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April 30, 1965

The Hockey News April 30, 1965

WINNIPEG. Man.&mdash;When Edmonton Oil Kings and Winnipeg Braves were drawn together in the Western Memoria1 Cup finals, the hockey sages said that if the Kings were to be unseated this had to be the year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02148/2258828-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="284" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Goldsworthy</figcaption></div>They reasoned the Oil Kings were almost an entirely new team and they were also one of the youngest squads to ever represent Edmonton in inter-provincial playdowns.Well, the Oil Kings set out to prove the experts wrong and after the first two games of their best-of-seven finals, they were doing all right for a team that underwent a &lsquo;face lifting&rsquo; since last year.Playing the first two games of the series on their home ice, the Oil Kings stormed through with a pair of easy victories winning 3-1 and 7-1 to take a commanding 3-9 lead. The next two games were slated for Winnipeg ice and if a fifth was necessary it was also scheduled to be played here.The Oil Kings, fresh from a semi-final series win over the Regina Pats and glittering Fran Huck, were showing no signs of letting up and stood as the favorites to defeat Winnipeg and represent the West in the Memorial Cup finals against either Niagara Falls Flyers or Lachine Maroons.While the Oil Kings weren&rsquo;t having too much trouble with the Manitoba champions, the same could not be said for the Niagara Flyers, the highly-touted Ontario Junior Hockey Association champions who recently comquered Toronto Marlboros, last year&rsquo;s Memorial Cup title wearers.Facing the Montreal Metropolitan League champions, Lachine Maroons, a team they were expected to whip handily, the Flyers were upset 3-2 in the first game of the best-of-five Eastern finals and then had to pull out all the stops to eke out a 2-1 win in the second game.Both games were played on Montreal Forum ice and while many expected a vastly different outcome with the series moving to the smaller Niagara Falls rink, at least the Lachine Maroons won the respect of many who had figured they were merely in the final &lsquo;for the ride&rsquo;.The Maroons may have made it two in a row but for a two-goal effort by Bill Goldsworthy, who shot both counters in the Flyers&rsquo; 2-1 decision. Last-minute pickup Eddie Harrison rang in the game-winner in the series opener for Lachine, whose chief assets appeared to be big hearts and a sensational young goaler named Clifford Rose.Niagara had breezed past the Northern Ontario Junior champions, Garson-Falconbridge Native Sons in the Eastern semifinals winning four straight and outscoring the Sons 43-5. Lachine won the three-team round robin tournament at Sydney, N.S., by besting Smiths Falls Bears. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Oil Kings Nearing Western Honors As Niagara, Lachine Battle In East

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Awards’ Winners Over The Years

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TYPIST WANTED

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.Don Labelle is out as pilot of the Knoxville Knights after holding that post since the club came here in 1961.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1223/2258514-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="265" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Labelle</figcaption></div>Dick Deaderick, new club president, said he himself will serve as general manager and that &ldquo;we&rsquo;re looking for an experienced nonplaying coach. I think we can find one. We have some board members who can do a good selling job on this town, the team and its facilities.&rdquo;Deaderick said it is a tough decision to make, but the board felt a complete change would be good for the team. Labelle had served as a combination playing-coach and assistant business manager this year, taking on the latter duties when Ray Miron went to Tulsa.The position of Miron, who is Tulsa&rsquo;s GM, as the Knights director of player personnel is still unsettled and probably will be determined following the league meeting.Labelle said he&rsquo;d like to play for the Knights next year if he can find an off-season job here. If not there&rsquo;s a good chance he will be dealt to a Northern Division club such as the Jersey Devils where he was popular when the Jersey Larks played in Cherry Hill.Labelle guided the Knights to three straight second place finishes in the Southern Division before his team dropped to fourth this season. &#9632;

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Knoxville Seeks New Coach As Knights Bounce Labelle

<div class="byline">BY KEN MCKENZIE</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Norm Ullman, who reached the peak in his 10-year NHL career this season, has been selected as the player of the year by THE HOCKEY NEWS in its 16th annual awards covering the 1964-65 season.Also named as the leading figures in hockey this season were Sid Abel, managercoach of the Detroit Red Wings, who was chosen as best coach, and Harry Glickman, managing-director of Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League, who was named executive of the year.Ullman, 29-year-old center of the Detroit Red Wings who scored 42 goals in 70 games this season, climaxed his finest year since he came into the NHL in 1955-56. Picked as all-star center in both the official National League balloting and THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; fans voting, Ullman won the pro player of the year award over such stars as Stan Mikita. Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe.Abel did a magnificent job of leading the Red Wings to the NHL title this season particularly since the Detroiters were picked by most of the experts to finish fourth. Glickman, who is the enterprising managing director behind the champion Portland team of the WHL, has been instrumental in making the Buckaroos the No. 1 box of fice attraction in the West Coast league for the past five years.For Ullman and Glickman, THE HOCKEY NEWS awards are the first for both men. Abel picked up his second coaching award having been chosen coach of the year in 1952-53 when he was handling the Chicago Black Hawks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01391/2258897-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="489" height="600"><figcaption class="caption-body">SID ABEL&hellip;Coach Of Year</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02278/2258890-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="495" height="606"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY GLICKMAN&hellip;Executive Of Year</figcaption></div>Last year&rsquo;s winners of the awards were Mikita, player of the year; Toe Blake of the Canadiens as top coach; and Jackie Gordon of Cleveland Barons, executive of the year.The selection of Glickman marks the second straight season the executive award has been passed on to a minor league official and attests to the great job Glickman did with Portland in his close association with manager-coach Hal Laycoe.Ullman&rsquo;s choice as the player of the year was made by the editors of HOCKEY NEWS after long and careful deliberation. They didn&rsquo;t lose sight of the fact that Mikita won the scoring title or that Hull was the electrifying player he was this season despite several painful injuries. The editors felt that this was the year that Ullman became the great star the Wings had hoped he would be and the fact he played such a major role in Detroit&rsquo;s NHL title win.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03112/2258883-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="1068" height="1695"><figcaption class="caption-body">Detroit center NORM ULLMAN has been selected player of the year by THE HOCKEY NEWS in their 16th annual awards presentation. Ullman was the only 40-goal scorer this past season counting 42 in 70 games.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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ULLMAN PLAYER OF YEAR

Readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS are reminded that the May issue will be available on newsstands next week as usual. However, this is the final weekly edition for the season.Complete results, summaries, pictures and stories covering the Stanley Cup finals will be carried in the May edition.THE HOCKEY NEWS will publish monthly issues through May, June, July, August and September, resuming weekly publication next October.We thank you for your patronage during the recent hockey season and trust you will go on reading THE HOCKEY NEWS during the summer months. &#9632;

May Issue – Next Week

<div class="byline">&#x2014;SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que.If one wishes to scare the day1ights out of Toe Blake, one can do it very simply these days.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01516/2256478-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="300" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Roberts</figcaption></div>Just tiptoe up behind the kindly old coach and hiss: &ldquo;You took a heck of a chance not protecting Jim Roberts in the draft, last summer. He could be killing penalties for Chicago, now.&rdquo;This is guaranteed to cause Blake to blanch, to take a step or two backward and wave his hands around in aimless little circles. And, no wonder. For Roberts has been performing yeoman service for Canucks in his role of penalty-killer deluxe, right through the playoff rounds.In the first three games against Chicago, for example, Habs gave up just two goals while shorthanded. They were shorthanded a total of 18 times. Ironically, Roberts was the goat on the first shorthand goal, when his clearing pass travelled right onto Bobby Hull&rsquo;s stick. It&rsquo;s the type of lapse that happens very seldom to Roberts, however. Normally, he&rsquo;s the man who spikes the big guns on other teams, when Habs have a player in the sin-bin. He was particularly adept at this in the semifinals against Toronto, when his fierce checking short-circuited the Leaf&rsquo;s power play. In that series, Habs were a man short on 38 different occasions. They gave up a total of two goals in that span.Roberts has really come into his own as a penalty-killer, and defensive specialist, over the course of the past season. If he wasn&rsquo;t protected in the draft, last summer, it&rsquo;s because no one in the NHL knew what he could do at that time. He had only recently come up from Omaha Knights of the C.P.H.L. and was unproven in the National League.Roberts will be protected when the draft meetings roll around this summer, no doubt. His value has increased sharply in the space of one hockey season. &#9632;

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Roberts Filling Vital Penalty-Killing Role

<div class="byline">&#x2014;SMITH</div>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;No less than ten players on Canadiens&mdash;fifty percent of the team&mdash;are making their debut in a Stanley Cup final, this year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02495/2256509-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="309" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gump Worsley</figcaption></div>They can be found at every position on the club, except center. They range from Gump Worsley in goal&hellip;through J. C. Tremblay, Terry Harper, Ted Harris and Noel Picard on defense&hellip;to Bobby Rousseau and Claude Larose on right wing&hellip;and John Ferguson, Red Berenson and Yvan Cournoyer on the left.Still more would be included, if injuries hadn&rsquo;t sidelined them. Neither Gilles Tremblay nor Jacques Laperriere has ever played in a Stanley Cup final. Neither had Dave Balon nor Charlie Hodge, as this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press.The final round has also sparked a series of &ldquo;firsts&rdquo; in the field of accomplishments for several Habs. Rookie Yvan Cournoyer got his first playoff winner in the opening contest. Gump Worsley posted his first playoff shutout in the second game of the series. Dickie Duff scored his first playoff goal as a Canadien, in that game as well. Others, picking up their first playoff point in finals, included John Ferguson with a goal; and Red Berenson, J. C. Tremblay, Ted Harris and Noel Picard with assists.Also qualifying for first-nights in NHL playoffs, or finals, are members of the Hab executive and training staff. President David Molson and G. M. Sammy Pollock are making their debut in their respective positions. Trainer Andy Galley is making his first official appearance with the team in a final series. His co-worker, Larry Aubut, was with the 1959-60 club as assistant trainer when Habs last won the Stanley Cup. &#9632;

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10 Canucks In Initial Cup Final

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que.Playoff hockey is often a disappointment to the casual observer, who expects a hell-for-leather performance every time out, with both teams taking reckless chances.It can work that way, of course, on a given occasion. But, it will be the exception rather than the rule. The average playoff game is a close-checking, carefully played affair, where a single mistake can decide the issue. It figures, therefore, that the men who can star in a Stanley Cup series,&mdash;particularly those who can chalk up scoring points under tough playoff conditions,&mdash;are in a class by themselves. It isn&rsquo;t exactly a coincidence, that the three leading scorers in playoffs are Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard and Bernard Geoffrion.As far as the Canadiens are concerned, this year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup struggles&mdash;exciting or otherwise&mdash;have produced another name to add to the list of All-Time greats. Jean Beliveau, who has played some of the best hockey of his career, latterly, has become the fourth-highest scorer in playoff history.To do it, he leaped over Ted Lindsay and Dickie Moore, who&rsquo;d previously outranked him in total playoffs points. Lindsay and Moore finished the semifinal rounds, this year, tied with 96 playoff points apiece. Beliveau has now reached the 100-plus plateau. Significant, too, is the fact that Big Jean has reached this milestone in a relatively short time. He has appeared in less than 100 playoff games, since breaking into the NHL in 1953, which means he&rsquo;s been travelling at better than a point-a-game rate in playoff competition.In the Montreal-Chicago series, Beliveau was the key to Habs&rsquo; victories in the opening games. He set up the winning goal by Cournoyer in the first contest; scored the winner himself in the second outing, and then assisted on a third-period clincher by Dickie Duff. When the series swung to Chicago Stadium, Hawks held him off the scoresheet and Habs blew the game 3-1.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03441/2256540-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="924" height="1347"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN BELIVEAU&hellip;Leaps Over Lindsay, Moore</figcaption></div>This is not to say, of course, that Beliveau is a one-man operation where Canadiens are concerned. Important as he is to their setup, Habs count on big efforts from others, and for the most part, they&rsquo;ve been getting them. Henri Richard and Bobby Rousseau have been dashing figures, especially in the early going. Both have more goals to their credit in this year&rsquo;s playoffs, than ever before. And, in keeping with the more general pattern of playoff hockey, there&rsquo;ve been some standout defensive performances, both from forwards and rearguards alike.There has, for instance, been the work of Claude Provost, who&rsquo;s capping what has to be his grandest season in hockey. Jim Roberts has been outstanding as a defensive forward, too. And, there has been the precision-drill work of J. C. Tremblay and Ted Harris on defense, backed up by some solid goaltending by Worsley, in the early games.The importance of Canucks&rsquo; defense units is easily seen from a few figures. In the first three games, Canadiens held the Hawks to just 70 shots on goal, while getting 85 themselves. Yet, in those games, they outscored Chicago by the margin of only a single goal (6-5). If Hawks had been able to break through the defensive patterns for a greater number of shots, the early results might have been a lot different. &#9632;

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Jean Beliveau Joins Select Company Becoming 4th Highest Scorer In Stanley Cup Playoff Action

PORTLAND, Ore.&mdash;Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League not only boast the best hockey team in the circuit, but they also have probably the best one, two front office punch in the game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01515/2256571-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="294" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Glickman</figcaption></div>Managing director Harry Glickman and manager-coach Hal Laycoe have built the Buckaroos into a top hockey power on the West Coast. Laycoe&rsquo;s chore is to mould a winner on the ice while Glickman handles the arduous task of making Portland the No. 1 box office attraction.Both men succeeded in carrying out their jobs this season to the fullest.Glickman was selected as the executive of the year by THE HOCKEY NEWS for his efforts, an honor justly deserved by the enterprising Portland official.The Buckaroos this season won their second WHL championship since they reentered the league in 1961. They were champions that year but were eliminated in the semi-finals each of the last three seasons.Glickman&rsquo;s front-office magic showed up clearly in the Buckaroos home attendance figure of 286,396, which gave Portland the WHL crowd title for a fifth straight year. The Buckaroos reached their peak under Glickman in 1962 when they attracted 294,361, a league-high. &#9632;

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Glickman Made Bucks Top Draw

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03267/2256602-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s NORM ULLMAN, THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; player of the year, talking things over with teammate PARKER MacDONALD. Ullman was only player to reach 40-goal plateau in NHL this season.</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Norm Ullman can look back on the 1964-65 National Hockey League season as his greatest in 10 years of playing under the big top.The 29-year-old Detroit center, who was the only NHL player to reach the 40-goal plateau this season, climaxed his best year ever by finishing second in the NHL scoring race behind Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita.Ullman won the first-half all-star berth over Mikita and off his great season, he stands en excellent chance of repeating his performance in the second half as well. There are many who figure Ullman will poll more Hart Trophy votes than any other player in the league for the second part of the season although his chances of beating out Bobby Hull appear slim. Hull acquired too big a lead in the first half.Ullman was given much of the credit for the &lsquo;Wings&rsquo; rise to the NHL championship this season and certainly his 42 goals in the 70-game schedule was a vital factor.Selected as THE HOCKEY NEWS player of the year for the first time in his NHL playing days this season, Ullman was a tower of strength for the Wings all year long.He hit the 20-goal mark in the second half of the schedule by scoring a fantastic 15 goals in one 11-game stretch that included two hat tricks, the sixth and seventh of his NHL career. After laboring in virtual obscurity for nine years despite the fact he counted 20 goals in each of his last seven seasons, this was the year that the NHL &lsquo;discovered&rsquo; Norm Ullman.One of the most amazing feats during the recently completed NHL schedule was the fact that Ullman had 19 goals and Hull 32 at the halfway mark. Ullman came on like the big wind to pot 23 in the last 35 games while Hull was hobbled by injuries and could only manage seven. Ullman&rsquo;s 42 goals topped the NHL and was within two goals of tieing the club mark of 44 set by Gordie Howe.Ullman cracked into Howe&rsquo;s trophy storehouse during the 25th annual trophy night this month at Olympia, walking off with the Wings&rsquo; most valuable player, top goal-getter (42) and top scorer (83 points). He broke a string of nine straight top scoring years by Howe.Ullman also topped the Wings in winning goals with 10 and he assisted on 10 game winners to have a direct hand in the winning goal in half of Detroit&rsquo;s victories. &#9632;

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Ullman Reaches Peak In NHL Career

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04160/2256633-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Picked as coach-of-the-year SID ABEL, right, shown with one of his veteran stars, ALEX DELVECCHIO, did a tremendous job leading the Red Wings to a first-place finish this season.</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;When the hockey experts sat down to determine the finish of the 1964-65 National Hockey League race, they were adamant about where the Detroit Red Wings would finish.Fourth place was the prediction of most of the 18 odd hockey men polled across the country.This seemed to be the challenge Sid Abel, the generalmanager-coach of the Detroit Red Wings, needed.Abel was convinced his Red Wings could conceivably improve on a fourth-place selection if Gordie Howe could maintain his pace for another year and some of the rookies came through, notably Goalie Roger Crozier.As it worked out, Howe had another big season and it&rsquo;s now history that young Mr. Crozier fulfilled his part of the deal by winning the Vezina Trophy and first all-star team honors.Abel wasn&rsquo;t counting on the bonus that followed. Ted Lindsay came out of retirement to rock the hockey world. Abel had convinced &lsquo;Terrible Ted&rsquo; he could help the Wings and Lindsay proved beyond expectations that he could still play NHL hockey.The Wings came on with a tremendous stretch drive in the final month winning 11 of their last 14 games to grab first place and the NHL championship for the first time in eight years.It was quite a feat and certainly a feather in Abel&rsquo;s cap as Detroit upset the experts&rsquo; predictions and finished in first place ahead of Montreal, Chicago and Toronto, the three teams they were supposed to trail.Abel&rsquo;s selection by THE HOCKEY NEWS as coach of the year in professional hockey is certainly one that won&rsquo;t be disputed by anyone. Handling a dual job with the Red Wings is no mean feat and Abel proved this season that he was equal to the task in every way.Abel follows in the footsteps of Toe Blake of Montreal Canadiens, who last year was chosen for the honor for the fifth time. It is the second time for Sid, who had his first taste of THE HOCKEY NEWS award back in 1952-53 as playing-coach of the Chicago Black Hawks.After winning the title, Abel said he was overjoyed for the players&rsquo; sake. &ldquo;No one even gave them a tumble,&rdquo; said Abel. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just so proud of them.&rdquo;In making their title run, the Wings smashed a club attendance record by drawing more than 450,000 fans, which is another reason Abel loomed big on the Detroit hockey scene this season. &#9632;

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Abel’s Expert Handling Of Wings Produced Title

&ldquo;LEARN TO PLAY HOCKEY AT THE SCHOOL THAT TEACHES &ldquo;.8 WEEKLY SESSIONS at EAST YORK MEMORIAL ARENA JULY & AUGUSTBROCHURE NOW READY&mdash;WRITE OR PHONETORONTO HOCKEY SCHOOL1029 Spadina Road&mdash;TORONTO 12&mdash;Phone 489-9730To Readers of The Hockey NewsIt has recently been our privilege to send you our 1965 program. Applications are now being received at a faster rate than we had anticipated. Therefore if you wish to enjoy the privilege of learning how to play hockey the better way, we suggest that you forward your application immediately.Yours for better hockey. &#9632;

TORONTO HOCKEY SCHOOL

<div class="byline">BY BOB GATES</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01578/2256719-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM JOHNSON&hellip;&ldquo;I Can Do It Again&rdquo;</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.Nobody could be pulling any harder for Tom Johnson&rsquo;s complete recovery and return to the Bruins&rsquo; blue line than Edward Joseph (Ted) Green.These two formed what was Boston&rsquo;s most effective defensive tandem until Johnson, the former Canadiens&rsquo; standout, practically had a leg cut out from under him late in the season. The severe gash by Chico Maki&rsquo;s skate severed nerve, muscle and tendon in the veteran defenseman&rsquo;s leg.Many thought and perhaps still do that the injury will bring ahalt to the 37-year-old Johnson&rsquo;s career. But within hours after the accident he cautioned from a Chicago hospital bed: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t count me out yet. I&rsquo;ve come back before. I can do it again.&rsquo;The &ldquo;time before&rdquo; was a se vere eye injury which had him &ldquo;washed up&rdquo; after the 1962-63 season, his 13th in the uniform of the Montreal Canadiens. Four years earlier, in 1958-59, Tom was recipient of the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the league&rsquo;s most outstanding defenseman.When Boston obtained him on waivers that summer of &lsquo;63 few could envision how a 35-year-old &ldquo;one-eyed&rdquo; defenseman could possibly help the club out of the cellar. But the Bruins were willing to take the chance. It was plainly one of those &ldquo;nothing to lose&rdquo; situations.Johnson made it something more. On reporting to the Bruins training camp the following September he assured the Bruins&rsquo; coach the bad eye wouldn&rsquo;t affect his play. &ldquo;The only difficulty I have with it is in looking straight up. And,&rdquo; he smiled, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think anybody will be coming at me from up there.&rdquo;Tom played a full 70 games for Boston that 1963-64 season, was the leading scorer among the Bruins&rsquo; blue-line brigade, and, according to many observers, he was the most effective defenseman on the club. His was the cool head and experience Schmidt went to in short-handed situations and when there was a lead to protect.&ldquo;If we had three more like him, we&rsquo;d be a hard club to beat,&rdquo; another Boston veteran observed.The years had taken some of the zip out of his legs. But he more than made up for that with the anticipation and practiced moves which only comes of experience. With the assureness of an accomplished handball player who knows all the angles, Johnson applied his art of positioning.Not surprisingly, it was about this time that Teddy Green began to emerge as a big-league defenseman. It was a transformation from trigger-tempered enforcer to a sturdy, steadier rear guard. And Green is the first to admit that his playing along side the veteran Johnson has had to be the best thing that ever happened to him.Partnered with Johnson&rsquo;s experience and prodding, Teddy came within two points this past season of equalling the total output for his three full previous seasons as a Bruin. His eight goals and 27 assists ranked him the second highest scoring defenseman in the league during 1964-65. And at mid-season he stood sixth on the table of allstars at his nosition.Over the second half of the campaign, most noticeably when Johnson was missing (a swollen foot courtesy of a Bobby Hull blazer and then the surgery in Chicago), Green suffered a letdown.&ldquo;When Tom was skating with me I could play more boldly,&rdquo; Ted explained. &ldquo;I carried the puck more. I wasn&rsquo;t afraid to rush, &lsquo;cause I knew if I couldn&rsquo;t get back Tom would be there covering for me. I began to depend on it. When he wasn&rsquo;t play ing I skated more cautiously. I didn&rsquo;t take the same chances.&ldquo;I know he&rsquo;s helped me a heck of a lot&hellip;been a great influence on me. He&rsquo;s a great guy,&rdquo; Green nodded. &ldquo;I sure hope he&rsquo;ll be back.&rdquo;Just as soon as he was out of his cast, in early April, Johnson was out on the golf course, playing nine holes daily, and seeing Bruins&rsquo; trainer Dan Canney each morning for treatments to strengthen the healing member.He was to remain in the Boston area until mid-May before returning to his home in Winnipeg.Commenting on the veteran defenseman&rsquo;s determination to beat this injury, Canney opined: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen a more dedicated athlete. If he doesn&rsquo;t make it, it won&rsquo;t be for lack of trying.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Johnson Confident He Can Make Second ‘Comeback’

BOSTON, Mass.Having not missed a hockey game in nearly four seasons with Boston Bruins makes Ted Green unique when you stop to consider the tremendous injury list Bruins have piled up.Green, the 25-year-old defenseman of the Bruins, wound up the 1964-65 season as the &lsquo;iron man&rsquo; of the club. He not only was the only regular member of the Bruins to navigate the 70-game schedule but he extended his consecutive game appearance record to 250 games.Selected as the winner of the Dufresne Trophy as the &lsquo;Boston player who was the most outstanding in home games&rsquo;, Green ended the season as the fourth highest scorer on the team trailing only Johnny Bucyk, Murray Oliver and Reg Fleming, all forwards.Green completed the year with 35 points and led the Bruins in penalties as well with 156 minutes.After missing four games in the 1961-62 season, Green went on to play the final 40 and the full-70 game schedule in 1962-63, 1963-64 and 1964-65 to run his streak to 250 games without missing any action. &#9632;

Green Bruins’ ‘Iron Man’ Plays 250 Games In Row

In the March 27 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS we asked our readers about some of their buying habits. We asked them to fill out a form titled: &ldquo;We&rsquo;d Like To Know You&rdquo;&hellip;and we are happy to report that the response to this request was overwhelming.The information we received from the readers was exactly what we figured it would be and the answers will aid us greatly in securing advertising in future months.This readers&rsquo; response and information reassures us once again what a tremendous advertising medium THE HOCKEY NEWS offers to certain major national advertisers.Once again, many thanks.THE EDITORS &#9632;

Thank You Readers

<h2>THE NEW 1964-65 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE GUIDE</h2>This compact 236-page hockey book answers every question imaginable about the National Hockey League. There are also complete records on every player in all the pro leagues&mdash;NHL, AHL, WHL and CPHL. It also includes highlights of the 196364 NHL season and a more extensive coverage on records than ever before.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02542/2256819-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="276" height="380"></div>ALL THIS FOR ONLY $1.25 (Postage Paid)<h2>THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY ANNUAL FOR 1965</h2>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 !Extra! Special TV Section, complete NHL Teams with Names & Numbers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03464/2256812-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="388" height="472"></div>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY ! ONLY 50 CENTS (Postage Paid)<h2>OFFICIAL NHL RULE BOOK 1964-65 EDITION</h2>Here&rsquo;s your chance to become an expert. Settle all the arguments around the club and in the office. With this handy pocket-size rule book you&rsquo;ll be able to check a decision or rule on the spot.Fill in the coupon below and enclose 50 cents per copy for handling and mailing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04405/2256805-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="244" height="416"></div>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY.&hellip;50 PER COPY (Postage Paid)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05369/2256798-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="1044" height="1368"></div>ARE YOU A HOCKEY NEWS SUBSCRIBER? YES &#9633; NO &#9633; &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY GEORGE GROSS As seen In Toronto Telegram</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01536/2256850-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Young center PHIL ESPOSITO is playing in the current Stanley Cup finals with what amounts to a near broken arm. The Hawks&rsquo; star has a badly bruised wrist and has it bandaged right up to his armpit. He said he would be okay to finish the series.</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.Since it is unlikely that Fidel Castro would build a hockey rink in Havana for American marines and their families, a U.S. officer is sending his son to a Toronto hockey school next summer.Maurice Black, who runs the Toronto Hockey School during summer months received a cheque for $70 from Charles Veeder. an American officer in Guantanamo Bay to pay for his son&rsquo;s two-week stay at the school.&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t surprised to receive his letter said Black. (We&rsquo;ve had applications from all over the world. I expect to have about 400 American youngsters in the school along with kids from Sweden, Holland, Finland Mexico and possibly two talent ed players from Japan.&rdquo;Black said the hockey schoo which will run throughout July and August for eight weeks will have 120 young players each week in ages ranging from seven to 22.The school, which was endorsed by Punch Imlach, will have four phys. ed. teachers under contract, including Jim Murchie of the University of Toronto team.Ray Lockwood, well known figure skating expert will look after the teaching of skating technique, while Imlach&rsquo;s son, Brent, will be among junior instructors whose knowledge of French will aid a group of 25 French-speaking youngsters from Montreal.Black, who has been running a summer hockey school for several years is not content with holding clinics only in Canada. He hopes to receive permission from Bunny Ahearne to conduct a summer school in Europe. &#9632;

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Cuba-Based Officer’s Son To Attend Toronto School

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02497/2256881-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">New Black Hawk additions this season, MATT RAVLICH, left, and DOUG MOHNS, are providing the Chicago team with a lot of good hockey in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Ravlich has been a defensive standout while Mohns plays left wing on the &lsquo;Scooter Line&rsquo;.</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks have fought their way back from the brink of disaster in the Stanley Cup final playoffs and they thank a new wonder drug called dimethyl sulphoxide and the return of two of their crippled stars, Pierre Pilote and Ken Wharram.Instead of being behind in the series, the Hawks are all even at 2-2 with a good chance of pulling it out in the final games.Dimethyl sulphoxide apparently did the trick. With an assist from team physician Dr. Myron Tremaine, it put Wharram and Pilote back into the lineup and gave Chicago a boost offensively and defensively.Dr. Tremaine had read about a sulfide compound discovered recently at University of Oregon. He thought it might work in Wharram&rsquo;s twisted left knee and a bad contusion on Pilote&rsquo;s left shoulder, which was first diagnosed as a separation.The 31-year-old Wharram had been using the solution, which speeds the healing process, for several days and it enabled him to return to skate with the speed of old.The seven-year veteran clicked for the winning goal on the third game and played a strong game on the &ldquo;scooter&rdquo; line with center Stan Mikita and left winger Doug Mohns.However, the compound helped most where the rugged Pilote was concerned. His absence had weakened the Hawks&rsquo; defense and put a dent in their power play where he is a valuable asset.The medication&mdash;a red liquid that is painted onto the injured area, allowed to work for 20 minutes, and then wiped off&mdash;was applied to Pilote in hospital.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty funny stuff,&rdquo; said Pilote. &ldquo;For about 20 minutes after you put the stuff on the skin burns. Then in a couple of hours, it must get all through your system because you can taste it and your breath smells of it.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know just what it did, but I had use of the arm and a lot of the soreness was gone by game time and I really felt like I could give it a good shot.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Return Of Hawk Cripples, New Drug Give Black Hawks Needed Shot In Arm

STANLEY CUP RECORD BOOKFor 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.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.All information in this STANLEY CUP RECORD and STA-TISTICAL BOOK was compiled from the OFFICIAL N.H.L. GAME REPORTS&hellip;LIMITED SUPPLY&hellip;DON&rsquo;T DELAY&hellip;ORDER TODAY.50 cents per copySTANLEY CUP RECORD BOOKP.O. Box 248, Montreal, Canada.I enclose the sum of $&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;covering the cost of&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;copie(s) of Stanley Cup Record and Statistical Book.NAME&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;ADDRESS&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;CITY&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;STATE or PROV.&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; &#9632;

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Founded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie, President and PublisherWill V. Cote, Vice-Pres, and Gen Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates: $4.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth $5.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Printed in Canada.Vol. 18 MONTREAL, APRIL 30, 1965 No. 30 &#9632;

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05194/2257019-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2>Mikita, Not Hull, Rates MVP AWARD</h2>Hockey News Editor:With the fabulous Bobby Hull out of action for a large part of the second half of the season, the logical man for the honor of most valuable player is the great young firebrand of the Chicago Black Hawks, Stan Mikita.Stan, while guarding the toughest centers in the league has maintained an excellent plus-minus ration. Norm Ullman, the man who beat Mikita out for the first half is fair in plusminus ratios.Chet Coppock Northfield, Ill.<h2>Says Maki Doomed To NHL Mediocrity</h2>Hockey News Editor:I enjoy your paper very much. With the exception of Chicago writer, Dan Moulton, who persists in writing articles about Chico Maki&rsquo;s inability to play center, the paper is perfect. An average forward can play any position on the forward line without too much difficulty. Maki is below average and will follow in the footsteps of Val Fonteyne, Billy Hicke, etc., to mediocrity.Nice to see Norm Ullman receiving recognition after eight solid seasons with Detroit. Norm was by far the most valuable player during the first half despite what most selectors thought in voting him second to Bobby Hull and it will be quite an injustice if he does not win the Hart Trophy or finish reasonably close.Stan Muc Tuffnell, Sask.<h2>Unfair To Charge Empty Net Goals</h2>Hockey News Editor:I was shocked to hear that in the NHL any goals scored on empty nets in the few seconds at the end of games are counted against the goaler who has been replaced by a sixth forward.This to me is nonsense and should be eliminated immediately. The goaltenders&rsquo; race is so close and this, in some cases, prevents a goaler from having a crack at the Vezina Trophy.I feel that the penalty shot should be wiped out of the rule book. It comes into use only a couple of times a season. Most of the time it can be debated whether the player was really in the clear.Hugh Fenson Sackville, N.B.<h2>Let European Teams Try Canadian Rules</h2>Hockey News Editor:First of all I would like to congratulate you on the great hockey paper you publish weekly. This is my first year as a subscriber and I enjoy it immensely. I enjoy the Fan Forum section of your paper and I would like to express my attitude regarding the European hockey clubs.I am fed up with the idea that the three European hockey clubs are better than our National team. Our players play Canadian rules throughout their careers and when it comes to playing European teams, they have to play European rules whether it is in Canada or Europe. Body play is one of the major rules in Canadian hockey. It is harder for the Canadian players to give up this rule than it would be for European players to become accustomed to it. How can anybody expect the Canadian players to break this habit and still play their best hockey. I feel that nobody is justified in saying that the European teams are better than our National team until they are able to beat our National team with Canadian rules.Donald Luhowy Rossburn, Manitoba<h2>Likes News Feature On NHL Netminders</h2>Hockey News Editor:Congratulations on your fine series of features dealing with the statistics on the National Hockey League goaltenders. I feel that these statistics are the only true way one is able to compare the goaltenders. The best goalies in the National Hockey league don&rsquo;t have the fewest goals against them because of the lacking on a good team defense.I would like to see the Vezina Trophy given to the goalie who maintains the best percentage of stopped shots while playing in a minimum of forty games. As is happening now, the goaltender with the best team defense and fewest goals against him is the winner.John Snyder Kettering, Ohio<h2>Five-Minute Overtime Needed In NHL Ties</h2>Hockey News Editor:The current NHL rule requiring a regular season tie hockey game to end at the end of regulation time (three periods) is, in my opinion, a detriment to the sport. Twenty years ago, it was necessary because of the wartime curfew, but now it is outdated.A five-minute sudden-death overtime would be a welcome addition to a hockey game. The first team scoring a goal in this extra period would win; if, however, no goal is scored, a tie would be adequate.Richard Belkin Worcester, Mass.<h2>Deflected Goal Rule Needs Change</h2>Hockey News Editor:I am writing in regard to three rules I think should be done away with.(1) A goal which is scored off attacking player&rsquo;s leg, skate, arm and such by his own player who shoots for net, yet this player hit by puck gets credit for the goal if it goes in net.(2) The penalty rule when goal is scored player leaves penalty box which I think is silliest thing to happen in hockey. No team two or more goals behind has a a chance to tie a game.(3) Goalie being charged with goals scored in empty net.I have been watching hockey games since 1926 when the Americans came to NYC and the above rules just don&rsquo;t make sense.Can you tell me where I can get in touch with Bill Touhey and Earl Roche. Both played for Ottawa Senators in 1934 or 1935.Alley Regan Weehawken, N.J.(Editor&rsquo;s Note: For addresses of hockey players mentioned, we suggest you write Bill Westwick, sports columnist of Ottawa Journal.)<h2>Suggests Changes In Game Summaries</h2>Hockey News Editor:For the enlightenment of the true hockey fan, I would like to suggest an innovation to the National Hockey League summaries.As presented now, the summaries do not show the number of total goals a player has scored for that season. This in itself can be deceiving as a true fan can bear witness to in comparing a player who gets the plaudits of the press for occa-sional brilliance and a player who toils honestly every game of the season, (i.e. Mahovlich vs Ullman.)I would like to suggest that after naming the scorer you add the number of goals scored in the following categories:Winning Goal: W.G.Game Tying Goal: G.T.G.Go Ahead Goal. G.A.G.Team&rsquo;s First Goal: T.F.G.Joe Sawchuk Toronto, Ontario<h2>NHL Scorer Decides On Goalie&rsquo;s &lsquo;Saves&rsquo;</h2>Hockey News Editor:This season at Ranger games, this question came up&hellip;What constitutes an &ldquo;official&rdquo; save by a goalie? Who decides this? I asked all the fans around me and surprisingly not one of them knew.I think that an answer to these questions would be of interest to many hockey fans.Danny Rubinstein Brooklyn 12, N.Y.(Editor&rsquo;s note: An official save is a shot handled directly by the goalkeeper to keep the puck from entering the net. A save is decided by an official NHL scorer appointed by the league). &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01605/2256988-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="404" height="430"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02477/2256981-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="652" height="98"></div>&bull; MONTREAL&mdash;PIERRE PILOTE&rsquo;S &lsquo;wonder drug&rsquo; is tricky stuff and the cure could be worse than the injury&hellip;&ldquo;They have to be extremely careful,&rdquo; said Coach Billy Reay. &ldquo;The treatment is quite harsh, burns a lot and makes the affected parts quite tender. The cure could become worse than the original shoulder injury if not carefully supervised.&rdquo;&hellip;The drug is known professionally as Dimethyl Sulfoxide and was perfected at the University of Oregon, for which the Chicago Black Hawks will be forever thankful&hellip;Once Pilote and Kenny Wharram returned to the lineup the club jelled and started to play the kind of hockey their followers have become accustomed to watching&hellip;This year&rsquo;s Cup finals, like the semi-final games, has been a homer series&hellip;As Bobby Hull said after Hawks&rsquo; 5-1 win in the fourth game to deadlock the series: &ldquo;As far as home ice is concerned, it&rsquo;s certainly nice to have 20,000 fans cheering for you.&rdquo;&hellip;Reay had high praise for Goalie Glenn Hall and thought the veteran netminder saved his team in the second period of Sunday&rsquo;s contest. &ldquo;He was especially good on Jean Beliveau,&rdquo; said Reay&hellip;Fred Stanfield is coming into his own as a first-class member of the Hawks&hellip;Doug Harvey thinks J. C. Tremblay is one of the best puck handlers among current defensemen in the NHL.&hellip;Toe Blake was furious with the officiating after his club&rsquo;s 5-1 loss&hellip;The red-faced Blake refused to talk to reporters after the game&hellip;&ldquo;You saw the game and the refereeing, so write it,&rdquo; he told the press corps&hellip;Chicago Hawks are reported to have made a whopping offer for Bob Pulford but the Maple Leafs said no&hellip;Dennis Hull is said to have a faster shot than brother Bobby. He has broken three plates of protective glass behind the nets this season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03355/2256974-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="304" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pierre Pilote</figcaption></div>&bull; TOM LOCKHART will be honored at a dinner in New York on May 2. It will take place at the Drake Hotel, 440 Park Ave. and information may be received about it by writing to Phil Thompson, secretary-treasurer of the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States at 272 Huron Ave., Absecon, N.J. Ladies are invited to the dinner&hellip;Bill Mazer, former play by play announcer of the Buffalo Bisons games of the American League and a long-time subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS, was recently honored as the New York Sports Broadcaster of the Year. Bill now works for NBC out of New York City and in winning this award he beat out finalists Chris Schenkel and Mel Allen&hellip;It was 30 years ago that Tom Lockhart founded the Eastern Hockey League&hellip;Tom is one of the few United States-born members of Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame&hellip;New York Rangers have three pro golfers on their team. They are Jean Ratelle, Vic Hadfield and John Brenneman&hellip;Gump Worsley was more than a trifle annoyed with Chicago fans during the third game of the finals&hellip;&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t mind them throwing paper and stuff like that. We&rsquo;re used to that. But they started throwing wood and that&rsquo;s dangerous. They were heaving wood from pieces of chairs,&rdquo; reported the Gumper&hellip;Red Berenson has been playing fine hockey for Canadiens. Maybe he will stick in the NHL this time&hellip;Boom Boom Geoffrion says that Quebec Aces wouldn&rsquo;t have been eliminated so fast in the AHL playoffs if he had Gump Worsley in the nets&hellip;They say that Frank Mathers, talented coach of the Hershey Bears, is getting 150 percent from his charges in the AHL cup final against Rochester&hellip;This is nothing new. Mathers has been getting the maximum mileage from his players for years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04241/2256967-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="312" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tom Lockhart</figcaption></div>&bull; HAP EMMS, Boston Bruins&rsquo; new General Manager, says he will attend the Bruins games on Sundays&hellip;&ldquo;Why not?&rdquo; he asks&hellip;&ldquo;I always played on Sundays when I played professionally. I just didn&rsquo;t believe in it for juniors.&rdquo;&hellip;Emms plans to make a number of changes in the Bruins setup&hellip;The National Hockey League will no doubt move their offices to New York sometime in the future. Most NHL owners believe it means more for promotional releases to have a New York dateline than Montreal or Toronto. Also, New York is the headquarters for every other major professional sports organization on the North American continent&hellip;Herb Mortimer, former star goalkeeper in the fast Allan Cup competition played around Toronto during the 1930&rsquo;s, is now vicepresident of Canada for the Gruen Watch Co.&hellip;Lachine Maroons sprung the surprise of the season when they defeated Niagara Falls Flyers in the opening game of the Memorial Cup Eastern finals&hellip;Frank Nighbor, one of hockey&rsquo;s all-time greats, is ill in the Pembroke, Ont. Hospital. He would appreciate hearing from his old-time hockey friends&hellip;Claude Larose has been a big disappointment thus far for Canadiens in the Stanley Cup playoffs&hellip;Clarence Campbell returned to his desk this week&hellip;Jean Beliveau and Bobby Hull are the top contenders at the moment for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the top player during the 1965 playoffs&hellip;Beliveau said: &ldquo;In the playoffs you adjust your thinking. Your main idea is not to score but to prevent scoring. If there&rsquo;s an opening, of course you take it. But you&rsquo;re careful about taking chances. If they get a goal, you then need two to win&hellip;There are no ties in the playoffs.&rdquo;&bull; JIM NORRIS is of the opinion that the NHL should use three referees during the playoffs&hellip;One referee to work one semi-final round, another to work the other semi-final series and the third official to handle the Cup finals&hellip;&ldquo;Every referee has his own ideas,&rdquo; said the Chicago owner. &ldquo;Some call a penalty for a board check, for instance, while others don&rsquo;t. There are variations in every referee&rsquo;s interpretations. All this leaves the players confused. But if one referee handled an entire series, players would know exactly what to expect. We have several capable referees, three of these could be selected, one for each series. And player confusion would be considerably reduced.&rdquo; Carl Voss, retiring NHL-referee-in-chief, disagrees with Norris suggestion&hellip;Voss will live in Florida after he retires at the end of the playoffs&hellip;Jim Norris was extremely happy after Hawks&rsquo; second win on home ice in the finals: &ldquo;No matter what happens now, I can hold by head high. You know I was ashamed after those first two games,&rdquo; he stated&hellip;Ulf Sterner, Swedish star who finished the season with Baltimore Clippers, has told intimates that he will not return to North America next season&hellip;Jim Proudfoot feels that Fred Glover, long-time coach of the Cleveland Barons, will get a shot at a National League coaching job soon&hellip;Hap Emms feels that Bobby Orr&rsquo;s future with Boston will be as a forward and not as a defenseman&hellip;There will probably be two coaching changes in the Western League next season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0896/2256960-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="294" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hap Emms</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT. Mich.&mdash;To the defeated belongs Florida.While Chicago and Montreal went at the lucrative business of deciding the Stanley Cup champion, the Red Wings pocketed their first place money of $2,250 and $1,000 appearance money for the playoffs and took off for Florida vacations. Almost en masse.It&rsquo;s easier to say who didn&rsquo;t go than who did. Marcel Pronovost and Al Langlois didn&rsquo;t go. They passed in favor of television appearances during the finals.Pronovost however is packing for that on-again trip to Innsbruck. Austria, where he will teach in Larry Regan&rsquo;s hockey school along with Detroit team-mates Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio and a Toronto con tingent including Terry SawchukOther than Pronovost and Langlois, just about every Red Wing hit the road to the sun after being knocked out in the seventh game of the semi-finals by the Black Hawks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01557/2257081-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="540" height="716"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL GADSBY&hellip;To Continue Playing</figcaption></div>And you can make whatever you wish of this:Defenseman Bill Gadsby, that 19-season National League veteran, made his first Florida stop Homosassa Springs, a resort developed by Red Wing president Bruce Norris.Gadsby was guest of Norris and also due in at Homosassa was manager-coach Sid Abel.Was this an indication that perhaps Abel, the miracle-worker and ulcer sufferer, was going to give up the second half of his title and concentrate on the executive end?Gadsby said there was nothing to it, that Norris had extended the invitation early in the season. Besides, said Bill, he wants to keep on playing.Nevertheless, Gadsby is the leading candidate for coach should Abel decide to take it a little easier.It was a difficult season on Abel, especially that second half drive to the title. Although he kids about it, an ulcer is not a pleasant 24-hour a day companion.Abel is known for his easy practice routine once the season is underway but that doesn&rsquo;t make the games any easier.His deft handling of the club resulted in Detroit&rsquo;s first championship since 1957, but the Red Wings ran out of gas in the playoffs against Chicago.The Hawks were the Wings&rsquo; toughest foe season-long, the only team to hold an advantage on the champions. Detroit got away to a quick start by winning the first two games but continual nagging injuries depleted the Wings&rsquo; strength, especially at the blue line.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03421/2257074-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="532" height="732"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED LINDSAY&hellip;Did His Part</figcaption></div>Doug Barkley, troubled late in the season by a badly pulled groin muscle, never did fully recover from that and then banged into the boards in the playoffs, sustaining a concussion and injuring his shoulder. He missed the last two games.Langlois was missing for a time and so was Gary Bergman, the swing defenseman. It forced Abel to use farm club reserves and although they played well, they weren&rsquo;t the same as the regulars.Ron Murphy, a 20-goal scorer, hurt his left shoulder in the third game and could contribute little the rest of the way. Bruce MacGregor, another 20-goaler, didn&rsquo;t get a goal in the playoffs.The Wings drew fine efforts from Norm Uullman (six goals) and Gordie Howe (four) and certainly from 39-year-old Ted Lindsay, but overall the club was worn down.It was said that the Wings&rsquo; peaked too soon, that they made their best efforts in early March and mid-March. But look at it this way: if they hadn&rsquo;t been hot then, they wouldn&rsquo;t have won the league title.Of course, the way the players and management regard the Stanley Cup compared to the Prince of Wales trophy, it might have been better to peak a little later.It&rsquo;s strange that the NHL rewards the team that was best over 70 games just $2,250 per man while the club that&rsquo;s best over 14 games at the most gets $3,500 &#9632;

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Observers Claim Detroit Hit Peak Too Soon

<div class="byline">BY BERND STAEBEN</div>CORNER BROOK, Nfld.A powerful hockey machine was assembled last fall, namely the Conception Bay Ceebees, with the Faulkner brothers, George, Alex and Jack plus Gerry Lahey and Jim Dawe. They formed the nucleus, and six months later this team has won the Herder Trophy, emblematic of hockey supremacy in Newfoundland.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02515/2257112-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="476" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALEX FAULKNER&hellip;Ten Playoff Goals</figcaption></div>First came the semi-finals, the Ceebees overcame Buchans Miners four games to two in section A. One must give Buchans honorable mention as they were in all games till the third period, where they simply ran out of steam. In Section B. the second place Corner Brook Royals ran roughshod over fourth place Grand Falls, easily winning their four games to qualify for the finals. And so the stage was set for the most dramatic finals in Newfie hockey history.The first two games were held at Humber Gardens in Corner Brook with 3,000 screaming fans present to support their team each night. Strengthened by Don Wells and Bob Smith, two university students, the Royals gave a good account of themselves winning their only game 7 to 6, scoring the winning goal with a minute left to play. In the next game, the Royals scored two unanswered goals in the first period, but then the storm hit as the Ceebees scored six goals to easily salt the game away.Returning home for the remaining games, the Ceebees and Royals forgot about body contact, while using fast breaks and wild scrambles around the nets to excite the fans. However, the Faulkners were just too much for the Royals to cope with, and Ceebees won three straight by scores off 5-3, 6-3 and 12-5.Alex Faulkner, the former Detroit Red Wing, had ten goals and 11 assists to lead his team, getting strong support from brother George and Lahey. For the Royals it was Frank Dorrington, Clobie Collins and Mickey Walsh who led their team, with a solid performance from Harry Katrynuk.The Conception Bay Ceebees had the desire, skating, passing and shooting to win, which they did in convincing fashion. Corner Brook fans were disappointed with their team&rsquo;s showing, which could not come up with a solid sixty minute effort. It seems a pity that Newfoundland is not a member of the CAHA, to see just how far this Ceebees team would go in Allan Cup competition. &#9632;

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Faulkner Leads Ceebees To Newfoundland Title

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.Construction on Olympia&rsquo;s 2,000-seat addition is scheduled to begin by June 1, according to the stadium&rsquo;s and Red Wing business manager Lincoln Cavalieri.Most of the new seats will be behind the north goal but additional seats will be added on the sides at the top and Cavalieri said a new hangar to house radio and television broadcasters and their equipment will be built on the Hooker St. side.Cavalieri said &ldquo;six or seven&rdquo; plush private boxes also will be placed in the radio-tv hangar, hiking Olympia&rsquo;s private box count to 20 or 21. The private boxes, carpeted, paneled and with a small refrigerator for soft drinks and such, seat up to eight persons each and are sold on a season basis.The private boxes, along with a club room, called the Olympia Room, have helped the Red Wings attract the country club set to the game and expand the sport&rsquo;s fan base.Also in the plans is an escalator for balcony customers.Who needs money? Red Wing publicist Elliott Trumbull, serving as go-between for the agency that handles playoff telecasts, ran into a brick wall trying to get Detroit players to serve as guests&hellip;even though it&rsquo;s an all-expenses-paid trip and a $100 appearance fee.The players all said they wanted to get away on their Florida trips.Norm Ullman and Floyd Smith have decided to join the yearround Detroit resident group.Ullman normally summers in hometown Edmonton and Smith in Hershey, Pa., his wife&rsquo;s hometown.Ted Lindsay went down fighting. Lindsay blasted the officiating during and after the seventh game of the semi-finals with Chicago.Detroit had two men in the penalty box when Bobby Hull scored to start the Hawk comeback. Lindsay argued so vociferously when Bill Gadsby drew the second penalty, just 39 seconds after Parker MacDonald was penalized, that referee Art Skoy gave him a misconduct.Lindsay, with 14 regular season and three playoff goals, repeated afterwards that his comeback, after a four year retirement, was just for the one season.It was some season. &#9632;

Detroit Olympia To Get Face Lifting With 2,000 New Seats Next Season

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04320/2257167-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg"></div>SUMMER 1965HOCKEY SCHOOLDURING JULY AND AUGUST AT THEFEATURINGProfessional InstructionBy NHL Stars&bull; BILLY HARRIS&bull; JOHNNY BOWER&bull; BOB NEVIN&bull; DAVE KEONAND MANY OTHERSDOUBLERINK ARENAJANE ST. ANDHIGHWAY No. 7PHONE483-4410285-7251BILLY HARRIS SUMMER HOCKEY SCHOOL DOUBLERINK ARENAJane St. and No. 7 Hwy.;Downsview, Ont.Please send me brochures and application forms for the Billy Harris 1965 Summer Hockey School at Doublerink Arena. &#9632;

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BILLY HARRIS

(As Seen In The Toronto Star)Just in case Clarence Campbell, the chief justice of big league shinny, suffered an attack of egotism along with his ulcer, he can relax. A lot of people said as how it wouldn&rsquo;t be possible to replace Campbell with a man of equal credentials.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01591/2257198-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="488" height="600"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVID MOLSON&hellip;He Gets Letters</figcaption></div>This was something that occured to them when they feared he might die. Campbell always seemed expendable enough when he was well. It&rsquo;s like somebody said at the pickpocket&rsquo;s funeral: &lsquo;This was the lightest-fingered thief of his time)&rsquo; All the mourners burst into tears and blubbered &ldquo;Nobody ever says nice things about a man while he&rsquo;s alive.&rdquo;Nice things were said about Campbell&mdash;but he had to get ill to earn them. Now, it develops that maybe the testimonials were over done, after all. The idea that it will be difficult to find a successor is more fantasy than fact.Since it became known that the NHL is seeking a man who will be Campbell&rsquo;s deputy&mdash;with a view to taking over the presidential chair when Campbell hits retirement age five years from now&mdash;dozens of letters have been written by persons who have the ideal man for the job.After discussing the complexities of the position, they almost invariably agree that it demands a man of rare talents. So, instead of recommending somebody who will let them down, they&rsquo;re ready to do the only thing that&rsquo;s honorable: They&rsquo;ll take the job themselves.&ldquo;I must have 20 letters on my desk from applicants,&rdquo; David Molson, new president of Montreal Canadiens, revealed. &ldquo;Staff Smythe (Leafs&rsquo; president) undoubtedly has as many. The writers all say they&rsquo;re made-to-measure for the job.&rdquo;<h2>U.S. TEAMS MAY WANT CHANGE</h2>SINCE THE NHL was organized in 1917, the president has been a former newspaperman, a former player and a former referee. In order of elevation, they were Frank Calder, Red Dutton and Clarence. Campbell.Dutton managed to escape while there still was time to become a multi-millionaire. As president of the NHL, he might have been working on his second thousand by now. Only the owners actually get well-heeled.The next man will be different from all the others in one respect &bull;&mdash;nationality. Up to now, it has been more or less taken for granted that the boss of the big league shinny had to be a Canuck. It isn&rsquo;t taken for granted any more.&ldquo;With four of the six NHL clubs based in the United States, I think it&rsquo;s reasonable to expect the next president will be an American,&rdquo; Molson said. &ldquo;The four U.S. teams likely would want it that way. They would have the votes to win their point.&rdquo;Actually, it shouldn&rsquo;t matter if the man comes from Patagonia, provided he is the best person for the job. He should be accorded all the condolences that would be offered a Yank or a Canuck. Nevertheless, there will be partisans who will regard an American president of the NHL as the last straw in the great takeover.When the presidency of the NHL goes over the border, only the maple sugar privileges in High Park will remain in Canadian hands. There&rsquo;s one consolation. The new president will have to come up here. His office will be in Montreal.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d be the first to vote for moving that, too,&rdquo; Molson revealed. &ldquo;Maybe the office should be in a city which has no NHL club. All I know is it hurts our club.&rdquo;All the time, other owners have been saying Canadiens get the edge because they have an open line right into Campbell&rsquo;s ear. They don&rsquo;t even have to dial the out-of-town operator.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a privilege we&rsquo;re willing to yield,&rdquo; Molson offered.Why not take the office to Fort Knox? When the owners paid a visit to register their beefs, they could leave their loot. &#9632;

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Next NHL President Will Be An American

<div class="byline">By STANLEY BRINK</div>OBERLIN, Ohio&mdash;Fiction routed by fact dived out the window here last month as Oberlin gained the Midwest College Hockey Association title from Denison of Granville after 2:44 of the second overtime, 5-4. Twelve hours earlier in a desperation effort Oberlin wrenched a semi-final from Ohio University of Athens, 5-4, after two extensions and a total time of 73:44.In the championship go-round Denison was down, 4-2, only to score twice in the third to even the count and force more play. Prior to this point fact took over and fiction started running. And Denison goaler Paul Hylbert became hero and goat.Seldom does a team behind two goals register twice from the blue line in 12 seconds to create a tie. Denison is one of the few. Hylbert stopped three dead-on tries from 15 feet out, the last bouncing from his foot to the post and out to save Denison in the first overtime.What writer would risk inserting a period ending blast that crossed the line a fraction-second after the buzzer? It happened to Denison in the second.Denison outshot Oberlin 14-6 in the third but nothing counted until Gordon Trevett hit from the blue line at 19:29. Twelve seconds later Glen DeMallie fired an identical that slipped in under Goaler Henry Kingsbury&rsquo;s stick. Came a tie and more minutes.Oberlin and Denison alternated missing opportunities in the first extra. At 2:44 of the second the winning goal went to Bob Hoyer when Goaler Hylbert misplayed a passout into his own net after he had striven so valiantly in Denison&rsquo;s behalf.All this after Oberlin barely scraped by Ohio University, 5-4. Oberlin, in arrears 4-2 in the third, connected via Chip Shannon at 11:18 on a pitch from Tay Vaughan and snarled the arithmetic at 18:31 as ShannonVaughan combined again.Fate kicked Ohio University in the second overtime. Ohio was man shy by penalty, 5-6. Vaughan stole from an Ohio stick to ledger the winner at 15 minutes after midnight.People are still talking in Oberlin, Granville, and Athen&rsquo;s. But not in Cleveland. Fenn College, icing but seven players for the semi-final with Denison was splintered, 10-0. Everybody won as fiction took a beating.<h2>PRIESTLEY HONORED</h2>Northfield, Vt.&mdash;Honored by his fellow coaches as the 1965 Coach of the Year in Eastern small-college hockey, Norwich University&rsquo;s Robert B. Priestley completed his fourteenth schedule with an overall stand of 13-8, his third winner in succession and career seventh for 136-117-4.Norwich finished 11-5 to take second behind Middlebury in the ECAC&rsquo;s Division II with Middlebury showing 12-2. Priestley&rsquo;s designation as 1965&rsquo;s top was by an 8-1 vote on the basis of the fine Norwich effort after starting the campaign with what appeared to be only fair prospects.Besides coaching hockey, Priestley serves as Norwich&rsquo;s director of athletics and for ten years was head football coach. He still likes to recall that his first Norwich hockey array gave him a 13-2 season which still remains as a Norwich record.<h2>WISCONSIN IN HOCKEY</h2>River Falls, Wisconsin&mdash;Add one more to the ever lengthening list of colleges either sponsoring hockey for the first time or returning to the game. The latest on file is Wisconsin State University of River Falls with a 2-3 record for its first season.That gives the state three teams. Superior State is returning next winter after an absence since 1957. University of Wisconsin at Madison reactivated three years ago.<h2>COUTTS TOP SCORER</h2>Springfield, Mass.&mdash;American International College that opened with a surprising 9-7 victory over Colgate last December and closed by surprising Norwich, 5-4, still had to settle for 7-10 overall and 6-6 in Eastern College Athletic Conference Division II.Bob Coutts led the scorers with 37 points on 16-21 for 17 games. Jack Slomback had 15-14 for 29 in 14 and Yvon Pellerin 10-14 for 24 in 17.<h2>CANADIAN HOT</h2>Houghton, Mich.&mdash;Wayne Weller of Toronto, sophomore wing on Michigan Tech&rsquo;s NCAA championship team, is on record as the second highest scoring first year player in Tech history. Weller carded 47 points on 24-23. This total leaves him second to Gene Rebellato who had 18-31 for 49 in the 1961-62 championship season.Trailing Weller is another Toronto sophomore, center Gary Milroy. Milroy had 17-29 for 46 and received more post-season honors than any other member of the squad. &#9632;

Little Oberlin Proves Hockey Giants Winning Midwest Association Title

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02519/2257260-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="368" height="880"></div>This Month Three Great Features! Maple Leafs&rsquo; Incredible Playoff Comeback Stanley Cup Overtime: Tension and ThrillsandThe Playoff Magic Of Rocket RichardOne Of Hockey&rsquo;s Greatest PerformersPLAYOFF ISSUE ON NEWSSTANDS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03433/2257253-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="884" height="744"></div>IT&rsquo;S THE WORLD&rsquo;S OFFICIAL HOCKEY MAGAZINE &#9632;

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HOCKEY PICTORIAL

<div class="byline">BY JIM KERNAGHAN (As seen In Toronto Star)</div>GODERICH, Ont.There is one sure way to get out of this town quickly. Merely say &ldquo;Stanley Cup,&rdquo; even in a whisper, and you&rsquo;re sure to go out on the next train&mdash;if you can find one through the tar and feathers.The 16th annual Young Canada Week is in progress and peewee hockey is the only brand the local citizenry recognizes. The whole scene is something akin to Grey Cup week in Toronto, only in miniature.To survive you have to think peewee. There are 1,479 of the best 12-year-old hockey players in Canada around, so it&rsquo;s difficult to think any other way.When they&rsquo;re not scampering around and getting underfoot they&rsquo;re on the ice reinforcing the purists&rsquo; contention that it&rsquo;s the best hockey in the world.If it isn&rsquo;t, it should be. A total of 89 teams have rolled into town since Friday and their treatment matches that of any pro.All those who haven&rsquo;t jammed local motels are billeted in homes around town. Forty teams were turned away this year.The officiating is excellent. Sixty-five of the best referees and linesmen are here to handle 88 games without charge.And the kids get loads of adulation. In restaurants, on the street, they always receive a pat on the back and a hello. Being a one-game knockout tournament, there is heartbreak but it is shortlived.For example, the St. James team came all the way from Winnipeg for the A Series game with Riverside and was eliminated 3-2.But even the losers receive crests, in addition to the education they have picked up en route. And the crowd doesn&rsquo;t pick a team during a game&mdash;every team is from out of town so there are no favorites.The cheers they got were enough to warm any peewee&rsquo;s heart. At 3 p.m. the arena was filling up. By 7 p.m. it was impossible to get a message in. And the noise matched the numbers.As it turned out, Ottawa Alta Vista was the big gun in the AA Series (centres of more than 35,000 population). For a while, it was thought that gun was loaded.Ottawa, in rolling over Hamilton 7-2, had many people thinking they were packed with allstars. A check by officials showed all members had participated on the same team in a suburban Ottawa league.What probably wasn&rsquo;t considered was that besides nine league games, the Ottawans played 57 exhibition games&mdash;in Washington, Boston, Montreal, Lake Placid and many Ontario and Quebec centres. Of 66 games, they lost only four and tied six.Coached by Moe Rioux, in his first year after playing with Ottawa Montagnards, the squad contained the magic Hull name. Steve Hull, cousin of Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; Bobby, powered the fast-skating club with two goals.Two Toronto area teams are entered this year&mdash;Faustina and Mine Safety. They are out to add to Toronto&rsquo;s six year stranglehold on the AA championship. Last year&rsquo;s winner, Scarboro, is in Mexico.The 1,000th game since the tournament started in 1950 was played when St. Lambert of Montreal defeated St. Thomas in an A Series game (centres between 7,500 and 34,999 population). &#9632;

‘Stanley Cup’ Bad Word During Young Canada Week

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TORONTO, Ont.You&rsquo;ve probably never heard of John Anderson. Ten years ago he was 25, a soccer fan, and living in his native Copenhagen, Denmark. Today he manipulates much of the unseen work in the hockey department of Maple Leaf Gardens where he serves as secretary to Manager-Coach Punch Imlach and the Leaf team as well as club publicist.In 1954 Anderson arrived in London, Ontario, dismayed to find the position he was to assume with a Danish firm located there had fizzled out. &ldquo;It was a fly-by-night type of organization which folded before my arrival,&rdquo; he wryly recalled. He stayed in London a year working on construction, as a painter and even a baker&rsquo;s helper. Then he moved to Toronto and a series of similar jobs.By the fall of 1958 he was fed up with a dull routine which apparently led to nowhere. &ldquo;I knew I was in a rut and decided to write applications for seven positions I had seen in newspaper ads,&rdquo; he recalled. &ldquo;I was doing that on a Satur-day night while I watched a Maple Leaf home game on television when it suddenly struck me that I&rsquo;d like to work for Maple Leaf Gardens. So I wrote a six line letter to Stafford Smythe giving a terse outline of my background.&rdquo;Anderson&rsquo;s letter reached the Gardens just as Harry Hutton, a member of the publicity department, was about to leave for a job elsewhere. Smythe passed the letter along to Spiff Evans, then publicity director, who contacted John for further information. That was on a Friday; the following Monday Anderson found himself behind a desk in the Gardens. &ldquo;It was a move of sheer desperation which turned out to be one of those amazing lucky breaks,&rsquo;&rsquo; he commented.For three years Anderson worked in the publicity department handling the public appearances of Leaf players, doing routine chores and assignments connected with the now defunct Metro Junior League. Then, in the spring of 1962, Imlach&rsquo;s secretary, Brigit De Souza wed Rochester publicist Jack Button, thus creating a vacancy in the hockey department. When Punch invited Anderson to move in as a replacement he immediately grabbed the offer. Since then he has relieved Imlach of numerous duties a female secretary couldn&rsquo;t possibly handle. He can invade the dressing room to garner information or pass it along to the players and has become a shock absorber between the busy managercoach and those who might distract him unnecessarily.It&rsquo;s almost impossible for the affable blond Anderson to outline his varied duties. Like most of the Gardens employees his working hours are 9.30 to 4.30 daily, but he also turns up every Saturday and is obligated to be at all home games. When asked if there is a slack time of year he grinned and replied: &ldquo;Everything goes by the boards the three days immediately after we&rsquo;ve won the Stanley Cup. Then the grind begins all over again.&rdquo;With the Cup tucked safely away for another year Imlach and Anderson pitch into a pile of work. John pays a quick two day visit to Montreal for the publicists&rsquo; conference, then returns to assemble information for Punch who will be attending the annual AHL and WHL meetings and requires a file on the previous years&rsquo; minutes, the by-laws, plus a list of the protected players.By mid summer Anderson is already making arrangements for the approaching season even though the old one hasn&rsquo;t officially been buried. He writes to several hotels in the five remaining NHL cities to get their rates, accommodation regarding meals for the team and any other details required. He is also in touch with airline and railway officials for a similar rundown. In the meantime, if Imlach has lined up a series of exhibition games away from home, he again contacts hotels in those cities, then mails a batch of publicity material to the host rinks. As replies come in, he groups the information and passes it along to Punch, who makes the final decisions.Anderson points out that there is a reduction in pressure during the off season, but shows how work builds up as projects get cast aside when Imlach is interrupted by some unexpected appointments or lengthy phone calls devour their time. While Punch is laying the groundwork for training camp, perhaps paying two or three visits to their Peterborough site to iron out details, Anderson is busy writing letters of invitation to the 75 or 80 players they anticipate attending.Hockey SpecialLong before camp opens contracts have to be drawn up with the terms to be filled in by the manager. Occasionally out of town players request the Gardens to arrange their transportation to camp, then when they have to be contacted they may be vacationing in parts unknown. Locating the players, coupled with routine calls, means Anderson may spend two to three hours per day on the telephone, drastically cutting down the time for paper work.Another extremely important detail he must overseer is the immigration arrangements and visas for players who will, or may, eventually have to play in the U.S. Besides the Leafs, Rochester, Victoria and Tulsa players, several protected juniors have to be considered.When the new schedule actually begins the work becomes an exacting challenge and follows a fairly rigid pattern. Where the average fan goes to the games for sheer recreation, Anderson goes for a purpose. On game days he keeps an eye on the sky and an ear to the weather reports. Fog, snow or excessive rain cause him considerable apprehension, although he is full of praise for the tremendous cooperation the Leaf organization receive from the airlines and railway.Punch decides the mode of transportation and usually settles for plane trips since they provide his men with the most rest. Around 4 p.m. on game days John begins phoning the airport where Don Morrison fills him in on the weather out-look. &ldquo;Occasionally, the snags are real dillies,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;During the course of a game I may contact Morrison every fifteen minutes if it&rsquo;s touch and go. Once, with only ten minutes remaining in the game I got word that the flight to Boston had been cancelled and no train was available. So I got a bus and arranged for a police escort to get it to the highway. Once the team was on its way I telephoned ahead to the Buffalo police, requested them to meet the bus outside the city, and escort it to the railway station where the players could catch the 12.30 train.&rdquo;Anderson, who has a keen sense of humour, had an anecdote to add to the tale. &ldquo;When I made the quick switch in plans I knew the players would be hungry, so I had a restaurant deliver milk, coffee and twenty orders of chicken,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;But when the bus drove away there I was with all the food. So I had to make an-other phone call to Buffalo, repeated the order to a restaurant there and managed to get a police cruiser take it to the bus. Then I had a taxi transport the unused food to the Scott Mission in downtown Toronto.&rdquo; At midnight three bushed men, Anderson, Morrison and assistant Leaf trainer Bill Smith, sat down to relax. &ldquo;Suddenly Smitty said, &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s have one of those dinners,&rsquo; and that&rsquo;s when I realized I&rsquo;d given all of them away,&rdquo; laughed John.On some nip and tuck nights Anderson may have to request the railway to add an extra car and even delay their departure a little. When this happens the players rush to Union Station the quickest way, either by subway or taxi, while a bus rushes ahead with their equipment. On other occasions he has had substitute transportation alerted when the airport signaled a clearance of weather with minutes left in the game. Imlach, of course, is kept informed of these emergencies but Anderson makes a point of bothering him as little as possible, saying: &ldquo;After all, he&rsquo;s concentrating upon coaching at that point.&rdquo;Playoffs provide the most harrowing moments for Anderson who, all season long, is a walking bundle of statistics when members of the press need specific information. If they want to know how many goals a certain player scored in specific periods, how many winning goals he collected, how much time he spent on the ice, Anderson has the answers. He also had the job of adding a special press car to the train which took Toronto&rsquo;s contingent to Detroit in last spring&rsquo;s finals; then looked after the disposal of the available 120 hockey tickets. &ldquo;On one particular night I ended up without a ticket,&rdquo; he divulged. &ldquo;Punch and I each thought the other had it. Fortunately, they let me into the Olympia anyway.&rdquo;Anderson&rsquo;s daily duties provide him with considerable variety. Many of his phone calls are from fans who are irate over a Leaf defeat and want Imlach to sell or trade certain players. The same people will later call back to offer congra-tulations to Punch when the club is winning. Sometimes, callers only want an answer to a question. One lady left him momentarily speechless when she asked the colour of the Leaf players&rsquo; eyes. &ldquo;That threw me, but I offered to look at them all and report the findings to her,&rdquo; grinned John. &ldquo;It turned out she was painting their portraits on mugs and wanted the colors correct to the last detail. Later, she sent Imlach one of the mugs.&rdquo;Anderson&rsquo;s retentive memory comes in useful keeping the records straight on the players in the Leaf chain who are under 18. Each year so many are on &ldquo;A&rdquo; and &ldquo;C&rdquo; forms and he must remember to consult Imlach on the renewal or dropping of these forms as each month rolls around. One oversight could cause the embar-rassing loss of a valued prospect to a rival club.After each Saturday and Wednesday game Anderson gets the figures tabulated by the game statisticians and types them up in an Imlach approved system. This consists of how many minutes each line spent on the ice, how many shots each man took and how many resulted in goals. After a Saturday game he has those ready for Imlach by noon Monday.Additionally, he is in full charge of the hockey clippings, a task which used to be handled by a junior hockeyist. Besides gathering clippings from the three Toronto papers, Anderson also receives four dailies from Rochester and Victoria, plus one from Tulsa. &ldquo;I make a point of bringing them up-to-date each morning,&rdquo; he divulged, &ldquo;and they&rsquo;ve certainly given me a greater knowledge of the teams in our farm system. Frankly, I enjoy reading them. Every other day Punch will browse through a scrapbook, sometimes using certain scraps of information to advantage.&rdquo;Anderson is a well travelled young man. He&rsquo;s covered much of the U.S. and Canada, plus Norway and Sweden. Besides speaking Danish and English he can also muster a bit of German. His talented tongue set him in good stead when two Swedish hockeyists turned up at Toronto&rsquo;s camp in 1963. When their English failed them they would speak to Anderson in Swedish, he&rsquo;d answer in Danish, then relay the information to Imlach. Being bilingual is also helpful when the mail rolls into the Gardens. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s amazing the number of letters which arrive from Europe addressed specifically to Imlach or King Clancy,&rdquo; he revealed. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re obviously famous across the ocean.&rdquo; &#9632;

John Anderson Jack-of-all-trades As Leafs’ Publicist

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01590/2257363-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">J. C. TREMBLAY&hellip;Tower Of Strength For Habs</figcaption></div>&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Montreal Canadiens were faced with a new dilemma for the rest of the Stanley Cup finals&mdash;would their goalkeeping hold up enough to heat the Chicago Black Hawks.The Habs&rsquo; cup hopes were given an unexpected setback when Goalie Gump Worsley, the man credited with getting the Canadiens into the spring classic final with the Hawks, came up with a torn thigh muscle.By his own admission, Worsley said he would be out for the rest of the final series.With Charlie Hodge forced to step into the breach, the Canadiens didn&rsquo;t appear to have any problems but Hodge has been sitting idle so long that team officials were slightly concerned about the future. Their worst fears were realized when the Hawks scalped the Canadiens 5-1 in the fourth game of the best-of-seven finals. Charlie&rsquo;s first appearance in the net since the second game of the semi-finals against Toronto.Canadiens were hoping that Hodge would regain the form that made him one of the league&rsquo;s best puck-stoppers this season but frankly admitted time may not be on their side.While the Habs were obviously having goalkeeping problems, they were finding no fault with the backline play of Jean-Claude Tremblay in the playoffs. The smoothskating Tremblay, one of the NHL&rsquo;s best checkers under pressure, was having a big playoff round.One of the Canadiens&rsquo; most effective defensemen against the Leafs and again against the Hawks, J.-C. loomed as the club&rsquo;s No. 1 rearguard particularly with Jacques La-perriere on the shelf for the season with a broken ankle.Coach Toe Blake has been singing the praises of Tremblay and Harris in the playdowns and both men have come up with some big performances for the Montrealers.Blake had taken time out after the Canadiens won the first two games of the finals to praise Tremblay, Harris, Bobby Rousseau, Jim Roberts and Claude Provost for what he termed &ldquo;an exceptionally fine&rdquo; defensive showing. &#9632;

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Canucks’ Playoff Hopes Given Jolt With Worsley Sidelined For Series

Bobby Hull, the Black Hawk&rsquo;s &lsquo;Golden Jet&rsquo; finally emerged from his final playoff slump to spark Chicago back into contention for the Stanley Cup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05248/2257394-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="279" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Hull</figcaption></div>Hull, held scoreless and permitted only nine shots on the Montreal net through the tenacious shadowing and checking of Habs&rsquo; Claude Provost, broke loose from his shackles in the fourth game of the finals to score two goals and spark the Hawks to a 5-1 victory.It has been said many times that the Hawks only go when Hull is in high gear and this was evident in the fourth game with the blond Chicago bomber coming up with his 9th and 10th playoff goals.Hull continues to be the inspiration for the Black Hawks and if he can keep setting the pace through the remaining games, then Chicago stands a good chance of bringing home its first cup victory since 1960-61.Mark Ten is pleased to salute Bobby Hull of the Black Hawks as the player who made his mark in the NHL this past week. &#9632;

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Bobby Hull…Chicago Black Hawks

<h2>FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02516/2257446-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="558" height="105"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Sat., Apr. 17Chicago 2 at Montreal 3Tues., Apr. 20Chicago 0 at Montreal 2Thurs., Apr. 22Montreal 1 at Chicago 3Sun., Apr. 25Montreal 1 at Chicago 5<h2>GAMES REMAINING</h2>Tues., Apr. 27Chicago at MontrealThurs., Apr., 29Montreal at ChicagoSat., May 1Chicago at Montreal<h2>SEMI-FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03436/2257439-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="564" height="105"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Thurs., Apr. 1Chicago 3 at Detroit 4Sun., Apr. 4Chicago 2 at Detroit 4Tues., Apr. 6Detroit 2 at Chicago 5Thurs., Apr. 8Detroit 1 at Chicago 2Sun., Apr. 11Chicago 3 at Detroit 4Tues., Apr. 13Detroit 0 at Chicago 4Thurs., Apr. 15Chicago 4 at Detroit 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06195/2257432-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="562" height="128"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Thurs., Apr. 1Toronto 2 at Montreal 3Sat., Apr. 3Toronto 1 at Montreal 3Tues., Apr. 6Montreal 2 at Toronto 3Thurs., Apr. 8Montreal 2 at Toronto 4Sat., Apr. 10Toronto 1 at Montreal 3Tues., Apr. 13Montreal 4 at Toronto 3<h2>PLAYOFF SCORING</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04334/2257425-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="561" height="1479"></div> &#9632;

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Stanley Cup Picture At A Glance

CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Chicago Black Hawks continued their playoff comeback in the fourth game of the Stanley Cup finals as they toppled Montreal Canadiens 5-1 to square the championship series at 2-2.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01587/2257491-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="312" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Stanfield</figcaption></div>Led by &lsquo;Golden Boy&rsquo; Bobby Hull, who scored twice&mdash;his 9th and 10th goals of the playoffs&mdash;the Hawks rolled over the Habs with a four-goal outburst in the final period to break a 1-1 game wide open. Three of the goals came in a span of a little more than four minutes and put Hawks squarely back in the title fight.With the best-of-seven cup final deadlocked at 2-2, the teams headed for Montreal for the fifth game. Sixth game will be back here and should the teams go the limit, the deciding seventh game will be played on Montreal ice.<h2>Sun. April 25 MONTREAL 1 AT CHICAGO 5</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defense: J.-C. Tremblay, Harris, Talbot, Harper, Picard; forwards: Beliveau, Backstrom, Duff, Larose, Cournoyer, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Balon, Ferguson, Roberts, Berenson.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Vasko, Ravlich, MacNeil, Jarrett, Pilote; forwards: Mohns, Mikita, Wharram, B. Hull. Maki, Esposito, Hay, Nesterenko. Stanfield, Henry. McKenzie, Melnyk.Referee: Vern Buffy; linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico, Pavlich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07259/2257484-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="543" height="702"></div>Besides Hull&rsquo;s two goals, Bill Hay, Fred Stanfield and Doug Jarrett scored singles for the Hawks. The goal for rookie Jarrett was his first of the playoffs.Big Jean Beliveau was the lone Montreal scorer banging in his fifth of the playoffs in the second period after the Hawks had drawn first blood with a first-period goal by Stanfield. Beliveau&rsquo;s goal came on a power play, the 15th time Montreal has counted with the opposition shorthanded since the playoffs started.The turning point in the game came 26 seconds after the final period opened when Hull fired a 70-footer past Goalie Charlie Hodge. The Montreal netminder fanned on the drive and the goal appeared to lift the Hawks, who stormed back with three more to win going away.Hodge, who was summoned to suit up just before the opening faceoff when Gump Worsley pulled a muscle in his thigh in the pre-game warm-up and had to retire. Worley said he was likely out for the series.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02540/2257477-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1680" height="1456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Goalie GUMP WORSLEY, left, receives congratulations from CHARLIE HODGE, after the Gumper posted his first Stanley Cup playoff shutout of his career in second game of finals.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Game Four

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;With Goalie Gump Worsley producing his first Stanley Cup playoff shutout Mont-treal Canadiens handed Chicago Black Hawks their second straight loss in the finals as they won 2-0.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04384/2257529-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="277" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption></div><h2>Tues. April 20 CHICAGO 0 AT MONTREAL 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05319/2257522-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="564" height="579"></div>Worsley, playing in his first cup final of his career, shut the door on the weary Black Hawks as Montreal jumped into a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series for the right to wear the world&rsquo;s pro hockey crown.Following the game the teams headed for Chicago and games three and four of the series.Captain Jean Beliveau and Dick Duff, used sparingly by Coach Toe Blake, scored the the two Montreal goals both on power plays.Beliveau&rsquo;s second-period goal, which came with defenseman Doug Jarrett of the Hawks in the penalty box, was enough to win the game with Hawks failing to rally around their superstar winger, Bobby Hull, for the second straight game.Hull, shadowed throughout the series by Montreal&rsquo;s veteran right wing Claude Provost, drew another blank as the result of Provost&rsquo;s tenacious checking and extended his two-game totals to no goals and five shots on the Canadiens&rsquo; net. Hull had scored eight times in the same finals against Detroit.Goalie Worsley was hardly extended in recording his first playoff shutout. He handled 18 shots compared to 33 for Glenn Hall of the Hawks.Referee Frank Udvari called 21 penalties in the game, 11 to Chicago. &#9632;

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Worsley’s First Playoff Shutout Boosts Habs Lead

CHICAGO, Ill.With injured all-stars Kenny Wharram and Pierre Pilote providing the impetus, Chicago Black Hawks rebounded to win their first game of the Stanley Cup finals 3-1 over Montreal Canadiens.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03465/2257567-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="264" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Wharram</figcaption></div>Wharram, nursing a pair of gimpy knees, and Pilote, out with a shoulder injury, both made their first appearance in the best-of-seven finals to give the down-trodden Hawks a big life. Wharram banked in what turned out to be the winning goal while Pilote assisted on one of the three Chicago goals and played a spark-ling two-way game for the Hawks.Wharram, Phil Esposito and Chico Maki scored the Chicago goals as Hawks cut Montreal&rsquo;s lead in the Stanley Cup final to 2-1 with the fourth game on Chicago ice and the fifth in Montreal.Maki&rsquo;s goal came in the final minute of play and was shot into the unguarded Canadiens&rsquo; net when the Habs lifted Goaler Gump Worsley for a sixth attacker in an attempt to tie the score.John Ferguson shot the lone goal for Canadiens to open the game-scoring in the second period.A disputed second-period goal by Esposito, whom Worsley claimed kicked the puck into the Montreal net, provided Hawks with the incentive to overcome Canadiens. From that point on the Chicagoians controlled the play and won fairly easily.Despite the fact Referee John Ashley called 20 penalties, 11 to Montreal, there were no power play goals for the first time in the series.There were two separate flare-ups in the game the most serious coming in the final minute with J. C. Tremblay of Montreal and Hawks&rsquo; Matt Ravlich the culprits. Tremblay drew a misconduct.<h2>Thurs., April 22 MONTREAL 1 AT CHICAGO 3</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defence: J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Talbot, Harper, Picard; forwards: Beliveau, Backstrom. Duff, Larose, Courn oyer, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Balon, Ferguson, Roberts, Berenson.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall; defence: Vasko, Ravlich, MacNeil, Pilote, Jarrett; forwards: Mohns, Mikita, Wharram, R. Hull, Maki. Esposito, Hay, Nesterenko. Stanfield, Henry, McKenzie, Melnyk.Referee: Ashley. Linesmen: Pavelich. D&rsquo;Amico.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06285/2257560-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="561" height="627"></div> &#9632;

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Hawk ‘Cripples’ Return To Spark Team’s First Win

WALLY NORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKSWALLY POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETS<h2>Playoff Races</h2><h3>FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03359/2257612-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="558" height="124"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Apr. 21Hershey 1 at Rochester 2Fri., Apr. 23Hershey 3 at Rochester 8Sat., Apr. 24Rochester 2 at Hershey 5<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Apr. 28Rochester at HersheyFri., Apr. 30Hershey at Rochester<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04257/2257605-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="553" height="255"></div><h3>QUARTER-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05176/2257598-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="559" height="251"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;Hershey Bears, down two games in the Calder Cup finals with Rochester, bounced back with the benefit of three powerplay goals to whip the Americans 5-2 in the third game of the best-of-seven championship series.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01562/2257650-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="303" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Claude Dufour</figcaption></div>The victory was the first for the Bears after the Americans took the first two games 2-1 and 8-3 on Rochester ice. The fourth game is slated for Hershey before the teams move back to Rochester for game five.Goalkeeper Claude Dufour, playing with an injured hand, stopped 38 shots in a dazzling display as the Bears scored twice in the first period while the Americans were shorthanded two men through penalties.Mike Nykoluk, Pete Conacher, Michel Harvey, Chuck Hamilton and Bruce Cline were the goalgetters for Hershey. Ed Litzenberger and Red Armstrong scored for Rochester.Dufour, who was one of the Bears&rsquo; big stars in their two come-from-behind victories in the Calder-Cup quarter-finals against Baltimore and semi-finals against Buffalo, was again at his puck-stopping best. The Americans tried time and again to penetrate his armor without success.Doctors were forced to give Dufour an injection of novocaine in his left hand just before the start of the game to keep the limb frozen for the game. The Hershey goalie hurt his hand in the second game of the series.Nykoluk was the only marksman in the first period, but Conacher gave the Bears a 2-0 lead shortly before the five-minute mark of the second. Both goals came while Rochester was killing off a penalty.Litzenberger put the Americans back into the game temporarily midway through the second period, beating Dufour with a 50-foot screen shot.Referee Frank Udvari handed out 61 minutes in penalties in the bone-crushing game, which took three hours and 45 minutes to complete.<h2>Sat. April 24 ROCHESTER 2 AT HERSHEY 5</h2>ROCHESTER: Goal. Cheevers; defense: Cherry, Arbour, Sly, Hillman; forwards: Armstrong, Rupp, Boyer, Gamble. Smrke, Duff. Litzenberger, Pappin, Harris, Horvath, Ehman.HERSHEY: Goal: Dufour; defense: Ashbee, Keller. McCord, Yanosik, Awrey; forwards: Hamilton, Nykoluk, Conacher, Harvey, Dejordy. Stankiewicz, Cline, McCreary, Ubriaco, Draper.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1160/2257643-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="576" height="928"></div> &#9632;

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Game Three

ROCHESTER. N.Y.&mdash;Rochester Americans drew first blood in the Calder Cup finals with Hershey Bears but they needed an overtime period goal by Gerry Ehman to do it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02473/2257695-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="294" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Pappin</figcaption></div>Ehman fired the game-winning goal after 13 minutes and 39 seconds of sudden-death overtime in the first game of the best-of-seven championship series for the American Hockey League&rsquo;s top prize&mdash;The Calder Cup.The victory gave the Americans a 1-0 with the second game also on Rochester ice.Defenseman Duane Rupp of Rochester was credited with making the big play for the winning goal. Rupp trapped the puck in the Hershey end of the rink and passed it up to Ehman at the net where the Americans&rsquo; veteran slipped it under Hershey goalie Claude Dufour.Ehman&rsquo;s goal was his ninth against the Bears in six games on Hershey ice this season.A crowd of 5,139 saw Jim Pappin push Americans into a 1-0 lead with his sixth playoff goal in the second period while the Bears were shorthanded. Bruce Draper came back to knot the score for Hershey early in the second period to set the stage for overtime and Ehman&rsquo;s game-winning goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06136/2257688-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="539" height="948"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY EHMAN&hellip;Scores Payoff Goal</figcaption></div><h2>Wed., April 21 HERSHEY 1 AT ROCHESTER 2</h2>Hershey&mdash;Goal: Dufour; defence: McCord, Ashbee, Awrey, Yanosik, Keller; forwards: Nykoluk, Conacher, Stankiewicz, Harvey, DeJordy. Cline, Draper, Ubriaco, McCreary, Hamilton.Rochester&mdash;Goal: Cheevers; defense: Arbour, Rupp, Hillman, Sly, Cherry; forwards: Harris, Pappin, Gamble, Horvath, Smrke, Ehman, Boyer, Duff, Litzenberger, Armstrong.Referee: Art Skoy. Linesmen: Atanas, Wicks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07113/2257681-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="564" height="577"></div> &#9632;

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Ehman’s Overtime Counter Wins Opener For Rochester

ROCHESTER, N.Y.Rochester Americans, held pretty well in check despite a first&mdash;game victory, broke out here in the second game of the Calder Cup final playoffs to wallop Hershey Bears 83.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0895/2257733-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="286" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stan Smrke</figcaption></div>With a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series to their credit, the Americans moved to Hershey for games three and four.Jim Pappin and Stan Smrke were the big guns for the Americans as they scored two goals to lead the onslaught against the &lsquo;Cinderella&rsquo; Bears, who actually spotted the Amerks to a 1-0 lead before blowing their edge.Duane Rupp, Red Armstrong, Bronco Horvath and Wally Boyer also scored once each for the Americans. In addition to his two goals. Smrke collected an assist. Pappin&rsquo;s two tallies raised his playoff count to eight in seven games.Gene Ubriaco. Pete Conacher and Bruce Draper found the range for the Bears, who managed to limit their opposition to less than three goals throughout the playoffs until the second game of the finals with Rochester.Americans bombarded Goalie Claude Dufour after recovering from Ubriaco&rsquo;s opening goal which shot Hershey ahead 1-0. Rupp&rsquo;s 35-foot screened shot after grade. Before the smoke had cleared Smrke had added two and Armstrong one to make it 4-1 and the Amerks were off and running, intercepting a Hershey passout started the Bears on the down-<h2>Fri. April 23 HERSHEY 3 AT ROCHESTER 8</h2>HERSHEY&mdash;Goal: Dufour; defense: McCord. Ashbee. Awrey, Yanosik, Keller; forwards: Nykoluk, Conacher, Stankiewicz, Draper, Ubriaco. McCreary, Harvey, DeJordy, Cline, Hamilton.ROCHESTER&mdash;Goal: Cheevers; defense: Arbour. RUPP, Hillman. Sly, Cherry; forwards: Horvath. Ehman, Smrke. Boyer, Armstrong, Duff, Harris, Pappin, Gamble. Litzenberger.Referee: Buffey. Linesmen: Wicks, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0977/2257726-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="565" height="975"></div> &#9632;

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Smrke, Pappin Lead Rout As Amerks Grab 2-0 Lead

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<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;The &ldquo;Cinderella&rdquo; Bears of coach Frank Mathers simply refuse to let midnight strike in their quest for the coveted Calier Cup championship.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01558/2257802-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="282" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob McCord</figcaption></div>Twice they&rsquo;ve climbed off the deck to kayo their opponent and earn a crack at the American Hockey League champion Rochester Americans in the Cup finals.The last club to absorb a Hershey haymaker was Buffalo Bisons, who fell 3-2 in games, losing the fifth and deciding match on their home rink before a shocked crowd of some 6,000 on April 18.Bisons won the opener, 2-0, dropped the second, 3-0, rallied to win the third at Hershey, 3-1 and put the Bears in the position of having to win two straight to pick up a $7,000 cheque and a shot at Rochester.The fighting Bears did just that. They won the fourth match in overtime, 3-2, on Bruce Draper&rsquo;s 40-foot slap shot, and came back the next night to whip Buffalo, 2-1, with captain Mike Nykoluk getting the deciding goal in the second period.Now it&rsquo;s Rochester. Hershey was the only team to master the power-packed Americans in regular season action, winning five of nine games.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve played 82 games our style and we are not about to change now,&rdquo; said Mathers, a Winnipeg product, as the best-of-seven match opened.Everyone asks: Is Mathers using mirrors? The answer is: NO.It&rsquo;s simply a case of 16 hungry skaters who want the lion&rsquo;s share of the playoff booty as well as a swig of champagne from the cup.There isn&rsquo;t a single star on the club. There isn&rsquo;t one man who is about to over-power anyone with a display of goal sniping.There&rsquo;s been some tremendous efforts on the part of the entire team as well as several individuals.Goalie Claude Dufour has simply been fantastic. In the first ten playoff games, he worked 619:02 minutes, allowing only 18 goals while registering one shutout and turning in 254 saves for a startling average of 1.75. That&rsquo;s the best average of any goalie in the playoffs, from the National to the Central to the Western Leagues.Then there&rsquo;s been the penalty killing of Chuck Hamilton and Nykoluk. Bears drew 153 minutes in penalties, yet Buffalo and Baltimore nailed a total of only three power play goals.Against Baltimore, Bears were superb. Down two games, the club came on like gangbusters to win three straight to get a shot at Buffalo.The Bisons were heavy favorites to dispose of Hershey. They beat the Bears six times in nine season games. Someone forgot to tell Mathers&rsquo; men.Boston Bruins let veteran defenseman Bob McCord go late in the season. It was the greatest break Hershey got in a long time from a National League parent team.McCord&rsquo;s work borders on the sensational side. He&rsquo;s turned out to be a take-charge operator, a man the rest of the team can rally around in time of trouble. He rates another chance in the big time and without question will get it.The forechecking of all three lines, Nykoluk-Myron Stankiewicz-Pete Conacher; Michel Harvey, Roger DeJordy, Bruce Cline; Bruce Draper, Gene Ubriaco, Keith McCreary, has been a real eye-opener. And the defensive gang of McCord, Don Awrey, Howie Yanosik, Ralph Keller, Barry Ashbee, and even Mike Mahoney for one game, rates five stars.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04438/2257795-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="490" height="896"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE NYKOLUK&hellip;Top Penalty Killer</figcaption></div>Despite the fact Mathers has turned in a brilliant coaching record in his nine years at Hershey, it&rsquo;s doubtful if any NHL club could land him. The guy, a great family man and a smart leader, loves Hershey and its environs.Since he came to Hershey from Pittsburgh in 1956, he&rsquo;s piloted five clubs into the cup finals, winning twice and losing once in the seventh and deciding game. He only missed the playoffs one season.As Nykoluk says:&ldquo;Mathers is the best coach I ever played under and all the guys on the club feel the same way. He can handle men and he&rsquo;s a smart cookie when it comes to out-foxing the opponent coaches with his quick line changes and defensive moves.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s brought us a long way, even with all the injuries we&rsquo;ve had.&rdquo;No less than 14 skaters sat out a total of 116 games with one ailment or another this season. Yet, Mathers got the club to the finals. Maybe he is using mirrors after all. &#9632;

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Hershey Turning Into ‘Cinderella’ Hockey Club, Faces Big Test In CUP Finals Against Rochester

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;An All-America defenseman from West Roxbury, Mass., has been named Boston University&rsquo;s &ldquo;Most Valuable Hockey Player&rdquo; for the season just ended.Thomas Ross will receive the George V. Brown Memorial Award.Ross was one of two Terriers named to 1964-65 All America hockey team, as well as being named to the All New England team and tabbed the &ldquo;best defenseman&rsquo; in New England&rdquo; by the Hockey Writers Association.A product of Boston Technical High, Tom is another example of a locally produced hockey player making an outstanding contribution to intercollegiate hockey. He succeeds All America defenseman Richie Green of Watertown, Mass., last year&rsquo;s Brown Award winner.The Award is named for one of BUs earlier athletic directors, George V. Brown, father of the late Boston sports promoter Walter Brown. Although it was Walter who was normally associated with the growth of intercollegiate hockey, George V. is credited as being the &ldquo;father of American amateur hockey.&rdquo;Regarded as the most promising sophomore defenseman on the Terrier squad two seasons ago, Tom moved in to fill the void caused when Green was permanently injured in a trampoline accident. Called the &ldquo;Silent Sentinel&rdquo;, he shouldered the responsibility and did an outstanding job for Coach Kelley. &ldquo;Tom isn&rsquo;t a flamboyant layer,&rdquo; according to Kelley, &ldquo;but he is by far the best defenseman that I saw all year. He plays his angles well and was quick enough to recover if caught out of position.&rdquo; Jack was concerned that Ross might be overlooked because he is a &ldquo;finess&rdquo; rather than a &ldquo;knock-em-down&rdquo; type defenseman. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a credit to the nation&rsquo;s coaches&rdquo;, said Kelley, &ldquo;that they recognized his great talent.&rdquo;Kelley was equally pleased with the vote of his team when they elected Tom their most valuable player.Ross will be individually honored on May 15th, when his neighbors in West Roxbury hold a testimonial dinner for their first All America player. They can now add the Brown Award to Tom Ross&rsquo; growing list of hockey accolades. &#9632;

All-American Rearguard Tom Ross Named Boston University’s MVP

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02515/2257871-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg"></div>Following is a breakdown of the record $114,000 pool for this year&rsquo;s Calder Cup playoffs:<h2>REGULAR SEASON FINISH</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03478/2257864-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="1122" height="417"></div>(Figures in parentheses indicate share per man based on 20 shares per club).<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05364/2257857-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="1096" height="137"></div> &#9632;

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How Calder Cup Pool Works

NHL PLAYERS NAMES AND NUMBERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06314/2257902-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="602" height="753"></div>If You Are An Ardent Fan Who Likes His Hockey On Television&mdash;You&rsquo;ve Got It Made With Complete Names and Numbers Of All NHL Teams Contained In A Special TV Section of theOFFICIAL HOCKEY ANNUALThere&rsquo;s A Wealth Of Reading In This Hockey Book For Only 50&cent;ORDER FORM ON PAGE 4 &#9632;

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Enjoy Hockey In Your Living Room!

Before you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo;at never varies<h2>Playoff Races</h2><h3>FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06158/2257947-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="568" height="133"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Apr. 14Victoria 1 at Portland 5Sat., Apr. 17Portland 3 at Victoria 1Sun., Apr. 18Victoria 4 at Portland 3Wed., Apr. 21Portland 3 at Victoria 2Sat., Apr. 24Portland 3 at Victoria 0<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07117/2257940-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="555" height="254"></div><h3>PLAYOFF SCORING</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0983/2257933-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="558" height="285"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01553/2257985-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="585" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY GOYER&hellip;Two Big Goals</figcaption></div>VICTORIA. B.C.&mdash;Portia nd Buckaroos ability to win on the road enabled them to capture the Western Hockey League playoff championship this season for the first time in four years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03337/2257978-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="288" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Head</figcaption></div>The Bucks came here for the fourth and fifth games of the best-of-seven final for the Lester Patrick Cup and left with two victories to take the series 4-1.The secret to Portland&rsquo;s success this year lay in the fact they played just as well in road games as they did on home ice. They won 22 out of 35 road games in the regular season and did not lose a playoff game away from home since the post-season round began.The win for manager-coach Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s Buckaroos marked the first time they have had their hands on the Patrick Cup since the 1961-62 season.Laycoe was the master hand behind the Bucakoos&rsquo; successful season as Portland swept to both the league and playoff titles. The Bucks&rsquo; office leader built the team into a powerhouse with several timely player additions, notably the veteran Andy Hebenton, to outclass the rest of the WHL. Hebenton was a standout throughout the playoffs.In the series-clincher, the Bucks stopped Victoria 3-0.The Bucks wrapped up the series behind the brilliant goaltending of Don Head, two goals by Gerry Goyer and one by Cliff Schmautz.Portland led 1-0 at the end of the first and, after a scoreless second period, put the game on ice with Goyer&rsquo;s goals&mdash;the last into an empty net.The Bucks finished the season in first place and moved into the final with a five-game semi-final victory over Vancouver Canucks. The Leafs went the full seven games before edging Seattle Totems in their semi-final.Another factor in Portland&rsquo;s win was outstanding goaltending by Head, who was at his best registering his third shutout in the playoffs.The Buckaroos started the series with 5-1 and 3-1 wins but the Leafs managed an overtime 4-3 victory in the third game. Portland took the fourth game 3-2. &#9632;

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Portland’s Ability To Win Road Games Brings Bucks Patrick Cup As Champions

SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Three members of the Portland Buckaroos make up half the 1965 Western Hockey League allstar team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02453/2258023-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="311" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy McVie</figcaption></div>The allstars selected by the votes of players in the six-team league, produced few surprises.The Portland players on the first team are defenseman Pat Stapleton, leftwinger Tommy McVie and Rightwinger Andy Hebenton. The Seattle Totems landed two players on the first team&mdash;goalkeeper Jim McLeod and defenseman Gordie Sinclair. Vancouver&rsquo;s speedy Billy McNeill won the center position on the first team.None of the six all-star selections were unanimous choices. McLeod topped the balloting with 318 of a maximum 400 points. McVie was second with 313.The six all-stars will receive $300 each. Second team winners will receive $150 each.The second team includes defensemen Alex Hucul, Victoria, and Con Madigan, Portland: Center Guyle Fielder, Seattle; left wing Brian Smith, Los Angeles; right wing Wayne Connelly, San Francisco, and goalkeeper Don Head. Portland.The closest voting was for the right wing spot where Hebenton polled 270 and Connelly 266, a difference of only four points.If you wanted to pick a third team it was Al Millar of Victoria, goal; Gerry Odrowski of San Francisco and Vancouver&rsquo;s Ron Matthews; defense; Art Jones of Portland at center; Lou Jankowski of Victoria, left wing; and Willie O&rsquo;Ree of L.A. at right wing.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04254/2258016-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="1092" height="1542"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIMMY McLEOD&hellip;Collected Most Points</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Portland Places Three Players On WHL’s First All-Star Team

The Lester Patrick Cup is emblematic of the Play-Off Championship of the Western Hockey League and has been won by the following Clubs:1965&mdash;Portland Buckaroos1964&mdash;San Francisco Seals1963&mdash;San Francisco Seals1962&mdash;Edmonton Flyers1961&mdash;Portland Buckaroos1960&mdash;Vancouver Canucks1959&mdash;Seattle Totems1958&mdash;Vancouver Canucks1957&mdash;Brandon Regals1956&mdash;Winnipeg Warriors1955&mdash;Edmonton Flyers1954&mdash;Calgary Stampeders1953&mdash;Edmonton Flyers1952&mdash;Saskatoon Quakers1951&mdash;Victoria Cougars1950&mdash;New Westminster Royals1949&mdash;San Diego Skyhawks &#9632;

WHL Champions

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WHL All-Star Teams

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><h2>Expansion Would Dilute Hockey</h2>ENCOURAGED RECENTLY BY AN announcement out of a National Hockey League expansion meeting in New York that the major league was prepared to add a second six-team big league in the near future, West Coast advocates of hockey have been rocked back on their heels by a recent magazine story in which NHL president Clarence Campbell spoke out against adding any new clubs. &ldquo;Increasing the league doesn&rsquo;t increase your revenue five cents per club,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Our current arrangement permits a schedule that is absolutely perfect&hellip;Where do you get the right kind of owners?&hellip;You&rsquo;d simply have more hockey, and all diluted.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01530/2258130-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="284" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Clarence Campbell</figcaption></div>Toronto&rsquo;s Conn Smythe supports Campbell: There&rsquo;s only room at the top for a few, isn&rsquo;t there?&hellip;Maybe if you started two weak teams in Los Angeles and San Francisco they would be successful, but you would jeopardize the entire enterprise.&rdquo;&hellip;However, in the same article, David Molson of Montreal says, &ldquo;The owners say, Here&rsquo;s a successful thing; don&rsquo;t tamper with it&rsquo;. This seems to be a good business view, but, personally I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s a wise one from a broad outlook&hellip;You&rsquo;d only dilute it for a short time. And then the incentive would be there for young hockey players.&rdquo;And ex-Detroiter Jack Adams adds, &ldquo;With these new jets you can get any place&hellip;If they had good judgment they&rsquo;d form another major league on the West Coast and play some interlocking games till they built it up. Would they have any problem finding players ? No!&rdquo; and Portland&rsquo;s Harry Glickman says, &ldquo;With expansion, you would improve the image of hockey. This is the greatest game&hellip;But not enough people know about it.&rdquo;<h2>&lsquo;Wildcat&rsquo; League Would Be Headache</h2>CAMPBELL INDICATES PRESENT WESTERN Hockey League owners are unsuitable. Asked about a wildcat big league, Smythe adds: &ldquo;Not unless they&rsquo;re crazy. I don&rsquo;t know how many crazy guys there are out there on the West Coast.&rdquo; But, Montreal&rsquo;s Molson warns, &ldquo;If we keep matters as they are, a new league could start on its own and we&rsquo;d have a lot of headaches.&rdquo; And Adams adds, &ldquo;A government investigation is pretty sure to happen if the NHL doesn&rsquo;t expand.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02472/2258123-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="256" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div>In conclusion, one prominent Western official told us, &ldquo;The National Hockey League is the best sports league of all. They do a beautiful job and I&rsquo;m sure they have some good reasons tor resisting expansion. But, expansion is inevitable. Travel is no problem. Finding players is no problem. Present league strength, divided only six ways, is unrealistic. And expansion will provide incentive for boys to go into the game. Even in the NHL they must be getting tired of seeing the same handful of teams. And if they don&rsquo;t want some of that television money which hinges on West Coast representation, we do. Football, baseball and basketball owners are getting rich. We want to get rich, too.&rdquo;He continued, &ldquo;They keep making announcements that lead us to believe they are ready to expand. Then, they do nothing. We are not going to sit by much longer. Frankly, I think we have sat by too long. Some of the present owners have not been aggressive enough. But new men with fresh money are around. I don&rsquo;t know if only Los Angeles and San Francisco should go big league, or if a new six-team league should be formed. I don&rsquo;t know if the pressure of a government investigation will force it, or if a dollar war such as is presently biting deep into NFL and AFL pocketbooks will be necessary. What I do know is, expansion has got to come, and the sooner the better. Delaying the inevitable could hurt that fine National League more than anything else.&rdquo;<h2>L.A. Hungry For Big League Game</h2>PERSONALLY, WE SUPPOSE THERE are merits to both sides of the problem, but logically we feel six teams is too few for a true major league, and, selfish as a Los Angeles resident, we are hungry for expansion. L.A. has the finest record of supporting professional big league sports of any city in the world and deserves to be big league in every major sport. Although its attendance has been pretty good, it is too much to expect a minor league team such as the Blades to hold its own against the major league opposition of the Dodgers, Angels, Rams and Lakers. Since the Blades did not make the WHL playoffs, L.A. newspapers have been according the post-season play as much publicity as if it Was an intramural league in Nome, Alaska. Nor does the NHL get much coverage in any WHL city in the U. S.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03395/2258116-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="292" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordon Sinclair</figcaption></div>Meanwhile, however, the playoffs are proceeding with Victoria, the comeback heroes of an opening-round playoff upset of Seattle, striving to deal with Portland, the runaway pennant-winners which mauled Vancouver in its first playoff round. It would be ironic if Victoria&rsquo;s Maple Leafs won, then moved out of town. As the Denver Invaders last season, they won the pennant handily, then moved. Apparently, a winning team is not all it takes to draw fans&hellip;Two Portland (Stapleton and Hebenton) and two Seattle players (Sinclair and McLeod) made both the official WHL All-Stars as selected by the players and the coaches! team, as selected for THE HOCKEY NEWS) Note the differences:<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09139/2258109-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="1120" height="224"></div> &#9632;

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Western Ad Lib

PORTLAND, Ore.PLAYOFF NOTES&mdash;Portland coach Hal Laycoe is unusually enthusiastic about the playoff play of veteran Andy Hebenton, who has had a remarkable first year back in the minors after a long stretch in the majors. Andy has not led down at all and after the five-game opening-round playoff conquest of Vancouver and three games of the finalround series against Victoria led all scorers with seven goals.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s amazing,&rdquo; Laycoe said to Don McLeod of the Portland Oregonian. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen any 35-year-old perform with his zest. His contribution to Portland hockey this season has to be the highlight of my coaching career. He&rsquo;s a coach&rsquo;s delight.&rdquo;Hebenton also had four assists for 11 points to tie teammates Gerry Goyer and Art Jones for the points lead. Goyer had five goals and Jones three. The Goyer-Hebenton-Tommy McVie line had accounted for 15 goals in the first eight playoff games, a remarkable contribution.Victoria has been led through the 10 games it has had to play so far by Larry Keenan with five goals, surging rookie Rollie Wilcox with four and John Sleaver with eight points on three goals and five assists.After sophomore Dave Kelly played the first game, Don Head is having a remarkable period for Portland in the nets. In his seven games, he has scored two shutouts and has permitted only 11 goals for a 1.57 average, which is superior to the playoff record of 1.66 on the 20 goals allowed in 12 games by Bev Bentley in leading Seattle to the 1959 Patrick Cup.Head had 174 consecutive minutes of shutout play on the road until Victoria&rsquo;s Larry Keenan scored on him in the middle game of the present series.Victoria goalie Al Millar gave up only 23 goals in nine games for a fine 2.56 average, before reserve Jean Guy Morissette took over and won the third game in overtime, 4-3. Victoria had taken 294 shots and made 25 goals in its 10 games to date, while more accurate Portland had taken 273 shots and counted 28 goals in its eight games.Fred Hucul leads the two teams in penalties so far with 24 minutes, while teammates Bill Shvetz and Claude Labrosse have 22 minutes each. Doug Messier is tops for Portland with 20 minutes. Andy Hebenton, who won the &ldquo;most gentlemanly&rdquo; award in the league this season and Lou Jankowski, who was a strong contender for the honor, are among those who have not yet drawn a penalty.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04298/2258161-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="564" height="560"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY HEBENTON&hellip;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s Amazing&rdquo;</figcaption></div>Presumably, pennant-winning Portland entered the series fresher, having won the last four to wipe out Vancouver in five games, while third-place Victoria had to win the last three in a row to come off a 1-3 deficit and eliminate Seattle in seven games. When Victoria led Seattle by two goals in the last game, Coach Pilous said, &ldquo;Men, all I want you to do is check. There&rsquo;s 10 minutes to play and each minute is worth $50.&rdquo;Actually, gaining the finals meant about $550 to each Leaf. &ldquo;My guys play best with their backs to the wall,&rdquo; says Pilous. He has a point. A runaway pennant-winner last season, they flopped in the playoffs. They had to hustle off a poor start to even make the playoffs this season, but have been tough in the playoffs. &#9632;

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Andy Hebenton “Coach’s Delight” Declares Portland Coach Of Vet

<h2>Wed., April 14 VICTORIA 1 AT PORTLAND 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05220/2258213-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="560" height="704"></div><h2>Fri., April 16 PORTLAND 3 AT VICTORIA 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06184/2258206-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="556" height="584"></div><h2>Sat., April 17 VICTORIA 4 AT PORTLAND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07165/2258199-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="560" height="752"></div><h2>Wed., April 21 PORTLAND 3 AT VICTORIA 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08150/2258192-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="568" height="536"></div> &#9632;

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WHL Playoff Summaries

ST. PAUL, Minn.St. Paul Rangers proved conclusively in the playoffs that their league championship victory this season was no fluke.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01377/2258282-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="280" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Shero</figcaption></div>Fred Shero&rsquo;s Rangers won the Central Pro Hockey League playoff title the night of April 21 by defeating Tulsa Oilers 2-1 to take the best-of-seven final series 4-2.The series win enabled Rangers to complete a league sweep of both the schedule and playoffs to emulate the feat of the Omaha Knights last season.Rangers won the Jack Adams Cup for their efforts and their victory culminated a highly successful season for Shero, whose coaching genius showed up in the Rangers&rsquo; gallant drive for the title after the team at one time was on the brink of falling out of the playoffs. From fourth place to first was the pattern of the St. Paul march and for men like Shero and general manager Jake Milford, it truly vindicated their trust in the Rangers.St. Paul won three out of four games on home ice in the finals to easily outclass the young Oilers, coached by Rudy Migay, Rangers won the first two of the series and were never headed.Jim Mikol, Paul Andrea, Marc Dufour, Bill Collins, Mel Pearson, Jimmy Johnson, Mike McMahon and others were standouts throughout the series for Rangers.Defenseman Tracy Pratt of the Rangers, who was also a big figure in the championship romp of his team, contributed a big game-winning goal in the 4-3 fourth game of the finals.Veteran goalie Marcel Pelletier loomed as another top man in the series for St. Paul. His clutch netminding was too much for the baby-faced Oilers, who pushed their way into the finals by upsetting Omaha Knights in the semi-finals.St. Paul gamed a final berth by disposing of Minneapolis.Rangers participated in 11 playoff games, winning eight of them. Over the regular season, they played 70 games, winning 41 and losing 23 while tieing six. Their overall mark was 81 games played, 49 wins, 26 losses and six ties.Rangers were also the highest scoring team in the circuit led by rightwinger Marc Dufour, 23-year-old sniper, who triggered 43 tallies.A team effort by a group of athletes who had a balance between youth and experience made the Rangers league and playoff champions. &#9632;

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ST. PAUL WINS FIRST CPHL TITLE

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.&mdash;Cesare Maniago is only 26 years of age but has a wealth of goalkeeping experience behind him and is speaking out boldly, &ldquo;I want to be back in the National Hockey League.&rdquo;The lanky 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 175-pound net-minder had just wound up the 1964-65 season and had been accorded the honor of being the most valuable player in the Central Professional League after a consistent campaign wearing the big pads for the Minneapolis Bruins.&ldquo;I noticed how teams like Toronto, Boston, New York and Chicago were carrying two goalies in the NHL and when I went to Minneapolis I was determined to show that I was good enough for another shot at a major league goaltending job,&rdquo; said the serious dark-haired athlete.Maniago gave the Minneapolis fans plenty to talk about with his stylish performances as he played 67 of the Bruins&rsquo; scheduled engagements and gave up only 184 tallies for a stylish 2.75 goals-against mark&mdash;best in the circuit. As the Bruins made their way to third place in the standing, he wielded the whitewash brush on six occasions. Twice St. Paul Rangers and Tulsa Oilers and on single occasions Omaha Knights and Memphis Wings were his victims.It was back in the 1962-63 campaign when goalie Jacques Plante took an enforced rest through injury and illness and Montreal Canadiens called in Maniago to fill in the cage. He took part in 14 games and posted a 3.07 goals-against mark.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02309/2258313-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="544" height="668"><figcaption class="caption-body">CESARE MANIAGO&hellip;Eyeing NHL Again</figcaption></div>That was his most recent appearance in hockey&rsquo;s major league. He was 22 when he was rushed in as a replacement for Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; Johnny Bower and in seven games was credited with a 2.57 goals-against mark. In the spring of 1962, he played two games for the Leafs in the Stanley Cup playoffs and was tagged for six tallies.But that is all in the past and now Maniago wants to start again with experience gained from wearing the goaltending armor in cities like Sudbury, Hull-Ottawa, Vancouver, Spokane, Quebec, Buffalo, Omaha and Minneapolis.Maniago is still owned by the Montreal Canadiens and was on loan to the Boston Bruins for their Minneapolis club for the past season and based on his record will be invited to the Habitants&rsquo; training camp this fall.In looking back over the past season, the native of Trail, B.C. said:&ldquo;When I came to Minneapolis, Harry Sinden, our playing coach, showed confidence in me and left me on my own. I decided I wanted to play without a mask. During the 1962-63 season when I was at Montreal as a standby for Jacques Plante I started wearing the mask, same as Plante. A couple of times pucks hit the mask, saving my face, so I figured wearing it was the thing to do. But I found that often I would lose sight of the puck when it went behind the net. Then a quick pass out front and I was beaten.&rdquo;In the 1961-62 winter playing for Hull-Ottawa in the now-defunct Eastern Professional League, Maniago, in 68 games without a mask, only gave up 168 goals recording a 2.47 goals-against mark. So he decided to leave his face unprotected seeking a good season.Maniago, with Sinden&rsquo;s approval, discarded the facial gear and had his second best campaign since joining the play-for-pay ranks.An indication in the improvement in his play was shown early during the past season when he gave up only 103 goals in 38 games and it cannot be overlooked that he was playing for a team that had 10 players under the age of 23 in the lineup, a regulation for each club in the Central League.&ldquo;When I started the season I had made up my mind that in this league I should give up less than three goals a game. That means I am stopping at least 90% of the shots tossed at me.&rdquo;Taking an overall look at the league, Maniago commented, &ldquo;I really enjoyed playing at Minneapolis. There were so many young players on the team with the desire to learn and improve and their ambition is to make the NHL. From our team Wayne Maxner and Bill Knibbs made it this year and Joe Watson is tab bed for next year with the Boston Bruins. So everyone worked with playing-coach Sinden providing plenty of inspiration and he had everyone skating. We had no big scorers on the club but they went all out and I wanted to be a real part of a winning team.&rdquo;Maniago has only praise for the Central League and sees it as a springboard for young players to make their way into the National League.Gary Peters, Noel Picard, Doug Jarrett, Andre Boudrias and Bob Wall all had brief chances this season. Maniago thinks that Al &ldquo;Boom Caron&rdquo; who has fired 123 goals over two seasons for St. Louis Braves has the toughest shot and has a chance to be a major leaguer.Maniago also has great respect for Bill Inglis of the Omaha Knights who has 49 goals but most of them were &ldquo;big ones&rdquo; over the past two campaigns.Mel Pearson of the St. Paul Rangers is considered by Maniago to be one of the fastest skaters in the game and his tricky playmaking helped set up 46 goals as St. Paul finished the season in top spot.With a strong season behind him, age and experience on his side, Maniago has every right to say, &ldquo;I want to be back in the National Hockey League&rdquo; and judging by his 1964-65 season at Minneapolis, he fully deserves another opportunity. &#9632;

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“I Want To Be Back In NHL,”Savs Minneapolis Netminder

<h2>Thurs., April 15 TULSA 3 AT ST. PAUL 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03232/2258358-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="572" height="628"></div><h2>Sat., April 17 ST. PAUL 4 AT TULSA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04188/2258351-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="560" height="764"></div><h2>Wed., April 21 TULSA 1 AT ST. PAUL 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05130/2258344-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="572" height="512"></div> &#9632;

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CPHL Playoff Summaries

Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY<h2>Playoff Races</h2><h3>FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06100/2258251-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="572" height="136"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sun., Apr. 11Tulsa 2 at St. Paul 6Tues., Apr. 13Tulsa 2 at St. Paul 6Thurs., Apr. 15Tulsa 3 at St. Paul 1Sat., Apr. 17St. Paul 4 at Tulsa 3Sun., Apr. 18St. Paul 1 at Tulsa 4Wed., Apr. 21Tulsa 1 at St. Paul 2<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0789/2258244-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="572" height="260"></div> &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<h2>ALLAN CUP</h2><h3>EASTERN CANADA</h3>FINALS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01298/2258452-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="557" height="129"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Mon., Apr. 19Sherbrooke 5 at Woodstock 2Wed., Apr. 21Sherbrooke 4 at Woodstock 1Fri., Apr. 23Woodstock 0 at Sherbrooke 6Sun., Apr. 25Woodstock 2 at Sherbrooke 5<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02253/2258445-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="556" height="159"></div><h3>QUARTER-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03195/2258438-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="557" height="132"></div><h3>WESTERN CANADA</h3>FINALS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04142/2258431-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="557" height="130"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Fri., Apr. 23Warroad 2 at Nelson 6Sat. Apr. 24Warroad 3 at Nelson 6<h3>GAMES REMAINING</h3>Mon., Apr. 26Warroad at NelsonWed., Apr. 28Warroad at NelsonThurs., Apr. 29Warroad at Nelson<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05106/2258424-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="556" height="257"></div><h3>MEMORIAL CUP EASTERN CANADA</h3>FINALS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0684/2258417-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="553" height="104"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sat., Apr. 24Niagara Falls 2 at Lachine 3Sun., Apr. 25Niagara Falls 2 at Lachine 1<h3>GAMES REMAINING</h3>Wed., Apr. 28Lachine at Niagara FallsFri., Apr. 30Lachine at Niagara FallsSat., May 1Lachine at Niagara Falls<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0778/2258410-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="555" height="130"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sat., Apr. 17Niagara Falls 18 at Garson-Falcon. 3Mon., Apr. 19Niagara Falls 6 at Garson-Falcon. 0Wed., Apr. 21Garson-Falcon. 2 at Niagara Falls 6Thurs., Apr. 22Garson-Falcon. 0 at Niagara Falls 13<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0853/2258403-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="554" height="157"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Mon., Apr. 12Smiths Falls 3 Sydney 1Wed., Apr. 14Lachine 5, Smiths Falls 2Thurs., Apr. 15Lachine 8, Sydney 1Sat., Apr. 17Smiths Falls 2, Lachine 1Mon., Apr. 19Smiths Falls 5, Sydney 3Tues., Apr. 20Lachine 5, Smiths Falls 3<h3>WESTERN CANADA FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0943/2258396-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="550" height="130"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Apr. 21Winnipeg 1 at Edmonton 3Fri., Apr. 23Winnipeg 1 at Edmonton 7<h3>GAMES REMAINING</h3>Mon., Apr. 26Edmonton at WinnipegWed., Apr. 28Edmonton at WinniptgThurs., Apr. 29Edmonton at Winnipeg<h3>SEMI-FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1035/2258389-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="556" height="262"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Fri., Apr. 9Edmonton 5 at Regina 7Sat., Apr. 10Edmonton 2 at Regina 5Mon., Apr. 12Regina 1 at Edmonton 3Wed., Apr. 14Regina 3 at Edmonton 8Thurs., Apr. 15Regina 3 at Edmonton 9Sat., Apr. 17Edmonton 1 at Regina 8Mon., Apr. 19Regina 2 at Edmonton C &#9632;

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Playoff Races

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-13" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1319/2258545-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg"></div>THE HOCKEY NEWSSUBSCRIBE AND SAVEKeeps you informed on what&rsquo;s happening in the world of hockey during those long, hot summer days. Plan to subscribe now and make sure you&rsquo;re abreast of the hockey news. Remember, THE HOCKEY NEWS may still be purchased on the newsstands during the summer months. So, don&rsquo;t be a news loser, subscribe now. Just fill in the form above. &#9632;

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Yes Fans! Hockey In The Summer

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s annual meeting in May should produce plenty of news both in the fields of expansion and in the area of new regulations concerning personnel.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1129/2258483-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="293" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Carter</figcaption></div>President Tom Lockhart will call the meeting together the day after he is tendered a testimonial banquet. All will be peaches and cream at the dinner where Lockhart&rsquo;s long hockey career will be extolled, but there should be less harmony when the abuse of this year&rsquo;s junior rules and Knoxville&rsquo;s tactics in the playoff come under discussion.In the expansion field, it&rsquo;s a foregone conclusion there will be some new blood in the league for the 1965-66 campaign. Last season Jersey Devils, New York Rovers and Jacksonville Rockets all gained admittance to increase the EHL to an 11-team loop.Now it appears Syracuse, N.Y., and Salem, Va., stand an excellent chance of being added to the circuit. There were quite a few exhibition games played this year at Syracuse with the Syracuse Stars as the opposition. The loss of the Syracuse Nats pro basketball team in 1963 left the city without a pro team in the winter.Syracuse used to be in the American League, and a keen rivalry could be created with the Stars and Clinton Comets. Syracuse&rsquo;s addition would make seven teams in the north.Meantime in the south, there is a new rink at Salem which could host an EHL franchise and expand that division to six clubs. There also is a slight chance that St. Petersburg, Fla., will make a formal bid for a franchise, and if so then the league would be balanced at seven teams each. There is a further report that Philadelphia also will be back in the loop. The Philly franchise was suspended at the start of last season, but the owners didn&rsquo;t go bankrupt. So they could be reactivated if they pay off their bills. The Philly Arena recently was purchased by a new owner and he is eager to have the site utilized by a hockey team so that he can collect the rental. It remains to be seen whether the Philly group will apply for reinstatement, especially in view of the gate success Jersey enjoyed in the last half of the past campaign.As for the rule changes, there is quite a disagreement on the junior rule. This season each club had to carry four juniors, two born in 1942 and two born far 1943 or later. During the season there were some beefs when some clubs had an injured junior and a non-junior was used as a replacement.It came to a head in the playoffs when Knoxville not only used non-juniors as replacements but used men from other clubs. The EHL rules specify that a team must submit a list of 13 men eligible for the playoffs. When a team is reduced to 10 men or less by injury, it may add as many as necessary to increase the roster to 11.Such a change requires no more evidence than a coach&rsquo;s word and the rules place no restrictions on picking up the best player in the league if available. That&rsquo;s why the Knights were able to add Jackie Leclair, Bob Duncan, Don Carter and briefly Garry Sharp.One rule that definitely should emanate from the meeting would be that a junior may ONLY be replaced by a junior and a non-junior may be replaced by either a junior or non-junior.Stanley Frank, Greensboro vice president, says &ldquo;no replacements for a playoff should be made without a complete medical report.&rdquo; Frank also proposes a way to cut down the addition of top stars. &ldquo;You simply have the league hold some of the players from teams which have been eliminated. Then in case of injury, you replace with the same caliber, junior or veteran, as those which are injured.&rdquo;Knoxville is just one of the clubs that yelped about the 13-man limit and warned what could happen in the case of injuries. So there is a good&rsquo;chance the player limit may be increased.There is also a hue and cry to put a season&rsquo;s ban on a man who swings and connects with a stick. The critics say there should be more 2 and 3-day suspensions and the player&rsquo;s salaries should cease during the suspension. In Nashville they claim once a man is replaced in the playoffs, he should be out of all post-season action even if he should recover.Lockhart himself was concerned over the fact that two games were stopped this year, one during the season and one in the playoffs.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to instruct our officials not to stop games next year,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to tell them not to worry about somebody getting hurt but continue play under any kind of conditions. I understand everyone concerned thinks the refs acted wisely in calling off the Nashville-Knoxville game although at the time it was my opinion that they acted too hastily. In the future if one of the teams wants to leave the ice, they can do so but I don&rsquo;t want the refs stopping any more games.&rdquo;There may be some changes in the scheduling also if the additional teams are admitted. This year a team met an opposite division rival only twice, once at home and once on the road. The 72-game log also could be altered.LONG ISLAND: John Muckier watched the Ontario senior playoffs, looking for talent to retain the crown next year. Don Perry and Claude Boileau may retire and Ed Stankiewicz&rsquo; return is up in the air. Goalie Jim Armstrong, winger Wayne Kitchen and defensemen Don Nolin and Andre DuBuc likely will go to pro training camps.KNOXVILLE: Earl Heiskala is a new father. Glen Cressman is working here as a home-building contractor. Eddie Burr is a mechanical draftsman in Toronto. Ray DuPont will be wed this summer. Reggie Grigg vacationed in Florida before returning to Montreal where he is in the plumbing business with his dad.NASHVILLE: John McLellan has another year to go on his 2-year pact as Flyers&rsquo; skipper. John Muckier, Long Island pilot, calls McLellan &ldquo;the best coach in the league. He took a bunch of guys no one else had been able to handle and molded a team that set league records.&rdquo; Lloyd Hinchberger is working as a forest ranger. Marv Edwards&rsquo; play against Long Island is still drawing raves.GREENSBORO: Don Carter has been spending his time redecorating his house. Greg Gordon&rsquo;s fine play in the playoffs surprised Ron Spong and has boosted the rookie&rsquo;s stock for next season. Spong is concenetrating on defensive help for next year. &#9632;

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New Player Regulations, Expansion Seen For Loop With Syracuse Possible Entry

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01304/2258583-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="525" height="1295"><figcaption class="caption-body">LEN THORNSON&hellip;Another Big Night</figcaption></div>FORT WAYNE, Ind.After the Fort Wayne Komets had taken the opening game of the International Hockey League final playoff from Des Moines, 2-1, Oak Leaf coach Minnie Menard said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have to get more &lsquo;body&rsquo; into the game&rdquo;.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0576/2258576-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="296" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cy Whiteside</figcaption></div>The Leafs did that but so did the Komets and the result was one of the most rugged contests, with vicious body checking, of the entire IHL season.The Komets, second place finishers, beat the Leafs, who had eliminated first place Port Huron in the semi-finals, 6-4, to take a 2-0 lead in the seven game series.The first two games were played in Fort Wayne and the next three were scheduled for Des Moines.In this particular game both clubs checked hard all over the ice, especially along the boards. With all that bruising contact there was bound to be some ill feeling building up but it didn&rsquo;t break loose until only 43 seconds remained and the Komets held a two-goal lead.It started with a skirmish between Des Moines&rsquo; Ivan Prediger and the Komets&rsquo; Cy Whiteside but it soon spread out to involve almost everyone on the ice.When Referee Billy Clements finally restored some semblance of order he started to dish out the penalties. Prediger and Whiteside each drew two majors for fighting and automatic misconducts. Bill Orban and Joe Kiss drew five-minute fighting penalties and Orban a misconduct. John Bailey was given a misconduct for leaving the bench. Ted Wright and Bruce Lea had minors for roughing.All told, the brawl resulted in 74 minutes in penalties, which, however, had no bearing on the game, which had only seconds remaining.Prediger had a total of 26 minutes in penalties in this game, after drawing six in the opener.Fort Wayne captain Len Thomson won this one for the Komets with four goals, his second hat trick of the playoffs.Goalie Ray Mikulan was the standout for the Oak Leafs in the opening games, continually holding off the Komets, who elected to play a short passing game in front of the net. The stand up Des Moines net minder stopped 68 Komet shots in the first two games, while Fort Wayne goalie Chuck Adamson had only 34 saves.The Leafs were expected to come back strongly on their own ice, where they held a 5-2 season edge over the Komets. They also held a slight over-all season advantage of 7-6-1. The Leafs were fighting off injuries to Paul Johnson and John Annable, after losing high scoring Pat Ginnell earlier in the season. The Komets were without defenseman Terry Pembroke in the first game because of the death of his father.Ken Gribbons, who set a Port Huron club scoring record with 51 goals, was named the Flags&rsquo; most valuable player by his team mates. Guy James was named outstanding defenseman and top sportsman at the Booster Club annual dinner. Bobby McCammon was named most improved, Billy LeCaine the unsung hero and Lou Kazowkski received an Emmy Award for best acting. &#9632;

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Fort Wayne, Des Moines in Rugged Final; Thomson Registers Four-Goal Playoff Game

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>FINALS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02219/2258628-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="557" height="130"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed., April 14Des Moines 1 at Fort Wayne 2Sat., Apr. 17Des Moines 4 at Fort Wayne 6Tues., Apr. 20Des Moines 6 at Fort Wayne 3Fri., Apr. 23Fort Wayne 3 at Des Moines 5Sat., Apr. 24Fort Wayne 7 at Des Moines 6<h2>GAMES REMAINING</h2>Tues., Apr. 27Des Moines at Fort WayneFri., Apr. 30Des Moines at Fort Wayne<h2>SEMI-FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03135/2258621-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="556" height="252"></div><h2>PLAYOFF SCORING</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0498/2258614-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="555" height="306"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0667/2258659-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Members of the championship Michigan Tech Team this season are: front row, left to right: RICK BEST, BRUCE RIUTTA, TERRY RYAN, PETE LEIMAN, Captain AL HOLM, RICKY YEO, DENNIS HUCULAK, FRED DART, and TONY ESPOSITO. Second row: Assistant Coach BILL LUCIER: GARY MILROY, BOB WILSON, BOB TOOTHILL, BOB BROOKS, TOM STEELE, ROY HEINO, WAYNE WELLER, and Head Coach JOHN MacINNES. Third row: Trainer BRAD TAYLOR, DAVE CONFREY, COLIN PATTERSON, MIKE GORMAN, JOE GALETTO, ED CATERER, STEVE YOSHINO, and Manager WALLY REID. Michigan won 18th Annual NCAA Title this year.</figcaption></div>HOUGHTON, Mich.Gary Milroy, outstanding sophomore center on the 1965 Michigan Tech NCAA Hockey Championship team, has been named the &ldquo;Most Valuable Player&rdquo; of the squad by his teammates.Milroy, who received more inindividual honors than any other member of the Tech squad, had a tremendous season scoring 46 points and leading the Huskies to a 24-5-2 season record.Along with the national title, Michigan Tech won the Mac-Naughton Cup, symbolic of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) title, and the Michigan Press Trophy for posting the most wins over Michigan colleges (Michigan State and U. of Michigan).Milroy was voted the &ldquo;Most Valuable Player&rdquo; of the NCAA Tournament held at Providence, Rhode Island, March 18-20. He also was named to the NCAA Tournament All-Star team.Earlier he was named &ldquo;Sophomore of the Year&rdquo; in the WCHA and gained a spot on the Denver Post WCHA All-Star second team.Milroy, not big by college hockey standards (5-9, 160), is rated as one of the best stick handlers and puck carriers to ever skate at Michigan Tech by Coach John MacInnes.&ldquo;Gary&rsquo;s spirit, desire and leadership on the ice was a very important contribution to our successful season,&rdquo; MacInnes commented. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m more than pleased that Milroy received all those honors. But even more important is the fact that Gary insists each honor he gained must be shared with the rest of the team. &lsquo;Without the help of every member of this great squad,&rsquo; he said, &lsquo;I would not even be noticed.&rsquo; That is the mark of a true champion.&rdquo;Milroy scored three goals in the NCAA tournament and picked up the same number of assists. His over-all performance on the ice brought several rounds of applause from the fans. He was, and is, in a word, great.Meanwhile, by a vote of his teammates, Rickey Yeo, firey center on this year&rsquo;s Michigan Tech championship team, has been elected captain for the 196566 season. &#9632;

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Gary Milroy Captures MVP Award With Champion Michigan Tech Team

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.&mdash;There will be a new champion this spring in the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association Memorial Cup series.This much was assured when Niagara Falls eliminated the defending champion Toronto Marlboros in the fifth game of the Ontario Hockey Association junior A finals.Last year the Toronto club swept through to the Canadian junior title without raising more than a few beads of honest sweat.They finished first during the regular schedule, had little trouble getting past Montreal Canadiens in the OHA final and din&rsquo;t lose a game in the championship round with Edmonton Oil Kings.The Ontario circuit was much better balanced this year.Niagara Falls placed first but had some rough moments before disposing of Oshawa Generals (four games to two) in the semi-finals.They won the first three games over the Marlboros, who finished as runners-up during the 56-game schedule, dropped the fourth by a narrow 2-1 margin on home ice but wound it up with a 3-1 decision in the fifth start.<h2>Good Balance</h2>Team balance rather than individual stars&hellip;a trademark of most teams coached and managed by Hap Emms&hellip;paid off for the Niagara Falls club.Always a pessimist, Emms claimed before the season started that &ldquo;the Flyers will be lucky to win a playoff spot. In fact I&rsquo;d be happy if we finished sixth.&rdquo;No one took the new general-manager of the Boston Bruins seriously.Most fans realized that the Flyers would be contenders but the general opinion was that they might be fortunate to finish in the first division.Always a stickler for hockey fundamentals, Emms and his Coach Bill Long went to work with the material at hand and produced a goodskating, solid-checking team which invariably played good if not always brilliant hockey.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01280/2258697-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="490" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUD DEBRODY&hellip;Improved In Year</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Positional play is the key to success,&rdquo; Emms has said time and again. And his teams are instructed to follow that basic rule.With the possible exception of his two goaltenders Bernie Parent and Doug Favell (the Flyers were the only team in the eight-club circuit with two evenly-matched guardians), defenseman Gilles Marotte and forward Bill Golds-worthy Niagara Falls, on paper, had little going for them early in the year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02232/2258690-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="489" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN PRONOVOST&hellip;Flashy Newcomer</figcaption></div>However newcomers such as the French-Canadian line of Jean Pronovost, Don Marcotte and Rosaire Paiment came along quickly while holdovers John Arbour, Dave Woodley and Bud Debrody improved remarkably after mediocre seasons in 1963-64.This is the second time in three years the Flyers have been in the Memorial Cup playoffs.Two years ago they lost a seven-game series in Edmonton.<h2>Large Crowds</h2>Unquestionably one of the big factors in the Niagara Falls success has been the unstinting support of their fans.Playing before capacity crowds all season the Falls averaged better than 3,000 a game in their 3,100-seat auditorium.&ldquo;When you have enthusiasm like that it transmits to the players,&rdquo; says Emms who refused to take any credit for the Falls championship.&ldquo;How many goals did Bill (Long) or I score this season?&rdquo; he asks. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll tell you how many. Absolutely none. It was the kids who did the work and the fans who backed them up all the way.&rdquo;Emms won&rsquo;t be in Niagara Falls next season.He&rsquo;ll be transferring his efforts and, he hopes, at least some of his success to the parent Boston Bruins.However he&rsquo;ll retain his ownership of the Falls club and has an excellent replacement in Long, a one-time American Hockey League player.Although nothing has been confirmed there is speculation that his son Paul Emms, who played for Hap when the team was in Barrie, will move to Niagara Falls for the winter and assist in the executive end of the team.Paul, 34, hasn&rsquo;t been connected with hockey for almost 14 years and has spent his time operating the Emms Electric Store in Barrie. &#9632;

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Team Balance Seen As Big Factor In Niagara Falls Hockey Success

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03184/2258728-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Most penalized Ranger forward.6. Wears No. 21 for Toronto.7. Given name of New York&rsquo;s Angotti.9. Last two initials of New York&rsquo;s manager.10. Eddie Shack owns one named Dixie.11. Byng Trophy winner of 1961-62.12. Ruthenium (Sym.)13. The great &ldquo;Ching&rdquo; Johnson lives in this country (abbr.)14. Complete initials of Detroit&rsquo;s Murphy.16. Initials of NHL scoring champion of 1963-64.18. To make mistakes.20. Initials of Spencer of Pittsburgh.22. Artificial language.23. Player Boston gave to New York for Prentice.25. Potassium Iodide (Sym.)26. A Detroit forwards answers to this.28. Pictured former NHL coach.30. Behold!31. Length of time 28 across coached in NHL (abbr.)32. Players like to&mdash;points.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Art Stratton and Paul Popeil were early season&mdash;for Buffalo.2. Given name of a Hawk defenseman.3. Initials of Balfour, exPittsburgh player.4. This Canadien player wears contact lenses.5. Hershey&rsquo;s goalie.8. Denotes scoreless tie.15. Month in which Roger Crozier was born (abbr.)17. Nickname of the late Fred Ion, former referee.19. Nickname of Doug Harvey&rsquo;s last amateur club.21. Ted Lindsay is an avid one.24. Short for first name of Johnson of Los Angeles.27. Terry Sawchuk once played for this NHL club (abbr.)29. Each (abbr.)<h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Solution</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Hewitt4. E.M.6. Eric8. Lindsay12. Ingram13. J. O.14. Fan15. Apr.17. OHA18. XI19. D.L.21. Ted.23. Chi.24. E.S.25. Fielder30. Ten31. Ont.33. Adams36. Myron37. Det.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Halifax2. Winger3. Team4. E.I.5. McDonald7. Ry.9. In10. D. R.11. S.A.13. J.A.H.14. Foster16. Pidhirny20. Lie22. E.S.23. CF.26. Lt.27. Dean28. End29. Lost31. OM32. T.R.34. Ad.35. ME &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04160/2258766-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="485" height="819"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK SHATTO</figcaption></div>FOLLOW THE STARS EVERY WEEKBe a regular reader of Canada&rsquo;s breezy, fact-filled football weekly. This outstanding football newspaper will be starting its 15th year of publication. Every pro team in Canada is covered thoroughly each week by the nation&rsquo;s foremost football writers.GAME BY GAME STATISTICS &bull; CARTOONS &bull; REPORTS ON U.S. PRO LEAGUES BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOGRAPHS &bull; BEST FOOTBALL COLUMNS IN COUNTRY<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05138/2258759-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="1635" height="643"></div> &#9632;

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL NEWS

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01150/2258797-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="528" height="717"><figcaption class="caption-body">SKIPPY BURCHELL&hellip;Sherbrooke Attacker</figcaption></div>SHERBROOKE, Que.The stage is set for the start of the Allan Cup final playdowns here beginning May 3 and while only one half of the cast has been decided, it appears the other will be coming along shortly.Sherbrooke Beavers qualified as the Eastern representatives by defeating the Woodstock Athletics, Ontario senior champions, in four straight games in their best-of-seven Eastern Canada final series.The Beavers were easy winners over the A&rsquo;s outscoring them 20-5 as they posted victories of 5-2, 4-1 on Woodstock ice and 6-0 and 5-2 here in Sher-brooke.George Roy&rsquo;s Quebec Senior League squad looks to be one of the most powerful teams to come along in Allan Cup competition in many years. Players like Simon Nolet, Rene Pepin, Guy Black, Dino Mascotto, Bob Chevalier, Bob Dupre and little Skippy Burchell, the one-time Montreal Royal and Rochester Americans&rsquo; star, give the Beavers plenty of depth. They are well stocked on defense with Serge Aubry in goal.The Beavers will await the winner of the Western final between Nelson Maple Leafs and Warroad Lakers, the Minnesota team that is enjoying the distinction of being the only American team to be permitted to play in Allan Cup playoffs, normally reserved for Canadian teams only.The Maple Leafs have won the first two games of their series against Warroad and though Lakers&rsquo; manager Cal Marvin is hopeful his team will bounce back, their chances of overcoming the British Columbia titleholders appears slim with each game of the best-of-five finals.Nelson won the first two 6-2 and 6-3 and had the advantage with the rest of the series scheduled to be played on Nelson ice.Sherbrooke earned its berth in the Allan Cup finals by brushing aside New Glasgow, Kingston and Woodstock proving the Beavers were easily the class of the East.Nelson ousted Drumheller to make the Western finals and are favorites to eliminate Warroad to win their first shot at the Allan Cup in modern hockey history. &#9632;

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Sherbrooke-Nelson Senior Hockey Final Looms

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April 30, 1965

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