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November 23, 1968

The Hockey News November 23, 1968

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;Recently, after Toronto Maple Leafs suffered the acute humiliation of a home ice defeat at the hands of Philadelphia Flyers, manager-coach Punch Imlach threatened to make some trades.At which point, if you listened carefully, you could hear voices all over this city pleading, in unison: &ldquo;Oh no, Punch, not that. Any thing but that.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01729/2860011-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="265" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pierre Pilote</figcaption></div>Imlach&rsquo;s deals, you see, haven&rsquo;t been turning out very well lately. As a matter of fact, many Leaf followers wish they could get back all the men Imlach has swapped to other teams in the National Hockey League.The first one they&rsquo;d like to wipe out is that 1964 transaction in which Leafs got Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney and gave New York Rangers Dick Duff, Bob Nevin and defencemen Arnie Brown and Rod Seiling.Duff, subsequently dealt to Montreal Canadiens, has scored 74 goals, plus 10 in the Stanley Cup playoffs, since leaving Toronto. Nevin, Rangers&rsquo; captain now, had 98 prior to the current season which started out as one of his best ever. He led NHL scorers in the early weeks of the schedule and quickly ran his total to 10 goals.Brown and Seiling, of course, are first-stringers on the Ranger rearguard, while Leafs are hurting on defence.Then there&rsquo;s the Gerry Cheevers case. This goalie was exposed in the NHL draft of 1966 and was grabbed by Boston Bruins, for whom he&rsquo;s now playing at age 27. Leafs, mean while, are uncertain about the dependability of their netminding and are carrying three goalies &mdash; Bruce Gamble, Johnny Bower and Al Smith.Leafs also used to own Gerry Desjardins, now with Los Angeles Kings. He beat them single handedly in a recent match, which may have prompted at least some Torontonians to wish Leafs had kept him when they had him with their junior farm club, Marlboros. Instead, they allowed Montreal Canadiens to sign him.Then there&rsquo;s Eddie Shack, who got 23 goals for Boston last year. Murray Oliver, the player Leafs acquired in that particular deal, shot 16.And it&rsquo;s with some consternation that Leaf fans watch the exploits of Frank Mahovlich on behalf of Detroit Red Wings. As this report was filed, he&rsquo;d boosted his 1968-69 total to 10 goals.Neither can anybody understand why Leafs sent Gary Unger to Detroit along with tie &lsquo;Big M., Pete Stemkowski, yes. He needed a change of scenery. But Unger looks like the young Jean Beliveau.And of course, nobody was surprised when Imlach sent Jim Pappin to Chicago. These men had passed the point of no return in their relationship. But you can&rsquo;t blame the spectators for feeling a little wistful as they see Pappin&rsquo;s name so regularly in the scoring summaries while Toronto&rsquo;s end of the bargain, Pierre Pilote, finds it so difficult to rediscover his old defence magic.And what about Bobby Baun, released to Oakland in the expansion draft and now on the Detroit defence? The Boomer was a part of the Leaf crowd that won three Stanley Cups in succession between 1962 and &lsquo;64?And, for that matter, what about Carl Brewer, who quit pro hockey rather than continue with Leafs?Well, you get the point. Hindsight, of course, is always deadly in its accuracy and it&rsquo;s exceedingly unfair. And is who knows? Maybe Pilote will get rolling. And maybe Norm Ullman, Paul Henderson and Floyd Smith, who came here in the Mahovlich trade, will make Imlach look shrewd yet. But when the club is struggling, it&rsquo;s only natural for the fans to beef about all the good ones that got away from the Toronto organization &mdash; with so very little in return.Many of these deals Imlach can be forgiven for because he usually had sound reasons. But the one that was hardest to buy was the one that sent Duff, Nevin, Brown and Seiling away. Some folks think that undermined the Leaf program for a decade. Imlach&rsquo;s argument was that he needed Bathgate and McKenney to win the 1964 Cup but the answer to that is the fine performances Duff and Nevin invariably delivered in the playoffs, no matter how badly they&rsquo;d slumped during the regular season.But to put that theory across, you have to regard Leafs&rsquo; 1967 win as either a mirage or as an unfortunate delay in a reconstruction project that should have been under way even then. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Past Deals Keep Backfiring But Imlach Talks Trade Again

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Hockey Races

<div class="byline">&#x2014;FISHER</div>ST. LOUIS, Mo. &mdash;The old magic that enabled the Blues to pull rabbits out of hats through a good part of the first expansion season and through the Stanley Cup playoffs continues to stir.They proved it at least twice during the very demanding road trip of six games in November when they were evicted from home ice by the Ice Follies. They were trailing Detroit, 4-1, at the Olympia when the old magic went to work and gained them a 4-4 tie.They did it at Boston Gardens for a second successive jolt to the Bruins when they trailed 1-0 most of the game and then deadlocked Boston on a late third period goal by Jimmy Roberts, his first of the season. This came after a startling come-from-behind win on Boston ice two weeks earlier when the Blues trailed 1-0 until the final minutes of the contest and then poured home two quick ones to win.The Blues, Sidney Salomon&rsquo;s (Jr. and the III) drew elaborate plans for the honor paid Gordon (Red) Berenson the weekend of November 16-17 to show their appreciation for Berenson&rsquo;s amazing six-goal burst against the Flyers &hellip; Latest bit of luxury provided the St. Louis hockey club is a paneled recreation room at the Arena that includes a color video set, pool table and card table. Rich red leather covered furniture sits on deep pile carpeting. &#9632;

Blues StiII Producing Late Game Goal Magic

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>LONDON, Ont. &mdash;After three rather dismal seasons in the Ontario Hockey Association junior A league, the London entry underwent a complete reorganization this year.An Ottawa syndicate purchased not only the junior franchise but the 5500-seat building in which the games are played, coach Turk Broda was replaced by former trainer Gene Taylor.Even the name was changed. Known as the London Nationals since they entered the strong provincial league they switched to what they considered more distinctive name &mdash; London Knights.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01140/2861061-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="288" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Daryl Sittler</figcaption></div>Knights of the Road might have been better.In their first 11 starts the Knights played seven times at home and four on foreign ice.They have been dismal failures before the London fans with only tow ties and five losses but on the road they have yet to lose &mdash; winning three times and playing to draw.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just hard to figure out,&rdquo; said the puzzled Taylor after Toronto Marlboros came back from a 4-3 deficit to beat the Knights 5-4 in the London Garden.&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t seem to play any differently but the puck just doesn&rsquo;t bounce our way when we&rsquo;re in front of our own spectators.&rdquo;As a result of their curious record the Knights have only nine points (seven of them on the road) while picking up just two points in their seven home engagements.This has left them in the second division while even a split in their home games would have put them up with the leaders.However they do have one factor in their favor &mdash; the league&rsquo;s top point scorer in centre Daryl Sittler.Sittler, rated one of the most promising players in the junior circuit this year figured in 28 of the first 46 goals scored by the Knights this season and has a comfortable first place margin.Peterborough Petes, who sprinted into first place in the first 10 days of the schedule have retained the lead with some surprisingly consistent hockey.The Petes, under the caoching of Roger Neilson are making believers of those who felt they would fade as soon as the other clubs had their rosters set.In their last seven games they have won six times and tied once and must be rated now as a genuine threat for the championship. They have been beaten only once (4-2 by Hamilton) in their first 11 games.St. Catharines Black Hawks have also been moving up steadily and, like the Petes, haven&rsquo;t lost in their last seven starts.However their rise has been partially delayed by a rash of ties.The Hawks have played six draws, double the number of their closest rivals in this department, London and Ottawa 67s.Kitchener Rangers, with virtually an all-new lineup from the club which finished first the last two seasons are finding the going extremely rough.The Rangers have only two wins and two ties in a dozen games and are fighting with Ottawa to avoid the cellar.One team which must bear watching is the Montreal Canadiens.The junior Habs played their first seven games on the road because of renovations at the Forum but have scored decisive victories (6-2 over Hamilton, 9-2 over Toronto Marlboros) in their two home games and are closing in on the leaders.Roger Bedard, coach of the Canadiens, has made no predictions but feels that this is the year the quick-skating junior Canadiens could go all the way.They have been most impressive to date, losing three times in nine starts.<h2>Junior OHA Scoring Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02103/2861054-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="585" height="612"></div> &#9632;

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London Juniors Can’t Win With Home Fans Watching

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01509/2861175-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="499" height="942"></div>Van Gerbig Comes Back With Seals-page 2<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02383/2861168-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1777" height="1570"></div>Hawks&rsquo; Faith In DeJordy At New Low-page 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03170/2861161-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="485" height="1529"></div>BOBBY HULL The Hot Hawk-Page 24 &#9632;

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RANGERS’ FANS CHANTING ‘WE’RE NO. I’ AROUND NHL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01684/2859293-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANCOIS LACOMBE &hellip; Oakland Seals</figcaption></div>Francois Lacombe&rsquo;s success story with Oakland Seals this season has to be one of the most unique. His very presence in the National Hockey League has astounded hockey men. You see last season young Franqois couldn&rsquo;t cut it with the junior Montreal Canadiens. In fact he spent considerable time on the bench gathering splinters. This season he was an instant hit with the NHL Seals and one of the most colorful young players to hit the big time this year. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

OAKLAND, Calif. &mdash;The Oakland Seals announced that a small new group headed by J. Anthony Boalt, a New York investment banker, Nelson Doubleday, of the publishing firm, and Barry van Gerbig, former Board Chairman of the Seals, has completed arrangements with current President Potter Palmer to take over Palmer&rsquo;s offer to purchase the club.The members of the new group and Palmer were partners in the ownership of the Seals last season. In August of this year, Palmer and his two partners, George Gillett and John H. O&rsquo;Neill, arranged to purchase the team. However, prior to the closing of the sale, the new group and Palmer entered into negotiations to permit the new group to make the purchase.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04380/2859324-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="285" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Barry Van Gerbig</figcaption></div>Members of the group headed by Boalt, Doubleday and Van Gerbig were partners in the original ownership of the National Hockey League Seals franchise. Boalt re-emphasized their faith in hockey and its success in the Bay Area, and said they would be happy to have the opportunity to operate the club again. &lsquo;We love hockey, and are proud of the team and the organization here in Oakland. We share the belief that sports fans in the Bay Area will support hockey in the future, and we are prepared to make every effort necessary to prove that we are right,&rdquo; said Boalt.Members of the group headed by Boalt, Doubleday and Van Gerbig were partners in the original ownership of the National Hockey League Seals franchise. Boldt reremphasized their faith in hockey and its success in the Bay Area, and said they would be happy to have the opportunity to pererate the club again. &ldquo;We love hockey, and are proud of the tram and the organization here in Oakland. We share the belief taht sports fans in the Bay Area will support hockey in the future, and we are prepared to make every effort necessary to prove that we are right,&rdquo; said Boalt.Van Gerbig&rsquo;s partners were his brother, Mickey and attorney of Orlando, Fla.; and Mickey&rsquo;s father-in-law, Wayne Hicklin, chairman of the board of Avon Products.No purchase price was announced. However, Van Gerbig notea tne original $2 million franchise cost rose &ldquo;in excess of $5 million as of June 30.Instead of the unworkable 43 we had before, we now have five partners.&rdquo; said Van Gerbig. &ldquo;Potter Palmer and I are old friends and he agreed because they were involved in other things and we would have more time to handle the Seals.&rdquo;Van Gerbig said he expected other NHL owners to approve the sale. They have been kept informed of negotiations. &#9632;

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Van Gerbig Reacquires Control of NHL Seals

CHICAGO, III.&mdash;Chicago coach Billy Reay finally gave up on goalie Denis De Jordy, at least temporarily any how.Reay relented under pressure and sent the crew-cut netminder out to Dallas of the Central Hockey League for &ldquo;at least few weeks.Despite the fact that the Hawks received only one top-flight effort from Denis (a 3-1 victory over Toronto Oct. 19) Reay spent the first 12 games of the year defending him, at least publicly.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02645/2859362-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="267" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Norris</figcaption></div>But after the losing streak hit four with a 4-2 loss to the Rangers at home, Reay promptly announced that some changes would be made before the next game.&ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t been able to snap Deny out of it up here,&rdquo; conceded Reay. &ldquo;Maybe something can be done down there.&rdquo;Similar moves have been successful in the past, with Denis. Three years ago, when he was being upon to help take some of the burden from Glenn Hall, Denis broke down badly during the early going. A seven-game stint with Buffalo brought him back, however, and he played a key role in a long winning streak.Jack Norris, who gave the Black Hawks, possibly their biggest win last season when he shut out Toronto to help cinch a playfoff berth, was recalled from Dallas to replace De Jordy.General Manager Tommy Ivan said the Hawks were sending DeJordy to Dallas to &ldquo;work his way out of his slump.&rdquo; DeJordy had given up 40 goals in 12 games (671 minutes) and had tightened up to the point that he is fighting himself as well as the puck.&ldquo;We hope Denis can work his way back. These things happen to all athletes and I guess you just call it a slump. But we had to do something,&rdquo; Tommy couldn&rsquo;t take any chances. We said.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03536/2859355-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="1165" height="1485"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENIS DEJORDY&hellip; Can&rsquo;t Snap Out Of Slump</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Reay Gives Up On DeJordy As Hawks Send Goalie Down

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LSO ANGELES, CALIF. &mdash;He sat there on a bench like a big, beaming teddy-bear in the happy dressing room after the Los Angeles Kings had beaten the New York - Rangers, 2-0. The Kings had become the first expansion team to beat the big city boys in eight games this season and he had become the first goalie to shut them out in 60 games over two seasons and everyone was loose and content in there, including Gerry Desjardins, the rookie goal-tender.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01686/2859400-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="281" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Desjardins</figcaption></div>It had been only his fourth National Hockey League start and his first major League shut-out and now Jim Murray, the award-winning nationally-syndicated Los Angeles Times columnist and book author, was sitting by his side, like an old friend, and the rest of the writers were crowding around him and interviewing him, and life had suddenly become beautiful for him.Yes. I think it was the best game I&rsquo;ve ever played anywhere,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Everything went just right for me. I wasn&rsquo;t screened out once, I saw everything, and I didn&rsquo;t have to handle a single defelection. I did have a lot of shots to handle single deflection. I good shooters. It was a hard, close game, and I was really getting nervous near the end. But there are nights when everything goes just right for you and this was one of them for me. It just seemed like I wasn&rsquo;t going to let anything get by me, somehow.&rdquo;It just seemed that way. It is not possible to play better goal than the plump, masked rookie from Sudbury, Ontario played on that night in the Forum in suburban Los Angeles. It may have been the best hockey game ever played in Los Angeles, maybe the best the Kings have ever played. It had everything &mdash; swift skating, close checking, hard shooting, great goal-tending &mdash; and neither team let up for 60 minutes of furious action.Ed Giacomin, the New York netminder, who is as good as any in the big time right now, played brilliantly and permitted just one goal &mdash; a short shot that angled in off Eddie&rsquo;s skate on a power play near the end of the first period. After that it was hectic and tense at 1-0 until the Rangers desperately pulled their goalie at the end and Ted Irvine slid a shot into an open net with 48 seconds left.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02567/2859393-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="2404" height="1265"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sensational LA. rookie GERRY DESJARDINS blocks a shot in 2-0 win over New York as defenseman DALE ROLFE (6) moves in to aid freshman goaler. Rangers&rsquo; PHIL GOYETTE watches action from behind net after testing Desjardins.</figcaption></div>Along this way, Desjardins made at least dozen incredible saves. He played the angles better than a rookie should and seemed to see everything. He has tremendously quick reflexes and he got to many shots that seemed to have him beat. He has an exceptional glove hand and he caught some drives brilliantly. He has quick feet and kicked out a couple of tough chances real hard. He seldom gave a rebound. He is scrambler, but scrambling helped him this night. When he made a mistake, he recovered quickly. He showed a lot of courage. He sometimes goes down too much and is too slow getting up, but Coach Red Kelly spole to him about this and he held his feet in this game.Afterwards, Kelly beamed and said everyone played real well all the way and especially Desjardins. &ldquo;He has a chance to be outstanding,&rdquo; Red said. &ldquo;He certainly was outstanding in this one.&rdquo; And in the dressing room the excited owner Jack Kent Cooke was dashing around, praising everyone and especially Desjardins. &ldquo;We have to get him some publicity,&rdquo; Jack was saying. &ldquo;He is really colorful and has a chance to be a very prominent performer.&rdquo; There had been only 6,396 fans in the Forum, smallest home crowd of the season, but Jack said, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care about that &mdash; the attendance will come &mdash; I&rsquo;m just sorry so few got to see such a sensational game and such a sensational performance.Both Cooke and Kelly agreed that with two such young goalies as Desjardins and Wayne Rutledge, the Kings should be set in the all-important nets for ten years and have fine base on which to build top team. Rutledge was an exceptionally impressive rookie last season and while we missed it while in Mexico City at The Olympics, Ed Fitkin, who knows this game, tells us Wayne was just as good in a 2-1 win over Boston early this season as Desjardins was in this 2-0 win over New York.Rutledge, who wears contact lenses, but plays without a mask, and is cool as ice, will be 27 in January. He is 6-2, weighs 205 pounds, has been a pro just four prior seasons, and was taken from the Rangers in the expassion draft. Desjardins is 24, stands 5-11, weighs 180, has been a pro only two full seasons. He had only a 3.45 goals-against average at Cleveland in the American League last season, but the team was weak defensively and Gerry was acclaimed the all-star goalie. Rookie of the Year, and just missed MVP honors. When the Kings purchased him from the Montreal organization it cleared the way for them to dispose of aging veteran Terry Sawchuk.Seldon do I devote these weekly stories to a single game, but the game Desjardins and the Kings played against the Rangers early turning point of this season in which the young club and its new young goalie showed what they can do at their best.Three nights later, before the largest crowd of the L.A. season, 11,573, Desjardins and the Kings were almost as good, taking Toronto, 3-1, for their third straight victory, hiking them to the .500 level as they completed their first month of the new season. This time actor Lorne Greene and writer Budd Schulberg joined the dressing-room crowd around the rookie goalie at game&rsquo;s end. Things will not often be this good, but now we know they can be.The question now arises, will Rutledge or Desjardins be the regular? Rutledge swears, &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t matter, as long as we win.&rdquo; It doesn&rsquo;t matter. In today&rsquo;s hockey, you need two goalies, good ones, the Kings have them and there should be enough work for both of them.One thing he knew for sure, Gerry Desjardins, as he sat in the dressing room with sweat pouring down his smiling face, and the important people swarming all over him, he had won a job in the majors. Married only 11 days before training camp began, his wife sat in on his spectacular success. And, Gerry added, when word got back home, his father, who hadn&rsquo;t believed it before, would know his son really was a big-leaguer. &#9632;

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Kings’ Rookie Gerry Desjardins Arrives As Big League Netminder

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 Countries Postage 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;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01748/2859455-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><h2>Vezina Trophy Not Fairly Awarded</h2>Hockey News Editor:Each year there is one trophy that is not fairly awarded in the NHL. That is the Vezina Trophy. It is supposed to be awarded to the best goalie each year, but it isn&rsquo;t.In recent edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS, Jacques Plante was quoted as saying that &ldquo;a goaltender is no better than the team in front of him.This is true, because with Montreal Plante won six Vezina Trophies. Then Gump Worsley was traded to Montreal and won the Vezina while Plante with New York did not. So this proves Jacques&rsquo; point.I suggest that the team allowing the least number of goals should not receive the Vezina Trophy but special recognition as being the best defensive team in the NHL. Perhaps a separate trophy could be set up for this.The Vezina Trophy should be awarded to the goalie who has played 35 games or more with the best individual percentage. This would be determined by comparing the number of saves with the number of shots on goal. The goalie with the best percent-age would be the true winner of the Vezina Trophy.DAVID HOFFMAN, Sheho, Sask.<h2>Hockey News Caters To Novice Fans, Too</h2>Hockey News Editor:Since expansion of the NHL has brought major league hockey to my city, you have secured at least another satisfied subscriber.THE HOCKEY NEWS caters not only to the polished, well-versed and knowledgable hockey fan. but to us novices as well.In your own words, I have become an &ldquo;avid hockey affectionadio&rdquo;. I feel that THE HOCKEY NEWS has played an integral part in my education to the finer points of spectatorship and understanding of the game.PHIL HAYWARD JR., Philadelphia, P.A.<h2>Goalies Should Serve Own Penalty Time</h2>Hockey News Editor:I am a recent subscriber to the Hockey News and think it is great. I am writing to say we all here in New Jersey love hockey but due to the lack of snow we usually play on concrete.I as a hockey fan think they ought to change a rule. If a penalty is called on a goaltender they should replace the goalie for 2 minutes plus take off another player. This way the #2 goalie would get lot more action. I think this rule would improve the game of hockey.My three favorites and I think the NHL&rsquo;s best goalies are: Eddie Giacomin, Rog Vachon and Roger Crozier.I think that a future great NHL goalie is going to be Gary Smith. Watch also for Gerry DesJardins and Gilles Villemure.MIKE TESTA Kearny, New Jersey<h2>Expansion robbed Cleveland Roster</h2>Hockey News Editor:In my mind the N.H.L. expansion has definitly hurt the minor leagues. The Cleveland team was very good before the idea of expanding started to pop around.Two seasons before expansion year Les Binkley left. Then in the draft we had many of our good players picked. Joe Szura, Keith McCreary, Tom McCarthy, Jacques Lemieux, Bob Courcy, and Larry Zeidel left just as the season began.Last year we lost Fred Glover, Norm Ferguson. Jim Paterson, Bob Barber. Brvan Watson, and Gerry Desjardins. We have lost so many good players it is sickening. We now have a team with only seven players coming back from last year.People are saying the N.H.L. is going to expand again soon. I thing this would not be a smart move. They should wait until the minor leagues build a team almost as good as the N.H.L. then expand. I think this would take seven years.CARL SUVAK Garfield Heights, Ohio &#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/f0004-02699/2859514-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="441" height="485"></div>OWNER JACK KENT COOKE of the Los Angeles Kings is going over-board in praise of his young goalie, Gerry Desjardins. &ldquo;Gerry&rsquo;s left hand is faster than Bobby Hull&rsquo;s slap shot,&rdquo; said Jack. &ldquo;We took him to the UCLA medical center and measured the speed of his reflexes &hellip; 118 miles an hour&rdquo; &hellip; Icemakers at Detroit&rsquo;s Olympia Stadium have been experimenting of late with soft-water flooding and there seems to be a marked improvement in the surface since the experiments started &hellip; Canadiens worried about the poor play of late of goalkeeper Rogatien Vachon &hellip; Denver Spurs are having trouble getting off the ground in their first season of play in the Western Hockey League &hellip; Greensboro Generals of the Eastern League have a hot-shot NHL prospect in Peter McDuffe, a 20-year-old goalie who belongs to the Chicago Black Hawks &hellip; The way Denis DeJordy has played this season the Hawks may need McDuffe sooner than expected &hellip; Incidentally, DeJordy was sent to the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central League on the anniversary of his 20th birthday &hellip; The retired George Armstrong, former captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, is under full contract this season. The Leafs have refused to accept his retirement and still have hopes he will be on their active playing roster before the season ends &hellip; Montreal&rsquo;s GM Sam Pollock, rated hockey&rsquo;s shrewdest executive, is off on long scouting trip through the American and Central Leagues &hellip; Stan Mikita&rsquo;s chances of winning a third straight Lady Byng Trophy are already in jeopardy due to the major penalty he took recently for a fight with Boston&rsquo;s Gary Doak.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03601/2859507-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="258" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Peter McDuffe</figcaption></div>RECORDS OF GAMES between Eastern Division teams of the NHL and Western Division teams is almost the same this year as last &hellip; Last October Eastern clubs won 12, lost two and had no ties. This year the Eastern squads won 19, lost three and tied two. In November a year ago clubs from the established division won 18, lost 12 and tied four. In games up to November 15 this year Eastern teams had won 11, lost nine and tied two &hellip; In the month preceding last year&rsquo;s All-Star Game Eastern teams downed the Western teams 19 times while losing two and tying three &hellip; In the month immediately following the All-Star tilt Eastern clubs managed to win but 11 games, losing 10 and tying four, which shows a tremendous improvement in the record of the Western Division members &hellip; Jack Chevalier, statistical-minded hockey writer of the Philadelphia Inquirer, points out that the Western Division won more games by one goal over Eastern Division clubs. Teams from the expansion section won 17 games by a single goal compared to 15 for the East &hellip; Eastern teams had a commanding margin over the West in what Jack calls &ldquo;Runaway Games&rdquo;, where one team won three or more goals. Eastern teams won 42 over the West in this category while Western squads won but 11 &hellip; The Eastern teams won 29 games over teams from the West by two goals last season as against 12 wins by the same margin for Western clubs &hellip; Montreal Forum fans, used to watching their beloved Canadiens skate off as winners, jeered the team last week when Canadiens played a poor game in losing to Toronto, which prompted Goalie Gump Worsley to remark: &ldquo;For fans like these you must win 77 games in every 76 to please them&rdquo; &hellip; Gary Bergman, Detroit&rsquo;s best defenseman this season &hellip; Toronto&rsquo;s Mike Walton is riding the bench this year, after scoring 30 goals last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04521/2859500-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="265" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike Walton</figcaption></div>KANSAS CITY BLUES had 5.819 fans on hand for their opening home game to win the Clarence Campbell Trophy for the best opening night attendance in the CHL. This was the second straight year that Kansas City has done this &hellip; Peter Slater and Rock Gay, both seniors and both from Ontario, were elected co-captains of St. Lawrence University&rsquo;s 1968-69 puck squad &hellip; Red Fisher of the Montreal Star tells this story about Noel Picard, huge defenseman of the St. Louis Blues. Picard scored a goal on October 30 and leaped gleefully after the puck. &ldquo;What did you save the puck for?&rdquo; Coach Scotty Bowman asked him. &ldquo;My first goal of the year,&rdquo; said Picard &hellip; A few nights later, Picard scored a goal at Detroit. Once more he asked for the puck. &ldquo;Why the blanket-blank are you saving that one?&rdquo; Bowman asked him. &ldquo;I broke my record of last season,&rdquo; answered Picard &hellip; Ken Thomas of Sportours in Toronto will be organizing a marvellous expedition for hockey fans wishing to attend the World Hockey Championships in Stockholm, Sweden this March. Further announcements will appear in this paper. We&rsquo;d like to hear from anyone interested in making this trip &hellip; In the midst of a six-game home stand the Philadelphia Flyers hope to move up the ladder in the Western Division standings &hellip; Milt Schmidt thought it would only be a temporary job when he left Kitchener, Ont. back in 1936 to play for the Boston Bruins as a kid of 17. Now the Bruins&rsquo; General Manager. Milt is in his 33rd consecutive year with the Boston organization &hellip; Over 300,000 Pow-R-Pucks have been produced so far this year &hellip; Overlooked alongside Gordie Howe&rsquo;s many accomplishments is teammate Alex Delvecchio&rsquo;s outstanding scoring record. The Detroit captain is third on the all-time list of assist leaders with 591. just four short of the second-place total of Andy Bathgate (595).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05426/2859493-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="260" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt Schmidt</figcaption></div><h2>EAST-WEST SCOREBOARD:</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06345/2859486-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="1243" height="266"></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01700/2859545-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div>In today&rsquo;s game, this young man handed out five stiff body checks, blocked two slapshots from the point, was boarded by a big right winger, caught an elbow while digging the puck out of the corner, was flattened trying to clear the puck, and picked up an assist on a goal.He played good game.He played it hard.But most important, he&rsquo;s still in one piece.That&rsquo;s the part we played in today&rsquo;s game. &#9632;

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Cooper

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Jean Beliveau was off in old-time form. Yvan Cournoyer took the lead in goals. Ted Harris was beginning to earn due recognition as a likely all-star defenceman. And terry Harper managed to keep playing without practice.These were the highlights as Montreal&rsquo;s defending league and Cup champions checked their record for the first month of the schedule &mdash; six points ahead of last year&rsquo;s efforts for the first 13 games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01777/2859583-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="260" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Harris</figcaption></div>Beliveau, the 37-year-old captain, continued as the Canadiens&rsquo; spark-plug since the start of the schedule to draw star rating game after game and in contention for the league points lead. He neared another milestone in his great NHL career, on the brink of passing Andy Bathgate as second-highest (next to Gordie Howe) in all-time assists.Cournoyer, the little right-wing with the big shot, became the first of the Habs to get 10 goals and appeared set to pass easily his mark of 28 in 1967-68. In fact, the 25-year-old forward was closing in on his first NHL milestone of 100 goals with eight to go.But the added feature of Cournoyer&rsquo;s play this season has been in his play-making. He may never score a prettier goal than his second of the game recently at Detroit.After trapping the puck at centre ice and watching Beliveau come over the boards to skate on his right side, Cournoyer moved in against the Detroit defence. He faked a shot that sent the rearguard to his knees as a blocker but passed to Beliveau instead. Big Jean passed back and Cournoyer drilled the puck to the open side of the net.The goal wound up as an equalizer in addition to Cournoyer&rsquo;s three winning goals.Harris, whose main publicity in four previous NHL seasons has come from his clean-fisted flights with hockey&rsquo;s heavyweight contender Orland Kurtenbach, started to draw heavy ink in Montreal&rsquo;s sports pages. He was off to his fastest start ever in the NHL, by far the best and most consistent rear-guand with the Habs.His reputation as a slow starter took a beating as Big Teddy threw body checks with rare abandon so early in the schedule and he moved the puck with confidence. Harris&rsquo; shot was booming, too, and Jacques Plante might have been a headless goalie if he hadn&rsquo;t ducked on the first goal against St. Louis. Harper&rsquo;s status was the oddity of the young season. Although he missed three weeks of practice, the plucky defenceman managed to play in all 13 games while being handicapped by a knee ailment since training camp.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02634/2859576-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="1197" height="1284"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s captain JEAN BELIVEAU of Canadiens tussling with Detroit&rsquo;s wandering veteran of the net, TERRY SAWCHUK, in recent Montreal game.</figcaption></div>Instead of practising, Terry spent the time either having fluid drained from his right knee or taking exercises under the eye of club physiotherapis Yvon Belanger. Fluid was the aftermath of surgery for removal of cyst on the cartillage after last spring&rsquo;s playoffs.&ldquo;The knee seems to be getting stronger gradually and the doctor is waiting a little longer before checking for fluid.,&rdquo; says the defenceman.&ldquo;The exercises must be doing some good.&rdquo;Harper had it tough the first two weeks of the schedule, coming out of some games hardly able to walk, Back to back contests were the worst since there was no time for treatment in between. However he felt strong after recent games against St. Louis and Detroit.&ldquo;I was tired, but still had something left after being able to hit a few guys,&rdquo; he ex plained.Coach Claude Ruel would like Harper healthy enough to practice regularly but isn&rsquo;t complaining.&ldquo;Terry comes to the rink to play and has looked pretty good so far. I like better to see him give 100 per cent in a game than in practice.&rdquo;Meanwhile the return of Jacques Laperriere was due to take some of the load off Harper. Laperriere was being used in spots by Ruel while getting back into shape from the knee injury he suffered at Detroit in mid October.The loss of Henri Richard through his second shoulder separation this season meant some shuffling and more ice time for Dick Duff and rookie Mickey Redmond. &#9632;

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Cup Winning Canucks Ahead Of Last Year’s NHL Pace

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Unless his luck changes, this could be another disappointing season for Henri Richard, the veteran Montreal centre who started out the schedule in grand skating form.Richard suffered his second separation of the right shoulder recently and will be lost to the Canadians anywhere from two weeks to month.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03474/2859614-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="270" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Henri Richard</figcaption></div>After being injured in a game at Detroit Oct. 20, Richard was out only four games before getting back into the lineup and skating as well as ever. He turned in a fine performance and netted his first and second goals of the season against Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.The came the return injury in a Forum 4-1 win over St. Louis Blues. Richard threw the best bodycheck of the contest when he jolted Gary Sabourin at centre ice but had to struggle to the bench in pain. &#9632;

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Injury Jinx Haunting Habs’ Richard Again

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL &mdash; Larry Hillman, defenseman, secured from Minnesota of NHL in exchange for Brian Smith, forward.CHICAGO &mdash; Denis DeJordy, goalkeeper, assigned to Dallas of CHL. Jack Norris, goalkeeper, recalled from Dallas.LOS ANGELES &mdash; Poul Popiel, defenseman, traded to Detroit of NHL in exchange for Ron Anderson, forward.MINNESOTA &mdash; Garry Bauman, goalkeeper, sent to Memphis of CHL. Duane Rupp, defenseman, returned to Cleveland of AHL.BOSTON &mdash; Garnet Bailey and Wayne Cashman, forwards, returned to Hershey of AHL. Rick Smith, defenseman. sent back to Oklahoma City of CHL.DETROIT &mdash; Jim Watson, defenseman, returned to Baltiore of AHL:PITTSBURGH &mdash; Billy LeCaine, forward, and Doug Barrie, defenseman, recalled from Amarillo ofCHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>SAN DIEGO &mdash; Len Ronson, forward, secured from Oakland of NHL.VANCOUVER &mdash; Marc Reaume, defenseman, and Les Duff, forward, returned to Rochester of AHL. AI Millar, goalkeeper, secured from Rochester.<h2>AMERICAN EAGUE</h2>BUFFALO &mdash; Mike Labadie, forward, placed on waivers for purpose of being reinstated as amateur.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>MEMPHIS &mdash; Ted McCaskill, forward, placed on waivers for purpose of returning him to Nashville of EHL.HOUSTON &mdash; Roger Belisle and Jene-Rene Losier, forwards, assigned to Muskegon of IHL.OMAHA &mdash; Randy Legge, defenseman, secured from Buffalo of AHL on loan.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>FORT WAYNE &mdash; Ken Gratton, forward, secured from Kansas City of CHL. Norm Waslawski, forward, placed on waivers.TOLEDO &mdash; Frank Sawyer, defenseman, released.DES MOINES &mdash; Trevor Fahey, forward, secured from Denver of WHL. Reg Bechtold, forward, secured from Greensboro of EHL. Glen Lindsay, goalkeeper, secured from Memphis of CHL. Steve Trendov, goalkeeper, and Braden Houston, defenseman, released.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>SYRACUSE &mdash; Greg Smith, forward, secured from Muskegon of IHL.SALEM &mdash; Ricky Purdy, forward, dropped.LONG ISLAND &mdash; Don Newman, Bill Christodal, Tim Rothwell, and Bill Adair, forwards, dropped.CHARLOTTE &mdash; Jimmy Wilcox, defenseman, secured from San Diego of WHL. Bob Whidden, goalkeeper, returned by Vancouver of WHL.CLINTON &mdash; Marc Rioux and Dick Trembecky, forwards, released.JOHNSTOWN &mdash; Murray Finley, goalkeeper. secured from Salem of EHL. Ken Gustafson, forward, secured from San Diego of WHL.JACKSONVILLE &mdash; Alf Carlson, forward, released. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;The Rangers, shocked by the breaking of their 59 game shutout string in their first West Coast game of the new season, roared back with wins at Oakland 3-2 on November 8 &mdash; and at Chicago 4-2 on November 10.Then followed victories last weekend over Pittsburgh and the upset of Montreal that knocked Canadiens off the top rung and moved Rangers into the lead.The Chicago triumph made coach Bernie &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion think that it was all worth it. It was New York&rsquo;s first triumph in four games with the Eastern Division teams &mdash; and from the territorial play it was plain to see that the Rangers had stepped up the tempo enough to handle the old line clubs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01728/2859676-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="255" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Giacomin</figcaption></div>If this resembled last year&rsquo;s finish, so be it. What made Rangerville happy was the resounding whacking that the boys in the New York sweaters gave to the Hawks &mdash; the club which ousted the favored Rangers in last Spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playdowns.&ldquo;The Chicago game showed me that we have come alive &mdash; and just at the right time,&rdquo; said Geoffrion. &ldquo;We have taken eight of nine from the West and now should pick up against the East.&rdquo;Even the loss at Los Angeles on November 6 by a 2-0 count, was really the work of a hot goaltender, rookie Gerry DesJardins of the Kings.&ldquo;When a netminder is as hot as he was there is not much that you can do about it.&rdquo; sighed the Boomer.Geoffrion even tried to mix up his long established lines in the Oakland game, using Phil Goyette with Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfield and Jean Ratelle with Bob Nevin and Donnie Marshall. The experiment lasted about half period and then the old Ratelle-Gilbert-Hadfield, Goyette-Marshall-Nevin trios were reunited.When Goeffrion made his move, the Goyette line was the No. 1 line in the NHL with 39 points in 11 contests, but this did not deter the Boomer. His main goal was to shake a few shots out of the stick of center Jean Ratelle. Ratty, a 32 goal man last year, is playing on a line with two shooters Gilbert and Hadfield and he himself doesn&rsquo;t shoot enough.&ldquo;You have to shoot to score, don&rsquo;t you?&rdquo; Asks Geoffrion.The brightest spot for the Rangers at the present is the work of Goalie Eddie Giacomin. Giac robbed Bobby Hull twice on semi breakaways in the first period at Chicago and even when the opposition shoots they don&rsquo;t often score. Eddie is fast becoming the premier netminder in the NHL and when the boys work both ways for him as they did in the Windy City, he is almost un beatable.&ldquo;Giacomin was real great. He made about three clutch stops which picked us up and turned the game around,&rdquo; said Geoffrion.With the first month now history, the league seems ready to settle down to its proper form and New York could easily make its move right about now. Last year, the Rangers went 5-1-3 in October and then slipped back to 4-7 in November. December showed 7-5-3 with January 6-4-2. February with 8-2-3 and March with 9-4-1 were hot months which resulted in the second place finish. If Goeffrion can prevent the November fall off of 1967, he may be able to establish a serious challenge to the Montreal Canadiens early in the campaign.Two years ago, when the Emile Francis led Rangers burst from the second division, it was an early November weekend sweep against Montreal and Detroit which had the club fighting with Chicago for the lead. This is what the Boomer is looking for now &mdash; with the difference being that he has the depth to the Rangers on top.<h2>Rangers In First &lsquo;Frisco Game&rsquo;</h2>Bob Nevin continues to be the Blues, top banana with a key goal in Chicago, his eleventh of the season&hellip; New York played Oakland at San Francisco&rsquo;s Cow Palace, the first NHL game ever staged there&hellip; Walter Tkaczuk was recalled and played on the road trip, having completed his necessary time in the AHL at Buffalo&hellip; When the Rangers were sputtering a bit in November of 67, Francis traded Red Berenson for Ron Stewart. There are those who think a trade might be in the offing now despite the club&rsquo;s high position&hellip; Nevin, with 11 goals in 13 games is way ahead of last year when he didn&rsquo;t get his 11th until Game 27&hellip; Bob has a point in 12 of the Blues 13&hellip; contests and Phil Goyette has entered the score book in 11 of the 13&hellip; New York has scored 21 of their 44 goals in the&rsquo; second period&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02648/2859669-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="550" height="564"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN RATELLE &hellip; Not shooting enough</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rangers Step Up To First Place Knocking Off Established Clubs

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><h2>Fingering Coach Makes Job Shaky</h2>I FIRED RED Sullivan last season, yet here he was this season, big as life, leading his Pittsburgh Penguins into town. I asked him if it bothered him, reading in my column that he was on his way out. &ldquo;Sure it did,&rdquo; he admitted, being an honest and open guy. &ldquo;I was surprised and concerned. I didn&rsquo;t know how accurate it was. My bosses hadn&rsquo;t hinted anything, but we weren&rsquo;t winning, so it was possible, especially in this business. It didn&rsquo;t change me any. All you can do is keep trying to win. It didn&rsquo;t keep me awake nights. But it didn&rsquo;t help me sleep, either. I&rsquo;m only glad it wasn&rsquo;t true.&rdquo;It wasn&rsquo;t, which taught me a lesson. Most of my information last season was accurate. This came from a reliable source, but wasn&rsquo;t reliable. I feel now that it is not faire to speculate about such a serious, personal thing. &ldquo;Maybe it was true and someone changed their mind, Maybe it&rsquo;ll still happen. We&rsquo;re still not winning,&rdquo; Red said. &ldquo;But I do think stories that a coach is about to be fired could speed up the process. It might plant the idea in someone&rsquo;s mind. It might make it hard for a boss to change his mind. It might affect the players&rsquo; response to the coach. It can&rsquo;t help to create an atmosphere of impending doom around an individual.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01763/2859707-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="571" height="867"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED SULLIVAN &hellip; No One Wants To Win More</figcaption></div>The Redhead isn&rsquo;t 40 yet, but seems it. His face is seamed and scarred from worries and injuries. He wears glasses, giving the once-fiery player a scholarly look. Always thin, he now seems gaunt. Always serious, he now seems deeply dedicated. As a player, he seldom played with winners. As a coach in the American League, he had a loser. He moved back up to the National League as a coach in the American League, he had a loser. He moved back up to the National League as a coach with New York and had another loser. He was fired, but walked out with his head held high, speaking kindly of his bosses, who had discharged him. He got a second chance with the new Pittsburgh team in the expansion, but missed the playoffs last season.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think anyone wants to win more than I do,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;My job is winning. I&rsquo;m fed up with losing. When you lose, you expect to get fired. No one likes to get gired, but in sports you have to expect it. In sports it&rsquo;s a very public thing. It hurts your pride. It makes you wonder about yourself. But it&rsquo;s no good to go out blaming everyone but yourself. You had a job to do and you didn&rsquo;t do it, period, no matter your problems. You can only hope to get another chance, to make up for it, if you want to stay in coaching, which I do.&rdquo;Why would he want it, this hard, hurting, usually unrewarding thing? &ldquo;Because I love the game,&rdquo; Sully said. &ldquo;Because I can&rsquo;t play any more, so I have to coach if I want to stay in the game. Because I like coaching and consider it challenge. I like working with the guys. I want to put together a winner. It&rsquo;s a hard life in some ways, sure. There&rsquo;s a lot of pressure on you night after night. It&rsquo;s a long schedule. If you&rsquo;re losing, it seems longer and the pressure gets heavier. The travel is very tough. Being away from the family isn&rsquo;t good. I don&rsquo;t always eat or sleep very good. I get lonely, sometimes. But this is the game, my game, and I&rsquo;d be lost without it.&rdquo;He is considered a tough coach, who sometimes criticizes his players publicly, but he is respected by more who have played for him. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care if my players like me, only that they respect me,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I have to do the job as I see it, no matter who it hurts. Cutting Andy Bathgate at the beginning of this season was the hardest thing I&rsquo;ve ever had to do. He was an old friend and great player. But his legs were gone, so for the good of the team, he had to go. I&rsquo;m not going to baby anyone. Why should they be concerned about being bawled out in front of other players? I really think they forget sometimes that they&rsquo;re part of a team and winning or losing is as much their responsibility as it is the coach s. The secret to the success of any coach is handling men, but I have 18 men to handle, which is a lot, and I think the players could do more for each other, on and off the ice, than they do. I think on most teams team spirit is not what it should be.&rdquo;Manager Jack Riley, a much respected man, put together this club with Red&rsquo;s help. Most people felt it was too old a team and were not surprised when it failed last season. Riley said he felt the best way to win fast was with experienced veterans and he felt that it was important he win fast in Pittsburgh, which was not a large a city or as solid a hockey town as some other expansion communities. It just didn&rsquo;t work, but Red has not given up. &ldquo;You can win with veterans as well as you can with kids,&rdquo; Red said.<h2>Sees Dogfight In Western Race</h2>He paused, looking down at his strong, empty hands. I don&rsquo;t even want to talk about age,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;No matter their ages, some of the guys we had last season were good enough, some weren&rsquo;t. If a guy&rsquo;s got talent in him, it&rsquo;s up to me to get it out of him. Otherwise, we got to get better players or a new coach. We finished strong last season, but we just missed. That&rsquo;s done with, as dead as yesterday&rsquo;s newspaper as dead as the report that I&rsquo;d be fired last season. We&rsquo;ve strengthened our club some. Our division is gonna&rsquo; be a dogfight, but I think we can place high this season. I just have to get it through to these guys that they can win. A lot of them are still awed by being in the National League. They think the other guys are better than they are. I&rsquo;ve got to convince, them that they&rsquo;re National Leaguers, too. After all, they&rsquo;re up here, aren&rsquo;t they? And it the only place to be.&rdquo;Sullivan and his wife Marion have four children &mdash; Dan, 16; Jane, 12; Suzanne, 8, and Kate, 4. They have settled into a house in a suburb of Pittsburgh. &ldquo;I love the town, Red said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve loved every city I ever played or coached in. I mean that. When I go there, it becomes my home. If hockey&rsquo;s there, it&rsquo;s a fine town. Our building isn&rsquo;t one of the new ones, but it&rsquo;s one of the finest. Our city isn&rsquo;t the biggest, but its a big league town which will support this game if we give them contender. We did have some uncertainly in the front office for a while, but that&rsquo;s straightened out now and I think the club will stay put. I don&rsquo;t think talk of transferring the franchise hurt. Only losing hurt. It always hurts, he said, his eyes glinting bright and hard. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll tell&rsquo;you the truth,&rdquo; he said softly. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m looking forward to big year pretty soon. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;Everyone gives Bobby Orr full credit as the man who lights the fire under the Bruins, but there can be little doubt that the major factor in the B&rsquo;s success a year ago and thus far this year is their strength at center with Phil Esposito, Fred Stanfield and Derek Sanderson.Gary Bergman of Detroit is one Bruin opponent who is absolutely sure of this.&ldquo;They had phenomenal records last year,&rdquo; says the aggressive Red Wing defenseman, &ldquo;and they are off and running again this year.&rdquo;It is significant that the trio arrived in Boston last year together. Esposito and Stanfield arrived in Boston last year together. Esposito and Stanfield arrived through the trade with Chicago, and Sanderson came up from the Bruins&rsquo; system after sensational performances with the Niagara Falls Juniors.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02674/2859745-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="313" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Stanfield</figcaption></div>Espo proceeded to chase the Black Hawks Stan Mikita for the scoring leadership, winding up just three points behind, with 35 goals and 49 assists to win a place on the All-Star team.Stanfield was playing his first full season in the National Hockey League and contributed 20 goals and 44 assists.Sanderson succeeded Orr as the NHL rookie of the year with 24 goals and 25 assists.This helped put the Bruins into the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in nine seasons. But there still were a few cynics who wondered if this was just a one-year shot.&ldquo;Can they do it again&rdquo;? they asked.When young Sanderson went through nine games without a goal, these same cynics were starting to talk about the sophomore jinx. But then Sandy came to life and scored three times in the next four games.And Esposito and Stanfield picked up right where they finished last year.Espo ran off six goals and nine assists in the first 13 games, Stanfield had five goals and seven assists in 10 games before he was forced to the bench for three games with a bruised shoulder.Comparing this with the same number of games in 1967-68, Esposito was just one goal behind, Sanderson also was one goal off last year&rsquo;s early season pace and Stanfield was even.It doesn&rsquo;t take a computer to project the trio into a record comparable with year ago.&ldquo;I never was concerned about them scoring as well as they did last year,&rdquo; says Coach Harry Sinden.&ldquo;Sandy was in a bit of a slump through the first few games but I was certain he&rsquo;d snap out of it. Scoring is just like hitting in base ball.&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t teach a man to be a scorer any more than you can teach a ball player to be a hitter. He either has it or he hasn&rsquo;t and over the course of a season a man who scores 20 goals or more once usually will do it again.&ldquo;Phil, Fred and Sandy gave us scoring balance a year ago and they are doing the same thing this year. And they haven&rsquo;t been effected by the fact that we have been playing a tighter defensive game all around than last year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03555/2859738-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="562" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL ESPOSITO &hellip; Off and Running Again</figcaption></div>&ldquo;That was something I wonder about before the season started. I didn&rsquo;t think it should take away any of our offensive punch but I didn&rsquo;t really know.&ldquo;Now I know it hasn&rsquo;t and there should be much change through the remainder of the schedule in that respect if everyone stays healthy.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Bruins Flourish Again With Centre Ice Depth Big Factor In Success

<h2>BOSTON</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV &mdash; Don Earle.Play-by-play commentator, radio &mdash; Bob Wilson.Color man, radio &mdash; Malvin Maloney.TV Channel &mdash; WSBK-TV, UHF channel 38 &mdash; all road games of Bruins.Radio station &mdash; WHDH, dial 850 AM &mdash; all games, home and away.<h2>CHICAGO</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV &mdash; Lloyd Pettit.Color man, TV &mdash; Lou Boudreau.TV channel &mdash; WGN-TV, channel 9 &mdash; all road games, live.<h2>DETROIT</h2>Play-by-play commentators and color men, both radio and TV &mdash; Budd Lynch; Bruce Martyn.TV Channel &mdash; WKBD-TV, channel 50 (UHF) &mdash; all road games except those in California.Radio station &mdash; WWJ, dial 950 am &mdash; all home and away games except those in California.<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV and radio &mdash; Ken McDonald. Color man, TV and radio &mdash; Ed Fitkin.TV channel &mdash; KTLA, channel 5&mdash;20 road games.Radio station &mdash; KNX, dial 1070 &mdash; all 74 games.<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV &mdash; Frank Buetel.Color man, Ed Harrigan &mdash; Radio Station WCCO-TV and Radio, dial 830.Play-by-play commentator, Al Shaver.Color man, radio &mdash; Larry Jagoe.<h2>NEW YORK</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV &mdash; Win Elliot.Color man; TV &mdash; Win Elliot.Play-by-play commentator, radio &mdash; Mary Albert.Color man, radio &mdash; Bill Chadwick.TV channel &mdash; WOR-TV, Channel 9 &mdash; 25 selected dates.Radio station &mdash; WHN, dial 1050 &mdash; 43 selected dates.<h2>OAKLAND</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV, Tim Ryan.Radio Station &mdash; KEEN, dial 1370.Play-by-play commentator, Tim Ryan.<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV &mdash; Stu Nahan.Play-by-play commentator, radio &mdash; Gene Hart.TV channel &mdash; WKBS-TV, channel 48 (UHF).Radio station &mdash; WCAU, dial 1210 &mdash; all games, third period only, except those from California.<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV &mdash; Ed Con way.Radio Station &mdash; WEEP.Play-by-play commentator, Beckley Smith.Color man, radio &mdash; Jim O&rsquo;Brien.<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV &mdash; Dan Kelly.Color man, TV &mdash; Dave Martin.Play-by-play commentator, radio &mdash; Dan Kelly.Color man, radio &mdash; Gus Kyle.TV Channel &mdash; KPLR-TV, channel 11 &mdash; 10 road games; 1 home game.Radio station &mdash; KMOX dial 1120 &mdash; all 74 games.<h2>TORONTO</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV &mdash; Bill He witt.Color man, TV &mdash; Brian McFarlane.Play-by-play commentator, radio &mdash; Foster Hewitt.TV channel &mdash; CBLT, channel 6 &mdash; all Saturday night home games. &mdash; CFTO, channel 9 &mdash; several Wednesday night home games.Radio station &mdash; CBL, dial 740, CKFH, dial 1430 &mdash; all sunday road games.<h2>MONTREAL</h2>Play-by-play commentator, TV &mdash; Danny Gallivan.Color man, TV &mdash; Dick Irvin.TV-Interviews &mdash; Ted Darling.Play-by-play commentators, &mdash; radio Danny Gallivan and Bob Mc Devitt.TV channel &mdash; CBMT, channel 6 &mdash; all Saturday night home games. &mdash; CFCF-TV, channel 12 &mdash; someWednesday night home games.Radio station &mdash; CBM, dial 950 &mdash; all sunday road games.<h2>VOICE OF:</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01742/2859835-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="283" height="360"><figcaption class="caption-body">NEW YORKMarv Albert</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02683/2859828-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="286" height="360"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHICAGOLloyd Petit</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03567/2859821-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="283" height="357"><figcaption class="caption-body">MONTREALDanny Gallivan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04477/2859814-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="280" height="357"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHILADELPHIAStu Nahan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05371/2859807-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="280" height="357"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOSTONBob Wilson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06317/2859800-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="286" height="354"><figcaption class="caption-body">DETROITBudd Lynch</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Meet The Men Who Air NHL Hockey

<div class="byline">BY GLENN REDMANN</div>TWIN CITIES, Minn. &mdash;A couple of switches necessitated by previous futility and all of a sudden it appeared as the Minnesota North Stars had:1&mdash;Two productive lines instead of one.2&mdash;Found the best five men for their power play.3&mdash;Reached the peak of proficiency predicted for them before the season started.Following consecutive losses to Toronto (1-0) and Detroit (5-2) which extended their winless streak against East Division opposition to seven, the North Stars beat the Red Wings, 6-4, on Nov. 9 to give new coach John Muckler his first victory in three tries.&ldquo;I thought it would never end,&rdquo; said Muckler afterward. &ldquo;I kept looking up at the clock and then out on the ice and it seemed as if the Howe Delvecchio-Mahovlich line was out there all the time.&ldquo;Those three guys are just murder. They get you playing their game and first thing it does is make our guys skate all over. There&rsquo;s really no stopping them.How right Muckler was because&rdquo; three of the Wings&rsquo; four goals were scored by the &ldquo;Hot Line.&rdquo; It increased their total to 17 in Detroit&rsquo;s last seven games. Delvecchio had two, including the first of the game which gave the Motor City crew its only lead. Mahovlich had the other and Howe had two assists.But even such a splendid effort wasn&rsquo;t enough to deny the Stars in this one and some of the credit must go to Muckler, who not only saw some flaws in those setbacks to the Leafs and Wings, but acted quickly to correct them.With only one line, that of rookie centerman Danny O&rsquo;Shea between ex-Montreal wingers Danny Grant and Claude Larose, clicking, Muckler shook up his other two and it paid immediate dividends.Former Detroit chattel Ray Cullen, who had been centering a third line comprised of several wingers, was put between J.P. Parise and Wayne Connelly in place of little Andre Boudrias.Cully not only got a goal himself to make it 4-2 early in the second period, but earlier had helped set up another ex-Wing, reliable rear-guard Bob McCord, for the 1-1 tally just 13 seconds after Delvecchio&rsquo;s first score.After having replaced general manager Wren Blair before the Toronto tilt, Muckler tried Connelly on the right point when the Stars had manpower edge.But recognizing the fact that Wayne was either having difficulty getting off his shots or shooting high when he managed to launch one, Muckler decided to move last year&rsquo;s West Division goals leader (35) inside and drop Larose back.A wise move? It would be hard to say anything else in view of three power play goals in seven tries against the Wings with Cullen triggering each as Grant got two and Connelly one with the other two members of the unit, Mike McMahon and Larose, each picking up an assist.Grant had another goal, giving him his first hat trick as a pro and the club lead in goals with eight. Cullen&rsquo;s five-point night upped his total to 12.&ldquo;I hope this can get us going on the right track now,&rdquo; added Muckler. &ldquo;I still have hopes that we&rsquo;ll be able to develop a strong third line, but believe me, having two good ones is lot easier on the nerves than just one.&rdquo;The win over Detroit was only the Stars&rsquo; second in a seven-game span which saw six of their opponents wearing East Division colors. Two of the losses were to New York during which the defense played well enough, but the offense produced only one goal while the Rangers picked up five. &#9632;

Muckler Turns Over Stars’ Offense With Results

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div>ST. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;Up until the night of Thursday, November 7, the life and times of Gordon Berenson made better than average reading for anyone who admires the stories of men who came up the hard way to gain fame. But Red&rsquo;s biggest headline came out of Philadelphia November 7, 1968.Berenson&rsquo;s story was particularly noteworthy because he was the son of folks of very modest circumstances who grew up learning to skate on the frozen ponds of Regina, Saskatchewan and learned to play the game of hockey well enough to cause the University of Michigan to come courting him. Gordon (Red) Berenson won a hockey scholarship to the campus of the Wolverines at Ann Arbor. It was 1956 and a memorable year for the 18-year-old red head. That same year he was invited to play on Canada&rsquo;s national team in the world amateur championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01759/2859873-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="565" height="1440"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAMILLE HENRY &hellip; Among The Greats</figcaption></div>&ldquo;That was probably the biggest thrill of my life,&rdquo; Berenson told this writer last year. &ldquo;I was the top scorer for the Belleville MacFarlands who won that world tournament.&rdquo;But the kid from Regina, who had to hustle nickels and dimes to buy his first pair of used hockey skates, who used to dream of the seemingly impossible goal of playing in the National Hockey League, put on a show at Philadelphia&rsquo;s Spectrum the night of November 7 that had the name of Berenson flashing over the teletypes across the North American continent.In a performance that matched a 24-year record established by Syd Howe of Detroit, the ramrod-straight, fire-thatched center of the St. Louis Blues pumped six goals into the cages.Four of them came in the second period, tying another long-standing NHL record set by Busher Jackson in 1934 and equalled by Max Bentley in 1943. He scored his first one late in the opening period and added a sixth at the 14 minute mark of the final period.Always modest and soft-spoken, Berenson handled the machine-gun questioning of reporters, radio and television men with the articulate ease one might expect from a fellow who earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan.Said Berenson in the steaming, jammed dressing room following the 8-0 victory over the Flyers:&ldquo;Everything seemed to go just right. It was like planting trees. Some years you plant 12 and five of them come up. Some years you plant 12 and none come up. Tonight they were all coming up.&rdquo;The red head said that he could hardly believe what was happening. &ldquo;Every time I looked up after a shot the red light was on.&rdquo;The red light went on so often, in fact, that young Flyer goaltender Doug Favell got himself an unwanted infra-red treatment on the back of his neck.Berenson notched his first goal on the way to hockey immortality in the first period on a play set up by Noel Picard and Ab McDonald. It was an encouraging beginning for the Blues who had failed to beat the Flyers in a single regular season game at The Spectrum last year. But it certainly had no implications of what was still to come.In the second period, Berenson, who had gone scoreless for a week before this memorable night, scooted around defenseman Ed Van Impe and backhanded a blazer past Favell. Four minutes later he converter Camille Henry&rsquo;s drop pass for his third goal and the first &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; in his six-year NHL career.&ldquo;I dove in for that puck to save as memento,&rdquo; said Berenson. &ldquo;I just had no idea that such a good thing could last so long.&rdquo;But a mere 32 seconds later, Berenson cruising at center ice, knocked down a lofted puck from the stick of linemate Henry, scuttled the defending Flyers with an evasive maneuver, an pounded No. 4 home. Again, four minutes elapsed and the St. Louis center known as the &ldquo;Red Baron&rdquo; continued his remarkable assault by taking a pass from Billy McCreary, snaked in on the Philadelphia cage, and planted another backhanded shot into the cords. In the third period Berenson intercepted a Flyer pass and drilled No. past Favell.Later that night. Red called his wife, Joy, to whom he has been married since he was 19.&ldquo;Honey, don&rsquo;t let what I did tonight go to your head. I just might not get another goal for two weeks.&rdquo;Joy was attending a gathering of hockey wives in St. Louis while the Blues were cutting up the Flyers, and the girls were understandably chewing on their wigs. When the television pictures from Philadelphia showed Red scoring his sixth goal the gals held a little celebration of their own with Joy the center of attention.The game was more than a personal triumph for Berenson. It also marked the 270th goal in the NHL for little Camille Henry and the 65th NHL shutout for Jacques Plante, his second of the season.For Henry it meant the realization of a long-time dream to equal the lifetime goal record of another little man who rose to fame in the NHL many years ago &hellip; Aurel Joliet and Joliet&rsquo;s teammate, the fabled Howie Morenz.But Henry was content to take seconds on the congratulations being handed out in the Blues&rsquo; igloo.&ldquo;This was Red&rsquo;s night,&rdquo; said Camille softly as he tucked away the disc that represented his 270th goal.Henry knows what it is to score six goals in a single game. He did it back in 1955 against the Springfield Indians when he was a member of the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League. The victim that night was Don Simmons.Blues&rsquo;, General Manager-Coach Scotty Bowman who had helped engineer the deal that brought Berenson to St. Louis for Ron Stewart a year, ago declared: &ldquo;Red&rsquo;s the best forward in the Western Division and that goes for both offensive and defensive play, and he&rsquo;s improving all the time.&rdquo;It was evident the Blues had a super star in the making.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02660/2859866-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1173" height="3136"></div> &#9632;

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Scoring Spotlight On Blues Belongs To Red Baron

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01750/2859942-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02691/2859935-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="604" height="2139"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03583/2859928-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="592" height="2142"></div> &#9632;

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NHL SCORING RACE

<div class="byline">BY LOU PRATO</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.After one month of the National Hockey League season it is apparent that something is drastically wrong with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Maybe, as some people have suggested, the Penguins are simply a bad team playing down to their expectations. Or, perhaps, as others have hinted, the coaching of Red Sullivan lacks the necessary ingredients to produce winner.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04493/2859980-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="270" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Riley</figcaption></div>Whatever the reason, there&rsquo;s no doubt it&rsquo;s not a laughing matter in Pittsburgh.As late November approached, the Penguins were buried in last place in the Western Division, a winner of only two games in 12 attempts. But it was not simply the losing itself which was causing concern but also the way they were losing.It has become a trademark of this year&rsquo;s Penguins team to jump out in front of an opponent and then blow the lead with shoddy passing, inept shooting and clumsy defendin. The classic example was a game in New York against the Rangers when the Penguins had a 3-0 lead midway in the second period but fell under a New York blitz by a 7-3 score.A week later, the Penguins had a 1-0 lead over St. Louis but lost 3-1. The next night, they again had the lead, this time by 3-1 over Montreal in the Forum. But the Canadians rallied for a 5-4 decision.To Philadelphians, the Penguins are just an errant club. Their evidence is a pair of 3-0 shutouts which the Flyers have marked up. Boston points to an easy 5-1 victory in early October to back up the Philadelphia view. And it would be easy to dismiss the Penguins as a bad club.Yet a team which can hold its own with Montreal and Toronto and, yes, even for half the time with Chicago and New York is not a bad team. And a closer look at the last Philadelphia shutout would reveal a club that took 37 shots on goal but couldn&rsquo;t score even with the opposing goalie flat on his back.The Penguins definitely lack a consistent scorer. But more than that, their shots have little punch. They don&rsquo;t have the zing of power and speed behind them.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re taking too much time to shoot and we are not putting enough behind them,&rdquo; admits Sullivan.Defensively, the Penguins simply make too many mistakes. A mental error invariably leads to stolen puck and an enemy goal. Too often a defenseman is caught out of position. And the backskating is obviously too slow.Compared to last year&rsquo;s team, the Penguins skate better and check better. Yet, paradoxically, their weaknesses this season were, for the most part, their strengths last year.Both Sullivan and General Manager Jack Riley are concerned, and well they should be. They are responsible for the team. It&rsquo;s the one they drafted two years ago and revamped with trades and rookies this year.Sullivan has threatened a complete overhaul if things don&rsquo;t improve. And Riley has been looking closely at the Penguins farm hands for new blood. Yet, it is likely that any rejuvenation will have to come from the personnel already on hand.There has been some criticism of Sullivan&rsquo;s coaching but it is difficult to blame him for all that is wrong. Perhaps there are a few players who dislike Sullivan&rsquo;s methods but it is doubtful that any coach is universally loved by his employes. Besides, there has rarely been a winning team in any sport that didn&rsquo;t have friction.But obviously adjustment are needed, by both Sullivan and his players. Otherwise, it will be a long season in Pittsburgh.<h2>LOOKING AT NHL RACE</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05413/2859973-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="1152" height="706"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Oakland 1 at Los Angeles 3Wed. Nov. 13Boston 1 at Toronto 1St. Louis 3 at New York 1Detroit 1 at Oakland 2Pittsburgh 5 at Chicago 6Philadelphia 3 at Minnesota 4Thurs. Nov. 14Toronto 5 at Montreal 3Boston 2 at Philadelphia 4Detroit 5 at Los Angeles 2Chicago 6, at Pittsburgh 4Sat. Nov. 16Oakland 3 at Montreal 3Chicago 1 at Toronto 3New York 2 at Pittsburgh 1Detroit 1 at St. Louis 1Los Angeles 2 at Minnesota 3Sun. Nov. 17Montreal 2 at New York 3Toronto at Chicago 1Oakland 3 at Boston 6Los Angeles 1 at Philadelphia 3Minnesota 3 at St. Louis 3<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Nov. 20Detroit at MontrealPittsburgh at TorontoLos Angeles at New YorkChicago at MinnesotaOakland at St. LouisThurs. Nov. 21Montreal at PhiladelphiaLos Angeles at BostonOakland at PittsburghSat. Nov. 23Minnesota at MontrealDetroit at TorontoNew York at BostonChicago at St. LouisOakland at PhiladelphiaLos Angeles at Pittsburg &#9632;

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Everything Going Wrong, Penguins Rest On Bottom

In his brilliant National Hockey League career Bobby Hull has without a doubt enjoyed many profitable weeks. This past week, however, has to rank as one of his very best.Hull rammed home five goals and two assists to open up a seven-point lead in the individual scoring race and give the slumping Chicago Black Hawks a much-needed lift.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02631/2860042-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="274" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Hull</figcaption></div>He scored the winning goal in a 6-5 triumph over Pittsburgh Penguins with 17 seconds left in the game, and the next night shone with a hat-trick as the Hawks outlasted the same Penguins 6-4.Hull was the only bright spot in a dismal weekend series with Toronto Maple Leafs which saw Chicago take only one of a possible four points. The solitary point was due to the Golden Jet, who notched the lone Black Hawk marker in a 1-1 tie.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the NHL&rsquo;s player of the week in the East:Bobby Hull&hellip;Chicago &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE EAST

Gary Jarrett waited some time for a chance to see regular big league action. His ultimate trade from Detroit to Oakland opened the door for the hard-working winger and he has responded well with the NHL&rsquo;s expansion club.Jarrett banged in the game-winning goal early in the week to snatch a 2-1 victory away from the Detroit Red Wings on Oakland ice and the goal couldn&rsquo;t have come at a more opportune time. The rink scoreboard read 19.12 when Jarrett flicked the puck past goalie Roger Crozier.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03500/2860073-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="274" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Jarrett</figcaption></div>The Oakland winger fired another big goal on the weekend as the Seals gained a 3-3 tie with the favored Montreal Canadiens right in Montreal. It was Gary&rsquo;s eighth of the year &mdash; not bad when you consider he scored 18 all last season &mdash; and without it the Seals wouldn&rsquo;t have got the draw in Montreal.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the NHL&rsquo;s player-of-the-week in the West:Gary Jarrett&hellip;Oakland &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE WEST

<h2>TUES. NOV. 12 OAKLAND 1 at LOS ANGELES 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: B. Hughes, Vadnais 3:18, Cohan 11:22, Ehman, White 12:07, Vadnais 18:45.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Los Angeles, Flett (Peters, Robinson) &hellip; 3:362&mdash;Los Angeles, Flett (Robinson, Cahan) &hellip; 7:57Penalties: Lemieux 8:47, Irvine 14:55, Amadio, Swarbrick (major) 15:04, Marshall 17:34.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Oakland, Ehman (Vadnais, Swarbrick) &hellip; 17:204&mdash;Los Angeles, Peters (B. Hughes, Flett) &hellip; 17:29Penalties: Harris 10:11, Nadia 13:49.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01717/2860230-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="595" height="97"></div><h2>WED. NOV. 13 BOSTON 1 at TORONTO 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Pulford 5:26, Hodge 8:08, Dorey 13:24.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Henderson (Ullman) &hellip; 2:47Penalties: Green 3:09, 9:29, Carloton7:39.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Boston, Sanderson &hellip; 18:56Penalty: Doak 4:33.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02670/2860223-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="577" height="98"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 3 at NEW YORK 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;New York, Hadfield (Gilbert) &hellip; 1:162&mdash;St. Louis, McCreary (Arbour, Schock) &hellip; 7:15Penalties: Picard 1:51, Hall misconduct, game misconduct) 2:01.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;St. Louis, Schock (McDonald, Henry) &hellip; 14:46Penalties: Hamilton 2:14, Seiling 14:07.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;St. Louis, St. Marseille (Sabourin, B. Plager) &hellip; 11:46Penalties: Arbour 0:10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03622/2860216-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="604" height="101"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 5 at CHICAGO 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Young 2:01, Pappin major 2:01, Nesterenko 3:31, Boivin 4:00, Pronovost 10:15, Price 15:34,Arbour 17:32, Orban 17:32.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Pittsburgh, McCallum &hellip; 9:032&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mikita) &hellip; 15:443&mdash;Chicago, Mikita &hellip; 16:154&mdash;Pittsburgh, McCreary (McCallum, Burns) &hellip; 18:45Penalties: Jarret 0:44, Dea 10:44.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (Pappin, R. Hull) &hellip; 5:176&mdash;Chicago, Mohns (Pappin, Mikita) &hellip; 6:037&mdash;Chicago, D. Hull (Pappin) &hellip; 8:018&mdash;Pittsburgh, Bums (Schinkel) &hellip; 11:539&mdash;Pittsburgh, Fonteyne (Boivin, Angotti) &hellip; 13:5810&mdash;Pittsburgh, Bums (McCreary, Schinkel) &hellip; 15:1611&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (Stapleton, Marotte) &hellip; 19:43Penalties: Young 2:03, McCreary 4:15, Dillabough 5:56, Young 8:52, Woytowich 12:06, R. Hull 13:12.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04570/2860209-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="581" height="103"></div><h2>DETROIT 1 at OAKLAND 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oakland, Hicke &hellip; 6:28Penalties: Harris. Lacombe 2:28, Lacombe 7:15, Popiel 10:29, Mahovlich 15:10.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Detroit, B. MacGregor (Howe, Delvecchio) &hellip; 18:17Penalties: Vadnais, F. Mahovlich 1:27, Marshall 3:37, F. Mahovlich 5:00, Libbett 8:11, Hicke 16:33.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Oakland, Jarrett (Ferguson, Harris) &hellip; 19:12Penalties: Bergman 4:10, Watson 6:08, Hicke major 14:57, Roberts 14:57.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05468/2860202-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="573" height="104"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 3 at MINNESOTA 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: McCord 10:12, McMahon, Dornhoefer 14:50, Hale 16:11, Vasko 18:28.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Minnesota, Grant (Larose, O&rsquo;Shea) &hellip; 2:212&mdash;Philadelphia, Gendron (Domhoefer, Johnson) &hellip; 8:423&mdash;Minnesota, Cullen &hellip; 10:55Penalties: Heiskala 3:12, Heiskala 10:12<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Philadelphia, Johnson (Dornhoefer) &hellip; 5:385&mdash;Minnesota, Larose (O&rsquo;Shea) &hellip; 5:506&mdash;Philadelphia, Johnson (Miszuk, Domhoefer) &hellip; 10:017&mdash;Minnesota, O&rsquo;Shea (Larose, Grant) &hellip; 10:39Penalty: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06398/2860195-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="568" height="99"></div><h2>THURS. NOV. 14 TORONTO 5 at MONTREAL 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Walton (Horton) &hellip; 2:252&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer (Rousseau, J.-C. Tremblay) &hellip; 5:52Penalties: Beliveau 2:11, Pelyk 4:37, Harris 9:29, Dorey 18:23.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Toronto, Carleton (Mickey, Dorey) &hellip; 3:394&mdash;Montreal, Cournoyer (Beliveau, G. Tremblay) &hellip; 10:355&mdash;Toronto, Ullman (Henderson) &hellip; 11:376&mdash;Toronto, Henderson (Smith, Pelyk) &hellip; 11:477&mdash;Toronto, Oliver &hellip; 14:43Penalties: Savard 11:28, Pelyk 18:57<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Montreal, Lemaire (Laperriere, Duff) &hellip; 14:33Penalty: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07368/2860188-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="586" height="98"></div><h2>BOSTON 2 at PHILADELPHIA 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Paiement 2:28, 7:12, Nolet, Hodge, double minors 6:08, Williams 9:56, Smith 17:40, Orr,Domhoefer 19:06.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Philadelphia, Rochefort (Selby, Johnson) &hellip; 2:192&mdash;Philadelphia, Domhoefer (Cherry, Gendron) &hellip; 10:223&mdash;Boston, Sanderson (Westfall) &hellip; 19:33Penalties: Awrey 0:54, Kennedy, Smith 13:07.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Philadelphia, Selby (Johnson, Van Impe) &hellip; 3:215&mdash;Philadelphia, Domhoefer (Gendron, Hale) &hellip; 4:586&mdash;Boston, Esposito (Williams, Hodge) &hellip; 7:13Penalties: Shack 1:06, Anrey Paiement 2:33, Awrey, misconduct, minor 9:18, Orr, minor misconduct, Domhoefer, minor misconduct 11:21.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08345/2860181-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="567" height="97"></div><h2>DETROIT 5 at LOS ANGELES 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Detroit, Lawson (Libett, Baun) &hellip; 5:472&mdash;Detroit, Prentice (Stemkowski, MacGregor) &hellip; 11:353&mdash;Detroit, Bergman (Delvecchio, Howe) &hellip; 19:06Penalties: Lemieux 12:13, Lawson 14:33.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Detroit, F. Mahovlich (Howe, Delvecchio) &hellip; 13:59Penalty: Stemkowski 5:33.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Detroit, Unger (Lawson) &hellip; 3:266&mdash;Los Angeles, Labossiere (Joyal, J. MacDonald) &hellip; 6:397&mdash;Los Angeles, Joyal (Lemieux, White) &hellip; 9:50Penalties: Douglas 5:24<h2>CHICAGO 6 at PITTSBURGH 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Orban 8:26, major 13:44, Angotti 9:51, Pronovost major, 13:44.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (Ravlich) &hellip; 0:442&mdash;Pittsburgh, Angotti (Fonteyne, Dea) &hellip; 1:263&mdash;Pittsburgh, Schinkel (Woytowich, Bums) &hellip; 8:594&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (Schmautz, Wharram) &hellip; 11:535&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (Schmautz, Wharram) &hellip; 16:396&mdash;Pittsburgh, Ingarfield (Pronovost, Ubriaco) &hellip; 17:177&mdash;Chicago, Pappin (Martin) &hellip; 18:15Penalties: Ravlich 8:46, Jarrett, Barrie 14:06.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Chicago, Schmautz (R. Hull) &hellip; 6:079&mdash;Chicago, Schmautz (Young, Wharram) &hellip; 9:3510&mdash;Pittsburgh, Burns (Price, McCreary) &hellip; 17:44Penalties: Young 12:36.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09328/2860174-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="574" height="99"></div><h2>SAT. NOV. 16 OAKLAND 3 at MONTREAL 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oakland, N. Ferguson (Brenneman) &hellip; 18:372&mdash;Montreal, Backstrom (Redmond, Ferguson) &hellip; 19:03Penalties &mdash; Jarrett 2:44, Harris 5:35, Vachon 7:30, Odrowski 15:57.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Oakland, Jarrett (Harris, Hicke) &hellip; 7:334&mdash;Montreal, Duff (Beliveau, Cournoyer) &hellip; 16:29Penalties &mdash; Laperriere 5:58, Swarbrick, T. Harris (major) 12:23.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau (Cournoyer, Beliveau) &hellip; 12:566&mdash;Oakland, Hampson (N. Fergsuon, Roberts) &hellip; 17:39Penalties &mdash; Lacombe 2:50, J. Ferguson 5:40, Worthy, Roberts 12:08, J. Ferguson (doubleminor, misconduct) 12:08.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10306/2860167-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="539" height="100"></div><h2>CHICAGO 1 at TORONTO 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Henderson (Dorey, Ullman) &hellip; 7:04Penalties &mdash; Pappin 2:16, Pronovost 7:36, Wharram, Dorey 7:49, Carloton 11:39.SECOND PERIOD<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Chicago, Nesterenko (D. Hull, Young) &hellip; 5:423&mdash;Toronto, Ellis (Oliver. Horton) &hellip; 14:294&mdash;Toronto, Ullman (Cadeton, Horton) &hellip; 18:28Penalties &mdash; D. Hull 3:11, Dorey 7:02, Young 11:00, Horton 11:52, Schmautz 16:36, Pronovost19:17.<h3>THRID PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty &mdash; Reid 15:45.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11281/2860160-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="537" height="99"></div><h2>NEW YORK 2 at PITTSBURGH 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty &mdash; Howell 19:19<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;New York, Nevin (Marshall, Goyette) &hellip; 4:192&mdash;Pittsburgh, Ingarfield (Ubriaco, Pronovost) &hellip; 6:493&mdash;New York, Nevin (Gilbert, Goyette) &hellip; 7:51Penalties &mdash; Barrie 4:38, McCallum, Pittsbrugh bench 7:14, Marshall 12:59, Pronovost 16:46,Nevin 17:15, Seiling 18:48.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Price, Baton major 8:59, Fleming, McCallum 8:59.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12246/2860153-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="542" height="96"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 2 at MINNESOTA 3</h2>1&mdash;Minnesota, Grant (McMahon, Larose) &hellip; 3:25Penalties &mdash; B. Hughes 1:43, Goldsworthy 17:43.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Minnesota, O&rsquo;Shea (Hillman, Larose) &hellip; 7:563&mdash;Los Angelos, Joyal (Whito, Anderson) &hellip; 11:464&mdash;Minnesota, Connelly (Cullen, Parise) &hellip; 14:25Penalty &mdash; Vasko 10:39.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Los Angeles, Peters (B. Hughes, Robinson) &hellip; 18:02Penalties None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13212/2860146-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="550" height="101"></div><h2>DETROIT 1 at ST. LOUIS 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Baun, Cameron 5:03, MacGregor 6:04, Baun 16:14.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;St. Louis, McDonald (Berenson, Henry) &hellip; 1:57Penalties &mdash; Libett, B. Plager 12:50, Roberts 17:28.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio (Douglas, Howe) &hellip; 19:38Penaltios &mdash; Snow 13:25, Picard 14:09.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14179/2860139-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="537" height="100"></div><h2>Sun. Nov. 17 Toronto 1 at CHICAGO 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Pelyk 2:26, Horton 10:36, Oliver, Young 15:45.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago, B. Hull (Wharram, Mikita) &hellip; 19:46Penalties &mdash; Mohns, Ellis 0:08, Dorey 7:44, Mikita 9:40, Carleton, Reid 15:57.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Toronto, Pronovost (Oliver) &hellip; 13:05Penalty &mdash; Henderson 1:57.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15147/2860132-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="580" height="99"></div><h2>MONTREAL 2 at NEW YORK 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;New York, Stewart (Balon, Brown &hellip; 12:29Penalties &mdash; Beliveau 1:16, Balon 7:00, Soiling 15:10.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;New York, Hadfield (Gilbert) &hellip; 1:353&mdash;Montreal, Provost (Ferguson) &hellip; 3:584&mdash;Montreal, Redmond (Laperriere) &hellip; 10:225&mdash;Now York, Stewart (Fleming, Balon) &hellip; 12:45<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty &mdash; Fleming 18:34.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-16105/2860125-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="583" height="102"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 1 at PHILADELPHIA 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties Peters 3:43, Hoisala 7:55, Labossiere 8:30.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Gendron 4:41, Johnson 6:49, Dornhoefer 15:56, Flett 18:14.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Philadelphia, Halo (Domhoefer, Lacroix) &hellip; 2:392&mdash;Los Angeles, Wall (Lemieux) &hellip; 7:003&mdash;Philadelphia, Johnson (Rochefort, Hah) &hellip; 16:594&mdash;Philadelphia, Selby (Johnson) &hellip; 18:38Penalties &mdash; Cahan 6:33, Gendron 7:12.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1784/2860118-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="581" height="100"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 3 at ST. LOUIS 3</h2>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Hillman 1:35, Sabourin 10:30, McCroary 12:14.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (Honry, McDonald) &hellip; 14:332&mdash;St. Louis, Henry (Berenson, Picard) &hellip; 14:44Penalties &mdash; Grant, 4:00, Oshea 7:15.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Minnesota, Grant (Larose, McCord) &hellip; 2:434&mdash;Minnesota, Larose (Cullen, McCord) &hellip; 3:365&mdash;Minnesota, Parise (Cullen) &hellip; 11:066&mdash;St. Louis, Schock (Boronson, McDonald) &hellip; 13:05Penalties &mdash; McKenzie 12:59, Vasko 18:48, Cullen misconduct 18:48.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1871/2860111-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="585" height="99"></div><h2>OAKLAND 3 at BOSTON 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Boston, McKenzie (Bucyk) &hellip; 14:43Penalties &mdash; Awrey 1:18, Marshall 4:33, Sandenson 7:45, Groen 9:49, Orr (misconduct) 14:24, Williams, Vadnais (17:01).<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Oakland, Hampson (Swarbrick, Vadnais) &hellip; 1:093&mdash;Boston, Orr (Espositio, Murphy) &hellip; 7:374&mdash;Oakland, Ferguson (Perry) &hellip; 15:395&mdash;Boston, Stanfield (Bucyk, McKenzie) &hellip; 17:47Penalties &mdash; Marshall 6:03, Sanderson 6:03, McKenzie 8:32, Vadnais (minor and major), Sanderson (major) 16:16.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Boston, Esposito &hellip; 0:267&mdash;Boston, Sanderson (Groen, Orr) &hellip; 3:058&mdash;Boston, Stanfield (Bucyk, Awrey) &hellip; 9:119&mdash;Oakland, Swarbrick (Lacombe, Ehman) &hellip; 12:11Penalties &mdash; Watson 1:12, Shack 4:24, Doak 10:21.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1954/2860104-1-eng-US/f0013-192.jpg" title="f0013-19" width="582" height="99"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

<h2>MONTREAL</h2>Goal, Worsley, Vachon. Defense, Laperriere, J-C. Tremblay, Harris, Hillman, Sava. Forwards, Beliveau, G. Tremblay, Dickstrom, Duff, Cournoyer, Provost, 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, Norris. 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, Baton, Rateile, Goyette, Marshall, Kurtenbach, Tkaczuk<h2>DETROIT</h2>Goal, Crozier, Sawchuk. Defense, Baun, Douglas, Popiel, Bergman, Harris. Forwards, Unger, Howe, Delvecchio, F. Mahovlich, MacGregor, Libett, 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, McKenzie, Shack, Murphy, Cashman, Bailey.<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>Goal, Parent, Favell. Defense, Van Impe, Watson, Miszuk, Stanley, Hale, Zeidel. Forwards, Lacroix, Rochefort, Selby, Gendron, Nolet, Domhoefer, Peters, Paiement, Heiskala, Johnson, Kennedy.<h2>OAKLAND</h2>Goal, Hodge, Smith, Worthy, Defense, Roberts, Vadnais, Lacombe, Watson, Marshall, Odrowski. Forwards, Harris, Ehmen, 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, McKenzie, 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, Anderson. &#9632;

NHL TEAM LINEUPS

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &mdash;Things looked mighty dark for the Flyers when the fellow in the dark blue suit appeared in the dungeon outside his team&rsquo;s dressing room beneath the Spectrum and laid his cards on the table to the press.&ldquo;If we made mistakes putting this team together,&rdquo; said General Manager Bud Poile, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ll correct those mistakes. One thing we won&rsquo;t do is try to cover them up.&rdquo;The Flyers had just suffered the humiliation of an 8-0 loss to the St. Louis Blues which was the worse defeat for a National Hockey League home team in two seasons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01717/2860292-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="292" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Miszuk</figcaption></div>That was only half of it. What made it twice as bad was the fact that, just 24 hours before, the Flyers had been drubbed by the Bruins in Boston, 7-1.In fact, the Flyers, who pride themselves on their rock solid defense, had been shelled for 15 goals in their past five periods of hockey. And, to be honest about it, the Bruins could easily have had a half-dozen goals instead of none in their first period of the game at Boston Gardens.In that were not enough, the Flyers weren&rsquo;t mustering any kind of offense True, they had looked good in consecutive 3-2 victories over the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens the weekend previous, but then they went into a tailspin both offensively and defensive.Therefore, after the shellacking by St. Louis when Red Berenson tied a modern NHL record with six goals &mdash; Poile threatened a wholesale shakeup of his roster. He honestly felt too many of his players were just going through the motions.&ldquo;Why, you could see it for yourself, &ldquo;said Bud. &ldquo;The Blues saw our guys didn&rsquo;t come to play, so they just went to town and rings around them.Believe me, if guys likes (Claude) Laforge, (Don) Blackburn and (Pat) Hannigan can help this club, they&rsquo;ll be back.&rdquo;Laforge, Blackburn and Hannigan had been farmed out to American Hockey League teams since the Flyers&rsquo; opening game.Poile promised he would wait to see if there was a big improvement in the overall play of the club in its next game in Pittsburgh before making any changes in personnel.Evidentally, the threat did the trick. The Flyers looked nothing like the team that had been bombed in the two previous games they blanked the Penguins, 3-0, for their first win ever in Civic Arena.In fact, Doug Favell responded with a shutout in goal after being the victim&mdash;sacrificial, if you please &mdash; in the one-sided loss to St. Louis.&ldquo;I had no, alternative but to start Doug in our next game against Pittsburgh,&rdquo; said coach Keith Allen. &ldquo;I hardly think you could blame him for that fiasco against the Blues.&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t say all our players rated &ldquo;A&rdquo; for their victory over Pittsburgh. But I would be the first to admit there was a general improvement over our previous two games.&ldquo;One victory certainly is no cure-all for what ails us but it is an improvement. And it does give us reason to think we&rsquo;re getting back to playing the type of hockey of which we are capable.&rdquo;For the Pittsburgh game, Allen juggled his roster a bit. For example, he returned John Miszuk who had missed five games due to infected feet with newly elected captain Ed Van Impe on a defensive line. And he also broke up the French Line of center Andre Lacroix with wingers Simon Nolet and Jean-Guy Gendron.There&rsquo;s no question but that the Flyers have the personnel who should be able to hold their own on the ice, in defense of the Western Division championship.If they do manage to pick up the pieces from the humiliation against the Bruins and the Blues and go on to play sound hockey, the push may have been provided by Poile&rsquo;s threat.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02606/2860285-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="559" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG FAVELL &hellip; Not Faulted</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Poile Ready to Shake Up Flyers If Things Don’t Improve

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03468/2860330-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg"></div>HOW DO YOU MEASURE UP?NOW! You can build-up over 300 individual muscles in just minutes A day &hellip; without even getting tired! Amazing NEW Isometric-Isotonic exerciser takes the &ldquo;sweat and strain&rdquo; out of physical fitness. Used by professional athletes and Olympic champions. Prove it to yourself in your own home FREE!Here&rsquo;s exciting news for men everywhere who would like to develop a strong, muscular body but who don&rsquo;t have the time or energy to spend hours every day performing strenuous and boring conventional exercises. Whether you&rsquo;re 20, 40 or even 60 years old, an amazing new Isometric-Isotonic exerciser called the Bullworker guarantees to tone-up your body to maximum strength and fitness in just five minutes a day or you pay nothing.It&rsquo;s fact! The Bullworker can transform a flat, shallow chest into a broad, manly one; turn thin, weak arms and legs into sturdy and muscular pillars of strength. It can improve your carriage the way you walk and hold yourself, strengthen your back, your stomach, your neck and shoulders, your thigh and calf muscles &mdash; all at the fantastic rate of 4% per week. That means a 50% improvement in just three months!In no time at all you&rsquo;ll have greater strength, endurance and drive, a vastly improved muscular development and much more energy. You&rsquo;ll be looking and feeling &ldquo;in the pink&rdquo;, pulsing with youthful vigour and power. Prove it to yourself at no cost.The Bullworker 2 is the product of ten years of meticulous research and experiment in the world-renowned Max-Planck-Institute in West Germany. First used to train members of the American (30 Gold Medals) and German (10 Gold Medals) Olympic teams in Tokyo, the Bullworker has been enthusiastically endorsed by doctors, sport trainers and professional athletes throughout the world. Heavyweight Boxing Champion Cassius Clay calls it &ldquo;a marvel&rdquo; and uses the Bullworker regularly in his training.Because it uses up so little energy, Bullworker training is highly recommended for older men, too. In fact, you require only 60% of your strength. It&rsquo;s perfect for busy executives who have little free time, ideal for every man who spends his day hunched over desk, a drawing board or factory machine.PROVE IT TO YOURSELF14 days Free TrialWe invite you to use the Bullworker for two weeks in your own home at our expense. Without cost or obligation of any kind, write today for the FREE 24 page illustrated booklet and full details of this exciting offer that can change your life.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04339/2860323-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="736" height="1173"></div> &#9632;

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GIRLS ARE ATTRACTED TO MEN WHO LOOK FIT!

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;In the Red Wings&rsquo; busiest week of the season they found a third, line combination, made a trade, called up a defenseman, drew their best game of the season, Gordie Howe collected his l,000th career assist and Roger Crozier set himself straight.Now how&rsquo;s that for busy?And in the process, the Wings began looking like a team that really can challenge for a position in the Stanley Cup playoffs after failing to come within shouting distance last year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01691/2860361-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="292" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Poul Popiel</figcaption></div>The last perhaps was the most important &mdash; Roger Crozier setting himself straight.A year ago about this time the young, balding netminder &ldquo;psyched&rdquo; himself right into a three month retirement. He brooded over goals he allowed and, consequently, allowed lot more.He decided to quit hockey, saying he&rsquo;d forgotten everything he knew about the game. When finally returned, after trying his hand at carpentering in Brace-bridge, Ont., he said he had new philosophy which was to leave the game at the rink.He played well in training camp this year and quite well in the early games, spectacularly in some.Then he ran into a few rough games and he starged second-guessing himself.Alex Delvecchio gave him a fast 1-0 lead in a game at Minnesota. Then Roger allowed three goals before the game was 8 1/2 minutes old and the Wings were behind, 3-1. They weren&rsquo;t exactly sizzlers, either.Coach Bill Gadsby yanked him and put in Terry Sawchuk. The Wings went on to lose that particular game, 6-4, but Sawchuk played well and it was no fault of his.On the way back to Detroit &mdash; the Wings had game with the league-leading Montreal Canadiens the next night &mdash; Gadsby made up his mind, talked it over with general manager Sid Abel who concurred: Crozier would go back in goal against the Canadiens.&ldquo;I told Roger after we got off the plane and he straightened right up,&rdquo; Gadsby said.By the time Crozier got home it was 3 a.m. and he didn&rsquo;t sleep well.&ldquo;I was glad Gads put me right back. And I decided I wasn&rsquo;t going to go through what I did last year I decided I was going to give it my best and if that wasn&rsquo;t good enough, it wasn&rsquo;t good enough.&rdquo;What he meant was, he wasn&rsquo;t going to worry himself to death.And he turned in one of his best games in a 4-4 tie with the Canadiens. Crozier was yelling instructions to his teammates and when he&rsquo;s yelling, he&rsquo;s playing well.&ldquo;It was just trying to get my-self into the game,&rdquo; he explained.Now, four goals might not seem like a very good game but with Detroit&rsquo;s defensive record, it&rsquo;s a mighty good showing.Early in the week Gadsby sent Roy Edwards, the Wings&rsquo; third goalie, to Fort Worth in the Central League, electing to go with Sawchuk, who will be 39 next month, and the 26-year-old Crozier.Gadsby figures Sawchuk can play the odd game and do it well and that he can help Crozier too, talking to him as only a goalkeeper can talk to another.Crozier admits that Sawchuk has helped him already, not necessarily in how to play goal but rather mentally, helping ease the pressure.Sawchuk also has imparted a kind of elan to the rest of the club. They respect him, knowing that he has been one of the greatest goalies in the history of the game, the greatest to ever wear Red Wing sweater.Terry, once the angry young man of hockey, has mellowed somewhat but still can turn in a strong effort as he did in the Wing&rsquo;s victory at Chicago. Again, it was a high scoring game, 6-5 for the Wings, but Sawchuk made the important saves.Currently the Wings are on a six game trip that will keep them on the road until Thanksgiving. And, beginning with the Oakland Los Angeles kickoff on the trip, seven of their next nine games overall would be against expansion division teams which Gadsby counts as most important.After a 1-1-1 won-lost-tied start against expansion clubs, at tie with St. Louis and split with Minnesota, Gadsby hopes the rest of the team shares his concern about playing the new teams.&ldquo;Those are important points, real big points,&rdquo; Gadsby said. &ldquo;If we can pick up a flock of them, we can be right up there in our division.&rdquo;He embarked on the trip with a geared-up Crozier, a still questionable defense &mdash; and we&rsquo;ll probably be writing that right up to the end of the season &mdash; and three lines that right now are moving with dispatch and considerable efficiency.The first line very likely is the best in hockey. Who has scored more career goals than Frank Mahovlich, Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe?The Big M has found a home on the Howe line and popped in 10 goals in the first 12 games for one of the finest getaways in his career. Frank is smiling, happy &hellip; and scoring.Delvecchio is thriving, too, since his return to the big line and Howe? Well, Gordie, despite a painful back injury sustained when he hit his lower back when dumped by Chicago&rsquo;s Gilles Marotte just after scoring his second of the night against the Hawks, is going better than any 40-vear-old man you&rsquo;ve ever seen &hellip; and most 20-year-old youngsters. His assist on Mahovlich goal against the Canadiens was his 1,000th career setup, counting playoffs.Pete Stemkowski is playing his best hockey since joining the Wings last March, using his body effectively and scoring goals and setting them up, too, and Dean Prentice is recovered from a severe charleyhorse. Bruce MacGregor, the right wing on the line, finally is getting some dividends from all his sweat.One of the most pleasing aspects of the Wings&rsquo; coming alive is the third line of left wing Nick Libett, center Garry Unger and right wing Danny Lawson, making the jump from junior to the NHL.The line began with Libell, Pete Mahovlich and Ron Anderson. Anderspn since was traded to Los Angeles for tough little defenseman Poul (cq) Popiel and defenseman Poul Popiel and duty. Unger, despite his tender years, has given the line direction and Libett looks like the winger he was reputed to be.The third line is doing what Gadsby wanted it to do &mdash; &ldquo;hustle, check and force the other team into mistakes&rdquo; &mdash; and occasionally it&rsquo;s even doing a bit more: scoring goals. &#9632;

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Wings Discover Third Line, Make Trade With L.A. Kings In Busy Week For NHL Club

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y. &mdash;Not only can&rsquo;t you tell the Rochester Americans without a program this season, you can&rsquo;t tell them without two programs &mdash; one of their own and one from the Vancouver Canucks of the Western League.But Joe Crozier, general manager of both clubs, may have solved that by printing just one program for the use of both teams by the time this reaches print.Yes, things have been upset here in Amerkville since the Canucks purchased the club in preparation for their entering the National Hockey League sometime in the future (and not in the two distant future, it is sincerely hoped by Rochester fans).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02622/2860392-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="256" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Gamble</figcaption></div>The fact that Crozier and the Canucks have taken most of last season&rsquo;s championship Amerk team to the West Coast has been mentioned before.But Dick Gamble, getting his baptisim as a coach under-adverse conditions, doesn&rsquo;t know from one game to the next who he&rsquo;ll have available.Take recent week for an example.Young Gerry Sillers, who attended Notre Dame University in Nelson, B.C., last season joined the Amerks in Hershey Saturday, Nov. 2, after starting the 1968-69 campaign with Vancouver.Gamble had just finished introducing him when Garry Marsh, who already had been with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL who Pownix of the Western League this year, was hand-delivered to Rochester by Maple Leaf Punch Imlach Sunday. Nov. 3.Finally the Amerks had pretty much a full complement of players.But on Tuesday the 5th Mr. Crecalled Amerk captain and veteran defenseman Don Cherry. He had started the schedule with the Canucks, but made it here in time for Rochester&rsquo;s opening game.The very next day it was announced goaltender George Wood, who had spent most of his career with Springfield of the AHL, had been signed by Crozier and was being sent to Rochester, joining Bobby: Perreault and Lynn Zimmerman on the goalkeeping corps.And the day after that both defenseman Marc Reaume and forward Les Duff, key members of last season&rsquo;s Amerk squad, were returned to the Americans by Vancouver. &#9632;

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Player Shuffling Hits Mixed Up Americans

<div class="byline">By CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div>ASK YOUR DEALER ABOUT LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS (FORMERLY WALLY) (Hockey sticks distributed in the U.S. through the Hillerich & Bradsby Co.)ASK YOUR DEALER ABOUT LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS (FORMERLY WALLY) (Hockey sticks distributed in the U.S. through the Hillerich & Bradsby Co.)<h2>Kings&rsquo; &lsquo;Kid Line&rsquo; Impresses AHL Fans</h2>SPRINGFIELD, Mass. &mdash;The Springfield Kings are quite pleased with the rapid development and great play of its &ldquo;Kid Line&rdquo;. These young sters, with all very limited experience, have made the local hockey fans sit up and take notice the last few weeks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01538/2860423-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="257" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brian Murphy</figcaption></div>The &ldquo;Kid Line&rdquo; would have to be Ken Turlik, Gary Croteau and Brian Murphy. They are regarded as top quality property with the local club and should develop rapidly. Don&rsquo;t be surprised to see some of these boys in the NHL some day.&ldquo;Their development has been rapid,&rdquo; Coach John Wilson of the Kings explained. &ldquo;They work hard, want to learn and they are gaining much needed experience. They surely give our club the muchneeded new faces we have long needed.In fact, Murphy tallied a goal in his first professional game here. He potted the marker against the Quebec Aces in the season&rsquo;s opener on Oct. 6. It marked the first time he tallied as a professional.Murphy is a big, rugged kid who some &ldquo;experts&rdquo; say is a bit awkward as a skater. The 20-year-old Toronto-born center stands 6-2 and weighs 200 pounds and shoots left. He certainly has the size and height to make it. The lad is not married.Now a resident of Scarborough, Ontario, Murphy played last season with London, Ont. Junior A. He made 22 goals and 38 assists. He has a reputation as a big, tough kid. The Kings got him in a last minute trade with Toronto for Grant Moore.Wing Gary Croteau, who was born and still lives in Sudbury, Ontario, is only 22. He stands six feet, weighing 200 pounds. A married man, Gary played at St. Lawrepce U. where he graduated last June. In 19 games, he scored 21 goals and 19 assists.Ken Turlik, the other wing on the &ldquo;Kid Line&rdquo;, is 24, was born in Lethbidge, Alberta and resides in Vancouver, Britsh Columbia. He is six feet, 175 pounds and shoots right. He is a single man. He played with Knoxville in the Eastern League last year.Last season, Ken popped 24 goals and 26 assists at Knoxville. The New York Rangers sent Turlik and Jim Murray to the Kings, organization for Barclay Plager. &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<h2>TUES. NOV. 11 Springfield 3 at QUEBEC 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Quebec, Dufour (Boll, Drolet) &hellip; 7:462&mdash;Quebec, Dufour (Drolet, Cates) &hellip; 18:08.Penalies &mdash; Corbett 4:25, Kathwoll 8:37, Rivard 12:20, Turlik 15:19, Buchanan 18:57.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Sprinfield, Menard (Dufour, Mclnally) &hellip; 8:284&mdash;Springield, Mike Corbett (Inglis, Pagnutti) &hellip; 9:315&mdash;Quebec. Lew Morrison (Laforge) &hellip; 12:04.Penalities &mdash; Lapointe 18:58, Murray 19:20.<h3>THRID PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Springfield, Croteau (Corrigan, Dufour) &hellip; 19:48Penalties &mdash; Sarrazin 5:43, Murray 10:00, Ball 10:29, Turlik 16:33.Saves: Sternig 17, Hardy 29.<h2>WED. NOV. 12 HERSHEY 3 at CLEVELAND 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Mikol (Berry, Laughton) &hellip; 5:022&mdash;Cleveland, Rupp (Sentes, Laughton) &hellip; 15:02Penalties &mdash; Glover, Cashman 13:29.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Hershey, Nykoluk (Cashman, Dejordy) &hellip; 1:01.4&mdash;Cleveland, Berry (Mikol, Bouchard) &hellip; 17:29Penalties&mdash;Hershey Bench (served by DeJordy) 2:43, Barber 4:32, Mahoney 11:21,<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Hershey, Mahoney (Cashman) &hellip; 10:52Penalty &mdash; Fedun 7:21.Shots by: Hershey 36, Cleveland 33.Attendance &mdash; 1,487.<h2>ROCHESTER 8 at PROVIDENCE 1</h2>1&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (McCarthy, Ward) &hellip; 3:052&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Gamble, Labrosse) &hellip; 3:503&mdash;Rochester, Ward (Reaume) &hellip; 11:194&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Armstrong) &hellip; 7:52.5&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Reaume) &hellip; 11:19Penalties &mdash; Mantha 2:38, Armstrong 12:13.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Rochester, Watson (Godfrey, Marsh) &hellip; 1:157&mdash;Rochester, Ward (Gamble, Armstrong) &hellip; 11:008&mdash;Providence, Goegan (Lafond, McKenney) &hellip; 19:01Penalties &mdash; Horvath 17:29, Armstrong, Kachur, Leduc 19:49.<h3>THIRID PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Rochester, McCarthy (Reaume) &hellip; 1:40Penalties &mdash; Kachur 6:56, Godfrey 12:37.Shots by: Rochester 50, Providence 40.Attendance &mdash; 2,889.<h2>FRI. NOV. 14 CLEVELAND 2 at BUFFALO 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Hannigan, Ouellette) &hellip; 19:42Penalties &mdash; Monahan 2:26, Jones 6:42, Rupp 17:50.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Cleveland, Vanderburg (Fuller, Johnston) &hellip; 6:133&mdash;Buffalo, Trottier (Hextali, Ash) &hellip; 16:48Penalties &mdash; Monahan, Ash (majors) 1:13, Rivers 8:11, Comeau 14:03.<h3>THRID PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Cleveland, Glover (Fedun) &hellip; 4:495&mdash;Buffalo, Ouellette (Park, Hannigan) &hellip; 14:22Penalties &mdash; None.Shots by: Cleveland 24, Buffalo 22.Attendance 4,842.<h2>PROVIDENCE 3 at ROCHESTER 4</h2>1&mdash;Rochester, Ward (Horvath) &hellip; 3:162&mdash;Providence, Leduc (Kachur) &hellip; 9:223&mdash;Providence, Keller &hellip; 13:00Penalties &mdash; Clearwater 5:24, 18:26, Godfrey 6:09, Creighton 7:24, Armstrong (double minor7:32.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Providence, Macks (Muloin, Gauthier) &hellip; 10:13Penalty &mdash; Marsh 1:35.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Rochester, Horvath (McCarthy, Reaume) &hellip; 1:046&mdash;Rochester, McCarthy (Horvath, Reaumo) &hellip; 1:427&mdash;Rochester, Marsh (Kilrea, Watson) &hellip; 11:23Penalty &mdash; Champagne 19:56.Shots by: Providence 28, Rochester 42.Attendance &mdash; 4,327.<h2>Sat. Nov. 16 QUEBEC 5 at HERSHEY 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Quebec, Morrison (Edestrand, Ball) &hellip; 12:382&mdash;Hershey, Nykoluk (DeJordy, Gilbertson) &hellip; 14:15Penalties &mdash; Ashbee 10:59, Cashman 19:32.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Quebec, Edestrand (Ball) &hellip; 5:00Penalties&mdash;Laforge 1:13, Sarrazin 3:13.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Quebec, Sarrazin (Pelletier, Bradley) &hellip; 1:245&mdash;Quebec, Sarrazin &hellip; 14:456&mdash;Quebec, McKillop (McEwan, Drolet) &hellip; 16:417&mdash;Hershey, Harvey (Gilbert, Bailey) &hellip; 18:37Penalties &mdash; Barber 0:18, Edestrand 2:37, Laforge 8:47, Morrison, Bernier Mahoney, Gilbertson, majors12:28, Lapointe 17:21.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02463/2860482-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="605" height="100"></div><h2>ROCHESTER 5 at BALTIMORE 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Baltimore, McGregor (Blackburn, Marshall) &hellip; 10:422&mdash;Rochester, Horvath (McCarthy, Duff) &hellip; 19:40Penalties &mdash; Mortson 4:16, Armstrong 8:45, Champagne 10:26, Rochefort 12:54, Duff 16:27.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Rochester, Cook &hellip; 0:484&mdash;Rochester, Ward (Duff) &hellip; 10:215&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (McCarthy) &hellip; 13:56Penalties &mdash; Marsh 8:36, Watson 12:19.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Baltimore, Hicks (Cunningham, Blackburn) &hellip; 6:467&mdash;Rochester, Horvath (McCarthy) &hellip; 8:43Penalties &mdash; Moscell 10:45, Armstrong 15:03, McGregor 17:52.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03364/2860475-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="588" height="100"></div><h2>SPRINGFIELD 4 at CLEVELAND 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Sentes (Rupp, Comeau) &hellip; 8:192&mdash;Springfield, Pagnutti (Dufour, Campbell) &hellip; 10:013&mdash;Springfield, Campbell (Corrigan, Inglis) &hellip; 17:284&mdash;Cleveland, Sentes (Mikol, Monahan) &hellip; 19:56Penalites &mdash; Fedun, 2:49, Mclnaly 7:18, Monahan, Murray majors 8:14, Rupp 13:48, 17:09Campbell 17:55.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Cleveland, Mikol (Monahan) &hellip; 1:166&mdash;Springfield, Corrigan (Menard) &hellip; 9:557&mdash;Cleveland, Glover (Hoekstra) &hellip; 18:128&mdash;Springfield, Dufour (L. Johnston) &hellip; 19:09Penalties &mdash; Berry, Corrigan 1:54, Corbett, Flogal 4:04.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Cleveland, Glover (Flogal, Hoekstra) &hellip; 17:01Penalties &mdash; L. Johnston 4:51, Springfield team penalty served by Mclnally 19:03.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04291/2860468-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="601" height="99"></div><h2>QUEBEC 1 at BUFFALO 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Hannigan 8:25, McEwan 12:02, 19:56.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Buffalo, Kassian (Hextall, Park) &hellip; 7:292&mdash;Quebec, Drolet (McKillop, Edestrand) &hellip; 14:25Penalties &mdash; None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Buffalo, Attwell (Jones, Riven) &hellip; 0:294&mdash;Buffalo, Rivers &hellip; 5:485&mdash;Buffalo, Trottier (Hornung, Hextali) &hellip; 15:46Penalties &mdash; Edestrand, Ash, majors, 14:25.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05220/2860461-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="592" height="108"></div><h2>SPRINGFIELD 1 at ROCHESTER 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Ward) &hellip; 11:03Penalty &mdash; Johnston 14:06<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Ward, Gamble) &hellip; 8:233&mdash;Springfield, Inglis (Corbett, Johnston) &hellip; 9:00Penalties &mdash; Menard, Gamble 17:28, Mosdell 19:20.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Rochester, Ward (Godfrey) &hellip; 5:07Penalties &mdash; Godfrey 2:48, Duff 4:31;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06173/2860454-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="597" height="100"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 4 at PROVIDENCE 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, Kachur (Mallette, Macks) &hellip; 16:242&mdash;Cleveland, Schultz (Glover, Hoekstra) &hellip; 17:35Penalties &mdash; Berry 2:46, Gauthier 2:46, Sleaver 8:04, Fregel 16:17, Comeau 18:58.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Cleveland, Berry (Mykol, Rupp) &hellip; 3:124&mdash;Cleveland, Rupp (Monahan, Glover) &hellip; 10:145&mdash;Providence, Leduc (Locas) &hellip; 11:306&mdash;Cleveland, Comeau (Ruff, Flegel) &hellip; 12:037&mdash;Providence, Locas (Gauthier, Goegan) &hellip; 15:108&mdash;Providence, McKenney (Goegan, Locas) &hellip; 16:37Penalties &mdash; Kachur 1:54, Clearwater 9:20, Goegan 10:07, Keller 11:55, Monahan 15:35.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Providence, Locas (McKenney, Goegan) &hellip; 7:0710&mdash;Providence, Mallette (Kachur, Leduc) &hellip; 17:48Penalties &mdash; Monahan 16:45.Saves: Wakely 24, Brooks 28. &#9632;

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American League Summaries

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07160/2860513-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="624" height="663"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Springfield 3 at Quebec 3Wed. Nov. 13Hershey 3 at Cleveland 3Rochester 8 at Providence 1Fri. Nov. 15Cleveland 2 at Buffalo 3Providence 3 at Rochester 4Sat. Nov. 16Rochester 5 at Baltimore 2Springfield 4 at Cleveland 5Quebec 5 at Hershey 2Sun. Nov. 17Quebec 1 at Buffalo 4Springfield 1 at Rochester 3Cleveland 4 at Providence 6<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 19Springfield at BaltimoreFri. Nov. 22Hershey at BaltimoreSat. Nov. 23Buffalo at ClevelandSpringfield at HersheySun. Nov. 24Springfield at BuffaloHershey at ProvidenceBaltimore at QuebecCleveland at Rochester &#9632;

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How They Stand

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, Pa. &mdash;Like sparkling wine, rangy John Henderson improves with age.The 35-year-old Hershey Bears Goaltender, a much travelled veteran, is off to a fine start, one which has seen him rack up three victories in a short five game stint.In three games, the sport&rsquo;s tallest cage cop at 6-5 came on in relief of rookie Colin McCormick, sparking the Bears to a victory against Springfield which had built up an early 4-0 lead.Henderson won both games he started, a 6-1 decision over Rochester, and a 4-1 victory over Baltimore.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01452/2860544-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="560" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN HENDERSON &hellip; Sharp For Bears</figcaption></div>The one-time National League, performer boasted the American League&rsquo;s best record in his first 185 minutes of play, allowing only five goals while turning aside 88 shots for sparkling 1.9 goals against average.McCormick was recalled by the Boston Brins on Nov. 1, but was expected to rejoin Hershey before Nov. 16, according to coach Frank Mathers.Henderson suffered a leg injury in turning back Rochester on Nov. 2 and was forced to sit out a game, giving way to another veteran, Andre Gill, who lost a 6-5 decision to the Providence Reds on Nov. 6&rsquo; the setback snapping Hershey&rsquo;s win streak at seven games.&ldquo;Henderson&rsquo;s been real sharp ever since training camp,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;He and McCormick really battled it out for the starting job. Since McCormick&rsquo;s been gone, John&rsquo;s really come through. With a couple of breaks he easily could have had two shutouts.&rdquo;Despite Hershey having its long win streak snapped, Mathers wasn&rsquo;t too disturbed.&ldquo;Sometimes over the long haul a defeat helps level off a club. We were flying pretty high. I like to think the loss to Providence brought some of the guys back to earth.&rdquo;Evidently the setback didn&rsquo;t slow down the &ldquo;Mathers Express&rdquo;. The next time out of the gate with Henderson in the net, the Bears whipped Baltimore, 4-1, before 6,783 fans, the season&rsquo;s largest crowd at the Sports Arena.The Bears, stacked with new faces and pacing the Eastern Division, are going over big with the fans as 33,779 have taken in the club&rsquo;s first seven home games, an increase of 2,664 over last year&rsquo;s mark at the same time.Hershey&rsquo;s attack continues to be paced by the line of Michel Harvey, Gil Gilbert and Chuck Hamilton, a trio with an incredible 62 points in 10 games, a 6.2 per game standard.Harvey leads the loop&rsquo;s goal snipers with 12, including four game winners, while Gilbert has eight markers and Hamilton five. &#9632;

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Henderson Makes Solid Start In Filling Bears’ Net Breach

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div>BALTIMORE, No. &mdash;When the Baltimore Clippers opened their 1968-69 American Hockey League season last month, a number of eyebrows were lifted when Coach Aldo Guidolin turned the all-important goalie position over to a pair of relatively untested rookies - 24 years old Andy Brown and 22-year-old Don McLeod.After all, the goalie is the most important player on a hockey team, isn&rsquo;t he? Well, one of the most important.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02400/2860575-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="286" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Brown</figcaption></div>Anyway, Baltimore opened with Brown and McLeod in the nets, and this left Guidolin at least open to public criticism and the joepardy of a suttering start. However it all soon dissipated due to the fine work of both youngsters.Fortunately for the Clippers, Brown and McLeod have performed well since neither of their goaltenders from last winter are around. Pittsburgh promoted Joe Daley to their NHL varsity and Clipper-owned Gilles Boisvert retired. The veteran goalie has found a new home in Baltimore as supervisor of a concession company handling the &ldquo;eats&rdquo; at two city owned out-door ice pads &mdash; the one adjacent to the Memorial Stadium where the football Colts and baseball Orioles preside, and a new one in Patterson Park.Most hockey buffs know of Andy Brown. One might say he was born with a puck in his hand since his father, the late Adam Brown, starred for Detroit and Boston, and his uncle Andy, played in the old Eastern League and was among those who revived hockey in Baltimore when he served as Charley Rock&rsquo;s coach of the old amateur Baltimore Clippers at Carlins Iceland.Uncle Andy later went with the franchise to Charlotte, N.C. along with owner Rock and the writer, and pioneered the sport in the deep south. That team produced, among others, John Muckier, now coach of the Minnesota North-Stars and Les Binkley, goaltender for the Pittsburgh Penguins.So, the current Clippers edition of Andy Brown is a nephew of the old Clippers Andy Brown. And just to further confuse the issue, Andy Brown has a cousin, Adam, who is the older Andy Brown&rsquo;s son named for his brother and young Andy&rsquo;s father, Adam. How&rsquo;s that for a switch?&ldquo;What impresses me most with Brownie, Coach Guidolin said recently, &ldquo;is that he works all the time in practice. By that, I mean he practices just as hard as though it were a real game, and I can&rsquo;t stress how important that becomes. He&rsquo;s a real &lsquo;gurrg-ho&rsquo; kid with a lot of moxie and the desire to make good&rdquo;.However, as well as Brownie has been going, he has been getting stiff competition from young McLeod, whom the Red Wings sent here in line with their new working agreement with Baltimore.After a horrendous start when he suffered a 7-1 defeat in Providence, McLeod got a break through a break and capitalized on the opportunity. The day before the Clippers were to entertain their nemisis Rochester Amerks in Baltimore, Brown got his chin in front of a Wayne Hicks shot in the closing moments of a workout. The result was loss of three teeth, 12 stitches and a badly swollen jaw.With Brown rather rocky and shaky from malnutrition, Guidolin decided to give McLeod another chance, and it was a happy decision. The dark-haired, 6-1, 185 pound native of British Columbia, who just turned pro last year with Fort Worth, responded with two brilliant games. He beat Rochester,5-2 and then came the next night before hometown fans to whip Quebec, 5-1.It&rsquo;s still to early to predict how far Brown and McLeod will carry the Clippers this winter, but as of now, the scrappy youngsters are carving wide niches for themselves in Baltimore fan support. &#9632;

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Clipper Rookies Sparkle In Goal

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03330/2860606-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="612" height="5286"></div> &#9632;

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AHL TEAM SCORING

For The Best In Hockey Reading It&rsquo;s HOCKEY PICTORIAL Hockey&rsquo;s Most Exciting PublicationKeep Up With All The Hockey Happenings ReadTHE HOCKEY WORLD Eight Big Issues of Top Reading &#9632;

WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div>DENVER, Colo. &mdash;The wonderfully strange feature of the Western Hockey League this season is that no one is writing off any one of the six clubs because of bad start.Not even the Denver Spurs, who thought the season opened in November instead of October.The Spurs dropped 10 straight to open the campaign.But there were a couple of items to consider carefully.For one thing, eight of those 10 defeats were on the road between October 12 and November 1.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01457/2860675-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="272" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Hoekstra</figcaption></div>The rest of November and December, the Spurs would play 20 games at home in mile-high country and only on the road, with of the away-from-home clashes in the rink of the Spurs nearest rival, Phoenix.This would make quite a difference.And, indeed, after returning home, the Spurs lost only once in their first four games.The other thing to consider is that Rudy Pilots, Denver skipper, is a firm believer in that old &ldquo;we may keep losing but we won&rsquo;t lose with the same players&rdquo; theory.And as the defeats mounted, the newcomers arrived, one by one, on the scene &hellip; defenseman Jim Holdaway, steady and experienced &hellip; defenseman Pete Goegan, veteran hard rock &hellip; winger Randy Miller, who has piled up impressive penalty totals with Kingston and Springfield &hellip; winger Wilf Martin, fresh from a fine rookie campaign with Cleveland&hellip;Finally, the Spurs also signed center Ed Hoekstra, who played last season with Philadelphia in the National League.By mid-November, Denver obviously was not the same club that&rsquo; started the campaign with a record 10 losses in row.Denver&rsquo;s early failures were punctuated by two features that must have had Pilous seething inside.Exactly half of the Spurs first 14 games were decided by one lone red light. Denver lost six of the seven &mdash; 3-4 to San Diego, 2-3 to Portland, 2-3 to Vancouver, 1-2 to Vancouver, 3-4 to Phoenix, 0-1 to Seattle. The lone success was 2-1 over Vancouver.Anyone knows that teams that win the close ones contend for championships. And the new players might tip the scales in this respect.The other feature of Denver&rsquo;s early season play was a horrible propensity for bailing out in the final period.In their first 14 games, the Spurs actually outscored opponents by a 14-11 margin in first periods &mdash; and won only two hockey games.Second periods weren&rsquo;t too bad. Denver scored 13 goals. Opponents scored 18 goals.But third periods? Read the record and weep. The Spurs were outscored by a horrible margin of 24 goals to 5. No, don&rsquo;t adjust your glasses or look for better reading light. They were outscored 24-5 in final periods.Put it another way:In 14 games, the Spurs actually led after two periods &mdash; 2-1, 2-1, 2-1 and 5-1.In four other games the score was tied after two periods &mdash; 3-3, 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3.In four other games, Denver started the final period trailing by only one goal &mdash; 2-3, 1-2, 1-2, 1.And out of all that, Denver won only two hockey games.The Spurs drew disappointing performances early from a number of veterans.Billy Carter at center didn&rsquo;t get a point for eight games.Lou Jankowski, third-highest goal scorer in Western Hockey League history, played his first 12 games without a single red light and picked up only two assists in that stretch.Allan Johnson, once a first All Star winger in the Western League, scored one goal and a total of just three points in his first 12 games.Randy Miller arrived on the scene and went nine straight games without a point. And he was a 20-goal wing twice with Springfield.A bright spot after the Spurs returned from their long road trip was the play in goal of young Normand (Rocky) Farr. Spelling veteran Jacques Caron, Farr made his first start in the nets on November 2 against Vancouver and stopped the Canucks 2-1. A week later he made his second start, against Seattle, and lost &mdash; but 1-0 to Jim Armstrong&rsquo;s shutout.The long home stretch would help. The new players would help. And a return to form of veterans who have produced in the past would help.No one, despite the 10 straight defeats, was counting the Denver Spurs out of it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02367/2860668-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="564" height="626"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETE GOEGAN &hellip; Hard Rock Joins Spurs</figcaption></div><h2>WHL POINT RACE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03271/2860661-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="596" height="840"></div> &#9632;

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Denver Rolls After Disastrous Start

SEATTLE, Wash.Western Hockey League highlights &hellip;Talk about blazing starts and you&rsquo;re talking about Guyle Fielder of the Seattle Totems and Willie O&rsquo;Ree of the San Diego Gulls.After five weeks of action, Fielder was out in front in the scoring race with 25 points on goals and 20 assists in 16 games O&rsquo;Ree was pressing the Totems&rsquo; captain with 23 points on 10 goals and 13 assists in 15 games.How does this compare with last season?Fielder scored his 25th point in his 29th game last year. And O&rsquo;Ree had 23 points after 31 games last season.Opponents may demand the old saliva test for Fielder. After all, the guy was 38 years old on November 21.The loss of center Walt McKechnie to Minnesota was a cruel blow to the hopes of the Phoenix Roadrunners. The &lsquo;Runners were having scoring problems at best &mdash; just 25 goals in their first 11 games &mdash; in the early going. And McKechnie, rookie of the year in the Western League last season, had scored or set up 56 per cent of those 25 goals.Did you feel a tremor on the East Coast on the evening of November 9? Don&rsquo;t give it another thought. It was just the Dan Diego Gulls blasting the Portland Buckaroos 8-1 &mdash; in Portland!It was the worst defeat the Buckaroos, league champions six of the last seven seasons, have suffered since hockey returned to the Rose City in the fall of 1960. Previous worst whipping was administred by Seattle by a 7-1 count in February of 1963.In addition, the eight goals were the most ever scored against a Portland hockey club in the Buckaroos&rsquo; beautiful Glass Palace by the Willamette river.All of which prompted Coach Hal Laycoe to crack, &ldquo;Well, we won&rsquo;t be overconfident against Vancouver tomorrow night.&rdquo;The San Diego Gulls continue to astound everyone on the road. After five weeks of action, the Gulls boasted a 6-2-1 record away from home. &#9632;

Time Hasn’t Slowed Down Seattle Vet Guyle Fielder

<h2>SUN. NOV. 3 VANCOUVER 4 at DENVER 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOO</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Lamoureux 11:49, Shaw 12:46, Van Impe 12:46, Madigan 16:20, Polanic 19:58.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Portland, Johnson (Saunders) &hellip; 0:362&mdash;Portland, Johnson (Pearson) &hellip; 13:48Penalties: Leach 3:28, DuPont 14:07.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Portland, Hebenton (Van Impe, Saunders) &hellip; 9:29Penalties: McKechnie 2:36, Polanic 14:43.Saves by, Broderick 26, Kelly 33.Attendance: 5,787.<h2>PHOENIX 0 at PORTLAND 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, Lemieux (Rodger, B. Carter) &hellip; 1:212&mdash;Denver, Martin (Scholia) &hellip; 12:463&mdash;Vancouver, Taylor (McNeill, Harris) &hellip; 13:29Penalties: Pratt 5:28, Taylor 7:05, Scholia 7:05.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Denver, Martin &hellip; 3:375&mdash;Vancouver, Lunde (Gagnon, Johns) &hellip; 6:556&mdash;Vancouver, McNeill (Johns) &hellip; 9:53Penalty: None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Vancouver, Pratt (Bathgate, Gagnon &hellip; 11:018&mdash;Denver, Lemieux &hellip; 16:03Penalty: Sly 5:27.Saves by, Gardner 27, Millar-Caron 31.Attendance: 2,832.<h2>WED. NOV. 6 SEATTLE 2 at PHOENIX 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Hanna 4:36, Fielder 13:56, McVio 15:20.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Seattle, larose &hellip; (Fielder, Mkhie)2&mdash;Phoenix, Charlebois (Kabel, McKechnie) &hellip; 8:303&mdash;Seattle, Leonard (Holmes, Larose) &hellip; 13:36Penalties: Boileau 6:52, Ward 19:59.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalty: None.Saves by, Armstrong 27, Charron 18.Attendance: 3,765.<h2>SAN DIEGO 4 at VANCOUVER 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, Carmichael (O&rsquo;Reo, Faulkner) &hellip; 5:302&mdash;Vancouver, Lunde (DuH, Johns) &hellip; 5:453&mdash;Vancouver, Hall (Johns) &hellip; 9:59Penalties: Sinclair 7:06, Sly 13:32, Maloney 18:46.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;San Diego, Faulkner (Carmichael, O&rsquo;Ree) &hellip; 6:115&mdash;Vancouver, Hall (Taylor) &hellip; 6:366&mdash;San Diego, Sinclair (Nicholson, Ehronvorth) &hellip; 11:12Penalties: Hunt 2:57, Huculak 15:11.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;San Diego, Hilts &hellip; 5:30Penalty: Richardson 11:07.Saves by: Champoux 43, Gardner 27.Attendance: 6,704<h2>FRI. NOV. 8 SEATTLE 5 at DENVER 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, Velprava (Martin) &hellip; 8:312&mdash;Denver, Hoekstra (Picard, Jankowski) &hellip; 16:093&mdash;Denver, Jankowski (Lemieux) &hellip; 19:39Penalty: none.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Denver, Martin (Mavety) &hellip; 1:245&mdash;Seattle, Michio (Fielder, Courcy) &hellip; 4:336&mdash;Denver, Redahl (D. Carter) &hellip; 9:30Penalties: Mavety 5:10, Ward 13:55.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Denver, D. Carter &hellip; 6:308&mdash;Denver, Jankowski (Hoekstra) &hellip; 6:369&mdash;Seattle, lannone (Lund) &hellip; 9:4310&mdash;Seattle, Hanna (Fielder, Courcy) &hellip; 13:4411&mdash;Seattle, Boileau (Leonard, lannone) &hellip; 14:2212&mdash;Seattle, Hanna (Fielder) &hellip; 19:15Penalties: Martin 8:27.Saves by, Armstrong 31, Caron 24.Attendance: 2,800.<h2>SAT. NOV. 9 SAN DIEGO 8 at PORTLAND 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, MacMillan &hellip; 2:472&mdash;Portland, Van Impe (Saunders) &hellip; 9:383&mdash;San Diego, O&rsquo;Ree (Hynes, Hilts) &hellip; 14:17Penalties: Van Impe 5:48, Messier 13:25, Madigan 15:26, Eagle 5:26, Kearns 16:37.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (O&rsquo;Ree) &hellip; 3:435&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (Cardiff, Hynes) &hellip; 7:566&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Ehrenverth, Richardson) &hellip; 11:107&mdash;San Diego, Hynes (O&rsquo;Ree) &hellip; 17:18Penalties &mdash; Cardiff 13:05, Messier 15:38, Hynes 18:02.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;San Diego, Nicholson (Richardson, Sinclair) &hellip; 1:329&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (Hynes, Sinclair) &hellip; 17:39Penalties &mdash; Hebenton (misconduct) 6.45; Madgan 7:31, Stanfield 12:04, Kearns 18:20, Cardiff 18:55;Jones 18:55.Saves McCartan 23, Kelly 32.Attendance: 6,840.<h2>SEATTLE 1 at DENVER 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>Ne scoring.Penalties &mdash; Holdaway, 1:07, Mavety, 5:51.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Seattle, Michio (Fielder, Kilpatrick) &hellip; 4:55Penalties &mdash; None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties None.Saves Armstrong 21, Farr 31.Attendance: 4,428.<h2>SUN. NOV. 10 VANCOUVER 3 at Portland 2</h2><h3>FIRST PCRIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Hoxtall 0:44, Johnson 16:36.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Vancouver, Lunde (Hll, Barlow) &hellip; 17:482&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Johnson, Jones) &hellip; 17:483&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Jones, Johnson) &hellip; 18:57Penalties &mdash; Pratt 6:07, Goffon 17:18, Johns 17:38, Cherry 18:03.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Vancouver, Barlow (Lunde, Harris) &hellip; 11:105&mdash;Vancouver, Lunde (Barlow, Cherry) &hellip; 19:26Penalties &mdash; Donadson 14:25.Saves: Millar 31, McLeod 25.Attendance: 6,065. &#9632;

Western League Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01436/2860754-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="637" height="375"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 13Portland at DenverThurs. Nov. 14Seattle 0 at San Diego 0Fri. Nov. 15Portland 6 at Denver 3San Diego 2 at Phoenix 8Seattle 2 at Vancouver 3Sat. Nov. 16Denver 3 at Phoenix 5Vancouver 4 at Portland 4Sun. Nov. 17Denver 3 at San Diego 4Vancouver 2 at Seattle 3<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 19Seattle at VancouverWed. Nov. 20San Diego at DenverPhoenix at PortlandFri. Nov. 22Phoenix at SeattleSan Diego at DenverPortland at VancouverSat. Nov. 23Denver at San DiegoPortland at SeattleSun. Nov. 24Phoenix at Portland &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio&mdash;Floyd (Busher) Curry has encountered several problems in trying to make his 1968-69 version of the Cleveland Barons click. One of them has been a spotty performance in scoring goals and the biggest has been a somewhat shaky and manpower-short defense.At the same time, the first year Cleveland coach has encountered a few pleasant surprises. One of them is Bob Berry.The 24-year-old, six-foot, 185-pound Berry is off to a fast start in his first venture into the professional ranks. With the team&rsquo;s first 10 games a matter of history, his four goals and seven assists gave him the scoring leadership of the Barons, with veterans Howie Glover and Jim Mikol in closest pursuit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02383/2860792-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="282" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Berry</figcaption></div>From the start of the season, with so many new forwards figuring into the Cleveland picture and with Curry still unable to come up with three solid scoring lines, it is significant that Berry has been placed at left wing on what has figured to be the club&rsquo;s top line.Curry has not designated any one line as his &ldquo;first&rdquo; line but it takes no great knowledge of hockey to realize that the unit of Gary Monahan at center, Berry at left wing and, usually, Glover at right wing, must be regarded as the best Baron scoring unit on the ice.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03311/2860785-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="578" height="578"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARY MONAHAN &hellip; Knows way around</figcaption></div>Monahan, subject to a bit of shuttling between Cleveland and Montreal, has not lit too many scoring lights but it is obvious that he knows what he is doing. He is fast, good puck-hound, a good feeder and is blessed with some good moves. Glover, even though he missed a few games with a bad back, has scored fairly well.The one steady member of the line has been Berry, a Montreal native whose chief claim to hockey fame before joining the Barons was that he was &ldquo;athlete of the year&rdquo; at Sir George Williams University and was a member of the Canadian National &ldquo;B&rdquo; team.The Barons&rsquo; main concern of the moment is the defense. With Duane Rupp gone, at least temporarily, some experienced backliner is needed to add stability at the blue line.Pierre Bouchard, a fine prospect, still is learning. Neither Stan Fuller nor Don Fedun have the necessary experience to make them standouts. Veteran Bill Needham is off to a slow start. Should injury strike any one of them, the Barons are in real trouble.Curry is playing the waiting game. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll get somebody else back there,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;but, at the moment, I can&rsquo;t tell who it will be or when we&rsquo;ll get him. Waivers have to go through on whoever we get from the National Hockey League and that takes a little time.&rdquo; &#9632;

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But Rookie Berry One Of Barons’ Surprises

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div>TULSA, Okla. &mdash;Tulsa Oilers are swinging back into the the form that made them Adams Cup champions last season. After their first 12 games, they were challenging Omaha Knights for the lead in the league&rsquo;s Northern Division and with 43 goals only trailed Omaha and Amarillo Wranglers, the clubs of the nine-team circuit by one goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01280/2860847-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="296" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roy Edwards</figcaption></div>Their top point-getter was Len Bazay who had six goals only trailed Omaha and seven assists for 13 points. Danny Johnson and Ken Campbell followed with a dozen apiece.Coach John McLellan was happy to welcome goalie Serge Aubry back to spell off rookie Ray Reeson. A broken elbow at training camp sidelined him and he gave up two goals in his first two contests as the Oilers tied the Oklahoma City Blazers and nipped Omaha, 32.In the Oilers annual golf tournament, general manager Ray Miron and team captain Ken Campbell tied for low gross honors and were declared co-champions of the tourney.HOUSTON &mdash; The Apollos saw their eight-game undefeated streak snapped when Fort Worth Wings nipped them 4-3 on Fort Worth ice. But they rebounded on successive nights to drop Amarillo and Omaha and with their 9-1-1 record boasted a five-point lead in the Southern Division.Al Caron and Ernie Hicke were the top point-getters for the Apollos with idential six-goal-and-nine-assist records. Chris Bordeleau was chasing them with 13 and Brian Lavender with 12.The goaltending was standing up at an amazing 2.18 with Tony Esposito and Phil Myre wearing the big pads.OMAHA &mdash; Ray Brunel continued to pace the Knights&rsquo; offence with the veteran notching nine goals, including four in one game, and six assists for 15 points.Jack Egers, Bill Fairbairn and Len Haley trailed him with 13 apiece.General manager &ldquo;Jake&rdquo; Milford announced that the Knights&rsquo; parent club, New York Rangers of the National League will play an exhibition game against them Jan. 19 on the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum ice. The Rangers are the first major league team to visit Omaha since 1961.FORT WORTH &mdash; Fred Speck was the leading pointgetter for the Wings showing five goals and seven assists over the first dozen games as the Fort Worth crew held down second place in the Southern Division behind Houston.The parent Detroit Red Wings sent veteran netminder Roy Edwards to the Wings to help out Gerry Gray and John Voss. Edwards set a new mark for the longest shutout sequence going 192 mins and 52 seconds without giving up a goal last season.OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; Tom Webster, rookie rightwinger from Niagara Falls Flyers, found his shooting eye and was the top Central League sniper firing 14 goals in his first 11 games. He also picked up nine assists to take a two-point lead over team mate Jim Lorentz in the league point-getting parade.Grant Erickson trailed them with 13 points. Russ Gillow took over the League lead in shutouts with two as the Blazed romped over Kansas City Blues, 8-0.Ross Lonsberry has been named captain of the Blazers for the 1968-69 season.Leftwinger Karl Haggarty, with Niagara Falls Flyers last season, has seen early action. Rookie defenceman Guy Allen returned to the lineup after a week&rsquo;s absence due to a shoulder injury.MEMPHIS &mdash; New coach Parker MacDonald took over the South Stars after John Muckler was elevated to the coaching post of the National League Minnesota North Stars.Goalie Gary Bauman was sent to the South Stars from Minnesota to help Carl Wetzel handle the netminding duties. Bauman was with Minnesota and Rochester of the American League last season.Centreman Jim Paterson was the South Stars&rsquo; top point-getter with nine goals and six assists for 15 points in 12 games. Gary Dineen followed with 11.Ted McCaskill was placed on waivers and expected to be picked up by a Western League club.AMARILLO &mdash; Paul Andrea, with his seven goals and nine assists, was the top point-getter for the Waranglers who fell to fourth place in the five-team Southern Division.Paul Lessard ans Andre Gaudette, the two rookies from last season&rsquo;s Montreal Juniors Canadiens has 10 points a piece after their first dozen games.Marv Edwards and Bud Blom kept the Wranglers&rsquo; goals-against average down to 3.00 over the first 12 games.KANSAS CITY &mdash; John Didiana, out since the season&rsquo;s start through injuries, got into action replacing Terry Crisp who had been called up from the Blues by the parent NHL St. Louis club.Rookie rearguard Gerry Lemire and second-year-pro Phil Obendorf have been pleasant surprises to coach Fred Hucul.Max Mestinsek has been in and out of the lineup due to age-limit rule in the Central League.DALLAS &mdash; Injuries to Paul Terbenche, Jim Graham, Garth Rizzuto and Kerry Bond forced coach Bob Kromm to juggle his lineup as the Black Hawks found their way to victory only twice in their first nine games.Former University of Denver stars Cliff Koroll and Jim Wiste have been showing some sparkling play and coach Kromm is looking to his veteran players finding the range soon. &#9632;

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Tulsa Oilers Play Back To Title Form

<h2>TUES. OCT. 29 HOUSTON 4 at MEMPHIS 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Houston, Bordeleau (Caron, Curtis) &hellip; 6:232&mdash;Houston, Drouin (lavender, Hicke) &hellip; 10:33Penalties: Pritchard 13:49, Fitzpatrick 17:11.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Houston, Bordeleau (Grierson) &hellip; 2:474&mdash;Memphis, Johnston (Dineen, Paterson) &hellip; 16:27Penalties: Benzelock 2:30, Curtis, Seguin 3:57, Drouin 7:21, Grierson 12:27, Lavender 15:30.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Houston, Lavender (Drouin, Hicke) &hellip; 1:24Penalty: Pritchard 11:31.Saves: Wetzel 26, Esposito 27.<h2>WED. OCT. 30 FORT WORTH 2 at OMAHA 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Brunel (Pariseau, Lafreniere) &hellip; 19:23Penalty: McCann 18:12<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Omaha, Widing (Fairbairn, Kannegeisser) &hellip; 14:27Penalties: Hart (major), Pembroke (major), Cunniff and Kannegeisser 6:26, Myers 14:08, Lafroniore 18:12.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Fort Worth, Snow (Cunniff, Spock) &hellip; 10:254&mdash;Fort Worth, Reichmuth (Speck, McCann) &hellip; 18:13Penalty: Hart 13:37.Saves: Gray 7, Voss 19; Caley 18.<h2>HOUSTON 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Lorentz, Erickson) &hellip; 0:372&mdash;Houston, Eliott (Caron, Grierson) &hellip; 8:153&mdash;Houston, Caron (Bordeleau) &hellip; 18:52Penalties: MacNoil 0:57, Harrison 7:52, Hodgson, Pritchard 9:12, Harrison 10:08, Hodgson (major) 14:12, Grierson, Wilkins 18:22.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Flegal 0:37, Hicke 2:12, Drouin (misconduct) 3:48, Caron, Gibbs 19:24.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Lansberry, Lorentz) &hellip; 19:24Penalties: Myre 11:12, Gibbs 15:08.Saves: Gillow 25, Myre 36.<h2>AMARILLO 3 at DALLAS 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Amarillo, Reynolds (Andrea) &hellip; 10.052&mdash;Amarillo, Lessard (Gaudette, Barrie) &hellip; 17.50Penalty, Long 9.39.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Dalls, Shmyr (Graham, Terbenche) &hellip; 9.19Penalties &mdash; Barrie (two minors), Edwards (minor, misconduct) and Shmyr 4.54, Edwards and Morris11.10.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Dallas, McDonald (Shelton) &hellip; 2.255&mdash;Dallas, Leblanc &hellip; 5.116&mdash;Dallas, Koroll (Graham, McDonald) &hellip; 6.397&mdash;Amarillo, Andrea, (Reynolds) &hellip; 9.028&mdash;Dallas, Koroll (Shmyr, McDonald) &hellip; 14.54SAVES: Norris 33, Edwards 35.<h2>FRI. NOV. 1 FORT WORTH 4 at TULSA 3</h2><h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Tulsa, Campbell (Marbaruk, MacLeish) &hellip; 3.042&mdash;Fort Worth, Snow (Speck) &hellip; 4.523&mdash;Fort Worth, Speck (Ketter, Cunniff) &hellip; 9.58Penalties &mdash; Perkins 2.05, Quinn 3.37, Bazay 8.27.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Fort Worth, Monteith (McCann) &hellip; 4.44Penalties &mdash; Evans and LeClerc 5.09, Robert (major) and Speck (major) 7.04, Crashley 10.13,Harbaruk (minor, major) and Neikamp (minor, major) 13.55, Seiwood 17.52, Johnson 18.51.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Fort Worth, Snow &hellip; 2.066&mdash;Tulsa, Elwell (Hinse, Byers) &hellip; 4.317&mdash;Tulsa, Bazay (Evans) &hellip; 447Penalties &mdash; Neikamp (minor, match) 7.41, Hinse 11.19, Evans 12.04, Crashley 15.39.Saves: Aubry 29. Voss 30.<h2>OKLAHOMA CITY 2 at AMARILLO 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lonsberry (Wilkins) &hellip; 19.25Penalties &mdash; Barrie 6.04, Lanyon and Lonsberry 7.00, Lorentz 12.25, Wilkins 19.50<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Lorentz, Schock) &hellip; 13.533&mdash;Amarillo, Barrie (Blomquist) &hellip; 14.37Penalties &mdash; Legace 12.06, Gibbs 14.58, Lonsberry and Legace 19.18.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Amarillo, Swain (Andrea) &hellip; 8.36Penalties &mdash; Barrie and Lesuk 3.50, Reynolds 7.12, Gibbs 14.02, Billows 14.17.Saves: Blom 47, Gillow 31.<h2>OMAHA 1 at MEMPHIS 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Krulicki (Luce, Egers) &hellip; 3:08Penalties; Lafreniere 10:05, Lafreniere 12:14, Boehm 15:56, Hunt, 19:12.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Memphis, Seguin (Dineen, Johnston) &hellip; 1:493&mdash;Memphis, Johnston (Dineen, Jopling) &hellip; 16:17Penalties; Piper 3:26, Chernoff 8:14, Kannegeisser 11:20, Eger (minor, major) and Johnston (minor,major 16:41<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalties; Piper 3:31, Jopling 7:07Saves: Wetzel 30, Caley 27.<h2>SAT. NOV. 2 AMARILLO 0 at OKLAHOMA CITY 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Erickson, Gibbs) &hellip; 8:09Penalties; Lorentz 21, Erickson 1:28, Jacques 2:42, Carruthers 3:47, Hodgson 5:06, Billows6:17, Jacquesand Lonsberry 13:10, Mattiussi and Reynolds (misconduct) 18:08, Erickson 18:54<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties; Heaney 5:12, Gibbs 6:22, Swain 6:30, Legace and Schock 12:40, Hodgson 17:13<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Erickson, Lorents) &hellip; 13:223&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Beverly) &hellip; 19:59Penalties; Schock 3:38, Lonsberry 19:50Saves: Gillow 31, Edwards 31.<h2>MEMPHIS 4 at HOUSTON 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Memphis, Paterson (Benzelock) &hellip; 3:512&mdash;Houston, Hicke (Caron, Lavender) &hellip; 6:263&mdash;Memphis, Benzelock (Chernoff, Paterson) &hellip; 8:12Penalties; Mackenzie 4:22, Hicke (minor, major) and MacKenzie (minor, major) 9:46, Jopling 10:50,Senior and Bradley 16:14, Pritchard 18:45.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Memphis, Standing (Senior) &hellip; 9:25Penalties; Seguin and Roberts 6:44, Hunt (two minors) and Bradley 12:19, Piper and Hicke 15:45<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Houston, Thurlby (Bradley, Grierson) &hellip; 3:466&mdash;Houston, Grierson (Gradley, Thurlby) &hellip; 4:317&mdash;Houston, Lavender (Hicke, Curtis) &hellip; 6:578&mdash;Memphis, Standing (Dineen, Fitzpatrick) &hellip; 10:359&mdash;Houston, Bordeleau (Ellett, Drouin) &hellip; 19:15Penalties; Curtis 8:57, Jopling 13:34, Hicke 16:27, Hunt 17:32saves: Esposito 29, Bauman 45.<h2>OMAHA 3 at DALLAS 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Dallas, Koroll (Gaudet, Wiste) &hellip; 2.392&mdash;Omaha, Brown &hellip; 15:323&mdash;Omaha, Haley (Luce, Boehm) &hellip; 17.35Penalties &mdash; McKay and Luce 4.28, Shelton and Lafreniere 9.04, Fairbain 9.58, Shmyr 14.08, Haley14.39, Graham 18.14.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Dallas, Koroll (WisTe, Morris) &hellip; 7.365&mdash;Omaha, Fairbain (Brunel) &hellip; 19.24Penalties &mdash; Brown 3.43, Pembroke 4.17.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.Penalties &mdash; None.Saves: Norris 25, Caley 30.<h2>TULSA 7 at FORT WORTH 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Tulsa, Harbaruk (Campbell, Johnson) &hellip; 11.012&mdash;Tulsa, MacLeish (Bazay, Johnson) &hellip; 14.15Penalties &mdash; Hart 1.39, Harbaruk 6.33, Nelson 15.41, Quinn 17.25.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Tulsa, Johnson (Nelson) &hellip; 7.04Penalties &mdash; Murray 8.28, Myers 11.53, Harbaruk 12.15, Neikamp (major) 12.25, Crashley 12.51, Robert 15.20.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Tulsa, Harbaruk (Ellwell, Campbell) &hellip; 4.206&mdash;Tulsa, Johnson (MacLeish, Evans) &hellip; 10.507&mdash;Tulsa, Johnson (Bazay, Quinn) &hellip; 17.32Penalties &mdash; Swenson .58, Snow 5.39, Quinn 6.21, Campbell and LeClerc 16.07, Ketter 19.00.Saves &mdash; Reeson 24; Voss 23.<h2>SUN. NOV. 3 AMARILLO 5 at OMAHA 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Pariseau (Fairbairn, Brunel) &hellip; 2.172&mdash;Omaha, Fairbairn (Brunel, Lafreniere) &hellip; 3.053&mdash;Amarillo, Swain (Andrea, Legace) &hellip; 8.104&mdash;Omaha, Luce (Haley, Boehm) &hellip; 9.515&mdash;Amarillo, Andrea &hellip; 12.10Penalties &mdash; Lafreniere 6.06, Legace 11.55.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Amarillo, Sharpe (Gaudette) &hellip; 1:517&mdash;Amarillo, Swain (Reynolds, Legace) &hellip; 10.518&mdash;Omaha, Barber (Krulicki, Lafreniere) &hellip; 18.079&mdash;Omaha, Brunel &hellip; 19.52Penalties &mdash; Legace and Pariseau 5.41, Reynolds 6.15, Lafreniere 9.35, Jacques 11.25, Legace andWidding 14.43.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>Penalties &mdash; Legace 1.44, 16.28, Boehm 18.45.Saves: Blom 30, Caley 13.<h2>TULSA 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 2</h2>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Lonsberry, Gibbs)wl 7.432&mdash;Tulsa, Robert (Nelson) &hellip; 17.06Penalties &mdash; Schock (minor, misconduct) 3.06, Selwood 5.42, Harbaruk 6.57, Webster 11.14, Gibbs13.31, Webster 18.32.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No Scoring.Penalties &mdash; Evans 5.05, Hodgson 9.09, Nelson and Lesuk 17.41, Gibbs 18.20, Wilkins 19.24, Lorentz 19.49.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Oklahoma City, Harrison &hellip; 12.504&mdash;Tulsa, Bazay (Evans) &hellip; 15.45Penalties: None.Saves: Gillow 25, Aubry 26. &#9632;

Central Hockey League Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01143/2860902-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="634" height="2640"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Johnstown at Syracuse (postponed)Salem 5 at Charlotte 8Nashville 6 at Jacksonville 4Wed. Nov. 13Johnstown 8 at New Haven 8Nashville 3 at Greensboro 3Thurs. Nov. 14Jacksonville 6 at Syracuse 2Charlotte 2 at Salem 1Fri. Nov. 15Jacksonville 7 at Long Island 7Clinton 4 at New Jersey 1New Haven 7 at Johnstown 4Salem 3 at Greensboro 7Nashville 1 at Charlotte 4Sat. Nov. 16Jacksonville 2 at Clinton 5Long Island 1 at New Jersey 4Syracuse 3 at Johnstown 8Nashville 5 at Salem 3Charlotte 1 at Grensboro 6Sun. Nov. 17Jacksonville 3 at New Haven 3Charlotte 1 at Nashville 8<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 19Clinton at SyracuseJacksonville at CharlotteNew Haven at Long IslandSalem at NashvilleWed. Nov. 20Syracuse at New HovenGreensboro at SalemThurs. Nov. 21New Haven at SyracuseGreensboro at NashvilleCharlotte at SalemFri. Nov. 22New Haven vs Clinton at Utica, N.Y.Johnstown at Long IslandSyracuse at New JerseyJacksonville at GreensboroSalem at CharlotteSat. Nov. 23Syracuse at ClintonLong Island at JohnstownNashville at SalemGreensboro at JacksonvilleSun. Nov. 24Johnstown at SyracuseClinton at New HavenJacksonville at Nashville &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>SYRACUSE, N.Y. &mdash;The Syracuse Blazers. have broken their road jinx but the Norther Division team will have to start moving if it aims to make any headway in its goal to make the Eastern Hockey League playoffs.The Blazers have been able to win only one of their first dozen starts despite considerable improvement over last year&rsquo;s cellar aggregation. A year ago the team was losing contests by telephone number margins. This year they are &ldquo;in&rdquo; most of the contests in which they perform but still they have sunk to the Northern depths.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02106/2860933-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="270" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Wilcox</figcaption></div>Coach Ray Crew has been trying to mold together a winning team but he&rsquo;s had little luck thus far. The high spot of the year was the team&rsquo;s first road win in history, at Clinton. But except for an inaugural tie with Jersey, the Blazers have been unable to win on their home ice.Crew realizes how important it is to take the home games for it&rsquo;s not easy winning EHL games on the road. His goalie, Anton Gale, has been bombarded in the nets and only his spectacular play has saved the club from some real clobberings. Gale can&rsquo;t do it all and Crew was looking for some outside help. He had hoped to pick up some-material when the clubs had to reach the 14-plaver limit after the seventh game.But some of the men Crew figured he would obtain were not forthcoming. Some clubs kept surplus players on their injured lists and thus were not available. Crew was willing even to take some of these fringe players on loan for the season in an effort to acquirs some wins and thus attract fans here.SALEM: Wally Chase&rsquo;s hat trick plus four assists helped Rebels blanck Charlotte as George Surmay posted the first shutout in history of club. Jim Lane had a setto with Nashville&rsquo;s Wally Sprange. Rick Purdy dropped. Surmay had 49 saves at Greensboro. Coach Dave Lucas was unhappy with the ice conditions at Greensboro but admitted the Gens had to play on the rink too. Harley Hodgson was due to report any day.GREENSBORO: Center Don Burgess continues EHL&rsquo;s top goalmaker and scorer with Ron Muir, Stu Roberts and Bob Sicinski also in top 10. Gens start of 9-1-2 was best in club&rsquo;s history. Coach Ron Spong&rsquo;s coat was ripped to smithereens when he jumped on ice during a brawl with Jacksonville. Sicinski had hat trick vs Charlotte. Goalie Pete McDuffe is under the three goal mark.LONG ISLAND: Don Newman. Bill Christodal, Tim Rothwell and Bill Adair dropped to get down to 14-plaver limit. Ducks did better once they moved into the busy phase of their log. Coach John Brophy believes his team can finish as high as first after viewing all of his northern foes. Dwight Winters top goal get tor in early going.CHARLOTTE: Coach Fred Creighton rejected bid to coach and GM Memphis. Checkers signed Jim Wilcox of San Diego and a veteran WHL and AHL defenseman. Fed Baylis was fined and suspended for lackadaiscal play. Bob Whidden came back to club from Vancouver where he only played in two exhibitions. He was expected to supplant Chuck Goddard. Club did well on northern jaunt.CLINTON: Pat Kelly also considered for Memphis job prior to playing his first game of season. His body checking helped Comets defense considerably. Comets-Charlotte game here was best of campaign. Lyle Carter&rsquo;s goaltending has made him No. in the league and makes him fine replacement for departed Ed Babiuk. Marc Rioux and Dick Trembecky dropped to reach limit. Trade with Memphis fell through. Borden Smith received 7-stitch forehead gash on board play.JOHNSTOWN: MikeCrupi was fined $25 for using profane language and making obscene gestures during two games. Crupi also was nursing an injured elbow as well as his injured wallet. Goalie Murray Finley with Salem earlier and center Ken Gustafson, San Diego property, were here on look-see basis. Galen Head&rsquo;s hat trick including goals in first 38 seconds of game, topped New Haven. Head and Reg Kent high up in scoring race.NEW HAVEN: Former Blade. Eno Kraft, is playing independent hockey at Bridgeport, Conn. Billy Smith, acquired from Springfield, has been scoring steadily for Blades. Coach Don Perry finally made it to active duty but Don Walker is still out with leg injury. Bruce Reier is pacing northern scoring race and Blake Ball has taken over penalty lead. Blades are leading team scorers in circuit.JACKSONVILLE: Coach Bob Sabourin shuffled his lines in an effort to get more defense from his forwards. He claimed his first line was scoring a lot but also giving up goals. Marc Brunet mixed it up with Greensboro&rsquo;s non-playing skipper. Ron Spong. Ron Willy scored two goals in 57 seconds vs Greensboro. All Carlson released.JERSEY: Goalie Bob Taylor hit with puck and had 18-stitch repair job. He was replaced in mid-Johnstown game by center Jamie Kennedy, who hadn&rsquo;t played goal since midgets. Later made nine saves and allowed no goals to help Devils win. Brian Caley was rushed into nets next night as Taylor was sidelined. Gordie Stratton&rsquo;s goal beat Jets. Kennedy is club&rsquo;s No. 1 scorer and No. 2 in league.NASHVILLE: Ted McCaskill due to rejoin Dixie Flyers any day after getting his release from Memphis. Flyers scored four goals in less than five minutes to top Jacksonville. Team had 6-1-1 record in eight games in nine day log. Line of Wally Sprange Why ne Clairmont and Don Borgeson nicknamed &ldquo;The Assembly Line&rdquo;. &#9632;

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Improved Blazers Still Looking For Help; Greensboro Scorers Dominate EHL’s Top 10

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div>PORT HURON, Mich. &mdash;Ted Garvin, new coach of Port Huron, was very patient with his Flags while they continued to lose their games on the road while doing a fine job on home ice.He conceded they had had some bad breaks, losing games they should have won and even offered an unique reason for some of the road losses.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0386/2861023-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="250" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cal Purinton</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We just don&rsquo;t seem to get skating in the first period&rdquo;, he explained. &ldquo;Maybe it&rsquo;s the long bus rides and the fact that our players breathe carbon monoxide fumes and are kind of lethargic for the first 20 minutes. I&rsquo;m going to have a tank of oxygen installed in the locker room and we&rsquo;ll take a tank of it along on our next road trip. I&rsquo;ll have the guys take a whiff to clear their heads. Maybe it will help.&rdquo;That was after the Flags had lost four straight on the road but after they dropped a fifth at Dayton, 4-2, Garvin lost his patience.&ldquo;All know,&rdquo; said Garvin after a closed door session with his charges at Dayton &ldquo;is that we&rsquo;ll get home about 5:30 in the morning and they&rsquo;ll be on the ice at 10. If they want to play like homers they can go home and play there. A few of these guys play like they haven&rsquo;t any guts &hellip; and you can print that.FORT WAYNE &mdash; The Komets added Ken Gratton, a left winger who was with Omaha last season and with Kansas City a short time this season &hellip; They placed veteran right wing Norm Waslawski on waivers and he was not claimed &hellip; Defenseman Cal Purinton underwent back surgery and was lost for the season. Reg Primeau, center, was still out with a knee injury. Merv Dubchak had his eight goal of the season. Goulie Jim Shaw had his sixth one-goal game in seven starts &hellip; A capacity crowd of 8,025 swelled Komet home attendance to 35,093 in six games.DAYTON &mdash; Goalie Pat Rupp had the league&rsquo;s second shutout, his third in four years with the Gems &hellip; General Manager Lefty McFadden was given a &ldquo;night&rdquo; in Columbus in recognition of his contribution to hockey in the state of Ohio &hellip; Final season ticket count for the Gems was 1,519, an increase of 344 over last season &hellip; Rick Hextali, secured in the trade with Toledo, scored two breakaway goals in beating Columbus.COLUMBUS &mdash; Coach Moe Bartoli, annoyed with a Checker loss to Fort Wayne 8-3, inserted himself into the lineup at right wing and benched veteran Pierre Brillant, who was slow getting started. Rookie star Doug Volmar hit for his eighth goal in seven games &hellip; Injured Chuck Kelly was placed on waivers but was withdrawn when claimed by Dayton &hellip; The Checkers had only one game in 11 days and then had four in five due to a horse show in their arena.MUSKEGON &mdash; New players breaking into the Mohawk lineup were center Bob Smith, right wing Bernie Blanchette and defenseman Jim Bannatvne &hellip; Bob Tombari, out five games with injuries, was back in the lineup &hellip; Coach Moose Lalle had the Mohawks working overtime on the power play in practice.TOLEDO &mdash; Defenseman John Gravel came to the Baldes under the new IHL-EHL player agreement &hellip; Frank Sawyer was released but the Blades still had five defensemen on the roster &hellip; Goalie Glenn Ramsay had his best game of the season with 36 saves in beating Columbus, 4-1 &hellip; Jim Sanko was leading the Blades in scoring.DES MOINES &mdash; Trevor Fahey, leading Oak Leaf goal scorer last year, was secured from Denver of the Western League. The Leafs also acquired center Reg Bechtold from Greensboro and added goalie Glen Lindsey from Memphis. They released goalie Steve Trendov and defenseman Braden Houston &hellip; Jim Currie and Ken Silver were lost for the season because of serious injuries in an automobile accident.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0470/2861016-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="566" height="626"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG VOLMAR &hellip; 8 goals in games</figcaption></div><h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0561/2861009-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="618" height="426"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 12Port Huron 5 at Des Moines 1Wed. Nov. 13Muskegon 10 at Columbus 9Fort Wayne at Toledo 6Thurs. Nov. 14Port Huron 5 at Des Moines 3Fri. Nov. 15Dayton 0 at Fort Wayne 3Toledo 3 at Columbus 5Sat. Nov. 16Columbus 4 at Fort Wayne 2Toledo 7 at Muskegon 5Dayton 1 at Port Huron 1Sun. Nov. 17Columbus 0 at Dayton 3Muskegon 2 at Toledo 7Fort Wayne 1 at Port Huron 6<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Nov. 20Port Huron at ColumbusFort Wayne at DaytonFri. Nov. 22Fort Wayne at Des MoinesDayton at ColumbusMuskegon at ToledoSat. Nov. 23Fort Wayne at Des MoinesPort Huron at MuskegonDayton at ToledoSun. Nov. 24Columbus at DaytonToledo at Port Huron<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0648/2861002-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="592" height="614"></div> &#9632;

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Garvin Blasts Flags For Road Losses; Columbus’ Rookie Volmar Hot Scorer

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0380/2861092-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="874" height="1143"></div>SOLUTION IN NOVEMBER 30 ISSUE<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Pictured player. Springfield.4&mdash;Initials of one of the DOWN Seals.5&mdash;An N.H.L. centre.11&mdash;One of the Rangers.12&mdash;Initials of an N.H.L.13&mdash;Initials of one of the Red Wings. Blues.15&mdash;&hellip; Angeles17&mdash;Native country of Roberts of Oakland.18&mdash;Birth month of 4 down, (abbr.)19&mdash;Initials of an N.H.L. coach.20&mdash;25th and 18th letters of the alphabet.21&mdash;A Phillv defenseman answers to this.22&mdash;The referee in chief to this.24&mdash;This referee wears No. 1.25&mdash;12th and 14th letters of the alphabet.26&mdash;First name of one of the Hawks.27&mdash;Period of time.29&mdash;Initials of an American State.30&mdash;This Leaf led the League in goals in 1964-65.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;A Canadien forward.2&mdash;Barclay, Bill, Robert.3&mdash;Initials of 5 across.4&mdash;Wears No. 8 for referee. Minnesota.6&mdash;One of the St. Louis7&mdash;Initials of former Ranger Ronty.8&mdash;Initials of former Goalie Henry.9&mdash;9th and lot letters of the alphabet.10&mdash;Initials of a former Red Wing all-star.14&mdash;Registered 4 shut-outs last season.16&mdash;Initials of Gilbertson formerly of Vancouanswers ver.21&mdash;First name of an N.H.L. Captain.23&mdash;First name of 30 across.24&mdash;22nd and 13th letters of the alphabet.25&mdash;One of the Penguins answers to this.27&mdash;Initials of a former Leaf.28&mdash;Initials of a St. Louis defenseman.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;GOYETTE.8&mdash;OR.9&mdash;HORTON.11&mdash;L.V.12&mdash;ADD.13&mdash;DARRYL.15&mdash;R.R.16&mdash;SLY.17&mdash;TOE.18&mdash;WA.19&mdash;OO.21&mdash;R.S.22&mdash;R K.23&mdash;SKI.28&mdash;IV.29&mdash;A.A.30&mdash;R.E.32&mdash;YOUNG.34&mdash;RON.36&mdash;ENG.37&mdash;PAT.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;GOLDS WORTHY2&mdash;ORVAL.3&mdash;E.H.4&mdash;TONY.5&mdash;T.R.6&mdash;E.T.A.7&mdash;ANDREA.10&mdash;ODR0WSK114&mdash;RYE20&mdash;O.K.21&mdash;R.S.24&mdash;IVAN.25&mdash;BAUN.26&mdash;RANG.27&mdash;T.R.31&mdash;ERA.33&mdash;O.E.35&mdash;O.T. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div>CHICAGO, Ill. &mdash;This should be Bobby Hull&rsquo;s most satisfying season.He won a good chunk of what he was demanding from the Hawk management in his contract dispute early in the season. And by way of proving his worth, he&rsquo;s off to one of the fastest starts &mdash; as a point-scorer &mdash; of his 12-year career.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01151/2861130-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="263" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Reay</figcaption></div>Yes sir, life really should be beautiful for hockey&rsquo;s Golden Jet.The truth is, however, that no member of the currently troubled team is more concerned over the Hawks plight than Bobby.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care how many points or goals I have right now,&rdquo; he lamented. &ldquo;The season has been a flop, so far. That would go if I scored 100 goals and the team had a bad season.&ldquo;This is a team game and you can&rsquo;t have 100 happy guy and 17 unhappy ones. It just doesn&rsquo;t work that way.&rdquo;Bobby has been around too long to believe in miracles but he is convinced that the Hawks can bounce back from the troubles, most defensive, that have plagued them since the season was six games old.&ldquo;It would be different if we hadn&rsquo;t shown that we can win,&rdquo; said Bobby shortly after the Hawks had blown their fourth game in a row and fifth in six games.&ldquo;Right now, we&rsquo;re awfully sluggish, particularly in our end. The secret of getting the puck out of trouble is for a guy to get mobile before he starts looking around for a possible play.&ldquo;Our guys have been getting the puck, then taking a look before starting to move. Then, when we do get around to making a play, all of our guys have been covered because of the slow start.&ldquo;You have to grab the puck, really want to have it, and take off. That&rsquo;s what every member of a team is willing to do when a team is going well.&rdquo;Hull certainly has been doing his part. He always has put in more ice time that any other player in the league but this year, he&rsquo;s been doing even more during his long stretches on the ice than ever before.He carries the puck from deep in Hawk ice on almost every play. He&rsquo;s been the key play-maker on his line, the vital cog on the power-play, and the man the Hawks have turned to when a penalty must be worked-off.Sharing Bobby&rsquo;s dismay over the present plight, of course, is coach Billy Reay, who finally has been forced to admit at least temporary defeat in his efforts to nurse Goalie Denis DeJordy back to major league respectability.DeJordy has been shipped to the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central league &ldquo;at least for a couple of weeks,&rdquo; and veteran Jack Norris came up from Dallas as his replacement.Another move Reay made after that loss to New York was to reshuffle his lines, particularly his left wings.The major move, and one Reay generally reserves for emergencies, was to place Bobby Hull at left wing in place of Doug Mohns with Stan Mikita and Ken Wharram on the Scooter line.Other moves have Dennis Hull in Bobby spot with Eric Nesterenko and Chico Maki, and Mohns with Pit Martin and Jimmy Pappin.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02102/2861123-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="1787" height="880"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL &hellip; More Concerned withPoints Than Goals</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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