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March 13, 1965

The Hockey News March 13, 1965

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs have not given up hope of finishing higher than fourth position in the final NHL race but their chances appear to be slim with only a handful of games left to play.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01640/2415885-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="286" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Keon</figcaption></div>However, don&rsquo;t count the Leafs out of the Stanley Cup picture by any means. Leafs&rsquo; managercoach Punch Imlach is confident his team will turn it on in the post-season playoff round just as they did the last three years.&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t bet against us,&rdquo; said Imlach. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to win it again.&rdquo;Leafs have proven during the last few years not to be taken too lightly at playoff time.The Toronto club finished third last season after taking both the league championship and the cup the previous year and weren&rsquo;t exactly solid favorites to repeat in the finals.Three reasons for the other teams to be wary of the Leafs are Frank Mahovlich, Dave Keon and Don McKenney.Mahovlich, the big leftwinger, is just now rounding into form after missing a month because of an undisclosed ailment. He now has 20 goals.Keon, the frisky center, has been looking sharp after a slow start and is finding the range in the goalgetting department. Keon has been a standout for the Leafs in all three Stanley Cup wins.McKenney, who came from New York in a trade last year, proved to be a deciding factor in Toronto&rsquo;s 1963-64 cup win. He was only recently recalled from Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, when the Leafs sent Billy Harris down to the AHL Club.Imlach was peeved because a Leaf player told a reporter goalie Johnny Bower had three cracked ribs.Imlach threatened a $250 fine for the player responsible for the leak if he finds out who he was. The coach insists Bower will be Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s stand by although it is understood the veteran goalie, injured in a practice session last week, will be unable to play for a week or 10 days.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02561/2415878-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1080" height="1360"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leafs&rsquo; assistant manager-coach FRANK (KING) CLANCY chats with DON McKENNEY as the veteran forward returned to the NHL from Rochester of the American League. Leafs called McKenney back for the playoffs.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Leafs Likely To Finish Fourth; ‘But We’ll Win Cup,’ Says Imlach

<h2>Wed., Feb. 24 PORTLAND 4 AT SAN FRANCISCO 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03378/2416868-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="550" height="861"></div><h2>Thurs., Feb. 25 SEATTLE 3 AT LOS ANGELES 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04290/2416861-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="544" height="459"></div><h2>Fri., Feb. 26 VICTORIA 3 AT VANCOUVER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05223/2416854-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="548" height="659"></div><h2>Sat., Feb. 27 SEATTLE 0 AT LOS ANGELES 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06186/2416847-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="558" height="398"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 3 AT VICTORIA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07145/2416840-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="546" height="642"></div><h2>PORTLAND 2 AT SAN FRANCISCO 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08122/2416833-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="547" height="592"></div><h2>Sun., Feb. 28 PORTLAND 3 AT LOS ANGELES 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09109/2416826-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="558" height="810"></div><h2>SEATTLE 3 AT SAN FRANCISCO 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1095/2416819-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="549" height="681"></div> &#9632;

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Western League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY RED FOLEY</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;They&rsquo;ve had good luck with blondes and meatballs, but if the Swedes start exporting hockey players they won&rsquo;t find a buyer in Bert Olmstead. The director of the Rangers&rsquo; farm system just returned from a Scandinavian trip where he turned thumbs down on Swedish icemen as future prospects.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01427/2417617-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="277" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption></div>&ldquo;There are no hockey players in Sweden who are of NHL calibre or even potential prospects,&rdquo; he told local hockey writers at a recent press conference.The former Montreal and Toronto winger, who was hired by GM Emile Francis for just that purpose, inferred that a good juvenile club in Canada is as good as the best Sweden has to offer.&ldquo;They thought I was over there to buy or steal their best hockey players,&rdquo; he chuckled. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t stay too long after I got a look at their players and clubs. This probably won&rsquo;t do much for our relations with Sweden, but that&rsquo;s my honest opinion on the calibre of their players.&rdquo;Olmstead, who lacked only a trip to Baltimore to complete his lengthy tour and inspection of the Blueshirt system, outlined the reason he was hired. &ldquo;My job is to tell Emile what he has and what he doesn&rsquo;t have in his organization.&rdquo;He didn&rsquo;t bother elaborating on what the Rangers don&rsquo;t have, but he was willing to mention a few of the youngsters they do have and which ones impressed him on his recent tour.Al Hamilton, Al Lebrun, Mike McMahon and Sandy Fitzpatrick were mentioned.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02309/2417610-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1644" height="1088"><figcaption class="caption-body">One of the big reasons the Detroit Red Wings are creating such a sensation around the NHL these days is the presence of hard rock&rsquo; TED LINDSAY, left, on the team again. The battlescared Detroiter, here shown tussling with Canadiens JEAN-GUY TALBOT for the puck, was recently saluted by NHL President Clarence Campbell for his tremendous comeback to big time hockey this year. Lindsay has 13 goals.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Olmstead Rejects Swedish Players For NHL

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N. Y.The undermanned Buffalo Bisons were looking forward to the playoffs, and possible player help, as the American Hockey League schedule moved into its final weeks.After operating with only 14 men&mdash;two under the AHL limit&mdash;for almost all of the regular schedule, the Bisons, a solid second in the Western Division behind the powerful Rochester Americans, hoped to acquire a goalie, a defenseman and at least one forward for the Calder Cup classic.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04477/2416681-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="528" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALAIN CARON&hellip;May Be With Herd</figcaption></div>Ed Chadwick, purchased during the off-season from Hershey, was a major factor in the Bisons&rsquo; strong showing. However, a pair of pulled hamstring muscles were bothering him, and Chad was hoping he might get a short rest before the playoffs opened. In addition, the Bisons were seeking a backup goalie for the playoffs.With Paul Popeil operating as a center, Ian Cushenan, Ed Van Impe, John Miszuk and Bob Wilson were handling the entire defensive chore.The herd was casting covetous eyes at Don Johns, playing with the St. Louis Braves in the Central Pro League. The Braves, like the Bisons, are part of the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; system, and Johns was moved from Baltimore to St. Louis as part of the seven&mdash;man trade between the New York Rangers and the Black Hawks.Alain Caron, the high-scoring right-winger of the Braves, was another player the Bisons were hoping might join them for the playoffs. And they also had eyes for Norm Johnson, a former NHL center owned by the Hawks and currently with Los Angeles of the Western League.An extended illness kept Hank Ciesla on the sidelines, and Larry Wilson, another veteran counter, was through for the year following knee surgery to repair a torn cartilage. &#9632;

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Bisons Fye Cup Playoffs May Recall Johns, Caron

<div class="byline">By BOB HARRIS</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Detroit Bed Wings are barre ling down the stretch in the National Hockey League closing run and their score hing pace is threatening to carry them to their first first-place finish in the NHL in more than eight years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03128/2417579-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="274" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption></div>Sid Abel&rsquo;s hustling Wings have swept to a pair of victories two weekends in succession and their current victory streak&mdash;they&rsquo;ve won seven of their last eight games&mdash;has elevated the Detroiters to within two points of first place.The Wings are in the enviable position of having three games in hand on the pace-setting Black Hawks and for this reason, many hockey men are calling them to pull out the championship ahead of Chicago, which is still seeking its first NHL pennant in 38 years of league play.The Red Wings are probably the best balanced team in the NHL at the moment from Goalie Roger Crozier down to the last forward&mdash;that would have to be Eddie Joyal who was recalled from Pittsburgh after a four-goal game in the AHL.Abel has remained quietly confident the Red Wings can nudge in front and it appears his players are determined to make him look like a real hockey prophet. &#9632;

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Red Wings ‘Hot’ Club In Stretch

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01565/2415026-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED GIACOMIN&hellip;Sought By Three NHL Teams</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.Sid Abel&rsquo;s plan to give rookie goalie Roger Crozier another short breather before the playoffs ran into a roadblock in Providence, R. I.Abel dispatched asssistant general manager Johnny Mitchell to talk to Providence Reds owner Lou Pieri to try to get 25-year-old goalie Ed Giacomin, a fixture the last five seasons in Providence.Pieri asked for $70,000 and Mitchell&rsquo;s choke could be heard all the way back to Detroit&mdash;Giacomin never has played an NHL games.The Wings countered with an offer of four players and cash and Providence turned that down.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02540/2415019-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="260" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Mitchell</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I think they&rsquo;re dickering with Toronto and New York,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;Well, we&rsquo;re not interested in next year&mdash;our young goalies will have more experience by then&mdash;we&rsquo;re interested in right now.&rdquo;But Abl said he still is going to wangle some time off for Crozier. In the 19 games following his January Miami Beach vacation, Crozier had a goals against average of 1.89 with six one-goal games and a pair of shutouts.The leading candidate for the NHL rookie award had posted 17 one-goal games plus five shutouts, tops in the league, going into the final four weeks of the season.While Crozier was driving hard in the rookie and Vezina Trophy races, another Detroiter showed signs of protecting his first half All-Star berth&mdash;centre Norm Ullman.Ullman broke a streak of seven games without a goal, his worst spell of the season, with the sixth hat trick of his career in a big 5-1 victory over Montreal.One of the three goals, which boosted his season output to 27, was the winner and that was Ullman&rsquo;s seventh game winner of the current campaign.On the previous day Ullman assisted on three goals, including the winner, in a 4-1 decision over Boston but bemoaned the fact that he couldn&rsquo;t get the puck in the net himself despite seven shots. &#9632;

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Wings’ Bid To Land Goal ‘insurance’ Rebuffed As Providence Reds Ask $70,000 For Giacomin

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Gary Peters, forward, recalled from Omaha of CPHL.NEW YORK&mdash;Ted Taylor, forward recalled from Baltimore of AHL.TORONTO&mdash;Duane Rupp, defenseman, returned to Rochester of AHL. Don McKenney, forward, recalled from Roch-; ester and Bill Harris, forward, optioned to Rochester.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>QUEBEC&mdash;Germain Gagnon, forward, returned to; Omaha of CPHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Merv Kuryluk, forward, and Jack Hendrickson, defenseman, recalled from St. Louis of CPHL.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>OMAHA&mdash;Serge Savard, defenseman, called up from Montreal Junior Canadiens of OHA on tryout basis and returned. Ted Lanyon, defenseman, returned to Cleveland of AHL.TULSA&mdash;Freeman Asmundson, forward, returned by St. Louis of CPHL.ST. LOUIS&mdash;Bill McLelland forward, called up from Calgary Juniors for pro tryout.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>CHARLOTTE&mdash;Bill Dobbyn, defenseman, acquired from Waterloo, Ia., of USHL.NEW HAVEN&mdash;Leo Facette, goalkeeper, sent to Moncton of Maritime Senior League. &#9632;

Movement Of Players

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DETROIT, Mich.The Red Wings roared into March like lions and hoped they could erase the other half of the springtime adage by going out of the month the same way instead of like lambs.The Wings were making covetous glances at first place and it was the result of the club&rsquo;s best home ice string in its 39-year history&mdash;10 straight victories at Olympia.The streak was climaxed the last night of February when the Wings pasted Montreal, 5-1, to break the old home ice record run and capture the season set from the Canadiens.The last time the Wings took the season series from Montreal was 13 years ago when the Redshirts won nine straight at home for their best Olympia streak up to now.That was the Wonderful Season of 1951-52 when the Wings swept through the National Hockey League like Mr. Clean riding a white tornado.That year they won the NHL title for the fourth straight year in an unprecedented string of seven successive league championships, and went on to win the Stanley Cup in the minimum of eight games, half of them shutouts.Gordie Howe won the scoring and most valuable player awards, four Detroiters took first AllStar berths and goalie Terry Sawchuk won the Vezina.That unit generally is acclaimed the best Red Wing club of all time.So, with this one breaking its home ice streak, does that mean this one is better? Hardly.But, with the balance of the league and Boston&rsquo;s and New York&rsquo;s penchant for bringing the leaders out of the clouds, anything could happen and that includes the Wings finishing in first place.Adding to Detroit&rsquo;s chances, if they get through their current road swing without too much difficulty, is the fact that they play four of their final six games at home. Right now they&rsquo;re on a journey that has them playing six of seven games on the road.While they haven&rsquo;t been exactly tigers on the road this season, the Wings have improved greatly in their road showings. &#9632;

Wings Tigers On Home Ice Win 10 In Row For Record

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01565/2415150-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="458" height="1238"><figcaption class="caption-body">CLAUDE PROVOST</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.Before this hockey season is over, someone is bound to write that Claude Provost has been the &ldquo;surprise package&rdquo; of Canadiens, this year.The term won&rsquo;t be misplaced if it&rsquo;s applied to Provost, either. For, the craggy-faced veteran of 10 NHL seasons was indeed come up with an unusual scoring punch, this season. With less than a dozen games to play, Provost already had 25 goals and 32 assists, and was by far Habs&rsquo; top producer. Further, he&rsquo;d been the team&rsquo;s leading scorer almost without interruption through the length of the present campaign.All this is surprising enough when you consider that Claude&rsquo;s reputation in this league has been built mainly on his defensive ability. Far from being considered a scoring threat himself, Provost is the man sent out to shadow others. He regularly draws the assignment of covering Bobby Hull. But, at the rate he&rsquo;s going this year, other teams could do worse than put a man on Provost. He has been poison to every club in the league.The secret of Provost&rsquo;s success, of course, is almost corny in its simplicity. It lies squarely in the fact that the man has been shooting the puck at the net more often, this year.By the two-thirds mark of this season alone, Provost had fired 195 shots at enemy goalies. That was nearly 50 shots more than anyone else on Canadiens had taken. It gave Provost 17 goals up till then,&mdash;not exactly a staggering number in relation to total shots. But it does prove that a man of even average accuracy, such as Provost is, can be a producer for his team IF he keeps shooting the puck.Says Toe Blake: &ldquo;He certainly has been shooting more, and I wish a few others on the team would get the habit, too. Actually, Provost always should&rsquo;ve been in the 20-plus goal category, in my opinion. He missed a lot of opportunities in the past, but this year has been a lot better for him.&rdquo;Blake goes on to point out that in addition to goal-scoring, Provost has maintained a good defensive record, too. This is a happy change of affairs from a few seasons ago, when Claude slammed in 33 goals but forgot all about back-checking. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d have to say that he&rsquo;s playing far better hockey now than he did in 1961-62 when he got all those goals,&rdquo; says Toe. &ldquo;He only went one way that year, and his defensive record suffered. This year he&rsquo;s travelling both ways.&rdquo;A native of Montreal, Provost played amateur with Canadiens (Jrs.) and turned pro with Shawinigan Cataracts in 1954, at age twenty-one. He first appeared in the NHL in 1955, as a replacement for Bernard Geoffrion who was injured at the time. Provost filled in for the Boomer on a line with Beliveau and Bert Olmstead, and acquitted himself well if not sensationally. He was kept on the team as a defensive forward, operating on a checking line with Andre Pronovost and Phil Goyette. His job was to protect leads built up by big name scorers on the club, like Richard, Geoffrion and Beliveau.This went on for years, while Canadiens dominated the league and racked up Stanley Cups. But, by 1961 the Cups were gone and the Montreal picture had changed considerably. Rocket Richard had retired, and Geoffrion, after scoring 50 goals the year before, found himself in a slump in 1961. The &ldquo;checking line&rdquo; that Provost had worked on was no more, for Habs had traded Andr&eacute; Pronovost to Boston. So it was, that Provost the checker decided to become Provost the goal-getter, and exploded for 33 counters.It was an amazing performance from a man who hadn&rsquo;t so much as hit the 20-goal mark in a single previous season, but it was written off as a fluke. And in a way, it was. A teammate of Provost&rsquo;s at the time, summed it up this way: &ldquo;Claude was getting goals that had to to be seen to be believed,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They were going in off his arms, his back,&mdash;everything. Sometimes, all he had to do was stand in front of the net and wait for the puck to hit him.&rdquo; More significant was the fact that despite his scoring splurge, that season, Claude failed to make either the first or second All-Star teams; proving that his overall play was considered unimpressive.It&rsquo;s a different story this year, however, for Provost appears to have hit the very peak of a ten-year career. At 31 years of age, he has become a highly accomplished hockey player; and, can safely regard this season as the best he has had by far.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03302/2415143-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1668" height="1725"><figcaption class="caption-body">Canadiens&rsquo; veteran CLAUDE PROVOST takes time off from the rigorous grind of the National Hockey League to put in a little time with his youngster during a club outing. The hard-skating right winger is certain to establish a new personal record for most points this year. He has 57 with nine games to go to shatter his NHL standard of 62 set in 1961-62 when he enjoyed a 33-goal season. Provost has 25 goals this year to date.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Provost Credits More Shooting For Success

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Claude Provost is rapidly headed in the direction of an All-Star berth for the first time in his NHL career. At the halfway mark this season, Provost had a healthy lead on the competition for right wing honors. He took 80 out of a possible 90 points at the midway voting, with runners-up Rod Gilbert and Gordie Howe far in arrears. In this second half there has been a surge from competing right wingers, especially Howe, but the fact that Provost had no letdown should stand him in good stead.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02455/2415181-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="276" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>If he does wind up an AllStar, it&rsquo;ll be quite a feather in the cap of the likeable veteran, and certainly the highspot of a somewhat average career. &#9632;

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“All-Star” Glory First For Provost

(1) We&rsquo;ll start out with an easy one. The faceoff; circle is now a radius of 15 feet; this having come into effect in 1951-52., But what radius was it; before the change?;(2) The penalty shot, which had previously been conspicuous by its absence, was used more last season. How many penalty shots were there altogther? Was it:9 6 11 5(3) While on the same sub-; ject, which NHL clubhad the most free shots and how many did they have?(4) Terry Sawchuk, who is now a Leaf, also played with Detroit, then Boston, then back to the Wings. When Detroit got him for the second time it was in the summer of 1957. Name the; player they traded to; Boston for him.;(5) Bill Durnan, who had a brilliant career in the nets for the Montreal Canadiens, was also noted in another sport. Do you know what it was?:(6) Jack Stoddard, who played for New York a few years ago, was noted for a rather unique reason. Maybe a few over forty will know the answer to this one.(7) When Boston sent Doug Mohns to Chicago in a trade last summer what players did they receive in return?(8) A certain Canadien player had the dubious distinction of being assessed the most penalties in a single game last season. This fellow: gathered in a total of: 32 minutes in a game against Chicago. Tell us his name.(9) The player who collected the most points in one game last season happened to be a mem-her of the Boston Bruins. He did this the night Boston whipped Toronto 11-0. Who is he and how many points did he get?(10) Although he learned his hockey in Canada, Stan Mikita is not a native of this country. Where was he born?(Answers Next Week)<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2>(1) The most assists&mdash;4&mdash;in one period.(2) Charlie Conacher(3) The Hawks have never won the NHL title.(4) Red Kelly, Camille Henry, Bobby Hull.(5) Both are natives of Montreal.(6) Toronto&mdash;August, 1961.(7) Maurice Richard and Bert Olmstead&mdash;8 points.(8) Mahovlich (Gutch) Henry (Eel) Bergman (Gunnar) Pilote (Pete)(9) 18 seasons.(10) 45 wins. &#9632;

HOCKEY…Quiz

<div class="byline">BY RED FOLEY</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;A string of key goals and timely assists have suddenly made Jean Ratelle the Ranger&rsquo;s center of attraction. The 24-year-old Ratelle, who has been up and down with the Blue-shirts since 1961, has suddenly turned tiger.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01628/2415243-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="276" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Marshall</figcaption></div>He&rsquo;s not only scoring and skating but Ratelle has started to toss body checks that are forcing opposing icemen to keep their heads up. He surprised a large Garden crowd&mdash;as well as Bobby Baun&mdash;here on Feb. 28 when he plastered the Leaf rearguard in a collision in front of the Ranger bench.In that game, which the Blues made it two straight over the Leafs, Ratelle scored the first goal as the fired-up Rangers tallied three times within 2:16 of the opening whistle while en route to a 6-2 victory.&ldquo;This is a turning point in Ratelie&rsquo;s career,&rdquo; coach Red Sullivan said. &ldquo;He has proven to me that he can play the kind of game needed in the NHL. Jean is a dedicated hockey player and he has come to realize he has to be a little more aggressive to stick up here.&rdquo;If there was a rap against the 6-0, 175-pound center it was his inability or unwillingness to mix it in close or in the corners. No one expected him to be another Vic Hadfield in that regard, but now he not only sails full speed behind the nets, but more often than not he&rsquo;s either coming out with the puck or he&rsquo;s putting it on the stick of an approaching teammate.&ldquo;If this club played two months ago the way it has been playing lately we wouldn&rsquo;t be in the fix we&rsquo;re in now,&rdquo; Sullivan said of his fifth-place Blues. It was just about two months ago that Ratelle was promoted from Baltimore.He chipped in with an occasional tally, but as far as most observers could see there wasn&rsquo;t too much difference between this Ratelie and the one who&rsquo;d played here in the past.Jean credits Rod Gilbert as the reason for the sudden turn in fortune. Gilbert has been working on Ratelle&rsquo;s confidence right along. The two were linemates on the Blues&rsquo; junior club at Guelph in the late fifties and when they first came here they were advertised as a terrific tandem. Gilbert, however, had little trouble making the adjustment, but the same could&rsquo;nt be said for Ratelle.Sullivan has been revising his forward lines recently and when he finally linked the two French lads he hit upon a winning combo. &ldquo;I had Jean playing with everybody but Rod,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and when I finally put them together they clicked.&rdquo;The Redhead intends keeping Ratelle and Gilbert joined and will play them with big Doug Robinson on left wing. Robby has been a pleasant surprise. Of the three ex-Hawks who came here in the Cammy Henry deal, Robinson has proven to be the best so far. He has been taking a regular turn and he has been producing.Ratelle began pivoting for Doug and Rod when Phil Goyette lost time because of another bout with the flu in late February. The veteran center missed three games and in those three games he may have lost his spot on the No. 1 line.In the first game he missed, the 6-1 clubbing by the Canadiens, Feb. 24 in Montreal, Gilbert tallied the lone Ranger goal. It was his first, incidentally, in 20 games. The Blues then knocked off Toronto in a home-and-home weekend set while Goyette was absent. Ratelle, however, tallied in both and Phil wasn&rsquo;t missed.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll play Goyette between Bob Nevin and Hadfield,&rdquo; Sullivan said. &ldquo;I know that sounds like a rap at Donnie Marshall, but Marsh needs some rest. He&rsquo;s done a magnificent job for me lately. Don&rsquo;s been taking a regular turn in addition to killing penalties.&rdquo;Marshall, who scored his 16th goal on Feb. 28, has been going both ways for the last month and a half. He has no complaints about Sullivan&rsquo;s decision to give him a breather. In fact, he welcomes it. It may be just the refreshment he needs to give him the impetus required for him to reach the cherished 20-goal plateau.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02584/2415236-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="505" height="530"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN RATELLE&hellip;New Lease On Life</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rateile Throwing Weight Around-And Rangers Like It

<div class="byline">FOLEY</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Marcel Paille appears to have won the first-string goaltending job from Jacques Plante. The &lsquo;Fat Man&rsquo; was handed the assignment March 1, when Plante, bothered all season by an ailing right knee, was shipped to Baltimore.&ldquo;Jacques will play his way into shape with the Clippers,&rdquo; GM Emile Francis said. &ldquo;And when the season is over he&rsquo;ll return here and have his knee operated on.&rdquo; Plante had been idled for 10 games. The Rangers planned to use him in the Feb. 27-28 series against the Leafs, but the veteran netminder re-injured his right knee when he slipped on the ice in Toronto and Paille was given the nod.To continue their two-goalie system the Rangers brought 26-year-old Jean-Guy Morrisette up from Baltimore. How much work he&rsquo;d get in the Blue twines depended solely on Paille continuing the fine job he&rsquo;d turned in during Plante&rsquo;s absence. &#9632;

Paille Grabs Plante’s Job

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01586/2415395-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="436" height="527"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY HOWELL</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02541/2415388-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="274" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Green</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03432/2415381-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="256" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Esposito</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04294/2415374-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="268" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Gilbert</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05191/2415367-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="267" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ralph Backstrom</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-06118/2415360-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="467" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN WHARRAM</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.If you have always longed to pick a big league all-star team and compare it with the experts here&rsquo;s your last chance.THE HOCKEY NEWS this week closes the voting for its 18th annual National Hockey League all-star selections and invites its thousands of readers and fans throughout the world to participate in the poll.Merely clip the ballot shown on this page, read the voting regulations below carefully and then fill in your selection. It&rsquo;s simple and it can be fun.As has been the custom in the past, you are requested to pick a first and second NHL all-star team, printing the name of the player carefully on the ballot. Remember, you are also afforded a chance to cast a vote for the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie and most valuable player of the year. It&rsquo;s all contained in your ballot.The most important thing is to get your votes in so your favorite players are not left out.The faster you get them in the sooner we can tabulate them too. This is the only poll whereby you the public are able to participate in selecting NHL All-Stars.The ballot has appeared in three issues and your team will be nounced in THE HOCKEY NEWS dated April 3. Ballots must be postmarked not later than midnight Friday, March 19.Remember, if one of your favorites should fail to gain a berth on the Fans&rsquo; All-Star team by the margin of just a few points, it could be because you didn&rsquo;t send that ballot in as you had intended. So right now, while it&rsquo;s still fresh in your mind, fill out the ballot on this page and mail it right away to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 320, 1434 St. Catherine St. W.,Montreal, Quebec, Canada.All hockey fans like a challenge. This is your&rsquo;s!HOCKEY NEWS 18th ANNUAL ALL-STAR POLL &#9632;

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Hockey News Closes Annual Poll For Selection Of NHL All-Stars

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0770/2415426-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="392" height="393"></div>Says TOE BLAKE, coach of the Montreal CanadiernGet the inside facts on how to stick handle, shoot and score! Learn the secret methods of the great hockey stars! It&rsquo;s all here in this fully illustrated booklet by Toe Blake, coach of the famous Montreal Canadiens. You&rsquo;ll find a wealth of hockey lore in Hockey Hints, and you can get your free copy simply by sending one box top from any box of Corn CHEX, Wheat CHEX or Rice CHEX breakfast cereal along with the coupon below. But act fast&mdash;send for Hockey Hints today!The Ralston Purina Company of Canada Limited, Checkerboard Square, CLARKSON, ONTARIO.Rush me my free copy of Hockey Hints. I have enclosed a box top from CHEX Cereal.NAME&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;..ADDRESS&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;.CITY&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;. &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-08" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0847/2415457-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg"></div>My selections for the National Hockey League All-Stars are as follows (please print) &#9632;

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HOCKEY NEWS 1965 ALL-STAR BALLOT

1&mdash;Anyone is eligible to cast ballots for the National Hockey League All-Star Team, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming first and second (team, as well as MVP and Outstanding Rookie.2&mdash;The ballots will run for three weeks. Final ballot will appear in the issue dated March 13. and the teams will appear in the April 3 issue.3&mdash;Use blanks published in THE HOCKEY NEWS, or reasonable facsimile or tracings of same if you do not wish to deface your copy. Be sure to fill in your own name and address.4&mdash;Ballots must be mailed&mdash;to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 320, 1434 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal, Que. &#9632;

Here’s The Voting Regulations

Detroit, Michigan &ldquo;Home of the Red Wings&rdquo;Instructors:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0929/2415526-1-eng-US/f0005-092.jpg" title="f0005-09" width="252" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HOWE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-1017/2415519-1-eng-US/f0005-102.jpg" title="f0005-10" width="267" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALEX DELVECCHIO</figcaption></div>Also:Doug Barkley Carl WetzelEddie Bush Jimmy PetersTerry Sawchuk Sid Abel<h2>FOUR 7-DAY SESSIONS</h2>1. Aug. 9-159 thru 12 years2. Aug. 16-2213 thru 14 years3. Aug. 23-2915 thru 16 years4. Aug. 30 Sept. 517 years & upA FULL WEEK TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY BETTER HOCKEYINCLUDING: Skating Technique., Drill, Physical Fitness, Stick Handling, Offense and Defense, Goal Tending, Checking, Shooting, Passing&hellip;and the Best Way to Play Every Position on a Hockey Team.ADDED ATTRACTIONLectures and Instructional Films<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-1111/2415512-1-eng-US/f0005-112.jpg" title="f0005-11" width="528" height="862"></div>Howe and Delvecchio demonstrate techniques.DIRECTORS: Sid Abel, Red Wings&rsquo; General Manager and Coach: Jim Skinner, Red Wings&rsquo; Chief Scout & Farm Director; John Mitchell, Activities Coordinator; Lincoln Cavalieri, Building Manager. Housing for out-of-towners at Y.M.C.A.Classes LimitedWRITE FOR BROCHURE:Red Wing Hockey School, 5920 Grand River, Detroit 8, Michigan. &#9632;

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Founded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1484 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie, President and PublisherWill V. Cote, Vice-Pres, and Gen Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates: $4.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth $5.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Printed in Canada.VOL. 18 MONTREAL, MARCH 13, 1965 NO. 23 &#9632;

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01655/2415609-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="401" height="434"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02527/2415602-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="666" height="105"></div>&bull; MARCEL PAILLE, New York Rangers&rsquo; chunky goalkeeper, weighs 193 pounds now. When he first played with the Rangers back in the 1957-58 season he weighed 162 pounds. It seems that the fatter he gets the better goal he plays. Paille has played better goal this season than he ever did in the past&hellip;Claude Provost has been the most consistent member of the Montreal Canadiens this season and seems a cinch to win the right wing post on the All-Star Team&hellip;Provost has been one of the most valuable players in the NHL for the last four years&hellip;Punch Imlach counts on his vets to carry the Leafs to their fourth Stanley Cup in a row&hellip;Jacques Plante is expected to undergo surgery on his injured knee at the end of the season&hellip;Claude Larose, Canadiens&rsquo; surprising young winger, celebrated his 23rd birthday, last week&hellip;Canadiens have laughed off reports they were interested in working a deal with Boston for John Bucyk&hellip;Black Hawks&rsquo; Stan Mikita is finishing another great season. &ldquo;Stash&rdquo; is second in goals scored, first in points, first in assists, first in penalties and first in the hearts of Tommy Ivan, Jim Norris and Billy Reay&hellip;Toronto&rsquo;s Bob Pulford is the top performer in the NHL when it comes to scoring goals while his team is playing shorthanded. Bob has scored four times this way&hellip;Boston tried to land Billy Harris from the Leafs before he was shipped to Rochester of the American League&hellip;This is the final week the ballots will appear in THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star voting. Be sure to vote for your favorite players.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03400/2415595-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="295" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Paille</figcaption></div>&bull; RED KELLY and Camille Henry, a pair of 250-goal scorers, were at their best against the best. Both players scored more goals against Montreal Canadiens than against any other club in the NHL&hellip;Kelly had 53 goals against Canadiens, with 27 of them being scored right in the Montreal Forum&hellip;Henry notched 52 counters against the Habs. He also had 51 against Chicago&hellip;No wonder the Black Hawks were anxious to take him from the Rangers in that deal&hellip;Harry Howell&rsquo;s selection as winner of the Frank Boucher Trophy as &ldquo;the most popular Ranger on and off the ice&rdquo; is a good one. Rod Gilbert finished second in the trophy balloting and Vic Hadfield was third&hellip;A group of press, radio and TV people in Fort Wayne are sponsoring an &ldquo;Eddie Long Appreciation Night&rdquo; in honor of the veteran Komet captain&hellip;Detroit Red Wings are using a defensive system that is proving very successful. They hardly ever pass the puck in their own end and thus give a chance to the invading team to snag a pass and get a shot. So they just bat the puck over the blueline and hit the side boards. That gives their own team a chance to re-assemble its forces, and the opposing team has to hustle around and recover the puck&hellip;Phil Esposito, Doug Jarrett and John Brenneman of Chicago; Wayne Maxner, Bob Woytowich, Billy Knibbs and Don Awrey of Boston; Claude Larose, Jim Roberts and Noel Picard of Canadiens; and Marc Dufour of Rangers are all graduates of the rapidly improving Central Pro League&hellip;This league is developing into a fertile area for NHL players.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04284/2415588-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="245" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Long</figcaption></div>&bull; ROGER CROZIER has an excellent chance of whining both the Vezina and Calder Trophies this year. Detroit made a 10-strike when they decided to gamble with Roger this season. Another feather in the cap of Sid Abel, who becomes more astute as a hockey executive with each passing month&hellip;American Hockey League followers are amazed with the excellent coaching job turned in by Frank Mathers of Hershey. It is pretty well agreed that no AHL coach has ever produced more from his players than Mathers. This year is no exception, either, as Frank has produced outstanding results every season since he started coaching a number of years back&hellip;Bob Pulford of the Leafs is a very slow dresser after games. When the Bruins were in Toronto recently he missed the Leafs&rsquo; bus to the airport. Unable to find a cab he was relieved when he hitched a ride with the Bruins&rsquo; bus as he would have incurred an automatic fine for missing a plane&hellip;Miss Lyn Moran doing a great job to try and keep hockey going in southern England reports hockey is booming in Scotland but almost finished in London and the southern part of England which was once the hotbed of the sport in Britain.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05236/2415581-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="275" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mathers</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06175/2415640-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg"></div><h2>All-Star System Criticized By Fan</h2>Hockey News Editor:I am writing in regard to the ridiculous practices of picking all stars. I have several questions which I feel must be answered if this fad is to survive.(1) How can one properly pick an all-star goalie when one netminder, for example rookie Roger Crozier is considered above such candidates as Jacques Plante and Ed Johnston simply because the latter two have had to handle 365 and 445 shots more respectively than their Detroit counterpart? The Vezina Trophy has already become a team award and this is bad enough without picking the outstanding goalie on a team basis.(2) When will an all-star defenceman be picked solely for his defensive ability? It seems that a defenceman must be high on the scoring list if he hopes to obtain recognition for his proficiency at keeping the puck out of his own net. As an example: Pierre Pilote was admittedly weak defensively during the first half of this season, yet because his point total was good he earned all-star acclaim apparently for being the best offensive defenceman in the N.H.L.(3) Why are some sportswriters, particularly the American newsman, allowed to vote for the all-star teams when they seldom, if ever, attend games outside their own city and perhaps not even there?It is a sad state of hockey affairs when all-star nominations hold no real prestige (besides the financial rewards) for those chosen.Noel Gallagher Montreal, Quebec<h2>Treat Bobby Hull Like Rest Of NHL</h2>Hockey News Editor:It seems to me there is a poor philosophy in the NHL today, that being to &ldquo;save hockey from Hull&rdquo;.Within the NHL, there is an &ldquo;unconscious conspiracy&rdquo; to pull down its super star, Bobby Hull, to the level of the rest of the players.There is much holding, hooking and other things bordering on the illegal, constantly being applied to Hull. I have confidence in the integrity of the referees and I am convinced they are not consciously handicapping Hull in his drive toward 51 goals.Bobby is being handicapped because he is possessed of extraordinary talent and opponents take advantage of Hull&rsquo;s good nature.I would like to see steps taken to guarantee that Hull will be treated like any hockey player.Paul N. Pryor Hoffman Estate, Ill.<h2>Fan Sings Praises Of Underrated Players</h2>Hockey News Editor:In hockey, many fans judge a player by his accumulation of points. In other words, they take a liking to the scorers rather than to those who are not as fortunate in getting points.Super stars are exceptions to this rule as they possess the knack of putting the puck into the net with a degree of skill.On the other hand, the &ldquo;less productive&rdquo; players are those who get criticism from fans as being poor hockey players. These &ldquo;unsung&rdquo; and underrated players are of a great benefit to their team. The people who recognize that one can aid a team by other forms of achievement other than scoring are usually the &ldquo;Club Brass&rdquo;.Byron Christopher Campbellton, N.B.<h2>L. A. Fan Explains Young&rsquo;s Penalties</h2>Hockey News Editor:In reply to Claire Richard&rsquo;s letter in a recent issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, I can explain how Howie Young got 22 minutes in penalties after the brawl in the December 27 game between Los Angeles and San Francisco.The brawl went just as it was written up in Bill Libby&rsquo;s column. However, the game summary was inaccurate in stating that Howie Young and Eddie Panagabko got three majors. Each player received 2 majors and a misconduct; Young&rsquo;s misconduct was a match misconduct. The misconduct (10), the 2 majors (5 each), and the minor (2) made up the total of 22 minutes.Gerald L. Bodzin Los Angeles, California<h2>Assists Vital Part Of Today&rsquo;s Hockey</h2>Hockey News Editor:I wonder why people can&rsquo;t seem to realize that assists are a very vital part of the scoring in hockey?If the scoring of assists is relatively unimportant, how does one account for (1) the tiny percentage of unassisted goals in the game; and, (2) the fact that a forward line consists of three men? The only answer must be that the scoring of goals always has been and always will be a team effort, so why penalize the playmakers.Last season Yves Locas scored more than forty goals with Art Stratton setting him up but this season with Stratton gone, Locas couldn&rsquo;t score at all and was traded away. There are many examples of this.Charles C. Sords Pittsburgh, 12, Pa.<h2>Stanley Cup Not Most Coveted Award</h2>Hockey News Editor:I often wonder why the Stanley Cup is the most coveted prize in the NHL. I think the Prince of Wales Trophy, given to the team that is on the top after a seventy game season, is much more valuable.A team in first place after a seventy game season, is much more proof of which team is best. Last year a third place team won the Stanley Cup but were they the best team?I am a subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS and eagerly await its arrival every week. Keep up the good work.Spencer Boudreau Newton, N.J.<h2>Blasts Suggestion Of Two-Point Goal</h2>Hockey News Editor:I am writing to protest Mr. Lambert&rsquo;s suggestion of awarding 2 points for a goal and 1 for an assist.He used Hull, 38 goals and Mikita, 20, with Stan only 1 point behind Bobby in the scoring race, as his examples. Not to detract from Bobby&rsquo;s greatness, but I saw him score 2 goals on T.V. against Montreal which were due to the play of his centre, Esposito. The first was on a rebound with Hodge flat on his back and the second on a pass to Bobby who put it in the open net. Also, there are goals scored which bounce off skates, legs, arms, heads and goals scored by the opposition on themselves with the last player to touch the puck getting credit.Terry Hall Vancouver, B.C.Hockey News Editor:I could hardly believe it when I read the letters of past weeks suggesting that 2 points be given per goal so Hull could win the scoring race. I&rsquo;d like to see him do so but 2 points per goal is ridiculous.Canadians marvel at the way the Rusians pass but now they turn around and try to eliminate the passing game in Canada altogether. If 2 points were awarded for every goal then everyone naturally would go for goals and soon the pass would be all but forgotten.Players such as Bobby Rousseau, Pierre Pilote and Parker MacDonald who have less than ten goals but are among the top 15 scorers are there because of their great playmaking ability. These players, in order to remain stars, would have to score more goals and hockey would lose the most colorful players in the game today, the playmakers who set up the goals.John Korobanik Sioux Lookout, Ontario &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

The editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS have selected a letter submitted to the FAN FORUM by Maurice Cormier of Moncton, N.B., as the best fan letter for the month of February.Mr. Cormier, who wrote that &ldquo;it would be a good idea for the NHL to award a trophy to the unsung defensive player who excels in the league,&rdquo; will receive a free one year&rsquo;s subscription to HOCKEY PICTORIAL, the world&rsquo;s official hockey magazine, with our good wishes.The Editors, HOCKEY NEWS &#9632;

Moncton Reader Wins Fan Award

(This is the seventh in an exclusive weekly series of features dealing with statistics on NHL goalkeepers compiled specially for THE HOCKEY NEWS.)MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Roger Crozier ran into a couple of aroused tail-enders during the week and saw his Vezina Trophy lead whittled while the Chicago tandem of Glenn Hall and Denis DeJordy eased to a larger margin in &lsquo;fielding&rsquo; averages.The ratings of shots vs saves, which derive top fielding goalers, changes the goaltender ratings somewhat from those tabulated for the Vezina.In the Vezina race, Crozier has a four-goal lead over Toronto&rsquo;s Terry Sawchuk and Johnny Bower with Hall and DeJordy third.By rating on fielding percentages, it goes topsy turvey with Hall and DeJordy on top with a combined .920 mark, Bower and Sawchuk second at .917 and Crozier third with .912.Hall is the individual fielding leader with an impressive .922, missing on only 88 of 1,130 shots. He made two appearances in the past week, getting a win and a loss, and stopped 64 of 66 shots directed his way for a week&rsquo;s mark of .969.Sawchuk, with a 46 shot barrage at Boston Sunday, had 107 shots in three games and missed on only six of them for a .943 week. His personal season&rsquo;s mark is .917, almost identical to Bower&rsquo;s.Crozier slipped in the fielding ratings as well as the Vezina tabulations. He came up with three wins in as many games but followed up on an early week shutout with three and five goal games against Boston and New York. For the week, then, he had a .903 fielding percentage. His own season average is .913 and the team mark .912.Boston is still the most fired at team, with the opposition drilling 2,184 pucks at the two netminders&mdash;Ed Johnston and Jack Norris&mdash;who have been employed by the Hub. New York goalers rate the second busiest with 2,040 shots.(Hockey News Copyright) &#9632;

Crozier Loses Ground To Hawks’ Net Duo

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01607/2415719-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"></div>(Legend:&mdash;Saves respresents number of saves made, GA-goals against. Shots&mdash;total shots and Pct&mdash;&lsquo;fielding&rsquo; average shots-saves. In brackets are won-loss-tie records of each goaler. For Partial games. Marcel Paille records the loss for Dec. 16 game when he was in for four goals; Carl Wetzel is given loss for Dec. 26 game against Montreal when he allowed four goals. Totals include empty net goals.) &#9632;

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How Netminders Rate

TAMPERE, Finland.&mdash;Hockey observers at the 19 6 5 World champions hips here were pretty certain that the showdown for the title would ultimately be between Canada and Russia.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02559/2415764-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="294" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Yackel</figcaption></div>The first three rounds of the tournament clearly bore them out with one possible exception&mdash;the Czechoslovakian team appeared to be stronger than was at first expected and the Czechs, too, could nudge into the championship picture.Russia had taken the early lead with three straight victories piling up an awesome 30 goals while permitting only six to be scored against them. However, their victories were all against the weaker teams in the Group &lsquo;A&rsquo; championship round. Canada won its first two starts beating Norway 6-0 and Finland 4-0 with Goalie Ken Broderick of Toronto registering a pair of back-to-back shutouts.The Canadians were expected to brush past the United States, East Germany, the Czechs, and Sweden before meeting up with Russia on the final day of the tournament, in what will likely be the climatic game.The Russians, defending world champions, are not expected to let down against any of their rivals and should carry a 6-0 record into the big game against Canada.One of the big disappointments of the tournament has been the inept showing of the United States team, coached by Ken Yackel. The Americans lost their first two starts by overwhelming scores and ended up with two goals scored and 17 tallied against them.Yackel said he hoped his team would show more spirit against the Canadians and Russians, who they meet in their third and fourth tournament games.While the teams were fighting it out on the ice in the world tourney, there was a little bit of byplay going on off the ice between the International Ice Hockey Federation, headed by J. F. (Bunny) Ahearne and Larry Regan, the former NHL star who has arranged to bring six top NHL players to Europe this summer.The IIHF apparently fears that the group players, who plan to conduct a clinic in Innsbruck, Austria, after the Stanley Cup Playoffs in April, might play in exhibition games in Europe.Regan, former Toronto Maple Leaf forward and now coach of the Innsbruck team, announced last month that the big leaguers would conduct a clinic at Innsbruck for a period of 16 to 18 days. Regan is one of the cosponsors of the clinic.The pros are goalie Terry Sawchuk of the Leafs, defensemen Marcel Pronovost of Detroit Red Wings and Tim Horton of Toronto, center Alex Delvecchio of Detroit and forwards Gordie Howe of Detroit and Ron Stewart of the Leafs.Eventually, promoters of the plan hope that an international professional&mdash;amateur league might be set up with top European clubs playing teams from the Central Professional, Western and American leagues.Ahearne said any ice stadiums allowing professional teams to play would be barred from use by IIHF teams.&ldquo;If Mr. Ahearne thinks this ruling will affect me, he must be misinformed,&rdquo; Regan said in an interview.<h2>How They Stand</h2><h3>GROUP A (CHAMPIONSHIP)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03452/2415757-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="558" height="233"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Group &lsquo;A&rsquo;Thurs., Mar. 4Russia 8, Finland 4Czechoslovakia 5, East Germany 1Sweden 5, United States 1Fri., Mar. 5Canada 4. Finland 0Russia 14, Norway 2Sweden 5, East Germany 1Sat, Mar. 6Canada 6, Norway 0Czechoslovakia 12, United States 0Sun., Mir. 7Russia 8, East Germany 0Sweden 2, Finland 2<h3>GROUP B (CONSOLATION)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04337/2415750-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="556" height="203"></div><h3>GROUP &lsquo;B&rsquo;</h3>Thurs., Mar. 4Switzerland 7, Austria 3Poland 9, Hungary 5Britain 5, Yugoslavia 5Fri., Mar. 5West Germany 8, Yugaslavia 2Poland 5, Austria 3Sat., Mar. 6West Germany 12, Britain 4Switzerland 3, Hungary 1Sun., Mar. 7Poland 3, Switzerland 0Austria 5, Britain 4Hungary 3, Yugoslavia 0 &#9632;

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Canada, Russia Headed For Showdown In World Hockey Title Tournament

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05239/2415816-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="291" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">MILT SCHMIDTCoach Boston Bruins</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-06180/2415809-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="277" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED CHADWICKGoalie Buffalo Bisons</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-07135/2415802-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="297" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE PILOTEChicago Black Hawks</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-08108/2415795-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="286" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALLAN STANLEYToronto Maple Leafs</figcaption></div>BOYS 7-17 Yrs.EXCELLENT MEALS and ACCOMMODATIONTop Sports Instructions InHOCKEY&mdash;GOLF&mdash;WATER-SKIING&mdash;SWIMMING GOLF COURSE&mdash;FOOTBALL FIELD&mdash;BASEBALL DIAMONDon the Camp GroundsHEAD COACHESEd Chadwick&mdash;Milt Schmidt&mdash;Pierre Pilote&mdash;Allan StanleyatBYRNELL MANOR&mdash;BOYS&rsquo; CAMPFenelon Falls&mdash;Ontario, Canada on Cameron LakeTwo three week sessions&mdash;$100 per weekOne four week session1&mdash;From JUNE 20 to JULY 102&mdash;From JULY 11 to JULY 313&mdash;From AUGUST 1 to AUGUST 28For a coloured Brochure and Rates, please write;CAMP DIRECTORS&mdash;Anna & Frank StukusENQUIRE NOW!Registration Limited for Each Session! &#9632;

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RESIDENT SUMMER HOCKEY CAMP

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div>CHICAGO, Ill.Defense troubles generally have been slowing the Black Hawks&rsquo; progress toward the National Hockey league title. But a member of the team&rsquo;s five-man rearguard crew about whom Coach Billy Reay can have no complaints is veteran Pierre Pilote.The doughty little captain has been turning in sound defensive performances all season. But his greatest value has been as the rudder for the Hawks&rsquo; attack.Pilote doesn&rsquo;t regard himself as a goal scorer. He admits, in fact, that he gets a bigger kick out of setting up a teammate with a cute bit of passing than he does out of scoring himself.But this year, he&rsquo;s been pulling the trigger more frequently and the practice has paid off handsomely. Pilote never had scored more than 8 goals in any of his nine previous seasons, but he had 12 after 60 games this year.His normal quota of assists have been coming, too. In fact, he&rsquo;s in a good spot to top the assist record for defensemen he shares with Detroit&rsquo;s Bill Gadsby. The figure is 46.&ldquo;Scoring goals really isn&rsquo;t my style,&rdquo; Pierre insists. &ldquo;I like to carry the puck out of our end and look for a forward breaking for an opening and hit him with a pass at just the right time.&ldquo;All my thinking is devoted to that kind of play. But lately, I&rsquo;ve been getting a few openings myself and I&rsquo;ve almost had to shoot. Luckily, the puck has been going in.&rdquo;Pilote&rsquo;s willingness to gamble for the big play has gotten him into trouble with Chicago&rsquo;s super-critical fans at times but most of the Hawks backers have come around to seeing things his way of late.Where boos once accompanied his departure from the ice after a tour of duty, cheers now echo down.Pilote&rsquo;s occasional miscues that result from his outsmarting his teammates as well as himself, never have bothered Reay.&ldquo;You have to overlook those things from Pierre because he works so hard,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;Besides, you can count on him to make up somehow for almost every error he commits.&ldquo;It happens time and again. Pierre will boot one and maybe cost us a goal. Then you can see from the expression on-his face that he isn&rsquo;t going to let up until he has something to do with getting back that goal.&ldquo;And just about every time, he succeeds.&rdquo;A recent game with the Rangers illustrates Reay&rsquo;s point perfectly. Pilote seemed to have the Rangers&rsquo; Vic Hadfield checked near the Hawks net but let him get away to poke a cripple past Glenn Hall.But less than two minutes later, Pierre streaked thru the New York defense to bunt a waist-high pass from Stan Mikita behind Marcel Paille.Because he started the season even more slowly than usual, Pilote finished second to Montreal Jacques Laperriere in the half-season voting for the James Norris Memorial trophy for defenseman. And he may not have come on strongly enough in the second half to overcome that lead to capture the trophy for the third year in a row.But he is a cinch to win an all-star spot for the fifth consecutive season.And, if the Hawks do manage to bring the championship to Chicago for the first time, Pilote will have the satisfaction of knowing that his play was one of the main factors in the accomplishment of that long sought after goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03467/2415847-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="570" height="566"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE PILOTE&hellip;Enjoying Big Year</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Pilote ‘Triggers’ Hawks’ Offense Netting Dozen Goals

<div class="byline">BY CHARLES CLARK</div>NEW YORK, N. Y.In the center of the Canadian National Exhibition Park on the shore of Lake Ontario is an impressive-looking building called the Hockey Hall of Fame. The structure, officially opened in 1961, was built with funds contributed by the six members of the National Hockey League. The city of Toronto provided the site.The Hockey Hall of Fame was designed to do for hockey what the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown has done for baseball. At the start of this season there were 136 members of the Hockey Hall of Fame, 98 players, 33 &ldquo;builders&rsquo;&rsquo; (executives) and six referees.Recently another name was added to the list of individuals whose efforts have helped hockey obtain the status it enjoys today. The name was that of Tom Lockhart of New York City. He is listed as one of hockey&rsquo;s builders.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02590/2415916-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="298" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tom Lockhart</figcaption></div>Lockhart, 72, is one of the handful of American-born Hall of Fame members. The late Walter Brown, owner of the Boston Bruins and Celtics, and Bill Chadwick of Westbury, who is listed in the referees&rsquo; section, are other American-born members.Lockhart&rsquo;s Hall of Fame credentials are authentic. He has been president of the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States for 27 years and he has served as president of the Eastern Hockey League since he founded it 30 years ago.The gray-haired Irishman with the ready smile has had years of hockey association, but he never played the sport. Several years ago Lockhart was speaking before a group of youngsters and he was asked about his hockey-playing days. &ldquo;I told them how I first clamped a pair of runners to my shoes when I was a boy,&rdquo; Lockhart said. &ldquo;I went out on the ice in Central Park and fell down. I got up and fell down again. That was the first and last time I was ever on skates.&rdquo;When Col. John Reed Kilpatrick became president of Madison Square Garden, he asked Lockhart to supervise the Garden&rsquo;s amateur hockey program. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t know one end of a stick from another,&rdquo; Lockhart says, &ldquo;but the answer was the old Crescent-Hamilton team and later the Rovers. We were a breeding ground for the Rangers in those days. I figure we gave them 90 players, including Muzz Patrick.&rdquo;.Lockhart also served on the American Olympic Boxing Committee and on the boxing committee of the Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union. He was an outstanding athlete in track and bike racing. Lockhart started as a bike racer in 1907 in the weekly 10-mile races that were held in Valley Stream. He missed going to the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. After qualifying for the Olympic selection finals in a 150-mile race in Floral Park, Lockhart had to forfeit his chance for the team because he couldn&rsquo;t afford to quit his job.Lockhart later turned to track and was a top runner on the flat tracks in the New York Armouries. He won the Yorkville Athletic League trophy for being the &ldquo;outstanding athlete in New York.&rdquo;Tom was the first general manager of the Long Island Arena in Commack. The Rovers were supposed to start playing in the Eastern Hockey League in 1956. Schedules were printed and distributed. Doug Adams was listed as the Rover coach and the team was supposed to play a Gypsy-type schedule (similar to that being played this season by the Rovers) with &ldquo;home&rdquo; games in Troy, N.Y., Providence, R.I., and Atlantic City, N.J.The Rovers were then supposed to move into the arena which was scheduled for completion Jan. 1, 1957. Financial difficulties prevented the completion of the arena and the Rovers didn&rsquo;t get back into the EHL until 1959.In the first hockey game played in the L.I. Arena, the Rovers, coached by Andy Branigan, defeated the Greensboro Generals, 4-1, on Oct. 25, 1959. George Ranieri scored twice and Gary Vena and Jim MacLean once each for the Rovers.Lockhart&rsquo;s association with the arena didn&rsquo;t last long, but before he stepped aside to concentrate on his other hockey duties, it added another chapter to the colorful career of the man most folks refer to as &ldquo;Mr. Hockey.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Tom Lockhart ‘Mr. Hockey’ In U.S., Founded Eastern League 30 Years Ago

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01624/2415947-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="544" height="528"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUMP WORSLEY&hellip;Gets Streamlining</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;There&rsquo;s a new look in Montreal goaltenders as the Spring season approaches, and the fashion runs to slim lines and flat waists.Personifying this new look is Lorne &ldquo;The Gumper&rdquo; Worsley, who shed several pounds on club orders and emerged looking fit as the proverbial fiddle. Having lost the weight, Gump promptly returned to the Hab nets and performed sensationally against Toronto in an early March contest. It marked his first appearance in the Montreal cage in three weeks.Worsley&rsquo;s weight, however,&mdash;or the lack of it,&mdash;was not the main reason for his return to action. Instead, he came back as part of an overall plan on the part of Canadiens, to alternate goalies according to how they perform. In other words, if Worsley is in the nets and the team wins or ties, he&rsquo;ll play again in the next game. If he loses, Charlie Hodge will replace him. Hodge, too, will last just as long as he doesn&rsquo;t lose. Presumably, this could continue on a game-to-game basis for the rest of the season and into the playoffs.The scheme represents a departure for Canucks, who haven&rsquo;t favored the two-goalie system during the ten years that Blake has coached them. Toe is a man who likes to go with a set squad; above all when it comes to goalies. Few will forget his distress a couple of years ago, when Jacques Plante&rsquo;s various illnesses brought about last-minute switches in netminders. This time, however, the switches are being originated by the club and not the goalies.What really touched it all off, of course, was Canadiens&rsquo; sudden slump at the start of the second half. After having been beaten for 16 goals in three games, Habs replaced Hodge with Worsley for the first time, last January. The team steadied temporarily behind the Gumper, but eventually ran into more grief and stumbled through a five-game losing streak. At that point, neither Hodge nor Worsley could help them, for the troubles extended far beyond the goal. Habs finally snapped out of it with a 7-1 win over Boston, and from there on began hitting at roughly a .500 clip while switching goalies at appropriate times. &#9632;

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Gump Trims Pounds Off Bulky Frame

<h2>FIRST GOALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03521/2415992-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="501" height="266"></div><h2>WINNING GOALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04446/2415985-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="500" height="310"></div><h2>POWER PLAY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05353/2415978-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="501" height="302"></div> &#9632;

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Important Goals Scored In NHL

<h2>THE NEW 1964-65 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE GUIDE</h2>This compact 236-page hockey book answers every question imaginable about the National Hockey League. There are also complete records on every player in all the pro leagues&mdash;NHL, AHL, WHL and CPHL. It also includes highlights of the 196364 NHL season and a more extensive coverage on records than ever before.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06303/2416044-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="264" height="368"></div>ALL THIS FOR ONLY $1.25 (Postage Paid)<h2>THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY ANNUAL FOR 1965</h2>This 96-page book is &iexcl;am-packed with full-length features about your favourite hockey stars&hellip;biographical sketches and pictures of over 120 National Hockey League players&hellip;birthdates and places of birth too&hellip;All at a glance!Extra! Special TV Section, complete NHL Teams with Names & Numbers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07268/2416037-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="381" height="469"></div>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY! ONLY 50 CENTS (Postage Paid)<h2>OFFICIAL NHL RULE BOOK 1964-65 EDITION</h2>Here&rsquo;s your chance to become an expert. Settle all the arguments around the club and in the office. With this handy pocket-size rule book you&rsquo;ll be able to check a decision or rule on the spot.Fill in the coupon below and enclose 50 cents per copy for handling and mailing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08248/2416030-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="240" height="420"></div>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY&hellip;.50 PER COPY (Postage Paid)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09241/2416023-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="1024" height="1340"></div> &#9632;

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Get These Publications—NOW!

<div class="byline">BY LEO MONAHAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03479/2416127-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="296" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tom Johnson</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been in hockey a long time, but I can&rsquo;t ever remember a team going through a season with as many injuries as we&rsquo;ve had,&rdquo; says Bruins Coach Milt Schmidt.Defenseman Tom Johnson, 37-year-old veteran of 15 National Hockey League campaigns, is finished for the season and possibly for good with a severe leg injury sustained in Chicago when he was cut by Chico Maki&rsquo;s skate.Johnson underwent an emergency two-hour operation at Henrotin Hospital. The three-inch cut, more than an inch deep severed the peroneal nerve and cut the motor and sensory muscle, leaving Johnson&rsquo;s leg paralyzed.It will be some six weeks before the full results of the operation will be obtained and Dr. Myron Tremaine, team physician for the Black Hawks, estimates it will be six months, at least, before Johnson will be able to walk.Johnson is the fifth Bruin to sustain a crippling injury this season and the second to be hurt at Chicago Stadium. Earlier, Hawk center Stan Mikita hauled down Dean Prentice from behind on a short-handed breakaway. Prentice sustained a broken back on the play, but despite it, made good a penalty shot attempt before leaving for the hospital.Bob Leiter incurred a multiple fracture of the arm in a game at Montreal. Penalty-killer Forbes Kennedy broke his shoulder when he sailed head-first into the goalpost and goaltender Eddie Johnston suffered a broken finger when slashed in a game at Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe any team in history has had such a rash of injuries,&rdquo; says Weston Adams, Bruins&rsquo; President and Chairman of the Board.The injury was the second of the season for Johnson. Earlier he broke a toe. Also it was the second injury in three seasons.Two years ago, while he was with Montreal, Tom sustained a fractured cheek bone that kept him sidelined much of the season. In fact, there was some question whether or not Johnson&rsquo;s vision was impaired by the mishap, but the Bruins gambled $20,000 to draft him from les Canadiens and Tom proved a steady, heady player for two seasons in Boston.The B&rsquo;s were counting on Johnson to play at least one more season, perhaps several. In fact, before the team embarked on a lengthy, six-game road trip, Johnson reported to the dressing room and found there a pair of new skates waiting for him. This was the management&rsquo;s quiet way of informing him he&rsquo;d be counted on for next season.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had bad injuries before and have come back,&rdquo; said Johnson. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;m through, but we&rsquo;ll just have to wait and see.&rdquo;Johnson played the full 70-game season a year ago, but misfortune has dogged him this year.Leiter&rsquo;s injury was the first of the series, occurring Nov. 28. Prentice was hurt Dec. 27; Eddie Johnston on Jan. 30 and Kennedy on Feb. 11. &#9632;

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Leg Injury May Mean End Of Johnson’s Career

Norm Ullman of the Detroit Red Wings is unique around the National Hockey League this season. Only one other player has scored more goals than the starry Detroit pivot and that&rsquo;s &lsquo;Golden Boy&rsquo; Bobby Hull of the Black Hawks.Ullman, a 200-goal scorer in the NHL, reached the 30-goal plateau this year for the first time in his big league career and his total of 31 goals is exceeded only by Hull, who tops the circuit with 38.But while Hull has stopped scoring mostly because of two injured knees, the evergreen Ullman continues to fire the goals past NHL netminders with unusual consistency. Last weekend his 30th goal of the season won another game for the Wings marking the eighth time this season he has triggered the deciding goal in an NHL game.Mark Ten is pleased to salute Norm Ullman of the Red Wings as the player who made his mark in the NHL this past week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04371/2416158-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="288" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ullman</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Norm Ullman…Detroit Red Wings

&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Tues., Mar. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01640/2416096-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="555" height="181"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Mar. 3Boston 6 at New York 1Detroit 2 at Chicago 0Thurs., Mar. 4Toronto 2 at Montreal 2New York 4 at Boston 3Sat., Mar. 6New York 1 at Montreal 2Chicago 1 at Toronto 4Detroit 4 at Boston 3Sun., Mar. 7Montreal_J) at Chicago 7Toronto 3 at Boston 3Detroit 6 at New York 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues., Mar. 9Montreal at DetroitWed., Mar. 10Detroit at TorontoChicago at New YorkSat., Mar. 13Detroit at MontrealBoston at TorontoSun., Mar. 14Montreal at New YorkToronto at ChicagoDetroit at Boston<h2>NHL Point Race</h2>(Including games of Sun., Mar. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02561/2416089-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="564" height="2166"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10243/2416082-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="555" height="590"></div><h3>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11217/2416075-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="551" height="835"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Most improved player on the Bruins? Eddie Westfall by a landslide. The defenseman-turned-wing has found the scoring range and came up with a string of five goals in five games on a recently-completed road trip. &ldquo;Eddie has his confidence back,&rdquo; says Coach Milt Schmidt. The likeable 24-year-old Westfall is working hard to develop a good shot.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05277/2416189-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="284" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Westfall</figcaption></div>Ab McDonald, recalled from Providence of the AHL, is getting one last look before the Boston management decides whether he&rsquo;ll be around next season. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s up to McDonald,&rdquo; said Coach Schmidt. &ldquo;He should know by now that we&rsquo;ve just about exhausted our patience with him.&rdquo;The multi-player swap with Chicago in which the B&rsquo;s acquired McDonald, Reggie Fleming and Murray Balfour proved a major catastrophe for Boston. Doug Mohns, Jerry Top-pazzini and Matt Ravelich went to the Hawks. Mohns has played well for Chicago and Ravelich, who hardly got a chance to show what he could do against NHL competition, has been a steady defenseman for Chicago&rsquo;s Coach Billy Reay, who had coached him at Sault Ste. Marie in the now-defunct Eastern Pro League. Topper now is with Pittsburgh of the AHL.Fleming has played well for Boston, but McDonald has had the crowd on his back for some time for his poor efforts and Balfour, shipped off to Hershey, developed a lung ailment there&hellip;Schmidt threatened to slap fines on players who weren&rsquo;t giving their all in remaining games and it shook the team from its lethargy. &ldquo;We owe it to our loyal fans to go all out in the games remaining,&rdquo; says Schmidt. &#9632;

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Westfall Most Improved Player On Bruins’ Squad

<div class="byline">BY BERND STAEBEN</div>CORNERBROOK, Nfld.&mdash;George, Alex and Jack Faulkner, three hockey brothers, are burning up the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association with their ability. The home town heroes stayed home this winter to lace on their skates for the Conception Bay Ceebees, rather than take another fling at the pro game.Alex, released by Detroit, had moved from hockey in Newfoundland to a full NHL season in 1962-63 and parttime in 1963-64. Alex&rsquo;s skating, size and age was a handicap in his trial of big time, although he proved that he could score goals.Jack played for Johnston Jets last year, but fearing that he might die in U.S. amateur hockey, decided to play with his brothers here, while George had played for three seasons in the now defunct Quebec Hockey League.So the three brothers are now playing coaches for the Conception Bay Ceebees giving that team class and color, as they quest to win the Herder Memorial Trophy. At the start of the season they were favorites, and the many Ceebees&rsquo; fans were not disappointed as they held first place as the NAHA season draws to an end.The three big brothers are among the top six scorers in the league, as Alex has 21 tallies and 45 assists for 66 points, George, on the blueline, where he plays sixty minutes of hockey, has 19 goals and 38 assists, while bullet-shooting Jack has 30 goals and 14 assists for 44 points. Yet as the Ceebees have lost only two games during the season, the Corner Brook Royals, last year&rsquo;s champs, are only two points behind them. The Royals are led by coach Frank Dorrington with 41 goals and 26 assists for a league leading 67 points.Alex Faulkner has shown spurts of brilliant hockey but some of his hockey has been dull. Adjusting back to amateur hockey from the NHL is a hard task, also the calibre of NAHA hockey has improved vastly since his departure. So with George Faulkner and Jack Faulkner playing like real pros, the brothers are leading the Conception Bay Ceebees towards a possible title. The big question in the minds of every hockey fan on the island is whether their team will have enough depth to wrest the Herder Memorial Trophy from the Corner Brook Royals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01637/2416220-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="471" height="855"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALEX FAULKNER&hellip;High Scoring Ceebee</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Faulkner Brothers Big Guns In Newfoundland

<h2>Wed., Mar. 3 BOSTON 6 AT NEW YORK 1</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Norris; defense: Awrey, Green, Woytowich, Boivin, Westfall; forwards: Oliver, Rivers, Bucyk. Kurtenbach, McDonald, Williams, Fleming, Schock, Knibbs, Maxner.NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Paille; defense: Howell, Seiling, Brown, Neilson, Hillman; forwards: Gilbert, Ratelie, Robinson. Ingarfield, Hadfield, Hicke, Nevin, Angotti, Taylor, Marshall, Brenneman.Referee: Udvari. Linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico, Morrison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02589/2416314-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="541" height="716"></div><h2>DETROIT 2 AT CHICAGO 0</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defense: Barkley, Pronovost, Langlois, Gadsby, Godfrey; forwards: Delvecchio, MacDonald, Howe, Ullman, Martin, Lindsay, MacGregor, Smith, Henderson, Joyal, Fonteyne.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Pilote. Vasko, MacNeil, Ravlich, Jarrett; forwards: R. Hull, Maki, Esposito, D. Hull, Hay, Nesterenko, Henry. Wharram, McKenzie, Mohns, Mikita.Referee: Buffey. Linesmen: Armstrong, Pavelich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03513/2416307-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="546" height="450"></div><h2>Thurs., March 4 NEW YORK 4 AT BOSTON 3</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Paille; defense: Brown, Howell, Seiling, Hillman, Neilson; forwards: Ratelie, Gilbert, Robinson, Ingarfield, Nevin, Hadfield, Marshall, Brenneman, Hicke, Angotti, Taylor.BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Norris; defense: Green, Awrey, Woytowich, Boivin; forwards: Oliver, Westfall, Bucyk, Williams, Kurtenbach, McDonald, Schock, Rivers, Fleming, Maxner, Knibbs.Referee: Skov. Linesmen: Morrison, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04428/2416300-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="556" height="597"></div><h2>TORONTO 2 AT MONTREAL 2</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; dedense: Brewer, Baun, Stanley, Horton; forwards: Mahovlich, Stemkowski, Ellis, Kelly, Keon, Bathgate, Moore, Pulford. Armstrong, Stewart, Shack, McKenney.MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Laperriere, Tremblay. Harris, Picard. Talbot; forwards: Richard, Provost, Balon, Beliveau, Backstrom, Duff, Larose. Rousseau, Harper, Ferguson, Roberts.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05360/2416293-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="543" height="600"></div><h2>Sat. Mar. 6 NEW YORK 1 AT MONTREAL 2</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Paille; defense: Howell, Seiling, Brown, Neilson. Hillman; forwards: Gilbert, Ratelie, Robinson, Ingarfield, Hadfield, Hicke, Nevin, Angotti, Taylor, Marshall, Brenneman.MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Laperriere, Harper, Talbot, Harris, Picard; forwards: Richard, Balon, Provost, Backstrom, Ferguson, Larose. Beliveau, Duff, Rousseau, Roberts, Cournoyer,Referee: Buffey. Linesmen: Pavelich, S. Morrison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06321/2416286-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="543" height="464"></div><h2>CHICAGO 1 AT TORONTO 4</h2>CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: DeJordy; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Pavlich, MacNeil, Jarrett; forwards: B. Hull, Esposito, Maki, Henry, D. Hull, Hay, Nesterenko, Wharram, McKenzie, Mikita.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Horton, Stanley, Brewer, Baun, Douglas; forwards: Bathgate, Armstrong, Stewart, Mahovlich, Ellis, Stemkowski, Keon, Shack, McKenney, Pulford, Kelly.Referee: Udvari. Linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico, Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07292/2416279-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="552" height="716"></div><h2>DETROIT 4 AT BOSTON 3</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defense: Langlois, Barkley, Bergman, Pronovost; forwards: Murphy, Ullman, Smith, Delvecchio, MacDonald, Howe, Lindsay, Martin, MacGregor, Jeffrey. Fonteyne, Henderson.BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Norris; defense: Green, Boivin, Awrey, Woytowich; forwards: Oliver, Westfall, Fleming, Williams. Rivers, Kurtenbach, Schock, Bucyk, Knibbs, McDonald, Maxner.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08278/2416272-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="546" height="648"></div><h2>Sun. Mar., 7 MONTREAL 0 AT CHICAGO 7</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Talbot, Harper, Laperriere, Harris, Picard; forwards: Ferguson, Backstrom, Larose. Beliveau, Duff, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Balon, Roberts, Peters.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: HaU; defense; Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, MacNeil, Jarrett; forwards: R. Hull, Hay, Nesterenko, Mohns, Esposito, Henry, D. Hull, Maki, Wharram, McKenzie, Mikita.Referee: Skov. Linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico, Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12199/2416265-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="550" height="734"></div><h2>TORONTO 3 AT BOSTON 3</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Douglas, Horton, Brewer, Baun, Stanley; forwards: Stemkowski, Ellis, Mahovlich, Pulford, Stewart, Shack, Keon, Armstrong, McKenney, Kelly, Bathgate.BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Norris; defense: Boivin, Woytowich, Green, Awrey; forwards: Oliver, Westfall, Bucyk, Williams, Kurtenbach, McDonald, Schock, Rivers, Fleming, Knibbs, Maxner.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13164/2416258-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="544" height="578"></div><h2>DETROIT 6 AT NEW YORK 5</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defense: Pronovost, Bergman; centre: Ullman; wings: Henderson, Murphy; subs.: Langlois, Gadsby, Barkley, Martin, Howe, Delvecchio, Jeffrey, Lindsay, MacGregor, Macdonald, Fonteyne.NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Paille; deafense: Howell, Brown, Hillman, Seiling, Neilson; forwards: Robinson, Goyette. Gilbert, Nevin, Ingarfield Hadfield, Hicke. Angotti, Brenneman, Ratelle, Marshall, Taylor.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09266/2416251-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="549" height="807"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League Game Summaries

Personal 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:JAMES D. MCCARTHY8441 Northfield Ave.Oak Park 37, Michigan,U.S.A. &#9632;

RED WINGS PICTURES AVAILABLE

<div class="byline">BY JOE GORDON</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;It&rsquo;s that time again when everyone starts picking their All Star teams. Hornet General Manager Baz Bastien is quick to voice a strong vote for his pair of veteran defensemen, Pete Goegan and Warren Godfrey.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01608/2416442-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="279" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Warren Godfrey</figcaption></div>&ldquo;These two are as good as anyone in the American League. It&rsquo;ll be a great injustice if they don&rsquo;t get the recognition they deserve,&rdquo; said the Hornet GM.Both Godfrey and Goegan are in their second season with the Hornets after playing for a considerable period of time in the National League. Godfrey played 11 full years in the NHL with Boston and Detroit while Goegan played four complete seasons and parts of two others with Detroit.So far this season Goegan is the only Hornet defenseman to play in every game. At 6&rsquo;1&rdquo;, 190 pounds the indestructible Peter is a handy man around the net and rival forwards do not take too many liberties when Goegan is on the ice.In addition to being a reliable defenseman, Godfrey is probably the best rushing blue liner in the AHL. A great puck-carrier, Godfrey excels on the power play and has that uncanny knack of knowing just when to release the puck for a shot or a pass. &ldquo;WhenRock is on the ice, it&rsquo;s like having a fourth forward out there,&rdquo; said Coach Vic Stasiuk in referring to Godfrey.Another Bastien candidate for All Star honors is veteran goaltender Hank Bassen. &ldquo;There hasn&rsquo;t been a better goaltender in the league during the second half of the season. He&rsquo;s playing the best hockey of his career,&rdquo; added the personable Bastien. It is true that Bassen has been outstanding since recovering from a knee injury suffered early in January. During the month of February Bassen allowed 36 goals in 12 games for an even 3.00 goals against average. Not until he returned to form did the Hornets show some resemblance to the strong Pittsburgh team of last year.In a move aimed at perking up the offense a bit, the Hornets have recalled forward Norm Beaudin from Memphis of the Central League. In 54 games at Memphis Beaudin scored 41 goals to lead the circuit in that department. The 23-year-old right wing played the final 16 games of the regular schedule with the Hornets last season and was a key man in the championship drive as he tallied six goals and added nine assists down the stretch. He also scored a goal and had five assists in five playoff games. &#9632;

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Hornets Tout Goegan, Godfrey For AHL All-Star Selections

<h2>Fri., Feb. 26 BUFFALO 2 AT ROCHESTER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07145/2416564-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="554" height="632"></div><h2>QUEBEC 4 AT BALTIMORE 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08127/2416557-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="553" height="758"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 5 AT CLEVELAND 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09109/2416550-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="551" height="755"></div><h2>HERSHEY 4 AT PROVIDENCE 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1097/2416543-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="544" height="804"></div><h2>Sat., Feb. 27 BUFFALO 2 AT CLEVELAND 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1189/2416536-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="554" height="658"></div><h2>HERSHEY 2 AT SPRINGFIELD 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1272/2416529-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="553" height="579"></div><h2>BALTIMORE 2 AT PITTSBURGH 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1361/2416522-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="550" height="615"></div><h2>SPRINGFIELD 2 AT ROCHESTER 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1455/2416515-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="552" height="778"></div><h2>Sun., Feb. 28 BALTIMORE 3 AT BUFFALO 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1549/2416508-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="550" height="683"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 5 AT PROVIDENCE 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1641/2416501-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="548" height="707"></div><h2>HERSHEY 1 AT QUEBEC 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1732/2416494-1-eng-US/f0012-172.jpg" title="f0012-17" width="550" height="370"></div><h2>Tues., Mar. 2 HERSHEY 3 AT QUEBEC 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1828/2416487-1-eng-US/f0012-182.jpg" title="f0012-18" width="558" height="638"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 3 AT BALTIMORE 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1924/2416480-1-eng-US/f0012-192.jpg" title="f0012-19" width="552" height="723"></div><h2>Wed., Mar. 3 SPRINGFIELD 1 AT PITTSBURGH 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2021/2416473-1-eng-US/f0012-202.jpg" title="f0012-20" width="552" height="530"></div> &#9632;

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American Hockey League Summaries

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04294/2416411-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg"></div>WALLY NORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKSWALLY POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETS<h2>How AHL Teams Rate</h2>OVERALL WON AND LOST RECORD FOR THE SEASON (Including Games of Sunday, Feb. 28)<h3>HOME GAMES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05211/2416404-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="570" height="382"></div><h3>AWAY GAMES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06169/2416397-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="540" height="380"></div><h2>Point Race</h2>(Including games of Sun., Mar. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02518/2416390-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="558" height="566"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03401/2416383-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="555" height="267"></div><h3>PENALTY LEADERS</h3>Most Penalized Player: Fred Glover, Cleveland, 194 mts.Most Penalized Team: Providence, 881 mts.<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Tues., Mar. 9)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01601/2416376-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="556" height="166"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02557/2416369-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="551" height="138"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto, 2. Montreal, 3. Chicago, 4. Detroit, 5. New York, 6. Boston, x-Independent.)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Mar. 2Cleveland 3 at Baltimore 7Hershey 3 at Quebec 4Wed., Mar. 3Providence 2 at Buffalo 6Springfield 1 at Pittsburgh 3Fri., Mar. 5Providence 5 at Rochester 13Pittsburgh 1 at Springfield 7Sat, Mar. 6Buffalo 1 at Baltimore 5Providence 2 at Hershey 8Rochester 5 at Pittsburgh 2Cleveland 2 at Springfield 3Sun., Mar. 7Pittsburgh 1 at Buffalo 1Baltimore 6 at Providence 3Cleveland 3 at Quebec 2Springfield 2 at Rochester 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues., Mar. 9Pittsburgh at BaltimoreCleveland at QuebecWed., Mar. 10Hershey at BuffaloSpringfield at PittsburghFri., Mar. 12Providence at BaltimoreSat., Mar. 13Buffalo at HersheyCleveland at PittsburghProvidence at SpringfieldSun., Mar. 14Hershey at BaltimoreCleveland at BuffaloSpringfield at ProvidencePittsburgh at Rochester &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;Hockey owners are like anybody else these days&mdash;they like to find bargains.Well, if he as available in the June draft, Duane Rupp of the Rochester Americans has to be the bargain of the year.But a word of warning to anyone interested in him&mdash;he may demand a clause in his contract calling for overtime pay at time and a half for 196566.The effective Amerk defenseman keeps signing for 72-game seasons, but for the third straight campaign he&rsquo;ll play more than that number of regular-season contests.Rupp, deserving of All-Star recognition but who probably won&rsquo;t attract as many votes as he should, will play 71 games with Rochester this season, barring injury. And he had a two-game stint with Toronto recently&mdash;giving him 73 games for the season.Last year he skated in 61 outings with Baltimore before coming to the Amerks for the final 15 games&mdash;a total of 76 games for Baltimore and two for New York&mdash;a total of 78.Yes, Duane Rupp is a real bargain. In addition to his steady, heady play on defense, he&rsquo;d be available to play full schedules in both the NHL and AHL, if schedules could be so arranged that the teams weren&rsquo;t playing on the same night. &#9632;

Duane Rupp ‘Iron Man’ For Amerks

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE TAYLOR</div>BALTIMORE, Md.Goalie Jacques Plante&rsquo;s surprise request to finish the season with the Baltimore Clippers suggests the sixtime Vezina Trophy winner has designs on surgery here at the conclusion of the playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03518/2416619-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="273" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Boisvert</figcaption></div>It was while Plante was assigned to Baltimore from New York at the outset of the season that he became friends with Clipper team physician, Ross Pierpont. Although Pierpont did not recommend an operation on Plante&rsquo;s ailing knee at that time, new plans are being studied for surgery this Spring.Before arrangements were completed for Plante to return here, the controversial netminder made a special trip to Baltimore to confer with Dr. Pierpont.Bert Olmstead, who was with Plante at the time New York officials offered him the chance to play in Baltimore again, admitted the French Canadian was willing to be reassigned to the Clippers.However, before the arrival of Plante, Baltimore&rsquo;s goal-tending was on the upswing. Matters had begun to improve after Gilles Boisvert was given a chance to play regularly. At one stage, Boisvert carried the Clippers through nine straight undefeated games.The string was broken by the Bisons in Buffalo by a 5-3 score only after Boisvert&rsquo;s ability was hampered by a pinched nerve in his neck.CLIPPER CLIPS&mdash;Defenseman Bob Plager caused the Baltimore brass a frantic evening when he failed to show up for a game against the Cleveland Barons in Baltimore&hellip;Burly Bob&rsquo;s disappearing act had Clipper officials pressing phone calls to Guelph, Ont., Toronto and Buffalo, all in vain&hellip;It wasn&rsquo;t until mid-way through the game that the &ldquo;hunt&rdquo; was called off&hellip;Plager&rsquo;s problem started following a Clipper game in Buffalo two days previously&hellip;He was given permission to travel with teammate Dave Richardson to Toronto to settle a personal business matter instead of returning with the chartered Baltimore plane&hellip;However, while Richardson was settling his affairs in Toronto, Plager made a short hop to Guelph, the town in which he played his junior hockey&hellip;But, when he failed to meet up with Richardson again, Dave was forced to return to Baltimore alone&hellip;Richardson reported to Coach Johnny Crawford that Plager had complained of not feeling well on the trip, but could offer no information regarding his whereabouts&hellip;It was not until midway through the game that Crawford received a telegram from Plager in Guelph, stating he was stricken with flu and would fly to Baltimore the following day&hellip;It was a break for Plager that Baltimore won the game, 7-3. &#9632;

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Plante Requested Clipper Assignment To Pave Way For Post-Season Surgery

<div class="byline">BY BUSTER CLEGG</div>PROVIDENCE, R. I.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05396/2416650-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="263" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Ranieri</figcaption></div>There&rsquo;s an old saying in sports that &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t keep a good man down!&rdquo; That&rsquo;s the way it is with George Ranieri, a fellow who won&rsquo;t let injury win out.For the second time within a calendar year, the R. I. Reds&rsquo; forward recently bounced back from a severe head injury that doctors thought might end his career.Ranieri, of course, is that same fellow who courageously fought back last year after having received a near fatal head injury that eventually required delicate brain surgery.Doctors marveled at his recovery last summer and were surprised further when George announced his intentions to play hockey again.George&rsquo;s comeback this season has been highly successful, successful at least until the start of February when he sustained another head injury. Struck over the head by an opponent&rsquo;s stick in a game at Cleveland, Ranieri received a seven-stitch cut through the protective helmet he now wears and a resulting concussion.Though doctors deemed the injury only a mild concussion, in view of last year&rsquo;s mishap they ordered George to the sidelines until he could be examined more closely.After a series of precautionary examinations which lasted about two weeks, doctors became convinced George was OK, and again Ranieri bounced back.While ordered to rest, the 29-year-old Ranieri had resumed skating almost right away after his recent accident, as he put it, &ldquo;Just to be ready when they say I can play!&rdquo;,Ranieri is now in his fifth full season with the Reds. Despite his injuries, he&rsquo;s managed 13 goals and 17 assists thus far in the American Hockey League this season. &#9632;

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Ranieri Shows Courage Makes Second Comeback

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06337/2416712-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="272" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Glover</figcaption></div>Sweeping changes in the personnel of the Cleveland Barons are a &ldquo;must before another American Hockey League season rolls pointless at this time to speculate as to just which players these changes may involve.Much will depend on the continuation of the working arrangement with the Montreal Canadiens and on who, if it is continued, the Canadiens will dispatch to Cleveland next fall.With the exception of the brothers Glover, Fred and Howie, who have teamed together exceptionally well since Howie joined the Barons late in the season, the door is wide open for changes.At least three of the Montreal chattels seem deserving of another look, based on their performance this season.Joe Szura, at this writing, has 29 goals for his best season in the AHL.Bob Courcy, profiting from Szura&rsquo;s absence from the lineup because of a knee injury, became the first Baron to sink 30 goals in what, also, is his best season in the league.Doug Senior, while used sparingly throughout the season, has scored 16 goals, putting him ahead of such established performers as Ron Attwell, Bob Ellett and Gordon Wilkie, even though he has seen far less service.Senior stepped in for Szura when the latter was injured and sparked the club to two straight wins over Buffalo and Providence, Senior tallying the winning goal against the Reds after 38 seconds of the overtime period.Senior&rsquo;s play enabled Szura&rsquo;s line to keep up its goal average, even though Szura was sidelined. Working with Courcy and Bob Ellett, whose scoring has picked up, Senior fitted in well as a playmaker and continued to prove that he knows what to do with a puck in front of the enemy&rsquo;s net. &#9632;

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Cleveland Planning Big Changes

Before you say SCOTCH say&rdquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo;&nbsp;it never varies<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Tues., Mar. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01597/2416757-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="555" height="232"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto, 5. New York, 6. Boston).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Mar. 3Seattle 0 at Portland 5Thurs., Mar. 4San Francisco 2 at Los Angeles 5Fri., Mar. 5Portland 5 at Vancouver 3Sat., Mar. 6Los Angeles 2 at San Francisco 1Vancouver 3 at Seattle 4Portland 4 at Victoria 3Sun., Mar. 7San Francisco 5 at Seattle 7Victoria 1 at Vancouver 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues., Mar. 9San Francisco at VictoriaWed., Mar. 10Victoria at Los AngelesSan Francisco at PortlandFri., Mar. 12Victoria at Los AngelesSeattle at VancouverSat., Mar. 13Victoria at San FranciscoVancouver at PortlandLos Angeles at SeattleSun., Mar. 14Victoria at San FranciscoPortland at SeattleLos Angeles at Vancouver<h2>WHL Point Race</h2>(Including-games of Sun., Feb. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1185/2416750-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="557" height="583"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1276/2416743-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="555" height="355"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>SEATTLE, Wash.The Western Hockey League pennant race shows every sign of going down to the wire. As this is written, Seattle had re covered from a slump after holding the league lead most of the season to move back within two points of Portland, with both having played the same number of games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02496/2416788-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="238" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body">Keith Allen</figcaption></div>An equally hot race is developing for the fourth and last playoff place, with San Francisco coming on with its usual rush to move ahead of Victoria by a point and within two points of third-place Vancouver. However, Victoria had three more games to play than San Francisco and two more than Vancouver.The tail-enders have just risen up to upset the pressured leaders. After winning the first four of five games of an eight-game road swing, Seattle was beaten 1-0 in Los Angeles and 4-3 in San Francisco and had to move into Portland for a game.Portland had to contend with a four-game road swing and after winning in San Francisco, the Buckaroos lost 7-4 and 4-2 in San Francisco and 6-3 in Los Angeles. The last-place Los Angeles club, although falling out of contention for the playoffs in going winless through 11 straight games, showed signs of playing spoilers by snapping to life with a pair of wins.By the time this reaches print, the clubs will be headed into the last two weeks of the campaign. The pennant could be decided on the final weekend, March 27-28, when Portland plays at Seattle on Saturday night, then returns home to face Seattle on Sunday night.Prior to that, Seattle faces two road games at San Francisco and one at Los Angeles before returning home to host Victoria and Vancouver, while Portland has away games at Los Angeles and Vancouver and two home games with Vancouver and one with LA.Portland, which finished second to Denver (now Victoria) last season, won the Southern half of a two-division league two seasons back, and previously won a one-division flag in 1939. Seattle, which missed the playoffs by finishing fifth last season, won the Coast half of a two-division race in 1959 and previously won a one-division flag in 1938.It has been a long drought. Portland last won the playoffs in 1961 and Seattle in 1959, so that lies ahead.Having played two more ties than Seattle, Portland stood 10 games over .500 and Seattle eight games over at this point. While Portland stood strong in all statistical departments, it is a curious fact that Seattle was the league&rsquo;s best defensively and worst offensively. Its 165-150 goal spread over the opposition was quite slender in proportion to its place in the race. Seattle&rsquo;s 150 goals are the fewest in the league. Next-weakest LA has nine more, while high-scoring San Francisco has 45 more. &ldquo;This year, we&rsquo;ve been playing the more conservative Portland game,&rdquo; coach Keith Allen admitted.&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t planned, but it worked out that way. We&rsquo;ve usually been a free-wheeling team, but fellows who have always scored, haven&rsquo;t been scoring, we began to forecheck a lot, to think defensively, it&rsquo;s worked out and we&rsquo;ve stuck with it. But it&rsquo;s been a suffering season, an ulcer season. Almost every game is close.&rdquo;Seattle has played 26 one-goal games, winning 15 and losing 11. They have had nine overtimes, winning, losing and tying three each. Goalie Jimmy McLeod leads the league by far with five shutouts. &#9632;

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Portland, Seattle Staging Stretch Battle

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THE HOCKEY NEWS

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><h2>Fielder Admits This Is The End</h2>The greatest Western League, in fact the greatest minor league hockey player in history, Guyle Fielder, says this is his last season. The little 33-year-old pivot who has scored an incredible 400 goals, 1,100 assists and 1,500 points in 14 years as a pro insists this is more than the usual late-season retirement of a pro veteran. While Seattle is a strong second in the standings and Guyle is first in points, he has only 11 goals scored and is headed for his lowest total ever. He seemed depressed and disgusted as he spoke: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m pretty sure this is it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t enjoyed this season at all. I&rsquo;ve taken a terrible beating. Look at my left arm. I can&rsquo;t even straighten it out. It&rsquo;s so sore I can&rsquo;t even touch it.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01573/2416944-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="270" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyle Fielder</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The officiating has been lousy. I&rsquo;m a marked man. I&rsquo;m sick and tired of being pushed around, of having sticks broken over my arm, of having every foul in the book committed on me and not having them called. What&rsquo;s the sense of having rules if the officials are so lax they don&rsquo;t enforce them?&rdquo; Who needs this?&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always had the trouble of passing off a little too much, of passing up my good shots, but this year it&rsquo;s been worse than ever. I seem to have lost my confidence around the net, which is a terrible thing to admit at my age. I feel like I haven&rsquo;t helped the team, not as much as I should have. This is the lowest scoring good team I&rsquo;ve ever been on, but it&rsquo;s a good team. We have a good chance to win the pennant and we&rsquo;ll have a chance to win the playoffs. I&rsquo;d like to go out on a winner, of course.&ldquo;This season hasn&rsquo;t been any fun for me. I&rsquo;m sore all over and very tired. Something&rsquo;s gone out of me. I weigh 165 pounds. I&rsquo;m a little small for the slam-bang game that&rsquo;s played today. At my age, it&rsquo;s about time I got smart and quit. I don&rsquo;t have an off-season job lined up, but I have a few irons in the fire. If something works out that could mean a good future, that will definitely make up my mind for me.&rdquo; He holds the league scoring record of 122 points, he has led the league in scoring seven seasons, he has been a first all-star seven times and most valuable player five times.<h2>Laycoe Brands Madigan &lsquo;Hatchet Man&rsquo;</h2>Most of the coaches and players in the league have been very outspoken with criticism of this season&rsquo;s officiating. The new system of rotating a larger number of officials between the majors and the minors has not won favor. &ldquo;The more officials you have, the less consistency you get,&rdquo; says Portland coach Hal Laycoe. &ldquo;Most important, the short visits these officials make to each city has seemed to make them less conscientious. They know they won&rsquo;t be back for a long time, so they don&rsquo;t care what they call. And with the officials&rsquo; office in Boston instead of the West, we can&rsquo;t keep calling long-distance to complain.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02514/2416937-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="260" height="403"><figcaption class="caption-body">Connie Madigan</figcaption></div>Lately, Laycoe has been particularly incensed at key penalties called on players like Andy Hebenton who have a history of seldom if ever committing infractions. It didn&rsquo;t help when he had to settle for a 3-3 tie in Vancouver when one of his players was whistled down on a breakaway and the whistle turned out to be in a fan&rsquo;s hands in the stands&hellip;Seattle&rsquo;s Coach Keith Allen who is hopeful Fielder will change his mind and not retire, sympathizes with Guyle and Laycoe. &ldquo;The officiating has not been good, no question of it,&rdquo; he says.Laycoe&rsquo;s temper wasn&rsquo;t helped by a series in San Francisco. After beating Portland 7-4, Seal coach Bud Poile, whose team has been racked by injuries, charged Laycoe with using Connie Madigan as a &ldquo;hatchet-man.&rdquo; Poile said, &ldquo;He knew the game was lost, so he sends Madigan in to work our guys over, knowing full well another major injury would just about kill our chances of making the playoffs. In winning the playoffs the last two years, we&rsquo;ve knocked Portland out both times and he doesn&rsquo;t want us back in.&rdquo;<h2>Hebenton Most Gentlemanly Player</h2>Laycoe snapped back, &ldquo;There is absolutely no justification for Poile&rsquo;s statements. Hockey is too big for statements like that. I don&rsquo;t understand men like Poile and I don&rsquo;t want to dignify him by bothering to answer at length. I will say this, he sure put Madigan on a spot. What if he had accidentally injured someone?&rdquo; Madigan did not a few nights later in San Francisco, but there was a lively fight as San Francisco won 4-2. Larry Leach of Portland and Jean Picard of San Francisco tangled in the penalty box, both benches emptied and the fans joined the brawl. Players climbed a screen to get at the fans, the screen collapsed, they did get at them and several fans got their skulls whacked with sticks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03436/2416930-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="239" height="403"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Hebenton</figcaption></div>In Los Angeles, referee Bill Papp fined Seattle&rsquo;s Larry Zeidel, suspended five games recently for spitting at Papp. Zeidel was called for six minor penalties, one of which cost his team a 1-0 loss. He was called for untied shoe laces, for having an untidy uniform and for having bloodshot eyes, as well as for a few things The Rock volunteered as usual. The next night, Papp kept the sizzling, heart-stopping penalty-minutes race close by calling Howie Young of LA for four minors and a 10-minute misconduct, but Portland lost anyway, 6-3. LA came to life in the two upset wins, skating hard and checking hard for 120 minutes. &ldquo;The results merely show that some of the Blades have been dogging it before,&rdquo; said a peevish coach Alf Pike.On the other end of the penalty ledger, Portland&rsquo;s Hebenton should be a shoo-in for the Fred Hume &ldquo;Most Gentlemanly Player&rdquo; trophy with 55 points and only six minutes in three minor penalties. There are other gentlemen in the league, but no one can come close to these figures. Andy also leads the league with 11 power-play goals, scored when a foe was less than a gentleman. &#9632;

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Western Ad Lib

GALT, Ont.Galt Hornets&rsquo; goalie, Dave Dryden, a unan imous choice for two straight seasons, is the only repeater from last year on the 1964-65 senior hockey all-star team,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04333/2416975-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="280" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gus Mortson</figcaption></div>Dryden, a unanimous choice last year, was just as overwhelming a ballot favorite this term. He drew 60 votes from managers, coaches, sports writers and radio men around the five-team circuit. Dryden also was named the league&rsquo;s most valuable player and winner of the Dave Pinkney Trophy.The pennant-winning Guelph Regals dominated the first team, filling three of the eight spots. Defenseman Elmer Skov led the blueline ballot and Joe Malo headed the poll at left wing. League scoring champion, Dave Luciuk, shared the right wing berth with Art Sullivan of Woodstock Athletics.Luciuk and Sullivan each drew 42 votes and had identical first place ballots, too&mdash;six each. Five votes were given for a first team choice and three for a second team selection by the 15 selectors. Voters were not allowed to ballot for players in their home city.Two playing coaches&mdash;defenseman Gus Mortson of Oakville Oaks and center Ted Power of Woodstock&mdash;completed the first team. Mortson was a double winner who was also selected coach of the year.&ldquo;Boat&rdquo; Hurley of Regals, winner of the Turofsky Trophy as the goalie with the best average, made the second team. Two Woodstock defense veterans, Rio Caron and Byrle Klinck, join him. Caron, a first team pick last year, missed that distinction by one point this year while Klinck gained the second team for the second straight season.Two Galt Hornet forwards, center Joe Hogan and left winger Earl Balfour join the Sulli-van-Luciuk duo on the second line. It&rsquo;s the first senior allstar recognition for both men. Hogan finished five points behind Power and Balfour is playing his first senior season after a lengthy pro career.Ivan Tennant of Galt was named as second team eoach, shading Power by one point. Tennant was named first team leader last year.The complete all-star vote follows:Goal: Dryden, Galt, 60; Hurley, Guelph, 36; Zimmerman, Welland, 21; Bennett, Oakville, 3.Defense: Skov, Guelph, 53; Mortson, Oakville, 41; Caron, Woodstock, 40; Klinck, Woodstock, 25; Davidson, Welland, 22; Pryce, Oakville, 17; Tennant, Galt, 14; Keeling, Guelph, 10; Balkwell, Welland, 6; Hartig, Woodstock, 3; Carroll, Guelph, 3; Sampson, Woodstock, 3; Whaley, Galt 3.Center: Power, Woodstock, 36; Hogan, Galt, 31; McGregor, Guelph, 21; Hymers, Oakville, 16; Millar, Welland, 11; Hay, Guelph, 5.R. Wing: Luciuk, Guelph, 42; Sullivan, Woodstock, 42; Balfour, Galt, 13; Montague, Welland, 6; Sanko, Guelph, 5; Bishop, Oakville, 3; Galand, Oakville, 3; McIntyre, Guelph, 3; Wilson, Woodstock, 3.L. Wing: Malo, Guelph, 42; Balfour, Galt, 31; McIntyre, Guelph, 11; Bishop, Oakville, 8; Montague, Welland, 6; Stringle, Woodstock, 6; Wilson, Woodstock, 6; Ford, Oakville, 5; Hay, Guelph, 5.Coach: Mortson. Oakville, 54; Tennant, Galt, 25; Power, Woodstock, 24; McIntyre, Guelph, 17. &#9632;

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Mortson, Dryden Dominate Awards In Ontario Senior Hockey League

KITCHENER, Ont.&mdash;Sunday, Feb. 28 is a day Kitchener Rangers would like to forget.After defeating Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in the Forum the previous afternoon, the Rangers flew home, then travelled by bus to St. Catharines the following morning.On their way through a residential section of St. Catharines, the Kitchener bus was struck broadside by a car driven by 18-year-old Daniel O&rsquo;Connell of St. Catharines.The luggage compartment carrying the Rangers&rsquo; equipment was shattered, strewing skates, pads and sweaters over a one-block area.Fortunately only one player, Peter Brennan, was injured. Brennan suffered a minor cut to the forehead.Skates owned by Brennan and Billy Hway were so badly damaged that they had to borrow others from the Hawks. Oddly enough both Brennan and Hway scored a goal on the loaned blades. &#9632;

Day To Forget For Kitchener

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WORLD’S GREATEST

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div>OMAHA, Neb&mdash;Omaha Knights are proving to be a pressure club and once they reached the top spot of the Central Professional Hockey League playing-coach Bill McCreary commented &ldquo;Situation the way it should be. Remember we were the champions season and we want to show that we can make a successful defence of our laurels.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03270/2417162-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="280" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Bauman</figcaption></div>The Knights also look at the game as money players and the winners of the playoffs will be richer by $1,500 per man and they believe moving into the extra income bracket will be welcome.Knights have been shuffling lineups all season due to the calls from help from the parent Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League and Quebec, another Montreal farm club in the American League.Rookie Gary Bauman has settled down in goal and recorded his first shutout Feb. 26 before the home fans wielding the whitewash brush over St. Louis Braves, 4-0.Knights lost forward Keith Wright for the season late in February when he suffered a torn knee cartilage in a practice session. In 55 games, he had scored 21 goals and drawn 14 assists and on five occasions had sunk the winning tally.Ron Naud and Germain Gagnon returned to the Knights after travelling to Quebec on loan but Andre Boudrias was staying longer with the AHL club.Serge Savard, a defenseman for the OHA Junior A Canadiens, returned to Montreal after playing two games in a pro tryout and Ted Lanyon left for Cleveland after filling in when Noel Picard was promoted to the National Hockey League Canadiens.ST. PAUL&mdash;Coach Fred Shere of the Rangers avers, &ldquo;The race is not over by any means and we&rsquo;re giving out with a good run for it. We could take it all and our club certainly has the desire.&rdquo;Forced to move the Auditorium to the Aldrich arena, Shere noted, &ldquo;Our gang loves Aldrich and the contours of the rink and we&rsquo;ll turn it on down there in our stretch drive.&rdquo;Marc Dufour, the 22-year-old St. Paul winger, leading the CPHL scoring parade, was called up on weekend loan to the New York Rangers but was quickly returned to St. Paul.MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;The Bruins are taking a quick look at amateur players in the Winnipeg, Man. area just in case they run into injuries in their drive for first place.Bill Heindl, top ranking senior player, Ken Sucharski of the Braves and scoring leader of the Manitoba junior loop and Jerry Mazur and Barry Merrill of the same junior club may make a quick trip to Minneapolis for a pro tryout.Ron Boehm, injured in midJanuary returned to action and is expected to bolster the offense.Jean Paul Parise and Pete Panagabko continue to lead the way as the top point-getters on the club.TULSA&mdash;The Oilers have already passed 100,000 in attendance and are bidding for 135.000 over their 35 home games while fighting to grab top spot in the standing.George &ldquo;Punch&rdquo; Imlach, manager-coach of the parent Toronto Maple Leafs of the N.H.L., paid a quick visit to see the club in action but the Minneapolis Bruins threw a 3-0 shutout at the Oilers on Tulsa ice.Imlach believed that the Oilers need more practice time and arrangements will have to be made with the Civic Center officials.MEMPHIS&mdash;Memphis Wings, still within hailing distance of a playoff berth, had high hopes as manager-coach Eddie Bush believed that the club was finally hitting full stride.Ron Harris was shifted from defense to right wing for a couple of games and was impressive.Norm Beaudin kept up his sniping pace caging 40 tallies in 53 games as the C.P.H.L.&rsquo;s top goal-getter but he was assigned by Detroit to Pittsburgh Hornets, still in contention in the American League.ST. LOUIS&mdash;&ldquo;We are still in there and although playoff hopes are dimmed, we&rsquo;ll be spoilers,&rdquo; said St. Louis Braves&rsquo; managercoach Gus Kyle as he looked over his club after the record only showed 12 victories in 56 games.&ldquo;Just one of those seasons when everything in the line of injury hit us but the players all have learned a great deal about how tough it is to win in pro hockey,&rdquo; said Kyle. &#9632;

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Omaha Knights Holding Lead In Title Defense

TULSA, Okla.Tulsa Oilers, in their first season in the Central Professional Hockey League, reached the 100,000 mark in fan attendance after 27 games.As a special prize the 100,000th fan, Mr. Lou Lopez of Tulsa was awarded a prize consisting of a trip for him and his wife with the Oilers to St. Louis and return for a C.P.H.L. contest.Oilers&rsquo; general manager Ray Miron is aiming for an attendance figure of 135,000 for the Oilers 35 home games at their Civic Center Arena. &#9632;

Tulsa’s Home Crowds Reach 100,000 Mark

<h2>Sun., Feb. 21 ST. LOUIS 4 AT MINNEAPOLIS 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04221/2417245-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="541" height="795"></div><h2>ST. PAUL 4 AT MEMPHIS 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05159/2417238-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="539" height="661"></div><h2>Wed., Feb. 24 MEMPHIS 5 AT MINNEAPOLIS 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06127/2417231-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="543" height="664"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 2 AT ST. PAUL 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07115/2417224-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="542" height="522"></div><h2>Fri., Feb. 26 ST. LOUIS 0 AT OMAHA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08105/2417217-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="540" height="551"></div> &#9632;

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Central League Summaries

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0989/2417276-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg"></div>ATTACH PRESENT LABEL HEREIf you&rsquo;re moving, please let us know as soon as Pos5 &lsquo;ble. Place address label here and print your new address below together with the date the change should take effect.Subscription Dept.,Hockey News,P.O. Box 248,Montreal, Que. &#9632;

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Change Of Address Coupon

Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Wed., Mar. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01417/2417131-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="544" height="256"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto. 2. Montreal, 3. Chicago, 4. Detroit. 5. New York, 6. Boston).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Mar. 2St. Paul 2 at Memphis 5Wed., Mar. 3St. Paul 7 at St. Louis 5Fri., Mar. 5Omaha 0 at Minneapolis 4St. Louis 4 at Memphis 6St. Paul 5 at Tulsa 3Sat., Mar. 6Memphis 0 at St. Louis 3Minneapolis 2 at Omaha 6St. Paul 3 at Tulsa 9Sun., Mar. 7Omaha 2 at Minneapolis 4St. Paul 3 at Memphis 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed., Mar. 10Memphis at St. PaulThurs., Mar. 11St. Louis at TulsaFri., Mar. 12St. Paul at MinneapolisOmaha at St. LouisSat., Mar. 13Minneapolis at St. PaulTulsa at St. LouisMemphis at OmahaSun., Mar. 14St. Louis at MemphisOmaha at Tulsa<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including games of Sun., Feb. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02347/2417124-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="546" height="449"></div><h2>How They Stand</h2><h3>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h3>FINAL STANDINGS NORTHERN DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01337/2417117-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="559" height="179"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02290/2417110-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="556" height="206"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto. 4. Detroit. 5. New York. 6. Boston).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Mar. 2Long Island 3 at New Jersey 2Charlotte 2 at Jacksonville 6Nashville 3 at Greensboro 1Wed., Mar. 3Knoxville 5 at Johnstown 6New Jersey 6 at New Haven 11Long Island 1 at Clinton 4Fri., Mar. 5Charlotte 1 at New Jersey 5New York 0 at Long Island 4Nashville 7 at Jacksonville 3Greensboro 0 at Knoxville 7<h2>Hockey Races</h2>MARITIME SENIOR LEAGUE<h3>FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03232/2417103-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="550" height="131"></div>(New Glasgow leads best-of-nine final series 2-0)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thurs., Mar. 4Moncton 4 at New Glasgow 7Sat., Mar. 6New Glasgow 5 at Moncton 1<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04178/2417096-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="554" height="131"></div>(Moncton wins best-of-nine semifinal series 5-2)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sat., Feb. 20Moncton 6, Halifax 5Sun., Feb. 21Halifax 7, Moncton 3Tues., Feb. 23Moncton 5, Halifax 4Thurs., Feb. 25Halifax 4, Moncton 1Fri., Feb. 26Moncton 7, Halifax 3Sun., Feb. 28Moncton 7, Halifax 5Tues., Mar. 2Moncton 4, Halifax 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05139/2417089-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="554" height="156"></div>(New Glasgow wins best-of-nine semi-final series 5-1)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sat., Feb. 20New Glasgow 10, Windsor-Dartmouth 4Sun., Feb. 21Windsor-Dartmouth 4, New Glasgow 2Tues. Feb. 23New Glasgow 5, Windsor-Dartmouth 4Thurs., Feb. 25New Glasgow 4, Windsor-Dartmouth 3Sat., Feb. 27New Glasgow 8, Windsor-Dartmouth 1Sun., Feb. 28New Glasgow 4, Windsor-Dartmouth 3<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2><h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06118/2417082-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="551" height="128"></div>(Oakville winst best-of-seven semifinals 4-2)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sat., Mar. 6Oakville 3 at Galt 2Sun., Mar. 7Galt 5 at Oakville 6<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07109/2417075-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="550" height="128"></div>(Guelph leads best-of-seven semifinals, 3-2).<h2>ALBERTA JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>FINAL STANDINGS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0882/2417068-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="555" height="156"></div><h2>How They Stand</h2><h3>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Tues., Mar. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01343/2417061-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="566" height="236"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 2. Montreal. 3. Chicago. 6. Boston.)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Mar. 2Port Huron 3 at Fort Wayne 2Muskegon 7 at Dayton 2Fri., Mar. 5Muskegon 3 at Port Huron 7Fort Wayne 3 at Toledo 0Dayton 1 at Des Moines 5Sat., Mar. 6Fort Wayne 5 at Muskegon 2Port Huron 9 at Toledo 1Dayton 6 at Des Moines 5Sun., Mar. 7Muskegon 3 at Fort Wayne 8Toledo 2 at Port Huron 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues., Mar. 9Muskegon at Des MoinesWed., Mar. 10Toledo at Fort WayneThurs., Mar. 11Port Huron at MuskegonFri., Mar. 12Fort Wayne at ToledoSat., Mar. 13Fort Wayne at Muskegon Dayton at ToledoPort Huron at Des MoinesSun., Mar. 14Port Huron at Des MoinesMuskegon at Fort Wayne<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including games of Sun., Feb. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02257/2417054-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="558" height="280"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div>CHARLOTTE, N.C.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0971/2417307-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="255" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm DeFelice</figcaption></div>The Charlotte Checkers and Knoxville Knights are victims of broken ankle injuries that puts a damper on their chances of advancing too far in the Eastern Hockey League playoffs.The mishaps to Ray Crew, 250-pound Knoxville defenseman, and to Moe Savard, Charlotte center, came in the waning phase of the season. To make matters worse, neither club could replace their ailing men because the playoff rosters already had been submitted prior to the injuries.Crew suffered a hairline fracture of his ankle when hit by a puck off the stick of Jim Jago at Clinton. Doctors report that the fracture isn&rsquo;t bad as it&rsquo;s only a small bone. So coach Don Labelle says, &ldquo;there is a slight possibility that Ray might try to come back for the playoffs.&rdquo;Crew, who had rejuvenated the club&rsquo;s defense when he joined the club late in the year, is convalescing at his home near New Haven since suffering the injury Feb. 20. His absence will put extra pressure on Ray DuPont, Eddie Burr and Labelle in the playoffs.Savard suffered his injury the same night as Crew, but his mishap took place at Greensboro, when he collided with Don Carter and fell heavily into the boards. He was carried off the ice on a stretcher to seriously dent the club&rsquo;s hopes of finishing in the second slot in the South.NEW HAVEN: Jackie Leclair fined club a day&rsquo;s pay for inept play versus New York. Tony Goegan&rsquo;s bout with the Rovers&rsquo; John McMillan consisted of Tony hitting his foe with four shots to the head and then pulling John&rsquo;s sweater over his neck. Don Bamburk had 4-goaler against Knoxville and veteran John Sherban had hat trick. Goalie Leo Facette sent to Moncton and Blades hope to get player in return next year. Blades wound up 1-35 on the road.LONG ISLAND: Ed Stankiewicz and Don Nolin suffering eye injuries. Charlotte fans amazed that Nolin plays with spectacles. John Brophy bothered by groin injury. Ducks had rhubarb at Charlotte over timeclock. Wayne Kitchen won overtime game for Ducks for second time this year. Ducks made only two roster changes all year, adding Ron Hergott and making a goalie trade. Jim Armstrong had 55 saves at Greensboro.JERSEY: Wayne Caufield and New Haven&rsquo;s Ray Clearwater had a &ldquo;do&rdquo; that ignited a general free for all. Arlie Parker and Butch McLean suffered knee mishaps on eve of playoffs. Ed Babiuk&rsquo;s first shutout came over Knoxville and was his first anywhere since 1961-62 at Calgary. Rudy Filion had a couple of hat tricks in final weeks. Pat Kelly honored with trophies and gifts for exploits here.JOHNSTOWN: Club&rsquo;s winning streak halted at nine by Clinton. So skein tied mark set by two previous Jet teams. Dick Roberge honored here. His chances for scoring crown faded when Garry Sharp sizzled for Greensboro. Gordie Matheson working way into condition after being railroad conductor. Roberge near Ken Laufman&rsquo;s club mark of 128 points.GREENSBORO: Garry Sharp&rsquo;s seventh hat trick helped him break club record for goals with 63, topping standard held by Bobby Boucher and himself. Sharp also surpassed his own club mark of 121 points. Doug Carpenter bothered by bad knee and Mike Draper used on defense. Ron Spong aims to go to Canada after season closes to seek some defensemen for next season.CLINTON: Comets never thought their two ties would cost them overall EHL crown. Club will split playoff games between here and Utica. Orval Tessier was shooting for 120-point mark. Jim Jago, Northern Division rookie of year. Pete Babando and Hec Lalande were hopeful of reaching century total. Norm Defelice was interviewed on nationwide radio show after his 15 shutouts. He has 50 for career plus 4 in playoffs.NEW YORK: Rovers felt they were equal of any club at season&rsquo;s end and moaned poor start. Captain Clare Wakshinski had hat trick at New Haven. He and Bob LeDuc in close battle for club scoring crown. Club drew well in games at Norfolk, Conn. Club won most road games at Long Island and lost most home games to Ducks.KNOXVILLE: Defenseman Ray DuPont Southern Division rookie of year. Club shut out twice on northern trip. Eddie Burr bothered back injury. Knights failed to score against Clinton&rsquo;s Norm DeFelice in their two games. Crew&rsquo;s broken ankle makes two Knights sidelined as Gil Champagne is out with broken leg. Jack Martin led Nashville scoring last year and topped Knights this year.CHARLOTTE: Checkers sent Bob Duncan to Jacksonville to play out the season. Defenseman Bill Dobbyn acquired from Iowa semi-pro team at Waterloo to fill gaps caused by injuries and hit two goals in one game. Loss streak at Greenboro grew to 20. Claude Ouimet back after suffering concussion in auto accident.JACKSONVILLE: Rockets had 10-game losing streak going into final week. Bob Duncan doing well but must be returned to Charlotte at season&rsquo;s end. He had been out since October with knee injury. Rockets unable to beat Charlotte all year until final week. Emory Sampson dropped to make room for Duncan.NASHVILLE: Flo Pilote&rsquo;s bruised leg is better for the playoffs. Ted McCaskill topped Jack Martin&rsquo;s club scoring mark. Joe Zorica has good shot at 100 point mark. Flyers topped record of 101 points set by Charlotte in 1956. Decision on site of second playoff series not decided. &#9632;

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Injuries Hit Charlotte, Knoxville For Playoffs; Jago, DuPont Selected Division Rookies Of Year

<h2>NORTHERN DIVISION</h2><h3>Semi-Finals Series &lsquo;A&rsquo;</h3>Johnstown vs. Clinton (Best-of-Five Series)Wed. March 10&mdash;Johnstown at ClintonFri. March 12&mdash;Clinton at JohnstownSat. March 13&mdash;Johnstown at ClintonSun. March 14&mdash;Clinton at Johnstown (if necessary)Wed. March 17&mdash;Johnstown at Clinton (At Utica, N.Y., if necessary)<h3>Semi-Finals Series &lsquo;B&rsquo;</h3>New Jersey vs. Long Island (Best-of-Five Series)Wed. March 10&mdash;New Jersey at Long IslandFri. March 12&mdash;Long Island at New JerseySat. March 13&mdash;New Jersey at Long IslandSun. March 14&mdash;Long Island at New Jersey (if necessary)Wed. March 17&mdash;New Jersey at Long Island (if necessary)<h2>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h2><h3>Semi-Finals Series &lsquo;A&rsquo;</h3>Nashville vs. Charlotte (Best-of-Five Series)Tue. March 9&mdash;Nashville at CharlotteThn. March 11&mdash;Charlotte at NashvilleFri. March 12&mdash;Charlotte at NashvilleTue. March 16&mdash;Nashville at Charlotte (if necessary)Wed. March 17&mdash;Charlotte at Nashville (if necessary)<h3>Semi-Finals Series &lsquo;B&rsquo;</h3>Knoxville vs. Greensboro (Best-of-Five Series)Mon. March 8&mdash;Knoxville at GreensboroThu. March 11&mdash;Greensboro at KnoxvilleSat. March 13&mdash;Greensboro at KnoxvilleTue. March 16&mdash;Knoxville at Greensboro (if necessary)Wed. March 17&mdash;Knoxville at Greensboro (if necessary) &#9632;

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HOCKEY

<div class="byline">BY GREG DOUGLAS</div>SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.North Bay Trappers and the Sau1t Greyhounds dominated things during the regular NOHA Junior A&rsquo; season but with semifinal playoffs underway the scene has suddenlychanged.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03168/2417393-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="295" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Randy Prior</figcaption></div>Trappers, first-place finishers with 52 points, were heavy favorites to eliminate Red McCarthy&rsquo;s Espanola Eagles but actually trailed the Eagles 2-1 in their best-of-seven series.North Bay scored a come-from-behind victory over the Eagles in the opener when Len Burman snapped a 3-3 tie midway through the third period.Back in Espanola the following Sunday, Danny Mick sparked the Eagles to a 5-2 verdict with a pair of goals and an assist. The Eagles won 7-5 in the third game on Espanola ice before the series moved to North Bay again.Garson Native Sons, who finished the regular season in fourth place, have already served notice to the Greyhounds they shouldn&rsquo;t be taken for granted.Greyhounds whomped the visitors from Garson-Falconbridge 10-5 Friday but found themselves trailing 5-0 at the close of the second period Sunday. Garson went on to win that one 7-4 before a packed house in the Sault.Pete Handley, the NOHA&rsquo;s statistician, released final standings and scoring figures. Center Marty Reynolds made a shambles of the individual point parade with 113 points in 39 games. He scored 39 goals and 74 assists.Randy Prior, meanwhile, Reynolds&rsquo; linemate on the right side, won the goal-scoring championship with a whopping 63 goals. The former record in the NOHA Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; circuit was 50, set by Sudbury&rsquo;s Bob Leduc last year.Greyhounds&rsquo; goaltender Bill &#9632;

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Espanola Battling Trappers

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div>DES MOINES, IA.&mdash;With seven home games remaining on their schedule, the Oak Leafs had already surpassed their attendance total for last year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04125/2417424-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="294" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Merv Dubchak</figcaption></div>Two back to &ndash; back games with Fort Wayne, bringing out crowds of 3,382 and 4,364, the latter being capacity, swelled the season total to 96,687, compared to 95,084 last year. The Leafs brought their game average to 3,451.Despite the pleasing figures, the Oak Leaf management was unhappy regarding the schedule arrangements in the IHL and announced that it would demand certain revisions next year. The Leafs want more Saturday night dates.They had nine this season. The Saturday night dates are apportioned according to seniority. Muskegon had 20, Fort Wayne 16, Toledo 14, Port Huron eight and Dayton, newest member, none.Owen Fleming, president of the Leafs, said, &ldquo;We are going to do our utmost to get this seniority business changed.&rdquo;FORT WAYNE&mdash;After splitting at Des Moines, the Komets were exactly even with the Leafs over the season, 6-6-1&hellip;They played the entire 60 minutes of the second game without a penalty and had five periods without a minor&hellip;Merv Dubchak boosted his goals total to 37&hellip;MUSKEGON&mdash;Bryan McLay had a hat trick against Dayton&hellip;The Zephyrs had won only three in 14 meetings with Toledo this season and only five in two seasons&hellip;Joe Kastelic needed only seven goals to pass Eddie Long&rsquo;s career total of 443&hellip;TOLEDO&mdash;Moe Morisette had the hat trick in the first period against Muskegon&hellip;Rookie Bobby Thomas had eight goals in three games with the Zephyrs&hellip;The Blades, away for two weeks, returned to crowds of 2,404 and 2,956.PORT HURON&mdash;Lloyd Maxfield had the hat trick in a 9-5 win over Dayton&hellip;Ken Gribbons passed his highest goal output in the IHL with his 37th goal&hellip;Billy LeCaine scored his 33rd.DAYTON&mdash;The Gems had 86,820 for 29 home games. Three Sunday afternoon games drew 14,238&hellip;They won seven straight at home, including two from leading Port Huron. &#9632;

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Des Moines Seeking Lucrative Saturday Games; Kastelic Sets Sights On Long’s 443-Goal Mark

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0592/2417455-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg"></div>Wherever good fun and good fellowship mingle, GOLD STRIPE is very much at home. For with GOLD STRIPE your pleasure lingers&hellip;you enjoy honest-to-goodness rye flavour right to the bottom of the glass! If you prefer a quality Canadian Rye Whisky with character you&rsquo;re definitely a GOLD STRIPE type. Try it the next time you buy. We promise GOLD STRIPE will please you two ways&mdash;with its quality and its price.Adams GOLD STRIPE CANADIAN RYE WHISKY &#9632;

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Are you a Gold Stripe type?

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Toronto Marlboros and Niagara Falls Flyers were the big favorites to wind up the Ontario Junior Hockey Asssociation playoff round playing for the title.The Flyers ended the season last weekend in first place and will square off against the Oshawa Generals in an all-Boston farm club quarter&mdash;final playoff. The Marlboros were second at the conclusion of the 56-game schedule and have drawn the Montreal Canadiens, who were fifth. The St. Catharines Black Hawks grabbed the sixth and final playoff berth in the final week of play and won the dubious honor of facing the strong Peterborough Petes in the quarterfinals.The quarter-final round will all be contested in a best-of-seven playdown with the winner of the TorontoMontreal series opposing the survivor of the St. Catharines-Peterborough round in the semi-finals. The winner of the Niagara Falls-Oshawa series will get a bye into the OHA finals.Both the Marlboros and Flyers warmed up for the first playoff action by walloping the inept Canadiens in their final two league games of the schedule. Although they finished 10 points apart in the standings, the Marlies emerged as the league&rsquo;s highest scoring team with 259 goals.Meanwhile, the well-balanced league has produced a general increase in attendance.Niagara Falls Flyers have averaged close to 3,000, Toronto Marlboros 7,000 in Maple Leaf Gardens, Peterborough 2,800, Oshawa 3,700 since moving into their new building. St. Catharines 2,000, Kitchener 1,800 and even last place Hamilton has kept fairly solvent with crowds in the 1,500 neighborhood.The only disappointment is in Montreal where opposition from Sunday television of NHL games has cut the junior crowds down to the 1,000 mark.<h2>How They Stand</h2><h3>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</h3>FINAL STANDINGS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01320/2417486-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="553" height="316"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto, 2. Montreal, 3. Chicago, 4. Detroit, 5. New York, 6. Boston.)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Mar. 2Montreal 3 at Oshawa 5Toronto 1 at St. Catharines 5Hamilton 1 at Peterborough 8Thurs., Mar. 4Niagara Falls 5 at Peterborough 4Montreal 7 at Hamilton 3Fri., Mar. 5Hamilton 1 at Niagara Falls 5St. Catharines 5 at Kitchener 3Sat., Mar. 6Toronto 4 at Montreal 1St. Catharines 4 at Oshawa 7Sun., Mar. 7Niagara Falls 5 at Montreal 2Oshawa 5 at Kitchener 6Hamilton 6 at Toronto 5Peterborough 5 at St. Catharines 3 &#9632;

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Marlboros, Niagara Flyers Favorites To Gain OHA Finals As Playoffs Begin

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02268/2417517-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg"></div>SOLUTION IN NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S ISSUE<h2>ACROSS</h2>1. Pictured Chicago defenseman.7. Ex-Ranger now with Vancouver.8. Providence rearguard, first name Bob.11. Boards at&mdash;of rinks are usually lively.12. Ron Stewart buys a lot of these (sing.).14. Number of games Marc Dufour played with Rangers in 1963-64.16. Initials of 17 down.18. Players often&mdash;one another in the dressing rooms.19. Ralph Keller recently became one.21. Initials of a Canadien forward.22. Number of NHL teams Tommy Ivan coached.23. Initials of a Pittsburgh Hornet.25. Position Gary Bergman played on Feb. 13.28. Initials of Ward of Seattle.29. Ex-veteran of the Cleveland Barons.34. Chicago&rsquo;s Red Hay attended one.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. Given name of Woytowich, Boston prospect.2. Ex-NHL star, Dollard St. Laurent, hails from here.3. Detroit Olympia used to have pale green&mdash;.4. Pete Stemkowskl&rsquo;s brother sells these.5. Initials of player who wears No. 3 for New York.6. Dickie Moore&rsquo;s chief weak spots.9. Indefinite article.10. Initials of Smith of Springfield.13. Former Ranger captain.15. An AHL coach.17. Montreal rookie defenseman.19. McKenney of Toronto answers to this.20. Position played by Allan Stanley (abbr.).24. Westfall&rsquo;s given name.26. Eric Nesterenko&rsquo;s birthstone.27. Frank Mahovlich patrols one.29. 19th and 3rd letters of the alphabet.30. Preposition.31. Initials of Laprade, Byng Trophy winner of 1949-50.32. Initials of Ellett of Cleveland.33. Selenium (Sym).<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S SOLUTION</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Howell7. House8. May9. Twin11. Two13. Mathew16. Blue17. Ivan20. Cell21. News23. H.R.24. Pro.26. Nan28. Toledo32. Defense34. Les.35. T.T.36. Al.<h3>DOWN</h3>2. O.H.A.3. Woytowich4. E.U.5. L.S.6. Lean8. Mathen10. Ideal12. W.E.13. M.B.14. Albert15. TU18. Vernon19. N.L.21. N.P.22. Woods25. Left27. Noel29. Le.30. Det.31. G.L.33. S.A. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY FRED COLLINS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01162/2417548-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="509" height="1311"><figcaption class="caption-body">DR. W. J. (Bill) SCHADEK&hellip;Success At Silver Heights</figcaption></div>WINNIPEG, Man.Dr. W. J. (Bill) Schadek has patients and patience.Both, he agrees, are necessary.A dentist in neighboring St. James&mdash;he&rsquo;s affectionately known as &lsquo;Doc&rsquo; to hundreds of freckle-faced kids in the city on the western outskirts of Winnipeg&mdash;Dr. Schadek divides the winters between his practice and his love of hockey.It&rsquo;s time-consuming.&ldquo;Also rewarding,&rdquo; Dr. Schadek answers, flashing a toothy grin, an appropriate advertisement of his profession.&ldquo;I get a tremendous kick out of it,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Some people would rather curl or bowl, but to me, there&rsquo;s no greater recreation than involving myself with kid hockey.&rdquo;The first chapter of Doc&rsquo;s story at Silver Heights Community Club was penned in the early &lsquo;50s.&ldquo;I went to a club meeting,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;as an interested citizen of the community. At this particular meeting, no one appeared willing to stand for office.&ldquo;This apathy disturbed me. I stood up and said so.&rdquo;When he left to go home that evening, Dr. Schadek was president of the club.The second chapter was authored after his term as president. Doc was appointed the club&rsquo;s sports director. He served in this capacity until &lsquo;62.Honors and championships have dotted Doc&rsquo;s career with the kids.Just recently, he was presented with a suitably-engraved plaque of merit by the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association.According to Bill Addison, a MAHA executive, the plaque presented Dr. Schadek &ldquo;isn&rsquo;t distributed indiscriminately.&rdquo;Only three or four of these awards are made annually. And, if you bother counting all the executives, managers and coaches running minor hockey in the province, you&rsquo;ll have some idea of the significance of the award.Doc prefers not to talk about the plaque.He quickly switches the subject when approached by THE HOCKEY NEWS for his reaction about the award.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve enjoyed considerable success at Silver Heights,&rdquo; he says, changing the subject faster than he can make an extraction with his sterilized pliers.Success is an understatement, typical of Dr. Schadek.From playground &lsquo;C&rsquo; up, teams coached by Doc have won GWMHA tournaments and championships. Around St. James there are two signs of spring&mdash;the snow melts and Doc and his boys shoot another pennant to the top of the flag-pole at Silver Heights.Like the Yankees of baseball, Silver Heights dominates the tough Western Division of the GWMHA.There&rsquo;s little reason to expect their successes won&rsquo;t continue.This year, Doc bowed out of coaching the club&rsquo;s juvenile team and assumed the manager&rsquo;s job. The coaching reins were handed to Cliff Overton, whose son Doug is the second top scorer in the Manitoba Junior League.Doc isn&rsquo;t coaching&hellip;but the thrills are there just the same.&ldquo;Truthfully, I get more of a bang out of watching the kids than I do the juniors or the professionals on television.&rdquo;&ldquo;Working at this level gets hectic at times. That&rsquo;s where the patience enters into the picture. But it&rsquo;s all worth it.&rdquo;Mrs. Schadek shares her husband&rsquo;s interest in the game. She attends as often as possible. The couple has four children, two boys and two girls. One of the boys is playing bantam B while both girls are involved in speed-skating, a growing sport in this neck-of-the-woods.Dr. Schadek says his biggest hockey thrill was the passage of a Centennial Centre money bylaw in St. James. The complex will house a rink with seating accommodation for 1,400, an auditorium and swimming pool.Doc spent many hours with others, including Tom Killberry and Harold Murphy, to lay the groundwork for the Centre. The group conducted exhaustive surveys and presented briefs to various organizations in plugging for the Centre and the indoor rink.Doc&rsquo;s probably the one person in all of hockey who leaves the &ldquo;Biggest disappointment&rdquo; section of the questionnaire blank.&ldquo;About the closest thing to a disappointment,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;is that not all kids can play hockey. Getting 20 or 25 kids out to practice and then having to cut some of them for games breaks my heart as much as it does theirs.&rdquo;&ldquo;If it was possible, I&rsquo;d rather ice two teams of 12 or 13 boys each rather than have some lads sitting and watching instead of playing the game.&rdquo; &#9632;

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March 13, 1965

Leafs Likely To Finish Fourth; ‘But We’ll Win Cup,’ Says Imlach

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Bisons Fye Cup Playoffs May Recall Johns, Caron