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October 19, 1968

The Hockey News October 19, 1968

TWIN CITIES, Minn.&mdash;The two exhibition games in Duluth against Chicago and Detroit drew nearly 10,000 fans and virtually assured the Port City of at least two more north stars&rsquo; games next fall. Wren Blair, upon sending highly-regarded Gary Dineen to Memphis, said the centerman &ldquo;has all the tools, but needs to work harder and improve on his skating to become an NHL hockey player&hellip;&rdquo; Public relations director Dick Dillman turned 39 on the night the Stars beat Chicago (2-1) in Duluth&hellip; Attendance for the three exhibition games against the Black Hawks, Canadiens and Red Wings at Met Sports Center totaled nearly 22,000&hellip; The Stars&rsquo; final exhibition record of 5-5-2 included three victories and one loss in four games against Central League farm club Memphis&hellip;Defenseman Lou Nanne, assigned to Memphis, didn&rsquo;t report for two weeks as the result of a knee injury incurred against Detroit at Duluth&hellip;&ldquo;Some of our newcomers have shown real ability. I had to make cuts and it was a difficult task. We&rsquo;ll open the season with more than the 18 men we can dress. So will Memphis,&rdquo; said Wren Blair.The manager - coach started the cutdown process by dispatching seven players to Clinton, Minnesota&rsquo;s championship Eastern League affiliate. The seven were forwards Don Herriman, Tom Mitchell, John Rathwell, Marc Rioux, Joe Robertson; defenseman Richard Trembecky; goalkeeper Glen Lindsay. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

Stars Prove Good Draw At Duluth

<div class="byline">BY LOU PRATO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01660/2579865-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="542" height="947"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN ARBOUR &hellip; Rookie Rearguard</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02566/2579858-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="536" height="936"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN PRONOVOST &hellip; New On Attack</figcaption></div>PITTSBURGH, Pa. &mdash;It won&rsquo;t take Coach Red Sullivan long to determine If his Pittsburgh Penguins can be a contender in the National Hockey League this season.Of the Penguins&rsquo; first seven games, five are against teams from the established Eastern Division. The outcome of those games will mean more than points in the standings. They&rsquo;ll also indicate whether Sullivan has succeeded in remolding a new style for the NHL&rsquo;s Pittsburgh entry.It was no secret that last year&rsquo;s Penguins lacked the speed, aggressiveness and hitting stamina that Sullivan had sought. And although the Penguins finished just two points from fourth place there was no doubt that changes would be made.General Manager Jack Riley used the off season to pick up several new forwards in trades. Those trades combined with the influx of several promising rookies and some maneuvers during preseason training have given the Penguins a new look.It was a younger team, a better skating team and a stronger team that opened the NHL season against the champion Montreal Canadians. It is a team, which on paper at least figures to do less scoring this season but have more protection around the goal.Gone from the fifth place Penguins are the three leading scorers of a year ago, Andy Bathgate, Ab McDonald and Art Stratton. Of the three, the departure of Bathgate appears to hurt the club the most.Bathgate, rescued from the rubble of the expansion draft, in 1967, was the leading scorer in the division last season. And with 334 career goals the 16-year-NHL veteran ranks as the eighth best scorer in league history. He was the big man In the Penguin attack last season and when he faltered the team reacted In similar fashion.Sullivan and Riley were disappointed in Bathgate&rsquo;s pre-season training and two weeks before the Montreal game he was placed on waivers. Although no NHL team claimed him, he later landed with Vancouver where he will remain property of the Penguins.&ldquo;Cutting Andy Bathgate was the toughest decision of my life,&rdquo; confessed Sullivan. &ldquo;Andy was not just a player but a close friend. Telling him he was through was harder than telling myself I had had it. Andy can still shoot with the best, mind you, but his legs are not doing the work anymore. And when you can&rsquo;t skate you&rsquo;re done.&ldquo;Of course, I haven&rsquo;t given up completely on Andy. He just might And it&rsquo;s not unlikely that we&rsquo;ll have him in Pittsburgh again.&rdquo;The slicing of Bathgate stunned his teammates at first. He was their leader and now they are looking for another one.But It could be that Bathgate&rsquo;s departure will revitalize the Penguins rather than demoralize them.Now there is no longer a Bathgate to depend upon and each player knows that he must play better if the team is to succeed.The new faces will help the holdovers from the Bathgate year, forget &mdash; especially two hustling rookies, Jean Pronovost and John Arbour. Pronovost, a wing playing on a line with veteran Keith Mc-Creary and newcomer Wally Boyer, and Arbour, who probably with team with Dune McCallum on defense, could become big favorites in Pittsburgh with their style of play.Lou Angotti, the outspoken former Captain of the Philadelphia Flyers, also could capture the fans. He&rsquo;s been switched to right wing on a line with another new man Charlie Burns, and veteran Gene Ubriaco in what Sullivan tabs his &ldquo;spaghetti line&rdquo;.On defense, Bob Woytowlch may be the key. Woytowlch was obtained from Minnesota a few days after Bathgate was let go and he feels the North Stars gave up on him too soon. With Woytowlch joining the ageless Leo Boivin, the Penguins have more strength at the blueline.Such veterans as center Earl Ingarfield, now the Penguin captain wingers Ken Schinkel and Vai Fonteyne and goalie Les Blnkely gove Sullivan optimism.Still, the Penguins at this point rate fourth at best In the Western Division for there are too many Ifs. But if they can jell quickly, they could become the best In the West. Red Sullivan will probably know by the end of the month. &#9632;

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Early Games Seen Big Test For Penguins As Sullivan Seeks Answers To Ice Moves

<h2>1968-69 Schedule</h2>NORTHERN DIVISION CLINTON COMETS NEW HAVEN BLADES SYRACUSE BLAZERS JOHNSTOWN JETS LONG ISLAND DUCKS JERSEY DEVILSSOUTHERN DIVISION GREENSBORO GENERALS SALEM REBELS CHARLOTTE CHECKERS NASHVILLE FLYERS JACKSONVILLE ROCKETS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0255/2580711-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="589" height="1070"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0327/2580704-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="567" height="2141"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0420/2580697-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="555" height="1988"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0518/2580690-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="558" height="2296"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0615/2580683-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="569" height="1941"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0714/2580676-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="577" height="797"></div> &#9632;

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Eastern Hockey League

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-27" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-276/2579503-1-eng-US/f0006-272.jpg"></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Wondering what teams will come out on top of the National Hockey League races this season?Well if you want to take the advice of the experts, the Montreal Canadiens and Minnesota North Stars are the choices.In their yearly poll of hockey writers and sports casters, THE HOCKEY NEWS conducted a survey among 24 of the experts to find out their opinions on the 1968-69 races.The Canadiens were the overwhelming choice not only to top the established Eastern Division race with 140 points, but the Stanley Cup champions were chosen by 20 of the 24 voters to end up in first place in the league again.The New York Rangers were selected to finished second behind Montreal with Boston Bruins third, narrowly edging Chicago Black Hawks for fourth spot. The experts decided that neither Toronto Maple Leafs nor the Detroit Red Wings will be around at playoff time for the second year in succession. The Wings were named on 19 of the 24 ballots to conclude the campaign in the cellar again.In the expansion division race, the North Stars were picked for 13 first place votes to finish on top with 123 points just six more than the St. Louis Blues, who were the big surprise of the NHL&rsquo;s new division last season. The Blues polled 117 points to nail down second place while Philadelphia Flyers were given the nod for third. After that it was Los Angeles Kings a distant fourth with 66 points, followed by Oakland Seals and Pittsburgh Penguins. The Seals and Penguins are not supposed to make the playoffs if the experts are right in their prognostications. &#9632;

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Hobs Overwhelming Choice To Sweep Eastern Division For Second Year In Row

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01460/2580953-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="492" height="841"><figcaption class="caption-body">GEORGE ARMSTRONG HANGS UP SKATES AFTER 17 SEASONS</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02341/2580946-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1779" height="1628"><figcaption class="caption-body">Read It Inside</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03144/2580939-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="488" height="1619"><figcaption class="caption-body">SAWCHUK RED WING ONCE AGAIN</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NHL BREATHES SIGH HE RELIEF AS HULL QUITS ‘RETIREMENT’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01615/2579059-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02588/2579052-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1462" height="749"></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Fans of Chicago Black Hawks and of the entire National Hockey League, take heart! Bobby Hull is back.Almost as swift as the shocking announcement that he was quitting hockey last week, came a sudden Hull turnabout just prior to the Hawks, second league game Oct. 13 against New York.The Golden Jet suddenly reversed his decision and appeared in the Black Hawk lineup at Chicago Stadium. He scored a goal as the Hawks humbled the Rangers 5-2 and the whole NHL breathed a sigh of relief.As late as Oct. 11, when the Hawks edged past St. Louis Blues 4-3 without Hull, Bobby was adamant that he would stick to his guns unless he received what he wanted from Chicago management.Whether or not Hull finally got what he wanted is a mute point, because when he finally did sign with the Hawks prior to the Ranger game, terms of the contract were not announced. Both Hull and the Hawks&rsquo; brass are mum as to which side gave in first.In any case, this is what, more or less, Hull demanded from the Black Hawks: A three-year contract for $100,000 a year. But that&rsquo;s not all. Bobby&rsquo; wanted a clause attached stipulating how the money should be paid.To ease the tax bite, Hull sought $25,000 a year in hockey salary with the remaining $75,000 a year ($225,000 total) spread out over a period of several years. He preferred to postpone payment of the balance until he either hit his forties or retired from the game.&ldquo;At first, it didn&rsquo;t look as if there would be any trouble in meeting my demands,&rdquo; Hull said towards the end of his holdout. &ldquo;We had accountants for both sides negotiating for a week. And there was no beef from the tax people, either. I didn&rsquo;t think my request was out of line, but at the last minute Wirtz (Chicago team president Bill Wirtz) decided against it.&rdquo;Hull confided that Wirtz indeed took a hard stand in the dispute. &ldquo;He told me I wasn&rsquo;t as valuable to the Hawks as I seem to think I am,&rdquo; said Hull. &ldquo;He even said the team could get along without me.&rdquo;Either Wirtz or Hull backed down, obviously. Otherwise Bobby would still be on the sidelines while teams like Toronto and Montreal and Los Angeles continued to snow the Hawks&rsquo; brass with a deluge of offers for the prized piece of hockey property.Canadiens were reported to have offered as many as nine players for Hull. Kings&rsquo; owner Jack Kent Cooke was prepared to &ldquo;start at a million and a quarter&rdquo; in an effort to purchase the Blonde Bomber. The Leafs, led by Stafford Smythe, were fully ready to swap &ldquo;our whole team, just so long as there are enough bodies left to play with Hull.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03497/2579045-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="1144" height="1227"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL &hellip; He Came Back</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NHL Breathes Easier, Hawks 9 Golden Jet Back After Brief ‘Retirement’

<div class="byline">BY GLENN REDMANN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01617/2579104-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="247" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Danny O&rsquo;Shea</figcaption></div>TWIN CITIES, Minn.&mdash;A year ago, while dozens of fellow pros were finding a new lease on life in the expanded National Hockey League&rdquo; Claude Larose and Danny Grant were virtually rusting on the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; bench.But that&rsquo;s all changed now and, off of what these two former Hab forwards have shown in exhibition games played by Minnesota, it would appear that the North Stars have themselves a couple of potential West Division stars for years to come.Going into regular season play, the all-newcomer line of Larose at right wing, Grant at left wing and former Canadian Olympic star Danny O&rsquo;Shea at center, had accounted for 13 goals in 12 games.Grant, the 5-foot-10, 180-pound third-year pro out of Fredericton, N.B., accounted for six of those goals and added a like number of assists to top the club in pre-season scoring.Twenty - two - year - old Danny&rsquo;s nearest competitor for point honors was Iron Mike McMahon, who had nine on three goals and six assists. It is recalled that McMahon led all NHL defensemen last season with 47 points on 14 goals and 33 assists.Larose, lide Grant a former star in Junior hockey at Peterborough, chipped in with five goals and an assist while O&rsquo;Shea, the tall, talented former Montreal chattel, had two goals and four assists.&ldquo;It was our most productive line, sure,&rdquo; said General Manager-Coach Wren Blair. &ldquo;But don&rsquo;t forget it played most every game together, too, while I was experimenting with some of the others.&ldquo;This is not to say that I&rsquo;m dissatisfied with their play but I feel there is still plenty of room for improvement.&rdquo;On this point, all three of Blair&rsquo;s new charges readily agree.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m still not getting in position for as many shots as I should,&rdquo; said Grant, who after playing in only 37 games with Montreal last season wasn&rsquo;t the least bit unhappy about being traded.&ldquo;But this is partly so because we&rsquo;re still learning each others moves. This takes time, and believe me, we&rsquo;re working on it.&rdquo;Larose, soon to become a father for the second time in 13 months, wasn&rsquo;t at all happy to leave Montreal even though last season, when he managed orally a couple of goals and seven assists, was something of a nightmare.The 26-year-old Hearst, Ont. native scored 55 goals for the Habs in the three seasons before last and and was of the opinion that he could&rsquo;ve returned to that form had he been given a better opportunity.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02501/2579097-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="765" height="1865"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03336/2579090-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="924" height="1865"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Minnesota North Stars are expecting big things of newcomers DANNY GRANT, left, and CLAUDE LAROSE, the two transplanted Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; players who rusted away on the Habs&rsquo; bench last year when they won the Stanley Cup. They have been the most prolific of the Stars&rsquo; forwards in training camp play.</figcaption></div>But what&rsquo;s past is past, says Larose, and &ldquo;maybe I have the kind of year in Minnesota that will make them sorry they traded me.&rdquo;O&rsquo;Shea, at 6-foot-l and 195-pounds, will be one of the NHL&rsquo;s biggest centermen.Oddly enough, Montreal tried very hard to turn Danny pro before the start of the 1967-68 campaign when O&rsquo;Shea was beginning his second year of International hockey with Canada&rsquo;s national team.&ldquo;It would&rsquo;ve meant the minor leagues,&rdquo; said Danny, &ldquo;because Montreal had so many good centermen, and I didn&rsquo;t want that.&ldquo;With Minnesota, I knew I&rsquo;d get a chance to show what I could do. I played for Wren Blair in Oshawa and was aware of his fairness. It has been a tough camp as I knew it would be. I&rsquo;ve given it everything I have and I hope it will be good enough.&rdquo;Apparently it was, because when the Minnesotans opened their season in Oakland, O&rsquo;Shea was the lone amateur of several camp still with the club.Among others who didn&rsquo;t make the grade but who are still given a good chance of doing so by Blair are U.S. Olympic ace Lou Nanne and former Canadian National stars Gary Dineen, Barry McKenzie, Marshall Johnston and Ken Erode rick.Without divulging his 1967-68 salary in Montreal, Grant said it would be possible to &ldquo;make a lot more with Minnesota if I can put a couple of good seasons together.&rdquo;Both he and Larose coined more than $3,000 in playoff money last season.But this, too, could be matched if Danny and Claude can help the Stars gain a playoff berth.The two fast-skating wingers enjoyed an early-October exhibition game against their former mates, something that was to be repeated in the Stars&rsquo; Oct. 17 home opener.Now if only the fates decree a Stanley Cup finals meeting sometime next May, everything will come up roses for Grant and Larose. &#9632;

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Montreal Castoffs Larose, Grant ‘Hot’ Additions To North Stars

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01679/2579183-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="236" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leon Rochefort</figcaption></div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.The Philadelphia Flyers open their 1968-69 National Hockey League season with a swifter, more muscular and, hopefully, more powerful scoring attack.&ldquo;We are stronger and a lot deeper this season,&rdquo; said coach Keith Allen, &ldquo;and I expect the club to do a lot more scoring.&rdquo;Last season&rsquo;s West Division champs had a solid defense, outstanding goaltending, but produced only 173 goals in 74 games, an average of 2.2 goals per game, 11th in the NHL.The Flyers broke training camp at Quebec City and headed for Boston before taking on the rugged Bruins in their opener.The Flyers are carrying 22 men on their roster at the start of the season. They are: Goalies Doug Favell and Bernie Parent.Goalies Doug Favell and Bernie Parent.Defensemen Ed Van Impe, Joe Watson, Larry Hale, Dick Cherrv. Larrv Zeidel, Johnson, Earl Heiskala, Jean Stanley.Forwards Andre Lacroix, Forbes Kennedy, Jim Johson, Earl Heikala, Jean Guy Gendr-on, Pat Hannigan, Don Blackburn, Claude LaForge, Garry Peters, Gary Dornhoefer, Simon Nolet, Rosaire Paiement and Brit Selby.Forward Leon Rochefort remained at home pending contract discussions with General Manager Bud Poile.National Hockey League President Clarence S. Campbell was in Boston to arbitrate, if requested by the players or club, any contractual disputes with Flyers&rsquo; players not signed prior to the opener.Nineteen of the players who trained with the Flyers have been assigned to the club&rsquo;s top farm team, the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League, including Brian Bradley. Darryl Edestrand, Duncan Wilson and Pete Sternig.The Aces, averaging 22-1 2 years of age, will be the youngest team in the history of the AHL.John Hanna was assigned to Seattle of the Western Hockey League along with Bob Courcy and Ray Larose, while Dwight Carruthers and Andre Gaudette were assigned to Amarillo, Texas, in the Central Hockey League.During the month long training camp, live amateur players were signed to pro contracts bringing the number of professional players in the Flyers&rsquo; system to 50.The Flyers open at home at the Spectrum against the Pittsburgh Penguins. &#9632;

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Flyers’ Pilot Allen Points To Increased Goal-Scoring Power

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02630/2579235-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="424" height="438"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03535/2579228-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="246" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption></div>&bull; ISN&rsquo;T IT indirect &ldquo;tampering&rdquo; for Stafford Smythe, president of the Toronto Maple Leafs, to announce that he&rsquo;d buy Bobby Hull&rsquo;s contract for $1 million and meet his salary demands? &hellip; As expected Hull didn&rsquo;t stay out of hockey for long. The game simply couldn&rsquo;t afford to let a player of his magnitude and fan appeal step out of the sport during his peak period &hellip; There&rsquo;s not a player in the NHL who comes close to selling tickets like Hull and no doubt all of the NHL team owners pressured Bill Wirtz, president of the Black Hawks, to sign hockey&rsquo;s most exciting performer &hellip; It&rsquo;s now official that George Armstrong, long-time captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has hung up his gear for good &hellip; Most everybody is picking Montreal Canadiens to finish first again in the Eastern Division of the National Hockey League &hellip; &ldquo;Too much strength up the middle and too much depth&rdquo; are the main reasons advanced for selecting the Habs to repeat again &hellip; Minnesota North Stars and St. Louis Blues seem to be the favored clubs to top the Western Division although this section is more of a toss up &hellip; Frank Mahovlich has been terrific in Detroit pre-season games and he might be the one to lead the Wings back into the playoffs &hellip; Pittsburgh Penguins pleased to report that their season ticket sales are up 20 percent over this time a year ago &hellip; The October issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL is an excellent PREVIEW ISSUE on the NHL and one every hockey fan will wish to keep. If you&rsquo;re not a subscriber already be sure to fill out the form in this issue and read hockey&rsquo;s most exciting publication each month.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04465/2579221-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="247" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike Walton</figcaption></div>&bull; BOBBY HULL and his wife are expecting their fourth child this January &hellip; Oakland has a line composed of Ted Hampson, Bill Hicke and Gary Jarrett which could be one of the better forward units in the Western Division. This trio accounted for 17 goals in the Seals&rsquo; first eight exhibition games &hellip; Frank Seike Jr., Oakland GM, informs us that the Seals have disposed of two-thirds of the players they picked up in the expansion draft in June, 1967. Only seven of the 2(1 originally drafted are still with the club &hellip; There are five players on the St. Louis Blues who are older than General Manager-Coach Scotty Bowman, who is 33. They are Doug Harvey, Glenn Hall, Jacques Plante, Al Arbour and Jean-Guy Talbot &hellip; If the three Plager brothers play 12 games for the St. Louis this season they will establish a new NHL record for three brothers playing on the same NHL team. Back in 1941-42, the Bentley brothers, Doug, Max and Reg, played 11 games for the Chicago Black Hawks &hellip; Boston Bruins had two European players attend their training camp and General Manager Milt Schmidt figures it is only a matter of time before the NHL looks to Europe for players &hellip; The NHL teams must be prepared to pay the European teams handsomely, however, for any players they sign &hellip; The current issue of Sport Magazine features a fine article on Mike Walton of Toronto explaining why he&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Miscast Maple Leaf&rdquo; &hellip; Seven survivors remain from the Toronto team that won the Stanley Cup 17 months ago and as a result the Leafs will ice one of their youngest squads in years &hellip; Tommy Nayler, associate trainer of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has been sharpening skates for NHL players for the past 50 years and is regarded as one of the finest around today.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05408/2579214-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="249" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Johnston</figcaption></div>&bull; BIG PLANS are being made for a gala opening of Montreal&rsquo;s new Forum which has been refurbished at a cost of $9.2 million. Prominent sports personalities will be on hand for the first NHL game on Nov. 2. The press will get a preview the previous day Club President J. David Molson and his co-owner brothers, William and Peter, joined G.M. Sam Pollock and other executives in a pre-season dinner for the Canadiens before they embarked for Pittsburgh. It was held at the Montreal Airport Hilton Hotel. It was the top brass&rsquo;s way of aknowledging their Stanley Cup effort last spring &hellip; Dickie Moore has decided to forego a return to St. Louis Blues this season and to confine his hockey to a few games with the Quebec Old Timers &hellip; Montreal&rsquo;s assistant G.M. Floyd Curry has been really busy the past month, operating Cleveland&rsquo;s AHL club while the Barons continued to seek a full-time coach &hellip; The Canadiens drew 10,480 fans for their exhibition against the Aces at Quebec City &hellip; Railbirds in Boston are high on the netminding of Eddie Johnston who could be in for a great campaign barring the injuries which befell the veteran last year. He was a standout in the Bruins&rsquo; exhibition games and even sported a mask. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01632/2579266-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">260 Laughton Avenue, Toronto 9, Ontario, Canada.Triangle Industrial Plaza, Division and Robinson Street, North Tonawanda, N.Y. 14120.</figcaption></div>In today&rsquo;s game, this young man handed out five stiff body checks, blocked two slapshots from the point, was boarded by a big right winger, caught an elbow while digging the puck out of the corner, was flattened trying to clear the puck, and picked up an assist on a goal.He played a good game.He played it hard.But most important. he&rsquo;s still in one piece.That&rsquo;s the part we played in today&rsquo;s game. &#9632;

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Cooper

<h2>HOW SELECTORS PICKED FINISH OF RACES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01706/2579472-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="829" height="421"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02572/2579465-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="855" height="421"></div>(Points awarded on basis of 6 for 1, 5 for 2, 4 for 3, 3 for 4, 2 for 5, 1 for 6.)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03438/2579458-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="558" height="371"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04316/2579451-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="567" height="406"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05265/2579444-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="565" height="390"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06191/2579437-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="554" height="373"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0798/2579430-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="561" height="391"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0849/2579423-1-eng-US/f0006-082.jpg" title="f0006-08" width="559" height="381"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0928/2579416-1-eng-US/f0006-092.jpg" title="f0006-09" width="543" height="364"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-1017/2579409-1-eng-US/f0006-102.jpg" title="f0006-10" width="548" height="359"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-1116/2579402-1-eng-US/f0006-112.jpg" title="f0006-11" width="558" height="397"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-1214/2579395-1-eng-US/f0006-122.jpg" title="f0006-12" width="548" height="391"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-1313/2579388-1-eng-US/f0006-132.jpg" title="f0006-13" width="567" height="378"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-1410/2579381-1-eng-US/f0006-142.jpg" title="f0006-14" width="570" height="381"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-159/2579374-1-eng-US/f0006-152.jpg" title="f0006-15" width="547" height="383"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-168/2579367-1-eng-US/f0006-162.jpg" title="f0006-16" width="549" height="365"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-176/2579360-1-eng-US/f0006-172.jpg" title="f0006-17" width="563" height="393"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-186/2579353-1-eng-US/f0006-182.jpg" title="f0006-18" width="547" height="368"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-196/2579346-1-eng-US/f0006-192.jpg" title="f0006-19" width="561" height="372"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-206/2579339-1-eng-US/f0006-202.jpg" title="f0006-20" width="558" height="379"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-216/2579332-1-eng-US/f0006-212.jpg" title="f0006-21" width="551" height="376"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-226/2579325-1-eng-US/f0006-222.jpg" title="f0006-22" width="571" height="366"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-236/2579318-1-eng-US/f0006-232.jpg" title="f0006-23" width="554" height="376"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-246/2579311-1-eng-US/f0006-242.jpg" title="f0006-24" width="547" height="386"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-256/2579304-1-eng-US/f0006-252.jpg" title="f0006-25" width="575" height="366"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-266/2579297-1-eng-US/f0006-262.jpg" title="f0006-26" width="563" height="365"></div> &#9632;

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Montreal, Minnesota Picked As Teams To Beat In NHL Races

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01658/2579534-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="255" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Salomon Jr.</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;Sidney Salomon, Jr., the man who put together the people and money that brought the National Hockey League to St. Louis, says that if he never makes a dime out of hockey he will feel that he has already been repaid by the thrills and satisfaction the Blues have given him in their first season.That statement from the man who has to come up with somewhere in the neighbourhood of $6 million to get a franchise, a team and a building all In the space of a few months, would be remarkable coming from most backers of a professional sports enterprise, but for those close associates who know Salomon best, it&rsquo;s hardly more than par for the course.&ldquo;Giving St. Louis big league hockey has been a great reward to me,&rdquo; he says.The thrill-studded first season of the Blues that carried them into the Stanley Cup finals against the Montreal Canadiens went a long way to taking much of the pressure off Salomon who had talked some close and valued associates into investing substantial sums in a game that they knew little or nothing about.The expansion league franchise offered by the NHL was about to be lost to St. Louis unless a bonafide group with gilt-edged backing could step forward in a hurry back in March, 1966.&ldquo;I was at Madison Square Garden watching the Rangers play Montreal one night a couple of years ago and the Rangers were trailing 5-0,&rdquo; recalls Salomon.&ldquo;In any other sport I know, the fans would be heading for the exits about that time. But here it was late in the game and most of them were staying in their seats. Then Boom Boom Geoffrion scored a goal for the Rangers and made it 5-1 and you would have thought that the Rangers had just won the Stanley Cup the way the crowd went wild. I was convinced right then that this game had something special to recommend it. Another time I was up in Detroit watching the Red Wings play and I studied the faces of the fans. I never saw anything like it at a sports event. They seemed to be in another world, as if the game was some magic spectacle.&rdquo;Salomon declares that those two incidents alone were enough to convince him that hockey would be a good investment for St, Lotfis.Sid, Jr., who is 58, is president and chairman of the board of the Blues. His son, Sid, IH, is executive vice-president and member of the NHL board of governors.The senior Salomon is an Insurance executive and a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Round Table. He&rsquo;s been a nationally known amateur golf champion. He has been a part owner of the baseball Cardinals and the old St. Louis Browns of the American League and once owned the Miami Marlins baseball club.He was a protege and executive assistant to the late Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee and has continued to be very prominent in politics all the way up to and including a close association with presidents Truman, Kennedy and Johnson.He believes in spending a buck to make a buck and wasted no time in proving it by pouring over a million dollars into the renovation of the St. Louis Arena.&ldquo;We spent over $100,000 on paint alone,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Some folks might think it&rsquo;s wiser to make improvements as you go along and add a little bit here and a little bit there. I wanted to give St. Louis fans a building they could be proud of, and the way I figure it is if you are going to spend it eventually for improvements why not do it first and let the fans know you are doing something worthwhile.&rdquo;Salomon told THE HOCKEY NEWS that big league hockey &ldquo;is just in its infancy so far as its expansion potential is concerned.&rdquo;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re only playing in six locations at any one time now,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;within the next few years I think major league hockey will be played in many more areas.&rdquo;He sees at least 15 or 20 locations supporting teams in the near future. He points out that Kansas City, where the Blues have a farm club, drew over 400,000 fans last year in an old building and with a minor league club. He thinks Kansas City is already able to support a big league team.Salomon, who obtained the St. Louis franchise for $2 million under the NHL expansion plan which created six additional clubs, says that any future franchises should not be sold for less than $5 million.Hockey has come along so fast and has gained great popularity in the United States that franchises no longer should go for bargain prices, he says. He points out that in 1961 the Chicago Black Hawks were the first NHL club to draw over $1 million after many years in the game.&ldquo;We topped $1 million in our very first season in St. Louis,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s evidence of how the game has progressed.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Blues’ Spectacular First Season Rewarding To Club Owner Salomon

ST. LOUIS. Mo. &mdash;Owner Sid Salomon Jr., sees no particular problem in supplying new National League teams with players. &ldquo;There are a lot of borderline players now in the minor leagues who can make it in the majors,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Look at what the expansion clubs did with minor leaguers and old veterans in their very first year.&rdquo;He thinks that American colleges win soon become a source of players who will be able to make the grade in prohockey.As for the Blues they have been scouting the European hockey arenas and this year had two promising prospects from Yugoslavia in their training camp. &#9632;

No Player Shortage Says Blues’ Owner

ST. LOUIS. MO.&mdash;It&rsquo;s a different story this time as the St. Louis Blues leave the starting gate for their second trip through the National Hockey League. The coaching staff is knee deep in players and Coaches Scotty Bowman and Doug Harvey, together with Managing Director Lynn Patrick are faced with the task of selecting instead of scraping as they did a year ago.From the goalmouth on out the Blues have the bodies. What head coach Bowman will seek to determine in a hurry is which bodies should be in which positions.There&rsquo;s no question marks at goal where the Blues have the two biggest names in the ice business Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02599/2579589-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="243" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Camille Henrv</figcaption></div>At defense the problem is tough. There are at least eight strong contenders, including Capt. Al Arbour, the three Plager brothers, Noel Picard, Jean Guy Talbot, Jim Roberts and player-coach Harvey.Up front the hottest line to come out of training camp was that of Gordon (Red) Berenson, Ab McDonald and Tim Ecclestone.Bowman will be looking for the scoring punch that was lacking last season when the Blues slammed their way to the Stanley Cup finals mainly on the strength of a fierce defense.But he is confident that the old sniper, Camille Henry, will provide plenty of headaches for opposing goaltenders.Newcomers Terry Gray, from Los Angeles, and Myron Stankiewicz from Hershey of the American Hockey League, will be given every chance to make the club.And the sophomores, such as Frank St. Marseille, Gary Sabourin and Craig Cameron are expected to be strong contributors now that they have had a year of NHL combat.Old reliables Larry Keenan and Bill McCreary are going to be heard from and Ron Schock, who had a great training camp, could well blossom into the star that he was expected to become. &#9632;

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Picking Blues’ Squad Problem For Coaches

<div class="byline">&#x2014; By Bill Libby</div><h2>Poile Did Super Building Job</h2>We always feel a twinge of sympathy for the pennant-winner whose accomplishment is virtually forgotten in the rush to crown the post-season survivor the champion.In this case, our sympathies go to the Philadelphia Flyers, who won the first flag in the Western Division expansion circuit last season, but have been generally neglected since St. Louis captured the playoff laurels. However, it is not sympathy the Flyer family rates, but applause.Entering last season, we felt never before had so many men faced such a clear-cut test of their abilities. All six expansionists started equal. It was extremely close and the Flyers faltered in the playoffs, but over the long, hard, full regular season, those who made up the Philadelphia franchise prevailed. Others may emerge into the spotlight at other times.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01692/2579620-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="495" height="757"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUD POILESnubbed By Red Wings</figcaption></div>Perhaps too much should not be made of what Philly did last season. While winning the pennant, they were one game below .500 and only one point ahead of Los Angeles, and then lost in the playoff. However, the Flyers had a special handicap. Parts of the roof of their new Spectrum were blown off and they had to play 21 of their last 23 games on the road, hanging on under difficult circumstances.Much of the credit must go to Norman (Bud) Poile the manager, who built the organization under the direction of Bill Putnam and the other owners. Poile waited a long time for his turn in the big time. Despite constant success, he was stuck in the minors for 15 years. He managed and coached Edmonton of the Western League from 1953 to 1962 and won two pennants and three playoffs. He managed and coached San Francisco in that circuit from 1963 to 1966 and won two more playoffs. At one point, he won three straight playoffs.Poile should have moved up many years ago. He figured to move up to Detroit but when that did not develop, he moved on. The late Jack Adams campaigned for Bud&rsquo;s place in expansion, and Bud produced a pennant-winner in his first chance. A tough, cynical soul, Bud had to feel considerable satisfaction now. By phone from pre-season camp in Quebec City, he made light of it. &ldquo;The biggest thrill came every other Friday on pay-day,&rdquo; he laughed. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been living like a big-leaguer all these years. Now I&rsquo;m finally paid like one.&rsquo;Bud and his wife Margaret live in an apartment in the Philadelphia suburb of Merion now. They have a son, David, who is 19, a Business Administration major and a hockey player in his third year at Northeastern University, and a daughter, Margo, who is 16 and in high school. Bud says he passed the summer playing exactly 51 games of golf and reducing his handicap from 13 to 9 in the process. He is now prepared to challenge any manager in the majors, though he is not prepared to put up Bernie Parent or Doug Favell as the winner&rsquo;s prize.Bud established a sound system. He hired Keith Allen, one of the most gifted gentlemen in the sport, as the Flyers&rsquo; coach. With the owners&rsquo; money, Bud bought the Quebec City franchise of the American League, which went to the final game of its playoffs, and which will have Vic Stasiuk as coach this season. The Flyers also had a working agrement with Seattle of the Western League, which Bill MacFarland guided to the playoff title last season. And they operate the Jersey Devils of the Eastern League, which our favorite vagabond, Marcel Pelletier, will coach this season. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s quite a challenge,&rdquo; Maree told us enthusiastically. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m thinking of using girls.&rdquo;&ldquo;The real thrill of our success last season was having the opportunity to give big jobs to big men and seeing them come through,&rdquo; Bud says. No one did a much better job of drafting. And the Flyers&rsquo; depth paid off when everyone called up to the parent club all season provided real help. With Parent and Favell in the nets and Ed Van Impe and Joe Watson on defense, the Flyers may be the soundest of the expansionists for the long haul. They need more punch, but talented youngsters such as Andre Lacroix may fill this need.<h2>Three Years From NHL Equality</h2>&ldquo;I think it will be tougher to do well this season because the expansion club must play more games against the established teams who won&rsquo;t take us as lightly as they did. However, while I&rsquo;m not keen on realignment, I think it&rsquo;s good that we are working towards a balanced schedule,&rdquo; Bud says. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re only about three years away from equality with the old clubs. I honestly believe the goal-tending in our expansion circuit was better than in the established division, and I think we proved there were a lot of defensemen being held back. All we have to do now is develop quality forwards.&ldquo;Our main problem our first year was finding deserving players, signing them, getting to know them, fitting them into a team, fitting the team into the town, establishing policy, and earning the players&rsquo; loyalty. I think we overcame these problems in Philadelphia, but you have to keep overcoming these same problems as long as you&rsquo;re in this business. We made a couple of mistakes, but not too many. We&rsquo;ll try to make less this season. Minnesota has improved the most and perhaps deserves to be favored, but we should be right up there again.&ldquo;Our potential for growth in the vast Philadelphia area is enormous. As long as the roof stays on, we have a fine new building. We were third-best in attendance last season, averaged close to 10,000 fans per game, and now have doubled our season ticket advance for this season to about 6,000. Everyone in hockey was happy with the way expansion worked out and looks forward to greater things. No one is any happier about last season or is any more enthusiastic about the future than I am,&rdquo; big Bud Poile, a big winner in the big-time at last, concluded. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

Toronto, Ont. &mdash;George Armstrong, one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s most venerable veterans, is through with the game after 17 seasons under the big top with Toronto Maple Leafs.&ldquo;The Chief&rdquo; announced his retirement just prior to the start of the regular NHL season last week. He added there was &ldquo;no chance&rdquo; of changing his mind.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not an easy thing to do,&rdquo; Armstrong admitted. &ldquo;I love hockey. I love Maple Leaf Gardens, and I love the Leafs. But I am definitely retiring for good.&rdquo;Armstrong, 38, reiterated his decision to quit hockey despite a closed meeting with Leafs&rsquo; manager-coach George (Punch) Imlach following a two-day &ldquo;think it over&rdquo; period.Armstrong, who has held the Leafs&rsquo; captaincy for several seasons, is expected to be succeeded in this capacity by another right wing, scrappy Ron Ellis.Army added that effective immediately he would sever all connections with hockey in general and the Toronto team in particular.&ldquo;I think it would be wise for me to cut all ties with hockey,&rdquo; Armstrong declared. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to be looking around for a hotel in the Toronto area. In all fairness, if I&rsquo;m going to be in another business I&rsquo;ve got to be fully dependent on it and devote all my time to it.&rdquo;Armstrong said he has &ldquo;no regrets.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s great to leave and have so many people say the nice things they have. It&rsquo;s nice to feel wanted. It&rsquo;s also tough to walk out of the place. But I&rsquo;ll be back to watch the games.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got a lifetime pass, and they&rsquo;ll have to cut off my arm to get it away from me.&rdquo;The retirement was the second announced by Armstrong in as many years. Last season he decided to call it quits when he realized he would be left unprotected by the Leafs in the expansion draft. But &ldquo;The Chief&rdquo; relented when the Leafs restored him to their frozen roster in mid-draft.Last season Armstrong tallied 13 goals and 21 assists, giving&rsquo; him an NHL career total of 265 goals and 288 helpings.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02607/2579651-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="550" height="1651"><figcaption class="caption-body">GEORGE ARMSTRONG&hellip; Hangs up skates</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Vet Armstrong Quits After 17 Campaigns With Toronto Leafs

<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL &mdash; Ernie Wakely, goalkeeper, Stan Fuller, Guy Lapointe, Pierre Bouchard, Don Fedun and Steve Hunt, defensemen, sent to Cleveland of AHL. Rocky Farr, goalkeeper, assigned to Denver of WHL. Gary Monahan, Maurice St. Jacaues, Bob Berry, John Vanderberg and Ken Kelly, forwards, sent to Cleveland.LOS ANGELES - Goaler Terry Sawchuk, traded to Detroit in exchange for Jimmy Peters, forward. Dave Amadio, defenseman, and Howie Menard, forward, assigned to Springfield of AHL.NEW YORK - Brad Park, defenseman, Gilles Villemure, goalkeeper, Walt Tkachuck and Dennis Hextali, towards, sent to Buffalo of AHL.PHILADELPHIA - Bobby Rivard, forward, assigned to Quebec of AHL.TORONTO - Bill Sutherland, forward, sent to Rochester of AHL.BOSTON &mdash; Bob Leiter, forward, Garnett Bailey, defenseman, and Colin McCormack, goalkeeper, assigned to Hershev of AHL.DETROIT &mdash; Jim Watson, defenseman, and Don McLeod, goalkeeper, assigned to Baltimore of AHL. Ed Hatoum, Fred Speck and Renald Leclerc, forwards, sent to Fort Worth of CHL.CHICAGO - Howie Youg, defenseman, claimed from Oakland of NHL on waivers. Bob Sneddon, goalkeeper, sent to Portland of WHL.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>OMAHA &mdash; Cal Purinton, defenseman. sent to Fort Wayne of IHL. Ron Boehm, forward, secured from Oakland of NHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>NEW HAVEN - Dave Hainsworth, goalkeeper, secured from New York of NHL on option. Jim Currie, defenseman, purchased from Columbus of IHL.SALEM &mdash; Gerry Firn, forward. Bob Taylor, defenseman, and Bob Dixon, forward, returned by Pittsburgh of NHL.JOHNSTOWN - Galen Head, forward, returned by Detroit of NHL. Jim Mair, Mike Crepi and Reg Kent, forward, assigned by Detroit. Steve Andrascek, Gene Peacosh, forwards, George Forgie and Joe Zanussi, defenseman, sent by Detroit.JERSEY - Reg Meserve, forward, returned by Philadelphia of NHL. Jamie Kennedy, Herm Karp, Dennis Plant and Michael Griffin, forwards. Rene Lavigueur, defenseman. Cecil Reynolds, goalkeeper. assigned by Philadelphia of NHL. Larry Pleau, forward. loaned by Montreal of NHL. Jean-Marc Picard, defenseman, secured from Vanc ouver ot NHL Ron MacPherson, forward. returned by Detroit of NHL Dave Lee, forward, secured from Knoxville.JACKSONVILLE Dan Belisle, forward Signed. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01674/2579706-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="244" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Vid Hadfield</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;When it was announced last spring that Bernie, Boom Boom Geoffrion would retire as an active player, and take over as coach of the New York Rangers there were loud hurrahs all over Rangerville, The only fly in the ointment seemed to be a tiny little feeling about who was going to play the point on the New York power play.Most fans brushed it off with the comment, &ldquo;Geoffrion was sick much of 1967 68, and really did not log much ice time.&rdquo;What they forgot was that most of that ice time was as the point man on the power play. It seemed that the heir apparent to the New York power play spot was Hot Rod Gilbert and Rod may eventually get the job all by his lonesome, but for now he has competition &mdash; and from an unexpected source.Gilbert&rsquo;s competitor is none other than his linemate Vic Hadfield the hard rock of the New York forward line. With Jean Ratelle, Gilbert and Hadfield form New York&rsquo;s No. 1 scoring trio &mdash; and last year the threesome totalled 81 goals, in spite of Hadfield being out for a month with a shoulder separation.&ldquo;If you recall most of Hadfield&rsquo;s goals were scored on long fifty to seventy foot slap shots off his curved stick,&rdquo; notes Geoffrion. &ldquo;I want him to carry the puck in further and I think that by doing this he could get thirty goals. But in the meantime, the point is the perfect spot for his long range cannonading.&rdquo;Hadfield did quite well in his first few outings and even potted two assists on shots from the blue line in the New York &mdash; Boston 2-2 exhibition tie on Oct. 2.Hadfield says, &ldquo;1&rsquo;11 play anywhere Boomer wants me to. This will give m: more ice time and a chance to pick up a few more points &mdash; and the slap shot from the point is similar to my offseason job as a golf pro. I should be able to handle it pretty well.&rdquo;Vic really can let them go and there are NHL observers who think that he rates right up there in slap shot velocity with the two Hulls on Chicago and with Geoffrion when he was still active. There is no doubt that Bobby Hull&rsquo;s slapper is the quickest, but Hadfield may have an edge on little brother Dennis who had been rated as Number Two.How Hadfield will do when called upon to feed the puck ahead of him to a forward in front of the net is a moot point, now that the 6 foot, 175 pound, Oakville, Ontario native doesn&rsquo;t have stickhandling ability. The question here is that curved banana blade which has turned Hadfield into a goal scorer after years of mediocrity.Other Ranger point men are Gilbert, who also uses a hooked stick and Jim Neilson a defenseman who was good enough to make the second all star team last year and who seems to have come into his own. Neilson probably will get the call when the score is tied or the Rangers are ahead. He is a brilliant rusher and heady headmanner.BLUE CHIPS: Donnie Simmons will get call as backup man behind Eddie Giacomin in goal &hellip; New York had 4-3-3 record in pre season play as we went to press &hellip; They looked wonderful versus Stanley Cup champ Montreal Canadiens in MSG. Score was 5-1 for Blues &hellip; Two nights later Toronto came in without many of their regulars and trounced NY by same count &hellip; Rangers have arranged seven instructional clinics in November and December at local area skating rinks &hellip; Ranger fans had the rare opportunity to watch the team drill at home, right in the Skateland Arena in New Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y. During the final week before the season opened. This is the first time in the memory of this reporter that this has ever happened. &#9632;

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Boomer Grooming Slap Shot Ace Hadfield To Take His Spot On Rangers’ Power Play

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01692/2579744-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="244" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mickey Redmond</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02610/2579737-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="239" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Lemaire</figcaption></div>MONTREAL. OUE. &mdash;They were walking past the graveyard and one man was complaining about the cold he had developed overnight.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s not a guy in that cemetery,&rdquo; cautioned his friend &ldquo;who wouldn&rsquo;t like to have your cold.&rdquo;It may sound corny but aptly fits the situation of Claude Ruel who was bemoaning the fact that he had big decisions as the young pilot of the deto make even before the star of the schedule there&rsquo;s not another coach in the NHL who wouldn&rsquo;t like to face the same decisions as the young pilot of the defending Stanley Cup Champions.Ruel&rsquo;s early problems with the Canadiens were happy ones &mdash; whether to start veteran Gump Worsley or young Rogatien Vachon in goal the first few games and how he was going to make use of his 11 forwards.The Canadiens had gone through training camp and the exhibition swing in fine fettle, posting nine pre-season victories and suffering only two losses.&ldquo;I have difficult decisions only because the fellows have worked so hard and played so well,&rdquo; offered the 30-year-old coach. &ldquo;It may be a problem working all the forwards into the game for awhile.&rsquo;Ruel just about was set on his starting forward lines before Montreal made its season debut at Pittsburgh and then hit the long road for seven games at St. Louis, Minnesota, Detroit, Los Angeles, Oakland, Boston and Toronto.He had a surprise line going with Henri Richard at center between Bobby Rousseau and Dick Duff. The trio scored most of the points in the five exhibitions against NHL opposition.Jean Beliveau was pivoting Gilles Tremblay and Yvan Cournoyer. Ralph Backstrom played on a line with John Ferguson and Claude Provost.&ldquo;This leaves me with Jacques Lemaire and Mickey Redmond as the other two forwards,&rdquo; said Ruel. &ldquo;But should I be worried when I have to worry about two good kids like this?&rdquo;Obviously, Ruel will find a spot sooner or later for Lemaire who netted 22 goals and had 20 assists in his rookie outing last season. And he&rsquo;s high on Redmond, 20-year-old Kirkland Lake native who will be the only newcomer definitely starting with Canadiens.Redmond had four goals and six assists in the exhibitions.&ldquo;Mickey doesn&rsquo;t surprise me because I knew what he could do when he played junior,&rdquo; notes Ruel. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going&rsquo; to be good in the NHL because he has a great shot and he can skate like anybody.&rdquo;<h2>Habs Coach praises defense</h2>The young coach just couldn&rsquo;t hide his enthusiasm going into the schedule and was especially high on the Habs defensive efforts.&ldquo;I have to think that we played only one real bad exhibition &mdash; that was at New York where we lost 5-1 and the goalkeeping wasn&rsquo;t sharp at Detroit where we lost 4-2. But in the last three games against NHL clubs we allowed only two goals.&rdquo;The Canadiens edged Chicago 2-1, Minnesota by the same score and blanked Boston 1-0. The shutout of the Bruins was heartening to Ruel who watched Vachon kick out 22 pucks while Worsley made 18 saves.&ldquo;It looks like Vachon may come back strong his season after going so poorly for awhile last year,&rsquo; said Ruel. &ldquo;Gump got hurt at Detroit and we were a bit worried before he did so well at Boston.&rdquo;Veteran defenseman Terry Harper was sidelined 10 days with fluid on the left knee, the aftermath of an operation during the summer. However he had commenced skating again just before the start of the schedule and was due to make the long road trip.Meanwhile Ruel praised the ffforts of two other rearguards, veteran Ted Harris and young Serge Savard.&ldquo;Big Teddy has given 120 per cent of himself since we started. He&rsquo;s been just tremendous for me. Serge played really well the last few games against NHL teams.&rdquo;Ruel and G.M. Sam Pollock faced another decision in case Harper was unable, to go full out due to his ailing knee, whether to use Paul Curtis, Guy Lapointe or recall an older rearguard for insurance. &#9632;

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Too Many Stars To Spot Ruel Envied By Coaches As He Ponders Problem

&ldquo;Our free voice analysis tells you whether you have the hidden talent to become a broadcast personality&rdquo;Says DANNY GALLIVANWORLD FAMED CANADIAN SPORTSCASTER<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03515/2579789-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="853" height="1090"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s your opportunity to learn from the experts at home or in our Toronto studio shoot</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04400/2579782-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="557" height="604"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY GALLIVANchats with all-time hockey great, Rocket Richard. Ca</figcaption></div>Free voice analysis tells you if you have the &ldquo;hidden talent&rdquo;The exciting, rewarding life of a broadcast personality is the dream of thousands of people who possess hidden talent and need only good training. Our directing Faculty of 11 famous broadcasters (including Danny Gallivan and Larry Henderson) has helped men and women of all ages and backgrounds discover their potential in broadcasting!Train at home or in one of our studio schoolsYou are able to study broadcasting techniques either at home &mdash; in your spare time &mdash; or in our studio school. Exciting field training assignments take you (with your tape recorder) right to the scene of sporting and news events where you learn-by-doing!Sportscasters, disc jockeys, newsmen and announcers are needed today by stations everywhereWell-paying jobs are available right now to people who have had proper training. The combination of our intensive training and nationwide placement assistance can open the door for you to these exciting positions!<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05303/2579775-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="562" height="674"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY HENDERSONCanada&rsquo;s Outstanding TV Personality</figcaption></div>SEND FOR FREE BOOKLET, RECORD AND VOICE ANALYSIS DETAILS &hellip; TODAY! &#9632;

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME A TELEVISION OR RADIO SPORTSCASTER?

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01684/2579827-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="262" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Carleton</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont. &ndash;A lot of individuals will have to show vast improvement if Toronto Maple Leafs are to change last season&rsquo;s fifth-place windup and make It back Into the National Hockey League&rsquo;s first division. One of them is Wayne (Swoop) Carleton, who has everything It takes to be a super-star In big-time hockey.Chronic knee problems have prevented him from earning that distinction but the fact remains that he&rsquo;s only 22, with a glowing future still ahead of him.As Leafs waltzed through their pre-season schedule, winning and losing unpredictably, Big Swoop was placed at left wing on a forward line with newcomer Gerry Meehan at centre and consistent Ron Ellis on the right side. It looked like the sort of new group coach Punch Imlach would like to take into the NHL season, It had speed and power and muscle and a reliable trigger-man In Ellis. Then Carleton suffered a hairline wrist fracture and just how long he would be out was not known.Intact, of course, was the trio Leafs obtained from Detroit late last season&mdash;Norm Ullman centering for Floyd Smith and Paul Henderson. Dave Keon is a fixture at the middle, too, and Bob Pulford at starboard. Keon will get a new right wing with the retirement of captain George Armstrong.Meehan was bidding for a regular job against the toughest kind of opposition&mdash;30&mdash;goal shooter Mike Walton and steady Murray Oliver.Carleton is the sort of athlete who could make a surprise package out of Leafs this winter. Just four years ago, president Stafford Smythe described him as the finest prospect Leafs had ever owned, which Included Frank Mahovllch, In case you&rsquo;ve forgotten.Carleton scored 46 goals for Marlboro juniors when they won the 1963-64 Memorial Cup. He was 17 at the time. The following summer, he damaged a knee playing baseball and his troubles had begun.He seldom played in the 1964-65 season and underwent extensive surgery the summer afterwards. He considers &lsquo;65-&rsquo;66 a wasted winter, too, partly because he was still nursing those knees and partly because he no longer found any challenge in junior competition.Leafs signed him to a professional contract then and he scored 22 goals while splitting the 1966-67 campaign between farm clubs at Tulsa and Rochester. Management was convinced he finally was ready and moved him up to the big team.So he was a flop, counting only eight goals in 65 games.Could this be the year, though? Look at Carleton and you&rsquo;ll say sure. He&rsquo;s 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds and looks far bigger. He&rsquo;s strong enough to fend off a checker with one arm and he&rsquo;s got an explosive and heavy shot. His strides are so long that he can outskate most opponents and his long reach has a devastating effect on the opposition.The complaint? Like many outsized men. Carleton is not aggressive. This is something Imlach Is trying to overcome.Definitely then, Carleton is one of the several &ldquo;ifs&rdquo; that could put Leafs back into the playoffs.Meehan isn&rsquo;t. He&rsquo;d be a plus if he could come through, just like the new defensemen, Jim Dorey and Mike Pelyk. At 44 Johnny Bower is an if. Bruce Gamble must prove something.Ron Ellis is no if. Neither is Tim Horton. Nor Ullman, nor Henderson, nor Smith, all superb hockey players.But what about Keon, an 11-goal man last year? He must Improve. Pulford&rsquo;s no if. Walton isn&rsquo;t, either, if he can score another 30. But Pierre Pilote is. He must regain all-star form on Leafs&rsquo; defence.Inlach doesn&rsquo;t have to bat 1.000 with all these people, you know. But he has to hit a pretty high average. And Carleton is a must despite his injury. If he can become the kind of athlete everybody thinks he can, the expenditure of Frank Mahovllch will not turn out to be foolish&mdash;too extravagant a price to pay, no matter what the exchange might have been.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02633/2579820-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1742" height="1667"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE KEON &hellip; must show improvement</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Leafs Regulars Must Improve To Lift Club

NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;Ranger fans will see a total of 27 New York games on Color TV this season and will be able to hear a record number of radio broadcasts of the remaining contests with 43 games being aired.WOR TV will telecast 25 Ranger games, basically piping back the Saturday night road contests and WHN (1050) will carry the radio broadcasts. CBS TV has two additional colorcasts set for Madison Square Garden in their network game of the week shows.Win Elliot, veteran hockey sportscaster will once again be at the mike for the WOR telecasts. Elliot does many things, but he likes hockey the best of all, having been a former University of Michigan goaltender &mdash; and a native of that hotbed of ice interest, Everett, Mass. Win telecast his first Ranger game in 1946 and has done most of the Blues sportscasting since then.Back at the WHN microphone is the popular Marv Albert, whose radiocasts reached 32 foreign countries a year ago. Albert, whose brother Alan tried out with the Blueshirts in the fall training camp, is one of those lucky people who always wanted to be associated with sports &mdash; and who got lucky and made it.This is really not true as Albert&rsquo;s &ldquo;luck&rdquo; is the residue of design. Marv was an office boy for the old Brooklyn Dodgers of Walter O&rsquo;Malley, then was ball boy for the New York Knickerbrockers and eventually while attending Syracuse University he called the play by play of the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League.Marv practised &ldquo;broadcasting&rdquo; Dodger games on a tape recorder when in O&rsquo;Malley&rsquo;s employ and in the last three years has become the very much respected Ranger and New York basketball Knickerbocker play by play man. &#9632;

Record Total of Broadcasts For Rangers’ Parlor Fans

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01651/2579976-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"></div><h2>FRI. OCT. 11 DETROIT 2 at BOSTON 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Boston, Stanfield (unassisted) &hellip; 6:532&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Unger, Douglas) &hellip; 14:203&mdash;Boston, Westfall (Shack, Awrey) &hellip; 18:04Penalties &mdash; P. Mahovlich 3:12, Bergman 4:39, Orr 12:59, Anderson, Williams 14:52.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Boston, Esposito (Orr) &hellip; 13:45Penalties &mdash; Stanfield 5:55, R. Smith (major, minor), P. Mahovlich (major, minor), 14:13, Baun 19:19.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Detroit, F. Mahovlich (Howe) &hellip; 17:026&mdash;Boston, D. Smith (unassisted) &hellip; 19:49Penalties &mdash; McKenzie 11:45, Doak (major, minor) Baun (major, minor), 16:34.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02606/2579969-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="586" height="87"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 3 at CHICAGO 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Martin (Stapleton, D. Hull) &hellip; 11:122&mdash;St. Louis, Sabourin (Barclay Ptager, McDonald) &hellip; 11:333&mdash;Chicago, Pappin (Stapleton, Dejordy) &hellip; 14:544&mdash;St. Louis. Cameron (unassisted) &hellip; 15:17Penalties &mdash; Marotte 1:39, Pappin 6:48, Barclay Plager 17:31.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (McDonald, Ecclestone) &hellip; 0:216&mdash;Chicago, Pappin (Martin, Stappleton) &hellip; 1:527&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mikita) &hellip; 9:13Penalties &mdash; Mohns 10:13, Stankiewicz 18:44, Marotte 18:44.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Marotte 8:43, Sabourin 12:51, Harvey 13:43.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03562/2579962-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="585" height="102"></div>Attendance: 15,000<h2>MINNESOTA 5 at OAKLAND 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Minnesota, Goldsworthy (L. Hillman, Cullen) &hellip; 9:402&mdash;Minnesota, Cullen (L Hillman) &hellip; 18:12Penalties &mdash; W. Hillman 2:27; Odrowski 8:15, Watson 12:24, Larose 12:24, Szura 18:05.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Minnesota, Parise (Connelly) &hellip; 2:054&mdash;Oakland, Ehman (Harris) &hellip; 9:49Penalties &mdash; McMahon 6:24, Watson 14:13, Me Mahon 14:13.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Minnesota, L. Hillman (McMahon) &hellip; 5:006&mdash;Minnesota, McCord (Goldsworthy) &hellip; 10:31Penalties &mdash; Swarbrick 3:50, Vasko 6:30, Parise 8.13, Watson 8:13.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04513/2579955-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="582" height="100"></div>Attendance: 5,856.<h2>SAT. OCT. 12 MONTREAL 1 at PITTSBURGH 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal, G. Tremblay Beliveau, Cournoyer) &hellip; 1:192&mdash;Pittsburgh, Boyer (Pronovost, McCreary) &hellip; 15:45Penalties: Laperriere 9:43, Price 10:45, McCallum 13:13, Savard 15:35.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.Penalties: Provost 4:51, Woytovich 6:58.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.Penalties: Backstrom 3:41, Boivin 4:35, Richard 13:12, Harper 13:12, Arbour 13:12.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05421/2579948-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="574" height="103"></div>Attendance: 10,700.<h2>LOS ANGELES 0 AT ST. LOUIS 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (Harvey) &hellip; 6:112&mdash;St. Louis, Sabourin (St. Marseille, Berenson) &hellip; 14:56Penalties &mdash; Amadio 4:31, Flett 9:36, B. Plager (monor and major) 12:21, Krake (minor) 12:21, Peters (Minor and misconduct) 12:37, Flett 14:20.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;St. Louis, Henry (Sabourin) &hellip; 6:354&mdash;St. Louis, Cameron (Shock, Stankiewicz) &hellip; 17:40Penalties &mdash; Sabourin 0:50, Joyal 13:44.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;St. Louis, McDonald (B. Plager, Eccleston) &hellip; 7:286&mdash;St. Louis, McDonald (R. Plager, Harvey) &hellip; 17:35Penalties &mdash; R. Plager 15:21.Shots on:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06357/2579941-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="582" height="91"></div><h2>SUN. OCT. 13 NEW YORK 2 AT CHICAGO 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Mohns 1:00, Hadfield, Marotte 4:18, Neilson 10:34, Kurtenbach 17:51.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mikita) &hellip; 5:492&mdash;Chicago, Orban (Pappin, Marotte) &hellip; 6:193&mdash;New York, Nevin (Marshall, Goyette) &hellip; 11:174&mdash;Chicago, Pappin (Stapleton, Mikita) &hellip; 14:57Penalties: Pappin 10:57, Neilson 13:26, Howell, 14:44.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;New York, Nevin (Marshall, Brown) &hellip; 0:196&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (Mohns, Ravlich) &hellip; 4:117&mdash;Chicago, R. Mull (Wharram, Stapleton) &hellip; 8:13Penalties &mdash; Ravlich 0:29, Ratelle 7:11, Reid 11:00.Shots on:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07328/2579934-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="585" height="96"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 4 AT OAKLAND 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oakland, Watson (Swarbrick) &hellip; 13:352&mdash;Los Angeles, Hughes (Wall, Peters) &hellip; 18:40-Penalty &mdash; Roberts 16:35.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Los Angeles, White 2:204&mdash;Los Angeles, MacDonald (White, Labossiere) &hellip; 7:42Penalties &mdash; Robinson 3:31, Watson 4:49, Joyal 12:57, Hughes 16:49.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Oakland, Hicke (Hampson, Jarrett) &hellip; 0:126&mdash;Oakland, Jarrett (Hampson, Hicke) &hellip; 0:327&mdash;Los Angeles, Joyal (Flett) &hellip; 3:048&mdash;Oakland, Jarrett (Hicke, Hampson) &hellip; 18:52Penalties &mdash; Vadnais 15:41, Rolfe major 15:41.<h2>PHILADELPHIA 2 AT BOSTON 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Philadelphie, Paiement (Gendron, Miszuk) &hellip; 19:36Penalties &mdash; Stanley 2:23, Shack 4:37, Heiskala 5:14, Esposito (double minor) 6:56. Miszuk 9:52, Sanderson Heiskala (majors) 16:42, Doak, Awrey, Paiement, Stanley (majors) 19:51.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Boston, Westfall (Shack) &hellip; 9:183&mdash;Boston, Hodge (Esposito) &hellip; 14:214&mdash;Philadelphia, Paiement (Heiskala, Johnson) &hellip; 15:48Penalty &mdash; Philadelphia, too many men on ice 8:30.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Boston, Esposito (Williams, Hodge) &hellip; 0:29Penalties &mdash; Sanderson 10:35, Hodge (major misconduct) Heiskala (major) 19:09Shots on<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08308/2579927-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="581" height="82"></div>Attendance: 14,011.<h2>TORONTO 2 AT DETROIT!</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Ellis (Ullman) &hellip; 17:28Penalties &mdash; Douglas 10:34, Pelyk 14:07, Dorey 18:14.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Detroit, Howe &bdquo; 10:38Penalties &mdash; F. Mahovlich 1:47, Howe 8:25, Mickey 18:24.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Toronto, Walton (Pulford, Mickey) &hellip; 4:47Penalties &mdash; Pelyk 9:00, Horton 16:46, Unger 18:13.Shots on<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09293/2579920-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="579" height="79"></div>Attendance: 13,198 &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-10" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10273/2580014-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg"></div><h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11248/2580007-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="1100" height="390"></div><h2>Standings on Wed. Oct 16</h2><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><h4>Fri. Oct. 11</h4>Detroit 2 at Boston 4St. Louis 3 at Chicago 4Minnesota 5 at Oakland 1<h4>Sat. Oct 12</h4>Montreal 1 at Pittsburgh 1Los Angeles 0 at St. Louis 6<h4>Sun. Oct. 13</h4>Toronto 2 at Detroit 1New York 2 at Chicago 5Philadelphia 2 at Boston 3Los Angeles 4 at Oakland 4<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><h4>Wed. Oct. 16</h4>Montreal at St. Louis Pittsburgh at TorontoPhiladelphia at New York Boston at OaklandMinnesota at Chicago<h4>Thurs. Oct. 17</h4>Montreal at Minnesota New York at DetroitBoston at Los Angeles Pittsburgh at Philadelphia<h4>Sat. Oct. 19</h4>Chicago at Toronto Boston at PittsburghLos Angeles at Minnesota Oakland at St. Louis<h4>Sun. Oct. 20</h4>Montreal at Detroit Los Angeles at New York Oakland at Chicago &#9632;

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LOOKING AT NHL RACE

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02542/2580045-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="260" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Young</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill. &mdash;Life has been a whole series of comebacks for Howie Young in recent years First, he had to overcome a severe personal problem which nearly ruined his life a few years ago when the Hawks shipped him to the minor league Los Angeles Blades after the 1964 season.Then, he had to battle his way back to the National Hockey League, where his talents as a defenseman almost demand that he plays. This he did a year and a half ago when the Detroit Red Wings worked a deal with the Hawks, who still owned his rights and brought him up.Now, he&rsquo;s fighting for a job his second time around with the Hawks, who acquired him recently on waivers from the Oakland Seals, to whom he had been traded during the off-season.That a player with Young&rsquo;s big league experience would be available on waivers Is a bit surprising despite the fact that he refused to report to Oakland.One might suppose that the Seals, who finished last In the Western Division last year would have attempted to pick up a body of two in a deal. They would seem to need players more than the few bucks a waiver deal involves.However, there Howie&rsquo;s name was on the waiver list and Hawk Manager Tommy Ivan was quick to pounce, thus completing a neat roundrobin. When Tom dealt Young to Los Angeles, he acquired the rights to several promising junior players from Western Canada, including some who are regarded as excellent prospects and now are In the Hawks&rsquo; pro system.In addition, Ivan kept the first option on Howie&rsquo;s return to the National League. Thus, a year and a half ago, when Detroit Manager Sid Abel decided the former bad boy merited a return to the NHL, he had to compensate the Hawks in order for Ivan to relinquish the Chicago rights.Two of the players the Hawks picked up were defenseman Al Lebrun and center Murray Hall, both of whom went in the expansion draft.So, several years, two deals, and a raft of players later, Ivanagain has the services of Young and all it cost him this time is cash.Young knew he was putting his career in jeopardy by refusing to report to Oakland, which had acquired him in a trade along with Gary Jarrett for defenseman Bob Baun. But he&rsquo;d settled down in Detroit, purchased his first home &mdash; a tremendously symbolic act for him &mdash; and was content to remain at his off-season job rather than uproot his family with a move to the west coast.&ldquo;Besides Oakland wasn&rsquo;t making it worth my while to do all of the things I&rsquo;d have had to do in order to make the move.&rdquo; said Howie &ldquo;It would have been too great a sacrifice So, for once in my life I took a stand Things worked out pretty well Maybe I was just supposed to playing Chicago and not in Oakland&rdquo;References to divine influence are used frequently by Howie these days. He feels religion and Alcoholics Anonymous have saved him from personal disaster and he&rsquo;s not reluctant to discuss either&ldquo;The biggest thing I&rsquo;ve learned is that I&rsquo;m not alone.&rdquo; he said &ldquo;For a long time. I was sure I was&rdquo;Coach Billy Reay is delighted that a player of Young&rsquo;s caliber became available.&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s face it.&rdquo; said Billy &ldquo;We&rsquo;re vulnerable on defense. I&rsquo;m satisfied with the training came that our regulars (Pat Stapleton, Doug Jarrett, Gilles Marotte. and Matt Ravlich) had but we aren&rsquo;t in very good shape to ride out injuries When you can get a player like Howie without giving un anything but money, you have to think you&rsquo;re pretty lucky&rdquo;Howie hadn&rsquo;t skated at all when he reported to the Hawks four days before their season opener but Reay didn&rsquo;t feel this was too much of a problem.Young&rsquo;s a good, strong natural skater,&rdquo; said Billy, &ldquo;It shouldn&rsquo;t take him too long to get into shape&rdquo;While Billy is pleased over the Young acquisition there are several aspects of the Hawks&rsquo; preparation for the season that haven&rsquo;t pleased him.One of the major disappointments has been the team&rsquo;s wonderful shooting. In the Hawks&rsquo; pre-season finale against Toronto in the Stadium, the Hawks took 52 shots and put only 26 on the net. The Leafs, who won, 3-1, took only 50 shots but 38 of them were on target. &#9632;

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Young Back With Hawks After Rejecting Oakland

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01648/2580076-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="242" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Babiuk</figcaption></div>SPOKANE, Wash. &mdash;After the first four games of of its 23rd season, the Western International Hockey League has a familiar look &mdash; the hapless Cranbrook Royals are in last place, with the other four teams tied for first.The Royals bowed to the Nelson Maple Leafs 8-4 and the Spokane Jets 2-1 on successive nights. In the other league action to date, the Kimberley Dynamiters overcame a 2-0 second period deficit to knock off the Jets, 5-4, and were then beaten the next night by the Trail Smoke Eaters, 4-3.There were a couple of other familiar looks after the opening games, too. Spokane&rsquo;s Tom Rendall, the league&rsquo;s top goal getter last year, scored a hat trick in his first game &mdash; but that only left him in second place in the goal-scoring race! Cranbrook&rsquo;s Ron Huston, who was second to Rendall in goals last year and was also the league&rsquo;s MVP, scored a hat trick in his first game and then got the Royals&rsquo; only goal against the Jets the next night.All five teams appear to be improved over last season, but the experimenting and the player-shuffling In and out of the league isn&rsquo;t over yet. Two of the better-known additions to league rosters are Ed Babluk, who was the EHL&rsquo;s top goaltender last year at Clinton and is now performing for Kimberley, and Nelson&rsquo;s player-coach Dave McComb, who was top scorer in the Ontario Senior League last season. There will be a lot more new faces on the ice, temporarily at least, this season also as the WHL and the five-team Alberta Senior Hockey League play an interlocking schedule with all the teams in each league playing a home-and-home series with the Medicine Hat Blades and Nelson Maple Leafs being the only exceptions. &#9632;

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Spokane Ace Gets Early Goal Start

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01623/2580114-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="240" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Cahan</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;As the Los Angeles Kings opened their second season in hockey&rsquo;s major leagues there was a genuine feeling of uncertainty concerning the team&rsquo;s chances this season. Perhaps only the Oakland Seals, who finished last season, but changed 14 faces, are more of a question-mark in the NHL. After last season, however, who dares be against this organization?The Kings led the pennant race much of last season, before fading, but then came back at the finish to fall short of the Western Division&rsquo;s first pennant by only one point. In the opening round of the playoffs they had Minnesota on the ropes repeatedly before fading at the finish. They concluded on disappointing notes, but fooled the experts mort of the way.They were a very young team and the Kings&rsquo; brass seems to think experience was all they lacked. Accordingly, they did not make a lot of changes in preparing for the coming campaign. They are very confident they have the soundest organization and deepest and best personnel of any expansion team.For this season, they added two youngsters, center Skip Krake and goalie Gerry Desjardins, and a veteran, defenseman Larry Cahan. Also they experimented a lot in camp with men in new positions. Prior to final cuts, the only regulars from last season who were gone were wingers Terry Gray and Brian Smith and goaler Terry Sawchuk, who was traded to Detroit in exchange for Jimmy Peters.No team developed more promising performers last season than the Kings did in forwards Bill Flett, Eddie Joyal, Ted Irvine and Lowell MacDonald, defenseman Bill White and goalie Wayne Rutledge, some of whom could become truly outstanding this season. However, Flett and Rutledge seemed overweight and complacent in camp, which caused the King brass much concern and led them to threaten demotions.The second season in the big time is usually the most significant one in establishing a player&rsquo;s true stature and all clubs have budding stars who will be examined closely in this second sea son of expansion.However, if some show they do not really have super stuff, it is possible others who disappointed the first time around may come on now. The Kings have several players in this category, men who were regarded more highly than they performed last season. Among these are forwards Gordon Labossiere and Real Lemieux and defensemen Paul Popeil Dale Rolfe and Bob Wall.As camp was closing, Wall seemed to have made the grade in his move up to left wing, while Rolfe seemed to have failed and been dropped back to the rearguard. Cahan had won a spot on defense, along with White Rolfe and Popeil might fill two of the other three berths. The Kings defense has to be tougher this season if the club is to contend for the pennant and coach Red Kelly says he is sure it will be.The Kings were ineffective in exhibition games, but these often mean little. Kelly generally speaks optimistically about his club&rsquo;s chances. If he is able to stimulate his offense with a power play and tighten the defense, he could be right. If not, the team could slide because the other clubs appear to have all made significant changes for the better and the schedule will be tougher.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02560/2580107-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="1156" height="1767"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY SAWCHUK &hellip; A Red Wing Once More</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Kings Appear To Be Question Mark As Club Makes Few Player Changes

LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;The Los Angeles Kings, who have been trying to peddle fading veteran goalkeeper Terry Sawchuk, finally succeeded in disposing of the 39-year-old all-time shutout king of the NHL.The Kings sent Sawchuck to Detroit Red Wings in return for the services of Jimmy Peters, a young skater who became disgruntled when the Wings wanted to send him back to the minor leagues this season and threatened to quit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03475/2580145-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="244" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Desjardins</figcaption></div>Sawchuk, who came to the Kings last season as one of the big name catches for expansion, never lived up to his reputation and was displaced by a rookie named Wayne Rutledge as the goaling darling of L.A.The Kings have decided to go along with a pair of young goalies, Rutledge and rookie Gerry Desjardins, as the result of swapping Sawchuk. KINGS THINGS&mdash;Jack Kent Cooke, perhaps the best-dressed man in town, rescinded as &ldquo;undemocratic&rdquo;$25 fines imposed on four Kings for showing up at training-camp dinner without ties.The determined Mr. Cooke, &ldquo;Executive of the Year&rdquo; in the NHL last season, has his California Sports Inc, publicity staff at a peak. Don Fraser is the heart of the operation, while John Washington is his hockey arm and Jim Brochu his basketball arm. Washington kept the writers posted with reports from the Barrie camp of everything from hang-nails to subtle changes of expansion.The Kings&rsquo; home schedule lists no Fridays, only one Sunday and only one Monday, four Tuesdays, ten Wednesdays, nine Thursdays, and 13 Saturdays, all nights and no afternoons. Attendance should rise to above 10,000 per, with the Lakers expecting 12,500 per. with playoffs, the two many total 1,000,000. However, conflicts with possible night harness racing at adjacent Hollywood Park and the possibilities of traffic jams and parking shortages could curtail this. LIBBY &#9632;

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Kings To Go With Kids After Trading Sawchuk

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y. &mdash;Dennis Kassian readily admits a poor attitude hurt his career for five years, and he&rsquo;s determined not to let his disappointment at being overlooked by the big league clubs hamper his work this winter.The 27-year-old left-winger, heading into his seventh season as a pro and his third with the Buffalo Bisons, led the club in scoring with 29 goals and 33 assists a year ago.Kassian and his linemates, Dennis Hextali and Mike Labadie, were also the club&rsquo;s dominating figures in the playoffs against the Quebec Aces. The Aces outscored the Bisons, 25-21, in the five-game series. The Kassian-Hextall-Labadie line scored 11 goals, and were on the ice while only two of the 25 Quebec goals were scored.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01469/2580176-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="246" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dennis Kassian</figcaption></div>In five earlier seasons of pro hockey, Kassian, a happy-gplucky type wandered through Edmonton, Sudbury, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Memphis and Pittsburgh before coming to Buffalo.&ldquo;I must say I was never really very serious about the game before last season,&rdquo; Kassian said. &ldquo;Winning and losing rarely made a difference in my attitude. But I finally got serious when I realized how quickly the years were going by.&rdquo;Kassian also credits Coach Fred Shero for helping him enjoy the best season of his career.&ldquo;Fred gave me a lot of confidence, and taught me a few things that made things easier,&rdquo;Kassian said. &ldquo;And some of them were things I should have learned a few years ago. Kassian and his wife, Doris, lived in Vegreville, Alberta until a year ago, when they moved to Fort Erie. They have two daughters, Donna, 5, and Dorinda, 1 &frac12;. Kassian worked with a plumbing and heating firm this summer, and plans to join a Buffalo sales organization next summer.&ldquo;I thought one of the NHL clubs might get interested in me after last season, but I can&rsquo;t afford to let that bother me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I suppose some of them still think I&rsquo;m laughing and joking all the time.&rdquo;He needed 10 stitches to close a deep gash in his forehead after being hit by a stray puck, but otherwise is slowly rounding into shape. &#9632;

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Kassian Says NHL Snub Won’t Stop Him

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02398/2580207-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="254" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Amadio</figcaption></div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass. &mdash;The Springfield Kings and coach Johnny Wilson can breathe a sigh of relief this year. The travelling won&rsquo;t be as extensive as in other American Hockey League seasons.Taking a peak at the Kings&rsquo; slate this season, the road trips are not too excessive, with mostly two and three game visits, unlike past seasons. The longest road trip stretches eight games, Sunday, Nov. 10 to Wednesday, Nov. 27. Ice Capades will visit there then.A fast, early season peek at the Kings shows they will have a fine blend of young and veteran players. Certainly, they have to be a much better club with addition of backliner Dave Amadio and center Howie Menard. Both would have helped last season.We might also put into that category Jim Murray, a stout defensive player, who started the season here last season then moved up to Los Angeles. Being a farm for an NHL club, the locals could lose or gain players anytime.Rick Pagnutti, Larry Johnston and Jim Mclnally round out a real solid defensive group. Amadio, a solid hitter in the back line, is a welcome addition to the local group. He played well last season in the NHL for the Kings and should do better here.Fans are glad to see both Borden Smith and Randy Prior back. Smith played for Clinton in the Eastern League last season. In 60 games in the regular slate, he potted 69 goals and added 19 more in 14 playoff games. He had 60 goals in 1965 and 51 goals in 1966 with Clinton.Prior is only a little guy but can skate over big with local fans. Last season, with Port Huron in the International League, Randy tallied 56 goals and 34 assists.Three young amateurs sure to stay here include Brian Murphy, Gary Croteau and Ken Turlick, all with only trial experience in the pros. It is said Turlick is the speediest skater among the trio. &#9632;

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Kings Beefed Up As Amadio Returns

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE EASTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03315/2580245-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="590" height="296"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04252/2580238-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="595" height="193"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 8CLEVELAND 1 at BALTIMORE 3Fri. Oct. 11Hershey 4 at Baltimore 5Buffalo 7 at Providence 2Quebec 2 at Springfield 3Sat Oct. 12Providence 3 at Cleveland 2Baltimore 3 at Hershey 5Quebec 1 at Rochester 4Buffalo 2 at Springfield 2Sun. Oct. 13Springfield 0 at Buffalo 5Baltimore 1 at Providence 7Rochester 1 at Quebec 1<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Oct. 15Springfield at BaltimoreRochester at QuebecSat. Oct. 19Providence at BuffaloQuebec at HersheyCleveland at SpringfieldSun. Oct. 20Hershey at BuffaloQuebec at ProvidenceBaltimore at Rochester &#9632;

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How They Stand

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01384/2580276-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="538" height="535"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARC REAUMECould Be Top Man BY</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER, N.Y. &mdash;History will repeat for Marc Reaume this season. He&rsquo;ll not only be voted to the American Hockey League&rsquo;s All-Star first team, he&rsquo;ll win the Eddie Shore Award as the league&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman. Marc scored that same &ldquo;double&rdquo; back In 1962-63, while with Hershey.That prediction may seem to be coming a bit early since the Rochester Americans are just barely Into their 1968-69 schedule, but there is a sound basis for it.A year ago at this time Reaume was far from outstanding at all. He had decided to retire after the 1966-67 season, his third year at Tulsa.But Amerk boss Joe Crozier received permission from Toronto to contact Marc. Several persuasive phone calls failed to lure Reaume to training camp until, finally he agreed to come to camp for a few days with the understanding he&rsquo;d just pack up and go home if he couldn&rsquo;t regain his Interest in the sport.Even when the season, opened Reaume was hesitant and agreed to hang on with the Americans for only a week or so. Crozier kept working on him, however, and Marc decided to stay.His play wasn&rsquo;t all that impressive until about the first of the year. Then suddenly he flashed his old form and easily was the circuit&rsquo;s No. 1 blueliner over the second half.As a result, the 34-year-old Reaume was voted to the second all - star team and was runner-up to Cleveland&rsquo;s Bill Needham In the outstanding defenseman voting.This fall was different, however. Marc had no thoughts of retiring over the summer months, arrived In training camp both In good physical and mental condition for hockey and picked up his fine play right where he left off last season.It should be a fine season for Marc Reaume. &#9632;

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Vet Reaume Seen Headed For Big Year

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, OHIO &mdash;Amid the welter of question marks that surrounded the Cleveland Barons as the American Hockey League season got underway &mdash; how will Nick Mileti do as the new owner? Who will inherit the coaching reins? Who will play where &mdash; one bright and sure point stands out?The goalkeeping will be in excrement hands.And the hands belong to a Cleveland favourite of two seasons ago, 28-year-old Ernie Wakely.On a team that listed as tested veterans only defenseman Bill Needham, center Cecil Hoekstra and wingers Wayne Schultz, Howie Glover and Jim Mikol, the Flin Flon veteran who guarded the nets from Houston last winter looms all-Important.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02335/2580307-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="235" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ernie Wakely</figcaption></div>Two years ago, Wakely stepped into the shoes of Les Binkley and did an excrement job. Skaky at the start of his first year with the Barons after several seasons spent in kicking around the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; system in a substitute&rsquo;s capacity, he turned in a fine job once he got his feet on the ground &mdash; or his skates on the ice, to be more accurate.In a 70-game test with the Barons, Wakely allowed a very respectable 3.09 goals per game. In the Calder Cup playoffs, he brought his goaltending average down to a sensational 2.00 goals per game.There was consternation in the Cleveland ranks last season when Wakely was snatched away and dispatched to Houston. Fortunately, unheralded Jerry DesJardins stepped into the breach to win rookie of-the-year honors in the AHL and make the league&rsquo;s official All-Star team.Now that DesJardins has moved on to the Los Angeles chain, Cleveland fans can feel comforted that Wakely has returned. At Houston last season, performing for the last-place team In the Central Professional Hockey League&rsquo;s Southern Division, he compiled a remarkable 2.95 average. Only one regular goalie in the league did any better.Wakely will stand out in the nets if he gets any protection. That will have to come from the few veterans and a bevy of a dozen or so youngsters whose average ages stand at slightly less than 22 years.The Baron team that opened the home season with an exhibition game against the Canadiens contained the names of defensemen Stan Fuller, Guy Lapointe, Pierre Bouchard, Don Fedun and Steve Hunt; centers Gary Monahan, Maurice St. Jacques and Mike Laughton; left wingers Bob Berry, John Vanderberg and Ken Kelly; right wingers Brian Harper and Marshall Johnston.How many will stick around is problematical but, obviously, a strong performer will be needed in the nets.Wakely appears to fill the bill. &#9632;

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AHL Club Strong In Goal With Ernie Wakely

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03274/2580345-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="247" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Garnett Bailey</figcaption></div>HERSHEY, Pa. &mdash;Coach Frank Mathers&rsquo; Hershey Bears, appear to have firepower In the ranks this season If the club&rsquo;s four-, game exhibition series against the Baltimore Clippers can be used as a gauge.Hershey, In rolling past the Clippers four times, out-scored them, 22-11, a 2 to 1 ratio with rookie winger Wayne Cashman showing the way with four tallies. And the Bears drew more than 10,000 for the games.The 6&rsquo;, 185-pound Cashman, who spent last season with Oklahoma city in the Central Hockey League is pegged as one of the best looking rookies to don a Bears&rsquo; suit In recent years.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got It,&rdquo; said Mathers of his 23-year-old fledgling American League skater. &ldquo;He handles the puck well, is a fine skater and has a knack of shaking loose for that good shot.&rdquo;Another rookie, Garnett Bailey a 20-year-old Edmonton product and also with Oklahoma last year, has played went, popping In a pair In the warm-up games.Veteran Michel Harvey chipped In with three, while holdovers Bud Debrody and Gil Gilbert, along with rookie Fraser Rice each came up with two goals against the Clippers.However, Mathers has been more than pleased with the efforts of his defensive corps, strengthened with the addition of Larry McNabb (Vancouver) and Bob Barber (Cleveland).The Boston Bruins also sent In goalie Colin McCormack, a 28-year-old &ldquo;rookie&rdquo; who spent the past several years playing amateur at Powell River, British Columbia.In his debut, McCormack suffered a six-stitch cut of the ear In pregame warm-up, then cameonto play the last two periods, permitting only two goals in 40 minutes to aid the club to an easy 6-3 win over Baltimore.Veterans John Henderson and Andre GUI have looked sharp in the nets, sharing the duty with another rookie, Dennis Gibson. With 24 skaters on hand, Including four goalies, Mathers has himself a problem, though he&rsquo;s not complaining.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to cut the squad to at least 20 players and It&rsquo;s going to be a bit of a problem at a couple of spots,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;This Is one of the best camps we&rsquo;ve had and we&rsquo;ve got some fine looking young players.&rdquo;Mathers, starting his 13th season as Hershey coach, has won the Eastern Division two straight years &mdash; but his goal this time out is the league title.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04212/2580338-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="526" height="540"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE CASHMAN&hellip; Rookie Impresses</figcaption></div>&ldquo;If we keep improving and everyone puts out 100 per cent,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve got a good chance to take it all this time. I expect our defense to be tough, maybe the toughest In the league.&rdquo; &#9632;

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New Edition of Bears Displays Fire Power As Cashman Leads Way

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05169/2580376-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="260" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Brown</figcaption></div>BALTIMORE, MD. &mdash;Hopes for a successful season in Baltimore this winter may eventually come to rest on the some what slender but firm shoulders of one of the the club&rsquo;s senior citizens.That would be, James Stewart Hunter Morrison, or just plain Jim, the 37-year-old rearguard whom the Clippers drafted No. 1 in last summer&rsquo;s Reverse Draft at the annual National League meeting in Montreal.Every hockey buff knows that the third with the Rangers before is $15,000. And, Baltimore owners Jake Embry and Zan Krieger along with general manager Terry Reardon were happy to part with the frogskins for Morrison, whose has to be a real bargain at that or any other price.Morrison&rsquo;s hockey career is pretty well know. He played for Toronto from 1951 through 1957-8 season, then spent a year with Boston, another with Detroit and a third with the Rangers before winding up in Quebec in 1960-61.Last spring Morrison completed eight consecutive seasons with the American League Aces before his being placed on the draft list by the Philadelphia Flyers who had bought the Quebec team that year.In his usual, quiet, self-effacing manner, Morrison has already ingratiated himself with Baltimore&rsquo;s legion of hockey followers, and more importantly, with the players themselves.His coach, and linemate, Aldo Guidolin says, &ldquo;Morrison serves as a great balance for our team&rsquo;s defense and as a general stablizier for the entire squad. He&rsquo;s great with youngers like Jim Watson and Nick Polano, and works like a well oiled machine with Bill Speer and myself. So far, Jimmy has done everything asked of him, and even a lot more&rdquo;.In the early going of this young campaign, Morrison&rsquo;s all around rink savy and field generalship has come into play at many crucial points of a game. He is generally regarded as one of the coolest customers in the game, is rarely ruffled and always seems to be at the right spot at the right time.While Guidolin credits Morrison with much of the team&rsquo;s early season success, the Clipper mentor is quick to point out that rookie Andy Brown has done well In his first season as a professional as the &ldquo;guardian of the nets&rdquo;, and of course has benefitted from Morrison&rsquo;s steady play along with the backline work of Billy Speer, Nick Polano, Jim Watson and Wally Chevrolet. &#9632;

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Clippers Pin Hopes On Shoulders Of Veteran Rearguard Jim Morrison

<div class="byline">By JOHN WHITE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01390/2580421-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="556" height="601"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE SINCLAIRNears 1,000th Game</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02304/2580414-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="556" height="602"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM WILCOX&hellip; Back In Fold</figcaption></div>SAN DIEGO, Calif. &mdash;The San Diego Gulls last season were the most-Improved team in the Western Hockey League.The Gulls climbed to third place after finishing in the cellar in their initial campaign in the WHL. They increased their victory total from 22 to 31.If the San Diego club is to climb this season, Coach Max McNab knows how it must be done. The Gulls must improve defensively.&ldquo;We gave up 266 goals our first year and 241 goals last year,&rdquo; says McNab. &ldquo;I figure we&rsquo;ll have to get down around 200 goals against to fight for the championship.&rdquo;&ldquo;This will be the best Western Hockey League ever,&rdquo; says McNab flatly. &ldquo;But if our defense plays as well as it should play, we&rsquo;ll be fighting for the title.&rdquo;McNab can chuckle a bit now as he thinks back to the defense in his first Gull training camp two years ago.&ldquo;We had one professional, Jim Wilcox, and six amateurs,&rdquo; he recalls. &ldquo;This year we had eight professional defensemen in camp. It&rsquo;s the first time we&rsquo;ve had any competition on defense. And it really has helped.&rdquo;As the end of training camp approached, the Gulls still had five holdovers from last season&rsquo;s blue-line corps &mdash; Jack Evans, Gordon Sinclair, Jim Wilcox, Dennis Huculak and Jim Eagle.Evans, who was 40 years old last spring, is playing his 20th professional campaign. Yet McNab says, &ldquo;Jack absolutely continues to amaze me. He had another excellent training camp. The first two games he didn&rsquo;t make a single mistake.&rdquo;&ldquo;Huculak had a good rookie year,&rdquo; says McNab, &ldquo;and we&rsquo;re glad to get him back. He should start out stronger this season.&rdquo;Sinclair, of course, will direct the offense. Barring injuries, Sinclair this year will be the first Western League defenseman in history to hit the 1,000-game mark. He started the year needing only 11 points to pass Fred Hucul as the highest-scoring defenseman of all time, with 565 points through last season. And he&rsquo;s already collected 432 assists to rate as the all-time playmaker.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s as good an engineer on the power play as there Is In the league,&rdquo; says McNab of Sinclair. &ldquo;And he had a good training camp.&rdquo;&ldquo;Eagle has shown great improvement,&rdquo; said McNab. &ldquo;His skating is a lot better. And he&rsquo;s starting to get a little more physical.&rdquo;Eagle, Indeed, was running at Portland Buckaroos in one preseason game as though his job depended on it.It might. Battling the five holdovers for jobs &mdash; and battling Is the word because San Diego Is an awfully nice place to play hockey &mdash; were Wayne Smith, Al Lebrun and Jim Cardiff.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03213/2580407-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="1136" height="2110"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALEX FAULKNER&hellip; Big Season Coming Up</figcaption></div>Smith played with Portland last season but saw little action. Lebrun was with Dallas In the Central League. Cardiff drew 122 minutes In penalties with Ft. Worth In the same circuit.&ldquo;Lebrun should be a good addition physically,&rdquo; says McNab, &ldquo;especially In the corners and along the boards.&rdquo;Of Cardiff, the coach says, &ldquo;Everyone keeps saying he&rsquo;s a little guy because his weight has been listed around 165. He weighs 180 and he&rsquo;s got the biggest legs In the league.&rdquo;The offhand guess, after watching Cardiff stir things up In at least one exhibition, is that he could prove the most help to a San Diego club that last season lacked muscle.In the nets, the Gulls, on paper, look weaker. Bob Champoux is still around but Dave Kelly returned to Portland. And Kelly last season enjoyed a 2.88 goals-against average that was the lowest of his professional career despite a defense that was not the strongest.Replacing Kelly will be the hero of the 1960 United States Olympic hockey team, Jack McCartan. McNab likes him. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll work in good In the two-goalie system.&rdquo;McCartan&rsquo;s record in the Western Hockey League with Los Angeles and San Francisco never was wildly impressive. His best goals-against mark was 3.12 with the old LA Blades In &lsquo;63. But he never played with a team that was exactly a powerhouse, either. Those statistics may be misleading.Up front, the Gulls have firepower.Centers Alex Faulkner and Warren Hynes are strong. And Faulkner, a one-time regular with Detroit, could have his best season.&ldquo;He started slowly last year,&rdquo; says McNab. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;ll bet that after Christmas he was the leading point getter In the league.&rdquo;McNab Is close. Scoring champion Art Jones had 33 points at Christmas, finished with 87. Faulkner had 25 points at Christmas, finished with 67 to rank seventh in the Western League.Hynes tied for 14th in WHL scoring with 60 points.The Gulls will miss Len Ronson at left wing. Ronson, after all, led the Western League In goals with 45, was runnerup to Jones In scoring 80 points and he turned in the best season of his career.But San Diego eased the loss a bit by obtaining Bruce Carmichael from Vancouver. In 13 pro seasons, Carmichael never has failed to score at least 20 goals. He sniped 31 last season with the disorganized last-place Canucks. His career record is 40, scored for Los Angeles in &lsquo;63.The Gulls are strong at left wing with Carmichael, Fred Hilts, Al Nicholson and Jack Stanfield. Hilts scored 35 goals last season, 45 a year earlier for a two-season total of 80. Nicholson scored 28 goals last year &mdash; his seventh straight campaign over the 23-mark.On right wing, the Gulls have holdovers Willie O&rsquo;Ree, Ed Ehrenverth and John MacMillan.O&rsquo;Ree slumped to 21 goals last season but Is capable of doubling that total. From 1965 through 1967 with Los Angeles, he collected 105 red lights &mdash; an average of 35 a campaign.MacMillan and Ehrenverth are not scorers but are honest two way hockey players.The Gulls will get their goals. They were the Western League&rsquo;s second-highest scoring team last season with 241, just five short of the leading Portland Buckaroos.&rsquo;The key to success will be on defense. If Cardiff and Lebrun help as much as McNab hopes, the defense could jell and the Gulls could be title threats. &#9632;

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But Gulls Must Improve Defensively In WHL

<h2>MOST POINTS</h2>Guyle Fielder &hellip; 1491Art Jones &hellip; 933Phil Maloney &hellip; 892Norm Johnson &hellip; 804Lou Jankowski &hellip; 726Bruce Carmichael &hellip; 688Tom Me Vie &hellip; 621Al Nicholson &hellip; 588Gordon Sinclair &hellip; 565Del Topoll &hellip; 556<h2>GOALS</h2>Lou Jankowski &hellip; 365Art Jones &hellip; 362Guyle Fielder &hellip; 348Phil Maloney &hellip; 320Tom McVie &hellip; 307Bruce Carmichael &hellip; 305Norm Johnson &hellip; 277Al Nicholson &hellip; 252Andy Hebenton &hellip; 246Bill Saunders &hellip; 234<h2>ASSISTS</h2>Guyle Fielder &hellip; 1143Phil Maloney &hellip; 572Art Jones &hellip; 571Norm Johnson &hellip; 527Gordon Sinclair &hellip; 432Bruce Carmichael &hellip; 383Lou Jankowski &hellip; 361Del Topoll &hellip; 361Gerry Goyer &hellip; 339Al Nicholson &hellip; 336<h2>PENALTY MINUTES</h2>Jim Hay &hellip; 1272Sandy Hucul &hellip; 1109Connie Madigan &hellip; 977Don Ward &hellip; 949Doug Messier &hellip; 909Larry McNabb &hellip; 756Gordon Sinclair &hellip; 743Mike Donaldson &hellip; 611Jack Evans &hellip; 526Gerry Leonard &hellip; 510 &#9632;

All-Time WHL Leaders

(Standings on Sun. Oct. 13)<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04166/2580476-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="609" height="343"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thurs. Oct. 10Phoenix. 1 at Seattle 1Fri. Oct. 11San Diego 4 at Denver 3Portland 3 at Vancouver 1Sat. Oct. 12Denver 1 at San Diego 5Vancouver 1 at Seattle 4<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Oct. 15San Diego at VancouverWed. Oct. 16San Diego at PortlandThu. Oct. 17Portland at PhoenixSeattle at VancouverFri. Oct. 18San Diego at SeattleSat. Oct. 19Denver at PhoenixPortland at San DiegoSun. Oct. 20Vancouver at PortlandDenver at Seattle &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02315/2580507-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON McKENNEY&hellip;Picked Up From Blues</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01367/2580514-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="238" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Sleaver</figcaption></div>PROVIDENCE, R.L. &mdash;Dave Creighton, general manager, coach and player for the R.I. Reds of the American Hockey League had 21 years of hockey behind him before the 1968-69 season opened. But at the risk of getting the improving Reds the tag of &ldquo;Old Timers&rdquo; let it be said that Creighton is not alone in having long years of service in professional hockey.In fact, with the aid of an adding machine, young Lou Pieri, who has taken over the Reds since the death of his father two years ago, found out that his squad at training camp had 195 years of service to its credit.Creighton of course topped the list. But not far behind was John Sleaver, the veteran center with 18 years. Marcel Paille, Eddie Kachur and Don McKenney, the former major leaguer cut adrif by St-Louis Blues showed 17 years of ice action each.Defenseman Moe Mantha stood at 16 years in pro hockey and like the others mentioned, seems to be getting better with age.It has long been said in sports that experience is a key factor. If this is true then the Reds with their 195 years, should really be a pennant threat in the American Hockey League.It is not likely to happen this season but the Reds could ice a team with 100 years of service made up of Paille, Mantha, defenseman Adam Keller (11), Creighton, McKenney and Sleaver.Around new year&rsquo;s last season, the Reds appeared to be going nowhere and the Eastern Division playoff berths seemed to be all sewed up by Hershey, Springfield and Baltimore.But the Reds, despite all their years in the hockey wars, Instead of completely collapsing late in the season, came on like a hurricane. In the end, it was Baltimore which was knocked out of the playoffs. The Reds then went on to whip Springfield, two games to one in the playoffs before being ousted from the AHL&rsquo;s post-season carnival by the Quebec Aces.&ldquo;The old pros&rdquo; is what some folks in Rhodes Island call the Reds who are on the way in a 43rd consecutive year in hockey. But Ross Brooks, the goalie who serves behind Paille, feels the term old does not apply. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got the experience and I feel it is going to pay off.&rdquo; Ross himself has been around 14 years.Two newcomers, Yves Locas from Springfield and Dick Meissner from Baltimore, are 11 year veterans. Both are in high spirits and feel the Reds have a good chance for the pennant. Locas once scored 40 goals for Pittsburgh. If he even comes close to that figure, he alone could pace Providence back to an era known as the &ldquo;Glory Days.&rdquo;That would be 1948-49 when the Reds won everything in sight with Terry Reardon, Carl Liscombe, Harvey Fraser, Roger Bedard and Art Michaluk.R.I. Auditorium, the home of the Reds, was built in 1926. As Arenas of the modern day go, it just don&rsquo;t rate. But any night you can sit in the stillness and seemingly hear the roar of the crowd imploring the Brimseks, Schmidts, Gagnons, Bauers, Rivers, Stanleys, Glactomins and hundreds of others to carry the Reds to victory.A new Arena is on the drawing board in Providence. It may be years in coming and it probably will doom the old building here at 1111 North Main St. But when the old Arena has been torn down and a new one put up, the memories of men with skates, pads and sticks, and a Rooster on their shirts, will linger on &mdash; forever. &#9632;

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Reds Again Loaded With Ice Vets, Could Get Jump On Younger Rivals

<div class="byline">By MATT DENNIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01217/2580552-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="292" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lyle Bradley</figcaption></div>Alain &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Caron, the undisputed scoring king of the Central Hockey League has returned. The rightwinger with the blasting shot is returning to the circuit where he enjoyed his greatest success in the play-for pay ranks since inking his name to a contract back in 1967.Caron, a 30-year-old native of Dolbeau, Que., came Into the Central League in the loop&rsquo;s inaugural season back in 1963-64 and In 71 games triggered 77 goals, a mark never equalled since and picked up 48 assists for 125, points &mdash; another record untouched.At five-feet-ten and hitting the scales around the 170-pound mark, Caron has been travelling since his glorious 1963-64 winter with the St. Louis Braves and consistently bulging the twine.As he won the Central League point-getting crown with his 125-point total, Caron also was named the right winger on the CHL All-Star squad.The following winter, hampered by injuries, he appeared in 60 games scoring 46 goals and notching 19 assists for 65 points posting an average of better than a point per game.In the 1965-66 season, he was firing for Buffalo Bisons of the American League and in 72 contests blasted 47 goals and was a helpmate on 29 occasions for a 76-point output. He spent the 1965-66 term with Portland of the Western League with a 35-25 record in 71 engagements.Last winter wearing uniforms of Oakland of the National League and Buffalo, he saw limited ice time but managed 17 goals and 15 assists.Coach Al MacNeil views the acquisition of Caron as a big bonus commenting, &ldquo;His record speaks for itself. He can score goals, goals win hockey gamesand that&rsquo;s what I want. I know all about his booming shot, I&rsquo;ve seen It and I&rsquo;m looking forward to his firing hard and often for goals with the Apollos this season.&rdquo;Brian Lavender, who broke in with the Apollos last winter as a centerman from Regina, Sask. Juniors, was aggressive up front and coach Ray Kinasewlch used him in the pivot spot and also on right wing. In 49 games, he fired seven goals and drew 11 assists and spent 105 minutes In the penalty box. He&rsquo;s back for his sophomore term with Houston.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02148/2580545-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="549" height="696"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALAIN CARON &hellip; Back In Old Haunts</figcaption></div>Lyle Bradley, who halls from Lloydminster, Sask., will be making his pro hockey debut with the Apollos after two seasons in the U.S. amateur ranks with the Des Moines Oak Leafs.A centerman at five-feet-nine and weighing 160 pounds, in his two seasons at Des Moines, Bradley flashed the light on 55 occasions and drew 117 assists for 172 points in 141 contests.Ron Roberts, who played in the Canadian amateur ranks with Drummondville (Quebec) also is a newcomer to Houston. A 26-year-old right-winger, he counted 22 goals and chalked up 19 assists last winter.Coach MacNeil looks for rookies Bradley and Roberts to put more punch into the Houston offense but looks for Caron to be a siege gun stating &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a goal scorer. I&rsquo;m glad he&rsquo;s on our side and the Houston fans will be happy about him too, once they see him in action.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Former CHL Hotshot Goal-Scorer, Alain Caron Returns With Houston

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla &mdash;&ldquo;We had a good season but fell in the playoffs and we are not planning on the same thing happening again,&rdquo; said Murray Davison, coach of the Oklahoma City Blazers prior to the opening of the new Central Hockey League campaign.&ldquo;We only lost 20 of our 70 games and we had the best defensive mark. A little more power up front and we would have been alright. This season we should have it and with last winter&rsquo;s rookies coming back with experience behind them, plus a couple of freshmen coming in with top scoring credentials, we should be allright. But there can be no letdown. We play 72 games and I want 72 good games from each member of the team,&rdquo; he commented.The Blazers lost defensman John Arbour and rightwinger Jean Pronovost who were dealt to Pittsburgh of the National League and Leftwinger Brian Bradley and center man Ron Buchanan were drafted by the major league Philadelphia Flyers. Before the Blazers broke camp, it was possible that Wayne Cashman and Garn Bailey would move to Hershey of the American League.Davison was impressed by the work at camp of rightwingers Steve Atkinson and Tom Webster.&ldquo;Webster had 50 goals and Atkinson 37 with Niagara Falls Flyers last season. They should be able to put the disc into the net in the Central League,&rdquo; said Davison.Jim Lorents, last season&rsquo;s rookie of the year in the Central circuit, is a returnee, and could better his last season&rsquo;s production figures of 33 goals and 50 assists.Jim Harrison, a pivotman from Esteven Bruins of the Western Canada junior loop, was voted the most valuable player of the circuit as he scored 32 goals and notched 43 assists and was strong as a checker. &#9632;

“Blazers’ Playoff Letdown Won’t Be Repeated” – Davison

For Something Different, Informative In Hockey Reading See T.V. Sections, Thumbnail Sketches In HOCKEY ANNUALFor All The Latest Hockey Developments Read The HOCKEY NEWS Know What&rsquo;s Going On In the Ice Sport.<h2>How They Stand</h2>(Standings on Sun. Oct. 13)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03118/2580614-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="602" height="285"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0491/2580607-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="589" height="177"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Fri. Oct. 11Dallas 1 at Memphis 4Oklahoma City 0 at Fort Worth 3Sat Oct 12Fort Worth 1 at Houston 2Kansas City 3 at Oklahoma City 5Omaha 4 at Tulsa 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Oct. 15Omaha at AmarilloWed. Oct. 16Amarillo at Fort WorthDallas at HoustonKansas City at TulsaFri. Oct. 18Tulsa at MemphisSat. Oct. 19Omaha at Fort WorthTulsa at MemphisSun. Oct. 20Kansas City at Amarillo &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0184/2580645-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="279" height="349"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pat Kelly</figcaption></div>CLINTON, N.Y. &mdash;The hopes of their Eastern Hockey League rivals that they would be weaker this season have been killed by the Clinton Comets as they prepare for the defense of their title.As the tailend of last year, it was reported that the Comets were going all out for the title because of rumors that their ranks would be depleted considerably this year. Retirements and a desire of others to stay in Canada were the reasons given for this situation.Well, the reports were not 100 percent wrong as the ranks have been sliced but only slightly. And to fill in the gaps, general manager Wren Blair of Minnesota, holder of the same title with the Comets, has supplied the Clinton six with some outstanding fresh material.As a consequence, coach Pat Kelly is looking just as hopefully towards this season as he did last year. The fact that his defense will be almost entirely intact is a definite plus. Last season Clinton allowed its opposition just 185 goals, the only team in either division to hold its foes to less than 200 goals. What&rsquo;s more, the second best total was the 242 of New Haven.With such a sturdy defense again available, it&rsquo;s no wonder Kelly is optimistic. The defense of course is headed by himself. Kelly not only is one of the cagiest defensemen in the circuit but also scores often, piling up 68 points last winter. His cohorts will include the rugged Ian Anderson, who is fresh from a 71-point season with 12 goals, and the steady Len Speck. The fourth member of last year&rsquo;s quartet, Pete Provost, was hurt in an August auto accident and won&rsquo;t be ready until next month.The biggest loss up front is Don Davidson, the EHL scoring king last year with 152 points and a key figure in Clinton&rsquo;s 57-5-10 slate. Don along with Rod Zaine, a 77 - point contributor, have indicated desire to play for Canada&rsquo;s National team this year. Another loss will be Howie Dietrich, a 118-point scorer, who has accepted a job in Waterloo, Ont.The loss of such a trio might be deemed disastrous in some quarters but not here. For the Comets still have Bill Bannerman and captain Jack Kane, who scored 142 and 137 points, respectively last year, and Dave Armstrong, and 83-pointmaker, as the nucleus for the front line. Blair is confident some of the newcomers will more than fill the breach.Some of the men sent here by the North Stars are forwards Joe Robertson of Oshawa, Tom Mitchell of Estevan, Jack Rathwell of North Bay, Glenn Lindsay, of Saskatoon and Marc Rioux of Verdun; goalie Glen Lindsay, and defenseman Rick Trembecky of Calgary.JERSEY: Left winger Reggie Meserve had trial with Philly Flyers. Devils also acquired defenseman Jean Marc Picard, a 11-year veteran who played for Vancouver the last two seasons, and Jamie Kennedy, younger brother of Forbes Kennedy. Club moved starting time to 8 P.M. Flyers sent defenseman Bob Taylor to Devils. Bill Christodal is out of the service. Ron MacPherson worked out at Detroit&rsquo;s camp. Devils trained at home rink.NEW HAVEN: Goalie Al Johnstone has been lost to Buffalo and defenseman Larry Brown to Omaha. Dave Hainsworth, from Kitchener Junior A, will replace Johnstone. Ray Carpentier has retired due to injuries. Ron Hergott has decided to stay in Canada. Coach Don Perry at 38 is questionable as an active performer. Defenseman Jim Currie purchased from Columbus.SALEM: Club trained at Welland, Ont. Jerry Firn, Bobby Taylor and Bob Dixon all had tryouts at Pittsburgh camp. Defenseman Ken Rodgers, who was secured from Knoxville, drilled with Philadelphia and center Wally Chase was at Baltimore&rsquo;s camp. Rebels play 9 games in first 15 days of season. Travel schedule improved over a year ago.SYRACUSE: Blazers opened Toronto rookie camp with 92 candidates. Holdovers include forwards John Chapman, Chris Finnerty, Danny Sandford and Ed Skyhar; defensemen Bill Lastic, Bob Scott and Clobie Collins and goalie Chuck Rutledge. In early drills, best new faces included Bill Weatherbie, Pierre Belanger and Rick Switzer and 6-5 goalie Marty Bauer who had an 18-stitch forehead cut after stopping a shot. Ray Adduono, runnerup in scoring race last year, lost to pros.LONG ISLAND: Club trained at home Commack rink. Team has working agreement with Los Angeles Kings and will get players from them. Coach John Brophy expects Gaye Cooley, goalie from Knoxville, to be netminder Buzz Deschamps has come out of retirement. Ray Melnyx will play in Western Canada and Benny LeBlanc in Canada. Hal Willis turned pro with Detroit.NASHVILLE: Flyers have almost tripled season ticket sale of last year under aggressive program of owner Mark Parrish. Other EHL clubs bidding for surplus defensemen with Flyers holding out for top forward. Norm Ryder No. 1 rumor to go. Team trained at Port Colborne Ont. Don La belle received permission from off-season boss to play here.JOHNSTOWN: Dick Roberge playing 14th season here. Galen Head back with team after 105-point rookie season. Team trained at Niagara Falls, Ont. Jim Mair, Mike Crupi and Reg Kent all were at Detroit camp. Jets secured right wing Steve Andrascik, center Gene Peacosh, and defensemen George Forgie and Joe Zanussi from Detroit. Goalie Jim Coombs from Edmonton is another candidate.CHARLOTTE: Fred Creighton coaching team for fifth season. Checkers getting player help from Toronto, Rochester and Tulsa. Checkers believe this is their year to win title for first time since mid-50&rsquo;s &hellip; Creighton made some important contacts this summer for youthful personnel.GREENSBORO: Generals held training quarters at St. Catherines, Ont. where coach Ron Spong opened his ninth year at helm. Chicago Black Hawks providing some outstanding help to team. John Murray, Don Carter, Ron Muir and Bob Smith spent summer here. &#9632;

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North Stars’ Help Could Prolong Clinton Reign

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01102/2580742-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="283" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cal Purinton</figcaption></div>DAYTON, O. &mdash;Dayton had the largest training camp in the International Hockey League, with a flock of newcomers being looked over by new coach Larry Wilson but it still appeared that the Gems would have the most veterans in the lineup of any club when they faced of for the season&rsquo;s openers.At least 13 players from the lineup that finished second in the IHL last season were scheduled to be back in Dayton uniform. Included in this group were Capt. Sid Garant, Dune Rousseau, Gerry Moore, Moe Benoit, John Adams, Lorne Weighhill, Cliff Bristow, Bob Regis, Gerry Mazur and Bill Horton.These were definite. But there were a half dozen others expected to return but whose status was still in doubt up to almost time for the start. These included leading scorer Don Westbrooke, who had been in training with Sprlnfield of the American League but who assured General Manager Lefty McFadden that he would be on hand; Barry Merrell, who was in Bsoton&rsquo;s camp; Al Beaulle, with Hershey and Garry McMillan, with Pittsburgh.Bob Bailey, who was suspended for the season for an attack upon a league official, has been reinstated but does not plan to play. Pat Rupp, Gems&rsquo; goalie for three seasons, who played for the U.S. Olympic team last year, has returned.Fort Wayne, with the league&rsquo;s second largest training camp, under new coach Len Thomson, figured to have ten back from last season. These included goalie Gerry Randall, defensemen Lional Repka, Ted Wright and Barry Burnett and forwards Thomson, Reggie Primeau, Norm Waslawski, Merv Dubchak, Doug Reid and Bob Baird. A former Komet welcomed back was defenseman Cal Purinton, who was with Omaha last season. Finghting Randall for the No. 1 goal tending job were George Surmay from Winnipeg and Ken Lockett from Toronto.Muskegon&rsquo;s champion Mohawks had to find some replacements but they had a strong nucleus from last year, including Bryan McLay, Gary Ford, Pierre Le-Blanc, Bob Tombari, Jim Young, Lynn Margarit, Hugh Harris, Jack Brewer, goalie Tim Tabor and possibly Joe Kastelic, who was recovering from a shoulder surgery. Definite losses were Carl Brewer, who was coaching in Finland; defenseman Jean-Guy Lagace, who signed with Amarillo and winger Ken Kelly, with the Montreal organization.Columbus was more-or-less standing pat, with only 17 actually invited to the training camp, to be joined by several rookies.One of these was Doug Volmar, from the U.S. Olympic team, who was declared by Coach Murray Williamson to have the &ldquo;hardest slap shot in the country&rdquo;.Des Moines was expected to have the largest number of new faces on the ice. Notable departures were John Annable, traded to Toledo for Chick Chalmers and Gary Harmer, to Port Huron. Toledo&rsquo;s big move was the trade of Chalmers but the Blades had their perennial mainstay, Glenn Ramsay, back in goal. Port Huron was reported planning to place a lineup dominated by rookies or the ice, under new foach Tec Garvin. &#9632;

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Dayton Slated To Have Most Vets Back In Lineup

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0246/2580773-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="261" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Buddy Boone</figcaption></div>TOLEDO, O.&mdash;Four new coaches were in charge when the International Hockey League teams opened training camps in preparation for the start of the season.It was the largest turnover of coaches in the IHL in recent years. Dayton, Fort Wayne, Des Moines and Fort Huron were the clubs undergoing changes. Two general managers, Ken Ullyot at &lsquo;Fort Wayne and Howie Milford Des Moines were giving up their dual roles in favor of &lsquo;turning over the coaching responsibilities to others.Ullyot named veteran Len Thomson as playing coach of the Komets. It will be the 13th season in the IHL for Thomson, a perennial high scoring leader who has taken charge of the team temporarily on several occasions.At Des Moines Milford picked Carl (Buddy) Boone to succeed him as coach. Boone has a long career of 17 years in hockey, chiefly in the Western and American Leagues and one season with Boston in the National.Larry Wilson is taking over at Dayton, where Warren Back resigned to devote full time to other interests.Ted Garvin is the new coach at Port Huron, replacing Jerry Toppazzinni.Three coaches will be returning; Moose Lallo at Muskegon, Terry Slater at Toledo and Moe Bartoli at Columbus. &#9632;

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BOONE AMONG FOUR NEW IHL PILOTS

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. &mdash;The Central Junior A Hockey League opened its seventh season with five clubs three holdovers from last year and two new entries, but minus their league champion.Cornwall Royals, who won it all last year, have joined the Montreal Metro League, leaving the Brockville Braves, Pembroke Lumber Kings and Smiths Falls Bears to clash with new entries Ottawa M & W Rangers and Hull Hawks.First place finishers, Brockville Braves, appear to have been the hardest hit club in player losses. Andy Teeple, Al Ferguson and Larry Reilly were a 131-goal forward unit in 1967-68 and made up the complete forward line of the first all-star team. All three have graduated from junior ranks. Coach Danny Dexter places his hopes on a strong defence, featuring two second-team all-stars Gord Smith, defence, and goalie Ron Bates. Dan Creighton returns for a second term on the Brockville blueline, bringing his play making ability which resulted in 22 assists garnered last season. A highly-touted scoring prospect is Steve Bajinsiki, up from junior B Brockville Tikis.Pembroke Lumber Kings, fourth place finishers last year, will continue to confound sportwriters and opposing defencemen with the return of the look-alike, high-scoring Schimmen twins. Even coach Maurice Sheridan can&rsquo;t tell them apart. Eldon with 39 points and Rodney with 36, will anchor the Pembroke offence, with 40-point center Dennis Halliday making the plays. Centre Jim Sunstrum and Blueliner Sonny Quinn are experienced returnees. Richard Sampson saw limited work behind all-star goalie Cecil Reynolds last season, but with the latter graduated, Sampson should have the cage job all sewed up.The Smiths Falls Bears ended the &lsquo;67-68 season in second place and lost the final series to Corwall. Offensively the Bears are counting heavily on 45-goal rightwinger Mike Cyr. New coach Hal Dewey is taking a long look at aspirants from junior B and midget ranks. The Hurtubise brothers, Rick and Dan, played only a few games last season and they are expected to be full-time performers up front. Junior B defenceman Owen Jelly will probably nail down a Bears spot as will midget goalie Danny Linton.Can a team that won district midget A honors be moved on masse into junior A ranks? That&rsquo;s, the question coach Ross Potter is asking as he brings his trophy laden midget Ottawa M & W Rangers into the Central Junior League. Ross is no stranger to junior level, having coached the now-defunct Ottawa Capitals four years ago. His midget club swept all before the Ottawa valley last season, and he thinks they can compete in junior ranks. He may be right! Physically, his midget club was one of the biggest in size seen in the Ottawa area for many years. The key to Rangers&rsquo; success will be goalie Gilles Simpson, touted to be a good pro prospect.Two well-known hockey figures came out of retirement to revive junior hockey in Hull. Owner manager Rolly Sarault and coach Jean-Paul &ldquo;Lally&rdquo; Lalonde have been busy all summer after the former purchased the last-place Eastview franchise and moved it to Hull. Rookie of the year Dave Larabie will be leading the Castors de Hull into the new season. His 31 goals and 26 assists were the main offensive thrust of the former Eastview Astros. Other Astro players lining up with the new Hull entry are centre Ken Quaile, forwards Danny Rheault and Dave Hunt, and blueliners Claude Duguay and Larry Boyd.League President Ernie Noonan of Smiths Falls has drawn up a 40-game schedule for the Central League season, featuring mostly weekend dates. Noonan fells that there will be better balance among the clubs, especially since the Corwall entry left the league.<h2>OHA Junior Schedule</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0183/2580839-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="576" height="481"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0248/2580832-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="569" height="1273"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0333/2580825-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="581" height="1357"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0424/2580818-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="564" height="1564"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0514/2580811-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="574" height="1343"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0611/2580804-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="536" height="430"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0023-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0710/2580870-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN OCTOBER 26 ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Pictured player.7&mdash;4. down was once one.9&mdash;One of the Seattle Totems.11&mdash;The (fr.)12&mdash;An N.H.L. coach13&mdash;Initials of one of the Penguins.14&mdash;Initials of one of the Rangers.16&mdash;Initials of Ellett of Houston17&mdash;One of the Penguins answers to this.18&mdash;Nickname of 16 down.20&mdash;9th and 2nd letters of the alphabet.21&mdash;Skating requisite.22&mdash;Hoekstra of Cleveland anwers to this.23&mdash;Initials of 9 across.24&mdash;Hockey News Initials.26&mdash;A Canadian Province (abb.)27&mdash;A faucet.29&mdash;Pronoun.31&mdash;Wears No. 16 for Los Angeles33&mdash;First name of a former scoring great.34&mdash;Billiard requisite<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;One of the Red Wings.2&mdash;A San Diego forward.3&mdash;Initials of Armstrong Rochester,4&mdash;One of the Penguins answers to this.5&mdash;Initials of former HabGravelle.6&mdash;An N.H.L. captain,8&mdash;Skov is one (Abbr,)10&mdash;Initials of one of the Flyers, 15-1956-57 Lady Byng Trophy winner.16&mdash;A former Leaf.19&mdash;Twin vowels.25&mdash;Precious stone.28&mdash;Yes.30&mdash;A former Boston Line.32&mdash;Initials of one of the Smarke brothers.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;PROVOST9&mdash;RATELLE10-ONT.11&mdash;O.L.12&mdash;ATTWELL13&mdash;VIA14&mdash;INN.16&mdash;SID.17&mdash;S.L.19&mdash;IN.20&mdash;TOM.22&mdash;JOE.23&mdash;WATSON27&mdash;R.E.28&mdash;M.O.29&mdash;MACDONALD<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;PRONOVOST2&mdash;RAN.3&mdash;OTTAWA4&mdash;V.E.5&mdash;O.L.6&mdash;SLOW.7&mdash;TELEVISION8&mdash;OAKLAND15&mdash;NINE18&mdash;LOW21&mdash;MARC22&mdash;JOHN24&mdash;TED25&mdash;ROD26&mdash;A.M.28&mdash;M.L. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;The Bruins were four exhibition games removed from the opening of their National Hockey League schedule when Coach Harry Sinden finally settled on the lineup he hoped would take the team again into the playoffs and possibly to the top of the Eastern Division.The Bruins then posted a 1-1-2 record and scored only eight goals while allowing six.For a team that had registered the most goals in the league this year this - seemed a disappointing output but Sinden was hardly disturbed.&ldquo;I was a bit disappointed&rdquo;, he said. &ldquo;Because I want to see our team win every game we play and I want to see that puck going into the net. &ldquo;But when I analyzed each game against what we had been trying to work on from the opening of our training camp, I couldn&rsquo;t be discouraged.&ldquo;Our main objective for the start of the season was to improve our team defense so that we could cut down on the goals scored against us.&ldquo;A year ago we scored 259 goals but allowed 216. This put us in third place.&ldquo;Montreal allowed 167 goals, the least in the league and finished on top. New York allowed 183 and was second. Only Toronto allowed less with 176 but Toronto also scored the least goals in the division to finish fifth.&ldquo;Now,&rdquo; went on Sinden &ldquo;my theory is this. If we can maintain a goals against pace that is better than last year we can&rsquo;t help but be a better hockey team.&ldquo;As for our scoring, I don&rsquo;t know that we will score as many as a year ago but I do know that we have a lot of good scorers on this team.The Bruins last year had seven players who hit for more than 20 goals each.Phil Esposito was the leader with 35 and battled down to the wire with Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita for the league lead.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0196/2580908-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="549" height="504"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY ORR&hellip;Missed on Power Play</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think anyone can ever again call Esposito a garbage man as they did when he was playing with Bobby Hull at Chicago. He got those goals on his own and he showed everyone he can find the net.&ldquo;I might have been disturbed in those last four exhibition games if we didn&rsquo;t have scoring opportunities.&ldquo;But they were there. We had our chances. We set up the plays well. We just didn&rsquo;t finish them off.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a matter of sharpness and maybe the fact that it still was training camp time and we were not in the best of physical condition.&ldquo;As long as we can keep the offense moving to get the puck around the net, I&rsquo;m sure we will score with guys like Esposito, Ken Hodge, Fred Stanfield, Johnny McKenzie, Johnny Bucyk, Eddie Shack, Derek Sanderson and Tommy Williams.&rdquo;&ldquo;There is another thing about our scoring,&rdquo; added Sinden. &ldquo;Our power play was lacking some of its bite.&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t have Bobby Orr on the ice in any of our exhibition games. He can make a big difference out there and I don&rsquo;t think anyone in the league will dispute that.&ldquo;Our goal-tending was excellent as we moved down to the last week before the opening of the season. Eddie Johnston and Gerry Cheevers got equal work and both were healthy. Remember last year Johnston had that back trouble and we were well into the season before he was at his best.&ldquo;With the defense allowing only 1.5 goals in those last four exhibition games. I have to be satisfied that we were ready to open the season.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS: The Bruins will have four alternate captains In the lineup this season &hellip; Phil Esposito and Johnny Bucyk retained their As &hellip;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0249/2580901-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="1148" height="1485"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL ESPOSITO&hellip;No &lsquo;Garbage&rsquo; ScorerEddie Westfall and Orr were named to go along with last year&rsquo;s pair&hellip; Sinden reserved the decision on his starting goalie until right before the start of the opener with Detroit at the Garden &hellip; &ldquo;The way they both were playing it really doesn&rsquo;t make much difference&rdquo;, he said.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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