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November 23, 1968
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Cup Winning Canucks Ahead Of Last Year’s NHL Pace
MONTREAL, Que. — 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’s defending league and Cup champions checked their record for the first month of the schedule — six points ahead of last year’s efforts for the first 13 games. Beliveau, the 37-year-old captain, continued as the Canadiens’ 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…
Meet The Men Who Air NHL Hockey
BOSTON Play-by-play commentator, TV — Don Earle. Play-by-play commentator, radio — Bob Wilson. Color man, radio — Malvin Maloney. TV Channel — WSBK-TV, UHF channel 38 — all road games of Bruins. Radio station — WHDH, dial 850 AM — all games, home and away. CHICAGO Play-by-play commentator, TV — Lloyd Pettit. Color man, TV — Lou Boudreau. TV channel — WGN-TV, channel 9 — all road games, live. DETROIT Play-by-play commentators and color men, both radio and TV — Budd Lynch; Bruce Martyn. TV Channel — WKBD-TV, channel 50 (UHF) — all road games except those in California. Radio station — WWJ, dial 950 am — all home and away games except those in California. LOS ANGELES Play-by-play commentator, TV and radio — Ken McDonald. Color man, TV and radio — Ed Fitkin. TV channel — KTLA, channel 5—20 road games. Radio station — KNX, dial…
Western League Summaries
SUN. NOV. 3 VANCOUVER 4 at DENVER 4 FIRST PERIOO No scoring. Penalties: Lamoureux 11:49, Shaw 12:46, Van Impe 12:46, Madigan 16:20, Polanic 19:58. SECOND PERIOD 1—Portland, Johnson (Saunders) … 0:36 2—Portland, Johnson (Pearson) … 13:48 Penalties: Leach 3:28, DuPont 14:07. THIRD PERIOD 3—Portland, Hebenton (Van Impe, Saunders) … 9:29 Penalties: McKechnie 2:36, Polanic 14:43. Saves by, Broderick 26, Kelly 33. Attendance: 5,787. PHOENIX 0 at PORTLAND 3 FIRST PERIOD 1—Denver, Lemieux (Rodger, B. Carter) … 1:21 2—Denver, Martin (Scholia) … 12:46 3—Vancouver, Taylor (McNeill, Harris) … 13:29 Penalties: Pratt 5:28, Taylor 7:05, Scholia 7:05. SECOND PERIOD 4—Denver, Martin … 3:37 5—Vancouver, Lunde (Gagnon, Johns) … 6:55 6—Vancouver, McNeill (Johns) … 9:53 Penalty: None. THIRD PERIOD 7—Vancouver, Pratt (Bathgate, Gagnon … 11:01 8—Denver, Lemieux … 16:03 Penalty: Sly 5:27. Saves by, Gardner 27, Millar-Caron 31. Attendance: 2,832. WED. NOV. 6 SEATTLE 2 at PHOENIX 1 FIRST PERIOD No scoring. Penalties: Hanna 4:36, Fielder 13:56, McVio 15:20. SECOND PERIOD 1—Seattle, larose … (Fielder, Mkhie) 2—Phoenix, Charlebois (Kabel,…
Central Hockey League Summaries
TUES. OCT. 29 HOUSTON 4 at MEMPHIS 1 FIRST PERIOD 1—Houston, Bordeleau (Caron, Curtis) … 6:23 2—Houston, Drouin (lavender, Hicke) … 10:33 Penalties: Pritchard 13:49, Fitzpatrick 17:11. SECOND PERIOD 3—Houston, Bordeleau (Grierson) … 2:47 4—Memphis, Johnston (Dineen, Paterson) … 16:27 Penalties: Benzelock 2:30, Curtis, Seguin 3:57, Drouin 7:21, Grierson 12:27, Lavender 15:30. THIRD PERIOD 5—Houston, Lavender (Drouin, Hicke) … 1:24 Penalty: Pritchard 11:31. Saves: Wetzel 26, Esposito 27. WED. OCT. 30 FORT WORTH 2 at OMAHA 2 FIRST PERIOD 1—Omaha, Brunel (Pariseau, Lafreniere) … 19:23 Penalty: McCann 18:12 SECOND PERIOD 2—Omaha, Widing (Fairbairn, Kannegeisser) … 14:27 Penalties: Hart (major), Pembroke (major), Cunniff and Kannegeisser 6:26, Myers 14:08, Lafroniore 18:12. THIRD PERIOD 3—Fort Worth, Snow (Cunniff, Spock) … 10:25 4—Fort Worth, Reichmuth (Speck, McCann) … 18:13 Penalty: Hart 13:37. Saves: Gray 7, Voss 19; Caley 18. HOUSTON 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 2 FIRST PERIOD 1—Oklahoma City, Webster (Lorentz, Erickson) … 0:37 2—Houston, Eliott (Caron, Grierson) … 8:15 3—Houston, Caron (Bordeleau)…
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