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November 12, 1966
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McNeill, Maloney Must Carry Vancouver
VANCOUVER, B.C.— The Vancouver Canucks’ two-man “M-Squad,” Billy McNeill and Phil Maloney hold the keys to the British Columbians success this season. Stripped of two of their leading scorers of last season. Howie Hughes and Bruce Carmichael, the Canucks will have to rely more heavily than ever on McNeill, who must play back to his MVP form of the past two seasons after planning to retire and then failing to regain the major leagues in a Toronto training camp bid, and Maloney, who at 39, after 18 years in professional hockey, may begin slowing down any time now. It’s too early for the early returns to have real significance, but it does appear that Bert Olmstead and his boys may be in for a long season. After winning the opener from the…
Leafs Get Two Wins As Overtime Features Early Action
TOLEDO, O.— International Hockey League teams may be considered to be evenly matched, judging from the number of overtimes racked up in the early weeks of the season. In the first 19 games the IHL recorded five overtimes, two of which remained knotted after the extra 10-minute session. When the league chalked up 32 overtime games last season, it appeared like a record that would not soon be surpassed but at the present rate that mark could easily be broken. Suffering most from overtime play were the new Columbus Checkers. Two of their first five losses came in “sudden death” defeats. Benefitting most were the Des Moines Oak Leafs, who had two wins and a tie to show for three overtime exertions. This was a switch for the Leafs, who had a sad experience…
Hockey Crossword Puzzle
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK ACROSS 1—Pictured NHL coach. 3—Lou Fontinato was the NHL’s—man in 1961-62. 6—Trophy won by pictured coach in 1938-39. 7—Calder Trophy winner of 1956-57. 11—Initial of Timgren, ex-Leaf forward. 12—Former Ranger defense star. 14—Pronoun. 16—Initials of Lumley, former NHL netminder. 17—“Red” Kelly’s initials. 19—Bob Pulford regards Billy Harris as one. 20—Name given San Diego’s regular goalie 22—Allright (slang.) 23—Former NHL referee. 24—Broken bones do this. 26—11th & 12th letters of the alphabet 27—One of Earl Balfour’s daughters. 29—Initials of Lund, former Calder Trophy winner. 30—Short for occupation of Buffey and Ashley. 32—Old time great known as “Cyclone.” DOWN 1—Quebec Aces’ top point getter in 1961-62. 2—Month in which pictured coach was born. 3—Given name of 13 down. 4—Short for first name of 12 across. 5—Initials of ex-Seal Topoll. 8—5th & 15th letters of the alphabet. 9—Initials of a minor league. 10—New Testament (abbr.) 13—AHL’s top rookie last year. 15—League in which 18 down played junior hockey (abbr.) 18—Calder Trophy winner…
Hot Scoring Paul Henderson Sensation Of Early Season
DETROIT, Mich. — Happiness is Paul Henderson with a fat contract. Happiness is Sid Abel with a net chock-full of pucks put there by happy Paul Henderson. “I just feel good,” Henderson said, explaining his fast start, a start that included six goals in two nights, two at Toronto and four against the New York Rangers in Detroit. “I just feel good,” said the 23-year-old Red Wing who has found playing the wrong wing the right way to success. “I’m happy, real happy with my contract.” Henderson was one of the last Red Wing’s to sign and he was a tough bargainer. He obviously got what he wanted and then he made manager-coach Abel happy with his goal deluge. Henderson began his ascent to the higher income and higher goal bracket last season after an apprenticeship on…
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