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April 29, 1967

The Hockey News April 29, 1967

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IN THIS ISSUE

EHL Playoffs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03455/2463142-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"></div>Sundridge, OntarioLocated in beautiful Algonquin Park RegionSummer Camp life combined with the finest hockey instruction for boys 8 to 18.Our PhilosophyHoliday Hockey Camp brings together for the first time the international approach under the guidance of Rev. Fr. David Bauer; the experience of the successful young players&rsquo; coach, Charlie Cerre, and professional coaching of seven N.H.L. and A.H.L. stars.Meet our N.H.L. InstructorsTim Horton &mdash; Maple LeafsKen Wharram &mdash; Black HawksPaul Henderson &mdash; Red WingsYvan Cournoyer &mdash; CanadiensThe camp is operated by two high school teachers/coaches who have devoted their lives to the training of young minds and bodies:Mr. Charlie Cerre, B.A., B.P.E.Mr. Carl Yakimoff, B.A., B.P.H.E.Camp Life&mdash;16 hours of ice time per week&mdash;Office hockey lectures, films and land drills&mdash;Physical fitness programme&mdash;Swimming, boating, water skiing, fishing and sailing&mdash;Land sports: touch football, badminton, volleyball, soccer, borden ball&mdash;Weekly camp golf tournament&mdash;Wiener Roast once a weekAHL InstructorsRon Attwell &mdash; ClevelandBruce Draper &mdash; HersheyMike Corbett &mdash; SpringfieldRoger Lafreniere &mdash; BuffaloGENERAL INFORMATIONHoliday Hockey Camp operates throughout July and AugustFees: Resident Campers &mdash; $100 per weekDay Campers &mdash; $ 50 per week8 - 5:30 Lunch &#9632;

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HOLIDAY HOCKEY CAMP

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CPHL Point Race

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INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY CLINIC

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01432/2464817-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="421" height="455"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02314/2464810-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="536" height="388"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0444/2464803-1-eng-US/cover-042.jpg" title="Cover-04" width="302" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Orr</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;The idea was new but the faces were old.That pretty well summed up the National Hockey League&rsquo;s innovation of disclosing its post-season player awards winners during instead of after the Stanley Cup playoffs.The NHL announced it was giving its individual awards a &lsquo;new look;&rsquo; by presenting the honors to the players now rather than wait until the playoff hysteria subsided. It was a refreshing idea even if the men who mounted the podium to pick up the silverware were pretty well assured of winning the awards even before they showed up.Taking their almost insurmountable first-half lead into consideration, who could dislodge Stan Mikita as the winner of the Hart Trophy as MVP and the Byng Trophy as most gentlemanly player? And what about Bobby Orr as the rookie of the year? He left everyone else at the post.Harry Howell was the big man for the Norris Trophy award but Pierre Pilote was looking over his shoulder rather menacingly. &#9632;

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MIKITA GRABS OFF NHL ‘SILVER’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03129/2464848-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">HOCKEY NEWS YEARLY AWARDS &ndash; On The Inside</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs put an end to any hopes the Montreal Canadiens had of achieving a new Stanley Cup consecutive playoff victory record.Canadiens, who set the original mark back in 1959 when they won the last game of the finals, took eight straight in 1960 and two more in 1961 until they were stopped by the Chicago Black Hawks, were well on their way when the Leafs crossed them up in the second game of the finals last weekend.Montreal had won four straight in last year&rsquo;s final over Detroit and swept past Rangers in this year&rsquo;s semi-finals to run their total to eight. The Habs made it nine in a row with their win in the first game of the finals but it all went down the drain when the Leafs upset them 3-0 last Saturday. &#9632;

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Leafs End Hobs’Hopes For Retord

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How Cup Teams Compare

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PLAYOFF RECORDS

<div class="byline">By GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que.The rivalry between Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in playoffs is exceeded only by that which exists between the two cities they represent.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02553/2462545-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="297" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Rousseau</figcaption></div>In this, the 11th playoff meeting between the two clubs since 1927, the competition is even keener than usual because each has won five of the previous ten series. Thus, the current round table can be regarded as a showdown affair in every sense of the word.The last time the teams met in a final series was in 1960, and Canadiens won it in four straight. That brought them their fifth consecutive Stanley Cup, which, of course, is still an alltime record. Six Canadiens remain from that 1960 team, and they are Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard, Ralph Backstrom, Claude Provost, Jean-Guy Talbot and Charlie Hodge. The Leafs have eight players still around from their 1960 squad, Johnny Bower, Allan Stanley, Bob Baun, Tim Horton, Red Kelly, Bob Pulford, George Armstrong and Frank Mahovlich. One man, Dick Duff, played for Toronto in 1960 and is now with Montreal.Going into this year&rsquo;s playoffs, the teams had met four times in a final series and six times in a semi-final. Toronto won the finals in 1947, four games to two, and in 1951, four to one. Montreal captured the 1959 final, four to one, and chalked up four straight wins in 1960, as noted. Bobby Rousseau scored in three of the four games last year against the Leafs.In the record department, the teams have contributed more than their share. They set four separate records in one game, on March 30, 1944, when Canadiens posted a lopsided 11-0 win. That established the mark for (1) most goals in a game, (2) most goals in one period &mdash; seven in the third, (3) fastest four goals by one team &mdash; 2.35 minutes and (4) fastest five goals by one team &mdash; 3.35 minutes.Habs and Leafs are in a class by themselves when it comes to getting the gate in playoffs. Last year, on April 14, 1966, they came up with eight new records pertaining to penalties in the one game. &#9632;

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Habs, Maple Leafs In ‘Showdown’ Final

<div class="byline">By BOB HARRIS</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0679/2462635-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="307" height="373"></div>Stan Mikita, the dominant figure during the regular 1966-67 National Hockey League season, has been selected as the player of the year by THE HOCKEY NEWS in their 18th annual awards announcement by publisher Ken McKenzie.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01578/2462628-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="261" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stan Mikita</figcaption></div>Also named as top coach of the year was Emile Francis of the New York Rangers. Bob Breitbard, young, energetic owner-president of the new San Diego Gulls of the Western Hockey League, was chosen as the leading executive of the year.There could be no faulting the selection of Mikita as the top individual performer of the year. The 26-year-old Chicago center, who had such a magnificent season that he could finish up sweeping the awards board, won the Art Ross Trophy as NHL scoring champion for the third time in the past four years. He also was named first-half All-Star center, and finished as the leader in the voting for the Hart and Byng trophies at the mid-season mark. Mikita closed with a recordtieing 97 points as well as bettering his own assists record of 59 by notching 62 this year.This was Mikita&rsquo;s big season and the fiery, hard-driving Black Hawks&rsquo; center stepped up to accept the challenge as he played the best hockey of his eight-year NHL career to completely dominate the individual scoring race while at the same time holding his penalty intake down to a mere 12 minutes, an achievement that will guarantee him winning the Lady Byng Trophy.Mikita, who raised his career total to 215 goals with 35 in 70 games this season, played a major role along with his superstar teammate Bobby Hull, in bringing Chicago its first NHL league championship in 41 years.Mikita followed Hull into THE HOCKEY NEWS throne room this year for the Hawks&rsquo; Golden Jet was last season&rsquo;s top player. It was the second time Mikita has been chosen for the player award having won it in 1963-64.While the editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS picked Mikita as the player who completely captivitated NHL audiences this season on the ice, they gave the office nod to Rangers&rsquo; general manager-coach Emile Francis as the man who did the best job of coaching in the NHL this past year.The dynamic little Rangers&rsquo; executive picked the Blues up from a last-place finish in 196566 and elevated the Rangers to a point where they actually led the NHL for a good portion of the season before wilting in the closing weeks of the schedule to end up fourth.Getting the Rangers into the playoffs was a feat in itself for Francis since the Blues hadn&rsquo;t been in the post-season round for five years before this season.Francis is the youngest manager in the NHL at age 40. He took over the Rangers midway through the 1965-66 season when the club was floundering under Red Sullivan. The Blues managed to end up in last place but this season their rejuvenation was remarkable and certainly a credit to the coaching ingenuity of Francis.The dual Rangers&rsquo; executive joins pretty select company in being named coach of the year in the NHL. Detroit&rsquo;s Sid Abel held the honor the past two seasons. Toe Blake has won it five times and Punch Imlach three.The editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS decided after careful scrutiny and study that Bob Breitbard of San Diego was the man most worthy for their executive of the year honor.Breitbard, a comparative newcomer to professional hockey, did a superb job with the operation of the Western Hockey League team despite the fact the Gulls ended up in last place.Breitbard&rsquo;s Gulls, in their first season back in pro hockey, set a new WHL and minor league attendance record when they attracted 315,021 fans to 37 home games at the slick new San Diego International Sports Arena this past season.Not only is this figure tops for the WHL but it was the best in all of minor hockey and was surpassed only by the six NHL teams.The young San Diego owner is a hustling young executive who spends long hours toiling for his favorite city. In one year, he managed to lure both a pro hockey and a professional basketball franchise to San Diego.Breitbard&rsquo;s efforts on behalf of minor pro hockey certainly warrant his award as executive of the year. It also marked the fourth straight season the award has been given to a minor league official. Bill Levins of Oklahoma City of the CPHL was the 1966 winner. Portland&rsquo;s Harry Glickman won in 1965 and Jackie Gordon, then with Cleveland, won in 1964.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02467/2462621-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1800" height="1240"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s STAN MIKITA of the Hawks taking a header during recent Stanley Cup semi-final playoffs. Mikita, who won NHL scoring title this season for third time in last four years, was chosen by the editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS for their award as player of the year.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03311/2462614-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="529" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">EMILE FRANCIS&hellip; Named Top Coach</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04189/2462607-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="529" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB BREITBARD&hellip; Best Executive</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Stan Mikitu Selected Player Of The Year; Francis Top Coach, Breitbard Best Executive

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TOPPS 1967 HOCKEY SET

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‘News’ Awards Winners

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01640/2462728-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="293" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Earl Ingarfield</figcaption></div>Now that the Stanley Cup frenzy has subsided in The Gotham it is possible to sit back and review the work of those who helped create the Ranger renaissance and who were the victims of the playoff disaster.Despite the four-straight exit to the Canadiens, the Blues comported themselves nobly, except, of course, for the infamous opening game holocaust, when they blew a three goal lead with 11 minutes left in the third period. That was inexcusable.When skeptics suggested the Rangers would fold in the second, third and fourth games, the Blues regained their zest for playing and battled the Canadiens on nearly equal terms. Each of the final three games remained undecided until the very end; the last game going into sudden death overtime.It is time now to offer a critical review of the individual Rangers based both on their regular season as well as playoff efforts.Ed Giacomin &mdash; Deserving of the Ranger &ldquo;Comeback Award.&rdquo;&hellip; one of several key factors in the club&rsquo;s rebirth but certainly not yet fully matured as a goaltender. His revival is as much due to the faith of g.m.-coach Emile Francis as anyone but he flubbed on some key shots in the playoffs that accellerated the Ranger exit.Wayne Hillman &mdash; Voted the Blues&rsquo; &ldquo;Unsung Hero&rdquo; prize and none deserved it more &hellip; underrated for his steady but unobtrusive play &hellip; fearless and tough on defense &hellip; one of the unheralded positive factors in the playoff year.Harry Howell &mdash; A modest AllStar who emerged as an offensive success as well as a defenseman who was tougher than usual around the nets &hellip; covered up regularly for the mistakes committed by partner Arnie Brown &hellip; near flawless.Arnie Brown &mdash; Capable and sometimes starry in the first half but disintegrated later in the season and was one of the playoff goats. Lacks the stability and ruggedness of his partners but often was effective on the attack.Boomer Geoffrion &mdash; Added more spirit and goals than expected although the legs often were weak &hellip; proved his class by continuing solid play in the Cup semis &hellip; His spirit an integral aspect of the uprising and necessary for next season.Al MacNeil &mdash; Oozing with courage and desire, he lacked finesse and had to compensate with sock&hellip; Did as much as he could with little talent but was found wanting when used fulltime and was a culprit in the playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02593/2462721-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="1762" height="1157"><figcaption class="caption-body">All-star defenseman HARRY HOWELL, left, held up well for Rangers all season long and was solid in playoffs. But team captain BOB NEVIN was below form and his ice leadership was lacking in the Blues&rsquo; quick playoff exit.</figcaption></div>Rod Gilbert &mdash; Got the goals when he was healthy, failed in the second half when the back problems arose &hellip; still not to the Rangers what captain Andy Bathgate was in his prime &hellip; The mystery cloak he wore on his back late in the season raises questions about his future.Bob Nevin &mdash; Best two-way player on the club but lacked outward effervescence needed in a captain &hellip; was unexplicably weak in the playoffs until the fourth game&hellip; when he&rsquo;s on, he&rsquo;s in the Gordie Howe class &hellip; trouble is, he&rsquo;s not &ldquo;on&rdquo; enough.Reg Fleming &mdash; Provided the sock and the laughs and collected the most stupid penalties but, on the whole, was more asset than deficit and collected more goals than expected&hellip; an effective disturber.Earl Ingarfield &mdash; Superb in the playoffs, Ingarfield was typically inconspicuous during the regular schedule. Doesn&rsquo;t use body enough.Vic Hadfield &mdash; Checked well and avoided silly penalties enough to compensate for his drop in goal production. Late season spurt indicates scoring prowess not extinct.Jim Neilson &mdash; Like Hillman, he was quietly effective on defense but blundered too much for comfort in the playoffs thereby causing his benching. His calm disposition prevents him from using his extensive size to best advantage.Jean Ratelle &mdash; Lacked drive after returning from his back operation &hellip; failed to impress in the playoffs but too potentially-good to be overlooked for the future.Phi Goyette &mdash; the best and balance-wheel of the Nevin-Marshall line; over the season the best all-round forward and destined for a superb playoff until a groin injury braked his progress &hellip; should be good for another season or two of solid hockey.Don Marshall &mdash; Brilliant start and effective penalty-killing and general all-round savvy lifted him to the upper plateau of forwards &hellip; Tailed off during second half of the schedule and missed several scoring opportunities but was one of the more valuable-&mdash; though diffident &mdash; Rangers.Red Berenson &mdash; The tragedy of the year &hellip; notable start, best of the Ranger forwards until his early season injury&hellip; returned late in December and exited again with injury&hellip; was overlooked upon his recuperation and underused toward the end when he might have been effective &hellip; when used in playoffs he showed to advantage, culminating with a sudden death shot that beat Rogatien Vachon but hit post.Ken Schinkel &mdash; Solid utility forward.Cesare Maniago &mdash; The forgotten man.(Next week&mdash;the management). &#9632;

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Blues’ Playoff Fold-Up Due To Letdown Of Stars

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HOCKEY FANS

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01598/2462828-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="280" height="404"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Crozier</figcaption></div>A matter of pride and the shortage of home-grown players contributed to the Red Wings&rsquo; fifth place finish, manager-coach Sid Abel says.&ldquo;Detroit has been a very&rsquo; proud hockey club. Most of the players have been Red Wings and been proud of wearing the Red Wing colors and working as a Red Wing.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re at the Stage now where we have an awful lot of players that are from other clubs.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve always traded with the idea that if we could help the club now, we&rsquo;d do it,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;But we have players from so many other clubs that we&rsquo;ve lost that little bit of pride and that little bit of get-up-and-go where they haven&rsquo;t been fellas who&rsquo;ve come up through our system and want to stay in it.&rdquo;Abel said the solution is in bringing up players developed by the Wings.&ldquo;Nearly all of the boys on our Memphis farm club are players who&rsquo;ve come through our junior system and are Red Wings. I&rsquo;d say the majority of players at Pittsburgh are pretty well Red Wings or they were drafted while they were real young,&rdquo; Abel said.Another aspect of the Wings&rsquo; demise from Stanley Cup finalist a year ago to Stanley Cup no-show this year, is the lack of a holler guy.Ted Lindsay was the catalyst when the Wings won the NHL title in 1964-65. Defensemen Bill Gadsby and Doug Barkley were the tough guys in 1965-66.No one replaced them during the past disastrous season.&ldquo;A holler guy means a lot to a club,&rdquo; Abel admitted. &ldquo;Somewhere along the line someone will come in and be a take-charge fella.&ldquo;Bryan Watson would be a take charge hockey player but he&rsquo;s not quite capable of being a regular and I&rsquo;m saying that in all honesty.&ldquo;He puts so much into his game and has so much intestinal fortitude but he&rsquo;s not the kind of fella who is going to carry the respect of the rest of his teammates because he does lack some ability.&ldquo;Now if this were a Normie Ullman, and Normie were a take-charge and real talkative fella, I think the club would stand behind him and go,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;But Normie isn&rsquo;t a talkative player.&rdquo;Abel rejected the notion that the Wings&rsquo; road record, 6-28-1, was so anemic because they let themselves be pushed around even though that often looked the case.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t really believe that. There&rsquo;s not too many rough players around today. While maybe we don&rsquo;t have a player who goes out and rides roughshod, we&rsquo;ve got some fellas who can take care of themselves.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just that we lost some of our drive and didn&rsquo;t get the goaltending from Roger Crozier we thought we would.&rdquo;And what did it cost the Wings to miss the playoffs?&ldquo;A lot of money,&rdquo; Abel answered. I&rsquo;d say every player had a bonus clause calling for at least $1,000 or $1,500 and as high as $5,000 to get into the playoffs&hellip; just to get in.&ldquo;They had bonuses for getting by the first round plus the fact that the league awards were doubled this year,&rdquo; Abel said. &#9632;

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Shortage Of Home-Grown’ Players Big Factor In Red Wings’ Demise Maintains Manager-Coach Sid Abel Detroit

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IT TAKES A MAN TO SAVE MONEY

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03439/2462890-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="295" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Pelletier</figcaption></div>Marcel Pelletier, one of hockey&rsquo;s most colorful personalities has hung up his skates after 20 years to join the front office of the National Hockey League Philadelphia Flyers.The 39-year-old native of Drummondville, Quebec, is known in hockey circles as the &ldquo;Gypsy Goalie&rdquo; and is equally at home behind goalkeeper pads or a banquet lecturn.&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll do scouting, promotion and just about everything else for the Flyers,&rdquo; says club general manager Bud Poile. &ldquo;Marcel will be our jack of all trades, chief trouble shooter and a little bit of a lot of things.&rdquo;The husky, happy goalkeeper has played on 13 different teams in every professional hockey league in existence, including Chicago and New York in the National Hockey League.He&rsquo;s played on championship teams six times, wound up in playoffs 16 of 20 years and holds records for most shut-outs in the Western Hockey League (8 twice) and Central Professional Hockey League (9). Pelletier also holds the pro hockey record of most assists for a goalkeeper (19).Last season, he served as assistant to coach Vic Stasiuk of the Jersey Devils, champs of the Eastern League northern division, playing in 20 games when goalie Norm DeFelice was hurt.How does it feel to pull off the uniform after wearing it in such towns as Kansas City, Milwaukee, Chicoutimi, Seattle, Victoria, Los Angeles, San Francisco, St. Paul and Cherry Hill, N. J.?&ldquo;It feels good,&rdquo; he smiles.&ldquo;The game was good to me &mdash; and I was good to the game. You&rsquo;ve got to quit sometime. I&rsquo;m glad to be with a good organization like the Flyers.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Pelletier Hangs Up Skates For Post With Philly Flyers

SUMMER 1967HOCKEY SCHOOL JULY 17th to SEPTEMBER 2ndHELD ATDOUBLERINK ARENASJANE ST. & No. 7 HIGHWAYOn the outskirts of Toronto. Boarding and day students accepted.AGAIN FEATURINGProfessional Instruction byBILLY HARRISBOB PULFORDDAVE KEONBOB NEVINBOB HAGGERT<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04298/2462949-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="570" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY HARRIS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05194/2462942-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="480" height="386"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB NEVIN</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-06120/2462935-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="476" height="387"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE KEON</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0771/2462928-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="477" height="389"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB FULFORD</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0848/2462921-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="1800" height="376"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01668/2462980-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>Suggests Canada Quit So-Called World Hockey</h2>Hockey News Editor:What does Canada have to prove by remaining in world hockey competition? Absolutely nothing. Why should we go on suffering more humiliation when it&rsquo;s a known fact we have the best hockey players in the world.It&rsquo;s too bad Bunny Ahearne doesn&rsquo;t let Russia play an NHL team using Canadian rules. The World Hockey Association dictates the rules to us (it&rsquo;s a wonder some women&rsquo;s team hasn&rsquo;t applied for entry with their rules), uses incompetent officials, and has an Englishman for President. Maybe, someone should be informed that there is a slight difference between hockey and cricket.If Canada remains in hockey competition the situation will only get worse. After all, the ambition of most of our players is to play in the NHL and rightly so because it is the best hockey league in the World. I&rsquo;m sick and tired of hearing that it&rsquo;s our duty to remain in competition.It&rsquo;s about time we told them to go peddle their so-called &lsquo;World hockey championship&rsquo;.A. J. KNILSON.Cam Two, N.W.T.<h2>Let Russians Play NHL To Settle Argument</h2>Hockey News Editor:The world amateur championships have been concluded with the Russian team the winner for the fifth consecutive year. They have proven that they have an excellently conditioned and well organized hockey machine. If there is a weakness it is in their goaling simply because the precision-type game their forwards and defensemen play does not allow too many shots on their goal.Their officials have served notice that they want to play several NHL teams in the near future. I say why not! There is no denying the presence of Russia. Critics can no longer dismiss their merits on old taboos such as &ldquo;they don&rsquo;t play our rules&rdquo; and &ldquo;they&rsquo;re really pros to begin with.&rdquo; To me this is irrelevant.If the NHL is confident of trouncing the Russians then why not put them to the test in an exhibition series. Say a four game &ldquo;play-off&rdquo;. &mdash; Two games under NHL rules and two under amateur edicts.This would be fair to both sides and provide an answer to what extent Russian hockey can be compared to &ldquo;the best.&rdquo;CRAIG CARP,Philadelphia, Pa.<h2>Carleton Proved Shot Faster Than Hull&rsquo;s</h2>Hockey News Editor:I would like to know if Wayne Carleton can shoot the puck harder off-hand than Bobby Hull can shoot forward?I understand they both competed in some kind of a shooting contest last summer.JUDY McLEOD,Lorne Valley, P.E.I.(Editor&rsquo;6 note: Wayne Carleton recorded a shot last summer at a specially rigged shooting gallery at 115 mph. Bobby Hull fired a puck in the same contest and only registered 60 mph. Frank Mahovlich was slightly less. It proved Carleton could shoot harder than Hull and the &lsquo;Big M&rsquo; but it also proved one other thing &mdash; he couldn&rsquo;t score like Hull or Mahovlich when the season startted.) &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By Ken Mckenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03413/2463025-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="395" height="426"></div>&bull; IN A WAY Canadiens were relieved to have their unbeaten streak of 16 straight games snapped by the Leafs last Saturday. They realized it had to happen some time and were just as glad to get it over with&hellip; As Sam Pollock, Montreal GM stated: &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s face it. You can&rsquo;t expect to go through this thing unbeaten.&rdquo;&hellip; Pollock added: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re a lot better off now than we were this time last year.&rdquo; &hellip; You&rsquo;ll recall Canadiens were down two games to Detroit after the first two games in last year&rsquo;s finals&hellip; Coach Toe Blake took the Leafs&rsquo; 3-0 win realistically. &ldquo;The way we played we didn&rsquo;t deserve to win. We&rsquo;ve nothing to alibi about. You lose, that&rsquo;s all.&rdquo;&hellip; Toronto played one of their finest games in years in tying the series at one game apiece &hellip; Punch Imlach played his cards right in inserting Johnny Bower in the nets&hellip; &ldquo;It was a hunch. I made the decision just before the warm-up&rdquo;, Imlach chortled&hellip; Toronto&rsquo;s aging blueline brigade of Marcel Pnonovost, Tim (Horton, Allan Stanley and Larry Hillman all played well with Pronovost playing his best game for awhile. In fact &ldquo;Marse&rdquo; was the most effective defenseman the Leafs had in action&hellip; Imlach was quoted after the win as saying: &ldquo;The only way to beat Canadiens is to ram it down their throats.&rdquo; &ldquo;It&rdquo; was not specified but he probably meant fore-checking&hellip; Imlach, incidentally, lost 10 pounds during his illness this winter and he hasn&rsquo;t regained the poundage&hellip; NHL clubs are expected to be doing some trading prior to the May 15 deadline. Jim Neilson of Rangers is up for grabs. He&rsquo;s been offered to a couple of clubs&hellip; Frank Selke Jr., vice-president of the Montreal Forum, is almost certain to take the position as executive vice-president of the California Seals of the NHL&hellip; &ldquo;I&rsquo;m 95 percent certain of taking the job. Only a few things have to be cleared up,&rdquo; he stated last week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04294/2463018-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="311" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Pronovost</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05245/2463011-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="298" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Kelly</figcaption></div>&bull; WEST COAST fans pleased upon hearing of Bob Breitbard&rsquo;s selection as THE HOCKEY NEWS Executive of the Year&hellip; Last year&rsquo;s HOCKEY NEWS Top Executive, Bill Levins, came through again this year as his Oklahoma City Blazers won the CPHL league championship and playoffs &hellip; Bill MacFarland did a great job in coaching the Seattle Totems to the WHL playoff title. The Totems downed the Vancouver Canucks four straight in the finals&hellip; There are hockey writers attending the Stanley Cup finals from most of the NHL expansion cities&hellip; Ron Andrews, NHL publicity director and statistician, busy looking after the NHL press suite and keeping the writers covering the series up to date on the latest stats&hellip; Fast becoming a &ldquo;must&rdquo; for Montrealers is Bruce Taylor&rsquo;s column in the Montreal Star&hellip; Philadelphia&rsquo;s new $10,000,000 sports arena is looking for a suitable name&hellip; Pittsburgh calls its sports arena &ldquo;The Big Igloo&rdquo;, Portland named its sports palace &ldquo;The Glass House&rdquo; and in Oakland the arena is known as &ldquo;The Jewel Box&rdquo;&hellip; The Philadelphia sports arena is due for completion on Labor Day&hellip; Toledo Blades made one of hockey&rsquo;s greatest comebacks this year&hellip; Everyone says Red Kelly will coach Los Angeles of the NHL next season. &ldquo;The Los Angeles club has made no contact with us even though Kelly is under contract to us. When the time comes, we will definitely have something to say about it,&rdquo; one Leaf official was quoted last week &hellip; The NHL expansion clubs are being warned about tampering with players under contract to the six present teams&hellip; &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

(As Seen In The Toronto Star)MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;It probably is no consolation to Bobby Hull of the vanishing Black Hawks, but his book on Montreal Canadiens contained all the pertinent facts. If Bobby ever gets to the stage where he&rsquo;s too ancient to shoot goals, and too bored to tend his purebred herds, and too active to sit counting his money, he could become a super-scout.His reports would be masterpieces of brevity. A manager or coach wouldn&rsquo;t need to call team meetings to go over Bobby&rsquo;s assessment of a rival club. Bobby makes a book that could be written on a poker chip.The other day, in Toronto, he listened to several long-winded discourses on the riches-to-rags-to-riches Montreal Canadiens. Many teams go from riches to rags. It&rsquo;s tougher to go from riches to rags and back to riches, the way the Habs have done.They started at the top and worked their way rapidly to the bottom. At one stage of the season, they actually were in last place. It was an event that caused little concern in Montreal because citizens who read it in their papers dismissed the whole thing as a misprint.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01620/2463056-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="530" height="584"><figcaption class="caption-body">HENRI RICHARD&hellip; He&rsquo;s Moving Again</figcaption></div>Canadiens are not quite back to the top yet. That may require a few more games. Meanwhile, they defied the law of averages by spinning an unbelievable undefeated skein &mdash; something like 1G, with somebody called Rogatien Vachon in their net, until Leafs ended it in the second game of the finals.He&rsquo;s a sub-goaler from Houston but don&rsquo;t knock him. Punch Imlach did that. At least, the papers said he did. They quoted Punch as saying there was no way Canadiens could whip our good guys with a Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; refugee in their cage. Mickey Mouse could have played goal for the Habs in that first game.Anyway, getting back to Hull&rsquo;s book on the Habs, he said it all in two short sentences: &ldquo;Henri Richard is moving again. That&rsquo;s all I need to know.&rdquo; The Pocket Rocket, it will be recalled, played the first half of the season like a man with bowed tendons and bunions.&ldquo;Luckily, Henri got hurt,&rdquo; coach Toe Blake said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s right, I think it was lucky. Everybody in the league was taking a run at Henri. He wasn&rsquo;t going. The club wasn&rsquo;t going. When he got that knee injury, he had to take a rest. He was skating in the old style when he came back. The club started to roll with him. I knew we were all right then.&rdquo;<h2>HE BECAME HIMSELF</h2>HENRI POTTED THREE GOALS in the first game for the cup. Leafs couldn&rsquo;t have contained him in a shrimp net. And, as Blake puts it, Habs were all right. They made our guys look like hitch-hikers on Highway 401.It was so easy, Habs didn&rsquo;t want to believe it. They made excuses for Leafs: Logical letdown after the Chicago series&hellip; Couldn&rsquo;t seem to get skating&hellip; Their timing was off&hellip; Don&rsquo;t forget Leafs got clobbered in the first game of the Chicago series, too.The Pocket Rocket was more specific. He said: &ldquo;I thought they would come out hitting &mdash; but they didn&rsquo;t. For me, it was just one of those nights when everything seemed to go right.&rdquo; Leafs proved Henri right two days later when they won the second game going away.If everything had not gone right, Henri would have been the last one to bleat. Since he came into the league in 1955, he&rsquo;s been seen but seldom heard. About all you know about him is what he puts on the scoreboard. The saga of Richard had been written before Henri arrived. Big brother Maurice (The Rocket) had done just about everything that could be done with a puck and a stick.Henri could do anything except skate, stick-handle, shoot, pass, and put the puck in the net. At Canadiens&rsquo; training camp, the year he came up, a club executive said: &ldquo;The little Henri is quite a kid. Seems to have the puck all the time. He&rsquo;s the Rocket&rsquo;s brother, you I know. He&rsquo;s not another Rocket, however.&rdquo;In junior hockey, Henri had to make believe he was another Rocket. He watched every move Maurice made and tried to copy it. Physically, he was not equipped for the role. At five feet, seven inches, weight 155, there was no way he could develop the Rocket&rsquo;s power.&ldquo;When I got to the NHL, it took me only a short time to see that I would have to be myself,&rdquo; Henri recalled. &ldquo;The things my brother did were not my style. I had to do things my own way.&rdquo;The Pocket Rocket&rsquo;s way is not so bad. He has scored 264 goals in regular season play and he&rsquo;s far from through. He never will match the 544 goals which the Rocket scored &mdash; nor Gordie Howe&rsquo;s 649. On the other hand, he has passed such shooters as Milt Schmidt (229), Bill Cook (228), and Toe Blake (235), all of whom are in the Hall of Fame. &#9632;

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Hull’s Book Said It All

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Allan and Memorial Cup championship races had narrowed down to finalists in both East arid West.Here is how the national senior hockey picture looked. In the East, the Drummondville Eagles, Quebec Senior Hockey League champions, were one step away from an Allan Cup berth as they won the first three games of their best-of-seven series from Kingston Accs, the Ontario titleholders.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02568/2463087-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="286" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Haworth</figcaption></div>Out West, the Calgary Spurs of the Alberta Senior Hockey League, were two games up on the Nelson Maple Leafs of the Western International Hockey League in their best-of-five final for the right to advance into the cup finals.In the Memorial Cup, it was Thetford Mines Canadiens of the Quebec Junior League, against the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Junior Hockey Association, in the Eastern final.Out West, the Port Arthur Marrs, Thunder Bay winners, had the distinction of being the first team in all of Canada to clinch a final berth. The Marrs disposed of the Flin Flon Bombers and then went up against the New Westminster Royals in the Western cup finals.The big surprise in Eastern playoffs was the sharp form displayed by the power - packed Drummondville team and the disappointing showing put up by the Kingston Aces. The Eagles won two games handily in Kingston and returned home to stop the Aces 5-4 in overtime with former Los Angeles Blades&rsquo; forward Gordie Haworth the hero with the winning goal in the second extra period.The Eagles breezed past Moncton while Kingston ousted Morrisburg to reach the finals. Calgary Spurs sidetracked Winnipeg Maroons and Nelson Leafs disposed of the defending Allan Cup champions, Drumheller Miners, to gain the finals. &#9632;

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Drummondville Nears Senior Final; Port Arthur To Face Junior Royals

<h2>ALLAN CUP</h2>EAST: Kingston Aces, Drummondville Eagles.WEST: Calgary Spurs, Nelson Maple Leafs.<h2>MEMORIAL CUP</h2>EAST: Thetford Mines Canadiens, Toronto Marlboros.WEST: New Westminster Royals, Port Arthur Marrs. &#9632;

Amateur Hockey Picture

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1967TO BE HELDJULY 31st TO AUG. 5thAUG. 7th TO AUG. 12thAUG. 14th TO AUG. 19thAT SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO, CANADAMEMORIAL GARDENSInstructors2&frac12; to 3 HOURS OF ICE TIME WITH INSTRUCTORS PER DAY<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02572/2463270-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="295" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL ESPOSITOCenter - Chicago</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03475/2463263-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="298" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHICO MAKIWing - Chicago</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04367/2463256-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="277" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENIS DEJORDYGoal - Chicago</figcaption></div>EVERY POSITION IN HOCKEY HAS ITS OWN INSTRUCTOR AT THE SOO HOCKEY CLINIC<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05290/2463249-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="297" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">GENE UBRIACOCenter - Hershey</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06238/2463242-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="299" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">MATT RAVLICHDefense - Chicago</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07190/2463235-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="291" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">MATT PAVELICHNHL Official</figcaption></div>TUITIONDAY STUDENT $30.00 FOR COMPLETEWEEK&rsquo;S COURSE$55.00 FOR COMPLETE WEEK&rsquo;S COURSEINCLUDING BILLETING$5.00 DEPOSIT REQUIRED WITH REGISTRATIONFINAL PAYMENT MUST BE MADE BYJULY 15th, 1967Write for more information & registration forms to:REGISTRARSOO HOCKEY CLINICMR. ANGELO BUMBACCO208 QUEEN STREET EAST,SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO, CAN. &#9632;

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3rd SOO HOCKEY CLINIC

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01653/2463173-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="293" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Barry Van Gerbig</figcaption></div>OAKLAND, Calif.&mdash;Barry Van Gerbig, young, personable and handsome, has bought out the interests of the Shasta Corporation and has become sole owner of the California Seals, the Oakland - San Francisco club, which operated in the Western League minor circuit this past season and will move up as part of the National League&rsquo;s new major league expansion division next season.The Shasta Corp., headed up by George Fleharty, and Van Gerbig were the leading principals in the group which purchased the Seals last season, landed the NHL franchise, and made a financial settlement with the Western League that gave them the rights to operate in that circuit this season and gave them the rights to operate in that circuit this season and gave them territorial rights to operate in the NHL next season.They then moved the club from the antiquated Cow Palace in San Francisco to the new Oakland Arena across the Bay.There had been rumors of differences of opinion in the operation of the club between Fleharty, who was president, and Van Gerbig, who was the team representative to the NHL Board of Governors. Now these have been resolved with Van Gerbig buying out Fleharty. Leaving the organization along with Fleharty is Kevin Keating, an officer in Fleharty&rsquo;s Shasta Corp., who has been listed as Executive Director of the Seals.&ldquo;There will be other changes in the managerial end,&rdquo; Van Gerbig told us.However, he said Rudy Pilous will continue as general manager, though he will not be coach of the team. Bert Olmstead, the Vancouver coach, reportedly has agreed to be the coach, but it is not known if the shift in the direction of the club will alter this. Van Gerbig would only say, &ldquo;We will name a new coach, and we have narrowed the field down fairly well, but we have not signed anyone yet.&rdquo;Charley Burns, who has been player-coach in the past and was player-coach most of this season while listed as an assistant to Pilous, who was occupied with scouting chores much of the campaign, reportedly will become the coach of the Western League team the Seals will operate in a new 12,000-seat arena in Phoenix, Arizona, next season.<h2>Hockey News Special</h2>&ldquo;It will be our number one farm team for awhile, at least,&rdquo; Van Gerbig said. "In about three years, around 1970, we also expect to sponsor a team in the Central League.&rdquo;Unlike the complicated situation in Los Angeles, where Jack Kent Cooke&rsquo;s new Kings face legal pressure from the L. A. Blades and the Western League for the right to operate in the L. A. territory in the NHL next season, the Seals settled with the WHL prior to the beginning of this past season.WHL president Al Leader says, &ldquo;The Seal organization paid a substantial sum in settlement, which satisfied us, and we approved the Seals operating in the WHL this season and have no argument with them operating in the San Francisco-Oakland area in the NHL next season.&rdquo;&ldquo;We paid an indemnity which we considered fair to both of us,&rdquo; Van Gerbig says. "We feel we owed the Western League that much.&rdquo; He added that sponsoring a WHL team was no part of that settlement, but one, the new Phoenix entry, will be operated coincidentally.The Seals, who will retain Tim Ryan as their publicist, will occupy temporary offices in the Edgewater Inn motel, near the Oakland Arena, while the Inn is building new quarters for them.While most of the new clubs have long since launched season-ticket campaigns for next season, the Seals are just beginning theirs. &ldquo;We were in a peculiar situation in that we did not think it was fair to take anything away from our Western League team until this season ended for them,&rdquo; Van Gerbig explains. &ldquo;Under the circumstances, I was satisfied with our Western League attendance, which was up close to 70 per cent over last season.&ldquo;However we are now going full-steam ahead and we are not going to let up. We must do business on a major league level, now. We are not going to take it for granted that once we have a major league image in our new building, fans will flock to us. We have a new sport and we will have a new team to sell in our new building in a vast population area of about 3 million persons, and we are going to do a job.While most of the NIIL&rsquo;s new expansion clubs have multiple, divided ownership, Van Gerbig is now, like Jack Kent Cooke of the L. A. Kings, the sole director of his club&rsquo;s fortunes. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m delighted, of course,&rdquo; Van Gerbig told us. &ldquo;One thing is for sure, now I will have no one to blame for any mistakes but myself.&rdquo;Van Gerbig, who has a wife, a son, 6, and a daughter, 4, and has moved into a home in the Presidio section of San Francisco, has varied business investments, and retains a home in Florida. &ldquo;I will devote about 10 per cent of my time to my other businesses, and will live part-time in Florida. We would not want to give that up&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;But from now on I will devote 90 per cent of myself to Northern California and the Seals.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Van Gerbig Becomes Sole Owner Of New NHL Team

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Johnny Bower has always objected to wearing a face mask primarily because he felt he was too long in the game to start putting on a protector. But now, the veteran goalie Is relenting.Bower said he will wear a mask next season in regular NHL play after 22 years in professional hockey dodging sticks and pucks. Several NHL goalies, like Bower, wear them in practice.The Toronto netminder thinks the introduction of curved hockey sticks is making a goaler&rsquo;s life too hazardous.&ldquo;A guy could get really hurt out there with all those scrambles and every second player poking at the puck. Those curved sticks are too dangerous when a goalie is down on the ice,&rdquo; adds Bower. &#9632;

Bower To Wear Mask Next Year

<div class="byline">By TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01636/2463339-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="538" height="875"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY SINDEN&hellip; Knows What He Wants</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02601/2463332-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="529" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIT MARTIN&hellip; Spotty Season</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03526/2463325-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="528" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY BUCYK&hellip; Poses Problem</figcaption></div>Coach Harry Sinden has a simple answer to improve the Bruins&rsquo; position in the National Hockey League next season &mdash; cut down on goals against and increase the goals for.There is only one catch, however. Harry hasn&rsquo;t yet figured out how the Bruins are going to accomplish either of these feats.&ldquo;We had the same thing in mind for this year when we left training camp last September." says Sinden. &ldquo;And we did improve some in both departments over a year ago. But we didn&rsquo;t improve enough.&rdquo;While finishing fifth in 1965-66, the Bruins scored 174 goals and let in 275. This was the worst record in the league but while New York scored 195 goals and allowed 261, the Rangers still finished last by a point.By comparison this year the Bruins scored 182 and allowed 253 and they finished 14 points behind Detroit.&ldquo;I had visions of a more balanced offense and defense this year,&rdquo; says Sinden. &ldquo;Say 200 goals for and 200 against. If we could have done that we might still be in business.&ldquo;We lost 13 games by one goal this year and so you can imagine what a 40-goal differential would have made.&rdquo;On the surface this didn&rsquo;t seem like too much to ask of the Bruins. They had five potential 20-goal scorers.Johnny Bucyk had scored 27 last year. Ron Stewart had 20, Murray Oliver scored 18. Jonnny McKenzie had 19 and Pit Martin 17.The last two had played only half the season with the B&rsquo;s.There also was Tommy Williams who had scored 16 the year before.But when the final figures were in for this year only Martin had reached the desired figure.&ldquo;And that wasn&rsquo;t a solid scoring season by Martin,&rdquo; says Sinden. &ldquo;Pit was streaky and spotty.&rdquo;While Bucyk wound up with 18 for the year 12 of them came in the second half of the season and Oliver tailed off to scoe only nine goals for the season and but three during the first half of the year.It has been Bucyk&rsquo;s history that and Oliver tailed off to score only in the second half, and this is one of the major mysteries Sinden tried to solve last year.&ldquo;I still can&rsquo;t figure it out,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Johnny was in excellent shape for the start of the season but he still was cold when it came to finding the net. It&rsquo;s true he suffered a bad charley horse that undoubtedly hampered him but I can&rsquo;t say that&rsquo;s the whole story.&ldquo;I wish I knew some way of teaching an individual how to score. But I don&rsquo;t. Nor do I know anyone else who can teach it.&ldquo;Scoring has to be at least 85 per cent instinctive. Luck will take care of the other 15 percent.The prospect of reducing the goals scored against when next Season rolls around is slightly more encouraging at the moment.&ldquo;Experience could make a difference in our defense,&rdquo; thinks Sinden.&ldquo;We had a young defensive squad this year. Gil Marotte was only a sophomore. Joe Watson was a rookie and for all his ability Bobby Orr was making a big jump from junior into this league.&ldquo;All three of them should benefit by the experience they gained this year. And we should be able to eliminate some of the mistakes that cost us goals this year. &#9632;

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Sinden Wants Better Balanced Attack For Next Year With Emphasis On Scoring Boston

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THE HOCKEY NEWS

PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION BY<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05356/2463415-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="386" height="510"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROGER CROZIERDetroit Red Wings</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06305/2463408-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="380" height="507"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON INGRAMBaltimore Clippers</figcaption></div>FIVE BIG WEEKS COMMENCING JULY 10 ENDING AUGUST 12Power skating taught by professional figure skater Ray Warden. Physical fitness instruction by high school phys. education teacher Garry Hammond.WE&rsquo;RE LOCATED ON BEAUTIFUL LAKE MUSKOKA,IN THE HEART OF CANADA&rsquo;S RESORT AREA.Boys From 8 to 18For information write to:MUSKOKA SUMMER HOCKEY SCHOOLc/o Doug Smith, Box 787,Bracebridge, Ontario. &#9632;

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MUSKOKA SUMMER HOCKEY SCHOOL

"you like 7up 7up likes you""you like 7up 7up likes you"<h2>NHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01653/2463446-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="492" height="1800"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;For 25 years, without interruption, members of the Richard family have been making life miserable for Toronto Maple Leafs.It started in 1942 when Maurice broke into the league, and began making the Toronto crew a I special sort of target. By 1944 he&rsquo;d already set two playoff records against them, tied another, and was to go on to further glory at their expense in ensuing years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02574/2463477-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="291" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Henri Richard</figcaption></div>In 1955 he was joined by brother Henri, who soon showed that he possessed the family trait of making things hot for Toronto. When the Rocket packed it up in 1960, Henri continued to harass the Leafs on his own and he was still doing it as recently as last Thursday, in the opening game of the Stanley Cup final. The Pocket was the sparkplug, notching the first hat-trick of his playoff career, as Habs belted Leafs 6-2 in the first game of the series.Henri&rsquo;s goals were comparatively easy ones, &mdash; two of them on deflections, the third the result of a loose puck, &mdash; but there was a kind of poetic justice about them, because the Pocket is a consistent star against Leafs even though it doesn&rsquo;t always show in the scoring column.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been our most man against&rsquo; Toronto&rdquo; for year&rsquo;s says Toe Blake. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s all over the ice when we play them, skating like mad, even though the Leafs are doing their best to stop him.&rdquo;&ldquo;I sometimes think that he knows they&rsquo;re going to try to bottle him up, and it makes him more determined to break loose,&rdquo; Blake added.Henri is following the example set by his brother, of course, but someone else is trying to follow Henri. That&rsquo;s Yvan Cournoyer, who&rsquo;s been poison to Toronto all season and who continued to plague them in the first game of the cup finals. Cournoyer fired two powerplay goals in the 6-2 win.Habs entered the finals fresh as the proverbial daisies after a six-day rest, following their elimination of the New York Rangers. The layoff, far from affecting their play, seemed to put wings on the Habs&rsquo; skates and they overwhelmed Leafs with speed in the onesided opening game. Some of the best efforts were produced by their veterans, notably Claude Provost and Jean-Guy Talbot, who skated rings &lsquo;round the Leafs while killing penalties. Provost was a particular standout, who took a regular shift for two periods in addition to his penalty-killing chores. The 33-year-old veteran, appearing in his 12th straight playoff year, was given the checking assignment against Frank Mahovlich and bottled up the &lsquo;Big M&rsquo; effectively.Rookie goalie Rogatien Vachon, who&rsquo;s celebrating his first appearance in a Stanley Cup playoff this year, continued to pay big dividends for Habs. He wasn&rsquo;t tested too much in the first game against Toronto, but made at least one sensational stop off Tim Horton early in the game that may well have turned the tide in Habs&rsquo; direction. &#9632;

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Little Henri Still Carrying Richard Banner High

Johnny Bower &hellip;&hellip; Toronto Leafs<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03489/2463508-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="298" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bower</figcaption></div>When hockey men get around to talking about the great clutch goalies they&rsquo;ve seen in the National Hockey League, they never fail to put the name of Johnny Bower at the top of their lists.Bower has shown over the years that he plays best when the chips are down and his performance in the second game of the Stanley Cup finals against the Montreal Canadiens is proof of why he is so highly rated among the top "money" players who wear the big pads.Bower, the "granddaddy" of professional hockey players at 42, took over the Leafs&rsquo; nets from Terry Sawchuk for the second game of the finals and promptly blanked the Canadiens 3-0 for the first shutout recorded in the 1967 playdowns.The hard-nosed veteran couldn&rsquo;t have picked a better time to shine for Toronto. The Leafs were slightly dejected after their 6-2 pounding by the Canadiens in the series opener and Coach Punch Imlach&rsquo;s strategy in inserting Bower into the net instead of Sawchuk, was considered a great psychological move. It could be enough of a lift to take the Leafs all the way.Bower made 31 saves in the second series game and despite some lusty stick work, accidentally or otherwise, by "bad man" John Ferguson, managed to keep the Habs off the scoresheet.El Producto is pleased to salute Johnny Bower as the NHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week. &#9632;

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The Player Of The Week

Habs Grab Opener Easily But Toronto Bounces Back<h2>Game Two</h2>Sat. April 22TORONTO 3 at MONTREAL 0MONTREAL, Que.-<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01650/2463567-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="301" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pete Stemkowski</figcaption></div>The Toronto Maple Leafs came fighting back to spill the Montreal Canadiens 3 - 0 in the second game of the Stanley Cup final playoff series with a complete reversal of form over their showing in the first game.With veteran goalie Johnny Bower taking over the starting role from Terry Sawchuk and hanging up the first shutout of the 1967 playoffs, the Leafs completely dominated the Canadiens, who had won the series opener so impressively 6-2, to knot the best-of-seven final at 1-1 and send the-teams to Toronto for the next two games.Peter Stemkowski, with his fourth playoff goal, scored the first marker of the game in the opening period and it was enough to carry the Leafs the rest of the way behind Bower&rsquo;s stellar net-minding. Mike Walton and Tim Horton added the other Toronto tallies.The win not only tied the series and gave the Leafs new life, but it also snapped Montreal&#827;s 16-game unbeaten string that extended through the last 11 league games and five playoff starts.TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower, Sawchuk: defence: Hillman, Pronovost, Horton, Baun, Stanley; forwards: Stemkowski, Pappin, Pulford, Kelly, Ellis, Armstrong, Keon, Walton, Conacher, Shack, Marcetta, Mahovlich.MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Vachon, Worsley; defence: J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Laperriere, Talbot, Harper; forwards: Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Beliveau, Duff, Cournoyer, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Baton, G. Tremblay, Rochefort.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Pavelich, Casselman.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Toronto, Stemkowski (Pulford, Walton) 12:14 Penalties: Ellis 1:29, Harper 10:59, Stanley 14:56, Harris 14:56, 17:17, Ferguson, Conacher 19:41.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Toronto, Walton (Pappin, Mahovlich) &hellip;&hellip; 9:123&mdash;Toronto, Horton (Stemkowski, Conacher) 16:57Penalties: Horton 5:23, Cournoyer 7:18, Pronevost 10:23, Conacher 17:58, Ferguson 14:26.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Conacher 7:58, Beliveau 14:21, Stemkowski 16:02,SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05371/2463560-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="581" height="51"></div><h2>Game One</h2>Thurs. April 20TORONTO 2 at MONTREAL 6MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02601/2463553-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="266" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Yvan Cournoyer</figcaption></div>The Montreal Canadiens continued to roll unmolested in the Stanley Cup playoffs as they walloped the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 in the opening game of the cup finals as the two teams met for the fifth time in the big series.Paced by Henri Richard&rsquo;s first playoff &lsquo;hat trick&rsquo; and two power play goals by Leaf nemesis Yvan Cournoyer, the Canadiens rolled through the Leafs in a fashion even more impressive than in any of the four games when they eliminated New York Rangers in a four-game semi-final series.The Canadiens were flying and in contrast the Leafs didn&rsquo;t have the legs to keep up to the defending cup champs. While Richard was stealing the spotlight, the Habs got a goal from Jean Beliveau and two from young Cournoyer to dump the Leafs.Larry Hillman and Jim Pappin snagged the two Toronto goals.Terry Sawchuk started in goal for the Leafs but was yanked in the third period in favor of veteran Johnny Bower with Montreal on top 5-2.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk. Bower; defence: Horton, Stanley. Hillman, Pronovost. Baun; forwards: Keon, Conacher, Mahovlich, Kelly. Ellis, Armstrong, Stemkowski, Walton, Pappin, Pulford, Shack, Erickson.MONTREAL&mdash;Goal; Vachon, Worsley; defence; J. C. Tremblay, Harris. Laperriere. Talbot, Harper; forwards; Backstrom, Larose, Ferguson, Beliveau, Duff, Cournoyer, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Baton, G. Tremblay, Rochefort.Referee: Friday; linesmen: Shetler, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer(Beliveau, Rousseau) &hellip;&hellip; 6:252&mdash;Toronto, Hillman (Pappin) &hellip;&hellip; 6:403&mdash;Montreal, Richard (Rochefort, Baton) &hellip;&hellip; 11:19Penalties: Larose 1:07, Mahovlich 5:56, Harris 8:35, Harris 11:53, Toronto (too many men served by Erickson) 12:48, Beliveau 14:51, Rochefort 18:27.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer (Rousseau, Richard) 5:035&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau (G. Tremblay) &hellip;&hellip; 6:366&mdash;Toronto, Pappin (Horton, Pullford) &hellip;&hellip; 12:59Penalties: Pappin 2:06, Conacher 4:28, Harper 12:41, Larose 13:12, Horton 14:35.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Montreal, Richard (Baton) &hellip;&hellip; 4:538&mdash;Montreal, Richard (J. C. Tremblay) &hellip;&hellip; 8:21Penalties: Conacher 9:14, Balon 13:23, Ferguson 18:34.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06331/2463546-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="579" height="55"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03524/2463539-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="1738" height="1150"><figcaption class="caption-body">Montreal&rsquo;s rookie goaler ROGATIEN VACHON (30) is well out of his net as he plays puck</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Canadiens, Leafs Locked in 5th Cup Final

Tues. April 18CHICAGO 1 at TORONTO 3TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04439/2463605-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="293" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brian Conacher</figcaption></div>The great hockey name of Conacher blared into the Stanley Cup playoff spotlight again as rookie Brian Conacher shot two goals to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks and send the Leafs into the Stanley Cup finals against Montreal Canadiens.Conacher scored twice, once in the first period and again in the third, to give the Leafs their fourth win of the best-of-seven semi-finals and a 4-2 edge in games.Conacher&rsquo;s goals were his first of the playoffs and climaxed a brilliant game by the son of the late Lionel Conacher, one of hockey&rsquo;s greatest defensemen of all time. Pete Stemkowski chipped in with his third playoff goal to help eliminate the Hawks.Pat Stapleton kept Chicago from being blanked when he scored in the first period but the goal was the only one the disappointing Hawks could muster throughout the game.Goalie Terry Sawchuk continued his astounding netminding to foil the Hawks, who won the NHL league title but didn&rsquo;t have anything left to beat the Leafs.CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall, DeJordy; defence: Van Impe, Pilote, Miszuk, Stapleton, Jarrett; forwards: Wharram, Mikita, Mohns. B. Hull, Esposito, Maki, Nesterenko, Hay, Hodge, D. Hull, Angotti, Boyer.TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk, Bower; defence: Hillman, Pronovost, Horton, Stanley, Baun; for wards: Jeffrey, Kelly, Ellis, Keon, Mahovlich, Conacher, Stemkowski, Pulford, Pappin, Armstrong, Walton, Shack.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Casselman, Pavlich.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Toronto, Conacher (Mahovlich, Keon) &hellip;&hellip; 5:062&mdash;Chicago, Stapleton (Nesterenko) &hellip;&hellip; 14:38Penalties: Stemkowski 7:05, Pilote 12:38.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: D. Hull 13:32.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Toronto, Conacher &hellip;&hellip; 4:474&mdash;Toronto, Stemkowski (Kell , Stanley) &hellip;&hellip; 13:06Penalties: Hay 5:14, Stemkowski 13:27.SHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07302/2463598-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="581" height="58"></div>Attendance: 15,977. &#9632;

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Conacher’s Goals Put Leafs In Finals

WALLY NORTHERN PRO HOCKEY STICKSWALLY POOL TABLES TABLE TENNIS CROQUET SETS<h2>AHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01621/2463660-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="569" height="1800"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;The Pittsburgh Hornets&rsquo; long playoff wait ended when the Rochester Americans eliminated the Baltimore Clippers from the semifinal playoffs last weekend.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02531/2463691-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="301" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Joyal</figcaption></div>The Americans now encounter the Hornets in a best-of- seven final playoff for the Calder Cup.Rochester, which has won the cup the last two years, beat out the Clippers 3-1 in their best-of-five semi-final series in which Eddie Joyal emerged as the individual scoring star.Joyal displayed his prowess in the final game when he scored three times to lead the Americans to a come-from-behind 7-5 victory over the Clippers. Baltimore had taken a 3-0 lead but wilted before a six-goal second-period onslaught that put the game and series out of their reach.In the other games, Rochester won the opener 4-3 but the Clippers bounced back to take the second 5-3. However, the Americans won the next two 4-0 and 7-5.The series clincher also extended Rochester&rsquo;s undefeated streak to 10 games on Baltimore ice. The Clippers haven&rsquo;t been able to beat the Americans in Rochester since February, 1965.Baz Bastien&rsquo;s Hornets have been cooling their heels since eliminating Hershey Bears April 15 in a best-of-seven semi-final series.It only took the Western Division champion Hornets 5 games to get by Hershey. They won the first three, lost the fourth and ended it all for the Bears in the 5th game with a 4-0 whitewashing.Veteran goaltender Hank Bassen was the series&rsquo; standout for the Hornets as he allowed just 9 goals in the 5 games. He posted a fantastic 1.80 average and had to be tough to beat "Long&rdquo; John Henderson who gave up a mere 15 tallies.The &ldquo;unsung&rdquo; heroes for the Hornets were the defensemen. Time after time they stopped Hershey cold in key situations. On top of their outstanding defensive play, the rearguards fired in 5 goals during the series, getting at least 1 goal in each of the four Hornet wins.Who their opponents would be in the final round didn&rsquo;t make too much difference to coach &ldquo;Baz&rdquo; Bastien and his squad. Pittsburgh won the season series from both clubs.Against the defending Calder Cup Champion Americans, the Hornets won all 4 games in Pittsburgh and went winless in Rochester, although they did grab off a pair of ties in the 5 games played there. &#9632;

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Amerks Ready For Pittsburgh In Cup Final

Tues. April 18<h2>BALTIMORE 5 at ROCHESTER 3</h2>FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Polano 2:45, Bartlett, Blackburn 6:47, Brinkworth 10:41, Rupp 17:23.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Baltimore, Marshall &hellip;&hellip; 1:142&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Cherry, Ehman) &hellip;&hellip; 3:183&mdash;Baltimore, Bartlett (Cunningham) &hellip;&hellip; 4:384&mdash;Rochester, Joyal (Smrke, Brenneman) &hellip;&hellip; 11:16Penalties: Sly 6:19, 14:21, Guidolin 17:00.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Baltimore, Robinson (Marshall, Hicke) 2:076&mdash;Baltimore, Marshall (Robinson, Polano) 16:257&mdash;Rochester, Carleton (Douglas, Rupp) &hellip;&hellip; 18:168&mdash;Baltimore, Hicke (Ingram) &hellip;&hellip; 19:00Penalties: None.Shots against: Perreault 29, Villemure 32. Attendance: 5,347.(Best-of-five semi-finals tied 1-1)Fri. April 21<h2>ROCHESTER 4 at BALTIMORE 0</h2>FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Rochester, Horvath &hellip;&hellip; 16:26Penalties: Duff, Hicke 16:53, Ehman 18:22.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Rochester, Ehman (Smrke) &hellip;&hellip; 8:403&mdash;Rochester, Gamble(Carleton, Brenneman) &hellip;&hellip; 18:50Penalties: Duff 3:30, Arbour 13:13.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Rochester, Joyal &hellip;&hellip; 2:23.Penalties: Plager 13:55, Plager, Carleton (majors) 16:22.Shots against, Villemure 26, Perreault 24.Attendance: 9,475.(Rochester leads best-of-five semi-finals 2-1)Sun. April 23<h2>ROCHESTER 7 at BALTIMORE 5</h2>FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Baltimore, Seiling (Marshall, Ingram) 4:462&mdash;Baltimore, Knibbs (Polano, Cossette) &hellip;&hellip; 6:523&mdash;Baltimore, Hicke (Plager, Marshall) &hellip;&hellip; 17:25Penalties: Knibbs 2:28, Rupp 11:52, Joyal 17:19, Ingram 18:13.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Rochester, Duff (Cherry, Horvath) &hellip;&hellip; 3:185&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Ehman) &hellip;&hellip; 4:316&mdash;Baltimore, Bartlett(Cunningham, Polano) &hellip;&hellip; 5:177&mdash;Rochester, Joyal &hellip;&hellip; 11:148&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Ehman, Joyal) &hellip;&hellip; 12:449&mdash;Rochester, Horvath (Blackburn) &hellip;&hellip; 14:4710&mdash;Rochester, Joyal (Smrke) &hellip;&hellip; 18:43Penalties: Collins 7:14, Seiling 10:52, Plager 18:29.THIRD PERIOD11&mdash;Rochester, Joyal &hellip;&hellip; 16:2912&mdash;Baltimore, Robinson (Hicke, Marshall) 18:13Penalties: none.Shots against, Villemure 26, Perreault 38. Attendance: 5,542.(Rochester wins best-of-five semi-finals 3-1) &#9632;

Calder Cup Playoff Summaries

BOYS&rsquo; CAMPLocated on beautiful Koshlong Lake, Haliburton, OntarioINSTRUCTORS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03414/2463788-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="374" height="397"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN HODGE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04307/2463781-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="378" height="391"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRIT SELBY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05224/2463774-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="364" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY ORR</figcaption></div>&bull; A high prestige Hockey Program plus a boy&rsquo;s full camp life.&bull; Top flight N.H.L. instructors.&bull; Hockey every day in the splendid new Haliburton Arena.&bull; Boys live in beautiful cabins surrounded by swaying birch trees.&bull; 1,000 ft. of golden sand beach like Hawaii for beautiful holiday swimming.&bull; Water skiing and water ski instruction.&bull; Play golf on two different courses.&bull; Organized camp tournaments in shuffleboard, horseshoes and golf.&bull; Touch Football, Soccer and Lacrosse on our beautiful new sports field.&bull; Canoe instruction and canoe trips.&bull; Cook-outs, camp fire, sing-songs.&bull; Go Kart rides on supervised Go Kart track.&bull; All meals diet supervised by expert chefs.&bull;HARRY SINDEN&mdash;new coach of the Boston Bruins has been added to our Hockey Staff.INSTRUCTORS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06182/2463767-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="383" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED KELLY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07158/2463760-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="387" height="388"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON ELLIS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08139/2463753-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="383" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">BERNIE PARENT</figcaption></div>&ldquo;A Boy&rsquo;s Dream Holiday Come True"July 1st through September 2nd, 1967FOR MORE INFORMATION, BROCHURES AND PRICESWRITEHaliburton Hockey HavenBOYS&rsquo; CAMP4 Finch Ave. W.. Suite 20. Willowdale, Ontario<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09121/2463746-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="1301" height="154"></div> &#9632;

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Haliburton Hockey Haven

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01614/2463833-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="293" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Henderson</figcaption></div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;No one was surprised when the powerful Pittsburgh Hornets eliminated the Hershey Bears in five games in the American League semi-final Calder Cup playoff series.During regular season play, the Hornets lost only one game in nine to Hershey. Add to this, Pittsburgh ran off a win streak of ten games, including the first three playoff scraps in the best-of-seven series."We just were beaten by a big, strong team,&rdquo; said Bears&rsquo; coach Frank Mathers. &ldquo;They can skate, shoot and check and it&rsquo;s the biggest team physically I&rsquo;ve seen in some 20 years in the league as a player and coach.&rdquo;Coach Baz Bastien&rsquo;s Western Division champion Hornets outscored the Bears, 15-9 and outshot them 191-166 in 300 minutes of action. There are 15 ex-National Leaguers in the Hornets&rsquo; lineup.The series, which drew a disappointing attendance of 27.965 for the five games, saw the Hornets win its four games by scores of 4-2, 3-2, 3-2 and 4-0. Hershey&rsquo;s only victory was a 3-1 decision in the fourth game on its home ice.Both goalies, Hank Bassen, of Pittsburgh and long John Henderson, of Hershey, turned in fine performances. Henderson&rsquo;s only problem was his teammates couldn&rsquo;t, with the exception of one game, get him a decent lead to work on.However, Henderson&rsquo;s play through the latter part of the season figures to earn him a nook with one of the new National League expansion clubs. Despite being 34, Henderson showed big league scouts he has a heap of talent between the pipes.Bassen allowed only nine goals, made 157 saves and registered one Shutout to post a brilliant 1.80 average. Henderson allowed 15 goals, turned in 176 saves and a 3.00 average.Hornets&rsquo; winger Gary Jarrett was his club&rsquo;s most potent goal sniper, banging in four, including the game winning tallies in each of the first three matches.However, the Hornets&rsquo; defense, headed by Bob McCord, Warren Godfrey, Bob Wall, Pete Goegan and Doug Harvey notched five goals, a third of the team&rsquo;s total output.It was Pittsburgh&rsquo;s ability to get the quick jump on the Bears, then settle back and play a defensive style of hockey that helped the Hornets erase Hershey.Pittsburgh notched 12 of its 15 goals in the first 40 minutes, forcing the Bears into a catch-up style, something it couldn&rsquo;t do against the more seasoned Hornets.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02570/2463826-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="529" height="583"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB McCORD&hellip; Defensive Play Tops</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03531/2463819-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="468" height="590"><figcaption class="caption-body">HANK BASSEN&hellip; Brilliant In Goal</figcaption></div>In the fifth and final game against the Eastern Division champion Bears, the Hornets hit Hershey with three quick haymakers to build up a 3-0 lead by the seven minute mark of the opening period and then simply coasted to an easy 4-0 win, out-shooting the Bears, 42-22, in the process.Without question, McCord was the finest defenseman in the series, turning in one standout performance after another. He&rsquo;s another skater who has to be ticketed for the NHL next season.Hershey&rsquo;s most effective goal getter was little Gene Ubriaco, who notched three markers, while Roger DeJordy, who had 52 during the regular season, was next with two tallies. &#9632;

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Hornets Just Too Much For Bears Says Coach Mathers In Tribute To Powerful Pittsburgh Wasps Hershey

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FINAL USHL STATISTICS

<div class="byline">By CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05405/2463895-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="291" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Sweeney</figcaption></div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;The American Hockey League season has been over about a month in Springfield, yet the team continues to make headlines nearly every day. In the minds of many, the players might not be flying around the ice but fans are reminded about ice hockey just the same.Latest rumor has Bill White, Brian Kilre, Howie Menard and Dale Rolfe already peddled to expansion teams in the National Hockey League. This rumor was promptly denied by coach Ted Shore and general manager Jack Butterfield, as have all rumors about the team.Other whispers making the rounds include the Indians being sold for some $3 million to Jack Kent Cooke, West Coast millionaire who owns the Los Angeles Kings expansion team in the National League. Cooke reportedly wants the Indians as his farm team. This was also denied locally.In fact, a recent issue of HOCKEY NEWS reported in a column by publisher Ken McKenzie that several NHL teams made bids Tor the Indians, but that Eddie Shore&rsquo;s asking price was always too high. Cooke, who owns a huge sports empire, might be willing to meet his price for the team.Meanwhile, Springfield is in the process of building two hockey arenas which might affect the Indians. The downtown arena would seat 6,500 while the Hampden County Arena at Blunt Park would hold around 6,000. The Indians could shift some of their future games to either site.The downtown arena will be financed by local in-town merchants and include a shopping mall and parking. The County Arena would be financed by the Commonwealth of Mass, and then turned over to responsible local management for operation. The picture certainly looks rosy for the party who owns the Indians years ahead.Not a single player on the Indians made the top 15 scorers in the American Hockey League. In 65 games, center Bill Sweeney potted 16 goals and 50 assists to lead the club in scoring with 66 points. The husky center missed a few important games but came strong at the end of the season.Howie Menard followed closely in second place with 64 points in 68 games on 25 goals and 39 asists. He is only a little guy but has plenty of spunk and ability. Brian Kilrea made third top scorer on the team in 63 games with 63 points on 25 goals and 38 assists.Jacques Caron minded the net for 35 games had a 4.37 average with 136 goals allowed in 1866 minutes played. &#9632;

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Have Indians Already Sold Four To Expansion Teams? Springfield

PICTORIALHGive a subscription to the bright and breezy, liveaction-packed HOCKEY PICTORIAL &ndash; and be the most popular member of your set !Hockey&rsquo;sMost ExcitingPublicationNow !84 pages<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06344/2463933-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="534" height="673"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07317/2463926-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="1214" height="731"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY

Before you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWARD&rsquo;S&rdquo;&nbsp;it never variesBefore you say SCOTCH say &ldquo;DEWARD&rsquo;S&rdquo;&nbsp;it never variesWed. April 12<h2>SEATTLE 3 at CALIFORNIA 2</h2>FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;California, Gilbertson(Hoekstra, Swarbrick) &hellip;&hellip; 8:432&mdash;Seattle, Lund (Dineen, Hughes) &hellip;&hellip; 11:503&mdash;Seattle, Lemieux (Gauthier, Dineen) &hellip;&hellip; 18:22Penalties: Heiskala 3:07, Picard 9:21, fielder (misconduct) 9:21, Burns 17:07, Kennedy 17:59.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Seattle, Lund (Hughes, Dineen) &hellip;&hellip; 12:05Penalties: Lemieux 0:43, Swarbrick 8:58, Heiskala 8:58, Picard 16:30.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;California, Kennedy (Evans, Wright) &hellip;&hellip; 12:24Penalties: Swarbrick 8:30, Holmes (major) 19:49, Burns (major) 19:49.Saves: McLeod 28, McCartan 27.Atendance: 3,291.(Seattle leads best-of-seven semi-finals 3-1)Fri. April 14<h2>SEATTLE 3 at CALIFORNIA 4</h2>FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;California, Gilbertson(Hoekstra, Swarbrick) &hellip;&hellip; 2:122&mdash;California, Harris &hellip;&hellip; 2:523&mdash;California, Senior (Panagabko, Maxner) 13:334&mdash;Seattle, Hale (Picard) &hellip;&hellip; 14:27Penalties: Evans 9:45, Quinn 12:37, Swarbrick 13:53, Lemieux 13:53, Hale 19:11.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;California, Senior (Panagabko, Evans) 0:54Penalties: Hale 2:17, Hoekstra 7:44, Hale 10:52, Holmes 12:00. Picard 12:35, Heiskala 16:33, Heiskala (major) 19:57, Panagabko (major) 19:57.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Seattle, Hughes (Lund, Hale) &hellip;&hellip; 14:107&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Fielder) &hellip;&hellip; 15:42Penalties: Odrowski 3:07, 15:20.Saves: McLeod 16, McCartan 24.Attendance: 3,951.(Seattle leads best-of-seven semi-finals 3-2)Sat. April 15<h2>CALIFORNIA 1 at SEATTLE 4</h2>FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;California, Gilbertson(Odrowski, Hoekstra) &hellip;&hellip; 8:402&mdash;Seattle, Lund (Dineen, Gauthier) &hellip;&hellip; 11:06Penalties: Swarbrick (major and match) 2:06, Heiskala (major and match) 2:06, Kabel 9:20, Odrowski 10:49, Panagabko 19:54.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Seattle, Lemieux &hellip;&hellip; 14:284&mdash;Seattle, Holmes (Leonard, Peterson) &hellip;&hellip; 17:41Penalties: none.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Seattle, Holmes (Paterson) &hellip;&hellip; 12:50Penalties: none.Saves: Smith 25, McLeod 16.Attendance: 5,716.(Seattle wins best-of-seven semi-finals 4-2)Wed., April 19<h2>SEATTLE 3 at VANCOUVER 2</h2>FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Block (Duke, Cahan) &hellip;&hellip; 0:452&mdash;Seattle, Heiskala (Fielder, Hale) &hellip;&hellip; 1:07Penalties: Blackburn 9:46, Gauthier 14:43, Lemieux 18:32.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Lund, Gauthier) &hellip;&hellip; 1:474&mdash;Vancouver, Hunt(Blackburn, Maloney) &hellip;&hellip; 9:265&mdash;Seattle, Hughes (Picard, Lund) &hellip;&hellip; 12:17Penalties: Hextall 0:29, Lund 7:28, Jones, Picard 8:50.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Paterson 12:53, Seattle, (bench penalty served by Paterson) 19:38.Saves, Smith 19, McLeod 24.(Seattle leads best-of-seve&rsquo;n finals 1-0)Fri., April 21<h2>SEATTLE 4 at VANCOUVER 3</h2>FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle, Holmes &hellip;&hellip; 11:172&mdash;Vancouver, Cahan (Maloney, Duke) &hellip;&hellip; 12:383&mdash;Vancouver, Watson(Maloney, Blackburn) &hellip;&hellip; 13:48Penalties: Fielder 1:49, Jones 2:12, Holmes 12:06, Cook (major, minor) 16:05, Hale (major) 16:05, Leonard 16:05.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Vancouver, Boehm (Cahan, Vejprava) &hellip;&hellip; 9:425&mdash;Seattle, Hale (Chiz, Picard) &hellip;&hellip; 16:266&mdash;Seattle, Picard (Holmes, Leonard) &hellip;&hellip; 16:42Penalties: Dineen 3:43, Picard 10:48.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Seattle, Picard (Hughes, Dineen) &hellip;&hellip; 9:27Penalties: Hextall (major) 3:42, Lund 3:42, Holmes 4:53.Saves, Smith 18, Armstrong 32.Attendance: 5,080.(Seattle leads best-of-seven finals 2-0)Sat., April 22<h2>VANCOUVER 3 at SEATTLE 4</h2>FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Hextall (Jones, Hunt) &hellip;&hellip; 11:022&mdash;Seattle, Hughes (Lund) &hellip;&hellip; 15:37Penalties: Hextall 3:10, Gauthier 3:37, Heiskala 12:42, Mosdell 17:12.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Vancouver, Duke (Hextall, Blackburn) &hellip;&hellip; 2:304&mdash;Seattle. Holmes (Chiz, Leonard) &hellip;&hellip; 4:015&mdash;Seattle, Lund (Hughes, Dineen) &hellip;&hellip; 12:326&mdash;Vancouver, Vejprava &hellip;&hellip; 15:12Penalties: Gauthier 4:38, Jones, Holmes 4.44, Vejprava, Gauthier 8:07, Heiskala 9:29, Vejprava 12:55, Cook 19:45.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Seattle, Lund (Picard, Hughes) &hellip;&hellip; 13:28Penalties: Blackburn 3:42, Lemieux 9:48, Blackburn 12:25.Saves, McLeod 18, Smith 18.Attendance: 8,931.(Seattle leads best-of-seven finals 3-0) &#9632;

WHL Playoff Summaries

<div class="byline">By BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01610/2464002-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="262" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill MacFarland</figcaption></div>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;The Seattle Totems, a solid, well - balanced team that many figured to go all the way in the Western Hockey League playoffs, fulfilled the prediction of the experts as they romped over the Vancouver Canucks in a four-lame sweep of the WHL final playoffs.The Totems, coached by Bill MacFarland, wasted little time In wrapping up the Lester Patrick cup as they won two games on Vancouver ice 3-2 and 4-3 and then came back home to clinch he best-of-seven final series with 4-3 and 3-1 decisions.It was the first time any team had won the title in four games since Seattle swept to its previous championship in 1959.The playoff collapse of the Portland Buckaroos and the resurgence of the Totems had been the most staggering developments of the 1967 playoffs.A runaway leader most of the season, Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s Portland club won only five of its last 13 games and only one of its last five at the end of the regular season. Meanwhile Seattle won 12 of its last 13. The one Portland win was the one Seattle loss, a 2-0 win for Portland in Seattle that gave Portland first place by a four-point final margin. Had Seattle won that one, it would have tied Portland for the pennant. Then Portland proceeded to lose four straight to Vancouver in the playoffs, to make it eight losses in its final nine outings.Portland eliminated Vancouver from the opening round of the playoffs the two previous seasons. This season it was different.Vancouver won the opener in Portland 2-1 on &ldquo;rookie-of-the-year&rdquo; Ron Boehm&rsquo;s goal, assisted by Larry Popein and Bryan Hextall, at 4:12 of overtime. Vancouver won the second at home 3-2 on a goal by another rookie, Bob Jones, assisted by Hextall and Ken Block at 49 seconds of overtime.Vancouver then ripped the dis-spirited Bucks in Portland 5-0 as Jones, Phil Maloney and Hextall banged in first-period goals to get the rout rolling.Even when regular Don Simmons, who played all but one period of the regular season, had to leave the game during the first period, the Canucks were unfazed.Rookie Al Smith of Victoria, which did not make the playoffs, who is the standby goalie for all clubs in the playoffs, took over and completed the shutout.He then played the final as the Canucks completed the sweep at home with a 3-2 triumph, the third goal banged in by Les Hunt in the final period. Don Head played goal all but one period for Portland.Vancouver failed to win in its first nine meetings with Portland this season, losing eight and tying one. But then they beat Portland in the last three meetings of the regular season and the four in the playoffs, the first time any club ever has won seven straight from the Bucks. Winding up, Portland also lost four straight at home, the first time that&rsquo;s happened.Coach Bert Olmstead&rsquo;s fired-up club, which skates hard enough to make up for its shortcomings, including inexperience, checked Portland to death, miraculously holding high-scoring Art Jones, Bill Saunders, Alain Caron and Gerry Goyer without a single point in the entire series. Cliff Schmautz and Con Madigan did get two goals each.Meanwhile, Portland outshot Vancouver in 12 of the 14 periods (including overtimes). Bobby Jones led Vancouver with three goals, including two game-winners. He also had an assist. Hextall had one goal and four assists, including a remarkable three game-winners. Barry Watson had a pair of goals.Penalties hurt Portland, which was penalized 54 minutes to 33 for Vancouver and gave up three power-play goals without scoring one. However, in summing up, a loaded Portland team simply went flat in the stretch, while Vancouver was coming on hard.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02508/2463995-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="525" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body">AL SMITH&hellip; Toppled Buckaroos</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03388/2463988-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="521" height="583"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRYAN HEXTALL&hellip; In On Payoff Goals</figcaption></div>It was the fourth time in the last five seasons that the pennant-winner was eliminated in the playoffs. Portland, which has won five of the last six league or divisional pennants, has won only two playoffs.Meanwhile, the great Guyle Fielder, whose spectacular second-half surge carried him to his ninth league scoring title and paced Seattle&rsquo;s near-miss pennant drive, sparked the Totems on offense, while the Totems defense, the strong point all season, held firm as Seattle moved to a commanding lead in the other semi-final.Seattle won the first two at home from the California club 3-1 and 4-0 (on Jimmy McLeod&rsquo;s shutout). The Seals bounced back to win the third game in Oakland 2-1 on a third-period goal by their best clutch-shooter, George Swar-brick. But Seattle went ahead in the series three games to one on a big 3-2 triumph on the road in Oakland on Larry Lund&rsquo;s second-period score. California won the fifth game by a 4-3 score before Seattle wrapped up the series in game six, 4-1.Fielder scored one goal and set up three others in the first three games, which were tight, close-checking, conservative outings. He passed Portland&rsquo;s Art Jones as the all-time WHL playoff scoring leader, 81 points to 78. McLeod, who has sparked big winners before, gave up only four goals in the first four games. With lesser support, Oakland&rsquo;s Jack McCartan gave up a dozen goals.Seal coach Charley Burns had been sitting out Danny Belisle, who was benched early this season, but had a mid-season hot-streak, in favor of Pete Panagabko on the Forbes Kennedy-Wayne Maxner line. However his key forward from late-season on was Ed Hoekstra, centering for Stan Gilbertson and Swarbrick. Injured and operated on at mid-season, tough Ron Harris is playing again and led playoff performers with 12 minutes in penalties in the first three games. &#9632;

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Seattle Sweeps Past Vancouver In Final Series Play

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WHL Playoff Picture

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01586/2464071-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="289" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Simmons</figcaption></div>SEATTLE, Wash. &mdash;Seattle goalie Jimmy McLeod and Vancouver&rsquo;s defenseman Larry Cahan and forward Ron Boehm have won top honors from the just-completed 196667 regular Western Hockey League season. McLeod swept the laurels as the goalie with the fewest goals permitted this season, which entitles him to the official WHL award, and also as file goalie with the best &ldquo;fielding percentage,&rdquo; based on shots saved. Cahan was voted &ldquo;The Hal Laycoe Cup&rdquo; as the circuit&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman and Boehm the &ldquo;Outstanding Rookie&rdquo; award in balloting among the players.For the first time since 1961, more than two goalies in the WHL finished below 3.00 in goals-against averages. Seattle&rsquo;s McLeod had 2.44, Portland&rsquo;s Don Head 2.73, Seattle&rsquo;s Jim Armstrong 2.93 and Vancouver&rsquo;s Don Simmons 2.97. However, McLeod played only 41 games, alternate Armstrong 31 and Head 45.Simmons was the only full-time netminder in the circuit this season. And he led with seven shutouts. McLeod narrowly missed The best one-season mark ever in the WHL, Gump Worsley&rsquo;s 2.40. However Head moved ahead of Worsley for the best career goal-tending WHL figure, 2.81 to 2.82.McLeod kicked out 958 of 1,059 shots to lead net-minders with a .904 fielding percentage. Gary Smith of Victoria was second-best at .903, but he played only 17 games. Head, who kicked out 1197 out of 1313, was next-best at .901. Then came Les Binkley of last-place San Diego. Bombarded on a defenseless team, Binkley finished far down the list in goals-against at 3.56, but had a splendid .896 fielding mark. And his alternate, rookie Bob Champoux, was right behind at .894.The outstanding defenseman award, which carries a $300 bonus, was inaugurated in 1965 and won by Portland&rsquo;s Pat Stapleton and Con Madigan before Cahan, a 34-year-old veteran of 14 years as a pro, including parts of seven seasons in the NHL, decisively outpointed Madigan in voting points, 458-311, for the honor this season. Both played rugged defense. The 60, 200-pound Cahan also led the league&rsquo;s defensemen with 18 goals and 54 total points. Madigan led in assists with 42 and was second with 51 points. Gerry Odrowski of Oakland was third with 103 votes, followed by Autry Erickson of Victoria.Boehm, a scrappy little 5-8, 160-pound, 23-year-old, left-winger, who scored 20 goals in two prior seasons in the Central League, scored 18 goals, set up 24 others and totalled 42 points this season to beat out Seattle&rsquo;s rugged defenseman Bob Lemieux for rookie laurels, worth another $300, 376 voting points to 237. Al Smith, Victoria goalie, was third.Lemieux may have been hurt by having drawn a split vote by admirers of Seattle&rsquo;s defense. His fellow rookie backliner Noel Picard was fourth in the voting with 95 voting points, followed by Victoria center Mike Laughton and Portland goalie Rick Charron.<h2>Goalkeepers&rsquo; Records</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04343/2464064-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="1176" height="560"></div> &#9632;

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Seattle’s McLeod Best Puck Stopper In WHL; Simmons Shutout King

<div class="byline">By Bil1 Libb</div><h2>Portland True Champs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02527/2464116-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="289" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Leader</figcaption></div>Post-season playoffs in hockey are big moneymakers, but they do not prove much. Possibly they prove which was the best-conditioned team during a given season. Or which was the hottest at season&rsquo;s end. Or which had the most in the clutch in a couple of short, climactic series. These are not inconsequential items. But they are insufficient to establish the best team during a season which runs from October through April, not in April, alone. If you are going to throw out as insignificant games which are played in the early going, why charge admission to these games? When you play a long schedule of 72 games over a gruelling 25-week grind, as the Western League did this past season, the team which wins the pennant has earned, in our estimation, the right to be termed the champion of the season, not the club which prevails in eight to fourteen games during three or four weeks tacked on at the end.The team which wins the playoffs this season will be saluted by and remembered by most persons as the WHL champions for 1967. But in our eyes, Portland is the champion, despite its late-season collapse and early elimination from the playoffs. It is entitled to all it earned during its excellent early-season play while its rivals were floundering. It did not have much left at the finish, but it had enough, just enough to hang the pennant. Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s Buckaroos should hold their heads pretty high for having won an unprecedented third straight WHL pennant and five of the last six, even if they should be kicking themselves for a mediocre performance in post-season playoffs during that period. We do not mean to demean this season&rsquo;s playoff kings &mdash; probably either Bill MacFarland&rsquo;s tough Seattle club or Bert Olmstead&rsquo;s flying Vancouver outfit. Both rate special commendation. We just hate to see Portland demeaned and forgotten.<h2>Change Playoff System</h2>Similarly, the Chicago Black Hawks go down in our book as the National League champs for this season. Personally, with the coming of the expansion division, we&rsquo;d like to see the Stanley Cup decided in a playoff not involving third-place and fourth-place teams, but only the two divisional champions, at least once the new circuit has built to something approximating NHL calibre. A two-team World Series would cost the dubs a lot of money, but they might make more with a more-attractive TV package. And it would have dignity.As long as they are using the present system, they should revise it. At present, the pennantwinner plays the third-place club in the first round of the playoffs, while the runnerup plays the fourth-placer. One should play four and two should play three. The pennant-winner has earned the right to a softer touch in the opening series. And the suspicion that a team would rather finish fourth than third so it can get a softer opening touch would be removed. That lopsided loss New York took on national television when it still had a chance to finish third on the final day of the season was a disgrace, which did much damage to hockey&rsquo;s image. Western League president Al Leader agrees with us and says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to press for a revision of the system in my league.&rdquo;Leader also is going to press for a revision of the current rule regarding the rookie award. He thinks it should be limited to players under the age of 23, as was previously the case. &ldquo;The rookie award is meant to go to a youngster, not an older experienced fellow who happens to be playing on our level for the first time,&rdquo; he explains.<h2>Fielder Record Fabulous</h2>Although his trophy-case is bulging, Seattle&rsquo;s Guyle Fielder deserves some sort of award for this past season, possibly even his umpteenth WHL MVP prize. If there remains anyone anywhere who had any doubts that Fielder is the greatest player ever to play professional minor-league hockey, the little center must have settled it with the spectaclar surge that earned him his ninth league scoring title. Skating, handling the puck and making plays as brilliantly as ever, Fielder, even at the advanced age of 36, could help an expansion team next season. The greatest player ever to be denied a full-season shot at the major leagues in his sport, he is owed that much by hockey. No pro on any level can match the following scoring figures he had compiled going into the current playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03448/2464109-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="289" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyle Fielder</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06217/2464102-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="794" height="282"></div>A player entitled to considerable credit is Fred Hilts, San Diego leftwinger who led the WHL in goals with 42 this season, said, &ldquo;Most of us on the Gulls were strangers to each other and we&rsquo;ve all played on better teams, but 1 got a break when I got to work with the same center and a good man, Warren Hynes, light from pre-season practice on, and San Diego is such a lovely town and the fan support was so phenomenal that I really enjoyed this season in California. 1 always could score and 1 guess it was a good year to have a good year. Maybe I&rsquo;ll be drafted by an NHL team in the expansion now. &#9632;

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Western Ad Lib

<div class="byline">By MATT DENNIS</div>OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. &mdash;The Oklahoma City Blazers are champions of the Central Professiona1 Hockey League for the second straight year.The Blazers, who won both the league and playoff titles, captured the Jack Adams Trophy by defeating the Omaha Knights 4-1 in a best-of-seven final series in which they broke away from a 1-1 deadlock and won three straight games to take the cup again.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01430/2464185-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="291" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Buchanan</figcaption></div>In the deciding game, which the Blazers won 3-2 on home ice, Dallas Smith, Ross Lonsberry and Terry Crisp scored to give the champs the nod. Ron Buchanan set up one of the goals and the night before scored the only goal of the game as the Blazers won 1-0 in Omaha with Gerry Cheevers getting the shutout.Due to the lack of ice through prior booking of &ldquo;Ice Follies,&rdquo; at the Ak-Sar-Ben-Coliseum, the Knights were unable to obtain playoff dates.After being forced to the limit to oust Memphis Wings in seven games in the semi-finals, the Knights dropped the first game of the final to the visiting Blazers after 1:38 in sudden-death overtime.The following night the Knights reversed the procedure with a victory after 7:12 of extra time. Then the Blazers took over and grabbed the next two to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the series.In the opening game Jean Paul Parise clicked for the winning tally following early goals by Jean Pronovost and Ron Buchanan. Al Hamilton and Larry Mickey put the marks on the scoresheet for the Knights.George Konik broke up the second game in favor of the Knights after Mickey, Barclay Plager and Paul Andrea triggered earlier markers. Ted Irvine, Dick Cherry and Terry Crisp were the Oklahoma City goal-getters.The Knights were saddened after the second game as they were preparing to head to Oklahoma City when Mrs. Eleanor Mickey, 20-year-old wife of their starry rightwinger was killed and Mickey injured in an automobile accident.Enroute to visit relatives in Utica, Neb., Mickey and his wife were in a two-car head on collision at Seward, Neb., on a dirt road. Mrs. Mickey was killed instantly and Larry suffered a fractured left arm and multiple cuts and bruises.Knights&rsquo; general manager Jake Milford said, &ldquo;We are all saddened by the accident and the sympathy from our entire organization goes out to Larry and. Eleanor&rsquo;s families.&rdquo;Central Professional Hockey League president Jack Adams and Scotty Morrison, referee-in-chief of the National Hockey League, were in Omaha for the opening of the series.Earlier in the day they had conducted an investigation into an accident on the Ak-Sar-Ben ice where referee Yves Tessier suffered a concussion. He was hospitalized at Archbishop Bergan Mercy Hospital after he was struck in the head by a flying puck just as time ran out in the final game of Memphis-Omaha series. The Knights defeated the Memphis Wings, 7-4 in the deciding game of the best-of-seven set to advance to the finals in the Adams Cup series for the playoff championship. Oklahoma&rsquo; City arc the defending champions.Adams and Morrison collected evidence on the incident talking to Tessier, linesmen Barry Ballance and Fred McKenna, goal judge Gene Heinsman, Memphis coach Jimmy Peters, Omaha coach Shero, Memphis defenseman Brent Hughes and box seat holders who were in the area at the time of the incident.No decision was expected to be made until later in the month.Before leaving home ice for the season, defenseman Jack Chip-chase received an award as the most popular Knight as voted by the fans. Forward Jim Johnson received the Sportscasters&rsquo; Association award as the most valuable player and goalie Wayne Rutledge was awarded the Knights Booster Club award as the most outstanding player.There was no competition for the Jake Isaacson Trophy awarded each season to the top rookie with Al Hamilton the recipient. Hamilton, a defenseman, was the only rookie on the Omaha club. &#9632;

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Blazers Keep Title In Final With Omaha

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CPHL Playoffs

DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;Mike McMahon of the Houston Apollos was named for the second time in three seasons as the most valuable defenseman in the Central Professional Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03281/2464247-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="538" height="569"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE McMAHON</figcaption></div>The 25-year-old rearguard is the son of Mike McMahon, a 215-pound rearguard who saw action in the National Hockey League with Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins in the early 1940s and later played with Buffalo of the American League and Dallas in the old United States Hockey League.As a member of the St. Paul Rangers in the 1964-65 campaign, Mike Jr., who hits the scales at 178 pounds and stretches to five-feet-eleven, first won the honors.A graduate of Guelph in the Junior OHA, McMahon saw action in the now defunct Eastern Pro League with Kitchener-Waterloo and Sudbury. He saw action in 60 games with the New York Rangers and 21 with Baltimore of the American League along with 88 in the CPHL as a member of the St. Paul and Minnesota Rangers.He was drafted by Montreal from New York last June and assigned to Houston in October. During the past season with the third-place Apollos playing 64 games, he scored 13 goals and assisted on 37 for 50 scoring points. He also served 129 minutes in penalties.In the 1964-65 season with St. Paul he was named to the Central Pro League All-Star team and was accorded&rsquo; the same honor for the 1966-67 term.Al Hamilton of the Omaha Knights and Dick Cherry of the Oklahoma City Blazers followed McMahon in the voting of the six coaches in the loop.Al Lebrun (Minnesota) 1965-66 and Barclay Plager (Omaha) 1963-64 were previous winners of the Most Valuable defenseman award. &#9632;

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McMahon Named Top CPHL Defenseman

Okanagan HolidayHOCKEY SCHOOLInstruction by Top Professionaland Amateur PlayersJuly 31st to Aug. 12thFor Application-Brochure Write:OKANAGAN HOLIDAY HOCKEY SCHOOLBox 201,Penticton, B.C. &#9632;

THIRD ANNUAL

<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div>NASHVILLE, Tenn.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04188/2464347-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="273" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">John McLellan</figcaption></div>Before any hue and cry could arise to break up the Nashville Dixie Flyers, reports emanated here that perhaps no such drastic action would be necessary to reduce the Eastern Hockey League powerhouse next season.The Flyers have proven their superiority over the league by winning two straight overall crowns and three successive Southern Division diadems. They have won with such ease that their rivals were contemplating ways of weakening the Flyers.But that evidently won&rsquo;t be necessary since the club evidently is going to be sliced in strength due to its great talent. Most every member of the Flyers has been invited to training camps of new NHL teams next season, but the worst blow that could hit the team would be the loss of coach John McLellan. That is a distinct possibility for his great record here has attracted the eye of many teams, and he&rsquo;s a potential pilot in a higher classification next year.New owner Mark Parrish has been urged to do everything within his power to retain McLellan whose five year record here has been amazing. In a shorter space of time than any club in any sport, the Flyers, as an expansion team, blossomed into the league&rsquo;s dominant figure.The Flyers encountered considerable difficulty drawing this year despite the great record of the team. Should McLellan, plus many of the stars be lost, there could be a dip in the team&rsquo;s status and possibly a further drop in attendance. Parrish is doing his utmost to retain McLellan&rsquo;s services, and the coach himself isn&rsquo;t eager to leave here but he may find it difficult to reject the numerous offers that he certainly will be receiving shortly if he hasn&rsquo;t already been contacted.Goalie Marv Edwards also will be a tough man to replace. He&rsquo;s been invited to Pittsburgh&rsquo;s camp, and he appears a good bet to make the grade since his goaling with the Flyers was lauded by every scout who saw him play. The Philadelphia Flyers have extended invites to wingers Wayne Clairmont and David Evoy. High scoring center Ted McCaskill will head for the Minnesota camp and center Ron Hindson will join St. Louis.Defenseman Norm Ryder has two pro offers and also has a shot at a coaching spot in the EHL. Young Wally Sprange is Toronto property and likely will get a look-see. Of the 14-man roster, only George Standing, the playoff hero, and defenseman Leo Olivier have indicated to the Flyers that they will stick here regardless of the offers they receive. Both men plus Clairmont and McCaskill intend to make their off-season homes here and are about to start their spring and summer positions.President Tom Lockhart presented the Walker Cup to the Flyers after their 4-1 victory over Jersey.JOHNSTOWN: Coach Jack McIntyre attributed his team&rsquo;s failures this season to key injuries such as one to John Gofton that laid him low for three months. The Jets used more than 26 players during the season. Jets have made preliminary plans with Detroit to get personnel help next year. Charlie Kunkel met with Sid Abel, GM-coach of the Red Wings and John Mitchell, former Jets&rsquo; GM. Thirteen Jets are on pro negotiation lists.JERSEY: Devils are still contemplating whether to stay at Cherry Hill next season. Reports here say the Philly Flyers would rather the team moved elsewhere such as to Memphis, but the Devils owners were encouraged by such turnouts as the 4,300 crowds in the playoffs and believe there is a place for the EHL hereabouts even if there is an NHL team operating. Nashville&rsquo;s John McLellan labelled the Devils their toughest foes in two years in their hardy five-game playoff series. Team given farewell dinner and dance by Rooters Club.NEW HAVEN: At last reports the Blades had not come up with a successor to Jackie Leclair at the coaching slot. Several veteran EHL players are interested in the job along with Blake Ball, but thus far Nate Podoloff is biding his time in making a decision.KNOXVILLE: The successor to Doug Bentley also is up in the air. Prexy Jim Dick says he&rsquo;s in no hurry to pick a man since he wants to be certain he has the right fellow that will help the Knights in their drive to instill new interest in hockey here.JACKSONVILLE: Since Miami! and West Palm Beach didn&rsquo;t get the green lights for admission to the league this year, it&rsquo;s a good bet that the Rockets will play some of their home games at the two sites. West Palm Beach was due for some games this past season, but delay in finishing the rink caused their rescheduling here. &#9632;

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No Need To Break Up Champion Flyers, Pro Offers May Riddle Nashville Club Eastern Hockey League

Fenelon Falls, Ont.RESIDENT SUMMER HOCKEY CAMP7th Annual YearBoys 7-17 Years Old AgeEXCELLENT MEALS and ACCOMMODATIONTop Sports Instructions InHOCKEY - GOLF - WATER-SKIING - SWIMMINGGOLF COURSE - FOOTBALL FIELD - BASEBALL DIAMONDon the Camp GroundsHEAD COACHESMilt Schmidt &mdash; Allan Stanley &mdash; Ed ChadwickJean Ratelle &mdash; Arnie Brown &mdash; Reg FlemingatBYRNELL MANOR - BOYS&rsquo; CAMPFenelon Falls &mdash; Ontario, Canada onCameron LakeTwo three week sessions &mdash; $100 per weekOne four week session1 &mdash; From JUNE 25 to JULY 152 &mdash; From JULY 16 to AUGUST 53 &mdash; From AUGUST 6 to SEPTEMBER 2For a coloured Brochure and Rates, please write:CAMP DIRECTOR &mdash; Frank StukusENQUIRIE NOW!Registration Limited for Each Session IToronto Office &mdash; Royal York HotelArcade Floor &mdash; 100 Front St. WestPhone &mdash; Area Code 416 - 364-4774<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05149/2464413-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="277" height="336"><figcaption class="caption-body">MILT SCHMIDTBoston Bruins</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06128/2464406-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="279" height="337"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALLAN STANLEYToronto Leafs</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07119/2464399-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="281" height="336"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED CHADWICKBuffalo Bisons</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0891/2464392-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="280" height="335"><figcaption class="caption-body">ARNIE BROWNN.Y. Rangers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0980/2464385-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="281" height="337"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN KATEILEN.Y. Rangers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1071/2464378-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="278" height="336"><figcaption class="caption-body">REO FLEMINGN.Y. Rangers</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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BYRNELL MANOR BOYS CAMP

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div>TOLEDO, O. &mdash;The Toledo Blades brought the Joseph Turner Memorial Trophy back to this city after an absence of two years when they beat the Fort Wayne Komets in the International Hockey League final playoffs, 4-2 in games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02270/2464444-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="306" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Slater</figcaption></div>The Blades, coached by Terry Slater, took the sixth and deciding game of the best-of-seven series 3-0 on home ice with veteran netminder Glenn Ramsay hanging up his second playoff shutout in the climactic game. The win gave Slater a champion in his first year as Toledo coach.Home ice advantage and injuries were the deciding factor in the Turner Cup final.The Blades got the odd game, although they finished below the Komets, because the latter were frozen out of their own building, where they had attracted 190,000 spectators during the season.Injuries dogged the Komets from the start and they were never able to place their entire complement of men on the ice. Norm Waslawski, Ted Wright, Randy Legge and Paul Schmyr were all out at various times and the roster dropped as low as 12 men.The Blades, playing three straight on home ice, squeezed out victories in all three in terrific battles, 3-2, 3-2, 5-4 in overtime.Chick Balon, traded off by the Komets in off season, came back to haunt them, getting the three-goal hat trick, including the winning goal, in the overtime. He was ably supported on the offensive end by Stan Maxwell, Chick Chalmers and Greg Jablonski.The bruised and battered Komets fought the Blades every inch of the way and actually appeared the fresher of the two clubs even when skating with as many as three short. Some of their unheralded players like Mike Rouleau, Ted Demchuk, Rick Hextall, Paul Shmyr and Doug Reid came through magnificently.Both goalies, Ramsay, and Gerry Randall for Fort Wayne, played sensationally. The teams were pretty even in goals, 17-14 with Toledo having the edge.The intensity of play reached a climax in the third game of the series, played in Toledo, where a full-scale brawl broke out with 15:37 played in the third period.Results of this melee were: A total of 122 minutes in penalties against the two clubs, including six doubles for fighting, five game misconducts and a match penalty; fines for eight different players; a one-game suspension for two and a formal protest by Komet Coach Ken Ullyot, charging failure to enforce the rules on penalties.Ullyot based his protest on the grounds that the Blades should have skated short the remainder of the game&mdash;four minutes and 23 seconds&mdash;because of the match penalty to Toledo defenseman Jim Niekamp, assessed for kicking Komet Cal Purinton during fisticuffs on the ice. Nekamp had come off the bench to enter the fray. Commissioner Andy Mulligan denied the protest on the grounds that the various penalties cancelled out one another.Niekamp and Purinton were given one-game suspensions. Niekamp&rsquo;s was announced immediately after the game but Purinton&rsquo;s was made known next day after an investigation by Commissioner Mulligan, who was advised by a linesman that the Komet player had also been guilty of kicking, which he denied.The trouble started when Toledo player Jim Sanko belted Purinton over the head with his stick, charging that the Fort Wayne player had been spearing and elbowing him. Sanko unexpectedly emerged from the melee without a penalty. Referee John D&rsquo;Amico said he did not see the flareup that started the trouble. &#9632;

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Toledo Blades Topple Fort Wayne In Final To Regain Turner Cup As Champions of IHL International Hockey League

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01356/2464475-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="288" height="1800"></div> &#9632;

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Playoff Races

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03181/2464506-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="601" height="917"></div> &#9632;

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IHL Playoffs

Following are the winners of the Joseph Turner Memorial Trophy, emblematic of the International Hockey League play off championship:1945-46 Detroit Auto Club1946-47 Windsor Spitfires1947-48 Toledo Mercurys1948-49 Windsor Hettche1949-50 Chatham Maroons1950-51 Toledo Mercurys1951-52 Toledo Mercurys1952-53 Cincinnati Mohawks1953-54 Cincinnati Mohawks1954-55 Cincinnati Mohawks1955-56 Cincinnati Mohawks1956-57 Cincinnati Mohawks1957-58 Indianapolis Chiefs1958-59 Louisville Rebels1959-60 St. Paul Saints1960-61 St. Paul Saints1961-62 Muskegon Zephyrs1962-63 Fort Wayne Komets1963-64 Toledo Blades1964-65 Fort Wayne Komets1965-66 Port Huron Flags1966-67 Toledo Blades. &#9632;

IHL Champions

MONTREAL HOCKEY SCHOOLLaval College Sport CentreAugust 6-12 & August 13-20<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04137/2464596-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="295" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Gillbeat</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05101/2464589-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="300" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lee Bosly</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0687/2464582-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="299" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gillee Thewbley</figcaption></div>&bull; Hockey instruction by N.H.L. pros&bull; Supervised swimming pool for students&bull; Organized ball games on our 3 ball fields&bull; Bowling alleys at students disposal&bull; Well supervised dormitory&bull; Movies, instructional and entertainment films&bull; All meals carefully prepared by dietition&bull; Football fields for touch football&bull; 3 hours of ice per day&bull; One full day guided tour of EXPO 67 (FREE)&bull; Physical fitness instruction by physed instructor&bull; Blackboard and hockey films with Pro Instructors&bull; Only school of its kind in Montreal&bull; Crests and trophies given to students&bull; Leo Bossy and Larry Pleau have been added to staff.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0775/2464575-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="303" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Regation Vachen</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0864/2464568-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="298" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Pleev</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0955/2464561-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="299" height="397"><figcaption class="caption-body">Corel Vadnale</figcaption></div>For information and BrochuresWriteMONTREAL HOCKEY SCHOOL10702 St. Lawrence Blvd.Montreal, P.Q.EXPO 67 EXPO 67 EXPO 67 EXPO 67 &#9632;

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EXPO 67 EXPO 67 EXPO 67 EXPO 67

<div class="byline">By FRANK ORR</div>(As Seen In The Toronto Star)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01333/2464627-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="296" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gus Bodnar</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Back in October when manager Jim Gregory and coach Gus Bodnar were building their Marlboro hockey team, they had few thoughts about ending up in the throne room of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A series.Marlies made it to the title whipping Hamilton Red Wings, 6-3, to sweep the best-of-seven series with four consecutive wins. Marlies meet the Quebec champions, Thetford Mines, in the Eastern Canadian finals before advancing to the Memorial Cup, a series to be played in the home of the western champion.This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Marlies. They had lost eight players from the fifth-place team of last season. This meant eight freshmen in the lineup plus seven second-year players, hardly a depth of experienced talent. Usually the OHA winner&rsquo;s roster is dotted with 20-year-old talent, but Marlies had only four players in the veteran category &mdash; that is, with more than two years&rsquo; experience.&ldquo;We knew we had some fine young prospects,&rdquo; Bodnar said after his players had tossed him, fully-clothed, into the shower. &ldquo;But any title thoughts were mighty far from our minds last fall. The league appeared to be so evenly balanced that a fifth-place finish was about as high as we could aim.&rdquo;Under Bodnar&rsquo;s careful, quiet tutelage, the young players developed quickly. Six of the rookies had been members of the OHA Junior B finalist York Steel team of last season and were hardly complete strangers. Gregory purchased forward Richie Bayes from St. Catharines and the spindly winger produced 23 goals. Two veterans, defenseman Brian Glennie and winger Gerry Meehan, provided anchors for the reconstruction.Marlies survived some crippling injuries and goaltending problems to finish in a tie for second place. They eliminated Montreal in the first playoff round and were in trouble against Kitchener in the semi-final until Rooster Whidden, who had lost his goaltending job to rookie Cam Newton in January, took over.Marlies swept the next three games of that series and the four against Hamilton. In each game of that skein, Whidden was the dominant figure. He gave up a couple of soft goals in the last game, but atoned for these lapses with another series of sparkling saves. Whidden makes even the toughest stop with an air of ridiculous ease. It&rsquo;s as if his opponents were bothering him by shooting his way.While Whidden has been booting them out, in each of the seven winning games Marlies&rsquo; key offensive plays were made by half-pint center Terry Caffery. &#9632;

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Toronto Marlies Win Title In Rebuilding Year Sweep Past Hamilton; Face Thetford Next Ontario Junior Hockey League

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02281/2464658-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="594" height="1162"></div> &#9632;

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OHA Playoffs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03228/2464689-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</figcaption></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1. Pictured player.6. 15th and 12th letters of the alphabet.7. One of the Bruins answers to this.8. 1st NHL team of Matt Ravlich.11. A former Leaf defenseman.13. Article.15. Jim Roberts was born in this month, (abbr.)17. Initials of Schmautz of Portland.18. Number of NHL goals scored by Tom Johnson. (Roman Num.)19. An NHL referee answers to this.20. First name of Ronson of San Diego.22. 13th and 9th letters of the alphabet.23. Short for 1st name of Ranger forward.25. One of the Leafs.26. First name of an NHL center.27. Native Province of Al MacNeil. (abbr.)28. Bobby Orr is one.30. A veteran NHL left winger.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. One of the Bruins.2. Top defenseman in AHL in 64-65.3. Ex-Hab Elmer Lach won this trophy in &lsquo;47-48.4. Highest male voice.5. Initials of an NHL goaltender.7. Initials of one of the Hawks.9. 15th and 13th letters of the alphabet.10. Native province of pictured player, (abbr.)12. One of the Omaha Knights.14. An ex-Canadien defenseman.16. First name of an NHL defenseman.21. One of the Quebec Aces.24. Short for 1st name of Grant a Montreal farmhand.25. Initials of one of the Rochester Amerks.26. First name of a former Ranger defenseman.29. Initials of Montreal&rsquo;s power play specialist.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2>ACROSS1. NORRIS5. G.F.7. VET.9. SASKATOON.10. N.H.I.11. E.H.13. ROD.14. DAY.15. ED.16. N.G.17. G.E.18. KEON.21. D.E.22. GILBERT.27. CESARE.28. VASKO.29. N.Y.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. NESTERENKO.2. ROSS.3. IVAN.4. SETH.6. FONTEYNE.8. TOLEDO.12. HODGE.17. GERRY.19. O.G.20. NICK.21. DEAN.23. LEO.24. B.S.25. T.E.26. S.A. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;Bill Long, the new coach of the Ottawa entry in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, will bring a wealth of experience to his new club when they make their loop debut in 1967-68.The 49-year-old Barrie, Ont., hockey man, has accepted the post of assistant general manager and coach of the Ottawa team for the next three years.&ldquo;Bill will be in complete charge of all our hockey operations,&rdquo; said Ottawa spokesman Howard Darwin.Long has been around the Junior OHA for the past 17 years as coach with the Niagara Falls Flyers under Hap Emms. Long has missed the playoffs only once in his coaching career at Barrie, where the Flyers were located before moving to Niagara Falls. He won the Memorial Cup in 1963-64 with several of the present Boston Bruin players in his lineup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04198/2464720-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="295" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Long</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Long Leaves Niagara Flyers To Coach New Ottawa Entry

<div class="byline">By DOUG AUSTIN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-03143/2464758-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="297" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hap Emms</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01163/2464772-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="208" height="173"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02158/2464765-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="208" height="167"></div>NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.&mdash;Hockey graduates to the NHL are no strangers to this city and vice-versa. Back in the early thirties, the quartet of the late Walter (Jeff) Kalbfleish, Scotty Bowman, Jerry Shannon and the late Max Kaminsky all took the leap in one year from the local amateur Cataracts to the big top.In subsequent years, homebrew Johnny Mowers moved up to Vezina Trophy fame with the Detroit Red Wings of 1941 while Bill Cupolo was a regular with the Bruins of the 1944-45 season.Now in modern times the local junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Flyers, over the past six years have sent some 36 players to pro hockey. Among the NHL&rsquo;ers presently with the Bruins are Ed Westfall, Ron Schock, goalie Bernie Parent and Gilles Marotte which is a credit to club owner &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; Emms.Next season, home-brew Derek Sanderson should follow in the footsteps of Parent and Marotte and last year&rsquo;s rival Bobby Orr of the Oshawa Generals.Scoring champion of the nine-team OHA circuit this season, Sanderson should live up to last year&rsquo;s &ldquo;Old Spice&rdquo; rating as a pro star of the future.But there is another solid NHL prospect who played on this year&rsquo;s Flyer club, who still has one or two junior hockey years left after this one depending upon the age limit agreement finally set in the pro-CAHA agreement. He is 18-year-old right winger Steve &ldquo;Wonder&rdquo; Atkinson who was taught how to skate by his father Don Atkinson on Barrie&rsquo;s frozen Kempenfelt Bay at the tender age of five.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-04112/2464751-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="533" height="531"><figcaption class="caption-body">STEVE ATKINSON&hellip; Prospect For Big Time</figcaption></div>One of only nine players who had scored 30 or more goals this season in the OHA schedule, Atkinson first saw the light of day in Toronto on October 16th 1948 and moved with his parents to Barrie in his early years. He was the first draft choice among all 17-year-old players in Canada last June and was selected by the sponsoring Boston Bruins.Sought by the Toronto Marlboros while a midget player in Barrie, Atkinson was personally scouted by Hap Emms. The Flyer owner, who is a native of Barrie, was contacted by Steve&rsquo;s parents who wanted their son to play for Hap.Emms was exceedingly pleased with what he saw and wasted no time sending Steve to Flyers&rsquo; junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; farmhand club in what used to be the Township of Stamford but now has become part and parcel of this Roar City.Steve played a few games with the Memorial Cup junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Flyers late in the 196465 season but suffered quite a setback in his first full rookie year, having his appendix removed around Christmas time. He wound up last year with only seven goals and eight assists, but came out flying this season.A tremendous player all through his minor hockey career, Steve always played one year higher than his age. Of all this year&rsquo;s Flyer players, it is still a toss-up between Steve and Tom &ldquo;Hawkeye&rdquo; Webster as to which one is the fastest skater on the club. A big-boned youngster, Steve is still &ldquo;filling out&rdquo; but already stands six feet and weighs 164 pounds.&ldquo;He has worlds of speed,&rdquo; said Flyer coach Bill Long recently, &ldquo;and should be a natural for the NHL when he graduates even without the addition of six more teams. He is also one of my four best penalty killers,&rdquo; continued Long, which put Steve in the same class as 20 year-olds Sanderson, Clem Tremblay and Don Marcotte. &#9632;

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April 29, 1967

EHL Playoffs

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