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July 1, 1968

The Hockey News July 1, 1968

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01588/2494212-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Three top figures in last year&rsquo;s expansion draft were PAT HANNIGAN, left, ED VAN IMPE, and LOU ANGOTTI, right. The three stars of the Philadelphia Flyers, shown here enjoying a post-season holiday at the Jolly Roger Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., won&rsquo;t have to worry about the draft this season. They&rsquo;ll be on the team&rsquo;s protected list of 14.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Hockey&rsquo;s annual draft, sometimes referred to as &ldquo;The Summer Madness,&rdquo; is with us, once again.It will be held in Montreal&rsquo;s Queen Elizabeth Hotel, commencing June 10 and running through June 13. It is, in effect, Phase Two of the Expansion Draft that was launched a year ago, when the league doubled in size to a 12-team operation.There are, of course, a few significant differences compared to the whoop-la of a year ago. It won&rsquo;t be necessary, this time, to stock entire rosters of half-a-dozen new entries. Each of the twelve NHL teams will be allowed to protect 14 players, plus two goalies, from existing squads. The draft will follow the usual pattern of last-come-first, in that teams finishing at the bottom of the standings, last season, will get first crack at the available talent. The &ldquo;fill&rdquo; system will also be in effect, whereby the team that loses a player can replace him with an unprotected member of their squad.Ron Andrews, the busy NHL publicity director, believes that the best way to understand the procedure is to approach it by means of an example.&ldquo;First of all,&rdquo; says Andrews, &ldquo;the team will draft in the following order: Oakland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Minnesota, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, New York and Montreal.Let&rsquo;s say Oakland drafts Claude Provost from Montreal. Oakland adds Provost to their protected list, giving them a protected total of 15. From their unprotected list, Oakland drops someone. For example, we&rsquo;ll say Joe Szura. Montreal then fills with Claude Larose, and they place Szura on their reserve list. It&rsquo;s important to remember that in such a case, Szura cannot be protected by Montreal, until the next Canadiens turn comes up. In other words, Szura could be claimed by the next team drafting from Montreal, before he could be protected.&ldquo;A team &mdash; any team &mdash; cannot lose more than three players. When they&rsquo;ve lost three, they&rsquo;re out of the draft as far as being drafted from is concerned. They can go on drafting from others themselves, though. And, they can fill.&rdquo;With teams limited to a protected list of 14 players, and two goalies, some tough decisions will have to be made about who to protect and who to take a chance on. Most clubs will probably protect their young, and gamble on being able to &ldquo;fill&rdquo; with veterans when the chance arises. You can bet, too, that private deals will be made, which may help to overcome the problem. There&rsquo;s nothing new about that, of course, it&rsquo;s been standard procedure for years, and a general manager who wouldn&rsquo;t negotiate such deals would be considered lacking in acumen.All told, there&rsquo;ll be five drafts going on at the annual meetings. These include intra-league drafts, minor-league drafts and the continuation of an amateur draft which comes under the heading of a &ldquo;phasing out&rdquo; program. The amateur draft is complicated, and puzzles any number of people. Briefly, it&rsquo;s the continuation of the phasing out program that began in 1966 and which will end in 1970, when there&rsquo;ll be no Junior players sponsored by NHL teams.All will then be subject to an open draft. Prior to 1966, players were put on the negotiation list of various NHL clubs. At present, they remain the property of sponsoring NHL, teams, but by 1970, the last of them will be over Junior age and thus out of the Junior leagues. For example, the Montreal Canadiens owned several members of last year&rsquo;s Junior Canadiens &mdash; the goalie, four defencemen, and a couple of forwards &mdash; who&rsquo;d been on their negotiation list since 1966. By 1970, they won&rsquo;t &ldquo;own&rdquo; anybody in the strict sense of the word, though a clause in the rules calls for the Habs to get first call on amateur players of French-Canadian extraction.As for the NHL draft, which is of prime importance, Ron Andrews probably summed it up best. Said he: &ldquo;Last year, teams in the expansion section had to go for quantity. This year, it&rsquo;ll probably be a case of quality.&rdquo; &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

New NHL Teams Seeking Quality In Bid To Catch Up To Old Clubs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1196/2495592-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL 1967-68 TEAM STANDINGS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1286/2495585-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="1225" height="378"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1369/2495578-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="603" height="5548"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1452/2495571-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="599" height="536"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1544/2495564-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="621" height="415"></div> &#9632;

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Final EHL League Records

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01624/2495353-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="602" height="144"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02580/2495346-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="593" height="139"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03536/2495339-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="578" height="100"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04493/2495332-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="590" height="137"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05409/2495325-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="585" height="104"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06347/2495318-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="594" height="550"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07320/2495311-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="585" height="491"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08300/2495304-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="593" height="559"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09286/2495297-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="588" height="482"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10266/2495290-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="588" height="509"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11242/2495283-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="588" height="586"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12211/2495276-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="580" height="240"></div> &#9632;

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CPHL Playoffs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01650/2494291-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><h2>NHL Season Runs Too Long, Need Reduction in Games</h2>Hockey News Editor:I am in complete agreement with Jim Coleman that the number of games in the regular schedule should be reduced to 66 instead of the present 74 to allow time for the five Stanley Cup series instead of the old three series. Otherwise, the playoffs finish too late in the season.J.A. BROWN,Edmonton, Alta.<h2>Mikita, Orr Poor Choices-Why Not Beliveau, J.C.?</h2>Hockey News Editor:The selection of Stan Mikita as the Hart Trophy winner was one of the poorest choices in years. Stan is a great player and is undoubtedly very valuable to his team, but this year there was no way he could have beaten out Jean Beliveau.The selection of Bobby Orr as the Norris Trophy winner was also ridiculous. He played only the first half of the year, yet won the award. My selection is J.C. Tremblay. He always gets the job done and picks up scoring points as well. Everybody talks about how greatly under-rated he is, but nobody ever does anything about it.RAYMOND ANDERSON,Bronx, N.Y.<h2>Vancouver NHL Bid Defended By Fan</h2>Jim Cohen of Longmeadow, Mass, thinks (Hockey News April 20) there is not enough interest in Vancouver to &ldquo;risk the transfer of a last-place club there, major league or otherwise.&rdquo; He quotes the average attendance per game of 5,200 (I think it is slightly larger since they moved into their new arena).May I remind Mr. Cohen that Philadelphia had no hockey at all the past few years and had already flopped once in the NHL, while Minneapolis-St. Paul, Los Angeles and Oakland (San Francisco) were drawing well under the above-mentioned 5,200 per game while being represented in the minor leagues. And St. Louis, which had no representation at the expansion meetings, drew less than 3,000 per game in the CPHL.In addition, one has only to look at the attendance figures in the Western Division of the playoffs to realize Vancouver could do twice as well at the gate than three of the teams involved and at least as good as the other. Maybe the people concerned have neglected to mention the Western League franchise already there.GEORGE O&rsquo;LEARY.Ottawa, Ont. &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01437/2495901-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="511" height="506"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE PILOTE &hellip; Swapped By Hawks</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill. &mdash;Pierre Pilote, the long&mdash;time defense star and captain of the Black Hawks, has become a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the off&mdash;season trading and indignant Chicago fans must share some of the responsibility.Pilote, long a target of the critical Chicago Stadium gallery gods, was virtually booed and hooted every time he touched the puck in recent years. Even his good games &mdash; which Chicago fans maintain were few and far between &mdash; failed to enthuse Hawks&rsquo; supporters.It was inevitable this season that Chicago&rsquo;s dismal fourth&mdash;place finish and swift playoff defeat by Montreal Canadiens in four straight games only heightened the fans&rsquo; distate for Pilote and the Hawks decided he had to go in a trade.The Leafs jumped at the thought of having Pilote on their defense and gladly gave up malcontent forward Jim Pappin in exchange.Leafs&rsquo; manager&mdash;coach Punch Imlach was enthused by the acquisition of Pilote. &ldquo;Any time I can get my hands on an All&mdash;Star, I&rsquo;m happy,&rdquo; said Imlach.In other off&mdash;season player swapping, Detroit got Bob Baun and Ron Harris from Oakland for Howie Young, Gary Jarrett and Doug Roberts. Montreal swapped four minor leaguers for Oakland&rsquo;s Alain Caron and Wally Boyer. Boston sold Skip Krake to Los Angeles and Philadelphia purchased top minor league star Earl Heiskala from Seattle of the WHL. &#9632;

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Boo—Birds Drive Pilote Into Leaf Uniform

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02319/2495939-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">NHL Champions &mdash; MONTREAL CANADIENSHere are the Montreal Canadiens, who this past season completed a sweep of the both league and playoffs in the National Hockey League winning the coveted Stanley Cup for a record 15th time. First row, left to right, CLAUDE PROVOST, TOE BLAKE, coach, HARTLAND MOLSON, chairman of the board, JEAN BELIVEAU, captain DAVID MOLSON, president, SAM POLLOCK, vice president and general manager. Second row, ROGATIEN VACHON, DANNY GRANT, JACQUES LEMAIRE, MICKEY REDMOND, YVAN COURNOYER, LORNE WORSLEY. Third row, EDDY PALCHAK, asst. trainer, DICK DUFF, CLAUDE LAROSE, JOHN FERGUSON, RALPH BACKSTROM, BOBBY ROUS SEAU, GILLES TREMBLAY, LARRY AUBUT, trainer. Fourth row, JEAN&mdash;CLAUDE TREMBLAY, CAROL VADNAIS, SERGE SAVARD, JACQUES LAPERRIERE, TERRY HARPER, TED HARRIS.</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;The day of the manager coach in big time hockey appears to be nearing its expiration.At least that appears to be the situation developing in the National Hockey League where dual coaching and managing roles declined from a high last season of five to two before St. Louis Blues elevated its successful coach, Scotty Bowman, to the post of general manager as well.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03133/2495932-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="243" height="387"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bernard Geoffrion</figcaption></div>The recent appointments of Bernard &lsquo;Boom Boom&rsquo; Geoffrion of the New York Rangers and Bill Gadsby by the Detroit Red Wings to head coaching posts, relieved two NHL men of their &lsquo;double duty&rsquo; positions. Sid Abel of Detroit relinquished the coaching reins to Gadsby to concentrate on his general manager&rsquo;s job. Francis stepped aside as coach for Geoffrion to devote more time to being New York&rsquo;s GM.Oakland Seals fired Bert Olmstead as manager&mdash;coach after the 1967&mdash;68 season closed and hired minor leaguer Fred Glover to replace him as coach only.In addition to Bowman, only Toronto&rsquo;s Punch Imlach and Wren Blair of Minnesota still hold fast to their dual hockey roles but even they are reportedly considering changes if not this season certainly in the very near future.Main reason generally given for the decline in manager&mdash;coaches in the NHL is expansion of the league to 12 teams last season.With more players to consider in the draft, more travel and increased league schedules, NHL hockey men are finding the job of running a big league hockey club more exhausting.It is a known fact experienced hockey executives, like Abel and Francis, consider it more practical to let someone else handle the coaching duties while they oversee the operation of the team. They argue that they can spend more time grading and watching the progress of the players and can advise their coach what is best for the team by observing the action from a press box or a gallery seat.At any rate, the NHL&rsquo;s dual hockey men are rapidly becoming a vanishing race.COMPLETE HOCKEY STATISTICS&mdash;On The Inside &#9632;

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DECLINE IN NHL ‘DUAL’ HOCKEY MEN SEEN BY LATEST COACHING CHANGES

Following are the latest off&mdash;season movements concerning National League teams:<h2>PLAYER TRANSACTIONS</h2>PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Earl Heiskala, forward, purchased from Seattle of WHL.LOS ANGELES &mdash; Skip Krake, forward, purchased from Boston of NHL. in exchange for unnamed player.CHICAGO &mdash; Jim Pappin, forward, secured from Toronto of NHL in exchange for Pierre Pilote, defenseman.DETROIT &mdash; Bob Baun, defenseman, and Ron Harris, forward, secured from Oakland of NHL in return for Howie Young, defenseman, Gary Jarrett and Doug Roberts, forwards, and an unnamed amateur.PITTSBURGH &mdash; John Arbour, defenseman, and Jean Pronovost, forward, obtained from Boston of NHL in exchange for unnamed Pittsburgh player and cash.OAKLAND &mdash; Norm Ferguson and Stan Fuller, forwards, and two unnamed amateurs, secured from Montreal of NHL in echange for Alain Caron and Wally Boyer, forwards, and an unnamed player.MINNESOTA &mdash; Terry O&rsquo;Malley, defenseman, of Canada&rsquo;s National Team, will report to training camp with NHL team.MONTREAL &mdash; Bill Needham, defenseman, and Howie Glover, forward, purchased from Cleveland of AHL.<h2>COACHING CHANGES</h2>OAKLAND &mdash; Fred Glover of Cleveland named coach to succeed Bert Olmstead.NEW YORK &mdash; Bernard Geoffrion, retired as player to become coach of Rangers succeeding Emile Francis, who remains as general manager.DETROIT &mdash; Bill Gadsby, former Red Wing defenseman, named coach to succeed Sid Abel, who remains as general manager.ST. LOUIS &mdash; Scotty Bowman, coach, also named general manager to succeed Lynn Patrick, who has been named managing director and will take charge of farm system. &#9632;

Off—Season Movements

Following is a complete list of players who received points in the NHL All-Star voting with figures in brackets showing the points received in the first half, second half and over-all total:GOAL: Lorne Worsley, Montreal (24-31&mdash;55); Ed Giacomin, New York (5-36&mdash;41); Johnny Bower, Toronto (26-4&mdash;30); Glenn Hall, St. Louis (11 - 13&mdash;24); Bernie Parent, Philadelphia (15-1&mdash;16); Doug Favell, Philadelphia(8-7&mdash;15); Denis De Jordy, Chicago (13-0&mdash;13); Les Binkley, Pittsburgh (1-7&mdash;8); Rogatien Vachon, Montreal (0-4&mdash;4); Charlie Hodge, Oakland (3-0&mdash;3); Terry Sawchuk, Los Angeles (0-3&mdash;3); Cesare Maniago, Minnesota (1-1&mdash;2); Wayne Rutledge, Los Angeles (1-0&mdash;1); Gerry Cheevers, Boston (0-1&mdash;1).DEFENSE: Bobby Orr, Boston (60-17&mdash;77); Tim Horton, Toronto (40-13&mdash;53); J.-C. Tremblay, Montreal (14-38&mdash;52); Jim Neilson, New York (3-41&mdash;44); Pierre Pilote, Chicago (31-0&mdash;31); Ted Green, Boston (3-27&mdash;30); Jacques Laperriere, Montreal (7-21&mdash;28); Gary Bergman, Detroit (17-9&mdash;26); Bill White, Los Angeles (3-15&mdash;18); Ed Van Impe, Philadelphia (7-8&mdash;15); Harry Howell, New York (6-6&mdash;12); Mike McMahon, Minnesota (0-11&mdash;11); Pat Stapleton, Chicago(8-0&mdash;8); Doug Jarrett, Chicago (5-1&mdash;6); Gilles Marotte, Chicago (0-5&mdash;5); Terry Harper, Montreal (0-4&mdash;4); Kent Douglas, Oakland-Detroit (3-0&mdash;3); Dallas Smith, Boston (3-0&mdash;3); Dale Rolfe, Los Angeles (3-0&mdash;3), Joe Watson, Philadelphia (0-1&mdash;1); Bob Woytowich, Minnesota (1-0&mdash;1); Bob Wall, Pittsburgh (1-0&mdash;1).CENTER: Stan Mikita, Chicago (60-36&mdash;96); Phil Esposito, Boston (14-24&mdash;38); Jean Beliveau, Montreal (3-25&mdash;28), Jean Ratelle, New York (0-21&mdash;21); Mike Walton, Toronto (15-0&mdash;15); Fred Stanfield, Boston (5-0&mdash;5); Norm Ullman, Detroit-Toronto (4-1&mdash;5); Phil Goyette, New York (4-1&mdash;5); Alex Delvecchio, Detroit (3-0&mdash;3)RIGHT WING: Gordie Howe, Detroit (58-60&mdash;118); Rod Gilbert, New York (4-32&mdash;36); John McKenzie, Boston (23-2&mdash;25); Ken Wharram, Chicago (20-4&mdash;24); Bob Nevin, New York (1-5&mdash;6); Wayne Connelly, Minnesota (0-4&mdash;4); Ron Ellis, Toronto (1-0&mdash;1); Leon Rochefort, Philadelphia (1-0&mdash;1); Bill Flett, Los Angeles (0-1&mdash;1).LEFT WING: Bobby Hull, Chicago (60-58&mdash;118); Johnny Bucyk (34-25&mdash;59); Gilles Tremblay, Montreal (0-14&mdash;14); Doug Mohns, Chicago (9-2&mdash;11); Vic Hadfield, New York (4-0&mdash;4); Don Marshall, New York (0-4&mdash;4); Alex Delvecchio, Detroit (1-1&mdash;2); Ab McDonald, Pittsburgh (0-1&mdash;1); Frank Mahovlich, Toronto-Detroit (0-1&mdash;1); Wayne Connelly, Minnesota (0-1&mdash;1); Jean-Paul Parise, Minnesota (0-1&mdash;1). &#9632;

Complete All-Star Voting

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01588/2494143-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="245" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ferguson</figcaption></div>OAKLAND, Calif. &mdash;If some of Fred Glover&rsquo;s success in hockey rubs off on the Oakland Seals, they can&rsquo;t help but be a playoff contender next season. The new Seals&rsquo; coach has a phenomenal record of achievement as a player and a coach in the American Hockey League, and in his entire career in hockey, has missed the playoffs only twice.Having just completed his 16th season with the Cleveland Barons (the last six as player-coach) at age 40, Glover holds all of the significant individual player records in the AHL &mdash; in fact his all-time goals record of 520 is third best in all of hockey history behind National League stars Gordie Howe (688) and Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard (544).Fred also holds the American League records for most points scored (1333), most assists (813) and even the most penalty minutes (2402). That last mark is an indication of the kind of game he plays &mdash; all out! He has played in more games than any other AHL player, 1199, over his 20 year career in the league.Glover thinks the Seals have a much better team than they showed last year, and he hopes to instill some of Cleveland&rsquo;s winning spirit into the Oakland team. &ldquo;I like my teams to move the puck often and well, and to check the opposition in their own end. It&rsquo;s much easier to prevent the other team from scoring If you have strong forechecking,&rdquo; says Glover. &ldquo;Our team will try to control the puck and skate with it &mdash; that&rsquo;s the name of the game, and I&rsquo;ve played it that way since my junior days in Galt.&rdquo;The Seals and the Stanley Cup champions, Montreal Canadiens, completed a multi-player deal, Seals&rsquo; President Frank Selke announced prior to the National Hockey League draft.The Seals have the first choice at the draft, by virtue of their sixth place finish in the NHL&rsquo;s Western Division, and the trade involved the team most likely to lose the first draft choice &mdash; Montreal.Oakland traded experience in the persons of 30 year old Wally Boyer and Alain Caron, also 30, for four young Montreal prospects, forward Norm Ferguson, and defenseman Stan Fuller, both 22, and two graduating amateurs who are among the top ten juniors in the Montreal chain.The Seals will also have a new training camp site as they prepare for the 1968-69 Season. The Seals will open camp September 15, at the Oshawa Memorial Arena in Oshawa, Ontario &mdash; about 40 miles from Toronto. The team trained last year in Port Huron, Michigan.Seven of the other 11 National League teams will train within 150 miles of the Seals&rsquo; camp-site, a prime reason for selecting Oshawa. Boston, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York, Pittsburgh and Toronto all train at Ontario towns near Oshawa. &#9632;

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Minor Leaguer Fred Glover To Guide Oakland

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02563/2494181-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="253" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lorne Worsley</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Lorne &ldquo;Gump&rdquo; Worsley, who first broke into the NHL back in 1952-53, was finally selected to the No. 1 All&mdash;Star team.The 39-year-old Gumper polled a total of 55 points (24-31) to capture a berth on the top All&mdash;Star squad for the first time in his lengthy career. He&rsquo;d been named to the second team in 1965-66.Worsley appeared in 40 games for Canadiens during the 1967-68 regular season, and allowed 74 goals for a sparkling personal average of 1.98. He also posted six shutouts during the season, a career high for the pudgy netminder. His best previous mark in the shutout department was four, in NHL play.Gump&rsquo;s closest competition came from N.Y. goalie Ed Giacomin, who made the second All&mdash;Star team with a total of 41 points (5-36). Toronto&rsquo;s venerable Johnny Bower was third in the voting. He totalled 30 points (26-4).In a way, Worsley backed into the No. 1 All&mdash;Star spot. He failed to lead the voting in either the first or second halves, but his accumulated total proved greater than that of either Bower or Giacomin. For instance, at the end of the first half Worsley had 24 points. Bower had 26. Giacomin had five. At the end of the second half, Worsley had 31, while Bower polled only four and Giacomin earned 36 points. Add them all up and Gump emerges as overall leader.The voting was conducted by coaches of the 12 NHL teams, this year. It was a departure from the previous system whereby sportswriters and broadcasters from various NHL cities determined All-Star teams and various other award winners.Following are the two NHL All-Star teams with the combined first and second half vote total in brackets:<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03482/2494174-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="1121" height="270"></div> &#9632;

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Worsley’s All-Star Feat First In Long NHL Career

Following is the complete Itinerary for the NHL summer meetings:Sun. June 9 &mdash; WHL meeting.Mon. June 10 &mdash; NHL Governors meeting &mdash; 9.30 a.m.; CPHL meeting &mdash; 10 a.m.; NHL Rules Committee meeting &mdash; 10.30 a.m.; NHL Governors meeting &mdash; 2 p.m.; Joint Rules Committee meeting &mdash; 2.30 p.m.; Owner-player Council meeting&mdash;4 p.m.Tue. June 11 &mdash; NHL Governors meeting &mdash; 10 a.m.; Hall of Fame Selection Committee meeting &mdash; 10 a.m.; Inter-league draft (all pro leagues) &mdash; 2.30 p.m.; Filing of protected lists &mdash; 5 p.m.Wed. June 12 &mdash; NHL Governors meeting &mdash; 10 a m., AHL meeting &mdash; 2 p.m.; Intra-league draft (NHL) &mdash; 2.30 p.m.Thu. June 13 &mdash; NHL Governors meeting &mdash; 10 a.m.; Amateur draft &mdash; 2 p.m.; Reverse draft &mdash; 2 p.m.; Special internal draft &mdash; 2 p.m. &#9632;

NHL’s Summer Meeting Agenda

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02602/2494343-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="427" height="436"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03510/2494336-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="258" height="381"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Myre</figcaption></div>&bull; TRADING IN the NHL has been going along at a brisk pace since the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs &hellip; Most deals made thus far appear to be in in the best interests of everyone &hellip; Trades between clubs in the NHL are what fans like to see &hellip; John McClellan has signed a new two-year contract with Tulsa of the Central Pro League. He did an outstanding coaching job with Ray Miron&rsquo;s club this past season &hellip; Tulsa expects to sell 1,000 season tickets for the 1968-69 season &hellip; Bob Beckett, former member of the Boston Bruins and a member of the Toronto Oldtimers team, has been hospitalized for the past two months as a result of a bad car accident. Bob was alone in his car and suffered a broken jaw, loss of several teeth, badly cut face and a fractured left leg. He is expected to be in the hospital for some time and he would certainly appreciate hearing from his many friends along the hockey beat. He is in Scarborough General Hospital, 3050 Lawrence Ave., Scarborough, Ont. Room 3-416 &hellip; When Ace Bailey was forced to quit hockey after nearly losing his life in the controversial Eddie Shore incident, his No. 6 Toronto sweater was retired. Now Bailey wants the number reactivated and awarded to Ron Ellis &hellip; Alan Eagleson, executive director of the National Hockey League Players&rsquo; Association, is paid a fee of $10,000 for his efforts. Some 200 NHL players pay annual dues of $125 to the Association. This money, less Eagleson&rsquo;s fee and operating costs involved in running the National Hockey League Players&rsquo; Association, is invested for the players &hellip; Harry Howell, New York&rsquo;s veteran defenseman who won the Norris Trophy last season, polled but five points in the balloting this year &hellip; Pierre Pilote, who won the award for three consecutive seasons, failed to earn a single point in the second half of the season balloting.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04442/2494329-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="234" height="358"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Favell</figcaption></div>&bull; SIDNEY SALOMON Jr., president of the St. Louis Blues, took ads in the St. Louis papers thanking the fans for their wonderful support during the past unforgettable season NHL president Clarence Campbell is screening candidates for the presidency of the Central Professional Hockey League, a post made vacant upon Jack Adams&rsquo; death. Difficulty in making a selection arises from the fact that most NHL clubs don&rsquo;t wish to cut loose the type of man the job demands &hellip; Minnesota North Stars have issued figures showing the team averaged 11,562 fans per game during the regular season &hellip; Doug Harvey&rsquo;s mother passed away recently in Montreal &hellip; and Dick Duff&rsquo;s father is ailing in Toronto &hellip; Phil Myre, goalie with the Memorial Cup champion Niagara Falls Flyers, is said to be the hottest junior netminder in Canada. He belongs to Canadiens and is expected to play with Houston of the CPHL next season &hellip; St. Louis will train at Ottawa this fall and Oakland will move from Port Huron, Ont. to Oshawa &hellip; Aussie Whiting, crack photographer of the Montreal Gazette, winning all kinds of photography awards in Canada and the United States. He&rsquo;s at the top of his profession right now &hellip; Alan Eagleson thinks NHL clubs should pool their TV income &hellip; &ldquo;The TV handling is inequitable,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The Canadian clubs are the only ones to make major money, but do not share it with the American clubs&rdquo;&hellip; Babe Pratt and Billy Mosienko of hockey fame were guest speakers at a recent Sportsman&rsquo;s Dinner in Transcona, Man &hellip; Jack Kent Cooke has installed the computerized ticket reservation system for all events at his Los Angeles Forum &hellip; The energetic Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; Fan Club puts out a lively newsletter from time to time. This enthusiastic organization has all kinds of events planned during the summer months &hellip; Doug Favell was picked as the Most Popular Flyer by the Fan Club in a recent poll.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05392/2494322-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="247" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Reg Fleming</figcaption></div>&bull; REGGIE FLEMING is expected to be dealt to one of the NHL expansion teams by the Rangers&hellip; Doug Favell, Philadelphia&rsquo;s brilliant goalkeeper, has decided to quit lacrosse. He realizes that his future lies in hockey &hellip; Jack Button has resigned as publicity director of the American Hockey League to take the job as general manager of the Amarillo, Texas entry in the Central Pro League. Amarillo will be owned and operated by the Pittsburgh Penguins&hellip; Jack Riley, general manager of Pittsburgh, hired Button, and it reunited the pair after a two year separation. They had worked together for six years, both with Rochester and at the American League head office&hellip; Amarillo is located in the Panhandle section of Texas and boasts a metropolitan population of 280,000&hellip;Carl Brewer thinks he will accept a coaching job in Finland next season&hellip;Sam Pollock, Montreal&rsquo;s GM, will soon announce the new job that Toe Blake will occupy in the Canadiens&rsquo; front office&hellip; Jean Beliveau, picked as the Player of the Year by THE HOCKEY NEWS this past season, has been drawing tremendous ovations at the many dinners he&rsquo;s been attending since the season ended&hellip; Oakland Seals landed a capable man when they signed Fred Glover to a coaching contract. Glover has been one of the top coaches in the AHL for the last few seasons&hellip; Frank Stukus tells us he&rsquo;s never received more bookings for his Brynell Manor Hockey School than he has this year. Frank is one of the original hockey school operators in the country&hellip; Hockey schools are springing up everywhere this summer. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01608/2494381-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">AHL Champions &mdash; ROCHESTER AMERICANSHere are the Rochester Americans, who completely dominated the American Hockey League this past season, winning both the league and playoff titles. First row, left to right, STEVE BARTLETT, asst. trainer, CARL WETZEL, DARRYL SLY, NORM ARMSTRONG, JIM McKENNY, BRYAN HEXTALL, BOB BARLOW, LES DUFF, BOB PERREAULT, GUY KINNEAR, trainer. Second row, JOE CROZIER, manager-coach, DON JOHNS, DON CHERRY, MARC REAUME, ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, LEN LUNDE, BOB COOK, GARY UNGER, MURRAY HALL, DICK GAMBLE, TED TAYLOR, JIM BALL, publicity director.</figcaption></div><h2>SALUTING HOCKEY&rsquo;S CUP CHAMPIONS</h2>National League: MONTREAL CANADIENSWestern League: SEATTLE TOTEMSEastern League: CLINTON COMETSAllan Cup: VICTORIAVILLE TIGERSAmerican League: ROCHESTER AMERICANSCentral League: TULSA OILERSInternational League: MUSKEGON MOHAWKSMemorial Cup: NIAGARA FALLS FLYERS<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02558/2494374-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="2993" height="1292"><figcaption class="caption-body">WHL Champions &mdash; SEATTLE TOTEMSHere are the Seattle Totems, who won the Western Hockey League playoff championship for the second successive year. First row, left to right, JIM ARMSTRONG, GERRY LEONARD, MURRAY COSTELLO, executive director, GUYLE FIELDER, BILL MacFARLAND, manager-coach, DON WARD, DON HEAD. Second row, PAT DUNN, trainer, DWIGHT CARRUTHERS, DON CHIZ, TOM IANNONE, MARC BOILEAU, BILL DINEEN, CLELAND MORTSON, BOB COURCY. Third row, BILL SHEPPARD, advertising manager, PAUL CATES, CHUCK HOLMES, LARRY LUND, GARY KILPATRICK, LARRY HALE, EARL HEISKALA, RAY LAROSE, STEVE SCHONELY, stick boy.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY NEWS STATISTICAL ISSUE 1967-68

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01678/2494461-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL 1967-68 TEAM STANDINGS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02546/2494454-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="1209" height="305"></div><h2>FINAL INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS FOR ROSS TROPHY</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03416/2494447-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="1238" height="1081"></div><h2>RECORD OF GOALTENDERS FOR 1967-68 SEASON</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04297/2494440-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="1248" height="2015"></div><h2>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06182/2494433-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="611" height="622"></div><h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05247/2494426-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="608" height="3145"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0794/2494419-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="615" height="4363"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0846/2494412-1-eng-US/f0006-082.jpg" title="f0006-08" width="525" height="865"><figcaption class="caption-body">RAY CULLEN &hellip; Top Man In West</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE-1967-68 Statistics

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01630/2494492-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="247" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hall</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS, MO. &mdash;The sign over the St. Louis Arena entrance read: &ldquo;Our fans are No. 1, We&rsquo;re No. 2. The Blues thank you.&rdquo;It would be taking nothing away from the extraordinary St. Louis Blues in their first campaign in the expansion division of ice hockey&rsquo;s big time to suggest that it was that way all season.The Blues were a heart-throbber from beginning to end, probably the most exciting sports spectacle to unfurl its colors in this Gateway City to the West since the fabled baseball Cardinals Gas House Gang of the 30&rsquo;s.A sophisticated major league sports center that has known the very best in pro baseball, football, and basketball, St. Louis took these interlopers to its heart with deep affection and poured into the revitalized old ice house on Oakland Avenue to the tune of 455,832, including ten playoff games. On Tuesday night, May 7, an all-time Arena record crowd of 16,177 jammed every available space right up to the rafters to watch their blue-clad heroes engage the Montreal Canadiens in the second game of the final run for the Stanley Cup. They had come to cheer once again for a team that had time and again pulled off spine-tingling performances that would rival the most melodramatic concoctions of a fiction writer.The emotionless print in the pages of the record books will merely show that St. Louis lost four straight to the Canadiens. What the record books won&rsquo;t reveal is the support of devoted fans that would have been worthy of a world champion.What was the magic that transformed a city that had known a low echelon of minor league hockey with a few thousand followers into a raving, worshipping horde?Certainly the answer came in bits and pieces. It was partly the exciting collection of human hockey oddities that ranged from a 34-year-old rookie goalie named Seth Martin to a 44-year-old ancient of the ice wars named Doug Harvey. There was something old and something new, something borrowed and something Blue. It was a coach (Scotty Bowman) named as coach of the year by THE HOCKEY NEWS. Scotty kept pulling rabbits out of hats. It was even an organist up in the Arena loft named Norm Kramer. His work on the big pipes was electrifying to team and fans alike. Kramer could raise a cavalry charge out of the inhabitants of a home for the aged. It was a goaltender named Glenn Hall who was so masterful in a losing cause that NHL governors scarcely hesitated in voting him the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player in the Stanley Cup playoffs.And it was no doubt the kind of ownership that a pro athlete wanted to play for. There were many fringe benefits during the season and when It was all over in mid-May, the squad together with families were the guests of Sid Salomon, Jr. and Sid III for a Florida vacation, all expenses paid.Nearly 4,000 fans gathered at Lambert St. Louis Airport at midnight, Saturday May 11 to welcome home their beloved icemen. They threw confetti, cheered and shrieked their adulation and those tired, defeated Blues stood patiently, pressed against the walls, signing autographs by the hundreds. Rarely had a conquering hero been accorded such tribute.The remarkable mixture of accomplished veterans, raw rookies and some unclassified in-betweeners tossed together by then General Manager Lynn Patrick and Coach Scotty Bowman crystalized into one of the most exciting hockey machines in the entire National Hockey League.Among the veterans there were several who certainly were over the hill and skating on little more than class and guts. Among the rookies, there were mainly kids, who were still wet behind the ears. Among the in-betweeners, there were many who couldn&rsquo;t put the puck in the net in they had a road map.The &ldquo;M&rdquo; men &mdash; Dickie Moore, Billy McCreary, Don McKenney and Gerry Melnyk -- gave the Blues a great year but they are all between 34 and 36 years of age, not a vintage from which one starts building a hockey club.Back in the goal the great Glenn (Hall of Famer) Hall and his number one back-up man, Seth Martin, are 37 and 35 years old respectively. The Blues have 22-year-old Don Caley down on the Kansas City farm and he&rsquo;s a promising comer but it would appear that if Hall decided to hang up the big pads (as he suggested he might do in an exclusive HOCKEY NEWS interview with this writer some time ago) the Blues are certainly going to make a strong bid for a first rate goaltender.What is very heartening to the Blue&rsquo; management was the sensational play of a number of the kids in the first great season of expanded big league hockey. &#9632;

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Expansion Blues” Outlook Bright But Goalie Hall Question Mark

<h2>FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02576/2494579-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="597" height="163"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sun. May 5Montreal 3 at St. Louis 2Tues. May 7Montreal 1 at St. Louis 0Thurs. May 9St. Louis 3 at Montreal 4Sat. May 11St. Louis 2 at Montreal 3<h2>EASTERN DIVISION QUARTER-FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03460/2494572-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="596" height="258"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thurs. April 4Boston 1 at Montreal 2Sat. April 6Boston 3 at Montreal 5Tues. April 9Montreal 5 at Boston 2Thurs. April 11Montreal 3 at Boston 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04340/2494565-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="587" height="149"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thurs. April 4Chicago 1 at New York 3Sun. April 7Chicago at New York (postponed)Tues. April 9Chicago 1 at New York 2Thurs. April 11New York 4 at Chicago 7Sat. April 13New York 1 at Chicago 3Sun. April 14Chicago 2 at New York 1Tues. April 16New York 1 at Chicago 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05241/2494558-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="612" height="216"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thurs. April 18Chicago 2 at Montreal 9Sat. April 20Chicago 1 at Montreal 4Tues. April 23Montreal 4 at Chicago 2Thurs. April 25Montreal 1 at Chicago 2Sun. April 28Chicago 3 at Montreal 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-06182/2494551-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="596" height="280"></div><h3>GAMES COMPIETED</h3>Thurs. April 4St. Louis 1 at Philadelphia 0Sat. April 6St. Louis at Philadelphia 4Wed. April 10Philadelphia 2 at St. Louis 3Thurs. April 12Philadelphia 2 at St. Louis 5Sat. April 13St. Louis 1 at Philadelphia 6Tues. April 16Philadelphia 2 at St. Louis 1Thurs. April 18St. Louis 3 at Philadelphia 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-07136/2494544-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="599" height="145"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thurs. April 4Minnesota 1 at Los Angeles 2Sat. April 6Minnesota 0 at Los Angeles 2Tues. April 9Los Angeles 5 at Minnesota 7Thurs. April 11Los Angeles 2 at Minnesota 3Sat. April 13Minnesota 2 at Los Angeles 3Tues. April 16Los Angeles 3 at Minnesota 4Thurs. April 18Minnesota 9 at Los Angeles 4<h2>SEMI-FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-08109/2494537-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="586" height="178"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sun. April 21Minnesota 3 at St. Louis 5Mon. April 22St. Louis 2 at Minnesota 3Thurs. April 25Minnesota 5 at St. Louis 1Sat. April 27Minnesota 3 at St. Louis 4Mon. April 29Minnesota 2 at St. Louis 3Wed. May 1St. Louis 1 at Minnesota 5Fri. May 3Minnesota 1 at St. Louis 2<h2>FINAL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0983/2494530-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="603" height="3901"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1064/2494523-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="581" height="714"></div> &#9632;

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Stanley Cup Playoff Statistics

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01663/2494743-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="566" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB BARLOW</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02581/2494736-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="560" height="558"><figcaption class="caption-body">SIMON NOLET</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03482/2494729-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1225" height="326"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04372/2494722-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1210" height="257"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05294/2494715-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="599" height="539"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06242/2494708-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="585" height="107"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07194/2494701-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="593" height="458"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-08159/2494694-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="590" height="145"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-09132/2494687-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="596" height="539"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-10115/2494680-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="595" height="117"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-11100/2494673-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="602" height="536"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1279/2494666-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="594" height="120"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1368/2494659-1-eng-US/f0008-132.jpg" title="f0008-13" width="592" height="508"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1450/2494652-1-eng-US/f0008-142.jpg" title="f0008-14" width="601" height="121"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1532/2494645-1-eng-US/f0008-152.jpg" title="f0008-15" width="582" height="512"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1620/2494638-1-eng-US/f0008-162.jpg" title="f0008-16" width="598" height="115"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1717/2494631-1-eng-US/f0008-172.jpg" title="f0008-17" width="599" height="564"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1815/2494624-1-eng-US/f0008-182.jpg" title="f0008-18" width="586" height="115"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1914/2494617-1-eng-US/f0008-192.jpg" title="f0008-19" width="589" height="521"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-2013/2494610-1-eng-US/f0008-202.jpg" title="f0008-20" width="592" height="149"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE-1967-68 Statistics

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-2113/2494816-1-eng-US/f0008-212.jpg" title="f0008-21" width="603" height="230"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Apr. 24Quebec 2 at Rochester 4Fri. Apr. 26Quebec 2 at Rochester 4Sun. Apr. 28Rochester 3 at Quebec 6Wed. May 1Rochester 5 at Quebec 6Fri. May 3Quebec 3 at Rochester 4Sat. May 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-2211/2494809-1-eng-US/f0008-222.jpg" title="f0008-22" width="587" height="205"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Apr. 3Hershey 2 at Rochester 4Fri. Apr. 5Hershey 1 at Rochester 4Sat. Apr. 6Rochester 2 at Hershey 1Wed. Apr 10Rochester 1 at Hershey 7Fri. Apr. 12Hershey 2 at Rochester 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-239/2494802-1-eng-US/f0008-232.jpg" title="f0008-23" width="593" height="181"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sun. Apr. 14Providence 1 at Quebec 2Wed. Apr. 17Providence 3 at Quebec 6Thurs. Apr. 18Quebec 1 at Providence 4Sat. Apr. 20Quebec 4 at Providence 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-249/2494795-1-eng-US/f0008-242.jpg" title="f0008-24" width="588" height="221"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed Aar. 3Providence 1 at Springfield 3Sat. Apr. 6Providence 5 at SpringfieldSun. Apr. 7Springfield at Providence (postponed)Mon. Apr. 8Springfield 1 at Providence 5Tues. Apr. 9Springfield at Providence 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-258/2494788-1-eng-US/f0008-252.jpg" title="f0008-25" width="603" height="201"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Apr. 3Buffalo 2 at Quebec 4Fri. Apr. 5Buffalo 1 at Quebec 3Tues. Apr. 9Quebec 7 at Buffalo 10Wed. Apr. 10Quebec 4 at Buffalo 7Fri. Apr. 12Buffalo 1 at Quebec 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-266/2494781-1-eng-US/f0008-262.jpg" title="f0008-26" width="612" height="2650"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-275/2494774-1-eng-US/f0008-272.jpg" title="f0008-27" width="598" height="350"></div> &#9632;

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Calder Cup Playoff Records

WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association concluded its annual meeting here determined to carry on Canada&rsquo;s National Hockey Team program for at least two more years despite a heavy deficit and to avoid a showdown with the Western Canada Junior Hockey League over the junior age discrepancy between the two bodies.The CAHA&rsquo;s executive director, Gordon Juckes, in his financial report to the meetings, said operating the Nationals had cost the governing Canadian hockey body $107,669 but it was resolved by the delegates to continue functioning the two National teams &mdash; one in Winnipeg and the other based in Ottawa &mdash; although the program may not be as extensive as it was in the last four years.Juckes said the Hockey Canada Foundation, which was organized to raise scholarships for the national teams, has already pledged $40,000 towards last year&rsquo;s deficit and another $60,000 to start off the 1968-69 operation.In the mean time, the CAHA said flatly it had no intention of suspending the Western Canada Junior League en masse because the league said it would not conform to the association&rsquo;s ruling of lowering the junior age limit to 19 and under. The nine-team WCJHL announced its governors agreed unanimously on an age limit of 21 and they would operate regardless of the CAHA decision.CAHA president Lloyd Pollock of Windsor said if the WCJHL wanted to operate independently it was their affair and his group would not attempt to interfere by slapping a ban on every player and team in the league.The CAHA previously recognized as junior any player who was under 20 on May 31 of the year following the start of the season. The new rule moves the deadline up five months to Dec. 31 of the same year. The WCJHL moves seven months in the opposite direction to Dec. 31 of the year following.The Western League said it will offer scholarships for study at universities and vocational schools and players so affected could continue to play in the circuit when they were as old as 22.The stand by the WCJHL also meant the league could not compete in CAHA playdowns or competitions and could not challenge for the Memorial Cup as it did last season when its winner, Estevan Bruins, were beaten by Niagara Falls Flyers, in the national final.The CAHA wound up its annual meetings by electing Pollock president to replace Fred Page of Vancouver. Earl Dawson of Rivers, Man., was elected vice-president while Leo Atwell of Trail, B.C. and Alf Taylor of North Gower, Ont., were picked as new directors. &#9632;

CAHA To Continue National Teams; Lowered Junior Age Sets Off Rift

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;The Eastern Hockey League has started the countdown on the kayo of Knoxville from the circuit hut the count won&rsquo;t reach 10 until the next league session slated for Greensboro, N.C. June 17.The demise of the current Knoxville team was the major news at the May meeting of the loop although the shaky status of Nashville also received considerable attention and speculation.President Tom Lockhart accepted the Knoxville franchise from the citizens group that held it last year, but he expressed hope that another group would be able to take over the franchise. The conditions include a $10,000 membership fee, another $10,000 in equity to cover season long accounts with the league, and another $50,000 in capital.Frank Dafferner, who operated the Knights on an interim basis late last season, has been notified of the terms but he has not indicated that he can meet them. Lockhart said, &ldquo;We want Knoxville in the league but we must know where they stand by June 17.&rdquo;Meantime there are various rumors about what will happen if no group takes over the franchise. There is talk that Nashville, which is having rental problems, will move to Knoxville. There is other talk that the Nashville team will split its games between Knoxville and a new rink in Macon, Georgia. Talk of a split between Knoxville and Nashville were dispelled by prexy Mark Parrish who indicated the Nashville Auditorium wouldn&rsquo;t go for such a deal.There also is talk that Macon may be accepted as a Southern Division entry should Knoxville not make it. If Macon doesn&rsquo;t get in, the Florida Rockets have been granted permission to play six games there next season. Of course, that permission will be revoked if the Knoxville-Macon deal goes through.Lockhart also said that inquiries were received from Washington concerning a new franchise. That city would have to produce at the Greensboro meeting also or forego its opportunity until next year.Nashville was given permission to move its franchise. Perhaps the Flyers wanted to use this threat as a lever for the city to agree to its terms for the next season. The biggest stumbling block in the rental deal appears to be the city&rsquo;s insistence that the Flyers pay for all staffing casts. The Nashville Commission did agree to a 10 per cent rental fee.Meanwhile in other action at the meeting, Lockhart, who was re-elected president again, announced an interlocking schedule would be resumed next year. That means there will be inter-division play and more travel expenses, but evidently the lack of varied foes hurt attendance last year, so the owners decided to try inter-division play once more. Lockhart hasn&rsquo;t worked out a schedule yet as to how many inter-division games will be played but a preliminary report will be made at Greensboro.The league will open play next season somewhere around Oct. 16 and run through Mar. 9. A 72-game log again will be employed.Another new rule passed says that any player molesting an official will be suspended for a calendar year. The individual can appeal his ouster to a 3-man board named by the league, a board which need not be composed of league governors. John Brophy of Long Island will be eligible again next year when he&rsquo;ll likely be a playing pilot.Ed Stanley of Clinton was re-elected vice president and Phil Thompson remains as financial secretary and treasurer.FLORIDA: Don Gibbons represented club at league meeting. Bob Sabourin, Harold White and Jackie LeClair conducting a senior men&rsquo;s hockey school here. It is an eight-session course. A Rocket Flying Club has been formed to enable fans to fly chartered flights to the team&rsquo;s games. Plans are expected to be expanded due to the scheduling of Northern Division foes. Team will again be called Jacksonville next year instead of Florida.JOHNSTOWN: Jets have acquired Tim McCormick from Syracuse. He originally was due at Jets camp last fall but went to Syracuse instead and scored 34 goals and 59 points in 32 games. GM John Mitchell was on scouting jaunt and also will be on lookout at summer leagues. Jets will increase prices next year to meet operating costs.SYRACUSE: Blazers were given extra time to get up their escrow money and get their affairs in order. They must be squared away by June 17. Intra-squad game scheduled for August. Prexy John Lazarro is working hard on season tickets, program ads and a boost in fan club.SALEM: Rebels traded Tom Schiller to Nashville for defenseman Wayne Spooner after failing to get Spooner during last half of race. Coach Dave Lucas has talked with five promising juniors after extensive scouting trip. &#9632;

Eastern League Ponders Future Of Knoxville Club

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01646/2494895-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION ON PAGE 13</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1 &mdash; Pictured player.8 &mdash; An Oakland centre.9 &mdash; A precious stone.11 &mdash; Girl&rsquo;s name.12 &mdash; An ex-Red Wing.14 &mdash; Each, (abbr.)15 &mdash; Number of N.H.L. goals scored by 12 across last season.17 &mdash; St. Louis did this April 27th. (s)18 &mdash; This team last won the Stanley cup in 1939-40. (abbr.)19 &mdash; Initials of former goalie Lumley.21 &mdash; Initials of Dufour of Springfield.23 &mdash; Initials of a high scoring Bruin.25 &mdash; 9th and 16th letters of the alphabet.27 &mdash; First name of one of the Rangers.28 &mdash; 1964-65 Art Ross Trophy winner.30 &mdash; Dickie Moore is one. (abbr.)31 &mdash; Wears number 8 for Oakland.<h3>DOWN</h3>1 &mdash; 1958-59 Calder Trophy winner.2 &mdash; A former Leaf all-star defenseman.3 &mdash; Nickname of a former Leaf coach.4 &mdash; One of the L.A. Kings.5 &mdash; First name of Goodwin of Portland.6 &mdash; Initials of one of the Kings.7 &mdash; Initials of one of the Bruins.10 &mdash; A former Ranger defenseman.13 &mdash; First name of an N.H.L. linesman.16 &mdash; Initials of an N.H.L. linesman.17 &mdash; 1963-64 Lady Byng trophy winner.20 &mdash; An N.H.L. general manager.22 &mdash; 10 cents.24 &mdash; One of the Great Lakes.26 &mdash; One of the Hawks answers to this.29 &mdash; Initials of one of the Habs.<h2>CROSSWORD SOLUTION</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Bathgate.8&mdash;Harris.9&mdash;Opal.11&mdash;Kim.12&mdash;Young.14&mdash;Ea.15&mdash;Two.17&mdash;Win.18&mdash;Ran.19&mdash;H.L.21&mdash;M.D.23&mdash;P.E.15&mdash;I.P.27&mdash;Reg.28&mdash;Mikita.30&mdash;Vet.31&mdash;Ehman.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Backstrom.2&mdash;Thomson.3&mdash;Hap.4&mdash;Gray.5&mdash;Arlo.6&mdash;T.I.7&mdash;E.S.10&mdash;Ecan.13&mdash;Neil.16&mdash;W.A.17&mdash;Wharram.20&mdash;Regan.22&mdash;Dime.24&mdash;Erie.26&mdash;Pit.29&mdash;T.H. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">&#x2014; By Bill Libby</div><h2>Realignment No Good</h2>&bull; THE HOCKEY WORLD has been waiting impatiently for me to advise it on changes needed. Apparently Larry Regan has passed the word around as to what a fine job I have been doing advising him on how to rebuild the Los Angeles Kings. Now everyone wants advice. I don&rsquo;t mind. That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;m here for. Service to the sport is my motto.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01663/2494940-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="268" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Glover</figcaption></div>The National League already has increased the number of games expansion teams will play with established teams next season. I was against it, but they went ahead and did it anyway. It will help attendance for a while. But in the long run, it will mean worse records in the new cities, and the worse the record, the smaller the attendance.Now the NHL is thinking of scrambling the two divisions in the Stanley Cup playoffs or perhaps even scrambling the divisions, themselves, realigning the clubs in the two circuits. I&rsquo;m against both.The clubs in the new division were evenly matched and the pennant race was beautiful. Thrown into the regular-season standings with old clubs, they&rsquo;d be under pressure which would seriously hamper their chances of building steadily and smoothly for the future.Also, St. Louis, while losing four straight in the playoff finals, did all right. The Blues didn&rsquo;t embarrass the expansionists. Having inaugurated the inevitable East-West final this past year, the NHL should stick to it. A step backward now would be embarrassing and disconcerting.Now I can sit back and wait for the NHL to do just the opposite of what I recommend.I do think the NHL should require all franchise-holders to provide full and satisfactory playoff dates. The Minnesota arena was built for hockey, yet an ice show limited the hockey team to two odd dates during the Western playoff finals. This cheated the coach, players and fans of a Western title. The North Star management is admirable and big league, but they blew this one. Playoff attendance was disappointing.Still, Minnesota stands as the soundest of the new franchises after the first season. With its roof repaired, Philadelphia looks sound, too. The late surge by the Blues captivated St. Louis. Hockey chased pro basketball out of that town. Ben Kerner never wanted the competition and was determined to move his basketball Hawks as soon as the Blues blew into town. So he sold out to Atlanta, which doesn&rsquo;t have a decent building.<h2>Seals To Stay Put</h2>&bull; THE WAY TO GET rich is to put a franchise in Vancouver&rsquo;s new building, but how do you do it? As predicted here and denied, the Seals asked permission to move from Oakland to Vancouver, but then, under pressure from the league, announced they were staying put one more season anyway. The NHL still hopes a new indoor arena will begin to take shape across the bay in San Francisco, where it wanted the team all along.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02583/2494933-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="254" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Selke</figcaption></div>Staying in Oakland may be a mistake. Almost any city would support big league baseball the first year in, but Oakland isn&rsquo;t. And it showed no interest in the Seals whatsoever. A better team might help. Frank Selke has taken hold in his new role as manager and has made some deals for some young players which should help. Gary Jarrett, obtained from Detroit, could be a good one. Also predicted here and denied, Bert Olmstead was fired as manager and coach. But we never predicted and were very surprised when an American League veteran, Fred Glover, was named the new coach.Seeking to acquire much if not all of the Seals stock for a Vancouver operation, Labatt&rsquo;s Breweries of Canada loaned the Seals $750,000. With this money, the Seals made a tardy payment of $685,000 to the NHL, completing the $2,000,000 each new franchise and to pay. Now, however, Labatt&rsquo;s has only a note, not a team. The Seals lost more than $600,000 in Oakland last season.After the stick-fight between Philadelphia&rsquo;s Larry Zeidel and Boston&rsquo;s Eddie Shack in a riotous game last season, Zeidel and fans who had been seated near the Boston bench charged Boston players had made anti-Semitic remarks. After a ten-week investigation, NHL president Clarence Campbell has ruled the spectators were &ldquo;in error&rdquo; and there is no anti-religous feeling or any other form of discrimination in the NHL.Any time discrimination appears, it will be dealt with severely, he said.We can all sleep soundly on, knowing we are safe and protected.<h2>Pulford In Demand</h2>&bull; BUT I CAN&rsquo;T sleep. I&rsquo;m too busy patting myself on the back. Another of my predictions which was denied, but which has come to pass is the trade of Chicago&rsquo;s Pierre Pilote for Toronto&rsquo;s Jim Pappin. L.A. had offered Bob Wall to Toronto for Pappin. Now everyone wants Toronto&rsquo;s Bob Pulford, and someone will get him. Surprisingly, Punch Imlach even after missing the playoffs last season still isn&rsquo;t against adding aging veterans, as long as he feels they have talent left. But it&rsquo;s a strange way to rebuild.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03497/2494926-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="272" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Pulford</figcaption></div>Knowing he was tempted by Toronto, Boston gave Harry Sinden a big raise and a two-year contract to keep him as coach. Doug Harvey will not be the new coach in Montreal. Harvey, who played in the Cup finals for St. Louis at the age of 43, reported, &ldquo;Scotty Bowman taught me more in three practice sessions than Toe Blake showed me in ten years.&rdquo; If Harvey still is learning, he should be pretty good by the time he&rsquo;s 50. If Blake lets him live that long &hellip; After sitting out next season, don&rsquo;t be surprised if Blake unretires. He might be interested in Vancouver, as Imlach is, if there ever is an NHL team there.After years in the lower depths, Lynn Patrick found out how to get a team into the Stanley Cup finals. All he had to do was arrange for men to put up $65,000,000 to form six new teams and a brand new major league division, then raid all the old-timers&rsquo; games he could find. The money is an estimate of the cost in franchises, players and arenas the expansionists spent this past season. The haul in old-timers produced seven players over the age of 34, who may not go on forever, but who gave St. Louis one big year, which is more than some teams have had or will have in a decade. Now, however, manager Patrick has been named &ldquo;managing director&rdquo; and coach Bowman has been named general manager.Larry Regan had a secret agent in Boston to swing the Kings, deal for Skip Krake. I won&rsquo;t give you his name, but his intitials are J.K.C&hellip; Philly came up with a real good prospect in tough forward Earl Heiskala, acquired from Seattle &hellip; And now that Detroit has tough old defenseman Bob Baun, they want to reunite him with Carl Brewer. They&rsquo;re trying to talk Carl back into the big league pro game, and should succeed&hellip; A brilliant publicist. Herb Elk, has left Oakland for the new Seattle baseball team. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;Last season, the Los Angeles Kings drew 297,144 fans to 37 regular-season home dates, an average of 8,031 fans per game.This was not what one might expect from a tremendous metropolitan area which holds attendance records in almost every other sport.Enter the sound of approaching hoof-beats.However, it is not the cavalry rushing to the rescue.It is, instead, night-riders, roaring in to plunder.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04387/2494971-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="243" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Cooke</figcaption></div>When Jack Kent Cooke was seeking a site to build his new Forum, he was courted by the suburban Los Angeles community of Inglewood.He was offered, for money, a parcel of land adjacent to Hollywood Park, the famous horse-racing facility.Since most of the Forum&rsquo;s events would be held at night and since Hollywood Park operates by day, no conflict was envisioned.A bill to permit night horse-racing in California had passed over the opposition of the thoroughbred racing interests, which operate in the day, but Jack had been assured by Inglewood officials that night harness-racing would not be welcomed in the city.Hollywood Park also had assured the throughbred racing interests that it would not welcome its competitors, the Western Harness Racing Ass., which sought to institute night programs. Hollywood Park even offered Cooke the use of its parking lots, for money, to handle the overflow from his larger crowds.With only 3,000 parking spaces on his own lots, Cooke welcomed this. He built his Forum at a cost of $16,250,000 and Inglewood was overjoyed.For a while, the harness racing interests toyed with the idea of building their own night-racing plant. However, they also approached existing plants with the notion of installing lighting and renting these facilities for night operations.Obviously, more people are available to attend the tracks at night than in the day. And many would prefer waiting for nightfall to taking time off from daytime work in order to enjoy the pleasure of betting.Apparently, Hollywood Park interests decided to protect themselves by getting a piece of the action. They entered into a 20-year lease for night racing at their plant with the harness-racing interests.The thoroughbred-racing interests are outraged.And Jack Kent Cooke is outraged.Cooke&rsquo;s group, stressing the traffic congestion to be expected when the Forum and Hollywood Park are operating at the same time, feels much damage can be done to their operation which they brought to Inglewood at much expense. They claim many promises made to them that night racing would not come to Holly wood Park have been broken.Hollywood Park and the Western Harness Racing Assn, say they are violating no contracts or laws by asking to operate nights, and say they will provide Inglewood much greater tax money than the Forum does.Inglewood officials seem to feel they have been caught in the middle of a complex problem and are not certain what to do &hellip; if there legally is anything they can do.There is some talk of putting the proposition on the ballot to determine the feelings of the local citizenry.Would the public ever veto a betting operation?In any event, if night racing does come to Hollywood Park, the Forum has to be hurt somewhat. The Forum may lose much business, some to people who prefer horses to basketball or hockey players, more to people who prefer sitting home to sitting in traffic jams.KINGS THINGS &mdash; With several new players needed to bolster their side, the Kings went right out and acquired Skip Krake from Boston. The player they surrendered was to be named after the draft meeting. Krake is 25, a small 5-10, 165-pound center. He has been a professional for four years. He averaged around 20 goals a season for three seasons in the Central League and scored five goals for Boston last season, which used him primarily as a part-timer and penalty-killer. &#9632;

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Night Racing Invasion In Area of LA. Forum Distresses Jack Cooke

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01659/2495051-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02610/2495044-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="615" height="657"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03532/2495037-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="596" height="679"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04446/2495030-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="611" height="837"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05376/2495023-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="594" height="593"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06335/2495016-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="592" height="578"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07306/2495009-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="596" height="579"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08291/2495002-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="592" height="370"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE-1967-68 Statistics

SAN DIEGO, Calif. &mdash;The 1967-68 San Diego Gulls made a clean sweep of Western Hockey League attendance records, establishing standards for paid attendance for regular season games and paid attendance for regular season and playoff games combined and single-game records for regular season and playoff games.The Gulls drew 311 857 paid admissions for the 36 game regular season exlipsing the mark of 291,786 that San Diego established in the 1966-67 season.There were 26,705 paid ad missions for the three playoff games, bringing the total for regular season and playoff games to 338,562. That total surpassed the previous mark of 320,211, established by Port land during the 1961-62 season and playoffs.The Gulls and Portland Buckaroos drew 13,752 paid to a game at the Sports Arena on February 17. That bettered the previous mark of 13,459 for a San Francisco at Los Angeles game, January 26, 1963.The Gulls and Portland also attracted 12,235 paid for a playoff game at the Sports Arena on April 13. That surpassed the previous mark of 11,372 for San Francisco at Los Angeles game, April 10, 1964.San Diego&rsquo;s total attendance for last season was 337,336 plus 30,014 for the three playoff games &mdash; a grand total of 367,350. Added to last season&rsquo;s total of 315,021, the Gulls&rsquo; two-season total attendance is 682,371.The WHL&rsquo;s top drawing team had six crowds over 13,000 in the 1967-68 season. Three of them came in succession as San Diego and Portland attracted 40,442 for a three-game series at the Sports Arena.Meanwhile, Warren Hynes and Al Nicholson have again joined the San Diego Gulls&rsquo; season ticket campaign as sales representatives.Hynes and Nicholson worked In the same capacity for the Gulls in 1966 67 and the season ticket sale was a great success.Nicholson had one of his best years with the Gulls last season with 28 goals and 33 assists for 61 points. Hynes had 18 goals and 42 assists for 60 points, matching the second most productive campaign of his career.Both will be working on the season ticket campaign until the opening of training camp in September. &#9632;

San Diego Sets Crowd Marks; Two-Year Total Hits 682,371

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09279/2495162-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="581" height="185"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Fri. Apr. 19Portland 0 at Seattle 2Sat. Apr. 20Portland 6 at Seattle 7Mon Apr 22Seattle 1 at Portland 4Wed. Apr. 24Seattle 4 at Portland 3Fr. Apr. 26Seattle 4 at Portland 0<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10255/2495155-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="593" height="277"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Apr. 3San Diego 0 at Portland 4Tues. Apr. 9San Diego 5 at Portland 2Thurs. Apr. 11Portland 2 at San Diego 3Sat Apr. 13Portland 3 at San Diego 0Sun. Apr. 14San Diego 1 at Portland 4Mon. Apr. 15Portland 3 at San Diego 4Wed. Apr. 17San Diego 2 at Portland 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11229/2495148-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="597" height="203"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Fri. Apr. 5Phoenix 2 at Seattle 2Sat. Apr. 6Phoenix 1 at Seattle 5Wed. Apr. 10Seattle 5 at Phoenix 2Fri. Apr. 12Seattle 3 at Phoenix 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12208/2495141-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="609" height="507"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13169/2495134-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="577" height="571"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-14131/2495127-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="613" height="615"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-15104/2495120-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="596" height="568"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1677/2495113-1-eng-US/f0011-162.jpg" title="f0011-16" width="615" height="555"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1763/2495106-1-eng-US/f0011-172.jpg" title="f0011-17" width="595" height="318"></div> &#9632;

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WHL Playoff Records

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01631/2495221-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">CPHL Champions &mdash; TULSA OILERSHere are the Tulsa Oilers, who ended up as division champions and playoff winners in the Central Hockey League this past season. First row, left to right, AL SMITH, LEN HALEY, RAY MIRON, general-manager, KEN CAMPBELL, JOHN McLELLAN, DANNY JOHNSON, SERGE AUBRY. Second row, MAX FISHER, publicity director; JEAN PAYETTE, RANDY MURRAY, JIM DOREY, PAT QUINN, GERRY MEEHAN, NICK HARBARUK, MIKE BYERS, JOE SGRO, trainer. Third row, LEN BAZAY, DOUG BARRIE, JIM DAVIDSON, RAY DUPONT, RON WARD, ANDRE HINSE, GORDIE NELSON.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02541/2495214-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1218" height="363"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03421/2495207-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="1211" height="251"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04311/2495200-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="607" height="5333"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05228/2495193-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="605" height="1103"></div> &#9632;

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Central Hockey League 1967-68 Statistics

OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA.&mdash;After three years of competition in the Central Professional Hockey League, the Oklahoma City Blazers are champions of the box office.Figures released from the CPHL office in Detroit show that in three years Oklahoma City has played before 483,086 fans during 105 regular season games. That&rsquo;s 154,000 fans more than any other club during the last three years.The Blazers established a league record during the 1965-66 season when a grand total of 173,096 fans paid their way to watch hockey at the Fairgrounds Arena. The next year the locals attracted 165,009 to lead the league for the second straight year.This year 144,981 admissions were counted as the Blazers won the Southern Division title while compiling the biggest point total of any club in the eight-team circuit. Kansas City was the loop&rsquo;s overall top attendance team this season, snapping Oklahoma City&rsquo;s two-year domination of the CPHL attendance award with a final attendance of 153,332.Besides being a top drawing team, the Blazers have a glossy won-lost-tie record which is also the best in the loop over the last three campaigns. For 210 games, the Blazers have won 107, lost only 69 and tied 34.The Blazers are the only club with more victories than defeats during the past three years as the No. 2 team is Memphis-Fort Worth with a mark of 89-90-31.Three clubs have operated under the same National Hockey League management during the three years but have moved franchises between two cities. The New York Rangers have operated in St. Paul and Omaha; the Chicago Black Hawks in St. Louis and Dallas and the Detroit Wings in Memphis and Fort Worth. &#9632;

Oklahoma Top Box Office Draw With 3-Year Total Of 483,086

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-13" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13177/2495391-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tulsa general manager RAY MIRON, right, and coach JOHN McLELLAN are all smiles after two sat down to talk terms of new contract. McLellan signed new two-year pact.</figcaption></div>TULSA, Okla. &ndash;John McLellan&rsquo;s successful debut as a coach in the professional ranks was rewarded by a new two-year contract handed him by the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Professional Hockey League.As the Oilers showed a rapid improvement over their 1966-67 mark that provided only 14 victories and 15 ties in 70 games assuring them of a basement finish, general manager Ray Miron, time and time again publicly lauded the work of his coach.When the 1967-68 campaign was completed the Oilers had more than doubled their previous season&rsquo;s winning output with 37 triumphs and had shared points on 11 occasions earning top spot in the CPHL&rsquo;s Northern Division.After a seven-game semi-final series, the Oilers sidelined Oklahoma City Blazers and won the J.J. &ldquo;Jack&rdquo; Adams Trophy, symbolic of playoff supremacy by sweeping a best-of-seven final set with the Fort Worth Wings.Tulsa entered the League in 1964-66 and made their way to the final before bowing to the St. Paul Rangers. In the 1965-66 campaign, they were also finalists but were nudged out for the Cup honors by Oklahoma City. Rudy Migay was the coach through 1964-67.General manager Ray Miron was pleased when McLellan accepted and signed the new two-season pact saying, &ldquo;The records show that Johnny did a tremendous job as coach. We surprised a great many people by going all the way to the playoff championship. As general manager, I&rsquo;m proud of the job he did and he has all the potential for a major league coaching job. I&rsquo;m just happy he&rsquo;s going to be back.&rdquo;The two-season contract was offered McLellan at the suggestion of George &ldquo;Punch&rdquo; Imlach, genenal manager-each of the parent Toronto Maple Leafs.When a coaching change was deemed necessary about a year ago, Miron had McLellan in mind as he had seen him handling the chores in the Eastern Hockey League.The championship in Tulsa marked the third straight spring that McLellan received congratulations bringing home the Nashville club In 1965-66 and 1966-67.McLellan gave full credit to the players stating, &ldquo;We had a good group of athletes who realized early that winning a championship entailed work right from the start of the season. There were no easy games where they could go through the motions. There were no easy practise session I told them and they responded. When a team wins a championship, it means that the coach was able to communicate with the players under him and it was gratifying for me to see these young players giving out with their best. They had to as Oklahoma City and Fort Worth gave away nothing for free to us. We had to earn the right to be champions.&rdquo;Miron, who was also lauded by McLellan for his assistance, said he was disappointed that the attendance for the Oilers&rsquo; 35 home games was not greater as 102,985 fans made their way through the turnstiles. Attendance had increased by 45,940 from the previous season but with all optimism he said, &ldquo;There are great hockey fans in Tulsa, they were loyal and I look for a substantial increase in the 1968-69 term.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14147/2495384-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="1069" height="1193"><figcaption class="caption-body">Old Spice Picks Contest WinnersPETER P. VOGEL, vice-president and director of marketing, Shulton of Canada Ltd., is aided by VALERIE LARGE of Ronalds-Reynolds & Co. Ltd., as they select winning entries in the Old Spice Hockey News contest. Some 30 were picked with grand winner MR. MARSHALL of Wallaceburg, Ont., shown inset, awarded the top prize of a ski-doo.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Tulsa Oilers Sign McLellan To Two-Year Coaching Pact

OMAHA, Neb. &mdash;There&rsquo;ll be a more competitive club in Omaha next season&rdquo; said Emile &ldquo;Cat&rdquo; Francis, general manager of the New York Rangers, parent club of the Central Professional Hockey League Omaha Knights.Francis journeyed to a Omaha meeting with &ldquo;Jake&rdquo; Milford, general manager of the Knights and Tom Brock, general manager of the Ak-Sar Ben Coliseum, the Knights&rsquo; hockey home.&ldquo;We had bad luck on the players&rsquo; draft for the first expansion year of the National Hockey League. Players that we had counted on just didn&rsquo;t come to terms. The change in the draft format this year will be to our benefit and I can promise a good, hustling club for Omaha. It is about 99% definite that the Omaha Kid line of Juha Widing, Joe Johnston and Bill Fairbairn will be back. It will be later in the summer when we will name our coach&rdquo;, said Francis fully cognizant of the problems in providing a competitive hockey team in the Nebraska City.Plans were also underway for the National Hockey League New York Rangers to play an exhibition game against their Omaha Knights farm club on Omaha ice hopefully In November or December.In speaking of the attendance for the 1966-67 season. Francis praised the hockey fans of Omaha saying, &ldquo;We are so grateful for their loyalty and we will do our best to repay them next season with a strong, contending crowd-pleasing club.&rdquo;Although the Knights won only 14 games and tied 10 over the 1967-68 schedule of 70 games, they drew 104,341 fans to their home appearances. &#9632;

Rangers Plan To Lift Omaha

Grand Winner: MR. MARSHALL, Wallaceburg, Ont.<h2>THIRTY WINNERS IN OUR OLD SPICE HOCKE CONTEST</h2>EDWARD MELNYK, 11933-50 Street, Edmonton, Alberta; E.D. HARROLD, 1831-13 Avenue North, Lethbridge, Alberta. ED FIELD, 433 Ellis Street, Penticton, British Columbia; BOB ERVEN, 1932 Brighton Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia; C. ELLINGSON, 37 Anderson Avenue, Flin Flon, Manitoba; R. COURCELLES, 156 Dollard Blvd., St Boniface, Manitoba; FRED TRAPP. 205 Berrisford Avenue, Selkirk, Manitoba. GERALD W. NUFER, 21 Dundurn Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba (10); JAMES INNES, 38 Milroth Avenue, Lewisville, New Brunswick; HOWARD McKAY, P.O Box 15, Oromocto, New Brunswick; WAYNE CHRISTIE, Boutiliers Point, Halifax County, Nova Scotia; MRS. RAYMOND LEES, R.R. # 1, Springhill, Nova Scotia; R.M. POWELL, 38 Greenlawn Avenue, Belleville, Ontario; TOM BROWN, 11 Conklin Crescent, Brantford, Ontario; SYDNEY H. LAROCQUE, Upper Notch, Cobalt, Ontario; LOU PALUCH, Lindsley Street, Dresden, Ontario; TOM HAYES, 34 Centre Street, Napanee, Ontario; R. NEWSTEAD, 413 Nelson Street, Apt. 20, Ottawa 4, Ontario; JIM ATTWELL, 84 Pooler Avenue, Ottawa 14, Ontario; MIKE CLEGG, 989 Pleasant Park Road, Ottawa 8, Ontario; BRUCE LITWILLER, 4 Parkview Drive, Peterboro, Ontario; L. BOURGUIGNON, P.O. Box 55, Schreiber, Ontario; JOHN BRUNNER, Box 81, Swastika, Ontario; TOM THAYER, 564 Elm South, Timmins, Ontario; JACK DONEGAN, 232 Rosethorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; W.B. MALEY, 1033-3rd Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan; MARK PRESTIE, Box 1082, Melfort, Saskatchewan; DAVID HOFFMAN, Box 134, Sheho, Saskatchewan; MRS. MICHAEL FLAMAN, 4810-53 Street, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan; JAMES BZDEL, 1125 10th Ave. East, Regina, Sask. &#9632;

SHULTON OF CANADA LIMITED ANNOUNCES NAMES OF WINNERS IN OLD SPICE HOCKEY CONTEST

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01620/2495533-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="594" height="211"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02518/2495526-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="614" height="210"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03397/2495519-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="602" height="218"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04308/2495512-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="594" height="165"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05237/2495505-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="600" height="260"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06199/2495498-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="604" height="225"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07157/2495491-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="607" height="187"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08134/2495484-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="610" height="2193"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09121/2495477-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="585" height="331"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10106/2495470-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="2434" height="1326"><figcaption class="caption-body">EHL Champions &mdash; CLINTON COMETSHere are the Clinton Comets, a team that completely dominated the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s regular league and playoff races this past season winning the championship. First row, left to right, BILL HEINDL, DON DAVIDSON, ED BABIUK, JACK KANE, PETER PREVOST. Second row, GENE PHILLEY, publicity, director, BILL BANNERMAN, HOWIE DIETRICH, IAN ANDERSON, PAT KELLY, coach, LEN SPECK. Third row, ROD ZAINE, PAT DRAPER, DAVE ARMSTRONG, BORDEN SMITH.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE-1967-68 Statistics

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02535/2495707-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03455/2495700-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="608" height="347"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04348/2495693-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="596" height="663"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05260/2495686-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="615" height="517"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06219/2495679-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="602" height="619"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07194/2495672-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="602" height="723"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08172/2495665-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="594" height="718"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09158/2495658-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="606" height="645"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10135/2495651-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="620" height="762"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11116/2495644-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="595" height="842"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1291/2495637-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="596" height="666"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1379/2495630-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="592" height="854"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1466/2495623-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="612" height="708"></div> &#9632;

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Final OHA Junior ‘A’ 1967-68 Statistics

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01595/2495738-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JERRY DELISE &hellip; Collector Of Hockey Titles</figcaption></div>MUSKEGON, Mich. &mdash;Hockey&rsquo;s &ldquo;Minor League Executive of the Year&rdquo; as selected by The Hockey News faced a civic victory celebration crowd here recently and summed up his sentiments on pocketing one of the sports world&rsquo;s most impressive tributes.&ldquo;Suddenly&rdquo;, said Jerry P. DeLise, who guided his Muskegon Mohawks to the International League crown and on to Turner Cup play-off laurels, &ldquo;I realize how little I had to do with this honor and how much other people made it possible.&rdquo;Then, the man who first fell in love with hockey as a &ldquo;rink rat&rdquo; 36 years ago in New Haven, Connecticut, his hometown, spread the credit for his superb successes in the 1967-68 season across the full breadth of his Mohawk organization &hellip; all the way from his talented wife, Winn (hockey&rsquo;s only woman executive as Mohawk President) to the brilliant Carl Brewer and Coach Moose Lallo, on to Captain Bryan McLay and the young, hustling Hawks who dominated every phase of league action from the season&rsquo;s outset.DeLise&rsquo;s enthusiasm for Carl Brewer, the former Toronto defense ace, knows no bounds. That&rsquo;s the way it&rsquo;s been from the day last fall that the Mohawk owner and general manager scored one of the all-time coups in the game&rsquo;s history, signing a National Hockey League super star for his team while that star was still in his prime. &ldquo;In my book,&rdquo; DeLise says &ldquo;Carl Brewer remains one of the five best hockey players in the world.&rdquo; Doubling as a player-coach, Brewer was the key man in molding a new Mohawk championship machine from a team that had floundered badly in the 1966-67 campaign. Brewer&rsquo;s individual play brought him the league&rsquo;s &ldquo;Defensive Player of the Year&rdquo; trophy.This biography on Jerry DeLise written specially for THE HOCKEY NEWS by Tom Fallon and Joe Eyler of the Muskegon Chronicle.But try as he might to shed his mantle of hockey glory, the expressive Italian, who entered organized hockey in New Haven 27 years ago, couldn&rsquo;t get away from one fact &hellip; success, geared to a powerful competitive spirit and one of the sporting world&rsquo;s really astute minds, has skated right beside him. In 1954 his DeLise Raiders romped to the UJS. National senior hockey title. A year later, the New Haven Blades, with Jerry as co-organizer, partner and general manager, sailed to the Eastern League championship and won the play-offs. Next, Jerry&rsquo;s Washington D.C. Presidents showed up in the Eastern League&rsquo;s second place, just one point out of first, and went on to win the play-off title. Morris &ldquo;Moose&rdquo; Lallo was on that 1957-58 team and reestablished a strong bond between the two men originally developed in 1951, that has continued in Muskegon.As a matter of fact, it was Lallo who interested DeLise in the Muskegon franchise. While visiting Muskegon, Lallo spotted the new L.C. Walker Sports Arena under construction and alerted Jerry. Backed by strong Muskegon fan interest, DeLise sent his first team into action here in the 1960-61 season. It won the league&rsquo;s Eastern Division play-off championship. A year later, continuing a phenominal record, he was back on top again, with an International League championship and also the Turner Cup.The next season, DeLise&rsquo;s Team finished third, just two points out of first place. Then in the 1965-66 season, his Hawks added another league title. The following season was a disappointing one but it only served to light up Muskegon&rsquo;s &ldquo;Roman Candle.&rdquo; DeLise came rushing back with what has to be, on the basis of the record, one of the International League&rsquo;s all-time best teams.Jerry&rsquo;s International League achievements are more significant when it is understood that no other league team has won more than one regular season title over the eight-year span he has been sending his squads into action. In all, since his debut as a hockey owner and general manager, Jerry has collected ten championship pennants and more remarkably, he has won by developing his champions each year from fresh, new talent.Although DeLise has been lavish in his praise of everyone in his organization, he runs the show &mdash; make no mistake about that. The long hours of scouting, telephoning and the rest that go on during the season and off-season pay off much more often than not for DeLise.The Minor League Hockey Executive of the Year? Who else but the man from New Haven. &#9632;

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DeLise’s Hockey Magic Seen As Major Factor In Muskegon ‘Sweep’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01440/2495783-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL INDIVIDUAL SCORING RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02370/2495776-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="600" height="2681"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03290/2495769-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="628" height="1183"></div> &#9632;

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Final League Records

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04240/2495870-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="610" height="284"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Sat. Apr. 6Dayton 2 at Muskegon 3Mon. Apr 8Muskegon 4 at Dayton 2Wed. Apr. 10Dayton 7 at Muskegon 6Thurs. Apr. 11Muskegon 3 at Dayton 2Sat. Apr. 13Dayton 2 at Muskegon 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05176/2495863-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="603" height="275"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Mar. 27Columbus4 at Muskegon 5Fri. Mar. 29Muskegon 4 at Columbus 0Sat. Mar. 30Columbus 2 at Muskegon 4Sun. Mar. 31Muskegon 4 at Columbus 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06141/2495856-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="608" height="225"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Mar. 26Fort Wayne 4 at Dayton 2Thurs. Mar. 28Dayton 7 at Fort Wayne 3Sat Mar. 30Dayton 5 at Fort Wayne 8Sun. Mar. 31Fort Wayne 3 at Dayton 5Tues. Apr. 2Fort Wayne 3 at Dayton 6Thurs. Apr. 4Dayton 3 at Fort Wayne 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07129/2495849-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="594" height="481"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08117/2495842-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="596" height="474"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-09101/2495835-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="602" height="484"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1085/2495828-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="600" height="478"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1174/2495821-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="630" height="544"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1259/2495814-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="3045" height="1136"><figcaption class="caption-body">IHL Champions &mdash; MUSKEGON MOHAWKSHere are the Muskegon Mohawks, who won the league and playoff titles in the International Hockey League this past year. First row, left to right, TIM TABOR, JEAN-GUY LAGACE, CARL BREWER, co-coach, JERRY DELISE, general manager, BRYAN McLAY, ROY PUGH, BOB PERANI. Second row, FRANK GALLAGHER, administrative co-ordinator, BOB SMITH, JACK BREWER, HARRY PIDHIRNY, BOB TOMBARI, ARCHIE FRENCH, trainer, GARY FORD, PIERRE LEBLANC, MOOSE LALLO, coach, LYNN MARGARIT, KEN KELLY, HUGH HARRIS, JIM YOUNG, JOE KASTELIC.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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