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November 2, 1968

The Hockey News November 2, 1968

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01747/2850351-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 27)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02688/2850344-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="595" height="1483"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03580/2850337-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="597" height="1494"></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

NHL SCORING RACE

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01725/2850120-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="257" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Harris</figcaption></div>DETROIT. Mich.&mdash;When Ron Harris first was with the Red Wings they nicknamed him &ldquo;Li&rsquo;l Abner.&rdquo; Harris has muscles on his muscles. In his second time around with the Wings he&rsquo;s getting a chance to use the muscles. Harris and Bob Baun. who arrived together in a May trade with the Oakland Seals, have made coach Bill Gadsby&rsquo;s defenseman&rsquo;s heart warm.Gadsby was a hitter and they&rsquo;re hitters. Harris hit Montreal&rsquo;s Jacques Laperriere so hard he knocked him all the way back to Montreal.It happened during the Canadians&rsquo; first visit to Olympia this season and shortly after Laperriere scored what proved to be the winning goal in a 4-2 Montreal victory.The tall Montreal defenseman had a breakaway and Gordie Howe steamed up from his right in time to lift his stick as Laperriere made ready to shoot. Then Harris hit him from the blind side and it was like a trip through a cement mixer.Laperriere tried to get up. couldn&rsquo;t and had to be helped from the ice. He sat on the bench for the third period and was sent back to Montreal the next day for treatment of a charley horse.&ldquo;I got him pretty good,&rdquo; admitted Harris with a smile.It&rsquo;s not all one-way, of course. Harris has a black eve, souvenir of Jim Neilson&rsquo;s elbow late in a Detroit &mdash; New York game. The eye was closed completely the next morning.But that&rsquo;s Harris&rsquo; game &mdash; contact. Unfortunately, it took a while for the hockey people to find a permanent position for him. He was both a defenseman and right wing in the Detroit chain and after scoring 18 goals at Memphis in 1964-65, his best year up front, general manager Sid Abel promised him a trial with the big club.It didn&rsquo;t happen. Less than two months later he was part of a trade package to Boston. Harris spent two training camps with the Bruins but failed to make the club. Boston was about to call him up during the 1965-66 season but Harris had a little accident.&ldquo;I was going for Connie Madigan of Portland in the corner. He&rsquo;d just gotten rid of the puck. But I missed him.&rdquo;Harris didn&rsquo;t miss the boards, though. He hit them so hard he broke his shoulder.The next season he ran into one of his own men and tore ligaments in his knee and needed surgery.&lsquo;I was getting a little dejected about then and thinking of quitting hockey during the summer but I thought about expansion and hoped I&rsquo;d be drafted.&rdquo;He was, by the Oakland Seals. Life with Bert Olmstead didn&rsquo;t do anything good for Harris&rsquo; nerves, though.&ldquo;You got so that you were afraid to touch the puck, afraid you&rsquo;d make a mistake,&rdquo; Harris said.The Wings were impressed by Harris&rsquo; toughness, though, and asked for him in the deal with the Seals. They weren&rsquo;t sure though where they were going to play him, right wing or defense.&ldquo;I hadn&rsquo;t played defense for Three years and I didn&rsquo;t know I was going to play it here until I read it in the papers,&rdquo; Harris said.&ldquo;If was kinda funny the first few days of training camp to see all those guys coming at me.&rdquo;Ron is making the adjustment nicely, though. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s played steady and he&rsquo;s making &lsquo;em honest.&rdquo; Gadsby said. &ldquo;The thing that surprised me about Harris is his skating. He&rsquo;s a better skater than I thought he was.&rdquo;Harris credits his three years as a forward to improving his skating and now he doesn&rsquo;t feel they were wasted years.Harris is one of those few Montreal &mdash; born players who didn&rsquo;t get into the Canadiens&rsquo; chain.He&rsquo;s half-French and attended French schools but was brought up in hockey in the Red Wing system.ICE CHIPS: Gadsby had lavish praise for Roger Crozier especially after the Wings lost, 4-2, to Montreal. Montreal had 42 shots, including a penalty shot by Claude Provost, and the majority were tough ones.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen him look any better,&rdquo; Gadsby said. &ldquo;He was unbelieveable,&rdquo; said Jean Beliveau, even though Beliveau scored two of the Canadiens&rsquo; goals.Gadsby was unhappy though with defenseman Kent Douglas who has been undistinguished after a good start in training camp and he&rsquo;s been working with his third line of Nick Libett, Pete Mahovlich and Ron Anderson which is slow getting untracked. &#9632;

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Harris Rocks NHL Rivals With Hitting Tactics

(Standings on Wed. Oct. 30)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0298/2851739-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="589" height="264"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Oct. 22Muskegon 2 at Dayton 4Wed. Oct. 23Muskegon 2 at Columbus 7Fort Wayne 3 at Toledo 2Fri. Oct. 25Columbus 2 at Des Moines 3Port Huron 3 at Toledo 5Sat. Oct. 26Columbus 6 at Des Moines 4Toledo 1 at Fort Wayne 6Port Huron 3 at Muskegon 5Sun. Oct. 27Muskegon 1 at Port Huron 5Toledo 2 at Dayton 3<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0384/2851732-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="588" height="395"></div> &#9632;

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How They Stand

PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;Mrs. Marguerite V. Rivers, secretary and treasurer of the Rhode Island Auditorium, Inc., died Oct. 22 at Rager Williams General Hospital after an illness of one year. She was 60 years of age.Mrs. Rivers was employed by the auditorium for 40 years, first as secretary to the late Louis A. R. Pieri, auditorium owner and manager, and subsequently as secretary-treasurer of the auditorium corporation.When she first joined the auditorium staff as a high school graduate, young Marguerite Mc-Namara quickly became known as &ldquo;Mac.&rdquo; Thereafter she was &ldquo;Mac&rdquo; to hockey players, sports writers and people from the entertainment world, and to all of them, &ldquo;Mac&rdquo; was a nickname used only with affectionate regard.Mrs. Rivers was married to Gus Rivers, a former Reds&rsquo; player and member of the R.I. Reds Hockey Half of Fame. &#9632;

AHL Reds’ Figure, Mrs. Rivers Dies

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01507/2851974-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02381/2851967-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="479" height="659"></div>Missed Game Too Muth Savs Plante-Page 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03169/2851960-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="481" height="656"></div>Ron Harris A Red Wing Wilt &lsquo;Hits&rsquo;-Page 7Crozier Bouncing Back In Old Time Net Form-Page 6 &#9632;

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OLD TEAMS DOMINATING NHL’S EAST-WEST PLAY

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01681/2849772-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="266" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce Hood</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES Calif.&mdash;It was quite week for Regan. The Kings&rsquo; general manager broke his hand, but that didn&rsquo;t hurt nearly as much as what was yet to come. He broke it on a referee&rsquo;s jaw.That was Sunday night, after the Kings had blown a 3-1 lead in the last period and had to settle for a 4-4 tie in Oakland.Three days later Regan, displaying a cast on his left hand, joined the Los Angeles hockey writers for lunch in the Forum Club. These are affairs that Regan, a genial, gregarious sort, usually enjoys. This one he did not.He parried the anticipated barbs in good humor and the luncheon, an informal affair, got under way. Then coach Red Kelly, who had been tied up in practice at Burbank all morning, walked in and took a seat. The questioning proceeded.The first writer wanted to know if young defenseman Jim Murray would arrive from the Springfield farm to replace Brent Hughes, who had a broken cheekbone. in time for the home opener the next night against Boston.Kelly looked at the writer and replied, &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t know he was coming.&rdquo;The writer handed Kelly a press release that had just been distributed by team publicist Jon Washington, a man now trapped in the middle of a front-office crossfire.&ldquo;I see,&rdquo; Kelly said icily, without looking at Regan, who remained silent at the other end of the table. &ldquo;Well, who am I going to sit out? I have 19 players and can dress only 18. Maybe they&rsquo;ll send me a memo on that, too.&rdquo;He may not get a memo, but Regan got the message. Kelly would prefer to be consulted on all player recalls &mdash; or at least informed of them before he reads it in the papers.Regan, who had already bought more than his share of trouble that week, maintained his silence but later explained the lack of communication.Hughes had been struck in the face by the puck deflecting off his own stick in the Oakland game and had taken five stitches. But on the morning of the luncheon routine X rays showed that the floor of the right orbit (bony socket of the eye) was fractured. So rather than waste time or bother Kelly at practice, Regan made the move he figured Kelly would approve of &mdash; recalling Murray immediately for the Thursday game.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02642/2849765-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1161" height="1159"><figcaption class="caption-body">Kings&rsquo; GM LARRY REGAN, left, and coach RED KELLY, in more friendly time as they plan moves for Los Angeles Kings.</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Murray is the best man we had at Springfield,&rdquo; Regan said. &ldquo;Red agrees with that.&rdquo;But, back at the luncheon. Kelly continued to study the release.&ldquo;Maybe I can find out what&rsquo;s happening.&rdquo; he said, his low monotone dripping with sarcasm. &ldquo;When I receive my memo I can tell you who&rsquo;ll be playing where and when.&rdquo; Significantly, Murray did not. Kelly went with four defensemen.Kelly, in Pater questioning also took exception to Regan&rsquo;: remarks earlier in the week implying that the Kings were being manhandled by more aggressive opponents.&ldquo;Nobody&rsquo;s handling our guys bodily,&rdquo; Kelly retorted. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re getting cut (six players with 41 stitches after two games), but nobody&rsquo;s pushing them around. That&rsquo;s baloney!&rdquo;Regan later visited Kelly&rsquo;s office to straighten out things, then said, &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t see making anything out of it at the luncheon. Sure, Red and I have differed on a lot of things &mdash; but he&rsquo;s always gotten his way.&rdquo;But that was only Regan&rsquo;s second loss of the week. At Oakland his low-boiling Irish temper ran over when referee Bruce Hood dealt King defenseman Dale Rolfe a minor and major penalty after a stick duel with Carol Vadnais, who got off with a minor although Rolfe was doing all the bleeding. Shorthanded, the Kings gave up the game-tying goal with a minute to play.&ldquo;I was mad,&rdquo; Regan admitted. &ldquo;I was waiting for him (Hood) when he came off the ice to ask him for a ruling. He said, &lsquo;Who the heck are you?&rsquo; and I said, &lsquo;You know damn well who I am.&rsquo; We had a couple of more words and then I hit him.&rdquo;Witnesses said that the linesmen separated the pair. Regan joined the Kings at the airport holding a pair of very sore hands.&ldquo;I was just sick and tired of it,&rdquo; he said, making no attemps to deny his act. &ldquo;We seem to be spilling ail the blood and getting all the penalties.&rdquo;He at least hoped the incident would arouse his players.&ldquo;Our players are going to change their image,&rdquo; he said. &#9632;

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Kings 9 GM Lands In Hot Water, Slugs Referee, Crosses Up Kelly

LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;The Los Angeles Kings had the West&rsquo;s best record (10-12-2) against the East last season and got off on the right foot again. The West had been blanked with seven losses and two ties against the East until the Kings broke through against Boston in their home opener, 2-1 &hellip; Jimmy Peters, considered only a token from&rsquo; Detroit in the trade for Terry Sawchuk had his Springfield travel plans delayed. He has teamed up with Real Lemieux to form an excellent penalty killing tandem &hellip; Boston coach Harry Sinden had a point on the effects of an Eastern team playing out West. Although they gain three hours, the body doesn&rsquo;t know it so a game on the coast &ldquo;gets over at 2 a.m. our (Eastern) time. And then it&rsquo;s 90 degrees. You just don&rsquo;t feel like playing rough&rdquo; &hellip; Jack Kent Cooke who likes to have top entertainers sing the Star Spangled Banner before his Kings and Lakers games, opened the hockey season with a smash &mdash; Sarah Vaughn, who was appearing at the nearby Century Plaza. &#9632;

Kings Snap East’s Monopoly Over West In Expansion Play

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The National Hockey League clubowners&rsquo; move to increase the number of games between expansion and old-line clubs for the current season appears to be an unwise one.Last year the Western Division neophytes took on their established Eastern Division rivals four times each and enjoyed a reasonable amount of success. This year, however, with the number of meetings increased from four to six to help hypo Western offices, the results have been nothing short of disastrous to date.Wren Blair, general manager and coach of Minnesota North Stars and Scotty Bowman, who serves in the same capacity for the Stanley Cup finalist St. Louis Blues, were two of the few dissenters when the new format was first suggested no one listened.Of the first 20 East-West clashes this year, the established teams won 15 and tied two. They outscored the newer clubs 81-40, with all three losses coming by a one-goal margin.The lone Western wins were by Oakland, 4-3 over Chicago; by Los Angeles, 2-1 over Boston, and by St. Louis, also 2-1 over the same Bruins. Despite these two defeats, Boston did own three wins over other Western teams for a 3-2 edge. &#9632;

‘Old’ Teams Dominating NHL Action

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01683/2849858-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Many Faces Of Jacques Plante</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;He crouched lithe and alert, mask shielding his face in the style of a Medieval knight ready for battle. He moved stealthily at first, like a cat burglar, and then suddenly with the speed of a striking rattlesnake.For many who had been exposed even slightly to the National Hockey League from 1953 to 1965 there was something hauntingly familiar about this particular goaltender. There was the unorthodox and the unexpected about this fellow. He played behind his cage, beside his cage, far out in front of his cage. He did all those little things that goaltenders once were supposed not to do.But this was Jacques Plante, the man who invented a whole new philosophy of hockey goaltending. Jacques Plante, who had come out of Shawinigan Falls, Quebec back in 1951 at the age of 22 to play amateur hockey with the Montreal Royals. Then came ten star-studded years with the Montreal Canadiens. Six times he was a member of the National Hockey League All Star team and six times was winner of the Vezina Trophy as the league&rsquo;s best goaltender. Only the great Bill Durnan, of the Canadiens had ever won the Vezina six times, back from 1944 to 1950 when Elmer Lach and Toe Blake were ramrodding the Canadiens to hockey supremacy.But this was October, 1968 and Plante was wearing the gold and white trimmed blue uniform of St. Louis.At the age of 40, Jacques Plante was making a comeback with the St. Louis Blues. It was a comeback showed early promise of being thrillingly successful.Plante, a six-foot, 175-pound French Canadien who has been retired for four years, was drafted by the Blues last summer from the New York Rangers&rsquo; list of unprotected players. He opened the season in the nets for St. Louis because Glenn Hall was given permission by club officials to report late so that he could get the crops in on his farm at Humbolt, Sask. Hall missed the Blues training camp entirely.Meanwhile, Plante was leaving little room for doubt that he was still the master of the nets. In the Blues&rsquo; opener against the Black Hawks in Chicago, he gave up four goals in losing a nip-and-tuck affair, 4-3. Back home for the Blues season opener Plante shut out the Los Angeles Kings, 6-0. It was his 64th NHL career shutout. As early as the first period the St. Louis opening game audience of 14,974 got a look at Plante&rsquo;s credentials. With Cowboy Bill Flett racing over the Blues&rsquo; defense zone in pursuit of a loose puck; Plante flashed 20 feet out of his goal to flick the disc away from Flett and then recovered quickly enough to knock down another Los Angeles blast at the St. Louis cage.In his third appearance he lost a 4-2 decision to Montreal but in game No. 4 came within the final 10 seconds of gaining another shutout as the Blues beat the Oakland Seals, 4-1. Only Plante&rsquo;s magic in the nets saved the Blues from possible defeat in this one. He made point-blank saves on Gary Jarrett and Joe Szura in the first period, added a remarkable stop of an almost certain goal by Bryan Watson in the second period, and robbed Norm Ferguson of another in the final period.Only a couple of cheap penalties on Ron Schock and Noel Picard in the final two minutes enabled the Seals to finally penetrate Plante&rsquo;s armor as the Blues frantically sought to hold off Oakland with three players.In an interview with THE HOCKEY NEWS, Plante told this writer that he had reluctantly decided to retire from hockey in 1965 because of the illness of his wife who had suffered a nervous breakdown.&ldquo;I had to quit when I did,&rdquo; Plante said. &ldquo;The doctor told me I must stay close to her while she recovered. I always missed hockey while I was out but we have two boys (Michel 17 and Richard 13) and they needed me at home. This year my wife told me that if I wanted to get back in the game it was fine with her.&rdquo;During his retirement from hockey Plante worked for a Canadian brewery in sales promotion.Did he miss the game during his absence?&ldquo;Well,&rdquo; said Jacques, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s not easy to be a working man either. You get up early in the morning and work long hours and there are a lot of pressures in a job. In hockey you actually work only a couple of hours a day and you get five months off during the summer. I love practicing hockey and I love the game. You have to love the game to be successful in it. There are too many sacrifices you have to make. You have to watch your diet and your rest and do a lot of exercising to keep in shape.&rdquo;Plante, who has an asthmatic condition, normally gets to bed about 10 p.m. whenever possible.He surprised even himself with his ability to regain his skills so quickly after joining the Blues. He didn&rsquo;t think he would be ready to start the season after so long a layoff.He credits his experience and an adjustment that he developed in training camp with his rapid progress.&ldquo;I have been working more on playing the angles and cutting down on the target,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I have been getting away with it as well as I have.&rdquo;Plante says there has been a marked change in the shooting of players in the few years he has been away from the game.&ldquo;Before I quit there were maybe on or two players on a team that had the kind of hard shot that made it necessary for a goaltender to play the angles very close. I could bear down on these fellows by coming out and cutting down the shooting angle. Now there are seven or eight players on every team who can score on your from the blueline and so you gotta come out and block the angles. If you know you gotta player coming at you that can&rsquo;t break an egg with his shot then you can stay in the net and you know you have plenty of time to move and make your play. You stay put because you know he&rsquo;s going to make some fancy play.&rdquo;Plante says that with the recent develpment of &ldquo;I notice&rdquo; he said that a club like Montreal the curved blade there are many more players with a hard and accurate slap shot than ever before has many players using the curved stick that didn&rsquo;t have it before.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02564/2849851-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1129" height="1499"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES PLANTE &hellip; Looking Trim In Blue</figcaption></div>Plante, who is generally credited with inventing the style of roaming away from the cage, said he first did it when he played junior hockey and thought he could help his defensemen by leaving the cage and stopping the puck as it went behind the cage so that they could maintain possession.What does he think about making his comeback with an expansion team after playing with the great Montreal organization? Did he feel that his reputation would be at stake under less favorable conditions?&ldquo;I always thought a goaltender was no better than the team in front of him,&rdquo; replied Plante. &ldquo;In the established league you could have taken any of the six goaltenders and put them with a winning team like Montreal and he would be a success. Proof of that was Gump Worsley. Since he left New York he has done very well with Montreal. 1 was fortunate enough to play with great teams and that is why I had good success. This expansion division is weaker than the other and I expect more goals would be scored against me.Plante, also the first goalie in the pro game to wear a mask, still uses the original fiberglass protector that was made for him in 1959.&ldquo;I would no more think of playing without it than I would of playing without my gloves,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I was having a little trouble with my game in the Spring of 1960 and Toe Blake suggested I take it off for an important game against Detroit.We got beat 3-0. Toe came to me after the game and said I should not take it off again because it was near the end of the season and it would be bad if I got hurt so near the playoffs. So I wear it ever since.&rdquo;Teaming up with Glenn Hall, another of the NHL&rsquo;s all time great goaltenders, still has Plante wondering how it all came to be. For many years these two competed for the top honors of major league goaltending &mdash; Plante with Montreal and Hall with Chicago. Only the strange workings of expansion sports and the establishment of the draft could have fashioned such a situation. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t believe I&rsquo;m playing as a partner with Glenn,&rdquo; he says.Jacques-said he was very pleased to learn that Hall had recommended to the Blues that they draft him if they got a chance to do so.&ldquo;I never had many chances to meet Hall down through the years we played against each other,&rdquo; said Jacques, &ldquo;but it&rsquo;s a good feeling to know that he wanted me as a partner. It makes it a lot easier when you know you are welcome.&rdquo;What does he think of St. Louis and its remarkable fans?&ldquo;I had a chance to watch them on television last season,&rdquo; says Jacques, and &ldquo;they gave me the shivers even then. I never see anything like this in mv life before.&rdquo;In St. Louis the feeling is mutual. The fans have never seen anything like the goaltending duet of Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante before. &#9632;

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Plante Confesses He Came Back Because He Missed It

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01745/2849913-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><h2>Trading Of Hillman Disappoints N.Y. Fan</h2>Hockey News Editor:I am currently serving with the USAF here in Little Rock. Since they have no hockey coverage here mv subscriptions to HOCKEY NEWS and HOCKEY PICTORIAL really keep me up on the sport. As a former New Yorker I hope the Rangers have another fine year.I was disappointed in the trade they made giving up Wayne Hillman for Dave Balon. I would like to know why the league doesn&rsquo;t regulate the amount of season tickets and advance sales. The club owners know that they&rsquo;ll have good attendance and it prohibits people such as myself from seeing games when we&rsquo;re home. I used to be able to see all the Ranger games without ever having a season ticket and I always paid more than three dollars for my seat. Last time I was home I had to sit up in the last row of the balcony.I also have a suggestion about the way the playoffs are settled. The regular standings for the Prince of Wales trophy should stay. However to determine which team plays who a new system should be worked out. The team that scores the most goals of the top four would play the team that gave up the least goals. The team that scored more of the goals would have a harder time against a good defense and the remaining two teams would probably be pretty even.THOMAS PAIGE Little Rock, Ark.<h2>Ode to Bill Libby By Hockey News Reader</h2>Hockey News Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to commend a writer who, prior to NHL expansion, was more or less buried in the confines of the Western Hockey League.I refer to Bill Libby of the HOCKEY NEWS and his colorful colum &ldquo;Ad Lib&rdquo;. It is with profound sincerity that I feel Mr. Libby deserves wide recognition for the remarkable job he has been doing with his sharp, capsule-comment, descriptive back-ground of known players as well as young, up-coming players, and his general chit-, chat.I also wish to bring attention to an undeniable masterpiece which he has written at the early part of last season, and extend to him the praise he so richly deserves. This item was the close-up of Marcel Pelletier.All during last season I looked forward to my weekly HOCKEY NEWS, mostly to read what mav be new in &ldquo;Ad Lib&rdquo;.EDGAR KIRK, Harrisburg, Pa.<h2>News Helping Minors To be Good Sportsmen</h2>Hockey News Editor:I have bought and read your paper for years. Through it I have learned a lot about different players, club organization, management, etc., but most of all I have picked up a few tips here and there which have helped me manage and coach junior hockey teams in Montreal and help the children to be better sportsmen and to teach them to play a better game of hockey. Sometimes I take different information from your paper about players, teams etc., and put a quiz to the children which in turn helps them to learn a little more about the game, rules, players etc. I also enjoy doing your crossword puzzle which helps keep my memory up to date.Your advertisers deserve a good word of credit too in keeping and showing good modern, strong and proper equipment to help protect the children in the game.The only thing I look forward to some day is seeing in your paper a little more about minor hockey leagues across Canada. Just something a little more for the hockey-minded child. Also, while minor hockey is on, to choose a player of the week or team of the month sort of thing-just something small to encourage the children a little more and to let them know what other boys their age are doing across Canada. It also may let the parents of these boys know a little more what we are doing and what is being done to help their children to play a more organized and saffer game of hockey. It may also encourage the parents to help us a little more or to go see their child play the game. Some children do play better when they know that there is someone close to them there.RONALD MOORE, Montreal, Que &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02696/2849972-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="426" height="435"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03598/2849965-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="251" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Keon</figcaption></div>&bull; READERS OF THE HOCKEY NEWS and HOCKEY PICTORFAL. whether they live in Canada or the United States, have a chance to win a Gruen precision Airflight 24-hour watch each month. All they have to do is enter the Gruen Hockey Contest which appears in each issue of HOCKEY NEWS and HOCKEY PICTORIAL &hellip; Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita is after his third straight NHL scoring title and he&rsquo;s off to a fast start this year &hellip; The Stanley Cup chamninn Montreal Canadians are piling up an enviable opening record. The Habs, who play their first eight games of the season on the road, have yet to lose a game and boast six wins and one tie in their first seven games &hellip; The current NHL. season has barely begun and only four of the 1&rsquo;2 teams are still working with one goalie in all of their games &hellip; Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; officials making elaborate plans for the official opening of the new Forum on November 2 &hellip; Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; smooth-skating center, is off to another slow start. Last season he scored only 11 goals. He claims he isn&rsquo;t worrying &hellip; yet. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll start to worry when I&rsquo;m not getting my share of shots on goal,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;As long as I keep getting them, I know the time will come when they&rsquo;ll start going into the net&rdquo; &hellip; Oakland Seals have an outstanding young goalkeeper in their farm system who was born in Bristol, England. His name is Chris Worthy and big things are expected of him in future years &hellip; New York&rsquo;s Metropolitan Junior League will play four Sunday doubleheaders this season at Madison Square Garden.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04518/2849958-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="251" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>&bull; NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE EXPANSION has produced color and excitement all around the league &hellip; Pittsburgh has Pete, the real-live penguin as its official mascot. Pete is Dave Keon presently learning how to skate &hellip; Minnesota has come up with a catchy song titled: &ldquo;All Eyes Are on the North Stars&rdquo;. Don Taft composed both the words and music for this new song &hellip; And of course St. Louis has its stirring organist, Norman Kramer, who was featured in the October issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL by Geoffrey Fisher &hellip; So far no one has scouted Pete the Penguin but Pittsburgh sent its organist, Jimmy Rice, to hear Kramer in St. Louis in an effort to enliven the fans at Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Civic Arena &hellip; Roger Crozier&rsquo;s play in a losing cause against Montreal recently drew raves from everyone in attendance and especially from General Manager Sid Abel. Abel called Roger&rsquo;s performance the greatest job of goaltending he had ever witnessed &hellip; Despite a week of heavy rains, Minnesota&rsquo;s opening crowd of 12,629 was only 322 short of the figure for the 196&rdquo; opener &hellip; Detroit Red Wings have a contest going for their fans. The contest is to state where and when Gordie Howe will score his 700th NHL goal. He needed only 10 at the start of the season. The fan who guesses the correct date and closest to the period and time will receive an autographed trophy marking still another milestone in Howe&rsquo;s eventful career &hellip; Terry Sawchuk has a 14-year-old son who may be another fine goalkeeper.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05424/2849951-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="251" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Smith</figcaption></div>&bull; JOHNSTOWN JETS of the thriving Eastern Hockey League have no less than four United States-born players in their lineup this season. Fred Creighton, highly-rated coach of the Charlotte Checkers of the same league, thinks Johnstown should call their team the Americans instead of the Jets &hellip; New York can&rsquo;t get Rod Seiling back in their lineup soon enough &hellip; Toronto&rsquo;s two new defensemen, Mike Pelyk and Jim Dorey, have made favorable impressions with Maple Leaf fans &hellip; Despite so many changes in sponsorshin of clubs in recent vears the Montreal Canadiens remain well stocked in hockey talent. They have 24 players at Houston, six at Cleveland, five at Vancouver, three at Memphis and Denver and one at Kansas City &hellip; Four of the six starters on St. Louis in their recent game against Canadiens were former Montreal players. The ex-Habs were Jacques Plante, Ab McDonald, Red Berenson and Jean-Guy Talbot &hellip; Mrs. Stan Mikita, Mrs. Bobby Hull. Mrs. Bill Orban and Mrs. Gilles Marotte are all expecting babies in the near future, keeping Chicago well up in the production department &hellip; Al Smith. Toronto&rsquo;s 22-year-old rookie goalie, attributes his improved play this season to the 22 pounds he lost during the summer. A Toronto boy. Smith is lavish in his praise for the way Johnny Bower has helped him to learn the goalkeeping business &hellip; Sid Abel sums up Bob Baun&rsquo;s play this way. &ldquo;When a player goes into the corner with Baun he knows he&rsquo;s been in the corner.<h2>EAST-WEST SCOREBOARD:</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06343/2849944-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="1241" height="272"></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Bruins&rsquo; Coach Harry Sinden isn&rsquo;t staking any claim on the Stanley Cup alter the basis of four victories in the first five games. But he has one major reason for optimism on prospects for the season. That&rsquo;s the defensive work of the B&rsquo;s as a team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01697/2850003-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="534" height="1159"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOMMY WILLIAMS &hellip; Sees Double Duty</figcaption></div>Through the first week of the season, the Bruins played two games at home and three on the road. They opened with a 4-2 victory over Detroit, then edged Philadelphia 3-2. Moving to the road they took a 2-1 win out of Oakland, lost by the same margin at Los Angeles and then took Pittsburgh 5-1.In the process Teddy Green, suffered a strained sacro-iliac and Johnny McKenzie tore a rib cartilage in the game at Oakland.Normally a pair of injuries like this would prove costly to the Bruins. But as of a year ago the Bruins proved they had arrabnormal team at least for Boston.Gary Doak moved in for Green and rookie Rick Smith who was slated to go to Oklahoma City was retained as the fifth defenseman. Tommy Williams again showed his versatility by shifting from left wing to McKenzie&rsquo;s right wing spot beside Johnny Bucyk and Fred Stanfield and the veteran left winger moved in with Phil Esposito and Ken Hodge.&ldquo;Things worked out very well for us,&rdquo; admitted Sinden. &lsquo;I have to be pleased with the way things went in those games.&rdquo;Before the opening of the season Sinden expressed the matter of team defense and cutting down on goals allowed as the major objective of the season.&ldquo;Allowing only eight goals in five games is not bad,&rdquo; said Sinden. &ldquo;If we can keep playing that kind of hockey we&rsquo;ll win ourselves quite a few games.&rdquo;And was he satisfied with the Bruins&rsquo; offensive effort? &ldquo;Very,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Naturally everyone wants to see that puck go in the net all night long. But I never have been too concerned about our offense.&ldquo;I know we are going to get goals. We have too many men orr this team with scoring ability to be really concerned at any time.&ldquo;Scoring in hockey to me is comparable to hitting in baseball.&ldquo;When you watch players over a stretch in baseball the man who has hit .300 three or four years will always hit close to that figure.&ldquo;Naturally there is the odd time for every batter. But there usually is a levelling off so that during a period of say 10 years he will hit for that average eight times.&ldquo;Scoring in hockey is the same. You can&rsquo;t teach a man how to put the puck in the net for a 20-goal average any more than you can teach a batter how to hit .300. It is either there or not.&ldquo;You&rsquo;ll see the same guys every year getting the same percentage of goals in hockey no matter how they start the season.&ldquo;For a start I&rsquo;d say scoring 15 goals in the first five games isn&rsquo;t bad at all.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll take that average through the season as long as we keep that goals against average the same as it is right now.&ldquo;That shows we&rsquo;ve got a team that is really working both ways on the ice all the time.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Sinden’s Hopes Rise As Bruins Turn In Solid Defensive Start

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL &mdash; Guy Lapointe, defenseman. recalled from Cleveland of AHL. Paul Curtis, defenseman, recalled from Houston of CHL and returned.PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Pat Hannigan, forward, sent to Buffalo of AHL. Claude Laforge, forward, assigned to Quebec of AHL.OAKLAND &mdash; Aut Erickson, defenseman, sent to Phoenix of WHL.TORONTO &mdash; Jim McKenny, defenseman, sent to Rochester of AHL.BOSTON &mdash; Jean Gauthier, defenseman. assigned to Providence of AHL on loan.LOS ANGELES &mdash; Jim Murray, defenseman. recalled drum Springfield of AHL. Borden Smith, forward, returned to Clinton of EHL.ST. LOUIS &mdash; Bill Plager, defenseman, sent to Kansas City of CHL.NEW YORK &mdash; Brad Park, defenseman, recalled from Buffalo of AHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>PORTLAND &mdash; Rick Foley, defenseman. returned to Charlotte of EHL. Doug Ferguson, forward, sent to Spokane of WHL.DENVER &mdash; Jim Holdaway, delenseman. secured from San Diego of WHL. Randy Miller, forward, secured from Springfield of AHL.VANCOUVER &mdash; Jim Blain, forward, assigned to Tulsa of CHL. Don Wallis, goalkeeper, sent to Charlotte of EHL.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>MEMPHIS &mdash; Glen Lindsay, goalkeeper, recalled from Clinton of EHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>PORT HURON &mdash; Kevin Smith, defenseman. sold to Nashville of EHL. Gaye Cooley, goalkeeper, signed as free agent. Gordon Gallagher, forward. sent to Chatham of Ontario Senior League. Don Burton, forward, assigned to Brantford of OHA.FORT WAYNE &mdash; Jim Shaw, goalkeeper, secured from Portand of WHL on loan.DAYTON &mdash; Gary Butler, forward, sent to Des Moines of IHL.COLUMBUS &mdash; Billy Staub, forward, secured from Cleveland of AHL. Nelson Leclair, forward. placed on waivers.TOLEDO &mdash; Duke Asmundson, forward. returned by Denver of OHL.DES MOINES &mdash; Jake Hendrickson, defenseman. secured from Port Huron of IHL. Rich Brown, Steve Keele, Gary Butler, Ken Elder, Jerry Clayton and Paul Sinclair, dropped from roster.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>JOHNSTOWN &mdash; George Forgie and Lou Polograbia, forwards. sent to Nashville of EHL on loan.NEW HAVEN &mdash; Wayne Doll, goalkeeper, purchased from Long Island of EHL.LONG ISLAND &mdash; Norm DeFelice, goalkeeper, purchased from Jersey of EHL in exchange for Bobby Brown, forward. and cash. Garson Cull, forward. secured from Chicago of NHL.SYRACUSE &mdash; Tim McCormack, forward, reaquired from Johnstown of EHL.SALEM &mdash; Bob Zupan, goalkeeper. dropped from roster.JERSEY &mdash; Fred Bassi, for ward, sent to Johnstown of EHL.JACKSONVILLE - Al Carlson, forward, secured from St. Louis of NHL. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01774/2850065-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="257" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Roger Crozier, a carpenter when he retired for 2/1/2 months last season, is playing as though he has boarded up the Red Wings net.The 26-year-old goalie has been Detroit&rsquo;s outstanding player in the first five ga-games of the 1968-69 season and Red Wings officials are hoping he can lead the club back to a playoff berth.Although the Wings have won only two games, Crozier&rsquo;s goaltending has kept the team close in each contest and was the difference in the two victories. The young netminder has played all five games, allowing just 15 goals.In defeat against Montreal, Crozier played his finest game, stopping 38 shots, including a penalty shot by Claude Provost.&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t seen Roger any better in three years,&rdquo; said General Manager Sid Abel. &ldquo;He made so many great saves in the first period I thought I was watching instant replays.&rdquo;Crozier stopped 17 of 18 Montreal shots in the opening period, at least six of them point-blank drives by Canadiens left unguarded in front of the Red Wings net.Watching from behind the Detroit bench, Coach Bill Gadsby had an agonizing view of the Montreal assault.&ldquo;I was at a good angle to watch half those shots,&rdquo; Gadsby said, &ldquo;and from where I stood I thought there was no way Roger could stop them. They were good shots, too, right on the corners &hellip; but Roger came out of nowhere to get in front of them.&rdquo;Crozier, winner of three major NHL awards (All-Star team and Calder and Smythe Trophies) in his first two seasons, drew a standing ovation from 12,183 spectators when he gloved Provost&rsquo;s sizzling penalty shot midway through the final period.It was the fourth penalty shot Crozier has faced in his five-year big league career and he evened his record. He foiled a bid by Pete Stemkowski, then with Toronto, on Feb. 8, 1967, and was beaten by Minnesota&rsquo;s Wayne Connelly last Jan. 28 and by Toronto&rsquo;s Mike Walton March 9.His big save on&rsquo; Provost came with Montreal leading by only one goal, 3-2, and kept the Wings in the game until Jean Beliveau iced it with a shot that deflected off Detroit defenseman Bob Baun with only 4:06 left to play.Crozier has been bombarded with 167 shots in the first five games, an average of 33 per contest. He has stopped 152.In the opener against Boston, he made 32 saves, including 15 in the final period, while the Wings rallied to come within one goal of tying. They eventually lost, 4-2, on an empty-net goal by Dallas Smith after Crozier had been pulled for an extra forward.Crozier made 27 saves in the home opener against Toronto, which the Wings lost, 2-1. Then, he kept the Wings alive with brilliant work in the first two periods until his teammates rallied with hour goals in the final stanza to win, 7-2. He made saves in that one, including 22 in the first two periods.In his fifth outing against Chicago, Crozier handled 27 shots and came up with a stellar performance to repel the Hawks, who had won five of their first six starts with an overpowering offense led by ex-Leaf Jim Pappin, Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02633/2850058-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="534" height="1090"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROGER CROZIER &hellip; Never Played Better</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Crozier Draws Raves From ‘Brass’ For Net Efforts

<h2>MONTREAL</h2>1&mdash;Lorne Worsley, Goal30&mdash;Rogatien Vachon, Goal2&mdash;Jacques Laperriere, Defense3&mdash;J.C. Tremblay, Defense4&mdash;Jean Beliveau, Center5&mdash;Gilles Tremblay, Left Wing6&mdash;Ralph Backstrom, Center8&mdash;Dick Duff, Left Wing10&mdash;Ted Harris, Defense12&mdash;Yvan Cournoyer, Right Wing14&mdash;Claude Provost, Right Wing15&mdash;Bobby Rousseau, Right Wing16&mdash;Henri Richard, Center18&mdash;Serge Savard, Defense19&mdash;Terry Harper, Defense22&mdash;John Ferguson, Left Wing24&mdash;Mickey Redmond, Right Wing25&mdash;Jacques Lemaire, Center<h2>TORONTO</h2>1&mdash;Johnny Bower, Goal30&mdash;Bruce Gamble, Goal31&mdash;Al Smith, Goal2&mdash;Pierre Pilote, Defense3&mdash;Marcel Pronovost, Defense4&mdash;Mike Pelyk, Defense6&mdash;Ron Ellis, Right Wing7&mdash;Tim Horton, Defense8&mdash;Jim Dorey, Defense9&mdash;Norm Gilman, Center11&mdash;Murray Oliver, Center12&mdash;Larry Mickey, Right Wing14&mdash;Dave Keon, Center16&mdash;Mike Walton, Center17&mdash;Floyd Smith, Left Wing19&mdash;Paul Henderson, Left Wing20&mdash;Bob Pulford, Left Wing25&mdash;Wayne Carleton, Left Wing26&mdash;Rick Ley, Defense<h2>CHICAGO</h2>1&mdash;Dave Dryden, Goal30&mdash;Denis Dejordy, Goal2&mdash;Gilles Marotte, Defense3&mdash;Howie Young, Defense4&mdash;Tom Reid, Defense5&mdash;Matt Ravlich, Defense6&mdash;Bill Orban, Left Wing7&mdash;Pit Martin, Center8&mdash;Jim Pappin, Right Wing9&mdash;Bobby Hull, Left Wing10&mdash;Dennis Hull, Left Wing11&mdash;Doug Mohns, Left Wing12&mdash;Pat Stapleton, Defense14&mdash;Wayne Maki, Left Wing15&mdash;Eric Nesterenko, Right Wing16&mdash;Chico Maki, Center17&mdash;Ken Wharram, Right Wing19&mdash;Bobby Schmautz, Right Wing<h2>NEW YORK</h2>1&mdash;Ed Giacomin, Goal30&mdash;Don Simmons, Goal3&mdash;Harry Howell, Defense4&mdash;Arnie Brown, Defense6&mdash;Allan Hamilton, Defense7&mdash;Rod Gilbert, Right Wing8&mdash;Bob Nevin, Right Wing9&mdash;Reg Fleming, Left Wing10&mdash;Larry Jeffrey, Left Wing11&mdash;Vic Hadfield, Left Wing12&mdash;Ron Stewart, Left Wing15&mdash;Jim Neilson, Defense16&mdash;Rod Seiling, Defense17&mdash;Dave Balon, Center19&mdash;Jean Ratelle, Center20&mdash;Phil Goyette, Center22&mdash;Don Marshall, Left Wing25&mdash;Orland Kurtenbach, Center<h2>DETROIT</h2>1&mdash;Roger Crozier, Goal30&mdash;Roy Edwards, Goal3&mdash;Bob Falkenberg, Defense4&mdash;Bob Baun, Defense5&mdash;Kent Douglas, Defense7&mdash;Gary Unger, Center8&mdash;Bart Crashley, Defense9&mdash;Gordie Howe, Right Wing10&mdash;Alex Delvecchio, Center11&mdash;Pete Mahovlich, Center12&mdash;Bruce MacGregor, Right Wing14&mdash;Nick Libett, Left Wing15&mdash;Ron Anderson, Right Wing16&mdash;Ron Harris, Defense18&mdash;Danny Lawson, Right Wing19&mdash;Pete Stemkowski, Center20&mdash;Dean Prentice, Left Wing27&mdash;Frank Mahovlich, Left WingTerry Sawchuk, Goal<h2>BOSTON</h2>1&mdash;Ed Johnston, Goal30&mdash;Gerry Cheevers, Goal4&mdash;Bobby Orr, Defense6&mdash;Ted Green, Defense7&mdash;Phil Esposito, Center8&mdash;Ken Hodge, Left Wing9&mdash;Johnny Bucyk, Left Wing11&mdash;Tom Williams, Right Wing14&mdash;Glen Sather, Left Wing16&mdash;Derek Sanderson, Center17&mdash;Fred Stanfield, Center18&mdash;Ed Westfall, Defense19&mdash;John McKenzie, Right Wing20&mdash;Dallas Smith, Defense23&mdash;Eddie Shack, Right Wing25&mdash;Gary Doak, Defense26&mdash;Don Awrey, Defense28&mdash;Ron Murphy, Left Wing29&mdash;Ross Lonsberry, Left Wing<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>1&mdash;Doug Favell, Goal30&mdash;Bernie Parent, Goal2&mdash;Ed Van Impe, Defense3&mdash;Joe Watson, Defense4&mdash;John Miszuk, Defense6&mdash;Allan Stanley, Defense7&mdash;Andre Lacroix, Center8&mdash;Don Blackburn, Left Wing9&mdash;Leon Rochefort, Right Wing10&mdash;Brit Selby, Left Wing11&mdash;Jean Guy Gendron, Left Wing12&mdash;Gary Dornhoefer, Right Wing14&mdash;Pat Hannigan, Right Wing15&mdash;Garry Peters, Center16&mdash;Claude Laforge, Left Wing17&mdash;Larry Hale, Defense18&mdash;Rosaire Paiement, Right Wing19&mdash;Earl Heiskala, Left Wing20&mdash;Jim Johnson, Center21&mdash;Simon Nolet, Right Wing22&mdash;Forbes Kennedy, Center24&mdash;Larry Zeidel, Defense<h2>OAKLAND</h2>1&mdash;Charlie Hodge, Goal30&mdash;Gary Smith, Goal2&mdash;Doug Roberts, Defense5&mdash;Carol Vadnais, Defense6&mdash;Bryan Watson, Defense7&mdash;Billy Harris, Center8&mdash;Gerry Ehman, Left Wing9&mdash;Billy Hicke, Right Wing10&mdash;Ted Hampson, Center11&mdash;Gerry Odrowski, Defense12&mdash;Gary Jarrett, Left Wing14&mdash;George Swarbrick, Right Wing15&mdash;Len Ronson, Left Wing16&mdash;John Brenneman, Left Wing17&mdash;Norm Ferguson, Right Wing18&mdash;Joe Szura, Center19&mdash;Bert Marshall, Defense20&mdash;Brian Perry, Center<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>1&mdash;Joe Daley, Goal30&mdash;Les Binkley, Goal2&mdash;Leo Boivin, Defense3&mdash;John Arbour, Defense4&mdash;Noel Price, Defense5&mdash;Dick Mattiussi, Defense6&mdash;Dune McCallum, Defense7&mdash;Lou Angotti, Center8&mdash;Vai Fonteyne, Left Wing9&mdash;Charlie Burns, Center10&mdash;Earl Ingarfield, Center11&mdash;Gene Ubriaco, Center12&mdash;Ken Schinkel, Right Wing14&mdash;Billy Dea, Left Wing15&mdash;Bob Dillabough, Left Wing18&mdash;Wally Boyer, Center19&mdash;Jean Pronovost, Right Wing20&mdash;Bob Woytowich, Defense21&mdash;Keith McCreary, Right Wing<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2>1&mdash;Glenn Hall, Goal30&mdash;Jacques Plante, Goal3&mdash;Al Arbour, Defense5&mdash;Bob Plager, Defense6&mdash;Jim Roberts, Defense7&mdash;Red Berenson, Center8&mdash;Barclay Plager, Defense9&mdash;Frank St. Marseille, Center10&mdash;Ron Schock, Center11&mdash;Gary Sabourin, Right Wing14&mdash;Tim Ecclestone, Right Wing15&mdash;Bill McCreary, Left Wing16&mdash;Craig Cameron, Right Wing17&mdash;Jean-Guy Talbot, Defense18&mdash;Larry Keenan, Left Wing20&mdash;Ab McDonald, Left Wing21&mdash;Camille Henry, Left Wing22&mdash;Myron Stankiewicz, Left Wing&mdash;Robbie Irons, Goal<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>1&mdash;Garry Bauman, Goal30&mdash;Cesare Maniago, Goal2&mdash;Wayne Hillman, Defense3&mdash;Bob McCord, Defense4&mdash;Elmer Vasko, Defense5&mdash;Larry Hillman, Defense6&mdash;Mike McMahon, Defense7&mdash;Danny O&rsquo;Shea, Center8&mdash;Bill Goldsworthy, Right Wing9&mdash;Milan Marcetta, Center10&mdash;Ray Cullen, Center11&mdash;Jean Paul Parise, Left Wing12&mdash;Wayne Connelly, Right Wing14&mdash;Parker MacDonald, Left Wing15&mdash;Andre Boudrias, Center16&mdash;Claude Larose, Right Wing17&mdash;Joey Johnston, Left Wing18&mdash;Bill Collins. Right Wing21&mdash;Danny Grant, Left Wing<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>1&mdash;Wayne Rutledge, Goal30&mdash;Gerry Desjardins, Goal2&mdash;Bob Wall, Defense3&mdash;DaveAmadio, Defense5&mdash;Brent Hughes, Defense6&mdash;Dale Rolfe, Defense7&mdash;Skip Krake, Center8&mdash;Jim Peters, Center9&mdash;Real Lemieux, Left Wing10&mdash;Howie Hughes, Right Wing11&mdash;Lowell MacDonald, Right Wing12&mdash;Bryan Campbell, Center14&mdash;Larry Cahan, Defense15&mdash;Ted Irvine, Left Wing16&mdash;Eddie Joyal, Center17&mdash;Bill Flett, Right Wing20&mdash;Gord Labossiere, Center21&mdash;Bill White, Defense23&mdash;Doug Robinson, Left Wing &#9632;

National Hockey League’s Starting Teams

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02671/2850182-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="514" height="722"><figcaption class="caption-body">SCOTTY BOWMAN &hellip; First rate job</figcaption></div><h2>Success With Age Spurs Blues On</h2>&bull; The most surprising squad in last season&rsquo;s first season of expansion in the National Hockey League had to be the St. Louis Blues, who were the oldest team in hockey, yet finished as one of the strongest. Pleased by the success of this format, the Blues have followed it yet further, adding players who would age them still more, making them the oldest team in the history of major league professional sports.It will be interesting to see where this formula takes them this season and in following seasons, when younger teams begin to mature and develop. However, you take your laurels where you can get them, and the Blues already have had the distinct honor of having been the first expansion team to gain the Stanley Cup finals, which cannot ever be taken away from them and which no other team can ever have now.In the process, they have gained a firm foothold on popularity in their home town. This is not the least strange of the developments in the St. Louis story.When various cities and persons began bidding for the six new NHL franchises, St. Louis was silent. When St. Louis was assigned one of the new franchises, many were surprised and disturbed, especially those in Vancouver, which had expected a spot. There was no one in sight to head up the new franchise. The only building available was the 40-year-old St. Louis Arena.Sidney Salomon, Jr., a wealthy insurance man, who long had been connected with politics as a prominent supporter of the Democratic party, assumed the obligations of the franchise, and with his son, Sid Salomon III, has provided the club with sound leadership.Lynn Patrick, one of the great men in hockey, but one who had met with failure in recent years with the Boston Bruins in the majors and the Los Angeles minor league team, was named to head up the organization. It was under Patrick&rsquo;s supervision that the roster was drafted and assembled.Most felt he had built too old a team, and would fail again. This feeling grew early last season when Patrick opened as general manager and coach of the team and the club got off to a slow start. However, Patrick had the courage then to turn over the coaching reins to his key aide, Scotty Bowman, and the team began to progress.The Blues struggled into third place last season, losing four more games than they won, but the fact is everyone else was struggling, too. Every club in the division lost more games than they won and the Blues were actually only three points out of first place at the finish. Then they upset the pennant-winner, Philadelphia, and Minnesota in two seven-game series to win the expansion playoffs.They were eliminated as expected in four straight games in the finals against the established champion, Montreal, but each was a one-goal decision and the Blues were not disgraced.In the process, the Blues really caught on. Their aging Arena was refurbished handsomely. It is far from the best building in hockey, of course, but it is all right. It seats 14,500 and holds more than 16,000. Last season, the Blues drew 329,209 during the regular season, averaging 8,890, but it was rising at the finish. In the playoffs, they drew 126,624, an average of 12,662, putting them above 450,000. Last season they had big crowds of 15,351 for Chicago during the regular season and 16,177 for Montreal in the playoffs, and they opened this season with 14,974 for the first home game.Last season, the club opened with veterans such as Al Arbour, Fred Hucul, Billy McCreary and Glenn Hall, all of whom were in their late 30&rsquo;s. After the season began, they lured Dickie Moore, 38, out of retirement and traded for Jean Guy Talbot, 36. In the playoffs, they brought up Doug Harvey, coach of their Kansas City farm. Harvey did so well he is back this season at 44, making him him possibly the oldest player ever to play in the NHL. Jacques Plante, who will be 40 soon, was brought out of retirement to team with Hall, 37, in the nets. Trades have brought in Camille Henry, 36, and Ab McDonald, 33.There are old-age homes with younger groups. But Toronto did extremely well with extremely old men in recent seasons prior to last season, and there is no certainty that St. Louis will not win a lot while younger teams like Los Angeles, Minnesota and Philadelphia are building for the future. If the Blues can make it to the playoffs, where the play is usually cautious and close and where experience pays off, they could be tough again as they were last season.<h2>Scotty&rsquo;s Outlook: &lsquo;Keep Everyone Happy</h2>&bull; The Blues were not especially impressive last season, but they got a job done. The trade that brought in Red Berenson, who will not be 30 until December, which makes him practically a child, gave them the lift they needed. As a reward, Bowman was elevated to the general manager&rsquo;s post, while remaining also as coach, and Patrick was named managing director.Lynn is a quality gentleman and many in the game are happy for the success of the organization he assembled, which included Frank Mario, the director of player personnel, and Cliff Fletcher, the chief scout, along with William &lsquo;Scotty&rsquo; Bowman, who at 35 is younger than half his team, but whose inspirational leadership led him to &ldquo;coach of the year&rdquo; recognition by THE HOCKEY NEWS last season.Bowman was a great coach of amateur champions in the Montreal system and a super-scout for the Canadiens and his rise to international prominence has been startling. He says, &ldquo;I believe happy teams are winning teams, so I make it my main job to keep everyone happy.&rdquo;One way he does it is to give men jobs when they otherwise might be retired to pasture. He keeps himself happy by being a bachelor. As Scotty sees it, to each his own. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01760/2850151-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="269" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Pappin</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Jim Pappin knows that five games do not a season make. So, he&rsquo;s keeping his mouth shut and hoping that his brilliant start as a Black Hawk can be sustained for what will be his first full National Hockey League season.But if Pappin were inclined to pop off, he might have a few choice words for the management of the Toronto Maple Leafs, for whom he tried to work for nearly eight seasons. Tried is the proper word because Jim never was able to put in a full season with the Leafs.Jim and Toronto boss Punch Imlach were unable to reach an accomodation during those eight years and his stormy term there ended last spring when Punch vowed that getting rid of Jim would be his first order of post-season business. Shortly thereafter, Jim was on his way to Chicago in exchange for defenseman Pierre Pilote.Punch is a difficult man to work for but that&rsquo;s all I&rsquo;m willing to say on that matter,&rdquo; says Jim. &ldquo;I made a lot of extra money in playoffs and such while I was with the Leafs so I&rsquo;d be foolish to complain too much.&rdquo;Pappin isn&rsquo;t so reticent about his joy in being with the Hawks, though.&ldquo;I got word of the trade while I was playing golf in Toronto,&rdquo; Jim recalled. &ldquo;I was about four under par after 13 holes when the assistant club pro came out to the tee and told me that my wife had called with the news that I&rsquo;d been traded to the Hawks.&ldquo;I was so happy that I left the course then and there, went home, got my wife and went out and celebrated. I always thought that if I had my choice of teams to be traded to I would pick Chicago. I already had a lot of friends among the Hawks and knew I&rsquo;d have no trouble fitting in.&rdquo;So well did Jim work himself in with the Hawks that in the first three games he scored six goals, working at right wing with Pit Martin at center and Dennis Hull at left wing. Bobby Hull was supposed to function on the left side of that unit but when Bobby missed the first game during his contract dispute, Dennis was moved in.The line went so well that Bobby may never get that job back, not that he&rsquo;s suffering any at left wing for Eric Nesterenko and ex-right wing Chico Maki.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to keep things just the way they are,&rdquo; said Coach Billy Reay. &ldquo;Right now, with the Martin line, the Maki line, and the Scooters, (Stan Mikita, Ken Wharram, and Doug Mohns) it doesn&rsquo;t make much difference which group we have on the ice. All are threats to score at any time.&rdquo;Billy is finding Pappin has even more to offer than he&rsquo;d anticipated.&ldquo;I knew he was a good hard-nosed hockey player and we sure need a few like that around here,&rdquo; Billy said. &ldquo;But what I didn&rsquo;t know is how hard he could drill the puck. He&rsquo;s really gotten off some boomers in the first game.&rdquo;Part of the reason for the hard shot, according to Jim, is the fact that he&rsquo;s gone to the curved stick, which currently is in vogue among the Hawks but on the prohibited list with the Maple Leafs.Despite the Hawks&rsquo; fast start (4-1 after five games) they haven&rsquo;t been free entirely of the problems which caused them to fall to fourth place last season after a decade in the first division.And all the woes cropped up during the first loss of the season, a 4-3 beating by the Oakland Seals on Stadium ice. Seals&rsquo; Goalie Gary Smith performed brilliantly in the face of 45 shots and the revamped Oakland forces seem much more aggressive and organized than they were last year.But their first victory of the year was helped immeasurably by a Hawks defense which displayed a most dismaying tendency to allow Seals&rsquo; skaters to loiter in front of Goalie Denis DeJordy. This was one of the Hawks&rsquo; principal weaknesses last year and Reay won&rsquo;t rest until his rearguard crew is cured of the practice.There also was a decided let down in defensive play by a number of the Hawk forwards during Oakland loss, another chronic problem of last year&rsquo;s edition.In fact, so lax did some members of the cast become that Reay had to cut down his list of available forwards to six in an effort to get back into the game in the last period.&ldquo;Just too many passengers in this one,&rdquo; was Billy&rsquo;s postgame lament. &ldquo;We played a great game the night before while beating the Leafs (3-1) and I guess some of the guys just didn&rsquo;t have enough to come back, 24 hours later with a good performance.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hot Scoring Jim Pappin Not Criticizing Imlach, But He’s A Happy Hawk

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;If the fourth game of a 76 game schedule can be termed crucial, then the meeting between the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday October 20 was just that - for New York that is.The Broadway Blues under Freshman Coach Bernie &ldquo;Boomer&rdquo; Geoffrion stood at one win and two losses at game time, with the second loss being a horrendous 7-2 pasting in Detroit. Defensively New York had looked something less than spectacular, so much so that Eddie Giacomin the harassed, New York goallie skated out of his net and body checked a Wing forward in the corner in the Detroit debacle. &mdash;Geoffrion took stock, and called a rough tough morning practice session at the Rangers hideaway in Skateland, Long Island the morning before and got them ready for the game with the Kings. Final Score: New York 7, Los Angeles O. Phil Goyette got the fourth hatrick of his career and the sigh of relief could be heard throughout Rangerville.&ldquo;This one helped us a lot,&rdquo; said Geoffrion later. &ldquo;Goyette picked up the whole team. For a short time it looked like only Bob Nevin was going to do any scoring for us. Nevvy had five of our first seven goals. And Walter Tkaczuk did a fine job in filling in for the big fellow (the injured Orland Kurtenbach). Kurt may have to fight for his job when he gets out of the hospital. On second thought we need that big Kurt, but Walter did a fine job.&rdquo;Tkaczuk (Tay-Chook) scored his first ever NHL goal and worked very effectively with Dave Balon and Ron Stewart on the suddenly speedy Blues&rsquo; checking line.Goyette was the master stickhandler as he played his 701st NHL contest. He now has 149 career goals and Nevin&rsquo;s blazing start may be attributed to Phil&rsquo;s mastery also. The other member of the trio, Donnie Marshall has also broken the ice, so that much of the worries over the age question surrounding the &ldquo;Old Smoothies&rdquo; has been dispelled, at least for the early part of the season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01739/2850220-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="556" height="814"><figcaption class="caption-body">WALTERTKACZUK &hellip; First NHL Goal</figcaption></div>With Tkaczuk providing a fine backup centerman and thus a fast third line and with the starry Jean Ratelle, Vic Hadfield, Rod Gilbert combo moving along at a regular pace, all looks bright in New York for a quick push into the upper reaches of the NHL standing.&ldquo;In our next eleven games (part of which will have been history by the time you read this) we will play nine of them against the Western clubs. I am not taking anyone lightly, but if we can make some hay against the Expansion teams, we will be off to a good start,&rdquo; hopefully mused Geoffrion.It was the Rangers&rsquo; fine work last season against the new teams which led to their second place finish and Geoffrion hopes to improve on the 1967-68 team&rsquo;s record of 17 wins, 4 losses and three ties.Goyette spoke up in praise of Takaczuk saying, &ldquo;Walter is a very aggressive skater when carrying the puck. He seems to push right over the defense&rsquo;s people and still keeps the puck. His goal was the result of second effort.&rdquo; Giacomin&rsquo;s shutout was his first of the season and earned him the usual $100.00 bonus. It undoubtedly helped to regain any lost confidence that might have come from the shelling in Detroit &mdash; and it helped the Blueshirt defense get back in the habit of doing things the right way.BLUE CHIPS &mdash; The first two new MSG games did not sell out with crowds of 15, 906 and 14, 612 &hellip; The Rangers continued their fine Sunday at home record when they trounced the Kings &hellip; Last season they were 18-1-1 at home on the Sabbath with LA administering the lone defeat &hellip; Blues are working on the longest non shutout streak in the NHL. The last time they were blanked was on December 23, 1967 by sub goalie Andre Gill of Boston &hellip; Since then New York has scored in 43 regular season games, 6 playoff contests and four games in the new season &hellip; Reg Fleming and Larry Jeffrey doing well as Geoffrion&rsquo;s penalty killers &hellip; Captain Bob Nevin&rsquo;s fast start shows him with 103 Ranger goals and 158 lifetime. Nevvy has signed a two year contract&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02680/2850213-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1163" height="1589"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ranger veterans BOB NEVIN, left, and PHIL GOYETTE, have come through to provide early season scoring dash for New Yorkers</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Goyette, Nevin Bolster Blues As Boomer Eyes Western Teams

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que &mdash;Only time will tell just how well Claude Ruel will jell as a big time coach but already he has had a ride on Cloud Nine with the Canadiens.After the first fortnight of the schedule, the 30-year-old from Sherbrooke was riding high as the only unbeaten coach in the NHL. The Habs broke from the starting gate for a tie and three victories and at worst a .500 average for their initial road trip.&ldquo;Everybody must be working pretty good.&rdquo; offered the likeable French-Canadian after the coach and his charges had passed their first big test against the old division in a 4-2 triumph at Detroit.&ldquo;Just look at the shots my team has got in four games. That must be something when you can have almost twice as many shots as the home team,&rdquo; added Ruel. &ldquo;If we don&rsquo;t run into great goalkeeping in every rink, the score is not even funny. And don&rsquo;t forget you&rsquo;ve got to work a lot harder when you play on the road.&rdquo;The free-skating Canadiens fired a total of 154 shots to 94 for the opposition in their first four games. Only a lack of timing &mdash; and great netminding by Les Binkley, Jacques Plante, Cesare Maniago and especially Roger Crozier &mdash; kept the defending champions from more than their dozen goals.Ruel was getting efforts from every one of his forwards, especially Jean Beliveau who was carrying the puck and making plays as well as he did in high gear last season; also from Henri Richard who, althought without a goal, was controlling play in oldtime style.The Canadiens were strong defensively, too, giving up only six goals and getting steady efforts from both goalies, veteran Gump Worsley and young Rogatien Vachon.The Gumper worked two games and two periods before almost eating North Star Andre Boudrias&rsquo; stick-blade in a scramble. He was sidelined with a stitched mouth and bruised gums. Vachon took over the next four periods and allowed only two goals at Detroit &mdash; his effort coming despite a sore shoulder received in practice the previous day.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01756/2850251-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="553" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">CLAUDE RUEL &hellip; rousing debut</figcaption></div>Ruel, with a different attitude to discipline than former coach Toe Blake and apparently figuring that a happy team ca be a good team, too, passed his first real coaching test in what might have been a tough game at Detroit. It was the Habs&rsquo; first season meeting with the old division and the Red Wings had just powdered the Rangers by a big score. Ruel proved his mettle in game pressure by shifting his forwards well to chick Detroit&rsquo;s best.However that triumph launched a new challenge to Ruel and the Canadiens as they continued the road trio to the West Coast. Defenseman Jacques Laperriere suffered a knee injury and Henri Richard a slight separation of the left shoulder that sent them back to Montreal for examination and treatment.Fortunately both veterans were expected to be sidelined no more than a week as Canadiens looked forward to their first home game in the New Forum. Veteran left-winger Dick Duff, who had been shelved since the 1-1 season opener at Pittsburgh, recovered quickly from a knee injury and rejoined the Habs at Oakland. &#9632;

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Rookie Coach Ruel Tasting Sweet Wine of Success Early

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02657/2850282-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="248" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Emile Francis</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Those observers who thought that new Ranger Coach Bernie &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion would have the small, but dominant figure of General Manager Emile &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Francis looking over his shoulder at every step of the way, have been amazed at the way the New York leaders have handled the changeover of command.Francis has gone out of his way to show that while he has the overall authority for the rise or downfall of the Rangers, Geoffrion is the coach in every respect. He evens sits way up in the press box in the new Madison Square Garden Center and while he is available to and helpful with the press, it is Geoffrion who runs the pre-game and post-game press interviews. And it is Geoffrion who has proven amazingly adept at fielding the questions posed him by the members of the fourth estate.Boom Boom admitted that he was very nervous before he made his New York coaching debut back on Friday September 27 in an exhibition game against his old teammates the Montreal Canadiens.&ldquo;I hardly ate and didn&rsquo;t sleep much before game&rdquo; said the Boomer. As it turned out Rangers won 5-1.Asked about his one and one half hour practice sessions as opposed to Francis more conservative one hour grinds, Bernie grinned and said, &ldquo;These guys got used to it after a day or two &mdash; and they&rsquo;ll be in perfect shape for the season ahead. When I was with Montreal we used to work hard in training camp &mdash; and then usually win the first six or seven games straight before the rest of the league got into shape. Both Dick Irvin and Toe Blake followed this formula,&rdquo; said the Boomer. &#9632;

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Cat Takes Pains To Show Geoffrion Man In Charge

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Minnesota club doctor got quite a surprise when he started stitching up Gump Worsley following the goalie&rsquo;s injury. &ldquo;My gosh you still have your own teeth.&rdquo; said the medic. &ldquo;Just the bottom,&rdquo; explained Worsley who has lost count of shots in the mouth &hellip; Jean Beliveau wanted to make sure of getting a milestone puck for a Quebec City youth association that he mistakenly retrieved his 499th goal disc at St. Louis. He followed up by getting two at Minnesota for his 500th and 501st tallies. &ldquo;One of them has to count,&rdquo; joked the Habs&rsquo; captain&hellip; Claude Provost&rsquo;s penalty-shot try was his first in over 16 years of pro and three seasons of amateur hockey. &#9632;

Beliveau Shoots 500th Goal

<div class="byline">BY LOU PRATO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04490/2850389-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="257" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Angotti</figcaption></div>PITTSBURGH. Pa. &mdash;Less than two weeks of the National Hockey League season had been under way when Pittsburgh Penguin customers began to yearn for the return of veteran Andy Bathgate.Bathgate was the team&rsquo;s best scorer last season and also the best in the Western Division. But the veteran NHL superstar was cut during pre-season training and is now playing for Vancouver in the Western Hockey League.There are many in Pittsburgh who wish he was skating 3,000 miles away in the Steel City&rsquo;s Civic Arena. For after 10 days of the season it was obvious that the Penguins did not have the scoring punch that Bathgate gave them last year.In the first four games, the Pittsburgh entry scored only four goals and had not won a game, although tying two Eastern Division teams. Montreal and Toronto. But in comparison, last season after four games the Penguins had scored nine goals while winning one, losing two and tying one.&ldquo;No one wants to see Andy return more than me,&rdquo; says Pittsburgh coach Bed Sullivan. &ldquo;But I can&rsquo;t see how he can help our club now. Andy always will be able to put the puck in the net. But if you&rsquo;re not getting to the puck, then it doesn&rsquo;t really matter and Andy&rsquo;s legs are not the same as they were.&ldquo;Look. I&rsquo;m concerned about the scoring but not as much as a lot of people. At least we&rsquo;re getting chances at the net. If we weren&rsquo;t, then I&rsquo;d be more concerned.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve played eight or nine real good periods out of our first 12 and that&rsquo;s not bad. The only trouble is the first period has been bad. We&rsquo;ve let a couple of teams get far ahead of us and then tried to catch up. You can&rsquo;t do that in this league.&rdquo;Both Philadelphia and Boston used pyrotechnics in the opening period to defeat the Penguins. The Flyers scored twice within the first eight minutes and coasted to a 3-0 victory. Boston got three goals in ten minutes and went on to rack up a 54 decision. What made the defeats more galling was the performance of the Penguins in battling to a 1-1 tie with Montreal and 2-2 deadlock with Toronto.But Sullivan&rsquo;s public sentiments to the contrary, there was no doubt that he was apprehensive about the lack of scoring. By the time the Penguins played Chicago for the first time, Sullivan had shuffled his forward lines.Lou Angotti, a high pointmaker when he captained Philadelphia last season, was moved back to center on a line with Vai Fonteyne and Charlie Burns. Angotti had been playing right wing and Burns at center on different lines. Another forward team had Gene I&rsquo;briaco and Ken Schinkel at wings with Captain Earl Ingarfield at center. Wally Boyer centered for rookie Jean Pronovost and veteran Keith Mc-Creary on a third alignment.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05410/2850382-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="529" height="1126"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED SULLIVAN &hellip; We Need Goals</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Pronovost is one of those guys I&rsquo;m talking about when I say he&rsquo;s getting the chances to score.&rdquo; says Sullivan. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s fighting for the puck in front of that net but he is just not getting any goals. They&rsquo;re not going in for him.&rdquo;Sullivan also hopes the realignment up front will put more muscle into the overall lineup. &ldquo;The forwards could be checking harder,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been satisfied with my defense for the most part, but I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;m getting the best of my forwards. The have got to hit harder to stay with most of these other clubs.&rdquo;Despite the lack of victories in the early games, Sullivan refuses to alibi. After all, of his team&rsquo;s first seven games, five are with the more powerful Eastern Division. If they had been playing the early games in their own division there&rsquo;s a chance the Penguins would have a better record.&ldquo;Look, we&rsquo;re a National Hockey League team and so are the teams in the other division.&rdquo; Sullivan says. &ldquo;No matter when you schedule them you&rsquo;ve still got to play them. So why not now. We play them 36 times and teams in our own division 40 times. So why waste time talking about hard scheduling and soft scheduling. The thing to do is to go out and play the best game you know how. So far we haven&rsquo;t always done that.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Bringing Back Andy Bathgate Not Answer To Penguin Ills Says Coach ‘Red’ Sullivan

<div class="byline">BY GLENN REDMANN</div>TWIN CITIES, Minn.&mdash;Danny O&rsquo;Shea pulled a soaking wet green practice sweater over his head and, after pausing for a moment to catch his breath, said: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t consider my first five games in the National Hockey League to be a trial. &ldquo;If I did that, I might find myself playing much harder at the start than I would afterward, and I don&rsquo;t want that to happen.&rdquo; It was very early in the 1968-69 NHL season-Danny&rsquo;s first after playing a starring role for the Canadian National and Olympic teams- and the 6-foot-l, 190-pound centerman was well aware of the fact that Minnesota General Manager-Coach Wren Blair had a big decision to make.If Wren decided Danny wasn&rsquo;t quite ready for the big time, he had to send him to the minors before O&rsquo;Shea&rsquo;s sixth NHL game or expose him to waivers.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not making plans to play anywhere but right here,&rdquo; said the confident off-season resident of Beaverton. Ont.&ldquo;This is not to say that I think I have it made, because there are a lot of good centermen in this organization. But in my own mind, I think I can play in the NHL.&ldquo;Had I chosen to stay with the Nationals another season, though, I might never have been able to play pro.&ldquo;While I think I learned a lot in my two years with the Nationals, I also feel that the lack of body contact in that type of hockey hurt me, too.&ldquo;It has taken me awhile to get used to hitting and being hit again like I was in juniors.&rdquo;It was in juniors (the OHA) at Oshawa that Blair first sensed that O&rsquo;Shea had National Hockey League potential. And when Wren took over as North Stars&rsquo; GM-Coach, one of his first (and hopefully wisest) acts was to purchase Danny&rsquo;s pro rights from Montreal.Now, nearly two years later, it would appear that the handsome Canadian of Irish descent has began to renav Blair for the faith Wren has had in him.After a reasonably strong showing in training camp, O&rsquo;Shea picked up a goal and three assists in the North Stars first four games which caused Blair to comment:&ldquo;Danny&rsquo;s going to be with us this season. If I attempted to get waivers on him, there&rsquo;s not a doubt in my mind that he&rsquo;d be claimed by somebody.&ldquo;At his age (23), and with the lack of good, big centermen, he&rsquo;d be snapped up in a minute.&rdquo;O&rsquo;Shea&rsquo;s initial NHL goal came in Minnesota&rsquo;s seasonopening 5-1 victory at Oacland while all three of his assists were racked up three games later when the Stars disposed of Los Angeles, 4-1, for their first home ice triumph Oct. 19.The three assists in one game tied a club record. Bob Woytowich, recently traded to Pittsburgh, did it first on Nov. 8, 1967 against St. Louis. Later, the feat was accomplished by the late Billy Masterton on Jan. 10, 1968 against Philadelphia and then again by Dave Balon (now with New York) against Detroit on March 17, 1968.Danny likes to be responsible for the red light going on as much as the next guy, but you have to believe him when he says:&ldquo;The most important thing is not who scores, but the line scoring. I feel good when either Danny Grant or Claude Larose (his linemates) score a goal and I don&rsquo;t even get an assist, because it&rsquo;s a goal for our line.&rdquo;The Minnesotans&rsquo; triumphs over their West Division rivals from the Land of Milk and Honey defeats at the hands of Chicago and Montreal.While these setbacks weren&rsquo;t totally unexpected, they were taken very hardly by Blair. Of the 10-4 whomping in Chicago, Wren said:&ldquo;It was downright humiliating. Even the referee and linesmen acted as if they were ashamed to be a part of such a game. Our forwards did absolutely no backchecking and our defensemen didn&rsquo;t exactly distinguish themselves by giving the Hawks two or three goals.&rdquo;Of the 3-1 loss to the Habs before 12,692 fans in the home opener at Metropolitan Sports Center in nearby Bloomington, Blair said:&ldquo;Anytime you lose to Montreal 3-1, you shouldn&rsquo;t really be too unhappy. It was just the way they got their goals that hurt, though. Everyone of them came after a mistake.&rdquo;Blair was critical of O&rsquo;Shea for not passing off as much as he should in both losses. &ldquo;I got on him for that,&rdquo; said Wren after the victory over the Kings before 13.262 fans, &ldquo;and I think it helped. He was passing much better this time.&rdquo;STAR-LITES: Blair felt that veteran Bob McCord&rsquo;s rousing fight with Los Angeles&rsquo; Real Lemieux Oct. 19 really picked up the club&hellip;Lemieux needed a four-stich patch job afterward as each was assessed 15 minutes in penalty time by referee Bruce Hood for fighting and a misconduct. &#9632;

O’SHEA CONFIDENT HE’S IN NHL TO STAY

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01726/2850444-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="264" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Angotti</figcaption></div>Pittsburgh Penguins&rsquo; pre-season training period was filled with surprises this year, what with the demotion to the minors of 1967-68 leading expansion scorer Andy Bathgate and the sudden departure from camp of newly-acquired Lou Angotti.Angotti, obtained from Philadelphia Flyers in a three cornered deal that also involved St. Louis Blues, left the Penguins in a huff because coach Red Sullivan chose to deploy the player&rsquo;s talents on right wing instead of at centre.Angotti is back, however, and playing centre once again where he is making his presence felt. Last week, for instance, Lou scored the winning goal and assisted on the insurance marker as the Penguins upset the Western Division-leading Blues 4-2.He also added another goal earlier in the week as Pittsburgh bowed 8-5 to Chicago Black Hawks, his one-time teammates.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the NHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week in the west:Lou Angotti &hellip; Pittsburgh &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week— IN THE WEST

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02628/2850475-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="255" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Nevis</figcaption></div>New York Rangers&rsquo; captain Bob Nevin finally appears to be establishing a reputation as a prolific scorer.The eight-year veteran got off to the hottest start of his career this season and ranks second in the NHL in goals scoring with seven, one behind Chicago&rsquo;s Jim Pappin, who leads in this department.And most of Nevin&rsquo;s goals came under the heading of &ldquo;important&rdquo; tallies. Twice last week he notched the first goal of the game as the Rangers went on to defeat Oakland Seals 6-1 and Minnesota North Stars 3-0.Up till now, Nevin&rsquo;s most productive season was 1965-66 when he blinked the red light 29 times. If he continues at his current pace he&rsquo;s a cinch to break his personal high with plenty of room to spare.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the NHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week in the East:Bob Nevin &hellip;&hellip; New York &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week— IN THE EAST

<h2>TUES. OCT 22 OAKLAND 3 at MINNESOTA 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oakland, Jarrett (Hampson, Hicke) &hellip; 13:25Penalties: Collins 3:14, Larose 14:00, Goldsworthy 18:40, Odrowski 18:40.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Oakland, Odrowski &hellip; 9:163&mdash;Minnesota, Larose (Grant, O&rsquo;Shea) &hellip; 11:094&mdash;Minnesota, Grant (O&rsquo;Shea, W. Hillman) &hellip; 12:02Penalties: Hicke 8:21, Goldsworthy, (double minor) 13:11<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Oakland, Swarbrick (Harris, Ehman) &hellip; 15:59Penalties: Parise (major) 10:49, Watson (major) 10:49, Roberts 11:18Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01714/2850611-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="566" height="103"></div>Attendance: 9,548.<h2>WED. OCT. 23 OAKLAND 1 at NEW YORK 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;New York, Nevin (Goyette, Marshall) &hellip; 3:362&mdash;New York, Howell (Tkaczuk, Balon) &hellip; 11:36Penalty: Ferguson 9:20<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;New York, Balon &hellip; 0:204&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Ratelie, Hadfield) &hellip; 5:105&mdash;New York, Hadfield (Gilbert, Ratelle) &hellip; 14:546&mdash;Oakland, Brenneman (Hicke, Hampson) &hellip; 18:36Penalties: Howell 0:50, Odrowski 6:01, Hamilton 12:05, Watson 14:03, 15:32<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;New York, Goyette (Nevin, Marshall) &hellip; 9:05Penalties: D. Marshall 3:36, Vadnais 10:02, Park 15:43Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02667/2850604-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="579" height="100"></div>Attendance: 13,877<h2>CHICAGO 8 at PITTSBURGH 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Pappin (D. Hull) &hellip; 5:002&mdash;Pittsburgh, Schinkel (Ubriaco, Woytowich) &hellip; 6:173&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (Wharram) &hellip; 7:494&mdash;Chicago, B. Hull (Wharram, Mikita) &hellip; 9:135&mdash;Pittsburgh, McCreary (Pronovost, Boyer) &hellip; 11:496&mdash;Chicago, Mohns (Mikita, Wharram) &hellip; 18:39Penalties: Schinkel 0:57, Marotte 5:33, Arbour 8:44, 14:08, Stapleton 10:06, Jarrett 14:08.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Pittsburgh, McCallum (Boyer, Pronovost) &hellip; 9:198&mdash;Chicago, D. Hull (Pappin, Marotte) &hellip; 12:239&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (C. Maki, Schmautz) &hellip; 13:2610&mdash;Pittsburgh, Angotti (McCallum, Burns) &hellip; 15:01Penalties: Stapleton 5:13, Jarrett 9:07.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>11&mdash;Chicago, Pappin (D. Hull, Martin) &hellip; 6:2412&mdash;Pittsburgh, Boyer (McCreary) &hellip; 12:0013&mdash;Chicago, Mohns (Martin, Marotte) &hellip; 13:32Penalty: Arbour 7:34.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03620/2850597-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="561" height="104"></div>Attendance: 5,889<h2>ST. LOUIS 4 at TORONTO 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Mickey (Walton, Dorey) &hellip; 1:082&mdash;St. Louis, Henry (Sabourin) &hellip; 11:353&mdash;St. Louis, Talbot 12:3 (Walton, Ellis) &hellip; 15:054&mdash;Toronto, Ullman (Walton, Ellis) &hellip; 15:155&mdash;Toronto, Smith (Keon, Henderson) &hellip; 16:25Penalties: R. Plager 1:42, Sabourin 13:43, Mickey 16:57<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;St. Louis, Henry (Roberts, Sabourin) &hellip; 2:587&mdash;Toronto, Henderson (Keon) &hellip; 3:277&mdash;Toronto, Henderson (Keon) &hellip; 3:278&mdash;Toronto, Ullman (Oliver, Pilote) &hellip; 5:409&mdash;Toronto, Horton (Ellis, Ullman) &hellip; 7:45Penalties: Pelyk 1:30, Horton 11:48.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>10&mdash;St. Louis, McDonald (Roberts, Schock) &hellip; 19:28Penalties: Ecclestone 10:23, Mickey 14:43, F. Smith 17:25Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04568/2850590-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="567" height="104"></div>Attendance: 16,324.<h2>MONTREAL 5 at LOS ANGELES 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer (Beliveau) &hellip; 18:27Penalty: Amadio 17:20<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Los Angeles, Lemieux (Robinson, Rolfe) &hellip; 0:353&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer (Beliveau, G. Tremblay) &hellip; 1:104&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau &hellip; 5:525&mdash;Los Angeles, B. Hughes (Peters) &hellip; 19:23Penalty: None<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Montreal, J.C. Tremblay (Rousseau) &hellip; 3:207&mdash;Montreal, G. Tremblay 9:18Penalties: White 1:54, Ferguson (minor, major) &hellip; 15: 18.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05466/2850583-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="566" height="103"></div>Attendance: 9,118.<h2>THURS. OCT. 24 MINNESOTA 3 at PHILADELPHIA 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Minnesota, Larose (Cullen) &hellip; 7:312&mdash;Philadelphia, Van Impe (Heiskala, Johnson) &hellip; 15:28Penalties: Dornhoefer 9:30, McKenzie 11:51, Van Impe 19:02.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Minnesota, Marcetta (L. Hillman, Parise) &hellip; 9:504&mdash;Minnesota, Parise (Marcetta) &hellip; 19:30Penalties: O&rsquo;Shea, Peters 1:15, Hale 7:50, Grant 8: 42. Stanley 9:37, McKenzie 10:05, Van Impe 18:31.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Philadelphia, Dornhoefer (Nolet, Gendron) &hellip; 6:426&mdash;Philadelphia, Heiskala (Johnson) &hellip; 16:57Penalties: Dornhoefer 0:16, O&rsquo;Shea 4:59, Heiskala 6:53, Marcetta 7:34, Larose (misconduct) 19:07.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06396/2850576-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="566" height="103"></div>Attendance: 8,933.<h2>ST. LOUIS 2 at BOSTON 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Boston, Orr (Stanfield, Esposito) &hellip; 16:38Penalties: Arbour 14:47, Roberts 15:16.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Stanfield 0:28, Williams 9:30, Lansberry 14:14, Sanderson 17:33<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;St. Louis, Sabourin (McCreary, Harvey) &hellip; 15:113&mdash;St. Louis, McDonald (Schock, Harvey) &hellip; 15:39Penalties: Berenson 0:07, Roberts 1:29, Picard, Schock 5:32, Arbour (minor, misconduct) 9:59.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07366/2850569-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="561" height="101"></div>Attendance: 13,589.<h2>FRI. OCT. 25 MONTREAL 4 at OAKLAND 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal, Savard (Beliveau) &hellip; 7:302&mdash;Montreal, Lemaire (Redmond, Rousseau) &hellip; 8:503&mdash;Montreal, Backstrom (Ferguson) &hellip; 9:124&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau (Rousseau, Tremblay) &hellip; 15:35Penalties: Harris 12:46, Watson 15:47.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Oakland, Szura (Swarbrick, Vadnais) &hellip; 18:41Penalties: J. Ferguson (misconduct, major) Savard, Watson, Smith (major, minor) served by N. Ferguson, Jarrett 4:37.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Oakland, Hampson (Lacombe) &hellip; 3:48Penalties: Lemaire 2:42, J. Ferguson 5:02, Harris, Hicke 18:44.Shots againts:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08343/2850562-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="564" height="103"></div>Attendance: 5,282.<h2>SAT. OCT. 26 BOSTON 0 at TORONTO 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Mickey (Walton) &hellip; 16:55Penalties: Pelyk 3:06, D. Smith 7:43, Awrey 12:34.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Williams (major) 2:15, Pronovost 10:41.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Pulford) &hellip; 5:50Penalties: Sanderson 1:42, Dorey 4:40, Sanderson (major), Horton (major) 7:18, Shack (double minor), Dorey (double major) 18:50, Sanderson 19:37.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09326/2850555-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="568" height="104"></div>Attendance: 16,485.<h2>ST. LOUIS 2 at PITTSBURGH 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Ingarfield (J. Arbour, Schinkel) &hellip; 6:372&mdash;Pittsburgh, Woytowich &hellip; 19:14Penalties: McCallum 6:48, Picard 11:04, McCallum 17:39<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Pittsburgh, Angotti (Burns, Fonteyne) &hellip; 11:26Penalty: Price 9:36<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Pittsburgh, Dea (Angotti, J. Arbour) &hellip; 6:485&mdash;St. Louis, McDonald (Berenson, Picard) &hellip; 12:226&mdash;St. Louis, Sabourin (Roberts, Keenan) &hellip; 13:13Penalties: Angotti 7:43, McCallum 13:43, Harvey 15:18, Berenson 16:29.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10304/2850548-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="572" height="102"></div>Attendance: 7,026.<h2>PHILADELPHIA 2 at L.A. 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Los Angeles, Lemieux (Rolfe, Joyal) &hellip; 1: 19Penalties: Van Impe 3:15, Flett 4:35, Irvine 14:16<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Philadelphia, Rochefort (Kennedy) &hellip; 11:423&mdash;Philadelphia, Heiskala (Wutson, Johnson) &hellip; 13:04Penalties: Cherry 3:34, Paiement 19:13.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Los Angeles, Krake (Wall, B. Hughes) &hellip; 4:145&mdash;Los Angeles, Irvine (Rolfe) &hellip; 4:396&mdash;Los Angeles, Lemieux (Labossiere, White) &hellip; 10:297&mdash;Los Angeles, H. Hughes (Krake, Wall) &hellip; 16:53Penalties: Van Impe 12:22, White 14:45, Paiement (major) Irvine (major) 17:39.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11279/2850541-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="571" height="101"></div>Attendance&mdash;6,597.<h2>NEW YORK 3 at MINNESOTA 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;New York, Nevin (Goyette, Marshall) &hellip; 5:332&mdash;New York, Tkaczuk (Neilson) &hellip; 7:30Penalty&mdash;Seiling 16:09<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;New York, Balon (Hadfield, Stewart) &hellip; 11:20Penalties&mdash;Hadfield 9:05, McKenzie 16:34, Collins 18:41.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalty&mdash;Larose 7:12Shots against<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12244/2850534-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="583" height="103"></div>Attendance&mdash;14,077<h2>SUN. OCT. 27 MONTREAL 2 at BOSTON 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Boston, Stanfield (Esposito, Bucyk) &hellip; 13:35Penalties&mdash;Harper 4:47, Orr 6:19, Awrey 10:20, Harris 12:45, D. Smith 15:43.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Boston, Esposito (Hodge, Bucyk) &hellip; 1:263&mdash;Boston Shack4&mdash;Montreal, Backstrom (Provost, J.C. Tremblay) &hellip; 12:275&mdash;Boston, Stanfield (Bucyk, Murphy) &hellip; 18:04Penalty&mdash;Sanderson (game misconduct) &hellip; 14:39<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Montreal: Lemaire (Beliveau) &hellip; 16:23Penalties&mdash;Harris 4:10, Awrey 5:44, Harper 9:49, Ferguson 11:23.Shots against<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13210/2850527-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="578" height="104"></div>Attendance: 14,642<h2>CHICAGO 3 AT DETROIT 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Delvecchio, Bergman) &hellip; 10:07Penalties&mdash;Baun 1:59, Mohns 3:30<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Detroit, Unger (MacGregor) &hellip; 0:133&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (R. Hull) &hellip; 5:444&mdash;Detroit, F. Mahovlich (Delvecchio, Howe) &hellip; 14:44Penalties&mdash;Marotte 1:23, Baun 4:18, R. Mahovlich 7:50, Jarrett 10:43.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Harris, Delvecchio) &hellip; 1:546&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (C. Maki, Stapleton) &hellip; 12:187&mdash;Chicago, D. Hull (Martin, Pappin) &hellip; 13:01Penalty&mdash;Douglas 10:54Shots against.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14177/2850520-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="583" height="99"></div>Attendance: 12,943<h2>TORONTO 5 at NEW YORK 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Goyette, Nevin) &hellip; 3:242&mdash;New York, Hadfield (Ratelle) &hellip; 5:433&mdash;Toronto, Dorey (Horton) &hellip; 9:464&mdash;Toronto, Smith (Dorey, Henderson) &hellip; 10:17Penalties&mdash;Sutherland 1:55, Neilson 7:42, 12:27, 15:24, Walton 15 48, Pronovost 16:04.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Toronto, Horton &hellip; 3:296&mdash;Toronto, Oliver &hellip; 4:58Penalties&mdash;Neilson 1:47, Horton 4:51, Henderson, Gilbert (double minors) 6:02, Ley 14:26<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Toronto, Pulford (Walton, Oliver) &hellip; 5:498&mdash;New York, Ratelie (Gilbert, Seiling) &hellip; 12:19Penalties&mdash;None.Shots against<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15145/2850513-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="574" height="102"></div>Attendance: 17,250<h2>PHILADELPHIA 2 at OAKLAND 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Philadelphia, Van Impe (Johnson) &hellip; 10:292&mdash;Oakland, Vadnais &hellip; 12:29Penalties&mdash;Cherry 0:21, B. Watson, Heiskala 3:23, Roberts 8:25, 14:32, Swarbrick, Paiement (monors, majors) 9:12, Favell 19:04.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Philadelphia, Johnson (Rochefort)Penalties&mdash;None<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Oakland, Szura (Ferguson, B. Marshall) &hellip; 4:44Penalties&mdash;Kennedy, Ferguson (majors) 10:58, Swarbrick 11:40, Favell 16:56, Van Impe 17:29. Shots against<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-16103/2850506-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="574" height="102"></div>Attendance: 1,982. &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-17" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1782/2850649-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg"></div><h2>NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standing On Wednesday Oct. 30)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1869/2850642-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="1139" height="335"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 22Oakland 3 at Minnesota 2Wed. Oct. 23St. Louis 4 at Toronto 6Oakland 1 at New York 6Chicago 8 at Pittsburgh 5Montreal 5 at Los Angeles 2Thurs. Oct. 24St. Louis 2 at Boston 1Minnesota 3 at Philadelphia 3Fri. Oct. 25Montreal 4 at Oakland 2Sat. Oct. 26Boston 0 at Toronto 2New York 3 at Minnesota 0Philadelphia 2 at Los Angeles 6St-Louis 2 at Pittsburgh 4Sun. Oct. 27Montreal 2 at Boston 4Toronto 5 at New York 3Chicago 3 at Detroit 4Philadelphia 2 at Oakland 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Oct. 30Montreal at TorontoPittsburgh at New YorkBoston at MinnesotaChicago at Los AngelesPhiladelphia at St. LouisThurs. Oct. 31New York at PhiladelphiaBoston at DetroitFri. Nov. 1Chicago at OaklandSat. Nov. 2Detroit at MontrealPhiladelphia at TorontoPittsburgh at Los AngelesMinnesota at St. LouisSun. Nov. 3Montreal at PhiladelphiaMinnesota at New YorkChicago at BostonSt. Louis at DetroitPittsburgh at Oakland &#9632;

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LOOKING AT NHL RACE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01714/2850680-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">MYRON STANKIEWICZ &hellip; St. Louis Blues.</figcaption></div>Off all the rookies in the NHL this season Myron Stankiewicz of the St. Louis Blues has to rank as the &lsquo;oldest&rsquo; freshman.Stankiewicz, who will soon turn 3.3, has spent the last nine years skating obscurely in the American Hockey League with Hershey Bears. Being overlooked is the story of Myron&rsquo;s hockey life until this season.The Blues secured him in a trade with Los Angeles Kings and he impressed coach Scotty Bowman so much he was offered an NHL contract. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03466/2850711-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg"></div><h2>Including Games of Sun. October 27 &#9632;</h2>

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Looking At NHL Goalers

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02604/2850742-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="257" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Knibbs</figcaption></div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;How soon Billy Knibbs begins a highschool teaching career will be determined by the course his hockey career takes this season and next.At 26, Knibbs is heading into his second term with the Bisons and his seventh as a professional. Outside of a 53-game stand with the Boston Bruins four years ago, his play has been restricted to the minor leagues at Kingston, Minneapolis and Baltimore.A 190-pound, 6-foot 1-inch center, Knibbs played in the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; 0HA with the Niagara Falls Flyers, and is a product of the Boston organization.A tear fracture in his right ankle last winter grounded him for 25 games, and slowed him considerably after he did rejoin the club. He isn&rsquo;t a free skater, at best, and must work hard at all times for peak mobility.He finished with 12 goals and 27 assists, says the ankle feels fine again, and is looking forward with much anticipation to the forthcoming season.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m planning to teach at the high school level when I&rsquo;m through with hockey,&rdquo; Knibbs said. &ldquo;How soon I switch from hockey to high school depends on how well I play the next couple of seasons&rdquo;.What he means is that if he can&rsquo;t catch on with a major league team within two years, he will seriously consider quitting hockey.Knibbs, who is the property of the New York Rangers, the Bisons&rsquo; parent club, attended classes at the University of Waterloo in Orillia, Ont., for six weeks this summer.&ldquo;I took classes in philosophy&rsquo; and psychology, and I can get a degree by taking summer classes for five more years,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;But, then I could speed that up going to school the year around instead of playing hockey.&ldquo;The Rangers are pretty well set at center with Jean Ratelle, Phil Goyette, Orland Kurtenbach and guys like that. But, if I can have a good year, maybe another club would be interested in me.Knibbs is a good playmaker with the ability to make plays to either wing. He is a persistent checker, and is exceptionally talented in digging pucks out of corners.&ldquo;Billy had a fine training camp,&rdquo; said Coach Fred Shero of the Bisons.&rdquo; He isn&rsquo;t favoring his ankle, and reported in good shape. I can readily understand his desire for another crack in the National League. And I honestly believe he&rsquo;ll get one if he has a good season with us.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a conscientious hockey player on the ice, and no trouble off it. I know several big league teams were looking at him a year ago before he was injured.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Ex-Bruin Billy Knibbs Pondering Pro Hockey Or Career In Teaching

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Dennis Hextail insists he isn&rsquo;t in any great hurry to reach the National Hockey League, but readily admits he&rsquo;ll hang up his skates in favor of a dental or teaching career if he doesn&rsquo;t make the big league within two or three years.All five male members of the Hextali family will be in organized hockey this winter and at least two, Dennis and his brother, Bryan Jr., are taking dead aim at NHL jobs. Bryan Jr., the oldest of four brothers at 27, is with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Dennis hopes to rejoin the New York Rangers.Rick. 23, is with the Rochester Americans and Randy, 15, will play midget hockey in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.Their father, Bryan Sr., one of the top players in the NHL history as a member of the New York Rangers, will coach the Portage la Prairie team of the Western Canada Junior League this season.Bryan Sr. was a, left-hand shot who played right wing. His sons are all centers.Dennis, a University of North Dakota alumnus, came to Buffalo last winter after three seasons of college hockey and one term with Knoxville in the Eastern Amateur League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01688/2850787-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="531" height="623"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRYAN HEXTALL Jr&hellip; Hopes To Be A Leaf</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02620/2850780-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="530" height="586"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENNIS HEXTALL &hellip;Aims At Rangers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03524/2850773-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="526" height="627"><figcaption class="caption-body">RICH HEXTALL &hellip;On Way Up, Too</figcaption></div>Working on a line with Dennis Kassian and Mike Labadie, Dennis collected 15 goals and 33 assists in 51 games, and also piled up 114 minutes in penalties. One of the better and more willing fist-fighters, he rapidly acquired a reputation as the club&rsquo;s most abrasive performer.&ldquo;It won&rsquo;t be easy to win a job with the Rangers this season, &ldquo;he said, and I would rather play regularly in Buffalo than sit on the bench in New York.&ldquo;There are real good centers in New York. The Rangers have Phil Goyette, Jean Ratelle and Orland Kurtenbach, and also Walter Tkaczuk, the good kid out of junior.&ldquo;I figure I might be better off in dentistry or teaching if I can&rsquo;t make it to the NHL in two or three years. I&rsquo;m 25 now, so that isn&rsquo;t really moving up too quickly.&ldquo;I want to get more points and less minutes in penalties this season. You can&rsquo;t get any points in the penalty box. However, if I can improve my chances of moving up by hitting some people in training camp. I will.&rdquo;Dennis, who holds a bachelor of science degree, took summer courses at North Dakota during the off season and is also seeking a degree in education. He is considering teaching biology, or returning to school for a dental degree.&ldquo;I spent a lot of time water skiing, and my arms and legs feel good.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Now, we&rsquo;ll just wait and see what develops here on the ice.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Four Hextali Brothers In Action, Bryan Jr., Dennis Eye NHL Spots

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;Well, some people thought young Jim Dorey&rsquo;s debut in Maple Leaf Gardens was auspicious.Others considered it an outrage and viewed it with alarm. In his second National Hockey League game, and his first on home ice. Maple Leafs&rsquo; freshman defenceman established two crime records. Before being ejected by referee Art Skov, he totalled 38 minutes which is the most any player ever has compiled in one match. And he incurred eight separate penalties, also a record. If he&rsquo;d been around for the third period, who knows what he might have accomplished?What happened is this: Dorey was suckered into a high sticking penalty by Pittsburgh Penguins&rsquo; veteran winger, Ken Schinkel. Dorey lost his temper then and had separate fights with Schinkel and John Arbour. Skov assessed him a minor &mdash; to go with three previous ones &mdash; two majors, a misconduct and a game misconduct, which goes into the records as an extra 10 minutes. Dorey will pay $125 in league fines.Reg Fleming had held the previous record with 37 minutes, served eight years ago when he was with Chicago Black Hawks. Two players had served seven penalties in one game &mdash; George Boucher of Ottawa Senators in 1927 and Boston Bruins&rsquo; Ted Green in 1965.Dorey was criticized in newspapers the next day, the suggestion being that this was not the way to play big-league hockey. The following day, manager coach Punch Imlach took the youngster aside and told him, &ldquo;there&rsquo;s only one person you have to please and that&rsquo;s me. Forget what anybody else says.&rdquo;And Imlach, of course, was pleased. Naturally, he&rsquo;d sooner have his men out of the penalty box than in, but he admires Dorey&rsquo;s combativeness and feels it can be an asset to his rebuilding club this winter.Leafs were not at all aggressive last season, particularly in games they played away from Toronto. Their timidity cost them dearly, for it quickly became apparent Leafs could be pushed around. Imlach wanted to regain some of the old scrappiness if possible and felt, right from the start, that young Dorey could provide it.So Imlach felt encouraged when he saw the lad anxious to taken as many of the opposition players as he could get his hands on. Imlach is not condoning hooliganism nor is he endorsing unnecessary brawling. But a club that lets itself be intimidated will be moving in reverse all season.Leaf officials, headed by Imlach, were impressed by Dorey when he first came to their training camp in 1967, a 6-foot-1, 195-pounder from Kingston via their junior affiliate at London, Ont. He&rsquo;d just turned 20 and Imlach insisted on a year of apprenticeship in the farm system.Accordingly, Dorey played in the Western League with Phoenix, in the Central League at Tulsa and in the American League with Rochester. This fall. Imlach paired him with all-star Tim Horton and let it be known the youngster was there to stay.Mike Pelyk. a newcomer with only a bit more experience than Dorey, Junior graduate Ricky Ley, and veterans Marcel Pronovost and Pierre Pilote are Leafs&rsquo; other rearguards. Jim McKenny has been assigned to the Rochester club.It&rsquo;s rather a risky mixture but Imlach feels he has no alternative but to go with it and hope the greenhorns mature quickly. In Dorey&rsquo;s case, there seems to be no question. He moves the puck out of his own end with decisiveness and speed and he has proven he&rsquo;s tough. The defensive end of things is just a matter of experience. &#9632;

Dorey May Be Answer To Imlach’s Search For Muscle On Leafs

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01535/2850866-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="249" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Hicks</figcaption></div>ASK YOUR DEALER ABOUT LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS (FORMERLY WALLY)(Hockey sticks distributed in the U.S. through the Hillerich & Bradsby Co.)ASK YOUR DEALER ABOUT LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS (FORMERLY WALLY)(Hockey sticks distributed in the U.S. through the Hillerich & Bradsby Co.)BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;Divergent pholosophies on how best to successfully operate a minor league hockey franchise may come into focus this winter in so far as the Baltimore Clippers are concerned.When the Clippers initially entered the American Hockey League for the 1962-3 campaign, owners Zan Krieger and Jake Embryafliliated themselves with the New York Rangers, and as a result were almost completely dependent upon Madison Square Garden officials for providing player talent.In that first season, only one player &mdash; Dave Creighton &mdash; was owned by Baltimore. The veteran center was purchased at the outset of the season from Buffalo. However, it was a highly successful debut for Baltimore as the club executed a whirlwind finish to gain the Calder Cup playoffs.As the years wore on, new talent outside of the New York organization was either purchased or drafted, and although the tieup with the Rangers continued to be a most profitable contract, the Baltimore franchise moved toward an independent status and as the present season began, no less than 16 players were owned outright by the Clippers.In this category, general manager Terry Reardon had, by purchases and trades, gained the contracts of such worthies as playercoach Aldo Guidolin. Willie Marshall, Sandy McGregor, Jim Bartlett, Jean-Marie Cossette, Bob Cunningham, Ed MacQueen, Nick Polano. Bob Brinkworth, Wally Chevrier, Duncan Mac-Donald. Bob Wilson. Jim Morrison. Keke Mortson, and goaltenders Gilles Boisvert and Andy Brown.Meanwhile, the Ranger affiliation dissolved last year and Baltimore turned to the new Pittsburgh Penguins of the National League for additional player help. Then, this winter, Reardon wrangled a player from Bud Poile of the Philadelphia Flyers, hooked up with Sid Abel and Baz Bastien for assistance from the Detroit Red Wings and continued his fine relationship with Jack Riley of the Penguins.As a result of these maneuvers, this year&rsquo;s Clipper squad offers 16 players owned outright by Baltimore; three from the Red Wings (goalie Don McLeod, defenseman Jim Watson and winger Dave Rochefort); two from Pittsburgh (defenseman Bill Speer and talented winger Wayne Hicks), and one from Philadelphia winger Don Blackburn.It&rsquo;s much too early in the season to put the current Clippers edition in proper focus. However, the team has gotten off to a fairly good start and on paper appears formidable providing rookie Andy Brown makes it as a pro goaltender, and an experienced and veteran produces as previous records indicate it should.With Brown and McLeod in the nets, the Clippers ice a defense of player-coach Guidolin, team captain Morrison. Speer, Polano, Watson and Chevrier. On offense. Marshall, the league&rsquo;s second ail time leading scorer, Cunningham and Mortson are the three centers, with Blackburn, Bartlett, Brinkworth and Cossette on the left side and McGregor, Hicks and handyman MacQueen as right wingers.Few hockey buffs will question the value of players like Watson, Speer, Blackburn and Hicks, while youngsters McLeod and Rochefort from Detroit figure to help. Consequently, the Clippers policy of independency while continuing to work with not just one but several National League clubs, will certainly be watched carefully by the hockey experts.This program will have to be compared with those of Buffalo, Springfield. Quebec, Rochester and Cleveland whose 1968-69 teams are made up almost exclusively with players sent to them from the one NHL club with which they have affiliated. &#9632;

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Clippers Thrive On Independent Operation

<h2>TUES. OCT. 22 CLEVELAND 2 at QUEBEC 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Quebec, Bernier (Racette, Rivard) &hellip; 3:442&mdash;Quebec, Bernier (Rivard, Racette) &hellip; 9:24Penalties: Bouchard 11:01, Morrison 16:03.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Cleveland, Hoekstra (Bouchard, Glover) &hellip; 6:454&mdash;Cleveland, Johnston (Kelly) &hellip; 10:21Penaltie-: Ball 1:29, 17:53, Laughton 4:31<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Quebec, Ball (Rivard) &hellip; 15:46Penalty: Ball 16:02Shots by, Cleveland 30, Quebec 26.Attendance: 3,104<h2>FRI. OCT. 25 CLEVELAND 4 at QUEBEC 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland. Berry (Glover, Fedun) &hellip; 0:14Penalties: Rupp 13:12, 19:59.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Cleveland, Vanderburg (Schultz, St. Jacques) &hellip; 3:444&mdash;Cleveland, Rupp (Vanderburg, Schultz) &hellip; 15:365&mdash;Quebec, Drolet (Laforge, Ball) &hellip; 16:48Penalty: Ball 8:05.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Cleveland, Comeau (Johnson) &hellip; 11:297&mdash;Quebec, Buchanan (Lapointe, Ball) &hellip; 14:02Penalties: Bouchard 13:50.Shots by, Cleveland 27, Quebec 30.Attendance: 3,517<h2>ROCHESTER 2 at PROVIDENCE 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, Leduc (Kachur, Creighton) &hellip; 1:402&mdash;Providence, Gagne (McKenney, Meissner) &hellip; 10:263&mdash;Providence, Kachur (Lafond) &hellip; 13:184&mdash;Providence, Creighton (Leduc, Keller) &hellip; 16:28Penalties: Chipchase 0:43, Godfrey 14:49<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Rochester, McKenney (Kilrea, Cherry) &hellip; 2:146&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Campbell, Chipchase) &hellip; 3:04Penalties: Goegan 4:55, Armstrong, Clearwater 6: 05, Keller 9:27, Armstrong 14:46.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Providence, Sleaver &hellip; 0:198&mdash;Providence, Mallette (Keller, McKenney) &hellip; 2:27Penalties: Chipchase 0:55, Champagne 2:04, Gagne 3:03, Muloin. Ward 7:51, Muloin 10:29, Cherry 14:13.Shots by, Rochester 41, Providence 32.Attendance: 4,348<h2>CLEVELAND 4 at QUEBEC 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland: Berry (Fedun, Glover) &hellip; 0:14Penalties: Rupp 13:12, 20:00.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Cleveland: Vanderberg (Schultz) &hellip; 3:443&mdash;Cleveland: Rupp (Vanderberg, Schultz) &hellip; 15:364&mdash;Quebec: Drolet (Laforge, Ball) &hellip; 16:48Penalties: Ball 8:0&rsquo;<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Cleveland: Comeau (Johnson) &hellip; 11:296&mdash;Quebec: Buchanan (Lapointe, Ball) &hellip; 14:02Penalties: Bouchard 13:50 Saves, Wakely 36, Sternig, Wilson 23.<h2>Sun. Oct. 27 QUEBEC 0 at BUFFALO 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, Rivers (Jones, Ingram) &hellip; 6:592&mdash;Buffalo, Ouellette (Kassian, Park) &hellip; 9:45Penalties&mdash;Edestrand 9:20, Kassian 19:30<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalties: Ball 8:54, Laforge 12:43<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalties: Quebeb bench minor served by Bardley 8:38, Edestrand, Blackburn 10:54.Shots by, Quebec 28, Buffalo 26Attendance 4,394.<h2>CLEVELAND 2 at ROCHESTER 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Fedun (Rupp, Comeau) &hellip; 9:212&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (McKenny) &hellip; 13:253&mdash;Cleveland, Johnston (Comeau) &hellip; 13:44Penalties &mdash; Chipchase 1:46, 8:07, Bouchard 12:10, Fedun 17:24.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty&mdash;Needham 20:00<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Rochester, McCarthy (Ward) &hellip; 0:325&mdash;Rochester, Ward (Horvath, Cherry) &hellip; 6:29Penalties&mdash;McKenny 1:56, Fedun 6:24, Bouchard 7: 28, Chipchase 13:10, Berry, Chipchase (majors) 15: 14.Shots by Cleveland 26, Rochester 27Attendance 4,065.<h2>SPRINGFIELD 4 at PROVID. 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalties&mdash;Leduc 3:07, Menard 5:53, Locas 9:36, Inglis 14:05, Keller 18:55<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, Dufour &hellip; 0:132&mdash;Springfield, Inglis (Prior) &hellip; 1:083&mdash;Providence, Kachur (Sleaver, Goegan) &hellip; 11:47Penalties&mdash;Springfield bench minor (served by Turlik) 4:51, Mantha 8:59, Campbell 13:22, Muloin 15: 56<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Providence Clearwater (Sleaver) &hellip; 0:115&mdash;Springfield, Anderson (Dufour, Menard) &hellip; 12:366&mdash;Springfield, Anderson (Dufour, Menard) &hellip; 16:54Penalties&mdash;Turlik 4:27, Menard 17:30Shots by Springfield 24, Providence 25Attendance: 4,905. &#9632;

American League Hockey Summaries

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standing on Tues. Oct. 29)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02460/2850942-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="590" height="244"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03361/2850935-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="586" height="200"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 22Cleveland 2 at Quebec 3Fri. Oct. 25Rochester 2 at Providence 6Cleveland 4 at Quebec 2Sal. Oct 26Providence 1 at Hershey 8Baltimore 2 at Springfield 2Sun. Oct. 27Springfield 4 at Providence 2Quebec 0 at Buffalo 2Cleveland 2 at Rochester 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Oct. 30Rochester at ClevelandSpringfield at HersheyFri. Nov. 1Rochester at BaltimoreHershey at SpringfieldSat. Nov. 2Quebec at BaltimoreBuffalo at ClevelandRochester at HersheyProvidence at SpringfieldSun. Nov. 3Quebec at ProvidenceBuffalo at Rochester<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 27)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04288/2850928-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="591" height="402"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05217/2850921-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="590" height="182"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio &mdash;Call it fate, kismet, irony or whatever you will, the last man to feel the concerted wrath of the Cleveland Barons in American Hockey League wars has been named to lead the Barons back to a place in the AHL sun.Floyd (Busher) Curry, named by President-General Manager Nick J. Mileti as Fred Glover&rsquo;s replacement on October 18, was the coach of the Quebec Aces when the Barons roared to their last Calder Cup championship in nine straight games in the 1963-64 playoffs. It was Curry&rsquo;s Aces who were the victims in the final four games.Despite the debacle, he was a good coach then and he is a good coach now. Mileti says that Curry, assistant to general manager Sam Pollock of the Montreal Canadiens and the acting coach of the Barons throughout the training season, is the man he sought from the start as the Cleveland coach.Several reasons exist for the delay in naming Curry as the team&rsquo;s permanent leader. First was the purchase of the Barons by Mileti, which came just before the season started. Former president Paul Bright hesitated to name a coach, knowing that sale of the club was pending. Curry, himself, had problems. He is a successful businessman in Montreal. His older daughter was married the day before he accepted the Barons&rsquo; job. He had a position of responsibility with the Canadiens.Curry confesses that his decision to accept the job did not come easy. &ldquo;I have wanted this job from the start,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I love coaching. I did, however, have to work out some personal matters. I felt I had an obligation to the Canadiens, to the young Barons&rsquo; players and to Nick Mileti. My job now is to put some Cleveland points in the standings.&rdquo;Asked for a capsule comment of his team, which had lost two games before Curry accepted the permanent reins, the ex-NHL star said, &ldquo;This much I can tell you. The club is better than the Cleveland team of a year ago.&ldquo;Most of our players are young but they are big and they are talented. I am not worried about our goaltending, with Ernie Wakely, or about our defense, with the addition of Duane Rupp and Pierre Bouchard. Our problem right now is to put the puck into the net.&rdquo;Inferring that he has the horses to go all the way the new coach proceeded to Curry-comb them to their first victory 24 hours after taking command.Howie Glover scored two goals and Wayne Schultz, Bob Berry, Maurice St. Jacques and Brian Harper one each to hand the Barons a 6-5 win over Springfield on the King&rsquo;s ice.It is significant that once the Barons found the enemy net, the victories started to come.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01449/2850973-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="551" height="663"><figcaption class="caption-body">FLOYD CURRY&hellip;Wanted From Start</figcaption></div>Curry, 4 3, was born in Chapleau, Ontario. He was an outstanding wingman for 11 years with the Canadiens and coached for six seasons before coming to the Barons. &#9632;

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Barons Pick Floyd Curry As Full-Time Coach

<div class="byline">BY LOUIS FUSK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02397/2851004-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="267" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Buchanin</figcaption></div>QUEBEC CITY, Que.&mdash;The 1968-69 edition of Quebec Aces is the youngest of any Canadian Club ever to participate in the American Hockey League.Vic Stasiuk, who was named the outstanding coach of the year in the American League last season, will have another occasion to prove his worth as a coach of young talent again this year as he will be at the helm of the youngest club in the long history of Quebec Aces.The average age of the 20 players nowunder contract is 23.04 years, and of this number six are making their debut in pro ranks, four of whom are graduating from junior hockey. They are goaltender Duncan Wilson of Oshawa Juniors of the OHA; left winger Bill McEwan, of Fort William, Jr.; Lew Morrison, right winger from Flin Flon and Jean Lapointe from the Montreal Metropolitan Junior League&rsquo;s Laval Saints.The only veterans from last year&rsquo;s team which reached the Calder Cup finals are defensemen Terry Ball. Ralph MacSweyn and Roger Pelletier, along with forwards Onil Boutin. Larry McKillop, Ron Racette. Dick Sarrazin, Serge Bernier and Rene Drolet.The promotion to Philadelphia Flyers of the &ldquo;French Line&rdquo; of Andre Lacroix, Jean Guy Gendron and Simon Nolet, along with rugged Rosaire Paiement and the departure of veteran defensemen Jim Morrison and John Hanna left Stasiuk with the problem of producing 120 goals and it is up to him to get it out of his rookie squad. Right winger Morrison, centre Ron Buchanan from Oklahoma City and left wingers Brian Bradley and Bill McEwan look like good bets to pull in some of the slack.At any rate Norman (Bud) Poile, who is general manager of Philadelphia Flyers and Quebec Aces, is convinced that this year&rsquo;s edition of the Aces will again come up with a brand of hockey which will meet with the hearty approval of all Quebec fans. &#9632;

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Stasiuk Facing Coaching Test With Youthful Aces’ Squad

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03327/2851035-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="240" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Creighton</figcaption></div>PROVIDENCE, R.l.&mdash;Dave Creighton was the American Hockey League&rsquo;s most valuable player last season. He may be the league&rsquo;s executive of the 1968 69 season.When Lou Pieri Found himself without a general manager late in the summer after the surprise resignation of Buster Clegg, he looked around him, saw player-coach Creighton and simply said, &ldquo;Dave, you can be the team&rsquo;s GM if you want the job.&rdquo;It is now history that Creighton accepted the job and became a man with three hats. Some hockey buffs in this smallest state in the union call Dave the Reds&rsquo; triple threat.After the first four games played by the Reds, Creighton has looked like a champion in every phase of his job. As a player, he centered a line, took a regular turn and picked up four points on a goal and three assists. As a coach, he made moves with his goaltenders Marcel Paille and Ros&rsquo;s Brooks that lifted a lot of eyebrows but paid dividends for the Reds who found themselves deadlocked with Baltimore for the league lead.And as an executive, Creighton joined with Pieri in putting the Reds on airline jets, instead of the customary charter jobs, and the squad has been happy. &ldquo;It is hard for me to believe that we have accomplished so much in such a short space of time,&rdquo; says the Reds&rsquo; boss.It is interesting to note Dave says &ldquo;we&rdquo; in talking of the early success of his Providence squad. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t forget,&rdquo; Dave is quick to point out, &ldquo;Lou has worked real hard. John Sleaver has been a tremendous help as the assistant coach and Captain Adam Keller has seen to it that spirit is high. There were so many things hanging when we were left without a general manager, but it is amazing how smoothly things have fallen into place.&rdquo;Creighton is the kind of a fellow who would take time to point out the contributions of others. This man, with over 20 years in hockey, a game he admittedly loves, is a soft spoken gent, who has an inner feeling for all those who come under his guidance.After his 75 point season of 1967-68 selection as MVP plus Coach of the Year (also on second AHL all-star team), there really is not much more one can expect of a man who was born in Port Arthur, Ontario, June 24, 1930. He played in 1948-49 for the Hershey Bears and has been going ever since with stops at Boston, Toronto, Chicago, New York, Rochester and Baltimore before arriving on the Rhode Island scene.He sits behind a desk a lot now, but Dave, although a veteran, cannot get away from the feelings of a player. &ldquo;I think of keeping myself out,&rdquo; he points out, &ldquo;then I say well maybe my experience will help to win a game and if I am going to be a successful coach and general manager, then I better have w winner. So I plany. &#9632;

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Creighton Filling Reds’ Dual Role Like Old Pro’

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, PA.Colin McCormick is getting his first taste of pro hockey and loving every minute of it.The 28-year-old Hershey Bears rookie cage cop has aided the club to three straight victories, though he wasn&rsquo;t around for the finish on two of them.In his last start against the Buffalo Bisons at Buffalo on Oct. 20, McCormick accidentally conked himself on the head with his stick during heavy late third period action and had to give way to veteran John Henderon. In another game against the Baltimore Clippers Henderson came on to play the final period.During his stint in the cage, the product of Powell River, British Columbia, has turned in 111 saves, allowing 12 goals for a respectable 3.0 average. He is owned by the Boston Bruins who recommended him highly to Hershey for a tryout.When he opened the season in the nets at Baltimore on Oct. 11, it marked the first time in American League history that the Bears ever started the campaign with a rookie between the pipes.&ldquo;As long as I&rsquo;ve been here (13 years),&rdquo; said coach Frank Mathers, &ldquo;we never went with a rookie. But the guy&rsquo;s been doing a fine job.&rdquo;The Bears also have another goalie Andre Gill, six-year member of the club, who had not signed a contract as of Oct. 18. Only two years ago he was the Cinderella story of the AHL, coming on in relief of injured Claude Dufour early in the season to eventually win the Hap Holmes Memorial Trophy for the lowest average and also a first all-star team berth.Mathers, however, said he is not carrying three goalies and soon will make a decision on who gets cut. He also plans to release another skater before long to get down to 18 players. &#9632;

Bears Start With Rookie Goaler For First Time In 13 Seasons

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04256/2851090-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="269" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Johnson</figcaption></div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass. &mdash;Defense man Dave Amadio and wing Bordon Smith, both of whom were expected to play here, have departed. In fact, the Springfield Kings figured they would be main stays here.Amadio was figured for a regular here. Such was reported in the daily press here. However, at the last minute, the parent Kings decided he would remain with them. It has put a great strain on the AHL club&rsquo;s defense corps.Smith is a little different story. He was set to turn pro with the Kings. Last season, he played here on a five-game pro trial. In a late decision, Smith decided he did not want to turn pro with Springfield this season.At last reports, Smith was back with the Clinton Comets in the Eastern League, where he had a sensational season last winter. It was reported Borden was pleased with the financial terms in Springfield. He just decided not to turn pro.The Springfield defense unit is certainly going to be under great pressure. At this writing, Jim Murray was called back to Los Angeles due to several injuries. There is little to indicate when he&rsquo;ll return.Only Larry Johnston and Paul Popeil are defensemen with any real experience in the job. And Popeil returned just a shortime ago from the parent club. These two pros will certainly get plenty of work. &#9632;

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Recalls Hurt AHL Kings Defense Crew

For The Best In Hockey Reading HOCKEY PICTORIAL Hockey&rsquo;s Most Exciting PublicationKeep Up With All The Hockey Happenings THE HOCKEY NEWS Now Expanded To 24 Big Pages<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 29)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01454/2851121-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="571" height="316"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 22Portland 6 at Vancouver 6Wed. Oct. 23San Diego 0 at Phoenix 2Denver 2 at Portland 3Thurs. Oct. 24Vancouver 4 at Seattle 2Fri. Oct. 25San Diego 4 at Phoenix 4Denver 2 at Vancouver 3Sat. Oct. 26Phoenix 1 at San Diego 3Denver 2 at Seattle 8Sun. Oct. 27Seattle 1 at Portland 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 29Seattle at San DiegoDenver at VancouverWed. Oct. 30Seattle of PhoenixFri. Nov. 1Denver at San DiegoPortland at SeattlePhoenix at VancouverSat. Nov. 2Vancouver at DenverSeattle at PortlandSun. Nov. 3Vancouver at DenverPhoenix at Portland &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02364/2851159-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="249" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Walt McKechine</figcaption></div>PHOENIX, Ariz.&mdash;As the end of the training camps a p proached, the Phoenix Roadrunners were the talk of the Western Hockey League.When the championship chances of the six clubs were discussed, everyone mentioned Phoenix, sometimes for as long as four of five seconds.&ldquo;Lost three of their four best scorers and didn&rsquo;t replace them&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;weakest team in the league down the middle&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;only club in the Western League that didn&rsquo;t improve&rdquo; &hellip;These were typical of comments. The &lsquo;Runners were dismissed as out of it. But in the first few weeks of the campaign, strange things started to happen. Back to Phoenix came big center Walt McKechnie, rookie of the year in the WHL last season. Gerry Meehan, a 6-2, 200-pounder who sizzled with 72 points (31 goals) at Tulsa last season, joined the club. So did promising goalie Ken Broderick.And then veteran Aut Erickson returned to the Western League from Oakland to skate at the blue line for the Roadrunners.Suddenly, no one was laughing. The Roadrunners just might shock everyone. Alf Pike has a big, strong club (11 players who weigh 190 or more) with an empahsis on youth (12 players 25 years of age or under).The biggest key to success could be the addition of Erickson on defense.Phoenix already had one of the Western League&rsquo;s all-time greats in Captain Sandy Hucul, voted best blueliner in the circuit last season.There sure as heck was nothing wrong with the spirit of Tom Polanic, Harry Shaw and Roger Cote. This trio combined for 408 minutes of penalties that for the most part left opponents bruised last season. Polanic picked up 156 and Shaw 122 in only 49 games for Phoenix. Cote drew 130 with Springfield.The toughness was there. But all three sometimes tend to crash off in all directions at once, leaving 16 or 17 opposing forwards playing ping-pong in front of the &lsquo;Runner nets at the same time.One more steady veteran was needed. Erickson should do the job. He was as adequate as any of the National League Oakland Seals last year, which isn&rsquo;t the greatest compliment in the world. A year earlier he was a second All Star for Victoria. Erickson has been around (11 professional clubs) and is tough enough on his own to move opposing forwards.The Phoenix defense now is tough (no question about that) and suddenly potentially sound.In goal, Rick Charron is hot and cold. His goals-against average (3.57) wasn&rsquo;t much last season but he led the WHL in shutouts with five. And Rick was a not-bad 3.11 behind a sound Portland defense two years back.Always regarded as one of Canada&rsquo;s top amateurs, he had a three-game shot with Vancouver two years back and responded with a 2.67 goals-against average.Up front, Coach Pike might be expected to do considerable line juggling in the early season to blend the right combinations.Mckechnie and Meehan should be set at center posts and both should be good ones. McKechnie scored 54 points, including 24 goals, in his rookie season with the &lsquo;Runners, while Meehan, as mentioned, was better than a point-a-game producer for Tulsa.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03268/2851152-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="532" height="687"><figcaption class="caption-body">AUT ERICKSON&hellip; Sent By Seals</figcaption></div>Several of the other boys up front, including veteran Bob Kabel and Leo Thiffault, were capable of playing either center or on the wing.At any rate there was plenty of potential scoring.Veteran Tommy McVie led Phoenix with 29 goals last season, scored 45 for Portland in &lsquo;62 &hellip; Gary Marsh, another late comer, scored 25 for Ft, Worth &hellip; Andre Pronovost collected 20 for Memphis &hellip; for the same club, Bob Charlebois sniped 25 and Thiffault 22.Most of the Phoenix forwards were big, too&rsquo; and might do some hitting beyond the blue line, a somewhat lost art in the Western Hockey League, with a few exceptions (Earl Heiskala of Seattle for one), in recent seasons.Sent By Seals The Roadrunners, who battled down the stretch into the playoffs last season in their WHL debut, were off and skating right from the start this season. &#9632;

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Phoenix Roadrunners Surprising WHL After Being Written Off By Experts

<h2>TUES. OCT. 15 SAN DIEGO 4 at VANCOUVER 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (Hynes, Evans) &hellip; 3:192&mdash;San Diego, Stanfield (Ehrenverth, Huculak) &hellip; 11:56Penalties: Richardson 0:46, Lemieux 7:17, Cardiff 11:30, Johns 17:56, Carmichael 19:13.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Vancouver, Bathgate (Gagnon, Gofton) &hellip; 3:24Penalties: Maloney 4:39, Hunt 7:42, Pratt 10:49, Hall 19:58.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;San Diego, Huculak (Richardson) &hellip; 12:395&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan (Hynes, Hilton) &hellip; 18:15Penalties: Sly 11:11, Evans 13:08, Lemieux 19:52.Shots by San Diego 27, Vancouver 25.Attendance: 5,697.<h2>WED. OCT. 16 SAN DIEGO 4 at PORTLAND 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, Faulkner (O&rsquo;Ree, Champoux) &hellip; 14:192&mdash;San Diego, Hunt (Faulkner) &hellip; 17:52Penalties: Lebrun 2:15, Cardiff 5:41, Saunders 7:02, O&rsquo;Ree 9:29, Madigan 17:46, O&rsquo;Ree 17:46, Kearns 19: 57.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Portland, Johnson (Pearson) &hellip; 4:154&mdash;Portland, Schmautz (Jones, Bellerive) &hellip; 6:205&mdash;San Diego, Sinclair (Carmichael, Richardson) &hellip; 7:316&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Hebenton, Goyer) &hellip; 7:437&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Hebenton, Goyer) &hellip; 17:218&mdash;Portland, Jones (Bellerive, Hay) &hellip; 19:53Penalties: O&rsquo;Ree 1:13, Johnson 8:47, Eagle 8:47, Foley 12:18, Cardiff 15:33<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;San Diego, Hynes (Hilts, Lebrun) &hellip; 17:5410&mdash;Portland, Bellerive (Jones) &hellip; 19:50Penalties: Richardson 5:53, Nicholson (misconduct) 10:19.Shots by San Diego 25, Portland 38.Attendance: 4,862.<h2>THURS. OCT. 17 PORTLAND 4 at PHOENIX 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Phoenix, Pronovost &hellip; 3:122&mdash;Portland, Madigan (Kearns, Bellerive) &hellip; 5:543&mdash;Portland, Schmautz &hellip; 14:41Penalties: DuPont 0:36, McVie 1:08, Johnson 1:08, Foley 8:02, Lamoureaux 8:58, Madigan 15:28, Hucul 15:54, Stefaniw 18:42<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Phoenix, Thiffault (Pronovost, Snell) &hellip; 10:13Penalty: Donaldson 17:43.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Portland, Johnson (Pearson) &hellip; 4:476&mdash;Phoenix, Kabel (McKechnie, DuPont) &hellip; 9:537&mdash;Phoenix, McKechnie (Pronovost, Polanic) &hellip; 13:038&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Kearns) &hellip; 19:27Penalty: Kabel 17:50. Shots by Portland 29, Phoenix 24. Attendance: 4,996.<h2>SEATTLE 0 at VANCOUVER 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Vancouver, Reaume (Hextali) &hellip; 15:25Penalties: Jones 4:49, Maloney 11:01, Ward 18:29.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty: Barlow 13:58<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Vancouver, Bathgate (Gofton, Block) &hellip; 5:093&mdash;Vancouver, Hextali (Pratt. Barlow) &hellip; 12:48Penalties: Holmes 10:58, Sentes 15:15, Holmes 11: 46.Shots by Seattle 21, Vancouver 34.Attendance: 5,278<h2>FRI. OCT. 18 SAN DIEGO 7 at SEATTLE 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Hynes, Huculak) &hellip; 19:44Penalties: Cardiff 3:25, Huculak 4:32, Lund 8:53, Hunt 15:21, Ward 17:32<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Stratton, Kilpatrick) &hellip; 4:243&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan (Hynes, Huculak) &hellip; 9:344&mdash;San Diego, Carmichael (O&rsquo;Ree, Faulkner) &hellip; 11:185&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan (Hynes, Hilts) &hellip; 14:23Penalties: Hanna 13:35, Faulkner 15:41.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;San Diego, O&rsquo;Ree (Carmichael, Faulkner) &hellip; 0:357&mdash;Seattle, Courcy (Michie, Fielder) &hellip; 2:028&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (O&rsquo;Ree, Faulkner) &hellip; 12:099&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Cardiff, Hynes) &hellip; 15:10Penalties: Holmes 5:02, Cardiff 6:30, Cardiff 12:58, Larose 14:30, Ward 16:41, Kilpatrick 17:32.Shots by San Diego 30, Seattle 33.Attendance: 4,656.<h2>SUN. OCT. 20 VANCOUVER 3 at PORTLAND 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Hebenton, Goyer) &hellip; 4:162&mdash;Vancouver, Bathgate (Gofton, Johns) &hellip; 6:123&mdash;Vancouver, Reaume (Johns, Stewart) &hellip; 15:17Penalties: Madigan 1:34, Leach 7:21<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Portland, Johnson (Madigan) &hellip; 1:105&mdash;Vancouver, Bathgate (Gagnon) &hellip; 13:096&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Saunders, Hay) &hellip; 16:32Penalties: Sentes 1:40, Schmauti 6:23, Kearns 6:23, Hextall 6:23, Reaume 6:23, Madigan 7:43, Pratt 14:35<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Portland, Pearson (Johnson, Leach) &hellip; 8:438&mdash;Portland, Bellerive (Jones, Madigan) &hellip; 15:04Penalties: none.Shots by Vancouver 23, Portland 21.Attendance: 4,923<h2>DENVER 1 at SEATTLE 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, Picard (Jankowski, Rodger) &hellip; 3:292&mdash;Seattle, Courcy (Michie, Fielder) &hellip; 14:033&mdash;Seattle, Holmes (Hanna, Dineen) &hellip; 19:04Penalties: Picard 4:19, Mavety 13:00<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Leonard 5:00, Kilpatrick 8:15<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Seattle, Courcy (Fielder, Michie) &hellip; 14:215&mdash;Seattle, Holmes (Lund, Boileau) &hellip; 16:35Penalty: None.Shots by Denver 27, Seattle 36.Attendance: 3,228. &#9632;

Western League Summaries

VANCOUVER, B.C. &mdash;There&rsquo;s always a big question when established National League stars report to a Western League club.Did they come to play? Or skate through the motions.Judging by his start with the Vancouver Canucks, Andy Bathgate, top expansion point scorer in the NHL last year, came to play.In his first three games with the British Columbia club, Bathgate sniped four goals. &#9632;

Bathgate Setting Hot Scoring Pace In WHL

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01433/2851238-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="586" height="674"></div> &#9632;

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WHL POINT RACE

CLIN TON. N.Y &mdash;Pat Kelly. Clinton coach, says there is more talent this year in the EHL and thus the race should be tougher.&ldquo;Last year the pros pulled the panic button and purchased everything in sight because they were afraid of being caught short by expansion. Now that the situation has leveled off. we have better players in the league. &ldquo;Kelly said.&rdquo; &#9632;

Kelly Claims Talent Better This Season

<h2>DENVER</h2>CARON, Jacques GoalCARTER, Billy CenterCARTER, Don CenterCHIAROT, Paul DefenseFAHEY, Trevor Left WingFARR, Normand GoalHOLDAWAY.Jim DefenseJANKOWSKI, Lou Left WingJOHNSON, Allan Right WingLEMIEUX, Jacques DefenseMAVETY, Larry DefenseMILLER, Randy Left WingPATE, Bob DefensePICARD, Roger Right WingREDAHL, Gordon Right WingRODGER, John Right WingSCHELLA, John DefenseSHIRES, Jim Left WingVEJPRAVA, Gordon CenterCOACH, Rudy Pilous.<h2>SAN DIEGO</h2>CARDIFF, Jim DefenseCARMICHAEL, Bruce Left WingCHAMPOUX, Bob GoalEAGLE, Jim DefenseEHRENVERTH, Ed Right WingEVANS, Jack DefenseFAULKNER, Alex CenterGUSTAFSON, Ken CenterHILTS, Fred Left WingHUCULAK, Dennis DefenseHUNT, Les DefenseHYNES, Warren CenterLEBRUN, Al DefenseMacMILLAN, John RightWingMcCARTAN, Jack GoalNICHOLSON, Al Left WingO&rsquo;REE. Willie Right WingRICHARDSON, Dave CenterSINCLAIR, Gordon DefenseSTANFIELD, Jack LeftWingCOACH, Max McNab<h2>PHOENIX</h2>BRODERICK, Ken GoalCHARLEBOIS, Bob Left WingCHARRON, Rick GoalCOTE, Roger DefenseDUNVILLE, Doug DefenseDUPONT, Ray DefenseERICKSON, Aut DefenseHUCUL, Sandy DefenseKABEL, Bob Right WingLAMOUREUX, Dick Left WingMARSH, Gary Left WingMEEHAN, Gerry CenterMcKechnie, walt CenterMcVIE, Tom Right WingPOLANIC.Tom DefensePRONOVOST, Andre Left WingSHAW, Harry defenseSNELL, Ted Right WingSTEFANIW, Morris CenterTHIFFAULT, Leo CenterWILCOX, Rollie Right WingCOACH, Alf Pike<h2>SEATTLE</h2>ARMSTRONG, Jim GoalBOILEAU, Marc Left WingCHIZ, Don Left WingCOURCY, Bob Right WingDINEEN, Bill Left WingFIELDER, Guyle CenterHANNA, John DefenseHEAD. Don GoalHOLMES. Chuck Right WingIANNONE, Tom LeftWingKILPATRICK, Gary DefenseLAROSE, Ray DefenseLEONARD, Gerry CenterLUND, Larry CenterMICHIE, Jack LeftWingPOWERS, Jim Right WingRODGERS, Ken DefenseSTRATTON, Art CenterWARD, Don DefenseCOACH, Bill MacFarland<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>BARLOW, Bob ForwardBATHGATE, Andy ForwardBLOCK, Ken DefenseGAGNON, Germain ForwardGARDNER, George GoalGOFTON, John ForwardHALL. Murrav CenterHEXTALL, Bryan CenterJOHNS, Don DefenseLEMIEUX, Bob DefenseLUNDE, Len CenterMALONEY, Phil CenterPRATT, Tracy DefenseREAUME, Marc DefenseSENTES, Dick ForwardSILLERS, Gerry ForwardSLY, Darryl DefenseSTEWART, Ralph ForwardWHIDDEN, Bob GoalCOACH, Joe Crozier<h2>PORTLAND</h2>BELLERIVE, Roger Left WingDONALDSON, Mike DefenseFERGUSON, Doug Right WingFOLEY, Rick DefenseGOYER, Gerry CenterHAY, Jim DefenseHEBENTON, Andy Right WingJOHNSON, Norn CenterJONES, Art CenterKEARNS, Dennis DefenseKELLY, Dave GoalLEACH, Larry Right WingMADIGAN, Connie DefenseMcLEOD, Jim GoalPEARSON, Mel Left WingSAUNDERS, Bill Left WingSCHMAUTZ, Cliff Right WingSNEDDON, Bob GoalVAN IM PE. Dick Left WingCOACH, Hal Laycoe &#9632;

WHL Teams

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02380/2851317-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="259" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim McKenny</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER, N.Y &mdash;Juggling his per - sunnel was one of the things that made Joe Crozier such a successful coach here, and new bossman Dick Gamble must have learned what it&rsquo;s all about while toiling under Mr. C.A couple of days prior to the Oct. 20 game here against Baltimore Gamble was jolted to learn Marc Reaume, the Rochester Americans&rsquo; standout blueliner who was a second team all-star pick and runnerup in the most valuable defenseman voting last year, was being whisked off to Vancouver by Crozier for a two week stay.This left veterans Warren Godfrey, Don Cherry, (Maude Labrosse and young Jack Chipchase as the lone rearguards with Rochester.But the Toronto Maple Leafs, completing their final year of a working agreement with the Amerks, came through in the nick of time. Punch Imlach and King Clancy personally bringing Jim McKenny to Rochester in time for the Oct. 20 match against Baltimore.McKenny, who had been battling for a spot on the Leaf defense, certainlv would be moved into a regular spot on the Amerk blueline corps, right?Uh, uh. Gamble immediately installed him on right wing. The 22-year-old, who had played both defense and right wing here last season, responded by scoring the game-winning goal and assisting on two others as the Americans downed Baltimore 5 to 3.Being in on gamewinning goals is becoming customary for Jimmy. He had a hand in eight for Rochester last season despite missing 18 games with a broken left ankle and four more with a bruised right knee. McKenny tallied points in only eight home games during 1967-68, yet was in on the gamewinner in four of them. On the road he tallied goals or assists in 14 games &mdash; again four of them being on the decider.ICICLES &mdash; When the Amerks whipped Baltimore here Oct. 20. it gave the local icemen an unbelievable 21-2-3 regular season bulge over the Clippers going back through the 1965-66 campaign &hellip; With a 2-0-2 record, the Americans were undefeated for the first four games for only the second time in their 13 years in the American League. Back in 1959 the Amerks started with four straight victories, but all were on home ice. This year Rochester has won two at home and tied two on the road. &#9632;

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New Amerk McKenny Stars On Forward Line

SAN DIEGO, Calif. &mdash;The San Diego Gulls didn&rsquo;t have major problems last season on home ice before those record-breaking 311,857 fans. They won 22, lost 13, tied 1.Road games kept the Gulls from championship contention &mdash; just 9 victories in 36 clashes away from home.The Gulls apparently plan to change that. They won four of their first five games away from home during the current campaign.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03309/2851348-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="248" height="368"><figcaption class="caption-body">Willie O&rsquo;Ree</figcaption></div>Just for comparison, the Gulls won their fourth road game last year on February 4 &mdash; the fifth month of the hockey season.As the Gulls blasted away in first place with six victories in their first seven starts, a pair of front-liners were setting what may be personal records for breaking from the barrier.Fleet winger Willie O&rsquo;Ree sniped seven goals in seven games. He scored his seventh in his 17th game last season.It was the same with center Alex Faulkner. He had 10 assists in seven games. And that was his total after 17 games last season.Warren Hynes and Fred Hilts also were off to flying starts &mdash; but they did the same thing last year. &#9632;

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Gulls’ O’Ree Maintaining Goal-a-game Pace In WHL

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01277/2851393-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="554" height="651"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL MYRE &hellip; Rookie Gets Shutout</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0565/2851386-1-eng-US/f0020-052.jpg" title="f0020-05" width="269" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Johnston</figcaption></div>MEMPHIS, Tenn. &mdash;John Muckier. who doubles as general manager and coach of the Memphis South Stars, liked his pprospects before the season started as to his club bettering the third place Central League finish of last winter.&ldquo;Our parent club is the Minnesota North Stars, they are an expansion team in the National League and for all new clubs getting players was the tough job. We were in the same position here at Memphis but now we are on the move and with a win and a tie in our first three games in the Central League, I think we will do all right,&rdquo; he stated.Of their first 10 goals, Joe Johnston, a 24-goal marksman in his rookie term last season at Omaha and Jim Paterson, a 27-goal sniper with Cleveland in the American League last winter, each bulged the twine twice.Up front. Muckier knows he has potential scoring power in Bill Sutherland, George Standing, Sandy Fitzpatrick. Barrie Meissner and Mike Chernoff who were in the CHL last season.In Gary Dineen, he boasts one of Canada&rsquo;s most brilliant pro prospects, an adept playmaker who lends plenty of skating to the attack.Carl Wetzel is back in the nets and he is the type of goaltender who strives consistently to keep his goals-against average under 3.00 and will be a major cog in the South Stars operations this season.HOUSTON &mdash; Tony Esposito and Phil Myreshone in both Houston victories before home fans with the latter notching a shutout.Al MacNeil, in his first season as coach, is handling a playing role and the defense has tightened up as Murray Flegel. Jim Pritchard, Paul Curtis and Guy Lapointe, recovering from a bruised ankle, listen to their coach&rsquo;s instructions.OMAHA &mdash; Don Caley signed late but came through to help Gary Kurt handle the Knights&rsquo; netminding duties and shone in a 5-2 victory over Fort Worth Wings.Terry Pembroke had to leave the team for his Winnipeg home where his wife was undergoing major surgery.Juha Widing and Bill Fairbairn are starting from where they left off last season each counting a pair of goals over the Knights first four games.FORT WORTH &mdash; Coach Fern Flaman&rsquo;s Wings showed a 2-2 mark over their first four games and counted 11 goals while giving up the same number.Ed Hatoum, the rookie from the Hamilton Junior Wings where he clicked for 25 goals, and John Cunniff were their leading marksmen with a pair each but Flaman knows Rick McCann, Henry Monteith, Sandy Snow and Cunniff are veterans with scoring ability.AMARILLO &mdash; Paul Andrea is back in firing mood again and counted three goals, in his first four games. Rookie Jean Guv Lagace from Muskegon of the International League also hit for three as the Wranglers tasted defeat only once in their first four outings.Marv Edwards and Bud Blom sharing the Amarillo net minding choris giving up only nine goals in four outings.Rookies Andre Gaudette and Paul Lessard from Montreal Junior Canadiens averaging a point a game.KANSAS CITY &mdash; Fred Hucul&rsquo;s Blues, on the road until their first home appearance Nov. 9, had a won-loss-tie record over their first three engagements.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0648/2851379-1-eng-US/f0020-062.jpg" title="f0020-06" width="555" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED HATOUM &hellip; Freshman Stars</figcaption></div>Don Giesebrecht was their top marksman over the first three games with three tallies while Claude Cardin flashed the light once and drew four assists.Bill Plager was sent to the Blues from the parent St. Louis Blues to tighten up the defence.OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; After showing a 1-1 record after their first two outings, Murray Davison&rsquo;s Oklahoma City Blazers had a week off in the schedule.Tom Webster and Grant Erickson lead their sniping parade with a pair of goals apiece and Jim Lorentz is playmaking form with three assists.TULSA &mdash; With only a win and tie in their first four outings, the Oilers were having rough going in the early play althrough both defeats were by single-goal margins.Len Bazay, Nic Harbaruk and Andre Hinse, back from last season&rsquo;s cup champions, were the leading point-getters with four points apiece.Coach John McLellan has a a rookie. Studded squad including goalies Ray. Reason and Dufly Lewis and newsomers Jim Blain, Carl Swenson, Brad Selwood. Dale MacLeish. Gary Brown and Rene Robert.DALLAS &mdash; With only one goal in their first two outings, coach Bob Kromm was looking for more scoring power. He has a staff of rookies including goalie Ken Brown and other freshmen; Barry Long. Moe L&rsquo;Abbe. Rick Morris. John Fisher, Ron Hopkinson, Cliff Korral, and Jim Wiste. &#9632;

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Memphis Coach Expects Tolmprove On Last Year

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>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 29)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02201/2851438-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="587" height="225"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03168/2851431-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="587" height="464"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 22Oklahoma City 3 at Memphis 4Omaha 1 at Houston 2Wed. Oct. 23Dallas 3 at Tulsa 7Kansas City 3 at Fort Worth 3Omaha 2 at Oklahoma City 5Fri. Oct. 25Kansas City 4 at Dallas 2Sat. Oct. 26Dallas 3 at Amarillo 6Kansas City 3 at Houston 5Memphis 5 at Fort Worth 8Tulsa 3 at Omaha 5Sun. Oct. 27Houston 6 at Tulsa 4Memphis 4 at Amarillo 8<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 29Houston at MemphisWed. Oct. 30Amarillo at DallasFort Worth at OmahaHouston at Oklahoma CityFri. Nov. 1Fort Worth at TulsaOklahoma City at AmarilloOmaha at MemphisSat. Nov. 2Amarillo at Oklahoma CityMemphis at HoustonOmaha at DallasTulsa at Fort WorthSun. Nov. 3Amarillo at OmahaTulsa at Oklahoma City<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04127/2851424-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="587" height="464"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

SAT. OCT. 12<h2>FORT WORTH 1 at HOUSTON 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.Penalties: Burns, Reichmuth (two minors) 2.06, Cunniff 3.21, Snow, Bradley 9.02, Speck 9.53<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Houston, Bradley (Roberts) &hellip; 12:26Penalties: Lapointe 8:03, Caron 14:49.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Fort Worth, Gates (Hatoum) &hellip; 7:353&mdash;Houston, Hicke (Flegel, Lavender) &hellip; 7:46No penalty. Saves: Esposito 30, Gray 28.<h2>OMAHA 4 at TULSA 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Ompha, Brown (Bell) &hellip; 12:36Penalties: Hinse 2:53, Evans 4:39, Nelson 6:53, Bell 10:08, Lafreniere, Campbell 10:57, Barber 14:48.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Omaha, Boehm (Luce, Egers) &hellip; 1:353&mdash;Tulsa, Seiwood (Sutherland, Campbell) &hellip; 4:184&mdash;Tulsa, Nelson (Johnson, Horne) &hellip; 4:305&mdash;Omaha, Egers (Haley, Luce) &hellip; 6:276&mdash;Tulsa, MacLeish (Evans, Campbell) &hellip; 17:54Penalties: Widing 2:15, Hinse 6:12, Haley 9:53, Nelson 14:35, Widing 15:51<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Omaha, Widing (Eqers, Fairbairn) &hellip; 15:26Penalities: Evans (minor, major), Boehm (minor, major) 5:37, Barber 6:24, Seiwood, 9:49, Nelson 14: 21, Krulicki 17 04 Saves: Reeson 29, Kurt 18<h2>SUN. OCT. 13 OMAHA Oat AMARILLO 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Reynolds 1:22, Pembroke 4:40, Reynolds, Brown 12:27, Andrea, Barrie (major), Boehm (major) 16:22<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Amarillo, Carruthers (Andrea, Reynolds) &hellip; 2:262&mdash;Amarillo, Andrea (Barrie, Billows) &hellip; 7:383&mdash;Amarillo, Lessard (Sharpe, Gaudette) &hellip; 17:02Penalties: Reynolds, Lafreniere 6:32, LeCaine 14:45, Pembroke 15:22.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Amarillo, LeCaine (Lanyon) &hellip; 0:355&mdash;Amarillo, LeCaine (Lessard, Barrie) &hellip; 4:016&mdash;Amarillo, Swaip (Andrea, Lessard) &hellip; 8:20Penalties: Lafreniere 7:13, Haley 7:50, Lanyon 8:51. Saves: Edwards 22. Kurt 19.<h2>TUES. OCT. 15 OMAHA 2 at AMARILLO 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Luce (Egert) &hellip; 9:432&mdash;Omaha, Fairbairn (Widing, Lafreniere) &hellip; 10:50Penalties: Lafreniere 1:09, Pembroke 2:25, Kannegeisser 3 09, Blomquist 7:49, LeCaine (minor, misconduct) 8:48, Barber 15:08, Haley 16:37.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Amarillo, Andrea (Lanyon) &hellip; 3:354&mdash;Amarillo, Lagace (LeCaine) &hellip; 9:32Penalties: Egers 2:25, Bell 8:12, Lanyon and Egers 9:43.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Amarillo, Lagace (Leaine) &hellip; 9:19Penalties: Pembroke 3:51, Reynolds (minor, major, misconduct) 5:39 and Lafreniere (major) 5:39, Blom (served by Swain) 10:25. Saves: Blom 24, Kurt 31.<h2>WED. OCT. 16 KANSAS CITY 2 at TULSA 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Swenson 1:56, Mestinsek 5:36 and 11:28, Hinse 12:01, Lemire 17:04.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring Penalty: Campbell 7:25.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Kansas City, Giesebrecht (Cardin, Mestinsek) &hellip; 5:162&mdash;Tulsa, Johnson (Swenson, Bazay) &hellip; 5:423&mdash;Kansas City, Giesebrecht (Cardin, Mestinsek) &hellip; 18:26Penalties: Veneruzzo (minor, major), MacLeish (minor, major) 7:53. Saves: Reeson 25, Edwards 34.<h2>DALLAS 0 at HOUSTON 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: McKay 0:18, Caron 1:47, Curtis 4:43, Graham 7:52, Flegel 13:11, Lavender (two minors) and LeBlanc 14:20.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Houston, Ellett (Bourdeau, Caron) &hellip; 6:132&mdash;Houston, Grenier (Flegel, Hicke) &hellip; 7:02Penalties. Morris 12:04, Grenier 14:52, Curtis and McDonald (two minors) 18:53.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalties: Graham 6:04, McKay 9:33, Hicke, McKay, Thurlby, MacNeil (misconduct) 13:27. Saves: Myre 19, Norris 29<h2>FRI. OCT. 18 TULSA 5 at MEMPHIS 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Memphis, Paterson (Benzelock, Aubry) &hellip; 3:13Penalties: Wetzel (served by McCaskill) 11:56, Robert 17:05.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Memphis, Chernoff&hellip; 12:533&mdash;Memphis, Johnston (Dineen, Nanne) &hellip; 14:35Penalties: Evans 1:02, Paterson 6:38, Chernoff 10: 48, Johnson, Jopling 17:25.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Tulsa, Evans (Campbell, Nelson) &hellip; 2:325&mdash;Memphis, Paterson (Fitzpatrick, Benzelock) &hellip; 4:386&mdash;Tulsa, Hinse (Nelson, Harbaruk) &hellip; 9:247&mdash;Memphis, Johnston (Jopling, Standing) &hellip; 13:118&mdash;Tulsa, Swenson (Johnson. Bazay) &hellip; 15:469&mdash;Tulsa, Harbaruk (MacLeish, Hinse) &hellip; 18:2410&mdash;Tulsa, Bazay (Evans, Swenson) &hellip; 19:22Penalties: Harbaruk 2:43, Jopling 6:41, Blain 12:24. Saves: Wetzel 33, Reeson-Lewis 21.<h2>SAT. OCT. 19 TULSA 4 at MEMPHIS 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Tulsa. Hinse (Evans) &hellip; 12:442&mdash;Tulsa, Ellwell (Harbaruk, Hinse) &hellip; 16:12Penalties: Paterson 0:10, Robert 1:18, Campbell 8: 04<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Tulsa, Harbaruk (Blain, Ellwell) &hellip; 16:44Penalties: Hinse 4:18, Robert (minor, major) and Aubry (major) 8:55, MacKenzie 14:53.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Memphis. Sutherland (Dineen, Johnston) &hellip; 18:155&mdash;Tulsa, Bazay&hellip; 19:31Penalty: Swenson 8:34. Saves: Wetzel 23, Reeson 25.<h2>SUN. OCT. 20 KANSAS CITY 2 at AMARILLO 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Kansas City, Crisp (Cardin, Guilbault) &hellip; 10:512&mdash;Amarillo, Snell (Gaudette) &hellip; 16:20Penalties: Lemire 3:20, Billows 14:06, Blomquist 17: 44.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Amarillo, Lessard (Gaudette Lanvon) &hellip; 14:52Penalities: Carruthers 7:36, Proceviat 11:36, LeCaine 15:15, Fortin 15:29.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Kansas City, Obendorf &hellip; 12:59Penalties: Plager 12:26, Lanyon 14:05. Saves: Blom 28, Edwards 30. &#9632;

Central League Summaries

<h2>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 29)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01141/2851542-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="583" height="268"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02104/2851535-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="580" height="238"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 22New Haven 3 at Syracuse 2Jacksonville 4 at Salem 2Wed. Oct. 23New Jersey 3 at New Haven 6Jacksonville 2 at Greensboro 4Thurs. Oct. 24Charlotte 6 at Salem 5Fri. Oct. 25New Haven 2 at Clinton 7Johnstown 5 at New Jersey 8Greensboro 6 at Charlotte 9Sat. Oct. 26Syracuse 4 at Clinton 3Long Island 1 at N. Jersey 1New Haven 6 at Johnstown 8Salem 2 at Nashville 6Charlotte 2 at Greensboro 3Sun. Oct. 27Johnstown 2 at N. Haven 4Jacksonville 6 at Nashville 9Greensboro 3 at Salem 2Clinton 4 at Long Island 2<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0368/2851528-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="592" height="260"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0457/2851521-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="593" height="239"></div><h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0550/2851514-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="590" height="370"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Fri. Oct. 25Kingston 7 at Collingwood 10Barrie 10 at Belleville 0Orillia 7 at Woodstock 5Sat. Oct. 26Oakville 2 at Kingston 4Sun. Oct. 27Belleville 1 at Orillia 7Collingwood 2 at Barrie 3Ottawa 4 at Oakville 3<h2>QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0643/2851507-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="586" height="307"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 22Sherbrooke 2 at St. Hyacinthe 5Granby 3 at Victoriaville 3Thurs. Oct. 24Sherbrooke 2 at Victoriaville 2Granby 7 at St. Hyacinthe 3Fri. Oct. 25Sherbrooke 4 at. Chicoutimi 5Sun. Oct. 27Victoriaville 3 at St. Hyacinthe 7Chicoutimi 3 at Sherbrooke 2<h2>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL</h2>(Standing on Sun. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0735/2851500-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="592" height="292"></div><h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 21)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0830/2851493-1-eng-US/f0021-082.jpg" title="f0021-08" width="577" height="290"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Races

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0924/2851580-1-eng-US/f0021-092.jpg" title="f0021-09" width="265" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Doll</figcaption></div>NEW HAVEN, Conn. &mdash;The New Haven Blades are starting the new-Eastern Hockey League campaign the same way they finished the 1967-68 season. That is they have a borrowed goalie in their nets.Coach Don Perry isn&rsquo;t particularly happy about the coincidence for he had been looking forward to a quick getaway in the Northern Division. Fortunately, however, he was able to acquire an experienced goalie in Wayne Doll to fill in the breach after a injury to his prospective goalie, Dave Hainsworth, in the season opener with Long Island.Hainsworth had been impressive in the club&rsquo;s exhibition play to buoy Perry&rsquo;s hopes for a big year. He seemed more than capable to fill the shoes of the departed Al Johnstone and his mates had confidence in him. Then in the inaugural with the Ducks, he struck his head on the ice in the waning moments of the game.The examinations proved he had a bad concussion and he was hospitalized. His return became a big matter of conjecture for the Blades who had similar problems in the latter portions of last season. Then it was Johnstone who was injured and Roger Wilson was borrowed from Charlotte to finish the year and also to play the preliminary plavoffs.This time Perry secured Doll who had lost his Long Island job twice. First he lost it when the Ducks acquired Gave Cooley from Knoxville. But some confusion on Cooley&rsquo;s service enabled Doll to get his job back. Then the Ducks purchased Norm De Felice and again Doll was out in the cold. He leaped at the chance to play with New Haven and he naturally is hopeful that he can hold the slot should Hainsworth&rsquo;s return be delayed for any length of time.Hainsworth was hurt when his feet were knocked from under him. He tried to continue but an ensuing shot hit him on the left cheek, indicating he never saw it coming. Trainer Ken (Gunner) Garrett, who performed emergency goaling last year, finished out the game. Later in the dressing room, Dave again said he was all right, but he was hospital bound when one of his mates caught him trying to leave the room in a state of undress.Naturally the New York Rangers were interested in Hainsworth&rsquo;s progress since they had sent the youngster to the Blades.Perry opened the season on the bench with a pulled groin muscle. Mike Hornby made impressive debut with pair of goals. Evidently the bad blood between Long Island and Blades will carry over to this season as their contests have been marked, by frequent fights. Don Walker &lsquo;oh disabled list with torn leg ligaments. Perry says Clinton won&rsquo;t run away with race this year &ldquo;as they lost too much.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1021/2851573-1-eng-US/f0021-102.jpg" title="f0021-10" width="1162" height="910"><figcaption class="caption-body">NORM DEFELICE &hellip; EHL Net StarComes Back</figcaption></div>NASHVILLE: Matt Thorpe, Leo Olivier and Flo Pilote were holdouts as season opened. Defense corps riddled by retirements and other factors. Coach Lloyd Hinchberger deems his center position strong with Wally Sprange. Ron Hindson and Cliff Pennington available.GREENSBORO: Gens had tough time cutting down defensemen on squad. Reg Bechtold, who has taken over Don Carter&rsquo;s spot, has looked impressive. Late goal by Stu Roberts nipped Salem in opener. Fans here proposed that Carter&rsquo;s No. 14 jersey be retired since it won&rsquo;t be used this year. Club averaged 22 years of age with only Ron Muir over 30. Defenseman Jerry Korab chose to play with Port Huron.LONG ISLAND: Ducks added Garson Cull, Chicago property, to their junior list. Goalie Norm De Felice came out of retirement and Ducks secured his services by trading Bobby Brown and cash to Jersey. Coach John Brophy says the club has improved on defense with Norm Ryder an offensive threat as well as a defensive one. Butch Morris will play five games with San Diego and then either will return here or stick on the coast.JERSEY: Coach Marcel Pelletier disappointed that his club &ldquo;blew&rdquo; a game to Syracuse the last minute. Goalie Bob Taylor has been impressive as has Jamie Kennedy, younger brother of Forbes of the Philly Flyers. Ted Syzdlowski was holdout when season opened and Ron McPherson signed after first game. Gordie Stratton bothered by pulled groin muscle. Bobby Brown, just acquired from Long Island, made auspicious debut with two goals. Devils sent Fred Bassi to Johnstown to complete deal for Al Sarault.CHARLOTTE: Roger Wilson&rsquo;s status as goalie was menaced by newcomer Donnie Wallis on eve of season. Coach Fred Creighton says, &ldquo;we are well fixed with forwards. I&rsquo;m sure we&rsquo;ll score more than last year&rsquo;s team but we may not be as quick.&rdquo; Pete Shearer started year nursing knee injury.CLINTON: Comets lost several exhibitions due to ice problems at its rinks. Coach Pat Kelly said the failure to play the games hurt team&rsquo;s conditioning program at start of campaign. Kelly said it would be expecting too much to duplicate last season&rsquo;s 57-5-10 record. Lyle Carter got goalie&rsquo;s spot when Glen Lindsay was recalled by Memphis. Kelly says rookies Jack Rathwell, Joe Robertson and Tom Mitchell are blending with defensemen.SALEM: Veteran goalie Bob Zupan dropped and Dave Fischer and Murray Findlay had equal shots at post. Coach Dave Lucas concerned over lack of outstanding centers. Lucas impressed by some of rookie George Babcock&rsquo;s moves. Wayne Caufield tabbed hat trick in season opener. Harley Hodgson&rsquo;s delay in joining club due to business in Knoxville. Defenseman Bob Howard has just about taken off the 30 extra pounds he brought to camp with him. Ken Rodger&rsquo;s tryout with Seattle also delaved his arrival.JACKSONVILLE: Rockets whipped Columbus in a bruising exhibition and then the Checkers called off an encore game. Brian Crowder says he has a score to settle with New Haven&rsquo;s Blake Ball for a whipping of two seasons ago. Coach Bob Sabourin predicts at least 30 goals for Danny Belisle, 31-year-old right winger. Al Carlson sent here by pact with St. Louis. Rockets sought to make early season deal. JOHNSTOWN: The reluctant wing. Jim Mair, scored in the Jets opening game and coach Dick Roberge expects his fine efforts to continue. A rib separation crimped Jack Dale&rsquo;s early season action. Jets exhibition with Toledo saw 291 penalty minutes in called. Rookie Gene Peacosh tallied six goals in one of the last exhibitions. Garry Sharp was invited back to Greensboro this year but instead chose to play here. Jets loaned George-Forgie and Lou Polograbia To Nashville. &#9632;

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Injury To Rookie Goalie Hits Blades; DeFelice Returns With Long Island

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1115/2851611-1-eng-US/f0021-112.jpg" title="f0021-11" width="250" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leo Bossy</figcaption></div>HALIFAX, N.S. &mdash;The search for a fourth team to replace Fredericton Blues in the Maritime-Junior A Hockey League foundered after Dartmouth Bucaneers opted to remain in the Nova Scotia Metro-Valley &ldquo;B&rdquo; League for this season at least. But according to Dartmouth officials Jim Trainor and Dr. J.F. Cantwell, the Bucs will make formal application to move up in the 1969-70 season.Meanwhile. Halifax Canadiens&rsquo; General Manager Fred McGillivray announced that arrangehad been completed to work an interlocking schedule with teams in the Montreal Metro Junior A League. Although details of the plan had not been hammered out at press time, it was believed that Canadiens. Beavers and Islanders will work a schedule of home dates with the Metro clubs, with all points to count in the Maritime League standings.Meanwhile, the three survivors all won their home openers at Halifax, Moncton and Charlottetown. Turk Broda made an auspicious debut into Maritime hockey by guiding his underdog Beavers to a 5-3 victory over the defending champion Canadiens at Moncton. Considering that the former Toronto Maple Leaf great had only five days in which to work with a completely new team, the accomplishment enabled Broda to make an immediate impact on Maritime hockey. The Beavers have come up with an outstanding goaltending prospect in 16-year old Ray Gibbs of St. John. The Port City youngster turned back 54 shots in stopping Halifax, 58 in Charlottetown as the Islanders won their home opener 4-2 and a total of 112 shots in a doybleheader at the Forum as Canadiens romped to 9-1 and 12-4 decisions.Montreal native Jim Reid, last year&rsquo;s scoring leader in Halifax, is off to another great season. He&rsquo;s picked up hat tricks in two of Canadiens four wins. Halifax lost Arvida, Quebec citizen Mike O&rsquo;Doherty for a month when he suffered a fractured jaw in Canadiens loss to Moncton. Coach Leo Bossy is pleased with the plavoftall centre Barry Tonar, acquired in the deal that sent controversial Bobby Sheehan to St. Catherine&rsquo;s. Two other players also picked up in that deal, goalie Jim Douglas and forward Al Demchuk have also played well. Douglas became the starting goaler when holdover Ed Lanthier of Montreal came up with a broken toe in training camp.Broda is shopping for help in Moncton &hellip; He has the nucleus of a fine young club, but lack of experience was very evident in that double loss to Halifax. &#9632;

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Dartmouth Decides On ‘69 Junior Team

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01158/2851642-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="249" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Staub</figcaption></div>FORT WAYNE. Ind.&mdash;&ldquo;I never saw such goal - tending in this rink&rdquo;, said Komets&rsquo; general manager Ken Ullyot following a 2-1 victory for his team over Port Huron in one of the early games in the International Hockey League.And this was the pattern in many other spots as the various goalkeepers, many of them newcomers and fighting for jobs, proved equal to the task of heading off opposition shots.In this particular game it was Port Huron&rsquo;s Gaye Cooley, a virtual newcomer to the league (he had only one game with the Flags last season before being sent out on loan to Knoxville of the Eastern League) opposed to Fort Wayne&rsquo;s Jim Shaw. Both were tremendous in kicking off potential goals and even the low-scoring affair does not entirely reflect their agility, as two of the three goals were tainted, resulting from long desperation shots by defensemen that struck other players and were deflected into the net.Shaw was a surprise starter for the Komets, having just come in from Portland&rsquo;s training camp, where he turned down a pro contract. Coach Len Thomson decided to give him a quick trial while veteran Gerry Randall sat out. Randall was in next night and came up with a good game to gain a tie with Columbus.Cooley, a colorful, outgoing character who gives vocal as well as physical support to his mates, turned in the league&rsquo;s first shutout the next night against Des Moines.Elsewhere veteran goalies seemed to be in top form &mdash; Tim Tabor at Muskegon, Glenn Ramsay at Toledo and Pat Rupp at Day ton. Columbus had a new netminder in Tom Bend and Des Moines was experimenting with young Steve Trendov to back up veteran Phil Headley.DAYTON &mdash; Gems drew 4,853 for their largest opening day crowd after a record season ticket sale of 1,518, compared to last year&rsquo;s 1,174 &hellip; Bad news was received when Barry Merrell, who had knee surgery, was ordered to rest the leg for at least eights weeks &hellip; Duncan Rousseau hit the winning goal in a 3-1 victory over Des Moines. He was named team captain, with alternates Sid Garant, Don Westbrooke and Alain Beaulle &hellip; Right wing Gary Butler was sent to Des Moines.DES MOINES &mdash; Rich Brown, a veteran of two years with the Oak Leafs, was dropped after failing to come to terms on salary &hellip; Others dropped just before the opening game were Steve Keeler, Gary Butler, Ken Elder, Jerry Clayton and Paul Sinclair &hellip; The Leafs secured defenseman Jake Hendrickson, a former All-Star with Los Angeles in the Western League, who finished last season with Port Huron.FORT WAYNE &mdash; The Komets had their usual big opening night crowd. 7,203, only 800 under capacity &hellip; Defenseman Ted Wright scored the first goal of the season on a nice pass play from rookie Ken Shutz. The only other goal in the 2-1 victory was fired by another defenseman, Cal Purinton but rookie Brian Playfoot got credit, as the puck hit his stick en route &hellip; Veteran Merv Dubchak scored his first goal in helping to tie Columbus, 3-3, with rookies Eric Sutcliffe and Lorne Rom bough getting the others.COLUMBUS &mdash; The Checkers acquired center Bill Staub from the Cleveland Barons of the American League. He played for Providence two seasons. Defenseman Bill Bond and left wing Chuck Kelly were lost for three to seven weeks with injuries &hellip; Veteran right wing Nelson LeClair, formerly with Des Moines, was placed on waivers &hellip; Rookie Doug Volmar scored a pair of goals in the 3-3 tie with the Komets.PORT HURON &mdash; The Flags filed suspension papers against Ron Meier and Roy Davidson, obtained in trades, also Bob Jeffery, Len Fontaine, Bob Lacey and Jerry Toppazzini, all of whom failed to report &hellip; Meehan Bonnar, who came to the Flags in a cash deal from Dayton, netted the winning goal against the Gems in the opener &hellip; The Flags lost their 22nd straight road game when they were nosed out at Fort Wayne, 2-1 &hellip; The Flags sold defenseman Kevin Smith to Nashville of the Eastern League and loaned junior Gordon Gallagher to Chatham and Don Burton to Brantford.TOLEDO &mdash; Duke Asmundson, who scored 29 goals in 42 games for the Blades last season and who was cut by Denver in the Western League, rejoined the club after going home to Ontario following a salary dispute &hellip; The Blades got back on Sports Arena ice after their opener had to be postponed due to iceplant failure &hellip; Dino Mascotto, fiery new winger from Victoriaville, had three penalties in his first start for the Blades.MUSKEGON &mdash; Winger Bob Tombari was the first IHL performer to rack up the hat trick and he added one for four in the opener against Columbus, getting two in the first period and two in the second &hellip; Goalie Tim Tabor had 40 saves in winning the Mohawks&rsquo; opener &hellip; Jack Brewer netted the tieing goal againt Toledo. &#9632;

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New Goalers Grob Spotlight In Early IHL Season Action

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0468/2851701-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="250" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Long</figcaption></div>FORT WAYNE. Ind.&mdash;The newly formed International Junior Hockey League started play October 18, Dayton. Toledo, fort Wayne and Lima.The league is partially sponsored by the National Hockey League, the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States and the International Hockey League. It is restricted to boys under the age of 20 and one of the main purposes is to develop American hockey players.Coaches of the various clubs are: Eddie Long at Fort Wayne, Gerry Fleury at Toledo, Johnny Goodwin at Lima and Dick Schwa at Dayton.Each team will play a 24-game schedule, 12 at home and 12 abroad. Games will be full regulation according to National Hockey League rules. All players will be required to wear a helmet and goal-tenders are required to wear a mask.Colin Lister, business manager of the Fort Wayne Komets is league commissioner and Richard Zimmerman of Fort Wayne is secretary-treasurer.Following is the balance of the League schedule:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0559/2851694-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="516" height="376"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0646/2851687-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="519" height="376"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0745/2851680-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="518" height="295"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0839/2851673-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="522" height="113"></div> &#9632;

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New Four-Team Junior League To Help Develop U.S. Players

<h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 29)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01138/2851805-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="587" height="445"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 22Hamilton 6 at London 3Thurs. Oct. 24Oshawa 4 at Hamilton 3Toronto 0 at Peterborough 5Fri. Oct. 25Toronto 6 at Montreal 5London 7 at Niagara Falls 5St. Catharines 7 at Kitchener 4Sun. Oct. 27Montreal 4 at St. Catharines 4London 7 at Toronto 5Niagara Falls 7 at Kitchener 5Peterborough 6 at Oshawa 4<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 29Montreal, at LondonThurs. Oct. 31Ottawa at HamiltonKitchener at PeterboroughFri. Nov. 1Toronto at Niagara FallsOttawa at LondonSun. Nov. 3Hamilton at MontrealOttawa at St. CatharinesNiagara Falls at OshawaPeterborough at Toronto<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02101/2851798-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="583" height="497"></div><h2>WESTERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 23)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0378/2851791-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="587" height="287"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0465/2851784-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="585" height="631"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Sat. Oct. 26)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0550/2851777-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="589" height="316"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sun. Oct. 20Three Rivers 4 at Quebec 9Shawinigan 6 at Sorel 5Dr&rsquo;ville 5 at Thetford 7Tues. Oct. 22Dr&rsquo;ville 4 at Three Rivers 3Thurs. Oct. 24Sorel 2 at Dr&rsquo;ville 4Three Rivers 5 at Shawinigan 10Fri. Oct. 25Quebec 1 at Therford 7<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Fri. Oct. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0643/2851770-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="585" height="535"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY JACK CATECLIFF</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0739/2851836-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="267" height="545"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brian Shaw</figcaption></div>Before the star of the lengthy 270-game Ontario Hockey Association junior A schedule, the 10 coaches were unanimous on one item.They agreed that there wouldn&rsquo;t be an over - powering club such as the Kitchener Rangers of 1967-68.There was solid logic behind their thinking.For one thing the Rangers lost all but one of their regulars through graduation or, in the case of Ab DeMarco, through recruiting by Canada&rsquo;s National hockey team.Secondly, the drop in age limit following the agreement between the National Hockey League and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, reduced the number of returning players with other teams by as many as five or six.However for the first two weeks of the schedule it seemed that there would indeed be a club which would run away and hide from the other nine entries.Niagara Falls Flyers, who finished fourth last year but wound up with both the Ontario and Canadian championships, skated to five consecutive victories.Their fifth win was a squeaker by 5-4 over St. Catherines Black Hawks but 48 hours later they were beaten 5-1 in St. Catherines for their first defeat of the season.This did not take veteran Niagara Falls sports editor Doug Austin by surprise.&ldquo;Our five straight wins was really misleading,&rdquo; said Austin. &ldquo;Two of the victories were over Ottawa, one each over Oshawa and Kitchener, then we had that close one againt St. Catharines.&ldquo;At the moment Oshawa, Ottawa and Kitchener appear to be just a little weaker than the other clubs. Our first real test was against the Hawks.&rdquo;Two new players with the Hawks have been largely instrumental in their limited success to date. Not to mention new coach Brian Shaw from Moose Jaw Canucks of the Western Junior League.Hawk president Fred Muller made a coast-to-coast trip seeking talent during the summer and two of his acquisitions, Marcel Dionne and Bob Sheenan have provided the early-season spark.Dionne, a 17-year-old centre from Drummondville, Quebec finally obtained his branch-to-branch transfer after the case was taken to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association executive for decision.Sheehan, a native of Boston, played the last two seasons with Halifax Canadiens but was given permission by Halifax manager Fred McGillvary to sign with the Hawks.Despite the fine play of these two &ldquo;rookies&rdquo; the Hawks only won two and tied three of their first eight games but are generally considered to be a championship contender with Niagara Falls, Montreal Canadiens, Hamilton Red Wings and Toronto Marlboros. &#9632;

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But Hawks Expected To Test Champions

<div class="byline">BY ED CRANE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0833/2851867-1-eng-US/f0023-082.jpg" title="f0023-08" width="288" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Rollins</figcaption></div>SPOKANE, Wash. &mdash;The results of the first series of games in interlocking play between the Western International Hockey League and Alberta Senior League were somewhat inconclusive, with teams from each league garnering three points.d The WIHL&rsquo;s Nelson Maple Leafs traveled north and lost a hard-fought game to the Edmonton Monarchs, 4-3, but retaliated the next night by drubbing the Drumheller Miners 12-4. In the meantime, the ASHL&rsquo;s Medicine Hat Blades journeyed to Spokane and battled the Jets to a 3-3 tie in overtime. A fourth game, scheduled between the Blades and Trail Smoke Eaters had to be postponed when the Blades&rsquo; chartered plane ran into foul weather.The Blades-Jets tie was a real thriller, with the Jets statistically superior in every department except scoring. Ed Hyland put on a spectacular display of netminding for the Blades, kickingout a total of 50 shots and holding the Jets scoreless through two periods.Bill McLelland of the Kimberley Dynamiters became the league&rsquo;s fourth hat trick scorer of the season, against the Cranbrook Royals, putting him up close to the top of the early season goal-scoring race.Spokane&rsquo;s new coach and spare goalkeeper Al Rollins, is having a little difficulty getting accustomed to the vagaries of WIHL officiating. He&rsquo;s even more baffled by a recent league ruling which gave Brian Fischer of Cranbrook a one-game suspension for inflicting a thirteenststitch stick cut on the head of Spokane&rsquo;s George Talotti while Talotti received a two-game suspension when he retaliated with his fists.The Cranbrook Royals are decidedly unlucky - In six games, they&rsquo;ve been outscored by a total of only five goals, but they&rsquo;ve been able to win only one over Trail, 7-2.Royals need desperately to get some defensive strength their goaltenders were bombarded by an average of 51 shots per game last year. One bright hope there is Brad Matthews an outstanding defenseman in the B.C. Junior ranks last year. Kimberley has strengthened its defense with the addition of Terry Campeau, who played for Trail last year, and former juniors Al McIver from Victoria and Bill Walmsley from Winnipeg. The dynamiters have probably strengthened their goalkeeping, too. with the addition of Ed Babiuk. All they really seem to lack now is a power play and a little organization between the blue lines.Nelson lost some important people - Center Gail Holden moved to Spokane to study law after graduation from Notre-Dame University and is now with the Jets, while Carl Chwachka went to Calgary and Gerry Sillers turned pro with Vancouver. One of the teams top newcomers, though, is Dave McComb, who starred in the Ontario &lsquo;Senior League last year and win replace Holden as well as coach the Leafs. &#9632;

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League Teams ‘Even’ In Inter locking Play

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0926/2851898-1-eng-US/f0023-092.jpg" title="f0023-09" width="985" height="1301"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN NOVEMBER 9 ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Pictured player.7. Golf term.8. One of the Fivers.11. This W.H.L. veteran is third in the all time point total.13. Estimated time of arrival, (abbr.)15. Initials of one of the Blues16. Ronson of San Diego answers to this.17. Initials of Cushenan of Buffalo.19. Number of N.H.L. points registered by former Hab Leclair. (Rom. Num.)20. Skating requisite.21. Positive answer.23. One of the Oakland Seals.28. An Oklahoma City forward.29. Initials of a Hawk defenseman.31. First name of an N.H.L General Manager.32. One of the Rangers.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. One of the North Stars.2. A Leaf centre.3. Preposition.4. A Hawk defenseman.5. Initials of former Wing Reibel.6. An N.H.L. coach.9. Each, (abbr.)10. Initials of a former Red Wing.12. First name of a Hawk veteran.14&mdash;A former defenseman18. One of the Hoekstras&rsquo; answers to this.20. Number worn by Harry Howell. (Rom. Num.)22. Montreal plays most of their Home games on this day. (abrr.)24. Initialsof one of the Blues.25. An N. H. L. Linesman answers to this.26. Initials of a former Hart trophy winner.27. A male deer.30. Initials of one of the Bruins.31. Initials of one of the Flyers.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>21. IAN. 5. HEBENTON1. LAROSE.4. V. H.6. A.E.7. PILOTE.9. S.B.10. HICKE.12. RAH.14. RON.15. R. T.16. IT.17. BRO.19. EWE.21. IAN.22. RED KELLY.26. E. L.27. EARL.29. LEO.31.11.32. ANGO1H.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. LAPERR1ERE.2. RALPH.3. SETH.4. VASKO.5. HEBENTON.8. E. l.11. C. R.13. ATTWELL.17. BILL.18. RAY.20. ED.23. KEON.24. EA.25. L. R.28. VII.30. EA.31. IT. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01149/2851929-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="261" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">GeorgeArmstrong</figcaption></div>&mdash;TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Toronto Leafs are keeping their captaincy open for George Armstrong, in case he decides to reconsider his retirement decision. His No. 10 uniform is still hanging at the usual locker in the team dressing room and manager-coach Punch Imlach says it&rsquo;ll stay there, with the &ldquo;C&rdquo; on it, until the season is over.No captain will be appointed. That doesn&rsquo;t mean Imlach has changed his mind about grooming Ron Ellis as Armstrong&rsquo;s replacement. It only means he doesn&rsquo;t want to embarrass Ellis if Armstrong is forced to return by a right wing emergency.Ellis, Dave Keon, Tim Horton and Bob Pulford are alternative captains on a revolving basis. Three serve for each match. Pulford had lost his &ldquo;A&rdquo; last season when he was president of the NHL Players&rsquo; Association, a post now held by Leafs&rsquo; Norm Ullman.An Armstrong return, incidentally, wouldn&rsquo;t be surprising. Leafs appear to miss him on the wing, as well as when defensive men are needed during penalties. &#9632;

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