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November 6, 1965

The Hockey News November 6, 1965

<h2>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues., Nov. 2)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01306/2305856-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="552" height="169"></div><h2>SOUTHREN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02259/2305849-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="553" height="209"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Oct 26Knoxville 4 at Charlotte 13Wed. Oct. 27Nashville 2 at Knoxville 5Jacksonville 2 at New Jersey 4Charlotte 1 at Grppnsboro 4Clinton 2 at Johnstown 1Thurs., Oct. 28New Jersey 8 at New Haven 6Jacksonville 2 at Long Island 9Charlotte 3 at Nashville 1Fri., Oct 29Johnstown 3 at Clinton 5Long Island 0 at New Jersey 9Jacksonville 2 at Greensboro 7Nashville 2 at Charlotte 6Sat., Oct. 30Long Island 4 at Clinton 2New Haven 5 at Johnstown 7New Jersey 2 at Greensboro 6Jacksonville 5 at Charlotte 9Knoxville 4 at Nashville 6Sun., Oct. 31Charlotte 3 at Knoxville 6Johnstown 8 at New Haven 2Clinton 5 at Long Island 0<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues., Nov. 2Jacksonville at CharlotteWed., Nov. 3Clinton at New HavenJohnstown at New JerseyKnoxville at GreensboroFri., Nov. 5Johnstown at ClintonNew Haven at Lone IslandKnoxville at New JerseyNashville at CharlotteGreensboro at JacksonvilleSat., Nov. 6Knoxville at ClintonNew Haven at New JerseyLong Island at JohnstownJacksonville at GreensboroCharlotte at NashvilleSun., Nov. 7Knoxville at New HavenJohnstown at Long Island<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03201/2305842-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="551" height="280"></div><h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04147/2305835-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="547" height="332"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Oct. 26Hamilton 6 at London 8Thurs., Oct. 28Montreal 6 at Hamilton 4St. Catharines 4 at Peterborough 7Fri., Oct. 29Kitchener 3 at Niagara Falls 5Montreal 6 at Toronto 8Sat., Oct. 30Peterborough 3 at Oshawa 5Sun., Oct. 31Hamilton 2 at Montreal 6London 8 at Toronto 6Niagara Falls 4 at Kitchener 4Oshawa 4 at St. Catharines 6<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues., Nov. 2St. Catharines at LondonThurs., Nov. 4Toronto at HamiltonKitchener at PeterboroughFri., Nov. 5Oshawa at Niagara FallsLondon at TorontoSat., Nov. 6Kitchener at OshawaSun., Nov. 7Niagara Falls at MontrealLondon at St. CatharinesPeterborough at Toronto<h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standing on Thurs., Oct. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05111/2305828-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="547" height="159"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0689/2305821-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="548" height="359"></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Hockey Races

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01622/2304301-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="404" height="436"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02494/2304294-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="503" height="76"></div>&bull; TORONTO&mdash;THOMAS (WINDY) O&rsquo;Neill, onetime Toronto Maple Leaf hockey player and now a prominent Toronto lawyer, is organizing a group of hockey season ticket holders to sit down during the playing of God Save The Queen that precedes games at Maple Leaf Gardens. The reason is that they want the new Canadian flag flown there instead of the Old Ensign&hellip;Stan Fischler, prolific New York hockey writer and columnist for THE HOCKEY NEWS and HOCKEY PICTORIAL, is branching out into radio&hellip;Stan is currently doing a number of guest shots over New York stations talking about his favorite pastime, hockey&hellip;Dennis DeJordy asked the Chicago Black Hawks to send him to one of their affiliated clubs when he found out he wouldn&rsquo;t be playing too much with the Hawks. He wants to play regularly. He&rsquo;ll get plenty of work at St. Louis of the CPHL&hellip;Brit Selby, Toronto rookie, is another NHL player who dislikes flying&hellip;Ron Stewart is off to a fast start with Boston Bruins and the ex-Leaf is happy as a lark in Bruinsville&hellip;Milt Schmidt, Boston coach, is pleased to have Ron on the roster. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a great guy to have in your dressing room,&rdquo; says Milt. &ldquo;He eases the tension with humour that would do credit to a top comedian. And, he. knows when to be serious. I wish we had a dozen more like him,&rdquo; enthused Schmidt.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03368/2304287-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="293" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Stewart</figcaption></div>&bull; HAP EMMS, new general manager of the Boston Bruins, has said all along that he will make changes early and often this season. He wasted little time in putting this into effect. He replaced Goalie Ed Johnson with Gerry Cheevers after the opening game when the Hawks dumped the Bruins, 6-2&hellip;The 1965-66 edition of the National Hockey League Guide is now available. This year&rsquo;s book is bigger and better than ever before. Thirty pages have been added to this year&rsquo;s edition. Be sure to order yourself a copy. See order form in this issue of HOCKEY NEWS. It is a MUST for every hockey fan&hellip;Art Jones, star center and captain of the Portland Buckaroos, picked up his first misconduct in nine seasons of professional hockey the other night&hellip;Herb Mortimer, former star goalkeeper with crack senior teams in and around Toronto, and now the vice-president and general manager of the Gruen Watch Co. of Canada Ltd., recently presented the wives of members of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens with beautiful new Gruen wrist watches&hellip;Boston has a 20-year-old goalie with Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Pro League by the name of Bernie Parent who is said to be the best NHL goaling prospect to come along in ages&hellip;Chicago Black Hawks are clamping down on Bobby Hull&rsquo;s personal promotions. They demanded a three-way split among club, players and Hull, for permission to allow the Golden Jet to ballyhoo a cereal. Hull turned the deal down saying: &ldquo;Thirty-three cents on the dollar isn&rsquo;t worth it.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04253/2304280-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="284" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bernie Parent</figcaption></div>&bull; CARL BREWER, who stunned the hockey world by retiring at the start of the season, is now enrolled at the University of Toronto. Carl is an excellent student and enjoys university life. He is ineligible to play hockey for the University of Toronto&hellip;Eddie Shack tells friends he will retire from hockey if he can&rsquo;t win himself a berth with an NHL team&hellip;Sid Abel of Detroit feels Shack belongs in the Big Top&hellip;Bobby Hull informed that his knees feel fine so far&hellip;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not wearing knee braces. I wore them last season and they hampered me,&rdquo; he added&hellip;Hugh Townsend of New Glasgow, N.S., wires us to the effect that Windsor Maple Leafs won 58 games in winning the Nova Scotia Senior League championship two seasons ago. They lost but nine games and tied three in 70 contests&hellip;Martin MacDonald, general manager of the Lakeshore&mdash;Lachine Braves of the Quebec Provincial League advises that the Lachine Braves won 55 out of 60 games played in 196263&hellip;For the 14th consecutive year the home and away games of the Fort Wayne Komets will be broadcast over Station WOWO, Fort Wayne, Indiana&hellip;Doing the play by play commentary of the games as he has done for 14 years is Bob Chase. He will be assisted by Don Chevillet. WOWO is a powerful station and is heard almost everywhere in the United States and Canada&hellip;Glenn Hall, Chicago&rsquo;s &ldquo;Mr. Goalie&rdquo; is off to his best start in years. When Hall is playing well the opposition has to turn in a superior effort to down the Hawks. He&rsquo;s the man that has become the key to Chicago&rsquo;s all-around effectiveness.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05206/2304273-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="258" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Holl</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

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DON’T RISK MISSING A SINGLE ISSUE!

<div class="byline">BY BUSTER CLEGG</div>PROVIDENCE, R. I.Ivan Irwin, chilly coach of the Rhode Island Reds, finally has changed out of a favorite summer business suit into warmer winter toggery.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02526/2305264-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="291" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Paille</figcaption></div>The Reds&rsquo; coach started the season by wearing a light, summer suit to the Reds&rsquo; opening game on Oct. 15th. It wasn&rsquo;t out of place, for weather in Providence was unseasonably warm for October. The Reds won that one, defeating the Rochester Americans, 3-2, in overtime.Two nights later he wore it again, and though a bit chillier, he managed to hang on while the Roosters rolled to another extrasession triumph, by the same score, 3-2, over nersney.Now Irwin, the former great defenseman of the Reds, is not known to be overly superstitious, but he just couldn&rsquo;t resist keeping things status quo a bit longer.&ldquo;After all,&rdquo; he reasoned, &ldquo;why break up a winning combination?&rdquo;Irwin persisted, wore the some light summer suit to Hershey on Oct. 23rd and shivered his way to another 3-2 overtime thriller as Eddie Kachur scored on a breakaway.But finally the suit, or something, gave way the next night when the Reds lost a 6-4 decision to Springfield, snapping the Reds&rsquo; overtime winning streak at three games.&ldquo;One thing came of it,&rdquo; Irwin mused later. &ldquo;At least now I can dress sensibly and won&rsquo;t freeze to death out there. It was getting mighty chilly!&rdquo;Aside from its humerous aspect, the Reds&rsquo; three-game streak in overtime probably set some sort of a record, with the scores being identical in all three matches.Those victories got the Reds off to one of their best starts in recent years as they battled Quebec and Baltimore for first places during the first two weeks of the campaign.Goalie Marcel Paille, one of four players obtained in the deal with New York for Eddie Giacomin, was especially brilliant in the first four games. In the 3-2 overtime triumph at Hershey he stopped Wayne Rivers on a clean breakaway in extra time, then the Reds reversed and scored.&ldquo;Those games gave us plenty of confidence,&rdquo; Irwin remarked. &ldquo;In tight games from now on we&rsquo;ll have a little extra confidence, and that&rsquo;s going to be important. We&rsquo;ve proven we&rsquo;re tough in the clutch!&rdquo;The line of Willie Marshall, Wayne Larkin and Jimmy Mikol was also effective, notching 6 goals in the first four games, Larkin had three, Marshall two and Mikol one. &#9632;

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Irwin Changes Togs As Reds Run Ended

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01407/2306204-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Canadiens&rsquo; top scoring unit in the early-season names is the same triumvirate that sparked them to the Stanley Cup last spring. Left to right, BOBBY ROUSSEAU, JEAN BELIVEAU and DICK DUFF.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.As though there&rsquo;d been no passage of time between the Stanley Cup series and the present campaign, Canadien snipers were finding the range early this season.In particular the line of Beliveau-Rousseau-Duff, Habs hottest scorers in the playoffs, were bombing the opposition again in the first week of the schedule. Between them, they chalked up 20 scoring points as Habs got off on the right foot with three straight wins. Montreal blasted Detroit 8-1 in a season opener, then rang up a pair of 4-3 victories over New York before losing 6-4 to Chicago. As a team they scored 35 points in those games, of which the Beliveau-Rousseau-Duff unit contributed 20.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re in shape and we&rsquo;re flying,&rdquo; said left-winger Duff, happily, as he tried to find words to explain the line&rsquo;s eyeopening start. Not only were they scoring points, but were skating in mid-season form. Beliveau was moving in a manner he seldom achieves before Christmas, Rousseau was showing the speed of a gazelle and Duff, himself, was going both ways in a hurry. Their glittering efforts brought a protracted smile to the face of their kindly old coach, Toe Blake, who said:&ldquo;They&rsquo;re moving, all right. I&rsquo;m pleased. Very pleased. You want to know the story on Beliveau? It&rsquo;s his diet that&rsquo;s responsible for his fast start. He&rsquo;s ten pounds lighter than he was at this time last year.&rdquo; &#9632;

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‘CUD Line’ Sizzles Again For Champion Canadiens

Folowing are the last play er movements in hockey<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Recalled Bob Ring, goalkeeper from Niagara Falls of Junior OHA as standby netminder. Popiel, forward, optioned to Hershey of AHL.DETROIT&mdash;Recalled Pete Goegan, defenseman, from Pittsburgh of AHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>ROCHESTER&mdash;Recalled Mike Walton, forward from Tulsa of CPHL. Optioned Don Cherry, defenseman to Tulsa for three-week period.PROVIDENCE&mdash;Bill Le Caine, forward, returned to Port Huron of IHL. Gary Schall, forward, returned to Muskegon of IHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>SAN FRANCISCO&mdash;Traded Len Haley, forward to Seattle of WHL for Gerry Brisson, forward. Assigned Ray Dupont, forward to Knoxville of EHL.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Reclaimed Marcel Pelletier, goalkeeper, from Minnesota of CPHL and sent Wayne Doll, goalkeeper, to Oklahoma City of CPHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>DAYTON&mdash;Stan Gilbertson and Brian Seibert, forwards, secured from Boston of NHL on option. &#9632;

Movement; Of Players

<div class="byline">BY STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The fate of the Rangers, who have begun their annual playoff crusade hinges on a half cripple and a goalie with an upset stomach.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01533/2304046-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="275" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Angotti</figcaption></div>This was evident as the Blues squeezed out all the energy at their command but lost 4-3 to the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens in the home opener before 15,024 at the Garden.The half-cripple, Rod Gilbert, watched the game from a mezzanine seat. His ailing back has responded to treatment and there&rsquo;s a possibility he&rsquo;ll be ready to play the remainder of the season.&ldquo;With Rod in the line-up we have a goal or two more&rdquo; says coach Red Sullivan.If the Rangers are to reach fourth, they&rsquo;ll have to train their sights on the Red Wings whose superb young goalie, Roger Crozier is suffering from a stomach disorder.&ldquo;He was so sick he couldn&rsquo;t even play in the All-Star Game,&rdquo; recalls Gilbert.Without a healthy Crozier, the Red Wings are catchable and NHL savants believe this is possible.The Rangers will win a lot of hockey games,&rdquo; says Montreal coach Toe Blake.Just how many will depend on Gilbert. The Blues&rsquo; leading scorer last year has his fingers crossed.&ldquo;I feel good now,&rdquo; Gilbert says. &ldquo;What I&rsquo;m worried about is this condition might act up again. I might go two games, then the back might bother me, then I&rsquo;d have to go in the hospital again. I don&rsquo;t think I could go through the season that way.&rdquo;Without Gilbert, and Bill Hicke hospitalized with the flu, Sullivan used Lou Angotti in Gilbert&rsquo;s place on a line with Jean Ratelle and Vic Hadfield. Angotti, still the club&rsquo;s folkhero, scored the Blues&rsquo; first goal in the opening home game.&ldquo;They worked hard,&rdquo; says g.m. Emile Francis, &ldquo;that&rsquo;s the main thing. We deserved a point out of it.&rdquo;With Gilbert back in the lineup they&rsquo;ll get several points, maybe a playoff berth.BROADWAY BITS: Ranger rookie goalie Ed Giacomin made his debut at Madison Square Garden and won generally favorable reviews on opening night&hellip;&ldquo;The goals that beat him were good ones.&rdquo; said Montreal goalie Charley Hodge who sat on the bench as Gump Worsley repulsed the Blues&hellip;Giacomin faced 30 shots on goal, while Rangers took 31 at Worsley&hellip;John Ferguson, Terry Harper, Yvan Cournoyer and Claude Provost beat Giacomin for Montreal, the last two coming at 12:23 and 13:45 of the third period, breaking open a close game&hellip;&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t the hard shots that beat me,&rdquo; says Giacomin, &ldquo;it was the tricklers.&rdquo;&hellip;&ldquo;I think Ed played real well,&rdquo; says coach Red Sullivan.Blue defensemen, Arnie Brown, and Montreal&rsquo;s Claude Larose had the first bout of the Garden season with Larose scoring on points. Brown came off with a misconduct as well as a major for fighting and two minutes for charging. Larose took five for fighting&hellip;Ranger right wfh&pound; Hicke was dispatched to St. Clare&rsquo;s Hospital with 105 temperature&hellip;It was the flu&hellip;Jim Neilson and Harry Howell were superb for Blues on defense and the Phil Goyette, Bob Nevin, Don Marshall line excelled up front, in the opener.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02512/2304039-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="474" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED GIACOMIN&hellip;Tricklers Troublesome</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Gilbert’s Ailing Back Key To Rangers’ Hopes

NEW YOFK, N.Y.&mdash;On the eve of his first annisary as general manager of the New York Rangers, Emile Francis expressed &ldquo;complete satisfaction&rdquo; with the way the club has developed in the past 12 months.Francis took over as general manager of the Rangers on Oct. 31 last season. Quickly yet methodically he began his overhaul.Inside of a year, the Ranger scouting staff had been doubled. Jackie Gordon, a top hockey executive, was named assistant general manager. New coaches were appointed in the farm system, coaches who&rsquo;ll work with one plan in mind&mdash;to develop outstanding hockey talent for the Rangers.More important, though, for the immediate Ranger outlook, is the number of new players&mdash;16 in all&mdash;Francis has brought into the New York organization in the last year. &ldquo;These 16 players, seven of whom are with the club now, have given us our &lsquo;new look&rsquo; this season,&rdquo; says Francis, &ldquo;and it&rsquo;s a &lsquo;new look&rsquo; that will eventually carry the Rangers into the NHL playoffs.&rdquo;Despite two straight losses to start off the season, Francis has been more than happy with the new edition of the Rangers. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re bigger, stronger and faster,&rdquo; says Emile, &ldquo;and if our first two games are any indication, the Rangers are in for a successful season.&rdquo;Francis isn&rsquo;t the only NHL observer who thinks the Rangers are pointed in the right direction. King Clancy, assistant general manager of the Toronto Leafs is another. Clancy compares the Rangers to the Los Angeles Dodgers with their speed and hustle. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re going to hustle their way to a playoff berth,&rdquo; predicts King. &ldquo;You wait and see&rdquo;.Two of the Rangers&rsquo; new acquisitions, John McKenzie and Gary Peters, have shown especially well in their first few games. Each has netted his first goal as a Ranger.In goal, Francis has been more than pleased with rookie Ed Giacomin. &ldquo;He handled some mighty tough shots against the Canadiens,&rdquo; Francis says, &ldquo;and he&rsquo;s proven himself capable of doing the job in the NHL.&rdquo; &#9632;

Francis Hails Blues’ Improvement, Sees Club Going In Right Direction

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01532/2304125-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROGER CROZIER&hellip;&lsquo;The Pain Was Unbelievable&rsquo;</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;It was an unforgettable rookie year for young Roger Crozier. The 155-pound Detroit goalkeeper collected $9,000 in bonuses&mdash;$2,250 for Detroit&rsquo;s league championship, $1,000 for Stanley Cup play, $1,750 All-Star bonuses, $1,500 Calder bonuses, $1,000 club Vezina bonus, $1,000 club season bonus and $500 league Vezina bonus.And there was that all-expense paid mid-season holiday in Miami Beach after which the Wings began their final drive to the title.Crozier continued a Detroit tradition when he won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year and placed on the first All-Star team last Season.Terry Sawchuk won the Calder and made the first All-Star unit in 1950-51 and Glenn Hall did it in 1955-56. &#9632;

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Rookie Year Big For Roger, Pocketed $9,000 In Bonuses

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.Know those television commercials with the jars, test tubes and a beaker filled with acid, giving off vapors ?The acid causes all sorts of turmoil as a &ldquo;doctor&rdquo; in a white coat goes through a little test to show why his product is best at quieting upset stomachs.They&rsquo;re kind of far-fetched. If your stomach doesn&rsquo;t bother you. If it does, they aren&rsquo;t too humorous.Roger Crozier&rsquo;s stomach bothered him two months ago&mdash;intensely.&ldquo;For five days it was kind of touch and go. I don&rsquo;t remember too much about them.&rdquo;Crozier feels fine now, mentally and physically.&ldquo;Things look pretty good now. I can go off the diet to a certain extent. The medication I have now will solve most of the problems. I&rsquo;ll be able to eat a variety of things--it won&rsquo;t be the same old thing every day.&rdquo;Roger Crozier, at age 23, rookie of the year in the National Hockey League, All-star goaltender and almost Vezina Trophy winner&mdash;he missed by one goal, has pancreatitis.It&rsquo;s called &ldquo;The Rich Man&rsquo;s Disease&rdquo; because it generally hits men in the 35-40 age bracket who have been living too high, drinking too heavily. Crozier does neither and the doctors can&rsquo;t figure why it happened to him.But happen it did, two months ago at home in Bracebridge, Ont., at six a.m.&ldquo;The pain was unbelievable. I couldn&rsquo;t lie down, I couldn&rsquo;t stay up. My wife got the heating pad and that didn&rsquo;t help.&rdquo;They called the family doctor and rushed Roger to the hospital. He was there for nearly two weeks.Pancreatitis can be a fatal ailment and Crozier understandably was shaken. He was put on a diet and when he reported to the Red Wing camp in September he underwant three more days of hospital examinations. The doctors said he&rsquo;d be all right as long as he stayed with the diet.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s easier to say what I can&rsquo;t eat than what I can,&rdquo; Crozier said. &ldquo;Nothing fatty or greasy, no pork, no, whole milk&mdash;just skim milk, no gravy.&rdquo;He held his arm above his head to show how long the list is.After a game the common thing among the players is to have a few bottles of beer to replenish the liquids lost through perspiration during the game. Crozier can&rsquo;t even have that&hellip;nor even a bottle of pop unless it&rsquo;s the diet-type&mdash;non-carbonated.He &ldquo;celebrated&rdquo; his first shutout this season with 10 glasses of water. You&rsquo;d figure he&rsquo;d deserve more after coming up with the whitewash following an 8-1 shellacking the night before.Crozier&rsquo;s stomach flared up, both minor disturbances, twice after training began. The first, early in camp, was announced by the Wings as a slight back injury. The second time was the night of the All-Star game in Montreal.Crozier dressed and skated during the pregame warmup but then told All-Star coach Billy Reay, the Chicago Black Hawk leader, that he wasn&rsquo;t feeling too well and Crozier was examined by a Montreal physician in the dressing room.The doctor told Reay not to play Crozier and Reay, understandably not wishing to expose another club&rsquo;s goalkeeper to possible serious injury, put in Glenn Hall who played an excellent game. Crozier changed to street clothes and watched the game from behind the bench and told inquirers that he had &ldquo;a touch of the flu.&rdquo;The Wings then made arrangements for him to consult a leading gastro-intestinal specialist when he returned to Detroit and Crozier said &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got 100 questions for him.&rdquo;&ldquo;He had diagrams and pictures and showed me just what it is. The pancreas is inflamed and the pancreas is the main digestive gland. It produces acid and that goes into the blood stream. That&rsquo;s how you can tell what it is and I&rsquo;ll take blood tests every couple of weeks.&ldquo;The doctor said that within six months it should pretty well be straightened away.&ldquo;The medication will reduce the acids and I can begin eating more things and that will help.&ldquo;I was worried because I was feeling weak and he said that what I had been eating wasn&rsquo;t enough to keep my strength up.&ldquo;The medication and the break from the diet will make it easier on the road. At home you can stock up on these things but it&rsquo;s difficult when you&rsquo;re always eating in hotels and restaurants,&rdquo; the little goalkeeper said.&ldquo;One thing out of all of this, the doctors say I&rsquo;m in perfect condition other than the pancreatitis and it&rsquo;s nice to know that and that this will be cleared up too. They said that chances of its recurring are very small as long as I take care of myself.&rdquo;Roger is a thinking man&rsquo;s goalkeeper&hellip;a plotter.He jots down a goal allowance per month. The Wings had five games in October. Roger allowed himself 12 goals. Montreal got eight of them opening night but he turned around and blanked Toronto the next night to chop the goals against average in half.&ldquo;I might go over the 12 for October&hellip;there&rsquo;s a good chance of it,&rdquo; he said wryly. &ldquo;Then I&rsquo;ll try to make up for it in November. Say I allowed myself 25 in November, I&rsquo;d try to cut it to 22-23.&ldquo;That happened last year (Toronto blasted 10 pucks by him one night) and I had to make up for it.&ldquo;I started doing it in Pittsburgh. I didn&rsquo;t know what kind of a team we were going to have but I figured if I had a 2.50 goals against average and if we won half the games I figured we&rsquo;d make the playoffs. I figured that to end up first we&rsquo;d have to have 83 points and I think we hit it right on the nose.&ldquo;Then, last year, I allowed myself 175 goals and figured if we had 83 points we&rsquo;d be first or second.&rdquo;Again, he hit the goals against on the button and the Wings had 87 points for first place.Crozier says his figure juggling &ldquo;makes it more interesting&rdquo; and shortens a six-month season into one-month increments.But, after one season in the NHL, he isn&rsquo;t as optimistic as he was a year ago when he asked for and got a sizeable bonus clause if his goals against mark was 2.50.&ldquo;I figured if he could do 2.50 we&rsquo;d be right up there in the running,&rdquo; manager-coach Sid Abel said.Roger beat the 2.50 with a 2.42 and the Wings were indeed &ldquo;in&rsquo;the running.&rdquo; &#9632;

Crozier Battles Stomach Disorder As Well As Enemy Pucks For Wings

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01595/2304180-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="467" height="808"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY SAWCHUK</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Terry Sawchuk always took particular delight in stopping Alex Delvecchio during practices when Sawchuk was a Detroiter&hellip;Sawchuk hasn&rsquo;t changed&mdash;he stoned Delvecchio on three breakaways the first time the Wings met Toronto this season.Dit Clapper came over from his Peterborough, Ont., home to drop the first puck at the Red Wing home opener&hellip;he dropped it for Gordie Howe and Bill Gadsby who have joined Clapper as the only 20-year men in NHL history.The Wing home opener drew 13,093 fans, second largest in club history and exceeded only by last year&rsquo;s 14,323 who came out to greet Lindsay&rsquo;s comeback.Carl Voss, retired referee in chief, was a press box visitor, showed pictures of his new home in Boca Raton, Fla., just a few block from the ocean and with a swimming pool attached to the house.Abel&rsquo;s explanation of the 8-1 opening night defeat in Montreal: &ldquo;They were terrific and we were terrible. No one would have beaten them.&rdquo;The Wings, who hardly back-checked, picked it up the next night at Olympia and blanked Toronto, 3-0, and outshot the Leafs, 43-23, with Andy Bathgate getting his first Red Wing goal and new defenseman Bob McCord picking up a pair of assists. &#9632;

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Wing Star Thwarted By Sawchuk

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02556/2304211-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRUCE MacGREGOR&hellip;Making It On His Own</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;There was some thought that Bruce MacGregor would suffer by the second retirement of Ted Lindsay, that the tiger no longer would be in his tank.Lindsay is the first to dispel that. Old Blood and Guts was a little embarassed by all the cerdit he was given for the emergence of MacGregor as a bona fide star with the Red Wings.Ted was very pointed about it during a &ldquo;Tribute to Ted Lindsay Night&rdquo; during the exhibition season when, with thousands listening at Olympia and the Red Wings all lined up at the blue line, Lindsay said:&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to thank a young fellow by the name of Bruce MacGregor who waited &lsquo;until I got here to find himself so that I could be given all the credit.&rdquo;MacGregor himself dispelled the notion that he couldn&rsquo;t do it on his own the only way it can be proved&mdash;on the ice.In the off-season, when manager-coach Sid Abel was wheeling and dealing, after he&rsquo;d already made big trades with Toronto and Boston, he was seeking a proven defenseman.When you eliminated the untouchables&mdash;Howe, Ullman, Delvecchio, Henderson, Crozier, the defensemen on hand and the newly-acquired players, there was just one player who could be considered big enough to draw&rsquo; the kind of rearguard Abel wanted&mdash;the one was MacGregor.The 24-year-old redhead just turned in his first 20 goal season&mdash;he had 21&mdash;and he had a fine year all-around offensively and defensively. Abel was pleased by the performances of many&mdash;Ullman&rsquo;s 42 goals, Crozier&rsquo;s superb work, Howe, Delvecchio&mdash;but MacGregor&rsquo;s blossoming pleased him more than any other.Abel talked trade with the New York Rangers and was within one-sixteenth of an inch of closing it.But he wouldn&rsquo;t trade MacGregor.&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t trade him, not when he&rsquo;d just broken through.&rdquo;MacGregor quickly has shown the faith wasn&rsquo;t misplaced. A fan favorite because of his deft penalty-killing, tireless and swift skating and fearlessness, MacGregor was outstanding as the Wings opened defense of their N.H.L. championship.He scored Detroit&rsquo;s first goal of the season and showed supreme confidence with the puck, was jumping on the opposition, almost always seemed to be at the right spot at the right time.MacGregor put it simply: &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no place I&rsquo;d rather play than Detroit. I don&rsquo;t want to leave here.&rdquo; &#9632;

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MacGregor’s Star Rising With Wings

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O.K. You’ve got the equipment and a hockey stick. Now let’s get down to improving your game with the one item that counts. Skates.

Founded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie, President and PublisherWill V. Cote, Vice-Pres. and Gen Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates: $4.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth $5.00 in the U.S.A, and $7.00 in 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. 19 MONTREAL. NOVEMBER 6. 1965 No. 4 &#9632;

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06161/2304356-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg"></div><h2>Expansion Schedule Too Lona Says Fan</h2>Hockey News Editor:After reading the proposed NHL expansion plan, I have written this letter to express my dissatisfaction with one phase of it: the length of the regular season schedule.If adopted, this proposed schedule, would consist of 74 games (each team would play 10 games with every team in the same division, and 4 with each one in the other division). This is too many games from both the fans and players viewpoint.If each club were to play 8 games with the teams in its own division, the number of games in the schedule could be reduced by 10 to 64, and the length of the season shortened by over one month. This plan would help to eliminate the present danger of over-exposure from the future of NHL development.JEROME BLOOBYRD Worcester, Mas.<h2>Players Turn Up In Strange Places</h2>Hockey News Editor:At the NHL summer meetings, the American and Western Hockey Leagues conducted the reverse draft. These teams drafted players from NHL lists. The Cleveland Barons drafted Adam Keller from Detroit; Rochester drafted Bob Barlow from Montreal. Bobby Perreault was nabbed by Victoria from Boston&rsquo;s list. I would like to know why these players are not playing for teams that drafted them. Perreault is playing for Rochester and Keller is with Seattle. Please explain this situation. I&rsquo;m sure other readers are in doubt on this subject also.NEIL KOEPKE, Avon Lake, Ohio.(Ed. Note: Bob Perreault expressed a desire to play in the East this season and the Toronto Maple Leafs, who operate both Victoria and Rochester, sent Perreault to Rochester after training camp rather than leave him in the WHL.Adam Keller was assigned to Seattle by Montreal Canadiens, who own his contract. Canadiens picked him up from Cleveland. Both Cleveland and Seattle have a working agreement with Montreal).<h2>Why Not An Assist On Penalty Shots?</h2>Hockey News Editor:As a new season fast approaches, I would like some assistance with a question that has been bothering me for quite some time. If you are able to print the answer in an up-and-coming issue, I think it might be beneficial to other people as well.The situation: A man receives a perfect pass from his teammate and breaks into the clear. Enroute to the goal he is tripped from behind and the referee calls for a penalty shot, which is taken and made successfully.Question: The idea for a penalty shot, as far as I can see, is to give the offensive player the same advantage as he had when he broke in all alone. However, my question has to do with his teammate, the one who set him up for the breakaway. Does this man receive an assist if the penalty shot is made? And if not, why? Most likely the player will score the goal, if not interfered with, and an assist would be credited.With the scoring in hockey being1 equal for a goal or an assist, the credit for a successful penalty shot should go to both the scorer and the player that set the play up (if there was one).Would appreciate an answer to this.MICHAEL L. STEINBERG Norfolk, Virginia(Ed Note: The NHL does not award assists on penalty shots. Only the actual scorer is credited with a point if he nets the puck.)<h2>Buffalo Deal Proof Farm System Sub Par</h2>Hockey News Editor:I would first like to congratulate the editors, writers and all the people who make the paper possible. You&rsquo;re doing a great job, keep up the good work.I&rsquo;ve been a great hockey fan for many years and have felt up to now that the farm system was adequate. However, I have now reached the breaking point.I live close to Buffalo and follow the Bisons closely in the AHL. This year the team opened their season with 14 professional players,&mdash;six of them holdovers from last year&rsquo;s club and two are goalies, and five amateurs. However, the only help we received from the Chicago Black Hawks was one man. The Black Hawks were very nice to us by sending good material to the St. Louis Braves of the CPHL. They sent such bad (?) players as: Art Stratton, an untried professional who happened to be on the first all-star team in the AHL and drew praise from everybody for his play-making ability. Oscar Gaudet and John Miszuk of last year&rsquo;s Bisons. Also to St. Louis went Dave Richardson, Dick Meissner, Pat Stapleton, and goaltender Denis DeJordy, who some people in this area consider to be superb. Others consider him to be only great.I suggest that a parent team should be forced to offer a player to their highest farm club. If they don&rsquo;t want him, then they could send him to lower-classed teams. I don&rsquo;t know if this would work but let&rsquo;s have some reform.DAVID KARRE North Tonawanda, New York.<h2>N.Y. Radio Coverage Miffs Rangers&rsquo; Fans</h2>Hockey News Editor:If any Ranger fan is as disgusted with the coverage of the Blues games on WHN radio as I am, I wish he would write in to the station and complain. My complaint is this: the last six minutes of the first and second periods are broadcast and then the entire third period. It always seems to me, however, that when part of the game is off the air, that is the part when all the action takes place. It is hard, too, to keep in the spirit of the game when a period is interrupted.The address to write to is: General Manager, c/o WHN Radio, New York, New York. If enough people write in and ask that the whole game be broadcast, perhaps WHN will agree. For Ranger fans this is quite a change from last year when two games a week were on the air; now we only get half a game per week. So please write in and let&rsquo;s see if we can do something about this unfair situation.PATRICIA SLEGESKY New York.(Ed. Note: We can understand Miss Siegesky&rsquo;s point, but on the other hand other program and commercial commitments on the part of WHN would lead us to believe that the Station is programming to the best of its ability. If the General Manager of WHN wishes to comment,&mdash;we&rsquo;ll be pleased to print).<h2>Chicago Fans Organize Fred Stanfield Club</h2>Hockey News Editor:I don&rsquo;t know if you make a practice of publicizing fan clubs, but I have a fan club for Fred Stanfield of the Chicago Black Hawks.If anyone would be interested in joining they should write to me at 1537 East 84th Place, Chicago, Illinois 60619.KATHY FANNING, Chicago, DI. &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Bring back Eddi Shack.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01574/2304394-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="285" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Shock</figcaption></div>That&rsquo;s what you heard everywhere in Toronto. the Monday after Leafs&rsquo; first weekend doubleheader of the 196566 National Hockey League schedule.Leafs, you&rsquo;ll recall, were beaten, 4-0, by Chicago in their home opener, with Bobby Hull scoring three goals, then went to Detroit the following night and were defeated, 3-0. It was their worst beginning ever.&ldquo;Shack&rsquo;s the only guy that can handle Hull,&rdquo; was the way one line of reasoning went.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll still lose with Shack but it wovld at least be entertaining,&rdquo; according to another school of thought.At any rate, there were Leafs away down in last place and there was Eddie the Entertainer down in the American League with Rochester Americans.There was no indication he was likely to return in the near future, no matter how bad things got with Leafs. More probable candidates for promotion included Brian Conacher, Pete Stemkowski and Mike Walton.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02532/2304387-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="2260" height="1171"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Leafs are expecting big things from FRANK MAHOVLICH, shown here in a scoring action against Montreal&rsquo;s CHARLIE HODGE. Mahovlich had a tremendous training camp and was among the team&rsquo;s top goal producers. The &lsquo;Big M&rsquo; claims he&rsquo;s more relaxed this season and rarin to go.</figcaption></div>On the subject of Shack, coach Punch Imlach has his mind completely made up. A Stanley Cup team could afford to keep him around; a club that&rsquo;s trying to climb out of fourth place can&rsquo;t put up with his errors.It&rsquo;s unlikely Toronto fans will get a chance to see their favorite player in action until after Christmas when the Rochester club transfers 10 of its home games to Maple Leaf Gardens, while a bowling tournament is occupying their regular rink.This is admittedly one of the reasons Shack was sent to Rochester. He&rsquo;s to serve as a drawing card, not only in Toronto where he&rsquo;s well-known but all around the American League circuit. There&rsquo;s also a possibility he will be loaned to Leaf farm teams in the Western League af Victoria, B.C., and in the Central League at Tulsa, Okla.When training camp opened at Peterborough in September, Shack reported directly to Joe Crozier, Amerks&rsquo; coach and general manager. It was understood he&rsquo;d be joining Crozier&rsquo;s lineup, without any tryout with Leafs at all.Shack balked at this treatment, staging a 24-hour walkout, but changed his mind and signed a 1965-66 contract. He even agreed to a deal which gives him an NHL salary only if he makes it back to Leafs.Subsequently, he stated he&rsquo;d quit hockey if he didn&rsquo;t return to the Toronto roster within a month.Shack&rsquo;s always been a controversial figure from the time coach Phil Watson promoted him to New York Rangers in 1958. By 1960, though, Rangers had lost patience with him and traded him to Leafs for Pat Hannigan and Johnny Wilson. Shack got 14 goals in 55 games with Leafs that season and it looked as if Imlach had made a shrewd trade.The next year Leafs won the Stanley Cup and retained it twice for three consecutive world professional titles. Shack was a member of all three teams.Last winter, he seldom appeared and the fact he shot only five goals is no indication of the kind of season he had. Leafs were bad on home ice throughout most of the schedule and Shack, at times, was the only diverting thing they had going for them.There was no question about his being on shaky ground, especially with the Leaf farm system developing droves of excellent young prospects. But it was a little surprising that he&rsquo;d be dumped with no chance to defend his position in a training camp contest. He was simply moved out with no trial whatever.Many of Imlach&rsquo;s players were surprised, for this step wasn&rsquo;t in keeping with their leader&rsquo;s longstanding policy of standing by fellows who&rsquo;d put out for him.Moreover, there were some who felt Shack had some value to the team.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s like the hydrogen bomb,&rdquo; it was explained. &ldquo;Even if you don&rsquo;t use him, he&rsquo;s important because the other side knows you have him ready. They hesitate to try anything funny for that reason.&rdquo;But the truth of the matter is this: Leafs&rsquo; operations in Rochester, Victoria and Tulsa need help at the box office and if Eddie Shack is what they need to awaken business, then that&rsquo;s where he is most useful to the organization. &#9632;

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Leafs Lose First Two-But Shack Not Coming Back

<div class="byline">By DINK CARROLL&nbsp;(As seen in The Montreal Gazette)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01608/2304456-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="287" height="366"></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Bobby Hull has been blasting away with both barrels, averaging two goals per game, and making such a noise that he has had everybody looking and also wondering when he&rsquo;s going to let up. It was pointed out to Billy Reay, coach of the Chicago Black Hawks, that if he keeps going like that he&rsquo;ll wind up with 140 goals at the end of the 70-game schedule.Billy smiled. &ldquo;Nobody does that,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But he should have a great year if he can avoid injuries and not run into too many dry spells. Those are the things that stopped him in the second half a year ago.&rdquo;What does he consider Hull&rsquo;s greatest asset? Is it his skating?&ldquo;Partly,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but he&rsquo;s got a great shot. I&rsquo;d say he does everything well.&rdquo;It used to be said of the Chicago star that he tried to do everything himself, that if he passed the puck more he might be even more effective because it would come back to him.&ldquo;Look,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;there are so many-guys out there who don&rsquo;t want the puck that you&rsquo;re lucky if you have one on your team who wants it and isn&rsquo;t afraid of making a mistake. What about Henri Richard? When he&rsquo;s on the ice we don&rsquo;t look for the puck. We look for Henri because we know he&rsquo;ll be where it is.&ldquo;I have to rate him as the best little hockey player I&rsquo;ve ever seen. He&rsquo;s small but he&rsquo;s strong and he&rsquo;s got hockey brains. He always seems to be in the right place at the right time. I&rsquo;ve heard it said that he carries the puck too much. But how can he headman the puck? The other guys on his line have a tough time trying to keep up with him as it is.&rdquo;<h2>Stickhandlers In Motion</h2>Coach Toe Blake of the Canadiens said recently that he thought Henri was the best stickhandler in the league today. Would he agree with that rating?Billy smiled again. &ldquo;Nobody&rsquo;s going to get me into that kind of a discussion,&rdquo; he replied. &ldquo;Speed and stickhandling usually go together. The good skaters are the good stickhandlers. The way they play this game today, you can&rsquo;t stand stil and stickhandle. You have to be in motion. Nobody can tell me Hull isn&rsquo;t a good stickhandler.Some close observers alleged a year ago that Hull was getting into the bad habit of shooting from too far out. Was he still pulling the trigger from 80 and 90 feet?&ldquo;Sometimes, but perhaps that&rsquo;s my fault,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I encourage him to shoot. He&rsquo;s got that terrific slapshot and quite a few of them wind up in the net. I have to tell you right now that Bobby is a pretty good listener. He can take advice.&rdquo;Last season Billy made a good move when he put Phil Esposito on the line with Hull. It seemed to help both players.&ldquo;I think it did,&rdquo; he agreed. &ldquo;Esposito has good moves. If I have to criticize him I&rsquo;d say he could be more determined.&rdquo;Billy was asked about Dennis Hull, Bobby&rsquo;s young brother. A year ago he was predicting a bright future for him.<h2>He Believes In Three Lines</h2>&ldquo;I still feel the same way about him,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think he&rsquo;s improved over last year. I can&rsquo;t give him as much ice time as he needs to develop faster because I believe in going with three lines.&ldquo;I know Sid Abel uses four and says he thought that&rsquo;s why Detroit finished first last season. But I noticed he had his big guys out there a good deal of the time. You have to play them if they&rsquo;re going to keep their edge. If we play back-to-back games on a weekend, Dennis Hull usually sees action in the Sunday game. The big guys may be a little tired then.&rdquo;Billy pooh-poohs reports that Hull and Stan Mikita are more interested in personal appearances than in team effort.That&rsquo;s nothing but paper talk,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;With Hull and Mikita, it&rsquo;s like having Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on the same team. I don&rsquo;t know who starts that stuff, but it isn&rsquo;t true. Come to think of it, they used to say the same thing about Elmer Lach and the Rocket when I played for Canadiens. That was nonesense, too. Hockey is a team game and a guy won&rsquo;t last very long if he doesn&rsquo;t play it that way.&rdquo;From the way the teams have started, it looks as though the Canadiens and the Black Hawks are the class of the league this season.&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t say that,&rdquo; Billy cautioned. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t overlook that Toronto team. They&rsquo;ve got too many good hockey players.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Bobby Hull Does Everything Well Says Coach Reay

<div class="byline">BY BOB GATES</div>BOSTON, MassIt didn&rsquo;t take Milt Schmidt long to scramble his lines and hang out new ones.In the very first period of the season opener, the Bruins&rsquo; coach pulled Tommy Williams off right wing and put him at center.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02536/2304494-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="290" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bucyk</figcaption></div>The move had a two fold purpose, as Schmidt explained. It gave Boston some experience and free-wheeling speed at center ice&mdash;where the Bruins are sorely lacking strength. And it pumped some more muscle and defensive acumen, in the person of Eddie Westfall, back into the No. 1 unit.It was Westfall, the strongskating converted defenseman, who helped perk up Johnny Bucyk and center Murray Oliver when he was added to that line late last season.Williams, the lone American-born-and-bred operator in the NHL, is happiest at center iee and was delighted with the change.&ldquo;I always played center before coming to Boston,&rdquo; Tommy explained. &ldquo;I feel more at home in that position. I don&rsquo;t like to wait. I like to move. On the wing you have to hesitate. I like to carry the puck&mdash;it gives me confidence. And I&rsquo;ll have more of that at center,&rdquo; he added.At first, Schmidt had veterans Prentice and Ron Stewart playing together. But the coach figured he wasn&rsquo;t getting the maximum playing them both on the same line. So he put Williams between Prentice and Reggie Fleming, with Ron Schock centering a third unit &lsquo;twixt Parker MacDonald and big &ldquo;Stew&rdquo;.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03448/2304487-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="468" height="834"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED WESTFALL&hellip;Beefs Up Line</figcaption></div>The Bruins played their first three games on home ice, their next three on the road.Some of the same mental errors, missed scoring opportunities, and general letdown which plagued them in the past was in evidence again in early action. In the season&rsquo;s opener at Boston Garden, which the Bruins lost to Chicago, 6-2, Boston almost ran the Black Hawks off the ice in the opening period. The Bruins, on Westfall&rsquo;s goal, led 1-0 at the first juncture, but should have gone out with a two or even three-goal advantage. They had several made-to-measure opportunities, but couldn&rsquo;t find the right fit.And after the first 20 minutes Boston just, as Schmidt put it, &ldquo;ran out of steam. We made bad defensive plays in our own end. Several times we had the puck and gave it right back. But the big thing was that we just stopped working.&rdquo;Milt was at a loss to explain it.&ldquo;It isn&rsquo;t anything new,&rdquo; the coach said. &ldquo;We played one good period in just about each of our 11 exhibition games. It can&rsquo;t continue!&rdquo;BRUIN NOTES&hellip;Goalie Ed Johnston thinks Bobby Hull is firing harder than ever. One of the Golden Hawk&rsquo;s bombs busted Johnston&rsquo;s big stick. &ldquo;Another,&rdquo; said Eddie, &ldquo;hit the boards behind the net with the loudest crash I&rsquo;ve ever heard. It was a real blast.&rdquo;Boston Garden was again having problems with its ice-making equipment. A considerable sum was spent during the summer cleaning the pipes and making repairs. But in early games there were still bad patches which required special between-period attention. &#9632;

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Schmidt Scrambles Front Lines To Generate More Scoring Punch

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05281/2304532-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="593" height="689"></div>NORTHLAND BALANCE&ldquo;It feels right!&rdquo; That&rsquo;s why in &lsquo;64-&rsquo;65, eight of the NHL&rsquo;s nine top scorers used Northland Pro sticks. Olympic teams and outstanding teams around the world share their opinion&mdash;Northland&rsquo;s 100%! Extra care in all operations plus painstaking final sanding is what makes Northland balance so great.Of course materials count, too. Northland blades of tough, stringy rock elm resist splitting better than those of any other wood. The stiffness of northern white ash in Northland Pro handles means they flex to whip the puck with extra kick and accuracy.Why don&rsquo;t you give yourself the same chance in practice or in play, with a Northland stick?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06231/2304525-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="594" height="511"></div> &#9632;

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Top pros can tell a Northland Stick BLINDFOLDED !

NASHVILLE, Tenn.&mdash;Marv Edwards almost lost the goalie mask that he&rsquo;s been sporting for protection in the Nashville cage.It seems a Port Colborne, Ont. doctor who molded the mask a couple of years ago never had received compensation for doing the job. Naturally club prexy Patterson put up the $125. &#9632;

Nashville Pays Off Edwards’ Mask Tab

BOSTON, Mass.The Boston Bruins called up goalie Bob Ring from their Niagara Falls, Ont., amateur farm club to replace rookie Gerry Cheevers, who injured his knee in the club&rsquo;s 2-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04353/2304587-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="271" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Johnston</figcaption></div>The Bruins also sent rookie forward&mdash;defenseman Paul Popiel to Hershey Bears of the AHL on 24-hour recall to make room for Ring.A team official said Cheevers, injured in his National Hockey League debut, probably would be out of action 10 days. Meanwhile, veteran Ed Johnston is expected to be in the nets and Ring will be available for duty if Johnston is hurt.Cheevers was injured in the first period when a Toronto player fell across him in a skirmish in front of the Boston goal. He played the rest of the game but his right knee became painful and developed stiffness. &#9632;

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Bruins Call On Junior As Johnston Standby

<div class="byline">By GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Gilles Tremblay, who missed 34 games last season after being sidelined with a broken 1eg, is back in action and skating in old&mdash;time form.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01592/2304625-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="292" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Tremblay</figcaption></div>His progress during the off-season has been such that there&rsquo;s no trace whatever of stiffness, limps or other scary after-effects of the injury he suffered last December. In fact, Gilles, one of the most gifted skaters in hockey today, is highly pleased with the way his damaged leg has responded to the call of action.&ldquo;It feels good,&rdquo; he said, after testing it in the opening games of the schedule. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m moving up and down the wing without trouble, and I have no difficulty turning on the speed when I get a breakaway. I have to say I&rsquo;m satisfied with my skating. And, of course, I&rsquo;m very relieved about it.&rdquo;Tremblay&rsquo;s leg was the cause of some concern during the offseason, and gave rise to rumors that it was not responding too well to treatment. He went through a difficult summer, during which he exercised the leg regularly and even lifted weights with it. He skated as often as possible, by attending various summer hockey schools. It seemed to be coming along fairly well, but always there was doubt as to how it would actually respond when put to the test of NHL action. It has now passed the test, and that rush of air you hear is the sight of relief from Canadiens&rsquo; management, who&rsquo;ve been holding their breath till Tremblay came through.However, while there are no problems about Tremblay&rsquo;s leg, there is a slight problem concerning his technique. He is, not surprisingly, pretty rusty after his lengthy layoff and it&rsquo;s starting to show when he&rsquo;s in front of the net. He missed some glorious opportunities in the first few contests and that, in turn, brought some strangled cries from the area just behind the Canadiens&rsquo; bench. Said Toe Blake: &ldquo;Naturally the man has got to be rusty after such a long time on the shelf. He&rsquo;ll come around. His puck-handling and shooting is a bit ragged right now, but it&rsquo;ll improve. He needs to gain accuracy with his shooting, and I&rsquo;m sure he will.&rdquo;What does Tremblay say ? &ldquo;Most of the chances, I&rsquo;ve misser, so far, have been on my own rebounds right in front of the net. I shoot the puck at the goalie&mdash;hard&mdash;and he makes the stop. The puck rebounds right out to me again, but because I&rsquo;ve lifted my stick in taking the shot, it&rsquo;s still off the ice. So the puck goes right past me, before I can trap it. It&rsquo;s a matter of timing, and my timing is off because I&rsquo;m rusty.&rdquo;Strangely, Gilles didn&rsquo;t look rusty in Canadiens&rsquo; opening game, when they walloped Detroit 8-1. Playing the very first shift on a line with Henri Richard and Claude Provost, Gilles scored the first goal of the new season. Scarcely had the game begun, when Provost slipped the puck to the Pocket Rocket who sailed goalward with Tremblay alongside. Tremblay took Richard&rsquo;s pass and beat Detroit&rsquo;s Roger Crozier after just 1.44 minutes of play. It was an outstanding return to action for the likeable Gilles, in what amounted to his first regular game of hockey in nearly ten months. He was rewarded with a deafening ovation from the opening game crowd of nearly 15,000, most of whom seemed overjoyed to see Tremblay back and clicking.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02564/2304618-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1642" height="1368"><figcaption class="caption-body">Canadiens&rsquo; coach TOE BLAKE talks with his scoring ace and club captain JEAN BELIVEAU during a team workout. Blake is again banking on the Habs&rsquo; ice giant to carry the club&rsquo;s attack this year.</figcaption></div>That goal was Tremblay&rsquo;s 96th in what amounted to 263 regular games. In other words, he&rsquo;s closing in on the 100-goal mark in roughly 3% seasons of actual playing time. Though he joined Canadiens in 1960-61, injuries have prevented Gilles from playing a full schedule every year but one. He managed to go a full 70 games without mishap in 1961-62, and he celebrated the event by firing 32 goals plus 22 assists. Of his scoring prowess, Toe Blake has said: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a natural 30-goal a year man. He has a fine shot and usually he&rsquo;s very accurate. All he needs is his confidence and he&rsquo;ll do fine.&rdquo;If it works out that way&mdash;and it should&mdash;Canadiens will gain strength in an area that has long been considered a weak spot. Left wing has been something of a problem with Habs in recent years, though at one time it was a tower of strength. When they had Dickie Moore and Bert Olmstead patrolling the port side, they were well set and Stanley Cups abounded. They also had rugged characters like Marcel Bonin on that side, giving the team plenty of muscle to go with their scoring power. But Olmstead retired, Moore&rsquo;s knees gave out and Bonin&rsquo;s back forced him to quit. That opened the flood-gates and for a while left wing was a problem area. Canadiens thought back to the days when they had some of the game&rsquo;s all-time greats playing on their left wing&hellip;men like Aurel Joliat and, later, a starry fellow named Toe Blake&hellip;and it only made the problem seem more acute. That&rsquo;s when they got Gilles Tremblay. &#9632;

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Leg Okay, Tremblay Says He’s Rusty; Habs Winger Eyeing 100th NHL Goal

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The Ortisei Hockey Club of Italy is on the hunt for a young French speaking trainer-player for the forthcoming winter hockey season.Ortisei club officials said they would pay the return air fare for the player selected and that he would have to arrive around Nov. 20 for a three-months period. Full board and meals would be provided in a comfortable hotel and in addition the Ortisei club would undertake to pay a retainer the equivalent of $1,000 a month.The Ortisei Hockey Club is a dynamic one and competes in a league with teams from Bolzano, Milan, Cortina, Innsbruck, Garmisch and Kitz-buhel.The player wanted should be around 24-25 years of age and should be able to play defense and forward both. He will benefit from speaking French in order to make himself understood with Italian players.Joseph Rifesser, a representative of the Ortisei Hockey Club, will be in New York from Nov. 12 and would be glad to provide further details at the Pickwick Arms Hotel.Applicants should write to Mr. Peter Casson, Penthouse &lsquo;A&rsquo;, 340 East 51st Street, New York, N.Y. or call 838-5045.Club officials state that this is a wonderful opportunity for the right man. &#9632;

Italian Hockey Team Seeking Trainer—Player

&ldquo;You like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Includings on Wed., Nov. 3)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04347/2304680-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="559" height="172"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Oct. 27New York 3 at Montreal 4Toronto 2 at Boston 1Thurs., Oct. 28Chicago 2 at Detroit 1Sat., Oct. 30Chicago 6 at Montreal 4Detroit 3 at Toronto 4New York 8 at Boston 2Sun., Oct. 31Montreal 2 at Detroit 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed., Nov. 3Toronto at New YorkBoston at ChicagoThurs., Nov. 4Toronto at MontrealBoston at DetroitSat., Nov. 6Boston at MontrealNew York at TorontoSun., Nov. 7Montreal at BostonToronto at ChicagoDetroit at New YorkWed., Nov. 10Montreal at TorontoBoston at New YorkDetroit at ChicagoThurs., Nov. 11New York at DetroitSat., Nov. 13Montreal at ChicagoNew York at TorontoSun., Nov. 14Montreal at DetroitToronto at BostonNew York at Chicago &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;At the start of the 196566 National Hockey League season, Chicago Black Hawk coach Billy Reay was worried about his club having to play its first four games on the road. Now, with four straight victories behind them, the Hawks begin a five-game stand in Chicago Stadium and Reay is worrying that his Hawks might let up a little although the club&rsquo;s record so far doesn&rsquo;t leave much room for worrying by the coach.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01607/2304711-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="259" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Arnie Brown</figcaption></div>In last week&rsquo;s action, the Hawks, led again by left winger Bobby Hull, left two more clubs with the worry of how to stop the Hawks. In four games this season, Chicago has as many wins and have scored 21 goals while beaten for seven goals. Hull has scored eight goals and assisted on three others. He scored four in last week&rsquo;s two games and his seven points for the week shot him from fourth place to the top of the scoring parade with 11 points, the same number as Bobby Rousseau of Montreal Canadiens. Hull, however, gets top billing because of his league leading eight goals. Rousseau leads in assists with eight.In their first four road games last season, Hawks won one, lost two and tied the other and scored 13 goals while having 15 scored against them. Hull, who scored 32 goals in his first 35 games a year ago, didn&rsquo;t get his eighth until the ninth game.While Chicago is in first place with eight points, Montreal Canadiens are not far behind. After winning their first three games, Canadiens were defeated 6-4 by Hawks at Montreal Saturday and then held to a 2-2 tie Sunday in Detroit. Montreal, in second place with seven points, holds a three-point margin over third place Toronto Maple Leafs, winners of both starts last week after being shut out in their first two games. Detroit Red Wings are fourth with three points, one more than New York. Boston Bruins, who are having injury problems with their goaltenders, are still looking for their first victory.Doug Mohns of Chicago is third in scoring with 10 points, including five goals. Next, with seven points each, are Jean Beliveau and Jacques Laper-riere of Montreal and Stan Mikita of Chicago. Four players have five points each&mdash;Doug Robinson of New York, Dick Duff of Canadiens and Alex Delvecchio and Gord Howe of Detroit.Glenn Hall of Chicago leads goaltenders with a 1.75 goals-against average. Arnie Brown of New York is penalty leader with 19 minutes while Montreal leads all teams with 95 minutes. &#9632;

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Hawks Register Four Road Wins Before First Home Ice Test; Hall, Hull Spark Opening Sweep

Big league hockey fans haven&rsquo;t heard too much about young Doug Robinson since he came into the NHL but the betting is that they will be quite familiar with this dynamic left winger in the near future.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03449/2304742-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="269" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Robinson</figcaption></div>Robinson, who is only 24, has jumped into the lead among the scorers on the New York Rangers with five points in three games and his play has been scintillating for the Blues.Acquired from the Chicago Black Hawks last year in a multiple player trade, Robinson is rapidly making his mark with the Rangers. He fits into the new club pattern of young legs and he has justified the faith the New York club put in him when they lured him away from the Hawks.Combining on a line with newcomer Gary Peters and fiery John McKenzie, Robinson has shot to the forefront in the Rangers&rsquo; offence. Hockey men ore predicting a bright future for the former AHL rookie of the year. He can skate, pass and shoot with equal proficiency and his addition to the Blues is another step forward for the New Yorkers as they strive to grab the playoff ring.El Producto is pleased to salute Doug Robinson of the Rangers as the NHL&rsquo;s player of the week. &#9632;

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The Player Of The Week

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, OhioTall Tom McCarthy, who has kicked around the hockey scene in five different leagues for the past 10 years and now is with his 14th club, is a nomad who just may have pitched his tent for keeps with the Cleveland Barons.The 6&rsquo;2&rdquo; 195-pounder, who operates from the left wing position and temporarily is teaming with Ron Attwell and Howie Glover on the Barons&rsquo; first line, never has played long enough in one place to get to know his neighbors.McCarthy&rsquo;s longest tenure of service with one club was with Portland of the Western Hockey League, with whom he spent the 1962-63 and 196364 seasons.The tall winger comes to the Barons through the courtesy of the Montreal Canadiens, who had him at Tulsa of the Central Hockey League last season. McCarthy earned his shot with the Barons by a tremendous year that saw him pump home 53 goals and assist on 44 others to pile up 97 points, good for the league leadership.Good as that record was, McCarthy surpassed it in 1961-62 with Kingston of the Eastern Professional Hockey League. At Kingston, he had a 53-45-98 record.McCarthy has been with Saskatoon, Vancouver, Edmonton and Victoria, as well as with Portland, in the WHL; spent parts of three seasons with Detroit and a half season with Boston of the National Hockey League; put in brief service with Providence and the better part of one year with Hershey of the American Hockey League and also saw service with Sudbury of the EPHL.A big forward who draws a steady bead on opponents&rsquo; nets can be of outstanding help to the Barons, whose scoring punch in 1964-65 could stand beefing up.In the recent exhibition schedule, McCarthy indicated he retains his eye for the net, coming through with a hat trick in one game.&ldquo;McCarthy will fool you,&rdquo; says Cleveland Coach Fred Glover. &ldquo;Like many big players, he gives the impression of being slow or lackadaisical, but just let him get his stick on the puck near the net and watch him go to work.&ldquo;He knows how to score&mdash;and that&rsquo;s what we need.&rdquo; &#9632;

Nomad McCarthy May Be At End Of Travels

(Including Games of Sun., Oct. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01604/2304811-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="588" height="2470"></div><h2>Goalkeeper&rsquo;s Records</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02557/2304804-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="546" height="482"></div><h2>Penalties in Minutes by Clubs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03481/2304797-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="544" height="227"></div> &#9632;

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NHL Point Race

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;A group of prominent businessmen headed by the Knox brothers, Seymour III and Northrup, made Buffalo an official applicant for a National Hockey League franchise during the annual NHL all-star game in Montreal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04397/2304842-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="263" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ruby Pastor</figcaption></div>The Knox brothers attended the game, conferred with NHL owners and filed the official application with Clarence Campbell, the NHL president.As this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press, four cities had been granted conditional franchises in the new six-team division. They are Los Angeles, St. Louis, Vancouver and San Francisco-Oakland.In addition to Buffalo, other cities bidding for the remaining two places are Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis-St. Paul.Joining the Knox brothers in the proposed Buffalo club are Paul Schoellkopf, G. F. Goodyear, J. T. J. Stewart, Arthur Victor Jr., R. B. Taylor, H. K. Campbell and J. F. Schoelikopf IV.The group filed the application after reaching an agreement with the Pastor brothers, Ruby, Sam and Al, owners of the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League. The Pastor brothers would have an interest in the new club, and the current Bisons would be absorbed by the new company, should the NHL application be accepted.The Knox brothers held a series of private meetings with NHL club owners in Montreal, and Seymour met with Campbell for 90 minutes.The brothers were confident they had made a good impression.&ldquo;We came here to acquaint the NHL owners with the situation in Buffalo, and I&rsquo;m certain we accomplished that,&rdquo; said Seymour Knox.&ldquo;We assured them that we have the three prime requisites&mdash;finances, facilities and fans. We have been told the seating in Memorial Auditorium can be raised from the present 9,800 to 13,500.&rdquo;The Knox brothers went to Montreal with little hopes of getting a franchise, and left with the feeling that Buffalo had a chance of being accepted in the current expansion program.&ldquo;We put our best foot forward, and we were warmly received,&rdquo; said Seymour. &ldquo;Now, we can only wait and hope for the best.&rdquo;The group is prepared to put up between $3 and $5 million to operate in the NHL. &#9632;

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Buffalo Boasts Finances, Facilities, Fans

<h2>Wed., Oct. 27 NEW YORK 3 AT MONTREAL 4</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Simmons; defence: Howell, Brown, Hillman, McMahon, Neilson, Seiling; forwards: Goyette. Nevin, Mashall, Gilbert, Ingarfield. Hadfield, McKenzie. Angotti, Brenneman, Ratelie, Peters, Robinson.MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Worsley, Hodge; defence: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Talbot, Harris, Harper; forwards: Richard, Provost, G. Tremblay, Beliveau, Rousseau, Duff, Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Coumoyer, Balon. Berenson, Roberts.Referee: Fryday; linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico, Pavelich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05330/2304915-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="549" height="742"></div><h2>TORONTO 2 AT BOSTON 1</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk, Bower; defence: Pronovost, Baun, Stanley, Douglas, Horton; forwards: Ellis, Mahovlich, Joyal. Kelly, Pappin, Pulford, Armstrong, Selby. Keon, Jeffrey, Kurtenbach.BOSTON&mdash;Goal Cheevers, Johnston; defence: Green, Langlois, Awrey, Woytowich, Boivin; forwards: Stewart, Crisp. MacDonald. Williams, Prentice. Oliver, Bucyk, Westfall, Schock, Fleming, Dillabough.Referee&mdash;Ashley; linesmen: Sopp. Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06295/2304908-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="542" height="454"></div><h2>Thurs., Oct. 28 CHICAGO 5 AT DETROIT 1</h2>CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall, Dryden; defence: Pilote, Vasko. Ravlich, Macneil, Jarrett; forwards: Mikita, Wharram, Mohns, Esposito, Maki, B. Hull, Stanfield, D. Hull, Nesterenko, Hay, Hodge, Lunde.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier. Bassen: defence: Bergman, Gadsby, McCord, Barkley, Watson; forwards; Ullman, Bathgate, Howe, Delvecchio, McGregor, Smith, Martin, Henderson, McKenney, Harris, Murphy, MacDonald.Referee: Udvari; linesmen: Pavelich, D&rsquo;Amico.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07267/2304901-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="549" height="627"></div><h2>Sat., Oct. 30 DETROIT 3 AT TORONTO 4</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier, Bassen; defense: McCord, Bergman, Gadsby, Barkley, Watson; forwards: Ullman, Martin. Howe, Delvecchio, Murphy, Harris, MacGregor, Smith, Henderson, McKenney, Bathgate, MacDonald, Goegan, McKenney.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower, Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Horton, Douglas, Baun, Stanley; forwards: Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Selby, Keon, Pappin, Pulford, Jeffrey, Joyal, Kurtenbach, Mahovlich.Referee: Skov; linesmen: D&rsquo;amico, Pavelich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08254/2304894-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="546" height="680"></div><h2>CHICAGO 6 AT MONTREAL 4</h2>CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall, Dryden; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, Macneil, Jarrett; forwards: Momns, Stanfield, Esposito, R. Hull, D. Hull, Hay, Lunde, K. Hodge, Nesterenko, Maki, Wharram, Mikita.MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Worsley, C. Hodge: defense: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Talbot, Harper; forwards: Beliveau, Backstrom, Duff, Larose, Coumoyer, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Balon, G. Tremblay, Ferguson. Berenson, Roberts.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Sopp, Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09242/2304887-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="547" height="852"></div><h2>NEW YORK 8 AT BOSTON 2</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Simmons; defense: Howell, Brown, McMahon, Hillman, Seiling, Neilson; forwards: Peters, Hadfield, Nevin, Marshall, Goyette, Brenneman, Ingarfield, Angotti.BOSTON&mdash;Goals: Johnston, Ring; defense: Green, Langlois, Awrey, Boivin, Woytowich; forwards: Dillabough, Fleming, Prentice, Oliver, Westfall, Bucyk, Crisp, Stewart, Schock, MacDonald, Williams.Referee: Udvari; linesmen: Frampton, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10219/2304880-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="549" height="858"></div><h2>Sun., Oct. 31 MONTREAL 2 at DETROIT 2</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal Worsley, Hodge; Defense: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Talbot, Harper, Harris; forwards: Rousseau. Beliveau, G. Tremblay, Provost, Richard, Balon, Larose, Backstrom, Ferguson, Duff, Berenson, Roberts, Cournoyer.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier, Bassen; Defense: McCord, Bergman, Gadsby, Barkley, Watson: forwards: Ullman, Martin, Howe, Delvecchio, Murphy, Harris, MacGregor, Smith, Henderson, McKenney, Bathgate, McDonald, Goegan.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11194/2304873-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="551" height="611"></div> &#9632;

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National League Summaries

VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;Vancouver&rsquo;s Phil Maloney will have the 700th point of his pro career when he scores the 15th point of his present season&hellip;Tommy McVie of Portland needs 16 points for 500&hellip;Portland&rsquo;s Gerry Goyer has now played in 400 games and scored 400 points&hellip;. Seattle&rsquo;s Jimmy McLeod has played in 200 games&hellip;Seattle&rsquo;s Mo Mantha should have 200 assists in the Western League by now, Len Haley 400 points. &#9632;

Veteran Maloney Near 700 Points In WHL

WALLY NORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKSWALLY POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETS<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Tues., Nov. 2)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1434/2304977-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="542" height="155"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1529/2304970-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="540" height="128"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto, 2. Montreal. 3. Chicago, 4. Detroit, 5. New York, 6. Boston. x-Independent.)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Oct. 26Baltimore 3 at Quebec 6Wed., Oct. 27Los Angeles 2 at Pittsburgh 10Fri., Oct. 29Buffalo 2 at Rochester 5Cleveland 7 at Seattle 2Sat., Oct. 30Rochester 4 at Baltimore 2Buffalo 3 at Hershey 1Quebec 7 at Pittsburgh 6Los Angeles 4 at Springfield 2Cleveland 3 at Victoria 7Sun., Oct. 31Quebec 5 at Buffalo 2Los Angeles 2 at Providence 4Hershey 2 at Rochester 3Pittsburgh 3 at Springfield 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues., Nov. 2Los Angeles at QuebecWed., Nov. 3Cleveland at PortlandThurs., Nov. 4Cleveland at Los AngelesFri., Nov. 5Pittsburgh at VancouverSat., Nov. 6Providence at BaltimoreRochester at BuffaloCleveland at HersheyQuebec at SpringfieldPittsburgh at PortlandSun., Nov. 7Hershey at BuffaloCleveland at providenceSpringfield at QuebecBaltimore at Rochester &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE TAYLOR</div>BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;As Doug Harvey goes, so goes the success of his teammates in the American Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01575/2305008-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="519" height="867"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG HARVEY&hellip;Pulls Clippers Up</figcaption></div>It happened in Quebec. Now, it is repeating in Baltimore.It was after Harvey was purchased by Quebec that the Aces made good in the Eastern Division of the AHL for the first time. Included in Quebec&rsquo;s triumphant season last winter was a near record breaking streak which saw the team win its first ten games in a row.And, it is ironic that since Harvey joined Baltimore this year, the Clippers got off to their best start ever.Doug holds no bitterness for allowing his Quebec contract to be sold. But, it was obvious that he enjoyed beating his old mates by a convincing 6-2 score on Baltimore&rsquo;s first meeting against the Aces in Quebec this season.One of the reasons Harvey had wanted to play in Quebec was the fact that he would be close to home and family in Montreal. He said:&ldquo;But, I am very pleased to be with Baltimore. Conditions are wonderful here. And my terms with the management are completely satisfactory.&rdquo;&ldquo;I particularly hope to play well this season in return for the faith Terry Reardon (Clipper General Manager) had in me. I was going on 41 and standing on crutches, following my knee operation, when Terry bought my contract last summer.How long does Harvey expect to keep playing? He answered:&ldquo;I told Terry that I will keep going, just as long as I feel I am helping the team. Also, it is important that I keep my desire to play, So, far, this has been no problem.&rdquo;Before Harvey pulled on a Baltimore sweater, the Clippers had some stumbling starts. Last year the team won only once in its first 12 games. But, it was a changed story this time for Coach Johnny Crawford&rsquo;s Clippers as they won four of their first five games and bounced to the front as the early AHL leader.CLIPPER CLIPS&mdash;Veteran Larry Regan has given the Clipper offense a big lift&hellip;His contract was bought by Baltimore after the former NHL and AHL player was playing hockey in Austria the last three years&hellip;Dave Creighton was forced out of the Clipper lineup with a severe sinus attack&hellip;He had paced the clipper scoring hroughout the exhibition season. &#9632;

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Doug Harvey Putting New Life In Clippers

<h2>Tues., Oct. 26 BALTIMORE 3 AT QUEBEC 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02485/2305116-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="534" height="704"></div><h2>Wed., Oct. 27 LOS ANGELES 2 AT PITTSBURGH 10</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03369/2305109-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="539" height="777"></div><h2>Fri., Oct. 29 BUFFALO 2 AT ROCHESTER 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04265/2305102-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="533" height="599"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 7 AT SEATTLE 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05184/2305095-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="536" height="702"></div><h2>Sat., Oct. 30 QUEBEC 7 AT PITTSBURGH 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06142/2305088-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="536" height="977"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 4 AT SPRINGFIELD 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07119/2305081-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="542" height="551"></div><h2>BUFFALO 3 AT HERSHEY 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08101/2305074-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="532" height="437"></div><h2>ROCHESTER 4 AT BALTIMORE 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0983/2305067-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="530" height="612"></div><h2>Sun., Oct. 31 QUEBEC 5 at BUFFALO 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1073/2305060-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="536" height="620"></div><h2>HERSHEY 2 at ROCHESTER 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1166/2305053-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="541" height="425"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 3 at SPRINGFIELD 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1249/2305046-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="535" height="698"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 2 at PROVIDENCE 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1340/2305039-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="535" height="542"></div> &#9632;

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American Hockey League Summaries

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.&mdash;Coach Bud Poile of the San Francisco Seals thinned his ranks of holdouts. He traded Haley, 34, to Seattle for Gerry Brisson, 27. And he signed Gerry Odrowski, Ray Cyr and Jean Marc Picard. Dell Topell was still unsigned. All five missed the early Seal games, causing a manpower shortage.Poile got some help when he acquired winger Wayne Maxner from Minnesota. Tthe two Waynes, Maxner and Connolly, each scored two goals in a 5-2 win over Seattle. Once Poile got his roster back near full strength, he sent Ray Dupont to Knoxville, Tennessee, of the Eastern League. &#9632;

Poile Swaps Haley For Gerry Brisson

<div class="byline">By JOE GORDON</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.Prior to last season Murray Hall came to the Pittsburgh Hornets with a reputation as a man who could put the puck in the net. It took him quite a while to convince the Pittsburgh fans of this.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01569/2305171-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="471" height="533"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURRAY HALL&hellip;A Goal A Game</figcaption></div>The restless Hornet boosters wanted more than press clippings. They knew that Hall had big seasons at Buffalo and St. Louis. But they were interested in the present, not the past. Murray got off to a slow start and it took him some time to convince his critics. However when April rolled around, Hall had won most of them over to his side and cheers replaced the boos and catcalls.His total points of 62 made him the Hornets&rsquo; top point-maker He also had the club in goals scored with 29 and chipped in with 33 assists, second best on the team.Skating at center between Norm Beaudin and Vai Fonteyne, Hall isn&rsquo;t wasting any time this season. Nor is he giving the Pittsburgh faithful a chance to become discontented. In the Hornets&rsquo; early games he was popping in goals at the rate of one per game. One of his scores was a game-winner.Coach Eddie Bush seems to have finally set his forward lines and is pleasantly surprised with the play of the trio that has Bob Cunningham pivoting for Gary Jarrett and Andre Pronovost. This unit got both goals in the Hornets&rsquo; first win of the season, a 2-1 decision over the Clippers at Baltimore.Cunningham has played well. In the early going, he has done everything asked of him. His playmaking and puck carrying have been excellent and it looks as though he may be the answer to the Hornets&rsquo; crying need for a third centerman.The reliable Ted Hampson skates between veterans Claude La-Forge and Duke Harris to round out the attacking units. LaForge played with Hampson most of last season while Harris, in his rookie year, was the right winger for Hall. &#9632;

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Cheers Replacing Catcalls For Hornets’ Murray Hall

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;You might say October 23 and 25 were both opening days here for the Amerks, even though they didn&rsquo;t play a game on the 25th.Confusing? Not for Les Duff. The Amerks opened their 196566 American Hockey League home ice schedule on the 23rd here against Quebec, and doctors opened Duff to remove his appendix on the 25th.Les, a standout penalty killer for Joe Crozier&rsquo;s forces, was taken ill following his steak dinner prior to the Sunday, Oct. 24, game here against Pittsburgh. He spent the night in St. Mary&rsquo;s Hospital under observation and his appendix was taken out the following noon.This is the second time in his three seasons with the Amerks Les has failed to get past the fourth game of the year safely. He suffered a hairline fracture of his left ankle in the fourth game of the 1963-64 campaign and missed a dozen games. Best estimates are that he&rsquo;ll be out of the Rochester lineup for about a month this time.Duff&rsquo;s sudden hospitalization wasn&rsquo;t the only surprise of the opening weekend here. Quebec, which had been humiliated in its last seven trips last season and had been outscored 46 to 9 in the process, jumped in front after only 29 seconds and roared away to a 6-3 triumph over the defending champion Amerks.Rochester rebounded the following night however, build a 5-6 bulge early in the final period and coasting to a 6-3 decision over Pittsburgh. One of the highlights of that one was the job done by the Amerk penalty killers&mdash;Duane Rupp, Darryl Sly, Larry Hillman, Al Arbour, Mike Walton, Stan Smrke, Wally Boyer and Pete Stemkowski&mdash;the first three times the locals were at a manpower disadvantage. Pittsburg didn&rsquo;t get a single shot at goalie Bobby Perreault in the entire six minutes which the three penalties totaled.ICICLES&mdash;Pete Stemkowski, who would have a shoo-in for rookie of the year honors had Toronto not recalled him from Rochester in January, was the top Amerk in both home games and will climb back to the Leafs if he continues his fine Play.Gerry Ehman picked up where he left off last season by scoring goals in each of the Americans&rsquo; first four games. As of this writing, the hardworking veteran winger has tallied goals in 11 of Rochester&rsquo;s last 13 regular season home games and in 13 of their last 18 both home and away.Popular Don Cherry has been assigned to Tulsa for three weeks on orders from Toronto. Cherry, a rock &lsquo;em, sock &lsquo;em defenseman was the fifth member of the Calder Cup Amerks blueline corps last season. He is scheduled to rejoin Crozier&rsquo;s club when Gary Begg arrives in Tulsa. &#9632;

Amerks Hit As Appendix Puts Duff On Shelf For Month

(Including Games of Sun., Oct. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04449/2305233-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="551" height="374"></div><h2>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05374/2305226-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="555" height="418"></div><h2>Penalty Leaders</h2>Most Penalized Player: Gord La-bossiere, Que., 26 minutes.Most Penalized Team: Hershey, 109 minutes. &#9632;

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AHL Point Race

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, PaIt&rsquo;s been time and half for overtime for the Hershey Bears in their first half&mdash;dozen games in the young American Hockey League season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03489/2305295-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="281" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger DeJordy</figcaption></div>Through the initial six games, Hershey was forced to play four extra period contests with a win, tie and two defeats to show for its efforts.Roger DeJordy, who sat out the first four games, popped in a game winner on a breakaway at the nine minute mark of an overtime scrap Oct. 24 at Buffalo, pacing the Bears to a 2-1 decision.Twice the Providence Reds beat the Bears in overtime by identical 3-2 scores.In the early going, hcoac Frank Mathers has been juggling his lineups and lines, seeking to find a winning combination. At the same time he wants to give rookie forward Gary Dorn-hoefer a good crack at making the club. Dornhoefer was shipped in by the Boston Bruins.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m still waiting to see who we&rsquo;ll get from Boston,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;I think it will take a couple of weeks before we&rsquo;ll be able to settle on the club personnel.&rdquo;One forward, Bob Leiter, a smart stickhandler and skater, who was dispatched here by Boston to skate himself into shape, may be ready for action in two weeks.Leiter suffered a compound fracture of the left arm last season and the bone did not knit properly after surgery. Another operation was required.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m beginning to get strength in the arm now,&rdquo; said Leiter, &ldquo;and the doctors figure maybe I&rsquo;ll be okay to play in a few weeks. I hope so. I&rsquo;m anxious to play.&rdquo;Two years ago Leiter played 15 games with the Bears, popped in six goals and in a half-dozen playoff games added another pair. He proved himself quite a playmaker with ten key assists in the short span.Hershey&rsquo;s trying to sen, trade or re-locate winger Danny Poliziani, an 11-year AHL veteran. In two years with the Bears he scored 28 goals in 111 games.ICE CHIPS&mdash;Myron Stankiewicz&rsquo;s three goals paces the Bears&rsquo; forwards, while Bruce Draper and Gene Ubriaco each have a pair&hellip;Defenseman Barry Ashbee has played well, while rookie Nick Polano also has looked strong on the backline so far&hellip;The club has drawn 9.791 in its first two home games, a strong indication of another good following this season&hellip;Goalie Claude Dufour&rsquo;s work has been excellent and in the first 319 minutes of action he allowed only 17 goals while making 157 saves on 174 shots for a 3.27 average. &#9632;

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Hershey Bears Working ‘Overtime’ In Four Of First Six AHL Games

Before you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never varies<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Tues., Nov. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03348/2305340-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="544" height="301"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto. 5. New York. 6. Boston).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Oct. 27Los Angeles 2 at Pittsburgh 10San Francisco 3 at Victoria 3Fri., Oct. 29Cleveland 7 at Seattle 2San Francisco 1 at Vancouver 3Sat., Oct. 30Los Angeles 4 at Springfield 2Vancouver 1 at Seattle 4Cleveland 3 at Victoria 7Sun., Oct. 31Los Angeles 2 at Providence 4San Francisco 1 at Portland 8<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues., Nov. 2Los Angeles at QuebecWed., Nov. 3Cleveland at PortlandSan Francisco at VictoriaThurs., Nov. 4Cleveland at Los AngelesFri., Nov. 5San Francisco at SeattlePittsburgh at VancouverSat., Nov. 6San Francisco at Los AngelesPittsburgh at PortlandSeattle at VictoriaSun., Nov. 7Vancouver at PortlandVictoria at Seattle<h2>Point Race</h2>(Scoring records as of October 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04263/2305333-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="543" height="633"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05199/2305326-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="535" height="303"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

SEATTLE, Wash.Pre-season favorite Victoria lived up to its Western Hockey League billing by sweeping into the league lead with four wins in its first five games and particularly with a home-and-home sweep of defending champion Portland, 3-2 and 4-3. Portland split its first six games and remained a dangerous threat. The Bucks beat San Francisco to extend their overtime winning streak to a record 13 games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02464/2305402-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="242" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Jones</figcaption></div>Vancouver knocked off Portland but lost a wild 7-6 game to Seattle. The Totems also lost to San Francisco. After two weeks, the WHL still had one winless team, Los Angeles. The Blades drew the dubious honor of playing the first AHL-WHL games, making the first Eastern swing, and lost the first two of six they had to play before getting home. Baltimore and Cleveland did the honors.Portland&rsquo;s Art Jones fired five goals in the first six games to take the lead in that department. Victoria&rsquo;s Milan Marcetta and Seattle&rsquo;s Jim Bowers, who had a hattrick against Vancouver, had four goals each. Vancouver&rsquo;s Billy McNeill had four goals also, plus six assists, to take the WHL scoring lead with 10 points, one more than Jones and Vancouver&rsquo;s Bruce Carmichael. Bruce had one goal, eight assists. Perennial scoring champ Guyle Fielder had no goals, seven assists. &#9632;

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THE WESTERN WEEK

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES, Calif.&mdash;There is a vicious cycle in sports: You have to play well to play regularly. But you have to play regularly to play well. Many a promsing athlete has been trapped in the cycle and spun into nowhere. Many a good prospect is lost. Harley Hodgson might have been one.Signed to play professionally with the Los Angles Blades in 1962, he played so little for three seasons that if he hadn&rsquo;t shown up for some of the games he wouldn&rsquo;t have been fined for he wouldn&rsquo;t have been missed.Last season, he got to play. And he came along so rapidly that by the end of the season he was the best defenseman on the team, one of the best players in the league and the most sought-after.Almost every club in the West made a trade offer for him during the off-season. He is now considered a big league prospect, possibly when LA. enters the NHL, possibly sooner.It is a sort of a Cinderella story. Sort of, Harley raised heck last year and it paid off. This is not to advise every player who feels left out to raise a rumpus. But there are times it helps.A handsome lad who looks like an Indian, he really is an Indian, a Cree. He stands 5-11, weighs 185 and looks rather stocky. He&rsquo;s a good skater and a good checker and he&rsquo;s not afraid of a fight. He can carry the puck pretty well, but has to improve his passing and shooting, which he is doing.Harley suffered a shoulder separation in his first season, but he was playing so infrequently it didn&rsquo;t bother him until he got regular employment last season. He had to wear a brace on it and it handicapped him. During the off-season, it was operated on successfully and he felt good going into the new campaign. He played well with it last season, but now he could play even better.Near the end of last season, Portland&rsquo;s Hal Layeoe said. He&rsquo;s really surprised me. I didn&rsquo;t know he could play that well,&rdquo; San Francisco&rsquo;s Bud Poile added, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s really very good, I&rsquo;d like to have him, myself.&rdquo; Hodgson admits, &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t know if I was any good. But, sitting on the bench, I wasn&rsquo;t going to find out. So I went home.&rdquo;From the time he was signed to the end of the 1964 season, Hodgson played brief bits in 66 games, collecting one goal, two assists and 24 minutes in penalties. When he skated on the ice, there was rapid shuffling of programs in the stands as the spectators sought to find out who he was. When they found out, they could tell George Agar, Jack Bownass and Alfie Pike, the Blades&rsquo; coaches in those those years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01564/2305371-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="462" height="1428"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARLEY HODGSON&hellip;Big League Prospect</figcaption></div>By the end of the pre-season training camp grind when the Blades played an exhibition game with Toronto last winter, Hodgson still wasn&rsquo;t getting to play. At the end of the game, without saying a word to anyone, he cleaned out his locker, picked up his clothes and caught a plane flight home. He stayed there almost a month.&ldquo;I figured I&rsquo;d go back to work, maybe play amateur, maybe go up and play in the bush leagues. I sort of hoped they&rsquo;d trade me,&rdquo; Hodgson recalls. He stayed home several weeks. When his absence was noticed, Pike called him up. &ldquo;He told me I was on suspension. He told me If I didn&rsquo;t come back, I wouldn&rsquo;t be traded, I wouldn&rsquo;t get back my amateur papers or anything. I said if I come back I want to play. He said come back and we&rsquo;ll see.&rdquo;Hodgson came back and Pike began to play him. Soon Hodgson was playing regularly and he was playing well. He appeared in 61 games and by season&rsquo;s end when we polled the league&rsquo;s coaches on all-star selection, Hodgson got surprising support. &ldquo;When you&rsquo;re sitting on the bench, you get rusty. When you get sent into a game, you&rsquo;re cold. And when you know you&rsquo;re only going to get a few minutes of ice time, you press,&rdquo; Hodgson comments. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re afraid to go all out because a penalty would look bad and because you&rsquo;re not in shape and can get hurt easy.&rdquo;He made a face, then continued: &ldquo;When you&rsquo;re playing full time, you work yourself into shape. You begin to skate better. You begin to handle the puck better. You gain your time and you pick up confidence. You&rsquo;re not afraid to do the hitting you have to do. Pretty soon, whatever you have in you, comes out.&rdquo;He was 27 on Nov. 2, which means he has wasted a lot of years, maybe too many. &ldquo;I feel bad about that, sure,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;But at least I made a move and got my chance.&rdquo; The amazing thing is that the Blades have had very few good defensemen all these years and needed backline help all along. Now new coach Lynn Patrick has a boy with the talent to grow. &ldquo;So many coaches asked me about the chances of getting him. I figured I had something good before I even saw him,&rdquo; Patrick says.&ldquo;When I started playing hockey, I never thought of myself as a big leaguer. Now, I dunno,&rdquo; Hodgson says. &ldquo;I might get a chance when L.A. moves up. I might get one sooner if L.A. sells or trades me. If I did get a chance. I&rsquo;d give it my best shot, that&rsquo;s for sure,&rdquo; he said with a big, appealing grin.Hodgson&rsquo;s mother was a full-blooded Cree and his father part Cree, part Scotch and part other things. There were six boys and six girls in the family, which grew up on a tenant farm on the Ermine Skin Indian Reservation in Hobbema, Alberta. The farmer father, a part-time hockey player has another son, Ted, who is a fine right-wing prospect with Esteban in Junior play and had a trial with Minneapolis last season.Harley learned to play in the Convent School on the Reservation. He played amateur with the Donoka Stampeders, the Drumheller Miners, the Grand Prairie A&rsquo;s (who won the Peace River title), the Edmonton Oil Kings, the Nelson Maple Leafs and the Omaha Knights of the International League. No bigleague scouts south his signature so when Peter Wright asked him if he&rsquo;d like to try out for the Blades, he said &ldquo;Why not?&rdquo; He was a winger until then.He hasn&rsquo;t had much else to do, so two years ago he married Marilyn Grant, who he met in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, of all places, and began to raise a family, which now totals two sons, Cabot and Byron. He has been working as a stone mason and a bricklayer at $2.75 an hour at Edmonton during the off-season, playing semi-pro baseball, shooting 14-handicap golf and doing a little horseback-riding and shooting in his spare time, but now he thinks he might like to make his year-round home in L.A.He picked up one goal, 12 assists and 83 minutes in penalties in his first full season. &ldquo;With my bad shoulder, I had to warn my defense partner, Tex Evans, &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t shoot the puck too hard or even pass sharply. I was sort of slapping my passes. Now I can improve these things.&rsquo;&rsquo;&ldquo;And I&rsquo;m not afraid to hit a guy. You have to pick &lsquo;em up early, before they get into your zone. I like to hit &lsquo;em hard once or twice early to give them respect for me so they&rsquo;re looking for me next time they come down ice. But I try to hit &lsquo;em clean. I don&rsquo;t pick up too many penalty minutes.&rdquo;This is an old man&rsquo;s league and Harley has been one of the few young men in it. &ldquo;Most of the veterans are heady players, not so fast, but clever. The real clever ones like Guyle Fielder won&rsquo;t let you check &lsquo;em solid, but you have to stay with &lsquo;em and bother &lsquo;em and try to ride &lsquo;em out of the play.&rdquo;One of the bad things about not playing was that Harley didn&rsquo;t feel part of the team. &ldquo;The guys would be talking about situations and they wouldn&rsquo;t include me,&rdquo; he mourns. Now it&rsquo;s different, Harley feels very much a part of the team. He is fully aware that the team has been loose defensively and agrees that while the defense is partly to blame, the forwards must share the blame. &ldquo;I like to see the wings forechecking the guys and then coming back up ice with them. If only one wing comes back it helps us. But if none of them do, we&rsquo;re outnumbered.&rdquo;Indians are used to being outnumbered. &#9632;

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Hodgson Shows Blades He Came To Play, LA. Star Quits Bench To Sparkle On Ice

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><h2>Expansion Group Withdraws</h2>FRED HUME AND CYRIL McLean have assumed sole responsibility for the operation of Vancouver&rsquo;s franchise in the proposed expansion program of the National Hockey League. This came about last week when rival groups decided not to be rivals any longer with one stepping aside. The retreating group was headed by industrialist Frank McMahon. Hume owns the present Vancouver Canucks franchise in the WHL. McMahon said his group&rsquo;s sole interest had been to obtain major hockey for Vancouver. He withdrew wishing Hume and his associates the best of success. McMahon warned: &ldquo;it isn&rsquo;t the bonanza it seems. It will take a lot of concerted effort try everyone to put. it over. This will be the smallest town in the proposed extension of the league and any dissention will hurt.&rdquo;&hellip;Each applicant must post $2,000 &ldquo;earnest&rdquo; money, which will not be returned. The rival San Francisco bidders are talking merger and delaying payment, hoping to save some dough by forwarding a joint application.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01541/2305447-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="273" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Leader</figcaption></div>Each new club will have to pay $2,000,000 for 20 players and the franchise, plus possibly $150,000 to the remaining WHL clubs&hellip;President Al Leader of the WHL, whose group was not consulted in the expansion planning, talked to the expansion committee longdistance for half an hour in an effort to persuade them to consider Portland, Seattle and San Diego in the expansion plan. He proposed Memphis, Houston and a sixth city, too, for a third division, but there is no chance. Leader said, of the prospective new NHL owners: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a reflection on their intelligence to give these guys two million dollars.&rdquo;The new two-division NHL teams will play 74-game seasons, 10 games against each club in its division, four against each club in the other division. There will be a mid-season inter-divisional AllStar game and a post-season playoff&hellip;Vancouver&rsquo;s shortest trip would be 1,000 miles&hellip;That long-proposed new arena in midtown San Francisco will go before the voters in a June election. Mel Swig of the Seals prefers the Cow Palace to the new-rising Oakland Arena. &ldquo;We prefer to keep our San Francisco identity,&rdquo; he explains.<h2>Haley Unhappy Over Trade</h2>VANCOUVER&rsquo;S MAX McNAB and Bert Olmstead believe the clubs will have to go to Europe for additional talent. Olmstead scouted Sweden for the Rangers, for whom Ulf Sterner played briefly, but he says the best men there are old, that the minor league system is inadequate to develop new, young prospects, and that none learn to play rough enough&hellip;The Rev. David Bauer, former coach of Canada&rsquo;s national team, says: &ldquo;The best European clubs could beat our best minor league clubs. They skate up and down and backcheck all night. Not one of them has ever learned to do anything wrong.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02482/2305440-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="274" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marc Boileau</figcaption></div>Len Haley was not very happy when San Francisco traded him to Seattle for Gerry Brisson. Len said: &ldquo;I was the leading scorer on the club together with Wayne Connelly and the fans voted me the most popular player two years in a row and I get a salary cut. What would have happened if I&rsquo;d had a bad year? I was told by coach Bud Poile to make a deal for myself. -I know Bud talked about a deal with Buffalo, but I don&rsquo;t want to play in the American League. I have 12 years of pension in the Western League so far and I hope to play three more years. The American League has no pension plan&rdquo;&hellip;Charly Burns has been named the new captain of the Seals, replacing the retired Eddie Panagabko. Larry McNabb and Gerry Odrowski are assistants.The L.A. Blades&rsquo; player vote for captain couldn&rsquo;t have been much closer. Marc Boileau got seven votes to six each for Leo La-bine and Norm Johnson&hellip;Problems of being a minor league town in a major league city: The story of the Blades&rsquo; season opener made page 10 of the morning paper and did not make the afternoon paper at all&hellip;The Blades will TV eight road and four home games and radiocast all home games&hellip;Jack Norris was so bad during the exhibition season and the regular opener, Lynn Patrick reclaimed old Marcel Pelletier from the Central League and shipped out young Wayne Doll. He first tried to get Long John Henderson from San Francisco, but Poile wants him to share the load with Jack McCartan&hellip;Vancouver was dissatisfied with Gilles&rsquo; Villemure&rsquo;s early play, too, and sought another goalie from the Rangers&hellip;Seattle sent big rookie defenseman Cal Purinton back to Fort<h2>West Loses Interlocking Start</h2>THIS WRITER&rsquo;S ADDRESS IS 4049 Gelber Place, Los Angeles, California, 90008&hellip;But only puff notes, please&hellip;Injury-prone Bryan Hextail is out five weeks after breaking his left ankle in his first game for Vancouver&hellip;Cleveland&rsquo;s Howie Glover, brother of playercoach Fred Glover, broke his jaw in the first AHL-WHL game&hellip;The West lost the first two in the East, but its representative, LA., may be the West&rsquo;s worst&hellip;Portland assigned brilliant young goalie Dave Kelly to Springfield&hellip;The Bucks are not sure veteran Jack Bionda&rsquo;s leg will permit him to play regularly again. And their promising young Bob Ertel retired&hellip;The Bucks stretched their WHL record string to 13 straight wins in overtime games.,. But after going 44 straight games without losing a one-run decision, the Bucks lost two in a row, both to Victoria, which is loaded&hellip;Portland&rsquo;s Art Jones was tagged with his first misconduct in nine years as a pro.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03403/2305433-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="279" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bryan Hextali</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Western Ad Lib

VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;Barring the unforeseen, Al Millar will play his 300th Western Hockef League game in Portland on November 10th. But the Victoria Maple Leafs&rsquo; goaltender isn&rsquo;t waiting until then to prove he&rsquo;s been around.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04304/2305478-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="283" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Millar</figcaption></div>Millar, 36, is showing &lsquo;em early.&ldquo;The Scooper&rdquo; was a big reason the Leafs launched the 196566 campaign with a successful bang. Millar played superbly as Victoria opened with 4-2 and 7-2 victories over Vancouver Canucks. And even in Victoria&rsquo;s 3-1 loss to Seattle Totems, nobody was ready to fault Millar for Leafs&rsquo; first loss. &ldquo;If Al keeps that up,&rdquo; said coach Frank Mario, &ldquo;he&rsquo;s going to make this a pleasant winter for me.&rdquo;Millar, by his own admission, &ldquo;feels better&rdquo; now than he did at the same stage a year ago. He wound up with a 3.30 goals-against average in comparison to his pace-setting 2.83 average in Denver during the 1963-64 campaign.Last year&rsquo;s team leader in scoring, Milan Marcetta jumped off to a good start by picking up five points&mdash;two goals and three assists&mdash;in Leafs&rsquo; first three games. Defenseman Freddie Hucul and Andy Hebenton each garnered four points, but Dick Lamoureux rates as one of the scoring surprises. He scored two goals in Victoria&rsquo;s decision over the Canucks, and looked good doing it.The 31-year-old veteran has been dogged by injuries for the past two seasons. Lamoureux played in only 27 games with Denver in the 1963-64 season and missed 11 last year. &#9632;

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Millar Eyeing 300-Game Milestone, Stars In Victoria’s Early Games

<h2>Wed., Oct. 20 S. FRANCISCO 3 AT PORTLAND 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05225/2305558-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="548" height="750"></div><h2>Fri., Oct. 22 S. FRANCISCO 5 AT SEATTLE 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06188/2305551-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="544" height="614"></div><h2>PORTLAND 2 AT VANCOUVER 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07169/2305544-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="545" height="658"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 3 AT BALTIMORE 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08153/2305537-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="547" height="758"></div><h2>Sat., Oct. 23 VANCOUVER 6 AT SEATTLE 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09142/2305530-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="549" height="956"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 2 AT CLEVELAND 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10124/2305523-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="551" height="554"></div><h2>PORTLAND 2 AT VICTORIA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1281/2305516-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="564" height="496"></div><h2>Sun., Oct. 24 VICTORIA 4 AT PORTLAND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11106/2305509-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="552" height="688"></div> &#9632;

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Western League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div>DETROIT, Mich&mdash;As the Centra1 Professional Hockey League &ldquo;got off the ground&rdquo; for the 1965&mdash;66 season, a pair of goalkeepers, making their debut in the circuit stood ouLover the first weekend.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01385/2305620-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="270" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Stratton</figcaption></div>Carl Wetzel, 26-year-old Detroit-born puckfender, was the backup goalie for Roger Crozier of the Detroit Red Wings last season but never played a full game in the Detroit nets. In fact, one half of a game was all he played and on a short trip to Pittsburgh of the American Hockey League, he saw action in five contests.But as Wetzel says, &ldquo;I had lots of practice time&rdquo; and he showed to advantage in the league&rsquo;s opening contest wearing the big pads for the Houston Apollos.He had been drafted by the Montreal Canadiens from Detroit in the off season but was ready, willing and able for his first appearance of the campaign keeping the power-laden St. Louis Braves off the scoresheet, 7-0.The 5,777 fans who welcomed the ice sport, pro style, back to the State of Texas, cheered throughout the game as Norm Dennis, Germain Gagnon and Bob Charlebois each flashed the light twice for Bill McCreary&rsquo;s Apollos.Next night, Joe Daley, who calls East Kildonan, Man., his home town and has yet to taste action in the N.H.L., stepped out carrying the big stick wearing the toggery of the Memphis Wings.With help from his team mates, Daley wielded the whitewash brush with St. Louis again the victims as the Wings, under new coach Vic Stasiuk rang up a 5-0 triumph before 3,798 fans. Max Mestinsek and Fred Hilts provided the spark on offense for the Wings in the Mid-South Coliseum by triggering a pair of tallies apiece.Over the entire 210-game schedule last season in the C.P.H.L., only 18 shutouts were recorded but this season after two games, twice &ldquo;big nothings&rdquo; went up on the scoreboard.The following night, St. Louis returned home after their goalless two-game road trip and encouraged by 4,117 fans in their initial test before their&rsquo;home fol-lowers, knocked off the Tulsa Oilers, 3-1 with veteran minor league star Art Stratton leading the way with a pair of tallies and netminder Denis DeJordy star-ring in the Braves&rsquo; cage.The same evening that St. Louis opened, professional hockey made its return to Oklahoma City where 7,107 fans turned out to see their Blazers make their first appearance in the Central Pro League.They had no complaints about the action provided, only the final score that saw Houston chalk up its second victory in the new season by a 4-3 count.The Minnesota Rangers, defending league and playoff champions, found 5,742 fans waiting for them when they stepped out on the ice of the St. Paul Audi-torium for their initial home appearance. There were less than 10 minutes left on the clock when rookie Jim Baird sank the deciding goal to give them a 3-2 victory. Paul Andrea, a 25-goal sniper for the Rangers as they copped the C.P.H.L. honors last winter, added the other two counters to hand the Tulsa Oilers their second straight defeat.With five home openings over the first weekend, the C.P.H.L. attracted 26,541 fans&mdash;a new record and noteworthy in that at this time of the year American sport fans are in the midst of handing over so many dollars to view college and professional football. &#9632;

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Wetzel, Daley Ring Up First Shutouts

<h2>Thun., Oct. 21 ST. LOUIS 0 at HOUSTON 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0883/2305679-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="534" height="644"></div><h2>Fri., Oct. 22 ST. LOUIS 0 at MEMPHIS 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0968/2305672-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="536" height="548"></div><h2>Sat., Oct. 23 TULSA 1 at ST. LOUIS 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1057/2305665-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="527" height="559"></div><h2>HOUSTON 4 at OKLAHOMA CITY 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1148/2305658-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="535" height="634"></div><h2>Sun., Oct. 24 TULSA 2 at MINNESOTA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1237/2305651-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="531" height="551"></div> &#9632;

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Central League Summaries

Get These Publications&mdash;NOW!<h2>NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE 1965 66 GUIDE</h2>This compact 276-page hockey book answers every question imaginable about the National Hockey League. There are also complete records on every player in all the pro leagues&mdash;NHL, AHL, WHL and CPHL It also includes highlights of the 196465 NHL season and a more extensive coverage on records than ever before.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1429/2305724-1-eng-US/f0016-142.jpg" title="f0016-14" width="336" height="388"></div>ALL THIS FOR ONLY $1.25 (Postage Paid)<h2>NHL&rsquo;S OFFICIAL 1965-66 RULE BOOK</h2>Here&rsquo;s your chance to become an expert. Settle all the arguments around the club and in the office. With this handy pocket-size rule book you&rsquo;ll be able to check a decision or rule on the spot.Fill in the coupon below and enclose 50 cents per copy for handling and mailing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1528/2305717-1-eng-US/f0016-152.jpg" title="f0016-15" width="322" height="452"></div>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY&hellip;. 50 PER COPY (Postage Paid)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1627/2305710-1-eng-US/f0016-162.jpg" title="f0016-16" width="989" height="761"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY FANS

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;J. C. &lsquo;Jake&rsquo; Milford, president and general manager of the Minnesota Rangers hockey club is justly proud of the new Central Pro Hockey League team.Milford sees a bright future for pro hockey in the Minnesota area and expects the new-found Rangers to become one of the game&rsquo;s top attractions in their new surroundings at the St. Paul Auditorium.It is with regret that THE HOCKEY NEWS was informed this week that due to a typographical error in publishing the 1965-66 CPHL schedule it inadvertently made reference to the Rangers as &lsquo;Minneapolis&rsquo;. We wish to correct this error and if we brought undue criticism to the Minnesota Rangers, we humbly offer our apologies.To the Rangers&rsquo; booster club and president, Stanley Lach and its members, we also regret the slight.May we take this opportunity to wish the Minnesota Rangers a successful hockey year and herewith reproduced is the team&rsquo;s remaining home schedule:<h2>NOVEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02315/2305790-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="481" height="174"></div><h2>DECEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03238/2305783-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="476" height="127"></div><h2>JANUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04192/2305776-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="480" height="177"></div><h2>FEBRUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05133/2305769-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="478" height="176"></div><h2>MARCH</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06103/2305762-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="473" height="127"></div><h2>APRIL</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0792/2305755-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="474" height="34"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey News Offers Salute To New Minnesota Rangers

Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Wed., Nov. 3)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1331/2305589-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="535" height="256"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Oct. 27Houston 2 at St. Louis 3Memphis 2 at Tulsa 3Fri., Oct. 29Houston 1 at Minnesota 5Tulsa 2 at Memphis 3Sat., Oct. 30Minnesota 4 at St. Louis 2Memphis 3 at Oklahoma City 4Tulsa 3 at Houston 3Sun., Oct. 31St. Louis 4 at Oklahoma City 4Memphis 2 at Minnesota 1Houston 3 at Tulsa 8<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed., Nov. 3Oklahoma City at St. LouisFri., Nov. 5Memphis at MinnesotaTulsa at Oklahoma CitySat., Nov. 6Minnesota at TulsaMemphis at St. LouisOklahoma City at HoustonSun., Nov. 7Minnesota at Oklahoma City &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>CHERRY HILL, N.J.If the rest of the Eastern Hockey League season is as electrifying as their start, the Jersey Devils and their followers are in for an exciting time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0782/2305887-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="270" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Szydlowski</figcaption></div>A record crowd, a $70 cab ride, and the 11th hour payment of men due from other EHL clubs made the season&rsquo;s opener a hectic day that general manager Len Gaudette likely never will forget. If the Devils can get the rest of their missing men on the ice, they loom as the No. 1 foe for the Long Island Ducks in the Northern Division race.The big surprise was a crowd of 4,215 fans, far more than even Gaudette hoped for even though the advance sale was the biggest in the club&rsquo;s history. But scant mention in the area dailies apparently didn&rsquo;t get the populace too concerned over their debut. How wrong this apparent sentiment was! For the crowd exceeded any opener in the club&rsquo;s annals and was reminiscent of the throngs the team draws after the first of the year. Usually the outpourings are nothing to brag about in the first half of the season, but the big and enthusiastic inaugural mob buoys Gaudette&rsquo;s hopes for the rest of the year.In the week preceding the game, the club had a tough time putting enough men on the ice for a scrimmage. But Gaudette was patient and coach Benny Woit did the best he could. Finally the reinforcements started to arrive. For one, Wally Sprange arrived on the afternoon of the opener as payment from Charlotte for its off-season acquisition of Art Hart.Then Clinton owed the Devils a player to replace the retired Orval Tessier. The Comets were slow deciding on the man&rsquo;s identity, and didn&rsquo;t decide on defenseman Ted Szydlowski until a few hours before game time. Ted flew to Kennedy Airport in New York but then found himself minus transportation here. So he commandeered a cab and sped here from the airport. The meter read $70 when he arrived. So Ted dashed into the Arena and found Gaudette so he could pay the bill.&ldquo;I thought the bill was going to be about three dollars,&rdquo; said Gaudette. &ldquo;The cabbie said it was $70. I thought I was making a down payment on the thing.&rdquo; He didn&rsquo;t know at the time that Ted had taken the cab from New York.But Gaudette was more than happy to pay the fare since Szydlowski arrived at the start of the second period with Knoxville ahead 2-1. He supplanted Reggie Meserve at a defense post and the Devils went on to a 6-4 triumph that made the dent on Gaudette&rsquo;s wallet easier to take.CHARLOTTE: Jim McNulty has aggravated an old knee injury. The 35-year-old center is a big favorite here. McNulty and Moe Savard had a race around the rink here and it ended in a dead heat. Opening game here was the 350th staged at the Coliseum since the club came here in 1956. The attendance in that time cleared three-quarters of a million mark.CLINTON: Comets still play tight defense even though DeFelice is out of their cage. Pat Kelly is going with three defensemen including Len Spec, Ian Anderson and himself. Comets and Nashville battled to tie in first clash of last year&rsquo;s division champions. Ed Babiuk is on tenterhooks with reports of a goalie coming here from another loop.LONG ISLAND: John Muckier sorry to drop Claude Boileau but said the veteran slowed down quite a bit. Muckier in quandry as to which man to drop at 7-game mark. Castoff will make any other EHL club. Bob Sabourin, Moe Bartoli, Barry Zoback and Pete Wright are new faces.NASHVILLE: Angus Martin could be club&rsquo;s policeman. Torn shoulder muscles caused his dropping by Los Angeles but he looks fit here. Club still wooing veteran center Ray Ross but so is Charlotte. Two ties and a win marked successful northern jaunt. Norm Ryder ousted at New Haven for stick fighting.KNOXVILLE: Jack Martin retired to work in St. Catherines fire department. Chuck Stuart named captain. Knights suspended 11 men, many for outlandish salary demands. Tommy Williams retired. Wally Chase suffered broken nose and eye and head cuts after skating head-on into Art Chiupka&rsquo;s stick at Jersey. Rich Hextail and George Hayes both suffered 5-stitch eye cuts in same game. John McMillan went home because of illness of son.NEW HAVEN: Jackie LeClair trying to find a penalty killer. He&rsquo;s also upset by club&rsquo;s loss of puck on too many faceoffs. LeClair happy with defense for &ldquo;they won&rsquo;t take a pushing around from anyone and that&rsquo;s always good to see.&rdquo; Tony Buko-vich playing well.JOHNSTOWN: Rookie Jack Kline had a seven-stitch eye cut from a Knoxville stick. Ken Thompson is the smallest of the Jets at 134 pounds. Terry Grindle nursing dislocated shoulder. &#9632;

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Szydlowski’s $70 Cab Ride, Record Crowd Provides Jersey With Eventful Home Opener

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0856/2305918-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="911" height="1323"></div>Revised Edition By Henry RoxboroughThis is the story of hockey itself&mdash;from its probable origin with the Greeks in 500 B.C. right up to last year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup: It includes accounts of outstanding play-off games, exploits of great players and the histories of each N.H.L. team. Illustrated. $4.50<h2>Hockey Night in Canada</h2>Revised Edition By Foster HewittBig Names of the Fifties; behind-the-scenes stories of World and Olympic tournaments; Hockey Hall of Fame&mdash;alt of these and more are contained in Foster Hewitt&rsquo;s completely revised account of the people and events that made hockey Canada&rsquo;s national sport. Illustrated. $3.95<h2>Rocket Richard</h2>By Andy O&rsquo;BrienColourful, quick-tempered&mdash;but always a star, Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard was one of hockey&rsquo;s all-time greats. Here is Andy O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s full-dress portrait of a man who in his eighteen seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, rewrote the the N.H.L. record book. Illustrated. $3.50<h2>Headline Hockey</h2>By Andy O&rsquo;BrienA colourful inside view of Canada&rsquo;s national game through Andy O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s vivid prose. The author also includes tips from the greats and some unforgettable anecdotes and suggestions for a new expansion programme for professional hockey. Illustrated. $3.50All available at your Booksellers.THE RYERSON PRESS299 Queen Street W., Toronto 2B, Ontario. &#9632;

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The Stanley Cup Story

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>FORT WAYNE, Ind.The Soviet Union international hockey team, the No. 1 Russian sextet, has been booked to meet the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01312/2305949-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="520" height="622"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHICK CHALMERS&hellip;Back For 9th Year</figcaption></div>This is the team that won the 1964 Olympic championship and it will make its appearance in Fort Wayne on Dec. 24 while enroute to the International Tournament scheduled in Colorado Dec. 26 through 31.A Russian squad has played teams in the International Hockey League the past two seasons but this is the first time for the No. 1 team to appear against league teams. Last year the Russian Nationals played Toledo, Muskegon and Port Huron and won three close games.Fort Wayne is the only IHL team booked to meet the Soviet Union team this season.PORT HURON&mdash;The Flags had seven defensemen to choose from, including four from last year&hellip;Bill LeCaine turned down a contract with Providence in the American League to rejoin the Flags&hellip;Gary Ross was trying for a berth with St. Louis in the CPHL&hellip;Flags were seen as the team to beat again.TOLEDO&mdash;The Blades had only one defenseman back from last year, Moe Benoit but had six rookies&hellip;Center Chick Chalmers came back for his ninth season in the IHL&hellip;The Blades have set 108,000 as their attendance goal.MUSKEGON&mdash;Gary Schall, fine rookie performer last year, came back after failing to survive the last cut at Providence in the AHL&hellip;Roly Campeau, most popular player last season, missed at Cleveland but Ken Campbell signed a contract with Seattle of the Western League&hellip;Jim Young of St. Thomas, Ont. was named trainer.FORT WAYNE&mdash;Defenseman Cal Purinton joined the club after a tryout with Seattle but winger Bill Orban was still with Los Angeles&hellip;Len Thomson and Merv Dubchak had hat tricks in exhibition games with Dayton&hellip;Plexi-glass barriers have been installed in Memorial Coliseum, home of the Komets.DAYTON&mdash;Fort Wayne and Dayton players engaged in an exhibition game brawl that lasted 12 minutes and resulted in 79 penalty minutes. Komet rookie Rich Cloutier and Gems&rsquo; Ted Le-bodia drew misconducts&hellip;The Gems got two young wingers, Stan Gilbertson and Brian Seibert, from Boston.DES MOINES&mdash;Veteran defenseman Danny Summers changed his mind about retiring and joined the Oak Leafs&hellip;Joe Kiss had to leave the club when word came that his six-weeks old son had suffocated in his crib at the family home in Muskegon&hellip;Center Paul Johnson did not report and Nelson Leclair was expected to be out because of a broken leg received in a softball game&hellip; &#9632;

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Russian Nationals Booked Into Fort Wayne; Port Huron Team To Beat As Action Opens

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues., Nov. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02226/2305980-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="543" height="230"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Fri., Oct. 29Muskegon 4 at Toledo 5Fort Wayne 4 at Port Huron 5Dayton 4 at Des Moines 6Sat., Oct. 30Dayton 5 at Des Moines 5Port Huron 4 at Muskegon 4Toleda 0.at Fort Wayne 7Sun., Oct. 31Fort Wayne 3 at Toledo 5<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues., Nov. 2Muskegon at ToledoWed., Nov. 3Port Huron at Des MoinesThurs., Nov. 4Toledo at MuskegonFort Wayne at DaytonFri., Nov. 5Port Huron at ToledoSat., Nov. 6Fort Wayne at MuskegonDes Moines at Port HuronDayton at ToledoSun., Nov. 7Des Moines at DaytonMuskegon at Port Huron &#9632;

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How They Stand

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03140/2306011-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg"></div>SIX &ldquo;EXTRA ISSUES&rdquo; FOR JUST $1.00 MORE!MAIL THIS COUPON-SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO THE NEW DOUBLESIZEHOCKEY PICTORIALHOCKEY PICTORIAL is bigger and better than ever this year. Commencing with the October &lsquo;65 issue, we will be giving you 84 pages (including covers) every month&mdash;instead of 44 pages as before. Double the size ! Double reading ! Double pleasure for hockey fans !This great &ldquo;new&rdquo; magazine will come out 7 times a year, instead of 8 as in the past. But in those 7 action-crammed issues you II be getting a total of 560 pages of reading matter (exclusive of covers) instead of the previous 320 pages.That&rsquo;s the equivalent of the hockey reading in 14 of the &ldquo;old&rdquo; PICTORIAL&mdash;or the same as getting 6 extra issues !For all this, you pay just $1.00 more than before. Packed with all the extra stories, exciting new features, scads more pictures, many full-colour covers&mdash;this great new HOCKEY PICTORIAL costs you just $3.00 for a year&rsquo;s subscription&mdash;7 punchy, colorful issues&mdash;or a saving of 50 cents on the newstand price.IT&rsquo;S THE WORLD&rsquo;S OFFICIAL HOCKEY MAGAZINE&mdash;YOU CAN&rsquo;T AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT IT! &#9632;

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NOW!

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.Since Oshawa Generals joined the Ontario Hockey Association junior A league three years ago, thousands of words of flowery prose have been written extolling the virtues of the sensational Bobby Orr.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01288/2306042-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="275" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Morotte</figcaption></div>A year ago he broke the junior A scoring record for defensemen and could, quite conceivably even surpass his 32-goal output this year.All the great prophecies of stardom are unquestionably correct for the youngster who won&rsquo;t reach his 18th birthday until next March.However, what has been generally over-looked is the fact that the Boston Bruins&rsquo; have another fine defenseman in their organization.As well as sponsoring the Generals, the Bruins are also affiliated with the Memorial Cup champion Niagara Falls Flyers. And on the Falls roster the past three years has been a bundle of muscle named Gilles Marotte.It would be unfair to say that Marotte&rsquo;s appearance on the ice in a Niagara Falls uniform strikes terror into the hearts of opposing forwards but he does pack a tremendous wallop on defense and last season picked up a more than respectable total of 12 goals and 35 assists.Born in Lachine, Marotte was brought to Niagara Falls by Manager Hap Emms at the start of the 1963-64 season and he has been a major reason for the team&rsquo;s success since that time.The Generals have never gone beyond the Ontario semi-finals since Orr played with them but the Flyers have twice won the Ontario championship with Marotte in the lineup and last year defeated Edmonton Oil Kings for the Canadian junior title.Marotte is the exact opposite to Orr.Orr is the stick-checking, smooth type along the lines of former Montreal and New York great Doug Harvey.Marotte is strictly the bouncer. He&rsquo;s the hardest checking defensemen in the junior A league and on offence would rather go over than around the opposing blueliners.If as expected, the pair join forces on the Boston defense within the next couple of years, at least one phase of the Bruin problems should be alleviated.The combination of Bob Baun and Carl Brewer, seven years the stalwarts on the Toronto Maple Leafs defense, was broken up because of Brewer&rsquo;s retirement this year.The Bruins are in line for an equally fine defense pairing if Orr and Marotte fullfil the promise they show in junior.And it is an understatement to say that the Boston Bruins don&rsquo;t need them&hellip;as quickly as possible.Boston fans can take heart too with the knowledge that after the first 25 games their two junior A teams are battling for first place.Niagara Falls Flyers, after three consecutive home victories, went on the road for the first time and promptly dunked St. Catherines Black Hawks 5-3.The win left them as the only unbeaten and untied team in the country&rsquo;s top junior league.Oshawa however still held a one-point margin with nine points on three victories and three ties.Hamilton Red Wings continued to improve under the leadership of Manager-Coach Rudy Pilous.The Wings scored back-to-back victories over previously undefeated Peterborough Petes and Kitchener Rangers and moved into the heady atmosphere (for them) of third position. Hamilton teams have finished last the past two years. &#9632;

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Bruins Waiting For Day Gilles Marotte Steps Up To Throw Weight Around NHL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02239/2306073-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Boston player shown in centre was recently sent down.4. Initials of a former Red Wing coach.6. Given name of Seibert, exBlack Hawk star.8. Relationship between Pete and Brian Conacher.12. Billy Reay once coached a team to this Cup victory.13. Number of goals Kurtenbach scored last season.14. Initials of a Canadien winger.15. Month in which 16 down was born (abbr.)17. Bob Pulford&rsquo;s&mdash;was born May 24th.19. The &ldquo;Golden Jet&rsquo;s&rdquo; initials.20. Name given Sloan, former NHL player.22. Number of NHL teams Imlach has coached.24. Pictured star never played this brand of hockey (abbr.)25. Ex-Red Wing.28. Initials of a Rochester rearguard.29. Former Montreal manager.32. Tim Horton makes a lot of these during a game.33. Yard (abbr.)<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Played defense for the Habs late last season.2. Given name of pictured player.3. Short for first name of a Maple Leaf.4. Pictured player turned pro directly from&mdash;ranks (abbr.)5. Dave Baton&rsquo;s second name.7. Mikita collected 59 of these last season.9. Pete Conacher is&mdash;than Brian.10. Initials of an NHL managercoach.11. Opposite to out.16. Boston goalie.18. Denotes scoreless tie.21. Another name for Jerry Toppazzini.23. Nattrium (Sym)24. Mike Walton&rsquo;s nickname.26. Teams hate to do this.27. Name given Gardner, ex-NHL forward.30. Initials of Slowinski, former Rangers.31. Giacomin answers to this.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S SOLUTION</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Green6. CBC8. Ingram10. Abel13. Copp15. Year16. Oct.17. R.D.18. Mt.20. Ion.21. Man.22. N.B.23. E. M.25. Frank27. G.E.28. Row29. Victoria32. Hank.33. L.P.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Giacomin2. R.N.3. Egypt4. Er.5. Na.7. Bread9. May11. Bergman12. L.R.14. October19. Andrew24. March25. Five26. Keon27. Goal28. R.I.30. Ta.31. R.K. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div>CHICAGO, III.To be sure, the Black Hawks&rsquo; brass was pleased with the team&rsquo;s resounding victories on the season&rsquo;s opening weekend.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01157/2306111-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="270" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Reay</figcaption></div>But the restraint was noticeable. Coach Billy Reay might have been a casual fan when he remarked:&ldquo;It&rsquo;s always good to pick up two quick ones on the road (a 4-0 triumph in Toronto and a 6-2 romp in Boston) but I can&rsquo;t get too excited. There are too many things that have to be worked out yet and too many question marks.&rdquo;Reay couldn&rsquo;t even be pressed into commenting on the fact that Bobby Hull scored four times and Ken Wharram hit for three goals in the two games beyond a terse:&ldquo;They both played well and so did (Goalie) Glenn Hall and the kid defensemen (Matt Ravlich and Doug Jarrett).&rdquo;It almost had to be an act. Reay isn&rsquo;t given to outbursts of florid praise for his athletes, but he&rsquo;s been known to generate more enthusiasm than that for a 1-1 tie with the Rangers.It&rsquo;s almost as though the team management has decided to try to take some of the heat off its athletes by trying to play down, at least publicly, all talk of the league championship, an honor which has eluded the Hawks and which they and their fans very much desire.There would seem to be ample justification for the policy. In Chicago, the Stanley Cup is regarded as a nice little prize for a post-season playoff. But, despite the fact that the Hawks have been operating here since 1926, they won&rsquo;t really arrive until they&rsquo;ve finished atop the league standings.Thus, the pressure was pretty intense during the last three seasons. In each, the Hawks took a fairly commanding lead half-way through the running, only to fade. Twice they missed the top spot by a single point. Last year, they fell to third.Key injuries undoubtedly were factors in each foldup. But the pressure for a first place finish, brought by Chicago&rsquo;s ever-increasing hockey fandom, and reflected in a fairly critical press, might very well have played major roles in the letdowns, too.This year, apparently, Reay, Manager Tommy Ivan and CoOwners Jim Norris and Arthur Wirtz have decided to minimize that pressure as much as possible.They can&rsquo;t keep the fans and press from commenting upon the prospects of a league title or from rooting for it. But they don&rsquo;t have to help stoke the fires, and it looks as if they aren&rsquo;t going to.Nothing can be said or done to minimize the performance of the Hawks&rsquo; Scooter Line in the Toronto and Boston victories, however.When Stan Mikita, Wharram and Doug Mohns are wheeling, the Hawks&rsquo; attack can match any in the league. When they aren&rsquo;t, the attack consists of Bobby Hull and even he isn&rsquo;t enough as a rule.The Scooters, who first gained fame four years ago when Ab McDonald patrolled the left wing, seldom were a factor during the early going last year.Mikita went well but Wharram had trouble shaking off the effects of a skull fracture suffered during a pre-season exhibition and none of the young left wingers Reay tried as McDonald&rsquo;s replacement were able to handle the chore.The line&rsquo;s salvation was Reay and Ivan&rsquo;s decision to move Mohns from defense to the left wing spot. Doug was plagued through much of the year with knee problems, however, and the Scooters&rsquo; full potential never was reached.Things went smoothly for the trio from the start of training camp this season, however, and continued right through the opening weekend. Mikita was the masterful play-maker once again, while Warram and Mohns were willing and able benefactors of Stan&rsquo;s bounty.Both of Mohn&rsquo;s tallies against the Bruins came as the result of Mikita&rsquo;s passing mastery.Actually, the only apparent cause for concern in the two games was the play of sophomore Center Fred Stanfield, from whom Reay had reason to expect consistently sound performances.Billy became so irked at the youngster&rsquo;s defensive play against the Bruins, that he removed Fred from his spot between Bill Hay and Eric Nesterenko, moving Hay to the middle and inserting rookie Ken Hodge on the side.The use of Hodge on the left side was a bit startling, in view of the fact that he gained his fame with St. Catharines Juniors as a right wing. But the move worked well enough for the Hawks to score two goals while Hodge was on the ice.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02155/2306104-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="2206" height="1385"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chicago Black Hawks are getting a lot of mileage out of these two stars. STAN MIKITA, left, and DOUG MOHNS are starting to display their best form and it is beginning to show up in the league scoring columns. They form two-thirds of the Hawks&rsquo; great &lsquo;Scooter Line&rsquo; along with Kenny Wharram.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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REAY UNRUFFLED BY FAST START

CHICAGO, Hl.While all Black Hawk fans continually compare Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull and argue which is more important to the team, another Black Hawk continues to roll along with almost no notice but proves to be just as important to any winning streak piled up.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-03140/2306142-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="457" height="578"><figcaption class="caption-body">KENNY WHARRAM&hellip;Highest Goal Average</figcaption></div>Bobby Hull scored in 29 different games last year and the Hawks had a record of 17-10-3 in those games. That&rsquo;s a. 654 average against the team&rsquo;s. 548 the team had on its 34-28 season.Mikita scored in 22 different games and the Hawks had a 16-4-3 record for a. 736 average. Not bad, you say?Well, Kenny Wharram scored in 19 games and the Hawks had a 14-2-3 record for. 875. In fact, the Hawks won or tied in his first 17 games he scored goals. The two losses came in games No. 67 and 69 when the team had been more or less disbanded to save possible injuries into the playoffs after it was known they couldn&rsquo;t finish above third place.But that&rsquo;s not the end of the Kenny Wharram story. Kenny missed the first eight games of the season because of the skull fracture he sustained in training camp. In those eight games, the Hawks won only three&hellip;which was completely opposite of the fabulous record rolled up the year before in the early part of the season.When Kenny returned to the lineup, it was in spots and he had to wear a specially made helmet that covered most of his eyes and cut off his periferal vision.Proof of how much the helmet hampered him was the fact that the first night he discarded the helmet, Wharram scored two goals and the Hawks began a winning streak that included 13 games undefeated. &#9632;

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