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April 3, 1965

The Hockey News April 3, 1965

<p><b>Held at OLYMPIA STADIUM Detroit, Michigan &ldquo;Home of the Red Wings&rdquo;</b></p><p><b>Instructors:</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03449/2541878-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="245" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE HOWE</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04308/2541871-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="268" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ALEX DELVECCHIO</b></figcaption></div><p>Also:</p><p><b>Doug Barkley Carl Wetzel Eddie Bush Jimmy Peters Terry Sawchuk Sid Abel</b></p><p>FOUR 7-DAY SESSIONS</p><p>1. Aug. 9-15</p><p>9 thru 12 years</p><p>2. Aug. 16-22</p><p>13 thru 14 years</p><p>3. Aug. 23-29</p><p>15 thru 16 years</p><p>4. Aug. 30-Sept. 5</p><p>17 years & up</p><p><b>A FULL WEEK TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY BETTER HOCKEY</b></p><p><b>INCLUDING: 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.</b></p><h2>ADDED ATTRACTION</h2><p><b>Lectures and Instructional Films</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05199/2541864-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="513" height="867"></div><p><b>Howe and Delvecchio demonstrate techniques.</b></p><p><b>DIRECTORS: Sid Abel, Red Wings&rsquo; General Manager and Coach: Jim Skinner, Red Wings&rsquo; Chief Scout & Farm Director; John Mitchell, Activities Coordinator; Lincoin Cavalieri, Building Manager. Housing for out-of-towners at Y.M.C.A.</b></p><p>Classes Limited</p><p><b>WRITE FOR BROCHURE:</b></p><p><b>Red Wing Hockey School, 5920 Grand River, Detroit 8, Michigan.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

RED WING HOCKEY SCHOOL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04394/2542578-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg"></div><p><b>FINAL OVERALL WON AND LOST RECORDS THIS SEASON (Including Games Of Sunday, March 28)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05297/2542571-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="1111" height="302"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How Teams Rate In NHL

<p>NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Running true to form that stamped them as the &lsquo;team to beat&rsquo; at the conclusion of the regular Ontario Junior Hockey Association schedule, the Niagara Falls Flyers rode into the league finals by ousting Oshawa Generals in a six-game semi-final playoff.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01379/2543744-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="278" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Danny Lewicki</b></figcaption></div><p>The Flyers won the series 4-2 in the showdown between the two Boston junior farm clubs and now await the winner of the Peterborough-Marlboros semi-final series, which stood deadlocked after three games.</p><p>The Flyers, sparked by Brian Bradley&rsquo;s hat trick, finished the Generals off by a lop-sided 7-4 score in the sixth game of the series on Oshawa ice. Happy Emms&rsquo; league titleholders were hardly extended in the semifinal round but are expected to get the big test in the finals, likely against the Marlboros, favored to topple Peterborough.</p><p>Meanwhile, Hamilton Red Wings will have a new coach for the second year in a row when they open the 1965-66 season next October.</p><p>The position was declared vacant after a discussion between present coach Danny Lewicki and Jimmy Skinner, chief scout for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and general manager of the Hamilton club.</p><p>Lewicki relinquished the post because he declined to move to Hamilton from the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, as requested by Skinner. A new coach will not be named before June.</p><p>&ldquo;They feel the coach should live in Hamilton,&rdquo; said Lewicki. &ldquo;But it would be too big a gamble for me to move my family on a year-to-year basis.&rdquo;</p><p>Hamilton finished the 196465 season in last place, eight points out of the playoffs.</p><p>Skinner said, &ldquo;We have no complaints about Danny&rsquo;s work. He did the best he could with the available talent.&rdquo;</p><p>The Ontario Hockey Association announced winners of three trophies for the 1964-65 season, two of which went to top Junior League performers.</p><p>The Dave Pinkney Trophy to the leading goalie was awarded to Bernie Parent of Niagara Falls Flyers in the Junior A series. Pinkney was a former minor-league team manager and long-time executive member of the OHA.</p><p>The Eddie Powers Trophy, given to the league&rsquo;s leading scorer, was awarded to Ken Hodge of St. Catharines Black Hawks, also of the Junior A series. Powers, father of the former NHL referee, was a coach for many years in the OHA.</p><p>Vance Millar of Welland Burloaks in the OHA senior series was awarded the Andy Bellemer Trophy for giving his best and trying his hardest at all times. Bellemer was a former player and referee in the OHA.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Niagara Gains Title Final; Hamilton Plans New Coach

<p>(1) When the Toronto Maple Leafs sank to last place at the conclusion of the 1957-58 season it marked a most unpleasant milestone for the Leaf organization. Just what was significant about it?</p><p>(2) The members of the once famed and feared &ldquo;S&rdquo; Line are now deceased, but for old timers their exploits will long linger on. Name the players who comprised that once terrific threesome.</p><p>(3) Now for an easier one. The most penalized NHL player of 1962-63, sat out his ice sins for a total of 273 minutes during 64 regular games. He isn&rsquo;t in the league now, but he was a colorful fellow. Can you name him?</p><p>(4) The first Red Wing goaltender to win the Vezina Trophy was honoured by Detroit in 1963 and placed in the Wings Hall of Fame. Tell us his name.</p><p>(5) When it comes to collecting goals and assists; there&rsquo;s one big common bond between these past and present hockeyists&mdash;Charlie Conacher, Max Bentley, Sweeney Schriner, Gordie Howe and Dickie Moore. This is a tough one, but can; you guess what it is?</p><p>(6) Here&rsquo;s an odd one to cogitate. Ex-goaltenders, for some odd reason, never seem to get this particular hockey job. In fact, only one ever did, and that was Hughie Lehman way back in 1927-28. Just what is it that netminders don&rsquo;t do?</p><p>(7) In 1958-59, Ted Lindsay, then a Black Hawk, was not a threat for the scoring leadership, but he was No. 1 man in the league for something else. Exactly what was that?</p><p>(8) At the end of the 1958 59 season which club ended up in the NHL cellar? Was it:</p><p>Chicago Detroit Boston.</p><p>(9) In the fall of 1958, the Chicago Black Hawks sent their ex-captain to Detroit in exchange for three players. Can you recall the name of the veteran they gave up?</p><p>(10) In August, 1958, Ross &ldquo;Lefty&rdquo; Wilson became full trainer of the Red Wings, succeeding a man who had spent 30 years on the hockey staff.</p><p>Who was Wilson&rsquo;s predecessor?</p><p><b>(Answers Next Week)</b></p><h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Answers</h2><p>(1) Mikita (Chicago) Beliveau (Montreal) Bathgate (Toronto) Howe (Detroit) Oliver (Boston) Goyette (New York)</p><p>(2) Nova Scotia.</p><p>(3) Airline stewardesses.</p><p>(4) He played in the NHL for 20 seasons.</p><p>(5) Detroit.</p><p>(6) He was the AHL&rsquo;s leading scorer.</p><p>(7) The AHL&rsquo;s outstanding goaltender.</p><p>(8) The net.</p><p>(9) Beliveau.</p><p>(10) Ed Chadwick.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

HOCKEY…Quiz

<p>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Scoring 50 goals in a season isn&rsquo;t something that happens every day in professional hockey.</p><p>In fact over the years, the feat has been turned only three times in the National Hockey League and seven times in the American Hockey League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01450/2543944-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="303" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Len Lunde</b></figcaption></div><p>The latest to perform the feat is veteran winger Len Lunde of the Buffalo Bisons, who scored his 49th and 50th goals of the 1964-65 season during the AHL&rsquo;s windup weekend to join a select group of players who have managed to reach the plateau in the league&rsquo;s history.</p><p>Lunde is the sixth player to achieve the trick. Carl Liscombe had the distinction of scoring 50 goals in two different years while such notable AHL competitors as Paul Gladu, Sid Smith, Johnny Holota and Camille Henry did it once each.</p><p>Lunde emerged as the leading goal scorer of the 1964-65 season and his Buffalo linemate, Art Stratton, walked off with the individual point title. Stratton finished with 109 points to edge out Rochester&rsquo;s Bronco Horvath, who had 106 despite a closing-weekend splurge of 11 points. Lunde ended third with 96 points.</p><p>The Bisons, who boast the top scoring line in Stratton, Lunde and Pat Hannigan, will send their productive unit against the Pittsburgh Hornets in the start of the Calder Cup playoffs. The Bisons and Hornets meet in one quarterfinal series while Hershey and Baltimore clash in the other with the winner advancing to the Calder Cup finals against the survivor of the Quebec-Rochester semi-final series.</p><p>The Rochester Americans ended as the overall AHL champions beating the Quebec Aces out in points, a performance that has earmarked them as favorites to win the cup.</p><p>The Americans managed to shatter nearly a dozen marks this season as they finished 13-points ahead of the Bisons in the Western Division race.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02331/2543937-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1654" height="1046"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Detroit Red Wings are certain to count on this trio of hockey veterans for the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs. GORDIE HOWE, right, and NORM ULLMAN, centre, and PARKER MACDONALD are all experienced playoff performers. It was Howe and Ullman who led the Wings spectacular dash to the NHL title this season scoring a total of 43 goals between them in the second half of the schedule.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Len Lunde Turns Trick For Buffalo

<div class="byline">BY KEN MCKENZIE</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>The Detoit Red Wings, one of the National League&rsquo;s most formidable playoff teams, are heading into the post-season championship round with a full head or steam and a slightly different outlook than in other years.</p><p>This season, the surprising Red Wings will be the &lsquo;team to beat,&rsquo; a luxury not enjoyed by the Detroiters for almost a decade.</p><p>The Wings and Black Hawks will clash in episode three of their semi-final playoff story this season and Sid Abel&rsquo;s highflying crew, somewhat of a throwback to the great Red Wing teams of the 50&rsquo;s when the marauding Motor City crew brought back four Stanley Cups in a six-year period, are more powerful this year and the Black Hawks appear to have their work cut out to stop the new NHL champions.</p><p>The Wings and Hawks are meeting for the third straight year in the cup semi-finals just as the runner-up Montreal Canadiens and fourth-place Maple Leafs are doing. The Wings and Leafs both emerged as the winning teams in their previous two meetings and according to hockey observers, it could conceivably happen again this season.</p><p>While the Wings are looked upon as the playoff favorites, the Leafs&mdash;who will be shooting for their fourth successive cup&mdash;are classed as the &lsquo;sleeper&rsquo; team in the semi-final round. History has clearly shown that the Leafs are a vastly different hockey club once they put the greenbacks on the line in the playoffs.</p><p>Detroit, seeking its first Stanley Cup victory since, 1954-55, has appeared in 52 previous playoff series and has won 29 of them. The Wings boast the third highest number of playoff wins, 122, rank second in goals scored with 621 and have brought back the famed Stanley pewter seven times.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Black Hawks Face Big Test To Contain NHL Champions

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01604/2541588-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Wings received a pretty solid defensive performance this season from the likes of MARCEL PRONOVOST, left, and BILL GADSBY. Both were standouts. Pronovost, nearing 35, and Gadsby, 37, have played total of 34 years in NHL.</b></figcaption></div><p>DETROIT, Mich</p><p>It was the &lsquo;Good Old Days&rsquo; all over again for the new National Hockey League champion Red Wings.</p><p>They did things they hadn&rsquo;t done since the ripe years of 1949-57 when they ruled the National Hockey League with eight of nine league titles&mdash;seven straight, a mark never achieved before or since&mdash;and four Stanley Cups.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02577/2541581-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="255" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ron Murphy</b></figcaption></div><p>This, their most unexpected championship, is their first since 1957 and all kinds of omens pointed to it as the Wings rode roughshod over the rest of the league in the second half of the season led by Norm Ullman, Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio on offense and Roger Crozier in goal.</p><p>&ldquo;I wanted this so much for the players&mdash;they worked so hard for it and no one ever gave them a tumble,&rdquo; said overjoyed manager-coach Sid Abel. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just so proud of them.&rdquo;</p><p>In making their run, the Wings smashed the club attendance record by drawing more than 450,000 fans according to released figures.</p><p>They scored more goals than any Detroit team since 1952-53. Ullman popped in more than any one since Howe nailed 44 in 1956-57, they broke the club penalty record, broke the Detroit home ice victory streak (nine straight) and also shattered the NHL record of 13 set by Montreal at home in 1943-44.</p><p>Their play on the road resulted in more victories than any Detroit team Was able to manage since 1956-57 and they marked up the best home record since the 1956-57 unit, the most home victories since the 1954-55 crew.</p><p>And, the clubs that they matched or bettered all won the NHL championship.</p><p>In doing it, they gained outstanding performances from Ullman, Howe and Delvecchio, the defense, Marcel Pronovost and Bill Gadsby and extremely adroit support from the rest of the club with Bruce MacGregor and Ron Murphy also contributing 20-goal seasons and Ted Lindsay making an immeasurable contribution both on the ice and in spirit&hellip;plus getting 14 goals.</p><p>Ullman, bidding for All-Star and Hart Trophy recognition, hit the 20-goal mark for the second half of the season by scoring 15 goals in an 11-game stretch that included two hat tricks, the sixth and seventh of his career.</p><p>Howe also fired 20 goals in the second half and but for a 12-game goal drought in the first half, probably would have made the first All-Star team again. As it was, Howe had a respectable 29 points in the first half.</p><p>It was Howe, with his first hat trick in four years, who eliminated Chicago from both pennant and runner up contention on the second last Sunday of the season, pacing the Wings to a 5-1 victory and setting up Ullman for what proved to be the winning goal.</p><p>The victory was particularly pleasing to Abel since the Wings tightened up defensively after yielding nine goals in two freewheeling affairs with Boston, a 10-3 victory, and New York, a 6-6 tie.</p><h2>Season Records</h2><p>Here&rsquo;s how the playoff teams fared during the regular NHL season just completed:</p><h3>DETROIT VS CHICAGO Overall</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03489/2541574-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="540" height="83"></div><h3>On Detroit Ice</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04357/2541567-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="544" height="80"></div><h3>On Chicago Ice</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05250/2541560-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="547" height="82"></div><h3>MONTREAL VS TORONTO Overall</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06159/2541553-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="548" height="83"></div><h3>On Montreal Ice</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0789/2541546-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="547" height="78"></div><h3>On Toronto Ice</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0853/2541539-1-eng-US/f0002-082.jpg" title="f0002-08" width="552" height="82"></div><h2>STANLEY CUP DATES</h2><h3>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h3><p><b>DETROIT VS. CHICAGO</b></p><p>Thursday, April 1, Chicago at Detroit.</p><p>Sunday, April 4, Chicago at Detroit.</p><p>Tuesday, April 6, Detroit at Chicago.</p><p>Thursday, April 8, Detroit at Chicago.</p><p>Sunday, April 11, Chicago at Detroit (if necessary).</p><p>Tuesday, April 13, Detroit at Chicago (if necessary).</p><p>Thursday, April 15, Chicago at Detroit (if necessary).</p><h3>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</h3><p><b>MONTREAL VS. TORONTO</b></p><p>Thursday, April 1, Toronto at Montreal.</p><p>Saturday, April 3, Toronto at Montreal.</p><p>Tuesday, April 6, Montreal at Toronto.</p><p>Thursday, April 8, Montreal at Toronto.</p><p>Saturday, April 10, Toronto at Montreal (if necessary).</p><p>Tuesday, April 13, Montreal at Toronto (if necessary).</p><p>Thursday, April 15, Toronto at Montreal (if necessary).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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‘No One Gave Them A Tumble’—Abel; Club Breaks Half Dozen NHL Records

<h2>DETROIT REGULARS</h2><h3>Goal</h3><p>Roger Crozier</p><h3>Defense</h3><p>Bill Gadsby</p><p>Marcel Pronovost</p><p>Doug Barkley</p><p>Gary Bergman</p><p>Al Langlois</p><h3>Forwards</h3><p>Gordie Howe</p><p>Norm Ullman</p><p>Alex Delvecchio</p><p>Pit Martin</p><p>Larry Jeffrey</p><p>Parker MacDonald</p><p>Paul Henderson</p><p>Bruce MacGregor</p><p>Eddie Joyal</p><p>Vai Fonteyne</p><p>Ted Lindsay</p><p>Ron Murphy</p><p>Floyd Smith</p><h2>STANDBYS</h2><h3>Goal</h3><p>Hank Bassen</p><p>George Gardner</p><h3>Defense</h3><p>Autry Erickson</p><p>Warren Godfrey</p><p>Pete Goegan</p><p>Ron Harris</p><p>Bob Wall</p><p>Jim Watson</p><h3>Forwards</h3><p>Norm Beaudin</p><p>Bob Dillabough</p><p>Murray Hall</p><p>Lowell MacDonald</p><p>Butch Paul</p><p>Irv Spencer</p><h2>MONTREAL REGULARS</h2><h3>Goal</h3><p>Charlie Hodge</p><p>Gump Worsley</p><h3>Defense</h3><p>J. C. Tremblay</p><p>Jacques Laperriere</p><p>Terry Harper</p><p>Jean-Guy Talbot</p><p>Noel Picard</p><p>Ted Harris</p><h3>Forwards</h3><p>Ralph Backstrom</p><p>John Ferguson</p><p>Claude Larose</p><p>Jean Beliveau</p><p>Henri Richard</p><p>Claude Provost</p><p>Dick Duff</p><p>Bobby Rousseau</p><p>Jim Roberts</p><p>Yvan Cournoyer</p><p>Gilles Tremblay</p><p>Gary Peters</p><p>Dave Balon</p><h2>STANDBYS</h2><h3>Goal</h3><p>Ernie Wakely</p><h2>Defense</h2><p>Jean Gauthier</p><p>Bryan Watson</p><h3>Forwards</h3><p>Red Berenson</p><p>Bob Courcy</p><p>Norm Dennis</p><p>Germain Gagnon</p><p>Keith McCreary</p><p>Leon Rochefort</p><p>Len Ronson</p><p>Joe Szura</p><h2>TORONTO REGULARS</h2><h3>Goal</h3><p>Johnny Bower</p><p>Terry Sawchuk</p><h3>Defense</h3><p>Bobby Baun</p><p>Tim Horton</p><p>Carl Brewer</p><p>Allan Stanley</p><p>Kent Douglas</p><h3>Forwards</h3><p>Andy Bathgate</p><p>Don McKenney</p><p>Dave Keon</p><p>Red Kelly</p><p>Frank Mahovlich</p><p>Ron Stewart</p><p>Eddie Shack</p><p>George Armstrong</p><p>Peter Stemkowski</p><p>Ron Ellis</p><p>Bob Pulford</p><p>Dickie Moore</p><h2>STANDBYS</h2><h3>Goal</h3><p>Gerry Cheevers</p><h3>Defense</h3><p>Al Arbour</p><p>Larry Hillman</p><p>Marc Reaume</p><p>Duane Rupp</p><h3>Forwards</h3><p>Wally Boyer</p><p>Andre Champagne</p><p>Gerry Ehman</p><p>Nick Harbaruk</p><p>Billy Harris</p><p>Larry Keenan</p><p>Jim Pappin</p><p>Brit Selby</p><p>Mike Walton</p><h2>CHICAGO REGULARS</h2><h3>Goal</h3><p>Glenn Hall</p><p>Denis DeJordy</p><h3>Defense</h3><p>Pierre Pilote</p><p>Elmer Vasko</p><p>Al MacNeil</p><p>Doug Jarrett</p><p>Matt Ravlich</p><h3>Forwards</h3><p>Doug Mohns</p><p>Bobby Hull</p><p>Stan Mikita</p><p>Fred Stanfield</p><p>Dennis Hull</p><p>Chico Maki</p><p>Phil Esposito</p><p>John McKenzie</p><p>Bill Hay</p><p>Kenny Wharram</p><p>Camille Henry</p><p>Eric Nesterenko</p><h2>STANDBYS</h2><h3><b>Goal</b></h3><p>Jack McCartan</p><h3>Defense</h3><p>Paul Popeil</p><p>Don Johns</p><p>John Miszuk</p><p>Ed Van Impe</p><h3>Forwards</h3><p>Alain Caron</p><p>Ray Cullen</p><p>Oscar Gaudet</p><p>Len Lunde</p><p>Jerry Melnyk</p><p>Jack Stanfield</p><p>Art Stratton<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Stanley Cup Playoff Eligibles

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Hockey fans aren&rsquo;t usually swayed by past performances and as the result THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; 18th annual all star teams have a decided &lsquo;new look&rsquo; this season.</p><p>The results of the annual poll conducted among the fans showed only two players returning to the first team from last season. Left wing Bobby Hull and defenseman Pierre Pilote, both of the Chicago Black Hawks, emerged as the sole repeaters.</p><p>Two other &lsquo;first team&rsquo; selections of last year, center Stan Mikita of the Hawks and Toronto defenseman Tim Horton, were chosen on this year&rsquo;s second &lsquo;dream team.&rsquo; Goalie Glenn Hall of Chicago and Kenny Wharram, also of the Hawks, were completely snubbed by the voters.</p><p>Unlike last season when the Hawks missed by one in recording an all-star sweep by placing five on the first team, this year&rsquo;s squad has two members each among the Hawks, Red Wings and Canadiens. Chicago and Montreal led in the overall voting placing three players each on the two teams.</p><p>Selected by the fans to the first team were Roger Crozier of Detroit in goal; Pilote and Jacques Laperriere of Montreal, defense; Norm Ullman of the Wings at center, Hull at left wing and Claude Provost, also of Montreal, at right wing.</p><p>Picked to the second team were Charlie Hodge of Canadiens in goal; Ted Green of Boston and Horton, defense; Stan Mikita at center; Frank Mahovlich of Toronto, left wing, and Rod Gilbert of Rangers, right wing.</p><p>Crozier, the brilliant young-netminder of the Red Wings who missed the Vezina Trophy on the final day of the schedule. grabbed the rookie award over Toronto&rsquo;s Ron Ellis to complete an all-star poll &lsquo;double.&rsquo; Laperriere was picked by the fans last season. Hull, the colorful Black Hawk, who scored only two goals in his last 20 games because of gimpy knees, remained the popular favorite of the fans who selected him as the most valuable player of the year mostly on his phenomenal 32-goal first half performance.</p><p>While Pilote and Hull were the only first-team repeaters, four of the second team members were chosen last year. Mikita and Horton were on the 1963-64 first team while Hodge was second team goalkeeper last year and Mahovlich the left winger.</p><p>Missing from this year&rsquo;s all star teams were such popular hockey names with the fans as Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, and Glenn Hall.</p><p>Crozier enjoyed the distinction of compiling the most points from the fans&rsquo; ballots receiving a record 18,412 points, some 3,000 more than last year&rsquo;s leader, Hull, who led the 1963-64 balloting with 15,185.</p><p>The blond Black Hawk bomber wasn&rsquo;t far behind this season, however, collecting 16,180 to place second to Crozier.</p><p>Crozier easily beat out Hodge for the netminding position with the Canadiens&rsquo; puck stopper garnering 7,450 points.</p><p>The closest fan voting was concentrated around the defensemain where Pilotte polled 11,503 points and Laperriere 11,445 to barely beat out Green, the Bruins&rsquo; strong boy who has swept up in an unprecedented heavy Boston area vote to collect 10,368 for the second team, Horton received 5,154 points.</p><p>Ullman and Mikita waged a tense two-man struggle for the center berth with Ullman managing to win out with 12,762. Mikita got 12,630.</p><p>Provost was the first-team right wing choice with 13,884 points as compared to Gilbert&rsquo;s 9,539. Howe was a close third. Hull took left wing by a landslide with his 16,180 points. Mahovlich received the fewest all-star points, 3,063 to make second team left wing.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01606/2541657-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="563" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PIERRE PILOTE Chicago&hellip;Defense</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02490/2541650-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="487" height="569"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACQUES LAPERRIERE Montreal&hellip;Defense</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03326/2541643-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1074" height="1733"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ROGER CROZIER&hellip;First Team Goal, MVP</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hull, Pilote Only Repeaters On First Team; Crozier Sweeps Goaling Honors, MVP Award

<h2><b>FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM</b></h2><p><b>Goal&mdash;ROGER CROZIER,</b> Detroit Red Wings</p><p><b>*Defense&mdash;PIERRE PILOTE,</b> Chicago Black Hawks</p><p><b>Defense&mdash;JACQUES LAPERRIERE,</b> Montreal Canadiens</p><p><b>Center&mdash;NORM ULLMAN,</b> Detroit Red Wings</p><p><b>R. Wing&mdash;CLAUDE PROVOST,</b> Montreal Canadiens</p><p><b>*L. Wing&mdash;BOBBY HULL,</b> Chicago Black Hawks</p><h2>SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM</h2><p><b>*Goal&mdash;CHARLIE HODGE,</b> Montreal Canadiens</p><p><b>Defense&mdash;TED GREEN,</b> Boston Bruins</p><p><b>*Defense&mdash;TIM HORTON,</b> Toronto Maple Leafs</p><p><b>*Center&mdash;STAN MIKITA,</b> Chicago Black Hawks</p><p><b>R. Wing&mdash;ROD GILBERT,</b> New York Rangers</p><p><b>*L. Wing&mdash;FRANK MAHOVLICH,</b> Toronto Maple Leafs</p><h2><b>MOST VALUABLE PLAYER</b></h2><p><b>BOBBY HULL,</b> Chicago Black Hawks</p><h2><b>OUTSTANDING ROOKIE</b></h2><p><b>ROGER CROZIER,</b> Detroit Red Wings</p><p>(*&mdash;Repeaters From Last Year&rsquo;s Teams)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04199/2541702-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="477" height="647"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOBBY HULL Chicago&hellip;Left Wing</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05124/2541695-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="476" height="629"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>NORM ULLMAN Detroit&hellip;Center</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0683/2541688-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="438" height="651"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CLAUDE PROVOST Montreal&hellip;Right Wing</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0756/2541733-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>F</span>or the Second Year the National Hockey League has compiled a book on every Stanley Cup record since 1927. It&rsquo;s called the STANLEY CUP RECORD and STATISTICAL BOOK and it&rsquo;s a veritable gold mine of information. It&rsquo;s a book that every red-hot hockey fan will want a copy of and it sells for only 50 cents.</b></p><p><b>This fact-filled book contains such information as: Complete Stanley Cup records of every player active in pro hockey today&hellip;List of players who have scored 30 or more points in Stanley Cup action&hellip;List of players with 100 or more minutes in penalties in Stanley Cup play&hellip;Personnel on every Stanley Cup winner since the Cup was first presented&hellip;Who holds the records for Most Goals, Most Assists, Fastest goals&hellip;Also, who scored the Fastest Goal, Fastest Two Goals, Fastest Three Goals, etc.&hellip;Complete breakdown on how clubs fared against each other in playoff play over the years.</b></p><p><b>All information in this STANLEY CUP RECORD and STATISTICAL BOOK was compiled from the OFFICIAL N.H.L. GAME REPORTS&hellip;</b></p><p>LIMITED SUPPLY&hellip;DON&rsquo;T DELAY&hellip;</p><p>ORDER TODAY</p><p>.50 cents per copy<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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STANLEY CUP RECORD BOOK

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.</p><p>Billy Reay has spent the last week hard at work putting the finishing touches on a remodelling job designed to get his Black Hawk machine ready for a respectable playoff race.</p><p>The task hasn&rsquo;t been simple. Billy&rsquo;s Hawks were badly out of kilter in the final weeks of the season when they dropped out of the title chase to settle into third place after two seasons as second place finishers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01668/2541771-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="253" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Phil Esposito</b></figcaption></div><p>Defensive leaks developed at crucial times and the machine was incapable of producing key goals.</p><p>Reay&rsquo;s main task was to get all of the parts back into working order. With this in mind, he and Manager Tommy Ivan held Eric Nesterenko out of four of the team&rsquo;s final five, games and had Bobby Hull watch the final two contests from the stands.</p><p>Nester was sidelined by a pulled hamstring muscle while Hull suffered a mild re-injury to the left knee which plagued him during the final two months of the season.</p><p>&ldquo;We have to get our lines straightened away before anything else can be accomplished,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;For weeks now, the only line we&rsquo;ve had intact was Stan Mikita, Doug Mohns, and Kenny Wharram. I want to have Bobby sound when he goes back with Phil Esposito and Chico Maki, and Nester has to be healthy when he re-joins Freddie Stanfield and Camille Henry.&rdquo;</p><p>If Reay&rsquo;s lines work out as he hopes, Red Hay will spend the playoffs as a penalty killer and spare forward, a role in which Bill has been trying to cast the big redhead without success for weeks.</p><p>&ldquo;I know how I want to use Red but I just can&rsquo;t seem to work it out,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;I want him available for penalties and power plays,</p><p>&ldquo;And I want to have him ready to spell Henry now and then so Camille can be stronger for power plays, too. But every time I get ready to use Hay that way, another guy goes out of the lineup with an injury.&rdquo;</p><p>Hay even found himself playing left defense one night late in a losing effort against the Red Wings. Elmer Vasko had spent a frustrating night trying to fend off the onslaught of the roaring Detroiters and Reay, in what must have been a gesture of disdain for the big Moose&rsquo;s performance, put Hay out in his place for a couple of shifts.</p><p>Hull&rsquo;s soundness would be important in any playoff series, but his healthy presence in this one appears essential. Without him, Phil Esposito, who made several valuable contributions to the cause early in the season while playing with the then hard-driving and dangerous Bobby, has done little since Bobby&rsquo;s decline.</p><p>With Bobby taking most of the defensive heat, Phil was left alone to perform his rather spectacular stick-handling and shooting tricks.</p><p>But the big youngster apparently hasn&rsquo;t, as yet, acquired the aggressiveness needed to lead a line.</p><p>Esposito&rsquo;s checking has got him in trouble several times lately and he still hasn&rsquo;t mastered the art of getting the big faceoffs, a part of the game at which Hull excells.</p><p>Reay plans to have Goalie Glenn Hall rested for the postseason test. The 33-year-old netminder went into last year&rsquo;s first round after handling his chores in every game during the crucial stretch drive which the Hawks&rsquo; lost and he simply wasn&rsquo;t at his best as the Hawks bowed to the Red Wings in seven games.</p><p>With last year in mind, Reay elected to start Denis DeJordy several times late this year in an effort to have Glenn fresh for the Hawks&rsquo; efforts to redeem themselves in the playoffs.</p><p>&ldquo;Glenn&rsquo;s play has proven to me that he does better with occasional rest periods,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;And he doesn&rsquo;t need practice to get sharp for games, either. He can walk into training camp on the first day and perform as though he&rsquo;d been practicing all summer.&rdquo;</p><p>Stan Mikita would have bene-fitted by a late season rest and Reay would have granted it after the Hawks&rsquo; third place doom was sealed except for the fact that Stan was being pressed by Detroit&rsquo;s Norm Ullman in the scoring race.</p><p>&ldquo;Tough as he is, Stan really isn&rsquo;t too rugged,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;And because he&rsquo;s one of the great ones and an irksome guy to play against, every tough man in the league runs at him at every opportunity. It takes a lot out of him.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02619/2541764-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="478" height="652"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ERIC NESTERENKO&hellip;Rested For Playoffs</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Reay Striving To Restore Hawks’ Lines For Playoff Punch Against Red Wings

<p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Stan Mikita of the Black Hawks won the 1964-65 NHL scoring title again and is $1,500 richer as the result.</p><p>Mikita managed to stave off a tremendous stretch rush by Detroit&rsquo;s Norm Ullman to win the Art Ross Trophy and the prize money that goes with it. Mikita collected a total of 87 points including a record 59 assists.</p><p>Despite Mikita&rsquo;s overall win, Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe picked up the $500 swag as second-half scoring leader. Mikita scored 16 goals and had 31 assists for 47 points. Howe had 20 goals and 27 assists to tie the Hawks &lsquo;star but he got the nod because of his superior goal average. Mikita got $250 for being runner-up to Howe. Bobby Hull collected the $500 as first-half leader and Mikita $250 again as runner-up.</p><p>In the Vezina Trophy race the Leafs&rsquo; duo of Terry Saw-chuk and Johnny Bower beat out Detroit&rsquo;s Roger Crozier by two goals to take the award and the $1,000 prize money, which the two Toronto netminders agreed to split down the middle.</p><p>Bower won the laurels for the Leafs when he shut out Detroit 4-0 in the season finale as Crozier blew a two-goal lead and the Vezina with it. Sawchuk was officially declared the holder of the trophy because of the fact he played more games than Bower, 36 to 34, but Sawchuk said he would not accept the award unless both his name and Bower&rsquo;s appeared on the trophy.</p><p>An NHL spokesman said that the league will stick to its policy and inscribe only Saw-chuk&rsquo;s name on the Vezina Trophy.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Mikita Pockets $1,500 Prize As NHL Scorino Champion

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.</p><p>The New York Rangers recent trade in which the popular, goal scoring veteran left wing Camille Henry was shipped to Chicago, has created somewhat of a controversy in Gotham. This is especially so because it followed closely upon the transactions which sent away such popular favorites as Andy Bathgate, Dean Prentice and Gump Worsely.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01622/2541833-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="274" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Jennings</b></figcaption></div><p>Since much of this furor was synthetically created by scribes and sportscasters endeavouring to fill space and air time the easy way, we thought that a more detailed analyzation of the player shifts made by New York in their rebuilding efforts, was in order.</p><p>Therefore, we bearded Ranger President Bill Jennings and General Manager Emile &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Francis in their den, and popped the question. &ldquo;Just what did you have in mind when you cleaned house, and swapped off your established stars?&rdquo;</p><p>Jennings, who has been described as the New York Rangers quiet man, answered promptly, &ldquo;In a nutshell, we went after youth, size and depth.&rdquo;</p><p>The Blueshirt&rsquo;s President is a tall, handsome, slightly graying man whose fire shows through when he talks about his plans for the Broadway sextet. He and General Manager Francis are perhaps the most active of the New York management team, which also includes Chairman Irving Mitchell Felt and Vice-President Ed Ost.</p><p>&ldquo;Since Irv Felt and I brought Francis to New York, as Assistant General Manager just prior to the 1962-63 season, every move we have made has had these three aims in mind,&rdquo; continued Jennings. &ldquo;If you will note, we have made the playoffs just once in the last seven years&mdash;and then (1961-62) on the back of a magnificent effort by a 37-year-old defenseman, Doug Harvey. Something had to be done since we were not winning with Andy (Bathgate), Dean (Prentice) and Cammy (Henry).&rdquo;</p><p>This is true, as Ranger fans will attest. The faithful continue to pack Madison Square Garden, in record numbers, in spite of continual failures to even make fourth place and the playoffs. Some of these previous failings were being blamed on the new management, which just last November first elevated Francis to the post of general manager.</p><p>For this reason, we set the Fall of 1962 as a cut-off date in our scrutiny of the Rangers&rsquo; move. As mentioned previously, it was at this point that Francis joined the upper level management team.</p><p>New York had made the playoffs in 1962, thanks to Harvey, but with Doug out of shape and late reporting, they started poorly in 1962-63. By February it was obvious to all that the Blues were wandering aimlessly like a ship without a rudder. They needed center ice men, who could score&mdash;and set up their wings.</p><p>The answer seemed to be the Dean Prentice&mdash;Don McKenney trade with Boston, which was completed in February of 1963.</p><p>Francis commented, &ldquo;McKenney didn&rsquo;t work out, but his previous record as a goal scorer indicated that he would.&rdquo;</p><p>This is true as Don had reeled off six straight 20 goal or more seasons, as a center and wing man with the Bruins. Also, he was a year and half younger than Prentice, who this season has played only 31 games, before being sidelined with a bad back.</p><p>Jennings interposed at this point, &ldquo;You know, we used McKenney the next season in the Bathgate trade. Also don&rsquo;t forget that Don teamed with Vic Hadfield and Bathgate to form our best line during the latter stages of the 1962-63 season.&rdquo;</p><p>The next transaction pulled off by the Gotham front office was the whopping off-season deal with Montreal. In this one excluding minor leaguers, New York sent their long time goaltender, Gump Worsely, and an aggressive young wing man, Dave Balon, to Canadiens. In return they received the six-time Vezina Trophy winner Jacques Plante, as well as centers Donnie Marshall and Phil Goyette.</p><p>Jennings, who in the summer Lnds time to head the promotion of the $100,000 Thunderbird golf classic in suburban Westchester, said, &ldquo;We feel that Plante will play longer than Gump. He is much thinner and has the proper esprit de corps. He wants to play until he is 42 a la John Bower.&rdquo;</p><p>Francis cut in with, &ldquo;Plante is still one of the best. His knee will be fixed up in the off season and he&rsquo;ll be set. As to the trade, you will note that with centers Marshall and Goyette we solved our down the middle weakness.&rdquo;</p><p>This seems to be fair enough in that Goyette has had two good campaigns in New York. Last season he notched 65 points&mdash;and this term he has 46 points in spite of a couple of lengthy illnesses. Donnie Marshall had a poor first season with the Rangers, but has been a ringtailed wow this campaign&mdash;and is interchangeable at any forward position. Donnie is the Rangers&rsquo; MVP for 1964-65.</p><p>Summing up, this would seem to add up to a swap of two skating regulars for one (Balon), who has helped Canadiens considerably. In the goalie section of the swap Worsely has been with the Quebec AHL Aces most of the two years since the trade&mdash;and has not played nearly as often or as well as Plante.</p><p>Frankly, the Rangers thought that they were fairly well set going into the 1963-64 campaign. They did stay competitive until late in February, and even had a ten game unbeaten streak in January. However, at this point, they collapsed and Detroit went 14 games without a loss. The Rangers had previously suffered through a seven game losing streak in December&mdash;and it was then that the stunning Bathgate trade with Toronto was first seriously considered.</p><p>Jennings felt that the Bathgate deal was a good move&mdash;and pushed for it. He mentioned, however, &ldquo;Chairman Felt counseled caution about parting with Andy.&rdquo;</p><p>This delayed the deal from December until February, and as the Cat says, &ldquo;Enabled us to make a much better trade. Toronto had just won twice in a row, and were pretty cocky in December. By February they had stopped scoring and needed help on their power play. This made them more receptive&mdash;as they saw a chance to retain the Stanley Cup.&rdquo;</p><p>The deal was made on February 22nd and sent Bathgate now 32 and McKenney now 31 to the Leafs for defensemen Rod Seiling now 20, Arnie Brown now 23. plus forwards Dick Duff now 29 and Bob Nevin now 27.</p><p>Emile and Bill chimed in together with, &ldquo;This deal was made in order to provide a sound basis for the future. We gave up older stars&mdash;after evaluating our farm system.&rdquo;</p><p>Let&rsquo;s see what these modern David Harums got. Seiling, who was 19 most of this season broke into the toughest spot in pro sports for a rookie, defense in the NHL.</p><p>Francis says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very high on Rod and feel he can develop into a potential Norris Trophy winner. He is further advanced at 20 than Doug Harvey or Jacques Laperriere were at similar stages of their careers. Both Harvey and Laperriere had to go to the minors for seasoning, whereas Rod is getting his in the NHL.&rdquo;</p><p>Jennings then said, &ldquo;Heck, Seiling is so young that he could easily win the Norris Trophy as often as Harvey did. And do you want to know something else? We wouldn&rsquo;t trade Seiling back to Toronto now for both Bathgate and McKenney.&rdquo;</p><p>As to Arnie Brown, the Cat purred, &ldquo;Brownie is very eager and aggressive. He has played just about as we expected. When I was doing the scouting spadework for the Bathgate trade last year, I watched Arnie closely at Rochester. Also, we had him tabbed from his Junior days with the Toronto Marlboros. Summing up, Brown came to play.&rdquo;</p><p>Captain Bob Nevin came up next for discussion and Francis emphasized, &ldquo;Before his shoulder injury in early December, Bob was the best all around forward on the Rangers, and while he never regained top notch form upon his return, he nevertheless has the winning habit. Nevvy has been associated with championship teams in Junior (Marlboros) and with the Leafs. He is a key man in the rebuilding program, and will give us the type of leadership needed in a captain.&rdquo;</p><p>Dick Duff was the fourth major leaguer obtained from the Maple Leafs in the big deal, but he in turn was dealt off to Montreal in December of 1964 for right winger Billy Hicke.</p><p>The little pepper pot GM, who has seen all 600 players in the New York organization personally, then gave us the inside story on the Duff trade. A close check in the organization could turn up no right wingers considered capable of making the NHL in the near future, although left wing Ted Taylor of the Baltimore AHL Clippers has been knocking on the Rangers&rsquo; door all season. Duff, also a left wing, thus became expendable, and the deal for Hicke was made.</p><p>As for Hicke, he gives 150% at all times, comes back on his wing, scores as often as Duff, and is a great competitor. Duff has beaten the Rangers for Montreal since the trade&mdash;and Hicke hat tricked the Habs into a Forum defeat.</p><p>There is no doubt that the shot in the arm supplied the Leafs by Bathgate and McKenney pushed them over the hump to the Stanley Cup last year. Frankly, the Rangers couldn&rsquo;t care less as their thinking was toward the future. Even this year the total production of the Messrs. Duff-Hicke along with Nevin have slightly exceeded that of Andy and DON with Toronto.</p><p>As we went to press, Duff had 3 New York goals, Hicke 5 and Nevin 15 for a total of 23. Bathgate had 15 and McKenney 4 for the Leafs, for a total of 19. When you consider that the Rangers also got Seiling and Brown to beef up their blue line, the deal becomes a steal for Gotham. Rod also works the point on the New, York power play&mdash;and has tallied four goals and twenty assists for a fifth place standing amongst all NHL defensemen. New York, surprise, had the most power play goals in the NHL.</p><p>When the Bathgate trade was made, it was obvious that the 1964-65 season was to be a rebuilding year. Ranger Coach Red Sullivan remarked early in the season, &ldquo;that if we can hold our own for the first twenty-five games, we will improve in the second half.&rdquo;</p><p>Amazingly, the young Rangers played at about a. 500 pace for the first 25 games, but then fell apart under the pressure of a murderous-Christmas schedule of 7 games in 9 days. The problem, as seen by the Broadway brass, was a lack of depth and young legs. The better players were worn down by excessive ice time, and finally just pooped out.</p><p>Francis then let us in on some amazing figures. Up to the time that the Henry deal was made with Chicago on February 2, 1965, New York had played thirteen doubleheaders. That is games back to back on succeeding nights. In first night competition they had won six, lost three and tied four. On the second night their tally was a miserable two wins, ten losses and two ties. As the second night usually was home in Madison Square Garden, as part of the second half of a Saturday-Sunday weekend, their home record was horrendous. In single games, their log showed seven wins, eleven losses and three ties.</p><p>The figures graphically emphasize the lack of depth, stamina and youthful snap back from which the Rangers were suffering. When the chance came to get three men for the injury prone Henry, Emile &ldquo;the Cat&rdquo; pounced.</p><p>In letting Henry go, the Rangers replaced him with the hill billy singing Doug Robinson. Robby has a record as a great minor league goal scorer, and since coming to New York has averaged better than a point a game. Sullivan, had played against Robby in the now defunct Eastern Pro League and also in the AHL, and he strongly recommended him. The massive 6 foot three inch 195 pound winger has more than replaced the 140 pound bag of bones and courage known as Camille &ldquo;the Eel&rdquo;. As we went to press Doug had seven goals to three for Henry, and had fitted like a glove on the Rangers new number one line of Jean Ratelle and Rod Gilbert.</p><p>Wayne Hillman, 6 foot even, 185 pounds, and John Brenne man, 5 foot ten, 175 pounds therefore represent a bonus, and add to the depth and size of the squad. Although the solid, hard rocked Hillman will never be an all-star, he did pair with Al McNeil for three successful campaigns with the Black Hawks.</p><p>With the addition of Hillman, the Ranger defense lists Seiling, Brown, Harry Howell, Jim Neilson and Hillman, backed up by the developing minor leaguers Bob Plager and Mike McMahon.</p><p>As Jennings pointedly remarks, &ldquo;We now have defensive depth&mdash;and competition for the five jobs.&rdquo;</p><p>In summing up New York has given up four men, Prentice 32, Bathgate 32, Henry 32 and Worsely 36. In return, they have picked up size and youth as epitomized by Seiling 20, Brown 23, Robinson 24, Brenneman 22, Hiske 26, Hillman 26 and Nevin 27. They have also maintained the old pro touch with the competent on ice direction of Goyette and Marshall, 31 and 33 respectively. A head count makes it nine NHLers to four in Gotham&rsquo;s favor.</p><p>On his recent visit to New York, Montreal&rsquo;s Maurice Richard observed. &ldquo;The Rangers look different now. They have a good sized hockey club now.&rdquo;</p><p>Jennings remarked, &ldquo;It is impossible for me to see how the club has not been improved, by these trades. We now have youth, depth, young legs and size. And another thing, when our manpower was so thin, some of these fellows we traded got more ice time, and therefore more points. Perhaps, they achieved super star status, which they might not have gotten with a club better endowed, because of this.&rdquo;</p><p>The Blueshirt prexy continued, &ldquo;When the chips fall into place, we will not have to apologize to anyone.&rdquo;</p><p>Somehow, this seemed to make sense to this observer, as witness a couple of recent New York moves. Francis elevated Sandy Fitzpatrick, a six foot one inch, 190 pound center who logged 108 points for Kitchener in the O.H.A. Junior A. There is that size again, which apparently is now a must in Ranger thinking.</p><p>Francis talked enthusiastically about wingers Bill Wade and Bill James who tallied 98 and 95 points in the Junior circuit, and then said, &ldquo;We are building up our organization and scouting force with dedicated hockey people, who have been with winning organizations before, and who get things done.&rdquo;</p><p>In conclusion, we must agree that the Rangers&rsquo; trades have been good ones, and that the team is better off because of them. With a little more experience the young defense should tighten up a bit more next season, and if Jean Ratelle repays the front office&rsquo;s patience with stardom in 1965-66, things may start to improve.</p><p>Ratelle, whose recent splurge coincided with his placement on a line with Rod Gilbert and Robinson, is 25 and &ldquo;has arrived,&rdquo; as far as the front office is concerned. He is a graphic example of good judgment on Francis&rsquo; and Jennings&rsquo; part. When he was floundering for almost three seasons, they did not panic, and never considered trading him, because his potential as a second Jean Beliveau was obvious. Now this patience is paying off.</p><p>Hockey News Exclusive</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02570/2541826-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="466" height="584"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ROD SEILING&hellip;Wouldn&rsquo;t Trade Him</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Rangers’ Reshuffling Shows Scales Tipped In New York’s Favor For Bright Club Future

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p>Founded October 1st, 1947</p><p>Published weekly except monthly May through September by</p><p>Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</p><p>1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.</p><p><b>Kenneth William McKenzie,</b> President and Publisher</p><p><b>Will V. Cote,</b> Vice-Pres, and Gen Mgr.</p><p>Yearly Subscription Rates: S4.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth $5.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.</p><p>Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.</p><p>Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa,</p><p>and for payment of postage in cash</p><p>Printed in Canada.</p><p><b>VOL. 18 MONTREAL, APRIL 3, 1965 NO. 26</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">By Ken Mc Kenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01695/2541961-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="414" height="436"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02562/2541954-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="666" height="98"></div><p>&bull; <b>HAP EMMS</b> is said to have the general manager&rsquo;s job of the Boston Bruins if he wants it&hellip;The 60-year-old Emms played 10 seasons in the NHL. He played with Montreal Maroons, Detroit and the old New York Americans&hellip;Emms has had a very successful career as a manager and coach in junior ranks. He is a very good living man, never swears and seldom attends games on Sundays&hellip;A number of junior players who performed under him told me that they had never heard him utter one cussword&hellip;It&rsquo;s good to see owner Weston Adams starting to do something about his club&rsquo;s poor record. Adams sized the situation up very aptly when he said: &ldquo;Boston has finished out of the playoffs for the last six years and it makes it obvious that the format under which we have been operating has not produced the desired results.&rdquo;&hellip;This marks the fifth year in a row the Bruins have finished in last place&hellip;Marcel Pelletier, St. Paul Rangers&rsquo; goalie, was accused by an official of calling him a name and he shot back: &ldquo;I gave up swearing for Lent&rdquo;&hellip;Detroit Red Wings have a stationary bicycle in their dressing room and anytime a player is overweight he is supposed to hop on the bicycle and pedal it off&hellip;Three great stories highlight the April issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL&hellip;&ldquo;Anatomy of a Hockey Brawl&rdquo; is accompanied by four full pages of pictures and displays some of the wildest fight scenes ever staged on ice&hellip;&ldquo;Will the NHL Turn to Europe For Players?&rdquo; and &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll Have To Tear My Uniform Off&rdquo;, by Camille Henry are other exciting stories in this month&rsquo;s issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03429/2541947-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="275" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Marcel Pelletier</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>RIGHT NOW</b> you would have to say that the New York Rangers got the better of the trade with Chicago Black Hawks in the controversial Camille Henry deal&hellip;Henry has scored but five goals and had three assists for eight points in 21 games with the Hawks&hellip;On the other hand Doug Robinson has scored eight goals and assisted on 12 others for 20 points in 20 games with New York&hellip;John Brenneman has three goals and two assists in 20 games for the Rangers while Defenseman Wayne Hillman has not only aided the Blues&rsquo; considerably defensively but he has picked up four assists along the way&hellip;Robinson, Hillman and Brenneman should each have 10 years ahead of them in the NHL while Henry plays it year by year&hellip;Boston Bruins, with a last-place club, outdrew the Boston Celtics, greatest basketball team ever assembled, by more than 150,000 on the season&rsquo;s play&hellip;Dick Beddoes of the Toronto Globe & Mail says that Defenseman Carl Brewer of the Maple Leafs has such a dislike for airplanes that he won&rsquo;t even send a letter airmail&hellip;Premier Jean Lesage of Quebec Province is anxious to have Quebec Aces move into the NHL. The Premier and a group of Quebec sportsmen are going all out to land a National League franchise for that city&hellip;Friends (and there has to be many) of Tom Lockhart are planning a cocktail party and dinner to honor the election of Tom to the Hockey Hall of Fame, in New York on Sunday, May 2&hellip;Complete details about the party may be obtained from Phil Thompson, secretary of the Amateur Hockey Ass&rsquo;n. of the United States, at 272 Huron Ave., Absecon, N.J.&hellip;One of the top sports cartoonists in North America has to be Bill Maki of Fort William, Ont.&hellip;Buster and Margie Clegg (he&rsquo;s publicity director of the Providence Reds) became the proud parents of their third child last month and their second boy.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04308/2541940-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="277" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Robinson</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>THE SECOND</b> edition of the Stanley Cup Record Book is just off the press and this outstanding statistical tome is a MUST for every Hockey Fan currently following the Stanley Cup Playoffs&hellip;All information in this book was compiled from official NHL game reports by the NHL publicity department. Nothing is overlooked in this year&rsquo;s edition of the Stanley Cup Record Book and it is a tremendous buy at 50 cents&hellip;See order form in this issue of HOCKEY NEWS&hellip;There is a limited supply so fans are urged to place their order as soon as possible&hellip;The Detroit dressing room was very orderly following their first NHL championship in eight years&hellip;Just a quiet: &ldquo;Good going Normie,&rdquo; from Howe to Ullman and &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure glad the race is over,&rdquo; from Manager-Coach Sid Abel&hellip;Detroit owner Bruce Norris was the first to congratulate Abel&hellip;There&rsquo;s no doubt but what Abel did a masterful job in directing the Wings to their title. In fact Sid has made few mistakes since he was elevated to the general manager&rsquo;s position.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05258/2541933-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="273" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Abel</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06189/2541992-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg"></div><h2>Bower May Be Old, But He&rsquo;s Also Great</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>The first page of your February 20th issue states, &ldquo;With age and injuries fast catching up with Johnny Bower&hellip;&rdquo;.</p><p>Yet, which Toronto goaler has brought his average down to 2.39 from 2.89 this year? I presume Mr. Bower&rsquo;s been getting older every month but he&rsquo;s been letting less goals in.</p><p>When Terry Sawchuk injured his hand, who was in the Leaf&rsquo;s net? Who won the game in Chicago on February 7th by making sensational saves in the 2-1 victory after Sawchuk had lost a 6-3 game the previous night in Toronto against the same team? Which Toronto goaler has been reported as wanting to retire in a season or two?</p><p>Mr. Bower is a credit to hockey. Last year, he had the NHL&rsquo;s best goals against average and was left off both All Star teams. This year the same thing will occur.</p><p><b>Cheryl Parker,</b>&nbsp;<br>Port Dover, Ontario.</p><h2>Hails Boucher&rsquo;s Plan Of Two Refs On Ice</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>For the benefit of hockey fans, and the sport in general, I would like to point out a recent magazine article by Frank Boucher.</p><p>Mr. Boucher has put forth many revolutionary ideas in his article, &ldquo;V is for Violence&rdquo;, but one, in particular, would be very beneficial to hockey.</p><p>Hockey, besides being the world&rsquo;s best spectator sport, is so fast that referees are not seeing a large percentage of the fouls committed. Frank Boucher would like to see two referees on the ice with the linesmen off the playing surface. They can perform their duties this way with the two referees covering the infractions. Lights on both sides of the blue lines would be lit when an offside was committed and a goal would not count if the light were on.</p><p>Fan Forum is another great addition to an already great paper</p><p><b>Shaun W. Baker,</b>&nbsp;<br>Cleveland, Ohio.</p><h2>Suggests Players Pick NHL All-Star Teams</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I am thoroughly disgusted with the NHL AU Star system, and since I don&rsquo;t know the names of all the voters, I am writing to a publication which I think will reach some of them.</p><p>The system has many faults. The one which really gets my blood pressure up is who votes. Why should the newsmen and sports-casters be given the privilege of deciding who are All Stars and who are not. I feel the players themselves should decide. Many of the newsmen never see any but home games. I think that the men who actually have to fight it out on the ice should pick the greats. These guys nearly always will admit that another man plays better and why.</p><p>To be specific, I would like to see Bruins&rsquo; defenseman Ted Green farther up than sixth place. From watching him perform, I predict that here is one of the future greats. He is very good on the offensive side of the ledger also. Naturally, no one really expects a Boston Bruin to be an All-Star. I am Canadian born, a former Montreal fan and feel that if every man on the Montreal team had the drive and determination of Ted Green, they&rsquo;d never lose a game. The trouble with Boston is not enough Ted Greens.</p><p>Jacques Laperriere may be good but he&rsquo;s not a great like Ted Green.</p><p><b>Amelie Beliveau,</b>&nbsp;<br>Cambridge, Mass.</p><h2>Trophy Votes Listing Asked By Hockey Fan</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I have been a subscriber to the HOCKEY NEWS for three years now and as far as I am concerned, there is no other hockey publication that can match it.</p><p>I would like to know if it would be possible for you to list every player who received votes in the balloting for the Hart, Byng, Calder and Norris trophies as you have done in the past. This year, I noticed that you gave only the top three or four. However, the additional features added to your publication have improved it immensely.</p><p><b>J. R. Clayton</b>&nbsp;<br>Edmonton, Alberta.</p><p>Editor&rsquo;s Note:&mdash;We will run complete list of players earning one or more votes in final balloting. They were not printed after first half because of an oversight. We humbly apologize.</p><h2>Says Pulford Better Than Hawk&rsquo;s Mikita</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>A Northfield, Illinois fan must be kidding when he says that &ldquo;Stan Mikita is twice the center that Bob Pulford is&rdquo;.</p><p>Mikita has paced the league in scoring which automatically makes him a top contender for the Hart and Art Ross Trophies; but, when it comes to &lsquo;defensive&rsquo; hockey, Pulford has Stan Mikita beat by a country mile. Pulford is put up against star centers like Richard, Delvecchio, Oliver and Stan Mikita, and you can be sure that these players won&rsquo;t go on a scoring spree against Toronto with Bobby watching them.</p><p>I agree 100% with Detroit&rsquo;s Norm Ullman making the first all-star team but not with Mikita&rsquo;s making the second.</p><p><b>Anthony Phythian,</b>&nbsp;<br>Newmarket, Ontario.</p><h2>Hull Should Forget Trying To Win Byng</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>So Tommy Ivan feels Hull is being &ldquo;fouled&rdquo;.</p><p>This may be true; but, if Bobby wants to score 50 goals or more in a season, lead the league in scoring, and be the greatest scorer of all time, then perhaps he&rsquo;d better forget about trying to win the Lady Byng Trophy.</p><p>I don&rsquo;t remember Howe or Richard ever winning it.</p><p><b>Paul Lune,</b>&nbsp;<br>Brantford, Ontario.</p><h2>Crozier To Be Great, Another &lsquo;Turk Broda&rsquo;</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>Who is rapidly becoming the NHL&rsquo;s No. 1 goalie?</p><p>I think the man is Roger Crozier. In my opinion he is shaping into the finest goalie in the NHL. I&rsquo;m pulling for him and I&rsquo;m a Montreal Canadien fan all the way. I think he could develop into another Turk Broda. He will surely lead Detroit into the finals this season, possibly the Stanley Cup.</p><p>I&rsquo;m convinced this man has talent, enough to win him the Vezina Trophy.</p><p><b>Ray Lono,</b>&nbsp;<br>Norton, N. B.</p><h2>Picking Game Stars Should Be Practice</h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I would like to suggest that the officials of the NHL teams in New York, Detroit, and Chicago adopt the policy of awarding stars to the best players of each game.</p><p>This has been the practice in Montreal and Toronto for some time and Boston has recently adopted the idea also. The awarding of these stars adds interest to each game as fans could try and match the choice made by somebody designated by the hockey team.</p><p><b>Joseph Donovan,</b>&nbsp;<br>Jr. Manchester, N. H.</p><p>(Editor&rsquo;s Note:&mdash;Choosing three stars is indeed an interesting practice. To clarify the situation, in Montreal and Toronto, it is always done by an independent party such as a newspaper man or a former player.)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><p>MONTREAL. Que.</p><p>If he can keep clear of injuries, Big Jean Beliveau should be flying for Habs in the current playoff series.</p><p>The tall team captain, who had trouble hitting his stride most of this season, surged strongly in the latter weeks of the schedule. His closing rush in March sparked the team to what amounted to their longest winning streak of the season,&mdash;five straight,&mdash;and boosted his own point total, considerably.</p><p>Beliveau began to catch fire on March 9th. when he picked up a goal and an assist against Detroit. Habs lost the game 3-2, but recovered to win their next five in a row. Through the streak they were paced by Big Jean, who rang up 12 points, including eight goals, in a six-game stretch.</p><p>The cheeriest part of all this, from a Montreal standpoint of course, is that Beliveau may be at his productive best in the weeks that lie ahead. A productive Beliveau could do much to lead Habs out of the wilderness into which they&rsquo;ve fallen, during playoffs, in the last four years. Over and above the fact that they haven&rsquo;t seen the Stanley Cup since 1959-60, Canadiens haven&rsquo;t once been in the finals in that span, either. Though they&rsquo;re the oldest club in hockey, they already trail Toronto and Detroit in the matter of appearances in Stanley Cup finals. Leafs have 18 of these to their credit, the Red Wings 17, while Canucks have made it just 15 times.</p><p>It&rsquo;s a situation that Toe Blake and company would dearly love to remedy, by knocking off the semi-final opposition this year. To do it, Canadiens will need a number of things going for them; and high on the list is the matter of scoring playoff goals.</p><p>With the exception of Dickie Duff,&mdash;who got his goals while with Toronto,&mdash;there isn&rsquo;t a man now on Canadiens who has scored more than two goals in a playoff series, in the last four years. This includes veterans like Beliveau, Richard and Provost, as well as intermediates like Backstrom and Rousseau, and relative newcomers such as Balon, Ferguson, etc. It can be argued, of course, that if Canadiens haven&rsquo;t been able to get into the finals, they haven&rsquo;t had as many games to score in. But, the last time the team won the Cup, they only played a total of eight games Last year they played seven.</p><p>This could be the year, however, that the Hab guns will start booming, again; and big Beliveau might well lead the way. Going into the current series, Jean ranks as fifth-highest goal scorer in playoff history. Ahead of him, by just two goals, is Ted Lindsay. The challenge to Beliveau to overhaul the Detroiter should provide plenty of incentive. Lindsay has 44 playoff goals, which he scored in 126 games spread over a 15-year period. Beliveau&rsquo;s count is 42 goals, in 85 playoffs games over 11 years. They both have the same number of assists&mdash;49&mdash;going into the present series.</p><p>Both Beliveau and Lindsay will be taking dead aim at another target, too, in this series. That&rsquo;s the one concerning the point total of ex-Canadien Dickie Moore. Moore has 94 points, made up of 38 goals and 56 assists. Though his goals are less than those of either Lindsay or Beliveau, Moore clings to a slim edge in total points. He has one more than Lindsay, and three more than Beliveau. Terrible Ted enters this playoff round with a total of 93 points; Beliveau with 91.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01647/2542023-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="521" height="967"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JEAN BELIVEAU&hellip;At His Productive Best</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Beliveau’s Closing Surge Good Playoff Omen

<div class="byline">&#x2014;SMITH</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.</p><p>Their second-place finish to Detroit, this season, has cost Canadiens the Prince of Wales Trophy in more ways than one.</p><p>As things stand now. the trophy&mdash;emblematic of the N.H.L. championship&mdash;has been won by Detroit 13 times, since it was first presented in 1924-25. Canadiens have won it on 12 occasions.</p><p>There&rsquo;s a catch, however, and it lies in the fact that for 11 seasons, 1927-28 to 1937-38 inclusive, the trophy was not available to Montreal. This arose as the result of a ruling, which stipulated that the trophy could be won only by a team finishing first in the American Division of the N.H.L. The league was split into two divisions. American and Canadian, from the late 1920&rsquo;s until 1938. Montreal, of course, was in the Canadian division.</p><p>Thus, Detroit have had more chances at the hardware over the years, by virtue of the above ruling. This is true even when it&rsquo;s remembered that Detroit didn&rsquo;t enter the league until 1926.</p><p>Canadiens have some consolation left, though, in the fact that they still hold the record for most first-place finishes in the NHL. They&rsquo;ve come home in front, officially, 14 times; including the days before any trophy was awarded for the accomplishment.</p><p>Seven of those first-place finishes have come in the last ten years, since Toe Blake took over the coaching chores.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Habs Still Hold Record For Winning NHL Titles

<p>BOSTON, Mass.</p><p>Recurring reports here have put Leighton (Happy) Emms in the driver&rsquo;s seat as the next general manager of the tail-end Boston Bruins.</p><p>Emms, 60-year-old owner of the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Junior Hockey Association and a one-time National Hockey League player, is said to be under serious consideration for the position as successor to Lynn Patrick next season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02591/2542078-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="255" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Milt Schmidt</b></figcaption></div><p>Emms&rsquo; name was the most prominent of several that have been bandied about in Boston circles. Others mentioned were Hal Laycoe of Portland, Fern Flaman of Providence and Rudy Pilous of Victoria, Milt Schmidt, the present coach of the Bruins, who may also be replaced next season along with Patrick.</p><p>The Bruins were steadfastly denying they planned any shakeup in their front office in an effort to get the club out of last place. Boston owner Weston Adams declined comment but did say he would try to present a new lineup after the regular NHL season ends.</p><p>Emms didn&rsquo;t deny that he had talked with the Bruins about the situation. In fact he confirmed that he had conferred with Boston officials several times.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Emms Headed For Boston In Shakeup

<p>OLYMPENE</p><p>Used by more athletes in more sports than ever before in Canada</p><p>&bull; <b>IN THE LOCKER ROOM</b></p><p>&bull; <b>ON THE ROAD</b></p><p>&bull; <b>AND AT HOME</b></p><p>Only Liniment sold in an unbreakable Polyethylene Bottle</p><p>NORTHROP-MCGILLIVRAY LTD.</p><p>TORONTO, CANADA</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03469/2542109-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="220" height="519"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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You’re an all-star every time when you use

<p>TO BE HELD IN BRACEBRIDGE, ONT</p><p>ROGER CROZIER DIRECTED RON INGRAM</p><p>Detroit Red Wings BY Baltimore Clippers</p><p>One week sessions from July 1st to August 14th Excellent meals and accommodation for those that wish to live in.</p><p>SPORTS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY</p><p>Many other extra things will be on our program as are outlined in our brochure.</p><p>For all boys 8 to 18 and especially those whose families&rsquo; vacation in this area.</p><p>FOR INFORMATION WRITE TO BOX 787 BRACEBRIDGE, ONT., CANADA<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

MUSKOKA SUMMER HOCKEY SCHOOL

<p><b><i>How to play it and enjoy it</i></b></p><p>This book is for players and fans of all ages&mdash;well illustrated.</p><p>Price: $3.00</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04345/2542164-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="549" height="1268"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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FRANK MAHOVLICH ICE HOCKEY

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05246/2542195-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg"></div><p>NOW AVAILABLE BY MAIL</p><p>PENNANTS CRESTS YEAR BOOKS JEWELLERY ITEMS</p><p>Yes, now you can buy official &ldquo;Canadien&rdquo; souvenirs by mail. Pennants, crests, cuff links, key chains, yearbooks and other items are ready for all hockey fans. To order, use this advertisement, check off the items desired, send postal money order PLUS your name and address to &ldquo;Hockey Souvenirs, Dept. C, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec.&rdquo; Please add 10% to all orders under $2.00 to cover postage and handling. We pay charges on all other orders. Order now while supply lasts.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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OFFICIAL SOUVENIRS-MONTREAL CANADIENS

<div class="byline">&#x2014;PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.</p><p>Leafs&rsquo; veteran players have the best possible reason for succeeding in the Stanley Cup playoffs which begin this week: they must come through to save their jobs.</p><p>&ldquo;We know there are a flock of young players waiting to step in,&rdquo; captain George Armstrong says. &ldquo;Everything will be wide open if we lose. If we win, the jobs are ours, the way Punch Imlach operates, until they&rsquo;re taken away.&rdquo;</p><p>The factor Armstrong may not know about is the pressure there will be on Imlach to reorganize.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01681/2542226-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="515" height="609"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GEORGE ARMSTRONG&hellip;Younger Legs Waiting</b></figcaption></div><p>That pressure existed this season but no crisis developed simply because Imlach&rsquo;s previous successes entitle him to do things the way he wants until he&rsquo;s proven wrong. The club executive has felt all along that Imlach has overloaded his lineup with veteran players at the expense of bringing along the young players the organization has spent so much money developing. They advocated trades, sales and shakeups all season and Imlach held firm.</p><p>&ldquo;I had a lot of changes in mind for this season,&rdquo; Imlach admitted, &ldquo;but when they won the Cup again, they all deserved first crack at those NHL jobs. As soon as they lose, though, they&rsquo;ll be in trouble.&rdquo;</p><p>So will Imlach.</p><p>He&rsquo;ll be under fire for the 1964 trade in which he gave up Bob Nevin, Dick Duff, Rod Seiling and Arnie Brown to Rangers and received Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney, neither of whom has been of much use to Leafs except to a limited extent in last year&rsquo;s playoffs.</p><p>He&rsquo;ll be under fire for not making more changes in the face of the spectacular results shown by rookies Ron Ellis and Pete Stemkowski.</p><p>He&rsquo;ll be criticized for his sentimentality in sticking with oldtimers like Allan Stanley and Armstrong.</p><p>But Imlach&rsquo;s philosophy is that of the girl at the dance: I&rsquo;ll stick with the guy that brought me. He goes along with the fellows who won for him.</p><p>So far, though, he&rsquo;s seen nothing to convince him they won&rsquo;t go on winning for him.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Leafs’ Jobs On The Line In Playoffs

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.</p><p>The Stanley Cup playoffs open this week and Toronto Maple Leafs, as usual, were cast as the mystery team.</p><p>Logically, the gamblers were completely correct in making Leafs the outsiders in the early callover of Cup odds. Their sag through the final weeks of the 1964-65 National Hockey League schedule gave few indications they were likely to retain the Stanley Cup title thy&rsquo;d won in 1962. 1963 and 1964.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02597/2542257-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="289" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Peter Stemkowski</b></figcaption></div><p>And yet there were qualified observers ready to stake their reputations on Leafs&rsquo; ability to produce championship hockey now that the heavy cash is on the line. Leafs, they insisted, are a money team that will shift into high gear in what they consider the really important matches.</p><p>This line of reasoning insists Leafs, for all intents and purposes dropped out of contention for first place when they blew a doubleheader to New York Rangers Feb. 27 and 28 and since that time have been preparing for the play downs.</p><p>Coach Punch Imlach has been working his men particularly hard the past couple of weeks, often twice a day, so that they&rsquo;ll be in the superb conditioning required to make his forechecking strategy pay off and so they&rsquo;ll be in the nasty frame of mind needed to bring on their best efforts.</p><p>And he&rsquo;s hit upon a playoff alignment that just might work. Tim Horton skates at right wing on a defensive line with Bob Pulford at center. That trio goes against the enemy&rsquo;s most productive units and will carry out that job as long as Allan Stanley and Kent Douglas do an adequate job on defence, making Horton available for the forward line.</p><p>Ron Stewart is a spare at this point, available to work with Pulford instead of Horton.</p><p>Leafs will look for the greatest output from other threesomes, Pete Stemkowski with 20-goal wingers Ron Ellis and Frank Mahovlich and Dave Keon with Don McKenney and George Armstrong.</p><p>Extra forwards are Andy Bathgate, who handles the point on the power play, Eddie Shack and Dickie Moore.</p><p>The other problem was solved when Johnny Bower returned to goal and played well, after needing two weeks to recuperate from cracked ribs.</p><p>It&rsquo;s possible, of course, that Leafs&rsquo; veterans have slipped to the point where their best won&rsquo;t be good enough. But it does seem to be an obvious fact that Leafs have been conserving strength, while Montreal, Detroit and Chicago have been scrambling for the schedule title.</p><p>The fact that Leafs&rsquo; preparations have been going on under no pressure at all, while their playoff opponents have been in the midst of an all-out struggle, is only one the analysts point out, They also observe Leafs are superbly balanced, with three excellent centers in Pulford, Keon and Stemkowski, and with scoring power distributed evenly all through the lineup.</p><p>Add that to excellent defense&mdash;Terry Sawchuk and Bower have remained in the thick of the battle for goaltending honors despite the team&rsquo;s slump&mdash;and you have the ingredients of another playoff surprise, even greater than last spring&rsquo;s, when Leafs were 3-to-l in Cup betting after reeling into third place, and won the Cup after two seven-game playoff rounds.</p><p>However, Leaf detractors point out how close they came to losing out last spring. They were behind in both the semi-final and final series and squeezed out precarious victories. These people don&rsquo;t think this team is as good as that one, insisting the further aging of veteran players offsets the addition of Ellis, Stemkowski and Sawchuk.</p><p>Leaf supporters think the club has improved, even though season records wouldn&rsquo;t prove it.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Leafs Remain Mystery Team For Playoffs But Experts Insist They Could Win Again

<p>TORONTO, Ont.</p><p>Dave Keon has been the Maple Leafs&rsquo; top goal-getter in the 37 playoff matches it&rsquo;s taken them to win the Stanley Cup the past three years. He got seven goals in 14 games last spring, seven in 10 the year before and five in 13 in 1962, the year Leafs&rsquo; supremacy began for a 19-goal total.</p><p>You may be surprised to learn that Leafs&rsquo; leader in points over those three playoff years is captain George Armstrong, who has 13 points for last year, nine the year before and 12 in &rsquo;62.</p><p>Goaltender Johnny Bower is always superlative in the playoffs, too, invariably improving on his regular season average. Last year, he gave up only 30 goals in 14 games. In 1963, he averaged 1.6 a game and the season before he yielded 22 goals in 10 games.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03495/2542288-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="285" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dave Keon</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Keon Hot Playoff Sniper For Leafs With 19 Goals

<h2>THE NEW 1964-65 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE GUIDE</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>his 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.</p><p><b>ALL THIS FOR ONLY $1.25 (Postage Paid)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04379/2542340-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="268" height="373"></div><h2>THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY ANNUAL FOR 1965</h2><p>This 96-page book is jam-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!</p><p><b>Extra! Special TV Section,</b> complete NHL Teams with Names & Numbers.</p><p><b>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY!</b></p><p>ONLY 50 CENTS (Postage Paid)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05299/2542333-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="378" height="468"></div><h2>OFFICIAL NHL RULE BOOK 1964.65 EDITION</h2><p>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.</p><p>Fill in the coupon below and enclose 50 cents per copy for handling and mailing.</p><p><b>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY&hellip;. 50 PER COPY (Postage Paid)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06246/2542326-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="237" height="423"></div><p>BOOK DEPARTMENT HOCKEY NEWS</p><p>P.O. BOX 800</p><p>MONTREAL 3, CANADA</p><p>NO C.O.D. ORDERS</p><p>(Please print or write clearly)</p><p>Please send me the following hockey publications which I have checked off below.</p><p>CHECK YOUR ORDER BELOW:</p><p>AVAILABLE BACK NUMBERS</p><p>(N.B. No other publications available except those listed above.)</p><p>I enclose the sum of $ covering the above publications</p><p>to be mailed to the following address:</p><p>ARE YOU A HOCKEY NEWS SUBSCRIBER? YES &#9633; NO &#9633;</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07197/2542319-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="1037" height="1352"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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A MUST FOR ALL HOCKEY FANS Get These Publications-NOW!

<div class="byline">BY BOB GATES</div><p>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;</p><p>Season 1964-65 will be remembered in Boston as the year the Bruins should have invested in Blue Cross Blue Shield.</p><p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t think of any team, ever, that had as many major injuries in one season,&rdquo; declared General-Manager Lynn Patrick, as he took stock of this past regular season. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s more, we didn&rsquo;t have a single player who played in every game.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01663/2542402-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="281" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Westfall</b></figcaption></div><p>No other team could make that statement.</p><p>&ldquo;Only Green dressed for every game,&rdquo; Patrick pointed out. &ldquo;But even Teddy had the bug one night and that kept him on the bench.&rdquo;</p><p>But every team has its hospital list. And Patrick wasn&rsquo;t searching for alibis. It was the arm&rsquo;s length list of surgery cases which had the Bruins&rsquo; GM shaking his head.</p><p>&ldquo;Of course we didn&rsquo;t get off to a very spectacular start when we had everybody,&rdquo; Patrick began facetiously. &ldquo;But there is no question in my mind that the seven men we lost for major parts of the season had a big bearing on how we finished. We figured to be better. And we would have been much better if we didn&rsquo;t lose at least one key man every month.&rdquo;</p><p>The Bruins finished in the cellar for the fifth straight year&mdash;minus six of the seven regular they lost at monthly intervals along the season. Only one, center Ron Schock, who missed three-quarters of the season with a leg ailment, got back into action.</p><p>Those among the missing, but expected back next fall, are winger Dean Prentice (broken back), center Bobby Leiter (multiple arm fracture), wing Forbes Kennedy (shoulder separation), goalie Ed Johnston (broken finger), and defenseman Leo Boivin (broken hand).</p><p>Doctors can only speculate as to whether Tom Johnson&rsquo;s severely gashed leg will respond sufficiently for the veteran defenseman to resume his skating career.</p><p>Prentice, it was recalled, was away to his finest season&mdash;14 goals in 31 games&mdash;before being felled Dec. 31. Leiter was just coming into his own when he was written off for the season back on Nov. 28.</p><p>&ldquo;However,&rdquo; Patrick admitted, &ldquo;this rash of injuries had its blessing, too. If it hadn&rsquo;t been for them we probably wouldn&rsquo;t have had the long look we did at several promising young players.&rdquo;</p><p>Chief among these is lanky blond defenseman Bob Woytowich, whom Patrick labels &ldquo;a real find! He&rsquo;s the brightest of the bunch.&rdquo; Coach Milt Schmidt likes the 23-year-old&rsquo;s steady, heady play, says the 6-foot 185 pound youngster appears to have &ldquo;a natural touch for getting the puck out of the zone without icing it.&rdquo;</p><p>In addition to his hard shot from the point, Woytowich&rsquo;s coolness under fire has caught the attention of Boston fans.</p><p>Continuing his capsule appraisal of other first-year players who had lengthy tours with the Bruins this season. Patrick cited the good skating of wings Wayne Maxner and Wayne Rivers, and defenseman Don Awrey. &ldquo;Each of these kids has a lot going for him. But I wouldn&rsquo;t call them major leaguers yet.</p><p>&ldquo;Billy Knibbs (center: doesn&rsquo;t have the natural ability of some of the others,&rdquo; the GM continued. &ldquo;But he works hard, is a good hustler.</p><p>Patrick mentioned the Bruins had a better record with Jack Norris in the nets. But he was quick to imply this statistic could be deceiving and Johnston was still Boston&rsquo;s No. 1 goal tender. &ldquo;Still,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m glad we had the opportunity to see what Norris can do.&rdquo;</p><p>Talk around the league was that Norris was noticably weak on high shots.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s right,&rdquo; Patrick replied.</p><p>&ldquo;He ducks his head and sticks his hand up. But you&rsquo;ve got to remember there aren&rsquo;t many Hulls or Mahovliches in the Western League, Anybody would be a little &lsquo;gun shy.&rsquo; He&rsquo;ll get over it.&rdquo;</p><p>Two position switches which yielded immediate and promising results could also be attributed to the Bruins&rsquo; lengthy missing-persons list. There was the shift of Ed Westfall from defense to right wing. And the move of left wing Tom Williams to center ice.</p><p>Just a swing man on defense and heckled unmercifully by vocal Boston critics, Westfall regained some of his confidence as an aggressive penalty killer. But it wasn&rsquo;t until Schmidt inserted him on the No. 1 line with Murray Oliver and Johnny Bucyk that Westfall began to pay dividends.</p><p>Over the second half of the season the hustling 24-year-oid was easily the most-improved on the Bruins&mdash;not only for the goals he collected but even more so for his infectious hustle, relentless forechecking, and aggression in the corners.</p><p>Williams, too, looked much more at home in his new position. He showed new flashes of playmaking brilliance as a center and found lie could use his considerable speed to much greater advantage.</p><p>Many here say also that if it wasn&rsquo;t for Boston&rsquo;s personnel shortage Reggie Fleming would never have found the ice time which has apparently transformed him from enforcer to goal scorer. He vaulted from three last season with Chicago to a career high of 18 with the Bruins.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02623/2542395-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1635" height="1452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Boston&rsquo;s heavy rash of injuries this season forced the Bruins to dip into their farm system for help. One such individual who get his chance to play in the NHL was goalie JACK NORRIS, shown here making stop with help of Boston rookie RON SCHOCK, who was also numbered among the club&rsquo;s many cripples this year.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Boston Staggered By High Injury Toll

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.</p><p>Curly-haired Norm Ullman labored in relative obscurity for nine seasons in the National Hockey League even though he scored more than 20 goals in each of the last seven campaigns.</p><p>But this year he finally was &ldquo;discovered.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Who would&rsquo;ve figured I&rsquo;d be tied with Hull,&rdquo; Ullman asked the night he scored his second hat trick in 10 games to tie the Chicago star for the NHL goal leadership.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m flabbergasted,&rdquo; Ullman said, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;ll take it.&rdquo;</p><p>Indeed, who would have figured it when Ullman had 19 goals at mid-season, Hull had 32. But, shortly after, Hull went into a wretched slump and then suffered the first of two knee injuries.</p><p>Ullman had a slump of his own, going seven games without a goal, one of the longest in his career, but he smashed it with a hat trick and just kept scoring, getting nine game winning goals, aiding on nine game winners and scoring two goals that were the tying markers.</p><p>Playoff fever got out of hand at Olympia when tickets went on sale for the April 1-4 games.</p><p>Olympia allowed the waiting fans to line up inside the building because of the cold weather and they came equipped with sleeping bags, card tables and chairs for the all-night vigil.</p><p>But a number of line-crashers moved in during the dawn hours and it resulted in shoving matches with police finally having to restore order.</p><p>Because of the heavy increase of season ticket sales, the box office people said that 70 per cent of the seats were taken by season ticket holders. And, they&rsquo;ve got a big box of additional season ticket requests for 1965-66.</p><p>Meanwhile, owner Bruce Norris and his staff are going over reports on the feasibility of enlarging Olympia. Building manager Lincoln Cavalieri said it would cost approximately $1 million to add 2,200 seats and standing room for 300 more at the organ end of the building.</p><p>Warren Godfrey no sooner was returned to Pittsburgh than defenseman-forward Gary Bergman re-injured his knee, jamming it into the boards in New York.</p><p>So big Pete Goegan was called up from Pittsburgh&mdash;Godfrey wouldn&rsquo;t be eligible for recall for two weeks after being sent down&mdash;and he responded with the kind of effort that the Wings got all season from their relief men.</p><p>Goegan played both on defense and took several shifts as a fourth line left wing and it was as a forward that he scored the breakout goal in the big 5-1 victory over Chicago. Eddie Joyal laced a shot from right wing and it hit large Peter on the right rear, deflecting past goalie Denis DeJordy.</p><p>Hank Bassen also was on hand in case anything happened to regular Roger Crozier and, when Bassen returned to Pittsburgh&mdash;he never was officially called up, just came in as a &ldquo;spectator&rdquo;&mdash;Joe Daley reported from Johnstown of the Eastern Amateur League to act as backup for several games.</p><p>Bassen was due back for the final regular season game and then George Gardner was due in from Memphis to act as backup man during the playoffs as manager-coach Sid Abel kept manipulating his personnel in the crucial closing games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Trailed Hull By 13 Goals, Red Wing Ace Passed Him

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

WORLD’S GREATEST TORONTO HOCKEY SCHOOL

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>S</span>tan Mikita has climaxed another big season in the National Hockey League winning the scoring title for the second successive year as well as emerging as the NHL&rsquo;s top playmaker with a record 59 assists.</b></p><p><b>The versatile Chicago center won the individual league scoring title with 87 points on 28 goals and 59 assists and his feat was a remarkable one when you consider the pressure under which the Hawks&rsquo; pivot played this year.</b></p><p><b>Trailing teammate Bobby Hull by as much as 13 points at the turn in the schedule, Mikita came on strong in the second half to win the Art Ross Trophy and the $1,500 that goes with it. Mikita had to withstand a terrific stretch drive by Detroit&rsquo;s &lsquo;big three&rsquo;, Ullman, Howe and Delvecchio, to win the point title.</b></p><p><b>Mikita, a good playoff scorer, is heading into the post-season round as the Hawks&rsquo; ice leader with Hull on the limp. The Chicago club failed in the closing weeks of the schedule to win the regular league title but it certainly was no fault of Mikita&rsquo;s.</b></p><p><b>Mark Ten is pleased to salute Stan Mikita of the Black Hawks as the man who made his mark in the NHL this past week.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03509/2542540-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="257" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Stan Mikita</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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THE MAN who made his Mark this week

<p>&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</p><h2>Final Standings</h2><h3>1964-65 SEASON Final Standings</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01681/2542461-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="554" height="229"></div><h3>1963-64 SEASON Final Standings</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02599/2542454-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="553" height="230"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p>Tues., Mar. 23</p><p>New York 3 at Chicago 2</p><p>Wed., Mar. 24</p><p>Montreal 2 at Toronto 3</p><p>Thurs., Mar. 25</p><p>New York 4 at Detroit 7</p><p>Sat., Mar. 27</p><p>Boston 6 at Montreal 2</p><p>Detroit 4 at Toronto 1</p><p>Sun., Mar. 28</p><p>Montreal 5 at New York 3</p><p>Toronto 4 at Detroit 0</p><p>Chicago 1 at Boston 3</p><h2>NHL Point Race</h2><h3>FINAL SCORING</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01674/2542447-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="585" height="2996"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02624/2542440-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="561" height="830"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03541/2542433-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="554" height="208"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY RED FOLEY</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.</p><p>It&rsquo;s too bad Red Sullivan can&rsquo;t be as positive of his immediate future as his Rangers are of theirs. They&rsquo;ve clinched fifth place and Sullivan wishes he could be as sure of his job as they are of that.</p><p>Reports have been circulating of late that Sullivan won&rsquo;t be back next season. He isn&rsquo;t saying anything about it, but then neither are his employers. When the question of Sully&rsquo;s tenure first came up, Ranger president William M. Jennings refused to dignify the rumors.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04455/2542609-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="275" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Vic Hadfield</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;We won&rsquo;t make any decisions until after the season,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have an organizational meeting and evaluate our club at that time.&rdquo;</p><p>Sullivan did give a hint that his Ranger career could be coming to an end when he addressed the local hockey writers at their final luncheon of the season, March 22.</p><p>He and the Blueshirt brass have been subject to criticism since it became apparent the Rangers weren&rsquo;t going to achieve a playoff berth this season. They&rsquo;ve made it only once in the last six seasons.</p><p>&ldquo;When you&rsquo;re in fifth place you have to expect criticism,&rdquo; Sullivan said. &ldquo;By the same token you expect a pat on the back when you finish first. I&rsquo;ve been in and out of the big time for 16 years and whether I&rsquo;m here or not next season I still hope the Rangers can give their fans a Stanley Cup team.&rdquo;</p><p>A coach is only as good as his material and it seems foolish to fire one because he doesn&rsquo;t produce a winner. But that&rsquo;s the way they do things in pro sports. It&rsquo;s always cheaper to fire the coach or manager.</p><p>There&rsquo;s no doubt that Sullivan wants to return. He feels he can work hand-in-hand with Emile Francis in rebuilding the tattered Blueshirts. However, how much of a voice the little general manager will be allowed in the &ldquo;evaluation&rdquo; remains to be seen.</p><p>Sullivan feels his team is now on the threshold of better things. &ldquo;We have a young club, an inexperienced one, but one I&rsquo;m sure that will be vastly improved next season,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>&ldquo;I thought Arnie Brown and Rod Seiling played well. Harry Howell had a good first half of the season and Jim Neilson was all right until recently when he suffered from a spell of bad health.</p><p>&ldquo;Phil Goyette and Marshall had good seasons and Ratelle came on late. Vic Hadfield was another who had a good year. In fact, this is the best Vic has ever done. Doug Robinson and John Brenneman performed well. Robby needs more skating and Brenneman may do even better if we put him with a center who can handle the puck.</p><p>Gilbert, Bob Nevin and Lou Angotti drew verbal accolades. Billy Hicke and Earl Ingarfield, Sullivan said, left something to be desired.</p><p>Sullivan said he agreed that his players were often &ldquo;outroughed&rdquo; by the opposition. This has long been a Ranger short-coming. One, however, that Francis has decided to correct.</p><p>&ldquo;Fellows on our farm clubs like Teddy Taylor, Mike McMahon and Bob Plager don&rsquo;t figure to be pushed around,&rdquo; Sullivan said. &ldquo;We figure to have a Lot of big boys at our training camp this time.&rdquo;</p><p>Right now the question is: Will Sullivan be there to greet them?<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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But Will Sullivan Be There To Greet Them?

<h2>Tues., March 23 NEW YORK 3 AT CHICAGO 2</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK: Goal&mdash;Paille. Defence: Howell, Brown, Hillman, Seiling, McMahon; forwards: Hadfield, Marshall, Nevin, Robinson, Gilbert, Ingarfield, Hicke, Angotti, Brenneman, Ratelle, Johnson.</p><p>CHICAGO: Goal: DeJordy; defence, Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, MacNeil, Jarrett; forwards, Mohns, Mikita, Wharram, Stanfield, Esposito, Henry, D. Hull, Hay, Maki, MacKenzie.</p><p>Referee: Ashley. Linesmen: Pavelich D&rsquo;Amico.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05383/2542689-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="550" height="616"></div><h2>Wed., March 24 MONTREAL 2 AT TORONTO 3</h2><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defence, Talbot, Laperriere, Harper, Tremblay, Harris; forwards, Backstrom, Ferguson, Larose, Beliveau, Duff, Cournoyer, Rousseau, Peters, Roberts, Richard, Provost.</p><p>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower; defence, Brewer, Baun, Stanley, Douglas, Horton; forwards: Pulford, Kelly, Keon, Armstrong, McKenney, Stemkowski, Ellis, Mahovlich, Bathgate, Stewart, Shack.</p><p>Referee: Udvari. Linesmen: Armstrong. Pavelich.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06341/2542682-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="550" height="604"></div><h2>Thurs., March 26 NEW YORK 4 AT DETROIT 7</h2><p>NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Paille; defence: Howell, Brown, Seiling, Neilson, Hillman; forwards: Robinson, Gilbert, Nevin, Ingarfield, Hadfield, Meissner, Hicke, Angotti, Brenneman, Ratelie, Marshall.</p><p>DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defence: Langlois, Pronovost, Gadsby, Barkley, Bergman; forwards: Ullman, Howe, Delvecchio, Fonteyne, Murphy, Lindsay, MacGregor, Smith, Henderson, MacDonald, Joyal.</p><p>Referee: Buffey. Linesmen: Pavelich, D&rsquo;Amico.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07310/2542675-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="547" height="852"></div><h2>Sat. Mar. 27 BOSTON 6 AT MONTREAL 2</h2><p>BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Norris; defense: Woytowich, Watson, Green, Awrey; forwards: Oliver, Westfall, Bucyk, Williams, Kurtenbach, McDonald, Schock, Fleming, Rivers, Maxner, Knibbs.</p><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge and Worsely; defense: Harris, Talbot, Laperriere, Tremblay, Picard; forwards: Backstrom, Roberts, Duff, Beliveau, Rousseau, Provost, Ferguson, Cournoyer, Richard, Peters, Balon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08295/2542668-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="550" height="795"></div><h2>DETROIT 4 AT TORONTO 1</h2><p>DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier; defense: Langlois, Pronovost, Gadsby, Goegan, Bergman; forwards: Ullman, Howe, Delvecchio, Murphy, Lindsay, MacGregor, Smith, Henderson, MacDonald, Joyal.</p><p>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Baun, Brewer, Stanley, Horton, Douglas; forwards: Keon, Armstrong, McKenney, Stemkowski, Mahovlich, Ellis, Kelly, Bathgate, Shack, Stewart.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09283/2542661-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="548" height="504"></div><h2>Sun. March 28 TORONTO 4 AT DETROIT 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10258/2542654-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="552" height="577"></div><h2>MONTREAL 5 AT NEW YORK 3</h2><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge, Worsley; defense; Talbot, Harris, Harper, Laperriere, Tremblay; forwards: Rousseau, Beliveau, Duff, Provost, Richard, Balon, Larose, Backstrom, Ferguson, Roberts, Cournoyer.</p><p>NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Paille; defense: Howell, Brown, Neilson, Seiling, Hillman; forwards: Nevin, Marshall, Hadfield, Gilbert, Ratelle, Robinson, Hicke, Ingarfield, Brenneman, Angotti.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11232/2542647-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="552" height="751"></div><h2>CHICAGO 1 AT BOSTON 3</h2><p>CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: MacNeil, Ravlich. Vasko, Pilote, Jarrett; forwards: Mikita, Mohns, Wharram, Stanfield, Hodge, Hay, Esposito, McKenzie, Henry. D. Hull.</p><p>BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Norris; defense: Green. Awrey, Woytowich, Watson; forwards: Oliver, Westfall, Bucyk, Schock, Rivers, Fleming, Williams, McDonald, Kurtenbach, Knibbs, Maxner.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12209/2542640-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="549" height="553"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0011-05

National Hockey League Game Summaries

<p>WALLY NORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKS</p><p>WALLY POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETS</p><h2>Final Standings</h2><h3>Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02555/2542727-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="547" height="150"></div><h3>Western Division</h3><p><b>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto, 2. Montreal, 3. Chicago, 4. Detroit, 5. New York. 6. Boston, x-independent.)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03433/2542720-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="548" height="203"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p>Fri., Mar. 26</p><p>Pittsburgh 3 at Baltimore 5</p><p>Cleveland 5 at Providence 2</p><p>Hershey 2 at Rochester 10</p><p>Sat., Mar. 27</p><p>Quebec 1 at Cleveland 3</p><p>Rochester 2 at Hershey 3</p><p>Baltimore 1 at Pittsburgh 5</p><p>Buffalo 6 at Springfield 0</p><p>Sun., Mar. 28</p><p>Quebec 2 at Pittsburgh 2</p><p>Buffalo 10 at Providence 5</p><p>Baltimore 6 at Rochester 5</p><p>Hershey 4 at Springfield 3<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0012-02

AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><p>HERSHEY, Pa. &mdash;</p><p>Despite the worst run of injuries in the history of the club, the Hershey Bears gained the Calder Cup playoffs for the 22nd time in 26 seasons in the American Hockey League.</p><p>No less than a dozen skaters rode the injury list during the six month campaign and the aggregate games missed was a staggering 107.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01649/2542765-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="474" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Claude Dufour</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04319/2542758-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="271" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Awrey</b></figcaption></div><p>At one time or another the names on the ailing roster read, Claude Dufour, Barry Ashbee, Howie Yanosik, Chuck Hamilton, Michel Harvey, Bruce Draper, Pete Conacher, Keith McCreary, Gene Ubriaco, Danny Poliziani, Murray Balfour and Mike Nykoluk.</p><p>Added to this the Boston Bruins recalled in mid-season two of the finest rookie defensemen ever to wear Hershey colors. They were Bob Woytowich and Don Awrey. Along with this pair, the Bruins also tapped winger Wayne Rivers early in the season.</p><p>Coach Frank Mathers employed 23 skaters, the most the club has utilized since he showed up here from Pittsburgh in 1956.</p><p>&ldquo;This has to be the worst season for injuries I&rsquo;ve ever seen since I&rsquo;ve been in pro hockey,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;There were a couple of other guys who played even though they were hurt.&rdquo;</p><p>Perhaps one of the most important reasons for Hershey gaining the playoffs was a chap named Dufour, who guards the club&rsquo;s nets.</p><p>Dufour, who was signed to an AHL contract at the last minute when Ernie Wakely (now with the Quebec Aces) was hospitalized by an operation, turned in a remarkable job.</p><p>Through the first 62 games he played, Dufour saw 3,768 minutes of action, allowing only 200 goals in that span on 2,026 shots fired at him. This gave him a 3.22 goals against average.</p><p>&ldquo;Dufour has been tremendous for us all season,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;He came up with a lot of big games and he lost some mighty tough ones.&rdquo;</p><p>Hershey dropped 20 games by two goals or less in the first 68 played.</p><p>The Bears sewed up a Calder berth Mar. 21 at Providence, bowling over the Reds. 5-2, behind Bruce Draper&rsquo;s three goal &ldquo;Hat Trick.&rdquo;</p><p>One bright note going into the post season action is that Awrey will rejoin the team to help shore the defense.</p><p>During the regular season the Bears and Clippers played to a 4-4-1 standoff, though Baltimore out-scored Hershey. 38-31.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0012-01

Bears Conquer Injuries To Make 22nd Cup Round

<p><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></p><p><b>QUEBEC vs. ROCHESTER</b></p><p><b>(Best-of-seven series)</b></p><p><b>WED. MAR. 31</b></p><p><b>Quebec at Rochester</b></p><p><b>FRI. APR. 2</b></p><p><b>Quebec at Rochester</b></p><p><b>SUN. APR. 4</b></p><p><b>Rochester at Quebec</b></p><p><b>WED. APR. 7</b></p><p><b>Rochester at Quebec</b></p><p><b>THURS. APR. 8</b></p><p><b>Quebec at Rochester</b></p><p><b>SUN. APR. 11</b></p><p><b>Rochester at Quebec</b></p><p><b>TUES. APR. 13</b></p><p><b>Quebec at Rochester</b></p><p><b>QUARTER-FINALS</b></p><p><b>BUFFALO vs. PITTSBURGH</b></p><p><b>(Best-of-five series)</b></p><p><b>WED. MAR. 31</b></p><p><b>Pittsburgh at Buffalo</b></p><p><b>SAT. APR. 3</b></p><p><b>Pittsburgh at Buffalo</b></p><p><b>SUN. APR. 4</b></p><p><b>Buffalo at Pittsburgh</b></p><p><b>WED. APR. 7</b></p><p><b>Buffalo at Pittsburgh</b></p><p><b>THURS. APR. 8</b></p><p><b>Pittsburgh at Buffalo</b></p><p><b>HERSHEY vs. BALTIMORE</b></p><p><b>(Best-of-five series)</b></p><p><b>WED. MAR. 31</b></p><p><b>Baltimore at Hershey</b></p><p><b>FRI. APR. 2</b></p><p><b>Hershey at Baltimore</b></p><p><b>SAT. APR. 3</b></p><p><b>Baltimore at Hershey</b></p><p><b>TUES. APR. 6</b></p><p><b>Hershey at Baltimore</b></p><p><b>WED. APR. 7</b></p><p><b>Baltimore at Hershey</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Calder Cup Playoff Dates

<h2>Sat., March 20 ROCHESTER 8 AT SPRINGFIELD 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05234/2542911-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="547" height="810"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 4 AT CLEVELAND 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06189/2542904-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="544" height="639"></div><h2>BALTIMORE 3 AT BUFFALO 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07165/2542897-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="559" height="758"></div><h2>QUEBEC 6 AT HERSHEY 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08146/2542890-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="544" height="758"></div><h2>Sun., March 21 SPRINGFIELD 1 AT BUFFALO 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09128/2542883-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="542" height="477"></div><h2>HERSHEY 5 AT PROVIDENCE 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-10115/2542876-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="547" height="680"></div><h2>BALTIMORE 5 AT CLEVELAND 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-11106/2542869-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="546" height="910"></div><h2>QUEBEC 1 AT ROCHESTER 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1289/2542862-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="543" height="662"></div><h2>Tues., March 23 BUFFALO 2 AT QUEBEC 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1378/2542855-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="544" height="743"></div><h2>Wed., March 24 PITTSBURGH 2 AT HERSHEY 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1471/2542848-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="549" height="644"></div><h2>ROCHESTER 3 AT CLEVELAND 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1565/2542841-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="545" height="584"></div><h2>Thurs., March 25 BUFFALO 3 AT QUEBEC 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1656/2542834-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="549" height="639"></div><h2>AHL Point Race</h2><h3>FINAL SCORING</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01640/2542827-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="552" height="483"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02595/2542820-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="548" height="257"></div><h3>PENALTY LEADERS</h3><p>Most Penalized Player&mdash;Fred Glover, 208 mts.</p><p>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Cleveland, 997 mts.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0012-05

American Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE TAYLOR</div><p>BALTIMORE, Md.</p><p>Having a part in this year&rsquo;s Calder Cup playoffs brings a special kind of satisfaction to Terry Reardon, General Manager of the Baltimore Clippers.</p><p>As the Clippers clashed with Hershey in the opening round of the play-offs, Reardon peered through the smoke of his cigar and admitted the season had dragged him through some of his most miserable moments in hockey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04503/2542942-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="269" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Reardon</b></figcaption></div><p>Terry&rsquo;s terror began last summer when the Baltimore brass decided their operation warranted a bench coach, rather than a playing coach. The problem was compounded when the entire Clipper crew agreed that it wanted Aldo Guidolin, player-coach at the time, in their plans for the future, but did not want to surrender his talents as a player.</p><p>In response to this situation, Reardon suggested Johnny Crawford, one of his close personal friends who had stepped out of hockey coaching to devote his time to a business on Cape Cod. And it wasn&rsquo;t until Crawford accepted the Baltimore bid that Reardon realized how far out on a limb he had climbed. Before the season got underway, Reardon remarked:</p><p>&ldquo;You can just imagine how rough it will be on Johnny and me if the team gets off to a bad start.&rdquo;</p><p>As it turned out. the team didn&rsquo;t get off to a bad start. Instead it got off to a near-disistrous one. The Clippers, under new coach Crawford, won only once in its opening dozen games.</p><p>However Reardon&rsquo;s faith in Crawford paid off as the Clipper ship stopped listing midway in the season, then finished with a flourish to gain the playoffs. At one stage, the Clippers dropped only one game in a streak of 16 starts.</p><p>It marked the second time since Baltimore came into the American League three years ago that the Clippers made the playoffs. In its first bid, Baltimore made the grade in the final game of the season. The Clippers missed the playoffs by one game last year.</p><p><b>CLIPPER CLIPS</b>&mdash;The fact that Baltimore and Hershey met in the opening playoff games, put the post season interest at a fever pitch&hellip;It is less than 100 miles between the two arenas and a mad rush went up as fans from both clubs made bids to see both the home and away games&hellip;</p><p>Clippers added amateur defenseman Ken Block to their roster for the remainder of the season&hellip;Ken already had used up five of his eight games of eligibility under the try-out code&hellip;The last time Baltimore and Hershey met in the playoffs, two years ago, the Bears won the deciding game after the teams had deadlocked the series.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0013-04

Clippers Gave Reardon Many Anxious Moments

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div><p>CLEVELAND, Ohio</p><p>As the Calder Cup playoffs occupy the attention of the American Hockey League&rsquo;s contending teams, last year&rsquo;s playoff champions, the Cleveland Barons, have dispersed to their homes.</p><p>Not, however, without leaving some last-minute impressions on their faithful fans, who stuck with them to the bitter end of a disastrous campaign.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03551/2542973-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="272" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Howie Glover</b></figcaption></div><p>Rightfully, the fans can ask what may have happened to the Barons had they been able to duck the almost unbelievable number of injuries that plagued them throughout the season, or what the situation may have been had Howie Glover been available for the entire schedule.</p><p>As it is, the same fate befell the Barons that struck down the last two Calder Cup champions ahead of them.</p><p>The Springfield Indians, cup champions in 1961-62, finished last in their division the follwoing season. The Buffalo Bisons, winners in 1962-63. slipped to last place in 1963-64. Now the same thing has happened to the Barons.</p><p>Injuries played their part, the most serious being the one that sidelined center Cecil Hoekstra for almost the entire campaign and the one that kept Howie Glover from playing until late in the schedule.</p><p>As the Barons put together back-to-back victories over the Pittsburgh Hornets and Baltimore Clippers on the next-to-last weekend of the campaign, the younger of Cleveland&rsquo;s two Glover brothers poured in six goals in the two games, two against the Hornets and four against the Clippers.</p><p>That gave him the remarkable total of 20 goals in 23 games.</p><p>Obviously, Howie Glover, as does his brother Fred, figures prominently in the Barons&rsquo; plans for next season, when they hope to rebound and fight their way into the playoffs again.</p><p>Who, of the other Barons, will remain with them still must be decided. When a team finishes last, changes must be made. These changes could affect almost everyone else on the team.</p><p>But Howie Glover? Perish the thought! Not if the Barons have anything to say about it!<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0013-03

Cup Victory Proved Jinx For Barons

<div class="byline">BY BUSTER CLEGG</div><p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. &mdash;</p><p>Doing a post-mortum on a disappointing season generally is a thing to avoid, but earlier this week Ferny Flaman of the Rhode Island Reds was found to be a willing and talkative subject.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05415/2543004-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="281" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Leduc</b></figcaption></div><p>As general manager and coach of the Reds, Flaman was unusually relaxed at the conclusion of the 1964-65 American Hockey League season&mdash;one that saw his Reds finish dead last in the Eastern Division, far out of the playoffs.</p><p>The team had just ended its most discouraging season ever, but Flaman was eager to answer the most obvious question: &ldquo;What now?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going out to build a winner,&rdquo; was his quick, optimistic answer. &ldquo;As a matter of fact, we&rsquo;ve already started.</p><p>&ldquo;First of all, we&rsquo;re going to make a number of trades this summer. We must improve both our defense and scoring, and that&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;ll do.</p><p>&ldquo;Next, our club owns some really promising amateurs, several of which have a fine chance to make the grade next season.&rdquo;</p><p>Flaman was referring to four amateur youngsters he recalled and used through the final two weeks of the season. They are goalie Andre Daoust, defenseman Tony Goegan, and wingers Bob Leduc and Jerry Rempel. All played well in their brief stints with the Roosters, especially young Leduc, considered to be a future National League prospect.</p><p>Though Flaman didn&rsquo;t say it, the big source of encouragement for next season lies in that valuable piece of property&mdash;goalie Ed Giacomin. It&rsquo;s no secret that the 25-year-old standout is being sought by at least three NHL clubs&hellip;and that the price is high for the goaling master.</p><p>Owner Lou Pieri, freely admitting that he&rsquo;s talked with several NHL clubs, is out for players, and not money. The deal will have to be a good one for him to give up his great Providence goaltender.</p><p>To the question, &ldquo;what happened this year?,&rdquo; Flaman had this analysis:</p><p>&ldquo;The losses of Matt Ravlich, Larry Leach, Bob Beckett and Stan Baluik were impossible to replace, although we tried very hard. Baluik, especially, was the one that hurt. He was the key to our offense, and we suffered without him!&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not going to look back,&rdquo; Flaman said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to look ahead, there&rsquo;s a long summer ahead and a lot of work to do. Next year will be different&hellip;believe me!&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0013-05

Flaman Plans Changes In Tail-End Reds, Hones Trades Will Make Them Winner

<div class="byline">BY JOE GORDON</div><p>PITTSBURGH, Pa. &mdash;</p><p>When George (Duke) Harris reported to the Hornets last fall, he brought with him the reputation of being a 20-goal man. For in his first two seasons of pro hockey, the 23-year-old right wing had tallied 28 and 21 goals while playing with St. Louis. It was on these figures that the Detroit Red Wings dished out $20,000 for him at the draft meetings last spring.</p><p>After a poor start this season, Harris still has a chance to crack the twenty mark in his rookie year in the AHL. A spurt which saw him tally four goals in three games brought him up to 18 for the campaign going into the last week of play.</p><p>Harris&rsquo; bullet-like slap shots have earned him frequent service on the power play as he mans the right point. When he and Irv Spencer team up on the points, opposing netminders can usually expect some heavy artillery.</p><p>&ldquo;Duke has improved quite a bit since the beginning of the season,&rdquo; said Stasiuk. &ldquo;I really think he&rsquo;ll have a good playoff series as he has been hot lately and this streak could carry over,&rdquo; added the Hornet coach.</p><p>Most of the season Harris has played the right side on a line centered by Murray Hall, who is leading the Hornets in goals scored and has a shot at 30.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Duke Harris Hits Playoffs On Hot Goal-Scoring Pace

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER, N. Y.</p><p>Rochester&rsquo;s rocketing record wreckers ruined no fewer than seven marks and zoomed to within range of six others during the three-night stretch of March 19-21.</p><p>The Amerks, determined to prove themselves the greatest team in professional minor league history, entered the final week of the American Hockey League schedule with sights set on four additional AHL records and two more club marks.</p><p>But here&rsquo;s what Joe Crozier&rsquo;s powerful Americans accomplished in a single weekend:</p><p>Friday, March 19, won 8-4 in Providence&mdash;Dick Gamble scored three goals, giving him 43 for the season to shatter Billy Hicke&rsquo;s Rochester club record of 41 set in 1958-59. Larry Hillman scored a goal, giving him 8 for the season to eclipse the club mark of 7 goals for a defenseman set by Claude Labrosse in 1958-59.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06353/2543059-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="252" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Joe Crozier</b></figcaption></div><p>Saturday, March 20, won 8-4 in Springfield&mdash;This was Rochester&rsquo;s 20th foreign ice win, smashing the American League record of 19 set by Cleveland in 1947-48, tied by the Barons in 1950-51 and tied by the Amerks the previous night. Bronco Horvath assisted on two goals, giving him 60 for the season to beat the club record of 59 he set last year. Hillman assisted on two goals, giving him 42 to surpass the club record of 41 assists by a defenseman set by Steve Kraftcheck in 1959-60 and tied by him in &rsquo;61-62.</p><p>Sunday, March 21, won 6-1 over Quebec here&mdash;The win was the ninth straight by the Amerks, setting a club record. Rochester&rsquo;s 195657 team won eight in a row, and the &rsquo;58-59 club went through eight games without a loss. The six goals gave Rochester 290 for the season&mdash;the most any Amerk club ever has scored.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Americans Could Set 13 AHL Records In Title Run

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><p>Before you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never varies</p><p>Before you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never varies</p><p>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. &mdash;</p><p>Pat Stapleton, hustling little center and defenseman for Portland, named last week as the outstanding player in the Western Hockey League by a vote of league coaches, heads up the list of individual bests in the circuit as chosen by the coaches for THE HOCKEY NEWS this week.</p><p>Stapleton nosed out San Francisco wingers Wayne Connelly and Gary Dornhoefer as the outstanding major league prospect in the circuit. Dornhoefer was runnerup as the outstanding rookie in the NHL last season before slipping back to the WHL this past mid-season.</p><p>Dornhoefer is 22, Stapleton 24 and Connelly 26. Dornhoefer has now had three years as a pro, while Stapleton and Connelly have had six years each. Curiously, all three had only one full previous NHL season, all with Boston&rsquo;s Bruins. Since Boston finished last in the NHL again, the trio might rate a second and better look.</p><p>Stapleton was also selected as the league&rsquo;s outstanding pointman and got some consideration as best skater, puck-handler, shooter and checker, which tells quite a tale of versatility. Vancouver veteran Phil Maloney tied Brian Smith of Los Angeles as best shooter, was hosed out as best point man and got some credit as best puck-handler to show a bit of versatility also.</p><p>Willie O&rsquo;Ree of Los Angeles was selected as best skater, Gerry Leonard of Seattle as best forechecker, Les Hunt of Vancouver as heaviest defensive checker, Charley Burns of San Francisco as best penalty-killer, and Guyle Fielder of Seattle as best puck-handler.</p><p>Closest to LA winger Smith and Vancouver pivot Maloney as best shooter were San Francisco&rsquo;s Connelly, Seattle&rsquo;s Bob Barlow and Vancouver&rsquo;s Buddy Boone, with other mention going to Victoria&rsquo;s Milan Marcetta, Larry Keenan and Lou Jankowski, Portland&rsquo;s Andy Hebenton and Tommy McVie and Seattle&rsquo;s Moe Mantha.</p><p>Mantha was a strong choice as top shooter among defencemen, with Seattle&rsquo;s Gordon Sinclair and LA&rsquo;s Howie Young earning mention.</p><p>More names were mentioned in the best-shooter category than any other.</p><p>LA flyer O&rsquo;Ree nosed out Billy McNeill of Vancouver and Dallas Smith of San Francisco as best skater, with other mention going to LA&rsquo;s Gordon Vejprava and Seattle&rsquo;s Fielder.</p><p>Smith was top-heavy choice as best-skating defenseman, with LA&rsquo;s Young getting mention also.</p><p>Seattle&rsquo;s Fielder was named best puck-handler by a good margin over Victoria&rsquo;s Kennan and Portland&rsquo;s Art Jones, with Norm Johnson of LA, Gerry Goyer of Portland, John Sleaver of Victoria, McNeill of Vancouver and Stapleton gaining mention. San Francisco&rsquo;s Gerry Odrowski, Seattle&rsquo;s Sinclair and Victoria&rsquo;s Fred and Sandy Hucul virtually dead-heated as best puck-handling defensemen.</p><p>Behind Leonard of Seattle as best checker among forwards came Jones of Portland, Burns of San Francisco and Keenan of Victoria, with other mention going to Sleaver of Victoria, Arnie Sehmautz of Portland, and Marc Boileau and Willie O&rsquo;Ree of Los Angeles.</p><p>Behind Seal Burns as best penalty-killer came Leonard of Seattle and Boileau of LA. Les Hunt of Vancouver beat out Connie Madigan of Portland and Bill Shvetz of Victoria as hardest-hitting defensive checker.</p><p>Stapelton nosed out Maloney as best point man with Vancouver&rsquo;s Ron Matthews and Victoria&rsquo;s Fred Hucul getting votes. Portland&rsquo;s Andy Hebenton was named best power-play shooter and got some write-ins as most sportsmanlike. Based on statistics. he should be a shoo-in for the Fred J. Hume Trophy, the WHL equivalent to the NHL&rsquo;s Lady Byng award.</p><p>Stapleton is now the favorite to win the George A. Leader Cup as the Most Valuable Player in the league when the vote of players and coaches on the special awards is announced later. Seattle goalie Jim McLeod is a strong contender, however. The official WHL All-Star team as selected by the players will also be announced later.</p><p>The coaches who voted in this poll not only split their votes many ways, but added extra categories and extra names to the ballot. A few others besides those named got scattered votes here and there. The coaches enthusiastically sought to give credit where credit is deserved.</p><p>Clearly, if you had a fellow who could skate like O&rsquo;Ree, stick-handle and pass like Fielder, shoot like Smith or Maloney and check like Leonard you&rsquo;d have quite a hockey player, Stapleton came closest to this perfect animal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01637/2543118-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="480" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BRIAN SMITH&hellip;Can Fire A Puck</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02533/2543111-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="467" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PHIL MALONEY&hellip;Still Slick On Ice</b></figcaption></div><h2>Final Standings</h2><p><b>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto, 5. New York, 6. Boston.)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03407/2543104-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="545" height="230"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Tues., Mar. 23</b></p><p>Los Angeles 0 at Victoria 5</p><p><b>Wed., Mar. 24</b></p><p>Los Angeles 4 at Portland 2</p><p><b>Fri., Mar. 26</b></p><p>Los Angeles 5 at San Francisco 6</p><p>Victoria 3 at Seattle 3</p><p>Portland 0 at Vancouver 6</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 27</b></p><p>San Francisco 4 at Los Angeles 2</p><p>Portland 4 at Seattle 2</p><p>Vancouver 3 at Portland 5</p><p><b>Sun., Mar. 28</b></p><p>Seattle 4 at Portland 5</p><p>Victoria 4 at Vancouver 7</p><h2>WHL Point Race</h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun., Mar. 21)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04315/2543097-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="550" height="583"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05243/2543090-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="547" height="278"></div><h3>LEAGUE LEADERS</h3><p>Most Game Winning Goals: Bill Dineen, Seattle, Bob Barlow, Seattle 6.</p><p>Most Hat Tricks: Charlie Burns, San Francisco, Gordon Redahl, Victoria, Willie O&rsquo;Ree, Los Angeles 2.</p><p>Most Shutouts: Jim McLeod, Seattle 5.</p><p>Most Power&mdash;Play Goals Andy Hebenton, Portland 14.</p><p>Most Minutes in Penalties: Howie Young. Los Angeles 221.</p><h2>Playoff Dates</h2><p>SEMI-FINALS</p><p>VANCOUVER vs. PORTLAND</p><p>(Best-of-seven series)</p><p>WED. MAR. 31</p><p>Vancouver at Portland</p><p>FRI. APR. 2</p><p>Portland at Vancouver</p><p>SUN. APR. 4</p><p>Vancouver at Portland</p><p>TUES. APR. 6</p><p>Portland at Vancouver</p><p>WED. APR. 7</p><p>Vancouver at Portland</p><p>FRI. APR. 9</p><p>Portland at Vancouver</p><p>SUN. APR. 11</p><p>Vancouver at Portland</p><p>VICTORIA vs. SEATTLE</p><p>(Best-of-seven series)</p><p>Victoria at Seattle</p><p>FRI. APR. 2</p><p>Victoria at Seattle</p><p>WED. APR. 3</p><p>Seattle at Victoria</p><p>TUES. APR. 6</p><p>Seattle at Victoria</p><p>WED. APR. 7</p><p>Victoria at Seattle</p><p>SAT. APR. 10</p><p>Seattle at Victoria</p><p>SUN. APR. 11</p><p>Victoria at Seattle<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Stapleton Named Top Big League Hope, Smith, Maloney Best Shots Say Coaches

<h2>Tues., March 16 LOS ANGELES 2 AT VANCOUVER S</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06205/2543219-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="544" height="553"></div><h2>Wed., March 17 SEATTLE 3 AT SAN FRANCISCO 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07163/2543212-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="534" height="378"></div><h2>VICTORIA 3 AT PORTLAND 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08139/2543205-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="542" height="780"></div><h2>Thurs., March 18 SEATTLE 2 AT LOS ANGELES 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09126/2543198-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="548" height="618"></div><h2>Fri., March 19 PORTLAND 5 AT LOS ANGELES 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10111/2543191-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="544" height="638"></div><h2>VICTORIA 2 AT VANCOUVER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-11100/2543184-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="543" height="513"></div><h2>SEATTLE 2 AT SAN FRANCISCO 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1291/2543177-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="551" height="529"></div><h2>Sat., March 20 VANCOUVER 1 AT VICTORIA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1374/2543170-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="548" height="529"></div><h2>Sun., March 21 SAN FRANCISCO 2 AT LOS ANGELES 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1455/2543163-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="549" height="726"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 2 AT PORTLAND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1547/2543156-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="551" height="672"></div><h2>VICTORIA 1 AT SEATTLE 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08174/2543149-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="549" height="385"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Western League Summaries

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><h2>Coaches Agree, Jones Solid Player</h2><p>LOS ANGELES, Calif.</p><p><b>Portland coach Hal Laycoe</b> is a close man with a compliment, but he often goes out of the way to praise his veteran center Art Jones, whom he considers one of pro hockey&rsquo;s most underrated players. &ldquo;He does everything for us,&rdquo; Laycoe says. &ldquo;He sets up plays, scores a lot, more often than not scores the clutch goal, checks hard, kills penalties, usually checks the best opposing centers and outscores them, yet you seldom hear about him.&rdquo; San Francisco coach Bud Poile says, &ldquo;I seldom agree with Laycoe, but I have to in this regard. Jones is a pest. He seldom stands out on the ice, but when you look at the statistics the next day, he&rsquo;s the man who&rsquo;s beaten you. He&rsquo;s quite a hockey player.&rdquo;</p><p>Jones is 30 years old and in his eighth year as a pro, yet he never has had a trial in the majors. He has never even made the Western League&rsquo;s first all-star team, though he has made the second team twice. He did lead the Western League in scoring with an even 100 points in 1961, he was third with 86 in 1962, second with 87 last season and among the leaders this season. His consistency is shown in his goal totals&mdash;29, 22, 35, 36, 38, 25, 36, with 30 so far this season. He paced playoff scorers in 1961 with eight goals, 10 assists and 18 points. He has outpointed almost every great pivot he has checked this season.</p><p>&ldquo;I lack the size and speed to make the National League,&rsquo;&rsquo; the 5-10, 150-pound Jones says, but the stringbean gets a job done. The colorless, but effective Saskatoon-born father of three would like to play in the league long enough to score 400 goals and go into coaching later. He&rsquo;ll finish this season with around 250 goals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01612/2543264-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="246" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Art Jones</b></figcaption></div><h2>MacFarland Quitting?&mdash;Up To The Boss</h2><p><b>On the Seattle side,</b> Bill MacFarland, 33 denies reports he&rsquo;s retiring. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s up to the boss in the law firm I work for,&rdquo; he explains. &ldquo;If he wants me to play another season, I will, which will probably be the case.&rdquo; You might suppose the boss would want Bill to stick to law, but the boss is one of the Totem owners. The tall, powerful MacFarland is a remarkable fellow. Married and the father of three children, he attended the University of Michigan, has a degree in Law, is league player representative and has been co-publisher of the now defunct league newspaper, the Western Hockey World, with WHL publicist Murray Costello.</p><p>MacFarland is one who could have been an outstanding major leaguer if he had gone after it, but he delayed turning pro until he was 24 and has been content in the West. He played one season with Edmonton and the last eight with Seattle. He has scored more than 30 goals six times and more than 40 twice, with a high of 46 in 1962, when he was selected MVP of the league and was, in this competition, a sort of Gordie Howe, who dominated the ice. He was second in league scoring with 86 points in 1960 and fourth with a career-high 95 points in 1961, and paced the playoffs in 1959 with 11 assists and in 1963 with 22 points.</p><p>This has not been one of his better seasons. In fact, he says &ldquo;This has been my worst season.&rdquo; But the winger has played at an unfamiliar position, center, and with a brace on his knee. He has been blanked for 15 straight games when he scored the hat-trick in a 7-5 win over Seattle the other night. He didn&rsquo;t take a single shot. Every goal went in on a deflection off his stick, which shows what kind of a crazy season it&rsquo;s been for him. He is still second on his team in scoring with 19 goals and 48 points.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02550/2543257-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="286" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill MacFarland</b></figcaption></div><h2>Keenan Wants To Go Up With Leafs</h2><p><b>Victoria came into L.A.</b> and in the dressing room, Larry Keenan was pulling his hockey togs on over a 5-11, 175-pound frame that looks pretty scrawny to belong to an NHL prospect. The 24-year-old forward, considered a disappointment after super-junior play, seems to have matured in his fourth pro season. He is at the 30-goal level. And he is praised not only for clever offense, but for his forechecking defense against the best pivots in the league. His stick is always on the ice. &ldquo;I like defense and take pride in it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have the size to hit hard, so I have to poke-check. I learned to play that way in the juniors. I take my scoring openings, but I try to play both ends.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if I disappointed anyone. I&rsquo;m playing the same as ever this year, only the puck has gone in. I am more experienced, so I guess I&rsquo;m better. Anyway, I never worry about what people say. I only played two games with Toronto, so I don&rsquo;t know how the heavy hitting will bother me. I&rsquo;m thin, but it hasn&rsquo;t bothered me so far.&rdquo; There was talk Toronto would recall him prior to the playoffs, but Victoria needed him down the stretch. &ldquo;I want to go up, but I&rsquo;m not disappointed,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I have to worry about this team right now. Next season is another thing.&rdquo;</p><p>Boston, New York, Toronto and Chicago may make coaching changes and Laycoe is in line for one, probably Boston&hellip;Los Angeles is a cinch and San Francisco is a probable, but Portland and Seattle people are concerned that they will be counted out when the NHL expands to a two-division, 12-team major league circuit. Portland and Seattle do not have the major league image Baltimore, Pittsburgh or St. Louis have, but they should be considered seriously because they are fine hockey towns with fine arenas. Vancouver could cut it with a new arena. Personally, we think all five would come close to selling out all season, which, of course, they would have to do. Permitting the newcomers to draft some NHL talent and setting up an inter-locking schedule are necessities and are in the works.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03466/2543250-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="306" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Larry Keenan</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Western Ad Lib

<p>SEATTLE, Wash.</p><p>Several new WHL records were set this season, and more should come by season&rsquo;s end. Guyle Fielder surpassed his own record with his 15th game winning assist&hellip;Vancouver&rsquo;s Billy McNeill scored the fastest first goal of a game with a goal seven seconds after the opening faceoff at San Francisco Nov. 7&hellip;Portland&rsquo;s Pat Stapleton scored the fastest goal of an overtime with one 13 seconds into the extra session at Seattle Jan. 23. Victoria&rsquo;s Ed Mazur drew the fastest penalty with one a single second after the opening of the Dec. 19 game at L.A.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04359/2543295-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="273" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leo Labine</b></figcaption></div><p>L.A.&rsquo;s Howie Young drew the most penalties in one game, eight at Portland Nov. 7. But Portland&rsquo;s Connie Maddigan drew the most minutes in penalties in a single game, 37, on one minor, three majors, one misconduct and one game misconduct against visiting Seattle Nov. 18&hellip;Portland has already smashed the old mark with 367 minor penalties in one season, while San Francisco has compiled an even more negative record, giving up 60 goals while shorthanded.</p><p>San Francisco coach Bud Poile calls Lloyd Gilmour, &ldquo;the best hockey referee I&rsquo;ve seen in the last 10 years&rdquo;&hellip;Reader Paul Winnell of Toronto has been writing in with clippings in support of ex-LA goalie Jack Norris, now at Boston. Norris has been drawing a lot of praise in the NHL. His performances there as well as in the WHL have been good and bad, but he has not had a strong defense in front of him in either place.</p><p>Leo LaBine, who had only one goal in two months, and Willy O&rsquo;Ree each scored three-goal hat-tricks in the same game, accounting for all their teams goals&mdash;a rare feat&mdash;as LA beat Seattle 6-2. But the next night they blew a 3-0 two-period lead and lost 5-3 as visiting Portland clinched the WHL pennant&hellip;Victoria&rsquo;s veteran team has played a collective total of 10,500 games, led by Ed Mazur, who has played in 1,191, so don&rsquo;t blame the Leafs if they seem tired at the end.</p><p>As the Western Hockey League moved toward the end of the regular season and the opening of the playoffs, league-wide attendance was at its highest peak ever. The 800,000-fan figure had been passed and 1,000.000 was within reach. The league has passed a million in eight of its 16 seasons, but never with as few as the present six teams. Seattle had shown the biggest increase, up 63 percent in its new, big arena. Vancouver was up 30 per cent, Victoria 17 per cent and perrennial gate champ Portland 10 per cent. Only the tail-end Californians, L.A. and San Francisco, were down. Portland recently had its best four-game stretch ever with 40,815 fans.</p><p>After winning four in a row to revive playoff hopes, L.A. lost five in a row to bury them for good. During that upsy-downsy stretch, L.A. did dirt to arch-rival San Francisco by winning a pair from the Seals, then losing a pair to Victoria, the team that was beating the Seals out of a playoff berth, then came back to beat the Seals again&hellip;Portland is the hottest playoff favorite in years, which probably means the Bucks will have trouble in the first round&hellip;The Seals really missed Charley Burns, the great pivot, who was out five weeks with torn knee ligaments before returning for the last 10 days of the campaign.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Fielder Fires 15th Game Winning Goal To Surpass Own Western Loop Record

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05267/2543333-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg"></div><p><b>TEAM RECORDS AGAINST EACH OTHER (Including Games of Sun. Mar. 21)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06221/2543326-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="1093" height="304"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How WHL Teams Rate

<p><b>JULY 19th TO AUGUST 1, 1965</b></p><p>SERVING THE NEEDS OF YOUTHFUL HOCKEY PLAYERS FROM CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON. ALBERTA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.</p><p><b>Write Now for Information&mdash;Box 159, Chilliwack, B.C. Coaching Staff under direction&mdash;Ed Dorohoy General Manager&mdash;Fred Madden</b></p><p>SUMMER HOCKEY GAME&mdash;SAT., JULY 31st<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“The Best in the Pacific North-West” CHILLIWACK’S 3rd ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL—HOCKEY SCHOOL—

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07196/2543388-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg"></div><p>ATTACH PRESENT LABEL HERE</p><p>If you&rsquo;re moving, please let us know as soon as possible. Place address label here and print your new address below together with the date the change should take effect.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Change Of Address Coupon

<p>Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY</p><p>Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY</p><h2>Final Standings</h2><p><b>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto, 2. Montreal, 3. Chicago, 4. Detroit, 5. New York, 6. Boston.)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01458/2543426-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="545" height="256"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed., Mar. 24</b></p><p>Omaha 3 at Memphis 7</p><p>St. Paul 4 at Tulsa 3</p><p><b>Thurs., Mar. 25</b></p><p>St. Paul 4 at St. Louis 1</p><p><b>Fri., Mar. 26</b></p><p>Tulsa 7 at Omaha 4</p><p>St. Paul 8 at Memphis 2</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 27</b></p><p>Minneapolis 4 at St. Paul 2</p><p>Omaha 5 at St. Louis 2</p><p>Memphis 2 at Tulsa 6</p><p><b>Sun., Mar. 28</b></p><p>St. Paul 6 at Minneapolis 2</p><p>St. Louis 0 at Tulsa 6</p><p>Omaha 1 at Memphis 11</p><h2>Point Race</h2><h3>LEADING SCORERS (Including games of Sun. Mar. 21)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02387/2543419-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="542" height="425"></div><h3>League Leaders</h3><p>Most Goals: Al Caron, St. Louis 46.</p><p>Most Assists: Pete Panagabko, Minn. 55.</p><p>Most Penalties in Minutes: Larry Johnston, Tulsa 236.</p><p>Most Shutouts: Cesare Maniago, Minn. 6.</p><p>Leading Goaltender: Cesare Maniago, Minn. 2.71.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div><p>TULSA, Okla.&mdash;</p><p>Tulsa Oilers clinched their Central Professional Hockey League playoff berth with less than two weeks to go on the regular 70-game schedule and general manager Ray Miron and playing-coach Rudy Migay are deserving of congratulations for their effort.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03306/2543457-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="264" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom McCarthy</b></figcaption></div><p>Now, with fourth place clinched, they are looking ahead to the Adams Cup playoffs but can look back on a top-flight performance in their first season in the circuit.</p><p>The league was an unknown quantity to them when they opened last October and although Tom McCarthy, Mike Walton, Nick Harbaruk, Andre Champagne and Gary Jarrett drew most of the applause for their offensive efforts in combining for 150 goals over 60 games, Migay also had words of praise for Mike Corbett and Bill Smith who were termed his &ldquo;depth&rdquo; or &ldquo;bench strength.&rdquo;</p><p>Corbett, 22, a second-year pro, played as a forward and also a defenseman and in 48 games scored four goals and assisted on 14. But as one of the top skaters in the loop, he shone with his checking and as Migay says, &ldquo;If Corbett would shoot more, he&rsquo;d get more goals. He&rsquo;s got a good shot and is developing.&rdquo;</p><p>Smith, 21, fresh from OHA Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; competition with Osh-awa, played defense, left wing and center. At 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; and weighing 175 pounds, he made his presence felt every time Migay sent him into action.</p><p>In the late games of the schedule, veteran Tom McCarthy was battling for the scoring leadership with St. Paul&rsquo;s Marc Dufour. McCarthy hit for 45 goals and 40 assists for 85 points, Dufour had 83.</p><p><b>ST. PAUL</b>&mdash;As Fred Shero&rsquo;s Rangers kept up the battle for first place against Omaha and Minneapolis, Jim Mikol was readying for action again after an attack of bursitis in an elbow.</p><p>&ldquo;With our club having a chance for first place, I&rsquo;ll be in uniform if I have to go in on my hands and knees. Every game is a crucial one now and I like those tight games that mean a lot,&rdquo; said Mikol, who joined the club late after spending the early part of the season with New York in the NHL.</p><p>Meanwhile, Marc Dufour resumed his chase for the league scoring crown after a two-game stint with the NHL New York Rangers, Jimmy Johnson&rsquo;s shoulder is just about back to normal and with goalie Wayne Rutledge ready to spell off Pelletier, if necessary, Rangers are making ready for the playoffs.</p><p><b>OMAHA</b>&mdash;It was disappointing news to playing-coach Bill McCreary and the Knights when the parent Montreal Canadiens advised them they were keeping Gary Peters for the remainder of the season. There was speculation that the Habitants might send Yvon Cournoyer to Omaha as a replacement but both young players will stay with Montreal.</p><p>Norm Dennis, captain of the Knights is their leading scorer with 29 goals and 36 assists for 65 points.</p><p><b>MINNEAPOLIS</b>&mdash;With the word that the National Hockey League planning expansion, general manager Bill Levins of the CPHL Bruins said, &ldquo;Our club president Walter Bush will make the decision as to our application.&rdquo;</p><p>Bush commented, &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have a place to play major league hockey in the Twin Cities (St. Paul and Minneapolis) right now but if a joint application was favorably received, steps could be taken to assure an adequate arena.&rdquo;</p><p>Still enjoying their struggle for first place with St. Paul and Omaha, the Bruins are getting consistent performances from Pete Panagabko and Jean Paul Parise while goalie Cesare Mani-ago is heading for the loop&rsquo;s puck fending honors with a 2.80 goals-against mark and six shutouts.</p><p>Bruins&rsquo; Joe Watson made his second trip of the season to the parent Boston Bruins as an injury replacement for defenseman Leo Boivin who suffered a broken hand and will miss the remaining games on the schedule.</p><p><b>MEMPHIS</b>&mdash;With playoff hopes dashed for the season, manager coach Eddie Bush of the Wings is giving plenty of ice time to Real Lemieux, Jimmy Peters, Pete Loveless and Gerry Abel, recent graduates of the Hamilton team of OHA Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; competition.</p><p>Peters, who scored 101 points in 51 games before joining Memphis, was named to the Max Kaminsky award given annually to the player who combines gentlemanly play and proficiency in the Junior OHA.</p><p><b>ST. LOUIS</b>&mdash;Gus Kyle is keeping his last-place Braves working to wind up the season with the best individual marks possible and the players are reacting under his guidance.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Tulsa Gains Playoff Berth In First Season

<p>ST. LOUIS, Mo.</p><p>Despite the fact the St. Louis Braves finished in last place this season, the club&rsquo;s popular Booster Club appreciated the role played by Goalie Roy Edwards.</p><p>The Braves&rsquo; faithful fan club voted Edwards its second annual award as the team&rsquo;s most valuable player for the season just ended. The veteran netminder was cited by club president George &lsquo;Butch&rsquo; Welsch for his yeoman work in the face of a disappointing season for the Braves.</p><p>The Booster Club also presented a new award this year, honoring little Roger Bellerieve as the most popular member of the St. Louis team.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Booster Club Honors Edwards

<h2>Sat., March 13 MINNEAPOLIS 3 AT ST. PAUL 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04248/2543547-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="546" height="844"></div><h2>TULSA 6 AT ST. LOUIS 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05182/2543540-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="540" height="705"></div><h2>Wed., March 17 MEMPHIS 0 AT MINNEAPOLIS 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06146/2543533-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="552" height="558"></div><h2>Fri., March 19 MEMPHIS 1 AT ST. PAUL 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07134/2543526-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="541" height="708"></div><h2>OMAHA 5 AT ST. LOUIS 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08122/2543519-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="539" height="557"></div><h2>Sun., March 21 TULSA 3 AT MINNEAPOLIS 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-09106/2543512-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="541" height="573"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0016-04

Central League Summaries

<h2>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2><h3>FINALS</h3><p><b>Nashville vs. Long Island</b></p><p>(Best-of-seven series)</p><p><b>Tues., Mar. 30</b></p><p>Long Island at Nashville</p><p><b>Thurs., Apr. 1</b></p><p>Nashville at Long Island</p><p><b>Sat., Apr. 3</b></p><p>Nashville at Long Island</p><p><b>Sun., Apr. 4</b></p><p>Nashville at Long Island</p><p><b>Wed., Apr. 7</b></p><p>Nashville at Long Island</p><p><b>Fri., Apr. 9</b></p><p>Nashville at Long Island</p><p><b>Sun., Apr. 11</b></p><p>Nashville at Long Island</p><h3>NORTHERN DIVISION FINALS</h3><p>(Long Island wins best-of-seven division finals 4-2.)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01373/2543627-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="551" height="133"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Fri., Mar. 19</b></p><p>Long Island 3 at Clinton 0</p><p><b>Sun., Mar. 21</b></p><p>Clinton 1 at Long Island 2</p><p><b>Tues., Mar. 23</b></p><p>Long Island 1 at Clinton 2</p><p><b>Wed., Mar. 24</b></p><p>Clinton 4 at Long Island 1</p><p><b>Fri., Mar. 26</b></p><p>Long Island 4 at Clinton 2</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 27</b></p><p>Clinton 0 at Long Island 3</p><h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><p>(Clinton wins best-of-five senes 3-2.)</p><p>(Long Island wins best-of-five series 3-1.)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02324/2543620-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="554" height="261"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION FINALS</h3><p>(Nashville wins best-of-seven envision finals 4-1.)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03264/2543613-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="551" height="133"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Fri., Mar. 19</b></p><p>Nashville 4 at Knoxville 2</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 20</b></p><p>Nashville 2 at Knoxville 3</p><p><b>Sun., Mar. 21</b></p><p>Nashville 1 at Knoxville 0</p><p>(Game called off in first period after free-for-all.)</p><p><b>Wed., Mar. 24</b></p><p>Nashville 4 at Knoxville 2</p><p><b>Fri., Mar. 26</b></p><p>Nashville 5 at Knoxville 2</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 27</b></p><p>Nashville 4 at Knoxville 1</p><h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><p>(Nashville wins best-of-five series 3-0.)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04204/2543606-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="550" height="256"></div><p>(Knoxville wins best-of-five series 3-2.)</p><h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2><h3>FINALS</h3><p>(Best-of-seven final series tied 3-3.)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05162/2543599-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="547" height="106"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Tues., Mar. 16</b></p><p>Oakville 5 at Woodstock 3</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 20</b></p><p>Woodstock 2 at Oakville 3</p><p><b>Sun., Mar. 21</b></p><p>Woodstock 6 at Oakville 2</p><p><b>Wed., Mar. 24</b></p><p>Woodstock 6 at Oakville 5</p><p><b>Fri., Mar. 26</b></p><p>Oakville 9 at Woodstock 4</p><p><b>Sun., Mar. 28</b></p><p>Woodstock 6 at Oakville 3</p><h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2><h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><p>(Niagara Falls wins best-of-seven semi-finals 4-2.)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06137/2543592-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="548" height="130"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Fri., Mar. 12</b></p><p>Oshawa 0 at Niagara Falls 5</p><p><b>Tues., Mar. 16</b></p><p>Niagara Falls 3 at Oshawa 4</p><p><b>Fri., Mar. 19</b></p><p>Oshawa 2 at Niagara Falls 7</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 20</b></p><p>Niagara Falls 2 at Oshawa 3</p><p><b>Tues., Mar. 23</b></p><p>Oshawa 2 at Niagara Falls 8</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 27</b></p><p>Niagara Falls 7 at Oshawa 4</p><p>(Best-of-seven semi-finals tied 1-1, one draw.)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07127/2543585-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="549" height="133"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Tues., Mar. 24</b></p><p>Peterborough 2 at Toronto 1</p><p><b>Thurs., Mar. 25</b></p><p>Toronto 6 at Peterborough 1</p><p><b>Sun., Mar. 28</b></p><p>Peterborough 3 at Toronto 3</p><h3>GAMES REMAINING</h3><p><b>Tues., Mar. 30</b></p><p>Toronto at Peterborough</p><p><b>Wed., Mar. 31 Peterborough at Toronto</b></p><p><b>Sat., Apr. 3</b></p><p>Toronto at Peterborough</p><h2>MARITIME SENIOR</h2><p>FINALS</p><p>(New Glasgow wins best-of-seven Provincial finals 4-2).</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0898/2543578-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="552" height="133"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Fri., Mar. 19</b></p><p>Glace Bay 2 at New Glasgow 6</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 20</b></p><p>Glace Bay 4 at New Glasgow 6</p><p><b>Mon., Mar. 22</b></p><p>New Glasgow 2 at Glace Bay 4</p><p><b>Tues., Mar. 23</b></p><p>New Glasgow 8 at Glace Bay 3</p><p><b>Wed., Mar. 24</b></p><p>New Glasgow 3 at Glace Bay 1</p><h2>Playoff Dates</h2><p><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></p><p>DES MOINES vs. PORT HURON</p><p>(Best-of-seven series)</p><p><b>TUES. MAR. 30</b></p><p>Des Moines at Port Huron</p><p><b>FRI. APR. 2</b></p><p>Des Moines at Port Huron</p><p><b>SAT. APR. 3</b></p><p>Port Huron at Des Moines</p><p><b>MON. APR. 5</b></p><p>Des Moines at Port Huron</p><p><b>WED. APR. 7</b></p><p>Port Huron at Des Moines</p><p><b>FRI. APR. 9</b></p><p>Port Huron at Des Moines</p><p><b>SUN. APR. 11</b></p><p><b>Des Moines at Port Huron</b></p><p>TOLEDO vs. FORT WAYNE</p><p>(Best-of-seven series)</p><p><b>TUES. MAR. 30</b></p><p>Toledo at Fort Wayne</p><p><b>WED. MAR. 31</b></p><p>Toledo at Fort Wayne</p><p><b>SAT. APR. 3</b></p><p>Toledo at Fort Wayne</p><p><b>SUN. APR. 4</b></p><p>Toledo at Fort Wayne</p><p><b>WED. APR. 7</b></p><p>Toledo at Fort Wayne</p><p><b>FRI. APR. 9</b></p><p>Fort Wayne at Toledo</p><p><b>SAT. APR. 10</b></p><p>Toledo at Fort Wayne<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Playoff Races

<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div><p>COMMACK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>The Long Island Ducks and Nash ville Dixie Flyers blasted their way into the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s championship final and observers were predicting a lively series between the two divisional winners.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0987/2543658-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="259" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>John Muckier</b></figcaption></div><p>John Muckler&rsquo;s Ducks took the Northern Division laurels by upsetting the Clinton Comets four games to two in their best-of-seven final while John McLellan&rsquo;s Dixie Flyers, the pride of the Southern Division, bounced the reinforced Knoxville Knights in five games in their best-of-seven final.</p><p>The two are scheduled to play the bulk of the best-of-seven final series in the East with the Nashville rink unavailable after the series opener. The teams open on Nashville ice then swing to Commack for the balance of the series.</p><p>The Ducks&rsquo; series&rsquo; victory over Clinton was a big boost for Muckier and his Long Island club, who are eyeing the EHL title with a two-fold purpose. The Ducks want to be champions and at the same time erase a seasonal deficit.</p><p>The win over Clinton has pulled the Ducks closer to their goal. Prexy Al Baron had earlier forecast the team could wipe out a $25,000 debt if the Ducks could go to the Northern finals and eventually into the championship series. Baron also said strong fan support, however, was needed to meet their goal.</p><p>Muckler hailed the Long Island victory as sweet revenge. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been eliminated the past two seasons by Clinton,&rdquo; said Muckier. &ldquo;This time the shoe was on the other foot.&rdquo;</p><p><b>KNOXVILLE:</b> Knights nave been involved in a series of narrow escapes in their playoffs. They beat Greensboro 3-2, and four of the five games were one-goalers and two of them sudden death. Chuck Stuart&rsquo;s two goals in last 27 seconds including the winner with one second left won Greensboro finale. The Knights have advantage in Nashville series since all games are on their home ice. Goalie Harrison Gray was great. Jackie LeClair has rejuvenated club&rsquo;s offense. Coach Don Labelle returned to action after missing first 3 games of Greensboro series with bad back. He replaced Reggie Grigg who hurt his knee.</p><p><b>NASHVILLE:</b> Flyers had five 40-goal scorers this year in Wayne Clairmont, Ted McCaskill, George Standing, John Lumley and Joe Zorica. Ricky Charron, New York goalie said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;d love to play a season back of that Nashville defense.&rdquo; Lloyd Hinchberger only Flyer who didn&rsquo;t score goal this season. Flyers not concerned over need to play all games at Knoxville &ldquo;because we think we can win anywhere in the league.&rdquo; Coach John McLellan doesn&rsquo;t sit on bench but stands in runway at home. Lumley and McCaskill posted hat tricks in sweep of Charlotte series.</p><p><b>CLINTON:</b> Comets had tough series with Johnstown before winning, 3-2. Hec Lalande&rsquo;s goal won finale, 7-6. Norm DeFelice allowed 3 goals in 94 seconds in one game for his seasonal worst. He had 50-saver though in another fray. Comets&rsquo; ability to hold seasonal jinx over Jets helped win playoffs. Jim Jago and Pete Babando steady pointmakers. Lack of ice forced Comets to play first two games with Long Island on road and the next three at home. Ducks claim, &ldquo;DeFelice is the key for Clinton. They&rsquo;re just another team without him.&rdquo; Howie Dietrich sent to hospital for head check after board crash.</p><p><b>JOHNSTOWN:</b> Jets missed Billy Ives in crucial fifth game with Comets when he suffered shoulder separation in a collision with Clinton&rsquo;s Jim Jago in the fourth game. Ives had hat trick in second game. Jet fans showered ice with debris to protest Ted Daily&rsquo;s decisions here. Danny Patrick&rsquo;s two goals were the only points as Joe Daley blanked Comets, 2-0.</p><p><b>JERSEY:</b> Injuries to Arlie Parker and Butch MacLean hurt Devils defense against Ducks. Local fans razzed John Brophy, but Ducks defenseman got last laugh when his team beat Devils. He stayed after the final whistle bowing to crowd and pointing toward scoreboard. Pat Kelly said, &ldquo;Considering the injuries we had&mdash;four knee cartilages, a broken ankle and a broken vertebrae in a guy&rsquo;s back&mdash;the club did great this year. We&rsquo;ll be back next year, stronger than ever.&rdquo; Fan club gave team sendoff party.</p><p><b>CHARLOTTE:</b> Fred Creighton was rehired as pilot of club under an unusual two-year pact. He&rsquo;ll also be GM and may not play next year. He took off for a Canadian trip to scout talent. Ralph Winfield peeved at Nashville&rsquo;s Norm Ryder for picking a fight after he had spent six minutes on ice killing penalties. Gaetan Dessureault had 46 saves in finale with Nashville in which Checkers defense collapsed. Creighton looking for more beef for next year. Moe Savard wasn&rsquo;t penalized the whole season.</p><p><b>GREENSBORO:</b> Poor defense killed Generals this year, according to Ron Spong. Ron Muir&rsquo;s tieing goal with six seconds left saved fourth game with Knoxville. Don Davidson then won the fray in 61 seconds of overtime. Spong says rookie Greg Gordon is the best man on faceoffs in the loop. Gens drew 119,687 for 36 home games. Doug Carpenter bothered by tonsilitis and Dom DiBerar-dino by a charley horse in playoffs. Don Carter suffered slight concussion versus Knoxville.</p><p><b>LONG ISLAND:</b> John Brophy&rsquo;s playoff goal was his first of season. Claude Boileau did a great defensive job on Jersey&rsquo;s Rudy Filion. Russ McClenaghan&rsquo;s 11 points topped Ducks playoff scoring. Gene Achtymichuk received MVP award from fans.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0017-09

Long Island, Nashville Clash In Title Finals; Ducks Confident After Upsetting Clinton

<div class="byline">BY STANLEY BRINK</div><p>PROVIDENCE, R.I.</p><p>The Michigan monopoly continues in National Collegiate Athletic Association championship competition. In 18 tournaments dating to 1947 Michigan Tech, 1965 winner, collected first in two and finished second twice. University of Michigan gained seven.</p><p>Others to attain number one were Denver, three times; North Dakota and Colorado College twice each; Boston College and Rensselaer Polytechnic, each once. Michigan Tech accumulated its second trophy here March 20 to succeed Michigan, the 1964 victor over Denver.</p><p>As no champion achieves for the asking and each has assets and characteristics different from each of the others young and often mistake-shackled Michigan Tech followed the pattern. With Tech it was the ever flaming desire to win. That desire never cooled until the final siren blast.</p><p>Tech&rsquo;s first barrier was Brown University, coming in. with 21-7, Ivy League king, runner-up to Boston College (23-6) best in the Eastern College Athletic Conference show-down.</p><p>Tech, WCHA play-off champion and second to North Dakota in the league, thanks to the goaling of Fred Dart and Gary Milroy and everlasting aggressiveness, carded the first shutout in NCAA history in a 4-0 success. For Brown it was the first blank in 39 games over two seasons.</p><p>Boston College wedged into the cup bracket in disposing of big, fast North Dakota, WCHA league champion, 4-3. Late seconds &ldquo;impossible&rdquo; saves by Pat Murphy in 36 for the match rescued &ldquo;BC&rdquo;. Later North Dakota uncased its scoring sticks in the third place pairing to bang Brown, 9-5.</p><p>Came the Tech stand against talent-laden Boston College. From the face-off Tech began plucking, led 6-0 in the second before BC scored, and in 60 minutes the Eagles were defeathered, 8-2, a margin obviously unpredicted and made possible because Tech wanted convincing victory so much nothing short of such was acceptable.</p><p>When practice began last fall Tech&rsquo;s head coach, John Mac-Innes, said that the sophomores were the key to what might lie ahead. Each week the sophomores improved and went on to unlock the door to the national throne room with the invaluable aid of the seniors and juniors.</p><p>The sophomores: Rick Best, Tony Esposito, goal; defense&mdash;Mike Gorman, Dennis Huculak, Bruce Riutta; wings&mdash;Ed Caterer, Dave Confrey, Colin Patterson, Wayne Weller, Bob Wilson; centers&mdash;Gary Milroy Bob Toothill. Juniors&mdash;Ricky Yeo, center; Steve Yoshino wings; Pete Leiman, Terry Ryan, defense. Seniors&mdash;Captain Albert Holm, Fred Dart wings.</p><p>For the book Tech&rsquo;s overall record was 24-5-2 with nine victories and a tie in the last 10 in 1962, Tech&rsquo;s first title season the mark was 29-3. The current sophomores, juniors and seniors like what they posted.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Michigan Tech Upholds State’s Win Monopoly By Taking 1965 Title

<p><b>World&rsquo;s Official Hockey Magazine</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1078/2543713-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="966" height="754"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOCKEY SCHOLARSHIPS

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>OLEDO, O.&mdash;The International Hockey League opened its playoff on March 30. It was first place Port Huron against third place Des Moines and second place Fort Wayne opposing fourth place Toledo (barring unexpected miracles in the closing games of the schedule).</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02293/2543782-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="264" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Glenn Ramsay</b></figcaption></div><p>Port Huron&rsquo;s Flags, who had been deposed from the lead briefly by Fort Wayne&rsquo;s Komets, regained first place with a four-point spread that left the Komets barely better than a mathematical chance for an upset.</p><p>The Flags, who had taken over the lead from Des Moines on Jan. 23, lost it when they dropped two straight in Des Moines while the Komets were beating Muskegon. But they rebounded for a tie with a 6-1 win over the Oak Leafs and the Komets suffered a costly setback at Dayton.</p><p>Then the Fort Wayne club was handed a shocker in Pori Huron&mdash;They had a 3-0 shutout going for them with less than four minutes remaining, when the Flags rushed over three goals to tie and it remained that way through an overtime. A one-sided win over Toledo next night boosted the Flags&rsquo; lead to four points.</p><p>Port Huron reached the top in its third season in the IHL. They finished third last season and fifth the season before. Lloyd Maxfield clicked for the pennant in his first year at the helm of the Flags.</p><p>The first four games of the Fort Wayne-Toledo series were to be played in Fort Wayne, since the Blades had no ice available.</p><p><b>FORT WAYNE</b>&mdash;Komet fans honored Eddie Long with a special night at the final game of the regular season&hellip;The Komets had two goals disallowed in the 3-3 tie with Port Huron&hellip;Bobby Rivard took a good lead in league scoring with 113 points&hellip;Merv Dub-chak topped the league in goals with 49.</p><p><b>PORT HURON</b>&mdash;The Flags were 7-3-3 over the Komets, who failed to win in seven starts at Port Huron&hellip;Lloyd Maxfield scored four goals in a 103 win over Toledo&hellip;The Flags finished 8-6 over Des Moines&hellip;They scored four goals in the final period against Muskegon to win the game that save them the lead.</p><p><b>DES MOINES</b>&mdash;The Oak Leafs got down to 12 players because of injuries to Laurie Langrell and Danny Summers&hellip;The Leafs scored six goals in the final period in beating Muskegon, 7-6&hellip;Goalie Ray Mikulan had 47 saves&hellip;Nelson LeClair in a scoring spree had 10 goals in 10 games-Dayton fans presented Oak Leaf Ivan Prediger with the &ldquo;Best Bad Boy&rdquo; award.</p><p><b>TOLEDO</b>&mdash;Goalie Glenn Ramsay scored his second shutout of the season when he blanked Des Moines, 4-0. He had four last season&hellip;The Blades won seven straight over Dayton at the Sports Arena&hellip;They scored six goals in the second period to beat the Gems in their last meeting&hellip;The Blades did not have any ice available from March 28 to April 8.</p><p><b>DAYTON</b>&mdash;The Gems got out of last&rsquo; place when they trounced Muskegon, 12-6, on March 21&hellip;The Gems had an attendance of 93.335 for 32 home games&hellip;General Manager Lefty McFadden said he had requests for 400 season tickets for next year and would try to reach a sale of 2,000&hellip;Goalie Pat Rupp had 50 saves against Fort Wayne.</p><p><b>MUSKEGON</b>&mdash;The Zephyrs&rsquo; 10th straight loss shoved them into the basement&hellip;They had a good record against the leading Flags, winning five of 12. General Manager Jerry DeLise said very few of the present team figured in his plans for next year.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04155/2543775-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="515" height="645"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LLOYD MAXFIELD&hellip;First Year Winner</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Port Huron Noils Down First Flag

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><p>Final Standings</p><p>(NHL Affiliation: 2. Montreal, 3. Chicago, 6. Boston.)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03202/2543813-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="537" height="229"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed., Mar. 24</b></p><p>Des Moines 1 at Fort Wayne 0</p><p>Toledo 3 at Dayton 6</p><p><b>Thurs., Mar. 25</b></p><p>Des Moines 6 at Toledo 2</p><p><b>Fri., Mar. 26</b></p><p>Dayton 4 at Muskegon 12</p><p>Fort Wayne 2 at Port Huron 3</p><p><b>Sat., Mar. 27</b></p><p>Port Huron 11 at Muskegon 8</p><p>Dayton 1 at Fort Wayne 12</p><p>Toledo 6 at Des Moines 7</p><p><b>Sun., Mar. 28</b></p><p>Toledo 2 at Des Moines 15</p><p>Muskegon 6 at Port Huron 10</p><p>Fort Wayne 7 at Dayton 4<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Final Standings

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01356/2543844-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><p>SOLUTION IN NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S ISSUE</p><h2>ACROSS</h2><p>1. Pictured NHL goaltender.</p><p>5. Initials of Howe, former Wing great.</p><p>7. Sloth.</p><p>8. Don McKenney never eats this.</p><p>10. New York&rsquo;s captain.</p><p>13. Fred Stanfield&rsquo;s number.</p><p>14. Minnesota community which gave NHL Brimsek and Karakas.</p><p>15. Initials of Rollins, former NHL goalie.</p><p>16. Angotti&rsquo;s complete initials.</p><p>18. Native province of Wayne Maxner (abbr.)</p><p>19. Land measure.</p><p>20. Initials of Smith of Springfield.</p><p>23. Tom Johnson recently injured one.</p><p>25. Type of bath injured players use.</p><p>28. Marcel Pronovost was born in this month.</p><p>29. Red Berenson helped&mdash;Canadiens on Mar. 14.</p><p>32. This Red Wing is an oarsman in the summer.</p><h2>DOWN</h2><p>1. Andy Bathgate&rsquo;s sweater number.</p><p>2. Boston forward.</p><p>3. Seats close to the ice.</p><p>4. Scandium (Sym.)</p><p>5. Ted Lindsay likes to do this.</p><p>6. Former Ranger star.</p><p>9. NHL referee.</p><p>11. This former NHL rearguard is a native of Wales.</p><p>12. North East (abbr.)</p><p>17. Initials of Mrs. Harry Lumley.</p><p>20. Defenseman on 1962-63 AllStar team.</p><p>21. Former team of 11 down (abbr.)</p><p>22. Toronto forward.</p><p>23. Name given New York&rsquo;s head scout.</p><p>24. An NHL goaltender answers to this.</p><p>26. Coaches sometimes question referees&rsquo; interpretation of this.</p><p>27. 16th and 10th letters of the alphabet.</p><p>30. Initials of player who wears No. 20 for Boston.</p><p>31. Period of time.</p><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S SOLUTION</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3><p>1. Picard</p><p>4. M.D.</p><p>6. H.C.</p><p>7. Tor.</p><p>8. Berenson</p><p>11. Raise</p><p>12. Pts.</p><p>14. Pro.</p><p>15. Det.</p><p>17. E.E.</p><p>18. Arm.</p><p>19 Ran.</p><p>21. IA</p><p>22. Le</p><p>28. Will.</p><p>23. K.C.S.</p><p>25. D.K.</p><p>26. Howell</p><p>30. S.D.</p><p>32 Bilts.</p><p>33. Noel</p><p>35. L.B.</p><p>36. Once</p><p>37. Lynn</p><h3>DOWN</h3><p>2. Christmas</p><p>3. Aces</p><p>4. Montreal</p><p>5. D R.</p><p>7. Topper</p><p>9. Ea.</p><p>10. N.E.</p><p>13. S.O.</p><p>16. Erickson</p><p>20. Neilson.</p><p>23. K.D.</p><p>24. Selby.</p><p>27. OB</p><p>29. Lt.</p><p>31. Dec.</p><p>33. No.</p><p>34. Le<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

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<div class="byline">BY CLEM KEALEY</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.</p><p>For Leslie &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Newman, of Ottawa, this past February was one of the most exciting months of his memorable 58 years.</p><p>After 25 years of dedicated service to minor sports&mdash;particularly hockey Newman was honored twice within three weeks.</p><p>On February 2nd the Associated Canadian Travellers staged their annual $15 a plate Sportsmen&rsquo;s Dinner. This is an annual highlight on Ottawa&rsquo;s athletic calendar. Purpose of the night is to honor amateur athletics and athletes as well as raise money for charity.</p><p>In addition to crowning individual performers representing 23 sports, the ACT also selects a man who as an executive, coach or organizer, they feel, is worthy of the title &ldquo;Sportsman of the Year.&rdquo;</p><p>In choosing Newman for this honor the ACT saluted a man well-versed in all aspects of minor sports. A native of Toronto, Les arrived here in 1939 and since then almost all his free time has been devoted to budding athletes particularly in the West End of the Capital. Among his many other distinctions Newman is credited with the birth of Little League Baseball in Ottawa.</p><p>Space would not permit a list of teams or, even championship teams, which Newman has tutored. But as an indication of the countless energy packaged in this 5&rsquo;6&rdquo;, 150 lb. bundle of enthusiasm, here is a capsule account of his work this Winter.</p><p>Newman is one of the most significant workers in Ottawa&rsquo;s vast Cradle Hockey League program. He is manager of two mosquito teams, coach of a peewee entry, helps coach a minor bantam entry and is manager of a bantam team.</p><p>This summer he will again act as president and fill-in umpire and coach in the six-team Little Knights Softball League. He will also find enough time to return to the Fisher Park Little League as coach of a team. His Fall hours are occupied as a scout for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01167/2543906-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="460" height="1035"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Men like Leslie &lsquo;Red&rsquo; Newman are the unsung heroes of our minor hockey operation. He serves the youngsters of Ottawa unselfishly and his ardent work behind the city&rsquo;s minor program is to be commended. Our hats are off to Leslie Newman, who is worthy of his selection as &lsquo;Sportsman Of The Year&rsquo; in the Capital City.</b></figcaption></div><p>Less than three weeks after being recognized by the ACT and receiving the gold watch which goes with the award, Les was again honored, A small knot of hockey and ball players he coached over the years decided to arrange a night in his honor. Little did they realize the interest which mushroomed.</p><p>Close to 500 former players and many of his adult admirers crammed into St. Mary&rsquo;s Parish Hall February 19th to say thanks to their tireless idol. The guest of honor was presented with a portable TV set; tickets to the Chicago-Montreal game in the Forum on Feb. 27 and close to $400 in cash.</p><p>In between the two honors Les took time out to celebrate his 58th birthday.</p><p>Newman was as deeply touched by the events of the past month as he was surprised. Seldom has he been the centre of attention and never did he expect to be.</p><p>Newman has one very noble reason for donating all his free hours. He&rsquo;s not one to stick out his chest and expound on what he&rsquo;s doing about the citizens of tomorrow. He coaches kids for a somewhat selfish purpose. Recently he put it quite bluntly &ldquo;I do it because I enjoy myself so much. And when you&rsquo;re enjoying it&rdquo;, Les continued, &ldquo;you&rsquo;ll find the kids get a bigger bang out of it too.&rdquo;</p><p>It was in the early 50&rsquo;s that Newman&rsquo;s teams made their most significant assault on city championships. In one year alone he had three hockey teams pee wee, bantam and midget advance to the district finals.</p><p>Life has not served up one long run of championships for Les Newman. He knows what it&rsquo;s like to lose too.</p><p>His first child, a girl, died at three years of age. And in 1960 Les lost one of his two sons, Michael, at 19, in a tragic automobile accident.</p><p>Les&rsquo;s motto concerning hockey players, and one which he applies to Billy Dineen (former Detroit Red Wing, now in the WHL) whom he once coached, is: &ldquo;A winner never quits and a quitter never wins.&rdquo; Les Newman has proven that he is no quitter and this past February he was a big winner.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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