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December 19, 1964

The Hockey News December 19, 1964

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IN THIS ISSUE

How Teams Rate In NHL

<p><b><i>Before you say SCOTCH &ldquo;say&rdquo;</i> DEWAR&rsquo;S</b> it never varies</p><h2>How They Stand</h2><h3>(Standings on Wed. Dec. 16)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02397/2084729-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="552" height="240"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed. Dec. 9</b></p><p>Vancouver 5. Los Angeles 2</p><p>San Francisco 3, Portland 2</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 11</b></p><p>San Francisco 6. Vancouver 4</p><p>Los Angeles 3, Seattle 1</p><p><b>Sat. Dec. 12</b></p><p>San Francisco 8. Vancouver 5</p><p>Victoria 7. Los Angeles 3</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 13</b></p><p>Portland 5. Los Angeles 3</p><p>Seattle 3. Victoria 1</p><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><p><b>Wed., Dec. 16</b></p><p>Victoria at San Francisco</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 18</b></p><p>Victoria at Los Angeles</p><p>Seattle at Vancouver</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 19</b></p><p>Victoria at San Francisco</p><p>Portland at Seattle</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 20</b></p><p>Victoria at Los Angeles</p><p>San Francisco at Portland</p><p>Vancouver at Seattle</p><h2>Point Race</h2><p><b>(Scoring records as of December 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1155/2084722-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="562" height="611"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1250/2084715-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="551" height="280"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY LEO MONAHAN</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>When the Bruins were founded back in 1924, the late Art Ross used to crack that he had three teams: &ldquo;One coming, one going and one playing.&rdquo; Well, things haven&rsquo;t quite reached that stage, but the current edition of the B&rsquo;s has been making changes and putting the accent on youth.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01489/2083876-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="275" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Awrey</b></figcaption></div><p>Most of the revisions have been dictated by injuries, it&rsquo;s true, but in the process rookies Wayne Rivers, Don Awrey and Wayne Maxner have impressed enough to be retained by the varsity.</p><p>Awrey is the latest newcomer. He was summoned from Hershey of the AHL when veteran Tom Johnson was sidelined with a gimpy right ankle after being creased by one of Bobby Hull&rsquo;s patented slap shots.</p><p>&ldquo;The kid (Awrey) really played well. It would be a shame to send him back down. It could break his spirit,&rdquo; said Coach Milt Schmidt.</p><p>Instead, the Bruins, carrying six defensemen. solved the personnel problem by shifting Eddie Westfall to right wing. It appears Westfall is carving out a new career for himself as a forward.</p><p>&ldquo;I played up front in junior, so the position isn&rsquo;t really strange to me,&rdquo; said Westfall, one of Boston&rsquo;s most improved players in recent games.</p><p>Rivers? The hard-driving 22-year-old right wing got a shot earlier&mdash;he, too, came up from Hershey&mdash;and impressed enough to force the demotion of six-year NHL veteran Murray Balfour.</p><p>Maxner, like Westfall, is playing a new but familiar position. A left wing through much of his junior career at Niagara Falls and in his first pro season with Minneapolis of the CPHL, Maxner found himself installed at centre between Dean Prentice and Westfall. He has taken to the new position and scored his first NHL goal in a nifty play in a 3-3 tie against New York.</p><p>Awrey is 21. Westfall and Ted Green are 24. Tom Williams is 25. Two currently disabled centres&mdash;Bob Leiter, 24, and Ron Schock, 20&mdash;have youth going for &rsquo;em. too.</p><p>Boston, forced for years to go with aging veterans and tired old draftees, now are displaying a fresh flush of youth.</p><p>The Bruins, at long last, finally have enough bodies, as they say in the pros, to keep varsity members on their toes at all times. The name of the game is produce or else.</p><p>It has been a long time since Boston had enough manpower to provide this competition for employment.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02451/2083869-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="502" height="878"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WAYNE MAXNER&hellip;Clicks As Centre</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Rookies Awrey, Maxner, Rivers Catch Regular Bruin Berths With Top Play

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>D</span>ave Baton was one of the big surprises of last year&rsquo;s National Hockey League campaign. The ex-Ranger hit his all-time high in the NHL with 24 goals as a member of the Montreal Canadiens.</b></p><p><b>This season, the rugged Wakaw, Sask., native, started slowly and was under fire from several comers.</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;What&rsquo;s happened to Dave Balon this year?&rdquo; people were asking.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04283/2084217-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="294" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dave Balon</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Baton himself seemed to be fighting the puck and he wasn&rsquo;t skating with his usual zest. The absence of Henri Richard from the Montreal lineup was probably the big factor.</b></p><p><b>Richard came back from a groin injury and Balon started to move. This past week he hit his full stride and produced his biggest spurt of the season.</b></p><p><b>Balon clicked for four goals&mdash;a high for the week&mdash;and added three assists for seven points. One of his goals came in the final 51 seconds of the game and beat Boston Bruins 5-4.</b></p><p><b>Mark Ten salutes Dave Balon, the man who made his mark in the NHL last week.</b></p><p>Team Jerseys&mdash;Lace Neck Matching stockings&mdash;15 to a set Immediate Delivery Assorted sizes and colours</p><p>Complete line of hockey equipment at Club Prices.</p><p><b>DOUG LAURIESPORTING GOODS</b></p><p>Maple Leaf Gardens Bldg. Toronto, Ont.</p><p>EM. 3-9447<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE MAN who made his Mark this week

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01335/2085321-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Chicago Black Hawks came back into contention in the NHL race this past week winning four straight games with STAN MIKITA, shown battling Leafs&rsquo; KENT DOUGLAS, right, and ALLAN STANLEY for the puck, in the limelight. Mikita collected six points in the Hawks&rsquo; four wins to break out of the slump.</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.</p><p>Canadian hockey men have shown a tendency to downgrade the Russians&rsquo; tremendous impact on the International hockey scene this past week through two sparkling exhibition victories in this country&rsquo;s two largest cities&mdash;Montreal and Toronto.</p><p>But there is no denying the Soviets. They are fast gaining in hockey supremacy and the day may not be too far off when they will be giving serious thought to challenging our National Hockey League teams.</p><p>The Russians themselves would like nothing better. In fact, their failure to secure a game with a full NHL team has been a source of disappointment to the reigning World and Olympic hockey champions.</p><p>Masters of the short pass and puck control, the Russians also displayed flawless playing condition. It is rare that a hockey team can look as fresh at the finish of a game as they did at the start of a match, but this was the unusual spectacle that greeted 15,678 Montreal fans and another 13,000-plus Toronto gallery as the Reds won the first two games of an eight-game Canadian tour.</p><p>The Russians dominated the Canadian national team that will oppose these same Reds in the 1965 World championships next March in Finland, and gave the reinforced Junior Canadiens a lesson in puck handling as they skated rings around the youthful Habs. They didn&rsquo;t quite monopolize the play when the six members of the Quebec Aces&mdash;brought in to beef up the Habs for the game&mdash;were out on the ice.</p><p>This prompted many hockey observers to utter that any good American Hockey League team could take the Russians with some to spare. Certainly they couldn&rsquo;t rate alongside the NHL teams, was the opinion expressed by more than a dozen pro hockey men who were polled at the Montreal game.</p><p>No matter what side of the fence you are-on, it is certain the visiting Reds have made quite an impact on Canadian hockey fans. They still relish their own style of hockey&mdash;and no one is going to deny them that privilege&mdash;but it would be truly interesting if the NHL relented and engaged the Russians in a two-game exhibition series&mdash;one under International rules and the other with NHL rules in effect.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Russian’ Skill Thrills Canadians

<div class="byline">BY LEO MONAHAN</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Junior A hockey games may be played on a regular basis in the four American based National Hockey League cities after the success and response to the recent experiment in Boston where the Oshawa Generals played a regulation Ontario Hockey Ass&rsquo;n game against the Niagara Falls Flyers.</p><p>&ldquo;We plan to play at least one Junior A game here on an annual basis and we may expand that idea to include our Western junior teams in in Estevan, Sask, and Winnipeg,&rdquo; said Weston W. Adams. Chairman of the Board of the Bruins.</p><p>The Oshawa-Niagara Falls game attracted a crowd of 4.202 under miserable weather conditions that included a sleet storm and hazardous driving conditions.</p><p>Although it&rsquo;s in the talking stage, there&rsquo;s a possibility that one of the Boston-sponsored teams could play a league game against a Ranger-backed club.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Junior Hockey Hit In Boston-May Spur More U.S. Games

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s pretty well an established fact now but so far nobody in Toronto has put it into words.</p><p>How ever, it&rsquo;s quite obvious that Terry Sawchuk has taken over from Johnny Bower as number one goaltender for Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>At the one-third mark in the National Hockey League&rsquo;s 1964-65 schedule, Sawchuk had played 13 games for Leafs. They&rsquo;d won eight, tied three and lost only two; Sawchuk had yielded only 26 goals, two a game.</p><p>Bower had worked 10 times, losing eight, tying two, winning two. He&rsquo;d been beaten for 29 goals, a 2.9 average.</p><p>Moreover, Sawchuk had beaten Chicago three times, Detroit twice, Canadiens once with a draw.</p><p>So without knocking Bower&mdash;and without forgetting that both goalies remain essential&mdash;it was apprent Sawchuk had become the first-stringer and Bower the understudy.</p><p>There had been considerable criticism of Punch Himlach, Leafs&rsquo; coach and general manager, when he paid $20,000 to get Sawchuk in the NHL player draft last June. The thinking was that with Bower, Don Simmons and young Jerry Cheevers, Leafs were well-fixed for goalkeepers and that Detroit Red Wings must have had some very sound reasons when they dropped Sawchuk from their list of protected players.</p><p>Even though Sawchuk had been outstanding in the Stanley Cup playoffs last spring, it was widely known that coach Sid Abel was prepared to move Roger Crozier in as regular netminder. Abel let it slip that he had contemplated sending Sawchuk to a farm team this coming winter.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01448/2083376-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="285" height="469"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Johnny Bower</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02429/2083369-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="473" height="1306"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TERRY SAWCHUK&hellip;Now First Stringer</b></figcaption></div><p>Even so, he had hoped to retain Sawchuk when he left him off Wings&rsquo; reserve list to make room on their roster for George Gardner, whom they&rsquo;d drafted from Boston Bruins.</p><p>Imlach wasn&rsquo;t taken by surprise. He had advance notice Abel was going to try this and he&rsquo;d already made his mind to gamble the 20 G&rsquo;s.&rsquo;</p><p>To date, it would appear he&rsquo;s won his bet.</p><p>He looks good enough on the Sawchuk move to make up for a couple of other transactions that haven&rsquo;t been as productive, such as his acquisition of Dickie Moore and his sacrifice of Rod Seiling, Arnie Brown, Dick Duff and Bob Nevin to get Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney.</p><p>Sawchuk&rsquo;s playoff performance was all the evidence Imlach needed.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll spend the money any time I think I can get somebody who&rsquo;ll help,&rdquo; Imlach says.</p><p>It was taken for granted right from the start that Sawchuk would move in as Bower&rsquo;s partner, with Simmons joining the new Central League affiliate at Tulsa and Cheevers remaining with Rochester in the American League.</p><p>Previously, there&rsquo;d never been any question of Bower&rsquo;s status. He played 50 games last season, 42 the year before and his 196364 goals-against record was the NHL&rsquo;s best. He&rsquo;d have won the Vezina Trophy except that Simmons had yielded enough goals to drop Leafs&rsquo; overall-defensive record below those of Montreal and Chicago.</p><p>Sawchuk points out that Leafs are playing excellent defensive hockey in front of him.</p><p>&ldquo;For example,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;I never appreciated Bob Pulford until I started playing on the same club,&rdquo;</p><p>The other factor is that Bower needs action to stay sharp and the more Sawchuk works, the less chance there is that Bower will return on a regular basis.</p><p>That&rsquo;s Imlach&rsquo;s problem. If he wants to have Bower prepared for emergency use, he&rsquo;ll have to use him on a more regular basis.</p><p>But he&rsquo;s not sure he can afford to.</p><p>Sawchuk, of course, raised Leafs&rsquo; average age. It&rsquo;s a matter about which they&rsquo;re pretty senstive, as they demonstrated the other night by shattering Detroit, 10-2.</p><p>Jimmy Skinner, Wings&rsquo; talent scout, had been quoted as de-scribing Leafs as &ldquo;The Old Men&rsquo;s A.C.&rdquo;</p><p>Leafs were somewhat nettled and aroused to such an extent that they played their best game of the season. Red Kelly, 37, was one of the standouts, as were Allan Stanley, 38, Tim Horton, 34, and George Armstrong, 34, to say nothing of Sawchuk, who&rsquo;s nearly 35.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Sawchuk’s Record More Impressive, Ousts Bower As Leafs’ No. 1 Goaler

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01447/2083445-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Junior Canadiens&rsquo; captain BOB LEMIEUX, right, exchanges gift for pennant with Russia&rsquo;s BORIS MAYOROV at centre ice before start of Montreal Forum game which launched Reds&rsquo; eight-game Canadian tour.</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.</p><p>Russian hockey coach Anatoli Tarasov doesn&rsquo;t have too high an opinion of Canada&rsquo;s professional players.</p><p>In fact the Reds&rsquo; top hockey delegate thinks the pros haven&rsquo;t improved too much since he saw them last a few years ago.</p><p>&ldquo;It is a matter of biology,&rdquo; Tarasov said after he and his Russian Olympic hockey champions watched the National Hockey League game at Maple Leaf Gardens Dec. 12 in which the Leafs trounced the lowly Boston Bruins 6-3.</p><p>&ldquo;It is like when a tree stands by itself. It gets lonely and dries out. So with your pros. They have no opponents, so they get no stronger. One of your good pro teams should meet a good amateur team and establish who is better.</p><p>&ldquo;If we played your pros, however. you would be pleased at the performance. We would play the NHL if it played within our rules.&rdquo;</p><p>Under the international rules adherred to by the Russians, bodychecking is allowed only by the defending team in its own end. and the puck has to be carried out rather than shot the length of the ice during a penalty.</p><p>Tarasov applauds bodychecking. &ldquo;It is very good technically.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But unlike some of your pros, we treasure an athlete&rsquo;s health.&rdquo;</p><p>The Russians were in a position to cast aspersions on Canadian hockey for they had just stepped off the ice at both Montreal and Toronto after posting a pair of convincing victories in the start of their eight game Canadian tour.</p><p>The Reds beat the reinforced Junior Canadiens 3-2 in Montreal before 15,678 fans in the first game and came back two days later to stomp Canada&rsquo;s National hockey team by a 4-0 score.</p><p>Tarasov wasn&rsquo;t too impressed either with the Nationals, who will represent Canada in the 1965 World hockey championships March 4-14 in Finland against Russia.</p><p>&ldquo;Canada&rsquo;s National team is a book which is already read,&rdquo; said the Russian coach.</p><p>The fast-skating, sharp-shooting Russians had to battle every inch of the way to down the Montreal Juniors, who were agumented by six members of the Quebec Aces&mdash;Goalie Gump Worsley. Doug Harvey. John Hanna. Bill Sutherland. Red Berenson and Leon Rochefort.</p><p>Worsley was terrific and along with Harvey, who toiled on the ice for 45 minutes of the game, kept the Canadiens from falling apart against the Russians, who were as fresh at the finish of the game as they were when they first stepped out on the ice.</p><p>It was no contest in the Toronto game as the Russians out-skated and outhustled the Nationals, who were playing without six regulars not available for the game. Over 13,000 fans watched the Russians dominate the Canadian team, who they meet twice more before squaring off against the Nationals in the special hockey tournament later this month in Colorado.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Canadian Pros Have Not Improved Claims Russian Ice Hockey Coach

<p>TORONTO, Ont.</p><p>Russian hockey observers weren&rsquo;t overly impressed with what they saw in the National Hockey League game Dec. 12 between Toronto and Boston.</p><p>Reds&rsquo; hockey coach Anatoli Tarasov did single out two players, both members of the Leafs.</p><p>They were defenseman Tim Horton and rookie right winger Ron Ellis.</p><p>The fact that big Frank Mahovlich scored two goals in his ice return didn&rsquo;t impress the Soviet chief.</p><p>&ldquo;Number seven (Horton) is very good on defense. And number 11 (Ellis) is young and a very fast one,&rdquo; said Tarasov.</p><p>Horton was an NHL all-star last year and Ellis became the first Leaf to collect 10 goals this season in the Boston game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02358/2083476-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="286" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tim Horton</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Russian Likes Horton, Ellis

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The Russian hockey team left an impressionable mark in their opening game of their Canadian tour at the Montreal Forum, but none was ready to concede the Reds were in the same class as the teams in the National Hockey League.</p><p>The visitors&rsquo; skating, passing and superb conditioning moved most of the hockey men at the game but all admitted the Russians were still not ready to take their place alongside NHL teams.</p><p>Playing pro hockey rules, they were pretty unanimous in their opinion that the Reds would get a pretty sound trouncing from any of the six big league clubs.</p><p>Here is some of the reaction to the Russians&rsquo; performance:</p><p><b>Toe Blake:</b> &ldquo;I liked their conditioning and offensive play. They move the puck around pretty well although they tend to overpass. However, they&rsquo;re not ready for NHL competition yet. Canadiens wouldn&rsquo;t have any trouble beating them.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Rocket Richard:</b> &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t think the game was too exciting. They certainly don&rsquo;t shoot as much as NHL players. No, they wouldn&rsquo;t beat the Canadiens or any other NHL team.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Clarence Campbell:</b> &ldquo;The whole tempo of their game has improved. They are getting stronger. However, they don&rsquo;t have the finesse around the net that NHL teams have. I would say they are still well below the calibre of the National League.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Bernard Geoffrion:</b> &ldquo;I think Quebec Aces would have beaten them if the whole team had been out there. No they wouldn&rsquo;t come close to the Canadiens. I think our players (the six members of the Aces who reinforced the Junior Habs) did well. They were obviously a little tired. Three games in four nights is a lot of hockey.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Lynn Patrick:</b> &ldquo;I was impressed with them. I think the Bruins could learn a few things by watching them. I had seen them play before but they have improved since then. I thought their big defenceman Kuzkin. handled himself well. He was their best man on the ice.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Russians Not Ready To Challenge NHL Teams

<div class="byline">BY RED FOLEY</div><p>NEW YORK, N. Y.</p><p>With the playoffs their eventual destination, the Rangers have booked passage on the French Line and the way Mons. Gilbert, Goyette and Henry have been going &ldquo;full speed ahead&rdquo; the Blueshirts are really travelling in style.</p><p>After 23 games, 15 of which at least one of the trio has lit the lamp, the French Line was the best goalmaking combine in the NHL. Henry has 10, Goyette nine and Gilbert seven.</p><p>&ldquo;We work well together,&rdquo; Gilbert said. &ldquo;We throw the puck around so fast and so much because we&rsquo;re not as big as the players checking us. We don&rsquo;t pass to each other, we pass to positions. We know about where we&rsquo;ll be most of the time.&rdquo;</p><p>That&rsquo;s more than can be said for either of the Ranger goalies. The Blueshirt brass earlier decided to keep both Jacques Plante and Marcel Paille after the latter recovered from the ankle injury he suffered in Detroit last month.</p><p>Plante filled in for 10 games and had a 3.00 goals against average when Red Sullivan elected to rest him. Paille took over in Boston, Dec. 5. It was his first game in a month and he proved to be reasonably sharp despite two third period goals that gave the Bruins a 3-3 tie when the Rangers elected to sit on a 3-1 lead.</p><p>The following night, in Chicago, they didn&rsquo;t resort to what for them is a disastrous tactic and Paille was superb. He booted out 39 of 40 Hawks shots as the Rangers, with the French Line supplying three goals, beat Glenn Hall, 3-1. The win, their first in Chicago Stadium since New Year&rsquo;s night, cost the Blues the temporary services of Jim Neilson.</p><p>The defenseman suffered strained knee ligaments when he was boarded during the second period. His absence was expected to be brief, but with Arnie Brown still drydocked with fractured ribs and right winger Bob Nevin sidelined with a slight shoulder separation, the Rangers were short of key operatives.</p><p>Nevin, who was playing perhaps the best right wing in the league, was injured in the Dec. 2 game against the Hawks here. He crashed to the ice with Eric Nesterenko and X-rays showed the damage.</p><p>&ldquo;We need Bob,&rdquo; Dick Duff said when advised that Nevin would be idled at least 10 days. &ldquo;He has been making this club move.&rdquo; Prior to his injury, Nevin had scored four goals in five games.</p><p>Bob Plager, the latter day Louie Fontinato, reported to the Rangers from Vancouver prior to their Boston-Chicago junket. But Red Sullivan, who said he plans to spot the youngster, failed to employ the defenseman in either game.</p><p>To make roster room for Plager, Don Johns was shipped back to Baltimore. GM Emile Francis is high on Plager.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s fearless and I&rsquo;ve never seen him back away from or lose a fight yet,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>In addition to his fistic prowess, Plager owns a hard shot, a commodity that has to be an asset to the Ranger defense. Except for young Rod Seiling, who is picking up assists, the remainder of the Ranger backliners are sticking strictly to defense.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01511/2083545-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="280" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Rod Gilbert</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02476/2083538-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="273" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Plager</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03400/2083531-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="536" height="1002"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACQUES PLANTE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Rangers’ ‘French Line’ Most Prolific In NHL; Blues Planning To Alternate Plante, Paille

<p><b>&mdash;A MUST FOR EVERY HOCKEY FAN&rsquo;S LIBRARY&mdash;</b></p><p>Glossy Cover, Home and Away Schedules on Inside Covers, Complete Schedule on Back Cover, Pictures and Biographies of All Current Players, Highlights of 1963-64, Listing of All Past Red Wings, Picture-Page on Gordie Howe, complete 1963-64 statistics, 1964 playoff pic-ture-page, History of Detroit Hockey Club.</p><p>PLUS Many Photos&mdash;Facts&mdash;Figures&mdash;Features PLUS Many Informative and Interesting Notes</p><p><b>PICK UP YOUR COPY at Olympia or Send One Dollar to: 1964-65 RED WING YEAR BOOK Concessions Dept., Olympia Stadium, Detroit 8, Michigan.</b></p><p><b>76 fact-filled pages&mdash;pocket-size booklet (7&rdquo; &times; 5&rdquo;)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04342/2083576-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="693" height="1046"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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THE 1964-1965 RED WING YEAR BOOK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05310/2083607-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div><p><b>PLUS 10 ONE-YEAR FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO HOCKEY PICTORIAL</b></p><p><b>FIRST PRIZE&mdash;</b>$100.00 in cash.</p><p><b>SECOND PRIZE&mdash;</b>$50.00 in cash.</p><p><b>THIRD PRIZE&mdash;</b>$25.00 in cash.</p><p>Also 10 one-year Free Subscriptions to HOCKEY PICTORIAL Magazine.</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. However, in order to qualify for the full amount of the cash prizes, a contestant must be a subscriber to both <b>THE HOCKEY NEWS and HOCKEY PICTORIAL.</b></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.</p><p>3. All contestants must use the contest blank shown on the right. No substitute forms will be accepted as valid. You may send in as many forms as you wish.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WIN $175.00 IN CASH

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT. Mich.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s getting to look a lot like Christmas&mdash;department store cash registers are playing Jingle Bells, kids that would have been satisfied with a doll and a wagon in the old pre-TV days when they didn&rsquo;t know there was anything else, now have lists as long as your arm. fed to them by innumerable television commercials.</p><p>And there&rsquo;s another sign of the season&mdash;NHL coaches are getting on the stump.</p><p>The halfway voting for the All-Star team and trophy races concide with the holiday season and the leading candidates look forward to that as much as their kids look forward to Christmas. The bonuses can help pay for Christmas.</p><p>Red Wing manager-coach Sid Abel figures he has outstanding candidates for the Hart Trophy, Norris Trophy. Calder Trophy, Lady Byng and All-Star.</p><p>Hart? Right away you think Gordie Howe who practically owns the most valuable player award, winning it a record six times.</p><p>You&rsquo;re wrong. Abel is advocating 38-year-old Bill Gadsby for both the Hart, the Norris and the All-Star team, Norm Ullman for All-Star centre, goalie Roger Crozier for the Calder rookie award and there&rsquo;s a case for Bruce MacGregor for the Lady Byng.</p><p>&ldquo;Gadsby is playing now better than he ever has and this is his 19th season,&rdquo; Abel said. &lsquo;&lsquo;There is no defenseman in the league playing as well. I&rsquo;d say that Harry Howell of New York is closest.</p><p>&ldquo;Gadsby is everything a manager or coach could ever hope for in a player. He&rsquo;s been a second goalie, a real leader, does everything,&rdquo; said Abel, the 1948-49 Hart winner.</p><h2>GADSBY LEADER</h2><p>Gadsby has been like the man who came to dinner for Detroit. When the Wings finally obtained him from the Rangers after the Red Kelly trade bounced, they figured he&rsquo;d be their fifth defenseman. an old pro they could use for spot duty. Then, if he could play out the season, he&rsquo;d go to Edmonton and coach the farm club there.</p><p>Edmonton has been out of pro hockey for two years and Gadsby isn&rsquo;t the Wings&rsquo; fifth defenseman. he&rsquo;s No. 1. And it&rsquo;s not spot duty but overtime.</p><p>In a recent game, when Abel could patch together only four defensemen. Gadsby was on the ice for, a full seven-minute stretch.</p><p>And it was the biggest game of the season for the Wings. They were bombed, 10-2 the night before by Toronto, picked up two more injuries in the process&mdash;broken facial bones for Floyd Smith and torn rib cartilage for Ullman&mdash;and had to face Montreal, winner of four straight and hottest club in the league.</p><p>Gadsby, blocking shots, diving in front of them, checking, diving head-first to knock the puck off Canadiens attacks, spearheaded the Wings defense that stopped Montreal in a 4-1 Detroit victory.</p><p>&ldquo;If Bill keeps going like this. I don&rsquo;t know of anyone who de-serves the awards more than he does,&rdquo; Abel said.</p><p>&ldquo;The trouble in the voting is that once you&rsquo;ve made the All-Star team, it&rsquo;s tough to get knocked off. I admit that it&rsquo;s happened to our players, like Howe.</p><p>&ldquo;They should vote on what the man is doing now, not what he&rsquo;s done in the past.</p><p>&ldquo;If you can think of two finer centres than Ullman and Bob Pulford, tell me. And they&rsquo;ve never been on the All-Star team.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not taking anything away from Jean Beliveau and Stan Mikita who are two great players. But they&rsquo;ve had a tough time this year.</p><p>&ldquo;Ullman has five game-winning goals for us. he&rsquo;s been right around the top of the league in scoring and he&rsquo;s as good a defensive player as you&rsquo;ll see and one of the best penalty killers. I don&rsquo;t see how he can be overlooked.&rdquo;</p><p>Moving to Crozier, Abel said &ldquo;he&rsquo;s the guy the dopesters said we couldn&rsquo;t win with.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know where we&rsquo;d be without Roger and that&rsquo;s not detracting from Terry Sawchuk.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know where Toronto would be without Terry.</p><p>&ldquo;Roger has done more than I had hoped. He proved to every-one that he&rsquo;s got it when he bounced back from that 10-2 game and almost shut out Montreal the next night.</p><p>&ldquo;Those 10 goals weren&rsquo;t all his fault&mdash;no one could do any-thing right that night and Toronto couldn&rsquo;t do anything wrong.&rdquo;</p><p>Until the Leafs filled the net behind Crozier the rookie had a spectacular 1.86 goals against average. It moved up to 2.22 and that&rsquo;s still lower than any Vezina Trophy winner since Jacques Plante&rsquo;s 1.86 in 195556.</p><p>&ldquo;The work of these players is even more outstanding when you take into consideration that we&rsquo;ve had injury piled on injury all season,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;The season isn&rsquo;t half over and we&rsquo;ve only got 10 guys that have played every game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01468/2083645-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="269" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Gadsby</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02433/2083638-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="478" height="771"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ROGER CROZIER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Abel Touts Vet Gadsby For Three Awards

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.</p><p>Terrible Ted Lindsay may be in shape to play but he&rsquo;s not in the same fighting trim.</p><p>&ldquo;I can hardly lift my arms,&rdquo; Lindsay grinned, sitting in the whirlpool, splashing water on his face, marked by a welt around his right eye.</p><p>Lindsay and Montreal&rsquo;s Ted Harris had a feature bout at Olympia that cost them 17 minutes in penalties and $25 for a misconduct. Lindsay came out of it well considering that he picked a man 11 years his junior, six inches taller and 15-20 pounds heavier. Both landed a number of hard punches but the ones who took the brunt of it were linesmen John D&rsquo;Amico and George Hayes who were caught in the middle&hellip;and who wants that kind of job?</p><p>One of the side attractions came when Montreal&rsquo;s John Ferguson fired the puck and hit Doug Barkley while Lindsay and Harris were heading toward the penalty box.</p><p>Barkley skated down the ice to get the puck and was going to fire it at Ferguson when the Harris-Lindsay bout erupted again with players milling around.</p><p>&ldquo;I was going to shoot it at him but the way I&rsquo;ve been going, I probably would have hit Normie (Ullman) between the eyes,&rdquo; Barkley said. Barkley broke Ullman&rsquo;s finger with a shot during a Boston game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03351/2083676-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="282" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Lindsay</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Lindsay Finds Not In Fighting Form After Licking At Hands Of Habs1 Harris

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY,</b> Founded October 1st, 1947</p><p>Published weekly except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd., 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25 Que.</p><p><b>Kenneth William McKenzie,</b> President and Publisher</p><p><b>Will V. Cote,</b> Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr.</p><p>Yearly Subscription Rates: $4.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth</p><p>$5.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.</p><p>Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.</p><p>Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash.</p><p>Printed in Canada.</p><p><b>Vol. 18 Montreal, December 19, 1964 No. 11</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">By Ken Mc Kenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01537/2083759-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="404" height="436"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02416/2083752-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="503" height="76"></div><p>&bull; <b>OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY ANNUAL</b> for 1965 is now off the press and available for hockey fans everywhere&hellip;Outstanding features of this year&rsquo;s edition is the Special TV Section&hellip;This is something that every hockey fan in Canada and the United States who takes his hockey via television will delight in&hellip;The names and numbers of all six NHL clubs appear in this section plus names and numbers of all referees and linesmen&hellip;Every NHL player is profiled extensively, plus many great hockey photos&hellip;Send 50 cents to THE HOCKEY NEWS, Book Dept., Box 800, Montreal, Canada, for a copy of this excellent Annual&hellip;The 1964-65 edition of the National Hockey League Guide is also available. It contains considerably more pages this year and the price is $1.25. Send to the same address, Book Dept, of THE HOCKEY NEWS, for this fine hockey tome&hellip;National Hockey League Guide is the new name for the well-known NHL Press and Radio Guide which has been going strong since 1947 and was the pioneer among hockey annuals and statistical books&hellip;When Staff Smythe, president of the Maple Leafs, was asked if Dickie Moore would rejoin the Leafs, he replied: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be surprised if he does.&rdquo;&hellip;Ron Ellis, Toronto rookie, gets better with each game. He will be tough to beat out for the rookie award&hellip;Canadiens&rsquo; Yvon Cournoyer has been a bit of a disappointment to the Habs to date&hellip;Chicago Black Hawks scored 11 goals in two nights last week as they shook off one of their worst slumps in recent years. It&rsquo;s expected they&rsquo;ll be a different team from here on home&hellip;Canadiens&rsquo; John Ferguson claims Montreal&rsquo;s rookie defenseman, Ted Harris, gave Ted Lindsay, the Red Wing&rsquo;s &lsquo;Comeback Kid,&rsquo; a lesson in brawling recently in the Motor City&hellip;Russia&rsquo;s touring hockey team will play before SRO crowds everywhere.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03305/2083745-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="258" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ron Ellis</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>TWO DEFENSEMEN</b> quit Victoria of the WHL recently. They were Barry Trapp and Fred Hucul. Hucul said he&rsquo;d quit before acting as a bench warmer&hellip;Gordie Howe is on his third pair of skates this season with two-thirds of the campaign still to be played. When someone kidded him about this, he answered: &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s because I&rsquo;m a bit heavier.&rdquo;&hellip;Howe was telling Milt Dunnell of the Toronto Star about the new hockey rink he and a few friends had built in Detroit&hellip;&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a glass panel over the entrance that&rsquo;s supposed to read: &lsquo;Gordie Howe&rsquo;. That&rsquo;s the name of the arena. Some wise guy lifted out the &ldquo;R&rdquo;. Now it reads: Go Die Howe&rsquo;. I wish they&rsquo;d fix it,&rdquo; laughed hockey&rsquo;s greatest goal scorer&hellip;Dunnell calls Howe the Will Rogers on skates on account of his dry wit&hellip;Lefty Wilson, Detroit trainer, has asked a Toronto manufacturer to resume making armor plating for the toes of hockey boots worn by defensemen&hellip;&ldquo;All the defensemen are losing their toenails. Lefy informed&hellip;Albert Langlois took the plastic caps from his boots because he figured them too clumsy. He got hit with a shot in the first game and the Detroit defenseman wasted little time in restoring the caps.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04208/2083738-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="242" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>BILL MAKI,</b> brilliant young cartoonist from Fort William, Ont., is responsible for those nifty cartoons running in each issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL. He&rsquo;s really got the touch&hellip;Frank Selke Jr, vice-president of the Montreal Forum, entertained members of the Quebec Picture Pioneers at their semi-annual meeting recently with a very bright and entertaining talk Frank has developed into a first-class after-dinner speaker&hellip;Toe Blake was impressed with the way the Russian team handled the puck. He thought one of the weaknesses of their game was their shooting&hellip;This same Russian team put on a great show for an overflow Montreal crowd and the fans were treated to a team that really knew how to pass the puck and play exceptionally smart hockey&hellip;Milt Schmidt thinks Detroit has the best checking team in the NHL&hellip;Coach Red Sullivan of the Rangers is pleased with his heroes&hellip;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not doing bad for a club picked to finish sixth,&rdquo; he&rsquo;ll inform any one he encounters&hellip;Don&rsquo;t forget to get your entry into THE, HOCKEY NEWS for the Pick the Winners Contest&hellip;Only one more week left&hellip;Tim Horton recently took 20 stiches in his face along with a gorgeous shiner&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05172/2083731-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="269" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Red Sullivan</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCk

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06133/2083790-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg"></div><h2><b>U.S. Hockey Fan Wants To Correspond</b></h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I would like to correspond with hockey fans in any league and I have some photos I will trade, also programs.</p><p>Ice hockey is the greatest sport, bar none.</p><p><b>JOHN RED&rsquo; MORRISON</b><br><b> 5436A Shreve Ave., St. Louis, Mo. USA</b></p><h2><b>Hockey Record Keeper Likes News&rsquo; Features</b></h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>Congratulations on adding four more pages. Now that you have done this I hope within a month or two, you will list all the players with their respective teams in the following leagues: AHL, IHL, CPHL and WHL. I have the NHL.</p><p>I would like to see these lists in the paper because I want to add these names to a special notebook I&rsquo;ve been keeping every hockey season. Last year I couldn&rsquo;t get them listed in the notebook till the end of the season. I hope you will make that a regular feature in your newspaper every season. I hope you will do as you did last year and remain putting in the <b>Movement of Players.</b></p><p>I guess this is more of a suggestion letter and I should have sent it in when you asked for suggestions but I just never got around to it. I think the <b>Hockey News</b> is a wonderful newspaper.</p><p><b>MISS RODONNA WENZ</b><br><b> Cassville, N.Y.</b></p><p>(Note: You can expect to see complete name rosters of the AHL, WHL, CPHL and IHL teams in a future edition.)</p><h2><b>Suggests Two Points Given Goal Scorers</b></h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I would like to see goal scorers like Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, and Frank Mahovlich get two points for each goal scored.</p><p>Assists are given out very freely and the players who put it in the nets should get more credit than he is given for scoring the goal. Too many players win the scoring honors on very few goals scored.</p><p><b>PAUL BRITO, </b><br><b>Chicago, Ill.</b></p><h2><b>Hockey Publications Lauded By Reader</b></h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>Being a subscriber to both the HOCKEY NEWS and HOCKEY PICTORIAL, I would like to thank you on the fine way in which you have provided hockey fans ample coverage on Canada&rsquo;s national sport.</p><p>Both magazines, furnish enough reading material for all hockey fans, in either the National or American League. With the addition of four extra pages and the introduction of the Fan Forum I am sure your magazine will continue to progress in the future as it has in the past.</p><p>I would also like to thank the Ryerson Press, for the outstanding hockey books they have published these past few years, and highly recommend them to all other hockey fans. They would make an excellent Xmas present for any hockey fan.</p><p><b>DARRYL DAVIES,</b><br><b>Kamsack, Sask.</b></p><h2><b>Happy Plante Back Where He Belongs</b></h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>Being a Jacques Plante admirer since I first laced on a pair of skates I was very pleased to see Jacques had finally gotten his rightful position back.</p><p>Jacques certainly proved he was a symbol of courage, talent, and determination. Color is his middle name, always coming up with the big game. I&rsquo;d like to salute a great player and a great human being, Jacques Plante. Long may he reign!</p><p><b>WAYNE WRIGHT, </b><br><b>Summerside East. P.E.I.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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FAN FORUM

<p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>ersonal pictures of the Detroit Red Wings plus former outstanding players&mdash;a total of 33 pictures&mdash;may be had by sending $1.50 in money order or cash (no stamps) to:</p><p><b>JAMES D. McCARTHY</b></p><p><b>8441 Northfield Ave.</b></p><p><b>Oak Park 37, Michigan,</b></p><p><b>U.S.A.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

RED WINGS PICTURES AVAILABLE

<p>Following are the latest 4 player movements in hockey:</p><h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><p>CHICAGO&mdash;<b>John Brenneman,</b> forward, and <b>Wayne; Hillman,</b> defenseman, optioned to St. Louis of CPHL.<b>Denis DeJordy,</b> goalkeeper, recalled from Buffalo of; AHL <b>Doug Jarrett,</b> defenseman, recalled from Buffalo at AHL.</p><p>DETROIT&mdash;<b>Butch Paul,</b> forward, and <b>Pete Goegan,</b> defenseman returned to Pittsburgh of AHL.</p><h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2><p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;<b>Billy; Reid,</b> forward, recalled from New Haven of EHL for five-game pro tryout.</p><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;<b>Bob Champoux,</b> goalkeeper, recalled from Memphis of; CPHL in emergency. <b>Andre; Pronovost,</b> forward, sent to; Memphis.</p><h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2><p>VICTORIA&mdash;<b>Gary Smith,</b> goalkeeper loaned by Toronto of AHL in emergency. <b>Fred Hucul.</b> and <b>Barry Trapp,</b> defensemen. quit WHL club and placed on suspended list. <b>Bobby Taylor</b> defenseman signed as free agent.</p><p>SAN FRANCISCO&mdash;<b>Mike Draper,</b> defenseman, returned to Boston of NHL. <b>Larry Lund,</b> forward, optioned to Minneapolis of CPHL.</p><p>SEATTLE&mdash;<b>Chuck Holmes,</b> forward, obtained from Pittsburgh of AHL in exchange for <b>Billy Carter,</b> forward, who was reassigned to Memphis of CPHL.</p><p>PORTLAND&mdash;<b>Jim Wilcox,</b> defenseman, secured from Springfield of AHL.</p><h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2><p>ST. PAUL&mdash;<b>Dune Rous-seau,</b> forward, returned to Winnipeg Juniors after pro trial.</p><h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><p>DAYTON&mdash;<b>Ian Macintosh,</b> defenseman. signed as free agent.</p><h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2><p>LONG ISLAND&mdash;<b>Ron Hergot,</b> forward purchased from Portland of WHL.</p><p>JOHNSTOWN&mdash;<b>Ron Mason.</b> forward, released.</p><p>NEW HAVEN&mdash;<b>Viger Gendron,</b> defenseman, purchased from Muskegon of IHL. <b>Yvon Lacoste,</b> forward picked up from Quebec of AHL. <b>Don Atamanchuk,</b> for ward, dropped. <b>John Sherban</b> forward, placed on retiree list.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Movements Of Players

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03366/2083907-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="239" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ab McDonald</b></figcaption></div><p>AROUND THE HUB: The B&rsquo;s brass is disenchanted with the play of left wing Ab McDonald. &ldquo;Our patience with him is now getting a little thin.&rdquo; said one of the bosses. &ldquo;We expect a lot more than he&rsquo;s shown so far.&rdquo;&hellip;When Montreal demoted Bill Hicke to Cleveland, it first offered him to Boston for McDonald, but the deal was nixed. Rumors also had Chicago interested in regaining McDonald&rsquo;s services to reunite the Scooter Line with Stan Mikita and Ken Wharram. &ldquo;Who would you want from Chicago for McDonald?&rdquo; General Manager Lynn Patrick was asked. &ldquo;Mikita.&rdquo; replied Patrick, facetiously, of course.</p><p>Schock, recovering from a thigh injury that developed a calcium deposit, is expected to return around January 1. The blond centre from Terrace Bay, Ont. was married during his convalescence&hellip;The Bruins have posted a $100 fine for any player who refuses to report an injury&hellip;Defenseman Bob McCord still is bothered by a chronic back condition&hellip;The B&rsquo;s are averaging 12,677 fans a game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bruin Brass Disenchanted With McDonald’s Showing

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04280/2083938-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="508" height="1206"></div><p><b>SOUVENIR DEPARTMENT Olympia Stadium</b></p><p><b>Detroit 8, Michigan U.S.A.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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DETROIT RED WING SOUVENIRS

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03370/2083976-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="279" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Cloude Provost</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>It is customary for the stars of the NHL to play down their individual accomplishments, and to shrug off credit for their contributions to the teams that employ them.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s my job,&rdquo; they will say, if you congratulate them for some outstanding event; or, better still, &ldquo;It was a team effort.&rdquo; Their modesty is not a calculated thing, however. In all but the rarest of cases, their words reflect their true feelings; and the greater they are, the more humble they&rsquo;re liable to be.</p><p>So it is that a man like Henri Richard, for instance, will writhe with embarrassement if he is singled out for special praise. It&rsquo;s the view of the Pocket Rocket that team is compared of its various members, and unless all are pulling their weight, that team is bound to be in trouble.</p><p>&ldquo;No one guy makes that much difference,&rdquo; Henri has said. &ldquo;Everybody on a team has to do his share, or the team won&rsquo;t win.&rdquo;</p><p>Henri could be right, of course, but he&rsquo;ll never prove it by what happened to Canadiens following his return to the lineup this season. After missing 14 games, during which Habs managed to win just five times, Richard came back late last month He was understandably shaky In his first effort against Detroit, and Canadiens lost 3-1. A couple of nights later, however Henri was his old dazzling self against Boston, and he paced Habs to their first victory in five starts with his 200th regular season goal.</p><p>Statistics, they say, make dull reading, but they do point up important factors. Like the one about Canadiens climbing from a fourth place tie to within one point of first, since Richard&rsquo;s return. They accomplished this in just seven games, and in that span Henri had seven points. The team, as a unit, earned ten points out of a possible twelve in making their run towards the top of the standings.</p><p>Henri, of course, didn&rsquo;t lead them out of the wildnerness single-handedly. Others, like Gilles Tremblay, also caught fire after a slow start. Then there are men like Claude Provost and Ralph Backstrom who&rsquo;ve been producing consistently; and, Habs also had notable efforts from Jacques Laperriere and Charlie Hodge.</p><p>But. it is the special gift of men like Richard to unify a team and get them on a winning track. When his mates see Henri swirling around the ice with the puck cradled on his stick, something happens to them. They seem to come alive. When they see him fending off a 200-lb. defenseman with one arm, and still managing to lay down a perfect pass to his wingers, it acts as a tonic. Players on the team, whom Toe Blake refers to as &ldquo;the laggards,&rdquo; begin to feel the pangs of conscience in relation to their own efforts, perhaps; and, suddenly, everyone is skating, shooting&mdash;and scoring. And, the team is winning consistently, instead of losing or tieing.</p><p>The Canadiens, surely, would like nothing better this Christmas than sole possession of first place. If they make it, it will no doubt be through a team effort, but there&rsquo;s this to consider. A team requires a spark to ignite it, and the spark has been provided by Henri Richard.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01523/2083969-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="465" height="772"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HENRI RICHARD&hellip;Makes Timely Return</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Richard Proving Key Figure In Habs’ Rise

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02454/2084007-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="280" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gilles Tremblay</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Canadiens&rsquo; Gilles Trem-p1ay marks his 26th birthday this week, and if plans work out, he&rsquo;ll be celebrating it at the Tor-onto Maple Leafs&rsquo; expense.</p><p>Habs host the Leafs in Montreal on Dec. 17th, and that&rsquo;s the big day for Gilles. Naturally, he&rsquo;ll be out to mark the occasion with a goal or two; and, there&rsquo;s good reason to believe it could happen. He usually does pretty well against them around this time of year.</p><p>Tremblay, in fact, went on a rampage against Leafs last December 18th, the day after he turned twenty-five. Celebrating his birthday one day late, that time, Gilles racked up one goal and three assists as Canadiens clobbered Toronto 7-3. It goes without saying that the Hab winger will be looking for a repeat performance to mark the current milestone.</p><p>After 22 games last season, Gilles had 20 points, including 11 goals and nine assists. He was rated as the most accurate shooter in hockey during the first part of last season, scoring on 21.1 percent of his shots. This year he is well behind the pace, with 13 points (6-7) to show for 22 games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Habs’ Star Eyes Leafs On Birthday

<p>Personally endorsed by&hellip;George &ldquo;Punch&rsquo;&rsquo; Imlach coach of Toronto Maple Leafs</p><p><b>7th YEAR 1965 &ldquo;LEARN TO PLAY HOCKEY AT THE SCHOOL THAT TEACHES&rdquo;.</b></p><p>8 WEEKLY SESSIONS AT EAST YORK MEMORIAL ARENA JULY & AUGUST</p><p>WE GUARANTEE TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS MORE ICE-TIME THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL.</p><p>BROCHURE NOW READY</p><p><b>Write or Phone TORONTO HOCKEY SCHOOL 1029 Spadina Road TORONTO 12-Phone 489-9730</b></p><p>New accommodation building now ready at the arena.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WORLD’S GREATEST TORONTO HOCKEY SCHOOL

<p>(1) In 1956-57, a Detroit line established a re-cord, which still stands; as the NHL&rsquo;s highest; scoring threesome in a; single season.</p><p>Name the trio who; racked up 226 points in; 70 games.</p><p>(2) A lot of fame has attached itself to George Imlach who is better known as Punch. There was another famous Punch in hockey circles quite a few years back. This is strictly a challenge for the oldsters. All you have to do is; come up with his proper; name.</p><p>(3) Hockey players generally grab all the limelight in their families, but occasionally their wives have a legitimate claim to face. The marriage partners of Red Kelly, Camille Henry and Bernie Geoffrion are noted; in their own right. Why?</p><p>(4) In the 1939-40 season the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup with two talented brother acts in their line-up. Who were they?</p><p>(5) One of the players listed below does not belong in the group. Pick him out and tell us why he&rsquo;s a misfit.</p><p>Frank Brimsek. Cully Dahlstrom, Al Arbour, Charlie Burns, Tommy Williams, Mike Karakas.</p><p>(6) Andy Bathgate earns a handsome hockey salary during the winter, but he has an equally impressive off season occupation. What does he do?</p><p>(a) Sell cars</p><p>(b) Work for the CBC</p><p>(c) Sell insurance</p><p>(7) Speaking of off season jobs, the Leafs once had a policeman on their roster while the Rangers employed a Mountie. Who were the players?</p><p>(8) This one should be easy, although you may have to ponder a while. How many times did Milt Schmidt win the Hart Trophy?</p><p>(9) Chicago used to ice a pint sized trio who might have been short on weight, but prolific as scorers. Because of their fleet skating and nifty stickhandling they were dubbed the &ldquo;Pony Line.&rdquo; Identify the threesome.</p><p>(10) And finally, here&rsquo;s a real soft one. Who was the last Detroit player to win the Calder Memorial Trophy?</p><p><b>(Answers Next Week)</b></p><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><p>(1) Frank Eddolls (Chicago) Lynn Patrick (Boston) Jimmy Skinner (Detroit)</p><p>Dick Irvin (Montreal) Muzz Patrick (Rangers) King Clancy (Toronto)</p><p>(2) Toronto Arenas.</p><p>(3) Al MacNeil and Forbes Kennedy.</p><p>(4) Boston Bruins.</p><p>(5) Gordie Howe.</p><p>(6) 15.</p><p>(7) George Hainsworth.</p><p>(8) Dave Kerr in 1939-40</p><p>(9) The James Norris Memorial Trophy.</p><p>(10) The Calder Trophy.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

HOCKEY…Quiz

<p>CHICAGO, Ill.</p><p>Goalie Glenn Hall probably has suffered more from the general letdown of the Hawks than any other single member of the team.</p><p>As a result, he finally broke down recently and asked for a vacation for the first time in his 10-year career. The request was honored and Denis DeJordy took over at the start of a three-game road trip.</p><p>DeJordy reported to the Hawks from Buffalo, where he had been filling-in for Bison regular Ed Chadwick, who has suffered a concussion.</p><p>&ldquo;We aren&rsquo;t holding Glenn responsible for our troubles in any way,&rdquo; said Coach Bill Reay. &ldquo;He was just worn out and wanted a chance to take it easy for a while.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02481/2084117-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="255" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Glenn Hall</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hall Asks Hawks For Rest, First Time In NHL Career

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01508/2084086-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="284" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Mohns</b></figcaption></div><p>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;</p><p>For a team that has got almost nowhere as yet, the Black Hawks have expended a tremendous amount of energy.</p><p>Coach Billy Reay presents an entirely new set of lines for almost every game in an effort to get the team picked in pre-season polls to win the championship to at least resemble a playoff berth contender.</p><p>And Manager Tommy Ivan has been shifting players around so quickly that Reay often has to revise his revisions in mid-air.</p><p>&ldquo;We have to keep plugging,&rdquo; says Ivan, as he dispatches a player to Buffalo or St. Louis. &ldquo;Can&rsquo;t sit still and wait for some-thing to happen,&rdquo; adds Reay as he announces that Doug Mohns will move from defense to left wings for Stan Mikita and Kenny Wharram.</p><p>Such displays of vigor on the part of the team brass are most gratifying. But thus far, only a few of the men who must get the job done on the ice have shown any inclination to follow suit.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be all right,&rdquo; Reay insists, &ldquo;just as soon as we start taking advantage of some of the good chances we&rsquo;ve been getting early in almost every game.</p><p>&ldquo;The way things have been going, though, we mess up good scoring chances early. Then, as the pressure to get goals builds late in the game, we start to make defensive blunders. Pretty soon the game is out of sight.</p><p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t imagine how important it is to a team, from the goalie on out, to hit for a goal or two early. It&rsquo;s great to be able to know that if you make a mistake you aren&rsquo;t going to kill the whole thing.&rdquo;</p><p>Billy&rsquo;s latest moves in an attempt to come up with at least one effective line are the most radical yet.</p><p>In a sort of all-or-nothing switch, Billy united his three most effective and consistent performers on one unit, placing the incredible Bobby Hull at left wing for centre Phil Esposito and right wing Chico Maki.</p><p>Mohns, it is hoped, can cure the chronic problems of trying to find an adequate replacement for Ab McDonald as left wing on what once was the team&rsquo;s most potent crew.</p><p>Wharram and Mikita simply haven&rsquo;t been able to function with any of the team&rsquo;s numerous bonafide port-siders.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if Doug will be able to score as often as a wing should,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;But I do think he&rsquo;ll be able to muck in the corners and dig out the puck for Wharram and Stan better than any one we&rsquo;ve had there yet.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s big, and strong, and a good skater. And, most import-ant, he&rsquo;s a good honest hockey player who will give his best every second he&rsquo;s, on the ice.&rdquo;</p><p>The first two switches leave what amounts to three rejects to handle the third line chores. Red Hay, who served as Hull&rsquo;s centre during four great seasons, drops back to handle the middle-man duties for Johnny McKenzie and Doug Robinson. McKenzie started last season as right wing for Hay and Hull, while Robinson opened the current campaign in McDonald&rsquo;s old spot.</p><p>Ivan&rsquo;s moves have come less frequently than Reay&rsquo;s, but they&rsquo;ve been a bit more violent. His first, in fact, produced a sort of yo-yo action.</p><p>Dennis Hull, Bobby&rsquo;s baby brother, was thought to be safely tucked away in St. Louis where he was to gain much-needed experience. But shortly after Tommy set the young man on a southwesterly course, he learned that Toronto, among others, had put in a waiver claim for the 20-year-old&rsquo;s services.</p><p>Hull got to St. Louis, and even worked out with the club there, but he never saw a minute of central action and was back with the Hawks as quickly as Tommy could withdraw the waivers.</p><p>He&rsquo;s currently serving with Freddie Stanfield and Eric Nesterenko on the seldom-used fourth line.</p><p>Tom succeeded in his next two moves, though. Three-year veteran defenseman Wayne Hillman and rookie left wing Johnny Brenneman were sent to St. Louis and 20-year-old Doug Jarrett, a 6-4, 200-pound defenseman was called to serve as the Hawks No. 5 rearguard.</p><p>&ldquo;We know Jarrett is green,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;But we think he has the potential to become a great defenseman.</p><p>&ldquo;At least, we figure he&rsquo;s going to improve and at the same time he won&rsquo;t hurt us while he is getting better.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Reay Shaking Black Hawks Upside Down

<p><i>&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</i></p><h2><b>How They Stand</b></h2><h3>(Standings on Wed. Dec. 16)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01522/2084162-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="548" height="183"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed. Dec. 9</b></p><p>Montreal 3. Toronto 2.</p><p>Chicago 6, New York 1.</p><p><b>Thurs. Dec. 10</b></p><p>Chicago 5. Boston 1.</p><p><b>Sat. Dec. 12</b></p><p>Montreal 7. New York 1.</p><p>Chicago 3. Detroit 2.</p><p>Toronto 6. Boston 3.</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 13</b></p><p>Montreal 5, Boston 4.</p><p>Chicago 5. Detroit 0.</p><p>Toronto 3, New York 3.</p><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><p><b>Wed., Dec. 16</b></p><p>Detroit at New York</p><p>Boston at Chicago</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 17</b></p><p>Toronto at Montreal</p><p>Boston at Detroit</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 19</b></p><p>Chicago at Montreal</p><p>New York at Toronto</p><p><b>Sun, Dec. 20</b></p><p>Montreal at New York</p><p>Toronto at Detroit</p><p>Chicago at Boston</p><h2><b>Point Race</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. Dec. 13th)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02451/2084155-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="559" height="1900"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03375/2084148-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="555" height="651"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">&#x2014;Monahan</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The Bruins, plagued with goaltending woes off and on for nearly two decades, anticipate running into more problems&mdash;but pleasant ones&mdash;two seasons hence.</p><p>Boston&rsquo;s regular goaltender Eddie Johnston and 21-year-old Jack Norris of the Los Angeles Blades were protected in the annual National Hockey League draft, but the B&rsquo;s have three of the most-promising young junior goalies in Canada in Oshawa&rsquo;s Dennis Gibson and two Niagara Falls, Ont. players, Bernie Parent and Doug Favell.</p><p>The three youngsters graduate from Junior A ranks this season and will turn pro the following campaign. This means the Bruins, barring changes in the interim, will have five goal-tenders and can protect just two of &rsquo;em.</p><p>Norris is rated one of the brightest prospects in pro ranks. Boston owns his NHL rights, but minor league rights to him are controlled by the Blades.</p><p>Meanwhile, Bruins centre Bob Leiter will be sidelined a minimum of three months with a fractured arm sustained when he was driven into the boards by Canadiens&rsquo; Jim Roberts in a game at the Montreal Forum.</p><p>Leiter&rsquo;s injury required surgery and he was hospitalized a week in Montreal.</p><p>&ldquo;This was a big blow,&rdquo; said Coach Milt Schmidt, &ldquo;because we&rsquo;re already missing two centres with injuries.&rsquo;&rsquo;</p><p>Rookie centre Ron Schock is out with calcium deposits in his thigh and Orland Kurtenbach had been shelved with a back ailment, missing a recent three-game road trip.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Future Bright For Bruins, Five Goalies To Pick From With Norris Top Hopeful

<h2>Wed. Dec. 9 MONTREAL 3, TORONTO 2</h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>M</span>ONTREAL</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defence; Laperriere. J. C. Tremblay, Hanis, Talbot, Harper; forwards: Beliveau, Backstrom. Larose, Cournoyer. Provost, Rousseau. Richard, Balon. G. Tremblay, Ferguson, Roberts.</p><p><b>TORONTO</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; Defence: Brewer, Baun, Stanley, Horton, Douglas; forwards: Kelly, Bathgate, Armstrong. Ellis, Stewart, Keon, Harris. McKenney, Pappin, Shack, Mahovlich.</p><p>Referee: Ashley. Linesmen: Pavillch. D&rsquo;Amico.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01519/2084311-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="549" height="546"></div><h2>CHICAGO 6. NEW YORK 1</h2><p><b>CHICAGO:</b> Goal&mdash;DeJordy; defence, Mohns, Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, MacNeil; forwards. Stanfield, Esposito, Hull, Hay. Robinson, Nesterenko, Maki, Wharram, McKenzie, Mikita, Jarrett.</p><p><b>NEW YORK:</b> Goal&mdash;Paille; defence, Howell, Cahan. Plager, Seiling, Neilson; forwards, Gilbert, Duff, Ingarfield. Hadfield, Mikol. Fonteyne. Angotti. Ratelle, Goyette, Henry. Marshall.</p><p>Referee: Skov. Linesmen, Armstrong, Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02473/2084304-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="551" height="723"></div><h2>Thurs., Dec. 10 CHICAGO 5. BOSTON 1</h2><p><b>CHICAGO</b>&mdash;Goal: DeJordy; defence: Vasko. Pilote, MacNeil. Ravlich, Jarrett; forwards: Mikita. Wharram, Mohns, Hay, Hull, Nesterenko. Esposito. Maki, McKenzie. Stanfield, Robinson.</p><p><b>BOSTON</b>&mdash;Goal: Johnson; defence: Boivin, McCord, Green, Awrey; forwards: Oliver, Williams, Bucyk, Maxner, Rivers, McDonald. Kurtenbach. Westfall, Prentice, Kennedy, Knibbs, Fleming.</p><p>Referee: Udvari. Linesmen: Armstrong, Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03401/2084297-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="547" height="625"></div><h2>Sat., Dec. 12 NEW YORK 1, MONTREAL 7</h2><p><b>NEW YORK</b>&mdash;Goal: Paille; defence: Neilson, Seiling; centre: Ingarfield; wings: Duff, Marshall; subs.: Cahan, Plager, Gilbert, Hadfield, Mikol, Fonteyne. Angotti, Ratelle. Goyette, Henry.</p><p><b>MONTREAL</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defence: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay; centre: Richard; wings: Provost, Balon; subs.: Beliveau, Backstrom, Harris, Larose, Cournoyer, Rousseau, Talbot, Harper, G. Tremblay, Ferguson, Roberts.</p><p>Referee: Skov. Linesmen: Hayes, Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04328/2084290-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="553" height="700"></div><h2>CHICAGO 3, DETROIT 2</h2><p><b>CHICAGO</b>&mdash;Goal: DeJordy; defence: Mohns, Pilote; centre: Mikita; wings: Wharram, Robinson; subs.: Vasko, Ravlich, Stanfield, Esposito, Hall, Hay, Jarrett, Maki. McKenzie. MacNeil.</p><p><b>DETROIT</b>&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defence: Langlois, Gadsby; centre: Ullman; wings: Lindsay, Smith; subs.: Pronovost. Barkley, Martin, Howe, Delvecchio, MacGregor, Bergman. Henderson, Macdonald. Joyal, Murphy.</p><p>Referee: Udvari. Linesmen: Armstrong, Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06249/2084283-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="542" height="552"></div><h2>BOSTON 3, TORONTO 6</h2><p><b>BOSTON</b>&mdash;Goal: Johnston; defence: Green, Boivin; centre: Kurtenbach; wings: Williams, Prentice; subs.: McCord, Bucyk, Maxner, Kennedy, Oliver, Westfall, Fleming, McDonald. Knibbs, Rivers, Awrey.</p><p><b>TORONTO</b>&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence: Stanley, Horton; centre: Armstrong: wings: Bathgate, Mahovlich; subs.: Brewer, Baun, Douglas, Kelly, Pappin, Stewart, Harris, Shack, McKenney, Keon, Ellis.</p><p>Referee: Friday. Linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico, Clements.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07228/2084276-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="537" height="646"></div><h2>Sun., Dec. 13 MONTREAL 5. BOSTON 4</h2><p><b>MONTREAL</b>&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defense:&rsquo; Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay. Harris, Talbot, Harper; forwards: Provost, Richard. Balon, Larose, Cournoyer, Rousseau, G. Tremblay, Ferguson, Roberts. Beliveau, Backstrom.</p><p><b>BOSTON</b>&mdash;Goal: Johnston; defense: Boivin, McCord, Green, Awrey; forwards: Kennedy, Westfall, McDonald, Bucyk, Williams, Oliver. Maxner. Prentice, Fleming, Knibbs, Rivers.</p><p>Referee: Skov; linesmen: Hayes. DAmico.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08221/2084269-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="543" height="831"></div><h2>TORONTO 3, NEW YORK 3</h2><p><b>TORONTO</b>&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Brewer, Baun, Horton. Stanley, Douglas; forwards: Bathgate, Armstrong, Mahovlich, Ellis. Keon, McKenney. Stewart, Shack, Pappin. Harris, Kelly.</p><p><b>NEW YORK</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Neilson, Seiling, Cahan, Plager, Ingram; forwards: Marshall, Ingarfield, Duff. Angotti, Ratelle, Hadfield, Gilbert, Goyette. Henry, Fonteyne. Mikol.</p><p>Referee: Friday; linesmen: Atanas, Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09211/2084262-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="543" height="575"></div><h2>DETROIT 0, CHICAGO 5</h2><p><b>DETROIT</b>&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defense: Gadsby. Bergman, Langlois. Pronovost. Barkley; forwards: Murphy, Delvecchio. MacGregor. Ullman. Martin. Howe. Lindsay, Smith, Henderson. MacDonald. Joyal.</p><p><b>CHICAGO</b>&mdash;Goal: DeJordy: defense: Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich. MacNeil. Jarrett; forwards: Mohns, Mikita, Wharram. Stanfield, Esposito. R. Hull. D. Hull, Hay. Robinson, Maki. McKenzie.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Udvari; linesmen: Pavelich. Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10190/2084255-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="544" height="727"></div><h2>Week&rsquo;s &lsquo;Top Ten&rsquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05278/2084248-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="544" height="419"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NHL Summaries

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div><p>CLEVELAND, Ohio</p><p>Overshadowing a weekend of encouraging developments affecting the Cleveland Barons, the injury list grows longer and more ominous.</p><p>Joining the injured Les Binkley on the sidelines, centre Cecil Hoekstra was put in traction in the hospital for possible disc trouble, winger Wayne Larkin went out of action with a twisted knee and defenseman Ted Lan-yon, while dressed for service, actually saw none as he, too, was bothered by a bad knee.</p><p>Before Larkin went on the shelf, he helped the Barons put together their first back-to-back victories of the year, over Pittsburgh and Providence, as the club showed some signs of snapping its losing ways.</p><p>The twin-win was marked by the emergence of Gordon Wilkie as a potent offensive threat, the heads-up play of Frank Martin on the blue line and the addition of Billy Hicke to the Barons&rsquo; roster.</p><p>Wilkie, former All-American star from the University of Michigan, tallied the winning goal in each game, as a left winger against Pittsburgh and as a centre replacement for Hoekstra in the win over Providence.</p><p>Martin, in addition to playing his usual steady game on defense, contributed two of the four Cleveland goals against the Reds.</p><p>In a season in which the club is clamoring for favorable publicity, Hicke was permitted to slip into Cleveland practically without fanfare. The mere announcement that Hicke, a 26-year-old right winger, had been optioned to the Barons by the Montreal Canadiens failed to give any hint of the help that may be expected of him.</p><p>Actually, Hicke is one of the most important additions to the Barons in many years.</p><p>The most brilliant rookie in the 29-year history of the AHL, Hicke is the only player in league history to win the Les Cunningham Plaque (most valuable player), the John B. Sollenberger Trophy Heading scorer) and the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Trophy (outstanding rookie) in his first season.</p><p>As a member of the Rochester Americans in the 1958-59 season, Hicke tallied 41 goals and 56 assists to lead the league with 97 points, made both the official and the Players&rsquo; All-Star teams at right wing and is the only player, except for Cleveland playing coach Fred Glover, ever to score goals in 11 straight games.</p><p>Teamed from the outset with Glover and centre Ron Attwell on the Barons&rsquo; first line, he showed great potential as he constantly flirted with the enemy cage and worked flawlessly into the passing combination.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hicke Welcome Arrival For Barons As Injuries Cut Swath Through Team

<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><i>Looking At The AHL Race</i></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Dec. 18)</b></p><h3>Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01503/2084387-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="553" height="161"></div><h3>Western Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02417/2084380-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="554" height="241"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Tues. Dec. 8</b></p><p>Baltimore 7, Springfield 2</p><p>Quebec 5. Cleveland 2</p><p><b>Wed. Dec. 9</b></p><p>Buffalo 5. Providence 2</p><p>Springfield 4. Hershey 2</p><p><b>Thurs. Dec. 10</b></p><p>Cleveland 4. Quebec 1</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 11</b></p><p>Rochester 4. Baltimore 1</p><p><b>Sat. Dec. 12</b></p><p>Buffalo 1. Cleveland 0</p><p>Baltimore 7. Hershey 5</p><p>Pittsburgh 7. Providence 1</p><p>Rochester 3. Springfield 1</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 13</b></p><p>Buffalo 5. Hershey 4</p><p>Pittsburgh 5. Providence 2</p><p>Rochester 5. Quebec 1</p><p>Baltimore 4. Springfield 3</p><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><p><b>Tues., Dec. 15</b></p><p>Rochester at Quebec</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 18</b></p><p>Buffalo at Baltimore</p><p>Hershey at Pittsburgh</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 19</b></p><p>Pittsburgh at Cleveland</p><p>Quebec at Hershey</p><p>Buffalo at Springfield</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 20</b></p><p>Baltimore at Buffalo</p><p>Cleveland at Pittsburgh</p><p>Quebec at Providence</p><p>Hershey at Rochester</p><p><b>(Including games of Sun., Dec. 13)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03314/2084373-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="553" height="406"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04222/2084366-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="550" height="277"></div><h3>PENALTY LEADERS</h3><p>Most Penalized Player: Bob Blackburn, Providence. 92 mts.</p><p>Most Penalized Team: Providence, 439 mts.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Barry Cullen enjoyed his best season in pro hockey after being shifted to his &ldquo;wrong&rdquo; wing, and his younger brother, Ray, appears headed for a fine rookie campaign under similar circumstances.</p><p>Barry, who retired last fall after four seasons with the Herd., and Ray are both righthand shots. The first of the three Cullens to play with the Bisons. Brian, was a left-hand shot. Brian retired a year ago.</p><p>Ray and Brian came up as centres, and Barry was a rightwinger. In his second season here, playing on a line with Brian and Chico Maki, now with the Chicago Black Hawks, Barry collected 41 goals and 53 assists in 69 games.</p><p>Ray, the all-star centre in the Central Pro League last winter while playing with the St. Louis Braves, currently is the Herd&rsquo;s leading goal-scorer with 10, and is playing left wing with Art Stratton and Pat Hannigan.</p><p>With Knoxville in the Eastern Amateur League two years ago, Ray gathered 65 goals in 67 games as a right-winger winning the rookie award and making the all-star team.</p><p>Like Brian and Barry, Ray played junior hockey in St. Catharines, Ont. He was a centre for the first three years, and played centre and right wing in his last term.</p><p>&ldquo;I prefer to play the wing because you get more changes to score.&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;The wingers normally don&rsquo;t carry the puck into the attacking zone, and therefore aren&rsquo;t checked as closely. When you spot an opening, you can go for it.</p><p>Does playing the &ldquo;wrong&rdquo; wing bother him?</p><p>&ldquo;A little bit in our end,&rdquo; he answered, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a little tougher bringing the puck out of your own zone, but there isn&rsquo;t any difference at all in the other end.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1518/2084418-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="479" height="566"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RAY CULLEN&hellip;Upholding Family Name</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bisons’ Rookie Ray Cullen Thriving On Shift From Centre To Wing Berth

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>S</span>tan Smrke of the Rochester Americans came up with a productive point weekend in the American Hockey League to help the Amerks keep their exciting winning steak intact.</b></p><p><b>Smrke, a 13-year veteran of pro hockey, scored two goals as the Americans toppled the high-riding Quebec Aces 5-1 right in Quebec. Smrke had potted one of the American goals the previous night as they defeated Springfield 3-1.</b></p><p><b>Stan Smrke, a journeyman hockey player, gets the call as the AHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1615/2084543-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="272" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Stan Smrke</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Stan Smrke-Rochester Americans

<h2>Sun., Dec. 6 HERSHEY 1, PROVIDENCE 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05150/2084512-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="550" height="354"></div><h3>SPRINGFIELD 2, BUFFALO 0</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06118/2084505-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="545" height="516"></div><h3>QUEBEC 3, PITTSBURGH 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0797/2084498-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="559" height="642"></div><h3>CLEVELAND 1, ROCHESTER 7</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0881/2084491-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="559" height="667"></div><h3>Tues., Dec. 8 CLEVELAND 2, QUEBEC 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0966/2084484-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="550" height="558"></div><h3>SPRINGFIELD 2, BALTIMORE 7</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1057/2084477-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="548" height="754"></div><h3>Wed., Dec. 9 PROVIDENCE 2, BUFFALO 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1150/2084470-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="570" height="653"></div><h3>SPRINGFIELD 4, HERSHEY 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1236/2084463-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="547" height="567"></div><h3>Thurs., Dec. 10 CLEVELAND 4, QUEBEC 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1328/2084456-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="551" height="549"></div><h3>Fri., Dec. 11 ROCHESTER 4. BALTIMORE 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1422/2084449-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="549" height="551"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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American Hockey League Game Summuries

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><p>HERSHEY, Pa.</p><p>Claude Dufour has &rsquo;em all talking in the American League.</p><p>The 28-year-old cage cop of the Hershey Bears has simply been brilliant this season.</p><p>As of Dec. 6 Dufour showed a great 2.2 goals against average. tops for the loop goaltenders. Along with this, he backstopped the Bears to an unbeaten streak of 13 games&mdash;11 wins and two ties.</p><p>Starting with Nov. 1, Dufour registered two shutouts, his last coming on a 1-0 effort against the Providence Reds at the Rhode Island club&rsquo;s rink on Dec. 6. The win extended Hershey&rsquo;s road streak to eight straight triumphs.</p><p>He&rsquo;s allowed only 52 goals on better than 600 shots in 1,400 minutes of action.</p><p>During the long unbeaten skein, three Hershey skaters went to the sidelines with injuries. Danny Poliziani, Gene Ubriaco and Bruce Draper all missed games and Draper won&rsquo;t return to duty until the first of the year. He has a broken bone in his knee cap.</p><p>Murray Balfour, shipped in by the Boston Bruins to replace recalled winger Wayne Rivers, has shown well by popping in two goals in three starts.</p><p>&ldquo;Balfour can fit into our style of play nicely,&rdquo; said coach Frank Mathers. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a fine skater and has a good shot.&rdquo;</p><p>Hershey has been packing in the crowds and is nearing the 70,000 mark. Before the season is over the Bears figure to pass the 2,000,000 mark for the last nine years which is tremendous considering the Sports Arena seats only 7,200 fans.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Dufour Hot Puck Stopper For Bears

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER. N. Y.</p><p>From the looks of things, American Hockey League president Jack Riley will save some money this season by not having to ship the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Trophy to the circuit&rsquo;s outstanding rookie.</p><p>All Riley will have to do is walk a block and a half from his league office here and deliver it in person to the Rochester Americans&rsquo; Pete Stemkowski.</p><p>Big Pete he&rsquo;s 6-0 and weighs 190 pounds) thus far this season has proven himself to be the outstanding first-year player in Rochester&rsquo;s nine seasons of membership in the AHL.</p><p>Now this is going some, because the Amerks had Billy Hicke in 1958-59 when that young man led the American League in scoring with the most points ever by a rookie player, set Rochester club records for points (97) and goals (41) which still stand, made the AHL All-Star team on right wing, won the Garrett Trophy and was co-winner of the league&rsquo;s Most Valuable Player award.</p><p>Stemkowski may not pile up quite as many honors as Hicke, but veteran hockey men feel he is one of the best NHL prospects to show up in the American League in a number of years.</p><p>He came here after scoring 42 goals and 61 assists in 51 games for Canada&rsquo;s Memorial Cup champion Toronto Marlboros last season.</p><p>The 21-year-old centreman does everything. He skates exceptionally well for a big man, handles the puck well, shoots with the best and passes deftly. And he uses his size to advantage&mdash;both for spilling opposing forwards and for camping himself in front of the enemy net.</p><p>For Rochester&rsquo;s first 23 games, Stemkowski owned 10 goals and 10 assists. Included among his goals was one here Dec. 4 that gave the Amerks a 4-3 victory over Providence in sudden death overtime.</p><p>And Pete seems to be getting better all the time. For Rochester&rsquo;s last four games at this writing, he had 6 goals and 2 assists.</p><p>Amerk boss Joe Crozier doesn&rsquo;t hesitate to throw the youngster out in a penalty-killing role, either. In fact, Pete scored goals both on Nov. 26 and Nov. 28 while Rochester was operating at a man disadvantage because of a penalty.</p><p>Crozier is enthusiastic over his prize rookie, but cautions that Stemkowski just might not win the American League&rsquo;s rookie award.</p><p>&ldquo;The way he&rsquo;s playing, there&rsquo;s a good chance he might be with the Toronto Maple Leafs long before the end of the season and therefore wouldn&rsquo;t be eligible for the AHL award. But that&rsquo;s the only thing that can stop him,&rsquo;&rsquo; Crozier added.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01499/2084598-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="282" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Peter Stemkowski</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amerks Rate Stemkowski For Top Rookie Award

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE TAYLOR</div><p>BALTIMORE, Md.</p><p>In most cases, two are better than one. But, it can have its problems, too.</p><p>For example, look at the Baltimore Clippers and the worries they have with two goal-tenders. Unlike most teams, Baltimore has not operated with a No. 1 netminder, plus a spare in event of injury. Instead, the Clippers, most of the year, have had two No. 1 goalies. They are Marcel Pelletier and. Gilles Boisvert.</p><p>Each game presents pressure in making a selection.</p><p>To make matters worse, the Clipper bosses get no relief from the record book. Boisvert, who has been used sparingly because of a groin injury, hit the .500 mark with two wins, two losses and one tie in five starts. Pelletier, was assigned to the nets ten times and the team won four, lost five and tied once.</p><p>Ironically, the man in the Clipper cage who was not able to hold his own, as far as a win and loss record is concerned, was six time Vezina Trophy winning Jacques Plante. The masked man was between the pipes seven times for the Clippers early this season and the team won once, lost five times and tied once.</p><p>But, to show you how confusing statistics can be, the goals per game average reveal that Pelletier and Boisvert have identical goals against averages of 3.40 and Plante a 2.63 mark in his AHL starts.</p><p><b>CLIPPERS CLIPS</b>&mdash;Barring injury, Harry Pidhirny will reach the sterling mark of 1,000 American League games on Feb. 2&hellip;Pidhirny has been the Clippers&rsquo; top penalty killer this season&hellip;Swede Ulf Sterner passed up an invitation to see championship Baltimore football Colts play because he preferred to watch an amateur soccer game&hellip;Ken Schinkel has a streak of 14 games going in which he has scored or as-sister on a goal&hellip;</p><p>Don Johns received a huge ovation from Baltimore fans upon his return from N.Y. Rangers&hellip;Aldo Guidolin was sidelined for a couple of games with the flu&hellip;Sandy McGregor became second player in Clipper history to score the &ldquo;Hat Trick&rdquo; when he scored three goals in Baltimore&rsquo;s 7-4 victory in Springfield.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02456/2084629-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="529" height="535"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GILLES BOISVERT</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Boisvert, Pelletier, Equally Effective Posing Question-Who Should Be No 1. Man?

<div class="byline">BY JOE GORDON</div><p>PITTSBURGH. Pa&mdash;</p><p>Although Pitts burgh fans have had little to cheer about so far this year, they certainly can&rsquo;t fault centre Teddy Hampson. Now in his second campaign with the Hornets the scrappy little pivotman has done more than his share in helping the Hornets somewhat futile efforts to retain their Western Division title.</p><p>In Pittsburgh&rsquo;s first 23 games, Hampson has chalked up 23 points on eight goals and 15 assists. Earlier in the season. Teddy had a ten-game scoring streak which saw him rack up five goals and 10 assists. These totals have moved Hampson into contention in the AHL scoring race.</p><p>Never a high scorer in his previous seven years as a pro, Hampson credits much of his increased production to greater opportunities. Always a hard worker, he is now getting more ice time on power plays and generally playing more. Last year in 66 games with the Hornets, Hampson totalled 48 points on 15 goals and 33 assists.</p><p>His newly-found scoring touch hasn&rsquo;t effected the other phases of Hampson&rsquo;s fine all-around game. He still can be found killing most of the Pittsburgh penalties. In addition, his forechecking hasn&rsquo;t suffered either.</p><p>Coach Vic Stasiuk is hopefully awaiting the return of veteran defenseman Lou Marcon. He feels that it is more than a coincidence that the Wasps have been able to win just once in the eight games the sturdy Marcon has been sidelined with a badly bruised right ankle. During this span, the Hornets normally tight defense gave up 33 goals, or better than four per game. And in the process the Wasps dropped far off the pace set by Western Division leader Rochester. Marcon&rsquo;s return is still a question mark.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03420/2084660-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="284" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Hampson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hornet Fans Cheer Play Of Hampson

<div class="byline">BY BUSTER CLEGG</div><p>PROVIDENCE, R.I.</p><p>&ldquo;Oh, those one-goal defeats!&rdquo; That was the beleaguered moan of Ferny Flaman, coach and general manager of the Rhode Island Reds, after the team had dropped another heartbreaker on December 6th.</p><p>The Reds had just been edged, 1-0, by the Hershey Bears in a game at R. I. Auditorium. For the Reds it was their third straight loss by one goal the three coming within three nights.</p><p>What was more disturbing was that it marked the 11th one-goal defeat the Reds had sustained this season. The American Hockey League does not keep such statistics, but the Reds may well be on their way toward setting a league mark in this cardiac category of one-goalers.</p><p>&ldquo;We need just that extra punch,&rdquo; Flaman commented after the 1-0 set-back, which, incidentally, extended Hershey&rsquo;s undefeated streak to 13 straight games.</p><p>&ldquo;We need just a bit of luck, too,&rsquo;&rsquo; the Reds coach continued. &ldquo;The puck just hadn&rsquo;t been bouncing for us and we&rsquo;re not getting any breaks!&rdquo;</p><p>One thing about the Reds, they never give up. In their 25 games to this writing they&rsquo;ve been in every game except five. Most of the games have been decided by one or two goals&hellip;and that&rsquo;s coming pretty close.</p><p>Little wonder why Flaman and owner Lou Pieri, though disappointed with the team&rsquo;s lucklessness, haven&rsquo;t thought of giving up the ship.</p><p>&ldquo;We need a center and one more defenseman, was owner Pieri&rsquo;s evaluation of the situation. &ldquo;And we&rsquo;re going to do our best to get some help!</p><p>The arrival of Ed Kachur, the diminutive winger, who played on two championship clubs with Buffalo, promises to add some scoring spark to the Reds&rsquo; frontline.</p><p>Kachur, a 30-year-old veteran, was acquired in a straight trade with the Chicago Black Hawks in exchange for center Harry Ottenbriet.</p><p>At this writing, Flaman was keeping his telephone lines quite busy in an effort to secure additional help in the form of an experienced defenseman and center. Billy Reid a 21-year-old centre who impressed in training camp, has been recalled from New Haven to start a five-game pro tryout.</p><p>Though victories have been coming hard for the Reds, the Province team remains in strong contention for third place in the AHL&rsquo;s Eastern Division, which is being fought over by both Springfield and Baltimore.</p><p>&ldquo;Just that extra punch&rdquo; refered to by Flaman could turn the tide and give the luckless Reds the needed push to overtake Springfield and Baltimore.</p><p><b>COOP SCOOP:</b> Kachur drove East from Los Angeles, where he was playing, and Ottenbriet drove West to L. A.&hellip;Somewhere along Route 66 the two probably passed each other&hellip;Kachur came with his family and was delayed a day because of bad weather over the weekend of Dec. 5-6&hellip;The team hired a charter plane to take them to Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Rochester that same weekend, but was grounded three times by snow, sleet and rain&hellip;What had promised to be a comfortable trip turned into a difficult trek&hellip;Rookie Jean-not Gilbert continues to play well and leads the Reds in points with 22 (11 goals and 11 assists).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Flaman Moans As One-Goal Defeats Pile Up On Reds

<p>PORTLAND, Ore.</p><p>The single game attendance record for the 1964-65 Western League season was set in Portland over the weekend. The Buckaroos, battling the league leading Seattle Totems, played before 10,652 fans and made them all happy with a 3-1 victory. The attendance at the game was just 6 people Short of the all-time Portland attendance record for a single game as the Bucks drew 10,658 in a game against the now-defunct Spokane Comets a couple of seasons back.</p><p>The league&rsquo;s biggest single game crowd in Portland came just one night after Seattle set a new single game attendance record for that city. The Totems, playing the Buckaroos and winning 6-4, performed before 9,545 fans, the biggest crowd ever in Seattle&rsquo;s hockey history. In the home and home series between the two teams, Seattle and Portland played before a total of 20,197 hockey fans.</p><p>Meanwhile, the league&rsquo;s top scorers hold their exalted positions atop the individual scoring race standings for the simple reason that they are able to produce at least as well, and in some cases even better, on the road as they do at home.</p><p>If the Canucks Billy McNeill ever adjusts to Vancouver Forum ice in the same manner that he has adjusted to the other five ice surfaces in the league he will walk away with the goal scoring championship hands down. Of the 15 goals he has scored to date in Western League play no less than 12 have come in games away from the Vancouver Forum.</p><p>In addition, he has added 10 assists in road games so that he is the undisputed &ldquo;away from home scoring leader&rdquo; in the Western League. Of his 35 points, only 3 behind the League-leaders, a total of 22 have been gained on the road. Following McNeill in goal production away from home are the League&rsquo;s scoring leader Brian Smith, who has scored 8 of his 18 markers on the road, and Victoria&rsquo;s Lou Jankowski, who has scored 6 of his 14 goals in games away from the Victoria Memorial Arena.</p><p>Portland&rsquo;s Art Jones takes the honors as the top playmaker in road contests. Jones has set up 13 goals in 12 road games to date. Guyle Fielder of the Totems has 11 set-ups in games away from the Seattle Coliseum.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01495/2084760-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="515" height="775"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUYLE FIELDER&hellip;Leading Scorer</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Totems, Bucks Draw Top WHL Crowd-10,652

<p>VANCOUVER, B. C.</p><p>Four players in the WHL last week picked up 7 points in the games they played for their respective teams, including Vancouver&rsquo;s Billy McNeill, but Player-of-the-Week honors go to McNeill because of his outstanding four goal performance, the first of the season in the League, in one game last week.</p><p>Both Seattle&rsquo;s Fielder and Los Angeles&rsquo; Norm Johnson enjoyed 7 point weeks but McNeill&rsquo;s five goals and two assists in 3 games rates as week&rsquo;s most impressive output.</p><p>The ever-tightening scoring race produced only slight changes in last week&rsquo;s play. Fielder still holds down the number one spot with 38 points made up of 6 goals and 32 assists in 26 games. One point behind in second place is Johnson, who has 11 goals and 26 assists in 23 games. McNeill made the big jump to third place and now has 15 markers and 20 assists for 35 points in 25 games.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1065/2084791-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="248" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Billy McNeill</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Canucks’ McNeill Wins Nod

<h2>Sun., Nov. 29 PORTLAND 6, SAN FRANCISCO 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03296/2084885-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="554" height="757"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 3. SEATTLE 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04222/2084878-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="551" height="653"></div><h2>Tues., Dec. 1 SEATTLE 1, VANCOUVER 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05170/2084871-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="550" height="426"></div><h2>Fri., Dec. 4 LOS ANGELES 3, SAN FRANCISCO 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06142/2084864-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="545" height="706"></div><h2>PORTLAND 4. SEATTLE 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07106/2084857-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="540" height="757"></div><h2>Sat., Dec. 5 VANCOUVER 6. VICTORIA 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0888/2084850-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="548" height="603"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 7. SAN FRANCISCO 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0975/2084843-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="551" height="811"></div><h3>SEATTLE 1, PORTLAND 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02211/2084836-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="548" height="482"></div><h3>Sun., Dec. 6 VANCOUVER 3, SEATTLE 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03127/2084829-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="550" height="578"></div><h3>VICTORIA 2, PORTLAND 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0491/2084822-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="545" height="530"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Western League Summaries

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><p>LOS ANGELES, Calif.</p><p>That master of diplomacy the unofficial ambassador of good will for the city of San Francisco, Bud Poile, has struck again. The last time archrival Los Angeles Blades visited San Francisco, coach Poile&rsquo;s Seals embarrassed the Blades before an L.A. TV audience, 7-3, the Blades falling behind 5-0 in the early going. As the Blades prepared to return to San Francisco for games there and on LA TV on two consecutive nights last week, Poile announced, &ldquo;The Blades are the worst defensive team in the Western Hockey League.&rdquo; Bud&rsquo;s old friend, Alfie Pike, the Blade coach, received the announcement gloomily, saying, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re in fourth place and Poile&rsquo;s team is in last place, so what&rsquo;s the answer? If we&rsquo;re really worse than the Seals, then we&rsquo;re in trouble.&rdquo; And, truth to tell, Pike, his goalie Jack Norris, and his defensemen Camille Bedard, Lloyd Haddon, Harley Hodgson and Jack Evans did seem to be in trouble.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01472/2084930-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="270" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wayne Connelly</b></figcaption></div><p>Thus fired up. Pike&rsquo;s razor-sharp Blades then skated out and got all cut up by the Seals, 6-3, falling behind 4-0 in the early going. It was an improvement on their earlier showing which still left much to be desired, particularly with co-owner James Piggott in from Canada for a visit. At this point, the Blades had lost all three of their video appearances this season, bolstering their reputation as the worst public relations unit since the Kamikaze. However, justice finally had its day. In the rematch the next night, the Blades fell behind, gained the lead, fell behind, recaptured the lead, and won going away 7-4. It was a whale of a game and Norm Johnson, who had a goal and five assists, Brian Smith, who had three goals, Willie O&rsquo;Ree and Jack Evans were the Blade heroes.</p><p>O&rsquo;Ree, who scored the game-winner and a margin goal later, was particularly happy about it as it evened him up for an altercation with a fan. The fellow said something unkind to Willie, who replied by trying to reach him with his stick, poking it through the screen that separates the players from the spectators in the Cow Palace corners. Willie missed, but so did a fan who joined in by aiming a folding chair at Willie and throwing it on the ice. The Blades have always been quite popular with the warm Bay Area fans. Remembered fondly is the moment a few seasons back when Danny Belisle, a Blade at the time, went after a little old lady with his stick. It seems he had stood up on the bench in order to get a better view of the action on the ice and blocked her view, so she hit him over the head with her purse. Belisle is not much of a fellow for stick fights, but how much can a guy take?</p><p>Wayne Connelly, who scored two goals for the Seals, was particularly unhappy about the game. With 16 goals in the first 23 games. Wayne is having a fine season with the Seals and deserves another shot at the majors, but it is small consolation with the Seals floundering as they are&hellip;Incredible as it may seem, Poile followed up his blast at Pike&rsquo;s defenders by suggesting that a trade between the two teams might be just the medicine both need. How ever, he did grin and admit any trade talk he wished to conduct might be carried on more amicably with owner Piggott than old friend Pike at this particular time&hellip;Both clubs did make moves last week. The Seals returned forward Mike Draper to the parent Boston Bruins, loaned centre Larry Lund to Minneapolis of the Central League and shifted defenseman Dallas Smith to a wing.</p><p>The Blades traded wing Ed Kachur to Buffalo of the American League for 27-year-old forward Harry Ottenbreit, a third year pre out of Denver U, and returned Howie Young from a wing to the defense. Young, who earlier this season was criticized for getting too many penalties, and moved up front, was under fire for going three games without a penalty as a wing, and was moved back to the rearguard. Clearly, Howie has every right to be confused. But so are a lot of the Blades, who are fighting for their lives and their jobs at this point. Only the fact that San Francisco and Victoria have been playing so badly has prevented LA from sagging out of the fight for a playoff berth.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02414/2084923-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="240" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Andy Hebenton</b></figcaption></div><p>It is interseting to note that the two teams with the best road records, Seattle (5-6) and Portland (6-6), are the two leading teams in the league, while the two with the worst road records, Victoria (2-8) and San Francisco (2-10) are the two trailing teams. LA. now 4-8-1, and Vancouver (5-9) are in the middle on both counts&hellip;Both Seattle and Portland have won four of their last five starts. But. as they split a weekend home-and-home &ldquo;crucial.&rdquo; Seattle remained five points ahead&hellip;Having won six of its last eight games. Vancouver has moved into a solid third spot, just two points further back&hellip;Vancouver has the best powerplay in the league, having scored 28 goals with a man advantage in the first 22 games. Although he missed a number of those games with an injury, Buddy Boone took the league lead with six of those power-play goals. Seattle is the best team at killing penalties, LA the worst. The individual villian is Young, who has been in the penalty box when eight goals were scored on his side.</p><p>Recently, Portland&rsquo;s Andy Hebenton scored at least one point in 13 straight games, Art Jones in 11 straight. And defenseman Mike Donaldson had at least one penalty in 11 straight games&hellip;Donaldson, however, was hospitalized for two weeks with a back injury. Another sick Buck has been right wing Cliff Echmautz, who flew home with Bell&rsquo;s Palsy (a sort of partial facial paralysis that affects one eye) and is out indefinitely&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03351/2084916-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="286" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Mike Donaldson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Western Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><p>VICTORIA, B.C.</p><p>Victoria may be off to a slow start in the Western Hockey League this season, but Lou Jankowski is speeding as usual. The 33-year-old winger from Regina is certainly one of the least publicized players in professional sports. In the last six seasons he has scored 45, 42, 57, 44, 24 and 41 goals and in the early going this season he scored 13 goals in 20 games.</p><p>In 14 years as a pro, Jankowski has lit the red light 375 times. He has led the Western League in goals four times and that big 57 stands as the single-season standard. He is co-holder of another WHL record with nine goals in four consecutive games. He made the first All-Star team for the fourth time last season and was MVP in 1961.</p><p>Jankowski turned pro in 1950. In the early years, he spent 23 games with Detroit and 194 games with Chicago over four National League seasons, but he is now in his tenth consecutive season in the minors. He was four years with Buffalo in the American League, four years with Calgary in the Western League and moved over with most of the Calgary players into Denver last season and Victoria this season.</p><p>He scored 19 goals during his big league period, but perhaps did not hit enough to warrant further opportunities. The 6-foot, 190-pounder has never had more than 17 minutes in penalty time during a season and had only 10 last season when he won the league&rsquo;s most gentlemanly player award.</p><p>Jankowski has scored more than 80 points five times in his career, with highs of 92 points in 1959 and 99 in 1961. Last season, he had 44 assists and totalled 85 points to place fourth in the WHL scoring championship. It is a fact that he has yet to win his first league scoring title, al-though he sure can get that puck in the net.</p><p>Jankowski, who once scored four &ldquo;hat-tricks&rdquo; in a single season, is one of six players to have turned the three-goal stunt so far this season in the Western circuit. The last player to join the list was Brian Smith of L.A., the hottest player in the league, who ran his season record to a league-leading 17 goals with a trio in L.A.&rsquo;s 23rd game, a 7-4 win at San Francisco.</p><p>This is two more than Smith scored in his previous best season, so with two-thirds of the season to go, Brian is in good shape.</p><p>L.A.&rsquo;s last two goals came into an empty net as San Francisco yanked goaler Bob Perreault in a last-minute bid for a tie. Stealing the puck and breaking in on an open net, Willie O&rsquo;Ree passed off to Smith so Brian could compete his hat trick. A few seconds later, O&rsquo;Ree hit the open net, himself, for his second goal, so he could have had the hat-trick, too, had he not performed unselfishly earlier.</p><p>Others to turn the trick this season have been Phil Maloney of Vancouver, Wayne Connelly of San Francisco, Jean Marie Cossette of Seattle and Gordy Redahl of Victoria. Cossette and Redahl managed it in the same game, Seattle&rsquo;s 7-5 conquest of visiting Victoria. The spunky little Cossette scored both the first goal and the game winner.</p><p>Playing right wing, Cossette has been part of an unusual all-left-wing line put together by Seattle coach Keith Allen, and it has been highly effective at times. The other members are Bill MacFarland, switched to centre, and Bill Dineen, standing pat on the left side. MacFarland, by the way, is about to score his 600th pro point, while Seattle teammate, Ray Kinasewich, returning from an injury, is about to score his 500th.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04273/2084961-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="520" height="776"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LOU JANKOWSKI&hellip;Off To Fast Start</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Jankowski One Of Few Bright Lights For Faltering Victoria Maple Leafs

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THE HOCKEY NEWS

<p>Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say <b>HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY</b></p><h2>Point Race</h2><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><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/f0016-02285/2085044-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="554" height="320"></div><h3>LEAGUE LEADERS</h3><p>Most Goals: Tom McCarthy. Tulsa and Al Caron. St. Louis, 14.</p><p>Most Assists: Barrie Ross. St. Paul, 16.</p><p>Most Penalties in Minutes: Larry Johnston. Tulsa. 109.</p><h2>How They Stand</h2><h3>(Standings on Wed. Dec. 16)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04177/2085037-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="553" height="265"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed. Dec. 9</b></p><p>Tulsa 9. St. Louis 7</p><p>Memphis 6. St. Paul 1</p><p><b>Thurs. Dec. 10</b></p><p>St. Paul 1. Tulsa 0</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 11</b></p><p>Minneapolis 2. Memphis 1</p><p>Omaha 8. St. Paul 2</p><p><b>Sat. Dec. 12</b></p><p>Minneapolis 6. St. Louis 1</p><p>Omaha 7. Memphis 3</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 13</b></p><p>Tulsa 5, Minneapolis 1</p><p>Memphis 3. St. Paul 2</p><p>Omaha 6, St. Louis 2</p><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><p><b>Wed., Dec. 16</b></p><p>St. Louis at St. Paul</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 18</b></p><p>Omaha at Minneapolis</p><p>St. Louis at St. Paul</p><p>Tulsa at Memphis</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 19</b></p><p>St. Louis at Omaha</p><p>Tulsa at Memphis</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 50</b></p><p>St. Louis at Minneapolis</p><p>Omaha at St. Paul</p><p>Memphis at Tulsa</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01347/2085030-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="487" height="891"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOB CHAMPOUX&hellip;Blanks Ex-Mates</b></figcaption></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>Just about the time St. Paul Saints were talking about running away with the Central Professional Hockey League race and had opened up a six-point lead, Minneapolis Bruins stepped into the picture and decided to do something about it.</p><p>Player-coach Harry Sinden had been forced to send Bill Knibbs and Wayne Maxner. his two leaders in the loop&rsquo;s scoring parade, to the parent Boston Bruins who had come down with injuries. Goalie Cesare Maniago came up with a bothersome knee but Sinden called his team together, explained the situation to them and told them to go out and give &ldquo;just a little extra&rsquo;&rsquo; until things straightened out.</p><p>It just so happened that those pace-setting Saints were due to visit in Minneapolis the next night and the Bruins were ready for them.</p><p>In the third period, Wayne Schultz and Terry Crisp fired goals to put the Bruins in front 4-2 and they were holding on for victory with less than two minutes to go when a brawl broke out.</p><p>Bruins&rsquo; John Gravel and Saints&rsquo; Dave McComb were set for a faceoff when both decided that fisticuffs was in order and before they had settled their personal feud, both benches emptied and everyone within range tried to get into the act.</p><p>There were many bruised and battered feelings and co-owner Gordon Ritz of the Bruins and Rangers&rsquo; general manager Jake Milford had their own verbal session. Only notable casualty was Bruins&rsquo; Brent Hughes who suffered a six-stitch gash in his forehead.</p><p>But those Bruins were now fighting mad and two nights later went to Omaha where they re-fused to give up in a wild-scoring contest and came out with a 6-6 tie.</p><p>Sunday, back home with goaltender Maniago forced to sit out with his injured knee, they bor-rowed Bob Champoux from the visiting Memphis Wings.</p><p>Champoux was obviously caught up with the fighting spirit and sparked the Bruins to victory by blanking his ex-mates, 3-0.</p><p>The Saints, at home still irked by the unhospitable treatment afforded them at Minneapolis, decided to lay in wait for the next visit of the Bruins.</p><p>Memphis Wings dropped in for a game and the Saints sharply handed them a 6-3 loss, the 11th setback in 12 games for the Memphis club that had yet to play a game on home ice.</p><p>Within a week from the brawl at Minneapolis, the Bruins came in with their muscles flexed and riding a three-game undefeated streak. They soundly thumped the Saints, 6-0 and were three points behind St. Paul in the tussle for first place.</p><p>Sinden&rsquo;s request for a centreman was heard by the parent Boston Bruins and Larry Lund was despatched their way from San Francisco, Dune Rousseau, a junior in on a trial basis from Winnipeg, was sent home.</p><p>But the Bruins are still in the race telling St. Paul coach Fred Shero that their Twin City rivalry is still boiling and proving that goals not punches will decide the better team.</p><p><b>TULSA</b>&mdash;The Oilers with Tom McCarthy, Nick Harbaruk and Gary Jarrett leading the way in combining for 22 of their goal total so far this term worked their way to within two points of Minneapolis and have also laid claim to first place.</p><p>On a quick trip to Winnipeg where they blanked the Canada National team. 3-0, three members of the Oilers went celebrating after the game, and ended up in police court the next morning. Larry Johnston, Pat Quinn and Bill Smith were fined under charges of assault and disorderly conduct. Back home Tulsa general manager Ray Miron reviewed their off-ice actions and Johnston was suspended from the team for three games and forward Mike Corbett was moved back to defense to fill in for Johnston.</p><p><b>OMAHA</b>&mdash;With Gary Peters and Andre Boudrias back in the lineup again after jaunts to Montreal to help out the injury-riddled parent Canadiens of the National League and goalie Ernie Wakely regaining his last year&rsquo;s form, Knights are starting to move together and captain Norm Dennis is finding the scoring range and is performing at point-a-game clip. Playing-coach Bill McCreary and Jean Gauthier are moving steadily on attack and Keith Wright is potting key goals.</p><p><b>ST. LOVIS</b>&mdash;Gus Kyle and his Braves are getting past their injuries and were heartened by the addition of Dennis Hull, highly-touted rookie from the Chicago Black Hawks. At the Chicago training camp. Hull was so impressive that he was kept by the National League team and after gaining experience, that should stand him in good Stead in the CPHL. he was sent to St. Louis. Coach Kyle planned to use him with Al &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Caron and Bob Cunningham on his first-string scoring unit.</p><p>The St. Louis fans are showing their approval for the Braves style of play and 8.307 came out to see them against Tulsa. The figure was tops for a single game this season in the league.</p><p><b>MEMPHIS</b>&mdash;After 12 games on the road. Memphis Wings fin-ally made their first appearance before their home fans in the new Mid-South Coliseum. Over 3.000 turned out to see the first pro game in Memphis played in the all-modern building but Omaha Knights cooled off any chance for a genuine celebration by taking a 3-2 decision.</p><p>Sid Abel, manager-coach of the Detroit Red Wings, a visitor at the opening game said he was pleased with the progress made by the younger set; Howie Menard, Glenn Sather, Max Metinsek and Norm Beaudin but the veterans appeared to be having trouble and were behind in the hopes held for them in minor pro competition.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03215/2085075-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="279" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Sinden</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Minneapolis, Tulsa Set Sights On Overtaking Saints

<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Dec.14&frac12;</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01286/2085183-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="554" height="151"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Tues. Dec. 8</b></p><p>Guelph 7. Galt 3.</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 11</b></p><p>Guelph 13. Welland 3.</p><p>Woodstock 5. Galt. 4.</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 13</b></p><p>Woodstock 6. Oakville 4</p><p>Guelph 3. Welland 2.</p><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><p><b>(Including games of Fri., Dec. 11)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02244/2085176-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="555" height="378"></div><h3>MARITIME SENIOR LEAGUE</h3><p><b>(Standings on Mon Dec 14&frac12;</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03186/2085169-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="550" height="127"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Tues. Dec. 8</b></p><p>Windsor-Dartmouth 6, New Glasgow 4. Moncton 7, Halifax 4</p><p><b>Wed. Dec. 9</b></p><p>5, New Glasgow</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 13</b></p><p>Halifax 5, Moncton 2.</p><h3>QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE (Standings on Mon., Dec. 14)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04134/2085162-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="556" height="152"></div><h3>UNITED STATES LEAGUE (Standings on Fri., Dec. 4)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0599/2085155-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="552" height="152"></div><h3>OTTAWA-ST. LAW. SENIOR (Standings on Sat., Dec., 11)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0677/2085148-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="551" height="175"></div><h3>OTTAWA DISTRICT JUNIOR (Standings on Sat., Dec. 11)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0771/2085141-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="554" height="274"></div><h3>DETROIT METRO LEAGUE (Including games of Mon., Dec. 7)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0846/2085134-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="553" height="205"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0936/2085127-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="551" height="231"></div><h2>How They Stand</h2><h3>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h3><p><b>(Standings on Tues., Dec. 15)</b></p><p><b>Northern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1123/2085120-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="555" height="184"></div><p><b>Southern Divison</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1217/2085113-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="556" height="180"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed. Dec. 9</b></p><p>Johnstown 7, Jacksonville 3.</p><p>Knoxville 4. Nashville 1.</p><p>New York 8, New Haven 1.</p><p>Greensboro 7, Charlotte 3.</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 11</b></p><p>New York 5, New Jersey 5.</p><p>Long Island 5, New Haven 0.</p><p>Johnstown 6, Charlotte 2.</p><p>Knoxville 2, Jacksonville 1.</p><p><b>Sat. Dec. 12</b></p><p>Long Island 3, New Jersey 2.</p><p>Clinton 4, New York 3.</p><p>Greensboro 4. Charlotte 3.</p><p>Knoxville 4, Johnstown 2.</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 13</b></p><p>Clinton 10, New York 2.</p><p>New Jersey 4, Long Island 2.</p><p>Nashville 7, Johnstown 2.</p><p>Greensboro 7, Jacksonville 3.</p><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1314/2085106-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg" title="f0017-13" width="558" height="207"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hockey Races

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div><p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.</p><p>There&rsquo;s nothing like announcing that a man&rsquo;s job is in jeopardy to bring out the best in a hockey player. Further proof has been given by the Jacksonville Rockets of the Eastern Hockey League with regard to their goalie situation.</p><p>The Rockets have been disappointed lately with the efforts of Gordon Dibley in the nets. So much so that general manager Scotty Munro decided to make an all-out effort to obtain a replacement and came up with Ed Babuik, formerly the property of Toronto and Rochester&rsquo;s netminder last year.</p><p>No sooner did the club announce Babuik&rsquo;s acquisition then Dibley began to play for dear life. He beat Greensboro and New Haven on the home ice and then dropped a 4-3 decision at Charlotte.</p><p>He played so well that even Munro admitted his improvement and added he&rsquo;ll be in there as long as he continues playing as he is right now.&rdquo; Meantime Babuik is waiting in the wings for his chance.</p><p>Munro left the door open for Dibley&rsquo;s retention by saying both goalies will remain with the club until player-pilot Jerry Walker and Munro decide which man to retain.</p><p><b>LONG ISLAND:</b> Ducks purchased Ron Hergot, 22, from Portland. He was MVP for Galt Terriers last season in Ontario Senior League, Gordie Stratton&rsquo;s hat trick helped beat New Haven one night, and Wayne Kitchen&rsquo;s goal won the game the next night from the Blades.</p><p><b>CLINTON:</b> Club had &lsquo;Meet the Comets&rsquo; night and fans met players personally as they posed for photos. Orval Tessier and Jim Jago continue to score more goals than games played. Club has won 14 straight home games without a defeat. Hec Lalande&rsquo;s hat trick helped beat Jersey.</p><p><b>CHARLOTTE:</b> Checkers won five straight in a resurgence that vaulted them into third place. Club scored 3 goals in 34 seconds against Greensboro to break club record set in 1936. Doug Paul posted hat trick in game which marked club&rsquo;s first win over Generals in nine tries.</p><p><b>GREENSBORO:</b> Generals had four game losing streak that enabled Nashville to gain considerable ground. Gerry Sharp and Don Davidson had hat tricks against Jacksonville. Trainer and spare goalie Bob Smith subbed for Jacques Monette against Rockets when the latter went out with a pinched nerve in his back in first period.</p><p><b>KNOXVILLE:</b> Glen Cressman&rsquo;s two goals beat Charlotte. Frank Ridley, ex-Checker now with Knights, said Checkers couldn&rsquo;t win on road, so next time they played here they won.</p><p><b>NASHVILLE:</b> Dusty Blair&rsquo;s first hat trick in decade beat Greensboro. Norm Ryder chipped tooth when he was accidentally tripped in shooting drill. Flyers won 9 out of 11 in a rough 17-day log. Club faces a 14-game-in-18-day period in February. Joe Zorica&rsquo;s hat trick toppled Charlotte.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN:</b> Only 11 men went to Jacksonville as Eno Kraft rested his knee and Nick Donaleshen just rested. Don Atamanchuk placed on waivers and John Sherban put on voluntary retired list to make room for Don Hogan and Leo Martel, GM Len Gaudette resigned to become manager of Cherry Hill rink.</p><p><b>JOHNSTOWN:</b> Ralph Macsweyne had started skating after recuperating from eye injury. Ron Mason placed on waivers when Jim Lorette returned but no EHL picked him up since he attends the University of Pittsburgh.</p><p><b>JERSEY:</b> Pat Kelly wail; &ldquo;We have the makings of a strong club but injuries have killed us. Without them we would be fighting for first place. Every player who was injured was a veteran.&rdquo; Wayne Caulfield underwent surgery for his torn knee cartilege and will be out two months.</p><p><b>NEW YORK:</b> Red Johansen joined the Rovers after balking at first on his sale from Charlotte. Rovers may play two more games in Philly after 3-3 tie with Jersey that drew 1,007.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1029/2085214-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="260" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Stratton</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Dibley Rises To Top Net Heights With Jacksonville Eyeing Change; Gaudette Quits As New Haven GM

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><p>DAYTON O.</p><p>Everybody in the International Hockey League, it seems, was looking for a defenseman, especially Warren Back, coach of the Dayton Gems.</p><p>The Gems, last place team in the IHL, were losing games, many by a close margin, because their defense collapsed after the Gems gained a lead.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01293/2085259-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="245" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lloyd Maxfield</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve called everyone&rdquo;, said Back, &ldquo;but the party on the other end laughs and says, we need a couple of defensemen ourselves.&rdquo;</p><p>In their first 17 games the Gems had 103 goals scored against them, an average of six per game.</p><p>After losing a game to Port Huron. 7-6. in overtime, Port Huron coach Lloyd Maxfield sympathized. &ldquo;You need a couple of good defensemen, but where are you gonna&rsquo; get &rsquo;em? They are scarce even in the National League&rdquo;.</p><p>It was pretty much the same all over the league. Toledo owner Ken Wilson was trying from the start of the season to get adequate replacements for departed John Gravel and Larry Mavety, finally worked out a deal to get Bill Mitchell from Port Huron.</p><p><b>FORT WAYNE</b>&mdash;A heavy snowstorm cut a midweek crowd to 1,567. smallest of the season but the 11-game average was near 5,000&hellip;The Komets made up a 3-1 deficit in the last eight minutes to tie Port Huron, 3-3, repeating an overtime by same score at Port Huron&hellip;Bob Rivard had narrow lead over Len Thomson for scoring honors.</p><p><b>DES MOINES</b>&mdash;Centre Cliff Bristow got back into action after missing 14 games with a knee injury&hellip;Nelson LeClair, out with shoulder injury, hadn&rsquo;t returned&hellip;Former Oak Leaf Moe Collins, traded to New Haven, Eastern League, for Joe Kiss, was released by that team&hellip;Patty Ginnell took the league lead in scoring by notching 23 points in 10 games.</p><p><b>MUSKEGON</b>&mdash;The Zephyrs released defenseman Vigor Gendron, who reported to New Haven of the Eastern League&hellip;Stan Konrad took Zephyrs scoring lead with two goals and six assists in two games&hellip;Six of Zephyrs&rsquo; first nine defeats were split between Des Moines and Fort Wayne. The latter outscored the Zephyrs by 31-6 in three games&hellip;Goalie Andre Gagnon had only 19 saves in a 5-1 win over Des Moines.</p><p><b>TOLEDO</b>&mdash;Greg Jablonski, leading Blade goal scorer last year, went 12 games without a goal before he broke the famine against Fort Wayne&hellip;Walter Bradley&rsquo;s 12th goal beat Dayton, 4-3&hellip;Owner-general manager Ken Wilson was looking for an-other defenseman.</p><p><b>PORT HURON</b>&mdash;Bert Fizzell got the Flags&rsquo; third hat trick in a 5-1 win over Fort Wayne. Bob McCammon and Bill LeCaine had others&hellip;Rookie Gary Ross was out for a month with a fractured skull. Earlier he had received a cracked jaw and broken hand&hellip;The Flags lost only one game of their first nine at home.</p><p><b>DAYTON</b>&mdash;The Gems brought in Ian McIntosh, former high scorer for Vancouver, to help on defense&hellip;Bob Regis and Guy Trottier were tied for scoring lead&hellip;Rich Brown&rsquo;s wife gave birth to a 10&frac12; pound boy, their second son&hellip;Bad second per-iods were hurting the Gems.</p><h2>How They Stand</h2><h3>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE (Standings on Wed., Dec. 16)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0570/2085252-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="552" height="179"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed., Dec. 9</b></p><p>Fort Wayne 5, Toledo 2</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 10</b></p><p>Dayton 5, Des Moines 3</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 11</b></p><p>Muskegon 6, Fort Wayne 1</p><p>Port Huron 3, Toledo 2</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 12</b></p><p>Fort Wayne 7, Dayton 2</p><p>Port Huron 3, Des Moines 1</p><p>Toledo 8, Muskegon 2</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 13</b></p><p>Muskegon 5. Port Huron 3</p><p>Toledo 4, Dayton 3</p><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><p><b>Wed., Dec. 16</b></p><p>Fort Wayne at Toledo</p><p>Port Huron at Des Moines</p><p><b>Thurs., Dec. 17</b></p><p>Fort Wayne at Dayton</p><p><b>Fri., Dec. 18</b></p><p>Muskegon at Toledo</p><p><b>Sat., Dec. 19</b></p><p>Toledo at Muskegon</p><p>Dayton at Des Moines</p><p>Port Huron at Fort Wayne</p><p><b>Sun., Dec. 20</b></p><p>Dayton at Des Moines</p><p>Toledo at Port Huron</p><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><p>(Including games of Sun., Dec. 6)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0662/2085245-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="549" height="257"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Shortage Of Defensemen Hurting Dayton; All Teams Frantically Hunt Rearguards

<p>MEMPHIS, Tenn.&mdash;</p><p>Andre Pronovost, an eight-year veteran of the National Hockey League, has been assigned to the Memphis Wings of the CPHL by the parent Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>The NHL club announced it was transferring Pronovost from the Pittsburgh Hornets&rsquo; roster to Memphis where they expect he will be able to assist Coach Eddie Bush in helping develop some of the Red Wings&rsquo; young rookie hopefuls.</p><p>Pronovost, 28-year-old left winger, has played over 550 NHL games in his career with Montreal Canadiens, Detroit and Boston Bruins. He also performed on four Stanley Cup teams with Canadiens.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0756/2085290-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="280" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Andre Pronovost</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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