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January 14, 1967

The Hockey News January 14, 1967

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Bob Pulford in the minors?That&rsquo;s been the whisper recently in Toronto hockey circles and it&rsquo;s more than just idle speculation. Maple Leaf executives have been seriously considering demotion to the minors as one of several possible solutions to the season-long slump which has plagued their big center, a 28-goal shooter just last winter.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02573/2551944-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="292" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Pulford</figcaption></div>Down on the American League farm club, Leafs own a hot young center called Mike Walton and they&rsquo;ve been sorely tempted to switch him and Pulford.However, Leafs can afford to be patient with a distinguished veteran like Pulford and will try several moves before subjecting him to the embarrassment of relegation to the minors. First, they gave him a new set of wingers, Brian Conacher and George Armstrong, instead of Johnny Brenneman and Eddie Shack. That arran gement will be tested for several games. If it doesn&rsquo;t work out, Pulford will be shifted to left wing.&ldquo;He was a left wing&mdash;and a very good one&mdash;when I came here in 1958,&rdquo; says Punch Imlach, Leafs&rsquo; coach and general manager. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been called a genius for moving him to center. Now maybe I can be a genius by moving him again.&rdquo;Only as a last resort would Pulford be sent down to Rochester, a move Leafs could make without offering him on waivers to other National League clubs because he was on their protected roster at the draft meetings last June. Players usually are sent to the minors to arouse their mental attitude, wake them up. This is unnecessary in Pulford&rsquo;s case. He knows he&rsquo;s missed the entire exhibition series going badly and is deeply concerned about it&mdash;so much so, in fact, that the worry in itself hurts his chances of improvement.Pulford&rsquo;s trouble stems from twisted knee ligaments he suffered during the training period. He as a result and has never played properly since. He had six goals and four assists as 1967 began, in depressing contrast to 15 goals and 15 assists at the same stage last season.&ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;ve been using the knee injury as a mental crutch to lean on,&rdquo; Pulford speculated. &ldquo;I know I still feel slight twinges in it. But last season, when I was going well, I wouldn&rsquo;t even have noticed.&ldquo;Missing all the exhibition games made things tough. That&rsquo;s where you get your timing worked out. But that shouldn&rsquo;t be a factor now.&ldquo;You&rsquo;re determined to try harder, but you&rsquo;re tense. You find yourself steering the puck instead of shooting.&ldquo;One thing, though. Management has been very good. There&rsquo;s been an extra pressure placed on me from any quarter.&rdquo;It&rsquo;s been suggested that business problems unrelated to hockey have contributed to Pulford&rsquo;s difficulties.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the same story with any player in a slump,&rdquo; said King Clancy, assistant to coach Imlach. &ldquo;Pulford knows he&rsquo;s going bad, so he starts to press. And the more he presses, the worse things get.&ldquo;He knows his best shot is aggressive hockey but he hesitates to play it that way for fear he makes a mistake and starts going even worse.&ldquo;Now he&rsquo;s losing his self-confidence.&ldquo;Maybe new wingers will help. All he needs is for something to work. Then everything will begin to click and before long he&rsquo;ll be his old self again.&rdquo; &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Slumping Leafs’ Ace Having Problems

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Two excellent games and out of the lineup again. That was the story with Johnny Bower, Maple Leafs&rsquo; 42 year-old goalkeeper, late last month.Bower, hurrying to get back into playing condition because of Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s absence, returned against Boston Bruins and allowed only two goals in a doubleheader sweep over Christmas weekend. Two days later, in a routine workout, a shot by Frank Mahovlich shattered a bone in his stick hand and he was gone for at least three weeks.Coincidence? Or brittle old age?Leafs are gambling that it&rsquo;s the former and still are counting on Sawchuk and Bower as their regular goalkeeping pair when the season reaches its critical stages in March and moves on into the Stanley Cup playoffs.But, in the meantime, it was reassuring to know that they could rely on Bruce Gamble to do a big-league job. He made 42 saves in a sensational performance against Rangers, giving Leafs a 2-1 victory right in New York&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden and Imlach felt a lot better about his netminding situation thereafter. Previously, he&rsquo;d been using words like &ldquo;crisis&rdquo; and &ldquo;predicament&rdquo; to refer to it, and even talking about trades.In this particular shortage, Al Smith was the minor leaguer he called upon.Al Smith had been outstanding in emergency duty against Chicago Black Hawks one night last season, so Imlach gambled with him in Leafs&rsquo; Dec. 31 match against Hawks. He might have been right about it, too, but his team played so badly that it didn&rsquo;t matter what Smith did. They were beaten, 5-1.That set the stage for Gamble&rsquo;s superb game.Bower couldn&rsquo;t be expected back until mid-January and it would be at least three weeks after that before Sawchuk would be ready. &#9632;

Gamble Saves Day For Leafs As Injuries Flatten Vets

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;It&rsquo;s been quite a spell since Long John Henderson tended goal in the American Hockey League, but the former National Leaguer made quite an auspicious debut for the Hershey Bears.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05417/2552709-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="304" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Henderson</figcaption></div>The 33-year-old Toronto native, who once handled the nets for the Boston Bruins, was given his initial starting role Dec. 29 against the Cleveland Barons at the Ohio club&rsquo;s rink. He promptly responded by backstopping the Bears to a 5-3 victory.Two days later he came off a 5-3 winner against Providence, turning in several clutch stops that eventually made the difference between victory and defeat.Henderson hooked on with the Bears in late November, checking in from San Francisco where he wasn&rsquo;t seeing any service.What brought him to Hershey was the fact that regular Claude Dufour was sidelined for the season with an eye injury, leaving the club with only one netminder, Andre Gill.In replacing Dufour, little Gill, who packs 155 pounds on a 5-7 frame, turned in a fine job for 29 games, aiding the team to the top of the Eastern Division heap. In 1,720 minutes of play, Gill allowed only 84 goals, while turning in 905 saves for a solid 2.93 average.Henderson&rsquo;s last start in the AHL dates back to the 1959-60 season when he played on game in relief for Cleveland. Earlier, he had spent the better part of two seasons with the Bears.In tapping Henderson, coach Frank Mathers said that &ldquo;Gill needed a rest.&rdquo;&ldquo;The guy did a terrific job, especially the past two months and has been under a lot of pressure,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;A rest won&rsquo;t hurt him one bit.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Henderson Sparkles In Bow With Bears

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02622/2551851-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg"></div>CODE OF ABBREVIATIONS: GP&mdash;Games Played; G&mdash;Goals Scored; IG&mdash;Important Goals (First, Leading, Tying, Insurance and Proximate; PCTG&mdash;Percentage of Important Goals and Points; TP&mdash;Total Points; IP&mdash;Important Points.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03527/2551844-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="1267" height="915"></div> &#9632;

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NHL Statistics

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVOL. 20 MONTREAL, JANUARY 14, 1967 No. 20&#576;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01453/2553340-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="564" height="433"></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;It may seem a little odd that the Detroit Red Wings are currently considered the National Hockey League&rsquo;s &lsquo;hot&rsquo; club since they can&rsquo;t win on the road, but the Motor City team is sizzling while the opposition is reeling.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03141/2553333-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="284" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Crozier</figcaption></div>The Wings have run up a modest record of four victories in their last five starts, their lengthiest success run of the NHL campaign. This past week the Detroiters bowled over Chicago and Toronto and have pulled to within seven points of the fourth and final playoff berth.Manager-coach Sid Abel, concerned by the fact his team lost 10 out of 11 games in a prolonged slump a month ago, and hasn&rsquo;t won a road game in 17 outings, is smiling again. He credits Gordie Howe, Norm Ullman and Roger Crozier as three of the reasons the Wings are winning. Howe and Ullman are scoring and Crozier has been sensational in goal through the last half dozen games. &#9632;

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ARE WINGS BACK IN STRIDE?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02334/2553371-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The NHL All-Stars will provide the Montreal Canadiens with another big test when they oppose the defending cup champions in Montreal Jan. 18 in the 20th annual classic. Players like NORM ULLMAN, left, of Detroit, and the great BOBBY HULL of Chicago will be on the firing line.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The National Hockey League All-Stars, who flexed their muscles in no uncertain terms last season, will be just as hard to handle this year judging by their glittering lineup.Coach Sid Abel of Detroit, who won the right to direct the selects in the NHL&rsquo;s 20th annual game at the Montreal Forum Jan. 18, by piloting the Red Wings into the Stanley Cup final last spring, has strengthened his squad considerably for the clash against the defending Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens.Abel&rsquo;s 19-man squad will include five of last year&rsquo;s Six first-team All-Star selections and three off the second team. With four Montreal players not eligible&mdash;because they&rsquo;ll be playing with the champions&mdash;Abel has augmented his team with some of the top names in the NHL.Starting in goal, the All-Stars will have Glenn Hall of Chicago and Rangers&rsquo; Ed Giacomin. Abel apparently bypassed his own net-minder, Roger Crozier, for the game by taking Giacomin. As No? 3 man in the all-star voting last season, Crozier was next in line. No reason was given by Abel.On defense, the All-Stars will have Toronto&rsquo;s Allan Stanley, Harry Howell and Jim Neilson of New York, Pierre Pilote and Pat Stapleton of Chicago and Boston&rsquo;s Ted Green.At center, Norm Ullman of Detroit, Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita, Dave Keon of the Leafs and Boston&rsquo;s Murray Oliver have been named. On right wing, it will be All-Star game exponent Gordie Howe of Detroit, Rangers&rsquo; Bob Nevin and Rod Gilbert. On the left side, it&rsquo;s Chicago&rsquo;s exciting Bobby Hull, Johnny Bucyk of Boston, the &lsquo;Big M&rsquo; Frank Mahovlich of the Leafs and veteran Alex Delvecchio. &#9632;

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All-Star Coach Names 19-Man Squad For Game

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All-Star Games Top Point Men

<div class="byline">By DAN MOULTON</div>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;Black Hawk Manager Tommy Ivan was cast in the villain&rsquo;s role during the strange episode that led to Howie Young&rsquo;s return to the National Hockey League and he&rsquo;s not awfully concerned.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01607/2551637-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="286" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Young</figcaption></div>What bugs him is that some people apparently figured he could have let a man of Young&rsquo;s potential, no matter what the circumstances, go to Los Angeles without any kind of string attached as protection for the Black Hawks.For those of you who might have spent the last few weeks hunting on the Amazon, here, briefly, are the circumstances surrounding Young&rsquo;s recall to the big leagues as a Red Wing after a two-year stretch in Los Angeles:The Red Wings announced about a month ago that they had acquired Young from Los Angeles, who had gotten him two years ago from the Hawks after Ivan and Coach Billy Reay had abandoned all hope of reforming the troublesome defenseman, whose exploits on and off the ice need no recounting here.In exchange for Young, the Blades were to get center Murray Hall and defenseman Al Lebrun. Then it was learned that the Wings had failed to secure waivers on the pair.Next, Detroit Manager Sid Abel said that the Blades had accepted center Alex Faulkner and rearguard Bob McCord in exchange for the apparently reformed Young.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02580/2551630-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1208" height="1193"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chicago general manager TOMMY IVAN, left, and Hawks&rsquo; coach BILLY REAY, have steadfastly denied they attempted to keep Howie Young out of the NHL. Ivan said Young deserves a tremendous amount of credit for coming back and the Black Hawks&rsquo; only wish is that Young makes the grade.</figcaption></div>Here&rsquo;s where the Hawks stepped into the picture. It seems that Ivan had retained the rights to Young when he shipped him west and wasn&rsquo;t satisfied with the second offer, since Faulkner and McCord would fall under Hawk domain.Tommy said that he&rsquo;d been all for the first deal but couldn&rsquo;t go for the second. This was the first time it was known that Ivan and the Hawks even entered into the Young picture and he was accused of all sorts of covert dealing by both the Wings and Blades, who seemed surprised by the entire fuss.The main accusation was that the Hawks and Blades had a &ldquo;secret&rdquo; agreement on Young, although all such deals are filed in the NHL&rsquo;s central registry in Montreal.Then, the Hawks were accused of trying to &ldquo;blackball&rdquo; Young in retribution for the grief he had caused Ivan and Reay during his short stay with the Chicago club.Abel insisted, after Ivan squelched the second bid, that he was through trying to get Young if it meant that he&rsquo;d have to deal with the Black Hawks, who, he insisted, were trying to keep the Wings from getting out of the second division.A few days later, the deal was completed to the satisfaction of all concerned when it was announced that Young would go to the Wings, with whom he&rsquo;d begun his big league career, in exchange for Hall and Lebrun, who would go to the Blades on loan, thus obviating the need for waivers.Then, at the end of the season, the Blades would get three players, to be named, to complete the deal.&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t trying to blackball Young,&rdquo; insisted Ivan. &ldquo;But how could any one think that I&rsquo;d let a player of his caliber get away from the Hawks without keeping some sort of attachment. I&rsquo;d be the worst hockey man in the world if I did a thing like that. My only concern in such matters is the welfare of the Chicago hockey team and that is all that governed my actions.&rdquo;Both Ivan and Reay insist that they wish only the best for Howie.&ldquo;His comeback has to be a great thing for the game,&rdquo; said Ivan. &ldquo;I have to hope that he makes. If the guy has accomplished all the things they say out there, you&rsquo;ve got to give him a tremendous amount of credit.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Denies Keeping Defenseman In Minors; Merely Upheld Hawks’ Rights Says GM

<h2>THE ALL-STARS</h2>Goal&mdash;Glenn HallGoal&mdash;Ed GiacominDefense&mdash;Allan StanleyDefense&mdash;Harry HowellDefense&mdash;Pat StapletonDefense&mdash;Jim NeilsonDefense&mdash;Pierre PiloteDefense&mdash;Ted GreenCenter&mdash;Norm UllmanCenter&mdash;Stan MikitaCenter&mdash;Dave KeonCenter&mdash;Murray OliverR. Wing&mdash;Gordie HoweR. Wing&mdash;Rod GilbertR. Wing&mdash;Bob NevinL. Wing&mdash;Bobby HullL. Wing&mdash;Frank MahovlichL. Wing&mdash;Johnny BucykL. Wing&mdash;Alex DelvecchioCoach&mdash;Sid Abel<h2>THE CANADIENS</h2>Goal&mdash;Charlie HodgeGoal&mdash;Gary BaumanDefense&mdash;J. LaperriereDefense&mdash;Jean-Guy TalbotDefense&mdash;Terry HarperDefense&mdash;Jean-C. TremblayDefense&mdash;Ted HarrisDefense&mdash;Jim RobertsCenter&mdash;Henri RichardCenter&mdash;Jean BeliveauCenter&mdash;Ralph BackstromCenter&mdash;Dave BalonR. Wing&mdash;Claude ProvostR. Wing&mdash;Claude LaroseR. Wing&mdash;Yvan CournoyerR. Wing&mdash;Bobby RousseauR. Wing&mdash;Leon RochefortL. Wing&mdash;Dick DuffL. Wing&mdash;Gilles TremblayL. Wing&mdash;John FergusonCoach&mdash;Toe Blake &#9632;

HOCKEY NEWS ALL-STAR ISSUE

<div class="byline">By BOB HARRIS</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;No National Hockey League all-star game would be complete without the irrepressible Gordie Howe.The 38-year-old Howe has a lock on so many records in the annual major league classic that it wouldn&rsquo;t be remiss if someone called it the &lsquo;Gordie Howe All-Star Game&rsquo;.Howe has dominated the records for several years and every time he steps out in a &lsquo;dream&rsquo; contest, he sets some sort of a mark.Howe will be making his 18th appearance in the NHL&rsquo;s 20th annual All-Star game at the Montreal Forum Jan. 18, which in itself is a record that may never be surpassed.Gordie owns five all-star records outright and shares two others.Here&rsquo;s some of his achievements. He has appeared in the most games, 18 (including this year&rsquo;s), scored the most points, 16, has the most major penalties, one, has been a member of the winning team most times, 10, and has served the most penalty minutes, 21. He also shares the All-Star goals record of nine with the retired Maurice Richard and has the most assists, seven, along with Red Kelly of the Leafs, who won&rsquo;t be playing in this year&rsquo;s game.Howe could latch on to another All-Star record held by Maurice Richard if he could play four more years. Richard has played in the most consecutive games, 13. Howe is appearing in his 10th straight this season.While Howe pursues more individual records in the upcoming Montreal game, the NHL All-Stars will be out to bolster their record against the Canadiens.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01609/2551737-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="552" height="889"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOE BLAKE&hellip; Man Behind the Habs</figcaption></div>Last season, Howe stole the show as the &lsquo;Stars&rsquo; turned back the Canadiens 5-2 at Montreal for victory No. 9 in 17 all-star games for the selects.Montreal will be making its 8th start in the big game. The Habs have a 2-4-1 record compared to 9-5-3 for the All-Stars.The All-Stars have been the aggressors in the past six years winning the past two seasons and four times over that period while tieing another game. Actually the Toronto Leafs of 1962 were the only NHL team able to upset the All-Stars in the last six years.The 1966-67 game will be the first ever held in mid-season. The NHL decided this year to bypass the customary preseason date in order to sidestep football and baseball attractions that crowd the heavy sports calendar in the fall.The game masterminding will be handled by Montreal&rsquo;s Toe Blake, who will be behind the Canadiens&rsquo; bench while Sid Abel of Detroit will direct the All-Star team traffic on the opposite side of the Forum. Both qualified for the honor by getting their teams into the Stanley Cup final last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02493/2551730-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="544" height="885"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HOWE&hellip; More Records To Set</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03329/2551723-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="571" height="877"><figcaption class="caption-body">SID ABEL&hellip; Guiding The &lsquo;Stars&rsquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Records Reveal All-Star Hockey Classic ‘Belongs’ To Detroit’s Great Gordie Howe

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04201/2551768-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg"></div>ALL STAR GAME RECORDS, 1947 TO 1965Most Games Played: Gordie Howe 17.Most Goals: Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe 9.Most Assists: Red Kelly, Gordie Howe 7.Most Total Points: Gordie Howe 16.Most Minor Penalties: Gus Mortson 9.Most Major Penalties: Gordie Howe 1.Most Consecutive Games Played: Maurice Richard 13, 1947-1959 (inc.) Member on Most Winning Teams: Gordie Howe 10.Most Goals, One Period: Andy Bathgate, Wally Hergesheimer, Ted Lindsay, Frank Mahovlich 2.Fastest Two Goals: Wally Hergesheimer, 1:19, 1953.Fastest Goal From Start of Game: Ted Lindsay, 19 secs., 1950.Most Assists, One Game: Doug Harvey, Dickie Moore, 3.Most Goals, One Game: Ted Lindsay, 3.Most Penalty Minutes: Gordie Howe, 21 minutes. &#9632;

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ALL-STAR GAME FACTS, FIGURES

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;National Hockey League teams are shooting more and enjoying it less these days. It would appear the goaltenders are giving the shooters a rough time.Statistics released by the NHL reveal that in the first third of the 1966-67 season, more shots were taken at opposition goaltenders than in the first third of last season but fewer goals were scored. After the first 71 games this season&mdash;including those of Dec. 14&mdash;the six NHL teams had fired 4,473 shots on goal and had scored 419 goals, a scoring percentage of 9.4. Last season, the figures were 4,450 shots and 447 goals in the same number of games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01671/2551813-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="295" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Giacomin</figcaption></div>The big difference this term could be found in the goals-against total for the revitalized New York Rangers and the lowly Boston Bruins. The Rangers, getting a greatly improved performance from sophomore goaltender Ed Giacomin, allowed 31 fewer goals this season in their first 25 games than they did last season. And, Boston Bruins had cut their goals-against total by 21, from 111 to 90 in 24 games.Only two teams had given up more goals this season than last&mdash;Detroit Red Wings with 87 goals against in their first 24 games of 1966-67 compared to 69 against in an equal number of games last season; and Chicago Black Hawks, who had 60 goals against this campaign and 56 against last season after 23 games.Montreal Canadiens, lacking the scoring power of other seasons, maintained a steady defensive record and had the same number of goals against, 55, in the first 22 games of both seasons. The Montreal scoring, however, was 54 goals this season and 85 a year ago. Toronto Maple Leafs, in their first 24 games, had 67 goals against compared to 70 a year ago.The team with the best shooting percentage was Chicago with a mark of 12.3 per cent for its 84 goals and 684 shots. New York followed with 10.1 per cent on 81 goals and 800 shots. Next was Toronto, 9.7 per cent on 71 goals, 735 shots; Boston, 8.7 per cent on 67 goals, 772 shots; Montreal, 7.9 per cent on 54 goals, 685 shots; and Detroit, 7.8 per cent on 62 goals, 792 shots, the highest average shots per game of any team at 33.2.Individually, Paul Henderson of Detroit was the best sharpshooter among players with five or more goals. The left winger, who missed nine of his team&rsquo;s first 24 games because of a respiratory ailment, scored nine goals on 37 shots for 24.3 per cent. Next was Canadiens&rsquo; Claude Larose with 23.1 per cent on nine goals and 39 shots.Kenny Wharram led the Chicago players with 21.1 per cent&mdash;14 goals and 66 shots&mdash;while Rod Gilbert was the New York leader with 15 goals (tops in the league) on 68 shots for 22.1 per cent. Frank Mahovlich led the Leafs with 15.3 per cent on nine goals and 59 shots. A former Leaf, Ron Stewart, was the most accurate Boston shooter, scoring seven goals on 46 shots for 15.2 per cent.Gordie Howe of Detroit was the only player with more than 100 shots. The veteran right winger, now in his 21st NHL season and usually in the first three for total shots taken, scored seven times out of 106 shots for 6.6 per cent. Stan Mikita of Chicago, the leading scorer in the first third of the schedule, had 99 shots in Chicago&rsquo;s first 23 games and scored 12 goals for 12.1 per cent. Bobby Hull of Hawks, who led the league in shots taken on goal last season with 352 in 65 games and a record-setting 54 goals&mdash;15.6 per cent&mdash;took 87 shots in the 22 games he played during the first third of the season. He scored 10 goals for 11.5 per cent.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04459/2551806-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="584" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAUL HENDERSON&hellip; An Eye For The Net</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05404/2551799-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="592" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">CLAUDE LAROSE&hellip; Makes Shots Count</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NHL Clubs Shooting More But Scoring Less

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Make way for veteran Dean Prentice. He&rsquo;s the newest member of the NHL&rsquo;s select 250-goal club.Prentice achieved the coveted milestone Jan. 5 as the Wings were taking the Black Hawks over the coals 6-4 in the Detroit Olympia.Prentice thus becomes the 19th addition to the 250-Goal Club and it came in his 15th big league season.The one-time Ranger scoring ace follows Canadiens&rsquo; Henri Richard, who bagged his 250th Dec. 7, into the club.While Prentice was stepping into choice hockey company, Toronto&rsquo;s Frank Mahovlich was making strides of his own in the all-time goal scoring race. Mahovlich recently shot his 270th NHL goal to tie Aurel Joliat and Howie Morenz for 12th place.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06329/2551882-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="300" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dean Prentice</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Prentice Nets 250th Goal To Gain 19th Spot In Club

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NHL Point Race

<div class="byline">By GIL SMITH</div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September byKen-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 St. Catherine Street WestMontreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie Will V. CotePresident and Publisher Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates: $4.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth$5.00 in the U.S.A, and $7.00 in Foreign CountriesPostage paid at Rouses Point, N. Y.Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawaand for payment of postage in cash.Printed in CanadaVOL. 20 MONTREAL, JANUARY 14, 1967 No. 14MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Injuries continued to plague Canadiens as they headed into the New Year. In addition to the knee injury which continued to hamper Dick Duff, there were ankle injuries to Gilles Tremblay, muscle spasms in J.C. Tremblay&rsquo;s back and a severe char-ley horse in the left leg of Leon Rochefort.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01698/2551999-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="288" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption></div>All had missed games and operated below par in some of the ones in which they appeared. Goalie Gump Worsley remained on the sidelines with torn cartilage in the knee, though little Charlie Hodge had been filling in well as a substitute.But, the most serious injury, by far, was the one to the right eye of Jean Beliveau. He&rsquo;d been out since the middle of December, after having been struck in the eye by a stick. The eye hemorrhaged, and for awhile the Hab captain actually feared for his sight.&ldquo;It was the worst injury I&rsquo;ve had in 19 years of hockey, including my days as a Junior,&rdquo; said Beliveau. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been struck over, above and to either side of the eyes, but never directly into the eye like this. When I was in the hospital I had to remain motionless, for fear that something would become detached. Even when I was allowed to sit up, to sit beside the bed in a chair, I was told not to make any movement if I could possibly help it. They told me &lsquo;In case you should knock anything over, or drop something on the floor, don&rsquo;t try to pick it up. Let the nurse do it.&rdquo;Beliveau went on to say that after he was released from hospital, he was largely confined to the house. When he finally did go out, the combination of snow and sunlight outdoors caused the eye to pain and become irritated. He was unable to drive his car, or even to walk around with any degree of comfort. His vision remained clouded for several days, then slowly began to clear. However, he continued to experience cloudy vision whenever he attempted to look downward. That was still the situation as he returned to light practice with Canadiens, in the first week of January.&ldquo;The injury was so bad,&rdquo; said Jean, &ldquo;that the doctors told me if it had been a fraction of an inch more to the center, I would have lost the sight in the eye.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Beliveau Says Eye Injury Worst Of 19-Year Career

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02565/2552051-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="400" height="457"></div>&bull; DETROIT hockey telecaster, Bruce Martyn, will telecast the NHL All-Star Game out of Montreal through many parts of the United States on the MSG-RKO network&hellip; This is quite an honor for the polished Martyn as it will mark the first time the All-Star contest has been televised into the United States &hellip; Red Kelly will be lost to the Maple Leafs for at least a month with torn ligaments in his left knee. It was a tough blow for the 20 year veteran who was having his best season in recent years &hellip; How much does Orland Kurtenbach, who was picked from the Leafs by the Rangers at last June&rsquo;s draft, mean to the New Yorkers? Just this: Rangers are the most penalized team in the NHL, but only one goal has been scored against them this season while Kurtenbach was killing a penalty &hellip; Rumors continue to persist that the retired Jacques Plante has been receiving some fabulous offers to return to the NHL next season from one or two of the new expansion clubs &hellip; New York owns his contract and doesn&rsquo;t plan to sell it until after the draft meetings next June&hellip; Draft price for an NHL player has been $30,000. It is expected that it will shortly be raised to $50,000 per player&hellip; Stan Mikita stands a good chance to win both the Hart and Lady Byng Trophies this season &hellip; If so, Stosh, by Gosh, would be the third player in history to do this. Bobby Hull did it two years ago and Buddy O&rsquo;Connor in 1947-48 &hellip; Chicago&rsquo;s rookie defenseman, Ed Van Impe, has been improving at a great clip of late and has been a most pleasant surprise to the Black Hawks and their loyal fans.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03432/2552044-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="276" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Orland Kurtenbach</figcaption></div>&bull; PHILADELPHIA FLYERS have passed the $100,000 mark in season ticket sales for their initial NHL season starting next October. Bill Putnam, Flyers&rsquo; president, said the club had received $102,700 in advance sales from the opening of the ticket drive in midNovember through early January&hellip; Putnam, incidentally, was the guest speaker at the New York Hockey Writers luncheon earlier this week &hellip; Dean Prentice scored his 2 51st NHL goal in Montreal last Saturday at exactly the 2:51 mark of the third period. Detroit has more 250-plus goal scorers on their roster than any other NHL team. Besides Prentice there are Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio, Andy Bathgate and Norm Ullman&hellip; A revealing story on Alan Eagleson, the Toronto lawyer, who negotiates many of the NHL players&rsquo; contracts, appears in the January issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL. It&rsquo;s titled: &ldquo;The Man Who Pushes NHL Salaries Up&rdquo;&hellip; There&rsquo;s also a wonderful Flashback Feature on Lionel Conacher, The Big Train, and a story on his son, Brian Conacher of the Maple Leafs in this same issue &hellip; An outstanding action shot in color of Gerry Cheevers graces the cover of the January PICTORIAL&hellip; New York&rsquo;s Phil Goyette with more than 300 NHL assists to his credit is enjoying one of his best seasons and rates as one of hockey&rsquo;s most underrated players&hellip; Nice to hear that the New York Rangers are having a Harry Howell Night on January 25. No player is more deserving of one than the veteran Ranger defenseman who has played more games as a member of the Rangers than anyone in history. Jersey Devils doing a great job in the Eastern League and making one of hockey&rsquo;s top comebacks&hellip; There is only one other active player in the NHL who has played more games with the same team than Howell&hellip; and that&rsquo;s Gordie Howe of Detroit&hellip; Howell will soon play his 1,000th game as a Ranger.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04311/2552037-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="280" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Hawell</figcaption></div>&bull; GARY DINEEN is regarded as the &ldquo;guts&rdquo; of Canada&rsquo;s National Team. The clever center who is a Montreal native is one of the scrappiest two-way forwards around and has been a real standout in all of Canada&rsquo;s games to date. He is a cinch to make it big in the NHL should he ever decide to join pro ranks &hellip; Sid Abel was furious with his charges after they blew a two-goal lead to Canadiens and dropped a 4-3 tilt in Montreal last weekend &hellip; The Wings have picked up but one tie for one point in 17 games on the road. That&rsquo;s one point out of a possible 34&hellip; Wren Blair, general manager of the Minnesota North Stars, was tendered a testimonial dinner the other night in Oshawa, Ont&hellip;. Blair makes his Canadian home in Oshawa and he has done a lot for hockey in that part of the country&hellip; Tommy Ivan did a masterful job of selling in luring Red Hay out of retirement. The tall center should be able to help the Black Hawks considerably&hellip; Did you know that New York&rsquo;s Emile Francis was the first goalkeeper to use a first baseman&rsquo;s trapper&rsquo;s glove? Now all the netminders use it. Francis played baseball in Western Canada for years and later managed a team &hellip; Fleming Mackell, former NHL player, was shot in a fracas in Miami recently by an unidentified woman. He was expected to recover satisfactorily&hellip; Guested with Larry Fredricks on his popular &ldquo;On the Spot&rdquo; Show over Montreal&rsquo;s CKVL last Sunday&hellip; Now for a fast trip through the CPHL.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05261/2552030-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="274" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Dineen</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Floyd Smith, forward, sent to Pittsburgh. Bryan Watson, forward, sent to Memphis of CPHL. Pete Goegan, defenseman, recalled from Pittsburgh.MONTREAL&mdash;Noel Price, defenseman, recalled from Quebec of AHL. Serge Savard, recalled from Houston of CPHL.NEW YORK&mdash;Jim Johnson, forward, returned to Omaha of CPHL.BOSTON&mdash;Glen Sather, forward, returned to Oklahoma City of CPHL.TORONTO&mdash;Al Smith, goalkeeper, recalled from Victoria of WHL Gary Smith, goalkeeper, transferred from Rochester of AHL to Victoria. Bob Whidden, goalkeeper, called up from Toronto Marlboros of Junior OHA and sent to Rochester as standby. Larry Hillman, defenseman, sent to Rochester.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>ROCHESTER&mdash;Marc Reaume, defenseman, called up from Tulsa of CPHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>LOS ANGELES&mdash;George Hill, forward, returned to Omaha of CPHL.SAN DIEGO&mdash;Jim Eagle, defenseman, secured from Pittsburgh of AHL.VICTORIA&mdash;Fred Hucul, defenseman, placed on inactive list.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>OMAHA&mdash;Billy Cooper, defenseman, signed on five-game pro tryout.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>FORT WAYNE&mdash;Ted Wright, defenseman, signed off inactive list. Billy Hway and Gerry Sillers, forwards, placed on waivers. Bruce Reier, forward, sent to Jersey of EHL.TOLEDO&mdash;Noel Lirette, defenseman, released. &#9632;

Movements of Players

WINNPEG, Man.&mdash;Canada&rsquo;s hopes of regaining the world amateur championship never looked better in the opinion of hockey men and National Team coach Jackie McLeod.The former NHL player, who has strived to improve Canada&rsquo;s world hockey image, believes he just may have succeeded.&ldquo;I feel we have a good chance to win it this year,&rdquo; said McLeod after his Canadian team won the first Centennial hockey tournament here from the Czechs and Russians.The Canadians, fresh from a title coup in the Walter Brown Memorial Hockey Tournament at Colorado Springs, came through the Centennial tourney without losing a game.This was heartening to McLeod and Father David Bauer, the team&rsquo;s advisor, who have worked hand in hand to make Canada an international power again.&ldquo;I feel the team has improved considerably from last year&mdash;remember we had six new players then. Our biggest asset now is experience. All the players have been together on the same team for some time now and it is starting to show up,&rdquo; commented McLeod.The Nationals&rsquo; coach admitted the addition of former pros, Carl Brewer and Jack &lsquo;Red&rsquo; Bownass to the team&rsquo;s defense has been what the team needed. Brewer, who is still not in top playing form, has been a real inspiration to the younger Nationals. The one-time NHL all-star defenseman played a major role along with Jean Cusson and Gary Dineen in the Nats&rsquo; Centennial victory.The Canadians won all three starts in the tournament, beating the United States 7-1, the Czechs 5-3 and Russia 5-4, to complete a perfect 3-0 record.McLeod, who has decided to hang up his skates and concentrate on becoming a bench coach, has had nothing but praise for Cusson, the lithe Montreal university student, and Dineen, who could still land in the NHL one day with the Toronto Leafs.The two were brilliant in the Centennial tournament with Cusson emerging as the Nationals&rsquo; leading scorer with 20 goals. Dineen has been the playmaker for practically all of them.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re a great pair on the ice and I know they&rsquo;ll make a good showing when we get to Vienna (site of the world championships in March) and face up to that tough European competition,&rdquo; said McLeod.Canada&rsquo;s 5-4 windup victory over the Russians, only the second for a Canadian team in the last 15 meetings with the Soviets, was the big one. The Nats went into the game with a 2-0 record and had to win to grab the title. While 11,000 fans screamed with excitement, the Nationals overcame a 3-1 Russian lead and then had to break a 4-4 tie on a goal by Billy MacMillan in the final period to wrap it up. Both Cusson and Dineen, who were named to the tournament all-star team, had a helping hand in the payoff goal.Canada&rsquo;s Nationals have also blossomed out as great box office as evidenced by the more than 15,000 fans who jammed the Montreal Forum to see them tie the Russians 3-3 two days after winning the Centennial tournament.Vaclav Nedomansky, the big Czech center who is the property of the New York Rangers, was chosen the tournament&rsquo;s MVP performer as well as the all-star center. Brewer was also picked for one defense berth.<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01650/2552113-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="631" height="184"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDMon. Doc. 26Canada Selects 5, Canada Nationals 5Tues. Dec. 27Canada Nationals 8, U.S. Nationals 1Wed. Dec. 28Canada Selects 3, U.S. Nationals 3Thurs. Dec. 29Canada Nationals 3, Canada Selects 2Fri. Dec. 30Canada Nationals 4, U.S. Nationals 4Sat. Dec. 31U.S. Nationals 4, Canada Selects 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02593/2552106-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="628" height="217"></div> &#9632;

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Canada’s Centennial, Brown Tourney Wins Raises Hopes Of Regaining World Title

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Red Wings are far off the pace in most National Hockey League departments but they should be No. 1 in number of players used and transactions with farm clubs.Bob Falkenberg, 21, 6-foot, 190-pounds, is the 29th player used this season by Detroit. The young defenseman was called up from Pittsburgh when Bert Marshall suffered a collapsed lung in a game in Boston.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01684/2552144-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="301" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Floyd Smith</figcaption></div>The Marshall injury was a freakish one and the Wings seem to be specializing in them this season. In November is was Paul Henderson&rsquo;s tranchiatis that eventually caused him to be sent to Arizona for a week.Marshall was injured in a collision with Pit Martin but played several more shifts before realizing he was hurt.Doctors said afterward there apparently had been a bubble on his lung and that he probably had his mouth closed when he and Martin hit. The bubble broke and the air left and, with his mouth closed, there was none to replace it.Marshall was hospitalized in Boston while the lung was reinflated and he was expected to be out a total of three weeks.Marshall&rsquo;s injury caused coach Sid Abel to revamp his plans. He&rsquo;d moved Gary Bergman from defense to forward in that game and had to return him to the blue line.The callup of Falkenberg was the 27th transaction between Detroit and its top farm club, the Pittsburgh Hornets.One of the latest to go to Pittsburgh was right wing Floyd Smith who couldn&rsquo;t get untracked this season. Smith, a 20-goal man last year for the first time in the NHL, had only four goals and at one stretch went 17 games without a goal. &#9632;

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Wings Employ 29th Player; Smith Departs

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Playoffs? Possible but not too probable for the Red Wings.The 1966 Stanley Cup finalists raised some hope in Motortown with a bang-up New Year&rsquo;s celebration, thanks in large measure to the return of left wing Paul Henderson, idled most of six weeks by a throat ailment.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02599/2552175-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="292" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Paul Henderson</figcaption></div>Henderson, teamed again with center Norm Ullman and with quick Bruce MacGregor on right wing instead of demoted Floyd Smith, gave Detroit three ingredients it had been lacking on the left side: speed, shooting and some checking.When Henderson left the lineup in November he was Detroit&rsquo;s top goal-tender with nine and led the league at one stage in that department.By the time he returned no one among the Wings was able to better his nine goals&mdash;Ullman had nine to tie him. It shows just how bad the Wings had been.But Henderson&rsquo;s play wasn&rsquo;t the only factor the optimists cited. Howie Young, while still occasionally showing a tendency to wander, settled down the defense and you just wouldn&rsquo;t believe it was Howie Young.Young played exceptionally well, not only delivering some hefty checks which the club lacked, but helping out on offense too.Not since Doug Barkley was injured, nearly a year ago now, have the Wings possessed an authoritative shot from the right point.Authoritative? Some of Howie&rsquo;s slap shots go in with all the fury of a guillotine blade.He scored his first goal since returning to the NHL in a game at Boston, a slap from the point, and it helped Detroit get a 4-4 tie, the Wings&rsquo; first point on the road this season.Young also starred over the New Year&rsquo;s weekend, pulling down the No. 1 star for his two-way work in a 3-1 victory over Boston and this indeed was a new Young.Howie set up Gordie Howe for the game&rsquo;s first goal, driving into the corner on a power play to pick up the puck and pass it out sharply to Howe who drilled an ice-skimmer past Gerry Cheevers.It was a hard, on-target Young slap shot that began the seqquence leading to the eventual winning goal by Norm Ullman. The shot handcuffed Cheevers and it fell right at his feet. The entire Ullman line swarmed around him before he could clear it and Ullman scored from the scramble.Defensively, Howie showed he could turn the other cheek when occasion demands. Killing a penalty to Gary Bergman, just after the Howe goal, Young raced back to Detroit ice for a loose puck. Bruin defenseman Gilles Marotte chased him and cross-checked Young from behind. Young wisely kept his head and Marotte went to the penalty box, erasing the Boston power play.Howie isn&rsquo;t getting overly excited about this new attention from the fans or his play, so drastically improved over what it was when he left Detroit 3&frac12; years ago.Sid Abel is taking them one at a time, too, but if those &ldquo;ones&rdquo; don&rsquo;t add up to a sizeable winning streak, the Wings can start planning toward 1967-68.After the New Year&rsquo;s sweep there was a crucial stretch of five games in which Detroit met Chicago three times, played one game at Montreal and hosted Toronto. In view of the Wings&rsquo; previous 1-5 record with Chicago this season, those three with the Hawks could be the killing blow to playoff hopes. &#9632;

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Henderson’s Return Stimulates Playoff Hopes Wings’ Top Scorer Licks Throat Ailment

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Floyd Smith was one of four veterans fined by manager Sid Abel for cracking the curfew the night before a game in New York.Abel, who usually runs an easy ship and doesn&rsquo;t have such a thing as bed check, happened to be in the lobby talking with friends when club captain Alex Delvecchio, Norm Ullman, Parker MacDonald and Smith walked through enroute to the elevators.Abel wouldn&rsquo;t reveal the size of the fines and said the players were only 20 minutes late but it was a matter of principle &hellip; and when you&rsquo;re in last place and haven&rsquo;t won a game on the road these things always are a little more important.Smith was sent to Pittsburgh the next day and Abel emphasized it was Smith&rsquo;s poor play and not breaking the curfew that was responsible. &#9632;

Abel Fines Four Wing Vets

<div class="byline">By DAN MOULTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01666/2552230-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN HODGE&hellip; Has Ability To Make It Big</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Kenny Hodge has all the equipment, and the disposition, to become the Black Hawks No. 1 policeman.This was pretty well proven recently when he took on Reggie Fleming, the Rangers&rsquo; resident badman, in a post-game brawl on the ice and more than held his own.But Black Hawks Coach Billy Reay is hoping that Hodge will be able to avoid making his size and natural belligerence his only marketable commodity as a National Hockey Leaguer.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d hate to think that Ken will have to rely strictly on ruggedness to get by in this league when he has so much else going for him,&rdquo; said Reay.Chief rap against the 6-2, 200 pound sophomore right wing right now is that he lacks good speed on the take-off. His puck-handling still leaves a bit to be desired, too, but Reay has been assigning special drills to remedy that deficiency and figures that the big youngster will improve.&ldquo;Ken can be one of the real good ones in the league,&rdquo; Reay continued. &ldquo;His speed, once he gets rolling, is fine and he has a great shot. And, most important of all, probably, he won&rsquo;t back down from any man. He seems to like contact. Like Dennis Hull, he would rather go over a checker than around him.&ldquo;Players like that are hard to find, and I&rsquo;m not about to lose patience with one just because he needs a little polish.&rdquo;The successful battle with Fleming, who has been terrorizing opponents for several years, wasn&rsquo;t Ken&rsquo;s first but it was his most significant.It came as a complete shock to a full house in Madison Square Garden, where fans had begun to regard Fleming as a combination Hercules and Paladin.Hodge has had several rows with Fleming in the little over one season he&rsquo;s been with the Hawks and he&rsquo;s a little puzzled over the reason.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have any particular beef with Fleming,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But he seems to have one with me. It seems that every time we play the Rangers, he and I get into it.&ldquo;This last one started while Pierre Pilote and Vic Hadfield were starting up just after the game ended. Fleming started, the way I figure, and he was getting pretty mouthy.&ldquo;I guess he has a job to do with the Rangers and does it the best way he can. At least that&rsquo;s the only way I can figure it.&rdquo;Dennis Hull is experiencing some of the same problems as Hodge but his progress has been a bit more rapid, as evidenced by the fact that he&rsquo;d picked up 14 goals in the Hawks&rsquo; first 30 games and was working regularly with center Wally Boyer and right wing Eric Nesterenko.Ken has lost his regular berth but has been employed part of the time with a fourth line Reay uses when he feels his regulars need a little extra time on the bench. This happens mostly when the schedule requires the team to play four games in five nights, as it frequently does in the second half of the season. The extra line usually consists of Hodge at right wing, Lou Angotti at center and Bobby Hull working an extra shift on the left side.&ldquo;I really don&rsquo;t believe in four lines under most conditions,&rdquo; said Reay. &lsquo;When you use an extra line, your good players spend too much time on the bench. But Kenny will get plenty of work, especially since he now can play on either the left or right side.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s learning well and is certain to be a real star in the game.&rdquo;Billy also is convinced that Ken will become an efficient policeman, too. &#9632;

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Rugged Ken Hodge Has Makeup To Become Hawk “Policeman”

CHICAGO, III.&mdash;Bill &lsquo;Red&rsquo; Hay has reluctantly returned to the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League after unsuccessfully trying to &ldquo;scare&rdquo; the Hawks off with a high salary demand.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to return to the Black Hawks but Mr. Ivan (Hawks&rsquo; general manager Tommy Ivan) kept pressuring me,&rdquo; said the 31 year-old center.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02625/2552261-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="292" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Hay</figcaption></div>Hay, who announced his retirement in June, said he had obtained leave of absence from the Calgary oil company which employs him. He added he would only play the rest of the NHL season.After that, he said, he plans to retire from the NHL.&ldquo;I would like to make clear I won&rsquo;t have any part of the NHL when it expands. I will sit out a year to get my amateur card back. It is likely that I will then turn out with a Calgary team.Hay declined comment on what salary Hawks offered him. &#9632;

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Reluctant To Come Back, Hay Yields Under Pressure

<div class="byline">By GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;If Dickie Duff had his way, Canadiens would play all their games against the Chicago Black Hawks.The hardrock left-winger recently scored his fourth goal of the season against them, and, what made it significant was the fact that Hawks were the only team he&rsquo;d connected against in his first 23 games of the season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03543/2552292-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="274" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Duff</figcaption></div>Duff has missed eight games, due to an injured knee, and had gone scoreless against the rest of the league up to the first week of January.&ldquo;I always seem to go well against Chicago,&rdquo; says Duff, &ldquo;though it&rsquo;s hard to pinpoint the exact reason for it. Maybe it&rsquo;s because they&rsquo;re a top team and games against them are usually of the crucial variety. A player is bound to be &ldquo;up&rdquo; for games like that. Then, too, they have so many good players that you feel you have to really hustle to keep them from breaking out.&rdquo;Duff says that even when he played for Toronto he was always at his best against the Black Hawks, though, if that&rsquo;s the case, his theory about them being a top team doesn&rsquo;t quite stand up. When Duff broke into the NHL with Toronto in the mid-Fifties, Chicago were habitual cellar-dwellers. Nevertheless, he was potent against them in those days, too, getting the first hat-trick of his career against them in 1956-57. He got the second hat-trick of his career last season. Again, the opposition was Chicago. He also posted a career milestone against them, last year, when he scored his 200th goal in Chicago in midFebruary.&ldquo;Maybe it&rsquo;s just their style of play that I like,&rdquo; Duff says. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s usually one team that a player goes better against than the others. An example would be the way Kenny Wharram plays against us.&rdquo;Wharram has been a thorn in the side of Canadiens all season, and has a clutch of goals against them. &#9632;

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Habs’ Dick Duff ’Deadly’ Against Chicago’s Hawks With Four-Goal Outburst

&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02602/2552344-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="618" height="267"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDSat. Dec. 31New York 0 at Montreal 3Chicago 5 at Toronto 1Boston 1 at Detroit 3Sun. Jan. 1Montreal 1 at Detroit 4Toronto 2 at New York 1Boston 2 at Chicago 3Wed. Jan. 4Montreal 2 at Chicago 2New York 1 at Toronto 1Thurs. Jan. 5Chicago 4 at Detroit 6Sat. Jan. 7Detroit 3 at Montreal 4Boston 2 at Toronto 5Sun. Jan. 8Montreal 1 at New York 2Toronto 1 at Detroit 3Boston 3 at Chicago 1GAMES TO COMEWed. Jan. 11Toronto at MontrealDetroit at ChicagoThurs. Jan. 12New York at BostonChicago at DetroitSat. Jan. 14Boston at MontrealDetroit at TorontoNew York at ChicagoSun. Jan. 15Montreal at BostonToronto at ChicagoNew York at Detroit<h2>HOW NHL TEAMS COMPARE</h2>OVERALL WON AND LOST RECORDS THIS SEASON(Including Games of Sunday, January 8)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04396/2552337-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="1252" height="422"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05299/2552330-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="576" height="419"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06233/2552323-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="643" height="405"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y&mdash;&ldquo;We have to beat Detroit to prove once and for all that we&rsquo;re on top and they&rsquo;re on the bottom.&rdquo;The words belong to Rod Gilbert, the Rangers&rsquo; cherubic superstar and the lastwere translated to meaningful acts on Garden ice Dec. 29th as the Blues underlined the difference with a convincing 4-2 win. Gilbert and the Rangers get their next chance at Detroit Olympia on Sunday, Jan. 22.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01684/2552375-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="301" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Gilbert</figcaption></div>Gilbert not only authored the Rangers&rsquo; sentiment, he was the architect of their last victory over the Wings, scoring the first and last goals of the game and engineering the key third score by Jean Ratelle that put the Blues ahead to stay midway in the second period.The night was decisive because Gilbert moved into the goal scoring lead with 19, and on Jan. 1st became the first NHLer to reach 20.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m shooting for 30,&rdquo; said the 25-year-old right winger, who exactly a year ago had to quit hockey to undergo a delicate back operation. &ldquo;If I reach that 30 and make the All-Star Team I&rsquo;ll consider myself a superstar.&rdquo;The chunky French-Canadian certainly looked the part against Detroit as he continually outshone his counterpart on Detroit, the immortal Gordie Howe.Gilbert&rsquo;s first goal was a needlepoint shot from 15 feet out on the right that barely caught the left corner behind Roger Crozier at 12:33 of the first period.Just nine seconds later defenseman Harry Howell flipped a bouncer from center ice that carommed neurotically over Crozier&rsquo;s left leg. For Howell it was his seventh goal of the year compared with a total of four all last season. Howell epitomizes the Rebirth of the Blues.&ldquo;The important thing,&rdquo; said Gilbert, &ldquo;is to keep the psychological edge we&rsquo;ve got over Detroit. The longer we stay on top, the more we&rsquo;ll convince ourselves we belong there and the longer the Wings lose, the more they&rsquo;ll think they&rsquo;re losers and act like it.&rdquo;Gilbert has excelled despite injuries to both feet. One is ailing from a chronic bursitis condition and the other is swollen as a result of stopping a Bobby Hull shot.&ldquo;Skating is difficult,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m alright when I move forward but it&rsquo;s painful when I lurch from side to side.&rdquo;These, however, are piddling injuries compared to the two broken backs Gilbert has suffered in his hockey career.&ldquo;I consider the foot problems just run-of-the-mill,&rdquo; he observed. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re the kind you&rsquo;re going to get when you&rsquo;re on top and everybody&rsquo;s going for you. So, what you have to do is live with them and keep plugging away to stay on top.&rdquo;Ranger g.m.-coach Emile Francis arranged a special $500 bonus for Gilbert when he scores his 25th goal and another $1,000 when the Blues clinch a playoff berth, both of which appear certain.&ldquo;The playoff bonus is bigger,&rdquo; Rod admitted, &ldquo;because I wanted it that way. I consider myself a team player and it&rsquo;s more important to me that the team make the playoffs than for me to get 25 goals.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Beating Detroit Rangers Ticket To Playoffs Blues Set Wings As “Target”; Gilbert Hoping For 30-Goal Year

As the National Hockey League schedule reaches the halfway mark a fellow named Bobby Hull continues to ease his way upwards in the individual scoring race.This past week, the Black Hawks&rsquo; Golden Jet scored four times to raise his season total to 19 in 28 games, leaving him one goal off the pace set by Rangers&rsquo; Rod Gilbert, who leads with 20.Hull has started to gain momentum and appears recovered from the back miseries that plagued him through the Hawks&rsquo; first 25 games. A healthy Hull could mean the difference between finishing first and ending second again for Chicago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03511/2552406-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="265" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Hull</figcaption></div>Hull is well behind his record-year pace of last season when he scored 54 times, but strangely he is ahead of 1961-62 when he scored 50 times. That season he had 13 goals in 33 games. Last year he had 31 after 33.Nevertheless, Hull has moved up from 15th spot to No. 8 in the NHL scoring race and looks geared for a big second half.Simon&rsquo;s is pleased to salute Bobby Hull as the NHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week. &#9632;

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The Player Of The Week

Sat. Dec. 31<h2>NEW YORK 0 at MONTREAL 3</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Howell, Brown, Hillman, Neilson, MacNeil; forwards: Nevin, Goyette, Marshall, Ingarfield, Geoffrion, Fleming, Kurtenbach, Gilbert, Hadfield, Hicke, Ratelle.MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge, Bauman; defence: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Harper, Talbot; forwards: Richard, Duff, Provost, Rousseau, Cournoyer, G. Tremblay, Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Balon, Roberts.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer(Duff, J. C. Tremblay)&hellip;&hellip; 14:292&mdash;Montreal, Ferguson (Backstrom)&hellip;&hellip; 19:50Penalties: Harris 6:04, Larose, Hillman 9:20,Gilbert, Hillman, Harris 12:48.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Montreal, Provost (Richard, Talbot)&hellip;&hellip; 11:15 Penalties: Harper (major) 14:34, Geoffrion,Talbot 18:32.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty: Roberts 7:17.SHOTS AGAINST:HODGE&hellip;&hellip; 12 8 5&mdash;25GIACOMIN&hellip;&hellip; 11 9 6&mdash;26<h2>CHICAGO 5 at TORONTO 1</h2>CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall, DeJordy; defence: Pilote, Jarrett, Stapleton, Van Impe, Ravlich; forwards: Mikita, Mohns, Maki, Esposito, B. Hull, Nesterenko, Boyer, Hodge, Angotti, D. Hull.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Smith, Gamble; defence: Hillman, Pronovost, Horton, Douglas, Baun; forwards: Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Jeffrey, Pappin, Pulford, Conacher, Shack, Brenneman. Mahovlich.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mikita, Mohns)&hellip;&hellip; 0:172&mdash;Chicago, Mohns (Mikita, Wharram)&hellip;&hellip; 8:40 Penalties: Horton 3:29, Jarrett 18:14.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Chicago, B. Hull(Stapleton, Esposito)&hellip;&hellip; 2:504&mdash;Chicago, Esposito (Maki)&hellip;&hellip; 12:545&mdash;Toronto, Pappin (Keon, Hillman)&hellip;&hellip; 14:13Penalty: Stemkowski 8:34.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Chicago, D. Hull (Hodge)&hellip;&hellip; 16:36Penalties: none.SHOTS AGAINST:SMITH&hellip;&hellip; 13 13 9&mdash;35HALL&hellip;&hellip; 11 7 12&mdash;30Attendance: 15,658.<h2>BOSTON 1 at DETROIT 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Boivin 9:37, Marotte 16:25.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Young, Delvecchio)&hellip;&hellip; 5:072&mdash;Boston, Orr&hellip;&hellip; 11:063&mdash;Detroit, Ullman(MacGregor, Henlerson)&hellip;&hellip; 12:09Penalties: Bergman (two minors) 4:19, Connelly 4:19, Green 4:19, Marotte 6:02, Cheevers (misconduct) 14:27, Green (misconduct) 14:27, Orr 14:40, Goegan 18:04.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Detroit, Henderson(Goegan, MacGregor)&hellip;&hellip; 6:27Penalties: Goegan 3:56, Young 12:11.SHOTS AGAINST:CHEEVERS&hellip;&hellip; 7 14 10-31CROZIER&hellip;&hellip; 10 4 10&mdash;24Attendance: 13,676.Sun. Jan. 1<h2>MONTREAL 1 at DETROIT 4</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge, Bauman; defence: Harris, Harper, J. C. Tremblay, Talbot; forwards: Balon, Richard, Rochefort, Backstrom, Duff, Larose, Cournoyer, Rousseau, G. Tremblay, Ferguson, Roberts.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier, Bassen; defence: Marshall, Goegan, Bergman, Boivin, Young; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, MacDonald, Ullman, Smith, Prentice, Hampson, Bathgate, B. Watson, Mahovlich.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Detroit, Ullman(Henderson, MacGregor)&hellip;&hellip; 2:402&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer(G. Tremblay, Rousseau)&hellip;&hellip; 10:323&mdash;Detroit, Henderson (Ullman, Howe)&hellip;&hellip; 12:30Penalties: Talbot 3:07, Bergman 6:30, Harris 11:16, Hampson 13:37, Ferguson 18:24.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Laperriere 1:13, Boivin, Larose 8:07, Prentice 9:14.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Detroit, Hampson (Prentice)&hellip;&hellip; 3:345&mdash;Detroit, MacGregor(Henderson, Bergman)&hellip;&hellip; 7:18Penalties: Balon 14:25, Watson 14:25, Provost 16:45, (bench minor served by Cournoyer) 17:49, MacGregor 19:19.SHOTS AGAINST:CROZIER&hellip;&hellip; 12 9 7&mdash;28HODGE&hellip;&hellip; 9 13 14&mdash;36<h2>TORONTO 2 at NEW YORK 1</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Gamble, Smith; defence: Hillman, Pronovost, Horton, Douglas; forwards: Stemkowski, Armstrong, Conacher, Imlach, Ellis, Jeffrey, Pappin, Pulford, Shack, Brenneman, Mahovlich.NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Howell, MacNeil, Brown, Neilson, Hillman; forwards: Nevin, Goyette, Marshall, Geoffrion, Gilbert, Fleming, Ingarfield, Hadfield, Hicke, Berenson, Ratelle.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Conacher(Pulford, Armstrong)&hellip;&hellip; 14:52Penalty: Pulford 7:55.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Ratelle, Howell).. 2:223&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Armstrong, Jeffrey)&hellip;&hellip; 8:07Penalties: Pappin, Neilson 3:45, Hillman 8:37, Neilson 10:02, Shack 13:04.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: none.SHOTS AGAINST:GAMBLE&hellip;&hellip; 21 9 13&mdash;43GIACOMIN&hellip;&hellip; 4 9 4&mdash;17Attendance: 15,925.<h2>BOSTON 2 at CHICAGO 3</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Cheevers, Johnston; defence: Green, Woytowich, Marotte, Watson, Smith; forwards: Martin, Bucyk, Stewart, Oliver, Connelly, Westfall, McKenzie, Dillabough, Schock, Parise, Murphy.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall, DeJordy; defence: Pilote, Jarrette, Van Impe, Ravlich, Stapleton; forwards: Wharram, Mikita, Mohns, Angotti, Esposito, B. Hull, D. Hull, Hodge, Nesterenko, Maki, Boyer.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Esposito (Maki, B. Hull)&hellip;&hellip; 17:082&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mohns, Mikita)&hellip;&hellip; 19:33 Penalties: Pilote 1:35, Westfall 11:59<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Maki 9:39, McKenzie 11:42, Watson 18:11.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Chicago, Mohns (Wharram, Mikita)&hellip;&hellip; 1:264&mdash;Boston, Parise (McKenzie, Martin)&hellip;&hellip; 6:515&mdash;Boston, McKenzie (Martin, Green).. 7:56 Penalty: Van Impe 1:57.SHOTS AGAINST:CHEEVERS&hellip;&hellip; 11 15 7&mdash;33HALL&hellip;&hellip; 7 6 13&mdash;26Attendance: 16,666.Wed. Jan. 4<h2>NEW YORK 1 at TORONTO 1</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Howell, Brown, Neilson, Hillman, McNeil; forwards: Marshall, Goyette, Nevin, Geoffrion Fleming, Ingarfield, Ratelle, Gilbert, Hadfield, Hicke, Kurtenbach.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Gamble, Smith; defence: Horton, Baun, Hillman, Pronovost, Douglas; forwards: Mahovlich. Keon, Ellis, Kelly, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Jeffrey, Pappin, Pulford, Conacher, Shack.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Armstrong, Shetler.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Douglas 6:15, Marshall 11:41<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty: Hadfield 7:50.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Ellis (Mahovlich, Kelly)&hellip;&hellip; 6:242&mdash;New York. Goyette (Nevin)&hellip;&hellip; 17:43Penalties: None.SHOTS AGAINST:GAMBLE&hellip;&hellip; 12 14 7&mdash;33GIACOMIN&hellip;&hellip; 11 14 13&mdash;38Attendance: 15,603.<h2>MONTREAL 2 at CHICAGO 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Mohns 0:31, Harper 0:44, Jarrett 10:55, Rousseau 14:11, Pilote 14:56, Ferguson 18:55.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal, Richard (Provost)&hellip;&hellip; 3:082&mdash;Montreal, Duff (Provost, Richard)&hellip;&hellip; 9:53Penalties: Harper 6:22, Pilote 15:15.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (Esposito, Maki)&hellip;&hellip; 5:414&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (Maki)&hellip;&hellip; 6:49Penalties: None.SHOTS AGAINST:HALL&hellip;&hellip;8 10 6&mdash;24HODGE&hellip;&hellip; 10 12 11&mdash;33Attendance: 16,666.Thurs. Jan. 5<h2>CHICAGO 4 at DETROIT 6</h2>CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: DeJordy, Hall; defence: Pilote, Ravlich, Stapleton, Jarrett; forwards: Angotti, Esposito, B. Mull, D. Hull, Mohns, Hodge, Nesterenko, Maki, Wharram, Boyer, Mikita.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier, Bassen; defence: Bergman, Boivin, Goegan, Falkenberg, Young; forwards: Ullman, Fonteyne, Howe, Delvecchio, MacGregor, MacDonald, Hampson, Watson, Henderson, Prentice, Bathgate.Referee: Skov; linesmen: Pavelich, Armstrong.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Esposito&hellip;&hellip; 3:502&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Henderson)&hellip;&hellip; 7:013&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (Esposito, Maki)&hellip;&hellip; 8:47Penalties: Mohns 1:36, 18:06, Watson 4:08,Van Impe 14:08.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (Mohns, Wharram)&hellip;&hellip; 1:155&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (penalty shot)&hellip;&hellip; 5:436&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Bathgate)&hellip;&hellip; 10:08Penalties: Van Impe 3:29, Howe 7:49, Pilote9:06, Stapleton 13:42.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Detroit, Prentice (Young, Delvecchio).. 4:018&mdash;Detroit, Prentice (Bathgate, Hampson) 9:539&mdash;Detroit, MacGregor (Goegan)&hellip;&hellip; 11:4410&mdash;Chicago, B. Hull (Wharram, Mikita).. 15:08Penalties: Young 13:49, Mikita 17:33.SHOTS AGAINST:CROZIER&hellip;&hellip; 11 12 10&mdash;33DEJORDY&hellip;&hellip; 9 12 12&mdash;33Attendance: 13,872.Sat. Jan. 7<h2>DETROIT 3 at MONTREAL 4</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier, Bassen; defence: Bergman, Young, Boivin, Goegan, Falkenberg; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, MacDonald, Ullman, Henderson, MacGregor, Bathgate, Prentice, Fonteyne, Mahovlich, Hampson.MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge, Bauman; defence: Laperriere, Harris, Harper, Talbot, Price; forwards: Richard, Provost, Duff, Backstrom, Ferguson, Larose, Rousseau, Cournoyer, G. Tremblay, Balon, Roberts.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Pavelich, Shetler. FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, Howe (MacDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 1:03Penalties: Boivin 8:52, Bergman, Larose 10:49.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Delvecchio, MacDonald) 11:003&mdash;Montreal, Ferguson(Backstrom, Harper)&hellip;&hellip; 11:32Penalty: Howe 5:03.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Montreal, Duff (Laperriere)&hellip;&hellip; 8:445&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer(G. Tremblay, Rousseau)&hellip;&hellip; 9:146&mdash;Montreal, Duff (Richard, Provost)&hellip;&hellip; 13:547&mdash;Detroit, Prentice (Hampson)&hellip;&hellip; 17:09Penalties: Boivin 7:08, Laperriere 14:14. SHOTS AGAINST:HODGE&hellip;&hellip; 14 15 11&mdash;40CROZIER&hellip;&hellip; 11 14 9&mdash;34Attendance: 14,700.BOSTON 2 at TORONTO 5BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Cheevers, Johnston; defence: Orr, Green, Woytowich, Marotte, Watson, D. Smith; forwards: Martin, Williams, Stewart, Oliver, Connelly, Westfall, McKenzie, Dillabough. Schock. Parise.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Gamble; A. Smith; defence: Pronovost, Horton, Douglas, Baun, Stanley; forwards: Ellis, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Keon, Jeffrey, Pappin, Pulford, Conacher, Shack, Brenneman, Mahovlich.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Armstrong, Casselman.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Mahovlich (Keon, Ellis)&hellip;&hellip; 5:202&mdash;Toronto, Pulford (Armstrong, Horton).. 6:413&mdash;Boston, Martin (Green, Orr)&hellip;&hellip; 7:14Penalties: McKenzie, Jeffrey 6:22, Douglas7:54, Schock 14:09.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Toronto, Ellis (Keon, Douglas)&hellip;&hellip; 14:125&mdash;Toronto, Shack (Baun)&hellip;&hellip; 17:03Penalty: Orr 12:48.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Boston, Schock (Dillabough)&hellip;&hellip; 13:297&mdash;Toronto, Stemkowski(Shack, Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip; 14:29Penalties: Ellis 0:12, Douglas 10:48.SHOTS AGAINST:GAMBLE&hellip;&hellip; 9 12 11&mdash;32CHEEVERS&hellip;&hellip; 15 11 14&mdash;40Attendance: 15,690.Sun. Jan. 8<h2>MONTREAL 1 at NEW YORK 2</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Goal: Hodge, Bauman; defence: Laperriere, Harris, Harper, Savard, Price; forwards: Provost, Richard, Duff, Cournoyer, Rousseau, G. Tremblay, Larose, Backstrom, Ferguson, Balon, Roberts.HEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Howell, Brown, Neilson, Hillman, MacNeil; forwards: Nevin, Goyette, Marshall, Gilbert, Ratelle, Hadfield, Hicke, Ingarfield, Geoffrion, Kurtenbach, Berenson.Referee: Hood; linesmen: Atanas, Frampton.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal, G. Tremblay (Rousseau, Price) 9:54Penalties: Backstrom 13:13, Howell 18:18.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;New York, Kurtenbach(Hillman, Geoffrion)&hellip;&hellip; 14:17Penalties: Hadfield 1:03, Montreal (bench penalty, served by Cournoyer) 7:09, Larose 10:20, Hodge 11:11, Hicke, Ferguson 14:42.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;New York, Nevin (Goyette)&hellip;&hellip; 15:12Penalty: Howell 15:54.SHOTS AGAINST:GIACOMIN&hellip;&hellip; 9 8 8&mdash;25HODGE&hellip;&hellip; 4 16 5&mdash;25Attndance: 15,925.<h2>BOSTON 3 at CHICAGO 1</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Johnston, Cheevers; defence: Orr, Marotte, Green, Woytowich, Watson, Smith; forwards: Dillabough, Martin, McKenzie, Williams, Stewart, Oliver, Connelly, Westfall, Schock, Parise.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: DeJordy, Hall; defence: Pilote, Jarrett, Van Impe, Ravlich, stapleton; forwards: Mohns, Mikita, Wharram, Angotti, Esposito, B. Hull, D. Hull, Hodge, Nesterenko, Maki, Boyer.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mikita, Pilote)&hellip;&hellip; 7:412&mdash;Boston, Dillabough (Orr)&hellip;&hellip; 12:143&mdash;Boston, McKenzie (Westfall, Marotte).. 13:14 Penalties: Watson 2:41, 11:04, McKenzie 7:08,Jarrett 16:21.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Boyer 10:51. Westfall 15:57.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Boston, Woytowich&hellip;&hellip; 13:04Penalties Parise 0:17, Green 14:18.SHOTS AGAINST:DEJORDY&hellip;&hellip; 8 4 8&mdash;20JOHNSTON&hellip;&hellip; 11 7 12&mdash;30Attendance: 18,500.<h2>TORONTO 1 at DETROIT 3</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Gamble, Smith; defence: Pronovost, Horton, Douglas, Baun, Stanley; forwards: Ellis, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Keon, Jeffrey, Pappin, Pulford, Conacher, Shack, Brenneman. F. Mahovlich.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Crozier, Bassen; defence: Bergman, Boivin, Falkenberg, Young, Goegan, forwards: Ullman, Fonteyne, Howe, Delvecchio, P. Mahovlich, MacGregor, MacDonald, Hampson, Henderson, Prentice, Bathgate.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Pavelich, Shetler.<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty: Young 14:31.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty: Baun 12:05.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Detroit, Bathgate(Hampson, Bergman)&hellip;&hellip; 1:472&mdash;Detroit, MacDonald (Bergman)&hellip;&hellip; 5:063&mdash;Detroit, Henderson(Ullman, MacGregor)&hellip;&hellip; 13:084&mdash;Toronto, Pulford(Armstrong, Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip; 16:40Penalties: Young 19:08, Jeffrey 19:08, Howe 19:08.SHOTS AGAINST:CROZIER&hellip;&hellip; 8 5 16&mdash;29GAMBLE&hellip;&hellip; 10 11 15-36Attendance: 14,819. &#9632;

National Hockey League Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01677/2552461-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="580" height="687"></div><h2>NORTHLAND BALANCE</h2>&rsquo;&rsquo;It feels right!&rdquo; That&rsquo;s why in &rsquo;65-&rsquo;66 five of the NHL&rsquo;s seven top scorers used Northland Pro sticks. Olympic teams and outstanding teams around the world share their opinion&mdash;Northland&rsquo;s 100%! Extra care in all operations plus painstaking final sanding is what makes Northland balance so great.Of course materials count, too. Northland blades of tough, stringy rock elm resist splitting better than those of any other wood. The stiffness of northern white ash in Northland Pro handles means they flex to whip the puck with extra kick and accuracy.Why don&rsquo;t you give yourself the same chance in practice or in play, with a Northland stick?NorthlandDIVISION OF LARSON INDUSTRIES INC.2325 Endicott StreetSt.Paul, Minn. 55114 &#9632;

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BLINDFOLDED!

<div class="byline">By WILLIAM SANTANIELLO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01652/2552492-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="304" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dale Rolfe</figcaption></div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;The Indians moved into the 1967 part of their AHL schedule with the hope it will be much better than the first two months of the season. Internal difficulties have been settled on the club between the front office and players, and it is now hoped the Indians will pull together as a team for the rest of the season.Despite a recent squabble with owner Eddie Shore, tough defenseman Dale Rolfe is still a valuable member of the Indians. In fact, he&rsquo;s a sure thing to hit the NHL next season when the six-team expansion takes place. Rolfe is just 26, hits well on defense, skates and works hard on the ice.He has some fine dimensions as a defenseman. Dale might pass for a basketball player, standing 6-4 and weighing 200 pounds. He&rsquo;s been a member of the Indians since 1963 and has been noted for his aggressive, hustling type of play since he has been with the team.He began his career in 1959 with the Boston Bruins in the NHL. He played three games and did not score. The same year, he saw action with the Kingston club in the now-defunct Eastern Pro League in Canada. He played two games and tallied a single point on an assist.In 1960, Rolfe&rsquo;s career really bloomed as he got a fast start with the Portland Buckaroos in the Western Hockey League. He had 16 points, on 4 goals and 12 assists. In 1961 with Portland, he potted 7 goals and 15 assists for 22 points. The Bruins sent him to Hershey in the AHL in 1962.With the Bears, Dale bagged only 3 goals and nine assists for 12 points. Three summers ago, owner Eddie Shore snagged Rolfe for the Tribe from Boston.Last season, he tallied 32 points for the Indians, with only 5 goals but 27 assists. &#9632;

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Rolfe Likely To Be Grabbed For Expansion

WALLY NORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKSWALLY POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETS<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02558/2552530-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="622" height="478"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDFri. Dec. 30Providence 4 at Baltimore 4Buffalo 3 at Rochester 7Pittsburgh 4 at Springfield 3Sat. Dec. 31Buffalo 3 at Cleveland 10Providence 3 at Hershey 5Quebec 7 at Pittsburgh 2Sun. Jan. 1Hershey 4 at Buffalo 0Cleveland 6 at Providence 3Quebec 5 at Rochester 4Baltimore 1 at Springfield 4Tues. Jan. 3Pittsburgh 4 at Baltimore 3Wed. Jan. 4Springfield 2 at Cleveland 10Pittsburgh 7 at Hershey 1Fri. Jan. 6Quebec 2 at Baltimore 3Springfield 6 at Buffalo 2Hershey 3 at Cleveland 0Rochester 1 at Providence 5Sat. Jan. 7Baltimore 6 at Cleveland 2Quebec 2 at Hershey 3Buffalo 4 at Pittsburgh 4Rochester 3 at Springfield 0Sun. Jan. 8Cleveland 7 at Buffalo 3Pittsburgh 1 at Providence 2Baltimore 2 at Rochester 7GAMES TO COMETues. Jan. 10Providence at BaltimoreWed. Jan. 11Providence at HersheyQuebec at PittsburghFri. Jan. 13Buffalo at BaltimoreProvidence at RochesterCleveland at SpringfieldSat. Jan. 14Baltimore at ClevelandBuffalo at HersheyRochester at PittsburghQuebec at Springfield<h2>AHL Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03436/2552523-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="646" height="954"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Fri. Dec. 30<h2>PROVIDENCE 4 at BALTIMORE 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, Brillant (Muloin)&hellip;&hellip; 10:392&mdash;Providence, Stephanson (Paille)&hellip;&hellip; 15:05Penalties: Goegan (misconduct) 4:10, MacQueen 13:35, Bouchard, Guidolin 14:46.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Baltimore, Marshall (Ingram, Robinson)&hellip;&hellip; 6:184&mdash;Providence, Mikol (Sleaver, Gagne)&hellip;&hellip; 6:365&mdash;Providence, Brillant (Perry, Creighton)&hellip;&hellip; 13:35Penalties: Stephanson 6:03, Guidolin 7:01, 12:10.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Baltimore, MacDonald (MacQueen, Cunningham)&hellip;&hellip; 4:337&mdash;Baltimore, Cunningham (MacDonald, Seiling)&hellip;&hellip; 4:488&mdash;Baltimore, Knibbs (Collins, Ingram)&hellip;&hellip; 5:33Penalties: Brillant 1:50, MacQueen, Keller (double minors) 17:08.Shots against, Villemure 30, Paille 35.Attendance: 5,258.<h2>BUFFALO 3 at ROCHESTER 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Walton, Horvath)&hellip;&hellip; 6:242&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Clancy, Horvath)&hellip;&hellip; 9:18Penalties: Lafreniere 4:42, Walton 13:34, Sly 18:20.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Walton)&hellip;&hellip; 1:144&mdash;Rochester, Walton&hellip;&hellip; 12:065&mdash;Buffalo, Goldsworthy (Wilson, Lanyon)&hellip;&hellip; 15:056&mdash;Buffalo, Richardson (Lafreniere, Dea)&hellip;&hellip; 17:02Penalties: Lafreniere, Smrke 11:40.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Duff, Joyal)&hellip;&hellip; 9:318&mdash;Buffalo, Richardson (Hannigan)&hellip;&hellip; 14:529&mdash;Rochester, Horvath (Clancy)&hellip;&hellip; 18:4610&mdash;Rochester, Joyal (Armstrong, Cherry)&hellip;&hellip; 19:56Penalties: none.Shots against, Perreault 31, Edwards 30.Attendance: 4,770.<h2>PITTSBURGH 4 at SPRINGFIELD 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Harris (McCord, Smith)&hellip;&hellip; 7:262&mdash;Pittsburgh, Taylor (Wall, Cullen)&hellip;&hellip; 14:493&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (Mosdell)&hellip;&hellip; 19:01Penalties: Miller 4:21, Barrie 8:10, Johnston 1041, Taylor 11:45, 18:30.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (White, Anderson)&hellip;&hellip; 2:085&mdash;Pittsburgh, McKenney (McCord)&hellip;&hellip; 7:276&mdash;Pittsburgh, McDonald (Gray)&hellip;&hellip; 18:12Penalties: Cote 9:03, Cullen 9:06, Cote 11:19, Menard 17:34.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Springfield, Cote (Sweeney, White)&hellip;&hellip; 7:57Penalties: none.Shots against, Caron 27, Gardner 38.Attendance: 3,274.Sat. Dec 31<h2>BUFFALO 3 at CLEVELAND 10</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Butler (Glover, Needham)&hellip;&hellip; 10:342&mdash;Cleveland, Courcy (Shultz, Mattiussi)&hellip;&hellip; 19:33Penalties: Lanyon 5:03, Lafreniere 8:18, Butler 16:11.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Cleveland, Szura (Needham, Schultz)&hellip;&hellip; 0:404&mdash;Cleveland, McCarthy (Hoekstra, McCreary)&hellip;&hellip; 3:415&mdash;Cleveland, Courcy (Mattiussi, Szdra)&hellip;&hellip; 5:376&mdash;Buffalo, Lanyon (Ouellette, Lafreniere)&hellip;&hellip; 19:42Penalties: lanyon 0:33, Hoekstra 10:15, Courcy, Goldsworthy 18:15.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Cleveland, Schultz (Courcy, Mattiusss).&hellip;&hellip; 7:368&mdash;Buffalo, Carter (Larkin)&hellip;&hellip; 10:539&mdash;Buffalo, Carter (Larkin)&hellip;&hellip; 11:3310&mdash;Cleveland, Courcy (Schultz)&hellip;&hellip; 11:4611&mdash;Cleveland, Attwell (Glover, Lemieux)&hellip; 12:4312&mdash;Cleveland, Schultz (Lemieux)&hellip;&hellip; 16:5913&mdash;Cleveland, Attwell (Butler)&hellip;&hellip; 17:29Penalty: Larkin 5:50.Shots against. Wakely 23, Edwards 33.Attendance: 3,007.<h2>PROVIDENCE 3 at HERSHEY 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, Perry (Creighton)&hellip;&hellip; 6:442&mdash;Providence, Perry (Creighton, Brillant)&hellip;&hellip; 6:14Penalties: Stephanson 1:12, Keller 11:47, Stankiewicz 13:03, Sleaver 17:54, Popiel 19:06.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Hershey, Ubriaco (Keller, Gilbert)&hellip;&hellip; 3:124&mdash;Hershey, Cline (Keller, Nykoluk)&hellip;&hellip; 10:175&mdash;Hershey, Gilbert (Ford, Rivers)&hellip;&hellip; 10:57Penalties: none.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Providence, Gagne (A. Keller, Sleaver) 11:007&mdash;Hershey, Mahoney (Popiel)&hellip;&hellip; 14:068&mdash;Hershey, Cline (Nykoluk)&hellip;&hellip; 19:36Penalties: A. Keller 7:35, Creighton 2:36, Dornhoefer 12:36.Shots against, Gill 26, Paille 49.Attensdance: 5,195.<h2>QUEBEC 7 at PITTSBURGH 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Quebec, Sutherland (Mortson)&hellip;&hellip; 8:282&mdash;Pittsburgh, B. Harris (Smith, McCord)&hellip;&hellip; 14:473&mdash;Quebec, Sutherland (Rivard, Mortson)&hellip;&hellip; 16:57Penalties: Taylor 4:03, Morrison 5:17, Taylor, Hanna 6:22, Wall, Smith 18:43.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Pittsburgh, McCord (Jarrett, Cameron)&hellip;&hellip; 3:525&mdash;Quebec, Labossiere (Hicks)&hellip;&hellip; 6:056&mdash;Quebec, Morrison (Hicks)&hellip;&hellip; 17:26Penalty: Mortson 9:51.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Quebec, Nolet (Morrison, Lacroix)&hellip;&hellip; 3:598&mdash;Quebec, LaForge (Morrison, Johns)&hellip;&hellip; 9:369&mdash;Quebec, Lacroix (LaForge, Nolet)&hellip;&hellip; 14:24Penalties: Johns 10:21, McCord 15:26.Shots against, Gardner 37, Banville 33.Attendance: 4,813.Sun. Jan. 1<h2>HERSHEY 4 at BUFFALO 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Hershey, Gilbert (Rivers)&hellip;&hellip; 18:35Penalties: Pilling 0:54, Taylor, Stankiewicz 12:07.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Lanyon 13:08, Awrey 15:57, Dornhoefer (major), Larkin (major and minor) 19:17.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Hershey, Rivers (Gilbert, Ubriaco)&hellip;&hellip; 7:533&mdash;Hershey, Dornhoefer (Hamilton. Stankiewicz)&hellip;&hellip; 10:234&mdash;Hershey, Rivers (Ubriaco, Gilbert)&hellip;&hellip; 13:54Penalty: Hamilton 16:11.Shots against, Chadwick 38, Henderson 25.Attendance: 1,787.<h2>CLEVELAND 6 at PROVIDENCE 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Schultz (Szura, Courcy)&hellip;&hellip; 5:352&mdash;Providence, Kell (Stephanson, Goegan)&hellip;&hellip; 13:453&mdash;Cleveland, Attwell (F. Glover)&hellip;&hellip; 17:59Penalties: none.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Providence: Brillant (Perry, Creighton)&hellip;&hellip; 0:585&mdash;Cleveland, Courcy (Schultz, Lemieux)&hellip;&hellip; 12:326&mdash;Cleveland, Courcy Szura)&hellip;&hellip; 12:417&mdash;Cleveland, Butler (Needham)&hellip;&hellip; 16:03Penalties: Mulorn 4:03, Lemieux 8:30.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Providence, Brillant (Creighton, Perry)&hellip;&hellip; 1:019&mdash;Cleveland, McCarthy (McCreary, Hoekstra)&hellip;&hellip; 2:04Penalties: none.Shots against, Wakely 29, Paille 38.Attendance: 2,488.<h2>QUEBEC 5 at ROCHESTER 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Rochester, Blackburn (Walton, Gamble)&hellip;&hellip; 6:302&mdash;Quebec, Sutherland (Mortson, Rivard)&hellip;&hellip; 10:123&mdash;Quebec, Sutherland (Labossiere, Hicks)&hellip;&hellip; 16:52Penalties: Sly 15:49, Laforge 17:23.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Quebec, Hanna (Sutherland, Rivard)&hellip;&hellip; 1:375&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Joyal, Cherry)&hellip;&hellip; 11:51Penalties: Larose 9:30, Clancy 14:48.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Rochester, Duff (Joyal, Arbour)&hellip;&hellip; 2:317&mdash;Quebec, Labossiere (Nolet, Morrison)&hellip;&hellip; 13:428&mdash;Quebec, Labossiere (Mortson, Rivard)&hellip;&hellip; 17:549&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Clancy, Horvath)&hellip;&hellip; 18:08Penalties: Labossiere 3:05, Duff 11:05. Shots against, Perreault 45, Banville 28.Attendance: 7,787.<h2>BALTIMORE 1 at SPRINGFIELD 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Baltimore, Marshall (Robinson, Seiling)&hellip;&hellip; 8:39Penlaties: Amadio 1:35, White 6:43, Wilson, Foley (major) 9:17, Polano 11:26, Ingram 19:48<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Springfield, Miller (Rodger, Amadio)&hellip;&hellip; 0:193&mdash;Springfield, Cote (Sweeney, Foley)&hellip;&hellip; 11:144&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Holdaway)&hellip;&hellip; 15:37Penalty: Plager 9:13.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Springfield. Rodger (Rolfe, Menard)&hellip;&hellip; 14:35Penalty: Amadio 19:42.Shots against. Wood-Caron 29, Villemure 30.Attendance: 2,268.Tues. Jan. 3<h2>PITTSBURGH 4 at BALTIMORE 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Gray (McDonald, Barrie)&hellip;&hellip; 3:122&mdash;Pittsburgh, McDonald&hellip;&hellip; 7:063&mdash;Baltimore. Robinson (Schinkel, Ingram) 14:27Penalties: Bartlett 7:16, D. Harris 14:21, Wall 19:48.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Baltimore, Robinson (Ingram)&hellip;&hellip; 9:395&mdash;Pittsburgh, Cullen (Harris, Taylor)&hellip;&hellip; 14:55Penalty: Cossette 8:39.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Baltimore, Cunningham (MacQueen, Plager)&hellip;&hellip; 5:067&mdash;Pittsburgh, Harris (Smith, Wall)&hellip;&hellip; 5:44Penalties: none.Shots against, Gardner 35, Villemure 43.Attendance: 2,415.Wed. Jan. 4<h2>PITTSBURGH 7 at HERSHEY 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Hershey. Rivers (Gilbert, Ubriaco)&hellip;&hellip; 4:392&mdash;Pittsburgh. Cullen (Smith, Wall)&hellip;&hellip; 8:033&mdash;Pittsburgh, Gray (McKenney, McCord)&hellip;&hellip; 9.504&mdash;Pittsburgh. McDonald (Godfrey, McKenney)&hellip;&hellip; 10:02Penalties: Awrey 6:33, Keller 7:56<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Pittsburgh. B. Harris (Gray, Jarrett)&hellip;&hellip; 5:24Penalty: McKenney 2:53.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Pittsburgh, McKenney (Gray)&hellip;&hellip; 1:357&mdash;Pittsburgh, Godfrey (Cullen)&hellip;&hellip; 6:448&mdash;Pittsburgh. Jarrett (B. Harris)&hellip;&hellip; 8:06Penalties: Godfrey 3:13, Harris 14:00.Shots against, Gardner 32, Gill 37.Attendance: 4,158.<h2>SPRINGFIELD 2 at CLEVELAND 10</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, McCarthy (Hoekstra, Zeidel)&hellip;&hellip; 2:432&mdash;Cleveland, F. Glover (Butler, Lemieux)&hellip;&hellip; 4:213&mdash;Cleveland, Mattiussi (Schall, Courcy)&hellip;&hellip; 12:554&mdash;Cleveland, F. Glover (Attwell, Mattiussi)&hellip;&hellip; 16:03Penalties: Plager 0:18, Zeidel 10:13, Plager 15:03.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Springfield, Cote (Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip; 3:276&mdash;Springfield, B. Smith (Plager, Kilrea)&hellip;&hellip; 11:317&mdash;Cleveland, McCarthy (Hoekstra, Mattiussi)&hellip;&hellip; 14:088&mdash;Cleveland, Hoekstra (McCarthy, Lemieux)&hellip;&hellip; 19:01Penalties: Mattiussi 10:45, White 15:25, Holdaway 16:45, Courcy, Plager 18:08.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Cleveland, Hoekstra (McCreary, Needham)&hellip;&hellip; 10:2110&mdash;Cleveland, Butler (F. Glover, Attwell)&hellip;&hellip; 10:4711&mdash;Cleveland, Attwell (Mattiussi)&hellip;&hellip; 11:1612&mdash;Cleveland, Hoekstra (Mattiussi, Zeidel)&hellip;&hellip; 17:21Penalties: Holdaway 5:15, Rodgers 9:39, Plager, F. Glover, Caron 13:06.Shots against. Caron 39, Wakeley 28.Attendance: 3,981.Fri. Jan. 6<h2>QUEBEC 2 at BALTIMORE 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Baltimore, Collins (Knibbs, Plager)&hellip;&hellip; 16:50Penalties: Labossiere 6:52, Guidolin 9:55, 17:54.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Baltimore, Bartlett (Seiling, Marshall)&hellip;&hellip; 11:32Penalties: GUidolin 6:21, Laforge 10:24, Guidolin 15:56.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Quebec, Rivard (Mortson)&hellip;&hellip; 2:404&mdash;Quebec, Lacroix (Johns)&hellip;&hellip; 9:005&mdash;Baltimore, Collins&hellip;&hellip; 13:51Penalties: Johns 9:59, Plager 12:59.Shots against, Banville 31, Villemure 27.Attendance: 5,449.<h2>HERSHEY 3 at CLEVELAND 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Hershey, Ubriaco (Awrey, Gilbert)&hellip;&hellip; 1:552&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Mahoney)&hellip;&hellip; 11:36Penalty: Ford 8:45.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Awrey 11:18, Needham 16:27, Keller 17:41.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Hershey, Rivers (Gilbert, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 12:08Penalty: Lemieux 9:25.Shots against, Wakely 32, Gill 21.Attendance: 2,932.<h2>SPRINGFIELD 6 at BUFFALO 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, Rolfe (Johnston, Kilrea)&hellip;&hellip; 7:352&mdash;Springfield, Foley (Cote, Amadio)&hellip;&hellip; 8:383&mdash;Buffalo, Carter (Goldsworthy, Speer)&hellip;&hellip; 11:104&mdash;Springfield, Menard (Amadio, Rodger)&hellip;&hellip; 14:155&mdash;Springfield, Cote (Sweeney, Holdaway)&hellip;&hellip; 17:45Penalties: B. L. Smith (major and minor) 3:14, Brian Smith (major) 3:14, Richardson 5:25.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Springfield, Amadio (Sweeney, Foley)&hellip;&hellip; 16:05Penalties: Plager 8:24, Brian Smith 8:28, Lanyon 16:03, 18:16.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Springfield, Menard (Miller, Holdaway)&hellip;&hellip; 2.118&mdash;Buffalo, Richardson (Goldsworthy, Lanyon)&hellip;&hellip; 13:35Penalties: Plager 4:31, Wilson 4:54, Amadio 12:09, 14:23.Shots against, Caron 29, Edwards 31.Attendance: 1,277.<h2>ROCHESTER 1 at PROVIDENCE 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, Creighton (Perry, Brillant)&hellip;&hellip; 5:272&mdash;Providence, Brillant (Sleaver)&hellip;&hellip; 10:033&mdash;Providence, Perry (Keller, Brillant)&hellip;&hellip; 14:22Penalties: Walton 1:35, Mikol 11:02, Armstrong 13:08, Clancy 13:44.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Horvath, Hillman)&hellip;&hellip; 19:38Penalties: Ehman 12:17, Keller 17:58.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Providence, Creighton (Brillant)&hellip;&hellip; 11:416&mdash;Providence. Leduc (Mikol, Sleaver)&hellip;&hellip; 18:35Penalties: Muloin 3:27, Arbour, Lawson 13:12. Shots against. Perreault 49, Paille 37.Attendance: 1,824. &#9632;

American League Summaries

<div class="byline">By JOE GORDON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01643/2552592-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="295" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob McCord</figcaption></div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;Billy Harris knows where he&rsquo;s going. So does Bob McCord.Like every other professional hockey player outside of the National Hockey League these Pittsburgh Hornet standouts are eagerly looking forward to next year when expansion becomes a reality.However unlike many of the dreamers, Harris and McCord are sure pops to wind up with one of the expansion clubs if left unprotected. Both are having big seasons and have caught the collective eyes of the numerous scouts assigned to the American League.For Harris it will mean a return to the big time where he has already spent ten full seasons and scored 107 lifetime goals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02598/2552585-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="584" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY HARRIS&hellip; Headed Back To NHL</figcaption></div>With McCord it&rsquo;s a different story. A chance to prove he&rsquo;s a big leaguer. Only once before in his career has he had a thorough trial in the NHL. That came in the 1963-64 season when he played with the last place Boston Bruins, a team that won just 18 games. Changes had to be made and McCord was one of them.If it hadn&rsquo;t been for expansion it&rsquo;s unlikely that the slick-passing Harris would have played pro hockey this season. More than once Billy has indicated that if he couldn&rsquo;t play in the NHL he would prefer to pursue another livelihood.This is the season when he must prove to himself and the scouts and managers of the various new clubs that he still has it. He thinks he does and is playing like he does.Harris is centering the Hornets&rsquo; big line and has Gary Jarret on one wing and and usually Don McKenney, another NHL vet, on the other side. This trio is one big reason the Pittsburgh club is giving the powerful Rochester Americans a battle for the top spot in the Western Division. &#9632;

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Hornet Veterans Harris, McCord Biding Time For NHL Expansion

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Norm Schmitz is a 23-year-old defenseman who figures to get a lot more work with the hockey Bisons over the second half of the season than he did over the first half.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03554/2552623-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="304" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Schmitz</figcaption></div>In his third term as a pro, and his first with the Bruins, Schmitz came here on loan from the Boston Bruins during the training period.Two years ago, he played one game with Cleveland and 68 with Omaha in the Central Pro League, and last year he was with the champion Oklahoma in the CPHL.At 6-1 and 195 pounds, he is one of the bigger defensemen in the game, and bears a striking resemblance on skates to Jean Beliveau, the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; super-star.&ldquo;If he&rsquo;s ever just half the hockey player that Beliveau is, it will be enough to satisfy me,&rdquo; said Fred Hunt, the Bisons&rsquo; general manager.&ldquo;Norm has a lot to learn, but he is willing and listens. He lugs the puck out of our end as well as anybody on the club. He fights the puck a little, and if we can get him to carry it, instead of stickhandling, he&rsquo;ll be better for it.&ldquo;He needs work. He has to get more aggressive and use his body more, and I&rsquo;m hopeful that he&rsquo;ll continue his steady improvement.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Bruin Chattel, Schmitz Set To Play More

<div class="byline">By SHELL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;Measured either with a ruler or on the yardstick of ability, the current crop of centers toiling for Cleveland loom big as the Barons roll towards the top in the American Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04506/2552654-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="307" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Attwell</figcaption></div>Perhaps none of them ever will achieve an AHL scoring championship, although Joe Szura is capable of it, but they can hold their own with the contingent of centers that almost any other league team can muster.Certainly few other teams have as lean and lanky a crew of centermen. Szura stands 6-3, Ron Attwell 6-2 and Cecil Hoekstra 6-1. Even the fourth center, 5-11 Gary Schall, is no midget.Szura last year achieved a new personal height when he was named the league&rsquo;s All-Star center.He continues to play a stout brand of hockey, even though he is somewhat off his scoring pace of a year ago.One of the hardest working members of the team is Attwell, who is skating like the Attwell of old on a line with Coach Fred Glover and rookie Gary Butler.With all of the assorted miseries Glover has undergone in recent years, this line had slipped from its once-accepted position as the number one unit. Glover&rsquo;s return to health, Butler&rsquo;s emergence as a scoring threat and Attwell&rsquo;s smooth work at center has restored the line to its former prestige.At this writing, the Hoekstra-Tom McCarthy-Keith McCreary unit has amassed a total of 59 scoring points, the Attwell unit 58 and the Szura-Bob Courcy-Bob Ellett line 57. This evenly-balanced scoring punch makes the Barons dangerous regardless of which unit is on the ice. &#9632;

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Barons’ Center Ice Depth Key As Club Climbs In AHL Race

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;Rochester Americans hope the 1967 portion of the &rsquo;66 &rsquo;67 American Hockey League season doesn&rsquo;t start like the 1966 part finished.In the short space of four days, the Amerks lost All-Star first team right wing Gerry Ehman and All Star second team defenseman Duane Rupp with disabling injuries.How long the two veterans will be missing from the lineup isn&rsquo;t known, but if they are shelved for any length of time Rochester will be hard put to retain its AHL championship.Ehman, who has scored more points and more assists than any other player in Rochester history, suffered a chip off the radius of the right wrist here Sunday, Dec. 25, when he was hit by a stick as he and Stan Smrke broke in on a two-on-one rush against Pittsburgh.Had the injury been to his left wrist, Ehman wouldn&rsquo;t have missed more than four or five games because he could have played with a cast. But it was to his right wrist. Gerry is a right hand shooter and unfortunately uses a wrist shot almost exclusively.Ehman has played 426 games for Rochester over the years, and has scored 219 goals and 265 assists for 484 points. &#9632;

Loss Of Ehman, Rupp Certain To Slow Amerks’ Title Drive

Before you say&nbsp;SCOTCH&nbsp;say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never variesBefore you say&nbsp;SCOTCH&nbsp;say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never varies<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02536/2552740-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="616" height="336"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDFri. Dec. 30Portland 4 at California 4San Diego 1 at Vancouver 2Sat. Dec. 31San Diego 3 at Victoria 3Vancouver 1 at Seattle 3Sun. Jan. 1Los Angeles 4 at California 5Victoria 1 at Portland 4Mon. Jan. 2Victoria 3 at Seattle 8Wed. Jan. 4Seattle 0 at San Diego 3Portland 5 at Victoria 4Thurs. Jan. 5Seattle 1 at Los Angeles 1Fri. Jan. 6San Diego 4 at California 3Victoria 4 at Vancouver 1Sat. Jan. 7Seattle 4 at San Diego 2California 6 at Los Angeles 4Vancouver 0 at Victoria 7Sun. Jan. 8Seattle 3 at California 4Los Angeles 4 at Portland 1GAMES TO COMEWed. Jan. 11Seattle at PortlandLos Angeles at VictoriaFri. Jan. 13San Diego at CaliforniaLos Angeles at VancouverSat. Jan. 14California at San DiegoLos Angeles at Victoria &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES, Calif.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01640/2552771-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="292" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fern Flaman</figcaption></div>The hottest team in the Western League recently has been the Los Angeles Blades. Inheriting a team which finished last the last two seasons under the leadership of Alfie Pike and Lynn Patrick, Fernie Flaman has rebuilt the club with nine new faces. At this writing it has won four straight games and six of its last seven, has climbed to the.500 level and third place. Portland is pennant-bound, but second-place is not out of reach of the best Blade club in several seasons.One cannot underestimate the job Flaman has done. Operating with a short budget on a club which figures to be in its last season, hampered by lack of support from the news media and dreadful attendance, he has picked up players here and there, revitalized some tired old hands, restored confidence and has the club whaling away. Possibly the club is over its head, but it does seem to have the personnel now to have a fine season.Recently, the club swept a pair from defending playoff champion Victoria, routed Seattle 8-1 and nosed out defending pennant winner Portland. Portland has lost only seven times this season, but three times to L.A.Flaman&rsquo;s most recent ten-strikes were the acquisition of Al Langlois, down from the NHL, from Oakland, and Al LeBrun and Murray Hall from the Detroit system in exchange for Howie Young. LeBrun isn&rsquo;t as fast, but is tougher and more dependable. Langlois is an old hand who knows what to do with the puck. Teaming with Jake Hendrickson and Wally Chevrier, they have steadied the defense, which was incredibly bad last year, but is no longer giving the puck away, and even hits once in a while.Scoring three goals and setting up three others in three games since reporting, Hall has demonstrated that he is a quality center. Flaman now has balance in his three lines: Hall-Dick Meissner and Tommy McVie, Norm Johnson-Leo LaBine-Buddy Boone and Jerry Topazzini-Willie O&rsquo;Ree-Mel Pearson. One man from each unit, Meissner, Johnson and Toppazzini, are in the top ten in points scored in the league. Meissner has 19 goals, Johnson 14, Topper, Boone and O&rsquo;Ree 12 each and McVie 10.Flaman&rsquo;s moves this season have been touched with gold. He traded O&rsquo;Ree to Portland for McVie. Portland returned O&rsquo;Ree. Now Flaman has both, though he&rsquo;ll have to settle up at season&rsquo;s end. Johnson and LaBine have always given L.A. high-calibre all-around play and O&rsquo;Ree has been a good scorer, but the addition of Meissner, McVie and Pearson has given the attack real solid punch. And under Flaman, veterans Topper and Boone are playing revitalized hockey.Flaman&rsquo;s pet reclamation project has been Jack Norris, a highly-regarded young goal-tending prospect, who had flopped badly before, especially on home ice. Under Flaman, Norris has discarded his mask and regained his confidence and has beaten out Kelly as the regular netminder. &#9632;

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Flaman Wins Accolades For Lifting L.A. Into Contention As Blades Fye 2nd Spot

Sat. Dec. 24<h2>VANCOUVER 5 at VICTORIA 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Vancouver, Vejprava (Cahan, Maloney).. 5:452&mdash;Victoria, Marcetta(Carmichael, Hebenton)&hellip;&hellip; 5:593&mdash;Vancouver, Hextali (Block, Brunel)&hellip;&hellip; 7:294&mdash;Vancouver, Boehn (Hextali, Block) 10:535&mdash;Vancouver, Dufour (Jones, Cahan) 12:56Penalties: Polanic 5:08, Cahan 19:45.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty: Witiuk 5:12.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Victoria, Carmichael(Marcetta, Erickson)&hellip;&hellip; 3:037&mdash;Vancouver, Vejprava (Popein).. 12:08Penalties: Cahan 8:04, Picard 16:59.Saves: Simmons 27, Smith 18.Sun. Dec. 25<h2>SAN DIEGO 1 at PORTLAND 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Portland, Lunde(Madigan, C. Schmautz) 11.52Penalties: TopoIl 0:54, Saunders 2:41, McNabb 3:18, Ronson 11:04.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Goyer, Lunde)&hellip; 3:033&mdash;Portland, Bionda (Hones)&hellip;&hellip; 7:434 Portland, Jones (Goodwin)&hellip;&hellip; 8:36Penalties: Wilkie 1:51, Hay 3:15, Jones 5:15,Wilkie 5:52. Madigan 7:19, Goodwin 8:50, Watson8:50. Messier 12:52. Watson 16:46.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;San Diego, Topoll(Ehrenverth, Sinclair)&hellip; 13:28Penalties: Donaldson 2:47, Messier 7:33, Watson 11:19, Sinclair 16:32.Saves: Binkley 31, Charron 24.Attendance: 8,181.Mon. Dec. 26<h2>PORTLAND 4 at LOS ANGELES 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Los Angeles, McVie (Hall)&hellip; 0:342&mdash;Los Angeles, Boone(Langlois. Hendrickson)&hellip;&hellip; 5:593&mdash;Los Angeles. Meissner (Hall).. 17:27Penalties: McVie 1:45, Goodwin 5:11, Meissner 7:19, Lunde 11:29, Head 13:25, Leach 18:23.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Portland, Goodwin (Lunde, Leach) 1:335&mdash;Los Angeles. Hall (Kelly)&hellip;&hellip; 12:04Penalties: O&rsquo;Ree 9:17 Donaldson 9:17. Bionda 11:09, Langlois 14:53, C. Schmautz 16:36.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Portland. Van Impe(Hay. C. Schmautz)&hellip;&hellip; 0:567 Portland, C. Schmautz(Van Impe, Hay)&hellip;&hellip; 1:418&mdash;Los Angeles. Meissner(Langlois, Hendrickson)&hellip;&hellip; 3:449&mdash;Portland, Caron (Saunders, Goyer) 8:58 Penalties: Langlois 6:39. Madigan 15:17, LaBine 2, 16:13, Pratt 16:13. Hall 18:50.Saves: Head 30. Kelly 21. Attendance: 5,153.<h2>SAN DIEGO 3 at SEATTLE 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan (Ronson)&hellip;&hellip; 9:052&mdash;San Diego, Watson (Topoll)&hellip;&hellip; 17:48Penalties: Heiskala 1:20, Lenard 8:20, Topoll, Parenteau (majors) 8:02, Dineen 16:07.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Seattle, Hughes (Dineen, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 7:064&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (MacMillan)&hellip;&hellip; 17:48Penalties: Panagabko 4:53, Heiskala (minor, misconduct) 10:27.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Fielder,. McLeod)&hellip; 9:236&mdash;Seattle, Lund (Hughes, Fielder).. 12:207&mdash;Seattle, Holmes (Leonard, Parenteau) 15:40 Penalties: Ronson 8:12, Sinclair 12:10.Saves: Binkley 28, McLeod 16.Attendance: 9,259.<h2>VICTORIA 3 at VANCOUVER 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Vancouver, Brunel (Hextall, Watson).. 19:34 Penalty: Hextall 15:25.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Victoria, Laughton (Wilcox, Jankowski) 0:513&mdash;Victoria, Hebenton (Carmichael) 1:334&mdash;Victoria, Laughton (Jankowski, Labrosse) 16:41Penalties: Laughton 5:58, Carmichael 9:01 Laughton, Blackburn 11:26, Jankowski 12:32, Lamoureux 13:22, Vancouver (bench penalty, served by Cook) 19:12.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Vancouver, Boehm (Brunal, Hunt).. 3:42 Penalties: Cahan 12:37, Blackburn (minor and misconduct) 12:51, Laughton 14:30, Shvetz 17:41.Saves: Smith 25, Simmons 23.Attendance: 2,784.Wed. Dec. 28<h2>PORTLAND 4 at CALIFORNIA 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;California, Belisle (Kennedy, Odrowski) 3:302&mdash;Portland, Caron (Van Impe, Lunde) 10:453&mdash;Portland, Goodwin (A. Schmautz, Leach) 12:474&mdash;California, Belisle (Thurlby, Kennedy) 18:23Penalties: Goodwin 13:53, Hay 14:45, Swarbrick 14:45.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip; 2:256&mdash;California, Swarbrick (Maxner, Mantha) 4:147&mdash;California, Cyr (Harris, Maxner).. 16:27Penalties: Goyer 9:07, Lunde 14:40, Goodwin 16:10, Swarbrick, Burns. Madigan, Hay, all 17:09.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;California, Maxner (Mantha, Burns) 4:409&mdash;California, Gilbert (Harris, Evans). 7:4410&mdash;Portland, Leach (A. Schmautz, Pratt) 12:50Penalty: Harris 9:22.Saves: Charron 22, McCartan 20. Attendance: 6,802.<h2>SAN DIEGO 2 at VICTORIA S</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Victoria. Marcetta (Hebenton, Erickson) 16:28 Penalty: Wilkie 6:22.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Victoria, Erickson (Barlow, Lamoureux) 4:303&mdash;Victoria. Marcetta(Hebenton, Carmichael) 5:504&mdash;San Diego. Hilts (J. Wilcox, Topoll) 7:475&mdash;Victoria. Carmichael(Marcetta, S. Hucul) 18:386&mdash;San Diego, Ehrenverth&hellip;&hellip; 19:41Penalties: none.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Victoria, Labadie (Keenan, Barlow) 7:02Penalties: Wilkie 5:14, Haley 13:21.Saves: Binkley 33, Smith 26.Attendance: 3,004.Fri. Dec. 30<h2>PORTLAND 6 at CALIFORNIA 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Portland, Madigan (Goodwin)&hellip; 6:382&mdash;California, Harris (Evans, Burns) 9:413&mdash;Portland, Madigan (Goyer, Goodwin).. 11:034&mdash;California, Evans (Kennedy, Cyr)&hellip;&hellip; 17:135&mdash;California, Odrowski (Cyr)&hellip;&hellip; 19:28Penalties: Kennedy 1:07, Leach 5:00, Messier,Thurlby 8:24, Messier 12:08, Portland (bench penalty, served by Saunders) 15:20, Portland (bench penalty, served by Lunde) 15:48, Belisle 18:23.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Goyer)&hellip;&hellip; 7:417&mdash;Portland, Lunde (Van Impe, Madigan). 17:46Penalties: Messier 2:37, Mantha 12:20, Goyer 18:28.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Caron, Goyer)&hellip; 5:149&mdash;Portland, Leach (A. Schmautz, Hay) 7:54 10&mdash;California, Burns (Mantha, Swarbrick) 8:30Penalties: Madigan, Burns (majors) 8:58, Messier 10:00, Madigan 15:32.Saves: Head 20, McCartan 19.<h2>SAN DIEGO 1 at VANCOUVER 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, Haley&hellip;&hellip; 10:16Penalties: Blackburn 2:10, Watson 8:38, Hextall 18:26.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Brunel 7:21, Wilkie 10:45, MacMillan 11:12.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Vancouver, Hextall (Hunt, Dufour)&hellip;&hellip; 2:343&mdash;Vancouver, Dufour (Blackburn)&hellip;&hellip; 13:09Penalties: Sinclair 0:27, Hunt 2:44, Maloney(misconduct) 19:58.Saves: Binkley 34, Simmons 19. Attendance: 3,298.Sat. Dec. 31<h2>VANCOUVER 1 at SEATTLE 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Seattle, Lund&hellip;&hellip; 2:292 Seattle, Hale (Fielder, Heiskala)&hellip;&hellip; 14:32Penalties: none.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Vancouver, Watson (Hextall, Dufour).. 1:44 Penalties: Leonard 8:56, Maloney 14:02.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Seattle, Parenteau (Hughes, Gauthier) 7:47 Penalties: Vejprava (major) J. Picard (major)Holmes (major, minor), Heiskala (major), N. Picard (misconduct) 5:17.Saves: Simmons 27. McLeod 27.<h2>SAN DIEGO 3 at VICTORIA 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, Ehrenverth (Hynes, Sinclair) 8:552&mdash;Victoria, Keenan (Jankowski, Lamoureux) 19:13 Penalties: Watson 4:32, Shvetz 8:12, McNabb17:25.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Victoria, Carmichael (Hebenton) 2:174&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (Hynes, Ehrenverth).. 3:12 Penalties: R. Wilcox, Eagle 20:00.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Hynes, Sinclair) 9:046&mdash;Victoria, Labrosse(Lamoureux. Laughton)&hellip;&hellip; 15:19Penalties: Watson 4 53, Erickson 8:45.OVERTIME PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: none.Sun. Jan. 1<h2>VICTORIA 1 at PORTLAND 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Caron, Saunders) 4:56 Penalties: Erickson 6:12, Lunde 7:40, Messier7:54.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Portland, A. Schmautz (Leach, Goodwin) 0:223&mdash;Victoria, Labadie&hellip;&hellip; 18:21Penalties: Hay 3:00, S. Hucul 12:53.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Portland, Saunders&hellip;&hellip;11:195&mdash;Portland, C. Schmautz(Jones, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip; 12:51Penalties: none.Saves: G. Smith 15, Head 31. Attendance: 8,720. &#9632;

Western Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div>Kennedy Picking Up SteamLittle Guyle Fielder has dominated the Western League for a lot of years, but this season the Seattle immortal got off to a bad start. He blames lack of support on a club which has been struggling. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been disappointing. We&rsquo;ve been going badly. This is a team game. Without help from the other guys on the ice, no one does anything.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01615/2552833-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="295" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Forbes Kennedy</figcaption></div>I can&rsquo;t do it alone any more than anyone else can.&rdquo; Despite a recent history of serious knee problems, the 36-year-old veteran says he feels fine in this his 17th pro season. &ldquo;I feel healthy and strong. My legs feel good. I think I&rsquo;m skating as well as ever,&rdquo; he says. Lately, things have picked up for him. He&rsquo;s tried for the league lead in assists now. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not thinking of retiring right now,&rdquo; he comments. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m too old to go up to the NHL expansion division, but those who do move up will leave plenty of room for me to stay in the Western League awhile yet. I hope the club picks up and this isn&rsquo;t too disappointing a year for me. I&rsquo;ll see how this year goes and then make up my mind on the future.&rdquo;Chunky Forbes Kennedy is another veteran who got off to a slow start this season, but has picked up lately. Kennedy likes to wander. New Oakland coach Rudy Pilous likes his centers to stick to the middle. In the early going, Forbes and Rudy couldn&rsquo;t see eye to eye and a frustrated Kennedy was benched. However, the veteran NHL utilityman has adjusted himself to Rudy&rsquo;s ways and regained a regular berth. &ldquo;I always have been slow to get started, mostly because of my weight. Now, I&rsquo;m getting my regular shift plus extra time with the penalty-killing team. The more I play, the better I go. Being in shape brings everything else together&mdash;scoring, skating and controlling the puck.&rdquo; At 31, Kennedy, who makes his home on Prince Edward Island and has four children, may have been disappointed by his frequent shuttling between the majors and the minors, but he remains a fireball who can do an important job out here.Norris Eyeing ExpansionLong regarded as a fine prospect, and fairly impressive in a 23-game trial in the majors, Jack Norris has been a bust in the high minors, but may finally have found himself, though it is a bit early to go overboard on him. Last year, the L.A. goaltender gave up almost six goals a game. On a real bad club, he was one of the worst. This year, at the age of 24, he has been hard to score on recently. On a much improved club, he is the most improved player. Under new coach Ferny Flaman, he has discarded his mask and regained his confidence. He gives most of the credit to his better support, but his improved play is more personal than that. He is seldom ducking the high ones these days and rarely letting in the soft goal now. And he hangs tough and makes spectacular saves. Recently, he had 127 consecutive minutes of shutout hockey. In a game against Seattle, L.A. was outshot, 40-24, but won, 8-1. Norris helped his mates more than he was helped. He gave his rival, Seattle rookie Jim Armstrong, a lesson in how to play goal. On the verge of dropping from the high minors, Norris is suddenly a candidate for an expansion spot.Personal note: This writer was married on Dec. 4 in L.A. to the loveliest girl on earth, the former Sharon Frances Adler. He made a better marriage than she did.The new arenas planned for Vancouver and L.A. are going up on schedule&hellip; Rumor has it that Toronto&rsquo;s retired Hap Day and exMontreal great Doug Harvey are being sought as the new manager and playing coach, respectively, for the new L.A. Kings&hellip; Sophomore pro Bill Orban isn&rsquo;t playing regularly for the LA. Blades, but his ex-coach, Lynn Patrick, may seek him for the St. Louis Blues expansion club as a defensive specialist to shadow the other clubs&rsquo; stars&hellip; We thought he might have a change of heart after reading in print our story quoting him as being unhappy with coaching, but Seattle&rsquo;s Bill MacFarland is an honest character who doesn&rsquo;t back down. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s no fun,&rdquo; he said the other night. &ldquo;Maybe if I had an NHL background ex-NHL veterans might listen to me, but now they just smile, say sure, and do what they want to do. It might be fun coaching juniors, who do not think they have the game mastered.&rdquo;Injuries Plague StarsHospital Report: Seattle&rsquo;sDon Ward was operated on for a crushed disc in his back at the end of last season, was out awhile early this season with a painful shoulder injury and is now out four weeks after an operation for a torn knee cartilege&hellip; Victoria&rsquo;s Larry Keenan has yet to complete one of his six pro seasons. He&rsquo;s had a broken jaw, a broken cheek bone, a broken wrist and a torn knee cartilege and now he&rsquo;s out with a broken heel&hellip; L.A.&rsquo;s Norm Johnson scored a goal the other night when the puck bounced off the goalie&rsquo;s stick, off Johnson&rsquo;s lip and back into the nets. Ten stitches later, Norm said, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care to score many that way.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02553/2552826-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="285" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Ward</figcaption></div>Portland is running away with another WHL pennant. Manager-coach Hal Laycoe says, &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t say for sure this is the best club I&rsquo;ve had here, but it certainly is the best on offense. Art Jones is having another great year and players who have played well for me for a long time are still doing it. But two who have made a difference are newcomers Alain Caron and Len Lunde. I&rsquo;ve never seen anyone shoot like Caron. Now I know why he has scored so incredibly well in the minors. And Lunde has one of the best wrist shots I&rsquo;ve ever seen. &#9632;

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Western Ad Lib

PORTLAND, Ore.&mdash;At its present pace, Portland will win an unprecedented third straight WHL pennant with a record number of points. After 33 games, Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s Bucks were 11 points in front. They had taken the most shots, 1,052, scored the most goals, 136, scored the most power-play goals, 29, even had the most minor penalties, 180, the most majors, six, the most misconducts, seven, and the most penalty-minutes, 460, but the rough-and-ready Oregonians were out-scoring their foes at a rapid rate.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03469/2552871-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="295" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Lund</figcaption></div>Portland&rsquo;s Art Jones led the league with the most goals, 21, the most game-winners, six, and the most points, 47. Dick Meissner of L.A. and Larry Lund of Seattle were second in goals with 19 each, and Gordy Vejprava of Vancouver and Norm Johnson of L.A. were second in points with 39 each. Bryan Hextail of Vancouver and Guyle Fielder of Seattle had the most assists, 27. Portland had the two leading goalies&mdash;Don Head, 2.60 for 20 games, Rick Charron, 2.62 for 13. Victoria&rsquo;s Al Smith has the most shutouts, four.The leading road scorers in the circuit are Vejprava and Jones with 10 goals each and John MacMillan of San Diego with nine, and Vejprava with 20 points, Hextail with 19 and Johnson with 18. Leading home-ice scorers are Portland&rsquo;s Bill Saunders and Len Lunde with 14 and 13 goals respectively, and Jones and Saunders with 32 and 26 points, respectively. Head is the top road goalie at 2.44, followed by Oakland&rsquo;s Jack McCartan, 2.67. Vancouver&rsquo;s Don Simmons is the top home goalie at 2.12, followed by Charron, 2.38.STREAKS: Seattle&rsquo;s Larry Lund has scored goals in six straight games, Oakland&rsquo;s Forbes Kennedy in four. Portland&rsquo;s Bill Saunders and Gerry Goyer have scored points in nine and seven straight games, respectively, Seattle&rsquo;s Howie Hughes in six. Saunders has eight goals in his streak. Portland&rsquo;s Cliff Schmautz has scored points in 17 of his last 19 games&hellip; San Diego&rsquo;s Jim Watson went three straight games without a penalty, but on Christmas night showed fine spirit with a 16-minute game and now leads the league with 41 minors and 92 minutes.Victoria finally beat Vancouver for the first time in six games. With Fred Hucul out indefinitely with a bad back, Victoria&rsquo;s defense corps remains in bad shape. Bill Shvetz was lost awhile with a badly-bruised tendon and Sandy Hucul missed a game with a fractured toe. Aut Erickson was playing with a sore throat and Claude Labrosse with a painful elbow and stiff neck. Toronto sent help as Tom Polanic came from Tulsa on temporary assignment.Portland whipped Vancouver and has not lost to runners-up in seven games this season. Portland goalie Don Head returned to action after being sidelined three weeks and was back in form, drawing a major penalty for a fight with Bob Cook. He leads the league with three misconducts&hellip; Billy McNeil said he considered coming out of retirement to rejoin Vancouver but has decided against it&hellip; San Diego put defenseman Jim Eagle back on its roster. The Gulls have lost four games in a row and are deep in the cellar.<h2>WHL Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04362/2552864-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="623" height="639"></div>LEAGUE LEADERSMost Minutes in Penalties: Jim Watson, San Diego, 98.Most Minor Penalties: Jim Watson, San Diego, 44.Most Shutouts: Al Smith, Victoria, 4.Leading Goalkeeper: Don Head, Portland, 2.59. &#9632;

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Runaway Buckaroos Likely To Set WHL Points Record

Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip; sayHAIG & HAIGSCOTCH WHISKYDon&rsquo;t be vague&hellip; sayHAIG & HAIGSCOTCH WHISKY<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02390/2552909-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="626" height="315"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDFri. Dec. 30Omaha 1 at Memphis 3Oklahoma City 1 at Houston 6Tusa 2 at St. Louis 2Sat. Dec. 31St. Louis 1 at Omaha 2Memphis 1 at Oklahoma City 6Houston 3 at Tulsa 1Sun. Jan. 1Oklahoma City 5 at Memphis 2Wed. Jan. 4Tulsa 0 at Oklahoma City 4Thurs. Jan. 5Memphis 2 at Houston 8Fri. Jan. 6Oklahoma City 1 at Omaha 8Tulsa 3 at St. Louis 3Sat. Jan. 7Omaha 1 at Oklahoma City 4Houston 2 at Memphis 3St. Louis 3 at Tulsa 4Sun. Jan. 8Memphis 2 at St. Louis 2Oklahoma City 3 at Tulsa 0Omaha 4 at Houston 1GAMES TO COMETues. Jan. 10St. Louis at MemphisThurs. Jan. 12St. Louis at HoustonFri. Jan. 13Memphis at OmahaTulsa at Oklahoma CitySat. Jan. 14Oklahoma City at HoustonOmaha at St. LouisMemphis at Tulsa<h2>CPHL Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03309/2552902-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="636" height="599"></div> &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By MATT DENNIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01461/2552940-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="292" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Faulkner</figcaption></div>MEMPHIS. Tenn.&mdash;Alex Faulkner, the native of Bishop&rsquo;s Falls, Nfld., has been showing that a two-year retirement from pro hockey has not dimmed his ability as an offensive star.He took over the lead in the Central Pro League scoring race firing 15 goals and notching 28 assists for 43 points in his first 31 games for the Memphis Wings. He stayed in a tight battle with Art Stratton of the St. Louis Braves, the defending point-getting champion who coralled 94 points in 64 contests last winter.&ldquo;Faulkner, Andre Pronovost and Norm Beaudin have been going well and our younger players are showing promise. We have been having a tough time on defense due to injuries with Irv Spencer back in Detroit for an operation on his knee and we have no idea when he will return. Then Brent Hughes suffered a broken collarbone and that could be another three weeks without him. Bart Crashley is showing improvement every time out since he came to us from Pittsburgh and he&rsquo;ll get plenty of work here,&rdquo; said coach Jimmy Peters.Peters also noted the improvement in the offensive play of left winger Real Lemieux who is already ahead of his record of last season. In 53 games last winter with Memphis he scored 11 goals and assisted on 15 and already in 30 tests this campaign he had flashed the light 15 times and drawn a dozen assists. But his 131 minutes in the penalty box, marking him as the &ldquo;bad man&rdquo; of the loop cut down the ice time that might have provided him with an even better record as a scoring playmaking forward.HOUSTON&mdash; Ray Kinasewich&rsquo;s Apollos are not letting the Oklahoma City Blazers get too far in front and were only three points behind them with a game in hand entering 1967.The Apollos were getting stronger performances from veterans Bob Charlebois and Norm Dennis while Bill McCreary kept up his better than a-point-per-game pace counting 15 goals and picking up 21 assists over the first 30 games.Andre Boudrias continued as the top playmaker on the club with 23 assists.Gary Peters showed signs of hitting the form of two seasons ago when he was one of the most promising prospects in the minor leagues and in 30 games this season fired 10 goals and drew 18 assists.Rookie netminder Rogation Vachon has stood out between the pipes since taking over when Jerry Desjardins was felled with a knee injury and gave up only 43 goals in 16 games for a classy 2.69 and had one of the three shutouts posted in the circuit.OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash; Murray Davison&rsquo;s Blazers were hit with another injury when Bob Heaney was sidelined with a damaged knee and with an operation pending no definite date could be set for his return.Leftwinger Glen Sather was returned by the Boston Bruins but the Blazers appear to have lost leftwinger Jean Paul Parise, who has impressed the NHL club since his recall that he has moved his family to Boston.Ron Buchanan was still the league&rsquo;s top sniper with 19 goals in 29 games and Terry Crisp put on a sparkling surge that started with a &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; against Houston and he had 13 goals and 19 assists to start the New Year.Gary Doak continued his aggressive play on defense and Doug Favell and Bern Parent were consistent in goal giving up only 67 tallies in their combined 22-game stints.Attendance was high as the Blazers attracted 66,087 fans to their first 14 home games.OMAHA&mdash; The Knights got Jimmy Johnson back from the parent New York Rangers where he went when Red Berenson suffered a fractured cheekbone. The hard-skating forward had 32 points in 27 games.Larry Mickey is one of the most improved forwards in the circuit and had 15 goals and 23 assists for 38 points in his first 32 games, only five points back of the league&rsquo;s leading point-getter Faulkner.Canadian football star Bill Cooper joined the Knights for a five-game tryout and the 21-year-old, 175-pound rightwinger who starred with Winnipeg on the gridiron, will be given a thorough look-over by coach Fred Shero.Cooper, whose amateur contract was held by the Boston Bruins, played two games with the Minneapolis Bruins scoring one goal in the 1964-65 campaign.ST. LOUIS&mdash; Art Stratton is not letting his point-getting talent become dormant and kept one point behind Faulkner counting 11 goals and grabbing off 31 assists in the Braves&rsquo; first 30 games.Roger Bellerive was the &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; leader of the club with two, notching his second of the season as the Braves bowed to Memphis, 6-4.Veteran Gerry Melnyk is all prepared to battle Stratton&rsquo;s for the team&rsquo;s point honors and had 15 goals and 26 assists after 30 games.Wayne Maki and Oscar Gaudet of the &ldquo;younger set&rdquo; each had 13 goals and 15 assists after 30 games.TULSA&mdash; The Oilers, battling Memphis to stay out of the league basement, sent Marc Reaume to the Rochester Americans as an injury replacement when Duane Rupp was injured.Barry Trapp, a member of the Oilers last season, rejoined the club on loan from Springfield and picked up an assist and a minor penalty in his first game.Lowell MacDonald and Gary Veneruzzo continued to be the leading goal-getters for the Oilers over their first 32 games, notching 13 and 12, respectively. &#9632;

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Memphis Ace Grabs League Storing Lead

Fri. Dec. 23<h2>OMAHA 3 at HOUSTON 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Houston, Ferguson (Thiffault, Lemaire) 10:522&mdash;Houston, McMahon (Dennis, McCreary) 15:543&mdash;Omaha, Andrea (Johnson, Hall)&hellip;&hellip; 19:43Penalties: Ball 11.04, McMahon 19:33.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Houston, Peters (Charlebois)&hellip;&hellip; 3:345&mdash;Omaha, Mickey (Konik, Campbell)&hellip;&hellip; 7:15Penalties: Savard 5:19, Boudrias 8:03.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Houston, Peters (Charlebois, Plager)&hellip; 2:337&mdash;Omaha, Mickey&hellip;&hellip; 5:018&mdash;Houston, Charlebois (Peters, Dennis).. 6:509&mdash;Houston, Dennis (Peters, Charlebois).. 18:48 Penalties: Chipchase 7:21, Konik 16:32.Saves: Rutledge 33, Vachon 30. Attendance: 1,660.ST. LOUIS 4 at MEMPHIS 6<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Memphis, Lemieux (Peters, Libett)&hellip;&hellip; 18:52Penalties: Faulkner 8:19, Miszuk 10:53, Smith 18:50.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Memphis, Cardiff (Faulkner, Beaudin).. 0:473&mdash;Memphis, Lemieux (Peters, Marsh)&hellip;&hellip; 2:054&mdash;Memphis, Anderson (McCann)&hellip;&hellip; 3:365&mdash;Memphis, Beaudin(Pronovost, Rochefort)&hellip;&hellip; 8:206&mdash;St. Louis, Bellerive (Maki, Melnyk).. 19:00 Penalties: Miszuk 4:48, Terbenche 17:30.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;St. Louis, Bellerive (Gaudet, Stratton) 0:298&mdash;St. Louis, Melnyk (Smith)&hellip;&hellip; 1:369&mdash;St. Louis, Bellerive (Stratton, Gaudet).. 15:0610&mdash;Memphis, Faulkner(Crashley, Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:04Penalty: Pronovost 8:57.Saves: Sneddon 36, Daley 26.Attendance: 988.Sun. Dec. 25<h2>OMAHA 3 at OKLAHOMA CITY 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Irvine&hellip;&hellip; 3:462&mdash;Oklahoma City, Cashman (Cherry, Crisp) 5:173&mdash;Omaha, Mickey (Andrea)&hellip;&hellip; 8:534&mdash;Oklahoma City, Crisp(Panagabko. Cashman)&hellip;&hellip; 11:05Penalties: Mestinsek 0:10. Lonsberry 6:10, 13:46, Hamilton 18:49.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Oklahoma City, Cashman (Cherry)&hellip;&hellip; 3:446&mdash;Omaha, Mickey (Andrea, Konik)&hellip;&hellip; 16:00Penalties: Pronovost 7:27, Sabourin 10:03, Davison 15:35, Hodgson 16:45.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Omaha, Andrea (Mickey, Konik)&hellip;&hellip; 6:388&mdash;Oklahoma City, Krake (Panagabko)&hellip;&hellip; 19:50 Penalties: Mestinsek 2:21. Lonsberry 8:28. Saves: Rutledge 34, Favell 21.MEMPHIS 3 at TULSA 2<h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Memphis, Pronovost (Crashley, Faulkner)&hellip;&hellip; 10:09Penalties: Roberts 2:31, Rochefort, Ward 6:15, Ward 8:53, Trapp 14:38, Faulkner (two minors), Clark (major) 17:30.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Memphis, Lemieux (Marcon, Peters).. 0:47 Penalties: McKenny 5:31, Abel (major and minor), Ward (major and minor) Harbaruk 6:22, Cardiff 10:06, Flett 12:56, Pronovost 16:24, Mar-con 17:12.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Tulsa, Keon (MacDonald, Flett)&hellip;&hellip; 4:474&mdash;Tulsa, Veneruzzo (Trapp, Campbell)&hellip;&hellip; 7:525&mdash;Memphis, Libett (Anderson)&hellip;&hellip; 15:50Penalties: Roberts 3:59, Ward 18:54.Saves: Daley 33, Millar 26.Attendance: 3,066. &#9632;

CPHL Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01376/2553009-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="658" height="3818"></div><h2>Looking at the EHL Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03267/2553002-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="617" height="611"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDFri. Dec. 30New Haven 1 at Long Island 9Clinton 3 at New Jersey 3Nashville 5 at Knoxville 3Charlotte 5 at Jacksonville 4Greensboro 3 at Johnstown 5Sat. Dec. 31New Haven 4 at Clinton 9Long Island 5 at Johnstown 6Charlotte 6 at Greensboro 2Knoxville 2 at Nashville 7Sun. Jan. 1Johnstown 6 at New Haven 4Clinton 3 at Long Island 4New Jersey 1 at Jacksonville 9Tues. Jen. 3New Jersey 2 at Jacksonville 0Greensboro 1 at Charlotte 7Wed. Jen. 4Clinton 2 at New Haven 4New Jersey 2 at Knoxville 4Greensboro 9 at Jacksonville 4Thurs. Jan. 5New Haven 3 at Long Island 5Fri. Jan. 6New Haven 1 at Clinton 2Long Island 6 at New Jersey 4Johnstown 1 at Greensboro 11Jacksonville 4 at Charlotte 2Nashville 2 at Knoxville 4Sat. Jan. 7New Jersey 3 at Clinton 2Long Island 3 at Johnstown 3Jacksonville 3 at Greensboro 4Knoxville 0 at Nashville 2Sun. Jan. 8Clinton 3 at New Haven 2New Jersey 2 at Long Island 2Nashville 5 at Knoxville 3Greensboro 4 at Jacksonville 5Charlotte 3 at Johnstown 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04207/2552995-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="655" height="378"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Races

<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02327/2553040-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="292" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ian Anderson</figcaption></div>CHERRY HILL, N.J&mdash;The officers of the Jersey Devils may finally have learned a lesson to stay clear of Eastern League fights among players.At least one would think so after the Devils&rsquo; secretary-treasurer Harold Aronow was knocked unconscious by a punch to the jaw. This was Aranow&rsquo;s second action this year, earlier getting a black eye in a rhubarb. At the same time general manager Stu Nahan also has become embroiled in several scrapes that resulted in bench penalties and fines.The latest escapade stemmed from a penalty box setto between Rosaire Paiement of the Devils and Clinton&rsquo;s Ian Anderson here. The duo continued their battle into an aisleway back of the box and Aranow tried to separate the combatants. The next thing that happened &rsquo;as that Aranow was flat on his back.The post-fight statement by Aranow: &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t know the punch was coming or I would have at least put my hands up. He must have driven me 10 feet. And now that I know Anderson wore a cast (on his right hand), I know why it felt like I was hit by Cassius Clay.&rdquo;Anderson&rsquo;s version: &ldquo;I saw Aranow was gonna hit Pete Babando. So I just went after him. He had no business doing what he did.&rdquo;Paiement&rsquo;s analysis: &ldquo;Anderson took a punch at me but missed. So I pushed him back with my stick and another fight started. Then all I know he went after Aranow.&rdquo;CHARLOTTE: Barry Simpson nursing a knee injury. Large Xmas crowd of 5,161 saw Checkers continue their third period lapses against Greensboro. Checkers will not have to drop player due to 14-man limit when Ted Baylis comes off injured list. Lynn Zimmerman roams more than any goalie in recent Checkers history. Andre Hinse is the club&rsquo;s leading pointmaker.JOHNSTOWN: A cut eye didn&rsquo;t stop Jim Mair from clouting a couple of Jersey Devils. Claude Bernard received a misconduct penalty for fighting Ron Kapitan after a game with New Haven had ended. Dick Roberge is pacing club scoring but is not involved in league scoring race.NEW HAVEN: Blades&rsquo; attendance up over a year ago. Forward Murray Kuntz, son of coach Jackie Leclair&rsquo;s first pro boss, has joined club. Several other new faces are due as Leclair tries to solidify team to win a playoff berth. Pete Sternig&rsquo;s improvement heartening to Leclair who claims his Blades can&rsquo;t be counted out of the second place fight.CLINTON: Comets celebrated 39th year of operation. Minnesota has invited Don Davidson to training camp next fall. Borden Smith rejected chance to play with Springfield during the revolt there. Club played first game in history on New Year&rsquo;s Eve.FLORIDA: Rough game here found Long Island assessed 75 minutes in penalties in third period. Only 2 Rockets went home for holidays. Bill Glashan says his next fight will be his 53rd straight loss, saying he never wins. Crowd of 3478 was one of best in history here for Long Island game. Cliff Pennington&rsquo;s point production continues to climb.KNOXVILLE: Knights threaten ed with 6 a.m. practices again by coach Doug Bentley if they don&rsquo;t perk up. Ray Crew bothered by sprained ankle. Don Newman added to club to make 14 men. Knights claim Leo Olivier was one of the instigators of the Flyers Knight melee and got away too Lightly with $10 fine whereas Ray Crew, Wayne Clairmont and Wally Sprange each got $35 punishments and didn&rsquo;t do anything but hold each others&rsquo; jerseys.LONG ISLAND: John Brophy sidelined for at least two weeks with a rib injury. Club only had 10 men available for game at Nashville. Ducks have use of Andy Brown as goalie as long as they want him. He&rsquo;s on loan from Johnstown and had a 52-saver at Nashville. He had 36 saves in two periods of another Flyers game.GREENSBORO: Gens won nine straight before losing at Johnstown. The streak was longest in league this year. Garry Sharp&rsquo;s 500th game found him scoring his 350th goal. New 14-player limit enabled Gens to retain Pete Loveless who had been on injured list. Loveless and Bob Young will have tryouts with Pittsburgh next year; Ron Pyke and John Murray with St. Louis. Ron Muir on Minnesota&rsquo;s negotiation list. Dom DiBerardino studying an NHL offer.NASHVILLE: Marv Edwards only had 16 saves in shutout over Long Island. Coach John McLellan concerned over club&rsquo;s failure to convert its numerous shots. Gil St. Jacques due off injury list any day. Prexy Dave Patterson disputed $50 fine assessed McLellan in Knoxville rhubarb, claiming &ldquo;there are times when a coach can&rsquo;t control his players regardless who he is.&rdquo; Patterson believes 14-man squads will uplift EHL play. &#9632;

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Jersey Official Punched Acting As ’Peacemaker’

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01382/2553078-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="289" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Kastelic</figcaption></div>TOLEDO, O.&mdash;The International Hockey League&rsquo;s annual All-Star Game will be played in Muskegon on February 14, it was announced by Commissioner Andy Mulligan.Muskegon is host for this year&rsquo;s game by virtue of having finished first over last season&rsquo;s regular schedule. The All-Stars will be selected by IHL players.A late date was decided upon this season in order to allow more time to judge ability of the various players and also to get away from the holiday season. Last season&rsquo;s game, staged a few days before Christmas in Port Huron, was disappointing from the attendance standpoint. The host team beat the Stars by 8-5.Commissioner Mulligan also announced fines for three players. He did not specify the amounts, only that it was &ldquo;substantial&rdquo;.Port Huron&rsquo;s Billy LeCaine was fined for touching and holding a referee with his stick during a game at Dayton. Columbus player-coach Moe Bartoli and Muskegon&rsquo;s Drake Jopling were penalized for stick swinging in a game at Columbus.Mulligan said, &ldquo;any further incidents of this nature will result in suspensions&rdquo;.FORT WAYNE&mdash; Ted Wright, husky forward who was out of the game last season, rejoined the Komets&hellip; The club placed three players on waivers, Billy Hway, Gerry Sillers and Bruce Reier. None was immediately claimed&hellip; The Komets drew a capacity crowd of 8,025 for the New Year&rsquo;s Eve game to boost their season total to 88,212 for 17 home games&hellip; Ted Demchuk returned to action after missing six games with a shoulder injury.MUSKEGON&mdash; Joe Kastelic registered the 500th goal of his IHL career, scoring an unassisted goal against Port Huron. Fort Wayne&rsquo;s retired Eddie Long is second to Kastelic with 460&hellip; The Mohawks snapped a five-game losing streak, their longest in two seasons&hellip; Goalie Fern Rivard was giving the Mohawks their best netminding since Jim McLeod in 1961-62.DAYTON&mdash; Hat tricks by Sid Garant, Guy Trottier and Bob Regis made it seven for the Gems this season&hellip; A record crowd of 5,315 brought season attendance to 64,500 for 17 games&hellip; Bob Bailey was back and Coach Warren Back had the problem of juggling his lines to make room for the 45-goal scorer of last year.PORT HURON&mdash; The Flags broke a streak of six straight losses on the road by winning at Muskegon, 6-5&hellip; Coach Lloyd Maxfield inserted rookie goalie Dwight Bearchall in the place of Norm Jacques&hellip; Moe Morrissette had his second hat trick since coming from Toledo in a trade for Chuck Kelly&hellip; Season&rsquo;s largest crowd of 3,036 turned out for a game with Dayton.DES MOINES&mdash;The Oak Leafs had a home winning streak of seven straight games&hellip; They held Fort Wayne to only one shot in one period, almost equalling a league record, which is no shots. Len Thornson got the only shot on goal 12 seconds from the end of the period&hellip; The Leafs won an exhibition from Waterloo of the United States League, 5-3&hellip; Center Lyle Bradley is being boosted for &ldquo;rookie of the year&rdquo;.TOLEDO&mdash; Greg Jablonski had a hat trick in a 6-1 win over the Komets. The Blades snapped out of a losing slump with six straight victories&hellip; Murray Kuntz, forward and Noel Lirette, defense, were released&hellip; Stan Maxwell moved up to a three-way tie for goal scoring lead with Chick Chalmers and Don Westbrooke.COLUMBUS&mdash;The Checkers lost their third overtime game of the season&hellip; Ken Laidlaw was scheduled to go to Springfield to help out the troubled Indians but finally was advised he wasn&rsquo;t needed&hellip; Attendance was up to 2,758 for a game with Muskegon.<h2>IHL Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02296/2553071-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="650" height="704"></div>LEAGUE LEADERSMost Goals: Guy Trottier, Dayton, 27.Most Assists: Frank St. Marseille, Port Huron, Ken Saunders, Port Huron, 39.Best Goals-against ave.: Russ Gillow, Des Moines, 3.31.Most Shutouts: Russ Gillow, Des Moines, Glenn Ramsay, Toledo, 2.Most Penalties in Minutes: Moe Bartoli, Columbus, 118. &#9632;

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Kastelic Nets 500th IHL Goal—All-Star Game Set

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03205/2553109-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="636" height="383"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDFri. Dec. 30Dayton 2 at Toledo 1Fort Wayne 4 at Des Moines 5Sat Dec. 31Columbus 3 at Port Huron 8Dayton 4 at Muskegon 3Toledo 5 at Fort Wayne 3Sun. Jan. 1Des Moines 2 at Columbus 7Muskegon 2 at Dayton 6Mon. Jan. 2Muskegon 2 at Columbus 4Des Moines 4 at Port Huron 3Tues. Jan. 3Port Huron 4 at Toledo 3Wed. Jan. 4Fort Wayne 6 at Des Moines 4Dayton 6 at Toledo 2Fri. Jan. 6Des Moines 1 at Toledo 6Port Huron 3 at Columbus 7Fort Wayne 4 at Muskegon 2Sat. Jan. 7Columbus 1 at Muskegon 7Port Huron 2 at Toledo 3Dayton 3 at Fort Wayne 2Sun. Jan. 8Des Moines 5 at Dayton 2Toledo 4 at Port Huron 3GAMES TO COMETues. Jan. 10Port Huron at Des MoinesWed. Jan. 11Columbus at DaytonMuskegon at Fort WayneThurs. Jan. 12Port Huron at Des MoinesFri. Jan. 13Toledo at MuskegonFort Wayne at&rsquo; ColumbusSat. Jan. 14Columbus at Port HuronDayton at MuskegonToledo at Fort WayneSun. Jan. 15Toledo at ColumbusMuskegon at Port HuronFort Wayne at Dayton &#9632;

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Looking at the IHL Race

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04158/2553140-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</figcaption></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1. Pictured Player.6. A former netminder answers to this.7. Goaler&rsquo;s cage.8. 1957-58 all star center.11. 19th and 22nd letter of the alphabet.12. Leading goal scorer in CPHL last season.13. Pronoun.15. Verb.16. 1st and 20th letters of the alphabet.17. Number of NHL teams coached by Reay.18. Nickname of Fogolin exHawk.20. This team led NHL in minor penalties in 1965-66. (abbr)21. Initials of Regan ex-Bruin.22. Montreal forward (initials)24. First name of an ex-Bruin.26. Montreal and Boston played one Dec. 28.27. Initials of Black Hawk forward.28. First name of NHL forward.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. Ex-Canadien with Rangers.2. Leading Boston scorer in 1965-66.3. One of the Black Hawks answers to this.4. First name of Pronovost ex-Red Wing.5. 1965-66 CPHL scoring champ.9. 8th and 1st letters of the alphabet.10. Initials of Bruin forward.14. Red Storey was one.16. NHL team lost 10 of these games last season.17. Initials of Reardon ex-Canadien.19. Toronto forward.22. First name of Ranger right wing.23. Initials of Ranger forward.24. 6th and 20th letter of the alphabet.25. Number worn by Glenn Hall.27. One of the Bruins answers to this.<h3>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h3>ACROSS1&mdash;Mikita.5&mdash;A.M.7&mdash;Ont.9&mdash;Caron 11&mdash;Her13&mdash;Taylor.14&mdash;M.l.15&mdash;Inn.17&mdash;Ace.19&mdash;Lob.20&mdash;N.A.21&mdash;V.A.23&mdash;Chi.26&mdash;Can.27&mdash;Oshawa.29&mdash;S.S.30&mdash;Geoffrion.DOWN1&mdash;MacNeil.2&mdash;Kurtenbach.3&mdash;Tony.4&mdash;A.N.6&mdash;Mar.8&mdash;Thomas.10&mdash;O.A.12&mdash;Eric.16&mdash;Non.18&mdash;Evans.21&mdash;Vasko.22&mdash;Doug.24&mdash;Half.25&mdash;I.W.28&mdash;Apr. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01359/2553185-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="695" height="3078"></div><h2>Looking at the OHA Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02307/2553178-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="636" height="470"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDFri. Dec. 30Kitchener 0 at Niagara Falls 5Sat. Dec. 31Toronto 6 at Oshawa 6Sun. Jan. 1Kitchener 2 at Toronto 3Niagara Falls 9 at St. Catharines 3Mon. Jan. 2St. Catharines 5 at Niagara Falls 3Tues. Jan. 3Oshawa 2 at London 2Hamilton 4 at Montreal 6Thurs. Jan. 5London 2 at Hamilton 3Toronto 6 at Peterborough 6Fri. Jan. 6Peterborough 5 at Niagara Falls 5Sat. Jan. 7Montreal 2 at Oshawa 5Sun. Jan. 8Peterborough 4 at St. Catharines 4Oshawa 0 at Montreal 6London 6 at Toronto 4Niagara Falls 4 at Kitchener 4GAMES TO COMETues. Jan. 10Kitchener at LondonThurs. Jan. 12Niagara Falls at HamiltonMontreal at PeterboroughFri. Jan. 13Hamilton at Niagara FallsOshawa at KitchenerPeterborough at TorontoSat. Jan. 14St. Catharines at OshawaSun. Jan. 15Niagara Falls at MontrealKitchener at St. CatharinesOshawa at TorontoHamilton at Peterborough<h2>OHA Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04214/2553171-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="623" height="539"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03249/2553216-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="298" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Myre</figcaption></div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;For most hockey teams, particularly those in the junior series, there&rsquo;s just nothing like playing on home ice.They may pick up the odd victory in enemy territory but it&rsquo;s in the snug surroundings of their own rink with the fans bellowing their support that they usually excel.Last week for instance London Nationals defeated Montreal Can-adiens 8-5, Peterborough downed Niagara Falls 7-4, Toronto Marlboros edged Kitchener Rangers 3-2 and even the Oshawa Generals, who have been hard pressed to pick up points anywhere this season, salvaged a 6-6 draw with the Marlboros.All those winning teams and the Generals were on home ice as they added points to their league record.However, Niagara Falls Flyers and St. Catharines Black Hawks aren&rsquo;t too sure that their own buildings give them any particular advantage.New Year&rsquo;s Day the Flyers played in St. Catharines and with the league&rsquo;s leading scorer Derek Sanderson scoring three times, swamped the Hawks 9-3.That was the worst defeat suffered by the St. Catharines team all season.Less than 24 hours later the same two teams met in the Falls and the Hawks promptly reversed their performance of the previous day, defeating Niagara Falls 5-3 thanks to two-goal efforts from Maurice Labbe and Steve Latino-vich and a strong goaltending display by Larry Holmes.The split left the two Niagara District clubs tied in fifth place, five points from the league-leading Toronto Marlboros.Kitchener Rangers, like their National Hockey League affiliates the New York Rangers, went into a minor mid-season slump.Two days before losing 3-2 in Toronto they were shut out by Niagara Falls 5-0 with the Flyers&rsquo; rookie netminder Phil Myre recording his first perfect game in junior A hockey.The double setback combined with the three of a possible four points picked up by Toronto moved the Marlboros into first place for the first time this season.The points race indicates that just because a team may have some prolific scorers it doesn&rsquo;t necessarily follow that the club will be in the first division.Of the top seven players listed by statistician Doug Austin, three are with fifth place Niagara Falls, three with eighth place Peterborough and only one with second position London Nationals.&mdash;Flyer center Sanderson continues to lead the way with 22 goals, 31 assists for 53 points and is also tops in penalties with 119 minutes.Garry Unger, the Saskatoon native with London is second with 44 points on a league high of 24 goals plus 20 assists.Jim Lorentz, second string Niagara Falls center, made the largest gain of the week, adding 12 points to his total for 43 points and third place in the nine-team group.Gary Monahan and John Van-derburg of Peterborough are even with 42 points each. &#9632;

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Home Ice Proves Magic As Mar lies Grab Lead

<div class="byline">By TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON. Mass.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-01183/2553254-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="295" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Murray Oliver</figcaption></div>As the National Hockey League approached the halfway point in the season there was one answer to the plight of the Bruins who reached a peak of futility with one win in 18 games to land in the cellar.It was apparent that the guys who figured to do it for the Bruins this season, haven&rsquo;t.&ldquo;I have to agree,&rdquo; said Coach Harry Sinden, &ldquo;they haven&rsquo;t done it particularly in the scoring department.&rdquo;With only 33 goals in 18 games against 69 for the opposition, Sin-den&rsquo;s agreement was mild. But it was hardly necessary for him to point out the figures alongside the names of Johnny Bucyk and Murray Oliver.As the two oldest members of the Bruins in point of service, these two veterans were expected to provide the stabilizing influence for the more youthful players on the squad.In each of the last five seasons they have provided the Bruins&rsquo; 1-2 scoring punch, and there was no reason to suspect they would do other than that this year.With a 17-goal output over the second half of last season Bucyk has equalled his previous NHL high of 27 while Oliver had topped the Bruins list with 18 goals and 42 assists for 60 points.Moreover Bucyk had reported to training camp in the best physical condition of his career and he was named the Bruins captain.Yet until he suffered a charley horse during the last week of December that put him on the bench, Bucyk had scored only six goals and had but eight assists in 28 games.Oliver had missed only one of the first 33 games due to a broken toe but he had scored only three goals and 10 assists.The gravity of the Bucyk-Oliver slumps can be seen from The scoring of some of the other Bruins.Ron Stewart, Johnny McKenzie and Pit Martin each had nine goals to his credit. This compared favorably with the 20, 19, and 17 they scored respectively over the full schedule a year ago.In addition Wayne Connelly had scored 10, Bobby Orr had scored seven, while Ron Murphy and Ron Schock each had six.It is true that Tommy Williams had failed to score a point up to this point after registering 38 (16-22) last year, but Williams had seen limited action in only nine games to a training camp knee injury.Defensively the Bruins have been considerably stronger than a year ago. After 33 games in the 1965-66 season they had yielded 145 goals to the opposition. This year the total is l18.The improvement on offense has not been commensurate, however. For they have scored only 81 goals this year compared with 73 last year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-02169/2553247-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="608" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY BUCYK&hellip; Not Coming Through</figcaption></div>Of course the eight additional games has given them a 7-19-7 record this year against the 6-24-3 of a year ago but this still has not been enough to keep them out of the cellar.And it seems the only way they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps is for Bucyk and Oliver to break out in a sudden scoring rash. &#9632;

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Scoring Letdown Main Cause Of Bruins’ Plight

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Bobby Orr, rated one of the best defenseman ever to come out of Canadian junior hockey ranks, is going to remain just that, a defenseman.Orr, who was moved up to try his hand as a center for several games, has been retourned to defense.The sensational 18-year-old did a creditable job in the strange position, setting up a couple of goals but coach Harry Sinden feels he is a greater asset on defense. He handles the puck more moving it out of his own end better than anyone else on the team and he also sets up more plays from the point.Tommy Williams rejoined the club after spending a week in the hospital to rest the ligaments of his right knee and after pushing himself through two workouts a day, one with the Bruins and the other with the Eastern Olympnc hockey squad is expected to be back in the lineup this weekend.Glen Sather, who was called up from Oklahoma City when Johnny Bucyk and Ron Murphy were injured, has been returned to the Central League. Bucyk is expected back soon but Murphy will miss a couple of more weeks with a dislocated and cracked shoulder. Williams is due to alternate at wing and center. &#9632;

Sinden Says Rookie Orr To Remain A Defenseman

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The first coaching change of the 1966-67 season took place last week as the last-place Montreal Canadiens replaced Leo Bossy with former mentor Claude Ruel.The Baby Habs responded to their new coach by whipping Hamilton 6-4 in Ruel&rsquo;s first game behind the bench.The new Canadiens&rsquo; coach is not exactly new to the club. He once played in the Junior OHA with the Habs before suffering an eye injury that eventually terminated his hockey career. &#9632;

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