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December 12, 1964
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Jones, Marcetta Share Honors
PORTLAND, Ore. For the second week running Portland centreman Art Jones shares Player-of-the-Week honors. The proficient Portland pivot scored one goal and added six assists in 3 games, all on the road, last week. This production total was matched only by Victoria pivot Milan Marcetta. who scored 3 times and added four assists in the same number of games. As a result of gaining three points in three games played last week, Seattle’s Guyle Fielder has been able to maintain the league scoring lead by the slightest of margins. Fielder has 31 points, 6 goals and 25 assists, one more than Los Angeles’ Norm Johnson, who has played one less game. Johnson has 9 goals and 21 assists.…
Movements Of Players
Following are the latest player movement in hockey: NATIONAL LEAGUE MONTREAL—Billy Hicke forward, optioned to Cleveland of the AHL. Gary Peters, forward returned to Omaha of CPHL. DETROIT—Butch Paul forward, and Pete Goegan defenseman, recalled from Pittsburgh of AHL. BOSTON—Don Awrey, defenseman, recalled from Hershey of AHL. NEW YORK—Bob Plager defenseman recalled from Vancouver of WHL. Don Johns, defenseman, sent to Baltimore of AHL. AMERICAN LEAGUE PROVIDENCE—Traded Harry Ottenbriet, forward, to Los Angeles of WHL in exchange for Eddie Kachur, forward. BALTIMORE—Ken Block defenseman, called up from New York of EHL on pro trial and returned. PITTSBURGH-Adair Keller, defenseman, recalled from Memphis of CPHL. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE PORT HURON—George Boychuk, forward, secured from Toledo of IHL in exchange for rights to Bill Mitchell, defenseman. Blake Ball defenseman, released. TOLEDO—Don West brook, forward, recalled by Springfield of AHL. MUSKEGON—Jack Bar zee and Wes Walchuck, forwards,…
Punch May Test AHL Product Stemkowski, Bypassing Light-Checking Billy Harris
TORONTO, Ont. The struggle to maintain their strength at centre obscured all other considerations, as the Maple Leafs remained at, or near, the top of the National Hockey League standings just past the 20-game mark in the 1964-65 schedule. Leafs’ possession of three absolutely first-rate centremen—plus a swing man who’d be first-string with any opposing club—has been their key asset through their three consecutive championship seasons. These were Bob Pulford, Dave Keon and Red Kelly and it didn’t seem to matter what wingers coach Punch Imlach assigned. The result always was the same: three evenly balanced attacking units which, in the key matches, proved too overwhelming for teams that had only two. And in reserve was Billy Harris, who always did so well as an emergency replacement that many fans pleaded with Imlach to…
Hicke To Minors As Habs Meet Cutdown Deadline
MONTREAL. Que.— Aided by the return to action of Henri Richard, and the return to form of Jean Beliveau, Canadiens have swung into December looking a lot like the team that made it big last season. After knocking off Toronto 4-2 on Dec. 3rd, Blake’s Boys were just three points out of first place. They held one game in hand on league-leading Detroit, and two in hand over Leafs with whom they shared the second spot. Also encouraging was the fact that at least two of their three lines were clicking pretty consistently. The Beliveau-Rousseau-Tremblay unit was working well. So was the Richard-Provost-Balon combine. But, there was a question mark on the so-called third line, which seemed to be having trouble finding a permanent right winger to go with Backstrom and Ferguson. Habs…
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