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January 8, 1966

The Hockey News January 8, 1966

(Scoring records as of December 26)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02484/2312623-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="547" height="530"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03405/2312616-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="546" height="255"></div>Most minutes in penalties: Howie Young, L.A., 102.Most shutouts: Don Head. Port., 4. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

WHL Point Race

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;As Roger Crozier&rsquo;s goals against average goes down, down, down the Red Wings&rsquo; chances go up, up, up.The Red Wing goalkeeper, rookie of the year last season, the All-Star goalie and almost winner of the Vezina Trophy, has backstopped the Wings&rsquo; climb from a one night occupancy of the cellar to a shot at the leaders.The 23-year-old Crozier has been doing it with an even better goals against average than he had last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01535/2310987-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="523" height="751"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROGER CROZIER&hellip; Goals&rsquo; Mark Dips</figcaption></div>Roger experienced problems at the start of the campaign like the rest of the club. Crozier had a stomach ache and the rest of the club felt the pains.Unfamiliar linemates contributed to meager production up front but after a 15-game shakedown, the Wings started meshing and Crozier kept rivals out of his mesh.Roger allowed 44 goals in his first 14 games (Hank Bassen played one of the first 15) for a 3.14 goals against mark.That really whacked Crozier&rsquo;s goals timetable &mdash; he sets a figure for each month and he yielded considerably more than he figured on.But in the windup of the 1965 portion of the 1965-66 schedule, Crozier gave up 33 goals in 14 games for a 2.35 mark, lowering his overall mark to 2.75.But figures can be dull things and Crozier certainly hasn&rsquo;t been that.A just-before-Christmas game against the New York Rangers was only 85 seconds old when Rod Gilbert slapped a shot at the Red Wing net.It hit Crozier on the upper chest, caromed up and hit him in the mouth.The puck deflected off to the side and the 5-foot-8, 155-pound Crozier was spun around by the force of the blow. He threw up both arms and swung on the crossbar of the net, then slid to the ice.A second Ranger shot was high and referee Art Skov whistled play down as the Wings crowded around the fallen goalie.Crozier was almost knocked out and was helped to the dressing room where he got first aid for a chipped tooth. After a brief rest, he was back to finish the game, a 4-2 Detroit victory.In the return match of a weekend series with Montreal, Crozier was sensational, particularly in the final 3&frac12; minutes with the game a scoreless tie.He foiled Jacques Laperriere, Henri Richard, Claude Provost and Gilles Tremblay, the men who&rsquo;d scored against him the previous night in a 4-3 Canadiens victory.During a first period power play Crozier was like a shooting gallery duck and the Montreal point men, Laperriere and Bobby Rousseau, were arm weary by the time the power play ended.Crozier&rsquo;s stunning work and Alex Delvecchio&rsquo;s poke-in of Norm Ullman&rsquo;s rebound with just 56 seconds to play gave the Wings a 1-0 decision and their first victory over Montreal in six tries.The shutout was his third this season and Crozier now has 11 NHL whitewashes in less than two full seasons &mdash; he had two in 15 games in 1963-64, a half dozen last year plus the three this year.Coming in for a big share of Crozier&rsquo;s lowered goals against average is the defense, especially big Doug Barkley and rookie Bert Marshall.The Wings also got a Christmas present when veteran Bill Gadsby returned sooner than expected from surgery. Predicted out for three to five weeks, Gadsby missed 10 games and was back one day short of three weeks.Manager-coach Sid Abel threw Gadsby right into the war after telling him he&rsquo;d probably see only &ldquo;spot&rdquo; duty.&ldquo;Spot duty? Some coach!&rdquo; roared Gadsby, laughing.It was one long spot &mdash; he took his regular shift and was out killing penalties too and, as usual, most effectively.&ldquo;The wind wasn&rsquo;t too good, though,&rdquo; Gadsby said. &ldquo;I only had three days of pleasure skating and one day of practice.&rdquo;Gadsby&rsquo;s return was just in time because Warren Godfrey went in for knee surgery. Once the doctors got in, they found it wasn&rsquo;t as serious as first thought. There was no ligament damage but the forecast still was for a five to six week absence. &#9632;

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Crozier Ahead Of Big Rookie Year Pace, Sparks Wings’ Surge in Tense NHL Race

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.For years, the only thing the Buffalo Bisons ever got in Cleveland was a hard time.If only for a brief moment, it was different Christmas Night, when William Fraser (Billy) Dea was honored by the Cleveland Barons.In his eighth season with the Bisons, and his 13th professional, Dea established an American Hockey League consecutive-games record of 526, and wiped out the former record of 525, held by defenseman Bill Need ham of the Barons.Needham, the Barons&rsquo; captain whose streak was ended last winter when he missed six games because of a knee injury, made a presentation to Dea between periods.Although Needham is in his ninth season with the Barons, he and Dea have little more than a nodding acquaintance.&ldquo;I suppose it seems rather odd that two guys can play in the same league for so long and not become better acquainted, &rdquo; Needham said.&ldquo;However, hockey players seldom fraternize on the ice, and so we don&rsquo;t get to know the fellows on the opposing teams too well.&ldquo;Dea has a fine reputation, both as a player and as a gentleman. Every player who has ever come to our club after being a teammate of Dea&rsquo;s speaks highly of him. It&rsquo;s nice to know a popular player broke my record.Dea hasn&rsquo;t missed a regularseason or playoff game since joining the Bisons. He has been plagued by a pulled groin muscle this season, but hasn&rsquo;t skipped a shift.&ldquo;You have to be lucky to play this many games without a major injury, &ldquo;Dea said. &ldquo;And I&rsquo;ve been lucky. I&rsquo;m really thrilled to have set the record, but I honestly never gave it much thought until I reached the 500-game mark last year.&rdquo;The 32-year-old Dea was a speedboat driver in Western Canada until a few summers ago. He has completed a course in women&rsquo;s hair-dressing, and now is taking guitar lessons with teammate Jerry Melnyk.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll play this game as long as I can, but you have to think about the future,&rdquo; said Dea, nicknamed &ldquo;Kayo&rdquo; after the comic-strip character of the same name.&ldquo;Being from Western Canada, Melnyk and I figure we ought to be able to play the guitar. Maybe we&rsquo;ll even entertain the boys with cowboy songs on the road trips.&ldquo;Some of them kidded me when I took the beauty course, and now I suppose they&rsquo;ll give me the old razoo for the guitar lessons.Dea was alluding to his friedship with Robert Goulet, one of the leading matinee idols of the Unitel States. They grew up together in Edmonton, Alberta, and played on the same baseball and football teams.Goulet has made his mark in movies, television and Broadway, and now Billy Dea has left his name in the all-time history of hockey. &#9632;

Buffalo Veteran Billy Dea Becomes AHL’s New Iron Man’ In 526th Game

<div class="byline">BY BOB GATES</div>BOSTON, Mass.What makes Teddy run &mdash; at rival forwards?Maybe it was a month&rsquo;s inactivity. Or perhaps it was the Bruins&rsquo; 12-game winless skein during his forced absence which gnawed at the Boston defenseman. Possibly, even, it was that line in the public prints HOCKEY NEWS, Dec. 25 that said he had &ldquo;mellowed somewhat&rdquo;.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01610/2311538-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="264" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Green</figcaption></div>Likely all three combined to light the fuse under Edward Joseph (Ted) Green. Whatever, it all exploded for the amazing total of 47 minutes in penalties assessed him in the short span of two weekend games with New York.Eleven minutes of that three-quarters of an hour-plus Green collected Christmas night. It was his first night back and he sparked the Bruins to an aggressive 4-2 victory and picked up three assists.The following night, the Rangers, working to the festive-and-familiar New York chant &ldquo;Get Green!&rdquo;, began roughing Ted in the corners. Keeping with the holiday motif, Green saw red and was apparently bent on spilling same to protect his own skin.Before the night was out the brawling Bruin had sat out 36 minutes on a record seven penalties &mdash; three minors, two majors, and two 10-minute misconducts. This broke the modern-era mark of six, held by three players, and tied the all-time record set by George Boucher of the Ottawa Senators back in 1927. Green&rsquo;s 36 minutes, however, fell one short of teammate Reg Fleming&rsquo;s record 37, set with Chicago in October, 1960.&ldquo;I read THE HOCKEY NEWS,&rdquo; he growled at this reporter after the busy weekend. &ldquo;I saw what you wrote and I said to my wife, &lsquo;read this and tell me what it says&rsquo;.&ldquo;She did and, &lsquo;it says you&rsquo;ve mellowed,&rsquo; and with that I picked her up and threw her against the wall.&rdquo;Green, of course, lied with a scowling grin and added:&ldquo;I want a retraction.&rdquo;Wayne Hillman and Vic Hadfield, nursing Green-inflicted yuletide lumps, together with speared Phil Goyette (&ldquo;I&rsquo;m honestly sorry about that&rdquo;) will admit Ted has earned it.Scratch the &ldquo;mellow&rdquo;. &#9632;

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Boston Bruins’ Ted Green Terrorizes Blues In Wild Return To National League

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01112/2313304-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Goalie CHARLIE HODGE of Montreal slides out of his net to stop Toronto&rsquo;s FRANK MAHOVLICH during scoring attempt in recent NHL game. Mahovlich has been coming on strong in recent weeks as the Leafs rolled to 10 straight games without a defeat to equal a club record set in 1962-63.</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.The Russians may think they are ready for the National Hockey League in the near future but NHL President Clarence Campbell believes otherwise.Campbell, in commenting on a report the Russians intend to turn their best players professional after their whirlwind triumphant tour of North American cities recently, said the Soviets in his opinion, &ldquo;are not good enough for the NHL&rdquo;.&ldquo;Let&rsquo; be realistie,&rsquo; said Campbell.He said that eventually, when the calibre of European hockey improves, some sort of world championship will be arranged but that Europe is a long way from reaching NHL standards.He said the NHL has a &ldquo;very tight schedule and there would be no time&rdquo; for any sort of tournament involving the NHL and the European teams.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t visualize Intercontinental play at this time. It would not be an economic proposition.&rdquo;Campbell did agree that international amateur competition no longer provides an adequate test for the slick Soviet team.He suggested that a European league or even a Russian National pro league might improve the Russians&rsquo; play.&ldquo;In the meantime, there might be opportunities for testing them against a pro club here,&rdquo; he said.Stafford Smythe, President of Toronto Maple Leafs, said he would be &ldquo;looking forward&rdquo; to a challenge from the Russians.Hap Emms, Boston Bruins&rsquo; General Manager, said he didn&rsquo;t think the Russians were ready to challenge the NHL.&ldquo;But they soon will be,&rdquo; Emms added.Russian hockey coach Anatoli Tarasov was quoted in Colorado Springs as saying the Reds &ldquo;will settle for nothing less than the NHL.&rdquo;Tarasov said Russia is making such rapid progress in hockey that international amateur opponents won&rsquo;t provide an adequate test much longer.He said he would like to move his first-string team into professional hockey and leave his second team in amateur competition to defend wcrld and Olympic titles.The Russian coach also said that Czechoslovakia and Sweden are making similar progress and should be ready to join the Soviets in challenging the NHL. He proposed a Transatlantic series involving those three nations and the best major teams in North America. &#9632;

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Soviets Not Good Enough For NHL Says Campbell

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;There will be some 13 players on the National Hockey League ballots for the halfway rookie of the year voting but hockey observers are certain the name of Brit Selby will come out on top without too much opposition.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0289/2313335-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="275" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brit Selby</figcaption></div>The Maple Leafs&rsquo; rookie right winger is the current top scoring freshman among the NHL&rsquo;s new crop of players with 11 points in 26 games, eight of which are goals and several key ones among them.Selby has caught the eye of most NHL selectors, who are expected to establish him as the leader for the Calder Trophy award after the completion of the first half of the season.Others who are in the running include Wally Boyer and Wayne Carleton, also of Toronto; Bob Dillabough, Bernie Parent, Bill Goldsworthy and Gilles Marotte of Boston; Mike McMahon, Garry Peters, Larry Mickey and Ed Giacomin of Rangers; Chicago&rsquo;s Ken Hodge and Bert Marshall of Detroit. &#9632;

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13 Players In Running For Honors

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Parker Mac Donald has come back to the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL&rsquo;s latest player trade.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02514/2311018-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="277" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Parker MacDonald</figcaption></div>The Wings sent 22-year-old centre Pit Martin, who has been performing with Pittsburgh of the AHL, to the Bruins in exchange for the veteran MacDonald in a straight player deal. The Bruins secured the 32-year-old MacDonald from the Wings last season in a multiple player trade.MacDonald, a 14-year veteran, has now played with four of the league&rsquo;s six teams in his up-and-down pro career. He has not quite lived up to expectations since the 1962-63 season when he tallied 33 goals for the Detroiters.The trading of Martin for MacDonald was just one of several player moves enacted by the NHL teams during the past week.The New York Rangers, mired in fifth place and losing games hand over first, called up three minor leaguers, Ted Taylor, Jim Johnson and Dune McCallum, in an effort to put new life in the club. But it hasn&rsquo;t helped in the least as the Rangers dropped a pair to Montreal last weekend in a home-and-home series. All three new recruits were in uniform.Rangers had sent Bob Seiling back to Minnesota of the CPHL to play himself into shape and his return is expected any day. He was back for one game when injuries hit the New York defense but he was sent to the CPHL again last week.Detroit Red Wings dropped Billy Harris off their NHL roster before Christmas and this week sent another ex-Leaf, Don McKenney, to Pittsburgh of the AHL. McKenney has not produced for the Wings this season.The Wings also returned rookies Jimmy Peters to the Memphis club of the CPHL and Peter Mahovlich to Hamilton of the Junior OHA after NHL tryouts.Toronto Maple Leafs have been shuffling defensemen back and forth from the minors in an effort to overcome injuries. Wayne Hillman of Rochester is currently up with the Leafs and playing so well he may stay with the big club the rest of the season.The Leafs also pressed rookie Wayne Carleton into service for the first time last weekend and he responded with a good performance. Carleton has been bothered by a knee injury this season and has been unable to participate in any training camp of strenuous workouts until recent weeks.Chicago Black Hawks have shunted Fred Stanfield to St. Louis of the CPHL with the return of some of their injured players but has retained defenseman Pat Stapleton, who was called up when first Pierre Pilote and then Elmer Vasko were hurt. Both are back in the lineup and Stapleton is still around. Hawks are not dressing veteran Al MacNeil to make way for Stapleton.The Hawks also promoted Dave Richardson from their St. Louis farm club for two games last weekend.The player shuffling continues at a record pace and only the Montreal Canadiens appear settled on their roster and have made no changes since the outset of the season. &#9632;

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Parker MacDonald Back With Wings After Trade

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>DETROIT &mdash; Traded Parker MacDonald, forward, to Boston in exchange for Pit Martin, forward, Peter Mahovlich, forward, called up from Hamilton of Junior OHA for pro tryout and returned, Don McKenney, forward optioned to Pittsburgh of AHL Jimmy Peters, forward, returned to Memphis, of CPHL.TORONTO &mdash; Larry Hillman, forward, called up from Rochester of AHL.BOSTON &mdash; Derek Sanderson, forward, called up from Niagara Falls of Junior OHA for pro tryout. Paul Popiel and Barry Ashbee, defensemen, returned to Hershey of AHL.NEW YORK &mdash; Rod Seiling, defenseman, sent back to Minnesota of CPHL. Doug Robinson, forward, sent to Baltimore of AHL. Jimmy Johnson, forward, recalled from Minnesota of CPHL. Dune McCallum defenseman called up from Vancouver of WHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>PORTLAND &mdash; Fred Hilts, forward, secured from Memphis of CPHL.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; Wayne Doll, goalkeeper, sent to Knoxville of EHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>TOLEDO &mdash; Rick Bradford, forward picked up on waivers from Jacksonville of EHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>JACKSONVILLE &mdash; Alf Treen, defenseman, signed as free agent. Rick Bradford and Jack Kline, forward, placed on waivers.JOHNSTOWN &mdash; Terry Grindle, defenseman, released Billy Reid, forward, signed as free agent. &#9632;

Movement Of Players

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01534/2311087-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="349" height="418"></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;It was two weeks ago that a man was wandering along Mon treat&rsquo;s St. Cathrerine Street, killing a little time before a game between Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02427/2311080-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="281" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Balon</figcaption></div>As he passed one of the brightly lit stores, his attention was caught by the figure of a man puffing thoughtfully on a cigar and intently studying a display of tape recorders in one of the gaily-beldecked windows. There was something familiar about that figure, and on closer inspection it turned out to be Dave Balon &hellip; a man who makes infrequent appearances on left wing for the Stanley Cup champs, these days. He wasn&rsquo;t due to make an appearance that night against Leafs, and here he was studying tape recorders in a store window a dozen blocks from the Forum, some thirty minutes before the teams were due to take the ice.It wasn&rsquo;t really a significant event, yet it brought home the fact that Baton&rsquo;s career has taken a rare dip in the 2&frac12; years that he&rsquo;s been a member of the Montreal Canadiens. From a star to a question-mark to near oblivion &hellip; such has been the path that Balon has followed in his brief career in Montreal.Balon came to this City on June 4, 1963, as part of a stunning off-season deal between Canadiens and the N.Y. Rangers. It was the trade that sent Plante, Marshall and Goyette to Manhattan, while landing Worsley, Balon, Leon Rochefort and a man named Len Ronson for Canadiens. The trade created a wave of speculation at the time, and with reason. Habs had given up three men of proven ability, &mdash; in fact Jacques Plante had star status, &mdash; for a group of individuals who were little known except for Gump Worsley. Hockey men were almost unanimous, at the time, that the Rangers had gotten the better of the deal &mdash; and by plenty. Their contention was borne out further when Len Ronson was dispatched to the minors without ever having played a game for Canadiens.Leon Rochefort played three games for Habs in 1963-64, then became a permanent member of the Quebec Aces. That left Worsley and Balon still in Canadiens uniform. Then, after 7&#8231; games in the 1963-64 season, an injury knocked Worsley out of the nets.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03281/2311073-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="2152" height="1444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Veteran Leaf goalie JOHNNY BOWER, left, pulls in puck with his stick as Canadiens&rsquo; DAVE BALON looks anxiously for a rebound. Balon, a 23-goal man after the 1963-64 campaign, has become the &lsquo;forgotten man&rsquo; this season as far as the Habs are concerned.</figcaption></div>So it was that Balon, a fringe player who had scored 11 goals for Rangers in 70 games the season before, was the only man Canadiens could ice shortly after their famous trade. It must have been a time of sleepless nights and worry-filled days for Canadien executives, back there in 1963; and the fact that Phil Goyette suddenly caught fire with Rangers and headed into his greatest season in hockey in 1963-64 must have lent a nightmarish touch to the whole picture.It was Balon, however, who came to the rescue like a hero in some old-time melodrama. Playing as he had never played all the days of his life, Balon rifled 16 goals for Canadiens in the first half of the 1963-64 season. His performance was spectacular, and when the votes were counted for all-star nominations at the end of the first half, Balon received the same number as Frank Mahovlich, who was having one of his better seasons. He and the &ldquo;Big M&rdquo; wound up in a tie. at the end of the first half, as co-holders of a left wing berth on the second all-star team.Suddenly, almost overnight, Balon was a celebrity. People learned that he pronounced his name as though it had an &ldquo;e&rdquo; on the end of it &hellip; Balon to rhyme with Malone, and not Balon to rhyme with Allen, which was the way hockey people had been pronouncing it for years. It was also discovered that he was one year younger than had been indicated on official records, and this was hastily corrected. Even Balon&rsquo;s kindly old coach, Toe Blake, was surprised by his wingman&rsquo;s efficiency and he said as much at the time.&ldquo;I always knew this guy could check,&rdquo; said Toe, a faraway look in his eye, &ldquo;but I never knew he could put the puck in the net the way he&rsquo;s been doing.&rdquo;As is so often the case, Blake had no sooner praised his player than the man went into a slump that left people aghast. After his 16 goals in the first half, Balon managed just eight in the remaining 35 games of the season. In fairness, it must be emphasized that injuries slowed him badly in that second half, and contributed to his dismal performance. However, by the time the 1963-64 season was over, Balon had skidded from star status to the questionmark category. Where he&rsquo;d at tracted 25 votes as an all-star in the first half, he polled exactly one in the second part of the season. It was a fair enough indication of the way things had gone for him.Many thought that Dave would come up with a big performance last year, to regain his place in the sun. He didn&rsquo;t. He scored 18 goals in 63 games, which wasn`t bad by any means, but his overall play was ragged. He was being used less and less as the season wore on, and when the playoffs got underway he was little more than a bench-sitter. When the Stanley Cup celebrations were going full-blast in the Canadiens&rsquo; dressing room last spring, a man went over to speak to Balon who was standing quietly in a corner. &ldquo;Congratulations,&rdquo; said the man. &ldquo;What for?&rdquo; Replied Balon. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t do anything to help.&rdquo; &ldquo;You were there.&rdquo; he was told: &ldquo;You were ready if they needed you.&rdquo; Balon smiled. &ldquo;Yeah&hellip;&rdquo; he said.This season. Balon is seeing even less action than before. He&rsquo;s sitting out as many games as he&rsquo;s playing in, and when he does get on the ice it&rsquo;s as a part-time penalty killer. No one can say what the future holds for the man. But, he must often find himself wishing that it was 1963 again, and he was a star with the Canadiens team. &#9632;

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Balon ‘Forgotten Man’ On Habs, Was All-Star Prospect In 1964

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div>CHICAGO, Ill &mdash;A recent mild attack of the staggers has forced Black Hawk Coach Billy Reay into performing juggling acts that would do credit to any performer who ever worked the old vaudeville circuits.Billy&rsquo;s first full-scale performance of the season was put on midway in a recent game against the Rangers in the Stadium. The Hawks were trailing 3-2 and threatening to empty the Stadium with their lackluster play when Billy went into the routine.The first move was to sit Phil Esposito on the end of the bench and move Chico Maki from right wing to Esposito&rsquo;s center spot on the Bobby Hull line.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01597/2311125-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="463" height="562"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHICO MAKI &hellip; Centers For Hull</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02558/2311118-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="523" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN HODGE &hellip; On Scooter Line</figcaption></div>To replace Chico, Billy set a precedent by breaking up the Scooter line. Kenny Wharram, a fixture at the right side for Stan Mikita and Doug Mohns, was thrown in with Hull and Maki, while rookie Ken Hodge took over for Ken with the Scooters.The shifts began paying off immediately. Early in his first shift at center ice in nearly three years, Maki grabbed the puck deep in Hawk territory and spotted Wharram flying across the blue line. Chico&rsquo;s perfect pass hit Wharram just as he gained the center line and the quick little wing broke past a pair of startled Ranger rearguards and went in alone to beat Don Simmons and tie the score.In the final period, Hodge picked up an assist on Mikita&rsquo;s winning marker.&ldquo;We just weren&rsquo;t going anywhere and I thought I&rsquo;d try to shake things up,&rdquo; Said Billy. &ldquo;Esposito had a slight injury, to be fair to the guy, but we got a lot more hustle out of Maki. Hodge did a good job filling in for Wharram under quite a bit of pressure.&rdquo;Reay has shuffled his defensive combinations, a bit, too. Elmer Vasko&rsquo;s return knocked Pat Stapleton out of a regular job but Billy has been using the little round man on the power play and late in games when a slick puckhandler is needed at the blue line.The move worked well in a recent Toronto game when Pat came on late to lend a hand on a power-play goal by Maki that pulled the Hawks into a 1-1 tie late in the game.Hodge, Dennis Hull, and Fred Stanfield has resumed their shuttle service as the third man with Red Hay and Eric Nesterenko, too.The attacking lines were back to normal a few games after Reay&rsquo;s initial juggling act but the coach had made his point: there is no such thing as a set line with the Hawks, from one period to another, let alone for one game to the other.HAWK TALK &mdash; Reay still is fuming over Referee Frank Udvari&rsquo;s failure to nail Toronto&rsquo;s Eddie Shack with a major penalty for spearing Makita in a recent game in Toronto.The blow sent the Hawk center sprawling and a red welt was plainly evident on his stomach. But Udvari ruled that Eddie was guilty of nothing more than a slash and put the Toronto tiger out of action for only two minutes.&ldquo;Reg Fleming got the book thrown at him two years ago when he was supposed to have speared Shack to start that brawl we had in Toronto,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;And Reg didn&rsquo;t do anything nearly as serious as what Shack did to Mikilta.&ldquo;And when Fleming and the rest of our guys got all those fines, something was said about the image of the game. I guess Chicago is the only team that can hurt the image. If a guy from Toronto spears, it&rsquo;s just slashing.&rdquo;Bobby Hull was a goal behind his pace of last year at the 28-game mark with 27 tallies. But the figures are deceptive. Bobby&rsquo;s 27 goals actually represent only 24 games because the ailing knee kept him out of four games.Last year, Bobby didn&rsquo;t miss a game until the original knee injury sidelined him after the midway mark had been reached. &#9632;

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Reay Scuttles Hawk Lines—Even ‘Scooters’

DETROIT, Mich.Gerry Able is looking forward to the &lsquo;66 half of the 1965-66 season.The tall son of Wing manager - coach Sid Able broke his wrist in training camp and then, just when he was ready to rejoin the Memphis Wings, he broke a finger and it has resisted treatment.&ldquo;The second half has to be better than this,&rdquo; Gerry said. &ldquo;It can&rsquo;t be any worse.&rdquo; &#9632;

Sid Abel’s Son Hard-Luck Player

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.Bobby Hull plans to quit hockey after his present contract with Chicago Black Hawks expires at the conclusion of the 1967-68 National Hockey league season.His present thought, as outlined during a recent visit here, is to take up year-round residence on his farm near the Hull home at Point Anne, Ont. He has a growing and highly profitable herd of cattle there.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03479/2311180-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="259" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Hull</figcaption></div>Hull, whose present scoring clip would carry him far beyond the NHL record for goals in a single season &mdash; he had 27 in 24 games as this was written &mdash; pointed out that in 1968 his sons will be of school age. After that, he said, he&rsquo;ll want them to live steadily in Ontario.&ldquo;Money isn&rsquo;t everything,&rdquo; said Hull, who will be paid an estimated $100,000 under his 3-year deal with Hawks. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got enough to educate my boys and that&rsquo;s all I care about.&rdquo;As the greatest star in big-league hockey, Hull is an asset that won&rsquo;t be allowed to escape without a struggle. The pressures to reconsider will be tremendous and the price will go up and up and up. Hull admits this is possible and concedes he might change his mind, since he&rsquo;ll still be a very young man, on the good side of 30, in 1968.But his thoughts now are, definitely, to get out when his current commitment is ended.This is a guy talking, don&rsquo;t forget, who once said he wouldn&rsquo;t walk across the street to see a hockey game. Despite his prodigious talents, he isn&rsquo;t so much in love with the sport that he couldn&rsquo;t bear to leave it behind.He first got to thinking about the life ahead of his sons when he got involved in that famous dispute with coach Billy Reay during Hawks&rsquo; training camp back in September.You&rsquo;ll recall that Reay had decreed families were not to be allowed in the rink during the training period. The rule was to apply to all players. Hull promptly showed up with Robert, Jr., who was going to skate for a while. Reay, of course, had to take a firm stand and the result was that Hull stomped out.Ultimately, of course, he signed his contract and turned out to practices and left his sons behind. But he still didn&rsquo;t like it.&ldquo;When I was their age,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;I could skate all day on the Bay of Quinte. I just don&rsquo;t want them to miss that kind of Hfe. I don&rsquo;t want them to grow up in a city.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hull Wants Country Life For Kids, May Quit NHL After 1967-68 Season

<div class="byline">BY STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;The Rangers are contemplating a goalkeeping change in which rookie Ed Giacomin would be demoted to Baltimore and replaced by tall Cesare Maniago. who has had NHL experience with Toronto and Montreal.Blueshirts g.m.-coach Emile Francis visited Baltimore where he scouted Maniago in the Clipper-Cleveland game Dec. 28 at Civic Ice Arena.&ldquo;We want to look at the guy (Maniago) up here in the NHL,&rdquo; says Francis. &ldquo;How can you find out what a man can do in the NHL unless he plays here?&rdquo;Maniago. who will be 27 next month, is a 6-2, 175 pounder whom Francis has described as &ldquo;three-quarters of the Baltimore team.&rdquo; Objective American League viewers agree that Maniago has played superbly.&ldquo;He must be given consideration in our future plans,&rdquo; says Francis.Although Giacomin has been overloaded with fanfare because of the large expenditure of players dealt for him, the Blues relinquished four players &mdash; including center Earl Ingerfield&mdash;and $10,000 for Maniago and Gerry Peters whom they obtained from Montreal last June. Ingarfield later was reclaimed by the Blues in the draft.Francis, who was responsible for obtaining both Giacomin and Maniago, diplomatically avoided criticizing Giacomin whose play has deteriorated in the past month.&ldquo;I still think Giacomin is a darn good prospect,&rdquo; Francis observes. He&rsquo;s been under a lot of pressure and is not as experienced as some of the other goalies. It&rsquo;s more difficult breaking in with New York than a stronger club like Montreal.But Francis notes that Giacomin is on the Rangers pro tected list. &ldquo;He could be sent down,&rdquo; the g.m.-coach adds.Giacomin, Maniago, Don Simmons and Gilles Villemure were contestants for the Rangers&rsquo; two goaltending positions during Fall training camp. Villemure played himself out of the job with some poor performances but the remaining three had various commendable facts.Because of his experience, Simons was chosen as back-up goalie Giacomin ousted Maniago although some observers be lieve Cesare was equally as good if not better.Francis also scouted forwards Ray Cullen, Bill Knibbs and John Brenneman during his Baltimore expedition, but the key man is Maniago and Cesare knows it.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s only one place to play and that&rsquo;s in the NHL,&rdquo; Maniago told me by telephone from Baltimore. &ldquo;I was up twice and want to get back there again. I&rsquo;ve never given up hope.&rdquo;Apparently, neither has Francis; else why the trip. &#9632;

Rangers Ponder Demoting Giacomin To Give Maniago Shot At Big Time

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01555/2311242-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">CESARE MANIAGO &hellip; Rangers Want To Test Him Under NHL Fire</figcaption></div>NEW YORK. N.Y.New Year&rsquo;s and Christmas spirit is a many-splendored thing, but completely foreign to Gordie Howe, the accomplished Red Wing immortal as far as the Rangers are concerned.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02513/2311235-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="275" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Angotti</figcaption></div>Howe single-handedly ruined the Rangers&rsquo; hopes for a Merry Christmas on Dec. 23 by checking Lou Angotti &mdash; and nearly costing Lou his left eye &mdash; and slashing Wayne Hillman, forcing Wayne to the hospital.When the blood had been cleared, the Rangers had lost another important game, this time 4 - 2. But the score was incidental to the casualties and the effectiveness of Howe in hurting the Blues.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a shame such a great hockey player as Howe has to use his stick the way he does,&rdquo; says Ranger g.m.-coach Emile Francis. &ldquo;Sometimes he carries it like a spear.&rdquo;The job on Angotti occurred early in the third period with Detroit leading, 2-1. Lou, who was making one of his rare appearances in the Ranger lineup, was guarding Howe when the Red Wing flipped his stick and, in a trice, Angotti went down, clutching his eye.It was a close call for Angotti. His eye hemorrhaged so badly, he was removed to a Detroit hospital where doctors stopped the bleeding. But observers believe that if the blow had been a quarter of an inch lower, the stick would have hit the eyeball.Howe received a two-minute minor penalty. This astonished Francis who believed a five-minute major for drawing blood was more in order.&ldquo;We might have broken the game open if Howe had gotten the five minutes like he deserved,&rdquo; says Francis.&mdash; Fischler &#9632;

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Rangers Fuming As Howe Knocks Angotti Hillman Out Of Action

MONTREAL, Que.David Molson, president of the Montreal Canadiens, says a decision &ldquo;should be reached within a month&rdquo; on location of a new arena for the National League club.Molson said the Canadian Arena Company has narrowed down the proposed locations to three from the original 26 considered. He declined to reveal the locations.One of those still in the running had a complexity of land-owners involved and another would require development and the building of auxiliary features to go along with the ice rink.The Forum has been the fulltime home of the Canadiens since the 1925-26 season. It was officially opened in November, 1924.Montreal&rsquo;s current building boom has encroached on the current location to the extent that plans for expansion had to be curtailed and parking facilities, previously available, have been gobbled up by new construction. &#9632;

NHL Canucks To Get New Hockey Home

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly May through September by Ken-WILL Publishing Co. Ltd. 1484 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie, President and PublisherWill V. Cote, Vice-Pres. and Gen Mgr.Yearly Subscription Kates: $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 cashPrinted in Canada.Vol. 19 MONTREAL, JANUARY 8, 1966 No. 13<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01624/2311318-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="399" height="435"></div>&bull; CAN YOU blame the NHL owners for gnashing their teeth in envy when they read where the National Football League just sold their television rights to the Columbia Broadcasting System for two years for $37,600,000. &hellip; It costs more than $200 to outfit a professional hockey player these days and it goes over $250 to outfit a goalkeeper &hellip; Skates cost $65; shin guards, $23; pants, $25; shoulder pads, $12; gloves, $36; sweater, $27; stockings, $9; elbow pads, $9; underwear, $5; plus suspenders, support, garter belt etc. $7 &hellip; As every NHL player has two sets of everything, the cost per player goes over $400 &hellip; Roland Mercier. Quebec scout for the Boston Bruins, is one of the hardest working members of his fraternity &hellip; Fourteen &ldquo;Hat Tricks&rdquo; had been recorded in the National Hockey League by 11 players in games up to the end of December, 1965 &hellip; Chicago&rsquo;s Bobby Hull leads with three while teammate Stan Mikita has two &hellip; Bobby Rousseau, Ralph Backstrom, Norm Ullman, Gordie Howe, Bob Pulford, Dave Keon, Earl Ingarfield, Bruce MacGregor and Bob Nevin are players who scored three goals in a game on one occasion during the 1965 portion of the 65-66 season &hellip; Nine shutouts were racked up among the loop&rsquo;s goalkeepers at December 31, 1965 &hellip; Glenn Hall leads the pack with four and the veteran Chicago netminder has now registered 70 NHL shutouts during his career &hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s Roger Crozier has three shutouts with others going to Bernie Parent while Crozier and Hank Bassen split one &hellip; Bill Gadsby has been playing great hockey for the Red Wings since his return from a 10-game layoff due to an operaction for removal of a cyst the size of a golf ball behind his left knee.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02496/2311311-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="261" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Gadsby</figcaption></div>&bull; SAM POLLOCK would like to see stiffer fines handed out to players who seriously injure another player. The Montreal general manager isn&rsquo;t even sure how this should be handled and he&rsquo;s not saying the fouls are deliberate but he along with many other hockey people think a five-minute major penalty is inadequate punishment to a player who has put another player out for a month &hellip; Vaclav Nedomansky, Czechoslovakia&rsquo;s brilliant young centre, will be allowed to join the New York Rangers following the 1968 Winter Olympics. The Czech officials agreed to this and made a firm commitment to Jackie Gordon, assistont GM of the Rangers, during the international tourney held at Colorado Springs last week &hellip; Fred Sgambati did an outstanding job as MC on Sports 65, highlighting the top sports events of the past year, over the national televisions network of CBC, prior to the Rose Bowl Game on New Year&rsquo;s Day. Fred is still doing some fine work for the CBC &hellip; Another excellent sports special was heard on January 2 over WHN in New York with Marv Albert, WHN&rsquo;s volatile young sports director, doing the narration. Marv is the radio voice of the New York Rangers. He is also some shakes as a writer and has an interview-type story with Charlie Hodge in the January issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL. It&rsquo;s titled: Little Man &mdash; Big Job and some of the things Hodge tells Albert are quite revealing &hellip; The January issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL devotes six full pages of pictures to the Night Howe Scored His 600th &hellip; The controversial lead story in the same issue is headed: Is Punch Imlach Good For The Leafs?&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03370/2311304-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="281" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sam Pollack</figcaption></div>&bull; THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE clubs outscored the WHL teams 127 goals to 100 in the 34 games played between teams from these two fine leagues. AHL clubs won 18, WHL clubs won 14 and two games were tied &hellip; John Maclnnes has another top team at Michigan Tech. The Huskies are always a power in U.S. collegiate ranks &hellip; Detroit Red Wings 1965-66 Yearbook is breaking all sales records. This outstanding book on the NHL champions sells for $1.00 and fans are writing in from all parts of the world for copies &hellip; Pat Stapleton and Matt Ravlich, both playing well on defense for Chicago, were once with the Boston Bruins organization &hellip; Norm Ullman&rsquo;s versatility may hurt his All-Star chances. He has played both centre and left wing this season with equal success. The switch from centre where he was All-Star last year to left wing could cost him $2,000 &hellip; According to David Molson, president of the Montreal Canadiens, a decision should be reached within a month on the location for the new arena the club is going to build.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04255/2311297-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="273" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ullman</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">BY STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.It will be a Happy New Year for Leapin&rsquo; Louie Fontinato, the most popular Ranger of the past decade, even though hockey has partially crippled him for life.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05208/2311349-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="259" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Fontinato</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m leavin&rsquo; for Italy,&rdquo; said Louie over the phone from his Guelph, Ont. farm. &ldquo;You can call me coach now. Another Phil Watson, that&rsquo;s me.&rdquo;Fontinato, who broke his neck in a collision with Vic Hadfield, at the Montreal Forum in 1963, is coach of the Toronto Canadian-Italian League All-Stars. They flew to Italy last Monday after a brief stopover in New York.&ldquo;This kind of coaching is good,&rdquo; said Louie. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no worries. But I wouldn&rsquo;t want to have that pressure of a full-time job like in the NHL. When you have a sideline (the farm) it&rsquo;s all right.&rdquo;Although it&rsquo;s been more than four years since Louie wore the Ranger blue shirt, he&rsquo;s well remembered around the Garden. Fans often inquire how well Fontinato recovered from his injury. Recovery has been partial &mdash; Louie can walk and work &mdash; but not complete.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have the headaches I used to have but I only regained half control of my neck,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;I have my days &mdash; other days I feel I should be in Arizona. The damp weather really bothers me.&rdquo;<h2>Babando on trip</h2>Louie&rsquo;s touring club will be bolstered by ex-R anger Pete Babando. The roster is composed of Italian-Canadians from the Toronto area and is managed by Lou Jannetta, maitre d&rsquo; of Toronto&rsquo;s Royal York Hotel.The team will play in Ortisei, Cortino d&rsquo;Ampezzo, Milan and Bolzano and, possibly, Rome where Jannetta is attempting to arrange an audience with The Pope.&ldquo;This is a heckuva lot better than the European tour I once made with the Rangers and Bruins,&rdquo; Louie recalled. &ldquo;On that one we played 19 games in 24 nights. This&rsquo;ll be about four games in two weeks.&ldquo;What I hope to do is get away for a few days and see my relatives in Italy. That&rsquo;ll be a real treat.&rdquo;Fontinato has a daughter, Paula, 5, and a son, Lou, 4. He rarely sees NHL games, except on television; in fact, has seen only one game in the past two years. But he does get on the ice when he coaches.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not the Louie of old,&rdquo; the onetime blaster admitted. &ldquo;Now whenever I&rsquo;m on the ice I keep away from the boards.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Fontinato To Coach Tour Team

Do you prefer the center red-line rule used by the NHL and AHL, or the rule used by the Western League? In the Western League, two-line passes, from behind the blue line over the red line, are permitted. They are not allowed in the National and American League:BILL WHITE,: I don&rsquo;t think the play should be allowed. It opens the game up too much, takes the premium off defensive play, and makes goals too cheap. I much prefer the rule used in the AHL.BILL SWEENEY,: I&rsquo;m definitely in favor of the rule we use in the AHL. The other way makes it possible for a guy to hang around the opposing blue line and get a pass from his own goal zone. I don&rsquo;t think it would be popular with spectators in the AHL.BRIAN KILREA,: I like the rule. It leads to a lot of breakaways, and they are always spectacular plays. It opens up the game, and keeps both teams on their toes playing against the breakaways. I think the AHL should try the rule.JERRY FOLEY,: We played with that rule on our Western trip this season, and I think it&rsquo;s a great rule. Whatever it takes away from the game defensively, it will more than make up from an offensive point of view. It&rsquo;s popular out West, and I hope they try it here.GEORGE WOOD,: As a goalie, I have to be against the rule. It means a lot of guys break away all alone, and we have enough of that as the rule is now. Passing from your own end to the opposing blue line means life gets tougher for goalies. It&rsquo;s tough enough now.DALE ROLFE,: I didn&rsquo;t notice any difference when we played out West earlier this season. However, I guess it would open up the game a lot, and make it more a skaters&rsquo; and passers&rsquo; game, rather than for the playmakers. On the whole, I like the rule we have in the American League now. &#9632;

IN THE CORRIDOR

The editors of HOCKEY NEWS have announced renewal of their best letter of the month contest for the FAN FORUM. We request that hockey fans sit down and pen their gripes and thoughts about the game and send them to us for reproduction. However, only the best written letters and most constructive ones will be selected.A free subscription to HOCKEY PICTORIAL magazine will be given each month to the writer of the best FAN FORUM letter. Here&rsquo;s your chance to get in on a first-class hockey magazine. So sit down and write those letters, NOW ! &#9632;

FAN FORUM CONTEST

<div class="byline">BY BOB GATES</div>BOSTON, Mass.Don Awrey is enjoying a rare &mdash; if not unique &mdash; opportunity in the National Hockey League.This hard-skating 22 - year - old from Waterloo. Ont., is getting on-the-job training at a new position, having been moved up from defense to a regular turn at left wing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01576/2311435-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="263" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Awrey</figcaption></div>Only with a team as hard-pressed for immediate talent as the lowly Boston Bruins are could Awrey be permitted such an opportunity. Any other team would doubtless effect the transition at the minor-league level, saving the player and team as much embarrassment as possible.Fortunately for Awrey and Boston, however, the red faces have been few, the results surprisedly gratifying. A strong, fluid skater. Don has taken to his new assignment with considerable enthusiasm. And with his defensive acumen has thrown some much-needed punch into the Bruins&rsquo; attack.With injuries playing havoc with Boston lines, Awrey up front with center Bill Goldsworthy and right wing Bob Dillabough has eased somewhat Coach Milt Schmidt&rsquo;s sorry plight.&lsquo;They&rsquo;re young, enthusiastic. and they dig.&rdquo; Schmidt observed. &ldquo;They skate. And that&rsquo;s the name of the game.&rdquo;Of Awrey, the coach said he had &ldquo;every bit as good a chance (to make it at forward) as behind the blue line.&rdquo; Milt liked the way this six-foot, 186-pounder muscled his way into the corner and isn&rsquo;t afraid to mix it in the offensive zone.&ldquo;I know I have a lot to learn, but already I feel I&rsquo;m contributing more than I did on defense,&rdquo; Awrey offered.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s so awfully hard playing forward. Up front you can redeem your mistakes if a fellow gets around you. You can&rsquo;t do that on defense. But I&rsquo;ll work hard checking my man, &lsquo;cause I know what it&rsquo;s like to have three guys come barreling in on you. I&rsquo;M be thinking defense automatically.&rdquo;A wing position isn&rsquo;t entirely new to Awrey. During the 1962-63 season, in Junior A. Don filled in during an emergency for two games and scored two goals. Dec. 26 at New York he scored his first in the NHL from his new position.&ldquo;One thing in particular I have to learn is how to bust into the openings,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;Instead of just skating down the boards. I have to learn how and when to cut toward the center.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll learn by watching and when I need to I&rsquo;ll ask questions. Some of the plays different lines make don&rsquo;t really make much sense to me. But I&rsquo;ll catch on.&ldquo;Already I feel that if they (the Bruins) decide to move me back (to defense) this opportunity at wing has helped my confidence. And that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ve needed. I want like anything to stay in the NHL. There&rsquo;s no other place to play.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02533/2311428-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1627" height="1468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Knocked out of his NHL job by younger netminders this season veteran ED JOHNSTON is back in the Boston goal after a stint in the Western League with Los Angeles. Johnston came up with two remarkable puck-stopping displays on the weekend but the lowly Bruins couldn&rsquo;t produce a victory for him as they continued to sink deeper in the NHL basement.</figcaption></div>Cracked lee &hellip; Bruins general-manager Hap Emms was talking about what Ted Green&rsquo;s return after a five-week bout with a serious virus has meant to the team. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s nobody I&rsquo;d rather see on the ice. We&rsquo;re a different team with Teddy &mdash; so is the opposition. They respect him and have to play us differently.&rdquo;Boston returned defenseman Barry Ashbee to Hershey of the American League and welcomed back forwards Ed Westfall and Forbes Kennedy, who came off the injury list Jan. 1.Bruins management hung an appropriate message in the coming-events slot of the Boston Garden sign-board in the second gallery during the holidays. It read: BOSTON BRUINS WISH YOU, THE WORLD&rsquo;S GREATEST FANS, A MERRY CHRISTMAS. &#9632;

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Bruins’ Experiment Paying Off As Awrey Clicks in Forward Role

BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;Eddie Johnston has made many brilliant saves during his four seasons in Bruin pads. But probably none was more unbelieveable than the goal he took away from Detroit&rsquo;s Norm Ullman the last time the Red Wings visited Boston.Johnston was down, fiat on his back, after a skirmish in front of the Bruins&rsquo; net. Ullman had the puck about 10 feet out and to the right of the crease Norm lifted his shot over the fallen goalie. It looked like a certain lamp-lighter. But Eddie, still flat on his back, reached up with his glove hand and plucked it out of the air.&ldquo;Ullman stopped me in the corridor after the period,&rdquo; Johnston said. &ldquo;He told me. &ldquo;I knew you had it. The second I let it go I saw your hand go up. It was too soft a shot. I should have fired it.&rdquo;&rdquo; &mdash; GATES &#9632;

Ed Johnston Robs Ullman In Ice Return

TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;Jim Keon followed in his big brother&rsquo;s footsteps too literally for his own good on the weekend.Dave Keon, a star with Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, was knocked out of action for two weeks when he suffered a bruised shoulder as the Leafs downed Boston Bruins 6-3.Jim, Dave&rsquo;s younger brother, also was put out of action the same night when he suffered a leg injury as his team, Toronto Marlboros, defeated the first-place Oshawa Generals 5-3 &#9632;

Injuries Hit Keon Brothers

(1) In 1948-49, a player who later became captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, topped the AHL in points with 112. Do you remember his name?(2) Today, NHL officials use signals to keep fans informed on infractions. In which season was this practice introduced? Was it:1950-51 1946-47 1954-55 1940-41(3) This one may require some concentration. Who was the first living player to be elected to Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame?(4) Emile Francis, currently manager-coach of the New York Rangers and, before that, their goaltender, actually made his NHL debut with another club. Name the team.(5) Every club wants to win the Stanley Cup, but back in 1919, before many of our readers were born, there was no winner. Can you tell us why?(6) Hap Day spent 14 seasons toiling as a player, then he took on the somewhat thankless task of being a referee. How many campaigns did he blow the whistle?(7) Switching coaches in midseason has placed the spotlight on the Rangers who have had a number of mentors. But who was their original appointed coach?(8) On December 18 three players scored hat-tricks in Maple Leaf Gardens when Toronto defeated New York. Discounting the aforementioned game when was the last time three players went on such a scoring binge?(9) If you&rsquo;ve mulled over the above poser successfully, maybe you can name the goaltender who let in all the goals that night.(10) A former NHL manager served as a pilot in World War 1. This man was just as tenacious behind a desk as he was in a plane. Name him.(Answers Next Week)<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S SOLUTION</h2>(1) 20.(2) Tim Horton.(3) Bill Gadsby.(4) Norm Ullman.(5) 226.(6) Larry & Johnny Wilson.(7) 15(8) Red Sullivan.(9) Terry Sawchuk.(10) Three.<h2>SPORTS PHOTOS !</h2>Thousands of different 8x 10 glossy photos. Ideal for your bar, den or clubroom 5 for $3.00 Write for FREE new and enlarged illustrated catalog. Send 10&cent; (stamps or coin) to cover postage and handling.ALL SPORTS PHOTOSBox 267-H Freeport, N.Y. &#9632;

HOCKEY … Quiz

NASHVILLE, Tenn.&mdash;The board of directors of the Nashville Dixie Flyers unanimously rejected Mark Parrish&rsquo;s bid to buy the club.The board also expressed complete confidence in president-general manager Dave Patterson. Individual members said they are not interested in selling the stock since they still regard the club as a community venture and not primarily a commercial enterprise. They admitted however that they wouldn&rsquo;t be averse to a profitable operation.The statement said in part, &ldquo;The directors of the hockey corporation do not feel their obligation to the city has been satisfied by just bringing the team to Nashville. It is their earnest desire not only to keep the ice hockey team here, but to do their utmost to keep a good team and a sound operation that will insure its continuance and success. As long as the people and fans of Middle Tennessee continue to support ice hockey, the franchise will be secure.&rdquo;Mark Parrish had made an offer to buy the Dixie Flyers for $1,100 per share of stock. He also had sought control through the purchase of proxy votes, offering $75. per year per share for voting rights. &#9632;

Board Rejects Bid For Flyers

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02538/2311593-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARRY PETERS &hellip; New York Rangers</figcaption></div>The New York Rangers picked tip young GARRY PETERS in a six-player trade last summer with the Montreal Canadiens and today they can look back on the swap as one of their better off-season deals.Peters has blossomed out into a full-fledged star with the Rangers in his first full NHL season and the fiery rookie pivot, who is only 170 pounds but 5&rsquo;10&rdquo; tall, is proving more of an asset to the Blues with each passing game.A product of the Montreal farm system and a graduate of the CPHL last season where he scored 21 times in 43 games to win promotion to the NHL with Canadiens, Peters has made rapid progress with the New Yorkers. He has scored five times in 31 games and should improve on his record once the schedule turns into the second half.Like many of the Rangers&rsquo; &lsquo;new breed&rsquo;, Peters figures prominently in the New York&rsquo;s long-range youth movement. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col.Canada&rsquo;s national hockey team plans immediate steps to heal the widening breach which separates it from the sport&rsquo;s professional leagues.Club officials will seek an early meeting with National Hockey League representatives to discuss the possibility of increased cooperation in the near future.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01594/2311624-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="271" height="403"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jackie McLeod</figcaption></div>&ldquo;To do the best possible job of representing Canada at the World championships this year, next year and at the 1968 Olympics, we must have the help of the professional people in two areas,&rdquo; said Gordon Juckes, SecretaryManager of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. &ldquo;We will ask them to assist us in getting players and in lining up competition for our team.&ldquo;I think it is a reasonable request to make, particularly of those two NHL teams that are Canadian,&rdquo; Juckes added.<h2>Aim at second</h2>The importance of such help was underlined here in the superlative defensive display Russia staged in downing Czechoslovakia, 3-0, before a sellout crowd of 5,100 at the Broadmoor arena. It was the Soviets&rsquo; third consecutive victory here and clinched first place in a 4-nation tournament. They left for Moscow, toting the Walter Brown trophy.Canada took second place by beating the Czechs in the windup game. But the flawless exhibition by the Russians must have been discouraging to those Canucks who watched. The swift, smooth Czechs seldom got a clear shot at Victor Konovalenko, the Russian goalie.&ldquo;Obviously,&rdquo; said Coach Jackie McLeod, &ldquo;you need to come here four or five days ahead of time to get accustomed to this altitude. It takes that long to get your skating legs.&rdquo;<h2>Play or coach ?</h2>McLeod still hadn&rsquo;t decided whether to continue as an active player or to return to his proper spot behind the bench. He and the team advisor, Father David Bauer, are agreed that&rsquo;s where he should be but also are convinced he can teach rookie centre Fran Huck a great deal by playing right wing with him.The Canucks have exhibitions against Sweden and Czechoslovakia, then face almost two full months without significant competition. Though happy with the club&rsquo;s progress, McLeod realizes it will lose ground during that period and be at a disadvantage upon arriving at the World Tournament in Yugoslavia early in March.&ldquo;Only the NHL can help us get that competition,&rdquo; Juckes said. &ldquo;We will have a very difficult time if they won&rsquo;t co-operate. And they could help us such a great deal.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Canada’s Nationals Seek Pros Help, Future Bleak Without It…CAHA

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.Canada&rsquo;s national team failed again this season to win the Walter Brown hockey tournament, but the Canadians ended the tournament on a winning note by defeating Czechoslovakia 3-2 and gaining second place behind the Russians.The tournament, started in 1964 in memory of the late president of Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, who was a prominent supporter of amateur hockey in the United States, brings together the four top amateur hockey powers of the world in a post-Christmas competition. Russia has won it both years it has been held.The Russians sailed through the 1965 tournament unbeaten, in a warmup for defense of their world title later this winter in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. They beat Sweden 4-3, Canada 6-2 and Czechoslovakia 3-0, in the only shutout of the tournament.Second place was in doubt until Canada survived a furious third-period assault to put down the Czechs. Canada finished with a 1-1-1 record, having tied Sweden 5-5. The Czechs were third by virtue of an 8-3 victory over the winless Swedes.Veteran centre Gary Dineen got the first two Canadian goals against Czechoslovakia, scoring in the first minute of both the first and second periods.It was 1-1 at the end of the first period in the last game of the round-robin tournament, Va clav Nedomansky scoring for Czechoslovakia.Dineen and Fran Huck scored for Canada and Josef Cerny for the Czechs in the second period.<h2>FINAL STANDINGS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02566/2311655-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="551" height="127"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Russia 4, Sweden 3Russia 6, Canada 2Russia 3, Czechoslovakia 0Canada 3, Czechoslovakia 2Canada 5, Sweden 5Czechoslovakia 8, Sweden 3 &#9632;

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Canada Ends Second To Winning Russians In Brown Tourney

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Detroit Red Wings have placed two stars of Sweden&rsquo;s national team on their negotiation list and hope to sign both of them for next season.Jim Skinner, head scout and farm director, scouted the two in the international hockey tournament which ended at Colorado Springs, Colo. He said both were good enough to play now in the Central Professional Hockey League.The two prospects, the first outside North America ever approached by the Wings, are left winger Tord Lundstrom and centre Haken Nygren. Skinner said Lundstrom told him he wants to attend the Wings training camp next fall and is interested in a professional hockey career. &#9632;

Red Wings List Swedish Stars

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;You often hear it said that the day of the individual is ending, as far as hockey is concerned; that with the exception of a few super stars, players are required to conform to an image and perform according to a pattern.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01609/2311710-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="295" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Claude Larose</figcaption></div>In other words, teamwork is the thing. If a player can&rsquo;t fit into a given mould &hellip; he can&rsquo;t adjust his style and thinking so as to benefit his club, he&rsquo;ll soon be on his way elsewhere.There&rsquo;ve been some notable examples of this in recent years, the chief of which is probably the case of Andy Bathgate. He was, and is, a man of stature in this league, yet he never really fitted into the Toronto Maple Leaf pattern and was traded fairly quickly to Detroit. The same could be said of several others who have changed uniforms in recent seasons. It&rsquo;s not a bad thing by any means, for it enables a player to find his rightful place in the scheme of things, and perform according to his potential.The point is, that adjustments have to be made if success is to be achieved in the NHL. It&rsquo;s something that&rsquo;s required of everybody, but some adjust a lot more easily than others. One man who is making a game effort, but still having his troubles in the adjustment department is Canadiens&rsquo; Claude Larose.This is Larose&rsquo;s second full season in the NHL, and while the man has achieved some of his potential he still has a fairly long way to go. After 27 games this season, Larose had 16 points (6-10) to his credit. At that rate, he&rsquo;d finish up with something like 15 goals and 25 assists over a 70-game span. He also had 39 minutes in penalties in his first 27 games. That would give him 100 minutes for the season, if he continues at his present rate.There are a lot of players who are going to make worse showings than that, this season, but they don&rsquo;t have Larose&rsquo;s potential. He&rsquo;s a man who was tabbed as a brilliant prospect while on the way up to Canadiens, and, &mdash; perhaps unfortunately, &mdash; he&rsquo;s stuck with a reputation. Part of his rep is centered around his ability to score goals. Larose can put the puck in the net, as he demonstrated last year when he fired 21 goals by the time the season was two-thirds completed. He failed to score another goal after that, however, to the astonishment of a lot of people. He also had an unimpressive number of assists last year, (16) which resulted in the accusation that he didn&rsquo;t like to pass the puck.Many of the criticisms directed against Larose are legitimate, but they do not cover his biggest fault. It is his temper that betrays him most on the ice, for Larose is an explosive character who is determined that no one is going to push him around in a hockey game. To prove his point he&rsquo;s willing, in fact anxious, to trade wallops with opponents throughout the length and breadth of this league.The result of this is twofold. It keeps him sitting in penalty boxes in rinks all over the circuit, but more than that it affects his play during the time he&rsquo;s actually on the ice. If you&rsquo;re awaiting an opportunity to reef someone during the course of a game, it&rsquo;s hard to keep your mind on the play. When Larose was in the minors, he solved the problem quite simply. Say he: &ldquo;In the minors, the games weren&rsquo;t always close like they are in the NHL. I mean, the score would be something like 6-2 or 7-3 with maybe five minutes left to play. Whenever it was like that, a fight would break out and we had some good ones in the minors. Up here, one goal can decide the game, so you have to try to avoid fights or penalties that can backfire and hurt the team. It&rsquo;s something I&rsquo;m trying to adjust to and it&rsquo;s giving me a little trouble, but I&rsquo;ll get there.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Fiery Temper Hampers Habs’ Star, Learning To Adjust Proves Difficult

&ldquo;You like 7up 7up like You&ldquo;You like 7up 7up like You<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Wed., Jan. 5)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02530/2311741-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="550" height="232"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Dec. 28Detroit 1 at Boston 0Wed., Dec. 29Montreal 2 at Toronto 3Chicago 3 at New York 0Fri., Dec. 31Chicago 4 at Detroit 1Sat., Jan. 1New York 1 at Montreal 5Boston 3 at Toronto 6Sun., Jan. 2Montreal 6 at New York 3Toronto 0 at Detroit 4Boston 1 at Chicago 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed., Jan. 5Chicago at MontrealThurs., Jan. 6Boston at DetroitSat., Jan. 8Boston at MontrealDetroit at TorontoChicago at New York(afternoon game)Sun., Jan. 9Montreal at DetroitToronto at ChicagoBoston at New YorkThurs., Jan. 13Toronto at MontrealChicago at BostonSat., Jan. 15Chicago at MontrealBoston at TorontoNew York at Detroit(afternoon game)Sun., Jan. 16Montreal at BostonToronto at DetroitNew York at Chicago &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Roger Crozier of the Detroit Red Wings is the hottest piece of netminding property in the NHL today and because of his sizzling puckstopping antics, the Wings are right in the thick of the league race.Crozier came up with two shutouts in three games last week to run his season&rsquo;s total to five, which is tops the National League. It also marked the third time in the last four games that the diminutive netminder posted a shutout over his NHL opposition.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03451/2311772-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="273" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Crozier</figcaption></div>This is Crozier&rsquo;s sophomore year in the big time and he doesn&rsquo;t appear to be hobbled by any second-year jinx that often strikes down a rookie performer. Crozier was the outstanding freshman player in the league last season and the NHL&rsquo;s first-team all-star goaler as well. He narrowly missed winning the Vezina Trophy which would have enabled him to complete a rare goalkeeping slam but the way he is going at it this season, he could easily make amends and steal off with the goaling prize.In addition to being the NHL&rsquo;s hottest goaler at the moment, Crozier is also its most durable. He has performed in 31 of the Wings&rsquo; 32 games and has a 15-11-4 won-lost and tied record.Simon&rsquo;s Cigarillos is pleased to salute Roger Crozier of Detroit 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="f0010-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04349/2311817-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg"></div>OVERALL WON AND LOST RECORDS THIS SEASON(Including Games of Sunday, January 2)<h2>HOME GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05260/2311810-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="550" height="265"></div><h2>AWAY GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06203/2311803-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="516" height="261"></div> &#9632;

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How NHL Teams Compare

<h3>Tues., Dec. 28</h3>DETROIT 1 at BOSTON 0DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Crozier. Bassen; defense: Barkley, Gadsby, Marshall, Bergman, Watson; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, Ullman, MacGregor, Smith, Henderson, McKenney, Bathgate, McDonald, Peters, P. Mahovlich.BOSTON &mdash; Goals: Johnson, Parent; defense: Green, Langlois, Boivin, Marotte, Woytowich; forwards: Dornhoefer, Stewart, Prentice, Oliver, Williams, McDonald, Dillabough, Goldsworthy, Awrey, Fleming, Sanderson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01606/2311925-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="544" height="408"></div><h3>Wed., Dec. 29</h3>CHICAGO 3 at NEW YORK 0CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall, Dryden; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, Stapleton, Jarrett; forwards: Hull, Mikita, Wharram, Mohns, Maki, Esposito, Hay, Hodge, Richardson, Nesterenko.NEW YORK &mdash; Goal: Simmons, Giacomin; defense: Howell, Brown, Neilson, McMahon, Hillman; forwards: Nevin, Marshall, Gilbert, Ratelle, Robinson, Ingarfield, Peters, McKenzie, Hadfield, Johnson, Hicke.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04399/2311918-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="547" height="475"></div><h3>MONTREAL 2 at TORONTO 3</h3>MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Hodge; defense: Laperriere. J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Talbot, Harper; forwards: Beliveau, Backstrom, Duff, Larose, Cournoyer, Pronovost, Rousseau, Richard, Balon, G. Tremblay. Roberts.Referee: Friday. Linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico, Armstrong.TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Horton, Hillman, Douglas, Stanley; forwards: Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong. Selby, Stemkowski, Keon. Boyer, Pulford, Shack, Kurtenbach, Mahovlich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05332/2311911-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="544" height="667"></div><h3>Fri., Dec. 31</h3>CHICAGO 4 at DETROIT 1CHICAGO: Goal &mdash; Dryden. Hall; Defense &mdash; Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, Staplton, Richardson, Jarrett, Forwards &mdash; Hull, Esposito, Maki, Mohns, Mikita, Wharram, Lunde, Hay, Nesterenko, Hodge.DETROIT: Goal &mdash; Crozier, Bassen; Defense &mdash; Gadsby, Barkley, Marshall, Bergman, Watson, Forwards &mdash; McDonald, MacGregor, Bathgate, MacDonald, Delvecchio, Howe, Fonteyne, Henderson, Smith, Ullman. Murphy.Referee &mdash; Ashley, Linesmen&mdash;Armstrong, D&rsquo;Amico.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06297/2311904-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="545" height="574"></div><h3>Sat., Jan. 1</h3>NEW YORK 1 at MONTREAL 5NEW YORK: Goal &mdash; Simmons. Giacomin. Defense &mdash; Howell, Brown, McCallum, McMahon, Neilson. Forwards &mdash; Nevin, Ingarfield. Marshall, Gilbert, Hadfield, Hicke, McKenzie, Ratelle. Peters, Taylor, Johnston.MONTREAL: Goal &mdash; Hodge, Worsley. Defense &mdash; Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Harper, Forwards&mdash;-Provost, Richard, G. Tremblay, Beliveau, Backstrom, Duff, Larose, Cournoyer, Rousseau, Balon, Ferguson, Roberts.Referee &mdash; Udvari. Linesmen&mdash;Sopp, Frampton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07269/2311897-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="549" height="675"></div>BOSTON 3 at TORONTO 6BOSTON: Goal &mdash; Johnston, Parent, Defense &mdash; Langlois, Green, Woytowich. Marotte, Boivin. Forwards &mdash; Awrey, Martin, Stewart, Williams, Kennedy, Oliver, Prentice, Westfall, Fleming, Dillabough, Goldsworthy.TORONTO: Goal &mdash; Bower, Sawchuk, Defence &mdash; Pronovost, Horton, Hillman, Douglas, Stanley, Forwards&mdash;Carleton, Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Selby, Stemkowski, Keon, Pulford, Shack, Kurtenbach, Mahovlich.Referee &mdash; Buffey, Linesmen &mdash; D&rsquo;Amico, Casselman.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08256/2311890-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="551" height="709"></div><h3>Sun., Jan. 2</h3>MONTREAL 6 at NEW YORK 3MONTREAL: Goal &mdash; Hodge, Worsley. Defense &mdash; Laperriere, Harper, Harris, Talbot, J. C. Tremblay. Forwards &mdash; Provost, Richard, G. Tremblay, Backstrom, Duff. Larose, Cournoyer, Rousseau, Balon, Ferguson, Roberts.NEW YORK: Goal &mdash; Simmons, Giacomin. Defense &mdash; Howell, McCallum, McMahon, Brown, Neilson. Forwards &mdash; Taylor, Ratelie, Gilbert, Hadfield, Nevin, Marshall, Angotti, McKenzie, Peters, Hicke, Johnson.Referee &mdash; Friday. Linesmen &mdash; Frampton, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09244/2311883-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="550" height="742"></div>TORONTO 0 at DETROIT 4TORONTO: Goal &mdash; Bower, Defense &mdash; Horton, Stanley, Pronovost, Hillman, Douglas. Forwards &mdash; Kelly, Pulford, Shack, Mahovlich, Kurtenbach, Armstrong, Selby, Stemkowski, Ellis, Carleton.DETROIT: Goal &mdash; Crozier, Defense &mdash; Marshall, Barkley, Gadsby, Bergman, Watson, Forwards &mdash; Henderson, Ullman, Smith, Parker, Macdonald, Delvecchio, Howe, A. McDonald, Bathgate, MacGregor, Murphy, Fonteyne.Referee &mdash; Duffey. Linesmen&mdash;Sopp, Pavelich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10221/2311876-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="550" height="433"></div>BOSTON 1 at CHICAGO 3BOSTON: Goal &mdash; Johnston, Parent, Defense &mdash; Boivin, Green, Langlois, Woytowich, Marotte, Awrey, Forwards &mdash; Prentice, Oliver, Westfall, Martin, Dornhoefer, Stewart, Williams, Kennedy, Fleming, MacDonald, DillaboughCHICAGO: Goal &mdash; Hall, Dryden, Defense &mdash; Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, Stapleton, Jarrett, Forwards &mdash; R. Hull, Esposito, Maki, Mohns, Hay, Hodge, Nesterenko, Richardson, Wharram, Lunde, Mikita.Referee: Ashley, Linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico and Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11196/2311869-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="548" height="573"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12179/2311862-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="1017" height="867"><figcaption class="caption-body">The NHL&rsquo;s top goaling team is composed of CHARLIE HODGE, right, and GUMP WORSLEY of Montreal Canadiens.</figcaption></div><h2>NHL Point Race</h2>(Including Games of Sun, Jan 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02559/2311855-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="557" height="2665"></div><h3>Penalties in Minutes by Clubs</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03483/2311848-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="549" height="248"></div> &#9632;

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National League Summaries

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-13" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13152/2311956-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg"></div>A&mdash;When two goaltenders of one team play in same game, each is given half a credit for the final result. &#9632;

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Goalkeepers’ Records

<div class="byline">BY BUSTER CLEGG</div>PROVIDENCE, R. I. &mdash;When a pro sports team makes a major player trade, it usually takes at least a few weeks to weigh its results.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01577/2311987-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="250" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Creighton</figcaption></div>It&rsquo;s been over a month now since the R.I. Reds swapped popular Ed MacQueen to Baltimore for veteran Dave Creighton, and the Reds are not hesitant to proclaim that in getting Creighton they made a good deal!Badly in need of a centre to stabilize their attack, the Reds contacted Baltimore near the end of November to see if they could secure Creighton, who was seeing only limited service with the Clippers. Baltimore listened, but the only talking point for the Clippers was MacQueen, the versatile and popular handyman of the Reds.The Reds weighed the issue: MacQueen was one of the best utility men in hockey &mdash; no doubt. However, Creighton was the centre they needed, and though the price was high, they decided to make the trade.True, the Reds gave away about 6 playing years in trading the 29-year-old MacQueen for Creighton, who is 35, but after watching the big, smooth-skating centre operate in 13 games for the Roosters, even the most skeptical critics of the deal began to come around.Here is what Creighton, one of the strongest and cleverest centres in the American Hockey League, accomplished since joining the Reds on Nov. 27th:The 6-foot-one Creighton picked up 11 points in 13 games on 3 goals and 8 assists, scored one winning goal and set up another while giving new zest to the Providence attack. At the same time, the Reds rose from fourth place into contention for second spot in the Eastern Division of the AHL.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a good deal. We knew it would be,&rdquo; says Ferny Flaman, the Reds&rsquo; general manager. &ldquo;Eddie MacQueen is a good hockey player, but sometimes you have to give something of value to get a missing part. Creighton still is one of the best centres in our league and he&rsquo;s going to be a great help to us over the last half of the season,&rdquo; he added.While Flaman wrestled with the problem of adding more scoring punch to the attack, he also made a move to give more depth to his defense when he acquired 24-year-old Wayne Muloin from the New York Rangers.Muloin, rated a hard-hitting prospect, was drafted by the Rangers from Detroit this past summer for $20,000, and was moved East from Vancouver by the Rangers so that he may benefit more by playing in the faster competition of the American League. &#9632;

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Reds Consider Creighton Trade Good Deal Alter Veteran Stars In First 13 Games

<div class="byline">BY JOE GORDON</div>PITTSBURGH. Pa.You can&rsquo;t blame Pittsburgh Hornet General Manager Baz Bastien for wondering if the Roches ter Amer icans have&rsquo; some kind of a voodoo over his Pitts burgh Hornets. Especially after the Amerks swept the home-and-home series with the Hornets over the Christmas weekend.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03371/2312018-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="271" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Baz Bastien</figcaption></div>Prior to that pair of setbacks, Bastien and his Hornets had been flying high with ten victories in twelve games that had enabled them to cut Rochester&rsquo;s Western Division lead to just six points. They were the hottest club in the league.But for the time being at least, Rochester proved they belonged at the top of the heap. The first game in Pittsburgh was as rough and bitter a battle as has been played all season in the AHL. Dick Gamble won it for Rochester in overtime, 3-2, when he beat George Gardner with just 3:13 remaining in the extra session.The next night the Hornets held a 3-1 lead in the second period. Late in the stanza Gamble tied it with two goals and the Amerks went on to take a 6-4 decision.Those two victories ran the Rochester unbeaten skein against the Hornets to ten games. Pittsburgh has not beaten Rochester since they turned the trick in their first meeting last season. And that was in Rochester.Even worse for the Hornets are the eight straight games at home that they have not been able to beat Rochester. The last Pittsburgh victory over the Americans at the Civic Arena came way back on February 12, 1964.Quite a dry spell ! &#9632;

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Americans Cool Off Pittsburgh

WALLY NORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKSWALLY POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETS<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Tues.. Jan. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02487/2312049-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="552" height="331"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto; 2. Montreal; 3. Chicago; 4. Detroit; 5. New York; 6. Boston; x-independent).<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues., Dec. 28Cleveland 3 at Baltimore 2Wed., Dec. 29Providence 2 at Buffalo 4Rochester 3 at Cleveland 2Quebec 2 at Hershey 4Springfield 4 at Pittsburgh 2Fri., Dec. 31Providence 5 at Rochester 5Sat., Jan. 1Providence 2 at Cleveland 7Buffalo 1 at Hershey 1Baltimore 4 at Pittsburgh 1Rochester 1 at Springfield 0Sun., Jan. 2Pittsburgh 2 at Buffalo 1Springfield 1 at Providence 2Cleveland 3 at Quebec 6Baltimore 2 at Rochester 6<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues., Jan. 4Cleveland at QuebecWed., Jan. 5Hershey at PittsburghFri., Jan. 7Buffalo at BaltimoreRochester at Providence &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<h2>Tues., Dec. 28</h2>CLEVELAND 3 at BALTIMORE 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04267/2312185-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="547" height="433"></div><h2>Wed., Dec. 29</h2>ROCHESTER 3 at CLEVELAND 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05186/2312178-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="547" height="458"></div>SPRINGFIELD 4 at PITTSBURGH 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06144/2312171-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="546" height="578"></div>PROVIDENCE 2 at BUFFALO 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07121/2312164-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="541" height="632"></div>QUEBEC 2 at HERSHEY 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08103/2312157-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="548" height="627"></div><h2>Fri., Dec. 31</h2>PROVIDENCE 5 at ROCHESTER 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0985/2312150-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="550" height="903"></div><h2>Sat., Jan. 1</h2>BALTIMORE 4 at PITTSBURGH 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1075/2312143-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="544" height="574"></div>ROCHESTER 1 at SPRINGFIELD 0First PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Cherry Rolfe 9:11, Sly 15:04.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Kilrea 0:38, White 10:30, Horvath 11:00, Amadio, Conacher (majors) 15:00, Smrke 18:13.Third Period1&mdash;Rochester: Pappin (Walton) 17:47Penalties: Horvath, Cote 5:53.Saves: Perreault 28, Caron 32.Attendance: 4,93BUFFALO 1 at HERSHEY 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1168/2312136-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="541" height="448"></div>PROVIDENCE 2 at CLEVELAND 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1251/2312129-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="538" height="202"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1342/2312122-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="549" height="498"></div><h2>Sun., Jan. 2</h2>CLEVELAND 3 at QUEBEC 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1436/2312115-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="550" height="376"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04194/2312108-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="551" height="291"></div>SPRINGFIELD 1 at PROVIDENCE 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05135/2312101-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="545" height="431"></div>BALTIMORE 2 at ROCHESTER 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06105/2312094-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="533" height="158"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0794/2312087-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="549" height="478"></div>PITTSBURGH 2 at BUFFALO 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0885/2312080-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="547" height="516"></div> &#9632;

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American Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y. &mdash;Eli Whitney &hellip; Elias Howe &hellip;Alexander Graham Bell &hellip; Samuel Morse &hellip; Thomas Edison &hellip; Jos Crozier &hellip;Jos Crozier? Now wait a second, what is the Rochester Americans&rsquo; general manager-coach doing in a list of inventors?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01571/2312240-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="286" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Crozier</figcaption></div>Well, Mr. Crozier is an inventor, too. His invention? A penalty killer called Larry Jeffrey.Anybody who watched Jeffrey deftly foul up Springfield&rsquo;s power play here Dec. 19 and Pittsburgh&rsquo;s here Dec. 26 must have thought this new Amerk had plenty of National League experience in the field to do such an outstanding job.Wrong. Jeffrey not only wasn&rsquo;t a penalty-killing expert in the NHL, he honestly can&rsquo;t remember ever having been assigned to this duty for as long as he&rsquo;s played hockey.&ldquo;I was a little surprised when Joe sent me out when we took a penalty in Providence in my first game for Rochester,&rdquo; the hard-checking 25-year-old left wing commented. &ldquo;I may have killed a penalty or two back in Junior, but I honestly don&rsquo;t remember ever having been used as a penalty-killer before &ldquo;&ldquo;Is that right?&rdquo; Crozier said a bit shocked when he learned of Jeffrey&rsquo;s lack of background in killing off penalties. &ldquo;I never even gave it a thought. I just naturally figured Larry had done it a lot. I know he&rsquo;s a good checker, a good skater and has plenty of hockey intelligence, and that&rsquo;s what I wanted.&rdquo;Jeffrey, who certainly will rate another crack in the National League soon if he keeps up his great work killing off penalties, capped his sensational two homegame shorthanded spree by scoring what proved to be the gamewinning goal in a 6-4 decision over Pittsburgh here Dec. 26. His tally came while the Hornets enjoyed a man advantage.ICICLES &mdash; Gerry Ehman&rsquo;s goal against Pittsburgh Dec. 26 raised him into 12th place on the list of all-time American League goal scorers. The veteran right wing was 17th when the season started. Ehman&rsquo;s goal on the 26th was his 15th of the campaign and his 254th in the AHL. He had been tied with the retired Steve Wochy and Arnie Kullman at 253 goals until he steered in Jim Pappin&rsquo;s blast at 7:26 of the first period.Teammate Dick Gamble is fifth on the all-time list with 340 goals &hellip; Jim Pappin shouldn&rsquo;t mind being called &ldquo;a homer&rdquo; as long as he can continue enjoying his amazing success here. For his first 10 games on home ice this season, the lanky right wing owned a dozen goals and the same number of assists for 24 points. &#9632;

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Jeffrey Justifies Crozier’s Faith, Clicks In First Penalty-Killing Role

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02528/2312285-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg"></div>TEAMS RECORDS AGAINST EACH OTHER THIS SEASON (Including Games of Sunday, December 26)<h2>HOME GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03490/2312278-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="550" height="369"></div><h2>AWAY GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04450/2312271-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="517" height="371"></div> &#9632;

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How AHL Teams Compare

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, Pa.Mike Nykoluk, captain of the Hershey Bears, reached a milestone in his American League career Christmas Night when he played his 600th game.The 31-year-old pivotman, who has been in the circuit for ten years, hit the mark in a holiday night game against the Baltimore Clippers.Nykoluk helped set-up winger Gene Ubriaco for a third period goal which deadlocked the game 2-2 and forced an overtime session which saw teammate Wayne Rivers knock in the winner after 54 seconds of play.In his long AHL stint, Nykoluk has scored 424 points, collecting 330 assists and 94 goals.Added to this the Toronto native, who once played for the Rochester Americans, is recognized as one of the league&rsquo;s finest penalty killers.Last season Nykoluk paced the Bears scorers with 66 points, scoring 11 goals and assisting on 55. And in 15 Calder Cup playoff games, wound up on top in club scoring with a dozen points.&ldquo;Mike has done a great job for us ever since coming here from Rochester in 1958,&rdquo; said coach Frank Mathers.The Bears grabbed Nykoluk at the end of the &lsquo;58 season after he had played two campaigns for the Americans.When defenseman Marc Reaume was snagged by the Montreal Canadiens two years ago after a fine AHL season, Nykoluk took over the captain&rsquo;s duties.&ldquo;Mike is very strong, especially in the corners and he&rsquo;s always working when he&rsquo;s on the ice,&rdquo; added Mathers. He never lets up He probably gets as much ice time as anyone on the team. He&rsquo;s one of the best penalty killers I&rsquo;ve ever seen in this league.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05375/2312316-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="463" height="568"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE NYKOLUK&hellip; Reaches Milestone</figcaption></div>Hershey finally snapped its home ice losing streak at the four game mark Dec. 25 with the win over Baltimore.The Bears have won only five of 13 home games and Mathers continues to be puzzled by the showing.&ldquo;We have played very well on the road (7-5-1) but at home we just can&rsquo;t seem to score. One of these nights we&rsquo;ll fill the net on someone. Things have to break our way soon.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Bears’ Veteran Mike Nykoluk Performs In 600th AHL Game

(Including rames of Sun., Jan. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06323/2312354-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="550" height="401"></div><h2>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07303/2312347-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="549" height="301"></div><h2>Penalty Leaders</h2>Most Penalized Player &mdash; Norm Armstrong, Rochester, 86 mts. Most Penalized Team&mdash;Providence, 417 mts. &#9632;

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AHL Point Race

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, OhioBarring additional Injuries in the closing games of 1965, there is a fighting chance that at or near the time this appears in print, the Cleveland Barons will be able to ice a full team for the first time in the current American Hockey League campaign.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08286/2312385-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="299" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Szura</figcaption></div>The chance to manipulate his substitutes and to rejuggle his forward lines into three productive units will be welcome to Coach Glover who, up to now, has been forced by circumstances to go along with the players that are available at the moment.Both the Barons&rsquo; coach and right winger Keith McCreary are on the mend. Glover, who underwent a knee operation, and McCreary, who also suffered a knee injury, should be skating within the next few days.When the season started, defenseman Ted Lanyon was on the sidelines recovering from an arm injury. In the first game of the campaign, Howie Glover went out with a broken jaw. Just as Howie returned to action, Fred became inactive and before he could get back, McCreary became a casualty.The makeup of the forward units when all the players become available is anybody&rsquo;s guess.Currently, the Barons are getting along with Joe Szura centering for Tom McCarthy and Howie Glover, Ron Attwell working between Bob Ellett and Bob Coury and Cecil Hoekstra anchoring a line that includes Gordon Wilkie and Wayne Schultz.Fred Glover can be expected to move onto one line, at least on a part time basis, while McCreary definitely belongs in the starting lineup.At full strength, the Cleveland icers should make a firm bid to move into the Western Division playoff competition. At this writing, they enjoy a four-point lead over the Buffalo Bisons and have one game in hand on Coach Phil Watson&rsquo;s club. The Barons trail Pittsburgh by nine points, with one game in hand on the Pennsylvanians.These comparative standings with Buffalo and Pittsburgh can be expected to undergo some changes, in one direction or another, in the final week of 1965 and the first week in 1966, when the Clevelanders go through a rugged schedule that calls for a series of tough games, with several of them coming on the road.One encouraging aspect as the club faces the turn of the year is the improvement of the defense. Five able-bodied blue liners are giving Les Binkley good protection, while little Jean-Guy Morissette is standing by to step in should anything happen to Binkley. The Barons know from experience what Morissette can do in the pinch and aren&rsquo;t afraid to use him if need be.BARON BRIEFS : Bill Need ham presented the game puck to Buffalo&rsquo;s Billy Dea on Christmas night when Dea played in his 526th consecutive AHL game to surpass Needham&rsquo;s previous record &hellip; A Christmas party was held for the Barons on December 22 by the Barons&rsquo; Booster Club &hellip; Players, their wives and children were partied by President Paul Bright on December 23. &#9632;

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Barons Hope To Ice First Full Squad

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES. CalifVeterans Don Head of Portland and Al Millar of Victoria are doing the best jobs among goal-tenders in the Western Hockey League as the season neared the half-way point with 11 weeks of the 26-week schedule completed. Not only are Head and Millar stingiest in fewest goals allowed per game, but they are the toughest men to get a shot past. This was confirmed this week with compilation by THE HOCKEY NEWS of fielding averages for the season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01566/2312423-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="529" height="649"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON HEAD&hellip; &lsquo;Big Bear&rsquo; Tough</figcaption></div>No statistics are going to totally evaluate a goalie&rsquo;s performances. Much depends on the defense a team throws up in front of the goalie. But fielding percentage probably comes closer to pin-pointing a goalie&rsquo;s work than any&rsquo; other figures. In compiling fielding percentages for net-minders, goals allowed are reckoned as errors and set against number of chances handled successfully.After 28 games each, the burly, bare-faced 32-year-old Head leads the circuit with a 2.68 goals-against mark, while the greying, masked 36-year-old Millar is second-best with a 2.82 average. In fielding percentage, they are closer than that &mdash; .910 and 909, respectively.Actually, it is highly unusual for the two best in goals &mdash; against also to be the two best in fielding Usually, the goalies for the best teams permit the fewest goals, but someone on a lower club has had to handle more shots and compiled a better fielding mark. Not so this season.Head also leads in shutouts with four, which puts him halfway to the league record.Jack McCartan of San Francisco has led the league&rsquo;s goalies most of the season, but slipped a bit lately. He currently stands third-best at 2.84. while Ernie Wakely of Seattle is fourth-best at 3.06, but Wakely has actually outfielded McCartan, .899 to .898.Masked Gilles Villemure of Vancouver and happy-go-lucky Marcel Pelletier of Los Angeles bring up the rear with 3.57 and 4.56 goals-against marks and .881 and .872 fielding marks, respectively. Pelletier has had to face the most shots so far, a whopping 918, which is no testimony to the L.A. defense, but has not handled his share of them, Pelletier still holds the WHL shutout record of eight in one season, set with Victoria exactly 10 years ago.The figures confirm that Ed Johnston played the best goal in the league in his brief four-game visit to L.A. The Boston Bruin backstop not only had the best goals-against mark. 2.31, but much the best fielding percentage, .929, in that short and possibly inconclusive stay in the West.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06164/2312416-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="1063" height="1519"><figcaption class="caption-body">MILAN MARCETTA</figcaption></div>The figures also confirm the early-season slump of Jimmy McLeod, who was benched in favor of the imported Wakely. Not only did McLeod give up 4.46 goals per game in the early going, but his fielding percentage was a mere .857. However, last season&rsquo;s trophywinning all-star backstop would probably straighten out those figures considerably if he could get back on ice regularly.Meanwhile, the race for honors among the guys who are shooting at these goalies tightened up considerably last week. The three members of Victoria&rsquo;s first line, who had been setting a hot pace &mdash; Milan Marcetta, Bob Barlow and Andy Hebenton &mdash; draw a blank. Marcetta lost his lead in points to Billy McNeil of Vancouver, 41-40. and Norm Johnson of L.A. has closed in with 38.Cliff Schmautx of Portland was named &ldquo;player of the week&rdquo; for scoring two goals and setting up six others in three games to move into fourth place with 37 points. Leo LaBine of L.A., who has scored 13 goals in his last 11 games, passed Barlow for the goal-soaring lead, 20-19, while Marcetta hung third with 18. Half of LaBine&rsquo;s goals, 10, have come on power plays.Johnson and Guyle Fielder of Seattle are tied for the lead in assists with 30 each. Perrenial scoring champ Fielder has been credited with at least one point in 16 of his last 17 games. He has only four goals so far, but is far from out of contention for his tenth WHL point crown and fifth in a row. &#9632;

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Head, Millar Top Fielding Goalies Among Western League’s Netminders

Before you say SCOTCH say &lsquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S it never variesBefore you say SCOTCH say &lsquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S it never varies<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Tues., Jan. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02466/2312454-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="549" height="179"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto. 5. New Yurk G. Boston, x. independent.)<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Mon., Dec. 27San Francisco 0 at Vancouver 4Wd., Dec. 29San Francisco 5 at Victoria 3Fri.. Dee. 31Saa Francisco 2 at Los Angeles 5Portland 6 at Seattle 2Sat., Jan. 1Los Angeles 1 at San Francisco 3Seattle 2 at Portland 3Vancouver 1 at Victoria 4Sun., Jan. 2Los Angeles 0 at Portland 9San Francisco 4 at Seattle 8Victoria 5 at Vancouver 3<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues., Jan. 4Los Angeles at VancouverWed., Jan. 5San Francisco at VictoriaThurs., Jan. 6Victoria at Los AngelesFri., Jan. 7Victoria at San FranciscoSeattle at VancouverSat., Jan. 8Vancouver at PortlandSun., Jan. 9San Francisco at Los AngelesVictoria at Portland &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03350/2312499-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg"></div>TEAM RECORDS AGAINST EACH OTHER(Including games of Sunday, Dec. 26)<h2>HOME GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04265/2312492-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="556" height="264"></div><h2>AWAY GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05201/2312485-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="548" height="262"></div> &#9632;

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How WHL Teams Compare

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07123/2312530-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg"></div>WHL GOAL-TENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS &#9632;

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WHL Coolers’ Records

SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.There is one quick solution to any and all the problems that plague Charlie Burns and his San Francisco Seals and that solution is goals, goals, and more goals.The Seals are the lowest scoring team in the League at the present time with a total of 69 goals for in 25 games played. 46 of which have been produced in 14 home games and exactly half that number, 23, being the result of efforts in 11 road contests. &#9632;

Seals’ Problem, Not Enough Goals

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><h2>Players Stage Strike</h2>As if they didn&rsquo;t have enough troubles in their own house, the Los Angeles Blades have been stricken by troubles in their back-yard. The last place Blades of the Western League sponsor the last - place Saskatoon Blades of the Saskatchewan Junior League. Ex-LA coach George Agar is manager-coach of the Saskatoon farmhands, who have won only once in their last 15 starts. In a move to light a fire under them, the players were threatened with pay reduction which would cut their wages in half if they continued to lose. So 16 players went on a strike for four days. After commissioner Frank Boucher met with Agar and the players, four players, Al Popoff, George Trochimiuk, Bob Johnston and Dwight Clunie, were placed on waivers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04306/2312661-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="297" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Agar</figcaption></div>Under league rules, players in this circuit cannot be paid more than $200 a month. According to Boucher, Agar considered the threatened slice an incentive to the players. Of such &ldquo;incentives,&rdquo; mutinies are born.Coach Lynn Patrick of the parent Blades felt his boys lived a little high during the holidays and sent them through several stiff skating practices in a week in which they did not even see a puck. In the midst of one, Leo LaBine, dripping sweat, called out, &ldquo;Hey, someone call Lynn to the phone, will ya.&rdquo; And Marc Boileau grinned toothlessly at some attending youngsters and asked, &ldquo;Do you still think you want to be hockey players?&rdquo; Determined to protect a black eye, Howie Young tried to get Patrick to open up a Sporting Goods store on Christmas Day to get him a mask, wound up playing with a catcher&rsquo;s mask and helmet. The Blades and Seals have been close to a Young-for-Gerry Odrowski deal &hellip; Vancouver is close to trading Bob Kabel, Bob McCusker, Gordy Vejprava and Moe Mantha to the Seals for Gerry Brisson, Ray Cyr and Jean Marc Picard &hellip; Portland ace Tommy McVie broke his leg.Every single coach in the Western League feels a little less secure since Murray Costello joined the profession. The ex-big leaguer and sterling publicist for the WHL is moonlighting as coach of the Husky Hockey Club, an unofficial University of Washington team &hellip; General Manager Les Land of the budding San Diego hockey team says we&rsquo;re wrong and the new International Sports Arena will be ready when the club expects to enter the WHL next fail.<h2>Olmstead Given Green Light</h2>New owner Cyrus McLean of Vancouver has given new coach Bert Olmstead a real vote of confidence. Olmstead has been placed in complete charge of Canuck player personnel, answerable only to McLean. General Manager Max McNab has been relieved of his responsibilities to the present Canucks so he can concentrate exclusively on preparing the club for its forthcoming rise to major league status. Talent must be scouted. And plans for the proposed new arena have been snagged in political red tape.There was a lot of violence in the early going out west. Referee Newell Gilmour comments, &ldquo;The early season is always the roughest. The players seem to feel they have to prove something.&rdquo; If things have tamed down a bit lately, it has not been Earl Heiskela&rsquo;s doing. The 6-foot, 185-pound rookie Seattle winger gets in more fights in a week than Cassius Clay does in a year. San Francisco&rsquo;s lovable Larry McNabb recently cornered Seattle trainer Dick Bielous and warned him, &ldquo;Tell that Heiskela he&rsquo;ll get bis head chopped off.&rdquo; According to Hy Zimmerman of the Seattle Times, here is how Heiskela accounts for his recent activities:&ldquo;McNab came at me with his head down and I hit him. He then came at me with his hockey stick and I reminded him that I, too, had a stick. He skated away. I&rsquo;ve heard he&rsquo;s out to get me. It doesn&rsquo;t bother me. Larry Cahan speared me, so I speared him back. I&rsquo;ve had no trouble with him since. In fact I&rsquo;ve had no trouble w&rsquo;ith anyone. All I&rsquo;m doing is my job, checking.&rdquo;<h2>Booing Hurts Says Star</h2>Zim also cornered Seattle&rsquo;s great hockey-playing lawyer Bill MacFarland to ask him how he felt about the fans booing him. &ldquo;Just because a man yells at his wife doesn&rsquo;t mean he doesn&rsquo;t like her,&rdquo; Mac shrugged. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve gotten used to the boos. I don&rsquo;t mind.&rdquo; But, then he confessed, &ldquo;It hurts inside.&rdquo; He reasoned, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m bigger than most of our fellows.When I&rsquo;m not moving, it may look like I&rsquo;m goofing off. Perhaps I&rsquo;m easier to pick out than a smaller man. But who can understand fan psychology ? The day after I played what I considered a real good game, a fan called my law partner, Vince Abbey, and told him she might do no more legal business with him because of the way I played hockey &hellip; When I get booed, I start pressing because I want to overcome their attitude. When you press, you&rsquo;re not at your best. That&rsquo;s why, I guess, I play better on the road. I don&rsquo;t get booed there.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05227/2312654-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="277" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill MacForlond</figcaption></div>We&rsquo;ve virtually turned this column over to guest authors. Which is all right. Kearney, Denny Boyd and Jack Lee give the Sun unusually good hockey writing. The U.S. cities here in the west are not exactly thick with knowing hockey writers, though Seattle&rsquo;s Zimmerman is one of the best and Leo Davis of the Portland Oregonian and Jack Fiske of the San Francisco Chronicle are very good. The L.A. writers, like Charley Wells of the Herald-Examiner, don&rsquo;t get much chance, but ex-Canadians do some fine writing for the suburban press. These include Edmonton&rsquo;s Walt Marlow of The Orange County News and Independent. Ontario&rsquo;s Ron McGrath of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Winnipeg&rsquo;s AI Busch of the Huntingdon Park News. If &#9632;

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Western Ad Lib

<h2>Wed.. Dec. 22</h2>VANCOUVER 0 at PORTLAND 8<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06190/2312755-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="550" height="652"></div><h2>Sat., Dec. 25</h2>S. FRANCISCO 2 at PORTLAND 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07171/2312748-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="531" height="85"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08154/2312741-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="547" height="565"></div>LOS ANGELES 3 at VANCOUVER 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09143/2312734-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="536" height="295"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10125/2312727-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="541" height="450"></div>SEATTLE 5 at VICTORIA 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11107/2312720-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="539" height="420"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1282/2312713-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="546" height="77"></div><h2>Sun., Dec. 26</h2>VICTORIA 2 at PORTLAND 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1370/2312706-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="547" height="607"></div>LOS ANGELES 5 at SEATTLE 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1458/2312699-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="532" height="82"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1546/2312692-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="547" height="909"></div> &#9632;

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Western Hockey League Summaries

PORTLAND, Ore.As the Western League approaches mid-season, it begins to appear that Victoria will not make a runaway of the pennant race as expected. Coach Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s def ending champion Portland Buckaroos have quietly crept to within four points of Frank Mario&rsquo;s Maple Leafs and have the better of the schedule in the second part of the campaign.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01543/2312585-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="299" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy McVie</figcaption></div>Victoria has been having surprising trouble of late. It has not won and has managed only one tie in its last four outings as this is written. Last week, the Leafs were thoroughly shocked in a 5-1 drubbing received at home by lowly, visiting Seattle, but the Leafs did bounce back to tie Portland in Portland, 2-2.Chances are the Leafs will straighten themselves out again soon. They have too much power to remain down long. Their first line of Milan Marcetta, Bob Barlow and Andy Hebenton will not often be blanked in consecutive games as it was last week. But injuries and recalls by Rochester have slowed the Leaf pennanl-drive for the moment.Meanwhile. Portland has bounced back. The Bucks drubbed Vancouver 8-0 and San Francisco 5-2 on home ice before losing a golden chance against the visiting Leafs and settling for a tie. In the first half of January, Portland has five out of six games at home, while Victoria has four out of eight. When the clubs open the last five weeks of play near season&rsquo;s end, Victoria will be making its rough six-game Eastern swing through AHL teams, while Portland, which has already made its swing, will remain in the West.Things could get sticky yet.Cliff Schmautz regained his fine early-season touch with two goals and six assists in three games to pace the Buck drive. Art Jones and Tommy McVie scored two goals each in the 8-0 bombing of Vancouver, which may have been Portland&rsquo;s best game of the season. It was Don Head&rsquo;s fourth shutout of the season and enabled him to move in front of the league&rsquo;s goalers. Portland beefed up, adding left wing Fred Hilts.Meanwhile, Vancouver contitinued inconsistent. Coach Bert Olmstead&rsquo;s third-place Canucks lost to Seattle 5-0 in Vancouver, then bounced back to win its first game ever in Seattle Coliseum since the arena opened last season, 9-3. Blanked by Portland in that nightmare, they rebounded to thump L.A. 7-3 and San Francisco 4-0. Olmstead says, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve lost eight of our last 10. It&rsquo;s not as if we don&rsquo;t have talent. We can win if we put out consistently.&rdquo;The Canucks, who sent defenseman Wayne Muloin to Providence of the AHL, have been bothered by injuries. Most recently, pivot Larry Popein suffered a broken nose and winger Bob Kabel a knee wrench. Injury-troubled Bob McCusker has only one assist in 14 games and may be cut. Popein and Phil Maloney had gone 10 and nine games without a goal, respectively. But winger Howie Hughes is healthy again and hot again with six goals in six games.After beating Victoria twice, San Francisco stumbled in losses at Portland and Vancouver. Seattle bounced back from that 9-3 drubbing from Vancouver to beat Victoria in Victoria 5-1 and visiting L.A. 6-5 in overtime and gain ground in the race for the fourth and last playoff spot, temporarily displacing San Francisco, which, however, has five extra games to play. L.A. lost a pair and was mired in the cellar.SHORT SHOTS &mdash; Seattle gave up on rookie Gary Butler, sending him to Buffalo of the AHL. Although both have been playing lately. Don Ward and Gordy Sinclair are troubled by persistent backaches. Sinclair also has a sore forearm. Phil Maloney&rsquo;s stick opened a sevenstitch cut above one of Larry Lund&rsquo;s eyes. Lund has been impressive since joining Seattle. &#9632;

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Portland Closes Gap To Keep Maple Leafs From Race ‘Runaway’

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div>MEMPHIS, Tenn.&mdash;After Vic Stasiuk donned the hockey togs and became a playing coach his Memphis Wings started to fly in earnest and in 12 games chalked up nine victories, tied two contests and only lost one in soaring to the front-running spot in the Central Pro League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01387/2312793-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="267" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Butch Paul</figcaption></div>Looking at the record with his Wings holding a four-point edge on first place. Stasiuk said &ldquo;I really have no complaints. Things are going well and right now I am enjoying the situation.&rdquo;No sooner had he said these words when Jimmy Peters, his leading scorer with 10 goals and 14 assists in 23 outings was called to the National Hockey League Detroit Red Wings.Then Jim Watson was summoned from the defense corps for a two-game stint at Detroit and returned but Peters will be with the major league team indefinitely.Meanw&rsquo;hile Stasiuk had amateur Dwight Carruthers in the lineup on a tryout basis but with Doug Roberts. Butch Paul Max Mestinsek. Bryan Campbell showing improvement and working as members of the younger set and Dan Belisle and Fred Hilts, in the veteran category, making the plays, the Wings are the top-scoring club in the circuit and holding down first place.Like any coach in a similar position, Stasiuk says, &ldquo;I like it this way.&rdquo;ST. LOUIS &mdash; The Braves have not been consistent home or away but coach Gus Kyle says, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be in there&rdquo; and Art Stratton and Oscar Gaudet pace them on offense keeping them wdthin the first four clubs in the race.The Braves have named Stratton captain of the club after Bill Taylor voluntarily gave up the position saying that Stratton was more experienced and when the election was held Stratton was away from the club and should have the assignment.Dick Meissner and John Missuk remained alternate captains with the approval of coach Kyle.Meanw&rsquo;hile Stratton took over the lead in the league&rsquo;s scoring race showing seven goals and 23 assists in 20 games.Camille Henry, former NHL scoring star, working his way into condition after a back operation. has been bothered by a stiff knee but is dangerous every time he hangs around the opposition net.Kyle&rsquo;s &ldquo;kid&rdquo; line of Wayne Maki. Brian McDonald and Dave Green are &ldquo;learning&rdquo; says Kyle and they picked up at least one point in 13 straight contests.MINNESOTA&mdash; With the addition of George Konik on defense. Rangers feel they have more thrust with the 210-pounnder ready to back up Bob Plager or Al Lebrun at any time.Paul Andrea fell out of the top spot in the scoring parade after holding the leadership for five weeks but his 27 points, one more than team mate Jim Johnson makes them both threats.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03240/2312786-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="532" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">ART STRATTON&hellip; New Scoring Leader</figcaption></div>When New York Rangers needed help on defense with an injury to Jim Neilson, Minnesota was forced to ship Rod Seiling back to the NHL club.OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; Bill Goldsw&rsquo;orthy had three goals in &lsquo;i st 11 games with the Boston National Hockey League Bruins and the Blazers are none too sure that he will return to them.Skip Krake continues his sharp up-ice play after returning from a two-game stint with Boston and showed 10 goals and 14 assists in his first 20 games.The Blazers shifted goaltenders again when Boston recalled Ed Johnston from Los Angeles. Jack Norris was sent from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles and Gerry Cheevers came down from Boston to take his job with the Blazers.Goalie Wayne Doll who had appeared in two games for the Blazers was assigned to Knoxville of the Eastern Amateur League in order to get more work.HOUSTON &mdash; Defenseman Noel Picard was set down for one game and drew a fine of $50 levied by CPHL president Jack Adams for his actions toward referee Tom Smith as the Apollos tangled with Memphis on Houston ice Dec. 19. Picard is the top candidate for &ldquo;bad man&rdquo; honors in the circuit picking up 83 minutes in penalties in his first 23 games.Bill Inglis heads the Apollos offensive corps chalking up 25 points in his first 23 outings.TULSA &mdash; Beset with injuries, Tulsa went winless over an eight-game streak but W&rsquo;ere encouraged by the work of rugged defenseman Bob Taylor who joined the team after completing his chores wdth Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Professional Football League. He was with Victoria of the Western League last season.Andre Champagne continued to lead the scoring for the club and had nine goals and 17 assists for 26 points after 22 games. &#9632;

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Sizzling Wings Roar to Nine Wins In 12 Starts

Don&rsquo;t be vague &hellip; say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKYDon&rsquo;t be vague &hellip; say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY<h2>Point Race</h2>(Including: Games of Sun., Dec. 26)<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02317/2312831-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="548" height="428"></div><h3>League Leaders</h3>Most Goals: Gaudet, St. Louis, Inglis, Houston - 16.Most Assists: Stratton, St. Louis 24.Penalties in Minutes: Noel Picard, Houston 83.Leading Goalie: Wayne Rutledge, Minnesota 2.95 average.Most Shutouts: Carl Wetzel. Houston - 3.<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Wed.. Jan. 5)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0970/2312824-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="547" height="182"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto. 2. Montreal. 3. Chicago. 4. Detroit. 5. New York. 6. Boston).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Dec. 29Minnesota 1 at Memphis 4Oklahoma City 2 at St Louis 0Thurs., Dec. 30Minnesota 2 at Houston 4Sat., Jan. 1Minnesota 4 at Tulsa 2Oklahoma City 2 at Houston 2St. Louis 5 at Memphis 6Sun., Jan. 2Tulsa 0 at Minnesota 1Houston 3 at St. Louis 1Memphis 2 at Oklahoma City 4<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed., Jan. 5Minnesota at St. LouisOklahoma City at MemphisTulsa at HoustonThurs., Jan. 6St. Louis at MinnesotaFri., Jan. 7Houston at MemphisOklahoma City at TulsaSat., Jan. 8Oklahoma City at MinnesotaSt. Louis at TulsaMemphis at HoustonSun., Jan. 9Memphis at St. LouisTulsa at Oklahoma City &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon., Jan. 3)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01308/2312925-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="553" height="153"></div>(x-plays four-point games).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Dec. 28Oakville 1 at Woodstock 5Galt 2 at Guelph 6Sat., Jan. 1Oakville 2 at Galt 3Sun., Jan. 2Kingston 4 at Oakville 6Guelph 6 at Woodstock 4<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Thurs., Dec. 30)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02261/2312918-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="556" height="581"></div><h2>QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon., Jan. 3)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03203/2312911-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="553" height="129"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun., Dec. 26)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04149/2312904-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="555" height="532"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon., Dec. 27)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05113/2312897-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="552" height="157"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0691/2312890-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="553" height="553"></div><h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Mon., Dec. 27)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0784/2312883-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="548" height="156"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0858/2312876-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="550" height="380"></div><h2>EHL Point Race</h2><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun., Dec. 26)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0947/2312869-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="555" height="276"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1039/2312862-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="552" height="326"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Races

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>NEW HAVEN. CONN.Jackie LeClair, the hockey - wise pilot of the New Haven Blades, has reached he point where action is necessary if his club is to make the playoffs in the Eastern Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1133/2312956-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="271" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alf Treen</figcaption></div>The Blades&rsquo; skipper was absolutely dismayed by the club&rsquo;s six-game losing streak including a complete four-game washout in a visit to the south. Things reached rock bottom when the club bowed on its homecoming to Charlotte.&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t go on like this,&rdquo; LeClair said, &ldquo;if we hope to make the playoffs. We must make some changes and we&rsquo;ll have to part with some of our better players if that&rsquo;s the only way we can land help.&rdquo;The Blades were involved in a close fight with Jersey for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Northern Division. But the losing streak enabled the Devils to pull ahead, temporarily.LeClair believes his Blades can still beat out the Devils for a playoff spot and possibly even catch Johnstown. But they can&rsquo;t do it the way they&rsquo;ve been playing and with an undermanned roster.The injuries to defensemen Ron Kapitan and Jim McCarthy plus winger Pete Wright have been mighty costly with Kapitan&rsquo;s absence the most severe. Then there have been other ailments to such as forwards Dom Bamburak and Brian Perry as well as goalie Andre Daoust. The latter missed two games in the south due to rib injury and trainer Ken (Gunner) Garrett had to be employed in the emergency.LeClair has been talking to every club in the loop in an effort to come up with some assistance. He&rsquo;s also discussed a few deals. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had offers from several of the clubs and I might take one shortly,&rdquo; LeClair said.For a team with three of the league&rsquo;s top scorers, the Blades are far off the pace. Part of the problems may be attributed to the faulty defense, the least efficient in the league. The Blades have allowed more goals than any team to account for Daoust being last in the goalie race.KNOXVILLE: Les Calder is coming to life and prompting coach Doug Bentley to say, &ldquo;Les can be as good as he wants to be. He can skate like the wind and when he wants to hit, he can take out a man pretty good.&rdquo; A puck broke in half and Ken Turlik and Angus Martin each had half before the ref stopped play. Center John Price tossed out of game on eve of his wedding here.JERSEY: Devils surprised by beating Knoxville on road. Murray Wilkie suspended for not reporting from jacksonville. Beny Woit concerned over club&rsquo;s failure to win consistently. Rudy Filion went home for Xmas and missed game. Billy Armour&rsquo;s goal topped Knoxville. Accidental goal off Don Grosso&rsquo;s stick cost game to Long Island.JACKSONVILLE: Bob O&rsquo;Leary sent to Waterloo to try to play himself into shape. EHL meeting at Atlanta resulted in decision for club to stay here this year. Next year&rsquo;s location depends on what happens rest of year. Good turnouts at St. Petersburg could affect decision. Addition of Alf Treen has helped club on defense. Six goals against New Haven was season high. Team also won two straight for first time. Coach Pat Egan will stick with 12 men for the time being. Rick Bradford and Jack Kline dropped.NEW HAVEN: Andre Daoust hurt rib in game at Knoxville and had to leave after two periods to be replaced by trainer Ken Garrett. Ronnie Hergott continues to lead league in goals and points. Club lost eight out of 11. Club much stronger on offense but weaker on defense.NASHVILLE: Ted McCaskill and Joe Zorica are battling for club&rsquo;s scoring lead. Marv Edwards, Don Snider and Benny Froese went home for holidays to St. Catharines, Wally Chase to London, Ont. John McLellan to South Porcupine and Flo Pilote to Charlotte. Lloyd Hinchberger was in charge while McLellan was away. Edwards says he&rsquo;ll stick with mask all year.CHARLOTTE: Ricky Charron sprained ankle but finished game in goal against Long Island. Ducks halted Checkers&rsquo; seven game win streak. Rookie George Hill continues to make progress in drive to unseat Moe Savard as club&rsquo;s scoring leader. Despite good record, club only has been drawing fair. Jim McNulty&rsquo;s goal, fresh out of penalty box, beat Jacksonville.CLINTON: Comets had disastrous southern trip, bowing to all five of the teams there to crimp their chances of catching Long Island. Jim Jago under doctor&rsquo;s care for a bruised heart, an injury incurred at Charlotte. Comets celebrated 17th anniversary of their Arena on Xmas.JOHNSTOWN: Claude Bernard has gone home to Montreal to recuperate from eye injury. Half of squad went home for holidays. Coach Dave Lucas posted hat trick in win over Greensboro. Defenseman Terry Grindle dropped and forward Billy Reid signed as free agent. Latter had been with Jacksonville after starting year with Jets. Neil Forth a new father. Jets played whole game vs. Long Island without a penalty.GREENSBORO: Team is starting to get some breakaway openings to delight coach Ron Spong. Don Carter&rsquo;s hat trick toppled Clinton. Defenseman John Murray&rsquo;s return will force Spong to cut a man. Club flew to Jacksonville game on Xmas so players could spend time home that day.LONG ISLAND: Goalie Gordie Dibley, explaining difference between nets here and in Jacksonville, &ldquo;Fifty shots were par there. Here the guys close the middle and seldom let the other fellows get the good shot.&rdquo; Ducks doing well killing penalties. &#9632;

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LeClair Seeking Help For Blades; Hot And Cold Jersey Puzzles Woit

<h2>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues., Jan. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1227/2312987-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="548" height="349"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto; 4. Detroit; 6. Boston; x-independent).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Dec. 28Johnstown 3 at New Jersey 4Charlotte 3 at Greensboro 0Wed., Dec. 29Johnstown 1 at Clinton 4Charoltte 4 at Greensboro 5Long Island 1 at Knoxville 9Nashville 3 at Jacksonville 3Thurs., Dec. 30New Jersey 3 at New Haven 2Fri., Dec. 31New Haven 2 at New Jersey 2Clinton 1 at Johnstown 8Greensboro 4 at Charlotte 5Long Island 3 at Nashville 1Knoxville 3 at Jacksonville 6Sat., Jan. 1New Jersey 2 at Clinton 7New Haven 3 at Johnstown 10Nashville 3 at Knoxville 2Charlotte 4 at Jacksonville 5Sun., Jan. 2New Jersey 5 at New Haven 8Johnstown 3 at Long Island 7Jacksonville 4 at Greensboro 14<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed., Jan. 5Johnstown at New HavenNashville at New JerseyKnoxville at JacksonvilleThurs., Jan. 6New Haven at LongIsland Greensboro at CharlotteFri., Jan. 7New Haven at ClintonLong Island at New JerseyNashville at JohnstownJacksonville at CharlotteGreensboro at KnoxvilleSat., Jan. 8New Haven at ClintonLong Island at JohnstownKnoxville at GreensboroJacksonville at NashvilleSun., Jan. 9Clinton at New HavenNew Jersey at Long IslandJohnstown at GreensboroNashville at CharlotteJacksonville at Knoxville &#9632;

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Looking At The EHL Race

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>MUSKEGON, Mich.Joe Kastelic of the Muskegon Mohawks has finally caught up with Fort Wayne&rsquo;s Eddie Long to become the all-time goal scoring leader of the International Hockey League.The big left winger, who almost didn&rsquo;t get into the game at all this season, passed the Komet veteran when he notched his ninth goal of the season to bring his total to 456, one over Long&rsquo;s figure.Kastelic achieved his position when he hit for two goals in a 5-4 victory over Dayton on Christmas night. It was his 13th game of the season and it gave him a total of 781 in the league.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01314/2313018-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="280" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Kastelic</figcaption></div>Long, who announced his retirement in mid-season last year, came back recently to perform in seven games, during which he added two goals to his total. He still holds the record for total pames played &mdash; 854 &mdash; and for seasons in the league &mdash; 14. Kastelic is playing his 13th.FORT WAYNE &mdash; Len Thomson scored a pair of goals in a 4-3 victory over Dayton. With 42 points for the season he needed only nine to become first IHL player to accumulate 1,000 points &hellip; Merv Dubchak had better than a goal-a-game pace with 31 in 29 games &hellip; Bob Rivard, Dubchak and Thomson were in a threeway battle for the scroing lead &hellip; The Christmas crowd was 4,805 for a 13-game total of 67,493 an average of 5,185.TOLEDO &mdash; The Blades gave Fort Wayne&rsquo;s Christmas night crowd a jolt with a 7-5 win. only their second over the Komets in seven starts &hellip; The Blades dropped Bronco Mclllroy and took on defenseman Rick Bradford &hellip; Chick Chalmers held a six-point margin over Greg Jablonski for scoring lead.DAYTON &mdash; The Gems had a crowd of 3,713, second largest of the season for a game with Fort Wayne &hellip; The Gems came back from a 3-0 deficit to be nosed out, 4-3 &hellip; The Gems are about 650 ahead of last season&rsquo;s average attendance &hellip;PORT HURON &mdash; The Flags had five players out with injuries at one time. They brought in Ron Carroll of the Sarnia Legionnaires for the All-Star game &hellip; The crippled Flags lost two weekend games in Des Moines, 6-4 and 6-2. &#9632;

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Kastelic Moves Up As All-Time Leader On 456th IHL Goal

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues., Jan. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02228/2313056-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="553" height="184"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 2. Montreal; 3. Chicago: 6. Boston).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed., Dec. 29Toledo 5 at Muskegon 6Fort Wayne 4 at Port Huron 4Des Moines 3 at Dayton 8Fri., Dec. 31Dayton 3 at Fort Wayne 7Des Moines 3 at Muskegon 11Sat., Jan. 1Dayton 1 at Port Huron 6Muskegon 2 at Fort Wayne 7Des Moines 2 at Toledo 3Sun., Jan. 2Port Huron 6 at Toledo 3Muskegon 3 at Dayton 9<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues., Jan. 4Des Moines at ToledoWed., Jan. 5Port Huron at Fort WayneThurs., Jan. 6Toledo at MuskegonFort Wayne at Day tonFri., Jan. 7Des Moines at Port HuronSat., Jan. 3Port Huron at Fort WayneDayton at MuskegonDes Moines at ToledoSun., Jan. 9Toledo at DaytonDes Moines at Port Huron<h2>Point Race</h2><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun., Dec. 26)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03142/2313049-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="552" height="331"></div><h3>LEAGUE LEADERS</h3>Most Goals: Merv Dubchak, Fort Wayne 30.Most Assists: Len Thornson, Fort Wayne 31.Best Goals-Against Average: Bob Sneddon. Port Huron 3.50.Most Shutouts: Bob Sneddon, Port Huron 3.Penalties in Minutes: Yvan Prediger. Des Moines 138. &#9632;

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How They Stand

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04103/2313087-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg"></div>SOLUTION IN NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S ISSUE<h2>ACROSS</h2>1. Pictured NHL goaltender who recently beat Russians.6. Initials of a Montreal forward.8. Month in which Canadiens won the Stanley Cup (abbr.)9. &ldquo;Ted&rdquo; Green&rsquo;s initials.10. Exclamation!11. Position Hap Emms now has with the Bruins.14. A predecessor of Emms15. Given name of Ex-Hab Picard.16. Denotes number worn by Mike McMahon.17. Red Kelly bought one this year.18. Vegetable often eaten by hockeyists on game days (sing.)19. Players often have bruises on one.20. 3rd and 14th letters of of the alphabet.21. Most teams now &mdash; two goalkeepers.22. Month in which Dave Balon was born(abbr.)23. League in which Bill Chadwick once refereed (abbr.)24. This player scored 21 goals for Buffalo last season.26. Pictured goaler&rsquo;s height is six &mdash; (abbr.)27. 11th and 12th letters of the alphabet.28. Given name of Hap Emms.31. Initials of a Black Hawk checker.32. Mrs. Bobby Hull was once noted as one.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. Manager-coach of Los Angeles.2. Initials of 1 down.3. This NHL captain toured Israel during the off-season.4. Number of playoff goals Bobby Hull scored last spring.5. This Ex-AHL coach formerly starred in the NHL.6 Goalkeeper drafted by Boston now in minors.7. Where Red Kelly spent much of his time last season.12. Initials of a Toronto rear-guard.13. Depart.18. Given name of Ronty, ex-NHL player.20. AHL&rsquo;s top rookie of 1964-65 season.22. Jacques Laperriere fractured one last spring.24. Marcel Pronovost owns two of these.25. Native province of Earl Ingarfield (abbr.)26. Clarence Campbell often imposes one upon a player.29. 8th and 11th letters of the alphabet.30. Initials of Tessier, former Bruin now retired.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S SOLUTION</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Parent5. R. D.7. A. M.8. U. S.9. Olympics11. N. S.12. Pass.13. One.14. R. I.15. Man.17. Oh.19. Son.21. Chi.23. Two.24. Hal.25. E. R.26. Bears.29. Shero.30. Eric.33. Lin.34. Busher.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Pronovost2. Rayner.3. Emms.4. Trip.5. Russians.6. D. S.10. Carmichael16. Neilson,18. Howe.20. Norris.22. Harris.26. B. S.27. E. H.28. Feb.31. R. U.32. C. H. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;The inaugural Great Lakes Invitational college hockey tournament wasn&rsquo;t a roaring success at the box office but Olympia Stadium officials were encouraged and plan to do it again next year.The University of Toronto&rsquo;s Varsity Blues, led by Henry Monteith&rsquo;s four goals in the championship game, polished off defending NCAA champion Michigan Tech of Houghton, 6-2, to wind up the two-night affair.Monteith, like his older brother, Steve, is on the Red Wing list but neither brother has shown an inclination to play professional hockey.Boston University and Colorado College were the other schools in the tourney which drew something less than 6,000 fans for the two nights. The break-even point was 10,000.&ldquo;I thought it was a good show and the people who saw it liked it,&rdquo; said Olympia and Red Wing business manager Lincoln Cavalieri.Michigan Tech, which sponsored the tournament, hopes to bring in Michigan State or Michigan next year to provide more local interest, plus two Eastern colleges. They&rsquo;d also like to move the dates to the week between Christmas and New Year&rsquo;s instead of past before Christmas when shopping still is foremost. &#9632;

But Detroit Olympia Plans To Stage ‘66 Play

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>LONDON, ONT. &mdash;A small ray of hope shone for the London Nationals after more than two months in last place in the Ontario Hockey Association junior A league.A new entry in the junior A league this season after three very successful years in the Western Ontario junior B group, the Nationals had trouble getting untracked in the faster company.&ldquo;We aren&rsquo;t looking for big things,&rdquo; said Coach Jack McIntyre, handling his first junior A team since retiring after a professional career which included stops in Boston, Chicago and Detroit. &ldquo;All we want to do is make the playoffs!&rdquo;Even this seemed almost out of the question after the Nationals had gone 16 consecutive games without a victory and had picked up only two points in that stretch, both on ties.Realizing that the Toronto-sponsored team just couldn&rsquo;t go anywhere with the personnel on hand, McIntyre gambled by bringing up an entire junior B line from London&rsquo;s farm team, Ingersoll of the Western Ontario group.The move paid immediate dividends.The unit, centred by Dave Gorman with wingers Gary Kyte and Larry Davenport accounted for five of London&rsquo;s seven goals as they defeated St. Catharines Black Hawks 7-4 in St. Catharines.It ended the 16-game nightmare and boosted the Nationals at least within range of the eighth and final playoff position.All three are 17-year-olds but Kyte was particularly impressive.He scored three goals, his first ever in junior A and was so excited that he kept all three as souvenirs.Gorman and Davenport added one goal each and the line accumulated a tidy 10 points.The win left the Nationals just five points below eightplace St. Catharines and only seven below Kitchener Rangers.Outstanding even in defeat, London&rsquo;s 19-year-old goaltender Rocky Farr was positively brilliant in their win, stopping 37 shots compared with only 24 on St. Catharines&rsquo; goaltender Peter McDuffe.At the other end of the league, Oshawa Generals continued in first place after winning both their scheduled road games (6-4 over Peterborough, 10-8 over Montreal) and, just for good measure, defeated the second Boston-sponsored club, Niagara Falls Flyers, 5-3 in the Boston Garden during the annual post-Christmas exhibition game.The Petes, after having their 14-game unbeaten record ended on home ice by Oshawa, rebounded with a 5-2 win over Kitchener two nights later to continue in second place, three points above Niagara Falls who had no games scheduled during the week.Perhaps the hottest club in the circuit however was the Hamilton Red Wings, a team which has ended last the past two seasons.Under the experienced coaching of Rudy Pilous, the Wings had their problems eary in the schedule but have won four, tied two and lost only one of their last seven starts.This is the best record by a Hamilton team in the last four years and moved them up into the unaccustomed, for them, fourth position.The latest Red Wing victories were back-to-back one-goal decisions over the highly-rated Toronto Marlboros.The four points boosted the Wings one point above Gus Bodnar&rsquo;s Toronto team.No games were played Christmas day &hellip; which was just as well as far as most fans were concerned.The day following Christmas eight of the nine teams were in action &hellip; and not one home club sent their fans away happy.Although all games were relatively close, the visitors won all four.London defeated St. Catharines 7-4, Oshawa edged Montreal 10-8, Peterborough downed Kitchener 5-2 and Hamilton won 5-4 before more than 10,000 fans in Maple Leaf Gardens.Peterborough centre Andre Lacroix continues to show his heels to the rest of the league in the individual points scoring race.Lacroix picked up seven points in two Peterborough games, now has a total of 71 on 22 goals, 49 assists.He could well be on his way to an assists record.At the midway point in the 48-game schedule, Lacroix&rsquo;s 49 assists are a definite threat to the record 97 assists set by Andre Boudrias while playing with the Montreal junior Canadiens in the 1963-64 season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01290/2313142-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="475" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROCKY FARR&hellip; Brilliant In Defeat</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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New Faces Revive London’s Hopes For Playoff Berth

<h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues., Jan. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02241/2313173-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="553" height="266"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto; 2. Montreal; 3. Chicago; 4. Detroit; 5. New York; 6. Boston).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues., Dec. 28Montreal 12 at St. Catharines 2Peterborough 4 at London 5Thurs., Dec. 30St. Catharines 5 at Montreal 6Oshawa 2 at Hamilton 4Niagara Falls 2 at Peterborough 7Sat., Jan. 1Toronto 5 at Oshawa 3St. Catharines 0 at Niagara Falls 2Sun., Jan. 2Kitchener 4 at Toronto 5London 1 at Montreal 7Niagara Falls 5 at St. Catharines 4Hamilton 7 at Peterborough 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues., Jan. 4Kitchener at LondonThurs., Jan. 6London at HamiltonToronto at PeterboroughFri., Jan. 7St. Catharines at KitchenerOshawa at Niagara FallsSat., Jan. 8Hamilton at OshawaSun., Jan. 9Peterborough at MontrealKitchener at St. Catharines &#9632;

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GALT, Ont.The duel for the OHA senior hockey scoring championship is just as close as the five-team race for first place and playoff positions.Bobby Robinson of the fast-rising Woodstock Athletics has assumed the individual scoring lead but four other contenders are within three points of him.Robinson broke a four-way tie for the lead with a goal and an assists as A&rsquo;s won their fourth game in a row to climb into a second place tie. The Woodstock centre has 11 goals and 22 assists for 33 points.Joe Hogan of Galt Hornets holds second place with 32 points, 12 goals and 20 assists. Two Oakville Oak wingers, Moe Galand and Jack Price, were blanked in a Tuesday loss and are tied for third place with 31 points each.Earl Balfour, playing coach of Hornets is in fifth place with 30 points. He has 13 goals and 17 assists and only trails Robinson by three.Four men &mdash; Walt Bradley of Guelph, Doug Hillman and Galand of Oakville and Balfour &mdash; share the league lead in goals with 13 each. Robinson&rsquo;s 22 assists are tops.Wilf Keating, who has backboned Woodstock&rsquo;s surge, is the leading goalie with a 2.82 average. He&rsquo;s allowed 31 goals in 11 games and has posted one shutout. Guelph&rsquo;s Boat Hurley is second with a 3.26 average after permitting 62 goals in 19 starts. &#9632;

Woodstock’s Bobby Robinson Holds Ontario Senior League Point Lead

<div class="byline">BY AL BRENNAN</div>NORTH BAY, Ont.With the five teams in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Southern Group at the halfway mark of the schedule, North Bay Trappers and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds are locked in a fight for the number one position.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03192/2313228-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="284" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Randy Prior</figcaption></div>Trappers enjoy a one-point edge at the moment and have two games in hand. Red McCarthy&rsquo;s slumping Espanola Eagles are still in third, but have dropped 11 points off the pace, one point ahead of the fourth-place Sudbury Wolves.Last place Garson-Falconbridge Combines gave coach Joe Protulipac his lone opportunity to wear a grin back near the middle of December when they jumped the Wolves 10-5 for their lone victory in 19 starts. &ldquo;We just don&rsquo;t have the players,&rdquo; is the way Protulipac sums up the season so far. &ldquo;We thought a few of our older players would supply the leadership, but so far they haven&rsquo;t played any better than the kids.&rdquo;While the 1965-66 season can almost be written off for the Garson club, Protulipac can look forward to the following campaign as all but four of this year&rsquo;s young squad will return to action.Taking over from Sudbury&rsquo;s Mike Buba as the league&rsquo;s hottest sniper is right winger Jim Fuller of the Greyhounds. Buba recently set a consecutive game goal scoring record of 15 games, a mark that Fuller is within one game of tying. A three-year veteran with the Hounds, Fuller had scored at least one goal in the club&rsquo;s last 14 games and has collected 20 in 18 starts. He missed a pair of contests earlier in the schedule.Two other high-flying goal-getters of late are Trappers&rsquo; &ldquo;Gold Dust Twins&rdquo; Marty Reynolds and Randy Prior. Reynolds, who set a league scoring record last year of 113 points, including 74 assists (another league standard) is making a determined bid to capture his second consecutive scoring crown.The Trapper pivot has 27 goals and 27 assists in games to date to tie Bobby Smith of the Greyhounds for the scoring leadership with 54 points each. Buba is third in the scoring race with 46 points, just two ahead of Prior, who jumped into the number four spot with 44.Prior, the league&rsquo;s all-time goal scoring leader with 111 (not counting playoffs) has notched 27 tallies in the current schedule, but still has a long way to go to match his 63-goal output of last year. He has one year of junior eligibility remaining.Looking at the league&rsquo;s all-time scoring list, after three and one half years of operation, Reynolds is second with 93 goals, followed by Smith of the Hounds in third with 82.Tied for fourth are Randy McArthur of Espanola and Fuller of the Sault with 78 each, Brian Dooling, a former Trapper in fifth with 69. Buba has jumped into sixth position with 68, followed by Ike Piche of Espanola with 66. Former Espanola centre Bob Fallat and ex-Sault star Wayne Maki are deadlocked for eighth with 63 each. &#9632;

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North Bay, Sault Greyhounds Stage Two - Team Battle For First Place

<div class="byline">BY PAUL PATTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0391/2313259-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here are the BRADLEY twins, BOB, left, and GORD, of Sudbury who are promising young hockey stars.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01175/2313273-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="215" height="191"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02113/2313266-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="222" height="175"></div>SUDBURY, Ont.Over the years the National Hockey League has had more than its share of outstanding brother combinations &mdash; Bill and Bun Cook, Max and Doug Bentley, Maurice and Henri Richard to name just a few.But never a set of twins.There is still a long way to go, but Gord and Bob Bradley, a husky pair of 16-year-olds from Sudbury, rank as the best hockey prospects from this area, following in the footsteps of George Armstrong, Eddie Shack, Jim Pappin, Tim Horton, Doug Mohns and Eddie Giacomin.The twins are in their first year of junior hockey with the Sudbury Wolves of the Northern Ontario Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; league, a farm club of the Chicago Black Hawks.The two are the second set of hockey-playing twins in the family. Other brothers Glenn and Brian helped Sudbury win the all-Ontario midget championship in 1960. Injuries ended Glenn&rsquo;s career a couple of years ago but Brian helped Niagara Falls win the Memorial Cup last season and he has turned professional this year with the Boston Bruin farm team at Oklahoma City in the Central Pro League.Coach of the Sudbury Wolves this year is Marcel Clements who played junior hockey at St. Catharines and Oshawa, senior at Charlottetown, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury, and who spent one year in the International League as playing-coach at Indianapolis. Last year the Bradley twins played for him when his team won the city midget league championship.&ldquo;When they&rsquo;re on the ice, they control the game,&rdquo; says Clements. &ldquo;They have the instincts to make the right moves, the love to play, and the rougher it gets out there, the better they are.&rdquo;Bob, who plays defense, is already six feet tall and weights 185 pounds. Gordie, a left-winger, is an inch shorter and weights seven pounds less. In a recent game at Sault Ste. Marie, the Wolves ran into a series of injuries and game misconduct penalties leaving only 19 players available. Gordie played the final 25 minutes, including a 10-minute sudden-death overtime period, without getting a rest. He has been averaging a goal a game since he joined the team.Former National Hockey Leaguer Jerry Toppazzini ran a pre-season hockey school here for several years. He recalls first seeing the Bradleys when they were 13 years old. &ldquo;Gordie was scoring better goals even then than anybody else we had at the school,&rdquo; he said.All athletics come natural to the twins. They have been standouts in baseball, school football, track and field. Bob is the family champion at billiards.No one is suggesting the path from Sudbury to Chicago will be an easy one, but the twins have the size, speed, and desire. Meanwhile, Black Hawks fans will have to be patient for a few years, but the wait may well be worthwhile. &#9632;

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January 8, 1966

WHL Point Race

Crozier Ahead Of Big Rookie Year Pace, Sparks Wings’ Surge in Tense NHL Race

Buffalo Veteran Billy Dea Becomes AHL’s New Iron Man’ In 526th Game

Boston Bruins’ Ted Green Terrorizes Blues In Wild Return To National League