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December 12, 1964

The Hockey News December 12, 1964

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><p><b>TOLEDO. O.</b></p><p>International Hockey League goalies are finding shutouts hard to come by this season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01292/2081716-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="285" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Chuck Adamson</b></figcaption></div><p>In the first 46 games of the season only one whitewashing job had been accomplished. That was achieved by Fort Wayne goalie Chuck Adamson when he blanked Des Moines, 6-0, in only the second game of the season.</p><p>Adamson played 70 games last season without a shutout, although he racked up two in the playoffs.</p><p>Glenn Ramsay, Toledo&rsquo;s All-Star goalie, topped the league last season with five shutouts but he had none in the Blades first 14 games this season.</p><p>The league had played five overtime games in the first 46, three resulting in ties. Last season the league had 31 overtimes, with 11 ties.</p><p><b>FORT WAYNE</b>&mdash;A third crowd over the 7,000 mark (7,655) brought a total attendance for nine home games to 47,768 for an average of 5,308&hellip;Three centres, Bob Rivard. Len Thomson and Reggie Primeau were leading the Komets in scoring with wingers Johnny Goodwin and Chick Balon close behind&hellip;The Komets were leading the league in &ldquo;goals against&rsquo;&rsquo; and were second to Des Moines in &ldquo;goals scored&rdquo;.</p><p><b>PORT HURON</b>&mdash;The Flags scored a total of 22 goals in winning three straight&hellip;Bob McCammon had the hat trick against Toledo&hellip;Bert Frizzell, second leading scorer, was OUT of action with a pinched nerve in his back&hellip;Bob Sneddon, 20-year-old goalie, was called in by the Chicago Black Hawks to serve as standby for goalie Glenn Hall&hellip;The Flags released defenseman Blake Ball and acquired George Boychuk from Toledo in deal for Bill Mitchell.</p><p><b>TOLEDO</b>&mdash;Owner-General Manager Ken Wilson announced attendance for the first six games was up 4,286 over last year&hellip;Don Westbrook, after playing two games with the Blades, was recalled by Springfield of the American League&hellip;The Blades were preparing to meet the Russian hockey team on Dec. 15, their first game against IHL teams&hellip;Rookie defenseman Hank Neufeld, passed cigars, according to tradition, after scoring his first goal.</p><p><b>MUSKEGON</b>&mdash;The Zephyrs cut their roster to 16 with release of Jack Barzee and Wes Walchuck&hellip;Rookie Gary Schall posted his second hat trick of the season&hellip;The Zephyrs were no match for National League&rsquo;s Montreal Canadiens, who won by 141. Jean Beliveau, Jim Roberts and Claude Provost had hat tricks&hellip;New defenseman Lorne Weighill was getting a trial&hellip;Ken Hayden had a nine-inch piece of broken stick driven into his thigh in a game against Des Moines&hellip;</p><p><b>DAYTON</b>&mdash;Guy Trottier was the first Gems player to score the hat trick, in a 6-4 win over Toledo&hellip;Defenseman Bob Brown was pressing Ted Lebioda for top penalty minutes&hellip;The Gems attracted 16,704 paid customers for their first six home games, an average of 2.784.</p><p><b>DES MOINES</b>&mdash;Paul Johson had the hat trick in a 7-5 win over Fort Wayne&hellip;Nelson LeClair and Cliff Bristow were out with injuries&hellip;Patty Ginnell took the league lead in scoring with 29 points&hellip;Goalie Ray Mikulan had 41 saves in the 4-4 overtime at Fort Wayne.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Shutouts Scarce As Adamson Posts Lone Zero

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Gordie Howe Hockeyland

<div class="byline">&#x2014;FOLEY</div><p>NEW YORK, N. Y.</p><p>None of the &ldquo;fringe&rdquo; Rangers suffered when December 1st deadline arrived. Blue brass decided they would keep the extra man they&rsquo;d been carrying.</p><p>&ldquo;We feel we owe it to the players,&rdquo; GM Emile Francis explained. &ldquo;There wasn&rsquo;t a boy on our squad who hasn&rsquo;t contributed something to our success this season. And we felt we&rsquo;d be better off keeping a man around.</p><p>As of December 1st, NHL clubs were permitted to dress 16 skaters and a goalie.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rangers Make No Cuts At Deadline

<div class="byline">&#x2014;SMITH</div><p>MONTREAL, P. Q.&mdash;</p><p>Ted Harris has been called a very cool customer, for a rookie, and, when he was up for a four-game trial with Habs last season, Toe Blake remarked on this. &ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t panic.&rdquo; said Toe at the time. &ldquo;He takes his man out pretty well, and doesn&rsquo;t seem to get flustered.&rdquo; What does Toe think, now, after having watched the defenseman for, roughly, one-third of the season?</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s playing well,&rdquo; says Blake, &ldquo;and, he has overcome a few bad habits that he had. For instance, he was making his moves too soon, at the start of the season, and taking himself out of position. But. he&rsquo;s over that, now.&rdquo;</p><p>What about his coolness?</p><p>&ldquo;Well,&rdquo; laughed Toe, &ldquo;I sometimes think he has a tendency to be too cool. What I mean is he&rsquo;s taking a bit too much time with his passes, in order to make them perfect. He gives very good passes, but he&rsquo;s a bit slow in making them, and that gives the other team a chance to intercept. That&rsquo;s a habit carried over from the minor leagues, where they get more time to make their plays. But. he&rsquo;s working at overcoming it, and he has to some extent.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Harris Sometimes ‘Too Cool’ For Canuck Coach Toe Blake

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div><p>CHICAGO. III.</p><p>Black Hawks&rsquo; board chairman Jim Norris is running out of patience with a hockey team he. Manager Tommy Ivan, and Coach Billy Reay figured would be the one to bring Chicago its first National Hockey League title. This may seem a bit surprising to those who recall that Jim&rsquo;s patience was almost saintly during the several years he poured money into the Hawks, with little prospect of getting a return on the investment for several years, if at all.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02228/2082016-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="246" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Kenny Wharram</b></figcaption></div><p>However, Norris now feels that he, Ivan and Reay have the team that can realize his dream, if it performs up to its ability. And he knows that the current Hawks are falling far short of their potential.</p><p>&ldquo;This situation no longer is funny,&rsquo;&rsquo; snapped Norris recently after the Hawks had run a losing streak to two with their third consecutive loss to the last place Bruins.</p><p>&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t sit around and wait for these guys to come around much longer. We&rsquo;re going to make some moves if things don&rsquo;t improve.&rdquo;</p><p>Much of Norris&rsquo; ire was directed at the Hawks&rsquo; defense.</p><p>&ldquo;We thought we had a sound, seasoned defense crew,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But so far, its been the lousiest part of our game.&rdquo;</p><p>But Jim was far from content with the play of some of his veterans, too.</p><p>&ldquo;If all the rookies (five) were hurting us, you could understand the thing,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But the kids aren&rsquo;t killing us. We&rsquo;re being hurt by some pretty well-regarded National leaguers.</p><p>&ldquo;The youngsters&mdash;Phil Esposito and Fred Stanfield particularly&mdash;have been doing a good job. So have Chico Maki, Glenn Hall, Eric Nesterenko and, of course, Bobby Hull. But those six have been our only consistent players.&rdquo;</p><p>The two most glaring omissions from Jim&rsquo;s list of sound performers are centre Stan Mikita and his right wing Kenny Wharram, who last year joined with Hull to form the first all-star line.</p><p>Mikita, the defending scoring champion, has had slumps before in his five-season career with the Hawks, and at 24 hardly can be over the hill physically. Thus, the team brass is simply waiting for him to work himself out of his problem.</p><p>But Wharram&rsquo;s failure to approximate the 39-goal scorer of last year has his bosses a bit concerned.</p><p>The little man. who may still not have shaken off the effects of the skull fracture he suffered during the exhibition season, simply isn&rsquo;t himself.</p><p>&ldquo;He was our quick-trigger man last year,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;But so far, he isn&rsquo;t firing the puck. In a recent game, he had the puck 10 feet in front of the other team&rsquo;s net and instead of shooting, he skated off into the corner.</p><p>&ldquo;Last year he would have had the puck in the net before the goalie knew what happened.&rdquo;</p><p>Reay isn&rsquo;t totally discouraged by his team&rsquo;s failure to get out of the gate in full stride, although he admits to having spent several sleepless nights recently.</p><p>&ldquo;The most encouraging thing is that the guys who aren&rsquo;t going well know they&rsquo;re having problems. It&rsquo;s really rough when a player who isn&rsquo;t doing well convinces himself that he&rsquo;s doing his job and blames all the troubles the team is having on other guys. We&rsquo;ve had none of that.&rdquo;</p><p>Doug Mohns&rsquo; return to full-time duty on the blue line, after missing better than a month because of a broken bone in his right foot, should alleviate some of the Hawks&rsquo; defensive problems. Rookie Matt Ravlich has filled in handily, but Doug figures to add some much-needed offensive punch to the rearguard corps.</p><p>After the first 18 games of the season, only Elmer Vasko and Ravlich had produced goals from among the six defensemen the club was carrying.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Norris Fumes Over Hawks’ Ice Play

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01334/2082047-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><p>TORONTO. Ont.</p><p>When goalie Roger Crozier was bombed 10-2 by the Toronto Maple Leafs last week, the hockey world was shocked by the result. But not young Roger.</p><p>He had been through this sort of things before. In fact, it was just one year ago that his big league hockey future seemed doomed when he was subjected to a nine-goal barrage by the Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>The critics said his crouching style would kill him as an NHL goalkeeper. Roger proved them wrong then.</p><p>This past week when it happened all over again, he showed the wiseacres that this sort of thing gets the best of the puck stoppers. For the very next night he bounced back to stiffle the Montreal Canadiens with a brilliant net performance.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Crozier Shows He’s Real Pro Roars Back After ‘Bombing’

<p>Following are the latest player movement in hockey:</p><p><b>NATIONAL LEAGUE</b></p><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Billy Hicke forward, optioned to Cleveland of the AHL. Gary Peters, forward returned to Omaha of CPHL.</p><p>DETROIT&mdash;Butch Paul forward, and Pete Goegan defenseman, recalled from Pittsburgh of AHL.</p><p>BOSTON&mdash;Don Awrey, defenseman, recalled from Hershey of AHL.</p><p>NEW YORK&mdash;Bob Plager defenseman recalled from Vancouver of WHL. Don Johns, defenseman, sent to Baltimore of AHL.</p><p><b>AMERICAN LEAGUE</b></p><p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;Traded Harry Ottenbriet, forward, to Los Angeles of WHL in exchange for Eddie Kachur, forward.</p><p>BALTIMORE&mdash;Ken Block defenseman, called up from New York of EHL on pro trial and returned.</p><p>PITTSBURGH-Adair Keller, defenseman, recalled from Memphis of CPHL.</p><p><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></p><p>PORT HURON&mdash;George Boychuk, forward, secured from Toledo of IHL in exchange for rights to Bill Mitchell, defenseman. Blake Ball defenseman, released.</p><p>TOLEDO&mdash;Don West brook, forward, recalled by Springfield of AHL.</p><p>MUSKEGON&mdash;Jack Bar zee and Wes Walchuck, forwards, dropped.</p><p><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></p><p>KNOXVILLE&mdash;Harrisor Gray, goalkeeper, returned by Jersey of EHL. Harvey Lerfold, goalkeeper, dropped Sam Gregory, forward, traded to Charlotte of EHL for Frank Ryder, defenseman Ray Dupont, defenseman, as signed by Toronto of NHL Jerry Wakshinski, forward sold to Jersey.</p><p>CHARLOTTE&mdash;Red John son, forward, traded to NewYork of EHL. Ralph Winfield forward, secured from Tulsa of CPHL.</p><p>JACKSONVILLE&mdash;Ed Babuik, goalkeeper, optioned by Toronto of NHL. Ron Willey Toronto of NHL.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Movements Of Players

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Wrap up your holiday shopping

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Know who centered the highest-scoring line in National Hockey League history?</p><p>Stan Mikita? Nope. Jean Beliveau? Nope. Sid Abel? Closer, but still no.</p><p>It was Norm Ullman. That was 1956-57, Ullman&rsquo;s sophomore season with the Red Wings. He was only 20 years old when the season started, played between Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe and the trio accumulated 226 points.</p><p>Ullman had 16 goals that season, never has failed to get less than 21 in the succeeding years, or seven straight 20 goals-plus seasons. This past week he picked up three assists in one game against Boston Bruins to permit him to go over the top of a 500-point career.</p><p>He&rsquo;s the model of consistency and consistently he&rsquo;s been neglected in the All-Star voting. He also passed the 200 goal mark this season and NHL publicist-statistician Ron Andrews dug out a &ldquo;wrong-way&rdquo; statistic for the 29-year-old Detroit center.</p><p>Ullman is one of only four 200 goal scorers never to make either the first or second All-Star teams since the picking started in 1931, four years before Ullman was born.</p><p>Not that his worth isn&rsquo;t known&mdash;every coach in the league calls him one of the most underrated players and the name almost always linked with Ullman&rsquo;s in that phrase is Toronto&rsquo;s Bob Pulford.</p><p>Ullman is as valuable defensively as he is on offense, a superb stick-handler, deft penalty-killer, tireless skater.</p><p>But he hasn&rsquo;t been able to break through the All-Star dominance of Beliveau, Henri Richard and Mikita.</p><p>This could be the year.</p><p>Ullman had a blazing finish last season after a dejecting first half when, hindered by a chipped ankle bone that caused him to miss nine games and slowed him down, he scored only four goals.</p><p>He scored 17 goals in the second half, kept up his superb play in the playoffs, especially in the semi-finals against Chicago when he led both clubs with six goals and seven assists. He finished the playoffs with 17 points, one more than the previous year when he tied Howe as top point-producer in the playoffs.</p><p>This season Ullman took 10 goals and 11 assists into December, highlighted by a string of five straight points or better games that included six goals in four games and two straight &ldquo;doubles.&rdquo;</p><p>And he&rsquo;s taken over another Howe preserve&mdash;scoring winning goals. He led the NHL several years ago with six winners, tied with MacDonald for the Wing lead last season with five and through October and November, he scored the winner in five of the Wings&rsquo; 10 victories.</p><p>Who could ask for anything more?</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01447/2079750-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="478" height="776"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>NORM ULLMAN&hellip;Most Underrated Player</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Norm Ullman Enjoying Greatest NHL Season, May Compel Experts To Revise All-Star Voting

<div class="byline">BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b> Norm Ullman&rsquo;s spurt, aided by linemates Parker MacDonald and Floyd Smith, has helped cover up Gordie Howe&rsquo;s slump, one that was becoming of increasing concern&mdash;ten straight games without a goal, only two in the 13 November games. Ron Murphy surprised himself and everyone else at Olympia when he drilled a 35-footer between Montreal goalie Charlie Hodge&rsquo;s pads to get the Wings off to a 3-1 victory.</p><p>Murphy had just been corseted and harnessed with a brace to restrict movement of his left arm because of a shoulder ligament injury but he got full strength into the shot.</p><p>The Wings were outshot and outplayed most of the way in the Montreal game and it was the second time they&rsquo;ve been outplayed at home but still won&hellip;something that didn&rsquo;t happen in the last few years.</p><p>A big reason has to be the defensemen and jumping-jack goalie Roger Crozier, who took a 1.85 goals against average into December.</p><p>Milestones reached: Howe&rsquo;s 1,300th regular season point, an assist on a power play goal by Ullman, and Alex Delvecchio&rsquo;s 900th regular season game.</p><p>Left wing Larry Jeffrey may be out only half the eight to 10 weeks doctors first predicted. Jeffrey underwent knee surgery to repair a torn ligament and it wasn&rsquo;t as serious as was thought before the operation.</p><p>Manager-coach Sid Abel didn&rsquo;t do any squad cutting at the Dec. 1 shakedown to 16 players and a goalie. The Wings are carrying 18 players but two are disabled&mdash;Jeffrey and Eddie Joyal who is making a slow recovery from a back and shoulder injury sustained when he slid into the boards several weeks ago.</p><p>Attendance is way up at Olympia. Each succeeding appearance of Toronto and Montreal wipes out the previous season high and attendance for the nine October-November games was 116,770, an average of 12,974 in a building with 13,000 seats.</p><p>If the Wings could keep that up, they&rsquo;d break their 35-game attendance record of 451,147 set in 1956-57.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02428/2079781-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="249" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Red Wings Showing Concern As Howe Plunges Into Slump

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THE 1964-1965 RED WING YEAR BOOK

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01446/2079843-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Montreal Canadiens have become more respected around the NHL in recent years with the addition of hard rocks like Terry Harper and John Ferguson. This season they&rsquo;ve added another &lsquo;policeman in the person of TED HARRIS, the rangy defenseman who was the class of the American League&rsquo; backliners last year.</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>At 28 years of age, Ted Harris is a somewhat mature rookie in NHL ranks, and. for that reason, his approach to this league is a realistic one.</p><p>&ldquo;I consider myself lucky to have made Canadiens at my age&rdquo;, says Harris, frankly, &ldquo;and, now that I&rsquo;m here, I want to make the most of my opportunities. After all, who else in the NHL started at age 28? Also, it&rsquo;s a fortunate thing for me that Canadiens aren&rsquo;t the packed squad they were not long ago,&rdquo; he continues, &ldquo;or I probably wouldn&rsquo;t get any ice time.&rdquo;</p><p>Harris has a good deal of modesty to go with his realism, of course, because he has been playing some fine hockey for Canucks, this year. Also, he&rsquo;s not the oldest man to have made the NHL, even recently. Boston Bruins unveiled an older rookie just last season in defenseman Bob McCord, who caught on at age 29. There are others, of course, notably goaltenders like Johnny Bower and Charlie Hodge, who clicked at advanced ages. But, Harris is reversing a trend which has seen a lot of youth amassed on the Canadien blueline, lately, and it will be interesting to see just how he makes out.</p><p>One of the key issues facing Harris, is this: Does a man really benefit from long minor league experience? &hellip; or, does he get too used to playing at the sub-NHL level? It&rsquo;s a well-known fact that defensemen take longer to develop than forwards. and. accordingly, should spend more time in the lesser leagues. But, if they stay there too long, they simply may not be able to make the required adjustment. What does Harris, after six years in the minors, think of this?</p><p>&ldquo;I believe I learned a lot from my stay in the minors,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;particularly from Eddie Shore at Springfield, where I spent five years. From what I&rsquo;ve heard, Shore was one of the all-time defense greats, and he&rsquo;s certainly in a position to teach the right defensive moves. I know, he taught me to play both the man and the puck, instead of just one or the other, and that&rsquo;s important. You can fall into the habit of body checking a man.&rdquo; notes Ted, &ldquo;and leave the puck lying there just long enough for someone else to put it in the net. So, my time in the minors was probably well spent.&rdquo;</p><p>What about the other side of the coin&mdash;the adjustment to NHL play after six years at the more leisurely minor league pace?</p><p>&ldquo;Well, the change of pace is probably the toughest thing to get used to,&rdquo; says Ted. &ldquo;In the AHL the moves are not really any different from what they are in the NHL. But. up here, everybody travels at a much faster rate of speed. So, when they make their moves, they make &lsquo;em in a hurry. Also, they pounce on you awfully fast, up here, when you have the puck After all. these guys are the best in the business&mdash;the best in the world&mdash;and it takes a lot to keep up with them.&rdquo;</p><p>In the 20-odd games he&rsquo;s played, this season, Harris has kept up with the oppositior pretty well. A big, rugged type&mdash;he&rsquo;s 6&rsquo; 2&rdquo; and weighs 185 lbs.,&mdash;Ted has added starch to the Montreal defence, and he&rsquo;s been logging a lot of ice time for a rookie. This has been due, partly, to injuries to men like Harper and Laperriere, but Harris&rsquo; versatility has helped too. He can play either side of the ice with equal facility, though he&rsquo;s actually a left hand shot and normally belongs on that side. His versatility, however, has accounted for some of the most interesting moments of his brief NHL career.</p><p>&ldquo;As a left defenseman, he says, somewhat wryly, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had the experience of looking up and seeing a guy like Gordie Howe come thundering down my side of the ice. As a right defenseman,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;I got to try stopping a guy like Bobby Hull. It&rsquo;s no picnic, but it sure teaches you a lot in a hurry.&rdquo;</p><p>Ted had also learned that rookies will soon be put to the test in the physical sense, when they reach the NHL level. Coincidentally, he&rsquo;s had most of his troubles, so far, with a couple of other Teddy boys named Lindsay and Green. With Lindsay, it has been mostly a case of exchanging hard looks and hard shoves, but with Green the situation came to blows, recently, in Montreal. They squared off in the second period of a rough encounter at the Forum, and, frankly, Green won it. But, Harris knows that the important thing when challenged is to fight, and not back away. And, he doesn&rsquo;t back away.</p><p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t let the opposition push you around, no matter who they are,&rdquo; says Harris. &ldquo;Just take the case of Ted Green and myself. We&rsquo;re both from Manitoba, and we actually grew up in the same part of Winnipeg. But, that doesn&rsquo;t mean a thing once the game starts.&rdquo;</p><p>Off the ice, Harris is pleasant, mild-mannered type who speaks so softly it&rsquo;s difficult to hear him. He&rsquo;s also a dedicated family man, who attaches great importance to having his wife and children close by, during a hockey season. &ldquo;A hockey player leads a lonely life away from the rink,&rdquo; says Ted. &ldquo;Mostly, he&rsquo;s living in strange towns where he doesn&rsquo;t really know anybody. He needs a family to come home to.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Old For Rookie, Harris Aims To Stick After Late NHL Jump

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Montreal defenseman Ted Harris will remember his first National Hockey League goal for an assortment of reasons.</p><p>It seems very few people among the close to 15,000 fans saw it go in. The goal judge certainly didn&rsquo;t. But Harris did and more important, Referee Frank Udvari had his eagle eye on the puck instead of the impending fight that distracted everyone&mdash;including the goal judge.</p><p>Play went on as Henri Richard and Bill Hay tangled behind the Chicago net. Claude Provost passed to Harris, who drilled it past Goalie Glenn Hall. The puck went in and out again.</p><p>The red light didn&rsquo;t go on. The goal judge was too busy watching the combatants. However, Udvari allowed the goal and Harris, an NHL rookie, got his first big time marker,</p><p>It will probably go into the books as the &lsquo;phantom goal.&rsquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

‘Phantom’ Goal First For Ted

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Action shot of Ted Harris

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01510/2079953-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leafs&rsquo; great winger FRANK MAHOVLICH, left, shown seated beside ANDY BATHGATE (9), has returned to ice drills with the Maple Leafs after going out of action Nov. 13 with an unexplained ailment.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Imlach Still On Hunt For Third Centre To Bolster Leafs

<div class="byline">PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.</p><p>Frank Mahovlich has rejoined the Maple Leafs in practice.</p><p>The Big M, hospitalized for a checkup Nov. 13, resumed workouts last week, returning to his room at Toronto General immediately afterwards each day.</p><p>There has been no disclosure of what the tests indicated, and there will be none.</p><p>At the time, the announcement said he would undergo medical investigation to determine the cause of continual fatigue.</p><p>Beyond saying he was making splendid progress, Leafs&rsquo; medical team offered no further information.</p><p>There was a brief controversy at the time Mahovlich entered hospital because it happened during a week when Torontonians were discussing the shortage of hospital accommodation.</p><p>This prompted Dr. Hugh Smythe to say that &ldquo;if the nature of Frank&rsquo;s problem were to be disclosed, there would be no embarrassment to him or myself.&rdquo;</p><p>The hospital issued a statement saying Mahovlich had been admitted as an emergency case.</p><p>Regardless of what the ailment might have been, it was obvious it would take Mahovlich a week or two to regain peak condition, following two weeks in bed.</p><p>One thing was certain: Leafs missed him.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Big M Returns To Leafs’ Drills Absence Felt By Cup Champs

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.</p><p>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.</p><p>Leafs&rsquo; possession of three absolutely first-rate centremen&mdash;plus a swing man who&rsquo;d be first-string with any opposing club&mdash;has been their key asset through their three consecutive championship seasons.</p><p>These were Bob Pulford, Dave Keon and Red Kelly and it didn&rsquo;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.</p><p>And in reserve was Billy Harris, who always did so well as an emergency replacement that many fans pleaded with Imlach to use him regularly.</p><p>Trouble began to develop late last season when Imlach decided Kelly no longer could skate well enough, or long enough, to be a full-time centre.</p><p>He switched Frank Mahovlich into the middle and let Kelly work left wing on that forward line, with Andy Bathgate on the right side.</p><p>Leafs retained the Stanley Cup using that alignment but their playoff performance was hardly an impressive show of power. They had to win a decisive seventh game in each series, and were behind in both.</p><p>&ldquo;Centre is not the Big M&rsquo;s best position,&rdquo; Imlach said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m convinced he&rsquo;s more useful to us on left wing. So I&rsquo;ll have to find somebody else.&rdquo;</p><p>Bathgate, always a skilful playmaker, has had a shot at centre.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02475/2080008-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="500" height="566"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL HARRIS &hellip; Part-Time Pivot</b></figcaption></div><p>So has Don McKenney, why lays down a pretty pass.</p><p>George Armstrong, who used to play centre before finding a permanent home on the right flank, has worked in the middle.</p><p>So far, Imlach hasn&rsquo;t developed a combination he considers strong enough to stick with through the balance of the schedule.</p><p>And that&rsquo;s his major problem.</p><p>With many clubs, a slow mar can do the job at centre as long as he passes well. His wingers do the skating.</p><p>With Leafs, it&rsquo;s different The centre must bear the forechecking load and to do that he must be a tireless, aggressive skater of the Keon-Pulford type. Nobody passes more neatly than Kelly but Imlach properly feels that the old redhead has reached a stage where his energy should be carefully conserved for critical moments.</p><p>Imlach gives this project top priority. And he makes it clear he won&rsquo;t be harassed into giving Harris a full-time job. He remains convinced Harris doesn&rsquo;t check robustly enough to play centre in Leafs&rsquo; system.</p><p>If the present situation persists, Imlach may take a close look at Pete Stemkowski, the big, long-striding rookie with the American League farm club at Rochester. The only reason Stemkowski didn&rsquo;t win a major league berth at training camp was Imlach&rsquo;s loyal determination to stick with his Stanley Cup roster.</p><p>If you&rsquo;re checking for a big league prospect, Stemkowski, just up from Marlboro juniors, is the best centre in Leafs&rsquo; entire organization.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Punch May Test AHL Product Stemkowski, Bypassing Light-Checking Billy Harris

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04341/2080070-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg"></div><p><b>PLUS 10 ONE-YEAR FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO HOCKEY PICTORIAL</b></p><p>Have you ever wanted to sit down and predict the finish of the NHL race before it actually happens? Or maybe you think you can name the all-star team or individual trophy winners before they are officially announced? Who do you think will win the league scoring race this year? Well this brand new contest announced by <b>THE HOCKEY NEWS</b> puts you the readers in the position of the experts and all you have to do is to answer the 10 questions shown in the enclosed contest coupon on the right to reap the cash prizes.</p><p>Contestants will be awarded a maximum number of 100 points. Those coming closest to that figure will be declared the winners.</p><p>All contest forms must be postmarked not later than December 31, 1964. Winners will be notified at the end of the hockey season in early May, 1965.</p><p><b>ELIGIBILITY RULES</b></p><p>1. The contest is open to everyone. How ever, in order to qualify for the full amount of the cash prizes, a contestant must be a subscriber to both THE HOCKEY NEWS and HOCKEY PICTORIAL.</p><p>2. If you enter and you are not a subscriber to both hockey publications, the prize money will be reduced to half the amount. All contestants must use the contest blank shown on the right. No substitute form will be accepted as valid. You may send in as many forms as you wish.</p><p><b>FIRST PRIZE</b>&mdash;$100.00 in cash.</p><p><b>SECOND PRIZE</b>&mdash;$50.00 in cash.</p><p><b>THIRD PRIZE</b>&mdash;$25.00 in cash.</p><p>Also 10 one-year Free Subscriptions to <b>HOCKEY PICTORIAL</b> Magazine.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WIN $175.00 IN CASH

<p>CHICAGO, Ill.</p><p>The Black Hawks attempt to get Bobby Hull&rsquo;s baby brother, Dennis, to the minor leagues fell flat, at least temporarily.</p><p>The Hawks shipped the youthful Hull to their Central Pro League farm club, St. Louis Braves, but found the way blocked by the Toronto Maple Leafs when they tried to put Dennis through on waivers.</p><p>The Hawks had no alternative but to withdraw the waivers or risk losing Dennis to the Leafs.</p><p>What the Hawks will do with the rookie is still unknown.</p><p>The big, rugged. 20-year-old left wing in his first season as a pro, simply wasn&rsquo;t able to skate well enough to match his spectacular brother&rsquo;s jump from the junior ranks to the NHL.</p><p>&ldquo;Denny wasn&rsquo;t getting enough work with us to do him any good.&rdquo; said Reay, who insists that the 6-0. 185-pounder has the ability to become a sound big leaguer.</p><p>&ldquo;He isn&rsquo;t a National league skater yet and he&rsquo;s a bit crude otherwise, too. He&rsquo;s rugged enough, though. He&rsquo;d rather run over a guy than go around him, and an attitude like that sure can&rsquo;t hurt a kid in pro hockey.</p><p>Brother Bob thinks the youngster has a good chance to join him as the Hawks first successful brother act since Doug and Max Bentley.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to make it,&rdquo; says Bobby, &ldquo;as soon as he becomes a bit more solid on his skates and gets a little wider stance on his shot. He really can boom that puck now, as a matter of fact.&rdquo;</p><p>And Robert is an expert on booming pucks, as all NHL goalies can attest.</p><p>Another rookie left wing, Johnny Brenneman, poses an entirely different problem for Coach Billy Reay and Manager Tommy Ivan.</p><p>&ldquo;I just wish Brenneman was a little more aggressive,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Ivan. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m almost encouraged when I see him pick up a penalty. There sure is no doubt about his ability to skate. He really has a pair of National Hockey League legs.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01467/2080101-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="540" height="1328"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DENNIS HULL&hellip;Must Stay In NHL</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Leafs Block Dennis Hull Waiver Bid

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><p>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;</p><p>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.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02432/2080132-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="294" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Billy Hicke</b></figcaption></div><p>After knocking off Toronto 4-2 on Dec. 3rd, Blake&rsquo;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.</p><p>Habs were anything but short of candidates for the job. Prior to Dec. 1st, they had four of them&mdash;Billy Hicke, Claude Larose. Yvan Cournoyer and Jim Roberts&mdash;and all had been given a whirl at the spot at one time or another. Hicke, however, was sent to Cleveland Barons of the American League following the Dec. 1 deadline, which requires a team to dress no more than 16 players exclusive of goalies. Hicke had seen little action this season. As for Cournoyer, he was being used almost solely on the power play, as December dawned, and was part of no regular unit. That left Claude Larose and Jim Roberts as candidates for the job. and it was anybody&rsquo;s guess as to which of the two would eventually win it.</p><p>Certainly Larose had the inside track, at least until recently. He was awarded a job. this season, as a right wing replacement for Geoffrion.&mdash;not in the sense of filling the Boomer&rsquo;s shoes, or skates, but as a regular right winger on the team. Despite a somewhat dreary training camp, he started the season as a fulltime employee and was tried out on different combinations. In some ways, he has done pretty well. He&rsquo;s a strong skater, has a pretty good shot, and certainly seems to move the puck well, on occasion. He has also avoided the foolish penalties that marred some of his previous appearances with the team, and earned him much criticism.</p><p>And. while he hasn&rsquo;t exactly set the league on fire with his scoring ability, this season, he is ahead of last year. Claude had five goals to show for his first 20 games: while last season he had but one goal in 21 contests. But. Larose has been betrayed by his weakness in the checking department. And, unfortunately for him, Jim Roberts is one of the better checkers on the team.</p><p>Roberts first came to Canadiens late last season, to fill the role of penalty-killer. He filled it adequately, and was re-hired this year. Throughout his sojurn with Habs, Roberts has shown that he can check, but only recently has he displayed shooting skill. After having failed to notch a goal in 40 games, including seven playoffs last season, Roberts scored twice in one week, this year. One of his goals, the first of his NHL career, came shortly after he&rsquo;d replaced Larose at right wing on the Backstrom Ferguson line, in a game against New York.</p><p>Since then, Blake has been alternating Larose and Roberts on that line.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hicke To Minors As Habs Meet Cutdown Deadline

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st. 1947</b></p><p>Published weekly except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.,</p><p>1434 Ste. Catherine Street West.</p><p>Montreal 25. One.</p><p><b>Kenneth William McKenzie,</b> president and Publisher</p><p><b>Will V. Cote,</b> Vice-Pres and Sen Mgr.</p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $4.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth $5.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.</b></p><p>Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.</p><p>Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa, and tor payment of postage in cash.</p><p>Printed in Canada.</p><p><b>Vol. 18 Montreal, December 12, 1964 No. 10</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<h2>Lauds Hockey News For Game Statistics</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I have been a steady reader of HOCKEY NEWS for some time and was very happy to see your paper increase in size. I see the HOCKEY PICTORIAL magazine advertized in the HOCKEY NEWS, and I also like this magazine for its contents the interesting stories, humorous drawings and clear photos of action plays.</p><p>However, for the statistically minded hockey fans, the HOCKEY NEWS coverage cannot be beat. This fan would happily pay more than the present price for this informative hockey paper. More power to you fellows.</p><p><b>S. Yurchak</b><br> Marathon, Ont.</p><h2>Who Has Fastest Big League Shot?</h2><p><b>Hockey News Editor:</b></p><p><b>I enjoy reading your paper very much and would appreciate you telling me who has the fastest shot in the NHL?</b></p><p><b>I read in your paper about the fast skater, so I decided to find out the fastest shot in the NHL. I hope you can help me.</b></p><p><b>Terry Guilbault</b><br><b> Hull, Que.</b></p><p><b>(Editor&rsquo;s note: Our information is that Hull. Howe, Mohns. Bathgate and Beliveau have the fastest shots in the NHL)</b></p><h2>Urges More News On U.S. Colleges</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I was pleased to read about U.S. college hockey roundup, in THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>Keep us up to date with college hockey through your fine paper.</p><p><b>Hugh Patterson</b><br> Kimberley, B. C.</p><h2>Hails News Salute To Sault Ice Stars</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>On behalf of Sault Ste. Marie Hockey fans. I want to thank THE HOCKEY NEWS for recent articles on 3 local boys, now performing with the Chicago Black Hawks, namely Chico Maki, Phil Esposito and Matt Ravlich.</p><p>Said articles were most interesting. as are all in every issue</p><p><b>Susan Parr</b><br> Sault St. Marie, Ont.</p><h2>Says NHL Referees Doing A Fine Job</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I think enough has been said about the incompetence of hoc key officials. It&rsquo;s time we fans opened our eyes and realized what a fine job these men really are doing.</p><p>When you have one referee and two linesmen smack in the middle of ten fast skating, hard hitting players it&rsquo;s pretty hard to notice every little rule in-fraction going on behind their backs and at the other end of the rink.</p><p>These officials are constantly under fan abuse both verbal and physical yet for the most part they remain level headed and cool under fire.</p><p>I heartily applaud each and every one of them.</p><p><b>Diane Eby</b><br> St. Catharines, Ont.</p><h2>Suggests Penalty for Holding Puck</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I think the NHL should have a rule whereby a penalty would be awarded for holding the puck against the boards. What do you think?</p><p>I have been a subscriber of THE HOCKEY NEWS for three years. I am enjoying your paper very much because I am keenly interested in hockey.</p><p><b>PETER WEBB</b><br> Islington, Ont.</p><h2>Lindsay, Moore Return Was Complete Surprise</h2><p><b>Hockey News Editor:</b></p><p><b>As you well know, one of the surprises of the &ldquo;new&rdquo; season has been the comeback of Dickie Moore and Ted Lindsay.</b></p><p><b>This is another great aspect in the world of hockey. Lindsay, after four years of retirement, has proven that the comeback trail can be beaten. Determination has been proved on Moore&rsquo;s behalf; and as many hockey tans know, he had a serious knee injury.</b></p><p><b>How many fans can say that they expected the return of Lindsay and Moore?</b></p><p><b>Byron Christopher</b><br> Campbellton, N.B.</p><h2>Plans Black Hawk Fan Club in Canada</h2><p><b>Hockey News Editor:</b></p><p><b>For the past several seasons I have been indirectly associated with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League. Have now decided to organize a Chicago Black Hawk fan club in Canada limited to male and female members ages 21 and over only.</b></p><p><b>It would be greatly appreciated if you could spare a few lines in your wonderful paper. Have all interested members write me at the following address for more information:</b></p><p><b>JOHN HARDING</b></p><p>60 Pere Divet St., Apt. 309, Sept Iles. Que., Canada.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Improve your Hockey with “ANDY BATHGATE’S HOCKEY SECRETS”

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01536/2080215-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="399" height="433"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0769/2080208-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="503" height="76"></div><p>&bull; <b>THE &ldquo;PICK THE WINNERS CONTEST&rdquo;</b> is proving more popular than we had ever imagined&hellip;Many readers are keeping a copy of their selections and making bets with their friends on who will have the most points at the end of the season&hellip;They also inform us that by doing this they will follow the championship schedule more closely&rsquo;and have more interest in the NHL over the long seven-month season&hellip;Don&rsquo;t forget to get your selections in to us by the end of the month&hellip;Deadline time is December 31&hellip;The prizes are worthwhile and you might be a lucky winner&hellip;Rod Seiling, New York&rsquo;s rookie defenseman, plans to attend the University of Waterloo next summer&hellip;Some hockey observers are comparing Frank Mahovlich&rsquo;s illness with that suffered by Jean Beliveau a couple of years back&hellip;Mainly pressure and nerves &hellip; If crowds do not improve in Minneapolis and St. Paul of the CPHL chances are no better than 50-50 that pro hockey will disappear from that area next season &hellip; St. Paul is in the unusual position of winning on the ice and losing at the gate&hellip;Yogi Berra, an avid hockey fan from his early days in St. Louis, watched the Red Wings play the Rangers at Madison Square Garden recently. After the game he spoke with Ted Lindsay&hellip;Later Berra said: &ldquo;If he can come back, so can I&rdquo;&hellip;Lindsay corrects people when they use the word &ldquo;comeback&rdquo; in his case&hellip;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the wrong word,&rdquo; he insists. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t consider I&rsquo;m making a comeback. This is it. I&rsquo;m back for this year only. There&rsquo;ll be no next year.&rdquo;&hellip;Maybe not as a player&hellip;but has Lindsay NHL coaching aspirations?</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02415/2080201-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="275" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Rod Seiling</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>THE FOURTH</b> Annual Eastern College Athletic Conference Holiday Hockey Tournament will be held in Madison Square Garden, December 21, 22 and 23&hellip;Colleges participating this year are Brown, Clarkson, Cornell, Northeastern, Providence and St. Lawrence&hellip;Clarkson was the tournament champion in two of the past tourneys, 1961 and 1963&hellip;Boston College was the 1962 winner &hellip; Al Langlois tells friends he is lucky to be playing for the Red Wings. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d rather be playing for Detroit than for even the Montreal Canadiens, and that&rsquo;s saying quite a lot.&rdquo; &hellip; It is at that&hellip;Detroit hopes to pass the 450,000 attendance mark this season. The Wings passed this figure only once, back in 1956-57, when they set their all-time record of 451,147&hellip;Toronto Maple Leafs have missed Mahovlich in recent games and some of their oldsters are starting to look a little worn out&hellip;Some wag has labelled the Leafs, the Old Folks A.C.&hellip;Skippy Burchell, who played years in hockey&rsquo;s minor pro leagues, is the scoring leader in the Quebec Provincial Scoring League. He plays for the Verdun Pirates, who are coached by Dollard St. Laurent.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03304/2080194-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="305" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Emile Francis</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>EMILE FRANCIS</b> insists he concurred in the trade which sent Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney to Toronto in exchange for Rod Seiling, Arnie Brown, Dickie Duff and Bob Nevin. The deal was made before Francis succeeded Muzz Patrick as general manager. Both Emile and Coach Red Sullivan were in favor of the trade&hellip;Andy Bathgate feels he is pressing too much this season and therefore not performing as effectively as he might&hellip;The 1965 World Ice Hockey Championships will be played at Temere, Finland and just nearing completion in Finland&rsquo;s second largest city is one of the world&rsquo;s largest indoor ice sports arena. The arena measures 375 feet in length and 245 feet in width and has an audience capacity of 10,180&hellip;The Fort Wayne Amateur Hockey Association sent a team of boys aged 15-17 to Caledonia, Ont. for two games last weekend. Caledonia is close to Hamilton and Brantford, Ont.&hellip;Des Moines are off to their fastest start in IHL play. They&rsquo;ll be tough to knock out of first place if they continue their terrific pace&hellip;Bob Pulford paid tribute to Dickie Moore and his comeback efforts with Toronto&hellip;&ldquo;He gives you advice, inspires you and fires you up at the right time. He&rsquo;s a great asset in the dressing room,&rsquo;&rsquo; enthused Pully &hellip; It was a good move allowing six members of the Quebec Aces to line up with the Montreal Canadiens Juniors in their game against the touring Russian Olympic champions. This game will be followed with keen interest everywhere.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04207/2080187-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="262" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Langlois</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<p>(1) Here&rsquo;s one to make you think a bit. There&rsquo;s been some drastic changes at the helms of NHL team over the past decade. As a matter of fact, not one team has the same coach today. Name the NHL mentors of 1954-55.</p><p>(2) When the NHL was organized back in 1917 it was then comprised of five teams, the Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto Arenas am the Montreal Wanderers Just one city boasted artifical ice. Do you know which one?</p><p>(3) Two of the players listed below have each per formed with three NHL clubs. Can you pick them out?</p><p>Forbes Kennedy, Ron Stewart, Al MacNeil Ted Green, Marcel Pronovost, Pierre Pilote.</p><p>(4) Punch Imlach is now in his seventh season as Toronto&rsquo;s coach. What team was he previously connected with?</p><p>(5) For the past nine consecutive seasons this player has been on one of two All-Star teams Who is he?</p><p>(6) If you guessed the above player correctly, here&rsquo;s another question to mull over about him. How many first and alternate All-Star squads has he been on altogether?</p><p>(7) Back in 1926-27, the Vezina Trophy was presented for the first time to the goaltender whose team bad the fewest goals scored against it Which of these players was the first winner? Charlie Gardiner. Roy Worters, George Hains worth.</p><p>(8) Only one Ranger net minder has ever captured the Vezina Trophy Who was the goalie and what was the year?</p><p>(9) There&rsquo;s a certain NHL trophy awarded at the conclusion of each campaign which no Bostor player has thus far won Do you know the name of it?</p><p>(10) And now here&rsquo;s a rea softie. Name the trophy Chicago&rsquo;s Red Hay won in 1959-60.</p><p><b>(Answers Next Week)</b></p><h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Answers</h2><p> (1) He both managed and coached his teams tc three consecutive Stanley Cup victories.</p><p>(2) Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>(3) He coached and managed two different teams to Stanley Cup victories in consecutive seasons Chicago in 1933-34, Mont real Maroons a year later.</p><p>(4) New York with 715 minutes in total penalties Chicago with 1,116 minutes in total penalties.</p><p>(5) Mike Karakas Frank Brimsek Frank McCool Jack Gelineau Terry Sawchuk Lorne Worsley Glenn Hall</p><p>(6) Douglas (Gemmell)Prentice (Sutherland) Moore (Winston) Hull (Marvin)</p><p>(7) Red Kelly (Detroit), Ec Litzenberger (Chicago) Andy Bathgate (N.Y.)</p><p>(8) Boston Bruins.</p><p>(9) Vic Hadfield.</p><p>(10) Murray Oliver.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.</p><p>The Russian National hockey team, boastful of its world ice power, has long clamored for a shot at one of hockey&rsquo;s top professional teams.</p><p>The Russians would like nothing better than to engage the Montreal Canadiens or Toronto Maple Leafs in a test of ice power with international rules in effect. They are masters of the no contact hockey.</p><p>The Soviets&rsquo; challenge has apparently not fallen on deaf ears. In fact, the Montreal Canadiens have decided to give the Russians their big moment.</p><p>The setting will be the Montreal Forum Dec. 11 and the team will be the Junior Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association but with six added pro players who have all had National Hockey League experience at one time in their long hockey careers.</p><p>For some like Goalie Gump Worsley and defensemen Doug Harvey and Jim Morrison, they have spent considerable time under the big top with teams like Canadiens, Rangers, Toronto Leafs and Boston Bruins. The others, like Leon Rochefort, Red Berenson and Bill Sutherland, have logged less time in the NHL but, nonetheless, they have been up and have the experience.</p><p>The six members of the Quebec Aces the runaway leaders of the American Hockey League will be herded under one hockey roof with the best of the Junior Canadiens to oppose the Russians in an exhibition game that is certain to make a big impact on the game of hockey.</p><p>It will mark the first time the superbly-conditioned Russians have been thrown onto the same ice surface with so many ex-NHL performers and the result will undoubtedly be watched around the world.</p><p>The move to insert the pros into the Canadiens&rsquo; lineup has the blessing of the Russians who requested it and the approval of both the World International Hockey Federation and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.</p><p>The Russians are fully aware of the consequences should they not become successful and the pros apparently mean business if one cares to listen to Harvey, the spokesman for the group.</p><p>&ldquo;Whenever the five of us are it like an ordinary exhibition. We want to win in the worst way,&rdquo; added the one-time NHL defense great. Harvey said the Russians will have a hard time matching Berenson&rsquo;s speed.</p><p>In making a finer breakdown of Russia&rsquo;s desire to play the NHL. the Russian coach said: &lsquo;Number one, I think it will be interesting for Canadian audiences. Number two, the aim is to compare the level of amateur and professional sport. Number three, the natural result is to see which is better.&rdquo;</p><p>The Russian team, winners in the 1964 Olympics, will open an eight-game tour with their game at the Forum. They&rsquo;ll meet Canada&rsquo;s national team in Toronto on Sunday, Dec. 13, and other games scheduled are: Dec. 15, Fort William, Lakehead Senior All-Stars; Dec. 17 and 20, Winnipeg, Canada Nations; Dec. 18, Saskatoon, Saskatoon Quakers; Dec. 21, Edmonton, Edmonton Junior Oil Kings; and Dec. 23, Trail, Western International League All-Stars.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01488/2080332-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="266" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Red Berenson</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02450/2080325-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1052" height="1376"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUMP WORSLEY&hellip;Big Hurdle For Russians</b></figcaption></div><p>on the ice we&rsquo;ll outscore the Russians,&rdquo; said Harvey. &ldquo;All the fellows on our club are looking forward to this game and I can assure you that we are not treating<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Harvey Says Aces’ Stars Will Go All Out To Win Against Russian Team

<div class="byline">BY LEO MONAHAN</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Ted Green, the hard-rock Bruins defenseman, sat himself down one day last Summer at his home in St. Boniface. He had a lot of thinking to do. His session of soul-searching thus far has paid off in improved play and the possibility of All-Star recognition.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03369/2080432-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="265" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Green</b></figcaption></div><p>Green an All-Star? A year ago this time the thought would have been ludicrous. Teddy was little more than a hard-working, dedicated tough guy; a two-fisted brawler and Boston&rsquo;s policeman.</p><p>Today, presto&mdash;change, Green has bona fide credentials to present selectors in the first-half All-Star balloting. For one thing, he&rsquo;s Boston leading scorer. For another, his defensive work has improved tremendously. For still another, he rapidly is taking on more and more responsibility as his playing habits change.</p><p>&ldquo;Green certainly deserves All-Star recognition,&rdquo; says Coach Milt Schmidt. &ldquo;How can you overlook him after the things he has been doing for us this season?&rdquo;</p><p>What prompted the sudden change? Let Green tell it:</p><p>&ldquo;I took stock this past Summer and finally came to the conclusion that hockey is the only thing I know and that it was going to be my career. So I told myself that I&rsquo;d have to try harder and play smarter this season.&rdquo;</p><p>Among other things. Green started to pay more attention to Schmidt in practice sessions. Playing alongside veteran Tom Johnson didn&rsquo;t hurt him, either.</p><p>&ldquo;The funny thing,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Schmidt, &ldquo;is that Ted wasn&rsquo;t a very good pupil the first two years. Now he&rsquo;s much more attentive and is starting to grasp what we&rsquo;ve been trying to teach him.</p><p>&ldquo;He has improved tremendously. He is stick-handling and passing better and he&rsquo;s thinking like a pro,&rdquo; Schmidt added. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s working hard at becoming a good hockey player and he&rsquo;s getting there fast.</p><p>&ldquo;Sure he&rsquo;ll still take a poke at someone once in a while, but almost all the time now he&rsquo;s thinking hockey. Before he was looking for someone to step into most of the time. It makes you feel good when a kid like Teddy has a good night because he deserves it all. Few guys work harder.&rdquo;</p><p>Green already has betered his point total of any of his three previous seasons with the B&rsquo;s when he had, respectively, 1112-14. He picked up 15 points (three goals, 12 assists) in his first 20 games. Not many NHL defensemen can make this statement.</p><p><b>AROUND THE HUB</b>&mdash;Injuries continue to dog the B&rsquo;s, as other clubs. Centre Bob Leiter and Orland Kurtenbach were shelved with a broken arm and back condition, respectively, and defensemen Tom Johnson and Bob McCord are sub-par physically. Johnson was hit on the right ankle by Bobby Hull&rsquo;s whistling slap shot in Chicago, McCord, like Kurtenach. has a bad back&hellip;&ldquo;Johnson&rsquo;s a real pro.&rdquo; said Schmidt. &ldquo;He refused to take off his boot between periods because he thought he&rsquo;d never get it back on again. When I noticed he was limping badly, however, 1 sat him out most of the third period.&rdquo;</p><p>Rookie Wayne Maxner, up from Minneapolis and impressing the brass, was shifted from left wing to centre during the emergency. He played with Reg Fleming and Dean Prentice and looked pretty good, even though he hasn&rsquo;t played centre since working newcomer Billy Knibbs also caught Schmidt&rsquo;s fancy.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Ted Green Seen As All-Star Candidate

<p><b>Bobby Hull Chicago Black Hawks</b></p><p><b>The prospect of hockey&rsquo;s first 60-goal scorer is starting to take shape in the form of Bobby Hull, the brilliant left winger of the Black Hawks, who is scoring goals like they are going out of style.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04288/2080463-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="265" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Hull</b></figcaption></div><p><b>The blond bullet blasted three more past opposing NHL netminders this post week to raise his season total to a remarkable 20 in 21 games for the slumping Chicago Hawks.</b></p><p><b>Whatever is ailing the Hawks it certainly isn&rsquo;t Hull, who has been carrying the Chicago offense on his muscular shoulders.</b></p><p><b>The NHL has never seen a 60-goal scorer in its long history. Hull, Bernard Geoffrion and Maurice Richard, both of whom are now retired, have all shot 50 in a season for the existing record.</b></p><p><b>The Black Hawks&rsquo; super star merited a salute from Mark Ten as the player who made his mark in the NHL this post week.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE MAN who made his Mark this week

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05226/2080508-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg"></div><p><b>OVERALL WON AND LOST RECORDS THIS SEASON (INCLUDING GAMES OF SUNDAY. DECEMBER 6)</b></p><h2>HOME GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06185/2080501-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="507" height="268"></div><h2>AWAY GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07156/2080494-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="477" height="260"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How Teams Rate In NHL

<p><i>&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</i></p><h2>How They Stand</h2><p><b>(Standings on Wed., Dee. 9)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01522/2080401-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="545" height="180"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed., Dec. 2</b></p><p>Chicago 3. New York 3</p><p><b>Thurs.. Dec. 3</b></p><p>Montreal 4. Toronto 2</p><p>Detroit 4. Boston 2</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 5</b></p><p>Montreal 5, Chicago 3</p><p>Toronto 10. Detroit 2</p><p>New York 3, Boston 3</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 6</b></p><p>Detroit 4. Montreal 1</p><p>New York 4, Chicago 1</p><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><p><b>Wed., Dec. 9</b></p><p>Montreal at Toronto</p><p>Chicago at New York</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 10</b></p><p>Chicago at Boston</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 12</b></p><p>New York at Montreal</p><p>Boston at Toronto</p><p>Chicago at Detroit</p><p><b>Sun.. Dec. 13</b></p><p>Montreal at Boston</p><p>Toronto at New York</p><p>Detroit at Chicago</p><h2>Point Race</h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. Dec. 6)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02453/2080394-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="557" height="2698"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-13119/2080387-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="560" height="664"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<h2>Winning Goals</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03427/2080553-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="505" height="195"></div><h2>First Goals</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04363/2080546-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="508" height="273"></div><h2>Power Play Goals</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05288/2080539-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="505" height="320"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Important NHL Goals

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<h2>Wed., Dec. 2 CHICAGO 3, NEW YORK 3</h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>C</span>HICAGO</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall: defense: Mohns, Pilote. Vasko. MacNeil, Hillman: forwards: Stanfield, Esposito. R. Hull, Hay, Brenneman, Robinson, Nesterenko, Maki, Wharram, McKenzie, Mikita.</p><p><b>NEW YORK</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Howell, Cahan, Johns, Neilson, Seiling; forwards: Gilbert, Nevin. Duff, Ingarfield, Hadfield, Mikol, Angotti, Ratelle, Goyette, Henry, Marshall.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Udvari; linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico, Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01507/2080688-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="560" height="579"></div><h3>Thurs., Dec. 3 TORONTO 2, MONTREAL 4</h3><p><b>TORONTO</b>&mdash;Goal: Bower; defence: Brewer, Horton, Stanley, Douglas, Baun; forwards: Kelly, Bathgate. Armstrong, Stewart, Ellis, Keon, B. Harris, McKenney, Pappin, PuIlford. Shack.</p><p><b>MONTREAL</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defence: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, T. Harris, Talbot, Harper; forwards: Beliveau, Backstrom, Larose, Cournoyer, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Balon. G. Tremblay, Ferguson, Roberts.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Ashley. Linesmen: Hayes, D&rsquo;Amico,</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02480/2080681-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="565" height="653"></div><h3>BOSTON 2, DETROIT 4</h3><p><b>DETROIT</b>&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defence: Langlois, Gadsby; centre: Delvecchio; wings: Howe. Paul; subs.: Pronovost, Barkley. Ullman, Martin, L. Macdonald, Lindsay, MacGregor. Smith Bergman, Henderson, P. Macdonald.</p><p><b>BOSTON</b>&mdash;Goal: Johnston; defence: McCord, Boivin; centre: Oliver: wings: Bucyk, Williams; subs.: Green Dornhoefer, Maxner, Kennedy, Prentice, Westfall, Fleming, McDonald Knibbs. Rivers, Awrey.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Friday. Linesmen: Pavelich, Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06249/2080674-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="560" height="553"></div><h3>Sat., Dec. 5 CHICAGO 3. MONTREAL 5</h3><p><b>CHICAGO</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defence: Pilote, Vasko; centre: Hay; wings: Hull, McKenzie; sub.: Mohns, Ravlich, Stanfield. Esposito, Robinson, Nesterenko, Maki, Wharram, MacNeil, Hillman, Mikita.</p><p><b>MONTREAL</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defence: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, centre: Richard; wings: Provost, Baton: subs.: Beliveau, Backstrom, Harris, Larose, Coumoyer. Rousseau, Talbot, Harper, G. Tremblay, Ferguson. Roberts.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Udvari. Linesmen: Hayes, D&rsquo;Amico</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07224/2080667-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="554" height="703"></div><h3>DETROIT 2, TORONTO 10</h3><p><b>DETROIT</b>&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defence: Gadsby, Bergman; centre: Ullman; wings: Smith, P. MacDonald; subs.: Langlois, Barkley, Martin, Howe. Delvecchio. L. MacDonald. Murphy, Lindsay, MacGregor, Henderson, Goegan, Paul.</p><p><b>TORONTO</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence: Stanley. Horton; centre: Pulford; wings: Stewart, Pappin; subs.: Douglas, Brewer, Baun, Keon, Bathgate. Shack. McKenney, Harris, Ellis, Kelly, Armstrong.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Skov. Linesmen: Pavelich, Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08209/2080660-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="555" height="807"></div><h3>NEW YORK 3. BOSTON 3</h3><p><b>NEW YORK</b>&mdash;Goal: Paille; defence: Cahan, Howell; centre: Ingarfield; wings: Duff, Angotti; subs.: Goyette, Marshall, Henry, Gilbert, Mikol, Fonteyne. Hadfield, Ratelle, Neilson, Plager, Seiling.</p><p><b>BOSTON</b>&mdash;Goal. Johnston; defence: Green, Awrey; centre: Oliver; wings: Williams, Bucyk; subs.:</p><p>Knibbs, Fleming, Prentice, Maxner, Rivers, McDonald. Kennedy, Dorn-hoefer, Westfall, McCord, Boivin.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Ashley. Linesmen: Morrison, Atanas.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10191/2080653-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="556" height="504"></div><h3>Sun., Dec. 6 MONTREAL 1, DETROIT 4</h3><p><b>MONTREAL</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge: defense: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Talbot, Harper. Harris; forwards: G. Tremblay, Beliveau, Rousseau, Back-strom, Larose, Cournoyer, Provost, Richard, Balon, Ferguson, Roberts.</p><p><b>DETROIT</b>&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defense: Longlois, Gadsby, Barkley, Bergman; forwards: MacDonald, Delvecchio, Howe, Lindsay, Ullman. Smith, Martin, MacGreggor, Henderson, Joyal, Paul.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Skov; linesmen: Hayes, D&rsquo;Amico.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11166/2080646-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="553" height="607"></div><h3>NEW YORK 4, CHICAGO 1</h3><p><b>CHICAGO</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Pilote, Vasko; center: Hay; wings: Hull, McKenzie; subs.: Ravlich, MacNeil. Hillman, Mohns, Stanfield, Esposito. Robinson, Nesterenko, Maki, Wharram, Mikita.</p><p><b>NEW YORK</b>&mdash;Goal: Paille: defense: Cahan, Howell; center: Ingarfield: wings: Duff, Marshall; subs.: Gilbert, Hadfield. Mikol, Neilson, Seiling. Angotti, Ratelle. Henry, Plager. Fonteyne.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Friday. Linesmen: Armstrong, Pavelich.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12133/2080639-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="575" height="551"></div><p>Team Jerseys&mdash;Lace Neck Matching stockings&mdash;15 to a set Immediate Delivery Assorted sizes and colours Complete line of hockey equipment at Club Prices.</p><p><b>DOUG LAURIE SPORTING GOODS</b> Maple Leaf Gardens Bldg. Toronto, Ont.</p><p>EM. 3-9447<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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National Hockey League Game Summaries

<div class="byline">BY RED FOLEY</div><p>NEW YORK, N. Y.</p><p>Dick Duff, showing why all politicians aren&rsquo;t diplomats, flatly predicted the Rangers would not only make the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but that Chicago would be one of the clubs they&rsquo;d knock out to do it.</p><p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t win with one or two superstars, you have to have balance,&rdquo; the 28-year-old Blueshirt said.</p><p>When you consider that his remarks were made just prior to a seven day period, in which the Rangers faced the burly Black Hawks three times, there are some who feel Duff&rsquo;s statement took more nerve than brains.</p><p>Still, Dickie, a political science major who&rsquo;s pondering a future in Canadian politics, refused to be swayed by Chicago&rsquo;s awesome reputation.</p><p>&ldquo;Sure, (Bobby) Hull will probably score 50 or 55 goals, but I still think we&rsquo;ll beat them and they&rsquo;ll finish fourth. When you lose in the Stanley Cup semis two years in a row, something has to be wrong.&rdquo;</p><p>He attributed the emergence of the Rangers to a vastly changed attitude among the players.</p><p>&ldquo;I want everyone to know that I&rsquo;m happy in New York,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You used to hear stories about players saying it was the worst place to play and all that. I can&rsquo;t agree. The management has been great to me this season and I don&rsquo;t regret ever being traded.</p><p>&ldquo;Our club has improved and the boys really feel we&rsquo;ll make the playoffs this time. We have a new spirit now and it&rsquo;s showing in our games.&rdquo;</p><p>He took time out to applaud Bob Nevin, the forward who accompanied him from the Leafs in the Andy Bathgate swap.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know of any right winger who is playing better than Bobby is. They&rsquo;ll probably pick (Gordie) Howe again when All Star time comes around, but I think Nevin is doing better.&rdquo;</p><p>Nevin isn&rsquo;t the only Blueshirt doing his job, either. Coach Red Sullivan has applauded both him and Duff, along with Earl Ingarfield and Rod Seiling.</p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve given me a lot of hockey,&rdquo; Sullivan said.</p><p>The Ranger rise is showing in the standings, too. After 20 games they were in fourth place with an 8-8-4 mark that netted them a score of points. At a similar juncture last season, they were bogged in fifth with only 14.</p><p>Jean Ratelle was promoted from Baltimore just before the Blues embarked on a four games in five nights program in which they played .500 hockey. The 24-year-old pivot was a holdout and missed the first three weeks of the season.</p><p>He quickly came to terms, however, when Emile Francis replaced Muzz Patrick in the general manager&rsquo;s chair. Ratelie, a red hot as a junior, played his way into shape with the AHL Clippers. When he went on <i>a</i> scoring spree&mdash;nine goals in eight games&mdash;the parent Blues were satisfied he was ready.</p><p>Sullivan has been spotting Ratelle. The coach is hopeful of working the tall centre in but he didn&rsquo;t want to break up any of his present combos to do it.</p><p>&ldquo;He may end up between Jim Mikol and Vic Hadfield.&rdquo; Sullivan indicated. &ldquo;They worked very well during training at Winnipeg and I can&rsquo;t see any reason why they can&rsquo;t do it again.&rdquo;</p><p><b>BLUE CHIPS:</b> Rangers&rsquo; four games in five nights took its physical toll. Cammy Henry, club&rsquo;s scoring leader 9-7&mdash;16, suffered 10 stitch cut beneath right eye when he tried to block Bob Baun&rsquo;s shot during 4-1 win at Toronto, Nov. 28. Don Marshall, who has been doing splendid job on checking line, suffered badly bruised instep when he was hit by puck in same game&hellip;Rangers have decided to keep goalies Jacques Plante and Marcel Paille. &ldquo;We won&rsquo;t alternate them,&rdquo; Sullivan said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll probably use the one we think is best suited for that particular game&hellip;Dick Duff, who needs only two courses to get a degree in political science, is hopeful of doing postseason work at NYU&hellip;Arnie Brown, sidelined by fractured rib, Nov. 17, returned to his Apsley, Ont., home for few days. He picked up club on its arrival at Toronto and accompanied them here.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02450/2080726-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="522" height="664"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DICK DUFF</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01521/2080719-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="4804" height="4324"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Duff Predicts Rangers To Make NHL Playoffs, Says Hawks Will End 5th

<p><b><i>WALLY</i> NORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p><b><i>WALLY</i> POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETS</b></p><h2><b>Point Race</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sun. Dec. 6)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01502/2080879-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="558" height="391"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02416/2080872-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="563" height="304"></div><h3><b>PENALTY LEADERS</b></h3><p>Most penalized player, Fred Glover Cleveland. 82 mts.</p><p>Most penalized team, Providence 383 mts.</p><h2><b>How They Stand</b></h2><p>(Standings on Tues., Dec. 8)</p><h3><b>Eastern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1327/2080865-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="562" height="130"></div><h3><b>Western Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1421/2080858-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="565" height="183"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tues., Dec. 1</b></p><p>Quebec 3, Buffalo 2</p><p><b>Wed., Dec. 2</b></p><p>Providence 3, Pittsburgh 2</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 3</b></p><p>Quebec 4. Buffalo 3</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 4</b></p><p>Cleveland 5, Pittsburgh 3</p><p>Rochester 4. Providence 3</p><p>Baltimore 7, Springfield 4</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 5</b></p><p>Quebec 5. Baltimore 3</p><p>Cleveland 4, Providence 3</p><p>Hershey 4, Springfield 1</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 6</b></p><p>Springfield 2, Buffalo 0</p><p>Quebec 3, Pittsburgh 3</p><p>Hershey 1. Providence 0</p><p>Rochester 7, Cleveland 1</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Tues., Dec. 8</b></p><p>Springfield at Baltimore</p><p>Cleveland at Quebec</p><p><b>Wed., Dec. 9</b></p><p>Providence at Buffalo</p><p>Springfield at Hershey</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 10</b></p><p>Cleveland at Quebec</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 11</b></p><p>Rochester at Baltimore</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 12</b></p><p>Buffalo at Cleveland</p><p>Baltimore at Hershey</p><p>Providence at Pittsburgh</p><p>Rochester at Springfield</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 13</b></p><p>Hershey at Buffalo</p><p>Pittsburgh at Providence</p><p>Rochester at Quebec</p><p>Baltimore at Springfield</p><h2><b>American Hockey League Summaries</b></h2><h3><b>Sun., Nov. 29BUFFALO 4, PROVIDENCE 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04221/2080851-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="567" height="752"></div><h3><b>PITTSBURGH 2. ROCHESTER 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05149/2080844-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="570" height="658"></div><h3><b>Tues., Dec. 1 BUFFALO 2, QUEBEC 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06117/2080837-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="552" height="536"></div><h3><b>Wed., Dec. 2 PROVIDENCE 3. PITTSBURGH 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0796/2080830-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="563" height="609"></div><h3><b>Sat., Dec. 5 HERSHEY 4, SPRINGFIELD 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0880/2080823-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="554" height="540"></div><h3><b>PROVIDENCE 3. CLEVELAND 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0965/2080816-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="556" height="579"></div><h3><b>QUEBEC 5, BALTIMORE 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1056/2080809-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="555" height="656"></div><h3><b>Thurs., Dec. 3 BUFFALO 3. QUEBEC 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1149/2080802-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="562" height="738"></div><h3><b>Fri., Dec. 4 BALTIMORE 7, SPRINGFIELD 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1235/2080795-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="560" height="886"></div><h3><b>PITTSBURGH 3. CLEVELAND 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1517/2080788-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="568" height="693"></div><h3><b>PROVIDENCE 3. ROCHESTER 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0962/2080781-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="557" height="683"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Operating with 15 players, one under the American Hockey League limit, the Buffalo Bisons were a solid second in the Western Division as this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press, but Coach Phil Watson could hardly be blamed for looking for another defenseman.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03313/2080910-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="257" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Denis DeJordy</b></figcaption></div><p>The recall of Matt Ravlich by the parent Chicago Black Hawks Nov. 2, and a back injury to Ian Cushenan left the Herd with three blue-liners until Gus Mort-son, a 39-year-old &ldquo;rookie&rdquo; rushed to the rescue. Mortson played three games of a five-game amateur tryout.</p><p>Cushenan re joined the Herd in time for a four-game trip, which they started with back-to-back wins in Springfield and Providence, before moving on to Quebec for two meetings with the Eastern Division leaders.</p><p>Ravlich was recalled by the Hawks when Doug Mohns was hurt, and the Bisons were expecting the Hawks to send down a defenseman when Mohns was able to play again.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Hawks came through with a major assist by sending goalie Denis DeJordy here when Ed Chadwick was sidelined after suffering a concussion in Rochester.</p><p>With DeJordy in the nets, the Bisons won three of four games, and Chadwick was almost ready to resume playing again.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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DeJordy Helps Bisons Out Of Hole; Watson Hunting Rearauard For Herd

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-16" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1614/2080941-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg"></div><p><b>ATTRACTIVE CHRISTMAS CARDS SENT UPON REQUEST</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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For The Man On Your Shopping List

<div class="byline">BY GENE McCORMICK</div><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.</p><p>Jacques Caron, Springfield&rsquo;s string bean goaltender, has been the most pleasant surprise of the season so far for the Indians. The 25-year-o1d French Canadian who suffered through a painful year of abuse heaped upon him by fans last season, has turned the jeers to cheers with some sensational work in the nets the past six weeks.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01498/2080972-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="278" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jacques Caron</b></figcaption></div><p>Whereas much of the play of his teammates has been erratic early in the campaign the same can&rsquo;t be said about Caron who has come up with the big save time and again to play an important role in moving the Indians into third place in the Eastern Division of the American Hockey League.</p><p>The emergence of Caron is actually one drawn from a complex picture. He&rsquo;s had to live down the tag of &ldquo;leaving his game in practice.&rsquo;&rsquo; Now in his fourth season with the Tribe Caron has always shown signs of natural ability. Often in practice he had his teammates muttering to themselves&mdash;frustrated in their attempts to put the puck past him.</p><p>It was a different story come game time for a couple of years, however, when Caron, sharing the duties with one and two other goalies, proved to be unsure of himself. He was constantly worrying, afraid that a mistake on his part would put him on the bench.</p><p>Last season for example he appeared in 31 games, George Wood played in 29 and Bruce Gamble was in front of the pipes in 21. Simple arithmetic brings that total to 81 games or nine more than the 72-game schedule&mdash;mute testimony to Springfield&rsquo;s switching of goaltenders during the progress of a game.</p><p>What&rsquo;s responsible for Caron&rsquo;s turnabout? Jacques traces it to two factors&mdash;added experience and new-found confidence.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m relaxed now and able to concentrate on my work,&rdquo; is the way Caron puts it. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not worrying about my job. I know what I can do. If I make a mistake I fight to correct it. If a guy beats me I feel it&rsquo;s something I&rsquo;ve done wrong and I vow it won&rsquo;t happen again.&rdquo;</p><p>Caron also is tremendously pleased by the attitude of his teammates.</p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been great to me this season. There&rsquo;s a togetherness on the team. I know they are plugging for me in front of me and I don&rsquo;t want to let them down. It&rsquo;s a spirit on the part of everyone which 1 think ultimately will put us high in our division. I know we&rsquo;ve got the material to handle any of the other clubs in the league.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Caron’s Surprise Net Plays Spurs Indians

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><p>HERSHEY. Pa.&mdash;</p><p>The month of November 1964 will long be remembered by the Hershey Bears and the 43,000 fans who bulged the Sports Arena to see the &ldquo;Cinderella Kids&rdquo; of coach Frank Mathers storm over American League opponents in blitzkrieg fashion.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02455/2081003-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="236" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Murray Balfour</b></figcaption></div><p>When the month opened, the Bears showed a losing 4-6 record and were mired in the cellar of the Eastern Division, 14 points behind the Quebec City Aces.</p><p>Everyone had practically handed the AHL pennant to the Aces before the 1964-65 campaign was more than four weeks old.</p><p>Mathers, who well could be one of the smartest young coaches in AHL history, conceded nothing to any opponent, let alone the Aces.</p><p>The &ldquo;Dean&rdquo; of the loop mentors quietly and efficiently assessed the picture, making a switch here, a switch there and encouraging his charges at every turn.</p><p>Suddenly, the offense began to click, while the defense, along with goalie Claude Dufour, got Mathers&rsquo; message.</p><p>The rest is history. Through the 11 games in November the Bears won nine and tied two to zoom from the cellar to second place in the AHL.</p><p>And just for good measure, Hershey capped its brilliant play in the 11 game stretch by clobbering the Aces, 6-2, Nov. 28 before a standing room crowd of 7.948. It was the largest house of the season here and jacked the team&rsquo;s home attendance for 12 games to 64,810. In November the Bears pulled in 42,683 fans.</p><p>The 6-2 whacking of the Aces&mdash;the worst whipping they took this season&mdash;was accomplished with three of Hershey&rsquo;s key skaters, Danny Poliziani, Bruce Draper and Gene Ubriaco sitting on the sidelines with injuries.</p><p>The only new face the Bears had in the ranks was forward Murray Balfour, who was shipped in Nov. 27 by the Boston Bruins to replace winger Wayne Rivers, recalled two weeks earlier.</p><p>Balfour caught the Bears&rsquo; spirit in a hurry. On his first shift over the dasher board in the second period the speedy stickhandler drove the game winner by goalie Gump Worsley.</p><p>Mathers, who believes in building a team from the goal out, just may have fostered a new innovation to the theory of the world&rsquo;s fastest sport, namely, utilize the defense as forwards, allowing them to initiate the play from the red line in.</p><p>His theory has reaped big dividends. To wit: in the 11 game unbeaten string the five man defensive corps, released to wheel the puck when the opportunity is afforded, assisted on 24 of the 42 goals scored by the forward brigade. The backline corps of Barry Ashbee, Howie Yanosik, Ralph Keller, Bob Woytowich and Don Awrey chipped in with eight markers to aid the cause.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Mathers’ Cinderella Kids Packing Them In At Home

<div class="byline">BY JOE GORDON</div><p>PITTSBURGH, Pa.</p><p>It didn&rsquo;t take rookie centre Butch Paul long to regain the touch once he returned to the Pittsburgh Hornet lineup after being sidelined six weeks with a broken bone in his left leg. In his first four games with the Wasps the diminutive Paul chalked up six assists and sparked what had been a weak offense. In fact, Paul&rsquo;s presence must have been infectious to his team mates as they tallied 14 goals in the four contests. This output was by far the Hornets&rsquo; best of the current campaign.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03419/2081034-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="270" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Butch Paul</b></figcaption></div><p>Paul, who played last year with the Edmonton Oil Kings, is centering a line which has high-scoring Yves Locas on the left side and speedy Bob Dillabough on the right wing.</p><p>Locas, last year&rsquo;s leading goal-getter in the AHL with 40, had gone through nine games without scoring before the slick-passing Paul laid one off his stick for an easy marker in the 3-3 tie with Baltimore. Then two nights later Locas notched his seventh goal against Rochester.</p><p>In addition to his fine work offensively. Paul has excelled at killing penalties, a phase of the game in which his talents were unknown prior to his return. Injuries and an unusually large number of minor penalties to the Hornets forced Stasiuk into using Paul to skate when Pittsburgh is short-handed and in the process he found an outstanding penalty-killer.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Rookie Paul Puts Sting In Hornets

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>C</span>leland &lsquo;Keke&rsquo; Mortson is one of the better players performing outside of the big league. He is also one of the game&rsquo;s most prolific scorers and in his three years in the AHL he has rifled 73 pucks past enemy netminders.</b></p><p><b>Many are of the opinion Mortson could play in the NHL if he were to improve on his skating. There appears to be nothing wrong with his foot work with the Quebec Aces nor his scoring eye for that matter.</b></p><p><b>This post week, the shifty Quebec winger came up with seven points to emerge as the most productive player among the AHL&rsquo;s top scorers. Mortson also closed the gap between himself and teammate Wayne Hicks who leads the AHL with 36 points. Mortson has 29.</b></p><p><b>Cleland Mortson certainly rates the nod as the AHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Cleland Mortson…Quebec Aces

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE TAYLOR</div><p>BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;</p><p>Swede Ulf Sterner didn&rsquo;t even break stride as he made the step into American League hockey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04383/2081089-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="244" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ken Schinkel</b></figcaption></div><p>Sterner, the 23-year-old former Swedish Olympic ace who was assigned to Baltimore after only two months in the pro ranks with St. Paul of the Central League, appeared to have no concern about the faster pace in his AHD debute.</p><p>And, if there were any doubts that Ulf could hold his own in this loop, they quickly were dismissed.</p><p>In his first game, the Baltimore press and radio men selected Sterner for the outstanding player of the game award. He came within one vote of receiving the home game honor again the following night.</p><p>Clipper Coach Johnny Crawford, who has eyed Sterner in training camp, backed up his confidence in the rangy Swede by placing him on Baltimore&rsquo;s top line as a pivot between Ken Schinkel and Ray Brunel. The line has played regularly together ever since.</p><p>However, as important as Sterner&rsquo;s ability to pass, stickhandle, shoot and dig the puck out of the corners has been his agility in taking body checks. Some feared the clever Swede&rsquo;s varied attack would wilt under pressure of heavy body contact. But, so far. he has been giving and taking bumps in equal measures.</p><p>About the only person in Baltimore not elated over the performances of the Swede is Sterner himself.</p><p>Trying to evaluate his own play in his limited English, the Swede held his hand low to the dressing room floor-in Cleveland the other night, his way of explaining he was disappointed in his early efforts with the Clippers.</p><p><b>CLIPPER CLIPS</b>&mdash;Ken Schinkel continues as the leading Clipper scorer for the second straight year&hellip;Although jinxed at scoring. Centre Gordon Labossiere is having an outstanding season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Impressive Clipper Bow By Sterner

<p><b>Before you say SCOTCH say DEWAR&rsquo;S it never varies</b></p><p><b>Before you say SCOTCH say DEWAR&rsquo;S it never varies</b></p><h2><b>How They Stand</b></h2><p>(Standings on Wed. Dec. <b>9)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1154/2081204-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="559" height="231"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tues., Dec. 1</b></p><p>Vancouver 2, Seattle 1</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 4</b></p><p>San Franscisco 6, Los Angeles 3</p><p>Seattle 6. Portland 4</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 5</b></p><p>Los Angeles 7. San Francisco 4</p><p>Portland 8, Seattle 1</p><p>Vancouver 6. Victoria 2</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 6</b></p><p>Portland 2. Victoria 2</p><p>Seattle 4, Vancouver 3</p><h2><b>Point Race</b></h2><p>(Scoring records as of November 30)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1249/2081197-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="552" height="604"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1342/2081190-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="574" height="262"></div><h2><b>Western Hockey League Game Summaries</b></h2><h3><b>Sat., Nov. 21 VANCOUVER 5. PORTLAND 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01494/2081183-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="562" height="682"></div><h3><b>SEATTLE 3. LOS ANGELES 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02396/2081176-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="554" height="434"></div><h3><b>VICTORIA 5. SAN FRANCISCO 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03295/2081169-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="558" height="680"></div><h3><b>Sun., Nov. 22 SEATTLE 3. SAN FRANCISCO 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04221/2081162-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="545" height="527"></div><h3><b>Wed. Nov. 25 VICTORIA 4. SEATTLE 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05169/2081155-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="556" height="551"></div><h3><b>Thurs., Nov. 26 PORTLAND 5. LOS ANGELES 8</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06141/2081148-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="551" height="877"></div><h3><b>Fri., Nov. 27 LOS ANGELES 3. SAN FRANCISCO 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07105/2081141-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="559" height="750"></div><h3><b>VICTORIA 3. VANCOUVER 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0887/2081134-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="555" height="653"></div><h3><b>Sat. Nov. 28 PORTLAND 5. LOS ANGELES 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0974/2081127-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="557" height="657"></div><h3><b>SEATTLE 7. VICTORIA 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1064/2081120-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="562" height="891"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<p>SEATTLE, Wash.</p><p>Highlighting the individual scoring action of last week was a pair of hat tricks, the fourth and fifth recorded in the &lsquo;64-&rsquo;65 season, both of which came in the same game. Seattle winger Jean Marie Cossette led the Totems to a 7-5 victory over the Victoria Maple Leafs with three goals while Leaf winger Gord Redahl responded with three consecutive goals for the losers. It was Cossette&rsquo;s second WHL hat trick (his first was also scored against goalkeeper Al Millar last season in Denver) and the third for Redahl in Western League play.</p><p>The record for most hat tricks in league play is held by now-retired Jackie McLeod, former star winger with Saskatoon, Calgary and Vancouver. In a career that spanned 479 regular season Western League games, McLeod came up with the three goal effort on 15 different occasions. He ended his WHL career with 246 goals, 265 assists and 511 points. The number two man in the all-time hat trick department is the former New Westminster, Victoria and Portland star, Gord Fashoway. In 843 WHL games Fash, who is often referred to as the best goalscorer in the league&rsquo;s history, turned in hat trick performances 14 times. He retired a year ago with a record of 485 goals, 359 assists and 844 points.</p><p>Two former Western League centremen, both now retired, share the number three spot in All-Time statistics. Eddie Doro-hoy, who travelled from Victoria to Vancouver to Seattle to Calgary during his WHL playing days, recorded 12 along the way as did Sid Finney who played all of his WHL career with Calgary and Edmonton before last season when he joined Portland for his final WHL season.</p><p>Since the top four spots in the hat trick statistics are held by players now retired, there is a good possibility that three players still very active in Western League play may overtake and perhaps even lead in all time hat tricks scored before the current season draws to a close. Victoria winger Lou Jankowski with 10 in his credit has the best chance.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hat Tricks Prove Popular With Seattle’s Cossette

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>ware that infractions are being called closer this season than in any previous season he has been in the league, Seattle&rsquo;s veteran coach Keith Allen says, &ldquo;I think they want to set a precedent, they want to put the players on guard against committing certain infractions, such as holding and high-sticking, and once the players know what is expected of them, once things have settled down, the whistles will not be blowing as much.&rdquo;&hellip;Al len&rsquo;s star penalty-collector, Larry Zeidel, a veteran expert on infractions and referees, says, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care how close they call a game so long as they call it the same on both sides and the same on the road as at home, which I think they have been doing so far.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01471/2081273-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="272" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Marc Boileau</b></figcaption></div><p>Zeidel singles out Portland&rsquo;s Connie Madigan as the player he feels gets away with the most rough-stuff in the league. However. Madigan will not agree, after a recent game in Portland against Seattle when he received one minor penalty, three majors, one misconduct and a game misconduct for a total of 37 minutes, surpassing by five minutes the previous record established by L. A.&rsquo;s Camille Bedard in March of 1963. A highlight of Madigan&rsquo;s evening was the worst free-for-all in Portland history, involving Connie, Larry. Portland&rsquo;s Doug Messier and Seattle&rsquo;s Moe Mantha and Larry Hale. Eight majors were dealt the five frisky fellows.</p><p>Hale recently had a lucky fight with Vancouver&rsquo;s Buddy Boone. Lucky? Well, Larry lost his contact lens, but it fell into his glove&hellip;L. A.&rsquo;s Marc Boileau has been one of the more active fist-fighters in the league so far this season. Lately, L. A. has been going bad and the fiery Boileau probably feels frustrated. However, Marc gladly accepted a $1 fine for being late to a Blade game the other night. His wife gave birth to their fifth child about an hour before face-off time. After assuring himself all was well. Boileau hustled to the arena, missed the warmup, but made the game.</p><p>The Blades have a habit of playing their worst when it counts the most. All last year, they were simply awful before big TV audiences, and this year they are following a similar format, which is no way to sell the game in a new city. In their last TV game, they fell behind 0-5 to San Francisco and were beaten before they got started. Then they came home to their biggest crowd of the season, more than 10,000 on a Saturday night with Portland, and blew the nod, 5-1&hellip;They are not the only offenders. Seattle&rsquo;s Totems, who have been hit this year and hottest at home mine straight wins), drew an all-time record Seattle crowd of 9.088 to their new Coliseum for a Victoria game and lost it, 4-1.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02413/2081266-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="266" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Plager</b></figcaption></div><p>Vancouver expected to lose defenseman Bob Plager to the New York Rangers, who recalled him. A groin injury which has put him a bit out of condition has delayed promotion of the player coach Max McNabb considers his best big-league prospect. &ldquo;Bob has the offensive skill and the shot and the toughness that Lou Fontinato had. He could become another Fontinato,&rdquo; McNabb says. Plager is 22 years old, stands 5-10 and weighs 195 pounds. McNabb has really missed high-scoring, hard-hitting Buddy Boone, who has been out the last two weeks with a knee injury, but has finally resumed skating.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03350/2081259-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="286" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dave Kelly</b></figcaption></div><p>San Francisco coach Bud Poile says, &lsquo;&lsquo;If I had to name the one guy on our club who has been playing up to snuff. I guess it would have to be Dallas Smith, and he&rsquo;s been playing on a bad foot.&rdquo; The Seals acquired the young ex-Boston defenseman from Portland during the off-season and he&rsquo;s been one of the few bright lights so far&hellip;Even without Smith, Portland&rsquo;s defense has been all right, except when sophomore Dave Kelly has been in the nets. Kelly has been ripped for 20 goals in the four games he has relieved regular Don Head. Despite a problem knee, Head has played well. &ldquo;I want to give Kelly work, I don&rsquo;t want him to get rusty sitting on the bench, but I hate to take Head out,&rdquo; coach Hal Laycoe says. &lsquo;&lsquo;The other night, I was talking to Tommy Ivan of Chicago on the phone and he asked me how we were handling our two goalies. I didn&rsquo;t have anything constructive to offer him. because I haven&rsquo;t been handling them very well so far. If you&rsquo;ve got Johnny Bower and Terry Saw-chuk, as Toronto does, I guess it doesn&rsquo;t matter which one you use. but this two-goalie system is really a new thing in hockey and none of us really knows how to handle it yet.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Western Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><p>LOS ANGELES, Calif.&mdash;</p><p>Brian Smith is the sensation of the Western Hockey League season so far. The 26-year-old left wing from Smiths Falls, Ontario, has pumped a lucky 13 goals into the nets for the Los Angeles Blades this season to lead the league in that all-important department. It is quite a turnabout for a young fellow who scored only six goals in 58 games for Buffalo of the American Hockey League last season.</p><p>As this is written, five of the six WHL teams have completed 20 games, the sixth. Victoria, has completed 18. Right behind Smith in goal-getting are Phil Maloney, the Vancouver veteran, with 12 goals, Andy Hebenton and Tommy McVie of Portland. Lou Jankowski and Milan Marcetta of Victoria and Willie O&rsquo;Ree of L.A. with 11 and Buddy Boone of Vancouver, who has missed five games, with 10.</p><p>Jankowski led the league with 41 goals last season. McVie had 36. Maloney 28, Marcetta 23. In their careers, Jankowski had scored 47, 45, 44, and 42 other seasons, McVie as many as 45, Maloney 43. O&rsquo;Ree 28, and Marcetta 32, Hebenton 33, in the big leagues. Smith is the big surprise, for he has never scored more than the 15 he scored two years ago with Buffalo. In fact, in three years at Buffalo he scored only 31.</p><p>In seven years as a pro. he has scored only 61 goals. Around the Blades office, they have to write it off as a modern-day miracle that he has started as he has. Some give the credit to pivot Norm Johnson, a fine playmaker, but Smith has worked with other fine players in the past. The 6-foot, 180-pound lefty shooter is thriving on regular duty, anyway. In the past, he has played more than 34 games for a team in one season only three times and more than 60 games only once. He flopped in two half-season tryouts with Detroit Red Wings in 1960 and 1961 scoring only twice in 57 games.</p><p>Portland goalie Don Head considers it skill, no miracle. &ldquo;He gets off a shot quicker than anyone in the league,&rdquo; Head says. &lsquo;&lsquo;He shoots off-balance, and hard and accurate. He is one of the best shooters I&rsquo;ve faced, anywhere, including the big-leagues.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04272/2081304-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="472" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BRIAN SMITH&hellip;An NHL Longshot</b></figcaption></div><p>Smith, employed by a brewery in the off-season and married to one Karene Renee, loves horses and has participated in horseracing as an owner. Her&rsquo;s a tip to NHL teams looking for a scoring wing: Take a long look at overlooked Brian Smith, who seems to have suddenly come of age; he might be the longshot bet of the day.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AHL Castoff Delights L.A. Blades With Sensational 13-Goal Start

<p>PORTLAND, Ore.</p><p>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.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05204/2081335-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="245" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Art Jones</b></figcaption></div><p>As a result of gaining three points in three games played last week, Seattle&rsquo;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&rsquo; Norm Johnson, who has played one less game. Johnson has 9 goals and 21 assists.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Jones, Marcetta Share Honors

<p><b>Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY</b></p><p><b>Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY</b></p><h2><b>How They Stand</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Wed. Dec. 9)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02284/2081408-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="562" height="252"></div><p>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto, 2. Montreal. 3. Chicago. 4. Detroit, 5. New York. 6. Boston).</p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Wed. Dec. 2</b></p><p>Omaha 3. Memphis 2</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 4</b></p><p>Tulsa 4. Omaha 2</p><p>Minneapolis 6. St. Paul 0</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 5</b></p><p>Tulsa 5, St. Louis 2</p><p>Omaha 2, Minneapolis 1</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 6</b></p><p>Tulsa 4, St. Louis 2</p><p>Mineapolis 3. Memphis 1</p><h2><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h2><p>Wed., Dec. 9</p><p>Tulsa at St. Louis</p><p>St. Paul at Memphis</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 10</b></p><p>St. Paul at Tulsa</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 11</b></p><p>Memphis at Minneapolis</p><p>Omaha at St. Paul</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 12</b></p><p>Minneapolis at St. Louis</p><p>Memphis at Omaha</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 13</b></p><p>Minneapolis at Tulsa</p><p>Memphis at St. Paul</p><p>Omaha at St. Louis</p><h2><b>CPHL Summaries</b></h2><h3>MEMPHIS 4 TULSA 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03214/2081401-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="568" height="912"></div><h3><b>Sun., Nov. 22 TULSA 2, ST. PAUL 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04176/2081394-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="562" height="696"></div><h3><b>MEMPHIS 1. OMAHA 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05121/2081387-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="556" height="486"></div><h3><b>Wed., Nov. 25 OMAHA 2, ST. LOUIS 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0692/2081380-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="560" height="666"></div><h3><b>Sun., Nov. 29 MEMPHIS 0, MINNEAPOLIS 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0781/2081373-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="566" height="402"></div><h3><b>OMAHA 1, TULSA 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0875/2081366-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="564" height="586"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div><p>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.&mdash;</p><p>Harry Sinden. handling the playing coach role for the Minneapolis Bruins, still believes his team can match the St. Paul Saints and has an idea that the rivalry between the two clubs can extend throughout the entire Central Professional Hoc key League campaign.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01346/2081470-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="238" height="406"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gerry Ouellette</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;We just can&rsquo;t let them get too far ahead and when those key games come up for us. we&rsquo;ll be ready to go all out and upset them,&rdquo; he claims.</p><p>The Saints had only tasted defeat three times, all on the road, before the Bruins played host to them recently in a game that ended up with the Bruins on the top side of a 4-2 score and nobody winning a decision in a brawling session in which just about every one in hockey togs took part.</p><p>Gerry Ouellette fired two goals and as Sinden commented, &ldquo;that was the most important part of the game. Goals are what wins games,&rdquo; and indications are that Ouellette is now&rsquo; on his way to his 32-tally figure of last season.</p><p>With Boston Bruins in the cellar position of the National League, it was only natural that the call would come to Minneapolis for help where there is the most promising talent. Wayne Maxner and Billy Knibbs, top scoring stalwarts with Minneapolis, received the call and Sinden can only hope they will return or replacements may be found for them as they have proven big cogs in the Bruins&rsquo; championship hopes.</p><p><b>ST. PAUL</b>&mdash;The loss of Ulf Sterner, who had fired 12 goals and assisted on nine others before being called to Baltimore of the American League, could hurt the Saints but manager Jake Milford and coach Fred Shero believe they have enough firepower for the moment with Marc Dufour, Paul Andrea, Mel Pearson, Barrie Ross and Jim Johnson already in high gear contributing 39 goals in 15 games.</p><p>Saints boast two of the most rugged rearguards in the circuit in Tracy Pratt and Mike McMahon.</p><p><b>TULSA</b>&mdash;Tulsa Oilers proved they have a club worthy to consider to the league championship when they stepped out on Winnipeg ice and blanked the Canadian National team, 3-0. The Nationals with ex-N. H. L. stars Allan John son and Gary Aldcorn in the lineup. were thwarted by the Oilers two-way play and goalie Don Simmons stood out keeping the Canadian team off the score sheet.</p><p>Ed Lawson, a latecomer to the Oilers started to pay off early as in his third game he sank the winning counter in a 5-4 victory over the Memphis Wings. Bill Smith and Larry Johnston are showing they can both give and take and will not be shoved around. Their penalty minutes have been for making sure the opposition will not skate over them.</p><p>Tom McCarthy has not forgotten the many tricks he has learned in the pro ranks and averaged better than a point per game in his first 15 outings.</p><p><b>OMAHA</b>&mdash;As Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; stars Jean Beliveau and Henri Richard came off the injured list. Gary Peters and Andre Boudrias were welcomed back to the Knights. Goalie Ernie Wakely showed he had lost little of the netminding wizardry that made him No. 1 in the league last season when he came up with victories in three of his first four performances. He only gave up seven goals giving the Knights more consistent efforts between the pipes.</p><p><b>ST. LOUIS</b>&mdash;Gus Kyle&rsquo;s St. Louis Braves had a tough time getting started on offense this season and just when the goals started coming, the defence sagged but the former National Hockey League star had only praise for goalie Roy Edwards, who at times appeared to be the target in a shooting gallery. Injuries to Jack Hendrickson, Chuck Kelly, Bob Cunningham. Frank Golembrosky and Ken Gustafson have hindered the Braves&rsquo; early-schedule run but last year&rsquo;s pro hockey top scorer, Al &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Caron, who flashed the light 77 times, is drawing a bead on the strings again.</p><p><b>MEMPHIS</b>&mdash;Memphis Wings, forced to play 11 games on the road before their Mid-South Coliseum home was finished, found it adistinct hardship and will be late making their title bid. Howie Menard. Norm Beaudin. Max Mestinsek, Johnny MacMillan and Chuck Holmes have all had their moments up front but once at home, general-manager coach Eddie Bush was able to set up a definite practice schedule.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Sinden Confident Bruins Can Match St. Paul

<h2><b>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p>(Standings on Mon. Dec. 7)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01285/2081585-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="548" height="150"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tues., Dec. 1</b></p><p>Galt 6, Oakville 4</p><p>Guelph 9. Woodstock 3</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 4</b></p><p>Welland 6, Oakville 1</p><p>Guelph 3, Woodstock 1</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 5</b></p><p>Galt 3. Woodstock 2</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 6</b></p><p>Oakville 13. Welland 3</p><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02243/2081578-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="550" height="427"></div><h2><b>MARITIME SENIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Fri., Dec, 4)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03185/2081571-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="551" height="125"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tues., Dec. 1</b></p><p>Moncton 6. New Glasgow 4</p><p>Halifax 3, Windsor-Dartmouth 1</p><p><b>Wed., Dec. 2</b></p><p>New Glasgow 14, Moncton 2</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 3</b></p><p>New Glasgow 7, Halifax 2</p><p>Moncton 5, Windsor-Dartmouth 3</p><h2><b>QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p>(Standings on Mon., Dec.7)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04133/2081564-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="550" height="149"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tues., Dec 1</b></p><p>Sherbrooke 8, Drummondville 4</p><p>Granby 3, St Hyacinthe 3</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec 3</b></p><p>Sherbrooke 3, Verdun 2</p><p>Drummondville 2, Granby 0</p><p><b>Fri., Dec 4</b></p><p>Verdun 5, St. Hyacinthe 4</p><p><b>Sun. Dec 6</b></p><p>Granby 4, Sherbrooke 1</p><p>St Hyacinthe 3, Drummondville 1</p><h2><b>OTTAWA-ST. LAW. SENIOR</b></h2><p>(Standings on Fri. Dec. 4)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0598/2081557-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="548" height="175"></div><h2><b>OTTAWA DISTRICT JUNIOR</b></h2><p>(Standings on Fri., Dec, 4)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0676/2081550-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="554" height="278"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</b></h2><p>(Including games of Fri., Nov. 27)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0770/2081543-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="553" height="225"></div><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0845/2081536-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="550" height="376"></div><h2><b>CENTRAL ALBERTA SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standing nn Mon. Nov 23)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0935/2081529-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="548" height="130"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><p>(Standings on Fri., Nov. 27)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1028/2081522-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="541" height="127"></div><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1122/2081515-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="544" height="274"></div><h2><b>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1216/2081508-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="543" height="150"></div><h2><b>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</b></h2><p>(Standings on Tues., Nov. 24)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1313/2081501-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg" title="f0017-13" width="553" height="158"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hockey Races

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div><p>GREENSBORO, N.C.&mdash;</p><p>In the long history of the Eastern Hockey League, there haven&rsquo;t been too many occasions when three men from the same team and members of the same line finished 1-2-3 in the scoring race. But if things go as they are presently progressing, the Greensboro Generals will have such a distinction this year with their tremendous line of Garry Sharp, Bobby Boucher and Don Davidson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1411/2081616-1-eng-US/f0017-142.jpg" title="f0017-14" width="275" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Davidson</b></figcaption></div><p>The threesome has vaulted into the league&rsquo;s top three berths in scoring and shows signs of pulling away from all opposition. At last count their grand total soared over the 150 point mark, and each is a good bet to clear the century mark for the season.</p><p>In a recent game with Jacksonville, the trio each gained a hat trick and accumulated 23 points in the contest. None of the veteran hockey observers in the circuit ever recall such a feat being accomplished not only in the EHL but in any league. Naturally the efforts of the triumvirate make the Generals the highest scoring club in the EHL.</p><p>Davidson won the scoring crown last year with 120 points and Sharp was fifth with 108. Boucher only played 10 games but picked up 19 points. The last time the trio played the whole year together was 1962-63 when Sharp had 121 points, Boucher 107 and Davidson 103 for a 331 grand total and 4th, sixth and ninth in the scoring race.</p><p>This year Sharp has been the pacesetter in goals with the race for assists very close. Garry&rsquo;s three hat tricks also lead the loop. It&rsquo;s a comforting thought for goalie Jacques Monette that even if the opposition gets a goal against him, it&rsquo;s a good bet that the Generals will retaliate quickly. The club is averaging 5.5 goals a game in its first 20 frays and the No. 1 line has accounted for 61 of them or better than three per game.</p><p><b>CHARLOTTE:</b> Ralph Winfield almost quit the game when he failed to make Tulsa and Vancouver clubs but then decided to report to Checkers. Bob Duncan due back shortly. Jim McNulty&rsquo;s hat tricks helped beat Knoxville and Jacksonville on successive nights.</p><p>JERSEY: Jinx continues to hit the club. Harvey Turnbull on disabled list. Team purchased Jerry Wakshinski from Knoxville. Wayne Caufield came off crutches to play 92nd straight game against Clinton but then the streak ended.</p><p><b>LONG ISLAND:</b> Coach John Muckier says Ducks have been playing better hockey on road than at home. &ldquo;We appear much looser on the road; at home we seem to be scrambling most of the time.&rdquo;</p><p><b>NEW YORK:</b> Defenseman Ken Block called up to Baltimore for several games. Jean Pierre Lafond and Jerry Rempel each scored twice against New Haven. Bob Leduc came out on top in a scrap with Blades&rsquo; Billy Reid.</p><p><b>CLINTON:</b> Pete Babando came back to duty just in time as Lorne O&rsquo;Donnell broke his ankle and is out for six weeks. Jim Jago had a hat trick against Devils and had 19 points in 11 games. Norm Defelice&rsquo;s eighth shutout was a 30-saver against Jets.</p><p><b>NASHVILLE:</b> Joe Zorica&rsquo;s hat trick topped Charlotte. Dusty Blair doing good fore-checking. Norm Ryder confessed It was he who hit Jacksonville&rsquo;s Emory Sampson over head with stick in riot game after it had been thought it was Ted McCaskill.</p><p><b>JACKSONVILLE:</b> Scotty Munro has been stressing the lack of timing to personnel in workouts. Ron Willey, Dom DiBerardino and Ernie Dyda teamed to give young club veteran line. Munro&rsquo;s displeasure over goalie Gordie Dibley&rsquo;s work in loss to Charlotte prompted the arrival of Ed Babuik to replace him.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN:</b> Jackie Leclair working feverishly to get talent to make Blades contender. He dropped Moe Collins, Joe Cyr and Roland Roy. New faces include Don Hogan, one-time Cleveland and Quebec skater.</p><p><b>JOHNSTOWN:</b> Ron Mason, centre from Seaforth, Ont., added to replace Ralph MacSweyn, who suffered eye injury at Long Island and is on injured list. Jim Lorette off injured list. Goalie Joe Daley bothered by ankle injury.</p><p><b>KNOXVILLE:</b> Knights signed Ray DuPont of Toronto Marl-boros; traded Sam Gregory to Charlotte for Frank Ridley and dropped goalie Harvey Lerfold in favor of Harrison Gray.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Greensboro Line Aims For Top Three Scoring Spots; Babuik, Hogan, Gray Added By EHL Clubs

<h2><b>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</b></h2><p>(Standinrs on Tues., Dec. 8)</p><h2>NORTHERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-159/2081654-1-eng-US/f0017-152.jpg" title="f0017-15" width="547" height="178"></div><h2><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-168/2081647-1-eng-US/f0017-162.jpg" title="f0017-16" width="549" height="204"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tues., Dec. 1</b></p><p>New York: 3. New Jersey 3</p><p><b>Wed., Dec. 2</b></p><p>Clinton 4. Johnstown 3</p><p>Jacksonville 3. New Haven 2</p><p>Nashville 6. Greensboro 3</p><p><b>Fri., Dec 4</b></p><p>Long Island 6, New Haven 2</p><p>Charlotte 5. Greensboro 3</p><p>Knoxville at Jacksonville (ppd. snowstorm)</p><p>Johnstown at New Jersey (ppd. power failure)</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 5</b></p><p>Nashville 4. Johnstown 2</p><p>Long Island 2, New Haven 1</p><p>Clinton 8. New Jersey 3</p><p>Greensboro 5. Jacksonville 1</p><p>Charlotte 5. Knoxville 4</p><p><b>Sun., Dec 6</b></p><p>Clinton 4. Johnstown 3</p><p>New Jersey 5. New Haven 2</p><p>Nashville 3, Long Island 2</p><p>Greensboro 5, Jacksonville 3</p><p>Knoxville 3, Charlotte 1<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Lookina At EHL Race

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WHY NOT MAKE IT A TRADITION!

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><p>(Sandings on Tues., Dec. 8)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02210/2081754-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="568" height="245"></div><p>(NHL Affiliation: 2. Montreal. 3. Chicago 6. Boston.)</p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tues., Dec. 1</b></p><p>Muskegon 7. Dayton 3</p><p>Toledo 5. Des Moines 1</p><p><b>Wed., Dec. 2</b></p><p>Fort Wayne 9. Muskegon 2</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 3</b></p><p>Des Moines 3, Toledo 0</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 4</b></p><p>Port Huron 5. Fort Wayne 1</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 5</b></p><p>Port Huron 3. Fort Wayne 3</p><p>Muskegon 5. Des Moines 1</p><p>Toledo 4. Dayton 3</p><p><b>Sun., Dec.6</b></p><p>Toledo 5, Fort Wayne 1</p><p>Port Huron 7. Des Moines 1</p><h2><b>Point Race</b></h2><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03126/2081747-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="558" height="368"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How They Stand

<div class="byline">BY GREG DOUGLAS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0490/2081785-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg"></div><p>SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Espanola Eagles remain in first place in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; League but the race is quickly developing into a hectic three-way affair.</p><p>Walter Dubas led his Sault Greyhounds to a resounding 8-1 victory over North Bay Trappers Nov. 29 to give Espanola sole possession of top spot. While the second-place Trappers were losing to the Sault, the Eagles edged Sudbury Wolves 4-3.</p><p>As a result, Espanola heads the five-team pack with 10 victories and a tie for 21 points. North Bay trails with a 9-4-1 won-lost-tied record while the Hounds pull up in a promising third place with 16 points on eight wins.</p><p>Sudbury Wolves, meanwhile, submerged deeper into the circuit&rsquo;s cellar with three losses last week. They currently trail the fourth-place Garson Native Sons by 10 points. The Wolves have won only two games in 16 outings.</p><p>Rumors persist in Sudbury there will soon be some changes made in an attempt to improve the situation in the Nickel City. NOHA officials called an emergency meeting last week to discuss ways in which they could lend Sudbury a helping hand.</p><p>An announcement to this effect is expected to break shortly.</p><p>Two North Bay veterans continue to lead the league in scoring. Marty Reynolds and linemate Randy Prior, a pair of last year Trappers who performed in Maple Leaf Gardens against the Toronto Marlies last spring, are staging a dramatic race for individual point honors.</p><p>Reynolds was blanked in the scoring department over the weekend but managed to collect an assist on Prior&rsquo;s goal. For Reynolds it was his 37th point on 13 goals and 24 assists.</p><p>It&rsquo;s the greatest thing in electric shaving&mdash;because it&rsquo;s a Sunbeam And because it&rsquo;s Cordless.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Espanola Gets Test In NOHA

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01268/2081816-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>SOLUTION IN NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S ISSUE</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1. Pictured NHL manager.</p><p>7. Denotes scoreless tie.</p><p>8. Bobby Hull was one for Hawk fans on Nov. 15.</p><p>9. This Red Wing is known as Gary.</p><p>12. Given name of Gravelle, exCanadien forward.</p><p>13. Initials of a Toronto forward.</p><p>14. Forbes Kennedy makes his off season home in this province (abbr.)</p><p>15. Pit Martin sustained a severe one recently.</p><p>16. Number of full seasons Glenn Hall spent with Detroit.</p><p>18. Initials of Canadiens&rsquo; manager.</p><p>20. Team once coached by pictured manager (abbr.)</p><p>21. One of the Bruins answers to this.</p><p>23. Iridium (Sym.)</p><p>24. Name given one of the Bisons.</p><p>25. Complete initials of White of Springfield.</p><p>26. Initials of Powers, former NHL referee.</p><p>27. One of the Black Hawks.</p><p>28. This ex-NHL forward is known as &ldquo;Dutch.&rdquo;</p><p>30. Initials of an NHL netminder.</p><p>32. Gordie Howe&rsquo;s nickname.</p><p>33. Nickname of Edmundson, former Leaf.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1. Elliott Trumbull&rsquo;s role with Detroit.</p><p>2. Fred Stanfield&rsquo;s birthplace.</p><p>3. Short for given name of Cote of Springfield.</p><p>4. One of the Conachers (abbr.)</p><p>5. Name given Mosdell, exCanadien.</p><p>6. Player Toronto gave Boston for Stanley.</p><p>10. Ells English (abbr.)</p><p>11. Initials of Springfield&rsquo;s coach.</p><p>14. Second name of Canadiens&rsquo; manager.</p><p>17. Ex-Ranger known as &ldquo;Knobby.&rdquo;</p><p>19. Buffalo rookie.</p><p>22. Type of leaf painted on Toronto&rsquo;s ice.</p><p>25. Seattle defenseman.</p><p>27. Same as 11 down.</p><p>28. Initials of Ciesla of Buffalo</p><p>29. Initials of Marcon of Pitts burgh.</p><p>31. Pronoun.</p><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Solution</b></h2><h3><b>Across</b></h3><p>1. Buffalo</p><p>7. R.I.</p><p>8. Iron</p><p>10. Eleven</p><p>13. Wt.</p><p>14. Nineteen</p><p>16. Det.</p><p>17. W.R.</p><p>18. M.N.</p><p>20. A.S.</p><p>21. Aug.</p><p>24. Doc.</p><p>26. Blake</p><p>30. S.O.</p><p>31. Buffey</p><p>32. Cu.</p><p>33. Le.</p><p>34. Cat</p><p>35. Brothers</p><h3><b>Down</b></h3><p>1. Brennenman</p><p>2. French</p><p>3. Five</p><p>4. Line</p><p>5. Or</p><p>6. Ont.</p><p>9. Owners</p><p>11. Li.</p><p>12. E.T.</p><p>15. Edward</p><p>19. N.U.</p><p>22. Golfer</p><p>23. Scouts</p><p>25. Oscar</p><p>26. Bulb</p><p>27. A.F.</p><p>28. Kent</p><p>29. EY</p><p>34. Ce.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0019-01

HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div><p>HAMILTON. Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Just before the opening game of the 1962-63 Ontario Hockey Association junior A season, Buddy Blom, a quick-moving blond goaltender who learned his minor hockey in Stratford and had played brilliantly for the Hamilton Red Wings the previous two years, threw then-coach Eddie Bush into a state bordering on apoplexy when he announced he was leaving the team.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02220/2081847-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="276" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Paul Fritsch</b></figcaption></div><p>With another year of junior eligibility remaining, Blom was expected to be the anchor man on the Hamilton club.</p><p>However, he refused to be swayed by Bush&rsquo;s well-known persuasive powers and stuck with his decision to enroll at Denver University&hellip;and incidentally&hellip;to play with their hockey team.</p><p>Blom&rsquo;s absence left a big hole in the Hamilton team and one which, until the last week at least, hasn&rsquo;t been plugged adequately.</p><p>Just how important Blom was to the Wings is reflected in the standings.</p><p>With the five foot, nine inch guardian looking after the duties Hamilton finished third in 1960-61, second in 1961-62 and went on to win the league championship in the spring of 1962.</p><p>Without him they just scraped into the playoffs in 1962-63 and were seventh and out of the running last season.</p><p>Ludger Doucet played a year for the Wings after Blom&rsquo;s &ldquo;retirement&rdquo; and last season Larry Harop and Allan Frank shared the duties.</p><p>Frank started out this season under novice coach Danny Le-wicki but was sent back to the Hamilton farm team in the Niagara District junior B league.</p><p>Later Gerry Gray was given a one-game test.</p><p>In desperation Lewicki sent for Jean Guy Ruest from Baie Comeau, Quebec, but while the transfer was being arranged he decided to give Peter Fritsch a look.</p><p>Fritsch had been standby goalie for the Wings for two seasons but had appeared in only a half dozen games.</p><p>A native of Hamilton, he was an immediate success.</p><p>In his first five games he helped the Wings to four victories, enough to pull them out of last place and into fifth in the eight-team standing.</p><p>He lost the next in Niagara Falls but was easily the star of the game, giving up only three goals on 47 shots. Two night later he faced another 49 shots in St. Catharines and was chiefly responsible for the Wings holding the junior Black Hawks to a tie.</p><p>He&rsquo;s our goaltender until he proves he can&rsquo;t handle the job,&rdquo; said Lewicki. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve still got Ruest to fall back on if we need him but at the moment I&rsquo;d have to say that Fritsch will be in the nets for a while.&rdquo;</p><p>Fritsch not only conquered the opposing shooter but rid himself of a personal problem&hellip;too much weight.</p><p>He checked into the Hamilton camp this year at a portly 188 pounds, is now down to a relatively svelte 175.</p><p>With one more year in junior A he could be the answer to the Hamilton troubles.</p><p>Due to the Hamilton resurgence, the junior A league has now developed into a real two-division group.</p><p>Battling for the first four positions are the defending Canadian champion Toronto Marl-boros, Niagara Falls Flyers, Oshawa Generals and Peterborough Petes.</p><p>Seeking the final two playoff spots are Kitchener Rangers, Hamilton, St. Catharines and Montreal Canadiens, all within three points of each other.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Stand by Goalie Fritsch Wins Net Job In Desperation Move By OHA Wings

<h2><b>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p>(Standings on Tues., Dec. 8)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03173/2081885-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="550" height="292"></div><p>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto, 2. Mont-real, 3. Chicago, 4. Detroit, 5. New York, 6. Boston.)</p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tues., Dec. 1</b></p><p>Toronto 8. Oshawa 6</p><p>Peterborough 7, Kitchener 4</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 4</b></p><p>Montreal 5, Hamilton 3</p><p>Peterborough 5, Niagara Falls 2</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 4</b></p><p>Niagara Falls 3. Toronto 1</p><p>Montreal 6, Kitchener 6</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 5</b></p><p>Oshawa 3, Niagara Falls 1 (at Boston) Sun., Dec. 6</p><p>Toronto 4, Montreal 2</p><p>St. Catharines 8. Oshawa 1</p><p>Peterborough 3, Kitchener 1</p><h2><b>Point Race</b></h2><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><p>(Including Games of Sun., Nov. 29)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04150/2081878-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="547" height="269"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">BY DAVE WHITE</div><p>LACOMBE, Alta.</p><p>Are Lacombe Rockets good enough to represent Canada on a European hockey tour? That is the question.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05129/2081916-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="269" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Solinger</b></figcaption></div><p>The defending Central Alberta Hockey League champions embark on a monthlong exhibition tour of Europe Dec. 21 that will take the club to Switzerland, Sweden, East Germany and Czechoslovakia.</p><p>Head coach Art Park, assisted by Clare Drake from the University of Alberta Golden Bears, have carefully laid plans for the trip. But still Park, for his selection of players, has come in for scrutiny.</p><p>Lacombe has a team loaded with CAHL veterans. On top of that, the club boasts seven ex professionals, all of whom Park feels will provide Lacombe with skating prowess, scoring power, and defensive ability to fashion a respectable record overseas.</p><p>But have Rockets improved their lineup enough to meet some of the best European teams on common ground?</p><p>Buster Brayshaw, coach of the 1964 Memorial Cup finalists, Edmonton Oil Kings, doesn&rsquo;t think so.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a tremendous task and I don&rsquo;t envy Park,&rdquo; said Brayshaw. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s faced with more problems than he realizes. The pressure is on and no matter which way he turns he&rsquo;ll be criticized.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to undermine him, but if I were the Lacombe coach, I&rsquo;m afraid I would have to make a few changes.&rdquo;</p><p>Rockets, who despite the fact they will miss about a month of the schedule, are picked to finish atop the pack of the four-team CAHL.</p><p>Park is set in goal with former Oil King Russ Gillow the No. 1 man and Red Deer Rustlers&rsquo; Dale Gaume the back-up stopper.</p><p>Three old pros, Vic Dzurko, Rich Healy and Ed Zemrau, are the top blueliners with Harvey Lineell the fourth man.</p><p>Up front, three notable forwards have been added.</p><p>Veteran Bob Solinger, who received his release from Los Angeles Blades of the Western League, Bill McCulley, who several seasons ago played with Portland Buckaroos, and spunky Tony Kollman, obtained from Drumheller Miners add depth and scoring power.</p><p>Centre Ron Tookey, probably the best pivot man in the league and wingers Al LaPlante, Dick Dunnigan, Remi Brisson, Lloyd Orris, Butch Tomlinson, Wayne Gee, Vince Downey and Austin Smith are all back.</p><p>&ldquo;But they still aren&rsquo;t strong enough down the middle,&rdquo; said Brayshaw. &ldquo;I think they could use at least one more experienced defenseman, a centre and a couple of wingers. Gillow and Gaume are certainly adequate in goal.&rdquo;</p><p>The players Brayshaw feels should be added immediately are Ron Leopold and Gary Begg of Drumheller, playing-coach and defenseman Ron Yanosik and Don Rehill of Red Deer.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0019-05

Oil Kings’ Coach Claims Lacombe Rockets Need Bolsterina For European Hockey Tour

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06109/2081947-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="608" height="1112"></div><p><i><b>BECAUSE</b></i></p><p>Bols Silver Top London Dry Gin is produced with specially selected herbs, roots and berries.</p><p>The expert balancing of the neutral spirits and flavouring ingredients guarantee the extra &ldquo;dry&rdquo; quality essential for cocktail mixing and long drinks.</p><p><i><b>THEREFORE</b></i></p><p>Silver Top London Dry Gin Is the ideal Gin for mixed drinks.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<div class="byline">BY ED SIMMONS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="C4-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01144/2081985-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg"></div><p>FREDERICTON, N.B.&mdash;</p><p>In recent years the Fredericton Minor Hockey Association has boomed. Every citizen is conscious of the Association and what they are doing for kids of the city. None of this could have materialized had it not been for a scattered few and perhaps one of the kingpins over the past few years, Leonard Poore, who works continually for the children of the city, but his prime interest and love is hockey.</p><p>Poore has always been interested in sports in the community. He is president of the Fredericton Figure Skating Club, the Fredericton Softball Association, the New Brunswick Softball Association and the Little League Association, but his main interest is hockey. He is the chairman of the Fredericton Minor Hockey Association Board of Directors and loves every minute of it.</p><p>Eight years ago Len felt there was a need for a league for church groups in the city for boys from ages 9 to 12. At this time there was no such thing as a Pee Wee division in the local minor hockey set-up. He kept this going and it was one of the strongest organizations in the city.</p><p>However, Len decided this organization belonged in the Minor Hockey Association. It would strengthen his church league as well as bolster the minor group. Officials invited Len to join them four years ago and he has not turned back since in making the Fredericton Minor Hockey Association one of the strongest in the country.</p><p>In his first year with the association he took over as manager of the Pee Wee Division. The next year he was elected president of the association and the following year he resigned and took over the management of a newly formed juvenile league.</p><p>This year the Association underwent a new look and a board of directors was appointed to look after minor hockey in the city. Poore was appointed chairman of the board. A position he respects and works diligently at each day along with his many other responsibilities.</p><p>Len&rsquo;s first year in the pee wee division saw him promote a home-and-home series with Montreal. This event has continued year after year and a wonderful relationship exists between the cities. The following year the first team from the Maritimes entered the Pee Wee tournament in Quebec. They will be represented again this year and will continue to be every year if Len has anything to say about it.</p><p>The second year in the association Len promoted a team from each of the divisions of Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget to play a series with Montreal teams. This was a remarkable year for Len as all three divisions of this association walked away with Maritime titles. Len feels this is one of the highlights of his life. He says that he was blessed with the finest men anyone could ask for in his coaches, managers and a good strong executive.</p><p>Minor hockey is big business in Fredericton and all funds come through donations, tag days, and any gimmick that Len can think of that will help to raise the required amount of money to pay for the 20 hours of ice time a week along with uniforms for all teams, equipment, insurance and anything that will make the Association the best.</p><p>Last summer Len decided it was time that Fredericton, with a scant 19,000 population, had sportsman&rsquo;s dinner and that his organization was the one to promote it.</p><p>So the wheels began to grind and the event took place. After a tremendous amount of cooperation from his executive and others, the dinner took place in August. Those present were Danny Gallivan as master of ceremonies, Red Storey as the guest speaker along with Elmer Vasko of Chicago, Bobby Baun of Toronto and Jean Guy Talbot of Canadiens. It was a huge success and will become an annual event. There is hardly a day goes by that soem one isn&rsquo;t inquiring who will be pre. sent at the&rsquo; next dinner says Len.</p><p>Poore never misses a hockey game if he can help it. He travels from one end of the pro vince to the next whenever he can. These expeditions paid of last summer when he was appointed a scout in New Brunswick for the Detroit Red Wings. This has been one of Len&rsquo;s dreams as Detroit has always been his favorite team. This year he piled four kids into his car and drove them over a thousand miles to Detroit where they attended a hockey school in the a Detroit Olympia.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02142/2081978-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="492" height="1170"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEN POORE&hellip;Hockey His Life</b></figcaption></div><p>It is not hard to figure out who Len will be trying to get to his next sportsman&rsquo;s dinner. He readily admits that he is a great admirer of Gordie Howe. Sid Abel and Jimmy Skinner and he admits that the people will be disappointed if they don&rsquo;t get Detroit representation here next year. He is working on it now.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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