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March 18, 1967

The Hockey News March 18, 1967

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IN THIS ISSUE

How They Stand

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02513/2370709-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="392" height="472"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03387/2370702-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="294" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Pulford</figcaption></div>&bull; BOBBY HULL took 277 shots on goal in scoring his 47 goals. This gives the Chicago scoring sensation a shooting percentage of 17.1, highest of his career and an increase from the 15.3 percent he had last season when he fired 352 shots in scoring 54 goals &hellip; He averages 4.8 shots per game and has had at least one shot on goal in every game played this season&hellip; Rumours persist that there is trouble in the camp of the Quebec Aces. Coach Phil Watson is reported to have had several conferences with the Aces&rsquo; brass&hellip; Bob Pulford finishing the season on a strong note for Toronto after a disappointing first half. Trade talk between Toronto and Boston involving Pulford has subsided&hellip; Two Kitchener teams walked off with the silverware in the fourth annual Washington, D.C. International Invitational Hockey Tournament. For the third year in a row Kitchener Krauts won the squirt title while the pee wee All-Stars were victorious in their first appearance&hellip; The current issue of Sport magazine has a fine article explaining the unexpected rise of the Rangers as a direct result of the rapid development of Rod Gilbert. The feature is titled: &ldquo;Rod Gilbert: The Miracle on 49th St.&rdquo;&hellip; Plenty of good reading for every hockey fan in the March issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL&hellip; &ldquo;A Day in the Life of a Hockey Wife,&rdquo; a photo story on Jill Mikita, with Stan and children, taken on the day of a game, will appeal to female readers of hockey&hellip; Oldtime fans will enjoy the six-page flashback story on Butch Bouchard: Basher to Boniface.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04270/2370695-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="304" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption></div>&bull; BRUCE NORRIS, Detroit owner, has a three-year-old thoroughbred racing in Florida. The horse was named Boot Nose after Sid Abel, the Wings&rsquo; General Manager-Coach &hellip; It looks right now as if the Wings will miss the Stanley Cup playoffs this year&hellip; The way Toronto and Montreal have played of late Detroit&rsquo;s chances seem pretty remote &hellip; It took Punch Imlach exactly 10 minutes to go from the Toronto General Hospital to Maple Leaf Gardens when he was discharged from the hospital the other day&hellip; He worked over two hours at his desk before going home&hellip; Toronto&rsquo;s Terry Sawchuk broke into tears as he was skating off the ice following his 100th NHL shutout. He was overcome by the tremendous ovation of the 15,981 fans on hand. He recorded his first shutout on January 15, 1950, against Boston. His 25th was also against Boston, on November 13, 1952. His 50th was against the Leafs as Detroit and Toronto tied, 0-0. The date was January 3, 1954. The 75th shutout took place on February 12, 1959 as the Red Wings blanked New York, 10&hellip; and of course, Chicago were the victims, 3-0, for the century mark&hellip; It&rsquo;s not often Chicago, highest scoring team in the NHL, is kept off the score sheet &hellip; Ed Enos, the energetic athletic director at Loyola College in Montreal, has done a great job in organizing and improving major sports at the famed institute of learning on Sherbrooke St. West&hellip; Ed is a great booster of David Molson, president of the Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Forum, for his work and cooperation in staging the first annual Canadian college tournament last Christmas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05223/2370688-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="290" height="390"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Harris</figcaption></div>&bull; THIS YEAR&rsquo;S playoffs will mark the 12th year in a row that Toe Blake has coached Montreal Canadiens into the post-schedule playdowns, and hockey&rsquo;s most successful coach is looking for his team to play their best hockey of the season in the Cup playoffs. &ldquo;There shouldn&rsquo;t be as much pressure on us this year, as far as being the team picked to win the Cup,&rdquo; says Blake. &ldquo;Others will probably be favored ahead of us.&rdquo;&hellip; Chicago Black Hawks will be a solid favorite to win Lord Stanley&rsquo;s ancient old mug. In fact some of the betting fraternity call the Hawks to win in eight straight&hellip; Jack Kent Cooke and Architect Charles Luckman pleased with the progress being made in the new 9 million dollar Forum currently being erected in Inglewood, California, to house sports activities, stage productions and conventions&hellip; Entrepreneur Cooke advises that 60 of the 80 pillars are already up. These pillars or columns are each 60 feet high and weigh 67 tons. They form part of the arcade around the exterior of this modern version of the great Colosseum of Ancient Rome&hellip; Billy Harris has scored 30 goals for Pittsburgh Hornets this season in the AHL which makes the 31-year-old center a cinch to earn a place on one of the six NHL expansion clubs&hellip; Billy also operates one of hockey&rsquo;s finest summer hockey schools&hellip; Ralph Mellanby, talented sports producer at MacLaren Advertising, has done a standout job in improving NHL telecasts in Canada. Biggest improvement has been in the between-periods shows&hellip; Dan Kelly, who shares calling the Canadiens&rsquo; play-by-play over radio with Danny Gallivan, doing a top notch job as back-up man to Gallivan&hellip; Our old golfing partner and one of sport&rsquo;s grandest guys, Frank J. Shaughnessy, had his left leg amputated above the knee in Montreal last week. The 83-year-old former president of the International Baseball League had been stricken by a circulatory ailment and doctors found it necessary to remove the limb. Shag played a key role in major sports activities, both in Canada and the United States, for over 60 years. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By JOE GORDON</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;The big guns are silent.Just when it appeared the Pittsburgh Hornets were on their way to setting a number of team and league records the club hit a scoring drought and went throught a six game winless streak.During the goal famine the Western Division leaders tallied just eight goals in the half dozen games. Little wonder why they picked up just one point via a tie while losing the other five times out.And it&rsquo;s the team&rsquo;s leading scorers who can&rsquo;t seem to find the range. During this stretch Don McKenney, Ted Taylor and Parker MacDonald have failed to score. Billy Harris, Duke Harris and Terry Gray have notched just one tally apiece.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05389/2371298-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="292" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Parker MacDonald</figcaption></div>While they still hold a wide lead in the Western Division race over the defending champion Rochester Americans it could hardly be termed a comfortable one. It is still possible for the Amerks to overtake the Hornets although unlikely unless the Pittsburgh tailspin would continue for some time to come.In explaining the lack of scoring, Hornet General Manager-Coach Baz Bastien isn&rsquo;t upset or puzzled by the sudden turn of events. &ldquo;Look, you can&rsquo;t go through an entire 72 game season and not have a slump or two,&rdquo; he says rather emphatically. &#9632;

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Bastien Confident Hornets Will Snap Goal, Win Slump

<div class="byline">By DAVE SHOIHET</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-01170/2371929-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="305" height="269"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-02159/2371922-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="415" height="319"></div>CORNWALL, Ont.&mdash;Left-winger Jovan Marich is a cinch to be on everyone&rsquo;s all-star team in the Central Junior A Hockey League this season.The Massena N.Y.-born Marich finished in third spot in the league&rsquo;s scoring parade this season with 86 points including 46 goals.This is his last season in junior hockey and word has it that he, along with goaltender Harold Murphy, will be asked to try out with Tulsa Oilers of the Central Pro League next year. Marich is property of Toronto Maple Leafs.Marich is the only U.S.-born player in the league and is still an American citizen. With this status Jovan has something else in mind before accepting any pro hockey offers.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m hoping to tryout for the U.S. Olympic team next year,&rdquo; Marich related. &ldquo;This is my real preference&hellip; I won&rsquo;t touch a pro contract until I find out how I make out with the U.S. squad.&rdquo;Marich has been a sort of hot-and-cold type of player this season. He had 36 goals in his first 27 games&mdash;then suddenly faded.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-03150/2371915-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="537" height="1001"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOVAN MARICH&hellip; Eyes Olympic Team</figcaption></div>&ldquo;After we clinched the league title, I guess I just lost interest&hellip; I just took it easy,&rdquo; Marich explained.Marich started playing organized hockey at the age of eight in Massena N.Y. a city of 16,000 across the St. Lawrence River from Cornwall.He played in both bantam and peewee leagues before coming to the city&rsquo;s minor hockey setup.When he graduated from juvenile ranks he joined the Brockville Braves of the Central Junior A League and played with them for 2&frac12; seasons before joining the Royals late last season. In his second year at Brockville he scored 30 goals.Marich is one of the smoothest skaters in the league and has a shift that is good enough to fake most goalies right out of their skates.He rates Wayne Thomas of Ottawa Caps and Gary Doyle of Smiths Falls as the two toughest goaltenders he has faced all season.What&rsquo;s in the cards for Jovan Marich? No one knows for sure. But this most scouts agree&hellip; he does have a great future in hockey whether it be on the pro level or on the U.S. Olympic team.He&rsquo;s one U.S. import that made a success at Canada&rsquo;s national game. &#9632;

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U.S. Import Jovan Marich Makes Good In Canadian Hockey

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01414/2371981-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="585" height="433"></div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVol. 20&mdash;No. 23 MONTREAL, MARCH 18, 1967 Price 20&#576;CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks have laid to rest once and for all the legendary curse of Pete Muldoon that has haunted them since 1927.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0441/2371974-1-eng-US/cover-042.jpg" title="Cover-04" width="293" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Reay</figcaption></div>The story goes that Muldoon, the Hawks&rsquo; first coach when they joined the NHL in 1926-27, was fired after one year on the job and swore he would get his revenge by putting a curse on them. Chicago, he said, would never win the NHL championship.It is probably only coincidental, but the Hawks never did win the regular season title after Muldoon&rsquo;s fabled threat until this past week when they clinched their first NHL pennant in the 61st game of the 70-game schedule.Coach Billy Reay had the distinction of bringing the city of Chicago its initial NHL championship, the earliest a team had locked up the title since Montreal Canadiens did it in 1959-60, also in 61 games.<h2>NHL &lsquo;Bad Man&rsquo; Not To Be Trifled With On Ice</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02297/2371967-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1157" height="1469"><figcaption class="caption-body">Detroit goaler ROGER CROZIER, left, keeps an eye on the puck of the league&rsquo;s most bruising forward, &rsquo;Bad Man&rsquo; JOHN FERGU Ferguson has become the league&rsquo;s most penalized and feared winger is also threatening the club&rsquo;s own penalty mark of 167 Ferguson is still ahead of his goal-scoring output of last season.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03120/2371960-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="1161" height="1481"><figcaption class="caption-body">during a recent NHL game. Moments later Roger felt the wrath SON of Montreal, who swept in and bowled Crozier over, player with 156 minutes. The fiery, hard-nosed Canadiens&rsquo; left set by Lou Fontinato in 1961-62. In spite of his roughness.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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HAWKS CHASE ‘MULDOON’ HEX

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01551/2370395-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="521" height="545"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENNIS DEJORDY&hellip; Chicago Goaler</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02527/2370388-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="525" height="533"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY HOWELL&hellip; Ranger Defenseman</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03461/2370381-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="521" height="545"><figcaption class="caption-body">TIM HORTON&hellip; Toronto Defenseman</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04338/2370374-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="525" height="533"><figcaption class="caption-body">NORM ULLMAN &hellip; Detroit Pivot</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05236/2370367-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="529" height="537"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB ROUSSEAU&hellip; Montreal Right Wing</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06148/2370360-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="533" height="537"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL&hellip; Chicago Left Wing</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;If you have always longed to pick a big league all-star team and compare it with the experts, here is your big chance.THE HOCKEY NEWS last week launched the voting for its 20th annual National Hockey League all-star selections and invites its thousands of readers and fans throughout the world to participate in the poll.Merely clip the ballot shown below, read the voting regulations carefully and then fill in your selections. It&rsquo;s simple and it can be fun.As has been the custom in the past, you are requested to pick a first and second NHL all-star team, printing the names of the players carefully on the ballot.Remember, you are also afforded a chance to cast a vote for the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie and most valuable player of the year. It&rsquo;s all contained in your ballot.The most important thing is to get your votes in so your favorite players are not left out.The faster you get them in the sooner we can tabulate them too. This is the only known hockey poll whereby you the public are able to participate in selecting NHL All-Stars.It doesn&rsquo;t matter who you vote for&mdash;but vote!The ballot will appear in three issues only and your team will be announced in THE HOCKEY NEWS dated April 8.Remember, if one of your favorites should fail to gain a berth on the Fans&rsquo; All-Star team by the margin of just a few points, it could be because you didn&rsquo;t send that ballot in as you had intended. So right now, while it&rsquo;s still fresh in your mind, fill out the ballot on this page and mail it right away to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 320, 1434 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Fans this is a real challenge. THE HOCKEY NEWS is both pleased and proud to afford its many thousands of readers the opportunity to select the NHL all-star teams.Do you think you can match the experts? In past years, our fan poll very often has exceeded the selections of the hockey men who make a specialty ofpicking such dream teams. Our record in the past speaks for itself.Get in on the fun. Try to outguess the experts! &#9632;

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Hockey News Invites Fans To Pick NHL All-Stars

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;At least two members of the Montreal Canadiens can feel a sense of satisfaction about the current hockey season.Claude Larose and Yvan Cournoyer are. both ahead of last year&rsquo;s pace. Larose had 17 goals in 58 games, after having finished last season with 15 markers. Cournoyer&rsquo;s total was 21 goals in 58 games, making him the only Canadien at that point to have scaled the 20-goal plateau this season. Last year, Yvan had 18 goals all told. &#9632;

Only Two Hobs Improve Marks

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:NATIONAL LEAGUEDETROIT&mdash;Bob Falkeh-berg, defenseman, and George Gardner, goalkeeper, recalled from Pittsburgh of AHL. Hank Bassen, goalkeeper, Warren Godfrey, defenseman, and Ab McDonald, forward, sent to Pittsburgh. Doug Roberts and Gerry Abel, forwards, called up from Memphis of CPHL.BOSTON&mdash;Ross Lons- berry, forward, called up from Oklahoma City of CPHL.TORONTO&mdash;Kent Douglas, defenseman, and Bruce Gamble, goalkeeper, transferred from Tulsa of CPHL to Rochester of AHL.NEW YORK&mdash;Rod Seiling, defenseman, called up from Baltimore of AHL.AMERICAN LEAGUEHERSHEY&mdash;John Henderson, goalkeeper, recalled from California of WHL.ROCHESTER&mdash;Wayne Carleton, forward, called up from Tulsa of CPHL. Mike Corrigan and Red Armstrong, forwards, sent to Tulsa.WESTERN LEAGUEVICTORIA&mdash;Gary Smith, goalkeeper, secured from Rochester of AHL.SEATTLE&mdash;Jim Paterson, forward, obtained from Houston of CPHL.VANCOUVER&mdash;Wayne Mosdell, defenseman, secured from Springfield of AHL on loan.PORTLAND &mdash;Wally Boyer, forward, returned to Chicago of NHL.CALIFORNIA&mdash;Bob Gray, goalkeeper, signed from inactive list.CENTRAL LEAGUEOMAHA&mdash;Jim Eagle, defenseman, secured from San Diego of WHL on loan. Bill Fairbum, forward, returned to Brandon Juniors after five-game pro tryoutTULSA&mdash;Gary Unger, forward, secured from London of Junior OHA on five-game pro tryout. &#9632;

Movements of Players

1&mdash;Anyone is eligible to cast ballots for the National Hockey League All-Star Team, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming first and second team, as well as MVP and Outstanding Rookie.2&mdash;The ballots will run for three weeks. Final ballot will appear in the issue dated March 25, 1967.3&mdash;Use blanks published in THE HOCKEY NEWS, or reasonable facsimile or tracings of same if you do not wish to deface your copy. Be sure to fill in your own name and address.4&mdash;Ballots must be mailed&mdash;to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 320, 1434 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal, Que. Can. &#9632;

Here’s The Voting Regulations

<div class="byline">By GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01551/2370512-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="369" height="445"></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;A ray of hope, in the person of Henri Richard, has been offsetting some of the gloom in the lives of the Montreal Cana-diens, recently.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02444/2370505-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="277" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ralph Backstrom</figcaption></div>The little Pocket Rocket has been showing a return to the kind of form that stamped him as one of the top pivots in the business. Since late February, he&rsquo;s been skating with much of his oldtime verve and handling the puck with class and confidence. In a recent four-game stretch Henri picked up six points, went both ways and ignited his linemates Claude Provost and Gilles Tremblay, who picked up seven points between them.The performance of the little Rocket once again brought home the truth that Canadiens&rsquo; strength comes through the center. With Henri wheeling and dealing at mid-ice, the Canadiens looked something like the team of other years &hellip; rather than like a collection of individuals masking as deTending league and Stanley Cup champions.Says Toe Blake: &ldquo;It could be that Henri is starting to move and, if that&rsquo;s the case, he&rsquo;ll definitely give us a lift. We certainly could use one. However, I don&rsquo;t think Henri can be expected to do it all by himself. We need three producing lines and to get them we have to have three producing centers.&rdquo;Blake is understandably concerned over the lack of production from his other two pivots, Jean Beliveau and Ralph Backstrom. Beliveau in particular has been having a bad time of it, for, after returning to action last January 28th following an eye injury, Big Jean scored just four goals in his next 19 games. Curiously, he scored those four goals in the first four games he played, after coming off the shelf. He counted a goal apiece against New York, Boston, Toronto and Chicago, the latter game being on February 4th. Then he flattened out, and went 15 games in a row without scoring at all.&ldquo;I really don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s the matter,&rdquo; said Beliveau, recently. &ldquo;Perhaps I&rsquo;m pressing in front of the net, or passing the puck instead of shooting. It could be many things. All I know is that there&rsquo;s a lot of pressure to break out of this slump, but it&rsquo;s a different kind of pressure from other years. It&rsquo;s not the same kind of pressure that comes from winning a lot of games and being expected to win more. I&rsquo;m used to that, because I&rsquo;ve had it most of my career. But, this is different.&rdquo;Toe Blake is equally mystified. &ldquo;As far as Big Jean not being able to score is concerned,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;I not only don&rsquo;t understand it, I can hardly believe it.&rdquo;The situation is a bit different as far as Ralph Backstrom is concerned, however. Where Beliveau had played only 41 games up to March 11th, Backstrom had played fifty-seven. His 10 goals over that stretch were the result of plain tightening up whenever he had a scoring opportunity.&ldquo;He works hard and he skates hard,&rdquo; said Blake, &ldquo;but when he gets a break in on goal, you can practically see the wheels starting to turn in his head and you know he&rsquo;s tensing up, mentally. He&rsquo;s just not making the most of his opportunities.&rdquo;Backstrom may sit out a game as the result of a pulled groin muscle, picked up in a recent game against Toronto.&ldquo;It happened when I changed skates,&rdquo; Ralph explained. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d broken the blade on my old skates and went with a new pair. I guess I hadn&rsquo;t broken them in properly, because they didn&rsquo;t grip the ice surface and caused my feet to shoot apart suddenly. The result was strained groin muscles.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03294/2370498-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="2374" height="1812"><figcaption class="caption-body">Starry little HENRI RICHARD, right, battles Detroit&rsquo;s GORDIE HOWE and LEO BOIVIN for puck in recent game.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Tiny Henri Richard Carrying Load As Beliveau, Backstrom Let Down

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Because of a man&rsquo;s obsession for hockey and its enormous statistical data, the National Hockey League today has in its possession one of the finest and most thorough publications dealing with the celebrated Stanley Cup playoffs.The man in question is Charles L. Coleman, an Ottawa native who confesses his interest in hockey began at the tender age of nine and never quite subsided for the next 56 years.Today Coleman is the mayor of the peaceful Quebec summer community of North Hatley and the recent publication of his book, &ldquo;The Trail of the Stanley Cup&rdquo;, is the realization of 30 years of research and concentration to compile the exploits and records of professional hockey&rsquo;s great spring classic. &ldquo;It was a labor of love.&rdquo; says Coleman.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01614/2370543-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="544" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHARLES L. COLEMAN</figcaption></div>The NHL arranged with Coleman to put his work in book form and this year&mdash;the 50th anniversary of the league&mdash;distributed a very limited 1,000 copies of the leather-bound volume to press, radio, television and executive associates of the league.The NHL has made it clear that the book is not available for public sale.The author has spent years researching newspaper files across the country in an effort to get the true Stanley Cup playoff picture. There were endless interviews with players which Coleman conducted personally.&ldquo;I have found the most reliable information to be published the day after the incident,&rdquo; said Coleman. &ldquo;The same story described 10 years later invariably becomes distorted and tends to lead to endless argument.&rdquo;Over the years Coleman corresponded with newspaper reporters, who, he said, had been very cooperative in accepting material he had sent them that corrected a story or record carried in their paper or stories.Since his book has been published, he has had several queries but so far has been able to satisfy the challengers with the facts as he has presented them. Coleman said many people have contended that he misplaced a player or some feat of legendary scoring. But this has not been so.Coleman said it has been suggested that the next volume of his Stanley Cup history might bridge the gap from 1927 to 1946. But he says this concerns a remote era and he isn&rsquo;t quite sure it would have the same appeal to the young hockey fans of today. However, should a widespread demand for a second book arise, he said he may consider working on one.The author himself is a family man. He has four children, three grandchildren and his son is doing post-graduate work at McGill University. He was married to the former Jane Ireland of Montreal, who has travelled with him during some of his research work.Coleman says he never played hockey other than on the intramural level at McGill. He likes to travel and plans to make a trip this year to some unknown parts of the world. Since his retirement, he makes one safari a year to Europe. He has also visited Africa.Coleman disclosed that work on his hockey records was by no means a continuous project but quite intermittent. There were lapses over the years, but nevertheless, he said he always found it interesting and never boring as some statisticians discover in time.&ldquo;The first big game I saw was Ottawa vs. Wanderers, Feb. 21st. 1914 at the old Wood Avenue arena west of the present Forum. Ottawa took an awful pasting that night and one of my idols, Percy Lesueur, was replaced in the second period by Clint Benedict. However, from then on whenever I could importune a kind uncle or scratch up 50 if myself, I followed the N.H.A. and later the N.H.L.&rdquo;, he said.&ldquo;I had a chat with Mervyn Dutton shortly after he became president of the N.H.L. and discovered that no records existed of very early leagues, very incomplete and poor ones of the N.H.A. and the N.H.L. not much better up to 1927. I guess this is when I got stung with the bee and adopted the compilation of these early records as a regular hobby.&ldquo;It was not long after this I met Ken Mckenzie and Clarence Campbell. Clarence was keenly interested in the project and encouraged me to set my target on a book. However, I had my work to look after and the project became an on-and-off relaxation for about twenty years.&ldquo;After my retirement in 1957, I had more time to devote to this hobby, although I still got sidetracked with photography, lapidary work, housebuilding or a lengthy trip.&rdquo;Coleman said it was rewarding when his book became published. &#9632;

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Love For Game, Facts Drove Author To Compile Stanley Cup Records

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Sid Abel&rsquo;s in the numbers racket this year but before calling the cops, these numbers involve players, not bets.With 10 games left on the schedule the Red Wing coach had used 37 different players this season and in his other hat as general manager he&rsquo;d made 64 personnel switches. A number of players went up and down several times.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02572/2370574-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="281" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce MacGregor</figcaption></div>Injuries were responsible for most of the maneuvering that kept the program vendors busy.Paul Henderson was the latest victim and it&rsquo;s been a tough season for the 24-year-old left wing. He missed one-quarter of the year with a throat ailment and then pulled a groin muscle during a workout to miss several games.Linemate Norm Ullman missed two games and then played some with a fractured rib but he wasn&rsquo;t the Ullman the Wings depend on.Most of the Wings are having poor seasons but not Bruce MacGregor. MacGregor scored his 21st and 22nd goals in a 5-3 victory over Boston and this is his best production in six NHL seasons.Only in America Dept.: Howe will be a guest on that &ldquo;Will the real So-and-So stand up, please&rdquo; TVer&hellip; a couple of years ago Howe was interviewed on the &ldquo;Today&rdquo; show and the interviewer had no idea who Howe was or what sport he played. &#9632;

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Injuries Force Wings’ Abel To Employ 37 Hockey Players

<div class="byline">By BILL LIBBY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01572/2370626-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Architect CHARLES LUCKMAN, left, discusses current progress of nine million dollar Forum with owner JACK KENT COOKE. Lavish new arena will be built in suburban Inglewood, Calif and should be ready for NHL expansion by Jan. 1, 1968.</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES, Calif.&mdash;In the offices of Jack Kent Cooke in the swank Beverly Hilton Hotel In plush Beverly Hills there are very few signs that a new hockey club is being formed. The only full-time hockey employee, Larry Regan, is operating out of Toronto, and is seldom there, as he usually is scouting in the field. Ed Fitkin, the ace publicist, who was hired to assist Cooke in his new hockey endeavour. but has not yet had time to send out a press release, has found himself up to his ears in laying groundwork for Cooke&rsquo;s new soccer club, the Zorros, and was startled recently to find himself named the general manager of that outfit. &ldquo;I thought I promoted my last soccer in Toronto,&rdquo; Fitkin sighed.Cooke probably will name Regan his hockey general manager. &ldquo;He works as hard as I do,&rdquo; says Jack, admiringly, of Larry, whose rise seems to be rapid, to say the least. Portland&rsquo;s Hal Laycoe declined the coaching job last summer. It has been discussed with Hershey&rsquo;s Frank Mathers and Vancouver&rsquo;s Bert Olmstead, among others, but they are no longer in the picture. Names like New York&rsquo;s Bernie Geoffrion and Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe are mentioned, but the job almost certainly will go to a defenseman now in the NHL and the announcement may have to be delayed until his team&rsquo;s Stanley Cup activities, if any, are done.The new team has a name, the Kings. It has an emblem, a crown. It has colors, royal purple and gold. It does not have uniforms yet, but the lovely Mrs. Cooke is knitting away. It does not have a manager or a coach, but should have them by May. It does not have any players, but these will be coming with the expansion draft this summer. Cooke wants a young team, which will not average much more than 25 years of age. &ldquo;I could stand losing for awhile,&rdquo; the controversial owner says. &ldquo;I want to build a winner that will endure for years to come.&rdquo; The new team has fans. A startling 3,000 season tickets have been ordered before the selling push has begun.The new team does not have a home yet, but will have one. The Roman-like Forum, located in suburban Inglewood, adjacent to the Hollywood Park horse-racing emporium, is rising and should be completed by Jan. 1, 1968. It will be a spacious and attractive house, Cooke&rsquo;s pride and joy, privately financed by the millionaire forty times over, though possibly with the help of such country stores as Richfield Oil and Sears-Roebuck. &ldquo;Seeing it go up is the biggest thrill of my life,&rdquo; Jack says.Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack has to find a place to play the first part of next season or Jack be sick.If he comes to terms kith L.A.&rsquo;s current hockey team, the Western League Blades, who are suing him for territorial infringement, he may be able to open in the Sports Arena, where the Blades play, and where the management is on about as good terms with Cooke as Dear Abbey is with Liz Taylor. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m willing to discuss an equitable settlement, and I stress the word &lsquo;equitable&rsquo;,&rdquo; Jack says. Or if the Blades should fold, Jack can probably play in the place.His basketball Lakers play there now. And Jack is pretty concerned with his eagers right now. They&rsquo;re a going concern, struggling as they head for the NBA playoffs. But the Kings and the NHL are on their way, and Cooke will find time for them, even if he has to give up his TV business and become a full-time sportsman.<h2>HOW NHL TEAMS COMPARE</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02529/2370619-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1279" height="383"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03425/2370612-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="579" height="369"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04290/2370605-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="607" height="361"></div> &#9632;

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Jack Cooke Wants Young Team For His New Los Angeles Club; Couch Likely NHL Defenseman

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01641/2370657-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></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, MARCH 18, 1967 No. 23DeJordys Are Related But Not The GilbertsHockey News Editor:Is Roger DeJordy who plays for Hershey of the AHL any relation to Denis DeJordy of the Chicago Black Hawks?And is Gil Gilbert of Hershey any relation to Rod Gilbert of the New York Rangers&rsquo;?DANA LALIBERTE,Waterville, Me.(Editor&rsquo;s note: The DeJordys are brothers from St. Hyacinthe, Que. Rod Gilbert is a Montrealer and not related to Hershey&rsquo;s Gilbert, whose first name is Jeannott. He hails from Grand Baie, Que.)Too Many Old HabsHitting Back At ClubHockey News Editor:This year&rsquo;s edition of the Montreal Canadiens are currently in fourth place in the NHL standings. Why? Well complacency, injuries and other sundry reasons have been advanced as to why they have not consistently dominated the league this year, but I believe that;a) The league teams as a whole have strengthened and improved, while Canadiens stood pat.b) There are too many Montreal Old boys playing for other NHL teams and with very few exceptions playing very well.Since expansion is coming up this year, I would like to list a team of ex-Montreal Canadiens that if played together would certainly hold their own, if not do better than some of the present NHL teams. These players either stared, played briefly, or were members of the Montreal Canadiens organization.Goal: Johnston, Maniago.Defense: Green, MacNeil, Bergman, McCord, Harvey.Center: Goyette, Marshall, Berenson.Left wing: Red Hay, Ab McDonald, Fleming.Right wing: Geoffrion, Connelly, Hicke.Alternates: Dick Gamble, Bryan Watson.Penalty killers: Fleming, Hay, Marshall, Berenson.Policemen: Green, Fleming,MacNeil, McCord.Coach and General manager: Bert Olmstead.Assistant coach: Doug Harvey.Turn this team loose in the Forum and watch the fireworks.ARNOLD SEMPLE,No Address &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By TOM MONAHAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01593/2370740-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="289" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hap Emms</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Milt Schmidt has been associated with the Bruins for 33 years as a player and executive. Now he is facing the greatest challenge of his life with a new assignment as general manager.Schmidt was handed the Job of rebuilding the Bruins into a playoff contender two weeks ago when Leighton &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; Emms announced that he will retire from his post as front office boss of the Bruins after the league meetings.The only surprising thing about the resignation of Emms was the timing of the announcement.When Hap took over as general manager after the 1964-65 season at the request of president Weston Adams, he revealed then his intention of staying on the job for only two years.&ldquo;Those two years arc up in June,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;m stepping out.&rdquo;While it is true that Emms and several of the Bruin veterans&mdash;chiefly Teddy Green, Tom Williams and Eddie Johnston&mdash;did not see eyc-to-eye at various times this season, these differences had nothing to do with Emms decision to quit.His age (62), his wife&rsquo;s health, an electrical business in Barrie, Ont., ownership of the Niagara Falls Flyers, were much greater reasons for terminating his stay with the Bruins.Nor was the appointment of Schmidt as replacement any surprise. Schmidt first came to the Bruins when he was 17 years old in the fall of 1931. He wention to become a three-time all-star center, MVP, led the Bruins to their last two Stanley Cups in 1939 and 1941 and graduated into the Hall of Fame.In two terms as coach (19551961 and 1963-1966) the highest he could get the Bruins in the standings, however, was second place in the 1958-59 season.A fierce competitor as a player, he brought the same fire to the bench and the futility of the Bruins on the ice in the last eight years has rankled him.And the fact that he is taking over the Bruins at one of the most critical periods in the club&rsquo;s history doesn&rsquo;t faze him in the least.&ldquo;The fact that the league is expanding this year makes this a critical period for us,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;But it is critical for everyone else too.&ldquo;The main thing is that we have the potential to get out of this wilderness we have been in and I don&rsquo;t think it will be any four or five years either.&ldquo;We need some muscle up front and we need some help at center and left wing. But only a couple of players can make the difference.&rdquo;Throughout his career Schmidt has been one of the most popular sport personalities. But the players who failed to put out when he was coaching felt his wrath quickly.As general Manager he has been given a free hand to run the club from Adams and the feeling is in Boston that Schmidt will use his hand freely.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think there is any significant disagreement among the players,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure there is no dissension on this club in spite of some recent talk and popping off.&ldquo;Those things are always exaggerated when a club is going poorly.&ldquo;But if there is any trouble, I&rsquo;m sure I can put a stop to it quickly.&rdquo;&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t claim to be any miracle man,&rdquo; he went on. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m certain with the full cooperation of everyone, Mr. Adams, Harry and I working together can bring about improvement in the Bruins.&rdquo; &#9632;

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New Bruin GM Schmidt Faces Big Challenge

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;One of the disappointments of the NHL year, both to Red Berenson and to the Rangers, has been the performances&mdash;or lack of them&mdash;of Red Berenson.Early in the season it appeared that Berenson would emerge as a premiere center, a leader of the Rangers and one of the higher scorers on the team.His stickhandling was a throwback to the thrilling Thirties and his puck sense had bloodhound qualities about it. He was all Ranger and you couldn&rsquo;t help but bet on him for beautiful nights ahead.&ldquo;The primary thing,&rdquo; said Berenson, &ldquo;was to have a successful year with the Rangers under my belt.&rdquo;Then, the ice caved in. He suffered a broken foot. By the end of December the foot appeared to be healed and, when the Rangers needed bodies, Berenson was rushed to Chicago where he promptly suffered a broken jaw.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02546/2370771-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="521" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED BERENSON&hellip; Not Enough Ice Time</figcaption></div>A special mask was contrived to protect the jaw. That failed and, only recently, has Berenson been able to play in reasonably good physical condition. But his mathematics is disastrous. He has no goals and five assists and has been playing sporadically.Berenson may get another break. Whether he plays or not, Red sounds optimistic about the Rangers&rsquo; future.&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ll finish second,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;unless we really go for a tailspin. In the past we&rsquo;ve shown we can come out of a bad streak, pull our pants up and go well again.&rdquo;The Rangers have little to fear from the Red Wings who are all but eliminated from a playoff berth but they are being challenged for second place by Toronto and Montreal.Conceivably, Berenson could be a factor in deciding who finishes where.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not over yet,&rdquo; says Red. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d still like to make a big contribution.&rdquo;&ldquo;I feel good,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;d feel better if I were playing a little more.&rdquo;Just why Ranger g.m. coach Emile Francis has not used Berenson&rsquo;s talents to greater advantage remains a mystery. Berenson, himself, is not about to complain.The problem is that Francis has not allowed Berenson enough ice time. Furthermore, his other centers have not been so consistent that keeping Berenson for spare duty is justified.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t blame the guy (Francis),&rdquo; says Berenson. &ldquo;I had been away from the team for a long time; and I haven&rsquo;t had a real good game since I came back.&rdquo;Francis had hoped to play Berenson between Reg Fleming and Boomer Geoffrion on Sunday night March 5, but Fleming was tossed out of the game early in the first period, thwarting that idea. &#9632;

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Broken Jaw, Foot Big Contributors To Disappointing Year For Berenson

<div class="byline">&#x2014;MONAHAN</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;ICE CHIPS&mdash;The Bruins recalled Ross Lonsberry from Oklahoma City as a replacement for Bobby Dillabough for two games last week &hellip; Dillabough suffered a minor sacroiliac condition and missed four games &hellip; The improvement of the 20-year-old &rsquo;Lonsberry over his early season work at left wing with the B&rsquo;s was noticeable &hellip; &ldquo;He handled his position well,&rdquo; said Sinden &hellip; Sinden also made another shift in the Bruins, moving Pit Martin from center to right wing &hellip; &ldquo;Pit hadn&rsquo;t been able to get going at center, and the way he can skate and shoot, I thought a shift to right wing might help him&hellip; Martin responded by scoring two goals in a 4-4 tie with the Rangers from his new position. Sinden finally took Eddie Westfall off Bobby Hull&rsquo;s back in the last game the Bruins played in Chicago this season &hellip; &ldquo;I decided to forget about Hull after Eddie held him without a shot on goal until late in the third period at Boston and we were still losing 4-1,&rdquo; said Sinden. &ldquo;Chicago has too much firepower to concentrate on stopping just one man.&rdquo; &#9632;

Lonsberry Hit In Bruin Fling

<div class="byline">By DON BIRKMAYER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01627/2370826-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="277" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Ferguson</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Boston University, Cornell, Boston College and St. Lawrence each won their elimination round games in the eastern playoffs to move on to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament in Boston Garden. Top seeded Boston University exploded for four goals in the second period to defeat eighth ranked Harvard, 6-2. Cornell, a close runner-up to B.U. in final regular season standings, bombed seventh place Brown, 11-2, while Boston College looked good in their third seeded spot with an impressive 9-2 romp over sixth ranked Clarkson. In the playoff&rsquo;s closest game fourth place St. Lawrence got by fifth place Yale as Ron Waskes&rsquo; early third period goal broke a 2-all tie&hellip; Coach Jack Kelley of top rated Boston University points with pride to his-six starting seniors as the primary reason why his Terriers have roared the past three years. Excluding goalie Wayne Ryan, four of the five have already broken the 100 point career scoring mark, with the fifth just a few points away from the &ldquo;Century Club&rdquo;&hellip; It&rsquo;s the end of a hockey era at Michigan Tech with no less than nine seniors winding up their varsity careers. Donning skates and Tech jerseys for the last time are goalies Rick Best and Tony Esposito, defensemen Mike Gorman and Bruce Riutta and forwards Colin Patterson, Wayne Weller, Bob Wilson, Gary Milroy and Bob Toothill&hellip; Coach Bill Turner of AIC in Springfield, Mass, reports the possibility of a new rink adjacent to the school campus.Brown University&rsquo;s leading scorer, junior Wayne Small from Wallaceburg, Ont., is the season&rsquo;s Ivy League scoring champion and is also closing in on a couple of the school&rsquo;s all-time scoring records. &hellip; Michigan Tech&rsquo;s late February win over Minnesota moved coach John Maclnnes into the select circle of 200 career wins. The Huskies ice boss now has an eleven year coaching record of 202 wins against 104 losses and 15 ties &hellip; Cellar dwelling Minnesota tied second place Michigan in the next to last game of the regular season despite the fact that Minnesota coach Glen Sonmor was without the services of his entire top line. Jack Dale and Denny Zacho were on the injured list while Mike Crupi sat out an automatic &ldquo;next game&rdquo; disqualification for fighting &hellip; Ohio University&rsquo;s first season of hockey as a varsity sport has been rated as highly successful. The Bobcats were 9-9 going into their last game against Boston State.Cornell&rsquo;s top scorer, Doug Ferguson, has set a new Ivy League career record of 63 points over three varsity seasons against league opponents &hellip; Amherst&rsquo;s recent 8-4 upset of Williams College was the winner&rsquo;s first victory over their arch-rival in seven years &hellip; Over thirty former Dartmouth players came back for the recent Alumni-Varsity game honoring the retirement of veteran coach Eddie Jeremiah after 29 seasons. Some 300 friends sat in on Eddie&rsquo;s testimonial dinner&hellip; Boston University sophomore Serge Boily leads his team in hat tricks with five for the season &hellip; Sophomore center Dale Watson of RPI is the national scoring leader for the regular season. The 6&rsquo;2&rdquo; Owen Sound native scored 31 goals while assisting on 34 for a total of 65 points in 24 games&hellip; The Midwest College Hockey Association&rsquo;s tournament was held in the beautiful new Bowling Green University&rsquo;s Ice Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio&hellip; Williams College&rsquo;s outstanding poshomore Skip Comstock from Buffalo was sidelined during the closing games with a leg injury. &#9632;

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Boston U. Impresses In Eastern Playoffs

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs have uncovered a new line that is giving opposing National Hockey League teams a hard time.In fact, says returning managercoach Punch Imlach, they&rsquo;re the real &lsquo;hot line&rsquo; on this club through the Leafs&rsquo; recent 12-game span that saw them win nine, tie two and lose only once.The &lsquo;PPS&rsquo; trio of course is composed of big Pete Stemkowski, Bob Pulford and Jim Pappin.&ldquo;Just check the records and you&rsquo;ll see how hot they&rsquo;ve been in our last dozen games,&rdquo; said Imlach, who returned to the team for the first time in three weeks after being hospitalized with exhaustion and what was described as a hiatus hernia.Assistant manager King Clancy, who took over from Imlach and bowed out with an auspicious 91-2, record, was impressed with the Leafs&rsquo; hard-working time.During Clancy&rsquo;s tenure behind the bench, the trio accounted for 11 goals as a unit without allowing the opposition to score once.The three have been going full belt in the Leafs&rsquo; resurgence and Imlach said he followed their progress avery game while confined to hospital. Pappin was the top man with six goals in that 12-game stretch, Pulford had five and Stemkowski, whom Imlach described as the club&rsquo;s No. 1 forward during his illness, had four. Defensively, the &lsquo;Stemmer&rsquo; was outstanding.Another valuable department where the &lsquo;PPS&rsquo; boys excelled was in the &lsquo;take out&rsquo; scheme, a set of figures that Clancy and Imlach have conceived between them to keep a line on the various forward units.In this category, the trio has made contact with enemy puck carriers on 146 occasions. Stemkowski leads with 88 take-outs, a good reason why incoming NHL forwards have learned to respect the bruising Leafs&rsquo; center and keep their heads up coming over the center red line. &#9632;

“PPS” Trio Spells Trouble, They’re Leafs’ Hot Line

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01610/2370895-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="653" height="4051"></div><h2>Final College Standings</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03515/2370888-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="613" height="1265"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04441/2370881-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="611" height="1279"></div> &#9632;

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NHL Point Race

<div class="byline">By DAN MOULTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02581/2370926-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="289" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Vasko</figcaption></div>&mdash;CHICAGO, Ill&mdash;The busy schedule at his new Foremost Liquor store on St. Charles Road in Bellwood has prevented Elmer (Moose) Vasko from a personal observation of his former teammates&rsquo; dash for the National Hockey League championship.&ldquo;But I&rsquo;ve seen every road game on television and I&rsquo;m lucky if I have a fingernail left at the end of most of them,&rdquo; said the big blond man who spent 10 seasons as a Hawk defenseman before his surprising retirement during the first days of training camp last fall.&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t be happier for the players and the fans and I only wish I could make it to the Stadium but I put in a lot of nights here and when I&rsquo;m off I like to spend as much time as possible with my family.&rdquo;Moose admits he misses the action.&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t play hockey from the time you&rsquo;re a little kid, then spend 10 seasons as a pro and not miss it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t remember myself when I wasn&rsquo;t playing hockey. It&rsquo;s kind of tough.&rdquo;He&rsquo;s found it so tough, in fact, that he says he&rsquo;d entertain thoughts of making a comeback next year if he&rsquo;s drafted from the Hawks&rsquo; list by one of the six expansion teams which will be drawing talent from the established clubs during the June meetings in Montreal.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had a couple of offers to come back since I quit but I&rsquo;ve been too busy with the store,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But if I were drafted and a good salary offer were made, I&rsquo;d certainly consider it&ldquo;I&rsquo;d keep my home here, of course, under any conditions. We&rsquo;ve become full-fledged Chicagoans. But it would be hard to pass up the chance for a couple of more seasons at good pay.&rdquo;The 32-year-old rearguard, whose best playing weight was 215, admits that he&rsquo;s put on a few pounds since he quit. But he sees no problem in taking it off if the inducement is sufficient.He has the credentials. After making the jump from the St. Catharines juniors in 1956, Moose teamed up with Pierre Pilote to form one of the toughest rearguard combinations in the league for several years.When he arrived on the Hawk scene, the late Dick Irvin labeled Moose &ldquo;hockey&rsquo;s next $100,000 player.&rdquo; Lack of real offensive punch prevented him from attaining that pre-inflation status. But Elmer did become one of the toughest defensive rearguards in the league.&ldquo;Trying to go around Vasko is like trying to wrestle a bear,&rdquo; is how one opposing forward put it.Elmer was reluctant to discuss all the reasons for his decision to leave Hawks&rsquo; training camp last September.&ldquo;I will say this much, though. I was treated very well by every member of the Black Hawks from the top management on down all during my time with them. I consider the Hawks the top organization in hockey. So my decision to quit had nothing to do with unhappiness with the Hawks,&rdquo; he said.Elmer and his three associates in the Bellwood store and another on Butterfield Road in Hillside be came friendly during the seasons in which Elmer and his family lived in Hillside.&ldquo;I got to know Joe, Bob, and Nick Stimac very well and when I began to think about retiring we talked about going into business,&rdquo; said Vasko. &ldquo;It took a bit of thinking but I finally decided to sell my property in St. Catharines, where I worked for a brewery, and move my family down here. Everything has worked out perfectly.Elmer and his wife Claudette have three sons, Danny, 6, David, 5, and Bobby, 9 months.Vasko feels that the progress made by the Hawks&rsquo; youngsters is the main reason for the team&rsquo;s being all but assured of Chicago&rsquo;s first National Hockey League crown.&ldquo;Dennis Hull and Doug Jarrett have become National Leaguers this year and that&rsquo;s made a big difference,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Then, of course, Dennis Dejordy has become a big league goalie which has taken a lot of heat off Glenn Hall.&rdquo;Elmer also has words of praise for rookie defenseman Eddie Van Impe, who took his spot on the roster.&ldquo;Ed has stepped right in and played good steady hockey from the start,&rdquo; said Moose. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s really astounding in a rookie.&rdquo;HAWK TALK&mdash; The Hawks apparently took an all but insurmountable lead in the race for first place just in time to minimize an outbreak of major injuries.On the night they took a 16-point hold on the top spot by ending the Maple Leafs&rsquo; 10-game unbeaten streak, Rookie defenseman Eddie Van Impe reinjured the ligaments in his right knee to join veteran wing Chico Maki on the sidelines for an indefinite stay.Wally Boyer has been recalled from Portland of the Western League, where he played for nearly a month. Chances are, he&rsquo;ll stick around as handyman the rest of the way. &#9632;

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Vasko Lauds Hawks’ Climb To Top; Would Return In Expansion Draft

&ldquo;you like 7up7up likes you&rdquo;&ldquo;you like 7up7up likes you&rdquo;<h2>Looking at the NHL Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03467/2370957-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="617" height="287"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDWed. Mar. 8Montreal 4 at Toronto 6Detroit 3 at New York 1Boston 1 at Chicago 3Sat. Mar. 11Chicago 3 at Montreal 3New York 2 at Toronto 2Sun. Mar. 12Montreal 2 at New York 2Toronto 0 at Chicago 5Detroit 3 at Boston 7GAMES TO COMEWed. Mar. 15Boston MontrealDetroit at TorontoChicago at New YorkSat. Mar. 18New York at MontrealChicago at TorontoBoston at Detroit (afternoon game)Sun. Mar. 19Montreal at ChicagoToronto at DetroitBoston at New YorkWed. Mar. 22Montreal at TorontoNew York at ChicagoThurs. Mar. 23Toronto at BostonNew York at DetroitSat. Mar. 25Detroit at MontrealBoston at TorontoSun. Mar. 26Montreal at BostonToronto at New YorkChicago at Detroit &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01626/2370988-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="289" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Roberts</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Detroit and the Red Wings are proving that American cities can produce players for the National Hockey League.Doug Roberts is the latest evidence of what a well-developed municipal recreation department can do.The 24-year-old, 6-foot-2, 200-pounder is one of three players in the Detroit pro chain who learned his hockey on Motor Citv rinks and all three have appeared with the Wings this season&mdash;Roberts, Jimmy Peters Jr. and Gerry Abel.Peters and Abel were oriented to hockey naturally because of their fathers, Red Wing GM-coach Sid Abel and Memphis GM-coach Jimmy Peters Sr.But Roberts didn&rsquo;t have a hockey background nor did many of the players on the University of Michigan and Michigan State University teams, also products of the Detroit Parks and Recreation Department leagues.The Red Wings have been strong backers of the Parks and Recreation program and themselves sponsor a metropolitan junior league. The Red Alumni Association provides financial assistance to amateur hockey programs throughout metropolitan Detroit through its annual Old-Timers&rsquo; game.So far no product of the leagues has really cracked the NHL but Roberts could be the first.The Wings called him up from their Memphis farm team for the final month of the season and Abel was impressed with his start&mdash;he scored his first NHL goal in his second game, converting a slick pass from Alex Delvecchio on a two-on-one play against Boston.Roberts was playing defense at Memphis, where he earned CPHL rookie of the year honors last season, but Abel switched him to right wing.&ldquo;Doug has trouble making the turns on defense. He&rsquo;s a big boy and it takes him a little longer to get started.&rdquo;Abel liked what he saw of him on right wing: &ldquo;He runs over people&mdash;he&rsquo;s got a big body and he uses it.&rdquo;Roberts turned down football to concentrate on hockey at Michigan State University. He was an All-State end in high school as well as being a standout for the Detroit Junior Wings, a Junior &lsquo;B&rsquo; team in the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s Border Cities League. Detroit was the lone American team in the circuit.An injury slowed Roberts in football at MSU and when he decided to stick with hockey he set a Spartan scoring record and made All-America.His callup to the Wings is part of Abel&rsquo;s program to get a good look at a number of players to formulate plans for the expansion draft.Defenseman Bob Falkcnberg and goalie George Gardner also are in that category and will stay with the team the rest of the season. Gardner wasn&rsquo;t overly happy, figuring &ldquo;it could cost me $4,000&rdquo; if Pittsburgh went all the way in the American Hockey League playoffs.Abel also said he&rsquo;d like to take a look at Memphis goalie Joe Daley.The Red Wings, despite their troubles as a team this season, are bidding to duplicate their feat of last season when they led the league in 20-goal scorers.Gordie Howe, the NHL&rsquo;s all-time scoring king with over 700 regular season and playoff goals, became the third Detroiter to enter the 20-Goal Club when he scored against the Montreal Cana-diens March 4.Norm Ullman, back in he lineup after missing two games with a cracked rib, and Bruce MacGregor led the team. Ullman had 24 goals, MacGregor 23, Howe had 21.Three other Wings have a shot at the 20-goal mark this season. Paul Henderson, currently sidelined by a groin injury, has 19 goals; Dean Prentice has 15; and Captain Alex Delvecchio now has 16.Last season the Red Wings had six 20-goal scorers, tying for the league leadership with Chicago. The big guns were Ullman (31), Delvecchio (31), Howe (29), Henderson (22), Floyd Smith (21) and MacGregor (20).Howe&rsquo;s goal March 4 marked the 18th con secutive season he has netted 20 or more. &#9632;

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Wings Produce Third American-Born Prospect

Glenn Hall Chicago Black Hawks<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02547/2371019-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="247" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hall</figcaption></div>When the Chicago Black Hawks put the frosting on the cake this week and won their first NHL championship in 41 years, it was fitting that their veteran netminder, Glenn Hall, should be in the net for the dramatic game.Hall helped the Hawks clinch first place with a brilliant 5-0 shutout of the Maple Leafs for his second flawless performance of the season. It also lowered Hall&rsquo;s personal goals-against average to 2.15, tops in the NHL.The 35-year-old Hall has labored for the Hawks ten years and his sudden retirement during the off-season was a blow to the team. Coaxed back to the game by GM Tommy Ivan, Hall has been more than equal to the test and along with Denis Dejordy, the two have taken a commanding lead in the race for the Vezina Trophy.El Producto is pleased to salute Glenn Hall as the NHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week. &#9632;

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The Player Of The Week

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;The Hershey Bears can lock up their first Eastern Division title on home ice this month, providing coach Frank Mathers can get his slumping club in high gear again.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01623/2371050-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="304" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce Cline</figcaption></div>Hershey departed Feb. 12 for an extended seven game road trip, holding a bulging five and a half game lead over second place Baltimore.However, the Bears who won only two of the seven games, returned to home ice Mar. 4 showing only a three and a half game edge over on rushing Baltimore. Hershey lost three and tied two in the other five road matches.The Bears, who have finished second for the last six years and have not won a division title since 1951-52, face a rugged eight game home stand heading to the wire. They take on the likes of Rochester, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Springfield and Quebec, all jockeying for key Calder Cup playoff positions.Hershey&rsquo;s one advantage as it started the final month is that the club had two games in hand on Baltimore, which must depart its arena for a long road journey.Meanwhile, Roger DeJordy, enjoying his greatest pro season, cracked the club&rsquo;s 22-year-old goal scoring standard of 46 markers, set in 1945-46 by Joe Bell. At the 62 game mark, Roger had 47 goals, tops for the league, while his centering linemate Mike Nykoluk was the loop&rsquo;s best playmaker with 57 assists.And Bruce Cline, right wingman on the Nykoluk-DeJordy line, was making a strong run at becoming the league&rsquo;s seventh all-time assist leader. With a 12-year AHL mark of 430 assists, Cline was only five assists shy of topping Jack Gordon, ex-Cleveland star and now assistant general manager of the New York Rangers. Gordon closed his career with 534 assists.Cline, with 25 goals to his credit this season, shows a career log of 311, seventh best in loop history.Standby goalie John Henderson returned to the Bears from San Francisco and will be on hand for the playoffs if needed.Regular netminder Andre Gill, who has turned in a brilliant effort in relief of injured Claude Dufour this season, had been pacing the loop&rsquo;s cage cops with a fine 2.74 average at the 50 game mark. Dufour was lost to the team in October with an eye injury.Gill&rsquo;s feat, one of the best yarns in the league, has seen the little guy allow only 136 goals in 50 games, covering 2980 minutes of action. He made 1476 saves and posted four shutouts in that span. &#9632;

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Bears Must Get Un tracked To Wrap Up Division Title

Wed. March 8MONTREAL 4 at TORONTO 6MONTREAL&mdash; Goal: Worsley, Vachon; defence: J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Vadnais, Harper, Talbot; forwards: Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Beliveau, Rousseau, Peters, Richard, G. Tremblay, Cournoyer, Roberts, Balon.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Gamble, Sawchuk; defence: Hillman, Horton, Baun, Stanley, Rupp; forwards: Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Keon, Walton, Pappin, Pullford, Conacher, Shack, Mahovlich.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Bechard, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Montreal, G. Tremblay(Richard, J. C. Tremblay)&hellip;&hellip; 0:482&mdash;Toronto, Pulford (Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip; 1:173&mdash;Toronto, Stemkowski&hellip;&hellip; 3:384&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Stemkowski, Pulford).. 8:405&mdash;Toronto, Pappin (Stemkowski, Pulford) 9:386&mdash;Toronto, Horton (Armstrong, Keon)&hellip;&hellip; 10:19 Penalties: Harper 7:15, Beliveau 10:13, VadnaisWalton (majors) 12:10, Stanley 17:26.SECOND PERIOD7&mdash;Toronto, Baun (Kelly, Mahovlich)&hellip;&hellip; 7:078&mdash;Montreal, Provost (Rousseau, Richard) 15:14 Penalties: Baun 3:35, Ferguson, Hillman(majors), Armstrong 4:49, Vadnais 7:23, Hillman 14:43, Larose 17:50, Walton 18:55.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Montreal, J. C. Tremblay(Provost, Richard)&hellip;&hellip; 1:0710&mdash;Montreal, Ferguson (Beliveau)&hellip;&hellip; 5:35Penalties: Baun 4:00, Ferguson 8:21.SHOTS AGAINST:GAMBLE&hellip;&hellip; 6 13 8&mdash;27WORSLEY&hellip;&hellip; 11 10 12&mdash;33BOSTON 1 at CHICAGO 3BOSTON&mdash; Goal: Johnston, Parent; defence: Orr, Doak, Woytowich, Marotte, Watson; forwards: Krake, McKenzie, Bucyk, Oliver, Martin, Dillabough, Schock, Connelly, Westfall, Stewart, Goldsworthy.CHICAGO&mdash; Goal: Hall, Dejordy; defence: Pilote, Jarrett, Ravlich, Stapleton; forwards: Mohns, Wharram, Mikita, Angotti, Esposito, Hay, B. Hull, D. Hull, Hodge, Nesterenko, Boyer.Referee: Fryday; linesmen: Shetler, Frampton.FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Doak 10:23, Ravlich 14:11, Marotte 1754SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Boston, Krake (Bucyk)&hellip;&hellip; 12:172&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mohns, Angotti)&hellip;&hellip; 18:05 Penalties: Doak 2:51, Esposito 17:36.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (Mohns, Stapleton)&hellip;&hellip; 7:054&mdash;Chicago, B. Hull (Esposito, Hodge).. 9:43 SHOTS AGAINST:HALL&hellip;&hellip; 15 5 7&mdash;26JOHNSTON&hellip;&hellip; 13 14 14&mdash;41DETROIT 3 at NEW YORK 1DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Gardner, Crozier; defence: Bergman, Boivin, Young, Marshall, Falkenberg; forwards: Hampson, Delvecchio, MacGregor, Hillman, Howe, Prentice, Cullen, Bathgate, Henderson, Roberts, Smith.NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Howell, Brown, Hillman, Neilson; forwards: Goyette, Geoffrion, Ingarfield, Gilbert, Kurtenbach, Hadfield, Schinkel, Fleming.Referee: Skov; linesmen: Pavelich, Atanas.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, Smith (Bergman, Bathgate).. 14:42 Penalty: Hadfield 12:45.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Detroit. MacGregor(Hampson, Bergman)&hellip;&hellip; 14:18Penalties: Howe 5:07, Brown, Prentice 10:43.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (Delvecchio, Hampson) 7:044&mdash;New York, Nevin (Goyette, Marshall) 7:46 SHOTS AGAINST:GIACOMIN&hellip;&hellip; 9 10 8&mdash;27GARDNER&hellip;&hellip; 13 5 15&mdash;33Sat. Mar. 11CHICAGO 3 at MONTREAL 3CHICAGO&mdash; Goal: DeJordy, Hall; defence: Pilote, Jarrett, Stapleton, Ravlich; forwards: Hay, D. Hull, Nesterenko, Esposito, B. Hull, Hodge, Mikita, Mohns, Wharram, Boyer, Angotti.MONTREAL&mdash; Goal: Worsley, Vachon; defence: J C. Tremblay, Harris, Vadnais, Harper, Talbot; forwards: Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Beliveau, Rousseau, Duff, Richard, Provost, G. Tremblay, Cournoyer, Roberts.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Pavelich, Shetler.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Montreal, Larose (Ferguson, Backstrom) 0:262&mdash;Montreal, Larose (Backstrom)&hellip;&hellip; 3:423&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau (Duff, Richard).. 7:37 Penalties: Duff 9:13, Harper 16:14, Angotti 19:29.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (Mohns, Pilote)&hellip;&hellip; 10:475&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mikita, Pilote)&hellip;&hellip; 16:28 Penalties: Nesterenko 0:46, Harper 15:22, J.C. Tremblay 19:47.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Chicago, Mohns (Mikita, B. Hull)&hellip;&hellip; 0:58Penalties: Mohns 10:28, D. Hull, Ferguson(minors, majors) 16:00.SHOTS AGAINST: WORSLEY&hellip;&hellip; 7 11 5-23DEJORDY&hellip;&hellip; 7 7 10-24Attendance: 15,678.NEW YORK 2 at TORONTO 2NEW YORK&mdash; Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Hillman, Howell, Brown, MacNeil, Neilson; forwards: Geoffrion, Gilbert, Nevin, Ingarfield, Hadfield, Ratelle, Goyette, Schinkel, Marshall, Berenson, Kurtenbach.TORONTO&mdash; Goal: Gamble, Sawchuk; defence: Hillman, Horton, Baun, Stanley, Rupp; forwards: Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Keon, Walton, Pappin, Pullford, Conacher, Shack, Mahovlich.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Bechard, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Goyette, Marshall) 8:452&mdash;Toronto, Pappin (Pulford, Stanley)&hellip;&hellip; 15:15 Penalties: Hadfield 0:49, Stemkowski 8:22,Geoffrion 16:19.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;New York, Schinkel (Kurtenbach)&hellip;&hellip; 18:02Penalties: Kurtenbach 6:39, MacNeil 17:29.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Conacher, Armstrong).. 0:30 Penalty: Baun 2:18.SHOTS AGAINST:GAMBLE&hellip;&hellip; 11 13 14&mdash;38GIACOMIN&hellip;&hellip; 11 16 6&mdash;33Attendance: 15,983.Sun. Mar. 12MONTREAL 2 at NEW YORK 2MONTREAL&mdash; Goal: Worsley, Vachon; defence: J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Vadnais, Harper, Talbot; forwards: Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Beliveau, Rousseau, Peters, Richard, G. Tremblay, Cournoyer, Roberts, Balon.NEW YORK&mdash; Goal: Giacomin, Maniago; defence: Howell, Brown, Hillman, Neilson; forwards: Goyette, Geoffrion, Ingarfield, Gilbert, Kurtenbach, Hadfield, Schinkel, Fleming.Referee: Skov; linesmen: Pavelich, Atanas.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New York, Ratelle&hellip;&hellip; 2:45Penalties: Larose 0:08, Neilson 4:46, Ferguson 9:32, Vadnais 13:31, Neilson 16:42.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Kurtenbach 0:15. Harper 3:15, Gilbert, Vadnais 10:00, Brown 12:56, Hadfield 17:13.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Montreal, Ferguson (Beliveau, Vadnais) 5:083&mdash;New York, Ingarfield (Geoffrion, Howell) 12:064&mdash;Montreal, G. Tremblay(Rousseau, Richard)&hellip;&hellip; 12:44Penalty: Balon 8:13.SHOTS AGAINST:GIACOMIN&hellip;&hellip; 8 11 14&mdash;33WORSLEY&hellip;&hellip; 4 11 10&mdash;25Attendance: 15,763.DETROIT 3 at BOSTON 7DETROIT&mdash; Goal: Gardner, Crozier; defence: Bergman, Boivin, Young, Marshall, Falkenberg; forwards: Hampson, Delvecchio, MacGregor, Hillman, Howe, Prentice, Cullen, Bathgate, Henderson, Roberts, Smith.BOSTON&mdash; Goal: Johnston, Parent; defence: Orr, Doak, Woytowich, Marotte, Watson; forwards: Krake, McKenzie, Bucyk, Oliver, Martin Dillabough, Schock, Connelly, Westfall, Stewart, Goldsworthy.Referee: fryday; linesmen: Shetler, Frampton.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Roberts, Prentice)&hellip;&hellip; 1:222&mdash;Boston, Orr (Schock, Dillabough)&hellip;&hellip; 8:323&mdash;Boston, Oliver (Westfall, Watson)&hellip;&hellip; 10:364&mdash;Boston, Dillabough(Goldsworthy, Schock)&hellip;&hellip; 11:235&mdash;Boston, Dillabough (Schock, Watson).. 17:04 Penalties: Marotte 4:41, Bergman 12:24, Boivin 13:36.SECOND PERIOD6&mdash;Detroit, Smith (Ullman, Henderson).. 10:387&mdash;Boston, Krake(Mckenzie, Bucyk)&hellip;&hellip; 16:498&mdash;Boston, Watson (Martin)&hellip;&hellip; 18:57Penalties: Doak 9:38, Falkenberg 17:02.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Boston, Martin (Westfall, Oliver)&hellip;&hellip; 1:1110&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (Smith, Henderson)&hellip;&hellip; 14:19Penalties: Boivin 4:10, Orr 5:00 Young 11:25, Watson 16:15, Doak, Cullen 18:14, Marotte 18:46.SHOTS AGAINST:JOHNSTON&hellip;&hellip; 14 8 8&mdash;30GARDNER&hellip;&hellip; 13 12 14&mdash;39Attendance: 12,625.TORONTO 0 at CHICAGO 5TORONTO&mdash; Goal: Sawchuk, Gamble; defence: Horton, Rupp, Hillman, Baun, Stanley; forwards: Pappin, Stemkowski, Pulford, Armstrong, Keon, Jeffrey, Conacher, Shack, Mahovlich, Walton.CHICAGO&mdash; Goal: Hall, DeJordy; defence: Pilote, Jarrett, Ravlich, Stapleton; forwards: Mohns, Wharram, Mikita, Angotti, Esposito, Hay, B. Hull, D. Hull, Hodge, Nesterenko, Boyer.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Bechard, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Chicago, Hodge (Esposito, B. Hull)&hellip;&hellip; 11:542&mdash;Chicago, Hodge (Esposito, Stapleton).. 15:123&mdash;Chicago, B. Hull (Stapleton, Hodge) 19:31 Penalties: Pilote 0:07, Nesterenko 1:28, Horton 2:35, Pappin (game misconduct) 11:54.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Hillman 2:35, Pilote 11:37.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Chicago, Angotti&hellip;&hellip; 5:575&mdash;Chicago, Angotti (Wharram, Mohns)&hellip;&hellip; 18:06 Penalty: Stemkowski 17:06.SHOTS AGAINST:SAWCHUK&hellip;&hellip; 14 7 18&mdash;39HALL&hellip;&hellip; 14 15 10&mdash;39Attendance: 20,500. &#9632;

National Hockey League Summaries

WALLYNORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKSWALLYPOOL 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/f0012-01594/2371112-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="670" height="535"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues. Mar. 7Cleveland 3 at Quebec 5Wed. Mar. 8Hershey 3 at Pittsburgh 6Fri. Mar. 10Rochester 8 at Buffalo 5Cleveland 0 at Springfield 2Sat. Mar. 11Cleveland 2 at Hershey 4Buffalo 1 at Pittsburgh 7Rochester 3 at Springfield 7Sun. Mar. 12Hershey 3 at Buffalo 2Springfield 3 at Providence 3Baltimore 0 at Quebec 10Pittsburgh 1 at Rochester 3GAMES TO COMETues. Mar. 14Baltimore at QuebecWed. Mar. 15Pittsburgh at HersheyFri. Mar. 17Providence at Buffalo<h2>AHL Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03388/2371105-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="623" height="1073"></div>PENALTY LEADERSMost Penalized Team: Hershey, 843 mts.Most Penalized Player: Don Awrey, Hershey, 147 minutes. &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Larry Wilson has been muttering about retiring for three or four years, and it looks as though he&rsquo;ll go on muttering for two or three more.At 36, Wilson, in his 18th season as a professional and his 12th with the Bisons, leads the club with 26 goals. He has had an extremely fine second half, when he should have been tapering off.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02504/2371143-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="304" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Wilson</figcaption></div>In addition, he&rsquo;s playing the best defensive hockey of his career. As a youngster, Wilson left the checking to others.&ldquo;The home-run hitters and the guys who score goals get the big money, and I guess maybe I did overlook the checking part,&rdquo; Wilson said.&ldquo;Now, I enjoy it. I still like playing, but I must admit that those three-game weekends are tough. The bus travel doesn&rsquo;t make it any easier.&ldquo;At my age, a guy needs regular sleep, and when you get off a bus at 2 or 3 in the morning, and get back on it five or six hours later, it&rsquo;s tough playing that night.&ldquo;I felt real good for about two months, then I just got tired. Maybe if the club was going a little better, I&rsquo;d feel better.&rdquo;Wilson has conducted the Bisons&rsquo; workouts in the absence of manager-coach Fred Hunt, and frankly says he is looking forward to a coaching career.&ldquo;I suppose I could play two or three more years, and help a team, but I&rsquo;d like to get started in coaching,&rdquo; the Old Man said.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t expect to be involved in the expansion program. I had knee surgery twice in less than a year, and I hardly think a big league club would want to gamble $75,000 or so on me.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been lucky enough to play for some good coaches, and I feel I have learned a lot. I have some ideas of my own about this game, and I&rsquo;d like to try them out.&ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;ll just play it day to day, and see what develops.&rdquo; &#9632;

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18-Year Pro Larry Wilson Hopes To Keep Playing After Big Season

Tues. Mar. 7CLEVELAND 3 at QUEBEC 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Quebec, Hanna (Nolet, Drolet)&hellip;&hellip; 11:37Penalties: H. Glover 3:32, Price 7:31, Labos-siere 19:37, H. Glover (misconduct) 19:44.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Quebec, Mortson (Sutherland, Rivard).. 4:493&mdash;Quebec, Nolet (Drolet, Lacoste)&hellip;&hellip; 9:274&mdash;Quebec, Labossiere (Hicks, Laforge).. 11:155&mdash;Cleveland, Schall&hellip;&hellip; 18:096&mdash;Cleveland, McCreary (Szura, Courcy).. 19:45 Penalties: Johns 5:32, McCreary 11:49, Mat-tiussi 13:59.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Quebec, Nolet (Rivard, Sutherland).. 15:148&mdash;Cleveland, Attwell(McCarthy, F. Glover)&hellip;&hellip; 15:41Penalties: McCreary, Price 7:39, Schall 13:01, Laforge 17:28.Shots against, Bauman 29, Wakely 31. Attendance: 2,693.Wed. Mar. 8HERSHEY 3 at PITTSBURGH 6FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Pittsburgh, D. Harris (Taylor, Fonteyne)&hellip;&hellip; 8:352&mdash;Hershey, Gilbert(Stankiewicz, Rivers)&hellip;&hellip; 11:213&mdash;Hershey, M. Harvey(Hamilton, Dornhoefer)&hellip;&hellip; 12:434&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Cline, Nykoluk)&hellip;&hellip; 14:00Penalties: Keller 3:44, Awrey 16:35, 14:39,Dornhoefer, P. MacDonald 19:10.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Pittsburgh, P. MacDonald(Jarrett, B. Harris)&hellip;&hellip; 12:386&mdash;Pittsburgh, B. Harris(McCord, D. Harvey)&hellip;&hellip; 16:35Penalties: Awrey, Mahovlich 6:35, McCord 8:58.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Pittsburgh, McKenney(A. McDonald, Wall)&hellip;&hellip; 1:388&mdash;Pittsburgh, W. Harris(Goegan, P. MacDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 9:369&mdash;Pittsburgh, A. McDonald(McKenney, Mahovlich)&hellip;&hellip; 10:21Penalties: Dornhoefer 4:41, D. Harvey 12:12, Awrey, Jarrett 14:39, Goegan 19:22.Attendance: 4,194.Fri. March 10CLEVELAND 0at SPRINGFIELD 2FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Zeidel 14:33, Rolfe 19:04.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Springfield, Anderson (Kilrea)&hellip;&hellip; 2:322&mdash;Springfield, Brian Smith(Sweeney, Foley)&hellip;&hellip; 7:37Penalties: Amadio, Zeidel 8:24.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: H. Glover 3:35, Johnston 7:38, 16:10, Miller, Zeidel (minors, majors) 19:50.Shots against, Wood 29, Wakely 30. Attendance: 4,800.ROCHESTER 8 at BUFFALO 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Buffalo, Hannigan (Wilson, Dea)&hellip;&hellip; 7:222&mdash;Buffalo, Smith (Ouellette, Richardson)&hellip;&hellip; 8:573&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Horvath, Brenneman)&hellip;&hellip; 9:154&mdash;Buffalo, Richardson (Smith, Ouellette)&hellip;&hellip; 12:145&mdash;Buffalo, Speer (Wilson)&hellip;&hellip; 14:456&mdash;Buffalo, Hannigan (Wilson, Dea)&hellip;&hellip; 16:08Penalties: Hannigan 2:42, Cherry 13:49.SECOND PERIOD7&mdash;Rochester, Horvath (Smrke, Carleton).. 7:168&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (McKenny, Douglas)&hellip;&hellip; 11:359&mdash;Rochester, Douglas (Gamble, McKenny)&hellip;&hellip; 11:5710&mdash;Rochester, Douglas (Joyal, Ehman).. 16:48 Penalties: Blackburn 10:49, Kassian 11:15,McKenny 13:30, Lanyon 15:33.THIRD PERIOD11&mdash;Rochester, Ehman (Blackburn, Sly)&hellip;&hellip; 0:4612&mdash;Rochester, Douglas (Gamble, Brenneman)&hellip;&hellip; 1:0713&mdash;Rochester, Brenneman (Gamble, Carle-ton)&hellip;&hellip; 19:08Penalties: Clancy 11:37, Lafreniere 16:57,Brenneman 19:08.Shots against Perreault 31, Edwards 34. Attendance 2,650.Sat. March 11BUFFALO 1 at PITTSBURGH 7FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Wall (D. Harris, Fonteyne) 1:142&mdash;Buffalo, Hannigan&hellip;&hellip; 12:473&mdash;Pittsburgh, Wall (MacDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 17:36Penalties: Speer 0:42, 4:32, Mahovlich 11:29,Kassian 16:02.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Pittsburgh, Jarrett (Goegan, Godfrey)&hellip;&hellip; 13:495&mdash;Pittsburgh, B. Harris (Wall, Jarrett)&hellip;&hellip; 17:28 Penalty-Hannigan 6:14.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Pittsburgh, D. Harris (Taylor, Fonteyne)&hellip;&hellip; 0:407&mdash;Pittsburgh, Taylor (Gray, McCord)&hellip;&hellip; 10:088&mdash;Pittsburgh, Gray (MacDonald, McKenney)&hellip;&hellip; 19:59 Penalties: Lanyon, Jarrett 1:46, Kassian 4:23,Goegan 15:36.Shots against, Caley 32, Chadwick 38. Attendance 5,788.CLEVELAND 2 at HERSHEY 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Hershey, Harvey (Mahoney, Stankiewicz)&hellip;&hellip; 10:482&mdash;Cleveland, Ellett (Butler)&hellip;&hellip; 11:333&mdash;Hershey, Nykoluk (Dornhoefer)&hellip;&hellip; 15:44Penalties: Awrey 4:12, Needham 5:15, Dornhoefer 13:17.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Hershey, Dornhoefer (Hamilton, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 5:535&mdash;Hershey, Popeil (Harvey, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 10:46Penalties: Dornhoefer, Schultz 4:04, Lemieux8:03, Dornhoefer 15:43, Harvey 18:53.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Cleveland, McCreary (Lemieux, Szura)&hellip;&hellip; 0:32 Penalties: Mattiussi 9:38, Dornhoefer, Lemieux 11:58, McCarthy, Awrey 14:59, Rivers 15:57.Shots against, Wakely 44, Gill 36. Attendance 7,560.ROCHESTER 3 at SPRINGFIELD 7FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Foley, Holdaway)&hellip;&hellip; 11:052&mdash;Springfield, Menard (Foley)&hellip;&hellip; 15:593&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (Johnston)&hellip;&hellip; 19:22Penalties: Rolfe 3:37, Smrke 18:25.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Springfield, White (Smith, Foley)&hellip;&hellip; 10:325&mdash;Rochester, Arbour (Blackburn, Joyal)&hellip;&hellip; 12:316&mdash;Springfield, Menard (Johnston)&hellip;&hellip; 13:487&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Arbour, Carleton)&hellip;&hellip; 18:43 Penalties: Rolfe 0:21, 6:13, White 4:53, Springfield team penalty (served by Locas) 7:02.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Springfield, Kilrea (Rolfe, Anderson)&hellip;&hellip; 0:349&mdash;Rochester, Horvath (Brenneman, Cherry)&hellip;&hellip; 2:3110&mdash;Springfield, Anderson (Holdaway)&hellip;&hellip; 9:17Penalties: Locas 3:59, Smrke 11:52.Shots against, Perreault 41, Wood 26. Attendance 4,763.Sun. March 12HERSHEY 3 at BUFFALO 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Hershey, Dejordy (Mahoney, Nykoluk&hellip; 0:16 Penalties: Richardson, Keller 4:07, Keller 7:26,Taylor 13:58, Schmitz 17:20.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Hershey, Cline (Harvey)&hellip;&hellip; 1:403&mdash;Hershey. Ubriaco (Gilbert, Yanosik)&hellip;&hellip; 7:414&mdash;Buffalo, Wilson (Hannigan, Dea)&hellip;&hellip; 10:535&mdash;Buffalo, Smith (Ouellette, Richardson)&hellip;&hellip; 19:45Penalties: Harvey 2:10, Ouellette 4:54, Lanyon 7:08, Ubriaco 12:30, Awrey 14:08.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Dornhoefer 9:38, Larkin 13:01. Shots against, Gill 24, Edwards 28. Attendance 2,941.BALTIMORE 0 at QUEBEC 10FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Quebec, Hicks (Labossiere, Hanna)&hellip;&hellip; 13:532&mdash;Quebec, Morrison (Lacroix, Lacoste)&hellip;&hellip; 17:48 Penalties: Sutherland 1:03, Ingram 5:08, 9.07,12:36, 14:41, Labossiere 9:07, Hanna 18:52.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Quebec, Lacroix (Lacoste, Nolet)&hellip;&hellip; 4:03Penalties: Plager, Labossiere (minors, majors)5:18, Seiling 9:04, Hanna 12:52, Collins 15:40.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Quebec, Labossiere (Price, Hicks)&hellip;&hellip; 0:365&mdash;Quebec, Lacroix (Lacoste, Nolet)&hellip;&hellip; 3:466&mdash;Quebec, Laforge (Labossiere, Hicks)&hellip;&hellip; 4:387&mdash;Quebec, Labossiere (Laforge, Hicks)&hellip;&hellip; 5:298&mdash;Quebec, Lacroix (Hanna)&hellip;&hellip; 7:189&mdash;Quebec, Rivard (Morrison, Gendron)&hellip;&hellip; 10:4110&mdash;Quebec, Hicks (Labossiere, Laforce).. 17:57 Penalties: Hanna 7:36, McQueen 13:56.Shots against, Bauman 23, Villemure 37. Attendance 4,314.PITTSBURGH 1 at ROCHESTER 3FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Wall 6:25, 15:45, Clancy 9:41, Joyal 18:28.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Rochester, Carleton (Gamble, Clancy)&hellip;&hellip; 6:302&mdash;Rochester, Ehman (Smrke)&hellip;&hellip; 9:073&mdash;Pittsburgh, Mahovlich (Wall, MacDonald) 12:27 Penalty: Sly 10:45.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Rochester, Carleton (Gamble, Sly)&hellip;&hellip; 2:08Penalties: Carleton 2:24, Goegan 6:05, 14:11,Clancy 17:54.Shots against, Caley 30, Perreault 32. Attendance 6,033.SPRINGFIELD 3at PROVIDENCE 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Providence, Creighton (Clearwater, Perry)&hellip;&hellip; 0:192&mdash;Providence, Perry (Creighton, Clearwater)&hellip;&hellip; 14:09Penalties: Rodger 5:03, Holdaway 6:28, Locas and Stephanson 10:05, Muloin 15:05, Boudreault 18:18.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Springfield, Rolfe (Rodger, Kilrea)&hellip;&hellip; 4:294&mdash;Springfield, Smith (White, Foley)&hellip;&hellip; 5:29Penalties: Creighton 3:27, Sweeney misconduct and Foley 12:33, Miller 12:51, Bouchard 16:40, Stephanson 19:43.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Providence, Kachur (Sleaver, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 0:466&mdash;Springfield, Smith (Foley, Rolfe)&hellip;&hellip; 14:55Penalties: Menard and Miller misconduct 8:31. Shots against, Wood 35, Brooks 51. Attendance 3,324. &#9632;

American Hockey League Game Summaries

<div class="byline">By CHUCK ELMER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01588/2371205-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="293" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Bartlett</figcaption></div>BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;Although the current 1966-67 American Hockey League season is not over it seems safe to assume at this writing that Terry Reardon&rsquo;s present edition of the Baltimore Clippers is a big improvement over last winter&rsquo;s outfit.With an 18-9-4 home record, the current Clippers have already surpassed last winter&rsquo;s home log of 15-19-2. And, with fourteen games to go, the local skaters need but three more points to equal the mark set by the 1965-66 aggregation.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02545/2371198-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="533" height="593"><figcaption class="caption-body">WILLIE MARSHALL&hellip; Eyes Scoring Title</figcaption></div>Naturally, there are a number of reasons why this year&rsquo;s team is better. But one that hits this writer in the eye has to be the big trade engineered by Reardon at the National League meetings in Montreal last summer.That was the swap which brought veterans Willie Marshall, Aldo Guidolin and Jimmy Bartlett to Baltimore for sophomore defenseman Ken Stephanson, center Ed Lawson and big Mike Corbett. The seven player deal (Ian Anderson, a defenseman playing for Clinton in the Eastern Amateur League, was also ticketed for Baltimore in the deal) was heralded as the biggest individual trade in the history of the American League.The deal has turned out to be the biggest swap in Baltimore&rsquo;s brief five year AHL history. Just as Baltimore&rsquo;s baseball Orioles got the best of that celebrated Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas trade with the Cincinnati Reds, so it must be claimed that the Clippers have come out smelling like a rose in this deal.Marshall, second all-time scorer in the AHL, has made a strong comeback following two mediocre campaigns in Providence, and is taking dead aim on the league&rsquo;s top scorers. The 15-year veteran all-pro center has canned 25 goals along with 41 scoring passes for a total of 66 points in 56 outings. He&rsquo;s the club&rsquo;s leading point-getter and along with left winger Doug Robinson and right winger captain Ken Schinkel formed one of the most potent first lines in the loop until Schinkel&rsquo;s recall by New York.Bartlett, a crowd-pleasing veteran whose &ldquo;Ali&rdquo; shuffle following a goal that he has just scored is almost as popular with Baltimore&rsquo;s hometown Civic Center patrons as the new Clipper Fight Song, is also enjoying a great comeback. The dapper left winger who has played most of the season with linemates Bob Cunningham and Sandy McGregor, has punched home 28 goals and with 15 assists has netted himself a healthy 43 points in 53 games.Jimmy&rsquo;s best year in the American League saw him turn on the goal light 31 times with Providence in 1961-62, so he needs but four more lamplighters to top his all-time high covering an even dozen years in the pro ranks.On defense, the veteran Aldo Guidolin has been his usual tremendous tower of strength. Although not scoring as much as he used to, the native of Guelph is again near the top in penalty minutes for punishing opposing forwards. He has repeatedly demonstrated his leadership qualities which first became apparent here when he served as player-coach of the Clippers in 1962-63 and again the following winter. &#9632;

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Clippers Flying High In Race As Result Of Off-Season Trade That Brought Top Vets To Club

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03507/2371236-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="269" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Kent Douglas</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;Chances of the Rochester Americans setting any league records as they slide to what amounts to be a mediocre season wouldn&rsquo;t seem very good, but they&rsquo;ve already set one which probably never will be equalled.When Kent Douglas joined the Amerks in Buffalo for the March 10 game he became the fourth winner of the Eddie Shore Plaque as the American Hockey League&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman to play for Rochester this season.And since there have been only eight winners of the award since its inception in 1958-59, half of them on one squad in one season is a pretty unusual record.Only two are with Rochester at present, however&mdash;Douglas, who copped the honor while with Springfield in 1961-62, and Al Arbour, the 1964-65 winner while with the Amerks.Larry Hillman, who was the Shore Plaque recipient for his 1959-60 play with Providence, spent the month of January with Rochester, and Marc Reaume, who was voted the top defenseman while with Hershey in 1962-63, played a few games here while Duane Rupp was sidelined early in January.Douglas nearly became an Amerk a month ago, but when Toronto boss Punch Imlach ordered him to Rochester, Kent reminded him he had a clause in his contract saying he couldn&rsquo;t be sent to the American League without his consent.Seems Douglas never figured the Leafs would send him any lower, so figured he had a no-cut contract. Imlach responded by telling him to get on a plane for Tulsa in the Central Pro League.Now Kent, realizing Tulsa won&rsquo;t make the playoffs and that Rochester will have a chance to retain the Calder Cup, finally agreed to join the Americans for the stretch run.The addition of Douglas, who just turned 31, should help RoChester&rsquo;s power-play considerably. Since the departure of Mike Walton, Jim Pappin and Hillman the Amerks have been woefully weak when they have a man advantage. &#9632;

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Douglas Fourth Winner Of Shore Award On Club

<div class="byline">By WILLIAM SANTANIELLO</div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04466/2371267-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="289" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brian Smith</figcaption></div>The Springfield Indians are the hottest club in all of professional hockey. Yet, they find themselves in a death battle to make the playoffs this season. Seems the club is now paying for its earlier sins, when constant controversy, turmoil and bitterness developed on the team.The team has put together a great record since young Teddy Shore was named coach. As of March 5, the Indians won 13, lost just seven games, with five ties. Yet the team has had to hustle to remain in contention for a post-season playoff position in the Eastern division.The main reasons are the Baltimore Clippers and Quebec Aces. Their play has been almost as good as the Indians. Both clubs smell playoff money. In fact, the Tribe has to beat two contenders. But they can still collect Eddie Shore&rsquo;s $10,000 bonus, which was promised for 20 wins out of 44 games.The local fans have really responded to the club. They are coming out in droves; seats are getting difficult to obtain. A recent Friday night game with the Hershey Bears drew 5,300, far above the weekday night average.The Indians continue the hard, tough road to post-season cash and glory. The Pittsburgh Hornets play here on Saturday, March 18. The Tribe has been rough on them the last few games. The Indians go to Buffalo on Sunday, March 19, then are in Cleveland on Wednesday, March 22.Two great wins were credited to the Tribe, perhaps their biggest victories this or any other year. March 1, the Tribe knocked off the Hornets in Pittsburgh, 2-1, with center Howie Menard&rsquo;s goal winning it. Few teams can beat the Hornets on home ice. But the Indians did.The Indians&rsquo; second big win came at home on March 3, when the Indians lowered the boom on the Eastern division leader, Hershey Bears, with a 6-1 win. Brian Smith led scorers with a &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo;. The 26-year-old, 185-pounder from Ottawa, Ontario has played well this season. &#9632;

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Hottest Pro Club, Tribe Faces Fight

Before you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never variesBefore you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo; it never varies<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02482/2371336-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="659" height="351"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues. Mar. 7California 0 at Vancouver 3Wed. Mar. 8San Diego 2 at Portland 3Vancouver 2 at Seattle 5California 4 at Victoria 5Fri. Mar. 10California 1 at Portland 0Victoria 2 at Seattle 3San Diego 0 at Vancouver 2Sat. Mar. 11Vancouver 0 at Los Angeles 5California 2 at Seattle 3San Diego 4 at Victoria 3Sun. Mar. 12San Diego 5 at Portland 7GAMES TO COMETues. Mar. 14Vancouver at Los AngelesWed. Mar. 15Seattle at VictoriaSan Diego at CaliforniaThurs. Mar. 14Vancouver at Sen DiegoPortland at SeattleFri. Mar. 17Vancouver at CaliforniaSat. Mar. 18California at San DiegoLos Angeles at VictoriaSun. Mar. 19Vancouver at CaliforniaLos Angeles at PortlandVictoria at Seattle<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03365/2371329-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="634" height="740"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;The Western League is a good league, but it is an old folks&rsquo; league. It may change next season when the NHL expands westward, but until now the big leaguers have preferred to keep their prize kids near at hand in the east.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01583/2371367-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="298" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tracy Pratt</figcaption></div>Of the 20 &ldquo;rookie of the year&rdquo; award-winners of the past, only two, Boston&rsquo;s Johnny Bucyk and New York&rsquo;s Orland Kurtenbach, have played and are still playing regularly in the majors.Goal tender Don Head had a season with Boston, while goalie Bruce Gamble still gets in a game here and there for Toronto. Head, Guyle Fielder and the last three winners, Dave Kelly, George Swarbrick and Bill Orban, still labor in the western ice-yards.Western League officials have changed their rules to make more players eligible for rookie laurels. This year eligibles need not play any specific number of games and must not have played more than 30 pro games above the level of the Central League.Now there are a number of quality youngsters eligible this season. The leading contenders would seem to be defensemen Bob Lemieux and Noel Picard and goalie Jim Armstrong of Seattle, defenseman Tracy Pratt and goalie Rick Charron of Portland, center Mike Laughton and goalie Al Smith of Victoria, forward Ron Boehm of Vancouver and goalie Bob Champoux of San Diego.Boehm, the leading rookie winger, is no green-pea, having scored 20 goals in two seasons with Minnesota of the Central League. The 23-year-old Saskatoon native is small, 5-8 and 160 pounds, but bouncy, tough and fast. He scored 13 goals and set up 16 in his first 54 games for Vancouver this season.Laughton, the leading rookie center, has had to carry a heavy burden in a shortage of experienced pivots that has fallen on Victoria. He scored a dozen goals and set up nine in his first 48 games for the Leafs this season.Most of the leading contenders are defensemen or goalies. Injuries to regulars have (moved Tracy Pratt up to full-time status lately &ldquo;I might have been better off with one of the other Western clubs, where I could have played regularly, but I think I&rsquo;ve ben-efitted from being on an extremely tough defensive club, observing experienced defensemen and being under a great coach and former defenseman, Hal Laycoe,&rdquo; the good-looking Pratt comments.Portland goalie Charron sings a similar tune. The 5-9, 175-pound red-head says, &ldquo;Playing even a reserve role on a club like Portland, behind a goalie like Don Head and under a coach like Hal Laycoe has really helped me. Laycoe works you hard, which is good. He saw to it that I got my weight down. I knew Head had knee problems. so I figured I&rsquo;d play almost half the games, which I have.&rdquo;Head was hurt when Laycoe gave up on Dave Kelly and gambled on Charron, fresh from three seasons in the Eastern Amateur League, in last year&rsquo;s playoffs. Though Portland was nosed out in the finals, Charron led playoff net-minders with a 2.82 goals-against mark and has compiled a similar 2.88 mark, one of the league&rsquo;s best, this regular season.The Western League&rsquo;s outstanding players, top rookie and leading coach, plus the league all-star teams, as selected by league coaches, will be announced in next week&rsquo;s edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS. &#9632;

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Nine Top Freshmen In Running For Award

Tues. Feb. 28SEATTLE 2 at SAN DIEGO 1FIRST PERIODNo scoring..Penalties: Ward 2:50, MacMillan 4:25, Chiz 7:25, Gustafson 9:54, Lund 9:54, Heiskala 18:22.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;San Diego, Ronson (Panagabko)&hellip;&hellip; 3:012&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Lund, Hughes)&hellip;&hellip; 12:453&mdash;Seattle, Lund (Gauthier, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 16:58Penalties: Lund 1:27, Quinn 9:20, Nicholson 16:01, Caruthers 19:21.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: none.Saves: McLeod 21, Binkley 40.Attendance: 4,648.Wed. Mar. 1LOS ANGELES 2 at CALIFORNIA 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Johnson (Orban, Labine) 15:37 Penalties: Hendrickson 3:41, Kennedy 10:12,Calgary (bench minor, served by Senior) 19:46.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Los Angeles, McVie (Meissner, Johnson) 0:173&mdash;California, Kennedy (Belisle, Maxner) 18:39 Penalties: Chevrier 1:28, O&rsquo;Ree 19:47, Gilbertson 19:47.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;California, Kennedy(McCartan, Maxner)&hellip;&hellip; 6:47Penalty: Langlois 4:32.OVERTIME PERIODNo scoring.Saves: Harris 35, McCartan 28.Attendance: 4,802.VICTORIA 2 at PORTLAND 7FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Donaldson, Madigan) 5:142&mdash;Victoria, Hebenton(Marcetta, Lamoureux)&hellip;&hellip; 14:18Penalties: Saunders 3:44, Labadie 9:51, Messier 9:51, Saunders 13:36.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Donaldson, Boyer) 5:124&mdash;Portland, Boyer (Jones, Madigan)&hellip;&hellip; 12:165&mdash;Portland, Caron (Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 12:486&mdash;Portland, C. Schmautz(Jones, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip; 14:227&mdash;Portland, C. Schmautz(Jones, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip; 14:388&mdash;Victoria, Laughton (Wilcox, Polanic).. 16:13 Penalties: Pratt 7:53, Messier 10:07, Hucul11:20, Shvetz 12:08.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Portland, Goodwin (Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 16:55Penalties: Donaldson 11:06, Messier 19:28,A. Schmautz 19:28, Polanic 19:28, Smith 19:28. Saves: Smith 36, Head 26.Attendance: 5,994.Thurs. Mar. 2PORTLAND 1 at SAN DIEGO 9FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;San Diego, Watson (Ronson, MacMillan) 0:342&mdash;Portland, Caron (Madigan)&hellip;&hellip; 12:40Penalties: Watson 6:08, Gustafson (major)14:45, C. Schmautz (major) 14:45.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;San Diego, Ronson&hellip;&hellip; 1:534&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (Hynes, Sinclair)&hellip;&hellip; 7:385&mdash;San Diego, Panagabko (Ronson, Wilcox) 9:596&mdash;San Diego, Wilkie (Nicholson, Haley)&hellip; 17:027&mdash;San Diego, Hynes (Cote, Sinclair) 19:14 Penalties: Pratt 2:29, Wilkie 5:34, Madigan 17:41.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Haley)&hellip;&hellip; 4:289&mdash;San Diego, Ronson(MacMillan, Panagabko)&hellip;&hellip; 8:4510&mdash;San Diego, Ronson (MacMillan)&hellip;&hellip; 12:19Penalty: Caruthers 10:46.Saves: Charron 24, Binkley 37. Attendance: 5,052.SEATTLE 4 at LOS ANGELES 6FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Gauthier, Fielder).. 10:192&mdash;Los Angeles, O&rsquo;Ree (Hall, Pearson).. 19:14 Penalties: LeBrun 3:38, Heiskala 4:16, Ward 7:04.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Los Angeles, Hall(Langlois, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 5:194&mdash;Los Angeles, McVie(Toppazzini, Lebrun)&hellip;&hellip; 7:205&mdash;Los Angeles, Orban&hellip;&hellip; 10:546&mdash;Seattle, Chiz (Lund, Gauthier)&hellip;&hellip; 13:34Penalties: Ward 4:13, Ward 9:26, Lebrun 9:26, Lebrun 17:03.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Seattle, Hale (Chiz, Dineen)&hellip;&hellip; 3:118&mdash;Los Angeles, Labine(Johnson, Chevrier)&hellip;&hellip; 8:509&mdash;Los Angeles, O&rsquo;Ree (Chevrier. Pearson) 14:52 10&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Gauthier, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 19:11Penalties: none.Saves: McLeod 20, Kelly 31. Attendance: 4,348.Fri. Mar. 3VICTORIA 5 at VANCOUVER 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Victoria, Carmichael (Shvetz, Marcetta) 11:382&mdash;Victoria, Barlow (Labadie, Labrosse)&hellip; 13:37 Penalties: Carmichael 17:26, Cahan 19:18.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Victoria, Hucul (Hebenton)&hellip;&hellip; 0:404&mdash;Vancouver, Block (Watson, Hextall).. 13:315&mdash;Victoria, Barlow&hellip;&hellip; 17:53Penalties: Labrosse 3:15. Blackburn 5:39, Hucul10:31, Barlow 12:58, Laughton 14:48.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Vancouver, Duke&hellip;&hellip; 2:407&mdash;Victoria, Jankowski (Polanic)&hellip;&hellip; 10:30Penalty: Shvetz 12:48.Sat. Mar. 4CALIFORNIA 7 at LOS ANGELES 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Lebrun(Toppazzini, McVie)&hellip;&hellip; 0:112&mdash;California, Kennedy(Odrowski, Belisle)&hellip;&hellip; 0:273&mdash;California, Panagabko (Senior, Kabel).. 7:264&mdash;California, Kennedy (Belisle, Thurlby) 10:335&mdash;Los Angeles, Meissner(Toppazzini, McVie)&hellip;&hellip; 16:356&mdash;Los Angeles, O&rsquo;Ree (Hall, Pearson).. 17:35Penalties: Swarbrick 2:33, Pearson 9:31, Senior 12:54, Kennedy 19:35.SECOND PERIOD7&mdash;California, Maxner (Kabel, Panagabko) 2:32 Penalties: Swarbrick 8:09. Odrowski 9:57, Kilpatrick 13:25, Kilpatrick 15:53.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Los Angeles, Hall (O&rsquo;Ree, Pearson)&hellip;&hellip; 5:359&mdash;California, Hoekstra(Mantha, Swarbrick)&hellip;&hellip; 5:5910&mdash;California, Maxner (Mantha. Kennedy).. 12:2211&mdash;California, Swarbrick (Belisle)&hellip;&hellip; 16:25Penalties: none.PORTLAND 3 at SAN DIEGO 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Caron (Goyer, Saunders)&hellip;&hellip; 3:492&mdash;San Diego, Haley (Nicholson, Wilkie) 9:20 Penalties: Wilcox 2:56, Nicholson 10:29, Haley(major) 10:29, Madigan (minor, major) 10:29,Saunders 16:05, Haley 16:05, Watson 16:48, Madigan (misconduct) 19:31.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Jones, Saunders)&hellip;&hellip; 3:104&mdash;Portland, Saunders(A. Schmautz, Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 12:00Penalties: MacMillan 1:38, Watson 4:19, A. Schmautz 9:12.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Wilkie, Haley).. 3:316&mdash;San Diego, Panagabko(Haley, Nicholson)&hellip;&hellip; 15:25Penalties: MacMillan, Pratt 11:43. OVERTIME PERIOD7&mdash;San Diego, Ronson (Panagabko, Watson) 3:08 Penalties: none.VANCOUVER 3 at VICTORIA 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Victoria, Lamoureux (Witiuk, Laughton) 4:392&mdash;Victoria, Marcetta(Hebenton, Carmichael)&hellip;&hellip; 16:123&mdash;Vancouver, Boehm&hellip;&hellip; 17:514&mdash;Victoria, Jankowski(Wilcox, S. Hucul)&hellip;&hellip; 19:17Penalties: Blackburn 2:33, Shvetz 5:03, Schvetz 11:25.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Victoria, Barlow (Jankowski, Erickson) 2:47 Penalty: Cahan 14:48.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Vancouver, Duke (Maloney, Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 0:557&mdash;Vancouver, Cahan (Boehm, Vejprava).. 14:50 Penalties: Blackburn 4:40, Dufour 4:40.Sun. Mar. 5SAN DIEGO 7 at SEATTLE 10FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle, Lemieux (Chiz, Leonard)&hellip;&hellip; 3:322&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Ronson)&hellip;&hellip; 13:523&mdash;Seattle, Heiskala (Powers, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 16:434&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Haley, Wilkie).. 17:205&mdash;Seattle, Lund (Hughes, Dineen)&hellip;&hellip;.. 17:52Penalty: Lund 12:02.SECOND PERIOD6&mdash;Seattle, Heiskala (Gauthier, Fielder).. 0:117&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 0:418&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Hughes. Gauthier)&hellip;&hellip; 3:079&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (Hynes)&hellip;&hellip; 3:4710&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Fielder, Lund)&hellip;&hellip; 8:5611&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (Hynes, Sinclair) 10:19 Penalties: Nicholson 1:42, Lemieux, Ronson 8:01.THIRD PERIOD12&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Hughes, Fielder)&hellip; 1:4113&mdash;San Diego, Hilts(Panagabko, MacMillan)&hellip;&hellip; 3:5914&mdash;San Diego, Wilkie (Haley, Wilcox)&hellip; 6:2115&mdash;San Diego, Panagabko (Ronson)&hellip;&hellip; 114816&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Lund, Hughes)&hellip;&hellip; 11:3617&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Fielder, Heiskala)&hellip;&hellip; 16:01 Penalties: Cote 8:16, Gauthier 12:48. &#9632;

WHL Summaries

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div>WHL&rsquo;s Future UndecidedThe rumor that Los Angeles and San Francisco will put clubs in the Sports Arena and Cow Palace to put the Western League in direct competition with the NHL and the new teams in Inglewood and Oakland is going the rounds again. The rum-mor starts in Seattle. It is born of disappointment and frustration. Forget it. And if we&rsquo;re wrong, and they do it, forget it anyway. The new clubs may not be big league, but they&rsquo;ll carry big-league tags. We can&rsquo;t believe sound businessman would so court financial disaster as to try to go with minor league teams in big league towns. You might as well burn down the barns, boys, the livestock has gotten away&hellip; Bud Poile&rsquo;s move to put a Philadelphia farm club in Edmonton may be stalled unless WHL owners can be convinced Calgary can make a go of it again, too.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01560/2371429-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="265" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Leader</figcaption></div>WHL President Al Leader says, &ldquo;No one tells me anything. I keep travelling around, hoping someone will start talking. Right now, I don&rsquo;t have the vaguest idea what will be with our league next season&rdquo;&hellip; Manager-coach Bill MacFarland of Seattle, who retired as a player after last season, has un-retired just a little and may play in the playoffs&hellip; Hal Laycoe, with a mere 273-160-44 record, has fallen into third-place in the all-time standing of Portland&rsquo;s coaches. Now ranking ahead of him are scout Gordon Fashoway, 4-0-0, and trainer Berlyn Hodges, 2-0-0&hellip; Long Beach sportswriter Rich Roberts doing a fine job with L.A. Blades&rsquo; publicity, though Jack Geyer has bounced back from his early-season illness and is going full steam.THE NEW CLUBS&mdash; Rudy Pilous may have decided to stick to managing in Oakland next season. He&rsquo;s looking for a coach. He has him in Charley Burns, but can&rsquo;t see him&hellip; Ed Fitkin, who was hired by Jack Kent Cooke to work with Jack&rsquo;s new hockey club, the Kings, beside himself with joy over his new appointment as general manager of Jack&rsquo;s new soccer club, the Zorros&hellip; The L.A. Kings colors will be royal blue and gold. The St. Louis Blues will be in blue and white, the Philadelphia Flyers in orange and black, and the Minnesota North stars in green and white. The Kings&rsquo; emblem will be a crown. The Blues&rsquo; emblem will be a musical note. The Flyers will have a winged thingamajig. The Pittsburgh Penquins will have a penquin. Of course. The North Stars will have a north star. What else?QUOTES&mdash; Bert Olmstead, Vancouver coach, who is now out of the Kings&rsquo; coaching picture: &ldquo;Sure I want a major league job; but I want a major league salary, too&rdquo;&hellip; Fernie Flaman, L.A. coach, on reading that Pilous had talked to him about the Oakland job: &ldquo;It must have been someone that looked like me&rdquo;&hellip; Max McNab, whose San Diego team hasn&rsquo;t won for a month: &ldquo;We always come up a day late and a dollar short&rdquo;&hellip; Bob Breitbard, San Diego owner: &ldquo;I thought it would take us three years to get a pro basketball club. After our fast start at the gate with our new hockey club, the NBA gave us a franchise in two months.&rdquo;MORE QUOTES&mdash; Portland&rsquo;s Art Jones, who continues to lead the NHL in scoring despite family problems centering around the death of his father: &ldquo;I had more than personal problems. I had a broken fool.&rdquo; The great con artist wasn&rsquo;t putting anyone on, either. He had two broken bones in his right instep, which now have mended&hellip; Portland&rsquo;s Cliff Schmautz, who led the league in goals last season, but has fallen off this season: &ldquo;Looking ahead to expansion, I wish I&rsquo;d had last season this season.&rdquo;&hellip;STILL MORE QUOTES&mdash;Portland&rsquo;s Hal Laycoe: &ldquo;How&rsquo;s Don Head&rsquo;s knee? If you didn&rsquo;t write anything about it, I wouldn&rsquo;t know about it. I figure as long as he never says anything about it to me, it&rsquo;s all right to keep playing him&hellip; Reserve goalie Rick Charron on regular Head: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;s an old pro. He doesn&rsquo;t say much unless I ask him a question, but he&rsquo;ll never know how much I&rsquo;ve learned just watching him&rdquo;&hellip; Charron again, after Laycoe slips on the ice and busts a couple of ribs: &ldquo;He won&rsquo;t be out long. He won&rsquo;t go any easier on himself than he does on us. Recently, we played three games in three nights, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, won them all, and bright and early Monday Laycoe had us out for practice. You can&rsquo;t knock his system. It pays off.&rdquo;SNAPSHOTS&mdash; Portland&rsquo;s Arnie Schmautz, 5-7 and 140 pounds, squares off, ready to stick-fight with L.A.&rsquo;s 6-foot, 205-pound Al Langlois. He was giving away five inches and 65 pounds, but the sticks were the same size. &ldquo;I had the great equalizer in my hands,&rdquo; Arnie grins later&hellip; In the last minute of the tie game, Alain Caron breaks in one-on-one on Langlois, fakes him flat-footed pretending to shoot, darts around him, comes in alone and fires the winner past Jack Norris. In the Blade dressing room later, a player says, &ldquo;Caron made a helluva move. Nine times out of ten he shoots quick from way out.&rdquo; Coach Fernie Flaman shrugs, &ldquo;When they handle my best and most experienced defenseman that way, what can I do?&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02501/2371422-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="285" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Arnie Schmautz</figcaption></div>In another game, Seattle&rsquo;s brilliant defense rookie Bob Lemieux and LA veteran Buddy Boone smash into each other. Later, Lemieux has a wicked looking set of stitches across a nose wound: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m OK, but you should see the other guy,&rdquo; he says. Boone limps away, through for the season with torn ligaments. &ldquo;The way this season has gone, I guess I&rsquo;m lucky to still be alive,&rdquo; he says wistfully.FAMILY NOTES&mdash; Not thinking, we were surprised to note on the roster that Portland defense rookie Tracy Pratt was born in New York City. &ldquo;Dad was playing for the Rangers at the time,&rdquo; Tracy commented. Dad, Babe Pratt, is now a lumberman in Vancouver. &ldquo;I used to say, &lsquo;Dad, I want to do it myself,&rsquo; &rdquo; Tracy comments. &ldquo;Now I&rsquo;m sorry when I realize all the things he undoubtedly could have taught me&rdquo;&hellip; Portland goalie Charron came from a family of 13 children. Dad worked managing an A&P grocery-chain store. &ldquo;He never missed a day of work,&rdquo; Rick points out&hellip; He couldn&rsquo;t afford not to. &#9632;

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Western Ad Lib

LOS ANGELES, Calif.&mdash;There is a gap between the time these stories are written and the time they reach the readers in the West. Inevitably, by the time a story on a hot team comes out, that team has turned cold; by the time a story on a cold team comes out, that team has heated up. Latest example concerns the slumping, supposedly &ldquo;doomed&rdquo; L.A. Blades, who seemed to have fallen out of the fight for a playoff berth only to battle back and win two straight from visiting Seattle and a third in San Diego before battling to a tie in Oakland.At this writing, Fernie Flaman&rsquo;s Blades have drawn even with the Seals and ahead of the Victoria Maple Leafs in the running for the fourth and last playoff spot, although they have the worst of the schedule during the remaining month of the season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03422/2371460-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="283" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mel Pearson</figcaption></div>Offensively, the team&rsquo;s sparkplug during the recent going has been Mel Pearson, who leads the club in second-half scoring with seven goals and 19 assists, for 26 points. This ties him with Milan Marcetta of Victoria (15-11) and Art Jones (12-14) for second place in the second-half scoring behind Gordy Vejprava of Vancouver, who has 11 goals and 18 assists for 29 points.PORTLAND&mdash; With Hal Laycoe back in the coaching spot, his broken ribs mending, the Bucks have now won nine of their last 10 games in their drive to an early clinching of an unprecedented third straight WHL pennant. Their longest winning streak of the season did end at seven games with their first loss in 10 games with Vancouver, 3-1 on a Friday night in Vancouver. Art Jones scored a point or more in 11 straight games before he was stopped.VANCOUVER&mdash; With 14 victories in their last 18 games, Bert Olmstead&rsquo;s Canucks tightened their grip on second place. After eight losses and a tie against Portland. their 3-1 win over the Bucks bolstered their morale. But Gordy Vejprava&rsquo;s point scoring streak did end at 17 games in that one.SEATTLE&mdash; The Totems finally cooled off, failing to win in four straight road games before breaking through with a 2-1 win over the lowly Gulls in San Diego. Coach Bill MacFarland took a couple of shifts on ice in that one, making him eligible for playoff duty if necessary. Jim McLeod yielded 14 goals in four games and his goals-against mark sagged a bit to 2.50, still the best in the league, but now behind a record pace.OAKLAND&mdash; Under Coach Charley Burns, the California Seals ended their four-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over Seattle, but managed only ties in other games with Seattle and L.A. to continue a poor home showing that is jeopardizing their playoff hopes. Benched for a game, Forbes Kennedy responded with both goals in the 2-2 tie with the Blades. Wayne Maxner was also benched briefly.VICTORIA&mdash; Bob Barlow, who scored only one goal in the first half of the season, has regained his old form, and, after conversion from wing to center, scored four goals and three assists in two games, including three goals and two assists against San Diego, to win &ldquo;player of the week&rdquo; honors in the circuit. New linemates Mike Labadie and Lou Jankowski have five-game point-scoring streaks. Rookie goalie. Al Smith took the league lead in shutouts with his sixth. The Leaf winning streak reached four straight with home conquests of San Diego and Portland, before the club stumbled in Portland. &#9632;

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Flamans Blades Prove They’re Not Dead Yet As Club Reaches Fourth

Don&rsquo;t be vague &hellip; say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKYDon&rsquo;t be vague &hellip; say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03256/2371491-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="619" height="1303"></div> &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By MATT DENNIS</div>OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.&mdash;The Oklahoma City Blazers opened up a 10-point lead over second place Houston Apollos with 10 games left on the schedule but playing-coach Murray D a v i-son was taking nothing for granted.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01403/2371529-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="286" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Paul Andrea</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll know after we play our 70th game whether we are in first place or not and I&rsquo;ll wait until then to believe it. This has been a team effort all the way so far and that&rsquo;s the way I want it to be. We&rsquo;ve a mixture of rookies and veterans and they are now blending well. Everyone on the club has a job to do and I have confidence my players know the value of winning and want to win the league championship,&rdquo; he stated.Davison had to be pleased with the return to form of centerman Ron Buchanan who was sidelined for 14 games with a knee injury.The 22-year-old forward took dead aim against the St. Louis Braves and racked up his third &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; of the season&mdash;the only player in the circuit to fire three goals in a single contest three times. His two other three-goal explosions had come at. the expense of the Memphis Wings.At six-foot-three and hitting the scales at 170 pounds, Buchanan is showing the improvement expected of him in his second season in the Central Pro League. Last winter in 70 games with the Blazers, Buchanan triggered 27 goals and had 16 assists.Already he has bettered that mark and by the time the Blazers had completed their 60th game, Buchanan had 31 goals and 27 assists for 58 points.Paul Andrea was the circuit&rsquo;s top sniper with 34 tallies and Buchanan was issuing the challenge. Last season Andrea and Oscar Gaudet of the St. Louis Braves tied for the sniping honors with 37 tallies apiece.MEMPHIS&mdash;Jimmy Peters&rsquo; Memphis Wings were going all out to upset the St. Louis Braves but when the key game came up found they were unable to mount consistent offensive for victory.Irv Spencer, Gerry Abel and Dave Rochefort rejoined the Wings after a short stretch at Pittsburgh in the American League and Bryan Watson was recalled to the NHL Red Wings for a second time. However, Abel went up to the NHL on recall when injuries hit Detroit.Doug Roberts was also called to Detroit to assist the NHL Wings in their late spurt to overtake Toronto or Montreal in an effort to land a playoff berth. Roberts was the CPHL rookie of the year last season as a rightwinger and this season has been working out on defense besides the right side.TULSA&mdash;With 13 games left on the schedule, Oilers rightwinger Bill Flett was stricken with mononucleosis and will be sidelined for the rest of the season.Injuries were cutting deep into the Oilers&rsquo; roster with Barry Trapp, Lowell MacDonald, Ron Ward and goalie Al Millar on the medical list.Clare Dillon, who starred with the Oilers in the old USHL from 1945 through 1951 after graduating from Toronto junior circles is an ardent workman at promoting and coaching the 8-to-14 year-olds in the Tulsa Hockey Association.OMAHA&mdash;The parent New York Rangers of the NHL sent rightwinger Larry Mickey back to the Knights following his second call to the majors as an emergency injury replacement.He picked up a pair of goals and counted two assists to run his record for the Season to 25 goals and 38 assists.Jim Eagle, a 195-pound rearguard who turned pro last fall with the Detroit Red Wings organization and was assigned to San Diego of the Western League, was sent to the Knights on loan with Dunc McCallum out for the season. Eagle is a graduate of Denver University.OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash;Captain Dick Cherry of the Blazers holds the mark for the season for the longest-distance goal. He teed home a 120-footer into an open cage on St. Louis ice.Coach Harry Sinden of the parent Boston Bruins took in a game the Blazers played against Memphis and liked the play of Ross Lonsberry and called him to the Bruins as an emergency injury replacement for Ron Murphy.HOUSTON&mdash;Houston Apollos were still indulging in a tight battle with the Omaha Knights for second place behind the Oklahoma City Blazers when the parent Montreal Canadiens reached out for goalie Rogatien Vachon, forward Garry Peters and defenseman Carol Vadnais.With 16 goals and 43 assists in 57 games for 59 points, Andre Boudrias remained the top pointgetter followed by Bob Charlebois (23), Bill Inglis (29) arid the absent Peters (21) who had all broken the 20-goal plateau.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02333/2371522-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="532" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON BUCHANAN&hellip; Third &lsquo;Hat Trick&rsquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Blazers On Way To Title With Big Lead; Buchanan, Andrea Battle For Goal Honors

Sun. Feb. 26MEMPHIS 3 at HOUSTON 2FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: McMahon 4:23, Faulkner 6:37, Marsh 11:30, Gagnon 14:37, Marcon 17:17.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Houston, Charlebois (Dennis, Boudrias) 0:502&mdash;Memphis, Faulkner (McCann, Billows) 14:46 Penalties: Pronovost 6:32, Cardiff 10:14, Savard, Marcon (major) 12:22.THIRD PERIOD3-Memphis, McCann (Anderson, Billows) 3:294&mdash;Memphis, Lemieux&hellip;&hellip; 8:195&mdash;Houston, Dennis (Charlebois, Boudrias) 17:41 Penalty: Crashley 7:15.Saves: Daley 26, Desjardins 20. Attendance: 3,174.ST. LOUIS 4 at TULSA 8FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Tulsa, Veneruzzo, (Carleton, Douglas) 5:012&mdash;Tulsa, Hill (Carleton)&hellip;&hellip; 5:173&mdash;Tulsa, Harbaruk (Campbell. Payette) 6:234&mdash;Tulsa, Dupont&hellip;&hellip; 10:55Penalties: Harbaruk 2:19, Stanfield 3:44,Miszuk 4:52, Shaw 12:26, Campbell 14:50, Chernoff, Shaw 16:44.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Tulsa, Keon (Douglas, Clark)&hellip;&hellip; 0:266&mdash;Tulsa, Clark&hellip;&hellip; 6:207&mdash;St. Louis, Stratton (Gaudet)&hellip;&hellip; 6:478&mdash;Tulsa, Hill (Campbell, Carleton)&hellip;&hellip; 13:18Penalty: Golembrosky 19:40.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Tulsa, Hill (Veneruzzo, Reaume)&hellip;&hellip; 5:2710&mdash;St. Louis, Melnyk (Shelton)&hellip;&hellip; 9:5411&mdash;St. Louis, Stratton(Stanfield, Eichler)&hellip;&hellip; 12:2412&mdash;St. Louis, Stratton&hellip;&hellip; 17:26Penalties: none.Saves: Sneddon 24, Gamble 30. Attendance: 1,720.Tues. Feb. 28ST. LOUIS 2 at HOUSTON 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Houston, Grant (Inglis)&hellip;&hellip; 2:37Penalties: Savard 2:55, Golembrosky 5:39, McDonald and Barber 9:55, Savard and Smith 11:20, McMahon and Golembrosky 19.06.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;St. Louis, Stanfield (Miszuk, Melnyk) 18:103&mdash;St. Louis, Melnyk (Stanfield, Miszuk) 18:56 Penalties: Charlebois 6:16, Melnyk 11:38, Boudrias 14:00, Powis 16:54, Inglis 19:45.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Houston, Savard (Boudrias, Charlebois) 16:45 Penalties: Stratton 7:48, Boudrias 9:58.Saves: Dryden 31, Desjardins 20. Attendance: 1,338.Wed. March 1OKLAHOMA CITY 2 at ST. LOUIS 0FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Miszuk 0:06, Lonsberry 7:39, Bradley 15:06, Smith 19:04.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Parise (Buchanan)&hellip;&hellip; 3:46 Penalties; Cheevers 8:28, Stratton 19:03.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Oklahoma City, Cherry&hellip;&hellip; 19:22Penalties: Sather and Chernoff (majors) 403Parise 4:27.Saves: Cheevers 27, Dryden 29.Attendance: 1,638.Thurs. March 2TULSA 2 at HOUSTON 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Tulsa, Campbell (Harbaruk, Payette)&hellip;&hellip; 8:37 Penalty: Douglas 19:20.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Houston, Grenier (Inglis, McMahon)&hellip;&hellip; 2:143&mdash;Houston, Inglis (Barber, Grenier)&hellip;&hellip; 11:274&mdash;Houston, Lemaire (Savard, Ferguson)&hellip; 19:32 Penalties: Harbaruk 6:30, Douglas 14:31, McMahon 18:31, Desjardins 19:20.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Tulsa. Harbaruk (Campbell, Veneruzzo) 19:37 Penalties: Barber 3:19, McMahon and Clark 14:12.Saves: Gamble 33, Desjardins 24. Attendance: 1,519.Fri. March 3MEMPHIS 4 at OMAHA 1FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Eagle 0:39, J. Johnson 2:04, Pronovost and Anderson 15:14, Ash 17:40.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Memphis, Beaudin (Pronovost, Faulkner) 10:322&mdash;Memphis, Beaudin (Peters, Lemieux).. 18:53 Penalties: Hamilton 8:34, Cardiff 11:03, 14:19,17:00; Hamilton 17:21.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Memphis, Billows (Marcon, Anderson) 2:464&mdash;Memphis, Lemieux (Libett, Marsh)&hellip;&hellip; 2:555&mdash;Omaha, Mickey (J. Johnson, Sabourin) 13:54 Penalties: Lemieux 12:07, Marcon 13:45, Konik 14:25.Saves: Daley 31, Rutledge 27.Sat. March 4OMAHA 4 at HOUSTON 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Houston, Charlebois (Dennis, Barber) 1:202&mdash;Omaha, Mickey (Konik, J. Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 18:543&mdash;Houston, Charlebois (Boudrias, McMahon 19:39 Penalties: Sabourin 2:54, Piper 13:55.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Omaha, J. Johnson (Mickey, Hamilton) 1:145&mdash;Omaha, Ball&hellip;&hellip; 6:46Penalties: Grant 4:20, Sabourin 16:12.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Houston, Grant (Grenier)&hellip;&hellip; 14:117&mdash;Omaha, J. Johnson (Konik, Mickey)&hellip;&hellip; 14:37 Penalty: Chipchase 10:43.Saves: Rutledge 26, Desjardins 20. Attendance: 3,586.TULSA 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Tulsa, Kcon (Reaume, Clark)&hellip;&hellip; 2:292&mdash;Tulsa, Unger (Reaume, Dupont)&hellip;&hellip; 15:46Penalties: Shaw 1:53, Lonsberry 5:06, Woodley7:12, Dupont 13:25, Payette 16:41.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Oklahoma City, Buchanan (Heaney)&hellip;&hellip; 6:444&mdash;Oklahoma City, Woodley (Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip; 7:17 Penalties: Veneruzzo 2:02, Dupont and Sather10:08, Bradley 14:14, Campbell 19:10.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Douglas 1:35, Cashman 1:50, Favell 5:10.Saves: Gamble 28, Favell 15. Attendance: 7,742.MEMPHIS 1 at ST. LOUIS 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Memphis, Beaudin (Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip; 6:482&mdash;St. Louis, Shelton (Stratton, McDonald) 12:56 Penalties: Golembrosky, 1:21, Libett 4:15, McCann 10:01, Cardiff 10:41, Billows and McDonald 13:27, Miszuk 13:55, Pronovost 14:09.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;St. Louis, Stratton (Smith, Powis) 6:094&mdash;St. Louis, Stratton (Smith)&hellip;&hellip; 6:41Penalties: Chernoff 0:40, Miszuk 13:44, Cardiff18:20, Golembrosky 19:45.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Eichler 3:08, Crashley, Beaudin, Stratton, Marsh (major) and Golembrosky (major) 9:25, Dryden 11:41.Saves: Dryden 26, Daley 28.Attendance: 4,522. &#9632;

CPHL Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01324/2371591-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="631" height="511"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues. Mar. 7Nashville 2 at Florida 1Knoxville 5 at Greensboro 6Wed. Mar. 8Long Island 0 at New Haven 5Nashville 9 at Knoxville 1Fri. Mar. 10New Haven 1 at Long Island 2Johnstown 2 at New Jersey 5Charlotte 1 at Knoxville 1Sat. Mar. 11Long Island 1 at Clinton 9New Haven 3 at Johnstown 16Charlotte 2 at Nashville 8Greensboro 4 at New Jersey 7Sun. Mar. 12Clinton 3 at New Haven 5Florida 2 at Knoxville 4Greensboro 4 at Long Island 7New Jersey 1 at Johnstown 3Charlotte 3 at Nashville 6<h2>Playoff Races</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02277/2371584-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="629" height="2487"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div>COMMACK, N.Y.&mdash;If any of the Lower teams in the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s standings are going to provide a surprise in the circuit&rsquo;s playoffs, it&rsquo;s generally agreed that the team will be the Long Island Ducks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03219/2371622-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="280" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">G. Achtymichuk</figcaption></div>That&rsquo;s quite a bit of optimism for a team that was the fourth place occupant in the Northern Division, but most observers agree with coach Gene Achtymichuk&rsquo;s appraisal of his club: &ldquo;If we can play the kind of hockey we showed all during January and through most of the last two months, we&rsquo;ll be a tough club in the playoffs and we&rsquo;ll give anyone trouble.&rdquo;The fact that the Ducks even are in the playoffs is almost amazing after their disastrous start of the campaign. They couldn&rsquo;t do anything right and Achtymichuk even was trying to deal off many of his players in an effort to instill new life into the team.As things turned out, he wasn&rsquo;t able to make the deals that he wanted for the other teams figured they had him over the barrel because of his desperation. So Acky stood pat except in the goalie slot where he was able to acquire the services of Andy Brown, last year&rsquo;s Johnstown net-minder. This move has paid considerable dividends as his performance has been one of the best in the circuit for the team&rsquo;s final 45 games. Another deal brought Les Calder from the west coast after considerable difficulties.From a position deep in the Northern cellar, the Ducks rose slowly but surely but their descent was so deep the only club they could catch was New Haven. They narrowly failed to nab Johnstown.Yet the Ducks have been doing well in the stretch, winning big games on the road such as at Jersey, and giving all indications that they intend to represent the North in the championship finals against a likely Nashville foe from the south. They were the northern representatives against the Flyers the last two seasons, winning once and losing last year.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had lots of playoff experience and with old pros like John Brophy and Don Perry on our club, I&rsquo;m confident we have a good chance to get to the finals even though we&rsquo;ll have the home ice disadvantage in every series,&rdquo; said Achtymichuk.FLORIDA: Cliff Pennington played in homestretch of race despite doctor&rsquo;s objections. Cliff froze injured shoulder which had sidelined him for a month. Gridder Steve Spurrier was special guest for Charlotte game here. Ian Campbell&rsquo;s cracked kneecap and Bob Sabourin&rsquo;s groin injury hurt club in stretch run for playoff berth. Rockets doubled wins of last season and had more victories this year than the last two seasons put together. Biggest crowd of 4,812 saw Nashville game.NEW HAVEN: Blades&rsquo; failures on road one of biggest factors in its inability to make the post-season playoffs. Blades played exhibition against Syracuse Stars in stretch opening.KNOXVILLE: Contributions to help defray Knights expenses for this season continue to come in daily from both individuals and concerns. Doug Bentley was subject of sports special on CBS network by Jack Drees after his appearance at Gordie Howe dinner.JERSEY: Reggie Meserve broke club assist record when he reached No. 65. Benny Greco&rsquo;s hat trick helped rout of Johnstown. Rosaire Paiement clipped club mark for goals with his 58th. Team also erased club record for victories with its 35th triumph. Bob Taylor bothered by Charley horse. Devils&rsquo; 2-9-1 record vs Clinton is biggest disappointment of season.JOHNSTOWN: Goalie Roger La lancette pulled a muscle in warmup at Jersey and trainer Jim Barton subbed but was bombarded. Claire Alexander posted hat trick vs New Haven after going 14 games with just one goal. Jets set club record for defeats when they reached 34. Tom Schiller and Clinton&rsquo;s Jim Jago began their fight by peeling off each other&rsquo;s jerseys. Lalancette playing with and without his mask.GREENSBORO: Road failures ruined Gens&rsquo; chances of finishing second in the South. Garry Sharp reached the 100-point mark for the sixth straight season and led the club in scoring. John Voss&rsquo; fifth shutout set a club mark, topping four set by Jacques Monette in 1964. Don Carter had scoring streak of eight straight games and 13 of 14. Gens delighted with play of Paul Cates at Long Island as he returns to club next season.CHARLOTTE: Ernie Dyda&rsquo;s lone fight of the year found him winning a decision over Greensboro&rsquo;s Mike Kardash. Chuck Stuart and Andre Hinse in close battle for club scoring lead. Jim Lane&rsquo;s goal vs. Nashville turned the jeers to cheers from the Checkers fans. Checkers rated the best chance of upsetting Nashville in playoffs.CLINTON: Dave Armstrong has been a big help to the Comets since his return from Florida. GE gave out radios to the Comets who scored goals on GE night here. Coaches Pat Kelly and Jack McIntyre of Johnstown received tape recorders. Comets had tough time winning on road in late stages of season, dropping 10 out of 11. Don Davidson&rsquo;s return for the playoffs may inspire team.NASHVILLE: Flyers failed to match 108-point total but not by much. Marv Edwards&rsquo; fifth shutout came over Greensboro. Ted McCaskill hit his 200th goal as a Flyer. Brian Crowder&rsquo;s eye injury from a deflected puck sidelined him for about three weeks and part of the playoffs. &#9632;

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Long Island Rated “Dark Horse” For Playoffs

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EHL’s Playoff Dates

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div>TOLEDO, O.&mdash;Last season the International Hockey League had nine players who scored over 100 points and three who scored over 60 goals.In spite of many individually fine performances again this year, it is not likely that last year&rsquo;s figures will be reached. The 100-pointers may be reduced to five and there will probably be only one to collect 60 goals.With three weeks remaining on the schedule, three players had reached the century mark in points. They are Len Thornson of Fort Wayne, Guy Trottier of Dayton and Frank St. Marseille of Port Huron. John Goodwin needed only four points to reach the plateau. Others who were potential 100-pointers but who would need to finish strong were Chick Chalmers, Ken Saunders, Moe Bartoli, Merv Dubchak and Stan Maxwell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01330/2371684-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="281" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guy Trottier</figcaption></div>Only one player appeared to have 60 goals within his grasp and that was Guy Trottier of Dayton. He had 56 with 12 more games to play. Merv Dubchak, who set an all-time record last year with 72, was next to Trottier with 42 and nine games to go. Trottier had 68 goals last season. Gary Schall of Muskegon was the other high goal man with 71.New records were possible, however, with tremendous closing efforts. Thomson of the Komets had 121 points and ten more games to catch up with Chalmers&rsquo; record 134. Trottier had 12 games to get 16 goals needed to equal the record 72.MUSKEGON&mdash;The Mohawks&rsquo; low standing was accounted for by the fact that they lost 200 goals from departed Gary Schall, Rene Drolet, Gil LaPalme, Wayne Freitag, Yvan Chasle and Bob Lemieux and their replacements had managed only 70 goals&hellip; The Mohawks had won only five on the road &hellip; They hit four goals in less than seven minutes to beat Port Huron, 6-5.FORT WAYNE&mdash;The Komets ended a three-game home losing streak by beating Muskegon, 4-1. It was their 10th straight over the Mohawks after losing their first meeting in overtime &hellip; Len Thomson took over coaching in two games because of Ken Ullyot&rsquo;s illness and had two wins. He shook up his lines, moving Johnny Goodwin from his own left wing &hellip; A freezing rain held a Sunday crowd to 3,829, by far the smallest weekend turnout of the season.TOLEDO&mdash;Defenseman Lou Kazowski had his first hat trick in an 11-2 trouncing of Muskegon &hellip; The Blades hit six goals in a 10-minute span&hellip; Barry Jake-man had a hat trick against Des Moines&hellip; Coach Terry Slater walked out on the Blades in disgust when the Oak Leafs took a 4-2 lead but the Blades came back to win, 6-5.DAYTON&mdash;The Gems were the first to clinch a playoff berth &hellip; The Gems finished 3-8-1 against Des Moines but could finish on the plus side with all the other clubs &hellip; The Oak Leafs ended a Gem winning streak of seven and a home streak of 10. It came on Chamber of Commerce Night&hellip; The Gems were 33,763 over last year&rsquo;s attendance.PORT HURON&mdash;Frank St. Marseille had 23 straight games with either a goal or assist&hellip; The Flags registered their fifth tie of the season in a 2-2 battle with Des Moines &hellip; Defenseman Larry Mavety had a hat trick.COLUMBUS&mdash;The Checkers were the first to be eliminated from the playoffs &hellip; But they won their next two games from top runners Toledo and Dayton &hellip; The Chex had five players with 25 or more goals, a mark equalled only by Toledo&hellip;DES MOINES&mdash;Roger Ouimet had his second hat trick against Dayton, the team that released him last year &hellip; He scored both goals in a 2-2 tic with Port Huron &hellip; The Leafs picked up five of a possible eight points on a four-game road trip &hellip; Attendance was up to 89,085 with six more games. &#9632;

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High Scoring List Cut But Records Possible

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02244/2371722-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="610" height="349"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDMon. Mar. 6Columbus 7 at Muskegon 5Tues. Mar. 7Dayton 4 at Columbus 2Wed. Mar. 8Toledo 4 at Fort Wayne 3Fri. Mar. 10Toledo 3 at Des Moines 2Columbus 3 at Muskegon 9Fort Wayne 2 at Port Huron 5Sat. Mar. 11Toledo 0 at Des Moines 6Dayton 7 at Muskegon 5Sun. Mar. 12Muskegon 3 at Columbus 6Port Huron 3 at Fort Wayne 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03155/2371715-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="615" height="679"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04114/2371753-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</figcaption></div>ACROSS1&mdash;Pictured player.6&mdash;Some teams travel this way.7&mdash;20 down was born in thismonth. (abbr.)9&mdash;Recently returned to Hershey by Boston.12&mdash;12th and 15th letters of the alphabet.13&mdash;A Red Wing forward answers to this.14&mdash;&rsquo;59-&rsquo;60 Art Ross trophy winner.16&mdash;Nickname of one of the Leafs.17&mdash;Native Province of Al McNeil. (abbr.)18&mdash;Initials of 14 across.20&mdash;Initials of Ex-Leaf.21&mdash;Initials of one of the Bruins.22&mdash;This Canadien hails from Regina.25&mdash;Golf term.26&mdash;First name of Hannigan of Buffalo.27&mdash;NHL coach.29&mdash;One of the Rangers.DOWN1&mdash;Past Norris Trophy winner.2&mdash;One of the Black Hawks.3&mdash;Montreal and Boston played one Feb. 23rd.4&mdash;One of the Bruins.5&mdash;Recent Red Wing addition.8&mdash;Boston Rookie.10&mdash;One of the Andersons (initials)11&mdash;Initials of Henry former goalkeeper.15&mdash;21st and 18th letters of the alphabet.18&mdash;Short for first name of one of the Rangers.19&mdash;Toronto forward.20&mdash;A Leaf Rookie answers to this.22&mdash;&rsquo;55-&rsquo;56 top rookie.23&mdash;Initials of NHL trophy.24&mdash;Each, (abbr.)25&mdash;Prince Edward Island, (abbr.)28&mdash;Initials of Eliott of Cleveland.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2>ACROSS1&mdash;OLIVER.7&mdash;DEJORDY.8&mdash;M.S.10&mdash;STAN.11&mdash;TEA.13&mdash;T.L.14&mdash;ART.16&mdash;EAR.18&mdash;I.R.19&mdash;AUG.21&mdash;DR.22&mdash;TOM.24&mdash;ELLIS.27&mdash;N.B.28&mdash;A.N.29&mdash;O.V.30&mdash;E.L.31&mdash;STEWART35&mdash;KENNEDY.DOWN1&mdash;OLMSTEAD.2&mdash;I.D.3&mdash;VERN.4&mdash;E.J.5&mdash;ROBT.6&mdash;UDVARI.9&mdash;ST. LAURENT.12&mdash;E A.15&mdash;TREMBLAY.17&mdash;R.G.20&mdash;J.T.23&mdash;ONE.25&mdash;LOWE.26&mdash;IVAN.28&mdash;ASH.32&mdash;E.K.33&mdash;R.N.34&mdash;T.E. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

<div class="byline">by RON CAMPBELL</div>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;The outlawed Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, considered heading for certain failure by many when it decided to play outside the jurisdiction of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, made its first step towards expansion official here Tuesday when an operating franchise was granted to the Swift Current Bronco Hockey Club.The acceptance of the Swift Current entry brings to eight the number of clubs in the league. And every indication from Tuesday&rsquo;s gathering of league governors is that the CMJHL will embrace 10 teams next year and the eventual aim of 12 operating franchises will be reached within three years.Original members are Edmonton Oil Kings, Calgary Buffaloes, operated by the league this year and will undoubtedly be operated during the 1967-68 season by the CMJHL Saskatoon Blades, Moose Jaw Canucks, Weyburn Red Wings, Estevan Bruins and Regina Pats.A Winnipeg franchise, held by Ben Hatskin of the Manitoba capital, will be operational next year and it is expected a second franchise from Edmonton will make up the 1967-68 complement of league members. The second Edmonton franchise is expected to be awarded to a business group from Jasper Place.Joe Fischer, a former NHLer and long-time hockey booster, also sounded out the CMJHL about the possibility of a franchise for a Medicine Hat entry. However, it is unlikely that such a move will be seriously considered by the league governors until the Alberta city has completed construction of work on a new arena.Swift Current was represented at the meeting by coach Harvey Roy and club president Bill Burton. Both were elated with the granting of a league franchise.&ldquo;We are confident that the citizens of Swift Current are ready for junior hockey and we will be a real asset to the league,&rdquo; said Burton.&ldquo;We have a fine nucleus of players on this year&rsquo;s Bronco team and by operating a full season on exhibition games such as we have this year we have been able to familiarize ourselves with just how much work is necessary to make a success of a venture of this type,&rdquo; said Burton.&ldquo;Our attendance has averaged 1,000 per game this year not counting the Sunday game against Regina,&rdquo; explained coach Roy, referring to a record sellout throng of 3,500 who jammed into the new Civic Centre to watch Pats and Broncos play to a 3-3 draw.&ldquo;Sure it was a promotional stunt but we didn&rsquo;t give away any tickets,&rdquo; said Roy. &ldquo;We gave away a pony and sold children&rsquo;s tickets to business firms throughout the city and they in turn gave the tickets to the youngsters. It&rsquo;s this kind of promotion that every junior amateur hockey club has to come up with to meet the costs of icing a team.&rdquo;The Bronco executive is working on a plan which will include 200 financial directors who will contribute $100 each towards a special operational fund. The program has already surpassed the halfway mark.The next step, according to Bronco officials, is to form a five or seven-member management committee. It is expected that Burton will become the first chairman. The club will also appoint a full-time manager in the near future.The CMJHL meeting held here in the Holiday Inn, also completed plans for the up-coming playoffs. The first-place Edmonton Oil Kings and fourth-place finishers will meet in a best-of-nine semi-final.Should Moose Jaw finish fourth the series will open in Edmonton with games on March 21 and 22. The third and fourth games are scheduled for Moose Jaw on March 24 and 25. If the series is split or tied after four games, the fifth games will be played in Moose Jaw on Mar. 27, with the next two games in Edmonton on April 7 and 9.If Regina finished fourth, the series would open with two games in Edmonton on March 21 and 22 with the next three games slated for Regina on April 2, 4 and 7. The sixth and seventh games, if necessary, would be played in Edtional games, if necessary, would monton on April 9 and 10. Addibe played in Regina April 14 and in Edmonton April 16.The second and fifth-place finishers meet in a best-of-seven quarter-final with the third and sixth-place finishers meeting in a similar series.Should Estevan and Saskatoon meet in one quarter-final the series will open in Estevan with games on March 24 and 25. The next two games are scheduled for Saskatoon March 31 and April 2. Additional games, if necessary, will be played at Estevan April 5 and 9 and at Saskatoon on April 7. &#9632;

Swift Current Newest Entry To Join Super Circuit

<div class="byline">by JACK GATECLIFF</div>KITCHENER. Ont.&mdash;Kitchener Rangers are the 1966-67 Ontario Hockey Association Junior A pennant winners.The Rangers clinched first place in the Ontario Junior A League for the first time in the city&rsquo;s history with one week remaining in the schedule.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03205/2371853-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="276" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Derek Sanderson</figcaption></div>And they did it convincingly.With a crowd of 5,215 watching, the Rangers trounced Peterborough Petes 9-2 for their 27th win of the season.It gave them a six-point margin over second place Toronto Marlboros and both teams had only two games remaining to play.The Rangers couldn&rsquo;t have chosen a better team to play against in its deciding victory.The Petes won the Junior A League title a year ago but this season are still struggling in eighth place, trying to earn one of the eight playoff positions.The Kitchener success actually started a year ago after they had placed seventh in the nine-team league.In the first round during the spring of 1966 they upset Niagara Falls in a tight seven-game series, then eliminated the Toronto Marlboros four games to two before losing to the Eastern Canadian champion Oshawa Generals four games to one in the final round.&ldquo;It was team effort rather than individual performance which brought us the pennant&rdquo;, said a jubilant coach Wally Kullman following his team&rsquo;s win over Peterborough.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve worked together all season and I couldn&rsquo;t have asked for better co-operation&rdquo;.The playoff pairings for the league are Kitchener and St. Catharines, Peterborough and Hamilton, Montreal and Toronto, Niagara Falls and London, all involved in best-of-seven quarter-final playoffs.In the individual scoring race, Niagara Falls&rsquo; Derek Sanderson spurted in the closing week to count eight points and romp off with the championship. Sanderson had 101 points, six more than Mickey Redmond of Peterborough.<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05150/2371846-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="632" height="461"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues. Mar. 7St. Catharines 5 at London 7Thurs. Mar. 9Peterborough 3 at Hamilton 3Fri. Mar. 10St. Catharines 3 at Kitchener 4Oshawa 3 at Niagara Falls 9Montreal 1 at Toronto 8Sat. Mar. 11Hamilton 5 at Oshawa 4London 4 at Montreal 4Sun. Mar. 12London 3 at Montreal 3Niagara Falls 8 at Toronto 6Kitchener 2 at St. Catharines 2Hamilton 0 at Peterborough 3 &#9632;

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Kitchener Wraps Up First Pennant Since Moving Into OHA Junior Play

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04179/2371884-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg"></div><div class="sidebar"><h2>WANTED-JUNIOR COACH</h2>FORNEW OTTAWA OHA JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo; FRANCHISEThe requirement is for a man with wide experience in coaching and excellent personal credentials. The club envisages the position as a year-round one. Candidates should enclose complete background of experience with application, and how soon they might be available. Also what salary expected.ADDRESS APPLICATIONS TO:HOWARD J. DARWIN, PRES.1308 Wellington St.&mdash;Ottawa, Ont. &#9632;</div>

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March 18, 1967

How They Stand

PASSING THE PUCK

Bastien Confident Hornets Will Snap Goal, Win Slump

U.S. Import Jovan Marich Makes Good In Canadian Hockey