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March 12, 1966

The Hockey News March 12, 1966

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IN THIS ISSUE

‘250-Gool Club’

&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;(Including&rsquo; Games of Sun., Mar. 6)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02538/2340017-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="564" height="740"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03458/2340010-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="562" height="780"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04355/2340003-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="562" height="786"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05265/2339996-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="560" height="474"></div>Penalties In Minutes by Clubs<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06207/2339989-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="556" height="254"></div> &#9632;

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Looking At The National League Point Race

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How NHL Goalers Rate

PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03498/2340616-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="281" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Reardon</figcaption></div>The Pittsburgh Hornets will remain in this city through next season and then will be moved to a new site to be selected by Detroit Red Wings to make way for NHL expansion.Ken ReordonThat&rsquo;s the word from a Pittsburgh syndicate which was awarded one of the six newNHL franchises for 1967-68.Jack McGregor, a Republican senator from Pittsburgh and the man behind the 21 investors who comprise the new group, said the organization would start the ball rolling as soon as possible.A board of directors will be selected as well as a general manager to get the new NHL entry working.&ldquo;Although the team won&rsquo;t be in operation until the 1967-68 season, we want our minor league club to be operating this fall. So we will need a general manager as soon as possible.&rdquo;McGregor said he hoped the new NHL team would be able to have a coach under contract by the spring of 1967.Although no one had been selected as general manager or coach, McGregor planned to meet soon with Bruce Norris, owner of the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Hornets, to &ldquo;discuss names and other matters.&rdquo; McGregor did not rule out the possibility that Aldege (Baz) Bastien and Eddie Bush, general manager and coach, respectively, of the Hornets would be hired by the new team. Ken Reardon, former vice-president of Montreal Canadiens, has also been mentioned. &#9632;

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New Pittsburgh Team Starts Hunt To Secure General Manager, Coach

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01119/2341671-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">When the Toronto Maple Leafs summoned veteran goalie BRUCE GAMBLE from Tulsa of the CPHL as an emergency replacement they didn&rsquo;t expect he&rsquo;d set the NHL on fire. But that&rsquo;s exactly what the fill-in Toronto netminder did last week as he stopped Bobby Hull in his bid for his 51st goal, posted rare back-to-back shutouts and blanked some of the NHL&rsquo;s best sharp-shooters for nearly 172 minutes.</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Hockey observers were a little bewildered after watching Bruce Gamble step boldly into the National Hockey League and force some of the major league&rsquo;s top sharpshooters to back track.The veteran goalkeeper was summoned last week by manager-coach Punch Imlach of the Maple Leafs whem his three first-line netminders&mdash;Johnny Bower. Terry Sawchuk and young Gary Smith &mdash; all became injured simultaneously. Gamble had to hustle from Tulsa of the CPHL to make the Leafs&rsquo; Toronto game against Montreal.When it was over the Leafs had won 4-0 and Gamble had a shutout. A few nights later, probably expecting the worst with Bobby Hull and the Black Hawks on the firing line. Gamble again repulsed his opponents and foiled Hull in his bid for goal No. 51.With two shutouts in back-to-back games, Gamble had suddenly become the new goaling rage of the NHL. Fellows like Roger Crozier and Glenn Hall had to move aside for this wandering net giant, who has played with more hockey teams than most players go through in a lifetime. &#9632;

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Gamble Hot, Stops Hull, Gets ‘Zeros’

MONTREAL. Que.Montreal Canadiens are riding high in first place in the National Hockey League today but you can&rsquo;t blame them if they wonder if it is all worth it.The Habs stormed three points ahead of the faltering Chicago Black Hawks and had a game in hand but they paid dearly for their big first-place margin.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0295/2341702-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="280" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Laperriere</figcaption></div>All-star defenseman Jacques Laperriere. rearguard Jean-Guy Talbot and ace centre Henri Richard were all knocked out of action in one single night as the Habs trounced the slumping Red Wings 7-2.Talbot and Richard will be back in action in due course but the Habs were jolted by the news that Laperriere had to undergo surgery for torn knee ligaments and would be out for the rest of the year.The lanky Montreal star is rapidly becoming the team&rsquo;s hard-luck performer. Last spring he broke a leg while the Canadiens were on their way to the Stanley Cup. &#9632;

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Habs Flight To NHL Lead Proves Costly

Following are the latest player movements in hockey,NATIONAL LEAGUETORONTO &mdash; Bruce Gamble, goalkeeper, recalled from Tulsa of CPHL. Brent Imlach, forward, called up from Toronto Marlboros of Junior OHA for pro tryout.CHICAGO &mdash; Fred Standfield, forward, recalled from St. Louis of CPHL and returned after one game.DETROIT &mdash; Ab Macdonald, forward, sent to Memphis of CPHL.BOSTON &mdash; Tony Parise, forward, called up from Oklahoma of CPHL. Murray Davison, defenseman, recalled from Oklahoma City and returned.MONTREAL &mdash; Noel Price, defenseman recalled from Quebec of AHL.AMERICAN LEAGUEROCHESTER &mdash; Ted Baylis, forward, brought up from Charlotte of EHL on emergency basis and returned. Jack Chipchase, defenseman, recalled from Tulsa of CPHL.PROVIDENCE &mdash; Barry Zoback, forward, called up from Long Island of EHL and returned. Bob Kabel, forward, secured from Vancouver of WHL.WESTERN LEAGUEVICTORIA &mdash; Al Millar, goalkeeper, sent to Tulsa of CPHL.SEATTLE &mdash; Ernie Wakely, goalkeeper, returned by Quebec of AHL.CENTRAL LEAGUEMEMPHIS &mdash; Bob Falken-berg, defenseman, and Ron Anderson, forward, returned to Edmonton Junior Oil Kings after three-game pro tryout.INTERNATIONAL LEAGUEDAYTON &mdash; Wilf Keating, goalkeeper, called up from Sarnia of Senior OHA on emergency basis and returned.EASTERN LEAGUENEW JERSEY &mdash; Butch McLean, defenseman, secured from Greensboro of EHL.CLINTON &mdash; Bill Glashan, forward, recalled from Jack-sonvile of EHL. &#9632;

Movement Of Players

<div class="byline">BY STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.A little before midnight any hockey night the commuting Rangers, Phil Goyette and Don Marshall, walk the nine blocks from the Garden to the Port Authority Bus Terminal where they board Bus 165-6 for Weehawken.Unnoticed by the other passengers, they plant themselves in the middle of the bus, and in 15 minutes they are back in their house overlooking the Hudson, returning to total anonymity.But one night just two hours before, Marshall and Goyette were being hailed by 14,006 shriekers at the Garden for saving the Rangers from defeat in a thudding 2-2 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01543/2339193-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="267" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Marshall</figcaption></div>Marshall brought the Blues up to a 1-1 tie at eight minutes of the first period when he relieved Frank Mahovlich of the puck to the left of the Leaf goal and flipped a 12-footer past Johnny Bower.The Leafs went ahead 2-1 in the second period and appeared capable of winning the game until Goyette lobbed Bill Hicke&rsquo;s passout past Bower with nine minutes and 20 seconds left in the game.It was Marshall&rsquo;s 21st goal and Goyette&rsquo;s seventh, but don&rsquo;t underestimate the erudite French-Canadian. Phil missed a month of play as a result of Ted Green&rsquo;s spear and still holds down fourth place in Ranger scoring.&ldquo;Those two fellas figure in our future plans,&rdquo; says GM-coach Emile Francis, who often talks of finding, bigger and stronger Rangers, unlike the mild, light-checking Goyette and Marshall. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to have a core of veterans.&rdquo;Just how long Marshall and Goyette will be around is debatable. They lead a lovely life. Their families are at home in Montreal where the children go to school. The two men run their Jersey manor together as best two men can.&ldquo;When it&rsquo;s time for dinner I&rsquo;ll throw a steak in the broiler and hope for the best,&rdquo; says Goyette. &ldquo;We try not to talk about hockey; we see enough and hear enough during the games and the practices.&rdquo;These mildest and pleasantest of athletes were a contrast to other Rangers who treated the tough Leafs with great disrespect, bumping and belting like nobody&rsquo;s business.&ldquo;We stood toe-to-toe and hit them,&rdquo; exults Francis. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the only way you&rsquo;ll win, those close ones.&rdquo;Not quite, Marshall and Goyette speared no one, slashed not a soul, hurt not a soul, but it was their goals that won for the Rangers. &#9632;

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Francis Tabs Veterans Marshall, Goyette For Ice Duty With Rangers Again Next Year

NEW YORK, N.Y.Will Emile Francis return to the Rangers as coach next season?It&rsquo;s certain &lsquo;The Cat&rsquo; will be back as manager but reports have been circulating that he will eschew the coaching position he assumed when Red Sullivan was dismissed last December.Francis refuses to commit himself on the subject at the moment, except that he hasn&rsquo;t made any decision yet.&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t want to say one way or another,&rdquo; says Francis. &ldquo;I would rather not open the matter up for conjecture at this moment.&rdquo;But conjecture has been rife for several reasons. Namely, the Rangers were 5-10-5 with Sullivan and are 9-22-3 with Francis&mdash;no significant change.Also, the pressures of coaching have distracted Francis from the important work of general manager. He was hired as a manager and is known to prefer that position to coaching.&ldquo;At the end of the season I&rsquo;m going to sit down and make a decision,&rdquo; adds Francis, &ldquo;but I haven&rsquo;t given it any thought up until now.&rdquo;&mdash;FISCHLER &#9632;

Will ‘Cat’ Come Back To Coach?

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How NHL Teams Compare

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01542/2339307-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="906" height="1288"><figcaption class="caption-body">Philadelphia sportsman JERRY WOLMAN can afford to smile in today&rsquo;s bustling world but he admits there was a day when he wasn&rsquo;t so sure he would.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02435/2339300-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="967" height="1294"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03287/2339293-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="855" height="1276"></div> &#9632;

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Dynamic Jerry Wolman Invests In NHL Hockey

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>PHILADELPHIA. Pa.Jerry Wolman is the living Horatio Alger hero oi the 20th Century, one which has spawned many an overnight millionaire, but none who can quite match &ldquo;The Jerry Wolman Story.&rdquo;The young, personable Pentfsylvanian is cut of the Madison Avenue cloth, smartly tailored and an intriguing conversationalist.Brains, ingenuity and faith in his fellow man were attributes Wolman always had and eventually they paid off richly for the 39-year-old Pennsylvania coal region product.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04173/2339338-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="346" height="393"></div>But as for money, it&rsquo;s another story.About a dozen years ago, Wolman was broke and in debt in his hometown of Shenandoah, a drab-soot stained coal community located some 100 miles north of this metropolis, where he now maintains a plush office to oversee his many business ventures.The energetic genius of the construction world, who practically overnight amassed a fortune in excess of $36 million, is one of the new, young faces in the National Hockey League expansion program.Not only that, Wolman happens to be president of the Philadelphia Eagles Football Club of the National League, an organization he bought three years ago for $5.5 million &ldquo;as a hobby.&rdquo;He accomplished all this without even a high school diploma, though he does have the parchment now. Shenandoah recently presented him a sheepskin at elaborate ceremonies to salute his meteoric rise in business circles. Jerry left high school after his junior year, making him today one of the country&rsquo;s most prominent and famous dropouts.The thin, athletic-looking Wolman operates on the theory of &ldquo;breaks, hard work and the element of luck&rdquo; to achieve his goals in life.He, along with three other businessmen, were late bidders in the chase for an NHL franchise for Philadelphia. That didn&rsquo;t stop Wolman & Co. from landing one of the half-dozen awarded.Philadelphia went into the bidding without even having an arena.So what ?Wolman&rsquo;s answer was: &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll build one.&rdquo;He plans to construct a 15,000 seat arena at a cost of somewhere between $6 and $10 million. It will also house the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, along with indoor track and other attractions, such as ice shows, etc. He will be the sole owner.Along with Wolman in the new NHL club are William R. Putnam, 36-year-old millionaire New York banker; Ed Enider, Eagles&rsquo; vice-president, and Jerry Schiff, Washington contractor with Philadelphia interests.The quartet, which laid out $2 million for the franchise, has everything going for them, namely, money, keen business judgement and an exciting flair of doing the unexpected &mdash; something the sports world can always use.Wolman wants it known he is a &ldquo;small&rdquo; stockholder in the Philadelphia hockey franchise. Putnam, former Navy officer and Texas University graduate, is club president and a shrewd financier, who handled the purchase of the Eagles for Wolman. Putnam also swung the hockey deal with a brilliantly presented case to the NHL bosses.But back to the Wolman story, one of the most amazing in the annals of selfmade millionaires and a yarn to match any of the great American industrial giants of this or any other era.In the mid 50&rsquo;s Wolman packed his charming wife, Anne, along with their meager belongings, into a delapidated car and took off from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in search of success.The Wolmans owned a grocery store in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Things were going badly for them. They were not making a living.Jerry came home one day and told his wife he was giving up the store and leaving town for a fresh start.But let Wolman tell it:&ldquo;We visited all the people we owed money and told them of our plans. We explained we&rsquo;d send them money as soon as it was possible. They said they were willing to wait.&rdquo;&ldquo;As we left Wilkes-Barre we picked up a hitchhiker on his way to George Washington University in Washington. We decided we&rsquo;d go to Washington.&ldquo;When we got to Washington we had less than a $1 between us. We rented a room for $7.50, or maybe $10. The landlady was kind enough to wait for the first week&rsquo;s rent.&rdquo;Fantastic Incredible Maybe, but read on.Wolman&rsquo;s wife got a job with an insurance firm for $60 a week. He became a paint salesman for $75 and for three years the couple worked to repay every debt made in Wilkes-Barre.Wolman eventually rose to manage the store where he sold paint. His wife quit her job to have a child.In the process of his selling career, Wolman travelled quite a bit and saw a potential in the construction business.&ldquo;I wanted to build something,&rdquo; he recalled.He left his selling job to become a painter on construction jobs, earning as high as $225 a week.A short time later, he managed to secure $5000 between an uncle and a friendly bank. He took in a partner for another $500 and bought a piece of land for $8000. He built an apartment project on the site, reaping a $40,000 profit.But then another building project saw him lose $100,000 and face near bankruptcy. He was advised to declare bankruptcy, but they didn&rsquo;t know Wolman, the guy from the coal regions who doesn&rsquo;t know the meaning of the word surrender.He went around to all the sub-contractors and told them he couldn&rsquo;t pay them now, but if they stuck with him he&rsquo;d eventually make the debts good.They did.&ldquo;Within a year&rsquo;s time,&rdquo; said Wolman, &ldquo;everyone was paid off. Today we are using 90 per cent of the same sub-contractors, They made millions. So have we.&rdquo;His firm has built some 15,000 apartment projects, constructed about 2 million square feet of office space, motels, shopping centers, etc. He employs up to 1,200 people with a weekly payroll in the neighborhood of $80,000.But he never forgot the $7.50 room he rented his first day in Washington. He still has that common touch about him even though he now resides in a $60,000 home and drives a Cadillac equipped with a telephone.He has two children, Allan, and Helene and he jests that his good-looking son wants to be a &ldquo;quarterback or a coach.&rdquo; Maybe the lad will switch plans and become a winger.What does Wolman attribute his good fortune to Says Jerry:&ldquo;Friendly people, friendly mortgage companies, friendly banks and the loyalty of the people working for me.&rdquo;Not even a Hollywood script writer in his wildest imagination could peddle a yarn such as the &ldquo;Jerry Wolman&rdquo; story.If he ever did accomplish the feat, he&rsquo;d capture an &ldquo;Oscar&rdquo; in a cakewalk because the Wolman story is America &mdash; the land of opportunity for those with the intestinal fortitude to challenge the unknown.The new look National Hockey League is fortunate to have in its ranks the Wolmans, Putnams, Sniders and Schiffs. They&rsquo;re winners. &#9632;

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Philadelphia Team Stockholder Will Build New Rink For NHL Entry

HOCKEY NEWS this week asked Western Hockey League officials and players:Who is the best player you ever saw in the Western League?BUD POELE, San Francisco GM: The best at any one time was Vic Stasiuk one year, 1952 or 1953, when I had him in Edmonton. He had around 80 points in 40 or 50 games before he got hurt. That year, he was the best ever by about ten miles. For a long time in this league, you have to go with Guyle Fielder. No question about it. He must have scored 9000 points in this league.NORM JOHNSON, L.A. center, nine seasons in the WHL: Guyle Fielder, without a shadow of a doubt. He&rsquo;s the best all-around. He&rsquo;s the best playmaker and he can skate with anyone. He&rsquo;s small, but he can handle himself. His only fault is he doesn&rsquo;t shoot enough. But he&rsquo;s set up more goals than any player this league ever had.RAY CYR, San Francisco forward, nine-season WHL veteran: Phil Maloney. There have been a lot of good players, but Maloney tries harder and works harder than ony of the top ones I&rsquo;ve ever seen. Most of the time, he&rsquo;s been playing with kids, too, and he really helps them along. He can do it all and he&rsquo;s still doing it.STEVE WITIUK of Victoria, 13 seasons in the WHL: Art Micha-luk, who played seven seasons or so for Calgary, a defenseman, was the best player I&rsquo;ve seen in the West. He was one of the best hitters and best blockers I&rsquo;ve seen anywhere. There are a few hitters around, but not like him.MURRAY COSTELLO, WHL publicist: It took me several seasons to come to this conclusion but since I&rsquo;ve been living in Seattle and watching Guyle Fielder regularly I&rsquo;d have to say him. He can do more things with the puck than any player I&rsquo;ve ever seen.HAL LAYCOE, Portland GM-Coach: Guyle Fielder of Seattle without a doubt, especially for a stretch of a few years in the late 1950&rsquo;s. He could do things that were impossible for any one man to do. I can remember the first or one of the first times I ever saw him, I sat in the bus afterwards just steaming because no one had a right to be as good as he&rsquo;d been. He assisted on four goals, scored one and could have scored all five. I never saw anyone, even Gordie Howe, dominate a game the way he did.PHIL MALONEY, Vancouver veteran: Guyle Fielder seems to be the guy. The record books make it clear. If you&rsquo;re interested in someone who played only a little while out here, Bronco Horvath was outstanding. And if you got to defensemen, Art Michaluk was something special.GUYLE FIELDER, Seattle great: I&rsquo;d have to say Bill Mosienko. In the three or four years he played in this league, he was tremendous. If you want someone who played in this league a long time, then I&rsquo;d have to pick Phil Maloney. He&rsquo;s been a hard-working and truly outstanding player out here for a good many years now. &#9632;

IN THE CORRIDOR

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;They have not quite draped Olympia with black bunting but they might as well and get the Prince of Wales Trophy ready for its box to be shipped to either Chicago or Montreal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01605/2339393-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="290" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Marshall</figcaption></div>Manager-coach Sid Abel said it would take &ldquo;a miracle&rdquo; for the Wings to keep the big piece of hardware in the Olympia trophy ease after a lost weekend against the Black Hawks and Canadiens.With the Wings in the midst of a seven game journey you can understand Abel&rsquo;s lack of optimism.You could understand it even more by watching the Wings. Abel resorted to the old standby: shake up the lines.Well, it got the Wings doing some skating again but it didn&rsquo;t get them scoring often enough. Not even returning Norm Ullman to the Alex Delvecchio-Gordie Howe unit, the Hot Line of December, worked.And again we must return to missing defenseman Doug Barkley because game after game, it becomes more evident that he was Mr. Big for the Wings. King Clancy said the Wings could get along without Howe but not without Ullman.Well, they can&rsquo;t get along without Barkley.Rookie Bert Marshall, Barkley&rsquo;s defense partner and roommate, hasn&rsquo;t been the same since Barkley&rsquo;s eye injury.Bill Gadsby, in his 20th season, looks like he&rsquo;s in his 20th season. The Bear, who came back strong from early season surgery, for removal of a growth, just can&rsquo;t handle a regular turn the way he used to and, with the absence of Barkley, he&rsquo;s tried to carry more than his share and can&rsquo;t.Sophomore Gary Bergman has been trying to obliterate the loss of Barkley and it&rsquo;s just too large a job. Warren Godfrey&rsquo;s knee, operated on in December, won&rsquo;t respond the way it has been hoped.And so, the dreams of retaining the title are all but gone but there&rsquo;s the matter of the Stanley Cup playoffs and the Wings aren&rsquo;t cashing in their chips on that one yet.One of the brighter spots in the Red Wing picture is Dean Prentice who has been one of Detroit&rsquo;s best players since coming from Boston and earned a place on the Howe line.When Parker MacDonald returned to Detroit for Pit Martin just before New Year&rsquo;s, Prentice allowed as how he wished that he&rsquo;d been traded to Detroit instead of Parker.He got his wish some six weeks Later.ICE CHIPS: Lincoln Cavalieri, Red Wing president Bruce Norris&rsquo; man in motion, helped hammer out the NHL&rsquo;s playoff television contract with NBC-TV with the Motor City&rsquo;s Ford Motor Co. the major sponsor.Cavalieri had readied a one-hour Red Wing package for syndication throughout tihe United States and Detroit&rsquo;s constant pushing on TV has resulted in the four American teams receiving revenue from telecasts in which they are involved in Canada and in the playoff hookup.Barkley was released last weekend from Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and doctors were optimistic about his recovery.Barkley was scheduled to spend another week in Boston as an out-patient and Abel was hopeful that he still might rejoin the Wings for the playoffs.<h2>SPORTS PHOTOS !</h2>Thousands of different 8x10 glossy photos. Ideal for your bar, den or clubroom 5 for $3.00 Write for FREE new and enlarged illustrated catalog. Send 10* (stamps or coin) to cover postage and handling.ALL SPORTS PHOTOS Box 267-H Freeport, N.Y. &#9632;

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Even Abel’s Shake-up Of Lines Falls Flat

MONTREAL. Que. &mdash;If you have always longed to pick abig league all-star team and compare it with the experts, here is your big chance.THE HOCKEY NEWS this week launches the voting for its 19th annual National Hockey League allstar selections and invites its thousands of readers and fans throughout the world to participate in the poll.Merely clip the ballot shown on this page, read the voting regulations below carefully and then fill in your selections. It&rsquo;s simple and it can be fun.As has been the custom in the past, you are requested to pick a first and second NHL all-star team, printing the names of the players carefully on the ballot.Remember, you are also afforded a chance to cast a vote for the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie and most valuable player of the year. It&rsquo;s all contained in your ballot.The most important thing is to get your votes in so your favorite players are not left out.The faster you get them in the sooner we can tabulate them too. This is the only known hockey poll whereby you the public are able to participate in selecting NHL All-Stars.It doesn&rsquo;t matter who you vote for &mdash; but vote !The ballot will appear in three issues only and your team will be announced in THE HOCKEY NEWS dated April 9.Remember, if one of your favorites should fail to gain a berth on the Fans&rsquo; All-Star team by the margin of just a few points, it could be because you didn&rsquo;t send that ballot in as you had intended. So right now, while it&rsquo;s still fresh in your mind, fill out the ballot on this page and mail it right away to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 320, 1434 St.Catherine St. W., Montreal, Quebec. Canada.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01563/2339459-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="480" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES LAPERRIERE &hellip; Montreal Defenseman</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02520/2339452-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="464" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body">NORM ULLMAN &hellip; Detroit Pivotman</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03416/2339445-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="524" height="560"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY ROUSSEAU &hellip; Montreal Right Wing</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04285/2339438-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="459" height="583"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROGER CROZIER &hellip; Detroit Goalkeeper</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05183/2339431-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="480" height="586"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE PILOTE &hellip; Chicago Rearguard</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-06111/2339424-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="471" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG MOHNS &hellip; Chicago Left Wing</figcaption></div>Fans are reminded that no other hockey publication gives its readers an opportunity to select the National Hockey League all-star teams. HOCKEY NEWS is proud of its all-star selection record as well. Last season, the fans&rsquo; poll was practically identical to the official NHL all-star teams, which are chosen by writers and sportscasters. &#9632;

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Hockey News Opens Annual Poll For Fans To Pick NHL All-Stars

1-Anyone is eligible to cast ballots for the National Hockey League All-Star Team, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming first and second team, as well as MVP and Outstanding Rookie.2-The ballots will run for three weeks. Final ballot will appear in the issue dated March 26, 1966.3-Use blanks published in THE HOCKEY NEWS, or reasonable facsimile or tracings of same if you do not wish to deface your copy. Be sure to fill in your own name and address.4-Ballots must be mailed &mdash; to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 320, 1434 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal, Que. &#9632;

Here’s The Voting Regulations

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0764/2339514-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="876" height="737"></div>OUR &ldquo;HAT TRICK&rdquo; FOR &lsquo;66Les Canadiens&rsquo; Ralph Backstrom and Claude Provost are shown wearing these wonderful &ldquo;Kambern Originals.&rdquo; Ralph in an orange low button 4-hole golfer model and Claude in a blue cross over cardigan.&ldquo;Kambern Originals&rdquo; &hellip; sold for men of discriminating taste at all leading men&rsquo;s wear and department stores from coast to coast.The newest and most daring approach to sweaters. Style sets the pace and colour runs wild !Highland Knitting MillsMontreal, Canada &#9632;

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“KAMBERN ORIGINAL”

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01632/2339545-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="408" height="423"></div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West,Montreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie, Will V. Cote,President and Publisher Vice-Pres. and Gen Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates: $4.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth $5.00 in the U.S.A, and $7.00 in Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Printed in Canada.Vol. 19 MONTREAL, MARCH 12, 1966 No. 22Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s column, Passing The Puck, will not appear in this week&rsquo;s issue. He is presently on a business trip in Europe and will resume writing upon his return. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

MONTREAL, Que.When Dick Duff joined the ranks of Canadiens, a couple of seasons ago, Toe Blake said that he was expecting big things from the wingman.Blake was hoping that Duff would recapture something of the form he showed when he was starring for Toronto Maple Leafs. In his early NHL days with the Toronto team, Duff was a powerful performer. He was particularly good as a goal scorer, up to the end of the 1958-59 season. After that, his production fell steadily and remained below the 20-goal mark in each succeeding season. It reached a low point in 1963-64, when he managed only 11 goals while playing in the uniforms of both Maple Leafs and Rangers. Last season wasn&rsquo;t much better, for his goal production totalled 12 both as a Ranger and a Canadien.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02504/2339576-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="279" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Duf</figcaption></div>Things have picked up for Duff this season, however. He has an excellent chance of reaching the 20-goal plateau, if he doesn&rsquo;t get injured. Should he wind up with 20 or more goals, it&rsquo;ll be the first time in seven season that he hit such a mark. In other words, something of a &ldquo;seven year famine&rdquo; could end for Duff during this campaign.Already this season has been a significant one for Duff, in terms of milestones. He scored the 200th goal of his NHL career in February against Chicago Black Hawks, to join the ranks of hockey&rsquo;s more important scorers. Just about a week later, on February 19th, he got a hat-trick against the Hawks in Montreal. That came the night after his 30th birthday and it marked the second time in his career that he&rsquo;d scored a hat-trick. The original one was also against Chicago and Duff scored it in his second season with the Maple Leafs.Duff has said that he plans to enter hockey&rsquo;s 250-goal club before he hangs up his skates, and chances are he will. Though he&rsquo;s not very likely to challenge scoring records, he&rsquo;s still pretty handy around the net and reached the 200-goal mark in less than 11 seasons.Several other Habs in addition to Duff were either near or past the 20-goal plateau as the season headed into its final few weeks. Beliveau, Rousseau and Gilles Tremblay already had more than 20 goals to show for their efforts, while Henri Richard was on the brink of it and Ralph Backstrom was close. One man who was finding the goals tough to get, however, was little Yvan Cournoyer. He&rsquo;d been a potent force on the power play in the first half of the season and reached the halfway mark with 13 goals to his credit. By the beginning of this month he&rsquo;d scored only once more, for a total of fourteen.The comparison may be unfair to Cournoyer, however, for his first half was highly unusual. Getting as many goals as he did, while being restricted in icetime, was a surprising accomplishment. Though Canadiens were holding a man advantage almost everytime he was on the ice in the first part of the season, his 13 goals were still quite a feat. However, it appears to be a feast or a famine in Cournoyer&rsquo;s case, for his second half has been grim so far.Actually, Cournoyer has been seeing a bit more icetime of late, for Blake has occasionally used him at right wing on the Backstrom-Ferguson line in Place of Claude Larose. The last time this happened was in the 4-0 rout that Canadiens suffered at the hands of Toronto Maple Leafs. Blake switched his right wingers on that line in the third period, but by then the game was beyond recall. &#9632;

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Hubs’ Duff Aiming For Best Year Since Golden Days With Leafs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03378/2339607-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg"></div><h2>NHL Teams Should Show Home Uniforms Hockey News Editor:</h2>I would like to express an opinion that I believe all N.H.L. fans will agree with. I feel that once a year each team should wear its more colorful home uniform in each city it visits. On these occasions the home team could wear its &ldquo;visitors&rdquo; uniform, so that the fans could see how their boys look when they are on the road. This system has worked successfully with many N.F.L. football teams in the U.S. and I am sure that hockey fans would enjoy it as much as football fans have. Thank You.Ray BurkeBrooklyn, N.Y.<h2>Wants NHL To Show Saves Not Net Shots</h2>Hockey News Editor:I enjoy the HOCKEY NEWS and look forward to each issue. However, I have a complaint, one previously aired by Bob Grose of Winnipeg. How can we ardent hockey fans tell which goalie played in a particular game when all sports reports feature shots on goal, rather than saves.I think saves by a goal-keeper are more important than the total number of shots that come his way. This added feature would greatly improve the game summaries and would be appreciated by the fans.W. E. GilmanDuncan, B.C.<h2>&lsquo;Frisco Hockey Fan Expresses Bitterness</h2>Hockey News EditorWell, the NHL has finally expanded to the West Coast. In San Francisco for the past two or three years people were continually talking about the possibility of the NHL coming here. San Francisco hockey fans will never forget what the NHL has done to them.Instead of granting a franchise to San Francisco as everybody expected, they the Board of Governors) gave it to Oakland instead, only because they had a better arena. This was bad enough, losing our hockey team, but then they had to go and change the Dame from &ldquo;San Francisco Seals&rdquo; to the &ldquo;California Seals&rdquo; (this was done by Bay Area interests). The name itself (California Seals) is enough to make any San Franciscan rebel.The fans on the San Francisco side of the bay will think twice before going to Oakland for a hockey game. Sure we&rsquo;ll still root for the Seals and hope they do great in the NHL, but somehow, I wonder if it wouldn&rsquo;t have been better if the Seals had not joined the NHL and remained in the Western Hockey League.I hope you can see your way to print this, as I know it expresses the sentiment of the fans in San Francisco.Norm BittlesSan Francisco, Calif.<h2>Claims Pilote More Valuable Than Hull</h2>Hockey News Editor:This is just a protest for the selection of Bobby Hull for the Most Valuable Player Award. It is taking nothing away from his scoring record &mdash; but surely it is well proven that Pilote was more valuable. While he is out, what happens? After all, it takes only one extra goal to win a game &mdash; but without good defence you may score dozens of goals and lose games. After watching pro hockey for over 50 years &mdash; starting with the Ottawa Senators, before King Clancy was anything but an amateur &mdash; I feel I do know hockey. Bobby can really score goals and deserves recognition, I but it seems to me the voters had a bit of his dazzle in their eyes on this selection.I get your paper all the time and enjoy it very much. Anyone want to argue on this matter?Mrs. Doris GlashunNorth Bay, Ontario<h2>Chico Maki Fan Club Seeks New Members</h2>Hockey News Editor:I have, for a long time, enjoyed reading your weekly &ldquo;HOCKEY NEWS&rdquo;. I think the main reason why is because the &ldquo;NEWS&rdquo; almost always features the Chicago Black Hawks (My favorite hockey team) in their articles.I have a fan club for Chico Maki of the Black Hawks and I would appreciate it if you would recognize my fan club for Chico in your FAN FORUM COLUMN.Anyone who is desirous of joining should write to me at the address given below. Thank you.Miss Louise J. Kozoiol, Pres. CHICO MAKI FAN CLUB, 1939 West Division Street, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.<h2>Fan Agrees All-Star Game Needs Change</h2>Hockey News Editor:Recently there have been some suggestions concerning the location of the All-Star Game. I have been a loyal Toronto Maple Leaf fan for eight years and I have enjoyed their success. Although I enjoyed watching three All-Star Games in Toronto, I agree with Andrew&rsquo; Roth, that the All-Star Game should be played on locations other than the home of the Stanley Cup Champions. Why should the Boston and New York fans especially, be deprived of hosting the All-Star Game. They are not to blame for their teams&rsquo; inability to win the cup and they are very loyal fans too.I disagree with Andrew Roth about the All-Star team playing the team finishing first instead of the Stanley Cup Champions. After all, the team that struggles through the semi-finals and finals, which sometimes total 14 tough, gruelling games, deserves the honor of playing the All-Stars which has been a significance to the team winning the Stanley Cup for many years. But, the location of the All-Star Game should be alternated every year.There are also complaints regarding the system of selecting the All-Star team. I feel that the present system is very bad and changes should be made.Hockey is the fastest and greatest sport on earth. Rule changes, improvements, changes in the game, etc., during the years have improved the game to a more faster, more action-packed attraction and changes in the near future may make it even better and more appealing to its already millions of fans.David HoffmanSheho, Sask. &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

BOSTON, Mass.Impossible to lose five in five days ?Not the way the Bruins do it !First Ron Murphy, a principle in the most recent Boston-Detroit trade, abruptly announced his retirement, jumping the club without the slightest warning in Montreal.Then coupled around road losses in Montreal, Toronto, and Chicago, the Bruins also lost speedy Bob Dillabough for two weeks via a groin pull.Wayne Maxner was recalled from San Francisco to replace Murphy. And Jean Paul Parise was summoned from Oklahoma City to fill Dillabough&rsquo;s vacancy.Teddy Green, the Bruins defenseman expected to be lost for the remainder of the season (stretched ligaments), is skating again. And he may be back in action shortly &mdash; to enliven perhaps what remains of the Boston-New York race to avoid the league cellar. &#9632;

Bruins’ Luck Seen All Bad

(1) True or False? Vern Buffey is the smallest referee in the NHL?(2) Two players currently performing in the NHL are natives of British; Columbia. Who are, they?(3) Dean Prentice Orland. Kurtenbach and Andy&rsquo; Bathgate all have something in common. What is it?(4) Lynn Patrick, formerly an NHL manager and: coach, was a prominent left winger for the New York Rangers in his: playing days. He was once named to the NHL All-Star team, but did he ever win the scoring championship?(5) In 1953-54 two teams racked up 13 shutouts, a record which stands today. Terry Sawchuk and Dave Gatherum did the honours in goal for Dey. troit. The other net minder did it all by himself. Name him.(6) In 1956-57 the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the second consecutive season. Do you remember who they played in the finals and how many games it took for them to win?(7) Of the players listed below four belong in the group and one does not. Who is he and why is he out of place?Al Rollins Andy Bathgate Jean Beliveau Bill Cowley Red Kelly(8) Last season Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita won the scoring title and a berth on the second AU-Star team. He also set a record for something else. What did he do to get his name in the record book?(9) Retired Dickie Moore holds the record for the most points by a left winger in one season. This was set in 1958-59. How many did he collect? Was it:96 87 84 91 81(10) The Vezina Trophy has eluded the New York Rangers more than any other club in the NHL. As a matter of fact, only once has a Ranger goalie won it. Who pulled off that feat?<h2>SOLUTIONS TO HOCKEY QUIZ</h2>MARCH 5 ISSUE(1) Red Kelly.(2) Eagles &mdash; 1935.(3) True.(4) 59.(5) Hap Emms.(6) Georges Vezina.(7) New York Rangers.(8) Albert &ldquo;Pit&rdquo; Lepine.(9) False.(10) Ebenezer (Goodfellow) Joffre (Desilets) Roy (Giesebrecht) Marvin (Wentworth)MARCH 12 ISSUE(1) True.(2) Bert Marshall (Detroit) John Ferguson (Montreal)(3) All started their NHL careers with New York Rangers.(4) No.(5) Harry Lumley of Toronto.(6) Boston Bruins in five games.(7) Red Kelly because he has never won the Hart Trophy.(8) He collected the most penalties in one season by a center.(9) 96.(10) Dave Kerr in 1939-40. &#9632;

HOCKEY … Quiz

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01584/2339662-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruin veterans MURRAY OLIVER, left, and JOHNNY BUCYK are currently battling for the distinction of leading the Boston team in scoring this season. Both players are behind their best point years, a pretty good indication why the Bruins are going nowhere again this season.</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.It will be a toss-up again.For the third year in succession either Johnny Bucyk or Murray Oliver will lead the Bruins in scoring &mdash; but it won&rsquo;t be anything to cheer about, for either of them.When you figure that Boston, at its present clip, is expected to score 20 fewer goals this season than any other team in the league, the distinction of Bruins&rsquo; scoring champion can&rsquo;t be anything but a hollow one.So it comes as no surprise to find that neither Bucyk nor Oliver are especially happy about their personal accomplishments this season.Bucyk, the left-wing veteran of 10 NHL seasons, picked up both his 200th goal and 300th career assist this year. But he will fall considerably shy of the banner year of 27 goals and 39 assists he enjoyed in 1962-63.The &ldquo;Chief&rdquo; (as he is called by Bruin mates) was laid up for an eight-game stretch with leg troubles, partly accountable for his less-than-enthusiastic 1965-66 totals.But linemate Oliver&rsquo;s problems are less apparent and their solution even more baffling, to Muzz, himself, especially.Murray hasn&rsquo;t missed a game this season &mdash; not that he couldn&rsquo;t have begged off on many occasions, considering the number of stitches he took at various times. That yellow helmet and the dangling protective ear shield he wore through the middle of the season covered some prizewinning needlework. But he didn&rsquo;t let that keep him out of action.&ldquo;Oliver has been unfortunate around the net,&rdquo; Coach Milt Schmidt was saying recently. It could have been said for the doughty center&rsquo;s entire season. He has hit more pipes this year than a Marine recruit in a shooting gallery.As has been his custom, Muzz got away to another terribly slow start production-wise this season. A year ago he had only one goal in his first 19 games and just five at mid-season. However he finished fast and closed with an even 20.This time around Murray was l-for-19 out of the gate. A Christmas rush gave him 12 at the halfway mark. But at this writing he was 3-for-20 over the second half season.Why?Oliver can&rsquo;t explain it. Neither can Schmidt, nor any of his Bruin teammates.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s working hard,&rdquo; the coach offered. &ldquo;He is making good plays and getting the assists (he&rsquo;s way out in front as the team leader in that department). But nothing is going in for him.&rdquo;Could it be that the goalies around the league have an accurate &ldquo;book&rdquo; on him &mdash; have his moves and shooting habits down pat and know what to expect?&ldquo;That could very well be,&rdquo; agreed one knowledgeable observer. &ldquo;I know for a fact Oliver has never faked a goalie in his life. Nor does he shoot directly off a pass. Instead he stops it and then fires.&rdquo;&ldquo;That&rsquo;s right,&rdquo; Murray admitted on both counts.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never tried to pull a goalie. I&rsquo;m not that good a &ldquo;deeker&rsquo;. If I did try it there&rsquo;d be a good chance I might lose the puck. But I do know that I&rsquo;ve got a good shot. I&rsquo;ve taught myself to shoot on the move (quickly and with little warning). And I think the element of surprise is just as good if not better than a fake.&ldquo;As for stopping the puck before shooting it, yes, that&rsquo;s the way I do it. Then I know I&rsquo;ve got all of it, that I won&rsquo;t just swing and get a piece of it, or have it hit the top of my stick. I cup it and let it go. But I try to do it all in the same instant with no lost motion.&rdquo;Points well taken &mdash; too well perhaps by rival netminders. It left one wondering if Muzz hadn&rsquo;t better develop a change-of-pace, something new for the opposition to think about. &#9632;

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Oliver, Bucyk Vieing For Club Scoring Honors But Both Bruin Stars Well Below Peak Years

Big Jean Beliveau, playing in his 13th full season, has taken over the No. 3 spot on the All-Time goal scoring list.Beliveau&rsquo;s historic marker was scored March 2nd, in Toronto, and was his 380th goal in regular season play. It was the 796th game of his NHL career, exclusive of playoff competition. The man who formerly ranked No. 3 among goal scorers, Ted Lindsay, retired with a career total of 379 goals after 17 NHL seasons, former Detroit great had appeared in a total of 1,068 games during that time.To reach his mark, Beliveau moved up two notches on the all-time scoring list this season. He started the campaign as No. 5 on the list, behind Howe, Richard, Lindsay and Geoffrion. He passed Geoffrion on January 29th, in Montreal, when he scored two goals in a game against N.Y. Rangers. That ran his career total to 373, which was two more than Geoffrion had when he retired after the 1963-64 season. On February 26th, Beliveau equalled Ted Lindsay&rsquo;s mark by scoring a goal against Rangers again in the Forum.That set the stage for his 380th marker against Leafs four nights later.Gil Smith &#9632;

Beliveau Replaces Lindsay As Third Top Scorer

<div class="byline">BY STAN OBODIAC</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01618/2339741-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK MAHOVLICH &hellip; Memento For Future</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.Frank Mahovlich, the Big Man of the Toronto Maple Leafs, positioned himself 12 feet in front and to the left of the Boston goal. Goalie Ed Johnston thought he was reasonably out of play. But Leaf pointman Larry Hillman rifled a shot to Mahovlich standing unprotected at the side and in one motion Leaf&rsquo;s highest scorer of all-time put No. 250 into the net and joined the exalted company of 16 others.Mahovlich became the second player this season to join the exclusive 250-goal club. Previously the high-scoring Normie Ullman of Detroit had made it.Mahovlich scored his 250th goal a few hours after Big Jim Norris, the Chicagoan who offered $1,000,000 for Frank, was being buried.However, Leaf president Stafford Smythe kept Mahovlich and did not capitulate to the tempting offer made in 1962. &ldquo;If anyone is worth a million dollars, maybe we should keep him in Toronto,&rdquo; said Smythe.By that measure everyone of Mahovlich&rsquo;s 250 goals has been worth $4,000.Big M scooped up the puck with which he scored his historic goal. &ldquo;My wife wants to do something with it. We have four pucks in all. I have the puck for my first NHL hat-trick, the one for my first 20-goal season and the 200th puck. Got to keep them around for my son,&rdquo; he laughed. &#9632;

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Mahovlich Joins Select Company Scoring 250th Big League Goal

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HOCKEY’S TOP SCORERS

LJUBLJANA, Yugoslavia&mdash;If confidence alone were enough to win the world hockey championship, Canada&rsquo;s National team would stand at the top of the line.But it takes a little more than self assurance that they can do the job. They have to get out on the ice and show the Russians they are the superior hockey club and the way the Soviets are playing here at the 1966 it will be no mean task.However, the highly enthusiastic Canadians and the defending world champion Russians are headed for a showdown Friday, March 11 in the closing stages of the tournament. This could be the tell-tale game of the entire hockey program.Players like Lorne Davis of Regina, a veteran who has been a standout on defense, and George Faulkner of Harbour Grace, Nfd., the club&rsquo;s leading goal scorer with five, say the team&rsquo;s spirit is &ldquo;just great.&rdquo;But the Canadians refuse to be drawn out on the question of whether the team can beat Czechoslovakia and Russia. Then comes Sweden in the final game.Despite the three convincing victories that kept them even with Russia and Czechoslovakia at the top of the standing in the world tournament, the Canadians insist on concentrating on one game at a time.&ldquo;Right now, all we&rsquo;re thinking about are the East Germans&rdquo;, said playing coach Jackie McLeod of Winnipeg.East Germany tripped Sweden 4-1 in the only major upset of the tournament so far.McLeod&rsquo;s comments came shortly after Canada completed a weekend sweep with a 9-1 victory over Finland, easily the most impressive Canadian win of the tournament, Toronto&rsquo;s Ken Broderick helped pave the way for a well-deserved 6-0 win over Poland.Seth Martin of Trail, B.C., took over the netminding chores against Finland, just as he did I when Canada defeated the United States 7-2.McLeod spoke about the Swedish upset before Russia overwhelmed East Germany 10-0. It was the second shutout in a row for Soviet netminders, but they haven&rsquo;t worked hard. Russia smothered the United States 11-0 in the most onesided game of the Tournament.The Russians, after their fourth straight World and Olympic title, peppered the East Germans and Americans with a total of 105 shots. When they defeated Poland 8-1, the Soviets fired 74 shots.No other country among the eight competing in the roundrobin championship pool can boast of such an offensive.Czechoslovakia, runner-up to Russia in 1965, kept pace with the Russians and Canadians by scoring easy triumphs over Finland 8-1 and Poland 6-1. The Czechs shut out East Germany 6-0.Canada, Russia and Czechoslovakia are tied for first place with six points each based on three wins and no losses. Sweden is fourth with a 2-1 won-lost record and four points. &#9632;

Canada, Russia Head For World Ice Showdown

(Including: Games of Sun. Mar. 6)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01602/2339865-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="543" height="239"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDThurs. Mar. 3Canada 7. United States 2Russia 8. Poland 1Czechoslovakia 6, East Germany 0Sweden 5, Finland 1Fri. Mar. 4No games scheduledSat. Mar. 5Canada 6. Poland 0Russia 11, United States 0Czechoslovakia 8, Finland 1East Germany 4, Sweden 1Sun. Mar. 6Canada 9, Finland 1Czechoslovakia 6, Poland 1Russia 10. East Germany 0Sweden 6, United States 1CANADA 7, U.S.A. 2CANADA &mdash; Goal: Martin: defense: O&rsquo;Malley. MacKenzie, Begg, Davis, Schmidt; forwards: Bourbonnais, Conlin, Cadieux, Huck, Mott, McLeod, Johnson, Faulkner, MacMillan.UNITED STATES &mdash; Goal: Yurkovich; defense: Currie, Mayasich, Teal, Rossi, J. Stodahl; forwards: Maisonneuve, Porter, Roberge, L. Stodahl, Tschida, Naslund, Johansson, Lilyholm, Ruelle, Therrien.Referee: Starovoitiv (Russia, Seglin (Russia).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02574/2339858-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="548" height="630"></div> &#9632;

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How They Stand

<div class="byline">by STETSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03509/2339896-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="434" height="689"></div>The luxurious Oakleigh made for men who prefer a light, easy hat. Features a slightly narrower band, trimmed to harmonize with its smart set of colours. Atiny Acorn graces the bow.&ldquo;PULL OFF A HAT TRICK &hellip; PUT ON A STETSON FREE!&rdquo;Every N.H.L. player who scores 3 goals in any regular game of the season, gets a Free Stetson. So does every N.H.L. goaltender who manages a shut-out. &#9632;

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The Oakleigh

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div>CHICAGO, Ill.Bobby Hull insists that his record drive this year was of secondary importance to the Hawks&rsquo; finishing in first place but he admits he was under considerably more pressure this time than he was in 1962 when he became only the third man in league history to score 50 goals in a season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01617/2339927-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="267" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby HuH</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been much tougher on me this year than it was in &lsquo;62,&rdquo; said Bobby Hull, &ldquo;mainly because we were a third place team then and knew we weren&rsquo;t going to get any higher.&ldquo;Sure, I got off to a poor start I that year and had only 13 goals at half-season but we were loose as a team and I never felt any real heat, not even in the last I game of the year against New York when I had 49 goals.&ldquo;This year, though, we&rsquo;ve been more conscious of finishing first and the pressure has been about double.&rdquo;Bobby became so involved in his efforts to pick up goal No. 49 during a recent outing against Boston that Coach Billy Reay had to remind him to resume playing his style of game.&ldquo;Bob was getting in too deep, hanging around the Bruins net looking for rebounds,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not his style. Finally, about half-way through the second period I reminded him to lay back and follow the play over the blue line, so he could have room to maneuver.&rdquo;The advice paid off in the last minute of the middle frame, when Bobby followed Center Phil Esposito over the Boston blue line. Phil dropped the puck to Hull, cleared out of the way and Bobby blasted a 60-footer that glanced off Bernie Parent&rsquo;s left glove and smashed into the back of the goal netting.Bobby was helped considerably in his effort against the Bruins by the fact that the Hawks built up a 3-0 lead in the first eight minutes of the game.With the Bruins down by three, Boston Coach Milt Schmidt relieved Bobby of his constant shadow. Eddie Westfall, who has been one of the most persistent, and effective, special checkers Bobby has encountered all year.&ldquo;With us down by three, there wasn&rsquo;t much point in my following Bobby all over the ice,&rdquo; said Westfall. &ldquo;When I&rsquo;m on the ice with Hull, the rest of the team is under orders not even to pass the puck to me. That puts the whole line under a handicap as far as offense is concerned.&ldquo;But when we fell that far behind, we had to go after goals. I&rsquo;m not checking Bobby just to try to keep him from setting a record. We&rsquo;re trying to win hockey games and we figure the best way to stop the Hawks is to stop Bobby.&rdquo;On the same night, Esposito attempted to give Bobby one of the two markers he picked up but Bobby politely declined.The Jet was screening Parent when Phil fired a back-hander from about 15 feet out and after the disk settled into the cage, Referee Vern Buffey signalled that Hull has scored.Esposito agreed but after a consultation with Hull, Esposito was given credit.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think the puck even touched me,&rdquo; said Hull afterward. And if it did, it wasn&rsquo;t enough to even change the direction. Phil made a great play and a tremendous shot and the goal belonged to him.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hawks Going For First Position Difference In Last 50-Goal Grind

Hockey performances like the one turned in this week by veteran netminder Bruce Gamble are not too frequent around the National Hockey League.The 28-year-old Gamble stepped up from Tulsa of the CPHL to fill a goaling emergency for the Toronto Maple Leafs and after the smoke had cleared, he had won three straight games, posted back-to-back shutouts, stopped the great Bobby Hull cold and had held some of the NHL&rsquo;s best sharpshooters at bay for a total of 171 minutes and 55 seconds before surrendering a goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07156/2339958-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="294" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce Gamble</figcaption></div>Gamble was summoned hurriedly from Tulsa by Leafs&rsquo; manager coach Punch Imlach when Toronto&rsquo;s first three goalkeepers, Johnny Bower, Terry Sawchuk and Gary Smith all came down with injuries at the same time.Gamble was spectacular in his elevation to the NHL. He blanked Montreal 4-0 and then collared the Hawks 5-0 slamming the door on Hull in his effort to get a record 51st goal.Bringing Gamble up was a stroke of genius by Imlach and certainly the performance of the rangy netminder has warranted the nod as El Producto&rsquo;s player of the week in the NHL. &#9632;

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The Player Of The Week

(Standings on Wed.. Mar. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01614/2340048-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="551" height="179"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDWed., Mar. 2Montreal 3 at Toronto 3Detroit 4 at Chicago 5Boston 3 at New York 5Thurs., Mar. 3Toronto 4 at Montreal 0New York 5 at Boston 4Sat., Mar. 5Detroit 2 at Montreal 7Chicago 0 at Toronto 5Sun., Mar. 6Montreal 1 at Chicago 0Toronto 5 at Boston 3Detroit 1 at New York 1GAMES TO COMEWed., Mar. 9Boston at MontrealDetroit at TorontoChicago at New YorkSat., Mar.&rsquo; 12Detroit at MontrealBoston at TorontoNew York at ChicagoSun., Mar. 13Montreal at New YorkToronto at ChicagoDetroit at BostonWed., Mar. 16Montreal at TorontoBoston at New YorkDetroit at ChicagoThurs., Mar. 17Boston at DetroitSat., Mar. 19New York at MontrealChicago at TorontoSun., Mar. 20Montreal at ChicagoToronto at DetroitNew York at Boston &#9632;

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CHICAGO, ILL.Management of Chicago Black Hawks will be continued by the club&rsquo;s board of directors with the family of the late James D. Norris maintaining his financial interests.This was anounced by Arthur Wirtz, partner of Norris, 59, who died recently from a heart condition.The Hawk board of directors includes Wirtz and his two sons, Michael and William.Wirtz also disclosed the Chicago Stadium Corp, has a specific buyer for its St. Louis Arena, clearing the way for a National Hockey League entry there.&ldquo;I could close the deal tomorrow, providing I could give them a definite starting date,&rdquo; said Wirtz. &lsquo;We&rsquo;re that close to a deal. He just wants to know when the league will start playing.&rdquo;The prospective buyer was not identified.St. Louis was one of six cities granted a franchise for the 196768 season in expansion of the present six-club NHL. April 5 was set for selection of a group to take the franchise. &#9632;

No Change In Hawks Ownership

<h2>Wed., March 2</h2>MONTREAL 3 at TORONTO 3MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Hodge, Worsley: defense: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Talbot, Harper; forwards: G. Tremblay, Beliveau, Provost, Backstrom, Duff, Larose, Cournoyer, Rousseau, Richard, Ferguson, Roberts.TORONTO &mdash; Gamble, A. Smith; defense: Horton, Stanley, Douglas, Hillman, Baun; forwards: Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Keon, Boyer, Pulford, Shajrk, Kurtenbach, Mahovlich, Imlach.Referee: Udvari. Linesmen: Pavelich, Casselman.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03491/2340218-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="554" height="778"></div>DETROIT 4 at CHICAGO 5DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Bassen, Crozier; defense: Marshall, Boivin, Godfrey, Watson, Bergman; forwards: Henderson. Ullman, Smith, Howe. Delvecchio, Fonteyne, MacGregor, Prentice, Bathgate, McDonald.CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall, Dryden; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Stapleton, MacNeil, Jarrett; forwards: Mohns, Mikita, Wharram, Angotti, Esposito, Hull, Hay. Hodge, Nesterenko, Maki, Stanfield.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04407/2340211-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="542" height="738"></div>BOSTON 3 at NEW YORK 5BOSTON &mdash; Goal: Johnston, Parent; defense: Doak. Langlois, Awrey, Woytowieh. Marotte; forwards: Westfall, Oliver, Bucyk, Martin, Williams, Stewart, Kennedy, McKenzie, Maxner, Parise.NEW YORK &mdash; Goal: Maniago, Giacomin; defense: Hillman, Howell, Brown, Neilson, Plager: forwards: Nevin, Goyette, Marshall, Robinson, Fleming, Ingarfield. Hadfield, Hicke, Ratelle, Peters, Seiling.Referee: Ashley. Linesmen: Armstrong, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05340/2340204-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="544" height="182"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06304/2340197-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="562" height="544"></div><h2>Thurs., March 3</h2>NEW YORK 5 at BOSTON 4NEW YORK &mdash; Goal: Maniago, Giacomin; defense: Howell, Plager, Hillman. Brown, Neilson forwards: Fleming, Hadfield, Ratelie, Nevin, Ingarfield, Hicke, Robinson, Seiling, Goyette, Peters, Marshall.BOSTON &mdash; Goal: Johnston, Parent: defense: Woytowich, Marotte, Langlois, Doak. Awrey; forwards: Martin, Stewart, Maxner, Williams, Westfall, Parise, Bucyk, Oliver, McKenzie, Kennedy.Referee: Buffey. Linesmen: Atanas and Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07276/2340190-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="560" height="810"></div>TORONTO 4 at MONTREAL 0TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Gamble, A. Smith; defense: Horton, Stanley,Douglas, Hillman, Baun; forwards: Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Keon, Boyer, Pulford, Shack, Kurtenbach, Mahovlich, Imlach.MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Worsley, Hodge; defense: Laperriere, J.C. Tremblay, Harris, Talbot, Harper; forwards: Beliveau, Provost, G. Tremblay, Richard, Rousseau, Duff, Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Cournoyer, Roberts.Referee: Friday. Linesmen: Pavelich, Frampton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08263/2340183-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="560" height="642"></div><h2>Sat., March 5</h2>DETROIT 2 at MONTREAL 7DETROIT: Goal &mdash; Crozier, Bassen, Defense &mdash; Gadsby, Bergman, Godfrey, Marshall, Boivin, Watson, Forwards &mdash; Delvecchio, Howe, Prentice, Ullman Fonteyne, MacDonald, MacGregor, Smith, Henderson, Bathgate.Montreal: Goal &mdash; Worsley, Hodge; defense &mdash; Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Talbot, Harper; forwards &mdash; Beliveau, Provost, G. Tremblay, Richard, Rousseau, Duff. Backstrom, Ferguson, Balon, Cournoyer, Roberts.Referee &mdash; Udvari, Linesmen&mdash;Sopp, Armstrong,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09251/2340176-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="556" height="790"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10228/2340169-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="550" height="164"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11203/2340162-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="478" height="786"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE KEON&hellip; Scores &lsquo;Hot Trick&rsquo;</figcaption></div>CHICAGO 0 at TORONTO 5CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall, Dryden; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Stapleton,MacNeil. Jarrett; forwards: Mohns, Angotti, Esposito, Hull, Hay, Hodge, Nesterenko. Maki, Wharram, Stanfield, Mikita.TORONTO &mdash; Goal: B. Gamble, A Smith; defense: Horton, Hillman, Douglas, Baun, Stanley; forwards: D. Gamble, Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Keon, Boyer, Pulford, Shack, Kurtenbach, Mahovlich.RefereeSkov. Linesmen: Pavelich, D&rsquo;Amico.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12186/2340155-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="558" height="670"></div><h2>Sun., March 6</h2>DETROIT 1 at NEW YORK 1DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Crozier. Bassen: defense: Gadsby, Bergman, B. Marshall, Boivin, Carruthers; forwards: Howe, Delvecchio, MacDonald, Smith, Ullman, Henderson, MacGregor, Bathgate, Prentice, Fonteyne, Watson.NEW YORK &mdash; Goal: Maniago, Giacomin; defense: Howell, Brown, Hillman, Plager, Neilson; forwards: Nevin, Goyette, D. Marshall, Fleming, Ratelle, Hadfield, Hicke, Ingarfield, Seiling, Robinson, Peters.Referee: Friday. Linesmen: Sopp, Frampton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13157/2340148-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="550" height="420"></div>TORONTO 5 at BOSTON 3TORONTO &mdash; Goal: B. Gamble, Smith; defence: Horton, Stanley, Hillman, Douglas, Baun; forwards: Armstrong, Keon, Mahovlich, Shack, Kelly, Pulford, Ellis, Stemkowski, Boyer, Kurtenbach, D. Gamble.BOSTON &mdash; Goal: Parent, Johnston, defence: Woytowich, Marotte, Langlois, Doak, Awrey; forwards: Martin, Stewart, Kennedy, Williams, Maxner, Oliver, McKenzie. Bucyk.Referee: Udvari, Linesmen: Atanas, Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-14126/2340141-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="556" height="712"></div>MONTREAL 1 ot CHICAGO 0MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Worsley, Hodge; defense: Harris. Harper, Price, Gauthier, J. C. Tremblay; forwards: G. Tremblay, Beliveau. Provost, Backstrom, Duff, Larose, Cournoyer, Rousseau, Balon, Ferguson, Roberts.CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall, Dryden; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Ravlich, MacNeil. Jarrett, Stapleton: forwards: Hull, Esposito, Maki, Mohns, Angotti, Hodge, Nesterenko, Wharram, Mikita, Stanfield.Referee: Buffey. Linesmen: D&rsquo;Amico, Pavelich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-15100/2340134-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="552" height="376"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY BUSTER CLEGG</div>PROVIDENCE, R.I.Dave Creighton, like Old Man River, just keeps rollin&rsquo; along!The 35-year-old center, acquired in a November trade with Baltimore, never ceases to amaze Rhode Island Reds&rsquo; fans with his hockey wizardry. Like good wine, Dave gets better with age!Since joining the Reds late in November in a trade for Eddie McQueen, Creighton has become the core of the Reds forward line, teaming with veteran Eddie Kachur to produce one of the AHL&rsquo;s newest and most exciting one-two punches.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01585/2340249-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="464" height="630"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE CREIGHTON &hellip; Never Played Better</figcaption></div>The lanky centre, who despite his 18 years as a pro is skating with gusto of a rookie, has been picking up points steadily the past few weeks until now he is tied with Kachur for the team lead, each having 44 points.Dave&rsquo;s biggest weekend came on Feb. 25-27, when in two home games he picked up a goal and five assists for six points, leaving him with 18 goals and 26 assists for the campaign.More amazing, though, is that of the 15 tallies he has made since joining the Reds, 12 have been on the road.Meanwhile, his linemate, Kachur, is making the most of playing with Dave, having already hit for 26 goals &mdash; seven more than his previous high of 19 in the AHL.The duo of Creighton and Kachur combined in the Feb. 25th game against Hershey to pull one of the most sensational scoring plays ever seen at the Auditorium.Creighton completed what local newsmen called an impossible basketball-line Bob Cousy pass in the third period of that game. Carrying the puck over the Hershey blueline, Dave cut into the center, pulling with him two defending Bears. Then, to the surprise of everyone in the building, especially to those two displaced defenders, the rangy one whirled a sweeping backhanded pass right onto the stick of the unguarded Kachur, who then rode in alone to put the puck behind the Hershey netminder.It was an unbelievable pass made by an unbelievable guy&mdash;Dave Creighton. &#9632;

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Veteran Dave Creighton Amazes Reds’ Fans With Skating, Scoring Zest Despite Age 35

<h2>WALLY</h2>NORTHERN pro HOCKEY STICKS<h2>WALLY</h2>POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETSTues., March 1PROVIDENCE 1 ar BALTIMORE 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02495/2340399-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="562" height="752"></div>HERSHEY 4 at QUEBEC 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03379/2340392-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="560" height="506"></div>Wed.. March 2BALTIMORE 2 at BUFFALO 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04275/2340385-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="558" height="380"></div>ROCHESTER 3 at PORTLAND 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05194/2340378-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="564" height="530"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06152/2340371-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="554" height="130"></div>Thurs.. March 3ROCHESTER 5 at SEATTLE 8<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07129/2340364-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="564" height="874"></div>Fri., March 4BALTIMORE 2 atSAN FRANCISCO 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08111/2340357-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="556" height="552"></div>Sat., March 5BUFFALO 2 at HERSHEY 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0993/2340350-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="546" height="86"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1083/2340343-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="558" height="456"></div>PROVIDENCE 3 at PITTSBURGH 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1258/2340336-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="560" height="706"></div>CLEVELAND 3 at SPRINGFIELD 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1349/2340329-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="564" height="694"></div>Sun., March 6SPRINGFIELD 1 at BUFFALO 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1443/2340322-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="562" height="444"></div>PITTSBURGH 2 at PROVIDENCE 0<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1537/2340315-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="550" height="388"></div>CLEVELAND 2 at QUEBEC 11<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1632/2340308-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="560" height="818"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1723/2340301-1-eng-US/f0012-172.jpg" title="f0012-17" width="560" height="134"></div>HERSHEY 2 at ROCHESTER 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1819/2340294-1-eng-US/f0012-182.jpg" title="f0012-18" width="560" height="618"></div>BALTIMORE 2 at SEATTLE 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1916/2340287-1-eng-US/f0012-192.jpg" title="f0012-19" width="552" height="464"></div>AHL Goaling Race<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1175/2340280-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="558" height="346"></div> &#9632;

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American League, Interlocking Games Summaries

(Including Games of Sun. Mar. 6)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-235/2340430-1-eng-US/f0012-232.jpg" title="f0012-23" width="561" height="427"></div><h2>PENALTY LEADERS</h2>Most penalty minutes (individual)&mdash; Aldo Guidolin, Providence, 139. Most penalty minutes (team)&mdash; Rochester, 779 &#9632;

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point Race

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-20" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2013/2340475-1-eng-US/f0012-202.jpg"></div><h2>TEAMS RECORDS AGAINST EACH OTHER THIS SEASON</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, February 27)HOME GAMES<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-219/2340468-1-eng-US/f0012-212.jpg" title="f0012-21" width="556" height="372"></div>AWAY GAMES<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-226/2340461-1-eng-US/f0012-222.jpg" title="f0012-22" width="552" height="378"></div> &#9632;

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How AHL Teams Compare

(Standings on Tues., Mar. 8)EASTERN DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01579/2340513-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="548" height="206"></div>WESTERN DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02536/2340506-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="558" height="170"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto; 2. Montreal; 3. Chicago; 4. Detroit; 5. New York; 6. Boston, x-independent).GAMES COMPLETEDTues., Mar. 1Providence 1 at Baltimore 9Hershey 4 at Quebec 2Wed., Mar. 2Baltimore 2 at Buffalo 1Rochester 3 at Portland 4Thurs., Mar. 3Rochester 5 at Seattle 8Fri., Mar. 4Baltimore 2 at San Francisco 4Sat., Mar. 5Buffalo 2 at Hershey 4Providence 3 at Pittsburgh 6Cleveland 3 at Springfield 4Sun., Mar. 6Springfield 1 at Buffalo 2Pittsburgh 2 at Providence 0Cleveland 2 at Quebec 11Hershey 2 at Rochester 5aBltimore 2 at Seattle 1GAMES TO COMETues., Mar. 8Cleveland at QuebecBaltimore at VancouverWed., Mar. 9Springfield at PittsburghBaltimore at PortlandFri., Mar. 11Cleveland at ProvidenceBuffalo vs. Rochester (At Toronto)Hershey at SpringfieldSat., Mar. 12Cleveland at HersheyVictoria at PittsburghProvidence at SpringfieldSun., Mar. 13Pittsburgh at BuffaloVictoria at ProvidenceSpringfield at QuebecBaltimore vs. Rochester (At Toronto) &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, Pa.As the 1965-66 Eastern Division race headed into the stretch run, it appeared the Hershey Bears would have to settle for second place, marking the sixth straight season the club closed in runner-up spot.Only a complete collapse of the front-running Quebec Aces, who are in quest of their third consecutive Division crown, could open the way for the Bears to nip the Canadian outfit at the wire. However, this seems very unlikely.Hershey found itself trailing the Aces by a whopping 23 points as of March 1, despite the fact the Bears made a hard run at Quebec in the month of February.Coach Frank Mathers&rsquo; outfit, which has been playing catch up hockey with the Aces all season, won seven, tied two and lost only three last month, but the 16 point effort hardly made a dent in Quebec&rsquo;s wide lead.The Bears entered March with a comfortable nine point, spread over third place Springfield. If Hershey can deliver a 35 per cent winning effort in its final 19 games, the Bears will have nothing to fear from the Bay State Indians.Goalie Claude Dufour&rsquo;s effort in February bordered on the spectacular in 11 of a dozen starts. The 29-year-old veteran played close to 700 minutes, including three overtime matches, and allowed only 23 goals on 352 shots fired his way which figures to less than two goals a game. He backstopped the club to a win and two ties in the extra period contests.A number of factors contributed to the Bears inability to make a race of it this campaign against the Aces, including injuries to key players and a poor getaway. The Bears lost seven of their first ten games and then had a six-game losing skein in January, the point where the Aces really opened the gap to practically sew up the title.Injuries or illness saw seven Bears miss a total of 72 games by late Feb. and among two of the most vital losses were forward Bruce Draper, out for the season, and defenseman Barry Ashbee, who already has sat out 23 games. &#9632;

Bears Concede Quebecers First Place In Division

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y. &mdash;A chance in the big time could cost Gary Smith plenty of money this season.Smith is the lanky rookie goalkeeper who has done such a fine job for the Rochester Americans this season.Smitty, who celebrated his 22nd birthday Feb. 4 by being recalled by the Toronto Maple Leafs, figured to have an excellent opportunity to win all kinds of awards in the American Hockey League this season.His 2.68 goals-against average for 31 games put him in fine position to win: 1 &mdash; The Harry (Hap) Holmes Memorial Trophy as the AHL goalie with the lowest average; 2 &mdash; The Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Trophy as the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie; 3 &mdash; The All-Star first team goaltending berth.The Leafs recalled the 6-4 Smith when injuries hit both Johnny Bower and Terry Sawchuk. Gary&rsquo;s final game for Toronto was to have been in Chicago Wednesday, Feb. 23, after which he was to have rejoined the Amerks.But stretching for a shot early in the first period on the 23rd, Smith pulled a groin muscle and was shelved. Latest information is that he&rsquo;ll be out for at least three weeks, meaning he probably won&rsquo;t be able to play for Rochester until sometime about March 20.Should Smith not get back into AHL action until the 20th,he&rsquo;d be able to compete in only 11 more games. That would give him 42 for the season.To be eligible for any of the league awards or All-Star teams under the present regulations, a player must appear in 43 games.At the moment, it appears only five of the nine teams will have goalies who&rsquo;ll have played in the required number of contests.Claude Dufour of Hershey, Les Binkley of Cleveland, George Gardner of Pittsburgh, Gary Bauman of Quebec and Marcel Paille of Providence all should make it easily, with Springfield&rsquo;s Jacques Caron an outside possibility. Ironically, Caron is the actual leader in averages at this writing, too. He can miss only four more games and still be eligible.ICICLES &mdash; Rookie Mike Walton is stamping himself the leading candidate for league first-year honors with a fast finish. Although he missed four home games this season, the youngster should finish among the league&rsquo;s top five in scoring. Paired with Dick Gamble and Jim Pappin, Walton collected four goals and 10 assists for 14 points in a fine-game stretch from Feb. 19 through Feb. 26. Mike, incidentally, either scored a goal or assisted on at least one in 39 of his first 50 games as an Amerk.The Walton-Gamble-Pappin line should have topped the 100-goal mark by the time this reaches print. At the moment they have 95 &mdash; Gamble 37, Pappin 31 and Walton 27. &#9632;

Amerks GoalieTo Miss Three Awards

<div class="byline">BY JOE GORDON</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.All season long the Pittsburgh Hornets have been a team of streaks. They either won them all or lost them all. Very seldom have the Wasps won one, lost one, etc &hellip;Their most recent losing binge saw them drop six straight, including four in a row on their home ice. This happened to be the longest losing skein of the season and equalled the team&rsquo;s longest winning streak.This one, however, may have been the most costly of all. It just about obliterated the Hornets&rsquo; once healthy 18-point margin over the third place Cleveland Barons.Whereas for the better part of the schedule the Hornets had been futilely chasing the pace-setting Rochester Americans in the Western Division of the AHL, they now find themselves in a battle with the surging Barons for the runnerup spot. To the winner goes the home ice advantage in the opening round of the Calder Cup playoffs.While the Hornets were dilly-dallying, the Barons were the hottest club in the circuit. The Clevelanders won sixteen out of 20 games and brought about a race which probably won&rsquo;t be decided until the final days of the season.Previously, Coach Eddie Bush&rsquo;s crew had posted winning strings of six, five twice and four. In addition to the six fruitless contests, they also show losing streaks of four and five.As was the situation in the earlier losing streaks, the lack of a scoring punch caused most of the Hornet woes. They scored just 13 goals in the six losing games. &#9632;

Hornets Battling Barons Now To Keep Second Place Hold

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y. &mdash;Larry Wilson has been one of the Buffalo Bisons&rsquo; more resourceful performers in recent games, and no one will be unduly surprised if the club&rsquo;s elder statesman delays his retirement for at least one more season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04457/2340647-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="279" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lorry Wilson</figcaption></div>At 35, Wilson underwent surgery on his left knee twice within nine months after being hurt a little over a year ago. He missed the entire training period, and rejoined the Bisons last January.It was 369 days between games for Wilson when he played in Baltimore Jan. 7. He was in the lineup for four games, then was forced to sit one out when the knee puffed up.Further swelling kept him idle Jan. 20 at Quebec, but he hasn&rsquo;t missed since. He has fluid drained from the knee regularly, and is skating almost as well as he ever did.Wilson shrugs off talk of the future, and prefers to discuss current matters.&ldquo;The knee and the leg feel stronger all the time, and that&rsquo;s what counts,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Killing penalties, as I&rsquo;ve been doing, means you come off the bench cold, and that sometimes isn&rsquo;t easy for older players.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m satisfied with my skating, but I think it would be even better if I played a regular shift. We&rsquo;ll worry about next season when next season comes around. Right now, I&rsquo;d like to get as much work as possible for the rest of the schedule.&rdquo;ALONG THE BOARDS &mdash; The Bisons&rsquo; 5-4 win over Cleveland gave them a five-game winning streak, their longest of the campaign &hellip; President Ruby Pastor missed that one, having left earlier in the day for Miami. However, his brothers, Sam and Al, the Herd vice-presidents, thoroughly enjoyed the proceedings along with a gathering of more than 5,100, excellent in view of the club&rsquo;s lowly standing. &#9632;

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Herd Vet To Delay Retiring

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01574/2340678-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="465" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">CON MADIGAN &hellip; Bulwark For Bucks</figcaption></div>PORTLAND, Ore. &mdash;In sports, a lot of players are called underrated. Too many. In fact, some of them are called underrated so often, they actually became overrated. However, there really are a few underrated players, players whose real skill does not get the recognition it deserves. Connie Madigan is one. The burly Portland defenseman is a tough guy. Everyone knows that. But he is a lot more than that. He is an outstanding player. Not too many realize that.Madigan was underrated as an amateur. He bounced around the circuit in places like Port Arthur, Penticton, Vernon and so forth until he wound up at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he set an International League record with 272 minutes in penalties. It was late in his life, he was 27, when he graduated to the pros to stay with Spokane of the Western League in 1961, and he led the circuit with 171 minutes in penalties. He was crude, labeled a &ldquo;policeman&rdquo; or a &ldquo;hatchet-man&rdquo; and not much more.He&rsquo;s always drawn penalties, which can be a handicap to a team, of course. A team needs rough, aggressive players. Every team needs a policeman. Some people even think every team needs a hatchet-man. But no team likes to play short-handed a lot of the time. Madigan has never drawn less than 100 minutes in penalties in a season. He had 158 minutes last season and had 103 minutes in his first 52 games this season.Madigan hits peaks. In 1964, he paced Western League play-off players in penalty minutes with 49. The next season, he set an all - time league record for separate penalties in the playoffs with 19. Last season, he set a new league record with 37 minutes in a single game.He even looks the part of a bad-guy &mdash; like a heavyweight boxer, who lost&mdash;dark, heavy-bearded, scowling, menacing. Only when he&rsquo;s done something dastardly effective will he smile. He doesn&rsquo;t get into as many fights as you might imagine, maybe because no one wants to fight with him, but he has paid out more than his share of fines for one insurrection or another.People just don&rsquo;t think of him as skilled. Certainly, he is not stylish. But he has worked very hard at his profession, smoothed off some of the rough edges and became an all-around performer of quality. He takes his man out, blocks shots, protects his goalies. He even moves the puck surprisingly well, passes intelligently and shoots hard.Last season, Connie not only had a career high of 11 goals, but eight of them were rated &ldquo;important goals&rdquo; &mdash; four of them first-goals in games, four of them gamewinners. He added 20 assists for 31 points, but he has had as many as 28 assists and has twice scored 37 points in other seasons. This season, he banged in seven goals and set up 24 others in the first 52 games.Even many coaches have underestimated him. He had brief tryouts with Spokane in 1958 and Cleveland in 1960 before Spokane acquired him in 1961. After two seasons there, he was peddled to Los Angeles. At the end of the season there, at the end of the 1964 playoffs, he got into a furious fuss with old coach Alfie Pike in a motel room and the club felt it had to move him on. In the off-season, he was sent to Providence, but after 10 games at the start of last season, that club sent him to Portland. He has yet to play more than two full seasons with any club.This should change in Portland, Madigan should be back in the Oregon city next season. He has bulwarked the Buckaroo back-line there and coach Hal Laycoe likes him.When we began touting him he played for Los Angeles two seasons back, people thought we were whacky. However, he and Frank Arnett, another tough defenseman who was more capable than he looked, helped muscle the Blades into the playoff finals against San Francisco. Arnett was suspended for roughing up a referee in one game during the playoffs. &ldquo;If we&rsquo;d had him at the finish, we&rsquo;d have won,&rdquo; Madigan says.After Madigan tangled with Pike and was sent on and Arnett retired, the Blades&rsquo; defense dissolved, they immediately skidded to the bottom and they&rsquo;ve been at or near there ever since. On the other hand. Madigan returned to the playoff finals with Portland last season, sparking the club to the regularseason and post-season titles, and wound up with his first real recognition, voted a member of the league&rsquo;s second allstar team. This season, he should do as well or better as he&rsquo;s played extremely well in helping the Bucks toward retention of their laurels. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s been playing all-star hockey,&rdquo; says Laycoe.Born Cornelius Dennis Madigan (and just try to call him &ldquo;Cornelius&rdquo;) in Port Arthur, Ontario, on Oct. 4, 1934, the 5-9, 185-pound veteran is winding up only his fifth full pro season at the age of 31. He has not always been popular with his teammates, nor always considered a team-man, for he is proud and blunt and an individualist of sorts, but the team spirit Laycoe instills in his Portland players has rubbed off on Madigan.These days, he doesn&rsquo;t talk about himself, he talks about his team. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re a team,&rdquo; he growls proudly. &ldquo;You didn&rsquo;t think we&rsquo;d finish first, did you? Well, we&rsquo;re making you look bad, aren&rsquo;t we?&rdquo; Maybe, though nothing Laycoe&rsquo;s teams or players do well will ever really surprise us. &#9632;

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Portland ‘Tough Guy’ Also Solid Defender

Before you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never variesBefore you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never varies(Includinc same? of Sun., Feb. 27)<h2>VICTORIA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02474/2340744-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="562" height="428"></div><h2>VANCOUVER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03357/2340737-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="563" height="424"></div><h2>PORTLAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04272/2340730-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="560" height="453"></div><h2>SEATTLE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05208/2340723-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="560" height="424"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06171/2340716-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="560" height="424"></div><h2>SAN FRANCISCO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07130/2340709-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="561" height="431"></div> &#9632;

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WHL Point Race

(Standings on Tues., Mar. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02492/2340806-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="553" height="183"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto; 5. New York; 6. Boston; x-independent).GAMES COMPLETEDTues.. Mar. 1San Francisco 2 at Vancouver 8Wed., Mar. 2Rochester 3 at Portland 4San Francisco 2 at Victoria 4Thurs.. Mar. 3Portland 2 at Los Angeles 0 Rochester 5 at Seattle 8Fri., Mar. 4Baltimore 2 at San Francisco 4Victoria 1 at Vancouver 8Sat., Mar. 5Portland 4 at San Francisco 5Seattle 2 at Victoria 6Sun., Mar. 6Baltimore 2 at Seattle 1GAMES TO COMETues., Mar. 8Baltimore at VancouverWed., Mar. 9Victoria at San FranciscoBaltimore at PortlandThurs., Mar. 10Victoria at Los AngelesFri., Mar. 11Vancouver at San FranciscoPortland at SeattleSat., Mar. 12Vancouver at Los AngelesSeattle at PortlandVictoria at PittsburghSun., Mar. 13San Francisco at PortlandVancouver at SeattleVictoria at Providence &#9632;

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<h2>Tues., Feb. 22</h2>PORTLAND 0 at LOS ANGELES 10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03413/2340872-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="558" height="716"></div>Penalties: None.Saves: Kelly 30, Norris 28.Attendance: 4,394.<h2>Wed., Feb. 23</h2>PORTLAND 6 at SAN FRANCISCO 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04314/2340865-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="550" height="586"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05235/2340858-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="544" height="176"></div>Penalties: Gilbertson 2:35, Swarbrick (double minor) 13:03, Holmes (double minor) 13:03, Connelly 16:02. Leach 16:02.Saves: Kelly 27, Henderson 27.Attendance: 2,291.SEATTLE 3 at VICTORIA 0<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06198/2340851-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="570" height="394"></div>Penalties: Erickson 13:49, F. Hucul 15:43. Lund 17:06. Hunt 17:33.Saves: McLeod 31, Holland 31.Attendance: 2,473.<h2>Fri., Feb. 25</h2>SEATTLE 3 at VANCOUVER 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07178/2340844-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="550" height="586"></div><h2>Sat., Feb. 26</h2>SEATTLE 5 at SAN FRANCISCO 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08159/2340837-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="546" height="724"></div> &#9632;

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Western Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><h2>Patrick Lauds Rochester</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09148/2340910-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="282" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mario</figcaption></div>In the end, it may be only the fact that the Western League had to make six-game trips and the American League only four-game trips that leaves the interlocking schedule in favor of the American League. The teams in both leagues are winning at home and losing on the road. Quebec lost to Vancouver and San Francisco and so farf Rochester has lost to Portland and Victoria on its trips, for examples. Both were handicapped by having to use spare goalies. Personally, we think Quebec and Rochester are the best teams in the minors. Aside from them, the two leagues are pretty even. Quebec skates better, but Rochester is bigger and smoother. Except for common weaknesses in the all-important nets, they&rsquo;d rank with the all-time minor league best. Lynn Patrick thinks they rate with the NHL&rsquo;s New York and Boston teams right now. Asked how long it would take expansion clubs to catch up to the rest of the NHL, he said, &ldquo;To most clubs, a couple of years; to New York and Boston, a couple of minutes.&rdquo;In L.A., Joe Crozier ignored his Rochester team and didn&rsquo;t enter the dressing room until two minutes before they skated out to begin the game. Presumably, he had only time to say, &ldquo;Kill!&rdquo; &hellip; His Al Arbour controls play from the defense magnificently &hellip; Jim Pappin and Mike Walton will be NHL stars &hellip; A star who is dimming is Victoria&rsquo;s Al Millar, who argued with his teammates, including Steve Witiuk, called coach Frank Mario &ldquo;a puppet,&rdquo; and brawled physically with manager Buck Houle. Presumably he is through in Victoria and can sit back and wait for the league&rsquo;s &ldquo;outstanding goalkeeper award&rdquo; to arrive. Because goalies must play 60 per cent of their games &mdash; a little known fact &mdash; and because most WHL clubs split their net chores this season, Millar seems shoo-in, which is ironic.<h2>Kromm Reprimands Totems</h2>Neither Millar nor Howie Young of L.A. have been suspended officially. In fact, Young has recently resumed skating. But if coach Lynn Patrick uses him again, it will be on wing, not defense. He is not too anxious to see him again, much less use him. The team has been pulling together on a sensational tear since he left &hellip; They could be tough in the playoffs if they could make the playoffs, which they cannot &hellip; Willie O&rsquo;Ree is playing well enough to star in the NHL right now &hellip; Bad-boy Larry McNabb has been riding the bench in San Francisco. Unhappily, too. Tough Ron Harris looks like he&rsquo;s found his place on defense there. Bobby Kromm had to crack the whip and take disciplinary action to break up cliques and dissension in Seattle, but the rookie coach, who has come a long way this season, has the Totems pulling together admirably now. The surprise team to make the playoffs, they could be the surprise team of the playoffs. Larry Hale is playing AllStar defense.Rudy Pilous, Red Sullivan and Phil Watson are being seriously considered for three of the new coaching jobs in the expansion division of the NHL. Pilous is No. 1 on one list. Rudy is tough and outspoken and bruises the feelings of some of his players, but he is an outstanding hockey man and an honest guy. He won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 1961 and the Western League pennant with Denver in 1964 and it is significant that none of his successors have improved his records. Like everyone else who coaches in New York, Sullivan had his troubles this season, but Watson was the one man who won there.Lynn Patrick thinks Lloyd Gilmour, Bill Papp and Barry Ballance give the WHL &ldquo;excellent refereeing &mdash; more consistent by far than anything in the NHL.&rdquo; Ballance has come along and is now rated a good prospect. He says he has been treated well by almost everyone. The exception is San Francisco&rsquo;s Bud Poile, who had a physical run-in with Papp earlier. Now, they don&rsquo;t talk. Ballance says he wants to stay with Al Leader and the WHL, not move up to the NHL, but adds, &ldquo;If explained it, it would just sound like sour grapes.&rdquo;<h2>Vancouver To Build Rink</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10126/2340903-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="282" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Harris</figcaption></div>Vancouver&rsquo;s owners, &ldquo;shocked and disappointed&rdquo; at their failure to get an NHL expansion berth, are going ahead with plans for their 15,120-seat, $6,000,000 new arena on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds. They unveiled plans for the structure similar to L. A.&rsquo;s Sports Arena. Invited to participate, Montreal&rsquo;s semi-retired official Frank Selke, said, &ldquo;The plans are good and so is the location.&rdquo; He held out hope that Vancouver would yet get an NHL berth. PNE executive Harry Terry predicted that when the arena was completed, an NHL bid W&rsquo;ould follow. However, while much of Canada is outraged by the slight, it does not look good for their chances. Seattle president Gene Walby said, &ldquo;I feel sorry for Vancouver, truly, but it strengthens our league to have them still in it.&rdquo;Have you ever seen one of hockey&rsquo;s &ldquo;BloodBath Rooms?&rdquo; These are where players are stitched up. LA&rsquo;s room is a small cubicle off the home-team&rsquo;s dressing quarters. Its main piece of furniture is an ancient barber chair, which looks as though it should be equipped with straps for restraining its occupante After a recent L.A. - Vancouver game, the floor, walls and shelves in the room were marked by drops of blood, bloody swabs and bloody towels. One of Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s youngest sons pointed to several large spots of blood and said, &ldquo;Those belong to number sixteen,&rdquo; meaning Billy McNeill. If ever anything looked like a medieval torture room, this was it. What a color picture it would make for the cover of a magazine ! &#9632;

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Western Ad Lip

VICTORIA, B. C.The career of one of the Western League and minors&rsquo; outstanding all-time players may be near an end now in the wake of a blow-up that has further torn asunder the once-proud Victoria Maple Leafs. Goalie Al Millar, blamed and resenting being blamed for a major role in his team&rsquo;s collapse, has argued with his teammates, notably Steve Witiuk, as well as his coach, Frank Mario, and his manager, Buck Houle. When a goaling emergency arose in the parent NHL camp, Toronto recalled Bruce Gamble from Tulsa of the CPHL and ordered Millar to Tulsa as a replacement for Gamble.Reportedly Millar and Houle came to blows. Rookie Gary Holland, who had replaced the masked veteran in the Victoria nets shortly before, took over the position after that.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01551/2340775-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="273" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Millar</figcaption></div>Visiting Rochester of the AHL, like Victoria a Toronto farm-club, was reported considering swapping their current goalie, Bob Perreault for Millar. Rochester&rsquo;s regular netminder, young Gary Smith, has been on emergency duty with Toronto.Also San Francisco&rsquo;s Bud Poile, foiled in his attempts to recall young Bob Gray from Fort Wayne, which is in a hot International League pennant fight, expressed interest in acquiring Millar to spell slumping regular Jack McCartan. Veteran John Henderson was recently recalled, but has had his troubles.Victoria led the WHL pennant chase most of the season, but was barely holding off onrushing Portland when Toronto &ldquo;loaned&rdquo; stars Milan Marcetta and Fred Hucul to Tulsa for two weeks and seven games. The unhappy Leafs went into a tailspin and did not win again until nine games later, with Marcetta and Hucul back, when they shocked visiting Rochester 6-4, but Portland now leads the Leafs by five points and has two games in hand.The always-outspoken 36-year-old Millar, who gave up 30 goals in his last six games, but still had a good 3.14 goals-against mark for 51 games, and may have the league&rsquo;s &ldquo;outstanding goalkeeper award&rdquo; locked up, has not always looked good lately, but feels the defense let him down and claimed he only needed a rest now and then to maintain his best form.Millar said the Leafs had the best players, but the worst leadership and called Mario &ldquo;a puppet.&rdquo; &ldquo;We are just like a bunch of prize sheep without a shepherd. There is no such thing on our club as constructive criticism,&rdquo; he said. Mario replier, &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t have a Monday morning quarterback and have harmony. Maybe he should be coaching the team.&rdquo;Millar, who has money invested in a dental equipment business, has played for 13 clubs in 14 seasons as a pro, frequently winning honors, but then moved on, and lately has been considering retirement. His replacement, young Holland, gave up 10 goals in his first three games and is considered promising.AROUND THE LEAGUE&mdash;San Francisco lost at home to Portland 6-4 (rebounding from a 10-0 shocker in L A.) and Seattle 3-2, went into Vancouver and lost 8-2, has slipped Into the cellar and seems out of the playoff race. Although much the hottest team in the league and a runaway winner over Seattle 9-3 last out, L.A. also seems too far behind.Bobby Kromm has straightened Seattle out and the Totems seem safe in fourth place and a serious threat to third-place Vancouver. Seattle has won four of its last five. However it must play Portland five more games and has lost 15 straight over two seasons to the Bucks. And if it does get third Seattle will probably have to open the playoffs against the Bucks.Seattle regained goalie Ernie Wakely from Quebec &hellip; When his father died, Vancouver coach Bert Olmstead rushed home to Leader, Sask., and manager Max McNab assumed the coaching reins. In drubbing San Francisco 8-2, the Vancouvers got three goals off Jack McCartan in a 25-second second-period outburst by Wayne Larkin, Dave Duke and Bob McCusker to tie a league record the 1949 Vancouver club set against visiting L.A.Billy McNeill upped his total points to 77 to open up a six-point lead over Portland&rsquo;s Cliff Schmautz, and seven points on L,A,&rsquo;s hot Norm Johnson. The blazing Willie O&rsquo;Ree added four goals and four assists in three games and now is within four goals of Schmautz&rsquo;s league-leading 33. L.A.&rsquo;s Leo Labine has 31. Red hot Wayne Connelly of S.F. now has 29.Portland&rsquo;s Dave Kelly left home with a 2.42 goals-against mark and returned home two games later with a 2.86 mark. Eight of Portland Bill Saunder&rsquo;s 20 goals have comes against S.F&hellip;. Portland&rsquo;s Arlo Goodwin scored his first goal since Dec. 31 &hellip; Victoria did not win between Feb. 3 and 26. &#9632;

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Millar, Victoria Part After Blow-up, Fight With Players, Officials

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div>Don&rsquo;t vague &hellip; say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKYDon&rsquo;t vague &hellip; say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKYPHOENIX, Ariz. &mdash;Oklahoma City Blazers and Tulsa Oilers dropped in for an exhibition game and found 8,500 fans in the seats to see he action between the two Central Professional Hockey League clubs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03248/2340948-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="272" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Butch Paul</figcaption></div>The Blazers won the game, 4-3 but each club carried away better than $3,000 as their share of the gate and giving the idea that Phoenix might have pro hockey as one of its attractions in the future.Rightwinger Glen Sather of the Blazers was enthusiastic about the resort city and coach Harry Sinden and veteran forward Pete Panagabko took time out for a trip to the golf course.&ldquo;I think the trip did us good. We were able to relax a bit and those fans showed they wanted us around as they cheered all the way through the hockey game,&rdquo; said Sinden.OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; The Blazers continue to draw well at home and in 26 home games attracted 117,919 fans for an average of 4.535.Defenseman Murray Davison had a quick trip to Boston&rsquo; where he played one game for the parent National Hockey League Bruins before returning to Oklahoma City.MINNESOTA &mdash; The Rangers received John Brenneman from the Baltimore Clippers when the parent New York Rangers of the NHL called up Paul Andrea, top sniper of the CPHL with 32 tallies and second in the loop scoring race with 66 points. Andrea was later returned to Minnesota by the New Yorkers.Brenneman, who had 97 games&rsquo; experience with St. Louis Braves in two seasons in the CPHL, counting 35 goals scored in his first appearance in a Minnesota uniform.Coach Fred Shero has praise for rookie Sandy Fitpatrick speaking of him as &ldquo;a rookie, big and fast and working to gain that valuable experience.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05142/2340941-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="480" height="562"><figcaption class="caption-body">SANDY FITZPATRICK &hellip; Praised By Shero</figcaption></div>Larry Mickey has become one of the favorites of the Minnesota fans as he counted 15 goals in his first 17 games with the team.MEMPHIS &mdash; Memphis Wings staged a spurt and ended up tied with St. Louis for third place in the standing.Butch Paul is proving to be one of the classiest playmakers in the league with 43 assists in his first 53 games. He had also counted nine goals for 52 points to emerge as the Wings&rsquo; leading point-getter.Ron Anderson and Bob Falkenburg joined the Wings for three games as part of a pro tryout and then were returned to their home club at Edmonton in the Canadian junior ranks.Anderson, a leftwinger, scored one goal and assisted on three and could be a prospect for the Memphis club next winter.ST. LOUIS &mdash; Fred Stanfield made another quick trip to Chicago and returned after one game with the parent NHL Chicago Black Hawks.Art Stratton continued his heady playmaking style and with 48 assists and 19 goals held onto the scoring leadership of the circuit with 67 points.Oscar Gaudet was the leading sniper with the Braves triggering .26 goals over his first 50 games.In their first 26 home appearances, the Braves played before 106,090 fans, an average of 4,157 per game.HOUSTON &mdash; Gerry Desjardins took over the goaltending duties when Carl Wetzel was called to the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League and the Apollos kept up their bid for a playoff spot.Bill Inglis was the scoring leader of the club after 50 games with 26 goals, two more than team mate Andre Boudrias.TULSA &mdash; Lowell MacDonald regained his scoring eye after being on the sidelines for three weeks with a shoulder injury and had 24 goals after 41 games. Jack Chipchase returned to the Oilers after being on loan to Victoria of the Western League, but was on the move again to Rochester of the AHL when injuries hit the Americans. &#9632;

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Blazers, Oilers Draw 8,500 To Phoenix Game

(Standings on Wed., Mar. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01395/2340986-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="552" height="182"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto; 2. Montreal; 3. Chicago; 4. Detroit; 5. New York; 6. Boston).GAMES COMPLETEDWed., Mar. 2Tulsa 0 at St. Louis 3Houston 2 at Memphis 6Thur., Mar. 3St. Louis 5 at Minnesota 7Memphis 1 at Houston 4Fri., Mar. 4Minnesota 2 at Oaklahoma City 6Memphis 4 at Tulsa 5Sat.. Mar. 5Minnesota 3 at Memphis 2Oklahoma City 3 at St. Louis 9Tulsa 3 at Houston 3Sun., Mar. 6Oklahoma City 0 at Minnesota 3St. Louis 4 at Tulsa 7GAMES TO COMEWed.. Mar. 9Minnesota at HoustonMemphis at St. LouisThurs.. Mar. 10Minnesota at TulsaFri., Mar. 11Tulsa at MemphisSat., Mar. 12Minnesota at HoustonTulsa at St. LouisOklahoma City at MemphisSun., Mar. 13Memphis at Oklahoma CityLEADING SCORERS(Including games of Sun., Feb. 27)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02325/2340979-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="555" height="357"></div>League LeadersMost Goals: Andrea, Minnesota, 32.Most Assists: Stratton, St. Louis, 51. Penalties in Minutes: Noel Picard. Houston - 168.Leading Goalie: Bruce Gamble, Tulsa - 2.87 average.Most Shutouts: Wayne Rutledge. Minnesota; Denis Dejordy. St. Louis and Gamble, Tulsa - 4. &#9632;

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DETROIT, Mich.Detroit Red Wings may have given veteran Ab McDonald a one-way ticket to the minor leagues last week when they optioned the big left winger to Memphis Wings of the Central Pro Hockey League.It was the second time in recent weeks that McDonald, an eight-year performer in the NHL, had been sent to Memphis. Hobbled by injuries, the native of Winnipeg, Man., was preiously sent down to play himself into condition. However, since his recall by Detroit, he has contributed little to the Wings&rsquo; cause and the feeling is he won&rsquo;t return to the NHL this season unless his play picks up eonsiderably.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04201/2341017-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="262" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ab McDonald</figcaption></div>McDonald, who recently passed his 500th game in the NHL, has been with Montreal, Chicago, Boston and Detroit. &#9632;

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Wings Send McDonald To CPHL

<h2>Thurs., Feb. 17</h2>HOUSTON 3 at TULSA 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06112/2341118-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="552" height="568"></div><h2>Fri., Feb. 18</h2>OKLAHOMA CITY 3 at MINNESOTA 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07101/2341111-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="555" height="620"></div>ST. LOUIS 2 at MEMPHIS 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0892/2341104-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="544" height="132"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0977/2341097-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="554" height="700"></div><h2>Sat., Feb. 19</h2>MEMPHIS 2 at HOUSTON 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1065/2341090-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="554" height="438"></div>ST. LOUIS 2 at TULSA 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1155/2341083-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="550" height="306"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1243/2341076-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="560" height="254"></div><h2>Sun., Feb. 20</h2>ST. LOUIS 2 at HOUSTON 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1337/2341069-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="544" height="624"></div>TULSA 2 at MINNESOTA 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1433/2341062-1-eng-US/f0016-142.jpg" title="f0016-14" width="548" height="404"></div>OKLAHOMA CITY 2 at MEMPHIS 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1531/2341055-1-eng-US/f0016-152.jpg" title="f0016-15" width="538" height="82"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1630/2341048-1-eng-US/f0016-162.jpg" title="f0016-16" width="558" height="466"></div> &#9632;

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Central Hockey League Summaries

<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>FINAL STANDING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01316/2341212-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="554" height="152"></div>(x-plays fourpoint games except against Oakville).GAMES COMPLETEDTues. Mar. 1Guelph. 7 at Galt 2Wed. Mar. 2Oakville 7 at Kingston 3(Oakville wins third place for playoffs).SEMI-FINAL PLAYOFFS Fri. Mar. 5Oakville 2 at Guelph 6(First game of best-of-seven semi-finals).Kingston 3 at Woodstock 10(First game of best-of-seven semifinals).Sun. Mar. 6Kingston 7 at Woodstock 5(Best-of-seven semi-finals tied 1-1)Guelph 1 at Oakville 4(Best-of-seven semi-finals tied 1-1)FINAL SCORING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02269/2341205-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="555" height="668"></div>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03211/2341198-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="556" height="158"></div><h2>QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04157/2341191-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="550" height="80"></div>(St. Hyacinthe leads best-of-seven semi-finals 3-1).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05120/2341184-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="544" height="78"></div>(Sherbrooke leads best - of - seven semi-finals 3-1).FINAL LEAGUE SCORING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0698/2341177-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="554" height="836"></div>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0791/2341170-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="554" height="182"></div><h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>FINAL STANDING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0865/2341163-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="554" height="152"></div>FINAL SCORING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0954/2341156-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="550" height="612"></div><h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2>FINAL STANDING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1046/2341149-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="554" height="208"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Races

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>COMMACK. N.Y. &mdash;John Muckier, Long Island&rsquo;s candid pilot, isn&rsquo;t too popular a man in Greensboro these days after his remarks about Bob Smith, the Genera1s&rsquo; substitute goalie.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1139/2341250-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="284" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Moe Bortoli</figcaption></div>Gordie Dibley, Long Island&rsquo;s netminder, was injured in a practice session, and Muckier had to scramble for goalies each night for a stretch. He borrowed Norm DeFelice from Jersey several times to win at New Haven and at home from Johnstown. He used Charlotte&rsquo;s Ricky Charron for a triumph at Johnstown.But for a game at Charlotte, neither of these men was available. So he had to use Smith, the Gens&rsquo; trainer who was filling in for the injured Jacques Monette. Before he took him, Muckier said, &ldquo;I can have Smith if I want him, and I&rsquo;ll probably wind up with him if I can&rsquo;t get anyone else, either from this league or another.&rdquo;So he took Smith and the Ducks dropped a 4-2 decision to the Checkers. And Muckier&rsquo;s comments after the game were these: &ldquo;We were the victim of poor goaltending. We&rsquo;re playing good hockey but you don&rsquo;t win hockey games with substitute goalies.&rdquo;In fact, after the loss, he even was enthusiastic that he would have DeFelice in the nets for a home game with Johnstown. Norm lost this one 3-2, but Muckier didn&rsquo;t comment on his performance.Smith meantime was showing Muckier that sub goalies do win games. He won four out of five games for the Gens, including two successive shutouts, and also was victorious in a game at Nashville.NEW HAVEN: Rook&rsquo;s winger John McMillan dropped by Jackie LeClair because he &ldquo;was not in shape.&rdquo; Team&rsquo;s 11-0 win at Jersey sent playoff hopes skyrocketing. Brian Perry&rsquo;s hat trick beat Devils in another game. LeClair hopeful that Ray Carpentier&rsquo;s and Ron Kapitan&rsquo;s ankle injuries will be healthy for playoffs when the Blades could meet Long Island in the first round. Don Bamburak had hat trick at Jersey.JERSEY: Benny Woit dropped himself from roster and inserted Butch McLean, who was secured from Greensboro, Billy Wheeler had fight with fans at Clinton claiming they grabbed his stick. Norm DeFelice wearing mask because &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t afford an injury at my age.&rdquo; &hellip; Norm got $50 fine from ref Ed Robins for coming out of net to join argument, at New Haven. He doubles as Devils&rsquo; trainer on road and said he was only trying to minister to Wheeler who was bleeding on ice from a Blake Ball elbow.KNOXVILLE: Goalie Wayne Doll out with a cyst on his spine and Bev Bentley filled in handsomely. Don Labelle and Gil Champagne have strengthened elub for playoffs. Chuck Stuart took over scoring lead in latest stats and may be too tough for Ron Hergott to catch. Jim Murray became dad of baby daughter. Suspended Angus Martin hopes to rejoin Knights next year.CHARLOTTE: Fred Creighton was so disappointed over a shutout loss at Greensboro that he said, &ldquo;we wouldn&rsquo;t have beaten St. Mary&rsquo;s prep tonight.&rdquo; George Hill aiming for 100-point mark. Moe Savard suffered eye injury vs. Long Island. Normally peaceful Jim McNulty got into his first fight in years and decked the Ducks&rsquo; Moe Bartoli. Ted Baylis played at Rochester in emergency. Checkers have topped last year&rsquo;s 35 wins.GREENSBORO: Ron Spong returned to active duty for first time this year and Butch McLean was sent to Jersey. Don Carter picked up four points on his night. Trainer Bob Smith filled in when goalie Jacques Monette&rsquo;s bruised knee sidelined him. He picked up shutouts over Charlotte and Jacksonville, too, for first back-to-back whitewashings in club history.JOHNSTOWN: John Gofton back on active duty for first time in six weeks after scalding foot Bob Howard not placed on playoff roster. Dick Roberge cleared 50 goal mark before leaving for Yugoslavia. Jets posted 25 home victories for seventh straight year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1233/2341243-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="464" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHUCK STUART &hellip; Grabs Scoring Lead</figcaption></div>LONG ISLAND: Gene Achtymichuk&rsquo;s overtime goal beat Jacksonville in a game in which goalie Gordie Dibley played despite dizzy spells caused by a puck injury three days previous. Moe Bartoli and Achtymichuk likely will battle for club scoring laurels to the wire although Gene has assist laurels locked up. Club&rsquo;s road record of 16-17 was best in league at last count.JACKSONVILLE: Club hurt considerably by 9-man roster in latter stages of campaign. Chuck Goddard playing spectacularly but vainly in nets for Rockets. Ron Willy tops club pointage and assists and is vieing with Bobby Brown for goal laurels.NASHVILLE: Flyers completed 16 games in 18 days with 7-7-2 record, George Standing&rsquo;s ankle injury had elub worried for a spell. Wayne Clairmont grabbed club scoring lead from Ted McCaskill and Joe Zorica with third hat trick. Flyers blanked at home for first time in three years by Knoxville&rsquo;s Bev Bentley.CLINTON: Bill Glashan is centering line for Howie Dietrich and Lome O&rsquo;Donnell since his recall from Jacksonville. Comets can&rsquo;t play at Utica, March 15-20 due to Ice Capades so they&rsquo;ll play at Clinton. Home winning skein reached 26 against New Haven Club&rsquo;s bad road record (7-22-2) hurt chances of climbing higher in North. &#9632;

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Greensboro Sub Goalie Refutes Blasts By Muckier With Pair Of Shutout Games

(Standings on Tues. Mar. 8)NORTHERN DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1326/2341302-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg" title="f0017-13" width="554" height="152"></div>SOUTHERN DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1422/2341295-1-eng-US/f0017-142.jpg" title="f0017-14" width="544" height="156"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues. Mar. 1Charlotte 0 at Greensboro 6Nashville 3 at Johnstown 3New Haven 1 at Long Island 4Wed. Mar. 2Clinton 1 at New Jersey 3Thurs. Mar. 3New Haven 2 at Long Island 7Johnstown 2 at Clinton 5Fri Mar. 4New Haven 2 at Clinton 12Long Island 1 at New Jersey 4Greensboro 3 at Johnstown 7Nashville 1 at Knoxville 3Charlotte 5 at Jacksonville 6Sat. Mar. 5New Jersey 1 at Clinton 3Long Island 1 at Johnstown 4Charlotte 1 at Knoxville 6Jacksonville 2 at Nashville 6Sun. Mar. 6Johnstown 1 at Long Island 6New Haven 5 at New Jersey 6Nashville 1 at Greensboro 4GAMES TO COMETues., Mar. 8Knoxville at CharlotteGreensboro at JacksonvilleWed., Mar. 9Clinton at New HavenNashville at CharlotteFri., Mar. 11New Jersey at Long IslandGreensboro at CharlotteKnoxville vs. Jacksonville(At tS. Petersburg)Sat., Mar. 12Long Island at ClintonNashville at JohnstownGreensboro at KnoxvilleCharlotte at JacksonvilleSun., Mar. 13New Jersey at New HavenClinton at Long IslandNashville at JohnstownJacksonville at KnoxvilleLEADING SCORERSIncluding Games of Sun., Feb. 27)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1518/2341288-1-eng-US/f0017-152.jpg" title="f0017-15" width="554" height="326"></div>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1616/2341281-1-eng-US/f0017-162.jpg" title="f0017-16" width="548" height="312"></div>Most penalties: Ball, New Haven, 281 minutes. &#9632;

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Looking At The EHL Race

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>MUSKEGON, Mich. &mdash;Around the International Hockey League, Frank Golembrosky, Port Huron&rsquo;s sensational young goal scorer, has been touted as most likely to receive the rookie of the year Award.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01322/2341347-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="288" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Reg Primeau</figcaption></div>But Muskegon is far from agreeing with that sentiment and casts a solid vote for young center Rene Drolet.The Muskegon critics agree that Golembrosky is a fine goal scorer and has a slight edge over Drolet in that department but in the other hockey departments insists there is just no comparison. They rate Drolet as the fastest skater in the league and with Fort Wayn&rsquo;s Bobby Rivard best forechecker.In the latest official IHL averages, Golembrosky had 39 goals in 54 games. Drolet had 30 goals in 52 games but his 37 assists compared to Golembrosky&rsquo;s 26 gave him a slight lead in total points, 67 to 65.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a pleasure just to sit there and watch him skate,&rdquo; Coach Moose Lallo said in speaking of Drolet. &ldquo;He does so many things with his speed and stick handling it&rsquo;s sometimes hard to believe.&rdquo;Drolet is 21 years of age, a native of Quebec City, Que., is only 5-8 and weighs 160 pounds. For two seasons previous to coming here he paced the Motnreal Junior Canadiens with 35 goals and 41 assists for 76 points in 1964-65 and 31 goals and 36 assists for 67 points in 1963-64. He lists his biggest thrill as getting eight goals in one game while a member of the Quebec Citadels, another junior team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04108/2341340-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="474" height="552"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK GOLEMBROSKY &hellip; Touted By Flags</figcaption></div>Muskegon also thinks another Mohawk, Gil LaPalme would be a serious contender for the rookie award had he not missed a whole month of play because of a back injury.Last year&rsquo;s rookie award went to Bob Thomas of Toledo.FORT WAYNE &mdash; Goalie Bob Gray just missed his second shutout of the season when Yves Caouette of Des Moines slipped in a goal with only three seconds remaining &hellip; Reggie Primeau, whose return to action sparked the Komets&rsquo; third line, had a hat trick against the Oak Leafs &hellip; Johnny Goodwin, continuing his strong play in recent weeks, had his seventh goal in six games. The Komets had 5,441 out for their second Sunday matinee of the season.MUSKEGON &mdash; The Mohawks won two important back-to-back games from Port Huron &hellip; The home game was a complete sellout &hellip; The Mohawks were slated to play four of their last five games at home, where they had lost only once in 27 starts &hellip; The Mohawks hadn&rsquo;t won a game in Fort Wayne, the only place in the league where they were stoped completely &hellip; Lyal Porter, former Muskegon player, was named to the U.S. squad for the World Tournament.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0579/2341333-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="474" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">RENE DROLET &hellip; Boosted By Muskegon</figcaption></div>DES MOINES &mdash; The Oak Leafs had 3,483 and 4,164 out for two weekend games with Dayton &hellip; The Leafs won only four of 14 meetings with the Gems &hellip; Laurie Langrell had a hat trick &hellip; Rookie goalie Gary Simmons helped the Leafs win four out of five before he was bombed by the komets, 8-1.PORT HURON &mdash; Coach Lloyd Maxfield shuffled his lines, moving defenseman Larry Mavety to a wing with Bert Fizzell and Frank St. Marseille &hellip; The Flags have had only three players in all 54 games and two others have played in 53 &hellip; Goalie Bob Sneddon had 55 saves against Dayton, the most ever by a Flag goalie &hellip; The Flags&rsquo; were concerned over Bob McCammon&rsquo;s loss of ten pounds.TOLEDO&mdash;The Blades dropped their eighth straight game and their tenth at home by one goal &hellip; The Blades had only a 3-24-1 record on the road &hellip; General Manager Ken Wilson said he fined Ray Winterstein $25 between periods of a Fort Wayne game &hellip; The injury to Moe Benoit forced Coach Brenchley to switch Don Westbrook and Wayne North to defense.DAYTON &mdash; The Gems bombed Toledo, 13-8. for the highest scoring game of the season in the IHL. Guy Trottier and Cliff Bristow had hat tricks &hellip; Goalie Wilf Keating was brought in from Sarnia for a relief job and helped the Gems beat Port Huron &hellip; High scoring Bob Bailey was out again with muscle spasms in the neck &hellip; The Gems had 3,244 out for a game with Muskegon. &#9632;

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Drolet, Golembrosky Top Candidates For IHL’s Rookie Of The Year Honors

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE(Standings on Tnes. Mar. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02236/2341385-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="557" height="179"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 2. Montreal. 3. Chicago, 6. Boston, x-idenpendent).GAMES COMPLETEDTues. Mar. 1Muskegon 9 at Dayton 4Wed. Mar. 2Muskegon 6 at Fort Wayne 6Des Moines 5 at Toledo 6Fri. Mar. 4Fort Wayne 7 at Toledo 4Sat. Mar. 5Fort Wayne 4 at Muskegon 6Des Moines 3 at Toledo 10Dayton 4 at Port Huron 1Sun. Mar. 6Dayton 3 at Port Huron 7GAMES TO COMETues., Mar. 8Toledo at Des MoinesWed., Mar. 9Port Huron at Fort WayneThurs., Mar. 10Dayton at MuskegonFri.. Mar. 11Muskegon at ToledoPort Huron at Des MoinesSat., Mar. 12Fort Wayne at MuskegonPort Huron at Des MoinesDayton at ToledoSun., Mar. 13Toledo at Fort WayneLEADING SCORERS(Including games of Sun., Feb. 27<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03149/2341378-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="564" height="430"></div>League LeadersMost Goals: Gary Schall, Muskegon, 59.Most Assists: Bob Bailey, Dayton, 70.Best Goals-Against-Average: Gerry Randall, Fort Wayne 3.33.Most Shutouts: Bob Sneddon, Port Huron, 4.Most Penalties in Minutes: Ivan Prediger, Dest Moines, 230. &#9632;

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<h2>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon., Feb. 21)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0670/2341430-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="560" height="234"></div>LEADING SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0763/2341423-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="568" height="678"></div>CANADIAN COLLEGIATEThurs. Mar. 3Toronto 9, Sir George Williams 7(Sudden-death preliminary, game)Fri. Mar. 4Toronto 6, St. Francis Xavier 4Univ. Of Alberta 10, Laurentian 4(Sudden-death semi-finals)Sat. Mar. 5Toronto 8, Univ. of Alberta 1(Toronto wins sudden-death final and title).FINAL SCORING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0853/2341416-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="558" height="730"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>MONTREAL, Que.Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League are beaming with pride following the windup of the Ontario Junior Hockey Association League schedule last weekend and rightly so.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01298/2341461-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="288" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andre Lacroix</figcaption></div>The Habs&rsquo; two top junior farm clubs &mdash; Peterborough Petes and Montreal Canadiens &mdash; finished one, two respectively in the team race. Andre Lacroix of the Petes grabbed the individual scoring championship with 120 points and Montreal goalies Ted Ouimet and Clifford Rose made off with the netminders&rsquo; award for the best goals-against average.Roger Bedard, a first-year coach at Peterborough, had the distinction of winning the regular league title with the Petes, who move into the first round of the OHA playoffs against Toronto Marlboros. Montreal faces Hamilton Red Wings, Niagara Falls Flyers meet Kitchener and Oshawa Generals tackle St. Catharines in other first round playoffs.London Nationals didn&rsquo;t make the playoffs in their first year in the league.The Nationals, in last place through most of the 48-game schedule, made a determined bid in the last three weeks to catch one of the eight playoff spots.Under interim coach Ebbie Bishop, who replaced the dismissed Jack McIntyre, the Nationals staved off elimination with only three games left, coming up with two goals late in the third period to defeat Kitchener Rangers 6-4.However, their hopes were ended in St. Catharines the following Sunday.Despite a spectacular goaltending display by Rocky Farr, who started his junior A career in Montreal two years ago, the Nationals were defeated 3-2 by the Hawks in the game that pushed them to the sidelines.Heading into the playoffs the Canadiens could be the team to fear.With six wins and two ties in their last eight games they. seem to be hitting their peak at the right time.And they&rsquo;ll have added strength with the return to their lineup of veteran defenseman Serge Savard.Out since December with knee ligament problems, Coach Scotty Bowman has had Savard skating for a week and believes he&rsquo;ll be ready for regular duty for the opening game of the playoffs. &#9632;

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Petes, Canucks Finish One, Two In Race

NASHVILLE, Tenn. &mdash;Norm Ryder set a personal and also a Nashville record when he posted a hat trick at Greensboro.It was the first hat trick ever recorded by Ryder in his hockey career, and it was also the first time any defenseman in the history of the Nashville team ever had tallied three goals in a game. Ryder is one of the better offensive defensemen in the league and was picked on the Southern All-Star squad. &#9632;

Ryder’s Hat Trick Sets Persona!, Flyers’ Mark

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02249/2341516-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg"></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1. Pictured Detroit forward.7. First NHL team of pictured star (abbr.)8. Pictured player never performed in this league (abbr.)10. An injured Bruin.13. Red Kelly&rsquo;s daughter.14. Native country of Ken Hodge (abbr.)16. Richard and Lach were a scoring &mdash;.17. Old English (abbr.)18. Nickname of an ex-Ranger coach.19. Initials of &ldquo;Moe&rdquo; Bartoli.21. Initials of Lanyon of Cleveland.22. Month in which 20 down was born (abbr.)24. Initials of Witiuk of Victoria.25. Jacques Laperriere was the NHL&rsquo;s best one in 1963-64.29. Initials of Mazur, ex-Canadien forward.31. A Boston defenseman.32. Given name of 31 across.34. Method of controlling the puck while a team is penalized.35. Nickname of an AHL team.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. Played recently for Canadiens.2. Initials of Almas, once a Red Wing goalie.3. Ron Ellis is now &mdash;.4. How Toronto and Detroit fared on Feb. 12.5. Billy Reay once played centre for this team.6. Initials of one of the Hoekstra brothers.9. Bert Marshall&rsquo;s second name.11. Elmer Vasko married one (abbr.)12. Comparative ending.15. Given name of 1 down.18. Baltimore&rsquo;s coach.20. Vezina Trophy winner of 1960-61.23. Bert Olmstead is one in the WHL.26. Denotes scoreless tie.27. Initials of one of the famous Kilrea brothers.28. Former Springfield coach30. Pronoun.33. There&rsquo;s some controversy over the &mdash; of 20 down.34. Initials of a Montreal forward.SOLUTION IN NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S ISSUE<h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Solution</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Kamloops5. Pts.7. Romnes12. E.T.13. Topper14. M.A.15. M.P.16. Mel.17. Bos.19. Are20. A.R.21. C.L.22. Two24. Hal.25. Brian27. Brent28. C.D.L.30. On31. Ed.33. History<h3>DOWN</h3>1 Kurtenbach2. Memphis3. P.P.4. Stemmer6. Stapleton8. 009. N.P.10. E.E.11. Sr.16. Martin18. Orland23. Water25. Bros.26. Rent28. C.M.29. L.H.32. D.Y. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

TORONTO, Ont.No fewer than four junior Marlboros have been called up to the Leafs this year. Jim McKenny, 19-year-old defenseman from Ottawa, was the latest one to be called up by Punch Imlach. McKenny replaced defenseman Kent Douglas, out with a throat infection, for the games of Feb. 26 and 27, against Boston and New York.The other Marlies were Brent Imlach, Wayne Carleton, and Al Smith.Besides, Marlie graduates have been playing with the big parent club, Gary Smith, Ron Ellis, rookie sensation Brit Selby, Pete Stemkowski.With such an outstanding record someone may be asking who the manager and coach are of the Toronto Marlboros. They are Jim Gregory and Gus Bodnar.&mdash; Obodiac &#9632;

Marlies Prove Help To Leafs

<h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>FINAL STANDING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03200/2341571-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="548" height="260"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1. Toronto; 2. Montreal; 3. Chicago; 4. Detroit; 5. New York; 6. Boston).GAMES COMPLETEDThurs., Mar. 3Kitchener 5 at Hamilton 4Montreal 3 at Peterborough 1Fri., Mar. 4St. Catharines 2 at Kitchgher 3Hamilton 4 at Niagara Falls 2Sat., Mar. 5Niagara Falls 3 at Oshawa 4Peterborough 1 at Montreal 1Sun., Mar. 6Oshawa 3 at Montreal 7Peterborough 4 at Toronto 7Niagara Falls 6 at Kitchener 2 &#9632;

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GALT, Ont.Galt Hornet captain, Joe Hogan, and Guelph Regal goalie, &lsquo;Boat&rsquo; Hurley, claimed the top individual honors in the senior OHA hockey race which ended, last week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04175/2341602-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="255" height="397"><figcaption class="caption-body">Earl Balfour</figcaption></div>Hogan capped a two-month duel with Jack Price of Oakville Oaks by scoring two points on the final night of the 200-game schedule and winning the scoring championship and Ecclestone Trophy.Hurley coasted to his second straight Turofsky Trophy as the league goalie with the best goals against average.Hogan, a 30-year-old center scored his 24th goal and added his 45th assist in the final game to shade Price by one point. Hogan finished with 69 points and a league-leading 45 assists. It was an uphill battle for Hogan whose club played 42 games as compared to Oakville&rsquo;s 46.Price finished with 68 points including 38 goals to lead in that department. Woodstock Athletic center Bob Robinson was in the race until the final two games of the schedule, finishing third with 66 points.Robinson tied Oakville&rsquo;s Moe Galand for second place in the goal-scoring derby with 27 each. Robinson was also runner-up in assists with 39.Hornets, although they missed the playoffs, had four shooters among the top ten scorers. Galand and &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Martin, coach of the pennant-winning Regals, tied for fourth place with 54 points while Gait&rsquo;s Carl Hatt and Ted Power of Woodstock shared sixth position.Galt coach Earl Balfour was eighth with 50 points, Dick Cherry of Kingston was ninth with 47 and Hornets&rsquo; Bert Brown and Oakville&rsquo;s Grant Moore tied for 10th with 46 each.Thirteen shooters scored 20 or more goals with Terry Oliver of Guelph the last to qualify. He scored with 29 seconds left in Regal&rsquo;s final game to climb into 12th position in the race with 44 points.Hurley was the backbone of Guelph&rsquo;s first place drive, allowing 134 goals in 39 games for a 3.43 average. The veteran of world hockey competition held a healthy lead on runner-up Al Bennett of Oakville. &#9632;

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Galt Stars Monopolize Ice Awards

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;Would you believe it? Hockey&rsquo;s greatest goal scorer only recently had a goal bonus inserted in his contract !Twenty-year and 600-goal man Gordie Howe revealed it during a marathon Detroit television show in which fans telephone in with questions.Howe also said, in response to a question on whether or not he&rsquo;d like to coach, that club owner Bruce Norris told him he has &ldquo;a job for life&rdquo; with the Red Wings.Abel explained the lack of goal bonuses, almost standard equipment in NHL contracts, with a laugh:&ldquo;Gordie always talks me into putting it into his salary,&rdquo; Abel said, obviously not minding parting with the money.One point Howe made concerned the effects of minor hockey on youngsters. Gordie&rsquo;s two oldest boys are Marty, 12, and Mark, almost 10. Howe pulled them off their well-organized kid team, which played as many games as the Wings last year and at times seemed to travel as far.&ldquo;The boys were falling asleep in classes and the teachers called home. Their grades were down. We took them off the team for some time and their grades climbed right up to where we&rsquo;re proud of them.&rdquo;Howe said he&rsquo;s all for athletics and would be very proud if the boys follow him into hockey but at this stage of their lives, it must be kept in proper perspective.Howe was the first hockey player to appear on the show after four Detroit Tigers, including Al Kaline and the general manager. Detroit Piston player-coach Dave De-Busschere and Detroit Lions defensive end Sammy Williams. faced the callers.And, after the first question, which was on football, all the rest were directed to Howe, the top response in the show&rsquo;s brief history.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01182/2341640-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="520" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">HANK BASSEN &hellip; Gave Up No. 50</figcaption></div>Defenseman Gary Bergman&rsquo;s wife. Jane, gave birth to a three-pound, two-ounce son 2&frac12; months prematurely at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital. the couple&rsquo;s first child. They named him after Ted Lindsay: Robert Blake. Mother and son are doing well although the baby will have to remain in the hospital until it gets up to five pounds.When the ice show forced the Wings out of Olympia and onto the road, the bon voyage practice was held at Howe&rsquo;s suburban rink and it was like the North Pole inside.&ldquo;It never got this cold in Melville,&rdquo; shivered Abel.&ldquo;Gordie obviously doesn&rsquo;t worry about the heating bill,&rdquo; kidded Floyd Smith. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no heat.&rdquo;Howe hit goalie Hank Bassen on the instep with two blistering shots and Henry was hopping and not very happy about it.&ldquo;Go shoot at the other end.&rdquo; yelled Bassen.It was from the frying pan into the fire. The next night Bassen faced Bobby Hull and fanned on the Hawks&rsquo; star&rsquo;s 50th goal leaving one short of a new NHL record.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02119/2341633-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="512" height="1069"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HOWE &hellip; Set With Wings</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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