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December 7, 1968

The Hockey News December 7, 1968

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05393/2624774-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg"></div><h2><b>EASTERN DIVISION</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Wednesday, Dec. 4)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06349/2624767-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="1102" height="292"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Toronto 3 at Pittsburgh 3</p><p>Montreal 4 at Los Angeles 2</p><p>Detroit 5 at Philadelphia 2</p><p>Oakland 3 at Minnesota 3</p><p>Boston 4 at St. Louis 4</p><p>Chicago 4 at New York 2</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 28</b></p><p>St. Louis 3 at Detroit 1</p><p>Pittsburgh 3 at Chicago 2</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 29</b></p><p>Montreal 4 at Oakland 5</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 30</b></p><p>Minnesota 3 at Toronto 3</p><p>New York 4 at Boston 1</p><p>Philadelphia 0 at St. Louis 1</p><p>Pittsburgh 4 at Los Angeles 2</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 1</b></p><p>Montreal 3 at Chicago 1</p><p>Toronto 1 at New York 3</p><p>Pittsburgh 4 at Oakland 4</p><p>Philadelphia 3 at Detroit 3</p><p>Minnesota 0 at Boston 4</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Wed. Dec. 4</b></p><p>New York at Montreal</p><p>Toronto at Minnesota</p><p>Detroit at Pittsburgh</p><p>Chicago at St. Louis</p><p>Philadelphia at Los Angeles</p><p><b>Thurs. Dec. 5</b></p><p>Montreal at Boston</p><p>New York at Detroit</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 6</b></p><p>Philadelphia at Oakland</p><p><b>Sat. Dec. 7</b></p><p>Chicago at Montreal</p><p>New York at Toronto</p><p>Detroit at Boston</p><p>Pittsburgh at St. Louis</p><p>Minnesota at Los Angeles</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 8</b></p><p>Toronto at Pittsburgh</p><p>Detroit at New York</p><p>Boston at Chicago</p><p>St. Louis at Philadelphia</p><p>Minnesota at Oakland<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

LOOKING AT NHL RACE

<p>PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &mdash;</p><p>Tis the season to be jolly unless, of course, your name is Gary Dornhoefer and you&rsquo;ve already opened one of your Christmas presents.</p><p>The Flyers&rsquo; scrappy rightwing will be spending most of the month on crutches after getting a broken left ankle from Oakland Seals&rsquo; goalie Gary Smith.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01686/2624591-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="263" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gary Dornhoefer</b></figcaption></div><p>Dornhoefer had been struck by Smith&rsquo;s goaltending stick in the third period of the Seals&rsquo; 2-1 victory at the Spectrum Nov. 23.</p><p>&ldquo;I had my back to him in front of the net while we were trying to get a goal to break a 1-1 tie,&rdquo; remembered Gary. &ldquo;Then &mdash; whack! &mdash; he nailed me on the ankle with his stick. Boy, it hurt but I figured it was only bruised and never dreamed it was broken.</p><p>&ldquo;In fact, there were 15 minutes to play and I finished the game. Afterwards, I had it packed in ice in the dressing room.</p><p>&ldquo;The next morning, though, I woke up and couldn&rsquo;t even stand on it because it hurt that much. And I couldn&rsquo;t even put on my shoe because there was so much swelling.&rdquo;</p><p>Flyers&rsquo; physician Dr. Stanley Spoont sent Dornhoefer to Lankenau Hospital for X-rays and his suspicion was confirmed. There was a &frac34;-inch crack on the outside part of the ankle.</p><p>The toughest thing about Dornhoefer&rsquo;s cast is that he had spent six weeks of the summer on crutches. He had suffered a broken right leg and ankle during a scuffle in the Stanley Cup playoffs against the St. Louis Blues.</p><p>He got over it, though, and seemed to be his old self &mdash; even to the point of successfully defending his National Hockey League Players Golf championship just before training camp opened.</p><p>&ldquo;That other injury wasn&rsquo;t so bad because at least the season was completed,&rdquo; said Gary. &ldquo;But this keeps me out of the lineup for a month or so right in the thick of the schedule.&rdquo;</p><p>As far as having crutches around the house, it has become a common sight for the Dornhoefers.</p><p>&ldquo;A few weeks after I got off crutches last summer, I was pushing our four-year-old daughter Stephanie on her tricycle,&rdquo; recalled Gary. &ldquo;All of a sudden she accidentally caught her foot in the spokes of the front wheel and broke a bone in her foot. So she had to spend some time on crutches, too.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll have to wear a cast for at least two weeks,&rdquo; explained Dr. Spoont. &ldquo;Then we&rsquo;ll have him wear a special leather brace for another week or so. Perhaps in another week or two, he&rsquo;ll be able to get back on the ice.&rdquo;</p><p>It was a tough break, not only for Dornhoefer but also for the Flyers. After all, the club had lost its second-highest goal-scorer (five) just when it seemed ready to make some headway in defense of its Western Division championship.</p><p>In fact, the very next night &mdash; with Dornhoefer watching from the stands &mdash; the Los Angeles Kings made the crucial weekend a complete lost cause with a 3-1 victory on the same Spectrum ice.</p><p>&ldquo;They just weren&rsquo;t the same club without Dornhoefer,&rdquo; admitted Kings&rsquo; defenseman Larry Cahan who scored the winning goal. &ldquo;He made a difference in Philly&rsquo;s 3-1 win over us the week before and things might&rsquo;ve been a lot different in this game if he were in the lineup.&rdquo;</p><p>Dornhoefer, who was the Flyers&rsquo; second highest scorer with 43 points last season, is a scrappy individual as attested by his 134 penalty minutes in the club&rsquo;s first-place finish a year ago. He has spent 38 minutes in the penalty box already this season.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to miss him, that&rsquo;s for sure,&rdquo; said coach Keith Allen. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty tough when you have to go without a player of Dornie&rsquo;s caliber for more than a month.&rdquo;</p><p>To fill Dornhoefer&rsquo;s vacancy on the roster, the Flyers recalled winger Don Blackburn from Baltimore where he had been on loan to the Clippers. Don had scored six goals and 14 assists in 11 games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Dornhoefer Knocked Out Of Action With Broken Ankle

<div class="byline">with ED FITKIN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01705/2624660-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="318" height="419"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02619/2624653-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="263" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Glenn Hall</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>I</span>T WAS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER</b>, that opening night of the season in St. Louis this year when over 14,000 fans paid thunderous homage to the gallant Blues for their magnificent, if losing duel with Montreal Canadiens last spring in their first bid for the Stanley Cup. To those of us who were neutral observers, it was the Chicago scene all over again, a carbon copy of the exuberant pandemonium that we thought Windy City fans had a copyright on. To make the comparison even more complete was the fact that the man known as Mr. Goalie in his Chicago heyday, Glenn Hall, was the recipient of an ovation that deafened eardrums in an explosive cascade of sound. One of the greats of hockey on hand that evening was Conn Smythe, the man who created the Toronto Maple Leafs 41 years ago and is still an astute observer of the hockey scene although now, at 73, he concentrates his active sports interests on racing. He was there to present the Conn Smythe Trophy to Hall as the outstanding performer of the first modern East-West confrontation for Lord Stanley&rsquo;s silverware. Later, when the game had ended in a 6-0 victory for the Blues over the Los Angeles Kings, I encountered Mr. Smythe in the corridor. He beckoned to me and almost in the secretive manner of a hockey scout said: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s quite a hockey player they&rsquo;ve got, that Berenson.&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;He sure is,&rdquo; I agreed, &ldquo;although Montreal and New York didn&rsquo;t seem to think so.&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;They probably never gave him a real chance,&rdquo; Mr. Smythe said.</p><p>I thought about this brief conversation and Mr. Smythe&rsquo;s expert appraisal of Red Berenson on another night to remember, the night of Nov. 7 when The Red Baron, as he has so colorfully been nicknamed, went on his six-goal scoring spree at Philadelphia to etch his name alongside Detroit&rsquo;s Syd Howe as the greatest single-game goalscorers in modern NHL folklore. And I thought to myself that the years do not dim a hockey man&rsquo;s instincts. Mr. Smythe still knows a star when he sees one.</p><p><b>KING CLANCY HAS BEEN AROUND</b> the hockey scene so long that sometimes you get the feeling that he (and a couple of others like Gordie Howe and Johnny Bower) must have been born in the NHL. The affable assistant GM-coach to Punch Imlach with the Leafs has probably derived more enjoyment out of hockey in his 47 years as a pro player, coach, referee and executive than any man alive. He also can recount more stories than Baron Munchausen.</p><p>In Los Angeles recently, Jack Kent Cooke, owner of the Kings, whose hockey idol as a youth was the immortal Howie Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens, asked King to name the greatest player of all time. Much to Cooke&rsquo;s delight, King replied: &ldquo;Morenz. In my book he had no equal.&rdquo; Then he went on to relate Clancy Hockey Story No. 4362.</p><p>&ldquo;The first time I played against him when I was with the Ottawa Senators I was told to watch myself because he was noted for splitting a defense. I was pretty cocky and I said there&rsquo;s no way he&rsquo;s going to split the defense when I&rsquo;m out there. Zip, zip. Down he comes, gives a couple of fancy fakes and before I know what&rsquo;s going on he&rsquo;s gone right between Boucher and me and scored. When he skated past I yelled at him do that again and I&rsquo;ll cut your head off.&rsquo; He just looked at me and said &lsquo;I&rsquo;ll be back.&rsquo; I was ready for him the next time he came down. But this time I&rsquo;m not sure what happened. He pushed the puck between us and then up with the stick and he belted me a dandy across the forehead. He skated away laughing. &lsquo;I told you I&rsquo;d be back,&rsquo; he said. That was Howie Morenz. He could do anything, skate like a jet, stickhandle, score and look after himself.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03520/2624646-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="244" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Brian Smith</b></figcaption></div><p><b>NOTEWORTHY</b> &hellip; New York&rsquo;s standout rookie Walt Tkaczuk has a name that looks like it was pieced together from alphabet soup. When he was a junior star with Kitchener everybody called him &ldquo;Taychuk&rdquo; but after he made a brilliant debut with Rangers, he told reporters the proper pronounciation was &ldquo;Ka-chook.&rdquo; &hellip; I mentioned this to Ranger PR John Halligan and wondered how it had been resolved. &ldquo;Some call him Taychuk and others Kachook,&rdquo; said Halligan, evasively. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a matter of personal preference, I suppose.&rdquo; &hellip; When I asked what Coach Geoffrion called him, John replied: &ldquo;Boomer solved it easily. He just calls him Walter.&rdquo; &hellip; Brian Smith, former L.A. King recently traded by Montreal to Minnesota for Larry Hillman, had an excellent chance to make it as a left-winger with the Habs until a training camp shot by Alain Caron shattered his jaw and sidelined him for six weeks &hellip; Then, when Jacques Lemaire moved over from centre and clicked as a portside winger, Brian&rsquo;s chances were remote indeed&hellip;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Footloose

<h2><b>ONTARIO JUNIOR &lsquo;A&rsquo;</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 26)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0193/2625967-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="602" height="486"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tues. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Niagara Falls 4 at London 6</p><p>Toronto 2 at Oshawa 5</p><p><b>Thur. Nov. 28</b></p><p>Niagara Falls 5 at Hamilton 8</p><p>St. Catharines 3 at Peterborough 4</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 29</b></p><p>Hamilton 1 at Niagara Falls 0</p><p>Toronto 5 at Kitchener 3</p><p>St. Catharines 4 at Ottawa 3</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 1</b></p><p>Montreal 3 at St. Catharine&rsquo;s 5</p><p>Oshawa 9 at Toronto 4</p><p>London 2 at Kitchener 3</p><h2><b>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Thurs. Nov. 21)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0258/2625960-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="586" height="339"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0343/2625953-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="583" height="139"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How They Stand

<h2><b>NATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>OAKLAND &mdash; Billy Harris</b>, forward, traded to Pittsburgh of NHL in return for <b>Bob Dillabough</b>, forward.</p><p><b>MINNESOTA &mdash; Milan Marcetta</b>, forward, and <b>Lou Nanne</b>, defenseman, assigned to Cleveland of AHL. <b>Duane Rupp</b>, defenseman, recalled from Cleveland. <b>Garry Bauman</b>, goalkeeper, recalled from Memphis of CHL. <b>Fern Rivard</b>, goalkeeper, sent to Memphis.</p><p><b>PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Don Blackburn</b>, forward, recalled from Baltimore of AHL. <b>Richard Sarrazin</b>, forward, recalled from Quebec of AHL.</p><p><b>TORONTO &mdash; Pat Quinn</b>, defenseman, called up from Tulsa of CHL. <b>Al Smith</b>, goalkeeper, sent to Tulsa. <b>Wayne Carleton</b>, forward, sent to Phoenix of WHL. ST. LOUIS &mdash; <b>Larry Keenan</b>, forward, and <b>Robbie Irons</b>, goalkeeper, assigned to Kansas City of CHL. <b>Gary Edwards</b>, goalkeeper recalled from Kansas City.</p><p><b>MONTREAL &mdash; Tony Esposito</b>, goalkeeper, recalled from Houston of CHL.</p><p><b>DETROIT &mdash; Sandy Snow</b>, forward, returned to Fort Worth of CHL. <b>Fred Speck</b>, forward, recalled from Fort Worth.</p><p><b>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Marc&rsquo; Dufour</b> and <b>Howie Menard</b>, forwards, recalled from Springfield of AHL. <b>Gord Labossiere</b> and <b>Lowell MacDonald</b>, forwards, assigned to Springfield.</p><p><b>BOSTON &mdash; Pierre Sigman</b>, goalkeeper, rejoined team off inactive list as standby net minder.</p><p><b>PITTSBURGH &mdash; Doug Barrie</b>, defenseman. returned to Amarillo of CHL.</p><h2><b>AMERICAN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>ROCHESTER &mdash; Don Cherry</b>, defenseman, returned by Vancouver of WHL.</p><h2><b>CENTRAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; Bob Heaney</b>, defenseman. sent to Kansas City of CHL on loan.</p><p><b>FORT WORTH &mdash; Bob Falkenberg</b>, defenseman. secured from Baltimore of AHL.</p><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>MUSKEGON &mdash; Roger Belisle</b>, forward, secured from Houston of CHL. <b>Bruce Mullett</b>, goalkeeper, secured from Cleveland of AHL. <b>Wally Stanowski</b>, defenseman, and <b>Roy Pugh</b>, forward, dropped.</p><p><b>PORT HURON &mdash; Barry Boughner</b> and <b>Ron Schwindt</b>, forwards, traded to Des Moines of IHL in exchange for <b>Joe Cooper</b>, defenseman, and <b>Reg Bechtel</b>, forward. <b>Ken Sutyla</b>, forward, picked up from Toledo of IHL on waivers.</p><p><b>COLUMBUS &mdash; Tom Fischer</b>, goalkeeper, signed. <b>Tom Bend</b>, goalkeeper, released.</p><p><b>DES MOINES &mdash; Rick Brown</b> and <b>Don McLeod</b>, forwards, dropped. <b>Wayne Spooner</b>, defenseman, secured from Salem of EHL.</p><h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>CHARLOTTE &mdash; Dune MacDonald</b>, forward, secured from Baltimore of AHL. <b>Jacques Sevigny</b>, defenseman. placed on waivers.</p><p><b>JACKSONVILLE &mdash; Brian Smith</b>, forward, rejoined team.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN &mdash; Jim Currie</b>, forward, released.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01628/2624153-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="258" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill White</b></figcaption></div><p>LOS ANGELES. Calif.&mdash;</p><p>After exactly one-fourth of their second season, Bill White remains, as he was last season, the Los Angeles Kings&rsquo; most consistently outstanding performer. The 29-year old major league sophomore, rescued from minor league oblivion by expansion, should be recognized as one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s best defenseman.</p><p>If he has a weakness, it is that he&rsquo;s not a heavy hitter, but the 6-2, 195-pounder wraps up foes with his long arms and is one of the most deadly defensemen to come along in years at breaking up breakaways, even when executed by the circuit&rsquo;s best, such as Bobby Hull and Rod Gilbert.</p><p>White is not a swift skater, but he&rsquo;s a sure one. He moves the puck well, makes fairly good passes and is an accurate, if not hard shooter. He was one of the league&rsquo;s highest scoring defensemen last season and after a fourth of the present season he had two goals and nine assists to lead all Kings in points with eleven.</p><p>&ldquo;There is nothing he doesn&rsquo;t do well,&rdquo; says White&rsquo;s coach Red Kelly, one of the all-time great defensemen. &ldquo;The best thing about him is his consistency. There just aren&rsquo;t many defensemen in hockey who do a better all-around job more consistently.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;m established now,&rdquo; White shrugs with a grin, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;m still nervous all the time.&rdquo;</p><p>What makes the Kings nervous is that White is a rare star from last season who is coming through again this season. Center Eddie Joyal shows signs of repeating last season&rsquo;s fine performance. Winger Bob Wall and defenseman Dale Rolfe, regarded as disappointments last season, are coming through this season. Winger Howie Hughes and defenseman Brent Hughes are doing all right.</p><p>But, wingers Bill Flett and Lowell MacDonald, two of last season&rsquo;s standouts, are off to extremely slow starts this season. Center Gordon Labossiere and winger Doug Robinson, two of last season&rsquo;s disappointments, remain disappointing. Wingers Ted Irvine and Real Lemieux. who were expected to have established themselves by now, still have not done so. Goaltender Wayne Rutledge has fallen off, though he may be playing in bad luck.</p><p>Two newcomers, goalie Gerry Desjardins and center Jimmy Peters, have made outstanding contributions. Two other newcomers, defenseman Larry Cahan and center Skip Krake, have helped.</p><p>The fifth newcomer, winger Jimmy Robinson, is just getting a chance to show what he can do. To help jolt the club out of its lethargy, the Kings sent MacDonald and Labossiere to Springfield of the AHL and brought up centre Howie Menard and Marc Dufour.</p><p>Having completed 19 games, exactly one-fourth of this season&rsquo;s schedule, having had one long home stand and one long road swing the Kings can be subjected to an early evaluation.</p><p>In the first quarter, the Kings won seven, lost ten and tied two. Since the schedule was greatly favourable to them and will get much tougher later, this is not impressive. They did look very good on a four-game winning streak, but this was at home, where they are 6-3-0. They did not look so good on a five-game losing streak mostly on the road, where they are 1-7-2. In fact, it was their tenth road game before they won one.</p><p>The Kings were the best expansion team against established foes last season, but are only 3-6-0 against the old guard this season.</p><p>The Kings have trouble finishing off plays. They outshot their foes in 12 of their first 19 games, but were outscored, 41-59. They are about breaking even in power-play situations, having converted 11 of 64, while their foes have converted 14 of 66.</p><p>Joyal, always a slow starter, has picked up four goals in the last seven games and now leads the team with six. Howie Hughes has five, but has tailed off with only one in the last 11 games. He is an efficient all-around workman, however. Irvine and Peters have four goals each.</p><p>Lemieux, who is tough when he hustles, but seems to go only in streaks, has had only one goal in the last 12 games. Irvine shows signs of unusual pleasantly talent, but hasn&rsquo;t settled own yet. Peters, a great checker, is a most pleasantly surprising find.</p><p>Flett, Krake and Wall have three goals each. The powerful young Flett can be a great one, but hasn&rsquo;t roused yet. He is slow, so has to work. If Krake fires up, he can be helpful. The conversion of the swift little Wail from defense to forward has made an effective player of him.</p><p><b>KINGS&rsquo; THINGS</b> &mdash; The Kings drew 75,507 to their first nine home games, an average of 8,389 per game. They averaged 9,216 per visit by established foes, but tailed off quite a bit against fellow expansionists.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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White Ranks Among NHL’s Best Defensmen

<p>Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; general manager and coach George (Punch) Imlach appears to be treading on thin ice.</p><p>Imlach is remaining with the team - for now - in the dual capacity he has held since 1958, but it is not stretching a point to say that the Toronto brass is disen chanted with the lack of progress &lsquo;Punch&rsquo; and the Leafs have been making this season.</p><p>After several reports to the effect that Imlach had been &lsquo;fired&rsquo; filtered through to news media Monday, the Leafs&rsquo; pilot met with Stafford Smythe and other high-ranking Toronto team officials.</p><p>They decided to stick with Imlach with the provisal that the team would have to show an appreciable increase in productivity in the near future. If not. said the Leafs&rsquo; brass, &lsquo;Punch&rsquo; would be asked to relinquish the coaching duties and stay on as general manager only.</p><p>Imlach, however, is not having any.</p><p>&ldquo;If they won&rsquo;t have me at all,&rdquo; he replied to these reports.</p><p>The Toronto directors had given Imlach until Dec. 1 to &ldquo;produce or else&rdquo;, but apparently decided to stretch the ultimatum date when Imlach pointed out at the meetings that the Leafs &ldquo;are in fourth place, which is what our agreement stipulated.&rdquo;</p><p>Smythe, meanwhile, believes the team is playing far below capabilities and thinks they have enough talent to at least be in second place.</p><p>At least temporarily, Imlach has been given more time to drive the Leafs to those heights.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Imlach Treading on Thin Ice

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01630/2624222-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="251" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gary Unger</b></figcaption></div><p>DETROIT. Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Strength through the middle is the aim in hockey and right now, Red Wing coach Bill Gadsby couldn&rsquo;t be more pleased with his three centers: Alex Delvec Stemkowski and Gary Unger.</p><p>Delvecchio and Unger have proved themselves handy as scorers and playmakers, Delvecchio ranking high on the all-time list and Unger doing exceptionally well despite his inexperience.</p><p>But the blossoming of Stemkowski as a scorer is something of a surprise. Heading into Thanksgiving play, that&rsquo;s the American Thanksgiving, Stemkowski was third among Detroit scorers, behind perennial 1-2 men Gordie Howe and Delvecchio.</p><p>When Stemkowski came to Detroit in last March&rsquo;s big trade that also brought Frank Mahovlich and Unger for Norm Ullman, Paul Henderson and Floyd Smith, he wasn&rsquo;t expected to be a big scorer.</p><p>He was expected to be a big muscle man. The Wings badly needed to tighten up defensively and needed some tough-checking, reasonably well-scoring forwards.</p><p>Gadsby, dickering then with owner Bruce Norris for the Wings&rsquo; coaching job, saw Stemkowski in several games at the end of the season.</p><p>&ldquo;He was just an average player in those games,&rdquo; Gadsby recalled. &ldquo;But then, it&rsquo;s kind of tough to fit right into the style of a new club. Then, at the start of this season he had a bit of a weight problem But he&rsquo;s a big guy.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s really rolling now, though, and he seems to love work, to thrive on it. He&rsquo;s always asking about ice time. He&rsquo;s coming back and checking and throwing his weight around. He&rsquo;s playing like he did in the playoffs a couple years ago,&rdquo; Gadsby said.</p><p>Those were the good days for Stemkowski, the best days for the 6-foot-l, 200-pound bachelor from Winnipeg. He teamed with Brian Conacher and Jim Pappin as Toronto&rsquo;s toughest line, offensively and defensively, and helped lead the Leafs to the 1967 Stanley Cup.</p><p>Stemkowski scored five goals and had seven assists in 12 games, a point-a-game pace.</p><p>But, along with the rest of the Leafs, Stemkowski&rsquo;s scoring slipped last season &mdash; only seven goals in 60 games &mdash; and Toronto bundled him off to Detroit.</p><p>While he was the least impressive of the new trio, he still picked up nine points in 13 games. His penalty total was two minors, though, and Stemkowski appeared sluggish.</p><p>He hasn&rsquo;t been this time around. He&rsquo;s the most penalized Detroit forward which says something for his aggressiveness.</p><p>It took Stemmer a time to find his niche this season with Gadsby reworking all three Jines in the first few weeks. Stemkowski started out centering Dean Prentice and Bruce MacGregor, then Delvecchio shared left wing with Prentice and when Delvecchio was returned to the Howe line, Unger came back to the second line with Stemkowski moving over to left wing.</p><p>That didn&rsquo;t last long with Unger going to the third line between Nick Libett and Danny Lawson to form what is essentially a rookie line &mdash; Unger misses the designation by just three games. While Unger sparked the third line, Stemkowski moved back into the slot on the second line and Prentice took over left wing. MacGregor remained on the right side.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02513/2624215-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="544" height="663"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>ALEX DELVECCHIO</b></p><p><b>&hellip; Still Going Strong</b></p></figcaption></div><p>All three are good defensive players and now they&rsquo;re scoring, too, with Stemkowski providing the momentum. He also scored Detroit&rsquo;s first short-handed goal, against his old team, Toronto.</p><p>Gadsby hopes the momentum will lift the Red Wings right into solid contention for a Stanley Cup playoff spot.</p><p>Other encouraging signs have been improved work by goalie Roger Crozier, continued good effort by Terry Sawchuk stronger play by defensemen Kent Douglas and Gary Bergman.</p><p>Gadsby criticized Bergman following a 3-2 defeat in Montreal in which Crozier made one fantastic save after another to keep the Wings in the game.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s always falling down,&rdquo; Gadsby said of Bergman, adding that &ldquo;a few years ago when I was still playing I remember they sent him down to the Central League for a couple weeks and he came back strong and really played well the rest of the way.&rdquo;</p><p>Bergman got the message. He played so well in the Wings&rsquo; next game, a 5-2 victory at Toronto, that he earned one of the three stars.</p><p>&ldquo;Douglas started coming on when we went to the coast,&rdquo; Gadsby said. &ldquo;If he can keep it up, we&rsquo;re going to be tough. He can really help us.&rdquo;</p><p>And Douglas also earned a star in that victory over the Leafs, a rather rare night for two defensemen to be singled out. The Wings swept them all in that game, Howe getting the first star, and that&rsquo;s rare too, for the visitors to take all three stars.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03344/2624208-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="543" height="1380"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>PETE STEMKOWSKI &hellip;</b></p><p><b>Blossomed As Scorer.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Gadsby Elated, Wings Solid Up Middle With Delvecchio, Unger And ‘Stemmer’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01692/2624277-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>Irons Should Play Or Be Farmed Out</b></h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I would like to state my opinion on something Scotty Bowman of St. Louis Blues is doing. As you know, he is playing Jacques Plante two games and Glenn Hall two games at a time. This is fine, but he keeps 22-year old Robbie Irons on the bench just to sit there.</p><p>When Hall was forced to leave the game on Nov. 13 at New York, Scotty wouldn&rsquo;t let him play and held up the game to get Plante dressed to take over.</p><p>I think if he is not going to play him, he should send him down to the minors to get more experience.</p><p><b>JOSEPH NASH,</b></p><p><b>Brooklyn, N.Y.</b></p><h2><b>Penguins Don&rsquo;t Intend To Leave Pittsburgh</b></h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>I completely disagree with a story written in the Nov. 16 issue of Hockey News where they said Pittsburgh is trying to leave their city. Pittsburgh is not trying to leave their city, but is trying to increase attendance figures, something they are now doing successfully. I&rsquo;m sure if Pittsburgh had a winning team, they would no doubt draw fans. Just because a Detroit group bought an interest in the Penguins doesn&rsquo;t mean right away that they are moving. Pittsburgh&rsquo;s civic arena just got a private club for season ticket holders and I don&rsquo;t think they would have gone to this expense if they had considered moving.</p><p><b>ED GRANDIZIO,</b></p><p><b>Swissvale, P.A.</b></p><h2><b>Rotating System Needed For Official Scorers</b></h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>After a careful study of your individual scoring leaders in a redent issue of The Hockey News, I felt compelled to write to you concerning the official scorers in Chicago.</p><p>With defensemen of outstanding caliber in the NHL such as Ted Green, Bobby Orr, J.C. Tremblay, Jacques Laperriere, Gary Bergman, Tim Horton and Jim Neilson playing, it is beyond me how two Chicago defensemen &mdash; namely, Gilles Marotte and Pat Stapleton &mdash; could be leading all other rearguards in the scoring race.</p><p>In past years it was always Pierre Pilote leading all defensemen in scoring, but now that he has been traded to Toronto he had exactly two assists to his credit the last time I looked. In the same period of time, his former teammates Stapleton and Marotte have a combined total of 19 assists.</p><p>Granted, Chicago scores many goals. Six of their players were in the top 20. But New York also had six men in the top 20. it does seem incongruous that New York&rsquo;s leading defensemen &mdash; Harry Howell and Jim Neilson &mdash; had only six assists to their combined credit.</p><p>After reviewing your summary in this particular issue, I found that Chicago played three road games that week. The point totals for their defensemen on the road was a meagre one assist.</p><p>This strikes me as more than coincidence. It wouldn&rsquo;t be such a serious matter if scoring points were not of prime consideration in the selection of all-stars and the Norris Trophy winner.</p><p>I don&rsquo;t wish to criticize the players involved, but perhaps it would not be out of order for the NHL to employ rotating official scorers. The current situation in Chicago is unjust and deplorable.</p><p><b>DONNA McDERMOTT,</b></p><p><b>Nahant, Mass</b>.</p><h2><b>Has Punch Imlach Overstayed his Welcome?</b></h2><p>Hockey News Editor:</p><p>This is a crucial year for Punch Imlach&rsquo;s career of coaching!</p><p>Has Punch overstayed his welcome in Toronto? Toronto ended 5th last season and Imlach has to take a lot of the blame. I think it would be a good idea if Punch put himself on trial this year. If by the New Year the Leafs are floundering. Punch should step out.</p><p>It seems to me he can&rsquo;t get along with the players. This is what we are led to believe through the newspapers.</p><p>I am going on record as saying that Punch Imlach will not be back next year because he is no longer a decent coach. If I am proven wrong, 1 will publicly apologize to Punch via the Hockey News.</p><p><b>TIMM KOPPESER</b></p><p><b>Waterloo, Ont.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Fan Forum

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02643/2624329-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="326" height="446"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03548/2624322-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="249" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Mike Walton</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>TORONTO &mdash; THERE ARE</b> 168 player sketches on NHL stars plus a four-page TV section containing the names and numbers of all NHL players in the Official National Hockey Annual &lsquo;69. This 82 page magazine also features The Trade That Rocked Hockey and is a must for every hockey fan. If unable to purchase a copy on a newsstand in your area please send 75c to Hockey Annual, Box 560, Montreal 3, Canada &hellip; Maple Leaf fans are wondering what gives with Mike Walton. Last year&rsquo;s 30-goal scorer has been a big zero so far this campaign &hellip; But he can&rsquo;t score if he&rsquo;s not on the ice and so far he has enjoyed very little action time&hellip; Thieves broke into the dressing room of the Toronto Maple Leafs during their recent visit to Pittsburgh. They stole Jim Dorey&rsquo;s shin pads and elbow pads. They also carried away Norm Ullman&rsquo;s skates, Murray Oliver&rsquo;s gloves and some jerseys and socks plus a number of sticks&hellip; Bruce MacGregor was unheralded when he played his 500th NHL game recently in Montreal. The 27-year-old Detroit center has missed only one game in the past four seasons &hellip; Interest in junior hockey in New York is growing all the time. Next Sunday doubleheader is slated for Madison Square Garden on December 8. New York Green Leafs and Essex Comets are the divisional-leaders&hellip; Rocket Richard, the first player to more 50 goals in one season in the NHLA figures Montreal&rsquo;s Yvan Cournoyer will be the next big sniper. He is hardly out on a limb as the little Hab winger was matching Bobby Hull goal-for-goal in the early weeks of the schedule.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04476/2624315-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="244" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>John Bower</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>THE WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS</b> to be played in Stockholm, Sweden, this March, will feature for the first time a double round-robin. Only the greatest hockey countries in the world will compete. There will be Russia, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Finland and United States battling it out for the world title &hellip; Pittsburgh Penguins still own the contract of Andy Bathgate, now playing for Vancouver. They could recall him to the NHL but are not likely to do so&hellip; Bob Bauer, son of the former Kraut Liner and captain of the Boston Bruins, is captain of the Harvard hockey team&hellip; Johnny Bower was surprised when he heard rumors he was Being traded to Boston. Of course there was nothing to the rumor but Bower said: &ldquo;Boston would be my first choice after Toronto. The fans there remind me of the kind of support I got when I played for Providence. I think I&rsquo;d go anywhere in this league if it would help the Leafs&rdquo;&hellip; Philadelphia Fivers, who have had more than their share of injuries this season, suffered another bad blow when Garv Dornhoefer suffered a cracked ankle bone. The Philladelphia right winger will be out of action at least two months General Manager Sid Abel of Detroit is still protesting the complicated dealing which sent Larry Hillman to Montreal from Minnesota by way of Pittsburgh&hellip; &ldquo;It is more of Pollock&rsquo;s (Sammy) hankypanky,&rdquo; Abel fumed. &ldquo;They haven&rsquo;t asked Detroit to waive on Hillman and without doing so have no right to deal him to Montreal,&rdquo; added Abel. Danny O&rsquo;Shea, a star with Canada&rsquo;s National Team last season, is performing well with Minnesota North Stars this year. O&rsquo;Shea, who has played against the Russians, claims Russia&rsquo;s No. 1 hockey team couldn&rsquo;t match NHL clubs but that some of their players could make the Major League with ease&hellip; Three of the standout NHL rookies this season are in the Western Division. There&rsquo;s Jimmy Johnson of Philadelphia and Danny Grant and O&rsquo;Shea with Minnesota&hellip; Grant has been particularly impressive this season. He remains eligible on the modified Calder Trophv ruling of 25 games. Last season he was listed for 22 with Canadiens&hellip; Toronto defenseman Jim Dorey, Rangers&rsquo; forward Walt Tkaczuk and Chicago winger Bob Schmautz are prime candidates in the East.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05413/2624308-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="244" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Arbou</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>MINNESOTA AND ST. LOUIS</b> are really packing in the tans for home games in the Western Division of the NHL. The North Stars have been averaging 12,500 and the Blues just under 13,500 The Blues have a lot of experience going for them this season with so may veterans. Doug Harvey at 43 and bespectacled Al Arbour at 36 give the expansion team 79 years of experience&hellip; Harvey admitted recently after playing back-to back games that he was bushed. The spring may be gone from his legs but as teammate Camille Henry pointed out, &ldquo;Doug still has it up here.&rdquo; &hellip; Weston Adams was reelected chairman of Boston Garden-Arena corporation and president of the Bruins&rsquo; hockey club. Eddie Powers also renamed president and general manager of the Garden Terry Kielty of CFRA Ottawa did a tremendous job a master of ceremonies here for the annual Schenlev football awards by Canadian Distillers Ltd. A new type format, resembling Hollywood&rsquo;s Academy Awards show, was presented and turned out to be an overwhelming success When Milt Schmidt left his native Kitchener in 1936 to play hockey for the Bruins as a kid of 17 he thought it was only a temporary move. But here is Milt celebrating his 33rd consecutive year with the Bruins as player, coach and general manager Hockey people everywhere showing concern over the rash of eye injuries that have cropped up in the game this season. Bob Plager of St. Louis Blues is out of action for the next three months as the result of an eye injury. Rookie Jim Dorey of the Leafs is another. Veteran Len Thomson, who is the current playing-coach of the Fort Wayne Komets of the IHL, is also on the sidelines with an eye injury after being hit with a stick.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01645/2624360-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>n 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.</p><p>He played a good game.</p><p>He played it hard.</p><p>But most important, he&rsquo;s still in one piece.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the part we played in today&rsquo;s game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Cooper

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01719/2624391-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOBBY SCHMAUTZ &hellip; Chicago Black Hawks</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>eople joke about Bobby Schmautz&rsquo;s name but the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; rookie star figures he can have the last laugh if he makes it big with the NHL club. Schmautz, who is 23, played 13 games with the Hawks last year on right wing with the Bobby Hull line, he impressed with his desire and hustle. Bob got-25 goals at Dallas last year before coming up to the Hawks. He almost got away from the Hawks, who had strings on him when they had a working agreement with Los Angeles Blades before that territory became part of the NHL. When the team disbanded he was sent to Seattle. But Tommy Ivan pointed out to the Blades&rsquo; management that the Hawks had first call on any player before they could be traded and Schmautz was one they wanted. So, after quite a hassle, Clarence Campbell finally ruled Tommy was right and Schmautz was told to report to Dallas. It wasn&rsquo;t too long that he got a shot at the Black Hawks and has been with them ever since.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02584/2624422-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="260" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Slean Beliveau</b></figcaption></div><p>ST. LOUIS, MO. &mdash;</p><p>The big fellow with the close cropped hair and the craggy features displayed poise in every move. There was that aura of authority about him as though all he need do was swish he hockey stick in his hands to command instant obedience from those who would challenge him.</p><p>This was Douglas Norman Harvey who was a solid choice for the National Hockey League All-Star Team eleven years in a row between 1951 and 1962. The same Harvey who is acclaimed by many respected authorities as the greatest defenseman in the history of the game of ice hockey. At the age of 44, Doug Harvey is closing in on his 1,100th game in NHL competition. Now in his 21st NHL season, Harvey continues on the firing line, serving as a kind of elder statesman for the St. Louis Blues.</p><p>For 14 years, from 1947 to 1961 he was a member of the mighty Montreal Canadien teams that ravaged and pillaged nearly all who sought to question their right to rule the roost.</p><p>How does Harvey rate the St. Louis club, now in its second year as an expansion club, and how would he compare them to the Montreal Canadiens right now?</p><p>&ldquo;I think,&rdquo; replied the big fellow thoughtfully, &ldquo;that the difference might not be more than one player, maybe two.&rdquo;</p><p>What player or players does he think would make up the difference between Montreal and St. Louis?</p><p>&ldquo;My first choice would be Beliveau,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I really think our clubs are that close together. Give us Jean Beliveau and we might very well be doing the winning and they would be losing.&rdquo;</p><p>Harvey was making reference to the fact that in the 10 games the two clubs have played against each other since the Blues joined the league last year, the Canadiens have taken nine and tied one but all have been remarkably close.</p><p>Harvey rates the Blues as a better defensive club than Montreal.</p><p>&ldquo;St. Louis is stronger defensively through the whole line-up, both up front and back on the blueline,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;St. Louis has a better checking team and probably more muscle. Montreal has some players who don&rsquo;t check too good.&rdquo;</p><p>Harvey said that the Canadiens are always playing the so-called &ldquo;fire wagon&rdquo; brand of hockey. They are always on the attack.</p><p>&ldquo;St. Louis doesn&rsquo;t have as many breakaway players as the Canadiens. They have a couple of guys you really have to be careful with or they&rsquo;ll murder you like a football quarterback does with the long pass. But you take away a Beliveau or a Henri Richard and you take away their best fuse setters. Beliveau is the man who makes them go with the big play.&rdquo;</p><p>Harvey says the Canadiens have always been strong down the center.</p><p>&ldquo;They know how to move that puck up ice real fast and they come at you like, a cattle stampede.&rdquo;</p><p>Harvey is a native of Montreal and his wife and six children continue to reside there.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s very hard on the family for me to be away from them so much but with three boys in high school and playing hockey in the Quebec amateur leagues, I just can&rsquo;t bring them with me,&rdquo; he says.</p><p>Harvey joined the Blues last April 18 after leading his Kansas City Blues (a St. Louis farm club) to a playoff berth. He was rushed into the lineup in the seventh and deciding Stanley Cup playoff game against the Philadelphia Flyers and was a major factor in helping the Blues Eliminate Philadelphia in the first round.</p><p>This season he was brought to St. Louis as a coaching aide to General Manager-Coach Scotty Bowman but he has devoted most of his efforts to a regular turn on the St. Louis defense.</p><p>To what does he credit the great success of the Blues?</p><p>&ldquo;Bowman has real good discipline on his club,&rdquo; declares Harvey. &ldquo;When he says something, it goes. The players are probably treated better by the St. Louis management than any hockey players in the world and Scotty will back them to the limit if they follow orders.&rdquo;</p><p>Harvey concedes that in order for discipline to work the way it does with St. Louis, you have to have the players who will accept it.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Harvey Claims Only Beliveau Difference In Habs, Blues

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01671/2624453-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Boston coach HARRY SINDEN talks with veteran Bruin RON MURPHY as two discuss his return to top role with club after playing only 12 games with club last year because of injuries.</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;</p><p>It may seem presumptuous to pick the comeback player of the National Hockey League with the season only at the quarter post, but Bruins&rsquo; Coach Harry Sinden doesn&rsquo;t think so.</p><p>In his estimation the only solid candidate for that unofficial honor right now is Ron Murphy.</p><p>Murphy hit his 35th birthday last April 10 and now is in his 17th NHL season.</p><p>A year ago this time there wasn&rsquo;t a team in either division that would have given a farthing for his services.</p><p>In fact the Bruins and Murphy postponed negotiations on his 1968-69 contract almost until the opening of the season by mutual agreement.</p><p>The quiet but personable veteran from Hamilton, Ont., had submitted to three arm operations in his two seasons with the Bruins after being traded from Detroit.</p><p>First there was the operation for a shoulder separation then he suffered torn bicep tendons that had to be repaired in separate operations.</p><p>As a result he played only 12 games last year near the end of the season and there was some question whether he could regain the strength to stand up to the rugged competition.</p><p>Through a systematic and demanding reconditioning program, Murphy was able to report to training camp this fall at London, Ont., and prove to both the Bruins and himself that he still could be helpful in the big time.</p><p>Although the B&rsquo;s agreed to keep him on the roster Murphy still had to prove himself and the hard way.</p><p>Always a left winger he was asked to be a spare, to try his hand at center and also to help with penalty killing.</p><p>His first tour as a center came when Fred Stanfield was out for three games with a bruised shoulder.</p><p>He did the job.</p><p>Then with Tommy Williams experiencing some difficulty he was turned back to his old job on the left side along with Phil Esposito and Ken Hodge.</p><p>In the 17 games he played, Murphy scored only one goal hut he came through with 13 assists and has convinced Sinden he is a very valuable asset to the Bruins.</p><p>&ldquo;I won&rsquo;t say that Murph has all the snap in his shot that he had five or six years ago,&rdquo; said Sinden. &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t expect him to have that even if he didn&rsquo;t have all the arm trouble he has gone through.</p><p>&ldquo;But his shot hasn&rsquo;t lost that much zing and he still knows his way around out on the ice.</p><p>&ldquo;I remember my first year here when he was working with Ron Schock and Wayne Connelly, a couple of rookies. That was the best scoring line we had as long as Ron was with them.</p><p>&ldquo;When he got hurt, the two kids slipped.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll have to admit that I doubted he could make a comeback after the trouble he had last year. Younger players have had to quit with less trouble.</p><p>&ldquo;But Murph is a dedicated hockey player. He worked awfully hard to get his arms back into shape during the summer.</p><p>&ldquo;And there never had been anything wrong with his head. He&rsquo;s a great thinker on the ice. He&rsquo;s a terrific playmaker and he is completely unselfish.</p><p>&ldquo;All he wants to do is to play hockey and to help the team and he certainly has done that.</p><p>&ldquo;He has done everything we asked him to do and at strange positions.</p><p>&ldquo;He went out there and stabilized the Espo and Hodge line.</p><p>&ldquo;If this is too early to say he has come back all the way, in the minds of some people, I have no doubt about it.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just glad we have him.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bruins’ Sinden Elated With Murphy’s Comeback

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02608/2624484-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="247" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Johnston</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;</p><p>Eddie Johnston finally was released from the hospital early lash week and attended the Bruins&rsquo; practice sessions &hellip; He was expected to srtat skating the first of this week &hellip; The veteran goalie lost 20 pounds during his hospitalization with a head injury but had regained seven pounds his first week out of confinement &hellip; The Bruins brought in 20-year-old Pierre Sigman as a possible backup for Gerry Cheevers until Johnston is able to return to action &hellip; Sigman played for Shawinigan Juniors a year ago and injured his knee in training camp this fall&hellip; If he has recovered sufficiently in workouts with the parent squad, Colin McCormick will be sent out&hellip; The feeling is mutual that McCormick will be better getting regular work at Hershey than sitting on the bench in Boston.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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B’s Goalie Johnston To Start Skating Again

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><h2><b><i>Howe The Greatest</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02620/2624560-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="261" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>HE STAR &mdash; Gordie Howe is 40 years old and is in his 23rd season in the National Hockey League. Athletes have played past 40 before. Stan Matthews, the great British soccer player, played to 50. But to the best of my knowledge. the only professional of modern times to endure longer than Howe in the major leagues in this part of the world was Eddie Collins, who played 25 years, from 1906 to 1930, in baseball, which of course is not nearly as fast or as tough a game as hockey. Howe is still playing well and if he wishes can surpass Collins. He sits, aging and seamed, but rock hard; sweating, but relaxed after a game and he says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll stop someday, of course, but I just don&rsquo;t know when. I don&rsquo;t think about it. I&rsquo;ve been taking each season and each game as it comes.&rdquo;</p><p>On the sidelines, they complain that everyone is still afraid of Howe and won&rsquo;t check him but he still takes punishment every game and in his special way still dishes out plenty, too. He has never been known as a timid soul. Red Kelly, who played with him for many years, and against him, after that, and now coaches against him, says, &ldquo;The better young kids can outskate him now, but if you try to play head to head with him, if you try to outmuscle him or outsmart him, he&rsquo;ll still take you apart.&rdquo; As this is written, he is nearing 700 goals, which is far and away the record, of course. Even though he played right wing when Rocket Richard and Andy Bathgate were playing the position so brilliantly, he has been a first all-star ten times, including last season, and he has been the most valuable player six times, even though so much of what he does is subtle and sometimes missed by all. He does it all, even today, especially controlling the puck and laying a man in on the net with a perfect pass executed from a disadvantageous position.</p><p>Number nine of the Detroit Red Wings is so good, one who loves sports has to be in awe of him, and real privileged to still be seeing him in action. He is one of the five or six greatest athletes of my time in my mind, along with race-driver A. J. Foyt, quarterback Johnny Unitas, basketball center Bill Russell, baseball center-fielder Joe Dimaggio and pitcher Bob Feller. Some would say he is the best, period. There is not much to say about him that has not already been said, but I was interested in something Detroit assistant Baz Bastien said recently.</p><p>The veteran Bastien stood in the corridor at the end of the ice before a recent game and watched Howe go through his practice routine as effortlessly as he does everything else, even now, and he said, &ldquo;It is not only that he does more things well than anyone else who ever played this game, but that he is always making up new things quite naturally. Even in practice. In fact, he is the one player who always, even to this day, does things I&rsquo;ve never seen him or anyone else do, such as coming in full tilt down the wrong side and switching hands on his stick to do the job better and so forth. Even at 40 after 23 years in this game, he is the rare man who does original things.&rdquo;</p><h2><b><i>Odrowski Lonely</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03510/2624553-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="268" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gerry Odrowski</b></figcaption></div><p>THE FORGOTTEN MAN &mdash; Stan Fischler had the story originally, in The Sporting News. It seems that in a game in New York last November, Oakland&rsquo;s Gerry Odrowski suffered an eve injury and was taken immediately to a hospital. The Seals flew out the next day. No one noticed they were one player short It was several days later before Spence Conley of the Oakland Tribune wired The Associated Press to find out if Odrowski was still there, and the A.P.&rsquo;s Dick Couch discovered that he was, and lonely. No one had visited Odrowski. No one had arranged to pay the hospital bills. Apparently, no one had even missed the player, who by this time was broke, depressed and lonely.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s true enough,&rdquo; reports Odrowski, who had labored in virtual obscurity during his ten-year professional career, despite a couple of campaigns in the NHL with Detroit in the early 1960&rsquo;s and really is the sort of anonymous animal to whom this sort of thing could happen. Actually an underrated player, a strong skater and extremely versatile performer, Gerry did rejoin the Seals eventually and has been getting a lot of ice under new Oakland coach Freddie Glover this season. &ldquo;I feel somewhat more secure now than I did this time last year.&rdquo; Gerry grins.</p><p>Rod Gilbert caught Odrowski in the eye with his stick. At first the eye filled up with blood and it was difficult to determine how serious the injury was. For some time there was some fear Gerry might lose his sight in the eye. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m used to injuries in this game, but I have to admit this sort of thing scared me some,&rdquo; the bright and personable Odrowski commented. They pumped him in the rump with three injections a day until he could not sit down, but soon he could see and before long the eye healed almost perfectly. &ldquo;My vision is as good as ever, now,&rdquo; he reports. &ldquo;And the eye gives me no trouble, except that the tear ducts were damaged and I can&rsquo;t cry.&rdquo;</p><p>Which is too bad, considering the things that happen to him.</p><h2><b><i>Nahan Goes West</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04387/2624546-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="261" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Stu Nahan</b></figcaption></div><p>A BROADCASTER &mdash; Stu Nahan, who did the CBS-TV hockey &ldquo;game of the week&rdquo; national telecast last season, has moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. With the move, he has accepted a burden of travel that would bother a camel; he explains, &ldquo;I do a sort of L.A. &ldquo;Today&rdquo; show every morning from 7 to 8:30. To do it, I get up at 4:30 every weekday. Weekends are reserved for travel. Every Friday afternoon I fly out for somewhere. I&rsquo;ve given up the &ldquo;game of the week&rdquo;, but I still do the Philadelphia Flyer telecasts, which they have scheduled on weekend nights to accomodate me. I&rsquo;m also one of the CBS pro football telecasters and every Sunday I have to be in one of the NFL cities to do a TV game. So I&rsquo;m usually in one city on Friday, another on Saturday, a third on Sunday, and then I fly back so I can be back in the first city, L.A., early Monday. In the first three months of doing this, I logged 72,000 miles.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-02

Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY GLENN REDMANN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01705/2624515-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="254" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wren Blair</b></figcaption></div><p>TWIN CITIES, Minn. &mdash;</p><p>Before the start of the season, Minnesota North Stars general manager Wren Blair set a goal of 24 points for his team in inter-divisional play.</p><p>In view of the Minnesotans&rsquo; 7-13-4 record against the established National Hockey League clubs last season &mdash; that&rsquo;s 18 points out a possible 48 &mdash; Blair&rsquo;s goal for the 1968-69 campaign seemed reasonable.</p><p>With 12 additional games against the East, it meant that Wren expected only six more points because he knew there would be no catching the Montreals, Chicagos, New York etc. napping this time around.</p><p>But if things keep going as they have for the North Stars, they&rsquo;ll be fortunate to attain half the points Blair had hoped for.</p><p>At this writing, Minnesota has played 11 games against East Division opposition. The record? A dismal, disappointing one victory &mdash; by a 6-4 count over Detroit &mdash; and 10 defeats.</p><p>That means, in order to reach Wren&rsquo;s 24-point goal, the Minnesotans will have to average nearly a point per game in their last 25 meetings with the establishment.</p><p>Several negative statistics stand out in Minnesota&rsquo;s early season battles against the old clubs.</p><p>Perhaps the most significant has been the Stars&rsquo; inability to score more than 19 goals while giving up 43.</p><p>That futility at turning on the red light behind East goalkeepers was enhanced by no less than four shutout setbacks in a 13 game span, three of which came on home ice.</p><p>It all started back on Oct. 26 when Boom Boom Geoffrion&rsquo;s New York Rangers invaded the Sports Center and, after two early, first-period goals swept to an easy 3-0 triumph behind steady Ed Giacomin.</p><p>Bruce Gamble of Toronto was next to take advantage of the Stars&rsquo; below-par finishing when he led the Maple Leafs to a 1-0 win here&rdquo; Nov. 6.</p><p>In all fairness, it should be pointed out that the Minnesotans had a territorial edge in this game. But, unfortunately, they don&rsquo;t pay off in territorial edges.</p><p>The loss to Punch Imlach&rsquo;s Leafs was followed by another in Detroit the next night before Minnesota finally ended its seven-game loss string to the East Nov. 9 by beating the Red Wings here as Danny Grant got a hat trick and former Wing chattel Ray Cullen notched a club-record one goal and four assists.</p><p>That began a streak of three victories and a 3-3 tie in St. Louis Nov. 17 and gave new coach John Muckier reason to believe that perhaps another triumph over an old club was in the cards here against Chicago Nov. 20.</p><p>Muckier&rsquo;s hopes looked justified, too, in the early going of that Black Hawks tilt, for his troops skated like demons only to fall behind 1-0 after a period despite outshooting the visitors 19-to-13.</p><p>The Stars also had a shots-on-goal edge in each of the final two periods, but the hot hand of Dave Dryden in goal for Chicago was simply too much for them to overcome and the Hawks went away with a 2-0 victory-</p><p>After bowing to Montreal on the road three days later, the Stars ran into Mr. Dryden again on the Hawks&rsquo; ice Nov. 24 and were victimized, 6-0.</p><p>The game was actually closer than that. Minnesota trailed only 2-0 when Wayne Connelly&rsquo;s blazing slap shot shattered a panel of herculite behind the Hawk net with nine minutes left.</p><p>The Hawks seemed to gain strength during the ensuing 15 minute delay while the Stars had their concentrations broken and the result was a pair of goals each for Eric Nesterenko and Ken Wharram for the final 6-0 count.</p><p>Through all the East-imposed adversity, Blair and Muckier somehow managed to keep their cool.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re just going through something that every other team in our division except St. Louis either has already or will experience,&rdquo; said Blair.</p><p>&ldquo;It was bound to happen after the success the West enjoyed against the old clubs last season.&rdquo;</p><p>Muckier seemed convinced that his charges weren&rsquo;t nearly as confident against the East as they were against foes in their own division.</p><p>&ldquo;You can just see the difference,&rdquo; said John. &ldquo;Against the old clubs, we just aren&rsquo;t as sharp with our passing, checking or shooting. It&rsquo;s almost as if we act like we don&rsquo;t belong on the ice with them.&rdquo;</p><p>Fortunately for the Stars, they were 5-1-2 against West rivals and still in the race for second-place behind the Blues at this writing. That log included a win and a tie in St. Louis, a win in Oakland and a tie in Philadelphia. The lone loss was on home ice to the Seals.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS</b>: The 14,813 fans who showed up for the Nov. 20 Black Hawks game was the largest weekday crowd in the club&rsquo;s history&hellip;It was the third sellout of the young season and pushed attendance past the 126.000 mark.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-01

Inability to Handle East May Put Blair’s ‘Goal’ Out Of North Stars’ Reach

<p>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>The Flyers have become the first NHL team in years, possibly ever, to have their head trainer resign voluntarily during mid-season.</p><p>&ldquo;I know it&rsquo;s unusual to resign at this time,&rdquo; said Dick Bielous. &ldquo;But things just weren&rsquo;t working out to my expectations with the club and it didn&rsquo;t look like there was any chance of things improving in the future.</p><p>&ldquo;So, for personal and financial reasons, I decided to call it quits. I plan to enter private business in Quebec.&rdquo;</p><p>Bielous, 34, had been with the club since expansion. He had spent 10 previous seasons as trainer for the Seattle Totems, the last nine of them affiliated with Flyers&rsquo; coach Keith Allen who had been coach-general manager of the Western Hockey League team.</p><p>&ldquo;It hasn&rsquo;t been easy arriving at my decision,&rdquo; said Dick. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m certainly going to miss Keith and the players. But I felt I had to be honest with myself and I didn&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;d be doing that by staying on.&rdquo;</p><p>With Bielous&rsquo; departure, his former aide Frank Lewis has been handling the job.</p><p><b>CONRAD</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Philly Trainer Bielous Quits Job With Flyers

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01697/2624705-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>(Includes Games of Sun, Dec. 1)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02645/2624698-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="596" height="2139"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03556/2624691-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="611" height="2138"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0011-01

NHL SCORING RACE

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>For awhile, Dick Duff feared he never would reach the milestone goal. Now that the veteran has joined the 250 club he has set his sights on two more targets in the NHL.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04468/2624736-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="245" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Duff</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to score 300 goals and play 1,000 games before I quit,&rdquo; said the 32-year-old veteran into his 14th season of major league hockey. &ldquo;When I broke into the league with Toronto, I never thought of staying this long &mdash; how I hope to stick a few more seasons.&rdquo;</p><p>The winger from Kirkland Lake toiled nine years for the Leafs before being traded to New York in a big five-for-two deal that sent Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney to Toronto in 1964. His stay with the Rangers was short and sour, however, before Montreal G.M. Sam Pollock grabbed Duff in an even up barter for Bill Hicke.</p><p>That was in December 1964 after the Canadiens. had been hard hit through a serious injury to left-winger Gilles Tremblay. Dick took only a short time to get acclimatized to Montreal, quickly helping the club the rest of that season and greatly in the playoffs en route to the Stanley Cup.</p><p>Duff now has topped 860 games and garnered over 500 points in his NHL career.</p><p>The graduate of Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s had his most productive season back in 1958-59 when he scored 29 goals and earned 24 assists, for the Maple Leafs. However last season must have given Dick greater satisfaction so late in his hockey career.</p><p>He wound up with 25 goals and 21 assists despite missing eight games through injuries and finished off with three goals and four assists in helping Canadiens to the Stanley Cup.</p><p>Duffs only regret last season was in his failure to score two more goals toreach the 250 mark.</p><p>&ldquo;I faded badly in the last few games after having my heart set on the big number,&rdquo; recalls Dick. &ldquo;I thought I&rsquo;d score a couple of goals early this season but you know what happened.&rdquo;</p><p>What happened came in the Canadiens&rsquo; season opener at Pittsburgh where Duff absorbed a stiff check from Penguins&rsquo; defenceman Leo Boivin and was sidelined with a twisted knee. He missed the next seven games before gradually working back into the regular Montreal lineup.</p><p>When he finally counted No. 250-his second goal this season &mdash; against Minnesota Duff appeared as healthy and fast and tricky as ever. And it was a picture-play score with Dick on the tail end of a brilliant three-way passing play with Bobby Rousseau and Jacques Lemaire.</p><p>Rousseau headed the puck in the centre zone to Lemaire streaking up the left wing. Jacques could have shot himself but noticed Duff coming fast on the other side. He made a perfect pass that Dick quickly converted into a goal from 10-foot range.</p><p>Someone remarked it was the neatest goal he had seen in a long time. &ldquo;We got one just like that in the playoffs against St. Louis,&rdquo; motioned Duff, readily seconded by his linemates.</p><p>&ldquo;And I&rsquo;ve got a picture to prove it,&rdquo; joked Lemaire about a promotion plan on behalf of Neilson&rsquo;s for which he is a Quebec representative.</p><p>When you check the photo, it&rsquo;s more than a reasonable facsimile of the way Dick Duff scored his 250th NHL goal.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0011-04

Duff Aims For 300-Goal Club After Netting 250th Marker

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill &mdash;</p><p>Howie Young isn&rsquo;t complaining from his seat on the end of the Black Hawks&rsquo; bench.</p><p>But a sizeable portion of the Hawks&rsquo; fandom has been more than making up for Howie&rsquo;s reticence lately by bombarding Coach Billy Reay with complaints over Howie&rsquo;s rather brief appearances with the team&rsquo;s defense corps.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01673/2624805-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="245" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Howie Young</b></figcaption></div><p>It matters not how well the Hawks are doing, either. During a recent game with the Minnesota North Stars&rsquo; in which the Hawks and Goalie Dave Dryden coasted to a 6-0 slaugher, the cries of &ldquo;We want Howie&rdquo; crashed down on Reay at the Hawks&rsquo; bench from the start of the second period on, despite the fact that it was apparent that the four regular rearguards &mdash; Doug Jarrett, Matt Ravlich, Pat Stapleton, and Gilles Marotte &mdash; had the matter well under control.</p><p>Young, who spent a season with the Hawks before he was banished to the minors in 1964 because of his admitted alchoholism, always has been a favorite here.</p><p>While he was suffering most from his drinking problem, the fans were for him to overcome it and reach his true potential. And now that he&rsquo;s overcome the trouble, fans here are anxious for him to be given a full chance to redeem what once was a most promising career.</p><p>When the Hawks claimed Young from Oakland at the start of the season, after he&rsquo;d refused to report to the coast team to which he&rsquo;d been traded, Reay and Manager Tommy Ivan said he would be given a full chance to make the Hawks.</p><p>Fans apparently assumed this meant Howie would get his chance as a starter and are angry because he&rsquo;s serving as the fifth man.</p><p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t help but hear the fans,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;And having Howie on the bench doesn&rsquo;t make me any happier than it makes him, or them, for that matter.</p><p>&ldquo;But I have to go with the men who are doing the job and for the last several games, Matt, Doug, Pat, and Gil have been playing pretty steady hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t start second-guessing myself every time the fans howl.&rdquo;</p><p>Young worked full time a few weeks ago while Marotte was recovering from a stomach injury and enjoyed only fair success. He displayed some of his old penchant for picking up bad penalties, although he managed to keep his temper under control, and showed an alarming tendency to back into the goalie, thus screening his vision.</p><p>Such a play cost Dryden a shutout and the Hawks a 1-0 victory over the Maple Leafs. A shot by Marcel Pronovost from the point late in the game, ticked off Howie&rsquo;s stick and flew a few feet past Dave, who had appeared to have the shot pretty well lined up.</p><p>Reay has been around long enough to take a fairly calm attitude toward advice from the 18,000 or so fans who pack the Stadium each night. He appreciates the spirit in which it&rsquo;s given but Billy hardly feels bound to follow it.</p><p>&ldquo;Fans always seem to be for the guy on the bench,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;I guess they look on him as the underdog and it&rsquo;s natural to be for the underdog. It was the same thing when we had Reggie Fleming, and then after him Lou Angotti. It made no difference what the guys on the ice were doing, the fans wanted the man on the bench to get his chance.&rdquo;</p><p>If fans are inclined to root for the bench-warmer, Dryden&rsquo;s recent successes must be delighting the fans. Dave, who has been a back-up man for Glenn Hall and then Denis DeJordy for the last four seasons, was given a chance to prove himself under sustained pressure when DeJordy was sent to Dallas after a soggy start.</p><p>And he&rsquo;s responded brilliantly thus far. In fact, at this writing. Dave had a string going in which he&rsquo;d scored shutouts in two of his last three games and had allowed only two goals in four contests.</p><p>Both shutouts came against the Minnesota North Stars, five days apart, and it was mentioned that Wren Blair and John Muckier&rsquo;s crew probably hated the sight of Dryden.</p><p>&ldquo;I sure hope some teams in this league are angry at me,&rdquo; said Dave. &ldquo;Too many of them have been delighted by the sight of me in the nets so far. The Canadiens, for instance, must be overjoyed when I skate out. I&rsquo;d sure like to start making a few more enemies around the league.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0012-01

CHICAGO FANS CLAMORING FOR YOUNG

<p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>ast year Walt Tkaczuk took everybody&rsquo;s vote as the finest player in the Ontario Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; Hockey loop while with Kitchener Rangers. Most people thought he would make the jump right into the NHL.</p><p>Yet at the beginning of this season the brilliant centre was farmed out to Buffalo of the AHL as he was unable to break into the parent New York Rangers&rsquo; lineup.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02579/2624836-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="259" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Walt Tkaczuk</b></figcaption></div><p>After a short stint in the minors, however, Tkaczuk was recalled to the big club and has become a prime rookie-of-the-year candidate with New York.</p><p>Thanks to Tkaczuk the Rangers today are only a point behind first-place Montreal Canadiens today. The rookie scored a goal and set up linemate Ron Stewart with another to spark the New Yorkers to a 3-1 triumph over Toronto Maple Leafs Sunday.</p><p>The night before, it was Tkaczuk again who put the Rangers on the right track as his goal in the second period broke a scoreless deadlock and ignited New York to a 4-1 victory over the tough Boston Bruins.</p><p>Tkaczuk has really arrived.</p><p>El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the player-of-the-week in the East:</p><p><b><i>Walt Tkaczuk&hellip; New York</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0012-02

NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE EAST

<p>Throughout much of the current season. National Hockey League fans laughed at the Pittsburgh Penguins: They aren&rsquo;t laughing any more.</p><p>From the so-called &ldquo;worst team in the NHL&rdquo; the Penguins have suddenly become one of the most proficient clubs in the Western Division. And the man who has made them tick is fiery Lou Angotti.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03453/2624867-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="266" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lou Angotti</b></figcaption></div><p>Angotti was a key man for the Penguins last week as the team went on an undefeated four-game tear. It started with a 3-3 tie against Toronto Wednesday, bloomed into a 3-2 victory over Chicago Thursday, and ended up with a 4-2 triumph over Los Angeles Kings and a 4-4 tie with Oakland Seals on the weekend.</p><p>Against Toronto Angotti set up linemates Charlie Burns and Gene Ubriaco with two of the Penguins&rsquo; goals. He netted the winner against Chicago, and bounced back with a goal and an assist against LA.</p><p>Of course there were other heroes in Pittsburgh&rsquo;s surprising rise to within two points of second place, such as Ubriaco and goalie Les Binkley. But Angotti&rsquo;s leadership was the main incentive.</p><p>El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the player-of-the-week in the West:</p><p><b><i>Lou Angotti&hellip;Pittsburgh</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0012-03

NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE WEST

<h2><b>WED. NOV. 27 BOSTON 4 AT ST. LOUIS 4</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;St. Louis, R. Sabourin (Crisp, St. Marseille) &hellip; 3:18</p><p>2&mdash;Boston, Sanderson (Westfall, Shack) &hellip; 7:22</p><p>3&mdash;Boston, Esposito (Bucyk) &hellip; 9:27</p><p>4&mdash;Boston. Stanfield (Bucyk) &hellip; 5:26</p><p>Penalties: Henry 9:00, Barclay Plager, McKenzie (majors) 9:16, Doak 9:51, Sanderson 13:10, McDonald 13:55.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;St. Louis, Henry (Ecclestone, McDonald) &hellip; 12:37</p><p>6&mdash;Boston, Westfall (Sanderson, Shack) &hellip; 18:40</p><p>Penalty: Esposito 11:34.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>7&mdash;St. Louis, Roberts (Crisp, Sabourin) &hellip; 9:37</p><p>8&mdash;St. Louis, Roberts (St. Marseille, Plager) &hellip; 15:26</p><p>Penalties: D. Smith 2:28, 14:59, Talbot 5:24.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01664/2625017-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="551" height="105"></div><p>Attendance: 15,578.</p><h2><b>OAKLAND 3 At MINNESOTA 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Minnesota, Cullen (McCord, Parise) &hellip; 10:31</p><p>2&mdash;Minnesota, Grant (Larose, McCord) &hellip; 15:20</p><p>3&mdash;Minnesota, Connelly (Cullen, Parise) &hellip; 16:02</p><p>4&mdash;Oakland, Ehman (Vadnais, Hampson) &hellip; 17:58</p><p>Penalties: Rupp 12:12</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Oakland, Jarret (Hicke, Laughton) &hellip; 2:13</p><p>Penalties: Hillman, Swarbrick 6:40, Goldsworthy 12:43, Lacombe 15:23, Jarrett 20:00.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>6&mdash;Oakland, D. Roberts (Ehman, Hampson) &hellip; 3:10</p><p>Penalties: McCord 7:39.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02619/2625010-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="433" height="81"></div><p>Attendance: 12,856.</p><h2><b>MONTREAL 4 at LOS ANGELES 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>No scoring.</p><p>Penalty: Rolfe 7:59.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Los Angeles, Wall (B. Hughes, Labossiere) &hellip;. 9:25</p><p>2&mdash;Los Angeles, Lemieux (Cahan. Peters) &hellip; 11:01</p><p>3&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau (Laperriere, Rousseau) &hellip; 12:48</p><p>Penalties: Harris 3:32, Ferguson 6:01, Flett 12:25, B. Hughes 15:59.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Montreal, G. Tremblay (Cournoyer) &hellip; 1:34</p><p>5&mdash;Montreal, Ferguson (Hillman, Backstrom) &hellip; 14:04</p><p>6&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau 19:34</p><p>Penalties: White 10:39, Cournoyer 14:30.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03575/2625003-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="559" height="101"></div><p>Attendance: 12,579.</p><h2><b>DETROIT 5 At PHILADELPHIA 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Philadelphia, Blackburn (Sarrazin, Kennedy) &hellip; 16:54</p><p>Penalties: Miszuk 7:01, Stemkowski 9:23, Paiement 11:46.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Harris) &hellip; 3:21</p><p>3&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Lawson) &hellip; 6:04</p><p>4&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio &hellip;. 12:36</p><p>Penalties: VanImpe 4:18, Prentice 8:58, Douglas 13:07.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Philadelphia, Sarrazin (Miszuk, Kennedy) &hellip; 1:27</p><p>6&mdash;Detroit, R. Harris (Howe) &hellip; 3:41</p><p>7&mdash;Detroit, Baun (Prentice, MacGregor) &hellip; 10:54</p><p>Penalties: Douglas, Paiement (majors) 2:49, Popiel 4:08, Stemkowski 16:10.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04525/2624996-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="548" height="100"></div><p>Attendance: 11,380.</p><h2><b>CHICAGO 4 At New York 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;New York, Fleming (Brown, Stewart) &hellip; 0:42</p><p>2&mdash;Chicago, Pappin (D. Hull) &hellip; 1:46</p><p>3&mdash;Chicago, Marcotte (Nesterenko, R. Hull) &hellip; 1:57</p><p>4&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (Nesterenko) &hellip; 16:19</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;New York, Neilson (Ratelie, Gilbert) &hellip; 7:54</p><p>6&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (R. Hull, Mohns) &hellip; 2:39</p><p>Penalties: Jarrett 6:35, Stewart 10:54 Brown 16:01, Mohns 19:52.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>No scoring.</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05431/2624989-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="547" height="106"></div><p>Attendance: 17,250.</p><h2><b>TORONTO 3 At PITTSBURGH 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Burns (Angotti, Boivin) &hellip; 1:00</p><p>2&mdash;Pittsburgh, Schinkel (McCreary, Boyer) &hellip; 11:40</p><p>3&mdash;Toronto, Horton (Ullman, Henderson) &hellip; 16:52</p><p>Penalties: Dorey 3:49, 7:03.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Toronto, Henderson (Smith, Ullman) &hellip; 1:59</p><p>5&mdash;Pittsburgh, Ubriaco (Angotti, Burns) &hellip; 9:27</p><p>Penalties: McKenny 7:22, Mickey 19:48.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>6&mdash;Toronto, Walton (Horton, Ellis) &hellip; 18:01</p><p>Penalties: McCallum 9:14, Speer 17:02.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06366/2624982-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="548" height="104"></div><p>Attendance: 7,107.</p><h2><b>THURS. NOV. 28 PITTSBURGH 3 At CHICAGO 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Chicago, Mikita (R. Hull) &hellip; 2:10</p><p>2&mdash;Pittsburgh, Ubriaco (Ingarfield, Boivin) &hellip; 9:57</p><p>Penalty: Ubriaco 7:32.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Pittsburgh, Fonteyne (Pronovost, Ingarfield) &hellip; 5:17</p><p>4&mdash;Chicago, Nesterenko (Marotte, R. Hull) &hellip; 10:51</p><p>5&mdash;Pittsburgh, Angotti (Burns, McCallum) &hellip; 11:01</p><p>Penalties: Marotte 7:38, Speer 15:47, Marotte 19:57.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalty: Boivin 11:49.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07337/2624975-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="549" height="103"></div><p>Attendance: 16,666.</p><h2><b>ST. LOUIS 3 At DETROIT 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Prentice, Douglas) &hellip; 6:55</p><p>Penalties: Picard 4:56, B. Plager, 10:03, Douglas 14:43.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (Arbour) &hellip; 9:49</p><p>3&mdash;St. Louis, Cameron (McCreary, Harvey) &hellip; 18:02</p><p>Penalties: Roberts 18:49</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (Arbour, Henry) &hellip; 4:05</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08317/2624968-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="547" height="101"></div><p>Attendance: 13,905.</p><h2><b>FRI. NOV. 29 MONTREAL 4 At OAKLAND 5</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Oakland, Laughton (Hicke, Jarrett) &hellip; 16:08</p><p>Penalties: Roberts 2:22, Laperriere 5:56, Ehman 7:52, Laperriere 13:35.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau (Cournoyer, J.C. Tremblay) &hellip; 0:52</p><p>3&mdash;Oakland, Hampson (Ehman, Roberts) &hellip; 6:17</p><p>4&mdash;Montreal, Lemaire (Rousseau, Beliveau) &hellip; 11:43</p><p>5&mdash;Oakland, Hampson (Ehman, Swarbrick) &hellip; 14:13</p><p>6&mdash;Oakland, Hicke (Jarret) &hellip; 17:19</p><p>Penalty: Lricombe 10:45.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>7&mdash;Oakland, Hicke (Ehman, Marshall) &hellip; 2:29</p><p>8&mdash;Montreal. Beliveau (Rousseau, Cournoyer) &hellip; 14:33</p><p>9&mdash;Montreal, G. Tremblay (J.-C. Tremblay, Beliveau) &hellip; 18:23</p><p>Penalties: J. Ferguson 7:03, Dillabourgh 9:57, Jarrett 14:10.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09301/2624961-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="550" height="105"></div><p>Attendance: 8,105.</p><h2><b>SAT. NOV. 30 PHILADELPHIA 0 At ST. LOUIS 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties: Miszuk, 3:50, Roberts 16:32, Hall 18:11.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;St. Louis, Berenson (Harvey) &hellip; 0:44</p><p>Penalties: Sabourin 8:11, Nolet Plager 16:00.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10280/2624954-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="545" height="101"></div><p>Attendance: 15,314</p><h2><b>NEW YORK 4 At BOSTON 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties: Orr 5:54, Borwn 14:41, Howell, Esposito 19:47.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;New York, Tkaczuk (Park, Gilbert) &hellip; 1:03</p><p>Penalties: Bucyk 7:24, Tkaczuk 17:29.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;New York, Gilbert (Hadfield, Ratelle) &hellip; 3:14</p><p>3&mdash;New York, Marshall (Nevin, Goyette) &hellip; 5:14</p><p>4&mdash;Boston, Williams (Esposito, Smith) &hellip; 12:01</p><p>5&mdash;New York, Nevin (Hadfield, Ratelle) &hellip; 19:46</p><p>Penalties: Sanderson 18:46.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11255/2624947-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="550" height="100"></div><p>Attendance: 14,653.</p><h2><b>PITTSBURGH 4 At Los Angeles 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Pittsburgh, Boyer (Schinkel, McCreary) &hellip; 17:23</p><p>Penalties: Irvine 1:57, Pronovost 6:37, Cahan 9:23.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Los Angeles, Peters (Robinson) &hellip; 4:03</p><p>3&mdash;Los Angeles, Peters (Anderson, B. Hughes) &hellip; 13:54</p><p>4&mdash;Pittsburgh, Angotti (Burns, Dea) &hellip; 18:37</p><p>Penalties: Price 5:21, Lemieux 14:25.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Pittsburgh, McCreary (Schinkel) &hellip; 5:18</p><p>6&mdash;Pittsburah. Dea (Burns, Angotti) &hellip; 7:23</p><p>Penalty: Flett 4:10.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12222/2624940-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="550" height="103"></div><p>Attendance: 7,243.</p><h2><b>MINNESOTA 3 At Toronto 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Tornoto, Pulford (F. Smith, Walton) &hellip; 5:21</p><p>Penalties: Byers 1:48, O&rsquo;Shea, Parise 4:41, Vasko 10:14.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Minnesota, Parise (Cullen, Connelly) &hellip; 0:53</p><p>3&mdash;Minnesota, Larose (O&rsquo;Shea, B. Smith) &hellip; 15:33</p><p>4&mdash;Toronto, Horton (Ellis, Oliver) &hellip; 16:54</p><p>5&mdash;Tornoto, Ullman (Walton, Mickey) &hellip; 17:52</p><p>Penalties: Pelyk 7:14, Quinn 8:36, Pelyik, Collins 10:27, Horton 14.53, McCord 17:06.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>6&mdash;Minnesota, Parise (Cullen, Connelly) &hellip; 11:38</p><p>Penalty: Pilote 2:14.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13188/2624933-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="550" height="100"></div><p>Attendance: 16,401.</p><h2><b>SUN DEC. 1 TORONTO 1 At NEW YORK 3</b></h2><p><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></p><p>1&mdash;New York, Tkaczuk (Neilson, Fleming) &hellip; 0:34</p><p>Penalty: Pelyk 18:36.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;New York, Stewart (Fleming, Tkaczuk) &hellip; 7:07</p><p>Penalty: Horton 17:04.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Toronto, Oliver (Keon, Pilote) &hellip; 5:40</p><p>4&mdash;New York, Ratelle (Neilson, Gilbert) &hellip; 17:19</p><p>Penalty: Hadfield 7:52.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14157/2624926-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="548" height="103"></div><p>Attendance: 17,250.</p><h2><b>MONTREAL 3 At CHICAGO 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau (Hilllman, Richard) &hellip; 2:28</p><p>Penalties: Hillman, R. Hull 7:42, 16:48.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Chicago, R. Hull (Maki, Stapleton) &hellip; 6:06</p><p>Penalty: Beliveau 6:58.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Montreal, Rousseau (Richard) &hellip; 3:48</p><p>4&mdash;Montreal, Beliveau (Provost) &hellip; 19:43</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><p>Shots aqainst:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15128/2624919-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="548" height="102"></div><p>Attendance: 16,666.</p><h2><b>MINNESOTA 0 At BOSTON 4</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Boston, McKenzie (Stanfield, Bucyk) &hellip; 3:47</p><p>Penalties: Green 0:40, McKenzie 7:37, McCord 13:17.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Boston, D. Smith &hellip; 14:27</p><p>3&mdash;Boston, Murphy (Orr, Hodge) &hellip; 14:55</p><p>Penalties: Williams 2:40, McMahon 4:23, O&rsquo;Shea, Doak 6:58, Sanderson 8:06, Connelly, Awrey (majors) 9:33, Orr 12:00.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Boston, Westfall (Sather, Green) &hellip; 14:27</p><p>Penalties: Awrey 1:07, Boston bench (served by Hodge) 107, Green 3:22, McCord 14:20.</p><p>Shots against.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1689/2624912-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="550" height="107"></div><p>Attendance: 14,653.</p><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA 3 At DETROIT 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio (Bergman) &hellip; 1:19</p><p>2&mdash;Detroit, Unger</p><p>Penalties: Harris 3:14, Baun 5:15, VanImpe 7:43, Howe 9:34.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Philadelphia, Van Impe (Selby, Sarazin) &hellip; 8:04</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Philadelphia, Blackburn (Kennedy) &hellip; 1:31</p><p>5&mdash;Detroit, Douglas (Delvecchio, Howe) &hellip; 6:26</p><p>6&mdash;Philadelphia, Johnson (Sarrazin, Miszuk) &hellip; 9:04</p><p>Penalty: Balckburn 5:49.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1770/2624905-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="557" height="102"></div><p>Attendance: 13,039.</p><h2><b>PITTSBURGH 4 At OAKLAND 4</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Oakland, Perry (Dillabough) &hellip; 6:43</p><p>2&mdash;Oakland, Laughton (Hicke. Jarrett) &hellip; 14:52</p><p>3&mdash;Pittsburgh, Pronovost (Harris, Ubriaco) &hellip; 17:08</p><p>Penalties: Swarbrick 4:28, Marshall 7:49, Speer 12:04, Fonteyne 12:46.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Oakland, Ubriaco (Price) &hellip; 3:03</p><p>5&mdash;Pittsburgh, Woytowich (Boyer, Schinkel) &hellip; 4:33</p><p>6&mdash;Oakland, Dillabough (Ferguson, Perry) &hellip; 8:30</p><p>7&mdash;Oakland, Jarrett (Hicke, Laughton) &hellip; 9:58</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>8&mdash;Pittsburgh, J. Pronovost (Ubriaco) &hellip; 9:32</p><p>Penalties: Ubriaco 9:29, Laughton 11:40, Odrowski 13:56.</p><p>Shots against:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1859/2624898-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="547" height="104"></div><p>Attendance: 2,676.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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National Hockey League Summaries

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

NHL TEAM LINEUPS

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;</p><p>Mike Walton has a bright future in the National Hockey League. That much is certain.&rsquo; What nobody knows is when he&rsquo;ll be able to get started on it. He&rsquo;s been on the bench through most of Toronto Maple Leafs early games in the 1968-69 NHL season and manager-coach Punch Imlach unleashes him only when the enemy is shorthanded or when he&rsquo;s disgusted with one of his regular centres.</p><p>This can&rsquo;t go on, of course. No organization can afford to let a 30-goal shooter go to waste on the sidelines. Sooner or later, Imlach will be forced to cash in on Walton&rsquo;s high market value. Either that will happen and there&rsquo;ll be a trade, or else Imlach will start using Walton regularly again. There&rsquo;s no other possibility. Thirty-goal men are too valuable in these early years of the expanded NHL.</p><p>Toronto didn&rsquo;t have a more spectacular performer last winter than 23-year-old Shaky Walton, who led them in scoring with his 30 goals, plus 29 assists. Norm Ullman got more, mind you, but he&rsquo;d spent most of the season with Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>Beyond the mere statistics, Walton could entertain with his magnificent shot and that uncanny burst of speed which enables him to escape opposition defences.</p><p>Almost any organization in hockey would love to have Walton in its lineup &mdash; except Imlach&rsquo;s Leafs. By their standards, Walton is inadequate because he&rsquo;s a specialist. He&rsquo;s like a home run hitter who drops balls in the outfield. He might sell tickets, but he can cost you games &mdash; maybe more than he&rsquo;ll win for you with his batting. Similarly, Walton is not a diligent checker. He has a tendency to neglect his defensive assignments and on an Imlach club, that is not acceptable.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01661/2625072-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="545" height="517"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>MIKE WALTON</b></p><p><b>&hellip; Will He Change Clubs?</b></p></figcaption></div><p>The problem goes deeper. Walton&rsquo;s individualism exceeds the boundaries of hockey and his concentration on attack. He is an offbeat character among businesslike conformists. In other words, he doesn&rsquo;t contribute to Leafs&rsquo; collective effort either on the ice or off. He scored 30 goals but that was not considered important in the overall scheme of things. It is difficult for Imlach to ask other players to make sacrifices certain teammates may be exempt from making.</p><p>Leafs did miss the Stanley Cup playoffs of 1968 and they will make them in 1969 at their current rate. Walton was their big shooter last and he isn&rsquo;t even playing this season. It seems Imlach&rsquo;s judgment is being vindicated.</p><p>It would be a tragedy, though, if Walton&rsquo;s talents were neglected, especially when there are so many coaches who would jump at an opportunity to get him. By using him in a trade, Imlach might get a player or two who would strengthen his club immensely &mdash; an experienced defenseman or a solid 2-way forward of the Jim Roberts type.</p><p>Walton&rsquo;s personality may have delaved his NHL debut. He was 1964-65 rookie-of-the year in the Central League, getting 40 goals and 44 assists for Tulsa Oilers. The following season, he had 35 goals and 51 assists with Rochester Americans in the American League. Then, he split the 1966-67 campaign, spending 36 games with Rochester and totalling seven goals and 10 assists during 31 Toronto matches. In the playoffs that spring, he contributed importantly toward Leafs&rsquo; capture of the Stanley Cup, notching four goals and three assists in 12 matches.</p><p>It seemed Leafs then had good strength up the middle with Dave Keon, Pete Stemkowski and Walton. But it didn&rsquo;t work out. Imlach finally got one of the centres he needed in Norm Ullman, sending Stemkowski to Detroit in that trade. But Walton turned out not to be a Leaf type of centre at all.</p><p>A Leaf (Imlach) centre is an aggressive and persistent forechecker, which Walton definitely is not.</p><p>Indications are, though, that Imlach ultimately will prevail in this struggle. Walton is striving to adjust, which is infinitely to his credit.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Imlach’s Dilemma-To Play Or Trade Walton

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;</p><p>As you read this the New York Rangers are engaged in a key series of eight straight encounters with their rivals in the old established Eastern Division of the National Hockey League. Victorious in eleven of thirteen games with the newer Western Division clubs, the Blues showed a two wins and four losses record against the East.</p><p>&ldquo;There is no doubt that the next fortnight or so will have a crucial bearing on the outcome of the race this year. We play Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Detroit, Toronto, Detroit and Boston in that order before seeing another Western Club. This stretch runs from Wednesday November 27 through Wednesday December 11,&rdquo; notes the Rangers&rsquo; coach Boomer Geoffrion.</p><p>&ldquo;I look for this to help the New York team as the boys will automatically step up the pace of their play when faced with a steady diet of Eastern competition. Although the schedule helped us in the standing of the teams in the early going, in the long run, it probably hurt us, although you can never underestimate those Western clubs,&rdquo; continued Geoffrion.</p><p>The play of two French members of the Rangers is giving Geoffrion cause for joy. They are center Phil Goyette and right wing Rod Gilbert. Goyette, as usual is the balance wheel of New York&rsquo;s No. 1 line of Phil, Bob Nevin and Donnie Marshall. He, more than anyone else is the man behind the scoring surge of Nevin, who as we went to press had a nice 13 goals in only 19 games. When Marshall, playing with the flu, got two red lights against Los Angeles on November 20, it was Goyette who did the work and set up the plays. And Phil capped off the spree with a superb bit of stickhandling and deking for the game winner in the third period. He is truly a throw back to the old days of the superb stickhandlers such as Bill Cowley and Ab DeMarco.</p><p>Gilbert, the flamboyant wing man who wrote a book in the offseason in collaboration with sportswriters Stan Fischler and Hal Bock, scored his seventh goal and twentieth point against the Oakland Seals on November 24.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s better than a point a game,&rdquo; said Rod. &ldquo;Just wait until I get hot.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01636/2625103-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="564" height="541"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ROD GILBERT &hellip; In High Gear</b></figcaption></div><p>This was true, as Gilbert had not really broken loose yet this season. His history is that of a great streak scorer who may be just about ready to go for a tear. A Gilbert hot streak at this point would really set the &ldquo;New Yorkers up in their battles with the East.</p><p>Geoffrion uses Gilbert and Jim Neilson as his main point men, although Rod Seiling gets almost equal billing because of his accurate shot. Harry Howell, who annually leads the Rangers in shots on goal, usually from center ice, also gets a lot of point action. Nonetheless, Gilbert is the heir apparent to the mantel of New York point man vacated when Geoffrion took over the coaching reins. Rod has the shot for point play and he is beginning to develop a smoother deke, so that he does not always take a big loud slap shot from the blue line.</p><p>&ldquo;This keeps them honest,&rdquo; laughs Gilbert. &ldquo;If they don&rsquo;t know what to expect, you have the edge on them.&rdquo;</p><p>In other developments, New York farmed rugged center Orland Kurtenbach to Omaha of the Central League for conditioning purposes. Kurt, the No. 1 policeman in the NHL and the balance wheel of the third or checking line, has been suffering with a bad back since September. He was even placed in traction in the hospital for ten days &mdash; and actually has had no competition to speak of this year. It is expected that Orland will return once he catches up on his timing and skating.</p><p>In his place, Geoffrion has alternated Walter Tkaczuk and Dave Balon with Reg Fleming and Ron Stewart. Both have had good games at times and they have done a more than adequate job.</p><p>Attendance at Garden games takes on a curious overtone these days. Tickets for games with Expansion clubs are fairly easy to come by, but for those contests with the NHL East, nothing is scarcer than a ticket to the Rangers. The upcoming schedule will boom the take at the till, especially with King Football beginning to slide, at least on the collegiate level.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Schedule Maker Books Rangers With 8 Straight Eastern Clubs

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02571/2625134-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="263" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Norm Ferguson</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;</p><p>The first penalty shot in the history of the new Madison Square Garden unfolded its pulse pounding drama on Sunday November 24 when Referee Bob Sloan called the unusual penalty on the Rangers. Sloan never announced what the penalty was for, although observers believed that one of the New York Refensemen handled the puck in the crease.</p><p>Norm Ferguson took the shot and scored when his thirty footer skidded through New York&rsquo;s Eddie Giacomin and into the cage.</p><p>&ldquo;Giacomin did what I told him to do,&rdquo; said Boomer Geoffrion, the Ranger coach. &ldquo;He came out and cut down the angles on the corners. Ferguson did what I would have done. He shot.&rdquo;</p><p>Geoffrion revealed that in his career he took two penalty shots and scored on both of them. In neither case did he deke. He just blazed away as did Fergy and the puck went in the net.</p><p>An interesting sidelight to the penalty shot was in the revelation that had Ferguson not scored, he would have been given the shot over. Giacomin came out of his goal crease before Fergy touched the disc and the rules specifically state that this calls for a second try in the event that no goal is scored.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Seals’ Ferguson Nets First MSG Penalty Shot

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01482/2625172-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="534" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WAYNE CASHMAN &hellip; Helped end slump</b></figcaption></div><p>HERSHEY. Pa. &mdash;</p><p>A couple of classy-looking rookies, Garnet (Ace) Bailey and Wayne Cashman, finally brought the Hershey Bears out of a prolonged tailspin.</p><p>After winning seven of the first eight games in the American League, Hershey went through the next six (Oct. 6 &mdash; Nov. 22) with only a win and a tie to show for its efforts.</p><p>But on Nov. 23 with a near capacity crowd at the 7200-seat Sports Arena, Bailey rapped in a pair and Cashman another in the final period against the Springfield Kings for a 4-1 victory, ending a four-game non-win streak.</p><p>It&rsquo;s not too difficult to pinpoint what caused the Bears slump. Through the early part of the schedule, the club&rsquo;s top line of Michel Harvey &mdash; Gil Gilbert; &mdash; Chuck Hamilton packed the bulk of the scoring load.</p><p>Suddenly, Gilbert & Co. couldn&rsquo;t buy a goal and when the other lines didn&rsquo;t pick up the pace, the club started to get beat.</p><p>In the six game span, the opposition had a scoring edge of 24 to 19.</p><p>&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t only the offense we were having problems with,&rdquo; said coach Frank Mathers, &ldquo;it also was a case of being out-skated in a few games, too.</p><p>At the same time goalie Andre Gill, who had cooled his skates for quite a spell, suddenly found himself between the pipes and the little guy had quite a time regaining his sharpness.</p><p>In his first two starts against Providence and Quebec he was shelled for 11 goals, but then during a weeklong layoff Mathers put Gill through strenuous paces and it paid off. In his next time out against the Baltimore Clippers he turned in a fine effort, though being beat 2-1 when the Clippers&rsquo; netminder, Andy Brown, did everything but swallow the puck for his victory.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02410/2625165-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="535" height="575"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GARNET BAILEY &hellip;Two-Goal effort</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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RookieDuo Pulls Bears Out Of Tailspin

<h2><b>AMERICAN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Dec. 3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03325/2625210-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="576" height="203"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04258/2625203-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="579" height="165"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tues. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Baltimore 1 at Quebec 4</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Rochester 3 at Buffalo 12</p><p>Springfield 1 at Cleveland 4</p><p>Providence 3 at Hershey 2</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 28</b></p><p>Cleveland 4 at Baltimore 3</p><p>Quebec 4 at Providence 2</p><p>Buffalo 3 at Rochester 3</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 29</b></p><p>Hershey 3 at Springfield 2</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 30</b></p><p>Providence 6 at Baltimore 4</p><p>Quebec 2 of Cleveland 3</p><p>Rochester 5 at Hershey 7</p><p>Buffalo 5 at Springfield 0</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 1</b></p><p>Baltimore 0 at Buffalo 5</p><p>Springfield 1 at Providence 4</p><p>Cleveland 1 at Quebec 1</p><p>Hershey 4 at Rochester 2</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Tues. Dec. 3</b></p><p>Hershey at Quebec</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 6</b></p><p>Buffalo at Baltimore</p><p>Rochester at Cleveland</p><p>Hershey at Quebec</p><p><b>Sat. Dec. 7</b></p><p>Buffalo at Cleveland</p><p>Baltimore at Springfield</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 8</b></p><p>Springfield at Baltimore</p><p>Cleveland at Buffalo</p><p>Hershey at Providence</p><p>Rochester at Quebec<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<h2><b>Tues. Nov. 26 BALTIMORE 1 at QUEBEC 4</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Baltimore, Rochefort (Morrison, Mortson) &hellip; 3:51</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Arbour 4:07, J. Morrison 7:16, Ml McEwan 13:23, Drolet, Polano 17 21.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Quebec, Dufour (Rivard, Edestrand) &hellip; 4:16</p><p>3&mdash;Quebec, Sarrazin (Drolet, McKillop) &hellip; 10:59</p><p>4&mdash;Quebec, McKillop (Sarrazin, Drolet) &hellip; 11:09</p><p>5&mdash;Quebec, Morrison (Laforge, Rivard) &hellip; 17:41</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Bartlett, Cates 5:59, Laforge 6:55, Bartlett 9:05.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>No scoring.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Polano 0:47, Lapointe 9:19; Rivard 19:21.</p><p>Shots by: Baltimore 30, Quebec 30.</p><p>ATTENDANCE: 2,454</p><h2><b>Wed. Nov. 27 PROVIDENCE 3 at HERSHEY 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Providence, McKenney (Locas, A. Keller) &hellip; 0:24</p><p>2&mdash;Providence, Macks (Mallette) &hellip; 8:13</p><p>3&mdash;Providence, Mallette (Clearwater, Mantha) &hellip; 19:59</p><p>Penalties&mdash;Barber 3:41, 16:42, Leduc 9:16, Goegan 15:56, A. Keller 16:42.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Meissner, 3:44, Hamilton 4:51, Bailey 18:31.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Hershey, Bailey (Leiter, Cashman) &hellip; 15:33</p><p>5&mdash;Hershey, Bailey (Cashman, Keller) &hellip; 19:59</p><p>Penalty &mdash; Lafone 8:31.</p><p>Shots by: Providence 33, Hershey 47.</p><p>ATTENDANCE: 6,456.</p><h2><b>ROCHESTER 3 at BUFFALO 12</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Buffalo, Jones (Beaudin, Hannigan) &hellip; 4:12</p><p>2&mdash;Rochester, Ward &hellip; 4:24</p><p>3&mdash;Buffalo, Ouellette (Hextail, Hall) &hellip; 4:52</p><p>4&mdash;Buffalo, Trottier (Rivers, Jones) &hellip; 13:31</p><p>5&mdash;Buffalo, Park (Hextail, Kassian) &hellip; 15:04</p><p>6&mdash;Buffalo, Kassian (Hextail, Trottier) &hellip; 18:38</p><p>Penalties&mdash;Godfrey 2:30, Hextall 2:26, Gamble 3:26, Reaume 7:50, McCarthy 11:53.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>7&mdash;Buffalo, Kassian (Hextall, Trottier) &hellip; 5:43</p><p>8&mdash;Buffalo, Trottier (Hextall, Kassian) &hellip; 6:08</p><p>9&mdash;Buffalo, Hall (Rivers, Hannigan) &hellip; 10:36</p><p>10&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Knibbs, Hornung) &hellip; 13:14</p><p>11&mdash;Buffalo, Hannigan (Ouellette, Knibbs) &hellip; 19:05</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Hextall, (minor, major) 6:45, Watson, (major) 6:45, Armstrong 9:43.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>12&mdash;Buffalo, Attwell (Jones, Rivers) &hellip; 0:53</p><p>13&mdash;Buffalo, Rivers (Jones, Attwell) &hellip; 7:48</p><p>14&mdash;Rochester, Watson (Kilrea, Cook) &hellip; 11:17</p><p>15&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Chipchase, Champagne) &hellip; 15:06</p><p>Penalties&mdash;Legge 1:40, Duff 19:50</p><p>Shots-by: Rochester21, Buffalo 52.</p><p>ATTENDANCE 7,648.</p><h2><b>SPRINGFIELD 1 at CLEVELAND 4</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Cleveland, Mikol (Monahan, Berry) &hellip; 1:07</p><p>Penalties&mdash;Corbett 3:40, Schultz 6:57, Murray 10:33, Johnston 11:08.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Cleveland, Sentes (Glover, Comeau) &hellip; 7:38</p><p>3&mdash;Cleveland, Sentes (Comeau) &hellip; 12:21</p><p>Penalty &mdash; Turlik 7:21</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Springfield, Prior (Campbell) &hellip; 3:09</p><p>5&mdash;Cleveland, Monahan, (Mikol) &hellip; 7:06</p><p>Penalties &mdash; M. Johnston 1:57, L. Johnston 5:50, Berry, Corbett 10:52, Flegel, Inglis 17:11.</p><p>Shots by: Springfield 31, Cleveland 22</p><p>ATTENDANCE: 1,735.</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 28 QUEBEC 4 at PROVIDENCE 2</b></p><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Providence, McKenney (Locas, Goegan) &hellip; 10:07</p><p>2&mdash;Providence, Kachur (Mallette, Macks) &hellip; 12:18</p><p>3&mdash;Quebec, Drolet (McKillop, Edestrand) &hellip; 14:39</p><p>4&mdash;Quebec, Drolet (McKillop, Ball) &hellip; 15:13</p><p>Penalties &mdash; MacSweyn 1:51, Lafond 4:38, Keller 14:10, Edestrand 17:13.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>No scoring.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; None.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Quebec, Laforge (Morrison, MacSweyn) &hellip; 10:34</p><p>6&mdash;Quebec, Laforge (Rivard, MacSweyn) &hellip; 16:03</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Ball 10:20, Gauthier 12:59, 19:25.</p><p>Shots by: Quebec 27, Providence 40</p><p>ATTENDANCE: 4,130</p><h2><b>BUFFALO 3 at ROCHESTER 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Hannigan, Park) &hellip; 8:35</p><p>2&mdash;Rochester, McCarthy (Godfrey) &hellip; 9:31</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Jones, Gamble 4:59, Armstrong 15:04.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Rochester, Ward (Armstrong, Gamble) &hellip; 6:50</p><p>4&mdash;Buffalo, Trottier (Hextall, Kassian) &hellip; 8:31</p><p>5&mdash;Buffalo, Rivers (Attwell, Hornung) &hellip; 18:41&rsquo;</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Cherry 9:50, Park 13:05.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>6&mdash;Rochester, Cherry (Gamble) &hellip; 15:38</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Trottier, Godfrey 9:54, Attwell 13:43.</p><p>Shots by: Buffalo 28, Rochester 18</p><p>ATTENDANCE: 5,303.</p><h2><b>Thurs. Nov. 28 CLEVELAND 4 at BALTIMORE 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Baltimore, Marshall (Cossette, Watson) &hellip; 10:02</p><p>2&mdash;Cleveland, Berry, (Mikol, Monahan) &hellip; 15:41</p><p>Penalties &mdash; None.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Cleveland, Monahan (Mikol, Berry) &hellip; 1:20</p><p>4&mdash;Cleveland, Mikol (Hoekstra) &hellip; 8:13</p><p>5&mdash;Baltimore, MacQueen (Brinkworth) &hellip; 9:24</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Nanne 5:51, Polano 8:49, Flegel 15:28</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>6&mdash;Cleveland, Berry (Monahan) &hellip; 10:53</p><p>7&mdash;Baltimore, McGregor, (Bartlett, Cunningham) &hellip; 12:06</p><p>Penalties &mdash; None.</p><p>Shots by; Cleveland 28, Baltimore 39</p><p>ATTENDANCE: 4,025</p><h2><b>Sat. Nov. 30 PROVIDENCE 6 At BALTIMORE 4</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Providence, Macks (Mallette, Kachur) &hellip; 8:55</p><p>2&mdash;Providence, Macks (Mallette) &hellip; 11:51</p><p>Penalties: Gaughter 2:44 Polano 9.57, 15:39</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Baltimore, McGregor (Cossette, Marshall) &hellip; 2:34</p><p>4&mdash;Baltimore, Bartlett (Cunningham, Watson) &hellip; 2:59</p><p>5&mdash;Baltimore, Watson (McGregor) &hellip; 16:14</p><p>6&mdash;Baltimore, Mortson (McGregor, Bartlett) &hellip; 19:25</p><p>7&mdash;Providence, (Meissner) &hellip; 5:38</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Goegan 1:11, Kachur, Rochefort 8:38</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>8&mdash;Providence, Kachur (Creighton) &hellip; 9:27</p><p>9&mdash;Providence, Gauthier (Muloin, McKenney) &hellip; 15:15</p><p>10&mdash;Providence, Leduc (Meissner) &hellip; 19:50</p><p>Penalty: Gauthier 6:27.</p><p>Shots on goal by:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05190/2625262-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="558" height="100"></div><p>Attendance: 6,431.</p><h2><b>QUEBEC 2 At CLEVELAND 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Cleveland, Harper (Hoeskstra, Ndnne) &hellip; 13:23</p><p>Penalties: Rivard 9:08, Bouchard 17:04, MacSweyn, Berry 19:50.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Cleveland, Bouchard &hellip; 0:33</p><p>3&mdash;Quebec, Bernier (Heiskala) &hellip; 14:13</p><p>4&mdash;Cleveland, Schultz &hellip; 15:18</p><p>Penalty: Ball 0:34.</p><p>5&mdash;Quebec, Drolet THRID PERIOD (McKillop) &hellip; 11:45</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><p>Shots on goal by:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06154/2625255-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="549" height="103"></div><p>Attendance: 3,230</p><h2><b>BUFFALO 5 At SPRINGFIELD 0</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Ouellette. Knibbs) &hellip; 17:52</p><p>Penalties: Johnson 3:01, Prior Hornung 12:40, Legge 18:28.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Buffalo, Beaudin (Hornung) &hellip; 4:03</p><p>3&mdash;Buffalo, Ouellette (Beaudin) &hellip; 10:01</p><p>4&mdash;Buffalo, Kassian (Blackburn, Trottier) &hellip; 18:44</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Buffalo, Trottier (Blackburn, Hextall) &hellip; 3:11</p><p>Penalty: Pagnutti 18:24.</p><p>Shots on goal by;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07141/2625248-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="549" height="100"></div><p>Attendance: 4,719</p><h2><b>ROCHESTER 5 at HERSHEY 7</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Hershey, Harvey (Gilbert, Hamilton) &hellip; 8:35</p><p>2&mdash;Rochester, McCarthy (McKenney, Kilrea) &hellip; 9:27</p><p>3&mdash;Hershey, Gilbertson (Harvey, Gilbert) &hellip; 14:34</p><p>4&mdash;Rochester, Ward (Armstrong) &hellip; 14:52</p><p>5&mdash;Hershey, Harvey (Gilbert Ahbee) &hellip; 18:02</p><p>Penalties: Watson 12:03, Mosdell, Bailey 18:02</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>6&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Watson, Horvath) &hellip; 8:05</p><p>7&mdash;Hershey, Marcotte (Keller, Nykoluk) &hellip; 13:28</p><p>8&mdash;Rochester, Ward (McCarthy) &hellip; 17:30</p><p>Penalties: Marcotte 5:50, Cashman 13:08.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>9&mdash;Rochester, Cherry (McCarthy, McKenney) &hellip; 4:54</p><p>10&mdash;Hershey, Hamilton (Harvey, Gilbert) &hellip; 10:56</p><p>11&mdash;Hershey, Marcotte (Nykoluk, Gilbertson) &hellip; 15:55</p><p>12&mdash;Hershey, Gilbert (Harvey, Hamilton) &hellip; 19:31</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><p>Shots on goal by:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08129/2625241-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="551" height="103"></div><p>Attendance: 6,881<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div><p>BALTIMORE. Md.&mdash;</p><p>Hockey statisticians covering the Baltimore beat were sent scurrying to their record books recently when the Clippers outlasted the Springfield Kings in a wild 9 to 7 con test here at the Civic Center.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01397/2625293-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="263" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Keke Mortson</b></figcaption></div><p>Although the total of sixteen goals did not peril the American League&rsquo;s all-time record of 22, it turned out that the 9-7 donnybrook was indeed the highest scoring game for two teams in the Clippers six-year hockey history.</p><p>While professional hockey experts like Red Kelly, the Los Angeles mentor and Marcel Pelletier, Philadelphia Fivers trouble shooter, shook their heads in disbelief at the goings on, the match was just about what the doctor ordered for the more than 6,000 kids among the total crowd of 8,712 who turned out for the special Kids Night promotion.</p><p>For the youngsters, it was a great show. They got a chance to holler for the home team on no less than nine occasions (also prompting the traditional playing of the Clippers Fight Song after each Clipper goal), but also to boo lustily when the rival Kings turned on the light seven times. The huge Civic Center with its 11,000 seating capacity became a cacophony of noise for two solid hours.</p><p>Needless to report, it was a strange game. Keke Mortson and Jim Bartlett scored twice each. After Bartlett got the first goal for Baltimore early in the opening stanza, Springfield roared back with three of their own to grab a 3-1 advantage. But it didn&rsquo;t last long, as the Clippers answered with three of their own to take a 4-3 first period lead.</p><p>Wayne Hicks opened the second stanza with a Clipper goal and a 5-3 lead, but Marc Dufour and Bryan Campbell registered for the Kings and a 5-all second period standoff. In the payoff period. Springfield twice forged ahead at 6-5 and 7-6, before Baltimore rallied for three unanswered goals in the last six minutes to win, 9-7.</p><p>Checking back through the local logs, the Clippers were involved in three 13 goal games, which stood as a top mark until the recent 9-7 win over Springfield. Of course, just a week prior to that game, the locals lost here to Providence, 7 to 6.</p><p>The previous two team highs were registered during the 1966-67 campaign by 9-4 over Springfield and 8-5 over Providence. In 1965-66, the Clippers scored an 8-5 home win over the Reds, but that was the extent of the offensive performances by both clubs in a given game.</p><p>It&rsquo;s getting so lately with coach Aldo Guidolin&rsquo;s sharpshooters, that a half dozen goals may not be enough to win a given game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Clippers’ Skaters On Record Shoot

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02348/2625324-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="551" height="583"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RON WARD &hellip; Hot Scoring Rookie.</b></figcaption></div><p>ROCHESTER, N.Y. &mdash;</p><p>A wag is defined as a wit, a jester, a joker, but American Hockey League foes of the Rochester Americans can find nothing the least bit funny about the Amerks&rsquo; W-A-G line.</p><p>The W (Ward)-A (Armstrong)-G (Gamble) Line scored more than half the total output by the Americans in the first 16 games of the season &mdash; collecting 27 of the club&rsquo;s 52 goals.</p><p>And that, obviously, is no laughing matter for opposing coaches and teams.</p><p>All three members of the linerookie sensation Ron Ward, aggressive Red Armstrong and player-coach Dick Gamble &mdash; are almost equally as dangerous.</p><p>Ward had 11 of the 27 goals, including one he scored while playing defense, while Gamble had nine and Armstrongseven.</p><p>This is rather a strange combination. Gamble celebrated his 40th birthday recently and is coming off an horrendous season in which he mustered only 20 goals and 22 assists.</p><p>But now he has the added duties of coach and is playing as though his entire coaching career depends on how well he plays this season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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‘WAG-’Line Not Funny To Ice Foes

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div><p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. &mdash;</p><p>Donald Hamilton McKenney was born in Smith Falls, Ontario on April 30, 1934. He played for Hershey in 1953 in the American Hockey League and has been engaged in a hockey war ever since.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04223/2625355-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="253" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Yves Locas</b></figcaption></div><p>Yves Joseph Locas was born in St. Jerome, Quebec on October 1, 1938 and played with the Montreal Royals in 1958. Like McKenney, Yves Locas has been playing continually since then.</p><p>Rode Island hockey buffs are aware of the backgrounds of both but they are more concerned with the 1968-69 doings of the pair. And generally speaking, the paying customers seem to love every minute these two veterans are on the ice.</p><p>Some of the fans are starting to compare McKenney with former Boston Celtic great Bob Cousy. The latter never played hockey but he was magician with the ball and featured a behind-the back dribble.</p><p>McKenney, who played nine seasons with the Boston Bruins, is a magician on ice and in his bag of tricks is a behind-the-back pass that has left many a defenseman gasping this season. Of course, McKenney, like Cousy, is no showboat. &ldquo;Cooz&rdquo; was a superb team man and a great competitor. McKenney, a solid hockey player, seems destined to become one of the most important players Providence has ever had.</p><p>The proper frame of mind is always a big asset for an athlete in any phase of sport. McKenney has this. He commutes to Providence from his home in Braintree, Mass., about 45 minutes driving time. &ldquo;Being close to home is sure an ideal setup,&rdquo; said Don recently. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve enjoying playing for the Reds and spending a lot of time with my family. It is a great combination.&rdquo;</p><p>McKenney came to the Reds from St. Louis. Locas came to the Reds from the Los Angeles Kings organization.</p><p>When he arrived in Rhode Island, Locas, a known goal scorer, found it difficult to find a place for him and his family to live. When he resolved that problem, he found himself saddled with a heavy cold that slowed him almost to a walk. Some bleach rites began to wonder when Yves was going to score.</p><p>But the &ldquo;Flying Frenchman&rdquo; who scored 40 goals with Pittsburgh in the American Hockey League in the 1963-64 season was not worried. &ldquo;Wait until I get in shape and get rid of this cold&rdquo; he kept telling his worried friends.</p><p>Locas is now in shape. He no longer has a cold. He is happy living in a house trailer in a suburb about 20 minutes from Providence. And his scoring is beginning to soar.</p><p>On Monday, November 18, one day after. Locas had tallied twice to help the Reds to a come-from-behind 6-4 triumph over Cleveland, Yves ranked second among Providence scorers with 9-10-19.</p><p>One point in front of Locas was McKenney with seven goals, 13 assists for 20 points.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Locas, McKenney Click With Reds

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div><p>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>There has been a major change in the operation of the Springfield Kings. They are now classed and registered as a &ldquo;development team.&rdquo; The American League is not normally such a league Developments from this will be interesting.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03285/2625386-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="249" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Larry Johnston</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;I want to assure fans in Springfield.&rdquo; Larry Began, of the parent Kings, stated, &ldquo;that development hockey does not mean inferior or losing hockey. We will try to provide Springfield with the best talent we can dig up.&rdquo;</p><p>As such, some changes already have been made here. Jimmy Anderson will not do much playing. The 37-year old veteran has been named special assistant to coach manager John Wilson. Andy will play only when some one becomes injured.</p><p>Larry Johnston gets a new job. He will be the new Kings&rsquo; captain, taking Anderson&rsquo;s place. The responsibility should make Larry a better player. In fact, in recent games, the big defenseman has cut down on needless penalties.</p><p>With a new type of operation here, Gerry Foley no longer fitted into future plans. We reported that the 36-year old veteran was set to rejoin the club. Since then, he has returned to Canada after working out here for some time.</p><p>&ldquo;We are leaning toward a younger type of player,&rdquo; Wilson explained. &ldquo;We want to develop top NHL talent here. The big Kings needed an outlet to send their many young pros and amateurs coming up the ranks.&rdquo;</p><p>It means Springfield will have a new look, a young, fresh bright outlook and some new faces we needed here for many years. We back the new move all the way.</p><p>&ldquo;It worked for the Quebec Aces last season,&rdquo; Wilson concluded. &ldquo;They made the Calder Cup finals before they bowed to Rochester. The Aces were a big success at the box office, too.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0017-03

Kings Put Emphasis On ‘Development’

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01403/2625417-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="257" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Saunders</b></figcaption></div><p>Sixty - three goals in one Western Hockey League season?</p><p>Don&rsquo;t laugh! That was the pasce Bill Saunders of the Portland Buckaroos was setting with almost one third of the 1968-69 campaign completed.</p><p>He sniped 18 goals in his first 21 games and at that rate would finish the season with 63 &mdash; six more than the all time WHL record of 57 scored by Lou Jankowski with Calgary in 1961.</p><p>Besides leading the league in goals. Saunders also was out in front in total points with 36 in 21 games. And here we go again. At that pace he would finish the season with 127 points and break the all-time record of 122 scored by Guyle Fielder of Seattle in 1957.</p><p>Saunders&rsquo; blazing start, by far his best in 10 professional seasons, sparked Portland in late November to a seven game undefeated streak that moved the Buckaroos just two points behind the league leading San Diego Gulls.</p><p>And it was becoming increasingly clear that despite a loaded-up Vancouver club and a sizzling start by San Diego, Portland would be tough to beat in the Buckaroos&rsquo; bid for a fifth straight regular-season championship in the Western Hockey League.</p><p>Saunders, of course, might not maintain his torrid pace. But it would be tough to bet against it because of the way he was doing the job.</p><p>Or as his coach. Hal Lavcoe. put it, &ldquo;Bill is scoring from every position.&rdquo;</p><p>And Saunders indeed was playing left wing one night, center another night and right wing still another night during a period when Buckaroo lines were jumbled because of injuries to Gerry Goyer.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s scored most of his points on left wing.&rdquo; said Lavcoe. &ldquo;But he got seven points in three nights playing center. Then he played right wing in Denver and scored the pure (three consecutive goals) hat trick.&rdquo;</p><p>The Saunders explosion was climaxing one of the most memorable comebacks in Western Hockey League history.</p><p>After a 33-goal campaign with Victoria in &lsquo;61. Saunders moved to Portland and scored 34 goals in &lsquo;62 and a then career record of 37 in &lsquo;63. Then the Winnipeg product fell into a two-year slump, producing first 17 and then only 15 goals. Even in Portland, normally adoring fans were booing him unmercifully.</p><p>Saunders snapped back to 26 goals in &lsquo;66. to 34 two years ago and to a career high of 38 last season when he ranked second in the Western League.</p><p>And this year? Well, in late November, besides leading the league in both goals and points, he was riding a 13-game scoring streak that was the longest in the league. He was first in power-play goals with 10. He was first in game winning assists with five. He was first in hat tricks with two.</p><p>And his reaction to all this? &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t say anything.&rdquo; he implored.</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t say anything. Don&rsquo;t write anything.&rdquo;</p><p>Sorry. Bill, but Winnipeg&rsquo;s a big city. And the folks back home will want to know.</p><p>While he might not. as mentioned, maintain, his early pace. Saunders did have one thing going for him. It would be difficult for Portland opponents to concentrate on stopping Saunders.</p><p>At the point at which Saunders had scored in 13 straight games, Buckaroo Captain Art Jones had an eight-game scoring string alive. He had 27 points in 21 games to tie for fourth in the Western League.</p><p>Cliff Schmautz was scoring goals at a pace that would put him back in the 35-40 class for the season. So was veteran center Norm Johnson, who was playing some of the best hockey of his life. No one. could leave Andy Hebenton unguarded. And big center Goyer, once he shook the injuries, would bounce back to his normal point-a-game-plus pace. Mel Pearson, Dick Van Impe and Larry Leach all have know 20-plus-goal campaigns. No, an opponent couldn&rsquo;t concentrate on stopping Saunders.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Buckaroos were showing most of the signs of the great Portland clubs of the past.</p><p>The Buckaroos scored on the power play in 15 of their first 21 contests.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0018-01

Portland’s Saunders Burns Up WHL With 18 Goals In 21 League Games

<h2><b>TUES. NOV. 19 SEATTLE 0 At VANCOUVER 5</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties: Johns 2:29, Leonard 13:01, Powers 17: 10.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Vancouver, Taylor &hellip; 0:46</p><p>Penalties: Barlow 3:14, Boileau 6:28, Johns 6:28, Hextall 8:58, Barlow 12:26, Ward 15:06.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Vancouver, Gafton &hellip; 2:01</p><p>3&mdash;Vancouver, Taylor (Hall, Hextall) &hellip; 10:01</p><p>4&mdash;Vancouver, Sly (Maloney, Cherry) &hellip; 15:55</p><p>5&mdash;Vancouver, Harris (Maloney) &hellip; 18:41</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><p>Saves: Head: 42, Gardner: 26</p><p>Attendance: 6,872.</p><h2><b>WED. NOV. 20 SAN DIEGO 4 At DENVER 2</b></h2><h3><b>PREMIERE PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Denver, Martin (Rodger, Mavety) &hellip; 00:00</p><p>2&mdash;San Diego, Hilts (MacMillan, Hynes) &hellip; 00:00</p><p>Penalties: Eagle 11:43, Mavety 8:25.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;San Diego, O&rsquo;Ree (Faulkner, Sinclair) &hellip; 4:53</p><p>4&mdash;san Diego, Hilts (MacMillan, O&rsquo;Ree) &hellip; 6:12</p><p>Penalties: Huculak8:10, Goegan 15:29.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Denver, Rodger (Hoekstra, Holdaway) &hellip; 9 07</p><p>6&mdash;San Diego, O&rsquo;Ree (Carmichael, Faulkner) &hellip; 16:40</p><p>Penalties: Sinclair, 5:23, Eagle, 11:09.</p><p>Saves: McCartan 42, Caron 20.</p><p>Attendance: 1,264.</p><h2><b>PHOENIX 1 At PORTLAND 6</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Portland, Johnson (Saunders, Messier) &hellip; 4:04</p><p>Penalties: Hay 0:58, Hucul 2:50, Madigan 5:34, Van Impe 9:24, Shaw 13:06</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Jones, Hebenton) &hellip; 5:57</p><p>3&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Hebenton) &hellip; 6:48</p><p>4&mdash;Phoenix, Meehan (DuPont) &hellip; 18:55</p><p>Penalties: Polanic5:21, Messier 19:35.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Goyer) &hellip; 253</p><p>6&mdash;Portland, Pearson (Johnson) &hellip; 15:08</p><p>7&mdash;Portland, Hebenton (Goyer, Saunders) &hellip; 18:02</p><p>Penalties: Donaldson. 10:55, Hucul, 17:07</p><p>Saves: Broderick 26, McLeod 23.</p><p>Attendance: 4,278.</p><h2><b>FRI. NOV. 22 PHOENIX 8 At SEATTLE 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Phoenix, Thiffault (Charlebois, Kabel) &hellip; 1:21</p><p>2&mdash;Phoenix, Charlebois(Thiffault, Polanic) &hellip; 13:08</p><p>3&mdash;Phoenix, Meehan (Erickson, Pronovost) &hellip; 14:32</p><p>4&mdash;Phoenix, Pronovost (Hucul, Meehan) &hellip; 18:22</p><p>Penalties: Shaw 3:04, Amrstrong (served by lannone) &hellip; 13:20.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Seattle, Hanna 1:29 (Fielder, Courcy) &hellip; 1:29</p><p>6&mdash;Seattle, Fielder (Kil patrick, Hanna) &hellip; 1:38</p><p>7&mdash;Phoenix, Thiffault) (Kabel, Charlebois) &hellip; 4:56</p><p>8&mdash;Phoenix, Erickson (Meehan, McVie) &hellip; 8:44</p><p>9&mdash;Phoenix, McVie (Stefaniw) &hellip; 12:10</p><p>Penalties: Snell 0:53, Larose 7:09, Charron (served by Wilcox) 9:18, Erickson 10:14, Snell 18:17.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>10&mdash;Phoenix, Pronovost 7:52</p><p>Penalties: Larose 1:13, Pronovost 5:31, Holmes 17: 59.</p><p>Saves: Charron 23, Armstrong 19.</p><p>Attendance: 5,801</p><h2><b>SAN DIEGO 4 At DENVER 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;San Diego, O&rsquo;Ree (Sinclair) &hellip; 7:25</p><p>2&mdash;Denver, Carter (Lemieux, Miller) &hellip; 8:10</p><p>3&mdash;San Diego, Sinclair (O&rsquo;Ree, Huculak) &hellip; 12:50</p><p>4&mdash;Denver, Redahl (Hoekstra, Schella) &hellip; 13:23</p><p>5&mdash;Denver, Schella (Redahl, Johnson) &hellip; 15:21</p><p>Penalties: Goegan 1:15, Eagle 8:16, Mavety 11:38, Eagle 14:26, Holdaway 17:37.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>6&mdash;San Diego, Carmichael (Faulkner, Sinclair) &hellip; 4:03</p><p>7&mdash;San Diego, Faulkner &hellip; 10:43</p><p>Penalties: Eagle 1:56, Schella 1:56, Goegan 5:11, Schella 17:12.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring. Penalties: O&rsquo;Ree 0:54, Picard 8:54, Hunt 10:27, Goeqan (misconduct) 14:25.</p><p>Saves: McCartan 19, Caron 24.</p><p>Attendance 1,539.</p><h2><b>SAT. NOV. 23 DENVER 4 At SAN DIEGO 4</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Denver, Mavety (Rodger) &hellip; 10:52</p><p>2&mdash;San Diego, Faulkner (unassisted) &hellip; 14:09</p><p>Penalties: Mavety 7:19, Nicholson 8:10, Evans 8: 46, Lemieux 14:43, Hunt 18:03.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;San Diego O&rsquo;Ree (Hynes, Hilts) &hellip; 2:10</p><p>4&mdash;San Diego, Faulkner (O&rsquo;Ree, Carmichael) &hellip; 7:09</p><p>5&mdash;San Diego, Hynes (MacMillan) &hellip; 7:45</p><p>6&mdash;Denver, Rodger (D. Carter, Holdaway) &hellip; 8:48</p><p>7&mdash;Denver, Johnson (Rodger, B. Carter) &hellip; 13:54</p><p>Penalties. Schella 0:44, Eagle 4:19.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>8&mdash;Danver, Picard (Foley, Hoesktra) &hellip; 3:24</p><p>Penalties: Mavety 5:00, Evans 5:00, Rodger 17:20, MacMillan 17:20, Mavety 18:15.</p><p>Saves: Farr 31, Champoux 27.</p><p>Attendance: 8,499.</p><h2><b>PORTLAND 3 At SEATTLE 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Seatie, Holmes (Leonard, Boileau) &hellip; 2:52</p><p>2&mdash;Portland, Jones (Hay Schmautz) &hellip; 6:25</p><p>3&mdash;Portland, Jones (Schmautz, Donaldson) &hellip; 11:27</p><p>4&mdash;Seattle, Holmes (Hanna, Dineen) &hellip; 18:51</p><p>Penalties: Boileau 4:10, Saunders 5:21, Hay 8:33, Madigan 13;29.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Saunders, Hebenton) &hellip; 9:50</p><p>6&mdash;Seattle, Hanna (Stratton, Dineen) &hellip; 16:30</p><p>Penalties: Van Impe 14:24, Holmes 17:45, Kilpatrick 19:40.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties: Larose 0:22, McLeod, (served by Saunders) 5:58, Madigan 12:16.</p><p>Saves: McLeod 24, Head 23.</p><p>Attendance: 8,675.</p><h2><b>SUN. NOV. 24 PHOENIX 0 At PORTLAND 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Jones, Kearns) &hellip; 19:05</p><p>Penalty: Hucul 18:55.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties: Leach 3:08, Snell 12:48, Hucul, 13:32, Messier 18:15.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties: None.</p><p>Saves: Charron 25, Kelly 22.</p><p>Attendance: 6,719.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WHL Summaries

<h2><b>WESTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Dec. 3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02317/2625486-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="585" height="323"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tue. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Phoenix 2 at Vancouver 3</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Portland 3 at Denver 2</p><p>Phoenix 2 at San Diego 7</p><p>Vancouver 2 at Seattle 5</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 30</b></p><p>Phoenix 2 at Denver 5</p><p>Portland 2 at San Diego 2</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 1</b></p><p>Portland 2 at Phoenix 2</p><p>Vancouver 5 at Seattle 4</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Tues. Dec 3</b></p><p>How They Stand</p><p>Vancouver at Phoenix</p><p><b>Wed. Dec 4</b></p><p>San Diego at Denver</p><p><b>Thurs. Dec. 5</b></p><p>Vancouver at Phoenix</p><p>Son Diego at Seattle</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 6</b></p><p>Phoenix at Denver</p><p><b>Sat. Dec. 7</b></p><p>Denver at Phoenix</p><p>Vancouver at Son Diego</p><p>Portland at Seattle</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 8</b></p><p>Vancouver at San Diego</p><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><p><b>(including Games of Sun. Nov. 24)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03226/2625479-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="586" height="458"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04177/2625472-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="594" height="217"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0018-02

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01380/2625524-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="266" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Randy Legge</b></figcaption></div><p>BUFFALO. N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>The Quebec Aces were the principal victims as the Buffalo Bisons put together a nine game winning streak, longest in the modern history of the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Western Division leaders.</p><p>The string ended with a 3-3 tie against the Springfield Kings in Buffalo alter the Bisons had won five games on the road and four at home.</p><p>The Herd beat the Aces twice in Quebec and twice in Buffalo. The Cleveland Barons fell twice in Cleveland and once in Buffalo. The Bisons beat the Hershey Bears in Buffalo, and scored their first win in 11 games since Jan. 28, 1966 in Rochester.</p><p>Across the nine-game streak, the Bisons outscored the opposition. 39-15. with Gilles Villemure. the talented goaltender, taking over as the AHL&rsquo;s leading backstop.</p><p>As this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press. Villemure had recorded the only two shutouts in the AHL to date, and the Bisons were unbeaten on the road with six wins and a tie in seven starts.</p><p>The Bisons went with four defensemen for two weeks after Capt. Ron Ingram was sidelined with a bruised right knee. They recalled Randy Legge from Omaha of the CPL when Ingram&rsquo;s return was delayed indefinitely.</p><h2><b>ALONG THE BOARDS</b></h2><p>Defenseman Brad Park&rsquo;s first goal as a professional was the winner in a 3-1 decision in Cleveland &hellip; Rick JeSnneret. the Bisons&rsquo; publicist, is doing the radio play-by-play broadcasts of the road games, with Phil Soisson handling the home games on Station WGR. Jeanneret broadcast the Niagara Falls Flyers&rsquo; games in the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA for five seasons before moving here &hellip; Owner Ruby Pastor of the Bisons. Delighted with the club&rsquo;s performance and rising attendance, is making plans to have a number of road games televised back to Buffalo &hellip; Trainer Frank Christie recently put in a rough week. He had a heavy cold; walked into a wall in a darkened room, and was clipped in his ample nose by a stray puck during a game here.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02328/2625517-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="1151" height="1149"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GILLES VILLEMURE &hellip; shutout Ace For Herd</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0019-01

Buffalo Rolls To Nine-Game Win Streak

<div class="byline">BY MATT DENNIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01227/2625555-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="250" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ron Buchanan</b></figcaption></div><p>OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. &mdash;</p><p>Those Oklahoma City Blazers keep &ldquo;blazing away&rdquo; and finally overtook the Houston Appolos and moved into first place in the Central Hockey League&rsquo;s Southern Division.</p><p>Jim Lorentz and Tom Webster were battling for the lead in the nine-team circuit&rsquo;s scoring parade. Lorentz grabbed the top rung with 11 goals and 22 assists for 33 points, one more than Webster.</p><p>Lorentz was the loop&rsquo;s top playmaker with his 22 assists while Webster was the circuit&rsquo;s top sniper with his 18 goals and both players had seen action in 17 games.</p><p>As the Blazers became the loop&rsquo;s top scoring team with 67 goals, the defensive play was also the best giving up only 36 goals.</p><p>Russ Gillow was brilliant in goal counting four shutouts in 14 appearances and giving up only 27 goals.</p><p>When the Boston Bruins sent down defenseman Rick Smith, the Blazers loaned Bob Heaney to Kansas City.</p><p><b>HOUSTON</b>&mdash;The Apollos dropped two of their three-games in one week and suffered their worst setback when laced 7-3 by the Kansas City Blues.</p><p>Al &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Caron was called up to the parent Montreal Canadians after 13 games with the Apollos in which he scored six goals and counted 10 assists.</p><p>Chris Bordeleau took over as the team&rsquo;s leading point - getter with nine goals and 10 assists for 19 points. Ernie Hicke followed with 18.</p><p><b>FORT WORTH</b> &mdash; Fort Worth Wings&rsquo; top point-getter was Fred Speck who was hitting at point-a-game clip. The Wings had to be content with third place in the Southern Division four points back of front-running Oklahoma City.</p><p>Defenseman Bob Falkenberg. a member of the Wings last winter, joined the club from Baltimore of the American League as Irv Spencer came off the injured list.</p><p>Dick Mortenson saw his first action after the parent NHL Red Wings called up forward Sandy Snow.</p><p><b>KANSAS CITY</b> &mdash; Injuries hit the Blues with forward Ian Campbell suffering a choulder dislocation and is expected to be out of the lineup for a minimum of eight weeks.</p><p>Bill Plager suffered a knee injury that could keep him sidelined for eight to 10 weeks.</p><p>Ron Buchanan, who spent the past three seasons in the Central League, has joined the Blues from Quebec of the American League. He counted 186 points over the past three winters for Oklahoma City and is expected to bring more firepower to the Blues&rsquo; offence that is led by Gary Veneruzzo who had 17 points over the first 16 games.</p><p>Robbie Irons who saw action with Fort Wayne last season in the International League joined the Blues as Gary Edwards joined Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante with the parent St. Louis Blues.</p><p><b>TULSA</b> &mdash; Goalie Al Smith was sent to Tulsa by the parent Toronto Maple Leafs leaving three netminders with the Oilers. Ray Reeson and Serge Aubry had carried the early season goaltending load.</p><p>Len. Bazay and Dan Johnson were the top pointgetters for the Oilers over their first 17 games with pine goals and 10 assists apiece.</p><p>Terry Clancy who scored a pair of goals in his only game this season with the Oilers was expected back in the lineup after recovering from a back injury.</p><p><b>OMAHA</b>&mdash;Ray Brunel was the top point-getter for the Knights with nine goals and seven assists in his first 16 games. Veteran Len Haley followed with 15 points.</p><p>The Knights were having defense trouble giving up 61 goals in their 18 outings.</p><p>Orland Kurtenback joined the Knights working his way back into condition after being sidelined with injuries and was expected to rejoin the parent New York Rangers on recovery.</p><p><b>AMARILLO</b> &mdash; Doug Barrie and Bill LeCaine rejoined the Wranglers after a trip to the parent Pittsburgh Penguins on an emergency injury basis.</p><p>Ray Adduono was sent on loan to Amarillo from Hershey of the American League.</p><p>Paul Andrea was the leading point-getter for the Wranglers with 10 goals and 12 assists in his first 19 contests.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-01

Blazers Roar Past Houston To Grab First Place

<h2><b>OKLAHOMA CITY 3 at OMAHA 8</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Omaha, Kannegeisser (Brunel, Fairbairn) &hellip; 3:17</p><p>2&mdash;Omaha, Boehm (Haley, Brown) &hellip; 15:29</p><p>3&mdash;Omaha. Luce (Kannegeisser, Boehm) &hellip; 16:01</p><p>4&mdash;Omaha, Brunel (Kannegeisser, Fairbairn) &hellip; 18:22</p><p>PenalIties &mdash; Wilkins 1:58, Haley 6:25, Lafreniere 8:37. Hodgson 11:48, Luce, Harrison 18:49.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Omaha, Pariseau (Penalty shot) &hellip; 6:16</p><p>6&mdash;Oklahoma Gty, Webster (Woodley, Erickson) &hellip; 13:08</p><p>7&mdash;Omaha, Legge (Luce, Lafreniere) &hellip; 14:49</p><p>8&mdash;Oklahoma Gty, Lorentz (Erickson, Webster) &hellip; 17:34</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Schock, Brown 10:23, Legge 11:55, Tremblay 14:09, Legge 19:58.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>9&mdash;Omaha, Egers (Krulicki, Widing) &hellip; 4:28</p><p>10&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lorentz (Erickson, Allen) &hellip; 5:12</p><p>11&mdash;Omaha, Widing (Legge, Egers) &hellip; 6:34</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Lafreniere 13:48, Allen 19:30, Wilkins 19:51.</p><h2><b>SAT. NOV. 9 DALLAS 1 at FORT WORTH 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Fort Worth, Speck 3:13</p><p>2&mdash;Fort Worth, Snow (Cunniff, Meyers) &hellip; 10:11</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Ketter 4:55, McKay 8:12, Niekamp 15:01, Shelton 18.20.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>No scoring.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Ketter 2:51, Neikamp (two minors), Wiste and Long 5:46, Wiste 10:39, McKay 15:51, Hart 18:08, Meyers 19:53.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Dallas, Maki (Gaudet, McDonald) &hellip; 1:20</p><p>Penalties &mdash; McKay (major, misconduct) and Reichmuth (major, misconduct) 12:36.</p><p>Saves: Norris 15, Edwards 21.</p><h2><b>HOUSTON 3 at AMARILLO 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Amarillo, Reynolds (LeCaine, Blomquist) &hellip; 3:45</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Bordeleau 1:34, Barrie 5:59, Andrea 11:21, Lavender 12:00, Barrie (major) and MacNeil (major) 16:37, Reynolds and Lavender 18:08, Burns 1916, LeCaine 19 09.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Houston, Drouin (Burns, Grierson) &hellip; 1:39</p><p>3&mdash;Houston, Hicke (Grenier. Lavender) &hellip; 7:22</p><p>Penalities &mdash; Reynolds 1:02, Blomquist (major and Drouin (major 10:46, Esposito 11:22, Blonquist 18:01, Lavendier 19:38.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Houston, Ellett (Bordeleau, Thurlby) &hellip; 19:31</p><p>Penalty &mdash; Barrie 13:24</p><h2><b>MEMPHIS 3 at KANSAS CITY 6</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Kansas City, DeDiana (Campbell) &hellip; 8:52</p><p>2&mdash;Memphis, Paterson (Hunt) &hellip; 17:25</p><p>3&mdash;Kansas City, Veneruzzo (Obendorf) &hellip; 19:57</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Fortin 11:40, Cardin 15:39, 19.19.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Kansas City, Fortin (Campbell, Cardin) &hellip; 6:22</p><p>5&mdash;Kanasas City. Giesebrecht, (Veneruzzo, Plager) &hellip; 11:50</p><p>6&mdash;Memphis, Paterson (Benzelock, Chernoff) &hellip; 14:50</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Fortin 1:55, Senior 2:31, Cardin, Sutherland (two minors) 3:47, Mills 8:52, Plager 18:10.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>7&mdash;Memphis, Seguin (MacDonald, Dineen) &hellip; 16:21</p><p>8&mdash;Kansas City, Venruzzo 19:41</p><p>9&mdash;Kansas City, Obendorf (Campbell, Dennis) &hellip; 19:53</p><p>Penalty &mdash; Proceviat 3:32. Saves: Edwards 33, Wetzel 27.</p><h2><b>OMAHA 2 at TULSA 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Tulsa, Seiwood (Murray. Robert) &hellip; 16:36</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Campbell 9:26, Johnson 11:37, Quinn and Fairbairn 12:11, Seiwood and Luce 14:18, Kannegeisser 14:57, Lafreniere 18:35, Robert 18:47.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Legge 1:32, Murray 7:37, Legge 10:07, Johnson 14:06, Hinse 14:52, Kannegeisser 18:19, Campbell and Lafreniere 18:47</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Tulsa, Harbaruk (Hinse) &hellip; 4:25</p><p>3&mdash;Tulsa, Hinse (Robert, Seiwood) &hellip; 8:58</p><p>4&mdash;Omaha, Luce (Haley, Pembroke) &hellip; 15:45</p><p>5&mdash;Omaha, Egers (Fairbairn, Haly) &hellip; 18:31</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Legge 6.49, Bazay 11:34.</p><h2><b>SUN. NOV. 10 HOUSTON 5 at OMAHA 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Houston, Grenier (Hicke, Lapointe) &hellip; 5:56</p><p>2&mdash;Houston, Cron (Thurlby, Bordeleau) &hellip; 19:30</p><p>Penalties &mdash; MacNeil 3:36, Widding 7:35, Flegel 11:19, Bordeleau 17:08, Luce 18:28.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Houston, Grierson (Drouin, Burns) &hellip; 8:26</p><p>4&mdash;Omaha, Widing (Krulicki) &hellip; 14:47</p><p>5&mdash;Omaha, Pembroke (Pariseau, Legge) &hellip; 16:29</p><p>6&mdash;Omaha, Egers (Fairbairn, Brown) &hellip; 18:14</p><p>Penalties, Lavender. Kannegeisser 10:05.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>7&mdash;Houston, Drouin Thurlby, MacNeil) &hellip; 5:1 1</p><p>8&mdash;Houston, Curtis (Flegel, Lavender) &hellip; 18:15</p><h2><b>MEMPHIS 4 at OKLAHOMA CITY 9</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lonsberry (Hodgson) &hellip; 7:35</p><p>2&mdash;Memphis, Senior&hellip;. 8:40</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Atkinson 4:55, Sutherland 12:33, Wilkins (major) 18:56.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Memphis, Chernoff (Standing, Jopling) &hellip; 3:19</p><p>4&mdash;Oklahoma City, Erickson (Lorentz, Webster) &hellip; 5:20</p><p>5&mdash;Oklahoma City, Wilikins (Lorentz, Webster) &hellip; 8:01</p><p>6&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lesuk (Atkinson, Toothill) &hellip; 12:00</p><p>7&mdash;Oklahoma City, Hodgson (Lonsberry, Haggarty) &hellip; 12:44</p><p>8&mdash;Memphis, Paterson (Benzelock, Piper) &hellip; 12:57</p><p>9&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Erickson, Lorentz) &hellip; 13:57</p><p>10&mdash;Oklahoma City, Erickson (Lorentz, Webster) &hellip; 16:43</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Seauin (minor, moior). Harrsion (minor major), MacDonald and Gibbs 7:03, Milk 13:32, Sutherland 14:30, Chem off, Wilkins, Piper (major) and Allen (major) 17:11, Mills 19:43.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>11&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lorentz (Webster, Erickson) &hellip; 0:37</p><p>12&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lorentz (Webster, Erickson) &hellip; 10:59</p><p>13&mdash;Memphis, Mills (Standing, Chernoff) &hellip; 15:45</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Mills and Hodgson 2:17, Piper 4:39, Seguin (major, misconduct), Sutherland (major, misconduct), Hunt (major, misconduct), Harrison (major, misconduct), Lonsberry (major, misconduct), and Allen (major, misconduct) 6:37, Jopling 7:59, Wilkins 13:12, 18:28</p><p>Saves: Junkin 14, Bauman 33.</p><h2><b>TUES. NOV. 12 FORT WORTH 4 at AMARILLO 3</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Fort Worth, Hatoum (Meyers) 3:45</p><p>2&mdash;Amarillo, Billows (Reynolds, Blomquist) &hellip; 9:42</p><p>3&mdash;Fort Worth, Speck (Cunniff, Neikamp) &hellip; 14:30</p><p>4&mdash;Fort Worth, McCann (Hatoum, Monteith) &hellip; 15:08</p><p>5&mdash;Amarillo, Blomquist (Sharpe, Billows) &hellip; 17:51</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Meyers and Swain 10:11, Snell 19:17.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>6&mdash;Amarillo, Reynolds (Billows, Blomquist) &hellip; 16:05</p><p>Penalty &mdash; Ketter 5:38.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>7&mdash;Fort Worth, LeClerc (Perkins) &hellip; 14:03</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Reichmuth 5:14, Lanyon 6:18.</p><h2><b>DALLAS 4 at MEMPHIS 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Dallas, Wiste (Morris, Koroll) &hellip; 10:50</p><p>2&mdash;Dallas, LeBlanc (Rizzuto, McDonald) &hellip; 19:46</p><p>Penalties &mdash; McKy 3:32, McKenzie 8:51.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Dallas, Maki (Terbenche, LeBlanc) &hellip; 1:56</p><p>4&mdash;Dallas, Rizzuto (Shelton) &hellip; 8:59</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Long (misconduct) 1:07, Seguin 1:17, Wiste 4.39, McKay 12:48, Terbenche 17:48.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Memphis, MacKenzie (Seguin, Paterson) &hellip; 0.27</p><p>6&mdash;Memphis, Dineen (MacDonald, MacKenzie) &hellip; 7:51</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Morris, Chernoff .16, Shmyr 7:05, Maki 7:20.</p><h2><b>WED. NOV. 13 HOUSTON 1 at KANSAS CITY 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Lapointe 2:53, Campbell 10:22.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Houston, Bordeleau &hellip; 1:46</p><p>2&mdash;Kansas City, Cardin (Guilbault, Mestinsek) &hellip; 14:42</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Caron .30, Fortin 7:42, Curtis 11:17 Burns 19:11.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Kansas Gty, Kannegeisser &hellip; 1:46</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Burns and Plager 2:16, Caron (major) and Cardin (major) 5:13, Bordeleau and Plager 19: 53.</p><p>Saves &mdash; Ouimet 21, Esposito 32.</p><h2><b>OKLAHOMA CITY 2 at DALLAS 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scoring.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Erickson 3:21, Write 8:43, McKay 12:29, BGibbs 17:51.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Atkinson (Lesuk, Lorentz) &hellip; 3:15</p><p>2&mdash;Oklahoma Gty, Webster (Lorentz, Erickson) &hellip; 6:10</p><p>3&mdash;Dallas, Rizzuto (Shelton, Shmyr) &hellip;</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Wiste 2:39, Toothill and LeBlanc 7:02, Wilkins 10:20, Smith 12:30.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>No Scomg.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Bond (major and Gibbs (major 4:22, Lonsberry 6:59, Smith and Maki 14:52.</p><p>Saves &mdash; DeJordy 16, Gillow 29.</p><h2><b>Fri. Nov. 15 HOUSTON 1 at FORT WORTH 4</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Fort Worth, Leclerc (Perkins, Meyers) &hellip; 3:55</p><p>2&mdash;Fort Worth, Leclerc 16:00</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Grenier 2:37, McCann 3:21, Grenier 5:09, Edwards 7:59.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Houston, Hicke (Caron, Bordeleau) &hellip; 12:01</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Leclerc 10:26, Niekamp 11:37, Lapointe 18:23.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Fort Worth, Snow (Speck) &hellip; 7:04</p><p>5&mdash;Fort Worth, Monteith (Neikamp) &hellip; 19:18</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Leclerc (minor, misconduct) 7:40, Drouin 8:41.</p><p>Saves: Edwards 29, Myre 23.</p><h2><b>DALLAS 2 at TULSA 2</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Dallas, McDonald (Leblanc. Stanfield) &hellip; 4:03</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Bazay 2:48, McKay 5:00, Grab cm 6:04, Robert 12:42, Koroll, 13:23, Bazay (major), Leblanc (major) 14:35.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Tulsa, Robert (Byers, Hinse) &hellip; 51</p><p>3&mdash;Dallas, Bond (McDonald, Maki) &hellip; 7:10</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Murray 1:40 Nelson 5:21, McKay 10:20. Grcdicm. Hinse 15:55, Evans 19:08.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Tulsa, Johnson (Bazay, MacLeish) &hellip; 5:59</p><p>Penalty &mdash; Graham 19:06</p><p>Saves: Aubry 28. DeJordy 25.</p><h2><b>KANSAS CITY 3 at OMAHA 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>No scoring.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Fortin 6:39, Lafreniere 7:44, S. Kannegeisser 17:41, Fortin 18:40.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Kansas City, Guilbault(Cardin, Fortin) &hellip; 10:51</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Dennis 9:15, S. Kannegeisser 15:34, 18:56.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Omaha, S. Kannegeisser (Brunel, Parizeau) &hellip; 7:50</p><p>3&mdash;Kansas City, Obendorf (Veneruzzo) &hellip; 11:39</p><p>4&mdash;Kansas City, Cardin (Mestinsek, Lemire) &hellip; 16:56</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Obendorf 6:46, Plager 10:24, Fortin 17:56, Plager 18:23.</p><p>Saves: Caley 25, Ouimet 21.</p><h2><b>OKLAHOMA CITY 6 at AMARILLO 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lesuk (Toothill, Atkinson) &hellip; 18:00</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Hodgeon 1:15, 503, Blomquist 7:11, Lagace 8:25, Lessard 13:45.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Oklahoma Gty, Erickson (Lorentz, Webster) &hellip; 3:23</p><p>3&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lorentz (Webster, Gibbs) &hellip;. 3:32</p><p>4&mdash;Oklahoma Gty, Schock (Wilkins, Lonsberry) &hellip; 14:51</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Lagace 2:45, Lonsberry 6:50, Lagace 11:17, Smith 19:40.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Amarillo, Billows (Andrea, Lagace) &hellip;. 1:38</p><p>6&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lesuk (Erickson, Gibbs) &hellip; 6:18</p><p>7&mdash;Oklahoma City, Toothill (Atkinson, Gibbs) &hellip; 16:19</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Lesuk 4:01, Toothill and Snel 4:29, Carruthers 10:29, Simpson, Lonsberry 11:04, Webster (two minors). Srnpson, Reynolds 13:27, LeCaine 15:30, Lanyon (misconduct, gone misconduct). Webster (major, misconduct), Srnpson (major, misconduct), Erickson (major misconduct), Adduono (major, misconduct) 19:03. Saves: Blom 40, Gillow 27.</p><h2><b>Satursday November 16 FORT WORTH 0 at OKLAHOMA CITY 1</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>No scoring.</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Lorentz 1:39, Ketter 4:28, Meyers 9: 06, Lorentz 10:40, 14:15, Tremblay 16:04.</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Webster (Gibbs, Lorentz) &hellip; 7:48</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Wilkins 0:29, Ketter 6:15, Hatoun 11:07, Hart 17:57.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>No scoring.</p><p>Penalty, Hodgson 8:43.</p><p>Saves: Gillow 21, Edwards 31.</p><h2><b>OMAHA 2 at KANSAS CITY 3</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST PERIOD</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Kansas City, Obendorf (Fortin, Dennis) &hellip; 0:48</p><p>2&mdash;Omaha, Parizeau (Egers, Legge) &hellip; 16:40</p><p>Penalties &mdash; fairbairn 3:34, Lafreniere and Giesebrecht 4:32, Lemire 6:58, Luce and Plager 7:59, Widing and Lemire 9:30, S. Kannegeisser 12:50, Fortin 16:03, Mestinek 18:24</p><h3><b>SECOND PERIOD</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Kansas City, Obendorf (Veneruzzo, Proceviat) &hellip; 9:23</p><p>4&mdash;Kansas City, Dennis (DeDiana, Lemire) &hellip; 12:07</p><p>Penalties &mdash; Luce 0:24, Plager 6:09, Widing 7:30, Dennis 8:49, DeDiana (major, minor) and Egers (major) 16:13.</p><h3><b>THIRD PERIOD</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Omaha, Fairbairn (Widing, Pembroke) &hellip; 15:27</p><p>Penalties &mdash; DeDiana 8:14, Dennis (minor, misconduct) 17:22, Widing (misconduct) 19:27.</p><p>Saves: Ouimet 39, Caley 26.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Central Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0717/2625617-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="251" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Reg Kent</b></figcaption></div><p>JOHNSTOWN, Pa. &mdash;</p><p>If there is one way to spur on a hockey player, it&rsquo;s the drastic system of denting his pocketbook.</p><p>General manager John Mitchell of the Johnstown Jets employed this method to rouse his Eastern Hockey League team and it paid dividends with four successive victories. As a consequence, the fines that Mitchell assessed his Jets were wiped out and all is happiness once again deep in the heart of Pennsylvania.</p><p>Here&rsquo;s what happened. When Johnstown dropped a 9-4 verdict at home to New Haven to extend a winless streak to four games&mdash;three defeats and a tie, Mitchell announced that each player would be fined $50 for this dismal play but left a way out for restoration of the loot. What Mitchell said was that the players could get the money back by reverting to some semblance of winning form.</p><p>What better inspiration could the Jets give the men than a chance to get back their money. So what happened? First the Jets routed Syracuse, 8-2, and Mitchell said the men had cut down the deficit to $40 per man. Naturally that wasn&rsquo;t enough for Dick Roberge&rsquo;s crew</p><p>So they went on to nip Long Island, 4-3, on the Ducks ice, came home to beat the Ducks, 7-2, and then wound up a money-regaining weekend with 5-2 decision at Syracuse. Mitchell happily decided that the. whole fine was now pass&eacute; and the Jets were de lighted. Mitchell, however, hopes he doesn&rsquo;t have to resort to such measures to inspire his men. He feels the Jets have a&rsquo; good chance to be a prime contender for Northern Division Laurels and the men should be inspired every time they play not just when money is at stake.</p><p><b>JET JOTTINGS</b>: Mike Crupi bothered by a toe infection caused by a flaw in the toe cap of his new skate boots. Other Jets have been complaining of the skates also. Jack Dale bothered by bruised knee cap. Garry Sharp&rsquo;s return from a thumb fracture was delayed. Club lost three straight at home for one of few times in history. Reg Kent tied for league scoring lead at last count with Galen Head No. 1 in goals.</p><p><b>CHARLOTTE</b>: Chuck Stuart&rsquo;s goal nipped Salem before he broke his ankle. Claude Ouimet leading club scoring. Rookie Jack Wells posted hat trick vs Nashville at time his job was in jeopardy. Team beset with injures and flu. Coach Fred Creighton assessed $250 by Knoxville court for fight with usher last year. Barry Simpson back in action after being out three weeks following the removal of his upper teeth. Duncan MacDonald secured from Baltimore. Pete Shearer off injury list.</p><p><b>SYRACUSE</b>: The Blazers continues to play well in nets against Clinton, trimming the Comets here for their first home win. Tim McCormack had two goals and two assists in the win. Coach Ray Crew given vote of confidence by Blazers brass despite club&rsquo;s dismal record. Anton Gale continues to play well in nets but poor defense hurts. Blazers averaging less than three goals a game while allowing opposition average of six.</p><p><b>GREENSBORO</b>: Proxy Richard Bullard says interest in the Gens this season is at its peak. Largest crowd of EHL season, 5,156, saw Gens route Charlotte. Billy Armour scoring steadily since replacing injured Moe L&rsquo;Abbe. Dom DiBerardino starting to score. Ron Spong says Ron Muir is helping club considerably even though he hasn&rsquo;t been scoring. Don Burgess paces EHL in points and goals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0813/2625610-1-eng-US/f0021-082.jpg" title="f0021-08" width="540" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>CLIFF PENNINGTON</b></p><p><b>&hellip; Four-goal performance</b></p></figcaption></div><p><b>LONG ISLAND</b>: A concussion in Jersey game kayoed Les Calder for a stretch. He was struck behind right ear by a puck off stick of mate Norm Ryder. Ed Lawson hampered by bruised anbles and goalie Norm De-Felice by a hamstring muscle pull. Calder was club&rsquo;s top scorer at time of his injury. Duck Playing inconsistently and coach Brophy trying to discover reason.</p><p><b>JACKSONVILLE</b>: Bob Sabourin pleased by tie at Long Island, claiming &ldquo;anytime you get a tie on the road it&rsquo;s gravy.&rdquo; Billy Glashan nursing back injury. Brian Smith recalled to help up front. Harley Hodgson working into Rockets offense after late arrival. Wayne Horne and Danny Belisle instrumental in several Rockets wins. Rockets had grueling 12 games in 16 night card.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN</b>: Blades having problems holding their early leads. Don Walker activated following Russ McClenaghan&rsquo;s injury. Jim Currie released. Mike Hornby and Bill Smith up high in EHL scoring race. Roger Wilson and Dave Hainsworth were injured along with Currie in auto mishap. Don Perry upset by heavy ice here. Club booed several times when they had problems at home. Blades highest scoring team in league at last count.</p><p><b>JERSEY</b>: Larry Pleau played fine game vs Syracuse on the very night that Sam Pollock, Montreal GM, watched his minion in action. Jamie Kennedy&rsquo;s goal beat Blazers. Devils bothered by flu as at one point only eight men were available for practice.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Jets Spurred By Chance to Regain Club Fines

<h2><b>CENTRAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Dec. 3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0194/2625683-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="581" height="199"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0265/2625676-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="581" height="201"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tue Nov. 26</b></p><p>Tulsa 5 at Houston 2</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Amarillo 2 at Oklahoma City 4</p><p>Kansas City 3 at Memphis 3</p><p>Fort Worth 1 at Dallas 6</p><p>Houston 3 at Omaha 4</p><p><b>Thur. Nov. 28</b></p><p>Houston 4 at Kansas City 4</p><p>Fort Worth 0 at Tulsa 4</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 30</b></p><p>Amarillo 1 at Dallas 2</p><p>Memphis 2 at Kansas City 0</p><p>Oklahoma City 4 at Houston 2</p><p>Tulsa 3 at Omaha 6</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 1</b></p><p>Dallas 0 at Omaha 5</p><p>Memphis 3 at Tulsa 2</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p>Wed. Dec. 4</p><p>Dallas at Kansas City</p><p>Tulsa at Fort Worth</p><p><b>Thurs. Dec. 5</b></p><p>Fort Worth at Houston</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 6</b></p><p>Kansas City at Dallas</p><p><b>Sat. Dec. 7</b></p><p>Amarillo at Houston</p><p>Kansas City at Fort Worth</p><p>Oklahoma City at Tulsa</p><p>Omaha at Memphis</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 8</b></p><p>Houston at Amarillo</p><p>Oklahoma City at Omaha</p><p>Tulsa at Kansas City</p><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. Nov. 24)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0337/2625669-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="597" height="595"></div><h2><b>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. Nov. 24)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0429/2625662-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="588" height="705"></div><h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><p><b>(including Games of Sun. Nov. 24)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0526/2625655-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="582" height="296"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0621/2625648-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="570" height="303"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hockey Races

<h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Dec. 3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0910/2625721-1-eng-US/f0021-092.jpg" title="f0021-09" width="580" height="266"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1010/2625714-1-eng-US/f0021-102.jpg" title="f0021-10" width="569" height="199"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tues. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Greensboro 5 at Charlotte 5</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 27</b></p><p>New Jersey 1 at Clinton 2</p><p>Syracuse 1 at Johnston 8</p><p>Salem 2 at Nashville 0</p><p>Charlotte 2 at Jacksonville 0</p><p>Long Island 3 at New Haven 5</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 28</b></p><p>Clinton 7 at Johnstown 0</p><p>Jacksonville 4 at Nashville 3</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 29</b></p><p>Clinton 0 at Long Island 2</p><p>Johnstown 3 at New Jersey 2</p><p>New Haven 4 at Greensboro 5</p><p>Nashville 4 at Charlotte 5</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 30</b></p><p>New Jersey 4 at Clinton 11</p><p>Long Island 3 at Johnstown 5</p><p>Jacksonville 3 at Charlotte 3</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 1</b></p><p>Long Island 3 at New Haven 6</p><p>Greensboro 4 at Nashville 7</p><p>Salem 1 at Jacksonville 3</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Tues. Dec. 3</b></p><p>Long Island at Syracuse</p><p>Charlotte at Salem</p><p>New Jersey at Jacksonville</p><p><b>Wed. Dec. 4</b></p><p>Syracuse at New Haven</p><p>Nashville at Greensboro</p><p>New Jersey at Charlotte</p><p><b>Thurs. Dec. 5</b></p><p>New Haven at Syracuse</p><p>New Jersey at Nashville</p><p><b>Fri. Dec. 6</b></p><p>Clinton at New Jersey</p><p>Salem at Johnstown</p><p>Greensboro at Charlotte</p><p>New Haven at Long Island<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Looking At EHL Race

<h2><b>QUEBEC METRO JUNIOR &lsquo;A&rsquo;</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Dec. 2)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01111/2625836-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="588" height="349"></div><h3><b>CENTRAL JUNIOR A</b></h3><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Dec. 2)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0255/2625829-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="598" height="272"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0344/2625822-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="589" height="380"></div><h2><b>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 27)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0432/2625815-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="584" height="286"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0524/2625808-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="578" height="435"></div><h2><b>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 26)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0620/2625801-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="591" height="320"></div><h2><b>IHL JUNIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Fri. Nov. 29)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0720/2625794-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="576" height="255"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0818/2625787-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="584" height="311"></div><h2><b>BORDER CITIES JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 25)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0915/2625780-1-eng-US/f0022-092.jpg" title="f0022-09" width="591" height="430"></div><h2><b>NEW YORK METRO LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 26)</b></p><h2><b>EASTERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1013/2625773-1-eng-US/f0022-102.jpg" title="f0022-10" width="579" height="301"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1112/2625766-1-eng-US/f0022-112.jpg" title="f0022-11" width="576" height="214"></div><h2><b>MASSACHUSETTS JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 25)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1211/2625759-1-eng-US/f0022-122.jpg" title="f0022-12" width="591" height="253"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1310/2625752-1-eng-US/f0022-132.jpg" title="f0022-13" width="575" height="237"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><p>MUSKEGON, Mich. &mdash;</p><p>The Muskegon Mohawks have probably done more shuffling of players in the young International League season than any other club in the league. And the end is not yet in sight.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-147/2625867-1-eng-US/f0022-142.jpg" title="f0022-14" width="268" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bert Fizzeil</b></figcaption></div><p>Jerry DeLis: board chairman of the Mohawks, took a look at the IHL standings and found his club in fifth place. Not a bad position in the tight race, but far from satisfactory to the hustling little man whose club swept everything last season.</p><p>So he got busy via telephone and personal trips and a steady stream of talent continued to filter into Muskegon to strengthen the Mohawks.</p><p>One of the late acquisitions was Roger Belisle, 21-year-old center who was with Houston of the Central League this season and who played with the Montreal North Beavers of the Quebec Metro League last season, when he was captain and leading scorer.</p><p>Also the Mohawks brought in rookie Bruce Mullett to lend much needed help to Tim Tabor, who carried the load alone for the first 14 games. Bob Perani, now of Springfield in the American League, provided the alternate help last season and the two proved the best goalie combination in the IHL.</p><p>To make room for Belisle the Mohawks dropped defenseman Wally Stanowski and center Roy Pugh. DeLise promised additional help until he is satisfied the Mohawks are a solid contender. &ldquo;We never stand pat&rdquo;, DeLise said. &ldquo;We will take every chance to strengthen our club&rdquo;.</p><p><b>FORT WAYNE</b> &mdash; The Komets, off their own ice for 12 days, were down to 12 skaters because of injuries to Len Thomson, Ted Wright, Cal Purinton and Reg Primeau &hellip; Goalie Jerry Randall had 40 saves to give the K&rsquo;s a 2-2 tie in Des Moines &hellip; After netting 14 goals in 14 games Merv Dubchak was stopped in three straight.</p><p><b>PORT HURON</b> &mdash; The Flags made a number of player deals. They traded Barry Boughner and Ron Schwindt to Des Moines for defenseman Joe Cooper and center Reg Bechtel, sold Bob Kelly to Columbus and made a waiver deal with Toledo for Ken Sutyla &hellip; When three players got down with the flu Coach Ted Garvin suited up trainer Jean L&rsquo;Heureux, who played junior hockey in Canada last year. _</p><p><b>COLUMBUS</b> &mdash; Bert Fizzeil netted the first hat trick for the Checkers in a 6-3 victory over Port Huron &hellip; Defenseman Bill Bond, who had a shoulder operation, was expected to be out for ten weeks &hellip; Tom Fisher was the new back up goalie for George Sleaver, following the release of Tom Bend &hellip; Alton White was close behind Doug Volmar in point scoring.</p><p><b>DAYTON</b> &mdash; Don Westbrooke had a hat trick and two assists in an 8-5 losing game at Columbus, where the Checkers ended the Gems&rsquo; string of two straight shutout victories and 154:21 minutes of shutout hockey &hellip; The Gems captured their 10th straight victory on home ice &hellip; John Adams, Gem goalie, had his shutout record stopped after 180 minutes, only 17 short of the league record &hellip; A capacity crowd of 5,600, with 800 turned away, turned out for a game with Columbus.</p><p><b>TOLEDO</b> &mdash; The Blades moved up within two points of the lead with a string of seven wins and two ties in 10 games &hellip; Ken Sutyla, who was with Dayton last season, scored the tying goal against the Gems &hellip; Joe Kiss was expected to be out four weeks with a broken thumb.</p><p><b>DES MOINES</b> &mdash; Ken Silver, injured in an auto accident, remained on the critical list. Jim Currie, also injured, was released from the hospital &hellip; Rick Brown, a forward, and Don McLeod and Wayne Spooner, defensemen, reported to the Oak Leafs &hellip; Player-coach Buddy Boone was sidelined with a back injury.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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DeLise Frantically Shuffles Lineup To Keep Muskegon In Thick of Race

<h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Dec. 3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-156/2625898-1-eng-US/f0022-152.jpg" title="f0022-15" width="588" height="362"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Toledo 4 at Dayton 1</p><p>Des Moines 1 at Columbus 9</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 28</b></p><p>Dayton 4 at Fort Wayne 2</p><p>Columbus 2 at Muskegon 1</p><p>Des Moines 4 at Port Huron 6</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 29</b></p><p>Muskegon 1 at Toledo 3</p><p>Fort Wayne 5 at Columbus 5</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 30</b></p><p>Des Moines 3 at Fort Wayne 4</p><p>Dayton 3 at Muskegon 5</p><p>Port Huron 3 at Toledo</p><p><b>Sun. Dec. 1</b></p><p>Des Moines 3 at Dayton 2</p><p>Toledo 5 at Port Huron 2<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div><p>HALIFAX, N.S. &mdash;</p><p>The Maritime Quebec Metro Junior A interlocking schedule came to an abrupt end on Nov. 26 with joint announcements from Metro President Butch Bouchard in Montreal and Maritime prexy Pius Callaghan in Charlottetown.</p><p>In his Montreal announcement Bouchard stated only that Maritime teams had failed to &ldquo;abide by terms of an agreement originally decided upon&rdquo;, an explanation Callaghan found &lsquo;totally unacceptable&rsquo;. Callaghan explained the Maritime position was that Montreal Metro teams were asked to come to the Maritimes with maximum contingents of 21 persons, including players and officials. The Maritime League had picked up the tab for the entire expense, i.e., transportation, hotel and food accommodations, plus a per game guarantee of $200.</p><p>The proposal stuck a snag when the Metro circuit insisted that the arrangement should be altered to include a party of 24 persons. Since the Moncton Beavers and Charlottetown Islanders had taken financial losses while entertaining St. Jerome Alouettes and Halifax Canadiens had fared no better while hosting the Cornwall Royals, any such re-arrangement was simply out of the question. St. Jerome and Corn wall drew far less people than turned out for intra league games.</p><p>Meanwhile, interest within the league is picking up rapidly, due in large measure to the increasing strength of the Beavers and Islanders &hellip; and their ability to either beat or hold the defending champion Canadiens even. Halifax received a major boost by the return of Erroll Thompson, who came off the retired list and sparked the team to a lopsided 9-2 win over Cornwall. Canadiens line of Jim Reid, Norm Guimond and Jim Cochrane is running one-two-three in the scoring race. Former Oshawa and Ottawa player Peter Nevin had the winner as Moncton Seals dumped Bathurst 5-4 in overtime in the New Brunswick Big Four.</p><p>Father Peter McKee is enjoying another fine season with the Monctons. Alpines Phil Doiron will undergo knee surgery, but defenceman Robert Allain has rejoined the team after his switch to Springfield was nullified by the NHL front office.</p><p>Former Halifax goaltender Gary Withers has joined New Glasgow of the A.P.C. League. Sydney&rsquo;s new Centennial Arena was officially opened as Sydney Millionaires downed Xavier College 7-3 in the Cape Breton Junior Hockey League. Hot prospect Larry Snow produced three goals for the winners.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Leagues Call Off Interlocking Play

<div class="byline">BY ED CRANE</div><p><b>SPOKANE, Wash.&mdash;</b></p><p>In the Western International Hockey League the last place Cranbrook Royals have come up with the season&rsquo;s first genuine heroes in the persons of centerman Ron Huston and goalkeeper Barry McKay. Huston&rsquo;s 4-goal super hat trick paced the Royals&rsquo; recent 7-0 whitewash of the Trail Smoke Eaters, while McKay handled 32 shots in goal perfectly. It was only the third win of the season for the Royals and they&rsquo;ve scored 7 goals in each of them. Huston now has a total of 19 goals in his first 15 games &mdash; last year he scored 38 goals in 44 games.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0434/2625998-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="248" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wally Souter</b></figcaption></div><p>In the meantime, the Kimberley Dynamiters are beginning to climb while the Nelson Maple Leafs are sagging. The Dynamiters have taken over second place with an 8-7-1 record, 7 points behind the Spokane Jets. Nelson had started the season with a bang, but now have dropped four of their last five games, and have been outscored 29-21 in that span. The Dynamiters, on the other hand, have won four of their last five, with a scoring edge of 26-18. Kimberley has been getting good scoring punch, especially from Bill McLelland, Dick Vinson, Wally Souter. Graham Longmuir. and Wally Teacosh. They&rsquo;ve also been getting outstanding defensive performances from Sonny Perkinson, Terry Campeau. and Coach Bill Steenson.</p><p>Coach Al Rollins of the Spokane Jets (11-2-2) is looking forward to the next few games &mdash; he has a healthy club for the first time since the opening game of the season. Center Tom Rendall, who led the league with 41 goals last year, has been sidelined with a knee injury since the second game of the season, but now looks ready to begin where he left off &mdash; he had a hat trick in the opening game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Kimberley Moving Up In WIHL

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0522/2626029-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="876" height="1163"></div><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>2&mdash;Initials of one of the Bruins.</p><p>4&mdash;First name of Dufour of Springfield.</p><p>7&mdash;One of the Rangers.</p><p>10&mdash;A Bruin defenseman.</p><p>11&mdash;One of the North Stars answers to this.</p><p>13&mdash;Initials of a former Hawk goaler.</p><p>14&mdash;First name of an N.H.L. general manager.</p><p>16&mdash;Montreal is this to Toronto.</p><p>18&mdash;Initials of minor pro league.</p><p>19&mdash;Ireland, (abbr.)</p><p>10&mdash;Initials of former Hawk Balfour.</p><p>21&mdash;First name of one of the North Stars.</p><p>22&mdash;A Philadelphia farm hand.</p><p>26&mdash;Initials of an N.H.L. referee.</p><p>27&mdash;One down was formerly one.</p><p>30&mdash;Pronoun.</p><p>32&mdash;This former Hawk now belongs to St. Louis.</p><p>33&mdash;One of the Seals.</p><p>31&mdash;Preposition.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;An N.H.L. captain.</p><p>2&mdash;1 point each.</p><p>3&mdash;First name of one of the Blues.</p><p>4&mdash;Initials of a Leaf centre.</p><p>5&mdash;Scored 11 goals for Pittsburgh last year.</p><p>6&mdash;Led the western division in goals scored last season.</p><p>8&mdash;To make mistakes.</p><p>9&mdash;Initials of one of the Fivers.</p><p>12&mdash;Initials of Erickson of Phoenix.</p><p>17&mdash;This Hawk won the W.H.L. rookie award in 1965-66.</p><p>21&mdash;One of the Rangers answers to this.</p><p>23&mdash;Iron.</p><p>24&mdash;Some players like their steaks this way.</p><p>25&mdash;Initials of Nelson of Tulsa.</p><p>28&mdash;Estimated time of arrival, (abbr.)</p><p>29&mdash;First name of one of the Rangers.</p><p>30&mdash;Former Ranger defenseman Buller answers to this.</p><p>15&mdash;An Ex-Hawk forward.</p><h2><b>Last week&rsquo;s answers</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1&mdash;HADFIELD</p><p>7&mdash;E.M.</p><p>8&mdash;CARON</p><p>10&mdash;NATS.</p><p>13&mdash;R.O.</p><p>14&mdash;DROLET</p><p>15&mdash;N.L.</p><p>16&mdash;N.I.</p><p>17&mdash;SHE.</p><p>18&mdash;R.L.</p><p>19&mdash;TOT.</p><p>20&mdash;SLY.</p><p>21&mdash;R.E.</p><p>22&mdash;O.O</p><p>23&mdash;A.F.L.</p><p>27&mdash;TEE</p><p>28&mdash;HOEKSTRA</p><p>30&mdash;ANNE</p><p>31&mdash;BYNG</p><p>32&mdash;E.N.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1&mdash;HENDERSON</p><p>2&mdash;AMARILLO</p><p>3&mdash;I.C.</p><p>4&mdash;EAST</p><p>5&mdash;L.R.</p><p>6&mdash;DORNHOEFER</p><p>9&mdash;NOLET.</p><p>11&mdash;TO.</p><p>12&mdash;S.L.</p><p>17&mdash;STRATTON</p><p>24&mdash;LEACH.</p><p>25&mdash;CONN.</p><p>26&mdash;UKE.</p><p>28&mdash;HAY.</p><p>29&mdash;ENG.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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