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March 4, 1967
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Gulls’ Fred Hilts Wanderer—But Scorer, Too
SAN DIEGO, Calif.— Fred Hilts is a slender 27-year-old left-winger who has bounced around in his nine years as a pro. He has played for eight teams in four leagues, but never for a team in the big leagues. Three times he has played for two different teams in two different leagues in the same season. Under the circumstances, it is amazing Hilts knows where to sleep each night, much less where the goal is. But he does know where the goal is. The 5-11, 165-pounder has scored 29, 32, 39 and 45 goals in various minor-league campaigns. He shifted from Pittsburgh of the American League to Memphis of the Central League to start last season, scored eight goals in 25 games, then was transferred to Portland of the Western League, where…
Hockey Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS 1—Pictured player. 7—Nickname of CPHL team. 9—Pictured player never played…… hockey, (abbr.) 10—First name of 19 down. 12—1st professional owners of Stanley Cup. (init.) 14—Initials of NHL Manager. 15—Number of playoff goals scored by ex-hawk Mosien-ko. 16—Girl’s name. 17—Many Canadians play hockey in this country, (abbr) 18—Initials of Edestrand of Rochester. 19—Same as 18 across. 20—Short for first name of Topoll. 21—Initials of Ranger captain. 22—Montreal forward. 25—Initials of Rochester forward. 26—Denotes number worn by Dennis Hull. 27—Negative answer. 28—Detroit scored 221 in 65-66. (abbr.) 29—One of the Rangers answers to this. 30—This Ranger hails from Big River Sask. DOWN 1—1961-62 Hart Trophy winner. 2—New NHL entry. 3—Type of tree. 4—15th and 12th letters of the alphabet. 5—Nickname of AHL team. 6—One of the Hershey Bears. 8—19th and 22nd letters of the alphabet. 11—Number of NHL games 19 down played in last season. 13—Scored 22 goals for Detroit in 65-66. 19—One of the St. Louis Braves. 20—Initials of 20 Across. 23—One of…
Western League Summaries
Tues. Feb. 14 SAN DIEGO 3 at VANCOUVER 7 FIRST PERIOD 1—Vancouver, Cahan (Vejprava, Maloney).. 5:09 2—Vancouver, Popein (Watson)…… 6:17 3—Vancouver, Cahan (Johns, Duke)…… 9:32 4—Vancouver Vejprava (Maloney, Popein) 18:05 Penalties: MacMillan 3:38, Watson 4:46, McNabb 8:08, Nicholson 17:34. SECOND PERIOD 5—San Diego, Ronson (Hynes)…… 3:10 6—San Diego, MacMillan (Gustafson, Watson)…… 18:50 7—Vancouver, Picard (Boehm, Popein)…… 19:40 Penalties: Dufour 1:22, MacMillan 11:39. THIRD PERIOD 8—San Diego, Hynes (Ronson, Sinclair) 5:40 9—Vancouver, Watson (Picard, Duke)…… 5:59 10—Vancouver, Popein (Boehm, Maloney).. 9:40 Penalties: Boehm 4:14, Watson 9:14 McNabb 11:08, Blackburn 16:03. Saves: Champoux 27, Simmons 10. Attendance: 2,320. Wed. Feb. 15 VICTORIA 4 at CALIFORNIA 1 FIRST PERIOD 1—Victoria, Wilcox (Polonic)…… 5:00 Penalties: Hucul 7:26, Swarbrick 15:03, Erickson 15:27. SECOND PERIOD 2—Victoria, Carmichael (Erickson, Hebenton)…… 8:05 Penalties: La8rosse 4:17, Mantha 7:23, Evans 11:34, Lamoureux 12:19. THIRD PERIOD 3—Victoria, Labadie (Jankowski, Barlow)…… 7:28 4—Victoria. Carmichael (Marcetta, Labadie)…… 9:10 5—California, Burns (Odrowski)…… 11:32 Penalty: Lamoureux 13:03. Saves: Smith 24, Henderson 23. Attendance: 4,887. Thurs. Feb. 16 PORTLAND 5 at LOS…
Bobby Hull Fires Most NHL Shots
MONTREAL, Que.— Who shoots the puck the most in the National Hockey League? You guessed it. Bobby Hull of the Black Hawks. Hull, as he has done for the last few seasons, again took the most shots on goal. In 46 games, he fired 218 times at enemy nets. His percentage of 15.6 is the highest of his career, including last season when he scored 54 goals on 352 shots. Following are the players who took the most shots during the first two-thirds of this season: Bobby Hull, 218 shots, 34 goals, 15.6 per cent; Gordie Howe, Detroit, 204 shots, 15 goals, 7.4 per cent; Stan Mikita, Chicago, 185 shots, 25 goals, 13.5 per cent; Norm Ullman, Detroit, 178 shots, 20 goals, 11.3 per cent; Henri Richard, Montreal, 158 shots, 9 goals, 5.7 per…
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