58.</p><p>Glover was named this season to the AHL s second All Star Team, which netted him $200 in bonus money. He thus winds up the season with $500 in cash bonuses.</p><p>Glover&rsquo;s piloting of the Barons to an unprecedented nine straight playoff victories was not a factor in influencing the league&rsquo;s press, radio and television representative in the voting for MVP honors. Ballots for the latter were completed before the playoff series began.</p><p>Points were awarded on a 5-3-1 basis for first, second and third place choices from each of the league&rsquo;s nine cities. In garnering 27 points, Glover won by a narrow margin over goaltender Lorne (Gump) Worsley of Quebec, who tallied 22 points in his second place finish.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02678/3068896-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="548" height="806"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRED GLOVER</b>&hellip;Capping A Big Year</figcaption></div><p>Quebec&rsquo;s Doug Harvey wound up third, with 12 points. Others who figured in the balloting were Roger Crozier of Pittsburgh, six points: Mike Nykoluk of Hershey, five; Ed Giacomin of Providence and Gerry Cheevers of Rochester, three each: and Art Stratton of Pittsburgh, Ted Harris of Cleveland and Brian Kilrea of Springfield, one apiece.</p><p>Glover previously won the Leslie Cunningham Plaque for his play in the 1959-60 and 1961-62 seasons, both times as a member of the Barons.</p><p>In other AHL individual awards. Roger Crozier, who divided his time between the Pittsburgh Hornets and Detroit Red Wings during the past hockey season, spent just enough time with the Hornets to qualify for his selection as the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie for 1963-64. And Ted Harris, whose brilliant defensive play was one of the contributing factors to the Cleveland Barons&rsquo; Calder Cup championship, was voted the Eddie Shore Plaque as the outstanding defenseman of the 1963-64 season in the AHL.</p><h2><b>Curry Quits Post As Coach of Aces</b></h2><p>QUEBEC CITY, Que.</p><p>Floyd Curry has confirmed that he is through as coach of the American Hockey League Quebec Aces.</p><p>He announced his resignation from the post he has held for three years and indicated that he would undertake some duties with the Canadiens organization next season.</p><p>Curry wants to spend more time with his business interests in Montreal.</p><p>The Aces owners haven&rsquo;t indicated thus far who will succeed Curry in the job.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05264/3068889-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="598" height="514"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE STATISTICS

f0007-03

CALDER CUP PLAYOFFS

f0007-06

REGULAR SCHEDULE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-08121/3069010-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="288" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jock Riley</figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;</p><p>Jack Riley, who has served as general manager of the Rochester Americans for the last five years, has agreed to step up and become the president of the American Hockey League starting with the 1964-65 season.</p><p>Riley&rsquo;s appointment was announced by a league spokesman here at the AHL&rsquo;s annual business meeting May 20.</p><p>Riley, who is 44, will succeed Jim Balmer of Pittsburgh, who is retiring but will remain as a consultant to the league. Balmer became the&rsquo;interim&rsquo; head of the AHL in 1961 when John B. Sollenberger of Hershey retired and has been anxious to step out because of his age and pressure of other business.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0007-08

Riley New AHL President

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01795/3069100-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>OMAHA KNIGHTS</b></p><p><b>Here are the Omaha Knights, this year&rsquo;s champions of the new Central Pro Hockey League. Left to right, front row, BOB COURCY, BILL McCREARY, playing-coach, ROD MORRISON, co-owner, ERNIE WAKELY, DON MORRISON, co-owner, DR. JOHN EWING, club physician, LEN RONSON. Centre row. ELDON GUNNARSON, business manager, GARY PETERS. BOB WALL. NOEL PICARD. GERMAIN GAGNON, BILL INGLIS, WALTER PRYSTAI, trainer. Back row. BARCLAY PLAGER, NORM DENNIS, CLAUDE LAROSE, TOM CARTY. DOUG SENIOR.</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>REGULAR SCHEDULE</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02715/3069093-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1269" height="2306"></div><h2><b><i>PLAYOFF RECORDS</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04487/3069086-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="1235" height="2313"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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CENTRAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STATISTICS

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03582/3069131-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="291" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alain Caron</b></figcaption></div><p>DOLBEAU, Que.</p><p>Alain (Boom, Boom) Caron I is a young man who knows what he wants. A hockey ca-reer in the National Hockey League.</p><p>The powerfully &ndash; built left winger of the St. Louis Braves of the Central Pro Hockey League, said here in his home town that if he doesn&rsquo;t make the NHL next season he will quit the game.</p><p>&rsquo;&rsquo;It is this year or never,"said the prolific scaring Caron, who collected a fantastic 77 goals in 72 games for the Braves in the CPHL this past season and who has counted 138 in a two-year pro career.</p><p>Caron is the property of the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL and he said he has reached the point in his life &mdash; he is 26 years old &mdash; where he must choose between hockey and a business. He said he liked St. Louis but made it quite clear that he wanted to play in only me place next season&mdash;the NHL.</p><p>Caron said he didn&rsquo;t care which team he performed with so long as it was with an NHL club.</p><p>Though he has had trouble with his legs in the past, exercise has made it easier for him to skate. He has no trouble whatsoever scoring.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0009-03

Caron To Quit If NHL Teams Pass Over Him

<p>NEW YORK, N.Y.</p><p>Hockey talk lingered in New York long after the Rangers settled in various parts of Canada.</p><p>A surprise item was a move to bring the now-defunct New York Rovers back to Madison Square Garden as a regular Eastern Hockey League entry. They were voted in along with Jacksonville, Fla., as new members&rsquo;of the EHL for 1964-65.</p><p>Three conditions were specified before the franchises are finally granted. A new member must post $10,000 with the league, have 75 per cent local ownership and obtain an acceptable lease on a playing rink.</p><p>New York and Jacksonville were given until May 28 to meet them.</p><p>Henry Kramer, Jacksonville grocery executive and chairman of the board of the community-owned Jacksonville Suns baseball teams in the International League, represented Jacksonville in talks with league officials and said he is confident his city will meet the league conditions.</p><p>If both teams are added it will make the Eastern League an 11-team circuit. Members from last year are Clinton. N.Y.; Long Island, N.Y.; New Haven, Conn; Philadelphia, Pa., Johnstown, Pa.; Nashville, Tenn.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Charlotte, N.C., and Greensboro, N.C.</p><p>Rovers were a fixture on Sunday afternoons in New York from the early Thirties to early Fifties. The club later moved to Commack, Long Island where the team changed its name to the Long Island Ducks.</p><p>Once again, the Rovers will be the Rangers&rsquo; farm club and act as a training stop for players just out of juniors but not ripe for top professional hockey.</p><p>While Ranger officials ironed out plans for the Rovers, they also unveiled models of the proposed new Madison Square Garden to go up over the Pennsylvania Station.</p><p>Work on the project is underway. The hockey arena will have a circular, prestressed concrete roof connected by steel cables to an exterior steel frame, eliminating all interior columns.</p><p>Target date for completion is late 1967.</p><p>In another part of the Metropolitan Area, Garden City, Long Island, construction of another ice rink is underway, this one at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Nassau County.</p><h2><b><i>Lockhart Sees Boston as EHL&rsquo;s 12th Franchise</i></b></h2><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash; A team of American players representing Boston in the Eastern Hockey League and the United States in the Olympics and World Amateur championships is being considered for next season.</p><p>This was disclosed by Tom Lockhart, president of the EHL during a recent league meeting.</p><p>&ldquo;We would like to have a 12-club league and this kind of a club would serve two purposes,&rdquo; said Lockhart. &ldquo;They would be playing together in our league and would enable us to send a better team against the other countries every year.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

New York, Jacksonville Voted Into New 11-Team EHL Set Up

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03571/3069224-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="295" height="473"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Allan Johnson</b></figcaption></div><p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>The Winnipeg Maroons, a gathering of veterans who ref, usedto heed the call of old legs and slow down, ended a 33 - y e a r famine as they brought the Allan Cup back to this city for the first time since 1931.</p><p>The Maroons swept the best-of-seven national senior final from the diehard eastern champions, the Woodstock, Ont. Athletics who were determined but thwarted by a lack of finesse around the goalmouth. Scores of the four games were 5-0, 7-1, 5-0 and 5-3.</p><p>It climaxed a 12-year bid by Maroons, Manitoba&rsquo;s only senior hockey team. They were formed in 1952 and despite two previous appearances in the final, were unable to win Winnipeg&rsquo;s eighth Allan Cup.</p><p>The club&rsquo;s previous Allan Cup finals were against Galt Terriers in 1961 and Windsor Bulldogs in 1963. They lost both series in five games on eastern ice.</p><p>Winnipeg with six former pro fessionals on the club, including former Detroit Red Wing Allan Johnson, displayed too much puck sense and in the end it was Maroons&rsquo; clutching at goalmouth straws that brought them the cup.</p><p>Maroons had a rocky road of sorts to the Allan Cup final.</p><p>A February tour of Europe, almost put Maroons out of the running for the Allan Cup, an elusive prize they gave up last year to Windsor Bulldogs.</p><p>Since most of the Winnipeg players work, it. was - felt that they could not get enough time off their jobs to participate in another playoff.</p><p>The problem was rectified at the last moment and Maroons proceeded to polish off Port Arthur Bearcats in four games, Quakers in five games and Woodstock in four.</p><p>Defensive work played a big part in Winnipeg&rsquo;s success this winter. Don Collins gave excellent service in goal and his blueline corps of 41-year-old Danny Summers, Tom Marshall, Bernie Grebinsky, Sheldon Bloomer, Bill Johnson and junior Terry Ball served him well.</p><p>Up front there was familiar names like Aggie Kukulowicz, Elliott Chorley, Chuck Lumsden, Ross Parke, Jim MacKenzie and Al Johnson.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Winnipeg’s Allan Cup Victory First in 33 Years For City

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<p>OTTAWA. Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association took an unprecedented step during their 50th annual meeting here when they voted to allow American teams to compete for the Allan Cup next, season.</p><p>Delegates to the CAHA meetings approved a resolution permitting Spokane, Wash., Jets and Warroad, Minn., Lakers to take part in Allan Cup playdowns in 1964-65. Warroad are representatives of the Thunder Bay district and recently won the Canadian intermediate championship. The Jets play in the Western International Hockey League, which is slowly coming back into prominence.</p><p>The CAHA also disclosed it will take four years to assemble a national team strong enough to dominate international competition.</p><p>They also agreed that while compensation in the form of money or scholarships must be paid, every effort would be made to have &ldquo;a truly amateur team.&rdquo;</p><p>Delegates all spoke out for a national team but favored putting off selection of a home base, coach and other officials for at least another year.</p><p>Instead they accepted a recommendation that the. 1965 Canadian representative to the World Hockey Championships be composed primarily of players from the Winnipeg Maroons, 1963-64 Allan Cup champions, and the 1964 Canadian Olympic team.</p><p>Candidates for the permanent national team also would join the club. Players would be added from year to year until, by 1968, the Canadian team going to the Olympic Games would be a truly national one.</p><p>The 1965 team would be known as &ldquo;Canada&rdquo; and not as Winnipeg Maroons, a requirement that the Maroons have accepted.</p><p><b>A more comprehensive report on the CAHA&rsquo;s 50th annual meeting will be presented in the July issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS. The sessions were still in progress at press time.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02730/3069324-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="536" height="1427"><figcaption class="caption-body">LEN THORNSON&hellip; IHL Scoring Champ</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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