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December 14, 1968
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WHL Summaries
WED. NOV. 27 PORTLAND 3 At DENVER 2 FIRST PERIOD 1—Portland, Johnson (Messier, Van Impe) … 7:58 Penalties — Lemieux 5:57, Kears 10:59, Mavety 11:54, Schmautz 13:40, Holdaway 18:40, Schella 17:11. SECOND PERIOD 2—Denver, Holdaway (Foley, Hoekstra) … 1:20 3—Denver, Martin (Hoekstra) … 7:01 4—Portland, Saunders (Kearns) … 16:47 Penalties — Saunders 5:36. Holdaway 8:05, Schmautz 14:31, Schella 14:31, Picard 18:19. THIRD PERIOD 5—Portland, Gover (Schmautz, Van Impe) … 9:52 Penalties: Messier 3:07. Madiaan 4:33, Foley 4.33, Miller 7:37, Rodger 17:21, McLeod (served by Hay) 7:44. Saves by. McLeod 31, Farr 32. Attendance: 4,369. PHOENIX 2 At SAN DIEGO 7 FIRST PERIOD No Scorina. Penalties — Erickson 7:07, Eagle 11:27, Hucul 17:13. SECOND PERIOD 1—San Diego, Hilts (Hynes, MacMillan) … 2:36 2—Phoenix, Pronovost … 8:10 3—San Diego, Hilts (On penalty shot) … 13:17 4—San Diego, Faulkner (Hunt) … 15:25 5—Phoenix, Hucul (Wilcox, Kabel) … 17:20 Penalties — Sinclair 4:36. THRID PERIOD 6—San Diego, Cardiff (Hilts, Hynes)…
All-Time Hockey Great Gordie Howe Reaches Milestone With 700th Goal
DETROIT, Mich. — Every goal that Gordie Howe scores simply adds to his own record. Long ago, matter of fact it was Nov. 10, 1963, Howe became the greatest goal scorer in National Hockey League history. But every time the 40-year-old Red Wing super-duper star nears a “milestone” goal there’s all, sorts of hoopla and ballyhoo. Take Howe’s 600th goal. The Red Wings passed out 600 souvenir pucks to commemorate the occasion. The night he scored 545 bags of balloons, bearing the numerals 545, were released from the Olympia rafters. But none of Howe’s milestone goals was prepared for the way Red Wing public relations director Ron Cantera and the various media went for No. 700 — a goal Howe scored in Pittsburgh Dec. 4. Cantera hired motion picture crews to follow Howe every time…
Cooper
In today’s game, this young man handed out five stiff body checks, blocked two slap shots from the point, was boarded by a big right winger, caught an elbow while digging the puck out of the corner, was flattened trying to clear the puck, and picked up an assist on a goal. He played a good game. He played it hard. But most important, he’s still in one piece. That’s the part we played in today’s game. Hockey Equipment Don’t play games with anything else.…
How They Stand
CENTRAL LEAGUE (Standings on Wed. Dec. 11) GAMES COMPLETED Wed, Oct 4 Dallas 6 at Kansas City 6 Tulsa 3 at Fort Worth 3 Thurs. Dec. 5 Houston 5 at Fort Worth 2 Fri. Dec 6 Kansas City 2 at Dallas 5 Sat. Dec. 7 Amarillo 1 at Houston 4 Kansas City 4 at Fort Worth 4 Oklahoma City 3 at Tulsa 3 Omaha 4 at Memphis 2 Sun. Dec. 8 Houston 2 at Amarillo 4 Oklahoma City 6 at Omaha 1 Tulsa 5 at Kansas City 7 GAMES TO COME Wed. Dec. 11 Oklahoma City at Kansas City Tulsa at Dallas Thurs. Dec. 12 Omaha at Houston Fri. Dec. 13 Dallas at Tulsa Fort Worth at Memphis Kansas City at Amarillo Omaha at Oklahoma City Sat. Dec. 14 Amarillo at Omaha Fort Worth at Kansas City Memphis at Dallas Oklahoma City at Houston Sun. Dec. 15 Memphis at Oklahoma City…
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