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June 1, 1968
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Barlow Leads ‘Star’ Voting
ROCHESTER, N.Y.— Three players, Rochester’s Bob Barlow, Providence’s Eddie Kachur and Cleveland defenseman Bill Needham, were named on every ballot of the AHL’S press radio-television corps in voting for the 1967-68 official all-star teams. In the closest voting in several years Amerk left-wing Bobby Barlow led the vote with 34 of possible 40 points. Kachur, the loop’s leading goal scorer with 47, gained 33 points in winning the rightwing slot on the dream team while Needham totaled 32 points in winning a defense berth. This is the initial appearance on an AHL All-Star team for all first team members with the exception of Hershey’s Mike Nykoluk, second team choice a year ago. Almost the opposite is true of the alternate team where only Providence player-coach Dave Creighton and Quebec’s Simon Nolet are making…
Duff Tops In NHL In Accuracy
MONTREAL, Que.— Dick Duff, 32-year-old left winger whom Montreal Canadiens failed to protect in last June’s National Hockey League draft but retained in subsequent filling, was the most accurate shooter in the NHL’s regular 1967-68 season. Duff, whom the canadiens reclaimed on their third fill choice in the draft, scored 25 goals on 111 shots for a scoring percentage of 22.6 per cent. The native of Kirkland Lake, Ont., who now lives in Toronto during the summer, bounced back this season after a mediocre performance in 1966-67 when he scored 12 goals and had a shooting percentage of 12.2. Final statistics released by the NHL show that Philadelphia Flyers’ rookie forward Bill Sutherland was the runner-up in accuracy among players with 10 or more goals. The 33-year-old native of Regina, Sask., was the…
Art Jones Landslide MVP Choice, Totems, Bucks Dominate All-Stars
Art Jones, Portland centerman and league leading scorer, has been chosen, by opposing players, as the WHL most valuable player and winner of the Leader Cup and $300 for the 1967-68 Season. Jones polled 241 of a possible 360 votes followed by Len Ronson, San Diego left winger, with 184. This is the first time Jones has won this honor although always high in the voting in past seasons. Jones, also, led the League in scoring with 34 goals and 53 assists for 87 points, seven more than second place Len Ronson. He was also selected the All-Star Center-man. The Seattle Totems, League Champions, and the Portland Buckaroos, first place winners, each placed two players on the Annual All-Star First Team. Goalie Don Head and right winger, Chuck Holmes, made it for Seattle.…
Four In A Row
MONTREAL, Que.— Montreal Canadiens are champions of all they survey in hockey, again, after eliminating St. Louis Blues in four games to capture the Stanley Cup. It marks the 13th time in the modern era of hockey, which dates from 1927, that Canadiens have won the coveted Stanley Cup Trophy, and 15 all told It was the eighth Cup victory for the team in the last 13 years, since Toe Blake took over the coaching reins. They won it a record five times in a row, from 1956 to 1960, inclusive, then went through a four-year famine before capturing it again in 1965 and 1966. J.C. Tremblay, who had his troubles against St. Louis in the series, emerged as the hero of the final game, as he set up the tieing goal and scored…
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