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November 9, 1968

The Hockey News November 9, 1968

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04479/2717079-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="251" height="379"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ab McDonald</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS. Mo.&mdash;A year ago, as they did their first skirmishing in the ice rinks of the National Hockey League, the Blues suffered with a powder-puff attacking force. St. Louis finished the season third from the bottom in scoring in the 12-team circuit. While correcting that condition, they may have created another hazard.Now the Blues have the dynamite together with the detonators to set it off. They may be fearsome around enemy nets. But they may be goal hungry.As the first month of the new season faded into the records it was already evident that big and gangly Ab McDonald was a free-wheeling, grenade-toting sniper on left wing. Big Ab, last year a 22-goal scorer for the Pittsburgh Penguins, was turning on the red light with pleasing regularity and had six goals in his first seven games. Camille Henry, the grizzled little French-Canadian splinter snatched from the New York Rangers, continued to give opposing goaltenders the shakes with his pirouetting around the net. There was welcome marksmanship too from the sticks of sophomores Gary Sabourin and Craig Cameron.Suddenly, the team that couldn&rsquo;t put the puck in the ocean with a telescopic sight, was being tagged by sports writers as &ldquo;those prolific Blues.&rdquo;The team that had startled the sports world by muscling its way to the Western Division Playoff crown and a spine-tingling duel with the Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup, was not yet a scoring circus but it had surely discovered where it was supposed to deposit the puck.Now could it be that the lust for goals, so long denied them, was creating serious problems for their defense? There were indications that it had. Scotty Bowman, coach of the Blues, said it bitingly after the Blues had taken a 6-4 lacing at the hands of the Maple Leafs in Toronto, Wednesday evening, October 23.&ldquo;All of a sudden,&rdquo; snapped Bowman, &ldquo;all of our guys think they are 20-goal scorers.&rdquo;The facts of the matter were that the Blues were not hitting as they are equipped to hit. They were not back checking as they are able to backcheck.Blessed with a mobile, veteran defense corps containing some of the best defensive tacticians and some of the most talented bone-crushers in the game, the Blues frequently failed to use them to advantage.They tried to skate and shoot with Montreal and after leading the Canadiens 1-0 and 2-1 they got bombed, 4-2.They tried to skate and shoot with Toronto and they got bombed, 6-4In both cases the Blues had the stuff with which to win. That would amount to the aggressive fore checking that kept their NHL opponents bottled up last season and enabled St. Louis to have the second best goals-against record in the West. It would include tenacious back checking of which they are also capable. And it would mean the application of the muscle and intimidating body checking that the Blues have in such abundance.Backed up by the skillful goaltending of famous cage cops Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante, the Blues have all the weapons needed for a strong bid in their second trip around the big time.But there is the danger that they will be hurt by a change of attitude on the part of some of their troops who last season orbited to glory.Last season Lynn Patrick and Bowman were faced with the immense challenge of structuring a hockey club, from whatever they could beg, barter or steal. What they finally assembled was an almost bizarre collection of creaky veterans, fuzz-cheeked rookies, and a scattering of journeymen who never could crack the royal circle of the original six-team NHL. Of course, there were exceptions to this assembly. There was Gordon (Red) Berenson, Jim Roberts and Al Arbour, all talented enough in their own specialties to play with the best.But while the performance of the veterans was dramatically effective, it was the hustle and that desperate old college try of the rookies seeking a permanent place on the team that made the Blues do remarkably well with remarkably little.A Terry Crisp, a Timmy Ecclestone, a Craig Cameron, a Gary Sabourin, a Frank St. Marseille getting their first shot at the big apple played like there was no tomorrow. Like a Kamikaze pilot ready to cash in his chips. They weren&rsquo;t worried about 10 goals or 20 goals. They were worried about making the club and that meant they played two-way hockey the way the gave was meant to be played. They were a threat coming and they were murder going.When Bowman states angrily that all of a sudden his boys all think they are 20-goal men, he&rsquo;s really saying that they had better start remembering that there is more to the game of hockey than putting the puck in the net.With such defensive brains as Capt. Al Arbour. Doug Harvey and Jean Guy Talbot to go with the thick muscles of the Plager brothers and Noel Picard and the hustle of Jimmy Roberts, who plays everywhere, the Blues should be able to contain the heaviest guns in the NHL. But to get maximum benefit from the defensive platoons, the performance up front is going to have to tighten up. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Light Scoring Blues Change Image, Now They’re Filling Rival NHL Nets

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01426/2717760-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="271" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Gofton</figcaption></div>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;The Vancouver Canucks opened their Western Hockey League season by handing the Phoeniz Roadrunners their worst (6-1) defeat since early last March.The Canucks then won only once in their next six games.And you know what? No one was impressed in the slightest by the early losing record. From Arizona to British Columbia, the word from coaches and players was the same:&ldquo;Vancouver is loaded. Vancouver is the team to beat for the Western Hockey League championship.&rdquo;Said Portland Coach Hal Laycoe, whose defending champions won two and tied one in their first three meetings with the Canucks, &ldquo;They&rsquo;re going to give everybody trouble lots of times. They&rsquo;ve got everything, even without Andy Bathgate. And he&rsquo;s as big a star as has ever come into our league, I think.&rdquo;Ah, yes, Andy Bathgate, leading scorer in the National Hockey League&rsquo;s expansion division last season.It wasn&rsquo;t enough that Vancouver already had the top three scorers &mdash; Bob Barlow, Bryan Hextali and Len Lunde &mdash; from last year&rsquo;s American League champion Rochester Americans.It wasn&rsquo;t enough that the Canucks had Vancouver&rsquo;s top scorer from last season, the ever-young Phil Maloney.It wasn&rsquo;t enough that Vancouver had depth at every position, strong goaltending from George Gardner and toughness &mdash; try Hextail and strapping young Tracy Pratt for openers.The Canucks now had Bathgate, too.Well, maybe Bathgate, the National League&rsquo;s 1962 scoring champion and 1959 most valuable player, would be bored by it all. Maybe he was just coming West for a quiet skate.In his first six games with Vancouver, Bathgate knocked that theory in the head. He simply scored seven goals, with at least one in five of the six clashes. And he picked up three assists. And he headed into the fourth week of the WHL season with a six-game scoring streak.Bathgate came to play. And always handy with the fists, he already had taken a decision from young Portland defenseman Dennis Kearns, too.There was another Canuck making lots of noise in the early going, too.John Gofton had arrived in the West with quite a reputation. With Johnstown in the Eastern League, he had scored a frightening 63 goals in 61 games.There was a catch. The Eastern League is an amateur circuit that is regarded by goalkeepers as the equivalent of a stretch in the Arkansas state prison. With 3 goals, Gofton didn&rsquo;t even end the league.How would he react to the tough professional Western Hockey League?Just dandy, thank you. Gofton scored points in the first nine games he played &mdash; 13 in all on 6 goals and 7assists &mdash; and was threatening the all-time league record for scoring in consecutive games by&rsquo; a rookie. Terry Slater set the mark of points in 13 straight games with Los Angeles in the 1961-62 campaign.And the Canucks, in nine games, had pulled even in the standings &mdash; 500 hockey on four victories, four defeats and a tie.There were frequent player changes in the early going &mdash; partly because of injuries &mdash; but as the end of the first month of action approached, this was the way the Vancouver lineup appeared to shape up.Carrying the load in goal was Gardner, American League shutout leader two years back. He was 2.89 after nine games and would have been even better except for the Portland Buckaroos. He was 4.33 against Portland and a sizzling 2.17 against the rest of the league.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02339/2717753-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="551" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY BATHGATE&hellip;Came To Play</figcaption></div>On defense, Vancouver had Marc Reaume, Darryl Sly and Don Johns from last season&rsquo;s Rochester club, Tracy Pratt of last years&rsquo; Oakland team in the NHL and Ken Block, who finished last season with Vancouver. The presence of Reaume, voted top defenseman in the American League in &lsquo;63 with Hershey, could be temporary. Sidelined with injuries was Bob Lemieux, who divided last season between Vancouver and Oakland. With Lemieux back in action, Reaume might return East.Up front there was all kinds of potential firepower.There was Bathgate, of course, plus Barlow, Hextail and Lunde. Barlow led Rochester with 43 goals last season, sniped 47 for Seattle a few campaigns back. Hextail collected 71 points for the Ame ricans. And for Rochester, Lunde scored 51 points in only 37 games. Lunde is well known in the Western Hockey League. He scored 267 points in 254 games with Edmonton and Portland in the NHL.From Rochester. Vancouver also had veteran Les Duff, center Murray Hall and forward Duke Harris. Hall collected 17 goals in only 38 games for the Americans last season. In his only previous Western League play he collected 46 points in 43 games with a bad Los Angeles club in 1967.Also up front were Gofton, winger Dick Sentes from Houston (22 goals last season), rookie forward Gerry Sillers and Germain Gagnon, who last year sniped 26 goals for Memphis. Gagnon got off to a good start in the Western League with 7 points in his first nine games.It also was reported the Canucks finally had gotten together with tempestuous Billy McNeil. He would help. He just was voted Most Valuable Player in the Western League in both 1965 and 1966 with Vancouver. His Western League career record showed 455 points in 401 games.In the eight seasons from 1953 through 1960, Vancouver was the power of the Western Hockey League under Art Chapman. The Canucks finished first four times, second twice, third once and fourth once.The past five seasons have not been great &mdash; three thirds, one fifth and one sixth. No Vancouver team has won the playoff championship since 1960.That picture clearly could change. &#9632;

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Bathgate’s Scoring Frosting On Cake As loaded’ Canucks Seen Team To Beat

<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/f0019-01403/2717822-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="587" height="736"></div> &#9632;

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WHL POINT RACE

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01247/2717953-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="262" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body">Paul Andrea</figcaption></div>AMARILLO, Tex. &mdash;Amarillo Wranglers were chasing the Houston Apollo&rsquo;s for first place in the Central League&rsquo;s Northern Division and while Houston was boasting a 5-0 record, the Wranglers were 4-1-1 and fully enjoying their performances as the newest club in the circuit.The Wranglers were hitting the net with regularity and had triggered 29 goals, best in the nine-team league.Veteran Paul Andrea had taken over the lead in the loop&rsquo;s point getting parade with three goals and six assists and rookie Paul Lessard, a graduate of the Montreal Junior Canadiens, was trailing with six goals and a pair of assists.Freshman Andre Gaudette, who shone as a playmaker in the Canadian junior ranks with Montreal last winter notching 60 assists in 54 engagements, had six and a goal in his first six outings.OMAHA &mdash; General manager &ldquo;Jake&rdquo; Milford terms the Knights &ldquo;30 per cent stronger in material and a much better club.&rdquo;They posted three wins in their first seven outings under new coach Larry Popein and publicity director Curtis Gordon noted that there were over 350 more season ticket holders than last season.In their first home appearance, 4,420 fans turned out and the Knights responded dropping the Tulsa Oilers, 5-3 sparked by Ray Brunel&rsquo;s four-goal splurge.Brunel and Amarillo&rsquo;s Paul Lessard are the loop&rsquo;s top snipers with six goals apiece.Veteran Len Haley, always a strong playmaker, chalked up seven assists and one goal in his first seven games.Popein realizes that the Knights must tighten up defensively as they were solved for 24 tallies in their first seven tests.MEMPHIS &mdash; South Stars are trying to play over injuries with Lou Nanne and Doug Piper on the sidelines and centre Sandy Fitzpatrick has been working back of the blueline.Jim Paterson has been leading the offensive with four goals and a like number of assists in the first six games and Joe Johnston follows with a pair of goals and five assists.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02176/2717946-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="542" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">RAY BRUNEL &hellip; Four-Goal Burst</figcaption></div>Centre Claude Piche has been sent to Clinton in the Eastern Amateur League.FORT WORTH &mdash; With three wins and a tie to show in their first six outings, coach Fern Flaman is looking for more consistent scoring punch for his Wings.&lsquo;Ed Hatoum and Hank Monteith were their top snipers with three tallies apiece. Sandy Snow, Rick McCann and John Cunniffhave two goals apiece.Flaman is pleased with the defensive work of Gerry Hart noting that he &ldquo;skates and handles the puck in a manner that helps out the forwards.&rdquo;Randy Gates. Craig Reichmuth, Dick Mortenson, Fred Speck, Rene LeClerc, Ron Walters and Brian Gibbons along with Gerry Gray and John Voss are all rookies and as Flaman notes, &ldquo;It takes time to learn the pro style.&rdquo;OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; Although the Blazers were 2-2 after their first four starts, coach Murray Davison knows that he had experience on his side and it is only time that will bring the club up to a consistent winning pitch.Jim Lorentz was the top pointgetter with a goal and seven assists over the first four contests.Rookie Tom Webster had clicked for five tallies and Grant Erickson flashed the light three times.Davison has freshmen Guy Allen, Steve Atkinson, Clem Tremblay, Jim Harrison, Dan Schock and goalie Joe Junkin bidding for berths on the squad.DALLAS &mdash; The Black Hawks had a rough beginning dropping their first five games and showing a meagre nine-goal output but it was tough playing their first four games on the road.&ldquo;Once we get into our own building and find time to practice, we will get going. The players who were strong the last month or so last season haven&rsquo;t been able to get untracked yet. They want to win and I feel sure we&rsquo;ll bounce back soon,&rdquo; said coach Bob Kromm with optimism.Brian McDonald, Oscar Gaudet, Doug Shelton, and J.P. LeBlanc hold the Hawks&rsquo; major offensive hopes as veterans from last season but Kromm expects to see improvement in Garth Rizzuto, Kerry Bond and Jim Stanfield. Rookies Jim Wiste and Cliff Koroll, U.S. college grads from the University of Denver are working to make the team.Jack Norris and rookie Ken Brown will handle the netminding duties and Paul Shmyr, Jim Graham. Barrie Long and Ray McKay appear to have clinched rearguard berths.TULSA &mdash; Terry Clancy rejoined the Oilers and general manager Ray Miron looked for him &ldquo;to add some needed muscle to our forward lines.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03144/2717939-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="541" height="870"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG SHELTON &hellip; veteran Hawk back</figcaption></div>Randy Murray, still recuperating from a broken hand he suffered in training camp and blueliner Jim Blain came to the Oilers from Vancouver and the parent Toronto Maple Leafs sent Pat Quinn to bolster the defence.Len Bazay was the top pointgetter for the Oilers over their first seven games with three goals and five assists.Ken Campbell was the team&rsquo;s top playmaker with eight assists.KANSAS CITY &mdash; Fred Hucul&rsquo;s Blues picked up six points in their first six games on the road and had two more to go before opening the season before their home fans.Claude Cardin was their top point-getter with one goal and six assists but Hucul believed once the team got the feeling of home surroundings, they would be stronger.Gary Veneruzzo, Terry Crisp, George Guilbault, Terry Gray, Norm Dennis, Don Giesebrecht and Phil Obendorf are his experienced forwards.Bill Plager was sent to the Blues from St. Louis and John De Diana, former McMaster University star, was activated prior to the Blues return home.HOUSTON &mdash; With their perfect 5-0 record, the Apollos were boasting the best goalsagainst average (1.80) in the league giving up only nine goals. Phil Myre in three contest had been beaten three times and showed a 1.67 mark as he shared the duties with Tony Esposito.The Apollos sent goalie Michel Plasse, left wing Jean-Rene Losier and right wing Bern Blanchette to Muskegon of the International League.Centreman Reynaid Comeau was assigned to Cleveland. Defenceman Guy Lapointe headed to the Montreal Canadiens and Ralph Stewart was assigned by Vancouver of the Western League to Houston. &#9632;

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Amarillo Challenging Houston For Top Spot

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES, Calif.The head on the wire service release said, &ldquo;Punch a referee and see the world.&rdquo;Behind the scenes, Clarence Campbell, NHL president, huddled with Jack Kent Cooke, owner of the Los Angeles Kings, to determine a proper punishment for Kings&rsquo; manager Larry Regan.Early this season, after a game in Oakland, Regan cornered referee Bruce Hood and after an exchange of words with Hood threw a punch at him. Later, the temperamental Irishman exhibited a bruised hand and admitted he&rsquo;d connected.Most expected Campbell to levy the maximum $2,000 fine on Regan. However, Campbell indicated he also wanted to suspend him, but felt it would be difficult to enforce a suspension of a manager without the help of the team&rsquo;s owner.After Campbell and Cooke huddled it was announced Regan had been fined $1,000 and been sent to Czechoslovakia for two weeks, where presumably he can polish up his punching on Russian invaders. Regan was due to spend the early part of November there on full salary, scouting amateur prospects for the NHL.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01651/2716410-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="491" height="1203"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Regan &hellip; Banished To Europe</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The referees represent the authority in the National Hockey League,&rdquo; Campbell declared. &ldquo;They must retain the superior hand.&rdquo;With Regan gone, coach Red Kelly has assumed additional duties as acting general manager.In 1961, Montreal coach Toe Blake chased a referee across Chicago ice. He threw a punch but missed. He was fined $2,000 and was given no holiday in Europe. Obviously, Blake was ahead of his time. &#9632;

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Regan Fined $1,000 For Punching Referee

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02619/2716448-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="242" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Schmautz</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill. &mdash;What do you do when you have seven players a mong the league&rsquo;s top 10 scorers and the worst defensive record in your division?If you&rsquo;re Black Hawks&rsquo; Coach Billy Reay you continue to drill defense and hope the offense can hold the line until the two facets of the game come into balance.Some coaches when confronted by a similar problem (at this writing the Hawks had scored 36 goals and had 23 scored against them) have told their charges to play as though they were seeking a 0-0 tie and forget about attack.But Billy isn&rsquo;t about to toss away his strength on the nebulous hope that his charges might be able to pick up a shutout for Denis DeJordy.&ldquo;All we can do is keep stressing the need for back-checking and sound defensive play,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m sure not going to hamper my scorers. We have too many guys who can shoot the puck not to have them doing it.&rdquo;There&rsquo;s no argument there. After seven games, Stan Mikita was in his accustomed place atop the scoring list with 5 goals and 11 assists for 16 points. Four points behind with 8 goals and 4 assists was Jimmy Pappin and strung out behind them Ken Wharram, Pat Stapleton, Bobby and Dennis Hull, and &mdash; of all people &mdash; Gilles Marotte.&ldquo;They say the best defense is a good offense,&rdquo; Reay continued, &ldquo;And we&rsquo;ve certainly had a good offense.&rdquo;That rule generally is applied only to war, however, and Reay knows it.In hockey, the weak defense almost always gets caught up with and Billy doesn&rsquo;t plan to let the current situation go on much longer.&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t put all the heat on the defense for the problem,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t been getting much back-checking and there have been some goals that could be blamed on goal-tending and nothing.&rdquo;Fate has played a part, too, according to the Hawks, coach.&ldquo;We seem to be in a stretch where we&rsquo;re giving up a lot of fluky goals,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;Against the Leafs a shot was going wide before it hit Eric Nesterenko on the leg and bounced in.&ldquo;When Oakland beat us, Ted Hampson put a shot past DeJordy by swinging his stick like a baseball bat about chest high and knocking a high pass over Denny&rsquo;s shouler.&ldquo;And one of the two goals Gordie Howe scored on us in Detroit bounced into the net after hitting his pants.One of the moves Reay is making, however, has Howie Young playing a more prominent, role on defense. In fact, Howie appears to have beaten out Tom Reid on the five-man defense corps and could move in as a regular if matters don&rsquo;t improve.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve liked what Howie has been able to show in the few chances he&rsquo;s gotten,&rdquo; said Reay, who has been slow to move with Young, who still is working himself into condition. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s paying the penalty for having missed training camp but he&rsquo;s coming along very well. There&rsquo;s no doubt that he can play in this league. He&rsquo;s proven it. The question is, will he?&rdquo;In another move, Billy moved Bobby Schmautz who came up from Dallas late last year and chipped in with several big goals into Eric Nesterenko&rsquo;s spot on the line with Bobby Hull and Chico Maki.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03518/2716441-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="1141" height="656"></div> &#9632;

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Hawks 1 Offense Overpowering But Reay Laments Weak Defense

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;The National Hockey League has a new vice-president in the person of Donald V. Ruck.The 40-year-old native of Iron River, Mich., who has served the NHL as public relations director since April 1, 1966, will be the first vice-president in the 52-year history of the league.Ruck also is coordinator of network television for the NHL and president of NHL Services Inc., a company that merchandises league films and other hockey properties. &#9632;

Ruck First NHL Vice-President

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01653/2716517-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="257" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rogatien Vachon</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;The little guy pointed to a red welt on his right elbow.&ldquo;That came in the warm up and it really hurt. But it sure doesn&rsquo;t hurt anymore.&rdquo;The little man was goalie Rogatien Vachon who had just hung up his first shutout of the season as Montreal blanked Toronto 5-0 at Maple Leaf Gardens.Although the high-flying Habs outplayed Leafs by a wide margin, Vachon pulled off several big saves in line with a fine record since he took over from veteran Gump Worsley.And with the shutout &mdash; sixth of his career &mdash; Vachon further established himself as the best relief goalie in big league hockey.The likeable 23-year-old from Palmarolle, Que. has been coming through when the chips are down ever since his first appearance with Canadiens two years ago. Hardly a fan can forget that game when Roggie played it cool against Gordie Howe on a breakaway and came up with a brilliant save off the ever-great Red Wing.Vachon&rsquo;s netminding had a big part in the Canadiens&rsquo; drive to second place in 1966-67 and he wound up doing his share in the team&rsquo;s sweep to league and Stanley Cup triumphs last season.After a poor training camp and the fine netminding of Worsley, young Vachon warmed the bench most of the early part of the 1967-68 schedule. But then the chips were down again when the veteran Gumper was injured in a game at Pittsburgh in mid-January.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02535/2716510-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1761" height="1164"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03358/2716503-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1778" height="1153"><figcaption class="caption-body">New Forum Opening Reminiscent Of Hollywood Movie PremiereThe opening of the new Montreal Forum Nov. 2 was a spectacular event to say the least. In a setting that resembled a Hollywood movie premiere, Canadiens&rsquo; president DAVID MOLSON and MRS. MOLSON, alighted from their limousine above to join sports and hockey dignitaries at the grand opening. The renovation job, which cost approximately $10,000,000 was given a final stamp of approval before the doors were swung open to the more than 18,000 fans by Canadiens&rsquo; executive HOWARD HAMILTON, left below, and two of the engineers who supervised the mammoth construction job.</figcaption></div>Roggie moved in and the Canadiens posted 10 straight victories in launching their second-half drive from last place to first in the Eastern Division.Vachon&rsquo;s record speaks for itself. Lithe as a cat and cool as a polar bear with a quick left hand, the diminutive goalie also has a fine attitude. He never quits or gets down on himself when things go wrong, hence the Habs have as much confidence in him as in the veteran Gumper.Vachon got his first chance this season at Minnesota after Worsley suffered a mouth injury in a late second period scramble. The Habs had been unbeaten when Roggie took over and they stayed that way through victories at Detroit, Los Angeles and Oakland.Although Vachon couldn&rsquo;t be blamed for the Canadiens&rsquo; 4-2 loss at Boston, the rotation system indicated Worsley in goal at Toronto. However the latter checked in to Maple Leaf Gardens with a sore back and Vachon got the call again with Toronto challenging Montreal for first place.The 5-0 shutout brought down the curtain on a great road show for Canadians &mdash; six wins and a tie in eight starts before their debut in the New Forum.Vachon&rsquo;s shutout was only part of a fine effort by the &ldquo;Young Canadiens&rdquo; as Jacques Lemaire, 23-year-old forward who scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season and defenceman Serge Savard were the other stars of the night.Savard, a 22-year-old rearguard at six-foot-three, emerged as a regular defenceman during the absence of Jacques Laperriere and the handicap of Terry Harper with a knee injury. Savard&rsquo;s performance at Toronto, where he made two brilliant passes to set up goals, was his best ever in the NHL.Another bright spot of the defending champions&rsquo; early showing was their sustained drive minus three regulars. Left-winger Dick Duff was sidelined with a knee injury since the season opener before getting ice time at Toronto. Centre Henri Richard (shoulder separation) and defenceman Laperriere (water on the knee) had been out since injured at Detroit Oct. 20.Young Mickey Redmond and Gary Monahan helped fill the front-line gap with Bobby Rousseau shifting at times from right-wing to centre. Guy Lapointe was recalled from Houston Apollos as defence insurance.Rousseau was the only regular forward to go without a goal on the opening road trip. Still Coach Claude Ruel was well pleased with Bobby&rsquo;s checking and skating performances which helped him set up five goals.Besides Jean Beliveau, the Habs&rsquo; points leader, Yvan Cournoyer also was off to a fast start with six goals and three assists in the first eight games. &#9632;

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Vachon Comes Through To Prove He’s Best Relief Goaler In NHL

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 3, Canada.Kenneth W. McKenzie President and PublisherWilliam Z. Stevenson Managing DirectorYearly Subscription Rates: $5.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth $6.00 in the U.S.A, and $8.00 in Foreign CountriesPostage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash.Printed in Canada &#9632;

The Hockey News

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01715/2716572-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><h2>Unsung Hero Nevin Gains Overdue Fame</h2>Hockey News Editor:A fast start by the Rangers&rsquo; Bob Nevin has at last called attention to one of the game&rsquo;s unsung heroes, who is usually overshadowed by his roomie, Rod Gilbert.Aside from being a top scorer and fine team captain, Nevin excels in the crucial abilities which some hockey fans don&rsquo;t always appreciate: playmaking, stick-handling, head-faking, poke-checking, and perhaps most importantly, an excellence at defensive play which many forwards lack.The game needs more players like Bob Nevin and his linemates Phil Goyette and Don Marshall, who display an artistic and aggressive (but not excessive) brand of hockey.WINSTON EMMONS,Cambridge, Mass.<h2>Armstrong Was Worn Out; Imlach Should Be Fired</h2>Hockey News Editor:I am a Toronto Maple Leaf fan and I wouldn&rsquo;t change for any money, but I would like to say a few things. First, I would say the retirement of George Armstrong will help Toronto. I am not an enemy of Armstrong, but let&rsquo;s face it: If a guy is old and worn out, he can hang up his skates then and there.Secondly, I would say I don&rsquo;t see what the owner of the Leafs is waiting for. Fire Punch Imlach before he makes them as feeble as the New York Yankees have become within the last few years. Thirdly, I hope at the next June draft and in the trades to come Toronto will not only consider the present shape but the future as well.Why did they let guys like Hillman and Rupp go while they could have dropped Pronovost or Pilote? Sure, the veterans will do better now, but another two or three years and they won&rsquo;t even be around any longer. 1 am sure there are many more fans that feel the same as I do.VICSOROCHUK,Roblin, Man.<h2>Interesting Questions From Coast Fan</h2>Hockey News Editor:I am writing this letter to you in hopes that I might-be able to get some answers to a few questions.I have been a hockey fan for several years and have enjoyed very much reading and re-reading the interesting articles about the various teams, players and coaches. We on the West Coast do not have too much opportunity to see or hear the games in the NHL and AHL, so we rely almost solely on your publication.In all my reading I have never heard any mention of the following questions. Could you please get some answers for me?1&mdash;What is the top speed of a good hard shot with the puck?2&mdash;About how long does a hockey stick last the average player?3&mdash;How many miles does a player skate in a single game and in a season?4&mdash;How many miles does a game official skate in a single game and in a season?5&mdash;When a stick is broken, why do they wait so long to remove it when it is dangerous to everyone on the ice?This might even make an interesting article when you come up with the answers.GEORGE BRAZELL,Seattle, Wash.<h2>Punching Ref Deplorable, Tapes Should Be Made</h2>Hockey News Editor:It is deplorable that a referee be punched by any member of a hockey team, whether it be player, coach, or general manager; as he is the sole officiator and his authority must be respected.However, it is unfortunate that he is responsible only to the president of the league; as Mr. Campbell cannot be present at each game to rule on any unfortunate bad officiating. I suggest that a tape be made of each game so the refereee will have a &ldquo;checks and balance power&rdquo; rather than supreme power to officiate to his personal liking.The citizens of free countries have recourse through the courts; however, a hockey team has no such power to insure fair judgement. I maintain that the tape or film probably would never have to be used, as the film itself, would insure fair judgement. This system would in no way hinder the sanctity or respect of an official.RALPH LINDNERLos Angeles, Cal. &#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/f0004-02666/2716631-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="419" height="440"></div>&bull; SALT LAKE CITY - POPULAR Dan Meyer, owner of the Salt Lake Golden Eagles Hockey Club, hosted a luncheon last week attended by 120 of the leading citizens of the State of Utah &hellip; Ray Kinasewich, rated one of hockey&rsquo;s outstanding coaches and executives, was introduced at the luncheon. Ray has been signed as general manager-coach of professional hockey&rsquo;s newest entry. The Golden Eagles will commence play in October, 1969 and will be another franchise in the rapidly expanding Western Hockey League &hellip; Al Leader, long-time WHL president, was also on hand for this &ldquo;Face-Off luncheon which officially started pro hockey in this beautiful and prosperous area of the United States &hellip; Meyer, the dynamic millionaire mining magnate, is leaving no stone unturned in his efforts to bring the best hockey available to the citizens of Utah &hellip; Opening next April 26 with a performance of the Ice Follies will be the luxurious new 13-million dollar Salt Palace. This outstanding edifice will seat 11.000 for hockey and the Salt Palace has copied the latest and most practical features of all the leading arenas in Canada and the United States &hellip; Howard Dunn, manager of the Palace and his assistant. Doug Borg, conducted Leader. Kinasewich and myself on a tour of the building which is right on schedule for next April&rsquo;s opening &hellip; Owner Meyer hopes to have 4,000 season tickets sold when the Eagles start play next October and he will be opening his season ticket campaign shortly. Kinasewich will spend this season in Canada scouting potential players and this job offers Kinasewich a tremendous opportunity and challenge &hellip; Ray spent the last two seasons as manager-coach of the Houston Apollos of the Central League and in 1965-66 coached the Edmonton Oil Kings to the Canadian junior championship &hellip; &ldquo;Our goal is to build an exciting, hustling team,&rdquo; said Meyer, &ldquo;one that will make Salt Lake proud of its newest professional sports franchise&rdquo; &hellip; We&rsquo;ll go on record right now as predicting the Salt Lake Golden Eagles will shortly be one of pro hockey&rsquo;s most successful organizations.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03569/2716624-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="251" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ray Kinasewich</figcaption></div>&bull; OAKLAND&rsquo;S WIN over Chicago before the largest crowd of the season gave NHL hockey a big lift in that area. Most observers feel Oakland is a cinch to make the Western Division playoffs this time &hellip; More and more upsets are taking place among the clubs as the NHL schedule advances &hellip; Veteran defenseman Jack Evans, 40, made his all time scoring delight the other evening in San Diego when he carried the puck down the length of the ice, faked his way through two Phoenix defensemen and slipped the puck past Goalie Ken Broderick for an unassisted goal &hellip; The party at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel following the opening of the new Forum in Montreal was one of the best ever. Hosted by Molson&rsquo;s, Imperial Oil and Ford, sponsors of Hockey Night in Canada, it rounded out an evening long to be remembered by Montreal Canadians&rsquo; followers &hellip; Everything went off as scheduled at the official opening and David Molson and his cohorts are to be congratulated for the big league manner in which proceedings were conducted &hellip; Sam Pollock, vice-president and general manager of the Canadiens, and Howard Hamilton, general manager of the Forum and the person chiefly responsible for the many details associated with the 10-million rebuilding job, were both made directors of the very successful Canadian Arena Company, owners of the Montreal Forum and Montreal Canadiens. Hamilton was moved into a key post at the Forum shortly after the Molson family purchased the club in the late 1950&rsquo;s &hellip; Frans Henrichs, &ldquo;Mr. Hockeyman of Holland&rdquo; was on hand for the opening of the Forum. Henrichs is sports editor of one of the largest dailies in Holland and is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on European hockey &hellip; Newsy Lalonde, one of hockey&rsquo;s all-time greats, celebrated his 83rd birthday last week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04497/2716617-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="248" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Evans</figcaption></div>&bull; KEVIN SLOAN, a nine-year-old from the Norwalk, California pee-wee league, has become the envy of both team-mates and opposition. The Los Angeles Kings have introduced the little guy as meir mascot and Kevin looks like a real prospect as he skates with the big-leaguers in pre-game warmups. He wears No. 13 &hellip; Several promotion stunts have been set up at the fabulous Forum in L.A. Ladies&rsquo; nights have been planned with the gals being admitted half price. A hockey stick night awarded 1,000 sticks to all youngsters under 16 coming through the turnstiles &hellip; Gordon (Bucky) Hollingworth, former Hershey and Detroit defenceman who had to quit hockey due to a serious ailment eight years ago, is now scouting for St. Louis Blues. Bucky gets to several games at Boston Garden, coming down from his hotel at Hampton Beach &hellip; Oakland Coach Fred Glover thinks he has the find of the year in Frank Lacombe. The youngster, rated as only a fifth defenceman with Montreal Junior Canadiens last year has been more than holding his own with the Seals &hellip; Former Montreal coach Toe Blake received another honor recently when he was awarded the Jos Cattarinich Trophy by the Quebec Veterans&rsquo; Hockey Association.EAST-WEST SCOREBOARD:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05420/2716610-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="250" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Lacombe</figcaption></div><h2>EAST-WAST SCOREBOARD:</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06341/2716603-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="1225" height="237"></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01668/2716662-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div>In today&rsquo;s game, this young man handed out five stiff body checks, blocked two slapshots from the point, was boarded by a big right winger, caught an elbow while digging the puck out of the corner, was flattened trying to clear the puck, and picked up an assist on a goal.He played a good game.He played it hard.But most important, he&rsquo;s still in one piece.That&rsquo;s the part we played in today&rsquo;s game. &#9632;

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Cooper

<div class="byline">BY GLENN REDMANN</div>TWIN CITIES, Minn. &mdash;The Minnesota North Stars have completed their long-awaited coaching shuffle that ultimately pushed Wren Blair into the team&rsquo;s front office.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01743/2716700-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="261" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted O&rsquo;Connor</figcaption></div>In keeping with the NHL National Hockey League trend of younger coaches, the North Stars have announced that John Muckier, a 34-year-old will replace Blair as bench coach.Blair remains as general manager of the team with Muckier taking over the coaching reins to enable Blair to spend more time concentrating on player personnel and club responsibility that he has been forced to push aside in his dual role as manager-coach.The North Stars also announced that Parker Mac-Donald, veteran right winger, will take Muckier&rsquo;s place as coach of the Memphis South Stars of the Central Hockey League.MacDonald, 35, has played 15 seasons in the NHL. Muckier&rsquo;s general manager duties with Memphis have been filled by Ted O&rsquo;Connor, a North Stars&rsquo; Chief scout. O&rsquo;Connor will serve on an interim basis.MacDonald, who has performed with Detroit, Toronto, New York, Boston and Minnesota in the NHL, will be player-coach with Memphis.Muckier expressed his satisfaction at being named the North Stars&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;I figure the North Stars will do well this season, but don&rsquo;t feel that any of the expansion teams has an edge on any other club.&ldquo;A team has to be up for every game, and the team that is up for most of the games will win our division,&rdquo; he added.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02604/2716693-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="546" height="1115"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNMUCKLER &hellip; Boosted By Blair</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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North Stars Pick Muckier Coach To Relieve Blair

TWIN CITIES, Minn. &mdash;The one shot on goal that Minnesota managed in the second period of a 3-0 loss to New York on Oct. 26 (while the Rangers bombed 17 at Cesare Maniago) was, of course, a new low for&rdquo; the North Stars &hellip; Wayne Hillman has rented the South St. Paul, Minn, home of Carl Wetzel, former U.S. Nationals goalkeeper now playing for the North Stars&rsquo; Memphis affiliate in the Centra League &hellip; Cesare Maniago&rsquo;s 3-year-old daughter Jodi is a regular at North Star practices at the Sports Center as Dop (Pixie) Anderson, a retired St. Paul druggist who played in goal for the University of Minnesota in the late 1940s &hellip; Home attendance for four games was just a shade under 50,000 &hellip; Blair scouted a junior game in Toronto Oct. 27 and the Memphis-Houston game in Memphis Oct. 29. &#9632;

One Shot At Net New Stars’ Low

TWIN CITIES, Minn.&mdash;By the time this makes print, more than a few hockey players who helped make Minnesota the most successful franchise in the NHL&rsquo;s expanded West Division last season may be on the way out.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03455/2716755-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="285" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Parker MacDonald</figcaption></div>They will not have gone without getting a solid opportunity, however, because Wren Blair is still deeply appreciative of the job they did in garnering the fourth playoff spot last March as well as a finals berth in the West Division Stanley Cup playoffs.When a reporter wanted to know why Blair was allowing a red hot prospect such as Joey Johnston to play at Memphis in the Central League while 35-year-old Parker MacDonald was going without either a goal or assist in the North Stars&rsquo; first seven games, the general manager had a ready answer.And it showed loyalty to a man, MacDonald, whose 18 goals and 22 assists in 1967-68 nearly always seemed to come when the Stars were either a goal behind or tied.&ldquo;Sure, Parker is off to a slow start,&rdquo; said Blair, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;m not denying that Johnston is an excellent prospect and no doubt could be benefitting by getting some ice time up here.&ldquo;But how can I tell a guy he&rsquo;s finished after only seven games. If it were twice that many, then I&rsquo;d have to start giving it some serious thought, because nobody can on torever.&ldquo;Parker&rsquo;s not an isolated case, either, and I don&rsquo;t want it to sound that way.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m disappointed in the way some of the others are playing. I certainly never thought Wayne Connelly would be looking for his first goal after seven games (Wayne got 35 last year followed by 8 in the playoffs).And as long as I mention Connelly, how about the two guys who did such a great job of feeding him last year &mdash; J.P. Parise and Andre Boudrias?&ldquo;They&rsquo;re not producing as well as I know they can. Boud used to throw that puck in there and fly after it &hellip; And J.P. was crawling the walls to get the puck to Connelly. But not this year &hellip; not so far.&rdquo;Blair made in plain after his charges bowed to New York, 3-0, before 14,077 fans (despite local television) on Oct. 26 that he wouldn&rsquo;t hesitate to send out any of last year&rsquo;s mainstays if the club&rsquo;s fortunes didn&rsquo;t pick up soon.The defeat at the hands of Boom Geoffrion&rsquo;s crew was Minnesota&rsquo;s&rsquo; third loss in four games at the Sports Center and one in which they managed only 19 shots on goal at steady Ed Giacomin while the Rangers drilled 45 at Cesare Maniago, their former teammate.To add insult to injury, one of the Ranger goals was scored by Dave Balon, whom Blair dealt to New York last June in exchange for defensman Wayne Hillman, Johnston and amateur Dan Seguin.&ldquo;There are guys like Johnston and Jim Paterson down at Memphis and Walt McKechnnie at Phoenix who are aching to get back here I&rsquo;m sure,&rdquo; continued Blair. &ldquo;So if the guys we have now don&rsquo;t do the job, I&rsquo;ll have no choice but to make some changes.&rdquo;After beating the Los Angeles Kings in the fourth game of the season, Minnesota managed only a 3-3 road game tie against Philadelphia in the next three contests while being outscored 9 to 4.One reason for the impotent offense might&rsquo;ve been the absence of Mike McMahon, who sat out all but a small portion of the three games after taking a wicked, late game check from the Kings&rsquo; Jim Peters on Oct. 19.Barry MacKenzie, the hardrock former Canadian Olympic star, was called up from Memphis to replace McMahon on the back line and acquitted himself admirably, before being shipped back to the CHL club.The loss to New York started what was to have been the Minnesotan&rsquo;s most rugged part of the schedule inasmuch as six of seven games from Oct. 26 to Nov. 9 were against East Division opposition.The other game didn&rsquo;t figure to be a picnic, either, since Scotty Bowman&rsquo;s potent St. Louis Blues were to furnish the competition in the snakepit that masquerades under the name of St. Louis Arena.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be okay if we can come out of these seven games with five or six points,&rdquo; said Blair. &ldquo;And even if we can&rsquo;t get that many points, I don&rsquo;t think this is the kind of team that&rsquo;s going to told. I&rsquo;ve got a lot of confidence in them.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Blair’s Loyalty To Vets Over If Stars Don’t Start Winning

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01695/2716786-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">AL SMITH&hellip; Toronto Maple Leafs</figcaption></div>The Toronto Maple Leafs hope this is the year young Al Smith will arrive as a big league net minder. The 23-year-old rookie goaler is one of three puck stoppers being carried by the Leafs. Smith, a product of the Toronto farm system, played with Tulsa of the CHL last season where his performance convinced the Leafs he was worth a big league shot this year. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON. Mass. &ndash;Ace Bailey once remarked after reading his obituary in a newspaper &ldquo;Reports of my death are quite premature&rdquo;.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02624/2716817-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="265" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Johnston</figcaption></div>Bruins&rsquo; goal tender Eddie Johnston could say much the same today.Last spring when Gerry Cheevers was named the Bruins starting netminder for the first Stanley Cup appearance by a Boston team in nine years in the four games with Montreal, the experts were quick to assign Johnston to the scrap heap if not a coffin.He was 34 years old, had been bothered by a serious of pesky injuries during the season and supposedly had fallen into disfavor with Coach Harry Sinden.With another draft session due it seemed automatic that Johnston would not be wearing Bruin colors this season.Even Bobby Orr got into the act, being quoted to the effect that his roomate hadn&rsquo;t received the best of treatment and consideration.But Johnston not only was not subjected to the draft but was given every opportunity to show that he still could play goal for the Bruins as well as Cheevers or anyone else in the National Hockey League.The Montreal native accepted the challenge and today he is given due credit for being a major cog in the Bruins early season success.He played six of the first eight games and allowed only 11 goals in that stretch his performance against Montreal at the Garden on October 27 not only stopped the Stanley Cup defenders, 4-2, for their first defeat of the season, but halted a two game Bruin losing streak.As for last year and any possible disagreement he might have had with Sinden or anyone else in the Bruinfront office, Johnston prefers to let dead dogs stay where they are as long as he still is very much alive,&ldquo;Last season is a long way behind now,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;This is a new year. I&rsquo;m just thankful that I have been able to get into top condition and or the first time in several years I have been able to avoid an injury at the start of the season.&rdquo;A year ago, Johnston was hampered by a bad back after going through one of the best training camps of his career.&ldquo;This year nothing happened,&rdquo; he said. I was able to do my work and I feel great.&rdquo;The previous season Eddie suffered an early season eye cut when he was caught by a wayward stick and this set him back.Now Johnston is weaking a mask for the first time in his career but he discounts this as a major factor in his play this far.&ldquo;I am not playing any more, aggressively in goal than I ever did just because I have this mask on,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I am just in better shape physically than I have been before.&rdquo;&ldquo;On top of that I have a pretty good team out there in front of me, he went on.&ldquo;We have a bunch of guys on the ice who are all doing a job. This makes things easier for the goalie.&ldquo;Listen,&rdquo; he said summing up the situation. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m proud and happy to be with this team. All I want to do is play and do the job Harryasks me to do.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS&mdash;Sinden is particularly pleased with the way the Bruins have been scoring in the first and second period&hellip;Of their first 19 goals, eight have come in the first period and seven in the second&hellip;They had four third period goals &hellip; &ldquo;That&rsquo;s good,&rdquo; said Sinder, &ldquo;if we can keep scoring early we won&rsquo;t be behind in many games and fighting back from the start&rdquo; &hellip; And he is not disturbed by the slow start of Johnny Bucyk and Derek Sanderson&hellip;&rdquo;They are working hard and hustling,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They both will get their share of goaIs.&rdquo;&hellip;Teddy Green started to skate by himself the middle of last weed&hellip;But just when his strained sacroiliac condition has healed sufficiently for him to return to the line up is indefinite. &#9632;

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Johnston Gives B’s Big Lift, Mask Helps Vet Goaler Shine

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><h2>Hockey To Olympics</h2>While the puck was being dropped on the ice in New York and Toronto and around the rest of hockey, the world&rsquo;s greatest amateur athletes were competing in the gentle sunshine of Indian Summer in Mexico City. THE HOCKEY NEWS probably was the only publication of its kind in the world to have its own correspondent at the nineteenth Olympic Games. This writer was there not so incidentally also covering the classic sports festival for other publications.Hockey is a sport of the winter Olympics, not the summer Olympics, but hockey fans are usually sports fans who have some interest in the Games, and both the U.S. and Canada are interested in hosting the Olympics in the future, with Los Angeles and Montreal leading bidders for the 1976 renewal, so we thought we might depart from the expected this once to pass on some of our impressions of the Mexican festival.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01729/2716848-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="274" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Libby</figcaption></div>The two weeks are long gone already, now. We looked forward to them and we miss them. We have been to Mexico City before and it is one of our two or three favorite cities in the world. We were pleased that our wife, Sharon, drew a similar impression from this trip. It is a big, beautiful, busy city, bursting with life.It is a warm, friendly city. Its people are religious, devoted to family life, deeply patriotic. Although we have no wish to discuss politics at length, and are well aware that unrest swells within the youth of Mexico, we will point out that in Mexico City we felt none of the divisions, the hatreds, the tensions and violence that are suffocating our pride of country in the U.S.In Mexico City, Jose Pedraza, a young Mexican, finished second in a walking event. A medal was draped around his neck and he stood grimacing and quivering to keep from crying at the honor of being the first Mexican to win a medal in this Olympiad.Also in Mexico City, two U.S. sprinters, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, scored, accepted medals, donned black gloves and raised their fists in protest as the U.S. anthem was played. They may have been the first athletes in Olympic history to be booed as they left the victory platform.This is what is happening.At the packed Palacio, basketball hungry fans sat through two ordinary games to get a look at basketball as played by the country that originated it, the U.S. The U.S. team was cheered on court and the fans mar veiled as the American quintet showed an Italian club how to do this thing.Then, at halftime, some U.S. youngsters unfurled a series of banners, which said things like, &ldquo;Happiness is Winning Medals,&rdquo; and &ldquo;U.S.A. Gold Rush&rdquo; and &ldquo;U.S.A. Numero Uno.&rdquo; Good-naturedly at first, the fans booed the greedy, boasting Americans. The uproar continued and grew in the second half. Every move the U.S. team made was booed. Every move the Italian team made was cheered.How to make friends.Despite such moments of disharmony, it remained an outstanding sporting experience.<h2>Olympiads Are Costly</h2>Let U.S. and Canadian interests be warned, putting on the Olympics can be expensive. The Mexican government spent heavily to erect or convert a handsome and ample set of structures to house these games. The great Estadio, the sombreroshaped soccer stadium on the university grounds, was converted to track-and-field purposes. Other existing buildings were adapted to other sporting purposes. A 25,000 seat modernistic Palacio was built to house basketball. Other new arenas were built.Crowds were large everywhere. Ticket prices were reasonably high, but seats costing less than a dollar were provided any poor Mexicans who wished them. In the U.S., television coverage was devoted primarily to U.S. athletes, even the mediocre ones. Many winning performances by athletes of other nations were ignored entirely. In Mexico, two television channels carried everything done by everyone from dawn to dusk.Even if U.S. television producers are unaware of it, the Olympics are a rare opportunity. to see the greatest amateur sports performers of all nations in action, and those of us who were on the scene thrilled as much to the skill of a volleybailer from Russia or a soccer player from Hungary as we did to that of a swimmer from the U.S.Competition was intense. After four years of striving, success broke down winners emotionally. There were many deeply moving moments of triumph and defeat.<h2>Giant Traffic Jam</h2>Also stirring were our experiences in traffic. Mexico City is one large traffic jam. Its drivers manuever so daringly they make Indianapolis Speedway racers seem like cowards. Its bus drivers make Wrong Way Corrigan seem unimaginative. Free busses and cheap taxicabs were plentiful, but when thousands of persons pour out of a stadium at the same time, transportation became a problem. You took any bus could squeeze onto. It didn&rsquo;t matter where it was going. It never went where it was supposed to go anyway. Your only hope was that you would get somewhere you could catch a cab from.Faced with heavy traffic, bus-drivers divert from their planned routes and take side roads through back alleys and strange portions of the city. The tourists studied maps in an effort to determine where they were and where they might be headed. Everyone accepted it in good nature. On one such ride, one person commented, &ldquo;Well, we&rsquo;re getting atmosphere, anyway.&rdquo; And another looked around the jammed bus and said, &ldquo;Yes, but I&rsquo;m not so sure the atmosphere on this thing is all that good.&rdquo;Still, wherever you went, there were smiles, and kind words, and good food. The soups and coffee in Mexico are superb. So are the rich, spicy specialties. And the seafood. The unique, strong, pungent fruit caused some stomach upset, known delicately as Montezuma&rsquo;s Revenge, more so than the water, but we were one of the lucky ones, who escaped unscathed. Not so someone else we knew. Nevertheless, she wishes to return as soon as possible.Memories linger. Driving past the pyramids at sunset, the thin air cool, the clear sky ablaze with color, Latin music throbbing. Eating tacos in a cave which has been converted into a restaurant. Lying in a park under trees as Mexican children come up to shake your hand. Dipping drinks in an outdoor cafe as traffic, horns sounding, drifts by the street outside. And athletes such as Bob Seagran, after an eight-hour ordeal, pole-vaulting beyond 17 feet in an arc-lighted stadium.And home again. And hockey again. Bobby Hull and Henri Richard, professionals in gaudy, bulky uniforms slashing across brilliant ice. For awhile now, hockey again. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;A standing ovation greeted Toronto&rsquo;s amazing antique, Johnny Bower, when he skated out to tend goal for the first time in this young National Hockey League season.This was late in a game Leafs already had won over St. Louis Blues and it was obvious Bower was sent out just to loosen up for his first starting assignment. Still, the fans at Maple Leaf Gardens wanted Old Jawn to know just how they feel about him.They should have saved some of the cheering. Bower did open Leafs, next game, a Saturday night date with Boston Bruins, and turned aside all 29 enemy shots in the 36th shutout of his NHL career.&ldquo;Say, I guess I&rsquo;m not over the hill after all,&rdquo; said Bower, who&rsquo;ll be 44 on Nov. 8.&ldquo;But this shutout belonged to the defence, not me,&rdquo; Bower added, after being introduced to the national television audience as No. 1 star of the evening.Such modesty was becoming, but not quite accurate. Leafs&rsquo; defence made repeated errors and it wasn&rsquo;t just because of the inexperience of youngsters Ricky Ley, Jim Dorey and Mike Pelyk. The veterans didn&rsquo;t have one of their better evenings.But a very important question had been answered, the problem of whether or not Leafs&rsquo; goaltending would be adequate, Punch Imlach, the coach and general manager, decided it would, especially after he started Bruce Gamble the following evening in New York and got a 5-3 victory. Al Smith had worked Leafs&rsquo; early matches.There had been speculation Leafs would deal for a proven NHL goalie, perhaps either Bernie Parent or Doug Favell of Philadelphia Flyers. Imlach had shown interest when Los Angeles Kings let it be known they would let Terry Sawchuk go.However, Imlach does feel it will be necessary to carry all three men, if only because of Bower&rsquo;s age and the regularity of his injuries now.Bower did appear in 38 games last season and his 2.25 average was second only to Montreal&rsquo;s Gump Worsley among NHL regulars. And Gamble had averaged 2.31. Al Smith had known his good evenings with Tulsa in the Central League, but there also were times when observers wondered if Serge Aubry were the better of that club&rsquo;s two goalies.What Imlach was concerned about, though, was reliability and consistency and, as he surveyed Smith, Bower and Gamble, he wondered if he really had it.The unexpected factor is Smith&rsquo;s svelte new physique. He worked hard all summer to reduce his weight and the result has been improved speed and mobility and heighterrea stamina.&ldquo;With the three of them,&rdquo; said Imlach, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see why I can&rsquo;t have one guy sharp at all times.&rdquo;Steady goalkeeping will be a huge benefit, too, because of the abovementioned defensive inexperience.&ldquo;Ley and Pelyk and Dorey are bound to make mistakes,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m content to put up with them. There&rsquo;s no other way, but if we get good goaltending, they won&rsquo;t hurt so badly.&rdquo;Another thing that delighted Imlach after the first fortnight of Leafs&rsquo; 1968-69 schedule was victories in Detroit and New York.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what we have to do, &ldquo;he pointed out. &ldquo;Last year, we missed the playoffs because we couldn&rsquo;t win on the road and we couldn&rsquo;t beat the expansion teams. If we can change that, we&rsquo;ll be in good shape.&rdquo;To be factual, the 1967-68 Leafs won nine, lost 22 and tied six. They were the only one of the established clubs with a minus record against the new division. Playing in their own section, they weren&rsquo;t far off the leaders.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02643/2716879-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="543" height="866"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY BOWER &hellip; Credits Defense</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Standing Ovation Greets Bower’s First Shutout; Leafs To Carry 3 Goalers

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>NEW YORK &mdash; Walt Tkaczuk, forward, and Brad Park, defenseman, returned to Buffalo of AHL.CHICAGO &mdash; Wayne Maki, forward, sent to Dallas of CHL.BOSTON &mdash; Colin Mc-Cormack, goalkeeper, recalled from Hershey of AHL. Ross Lonsberry, forward, assigned to Oklahoma Citv of CHL.MINNESOTA &mdash; Barry Mac-Kenzie, defenseman, returned to Memphis of CHL. Joey Johnston, forward, recalled from Memphis. Duane Rupp defenseman, recalled from Cleveland of AHL.TORONTO &mdash; Pat Quinn, defenseman, and Terry Clancy, forward, sent to Tulsa of CHL.PITTSBURGH &mdash; Dick Mattiussi, defenseman, assigned to Amarillo of CHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>PORTLAND &mdash; Doug Messier, defenseman. rejoined team.VANCOUVER &mdash; Ralnh Stewart, right winger, and Dick Sentes, forward, assigned to Houston of CHL.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>HOUSTON &mdash; Michel Plasse, goalkeeper, Jene-Rene Losier and Bern Blanchette, forwards, sent to Muskegon of IHL. Reynaid Comeau, forward, assigned to Cleveland of AHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>PORT HURON &mdash; Jack Criel, defenseman, sent to St. Thomas Juniors of OHA.COLUMBUS &mdash; Bill Winters, defenseman, assigned to Long Island of EHL.TOLEDO &mdash; Barry Jakeman, forward, placed on waivers.MUSKEGON &mdash; Jim Bannatyne, defenseman, assigned by Montreal of NHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>LONG ISLAND &mdash; Earl Scott, forward. Herm Karp, forward, secured from New Jersey of EHL. Bill Christodal, defenseman, picked up as free agent. Bill Adair, forward, secured from Greenbboro of EHL.NEW HAVEN &mdash; Wayne Doll, goalkeeper, secured from Long Island of EHL on loan but later returned roster.NASHVILLE &mdash; Jean Levaseur goaler, dropped, John Lewis, goaler, added to roster. Henry Jaruaga and DickJERSEY &mdash; Ted Szydlowski, defenseman, left team. Rejean Maltais, defenseman. secured from Quebec of AHL. Reggie Meserve, forward. reioined team from retired list, Al Sarault, forward, dropped.SALEM &mdash; Murray Finlay, goaler, and Jim Ferguson, forward, released. Dave Lucas, defenseman. secured from Johnstown of EHL to acts as player-coach. Bruce Buchanan. defenseman. and George Surmay, goaler secured from New York of NHL on loan.GREENSBORO &mdash; Roger Wilson, defenseman. returned by Dallas of CHL. Maurice L&rsquo;Abbe and John Fisher, forwards, assigned by Dallas.CHARLOTTE &mdash; Ken Hicks, forwards, released. Al Sutherland, forward, sent by Tulsa of CHL. Chuck Goddard, goalkeeper, secured from Memphis of CHL.CLINTON &mdash; Claude Piche, forward, assigned by Memphis of CHL. Mike Latinovich, forward, dropped.JOHNSTOWN &mdash; Pete Donnelly, goalkeeper, returned to Detroit of NHL. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY SPENCE CONLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01709/2716941-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="266" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Marshall</figcaption></div>OAKLAND, Calif. &mdash;The Oakland Seals have survived their pivotal test of the season with surprising success &mdash; their first road trip of the season, a four-game in five night endurance test which saw them rise into the West Division leadership.By &lsquo;this time everybody knows that new coach Fred Glover and general manager Frank Seike, have done a beautiful job in reworking and rebuilding the tattered Seals of a year ago.But after an undefeated exhibition season, the Seals went flat when they dropped the puck for real.The goaltending of Charlie Hodge, a significant factor last season, was less than anticipated. Glover blames Charlie&rsquo;s great dedication to the game as a contributing factor &mdash; a dedication which caused him to try to do more for his club than he really had to.With Hodge overly concerned about his mates and the youthful club suffering from a severe case of &ldquo;rookie&rdquo; jitters, things weren&rsquo;t going well.After three games at home, the Seals were winless. They lost to Minnesota, 5-1, and battled back for a 4-4 tie with Los Angeles, then were beaten in a toughie, 2-1 by Boston.So the Seals prepared for their first road swing down deep in last place, but not that far away from the top.The Seals opened with a match in St. Louis and Hodge sat out in favor of big Gary Smith. Although Smith was a little shaky, he showed pretty well in a 4-1 loss.Glover came back with Smith the next night in Chicago and before a SRO crowd in Chicago Stadium, Smith stood the Black Hawks on their heads, 4-3, helped by a pair of goals from Gerry Ehman.Three nights later, Smith faced the North Stars in Minnesota and came out on top, 3-2, thanks to George Swarbrick&rsquo;s short shot with 4:01 left in the game.The critical opening road swing, the same trip which last year plunged the Seals into the cellar never to return, had seen the Seas move to the top of the West Division.Tired from a terrible overnight charter jet flight from Minneapolis into New York, the Seals tumbled 6-1 to the Rangers who had been waiting all week.In the late stages of the first period, Gary Jarrett, left wing on the &ldquo;Assembly Line&rdquo; with Ted Hampson and Bill Hicke, two of the West&rsquo;s top scorers, was hurt.The diagnosis was stretched knee ligaments and it was pretty uncertain just how long he&rsquo;d be out.So the Seals, who already have a left wing problem, came home to face the Canadiens, not quite at top strength.Smith, who has great potential to be a regular NHL goalkeeper, got the call again, only this time, the first goal scored by Montreal in a game they were not exactly controlling, was a bad one, pulled into the net accidentally by Smith. The shot was actually going over the top of the net.Well, that&rsquo;s hockey. But the Seals flew apart and in the next 8:05, the Canadiens whipped in three more. That was it. A quick letdown and the game was lost. The Seals battled back in the next two periods, but the lead was too much and fell, 4-2.Glover was pretty happy with the team effort and even Ted Hampson said the game was one of the three best played this year by the club.But there are significant weaknesses in the Seal lineup which must be corrected if the club is to improve markedly over last year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02654/2716934-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="555" height="575"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARY SMITH &hellip; Sensational In Net</figcaption></div>First, the goaltenders, both Hodge and Smith, have to settle down more and that means the scramble Oakland defense will have to get tougher in front of the net.Bert Marshall and young Francois Lacombe have played pretty well and big Bert is certainly going to be one of the best in the West. But the Bryan Watson-Carol Vadnais tandem has had its difficulties. Vadnais has been responsible for more goals against, than for, and putting great pressure on Watson.Once Lacombe gets over a hip bruise, he should be taking a regular turn and Vadnais will be getting a rest. But Carol has great potential and he&rsquo;ll be of great help in the long run possibly at left win. He just has to recognized the extent of his responsibilities.The second situation is a lack of offensive depth, both at left wing and center.Hampson is the only pivot realizing his potential. Bill Harris has forgotten how to shoot and Joe Szura is clearly having troubles adjusting to the speed of the league.The breakdown at center is hurting the play of the wings, of course.With the exception of Jarrett, the left side has been disappointing. Len Ronson finally had to pack it in and go home. He just wasn&rsquo;t good enough. John Brenneman is coming but too slowly. Swarbrick was shifted to left side to take up slack and has done well.The Seals need a center, a left wing, and a defenseman, in order to be competitive. However, even with such thin ranks, it is directly attributable to Glover that the Seals have done as well as they have so far.The three big plusses are Doug Roberts&rsquo; rapid improvement as a defenseman, Swarbrick&rsquo;s showing as a left wing after four years on the right side, and the overall performance of the Assembly Line. &#9632;

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Would You Believe Seals In First Place? Goalie Smith Plays Big Role For Club

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;The new hockey season may be all different in Gotham this year from last with newly minted Coach Bernie &ldquo;Boomer&rdquo; Geoffrion behind the New York bench, but in one respect it is exactly like last season.After seven games, the Rangers stood 4-0 with the Expansion clubs and 0-3 with the old line Eastern teams. This is similar to the situation in the first two months of 1967-68 when New York consistently murdered the new teams but actually went almost two months without winning against the East.&ldquo;It is just a temporary situation,&rdquo; said Geoffrion. &ldquo;However, I admit that our 5-3 loss to Toronto on October 27 was a disappointment. Perhaps part of the reason was the fact that we did not get to sleep until 3:00 AM on our return flight from Minnesota.&rdquo;In Minny. the night before the boys from Broadway trounced the North Stars 3-0 to continue undefeated against the newer teams.Against Toronto, New York jumped off to a nice 2-0 lead on Rod Gilbert&rsquo;s best goal of the season and Vic Hadfield&rsquo;s first, a seventy foot cannon shot. Then, inexplicably, they sagged and Toronto tied it up on two quick goals. New York was behind 5-2 when they surged again eight minutes from the end. but this was a case of too little and too late.Geoffrion said, &ldquo;Eight minutes is not enough of an effort to win a hockey game.&rdquo;He expects the boys to do better on the upcoming West Coast trip in which the Rangers play Los Angeles, Oakland and Chicago during a five day period from November 6 through 10.The highlight of the early Ranger season is the realization that center Walter Tkaczuk is for real and that the club is not hurt too much when Orland Kurtenbach is out. Kurt, a tremendous asset is still in the hospital with his back in traction, but Tkaczuk, the rookie all &mdash; everything, from the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey Association, has moved into Orland&rsquo;s third line spot, as if to the manor born. Walter centers for Ron Stewart and Davey Balon and so far has two very nice NHL goals to his credit. He and Balon got two of the three against Minnesota and in a sense won the game by themselves.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02636/2716972-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="538" height="584"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROD GILBERT &hellip; Best Goal of Year</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Tkaczuk has shown us that he is a major league hockeyplayer,&rdquo; says Geoffrion. Nonetheless, the coach refused to be drawn into a controversy as to whether or not Kurtenbach&rsquo;s job is in jeopardy. He maintains and correctlv that the club needs Kurtenbach and simply regards his job as that much more pleasant because of the obvious depth that the Rangers have at center ice.Tkaczuk. a strong bushy haired youngster of 21 years, is a native of Emstedetten, Germany and can look forward to many years of play with New York. He signed a two year contract with the Rangers prior to this campaign. This is unusual for a rookie and shows the regard that Emile Francis, the New York General Manager holds Walter in.At Kitchener last season, Walter finished fourth in the OHA scoring race with 93 points on 37 goals and 56 assists. Although, he played a couple of games with Omaha, and also a few with Buffalo earlier this season, Tkaczuk is in reality making the jump to the NHL straight from junior. This is the tell on the boy&rsquo;s ability. &#9632;

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Eastern Clubs Give Blues Big Trouble

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01728/2717003-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="537" height="701"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL GOYETTE</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;Rangers returned rookie defenseman Brad Park to Buffalo. Park was brought up when Rod Seiling had to sit out a game with an injured knee &hellip; Alan Hamilton is occasionally spelling Harry Howell and actually took Seiling&rsquo;s place when Rod was hurt &hellip; Frank Paice missed his first New York game in over fifteen seasons when his mother passed away in Montreal. He missed the New York &mdash; Oakland game of October 23 &hellip; Despite the early run of games against the West, the schedule evens up and the Blues meet the Expansion clubs 19 times in the first half of the season and 17 in the second half &hellip; With Phil Goyette reaching the 150 mark in NHL red lights, three other Blues are within reach of the century mark &hellip; Jean Ratelie has 93 &hellip; Dave Balon 89 and Vic Hadfield 91 &hellip; The second period seems to have been the Rangers most productive in the first five games of the season. Of the Blues first twenty goals, eleven came in the second stanza &hellip; Last season New York scored 80 third period goals, 79 first period goals and sagged in the second with only 67 &hellip; Kurtenbach, out with a sprained lower back is improving rapidly &hellip; Emile Francis expects New York to notch 94 points. He wants 40 pts against the East and 54 against the West. The team plays the Eastern teams 40 times and 36 games against the West &hellip; This means that New York would notch 94 pts, which would get them into the playoffs, but not into first place &hellip; Francis missed his first Ranger game in years on Oct. 26 when he journeyed to Omaha for the opener of the CHL season in the Nebraska city &hellip; Donnie Marshall&rsquo;s two minutes penalty in the second game of the season equalled his entire PIM a year ago &hellip; Bob Nevin with 7 goals in 7 games is far ahead of last season when he went 21 games before getting his 7th tally &hellip; &#9632;

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Goyette Hits For No. 150 of NHL Coreeer

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01718/2717048-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02665/2717041-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="593" height="2409"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03568/2717034-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="593" height="2409"></div> &#9632;

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NHL SCORING RACE

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA, PA. &mdash;&ldquo;Boy&rdquo; said Doug Favell as he looked over to his goaltending buddy Bernie Parent, &ldquo;if this means we&rsquo;re gonna have another year like last year. I&rsquo;ll REALLY go crazy.&rdquo;The 1968-69 NHL season had not yet officially gotten underway because the scene was the Flyers&rsquo; dressing room in Quebec City following their 2-0 opening game exhibition loss to the New York Rangers. But the comment couldn&rsquo;t have been more correct.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01696/2717110-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="258" height="366"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Favell</figcaption></div>The league season is now a few weeks old and already the Flyers have taken up where they left off a year ago: few goals and unlimited pressure on their young goaltenders.That was exactly the same situation when the Flyers won the Western Division championship a year ago. Their &ldquo;popgun&rdquo; offense was able to win games only because of the outstanding job turned in by the defensive corps &mdash; particularly 23-year-old goalies Favell and Parent.Despite the fact that the club averaged only 2.2 goals per game throughout the 74-game schedule, it was able to lock up first place in as wild and wooly a finish as can be imagined. The first five clubs were only six points apart.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve just got to get our offense clicking, there&rsquo;s no two ways about it,&rdquo; said coach Keith Allen. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to put the net because defense alone isn&rsquo;t going to win games for us.&rdquo;The Flyers have quite a few new faces from last season in an attempt to put a stronger team on the ice. That was a falling apart in the Stanley Cup playoff series to the St. Louis Blues.One of the new lines consists of Andre Lacroix centering for Simon Nolet and Jean-Guy Gendron, a unit that was pro hockey&rsquo;s most productive (131 total goals) with the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League last season.Just two minutes into the first NHL game they played together, the &ldquo;French Line&rdquo; turned on the red light in New York when Nolet took a pass from Lacroix and slipped the puck past Eddie Giacomin. Things have been relatively quiet ever since.In fact, after the first six league games during which the Flyers were 1-3-2, center Jimmy Johnson &mdash; never known as a top scorer &mdash; was leading the club in point making with six points (one goal, five assists)The Flyers&rsquo; brass, of course, is optimistic that the club will come around and start scoring the average of three goals a game that would probably hold up for victory because of the team&rsquo;s capable defense.General manager Bud Poile, who tried to make a deal with one of the established clubs to acquire a big high-scoring center still maintains that his team is an improvement man-for man over the season closing roster of last May.&ldquo;There was no way, absolutely no way we were going to finish first in our division again this season with the same people we had on the club last year, said Bud. &ldquo;We had no alternative but to make some change in personnel.&ldquo;Why, the easiest thing in the world for me as GM would&rsquo;ve been to stick with the same players we had a year ago. After all, they DID finish first.&ldquo;But I knew at the tailend of the season what our problem was. We weren&rsquo;t scoring goals and you just couldn&rsquo;t imagine the pressure that those low-scoring games were placing on our two young goalies.&rdquo;Favell and Parent needn&rsquo;t be reminded.&ldquo;Boy,&rdquo; said Favell, &ldquo;if we have another year like last year, I&rsquo;ll REALLY go crazy.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Things Haven’t Changed For Flyers, Few Goals, Pressure On Netminders

Last year there was very little to choose between netminders Bernie Parent and Doug Favell as they combined their talents to steer Philadelphia Flyers to the Western Division regular season title.This campaign presents a different story, however.Parent has earned the role of Flyers&rsquo; first string goalie on the heels of four outstanding performances during the past week. While Favell&rsquo;s goals against average hovers dangerously close to the 3.75 mark this season, Parent sports a glittering 2.29 average.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02601/2717141-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="262" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bernie Parent</figcaption></div>He capped his week&rsquo;s claim to stardom by repulsing 32 shots against Toronto and 35 more against Montreal as the Flyers upset both Eastern Division teams by identical 3-2 scores over the weekend.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the NHL&rsquo;s player of the week in the West:Bernie Parent &hellip; Philadelphia &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE WEST

Two winning goals in the same week &mdash; that&rsquo;s a brilliant feat for any sharpshooter in any league. And Yvan Cournoyer&rsquo;s timely tallies are one of the main reasons why Montreal Canadiens are continuing their domination atop the National Hockey League&rsquo;s Eastern Division this year.Cournoyer&rsquo;s goal in Toronto triggered the high flying Habs to a humiliating 5-0 victory over the Leafs early in the week. He then bounced right back with the clincher as Canadiens edged Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to celebrate the opening of Montreal&rsquo;s renovated Forum.The diminutive right winger is a good bet to equal or even surpass the 28 goals he collected last season as he helped spark Montreal to the Prince of Wales Trophy and the Stanley Cup.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the NHL&rsquo;s player of the week in the East:Yvan Cournoyer &hellip;Montreal<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03474/2717172-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="257" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Yvan Cournoyer</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE EAST

<h2>WED. OCT. 30 PHILADELPHIA 1 at ST. LOUIS 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;St. Louis, Harvey (Roberts, Berenson) &hellip; 2:562&mdash;St. Louis, Schock (Picard, Plager) &hellip; 5:05Penalties: Paiement 2:43, Picard 5:47, Hale 9:01, Berenson 19:01.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Philadelphia, Dornhoefer (Heiskala, Johnson) &hellip; 7:55Penalties: McSweyn3:18, Berenson 18:31.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;St. Louis, B. Plager (Stankiewicz) &hellip; 2:115&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (Harvey) &hellip; 17:50Penalties: Cherry 7:49, Bob Plager 11:01.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01686/2717315-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="565" height="100"></div>Attendance: 10,754.<h2>PITTSBURGH 3 at NEW YORK 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Bums (Fonteyne) &hellip; 2:462&mdash;Pittsburgh, Price (Schinkel, Ingarfield) &hellip; 18:51Penalties: Arbour 1:19, Seiling 9:53, Brown 15:39, Fleming 16:55.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Pittsburgh, Pronovost &hellip; 2:474&mdash;New York, Marshall (Nevin) &hellip; 10:215&mdash;Now York, Hadfield (Ratelie, Gilbert) &hellip; 11:256&mdash;New York, Ratelle (Hadfield, Gilbert) &hellip; 16:04Penalty: McCallum 1:03.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;New York, Nevin (Hadfield, Brown) &hellip; 1:438&mdash;New York, Nevin (Marshall, Goyette) &hellip; 6:499&mdash;New York, Stewart (Tkaczuk, Baton) &hellip; 8:4810&mdash;New York, Ratelie (Gilbert, Neilson) &hellip; 10:12Penalties: Arbour 9:19, 11:33, 15:13, 17:39, Fleming (misconduct, game misconduct) 10:20.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02640/2717308-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="564" height="101"></div>Attendance: 13,111.<h2>BOSTON 4 at MINNESOTA 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Boston, Sanderson (Murphy, Shack) &hellip; 14:28Penalties: Goldsworthy 3:25, Shack 6:10, Sanderson 17:48, O&rsquo;Shea 18:22, D. Smith 19:49.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Boston, Stanfield (McKenzie, Orr) &hellip; 2:453&mdash;Minnesota, Boudrias (Vasko, Cullen) &hellip; 14:214&mdash;Minnesota, Goldsworthy (McMahon) &hellip; 19:10Penalties: Doak 6:59, 17:11, Hodge 9:50, Boudrias, Sather 17:56.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Boston, Shack (Westfall, Sanderson) &hellip; 4:456&mdash;Boston, Bucyk (Esposito) &hellip; 19:26Penalty: Larose 1:04.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03595/2717301-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="561" height="100"></div>Attendance: 10,982.<h2>CHICAGO 4 at LOS ANGELES 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Martin (D. Hull, R. Hull) &hellip; 6:062&mdash;Chicago, Pappin (D. Hull, Martin) &hellip; 7:55Penalties: Amadio 5:41, Stapleton 16:58.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Los Angeles, H. Hughes (White) &hellip; 3:444&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull &hellip; 10:56Penalties: Young 3:04, Nesterenko 9:25.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Los Angeles, Peters (Robinson, B. Hughes) &hellip; 18:316&mdash;Chicago, C. Maki (R. Hull) &hellip; 19:27Penalties: White 6:24, Amadio 11:46, Martin 14:12.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04544/2717294-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="558" height="103"></div>Attendance: 9,407.<h2>MONTREAL 5 at TORONTO 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal Cournoyer (Savard) &hellip; 9:46Penalties: Horton 3:34, Duff 4:05, Rousseau 13:55, Beliveau 17:18.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Montreal, Lemaire (Savard, J.C. Tremblay) &hellip; 1:273&mdash;Montreal, G. Tremblay (Coumoyer) &hellip; 12:35Penalty: Pelyk 6:24.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Montreal, Ferguson (Harper) &hellip; 13:545&mdash;Montreal, Lemaire (Duff) &hellip; 16:44Penalties: Dorey 0:24, Beliveau (minor, misconduct) 11:49Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05448/2717287-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="564" height="100"></div>Attendance: 16,485.<h2>THURS. OCT. 31 Boston 5 at DETROIT 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Boston, Orr &hellip; 6:352&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio (F. Mahovlich, Howe) &hellip; 9:393&mdash;Detroit, F. Mahovlich (Howe, Harris) &hellip; 18.52Penalties &mdash; Baun 5:17, Mackenzie 9:02.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Detroit, Stemkowski (Bergman, MacGregor) &hellip; 4:455&mdash;Detroit, Lawson (P. Mahovlich, Bergman) &hellip; 11:186&mdash;Boston, Hodge (Williams, Esposito) &hellip; 17:45Penalties &mdash; Anderson 5:29, Westfall 8:50, Boston, served by Cashman 19:36.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Detroit, F. Mahovlich (Baun, Howe) &hellip; 0:138&mdash;Detroit, Stemkowski (MacGregor, Bergman) &hellip; 3:049&mdash;Boston, Bucyk (Murphy, Orr) &hellip; 4:0810&mdash;Boston. Espositio 10:0011&mdash;Boston, Hodge (Esposito, Murphy) &hellip; 13:1112&mdash;Detroit, F. Mahovlich (Delvecchio, Baun) &hellip; 19:22Penalty &mdash; Unger 12:45Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06381/2717280-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="576" height="102"></div>Attendance &mdash; 10,198.<h2>NEW YORK 2 at PHILADELPHIA 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Balcon 9:39, Van Impe 13:31.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;New York, Howell (Govette. Nevin) &hellip; 1:122&mdash;Philadelphia, Lacroix (Gendron, Nolet) &hellip; 4:19Penalties &mdash; Handled 3:13, Van Impe 13:10.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;New York, Marshall (Nevin, Selling) &hellip; 5:20Penalties &mdash; Neilson 11:44, Kennedy 13:12.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07351/2717273-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="575" height="99"></div>Attendance &mdash; 9,429.<h2>FRI. NOV. 1 CHICAGO 2 at OAKLAND 5</h2>FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Oakland, Vadnais (Hampson) &hellip; 5:162&mdash;Oakland, Ferguson (Szura, Swarbrick) &hellip; 13:28Penalties &mdash; Marotte 3:44, Watson 6:33, Young 14:24.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Oakland, Vadnais (Swarbrick, Watson) &hellip; 8:414&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull Pappin, Mikita) &hellip; 17:22Penalties &mdash; Swarbrick 11:00, Young 11:00, Watson 15:32, Marshall 15:57, Maki 15:57.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Oakland, Hicke (Hampson, Lacombe) &hellip; a 12:206&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mohns, Marotte) &hellip; 16:397&mdash;Oakland, G. Jarrett 19:14 Penalties &mdash; Stapleton 1:15, Pappin 3:45.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08329/2717266-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="582" height="102"></div>Attendance &mdash; 7,763.<h2>Sat. Nov. 2 DETROIT 1 MONTREAL 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;MONTREAL: Beliveau (Provost, G. Tremblay) &hellip; 4:38Penalties: Harper 5:25, Mahovlich 5:36.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;DETROIT: Stemkowski (MacGregor, Unger) &hellip; 8:23Penalties: None<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;MONTREAL: Cournoyer (J.-G. Tremblay, Backstrom) &hellip; 3:37Penalties: Ferguson 14:14, Stemkowski 17:52.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09313/2717259-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="578" height="98"></div>ATTENDANCE: 18,114.<h2>MINNESOTA 2 at ST-LOUIS 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;MINNESOTA: Larose (O&rsquo;Shea, McCord) &hellip; 16:02Penalty: None<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;MINNESOTA: Connelly (Cullen) &hellip; 19:55Penaltiea: J. Roberts 1:12, O&rsquo;Shea 11:01, Larose 15:03, Stankiewicz 15:03 O&rsquo;Shea 16:13<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalty: NoneSHOTS AGAINST:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10291/2717252-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="582" height="101"></div>Attendance: 14,892.<h2>PHILADELPHIA 3 at TORONTO 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;PHILADELPHIA: Gendron (Dornhoefer, Lacroix) &hellip; 3:472&mdash;TORONTO: Henderson (Smith, Ullman) &hellip; 12:243&mdash;PHILADELPHIA: Van Impe (Selby, Lacroix) &hellip; 15:10Penalties: Oliver 3:20, Zeidel 6:55, Dorey 17:57<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalty: Cherry 4:31<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;TORONTO: Sutherland (Dorey. Keon) &hellip; 12:015&mdash;PHILADELPHIA: Gendron (Lacroix) &hellip; 16:13Penalties: Paiement, Pulford 2:37, Van Impe 16: 26.Shots against<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11266/2717245-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="569" height="101"></div>Attendance: 16,470.<h2>PITTSBURGH 2 at L. ANGELES 3</h2>1&mdash;LOS ANGELES: Rolfe (Krake) &hellip; 0:24Penalties: McCallum 8:30, Robinson 10:15.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;L. ANGELES: Wall (Krake, Amadio) &hellip; 3:303&mdash;PITTSBURGH: Pronovost (McCreary) &hellip; 5:32Penalty: None<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;L. ANGELES: Flett (Joyal, White) &hellip; 7:595&mdash;PITTSBURGH: Ingarfield (McCallum, Schinkel) &hellip; 11:09Penalties: Pronovost 6:10, Cahan 9:36Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12233/2717238-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="576" height="103"></div>Attendance: 6,602<h2>Sun. Nov. 3 MONTREAL 2 PHILADEL. 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;MONTREAL Richard (Rousseau) &hellip; 8:262&mdash;PHILADELPHIA. Lacroix (Stanley, Nolet) &hellip; 15:54Penalties: Savard 4:00, Provost 14:01, Van Impe 18:19<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;MONTREAL: Beliveau (Cournoyer, G. Tremblay) 13:36Penalties: Lemaire, Peters 5:11, Kennedy 5:24.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;PHILADELPHIA: Nolet (Lacroix, Gendron) &hellip; 3:195&mdash;PHILADELPHIA: Johnson (Dornhoefer, Cherry) &hellip; 10:17Penalties: Dornhoefer, Richard 0:41, Harper 2:20, Dornhoefer 4:41, 11:29, Harper 11:29, Kennedy (major) 17:51, Harper 17:51.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13199/2717231-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="547" height="99"></div>ATTENDANCE: 12,431.<h2>PITTSBRUGH 3 OAKLAND 1</h2>FIRST PERIODNo scoringPenalties: K. McCreary 2:19, F. Lacombe 5:10, Lepine 7:00.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;OAKLAND: Hicke (Jarrett, Smith) &hellip; 2:262&mdash;PITTSBURGH: Antotti (Price) &hellip; 11 263&mdash;PITTSBURGH: Ulriaco (Boivin, Ingarfield) &hellip; 13:344&mdash;PITTSBURGH: Fonteyne (Angotti) &hellip; 14:48Penalties: McCallum 5:10, Szura 7:17.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.PENALTIES: Angotti 1:10, Ferguson 1:10, Vadnais 13:47, Woytowich 13:47, Swarbrick 6:12, Price 18:18.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14168/2717224-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="549" height="100"></div>ATTENDANCE: 2,166.<h2>CHICAGO 3 at BOSTON 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;CHICAGO: B. Hull (Pappin, Mikita) &hellip; 15:16Penalties: Marotte 5:21, Awrey 15:11, Stapelton 19:18.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;BOSTON: Orr 1:373&mdash;BOSTON: Westfall (D. Smith, Orr) &hellip; 5:364&mdash;BOSTON Doak (Bucyk, MurphyH &hellip; 6:115&mdash;BOSTON: Sather (Esposito) &hellip; 12:366&mdash;CHICAGO: Schmautz (B. Hull) &hellip; 19:14Penalties: Shack 10:49, D. Smith 16:05, Esposito 18, 07, Williams 19.55.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;CHICAGO: Martin (B. Hull) &hellip; 9:408&mdash;BOSTON: Shack (Sanderson, Hodge) &hellip; 18:40Penalties: DeJordy 4:11, D. Smith 8:24, Doak, Mikita (majors) 8:52, Cheevers 14:24, Mohns 14:57.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15138/2717217-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="545" height="101"></div>ATTENDANCE: 14.653<h2>ST. LOUIS 4 at DETROIT 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;DETROIT: F. Mahovlich (Harris, Howe) &hellip; 0:322&mdash;DETROIT: Bergman (How.) &hellip; 12:333&mdash;ST. LOUIS: Henry (Berenson, St. Marseille) &hellip; 16:394&mdash;DETROIT: Delvecchio (Douglas. Howe) &hellip; 17:33Penalties: B Plager 4:15, Harris 9:22, 15:16, Pricard, Douglas 11:45, Arbor 12:17.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;DETROIT: Unger (Douglas, Stemkowski) &hellip; 8:596&mdash;ST. LOUIS: Picard (Berenson, McDonald) &hellip; 17:40Penalties: Howe 1:39, Bergman 3:12, Roberts 7:45, Picard 14:13.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;ST. LOUIS: Henry (Berenson) &hellip; 2:108&mdash;ST. LOUIS: Henry &hellip; 2:29Penalties: Baun 1:55, Roberts 5:40.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1698/2717210-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="551" height="78"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 1 NEW YORK 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;NEW YORK: Nevin (Goyette) &hellip; 16:062&mdash;NEW YORK: Balon (Stewart, Fleming) &hellip; 17:17Penalties: Cullen 9:00, Hadfield 9:14.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;MINNESOTA, Grant (O&rsquo;Shea, Larose) &hellip; 1:55Penalties: Seiling 3:21, Gilbert, O&rsquo;Shea 15:26.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Vasko 5:33, O&rsquo;Shea, Howell 12:33.Shots against:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1777/2717203-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="551" height="82"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-18" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1865/2717353-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg"></div><h2>NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wednesday, Nov. 6)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1950/2717346-1-eng-US/f0013-192.jpg" title="f0013-19" width="1132" height="286"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Oct. 30Canadiens 5 at Toronto 0New York 7 at Pittsburgh 3Boston 4 at Minnesota 2St. Louis 4 at Philadelphia 1Chicago 4 at Los Angeles 2Thurs. Oct. 31New York 2 at Philadelphia 1Boston 5 at Detroit 7Fri. Nov. 1Oakland 5 at Chicago 2Sat. Nov. 2Montreal 2 at Detroit 1Philadelphia 3 at Toronto 2Minnesota 2 at St. Louis 0Los Angeles 3 at Pittsburgh 2Sun. Nov. 3Montreal 2 at Philadelphia 3Minnesota 1 at New York 2St. Louis 4 at Detroit 4Pittsburgh 3 at Oakland 1<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Nov. 6Toronto at MinnesotaNew York at Los AngelesPhiladelphia at BostonDetroit at ChicagoSt Louis at PittsburghThurs. Nov. 7Pittsburgh at MontrealMinnesota at DetroitSt Louis at PhiladelphiaFri. Nov. 8New York at OaklandSat. Nov. 9St. Louis at MontrealToronto at Los AngelesDetroit at MinnesotaPhiladelphia at PittsburghSun. Nov. 10Montreal at DetroitChicago 3 at Boston 5Toronto at OaklandNew York at ChicagoSt. Louis at Boston &#9632;

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LOOKING AT NHL RACE

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01684/2717391-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="254" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Cahan</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;Big Larry Cahan must be con side red the key King this season. He may not be their best player, but he may be their most important if they are to contend for the Western Division pennant, which they so narrowly missed last season in the first season of expansion.Last season, and in their slow start this season, the Kings&rsquo; main weakness was on defense. They lacked ruggedness, played unevenly and lost their poise under pressure in crucial moments. Cahan is a 6-2, 225-pound veteran, who is very rugged and has been around. He is their only new defenseman.Additionally, the Los Angeles team is extremely young and Cahan is the only player above 30 years of age on the 19-man roster with which they entered this new campaign. Six are within a year or two of 30, but nine are 25 or less, so it is perhaps the youngest group in the circuit, and Cahan will have to provide a steadying influence as the others mature.Cahan is capable. He is not a fast skater, but he is a strong skater, he handles the puck well, he shoots it well, and he is unafraid and willing to mix it. However, he is not an aggressive player or a roughhouse player, and therein lies the rub.Wherever he goes, because of his size, it is assumed Cahan will provide the belting backliner every club always wants. When he does not, his bosses are disappointed, they disregard the things he does well, and they send him on his way.Thus Cahan has been bounced around quite a bit in his 15 prior pro seasons, having changed uniforms 14 times. The Kings are his ninth team and fourth in the majors. He spent most of his career in the New York Ranger system, but was with the Oakland Seals last season.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s no joke,&rdquo; Cahan smiles wistfully. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s tough to settle down, relax and play your best when you&rsquo;re in and out of the lineup, in and out of town, always moving around, always under pressure to produce in a hurry.&ldquo;I know people say I&rsquo;m not as rough as a big guy like me should be, but it&rsquo;s not my way and I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s necessary. I&rsquo;m tough enough. I don&rsquo;t let anyone push me around. I push people when it&rsquo;s time for them to be pushed. I&rsquo;m just not a big body-checker and I&rsquo;m not out to hurt anyone,&rdquo; Larry concludes.Following the usual pattern, coach Red Kelly&rsquo; on acquiring Cahan, said, &ldquo;Larry should give us some muscle, which we need. He should knock people around, which we need Mainly, we need someone to knock forwards out of our goal-mouth and cut down on the follow-ups, the second and third and fourth shots the other guys get after our goalies make saves. I think Cahan can do this.&rdquo;Possibly Cahan will do the job around the nets. And possibly Kelly, who, himself, proved you can play defense without bashing heads, will prove more tolerant than other coaches have when Larry does not throw his weight around, and will permit him to do those things he does do well. The Kings still could use a bit more thoughness, a real mean defenseman, but big Cahan still could be the man who makes a big difference in their performance this season.KINGS THINGS &mdash; In exchange for renewed overflow parking privileges and a promise to try to arrange a schedule with a minimum of conflicts, Jack Kent Cooke dropped his proposed legal action and reached a truce with officials of adjacent Hollywood Park, where night harness racing may begin this winter &hellip; The first couple of weeks, Real Lemieux was the outstanding King &hellip; Bill Flett and Eddie Joyal, the two best King forwards last season, have been so ineffective this season they have been threatened with benching or demotion. Flett has been playing with a broken nose &hellip; It was the seventh game of the season before the Kings came from behind to beat a foe &hellip; Young Center Bryan Campbell was sent to Springfield of the American League.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02575/2717384-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="2414" height="1250"><figcaption class="caption-body">Salt Lake City Plans $13,000,000 Ice CentreHere is an artist&rsquo;s conception of the $13 million dollar Salt Lake City civic auditorium and convention exhibit building that will be constructed and completed in time for the 1969 season when the city will enter the Western Hockey League with a new franchise. Rink will seat 11,000 for hockey and will have parking facilities for nearly 5,000 cars. Hockey rink will be known as the Salt Palace and will also present ice shows. Salt Lake City&rsquo;s team in WHL will be known as the Golden Eagles. Millionaire mining magnate Dan Meyer is the man behind the hockey operation.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Veteran Cahan Gives Kings’ Defense ‘Authority’

<div class="byline">BY LOU PRATO</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;In street clothes and away from the ice rink, Wally Boyer looks more like a school teacher than a professional hockey player.Even when he dons the uniform of the Pittsburgh Penguins and skates onto the ice at the Civic Arena, there are few people outside the Penguins&rsquo; loyalists who take notice.For Boyer is not the type of hockey player who attracts attention in or out of uniform. He&rsquo;s a quiet, self-effacing guy with a friendly smile and a gracious manner. But at 5-foot-8, 165 pounds he doesn&rsquo;t even look strong enough to play 30-40 minutes of hockey on any given night.Yet his personality and physical stature betray the combative, determination that is his nature &mdash; an attitude that makes him one of the most consistent players on the Pittsburgh team this year.For despite the inconsistency of the Penguins in their early games, Boyer&rsquo;s performance has been steady.&ldquo;He hasn&rsquo;t played a bad game yet,&rdquo;-said Penguins&rsquo; coach Red Sullivan after the first two weeks of the season had gone by. &ldquo;He has played a quiet, steady game and has really helped this team at center ice.&rdquo;Sullivan&rsquo;s praise was borne out in the six game statistics. Boyer was tied with Lou Angotti for the most team goals at three apiece but his two assists had given him the Penguins scoring lead with five points.Yet despite his scoring proficiency he was hardly noticed by the fans. A rookie like John Arbor sticks out because of his brawling and a veteran like Vai Fonteyne is noticed because of his skating. But who sees an unspectacular. All he does is Boyer? His coach and teammates, that&rsquo;s who!&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a good passer and he knows how to take a check,&rdquo; says Sullivan. &ldquo;Neither does he hesitate to go into the corners or throw a body check on you. But he&rsquo;s not the type everyone looks for in a game because he&rsquo;s not spectacular. A 1 he does is get the job done!&rdquo;For Boyer, getting the job done in Pittsburgh is quite an improvement over his situation in Oakland last season. It&rsquo;s not that he didn&rsquo;t perform well for the Seals; he scored 13 goals and 20 assists. But the regimentation under Coach Bert Olmstead was unbearable.&ldquo;Bert made things miserable for us,&rdquo; Boyer says in recalling what happened. &ldquo;He knows hockey but he had no patience with players and he always kept us on edge. You&rsquo;d make a mistake there and you&rsquo;d get reprimanded. Here, Red tells you in a sensible way when you make a mistake. You enjoy playing and you want to produce for a coach who makes you feel happier.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01659/2717422-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="563" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body">WALLY BOYER &hellip; No Bad Games</figcaption></div>Boyer came to the Penguins indirectly from Oakland, however. Actually he was traded by the Seals to Montreal during the off season. But the Penguins traded Al MacNeil to the Canadiens at the June draft to get Boyer.&ldquo;Oh, I didn&rsquo;t milld the trade,&rdquo; Boyer said. &ldquo;I figured I&rsquo;d get to play more here than in Montreal. We&rsquo;re rebuilding a team here and there&rsquo;s more opportunity for everyone.&rdquo;This is Boyer&rsquo;s eleventh season in pro hockey but only his third season in the NHL. He first came up in mid season with Toronto in 1965-66 and played half a year with the Chicago Back Hawks when they won the regular season championship two years ago. So, despite his year with the losers in Oakland last season, he knows how it feels to be a winner. &#9632;

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New Penguin Boyer Obscure But He Gets The Job Done

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02593/2717453-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg"></div>Pittsburgh, Pa. &mdash;Maybe Red Sullivan is simply talking like a coach who knows his players are listening &mdash; or reading. But Sullivan claims his Pittsburgh Penguins goalie, Les Binkley, is better right now than Jacques Plante in his prime.Sullivan was meeting reporters in the Penguins dressing room shortly after his team had beaten St. Louis and Plante 4-2 for its first win of the season. Plante, making a comeback this season after sitting out three years, had played a commendable game halting 32 shots on goal.A reporter asked Sullivan what he thought of Plante&rsquo;s performance.&ldquo;Not too bad for a guy who has been out of the game,&rdquo; said Sullivan. &ldquo;But he never was as good as Bink. I mean, Plante has been a great goaltender down through the years. His record will prove that. But I don&rsquo;t think he has had to work as hard as others.&rdquo;&mdash;Prato<h2>Looking At NHL Goalers</h2>(Including Games of Sun. November 3) &#9632;

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Sully Rates Binkley Better Than Plante

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01505/2717484-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="240" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Ward</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER. N.Y. &mdash;The Rochester Americans are teaching the rest of the American Hockey League the old lesson that crime doesn&rsquo;t pay.Cleveland Barons found it to be the most costly here Oct. 27 when the Amerks did all of their scoring on power plays to grab a come-from-behind 3-2 victory.The Barons themselves had scored first while enjoying a man advantage, but once the Americans got the hang of it, they improved rapidly.Five times that evening Barons went to the penalty box and three times they returned before their two minute sentences were up because of Rochester goals. Red Armstrong scored a minute and 15 seconds after the first Cleveland penalty, Tom McCarthy 32 seconds after the third and rookie Ron Ward a mere five seconds after the fourth.Exactly half the Amerks&rsquo; 12 goals in their first three home games were registered with an enemy watching from the penalty box. Altogether. Rochester tallied 19 goals in its first half dozen games and seven of them came on the power play.Armstrong McCarthy and Ward all had two each at home, with Brian Kilrea netting the other in Quebec on Oct. 15.Fans here are beginning to nominate Joe Crozier as the Horace Greeley of hockey. Crozier was the coach and general manager here until he hooked up with Vancouver of the Western League this season as coach and general manager while retaining his GMship here. Greeley was the one who urged young men to go west.Mr. C. has been a bit stronger in his suggestion that young men head west. Within the space of a week he had ordered both outstanding defensemen Marc Reaume and crowd favorite Les Duff to the Canucks, and, at this writing, neither had returned to Rochester.Of the skaters who worked for the regular season and Calder Cup champion Amerks last season, Crozier had only taken Reaume, Duff, Bryan Hextail, Bob Barlow, Len Lunde, Murray Hall, Duke Harris, Darryl Sly, Don Johns, Ken Block and Ted Taylor to the West Coast. Taylor, however, had not signed as the month of October passed. &#9632;

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AmerksTurn Penalties Into Power Play Goals With Deadly Accuracy

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 5)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02431/2717536-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="585" height="198"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03341/2717529-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="576" height="164"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Oct. 30Cleveland 6 at Rochester 3Springfield 3 at Hershey 9Fri. Nov. 1Rochester 2 at Baltimore 5Hershey 7 at Springfield 5Sat. Nov. 2Quebec 1 at Baltimore 5Buffalo 5 at Cleveland 2Rochester 1 at Hershey 6Providence 3 at Springfield 6Sun. Nov. 3Quebec 6 at Providence 2Buffalo 8 at Rochester 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Nov. 5Buffalo at QuebecWed. Nov. 6Providence at HersheyFri. Nov. 8Providence at BaltimoreBuffalo at QuebecCleveland at SpringfieldSat. Nov. 9Providence at ClevelandBaltimore at HersheyRochester at SpringfieldSun. Nov. 10Hershey at BuffaloBaltimore at ProvidenceSpringfield at QuebecCleveland 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/f0016-04271/2717522-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="607" height="703"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05202/2717515-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="581" height="429"></div> &#9632;

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How They Stand

<h2>WED. OCT. 30 CLEVELAND 6 at ROCHESTER 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No. Scoring.Penalties: Schultz, Gamble 11:04, Armstrong, Johnson 17:03.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Comeau (Mikol, Berry) &hellip; 2:372&mdash;Cleveland, Comeau (Berry) &hellip; 11:113&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (McKenny, Ward) &hellip; 17:20Penalties: Godfrey 7:25, 13:39, Johnson 16:58.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Cleveland, Mikol (Hoekstra, Vanderburg) &hellip; 2:125&mdash;Cleveland, Mikol (Comeau, Vanderburg) &hellip; 2:256&mdash;Cleveland, Mikol (Berry) &hellip; 3:237&mdash;Cleveland, Hoekstra (Needham) &hellip; 5:528&mdash;Rochester, Champagne (Chipchase, Perreault) &hellip; 18:349&mdash;Rochester, Chipchase (Horvath) &hellip; 19:47Penalty: Godfrey 17:30Shots by, Rochester 33, Cleveland 35.Attendance: 3,897.<h2>SPRINGFIELD 3 at HERSHEY 9</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Hershey, Leiter (Hamilton, Keller) &hellip; 7:372&mdash;Hershey, Leiter (Barber, Marcotte) &hellip; 12:023&mdash;Hershey, Leiter (Mahoney, Marcotte) &hellip; 12:32Penalties: Campbell 0.58, Ashbee 3:18, Popiel 10: 02, Barber 13:55.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Hershey, Cashman (DeJordy, Nykoluk) &hellip; 14:355&mdash;Springfield, Croteau (Turlik, Inglis) &hellip; 15:29Penalty: McNabb 7:19<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Hershey, Gilbert (Hamilton, Keller) &hellip; 2:267&mdash;Hershey, Mahoney (Gilbertson, Bailey) &hellip; 7:228&mdash;Hershey, Gilbertson (Bailey, Gilbert) &hellip; 7:519&mdash;Springfield, Anderson (Popiel, Menard) &hellip; 8:5110&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy (Ashbee, Nykoluk) &hellip; 9:2611&mdash;Hershey, Debrody (Marcotte, Leiter) &hellip; 12:0812&mdash;Springfield, Inglis (Turlik) &hellip; 16:44Penalties: Popiel 1:08, Bailey 8:33.Shots by, Springfield 41, Hershey 46.Attendance: 3,359.<h2>Fri. Nov. 1 HERSHEY 7 AT SPRINGFIELD 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;HERSHEY, Gilbert (Harvey, Keller) &hellip; 1:192&mdash;SPRINGFIELD, Corrigan (Popiel) &hellip; 2:033&mdash;Hershey, Gilbert &hellip; 4:494&mdash;HERSHEY, Harvey (Gilbert, Mahoney) &hellip; 6:065&mdash;SPRINGFIELD, Murray (Dufour, Menard) &hellip; 8:136&mdash;SPRINGFIELD, Campbell (Corrigan, Popiel) &hellip; 12:257&mdash;SPRINGFIELD, Anderson (Johnston, Murphy) &hellip; 13:03Penalties &mdash; Popiel, Daley majors 2:40, Nykoluk 6: 42, Pagnutti 8:59, McNabb 13:19, Mahoney 15:25.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Springfield, Dufour 4:089&mdash;HERSHEY, Debrody, (Marcotte, Keller) &hellip; 17:59Penalties &mdash; Murray 3:36, Marrotte 10:17, Johnston 13:32.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>10&mdash;HERSHEY, Gilbert (Mahoney, Hamilton) &hellip; 6:0011&mdash;HERSHEY, Harvey (Gilbert) &hellip; 13:0712&mdash;HERSHEY, Bailey (Gilbert) &hellip; 15:28Penalties &mdash; Ashbee 8:29, Murray, 13:01, Nykoluk, 15:03, Johnston minor and misconduct 17:46Shots by: Hershey 37, Springfield, 31Attendance 2,550.<h2>ROCHESTER 2 AT BALTIMORE 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;BALTIMORE, Cossette (Mortson, MacQueen) &hellip; 0:482&mdash;BALTIMORE&rsquo; Cunningham (Rochefort, McGregor) &hellip; 3:233&mdash;BALTIMORE, Marshall (Hicks, Blackburn) &hellip; 19:48Penalties B. Watson 2:00, Godfrey, 5:00, Mortson, Chipchase majors 10:28, Polano 10:34, 16.20.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.Penalties &mdash; J. Watson 2:03, 4:37, 17:58, Sweeney 8:03.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;BALTIMORE, MacQueen (Cossette, Mortson) &hellip; 1:355&mdash;ROCHESTER, McCarthy &hellip; 5.566&mdash;ROCHESTER, B. Watson (Cook, Sweeney) &hellip; 13:587&mdash;BALTIMORE, Marshall (Blackburn, Morrison) &hellip; 19:09Penalty &mdash; J. Watson 11:22.Shots by: Rochester 38, Baltimore 36.Attendance 5.223<h2>Sat. Nov. 2 QUEBEC 1 AT BALTIMORE 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;BALTIMORE, McGregor (Hicks, Blackburn) &hellip; 1:522&mdash;QUEBEC, Morrison (Bernier, Laforge) &hellip; 18:56Penalties &mdash; McKillop 3:31, Laforge 5:25, Cunningham 7:45, Polano 7:59, Rivard, McGregor 9:02, MacSweyn 12:54, Watson 15:03, 18:32.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;BALTIMORE, Blackburn (Hkks, Speer) &hellip; 1:514&mdash;BALTIMORE, Hicks (McGregor, Blackburn) &hellip; 12:435&mdash;BALTIMORE, Brinkworth (Polano, Cunningham) &hellip; 13:49Penalties &mdash; Wilson misconduct 1:51, McLeod 2:38, Bernier 3:52, Edestrand 11.06, Speer 15:03.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;BALTIMORE, MacQueen (Cossette, Morrison) &hellip; 17:39Penalties &mdash; Gates, Hicks, 3:14, Racette 12:29, Cunningham 13:03, Speer 15:25, Bernier 16:21, Polano, McKillop 16:56, Watson 17:59.Shots by: Quebec 33, Baltimore 56,Attendance, 5,568<h2>ROCHESTER 1 AT HERSHEY 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;HERSHEY, Keller (Hamilton, Barber) &hellip; 1:032&mdash;HERSHEY, Harvey (McNabb, Hamilton) &hellip; 7:453&mdash;HERSHEY, Dejordy (Bailey, Nykoluk) &hellip; 16:064&mdash;HERSHEY, Mahoney (Dejordy, Bailey) &hellip; 16:56Penalties &mdash; Gamble 0:29, McKennedy 3:55, Debrody 18:31,<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;HERSHEY, Gilbertson (Barber, Menard) &hellip; 3:486&mdash;ROCHESTER, Ward &hellip; 5:457&mdash;HERSHEY, Nykoluk (Dejordy, Mahoney) &hellip; 18:50Penalties &mdash; Barber 1:10, 19:34, Adduono 2:36, McNabb, Watson 15:10.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.Penalties &mdash; Watson 3:26, Godfrey, Barber 12:13, Horvath 14:29, Debrody 18:00Shots by Rochester 30, Hershey 37.Attendance 6.149<h2>PROVIDENCE 3 AT SPRINGFIELD 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, Corrigan (Corbett, Popiel) &hellip; 4:062&mdash;Springfield, Campbell (Mclnally, Corbett) &hellip; 16:05Penalties &mdash; Mclnally 0:45, Keller 7:32, 10:59, Corrigan 10:59, Rothwell 19:00<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Springfield, Menard (Rothwell, Dufour) &hellip; 5:274&mdash;Springfield, Murphy (Turlik, Mclnally) &hellip; 7:13Penalties &mdash; None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Springfield, Rothwell (Menard, Dufour) &hellip; 9:356&mdash;Springfield, Croteau (Menard, Mclnally) &hellip; 6:497&mdash;Providence, Macks (Creighton) &hellip; 7:158&mdash;Providence, Goegan (Clearwater) &hellip; 8:589&mdash;Providence, Goegan (Locas, Clearwater) &hellip; 18:14Penalties &mdash; Lafond 9.43, Muloin 11:44.Shots by Providence 36, Springfield 35.ATTENDANCE 5,352.<h2>BUFFALO 5 AT CLEVELAND 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, Rivers (Park) &hellip; 11:09Penalty &mdash; Knibbs 6:27.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Knibbs, Ingram) &hellip; 1:403&mdash;Buffalo, Rivers (Park) &hellip; 3:144&mdash;Buffalo, Hannigan (Tkoczuk, Ash) &hellip; 3:395&mdash;Buffalo, Kassian (Trottier, Hextall) &hellip; 5:47Penalties &mdash; None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Cleveland, Glover (Monahan) &hellip; 6:077&mdash;Cleveland, Glover (Johnston, Kelly) &hellip; 18:08Penalties &mdash; Ash 7:49, Park 15:25, Knibbs 17:22.Shots by Buffalo 37, Cleveland 31.Attendance 2,779<h2>SUN. NOV. 3 QUEBEC 6 at PROVIDENCE 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Quebec, Dufour (MacSweyn, Rivard) &hellip; 4:022&mdash;Quebec, Sarrazin (Drolet) &hellip; 10:573&mdash;Quebec, Drolet Laforge &hellip; 17:22Penalties &mdash; Goegan 4:35, Leduc 8:06, Dufour, 15: 39, Bernier, Macks 19:12.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Quebec, McKillop (Drolet, Edestrand) &hellip; 11:335&mdash;Providence, McKenney Kachur, Leduc) &hellip; 19:10Penalties &mdash; Ball 3:40, Mantha 7:33, McKillop 15: 17, Cates 18:51, Ball minor and misconduct 19:21.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Providence, Mallette Keller, McKenney &hellip; 4:577&mdash;Quebec, Boutin (Dufour, MacSweyn) &hellip; 5:288&mdash;Quebec, Lapointe (Rivard, Dufour) &hellip; 9:54Penalties &mdash; Bernier 3:18, 10:03, Clearwater 7:18, Sleaver 8:36, Muloin 14:23, Macks major, Racette minor and major 18:32.Shots by Quebec 33, Providence 27.Attendance 4,606.<h2>BUFFALO 8 at ROCHESTER 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Knibbs) &hellip; 4:522&mdash;Rochester, McKenny &hellip; 5:533&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Ward, McKenny) &hellip; 13:014&mdash;Buffalo, Ouellette (Ingram, Hornung) &hellip; 19:51Penalties &mdash; Tkaczuk, Armstrong minors and majors 1:04, Ingram 5:18, Stillers 6:37, Jones, Cherry 7:31, Park 12:31, Blackburn minor, misconduct 12:41.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Buffalo, Rivers (Attwell) &hellip; 5:156&mdash;Buffalo, Trottier (Pork, Hextoll) &hellip; 9:17Penalties &mdash; Labrosse 9:02, Cherry 13:09, 18:03.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Rochester, Sillers (Labrosse, Marsh) &hellip; 3:368&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Ash, Tkaccuk) &hellip; 8:009&mdash;Buffalo, Attwell (Jones, Park) &hellip; 11:0010&mdash;Buffalo, Hextall (Trottier, Kassian) &hellip; 13:1511&mdash;Buffalo, Hannigan (Beaudin, Attwell) &hellip; 15:30Penalties &mdash; Hannigan, Beaudin, Attwell 15:30.Shots by: Buffalo 40, Rochester 16Attendance 4,731. &#9632;

American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01420/2717591-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="556" height="786"><figcaption class="caption-body">RALPH KELLER &hellip;Improved Backliner</figcaption></div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;When the Hershey Bears launched the 1968-69 season coach Frank Mathers was anxious to see how the defense would hold up under fire.Based on the club&rsquo;s first five starts in defense of their Eastern Division title, the veteran mentor can sleep well.The backline corps has surrendered only 15 goals, ten coming in the final 20 minutes, a matter Mathers figures to quickly straighten out.One blueliner who&rsquo;s sparking the defensive crew is Ralph Keller, off to his finest start in recent years. Keller has collected six points, two coming on goals in early action.&ldquo;Our defense has been tough,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;We had only one bad stretch &mdash; a five minute period in the opener when we gave up five goals at Baltimore to lose our only game. Take that stretch away and the guys have given up only two goals a game, which isn&rsquo;t bad.&rdquo;Mathers has been going with five blueliners. In addition, to Keller&rsquo;s there&rsquo;s Barry Ashbee, Larry McNabb, Bob Barber and Mike Mahoney, And there isn&rsquo;t a rookie in the crop.And right behind them is a rookie goalie, Colin McCormick who has been quite a sensation in his first whirl in the pro ranks. The 28-year-old native of Kelowna, B.C., has seen 275 minutes, 15 seconds of action. He&rsquo;s been beat only 13 times, while making 139 saves.&ldquo;He still has things to learn,&rdquo; said Mathers, &ldquo;but he&rsquo;s eager and willing to work hard at it. He has a lot of natural ability.&rdquo;Mathers is faced with making three cuts, including one goalie. The other two on hand are Andre Gill and John Henderson.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll probably cut two forwards soon,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;One of the goalis will have to be shipped out, too.&rdquo;Michel Harvey continues his blistering scoring pace. The seasoned product from Alma, Que, has connected for six goals in five starts, including the &ldquo;Hat Trick&rdquo; in an 8-1 rout of the Providence Reds, who at the time were holding top spot in the East.And Bobby Leiter, the clever skating little centerman, didn&rsquo;t waste anytime making his presence felt after coming in from the Boston Bruins. Three games, three goals plus two game winners! &#9632;

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Mathers Commends Bears’ Stingy Defense

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02371/2717622-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="248" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charles Hill</figcaption></div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;One of the hardest on the Springfield Kings is a man who never gets on the ice.That would have to be Charles Hill, who has the official title of public relations director of the Springfield Kings. But he is much more than that, as any newspaper sports writer, radio or TV man will attest.Hill, who lives in nearby Easthampton, Mass, is quite, co-operative with local news media. Sometimes he works under such hectic deadlines and with such an accumulation of work that it is a wonder how he can be so cheerful and co-operative.This writer can easily attest to the full and complete assistance he has always obtained from Hill. He is always available to answer questions provide us with the latest information and such.On road games Hill is the &ldquo;color man&rdquo; with broadcaster Bill Rasmussen on the Kings&rsquo; broadcasts. These originate over was in Springfield and whmp in Northampton. WHMP-FM covers a bigger audience.Hill lines up most of the guest speakers between the periods on the road broadcasts. In addition, he compiles and announces to his radio audience all the statistics, offers proper comments during the game and helps with the post game broadcast.Charlie also in in charge of the new Kings program, a fine publication.Last season, Hill even had the job of running a contest. Every week the fans who came closest to guessing correct home attendance that Saturday night won free tickets to a future game. Perhaps it will resume this season.But Charles Hill surely has enough to keep him busy right now! &#9632;

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Springfield’s Press Director Hill Kept On Move With Kings’ Duties

<div class="byline">BY LOUIS FUSK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03305/2717653-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="242" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Claude Laforge</figcaption></div>QUEBEC CITY, Que. &mdash;Quebec Aces are having their troubles. They cannot regain their scoring punch and enthusiasm of last year and coach Vic Stasiuk is Charles Hill wondering if his charges will equal last season&rsquo;s record of reaching the Calder Cup finals.After nine games, the Quebec club has a record of one win, two ties and six defeats. The team&rsquo;s goal production is away off, as they have scored but 17 goals compared to 35 at a corresponding period last season.So far it&rsquo;s the experienced players who have been the big disappointment. Players like Bob Rivard, Ron Buchanan, Serge Bernier, Dick Sarrazin, Larry McKillop, Rene Drolet, Terry Ball and Ron Racette had been counted on to keep the team rolling while the rookies were gradually starting to produce. Stasiuk has been changing his lines, but so far has been unable to come up with a combination that clicks.However there is no reason to push the panic button and the return of veteran Claude Laforge from the Philadelphia Flyers is a proof that the parent club is aware c .ne situation in Quebec and that they have the intention to do something about it.During the course of their nine games, Aces have been out-classed only twice, at Hershey by a score of 7-3 and the following night at Providence by 5-1. They have played two tie games at Quebec, against defending champions, Rochester Americans by scores of 1-1 and 4-4. In every case they have an imposing number of shots on goal.Stasiuk feels confident that once the veterans snap out of their lethargy, the rookies will play with more confidence and the team as a whole will start to play the hockey fans expect of them.The season is still young and fans here have by no means given up on their colorbearers. &#9632;

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Failure Of Big Stars To Score Hurting Aces

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05196/2717691-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="548" height="711"><figcaption class="caption-body">ADAM KELLER &hellip; Off To Fast Start</figcaption></div>PROVIDENCE, R.I. &mdash;The R.I. Reds have a pretty fair hockey team this season and Dave Creighton, who triples as general manager, coach and player, thinks fellows like captain Adam Keller, Ray Clearwater and Tony Goegan have a chance to move up to the National Hockey League.Keller, who was born in Wilkie, Sask., is a solid defenseman who shoots right. Now in his third full season with the Reds, Keller looks better with each game. He stands 5-10 and weighs 175 pounds.He came to the Reds from Seattle and prior to this campaign, had showed improved play on the backline while collecting 37 and 41 points, respectively. He has a brother Ralph who has played a lot of hockey for the Hershey Bears.Clearwater, in the eyes of some hockey observers in these parts, could be the best of the lot. He joined the Reds in 1966-67 and was not too impressive. In fact, many close to the scene figured Ray might never survive the season. He was a forward in those days.It is now the 1968-69 season and Ray has become a veritable ball of fire on defense. This good looking 175 pounder who is close to six feet tall, has been scoring the odd goal. But more than that he has been carrying the puck out of his own end like a demon. Ray was born in Winnipeg, birthplace of many a hockey standout.Goegan is a rough, tough forward. His brother Pete made it to the major leagues a few years back and Tony aims to do likewise. He can score and is never afraid to bang into a corner or go behind the net in a jam to get the puck.This is Tony&rsquo;s fourth season with the Reds. He rang up 24 goals last season. He stands 5-9, weighs 180 pounds and shoots from the left side. Hails from Fort William, Ontario.All three Keller, Clearwater and Goegan &mdash; played major roles in getting the Reds into last season&rsquo;s playoffs after a miserable start. Now they hope to lead the Reds to the Calder Cup while enhancing their chances of being moved up to the National Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06165/2717684-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="547" height="692"><figcaption class="caption-body">RAY CLEARWATER &hellip; Rated Best Chance</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Reds’ Stars Set Sights On National League

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04240/2717722-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="245" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pat Hannigan</figcaption></div>BUFFALO, N.Y. &mdash;If the Buffalo Bisons need anything for a near perfect sense of balance it&rsquo;s muscle up front, and they added a substantial amount when Pat Hannigan came home.The truculent right-winger was acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.Hannigan, who served 3 &frac12; seasons with the Herd before going to Philadelphia when the Buffalo-Chicago working agreement came to an end, makes his off-season home in Ft. Erie and is a salesman with a Buffalo firm during the summer.In his first full season with the Bisons, he collected 38 goals and 54 assists in 1963-64. That was the winter when Pat and his linemates, Art Stratton and Len Lude, were all named to the AHL&rsquo;s first all-star team.The 32-year-old Hannigan scored 11 goals and 15 assists with the Flyers last winter, and conducted heated contract negotiations with General Manager Bud Poile this fall.Hannigan, a boisterous checker, needs only 13 more games in the NHL to qualify for a major league pension, and is determined to go back up.&ldquo;I told them that Buffalo was the only place I would play in the minors,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And I also told them I&rsquo;d be back. I mean to get that NHL pension.&rdquo;In addition to Hannigan, the other right-wingers here include Norm Beaudin, Wayne Rivers, Guy Trottier and Mike Labadie. who unsuccessfully sought his amateur reinstatement or a transfer to Quebec, may now be accommodated.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know exactly where Pat will fit in with us, but I&rsquo;m very happy to have him here,&rdquo; said Fred Shero, the Buffalo coach.&ldquo;He hits with his body, and checks with authority. If he does that, and gets a fair share of goals, everything will be just fine.&ldquo;The year that Pat got 38 goals for the Bisons was his best as a professional. I&rsquo;m sure that he will do a great job for us again.Shero, unwilling to tamper with the Bisons&rsquo; lineup, nevertheless will get Hannigan into action early.&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll play,&rdquo; Shero said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll just have to find a place for him.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hannigan Adds Muscle To Herd

For The Best In Hockey Reading It&rsquo;s HOCKEY PICTORIAL Hockey&rsquo;s Most Exciting PublicationKeep Up With All The Hockey Happenings Read THE HOCKEY NEWS Now Expanded To 24 Big Pages<h2>Tues. Oct. 22 PORTLAND 6 at VANCOUVER 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;PORTLAND: Johnson (Loach) &hellip; 0:102&mdash;VANCOUVER: Barlow (Pratt, Hall) &hellip; 4:323&mdash;VANCOUVER: Pratt &hellip; 8.004&mdash;PORTLAND: Hebenton (Goyer) &hellip; 9:185&mdash;VANCOUVER: Gofton (Bathgate, Gagnon) &hellip; 19:39Penalties: Pratt 2:11 Bathgate (major) 2:11, Kearns (major) 2:11, Goyer 2:35, Johns 12:19<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;VANCOUVER: Hall (Hextali, Johns) &hellip; 0:097&mdash;PORTLAND: Schmautz (Jones) &hellip; 2:208&mdash;VANCOUVER: Maloney (Hall, Reaume) &hellip; 12:12Penalties: Hextall10:22, Madigan 10:22, Portland bench (served by Saunders) 11:31.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;VANCOUVER: Johns (Sly) &hellip; 8:1210&mdash;PORTLAND: Pearson (Leach, Hay) &hellip; 9:0811&mdash;PORTLAND: Goyer (Madigan) &hellip; 16:0312&mdash;PORTLAND: Pearson (Leach, Johnson) &hellip; 17:09Penalties: Johns 6:03, Pratt 7:03, Schmautz 7:03. SAVES: Sneddon-McLood 25, Gardner 26<h2>Wed. Oct. 23 SAN DIEGO 0 at PHOENIX 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalty: Polanic 14:04<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;PHOENIX: Snell (Cote, Thiffault) &hellip; 9:572&mdash;PHOENIX: Kabel (Cote, McKechnie) &hellip; 18:35Penalties: Cote 3:20, McVie 6:13, Cardiff (major) &hellip; 16:54<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalty: Pronovost 4:12SAVES: McCartan 28, Charron 24<h2>DENVER 2 at PORTLAND 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;DENVER: Vejpavra &hellip; 4:522&mdash;PORTLAND: Belerive (Johns, Madigan) &hellip; 12:39Penalties: Vejprava 17:24<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;DENVER. Redahl (Chiarot, Lemieux) &hellip; 10:50Penalties: Chiarot 8:33, Saunders 9:53, Mavety 9: 53.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;PORTLAND: Jones (Bellerive, Schmautz) &hellip; 1:585&mdash;PORTLAND: Jones (Schmautz, Donaldson) &hellip; 2:16Penalties: Miller 5 47, Holdaway 10:53.SAVES: Caron 32, McLeod 23Attendance: 4,957<h2>Thurs. Oct. 24 VANCOUVER 4 at SEATTLE 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;SEATTLE: Michie (Dineen, Fielder) &hellip; 8:382&mdash;VANCOUVER: Bathgate (Gofton, Reaume) &hellip; 15:43Penalties: Armstrong (served by Rodgers) 3:20, Ward 3:31, Sly 8:12, Vancouver (bench, served by Sentes) 17:29.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;VANCOUVER: Hextali (Barlow) &hellip; 7:48Penalties: Hall 3:33, Hanna 3:33, Barlow 5:36, Armstrong (served by Michie) 10:28, Larose 15:42.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;SEATTLE: Fielder (Courcy, Larose) &hellip; 0:175&mdash;VANCOUVER: Gofton (Sly, Gagnon) &hellip; 9:256&mdash;VANCOUVER: Gagnon (Bathgate) &hellip; 10:1Penalty: NoneSHOTS BY: Vancouver 39, Seattle 21Attendance: 3,282<h2>Fri. Oct. 25</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;VANCOUVER: Gofton (Bathgate, Gagnon) &hellip; 14:04Penalties: Velprava 3:26, D. Carter 7:10, Chtarot 10:03<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;VANCOUVER: Bathgate (Gagnon, Gofton) &hellip; 4:053&mdash;DENVER Picard (D. Carter. Jankowcki) &hellip; 3:22Penalties: Block 7:27, Maloney 17:32<h2>THIRD PERIOD</h2>4&mdash;VANCOUVER: Bathgate (Johns, Gofton) &hellip; 6:305&mdash;DENVER: Scholia (Chiarot, Shires) &hellip; 16:38Penalties: NoneSHOTS BY: Vancouver 28, Denver 32Attendance: 7,198<h2>SAN DIEGO 4 at PHOENIX 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;SAN DIEGO: Richardson (Nicholson, Evans) &hellip; 6:322&mdash;PHOENIX: Kabel (McKechnie, Charlebois) &hellip; 6:553&mdash;SAN DIEGO: Nicholson (O&rsquo;Ree, Sinclair) &hellip; 15:17Penalties: Hunt 9:17, Cote 13:37.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;PHOENIX: Lamoureux (McKechnie) &hellip; 6:545&mdash;SAN DIEGO: Hilts (Hines, MacMillan) &hellip; 10:32Penalties: Meehan 7:43, Cardiff 15:03<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;PHOENIX: Charlebois (McKechnie, Kabel) &hellip; 8:317&mdash;PHOENIX. McVie (Dupont) &hellip; 10:198&mdash;SAN DIEGO. Carmichael (O&rsquo;Roe, Faulkner) &hellip; 18:07Penalties: Shaw 1:50, Hunt 4:49, Cardiff 12:15, Cote 17:08.SHOTS BY: San Diego 35, Phoenix: 28Attendance: 4,796.<h2>Sat. Oct. 26 PHOENIX 1 at SAN DIEGO 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;SAN DIEGO: Ehrenverth (Richardson, Nicholson) &hellip; 19:10Penalties: McKechnie 8:51, Hilts 8:51, Snell 9:10<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;PHOENIX: Snell (Thifault) &hellip; 12:093&mdash;SAN DEGO: Hilts (Hynes) &hellip; 17:08Penalty: Polanic 19:54<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;SAN DIEGO. Evans &hellip; 9:19Penalties: Dupont 5:54, Sinclair 12:19, Polanic 18: 42.SAVES: Broderick 37, McCartan 30Attendance: 10,439<h2>DENVER 2 at SEATTLE 8</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;DENVER: Redahl (Rodger, Lemieux) &hellip; 6:002&mdash;SEATTLE: Leonard (Larose, Lund) &hellip; 6:46Penalty: Ward 16:11<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;SEATTLE: Fielder (Michie, Courcy) &hellip; 1:044&mdash;SEATTLE: Fielder (Stratton, Dineen) &hellip; 15:485&mdash;DENVER: Schella (Veiprava, Redahl) &hellip; 17:486&mdash;SEATTLE: Fielder (Michie, Courcy) &hellip; 19:047&mdash;SEATTLE: Courcy (Fielder, Larose) &hellip; 19:29Penalties: Schella 10:36, 14:17, Kilpatrick 17:06.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;SEATTLE: Boileau (Holmes, Leonard) &hellip; 13:179&mdash;SEATTLE: Powers (Stratton, Larose) &hellip; 14:0310&mdash;SEATTLE: Courcy (Fielder, Michie) &hellip; 16:40Penalty: NoneSAVES: Caron 29, Armstrong 25Attendance: 4,246<h2>Sun. Oct. 27 SEATTLE 1 at PORTLAND 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;PORTLAND: Saunders (Kearns, Jones) &hellip; 14:17Penalties: Ward 5:15, Kilpatrick 13:26.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;PORTLAND: Bellerive (Schmautz, Jones) &hellip; 7:103&mdash;PORTLAND: Schmautz (Jones, Bellerive) &hellip; 15:21Penalty: Kilpatrick 6:41<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;PORTLAND: Bellerive (Schmautz, Jones) &hellip; 2:465&mdash;PORTLAND: Saunders (Goyer, Madigan) &hellip; 8:216&mdash;SEATTLE: Hanna (Lund, Stratton) &hellip; 14:03Penalties: Leach 14:53SAVES; Armstrong 32, Kelly 18Attendance: 5,560.<h2>How They Stand</h2><h3>WESTERN LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 5)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03246/2717791-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="579" height="343"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 29Seattle 2 at San Diego 2Denver 1 at Vancouver 2Wed. Oct. 30Seattle 1 at Phoenix 4Fri. Nov. 1Denver 1 at San Diego 5Portland 1 at Seattle 6Phoenix 3 at Vancouver 5Sat. Nov. 2Vancouver 1 at Denver 2Seattle I at Portland 6Sun. Nov. 3Vancouver 4 at Denver 4Phoenix 0 at Portland 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Nov. 6Seattle at PhoenixSan Diego at VancouverFri. Nov. 8Seattle at DenverSat. Nov. 9Seattle at DenverSan Diego at PortlandSun. Nov. 10Vancouver at Portland &#9632;

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WHL Summaries

SAN DIEGO, Calif.&mdash;In their first season, the San Diego Gulls drew 291,786 fans a Western Hockey League record and an average of 8,105 a game.That was with a last-place hockey team.Last year the Gulls set another record by drawing 311,857 fans for an average of 8,663 a game. That was with a third place hockey team.It was kind of a natural question. What would San Diego do with a big winner?Well, the Gulls started this season with 7 victories, 1 tie and only 2 defeats in their first 10 games to roar off in first place.Three of those 15 games were played in San Diego. The turnouts were 12,478 and 12,248 and 10,439.The three-game total was 35,165 for an average of 11,722 a contest. &#9632;

San Diego Crowd Average 11,722

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02351/2717884-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="254" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Berry</figcaption></div>CLEVELAND, O. &mdash;When Loyd (Busher) Curry accepted the coaching position with Cleveland, Barons, he did it with the knowledge that the Barons&rsquo; battle for a Calder Cup position would be an uphill one.He was fully aware, at the time, that four of his players never had played a single game of professional hockey and that one had played only four games as a pro six years ago.Since he took the Barons&rsquo; reins, one of his young pros, Steve Hunt, has been moved out and another newcomer to the pro ranks, Ray Comeau, has been added.Yet so assured is Curry regarding the talent of his young hopefuls that he does not hesitate labelling this year&rsquo;s Cleveland team as better than last year&rsquo;s.In defenseman Pierre Bouchard forwards Comeau, Ken Kelly and Bob Berry and spare goalkeeper Bruce Mullett, he has five newcomers to the play-for-pay league. Brian Harper, brother of the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; Terry Harper, played four games for Hull-Ottawa of the Eastern Professional Hockey League back in the 1962-63 season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03285/2717877-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="545" height="583"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE BOUCHARD &hellip;Rated Top Prospect</figcaption></div>Bouchard and Mullett played last year for the Junior Canadiens, Kelly for Muskegon in the International League, Harper for the Canadian Nationals and Berry for the Canadian National &ldquo;B&rdquo; team.Curry firmly believes that these Johnny-come-lately to the pro ice game will make their marks with the Barons.&ldquo;Once Bouchard gets a few games under his belt, he is going to be a good one,&rdquo; Curry told members of the Cleveland press. &ldquo;He has the physical attributes and the ability. With him on the ice, no one is going to push the Barons around.&rdquo;Curry also is high on the talents of Berry and Harper, the latter who is currently nursing a broken collarbone.Some of Curry&rsquo;s confidence seems well-placed. Even though their lineup is dotted with rookies, the Barons won two of the first three games they played, all on the road, after Curry assumed the permanent coaching position, even though Gary Morhan, one of the team&rsquo;s better prospects, had been temporarily elevated to the parent Canadiens.Scoring as well-spread over the lineup. No one player had assumed a take-charge role but every player, even the brand new ones, were getting into the scoring parade. &#9632;

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Young Barons Future Ice Giants In Opinion of New Coach Curry

DENVER. Colo.&mdash;Denver is noted as a center of cattle country, among other things, and the Spurs of the Western Hockey League could hardly wait to get back to their home on the range.The Spurs opened at home and dropped two close decisions to San Diego despite outshooting the Gulls in both contests. Then they hit the road and found it most unfriendly. They lost six straight away from home.And after three weeks of the Western League season, the Spurs had suffered eight straight defeats and were still looking for their first victory.It was the worst start for a WHL team since the fall of &lsquo;58 when Victoria lost nine in a row to open the campaign.Aside from manpower problems. Denver&rsquo;s troubles could be pinpointed. The Spurs were dropping the close ones. Four of their eight defeats were by a single goal.And they were folding up in final periods. The Spurs &mdash; during the eight-game losing streak &mdash; were outscored only 9-7 in first periods and even sniped the jump goal six times. &#9632;

Disaster Hits Denver Start

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>TUES. OCT. 22 OKLAHOMA CITY 3 at MEMPHIS 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Erickson (Lorentz, Gibbs) &hellip; 2:352&mdash;Memphis, Seguin (Johnston, Jopling) &hellip; 10:183&mdash;Oklahoma City, Beverly (Harrison) &hellip; 13:25Penalties: Wilkins 0:51, Beverly 4:29, Johnston 6:01. Harrison 10:30, Wilkins (minor, misconduct) 16:09.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Memphis, MacKenzie (Paterson, Sutherland) &hellip; 2:095&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Lorentz, Erickson) &hellip; 2:446&mdash;Memphis, Meissner (Senior, ChernoH) &hellip; 8:12Penalties: Heaney 6:15, Harrison 11:30, Benzelock 12:26, Wilkins 13:07, Webster 18:25, Jopling 19:07.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Memphis, Senior (Chernoff) &hellip; 14:21Penalties: Wetzel (served by McCaskill) &hellip; 2:15, McCaskill 4:20 Saves: Wetzel 22, Junkin 23.<h2>OMAHA 1 at HOUSTON 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Houston, Grenier (Caron, Hicke) &hellip; 19:20Penalties: Caron and Krulicki 1:58, Egers 5:06, Caron 7:10, MacNeil 14:25, Kannegeisser 18:06.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Kannegeisser 2:50, Bell 5:06, Pritchard 17:16<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Omaha, Kannegeisser 10:013&mdash;Houston, Lapointe 11:18 Penalties; Lapointe 1:29, Brown 7:27.Saves: Myre 29, Caley 15.<h2>WED. OCT. 23 DALLAS 3 at TULSA 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Dallas, Shelton (Stanfield) &hellip; 0:262&mdash;Tulsa, Byers (Seiwood) &hellip; 3:213&mdash;Tulsa, Clancy (Campbell, Seiwood) &hellip; 6:564&mdash;Dallas, Wiste (Gaudet, Koroll) &hellip; 7:185&mdash;Tulsa, Clancy (Nelson, Robert) &hellip; 10:586&mdash;Tulsa, Robert (Evans, Campbell) &hellip; 19:33Penalties: Morris 2:02, Bond 4:16, Wiste 7:49, Sek wood 13:37, Robert 16:58, Shmyr 19:26.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Dallas, Gaudet (Bond, Graham) &hellip; 2=228&mdash;Tulsa, Harbaruk (Sellwood, Hinse) &hellip;9&mdash;Tulsa, Bazay (Ouinn) &hellip; 9:23Penalties: Seiwood 0:39, Morris, Bazay 3:53, Terbenche 6:57, McKay 16:43.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>10&mdash;Tulsa, Byers (Evans) &hellip; 8:31Penalties: Hinse 1:51, Campbell, Long 12:48, Shmyr 16:59, Morris 18:56.Saves: Reeson 22, Brown 13, Norris 21.<h2>KANSAS CITY 3 at FORT WORTH 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Fort Worth, Ketter 13 042&mdash;Kansas City, Veneruzzo (Obendorf, Dennis) &hellip; 16:36Penalties: Obendorf 2:17, Guilbault, Perkins, Reichmuth 6:41, Plager (minor, misconduct) 9:32.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Fort Worth, Perkins (Hatoum) &hellip; 12:514&mdash;Kansas City, Cardin (Crisp) &hellip; 17:28Penalties: Monteith 4:40, Fortin 6:05, Dennis 11:26, Lemire 11:42.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Kansas City, Guilbault (Cardin, Lemire) &hellip; &bdquo; 5:356&mdash;Fort Worth, McCann (Monteith, Niekamp) &hellip; 10:08Penalties: Veneruzzo 6:37, Hart (two minors), Cardin 8 30, Crisp 9 03, Hart 15:12.Saves: Gray 16, Edwards 23.<h2>OMAHA 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Kannegeisser (Widing) &hellip; 16:342&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Lorentz, Wilkins) &hellip; 18:36Penalty: Lafreniere 0:52.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Lorentz, Erickson) &hellip; 5:094&mdash;Omaha, Brunel (Parieau, Haley) &hellip; 5:40No penalty.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Oklahoma City. Wilkins (Lesiuk, Tremblay) &hellip; 2:586&mdash;Oklahoma City, Hodgson (Schock) &hellip; 4:067&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lorentz (Erickson, Beverly) &hellip; 13:25Penalties: Webster 13:23, Tremblay 16:21.Saves: Gillow 29, Caley 32.<h2>Looking At CHL Race</h2><h3>CENTRAL HOCKEY LEAGUE</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04112/2717998-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="586" height="213"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0553/2717991-1-eng-US/f0020-052.jpg" title="f0020-05" width="572" height="199"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues Oct 29Houston 4 at Memphis 1Wed. Oct. 30Fort Worth 2 at Omaha 2Houston 2 at Oklahoma C. 2Amarillo 3 at Dallas 5Fri. Nov. 1Fort Worth 0 at Tulsa 0Oklahoma C. 0 at Amarillo 0Omaha 0 at Memphis 0Sat. Nov. 2Amarillo 0 at Oklahoma C. 3Memphis 4 at Houston 5Omaha 3 at Dallas 2Tulsa 7 at Fort Worth 0Sun. Nov. 3Amarillo 5 at Omaha 6Tulsa 2 at Oklahoma C. 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Nov. 6Houston at Fort WorthKansas City at Oklahoma CityTulsa at AmarilloFri. Nov. 8Fort Worth at DallasKansas City at MemphisOklahoma City at OmahaSat. Nov. 9Dallas at Fort WorthHouston at AmarilloMemphis at Kansas CityOmaha at TulsaSun. Nov. 10Houston at OmahaMemphis at Oklahoma City<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/f0020-0637/2717984-1-eng-US/f0020-062.jpg" title="f0020-06" width="605" height="507"></div> &#9632;

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CHL Game Summaries

<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0280/2718078-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="598" height="469"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 29Collingwood 7 of Woodstock 4Kingston 3 at Belleville 6Fri. Nov. 1Ottawa 6 at Collingwood 3Kingston 3 at Barrie 7Sat Nov. 2Oakville 2 at Gilt 9Woodstock 7 at Kingston 3Sun. Nov. 3Barrie 5 at Oakville 4Woodstock 4 at Belleville 6Collingwood 0 at Orillia 10<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/f0021-0348/2718071-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="598" height="781"></div><h2>QUEBEC PROVINCIAL SENIOR</h2>(Standings On Tues. Nov. 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0440/2718064-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="600" height="377"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 29Sherbrook 2 at Victoriaville 3Chicoutimi 3 at St. Hyacinth 5Thurs. Oct. 31Victoriaville 5 at Granby 4St. Hyacinth 4 at Sherbrook 1Granby 1 at Chicoutimi 5Sun. Nov. 3St. Hyacinth 4 at Victoriaville 1Sherbrook 2 at Granby 6Ottawa 6 at Chicoutimi 3<h2>QUEBEC PROVINCIAL JUNIOR A&rsquo;</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 5)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0535/2718057-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="602" height="367"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 29Quebec 6 at Three Rivers 4Thurs. Oct. 31Thetford 5 at Shawinigan 8Quebec 4 at Sorel 8Fri. Nov. 1Sorel 4 at The ford 2Sun. Nov. 3Drummondville 5 at Shawinigan 9Three Rivers 6 at Sorel 5Quebec 2 of The ford 5<h2>Looking At EHL Race</h2><h3>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0723/2718050-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="579" height="265"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0819/2718043-1-eng-US/f0021-082.jpg" title="f0021-08" width="580" height="198"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 29Salem 6 at Charlotte 5Nashville 4 at Jacksonville 4Wed. Oct. 30Syracuse 3 at New Haven 9Charlotte 2 at Greensboro 10Nashville 2 at Jacksonville 5Thurs. Oct. 31Charlotte 7 at Nashville 4Fri. Nov. 1Johnstown 2 at Clinton 6Syracuse 3 at New Jersey 5Nashville 1 at Charlotte 0Greensboro 2 at Jacksonville 3Sat. Nov. 2New Haven 4 at Clinton 6Syracuse 1 at Long Island 4New Jersey 1 at Johnston 4Nashville 5 at Salem 4Jacksonville 3 at Greensboro 4Sun. Nov. 3Johnstown 4 at New Haven 3Jacksonville 2 at Nashville 3Charlotte 0 at Salem 9<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/f0021-0916/2718036-1-eng-US/f0021-092.jpg" title="f0021-09" width="582" height="306"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1015/2718029-1-eng-US/f0021-102.jpg" title="f0021-10" width="577" height="306"></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/f0021-01112/2718116-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="558" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHUCK GODDARD &hellip; To Tend Charlotte Goal</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0629/2718109-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="264" height="406"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Lucas</figcaption></div>COMMACK. N.Y.&mdash;The fears of the Long Island Ducks can be laid at rest, but the fears of their opponents have risen now that goalie Norm DeFelice has demonstrated that it won&rsquo;t be long before he again will be the scourge of his Eastern Hockey League rivals.A normal DeFelice can be the spark that the Ducks need to become embroiled in what looms as a five-way race in the Northern Division among New Haven, Johnstown, Jersey, and Clinton. Duck fans weren&rsquo;t confident such would be the results of DeFelice in the nets and booed the great goalie in the club&rsquo;s 7-2 loss in its home opener.But they didn&rsquo;t realize that Norm had seen little action this fall on the ice. He had to get his bearings. He had to get the beam on enemy shots. When he did, Norm was confident that he again would terrorize EHL rivals.Well, after that bombardment, Norm went right to work. He played spectacularly at Clinton, scene of many of his earlier triumphs, and the Ducks earned a 2-2 tie. Then he stopped Johnstown with one goal at home and followed that up with a one-goaler at Jersey.It was evident that Norm was back and that the enemy forces would have a difficult time scoring against Long Island this year. His value to the club is even more enhanced when it&rsquo;s so evident that DeFelice plays so well on the road. He loves to infuriate enemy fans and continually exchanges barbs with them and makes them shut up when he makes a sensational save.With coach John Brophy, Norm Ryder and Norm Schmitz Leading the defense in front of him, the Ducks figure to be tough. Brophy is trying to strengthen his front line. He lost a good scorer in Bobby Brown to get DeFelice and he&rsquo;s trying to obtain some standout help in the required five-junior ranks.One thing is for sure. Brophy knew what he was doing when he lured DeFelice back from &ldquo;Canada after he deserted the EHL for a season. Brophy also is confident the Duck fans won&rsquo;t be booing DeFelice any more this year.Club dropped Earl Scott and secured Herman Karp from Jersey. John Brophy says defenseman Norm Schmitz is playing his best since coming here last January. Schmitz and Les Calder were late signees after season opened. Butch Morris returned from San Diego. Ducks had hoped to get a forward from New Haven for Wayne Doll but received nothing when Blades returned the goalie.JACKSONVILLE &mdash; Team honoured at luncheon by Chamber of Commerce. Harold White and Billy Glashan leading early scoring. Uncertainty of Ken Turlik&rsquo;s availability causing personal problems. Jack Smith and Bill Snelgrove have demonstrated a willingness to use their fists if the opposition starts trying to intimidate them. Club has been getting enough shots to win games but haven&rsquo;t scored the goals.SALEM &mdash; Rebels dropped goalie Murray Finlay and center Jim Ferguson. Coach Dave Lucas given his release by Johnstown so as to play with Rebels. Al Osborne had hat trick plus two assists vs Jacksonville. Goalie George Surmay and defenseman Bruce Buchanan secured from Rangers farm system. Rebels made out well in off-season deal with Syracuse since Wayne Caulfield is playing and Sam Gregory chose to retire rather than play for Blazers.SYRACUSE &mdash; Blazers along with Long Island, Nashville, Jacksonville and Charlotte fined $1,000 each by league for failure to register players before opening game. Goalie Anton Gale has delighted fans with his daring play. Club streak of not winning on road is still alive in second season of play. Rick Switzer and Dan Sandford each scored twice in loss to Jersey.NASHVILLE &mdash; Dixie Flyers dropped goalie Jean Lavasseur and secured John Lewis on recommendation of former coach John McLellan. Flo Pilote ended holdout to strengthen defense and owner Mark Parrish trying to do likewise with Leo Olivier. Henry Jaruga and Dick Loe dropped. Winger Gil St. Jacques spent some time on defense when rearguard was weak. Coach Lloyd Hinchberger gave winger John St. Cyr a good look before deciding his fate.NEW HAVEN &mdash; Wayne Doll won three games while subbing in the nets for Dave Hainsworth but was dropped when latter recuperated from head injury. Jim Currie was slashed in stick fight with Norm Ryder of Long Island and spent about a week in hospital. Don Perry&rsquo;s groin injury kept him on sidelines in early going. Blake Ball&rsquo;s first big fight of the year found Clinton&rsquo;s Tom Mitchell as his foe.JERSEY &mdash; Devils got good and bad news. First Ted Szydlowski signed a pact and then decided to go back to Canada to leave a hole at defense. Philly Flyers sent Re jean Maltais, who played in Quebec League last year, to fill the vacancy. Then Reggie Meserve who earlier had &ldquo;retired&rdquo; rejoined club to delight pilot Marcel Pelletier. Devils realeased Al Sarault and let Bill Christodal go to long Island on waivers. Club has new red and white uniform. Jamie Kennedy and Larry Pleau each had hat tricks vs Johnstown.GREENSBORO: Roger Wilson didn&rsquo;t make it at Dallas and has rejoined Generals at defense. Bill Adair sent to Long Island on loan. Dallas also shipped Maurice L&rsquo;Abee and John Fisher to Gens. Both played at St. Catharines last year. Barry Salovaara bothered by ankle injury. Don Burgess&rsquo; hat trick beat Salem and two other goals topped Jacksonville. Pete McDuffe will be best goalie in South, according to coach Ron Spong.CHARLOTTE: Ken Hicks released and Al Sutherland. 20, winger from London, Ont, was sent here from Tulsa. Goalie Chuck Goddard, with Memphis last year, has joined club. Checkers&rsquo; strength rose, when Rick Foley returned from Portland. The Ouimet brothers, Claude and Roger, are waging a personal goal-scoring battle. Coach Fred Creighton believes latest additions will stabilize club&rsquo;s personnel for season.CLINTON: Forward Claude Piche assigned to Comets by Memphis. Pat Kelly gave his knee a thorough rest before playing his first game. Kelly stressing that his men take advantage of their scoring opportunities. Winger Tom Mitchell has impressed Kelly with his scrappy attitude, showing his foes he won&rsquo;t be pushed around. Dave Armstrong became father of new daughter and celebrated with three-goal weekend. Center Mike Latinovich dropped. Len Speck in eighth season with Comets.JOHNSTOWN: Jets started off with three wins in first four starts. Galen Head also looks set for big season. Jim Coombs posted first shutout against Syracuse. Dick Paradise looms as strong candidate for penalty laurels. Jim Mair scored winning goal vs Clinton in club opener. Goalie Pete Donnelly returned to Detroit Red Wings. GM John Mitchell upset over Jets&rsquo; penalties &ldquo;for yakking&rdquo; though he doesn&rsquo;t mind those for agressiveness. Garry Sharp sidelined for three weeks with broken thumb. &#9632;

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DeFelice Silences Boos Of Ducks’ Fans; Lucas Leaves Johnstown To Head Salem

<h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Mon, Oct. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01129/2718231-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="600" height="314"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0272/2718224-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="586" height="462"></div><h2>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Fri. Nov. 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0359/2718217-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="572" height="203"></div><h2>WESTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0445/2718210-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="584" height="210"></div><h2>MANITOBA JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Fri. Nov. 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0537/2718203-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="596" height="207"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0631/2718196-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="586" height="220"></div><h2>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL</h2>(Standings on Sun. Oct. 27)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0731/2718189-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="586" height="287"></div><h2>INTERLOCKING PLAY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0828/2718182-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="602" height="161"></div><h2>QUEBEC METRO JUNIOR A&rsquo;</h2>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0925/2718175-1-eng-US/f0022-092.jpg" title="f0022-09" width="585" height="363"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Mon. Oct. 28Rosemount 2 of Laval 0Tues. Oct. 29Cornwall 5 at St. Jerome 4Verdun 1 at Rosemount 2Thurs. Oct. 31Laval 3 at Rosemount 8Verdun 5 at Cornwall 1National 2 at Montreal North 5Sun. Nov 3Montreal North 3 at Verdun 4Nationale 5 at Cornwall 2Rosemount 1 at St. Jerome 8<h2>CENTRAL JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1020/2718168-1-eng-US/f0022-102.jpg" title="f0022-10" width="593" height="282"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1119/2718161-1-eng-US/f0022-112.jpg" title="f0022-11" width="597" height="490"></div><h2>Looking At IHL Race</h2><h3>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 6)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1410/2718154-1-eng-US/f0022-142.jpg" title="f0022-14" width="584" height="424"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>WED. OCT. 30Port Huron 2 at Dayton 3Muskegon 2 at Fort Wayne 4FRI. NOV. 1Toledo 4 at Des Moines 4Sat. Nov. 2Toledo 1 at Des Moines 2Dayton I at Muskegon 6Columbus 3 at Fort Wayne 8SUN. NOV. 3Muskegon 0 at Dayton 3Fort Wayne 2 at Port Huron 8<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed Nov. 6Toledo at ColumbusPort Huron at DaytonDes Moines at Fort WayneFri. Nov. 8Fort Wayne at MuskegonDes Moines at ToledoDayton at ColumbusSat. Nov. 9Port Huron at Fort WayneDes Moines at MuskegonColumbus at ToledoSun. Nov. 10Des Moines at DaytonColumbus at Port Huron<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/f0022-159/2718147-1-eng-US/f0022-152.jpg" title="f0022-15" width="588" height="443"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1218/2718269-1-eng-US/f0022-122.jpg" title="f0022-12" width="245" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guy James</figcaption></div>MUSKEGON, Mich. &mdash;The Muskegon Mohawks are still members of the International Hockey League, but for a few days their status was very much in doubt because of a hassle between the Mohawks&rsquo; management and the management of the L.C. Walker Area, where the Mohawks play their home games.The two parties were at odds over the percentage the team should pay for the use of the building for the 36-game schedule and the situation became so critical that it appeared for a time that hockey would be lost to Muskegon. The Mohawks were banned from practice in the building several days.After a hectic 24-hour effort, in which Mayor Donald E. Johnson attempted to act as arbitrator, an agreement was reached between Jerry DeLise, owner of the Mohawks and City Manager Robert Pulscher. They signed a leased for five years.The situation became so serious that De Lise was considering the possibility of playing as a road team for the remainder of the season. There was also a report that an American or Central Hockey League team would move in but this possibility was squelched by Clarence Campbell, president of the National League, who declared that hockey officials would not permit another team to move in as lorry as the Mohawks held the franchise in the Muskegon area.In eight seasons, the Mohawks have pulled about one million fans into the L.G. Walker Arena.FORT WAYNE &mdash; The Komets drew 6,426 for their second home game, following an opening night of 7,203 &hellip; Ron Ullyot, son of the Komets general manager, scored his first goal against Toledo, after having had a fistic brawl with the Blades&rsquo;Dino Mascotto several nights before &hellip; Goalie Jim Shaw had allowed only four goals in his three games &hellip; Rookie Mike Doersam was the early leader in Komet scoring &hellip; Center Reggie Primeau and defenseman Cal Purinton were nursing injuries.DAYTON &mdash; Barry Merrell was back in action, wearing a steel reinforced knee brace after missing the first three games &hellip; Coach Larry Wilson celebrated his 38 birthday with a 4-2 victory over Muskegon &hellip; Veteran Don West brooke topped the Gems in scoring with four goals and three assists &hellip; Cliff Bristow was on the shelf over a week with a minor injury &hellip; Former Gem star Guy Trottier was purchased from Buffalo of the American League by the New York Rangers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1315/2718262-1-eng-US/f0022-132.jpg" title="f0022-13" width="551" height="620"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON WESTBROOKE &hellip;Top Day ton Scorer</figcaption></div>PORT HURON &mdash; The Flags had lost 23 straight games on the road, extending back to last season &hellip; Veteran Guy James was elected captain by his teammates. He had over 700 consecutive games to his credit &hellip; Goalie Gaye Cooley, injured in a warmup before a Toledo game, had to be replaced after the first period &hellip;Defenseman Jack Criel was sent to St. Thomas, Ont: Rookies Paul Grills and Barry Boughner were retained.COLUMBUS &mdash; Billy Staub, former American Leaguer, joined the Checkers and scored a goal in his firstgame &hellip; Defenseman Bill Bond got back in action after being fitted with a shoulder harness &hellip; Rookie defenseman Bill Winters was released to Long Island of the Eastern League &hellip; Tom Miller, a defenseman who had trained with the Checkers in Canada, rejoined the club.DES MOINES &mdash; Goalie Phil Headley set a new Oak Leaf record when he had 65 saves against Columbus, The old record was 50, by Ray Mikulan in 1965. Coach Buddy Boone had the winning goal in a 3-2 victory over the Checkers &hellip; Ivan Prediger was the only remaining member of the first IHL Oak Leaf team &hellip;TOLEDO &mdash; Veteran right wing Barry Jakeman was given his release and permission to make a deal for himself &hellip; Defenseman Lou Kazowski had lour assists in a 5-3 win over Pot Huron &hellip; Stan Maxwell had only the second misconduct penalty of a long career &hellip; Visiting players were complaining of the dark ice Sport Arena.MUSKEGON &mdash; Gary Schall, star center who rejoined the Mohawks, was out indefinitely because of a bad back &hellip; Bob Tombari, who had the league&rsquo;s first hat trick, missed some games with a rib injury &hellip; Jim Bannantyne a junior from Toronto, joined the team and other help was expected. &#9632;

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Mohawks Iron Out Problems To Keep Hockey in Muskegon

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0274/2718300-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="542" height="546"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK HAMILL &hellip; Prolific Scorer</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01110/2718307-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="237" height="366"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dale Power</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.Home may be where the heart is, as the saying goes, but it&rsquo;s not necessarily where victories are easy to come by in junior hockey.At least that&rsquo;s what you&rsquo;d have to assume after looking over the results of the past week in the Ontario Junior A league.Ten games were played in seven days, the visiting teams sent the fans home in a less than merry mood on seven occasions by beating the favourite sons seven times, another game finished in a tie and the host club won on only two occasions.The height of frustration so far this season has been reached by London Knights.In their first six games London lost three times at their Treasure Island Gardens but have a perfect record on the road with victories in Kitchener, Niagara Falls and Toronto.Niagara Falls Memorial Arena and Maple Leaf Gardens have always been considered the toughest places, for a visiting team to win.The only points earned by home teams the past week were by Peterborough who defeated the Marlboros 5-0, the Marlboros who came back to edge Montreal Canadiens 6-5 and by St. Catharines Black Hawks who tied the Canadiens 4-4.Kitchener dropped two games at home. London, Hamilton. Niagara Falls, Oshawa and Toronto all lost once.Peterborough Petes continue to be the surprise club in the 10-team circuit. The Petes just scraped into the eighth playoff position a year ago and weren&rsquo;t expected to rise much higher this season.However Roger Nielsen&rsquo;s club took advantage of two successive defeats suffered by the previously unbeaten Niagara Falls Flyers (5-1 to St-Catharines; 7-5 by London) to vault into first place with only one loss in their first eight starts.The Petes were also helped by a trade with St. Catharines Black Hawks which brought them centre Dale Power in exchange for defenceman forward Dick Redmond.Neither Power nor Redmond had been impressive in early season games but both took a new lease on life after the swap.Power, the former Canadian junior tennis champion, had three assists in his first game with Peterborough as they blanked Toronto 5-0 while Redmond had one goal and three assists in the Hawks&rsquo; 7-4 win in Kitchener.The most prolific individual scoring effort by any player so far was turned in by Frank Hamill, now in his third season with the Marlboros.The son of former Chicago and Boston player Red Hamill, Frank hadn&rsquo;t scored a goal in the Marlies&rsquo; first four games but hit for six as Toronto edged Oshawa Generals 9-8.Although relatively small at 5 ft. 8 in and 170 pounds, he is rated one of the better prospects coming out of junior this season.Gus Bodnar, coach of the Marlboros and no giant himself when he was in the National League, feels that Hamill&rsquo;s excellent skating and sound hockey knowledge could get him into the majors. &#9632;

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Peterborough Surprise In Early Race

<h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR A&rsquo;</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 5)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0355/2718345-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="607" height="447"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 29Montreal 6 at London 4Thurs. Oct. 31Ottawa 5 at Hamilton 6Kitchener 3 at Peterborough 8Fri. Nov. 1Toronto 2 of Niagara Falls 4Ottawa 1 of London 1Sun. Nov. 3Hamilton 2 at Montreal 6Ottawa 2 at St. Catharine&rsquo;s I INiagara Falls 5 at Oshawa 2Peterborough 8 at Toronto 3<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/f0023-0443/2718338-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="585" height="669"></div> &#9632;

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LOOKING AT OHA RACE

<div class="byline">By ED CRANE</div>SPOKANE, WASH.&mdash;As interlocking play between Western International Hockey League and Alberta Senior Hockey League teams continues, the ASHL is beginning to pull ahead with 10 points compared to the WIHL&rsquo;s.This may be only temporary, however, and is the result of the Cranbrook Royals&rsquo; trip to the north country where they lost to Calgary Stampeders 9-1, Drumheller Miners 11-2, and Medicine Hat Blades 6-3. Over the same weekend the Kimberley Dynamiters tied the Red Deer Imperials 5-5 and the Nelson Maple Leafs beat the Imps 5-2. In spite of the ASHL&rsquo;s lead in points, however, its teams are generally being out-shot by the WIHL, and its goaltenders are working hard. Medicine Hat&rsquo;s Ed Hyland saw 53 against Spokane and Red Deer&rsquo;s Dale Gaume was bombarded by 56 shots at Kimberley and 57 the next night at Nelson. On the other hand. Calgary&rsquo;s Jim Letcher had only 16 saves against Cranbrook, while his mates were peppering Barry McKay with 55 attemps.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0531/2718376-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="288" height="484"><figcaption class="caption-body">Seth Martin</figcaption></div>Cranbrook&rsquo;s Ron Houston got his third hat trick of the young season in a 7-4 win over Kimberley, and later had a two-goal game at Medicine Hat.The Spokane Jets lost the services of Steve Witiuk to a four-game suspension for molesting an official. In a game in Spokane a week later two Trail Smoke Eaters, Albert Holm and. Ed LeGare, did the same thing and received game misconducts, but no further punishments have been announced yet. In addition to Witiuk, the Jets have also been missing Tom Rendell and Buddy Bodman due to injuries, thus leaving them with only eight forwards. Defenseman Vince Collins was moved up on a wing to fill in for a few games.The Smoke Eaters, who are widely considered one of the most improved teams in the league, with newcomers such as Bill Mainland and Denny Houser in addition to old standbys such as Harry Smith. Pinoke McIntyre, Dave Rusnell, and Billy Martin, are floundering with a 3-34) record and have not shown much consistency yet. They exploded for five third-period goals against Spokane recently, but the next night performed in a lackluster fashion, losing to the Jets 2-1. Seth Martin played goal in the latter game &mdash; his first start of the year.The WlHL has a new president. Glad Peterson of Nelson resigned because he has purchased a business in Windermere, and Jack James, also of Nelson, was elected to replace him. &#9632;

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Alberta Loop Leads Interlocking Play

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0626/2718407-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="972" height="1282"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN NOVEMBER 16 ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Pictured player6&mdash;Number worn by Pilote. (Rom. Num.)7&mdash;Initials of Edestrand of Quebec.8&mdash;A Cleveland defenseman.11&mdash;One of the Leafs answers to this.12&mdash;First name of an NHL coach.13&mdash;Yes. (slang)14&mdash;Initials of a former Hab Coach.15&mdash;Winter sport17&mdash;Pronoun.18&mdash;First name of ex-Ranger Heller.19&mdash;Number of goals scored by Ferguson Oct. 30.21&mdash;This Leaf Wears No. 16.25&mdash;One of the St. Louis Blues.26&mdash;Initials of one of the Canadiens.27&mdash;An American State. (abbr.)29&mdash;This Bruin is in his 14th N.H.L. season.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Led the N.H.L. in penalty minutes in 1966-67&rsquo;2&mdash;One of the Bruins.3&mdash;Denotes number worn by Murray Oliver.4&mdash;Number worn by the Rocket.5&mdash;Runner up for the Rookie award last season.7&mdash;One of the Black Hawks.9&mdash;21st and 5th letters of the alphabet.10&mdash;Initials of ex-Ranger Ronty.16&mdash;11th and 20th letters of the alphabet.17&mdash;A veteran N.H.L. defenseman.20&mdash;A part of speech.21&mdash;Us.22&mdash;First name of recently retired Penguin.23&mdash;12th and 19th letters of the alphabet24&mdash;Number of times Camille Henry has won the Lady Byng trophy.25&mdash;Initials of one of the Seals.28&mdash;Initials of one of the Blues.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;COURNOYER7&mdash;FORE8&mdash;NOLET11&mdash;MALONEY13&mdash;E.T.A15&mdash;G.R16&mdash;LEN.17&mdash;I.C.19&mdash;LX.20&mdash;ICE.21&mdash;YES.23&mdash;VADNAIS28&mdash;SATHER29&mdash;T.R.31&mdash;SAM.32&mdash;SEILING<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;CONNELLY2&mdash;ULLMAN3&mdash;OF.4&mdash;YOUNG5&mdash;E.R.6&mdash;REAY.9&mdash;EA.10&mdash;T.L.12&mdash;ERIC.14&mdash;TEX EVANS.18&mdash;CEC.20&mdash;III22&mdash;SAT.24&mdash;D.H.25&mdash;NEIL.26&mdash;A.R.27&mdash;STAG.30&mdash;R.M.31&mdash;S.N. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01120/2718452-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="267" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Gadsby</figcaption></div>DETROIT, MichThe Red Wings are trying something old and something new to chase away the blues of missing the Stanley Cup playoffs the last two seasons.Something old is the reassignment of Alex Delvecchio to Gordie Howe&rsquo;s line. That paid off immediately with three goals, two of them by Howe and one by Frank Mahovlich in a 4-3 victory over Chicago. Then Mahovlich clicked for the first hat trick of the season as the Wingsms toppled Boston 7-5.The new encompasses many things &mdash; the coach. Bill Gadsby, new players like Bob Baun and Ron Harris, and faster ice, somoother boards and the instant replay.Detroit put out a call for hard water suburbanites&rsquo; favorite man, the Culligan Man &mdash; to soften their water and make their ice smoother and faster.The new system, used at the ice rink at Grenoble during the Winter Olympic Games, removes iron and other chemicals from water and is supposed to reduce friction in skating and result in faster skating.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0272/2718445-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="1165" height="1923"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALEX DELVECCHIO &hellip; Sparks Offense</figcaption></div>The new boards are stain resistant. In the past, puck marks had to be painted over and it was a relatively long process. The new quarter-inch covering isn&rsquo;t easily marred and what stains there are can be wiped clean with a detergent.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re also a lot more lively,&rdquo; goalie Roger Crozier said of the boards.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to have the guys shoot off them during practice so I can get used to the rebounds. The puck seems to come off the boards as fast as it does in Toronto.&rdquo;Also in the &ldquo;new&rdquo; category is a television system that enables Gadsby to show tapes of the first and second periods during the intermissions.&lsquo;You-can tell a player what he&rsquo;s done wrong but there&rsquo;s nothing like letting him see it in pictures,&rdquo; Gadsby said.Used first in Toronto last season, the system involves a small television camera and regular TV set on which the tape is replayed.&ldquo;They can take an overall view of the game or use that isolated camera technique and follow just one man,&rdquo; Gadsby said.Gadsby put the system to fast use in a game against Chicago. There were only good things from the first two periods &mdash; the Wings led. 3-1, but after the game Gadsby called in right wing Ron Anderson and defenseman Ron Harris who were involved in Dennis Hull&rsquo;s goal which cut Detroit&rsquo;s lead to 4-3 and made the last 10 minutes tense.Gadsby showed Anderson what he did wrong on the play that resulted in the goal.Actually, hockey hasn&rsquo;t been too strong on film techniques which are reduced to a science in football, particularly at the college and professional levels.Gadsby is making sure the Wings are strong in one old technique, though &mdash; skating.&ldquo;I think hockey players have the greatest hours in the world and asking them to practice an hour and a half to two hours a day isn&rsquo;t a hardship. Where else can you go to work at nine and be home by noon?&rdquo;So the Wings skate and since Gadsby began the long workouts, by past Detroit standards, the team does appear to have &ldquo;firmed up.&rdquo;In the Hawk game Gadsby used just two lines, the Howe and garry Unger unita, for the final four minutes and 44 seconds. The Wings were back on the ice at 10 the next morning and full of zip again. The complaining has been good-natured. Delvecchio, never a strong one for practices, cracked after one workout: &ldquo;I thought Phil Watson was in Chicoutimi.&rdquo;The graying captain didn&rsquo;t return to Howe&rsquo;s line with his three assists. Gadsby elevated Delvecchio and put Unger on the second line, moving Pete Stemkowski over to left wing with Bruce MacGregor on the right side, because Frank Mahovlich hadn&rsquo;t been seeing too much of the puck &ldquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0349/2718438-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="563" height="1148"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK MAHOVLICH &hellip; First Hat Trick</figcaption></div>Garry&rsquo;s a real good one and he&rsquo;s going to come on strong &mdash; he has few faults,&rdquo; Gadsby emphasized, &ldquo;but he&rsquo;s had a little trouble making the pass to left wing and Alex passes equally well left or right.&rdquo;So right wing Howe got two goals and left wing Mahovlich netted one with the return of Delvecchio &hellip; and Unger got one himself with his new line.The Delvecchio-Unger move was Gadsby&rsquo;s first major shuffle this season. In the past few years, when the Wings were going from bad to worse, they vent rhrough a succession of line changes &mdash; Bruce MacGregor figured he played with at least 16 different men last season.So far. Gadsbv is resisting wholesale change and again, so far, has stuck with his third line of Nick Libett, Pete Mahovlich and Ron Anderson (or Danny Lawson) on right wing through thick and thin. They&rsquo;ve had both good and bad moments. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to give them responsibility &hellip; let them know they&rsquo;re wanted on the club&hellip; it gives them confidence.&rdquo; &#9632;

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