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November 13, 1965

The Hockey News November 13, 1965

BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Charley Barton, veteran correspondent for THE HOCKEY NEWS, was presented with the James H. Ellery Award for his &ldquo;outstanding contributions to the American Hockey League.&rdquo;Barton, a hockey writer for the last 15 years with the Buffalo Courier-Express, received the trophy from Jack Riley, league president between periods of the Rochester-Buffalo hockey game here Nov. 6th.The award is named for Ellery, long-time secretary-treasurer of the AHL, who died two years ago. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

Hockey News Scribe Charley Barton Presented With Jim Ellery Award

CLINTON, N.Y.&mdash;Pete Babando has decided to quit playing hockey after 22 seasons, 10 of them in the National Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1240/2390625-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="291" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pete Babando</figcaption></div>Babando, with Clinton Comets of the Eastern Hockey League this season, decided to quit last weekend.He had returned to his home at South Porcupine, Ont., to pick up his wife and children, intending to take them back to Clinton with him for the balance of the season.But he secured a promising business position and changed his mind.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been going away to play hockey for the past 22 years and that&rsquo;s long enough,&rdquo; he said.He added that his decision to quit was not prompted by salary differences with Clinton and that he has no beef with Clinton manager Wren Blair.Babando, 40, played for Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL. &#9632;

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Veteran Pete Babando Quits After 22 Years In Hockey

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New York Rangers 1965-1966 Roster

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N. Y.The next guy who tells Phil Watson it&rsquo;s always darkest before dawn is odds-on to wind up wearing a hockey stick as a head-piece.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05392/2390051-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="279" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Dea</figcaption></div>In addition to losing their first four games, and five of their first six, the Buffalo Bisons ran into a flock of injuries and were operating with 13 players as this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press.Watson, in his second season as the Buffalo coach, probably wouldn&rsquo;t know how to handle a full complement of 16 players. A year ago, when he steered the Herd into the Calder Cup semifinals, Watson went with 14 players most of the way.Defenseman Ed Van Impe and left-winger Jack Stanfield were idled with injuries, but Watson maintained a stoic resolve.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re looking for hockey players, not excuses,&rdquo; Watson said, after the Quebec Aces came from behind twice to whip the Bisons, 5-2, here. It was the Herd&rsquo;s third straight loss at home.Watson was working with eight forwards, and double-shifted Billy Dea and Jerry Melnyk. Dea, who had played 500 consecutive league games starting the season, and needed 26 to break the record of 525 held by Cleveland&rsquo;s Bill Needham, was hampered by a groin ailment and pulled back muscles.Ed Chadwick, the holdover goalie, and Roy Edwards, back with the Bisons after a one-year stand with Et. Louis in the Central League, were sharing the back-stopping duties. Both played well despite the imposing losing streak.Meanwhile, General Manager Fred Hunt was seeking help, with little success to date. Billy Carter, a center from the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; farm system, was the only player acquired since the start of the season. &#9632;

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Watson Scraping Barrel Using Only 13 Players As Injuries Rock Herd

<div class="byline">BY KEN MCKENZIE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01420/2390939-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Coach MILT SCHMIDT of Boston congratulates rookie netminder BERNIE PARENT for a job well done after Bruins upset champion Canadiens in Montreal game.</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.The Chicago Black Hawks and Bobby Hull have raised a few eyebrows with their brilliant start to the 1965-66 National Hockey League season, but what about the New York Rangers?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02303/2390932-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="261" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Gilbert</figcaption></div>Rated the pre-season &lsquo;dark horse&rsquo; to grab a playoff berth, the surprising New Yorkers are starting to make the experts feel six feet tall with their scintillating getaway pace in the first few weeks of the NHL campaign.Here in hockey-mad Manhattan, the Rangers are giving their Garden fans something to cheer about. After six games, the Rangers had won three, lost two and gained a draw for third place in the early race.The two teams the Blues must beat consistently if they are to make the NHL&rsquo;s charmed playoff circle&mdash;the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs&mdash;were both numbered among the Rangers&rsquo; first victims, an encouraging situation in the eyes of big league hockey men.But many are asking how long can the Blues stay up there? Admittedly, Red Sullivan&rsquo;s new edition of the Rangers are surrounded by ifs. Much depends on Rod Gilbert and his ailing back. The Ranger glamor boy is the key to the club&rsquo;s playoff hopes. And will rookie netminder Ed Giacomin be able to maintain his early pace? If he does, then he stands a great chance of winning the rookie award and the Blues are sure to get their elusive playoff berth.There is a new spirit about the Rangers this season and plenty of young, raw faces to go along with it. Names like Gary Peters, Mike McMahon, Doug Robinson, John Brenneman, John McKenzie, and Giacomin are strange to New Yorkers but they represent the new breed of Rangers and possibly the club&rsquo;s ticket to success.GM Emile Francis and coach Sullivan are convinced they have finally moulded a playoff team this season. Only time and a goodly number of ifs, will tell the story. &#9632;

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RANGERS SURPRISE OF NHL

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Young Bernie Parent discovered that playing in the National Hockey League can be frustrating at times.The rookie netminder, called up by the Boston Bruins from Oklahoma City of the CPHL when both regular goalers, Eddie Johnston and Gerry Cheevers were injured, made an auspicious NHL debut.Parent sparked the Bruins to a 2-2 tie against Chicago. He even had the satisfaction of stopping goal-scoring ace Bobby Hull.The next night, the roof fell in on the young goalie. He was bombed 8-1 as the Bruins were overrun by Detroit. Two nights later, he was again in the limelight as the Bruins upset the champion Montreal Canadiens 3-1 right in Bernie&rsquo;s hometown, too.In his fourth game, also against Montreal, the Habs riddled him for five more goals in a 5-2 setback.But Parent managed to maintain his composure through it all. &#9632;

Rookie Finds Goaling In NHL Has Ups And Downs

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Bernie Parent, goalkeeper and Gilles Marotte, defenseman, recalled from Niagara Falls of Junior OHA. Forbes Kennedy, forward recalled from San Francisco of WHL, Jack Norris, goalkeeper, recalled from Los Angeles of WHL. Bob Ring, goalkeeper and Marotte returned to Niagara Falls of OHA Junior.DETROIT&mdash;Bob McCord, defenseman, sent to Pittsburgh of AHL.TORONTO&mdash;Peter Stemkowski, and Eddie Shack forwards called up from RoChester of AHL. Jim Pappin, forward, sent to Rochester.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>CLEVELAND&mdash;Dave MeComb, forward, quit team, Gordon Wilkie, forward, recalled from Seattle of WHL.BUFFALO&mdash;Pat Hannigan, forward, sold by Detroit of NHL.ROCHESTER&mdash;Mike Bylets, Doug Dunville and Jim Davidson, forwards, recalled from Toronto Marlboros of Junior OHA on emergency basis.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Ray La-Rose, defenseman, secured from Quebec of AHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>DES MOINES&mdash;Paul Johnson, defenseman, recalled from Waterloo, Ia., of USHL and returned.FORT WAYNE&mdash;Wayne Garrow and Mike Kolody. forwards, released.DAYTON&mdash;Bob Regis forward returned by Tulsa of CPHL.MUSKEGON&mdash;Bob Letnieux, defenseman, secured from Houston of CPHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>JACKSONVILLE&mdash;Rick Bradford, defenseman, secured on loan from Johnstown of EHL. Pete Wright, forward, obtained from Long Island of EHL.NEW JERSEY&mdash;Jerry Wakshinski, forward, sold to Knoxville of EHL. Bill Boychuk, forward, dropped.LONG ISLAND&mdash;Claude Beausejour, defenseman loaned to Jacksonville of EHL.KNOXVILLE&mdash;Brian McNutt, forward, released.NEW HAVEN&mdash;Jules Gagnon, Alf Cleary and Pat Bester forwards, dropped. Blake Ball, Jerry Lamoureux and Richard Cloutier, forwards, loaned by New York of NHL, Gus Brassard, defenseman, purchased from Charlotte of EHL.JOHNSTOWN&mdash;Andy Brown, goalkeeper, signed as free agent. Jim Letcher, goalkeeper, dropped.CHARLOTTE&mdash;George Hill, forward, signed from Michigan Tech. &#9632;

Movement Of Players

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Toronto Maple Leafs 1965-1966 Roster

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<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Punch Imlach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, isn&rsquo;t one to push hockey&rsquo;s panic button.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01558/2388674-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="282" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Peter Stemkowski</figcaption></div>But even the patient general manager-coach of the Leafs, felt is was time for a change.Imlach didn&rsquo;t hesitate to dip into the ranks of the Rochester Americans when it was obvious the slumping Maple Leafs needed a little scoring punch. After five losses in eight games, Imlach started moving bodies in and out. The Leafs had scored but 11 times, lowest in the NHL.First, Peter Stemkowski was called from the Americans. Then a hurry up call went out for Eddie Shack, the &lsquo;People&rsquo;s Choice, to join the Leafs. Imlach demoted Jim Pappin, who is noted as a scorer but suddenly lost his touch for putting the puck in the net.Imlach promised there could be more changes but didn&rsquo;t disclose them at press time.Defenseman Kent Douglas was reported to be under the gun with Imlach as well and had it not been for a serious head injury suffered by rearguard Bob Baun on a slap shot from Rod Gilbert&rsquo;s stick, Douglas would have accompanied Pappin to Rochester according to Imlach.The Leafs&rsquo; coach had made a hurried trip to Rochester to look the Americans over and undoubtedly there will be further personnel shifting after the team suffered back-to-back defeats 4-2 against Rangers and a humiliating 9-0 drubbing at the hands of the Black Hawks.The top performers at Rochester, he felt, were ringht-winger Red Armstrong, left-winger Brian Conacher and Stemkowski.&ldquo;I was happy with the way Conacher had improved,&rdquo; Imlach said. &ldquo;But he still has a lot to learn about handling the puck. He needs ice time to do that and Rochester is the place where he&rsquo;ll get it.&ldquo;I thought Armstrong was the best forward, but he didn&rsquo;t look any better than the right-wingers we&rsquo;ve got.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02533/2388667-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="518" height="710"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED JOYAL&hellip;20-Plus Scorer?</figcaption></div>Other standout prospects Imlach checked on were Stemkowski and center Mike Walton.&ldquo;Mike still has to improve his defensive work,&rdquo; Imlach said. &ldquo;He needs time down there.&rdquo;In general, Imlach thinks he could improve his front-line defense by promoting some farmhands. But the real need is to develop some offence.That&rsquo;s what Imlach had in mind when he put Eddie Joyal at center between Frank Mahovlich and Ron Ellis. &ldquo;We hope to get better than 20 goals from Joyal,&rdquo; said Imlach.This trio has a chance to be a productive unit for Leafs. Imlach&rsquo;s other centers, Dave Keon and Bob Pulford, are primarily checkers, used to handle the opposition&rsquo;s best lines.Ellis did score 23 goals as a rookie last season, despite missing eight games, and Mahovlich is a 30-goal man, barring injury or illness.It&rsquo;s a tremendous opportunity for Joyal, who could be the surprise package in that summer deal whereby Leafs sent Andy Bathgate, Billy Harris and Gary Jarrett to Detroite Red Wings in exchange for Joyal, Pronovost, Larry Jeffrey and Lowell MacDonald.Joyal has been shuttled between various levels of Wings&rsquo; organization since turning professional in 1960. He spent two seasons in the Western League with Edmonton, then moved to Pittsburgh in the American League for the 1962-63 campaign. He was imported to Detroit late in the season and participated in the Stanley Cup playoffs.At that time, Sid Abel, Wings&rsquo; coach and general manager, said Joyal was a surefire NHL star at center. He would open the 1963-64 season at center for Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio, Abel vowed.But Joyal never did pan out and split the next two winters between Pittsburgh and Detroit.Now he moves into a spot where he is badly needed and where he has two excellent wingers to work with.After his first game there, in which he engineered a Mahovlich goal, Joyal said: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the first time I&rsquo;ve worked a regular shift for a whole NHL game.&rdquo;Opportunity, of course, is very important in sports success and Joyal is guaranteed of a full shot this time. You can&rsquo;t win a job if you don&rsquo;t get a full chance to show what you can do.It&rsquo;s an old story with Imlach. You might expect him to stick with Stemkowski and let him develop but instead he gambles on Joyal&rsquo;s experience. &#9632;

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Imlach Calls Stemkowski, Eddie Shack In Bid To End Maple Leafs’ Nose Dive

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01558/2388774-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Big JEAN BELIVEAU, captain of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, accepts gift of wrist watch from HERB MORTIMER, vice-president and general manager of the Gruen Watch Co. of Canada Ltd. who presented wives of Montreal players with watches to commemorate Habs&rsquo; Stanley Cup victory last spring. Mortimer was once a crack goalkeeper with Toronto senior hockey teams.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;Jean Beliveau, a giant in talent as well as in size, has found a way to hit peak form early this season.He has been shedding pounds in the summer in order to gain scoring points this fall. As the result of a diet that he followed during the off-season. Big Jean has started off the current hockey campaign several pounds lighter than usual.&ldquo;Actually. I started to diet in the latter part of last season,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I think it was around January. Then, when the season was over, I decided to stay with the diet through the summer months. To tell you the truth. I could not follow it as well as I would have liked in the summer,&rdquo; says Beliveau, &ldquo;because I travel for the Molson&rsquo;s Brewery and I have to eat a lot of meals on the road. But. I did the best I could with it. and the result is that I weigh 204 right now. which is usually my weight when a hockey season is over. I usually start off weighing around 209 or 210.&rdquo;In starting the season off with the new slim look, Beliveau is also starting with a new fast pace. He has been flying in the early game and had a cluster of scoring points to show for his early efforts. He was, in fact, setting a pace that he normally doesn&rsquo;t achieve till around the Christmas season, and his performance was lifting others on the team as well. His linemates, &lsquo;Bobby Rousseau and Dick Duff, were also going full out and between the three of them they constituted the hottest line on the Montreal team.Though Beliveau rates as the most prominent Hab to go on a diet, he&rsquo;s by no means the only one to do so. In fact, there&rsquo;s a small but growing membership in the controlled-calory club, and the man who started it all was Jean-Guy Talbot. He first went on a diet a couple of summers ago, in order to achieve his regular playing weight by the time training camp opened. Talbot, apparently, plays best at around 172 lbs., and had found that the extra weight he accumulated during the off-season wasn&rsquo;t helping him. According to reports, he consulted a physician and a diet was planned that would prove beneficial. He lost about five pounds and turned up for training camp this year in tip-top shape. No one knows whether this led to him becoming a penalty-killer of note last season, or whether that phase of it was sheer coincidence. But the fact is that a slimmer Talbot has become a good penalty-killer and takes his turn on defence, as well.Talbot&rsquo;s bubbling health and svelte appearance, led teammate Claude Provost to give the diet a whirl. He also lost several pounds as a result, and achieved what for him was his best playing weight. That was last season. Again, it may be sheer coincidence, but last season was the best one Provost had since he broke into the NHL in 1955. He scored 27 goals, had 37 assists and was voted the No. 1 All-Star right-winger.Then it was Beliveau&rsquo;s turn. He started in the latter part of last season, as noted, and hockeywise the results were interesting. He scored 20 goals last season. Five of them were in the first half; fifteen in the latter.What is this diet? How does it work? &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not very complicated,&rdquo; says one of the players. &ldquo;You avoid fattening foods, skip things like potatoes and other heavy-type foods. Lots of steak and vegetables are okay. Foods containing a lot of starch are out. Also, you eat whole-wheat bread instead of white bread. The thing is, you eat whatever is best for you personally, so as to bring you to the proper playing weight. It&rsquo;s carried out under the supervision of a doctor, of course, and there are pills involved which you take on the doctor&rsquo;s recom-mendation.&rdquo;Says Beliveau: &ldquo;The diet is good, there&rsquo;s no doubt about that. But, maybe it&rsquo;s in the mind too, you know. I mean, you lose a few pounds and you feel good, so you think you should go out and play well. And, you do.&rdquo;Whatever the reason, Beliveau is off to a good, fast start and the club has been reaping the harvest. Goalwise, his production after the first half-dozen games was practically equal to what he had in the entire first-half of last season. Big Jean had four goals in his first six games, this year, as well as four assists. Last year he managed only five goals in the first half of the regular schedule.Beliveau, now 34 years of age, is starting his 13th full season with Canadiens. He currently ranks as the fifth-highest goal scorer in NHL history, Behind Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Ted Lindsay and Bernard Geoffrion. However, with 362 goals to his credit as we go to press, Beliveau is closing in on his old teammate, the Boomer. Geoffrion clings to the fourth spot with a career total of 371 goals. How long he remains in that position is now up to Beliveau. &#9632;

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(1) The Calder Memorial Trophy winner of 1948-49 was born, not in a Canadian hot-bed of hockey, but in Helsinki, Finland. Who was the player?(2) Only two players have had the distinction of winning both the Hart and Byng Trophies in a a single season. Do you know who they are?(3) Two hockey playing brothers, Charlie and Roy Conacher, ended their careers with only a one goal difference in their total output. Charlie scored 225 while Roy garnered 226. How many seasons did they play in the NHL respectively?(4) Rabid hockey fans who follow the events in Leagues other than the NHL probably will have no trouble in picking out Ed Giacomin&rsquo;s birth-place:Winnipeg Sudbury. Quebec City Halifax(5) The name of Jack Adams is still synonymous with the Detroit Red Wings and, rightly so, since he served as their manager &ndash; coach for many years. Just how long did he do double duty?(6) Even youthful readers must know that Jack Adams hasn&rsquo;t been away from the NHL scene very long. He retired at the end of a certain season when Toronto won the Stanley Cup. Name the campaign.(7) When Jack Adams relinquished the coaching chores in the fall of 1947 and devoted his energy to managing, who became Detroit&rsquo;s new mentor?(8) Eddie Joyal and Bob Nevin both have something slightly unique in common and, in a way, it does have a definite bearing upon their playing ability. What is it?(9) Back in 1963-64, there were nine penalty shots called, but only four resuited in goals. This isn&rsquo;t very easy, but try to remember who thwarted the netminders.(10) Here&rsquo;S the last one. Who was the first defenceman to win the Lady Byng Trophy?(Answers Next Week)<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S SOLUTION</h2>(1) A player who hangs around in front of the net hoping to shoot in a rebound.(2) Chicago Black Hawks.(3) Maurice Richard and Max Bentley.(4) Joe Malone.(5) Lionel Conacher.(6) 1954-55.(7) Marguerite Norris became Detroit&rsquo;s first lady president.(8) 1942.(9) 1945-46 with Cleveland.(10) Glenn Hall. &#9632;

HOCKEY…Quiz

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;When you play with the Black Hawks these days, you almost have to resign yourself to second billing behind Bobby Hull.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01621/2388867-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="277" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Mohns</figcaption></div>This is because no matter what you may accomplish, Bob almost is certain to come up with a topper.Take the case of Doug Mohns, the 31-year-old journeyman who has been entrusted with the important job of patrolling the left side for Stan Mikita and Kenny Wharram on the Scooter Line.Doug, who spent 11 seasons, most of them as a defenseman, with Boston, before being traded to the Hawks two years ago, is off to the greatest start of his career.While the Hawks were winning their first four games of the season, all on foreing ice, Doug accounted for five goals and five assists, almost all of them coming in key situations.Such a start, under normal conditions, would qualify Doug for consideration as the top performer of the NHL race&rsquo;s early running.As it is, however, Doug&rsquo;s efforts went virtually unnoticed. Mr. Hull, you see, came up with eight goals during those same four games and, quite justifiably, gained the major portion of acclaim.It certainly isn&rsquo;t Hull&rsquo;s fault. He&rsquo;s been given great gifts and he employs them. It&rsquo;s just a fact of Black Hawk life.Mohns, meanwhile, can console himself with the knowledge that he&rsquo;s performing a vital role in the Hawk plans for bringing Chicago its first league championship.With left wing properly manned, the Scooter line is one of the most effective attacking forces in hockey. If the opposition masses its forces to stop the Hull-Phil Esposito-Chico Maki line, less effective checkers are assigned to the Scooters. If the Scooters are stopped, Hull and Co. benefit from looser checking.The result is that seldom is the Chicago attack completely bottled up.Mohns was moved from the defense corps into his present assignment several weeks after the season started last year when Coach Billy Reay was unable to find a replacement for the traded Ab McDonald from among several rookie hopefuls.His play was satisfactory. But a knee injury which plagued him much of the time and a lack of familiarity with his linemates prevented Doug from feeling secure in the spot.&ldquo;Things have been going well right from the start this year, though,&rdquo; said Doug. &ldquo;The knee is as sound as it ever was and of course that&rsquo;s important. &ldquo;But the biggest thing is that Ken, Stan and I know each other, now.&ldquo;Last year, I&rsquo;d have to hesitate before making a play or getting into position for a pass; because I never was sure what; Ken and Stan were going to do. It was the same with them. They never knew what I&rsquo;d be up to.&ldquo;Now we make our moves without giving a second&rsquo;s thought to where we&rsquo;re going to be. We know.&rdquo;Doug always has rated among the league&rsquo;s better skaters but he appears to be moving better than ever now.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve noticed this myself,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And I can&rsquo;t really figure it. I just seem stronger somehow than ever before. I&rsquo;m not going to spend much time questioning it either. At my age, I don&rsquo;t know how many years I have left so I shoot for the moon every game and hope the strength holds out.&rdquo;Doug is willing to guess at one reason for his quick start, as well as the Hawks.&ldquo;Most of the guys seem to think that the fact we trained under ideal conditions in the Chicago Stadium this year was a big help,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;I kind of agree. The big ice surface helped get us in shape for league play and the big league dressing facilities and all eliminated a lot of the little things that can bug you when you train in a minor league or junior rink.&rdquo;For a hockey line to be truly successful, its members must know one another so well that they can cooperate instinctively.Since this kind of rapport seldom can be established solely on the ice, if linemates are conscientious they get together frequently during their spare time. Doug and the Scooters follow this pattern.&ldquo;Ken, Stan, and I spend a lot of time together off the ice,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Most of the time, it&rsquo;s just the three of us talking over ways of improving the line&rsquo;s play. But we see each other socially with our families, too.&ldquo;Reay thinks that members of a line can&rsquo;t spend too much time together and he&rsquo;s making believers of the three of us.&rdquo;Mohns doesn&rsquo;t have to make a believer of Reay. Billy has been one of Doug&rsquo;s staunchest boosters, from the time he joined the Scooters.&ldquo;Doug has been a life saver for us,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;His skating and good shot are important, of course, but his ability to back-check really helps.&rdquo;Because he&rsquo;s bigger than his linemates, Doug has accepted the role as the line&rsquo;s heavy duty man. If trouble is going to start while the Scooters are on the ice, he wants it to start with him.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always been pretty rugged in that respect,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;And I figure that part of my job is to take most of the line&rsquo;s punishment.&ldquo;If I can keep the other team&rsquo;s checkers mad at me, they aren&rsquo;t going to have too much time to chase Ken and Stan around.&rdquo;Although Mohns&rsquo; start is astonishing&mdash;and would be for any one besides Hull or Gordie Howe&mdash;Doug always has had credentials as a scorer.Despite the fact that he was a defenseman most of the time during his years in Boston, he managed one 20-goal season and generally was able to produce between 12 and 16.Asked if he&rsquo;d set any target for himself in view of his explosive start, Doug smiled and replied:&ldquo;Sure, I&rsquo;m going after 70. As I said before, I&rsquo;m shooting for the moon.&rdquo;Judging from the pace he and Hull have set, that moon just might be attainable. &#9632;

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Mohns Enjoying Greatest Start Of Career But He Gets Second Billing To Hawks’ Jet

CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Billy Reay found a way to stop defenseman Elmer Vasko from backing in on goaltender Glenn Hall last week in practice.The Chicago Black Hawk coach made Moose put on Hall&rsquo;s goal pads and told Hall to dress as a defenseman. They switched positions for the workout.Vasko, surprisingly, made a few saves. But, more important, he learned the importance of having his defensemen stay out in front of him to avoid screening him on shots.Henceforth he&rsquo;ll try to do the same for Hall. &#9632;

Reay Cures Vasko Of Backing Up

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02577/2388922-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg"></div>GENERAL MANAGER Tommy IvanCOACH Billy Reay &#9632;

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Chicago Black Hawks 1965-1966 Roster

<div class="byline">BY STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK. N. Y.If the Rangers were smart they&rsquo;d have severed telephone communications with Detroit&rsquo;s g.m.&mdash;coach Sid Abel. But, its too late now. A Blue official phoned Abel and here&rsquo;s what he said:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01579/2388953-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="287" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Neilson</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We have to gear ourselves for a serious Ranger playoff bid. Toe Blake (Montreal&rsquo;s coach) says the Rangers are the team to beat. I know that if their goaltending holds up, they&rsquo;ll be a major factor in the NHL race.&rsquo;At this point, Ranger coach Red Sullivan, who was listening, developed a severe case of lockjaw. Sully recalled last year that Abel blessed the Blues as a playoff club and acted as if he&rsquo;d be pleased if Detroit finished in the Met League.Everyone knows that the Blues promptly sunk like the Andrea Dorea while Abel&rsquo;s Red Wings made like an Atlas Missile. By the time Abel was finished, Sully put the Red Wings rajah&rsquo;s remarks in proper perspective.&ldquo;Abel is one of the biggest con men in the business,&rdquo; Chortled Sully, who had just finished beef strogonoff at the weekly Met Hockey Writer&rsquo;s Luncheon at the Garden. &ldquo;He set me up good last year with his remarks.&rdquo;Much as Sully would like to eliminate gypsy curses such as Abel dispenses the fact remains that observers have been particularly&mdash;and unexpectedly&mdash;enthused about the Rangers&rsquo; playoff chances. And this despite a modest 1-2 record.&ldquo;But Rangers skated right over the top of us in the two exhibitions we played,&rdquo; said Abel, whose Wings lost and tied with the Blues in training games.While denying panic-throbs over the Red Wings&rsquo; so-so start, Abel confessed that he&rsquo;s been attempting a trade with the Rangers but allowed that the best he&rsquo;s done is to boost the stock in A.T.&T.With the exception of recuperating Bill Hicke, the Rangers are healthy, wealthy&mdash;and cocky.&ldquo;Toronto can be had,&rdquo; said Sullivan, before the Blues went out and tied them 2-2 in the Garden and then hiked up to Toronto where they won this one 4-2.Unlike Abel, Sullivan is running a hockey club, not a school for diplomats.As for some of his Rangers, Sullivan had some specifics to mention:&ldquo;Jim Neilson is playing the best hockey of his career on defense. He&rsquo;s hitting and lugging the puck. Then again, I&rsquo;m not that surprised. Jimmy has all the tools to be one of the best defensemen in the game. He can lead us right into the playoffs.&rdquo;The other half of the playoff-leading combination on defense is Harry Howell, the Ranger star of the All-Star Game and the most noble of the backliners also one of the most humorous.Harry, who took two penalties in the AllStar tilt, still was being kidded about it three weeks later. Ranger president Bill Jennings got in a good line when he ran into Howell.&ldquo;That was quite a play you made, getting that penalty late in the game,&rdquo; kidded Jennings.&ldquo;What do you mean?&rdquo; Harry wondered.&ldquo;When you got the penalty,&rdquo; Jennings explained, &ldquo;the All-Stars sent out Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull to kill it. That was a great Play.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Abel Put Finger On Rangers So Sully Not Listening Now

<div class="byline">&#x2014;FISCHLER.</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.Phil Goyette, the professorial Ranger center has been shooting for his 100th goal and 200th assist this season nearly ended his NHL career last year when his body was wracked with pleuresy.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03427/2389015-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="239" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Goyette</figcaption></div>You&rsquo;d never know it watching smooth Phillipe gliding against Toronto at the Garden this evening. He&rsquo;s well-recovered and now, for the first time, reveals some of the agony of last season.&ldquo;I got sick in the first game of the season.&rdquo; says Goyette, creative architect of the Bob Nevin-Don Marshall line. &ldquo;The sickness was around my lung. I started dragging and dragging and soon I couldn&rsquo;t go on anymore.&rdquo;Despite his agony, Goyette played 52 games for the Rangers and scored 46 points on 12 goals and 34 assists.&ldquo;Pains would shoot through my chest,&rdquo; says Phil, &ldquo;until I couldn&rsquo;t even move. I&rsquo;d cough like crazy all the time. Sleep? That wasn&rsquo;t very easy. I felt I had had it.&rdquo;When the Ranger brass realized Goyette&rsquo;s condition, they sent Phil and his wife Ginette, on a sabbatical to the Bahamas. That, and a summer of calm recuperation have brought him back to mint condition.A voracious reader and bridge player, Goyette spent seven seasons with the Canadiens before emigrating to New York. He is about to play in his 300th NHL game and is several light years away from retirement.&ldquo;I know that if I get a lot of playing time I can do as well as anybody in the league,&rdquo; says the man with pointed shoes and heavy horn-rimmed glasses.The Canadiens had a wholesome lineup of centers including Jean Beliveau, Bob Rousseau, Henri Richard and Ralph Backstrom. With that kind of talent, Phil would have gotten more action in The Forum selling programs.&ldquo;It was none of my business asking for more ice time,&rdquo; says Phil, who is a customs broker in the off-season. &ldquo;When I came to New York, my results were better. Red (Sullivan) understood my style. He played me&mdash;and I had something to prove. That I belonged.&rdquo;Goyette says he doesn&rsquo;t worry about his health anymore: he&rsquo;d just like to keep his playing standard high.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t worry about his play,&rdquo; says Sullivan. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m concerned about keeping him healthy.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Goyette Fit Again, Looking Hopefully To 100th NHL Goal

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 13, 1965 No. 5 &#9632;

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06171/2389129-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg"></div><h2>Minor Hockey Coach Boosts Kids&rsquo; Game</h2>Hockey News Editor:I enjoy THE HOCKEY NEWS very much as a close follower of amateur and professional hockey. However, I feel that Canadian and American and particularly foreign readers would also enjoy reading a bit more about minor hockey in Canada and other countries.Would it not be possible to devote a small section or column to important functions in minor hockey such as provincial winners, tournament winners and teams making special trips or making special achievements.I think the readers for instance would like to know that a Squirt and Pee-Wee team from London, Ont, flew to California to play exhibition hockey games and also a Pee-Wee team from Toronto flew to Mexico to play hockey. Also results of tournaments at Quebec City, Brampton, Ont., Goderich, Ont., and the Silver Stick at Port Huron, Mich., could be tabulated for readers.I would also like to mention that the Kitchener Squirt AllStars last season played 41 games and lost only 3 travelling over 2,000 miles. The team won tournaments at Mt. Forest, Newmarket and Preston and also an International Tournament at Washington, D.C., where the team spent 5 days. It is believed the Kitchener Squirts were the first Canadian Squirt team to play in and win a Squirt Tournament outside Canada.As coach of the Kitchener Squirts I would be interested in hearing from other minor coaches in foreign countries or Europe about minor hockey organization in their country. I would like to see a Canadian Squirt or Pee-Wee team play in a country in Europe in the near future to show the Europeans the calibre of Canadian hockey at this level. I am sure we would open their eyes.I would be pleased to correspond with minor hockey coaches around the world.Murray Fried, Kitchener Squirt Coach 25 Gildner St., Kitchener, Ont. Canada<h2>Puck Fan Disagrees Hull Worth $100,000</h2>Hockey News Editor:In last month&rsquo;s HOCKEY NEWS, Dink Carroll made remarks to the effect that no player in hockey is worth $100,000, and that hockey could not pay that kind of money if one did.To answer this first statement, all that must be done is to look at the Black Hawk record during the years in which Bobby Hull has performed. When he plays well, the team plays well too. After he was hurt last year, the team almost fell apart. It was this same Hull who, with two bad knees, brought the Hawks from complete despair to a berth in the finals. Also, due to television exposure and other interests, there is no player in the game today as widely known throughout the USA like Bobby Hull.During the past several years the NHL has enjoyed prosperity never before known. All six teams easily finished in the black. Chicago could especially afford to pay Hull $100,000. No one will ever know how many people really attended the Hawk games last year, for the announced crowd was always 3,000 to 4,000 below the actual count. In the playoffs alone, at least 120,000 people were in attendance. Certainly paying Mr. Hull what he&rsquo;s worth would not dent the financial estates of Mr. Norris and Mr. Wirtz.Joseph Brenzol, Chicago, Ill.<h2>Calls N.Y. Rangers To Make Playoffs</h2>Hockey News Editor:In the first two weeks of every NHL season, many predictions are stated by avid fans and writers, but this one, I assure you, is a valid one, especially for your eager, never-say-die Ranger fans. After viewing many Ranger scrimmages and their first home game against Les Canadiens, defenseman Harry Howell shall have his best season this year, defensively and point-wise. But more important, Jim &ldquo;Big Chief&rdquo; Neilson will finally come into his own this season. Big Jim finally realized that his size and playing ability is well respected among his colleagues and is also in for his biggest year.These two men should carry the Rangers over their 5th place blockade which has overshadowed them in the past few years.Joseph Di Costannyo, Bronx NEW York.<h2>Admires Gump&rsquo;s Play Says He&rsquo;s Greatest</h2>Hockey News Editor:Would you kindly print this letter because I want to join Stu Hacket&rsquo;s &ldquo;Gump&rdquo; Worsley Fan Club. I, too, have a great admiration for &ldquo;Gump&rdquo;. His outstanding play in the playoffs shows that he is the greatest goalie in the NHL since he outplayed Glenn Hall, who is considered to be the best goalie by many. I also agree with Mr. Richardson,&mdash;hockey is Canada&rsquo;s game and should remain so. I am a three-year subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS.I would like to have more information on the following players, if possible: Jean-Guy Lagace, Jacques Lemieux, Robert Lemieux, William Plager, Michael Fischer, Andre Lageux, Garry Schall, Grant Warwick, Thomas Angle, Gilbert Lapalme, William Staub, Gerald Kell, Charles Bamford. Edward Bayliss, Bill Bond, Ray Leclerc, Wally Phain, Tom Palonic, Ron Ward, Andre Hinse, Dan Johnson, Dave Porteneau, Ron Gross, Les Kozack, Bob Regis, Richard Rivest, Martin Desmarais, Jerry Knightly and St. Jacques.Larry Gingras, Verner, Ontario.(Ed. note: We are sorry but space does not permit us to outline where all of these players are situated this year. However, I&rsquo;m sure if you continue your keen interest in hockey and THE HOCKEY NEWS you will come across all of them in the very near future. Many are playing in the CPHL, however.) &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01648/2389098-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="412" height="433"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02520/2389091-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="647" height="91"></div>&bull; NEW YORK&mdash;THE &ldquo;NEW LOOK&rdquo; Rangers are making a big hit with their followers and they cheered the team wildly here the other night as the Rangers stormed back to tie Toronto, 2-2, in as exciting a hockey game as you could ever hope to see&hellip;There seems to be a new spirit and dash to the club this year right from the top down&hellip;Emile Francis, popular general manager and his assistant, Jackie Gordon, have recruited the kind of a hustling, fast-skating team that New Yorkers have been seeking for years. Granted there are a number of ifs associated with this year&rsquo;s edition of the Blueshirts, but if the team continues to play anywhere close to the way it has during the first few games this season, fans will be fighting for playoff tickets come April&hellip;Two of the biggest ifs are whether Ed Giacomin will hold up in goal all season and if Rod Gilbert&rsquo;s ailing back stands the wear and tear of a complete season&hellip;There&rsquo;s not much doubt that Gilbert holds the key to the Rangers&rsquo; playoff hopes&hellip;The defense is also of a so-so nature. When Harry Howell and Jim Neilson are on the ice there are no worries but some of the younger defensemen such as Rod Seiling, Arnie Brown and Mike McMahon often cause the Ranger followers some anxious moments&hellip;Howell and Neilson both played tremendous games against the Leafs and they were picked as the outstanding players of the contest and received sterling silver awards&hellip;The Leafs didn&rsquo;t look as good as usual and some of their veterans appeared tired towards the end of the game&hellip;Insiders think Carl Brewer will miss this season but return next year. He hasn&rsquo;t attended a home game of the Leafs this season. He can&rsquo;t resist shouting instructions to his former mates when he watches the games on TV.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03393/2389084-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="282" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Emile Francis</figcaption></div>&bull; EVERYONE WE encountered down here raving about the &lsquo;New Bold Look&rsquo; of HOCKEY PICTORIAL and especially the November issue which has a beautiful four-color cover of handsome Rod Gilbert and contains such outstanding stories as &ldquo;You Can&rsquo;t Rap Hockey To Me&rdquo;, by Bobby Hull, the adonis of the ice lanes and a picture-feature titled: &ldquo;On The Road With Gordie Howe&rdquo;&hellip;John Travers has an interesting story in the November PICTORIAL about a Little World Series of Hockey between the All-Stars of the American and Western Hockey Leagues&hellip;HOCKEY PICTORIAL now contains more stories and more pictures than any other publication and if you read it once you&rsquo;ll be a reader always&hellip;Phil Burke, recently appointed director of promotion and public relations, works hand-in-hand with John Halligan, Rangers&rsquo; publicist&hellip;The Rangers&rsquo; publicity setup is a vast improvement over previous years&hellip;While here we guested with Marv Albert over Station WHN&hellip;Marv does the play-by-play of Rangers&rsquo; Sunday night games over radio&hellip;Televiewers can watch the Rangers on Saturday evenings via WOR-TV with Bob Wolff handling the play-by-play&hellip;Burke, Halligan and Andy Rock have produced the finest Ranger program in a number of years. Rock is the advertising director of the program&hellip;All of the Rangers were guests of President Bill Jennings recently for a day of golf. Vic Hadfield walked off with low gross honors with a 77. Bill Hicke was second with an 82.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04277/2389077-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="265" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Burke</figcaption></div>&bull; RANGERS ARE very pleased to date with the forward line of Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelie and Doug Robinson&hellip;&ldquo;Quick passing is the key to a successful power play, and they&rsquo;ve certainly got that,&rdquo; Red Sullivan pointed out&hellip;Since taking over as general manager of the Rangers, Emile Francis has doubled the scouting staff, hired Jackie Gordon from Cleveland as assistant and obtained Ed Giacomin from Providence as goalkeeper. In doing so he outbid Detroit, Toronto and Boston&hellip;&ldquo;Giacomin was the top goalie outside the NHL,&rdquo; says Francis, &ldquo;and that&rsquo;s why we went after him.&rdquo;&hellip;Giacomin has played six years of pro hockey and has no facial scars, which is indeed remarkable&hellip;&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been lucky,&rdquo; Ed says. &ldquo;I have all my own teeth and have never been hurt around the head. Yet, I&rsquo;ve never worn a mask. I don&rsquo;t like them. The only time I&rsquo;ve worn one was in practice when the ice was bad.&rdquo;&hellip;Francis, an old goalkeeper himself, marvelled at this as he told me he had taken over 250 stitches and had broken his nose five times. Not to mention the loss of 18 teeth. Before joining the Rangers Phil Burke spent the last five years as director of sports information at Columbia University. He also worked recently for Roosevelt Raceway&hellip;Sid Abel is thinking of playing Alex Delvecchio on defense&hellip;Claude Larose is said to be about to lose his regular place in the Montreal lineup to Yvan Cournoyer&hellip;Stan Mikita is the most popular NHL player in Europe according to Ludek Bukac, a Czech player who attended the Boston Bruins training camp&hellip;Phil Goyette feels the best thing that happened to his puck career was when he was traded to Rangers from Canadiens&hellip;&ldquo;I had something to prove here&hellip;that I belonged.&rdquo;&hellip;He&rsquo;s certainly done that and rates as one of the best centers in the loop right now.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05230/2389070-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="277" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stan Mikita</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">BY BOB GATES</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The best line the Bruins had during the early weeks of the new season never made the ice. But it&rsquo;s worth repeating.Bob Wolff, the New York Rangers&rsquo; broad-caster, hurriedly collared one of the Bruins&rsquo; family before a game at Boston Garden &ldquo;Let me have your lines,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I want to study them.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01600/2389160-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="277" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Marotte</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It won&rsquo;t do you any good,&rdquo; came the reply. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t keep them long enough.&rdquo;This truism summed up the sad but familiar plight of the goal-and talent-starved tail-end-ers who early went to the cupboard this season looking for help.Injuries to first Gerry Cheevers&rsquo; right knee and then Ed Johnston (left knee) necessitated the use of four different goaltenders in their first four games. But Coach Milt Schmidt&rsquo;s mixmaster line pairings were an entirely different matter. The Bruins, as expected, just weren&rsquo;t able to put the puck in &ldquo;the other fellow&rsquo;s net&rdquo;A differentiation here is necessary, for, as Schmidt alluded, the Bruins had been overly generous in their own end, too frequently losing the puck when in control of it.&ldquo;I had expected us to be stronger defensively, and perhaps we will be,&rdquo; the coach declared. &ldquo;But right now we&rsquo;re giving the puck away where it hurts most&mdash;in our own zone. (accountable in large measure why the Bruins were outscored 16-5 in three straight opening losses at Boston Garden).&ldquo;There are two things we can do with the puck in our own end,&rdquo; Schmidt continued. &ldquo;We can dump it out or freeze it. We&rsquo;re doing neither. Instead we&rsquo;re making blind passes or trying to steer it through a maze of legs. It doesn&rsquo;t work.&rdquo;Up front, Milt has tried every conceivable offensive pairing, has even brought up hard-hitting defenseman Ted Green on occasion, hoping he might stir up something.General Manager Hap Emms had threatened if those Bruins on the scene didn&rsquo;t produce he would make changes. And at the end of the second week he was doing so.First to be called up for a five-game look was rugged defenseman Gilles Marotte, a 19-year-old junior from Niagara Falls and a stickout in the Bruins&rsquo; pre-season camp.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s aggressive,&rdquo; Schmidt says, &ldquo;and he has good size (5ft. 10 in., 200 pounds). He moves the puck well to the forwards and he has one of the best shots from the point that I&rsquo;ve ever seen&mdash;anywhere. It&rsquo;s hard and nice and low.&rdquo;Additionally, the Bruins recalled Forbes Kennedy from San Francisco in attempt to bolster the under-nourished center-ice corps, and brought on young Bernie Parent from Oklahoma City and Jack Norris from Los Angeles to ease the goal-tending shortage (With Cheevers already on the shelf, emergency backup goalie Bob Ring, a 19-year-old local boy from Wakefield, Mass., now playing out of Niagara Falls,, was also pressed into service when Johnston was side-lined),Parent, the 20-year-old phenom who backstopped Emms&rsquo; Niagara Falls outfit to last season&rsquo;s Memorial Cup, is considered by many to be the Bruins&rsquo; goalie of the future. Emms says he has all the tools.The general-manager keeps a close eye on all Bruin practices when he is in town. When he sees something he doesn&rsquo;t like he makes sure he&rsquo;s understood. On one occasion he called an early halt to a lackadaisical practice session and he gave the squad a verbal dressing down in the locker room.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t stand the kind of practice where everybody isn&rsquo;t giving out,&rdquo; Emms told Tom Fitzgerald of the Boston Globe. &#9632;

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Bruins All Shook Up As Emms Rushes Help To Give Team Lift

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Boston Bruins 1965-1966 Roster

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03447/2389222-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Young Boston netminder BERNIE PARENT gets a taste of what it&rsquo;s like under the big top as he makes save against Canadiens&rsquo; DICK DUFF, left, during Montreal game. Defenseman TED GREEN (6) comes to Parent&rsquo;s assistance to clear puck. Parent had win, tie and two losses in four NHL games as emergency replacement for Boston&rsquo;s two regular netminders, Ed Johnston and Gerry Cheevers. Both were out with injuries.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rookie Tastes Big League Action

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04332/2389253-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg"></div>SUBSCRIBETODAY TOTHE HOCKEY NEWSSAVE!Subscribe now to THE HOCKEY NEWS to make sure you are abreast of the hockey happenings. Don&rsquo;t be a news loser, subscribe now. Just fill in the form above.It&rsquo;s the Bible of the Sport-All the News every week &#9632;

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DON’T RISK MISSING A SINGLE ISSUE!

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Shakespeare never saw a hockey game but the Bard had a few words that apply to the Red Wings&rsquo; power play:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01633/2389291-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="254" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate</figcaption></div>&ldquo;All that glitters is not gold&hellip;&rdquo;The Detroit power play fairly crackles with muscle and oozes goals on paper but on the ice, it&rsquo;s been something else in the first few weeks of the season.And, even more embarassing, it was nicked for a goal by Montreal penalty-killer Jim Roberts.That goal stung the Detroit gang assault in action and in its next try it required but six seconds for Alex Delvecchio to win a faceoff and Gordie Howe to then relay the puck to point man Andy Bathgate who promptly slapped an ice-skimmer past screened Montreal goalie Charlie Hodge.Ironically it was the failure of these three men, Delvecchio, Howe and Bathgate, to meld into a potent scoring force that led manager-coach Sid Abel to shake up all four of his lines.Bathgate, acquired in May from Toronto, was working left wing on the line and Bathgate, of course, is one of hockey&rsquo;s finest right hand shots.Moreover, it seemed that each member of the line wanted to give the other a chance to score and consequently there were more passes than in a lover&rsquo;s lane on Valentine&rsquo;s Day.After five games, Howe didn&rsquo;t have a goal, Delvecchio had only one and Bathgate two.The power play, with Bathgate and Delyecchio at the points, had difficulty even getting over the rival blue line with any kind of cohesion.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02556/2389284-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1000" height="1345"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY HARRIS&hellip;Helped Brighten Picture</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not that we&rsquo;re not trying,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re getting scoring chances and generally getting more shots than the other club but we&rsquo;re just not converting them into goals.&rdquo;Abel figured that prehaps the Olympia expansion project, which forced the club out of the building on a number of occasions during training camp, hindered the team&rsquo;s development.Whatever the reason, he jiggled and juggled and sent out these lines in an effort to bag a bunch of goals:Ab McDonald-Delvecchio-Howe, Ron Murphy-Norm Ullman-Bathgate, Paul Henderson-Billy Harris-Bruce MacGregor and Don McKenney (or Bryan Watson) Pit Martin-Floyd Smith.The one that hit was Henderson-Harris-MacGregor even though the 22-year-old Henderson was shifted from right wing, his normal position, to left wing.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care where I play as long as I get the ice time,&rdquo; said the Kincardine, Ont., speedster.Henderson popped in two goals in two nights and had three for the Wings&rsquo; first five games&hellip;and that&rsquo;s three more than Howe.Before the season began Abel said he hoped that Henderson would score some goals quickly to build his confidence because the youngster has all the equipment to be a star.One thing is certain, rivals need cannons to catch the line, particularly Henderson and MacGregor, two of the fastest skaters in hockey.The success of the new line prompted Abel to put it out, with Howe and Delvecchio playing defense, in the final three minutes of a game with Montreal in which the Wings trailed, 2-1.Howe knocked down a clearing pass at the point, fired it, Hodge blocked that and then stopped MacGregor&rsquo;s snap at the rebound but he couldn&rsquo;t halt Henderson&rsquo;s shot and the Wings got a tie.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a difference between playing on the third and fourth lines,&rdquo; Henderson said afterward. &ldquo;You get more ice time and right now, that&rsquo;s the biggest thing.&rdquo;It obviously doesn&rsquo;t hurt. Last year he didn&rsquo;t score his third goal until the 40th game and he finished with just eight for the season, his first full year with Detroit.However, the Henderson-Harris-MacGregor unit was about the only bright spot in the opening weeks for the defending league champions. Roger Crozier had several good games but a lack of help both from the defense and forwards had him looking like a piece of Swiss cheese at times.Abelt hopes to work rookie Bryan Watson into more action. Watson was set back by an exhibition season injury when he was hit in the mouth and lost six teeth. It was several weeks before he could wear a plate and the almost liquid diet resulted in a loss of weight and strength.Although the smallest defenseman in the league, Watson has impressed Abel with his competitiveness and skating.But the Wings still have a way to go before they&rsquo;ll look like last year&rsquo;s club. &#9632;

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Wings’ Power Play Sagging In Spite Of ‘Big Names’

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Detroit Red Wings 1965-1966 Roster

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Paced by their big guns, who, in the first couple of weeks of the schedule, included Rousseau, Beliveau, Duff, Richard and Laper-riere. Habs hit the road this week for their first extended trip of the season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01617/2389353-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="287" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Henri Richard</figcaption></div>They journey to Boston, Toronto, Chicago and Detroit, playing four games in eight nights against those teams.It&rsquo;ll be interesting to see who, among the Habs, turns out to be the best sniper on the road this year. Not all Canadiens play as well away from home as they do in the friendly confines of the Montreal Forum&hellip;and, against some opposition, that statement applies to the team as a unit, too. Or, at least it did last year.Specifically, it is the Detroit Red Wings that Canadiens may have to worry about the most, for their record against the Motor City crew last season was grim. Habs won four, last eight and tied two against Detroit last year. However, they failed to win a single contest in the Detroit Olympia, losing six and tieing one of the seven meetings in that locale. They&rsquo;ve played once in Detroit to date this season, but victory again failed to crown their efforts. The game finished in a tie.Habs&rsquo; troubles in Detroit are hard to figure, for many of the Canadien players have said that it&rsquo;s their favorite rink to play in. Henri Richard, for instance, feels that way.Says the Pocket Rocket: &ldquo;I like playing in Detroit on account of the ice it&rsquo;s always good and fast. I think they have the best ice of any rink in the league. And, that&rsquo;s the most important part of any arena as far as a hockey player is concerned.&rdquo;Claude Provost is another who likes to play in what might be called Gordie Howe Land. Says Provost: &ldquo;If you asked me what was my favorite city to play in on road trips, I&rsquo;d say Detroit all the way. I like the city, the people and the rink. In fact, I like a lot of things about the place, and I geel that I&rsquo;ve played some of my better games there&hellip;I mean, over a number of seasons. The whole Canadien team used to play well in Detroit until awhile ago. We haven&rsquo;t done quite as well lately, as in the past.&rdquo;True enough. However, this is a new season and perhaps the Habs will start rolling again, as they did in the days of yore.One man who might help them get into gear is Gilles Tremblay. The left-winger, if he stays healthy, is usually a pretty good scorer on the road. If Gilles can get through the present campaign without mishap, his scoring touch could make a big difference. &#9632;

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Habs Have Guns—Will Travel

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Montreal Canadiens 1965-1966 Roster

<div class="byline">&#x2014;SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;You often hear the expression that &ldquo;clothes make the man,&rdquo; and frequently they do. No one has yet said that &ldquo;equipment makes a hockey player,&rdquo; but Canadiens intend to sharpen up their appearance this season, anyway.Specifically, the team will feature new gloves, new pants and,&mdash;though they won&rsquo;t be visible&mdash;new shinguards. It&rsquo;s a move designed to provide Habs with more style, more comfort and&mdash;it&rsquo;s hoped&mdash;less injuries.The gloves are blue, with white and red trim and there&rsquo;s more of them. They extend further up the forearm, thus affording more protection in the heavy going. Says Jacques Laperriere: &ldquo;They protect you against guys with sneaky sticks, who like to crack you across the forearm so you&rsquo;ll lose control of the puck. The gloves we had before seemed to end a few inches above the wrist, or at least that&rsquo;s the impression we got, and there were unprotected spots on the forearm where you could be slashed.&rdquo;As for the pants, they&rsquo;re more heavily reinforced at the back and sides, to provide more protection against the inevitable falls that players take. The shinguards are smaller and neater than before, giving protection against hard-driven pucks but allowing more free-dom of movement in skating. &#9632;

New Gear Puts Habs In ‘Style’

<h2>Wed., Nov. 3 BOSTON 2 AT CHICAGO 2</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Parent defense: Woytowich, Boivin, Langlois, Marotte. Green. Awrey; forwards: MacDonald. Kennedy, Stewart. Bucyk, Williams, Crisp. Oliver. Prentice, Westfall, Fleming, Schock.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall, Dryden; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, MacNeil, Jarrett; forwards: Mohns. Mikita, Wharram. Stanfield, Esposito. R. Hull. D. Hull, Hay, Hodge, Nesterenko, LundeReferee: Ashley. Linesmen: Sopp, Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03518/2389495-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="553" height="532"></div><h2>TORONTO 2 AT NEW YORK 2</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk, Bower; defense: Stanley, Horton, Baun, Pronovost, Douglas; forwards: Ellis, Kelly, Mahovlich, Armstrong, Selby, Keon, Pappin, Pulford, Jeffrey, Joyal, Kurtenbach.NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Simmons; defense: Seiling, Howell, Neilson. Brown, Hillman, McMahon; forwards: Gilbert, Ratelie, Robinson, Nevin, Marshall, Goyette, Hadfield, McKenzie, Peters, Ingarfield, Brenneman, Angotti.Referee: Skov. Linesmen: Pavelich, D&rsquo;Amico.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04443/2389488-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="551" height="527"></div><h2>Thurs., Nov. 4 BOSTON 1 AT DETROIT 8</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Parent; defense: Marotte, Woytowich, Boivin, Langlois, Green, Awrey; forwards: MacDonald, Kennedy, Stewart, Bucyk, Williams, Crisp, Oliver, Prentice, Westfall, Fleming, Shock, Dillabough.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier, Bassen; defense: Barkley, Bergman, Goegan, Gadsby. Watson; forwards: Ullman, Delvecchio, Howe, Murphy, Martin, Henderson. MacGregor, Bathgate, Harris, McDonald, Smith,Referee: Buffey. Linesmen: Sopp, Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05352/2389481-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="548" height="716"></div><h2>TORONTO 1 AT MONTREAL 5</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk, Bower; defense: Stanley, Horton, Baun, Pronovost, Douglas; forwards: Ellis, Kelly, Mahovlich, Armstrong, Selby, Keon, Pappin, Pulford, Jeffrey, Joyal, Kurtenbach.MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge, Worsley; defense: Laperrier, J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Harper, Talbot; forwards: Richard, G. Tremblay, Provost, Beliveau, Rousseau, Duff, Backstrom, Ferguson, Cournoyer, Berenson, Roberts, Balon, Larose.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06301/2389474-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="552" height="593"></div><h2>Sat., Nov. 6 NEW YORK 4 at TORONTO 2</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Simmons; Defense: Hillman, Howell, Brown, McMahon, Neilson, Seiling; Forwards: Robinson, Gilbert, Nevin, Ingarfield, Hadfield, McKenzie, Angotti, Brenneman, Ratelle, Goyette, Peters, Marshall.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower, Sawchuk; Defense: Pronovoste Horton, Douglas, Baun, Stanley; Forwards: Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Selby, Stemkowski, Keon, Pappin, Pulford. Jeffrey, Joyal, Kurtenbach, Mahovlich.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Armstrong, Casselman.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07267/2389467-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="553" height="683"></div><h2>BOSTON 3 at MONTREAL 1</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Parent Johnston. Defense: Langlois, Green, Woytowich, Boivin, Awrey, Forwards: Stewart, Oliver, MacDonald, Bucyk, Williams, Crisp, Prentice, Westfall, Fleming, Dillabough, Schock, Kennedy.MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge, Worsley, Defense: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Harper, Harris, Talbot. Forwards: Richard, Provost, G. Tremblay, Beliveau, Rousseau, Duff, Backstrom, Ferguson, Larose, Cournoyer, Balon, Berenson, Roberts.Referee&mdash;Skov. Linesmen&mdash;Pavlich, D&rsquo;Amico.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08247/2389460-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="555" height="565"></div><h2>Sun., Nov. 7 MONTREAL 5 at BOSTON 2</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Worsley, Hodge, defense: Harris, Harper, Laperridre, J. C. Tremblay, Talbot; forwards: Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Beliveau, Duff, Coumoyer, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Balon, G. Tremblay, Berenson, Roberts.BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Parent, Johnston; defense: Langlois, Green, Woytowich, Boivin, Awrey; forwards: Williams, Fleming, Dillabough, Oliver, Stewart, MacDonald. Westfall, Prentice, Bucyk, Kennedy, Schock, Crisp.Referee&mdash;Friday. Linesmen: Atanas, Pavelich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09240/2389453-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="551" height="680"></div><h2>DETROIT 2 at NEW YORK 3</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier, Bassen. Defense: Barkley, Gadsby, Bergman, Watson, Goegan. Forwards: Howe, Delvecchio, McDonald, Bathgate, Ullman, Murphy, MacGregor, Harris, Henderson, Martin, Smith, McKenney.NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Simmons. Defense: Howell, Brown, Neilson, McMahon, Hillman, Seiling. Forwards: Gilbert, Ratelle, Nevin, Goyette, Marshall, McKenzie, Peters,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10221/2389446-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="553" height="597"></div><h2>TORONTO 0 at CHICAGO 9</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk, Bower. Defense: Horton, Stanley. Pronovost, Douglas. Forwards: Selby, Shack, Pulford, Ellis, Armstrong, Keon, Jeffrey, Joyal, Kurtenbach, Mahovlich, Stemkowski, Kelly.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall, Dryden. Defense: Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, MacNeil, Jarrett. Forwards: Mohns, Wharram, Mikita, Stanfield, Esposito, B. Hull. D. Hull, Hay, Hodge, Nesterenko, Maki, Lunde.Referee&mdash;Buffey, Linesmen&mdash;Sopp, Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11192/2389439-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="556" height="831"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

&ldquo;You like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;&ldquo;You like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Wed., Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02554/2389526-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="538" height="228"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Nov. 3Boston 2 at Chicago 2Toronto 2 at New York 2Thurs., Nov. 4Toronto 1 at Montreal 5Boston 1 at Detroit 8Sat., Nov. 6Boston 3 at Montreal 1New York 4 at Toronto 2Sun., Nov. 7Montreal 5 at Boston 2Toronto 0 at Chicago 9Detroit 2 at New York 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed., 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 ChicagoWed., Nov. 17Chicago at New YorkThurs., Nov. 18Toronto at MontrealSat., Nov. 20New York at MontrealChicago at TorontoDetroit at BostonSun., Nov. 21Montreal at BostonToronto at ChicagoDetroit at New York &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01633/2389557-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="479" height="568"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY BOWER&hellip;Tough To Keep Warm</figcaption></div>TORONTO, ONT.&mdash;The new National Hockey League ruling which stipulates that spare netminders must sit ready and dressed on the bench, may be destined for a short life in the league.President Clarence Campbell said recently that he was in the process of canvassing the six NHL teams now for their reaction to the rule.Toronto goalkeeper Johnny Bower was the latest of the men in the big pads to speak out against the ruling.Bower said, &ldquo;you freeze and your pads feel 10 pounds heavier and your feet go numb. You get so that you can&rsquo;t feel a thing,&rdquo; commented the 41-year-old Toronto goalie who feels that sitting around hockey rinks isn&rsquo;t the thing at his age.Campbell said no one has made a formal application to have the rule changed, but that it could be altered.Bower isn&rsquo;t the only NHL goalie who objects to fully-dressed goaltenders sitting on the bench waiting for the starting puck-stopper to need relief, mostly through injury.Canadiens&rsquo; Gump Worsley is another who doesn&rsquo;t approve of the new rule. He has said more than once that he would rather sit it out in the dressing room. To show his feelings, Worsley has refused to sit on the Canadiens&rsquo; actual players&rsquo; bench but instead occupies a chair in the aisle beside the bench.Bower approached Frank (King) Clancy, assistant general manager of the Leafs, to try to have the rule changed.The problem, he says, is that the second goaltenders perspire in the pre-game warmup then sit still for the next 60 minuntes. The pads absorb the perspiration and the tightened skates and heavier padding deaden the feeling in the feet.&ldquo;I keep opening and closing the gate for other players just so I can move a bit,&rdquo; says Bower.His solution would be either to sit in the dressing room and watch the game on television, until he is needed, or to sit in a regular seat to give him room to relax his legs.During a recent game, it got so bad, that Bower got up from the bench and left.NHL president Campbell said he wasn&rsquo;t aware Bower had left.&ldquo;It would have made Toronto subject to discipline had an emergency arisen,&rdquo; he said. &#9632;

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Veteran Says Goalkeepers Freeze Waiting On Bench To Get Into Action

<h2>Glenn Hall&hellip;Chicago Black Hawks</h2>Goalkeepers probably don&rsquo;t receive the recognition they justly deserve but it would be difficult to overlook the play of veteran Glenn Hall in the Chicago nets this season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04365/2389588-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="253" height="398"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hall</figcaption></div>The 34-year-old Hall&rsquo;s performance has been a big factor in the Black Hawks&rsquo; strong start. He has permitted only nine goals to get past him in six games for an astounding 1.50 goals-against average. Hall also leads the NHL in shutouts with two, his 63rd and 64th of his big league career.Hall collared the Maple Leafs last weekend for shutout No. 2 and appears on his way to another big season in the National League.Although he has been an NHL netminder for 11 years, Hall has only won the Vezina Trophy once, an honor that always managed to elude his great goaling talents. Success finally came to the rangy Humboldt, Sask., native in 1962-63 when he won it for the first and only time.The Hawks are off to a flying start this season and if they maintain their early pace, there&rsquo;s a good chance Hall will tag along to his second Vezina Trophy win.Simon&rsquo;s is pleased to salute Glenn Hall of the Black Hawks as the NHL&rsquo;s player of the week. &#9632;

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The Player Of The Week

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03472/2389619-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg"></div>(Read Across For Wins, Down For Losses) &#9632;

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How NHL Teams Have Fared

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;National Hockey League President Clarence Campbell has ruled a tampering complaint by Montreal Canadiens against the Toronto Maple Leafs is &ldquo;not proven.&rdquo;The Habs complained Leafs had tampered with Bernard Geoffrion, a former player now on its voluntary retired list by allegedly offering him a five year contract to play with Toronto. The Boomer now coaches the Quebec Aces.Campbell said &ldquo;There is ho dispute that he (Geoffrion) talked with Toronto club officers on three different occasions but that is about the only point of agreement between witnesses.&rdquo;&ldquo;The conflict of testimony between the witnesses makes it impossible to resolve on any disputed issue, and the matter of relative credibility of witnesses cannot be determined effectively in this type of informal inquiry, without the benefit of cross examination.Under the circumstances &ldquo;there was no foundation for tampering charges,&rdquo; said Campbell. &#9632;

Campbell Ends Tampering Case Because Testimony Conflicting

(Including Games of Sun., Nov. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01630/2389688-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="584" height="2454"></div><h2>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02582/2389681-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="552" height="485"></div><h2>Penalties in Minutes by Clubs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03506/2389674-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="549" height="272"></div> &#9632;

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NHL Point Race

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.The Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; look at right wing Pat Hannigan cost them $5,000 plus training camp expenses.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04421/2389719-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="278" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pat Hannigan</figcaption></div>The Wings drafted Hannigan from Chicago&rsquo;s Buffalo farm where he scored 38 goals and assisted on 54 for 92 points last season. It cost them $20,000.Abel was under the impression that if Hannigan could make the Wings, he could be assigned to Detroit&rsquo;s Central Pro League club, Memphis.He knew that he couldn&rsquo;t send him to Pittsburgh because a couple of years ago, Detroit drafted Ian Cushenan and Art Stratton from Buffalo, eventually put them on the Pittsburgh roster and Buffalo, stripped of its top hands, finished last and Pittsburgh first.The NHL put in a rule after that to the effect that if the drafted player couldn&rsquo;t make the NHL club, he had to be offered to the American League team that had him&hellip;and at a $5,000 reduction.Chicago stood firm on it when the Wings tried to make a deal&hellip;and the shrewd Black Hawks pocketed five grand&hellip;and Hannigan was shuffled off to Buffalo.And, to halt an all-out border war, Detroit lifted its blackout of the Saturday night Canadian Broadcasting Company hockey telecasts.It&rsquo;s a bonanza for the fans&mdash;one Saturday they could channel hop from the Detroit-Montreal game to the Chicago-Toronto game and the next week flip from Detroit-Toronto to Chicago-Montreal. But the sponsors of the Wing telecasts aren&rsquo;t too happy.Detroit enforced the blackout last season on nights when the Wings were playing&mdash;all Detroit road games are telecast back to Detroit&mdash;and during the playoffs when the Wings were playing.The right of blackout was upheld by an investigator from the Board of Broadcast Governors which controls the CBC despite heated protests and flag-waving from cross-river Windsor and neighboring communities.But during the summer, pressure was applied quietly, supposedly by Foreign Affairs Minister Paul Martin, a Wind-sorite, and Prime Minister Lester Pearson who asked NHL President Clarence S. Campbell to intercede.There was an implied threat of making it a big political issue. So the Wings capitulated.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not worth all the fighting and name-calling,&rdquo; said Red Wing business manager Lincoln Cavalieri. &ldquo;Besides, in two years we expect expansion to be here and the whole television setup will be changed then.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Wings Caught Up In New NHL Rule-Lose Hannigan

WALLY NORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKSWALLY POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETS<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standing on Tues. Nov. 9)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01601/2389757-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="540" height="153"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02511/2389750-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="538" height="203"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Nov. 2Los Angeles 1 at Quebec 9Wed., Nov. 3Cleveland 2 at Portland 3Thurs., Nov. 4Cleveland 1 at Los Angeles 1Fri., Nov. 5Pittsburgh 3 at Vancouver 5Sat., Nov. 6Providence 0 at Baltimore 3Rochester 5 at Buffalo 3Cleveland 3 at Hershey 2Quebec 5 at Springfield 1Pittsburgh 2 at Portland 7Sun., Nov. 7Hershey 6 at Buffalo 1Cleveland 2 at Providence 3Springfield 0 at Quebec 1Baltimore 0 at Rochester 4<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues., Nov. 9Springfield at QuebecWed., Nov. 10Rochester at HersheyBuffalo at ProvidenceCleveland at SpringfieldPittsburgh at San FranciscoThurs., Nov. 11Pittsburgh at Los AngelesFri., Nov. 12Quebec at BaltimoreSat., Nov. 13Baltimore at ClevelandQuebec at HersheyRochester at PittsburghBuffalo at SpringfieldSun., Nov. 14Quebec at ProvidenceSpringfield at Rochester &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BUSTER CLEGG</div>PROVIDENCE, R.I.Take two seasoned pros, add three eager youngsters, and you&rsquo;ve got the makings of an effective, hardworking defense machine.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03394/2389795-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="284" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Butch Barber</figcaption></div>That&rsquo;s exactly what the Rhode Island Reds have done, aligning veterans Aldo Guidolin and Bob Blackburn with second-year-man Butch Barber and rookies Tony Goegan and Jules Bouchard, and the results have been surprisingly pleasant and rewarding.Lack of defense, of course, plagues many pro hockey teams, and especially the Reds of last season who finished at the tailend of the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Eastern Division.With Bob Blackburn the only solid, Reds-owned defender as a holdover, General Manager Ferny Flaman acquired Aldo Guidolin from New York in the Eddie Gia-comin trade last summer and a two-man defense nucleus of Blackburn and Guidolin was in the mold.Then along came the rookies, Goegan and Bouchard, whom the Reds had scouted in New Haven and New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, respectively, during the winter months last season.The two youngsters, eager to make the club, produced far beyond expectation during training camp and each earned a spot on the club by the time the season opened.Then when the opportunity came to obtain the loan again of Montreal-owned Barber, who improved greatly last year, Flaman jumped at the chance.Combining Guidolin, Blackburn, Barber, Goegan and Bouchard has produced these following results:1&mdash;The Reds won four of their first five outings to take a share of second place in the East.2&mdash;Shots on goal against the Reds have been drastically reduced from the average of 40 last year to about 30 at present.3&mdash;Four of the five are owned by the Reds, thus giving the Roosters more self-reliance and future potential on the blueline than they&rsquo;ve had in many a year.Coach Ivan Irwin, an old defenseman himself, is quick to credit his &ldquo;Fearsome Five&rdquo; with much of the success already attained by the Roosters in the early part of this campaign.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04287/2389788-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="519" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB BLACKBURN&hellip;Solid Defender</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The boys are doing a fine job and are really holding up their end of the team effort,&rdquo; Irwin said recently. &ldquo;The veterans are helping the young players, who in turn are giving it everything they&rsquo;ve got. This is a pleasant group of defensemen to work with, for they take pride in their work!&rdquo; &#9632;

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Reds’ Defense Surprise To Club

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE TAYLOR</div>BALTIMORE, Md&mdash;Terry Reardon, General Manager of the Baltimore Clippers, knows something about customers always being right.Actually, being a successful businessman, Reardon never questioned the demands from the fans. But, before this season he never was so convinced that they were so right.In answer to letters, phone calls and pleas from booster clubs, all asking the Clipper management to have more Baltimore-owned players in the lineup, Reardon increased the number from three to twelve.The idea behind the move was to reduce shuffles in the squad because of Baltimore&rsquo;s affiliation with the New York Rangers. Of course, with the new program, went the gamble that the Clippers may not be able to hold their own on their own in the AHL race this season. And, the answer to this one still is a long way off.The fans, however, pleased that they got their wishes, are showing their appreciation where it means the most&mdash;going through the turnstiles.For the early season hockey games, a time when competition is at its severest for the sports dollar in Maryland, the Clippers enjoyed their best fan-response since joining the AHL four years ago. The first four home games saw the Clipper crowds average better than 6,000 per game.This is particularly encouraging in view of the fact that the club lost two of its first three games before the home fans.CLIPPER CLIPS&mdash;The Clip pers moved through their first eight games of the season using only four defensemen&hellip;and two of these&mdash;Mike Corbett and Ken Stephanson&mdash;are playing the blue line in the AHL for the first time&hellip;Veteran defense men teamed with rookies are Doug Harvey and Ron Ingram&hellip;Corbett has been the mos penalized Clipper. &#9632;

Fans Fumed Over NHL Player Recalls Urged Clippers To Get Own Ice Stars

<h2>Tues., Nov. 2 LOS ANGELES 1 AT QUEBEC 9</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05204/2389896-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="537" height="717"></div><h2>Fri., Nov. 5 PITTSBURGH 3 AT VANCOUVER 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06162/2389889-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="541" height="651"></div><h2>Wed., Nov. 3 CLEVELAND 2 at PORTLAND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07138/2389882-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="538" height="429"></div><h2>Sat., Nov. 6 PROVIDENCE 0 at BALTIMORE 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08120/2389875-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="537" height="425"></div><h2>QUEBEC 5 at SPRINGFIELD 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09102/2389868-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="546" height="591"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 3 at HERSHEY 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1091/2389861-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="540" height="490"></div><h2>ROCHESTER 5 at BUFFALO 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1183/2389854-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="539" height="686"></div><h2>Sun., Nov. 7 BALTIMORE 0 at ROCHESTER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1266/2389847-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="541" height="520"></div><h2>HERSHEY 6 at BUFFALO 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1355/2389840-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="544" height="548"></div><h2>SPRINGFIELD 0 at QUEBEC 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1449/2389833-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="539" height="297"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 2 at PROVIDENCE 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1543/2389826-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="539" height="476"></div> &#9632;

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American Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, OhioTwo and one-half weeks into the American Hockey League season, the Cleveland Barons still pose a big, fat question mark.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01594/2389958-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="280" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Glover</figcaption></div>What&rsquo;s more, it will not be until well into November before it can be indicated clearly whether Coach Fred Glover&rsquo;s icers have strengthened themselves since their dismal 1964-65 season.Last AHL team to swing into action this year, the Barons were on a strict diet of Western Hockey League foes until November 6, when they met their first old-time adversary, the Hershey Bears.In their first start of the campaign, on their home ice, the Barons dilly-dallied for a period and a half before they got the feel of things, then wrapped up the Los Angeles Blades 5-2 in an impressive performance over the last 30 minutes.Swinging west, they went on a four-goal third period spree to wallop the Seattle Totems by a 7-2 count before bowing, the next night, to Victoria by a 7-3 score.Obviously, they were considerably better than they were a year ago, unless the caliber of WHL teams just made it appear that way. In the 1964-65 season. they went to their fifth game before posting their second victory and their third win did not come until their 11th game.Assuming that WHL foes offer a fair test, the Barons appear to have come up with a strong scoring punch, despite the loss of Howie Glover for several weeks due to a broken jaw acquired in a bone-crushing collision with Los Angeles&rsquo; Howie Young.Tom McCarthy, scourge of the Central Hockey League last year with Tulsa, apparently has added scoring power to the Barons. It took McCarthy just 2:12 of the opening game to can his first goal. He wound up the contest with the hat trick, narrowly missing another tally late in the game.McCarthy started the opener on the left side, on a line with Ron Attwell at center and Howie Glover at right wing. Fred Glover inserted himself into the battle at the midway point, just before Howie sustained his injury. From that moment on, the line started to click.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04470/2389951-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="473" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM MCCARTHY&hellip;Offensive Leader</figcaption></div>In the Barons&rsquo; first two games, McCarthy had three goals and three assists for six points, with Attwell compiling an identical record. Fred Glover hit for a 1-3-4 mark.The second line, composed of Joe Szura, Bob Courcy and Bob Ellett, had clicked for four goals, three going to Szura and one to Courcy, while the third line of Cecil Hoekstra, Keith McCreary and Wayne Schultz produced one goal by McCreary.A solid opinion of the Barons must be reserved until they have had a chance to test their skill against eastern opponents. The club has a hard row to hoe. with seven of its first eight games on the road before it swings back to the Arena on November 13.One player who did not leave with the team on the trip westward will return with the Barons. That is Gordon Wilkie, a Baron of last year, who had been assigned to Seattle this season by the Montreal Canadiens.When Dave McComb announced at the Cleveland airport, just before the club boarded its plane to fly westward, that he was quitting hockey to take a fulltime job in Canada, Wilkie was switched to the Cleveland roster.Wilkie&rsquo;s addition should prove beneficial. He scored 16 goals last year in his rookie season. &#9632;

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Revamped Barons Rip WHL Foes; McCarthy Provides Scoring Punch

(Including games of Sun., Nov. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02550/2389996-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="552" height="352"></div><h2>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03511/2389989-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="551" height="403"></div><h2>Penalty Leaders</h2>Most Penalized Team: Quebec, 124 minutes.Most Penalized Player: Mike Corbett, Baltimore, 28 minutes. &#9632;

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AHL Point Race

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;The popular left winger, currently in his eighth season with the Rochester Americans, will be sidelined until about Dec. 1 with a pulled ligament in his left knee.He was injured early in the third period of the Sunday, Oct. 31, game here when he was upset near center ice while going after the puck.Smrke scored 33 goals and assisted on 59 others to tie for fourth place in the American Hockey League&rsquo;s individual point race last season. He had one goal and four assists in his club&rsquo;s seven games this season when he was hurt.This injury strangely parallels what happened to Stan the season following his best previous year in pro hockey. He poured in 40 goals and assisted on 36 for the 1959-60 Amerks and made the All-Star first team on left wing for his play. But early the following season he suffered a torn ligament. Yes, it was in his left knee.The medics report this year&rsquo;s injury is to the same ligament, but in a different location.Misfortune is nothing new to the 37-year-old Smrke. A right knee cartilage operation shelved him just when he was to make his National League debut with Montreal in 1956-57. Asian flu wrecked his bid to make the Canadiens the following year. A dislocated left wrist followed his torn knee ligament in 1960-61, a broken left ankle spoiled 1961-62 and a kidney infection kept him off the ice for part of 1963-64.Stan is the second Amerk to be sidelined for an extended period in this young AHL season. Les Duff is recovering from an operation for the removal of his appendix.With both Smrke and Duff out, Amerk general managercoach Joe Crozier has plenty of room on his players bench. Rochester has nine forwards and four defensemen at the moment.ICICLES&mdash;Smrke&rsquo;s injury came in his 399th game as an Amerk&hellip;Rochester won three games in as many night Oct. 2931 to open up a four-point bulge in defense of its Western League title&hellip;Both Oct. 29 and Oct. 31 here the Amerks trailed Buffallo and Hershey by 2-1 scores after two periods before rushing back to victory. The Americans netted four goals against the Bisons in the finale for a 5-2 decision, and two against Hershey for a 3-2 triumph. &#9632;

Smrke Lost For Month With Ligament Trouble

<div class="byline">BY JOE GORDON</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.Three days before the American Hockey League season opened, Norm Beaudin wasn&rsquo;t too concerned about what was going on in Pittsburgh or anywhere-else in the AHL for that matter.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06333/2390106-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="288" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Beaudin</figcaption></div>Beaudin had been assigned to Memphis of the Central League and his only immediate concern was getting his expectant wife and young child to the southern city from Saskatchewan. And then once they got there, finding a place to live.Meanwhile, Pat Hannigan, an All Star right wing last season at Buffalo, was all set to head for the Steel City with the rest of the Hornets. However, a technicality arose and Hannigan was detained in Detroit.The Red Wings had drafted Hannigan for $20,000 and under the present draft laws he either had to play a year at Detroit or to be offered back to Buffalo for $15,000. Detroit GM Sid Abel didn&rsquo;t feel like giving up on the rough Hannigan but eventually worked out a deal with the Bisons whereby Hannigan would return to the AHL club.This meant Hornet Coach Eddie Bush needed another right winger with the lid-lifter just a few days off. Bush and General Manager Baz Bastien decided on the hardworking Beaudin, who had spent parts of the previous two seasons with Pittsburgh.Both seasons, after racking up impressive scoring figures in the Central League, he came to the Hornets toward the end of the regular season and stayed for the playoffs. In all, he had scored ten goals in 29 games for Pittsburgh and each season tallied a goal in the playoffs.So far this season, the right winger who will be 24 on November 28th, has given strong indications that he is on his way to a campaign like the one he had last year at Memphis when he drilled 41 goals in just 54 games.After the first two weeks of play, Beaudin was scoring goals at a one-a-game pace. He also got the Hornets&rsquo; first &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; of the season when he banged in three goals against Los Angeles in the Hornets record-breaking 10-2 walloping over the West Coast club.Although not a gifted skater, Beaudin gives it all he has all the time and what he lacks in ability, he more than makes up for in hustle and desire. Playing on a line centered by Murray Hall, the club&rsquo;s leading scorer, with Val Fonteyne on the left side, Beaudin is going a long way in appeasing the Pittsburgh fans who had expected to see Hannigan in a Pittsburgh uniform.As for Mrs. Beaudin and her child, they are still in Saskatchewan. And Norm is still trying to figure a way to have them join him&mdash;only this time it&rsquo;s in Pittsburgh. &#9632;

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Beaudin Makes 11th Hour Decision To Retain Him Pay Off For Hornets

Before you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never variesBefore you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never varies<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01590/2390137-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="542" height="288"></div><h2>CAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Nov. 2Los Angeles 1 at Quebec 9Wed., Nov. 3Cleveland 2 at Portland 3San Francisco 1 at Victoria 1Thurs., Nov. 4Cleveland 1 at Los Angeles 1Fri., Nov. 5San Francisco 2 at Seattle 1Pittsburgh 3 at Vancouver 5Sat., Nov. 6San Francisco 5 at Los Angeles 4Pittsburgh 2 at Portland 7Seattle 3 at Victoria 7Sun., Nov. 7Vancouver 1 at Portland 2Victoria 5 at Seattle 3<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues., Nov. 9Seattle at VancouverWed., Nov. 10Pittsburgh at San FranciscoVictoria at PortlandThurs., Nov. 11Pittsburgh at Los AngelesFri., Nov. 12Vancouver at San FranciscoPortland at SeattleSat., Nov. 13Vancouver at Los AngelesPortland at VictoriaSun., Nov. 14Vancouver at PortlandLos Angeles at Seattle &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>PORTLAND, Ore.,&mdash;Art Jones, whom coach Hal Laycoe calls the most underrated player in the Western Hockey League, was leading the Portland Buckaroos in their early efforts to retain their league laurels and stave off the favored, red-hot Victoria Maple Leafs. In the early stages, Victoria was pulling away, but through no fault of Jones.Art was tied for the league lead in most goals scored, six, and most points, 13. Two of his goals were game-winners as the Bucks moved into second place with four wins in their first seven games. Jones scored in all seven games.Bill Saunders, who scored 34 goals for Portland in 1962 and 37 in 1963, but then fell off, is hot again and had four goals in the first seven tilts. Connie Madigan. the unsung defenseman, had seven assists in the same period. Don Head was second in goal-tending with a 2.57 goals-against average.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02489/2390168-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="449" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body">ART JONES&hellip;Hat Goal Scorer</figcaption></div>But the big man was Jones, the 5-10, 150-pounder from Bangor, Saskatchewan, At 30, &ldquo;Art the Dart&rdquo; is in his ninth pro season. He won the WHL scoring title with 36 goals and 64 assists for 100 points in 1961 and was second to Seattle&rsquo;s Guyle Fielder by two points with 34 goals and 56 assists for 90 points last season.Remarkably consistent, Jones has scored 29, 22, 35, 36, 38, 25, 36 and 34 goals in his eight previous seasons.He has never been voted the Western League&rsquo;s most valuable player award. He has never made the first All-Star team and has made the second Star squad only twice. He has never had so much as a game&rsquo;s trial in the majors.Obviously, he is very thin and not very rugged, but he has earned at the very least the consideration of a chance under National Hockey League fire.&ldquo;No one does more for his team and get less credit for it than Art,&rdquo; coach Laycoe says. &ldquo;He does everything for us. As good as he is, he&rsquo;s best in the clutch. I don&rsquo;t like to single out players. I&rsquo;m not a big one for praise, But Jones deserves credit.&rdquo;Despite his lack of size, Jones often checks the opponnents&rsquo; key attackers and does so effectively. He kill penalties, plays on the power play, set up goals and finishes plays off. He has played when injured, even went through most of a playoff with a broken thumb.Part of Jones&rsquo; problem may be that he is a very quiet sort who does not attract attention to himself. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m quite all right,&rdquo; he has been quoted as saying. &ldquo;But I argue with the referees sometimes. And I&rsquo;ve even been known to get excited.&rdquo;He has passed the 250 mark in WHL goals scored and is aiming for 300 or even 400. No longer expecting an NHL call, he still hopes for a long Western League career. He has no thoughts of quitting now and would like to become a coach when his playing days are over. &#9632;

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Portland Buckaroos Ride High With Jones

<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/f0014-03371/2390255-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="544" height="805"></div><h2>S. FRANCISCO 3 AT VICTORIA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04283/2390248-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="540" height="603"></div><h2>Fri., Oct. 29 SAN FRANCISCO 1 AT VANCOUVER 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05216/2390241-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="536" height="457"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 7 AT SEATTLE 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06179/2390234-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="538" height="701"></div><h2>Sat., Oct. 30 LOS ANGELES 4 AT SPRINGFIELD 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07138/2390227-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="539" height="554"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 2 AT SEATTLE 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08115/2390220-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="531" height="655"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 3 AT VICTORIA 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09102/2390213-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="539" height="728"></div><h2>Sun., Oct. 31 LOS ANGELES 2 AT PROVIDENCE 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1089/2390206-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="534" height="528"></div><h2>S. FRANCISCO 1 AT PORTLAND 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1179/2390199-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="539" height="855"></div> &#9632;

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Western Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><h2>NHL Doesn&rsquo;t Want Friction</h2>FRANK McMAHON and his syndicate of 16 members have withdrawn from the bidding, clearing the path for the 11-member group headed by Vancouver Canuck owner Fred Hume and Cyrus McLean to gain the new National Hockey League franchise in Vancouver. &ldquo;It leaves me with some doubts about the Vancouver situation,&rdquo; said NHL president Clarence Campbell, who would have preferred a merger. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want friction.&rdquo; Hume may retain only 10 per cent of the new setup&hellip;In voting not to apply for an NHL berth, the Portland Buckaroos hockey club, through spokesman and chairman C. Howard Lane, pointed out that their record crowd at the Memorial Coliseum of 10.604 exceeded the listed capacity by nearly 500, but was well shy of the desired big-league minimum of 12,500; that expansion was impossible, and that raising ticket prices to $5 and $6 to make up the difference was highly undesirable.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01566/2390300-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="276" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption></div>However, Lane indicated he did not feel the loss of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver would wreck the Western League. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been conclusively demonstrated in Portland that the names of our opponents aren&rsquo;t as important as the caliber of the competition,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Some of the cities which have departed the WHL, such as Edmonton, Calgary and Spokane, drew better than the teams which are contemplating leaving.&rdquo; In fairness, this statement deserves further study. At first glance, the cities cited outdrew only Vancouver at times, and Vancouver has not had a sizable arena and is just now building one.In his first year as a coach, Vancouver&rsquo;s Bert Olmstead has now been officially baptized. In losing four of their first six games, the Canucks exhibited something less than determined play. Even veteran star Phil Maloney was guilty of lapses. In his frustration, Olmstead got tough with a 31/2-hour session including a lengthy drill on ice and a detailed discussion behind locked dressing-room doors. He denied that he had imposed any fines, commenting, &ldquo;We just got some things straightened around.&rdquo; Star center Billy McNeill admitted having a misunderstanding with Olmstead, but termed &ldquo;ridiculous&rdquo; talk of a feud between the two.<h2>Kennedy Hit With $175 Fine</h2>A FINE, $175 WORTH, was imposed on fiery Forbes Kennedy of the San Francisco Seals by WHL president Al Leader. The fine, based on an incident in a late-October Friday night game in Vancouver, consisted of $25 for a misconduct penalty, $50 because he was kicked out of the game and $100 because he offered a somewhat profane minority vote to referee Willie Papp before he departed. In a post-game scuffle, Papp and Olmstead mixed punches with a group of San Francisco players led by Larry McNabb. Police broke things up, and no action has been taken on the incident.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02507/2390293-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="283" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Maloney</figcaption></div>Kennedy showed signs of taking Len Haley&rsquo;s place as sparkplug of the Seals before being recalled by Boston Bruins. Haley would look good in a Vancouver uniform. San Francisco boss Bud Poile says Haley told him he&rsquo;d like to play in Vancouver, so last August Bud offered Len to the Canucks for any player they considered expendable, but the Canucks didn&rsquo;t go for him, so Bud swapped him to Seattle for Gerry Brisson. However, Vancouver boss Max McNab says he did offer some players, but Poile rejected them. When the Vancouver Forum was unavailable to the Seals for a practice session recently, Poile termed it &ldquo;a bush situation&rdquo; blamed the Canucks and said it stemmed back to the Haley incident.The first swing through enemy territory in the WHL-AHL inter-league hookup has been completed and resulted in a resounding 5-1 success for the American circuit. However, it is important to note that the swing was taken by the weakest team in the Western League, Los Angeles, which beat only Springfield, while losing to Baltimore, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Providence and Quebec. The AHL won seven of the first nine. Cleveland lost at Victoria. Things may even up when the West&rsquo;s stronger teams, Victoria and Portland, get their licks in.<h2>Blades Still Top Box Office</h2>DESPITE FINISHING LAST LAST season and losing six of its first seven games as it opened on the road, including 10-2 and 9-1 routs, season ticket sales in Los Angeles were up five per cent over last year and the advance for the early games was average, according to Executive Director Jack Geyer, so the market for the sport of hockey in Southern California remains a solid one. It is unfortunate that the Blades had to take that long, tough swing before new coach Lynn Patrick had a chance to shape his club up. However, he now knows what he faces in the immediate future: Disaster.After the first game, Patrick, benched puckshy Jack Norris and brought back veteran Marcel Pelletier, but the Frenchman wound up busier than Jayne Mansfield in an Army barracks. Lots of hits and lots of misses. With two goalies hurt, Boston&rsquo;s Bruins recalled Norris. The Blades retain minor league rights to the youngster, but may not want him back. Meanwhile, they are on the prowl for another goaler. They want to carry two. Maybe they should play two. In a move to bolster their defense, they acquired Ray LaRose, a 24-year-old, 6-1, 190-pound rearguard who played for Quebec and St. Louis last season, his first as a pro, and is described as rough, but green. Patrick understands he occasionally hits people and was impressed by the fact that he bested San Francisco&rsquo;s Larry &ldquo;Mean&rdquo; McNabb in an AHL brawl last season. Maybe the Blades can start winning fights, anyway.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03429/2390286-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="293" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Norris</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Western Ad Lib

SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Three of the six teams in the Western League have designated new captains for the 1965-66 season. The two California teams have two new names among the three team &ldquo;spokesmen.&rdquo; two others have added only one change among the three players making up the captain and two alternates and the final two have the same three representatives wearing the C and two &lsquo;A&rsquo;s.The Los Angeles Blades have elevated winger Marc Boileau to the position of captain to replace departed defenseman Jack Evans, who is toiling this season with the Vancouver Canucks. Taking Boileau&rsquo;s place in the alternate captain&rsquo;s role on the Blades is defenseman Jack Hendrickson. Scrappy winger Leo Labine, maintains his position as the other alternate. Last week the San Francisco Seals named centreman Charlie Burns to succeed the Seals&rsquo; former Captain, now retired, Eddie Panagabko. Burns would like nothing more than to follow the example set by Panagabko since the former Seals favorite acted as Captain for three seasons and, in two of them, 1963 and 1964, earned the privilege of accepting the Lester Patrick Cup on behalf of his mates. There will be two new alternate captains in San Francisco this season to replace Burns and the departed Len Haley who was recently sent to Seattle in a trade for Gerry Brisson. The two new alternates are both defensemen, Gerry Odrowski and Larry McNabb.The other new captain in the league is in Seattle. Guyle Fielder takes over for Bill MacFariand and newcomer Adam Keller will act as second Alternate with his veteran defense partner Gord Sinclair.In Portland centreman Art Jones will again assume the duties of &ldquo;skipper&rdquo; for the Buckaroos, big Jack Bionda will also continue to act as one of the alternates and Gerry Goyer, the lanky playmaker, will serve as the other, taking over from defenseman Pat Stapleton who is no longer with the Club. Hard-skating Billy McNeill, last season&rsquo;s most valuable player, will again Captain the Canucks and winger Bob McCusker will again be one of the Alternates. The only change will see burly Larry Cahan replacing Les Hunt as the second Alternate.Finally, the Victoria Maple Leafs, despite considerable lineup changes for the new season, have no changes in their three leaders. Lou Jankowski is still the &ldquo;skipper&rdquo; of the Leafs while defensemen Sandy Hucul and Bill Shvetz perform as alternates. &#9632;

Boileau, Burns, Fielder Named To Head Teams In Ice Action

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Scoring records as of November 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04326/2390362-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="545" height="455"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05245/2390355-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="545" height="282"></div> &#9632;

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WHL Point Race

Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKYDon&rsquo;t be vague&hellip;say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03263/2390400-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="545" height="254"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed., Nov. 3Oklahoma City 0 at St. Louis 10Fri., Nov. 5Memphis 0 at Minnesota 4Tulsa 2 at Oklahoma City 2Sat., Nov. 6Minnesota 6 at Tulsa 4Memphis 3 at St. Louis 1Oklahoma City 1 at Houston 4Sun., Nov. 7Minnesota 1 at Oklahoma City 4<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed., Nov. 16Houston at MemphisThurs., Nov. 11Houston at MinnesotaFri., Nov. 12Tulsa at Oklahoma CitySat., Nov. 13Houston at MinnesotaSt. Louis at MemphisOklahoma City at TulsaSun., Nov. 14St Louis at Tulsa<h2>Point Race</h2>(Including Games of Sun., Oct. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04214/2390393-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="544" height="480"></div> &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05152/2390469-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg"></div>MAIL THIS COUPON&mdash;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&rsquo;ll 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! SIX “EXTRA ISSUES’ FOR JUST $1.00 MORE!

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div>DETROIT, MichOne week before the Central Professiona1 Hockey League season was scheduled to open, president Jack Adams looked ahead enthusiastically to the new campaign mentioning about &ldquo;more interest shown in the various cities.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01410/2390438-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="286" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Meissner</figcaption></div>He mentioned that &ldquo;this could be the best season yet&rdquo; and when the attendance figures came in from the six cities for their opening games, all only proved how right he was.At Oklahoma City in a brand new building, the State Fair Arena, 7,107 fans turned out for the opening contest in which the visiting Houston Apollos nudged the Oklahoma City Blazers, 4-3.In the Sam Houston Arena at Houston, the Apollos delighted their hometown folowers, 5,777 of them, by blanking the St. Louis Braves, 7-0.With only one team left in Minnesota this winter, the Minnesota Rangers had their largest Central Pro League crowd in three seasons, 5,742 on hand when they nipped visiting Tulsa Oilers in their initial home appearance in St. Paul Auditorium.When the Oilers went home for their debut, there were 5,504 customers in the Civic Centre seats and they saw their Tulsa crew tip Memphis Wings, 3-2.St. Louis Braves, fighting back from a last-place finish last season, dropped their first two games on the road but when they return home to the St. Louis Arena, 4,117 fans were on hand to see them stop Tulsa, 3-1.Memphis Wings, like St. Louis failed to make the playoffs last season but have fresh hopes this term and when they stepped on the ice for their first 1965-66 appearance, there were 3,798 fans to greet them and they whitewashed the St. Louis Braves, 5-0.Over the six cities, 32,045 came through the turnstiles to welcome pro hockey back on the sports scene.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02340/2390431-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="461" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY ASH&hellip;Stars For Rangers</figcaption></div>At this time of year, college and pro football have a large share of the entertainment dollars in the American cities but judging by the interest shown in the season&rsquo;s sendoff all looks to a successful season at the box offices.As the Houston club opened with a pair of victories, playingcoach Bill McCreary had little to complain about with Andre Boudrias, Germain Gagnon and Bob Charlebois appearing as if in mid-season form with a pair of goals and two assists apiece.Goalie Carl Wetzel, who learned his puckstopping in the system of the N.H.L. Detroit Red Wings and was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, parent club of the Apollos, showed all the makings of a consistent puckfender.St. Louis Braves, guided by Gus Kyle found goals hard to come by in their first two road appearances and gave up a dozen absorbing 7-0 and 5-0 setbacks but rallied at home to break into the win column for the first time with Dick Meissner and Art Stratton leading the way.Stratton left the team shortly after the third game. He had been named team captain but Kyle expected him to return once his housing problems were settled in St. Louis.Playing coach Harry Sinden had no alibis to offer when his Blazers dropped their home opener but thought that once his boys were more familiar with their modern surroundings in Oklahoma City all would straighten out.&ldquo;Just give up a couple of practices. Our kids showed me they had the ability when they could overcome a two-goal deficit and move ahead, we&rsquo;ll be allright,&rdquo; he said.With Mike &ldquo;Shaky&rdquo; Walton back in the lineup, Lowell MacDonald ready to go and Del Topoll handling a centre spot, Tulsa Oilers should move along much in the same manner they did last season to grab a playoff berth.Minnesota Rangers appear &ldquo;set&rdquo; and with victories in their first two appearances are working hard to defend their title with returnees Paul Andrea, captain Al LeBrun, Gary Sabourin and Bobby Ash leading the way. Ash was particularly impressive. Newcomers Ken Block, Jim Baird, Bob Plager and Terry Ball also were impressive in front of goalie Wayne Rutledge.At Memphis, Vic Stasiuk has a strong defence with Lou Marcon and Warren Godfrey in front of goalie Joe Daley and goals should come from Danny Belisle, Jimmy Peters, Max Mestinsek, Butch Paul and Bryan Campbell. &#9632;

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CPHL Teams Pack Them In At Openers; Apollos Delight 5,777 Texans With Win

<h2>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 10)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01330/2390556-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="550" height="161"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02283/2390549-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="552" height="217"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Nov. 2Jacksonville 1 at Charlotte 10Wed., Nov. 3Clinton 5 at New Haven 4Johnstown 4 at New Jersey 2Knoxville 4 at Greensboro 5Fri., Nov. 5Johnstown 1 at Clinton 7New Haven 4 at Long Island 8Knoxville 3 at New Jersey 2Nashville 2 at Charlotte 3Greensboro 1 at Jacksonville 3Sat., Nov. 6Knoxville 5 at Clinton 4New Haven 2 at New Jersey 5Long Island 2 at Johnstown 3Jacksonville 1 at Greensboro 8Charlotte 1 at Nashville 4Sun., Nov. 7Knoxville 1 at New Haven 7Johnstown 0 at Long Island 1<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed., Nov. 10Long Island at ClintonNew Jersey at New HavenJacksonville at KnoxvilleThurs., Nov. 11New Jersey at Long IslandGreensboro at NashvilleFri., Nov. 12Long Island at New JerseyClinton at JohnstownNashville at KnoxvilleCharlotte vs Jacksonville (At St. Petersburg)Sat., Nov. 13New Jersey at ClintonNew Haven at JohnstownCharlotte at GreensboroKnoxville at NashvilleSun., Nov. 14Johnstown at New HavenClinton at Long Island<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun., Oct. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03225/2390542-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="554" height="282"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04171/2390535-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="551" height="289"></div><h2>ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon., Nov. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05133/2390528-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="546" height="185"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Nov. 2Oakville 4 at Woodstock 4Fri., Nov. 5Galt 2 at Guelph 4Oakville 2 at Kingston 4Sat., Nov. 6Guelph 5 at Galt 5Sun., Nov. 7Galt 4 at Woodstock 2Kingston 4 at Oakville 5<h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Thurs., Nov. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06111/2390521-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="552" height="153"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun., Oct. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07102/2390514-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="551" height="406"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Sun., Oct. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0875/2390507-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="549" height="153"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0964/2390500-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="549" height="234"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Races

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>GREENSBORO, N.C.&mdash;If early play is any indication, the Greensboro Generals could be on the road back to the Eastern Hockey League throne.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1056/2390594-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="270" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Spong</figcaption></div>In the most surprising start of any of the 10 clubs in the loop, the Generals reeled off victories in their first five outings. What is more, only one of the games was close and two of the decisions were recorded on enemy rinks.So its apparent that Ron Spong, in his sixth season at the Generals helm, has put together a club that must be reckoned with in the Southern Division race. The pre-season forecasts virtually handed divisional laurels to Nashville on the basis of its veteran team and its great record of last season.But evidently Spong has come up with the men to plug the leaks in a team that finished second to Nashville last year in the regular season. The Gens were a distant second, 32 points behind the Flyers; and, furthermore, only a spurt in the stretch of the race gave them that position. And then, even though they had the home ice advantage, the Gens were eliminated in their first playoff series by Knoxville.Spong even achieved his present record without too much assistance from star defenseman Ron Quenville who was lost for two weeks with a broken knuckle. But he was able to get Bobby Boucher back on the ice, and that was some achievement. An eye injury sidelined the ace forward for all but 27 games last year and he was missed sorely.Spong also called back Harvey Turnbull and Butch McLean whom he had loaned to Jersey last year. Then he received an added bonus when Jacques Monette, the in-again out-again goalie, decided to forego his retirement plans and return to the fold.At the same time, he still had available such operatives as Garry Sharp, the No. 2 scorer in the league last year with 132 points; Don Carter, No. 5, and Ron Muir, No. 14. He lost Don Davidson, No. 9, due to retirement, and Don Dibarardino, No. 7 since he had to be returned to Clinton. He landed new derensemen John Murray and Wayne Mayhew; brought back forwards Jackie Nairn, Greg Gordon and Billy Armour, and seems to have the potential to restore the Gens to their former lofty heights.JACKSONVILLE: Rockets secured defenseman Rick Bradford from Johnstown on a loan for the season. Don Willey has been scoring steadily. Club picked up Pete Wright from Long Island and he suffered an arm injury in the first game. Coach Pat Egan was upset over officiating at Jersey when referee George Edwards failed to show and explayer Stan Parker had to be used. Egan looking for more defensive help.JERSEY: It took Norm DeFelice five games to get his first shutout, a resounding 9-0 blanking of Long Island. Reggie Meserve handled team while Benny Woit went to Canada to bring his family here. Jerry Wakshinski sold to Knoxville after his holdout siege. Rudy Filion and Hec Lalande finally reported. Rookie Bill Boychuk dropped. Devils talking to Ray Crew about joining club. Wayne Caufield had hat tricks on two successive nights.LONG ISLAND: Barry Zoback shooting for 40 goals with Ducks. John Muckier decided to keep four defensemen and eight linemen. Ducks sent defenseman Claude Beausejour to Jacksonville on loan. Claude, along with Pete Wright will rejoin Ducks next fall. Don Perry gave Nashville&rsquo;s rookie, Derek Brockie, a taste of his handy fists. Gerry Rafter and Moe Bartoli club&rsquo;s top penalty killers.KNOXVILLE: Doug Bentley lamented at Long Island, &ldquo;we can&rsquo;t put the puck in the ocean.&rdquo; George Hayes and Rich Hextall suffered facial cuts in collision. Gil Champagne writing weekly column on hockey for Knoxville paper and also doing TV show on the sport. Club officials dickering with Don Labelle if his job with chemical plant will permit him to play. Wally Shase broke nose. Brian McNutt dropped.CLINTON: The Comets were welcomed here with a parade and dinner. Borden Smith&rsquo;s goal beat Johnstown. Pat Kelly happy with the hustle of his youngsters despite their mistakes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1147/2390587-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="522" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY BOUCHER&hellip;Back With Generals</figcaption></div>NEW HAVEN: Forward Jules Gagnon, sent here by Buffalo for a trial was dropped. Jackie LeClair&rsquo;s vow that his team wouldn&rsquo;t lose a second game at home if they posted six goals was broken. Blades lost to Jersey, 8-6, after losing home opener to Nashville.NASHVILLE: Flyers happy with win and two ties on northern jaunt. John McLellan happy with juniors Derick Brockie and Gilles St. Jacques. Norm Ryder bothered by torn side muscle. Club misses Dusty Blair but failed to land Ray Ross. Flyers still deem Long Island fans the roughest in the leagus and claim one grabbed Ted McCaskill&rsquo;s stick during recent game there. Creighton says he had to cut men this year who could have made the club last season. Jim McNulty posted hat trick versus Knoxville.JOHNSTOWN: Jets signed new goalie, Andy Brown, nephew of former Charlotte coach. He played with Gander Flyers last year. Goalie Jim Letcher dropped after allowing 10 goals in 2 games. &#9632;

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Greensboro Plugs Player Gaps To Make Surprising Ice Start

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>TOLEDO, O.Greg Jablonski, the tall, fast skating left wing of the Toledo Blades, was the first International Hockey Leaguer to register the hat trick.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01336/2390663-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="274" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pat Donnelly</figcaption></div>Jablonski turned in the three-goal performance in the Blades opening game against Muskegon and it made the difference in the 5-4 victory over the stubborn Mohawks. Jablonski used his speed to advantage in skating past the Mohawk defensemen at the blue line and going in all alone against new goalie Pete Sternig.Jablonski, who hit for two in his second game was the Blades leading goal scorer last year with 40.FORT WAYNE&mdash;The Komets topped the IHL opening day attendance figures with 7,293&hellip;Merv Duchak, last year&rsquo;s leading IHL goal getter with 52, collected four in his first two games&hellip;General Manager Ken Ullyot handed suspensions to goalie Bob Gray and winger Norm Waslawski, putting rookie Gerry Randall in the nets&hellip;. Alton White, first Negro ever to don a Komet uniform had the first goal on home ice.PORT HURON&mdash;The Flags hit for three goals in 2:44 of the third period to beat Fort Wayne in the opener&hellip;Frank Golembrosky, only rookie in the Flags&rsquo; lineup, scored two goals to tie up the game with Muskegon&hellip;Port Huron sold 1,000 season tickets for a record in the IHL.MUSKEGON&mdash;There were 92 goalie saves in the Mohawk-Port Huron game. Bob Sneddon had 48 for the Flags and Pete Sternig 44 for the Mohawks&hellip;The Mohawks got a last minute addition in Bob Lemieux, 21-year-old defenseman with experience with Houston of the Central League.DES MOINES&mdash;Impressive Oak Leaf rookies were Carl Forster and Gary Gresdal. Forster scored 83 goals in a European league out of The Hague, Netherlands, last year&hellip;The Leafs had a total of nearly 7,000 for their first two games, Coach Crawford, who planned to work from the bench, had to suit up when defenseman Joe Kiss suddenly decided to go home.DAYTON&mdash;Pat Donnelly hit for two goals in the last minute in the victory at Des Moines&hellip;Sid Garant suffered a shoulder separation and many be out for three weeks&hellip;The Gems were scheduled forr 11 consecutive Sunday games at home.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02250/2390656-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="465" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">GREG JABLONSKI&hellip;Bags First &lsquo;Hat&rsquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Blades’ Greg Jablonski Fires First Hat Trick; Ullyot Hands Suspensions To Komet Players

<div class="byline">BY HUGH TOWNSEND</div>&mdash;NEW GLASGOW, N.S.After months of uncertainty, question marks and indecision, the Maritime Senior Hockey League officially announced it would not operate during the 1965-66 season.The final blow came when teams could not be found to replace the Halifax Schooners and the Windsor-Dartmouth Keith&rsquo;s, both of whom folded when they lost last year&rsquo;s sponsors.It left only New Glasgow Rangers and Moncton Hawks ready for action.Replacing the circuit with another league, featuring homebrew talent, was the result of a meeting Oct. 31 but nothing definite was decided. Matters, other than teams interested, were deferred to another gabfest at Truro.A Moncton-Amherst combination, New Glasgow, Truro and Charlottetown showed interest in forming a new league but it is not expected to be of the calibre seen in the Maritime loop the past few years.The Maritime circuit folded after New Glasgow experienced its best season in many years. The club won the league title and Maritime crown before journeying to Sherbrooke to tackle the Allan Cup-bound Beavers.Rangers, though badly eliminated by Sherbrooke, had one thing to boast&mdash;they were the only club to win a playoff game from the Allan Cup winners.Biggest success of the New Glasgow season was the club&rsquo;s finishing the championship year with a profit&mdash;something almost unheard of in the high priced circuit.But that wasn&rsquo;t the story around the rest of the league.The Halifax and Windsor-Dartmouth clubs lost so much it scared off sponsors for another year.ATLANTIC BREEZES&hellip;Halifax won&rsquo;t be without hockey this season, despite the city&rsquo;s withdrawal from the Maritime Senior League&hellip;The Montreal Canadiens organization is operating a Junior Canadiens club and it will play exhibition contests with the Montreal Metro league under coach Leo Bossy&hellip;The Juniors have young hockey hopefuls from all parts of the Maritimes&hellip;Bossy selected the team following a 10-day training camp in Truro&rsquo;s sparkling new Canadian Legion Stadium&hellip; &#9632;

Maritime Senior League Folds For Lack Of Hockey Teams

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03161/2390725-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="543" height="235"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Nov. 2Muskegon 5 at Dayton 2Wed., Nov. 3Port Huron 3 at Des Moines 4Thurs., Nov. 4Toledo 2 at Muskegon 7Fort Wayne 2 at Dayton 4Fri., Nov. 5Port Huron 0 at Toledo 4Sat. Nov. 6Fort Wayne 3 at Muskegon 3Des Moines 0 at Port Huron 6Dayton 0 at Toledo 6Sun., Nov. 7Des Moines 5 at Dayton 7Muskegon 0 at Port Huron 9<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues., Nov. 9Muskegon at Des MoinesWed., Nov. 10Port Huron at Fort WayneThurs., Nov. 11Muskegon at Des Moines Port Huron at DaytonSat., Nov. 13Des Moines at Fort Wayne Dayton at Muskegon Toledo at Port HuronSun., Nov. 14Fort Wayne at DaytonDes Moines at Port Huron<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun., Oct. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04120/2390718-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="546" height="404"></div> &#9632;

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How They Stand

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>LONDON, Ont.&mdash;One of the major appeals of junior A hockey over the years is the uncertainty.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01313/2390756-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="278" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Neil Clarke</figcaption></div>It may be rough on the coaches but the fans turn out year after year with the knowledge that anything can&hellip;and usually does happen.In baseball it&rsquo;s a case of don&rsquo;t leave the park until the final out. There could be a similar admonition in teen-age hockey. Don&rsquo;t leave the building until the final whistle.A good case in point was the game between last place London Nationals and the powerful Toronto Marlboros in Maple Leaf Gardens.A new entry in the nine-team Ontario Hockey&mdash;Association junior A league this season, Landon moved up in category with basically a team from junior B ranks.Jack McIntyre, a rookie coach with a new team, had no misgivings when he accepted the position in London.The former Boston, Chicago and Detroit forward said he&rsquo;d be perfectly happy if the Nationals grabbed even the eighth and final playoff position.For a time it looked as if even this was aiming too high.In their first four games the Nationals were shut out twice (by Oshawa and Kitchener) and had an average of only a fraction over a goal in each start.Suddenly they started scoring goals in bushels.After five consecutive losses they suddenly blossomed out with 16 goals in their next two games&hellip;and won them both.Playing before more than 3,000 fans in their home arena they trounced the improved Hamilton Red Wings 8-6.Two days later they moved into Maple Leaf Gardens, a building not exactly conducive to producing confidence in a new hockey club.With 10,000 in the Gardens, the Nationals played as many expected&hellip;horribly.They trailed 6-1 after one period&hellip;then suddenly exploded.In a fantastic comeback they scored seven consecutive goals while holding the Marlboros off the scoresheet completely in the second period.Just to rub salt in the Marlboro wounds, the young man who put the fire in the London attack was Neil Clarke who scored 15 goals for the Dukes a year ago.Clarke scored three times in the Nationals&rsquo; uprising, hit the goal post on two other chances and set up Mac St. Jacques on two London goals.Coach Gus Bodnar removed goaltender Duffy Lewis for the third period and inserted spare guardian Duffy Lewis. But by that time it was too late.Although they only had three shots on goal in the final 20 minutes the Nationals held on to defeat the Marlboros 8-6.After three weeks of the 48-game schedule, only Niagara Falls Flyers remained undefeated.The defending Memorial Cup champions preserved their streak by tying Kitchener Rangers 4-4 on a last-period goal by rookie Karl Haggarty.St. Catharines Black Hawks, a disappointment with only one win and a tie in their first seven games, ended Oshawa Generals&rsquo; unbeaten record on home ice.Bob Sicinski scored three goals and the Hawks&rsquo; recent acquisition from Sudbury Kerry Bond had two goals and three assists as St. Catharines defeated the Generals 6-4.The defeat left the Generals in a first place tie with Niagara Falls, both with 11 points.The two clubs, Oshawa and the Falls, are both sponsored by the Boston Bruins.Hamilton had a thoroughly discouraging week.A team which has ended in last place the past two seasons, the Red Wings got away quickly with three wins in their first five games.However as Coach Rudy Pilous is re-discovering, junior players and junior teams aren&rsquo;t easy to figure out.The Wings&rsquo; defence, which had been fairly steady earlier in the schedule suddenly crumpled and allowed 23 goals in three games.Hamilton lost the previously-mentioned game 8-6 in London, then dropped home and home affairs to Montreal Canadiens 6-4 and 6-2.Oshawa players hold down the top two spots in the scoring race.The Generals&rsquo; playmaking defenceman, 17-year-old Bobby Orr, is in first place with 19 points on four goals and 15 assists followed by fiery centre Danny O&rsquo;Shea with eight goals and 10 assists for 18 points. &#9632;

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OHA’s New London Nationals Click After Blowing Five Straight Games

<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.ALL THIS FOR ONLY $1.25 (Postage Paid)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02261/2390801-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="344" height="400"></div><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.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/f0019-03209/2390794-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="336" height="466"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-07112/2390787-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="1024" height="778"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY FANS Get These Publications-NOW!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04183/2390832-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. One of Chicago&rsquo;s goaltenders shown in centre.4. Initials of a Montreal forward.6. 5th & 15th letters of the alphabet.7. NHL team with which Bill Ezinicki last played (abbr.)8. Neil and Mac of Ranger fame.11. Eric Nesterenko&rsquo;s parents hail from here.13. What Chicago failed to do in their quest for the Cup last spring.14. Number of games Vasko missed last season.16. Nickname of 20 down.17. Ron Cantera is publicist for this team (abbr.)18. Victory in Europe (abbr.)19. League in which 9 down played junior hockey (abbr.)21. Greeting.22. Month in which Canadians won the Cup last spring.23. Native province of 9 down (abbr.)25. Initials of McDonald of Detroit.27. Rochefort&rsquo;s initials.28. One of the Rochester Americans.30. Name given WHL&rsquo;s president.31. Bernie Geoffrion can sing one well.32. All teams strive to get some of these.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Doug Mohns was born in this month (abbr.)2. Roger Crozier was one last season.3. Name given pictured star.4. Short for first name of Malone, old-time star.5. Initials of a Bruin forward.7. A player often loses some during a game.9. Art Ross Trophy winner of 1949-50.10. Denotes number worn by Gadsby.12. A Rochester forward answers to this.13. Initials of an NHL coach.15. One of the Rangers.19. Marcel Pronovost once played for this club.20. Former Black Hawk forward.21. Once Toronto&rsquo;s notorious perennial bad-man on ice.24. Name given Leswick, ex-NHL player.26. Hank Bassen&rsquo;s native province (abbr.)27. First American-born player ever on a Stanley Cup winning squad.29. Nickname of Bruneteau, ex-NHL forward.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S SOLUTION</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Popeil4. J.A.6. Earl8. Cousins12. Allan13. Six14. R.D.15. Dec.17. Son19. R.H.20. Tod22. One24. Sr.25. Pavelich28. A.A.29. Selke32. Rushes33. Yd.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Picard2. Paul3. Len.4. Jr.5. Alexander7. Assists9. Older10. S.A.11. In16. Cheevers18. 0021. Topper23. Na.24. Shaky26. Lose27. Cal.30. E.S.31. Ed. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

(Standings on Tues. Nov. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05153/2390870-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="539" height="335"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 2St. Catharines 5 at London 3Thurs., Nov. 4Toronto 2 at Hamilton 2Kitchener 4 at Peterborough 3Fri., Nov. 5Oshawa 2 at Niagara Falls 4Sat. Nov. 6Kitchener 3 at Oshawa 6Sun., Nov. 7Niagara Falls 2 at Montreal 2Peterborough 5 at Toronto 8London 4 at St. Catharines 6<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues., Nov. 9Kitchener at LondonToronto at Niagara FallsThurs., Nov. 11Oshawa at HamiltonMontreal at PeterboroughFri., Nov. 12Montreal at LondonHamilton at Niagara FallsSt. Catharines at TorontoPeterborough at KitchenerSat., Nov. 13Niagara Falls at OshawaSun., Nov. 14Montreal at KitchenerHamilton at TorontoPeterborough at St. Catharines<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06126/2390863-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="540" height="253"></div> &#9632;

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Looking At The OHA Junior Race

<div class="byline">BY DAN ROSENBURG</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;As &lsquo;Toe&rsquo; Blake says, predictions are for gypsies. Nevertheless, it&rsquo;s not inconceivable to peer into the future and foresee a young Canadiens&rsquo; defenseman, Serge Savard, capturing the Calder Trophy as the National Hockey League&rsquo;s 1967-68 rookie-of-the-year.Savard might even get a crack at it next year, providing the Canadiens&rsquo; brass doesn&rsquo;t decide to ship him to Houston in the Central Professional League for a taste of seasoning.But one thing is certain. No matter when this talented Junior Canadiens&rsquo; rearguard is brought into the NHL to stay&mdash;and, barring injury, he is a lead pipe cinch to make the &lsquo;Big Time&rsquo;&mdash;Savard will be a serious contender for the rookie award.Savard is a joy to watch. He&rsquo;s a beautiful stickhandler and a splendid rusher who is extremely smooth on his skates. At times he acts as a second goaltender, dropping to his knees with reckless abandon to smother shots in front of the net.&ldquo;Defensively, Serge is improving every year but on offense he&rsquo;s very strong,&rdquo; is the reserved comment of Baby Habs&rsquo; coach Scotty Bowman. Less professional observers are apt to substitute the word &ldquo;brilliant&rdquo; for &ldquo;very strong.&rdquo;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s something like Bobby Orr of Oshawa&rdquo;, Bowman continued. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s the same type of puck-carrier. In the NHL he should be great offensively. However, young defensemen don&rsquo;t seem to carry the puck as much when they reach pro ranks. I guess defense is just about the toughest position for a kid to play in pro hockey.&rdquo;Bowman says that Savard compares favorably with Jacques Laperriere, who broke into the NHL two years ago with much fanfare and went on to win the Calder Trophy and an all-star team berth as well.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0136/2390901-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="463" height="1319"><figcaption class="caption-body">SERGE SAVARD&hellip;Headed For Big Time</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Of course, Laperriere always had that big shot of his,&rdquo; Scotty explains, &ldquo;but Serge is more mobile. I would say that Savard has reached about the same level in development as Laperriere had when Jacques was in this last year of junior hockey.&rdquo;Unlike Laperriere who was often called upon to play between 50 and 55 minutes of each junior game in his graduating year, Savard has been limited to 30-40 minutes per contest.&ldquo;The reason for that is very simple,&rdquo; says Bowman. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not that we&rsquo;re afraid of burning him out so much as that he tends to pace himself when he&rsquo;s out there for long stretches at a time. Sure, sometimes we&rsquo;re stuck and have to use him more than usual. But he plays his best hockey when rested.&rdquo;It is on this point that Serge appears to disagree.&ldquo;I like to play a lot,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Last year I played more, with good results. I scored 14 goals and something like 33 assists. I played six games for Omaha when Canadiens called up Noel Picard, and even they let me stay on the ice 30-35 minutes a game.&rdquo;Savard is a product of Montreal&rsquo;s Metropolitan Junior Hockey League, the same circuit that sent Yvan Cournoyer to the Canadiens and goalie Bernie Parent to Boston Bruins.Savard thinks he has a good chance to crack the Canadiens&rsquo; lineup in a year or two: &ldquo;But I wouldn&rsquo;t mind spending a season in Houston,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;just so long as I make it eventually.&rdquo;And to this Bowman adds a fitting contribution: &ldquo;If he doesn&rsquo;t make it, who will?&rdquo; &#9632;

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