National Hockey League Summaries

Amazing Howe Bettering Career - High Goal Year

DETROIT, Mich.— Gordie Howe never has gotten off to a faster start. After 21 seasons in the National hockey League, the 39-year-old Red Wing star is keeping pace with the finest year of his career. Howe has eight goals in the Wings’ first 11 games, bettering the pace he set 15 years ago during 1952-53 when he scored a career-high 49 goals. Through the years Howe has been a relatively slow starter considering the record number of goals he has produced. He has enjoyed only a handful of quick starts to rival 1952-53 when he scored six in the first nine games and this season … and each of them has produced a big year. In 1950-51, Howe scored six goals in 13 games and finished the campaign with 43. The next season he collected…

Eastern League Rosters

CLINTON GOAL Ed Babiuk DEFENSE Pat Kelly Len Speck Andre Aubry Ian Anderson FORWARDS Bill Heindl Dave Armstrong Howie Dietrich Rod Zaine Borden Smith Don Davidson Bill Bannerman Jack Kane Pete Prevost Jim Cuthan Larry Mick Don Newman FLORIDA GOAL Harrison Gray DEFENSE Alf Treen Jack Smith Gerry Lemire Marc Brunet FORWARDS Gord Dailey Joe Marich Carson Ryan Bob Sabourin Jack Leclair Cummy Burton Les Colligan Ron Willy Harold White Billy Glashan CHARLOTTE GOAL Bob Whidden Roger Wilson DEFENSE Jim Lane Rick Foley Bob Shupe Ted Baylis Dennis Longpre FORWARDS Ernie Dyda Chuck Stuart Art Hart Claude Ouimet Moe Savard Jack McReary Ron Spratt Ken Hicks Bill Malone SYRACUSE GOAL George Mohr DEFENSE Stan Parker Peters Norton Bonner FORWARDS Lorne O’Donnell Wayne Caulfield Dick Cusson Garry Cooke Ed Skyhar John Chapman Bassi Dan Sanford Ray Adduano JERSEY GOAL Pete Sternig DEFENSE Bob Buchnan Ted Szydlowski Ross Hetherington Carlo Longarini FORWARDS Gordie Stratton Wayne Kitchen Jerry Rafter Jacques Paquin Rick Praznik Red Simpson Andre LaHaye Reggie Meserve Hec Lalande Benny Greco GREENSBORO GOAL John Voss DEFENSE John Murray Doug Carpenter Roger Wilson Pierre Roy Bill Adair FORWARDS Don Carter Ron Muir Dom DiBerardino Kas Lysionek Bob Sicinski Bill Young Stu Roberts Don Burgess Bill Armour Bob Young SALEM GOAL Roger Lalancette DEFENSE Tom Schiller Bob Howard Stan Cook Bob Taylor FORWARDS Sam Gregory Jim Jago Wally Chase Bill Scott Bern Fitzpatrick Mike Self Bill Lastic Wayne Newell Claude Bernard NEW HAVEN GOAL Al Johnstone DEFENSE Don Perry Blake Ball Larry Brown McCarthy FORWARDS Jean Nicole Dave Derdall Russ McClenaghan Ron Hergott Murray Klein Dave Jones Murray Kuntz Bruce Reier Benny LeBlanc JOHNSTOWN GOAL Andy Brown DEFENSE Jim Mair Pete Inkster Gordie Rice Mike Crupi John Nickerson FORWARDS Bill Ives Reg Kent Bob Mullins Wayne Wilson Galen Head Dick Roberge Billy…

Rochefort Proves-He Can Score

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – A funny thing happened to Leon Rochefort on his way to becoming the Flyers’ early-s e a s o n scoring leader: He didn’t even have a goal at least until he met up with his old teammates the Montreal Canadiens. Rochefort, a veteran right-wing, had collected six points in the Flyers’ first seven games and all six came on assists. In fact, to simplify matters further, each assist came in a different game. Rochefort, of course, admitted it was unusual but was happy, nevertheless, that he was contributing some offensive punch to the club. “It is important that we score goals and not so important who gets them,” says Leon. “You can’t win when you don’t score.” Rochefort obviously had this in mind the night of Nov. 4 when he went into…