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July 1, 1965

The Hockey News July 1, 1965

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05374/2293706-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div><h2>Says Two Divisions Would Weaken NHL</h2>Hockey News Editor:I would like to comment on the planned expansion of the N.H.L. and the Network TV contract in the U.S. that the League is trying to get. The two are interconnected but surely expansion from the present six team league to a 12 team two division would result in quite a drop in the standard of play that we have at present. Mr. Campbelll has even admitted this and his comment was to the effect that the fans would have to accept it&mdash;(like it or not.)I feel that the planned expansion should be to an eight or nine team league in One division and I agree with a recent letter to the Fan Forum that voiced the opinion that the expansion should include Canada. Hockey is Canada&rsquo;s national sport and the players are all Canadian&mdash;in fact hockey players are quite a Canadian export. Surely one of the cities in Western Canada could support an N.H.L. team.Regarding hockey on network TV this I look forward to as TV and radio coverage is not too extensive at the moment. However, TV can be a bad thing as well as good&mdash;in that instead of the dog wagging the tail the tail wags the dog as with pro and college football in the U.S. where the game is run by the commercials as regards time outs etc. Over exposure on TV is also bad and there is no doubt that TV has harmed many sports&mdash;like wrestling, boxing, baseball, and I predict will eventually harm football.I think hockey is the greatest sport and I hope to see it stay that way.MICHAEL PATZ, Middletown, N.Y.<h2>Urges Expansion Be Kept In North</h2>Hockey News Editor:All too often when a hockey team puts on a spectacular barrage with countless shots on net, the weaker team will come back and score. The &ldquo;stronger&rdquo; team, while in the midst of glory, becomes too careless, and disaster &ldquo;se presente.&rdquo; And so is the National Hockey League. The league is now in one of its most sparkling moments&mdash;it is on the verge of expansion. If handled right, this move will increase the power, prestige, and scope of the League, and of hockey in general. But let us not act too hastily&mdash;there is a grave danger here, that being to the caliber of the league.Ice Hockey is a NORTHERN sport, it belongs here and nowhere else. The northland, with its long winters, frozen ponds and inlets, provides the natural background to this sport. Its &ldquo;constituents&rdquo; know and play the game&mdash;they emphasize the beauty of the game, the smooth skating, slick stick-handling, and the beautiful passing. These fans don&rsquo;t come merely to see a fight. Hockey runs in their blood. Let us be jealous of the habitant of this game.If the NHL expands to the south, to Los Angeles or San Francisco, for example, it will defeat the purpose of the league.Teams such as Winnipeg, Vancouver, and northern United States cities should be the ones considered. Let&rsquo;s preserve the caliber and honor of the NHL!HAROLD I. HEATON, Lunenburg, Mass.<h2>Plante Still Great Says New York Fan</h2>Hockey News Editor:In the last issue of the &ldquo;Hockey News&rdquo; you published an article written by one H. V. Bedwell, who blindly stated that Jacques Plante was the most overrated player in the N.H.L. This is perhaps the most absurd article ever published in your paper.In time, Jacques Plante will be said to have been one of the leagues greatest goalies. Now does such an overrated &ldquo;Cassius Clay&rdquo; win the Vezina Trophy six times?I now ask Mr. Bedwell how such an overrated player can continually foil the constant scoring attempts by such greats as Bobby Hull, and Gordie Howe? Until such questions as these are answered by H. V. Bedwell, I will continue to rank the Masked Marvel as a truly great man, and top N.H.L. goalkeeper.PETER D. WHITE, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.<h2>Habs, Hull Showed Up Leafs* Imlach, Big M</h2>Hockey News Editor:I guess Punch Imlach was wrong when he started boasting after Toronto had won two straight of the semi-finals to tie it up at two games apiece. Imlach said they will never stop us now but the Canadians changed his tone when they won the next two, one on Toronto ice.I think Bobby Hull made it clear that he was better than the overrated Frank Mahovlich in the semi-finals. Hull fired eight goals while the big M went scoreless. I didn&rsquo;t think Mahovlich could make the Anagance team.Harry Dunfield, Anagance, N.B.<h2>Says Little Men Real Stars Of NHL</h2>Hockey News Editor:The past few weeks I have been reading in your Fan Forum about who is the greatest player. Some say Keon is greater than Ullman and Mikita. Others say Mahovlich is the most underrated player and Hull is being picked on the most. Well all these fans are blind. It is true these players are all great but if it wasn&rsquo;t for the little guys these players would be nothing.These are players like Stewart, Rousseau, Kelly, Nesterenko, Shack, Barkley and Baun just to name a few. These are the real stars, the stars that hold the league together.They don&rsquo;t score goals like Hull or skate like Keon or play defense like Laperriere. But they sure do a heck of a job.I wish I could give each and every one of these players an award but all I can say is &ldquo;Thanks for a job well done.&rdquo;ALAN ZIELINSKI, Fullerton, Calif.<h2>Howe&rsquo;s Assists Record Unsurpassed In Hockey</h2>One of the most impressive statistics compiled by Gordie Howe yet overlooked by many fans in his ten consecutive years (1954-55&mdash;1965-65) in which he has amassed 40 or more assists and 13 times during a brilliant 19 year career.No player since the inception of a later 70-game schedule comes close to Howe in this department Stan Mikita currently looms as the logical candidate capable of surpassing Gordie in number of forty or more assist seasons.Howe&rsquo;s feat is remarkable when one stops to consider his position&mdash;right wing&mdash;where a player of Howe&rsquo;s calibre, like Rocket Richard, is counted on primarily to score goals.Stan Muc, Tuffnell, Sask.<h2>Hull Fan Clubbers Note Address Change</h2>In a recent issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS the address of the Bobby Hull Fan Club was printed erroneously. We wish to apologize and take this opportunity of publicizing the correct one as follows:Bobby Hull Fan Club, 2315 South 59th Court, Cicero, Illinois, 60650, U.S.A. &#9632;

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MONTREAL, Que.Despite the fact the National Hockey League&rsquo;s summer internal draft laid a giant-sized egg, some of hockey&rsquo;s better known names were left unprotected and were available for the asking.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02508/2293392-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="280" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Kelly</figcaption></div>Such familiar hockey figures as Camille Henry, Red Kelly, Allan Stanley, Billy Hicke, Tom Johnson, Dickie Moore, Don McKenney, and Andy Hebenton were thrown on the open market for the draft but there were no takers. Only McKenney, who was grabbed by Detroit Red Wings in a bold bid by the Toronto Maple Leafs to get him onto the Rochester list, was lifted from among the &lsquo;name&rsquo; players in the draft in the minors.Other National Leaguers who were not on the protected lists of the teams at draft time were Wayne Hillman, Jim Mikol, Lou Angotti, Gerry Ehman, Noel Picard, Jacques Plante, Forbes Kennedy and Wayne Maxner.During the actual NHL draft session names like Al Langlois, Parker MacDonald, Jack Norris and Earl Ingarfield were removed from protected lists but none were claimed. Ingarfield&rsquo;s case was unique in that he was traded to Montreal by Rangers and then was left open on the Canadiens&rsquo; list and was promptly grabbed back by New York. However, in a final move to reduce their protected number to 18 from 19, Rangers left Ingarfield off their final list.In a rundown of the various NHL teams, Montreal Canadiens elected to leave Picard off their list and he went unclaimed.Toronto left veterans Kelly and Stanley along with Moore off their NHL roster but no team even put in a bid for their services. It is questionable whether any of them will actually be with Leafs in October when the 1965-66 season opens although Kelly appears certain to come back and possibly Stanley. Moore doesn&rsquo;t figure in Toronto&rsquo;s plans and will likely retire.The Hawks dropped the 32-year-old Henry and it seems doubtful if he&rsquo;ll be able to play in the NHL again after a summer back operation that will keep him off skates until next January while convalescing. &#9632;

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Henry, Kelly, Stanley Among Big Name National Leaguers Left Off Protected Lists

<div class="byline">BY KEN MCKENZIE</div>MONTREAL, Que.New teams coming into the National Hockey League in the proposed expansion program have had it clearly laid on the line for them.An NHL berth will be an Expensive proposition and the requirements are extremely high for would be big league teams.Clarence Campbell, president of the NHL, disclosed at the summer hockey meetings that the league governors are ready to accept and process new cities for a six-team second division of the NHL.Campbell would not reveal what cities are being considered but admitted that 12 applications have been received, nine from the United States and three in Canada.Speculation among hockey men was that the two West Coast box office &lsquo;giants&rsquo;, Los Angeles and San Francisco, head the list of new teams. They also think that St. Louis has the right connections and Baltimore looms as the pick of the Eastern cities. These four cities appear certain to be accepted.Minneapolis is rated right behind leaving only one possible opening and here they predict a battle between Vancouver and Pittsburgh with such cities as Portland, Seattle, Winnipeg and Quebec City looming as &lsquo;long shot&rsquo; possibilities.NHL Governors intend to set the standards high to avoid any collapse among new teams. The league still has a distasteful recollection of the ill-fated New York Americans, who were the original NHL team in New York before the club&rsquo;s finances waned.The specifications as laid down by the governors include: applicants should be from an established major league city; have buildings comparable to present NHL rinks (seating 15,000); and have the necessary finances to operate the team.What would it cost to start an NHL club? President Campbell informed the summer meetings that &ldquo;any team that can&rsquo;t make a $1,000,000 at the box office can forget about the NHL.&rdquo; &#9632;

EXPANSION STANDARDS HIGH

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01403/2294817-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">While NHL President CLARENCE CAMPBELL looks on approvingly in centre, retiring referee-in-chief CARL VOSS, left, congratulates his successor IAN &lsquo;SCOTTY&rsquo; MORRISON, on his appointment during the summer NHL meetings. Morrison will take over new position with start of 1965-66 season. Voss has been holding down job for last 15 years with NHL.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Although he is only 35, the National Hockey League&rsquo;s new referee-in-chief&mdash;Ian &lsquo;Scotty&rsquo; Morrison&mdash;already has 16 years of officiating behind him.A one-time junior hockey player, Morrison turned to whistling down pucks when he was in his &lsquo;teens and has been at it constantly with the exception oi a few years.The NHL appointed Morrison at the annual summer hockey meetings to succeed Carl Voss, who has requested to be relieved of his studies after 15 years service.Voss, once a National League player, said he plans to retire to Boca Raton, Florida.The youthful Morrison was selected by the NHL&rsquo;s exclusive six-man board of governors after each had personally interviewed the Montreal native for the job. &ldquo;Their selection was unanimous,&rsquo;&rsquo; disclosed NHL president Clarence Campbell, under whom Morrison will work. Morrison is believed to be on a year-to-year contract.Like Voss, Morrison will supervise all assignments for both referees and linesmen covering the National, American, Western and Central Pro hockey leagues. He said he was looking forward to the job and admitted it posed a real challenge to any hockey man.Morrison is believed to have received the nod over such other prominent hockey men as Frank Udvari, Ken Reardon and Lynn Patrick.Udvari, senior official among the NHL&rsquo;s referees, was thought to have had the inside track for the position but it is believed the fact the league wanted him to remain two more years as an active referee removed him as a candidate. Udvari, who owns a prosperous insurance business in Kitchener, Ont., said he probably will retire from officiating after fulfilling the NHL&rsquo;s request.Morrison first came to the attention of the NHL when he was in his mid-twenties. He started umpiring baseball at 19, but hockey was his game. The NHL liked his potential and he was soon elevated to the post of referee after working one year in the league as a linesman. He later left the NHL to accept a business opportunity in Western Canada and later became the WHL&rsquo;s referee-in-chief. Morrison returned to the East where he was employed by a Toronto firm. He came back to the NHL last season as a linesman when George Hayes was fired from the league&rsquo;s officiating staff. &#9632;

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‘Scotty’ Morrison Named To Succeed Carl Voss

MONTREAL, Que.The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association must continue its agreement with the National Hockey League for at least two more years said NHL president Clarence Campbell.The NHL&rsquo;s chief executive indicated the tie-up between the pros and amateurs would have to continue &ldquo;because either party has to give two years notice before it may be changed.&rdquo;Despite opposition to the NHL-CAHA agreement, Campbell said the National League would have to &ldquo;continue as we are for at least two more years.&rdquo; CAHA delegates had come to the summer pro meetings with a strong plea to drop their affiliation because it was proving &ldquo;detrimental to the association and amateur hockey,&rdquo; said CAHA president Lionel Fleury. &ldquo;We do not feel any purpose can be served in further negotiations with the NHL&rdquo;, he said. Campbell and the NHL disagree.Campbell also said the NHL is not prepared to give up the system of paying bonuses to clubs that develop professional talent.&ldquo;The NHL and all pro leagues have gone along with the idea that when a player is claimed in an amateur draft, there should be a return or bonus to the amateur club or clubs that developed the player,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;In the past three years, while the amateur draft has been in effect, we have claimed 55 players and have paid $120,000 to the amateur teams that have developed those players.&ldquo;The CAHA resents this and wants us to pay the money to them for use at their discretion. This we&rsquo;re not prepared to concede because we can expend our money more efficiently than they can.&rdquo; &#9632;

NHL Says ‘No’ To ‘Breakaway’ Plea Of CAHA

<h2>DETROIT RED WINGS (11)</h2>Trades: Ab McDonald, Bob McCord, Andy Bathgate, Billy Harris, Ken Stephanson, Gary Jarrett.Draft: Don McKenney, Bryan Watson, Pat Hannigan, Irv Spencer, Dune McCallum.<h2>CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS (6)</h2>Trades: Dick Meissner, Dave Richardson, Tracy Pratt, Mel Pearson.Draft: Pat Stapleton, Ernie Wakely.<h2>NEW YORK RANGERS (9)</h2>Trades: Johnny McKenzie, Ray Cullen, Gary Peters, Cesare Maniago, Ed Giacomin.Draft: Earl Ingarfield, Billy Knibbs, Don Simmons, Larry Mickey.<h2>MONTREAL CANADIENS (5)</h2>Trades: Don Johns, Dave McComb, Gord Labossiere, Noel Price.Draft: Keith Walsh.<h2>TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (8)</h2>Trades: Marcel Pronovost, Larry Jeffrey, Eddie Joyal, Lowell MacDonald, Orland Kurtenbach, Andy Hebenton, Aut Erickson.Draft: Larry Johnston.<h2>BOSTON BRUINS (11)</h2>Trades: Parker MacDonald, Al Langlois, Ron Harris, Bob Dillabough, Ron Stewart.Draft: Jerry Cheevers, Paul Popeil, Norm Schmitz, Keith Wright, Claude Dufour, Glen Sather. &#9632;

NHL Player Changes

MONTREAL, Que.The National Hockey League has set down a new opening date for its 1965-66 schedule and revised its All-Star game date as well.NHL President Clarence Campbell disclosed during the summer hockey meetings that the All-Star game will be held Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Montreal between the NHL selects and the Stanley Cup winning Canadiens. Original date was Saturday, Oct. 23.The NHL schedule will commence Saturday, Oct. 23 instead of Wednesday, Oct. 27 and will close Sunday, April 3, rather than Sunday, April 10. &#9632;

NHL Sets New All-Star Date

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div>MONTREAL, Que.National Hockey League teams did a landslide business this summer in player bartering that preceded the annual hockey drafts.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01529/2293337-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="288" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Orland Kurtenbach</figcaption></div>In an unprecedented flurry of hockey trading that saw a total of 37 players switch clubs, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins shuffled their rosters with spectacular pre-draft deals that virtually reduced the actual NHL draft to a Sunday school session.The Leafs led the way with seven new faces as the result of two trades. Detroit collected six new players while New York and Boston each picked up five in multiple player swapping. Chicago and Montreal were not immune to off-season trading either. Both clubs claimed four new players although the acquisitions were intended more for minor league dispersal than for use in the NHL.Combined trading and minor and major drafts, 57 players changed uniforms among NHL teams, certainly a high for hockey&rsquo;s major circuit. With American and Western League teams relieving NHL clubs of 29 players in the first reverse draft ever held, a record grand total of 86 players will find themselves wearing new livery next fall, whether it be in the NHL, AHL, WHL or CPHL.Boston and Detroit did the most stimulating overall player business of the six National League teams each showing 11 new additions, as an aftermath of the trading and the drafts. Rangers gained nine new players&rsquo;, Toronto eight, Chicago six and Montreal five.<h2>Leafs Busy Traders</h2>Among the new Leafs for 196566 will be Marcel Pronovost, Larry Jeffrey, Eddie Joyal, Lowell MacDonald, Orland Kurtenbach, Andy Hebenton and Aut Erickson. With the possible exception of Erickson, the other six will be seeking to win regular berths with the NHL club at training camp.The Leafs had to part with Ron Stewart, Andy Bathgate, Billy Harris and Gary Jarrett to get their new players. Stewart was swapped to Boston for Hebenton, Kurtenbach and Pat Stapleton in a deal one day before the NHL draft.Detroit will show Ab McDonald, Bob McCord, Billy Harris, Ken Stephanson, Don McKenney, Bryan Watson, Pat Hannigan, Dune McCallum, Irv Spencer, Bathgate and Jarrett among the club&rsquo;s player crop for next season although it is suspected that only Ab McDonald, McCord, Harris and Bathgate figure in Wings&rsquo; plans for the varsity with the rest destined for Pittsburgh or Memphis, Detroit farm clubs. Baltimore has already drafted Stephanson.Wings picked up McDonald, McCord and Stephanson, a promising CPHL product, in a sevenplayer trade with Boston, who in return secured Parker MacDonald, Al Langlois, Bob Dillabough and Ron Harris, another CPHL graduate.Boston fans are certain to need a program to recognize the new edition of the Bruins when the NHL firing starts in late October. Besides having a new general manager in Hap Emms, Boston will parade a raft of newcomers who will be selected from such acquisitions as Parker MacDonald, Langlois, Ron Harris, Dillabough, Stewart, Jerry Cheevers, Paul Popeil, Claude Dufour, Norm Schmitz, Keith Wright, and Glen Sather.With names like Tom Johnson, Forbes Kennedy, Ab McDonald, McCord, Kurtenbach and Wayne Maxner disappearing from the Boston scene, the Bruins will truly have a &lsquo;new look&rsquo; for next season. About half the Boston summer additions figure in the team&rsquo;s plans according to Emms, who replaces Lynn Patrick as club general manager. The Bruins will find openings for Parker MacDonald, Langlois, Stewart, Dillabough and Cheevers with the remainder slated for the minors.Rangers, like the Bruins, will undergo a considerable facelifting for next season with many of their summer additions likely to fit into their rebuilding plans. Johnny McKenzie, Ray Cullen, Cesare Maniago, Gary Peters, Ed Giacomin, Billy Knibbs, Don Simmons and Larry Mickey are all new to the Rangers as the result of trades and the draft.The New Yorkers picked up Giacomin from Providence of the AHL in exchange for four players that included Goalie Marcel Faille. Giacomin will be the team&rsquo;s No. 1 backstop with Maniago the possible No. 2 man. Rangers grabbed Maniago and Peters from Montreal in a six-player deal. The Blues also acquired McKenzie and Cullen, the AHL&rsquo;s rookie of the year, in another six-player swap with Chicago that netted the Hawks four minor league stars who are not considered NHL material at the moment. They are Dick Meissner, Dave Richardson, Tracy Pratt and Mel Pearson. With the exception of Pratt, the others all have had big league trials and failed to stick.Chicago&rsquo;s six player additions&mdash;Meissner, Richardson, Pratt, Pearson, Stapleton and Goalie Ernie Wakely&mdash;all appear destined for minor league assignment. The same can be said of Montreal&rsquo;s five new faces&mdash;Don Johns, Dave McComb, Gord Labossiere, Noel Price and Keith Walsh. McComb has already joined Cleveland of the AHL. &#9632;

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Record 86 Players Traded, Drafted Between NHL Teams, Minor Leagues

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que.Though the NHL draft failed to involve any big names this year, there was enough action in it to establish two new records.Specifically, there was more money spent by one club than ever before; and, more players drafted by one club than at any other time in the draft&rsquo;s history.Boston Bruins were the record-setters, spending a staggering $120,000 in the one hour session, for which they got four players. The previous record for spending by a single club was $60,000, and there were never more than three players involved. Contributing to the Bruins&rsquo; record cash outlay was the fact that the draft price jumped from $20,000 to $30,000 a head, this year. But, even at the old prices, Boston still would&rsquo;ve hit a new high.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01528/2293492-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="547" height="566"><figcaption class="caption-body">EARL INGARFIELD&hellip;Reclaimed By Rangers</figcaption></div>For their money, the Bruins got goalie Gerry Cheevers from Toronto; defensemen Paul Popeil and Norm Schmitz from Chicago and Montreal farms, respectively; and forward Keith Wright from the N.Y. Ranger list. Of this quartet, Cheevers is the only one to have ever appeared in the NHL. He played two games for Toronto, in 1962. Since then, he has worked in the minor leagues, and last year was a standout with Rochester Americans of the AHL. Besides helping his team win the Calder Cup, last season, Cheevers was also named to the No. 1 All-Star team in the American League.Paul Popeil is a 22-year-old defenseman, who played for Buffalo Bisons last season. He has been in pro ranks for only two years. In 1963-64, he played for St. Louis Braves of the CPHL, and shared Rookie-of-the-Year honors with Gary Peters. Norm Schmitz, also 22, is a 195-lb. defenseman who turned pro with Omaha Knights last season. He played 68 games for them, during which he scored one goal and got 15 assists. He also played one game for the Cleveland Barons, of the AHL. Keith Wright is a forward who played 55 games for Omaha, last season. He scored 21 goals and picked up 14 assists for a 35-point total.In acquiring the above four players, Boston invested heavily in a youth program. But other clubs also showed a preference for up-and-coming youngsters, while leaving established veterans off their protected lists. Of the seven players who were actually drafted by NHL teams, all but one&mdash;Earl Ingarfield&mdash;were under 25 years of age. Ingarfield, 30, was drafted by N.Y. from Montreal, after having been traded to Canadiens the day before in a six-player swap between the two clubs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02422/2293485-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="535" height="558"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAT STAPLETON&hellip;Snapped Up By Hawks</figcaption></div>Other draftees were youngsters Bryan Watson, and Pat Stapleton. Watson, a promising defenseman with Canadiens a season ago, was drafted by Detroit Red Wings. They picked him up from Chicago, who acquired him from Montreal in a trade the day before the draft. Stapleton, also a defenseman, was drafted by Chicago from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He, too, had figured in a pre-draft trade, going to the Leafs from Boston in a three-for-one deal.Two clubs, Toronto and Montreal, took no active part in the draft festivities. Both passed on every round. For Toronto it was a big departure from their performance of a year ago, when they stole the show from the rest of the league by drafting Terry Saw-chuk and Dickie Moore. For Montreal, however, it was par for the course, for the Canadiens have dodged the draft like conscientious objectors, almost from its inception 12 years ago. Their only record of drafting activity occurred in 1958, when they claimed two players&mdash;Danny Lewicki and Dave Creighton&mdash;from the Rangers. Since then they&rsquo;ve drafted nobody. This year, of course, they stood pat with the squad who won the Stanley Cup and protected everyone, with the exception of Noel Picard. Surprisingly, no one claimed the husky young defenseman, who looked good in 16 games with Habs last season.DRAFT DODGERS: For the first time, this year, clubs who finished out of the playoffs were allowed to protect extra players. Boston had twenty on their protected list, plus two goalies. Rangers had nineteen. The other teams were allowed the usual eighteen, plus two netminders&hellip;Toronto Maple Leafs, still interested in veterans, chose to protect Bower and Sawchuk at the last moment, thus letting 24-year-old Gerry Cheevers slip away&hellip;With activity at its height in the early stages of the draft, someone in the crowd asked: &ldquo;Why d&rsquo;you suppose Boston drafted Norm Schmitz?&rdquo; Replied a wag: &ldquo;Maybe they think he&rsquo;s another Milt Schmitz&rdquo;&hellip;Sign of the Times: The price of drafting a player has exactly doubled since the system was first established in 1954. It used to cost $15,000.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03277/2293478-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="501" height="1695"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY CHEEVERS&hellip;Bruins&rsquo; Prize Catch</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Boston Spends Record $120,000 On Player Spree

Following is a complete breakdown of the big league draft by NHL teams:<h2>FIRST ROUND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04167/2293544-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="988" height="265"></div><h2>SECOND ROUND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05108/2293537-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="919" height="165"></div><h2>THIRD ROUND</h2>All six teams passed but Boston requested another callover.<h2>FOURTH ROUND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0672/2293530-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="924" height="164"></div><h2>FIFTH ROUND</h2>All six teams passed but Boston requested another callover.<h2>SIXTH ROUND</h2>All six teams passed but Boston requested another callover.<h2>SEVENTH ROUND</h2>All six teams passed and draft was officially ended.<h2>NUMBER OF PLAYERS DRAFTED (7)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0749/2293523-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg" title="f0003-07" width="509" height="160"></div> &#9632;

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How They Drafted Them

DETROIT, Mich.Doug Roberts, a Detroit native and one of the finest hockey players aver produced by an American college, has signed a professional contract with the Detroit Red Wings, it was announced by General Manager and Coach Sid Abel.Roberts, 22, graduated from Michigan State University, where he played three years of varsity hockey and earned the school&rsquo;s prized Chester Brewer Award as the outstanding athlete-scholar among this year&rsquo;s graduates.A physical education major, Roberts also played two years of varsity football for Michigan State.Roberts&rsquo; contract with the Red Wings calls for him to play with one of three pro teams&mdash;Memphis, Pittsburgh or Detroit. He thus will become the fifth native Detroiter to play in the Red Wings pro organization. The others are Pat Rupp, Jimmy Peters Jr., Gerry Abel&mdash;all ex-Junior Wings&mdash;and Carl Wetzel.&ldquo;Roberts could be the best pro prospect ever to come out of Detroit,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;He has an outstanding shot, is a fine skater and has excellent size for the National League. We&rsquo;re expecting great things from him.&rdquo; &#9632;

Top American College Star Signed By Detroit Red Wings

<h2>MONTREAL</h2>BACKSTROM, RalphBALON, DaveBELIVEAU, JeanBERENSON. RedCOURNOYER, YvanDUFF, DickFERGUSON, JohnHARPER, TerryHARRIS, TedLAFERRIERE, JacquesLAROSE, ClaudePROVOST, ClaudeRICHARD, HenriROBERTS, JimROUSSEAU, BobbyTALBOT, Jean-GuyTREMBLAY, GillesTREMBLAY, Jean-Claude<h2>Goalkeepers</h2>HODGE, CharlieWORSLEY, Lorne<h2>DETROIT</h2>BARKLEY, DougBATHGATE, AndyBERGMAN, GaryDELVECCHIO, AlexGADSBY, BillHARRIS, BillyHENDERSON, PaulHOWE, GordieMacGREGOR, BruceMARSHALL, BertMARTIN, PitMcCORD, BobMCDONALD, AbMURPHY, RonPAUL, ButchQUINN, PatSMITH, FloydULLMAN, Norm<h2>Goalkeepers</h2>CROZIER, RogerGARDNER, George<h2>TORONTO</h2>ARMSTRONG, GeorgeBAUN, BobbyBREWER, CarlDOUGLAS, KentELLIS, RonHARBARUK, NickHORTON, TimJEFFREY, LarryJOYAL, EddieKEON, DaveKURTENBACH, OrlandMAHOVLICH, FrankPAPPIN, JimPRONOVOST, MarcelPULFORD, BobSHACK, EddieSTEMKOWSKI, PeterWALTON, Mike<h2>Goalkeepers</h2>BOWER, JohnnySAWCHUK, Terry<h2>BOSTON</h2>AWREY, DonBOIVIN, LeoBUCYK, JohnnyDILLABOUGH, BobDORNHOEFER, GaryFLEMING, RegGREEN, TedHARRIS, RonLANGLOIS, AlMacDONALD, ParkerOLIVER, MurrayPRENTICE, DeanSCHOCK, RonSTEWART, RonWESTFALL, EdWILLIAMS, TomWOYTOWICH, BobWATSON, Jim<h2>Goalkeepers</h2>JOHNSTON, EddieNORRIS, Jack<h2>CHICAGO</h2>ESPOSITO, PhilHAY, BillHULL, BobbyHULL, DennisJARRETT, DougLUNDE, LenMcNEIL, AlMAKI, ChicoMIKITA, StanMISZUK, JohnMOHNS, DougNESTERENKO, EricPILOTE, PierreRAVLICH. MattSTANFIELD, FredVASKO, ElmerWHARRAM, KenWATSON, Bryan<h2>Goalkeepers</h2>HALL, GlennDEJORDY, Denis<h2>NEW YORK</h2>BRENNEMAN, JohnBROWN, ArnieCULLEN, RayGILBERT, RodGOYETTE, PhilHADFIELD, VicHOWELL, HarryMARSHALL, DonMcKENZIE, JohnnyMcMAHON, MikeNIELSON, JimNEVIN, BobPETERS, GaryPLAGER, BobRATELLE, JeanROBINSON, DougSEILING, RodTAYLOR, Ted<h2>Goalkeepers</h2>GIACOMIN, EdMANIAGO, Cesare &#9632;

National League’s Protected Players’ Lists Before Draft

Published weekly except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie, Will V. Cote,President and Publisher 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, JULY, 1965 No. 33 &#9632;

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st, 1947

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<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01591/2293675-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="407" height="435"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02554/2293668-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="505" height="82"></div>&bull; GORDIE HOWE says his playing days are far from over. Next season will be his 20th in the NHL and he hopes to be able to play for two or three more years after that&hellip;Doug Harvey is walking around these days on crutches. He recently underwent a knee operation. Doug will play for Baltimore next season. He has an arrangement that makes him a free agent at the end of each hockey season&hellip;Boston Bruins are not through trading. They are going after Arnie Brown, young defenseman with New York, and may deal Reg Fleming for him&hellip;Andy Bathgate is said to be the best golfer among the hockey players&hellip;Two of the last five winners of the Hart Trophy, hockey&rsquo;s highest individual award, have been traded&hellip;Bathgate (twice)) and Jacques Plante&hellip;Billy Harris was delighted when he was traded to Detroit. After spending 17 of his 30 years with the Maple Leaf organization he figured he was at the end of the trail as far as National League play was concerned. The move to Detroit should add several years to his Big League career&hellip;Tom Johnson is still having trouble with his leg which was seriously injured near the end of last season. His days as a player are said to be finished although he hopes to remain in some capacity with the Bruins&hellip;Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mahovlich recently returned from a vacation in Europe&hellip;Montreal&rsquo;s Claude Larose shot a hole-in-one at an Ottawa golf course the other day&hellip;Dick Duff is spending the summer in Toronto attending college&hellip;Bob Pulford and Carl Brewer of the Leafs became fathers since the end of the hockey season&hellip;Percy Downton is chairman of the annual Winnipeg Hockey Golf Tournament held at the Pine Ridge Golf Club on the 28th of this month&hellip;Boston Bruins were pleased to land Goalie Gerry Cheevers in the draft&hellip;Reg Sinclair, who played in the NHL with New York and Detroit, is now a vice-president in charge of marketing for Pepsi-Cola Canada Ltd&hellip;His career in the business world has been a real success story.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03475/2293661-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="290" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>&bull; LOS ANGELES and San Francisco appear to be a cinch to gain admittance into the NHL when the league expands&hellip;St. Louis, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Baltimore are also accorded good possibilities&hellip;Despite rumors to the contrary, the NHL owners are proceeding with plans to appoint an assistant to Clarence Campbell, the league president. A firm of management consultants has been asked to process the applications received. It will recommend three or four of the most suitable applicants for the job. The man who is chosen will be Campbell&rsquo;s heir-apparent. When Campbell fell sick in the playoffs the owners realized they had no back-up man for one of sport&rsquo;s most capable executives&hellip;Camille Henry has had a back operation and is not expected to be back in action before January&hellip;Johnny Crawford, coach of Baltimore Clippers, reports his daughter-in-law won $65,000 on a New York TV program&hellip;Portland severed their working agreement with Boston over the Ron Stewart transaction which cost them Pat Stapleton and Andy Hebenton&hellip;Toronto Leafs picked up a total of $110,000 in the inter-league and intra-league drafts&hellip;There won&rsquo;t be a Patrick in the NHL when the new season starts and it will be the first time in over half a century. Lester Patrick was long known as the Patriarch of Puckdom and along with his brother Frank made many contributions to the game. Lester and Frank are both dead now and Lester&rsquo;s sons, Muzz and Lynn, have both been replaced as general managers of New York and Boston respectively&hellip;Bernie Geoffrion will send his son to a Detroit hockey school at Gordie Howe&rsquo;s Hockeyland. Now that Detroit Red Wings cancelled their school on account of enlarging the building, Gordie Howe will be on hand as an instructor at all sessions of the school at Howe&rsquo;s Hockeyland&hellip;Hockey fans wishing to obtain statistical cards of the 1964-65 season should write to NHL Publicity Dept., Sun Life Bldg., Montreal. They are free.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04414/2293654-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="238" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Camille Henry</figcaption></div>&bull; HOWIE YOUNG is spending the summer working as a guard for Brink&rsquo;s at Las Vegas&hellip;Lynn Patrick hopes to get a lot of mileage out of him at Los Angeles next season&hellip;Nice to see Jack Marshall finally elected to Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame. It was long overdue. Now 88 he is living in a nursing home in Montreal&hellip;Allan Stanley could become coach of Victoria in the WHL if he so desired but chances are he will say no&hellip;Bob Apps, son of the great Syl Apps, is going to try pro football with B. C. Lions&hellip;Leaf officials are worried about their prize prospect, Wayne Carleton, who is in the midst of a two-month hospital stay following extensive knee surgery&hellip;Carl Voss plans a life of ease at Boca Raton, Florida, where he will build himself a house&hellip;Paul Bright, president of the Cleveland Barons, will also act as general manager of the club since Jackie Gordon&rsquo;s departure for New York. Paul&rsquo;s baggage was lost en route from Cleveland to Montreal for the meetings and he had a tough time getting by during the three days he was here&hellip;Elliott Trumbull has been replaced as publicity director of the Detroit Red Wings by Ron Cantera&hellip;Billy Taylor, former NHL center, is now living in Florida&hellip;Joe Wilson has been appointed sports director of WFLD, UHF television channel 32 in Chicago&hellip;Known as &ldquo;Whispering Joe&rdquo; for his distinctive style on championship bowling shows, Joe has broadcast hockey over radio and TV for many years&hellip;Keith Allen will act as general manager of Seattle solely in the future and is presently looking for a coach&hellip;The Swedish National Hockey Team is sending their top junior player to the Toronto Hockey School for three weeks this August. Two other junior players from Sweden will also be attending Maurice Black&rsquo;s school.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02528/2293647-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="274" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Young</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01549/2293796-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">New Boston General Manager HAPPY EMMS, left, confers with Bruin coach MILT SCHMIDT. Boston delegation was among busiest at summer NHL meetings picking up seven new players.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02508/2293789-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1639" height="1161"><figcaption class="caption-body">Detroit owner BRUCE NORRIS, left, and manager-coach SID ABEL, right, discuss hockey business with Canadiens&rsquo; GM SAM POLLOCK during draft session. Both teams were reported ready to trade but no deal developed between clubs. Wings came up with 11 players from off-season trading and drafts.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03407/2293782-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="1653" height="1072"><figcaption class="caption-body">Coach RED SULLIVAN, right, of Rangers talks over draft possibilities with New York president BILL JENNINGS, left, and general manager EMILE FRANCIS, at Montreal meetings. Rangers were fairly active in off season dickering acquiring total of nine players, four of which they secured in draft. Francis picked up two new goalers in summer deals for Blueshirts.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04283/2293775-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="1066" height="1089"><figcaption class="caption-body">There were many NHL stars as well as players at the league&rsquo;s summer meetings. Here&rsquo;s teammates HARRY HOWELL, left, of Rangers exchanging greeting with PHIL GOYETTE. Howell attended as club&rsquo;s official players&rsquo; representative.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05182/2293768-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="1058" height="1137"><figcaption class="caption-body">Former NHL greats were around the summer sessions in large numbers. Two of hockey&rsquo;s immortals, FRANK BOUCHER, left, and EDDIE SHORE, got together to discuss game in which both are still active as top officials.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-06110/2293761-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="1647" height="1160"><figcaption class="caption-body">Co-owners of the San Francisco Seals. MEL SWIG, left, and GEORGE FLAHERTY, right, talk over club&rsquo;s hockey future with KEN McKENZIE, publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS and HOCKEY PICTORIAL, during summer gathering of pro teams. San Francisco delegates are among hockey&rsquo;s most energetic and dedicated operators.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Camera Catches Hockey Dignitaries At NHL Meetings

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ROBERTSON</div>(As seen in the Regina Leader-Post)REGINA Sask.&mdash;It was a year ago, but I remember him vividly, standing there in front of a downtown Regina restaurant, doing a pretty convincing job of letting on he was delighted the Black Hawks had shipped him to Boston.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01618/2293827-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="507" height="876"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURRAY BALFOUR</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I figure it&rsquo;s a new lease on life&rdquo; chuckled Murray Balfour. &ldquo;Beats the end of the bench in Chicago.&rdquo;But the lease expired over the next winter and spring as this powerful young body lost the first fight of its life&mdash;against cancer.At the end, it was mercifully swift.Eight weeks earlier a major lung exploration showed bis condition to be inoperable&hellip;After the first time he entered hospital after Christinas, Murray talked confidently of returning to the NHL wars next season.&ldquo;I saw him on the street a week ago,&rdquo; a friend said. &ldquo;He looked tanned and fit, and his weight had risen from 148 to a comparatively robust 174.&rdquo;&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got this thing licked now,&rdquo; he told television commentator Ken Newans of Moose Jaw.He even joked about getting out his water skiis again.Murray was even an aggressive water skier, if there is such a thing. I saw him challenge a rocky beach one day, and walk away bloody and grinning.He neither smoked, nor drank. But he wasn&rsquo;t above consorting freely with buddies who did. In the summer, they called him the mayor of Regina Beach. He never did graduate from the pool room he used to frequent in his teenage days. But he ended up owning it.They used to kid him about being part of Chicago&rsquo;s Million Dollar Line&mdash;and ask him if he was really worth $333,333.33.&ldquo;I do all the bull work for Hull and Hay,&rdquo; he used to josh back, when pals pointed out that he lacked their finesse.Nothing ever came easy for Murray Balfour, from the first days he worked his way up through the Regina Pat junior chain. Even when he finished off his junior career with a brilliant season at Hull-Ottawa, Canadiens weren&rsquo;t sure whether he was a forward or defenseman.They knew he could score goals, but he looked much more in character dealing out cruching bodychecks.The Habs dealt him to Chicago and he came back to haunt them, scoring two overtime goals in the 1961 Stanley Cup playoffs to help eliminate the Canadiens.Last year he just couldn&rsquo;t get untracked with the Bruins.He told me last fall he felt tired all the time,&rdquo; said former Regina Pat teammate Billy Hicke, who is now with the Rangers.&ldquo;Heck I played with the guy since we were old enough to skate. He&rsquo;d never been sick a day in his life. I knew something was wrong&hellip;and the next thing I know he was in hospital.&ldquo;The next time I saw him was at the Regina Pat banquet two weeks ago. He looked awfully thin, but he said he was feeling stronger every day.&rdquo;Bob Turner, the former Black Hawk who roomed with Balfour, said Murray had been paralyzed down the left side ever since his operation.&ldquo;He couldn&rsquo;t even hold a pen in his left hand.&rdquo;Little wonder. Doctors who operated on him in Harrisburg, Pa., in April said the rapidly spreading tumor had caused a brain hemmorhage even then&mdash;and only his stubborn will to live pulled him through.&ldquo;He complained of recurring headaches,&rdquo; said Turner. &ldquo;He went into the hospital. He pleaded with them to let him out. But a day later he was dead.&rdquo;Fitting eulogies flooded in from bereaved hockey people throughout the nation. His exploits on the ice need no embellishment. More important to his friends and family, Murray Balfour was a big leaguer in the game of life. &#9632;

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Murray Balfour Fierce Competitor All The Way

Hockey News Editor:It is with deep regret that we mourn the passing of our great hockey player, Murray Lewis Balfour, who died on May 30, 1965 at the Gray Nuns Hospital in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.Murray had been with the Montreal farm system, Montreal Royals of the Quebec Hockey League and Rochester Americans of the A.H.L. before coming to Chicago (Chicago Black Hawks) for the 1959-60 season. He contributed greatly to the &ldquo;Million Dollar&rdquo; Line (the famous Hay, Hull and Balfour line) that brought the Hawks their Stanley Cup in 1960. We will all remember Murray on that one overtime play in particular when he won the game.Murray sustained a score of very serious injuries and the &lsquo;Million Dollar&rsquo; line was never the same. At the end of the 1964 season, our Murray was traded to the Boston Bruins, but having a cartilage removed from his leg during the summer, played under handicapped conditions. At the end of November, Murray was sent down to the Hershey Bears for conditioning where he was stricken with chest pains and was operated on April 9th at the Polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg for a lung ailment. He returned to Regina and was recuperating when suddenly he was critically stricken again and rushed to the Gray Nuns Hospital where he passed away.Murray was a good hockey player and a good human being. He was well known and well liked for his simplicity and liking of all people. Murray always found and made time for people and always stopped to sign pictures and give autographs to his many, many fans. He went out of his way time after time for his Fan Club, always sent out birthday cards to club members, signed dozens and dozens of pictures, bulletins, etc., and showed so much interest in his club.All articles printed in papers in the United States and Canada which were sent to his club, were put in bound books, each sheet covered with plastic, and presented to Murray at the end of each hockey season. In October of 1964, Murray was presented with a big trophy from his club and over 150 slides and pictures were taken of Murray over the past three years.If anyone has any articles or pictures of Murray which he would like to contribute to Murray&rsquo;s books (from the time he started in junior hockey through his playing for the Hershey Bears) I know that his dear mother and father (Margaret and Gordon Balfour) would deeply appreciate it.All officers and members of the OFFICIAL MURRAY BALFOUR FAN CLUB extend our deepest and warmest sympathy to Murray&rsquo;s family at this sad hour. We will all miss our great &ldquo;right winger&rdquo; as we loved him very much.sincerely,RUDY KNAUS, president,BRIAN ROBERTS, vice-president,PAT KNAUS, secretary,PAUL HAMEL, publicity.OFFICIAL MURRAY BALFOUR FAN CLUB. &#9632;

Death Of Murray Balfour Saddens Fan Club Members

REGINA, Sask.Murray Balfour loved the game of hockey. He liked the big crowds, too. Even to the end, he attracted a full house.More than 900 persons jammed their way into St. Mary&rsquo;s Roman Catholic Church to pay final tribute to the 28-year-old former National Hockey League star who died of cancer.Friends, relatives and hockey people who had come in contact with this vibrant hockey performer came to say goodbye and as had been the case many times in his NHL career, the crowd overflowed the church.Death seemed strangely out of place in the solemn assemblage with young strong men like Bobby Hull, Billy Hay and Bob Turner slowly pacing the casket as it was taken into the church. Hull, Hay and Turner had played with Balfour during his career and acted as pallbearers.The other three Doug Killow, former Roughrider star Garry Anderson and Oscar Abdullah had been old friends.Mourners included hundreds of persons from all major sports, among them names like Dave Balon, Glenn Hall and Jim Norris, owner of Chicago Black Hawks with whom Balfour had achieved his fame. He was one third of the famed Million Dollar Line of Hay, Hull and Balfour.Balfour was 28 years old when cancer struck him down just before Christmas while playing with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. He had been traded to Boston prior to the last season then was shifted to the Bears in the Bruin farm chain. He had complained to Bill Hicke, another old friend, that he was constantly tired.After the hockey season, he went to hospital in Harrisburg, Pa., where he was operated on April 9.Doctors discovered however, that the dreaded disease had progressed too far and could not be corrected. Murray was given perhaps three months to live. The end came swiftly. He was recuperating at home from the Harrisburg operation when he suddenly took a turn for the worse.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02490/2293882-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="961" height="1512"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURRAY BALFOUR&hellip;A Rugged Man On The Ice</figcaption></div>He was rushed to hospital May 26 and died four days later.The simple service over, the long cortege moved slowly to Riverside Memorial Park where burial took place.A hockey stick covered with flowers lay on top of the casket as it was slowly lowered into the ground. Murray was an only child.Although he was not in a class with the free-wheeling Hull as a goal scorer&mdash;his best output was 21 goals in the 1960-61 season&mdash;Balfour was deadly in the playoffs.Of his nine Stanley Cup goals, two broke up overtime games, the first against Montreal Canadiens in 1961 and the second against Detroit Red Wings three years later. He outscored both his linemates during the 1961 playoffs, getting five goals to Hull&rsquo;s four and Hay&rsquo;s two.Only two men&mdash;Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard of Montreal Canadiens with six and Mel &ldquo;Sudden Death&rdquo; Hill of Boston with three&mdash;have scored more overtime goals in Stanley Cup play. &#9632;

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More Than 900 Mourners Pay Tribute To Balfour At Regina Funeral Service

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que.Toe Blake, who already owns the most successful coaching record in hockey, will give the game another whirl next season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01570/2293913-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="240" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toe Blake</figcaption></div>The 52-year-old pilot signed his contract with Canadiens on May 31, just thirty days after his team eliminated Chicago Black Hawks for the Stanley Cup. As usual, it was a one-year deal at Toe&rsquo;s request. The Hab coach doesn&rsquo;t believe in long-term contracts, preferring to prove himself anew each season.Blake&rsquo;s signing put an end to the usual rumours that he would resign from the coaching end of the game. The rumours had been started by Blake himself, this year, when he indicated that the strain of coaching an NHL team was catching up. However, a post-playoff medical checkup indicated that Toe&rsquo;s health was excellent; and, shortly after receiving the good news, Blake signed for another campaign.Thus, Toe moves into his second decade as coach of the Montreal team, after ten big years at the helm. Since he took over the coaching reins in 1955, Canadiens have chalked up seven first-place finishes, plus six Stanley Cups. Five of the cup wins were consecutive, from 1956 to 1960, which established a record that may never be broken. Of the glittering squads that provided those victories, Blake has picked the 195960 team as the greatest he ever coached. He picked the latest cup triumph over Chicago, however, as the win which gave him the most satisfaction. &#9632;

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Blake Set To Pilot Habs Again

MONTREAL, Que.Jacques Plante, the man who introduced the goalkeeper&rsquo;s mask to hockey, has decided to retire but the skeptics say he&rsquo;ll have a difficult time making his decision stick.The colorful 36-year-old net-minder, a veteran of 12 National Hockey League campaigns, said he wanted to spend more time with his family. Another factor in Plante&rsquo;s move to quit was a bothersome right knee that forced him to the minor leagues last season after more than a decade as hockey&rsquo;s No. 1 puck-stopper.Plante said he planned to work full time for Molson&rsquo;s Brewery of Montreal, a job which he held in the off-season for the last seven years.Despite his disclosure that he was through, many hockey men believe when they put the dollars on the line at contract time and the pucks start to fly again in the fall, Jake will be back at his old stand Whether it be with Rangers or Baltimore.Plante once told a hockey writer he could conceivably play until he was 45 years old.The only man in hockey to ever win the Vezina Trophy five years in a row, (he won it six times in all), Plante has been called by many, the greatest goalkeeper of modern times.The 6-foot, 175-pound Plante gained his reputation while a member of the Canadiens, who won six Stanley Cup titles with Plante in goal. He was traded to the New York Rangers in a seven-player deal that sent Gump Worsley to Montreal.Plante was the first netminder to wear a mask on a full-time basis, a move that was greeted with mixed reactions at first but since has been adopted by many other goalies.Plante conceded that he might be interested in coaching or playing locally but ruled out a major league coaching position.&ldquo;Coaching means travel just the same as playing,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but I might coach or play for a local team here in Montreal.Although the support he received from his teammates in New York was not the same caliber of that in Montreal, Plante&rsquo;s ailing knees were obviously a dominant factor in his quitting.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03433/2293968-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="527" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES PLANTE&hellip;Will He Make It Stick?</figcaption></div>In 32 games with the Rangers last season, Plante had a 3.37 goals-against average. His overall 12-year mark entering the 1964-65 season was a sparkling 2.35. &#9632;

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Plante Retires, Decides He’s Had Enough

NEW YORK&mdash;Veterans HARRY HOWELL and DON MARSHALL have been named assistant coaches by the Rangers for 1965-66. They will continue to play actively.MONTREAL&mdash;CLARENCE CAMPBELL, the NHL president, has been authorized to enlarge league offices in Montreal ruling out the possibility of a shift to another city.MONCTON&mdash;GORDIE HOWE, with 19 NHL years service to his credit, told a Maritime interviewer he hopes to play three or four more seasons with Detroit and isn&rsquo;t thinking about retiring.KITCHENER&mdash;Former associates of NHL hockey star BOBBY BAUER have announced the establishment of a Bobby Bauer Memorial Foundation to award university scholarships. Bauer died last Sept. 30.NEW YORK&mdash;New York Rangers have announced they will train in Kingston, Ont., next season. They have held their camp for the past two years in Winnipeg.TORONTO&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs will open training camp Sept. 16 at Peterborough, Ont., for one month. Arena officials said negotiations had been completed with the Leafs.TORONTO&mdash;ANDY BATHGATE, now of the Red Wings, is hockey&rsquo;s top golfer again. Bathgate shot a 69 to win the Pro Hockey Players&rsquo; tournament for the third straight year. JIM MIKOL was second with a 73.NEW HAVEN&mdash;MURRAY MURDOCH, former &lsquo;Iron Man&rsquo; of the New York Rangers, has announced his retirement as hockey coach at Yale University after 25 years. &#9632;

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National Hockey League fans may obtain copies of the 1964-65 season N.H.L. Final Statistics free of charge. These handy-sized record cards contain the final standing of the Clubs, the individual Scoring Records for every player during the regular schedule and the Stanley Cup Play-offs, as well as the Goalkeepers Averages and the Penalty Records of each club.Mail requests to:NHL PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT922 Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Que. &#9632;

NHL STATISTICS AVAILABLE FOR FANS

MONTREAL, Que.The National Hockey League Board of Governors ruled that from now on the Vezina Trophy will be awarded to both goaltenders if the winning team alternates its two regular netminders.The monetary reward of $1,000 can be split by arrangement of the netminders involved.The joint award will be made providing both players have participated in 25 or more games.The governors made the change retroactive to last season. Their action means Toronto veteran Johnny Bower will have his name inscribed beside that of teammate Terry Sawchuk for the 1964-65 season.Originally, only Sawchuk&rsquo;s name was to be inscribed on the trophy following the old rule of awarding the Vezina to the goalie who has played most games for the team with the best goals-against record. Sawchuk played 36 games for a 2.56 average to Bower&rsquo;s 34 with a 2.38 average.Meanwhile National Hockey League alternate goalkeepers, who are unable to slip into their equipment in fewer than five minutes, will be required to wear full dress for games next season.In future, delays of any kind will not be tolerated if they exceed more than five minutes although it wasn&rsquo;t stipulated what punitive measures would be taken.If a goalkeeper needs his equipment adjusted, has to have stitches to repair an injury or merely seeks assurance from his bench, he cannot consume more than five minutes. Otherwise, he must be replaced.Goalies must feel like a reprehensible lot, the way the rules committee went after them. Some goalies, it was said ominously, have a habit of throwing the puck into the crowd to ease pressure during perilous moments. They could be awarded a minor penalty for this transgression but referees have been inclined to be charitable. But next year they will impose penalties on all goalies who toss these souvenirs to the crowd.Stick swinging was also viewed with disfavor by the rules committee. Next season, a fine of not less than $200 may be imposed on any player who swings his stick during an altercation. It will not be necessary for the player to connect with his target. Also, the president may add a suspension to the fine. &#9632;

Vezina To Carry Bower Name As NHL Revises Goaler Award

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01604/2294078-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="474" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN STEPHANSON&hellip;grabbed by Baltimore</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02532/2294071-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="467" height="583"><figcaption class="caption-body">ADAM KELLER&hellip;Cleveland property</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.Teams of the American and Western hockey leagues took full advantage of the first reverse draft of the National Hockey League and their minor circuit clubs ever held as they grabbed off 29 players.With the going price $10,000 per player, the new draft innovation brought a total of $290,000 to NHL clubs although many of the transactions were strictly bookkeeping deals with players remaining in the same organization.Under the regulations, each of the six NHL clubs names 10 players subject to draft by the minor league clubs. All players had to have at least one year of pro hockey experience or a total of at least 60 pro games played. The requirements call for players to have participated in 35 games with their club during the previous season.In all, AHL teams picked up 20 players and Western League clubs finished with nine.Two AHL clubs&mdash;Cleveland Barons and Baltimore Clippers&mdash;each took four, while Vancouver Canucks of the WHL topped that circuit by claiming three players.Portland Buckaroos, champions of the Western League and hockey&rsquo;s newest independent operated club, failed to draft any players. The Buckaroos recently broke off farm club negotiations with Boston Bruins. &#9632;

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AHL, WHL Teams Select 29 From NHL Rosters

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03444/2294130-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg"></div><h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS</h2><h2>WESTERN LEAGUE TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04350/2294123-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1120" height="401"></div><h2>NUMBER OF PLAYERS DRAFTED (29)</h2><h3>American League Picks (20)</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05278/2294116-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="1117" height="119"></div><h3>Western League Picks (9)</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06228/2294109-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="1119" height="78"></div> &#9632;

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How They Picked Them

ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;Art Stratton, who led the American League in scoring with 109 points and was a near unanimous choice for the allstar team, was selected as the AHL&rsquo;s most valuable player and will receive the Les Cunningham Plaque along with a league bonus of $300.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07186/2294161-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="290" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Stratton</figcaption></div>In the voting by the league&rsquo;s writers and broadcasters, Stratton gained 29 of the possible 45 points. Rochester&rsquo;s Al Arbour, the AHL&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman, was second with 14 points.Now included among the AHL&rsquo;s 25 all-time point scorers and 12 top assist makers, Stratton totaled 84 assists among his 109 points for Buffalo in 6465 as he captured his first AHL scoring crown.Success seems to follow the 29-year-old center wherever he goes. The past three seasons in the American League have seen him total 219 assists and 281 scoring points as he has played on one Calder Cup championship team and two first place finishers. Never has an AHL club with Stratton as a member finished out of the playoffs.Invariably his success rubs off on his wingers as they are among the league&rsquo;s leading goal scorers. Centering Len Lunde and Pat Hannigan this year, he led the Bisons and his line to a very successful season. This prolific combination was named as a unit to the all-star team as well as finishing 1-3-4 in the individual scoring race.This was Stratton&rsquo;s third consecutive nomination to the postseason &ldquo;dream team,&rdquo; but Lunde and Hannigan, playing with the AHL&rsquo;s MVP for the first time, made their initial all-star appearances.Lunde, the circuit&rsquo;s leading goal scorer with 50, became only the fifth player in AHL history to reach that mark while Hannigan finished his best season ever with 38 goals and 92 points.Before he won all the special honors this year, the personable Stratton admitted that one of his biggest thrills in hockey came on March 17, 1963 when he assisted on 9 Buffalo goals in a game against Pittsuburgh. Not only did this feat set a new mark for most assists scored in one game, but it also broke the record for most points as well.During the summer Art and his wife Beverly Joan, with their four children, return to Winnipeg where he works for the Liquor Control Commission. &#9632;

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Buffalo Scoring Whiz Art Stratton Awarded AHL’s Highest Prize As MVP

BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;Veteran defenseman Doug Harvey will play his hockey with the Baltimore Clippers of the American Hockey League next season.Harvey, 39-year-old former NHL performer with Canadiens and Rangers, was signed to a one-year contract by Baltimore general manager Terry Reardon, Harvey&rsquo;s contract stipulates that he is a free agent at the end of any season and free to dicker with whichever team he wishes. Last year he played with Quebec Aces, also of the AHL.The Clippers grabbed Harvey after the recent four-day pro hockey meetings here despite his &lsquo;hig salary&rsquo; tag, a factor that probably discouraged many minor pro teams from signing him.Harvey has been playing hockey since 1947-48, spending 14 years with Canadiens and two with Rangers before joining Quebec Aces early in the 196364 campaign after starting the season with New York. His NHL lifetime record includes 1.041 games played. 86 goals. 432 assists and 518 points. He was an NHL all-star 11 years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-08152/2294192-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="530" height="863"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG HARVEY&hellip;Changed AHL Teams</figcaption></div>Last season with Quebec Harvey participated in 64 league games collecting a total of 37 points. He suffered a broken thumb in the post-season playoffs as the Aces were eliminated by Rochester. &#9632;

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Harvey Quits Quebec Aces To Sign Baltimore Contract

ROCHESTER, N.Y&mdash;When Ray Cullen reports to the New York Rangers next fall for training camp, he&rsquo;ll bring along an extra hockey award. That of American League rookie of the year.The 23-year-old center of Buffalo&rsquo;s &lsquo;kid line,&rsquo; who was traded to the Rangers during the off season by the parent Chicago Black Hawks, was named the winner of the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Trophy as the AHL&rsquo;s outstanding rookie. He receives a $300 bonus from the league.The AHL&rsquo;s press, radio, and television representatives, who do the voting, made Cullen a near unanimous choice giving him 39 out of a possible 45 points. Providence&rsquo;s Jeannot Gilbert was runner-up for the award.Cullen is the fifth Bison to win the &ldquo;Garrett Trophy&rdquo; since the 1949-50 season and is the third in the past five years. Former Bison winners were Paul Meger in 49-50, Don Marshall 53-54, Chico Maki 60-61, and Doug Robinson the season before last.Ray, the younger brother of former Bisons Barry and Brian, was born in Ottawa but now makes his home in St. Catharines where he played his junior hockey. &#9632;

New Ranger, Cullen Top AHL Rookie

DURING JULY AND AUGUST AT THE<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-09127/2294254-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="285" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">FEATURING</figcaption></div>Professional InstructionBy NHL Stars&bull; BILLY HARRIS&bull; JOHNNY BOWER&bull; BOB NEVIN&bull; DAVE KEONANO MANY OTHERSDOUBLERINK ARENAJANE ST. AND HIGHWAY No. 7PHONE 4834410 285-7251<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-10110/2294247-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="734" height="589"></div> &#9632;

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BILLY HARRIS SUMMER 1965 HOCKEY SCHOOL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01588/2294292-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Presidents of three of hockey&rsquo;s leading professional leagues met after Western Lea-que and American League adopted interlocking schedule for next season. WHL head AL LEADER, left, and AHL chief JACK RILEY talk with NHL president CLARENCE CAMPBELL, right, during Montreal summer meetings.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.The American and Western Hockey Leagues will get together next season for a 72-game interlocking schedule and both circuits look upon the move as a step in the right direction for the eventual establishment of major league hockey on the West Coast.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04428/2294285-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="271" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Glickman</figcaption></div>Both WHL president Al Leader and AHL chief Jack Riley gave their approval of the East-West inter-league schedule and announced jointly that both their leagues were happy with the move.The nine team AHL will play a total of 36 games in the west and the six-team WHL will play a similar number of games in the East. It works out that each of the six-NHL clubs will play six games on AHL ice and the AHL clubs will each have four road games in WHL rinks.The WHL first made the suggestion a year ago but negotiations collapsed until recently when the WHL approved the plan at its annual meeting May 10-11 and was finalized today in a joint meeting of the two leagues.The WHL is made up of teams in Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles and San Francisco. San Diego has been admitted to the league but won&rsquo;t go into operation until the 1966-67 season.The larger AHL has teams in Quebec City, Buffalo, Baltimore, Providence, Cleveland, Hershey, Pittsburgh, Springfield and Rochester.Meanwhile, the Portland Buckaroos tossed a bombshell at the recent summer hockey meetings when they broke off all ties with the Boston Bruins of the National League.Managing director Harry Glickman of Portland said the rift between the two organizations developed after Boston traded two of the Buckaroos&rsquo; big stars, Pat Stapleton and Andy Hebenton, to the Toronto Leafs in the Ron Stewart deal. Both players were owned by Boston.The Portland director said &ldquo;it is the obvious thing to do. We felt we were entitled to get a player and we notified Boston we wanted Hebenton returned to our club.&rdquo;Hebenton and Stapleton were the only members of the Buckaroos not owned outright by the team.&ldquo;We had a good arrangement with them and we might move to an agreement with another NHL club or continue as an independent, Glickman said. &ldquo;We told them (Boston) we did not want the deal to go through, and if it had to we wanted Hebenton returned and another player substituted.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Leagues To Play 72 Games; Portland Cuts Agreement With Boston Over Trade

LOS ANGELES, Calif.Lynn Pa&mdash;. trick, former vicepresident of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, will join the Los Angeles Blades of the Western Hockey League for the 1965-66 season as coach and general manager, it was announced by the Blades&rsquo; present general manager, Jack Geyer, who will assume the title of executive director.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02560/2294323-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="268" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption></div>Patrick was signed to a two-year contract. He succeeds Alf Pike, who was fired by the Blades.Patrick, 53, has been with the Bruin organization for 15 years, serving first as coach and then as general manager before assuming his present title.Patrick is the son of the late Lester Patrick, a member of Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame and the man who built National League hockey into one of New York&rsquo;s major sports attractions.Lynn played with the New York Rangers over a ten-year span, with two years out for World War II service in the U.S. Army. A left-winger, Patrick was named a member of the All Star team in 1941-42.Lynn was co-coach of the Rangers with Frank Boucher in 1948-49, then assumed the reins himself in 1949-50. He coached Boston from 1950-51 to 1954, when he appointed Milt Schmidt to the post and devoted full-time to executive duties.The naming of Patrick as coach of the Blades reduced the WHL&rsquo;s vacant coaching positions to two. The Vancouver Canucks announced that Bert Olmstead, former NHL star with Chicago, Montreal and Toronto, would coach the team next season.Only Victoria and Seattle are without coaches at the moment. Rudy Pilous left the Victoria job and manager-coach Keith Allen of Seattle said he would name a bench coach and concentrate on managing the Totems.Olmstead last year was director of player development for New York Rangers but declined to return with the NHL team. His position will be filled by Jackie Gordon of Cleveland Barons, who has been named assistant general manager to New York GM Emile Francis. &#9632;

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Lynn Patrick To Coach LA. Blades, Vancouver Names Olmstead As Pilot

ST. PAUL, Minn.Christian A. Lund, the President of Northland Ski Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, died on May 30 in St. Paul at age of 84.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03499/2294354-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="286" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Christian Lund</figcaption></div>Mr. Lund founded Northland in 1911 a few years after he arrived in this country from Oslo, Norway, and the company grew to one of the major winter sports manufacturers in the world. He pioneered such developments as the first plastic ski bottoms, metal edged skis and techniques of hickory lamination. Also, virtually all major professional hockey teams use Northland sticks.Mr. Lund helped select and equip the first U.S. Olympic Ski Team in 1924. He was an advisor to the U.S. Army on winter warfare techniques in World War II and translated the Norwegian Army manual on winter maneuvers into English. Mr. Lund was named to the Sporting Goods Association Hall of Fame joining 21 others so honored including Samuel Colt, Ole Evinrude, A. G. Spaulding and Elithalet Remington. Lund was one of three persons elected during his lifetime. The Ski Industries Association named Mr. Lund &ldquo;Man of the Year&rdquo; in 1960.The citation from the NSGA reads in part &ldquo;C. A. Lund, fourth child of a family of 13 came to this country from Oslo, Norway, in 1901 with hope in his heart and a desire for hard work. He is living proof of the truth in the American dream of opportunity for all&hellip;&rdquo; &#9632;

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Northland Ski Firm Founder, Christian A. Lund Dies At 84

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05346/2294385-1-eng-US/f0009-052.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

MONTREAL, QUE.&mdash;The shooting accuracy of National Hockey League players in general improved during 196465 compared to the 196364 season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01603/2294507-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="273" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ullman</figcaption></div>Final statistics re-leased by NHL publicist Ron Andrews show that a goal was scored on every 10.8 shots this past season compared to 11.8 shots two seasons ago. The six teams in 1964-65 took a total 13,076 shots to score 1,208 goals. Last season 1,166 goals were scored on 13,724 shots.Norm Ullman, the center on the First All-Star Team and fifth in the accuracy list among players with 10 or more goals, showed the most improved &ldquo;eye&rdquo; in the league. He took 38 more shots this season than last but scored 21 more goals. Ullman, the league&rsquo;s leading goal scorer with 42, took 251 shots at enemy goals for a scoring percentage of 16.7.Camille Henry, traded by New York Rangers to Chicago Black Hawks during the season, led in accuracy with a total 26 goals on 108 shots for 24.1 per cent. With Rangers he scored 21 goals on 85 shots for 24.7 per cent and then added five goals on 23 shots for 21.7 per cent with Chicago.The other players in the top five in accuracy were: rookie Ron Ellis of Toronto Maple Leafs, 23 goals, 126 shots, 18.2 per cent; Bruce MacGregor, Detroit, 21 goals, 119 shots, 17.6 per cent; and Dean Prentice, Boston Bruins, 14 goals, 81 shots, 17.3 per cent.Among players with 100 shots or more, Don Marshall of New York replaced Prentice in the top five. Marshall scored 20 goals on 122 shots for 16.4 per cent, which put him in fifth place behind Henry, Ellis, MacGregor and Ullman.Three players took more than 300 shots. Bobby Hull of Chicago, the Hart Trophy and Lady Byng Trophy winner this season as well as the left winger on the First All-Star Team, led with 368, scoring on 38 of them for 10.6 per cent. Next was Gord Howe of Detroit with 341 shots, 29 goals and 8.5 per cent; followed by Claude Provost of Montreal with 306 shots, 27 goals and 8.8 per cent. In each of the three players&rsquo; records, they failed to get a shot in only one game and Hull had at least three shots in all but three of the 61 games he played. Howe had at least two shots in all but four games.The most shots by any one player in a game was 12. Hull had that many Jan. 6 against Toronto at Chicago and scored one goal. Alex Delvecchio of Detroit and defenseman Harry Howell of New York also had 12 shots each in one game. Delvecchio&rsquo;s were in Detroit against Boston, March 18, when he scored once. Howell failed to score when he took 12 shots at New York, Dec. 29 against Chicago.The statistical analysis also revealed important goals and points for the season; powerplay and penalty-killing figures; goaltending statistics; and defensive records for all players during the 1964-65 season.<h2>NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE RECORDS</h2><h3>1964-65 season</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02526/2294500-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1115" height="213"></div><h3>Code of Abbreviations</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03446/2294493-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="1109" height="335"></div><h2>POWER-PLAY STATISTICS</h2><h3>(1964-65 Season) POWER-PLAY</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04344/2294486-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="1111" height="232"></div><h2>PENALTY KILLING STATISTICS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05256/2294479-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="1113" height="231"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06201/2294472-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="1102" height="662"></div><h3>Code of Abbreviations</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07154/2294465-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="730" height="183"></div><h2>INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS&rsquo; RECORDS&mdash;OFFENSIVE & DEFENSIVE</h2><h3>(1964-65 Season)</h3>CHICAGO &ldquo;BLACK HAWKS&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-08124/2294458-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="1690" height="729"></div><h3>Code of Abbreviations</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-09100/2294451-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="843" height="412"></div><h2>DETROIT &ldquo;RED WINGS&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1083/2294444-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="1694" height="865"></div><h2>MONTREAL &ldquo;CANADIENS&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1165/2294437-1-eng-US/f0010-112.jpg" title="f0010-11" width="1685" height="739"></div><h2>TORONTO &ldquo;MAPLE LEAFS&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1248/2294430-1-eng-US/f0010-122.jpg" title="f0010-12" width="1683" height="691"></div><h2>NEW YORK &ldquo;RANGERS&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1334/2294423-1-eng-US/f0010-132.jpg" title="f0010-13" width="1685" height="1064"></div><h2>BOSTON &ldquo;BRUINS&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04395/2294416-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="1671" height="762"></div> &#9632;

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Ullman Most Improved Among League Marksmen

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>TOLEDO, O.&mdash;To1edo&rsquo;s Blades, who skated through the past International Hockey League season on thin ice, financially speaking, appear to be on a sound basis for the upcoming season, following the announcement that two young businessmen will reorganize the club and operate it as a locally owned entry in the IHL.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01600/2294538-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="246" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Wilson</figcaption></div>The men behind the reorganization are Steve Stranahan, 31, president of National Flight Services, Inc and John F. Savage, 35, general agent in this area for the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co.They said a new corporation, Toledo Enterprises, Inc. has been formed to operate the hockey team and has been authorized to issue 3,000 shares of common stock and 4,497 shares of non-voting preferred stock, which can be converted into common stock at a later date.The preferred stock, designed to pay 6% annual dividend, will be offered for public sale through the community at $20. a share. The preferred stock offering is designed to stimulate ownership interest from a broad range of the commuity and to encourage people to take an active part in promoting a community project. Both men emphasized that they are undertaking the reorganization of the hockey team to assure continued operation of hockey in Toledo and to assure the team a sound financial footing for at least the next two seasons or until such time as it is able to continue under its own power.It was announced that Ken Wilson, owner and general manager of the hockey team for the past two seasons, will continue to serve as the club&rsquo;s general manager and will be a part owner. &#9632;

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New Group Pumps Life Into Toledo

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The status of the Eastern Hockey League is still up in the air as far as two clubs are concerned but president Tom Lockhart hopes all issues will be resolved at the league&rsquo;s July meeting in Pittsburgh.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03477/2294569-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="277" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Bentley</figcaption></div>Nine clubs are set for next season, but Long Island and New York are still trying to figure what to do for next season. New York&rsquo;s situation became public knowledge when a New York paper reported that the parent New York Rangers wouldn&rsquo;t operate the team next year.But that is not the true situation for the Rovers say no final decision has been reached on the operation of the club, according to William Jennings, Rangers&rsquo; president. New York&rsquo;s problem is that the Rovers are unable to get ice for 36 home games, and they have to search for places to play their games.Last year they used various sites and it becomes a problem for the club to schedule games that way. It was reported that the Rangers invested about $250,000 in reviving the Rovers and lost about $60,000 last season. However the team got off to a bad start when they lost 13 of their first 14, but by the end of the year they were drawing crowds in the 4,000 to 6,000 vicinity.Negotiations with several cities still are working and the Rovers could come up with Syracuse, which was mentioned earlier as a possible site, or some other locale to play the away-from-New-York &ldquo;home&rdquo; games. The EHL would love to keep the Rovers in the league for New York City adds stature to the circuit with a club located in Madison Square Garden.Ex-Knoxville pilot Don Labelle will direct an ice hockey clinic in Philly in late August. There are many reports that Labelle will wind up in the Philly area next year since he was a popular performer for the old Jersey Larks. His successor at Knoxville was picked in the person of exNational Leaguer, Doug Bentley, who starred with Chicago Black Hawks for many years. He is also a Hall of Fame member. &#9632;

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New York, Long Island Ponder New EHL Sites

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The six Central Professional Hockey League teams barely had time to pack away their equipment before the top executives of the National, Ameri can and Western League clubs were putting in bids for their talent.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02553/2294600-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="293" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Keith Wright</figcaption></div>After only two seasons in operation, the circuit testified to its stability by drawing 598,103 fans through its turnstiles over the 1964-65 term and the ticket revenue jingled merrily to the tune of $1,041,982&mdash;better than a million dollars.As the National Hockey League trade winds started blowing early, the first player from the Central circuit to become involved in a move was Gary Jarrett of the Tulsa Oilers who was dealt by the parent Toronto Maple Leafs to the Detroit Red Wings in the deal that sent Andy Bathgate to Detroit.Jarrett, a 22-year-old leftwinger at 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; hitting the scales at 170 pounds, had scored 68 goals, 27 last term as the Oilers finished in fourth place and made their way to C.P.H.L. finals against St. Paul.&ldquo;We had good reports on him and we are looking for left wing help. He looks strong and will be given a good chance at our camp,&rdquo; said Detroit manager-coach Sid Abel.A week before the N.H.L. meetings, Abel swung another trade looking toward Boston and sent Parker MacDonald to the Bruins with Ab McDonald joining the Wings as the principals in the transaction. Abel acquired rugged defenceman Ken Stephanson who had starred throughout the season with Minneapolis but had to give up Ron Harris who had whirls at right wing and defence with the Memphis Wings.Both Stephanson and Harris were touted for full-scale tryouts at the fall camps of the Wings and Bruins, respectively but the 190-pound 23-year-old Stephanson was snapped up in the draft by Baltimore of the A.H.L. at the meetings in Montreal.Before the N.H.L. draft session got underway, Emile &ldquo;Cat&rdquo; Francis, &ldquo;man in motion&rdquo; trying to strengthen the Rangers, worked out a deal with the Montreal Canadiens acquiring goalie Cesare Maniago a brilliant performer with Minneapolis last season. As the AllStar netminder of the circuit, Maniago posted an amazing 2.75 goals-against mark over 67 games and led the league in shutouts with six.Early last season while wearing the big pads at Minneapolis, Maniago had stated: &ldquo;I want to make my way back into the major league and want to prove I belong in the N.H.L. by having a good season in the Central League.&rdquo;He did and Francis&rsquo; current plans tag him as the backup man for the Rangers new net-minder Ed Giacomin.In the inter-league draft, Francis was still looking toward the Central circuit and gathered in Larry Mickey, a robust defenseman-forward. who fired 16 goals and chalked up 21 assists for the cellar-dwelling St. Louis Braves last season.Francis also grabbed off Keith Wright, a 35-point forward from Omaha but in the major league draft Boston Bruins made a successful bid for him.When the &ldquo;reverse draft&rdquo; came along at the Montreal N.H.L. meetings in which the American and Western League teams had their pick of a select list of prospects at the price of $10,000 each.Adam Keller and Howie Menard, who were with Memphis, went to Cleveland and Springfield respectively. John Gravel, Ron Boehm, Harry Sinden, Wayne Schultz, Gerry Ouellette, Brent Hughes and Pete Pana-gabko, all with Minneapolis last season, were all acquired by other clubs at the $10,000 price. Gravel and Sinden went to San Francisco; Boehm became Vancouver&rsquo;s property; Schultz went to Cleveland; Ouellette was acquired by Buffalo; Hughes should don a Pittsburgh sweater and Panagabko is ticketed for Hershey. &#9632;

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CPHL Looking Confidently To Future After Surpassing Million Dollar Mark

Be 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 is covered thoroughly by the notion&rsquo;s foremost football writers.&bull; Game Statistics&bull; Special Features&bull; Top Football Columns&bull; U.S. Pro Leagues<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05328/2294638-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="480" height="822"></div>DICK SHATTO<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06293/2294631-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="999" height="544"></div>FIRST ISSUE EARLY AUGUST &#9632;

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL NEWS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="C4-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01155/2294683-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Three of hockey&rsquo;s &lsquo;oldtimers&rsquo; swap old tales as they gathered at NHL&rsquo;s summer meetings in Montreal. Left to right. NEWSY LALONDE, JACK ADAMS and FRED (CYCLONE) TAYLOR, were on hand when NHL disclosed that 10 more hockey greats have been added to the Hall of Fame. All three men are already in the hockey shrine.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Membership in hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame was increased to 148 with the announcement by the selection committee that 10 former players had been added to the summer meetings of the NHL. The Hall now has a membership of 107 players, 35 builders and six referees.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02153/2294676-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="300" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Mosienko</figcaption></div>Those named to the Hall of Fame at the summer conclave of the NHL included Fred Scanlan, Arthur Farrell, Blair Russell, Jack Marshall, Ernie Russell, Clint Benedict, Syd Howe, Marty Barry, Red Horner and Bill Mosienko.Two other hockey figures, Foster Hewitt, radio broadcaster, and Tommy Lockhart, president of the Eastern Hockey League, were named to the Hall of Fame earlier this year.Following are the thumbnail sketches of the 10 new members of the &lsquo;Hall.&rsquo;Fred Scanlan&mdash;member of Stanley Cup winning Montreal Shamrocks in 1898-99 and 18991900; played on line with Harry Trihey (already elected to Hall of Fame) and Art Farrell.Arthur F. Farrell&mdash;Member of Stanley Cup winning Montreal Shamrocks in 1898-99 and 1899-1900; played on line with Scanlan and Trihey.Blair Russell&mdash;Played with Montreal Victorias and the Montreal AAA from 1890 to 1900. Never played professional hockey. A left winger.Ernie Russell&mdash;No relation to Blair Russell. With Stanley Cup winning Montreal Wanderers in 1905-06, 1907-08, 1909-10. A top scorer and brilliant stick handler.Jack Marshall&mdash;Played with Stanley Cup winning Montreal AAA in 1901-02; Montreal Wanderers, Cup-winning teams, in 1905-06, 1907-08, 1909-10; playing manager with Torontos (correct) in 1913-14.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-03139/2294669-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="474" height="652"><figcaption class="caption-body">SYD HOWE</figcaption></div>Clint Benedict&mdash;Played with Ottawa Senators from 1917-18 through 1923-24 and with Montreal Maroons from 1924-25 through 1927-28 (11 seasons in NHL). Stanley Cup winning teams in 1919-20, 1922-23 and 1925-26. Played 331 games, had 47 shutouts during regularseason career. Shares Stanley Cup record of most shutouts, one playoff year, of four with Dave Kerr, Frank McCool, Terry Sawchuk. Had his four shutouts in 1928 during 9 games against Ottawa, Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers. In the nine games, allowed 8 goals against for .89 average.Syd Howe&mdash;Born Sept. 28, 1911 in Ottawa. Center and left winger. First played pro with Ottawa Senators in Jan., 1930. Played 696 games in regular NHL seasons. 1930-31 with Philadelphia Quakers; 1931-32, Syracuse; 1932-33 and 1933-34 with Ottawa Senators again, 1934-35, St. Louis Eagles; 1934-35 through 1945-46 with Detroit Red Wings. In 16 NHL seasons, scored 237 goals. On Stanley Cup winning teams in 1935-36, 1936-37, 1942-43. Holds modern era record of most goals in a NHL game, six, Feb. 3, 1944, at Detroit against New York Rangers in 12-2 Detroit win.Marty Barry&mdash;Born Dec. 8, 1905, in Quebec City. First played pro hockey in 1927-28 with Philadelphia Arrows of old Canadian-American Hockey League. That season went to New York Americans for a few games. Back to CAHL with New Haven in 1928-29 then to Boston in 1929-30 through 193435. With Detroit from 1935-36 through 1938-39. To Montreal Canadiens in 1939-40 when finished NHL career. Scored 195 goals in 11 NHL seasons and 191 assists for 386 points. On Stanley Cup winning teams in 1935-36 and 1936-37. Lady Byng Trophy winner in 193637 and First All-Star Team that season.Reginald (Red) Horner&mdash;Bom May 28, 1909, in Lynden, Ont., just outside Hamilton. Defenseman who joined Toronto Maple Leafs in 1928-29 and played all 12 NHL seasons with Leafs after amateur career with Toronto Marlboros. led league in penalties eight straight seasons from 1932-33 through 1939-40, setting a record of 167 minutes in 1935-36, which was broken by Lou Fontinato of New York Rangers in 1955-56 (202 minutes). On Stanley Cup winning team in 1931-32. Scored 42 goals and 110 assists in regular-season play.Bill Mosienko&mdash;Born Nov. 2, 1921, in Winnipeg. Last amateur club, Winnipeg Monarchs. First pro club, Providence Reds in 1940-41. Joined Chicago Black Hawks in 1941-42 and played for them through 1954-55 season (13 years). Scored 258 goals in 711 regular-season games for Hawks. On 2nd All-Star teams 1944-45, 1945-46; Lady Byng Trophy winner in 1944-45. Holds NHL record of fastest three goals: 21 seconds, March 23, 1952, at New York against Rangers in 7-6 Chicago win. &#9632;

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Mosienko, Horner, Syd Howe, Barry Among 10 Additions To Ice ‘Shrine’

TORONTO, Ont.The Ontario Hockey Association Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; League will be expanded to nine teams for the 1965-66 season with the admittance of London Nationals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-04110/2294714-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="290" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rudy Pilous</figcaption></div>The Western Ontario junior squad was taken into the OHA set-up by unanimous approval of the other eight teams in a telegraph vote.Acceptance of the Nationals scuttles an attempt by four Western Ontario Junior &lsquo;B&rsquo; teams to secure junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; status with London as a league next season. Windsor, Chatham and St. Thomas had made a pitch for &lsquo;A&rsquo; rating with London as the &lsquo;persuader&rsquo; for OHA officials, the London franchise seen as the key to convincing OHA officials.London team president R. L. Bonnie said the Nationals would stock their team by sharing players with Toronto Marlboros, a Maple Leaf owned club. Nationals have a working agreement with the NHL Leafs.The nine OHA &lsquo;A&rsquo; teams include St. Catharines, Peterborough, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Oshawa, Kitchener, Montreal, Toronto and London.OHA delegates set Oct. 7 as the opening date for the 1965-66 league schedule.Meanwhile, the league will be assured of at least one new coach for next season with Rudy Pilous, former coach of the Chicago Black Hawks, moving into Hamilton to replace Danny Lewicki. Pilous will take over the Hamilton dual role of managercoach with Hamilton. Lewicki resigned after coaching the Red Wings one season.Pilous, coach of Victoria Maple Leafs in the Western Hockey League last season and former coach of Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League, quit the Victoria post yesterday.Pilous, who never missed the playoffs as coach of St. Catharines Teepees for eight years, was named coach of the National Hockey League Chicago Black Hawks midway through the 1957-58 season and lifted the club from last place to a fifth-place finish.He was dismissed by the parent club 5&frac12; years later after compiling the best coaching record in Chicago history.Hawks, under Pilous, won the Stanley Cup in 1961 and finished second, one point behind Toronto Maple Leafs, the year he was let go. &#9632;

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Nationals Become 9th Team; Pilous To Replace Lewicki As Hamilton Manager-Coach

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Reappointment of Scotty Bowman as coach of Montreal Canadiens of the Ontario Junior Hockey League was announced by Sam Pollock, general manager of the National Hockey League Canadiens.This will be Bowman&rsquo;s second season as pilot of the Junior Canadiens, who finished fifth in the league standing last season and were eliminated in the playoffs by the finalists, Toronto Marlboros. &#9632;

Bowman Back As Habs Coach

PETERBOROUGH, Ont.&mdash;Andre Lacroix, 19-year-old center of Peterborough Petes, has been named the 21st winner of the Albert (Red) Tilson Memorial Trophy.The trophy, presented annually by The Globe and Mail, is given to the player regarded as most valuable and gentlemanly in the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s junior A league.Lacroix, who weighs 167 pounds and stands five feet eight inches, joins an impressive list of former winners. Among previous holders are George Armstrong, captain of Toronto Maple Leafs, who won in 1948 with Stratford and in 1950 with Marlboros; Frank Mahovlich who took the honor in 1957 with St. Michael&rsquo;s; Stan Mikita, of Chicago, who was winner in 1959 with St. Catharines and Glenn Hall, also of Chicago, who won in 1951 with Windsor. &#9632;

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