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December 17, 1966

The Hockey News December 17, 1966

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;If the New York Rangers had any doubts about goalie Ed Giacomin&rsquo;s ability to play in the big time, they are fast disappearing.Giacomin, who has appeared in all but one of Rangers&rsquo; 24 games to date, continues to lower his average, which is now a respectable 2.27, second only to Montreal&rsquo;s Charlie Hodge, who has a 2.04 goals-against mark. The overall Ranger average of 2.46, however, is the best in the league since Lorne Worsley&rsquo;s total of 2.91 raises the Montreal figure to 2.52. Giacomin also leads the league in shutouts with three. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

Giacomin Up With Top Goalers

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04169/2595046-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Coach in NHL.5&mdash;Initials of Black Hawk winger.7&mdash;Negative answer.8&mdash;Horvath, Bucyk and Stasiuk line. (Plur.)9&mdash;First name of Ranger forward.12&mdash;Verb.13&mdash;Usual pre-game meal.16&mdash;Short for first name of Ranger forward.17&mdash;Number of points scored by Al MacNeil in 1965 66.18&mdash;First name of Cushenan.20&mdash;Number worn by 29 down.22&mdash;Period of time.23&mdash;Initials of Leaf forward.24&mdash;Initials of Detroit defenseman.25&mdash;A Chicago rookie answers to this.28&mdash;1962-63 top rookie.30&mdash;Scored winning goal in longest Stanley Cup game played.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Pictured NHL center.2&mdash;Former Art Ross trophy winner.3&mdash;N.H.L. statisticians do this.4&mdash;Seattle defenseman.5&mdash;1956-57&rsquo; Calder trophy win; ner.6&mdash;Initials of Bruin coach.10&mdash;Birthplace of 9 across.11&mdash;15th and 19th letter of the alphabet.14&mdash;5th and 15th letter of the alphabet.15&mdash;Former Leaf nicknamed &ldquo;Teeder&rdquo;.19&mdash;Ex-N.H.L. defenseman with Rochester.21&mdash;To make mistakes.25&mdash;Former New Yorker first name Pat.26&mdash;Short for given name of Boyer.27&mdash;Initials of Schmautz of Portland.29&mdash;Initials of Leaf Captain.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05122/2595039-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="447" height="649"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01473/2594738-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="609" height="188"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Dec. 6Omaha 4 at Houston 6Wed. Dec. 7Omaha 1 at Tulsa 1Fri. Dec. 9Memphis 2 at Tulsa2 Omaha 5 at St. Louis 5Sat. Dec. 10St. Louis 4 at Omaha 5Tulsa 1 at Memphis 9Oklahoma City 2 at Houston 2Sun. Dec. 11Tulsa 4 at St. Louis 4<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Dec. 14Houston at OmahaMemphis at St. LouisTulsa at Oklahoma CityFri. Dec. 16Houston at Oklahoma CitySat. Dec. 17Memphis at OmahaOklahoma City at St. LouisTulsa at HoustonSun. Dec. 18Omaha at TulsaHouston at MemphisSt. Louis at Oklahoma City<h2>CPHL Point Race</h2><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including games of Sun., Dec. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02402/2594731-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="609" height="497"></div> &#9632;

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CENTREL LEAGUE

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Dec. 13)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01394/2594977-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="607" height="222"><figcaption class="caption-body">(NHL Affiliation: 1 Montreal; 3 Chicago; 5 Boston; x independent.)</figcaption></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Dec. 6Des Moines 0 at Toledo 3Wed. Dec. 7Des Moines 4 at Dayton 2Muskegon 4 at Fort Wayne 5Fri. Dec. 9Dayton 4 at Columbus 2Toledo 1 at Des Moines 3Fort Wayne 5 at Port Huron 2Sat. Dec. 10Toledo 0 at Des Moines 4Columbus 1 at Muskegon 6Port Huron 3 at Fort Wayne 6Sun. Dec. 11Columbus 4 at Dayton 7Muskegon 3 at Port Huron 2<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun., Dec. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02308/2594970-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="612" height="628"></div> &#9632;

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How They Stand

<div class="byline">By BOB HARRIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01464/2595243-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="620" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">20 BIG YEAR</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02345/2595236-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="299" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Gilbert</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The New York Rangers today are quaffing the sweet wine of victory while enjoying the luxury of first place in in the National Hockey League. It&rsquo;s a rare feeling for the Broadway Blues.General manager-coach Emile Francis, the man who rightfully deserves the credit for putting the Rangers in orbit, may have lit the fuse that rocketed the Rangers into first place when he confirmed that each member of the Blues has a bonus in his contract calling for extra greenbacks if the team gained 26 points within 25 games.Well the Rangers did reach that plateau and more this past week and while Francis was reluctant to discuss the bonus plan of the Blues, his ace right winger Rod Gilbert wasn&rsquo;t.Gilbert, who fired five goals in Rangers&rsquo; three sweeping victories that catapulated the team into first position for the first time since 1961, said the players would be enriched from $250 to $500 each for their feat.Francis said bonus clauses are nothing new. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been going on for years,&rdquo; said the Rangers&rsquo; executive. But nonetheless, the idea obviously appealed to the Blues, who have streaked to the front of the NHL race by combining some sensational goal scoring and a sound defense backed up by the brilliant net-minding of greying Ed Giacomin.Gilbert and Don Marshall, each with a league-leading 13 goals, have been the offensive leaders for the Rengers. The Blues have lost only one game in their last nine starts, a remarkable run for a team that was picked to end up in last place by 14 out of 18 experts.The Rangers have been coming on strong and undoubtedly the bonus disclosure has helped give the club a little more impetus. The Blues complete disregard for their opposition has been another factor in the club&rsquo;s rise to first position.On the weekend, they lowered the boom on Montreal&rsquo;s suddenly rejuvenated Canadiens 4-2 while a capacity 15,925 New Yorkers screamed &ldquo;We&rsquo;re No 1&rdquo; in Madison Square Garden. It was exhilerating for Francis and the Rangers to be sitting on top looking down. It hasn&rsquo;t happened since Nov. 22, 1961.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03147/2595229-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="2447" height="1193"><figcaption class="caption-body">The NHL scoring tempo is picking up as the teams near the halfway mark in the schedule. There were several outstanding performances this past week and not the least was the three-goal game turned in by Leafs&rsquo; RON ELLIS, left, shown having the puck checked away from him by Chicago&rsquo;s agile PAT STAPLETON (12). Ellis, who started slowly, has scored nine times and is one of the reasons Leafs are knocking on the door at the top of the NHL race.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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AMAZING RANGERS IN ORBIT

<div class="byline">By GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01619/2593519-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="577" height="599"><figcaption class="caption-body">HENRI RICHARD &hellip; Reaches Milestone</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02592/2593512-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="295" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Kelly</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Henri Richard, according to himself, is not a goal-scorer.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t shoot the puck often enough,&rdquo; he has said. &ldquo;I make too many moves and usually go in too close to the net.&rdquo;Despite this modest assessment of his scoring ability, the &ldquo;Pocket Rocket&rdquo; has become the latest charter member of hockey&rsquo;s select 250-goal club. The little Canadiens&rsquo; center joined the ranks of the game&rsquo;s great snipers by firing the 250th goal of his career on December 7th, against Toronto Maple Leafs. He got the milestone marker against Terry Sawchuk, with a short drive from the left side after taking a pass from Claude Provost. The goal, his seventh of the season, came at 8:41 of the first period.Richard kept the puck, and said later that he would have it mounted and placed on the mantlepiece of his home as a souvenir.&ldquo;I have the puck that I scored my first goal with,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Also the ones that got me my 100th and 200th goals. I hope I&rsquo;ll get at least 300 before I&rsquo;m through, maybe more.&rdquo;Richard&rsquo;s 250th goal came in the 718th regular season game of his 12-year career. He also has 417 assists, for a point total of 667 to date.One souvenir he won&rsquo;t be able to keep is the stick with which he scored the big goal. It goes to Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame, to be put on display with the sticks of other stars who have achieved outstanding feats in the NHL.While Richard became the 18th member to join the 250-goal club, two other NHL veterans, George Armstrong of the Maple Leafs and Detroit&rsquo;s Dean Prentice were on the verge of stepping up to join the NHL&rsquo;s group of super scorers.Prentice had 246 goals to his credit after games through Sunday, Dec. 11. Armstrong stood a close second with 245.With Richard joining the select goal-getting club, two other members were advancing past two retired hockey immortals, Howie Morenz and Aurel Joliat. Both Red Kelly of the Leafs and Detroit&rsquo;s Norm Ullman pushed past the two one-time NHL greats, who wound up their big league careers with 270 goals each. Ullman increased his lifetime mark to 274 goals while Kelly raised his to 273 moving them into 10th and 11th place respectively in the race for individual lifetime goal marks.Frank Mahovlich of Toronto, with 269 goals, was also about to move past the former stars of the Montreal Canadiens and into 12th spot in the all-time race.The great Gordie Howe of Detroit was still the NHL&rsquo;s premier scorer of course with 628 goals. Jean Beliveau of Montreal, off to one of his slowest starts in years, was closing in on the 400-goal plateau with 388 already to his credit.Bernard &ldquo;Boom-Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion of the Rangers was in a good position to displace the retired Ted Lindsay as the NHL&rsquo;s fourth highest goal scorer of the past 20 years.Geoffrion scored four times in games up to Dec. 11 to boost his lifetime total to 375, four behind Lindsay, who quit after scoring 379.Bobby Hull of Chicago is another player who has stepped up in the all-time race. Hull, with 9 goals this season in his first 18 games, had a total of 327 allowing him to pass the late Nels Stewart, who finished with 324, and move into No. 6 position.Hockey&rsquo;s top 10 scorers&rsquo; list has undergone a considerable change this season. Here&rsquo;s how they look after the weekend games of Sun. Dec. 11:1&mdash;Gordie Howe 628. 2&mdash;Maurice Richard 544. 3&mdash;Jean Beliveau 388. 4&mdash;Ted Lindsay 379. 5&mdash;Bernard Geoffrion 375. 6&mdash;Bobby Hull 327. 7&mdash;Nels Stewart 324. 8&mdash;Alex Delvecchio 315. 9&mdash;Andy Bathgate 309. 10&mdash;Norm Ullman 274.<h2>NHL&rsquo;S 250-GOAL CLUB</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03499/2593505-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="994" height="872"></div> &#9632;

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“No Scorer” But Henri Richard Nets 250 th Goal

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>DETROIT &mdash; George Gardner, goalkeeper, and Parker MacDonald, forward, recalled from Pittsburgh of AHL. Pete Goegan, defenseman, returned to Pittsburgh.TORONTO &mdash; Bruce Gamble, goalkeeper, recalled from Rochester of AHL.MONTREAL &mdash; Gary Bauman, goalkeeper, recalled from Quebec of AHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>PITTSBURGH &mdash; Jimmy Peters, forward, and Warren Godfrey, defenseman, sent to Memphis of CPHL. George Gardner, goalkeeper, recalled from Pittsburgh.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>TOLEDO &mdash; Murray Kuntz, forward, and Viger (Fritz) Gendron, defenseman, signed as free agents from Ottawa.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>NEW HAVEN &mdash; Jacques Monette, goalkeeper, Lynn Margarit, forward, released. Pete Sternig, goalkeeper, secured from Muskegon of IHL. Will Moffatt, defenseman, signed from Edmonton. &#9632;

Movements Of Players

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01621/2593581-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="387" height="386"><figcaption class="caption-body">HOCKEY SPECIAL</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The Ranger players knew some-tiling I should have known &mdash; but didn&rsquo;t. But, then again, the Rangers know a lot more about hockey than I know. They play it. I study it.They knew all along that Ed Giacomin was a first-rate goaltender, except they weren&rsquo;t talkin at least not until they were annoyed enough to talk. Hockey players are that way. They don&rsquo;t talk much but when they&rsquo;re peeved they let you know straight out.I annoyed them.A few weeks ago I wrote a piece about Giacomin in the Nov. 19th issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS. Rangers had blown a lead to Toronto on a Saturday. Then, they came home and blew leads to Toronto again and, finally, Boston. In each case Giacomin was the goaltender.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02505/2593574-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1105" height="1657"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED GIACOMIN &hellip; He&rsquo;s Got The Stuff</figcaption></div>Funny thing is that I thought I detected the gem of greatness in Giacomin during the second Toronto disaster when he made a superb save just seconds after being severely wounded in a scramble around the net.I mentioned this &lsquo;way down in the story &mdash; also noting Giacomin&rsquo;s assets, his speed, youth et. al. &mdash; but surrounded it with details of the triple collapses. The felony was compounded by the headline &ldquo;GIACOMIN FUMBLING WAY OUT OF RANGER JOB.&rdquo;If the headline had appeared last year nothing would have happened. Last year the Ranger players wouldn&rsquo;t have cared. This year they care. That&rsquo;s one reason &mdash; among many &mdash; why they&rsquo;ll finish at least third.The first guy to let me know he cared was Rod Gilbert, the rejuvenated right wing.&ldquo;You&rsquo;re making a big mistake about Giacomin,&rdquo; he told me at the Met Hockey Writers luncheon. &ldquo;This fella is a real good goaltender and he&rsquo;s going to be great. He&rsquo;s got all the stuff. You&rsquo;ll see.&rdquo;What was the point in arguing? Before the season started I picked the Rangers third &mdash; and I knew Giacomin would be in goal. But if was interesting to hear Gilbert back up his goaltender with the paternalism of a father bragging about his oldest son.But that wasn&rsquo;t all. A couple of days later I was chatting with Red Berenson, the creative Ranger center. Red and I know each other well enough to talk on a friendly basis.&ldquo;I was disappointed with that story you wrote about Eddie,&rdquo; he said, muting his dismay as best a pleasant man can, &ldquo;especially that headline. That wasn&rsquo;t fair at all.&rdquo;Red said a lot more things, all of which made sense. But the point is the Rangers believe in their goaltender and they don&rsquo;t mind saying so. What&rsquo;s more Giacomin, who once may have had doubts himself, is believing in Giacomin and proving it on the ice. He&rsquo;s come of age as a pro.In the Nov. 26th 4-1 victory over Chicago the Ranger goaltender outduelled Black Hawk ace, Glenn Hall, who is so good they call him &ldquo;Mr. Goalie.&rdquo; It was like Sandy Koufax going against Juan Marichal. Last year at this time the Hawks played the Rangers on a Saturday afternoon. Hall held fast and Giacomin was beaten once on a goal late in the third period.This time it was 1-1 going into the third period. It should have been 2-1, Chicago. Eric Nesterenko, who knows his way around breakaways. glided in the clear in the second period. He had time and he had room as he eyed Giacomin. He moved straight down on the goalie like a Kamikaze pilot.Giacomin did what only the first-rate goalies do. He held his ground. He forced his enemy to make the first move. Nesterenko moved to the left. He tried one feint. No response. Another. No response. He had no choice now. He tried to lift the puck but Giacomin moved with his man and blocked the drive.&ldquo;That,&rdquo; said Rangcr g.m.-Emile Francis, &ldquo;was the turning point in the game.&rdquo;More than that. For the Rangers it could very well be the turning point in the season. Giacomin&rsquo;s save and eventual victory over Hall &mdash; was 14 karat all the way. On Nov. 27th he shut out Toronto. 5-0. No question he got help hut he made some big saves. He outwitted Brian Conacher, Jim Pappin, Bob Pulford and Eddie Shack on difficult plays around the net. He was as much responsible as any of the bubbly Rangers for their recent offensive which has brought about three straight wins and a tie for second place.Naturally, it hasn&rsquo;t been all Giacomin and the ice cream salesman from Northern Ontario is the first to admit it.&ldquo;The defense is really checking in front of me,&rdquo; the 27-year-old goalie reveals, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;ve got a lot more confidence.&rdquo;And limitless courage. He doesn&rsquo;t wear a mask. Yet. against Toronto he stuck his mug in front of a shot that would have gone in if he had turned away. More important, he&rsquo;s survived the carping of the vultures nesting in the Garden balcony who pounced on him during his lean nights.I can&rsquo;t say I was much help to him. Last January I did a stunt story, putting on the goalie pads for a magazine piece. It happened on the day Giacomin was sent to Baltimore. It was an unfortunate ironic coincidence. I felt embarrassed about the whole thing. But he worked in Baltimore. He worked in training camp and he proved that he&rsquo;s an NHL pro.That&rsquo;s why I didn&rsquo;t mind it a hit when Rod Gilbert gave me the wink and then the needle in the Ranger dressing room after the 4-1 win over Chicago.&ldquo;What did I tell you?&rdquo; Rod said.What could I say? &#9632;

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Netminder Ed Giacomin Makes It Big Playing Major Role In Blues’ Surge

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont&mdash;What&rsquo;s the surprise factor that has Toronto Maple Leafs in the thick of contention for first place in the National Hockey League this season?As always, a lot of things. The superb goaltending of a rejuvenated Terry Sawchuk. The development of a fourth forward line, so that coach Punch Imlach can keep sending waves of fresh troops into combat. The hustle of young new comers like Larry Jeffrey, Johnny Brenneman and Brian Conacher.You could also name a rejuvenated old-timer called Red Kelly, whose work in this, his 20th NHL season, has surpassed anything he&rsquo;s produced for Leafs in several years.Kelly, of course, was going to quit hockey last spring after Leafs had been beaten by Montreal Candadiens in the Stanley Cup semi-finals. With a new breed of younger players ready to move in, Kelly figured it looked like an excellent time to bow out. He was about to celebrate his 39th birthday, also a contributing factor, for that&rsquo;s getting pretty old for a demanding sport like hockey.Imlach said nothing at the time, for he felt sure Kelly would reconsider. And at no time, did he omit Kelly from 1966-67 planning. And he was right, of course. Kelly did change his mind and did return for his 20th big-league campaign &mdash; his seventh complete one as a Leaf since coming to Toronto from Detroit Red Wings in the winter of 1960.Imlach&rsquo;s pet scheme all along was to restore the center ice strength, which had contributed so vitally to Leafs&rsquo; three Stanley Cup triumphs between 1962 and 1964. He didn&rsquo;t have that last season, for example, and Leafs were quickly eliminated when the playdowns began.Young Mike Walton was to be that third center, along with Bob Pulford and Dave Keon, with Pete Stemkowski as an extra. For various reasons, though, Walton didn&rsquo;t make the grade and was left with Leafs&rsquo; American League farm team at Rochester. Instead, Imlach returned Red Kelly to center, after several seasons over on left wing.Suddenly, Leafs&rsquo; balance was restored. Kelly between Ron Ellis and Jeffrey was a strong line. Jim Pappin worked in nicely as rightwinger for Keon and Frank Mahovlich. Brenneman replaced Kelly on left wing with Pulford and Eddie Shack. And a fourth line had Stemkowski centering Conacher and captain George Armstrong.It&rsquo;s been traditional, since Kelly came to Toronto, that his linemates always have prospered. That began with Mahovlich and Bobby Nevin. Last year, Pulford and Shack had their greatest years while working with Kelly. Now Jeffrey has earned another shot at NHL competition as a Kelly flanker and Ellis has returned to the splendid rookie form he showed two years ago.This is true, of course. Kelly did make a significant contribution to Shack&rsquo;s 26 goals last year and to Pulford&rsquo;s 28. But he feels certain he is playing improved hockey this winter. He&rsquo;s already got &mdash; half of his 1965-66 points total.The return to center is part of it, naturally. Kelly also refers to the abandonment of his duties as a Member of Parliament, a job he resigned more than a year ago.&ldquo;The other day, I saw a photo of myself taken when I was trying to be a politician and a hockey player at the same time and couldn&rsquo;t believe how ancient I looked,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a different guy now.&rdquo;Kelly set a murderous schedule for himself and it was inevitable that hockey would suffer, especially as he approached 40 years of age. Trying to attend House of Commons sessions, while keeping with Leafs&rsquo; schedule of games and workouts, combined with the duties of being a father and family man proved more than one man could handle properly. It was the family part of it that bothered Kelly particularly. When he sat down to figure it all out, politics &mdash; which he had found a disillusioning experience in many respects &mdash; was the thing he most easily could give up.At the time, though, he had no idea how greatly the difficult timetable was affecting his hockey. Nor did he have an idea until this winter, when he finally returned to normal.Another bumper year by Kelly would be an added bonus to the payoff on what must have been the best trade Leafs ever made, that transaction which brought Kelly to Toronto.Here are the details, for younger readers who may not remember. Kelly, one of Red Wings&rsquo; all-time greats, and Billy McNeill, were dealt to New York Rangers for Eddie Shack and Bill Gadsby. Both Kelly and McNeill refused to report, nullifying the transaction. They retired from hockey, though they remained Detroit property.Ex-Wing Johnny Wilson, who was with Leafs at the time, mentioned that Kelly often had discussed how much he&rsquo;d have liked to play in Toronto. Imlach and his assistant, King Clancy, followed up the suggestion, after getting permission from the Detroit team to deal with Kelly. Eventually, he agreed to report, if a deal could be arranged, and Leafs gave Wings another defenseman, Marc Reaume, in exchange.Leafs got Shack, too, in a later swap, Gadsby found his way to Detroit eventually and McNeill returned to hockey in the minors after a brief retirement. Kelly, of course, was one of the key figures in the three consecutive Stanley Cup triumphs Leafs recorded.He&rsquo;d always been a left wing and a defenseman in Detroit and it was Imlach&rsquo;s idea to shift him to center. Because of that move, he had some of his greatest years long after he seemed to be through. The same thing is happening now &mdash; again because of a switch to center ice. &#9632;

Kelly Like Good Wine-Gets Better With Time

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01683/2593709-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">1. These two fine hockey players have something in common. What is it? And who are they for 20 points?</figcaption></div>Here is a challenge to every hockey fan, young and old. How well do you know your hockey players? See how many you can guess right &mdash; 10 points for each correct answer. 70 is passing, 80 gives you the right to be a second guesser, 90 100 you are an expert.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02634/2593702-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="531" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">2. He held the playoff assists record for many years until Stan Mikita broke it. Who is he?</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03539/2593695-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="535" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body">3. Recognize this top hockey broadcaster when he was younger and in his prime. What is his name?</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04468/2593688-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="530" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">4. Chicago players won four rookie awards. This fellow was the second back in the late 30&rsquo;s. Do you know who he is?</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05410/2593681-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="1125" height="478"><figcaption class="caption-body">5. Here are two of hockey&rsquo;s greatest old time performers. They&rsquo;re both in the Hall of Fame. For 10 points each, name each one.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06333/2593674-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="427" height="390"><figcaption class="caption-body">6. He had distinction of scoring overtime goal in hockey&rsquo;s longest Stanley Cup playoff game. Can you remember his name?</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07257/2593667-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="529" height="383"><figcaption class="caption-body">7. They called him Prince Charlie and he was a top NHL netminder for many years. Do you know who this great goalie was?</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08188/2593660-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="414" height="391"><figcaption class="caption-body">8. A member of a famous NHL &lsquo;Kid Line&rsquo; he recently died without being elected to the Hall of Fame. Can you name him?</figcaption></div><h2>Hockey Fotoquiz Answers</h2>1. Gordie Drillon and Gordie Howe. Both won NHL scoring titles.2. Fleming Mackell.3. Foster Hewitt.4. Cully Dahlstrom.5. Newsy Lalonde and Cyclone Taylor.6. Mud Bruneteau.7. Charlie &lsquo;Chuck&rsquo; Rayner.8. Harvey (Busher) Jackson. &#9632;

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HOCKEY FOTOQUIZ

<div class="byline">By DAN MOULTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01636/2593747-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Hawks are getting a lot of mileage out of their Scooter Line this season. Led by Stan Mikita and KEN WHARRAM, shown here jostling with Leafs&rsquo; KENT DOUGLAS, the Hawks are riding high in the NHL race.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02582/2593740-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="299" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Esposito</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The Black Hawks have been flying with only one line for the last several games.But just how much longer the Scooter crew of Stan Mikita, Ken Wharram, and Doug Mohns can carry the burden is causing &mdash; Reay to worry more than the coach of a contending team should at this stage of the campaign.&ldquo;Our main problem has been at center ice,&rsquo; said Reay, who actually could have had a recording made of that statement three years ago when he arrived on the Chicago scene because the ailment has been chronic with the Hawks for several seasons.&ldquo;I just keep praying that Mikita can keep going as he has since the start of the year,&rdquo; Billy continued. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s been tremendous.&rdquo;&ldquo;But I keep looking for something from our four other centers and I&rsquo;m not finding it.&rdquo;Those four other centers are Lou Angotti, Phil Esposito, Fred Stanfield, and Wally Boyer, node of whom have done more than work efficiently, and then only for short spurts.Reay revamped his crews a week ago, dropping Esposito from the place of honor between Bobby Hull and Chico Maki and inserting him in Boyer&rsquo;s spot between Dennis Hull and Eric Nesterenko.But instead of using one of his other middlemen in Phil&rsquo;s spot, Reay shifted Maki over from right wing and put sophomore Ken Hodge at Chico&rsquo;s post, which gives a pretty good idea of Bill&rsquo;s evaluation of the center situation.The experiments failed in their first two tests and Reay wasn&rsquo;t sure how long he&rsquo;d continue with the revised units.&ldquo;Of course I&rsquo;d prefer to have Maki at right wing with Bobby,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;I just wish Hodge could play center but he&rsquo;s just not good enough at handling the puck for that right now.&rdquo;Reay actually would like to have Esposito functioning at center for Maki and Hull. After all, this crew came up with a total of 108 last year (Hull 54, Esposito 27, Maki, 17) and Reay was most reluctant to break it up.But Esposito simply wasn&rsquo;t contributing enough to justify Reay&rsquo;s stringing along with him. The big youngster had scored only once in the team&rsquo;s first 19 games and was doing nothing for Hull in the way of play-making.And Hull, still suffering from bursitis in his hip, was in need of all the help he could get from a center.Up until now, Phil&rsquo;s failure had too great an effect on the team, mainly because Mikita has turned in almost super-human efforts.But the price of having only 20 per cent of your center force in operation is&rsquo;going to have to be payed, eventually. &#9632;

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Mikita Flying For Black Hawks But Center Clubs Big Headache

CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Doug Mohns still is hampered by the torn muscles in his right shoulder. At present he&rsquo;s wearing a special harness, which attaches from his chest to his right upper arm by means of a chain.&ldquo;It cuts down most scoring chances but that doesn&rsquo;t bother me too much,&rdquo; said the veteran. &ldquo;What is important is that our line is scoring, Kenny Wharram and Stan Mikita, so all I have to be concerned with is checking and keeping our defensive record good. Sometimes when a line gets rolling on offense it forgets about getting back to check.&rdquo;Doug feared that the ailment would trouble him for the rest of the season but reports that the shoulder is improving and that he&rsquo;ll probably be able to shed the brace in a couple of weeks.Bobby Hull isn&rsquo;t as optimistic concerning his bursitis.&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t noticed much improvement since I began taking, all those shots and medicine,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I might feel pretty good a couple of days after a treatment and be able to go well in one game but it doesn&rsquo;t last.&rdquo;Billy Reay is making good on his promise to give Goalie Denis DeJordy more work this year, despite the return from two weeks retirement of Glenn Hall. &#9632;

Doug Mohns Hoping To Shed Special Shoulder Harness

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01710/2593802-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie President and PublisherWill V. Coto Vice-Pres, and Gen. MgrYearly Subscription Rates: $400 in Canada and the British Commonwealth $5.00 in the U.S.A, and $7.00 in Foreign CountriesPostage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash. Printed in CanadaVol. 20 MONTREAL, DECEMBER 17, 1966 No. 10<h2>Bruins&rsquo; Pit Martin Deserves More Credit</h2>Hockey News Editor:I&rsquo;ve been a Bruins fan since I saw them when I was eight, and have loved them ever since. I would enjoy an article on Pit Martin, who I think is doing a fine job and not getting the credit he well deserves. So lets give credit where credit is due.And also congratulations on your 20th year, and keep up the good work.Bob Modlisz, Chicago, Ill.<h2>Rangers Have Too Much To Be Picked For Last</h2>Hockey News Editor:First of all I would like to congratulate you on your twenty years of publication. For the first time I received THE HOCKEY NEWS and I have been getting it since. I would like to state that I think that the New York Rangers will grab third place in the league standings at the end of the season. Up front they have one of the all time greats Boom Boom Geoffrion, along with Rod Gilbert, Phil Goyette, and Don Marshall and don&rsquo;t forget Bob Nevin. On defence they have another great, Harry Howell with Jim Neilson, Arnie Brown, and Wayne Hillman.With a team like this and more great players I don&rsquo;t know how anyone can pick the Rangers for last.Richard Libman, West Orange, N.J.<h2>Why Didn&rsquo;t WHL Whiz Make Grade In NHL?</h2>Hockey News Editor:In an article I read in Hockey Illustrated, it said that a player by the name of Lou Jankowski had scored more goals in the past eight years with Victoria Maple Leafs than either Dick Gamble in the American League or Bobby Hull in the National League.Why is it then that he never caught on with the Toronto Maple Leafs when in past years the Leafs were in desperate need of good left wingers?Dan Meehan, Lewiston, N.Y.(Editor&rsquo;s Note: Lou Jankowski is a fine hockey player but it is quite obvious the Maple Leafs didn&rsquo;t figure he could stick in the NHL or else they would have brought him up. Records show Jankowski played 127 games in the NHL for Detroit and Chicago. Now 35 and only a member of the Toronto chain the past three years, it would seem the Leafs acquired his services too late to be an NHL player.)<h2>Fan Club Organized For Hawks&rsquo; Stanfield</h2>Hockey News Editor:First may I mention that I really enjoy THE HOCKEY NEWS. Keep up the good work!I would like to inform your readers of the official Fred Stanfield Fan Club that has been organized under Fred&rsquo;s fullest consent.I would really appreciate it if you could mention this in &ldquo;Fan Forum&rdquo;.Caroline Daniel, 7 Maple Street, St. Catharines, Ont. &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02576/2593854-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="387" height="495"></div>&#9679; NEW YORK Rangers have a special bonus incentive this season. General Manager-Coach Emile Francis stated that every player on the team would receive a $250 bonus if the club had 26 points after 25 games. The Rangers had 26 points after 23 games &hellip; A Vancouver father says he is prepared to take the CAHA to court rather than pay a $35 transfer fee to have his son play &ldquo;recreational hockey&rdquo; &hellip; Other Canadian fathers are said to be fed up with the CAHA transfer fee. This fee is charged when boys move from one part of Canada to another and wish to play hockey in their new surroundings &hellip; Barry; Watson, son of former National Leaguer Harry; Watson, will get a chance to show his stuff; with Vancouver Canucks of the Western League &hellip; Bobby Taylor, the Toronto pro foot-ball player, is a member of the Portland Buckaroos of the WHL but he doesn&rsquo;t see too much action on the ice lanes &hellip; The current edition of the HOCKEY PICTORIAL is one of the finest yet. There&rsquo;s a great four-color cover showing Referee Vern Buffey being badgered by Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe of the Red Wings about a disputed Detroit goal &hellip; The Week Tragedy Stalked the NHL is a fine in-depth feature which hockey fans won&rsquo;t want to miss as well as the six-page spread on the Kiddies of NHL Stars at Christmas &hellip; Probably the top hockey cartoonist in the country right now is Bill Maki of Port Arthur, Ont. &hellip; His work appears regularly in HOCKEY PICTORIAL among other Canadian publications &hellip; The play of Claude Larose has been a splendid surprise to Canadiens. The dashing young winger is one of Montreal&rsquo;s top forwards of late and is fulfilling the promise he showed a couple of years ago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03440/2593847-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="298" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Delvecchio</figcaption></div>&#9679; BOSTON BRUINS sold out the Boston Garden in 11 of their first 12 home games this season &hellip; Attendance is up slightly all around the NHL &hellip; Montreal Canadiens have had seven games in the 15,000 plus category &hellip; Best game on Montreal ice this season was the recent game against Toronto &hellip; Terry Sawchuk, hockey&rsquo;s tough, luck guy, is expected to be sidelined for six weeks with a wrenched back. He is in the hospital undergoing tests and treatment right now &hellip; GM Hap Emms of the Boston Bruins has promised a complete shakeup of the team&rsquo;s personnel if things don&rsquo;t get better for the slipping Beantowners &hellip; Eddie; Shore&rsquo;s Springfield Indians of the American League must be hockey&rsquo;s tallest team. No fewer than nine members of the Indians top the six-foot mark &hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s Norm Ullman figures this is his worst start ever. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had two goals called back and I&rsquo;ve hit the goal posts eight times so far this season,&rdquo; the starry Red Wing informed. This time last year Normie was flying high in the points parade &hellip; Doug Harvey has been playing some sound defense for the Baltimore Clippers and is reported to be one of the top rearguards in the AHL this year. And at the age of 42 this month &hellip; Henri Richard was delighted when he scored his 250th NHL goal&rsquo; against Toronto the other evening. &ldquo;I sure am glad to get that one,&rdquo; he said as he pocketed the puck. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d been pressing since getting my 249th. Maybe the goals will come easier now&rdquo; &hellip; Frank Mathers and his wife Pat became United States citizens last week at a special ceremony at Harrisburg, Pa &hellip; The managercoach of the very successful Hershey Bears is an American Hockey League institution as a player, coach and manager &hellip; Brent Hancock, publicity director of the Hershey Bears, one of the best at his profession &hellip; Andy Bathgate has been seeing lots of ice time and playing; extremely well for the Pittsburgh Hornets since joining that club.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04318/2593840-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="289" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Henri Richard</figcaption></div>&#9679; THE LATEST up-to-date version of the Official NHL Record Book is now available for distribution and may be obtained by sending $1.25 to the Book Dept. Hockey News, Box 800, Montreal, Canada &hellip; This book lists the team standings and individual players records for every season since the National Hockey League was formed in 1917-18 up to and including the 1965-66 season. No other book ever published contains all this information &hellip; Eddie Shack was knocked unconscious for the first time in his hockey career last week when he collided with Canadiens&rsquo; Ted Harris which brought about a number of snide remarks by Montreal fans &hellip; The popular ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival takes place at New York&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden on December 17, 18, 19 and 20. Participating will be Clarkson, Boston University, Minnesota, Princeton, St. Lawrence and Yale. Minnesota is coached by Glen Sonmor, former Ranger, and it marks the first time mid-western college has competed in the tournament &hellip; Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita and Ken Wharram are great pals off the ice. Right now Kenny is helping Stan build a rec room. After all he is a first-class carpenter in the summer months. The two have played on the same line for the Hawks several years now and both seem to know the other&rsquo;s moves &hellip; San Diego Gulls are establishing attendance records in their first season&rsquo;s play in the Western Hockey League &hellip; Stan Barron does a fine job broad-casting Buffalo Bisons&rsquo; games and he is quite proud of the new program he&rsquo;s put out for the team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05267/2593833-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="297" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Wharram</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01662/2593885-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The new Philadelphia Flyers launched their season ticket sale for 1967 expansion of the National Hockey League. Here&rsquo;s HERB GARDINER, right, pointing out choice seat to club president BILL PUTNAM, left, while coach KEITH ALLEN looks on in center. Gardiner, now 75 years old and a former Philly coach and an ex-NHL player, helped kickoff the ticket drive.</figcaption></div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;The Philadelphia Flyers are not letting any grass grow under their feet when it comes to getting ready for expansion of the National Hockey League.In fact, the Flyers are a going concern. They&rsquo;ve already put their season tickets on sale for next year.Flyers&rsquo; president Bill Putnam solicited the help of Herb Gardiner, &lsquo;Mr. Hockey&rsquo; to several generations of Philadelphia-area hockey followers, to launch the ticket drive.Now 75 years old, Gardiner officiated along with Putnam, at the official ticket opening program when choice ducats in the city&rsquo;s spanking new 15,000-seat arena went on sale Nov. 29.Gardiner, who coached the city&rsquo;s pro hockey clubs from 1929 through 1947 under four names &mdash; Arrows, Ramblers, Rockets and Falcons &mdash; brought a bit of class to the event. He won several championships along the way in the old Canadian-American and American Leagues.Prior to coming to Philly, Gardiner starred in the NHL, winning the most valuable player award while a member of the Montreal Canadiens. He was later enshrined in Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Gar diner is now a resident of Upper Darby, Pa.The new NHL club is getting its hockey citizens acclimatized to big league action with the televising of regular NHL games into the Philadelphia area. WKBS-TV is piping in 20 regular league games, mostly in color, from Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and New York. Plans also call for some Wednesday night telecasts with sportscaster Stu Nahan handling the play-by-play of the games. &#9632;

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New Philly Flyers Open NHL Season Ticket Drive

MELVILLE, Sask.&mdash;The Russian national team, passing up a tour of the United States this winter, will have more time to spend in Canada.The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, in its monthly bulletin, announced four additional playing dates for the touring Russians: Dec. 23 at Corner Brook, Nfld.; Dec. 26 at St. John&rsquo;s, Nfld.; Dec. 28 at Saint John, N.B., and Dec. 30 at Halifax.The team then plays three games in the centennial tournament in Winnipeg, then a series of three exhibition games with Canada&rsquo;s national team in Montreal, Jan. 8, Toronto, Jan. 10, and Kitchener, Ont., Jan. 12.Moscow Selects, an all-star team including many players expected to see action in the 1968 Olympics, arrive in Vancouver Dec. 15 for an eight-game tour.Czechoslovakia&rsquo;s national team, en route to the centennial tournament in Winnipeg, plays three exhibition games in Eastern Canada &mdash; Dec. 26 at Windsor, Ont., against the Toronto Varsity Grads; Dec. 28 in Toronto against the Ontario Hockey Association Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; allstars, and at Montreal Dec. 30.The Walter Brown Memorial Tournament at Colorado Springs, Colo., with the Russians absent, has become a Canada-U.S. tournament this year.The national teams of both countries will be on hand, plus a team of Western Selects comprising players from Nelson and Spokane entries in the Western International Hockey League. &#9632;

CAHA Adds Four Games To Russia’s Ice Tour

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03504/2593940-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="296" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Gardner</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que &mdash;Life in the National Hockey League is becoming extremely hectic.Not even the goalkeeping fraternity was immune from the injury wave that swept over the league last week.Two goalies bit the dust. Montreal&rsquo;s Lorne Worsley suffered a tear in a knee cartilage and it was at first feared he would have to undergo surgery. He went to hospital for further tests and is out of action for at least 10 days. Gary Bauman was summoned from Quebec of the AHL to stand by with the team behind Charlie Hodge.Detroit decided to rest regular Roger Crozier again. Crozier, who has been getting his lumps giantsized this season, fell slightly ill last week and manager-coach Sid Abel ordered him to the sidelines again. Instead of using Hank Bassen, his No. 2 man, Abel dipped into the AHL and brought up rookie George Gardner.Gardner got into two weekend games winning one and losing one and his play wasn&rsquo;t the worst in the NHL by a long shot.Toronto lost veteran Terry Sawchuck with a back injury in the same game in which Worsley was hurt and Eddie Shack was cut for 15 stitches above the eye and suffered a concussion when his head struck the ice after running into Montreal&rsquo;s hard-rock defenseman Ted Harris.With Sawchuk slated to go into hospital and idle for six weeks manager coach Punch Imlach called Bruce Gamble back from Ro Chester of the AHL to stand by in case of injury to Johnny Bower. &#9632;

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Injuries Hit With Impact On NHL Teams

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04384/2593978-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="293" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Ratelle</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y&mdash;The Rangers have come to a pretty pass.They&rsquo;re so bulging with talent&mdash;at some positions&mdash;they can be thankful that some of their troops are stranded on the side-lines with injuries.Take the cases of Jean Ratelle and Red Berenson both of whom were decked &mdash; Ratelie since training camp, Berenson since November &mdash; with a mending back and a broken foot, respectively.Ratelle was in spanking new condition and ready to return on December 4th but g.m.-coach Emile Francis didn&rsquo;t know where to put him. Now that&rsquo;s a nutsy situation when you consider that Ratelle is the Jean Beliveau of the Rangers.But the Blues were surfing the crest of a five-game undefeated streak (four wins and a tie), so all Francis could do was chortle at the thought of placing Ratelle. Nice enough chortle, wot!&ldquo;We keep getting defensemen hurt,&rdquo; said Francis, &ldquo;so I may have to put him on the blue line for a while.&rdquo; That got a pretty good guffaw.Luckily, the Rangers lost rather emphatically, 3-1, that night to the Canadiens and Rod Gilbert came up with a bum foot, so Francis began to see some room and Ratelle was ready to go.But that still left Berenson, who, until he was. hurt, had emerged as the team&rsquo;s best center. However, that very night Francis was informed that ole rusty-top Berenson would be drydocked until the Christmas holidays. Whew! That relieved him of a problem.The problem, of course, is where do you put Berenson if centers like Phil Goyette, Orland Kurtenbach and Earl Ingarfield are playing good hockey at center and there&rsquo;s Ratelie ready to go.Maybe Phil Goyette will come down with one of his month-long colds and that&rsquo;ll give Francis an excuse to rest him. But Philippe, the best low-pressure comic on the Rangers since Aldo Guidolin, has been cruising successfully in enemy waters. Francis prays he stays healthy.Then, there&rsquo;s the possibility of putting Kurtenbach and/or Ingarfield on wing. But they&rsquo;re basically centers and they like it that way.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05302/2593971-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="587" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED BERENSON &hellip; Out Until Xmas</figcaption></div>Or, Francis might limit Kurtenbach to penalty-killing; something Orland isn&rsquo;t exactly ga-ga about.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m doing better this year,&rdquo; says Kurtenbach, &ldquo;because I&rsquo;m getting more ice time. Once you get ice time you start doing natural things; and, in time, they come more easier. You skate You deke. That&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happen ing to me now.&rdquo;Theoretically, Francis holds the trump cards. Having a good bench &mdash; he&rsquo;s got Bill Hicke, Rod Seiling and Al MacNeil &mdash; supposedly compels the regulars to work harder.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got depth,&rdquo; says Francis. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got guys on the bench who can do the job. The guys who are playing have to look over their shoulders because if they don&rsquo;t put out, there&rsquo;s somebody else who will.&rdquo;Sometimes Francis suffers guilt pangs when he sees an exuberant and restless body sitting on the bench. Such a body belongs to defenseman MacNeil.During the four-game winning streak Neilson was temporarily injured and MacNeil filled in nobly. This shook some of the guilt off the coach.&ldquo;That MacNeil,&rdquo; says Francis, &ldquo;is so full of life you just can&rsquo;t help but want to use him.&rdquo;Ah, wasn&rsquo;t it Shakespeare who said &mdash; it is from such a surfeit of riches that trades are made?&rdquo;Well, maybe it was Punch Imlach. &#9632;

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Rangers Finally Realize Prosperity Is Here As Francis Unable To Spot Injured Ace Ratelle

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Stan Fischler, New York correspondent for THE HOCKEY NEWS, was voted president of the Metropolitan New York Hockey Writers Association for the 1966-67 season.Gerald Eskenazi of the New York Times was named vice president and Harold Bock of the Associated Press was picked secretary-treasurer.A hockey writer for more than a decade, Fischler worked for The New York Journal-American until its demise last April. He now writes for The Suffolk (Long Island) Sun. &#9632;

News Man Heads NY Puck Scribes

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Lawyer Alan Eagleson of Toronto said Carl Brewer&rsquo;s return to amateur status was temporarily held up because Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League lost his application for reinstatement.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s incredible but apparently true,&rdquo; said the legal counsel for the former Leafs&rsquo; defenseman.Brewer, under terms of a special rule made by NHL governors to cover cases like his, must have the signed approval of Leafs to his reinstatement, to be counter-signed by NHL head-quarters.&ldquo;We sent the application to Leafs Oct. 13,&rdquo; Eagleson added.Eagleson said he has sent a special-delivery application to Brewer in Winnipeg for his signature. Brewer wants to play with Canada&rsquo;s national team.Eagleson said he expected Brewer to be cleared this week. &#9632;

Brewer’s Papers ‘Lost’ By Leafs

(Standings on Thurs. Doc. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01696/2594064-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="608" height="169"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02611/2594057-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="607" height="219"></div> &#9632;

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NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR

<div class="byline">By GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01678/2594095-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="293" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lorne Worsley</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Toe Blake, the man with a million ideas, has come up with something new again.The Canadiens&rsquo; coach has made a change in his method of selecting goalkeepers under the two-goalie system. First, he no longer tells his netminders which of them is going to be in the nets for a given game, until the team is leaving the dressing room to take to the ice. Then, he hands a puck to the man of his choice and says, in effect. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re it!&rdquo;&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the first we know about it,&rdquo; says Gump Worsley, &ldquo;and it&rsquo;s not a bad idea because it saves us answering questions all day about who&rsquo;s going to play. But, once we step out on the ice for the pregame warm up you can tell easily enough who&rsquo;s going to be in the nets. It&rsquo;ll be the goalie who comes out first and has the puck.&rdquo;That, however, is the more minor part of Blake&rsquo;s new system. The significant thing is that he now rotates his goalies according to the way he feels they play against a given team. If he figures that Worsley is traditionally good against Chicago, for example, then Gump will be in the nets when Habs meet them. If Toe feels that Charlie Hodge is usually hot against another club, &mdash; say the N.Y. Rangers, &mdash; then Charlie will get the call that night. For the moment Hodge will be the No. 1 man with Worsley on the shelf with an injury that could conceivably require surgery. Gary Bauman of Quebec Aces has been called up to standby behind Hodge.The system got underway during the first week of this month when Canadiens broke out of a slump to defeat Chicago 3-1. Worsley was in the nets that night and turned in a fine performance, kicking out 34 of 35 shots. The next night Habs journeyed to New York to meet the red-hot Rangers, who&rsquo;d gone five games without a loss, and Blake pulled a switch by putting Hodge in goal. The move surprised everyone, including Hodge, but he came through as Canadiens chalked up a victory.&ldquo;I remembered how well Hodge had played the last time we were in New York,&rdquo; said Blake, &ldquo;so, 1 played a hunch and used him.&rdquo;Toe switched again three nights later when he re-inserted Worsley for one of the most important games of the season, against Toronto Maple Leafs. Fate stepped into the picture at that point, however, when the Gumper pulled a leg muscle while making a big save on Ron Ellis near the end of the first period. Charlie Hodge was pressed into service for the rest of the game and allowed one goal as Canadiens posted a 6-3 win.In other seasons, Blake has followed a somewhat different method of changing netminders. At one point, he used to keep the same man in the nets until the team suffered a defeat. Then, almost automatically, he&rsquo;d use the other goalie for the following contest. This, in turn, gave way to the system whereby the same goalie would be used, win or lose, as long as Toe felt he was playing well. Last season it was decided that as Worsley was the No. 1 netminder. he was going to get the bulk of the work. Accordingly, Gump appeared in the vast majority of games, while Charlie Hodge rode the bench.&ldquo;I had to struggle to get Hodge into enough games to qualify him for the Vezina Trophy last sea son,&rdquo; said Blake. He was referring to the rule which requires a goaltender to play a minimum of 25 games in order to qualify for the Vezina award. Hodge appeared in 26 games and shared the goalie&rsquo;s prize with Worsley. &#9632;

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Blake Picks Netminder When Team Heads For Ice

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05305/2594286-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="293" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Claude Larose</figcaption></div>The threat of demotion to the minor leagues very often will rouse a player out of his lethargy but the Montreal Canadiens probably never expected it would have the effect it has when they read the riot act to right winger Claude Larose 10 days ago.Today Larose is the hottest thing in the NHL and all because the Canadiens were thinking of sending him to Houston of the CPHL or Quebec of the AHL.The muscular winger got the message and in the last three games before Sunday night&rsquo;s 4-2 loss to Rangers in New York, Larose came through to score seven times. Three of his goals came in one game for a &lsquo;hat trick&rsquo; as the Habs bombed Detroit 5-1.Larose&rsquo;s goals were not of the fluky nature either. Three of them have been game winners.The Montreal performer now has 9 goals in 20 games and appears certain to eclipse his 1965-66 record of 15 goals in 64 games. Not only that, he has assured his job in the NHL.Simon&rsquo;s is pleased to salute Claude Larose of Canadiens as the NHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week. &#9632;

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The Player Of The Week

<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Wed. Dec. 14)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01696/2594231-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="615" height="196"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Dec. 7Toronto 3 at Montreal 6Boston 2 at New York 4Thurs. Dec. 8New York 4 at Detroit 2Chicago 10 at Boston 2Sat. Dec. 10Detroit 1 at Montreal 5Chicago 3 at Toronto 5Sun. Dec. 11Montreal 2 at New York 4Toronto 1 at Detroit 4Boston 2 at Chicago 2<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Dec. 14Montreal at ChicagoBoston at TorontoDetroit at New YorkThurs. Dec. 15Boston at DetroitSat. Dec. 17Chicago at MontrealNew York at TorontoSun. Dec. 18Montreal at BostonToronto at ChicagoNew York at DetroitWed. Dec. 21Toronto at MontrealBoston at New YorkDetroit at ChicagoSat. Dec. 24New York at MontrealBoston at TorontoSun. Dec. 25Montreal at DetroitToronto at BostonNew York at Chicago<h2>NHL Point Race</h2>(Including games of Sun. Dec. 11)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01688/2594224-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="616" height="2884"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02637/2594217-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="624" height="906"></div><h2>Penalties In Minutes By Clubs:</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03551/2594210-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="628" height="278"></div><h2>HOW NHL TEAMS COMPARE</h2>OVERALL WON AND LOST RECORDS THIS SEASON(Including Games of Sunday, December 11)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02614/2594203-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1260" height="299"></div><h2>HOME GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03517/2594196-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="567" height="299"></div><h2>AWAY GAMES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04402/2594189-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="580" height="300"></div><h2>National Hockey League Summaries</h2>Wed. Dec. 7 TORONTO 3 at MONTREAL 6TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk, Bower; defence: Pronovost, Horton, Hillman, Baun; forwards: Armstrong, Stemkowski, Cinacher, Kelly, Shack, Ellis, Keon, Jeffrey, Pappin, Brenneman, Mahovlich, Pulford.MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Worsley, Hodge; defence: Harris, Harper, Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Talbot; forwards: Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Beliveau, Rousseau, Duff, Richard, Provost, Baton, Cournoyer, Roberts.Referee: Skov; linesmen: Armstrong, Shetler.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Toronto, Pappin (Kelly, Jeffrey)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:542&mdash;Montreal, Richard (Provost, Laperriere)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:413&mdash;Montreal, Larose (Ferguson, Harris)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:274&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:045&mdash;Toronto, Horton (Jeffrey, Ellis)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:56Penalties: Ferguson 1:12, Pappin 3:56. Baun 11:27, Richard 12:33, Larose 17:02, Conacher 20:00.SECOND PERIOD6&mdash;Montreal, Larose (J. C. Tremblay, Ferguson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:517&mdash;Toronto. Armstrong (Mahovlibh, Keon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:538&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau (Beliveau, Laperriere)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:54Penalties: Backstrom 5:59. Harper 19:04.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau (Duff. J. C. Tremblay)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:32Penalties: Hallman 1.42, Duff 4.03. Roberts 4:55, Harris (major) 8:01, Mahovlich 8:15, Stemkowski 14:27.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04464/2594182-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="626" height="59"></div>Attendance: 14,722.BOSTON 2 at NEW YORK 4BOSTON &mdash; Goal: Johnston, Cheevers; defence: Woytowich, Green, Watson, Marotte, Smith; forwards: Bucyk, Oliver, Martin, Connelly, Stewart, Murphy, Schock, McKenzie, Westfall, Williams, Dillabough.NEW YORK &mdash; Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Howell, MacNeil, Neilson, Brown, Hillman; forwards: Nevin, Marshall, Gilbert, Goyette, Hadfield, Kurtenbach, Geoffrion, Ingarfield, Fleming, Hicke, Ratelie.Referee: Buffey; linesmen Casselman, Pavelich.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Boston, Schock (Murphy, Connelly)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:272&mdash;Boston, Green&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:593&mdash;New York, Kurtenbach (Hadfield)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:39Penalties: Fleming 8:32, McKenzie 18:22.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Howell, Hadfield)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:165&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Kurtenbach, Hadfield)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:35Penalties: Green 2:34, Neilson 8:35.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;New York, Nevin (Goyette, Marshall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:33Penalties: Brown 0:48, Connelly 10:49.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05390/2594175-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="617" height="60"></div>Attendance: 13,133.Thurs. Dec. 8 NEW YORK 4 at DETROIT 2NEW YORK &mdash; Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Hillman, Howell, Brown, MacNeil, Neilson; forwards: Geoffrion, Gilbert, Nevin, Fleming, Ingarfield, Hadfield, Hicke, Goyette, D. Marshall, Kurtenbach, Ratelle.DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Crozier. Bassen; defence: Bergman, B. Marshall, Boivin, Wall, Goegan; forwards: Ullman, Fonteyne, Howe, Delvecchio, Mahovlich, MacGregor, Cullen, Hampson, Smith, Watson, Prentice.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New York, Howell (Ingarfield, Brown)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:262&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Hampson, Delvecchio)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:20Penalties: Boivin 7:03, Brown 11:43.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;New York, D. Marshall (Nevin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:384&mdash;New York, Ingarfield (Fleming, Hillman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:02Penalties: Cullen 16:03. B. Marshall, Kurtenbach (majors) 18:38.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Detroit, Hampson (Howe, Delvecchio)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:156&mdash;New York. Gilbert (Ratelle, Hadfield)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:59Penalties: Brown 6:39, MacNeil. Mahovlich 7:20, Nevin 17:35.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06347/2594168-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="619" height="61"></div>Attendance: 12,295.CHICAGO 10 at BOSTON 2CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall, Dejordy; defence: Pilote, Jarrett, Van Impe, Ravlich, Stapleton; forwards: Maki, Hodge, B. Hull, Mikita. Wharram, D. Hull, Boyer, Mohns, Esposito, Nesterenko, Stanfield.BOSTON &mdash; Goal: Johnston, Cheevers; defence: Green, Watson, Marotte, Woytowich, Smith; forwards: Martin, Westfall, Steward, Oliver, McKenzie, Bucyk. Dillabough, Schock, Connelly, Murphy, Williams.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Pavelich, Casselman.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Chicago, Mohns (Stapleton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:232&mdash;Chicago, Van Impe (Maki, Esposito)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:403&mdash;Chicago, Esposito (Nesterenko, Jarrett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17,084&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mohns, B. Hull)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:45Penalties: Bucyk 8:54, Stapleton 11:32, Marotte 18:52.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Chicago, Van Impe (Mikita)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:326&mdash;Boston, Stewart (Martin, Westfall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:067&mdash;Chicago, Mikita&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:01Penalty: Woytowich 17-39.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Chicago, B. Hull (Boyer, Stapleton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:389&mdash;Chicago, D. Hull (Pilote)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:5110&mdash;Boston, Westfall (Stewart, Martin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:4211&mdash;Chicago, Mohns (Mikita)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:1612&mdash;Chicago, Mohns (Mikita, Wharram)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:59Penalty: Green 7:19.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07316/2594161-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="616" height="67"></div>Attendance: 11,541.Sat. Dec. 10 DETROIT 1 at MONTREAL 5DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Gardner, Bassen; defence: Bergman, Boivin, Marshall, Wall, Watson; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, Hampson, Ullman, Smith, Prentice, MacGregor, Mahovlich, Cullen loneyne, McDonald.MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Hodge, Bauman, defence: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Harpei, Talbot, forwards: Richard, Provost, G. Iremblay Benveau, Rousseau, Duff, Backstrom, Ferguson, caiose, Cournoyer, Roberts.Referee: Fryday; linesmen: Pavelich, Casselman.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Montreal, Larose (Backstrom, Laperriere)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:142&mdash;Detroit, MacGregor (Marshall, Prentice)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:23Penalties: Marshall 2:35, Watson, Duff 14:37, Rousseau (10-minute misconduct) 15:54.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Montreal, Larose (Ferguson, Backstrom)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7;554&mdash;Montreal, Provost&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:33Penalties: Ferguson 8:53, Watson, Richard12:58, Howe 17:44.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau (Rousseau, Duff)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:006&mdash;Montreal, Larose (Backstrom, Ferguson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:45Penalty: Backstrom 14:49.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08301/2594154-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="620" height="59"></div>Attendance: 15,206.CHICAGO 3 at TORONTO 5CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall, DeJordy; defence Van Impe, Pilote, Ravlich, Stapleton, Jarrett; forwards: Angotti, Esposito, B. Hull, Mohns Hodge, Nesterenko, Maki, Wharram, Boyer, MikitaTORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower, Gamble; defence Hillman, Pronovost, Horton, Douglas, Baun; for wards: Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Stenkowski, Keon Jeffrey, Pappin, Pulford, Brenneman, Mahovlich, Conacher.Referee: Skov; linesmen: Shetler, ArmstrongFIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Chicago, Hodge Maki)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:23Penalties: Esposito 1:23, Jarrett 11:07, Van Impe, Kelly 12:05SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Toronto, Jeffrey (Ellis)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:013&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Pappin, Armstrong)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:214&mdash;Toronto, Ellis (Jeffrey, Kelly)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:15Penalties: Van Impe 1:41, Conacher 7:08, Mahovlich 11:34, Baun 12:43, B. Hull 14:50, Conacher 19:56.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mikita, Mohns)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:306&mdash;Chicago, Esposito (D. Hull, Pilote)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:227&mdash;Toronto, Ellis&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:468&mdash;Toronto, Ellis (Kelly)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:23Penalties: Ravlich 2:15, Ravlich (double minor) Conacher 18:45.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09289/2594147-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="622" height="56"></div>Attendance: 15,985.Sun. Dec. 11 MONTREAL 2 at NEW YORK 4MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Hodge, Bauman; defence: Laperriere, Harper, J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Talbot; forwards: Beliveau, Rousseau, Backstrom, Duff, Larose, Cournoyer, Provost, Richard, G. Tremblay, Ferguson, Roberts.NEW YORK &mdash; Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Howell, Neilson, Brown, MacNeil, HillMan; forwards: Goyette, Nevin, Marshall, Ingarfield, Seiling, Fleming, Kurtenbach, Gilbert, Hadfield, Hicke, Ratelle.Referee: Sloan; linesmen: Frampton, Atanas.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Kurtenbach)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:522&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:103&mdash;New York, Kurtenbach (Gilbert, Hadfield)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:35Penalties: none.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Goyette, Hadfield)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:16Penalties: Brown 1:00, Ferguson, Neilson (majors) 6:05, Hadfield, Richard 9:41, Ferguson 15:51.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau (Beliveau, Harris)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:076&mdash;New York, Marshall (Howell, Brown)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:19Penalties: Harris 13:29, Howell 16:55.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10263/2594140-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="620" height="56"></div>Attendance: 15,925.BOSTON 2 at CHICAGO 2BOSTON &mdash; Goal: Cheevers, Johnston; defence: Green, Watson, Woytowich, Smith, Marotte; forwards: Murphy, Connelly, Schock, Parise, Bucyk, Stewart, Oliver, Westfall, McKenzie, Dillabough, Martin.CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: DeJordy, Hall; defence: Pilote, Jarrett, Van Impe, Ravlich, Stapleton; forwards: Wharram, Mikita, Mohns, Angotti, Esposito, B. Hull, D. Hull, Hodge, Nesterenko, Maki, Boyer.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Shetler, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Chicago, Stapleton (R. Hull, Maki)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:442&mdash;Chicago, D. Hull (Pilote)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:06Penalties: Stewart 0:38, Van Impe 5:04.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Boston, Marotte&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:53Penalties: Marotte 2:04, Van Impe 8:04, Martin 15:40.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Boston, Murphy (Connelly)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:51Penalties: Martin, Wharram (majors) 9:00.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11236/2594133-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="620" height="57"></div>Attendance: 16,666.TORONTO 1 at DETROIT 4TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower; defence: Pronovost, Horton, Baun, Douglas, HUIman; forwards: Jeffrey, Kelly, Ellis, F. Mahovlich, Keon, Pappin, Conacher, Pulford, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Brenneman.DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Gardner; defence: Boivin, Watson, Marshall, Bergman, Wall; forwards: MacDonald, Ullman, Smith, Delvecchio, Hampson, Howe, Prentice, MacGregor, Fonteyne, P. Mahovlich.Referee: Fryday; linesmen: Pavelich, Casselman.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (MacDonald)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:33Penalties: Horton 4:45, Watson 18:56.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Detroit, MacDonald (Ullman, Smith)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:073&mdash;Detroit, Howe&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:314&mdash;Toronto, Jeffrey (Horton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:26Penalty: Conacher 5:40.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Ullman, Bergman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:48Penalties: none.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12213/2594126-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="622" height="62"></div>Attendance: 14,034. &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Brian F. O&rsquo;Neill is the culprit behind the Detroit Red Wings cellar dive.Never heard of Brian F. O&rsquo;Neill &hellip; or heard the name but can&rsquo;t place it?That&rsquo;s understandable. O&rsquo;Neill is a relatively new name to the National Hockey League. He was hired a year ago to work under president Clarence S. Campbell and his title is Director of Administration.One of O&rsquo;Neill&rsquo;s first tasks was drawing up the 1966-67 schedule, a feat previously handled by Campbell.The Campbell schedules followed much the same pattern from year to year and worked well with no large beefs.The O&rsquo;Neill schedule is different. For instance, Detroit and New York met only twice, once on each other&rsquo;s ice, the first six weeks of the season.But during that time, the Wings played Chicago five times and Boston five times. They played in Boston on Sunday, Nov. 20, returned to Detroit to play Montreal on Nov. 22 and then hopped back to Boston to play Nov. 24.The eastern teams often combined Chicago and Detroit on their western swings, playing at Chicago Wednesday and Detroit Thursday. It saved some travel money.But there was a week when New York played at Chicago on a Wednesday and Boston played in Detroit on Thursday.So how does all this contribute to the Red Wings&rsquo; dip? Certainly it&rsquo;s stretching the point a little but the Wings feel the schedule did work against them.They were evicted from Olympia for the usual autumn ice show and that put them on the road for five or six games. They lost all six including the home game.The Wings finally got back to Olympia, had the ice to practice and got back into the home cooking routine and they beat Boston to crack the losing streak.So what happens? The schedule dumped them right back on the road, and against the No.1-2 teams in the league, Toronto and Chicago, for the weekend. They lost both games.&ldquo;If we&rsquo;d been able to stay at home for the weekend we might&rsquo;ve been able to work ourselves out of this,&rdquo; said manager-coach Sid Abel.That point had merit, certainly, since Detroit boasted a 5-2-2 home record. The road mark was 0-12, worst start ever by a Red Wing team.The Wings became so desperate that Abel, after being asked for umpteenth time since the slide began opening night, finally did put in a call to old pro Bill Gadsby in Edmonton.Gadsby said thanks but no thanks. He liked the thought of being with the boys again (Bill has four daughters) but the gals and his life as insuranceman and coach of the Edmonton Oil Kings Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; team won out.That was a real lost weekend for Detroit, even more lost than they&rsquo;ve usually been.After the double dip Abel sent the squad through a skate-skate-skate 90 minutes workout at Chicago Stadium &mdash; the team had a noon flight back to Detroit. But the weather was soupy and the flight was cancelled.Abel chartered a bus and after provisioning themselves with sandwiches, they set out for Detroit. The boys obviously have been away from bus trips for some time because, despite a straight-as-an arrow freeway from the Indiana border to Detroit, they got lost several times and didn&rsquo;t get back to Detroit until 9:22 p.m.Peter Mahovlich, the 20-year-old rookie, showed the class of a seasoned traveler while his teammates were wandering through the Illinois, Indiana and Michigan countryside.Peter stayed behind in Chicago to pose with Dennis Hull for a Sports Illustrated cover picture and he had space on a plane scheduled to leave nearly four hours after the Wings.That airline told him all flights were cancelled but Peter found another line that was running, got a seat and was home by 6 p.m. &#9632;

Too Many Road Games Hurt Club As Record Hits Disastrous 0-12

<h2>AHL Point Race</h2>LEADING SCORERS(Including Games of Sun. Dec. 11)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01664/2594324-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="613" height="491"></div>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02570/2594317-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="609" height="306"></div>PENALTY LEADERSMOST PENALIZED TEAM: Baltimore, 300 mins.MOST PENALIZED PLAYER: Bob Plager, Balt., 68 mins.<h2>American Hockey League Summaries</h2>Tues. Dec. 6 ROCHESTER 1 at QUEBEC 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Quebec, Sutherland (Mortson, Rivard)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:512&mdash;Quebec, Sutherland (Gendron Johns)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:05Penalties: Horvath (minor), Hicks (major and match penalty) 14:59, Cherry 16:30, labossiere 17:15.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Rochester, Sly (Smrke)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:304&mdash;Quebec, Nolet (Lacroix, Laforge)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:165&mdash;Quebec, Sutherland (Mortson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:54Penalties: Labossiere 9:22, Arbour, labossiere 13:50, Nolet 16:47.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Smrke 8:04, Corrigan 14:20, John 16:45.Saves: Perreault 34, Bauman 32.Attendance: 5,511.Wed. Dec. 7 HERSHEY 4 at PITTSBURGH 6FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Jarrett (McKenney, McCord)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:28Penalty: Hall 10:00.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Pittsburgh, Crashley (Hall, Gray)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:103&mdash;Pittsburgh, Harris (MacDonald, Bathgate)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:41Penalties: Awrey 4:16, Mahoney 9:21, McCord 14:38, Lebrun 17:18, Popeil 19:58.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Hershey, Nykoluk (Ford, Mhaoney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:365&mdash;Hershey, Cline (Nykoluk, Dejordy)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:036&mdash;Pittsburgh, McDonald (Harris, McCord)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:547&mdash;Hershey, Ubriaco (Gilbert, Snell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:188&mdash;Pittsburgh, McDonald (Lebrun, Hall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:129&mdash;Hershey, Popeil (Gilbert, Ubriaco)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:3810&mdash;Pittsburgh, Harris (Lebrun)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:16Penalties: Hamilton 12:11, Harris 15:23.Saves: Caron 33, Gill 31.Attendane: 4,060.Fri. Dec. 9 QUEBEC 1 at SPRINGFIELD 12FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (Amadio)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:462&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (B. Smith, Bill Smith)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:203&mdash;Springfield, Foley (Sweeney, Rolfe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:034&mdash;Springfield, Miller (Menard)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:34Penalties: White 4:44, Cote 11:16. Miller 15:05, Larose 19:22.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Amadio, Cole)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.056&mdash;Springfield, Amadio (Kilrea)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:527&mdash;Quebec, Lacroix (Laforge, Nolet)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:218&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Foley, Plager)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:279&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Cote)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:53Penalties: Menard 2:28, Rolfe 2:36, Hicks 3:56, Menard 14:34, Foley 15:56, Larose 19:12.THIRD PERIOD10&mdash;Springfield, Menard (Miller, Locas)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:2111&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (Brian, Smith)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:0512&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (Mosdell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:5513&mdash;Springfield, Rolfe (Cote, Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:26Penalties: Plager 10:50, 13:07.Saves: Wood 37, Bauman 34.HERSHEY 4 at BUFFALO 1FIRST PERIODl&mdash;Hershey, Nykoluk (DeJordy, Kline)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:452&mdash;Hershey, Gilbert (DeJordy, Kline)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:48Penalty: Awrey 11:02.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Nykoluk, Kline)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:17Penalties: Lanyon 3:15, Keller 8:16, Hannigan 10:08.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Kline, Nykoluk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:205&mdash;Buffalo, Dea (Hannigan, Carter)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12.05Penalties: Dornhoeffer 6:30, Lanyon 8:51. Saves: Edwards 37, Gill 17.PITTSBURGH 4 at BALTIMORE 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Taylor (Bathgate, Hill)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:312&mdash;Pittsburgh, McKenney (McCord, A. McDonald)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:20Penalties: Taylor 2:44, Polano 9:02, Falkenburg 12:52, Goegan 14:50.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Pittsburgh, Bathgate&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:18Penalties: Harvey 11:15, Jarrett 15:12, Goegan, Marshall 17:48, McGregor 19:38.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Pittsburgh, Jarrett (Goegan, Gray)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:505&mdash;Baltimore, Robinson (Marshall, Polano)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:27Penalties: Polano 5:33, Falkenburg 7:44, Bathgate 14:34, Lebrun 18:19.Saves; Villemure 26, Gardner 35.ROCHESTER 6 at PROVIDENCE 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Horvath, Clancy)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:05Penalties: Stephanson 3:17, Arbour 10:56, Goegan, Armstrong 18:03.SECOHD PERIOD2&mdash;Rochester, Rupp (Blackburn, Armstrcng)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:10Penalties: none.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Rochester, Clancy (Gamble)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:094&mdash;Rochester, Joyal (Rupp, Armstrong)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:405&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Horvath, Ehman)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:266&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Blackburn, Joyal&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:107&mdash;Providence, Creighton (Kachur, Mikol)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:038&mdash;Providence, Kelly (Goegan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:43Penalty: Stephanson 1:33.Saves: Perreault 43, Brooks 46.Sat. Dec. 10 HERSHEY 5 at SPRINGFIELD 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Springfield, Anderson (Kilrea, B. Smith)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:222&mdash;Hershey, Gilbert (Rivers, Ubriaco)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:39Penalties: Cote 2:41, Mahoney 10:04.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Clyne, Nykoluk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:54Penalties; Plager 5:41, Awrey 8.09, Rolfe 11:41, Ubriaco l7:50.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Cline, Keller)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:165&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Nykoluk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:346&mdash;Hershey, Ubriaco (Rivers, Gilbert)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:47Penalty: White 13:04.Saves: Wood 25, Gill 26.Attendance: 4,593.BUFFALO 2 at CLEVELAND 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Buffalo, Speer&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:232&mdash;Cleveland, Butler (Atwell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:083&mdash;Cleveland, Butler (Glover, Attwell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:19Penalty; Richardson 11:05.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Buffalo, Walsh (Larkin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:245&mdash;Cleveland, McCarthy (Hoekstra, McCreary)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:176&mdash;Cleveland, Mattiussi (Glover, Atwell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:58Penalties: Kassian 4:00, Pilling 18:36.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Pilling, Butler 6:00.Saves: Wakely 26. Chadwick 27.Attendance: 3,434.Sun. Dec. 11 ROCHESTER 4 at BUFFALO 0FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Lafreniere 3:43, 13:50, Ehman 14:10.SECOND PERIODl&mdash;Rochester, Blackburn (Armstrong, Joyal)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:51Penalty: Sly 16:36.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Rochester, Arbour&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:543&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Ehman, Horvath)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:314&mdash;Rochester, Duff (Corrigan, Rupp)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:17Penalties: Cherry 4:51, Arbour 13:50, Lanyon 13:50.Saves: Perreault 20, Edwards 38.Attendance: 2,993.HERSHEY 3 at PROVIDENCE 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Nykoluk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:092&mdash;Hershey, Dornhoefer (DeJordy, Hamilton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:59Penalties: Muloin 1:16, Dornhoefer 15:11, Stephanson 17:49.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Nykoluk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:13Penalties: Bouchard 5.00, Mahoney 19:23, A. Keller 19:42.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Providence, Kell (Lawson, Stephanson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:435&mdash;Providence, Kell (Lawson, Keller)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:446&mdash;Providence, Sleaver (Kachur, Muloin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:28Penalties: Lawson 3:47, Stephanson 4:32.Shots against: Gill 34, aPille 34.CLEVELAND 2 at PITTSBURGH 4FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: Taylor 0:41.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Pttsburgh, Gray (Hall, Taylir)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:182&mdash;Pittsburgh. Gray (Hall, Taylor)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:203&mdash;Cleveland, Szura (Ellett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:524&mdash;Cleveland, Zeidel (McCreary, Hoekstra)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:56Penalties: Lebrun 1:46, McCord 4:19, McCreary 18:24.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Pittsburgh, Bathgate (Harris)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:206&mdash;Pittsburgh, Hall (Taylor)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:52Penalties: none.Shots against: Daley 39, Wokely 46.Attendance: 5,115.SPRINGFIELD 2 at BALTIMORE 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Springfield, Cote (Plager)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:30Penalties: Plager 0:30, Knibbs 11:00, Amadio 14:24.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Baltimore, Cunningham (Bartlett, McGregor)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:503&mdash;Baltimore, Cossette (Knibbs, Collins)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:544&mdash;Springfield, Boudreault (Kilrea)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:355&mdash;Baltimore, Ingram (Cunningham, Harvey)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:50Penalties: Cote 13:23, Knibbs 18:02.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Baltimore, Robinson (Marshall, Schinkel)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:03Penalties: Collins 2:56, Amadio 8:49, Plager (minir, misconduct and game misconduct) 16:37.Shots against: Wood 35, Villemure 34.Attendance: 3.072. &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;Stan Smrke spotted Red Armstrong in position and passed him the puck. Red shot, the red light flashed and 5,589 Rochester Americans hockey fans at the War Memorial here let&rsquo; loose with a tremendous cheer.Play was held up while Armstrong retrieved the puck from the twines behind Buffalo goalie Roy Edwards, skated out to the boards near center ice and tossed the puck to a fan.One might have thought Armstrong had just knocked in his 30th goal of the season, 100th of his American League career or had reached some other milestone.Well, in a way, he had. When Red, whose mediocre play had left him in danger of losing his &ldquo;The People&rsquo;s Choice&rdquo; tag, scored at 12:19 of the third period here on Dec. 3, it was only his second goal in the War Memorial since Thanksgiving &hellip; of 1965, that is.To say the red-thatched bull-in-a-china-shop was overdue is an understatement, but he didn&rsquo;t even score his first goal this season until the Amerks&rsquo; 17th game, Nov. 26.He got that one in Pittsburgh, failed to score against Springfield here on the 27th, then hit for goals in Baltimore Nov. 29 and in Hershey Nov. 30.Armstrong&rsquo;s goal here on Dec. 3 didn&rsquo;t make any difference in the hockey game &mdash; it was Rochester&rsquo;s seventh goal in a 7-2 win, but it might help him regain the confidence he apparently has lost.He joined the Amerks in 1962-63 and netted but one goal in 18 games. For 67 games in &rsquo;63-64. he mustered 17 goals, then exploded for 32 while playing with Wally Boyer and Les Duff in 1964-65. Red boasted seven goals &mdash; five of them at home &mdash; in his first 14 games last season, then suddenly hit the skids.From Thanksgiving (Nov. 25) until Feb. 24, Armstrong was able to collect a paltry one goal. He scored that here Jan. 16 against Quebec.Rochester played 17 games here from Thanksgiving until they moved to Toronto for the last 10 home dates, and Armstrong scored one goal in the 15 in which he played. And he went 19 consecutive road games without a tally.When he started this season the same way &mdash; no goals in 16 games &mdash; the fans and Amerk boss Joe Crozier began to wonder whether maybe Red would not benefit from a change of scenery &mdash; like Tulsa, Oka., where Toronto has a Central Pro League team. &#9632;

Armstrong Clicks After 17-Game Drought

<h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Doc. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03445/2594386-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="603" height="224"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Mon. Doc. 5Shawinigan 2 at Quebec 3Tues. Doc. 6Three Rivers 5 at Drummondville 3Wed. Doc. 7Sorel 3 at Three Rivers 5Thurs. Doc. 8Shawinigan 1 at Sorel 3Sherbrooke 9 at Victoriaville 4Thetford 5 at Quebec 1Sun. Doc. 11Thetford 8 at Sorel 8Sherbrooke 3 at Quebec 4Shawinigan 5 at Drummondville 3<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Fri., Doc. 3)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04329/2594379-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="610" height="474"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Races

(Standings on Tues. Dec. 13)<h2>Eastern Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01655/2594424-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="622" height="177"></div><h2>Western Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02610/2594417-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="615" height="145"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Dec. 6Rochester 1 at Quebec 4Wed. Dec. 7Hershey 4 at Pittsburgh 6Fri. Dec. 9Pittsburgh 4 at Baltimore 1Hershey 4 at Buffalo 1Rochester 6 at Providence 2Quebec 1 at Springfield 12Sat. Dec. 10Buffalo 2 at Cleveland 4Hershey 5 at Springfield 1Sun. Dec. 11Springfield 2 at Baltimore 4Rochester 4 at Buffalo 0Cleveland 2 at Pittsburgh 4Hershey 2 at Providence 3<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Dec. 13Hershey at QuebecWed. Dec. 14Springfield at ClevelandThurs. Dec. 15Hershey at QuebecFri. Dec. 16Buffalo at BaltimoreProvidence at RochesterSat. Dec. 17Providence at ClevelandBuffalo at HersheyBaltimore at PittsburghQuebec at SpringfieldSun. Dec. 18Pittsburgh at BuffaloHershey at ClevelandQuebec at ProvidenceBaltimore at Rochester &#9632;

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05424/2594455-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="296" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Leduc</figcaption></div>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;Trouble begets trouble.If you doubt it, by some chance, ask Buster Clegg or Dave Creighton. They&rsquo;re loaded with it. Clegg is the general manager of the Providence Reds, and Creighton is the player-coach.The Reds are buried in the Eastern Division cellar in the American Hockey League, and as this was written, had won 2, lost 16 and tied 4.And if that isn&rsquo;t enough, they lost their leading scorer, Bob Leduc, when he was hurt in a game at Baltimore?Defenseman Bob Plager body-checked Leduc in the second period, and the clever Providence Reds&rsquo; forward was taken to hospital where Dr. Ross Pierpont, the Clippers&rsquo; physician, said the Providence star had a fractured spine and a fractured rib.The 22-year-old Leduc is in his second season with the Reds, and was leading the team with 8 goals and 9 assists. He collected 11 goals and 23 assists as a rookie a year ago. &#9632;

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Hard-Luck Pursuing Reds As Scoring Ace Leduc Lost

<div class="byline">By WILLIAM SANTANIELLO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06360/2594500-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="294" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Menard</figcaption></div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;It is said good things come in small packages. This applies to Springfield Indians&rsquo; center iceman Howie Menard. He is only 5-6, 160 pounds and 24 years old. He hustles, skates well and nobody pushes the little guy around the ice.In fact, he came into the American Hockey League with the reputation of a hot tempered little guy who would fight at the crack of a stick. But owner Eddie Shore worked hard with Menard on this. He plays the game but is not afraid to sail into bigger opponents.With NHL expansion, there is a good chance he will move into the National Hockey League next season. A native of Timmins, Ontario, he is in his second season with the team. He was named &ldquo;Most Valuable Player&rdquo; on the club last season, his rookie season with the Tribe.Menard comes from a big family of 13 children. His dad mined in Timmins. He took to hockey at an early age.Two years ago, Eddie Shore purchased Menard&rsquo;s contract for $10,000 from the Cincinnati club of the Central Pro League. He is now one of the finer centers in the AHL. He appeared in 71 games last season, scoring 57 points on 15 goals and 42 assists.Menard enjoys hunting and fishing in his sparetime. He and his wife Pat have three children. Howie has a brother Minnie who also made the grade in professional hockey.He&rsquo;s already had a taste of big league ice hockey. Once he was called into the NHL by the Detroit Red Wings. The big moment of his life in that game came when he got to play with Gordie Howe on the same team. He hopes to makes it back to the National Hockey League.<h2>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon., Dec. 5)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03566/2594493-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="609" height="137"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04516/2594486-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="613" height="164"></div> &#9632;

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Howie Menard Proof Good Things Come In Small Packages

<div class="byline">By JOE GORDON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07331/2594531-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="292" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate</figcaption></div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;As long as anyone can remember the power play has always been the most potent offensive weapon a hockey club could have at its command. Down through the years most of the championship teams have had effective power plays. For the great teams it has been a lethal weapon.Since Andy Bathgate joined the Hornets on November 30th, they think they have a great one. Maybe the best, outside of the NHL.Bathgate&rsquo;s first night with the Hornets had them playing Springfield in Pittsburgh. Midway through the first period of the game, Springfield&rsquo;s Roger Cote was sent off the ice for two minutes for hooking.Out came the Pittsburgh power play. The press box buzzed.The forward line had Billy Harris at center, a 10-year NHL vet, and Don McKenney, an 11-year big leaguer, and Gary Jarrett on the wings. The left point had Parker MacDonald, a veteran of nine NHL campaigns. On the right was Bathgate, who has played 18 full seasons in the National League.Between them Harris, McKenney, MacDonald and Bathgate have 764 NHL goals.One press box wag cracked that &ldquo;expansion came a year early.&rdquo;Afterwards the 24-year old Jarrett said he felt like he had never left Detroit. The promising right winger had played the previous weekend in an emergency with the Red Wings and this was his first game back. Soon the Hornets had the puck in the net and Jarrett and Bathgate had, a helping hand.Bathgate was very philosophical about coming to Pittsburgh. &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t doing the job up there,&rdquo; he commented. &ldquo;I need the ice time, and I can get it here.&rdquo; It was very evident by the tone of the conversation that Andy didn&rsquo;t consider this the end of his NHL career. &#9632;

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Bathgate Boosts Hornets’ Top PP

<div class="byline">By CHUCK NEWMAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08311/2594562-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="289" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Nick Polano</figcaption></div>BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;When coach and general manager Terry Reardon swapped young defenseman Pete Ford for Nick Polano in the final stroke of a big rebuilding job here prior to the season most Baltimore hockey buffs winced.&ldquo;Mathers has put one over on us,&rdquo; one newsman declared, referring to the coach of the Hershey Bears with whom the deal was consummated.Ford, only 24, seemed to be the last &ldquo;young&rdquo; prospect who seemed to hold promise after the Clippers&rsquo; worst year in their AHL history last campaign. With Ken Stephanson gone in a trade with Providence it seemed that Reardon was destined to go with an ancient backline which included Doug Harvey, 41 years old, Aide Guidolin (34), Bob Wilson (32) and Ron Ingram (33).But things haven&rsquo;t gone exactly as the observers figured. The Clippers are off to the best start in their AHL history, each of the &ldquo;oldtimers&rdquo; is performing above par and Polano has been one of Reardon&rsquo;s most pleasant surprises.Polano, a native of Sudbury, isn&rsquo;t in line for All-Star honors. Some of his moves behind the Clippers&rsquo; net and his passes in front of the cage have Reardon&rsquo;s eyebrows up around his hairline at times. But Terry steadfastly declares that, &ldquo;I would jump at the deal again.&rdquo;What Terry likes most about Nick, in addition to his aggressiveness, (a scarce commodity in Baltimore heretofore) is his willingness to listen and to learn. &ldquo;Nick will do anything to improve himself. He&rsquo;s one of the most coachable players I have ever had and he&rsquo;s going to get better.&rdquo;What Terry also must savor is the fact that Nick and Bob Plager have teamed up to be the toughest backline duo Baltimore has ever seen. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s great to see some of those other teams&rsquo; forwards on the end of some body checks for a change,&rdquo; the Clippers&rsquo; GM declares.The rugged-featured Polano has had much to do with Baltimore&rsquo;s early success, not only allowing Reardon great flexibility with his defensive unit but giving Ron Ingram, who incurred a back injury in training camp, plenty of time to, heal and reach top efficiency.Nick made an inauspicious debut in Baltimore livery, incurring a misconduct penalty among 14 minutes in penalties in the team&rsquo;s opener at Providence. Some of his detractors immediately declared it a &ldquo;long season on the backline.&rdquo;But Polano and Plager have put some fear in enemy icemen, formerly used to taking many liberties with Baltimore forwards and fearing no retaliation. The combination has been declared the &ldquo;Pandemonium Platoon,&rdquo; by some local writers. &#9632;

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Polano Making Trade Pay Off For Clippers

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02546/2594631-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="293" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Len Ronson</figcaption></div>SAN DIEGO, Calif.&mdash;The enthusiasm of San Diego fans for hockey has been startling to everyone. With crowds of 11,921 on Thanksgiving Eve and a new record 12,702 the next Saturday night, all to see a new, last place club, but in a new, first-class arena. The Gulls have drawn 46,643 fans to their first four home games for an average of 11,661 Per game.The Gulls knocked off L.A. 2-1 in the preThanksgiving Day game, but finally lost their first home game in four when mighty Portland proved too much for them, 6-1,. in the Saturday affair. Portland repeated 4-2 three nights later, too. But San Diego has five wins at this writing, only two less than long-established Victoria and Seattle, so the club isn&rsquo;t a disgrace under the circumstances.Manager-Coach Max McNab is doing an outstanding job with a makeshift roster and everyone from owner Bob Breitbard through publicist Dick White and others in the hustling organization are doing a tremendous job of promotion.McNab has been juggling his forwards, but he suffered a severe blow when Fred Hilts was knocked out for three weeks with an injury. Hilts led the club in scoring with 11 goals and 20 points in the team&rsquo;s first 17 games. Linemates Warren Hynes and Johnny MacMillan had eight and four goals, respectively, for a trio total of 23.Len Ronson has six goals playing on a line with Gordon Wilkie and Ed Ehrenverth. Del Topoll, ex-San Francisco Seal, has joined the club and is centering ex-Seal wingers Len Haley and Al Nicholson.Bob Champoux, the rookie goalie, who has not played much, but has had to play a couple of times when strapped up with a severe groin injury, lost to Portland, 4-2, on two goals in the last six minutes, but drew praise from McNab for his performance and courage. Bob made 36 saves. Regular Les Binkley was out three games with an injury of his own.Defenseman Jim Watson has been a &ldquo;second goalie&rdquo; for the Gulls. In the four home games, Watson blocked 12, 11, 13 and eight shots. In 17 games in all, he has 96 blocks, or nearly six a game.Watson draws penalties however. He drew five minors in two games to give him a league-high 27 for the season. He is also high in the league now with 54 minutes, six more than L.A.&rsquo;s Gary Kilpatrick. San Diego has given up 17 goals while shorthanded, eight of them while Watson was cooped up. This hurts. &#9632;

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San Diego Draws 46,643 To 4 Home Games

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun., Doc. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01652/2594600-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="620" height="613"></div><h2>LEAGUE LEADERS</h2>Most minutes in penalties: Jim Watson, San Diego, 66.Most minor penalties: Jim Watson, San Diego, 33.Most shutouts: Al Smith, Victoria; Don Simmons, Vancouver, 2.Leading goalkeeper: Rick Charron, Portland. 2.33.<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Tues. Dec. 13)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01627/2594593-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="625" height="218"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Dec. 7Vancouver 2 at San Diego 3Seattle 4 at Portland 3Thurs. Dec. 8Vancouver 4 at Los Angeles 6California 3 at Seattle 2Fri. Dec. 9Los Angeles 5 at San Diego 2Sat. Dec. 10Vancouver 2 at Los Angeles 0Seattle 0 at Victoria 3Sun. Dec. 11California 4 at Portland 4<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Dec. 13California at VictoriaWed. Dec. 14California at VancouverThurs. Dec. 15Victoria at Los AngelesFri. Dec. 16Victoria at San DiegoCalifornia at VancouverSat. Dec. 17Victoria at San DiegoVancouver at PortlandCalifornia at SeattleSun. Dec. 18California at PortlandVancouver at Seattle<h2>Western Hockey League Summaries</h2>Fri. Nov. 25 VICTORIA 2 at VANCOUVER 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;victoria, Laughton (Carmichael, Jankowski)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:322&mdash;Victoria, Redahl (Erickson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:50Penalties: Selby 1:08, Shvetz 14:08, 17146, 19:59.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Vancouver, Boehm (Vejprava, Hucul)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:45Penalty: Hucul 9:04.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Vancouver, Boehm (Popein, Dutour)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:485&mdash;Vancouver, Boehm (Hextall, Vejprava)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:14Penalties: Hucul 3:06, Hunt 18:32.Saves: Simmons 18, Smith 29.Attendance: 2,644.Sat. Nov. 26 PORTLAND 6 at SAN DIEGO 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Jones (Messier, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:002&mdash;Portland, Jones (Bionda, Messier)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:56Penalties: Van Impe 2:27, Watson 7:24.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Saunders)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:584&mdash;Portland, Schmautz (Jones, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:425&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Wilcox, Wilkie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:22Penalties: Watson 4:14, Haley 18:15.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Portland, Leach (Goyer)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:227&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Saunders, Caron)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:30Penalties: Panagabko 9:34, Head 12:04, Haley 12:49, Sinclair 15:27.Saves: Head 17, Binkley 34.Attendance; 12,702.LOS ANGELES 3 at CALIFORNIA 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;California, Kennedy (Mantha, Maxner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:572&mdash;California, Maxner (Odrowski)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:06Penalties: Swarbrick 4:58, Kilpatrick 7:34, Kennedy 8:59, Young 13:20.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;California, Cyr (Kennedy, Maxner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:544&mdash;California, Burns (Odrowski, Gravel)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:52Penalties: McCosky 7:21, Johnson 7:53, Dubuc 8:39, Maxner 12:05, Langlois 15:49.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Los Angeles, Labine (Johnson, O&rsquo;Ree)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:496&mdash;Los Angeles, Meissner (O&rsquo;Ree, Toppazzini)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:307&mdash;Los Angeles, Toppazzini (O&rsquo;Ree, Meissner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:118&mdash;California, Swarbrick (Burns)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:12Penalties: Maxner 3:33, Labine 8:48.Saves; Norris 24, Morrissette 21.Attendance: 5,720.VANCOUVER 6 at VICTORIA 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Hextall (Vejprava, Cahan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:232&mdash;Vancouver, Boehm (Hextall, Cahan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:333&mdash;Vancouver, Vejprava (Boehm, Popein)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:454&mdash;Victoria, Jankowski (Carmichael, Laughton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;l:13Penalties: Shvetz 2:57, 7:37, Blackburn 14:09.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Victoria, Carmichael (Erickson, Wilcox)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:346&mdash;Vancouver, Vejprava (Hextall, Cahan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:077&mdash;Vancouver, Brunel (Hextall, Hunt)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:108&mdash;Vancouver, Selby (Maloney, Dufour)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:28Penalties: Maloney 4:30, Carmichael 7:15, Hunt 19:15.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Victoria, Laughton (Jankowski, Erickson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:3610&mdash;Victoria, Hebenton (Barlow, S. Hucul)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9.10Penalty: Hextall 6:37.Saves: Simmons 30, Smith 19.Attendance: 2,882.Sun. Nov. 27 PORTLAND 3 at LOS ANGELES 9FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Boone (Johnson, LaBine)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:172&mdash;Los Angeles, Johnson (LaBine, Boone)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:57Penalties: Schmautz 10:43, Head 14:59.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Los Angeles, Meissner (O&rsquo;Ree, Young)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:40Penalties: Chevrier 3:21, Madigan 9:11, Hill 13:12, C. Schmautz 19:09, Young 19:09, Bionda 19:36.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Portland, C. Schmautz (Jones, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:155&mdash;Portland, Caron (Lunde, Madigan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:346&mdash;Portland, Madigan (Lunde)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:32Penalty: Langlois 2:22.OVERTIME PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: Johnson 4:47.Saves: Head 32, Kelly 34.Attendance: 3,291.VANCOUVER 1 at SEATTLE 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle, Hughes (Lund, Picard)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:432&mdash;Seattle, Hughes (Lund, Dineen)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:06Penalties: Fielder 9:19, Holmes 18:20, Maloney 19:33.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Seattle, Chiz (Fielder, Powers)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:304&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Fielder, LeMieux)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:20Penalties; Blackburn 5:26, Blackburn 9:15, Ward 14:01, Leonard 16:01, DuFour 18:17.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Vancouver, Popein (Vejprava, Picard)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:476&mdash;Seattle, Fielder (Hughes, Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:50Penalties: Leonard 0:49, Taylor 5:30, Ward 13:20, Picard 15:09, Molaney 18:01, Cahan 18:47.Saves: Simmons 26, Armstrong 28.Attendance: 4,550.Tues. Nov. 29 PORTLAND 4 at SAN DIEGO 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (Sinclair, Hynes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:552&mdash;Portland, Jones&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:53Penalties: A. Schmautz 7:56, Hilts 10:07, McMillan 15:20.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;San Diego, Topoll (Ronson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:534&mdash;Portland, Jones (Leach)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:20Penalties: Jones 2:07, Nicholson 6:29, Hay 6:39, Bionda 8:26, Madison 10:08, Messier 16:47.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Portland, Jones (Van Impe, C. Schmautz)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:256&mdash;Portland, A. Schmautz (Lunde, Messier)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:30Penalties: Watson 4:14, Lunde 12:46, Messier 16.55.Saves: Charron 30, Binkley 22.Attendance: 5,106.SEATTLE 0 at VANCOUVER 1FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Ward 3:21, Picard 5:14, Blackburn 9:01, Hextall, Holmes (double minors) 17:35, Picard 13:19, Blackburn 17:10.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Vejprava (Block, Hunt)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:19Penalty: Block 16:05.THIRD PERIODPenalties: Hughes 10:32, 18:08.No scoring.Saves; Armstrong 22, Simmons 31.Attendance: 2,618.Wed. Nov. 30 SAN DIEGO 4 at LOS ANGELES 6FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Toppazzini (Young, Meissner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:562&mdash;Los Angeles, O&rsquo;Ree (Dubuc, Meissner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:323&mdash;San Diego, Ronson (Wilkie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:56Penalties: Watson 8:26.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Los Angeles, Orban (Schmautz)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:105&mdash;Los Angeles Orban (Schmautz)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:086&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan (Nicholson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:307&mdash;Los Angeles, LaBine (Johnson, Langlois)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:08Penalties: Boone 5:48, McVie 10:33, MacMillan 12:15, Watson 18:36.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Los Angeles, Boone (Johnson, Langlois)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:339&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan (Nicholson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:2310&mdash;San Diego, Toppoll (Haley, Ronson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:40Penalties: none.Saves: Binkley 32, Kelly 17.Attendance: 2,918.PORTLAND 6 at CALIFORNIA 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Caron (Donaldson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:092&mdash;California, Mantha (Maxner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:083&mdash;Portland, C. Schmautz (Van Impe, Lunde)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:31Penalties: Messier 15:57. Burns 19:37.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;California, Odrowski (Harris, Evans)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:155&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Saunders, Messier)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:056&mdash;Portland, Caron (Goyer)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:077&mdash;Portland, Van Impe (A. Schmautz, Lunde)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:47Penalties: none.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Portland, Lunde (C. Schmautz, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:089&mdash;California, Kabel (Kennedy, Maxner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:50Penalties: A. Schmautz (misconduct) 4:51, Evans 4:51.Saves: Charron 22, McCartan, Morissette 24.Attendance: 4,194.SEATTLE 2 at VICTORIA 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle, Hughes (Dineen, Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:12Penalties: Hale 8:48, Picard 17:02.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Laughton, Picard 7:39.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:123&mdash;Victoria, Jankowski (S. Hucul)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:07Penalties: S. Hucul 4:41, Lund 9:09, Laughton 9:09.Saves: Armstrong 32, Smith 20.Attendance: 3,564.Thurs. Dec. 1 LOS ANGELES 5 at SAN DIEGO 7FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, LaBine (Johnson, O&rsquo;Ree)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:152&mdash;San Diego, Hynes (Ronson, Wilcox)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:40Penalties: Eagle 0:33, Wilkie 3:00, Sinclair 4:50, Young 15:32. Langlois 18:37, Haley 19:55.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Los Angeles, Johnson (LaBine)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:264&mdash;San Diego, Ronson (Haley, Sinclair)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:575&mdash;Los Angeles, Johnson (Langlois)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:216&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Topoll, Haley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:187&mdash;Los Angeles, Orban (Young)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:328&mdash;San Diego, Faulkner (Wilkie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:54Penalties: Schmautz 3:58, Young 5:56, Eagle 9:04, LaBine 16:08.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Los Angeles, Schmautz&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:1210&mdash;San Diego, Ronson (Nicholson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:0411&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Sinclair)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:4712&mdash;San Diego, Ronson (Wilkie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:59Penalties: Wilkie 7:20, Langlois (minor and 10-minute misconduct) 12:35, Young 13:16.Fri. Dec. 2 VANCOUVER 5 et CALIFORNIA 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Vejprava (Popein)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:202&mdash;California, Thurlby (McClosky)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:093&mdash;Vancouver, Block (Cook)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:06Penalty: Cook 18:24.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Vancouver, Popein (Boehm, Vejprava)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:44Penalties: none.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Vancouver, Brunel (Hextall, Cook)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:246&mdash;Vancouver, Cook (Hextall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:077&mdash;California, Burns (Wright, Thurlby)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:138&mdash;California, Swarbrick (Maxner, Gravel)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:05Penalties: none.Saves: Simmons 22, McCartan 18.Attendance: 5,104.VICTORIA 3 at SEATTLE 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Victoria, Hebenton (Marcetta, Barlow)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:522&mdash;Victoria, Rpfiahl (Clark, Wilcox)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:19Penalties; Picard 2:25, Lemieux 14.42. Picard 19:01.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Sattle (Rotors, Gauthier)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3.22Penalty: Ericksen 3:29.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Victoria, Carmichael (Jankowski, Laughton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:025&mdash;Seattle, Lund (Dineen)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:466&mdash;Seattle, Fielder (Picard)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:29Penalties: none.OVERTIME PERIOD7&mdash;Seattle, Heiskala (Hale, Holmes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:48Penalties: none.Saves: Smith 24, Armstrong 26.Attendance: 5,245.Sat. Dec. 3 SAN DIEGO 5 at LOSANGELES 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Boone (Young, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:512&mdash;San Diego, Topoll (Nicholson, Haley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:19Penalties: Dubuc 6:42, Sinclair 8;57.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan (Ronson, Hynes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:194&mdash;San Diego, Ronson (MacMillan, Hynes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:435&mdash;San Diego, Topoll (Haley, Sinclair)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:406&mdash;Los Angeles, Toppazzini (Meissner, Kilpatrick)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:40Penalty: Haley 6:51.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Los Angeles, Meissner, (O&rsquo;Rce, Toppazzini)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:588&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan (Sinclair. Watson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:25Penalty: Watson 11:51.Saves: Champoux 40, Kelly 18.Attendance: 3,663.VANCOUVER 1 at CALIFORNIA 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Vejprava (Popein, Boehm)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:26Penalties: Kabel 8:15, Boehm 10:22.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;California, Burns (Maxner, Evans)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:433&mdash;California, Kennedy (Gravel, Odrowski)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:51Penalties Evans 2:06, Maxner 3:32, Hunt 8:02, Blackburn 16:02.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Block 1:03, Kennedy 13:15, Hextall 19:08, Kennedy 19:29.Saves: Simmons 31, McCartan 18.Attendance: 4,933.PORTLAND 3 at VICTORIA 1FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Erickson 2:50, Madigan 6:31. Messier 9:15.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Van Impe (Madigan, Goyer)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:452&mdash;Victoria, Jankowski (Hebenton, Marcetta)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:443&mdash;Portland, C. Schmautz (Jones)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:544&mdash;Portland, Caron (Van Impe, Jones)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:46Penalties: Saunders 8:18, Messier 11:15, Edickson 17:20.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Donaldson 5:20. Hay 10:13.Saves: Charron 33, Smith 28.Attendance: 2,613. &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02564/2594662-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="289" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack McCartan</figcaption></div>OAKLAND, Calif.&mdash;So far this season, the California Seals have been in and out, very often in good form when they were out of town and out of form when they were in their new home, the Oakland &ldquo;Jewel Box&rdquo; arena. They&rsquo;re still staying above the .500 mark and running third in the league, but coach Rudy Pilous is far from satisfied.&ldquo;Teams in this league have not beaten us, we have given games away&rdquo;, Pilous said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re weak on fundamentals. You&rsquo;d think we&rsquo;d know them well. But our guys think practicing is a waste of time. Yet look at Portland. They&rsquo;ve parlayed fundamental hockey into a big lead over everyone else.&ldquo;One thing is certain. It isn&rsquo;t this goalkeeper&rsquo;s fault. Jack McCartan has played well. And our defensemen have been adequate. The real fault lies with our forwards. They are not skating and they are not concentrating.&ldquo;We are going to play fundamental position hockey from now on. And we are going to start hitting properly. I can&rsquo;t stand still for so much timidity,&rdquo; Pilous concluded.After the Seals knocked off L.A., Pilous spoke more favorably. &ldquo;Our win over Los Angeles seemed to be attributable to more aggressive play on our part, and shooting more and with greater accuracy,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no question that Portland is the team to beat, and our best chance to do so is on home ice. If we&rsquo;d played well at home, we&rsquo;d be laughing now. Portland is running away with the roses. They&rsquo;ve got some great hockey players. But so have we. We just have to play with more consistency, hit harder and get better firepower from our forwards.&rdquo;The Seals&rsquo; only player among the top 20 in league scoring is captain and ex-coach Charley Burns, who has seven goals and 12 assists for 19 points to rank 17th on the list. The forward ranks were depleted a bit when Tough Ron Harris knocked himself out crashing into the boards.The Seal defense corps was so deep, when veteran major leaguer Al Langlois was sent down, Pilous immediately passed him on to the Los Angeles Blades, whose coach Ferny Flaman said &ldquo;he strengthened our defense 50 Per cent.&rdquo; Goalie McCartan has an even 3.00 goals-against mark for 14 games, but lack of checking by the forwards has permitted frequent breakaway-type situations. &#9632;

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Claims ‘Frisco Weak On Fundamentals

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><h2>MacFarland May Quit</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03479/2594700-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="296" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill MacFarland</figcaption></div>Bill MacFarland wasn&rsquo;t sure he wanted to play hockey. Once he tried it, he liked it and stuck with it awhile. He was sure he didn&rsquo;t want to coach the game. Now that he&rsquo;s tried it, he&rsquo;s still sure. He may stick it out awhile, but he doesn&rsquo;t think he&rsquo;ll do so for very long. It does not help that his Seattle club has been having its troubles. &ldquo;When I retired last year, I had no intention of coaching. Murray Costello, who is an old friend (and who had just taken over the Totem front office) talked me into it. He felt I could do a job for him. I&rsquo;m not so sure. And I did not and do not see this as a long-term thing. I don&rsquo;t enjoy it that much,&rdquo; Mac says.Seattle finished fifth last season and does not appear greatly strengthened this season, so Mac is bucking heavy odds. Costello is still sold on his buddy as coaching material. &ldquo;Mac should make a very good coach. He has very sound ideas. He&rsquo;s extremely intelligent and thoughtful. He studied this game and knows how it should be played. He played it completely, himself. Although it is difficult to take over as coach of fellows you&rsquo;ve been playing with, he was different than the average player, a man apart, and he always had unusual respect. If he has any fault as a coach, it is probably that he expects too much of the fellows. He expects them to play as he did.&rdquo;Mac says, &ldquo;The way things have gone so far, I don&rsquo;t like coaching. It&rsquo;s a very frustrating job. There&rsquo;s just so much you can do. I suppose the secret to successful coaching is to get the maximum amount from each player, but that&rsquo;s easier said than done. I felt many of our players were capable of much better hockey than they showed last season, and that&rsquo;s what I expected this season. In the early going at least, most of them were not playing better, and I&rsquo;ve been pretty disappointed.&rdquo;<h2>Not Cut Out For Job</h2>&ldquo;As an ex-player you sit on the bench and see things go wrong that you feel shouldn&rsquo;t have gone wrong. You see things happening that you think you could do something about if you were in there. Maybe you couldn&rsquo;t. Maybe you overestimate your ability. But when you sit back and look at the game from the sidelines, you see the game different and the right things to do look obvious to you &hellip; &ldquo;It hurts having been close to these guys. You can&rsquo;t act independently. It&rsquo;s hard to trade away a guy you know has settled in Seattle and will be disrupted &hellip; I&rsquo;m not&rsquo;sure my temperament is right for coaching. I keep things bottled up within me. I&rsquo;m quiet and withdrawn. A coach has to run the gamut of emotions. Right now I&rsquo;m suffering too much.&rdquo;MacFarland sighed. He is a remarkable fellow. He placed a hockey career second, taking a degree in Law at Michigan and Washington Universities. Assuming his disinterest. National League clubs passed him up. He regrets not having had the chance to see what he could do in the majors. He did have a 10-year pro career in the Western League, the last nine in a row with Seattle, during which he never scored less than 20 goals in a season, had 46 in 1962 when he was selected Most Valuable Player in the circuit and 315 in all. He had as many as 95 points in a single season, and 695 in all. He did everything well. He was a sort of minor league Gordie Howe, smooth and efficient, and there is no question he could have made the big-time grade. Now a practicing lawyer, with a wife and three children to support and pay attention to. he seems on the verge of turning away from hockey completely. Though he admits, &ldquo;I miss playing, and I&rsquo;ll miss the game when I leave it, which may not be very far in the future.&rdquo;<h2>Fielder Slowing Down</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04368/2594693-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="296" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyfe Fielder</figcaption></div>In view of Seattle&rsquo;s personnel shortcomings, MacFarland, who retired after last season, admits he is considering coming back to play for himself, but doubts that he will. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve practiced, I&rsquo;m in shape and I&rsquo;ve thought about playing again, but I really don&rsquo;t want to. I&rsquo;ve quit, and that&rsquo;s it&rdquo; &hellip; Golden Guyle Fielder, who overshadowed MacFarland during the last decade in Seattle, is off to a slow Start this season. He seems to have the old slick moves as far as setting up plays, but the little 36-year-old veteran isn&rsquo;t as slick at moving away from checks these days. The other fellows are getting more of a piece of him more regularly, slowing him down and punishing him some &hellip; The big job of rebuilding the Seattle club in the future probably lies in the hands of Murray Costello.At least one coach in the Western League is on the ropes, even this early in the campaign &hellip; The fear around the league is that Portland may get so far in front that there will be no real pennant race left by mid-season and attendance will suffer drastically all around. So far the real surprises in the league are Vancouver on the positive side and Victoria on the negative side. Bert Olmstead has Vancouver playing winning hockey, despite severe losses from last season&rsquo;s third-place club. While Manager Buck Houle and coach Frank Mario have been unable to get Victoria rolling, the club on paper seems almost as good as last season&rsquo;s second-place club and playoff champ. Toronto owns the Victoria franchise, but didn&rsquo;t do it any faver when it sent Brit Selby to Vancouver, an odd move. &#9632;

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Western Ad Lib

<div class="byline">By MATT DENNIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03318/2594769-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="312" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lowell MacDonald</figcaption></div>HOUSTON, Tex.&mdash;Houston Apollos keep making the Oklahoma City Blazers hustle to hold down top spot in the Central Professional Hockey League standing but were undermanned by injuries.They suffered a severe jolt when rookie defenseman Carol Vadnais suffered a broken bone in his left wrist against the Blazers and was ordered to the sidelines for six weeks. The Montreal Junior Canadiens star &ldquo;definitely will be missed,&rdquo; said coach Ray Kinasewich. &ldquo;As a rookie he was just beginning to show promise of the talent we knew he had and he was making the transition from amateur to pro hockey,&rdquo; the coach continued.Then Danny Grant, the former Peterborough Petes star, suffered a severe Charley horse in the back of his knee and had to leave the line-up after playing 14 games in which he scored seven goals and drew six assists for 13 points.Goalie Gerry Desjardins came out of a tussle with a bruised knee and backup goalie Rog Vachon had to don the pig pads. He filled in capably giving up only two goals in his first three appearances with one of his efforts the first shutout of the season in the league blanking Memphis, 4-0.OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; The Blazers were short a centerman when Boston Bruins of the NHL called up their leading sniper Ron Buchanan but coach Murray Davison looked to newcomers Ross Lonsberry and Ted Hodgson, who came to the Blazers from Buffalo in return for Bill Goldsworthy, to fill the void.Goalie Bern Parent, who replaced Gerry Cheevers, also called to Boston, notched the second shutout when the Blazers rapped Memphis, 4-0.OMAHA &mdash; In an effort to keep his club rolling, coach Fred Shero changed his lines shifting Paul Andrea to center between Larry Mickey and Bryan Campbell and sending Max Mestinsek back to left wing with Jim Johnson and Wayne Hall as linemates.ST. LOUIS &mdash; Art Stratton set a new OPHL assist mark for one game when he helped set up six goals as the Braves downed Memphis 11-2 and when he caged a &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; as the Braves bowed to Houston Apollos the next night, he pulled into a tie with Alex Faulkner of Memphis for first place in the scoring parade.Veteran Gerry Melnyk follows Stratton in the point-getting parade and had 27 points over the first 19 games. John Miszuk was playing a strong two-way game from his defense spot notching 16 assists in 18 contests.TULSA &mdash; The Oilers&rsquo; Lowell MacDonald, top point-getter for the club through its first 20 games with 26 points, was the first player to score four goals in a single game this term accomplishing the feat as the Oilers nipped Memphis, 6-5.Jim McKenny and Gary Veneruzzo follow MacDonald in the point race both counting seven goals and drawing 15 assists.MEMPHIS &mdash; Jimmy Peters, general manager-coach of the Wings, started using Buddy Blom his backup netminder for George Gardner in an effort to ignite a win streak but the club couldn&rsquo;t fashion two victories in succession.Defensive help was sent to the club from Pittsburgh with veteran rearguard Warren Godfrey joining the club. &#9632;

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Injury-Plagued Apollos Still Chasing Leading Oklahoma

<h2>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Dec. 13)<h3>Northern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1085/2594814-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="614" height="166"></div><h3>Southern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1170/2594807-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="617" height="167"><figcaption class="caption-body">NHL Affiliation: 2 Toronto; 4 Detroit; 5 Boston; 6 New York; x independent.</figcaption></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Dec. 6Clinton 3 at New Jersey 1New Haven 1 at Charlotte 8Wed. Dec. 7Johnstown 5 at Knoxville 3New Haven 1 at Nashville 7Charlotte 2 at Jacksonville 3Thurs. Dec. 8Clinton 1 at Long Island 0Fri. Dec. 9Clinton 1 at New Jersey 6Nashville 0 at Greensboro 3Knoxville 4 at Charlotte 2Johnstown 3 at Jacksonville 2Sat. Dec. 10New Jersey 3 at Clinton 5Jacksonville 1 at Charlotte 7New Haven 4 at Knoxville 5Johnstown 1 at Nashville 6Sun. Dec. 11New Jersey 4 at Long Island 3New Haven 4 at Greensboro 9<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including games of Sun., Dec. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1261/2594800-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="622" height="309"></div> &#9632;

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Looking at the EHL Race

<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Dec. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01388/2594901-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="623" height="307"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Dec. 6Woodstock 4 at Orillia 5Kingston 5 at Belleville 3Fri. Dec. 9Galt 7 at Woodstock 5Toronto 5 at Guelph 2Orillia 6 at Belleville 9Kingston 4 at Collingwood 5Sat. Dec. 10Oakville 8 at Galt 8Sun. Dec. 11Woodstock 7 at Oakville 3Orillia 1 at Kingston 7Guelph 4 at Barrie 3Belleville 0 at Toronto 3<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Thurs., Dec. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02339/2594894-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="623" height="248"></div><h2>QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Dec. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03278/2594887-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="625" height="145"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Thurs. Dec. 8Sherbrooke 9 at Victoriaville 4St. Hyacinthe 2 at Drummondville 4Sun. Dec. 11Victoriaville 2 at Sherbrooke 4Drummondville 1 at St. Hyacinthe 2<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Dec. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04216/2594880-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="626" height="279"></div><h2>WESTERN CANADA SENIOR</h2>(Standings on Wed. Dec. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05173/2594873-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="620" height="218"></div><h2>CANADIAN MAJOR JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Mon. Dec. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06146/2594866-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="624" height="215"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Dec. 6Regina 4 at Weyburn 6Edmonton 9 at Calgary 8Thurs. Dec. 8Saskatoon 9 at Calgary 7Sat. Dec. 10Saskatoon 4 at Edmonton 10Estevan 1 at Weyburn 4Sun. Dec. 11Saskatoon 7 at Calgary 2Weyburn 2 at Estevan 8Regina 3 at Moose Jaw 6<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Tues. Dec. 6)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07136/2594859-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="626" height="218"></div><h2>NEW YORK METRO LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Sun. Dec. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-08106/2594852-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="623" height="193"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0994/2594845-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="617" height="361"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1350/2594939-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg" title="f0017-13" width="292" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Chiupka</figcaption></div>JOHNSTOWN, Pa.&mdash;Referee Ed Pantalone is the subject of a complaint that Jack McIntyre, general manager-coach of the Johnstown Jets, has brought to the attention of Eastern Hockey League president Tom Lockhart.McIntyre isn&rsquo;t the type of guy to get upset easily, but he&rsquo;s raging over the actions of Pantalone Tn several recent contests of the Jets. In a game at Greensboro, McIntyre claimed that &ldquo;Pantalone never handled the puck the last five minutes of the game and for the final 30 seconds he wasn&rsquo;t even on the ice. He was standing in the aisle off the ice.&rdquo;McIntyre also said that &ldquo;Pantalone cost the Jets a game at Charlotte when he allowed a winning goal that was kicked into the cage. At Greensboro, a game misconduct penalty to Dennis Rathwell for deliberate intent to injure was absolutely wrong.&rdquo;The Jets coach said, Pete Loveless of Greensboro and Dennis fell. Every one was surprised when a penalty was called. Loveless wasn&rsquo;t cut. We talked to Pete after the game and he couldn&rsquo;t understand why there was a penalty either. The boys are good friends.&rdquo;Another Pantalone action that drew McIntyre&rsquo;s fire was minor, major, misconduct and game misconduct penalties that defenseman Jim Mair drew after a fight with Greensboro&rsquo;s Don Carter. &ldquo;Jim didn&rsquo;t hit Pantalone,&rdquo; said McIntyre. &ldquo;He may have touched him, but he didn&rsquo;t hit him. It was a bad call. Carter was the aggressor but Mair got the misconduct and then Mair really got mad.&rdquo;&ldquo;I will not ice a team with this guy officiating again,&rdquo; said McIntyre who played the Greensboro game under protest after Pantalone accused Rathwell of deliberately attempting to injure Loveless by kicking him.Pantalone has his own version of the Charlotte game, claiming &ldquo;the Jets shot the puck at me five times and once hit me on the elbow.&rdquo; He said that the Jets in passing him along the boards, had repeatedly hit him with their sticks.The ref showed a leg bruised from knee to hip as evidence after the Greensboro game. As for the rhubarb with Mair, Pantalone claims that Mair slammed him into the screen at the scorer&rsquo;s table. The ref said that Mair had crashed Carter into the screen and pushed his face into the wire and received a bloody nose from Carter in retaliation. Then when Pantalone assessed the penalties, he charged the official, with blood running down his face.NASHVILLE: Flo Pilote and Leo Olivier were lost in the woods on a hunting trip and a search party was needed to help locate them. Flyers deadlocked Florida in EHL&rsquo;s first tie game this season. Ref Jean Zicat handed Ted McCaskill a misconduct penalty for elbowing him but Ted said it was an accident.NEW HAVEN: Jackie LeClair made good on his promise to ditch players who weren&rsquo;t producing by dropping goalie Jacques Monette and forward Lynn Margarit. Jacques Madore and Dan Tremblay jumped club and then returned. Pat Hardy&rsquo;s hat trick whipped Long Island. Club secured goalie Pete Sternig from Muskegon and defenseman Will Moffatt from Edmonton.JACKSONVILLE: Rockets finally broke Nashville jinx by tieing Flyers. Ian Campbell hit in forehead with puck. Flu attack hit Rockets and team was bothered for several games. Coach Bob Sabourin played with 102 temperature. Art Chiupka posted four goals in win over Greensboro.LONG ISLAND: Ducks upset by erratic play of goalie Andre Gagnon and eager to have Gordie Dibley back in cage. Clare Wakshinski placed on waivers to make room for Wayne Caulfield. Bob Brown secured from Knoxville. Gordie Stratton&rsquo;s 4 goals helped Ducks post season high of 8 goals against New Haven. Les Calder evidently has changed his mind again and won&rsquo;t report.GREENSBORO: Goalie John Voss stopped 17 Nashville shots in one session. Mike Kardash hurt hip. Defense corps riddled with injuries. Goalie Bob Smith placed on waivers. John Murray had puffed face and elbow injury. Billy Armour moved back to defense.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1442/2594932-1-eng-US/f0017-142.jpg" title="f0017-14" width="549" height="544"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES MONETTE &hellip; Axed By Blades</figcaption></div>CHARLOTTE: Detenseman Handy Murray had two goals and almost a third at Knoxville. Claude Ouimet&rsquo;s back hurt by a Don Labelle check. Fred Creighton says Johnstown is one of few clubs in league that can skate with Checkers. Art Hart and Ernie Dyda doing fine job as penalty killers.KNOXVILLE: Don Labelle checked Charlotte&rsquo;s Claude Ouimet right through the door to the Checkers&rsquo; players bench. Ouimet was carried to the dressing room with a muscle injury while the Knights protested that it was Charlotte&rsquo;s fault for leaving the door open.CLINTON: Ed Babiuk posted his fourth shutout in a 10-0 rout of Johnstown. Rod Zaine lost his jersey in a tiff with the Jets&rsquo; Jim Mair. Pete Babando at 41 is showing the youngsters a thing or two.JERSEY: Vic Stasiuk pleased with the way Rick Foley hits the opposition. Norm DeFelice has been strong in the nets since returning from the disabled list. Despite injured shoulder, Rosaire Paiement continues to pace league in points and goals. &#9632;

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Jets’ Coach Boils Over Official’s Calls But Referee Claims Club Used Sticks On Him

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div>TOLEDO, 0.&mdash;Glenn Ramsay, veteran and durable goaltender for the Toledo Blades, was sitting out several of the Blades&rsquo; games, dressed in street clothes and one finger supported by splints, while substitute Jerry Fleury took over for him.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03217/2595008-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="296" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Ramsay</figcaption></div>It was a dislocated finger for Ramsay. It didn&rsquo;t happen in a game, as might be suspected. It happened when Glenn slipped on the kitchen floor after coming in from a snowstorm.But that is an example of the hexes that have been working against International Hockey League goalies this season, leading the club owners to speculate on whether they should not all be operating on the two-goaler system, as some are. Almost every regular netminder has been out at some time, either through injuries or sickness.Gerry Randall, fort Wayne&rsquo;s only goaler, who shared the position last season with Bob Gray, was knocked out in the Komets&rsquo; opening game and the retired Chuck Adamson was called in to fill&rsquo; the breach. In a recent game at Toledo, Randall received a bad cut on the face. With no substitute available play was held up for 20 minutes until he was in condition to resume his post.Norm Jacques of Port Huron came down with a cracked rib. Rookie Dwight Bearchall relieved him for four games and then one night Bearchall was taken ill in the first period and Jacques had to get back in the nets.At Columbus Andre Daoust has been in and out of the lineup but the Checkers have a standby in Matt Thorp. Only Pat Rupp of Dayton and Russ Gillow of Des Moines had been able to escape the jinx and work full time.MUSKEGON &mdash; Joe Kastelic became the league&rsquo;s second 1,000 point man when he scored an assist against Port Huron, his 22nd point of the season to add to a 978 total in 13 previous years in the IHL &hellip; Len Thomson of Fort Wayne is the only other IHL player to reach this milestone &hellip; Rookie Wilf Martin had a hat trick against Toledo&hellip;FORT WAYNE &mdash; The Komets hit their offensive peak in a 9-1 victory over Toledo, in which rookie left wing Ted Demchuk sparkled &hellip; League scoring champ Merv Dubchak finally found the range with four goals in two nights &hellip; The Komets held the Gems scoreless in Dayton after they had taken a 4-0 lead and won with six straight goals &hellip; Scrappy defenseman Randy Legge appeared an early candidate for &ldquo;rookie of the year&rdquo; honors &hellip;DES MOINES &mdash; A 9-3 defeat by Dayton was the worst ever suffered by the Oak Leafs at Ice Arena. The Leafs came back next night to beat the Gems, 3-2 &hellip; Home ice was not helping the Leafs, who had only a 5-5-1 record at home compared to 46-21-2 in two previous seasons in the IHL.DAYTON &mdash; Cliff Bristow and Rich Brown both scored hat tricks in a 9-3 win at Des Moines, where both formerly played. It was Brown&rsquo;s first hat trick in the IHL and was witnessed by his wife and 3-year old son who flew in from Dayton, also his parents from South St. Paul, Minn&hellip;.PORT HURON &mdash; The Flags equalled the season high total, set by Toledo, in trouncing Columbus, 11-5 &hellip; Rookie Marty Reynolds had a hat trick, raising his total to 10 goals in 13 games &hellip; Frank St. Marseille had his consecutive game scoring streak stopped at 16&hellip;TOLEDO &mdash; Rookie Murray Kuntz, just in from Ottawa, had a hat trick in his first game for the Blades &hellip; Coach Terry Slater also signed Viger (Fritz) Gendron, defenseman from Ottawa Senior Hockey League and was angling for two other players to help the slumping Blades &hellip;COLUMBUS &mdash; Veteran John Bailey had a hat trick in a 10-3 defeat of Toledo &hellip; The Checkers signed defenseman Paul Jackson, with Buffalo in the AHL last season and forward Benny LeBlanctrom the Quebec Senior league. &#9632;

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Injury ‘Hex’ Hangs Over All But Two Regular Goalers

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div>KITCHENER, Ont&mdash;The surprise club of the nine-team Ontario Hockey Association Junior circuit continues to be the Kitchener Rangers.Unheralded before the season started, the Rangers won six consecutive games to open up a two-point first place lead over St. Catharines Black Hawks and Toronto Marlboros.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03259/2595091-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="270" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wally Kullman</figcaption></div>It was the first time a Kitchener team had been in first place in more than a decade and average attendance at the large Memorial Auditorium is now over 5,000. Ranger manager Brent Madill said Kitchener fans were really getting behind the club and the young Rangers were responding.Although not blessed with outstanding players, the Rangers have balance and have been paced by sophomore Jack McCreary, second in points only to Derek Sanderson of the Niagara Falls Flyers and rookie Tim Ecclestone who ranks fourth in total points.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04223/2595084-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="600" height="602"><figcaption class="caption-body">jack McCreary&hellip;Top Ranger Sniper</figcaption></div>They have also obtained solid goaltending from Robbie Irons, who has a three goals against average in nine games, excellent by junior hockey standards.The Rangers who are coached by Wally Kullman, only had two games during the week but won them both &mdash; 5-3 over Hamilton and 5-4 over Niagara Falls Flyers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05184/2595077-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="610" height="600"><figcaption class="caption-body">TIM ECCLESTONE&hellip;Rookie Sparkles</figcaption></div>St. Catharines Black Hawks, leaders since early in the season, salvaged only one win out of three games.They upset the Red Wings 3-1 in Hamilton, then lost 5-3 to the Marlboros before 14,352 &ldquo;Kids Night&rdquo; fans and 6-5 to Peterborough on home ice Sunday.The win by the Petes ended a lengthy slump in which they hadn&rsquo;t scored a victory since Nov. 13 against Hamilton.Meanwhile Peterborough Petes will be without their star centerright winger Joe Johnston until the middle of January.Johnston, one of the most highly-rated players in the Ontario Hockey Association junior A league was involved in an altercation with Bob Black of the Oshawa Generals.The Peterborough forward was accused of striking Black with his stick, then kicking the Oshawa player.He was suspended for 15 games by the Ontario Hockey Association sub-committee.Don Milburn, president of the Petes, said that Johnston &ldquo;received a fair trial&rdquo;. &#9632;

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Kitchener Smash On Ice, At Box Office

<h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Doc. 13)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01371/2595129-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="625" height="278"></div>(NHL Affiliation: 1 Montreal; 2 Toronto; 3 Chicago; 4 Detroit; 5 Boston; 6 New York.)<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Dec. 6Kitchener 4 at London 7Thurs. Dec. 8Kitchener 2 at Hamilton 3Toronto 7 at Peterborough 4Fri. Dec. 9Oshawa 1 at Niagara Falls 4Sat. Dec. 10London 1 at Oshawa 0Sun. Dec. 11London 6 at Montreal 1Niagara Falls 4 at St. Catharines 4Kitchener 8 at Toronto 5<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Dec. 13St. Catharines at LondonThurs. Dec. 15Montreal at HamiltonSt. Catharines at PeterboroughFri. Dec. 16Toronto at Niagara FallsMontreal at KitchenerHamilton at LondonSat. Dec. 17Peterborough at OshawaSun. Dec. 18Kitchener at St. CatharinesHamilton at MontrealLondon at Toronto<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun., Dec. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02319/2595122-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="623" height="380"></div> &#9632;

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TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;During his playing days with the Detroit Red Wings and later as coach of amateur and professional clubs, there have been few more colorful characters in hockey than Eddie Bush.Whether it&rsquo;s haranguing referees, needling opposing players or engaging in running chatter with the fans, Bush is capable of sparking up even the dullest game.For the past two years the native of Collingwood left junior A hockey to handle Pittsburgh and Memphis teams in the professional end of the Detroit organization.Now he&rsquo;s back in junior A as coach-manager of the Hamilton Red Wings and, as usual, things are popping.The Wings were scheduled to play the Toronto Marlboros in Maple Leaf Gardens and as the game was to be televised in color, Bush came up with the novel gimmick of painting the Hamilton hockey sticks in team colors &mdash; red.He notified the Marlboro officials of his intentions and the Dukes promptly sent their sticks out to be painted blue.The result?As far as is known this is the first time painted hockey sticks have been used in organized hockey and the reaction of those viewing the game both in person and on the television screen was most flattering. &#9632;

Juniors Use “Color” Sticks In Latest TV Hockey Fad

<div class="byline">By TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Ever since the start of the season Boston fans have been wondering what the Bruins would be like this season without Bobby Orr<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-01187/2595198-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="296" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Orr</figcaption></div>Unfortunately they are due to have the question answered in the next three weeks. The sensational 18-year-old defenseman is due to be out of the lineup at least that long with strained internal ligaments of the left knee. The Bruins were already feeling Orr&rsquo;s loss when they were trounced 10-2 by Chicago.Orr suffered the injury early in the second period of the Dec. 4 game which Toronto won, 8-3, when Marcel Pronovost jammed Orr into the boards as the young bonus baby tried to sneak through on a rush.Rather than have him living alone while the team was away on a five-day road trip, the Bruins later I hospitalized him for 10 days.&ldquo;It was an unfortunate accident,&rdquo; said Toronto assistant general manager Frank &ldquo;King&rdquo; Clancy, &ldquo;but for the life of me 1 don&rsquo;t know what possessed the boy to try to get through that way. He&rsquo;s a left hand shot and he couldn&rsquo;t have made a play coming through that side.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a tough break for the Bruins. He&rsquo;s a great prospect.&rdquo;In his brief stretch with the Bs, Orr has captured the imaginationof Boston fans and there was no doubt that he sparked the Bruins offense in their early season success.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-02172/2595191-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="569" height="608"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED WESTFALL&hellip;Back On Defense</figcaption></div>Although his inexperience made him vulnerable at times, his great natural ability enabled him to cover up his mistakes and he was the generator for the offense.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s difficult to measure just what his absence will mean to the team,&rdquo; said coach Harry Sinden. &ldquo;I know we&rsquo;ll miss him on our play. He helped us keep the puck moving forward as well as helping control it in power situations.&rdquo;Whether or not it was a sign of what to expect, it is a fact that after he left the ice in the Toronto game the Maple Leafs scored twice when they were shorthanded to put that game out of reach of the Bruins.Of additional concern to the Bruins is the fact that at the time of the Orr injury. Teddy Green had been experiencing difficulty regaining his old form.The 26-year-old veteran had sat out Iwo games to rest his right knee but with Orr hurt the Bruins had to activate Green.Speaking of Green, it was coincidental that the injury to Orr occurred at approximately the same time that Teddy became ill last year and missed nearly three weeks and the Bruins went into a tailspin.To patch up his defense Sinden moved Bobby Woytowich up to team with Gil Marotte. Green and Joe Watson were paired as the other defensive unit and Dallas Smith was designated as swing man.Sinden also started working Eddie Westfall, his general handyman, at defense in the event of further emergency.&ldquo;We are lucky to have a guy like Westfall around,&rdquo; said Sinden.&rdquo; He originally was a defenseman and I think a pretty good one. He can do the job there if necessary.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-03158/2595184-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="579" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED GREEN&hellip;Activated Again</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s also nice to know that you have an offensive defenseman out there as a penalty killer.&rdquo;But even if the Bruins survive the three-week loss of Orr, they will welcome him back most enthusiastically.ICE CHIPS &mdash; Trying to build a more consistent offense, Sinden reunited Murray Oliver with Johnny Bucyk and Johnny McKenzie and put Bobby Dillabough up with Ron Stewart and Pit Martin &hellip; The Ron Murphy Ron Schock-Wayne Connelly line has given the Bs their most production &hellip; &ldquo;If we can get another line clicking like that,&rdquo; said Sinden, &ldquo;we&rsquo;d be in pretty fair shape offensively&rdquo; &hellip; Ron Buchanan, the Central League&rsquo;s leading scorer who was called up when Oliver suffered a broken toe was returned to Oklahoma City after appearing in three games for the Bruins &hellip; Gary Doak, 20-year-old defenseman who is recovering from a broken leg, also was&rsquo;sent to Oklahoma City to, play himself into shape. &#9632;

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