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November 16, 1968

The Hockey News November 16, 1968

<h2>EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01113/2721331-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="569" height="269"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0281/2721324-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="568" height="196"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Mon. Nov. 4Charlotte 7 at Syracuse 2Wed. Nov. 6Clinton 2 at New Haven 2Salem 2 at Greensboro 7Fri. Nov. 8Charlotte 1 at Clinton (Utica, N.Y.) 0Syracuse 1 at Long Island 8Johnstown 1 at New Jersey 2Nashville 4 at Greensboro 2Salem 1 at Jacksonville 2Sat. Nov. 9Syracuse 2 at Clinton 6Charlotte 5 at New Jersey 4Long Island 6 at Johnstown 3Greensboro 3 at Nashville 2Salem 2 at Jacksonville (Macon G.A.) 9(Macon, Ga.) 9Sun. Nov. 10New Jersey 2 at New Hoven 9Charlotte 1 at Long Island 7Clinton 4 at Johnstown 2Salem 5 at Nashville 7<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Johnstown at SyracuseSalem at CharlotteNashville at JacksonvilleWed. Nov. 13Johnstown at New HavenNashville at GreensboroThurs. Nov. 14Jacksonville at SyracuseCharlotte at SalemFri. Nov. 15Jacksonville at Long IslandClinton at New JerseyNew Haven at JohnstownSalem at GreensboroNashville at CharlotteSat. Nov. 16Jacksonville at ClintonLong Island at New JerseySyracuse at JohnstownNashville at SalemCharlotte at GreensboroSun. Nov. 17Jacksonville at New HavenCharlotte at Nashville<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0349/2721317-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="571" height="279"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0441/2721310-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="575" height="295"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tum. Nov. 5Victoriaville 2 at Sherbrooke 4Granby 2 at St. Hyacinthe 3Thurs. Nov. 7Chicoutimi 5 at St. Hyacinthe 3Granby 2 at Victoriaville 0Fri. Nov. 8St. Hyacinthe 5 at Chicoutimi 4Sun. Nov. 10St. Hyacinthe 4 at Granby 2Chicoutimi 3 at Victoriaville 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0536/2721303-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="573" height="415"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 5Belleville 0 at Kingston 4Fri. Nov. 8Ottawa 5 at Belleville 1Oakville 2 at Barrie8Woodstock 6 at Collingwood 9Kingston 4 at Orillia 7Sat. Nov. 9Ottawa 12 at Kingston 3Barrie 5 at Galt 3Sun. Nov. 10Belleville 4 at Woodstock 8Orillia 2 at Oakville 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0630/2721296-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="586" height="273"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0724/2721289-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="569" height="236"></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Hockey Races

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NHL SCORING RACE

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y. &mdash;The Buffalo Bisons had the best road show in the early portion of the American Hockey League season, and Coach Fred Shero was hopeful of having a schedule-long hit.The Herd was unbeaten in four road games with three wins and a tie. At home, the Bisons won two and lost two of their first four, and were leading the Western Division.The Bisons posted two road wins on successive nights, a 5-2 decision in Cleveland an 8-3 rout in Rochester.The club&rsquo;s big shooters, Norm Beaudin and Wayne Rivers, were at their best on foreign ice. Beaudin had six goals as this was written, all on the road, and Rivers, with seven, had collected six on the road.&ldquo;They say the mark of a good hockey club is the ability to win away from home,&rdquo; Shero said. &ldquo;Well, I would have to say on that basis we should do pretty well.&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t say that we play better away, but it seems we get more breaks. We played an outstanding game at home against Providence, and lost when we should have won by four or five goals.&rdquo;The win in Rochester was particularly meaningful for the Bisons. It was the Bisons&rsquo; first win there in 11 tries since Jan. 28, 1966, and only the second since Oct. 23, 1964, more than four years earlier. &#9632;

Bisons Roll With ‘Hot’ Rood Record

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY. Pa&mdash;The Hershey Bears are playing a game these days called &ldquo;sock it to &lsquo;em.&rdquo; And they&rsquo;re a bigger hit than the Martin & Rowan &ldquo;Laugh In&rdquo; with their incredible early performances.Coach Frank Mathers is even startled by the club&rsquo;s fireworks.For instance:In the first eight games, the Bears attack has shelled the opposition for 50 goals, a 6 per game average. The tough defense has yielded only 24, a 3 per game mark.At the moment the Bears boast the most potent scoring line in professional hockey &mdash; from the NHL to the Central circuit &mdash; in wingers Michel Harvey and Chuck Hamilton and centerman Gil Gilbert.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02372/2720903-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="544" height="650"><figcaption class="caption-body">GIL GILBERT &hellip; Big triggerman</figcaption></div>The trio combined for 48 points in eight starts on 19 goals and 29 assists.Gilbert&rsquo;s on top with a log of 8-9-17, then comes Harvey with 9-7-16 and Hamilton with 2-13-15.In three consecutive games, the club collected three &ldquo;Hat Tricks&rdquo; with Harvey getting his against Providence Oct. 26; Bob Leiter against Springfield, Oct. 30, and Gilbert against Springfield, Nov. 1.For Leiter it was his first in four years with the Bears.&ldquo;It was a long time coming,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The funny thing about it was that I scored on the first three shots I had on the net in the first period. After that I couldn&rsquo;t buy another goal.&rdquo;The Bears, after dropping the season opener at Baltimore, have reeled off seven straight wins, one of the club&rsquo;s finest getaways in recent years in the American League.They&rsquo;ve accomplished the feat by skating the opponent off their blades in the opening period. Hershey&rsquo;s attack has exploded for 23 goals in the first 20 minutes, while allowing only 7.Mathers men are forcing the other club to play catch-up hockey and against the rugged five-men defense the Bears have iced this season, it&rsquo;s not an easy task to recover.Both goalies, rookie Colin McCormick and veteran John Henderson have been extremely sharp. Before the Boston Bruins recalled McCormick for a brief standby stint, he had allowed only 20 goals on 224 shots in 355 minutes for a 3.54 average. He had five wins to his credit. Henderson in 125 minutes of action showed only four goals against and 53 saves for a brilliant 2.78 average.The Bears&rsquo; defensive unit, Ralph Keller, Bob Barber, Mike Mahoney, Barry Ashbee and Larry McNabb, has given the offense quite a lift, contributing 28 points on 23 assists and 5 goals &#9632;

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Bears Sock It To AHL Rivals With Hottest Line In Pro Game

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01652/2719581-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02620/2719574-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1450" height="1164"></div>Plans for the construction of a $13,000,000 civic sports complex were unveiled last week in Salt Lake City. The event attracted sports notables from near and far. At left, RAY KINASEWICH shows off sketch of centre which will also contain a hockey rink to be known as the Salt Palace. Looking from left is DAN EYER, owner of Salt Lake City Golden Eagles, WHL president AL LEADER and HOWARD DUNN, manager of the new hockey arena. Kinasewich will be manager &mdash; coach of team which will enter WHL next season. At right, KEN McKENZIE, publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS, who was among many out-of-town guests at luncheon announcement, is flanked by former world boxing champion GENE FULLMER, left, DAN EYER, and boxer DON FULLMER, who is going to fight for championship against Nino Benvenutti. &#9632;

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Dignitaries Help Kick Off Pro Hockey In Salt Lake City

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Gordon &lsquo;Red&rsquo; Berenson became the greatest single game goal scorer in the National Hockey League with his six goals against Philadelphia but he readily admits he couldn&rsquo;t have done it without the help of his teammates.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03519/2719612-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="255" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Berenson</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The players were all for me. They created the scoring opportunities and I would never have made it without their help,&rdquo; said the former Michigan College hockey flash modestly.Berenson was quick to point out, too, that Flyers&rsquo; goalie Doug Favell wasn&rsquo;t all that bad either. &ldquo;Three of the goals were breakaways and he (Favell) was screened on another,&rdquo; added the St. Louis centre.But no matter what Berenson says, his feat was indeed an NHL rarity.If history continues to repeat itself, what Berenson did in Philadelphia, Nov. 7, will not happen again until 1992.Berenson&rsquo;s six goals against the Flyers tied the modern-era record for most goals in a game, established by Syd Howe of Detroit in 1944, or 24 years ago. And, 24 years prior to that, in 1920, Joe Malone of Quebec Bulldogs set the all-time record for most goals by a player in one NHL game when he scored seven against Toronto St. Pats.The feats of Howe and Berenson both occurred after the inception of the red line and after the NHL had become an international organization.Berenson&rsquo;s performance marked the first time a player in the 52-year history of the NHL had scored more than five goals in a road game and five goals had been scored only three times previously by players in road games &mdash; all in 1924-25 by Babe Dye of Toronto, Redvers Green of Hamilton and Harry Broadbent of Montreal Maroons. Berenson became the first player in NHL history to score five consecutive goals in a game &mdash; either regular season or playoff.The six goals by Berenson were among only 10 shots he took at Philadelphia goaltender Favell. He was stopped by Favell on his first shot but scored on each of his next five, was stopped on his seventh and scored his sixth goal on his eighth shot on the net. His four second-period goals equalled the record set by Harvey Jackson of Toronto in 1934 for most goals in a period and tied in 1943 by Max Bently of Chicago.The seven points Berenson picked up in the Philadelphia game plus two other assists he had in Blues&rsquo; four games last week, vaulted him into a fourway tie for second place in the individual scoring race, the highest player from the West Division has been in the short history of the expanded NHL.Bob Nevin of New York, who leads in goals with 11, Jean Beliveau of Montreal and Gordie Howe of Detroit are tied with Berenson with 20 points each, four fewer than leader Bobby Hull of Chicago. Hull is in the unfamiliar position of leading the league in assists with 15. For the last three years and in six of his last nine seasons, Hull was the goalscoring leader.Tied for sixth place are two other Hawks, Stan Mikita and Jim Pappin, each with 18 points. It is the lowest Mikita has been in the scoring race in more than a season. Jean Ratelle of New York is eighth with 16 points, followed by Phil Esposito of Boston and Alex Delvecchio of Detroit with 15 points each.<h2>CALLING ALL FAN CLUBS!</h2>The editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS would like to hear from presidents and secretaries of all fan clubs flourishing in professional hockey. If you have a bona fide fan club, why not write us and let us know about it. We are in the process of compiling register of clubs and wouldn&rsquo;t want to leave yours out.Write to: THE HOCKEY NEWS, 1434 St. Catherine St., West, Montreal 3, Que.Please mark all envelopes &mdash; FAN CLUBS. &#9632;

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Berenson Says Teammates Aided In Six - Goal NHL Record Blast

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02536/2719643-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB NEVIN &hellip; Not Doing Anything Different Says Veteran</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;When Bob &ldquo;Nifty&rdquo; Nevin played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, he was almost a permanent member of Punch Imlach&rsquo;s doghouse and as a result logged scant ice time.His long legged skating style made him seem lackadasical and even when he played left wing on the line with Red Kelly and Frank Mahovlich Nevin was the third or last member of the trio.&ldquo;Nevvy meant a lot to that line, the year that the Big M got his 48 goals and almost broke Richard&rsquo;s record of 50,&rdquo; recalled Kelly. &ldquo;Bob was forever digging the puck out of the corner and shoveling it over to Frank.&rdquo;We looked up the record and found that Nevin, a six foot, 185 pounder, scored 21 goals in his rookie campaign with the Leafs. The year was 1960-61 and all looked rosy for Nevvy, that is until the following Fall when Imlach demoted him to the third line and ultimately to the penalty killing chore. Bob dropped off in his goal production to a measly 15 and then went even further down to 12 in 1962-63. This presaged the big trade between New York and Toronto in which Nevin, Arnie Brown, Rod Seiling Dick Duff and Billy Collins went to the Rangers for Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney. When the trade took place in February of 1964, Bob had a mere 7 goals for Toronto. He got more for the Rangers in the remainder of the season.&ldquo;That trade was low-point for me.&rdquo; says Nevvy. The Leafs had won two Stanley Cups in a row and ultimately won their third that Spring. The Rangers were a disorganized fifth place team which did not seem to be getting anywhere. However. the Ranger management even picked up most of the Stanley Cup money that Duff and I lost, and in the long run the trade was the best thing that ever happened to me.&rdquo;Nonetheless, Bob did not blossom out as a scorer immediately. In 1964-65 he got 16 goals, blasted away up to 29 tallies in 1965-66 when &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I am doing anything different, but they sure are going in for me right now,&rdquo; said Nevin.He was holding court in the crowded Ranger dressing room after the Blues 2-1 win over the Minnesota North Stars on Sunday November 3. It was the team&rsquo;s seventh straight success against the Western Clubs to go along with three losses to the East. Nevin&rsquo;s goal was his tenth in ten games. At this rate he would get 76 goals in the regular schedule.Bob laughed and said, &ldquo;I will settle for half of that (38), but seriously I would like to get thirty goals. I never have done that. Let&rsquo;s reach that goal first and then we will see.Nevin, who was tied with Jim Pappin for the scoring lead as we went to press, never had such an exalted position this late in the season before. When coach Bernie &ldquo;Boomer&rdquo; Geoffrion indicated that he was in the main pleased with the Rangers but hoped to improve on the work of some of the younger players, Nevin joshed that he was allright as he was middle aged. Bob is 30.There was a theory advanced for a while that with Geoffrion using Reg Fleming. Larry Jeffrey and Dave Baton to kill penalties. Nevin and linemate Don Marshall were getting more rest and therefore Nevvy was taking advantage of his scoring opportunities. This was true in the early games, but when the going gets tough in penalty situations or at the end of the game where the Rangers are looking to hold on, out goes Nevvy and his long stick to shove the puck down the opposition&rsquo;s throats.For years, Nevin&rsquo;s classic approach to positional play was overlooked by the press box pundits who may have agreed with Imlach that Bob was easy going. They forgot that he was always in his alley and in a position to forecheck the enemy to death, not wandering all over the ice looking for the quick and cheap red light.&ldquo;This hasn&rsquo;t been true this year,&rdquo; insists Nevin. &lsquo;&lsquo;Against the Expansion clubs we all seem to play looser and wander around after the puck a bit. You can&rsquo;t do that with the old established Eastern teams or it will cost you. I think I have just been having puck luck.&rdquo;Puck luck or no it couldn&rsquo;t happen to better guy, one who took his &lsquo;demotion&rsquo; to the Rangers in stride a few years back and helped to raise the team by its bootstraps to where it rates as the second best outfit in the NHL. &#9632;

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Nevin Hottest NHL Scorer With Goal-a-game Pace

NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;Rangers returned the brilliant rookie ace Walt Tkaczuk to their Buffalo AHI, farm, but Walter was soon back with New York.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01654/2719674-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="247" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Walt Tkaczuk</figcaption></div>He was brought up under emergency conditions due to Orland Kurtenbach&rsquo;s back injury and the rules required that he spend five more days in the AHL before being permanently recalled &hellip; Kurtenbach should be ready for duty around November 15 he played the point on the power play and then sloughed oil to 20 in 1966-67 when he played most of the year with a knee injury. Last season, the Rangers&rsquo; Captain started slowly but finished with 28 tallies. &#9632;

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Blues Bring Tkaczuk Back

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded 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. McKenziePresident and PublisherWilliam Z. StevensonManaging 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/f0004-01716/2719729-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><h2>NHL Acted Unwisely To Pass Up Vancouver</h2>Hockey News Editor:Why does it take the NHL so long to come to its senses and let Vancouver into the NHL?Vancouver obviously has the fan support. Against minor league teams alone they average about 7,000 fans per game. Just think what would happen if they were in the NHL! They would surely attract at least 12,000 fans a game on the average. This fact was proven Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 when Toronto was in town for a pair of exhibition games. The first game was a near-sellout and the Second was!Last year the NHL made a big mistake in its expansion alignment. Not only would the addition of Vancouver create a new rivalry between the Canadian teams, but the majors would have bettered their reputation by taking on Vancouver. Already Oakland and Pittsburgh are trying to leave their cities after only one year of testing.The Canucks have finally been awarded a franchise, but when will that materialize? If certain people act wisely, it should come next year!GARY LITTLE,Shawnigan Lake, B.C.<h2>Terry Harper Fan Club Seeks New Members</h2>Hockey News Editor:I wonder if you could mention in THE HOCKEY NEWS that I have started Terry Harper Fan Club.It&rsquo;s 25 cents to join in Canada and 35 cents out of Canada, and the club bulletin comes out once a month. Members will also receive a picture of Terry plus a membership card.MARTY ROZENWALD,2335 Gold St., St. Laurent, Que.<h2>Hawks&rsquo; Hull, Mikita Aren&rsquo;t Clutch Players</h2>Hockey News Editor:I couldn&rsquo;t help but get angry when read the article by Norm Owczarzk of Hazel Park, Mich, in the Oct. 26 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.Grant you, I think Bobby Hull is a fantastic hockey player. But he certainly wouldn&rsquo;t be worth nine players from the Montreal Canadiens. (Maybe nine of Montreal&rsquo;s minor league players).Let&rsquo;s face it: Nine Montreal players means a first-place finish plus a Stanley Cup. Mr. Hull? Either by himself or with the rest of the Chicago team he is good for a fourth or fifth-place finish &mdash; certainly not a Stanley Cup.Hull ana Mikita are not clutch players. When the chips are down, someone else picks up the pot. To me, these two players are playing only for themselves. Under the Montreal style of play and team regulations, I believe that both players would be shifted out very quickly.Hull and Mikita may very well break any of the Chicago training rules to suit themselves. But in Montreal, it just isn&rsquo;t done. Some tried, but were immediately sent into exile. No man is too big for the Montreal team. They play as a team and all members equally share in the benefits. They also play the best and most entertaining hockey in the NHL.And there isn&rsquo;t single player on the Chicago team who can match Jean Beliveau in the clutch.JOHN BELANGER,Kirkland Lake, Ont.<h2>Russians, NHL Teams Would Break Even</h2>Hockey News Editor:At the rate our Canadian National team is performing against senior amateur clubs in Canada, we will never win in either Olympic or World hockey tournaments against Russia, Czechoslovakia and Sweden. This level of competition is absolutely detrimental for the team which represents our Country.Our National teams need competition against either the NHL or AHL to test themselves before going up against the Russians. And even then, we don&rsquo;t stand much chance.We have to admit now that nothing short of an NHL team could offer much chance or hope against the Russians and the day is not far off when no team in the country or in the world will be sure of victory against Russia. This is because Russia has large population, the perfect climate and proper attitudes for hockey.I would be willing to bet that if the Russian team today would play two exhibition games with each team of both divisions of the NHL, the Russians would probably win at least half of them.ROLAND E. LEFEBVRE,St. Catharines, Ont. &#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/f0004-02667/2719788-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="426" height="439"></div>THERE MUST be some kind of mutual admiration society among the Chicago Black Hawks. Noting defenseman Pat Stapleton&rsquo;s quick start in the scoring parade, Stan Mikita said: &ldquo;At the rate Pat&rsquo;s going, he should have 180 points at the end of the season.&rdquo; &hellip; So Stapleton noting Jim Pappin&rsquo;s early lead in goal scoring, came one better. &ldquo;At the pace Pappin is going, he will have 156 goals. I just hope I can keep up with him in points&rdquo; &hellip; Allan Stanley, veteran defenseman with Philadelphia Flyers who spent 10 years with the Maple Leafs, said: &ldquo;The first time went on the ice in our game against the Leafs this season, started skating toward the Toronto blue line&rdquo; &hellip; More people watch the Montreal Canadiens play each season than any club in hockey. Not only do the Canadiens play to SRO crowds at home each game but no other club matches their drawing power on the road. Everyone wants to see the Stanley Cup champions in action &hellip; Frank Mahovlich has been described as moody by those closely associated with him, but the tall Detroit winger does his own thinking &hellip; &ldquo;What&rsquo;s glamor?&rdquo; he asks. &ldquo;Movie stars supposedly have it, yet they knock themselves off. There&rsquo;s no such thing as glamor. At least not when you grow up. It&rsquo;s responsibility&rdquo; &hellip; Les Binkley, Pittsburgh&rsquo;s ace goalie, is one of the few net minders in pro hockey who wears contact lenses. Les wore the regular-type glasses once and that was when someone stole his contacts &hellip; Bob McDevitt of the CBC has joined Danny Gallivan as color man on radio broadcasts of Montreal games &hellip; Carl Brewer is still playing and coaching in Finland and has shown little interest in turning out with the Red Wings. But don&rsquo;t bet that Detroit won&rsquo;t make real pitch to get the ex-Toronto defenseman when he becomes eligible for the NHL again in mid-December.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03570/2719781-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="243" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Les Binkley</figcaption></div>RAY KINASEWICH, General Manager-Coach of Salt Lake&rsquo;s entry in the Western Hockey League, was explaining how tough it was fighting on two-inch wide blades, at the Salt Lake City&rsquo;s Face-Off Luncheon. Gene Fullmer, former middle-weight champion of the world who was at the luncheon, replied: &ldquo;I had enough trouble fighting without them&rdquo; &hellip; Incidentally, the Salt Lake Golden Eagles will have something revolutionary in uniform design when they open their season next October &hellip; Canada will send two referees to the World Hockey Championships in Sweden next March &hellip; Larry Fredericks, sports director of CKVL. starting his thir season covering Montreal Canadiens for the UPI &hellip; Gary Unger is rated as a sure-fire NHL super-star of the future. The youthful Detroit center has the size, the moves, the desire, and everything needed to be at the top of big time hockey &hellip; Referee Vern Buffey recently confiscated the sticks of Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita and Kenny Wharram when GM Sid Abel of Detroit complained that the curved sticks used by the pair were illegal &hellip; A number of fascinating stories on your hockey heroes appearing in the current issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL &hellip; Arnee Nocks, practice goalie of the New York Rangers, and long-time subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS, is the ice skating organist at the South Mountain Arena in West Orange, N.J. &hellip; Terry Reardon&rsquo;s Baltimore Clippers are the team to beat this year in the American Hockey League claim the insiders &hellip; Ed Van Impe is the new captain of the Philadelphia Flyers &hellip; Paul Moreau recently appointed Quebec scout for Detroit Red Wings.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04498/2719774-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="268" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Vern Buffey</figcaption></div>QUEBEC PREMIER Jean-Jacques Bertrand to Claude Ruel at opening of new Forum: &ldquo;Hockey is like politics, you&rsquo;ve got to keep fighting right to the end.&rdquo; Replied the Montreal coach: &ldquo;Mr. Premier, that just what we&rsquo;ve been doing since the start of the season.&rdquo; John Ferguson, the Canadiens&rsquo; hardrock winger who was schooled in horse racing before he ever wore skates in Vancouver, has plans to start a modest thoroughbred stable in partnership with an uncle on the B.C. circuit next summer &hellip; Here&rsquo;s one for oldtime fans. Aurel wasn&rsquo;t the only Joliat to wear a Canadiens&rsquo; uniform. His brother Rene played one season in 1924-25 &hellip;Stan Mikita&rsquo;s mother and sister, who first came to Canada during the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia last summer, have decided not to return to the old country for quite awhile &hellip; Jean Beliveau was recently asked if he would quit hockey rather than ever accept a trade from Montreal. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think any other team would want me,&rdquo; chuckled the brilliant centre &hellip; Gordie Howe has just hit another milestone in his fabulous career, 900 assists in regular-season play. Any night now the Detroit great should score his 700th goal &hellip; Claude Provost was nervous during the great ovation he received while accepting the Bill Masterton Memorial Trofthy as last year&rsquo;s unsung hero. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry, that applause is for us,&rdquo; joked Red Fisher, vice-president of the NHL Writers&rsquo; Association who made the presentation along with Gilles Terroux of the Montreal Chapter &hellip; Larry Regan of Los Angeles wasn&rsquo;t risking any fine when he had high praise for Canadiens&rsquo; Gilles Tremblay. &ldquo;Next to Bobby Hull, he&rsquo;s the best left-winger in the league. The guy never stops skating and working.&rdquo; &hellip; When Phil Esposito left former linemates Bobby Hull and Chico Maki in Chicago, the experts said he&rsquo;d take a nosedive in the scoring column. Instead, he became the NHL&rsquo;s second-leading scorer with the Bruins. The current issue of Sport Magazine gives the inside story in a fine feature called. &ldquo;Where There&rsquo;s Espo, &lsquo;There&rsquo;s Laughs.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05421/2719767-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="244" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Esposito</figcaption></div><h2>EAST-WEST SCOREBOARD:</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06342/2719760-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="1243" height="266"></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &mdash;The Flyers&rsquo; first visit to the west Coast may have been a disaster but some good came out of it: Andre Lacroix finally found himself.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01669/2719819-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="244" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andre Lacroix</figcaption></div>After two straight poor performances in Los Angeles and Oakland, Lacroix instigated a man-to-man discussion with Flyers&rsquo; coach Keith Allen. Andre asked Keith, point-blank, why he was stinking out the joint.&ldquo;I told him he had to hustle because he wasn&rsquo;t working as hard as he should have been,&rdquo; said Allen. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to rap the guy because we had a number of other players who weren&rsquo;t giving 100 percent, either.&rdquo;Lacroix, too, remembers the conversation which has been the turning point of the season for the Flyers.&ldquo;I told Keith I knew I was capable of playing much better but it seemed I just wasn&rsquo;t getting my stick on the puck enough, said Andre. &ldquo;But I promised him I&rsquo;d really try to go all out.&ldquo;I figured it would be just like my other years in hockey, when I&rsquo;d start the season real cold, then catch fire. At least I hoped so.Actually, the Flyers were threatening to shake up the French Line &mdash; Lacroix and wingers Simon Nolet and JeanGuy Gendron &mdash; because of their unproductivity on the ice. Up until Andre&rsquo;s meeting with Keith after the Oakland game, the line had been responsible for only one goal in six NHL games together.Then things started happening!Lacroix was a complete different player on the ice. His sudden transformation found him skating and passing as he did when up with the club part of last season.In turn, the entire line started to score goals. The Flyers lost to the New York Rangers, 2-1, at the Spectrum but Lacroix scored his first goal of the season. It was the sign of good things to come &mdash; not only for Andre and the French Line but also for the Flyers.After losing to New York, the club was mired in a tie for the cellar and faced the Gloomy prospect of having to play back-to-back games against the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. Then the line really came to life.Gendron&rsquo;s two goals helped kayo the Maple Leafs, 3-2, in Toronto and goals by Lacroix and Nolet sparked a victory over the Canadiens by the same score at the Spectrum the very next evening.The scores by Lacroix and Nolet against Montreal were both power-play goals and gave the Flyers four in the previous three games.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to have our power play clicking if we want to win games,&rdquo; said coach Allen. &ldquo;There for awhile, we weren&rsquo;t able to do a thing. But now we&rsquo;re starting to put the puck in the net and things have brightened up considerably for us.&ldquo;As far as my talk with Lacroix is concerned, I was very happy that he came to me about his problem at the time,&rdquo; said Keith. &ldquo;This proved to me that he himself knew he could do a lot better. He realized this and knew that there was only one way he was going to start scoring goals &hellip; by giving it better effort.&ldquo;I never had any doubts what Andy could do because I remember how well he played when he was up with us late last season. I figured it&rsquo;d only be a matter of time until he found himself. Thank goodness it was.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Lacroix Snaps Lethargy To Ignite “French” Line

Veteran defenseman Ed Van Impe has been elevated to the (Captaincy of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.Van Impe, 28-year-old rearguard whom the Flyers took from Chicago Black Hawks in the expansion draft, was one of the club&rsquo;s top defensive players last season when thems club turned in the lowest goals- against average in the NHL&rsquo;s Western Division.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02602/2719850-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="508" height="526"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED VAN IMPE</figcaption></div>Van Impe replaces Lou Angotti, who was traded to Pittsburgh at the outset ofms the year after serving as Flyers&rsquo; ice leader in their first season in the league. &#9632;

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Flyers Name Ed Van Impe Team Captain

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &mdash;The circus is long-gone from the Spectrum but Rookie Jimmy Johnson is glad some of the atmosphere remained.It was Jimmy&rsquo;s circus-type goal against goalie Rogatien Vachon which gave the Flyers their 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.With the score tied 2-2 with 10 minutes left to play, Johnson fired away from just outside the blue line and Vachon apparently made a glove stop. However, the puck streaked straight up and landed just behind Vachon before trickling into the Flyers&rsquo; net.&ldquo;It has to be my beggest goal ever scored. Heck, when you get the winner to climax comeback win over the Canadiens, it HAS to be the goal you can never forget.&rdquo; &#9632;

Winning Goal Thrills Rookie

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &mdash;Don&rsquo;t try to tell Doug Favell that there&rsquo;s nothing to the sophomore jinx.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m starting to believe that jazz,&rdquo; said Doug. &ldquo;Heck, the season&rsquo;s only a few weeks old and already I&rsquo;ve been injured more than in 14 previous years of hockey.&rdquo;Favell has just returned to the Flyers&rsquo; lineup after recuperating from a hip injury suffered late in the game against Oakland several weeks ago. He jumped high to make a stop but landed on his pads.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03460/2719905-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="504" height="923"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG FAVELL</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Before that, I got hit in the head with a puck in practice. Then, in the game in New York against the Rangers, a puck hit me in the eye and I would&rsquo;ve lost my sight if I wasn&rsquo;t wearing a mask.&rdquo;While Favell was hurt, Bernie Parent carried the Flyers&rsquo; goaltending load. The club had Jersey Devil goalies Bob Taylor and Pete Sternig in reserve until Favell returned to uniform.Parent didn&rsquo;t need any help, however, because he carried the load magnificently while Favell was hurt especially in 3-2 victories back-to-back against Toronto and Montreal.CONRAD &#9632;

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Sophomore Jinx Haunting Favell

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01744/2719957-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="318" height="417"></div>WILL THE REAL BOBBY HULL please stand up? &hellip; If that question were asked in the Hull household at Point Anne, Ontario, it wouldn&rsquo;t be Chicago&rsquo;s Golden Jet who would rise to his feet&hellip; It would be Mr. Hull, Bob&rsquo;s father, the original Bobby Hull and still, as far as the family is concerned, THE Bobby &hellip; Chicago&rsquo;s great star is Robert to the Hull clan&hellip;You&rsquo;ll agree, I&rsquo;m sure, that Robert (Bobby) Hull is the epitome of left-wingers but perhaps you didn&rsquo;t know that he became a left-winger against his wishes&hellip; He wanted no part of the portside position when he broke into the NHL. He was a centre, and that&rsquo;s where he wanted to play&hellip; Rudy Pilous, now GM-coach of the new Denver Spurs, was telling me recently that it took what he termed &ldquo;a little diplomacy&rdquo; to get Bobby to make the switch&hellip; &ldquo;In my book,&rdquo; Rudy said, &ldquo;Bobby was a natural left-winger, not a centre. I tried to change him as a junior but it was no dice. Then, when I took over at Chicago, I had a great young kid named Red Hay trying out as a centre and I could see the potential of putting these two together. Then one night I had a brain wave. This doesn&rsquo;t happen too often with me, but this night it did. I knew Bobby liked Red Hay, so I said to him &lsquo;Look, Bob, this kid Hay could be an NHL star. But he needs someone like you to work with him, to give him confidence. I&rsquo;d appreciate if you would play left wing with him for a few games and help him.&rsquo; Bob thought about it for a while, then agreed. He never did go back to centre. They clicked immediately and from then on, he was a left-winger. I would have to say that his success has proved that ol&rsquo; Piloo had the right dope. That was also how the line I called &ldquo;The Million Dollar Line&rdquo; &mdash; Hull, Hay and the late Murray Balfour &mdash; was created.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02605/2719950-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="239" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Hull</figcaption></div>HOWE NOW, GUMP?&hellip; The most remarkable of all hockey players, ageless Gordie Howe, is closing in on another memorable milestone his 700th NHL goal&hellip; But if Gump Worsley, the last of a vanishing breed of rollicking goalkeepers, refuses to discuss the subject, you can&rsquo;t blame him&hellip; The Gumper has grown a trifle weary over the years about being badgered as the victim of Howe&rsquo;s memorabies&hellip; Worsley was in goal for New York when Howe got his 500th and even a change of scenery to Montreal didn&rsquo;t put the end to the Howe hex for Gump&hellip; he was in the nets the night that the Big Fella got his 544th, thus equalling Maurice (Rocket) Richard&rsquo;s career record&hellip; and he was in goal the night that Howe scored his 600th, Nov. 27, 1965&hellip; About the only consolation Gump could derive to offset the jibes was the fact that each time his team won over Mr. Howe and the Red Wings&hellip; Just in case you were wondering, Howe got his 545th goal to become hockey&rsquo;s all-time scoring champ against Charlie Hodge&hellip; The late Jack Adams, the man who discovered Gordie and was like a father to him, predicted at the time he scored 600 goals that Howe would play for at least three more years and would score at least 700 goals&hellip;HOCKEY HUMOR &hellip; Rangy Doug Robinson, now with Los Angeles Kings, remembers receiving Ietter from a young fan when he was with Rangers that really shook him up. The letter read: Dear Doug: You are the greatest. Could you get me Rod Gilbert&rsquo;s autograph?&hellip; Overheard in the Kings&rsquo; dressing room: &ldquo;You&rsquo;re so ignorant they&rsquo;ve taken the word out of the dictionary and put your name in its place.&rdquo; &hellip; Asked what he did during the off-season. Eddie (Jet) Joyal of the Kings came up with this original reply. &ldquo;Every morning my mother packed me a lunch and I sat on the front porch waiting for some-one to pick me up to take me to work. But nobody did.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03456/2719943-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="240" height="346"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Robinson</figcaption></div>NOTEWORTHY&hellip; One of our longtime buddies on the hockey beat, Jim Vipond, now sports editor of the Toronto Globe and Mail, spent the summer researching and writing the Gordie Howe story, the one officially sanctioned by Detroit&rsquo;s superstar&hellip; &ldquo;The toughest part of the whole deal,&rdquo; vip told me, &ldquo;was trying to get somebody to say something derogatory about Howe.&rdquo; &hellip; You never know when or where Dan Cupid will strike. Take the romantic story of Gerry Desjardins, rookie goalie of the Los Angeles Kings, for example&hellip; A couple of years ago Gerry was assigned by Montreal Canadiens to the Cleveland training camp in Sherbrooke, Quebec&hellip; He drove to Sherbrooke and when he got there he had to stop at a railroad crossing for a passing train&hellip; &ldquo;There was a girl in the car alongside me,&rdquo; Gerry relates, &ldquo;so I started to talk to her&rdquo; &hellip; The girl is now Mrs. Desjardins. &hellip; Strangely, in view of his present employment in hockey the street where it happened was King Street.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04326/2719936-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="241" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Desjardins</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Footloose with ED FITKIN

Following are the latest player movements in hockey!<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL &mdash; Guy Lapointe, defenseman, returned to Cleveland of AHL.NEW YORK &mdash; Walt Tkaczuk, forward, recalled from Buffalo of AHL.DETROIT &mdash; Roy Edwards, goalkeeper, and Bart Carshley, defenseman. assigned to Fort Worth of CHL. Bob Falkenberg, defenseman, sent to Baltimore of AHL. Jim Watson, defenseman, recalled from Baltimore.MINNESOTA &mdash; Parker MacDonald, forward, sent to Memphis of CHL to become team&rsquo;s player-coach. Barry McKenzie, defenseman, recalled from Memphis.BOSTON &mdash; Wayne Cashman and Garnet Bailey, forwards, recalled from Hershey of AHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>CLEVELAND &mdash; Steve Hunt, defenseman, optioned to Memphis of CHL. Richard Sentes, forward, secured from Vancouver of WHL.ROCHESTER &mdash; Jerry Sillers, forward, secured from Vancouver of WHL.BALTIMORE &mdash; Wally Chase, forward, sent to Salem of EHL.QUEBEC &mdash; Gilles Banville, goalkeeper, secured from Phoenix of WHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>DENVER &mdash; Peter Goegan, defenseman, secured from Minnesota of NHL. Wilf Martin, forward, secured from Montreal of NHL. Ed Hoekstra, forward, joined team off inactive list. Paul Chiarot, Bob Pate, defensemen, and Trevor Fahey, forward, removed from roster.VANCOUVER &mdash; Bob Whidden, goaler, removed from roster. Bob Lemieux, defenseman. Ted Taylor, and Billy McNeill, forwards, added to roster.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>KANSAS CITY &mdash; Larry Hornung, defenseman, loaned to Buffalo of AHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>FORT WAYNE &mdash; Ken Gratton, forward, obtained from Kansas City of CHL. Barry Burnett, defenseman, released.DAYTON &mdash; Rick Hextall, and Duke Asmundson, forwards, secured from Toledo in trade for Bob Regis and Lee Inglis, forwards, Richard Lavoie, forward, and Wayne Goetz, defenseman, released.PORT HURON &mdash; Paul Grills, forward, sent to Belleville of Senior OHA on loan. Henry Jaruga, defenseman. secured from Nashville of EHL.MUSKEGON &mdash; Bob Smith, forward, secured from Amarillo of CHL. Dick Smith, Bob Black and Greg Smith, forwards, released.TOLEDO &mdash; Ken Sulyta, forward, secured from Port Huron of IHL. John Gravel, defenseman. secured from Oakland of NHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>SYRACUSE &mdash; Bill Weatherbie, forward, sent to Long Island of EHL on loan. Tom Lavender, forward, released.JACKSONVILLE &mdash; Bill Snelgrove, forward, dropped. Wayne Horne, forward, secured form Tulsa of CHL. Bob Howard, defenseman, picked up from Salem of EHL on waivers.GREENSBORO &mdash; Ron Anderson and Reg Balchtold, forward, relaised.SALEM &mdash; Jim Lane, defenseman, secured from Charlotte of EHL. Claude Boucher and Don Rozich, towards, secured from Jersey of EHL. Dave Fisher, goalkeeper, and Dwayne Ferguson, forward, dropped. Gil St. Jacques, forward, secured from Nashville of EHL. Bruce Buchanan, forward, left team. &#9632;

Movemens of Players

ST. LOUIS, Mo. &mdash;Crowds have been pouring into the St. Louis Arena for the Blues&rsquo; games at better than 13,000-per game average and on Saturday, November 4 the combination of certain circumstances created a traffic jam unprecedented on Oakland Avenue near the Arena.A crowd of 14,892 had purchased tickets for the Blues-Minnesota North Stars. An Autorama show in one of the Arena complex buildings drew another 4,000 customers and the whole jam was complicated by slick rain-covered streets. &#9632;

Blues’ Crowds Eclipse 13,000

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;The Maritime Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Hockey League acquired needed stability when directors ratified an interlocking schedule with Quebec Metro Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; teams.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02625/2720067-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="252" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Maxner</figcaption></div>The circuits will play a total of 30 games, all in Maritime centres with St. Jerome Alouettes scheduled to open in Moncton against the Beavers Nov. 9th and against the Islanders in Charlottetown Nov. 10th. After a one week hiatus, Cornwall Royals will be in Halifax to meet Canadiens twice, Nov. 23 and 24. The arrangement will have a Metro club in Moncton and Charlottetown for single games and in Halifax for a pair on alternate weekends. Canadiens, with the greater population and larger building, will absorb a heavier load.All three teams strengthened considerably with the addition of player help from various sources. At Moncton, Turk Broda dressed six new players and lost a 5-4 cliff hanger to the league leading Canadiens. But the Beavers were rapidly becoming a contender through the acquisition of defenceman Marcel Labrie and winger Ken Blair from Kitchener, Dale Turner and Allan Powers, down from the senior Seals, rugged rearguard Rocky Ford and a complete forward unit from Glace Bay, Eddie Roberts, Art Billard and Bobby Anderson. Turner and Roberts each fired two goals in the Beavers, loss to Halifax. The Moncton financial situation was resolved when food concessionaire Al Goguen took over sole ownership of the club. Goguen and Broda will run the franchise.The Islanders unveiled a couple of promising youngsters as they tied Halifax 3-3 at Charlottetown in what observers called the game&rdquo; of the season so far. Two 16-year olds from Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Terry French, a defenceman, and Terry Ryan, a left winger, sparkled in the Islanders-Canadiens standoff. The two were recommended to the Islanders by former NHL&rsquo;er Nick Mickoski, who is player-coach of the Grand Falls seniors.At Halifax, Canadiens were getting ready to receive Bobby Whitlock, the clever centre who began the season in the outlaw Western Canada Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; League with Edmonton. Whitlock was among the first players to observe a CAHA edict to return to grace before Nov 30th &hellip; or else. News of Whitlock&rsquo;s return came on the heels of an early retirement by Erroll Thompson, a free wheeling youngster from St. Eleanor&rsquo;s, P.E.I. who informed club officials he was giving up the game. Canadiens are going along with his plans, but don&rsquo;t really believe he&rsquo;ll make it stick.Meanwhile, rumors were making the rounds that Islanders would attempt to deal for both Whitlock and Thompson, reports which failed to stir much excitement in the Halifax camp. Wayne Maxner, Boston Bruins&rsquo; chattel who suffered a broken leg in an off season accident, appointed coach of the Halifax Colonels of the Metro-Valley Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; League. Bob Boucher&rsquo;s St. Mary&rsquo;s Huskies opened their Maritime Intercollegiate Hockey League season in impressive style. The Huskies demolished Memorial Beothuks of St. John&rsquo;s, Newfoundland twice, 12-4 and 9-1. Beothuks are coached by Charlottetown native Orin Carver. &#9632;

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Maritime-Montreal Juniors Set

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;Comparisons often are odious and usualy hey prove little. But comparison of the Bruins through 11 games this year and the same number of games a year ago seems to indicate one major difference in the B&rsquo;s. That&rsquo;s a matter of depth.The standings don&rsquo;t exactly show this. Going into the second week of November last year the Bruins had a 5-2-2 record for 16 points. This year they were 7-4 for 14 points and in a second place tie with New York.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01696/2720012-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="263" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Doak</figcaption></div>But conditions through the first 11 games are not the same.A year ago the Bruins were healthy at start of the season, although goalie Eddie Johnston was bothered slightly by a muscle spasm in his back.Already this season, the B&rsquo;s have sustained what might be considered four crippling injuries. Yet there has been no apparent fall off in team efficiency.Teddv Green and Johnny McKenzie were the first to come up ailing.They both were injured in the third game of the season, Oct. 16 at Oakland. Green was sidelined with a strained sacroiliac and McKenzie went out with a torn rib cartilage.Fred Stanfield was the next to fall with a badly bruised shoulder in an Oct. 30 game at Minnesota. The following night Johnston had to be hospitalized with a concussion when he was hit by a puck on the side of the head during a pregame warmup at the Detroit Olympia.In past years and even last year such a series of bumps would have put the Bruins on the skids.But Coach Harry Sinden was able to reach into his pile of talent and come up with the compensating replacements.First there was Gary Doak on hand to step in for Green.A 21-year-old who came to the Bruins three seasons ago in a trade with Detroit, Doak showed signs of belonging in the NHL last season. Given his chance in place of Green he took charge of right defense with the aplomb of a seasoned veteran.The Bruins switched Tommy Williams to right wing for McKenzie and put Ron Murphy at left wing until Stanfield was injured.Then with both McKenzie and Stanfield idled, they brought up Wayne Cashman from Hershey to play right wing and moved Murphy over to center.A year ago when both Johnston and Cheevers were injured the Bruins had to depend on Andre Gill as their goaltender.This time when Johnston was injured, Cheevers was healthy and the Bruins also had a 28-year-old rookie at Hershey named Colin McCormick to bring in as back up goaltender.Naturally, coach Harry Sinden is not doing back flips over all their early season injuries, but the fact that an injury and even a series of injuries has not disrupted the continuity and organization of the Bruins as a team is most gratifying.&ldquo;Doak has really matured,&rdquo; says Sinden, &ldquo;and Murphy has made a great comeback after all the trouble he has experienced in the last couple of years.&rdquo;Murphy, a 35-year-old veteran, went through surgery for a separated shoulder and two operations to repair a torn bicep tendon in the past two seasons.&ldquo;But he&rsquo;s playing like a kid out there,&rdquo; says Sinden. &ldquo;He has regained the strength in his shoulder and arm and he has the savy to be able to fill in at any spot on the line.&ldquo;Yes, Sinden admits, &ldquo;there is a difference in the depth of this team this year.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Player Depth Keeps B’s In NHL Race

<div class="byline">BY GLENN REDMANN</div>TWIN CITIES, Minn. &mdash;The North Stars had managed only a 3-3 tie at Philadelphia in the four games preceding Wren Blair&rsquo;s announcement Oct. 30 that he was turning the club&rsquo;s coaching duties over to John Muckier in order to concentrate on being general manager.So as soon as the move was made, much of Minnesota fandom felt that Wren was unhappy with the play of his charges and consequently was hoping to shake them up.&ldquo;A natural assumption,&rdquo; admitted Blair in view of the Minnesotans&rsquo; disappointing 2-5-1 record at the time, &ldquo;but one I just can&rsquo;t buy.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01730/2720098-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="269" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wren Blair</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s true that I had hoped for a slightly better start, but with the possible exception of that horrible 10-4 loss to Chicago, I don&rsquo;t think we&rsquo;ve played so badly.&ldquo;The old division is taking it out pretty well on every new division club, so our record of four straight losses to them isn&rsquo;t causing me to lose any sleep.&ldquo;At this stage of the season until some of the new men start getting used to our system, I&rsquo;d rather gauge our progress on what we do against teams in our own division.&rdquo;As of Nov. 2, what the North Stars had done against other West Division clubs was a not-so-bad 3-1-1 which, in addition to the deadlock with Keith Allen&rsquo;s scrappy Flyers, included home ice victory over Los Angeles, a triumph at Oakland a 3-2 loss to the Seals at home and a much-savored win over the Blues in St. Louis.While insisting that he wasn&rsquo;t bringing the 34-year-old Muckier up from John&rsquo;s dual role as general manager and coach of the Central League Memphis South Stars because he was unhappy with the club&rsquo;s play, Blair lauded such newcomers as Danny Grant, Claude Larose and Danny O&rsquo;Shea.&ldquo;These three guys have really worked hard and frankly I don&rsquo;t know where we&rsquo;d be without them,&rdquo; said Wren.Blair&rsquo;s No. 1 reason for giving up the coaching job is that it will enable him to do more scouting and evaluating of personnel at such spots as Memphis, Cleveland and Phoenix where Wren estimates that the Stars have &ldquo;approximately a dozen bonafide NHL prospects.&rdquo;After his team bowed to the New York Rangers, 3-0, on Oct. 26, Blair sat in his Sports Center office contemplating the promotion of Muckler.&ldquo;Hal Cotton, our director of field operations, and Ted O&rsquo;Connor, our Chief Scout, have been after me to make final appraisals on several jupior prospects,&rdquo; said Wren, &ldquo;so I expect I&rsquo;ll be doing a lot of that when and if I decide to bring John up.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s getting to the point where our only salvation of catching up with the East Division clubs is to get out and look at and then be in a position to sign a lot of youngsters who&rsquo;ll be able to help us in two or three years.&rdquo;Wren&rsquo;s lengthy five-page statement to a news conference before a 4-2 losing effort to Boston before nearly 11,000 fans talked about his health which obviously wasn&rsquo;t getting any better in handling both jobs.<h2>Blair, Muckler Coaching Philosophy Same</h2>Blair and Muckler seem to share the same coaching philosophy with an emphasis on forechecking and bruising play by the defensemen.Muckler watched the Boston game from a press box seat and was quite impressed with the North Stars&rsquo; 38 to 28 shots on goal advantage which included many missed opportunities.&ldquo;I thought the club played quite well in view of the fact that it had only four defensemen (Wayne Hillman was sidelined with a severe muscle spasm in his right side).&rdquo; said John.&ldquo;I saw a few things that we&rsquo;ll have to work on, but I don&rsquo;t foresee any drastic changes.&ldquo;I consider my responsibility as coach to blend my hockey knowledge with the players&rsquo; hockey talents. I consider myself a stern coach, easy going to a point and somewhat of a disciplinarian.Both Blair and Muckler have similar backgrounds in that each was a director of player personnel &mdash; Wren at Boston and John at New York before being lured to the North Stars organization in the summer of 1967.O&rsquo;Connor, a former coach at Oshawa in the OHA, was put in charge of the Memphis team on a temporary basis until Blair named veteran North Star forward Parker MacDonald as permanent successor for Muckler. &#9632;

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North Stars’ Start No Reason For Change In Coaching Says Blair

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><h2>Bobby Hull Rare Super Star</h2>A PLAYER &mdash; &ldquo;He is,&rdquo; says Chicago coach Billy Reay, &ldquo;the only athlete I&rsquo;ve ever known who is exactly the same all the time, before a game, after a game, on off-days and on game days. He is always smiling and cheerful. If things are not going good, he gets a little quiet, like all good players, but he is not easily depressed. He is the rare super-star who treats everyone alike, the coach, the players, the fans, the writers. He always has time for everyone. He never cuts interviews short. He&rsquo;ll stand for an hour after a game signing autographs. The other teams play him rough, but he rarely complains. He talks about retiring, but I don&rsquo;t think he&rsquo;ll quit for many years. He loves the game too much. They used to talk about making Gordie Howe a defenseman in his last years. When they tried it, it didn&rsquo;t work. But if Bobby Hull wanted to play defense his last few seasons, I think it would work. We&rsquo;ve used him on defense in the last few minutes of some tough games and it has worked. His job is to handle the puck and produce goals, but he is a great penalty-killer and a tremendous body-checker. Not many persons realize how great an all-around player he is. Or how fine a person.&rdquo;To get to Hull after a Black Hawk game, the writers squeeze past and trip over good players, ignoring them. They gather ten or twelve deep around Hull&rsquo;s stall, while Stan Mikita and Kenny Wharram and Denis DeJordy and others of their stature strip and shower and dress without being bothered. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re used to it,&rdquo; one of them shrugs with a wistful smile. &ldquo;Bobby loves it, anyway.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02644/2720129-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="528" height="722"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL</figcaption></div>Hull has peeled off his sweaty uniform and sits in shorts, on a stool, his superb body red and damp from the night&rsquo;s exertions. He answers questions, easily, relaxed, grinning. He is asked if he minds the nightly inquisitions by the slobs of the press. &ldquo;Naw,&rdquo; he smiles. &ldquo;I owe it to them. I&rsquo;ve been treated very well by hockey. And by the writers. If I &lsquo;ever got a bad write-up, I&rsquo;m sure I deserved it.&rdquo;He seems very serious. &ldquo;There are fellows who get too swell-headed to stand still for interviews. There are others who aren&rsquo;t comfortable with writers or with a lot of people. Every person is different, I suppose. But I think interviews are part of our obligation, and I really enjoy them.&rdquo;Even the same questions, over and over? &ldquo;Why not?&rdquo; he shrugs. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t expect a writer in Los Angeles to know the answer I gave to the same question from a writer in St. Louis. And once in a while, you get fooled, and you get a question you don&rsquo;t expect.&rdquo; He glances at Chico Maki, dressing in an adjoining stall. &ldquo;The only thing that bothers me,&rdquo; Bobby says, &ldquo;Is when the other guys are all dressed and on the bus and ready to go and they have to wait for me because I&rsquo;m still being interviewed. They needle me a lot about it.&rdquo;&ldquo;Most of us are too modest to be interviewed,&rdquo; Maki says.Over the years, Hull has frequently threatened to retire to his farm and his family. Just before the start of this season, Bobby grew&rsquo; dissastisfied over salary negotiations with the Black Hawks and called a press conference to announce his retirement. But then he signed and skated on the ice unannounced for the second game of the season, receiving a standing ovation, and soon was doing his thing again, doing everything you can do in hockey, and mostly shooting and scoring.&ldquo;I let my advisers talk to my bosses. Once I stepped in personally, we settled very quickly,&rdquo; Bobby said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m really sorry the situation developed as it did. Hockey and the Black Hawks have treated me very well and I have no complaints. I talk about quitting, but it would be very hard for me to do. I love the game and I&rsquo;ll miss it very much when I leave it. In fact, I&rsquo;d really like to coach when I retire as player, for a few seasons anyway.&rdquo;The other players were dressing now and Bobby was still sitting in his place. &ldquo;The toughest part of this game for me is leaving the kids. The time between games, especially on the road, passes very slowly. It gets to be a bit of a grind, I have to admit. But once they drop that puck and the game begins, it&rsquo;s fine. I really enjoy the games. They thrill me as much now as they ever did. But as you get older, and as your children grow older, you want to be with them when they&rsquo;re growing up, and as a hockey player, you have to be away from your family a great deal.&rdquo; The writers left him, finally. The dressing room was deserted and quiet by then, as Bobby Hull went off to take his solitary shower.<h2>Another Redhead for the Kellys</h2>THE COACH&rsquo;S WIFE &mdash; Red Kelly has long been recognized as one of the true gentlemen of sports. His wife, Andra McLaughlin Kelly, is a lovely lady. They have four children, two sons and two daughters. Last season they had three, red-haired, bright-eyed youngsters who captivated all who observed them at games. My wife, Sharon, wants to take one of them, the four-year-old boy, home for our daughter, Allyson. Now the Kellys have four, and Andra was talking about the most recent.&ldquo;She was born in September, while Red was away at camp. I was all alone. I drove myself to the hospital. I have RH Negative blood, which, of course, can cause complications in child birth. The baby was born blue. It needed many blood transfusions. I did not even get to see her for three days. I had no family there, no one to help me or advise me. Finally, I went up to a nurse and I said I would go out of my mind if I didn&rsquo;t get to see my baby. She said certainly, and took me to my little girl. She didn&rsquo;t look very good.&ldquo;The first few days after I got her home, she had trouble breathing. For awhile, it was touch and go. Then she began to improve. Now, thank God, she is just fine. She has red hair, of course. If not, we&rsquo;d of just had to return her. We&rsquo;ve named her Christiana Frances McLaughlin Kelly and she is a little sweet heart. It was quite an ordeal, but well worth it. It is very hard to be a sports wife, sometimes. It is often very lonely. But this is our life and it&rsquo;s a good life.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01710/2720160-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hockey stick maker uses straightest white ash.</figcaption></div>Special alloys have replaced hickory golf club shafts and plastics have even replaced grass turf. But hockey sticks are still made of good old-fashioned ash and elm because a better substitute has yet to be found. What&rsquo;s more, a dwindling, yet proud breed of craftsmen makes each stick completely by hand &mdash; an oddity in this age of do-everything machines.Nevertheless, hockey sticks have gone through some radical changes since the fledgling days of the sport. Better wood was found, better glues were developed, stronger sticks were made. But the most important change was the curved, or hook blade.Bobby Hull, Chicago&rsquo;s perennial superstar, started the &ldquo;curve craze&rsquo;&rsquo; in 1964 when he soaked the blade of his stick in water and bent it under a door. As a result of this cradle-shaped blade, the puck could be shot with more spin, more height, more speed and more accuracy. Other players recognized the obvious advantages of the hook, and by 1967 most NHL players had patterns made to their personal preferences. Today, the Northland Ski Division of Larson Industries, which makes sticks for the 10 American NHL teams, countless amateur teams and many European national teams, has nearly 500 patterns in its hockey shop. But exactly how the blade is set is a guarded secret. With good reason, too: hockey sticks are a million dollar business at Northland.If you were to follow the production of hockey sticks from start to finish, you&rsquo;d begin by tramping through the backwoods of New England in search of clusters of northern white ash and rock elm. Ash &mdash; the same wood as used in major league baseball bats &mdash; is used as the handle; it will &ldquo;whip&rdquo; and snap back into its original position without warping. Rock elm, from which the blade is made, is hard and stringy and resists cracking and splintering. Together, they must be tough enough to withstand, for a while anyway, the constant collisions of ice and men. (The average NHL team uses between 1,500 and 2,000 sticks per season, and sometimes as many as 3,000).Once the lumber is found and cut into shafts, a 10-step process begins. The handles are trimmed and graded according to the quality of the wood. A support is bonded to the handle near the heel of the stick, then tapered. he blade is added next, and the stick is marked tor the various patterns of height, weight, hook and lie &mdash; the angle of the handle in relation to the blade. The entire stick is then carefully shaped and sanded smooth, and the blade is wrapped with fibreglass tape and dipped in a lacquer bath. Finally, each stick is personalized with the player name.In the hands of a hockey player, the uncomplicated-looking wooden stick shoots a puck faster than 100 m.p.h., stops a puck at the same speed and contributes to the higher scores that make hockey the exciting game that it is today. Though it might not look as impressive as Arnold Palmer&rsquo;s putter, a hockey player&rsquo;s stick is every bit as important. &#9632;

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Northland In Step With ‘Curve Craze’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01729/2720222-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div><h2>NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 12)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02637/2720215-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1131" height="238"></div><h2>GAME COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 6Toronto 1 at Minnesota 0New York 0 at Los Angeles 2Philadelphia 1 at Boston 7Detroit 6 at Chicago 5St. Louis 3 at Pittsburgh 1Thurs. Nov. 7Pittsburgh 4 at Montreal 5Minnesota 2 at Detroit 5St. Louis 8 at Philadelphia 0Fri. Nov. 8New York 3 at Oakland 2Sat. Nov. 9St. Louis 1 at Montreal 4Toronto 1 at Los Angeles 3Detroit 4 at Minnesota 6Philadelphia 3 at Pittsburgh 0Sun. Nov. 10Montreal 4 at Detroit 4Toronto 3 at Oakland 1New York 4 at Chicago 2St. Louis 1 at Boston 1<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Oakland at Los AngelesWed. Nov. 13Boston at TorontoSt. Louis at New YorkDetroit at OaklandPittsburgh at ChicagoPhiladelphia at MinnesotaThurs. Nov. 14Toronto at MontrealBoston at PhiladelphiaDetroit at Los AngelesChicago at PittsburghSat. Nov. 16Oakland at MontrealChicago at TorontoNew York at PittsburghDetroit at St. LouisLos Angeles at MinnesotaSun. Nov. 17Montreal at New YorkToronto at ChicagoOakland at BostonLos Angeles at PhiladelphiaMinnisota at St. Louis &#9632;

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LOOKING AT NHL RACE

<div class="byline">BY SPENCE CONLEY</div>OAKLAND, Calif. &mdash;Although they got off to a slow start, the Oakland Seals have been flirting with the West Division lead for the past two weeks and the reasons are not quite clear.Certainly the Seals have much to be thankful for this season in the sense that the East has been knocking the stuffings out of the West at nearly every opportunity.But in the matches which have meant the most, those against the West, the Seals haven&rsquo;t done as well as they ought to.At this writing, the Seals are tied for first with St. Louis with eight points. The Oaklanders have three wins, two ties and five defeats in their first 10 games.Of the three wins, only one has been on home ice, and two of them were over the Chicago Black Hawks. Now, looking at it realistically, and not intending to poormouth the Seals, just how many times are they going to pick up back-to-back wins over Chicago? For that matter, how many times is anybody going to do that?As far as Seal GM Frank Selke and coach Fred Glover are concerned, those two wins over an East Division team, are money in the bank &mdash; an unexpected four points in the kitty.But meanwhile, there&rsquo;s this little matter of the club&rsquo;s showing against members of its own loop.In two games with Minnesota, they&rsquo;ve split, getting their win on enemy ice; they&rsquo;ve tied Philadelphia and Los Angeles.Now were it not for some highly suspect goaltending by both Charlie Hodge and Gary Smith, the Seals might have gained points in those key games. It&rsquo;s a cinch they should have had at least a tie with the Boston Bruins (they lost 2-1) and should have beaten Philly (a 2-2 deadlock).The fact that the Seals&rsquo; goalkeeping has proven a faulty commodity is extremely hard to take, especially since goaltending was considered the one really big plus around which Glover could build his club.It&rsquo;s very easy to blame the goalie for goals, after all he&rsquo;s the last guy between the shot and the cords. And generally when a goal is scored somebody besides the goalkeeper has made a mistake. But suffice it to say that both Hodge and Smith have had better days.The situation got so bad that Selke decided to activate taxi squad goalie Chris Worthy, a 20-year-old rookie out of Flin Flon who was especially impressive during training camp.Worthy had come to Oakland with the club while Selke tried to find a good spot for him to get plenty of work. He&rsquo;s good, darn good and if he&rsquo;s to get better he needs the work.But when the Hodge-Smith crisis developed, Selke switched signals and began to work Worthy for longer periods during practice and finally decided to keep him around permanently and gave the OK for Chris to bring his family to the Bay Area.And until Smith performed so well in the Seals&rsquo; 5-2 win over Chicago last Friday night. Worthy was ticketed for action.In all fairness to Smith and Hodge, they have played well in spots. Smith has all three Seal wins to his credit. Hodge has two ties in the four games in which he has played.Both netminders are undoubtedly having some difficulty reading the moves of their own defense. During training camp, only Hodge had a complete game.Led by 20-year-old rookie sensation Francois Lacombe, veteran Bert Marshall, and rapidly improving Doug Roberts, the converted right wing, the Seal defense is more mobile than Hodge is used to.Last year, Bob Baun, for a time Kent Douglas, big Larry Cahan, and Aut Erickson, were less agile and tended to stick closer to home. It helped Hodge finish a very bad year with a very good 2.86 goals against average.This year, Bryan Watson, for a time Carol Vadnais, Lacombe, Marshall and Roberts do not hesitate to make a move up ice and that puts a lot of pressure on the goalkeepers.It is young defense, too, (avg. age 23) and young players in the NHL make mistakes.The two most impressive of the new Seal defensemen are Lacombe, the former &ldquo;fifth man&rdquo; on Junior Canadiens last year, and Marshall.It isn&rsquo;t often that a player so young can step into a regular job in the NHL and perform with the poise Lacombe has shown thus far. And Marshall, stronger than ever after a summer of water skiing to strengthen a bad knee, is blocking shots and carrying the puck better than over.And after a turn around the Division it&rsquo;s pretty clear that the best center is Oakland&rsquo;s Teddy Hampson and the best defenseman is Marshall. Lacombe is the top rookie.Young Francois isn&rsquo;t a Bobby Orr, but he&rsquo;s considerably better than the average NHL rookie and that makes him worthy of Calder Trophy consideration. &#9632;

They Can’t Stop New Division Rivals

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que&mdash;When one of his team&rsquo;s expected scoring leaders skates through the first 10 games without a goal, any coach might be worried. However, if he was a little concerned about Bobby Rousseau&rsquo;s famine with the Canadiens, Claude Ruel didn&rsquo;t show it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04480/2720298-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="268" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Rousseau</figcaption></div>Rousseau, an eight-year NHL veteran and either first or second among Montreal point-getters the past three seasons, had been held to six assists during the opening three weeks of the schedule.&ldquo;Bobby hasn&rsquo;t scored a goal but he has been playing terrific hockey just the same,&rdquo; offered Ruel in defence of the right wing and centre. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if all the luck is against him or not when it comes to scoring. His shot has been either over the net, just past it or hits a defenceman&rsquo;s stick or skate. But the goals are bound to come as long as he keeps on working.&rdquo;Two nights later, Rousseau&rsquo;s hard work paid off in a hattrick, including the winning goal in a 5-4 triumph over Pittsburgh. It was Bobby&rsquo;s fourth &lsquo;hat&rsquo; of his NHL career and he also contributed two assists to the Habs&rsquo; second straight win in the New Forum.&ldquo;Things just had to even up. I&rsquo;ve been missing so many goals,&rdquo; offered Rousseau who ran lifetime big-league total to 149.The versatile Rousseau, 28, placed second to Jean Beliveau among Montreal point-getters last season with 19 goals and 46 assists. He led the club both in 1965-66 (30 goals, 48 assists) and 1966-67 with 19 goals and 44 assists.Another bright spot of the victory over Pittsburgh was the fine play of Henri Richard who also figured in all five Montreal goals. The diminutive centre netted his second of the season and drew assists on Rousseau&rsquo;s hat-trick as well as the other goal by Jacques Lemaire.It was only Richard&rsquo;s third outing since his return after missing four games due to a shoulder injury but the second straight with a goal. He got his initial score of the season in a 3-2 loss at Philadelphia.Despite the Canadiens, fine start to first place in the Eastern Division, the upsurge of Rousseau and Richard gave the club new confidence. The Habs had the lowest scoring record of the four leading clubs in the East as Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer and Jacques Lemaire had accounted for 20 of their 32 goals.Still the scare from the expansion Penguins didn&rsquo;t sit too well with club management, perturbed over the 3-2 upset at Philadelphia.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why this team can&rsquo;t get up for games against the new clubs,&rdquo; moaned G. M. Sam Pollock. &ldquo;But I do know that Toronto Leafs didn&rsquo;t get up enough last year and wound up out of the playoffs.&rdquo;Pollock was referring to Toronto&rsquo;s record of only 10 wins, compared to 11 losses and three ties against expansion teams. The Canadiens won 16, lost only five and tied three with the West en route to their ninth league title.Meanwhile injuries continued to plague the Montreal defence corps. Plucky Terry Harper worked on a game-to-game basis while doing exercises instead of practising and having fluid drained from his gimpy knee. Jacques Laperriere, nursing a similar ailment since injured at Detroit Oct. 12, played only one shift against the Penguins and had one word for it: &ldquo;tough.&rdquo;Left-winger Dick Duff was slow regaining stride and condition although he had been in the lineup for six games since his return from a knee injury suffered in the season opener.Despite their top spot, the Habs started having problems in goal. Young Roggie Vachon, going steady through eight games, was beaten for bad goals by both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Coach Ruel was anxious to get Gump Worsley back to work but the veteran complained of backaches during practice. &#9632;

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Hard Work Finally Pays Off As Rousseau Gets Hat Trick

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;At this time a year ago, hopeful kids and neglected minor-league veterans were fighting and scratching to win a place for themselves in the newly-expanded National Hockey League. Some made it solidly. Now some of these have returned as stars, strutting a little, cool, confident, relaxed, expecting to fit easily back into their new roles.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01697/2720329-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="256" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Flett</figcaption></div>For many, it will not work. Maybe things just broke right for them last season and they had the one big year a lot of athletes have, and are not able to repeat it. Or maybe without that extra-special drive they had last season, they cannot sustain the form they showed.In fact, few can sustain stardom who do not work hard at it, only the one-in-a-million who has overpowering natural talent.No one can be considered a true star until he has given a star&rsquo;s performance over several seasons.It is not clear what is the case of 25-year-old Bill Flett, the sophomore of the Los Angeles Kings. Last season, as an NHL rookie, the powerful right-winger banged home 26 goals and was widely regarded as one of the four or five most outstanding newcomers to break into big-league hockey.Not a swift skater, the 6-2, 200-pounder, a sometimes calf-roper nicknamed &ldquo;Cowboy,&rdquo; used his great strength and powerful shot to bull his way to prominence. He grew long sideburns, in line with the recent trend, which some did not like, but which seemed to boost him to favor with the fans.Before this season began, Flett passed through a listless and unrewarding training camp and exhibition-game grind. Coach Red Kelly expressed himself as dissatisfied with Flett&rsquo;s showing. The suspicion was voiced that Bill was riding on his laurels and he was threatened with demotion.During the first three weeks of the new season, Flett continued to perform without distinction. Kelly benched him one game, restored him to the lineup, then reduced him to part-time status. Finally, prior to the Kings&rsquo; ninth game, against Pittsburgh, Kelly hinted that if Flett did not perk up that night, he&rsquo;d be sent out to Springfield.Flett opened the game on the bench, a difficult place from which to prove himself. In all, he played less than 11 minutes, half what he would have had on a regular shift, and much of this came killing penalties. However, Bill banged a few people around and tipped in his first goal of the season, earning reprieve.But in the games that will be played between the time this is written and the time it reaches the reader, his status may alter. Clearly, he seems to have reached some sort of turning point early in his career.Kelly says, &ldquo;Bill has tremendous talent, but he has to work hard to take advantage of his talent. He&rsquo;s not a super-skater or extra-special puck-handler. He&rsquo;s a strong kid with a great shot who has to really barrel around to do the sort of job he can do.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re off to a slow start, primarily because my wings, especially my right wings, aren&rsquo;t coming through. I may have to make some changes. I may have to start with Flett. He might be the sort of kid who would benefit psychologically by being sent down for awhile. He might need a jolt to shake him up and make him begin bearing down.&rdquo;It is not true Red ripped off Flett&rsquo;s sideburns the way an officer rips off an erring non-com&rsquo;s stripes, but Flett has shaven them off, as though to make a gesture of good intentions.Bill shrugs, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m trying. I really am. I&rsquo;ve always been a slow starter. I don&rsquo;t know why. I don&rsquo;t know if it&rsquo;s physical or psychological. Physically, I feel fine. I had a sore shoulder the end of last season and it bothered me over the summer, but I treated it for a month and it&rsquo;s OK now. Mentally. I&rsquo;m a little bothered, by all the talk, but I haven&rsquo;t lost any confidence.&ldquo;This is the only place to play. No one wants to be demoted to the minors. But all I can do is keep working. And I am hustling, even if it doesn&rsquo;t look like it out on the ice. Maybe I&rsquo;m pressing a little. I may be thinking about what to do too much. I can&rsquo;t think the puck into the net. When I try to get fancy, I foul up. When I hestitate, I&rsquo;m lost. I have to just let loose.&ldquo;I just haven&rsquo;t found my good timing yet. It usually takes awhile. When it comes, and I&rsquo;m sure it will, I think everything else will fall into place. I think when I get a couple of goals, others will follow.&ldquo;I learned a lot last year. I learn more every game. I&rsquo;m not trying to ride on my laurels. I know I have a chance to do something in this game and I&rsquo;m determined to make the most of the opportunity.He seems sincere. He is an intelligent, likeable lad and one wonders if the Kings are not asking too much of him too soon. But the fact remains that he did get off to a fast start last season, then tailed off late last season, had a poor playoff series, then began slowly this season. It has been quite a long while now since he flashed the form that was so impressive much of last season and now his credentials as a budding super-star are suspect.But if the Kings want to trade him, there are not many clubs, perhaps none in the entire league, who would not offer lot for him. &#9632;

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KINGS PUZZLED AS ‘COWBOY’ BILL FLETT SLUMPS

Who says Frank Mahovlich is losing his touch?When the Big &lsquo;M&rsquo; was dealt off by Toronto Maple Leafs to Detroit Red Wings last year, there were rumblings that the talented left winger was in danger of slipping from the superstar class. But these reports have proven grossly premature. He is as effective as ever.Mahovlich was flying as of old last week, picking up four goals to boost his season&rsquo;s total to 10 &mdash; just one shy of the NHL lead.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02602/2720360-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="261" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption></div>He started off the week with an insurance tally as the Red Wings beat Minnesota North Stars 5-2, and scored a goal in vain in Detroit&rsquo;s 6-4 loss to the Stars two nights later.Frank capped off his production with two crucial markers that enabled the Wings to deadlock the mighty Montreal Canadiens, Eastern Division leaders, 4-4.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the NHL&rsquo;s player of the week in the East:Frank Mahovlich&hellip;Detroit &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE EAST

Shunted aside by two National Hockey League teams because of his alleged lack of scoring punch, Red Berenson has rewritten the record books as a member of the St. Louis Blues.The Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers&rsquo; castoff fired home six goals in one game last week as the Blues demolished the Philadelphia Flyers 8-0.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03475/2720391-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="267" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Berenson</figcaption></div>Not since Feb 3, 1944, when Syd Howe turned the trick, had any NHL player succeeded in scoring six times in one game. Berenson thus equalled this modern era record.The St. Louis centre, who has really started to click since coach Scotty Bowman aligned him with wingers Camille Henry and Ab McDonald, also tied the NHL standard for most goals in one period &mdash; four. This mark was jointly held by Busher Jackson and Max Bentley.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased tosalute the NHL&rsquo;s player of the week in the West:Red Berenson&hellip;St. Louis &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE WEST

<h2>WED. NOV. 6 PHILADELPHIA 1 at BOSTON 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Boston, Williams (D. Smith) &hellip; 4:542&mdash;Boston, Hodge (Doak, Orr) &hellip; 10:063&mdash;Philadelphia, Dornhoefer (Nolet, Stanley) &hellip; 11:034&mdash;Boston, Cashman (Murphy, Bucyk) &hellip; 15:22Penalties: Gendron 8:03, Awrey 10:47, Cherry 13:25.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Boston, Doak (Shack) &hellip; 10:326&mdash;Boston, Esposito &hellip; 14:107&mdash;Boston, Williams (Hodge, Esposito) &hellip; 15:578&mdash;Boston, Sanderson (D. Smith, Orr) &hellip; 16:41Penalties: Orr 1:22, Bailey 4:45, Ziedel 8:26, Cheevers11:20, Gendron 11:31.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01687/2720541-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="566" height="101"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 3 at PITTSBURGH 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Sabourin, Ubriaco 2:28, McCallum 4:28,B. Plager 7:56, Stankiewicz, Woytowich 15:01, St.Marseille 17:41.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Ingarfield (McCallum, Price) &hellip; 4:282&mdash;St. Louis, Henry (Berenson) &hellip; 7:103&mdash;St. Louis, B. McCreary (Schock) &hellip; 10:494&mdash;St. Louis, McDonald (Picard, Berenson) &hellip; 17:55Penalties: Sabourin 3:56, R. Plager, Ingarfield 9:20.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.Penalty: Angotti 14:28.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02641/2720534-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="564" height="102"></div><h2>NEW YORK 0 at LOS ANGELES 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Los Angeles, Joyal (H. Hughes, White) &hellip; 16:22Penalties: Cohan 6:33, Howell 15:49.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty: None<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Los Angeles, Irvine (Labossiere) &hellip; 19:12Penalties: B. Hughes 3:51, Los Angeles bench served by Wall 10:56.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03596/2720527-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="561" height="104"></div><h2>DETROIT 6 at CHICAGO 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, Martin (Pappin, R. Hull) &hellip; 6:262&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Bergman, F. Mahovlich) &hellip; 8:013&mdash;Detroit, Libett (Lawson, Stemkowski) &hellip; 15:164&mdash;Detroit, Lawson (Unger) &hellip; 18:06Penalty: Bergman 4:36<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Chicago, Nesterenko (Marotte, R. Hull) &hellip; 4:326&mdash;Chicago, C. Maki (Ravlich, R. Hull) &hellip; 5:377&mdash;Detroit, Libett (Douglas) &hellip; 7:57Penalties: Douglas 9:03, Jarrett 12:14, Pappin 15:28.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Chicago, Nesterenko (C. Maki, R. Hull) &hellip; 1:069&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Delvecchio, Douglas) &hellip; 6:4210&mdash;Chicago, Pappin (Martin, D. Hull) &hellip; 7:3311&mdash;Detroit, McGregor (Stemkowski) &hellip; 14:26Penalty: R. Hull 5:39<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04545/2720520-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="560" height="102"></div><h2>TORONTO 1 at MINNESOTA 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Larose 0:22, Pulford 3:06, O&rsquo;Shea, Ullman8:13, Dorey 13:10, Vasko 19:18.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Horton 2:58, McCord 7:18, Dorey 14:32,Goldsworthy 17:07.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Henderson (Ullman, Smith) &hellip; 3:30Penalties: Pronovost 5:42, Walton 13:26.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05449/2720513-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="564" height="109"></div><h2>Thurs. Nov. 7 PITTSBURGH 4 at MONTREAL</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Ubriaco (Arbour, Schinkel) &hellip; 6:25Penalties &mdash; Harper 2:46, Backstrom 16:02, Burns18:09.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau (Harris, Richard) &hellip; 2:223&mdash;Pirrsburgh, Ubriaco (Schinkel, Ingarfield) &hellip; 9:134&mdash;Pittsburgh, Burns(McCreary) &hellip; 11:505&mdash;Montreal, Richard (Rousseau, Lemaire) &hellip; 12:306&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau (Richard, Lemaire) &hellip; 17:557&mdash;Montreal, Lemaire (Richard, Rousseau) &hellip; 18:57Penalty &mdash; Woytowich 17:51.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Pittsburgh, McCreary (McCallum, Pronovost) &hellip; 0:489&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau (Richard, Harper) &hellip; 2:00Penalties &mdash; Woytowich 5:37, Harris 12:53 Shots<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06382/2720506-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="579" height="105"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 8 at PHILADELPHIA 0</h2>1&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson(McDonald, Picard) &hellip; 16:42Penalties &mdash; Picard 3:27, 6:57, Crisp, Gendron 13:20<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson &hellip; 10:263&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (Henry, Picard) &hellip; 14:424&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (Henry) &hellip; 15:145&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (McCreary) &hellip; 19:35Penalties &mdash; None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;St. Louis, Henry (McDonald, Berenson) &hellip; 9:597&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson &hellip; 14:048&mdash;St. Louis, Crisp (Sabourin) &hellip; 3:46Penalties &mdash; None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07352/2720499-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="586" height="109"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 2 at DETROIT 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Minnesota, Grant (Larose, L. Hillman) &hellip; 1:322&mdash;Detroit, MacGregor (Douglas, Prentice) &hellip; 17:283&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio &hellip; 13:16Penalty &mdash; Goldsworthy 3.18<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;DETROIT: Prentice (MacGregor, Bergman) &hellip; 13:16Penalties: Connelly 6:03, Bergman 7:48<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Detroit. Delvecchio (Douglas) &hellip; 9:446minnesota, Goldsworthy (Cullen) &hellip; 15:327&mdash;Detroit, F. Mahovlich (Bergeron) 16:36Penalties &mdash; Mac Gregor 4:43, Douglas 17:03.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08330/2720492-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="551" height="994"><figcaption class="caption-body">DEREK SANDERSON</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09314/2720485-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="580" height="108"></div><h2>Fri. Nov. 8 NEW YORK 3 at OAKLAND 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty &mdash; Hadfield 2:52.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oakland, Jarrett (Hicke, Roberts) &hellip; 1:152&mdash;New York, D. Marshall (Nevin, Goyette) &hellip; 11:113&mdash;Oakland, B. Marshall &hellip; 14:354&mdash;New York, Ratelle (Gilbert) &hellip; 15:14Penalties &mdash; Hicke 5:06, Roberts 10:54, Hadfield 14: 20, Watson 14:20, Hadfield (major), Watson 19:20.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Ratelle, Hadfield) &hellip; 12:48Penalties &mdash; None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10292/2720478-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="579" height="105"></div><h2>Sat. Nov. 9 ST. LOUIS 1 at MONTREAL 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal, Harris (G. Tremblay, Beliveau) &hellip; 6:462&mdash;Montreal, Provost (Backstrom, Harper) &hellip; 10:41Penalties &mdash; Stankiewicz 1:25, Rousseau 2:30, Plante served by Sabourin 4:45, Picard 8:09.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Montreal, J.C. Tremblay (Savard, Beliveau) &hellip; 7:144&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer (Savard, Beliveau) &hellip; 12:01Penalties &mdash; None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;St. Louis, Cameron (Crisp, B. Plager) &hellip; 12:53Penalties &mdash; Arbour, Ferguson 3:03, Harper misconduct 9:41.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11267/2720471-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="577" height="104"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 3, PITTSBURGH 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Dornhoefer 5:20, Hale 9:03, Price 16:36 Boivin 17:57.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Philadelphia, Selby (Paiement) &hellip; 16:57Penalties &mdash; Cherry 7:30, Kennedy 9:35, Arbour, Paiement 12:52, Schinkel, Kennedy majors 12:52.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Philadelphia, Heiskala (Cherry, Paiement) &hellip; 3:443&mdash;Philadelphia, Johnson &hellip; 17:46Penalties &mdash; Selby 10:49, Van Impe 14:5.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12234/2720464-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="587" height="107"></div><h2>DETROIT 4 at MINNESOTA 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio (Mahovlich) &hellip; 1:402&mdash;Minnesota, McCord (Parise, Cullen) &hellip; 1:533&mdash;Minnesota, Connelly (Cullen, Larose) &hellip; 7:104&mdash;Minnesota, Grant (O&rsquo;Shea, Collins) &hellip; 8:165&mdash;Detroit, Mahovlich (Howe, Watson) &hellip; 19:11Penalties &mdash; Goldsworthy 3:04, Stemkowski 5:45, Goldsworthy 12:59, Watson 15:42.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Minnesota, Cullen (Connelly, McMahon) &hellip; 1:387&mdash;Detroit, Prentice (Stemkowski, Douglas) &hellip; 6:428&mdash;Minnesota, Grant (Cullen, Larose) &hellip; 11:54Penalties &mdash; Bergman 7:29, Libett 10:53, Rupp 12:57, Douglas 17:35.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Minnesota, Grant (Cullen, Larose) &hellip; 2:3910&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio (Howe, Bergman) &hellip; 12:00Penalties &mdash; Harris 2:33, McKennie 3:28, Vasko 7:14, McMahon 9:36, Stemkowski 11:59; Goldsworthy 15:16.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13200/2720457-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="586" height="100"></div><h2>TORONTO 1 at LOS ANGELES 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Los Angeles, Robinson (Peters, Flett) &hellip; 0:29Penalties &mdash; Mickey 5:27, B. Hughes 18:46, Rolfe 19:20.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Horton, Dorey) &hellip; 6:22Penalties &mdash; Horton 10:33, Pelyk, Krake 17:19.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Los Angeles, Wall (Cahan, H. Hughes) &hellip; 1:304&mdash;Los Angeles, Irvine (Laboissiere, MacDonald) &hellip; 19:29Penalty &mdash; Ley 14:23.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14169/2720450-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="572" height="101"></div><h2>Sun. Nov. 10 MONTREAL 4 at DETROIT 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau (J.C. Tremblay, G. Tremblay) &hellip; 7:37Penalties&mdash;Harper, Lawson 10:40.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Montreal, Redmond (Rousseau, Lemaire) &hellip; 5:423&mdash;Detroit, Mahovlich (Unger, Howe) &hellip; 7:414&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer (Beliveau. Duff) &hellip; 10:295&mdash;Detroit, Stemkowski (Prentice, MacGregor) &hellip; 11:226&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer (Beliveau) &hellip; 18:41Penalties: J.C. Tremblay 7:07, Lawson 10:23, Harris 12:03, Rousseau 14:41, Rousseau (misconduct) 17:00.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Detroit, F. Mahovlich (Stemkowski, Douglas &hellip; 1:598&mdash;Detroit, Prentice (MacGregor, Stemkowski) &hellip; 19:16Penalty &mdash; Douglas 14:32.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15139/2720443-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="587" height="118"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 1 at BOSTON 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Green 9.34 Berenson 14.34<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Boston, Sanderson (Doak) &hellip; 19.08Penalties: Cameron 6.51, Green minor, game mis-counduct, Piager game misconduct, Roberts minor, misconduct 8.56; Shack 11.09; St-Marseille 14.37 Smith major, Cameron major, McKenzie, Stanfield Shock, Harvey, Picard, Orr, cheevers, 15.03, Arbour 15.06.<h3>Third Period</h3>2&mdash;St. Louis, Roberts (Eccleston) &hellip; 4.33Penalties None<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1699/2720436-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="589" height="101"></div><h2>NEW YORK 4 at CHICAGO 2</h2><h3>First period</h3>1&mdash;New York, Neilson (Ratelle) &hellip; 4.402&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Pappin, R. Hull) &hellip; 10.33Penalties Flemina 2.02. Schmautz 4.36 Seiling 6.09 Hadfield 9:21, Marcotte 14:46.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;New York, Nevin (Marshall, Nieldson) &hellip; 0:464&mdash;New York: Ratelle (Hadfield, Gilbert) &hellip; 3:395&mdash;Chicago, Maki (Nesterenko, B. Hull) &hellip; 12.496&mdash;New York, Goyette (Nevin) &hellip; 14.31Penalties Wharram 5.00; Fleming 7.15; Jarrette 19:14.<h3>Third Period</h3>No scoring.Penalties: None<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1778/2720429-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="579" height="104"></div><h2>TORONTO 3 at OAKLAND 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;TORONTO: Ellis (Carleton. Ullman) &hellip; 11:212&mdash;TORONTO: Keon &hellip; 13:22Penalties: F. Smith 1:07, B. Marshall 4:13, Mickey 7:48, 13:00, 19:55, Roberts 16:22.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;OAKLAND: Jarret (Hampson, Hicke) &hellip; 5:214&mdash;TORONTO: Dorey &hellip; 11:47Penalty: Ullman 18:00<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalties: Dorey 1:13, Pelyk major, misconduct, Ullman double major, misconduct, Hicke double major, misconduct 20:00.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1866/2720422-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="575" height="86"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

<h2>MONTREAL</h2>Goal, Worsley, Vachon. Defense, Laperriere, J.C. Tremblay, Harris, Harper, Savard. Forwards, Beliveau, G. Tremblay, Backstrom, Duff, Cournoyer, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Ferguson, Redmond, Lemaire.<h2>TORONTO</h2>Goal, Bower, Gamble, A Smith. Defense, Pilote, Pronovost, Horton, Pelyk, Dorey, Ley. Forwards, Ellis, Ullman, Oliver, Keon, Mickey, Walton, F. Smith, Henderson, Pulford, Carleton.<h2>CHICAGO</h2>Goal, Dryden, Dejordy. Defense, Marotte, Young, Reid, Ravlich, Stapleton. Forwards, Orban, Martin, Pappin, B. Hull, D. Hull, Mohns, Nesterenko, C. Maki, Wharram, Schmautz.<h2>NEW YORK</h2>Goal, Giacomin, Simmons. Defense, Howell, Brown, Hamilton, Neilson. Seiling. Forwards, Gilbert, Nevin, Fleming. Jeffrey, Hadfield Stewart, Balon, Ratelle, Goyette, Marshall, Kurtenbach, Tkaczuk.<h2>DETROIT</h2>Goal, Crozier, Sawchuk. Defense, Baun, Douglas, Watson, Bergman, Harris. Forwards, Unger, Howe, Delvecchio, F. Mahovlich, MacGregor, Libett, Anderson, Lawson Stemkowski, P. Mahovlich, Prentice.<h2>BOSTON</h2>Goal, Cheevers, Johnston. Defense, Orr, Green, Westfall, Smith, Doak, Awrey. Forwards, Esposito, Hodge. Bucyk, Williams, Sather, Sanderson, Stanfield, Cashman, Bailey.<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>Goal, Parent, Favell. Defense, Van Impe, Watson, Miszuk, Stanley, Hale, Zeidel. Forwards, Lacroix, Rochefort, Selby, Gendron. Nolet, Dornhoefer, Peters, Paiement, Heiskala, Johnson, Kennedy.<h2>OAKLAND</h2>Goal, Hodge, Smith. Defense, Roberts, Vadnais, Lacombe, Watson, Marshall, Odrowski. Forwards, Harris, Ehman, Hicke. Hampson, Jarrett, Swarbrick, Brenneman, Ferguson, Szura, Perry.<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>Goal, Binkley, Daley. Defense, Boivin, Arbour, Price, McCallum, Woytowich. Forwards, Angotti, Fonteyne, Burns, Ingarfield, Ubriaco, Schinkel. Dea, Dillabough, Boyer, Pronovost, McCreary.<h2>ST-LOUIS</h2>Goal, Hall, Plante, Irons. Defense, Arbour, Bob Plager, Roberts, Barclay Plager, Talbot, Picard. Forwards, Berenson, St Marseille, Schock, Sabourin, Ecclestone, McCreary, Cameron, Keenan, McDonald, Henry, Stankiewicz.<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>Goal, Maniago, Bauman. Defense, W. Hillman, L. Hillman, Vasko, McCord, McMahon. Forwards, O&rsquo;Shea, Goldsworthy, Marcetta, Cullen, Parise, Connelly, Boudrias, Johnston. Larose, Collins, Grant.<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>Goal, Rutledge, Desjardins. Defense, Wall, Amadio, Rolfe, B. Hughes, Cahan, White. Forwards, Krake, Peters, R. Lemieux, H. Hughes, MacDonald. Irvine. Joyal, Flett, Labossiere, Robinson. &#9632;

NHL TEAM LINEUPS

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT. Mich. &mdash;Bill Gadsby is finding out there are no easy solutions to the problems that have plagued the Red Wings since he left them as an active player two years ago.He has worked these Red Wings harder than they&rsquo;ve been worked in years. All he had to show for it after the first month of play was a position similar to that occupied by the team last season &mdash; last place.Particularly disappointing was blowing a 4-1 lead and being tied, 4-4, on home ice by the St. Louis Blues. First Red Berenson and then Camille Henry picked off passes in the Detroit end and Henry converted them into goals 19 seconds apart to force the deadlock. Kent Douglas made the first errant pass, Ron Harris the second.Rookie Danny Lawson&rsquo;s failure to get off the ice so that Gordie Howe would get on left Lawson on for nearly a double shift and led to another Blues&rsquo; goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01685/2720596-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="238" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Danny Lawson</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We gave it to them,&rdquo; growled Gadsby, &ldquo;just said: &lsquo;Here, take it.&rsquo;And so the 20-year defense star began going through the frustrations of coaching. He don&rsquo;t wait long to start making changes. The previous week he&rsquo;d rejoined Alex Delvcchio with Howe and Frank Mahovlich on the first line and the line accounted for eight goals &mdash; plus one by defenseman Gary Bergman &mdash; in four games.Mahovlich was the chief beneficiary with five of the goals including the seventh hat trick of his NHL career.The second line did reasonably well, too, with Garry Unger centering Pete Stemkowski and Bruce MacGregor.But the third line was something else. Gadsby determined at the beginning of the season to &ldquo;go with the kids.&rdquo; The &ldquo;kids&rdquo; were left wing Nick Libett, with 22 games NHL experience, center Pete Mahovlich with 52 games and right wing Ron Anderson with 18 games.Lawson, 21, making the jump from Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; where he scored 52 goals for Hamilton last year, was the alternate right wing.The line failed to click, however, and was at the heart of much of Detroit&rsquo;s difficulty. Either it gave up goals or got the defense into so much trouble that the defensemen wound up with holding penalties trying to stem the tide.After the tie with the Blues Gadsby started juggling again, putting the slick moving, 20-year-old Unger in the middle on the third line between Libett and Lawson.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m dissatisfied with Peter Mahovlich,&rdquo; Gadsby said, shaking his head. &ldquo;He can get you way up &mdash; he&rsquo;ll make a couple plays and you figure this is it, he&rsquo;s coming on now. And then he lets down.&rdquo;At 6-4, 210 pounds, Mahovlich is one of the biggest players in the NHL and perhaps his size is working against him. It seems to take him forever to get going from a standing start.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s like Frank, there,&rdquo; Gadsby said. &ldquo;When he&rsquo;s got up a full head of steam he can really fly. But if he stops and tries to start up, he can&rsquo;t take just a couple steps and be moving. It takes him a lot longer.&rdquo;Gadsby discovered that when he started the season using Pete and Libett as penalty killers. Mahovlich just didn&rsquo;t react fast enough.&ldquo;Libett looks good in practice but in the games he doesn&rsquo;t get any shots and Anderson doesn&rsquo;t seem the same since he had the foot injury at the end of last season,&rdquo; Gadsby said.Some errors Gadsby could excuse since it&rsquo;s a young line. But nothing excuses a lack of hustle in the coach&rsquo;s mind or in general manager Sid Abel&rsquo;s.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got some young players I feel didn&rsquo;t give out enough in the St. Louis game,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;Howe and the older players played their guts out and Howe is 40 years old and played a tough game the night before in Montreal.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t expect the kids to score a lot of goals,&rdquo; Gadsby put in. &ldquo;All I want them to do is to get out and hustle and check and force the other club to make the mistakes.&rdquo;The Wing defense has been an uncertain thing, too. Roger Crozier, who had been playing well, felt the effects of the flu and gave up five goals in a game against Boston during which the Wings wasted 4-1 and 5-2 leads before finally subduing the ailing Bruins, 7-5, thanks mainly to Frank Mahovlich, Howe and Delvecchio.Gadsby sat Crozier out a game and Terry Sawchuk responded with a fine effort in Montreal but the Wings lost, 2-1. Then Crozier returned to the nets against St. Louis and was less than outstanding.Kent Douglas still hasn&rsquo;t been what Gadsby hoped he&rsquo;d be on defense and so the Wings sent Bob Falkenberg, who&rsquo;d played little, to Baltimore and brought back Jim Watson.&ldquo;He picks up some penalties but he plays it rough and that&rsquo;s what I want,&rdquo; Gadsby said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to have a tough club or we&rsquo;ll keep making changes.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Red Wings Still In Last Place After First Month

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02576/2720627-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">NICK LIBETT &hellip; Detroit Red Wings</figcaption></div>Young Nick Libett is a strong, hard-driving hockey player who figures to be one of the Red Wings of the future. Detroit pulled the chunky 22-year-old right wing up to the big time this season and decided to keep him there off his fine training camp showing. Libett actually played 22 games in the NHL last year with the Wings but didn&rsquo;t receive a fair test. This year he&rsquo;ll get it. He can skate fast and shoots the puck with authority. He had 11 goals, 28 assists in 40 games with Fort Worth of the Central League last season. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;After exhausting every other possibility, and resisting the inevitable as long as possible, Punch Imlach has reunited his Wing Line. He&rsquo;s nut Norm Ullman back at centre between flankers Floyd Smith and Paul Henderson.In a way, you can&rsquo;t blame the Maple Leafs&rsquo; coach and general manager for trying other alignments. He thought Ullman&rsquo;s excellence could help other wingers.He thought Smith and Henderson, both proven goal-scorers, could improve somebody&rsquo;s work at centre ice. And he couldn&rsquo;t help remembering that Ron Ellis has played his best hockey of the 1967-68 season when he went to right wing with Henderson and Ullman after Smith was hurt.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01660/2720679-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="262" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Punch Imlach</figcaption></div>But in the final analysis, Imlach went back to that grouping &mdash; the same threesome he&rsquo;d obtained from Detroit Red Wings in a historic National Hockey League deal concluded last March 3.Of the 13 games Leafs played after they made that trade, they won eight and tied one, while losing only four. It was a pace that would have put them into the Stanley Cup playoffs if it had begun earlier. As it was, they missed out by only four points.Ullman had five goals and 12 assists in his 13 games as a Leaf.Henderson was 5 and 6.Smith counted six goals in the six games he played for Toronto before ripping up a knee in one of the Philadelphia home matches that were transferred to the Quebec Coliseum in March.At the time the transaction was consummated. Imlach said, &ldquo;Getting a complete line gives me a new team. It gives us balance right away.&rdquo;So the fact he experimented with breaking up the Ullman-Henderson-Smith troika is sure proof Leafs&rsquo; forwards weren&rsquo;t as strong as Imlach thought they would be at training camp.Leafs had swept a weekend doubleheader with victories over Boston Bruns and New York Rangers and Imlach was bubbling with optimism. Then Montreal Canadiens charged into Toronto and outclassed Leafs so completely that Imlach realized he had some reinforcements to work out. At that point he decided to put Ullman back between his old cohorts.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02594/2720672-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="535" height="712"><figcaption class="caption-body">NORM ULLMAN</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03501/2720665-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="529" height="725"><figcaption class="caption-body">FLOYD SMITH</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04387/2720658-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="538" height="733"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAUL HENDERSON</figcaption></div>Then came Philadelphia Flyers and a humiliating 3-2 defeat. Ullman, Smith and Henderson were effective, though, getting one goal. &#9632;

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Desperate For Scoring Punch, Imlach Reunites ‘Wing’ Line

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div>BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;Quiet, unassuming but hard working Jean Marie Cossette is off to one of the best starts in his long and at times difficult hockey career.And, it couldn&rsquo;t happen to a nicer guy as far as the Baltimore Clippers are concerned.At 34 years of age, the personable Frenchman from Quebec, cannot be considered a spring chicken in hockey terms. But, the way he has been playing the game recently, one would not believe that it was 15 years ago when the small, slight (5-8 and 155) forward launched his pro career in Quebec.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05290/2720710-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="248" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Cossette</figcaption></div>Although the Clippers have only played seven games at this writing, Cossette has either scored or handed off a scoring pass in each of the games and has taken the early lead among his teammates as the leading point getter.In what has developed into one of his most astute maneuvers, General Manager Terry Reardon of the Clippers plucked a real diamond in the rough three years ago when he drafted Cossette from the Montreal organization in the Reverse Draft of 1965.At that time, another fairly knowledgeable skater by the name of Boom Boom Geoffrion, currently coaching the NHL Rangers, but at that time handling Quebec in the AHL, told Reardon &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the best player in that entire list of available skaters. He&rsquo;ll give you 100% effort at all times, and I&rsquo;ll guarantee that you won&rsquo;t be sorry you picked him up.&rdquo;Geoffrion proved to be absolutely right. Or, Cossette justified the Boomer&rsquo;s faith by giving Baltimore a 51-point season, his third best production during his entire career. Significantly, he was named as the Clippers Most Valuable Player of the Year &mdash; one, incidentally which turned out to be the worst in the club&rsquo;s history.Unfortunately, Jean-Marie could not follow up his fine winter of &lsquo;65-&lsquo;66 in which he tallied 27 goals and 24 assists for 51 points, with another sparkling campaign. In fact, his next year with Baltimore was probably one of his all-time lows as he collected but eight goals with 24 assists for a mere 32 points.It seemed as though the personable father of four children couldn&rsquo;t put the puck in the ocean much less a hockey goal, and after the season appeared headed for another city. But, no trades were consummated and Cossette came back last year with another good effort scoring 18 goals and 32 assists for 50 points. &#9632;

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Cossette Rolling At Top Pace For Baltimore

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01506/2720772-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="595" height="229"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02432/2720765-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="580" height="180"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 5Buffalo 3 at Quebec 1Wed. Nov. 6Providence 6 of Hershey 5Fri. Nov. 8Providence 7 at Baltimore 6Buffalo 4 at Quebec 1Cleveland 1 at Springfield 2Sat. Nov. 9Providence 3 at Cleveland 5Baltimore 1 at Hershey 4Rochester 2 at Springfield 4Sun. Nov. 10Hershey 4 at Buffalo 7Baltimore 3 at Providence 3Springtieia 4 at Quebec 4Cleveland 6 at Rochester 2<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Springfield at QuebecWed. Nov. 13Hershey at ClevelandRochester at ProvidenceFri. Nov. 15Cleveland at BuffaloProvidence at RochesterSat. Nov. 16Rochester at BaltimoreSpringfield at ClevelandQuebec at HersheySun. Nov. 17Quebec at BuffaloCleveland at ProvidenceSpringfield at Rochester &#9632;

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How They Stand

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND. Ohio &mdash;Not a soul, including coach Floyd Curry, knows what the future holds in store for the Cleveland Barons now that they have become dis-Ruppted.When Duane Rupp was recalled by the Minnesota North Stars to fill an injury created vacancy, the Barons were left with a gaping hole on the blue line. When the Barons, in their first sally into the hockey wars without Rupp in the lineup, ran afoul of the Buffalo Bisons, it was obvious what Rupp&rsquo;s presence means to the team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03342/2720817-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="279" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body">Richard Sentes</figcaption></div>With the exception of Bill Needham, the remainder of the Baron defense corps is tinged with youth. Pierre Bouchard is making his first sally into the professional ranks, Don Fedun has had only a little pro experience and Stan Fuller still is classed in the rookie category.There is nothing wrong with youth that a little aging cannot fix. The Barons&rsquo; problem lies in what happens while the aging process takes places.Rupp is one of those colorless players whose presence on the ice is not readily apparent but who serves a steadying influrence on the whole team. He does his job capably and without fanfare &mdash; but he gets it done.Right now. the Barons are a team that requires steadying. The temporary recall of Gary Monahan by the Montreal Canadiens, injuries to Brian Harper, Howie Glover and Mike Laughton decimated the roster and defenseman Steve Hunt was farmed out.When Monahan returned from Montreal and Glover, bad back and all, got back into action, Curry found himself in a juggling act that would do credit to a W.C. Fields. Then, on top of that, Rupp depart ed.At the same time, Rick Sentes, who played last year of Huston, reported for action. His presence was welcome but it again forced Curry to rejuggle his forward lines.In their best showing of the season, they poured six goals into the net against the Rochester Americans, with veteran Jim Mikol playing the hero&rsquo;s role. Shut out in the Barons&rsquo; first few games, Mikol found the range times in 71 seconds against the Amerks, approaching the American Hockey League record of 57 seconds set by Bill Jennings of Indianapolis many years ago.<h2>Looking At AHL Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04272/2720810-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="585" height="868"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05203/2720803-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="587" height="461"></div><h2>PENALTY LEADERS</h2>Individual Larry Johnston. Spg &hellip; 47 mins.Team:Springfield &hellip; 174 mins. &#9632;

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Stuck With Kids, Curry Does Fancy Shuffle

<h2>Tues. Nov. 5 BUFFALO 3 at QUEBEC 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, Hannigan (Beaudin, Ouellette) &hellip; Penalties&mdash;Park 2:05, McEwan, Ingram 10:49, Edestran 18:51.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Quebec. Bucchanan Lafarge) &hellip; 8:543&mdash;Buffalo, Jones (Ingram, Atwell) &hellip; 9:06Penalties &mdash; Rivers, Jones Ingram 9:15, Morrison 9:20, Park 11:20.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Buffalo, Jones (Attwell) &hellip; 0:36Penalties &mdash; Boutin 0:10, Cates, Attwell 0:47;Ingram, Boutin 3:59, Blackburn 4:49, Ash 5:12.Shots by Buffalo 24; Quebec 26.ATTENDANCE: 2.881<h2>Wed. Nov. 6 PROVIDENCE 6 at HERSHEY 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, McKenney (Locas, Keller) &hellip; 9:552&mdash;Hershey, Marcotte (Mahoney) &hellip; 12:453&mdash;Providence, Locas (Mantha) &hellip; 13:25<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Hershey, Harvey (Barber, Gilbert) &hellip; 0:105&mdash;Providence, Keller (McKenney, Locas) &hellip; 3:33 Penalties &mdash; De Jordy 1:50, 13:00, Creighton, Mahoney 2:49, Sleaver 10:13.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Hershey, Nykoluk (Gilbertson, DeJordy) &hellip; 2:047&mdash;Providence, McKenney (Locas, Clearwater) &hellip; 8:208&mdash;Providence, McKenney (Locas) &hellip; 11:249&mdash;Providence, Creighton (Muloin, Goegan) &hellip; 14:4110&mdash;Hershey, Hamilton (Harvey, Keller) &hellip; 18:3411&mdash;Hershey, Hamilton (Gilbert, Harvey) &hellip; 19:26Penalties &mdash; Keller 4:16 (major, misconduct) 13:40, Ashbee 7:48, Creighton 12:34, Leiter (major, misconduct) 13:40, Clearwater 18:26. Shots by: Providence 34, Hershey 48.ATTENDANCE 3,714.<h2>Fri. Nov. 8 BUFFALO 4 at QUEBEC 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Dufour (major, minor, misconduct), Boutin (maior), Ash (major, minor, misconduct), Hextall (major) 2:28, Edestrand 3:16, Kasslan 7:04, MacSweyn 12:07.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Knibbs, Park) &hellip; 4:36Penalties &mdash; Racette 8:42, Ingram 16:16, Ball 19:56.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Buffalo, Hextall (Rivers, Jones) &hellip; 8:463&mdash;Quebec, Sarrazin (Bradley, Lapointe) &hellip; 11:444&mdash;Buffalo, Trottier (Ingram, Kassian) &hellip; 12:045&mdash;Buffalo, Kassian (Hextall) &hellip; 12:37Penalties &mdash; Beaudin 3:59, Morrison 7:22, Ash 11:28, Hextall 13:06.Shots by Buffalo 33, Quebec 25.ATTENDANCE: 2,409.<h2>PROVIDENCE 7 at BALTIMORE 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Baltimore, Mortson (Polano, MacQueen) &hellip; 0.052&mdash;Providence, Kachur (Gagne) &hellip; 12:123&mdash;Providence, Meissner (Muloin) &hellip; 18:07Penalties &mdash; Blackburn 3:03. Clearwater, 7:01.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Providence, Locas (Goegan, McKenney) &hellip; 4:035&mdash;Baltimore, Hicks (Blackburn, Morrison) &hellip; 5:506&mdash;Providence, Muloin (Macks) &hellip; 10:477&mdash;Baltimore, McGregor (Hicks, Blackburn) &hellip; 14:288&mdash;Baltimore, Mortson (Cossette, Polano) &hellip; 16:379&mdash;Providence, Meissner (Sleaver) &hellip; 17:4110&mdash;Baltimore, Blackburn (Morrison) &hellip; 19:26Penalties &mdash; Speer, (major,) 2:29, Paille 12:50.Goegan 18:42, Clearwater 19:37.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>11&mdash;Providence, Lafond (Gagne, Goegan) &hellip; 3:3512&mdash;Baltimore, Mortson (Cosette, Falkenberg) &hellip; 11:0713&mdash;Providence, Kachur (Sleaver, Leduc) &hellip; 19:28Penalty &mdash; Hicks 13:46Shots by, Providence 36; Baltimore 43.ATTENDANCE: 5,502<h2>CLEVELAND 1 at SPRINGFIELD 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Comeau 15:09, L. Johnston 16:32.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield. Turlik (Inglis, Popiel) &hellip; 3:202&mdash;Cleveland, Glover &hellip; 4:24Penalty &mdash; L. Johnston 13:44.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Springfield, Dufour (Menard, Tisler) &hellip; 14:09Penalties &mdash; Bouchard 13:52, L. Johnston 17:46.Shots by: Cleveland 21, Springfield 37.ATTENDANCE: 3,858.<h2>Sat. Nov. 9 BALTIMORE 1 at HERSHEY 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Marcotte Morton 5:37, Rochefort 10:46, Harvey 16:20<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Hershey, Dejordy (Keller, Bailey) &hellip; 8:572&mdash;Baltimore, Blackburn (Marshall, Hicks) &hellip; 17:193&mdash;Hershey. Harvey(Hamilton, Gilbert) &hellip; 18:324&mdash;Hershey, Harvey (Hamilton, Henderson) &hellip; 19:29Penalties &mdash; Hicks 8:10. Chevrier 11:55, Ashbee, Guidolin, 12:52.5&mdash;Hershey, Hamilton(Berber, Harvey) &hellip; 3:21Penalties &mdash; Mortson (major), Keller (major, misconduct) 14:37, McNabb 14:47. Shots by Baltimore 36, Hershey 44.ATTENDANCE: 6,783<h2>ROCHESTER 2 at SPRINGFIELD 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.Penalties &mdash; Godfrey, 8:10, Popiel 17:56.1&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Armstrong) &hellip; 10:062&mdash;Rochester Armstrong (Gamble) &hellip; 16:01Penalties &mdash; Croteau 3:06, Johnston 16:35.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Springfield, Turlik (Croteau) &hellip; 12:064&mdash;Springfiled, Dufour &hellip; 13:045&mdash;Springfield, Rothwell, (Menard, Dufour) &hellip; 15:426&mdash;Springfield, Rothwell (Menard, Popiel) &hellip; 16:11Penalties &mdash; McInally 5:30, Godfrey 7:45.Shots by: Rochester 39; Springfield 52.ATTENDANCE: 4,905<h2>PROVIDENCE 3 at CLEVELAND 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Laughton (Berry, Mikol) &hellip; 15:10Penalties &mdash; Mantha 2:39, Schultz 5:36, Lafond 11:00, Leduc major 15:47.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Providence, Locas (McKenny, Mantha) &hellip; 4:37Penalties &mdash; Comeau 3:46, Sentes 13:37, Needham 14:52.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Cleveland, Schultz(Glover, Monahan) &hellip; 4:504&mdash;Cleveland, Mikol (Berry, Fuller) &hellip; 12:045&mdash;Providence, Creighton (Kachur, Gagne) &hellip; 15:286&mdash;Providence, Locas (Goegan, Mantha) &hellip; 16:267&mdash;Cleveland, Laughton(Berry) &hellip; 18:498&mdash;Cleveland, Berry (Fedun) &hellip; 19:44Penalties &mdash; Fuller 5:11, Glover 6:28, Sentes, Keller 16:25.Shots by: Providence 40; Cleveland 38.ATTENDANCE 2,492.<h2>Sun. Nov. 10 SPRINGFIELD 4 at QUEBEC 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, Dufour (Popiel, Rothwell) &hellip; 0:162&mdash;Quebec, Sarrazin (Drolet, McSweyn &hellip; 7:483&mdash;Springfield, Tisler &hellip; 15:37Penalties &mdash; Pagnutti 4:47, 13:48, Kivard 6:39, Bernier 14:14, Johnston 19:51.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Springfield, Corrigan &hellip; 0:355&mdash;Quebec, Lapointe (Laforge, Ball) &hellip; 1:076&mdash;Quebec, Ball Sarrazin. Pelletier) &hellip; 3:487&mdash;Springfield, Turlik (Inglis) &hellip; 15:07Penalties &mdash; Bernier 4:51, Ball 13:38, Campbell 14:37.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Quebec, Rivard (Dufour, Drolet) &hellip; 12:44Penalties &mdash; Dufour 2:50, McKillop, Corbett 8:20, Rivard, M. Dufour 14:25, McEwan 15:32.Shots by Springfield 28, Quebec 32.TTENDANCE: 2,591<h2>BALTIMORE 3 at PROVIDENCE 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, Kachur (Creighton, Gagne) &hellip; 1:542&mdash;Baltimore, MacQueen (Mortson, Cossette) &hellip; 9:53Penalties &mdash; Cunningham (misconduct) 2:13, Polano 10:08, Sleaver 17:43.3&mdash;Providence, Locas (McKenney, Keller) &hellip; 0:084&mdash;Baltimore, Morrison (McGregor, Mortson) &hellip; 3:325&mdash;Providence, McKenney (Goegan, Muloin) &hellip; 16:13Penalties &mdash; Creighton 2:53, Rochefort 7:45, McKenney, MacQueen (double minors) 12:06, Keller 17:12.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Baltimore, Cossette (Guidolin) &hellip; 6:12Penalties &mdash; None.Shots by: Baltimore 26, Providence 28.ATTENDANCE: 5,512.<h2>CLEVELAND 6 at ROCHESTER 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Schultz (Monahan, Glover) &hellip; 6:092&mdash;Cleveland, Johnston (Bouchard, Fedun) &hellip; 8:083&mdash;Cleveland, Bouchard (Laughton, Mikol) &hellip; 19:02Penalties &mdash; Armstrong 0:59, 11:42, Mikol, Gamble 11:02, Laughton 11:42, 14:15, Mikol 13:18, Fedun, Champagne 16:38, McKenny 17:09.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Labrosse, Ward) &hellip; 3:145&mdash;Cleveland, Berry (Laughton) &hellip; 5:366&mdash;Rochester Ward (Armstrong, Gamble) &hellip; 7:05Penalties &mdash; Champagne 4:24, Mikol 8:18, Armstrong, 11:57.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Cleveland, Johnston (Comeau) &hellip; 13:118&mdash;Cleveland, Sentes &hellip; 18:17Penalties &mdash; Sentes 3:55, 19:09, Fedun 15:37.Shots by: Cleveland 25, Rochester 44.ATTENDANCE: 4,197.<h2>HERSHEY 4 at BUFFALO 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Hershey, Bailey (Nykoluk) &hellip; 7:452&mdash;Hershey, Gilbertson (Nykoluk, Hamilton) &hellip; 12:383&mdash;Buffalo, Hextall (Hornung, Kassian) &hellip; 14:334&mdash;Hershey, Mahoney &hellip; 16:485&mdash;Buffalo, Knibbs (Beaudin, Ash) &hellip; 17:08Penalties &mdash; Knibbs 1:44, Blackburn 4:39, Bailey, Hextall 8:30 Gilbertson 10:18, Jones 15:54.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Knibbs, Hannigan) &hellip; 2:057&mdash;Buffalo, Hannigan (Beaudin, Knibbs) &hellip; 2:348&mdash;Buffalo, Rivers (Atwell, Jones) &hellip; 2:50Penalties &mdash; McNabb, Hextall (majors), Mahoney 5:48, Hextall 17:38, Ouellette 19:04.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Buffalo, Kassian (Hextall, Trottier) &hellip; 2:1410&mdash;Hershey, DeJordy &hellip; 9:5711&mdash;Buffalo, Trottier (Hextall, Ingram) &hellip; 14:34Penalties &mdash; Ingram double minor, Barber 4:06, Ashbee 12:34.Shots by: Hershey 22, Buffalo 37.ATTENDANCE: 8,520. &#9632;

American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div>SPRINGFIELD. Mass. &mdash;Marc Dufour has made an unusually fast start with the Springfield Kings. The scholarly looking skater has vaulted into first place in team scoring at this writing. He generally starts out the season very slowly.This is a big turn-about for the French-Canadian. And coach Johnny Wilson couldn&rsquo;t be more happier. Right now the Kings need all the scoring and fine play they can muster as they try to get into the thick of the flag race.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01421/2720872-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="278" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marc Dufour</figcaption></div>Last season with the Kings, Marc potted 20 goals and had 23 assists for a respectable 43 points. He managed to get 12 penalty minutes. He should put together a much better scoring record, off the rapid start he&rsquo;s made.Dufour was one of seven 20-goal scorers with Springfield last season. He is a hustler around the nets and bangs in his share of points. A smooth skater, Marc is also a sharp passer and will set up the other guy plenty of times, too.Dufour showed signs late in the season he might be coming up with a good season this year. After a real slow start, Marc came on strongly the last half of the season. He was the team&rsquo;s most consistent and dependable scorer.He was drafted by Springfield from the New York Rangers organization during the National Hockey League expansion draft. He was a member of the Vancouver Canucks of the Western League before he came here to play.The good winger stands six feet even, weighs 175 pounds and is a right handed shooter. He was born September 11, 1941 in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada where he still makes his home. He is married with two daughters.During the off-season, Marc is employed in sales work in Three Rivers. His name is no stranger to Springfield fans, since his brother, Claude, used to be a goalie here a few seasons back.Lots of local fans are pulling for Marc Dufour to make it some day with the Los Angeles Kings. We are, too. &#9632;

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Notorious Slow Starter, Dufour Grabs Point Lead To Pace Kings’ Skaters

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER N.Y. &mdash;Ettu, Buffalo!Amerk fans had feelings akin to Julius Ceasar&rsquo;s when he was done in by Brutus here on Nov. 3 when their Rochester Americans were done in by the Buffalo Bisons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03306/2720958-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="239" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Crozier</figcaption></div>The Bisons had proven very friendly foes on Rochester ice in recent seasons and a visit by Buffalo was looked upon as another two points in the standings.But believing turn-about is fair play, the now thundering Herd, heirs apparent to the Amerks&rsquo; throne in the Western Division, smashed the skidding local icemen in an 8-3 rout.It was the end of a catastrophic five days for the Americans who had lost 6-3 in Cleveland, 5-2 in Baltimore and 6-1 in Hershey.The eight goals matched the most ever scored against the Amerks at home. Cleveland did it Nov. 8, 1959, Springfield did it Nov. 11, 1962, and Hershey piled up that many Feb. 9, 1964. And, oddly, the Amerks lost only one of those games in regulation time. They tied Springfield 8-8, dropped an 8-7 overtime contest to Cleveland and lost to Hershey 8-6.Amerk fans are quick to blame the sudden dipping of their club&rsquo;s fortunes to its purchase this summer by Vancouver, now of the Western League but soon to be in The National League. Joe Crozier, who had a fabulous record here as coach and general manager, moved to Vancouver and, despite earlier denials on his part, took most of last season&rsquo;s Amerks with him. &#9632;

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Haughty Bisons Get In On Act Putting Skids To Futile Amerks

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div>SAN DIEGO, Calif. &mdash;Before the Western Hockey League season got under way, Coach Max McNab of the San Diego Gulls knew what his players had to do to battle for the championship.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01427/2721027-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="250" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce Carmichael</figcaption></div>They had to improve defensively. &ldquo;We have to get down around 200 goals against,&rdquo; said McNab.Scoring had been no problem in the Gulls&rsquo; first two seasons that prouced a cellar finish and then a climb to third. The problem was that San Diego games often turned into all-out shootouts. And as fast as the Gulls scored goals, their opponents scored more.Well, the Gulls must have listened to McNab. In their first 12 games, they posted the best defensive record in the league with 27 goals against. Goalie Jack McCartan was a hot 1.88 in the nets. And sidekick Bob Champoux was a good 2.75.Result?The Gulls were breezing along in first place after one month of WHL action.McNab spread the credit around. &ldquo;I have been very pleased with our defensive game,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;including the forwards and the penalty killers. Our forwards have been hustling defensively and the penalty killing has been very good. The penalty killers have shown amazing drive at the critical times.&rdquo;The really wild thing about San Diego&rsquo;s first month of the season was that the Gulls, despite their first-place perch, were not being taken really seriously in the Western League.There was considerably more talk about Vancouver&rsquo;s loaded Canucks being the team to beat or about the class and experience of the Portland Buckaroos of Hal Laycoe who have won the league title four straight times and who lost only twice in their first 12 clashes this season.There seemed to be the suspicion among many players and some coaches that San Diego would crack.The Gulls were showing no signs of it. After 12 games, they were 8-2-2 in the standings. They had lost only in Phoenix to Rick Charron&rsquo;s shutout, one of three in the league in the first month of action, and to a five-goal second-period explosion in Portland &mdash; the biggest single-period outburst of the campaign. The Gulls were that close to being an undefeated hockey club.And most important was the astounding road record of the Gulls, who never have had problems at home where San Diego drew more than 50,000 fans to their first five clashes of this campaign.After one month of action, the Gulls were 4-2-1 on the road. Significant? You&rsquo;d better believe it. The Gulls simply had Won twice as many road games &mdash; four &mdash; as the other five Western League teams combined.Portland and Vancouver each had one road victory. Seattle, Phoenix and Denver still were looking for their first one.How did San Diego&rsquo;s road record compare with the Gulls&rsquo; first two seasons in the league? You have to double-check the figures before you believe them. A year ago the Gulls won their fourth road game in the fifth month of the hockey season &mdash; February.Two years ago they won their fifth road game in the sixth month of the season &mdash; on March.This season they were looking for their fifth road victory in the first week of November.There was another reason for San Diego&rsquo;s early success. The Gulls were proving a far more aggressive hockey club than during the past two years. In the first month of play they averaged more penalty minutes a game than any team in the league. Leading the way was sparky young defenseman Jim Cardiff with 27 minutes in 12 games. Les Hunt and Jim Eagle were hitting on defense. And Dave Richardson was playing aggressively up front.Meanwhile, the Gulls weren&rsquo;t sufferint a bit on offense. In the first month of WHL action they were the highest-scoring (45 goals in 12 games) team in the league.San Diego scoring was well-balanced but at least three players were off to staggering starts.Winger Willie O&rsquo;Ree had 9 goals and a total of 17 points in 12 games. A year ago those were his precise totals after 25 Western Hockey League games.Center Alex Faulkner picked up 14 assists in 12 games. That was his total &mdash; 14 assists &mdash; after 28 games last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02340/2721020-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="533" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK McCARTAN &hellip; Low net mark</figcaption></div>Winger Bruce Carmichael was proving awfully tough in the clutch, too. He sniped the winning goal in three of San Diego&rsquo;s first eight victories.<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03247/2721013-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="598" height="331"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 6Seattle 2 at Phoenix 1Son Diego 4 at Vancouver 3Fri. Nov. 8Seattle 5 at Denver 7Sat. Nov. 9Seattle 1 at Denver 0San Diego 8 at Portland 1Sun. Nov. 10Vancouver 3 at Portland 2<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Nov. 13Portland at DenverThurs. Nov. 14Seattle at San DiegoFri. Nov. 15Portland at DenverSon Diego at PhoenixSeattle at VancouverSat. Nov. 16Denver at PhoenixVancouver at PortlandSun. Nov. 17Denver at San DiegoVancouver at Seattle &#9632;

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High-scoring Gulls Go Defensive To Grab Off First Place In WHL

<h2>TUES. OCT 29 SEATTLE 2 at SAN DIEGO 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (Faulkner, O&rsquo;Ree) &hellip; 2:262&mdash;Seattle, Courcy (Michie, fielder) &hellip; 5:12Penalties: Ward 5:39, Huculak 7:08, Ward 11:16, Leonard 13:07, Ehrenverth 16:30.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Eagle 5:51, Huculak 8:04, Lund 9:20.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan (Hilts, Hynes) &hellip; 1084&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Stratton, Ward) &hellip; 5:24Penalty: Kilpatrick 6:10.Saves by, Armstrong 33, Champoux 29.Attendance: 6,879.<h2>DENVER 1 at VANCOUVER 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, Rodger (Shires, Carter) &hellip; 16:21Penalties: Mavety 8:43, Duff 12:05, Schella 12:05, Johns 18:36.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Vancouver, Hextall (Hall) &hellip; 8:58Penalties: Pratt 4:31, Mavety 12:01, Schella 16:28.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Vancouver, Bathgate (Gofton, Gagnon) &hellip; 15:53Penalties: Pratt 11:27, Pratt, Lemieux (double minors) 9:33.Saves by: Caron 26, Gardner 28.Attendance: 5,742.<h2>WED. OCT. 30 SEATTLE 1 at PHOENIX 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Stratton) &hellip; 3:45Penalties: Powers, 5:06, Ward 14:38, Armstrong (double minor) 19:59, Hanna 19:59, Steffaniw, (double minor) 19:59, Polanic 19:59.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Phoenix, Stefaniw (Lamoureux, Cote) &hellip; 6:323&mdash;Phoenix, Charlebois (Snell, Thiffault) &hellip; 10:17Penalties: Ward 6:21, Kimbel 7:10, Kilpatrick 7:33, Lamoureux 10:32, Cote 16:52, Larose 15:52.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Phoenix, Meehan &hellip; 5:045&mdash;Phoenix, Stefaniw (Lamoureux) &hellip; 9:18Penalty: NoneSaves by, Armstrong 35, Charron 25.Attendance: 3.084.<h2>FRI. NOV. 1 DENVER 2 at SAN DIEGO 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, B. Carter (Picard) &hellip; 4:42Penalties: Miller 5:18, Schella 12:27, Hilts 12:27, D. Carter 16:13, Richardson 16:13.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Denver, Vejprava (Johnson, Holdaway) &hellip; 0:393&mdash;San Diego, O&rsquo;Ree (Carmichael, Faulkner) &hellip; 2:114&mdash;San Diego, Hynes (Eagle, MacMillan) &hellip; 12:32Penalties: Cardiff 7:01, Shires 15:54.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Richardson) &hellip; 8:306&mdash;San Diego, Faulkner (Stanfield) &hellip; 10:237&mdash;San Diego, O&rsquo;Ree (Carmichael, Faulkner) &hellip; 19:08Penalties: Lemieux 12:35, Eagle 14:47.Saves by, Caron 31, McCartan 34.Attendance: 8,243.<h2>PORTLAND 1 at SEATTLE 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Stratton, Powers) &hellip; 6:222&mdash;Seattle, Dineen (Courcy, Hanna) &hellip; 8:303&mdash;Seattle, Michie (Fielder, Kilpatrick) &hellip; 19:53Penalties: Johnson 3:10, Larose 3:10, Hebenton 6:53, Holmes 11:22, Kilpatrick 13:48.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Seattle, Courcy (Fielder) &hellip; 7.485&mdash;Seattle, Boileau (Larose, Holmes) &hellip; 14:23Penalties: Hay 9:01, Madigan 13:10, Larose 14:35, Courcy 19:44.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Portland, Hebenton (Van Impe, Saunders) &hellip; 3:467&mdash;Seattle, Fielder (Courcy, Mitchie) &hellip; 5:53Penalty: None.Saves by, McLeod 26, Armstrong 25.Attendance: 5,495<h2>PHOENIX 3 at VANCOUVER 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Vancouver, Hall (Hextall, Johns) &hellip; 0:142&mdash;Vancouver, Harris (Duff, Maloney) &hellip; 10:12Penalties: McVie 4:55, Pronovost 12:47, Johns 18:08.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Vancouver, Harris (Maloney, Johns) &hellip; 4:104&mdash;Vancouver, McNeil (Bathgate, Lundy) &hellip; 12:025&mdash;Phoenix, McKechnie (Shaw, Cable) &hellip; 18:06Penalties: Hextall 4:28, Polanic 7:24, Dupont 11:44,Reaume 15:14.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Phoenix, Charlebois (McKechnie, Kabel) &hellip; 3:127&mdash;Phoenix, Kabel (Polanic, McKechnie) &hellip; 17:34Penalty: None.Saves by, Charron 28, Gardner 27.Attendance: 7,473.<h2>SAT. NOV. 2 VANCOUVER 1 at DENVER 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Vancouver, Hall (Hextall, Barlow) &hellip; 1:21Penalties: Pratt, 4:07, Miller 7:30.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Denver, Vejprava (B. Carter, Rodger) &hellip; 12:443&mdash;Denver, Rodger (Vejprave, B. Carter) &hellip; 13:56Penalty: Taylor 19:38.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Hextall 10:37, Hextall 15:02, Lemieux 15:02.Saves by, Gardner 22, Farr 23.Attendance: 2,230<h2>SEATTLE 1 at PORTLAND 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Seattle, Larose (Dineen, Stratton) &hellip; 2:052&mdash;Portland, Hebenton (Hay) &hellip; 15:333&mdash;Portland, Schmautz (Kerns, Saunders) &hellip; 18:534&mdash;Portland, Kerns (Schmautz, Johnson) &hellip; 19:17Penalties: Madigan 15:59, Powers 15:59, Ward 18:15, Armstrong 18:48.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Portland, Van Impe (Saunders, Hebenton) &hellip; 10:54Penalties: Stratton 6:53, Kilpatrick 16:41.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Portland, Bellerive (Hay) &hellip; 2:317&mdash;Portland, Van Impe (Hebenton, Saunders) &hellip; 13:21Penalties: Hay 0:20, Kearns 8:21, Ward 12:09, Kilpatrick 12:42.Saves by, Armstrong 24, Kelly 24.Attendance: 6,293 &#9632;

Western League Summaries

SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Just. rambling around the Western Hockey League &hellip; Andy Bathgate of the Vancouver Canucks is human after all &hellip; the Denver Invaders blanked him on November 2 &hellip; after he had scored points in all of his first eight games back in the Western League &hellip; including eight goals in those eight clashes &hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04244/2721110-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="250" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Maloney</figcaption></div>One night earlier, rookie John Gofton was stopped for the first time in the campain &hellip; by the Phoenix Roadrunners &hellip; after he had scored points in 10 straight clashes to open the season &hellip; Vancouver veteran Phil Maloney&rsquo;s first goal of the year, on a power play against Portland on October 22, was a rather historic one &hellip; the 500th in regular-season play in Maloney&rsquo;s 21-season professional career &hellip; and that&rsquo;s more goals than have been scored by any player now active in the Western Hockey League&hellip;Bill Dineen of the Seattle Totems hit a major milestone on November 1 against Portland&hellip;he was playing his 1,000th professional hockey game in regular-season action &hellip; and he celebrated with a pair of goals, including the game-winner &hellip; Dineen and Portland&rsquo;s Andy Hebenton often check one another in Totem-Buckaroo games &hellip; and what stories they could tell&hellip;between them they&rsquo;ve played more than 2,300 regular-season games in professional hockey&hellip;Dave Kelly played one game in the Portland nets last season, allowed one goal while his team was short-handed and then was sent to San Diego where he posted the lowest (2.88) goals-against average of his career&hellip;Kelly is back in Portland and seems quite likely to stick around for a spell&hellip;after seven games, he was unbeaten and his goals-against mark was a sizzling 1.57, lowest in the Western Hockey League&hellip;&rdquo;He&rsquo;s playing,&rdquo; said Coach Hal Laycoe wryly, &ldquo;like he doesn&rsquo;t want the other two to play&rdquo;&hellip;the &ldquo;other two&rdquo; are young Bob Sneddon and Jim McLeod, who was 2.23 in the Buckaroo nets last season&hellip;The Seattle Totems, despite two of the best penalty-killers in the league in Charlie Holmes and Gerry Leonard, are having troubles while shorthanded&hellip;almost one-third (12) of the first 38 goals scored against the Totems this season were sniped while opponents had a man advantage&hellip;<h2>ALL-TIME WHL LEADERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01404/2721103-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="510" height="283"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02352/2721096-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="511" height="282"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03286/2721089-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="512" height="288"></div><h2>WHL POINT RACE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05203/2721082-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="593" height="806"></div> &#9632;

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Veteran Maloney Scores 500th Goal In WHL Play

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06158/2721141-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg"></div>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Looking for a theme song for the first month of Western&rsquo; Hockey League action this season?Well, how about&hellip; &ldquo;Sweethearts on Parade&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll Be Loving You Always&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;Lover Come Back to Me&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;Friendship&rdquo; &hellip;You name it, just as long as it represents love and affection. The first 36 games of the season produced a grand total of exactly five major penalties.Cliff Schmautz of Portland and Gerry Leonard of Seattle squard off. So did Portland&rsquo;s Dennnis Kearns and Vancouver&rsquo;s Andy Bathgate. And Jim Cardiff drew a five-minute high-sticking penalty in Phoenix.Misconducts?How could you, Al Nicholson. The San Diego winger was given a 10-minute rest for yapping in a game in Portland.And that, friends, is it. One misconduct in 36 games.Care to check comparable totals for the past seven seasons? Well, here we go at the closest checkable point in each campaign:* Includes 2 match penaltiesExplain it? That&rsquo;s not our job, fellow. As old Joe Friday says, &ldquo;Just the facts &lsquo;mam.&rdquo;For Something Different, Informative In Hockey Reading See T.V. Sections, Thumbnail Sketches In HOCKEY ANNUAL &#9632;

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Love and Flowers In WHL As Penalties Hit New Low

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 &#9632;

CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div>OMAHA, Neb. &mdash;Ray Brunel has been playing pro hockey since 1958 and is bidding in his own way to erase the last-place finish of the Omaha Knights in the Central League last season.A centreman, and a light-weight hitting the scales below the 165-pound figure, Brunel fired 22 goals last season but before the current campaign was three weeks old, he had triggered eight.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01248/2721196-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="271" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bart CrashleyRav Brunel</figcaption></div>Four of his tallies came as the Knights racked up a 5-3 victory over the Tulsa Oilers.In their first 11 outings, Larry Popein&rsquo;s Knights won five games and tied one to hold down top spot in the CHL&rsquo;S Northern Divison.Following Brunel&rsquo;s lead were Bill Fairbairn with five goals and the same number of assists and Len Haley who notched a pair of tallies and drew eight assists.HOUSTON &mdash; The Apollos rolled to their eighth straight game without a setback nipping the Memphis South Stars 5-4 and Al &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Caron is their top point-getter with three goals and 10 assists. Chris Bordeleau follows with six goals and five assists.Paul Curtis returned from Montreal to take his spot on defence and Ralph Stewart joined the club from Vancouver of the Estern League.Phil Myre continued his sparkling netminding giving up seven goals in four games for a 1.75 goals-against average and he has recorded one shutout.TULSA &mdash; Len Bazay and Danny Johnson paced the Oilers&rsquo; offence with six goals apiece and Nick Harbaruk follows with five.The Oilers sent goalie Duffy Lewis, a goalie to Nashville of the Eastern League on the return of Serge Aubry who was injured at training camp. Wayne Horne was sent to Jacksonville of the Eastern League and Al Sutherland to Charlotte also of the Eastern League.FORT WORTH &mdash; Rick McCann, with two goals and six assists and Sandy Snow, showing five goals and three assists, pace the Wings&rsquo; offence with eight points apiece as they showed four wins and two ties after their first nine games.Bart Crashley joined the club from the parent Detroit Red Wings to take over a defence spot.Rookie Goalie John Voss made his first appearance playing 42 minutes against the Omaha Knights and drew praise giving up one goal in the second period as the Wings grabbed a single point in a 2-2 draw at Omaha.MEMPHIS &mdash; General manager-coach John Muckler left the South Stars to take over the coaching post with the parent Minnesota North Stars and Ted O&rsquo;Connor came in as the interim coach until Parker MacDonald arrives.The South Stars showed three wins and a tie in nine outings and Jim Paterson was their top point-getter with five goals and six assists.Former University of Minnesota All-American Lou Nanne suffered an injured knee and will be lost to the club for two months. Doug Piper is still sidelined with an injured wrist and the North Stars called up Barry MacKenzie as an injury replacement.AMARILLO &mdash; Paul Andre continues to lead the Wranglers who showed four wins and a tie over their first 10 contests.Andrea fired five goals and drew nine assists as the point-getting CHL leader. Paul Lessard, with seven goals and three assists and Andre Gaudette, with two goals and eight assists follow with both rookies showing extreme promise. Marty Reynolds leads the league in penalty minutes serving 39.Defenceman Dick Mattiussi was sent to Wranglers from the parent Pittsburgh Penguins.OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; Tom Webster exploded for seven goals in four games to run his season total to 12 and take over as the CHL sniping leader.Jim Lorentz sparkled, like Webster over the Blazers&rsquo; first eight games, picking up 11 assists.Ross Lonsberry was sent to the Blazers from the parent Boston Bruins once John McKenzie had returned after a rib injury.Russ Gillow suffering from an ankle injury, was turning in strong efforts between the pipes giving up 14 goals in seven games, one of them a shutout.KANSAS CITY &mdash; The Blues rang up a 2-2-2 record over their first six games before a 10-day lay-off and coach Fred Hucul was worried that they might go stale but he thought it would be a good chance for Bill Plager, Phil Obendorf and Ray Fortin to recuperate from minor injuries.Hucul was pleased with the showing of ex-Marlboro Gary Edwards in goal showing a 3.00 goals-against average.DALLAS &mdash; The Black Hawks could only show one win in their first seven engagements counting only 16 goals.Cliff Koroll, the former University of Denver star, was the leading goalgetter with four. His output was matched by Jean Paul Leblanc, Brian McDonald, Jim Wiste and Garth Rizzuto.Wayne Maki joined the Hawks on loan from the parent Chicago Black Hawks. &#9632;

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Vet Brunel Helps Put Omaha On Top Of CHL

<h2>CENTRAL HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02177/2721234-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="599" height="205"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03145/2721227-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="578" height="233"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 6Houston 3 at Fort Worth 4Kansas City 0 at Oklahoma City 8Tulsa 1 at Amarillo 5Fri. Nov. 8Fort Worth 2 at Dallas 5Kansas City 3 at Memphis 4Oklahoma City 3 at Omaha 8Sat. Nov. 9Dallas 1 at Fort Worth 2Houston 3 at Amarillo 1Memphis 3 at Kansas City 6Omaha 2 at Tulsa 3Sun. Nov. 10Houston 5 at Omaha 3Memphis 4 at Oklahoma City 9<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Dallas at MemphisFort Worth at AmarilloWed. Nov. 13Houston at Kansas CityOklahoma City at DallasFri. Nov. 15Dallas at TulsaHouston at Fort WorthKansas City at OmahaOklahoma City at AmarilloSat. Nov. 16Amarillo at MemphisFort Worth at CityOmaha at Kansas CityTulsa at Dallas &#9632;

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Looking At CHL Race

<h2>FRI. OCT. 25 KANSAS CITY 4 at DALLAS 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Dallas, McDonald (Koroll, Bond) &hellip; 7:48Penalties: Proceviat 4:17, Crisp 7:35, Rizzuto 8:00, Graham 11:04, Dennis and Morris 13:14, Plager 15:28.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Kansas City, Obendorf (Dennis, Veneruzzo) &hellip; l:24Penalties: McKay 9:27, Graham, Cardin and Shmyr19:43.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Dallas, Graham (McKay, Gaudet) &hellip; 1:344&mdash;Kansas City, Gray (Faranski, Giesebrecht) &hellip; 7:245&mdash;Kansas City, Guilbault (Cardin, Fortin) &hellip; 13:346&mdash;Kansas City, Veneruzzo (Proceviat, Dennis) &hellip; 14:07Penalties: Bond 3:24, Proceviat 18:37.Saves: Norris 32, Edwards 37.<h2>SAT. OCT. 26 DALLAS 3 at AMARILLO 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Dallas, Wiste (McDonald, Bond) &hellip; 15:192&mdash;Amarillo, Reynolds (Lecaine, Billows) &hellip; 19:20Penalties: McKay and Barrie 3:18, Shmyr 6:27, Swain 9:12, Rizzuto and Lecaine 12:20, Billows 13:26, Barrie and Morris 20:00.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Amarillo, Blomquist (Barrie) &hellip; 7:25Penalties: Long 1:28, McKay and Long (misconduct) 7:20, Carruthers 14:18, Andrea (misconduct) 18:14.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Dallas, Rizzuto (Shelton, Bond) &hellip; 0:135&mdash;Amarillo, Swain (Andrea, Barrie) &hellip; 7:246&mdash;Dallas, Rizzuto (Long) &hellip; 12:147&mdash;Amarillo, Swain &hellip; 15:028&mdash;Amarillo, Swain (Billows) &hellip; 15:499&mdash;Amarillo, Lessard (Gaudet, Snell) &hellip; 16:43Penalties: Shmyr 3:14, Rizzuto and Snell 12:37.Saves: Edwards 28, Brown 23.<h2>KANSAS CITY 3 at HOUSTON 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Houston, Hicko (Lavender, Thurlby) &hellip; 14:11Penalties: Kannegeisser 1:47, Hicke and Gray 6:01, Burns 15:25, Flegel 19:32, Gray 19:38.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Houston, Bordeleau (Caron) &hellip; 4:353&mdash;Houston, Caron (Ellett, Bordeleau) &hellip; 9:04Penalties: Flegel 15:31, Proceviat 16:58.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Houston, Bordeleau (Caron) &hellip; 0:485&mdash;Kansas City, Gray (Giesebrecht, Kannegeisser) &hellip; 8:306&mdash;Houston, Grierson (Bordeleau) &hellip; 15:367&mdash;Kansas City, Obendorf (Veneruzzo, Dennis) &hellip; 19:108&mdash;Kansas City, Veneruzzo (Obendorf, DiDiana) &hellip; 19:35Penalties: Ellett (misconduct) 1:13, Grierson 4:42, Lavender 9:50, Cardin 10:03, Caron 11:33, Kannegeisser 15:34, Cardin 16:27.Saves: Esposito 30, Edwards 26.<h2>MEMPHIS 5 at FORT WORTH 8</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Memphis, Senior (Chernoff, Meissner) &hellip; 4:002&mdash;Memphis, Johnson (Dineen, Seguin) &hellip; 8:523&mdash;Fort Worth, Monteith (LeClerc, McCann) &hellip; 19:23Penalties: Hunt 1:41, and 11:18, McCann 12:06, Benzelock 17:38.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Fort Worth, Hatoum (Perkins) &hellip; 2:555&mdash;Fort Worth, Monteith (McCann, Gibbons) &hellip; 6:116&mdash;Fort Worth, Speck (Snow, Cunniff) &hellip; 8:357&mdash;Memphis, Sutherland (Paterson, Jopling) &hellip; 15:348&mdash;Fort Worth, Monteith (LeClerc, Myers) &hellip; 15:589&mdash;Fort Worth, Neikamp &hellip; 18:22Penalty: None<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>10&mdash;Fort Worth, Cunniff (Snow, Spock) &hellip; 2:0511&mdash;Memphis, Seguin (Meissner, Senior) &hellip; 14:3812&mdash;Memphis, Senior (Meissner Hunt) &hellip; 17:4013&mdash;Fort Worth, McCann (Monteith, LeClerc) &hellip; 18:21Penalties: Ketter 9:03, Johnston (major), Neikamp (major) 10:00, Reichmuth, McCaskill 19:41.Saves: Wetzel 27, Gray 20.<h2>TULSA 5 at OMAHA 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Brunel (Eger, Barber) &hellip; 7:002&mdash;Omaha, Brunel (Haley, Egers) &hellip; 11:133&mdash;Tulsa, Elwell (Nelson, Hinse) &hellip; 16:54Penalties: Campbell (minor, match), Lafreniere (match) 4:28, Kannegeisser, Harbaruk (minor, major) 6:00, Pembroke 13:19.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Tulsa, Swenson (Bazay, Johnson) &hellip; 1:185&mdash;Omaha, Fairbairn (Brown, Widing) &hellip; 13:476&mdash;Omaha, Brunel (Pariseau, Haley) &hellip; 14:217&mdash;Tulsa, Johnson (Swenson, Bazay) &hellip; 18:41Penalty: None<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Omaha, Brunel (Haley, Pariseau) &hellip; 12:14Penalty: NoneSaves: Reeson 30, Coley 24.<h2>SUN. OCT. 27 HOUSTON 6 at TULSA 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Houston, Grenier (Lavender, Hicke) &hellip; 9:492&mdash;Tulsa, Robert (Campbell, Evans) &hellip; 18:44Penalty: Myre 10:08<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Houston, Hicke (Lavender) &hellip; 2:274&mdash;Tulsa, Johnson (Bazay, Swenson) &hellip; 8:535&mdash;Tulsa, Murray (Campbell, Robert) &hellip; 9:156&mdash;Tulsa, Robert (Campbell, Byers) &hellip; 10:467&mdash;Houston, Lepage (Lavender, Caron) &hellip; 17:018&mdash;Houston, Caron (Ellett) &hellip; 18:34Penalties: Pritchard 4:18, Burns 7:43, Lavender 9:36, Sellwood 5:47.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Houston, Ellett (Caron, Bordeleau) &hellip; 15:3310&mdash;Houston, Bordeleau &hellip; 19:21Penalties: Selwood 14:18, Caron 17:24.Saves: Reeson 22, Myre 52.<h2>MEMPHIS 4 at AMARILLO 8</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Amarillo. Billows (Andrea) &hellip; 1:402&mdash;Amarillo, Lessard &hellip; 2:013&mdash;Memphis, Paterson (Johnston) &hellip; 6:084&mdash;Memphis, Fitzpatrick (Seguin) &hellip; 8:585&mdash;Amarillo, Billows (Andrea, Swain) &hellip; 9:346&mdash;Amarillo, Lessard (Gaudette, Andrea) &hellip; 19:59Penalties: Fitzpatrick 0:12, Blomquist 3:41, Lanyon 5:02, Senior, Reynolds 10:27, Johnston 14:22, Hunt 19:42.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Memphis, Benzelock (Sutherland, Paterson) &hellip; 7:518&mdash;Amarillo, Lessard (Gaudette) &hellip; 10:169&mdash;Amarillo, Reynolds &hellip; 10:5110&mdash;Amarillo, Barrie &hellip; 16:24Penalties: Andrea 12:35, Hunt 12:55, Sutherland 18:37.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>11&mdash;Amarillo, Reynolds (Blomquist) &hellip; 4:5312&mdash;Memphis, Paterson (Johnston, Fitzpatrick) &hellip; 11:52Penalties: Andrea, Sutherland 1:13, Barrie, McCaskill 4:07, Seguin and Jacques 9:56, Legace 11:10.Saves: Blom 31, Wetzel 24. &#9632;

Central Summaries

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>CHERRY HILL, N.J.&mdash;Gordie Stratton is demonstrating these days that he&rsquo;s a real pro for the Jersey Devils in their Eastern Hockey League action.It&rsquo;s even amazing that Stratton is performing for the Devils this year for in most cases his position would have been untenable. But because he&rsquo;s the type of man that he is, he has been able to adjust to a situation that many other players would have tried to escape.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0820/2721383-1-eng-US/f0021-082.jpg" title="f0021-08" width="260" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Stratton</figcaption></div>A year ago Stratton took over the coaching reins of the Devils and the team was a flop. As is usually the case, the blame was heaped on the coach, in this case Stratton. Little was said that the Devils didn&rsquo;t get the help last year that it received the previous season and which it&rsquo;s receiving this year from the Philadelphia Flyers. At the tailend of the year general manager Eddie Ferenz even assumed the coaching reins on occasion.This year it was evident that Stratton would not be the mentor. When it became official that Marcel Pelletier was to skipper the team. Devil fans thought for sure that the team would make some sort of deal for Stratton. They were certain he couldn&rsquo;t play here this year after being the coach a year ago. Even though the team had been riddled of many of last year&rsquo;s personnel, there were enough men left to create an awkward situation.But Stratton and Ferenz didn&rsquo;t feel that way. They were certain things could work out. Ferenz, and Pelletier too, didn&rsquo;t want to lose a player of Stratton&rsquo;s talents. But it was a situation that had everyone holding their breaths.Yet it has worked out fine. Stratton and Pelletier get along well. Gordie has become one of the men again and is helping the Devils in their quest for glory. Just recently he tabbed his 350th EHL goal and he&rsquo;s scoring steadily after an early injury handicapped him.JERSEY: Wayne Kitchen named captain of the team, Jean Picard broke his finger in a fight with Long Island&rsquo;s Marty Desmarais but played with a special cast. Goalie Bob Taylor is doing double duty, serving as the standby netminder for the Philly Flyers. Johnstown&rsquo;s Mike Crupi had words with Devil fans and had to be restrained from climbing into stands. Newcomer Rejean Maltais and veteran Reggie Meserve have been impressive.SYRACUSE: The Blazers delight in doing the unexpected. Their first road win in history after 38 failures came against defending champion Clinton. Last year Blazers stopped long Comets winning streak. Blazers sent Bill Weatherbie to Long. Island on loan to make room for Tom Lavender. Coach Ray Crew went to Jersey hospital when a skate struck his head and caused slight concussion and six scalp stitches.NEW HAVEN: Goalie Dave Hainsworth suffered second sidelining injury, pulling knee tendon after earlier head injury.Roger Wilson secured from Charlotte to fill breach during Dave&rsquo;s convalescence. Bruce Reier is early club scoring leader in goals and points. Blake Ball making a strong bid for league penalty honors. Murray Kuntz suffered head injury. Rookie defenseman Bill Orr doing well in scoring department.LONG ISLAND: Ducks fined $300 for playing with ineligible players for first six games of season. Norm Ryder fined $50 for injuring Jim Currie of New Haven in stick fight. Forward Garrett Cull dropped to make room for Bill Adair, junior from Greensboro. Hal Willis moved to front line. Marty Desmarais, Ed Lawson and Ryder battling for club scoring lead.JACKSONVILLE: Former Rocket, Jackie LeClair, is now a referee in the league. Bill Snelgrove released when Bob Mullins&rsquo; injuries healed. Alf Carlson placed on disabled list with knee injury and new winger Wayne Horne took his spot. Bob Howard secured on waivers from Salem. A crowd of 2,000 saw Rockets first neutral game at Macon, Ga. Coach Bob Sabourin says the Rockets offense has been strong point in early going.SALEM: Rebels continue to make changes to bolster team. Jim Lane was secured from Charlotte and Claude Boucher and Don Rozich from Jersey. Goalie Dave Fisher and center Dwayne Ferguson released. Bobby Taylor dislocated shoulder for second time this year and is on injured list Gil St. Jacques secured from Nashville. Bruce Buchanan went back to Canada for another year&rsquo;s experience in junior A Hockey. Rebels beat Charlotte for first time in history on Jim Jago&rsquo;s goal. Latter bothered by injured shoulder.JOHNSTOWN: Fred Bassi sent out on waivers. Terry Sex-smith fined $70 and club $100 for his ouster from two successive games. Another man will go when Garry Sharp&rsquo;s fractured thumb heals. Jets have four Americans in their lineup. Sex-smith received a bloody mouth from New Haven&rsquo;s Blake Ball in one of his slugfests. Galen Head and Reg Kent off to fast starts.NASHVILLE: Cliff Pennington&rsquo;s hat trick helped whip Jacksonville. Cliff is known as &ldquo;Senator&rdquo; here. Flo Pilote and Leo Olivier ended holdouts to strengthen defense. Duffy Lewis has taken over goalie&rsquo;s job in fine fashion after being recommended by Tulsa coach John McLellan. Wayne Clairmont has replaced Norm Ryder as the team captain. Coach Lloyd Hinchberger delighted that this year he has a choice of talent instead of being stuck with only the required bodies.CHARLOTTE: Chuck Goddard was given goalie&rsquo;s job to pave way for Roger Wilson going to New Haven on loan. Another new addition is Doug Ferguson, a forward who was an All-American at Cornell. Claude Ouimet had hat trick vs Greensboro. Stock car driving ace Buddy Baker is an avid Checkers fan. Archie MacDonald and Don Wallis released. Pete Shearer&rsquo;s knee caused him to be put on injured list. Rick Foley&rsquo;s availability gives Charlotte another policeman.CLINTON: Newcomer Claude Piche had suspicious debut for Comets with hat trick including two goals in 37 seconds vs New Haven. Coach Pat Kelly, who was still biding his time about donning a uniform, has lauded early season play of juniors Joe Robertson and Tom Mitchell.GREENSBORO: Barry Salovaara was placed on injury list. Ex-Gen Don Carter was here to move his family to Denver where he&rsquo;s playing this year. Bob Sicinski&rsquo;s hat trick helped rout Charlotte. Don Burgess 12 goals in 7 games were by far the league&rsquo;s best.<h2>EHL Point Race</h2><h3>LEADING SCORES</h3>(Including Games of Sun. Nov. 3)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0917/2721376-1-eng-US/f0021-092.jpg" title="f0021-09" width="593" height="303"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1016/2721369-1-eng-US/f0021-102.jpg" title="f0021-10" width="572" height="297"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1111/2721362-1-eng-US/f0021-112.jpg" title="f0021-11" width="572" height="435"></div> &#9632;

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Ex-Devil Coach Adjusts To Player Role; Syracuse Ends 38-Game Road Famine

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01130/2721477-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="596" height="340"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 6Toledo 4 at Columbus 1Port Huron 2 at Dayton 4Des Moines 1 at Fort Wayne 8Fri. Nov. 8Fort Wayne 2 at Muskegon 5Des Moines 6 at Toledo 8Dayton 6 at Columbus 3Sat. Nov. 9Port Huron 1 at Fort Wayne 5Des Moines 3 at Muskegon 10Columbus 4 at Toledo 8Sun. Nov. 10Des Moines 1 at Dayton 6Columbus 5 at Port Huron 6<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Port Huron at Des MoinesWed. Nov. 13Muskegon at ColumbusFort Wayne at ToledoThurs. Nov. 14Port Huron at Des MoinesFri. Nov. 15Dayton at Fort WayneToledo at ColumbusSat. Nov. 16Columbus at Fort WayneToledo at MuskegonDayton at Port HuronSun. Nov. 17Columbus at DaytonMuskegon at ToledoFort Wayne at Port Huron<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0273/2721470-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="587" height="283"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0360/2721463-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="590" height="351"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0446/2721456-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="604" height="294"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0538/2721449-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="585" height="420"></div><h2>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</h2>(Standing on Fri. Nov. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0632/2721442-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="581" height="162"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0732/2721435-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="584" height="174"></div><h2>MANITOBA JUNIOR</h2>(Standing on Fri. Nov. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0829/2721428-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="585" height="163"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0926/2721421-1-eng-US/f0022-092.jpg" title="f0022-09" width="581" height="181"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1021/2721414-1-eng-US/f0022-102.jpg" title="f0022-10" width="604" height="367"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">by BOB REED</div>TOLEDO, O. &mdash;&ldquo;Why can&rsquo;t we win on the road?&rdquo; was the lament of coaches in the International Hockey League after the completion of three weeks of play.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1120/2721515-1-eng-US/f0022-112.jpg" title="f0022-11" width="263" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Merv Dubchak</figcaption></div>They had a good reason for worry, since the visiting teams were having a much more difficult time scoring victories than has been the habit in the IHL.In 26 games played, the visiting teams had managed just two victories, although they were able to get away with three tie games under the league&rsquo;s &ldquo;no overtime&rdquo; policy.At that time, the Fort Wayne Komets and Columbus Checkers were the only clubs boasting road wins. The Komets nosed Toledo early in the campaign, 3-2 and the Checkers scored a 6-4 victory at Des Moines. Tie games were Toledo at Muskegon, Fort-Wayne at Columbus and Toledo at Des Moines. The Komets were, technically, the best road team, since they had a record of one victory and a tie on foreign ice in three appearances.Although the Port Huron Flags were the league&rsquo;s most notorious loser on the road, their unhappy lot at this time was exceeded by the Muskegon Mohawks, who had dropped five while the Flags were losing four. These four added up to a grand total of 26 winless road games for the Falgs, dating back to Dec. 13, 1967. They have three ties over that stretch.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to understand why things like that happen,&rdquo; said Port Huron coach Ted Garvin. It really shouldn&rsquo;t. The ice surface is the same. It must be the atmosphere at the various arenas or the home crowds. But these things shouldn&rsquo;t bother good athletes. We played poorly in only one of the losses, the 5-3 game at Toledo.&rdquo;FORT WAYNE &mdash; League scoring champion Merv Dubchak with 72 goals had a hat trick against Columbus for his fifth goal of the season &hellip; A near capacity crowd of 7,716 was out for the fourth home game for a total of 24,038 &hellip; Release of defenseman Barry Burnett brought the K&rsquo;s down to the temporary player limit of 17, plus two goalies. Veterans Cal Purinton, Reg Primeau and Norm Waslawski were sitting out with injuries. The Junior Komets and Toledo were leading the new International Junior Hockey League.DAYTON &mdash; Rick Hextall and Duke Asmundson, secured in a trade with Toledo for Bob Regis and Lee Inglis, made their first appearance with the Gems &hellip; Inglis, departure left the Gems with one over-age junior, defenseman Gordon Malinoski. They released center Richard Lavoie and defenseman Wayne Goetz, who will play senior hockey in Montreal and Woodstock, Ont. respectively &hellip; Cliff Bristow and Moe Benoit got into action for the first time after sitting out with injuries&hellip;COLUMBUS &mdash; Doug Volmar, hard-shooting rookie from Michigan State was leading the Checkers in goal scoring &hellip; Coach Bartoli was sitting out as extra man while he was getting a line on new players &hellip; Sub goalie Goerge Sleaver was released, leaving Marcel Roy to back up Tom Bend &hellip; Bert Fizzell was leading point man for the Chex, with 10 points in six games.PORT HURON &mdash; The Flags were leading the league in scoring, boosting their total to 37 goals after an 8-2 triumph over the Komets &hellip; Defenseman Jack Criel was sent to Woodstock, Ont. on a recall basis, center Paul Grills was loaned to Belleville, Ont. Henry Jaruga, former Flag defenseman, released by Nashville of the Eastern League, was working out with the team &hellip; Rookie Pete Mara was leading point scorer.MUSKEGON &mdash; Center Gary Schall underwent back surgery and is expected to be out eight weeks &hellip; Center Bob Smith, vital cog in last year&rsquo;s team, joined the Mohawks after a five-game trial at Amarillo, Tex. of the Central League &hellip; Two other Smiths, Dick and Greg, were released along with Bob Black &hellip; Jerry DeLise was after six new players from the Montreal club.TOLEDO &mdash; Coach Terry Slater fined four veterans, Jim Sanko., Glenn Ramsay, Joe Kiss and Ray Germain $50 each for being 15 minutes late for a 12:30 bedcheck in Des Moines &hellip; The Blades and Oak Leafs played a 4-4 tie, featured by players traded by the two teams. Ex-Oak Leaf John Annable scored a pair for the Blades and ex-Blades Terry Kerr and Chick Chalmers accounted for three Des Moines goals &hellip; The Blades picked up Ken Sutyla, dropped by Port Huron and secured John Gravel, their defenseman four years ago, from Oakland.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1219/2721508-1-eng-US/f0022-122.jpg" title="f0022-12" width="559" height="775"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN GRAVEL &hellip; Secured from Oakland</figcaption></div>DES MOINES &mdash; Goalie Phil Headley was averaging 42 saves a game &hellip; Terry Kerr and Chick Chalmers, secured in the trade with Toledo, were leading the Oak Leafs in scoring &hellip; Pat Donnelly, another ex-Blade had two assists in the 4-4 tie against them. &#9632;

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Visiting Teams Futile In Early Play; Fort Wayne Draws 7,716 At Home Game

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>PETERSBURGH, Ont.&mdash;Roger Neilson, the Toron to born school teacher who doubles as coach of Peterborough Petes in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior League has only been in the provincial group for two years but already he has established a reputation for getting maximum results out of limited talent.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01111/2721546-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="280" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rejean Houle</figcaption></div>Last season, his first as a junior A coach, Neilson surprised junior followers by pulling them into the playoffs when most people believed they would be fighting a continuing battle for last place with the new entry, the Ottawa 67s.Things didn&rsquo;t look much brighter this year but after the first month of the schedule there were the Petes right up on top of the 10-team league.A mild, almost diffident man but a real student of hockey, Neilson explains away his success by simply saying that he attempts to put the players available to the best possible use.This year for example the Petes probably won&rsquo;t have a player among the top eight or 10 scorers.He simply compromised by stressing defensive hockey.The Petes are fourth highest goals against and therein lies goals against and there in lies the secret, if indeed it is a secret, of how Peterborough has caused headaches among the other coaches.A great many people still weren&rsquo;t convinced when the Petes went through their first nine games with seven wins, only one loss and a tie.&ldquo;Wait until they get into Maple Leaf Gardens and face these free-wheeling Marlboros on the big ice surface,&rdquo; was the feeling. &ldquo;Then you&rsquo;ll see how strong they are defensively!The Petes paid their first visit to the Gardens and not only did the defence stand up under pressure but the forwards produced their most prolific scoring display thus far as the Dukes were dumped 8-3.Bruce Landon has played brilliant goal for the Petes while Stackhouse, an awkward-appearing but highly effective six-footer has been the key man on defence.Landon was expecially effective in the first period when the Petes drew five of the six penalties.Stackhouse not only turned in a strong game on the blueline but scored two goals and assisted on two others.So it would appear that the Petes are for real, not simply a fly-by-night outfit which will fade under pressure.In contrast to the previous week when home teams won only one of eight games, the visiting clubs had their problems in the last seven days.Only two victories were scored by teams on foreign ice, Niagara Falls Flyers beating Oshawa Generals 5-2 as well as the Petes trimming the Marlboros.However, London Knights were still without a home victory.After four successive losses at Treasure Island Gardens they finally earned a 1-1 tie with Ottawa.The 67s, who seem destined for last place again, were thumped two nights later 11-2 in St. Catharines.Hamilton, Peterborough, Niagara Falls and Montreal all scored home victories.The Montreal 6-2 win over Hamilton Red Wings was their first appearance in the reflurbished Forum and just under 10,000 fans greeted the Baby Habs after an extended six-game road trip in which they earned two wins and a tie.The Canadiens, now settled in the Forum, are considered a threat for the championship with such outstanding holdovers as Rejean Houle, Gil Perreault and Marc Tardif. &#9632;

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Petes’ Coach Puts Club In OHA Junior Lead

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0275/2721584-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="587" height="443"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 5St. Catharines 6 at London 6Thurs. Nov. 7Kitchener 2 at Hamilton 4Oshawa 6 at Peterborough 6Fri. Nov. 8Montreal 10 at Niagara Falls 7Toronto 6 at Ottawa 3Hamilton 2 at Kitchener 4Sat. Nov. 9St. Catharines 6 at Oshawa 3Sun. Nov. 10Toronto 2 at Montreal 9London 3 at St. Catharines 3Kitchener 3 at Ottawa 4<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Toronto at LondonPeterborough at OshawaKitchener at Niagara FallsSt. Catharines at KitchenerThurs. Nov. 14Niagara Falls at PeterboroughLondon at HamiltonFri. Nov. 15Peterborough at Niagara FallsSt. Catharines at KitchenerMontreal at OttawaOshawa at LondonOf 3Sun. Nov. 17Kitchener at St. CatharinesOttawa at MontrealNiagara Falls at TorontoHamilton at PeterboroughLondon at Oshawa<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0356/2721577-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="577" height="599"></div> &#9632;

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LOOKING AT OHA RACE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0444/2721615-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="865" height="1158"></div>SOLUTION IN NOVEMBER 23 ISSUE<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Pictured player.8&mdash;Either.9&mdash;An N.H.L. defenseman.11&mdash;12th and 22nd letters of the alphabet.12&mdash;Statisticians do this.13&mdash;First name of 16 across.15&mdash;Initials of one of the Habs.16&mdash;A Vancouver defenseman.17&mdash;Nickname of a former N.H.L. coach.18&mdash;Initials of an N.H.L. linesman.19&mdash;Denotes scoreless tie.21&mdash;Initials of one of the Rangers.22&mdash;Initials of Kabel of Phoenix.23&mdash;A winter sport.25&mdash;First name of one of the Flyers.28&mdash;Denotes number worn by Noel Price.29&mdash;Initials of a St. Louis defenseman.30&mdash;Initials of one of the Leafs.32&mdash;Wears No. 3 for Chicago.34&mdash;First name of a Ranger veteran.36&mdash;England. (abbr.)37&mdash;One of the Hawks answers to this.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Wears No. 8 for Minnesota.2&mdash;First name of former bruin Tessier.3&mdash;Initials of Heiskala of Philadelphia.4&mdash;Former Red Wing Leswick answers to this.5&mdash;Initials of one of the Hawks.6&mdash;Estimated Time of Arrival. (abbr.)7&mdash;Scored 11 Goals for Pittsburgh last season.10&mdash;One of the Oakland Seals.14&mdash;A cereal plant.20&mdash;Initials of a Ranger centre.21&mdash;Initials of one of the Blues.24&mdash;An N.H.L. General Manager.25&mdash;A Red Wing defenseman.26&mdash;7 down once played for this team. (abbr)27&mdash;Same as 5 down.31&mdash;Period of time.33&mdash;15th and 5th letters of the alphabet.35&mdash;Initials of 2 down.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2>ACROSS1&mdash;FLEMING.6&mdash;11.7&mdash;D.E.8&mdash;RUPP.11&mdash;NORM.12&mdash;GEORGE.13&mdash;YA.14&mdash;D.I.15&mdash;SKI.17&mdash;HER.18&mdash;OTT.19&mdash;ONE.21&mdash;WALTON.25&mdash;BERENSON.26&mdash;H.R.27&mdash;NEB.29&mdash;BUCYK.DOWN1&mdash;FERGUSON2&mdash;ESPOSITO.3&mdash;11.4&mdash;NINE.5&mdash;LEMAIRE.7&mdash;DRYDEN.9&mdash;U.E.10&mdash;P.R.16&mdash;K.T.17&mdash;HORTON.20&mdash;VERB.21&mdash;WE.22&mdash;ANDY.23&mdash;L.S.24&mdash;ONE.25&mdash;B.H.28&mdash;B.P. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div>ST. LOUIS Mo.&mdash;If William Scott Bowman wore an eye patch and a shirt un but toned at the col1ar he could easily pass for Israel&rsquo;s celebrated general, Moshe Dayan. And Bowman, the brilliant tactician of the St. Louis Blues&rsquo; armed forces will tell you there are times during these earliest weeks of the National Hockey League skirmishing when he feels his defending Western Division playoff champs are actually surrounded by a hundred million hostile Arabs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01121/2721653-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="292" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Scotty Bowman</figcaption></div>What would Dayan do in a spot like that?Exactly what Bowman had plotted to do &mdash; strike swiftly and strongly before superior forces could overcome his troops.Bowman points out that the Blues faced a schedule of ten of their first 15 games on foreign ice and 11 of those 15 games were against the superior Eastern Division clubs.Bowman knew the Blues would be hard put to stay respectable during the early stages of the campaign. The schedule, he said, was stacked against them.But the importance of striking early and hard was to salvage as many points as possible against these strongest opponents. The outlook was much more promising once the Blues completed an extended tour of duty in enemy territory November 13. They then opened a fivegame home stand and only seven of their next 23 road tests were to be against the Eastern Division.The Blues went into November looking as strong as anything the West could muster. They were in first place and had demonstrated that they could be as tough a foe on the road as they were at home, a quality that any worthy contender must possess.They startled the Detroit Red Wings with a garrison finish to grab a 4-4 deadlock as they opened their November road trip. Camille (The Eel) Henry, flashing his old greatness, notched the three-goal hat trick to overcome a 4-1 Detroit advantage.Earlier Bowman&rsquo;s expeditionary force had demonstrated no fear of foreign engagements by knocking off the Boston Bruins, 2-1, after being held scoreless until the final five minutes of the match.On the other side of the ledger, back home before another standing room audience of 14,892 Saturday night, November 2, the Blues were blanked by the Minnesota North Stars, 2-0, in a match that saw the North Stars check so efficiently that the Blues rarely had speaking acquaintance with the puck except when it was nestled in the big mitt of Goalie Jacques Plante who was forced to withstand a substantial blizzard of rubber. It was Wren Blair&rsquo;s final appearance in St. Louis as coach of the North Stars before turning over that chore to Johnny Muckier and Bowman was convinced that the North Stars had come to town to &ldquo;win one fo. Wren&rsquo;&rsquo; in order to demonstrate their loyalty Io the boss who was going to devote full time to the duties of general manager.After five weeks of the season did Bowman think his defending Western Division Playoff champs were as solid as he had hoped they would be?&ldquo;Not exactly,&rdquo; he declared. &ldquo;There has been some spotty play and I have been forced to do a lot of lineup juggling.&rdquo; The facts of the situation were that Bowman was juggling his forward formations so frequently that no single unit had become a fixture.There was evidence that he was less than content with the skating of some of his players and he could be found conjecturing about whether or not to be calling for a replacement or two from down on the farm.One definite replacement possibility that continued to be mulled over in his mind was Terry Crisp, possibly the most aggressive and hardworking member of last year&rsquo;s club who was shipped to Kansas City as the season opened.&ldquo;I think,&rsquo; Bowman told this writer, &ldquo;that Crisp might be the answer to sparking some of our guys.&rdquo;Crisp, a perpetual motion 25-year-old center from Parry Sound, Ont., played all but one game for the Blues in their first season and notched nine goals and 20 assists. His remarkable drive and relentless checking at both ends of the ice established him quickly as one of the most popular of the Blues. The red head&rsquo;s constant drive and his ability to play the game vigorously but cleanly was a major factor in keeping the Blues&rsquo; sparked up both offensively and defensively.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0273/2721646-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="1160" height="1203"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY CRISP&hellip;Injects Life In Blues</figcaption></div>Meanwhile, St. Louis was getting superlative goaltending from both of their illustrious cage cops &mdash; Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante.Bowman was quick to puncture allegations in a nationally circulated sports paper that there was a problem brewing on the Blues as to which of his goaltenders was going to be No.1.&ldquo;It might make good reading,&rdquo; said Bowman, &ldquo;but there&rsquo;s nothing to it. What could be nicer than to have two goalies like Glenn and Jacques to back each other up and give each other top caliber relief when the need arises?&rdquo; &#9632;

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