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September 1, 1968

The Hockey News September 1, 1968

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01440/2503391-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div>MONTREAL, Que. &ndash;The National Hockey League will introduce East-West rivalry into its 1968-69 exhibition game schedule and undoubtedly the innovation was prompted by the unexpected strong showing of expansion teams last season in regular NHL play.With a record-tieing 79 preseason games, the NHL has given the new teams the green light to engage the old clubs in training camp action for the first time. Last season the NHL would not permit games between the established clubs and the fledgling big league teams and for obvious reasons. They weren&rsquo;t sure what kind of opposition the expansion squads would put up and it could have tarnished the &lsquo;new city&rsquo; image before the regular schedule got underway.However, after one season the NHL&rsquo;s fears were quickly dispelled.Playing the same number of exhibitions as last season, the NHL clubs are slated to meet in 14 East-West games out of the 41 contests scheduled among big league teams only.Besides the 41 &lsquo;NHL&rsquo; games, there are 17 in which major league teams oppose clubs from the American Hockey League, 10 with Central Pro League teams and six with clubs in the Western League.Four exhibitions are slated with Canada&rsquo;s National Team &mdash; two each for St. Louis and Los Angeles &mdash; while the Blues also have a game on tap with the Ottawa 67s, a member of the Junior OHA circuit. The Blues will also train in Ottawa.The NHL will also get coast-to-coast exposure this season with big league teams planning to visit a total of 40 North American cities ranging from Charlottetown, P.E.I. in the East to Vancouver in the West of Canada, and from New York in the Eastern United States to Seattle, Wash., in the West.An oddity of this year&rsquo;s exhibition schedule is the fact that only one team &mdash; the Minnesota North Stars &mdash; has taken advantage of the NHL regulation that permits a team to play a maximum 12 pre-season games. Montreal, New York, St. Louis and Toronto have 11 games each to play, Chicago, Detroit, L.A. and Philadelphia 10 apiece. Boston, Oakland and Pittsburgh have slated only eight games each. The Bruins and Rangers are the only clubs with an entire schedule against NHL opposition. In contrast, the Philadelphia Flyers have only one &lsquo;NHL&rsquo; game in 10 exhibitions.Training camp cannot open prior to Sept. 11, exactly one month before the start of the league schedule. Three teams &mdash; Los Angeles, St. Louis and Toronto &mdash; will be first away from the camp barrier. Chicago, which begins ice drills Sept. 16, will be the last of the 12 clubs to open. The Hawks, on the other hand, will train and play exhibition games solely on their home ice, the only NHL team to do so. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

EAST-WEST EXHIBITIONS NEW TOUCH TO NHL’S PRE-SEASON HOCKEY PLAY

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02566/2502099-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg"></div>&mdash; MONTRFAL, Que.Here are dates and sites for training camps of the 12 NHL teams:<h2>NHL EXHIBITION SCHEDULE</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01591/2502092-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="1130" height="3188"></div> &#9632;

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NHL Training Camp Sites

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01681/2502492-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="276" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Earl Ingarfield</figcaption></div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;Earl Ingarfield became the first Pittsburgh Penguin player to sign his 1968 - 69 contract when he came to terms with General Manager Jack Riley. The veteran centerman, who will be 34 in October, will be starting his ninth full season in the National Hockey League and his second with the Penguins.At the same time, Penguin Coach &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan announced that Ingarfield would serve as the team&rsquo;s captain this season. He succeeds Ab McDonald who went to the St. Louis Blues in a three-team off-season transaction which brought Lou Angotti to the Penguins.Ingarfield was the Penguins&rsquo; first choice in the expansion draft a year ago June. However, a knee injury early in the season caused him to miss 20 games, and then torn ligaments in his left leg later resulted in him sitting out four more contests.Even though he was never 100% fit after the first injury and required surgery after the season, the smooth pivotman led the late Penguin surge which fell just two points short of a playoff berth. In the final five games, the Penguins won four and tied one and Ingarfield scored a goal in each contest.In just 50 games last season, Earl scored 15 goals and had 22 assists and was the fourth leading scorer on the team at the end of the season. Only Andy Bathgate, the Western Division&rsquo;s leading pointmaker, scored more points per game for the Penguins.Riley and Sullivan are counting on a healthy Ingarfield to play a key part in moving the Penguins up in the Western Division standings and into a Stanley Cup berth. &ldquo;Red&rdquo; knows Earl well and knows what he can do. They were teammates with the Rangers, and when Sullivan took over the coaching reins there, Ingarfield was one of his players.Meanwhile, Jack E. McGregor, president of the Penguins and Franklin P. Snyder, vice president and general manager of television station WTAE-TV, announced that WTAE-TV will televise a minimum of six Pittsburgh games during the 1968-69 National Hockey League season.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02548/2502485-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="1776" height="790"><figcaption class="caption-body">Penguins&rsquo; president JACK McGREGOR, left, is shown after completing new television hockey deal with station WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh. Looking on left to right, are LOUIS SLAIS, president of Pittsburgh Brewing Co., FRANKLIN SNYDER, vice-president and GM of Station WTAE-TV, HARRY RIKER, advertising director of Sears-Roebuck Co., and ED CONWAY, play-by-play sportscaster of Penguin games.</figcaption></div>The actual schedule has not been completed. However, it is hoped that at least one game per month during the regular season will be carried locally. The Penguins&rsquo; season opens in October and runs through the month of March.Pittsburgh Brewing, brewers of Iron City Beer, and Sears &mdash; Roebuck and Company have each purchased a one third sponsorship in the hockey games. The remaining third is expected to be sold in the near future.&ldquo;From the hockey club&rsquo;s standpoint, we are quite pleased that WTAE-TV, Iron City and Sears are willing to pioneer this important segment of big league hockey in the Pittsburgh district,&rdquo; McGregor said. &ldquo;This is a major accomplishment and the Penguins are grateful for their confidence in the future of big league hockey in Pittsburgh. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.&rdquo;Ed Conway, sports director of WTAE-TV will handle the play-by-play for the hockey games. Last season Conway broadcasted all 74 Penguin games over WTAE Radio. &#9632;

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Ingarfield Named To Captain Penguins

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03463/2502609-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM MURRAY &hellip; Kings&rsquo; Sparkling Rookie May Make Grade</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;In all, 60 professionnals have been asked to report to the Kings&rsquo; training camp at Barrie, Ontario, 50 miles north of Toronto, on Sept. 11. The Kings trained at Guelph last season. Barrie, which has 27,000 lakeside residents and 25,000 more at the Canadian Armed Forces Station of Camp Borden, is expected to provide more varied facilities.The King will stay at the Continental Inn and train at the Barrie Arena. In a brochure sent each player, the men were advised, &ldquo;Upon arrival at training camp players will be expected to do 25 pushups, 50 knee-bends and 50 sit-ups on request.&rdquo; The players were asked to report within five pounds of their playing weights. And an 11 p.m. nightly curfew has been established. Ten exhibition games have been scheduled, some of which may be radio broadcast back to L.A. &#9632;

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Kings Invite 60 To Hockey Comp

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02322/2503422-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="492" height="755"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOE KANE &hellip; Hockey in His Blood</figcaption></div>AMARILLO, Tex. &mdash;The new president of the Central Professional Hockey League is an attorney. He&rsquo;s also an admitted &lsquo;hockey nut&rsquo;.Joe Kane, a graduated lawyer from the University of Toronto, was elected to head the nineteam CPHL circuit at the annual meeting of league directors here recently. He will succeed J. J. &lsquo;Jack Adams&rsquo;, who died in May after launching the league several years ago.Kane said he will take up residence in one of the CPHL&rsquo;s nine cities &mdash; likely Oklahoma City or Dallas.In addition to electing Kane as its new president, the directors also voted in favor of admitting the top three teams in the league&rsquo;s two divisions into the post-season playoffs. Last season only two teams in each section gained the playoff round.Current CPHL cities include Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and the new Amarillo club all based in Texas, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Okla., Kansas City Mo., Omaha, Neb., and Memphis, Tenn.The appointment of Kane as CPHL chief executive was hailed in hockey circles as a solid move by the league. An avowed hockey enthusiast, Kane has probably been closer to the hockey rink in recent years than his legal practice.The former Toronto collegian he played defense in the 1950&rsquo;s and coached championship teams at U of T from 1962 to 1965 - has been extremely close to the hockey scene in recent years. He moved into the game actively a few years back when he helped revive senior amateur hockey in Toronto and last season coached and managed the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Senior Hockey League basing his team in Maple Leaf Gardens, home of the NHL Toronto Leafs.Kane said he had no immediate plans to change the CPHL system. He added he planned to study the overall league picture before making any decisions. &#9632;

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Toronto Lawyer Appointed CPHL President

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03484/2502130-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="256" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wren Blair</figcaption></div>Twin Cities, Minn. &mdash;The physical conditioning program that helped Minnesota establish the lowest injury-loss ratio in the last six seasons of National Hockey League play will once again once again play a large role in the North Stars&rsquo; training regime.General manager-coach Wren Blair anounnced that physical conditioning expert Lloyd Percival of Toronto&rsquo;s Sprots College and Fitness Institute has been engaged to Install conditioning procedure at the Minnesota training camp - as he did at the 1967 camp.The 1967-68 North Stars were the first National League team to use Percival, program. The results were remarkable.Minnesota lost only 23 player games because of Injury during the 1967-68 season. This total not only was by far the lowest in the league, but also by a good margin the lowest in records kept over the last six years by the NHL Pension Society.&ldquo;The results speak for themselves,&rdquo; said Blair. &ldquo;We were most pleased with last year&rsquo;s program and expect more out of it this season when we can put in an even more extensive schedule of testing and conditioning.&rdquo;Percival said he naturally was pleased at the low number of North Star injuries last season, but emphasized that the program was designed not only for injury prevention, but also to develop the full physical capacities of the players.&ldquo;We hope to add certain procedures to the program this season,&rdquo; he said,&rdquo; and plan to use a more complex approach with the North Stars.&rdquo;Percival is a pioneer in Canadian physical conditioning. He founded the Sports College in 1945 and is well-known for his success in working with track and field athletes.The North Stars will assemble in Toronto September 11 and will open training camp in Haliburton, Ont., September 12. The second half of the camp will be headquartered at Metroplitan Sports Center in Bloomington, Minn, starting September 24.Meanwhile seven more pre-season games, three of them in Minnesota and North Dakota, were announced by The North Stars.The Stars will bring the National League to Bemidji, Hibbing and Fargo, N.D., for the first time this fallBlair said Minnesota will play its Memphis Central Hockey League affiliate at Bemidji September 25, at Hibbing September 29 and at Fargo October 2.Blair also revealed contest against Memphis at Haliburton, Ont., September 18; against Los Angeles at Barrie, Ontario, September 20, and Kingston, Ontario September 21, and against St. Louis at Sudbury, Ontario, September 22.The seven additions bring the North Stars&rsquo; pre-season schedule to 12 games, the maximum all wed by the National League. Games announced earlier in the summer include Chicago at Duluth September 27 and a Metropolitan Sports Center September 28; Montreal at Met Center October 1; Detroit at Duluth October 4, and at Met Center October 5.The Ontario-Minnesota division of the pre-season schedule is symbolic of the pattern of the North Stars&rsquo; training camp.Blair said that some 60 players will assemble in Toronto 11 for physical examinations by the North Stars&rsquo; medical staff. The team will travel to Haliburton and spend the next eight days in camp at the scenic Northern Ontario town.After the final Ontario preseason game in Sudbury, the North Stars will break camp and reassemble September 24 at Metropolitan Sprots Center where they will base their operations for the balance of the training season.Blair described the pre-season schedule as &ldquo;a very difficult one, but an essential part of our decision-making process.&rdquo; He explained that the North Stars are in a unique position because of the large number of first-year professionals on the roster.&ldquo;Any rist-year professional who plays more than five games in the NHL can&rsquo;t be sent to the minor leagues without going through waivers. That mean wed stand an excellent chance of losing the player. So we don&rsquo;t want to make any mistakes in filling our major league roster.&ldquo;What it adds up to is that players such as Danny O&rsquo;Shea Dineen, Barry MacKenzie, Lou Nanne, Ken Broderick, Marshall Johnston and Terry O&lsquo;Malley will play heavily during the pre-season schedule. We want to take the best look possible at them.&ldquo;Oru schedule, with eight games against NHL teams, should provide an excellent testing ground for all of them.&rdquo;NORTH STAR NOTES - Blair reported that Al Schueneman, head trainer for the Chicago Cubs, will once again assist Minnesota trainer Stan Waylett. Schueneman will report to the North Stars at the conclusion of the Cubs&rsquo; season &hellip;Tow North Stars, forwards Danny Grant and Parker MacDonald, were married in the off-season &hellip; Minnesota will shift its Haliburton headquarters to the Haliburton Hockey Haven, Blair&rsquo;s highly successful summer hockey camp &hellip; Blair said defenseman Bob Woytowich worked at the hickey camp for two weeks and reported that the operation to repair scar tissue on the rearguard&rsquo;s right elbow appeared to be a complete success &hellip; Minnesota will play in a brand-new building in Fargo and a year old structure in Bemidji &hellip; Center Jim Paterson, acquired from Montreal, spent the summer playing professional lacrosse. &#9632;

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North Stars To Undergo Same Rigorous Training Program

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01591/2502168-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="278" height="389"><figcaption class="caption-body">Keith Allen</figcaption></div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &mdash;The Flyers may be the defending champions of the NHL&rsquo;s Western Division but Keith Allen doesn&rsquo;t believe it gives them an edge in the fight for the title this season.&ldquo;The fact that we&rsquo;re defending champs doesn&rsquo;t make us any better off than the five other teams in our division,&rdquo; said the Flyers&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;The way I look at it, this is a new season and we &lsquo;re all starting off from scratch.&ldquo;Besides, it was absolutely amazing the way last season ended. Why, any team in our division was the equal of any other, that&rsquo;s how evenly matched our six clubs were when the regular season came to a close.&rdquo;The Flyers had captured the title on the next-to-last day of the season after a hectic final few weeks which saw their sizeable first-place advantage melt. They finished with a 31-32-9 record and 71 points in the standings.&ldquo;We feel we&rsquo;ll be stronger this season,&rdquo; said Allen. &ldquo;But we realize, too, that the other clubs have improved a great deal. Pittsburgh and Oakland, the two teams who didn&rsquo;t make the playoffs, really strengthened themselves from last year and they&rsquo;ll be right in there, too.&ldquo;This looks to me like a six-team race &hellip; anybody can win. Of course, I feel we can win it again but it&rsquo;s going to be tough, no doubt about it.&rdquo;Allen&rsquo;s optimism is guided primarily by several transactions the Flyers staged since the end of last season.One was defenseman Dick Cherry&rsquo;s decision to return to hockey following a one-season retirement. Another was the acquisition of center Gerry Melnyk from the St. Louis Blues in a trade.&ldquo;The addition of Cherry, a high draft choice in 1967, should mean that we&rsquo;ll be stronger than ever on defense,&rdquo; said Keith. &ldquo;Of course, there&rsquo;s always the question of how a guy will be after he&rsquo;s been out of action for a while. But we&rsquo;re sure the layoff won&rsquo;t bother Dick. We feel after a month or so on skates, he&rsquo;ll be back to his old form.&ldquo;We also feel Melnyk will help us and, although St. Louis had been using him at several positions, we&rsquo;ll probably use him strictly at center. He kills penalties, plays the point on the power play and he&rsquo;s a playmaker. He&rsquo;s the kind of player who can provide more opportunities for the fellows on his line. In fact, we may even use him with Brit Selby to take advantage of Brit&rsquo;s speed.&rdquo;Allen maintains that the Flyers will be stronger than last year when they leave their Quebec City training base for the league opener at Boston Oct. 13.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02478/2502161-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="2372" height="1131"><figcaption class="caption-body">Players like goalie BERNIE PARENT, shown here sprawled on ice, should make Flyers tough to beat again.</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We hope to maintain our fine defensive record,&rdquo; continued Keith. &ldquo;And, at the same time, we are confident our offensive record will improve. We feel we have players on this club who can score a lot more goals than they did a year ago.&ldquo;We know we&rsquo;ve got two of the best young goalies in hockey in Bernie Parent and Doug Favell and we know that, with last season under their belt, they&rsquo;ll probably be even better.&ldquo;No, I shouldn&rsquo;t say they&rsquo;ll be better,&rdquo; corrected Allen. &ldquo;It would be pretty hard for them to get any better than the way they played so consistently for us last season. But I have to think that with the added year of experience in the NHL, they&rsquo;ll be tougher.One thing that the Flyers&rsquo; coach doesn&rsquo;t fear is complacency on his club, because of the championship.&ldquo;We won&rsquo;t be complacent because we know, if we hope to make it two titles in a row, we&rsquo;re going to have to work just as hard as last year.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Allen Sees Six-Team Scramble For Expansion Division Title

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03318/2502199-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="281" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Rivard</figcaption></div>&mdash; PHILADELPHIA, PaThe Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins have agreed to a lend - lease agreement involving three players for the 1968-69 season.Philadelphia acquired center Bobby&rsquo; Rivard, who will play the season with the Flyer&rsquo;s Quebec Acesfarm club of the American Hockey League.In return for Rivard the Penguins will lend two players, defenseman Roger Pelletier and left wing Keith Wright, to the Penguin&rsquo;s new CPHL minor league club in Amarillo. Texas.Rivard played 27 games for Pittsburgh last season, scoring five goals and 12 assists for 17 points. He also played 41 games with Baltimore of the American Hockey League and scored 14 goals and 24 assists.&ldquo;The departure of last year&rsquo;s five Flyers (Bill Sutherland, Lou Angotti, Jean Gauthier. Ed Hoekstra and Art Stratton) has created some open spots on the Flyers&rsquo; roster,&rdquo; GM Bud Polled said. &ldquo;There is no question about it. The competition is going to be terrific. &#9632;

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Open Spots On Flyers’ Ice Roster

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01653/2502254-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="250" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toe Blake</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;Criminal charges of felonious assault against Hector (Toe) Blake, former Montreal coach, and Canadiens&rsquo; player Claude provost were dismissed in a Los Angeles court early in August.They had been accused of stricking Bernard Weisman of Northridge, Calif., with hockey sticks during a scuffle at the bench during a game last Nov. 19 at the L.A. Sports Arena between the Kings and Canadiens.Weisman testified that he was struck by the defendants after he &ldquo;heckled&rdquo; Blake from the stands. Others corroborated this.However, other witnesses testified that Blake hit Weisman only after being struck by the fan, and that Provost went to his coach&rsquo;s defense. Neither Blake nor Provost testified.Superior Judge Joseph Spankle dismissed the case after granting a motion by Elmer Docken, who represented the defendants, for a judgment of acquittal because of conflicting testimony.The judge added that if he had given the case to the jury and it had convicted the defendants, he would have set aside the verdict.Weisman and another fan, Mrs. Margaret Otztens of Granada Hills have filed a $655,000 civil damage suit against Provost, Blake, the Canadiens, the company which owns the team, and the NHL, which still is pending. Mrs. Otztens claims she was hit by a hockey stick during the disturbance. &#9632;

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Blake, Provost Cleared Of LA Assault Charges

MERRIDEN, Conn. &mdash;Sammy Babcock, a long-time linesman in the National Hockey League, died in his home town here Aug. 29.Babcock, who could whirl on the blades with almost as much gusto as some of the NHL players he attempted to separate on the ice, was a member of the original New York Rovers hockey club before turning to officiating. He was also deputy sheriff in this town for many years. &#9632;

Former NHL Linesman Sammy Babcock Dies

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02605/2502330-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="430" height="438"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03513/2502323-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="252" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Allan Stanley</figcaption></div>&bull; MR. MICHALE RUSTIA of the Bolzano Hockey Club, P.O. Box 258, Bolzano, Italy, is enxious to hire two good Canadian forwards for this season. He has a most attractive offer for the right players. He should be called at once as arrangements must be completed by the end of this month&hellip; Philadelphia Flyers, NHL Western Division champions, will play 10 exhibition games this season. First game will be against New York Rangers in Quebec City on September 22 &hellip; The Flyers will play their No 1 farm club, the Quebec Aces, in seven exhibition games. All of these games will be played in Canada&rsquo;s Maritime Provinces&hellip; Terry Sawchuk, Los Angeles Kings&rsquo; veteran goalie, has been taking treatment for an arthritic condition in his back&hellip; Don Graham, long-time scout for the Detroit Red Wings in the Toronto area, has been learning the standardbred business this summer&hellip; Bobby Rousseau of the Montreal Canadiens should try the pro golf circuit. He shot a sizzling 68 over a tough Montreal course in a recent Sportsmen&rsquo;s tournet&hellip; Seth Martin hopes to be reinstated as an amateur and rejoin Canada&rsquo;s National team. He proved he was a National Leaguer last season with St. Louis Blues&hellip; Word from Regina is that Fran Huck intends to stay with Canada&rsquo;s National club although Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; new coach Claude Ruel has been negotiating with him this summer&hellip; George Panter, former president of the Ontario Hockey Association, died in Gravenhurst, Ont. last month&hellip; Bud Poile, GM of the Philadelphia Flyers, has assured Allan Stanley that he will get a real shot at a defense post with the Flyers this season&hellip; Reg Fleming passed up a few hockey school jobs this summer as a result of an operation to an old foot injury.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04445/2502316-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="259" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hy Buller</figcaption></div>&bull; MOST OF the National Hockey League writers selected the Auberge Le Vieux St. Gabriel in Montreal as the finest all-around restaurant on the NHL circuit&hellip; Most of the NHL players will second the motion &hellip; The same scribes picked the Chicago Black Hawks uniforms as the most attractive in the NHL with Detroit second and Montreal third&hellip; The writers picked Chicago&rsquo;s Bobby Hull as the most exciting player with Bobby Orr of Boston second and Gordie Howe of Detroit third &hellip; The &ldquo;meanest&rdquo; player according to all the writers was New York&rsquo;s Reg Fleming with Boston&rsquo;s Teddy Green and Gordie Howe tied for second. Others receiving support were John Ferguson of Montreal, Philadelphia&rsquo;s Ed Van Impe and Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita&hellip; Fred Hucul will be the new manager coach of the Kansas City Blues. He replaces Doug Harvey who will be with the St. Louis Blues this season. The 36-year-old Hucul has all the qualifications necessary to do a first-rate job for K.C&hellip;. The St. Louis team will take 56 players to their new training camp site in Ottawa this month&hellip; Most of the NHL writers picked the renovated and remodeled press box in St. Louis Arena as the best in the circuit&hellip; Punch Imlach, GM-Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, will go all out for physical fitness at the Leafs&rsquo; Peterborough training camp this month. He has lined up two professional physed instructors from Canada&rsquo;s Royal Military Academy to handle the chore&hellip; Hy Buller, one of the few Jewish players to perform in the NHL, passed away recently in Cleveland. Originally from Saskatoon, Hy played with New York Rangers and Cleveland Barons among other pro teams&hellip; New York Rangers will have a defenseman by the name of Orr at their training camp. This one is Bill and not the famed Bobby. He played with Kitchener Juniors last winter.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05394/2502309-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="257" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charlie Burns</figcaption></div>&bull; JOE KANE, the new president of the Central Pro Hockey League is one of those real hockey bugs who would rather be around the ice sport than be messing around in legal matters. An astute attorney, Kane last season coached and served as general manager of the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Senior League. He is a young, enterprising man who will undoubtedly be good for the game and the CPHL at large &hellip; Charlie Burns, drafted by Pittsburgh Penguins, is still a representative of the Wellinger and Dunn sporting goods company in the San Francisco area &hellip; Nice to see Jack Butterfield back at the helm of the AHL for the next three years. He recently signed a new pact and the move was highly endorsed in hockey circles. Congratulations to Jack Button, who takes over as general manager of the new Amarillo club of the CPHL. Button&rsquo;s post as secretary of the AHL will be filled by Gordon C. Anziano, who will also carry the title of league publicity director &hellip; Sympathy of the hockey world goes out to Leo Labine, the former NHL player whose wife died recently in North Bay, Ont., at the age of 34 after a lengthy illness &hellip; New Yred Wing coach Bill Gadsby has young Gary Unger, one of his promising young forwards working under him at his Edmonton hockey school &hellip; NHL publicist Ron Andrews passes along the information that copies of the league&rsquo;s final statistics have run out and there will be no more available this season. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04301/2502406-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rangers&rsquo; president WILLIAM JENNINGS, left, shown with NHL public relations director DON RUCK, is the new chairman of the league&rsquo;s board of governors, the men who call the shots for big league hockey.</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;It did not draw a lot of ink from the members of the fourth estate gathered at Montreal for the National Hockey League&rsquo;s annual June meeting, but the selection of William M. Jennings, the President of the New York Rangers as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Hockey League was a well merited appointment which showed that Jennings&rsquo; lodge brothers recognized the job that he has done for the NHL over the years.Jennings, 47, is the prototype of what he is, Princeton 41, Yale law school 43, the director of a swatch of business corporations, General Chairman of the Westchester Golf Classic, Member of the P. G. A. Advisory Board and with, Clarence Campbell, they were the men who planned the expansion on the NHL.It was Campbell and Jennings who prevailed upon the other NHL Governors to distribute quality playing personnel to the new expansion teams. This resulted in a surprisingly high caliber of play by the new clubs and acceptance from media representatives of the true major league status and scope of the new NHL.Jennings has raised over one million dollars for charity in the Greater New York Area. It was he who assisted in the revival of big time golf tourneys in New York &mdash; and who insisted that the National League establish a public relations office in the largest American City.Another behind the scenes project which, Jennings must get some of the credit for is the successful negotiating of a Television contract with the Columbia Broadcasting System. Without this, the NHL would have remained as a small scale, even if successful operation, which would still have been considered as being only Canadian in scope, not truly international as it is today.Jennings envisions further expansion, but on a more gradual basis with Vancouver already as in line for a team and perhaps either Buffalo or Baltimore set for future considerations.&ldquo;Actually the sky is the limit. Hockey is a truly international game. Eventually, the NHL may have a European Division and the Stanley Cup will be contested for on a world wide basis with billions viewing the action via telestar,&rdquo; projects Bill.This may sound like a dream, but watch out, when Bill Jennings dreams, pie in the sky ideas become reality. &#9632;

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Naming Jennings As Chairman Of NHL Governors Well Merited

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01611/2502375-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="258" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Caley</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;When newly minted coach Bernie &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion leads the 1968-69 training camp edition of the New York Rangers on the ice for the first time on September 11, he will have a total of sixty eight prospective Blue shirts to pick from General Manager Emile Francis has built an in depth squad for Geoffrion which lists nine goaltenders, twenty defensemen and a total of thirty nine forwards.&ldquo;I want competition at all positions,&rdquo; notes Geoffrion. &ldquo;With the men we have at camp, we should be able to build a team which might just move up a notch and finish first this season. After all, we were only four points off the pace a year ago, when we finished second to Montreal in the Eastern Division.&rdquo;Geoffrion, a stickler for physical conditioning, will conduct intensive sessions at the Rangers&rsquo; Kitchener, Ontario base. The entire operation is under the direction of Francis, who also has the personnel of the Buffalo American Hockey League Bisons and the Omaha Central Pro League Knights in camp for a look see.The competition for spots on the Blueshirts should be rough indeed, as basically New York was a pretty well set team at the end of the 1967-68 campaign. They have Eddie &ldquo;Go Go&rdquo; Giacomin in goal with a covey of netminders including Don Simmons, 37, Gilles Villemure, 28, Don Caley, 23 and Allan Albert, 21 hoping to hook onto the backup spot. Albert, a former Ohio University netminder is the brother of Marv Albert, the Rangers&rsquo; WHN sportscaster. Caley was obtained from the St. Louis Blues in the off season.The defense situation is somewhat similar. Harry Howell, Arnie Brown, Rod Seiling and Jim Neilson have jobs. Whether or not Allan Hamilton, who pastimed with Buffalo last season or one of the junior graduates of the Ontario Hockey Association, such as Ab DeMarco Jr., Brad Park or Mike Robitaille can nose into the situation will be decided at Kitchener and on the exhibition trail. Other possibilities include Omaha&rsquo;s Randy Legge and Minnesota University&rsquo;s Dick Paradise.Up front, where the goals are scored, New York has depth in spades with the 1967-68 lines listing Phil Goyette, Bob Nevin and Donnie Marshall on one combo, Jean Ratelle, Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfield on another and the top penalty killing checking line of Orland Kurtenbach, Ron Stewart and Reg Fleming. Add Dave Balon obtained from Minnesota, Jack Eggers a fifty plus goal man in the OHA, Dennis Hextall, a rock &lsquo;em sock &lsquo;em type of center from Buffalo, Bill Fairbairn, up from a season of pro competition at Omaha and Walter Tkaczuk, the MVP and all everything at Kitchener in the OHA and you have competition and then some. We probably should also mention Omaha&rsquo;s swift center Juha Widing and veteran minor pro Wayne Rivers, who came in the deal which sent Camille Henry to St. Louis.Francis says, &ldquo;As camp opens, no job is absolutely locked up. A player must earn his spot every year and then work to keep it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03443/2502368-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="524" height="525"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALLAN HAMILTON &hellip; Bidding For Job</figcaption></div>We have bodies at all positions and they are quality bodies.&rdquo;BLUE CHIPS &#9472; Syl Apps Jr., is an intriguing name on the Blues&rsquo; camp roster &hellip;Larry Popein, the center on the Popein, Andy Bathgate, Dean Prentice line was named coach of the Omaha CPHL club by Francis &hellip; Pope played with Oakland last season &hellip; Reg Fleming had a minor operation on his right foot to remove accumulated bone chips. Sir Reginald is alright now and should be even better with Balon breathing down his neck for a spot on the checking line &hellip; Hadfield, Howell and Bathgate are business partners in a deal which is building an eighteen hole golf course in Burlington, Ontario &hellip; Entire New York farm organization is in camp including Buffalo GM Fred Hunt and coach Freddie Shero, Omaha GM Jake Milford and new coach Larry Popein. All but Milford are former Rangers, as are the big men with New York, Geoffrion and Francis &hellip;<h2>Rangers&rsquo; Camp Roster</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02560/2502361-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1084" height="1947"></div> &#9632;

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Francis Gives Boomer Depth As 68 Invited To Hockey Camp

Following are the latest offseason player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>OAKLAND &mdash; Len Ronson, forward, purchased from Montreal of NHL for cash and player to be named later.DETROIT &mdash; Warren Godfrey, defenseman, and John Gofton, forward, sold to Vancouver of WHL.PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Bobby Rivard, forward, secured from Pittsburgh of NHL in exchange for Keith Wright, forward, and Roger Pelletier, defenseman. Rivard assigned to Quebec of AHL. Wright and Pelletier sent to Amerillo of CPHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>CLEVELAND &mdash; Jim Mikol forward, secured from Montreal of NHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>DAYTON &mdash; Ron Meier, defenseman. traded to Port Huron of IHL in return for Frank Golembrosky, forward.TOLEDO &mdash; Chick Chaimers and Terry Kerr, forwards, sent to Des Moines of IHL in exchange for John Annable, forward. Roy Davidson, defenseman, swapped to Port Huron in exchange for Rick Hextall, forward.Following are the latest coaching and general-manager changes in hockey:<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>SAN DIEGO &mdash; Jack Evans, defenseman, named assistant coach of WHL Gulls.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>PROVINDENCE &mdash; Dave Creighton, forward, named general-manager succeeding Buster Clegg, who resigned.ROCHESTER &mdash; Dick Gamble, forward, named coach of AHL Americans.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>KANSAS CITY &mdash; Fred Hucul, defenseman, named general-manager-coach of CPHL Blues.OMAHA &mdash; Larry Popein, forward, named playing-coach of CPHL Knights.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>DAYTON &mdash; Larry Wilson, forward, named playing-coach of IHL Gems.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>JERSEY &mdash; Marcel Pelletier, ex-goalkeeper, named coach of EHL Devils. &#9632;

Off-Season Movements

With circulation of THE HOCKEY NEWS booming in both Canada and the United States, the circulation staff has been burning the midnight oil keeping pace with changes of address, renewals and many new subscriptions.As a result of this increased pressure our circulation department has been expanded with more personnel and up-to-date equipment. As with any progressive changes, a short period of time was necessary for the smooth introduction of new systems.We hope you have not been inconvenienced with any delays while this changeover is taking place. We are now prepared for a bigger and better hockey season and with it faster and more efficient circulation services.THE PUBLISHERS &#9632;

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CHICAGO, Ill. &mdash;Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League will open their training season here Sept. 16, the fourth straight year they will train in Chicago Stadium.General manager Tommy Ivan said the Hawks will play 10 exhibition games including two in the Stadium against Montreal Sept. 29 and Toronto Oct. 6.Two of the exhibitions will be in Las Vegas, New., against the Hawks&rsquo; farm team, the Portland Buckaroos, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1The first exhibition will be in Madison, Wis., against their farm team from Dallas, Sept. 22. &#9632;

Black Hawks To Train On Home Ice Again

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02579/2502547-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="289" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Haggert</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs will have 24 players on hand when they open training camp at Peterborough, on Wednesday, September 11th. An additional 65 players will report on Monday, September 16th.Among the players checking in on the 11th are newcomers Larry Mickey, secured from New York in the June draft, and Bill Sutherland, obtained from Philadelphia. Others reporting on the 11th are Mike Pelyk, Wayne Carleton, George Armstrong, Ron Ellis, Floyd Smith, Goalkeepers John Bower, Bruce Gamble and Defensemen Jim Dorey, Jim McKenny and Brian Glennie. Rick Ley, an All Star with Niagara Falls of the OHA last year, will also be among the early starters.George &lsquo;Punch&rsquo; Imlach, general manager and coach, has completed arrangements with the Royal Military Academy in Kingston and will have all players taking physical training at 8:30 am every day during camp under the direction of professional instructors from the academy.Leafs open the exhibition season on September 22th, with a game against Rochester Americans in Peterborough. They will meet Rochester again in Hamilton on the 27th. Three games are scheduled for Maple Leaf Gardens. On September 25th, the opposition is the Detroit Red Wings. New York Rangers will be at the Gardens Saturday the 28th and on October 5th, Leafs will play Chicago, Starting time for all three games is 8:00 pm.In an off-season personnel change, Joe Sgro, head trainer of the Tulsa Oilers of the CPHL was named to succeed Bobby Haggert, who resigned from the Maple Leafs&rsquo; post to enter the business world after many years tending to the aches, pains and equipment of the Leafs&rsquo; players. &#9632;

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Leafs Invite 89 Hopefuls To Ice Camp

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01633/2502578-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="551" height="1027"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY SAWCHUK &hellip; Injury-racked Vet</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES, Calif &mdash;As the Los Angeles Kings prepared to go to pre-season training camp, a slightly deeper defense provided by summer manuevers offered followers of the club some hope for improvement in the coming campaign. The Kings scored heavily, if erratically, during their first season, but were scored on freely as they finished second by a slim point in the inaugural season of the Western Division.Veteran Terry Sawchuk and rookie Wayne Rutledge shared goal-tending duties for the team last season and are expected to do so again this season. Young Gerry Desjardins, obtained from Montreal, is expected to be assigned to Springfield of the American League. However the Kings are not committed to this and Desjardins could win a job in camp.Sawchuk will be 39 this season. He was bothered by injuries and had a disappointing campaign last season. Rutledge will be 26 this season. He had a promising rookie campaign last season. Desjardins just turned 24 and while he had ordinary statistics last season, he played for a poor team and was named MVP in the AHL.The Kings also have veteran pro George Wood, who played at Springfield, and young amateur Bob Perani available, but they are not expected to move up to the NHL.Another newcomer, Larry Cahan, is expected to strengthen the Kings&rsquo; corps of defensemen Cahan will be 35 this season. And he has been a pro 15 seasons, including seven full or partial campaigns with New York and last season with Oakland in the NHL, But he is a 6-2, 220-pounder and he can fire the puck.Cahan developed into an outstanding player in the Western League and he could do better for the Kings than he did for the unsettled Seals last season.The Kings&rsquo; regular defense corps last season primarily consisted of Bill White, Dale Rolfe. Bob Wall, Dave Amadio and Brent Hughes, Only White played consistently well.Young Jim Murray and Jacques Lemieux could move in as could Paul Popeil who was dropped to Springfield last season, but still is regarded highly. Nine men will be bidding for the five openings, primarily.Skip Krake, acquired from Boston, where he was used primarily as a penalty-killer, is expected to be given a shot at a penalty-killing post with the Kings, as well as a regular role at center, Krake is 24. Howie Hughes and Howie Menard killed penalties for the Kings last season.Ted Snell, a winger acquired from Hershey, was sold to Phoenix, although the Kings reserved the right to repurchase him later.Gone are Terry Gray and Brian Smith.The regular 76-game schedule will begin Oct. 12 and 13 with games in St, Louis and Oakland. The first home game will be Oct. 17 against Boston launching an eight-game, three-week home stand.Indications persist that night harness racing will begin at Hollywood Park, adjacent to the Kings&rsquo; home arena, The Forum, this winter. Owner Jack Kent Cooke continues to battle this, contending it would cause severe traffic problems around his building and is in violation of assurances he received when he determined to build in the arena.In any event, Mr. Cooke advises that he and his wife will be in the Kings&rsquo; camp from the first day of the month-long pre-season grind. &#9632;

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Stronger Defense To Aid Kings; Sawchuk Faces Battle For Net Job

<div class="byline">BY SPENCE CONLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01666/2502640-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="261" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Len Ronson</figcaption></div>OAKLAND, Calif. &mdash;New ownership, a new player, and anew air of optimism are the latest developments on the rapidly changing scene in the re-building Oakland Seals&rsquo; front office.Barry, Van Gerbig, the young Florida millionaire, who on occasion sparked more than his share of controversy in the National Hockey League, has stepped out of the Seal ownership entirely, but will remain in an &ldquo;advisory&rdquo; capacity for the new owners: Potter Palmer, of Chicago, John O&rsquo;Neil, Jr., of Miami, and George Gillett, of Chicago, the three owners of the Harlem Globetrotters.Meanwhile, with general manager Frank Selke, Jr. busily trying to put the Seals back on their feet artistically, the club has completed another deal with Montreal &mdash; their third so far during the summer &mdash; and have acquired Len Ronson, regarded by some as the best left winger in the minors.Ronson, who scored 45 goals last year for San Siego of the Western Hockey League, will be getting his first real shot at the NHL and at a time when he can provide badly needed goal _ scoring punch and depth to an otherwise thin left wing situation.&ldquo;Len&rsquo;s been kicked around a lot during his career,&rdquo; observed Selke, &ldquo;but he&rsquo;s always had that natural ability to score goals. That&rsquo;s something we need. I don&rsquo;t care what league it&rsquo;s in, Ronson is going to score. And in many respects he becomes the last piece in the jigsaw puzzle we&rsquo;ve had here trying to get together an NHL offense.&rdquo;The good news hasn&rsquo;t been without Its bad brother, however.The Seals signed left wing John Brenneman in mid-August as the first player to go under contract for the coming season. But George Konik, obtained from Pittsburgh, and veterans George Swarbrick and Bert Marshall rejected early salary offers.Konik even threatened to retire, but still was invited to attend the Seals&rsquo; Oshawa, Ont. training camp.&ldquo;Look,&rdquo; says Seike, &ldquo;we could really use Konik, but even without him, we&rsquo;ve got Ronson, Brenneman, and Gary Jarrett on the left side and that&rsquo;s a lot better than we had last year.&ldquo;I think we are going to be at least 20 percent better in terms of talent and with new coaching and a better team attitude, we could be 30 percent better.&ldquo;We are going to have darn good balance. Konik could help us have four good lines in camp with one spare right wing. But we are even considering moving Norm Ferguson (45 goals with Cleveland last year) over to the left side. That would leave Doug Roberts, Gerry Ehman, Bill Hicke, and Swarbrick on the right side. In a pinch we could move Bryan Watson or Carol Vadnais up to wing from defense.&ldquo;And that&rsquo;s another aspect of our team this year, we are going to be versatile and by the time we leave camp we ought have really worthwhile NHL forwards,&rdquo; Selke explained.Another facet of the Ronson acquisition is that Brian Perry (drafted from Providence), can now be shifted to center without any fear of weakening another position.The Seals will report to camp on Sept. 13 and have some nine exhibition games seven confirmed and two pending. A home and home series with Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles, and singles with Buffalo in Buffalo, and two pending with Boston in Oshawa and Vancouver in Vancouver.Van Gerbig plans to be in training camp with the new owners. &#9632;

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Van Gerbig Steps Out As Young “Triumvirate” Takes Over NHL Seals

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02584/2502671-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="255" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Selke</figcaption></div>OAKLAND, Calif. &mdash;The new bosses of the Oakland Seals are strongly involved in pro sports. In addition to sole ownership of the Globetrotters, they have interests in the Atlanta Braves the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League and the Atlanta Chiefs of the North American Soccer League.Potter Palmer will take over Van Gerbig&rsquo;s role as a member of the NHL Board of Governors.&ldquo;We have formed a new corporation to operate the Seals,&rdquo; Palmer said, &ldquo;and we hope our combined interests in operating sports franchises will help make big league hockey a success in Oakland.&rdquo;Palmer said the purchase of the club should end any speculation about moving the team out of Oakland.&ldquo;We are not about to be bought out in the forseeable future, &ldquo;Palmer said in discussing the financial dealings earlier this year with Labatt&rsquo;s Brewery of British Columbia.&ldquo;If there was a time to move, that time has passed,&rdquo; he said.Palmer and John O&rsquo;Neill were part of the original Seal ownership.They emphasized that both General Manager Frank Selke and team publicist Tim Ryan will remain as vital parts of the Seal organization.Details of the transfer of ownership were not revealed.George Gillett is the 28-year-old president and general manager of the Globetrotters, Palmer, 32, is a Harvard graduate and in the investment business, O&rsquo;Neill, 37, is a graduate of Boston College and Palmer&rsquo;s brother-in-law. He is in the insurance and travel business in Miami.Gillett was business manager of the Dolphins before shifting his interest to the &lsquo;Trotters,. &#9632;

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Palmer New ‘Governor’ For Seals

<div class="byline">&#x2014; By Bill Libby</div><h2>Four New NHL Coaches Face Problems</h2>&bull; BY THE CONCLUSION of last season, the six old and six new teams currently comprising the National Hockey League had used 66 coaches to guide their destinies. With the appointments of Claude Ruel in Montreal, Bill Gadsby in Detroit, Bernie Geoffrion in New York and Fred Glover in Oakland, this number swells to an even seventy.Coaching, of course, is a perilous profession. Many of these men bounced from one team to another. Statistically, the most successful was Toe Blake who retired after 13 years as Montreal mentor with more pennants, eight, and playoffs, nine, won than any coach in history.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03485/2502702-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="493" height="874"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRED GLOVER &hellip; Highly Regarded</figcaption></div>Tommy Ivan won six pennants and three playoffs, Dick Irvin five pennants and four playoffs, Art Ross five pennants and two playoffs. Hap Day one pennant and five playoffs, Jack Adams three pennants and two playoffs, Punch Imlach one pennant and four playoffs.Of these, Imlach still is active as both manager and coach in Toronto. Other manager-coaches include Scotty Bowman in St. Louis and Wren Blair in Minnesota. Rumors follow these men that they will vacate the bench to confine themselves to managing before long. This seems to be the trend with Sid Abel in Detroit and Emile Francis of New York moving off the firing line to make room for Gadsby and Geoffrion.The four new coaches so far named for the coming campaign all face special problems.Blake&rsquo;s act is a tough one to follow in Montreal. But then Blake had a tough act to follow when he moved in after Dick Irvin&rsquo;s 15-year reign over the Canadiens. Montreal has won more pennants, 15, and more Stanley Cups, 13, than any team in NHL history. Last season, Blake brought the Canadiens a record with the eighth sweep of both the pennant and playoffs in history.The Canadiens have a young team and will be heavily favored to retain their laurels this coming season. Ruel becomes at 29 the youngest man ever to coach in the NHL. &ldquo;Mr. Five by Five&rdquo; stands just 5-5 and weighs a hefty 230 pounds. His playing career ended when he was blinded in one eye at the age of 18 and he never made the NHL as a player.Some feel it will be difficult for Ruel to assert his authority, but the young mentor, very much a surprise selection for the position, coached most of the current Canadiens in junior ranks and has earned considerable prestige as an extraordinarily promising tutor. He does have only a one year contract. &ldquo;I plan no major changes,&rdquo; he said on taking his new job. None are to be expected.In Detroit, it is a different situation. The Red Wings are second only to Montreal in NHL history with 12 pennants and seven Cups won. And they won a pennant as recently as 1965. But that was the only season they finished higher than fourth of the last ten and they now have missed the playoffs two straight seasons. It has been 14 years since the Wings last won the Stanley Cup.Highly regarded by everyone in hockey, Sid Abel obviously felt it was time to make a change. He removed himself from the bench in favor of his aide, Baz Bastien, last mid-season, then named Gadsby to take over for this next season.Gadsby is 40 and in 20 seasons as a player, during which he was a first all-star seven times, he never performed for a Stanley Cup winner. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m back to take another whack at it as a coach,&rdquo; he said when he moved into his new position.Gadsby is only the sixth coach in Detroit history. Unofficially, he subbed for Abel as coach for six games in the past and didn&rsquo;t lose one, so he goes in batting 1.000. He played in more games, 1,248, than all but two others in NHL history, and did lose a few of these.An optimist, he said it would not take the Red Wings long to rebuild under a new coach: &ldquo;Three months,&rdquo; he said. A rugged performer, he said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;d rather have a player that is 70 percent hustle and 30 percent talent than the other way around. &ldquo;Ominously, he noted, &ldquo;I watched several games last year and noticed there weren&rsquo;t too many bodies from the other teams flying around. I expect to change that.&rdquo; It will not be easy.<h2>Glover Can Go Only One Way With Seals</h2>&bull; NOR WILL IT BE easy for Glover in Oakland. Under manager-coach Bert Olmstead, the Seals were the worst team in the NHL last season. But 14 new players have been brought in and if Glover can win more than 15 games with his club he will have improved over the old regime.&bull; AT THE AGE OF 40, Glover last season completed 16 campaigns with Cleveland in the American League the last six as player-coach. A seven time AHL MVP, Glover holds many major records in that circuit and is one of the immortals of minor-league hockey. He got to play only one full season in the NHL and parts of a couple of others, but now moves back to the big time as a coach. He calls it &ldquo;a great opportunity&rdquo; and &ldquo;a great challenge,&rdquo; which it is. As as AHL coach he missed the playoffs only once and won the league championship once. He will be hard pressed to do as well in the majors, but is held highly.Perhaps the best opportunity falls to Geoffrion. The Rangers have won only one playoff and two pennants, the most Francis rapidly rebuilt the Rangers to respectability and they are regarded as a potentiel pwer now. Geoffrion, 37, got brief, but successful coaching experience with Quebec City in the AHL before coming out of retirement to complete 16 years as a great big-leaguer last season. It will not be a soft touch for him in New York, but at least he will not be positively expected to win everything as will Ruel in Montreal. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01649/2502740-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="555" height="605"><figcaption class="caption-body">BARRY GIBBS&hellip; Great Potential</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02611/2502733-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="548" height="598"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROSS LONSBERRY&hellip; Ready For Jump</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.National Hockey League teams may think twice in the future about signing European hockey players.This could be the aftermath of the surprise announcement by Swedish goaling ace Leif Holmqvist that he would not attend the Boston Bruins training camp this fall.Bruins&rsquo; general manager Milt Schmidt was taken back by Holmqvist&rsquo;s disclosure. &ldquo;He (Holmqvist) has short memory.&rdquo;., added Schmidt. &ldquo;He sat right here in my office last winter and agreed to attend our camp. What&rsquo;s more, he agreed to terms, if and when he signs a professional contract, to sign with Boston,&rdquo; said Schmidt.Schmidt said it was his understanding that the Swedish Hockey Federation had demanded a fantastic sum of money for Holmqvist&rsquo;s release in order that he would play pro hockey. The funds were to be diverted to the Swedish national team and the Swedish ice body but none to Holmqvist, who is an amateur.The Bruin executive warned that the action by the Swedish Hockey Federation could have far-reaching effects, noting that Boston, and other National Hockey League Clubs as well, had been scouting European players for possible pro contracts.&ldquo;I know we&rsquo;ll be very careful in the future when it comes to dealing with Swedish player. We&rsquo;ll have to dig a little deeper into the situation before we consider signing them.&rdquo;Schmidt said the loss of Holmqvist from Boston&rsquo;s training camp roster would not effect the Club &ldquo;In any way.&rdquo; The Bruins have NHL veterans Gerry Cheevers and Eddie Johnston on their regular roster and have some additional top minor league goalies, including Russ Gillow of the Oklahoma City blazers of the CPHL. &#9632;

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Swedish Net Ace Rejects Bruin Offer

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON, MASS.&mdash;Despite the element of uncertainty that clouds the future of Bobby Orr and the failure to make any drastic changes in personnel on the trade market, Bruins General Manager Milt Schmidt exudes optimism when he discusses the B&rsquo;s and prospects for the 1968-69 National Hockey League season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03533/2502771-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="269" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Marcotte</figcaption></div>Schmidt feels the Bruins will be better than last winter on just one thing alone, more depth.After that he cites experience and a nucleus of 14 players who were regulars last season.&ldquo;To begin with, &ldquo;says Schmidt. &ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t lose one man in the draft from the 1967-68 squad we wanted to keep.&ldquo;We traded away players like Skip Krake, Jean Pronovost and John Arbour whom we didn&rsquo;t feel we could protect, for future draft choices.&ldquo;We were able to protect 14 players who saw plenty of action last year and we didn&rsquo;t have to protect 13 of our first year pros and there is some great young talent in that group. Furthermore we&rsquo;ve turned pro some real good juniors, who if they don&rsquo;t move up sometime this year give us insurance for the future.&rdquo;This, Milt feels, gives the B&rsquo;s the reserve strength they have been lacking for some years and represents the basic improvement over last season.Left wing was problem last year with Johnny Bucyk bothered by a bad back and Ron Murphy sidelened most of the season by surgery on his arm.Midsummer reports from both Bucyk and Murphy indicate their physical miseries have been solved, and Eddie Shack and Glen Sather are returning on the left side.First line replacements ready to move in are Ross Lonsberry, who started last season with the B&rsquo;s but spent most of the schedule in Oklahoma City, and Don Marcotte, hard-shooting youngster who was with Hershey.Phil Esposito, Fred Stanfield and rookie of the year, Derek Sanderson are back to take care of the center spot with Jim Harrison, a 20-year-oldstar with the Estevan Bruins in the Memorial Cup finals, and Jim Lorentz of Oklahoma City as back-up talent.Harrison was the oustanding junior player in Western Canada and Lorentz was the Central League&rsquo;s Rookie of the year, finishing second in scoring with 33 goals and 50 assists.The right wing regulars from last year, John McKenzie, Ken Hodge, Ed Westfall and Tom Williams all are returning with Tom Webster and Steve Atkinson, top amateurs with Niagara Falls a year ago, and Wayne Cashman, who finished the season with the B&rsquo;s, bidding for recognition.&ldquo;Orr&rsquo;s condition still is a bit unsettled,&rdquo; admits Schmidt. &ldquo;But the medical reports all have been very satisfactory and encouraging that he will be back at his old stand.&rdquo;In addition the B&rsquo;s can look forward to a revitalized Teddy Green who finally showed his old form over the second half of the season after suffering knee problems for three years.&ldquo;Then there is the experience Don Awrey, Dallas Smith and Gary Doak gained last year,&rdquo; says Milt.&ldquo;They have much more confidence now,&rdquo; he says &ldquo;and there is every reason for them to have an even better season ahead of them.&rdquo;&ldquo;And we have a couple of kids who are very promising, Rick Smith and Barry Gibbs.&ldquo;Smith was standout junior defenseman with the Hamilton Red Wings for the past three years and the late Jack Adams considered him a sure bet to be an NHL star. Gibbs who could still be playing junior hockey, was up with us last year for a time and didn&rsquo;t seem out of place. He has the potential to be a real good one, too.&rdquo;In goal, Gerry Cheevers is back after a good season in his first full campaign in the NHL as will the veteran Eddie Johnston, who was plagued by minor injuries last year but reports he is in excellent shape for the start of training camp.Also worthy of attention is rookie Russ Gillow who was the Central League&rsquo;s leading netminder in 1967-68.&ldquo;Taking everything into consideration, I think we have good reason to be optimistic about the future,&rdquo; claims Schmidt.&ldquo;At this time last year we were just hoping certain changes would work out. Now we know they did work out and we have a head start over year ago.&rdquo; &#9632;

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GM Sees Bruins As Tougher Squad

&mdash; BOSTON, Mass.Bobby Orr, who has been nursing an injured knee through the summer&rsquo; after surgery, may start skating at the opening of the Boston Bruins&rsquo; training camp Sept. 14.Bruins&rsquo; general manager Milt Schmidt said the husky rearguard was told by doctors he would be able to get on skates. The star defenceman had not been expected to start skating before Oct. 1.Orr, who underwent surgery in Toronto after being troubled by the knee injury he suffered in the middle of last season, has discarded his crutches.Orr, an all-star team defenceman in his sophomore pro season a year ago, is expected to report to the London, Ont., training camp with the rest of the Bruin squad for the start of workouts. &#9632;

Orr May Make B’s Camp Start

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Montreal Canadiens will conduct not one, but two training camps this year, yet neither of them will be held in Montreal, proper.Due to the fact that finishing touches are being put on the Forum, the camps will be split-up between Verdun and Pointe Claire, Quebec. Both locations are in the suburbs of Montreal.Habs have Invited 110 players to begin training on September 12th. The main camp will be the one held in Verdun, where the parent Canadiens will work out. Training will go on for 10 days, until September 21st, when Habs open an 11-game exhibition schedule against Houston Apollos, their Central Pro League affiliate. The game will be played in Verdun, after which Canadiens hit the road for exhibitions in Rimouski, Drummondville and Sherbrooke, Quebec; as well as New York, Detroit, Chicago, Bloomington, Minn., Cleveland, Boston and Quebec City. Five of the exhibitions will be against NHL opposition.The word from rookie coach Claude Ruel is that &ldquo;everyone is going to have to fight for his job,&rdquo; which proves that Ruel catches on fast when it comes to making statements to the press. The only actual changes from last season&rsquo;s title-winning team involve the absence of wingers Claude Larose and Danny Grant, and part-time defenceman Carol Vadnais. Larose and Grant were traded to Minnesota. Vadnais was drafted by the Oakland Seals. All were considered excess baggage, anyway, so their departure isn&rsquo;t too significant.There could be one interesting battle shape up, however, for a regular spot at centre. The competitors are Henri Richard and young Jacques Lemaire. The latter replaced the former during the course of last season. It&rsquo;s a situation that Richard would like to see reversed, and the word is that Henri will be going all-out in camp in an effort to re-establish himself.Actually, there&rsquo;ll be plenty of good young prospects for Habs to look over, and, while they aren&rsquo;t likely to make the starting lineup, some are going to be heard from in the not too distant future.Among goalie prospects, for instance, there&rsquo;s Tony Esposito and Phil Myre. Tony is a brother of Phil Esposito and is very highly rated. Myre played for Niagara Falls Flyers in the OHA last season, and impressed observers with his quick reflexes and skill. There&rsquo;s also Bruce Mullett, who guarded the nets for Canadiens Jrs., last season. On defence, the prospects include Bill Needham, with Cleveland last year, and Doug Piper, who was also with the Barons. In addition, there are several graduates of the Junior Canadiens who will bear watching; youngsters like Pierre Bouchard, son of ex-Hab great Emil &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Bouchard, Jim Bannatyne, Norm Descoteaux and Guy Lapointe.A couple of others who&rsquo;ll be watched are Gary Monahan and Mickey Redmond. They turned pro with Canadiens last year, but neither was used extensively. Monahan seemed to lose confidence after good training camp, and went 11 games without notching point. He was sent to the minors, but may be ready for better things this year. Redmond played 41 games for Habs last season and counted 11 points (6-5). With the departure of Claude Larose, he may see more action this year.One man whom everyone will be watching, of course, is new coach Claude Ruel. The training and exhibition grinds will give him his first opportunity of dealing with the players in his new capacity as coach. How he handles himself will be a matter of interest, and how the players respond to him will be even more interesting. At least they can start by wishing him many happy returns of the day. He was born September 12th, 1938, so he celebrates his 30th birthday the day training camp opens.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02586/2502833-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="547" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE BOUCHARD&hellip; Follows Father&rsquo;s Footsteps</figcaption></div><h2>Canadiens&rsquo; Camp Roster</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01666/2502826-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="1223" height="2948"></div> &#9632;

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Ruel Tells Champs “Must Fight For Jobs”

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03499/2502864-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="498" height="627"><figcaption class="caption-body">HENRI RICHARD</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, QUE. &mdash;Like any hockey player, Henri Richard spends most of his time trying to hit the net with his shots.This summer, he&rsquo;s made a switch and is trying to miss the net with them. He has, in short, taken up tennis in an effort to achieve top condition for the upcoming hockey campaign.Why tennis? Well, for one thing, it involves lot of running around courts, which can be very strengthening for the legs; and strong legs are a must for Henri if his hockey career is to flourish. Then, too, it&rsquo;s not a body-contact sport, so the chance of injury is minimal.Richard, you&rsquo;ll recall, had an absolutely ghastly season with Canadiens last year, due, mainly, to a series of recurring knee Injuries which caused him to miss 20 games. In fact, he temporarily lost his job as a regular centre with the team, and was benched in favor of rookie Jacques Lemaire. He also bolted the club at one point, and, generally speaking, suffered through his worst season ever. But, that&rsquo;s in the past, now, and Richard is looking ahead to better things. Latest reports are that he&rsquo;s in tip-top condition, and will be raring to go when the season starts. Tennis, apparently, has been a boon to the Pocket Rocket and he&rsquo;s no duffer at the game, either. He was a recent entry in the Quebec Open championship tournament.Richard isn&rsquo;t the only hockey player to have taken to the courts in recent summers, in an effort to gain conditioning. Jacques Plante wielded a hot racquet a few years ago, while trying to strengthen a gimpy knee. He claimed that the off-season activity helped him greatly. The majority of hockey players seem to favor golf, however, and any number of them can be found on the courses during the summer months. Some, like Vic Hadfield and Andy Bathgate are virtual pros at the game, others like Bobby Rousseau are re-instated amateurs. All believe that the exercise benefits them and helps keep muscles toned up for the hockey season ahead.The money-men who employ the hockey players and pay them whopping salaries for their efforts on the ice, are, naturally, concerned that no harm comes to the players as a result of off-season pursuits. Consequently, when Bobby Orr played in an unauthorized exhibition game prior to last season, and severely damaged his knee, Boston club officials screamed blue murder. And, no one blamed them. This summer, club officials were more subdued in their reaction, but just as determined that players wouldn&rsquo;t engage in anything too strenuous. For instance, goalies Doug Favell and Gerry Cheevers decided to play lacrosse, but were advised to forget it. John Ferguson was also considering a foray into lacrosse, this summer, but something changed his mind.Even baseball has been a frowned upon by club management, as part time ball-player named Maurice Richard found out some years ago. As the story goes, the Rocket accepted an invitation to play in a game in Valleyfield, Quebec. Richard was at the peak of his career then, and his name was household word; especially in La Belle Province. He was also a powerful hitter, who could smack a ball out of a park. Frank Seike, Sr., who was general-manager of Canadiens at the time, was also invited to attend the game as an honored spectator. Imagine Seike&rsquo;s reaction when his star player stepped heavily into a hole while chasing a ball in the outfield. Though the Rocket was lucky and sustained no injury, the close call was enough for Seike. He gave the Rocket some fatherly advice about staying away from the diamond.The Rocket&rsquo;s baseball activities, however, pale into insignificance when compared to some of the things other players have done to &ldquo;keep in shape.&rdquo; John McKenzie, a 28-goal man for Boston, last season, used to rope calves in the Calgary Stampede. That probably qualifies as the wildest activity any player has engaged in, while waiting for a hockey season to start. Yet, McKenzie could never see any danger in it. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing to it,&rdquo; he once said. &#9632;

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Habs’ Pocket Rocket Hits Tennis Courts To Stay In Shape

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01662/2502902-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="258" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Gamble</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER, N.Y. &mdash;The Rochester Americans will start off the 1968 69 American Hockey League campaign with new and new owners and a new coach-veteran forward Dick Gamble.The Americans, last year&rsquo;s Calder Cup champions, passed into the hands of the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League for the cool sum of nearly $1, 000,000.The Canucks group, headed by hockey man Coley Hall, purchased the Rochester franchise and 31 players for $950,000.Hall looked upon the transaction as a step closer to the NHL for Vancouver, which has been assured of a big league hockey berth in the next expansion of the league.Joe Crozier, coach and general manager of Rochester, was named general manager of both teams and coach of the Canucks.It was expected he would name an assistant coach to serve under him in Vancouver after appointing Gamble to handle the Americans.The new owners of the Americans said they would continue to operate the AHL franchise in Rochester.Crozier, 39, guided Rochester to the AHL championship last year.Before completion of the deal the Canucks owned rights to only five players.NHL governors accepted Vancouver&rsquo;s application for a franchise, accompanied by the standard $35,000 deposit, last June in Montreal.At that time, NHL spokesmen said they expected Vancouver would gain entry into the NHL when further expansion developed within the next two or three years.Groups in Seattle, Baltimore and Buffalo have since notified the NHL of their interest in obtaining franchise.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02613/2502895-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1168" height="1458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Highly responsible for the success enjoyed by the North American Trainers School of Techniques held this past summer in Sarnia were the presence of DR. S. FULTON TOMPKINS, left, and physiotherapist BILL HEAD at the school. Both men proved popular and intense in their instruction to candidates.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rochester Club Purchased By Vancouver For Million

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03535/2502933-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="271" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Irving Liverman</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.Montreal sportsman Irving Liverman has been named secretary to the chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee.The announcement was made by committee chairman Frank Seike, who said the 45-year-old Liverman will handle the co-ordinating of nominations through the committee.Liver man has been closely associated with hockey for long time. In recent years as the general-manager of the Montreal NHL Old Timers team. He also serves as the co-ordinator of the entire NHL Old Timers organization which, in addition to the Montreal team, includes others at Detroit, Boston, Quebec, Vancouver and Toronto.The Hockey Hall of Fame presently has a roll of 165 members, which included 120 players, 38 builders and seven referees.Members of the selection committee include Baz O&rsquo; Meara, Marcel Desjardins, Milt Dunnell, Jimmy Dunn, Red Dutton, Gordon Juckes, Ebbie Goodfellow and Cyclone Taylor. &#9632;

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Montreal Sportsman Given Hockey Hall Of Fame Post

PROVIDENCE, R.I.Dave Creighton, 20-year professional hockey performer, has been named the new general manager of the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League.Creighton will take over the position vacated by Buster Clegg, who ended nine-year association with the AHL club by resigning as general manager.Creighton, who coached and paced the Reds in scoring last season, said he would concentrate on his new ice role after hanging up his skates as a player. new coach is expected to be named by the club to replace Creighton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04449/2502964-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="232" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Creighton</figcaption></div>Clegg, who at 31-year of age was the youngest general manager in the league, said he was leaving the Reds to accept a very substantial position with fast-growing Providence advertising agency.&ldquo;It is not without deep regrets in many ways that I am resigning my position as general manager of the Reds,&rdquo; Clegg told newsmen at a press conference. &ldquo;But I have been offered a new opportunity which promises great financial security for my family and myself, and it is just too promising to pass up.Clegg, who said he had been offered a two-year contract by the Reds, said his decision came after great deliberation.Clegg, former hockey player at Burrillville High School and later at the University of New Hampshire, has been the Reds&rsquo; General Manager the past two seasons. Under his administration the club rose to playoff spot last season for the first time in four years. &#9632;

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Creighton Named GM By Providence Reds

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01634/2502995-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="275" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyle Fielder</figcaption></div>SEATTLE, Wash. &mdash;On the evening of October 10th, the Seattle Totems, those &ldquo;Jolly Green Giants&rdquo; of the Western Hockey League will skate into the ice for their 1968-69 inaugural against the Phoenix Road-runners.For 15 minutes, the defending Lester Patrick Cup champions will warm up. Then they&rsquo;ll return to the dressing room for words of wisdom from Coach Bill MacFarland, well equipped for the chore since he&rsquo;s a practising attorney on the side.Then the first puck will be dropped, and a wiry 37-year-old veteran center wearing number seven and a captain&rsquo;s &ldquo;C&rdquo; on his green jersey will be in action.The instant he touches the ice, Guyle Abner Fielder will set an all-time Western Hockey League record. Of course. Fielder simply will break his own mark for the most games played in the history of the circuit. He will start the season just eight games shy of the 1,100-mark.The odds are pretty good that before all the customers have settled in their seats, Fielder will do a little adagio on skates, fake a couple of Phoenix defensemen out of the rink and set up a wing for goal.Bang! There goes another all-time Western Hockey League mark. This one is for the most career assists. But Fielder owns this record, too. He starts the season with 1,143.But wait minute. Let&rsquo;s make that two new all-time records at the same instant. An assist is scoring point, right? And the all-time scoring leader of the Western Hockey League is Guyle Abner Fielder, He needs nine more to hit the 1 500-mark.If THE HOCKEY NEWS were to list all of Fielder&rsquo;s all-time Western League records, publisher Ken McKenzie would be out of business except in Seattle.Fielder, who&rsquo;ll be 38 years old in November, is a legend in the Western Hockey League, But there&rsquo;s nothing provincial about this.The Totem captain played one season in the American League, with St. Louis in 1952-53. He simply led that circuit in assists with 61 and won the Red Garrett Memorial Trophy as the outstanding rookie in the AHL.The only real puzzle is why, despite his somewhat slight (5-9, 160 pounds) build, Fielder never received a solid shot in the National Hockey League in a career that began professionally in the fall of 1951.Fielder, himself, may have revealed one reson for this a few years back when he told Vancouver columnist Jim Kearney why he once had turned down a Toronto offer.&ldquo;They wanted me to sign a contract,&rdquo; said Fielder, &ldquo;that would have permitted them to send me to Rochester in the American League if I didn&rsquo;t make the Leafs.&rdquo;&ldquo;If couldn&rsquo;t make the Leafs,&rdquo; said Fielder, &ldquo;I wanted to come back to Seattle where I could play golf. There isn&rsquo;t any winter golf in American League territory I guess that&rsquo;s why we didn&rsquo;t get together.&rdquo;And Fielder, on golf coure, is just about as hot as he is abservers feel he could have joined the. touring pros with reasonable success if he had decided on a different career earlier in life.Fielder&rsquo;s return to Western League action this season is indicative of the overall quality of the circuit.Six of the 10 highest goal scorers in Western League history will be in action. The all-time leader, Gordon Fashoway, is out of reach this season with a career record of 485 for the retired winger.But it is quite possible that second-ranking Sid Finney (368 goals) will be passed by Lou Jankowski of Denver (365), Art Jones of Portland (362), and Fielder (348).<h2>All-Time WHL Leaders</h2><h3>POINTS</h3>Guyle Fielder &hellip; 1491Art Jones &hellip; 933Phil Maloney &hellip; 392Rudy Filion &hellip; 869Gordon Fashoway &hellip; 844Eddie Dorohoy &hellip; 830Norm Johnson &hellip; 804Sid Finney &hellip; 767Steve Witiuk &hellip; 737Lou Jankowski &hellip; 726<h3>ASSISTS</h3>Guyle Fielder &hellip; 1143Phil Maloney &hellip; 572Art Jones &hellip; 571Rudy Filion &hellip; 553Eddie Dorohoy &hellip; 533Norm Johnson &hellip; 527Steve Witiuk &hellip; 443Gordon Sinclair &hellip; 432Fred Hucul &hellip; 425Bobby Love &hellip; 419<h3>GOALS</h3>Gordon Fashoway &hellip; 485Sid Finney &hellip; 368Lou Jankowski &hellip; 365Art Jones &hellip; 362Guvle Fielder &hellip; 348Phil Maloney &hellip; 320Rudy Filion &hellip; 316Bill MacFarland &hellip; 315Tommy McVie &hellip; 307Bruce Carmichael &hellip; 305<h3>GAMES PLAYED</h3>Guyle Fielder &hellip; 1092Ron Matthews &hellip; 947Steve Witiuk &hellip; 945Gordon Sinclair &hellip; 944Rudy Filion &hellip; 887Sandy Hucul &hellip; 882Arnie Schmautz &hellip; 871Len Haley &hellip; 863Gordon Fashoway &hellip; 843Dick Lamoureux &hellip; 838Expected active in 1968-69 season &#9632;

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Seattle Veteran Fielder Set To Top Three Personal WHL Scoring Records

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02544/2503026-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="294" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Hay</figcaption></div>PORTLAND, Ore. &mdash;If action gets a little rugged in the Western Hockey League this season, there could be a reason.Six of the 10 most-penalized players in the history of the far-flung Western circuit are due back in uniform.The all-time leader is James Alexander Hay of the Portland Buckaroos, who has been whistled for 1,272 minute in 815 games.The second, third and fourth-ranking players on the all-time list &mdash; Frank Arnett, Bill Burega and Bill Shvetz &mdash; all have retired.But returning for another crack at opposing forwards are Sandy Hucul of Phoenix, fifth with 1,109 minutes&rsquo; Connie Madigan of Portland, sixth with 977 Don Ward of Seattle, seventh with 949 Doug Messier of Portland, eighth with 909, and Len Haley of San Diego 10th with 866.JIM HAY&mdash;The Saskatoon kid, starting his 19th pro season, will play his fifth straight campaign with Portland after wandering among 10 different professional clubs earlier in his career. Red Eye drew only 75 minutes last season but he tied for first in major penalty with five.SANDY HUCUL&mdash;One of the toughest players who ever played in front of the nets, Sandy drew only 67 minutes last season while young Harry Shaw and Tom Polanic did most of the running, But then someone had to stay on the ice.CONNIE MADIGAN&mdash;Connie, first All Star the past two seasons has piled up his 977 minutes in only 445 games. His &ldquo;big&rdquo; year was his rookie season with Spokane in &lsquo;62 when he led the league with 171 minutes off the ice. He was Portland&rsquo;s penalty leader last season with 105 minutes in only 59 games.DON WARD-Big &ldquo;Wardie&rdquo; has been chastised on occasion for not being rough enough for a 6-2, 210 pounder. But the record is clear &mdash; 949 minutes in 583 Western League clashes. Ward set his career record of 140 minutes in season with Seattle in &lsquo;65.DOUG MESSIER&mdash;Old &ldquo;elbows&rdquo; is college graduate but the Buckaroo defenseman, who also can play wing, certainly doesn&rsquo;t play &ldquo;college hockey.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s drawn his 909 minutes in only 435 games, drew 94 minutes last year to miss the 100-mark for the first time in his pro career.LEN HALEY&mdash;After season in the Central League. Haley was back on San Diego&rsquo;s summer roster and due to return to he league where he made history. The Comet is the WHL&rsquo;s most-penalized forward of all time &mdash; 866 minutes in 863 games. &#9632;

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Five WHL Hard Rocks Returning To Challenge ‘Bad Man’ Jim Hay

SAN DIEGO, Calif. &mdash;Veteran defenseman Jack Evans will return to the Gulls this season as a player and as an assistant coach, according to Gull&rsquo; General Manager-Coach Max McNab. They acquired Evans&rsquo; contract from the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and McNab announced almost immediately the plan to make him assistant coach.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03424/2503057-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="269" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Evans</figcaption></div>&ldquo;His main responsibility as, assistant coach will be working with our young defensemen, said McNab. &ldquo;He will also be handling the first week of training camp while I am back at Detroit&rsquo;s camp.&ldquo;I will meet with Jack in Victoria before our training camp opens and go over our plans and players; then I will go back and spend about a week at Detroit&rsquo;s training camp&rdquo;, said McNab.&ldquo;Jack has had coaching experience. He was playing coach, for Buffalo in the 1963-64&rsquo; season,&rdquo; McNab continued. &ldquo;He&rsquo; is the most highly respected player in the league both on and off the ice and he will be credit to our organization.&rdquo;Evans, 40, had a goal and 15 assists for the last season in 65 games. He was voted to the Western League&rsquo;s third All-Star team, was sixth in the voting for the best defenseman and also drew support in the most Valuable Player and Most Gentlemanly Player voting.He is veteran of 19 seasons of professional hockey, including 752 games in the National League. &#9632;

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Evans Hired As Assistant Gulls’ Coach

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02583/2503133-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">General-manager and coach of the New Denver Spurs is RUDY PILOUS, shown here flanked by team publicist BILL BENNETT, left, and executive director DANE PETERSEN.</figcaption></div>DENVER, COLO.&mdash;At meeting of the board of governor&rsquo;s of the Western Hockey League in Denver during June of this year, WHL president, A1 Leader, was quoted as saying, &ldquo;the Spurs can&rsquo;t miss.&rdquo;Leader, of course, was referring to this city&rsquo;s return to professional hockey, following an absence of four years.It was in the 1963-64 season that Denver&rsquo;s WHL team, known then as the Invaders, won the league championship the Governor&rsquo;s Cup. The club was owned by the Toronto Maple Leafs, and it&rsquo;s president, Stafford Smythe decided, because of lack of fan support, to move the Invaders to Victoria, British Columbia. The team operated for two years in the Canadian city, before being sold to Phoenix.Leader&rsquo;s optimism concerning the success of the Spurs in the coming season is shared by many residents of the mile-high city.One such man is Timothy Collins, a successful Denver business executive, and energetic president of the new entry. Collins applied for, and received, a WHL franchise in October of 1967. He then allied with three others owners&hellip; William M. White Jr., Henry E. Candler, and Delmal D. Hartley. Candler is the club&rsquo;s financial vice-president.Collins realized that the key man in his team&rsquo;s operation would be the general-manager and coach, and, after weeks of negotiation, convinced Rudy pilous to return to Denver. Pilous, one of the most knowledgeable men in hockey today, was the coach of that championship Invader team. Pilous&rsquo; successful hockey career includes a Stanley Cup championship with Chicago Black Hawks in 1960-61, and, in 24 years as a coach, Rudy&rsquo;s team missed the playoffs only once.The team then embarked on contest to name the club. Denverites responded enthusiastically, with the result that over 14,000 entries were sent in to the Spurs office. From the thousands of letters, 25 names were selected and then given to panel of seven area sports personalties for final approval. All seven gave the name &ldquo;Spurs&rdquo; a first, second or third place vote. The club emblem followed&hellip; a skate blade and spurs attached to a high-healed cowboy boot.An indication of how residents of Denver are getting behind the Spurs is evidenced by the formation of a booster club known as the &ldquo;Blueliner.&rdquo; They&rsquo;ll be lending their moral and vocal support to the team throughout the Spurs 37 home game schedule at the Coliseum.An integral part of any hockey organization is the sale of tickets and promotion. Following his appointment, Pilous was soon joined by former colleague and the new Executive Director of the Spurs, Dane Petersen. Petersen worked with Pilous at Oakland, and was also with the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League.As a new entry, the Spurs went looking for experienced players to stock their club, and began by signing veteran Ed Hoekstra for the 20-thousand dollar waiver price from the NHL Philadelphia Flyers in June of this year. Also that month, the Spurs purchased Lou Jankowski, Gordon Redahl and Del Topoll from Phoenix Roadrunners and Gord Vejprava from Seattle Totems. Pilous will select the remainder of his team at the Spurs training camp in Niagara Falls, Ontario.Pilous rounded out his staff by hiring a young Canadian from Barrie, Ontario as his public relations director. Bill Bennett spent 14 years in radio and television, the last ten at CKVR-TV and CKBB radio in Barrie, where he broad-cast the play-by-play of over 450 junior and senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey games.The owners of the Denver Spurs have budgeted one-half million dollars for the club&rsquo;s first year of operation, and an additional sum for the acquisition of players.The Spurs realize that the road to success is not an easy one, but they are hoping that the fans will get behind the team and push hockey to the top of professional sport in Denver. &#9632;

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Fan Enthusiasm Running High For Denver’s Return To WHL

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01627/2503102-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="545" height="587"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURRAY DAVISON&hellip;Hangs Up Skates</figcaption></div>OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. &mdash;The Oklahoma City Blazers were foiled in their bid for three straight Central Professional Hockey League playoff titles last season when Tulsa Oilers toppled them in the semi-final round of the playoffs.As the Oilers carried through defeating Fort Worth Wings in the final to capture the Jack Adams Memorial Trophy for the first time, the only consolation the Blazers&rsquo; fans could express was &ldquo;well, at least, the cup stayed in the State of Oklahoma.&rdquo;The Blazers will operate in the 1968-69 season with Murray Davison giving up his uniform and devoting full attention to coaching. At the age of 30 with three playing campaigns behind him in the CPHL Davison stated, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to miss playing but now I&rsquo;ll be able to give full devotion to coaching. The CPHL is a development league and the Boston Bruins, our parent organization have crop of strong young talent. They have to be taught to play the game the pro way if they ever hope to be in the National League and that&rsquo;s what I really want to do&hellip; Help young players by giving them instruction and supervision to improve their status as pro hockey players.&rdquo;In his three seasons in the Central circuit, Davison played defense through 156 contest scoring four goals and drawing 31 assists and he served 299 minutes in penalties. The six-foot-two. 190-pound rearguard played his first pro game in the 1958-59 winter with Quebec Aces of the Quebec League. Last winter he compiled his best offensive record of his career with three goals and 13 assists for 16 points, three more than he checked in with in his first season at Oklahoma City while Harry Sinden was coach in 1965-66.In the National Hockey League draft, Ron Buchanan and Brian Bradley went to the Philadelphia Flyers and in a sale John Arbour and Jean Pronovost became members of the Pittsburgh Penguins organization.Buchanan, Bradley and Pronovost combined for 65 goals and coach Davison is looking toward five Canadian junior graduates to step in and replace them.Jim Harrison, a 180-pound centre, scored 32 goals in 46 games with Estevan Bruins last winter, Tbm Webster, a 170-pound rightwinger clicked for 50 tallies in 54 games at Niagara Falls and another rightwinger Steve Atkinson from Niagara Falls was a 37-goal sniper in 50 outings, Jim Adair, a pivotman who played last season with Hamilton, was triggerman on 18 occasions in 54 games and sparkled as playmaker.Davison is looking to Rick Smith, a Hamilton graduate, to make a strong bid for the rearguard spot vacated by Arbour, at five-feet-eleven and hitting the scales at 187 pounds, Smith has been named to the Ontario Junior Hockey Association All-Star team for the past two seasons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03539/2503095-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="522" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY POPEIN&hellip;To Guide Omaha</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04496/2503088-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="527" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRED HUCULDual Role at K.C</figcaption></div>In talking about players most likely to return to the Blazers, Davison said, &ldquo;That depends on the needs of Boston. Goalie Russ Gillow, defenseman Barry Gibbs and forwards Ross Lonsberry and Jim Lorentz were high on the Boston reports after their good season last year and will be given full appraisal at the major league camp. Possible returnees are: Gibbs, Barry Wilkins and Nick Beverly on defence and forwards Grant Erickson, Bob Toothill Morris Stefaniw. Garn Bailey, Bill Lesuk and Ted Hodgson. These players gained valuable experience last winter&hellip; We&rsquo;ll have good club when we leave our London training camp in early October. They&rsquo;ll be crowd-pleasing and our objective is to be playoff champions again.&rdquo;Meanwhile the business office of the Blazers has not been quiet Publicity director Ron Nance and trainer Fraser Gleeson have been working on a brand new program and with the help of the Hockey Hounds look for a new high in season ticket sales.General manager Bill Levins &ldquo;took to the road&rdquo; and visited 37 newspapers, all within 150 miles of Oklahoma City, and was pleasantly surprised at the interest expressed stating, &ldquo;There is no doubt the Blazers are going to get a lot of the outstate fans that we&rsquo;ve been hoping for.&rdquo;At Omaha, Larry Popein, veteran centerman who saw NHL service with the New York Rangers will take over the coaching duties with &ldquo;Jake&rdquo; Milford retaining his general manager&rsquo;s post.Jack Button has moved to Amarillo to handle the general manager&rsquo;s duties for the league&rsquo;s newest entry, a farm club of the Pittsburgh Penguins.Jack Riley, general manager of the parent Pittsburgh team said, &ldquo;We explored a number of possible locations before deciding on Amarillo and look for a first class minor league franchise there.&rdquo;Amarillo has a metropolitan population of 280,000 located in the Panhandle section of Texas and games will be played in the brand new Civic Center.At Dallas, coach Bob Kromm will have his pick of the talent turned pro for minor league season by the parent Chicago Black Hawks.&ldquo;We gave it a good run last season and with a couple of players at key positions, we could make it to the top said Kromm.&rdquo;The champion Tulsa Oilers will open training with the parent Toronto Maple Leafs at Peterborough and general manager Ray Miron and coach John McLellan hope to strengthen their club with at least three rookies.Playing coach Doug Harvey has joined the NHL St. Louis Blues and Fred Hucul has taken over as general manager and playing coach of the Kansas City team.It is tough to win a berth on a team that won the Stanley Cup so Houston Apollos are looking to have the majority of their players back. The Apollos were the youngest team of the loop and with a year of experience behind them sophomores Jude Drouin, Chris Bordeleau, Robin Burns and Gary Monohan should spearhead the Apollos offensive as the club performs as an affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens.At Fort Worth, Fern Flaman has returned as coach and will have his team at training camp at Port Huron, Mich, with the parent Detroit Red Wings.&ldquo;We needed little more experience last season but made our way to the Cup finals. Detroit has extra talent of the youthful variety and I&rsquo;m looking forward to putting together another strong team.&rdquo;John Muckler will again handle the general managerial and coaching duties at Memphis, affiliated with the Minnesota North Stars.Gary Dineen, Danny O&rsquo;Shea, Barry MacKenzie, Marshall Johnston and goalie Ken Brodrick of the Canadian National team have signed contracts with the Minnesota organization and Muckler is looking for three of them to join his Memphis South Stars. Terry O&rsquo;Malley, another Canadien National team member, had not signed a pro pact but has agreed to attend the Minnesota camp. Lou Nanne, a U.S. college All-American and formerly of the University of Minnesota will be at the Minnesota camp but could end up in Memphis.&ldquo;This is our second season and as our parent Minnesota clubs strengthens, so should we. We were able to grab a playoff spot in our first season and we should be much improved,&rdquo; said Muckler.The expanded CPHL will play 324-game schedule opening October 11, 1968 extending through March 26, 1969. &#9632;

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Popein, Hucul Named New CPHL Coaches

&mdash; COLUMBUS, O.The Columbus Checkers of the International Hockey League have secured a new agreement with the St. Louis Blues, of the the NHL who will provide the IHL team with young talent.The agreement was ratified by Scotty Bowman, general manager of the Blues, and Jerry Schmelzer, vice president of the Checkers.The working agreement would provide the Checkers with promising hockey players from the St. Louis organization and merge the scouting system of the Checks, now considered the strongest in the IHL, with that of St. Louis. &#9632;

Checkers Sign New Agreement With St. Louis

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03398/2503226-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">New Jersey hockey coach MARCEL PELLETIER, second from right, has an interested audience after he signed to coach the EHL club for the 1968-69 season. Shown with Pelletier are left to right, EDDIE FERENZ, Jersey general manager, BILL PUTNAM, president of the parent NHL Philadelphia Flyers, and Devils&rsquo; prexy HAROLD ARONOW.</figcaption></div>&mdash; CHERRY HILL, N.J.Marcel Pelletier, the man they called the &lsquo;vagabond&rsquo; goal-keeper, has been signed as new head coach of the Jersey Devils of the Eastern Hockey League.Pelletier, who performed with 13 hockey teams in a 20 - year professional and amateur career, will succeed Gordie Stratton, who resigned after one year.Pelletier&rsquo;s appointment coincides with the Devils&rsquo; working agreement with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, who recommended the veteran netminder for the EHL job.Pelletier, 40, will be supplied with players from the Philadelphia Flyers for the coming season. Besides coaching the Devils, Pelletier will retain his position as special representative for the Fleyrs.During the 1966-67 season, Pelletier was sub-goalie for the Devils and assistant to coach Vic Stasiuk, now head mean of the Quebec Aces of the AHL.He last played pro hockey with Los Angeles Blades of the Western Hockey League three years ago. &#9632;

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‘Vagabond’ Goalie Pelletier Named Jersey Coach

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01623/2503171-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="268" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Annable</figcaption></div>DAYTON, O. &mdash;General Manager Lefty McFadden of Dayton Gems has signed Larry Wilson, popular center and veteran playmaker of the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Buffalo Bisons as the Gems&rsquo; player-coach. Wilson succeeds Warren Back who resigned earlier this summer to enter business on full time basis.Wilson&rsquo;s playing record has spanned 21 years highlighted by two seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League. He also played with the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. For the past 13 seasons he has played with Buffalo of the American Hockey League where he became their all-time scoring leader. Only three players in the history of the AHL have scored more assists than Wilson which attests to his excellent playmaking ability.Wilson comes highly recommended to the IHL by the Boston Bruins in his first coaching responsibility. His brother, John Wilson, is coach and general manager of Springfield of the American Hockey League.Wilson and McFadden will make a tour of National Hockey League training camps In Canada during the month of September.Pat Rupp, Dayton goalie for three seasons before spending last year with the United States Olympic team, is living in Dayton, but he otld McFadden he may not play hockey this winter. Rupp is still waiting to hear from Bud Poile and the Philadelphia team of the NHL.Meanwhile the Gems traded veteran defenseman Ron Meier to the Port Huron Flags for right-winger Frank Golembrosky.Golembrosky, born May 3, 1945 in Calgary, Alberta, was rookie of the year in the IHL in 1965-66. That was the year Port Huron defeated Dayton in the finals of the Turner Cup Playoffs. The following year the six foot, 185-pounder was with St. Louis in the Central Pro league. Last year he was back with Port Huron and scored 22 goals and had 35 assist for 57 points.Meier came to Dayton from Fort Wayne early in 1964 in a straight player trade for Bobby Brown.The Toledo Blades will open the 1968-69 IHL season against the always tough Fort Wayne Komets, on Friday, October 18. Fort Wayne is the team that slid by the Blades on the final day last year to make the playoffs. And according to Terry Slater, &ldquo;not all our differences were settled last year&hellip; I&rsquo;ll get back at them this year, be sure of that.&rdquo;The Blades have also completed their exhibition schedule. Since there will be many new faces at training camp this year, Slater has scheduled four games so that he can take good look at the rookies. The first game is October 11 against the BARRIE SENIORS, in Barrie, Ont. Then, on Oct. 12 they play the JOHNSTOWN JETS of the Eastern League in the Centennial Rink in Willowdale, Ont., the home of the Blades&rsquo; training camp. Oct 14 they again play BARRIE, this time in the Centennial Rink. And on their way home, they stop on Oct. 16 to play Port Huron, in Sarnia, Ont., which is just across the river from Port Huron.Two years ago Slater had camp of 36 players. This year he is expecting more than 40 &mdash; an all time high. The Blades have a working agreement with the Los Angeles Kings, and according to Slater, &ldquo;the Kings have been helping me very much &hellip; I&rsquo;ll be getting all of their amateur players.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02520/2503164-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="537" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY WILSON&hellip;New Dayton Pilot</figcaption></div>Slater, himself, has been extremely busy this summer recruiting new, young blood up in Canada. Last year be spent about two weeks recruiting, this year he has already spent SIX weeks looking for young men HUNGRY to play hockey. He&rsquo;ll spend another two weeks recruiting in Canada prior to the opening of training camp.An indication of Slater&rsquo;s new philosophy was revealed when he announced two important trades. The big trade sent his captain and one time scoring leader Chick Chalmers to the Des Moines Oak Leafs for a badly needed right winger, John Annable. Slater had this to say about the deal, &ldquo;with Annable and Chick Balon, I&rsquo;ll have the two be stright wingers in the IHL. In order to satisfy Howie Milford of Des Moines, Terry Kerr, a low scoring right winger was also thrown into the deal.The other trade was with Port Huron. Slater traded veteran defensemen Roy Davidson for left winger and center Rick Hextall.HEXTALL. &lsquo;Hextail is a goodgutty hockey player, with him, Balon, and Kiss, nobody will try to run my team out of any rink;&rdquo; said Slater.Terry says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got five players from last year&rsquo;s team that I&rsquo;m Interested in the others (nine to be exact) had better come out fighting to win a job come October 7th, or they won&rsquo;t be playing in Toledo this year. And the twenty some young kids have coming to camp will certainly be out for some &ldquo;old&rdquo; jobs.&rdquo;An important change will take place in this year&rsquo;s IHL playoffs. There will be six teams in this year Instead of four. This change should make for hot race right down to the wire, with only one team being eliminated. &#9632;

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AHL Vet Larry Wilson Named Dayton Coach; Toledo Lands Annable, Hextall In Trades

REGINA, Sask. &mdash;The newly-formed Saskatchewan Amateur Junior Hockey League has arranged a partial East-West schedule with the teams from the Ontario Junior Hockey Association.Ted Yarnton, recently elected president of the loop, which includes Moose Jaw Canucks, Weyburn Red Wings, Saskatoon Macs and Regina Pats, said arrangements had been completed for the 10 eastern OHA teams to play 21 games in the four western cities. All of the Ontario teams will play two games in Saskatchewan while Peterborough will play three. With the exception of Montreal and Oshawa, the other OHA clubs will come west for weekend games spread through the schedule from Oct. 26 to Feb. 25.<h2>WCHL TO GO WITH EIGHT TEAMS</h2>The Western Canada Hockey League, which has split with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, will go it alone this season along with the Western Ontario Junior League in the Canadian Hockey Association with Ron Butlin of Calgary as president.Butlin said teams ready to start are Estevan Bruins, Flin Flon Bombers, Brandon Wheat Kings and Winnipeg Jets in one division and Calgary Centennials, Edmonton Oil Kings, Swift Current Broncos and Saskatoon Blades in the other.Each team will play 60 games including 32 interlocking contests. Neither the National Hockey League nor the CAHA recognizes the Western loop.<h2>VETERAN HANK BASSEN QUITS HOCKEY</h2>Pittsburgh Penguin goalie Hank Bassen has announced his retirement from pro hockey after 14-year career. The 35-year old netminder, who performed in 25 games with Pittsburgh last season, said he would devote more time to his business in Calgary.<h2>LOU FONTINATO NAMED GUELPH COACH</h2>The new Guelph entry in the Western Ontario Junior Hockey League has selected Lou Fontinato as coach.Fontinato, whose active NHL career ended in 1963 when he suffered a broken neck while performing with Montreal Canadiens against the New York Rangers, previously coached a junior &ldquo;C&rdquo; team.<h2>GARY DORNHOEFER ADAM BROWN GOLF CHAMP</h2>Gary Dornhoefer of the Philadelphia Flyers emerged as the Adam Brown Memorial golf tournament champion this summer at Hamilton&rsquo;s Glendale Golf Club.Dornhoefer had to go to a four-hole playoff with Jim Pappin of the Chicago Black Hawks to win the trophy, given in memory of the former Chicago and Detroit forward who was killed in 1960. Both players finished with identical 72 scores to force the playoff.Other low shooters among the hockey set included Dave Creighton of Providence, 78; Clare Shillington and John Brenneman of Oakland, 82; Frank Mario and Bob Nevin of New York, 84; Lou Angotti of Pittsburgh 86; and Gus Bodnar, 87. &#9632;

East-West Junior Ice Play Set Between Ontario, Saskatchewan As WCHL Plans Heavy Schedule

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. &mdash;The St. Catharines Black Hawks of the Ontario Junior Hockey League have new coach. He&rsquo;s 37-year-old Brian Shaw of Moose Jaw, Sask.Shaw, who succeeds John Peanuts&rsquo; O&rsquo;Flaherty, is a former coach of the Moose Jaw Canucks of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League.Shaw will take over both the general manager and coaching roles with the Hawks. He coached Moose Jaw the past three years. &#9632;

Shaw New St. Catharines Coach

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01598/2503305-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION ON PAGE 16</h2><h3>A CROSS</h3>1&mdash;Pictured player.7&mdash;Initials of one of the Habs.9&mdash;Tulsa10&mdash;Initials of Erickson of San Francisco.11&mdash;Number worn by Al Arbour. (Rom. Num.)13&mdash;Initials of ex-wing Leswick.15&mdash;Montreal has new one.17&mdash;16 down played for this team.18&mdash;Nickname of Camille Henry.20&mdash;5th and 3rd letters of the alphabet.21&mdash;Initials of Inglis of Springfield.22&mdash;Minor League (init.)24&mdash;Writing Instrument.25&mdash;Conjunction.26&mdash;One of the Blues.29&mdash;1958-59 leading scorer.31&mdash;15th and 1st letters of the alphabet.32&mdash;Baseball term.34&mdash;This team last won the Stanley Cup in 1939-40 (abbr.)35&mdash;One of the St. Louis Blues.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;This City once had two teams in the N.H.L.2&mdash;Number worn last season by 23 down.3&mdash;World Air Line (init.)4&mdash;As per example, (abbr.)5&mdash;Mikita, Wharram, Mohns.6&mdash;Large eastern continent7&mdash;Initials of Leafs captain8&mdash;First name of 19 down12&mdash;Skating requisite14&mdash;A former Hab centre.16&mdash;Hockey Ironman.19&mdash;1949-50 Art Ross trophy winner.23&mdash;Recently traded by Montreal.24&mdash;Golf term.27&mdash;One of the San Diego Gulls.28&mdash;Initials of Ellett of Cleveland.29&mdash;Initials of one of the Bentleys.30&mdash;Type of tree.33&mdash;Initials of an N.H.L. Coach.<h2>CROSSWORD SOLUTION</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Mikita.7&mdash;GT9&mdash;Oilers.10&mdash;A.E.11&mdash;111.13&mdash;T.L.15&mdash;Coach.17&mdash;Ran.18&mdash;Eel.20&mdash;EC21&mdash;B.I.22&mdash;A.H.L.24&mdash;Pen.25&mdash;And.26&mdash;Roberts.29&mdash;Moore.31&mdash;O.A.32&mdash;Bose.34&mdash;N.Y.35&mdash;Keenan.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Montreal.2&mdash;11.3&mdash;K.L.M.4&mdash;I.E.5&mdash;Trio.6&mdash;Asia.7&mdash;G.A.8&mdash;Ted.12&mdash;Ice.14&mdash;Lach.16&mdash;Hebenton.19&mdash;Londsay.23&mdash;Larose.24&mdash;Par.27&mdash;Oree.28&mdash;B.E.29&mdash;MB.30&mdash;Oak.33&mdash;S.A. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01443/2503336-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s artist sketch of what renovated Montreal Forum will look like.</figcaption></div>&mdash;MONTREAL, Que.Montreal Canadiens will be entertaining at home on November 2nd, 1968, and it will be the first time in nearly six months that they&rsquo;ll be seeing the inside of the place.The extensive renovations to the building which began moments after the Stanley Cup final against St. Louis, last May 11th, will &mdash; hopefully &mdash; be completed by then.The multi-million dollar face lifting to the venerable old building on Montreal&rsquo;s St. Cahterine Street, will provide a spanking new home for the league and Stanley Cup champs. Among the more notable additions will be several escalators which will convey people to the upper reaches of the building, as well as some 2,000 extra seats which will bring the seating capacity to an all-time high of 16,300. Gone from the interior will be the 12 supporting pillars which blocked the view of fans in the upper section of the building since 1924.A new and modern press box is also being installed on the West side of the building, and new and larger concession areas are in order, too. The latter will be strategically placed so as to avoid the jaming-up that patrons had to endure over the years in order to get refreshments.On completion, the Forum will rank as one of the very finest of sports arenas in North America, and a fitting home for as storied team as the Canadiens. In the mean-while, Habs will conduct their training and exhibition games in order locations. They&rsquo;ll also play their first eight league games away from home.The first visitors to the new arena, on November 2nd, will be |the Detroit Red Wings. &#9632;

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‘New’ Forum Opening Planned For Nov. 2

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Montreal Canadiens, Oakland Seals and Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League completed a three-way working agreement whereby the Barons would become an affiliate of the NHL club.Cleveland president Paul Bright said the arrangement guaranteed the Barons top players from two NHL teams and should help restore Cleveland as a contender. The Barons, who have been tied up with Montreal for several years, finished last in 1967-68. As a result of the new deal, the Barons were given the services of winger Jim Mikol.The Barons, who lost their coach Fred Glover to Oakland as the Seals&rsquo; new ice pilot, are expected to name NHL defenseman Al MacNeil, an ex-Ranger and Black Hawk rearguard, as playing coach. &#9632;

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September 1, 1968

EAST-WEST EXHIBITIONS NEW TOUCH TO NHL’S PRE-SEASON HOCKEY PLAY

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Ingarfield Named To Captain Penguins

Kings Invite 60 To Hockey Comp