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December 28, 1968
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Hockey Crossword
SOLUTION IN JANUARY 4 ISSUE ACROSS 1—Pictured player. 8—1955-56 Lady Byng trophy winner. 9—Initials of one of the Penguins. 10—The(fr.) 11—Billy Dea played in this league two years ago. (init.) 12—An ex-Hawk first name Tod. 14—Francisco. 16—Number of goals scored by Stanley last season. 18—15th and 14th letters of the alphabet. 19—Number worn by Dennis Hull. 20—North Dakota. 21—One of the Habs answers to this. 22—Initials of one of the North Stars. 24—One of the Black Hawks. 25—Nickname of an N.H.L. team 26—Initials of one of the Canadiens. 28—A Ranger forward answers to this. 30—Former All Star right winger. DOWN 1—Ex-Oakland defenseman 2—Initials of Edestrand of Quebec Aces. 3—Coach of the Springfield Kings. 4—Ex-N.H.L. coach 5—Initials of one of the Leafs. 6—Initials of Former Ranger Lewicki. 7—First name of one of the Penguins. 9—Initials of a Habs’ defenseman. 11—A Pittsburgh center. 13—Broken bones do this. 15—First name of one of the North Stars. 17—One of the Cleveland Barons 23—A player will have to…
NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE WEST
For a while there, it looked like Philadelphia Flyers would slip from a Western Division pennant championship to a last-place finish all within the space of one year. And while it still may happen, the Flyers are at least finally beginning to show signs of life offensively. By far the worst-scoring team in the NHL with 47 goals in its first 27 games, Philadelphia erupted for 13 tallies in two outings last week. And leading the Flyers’ rejuvenated snipers was Andre Lacroix, who led the American Hockey League in scoring last campaign when he was brought up in mid-season to join the parent NHL team. Lacroix, a source of disappointment to coach Keith Allen with two meagre goals in his first 27 games this year, broke out of his prolonged slump last week.…
Bruins’ Johnston Fitted With New Type Face Mask
BOSTON, Mass.— Goalie Ed Johnston has been fitted with new mask that gives extra protection around the temple area and over the ears where he was hit with a puck in pre-game practice against Detroit on Oct. 31… This is the injury that hospitalized him for 18 days… Eddie has been working out for over a week and has participated in three squad scrimmages showing no evidence of puck shyness… In another week he is expected to be available for at least backup duty behind Gerry Cheevers… There is a great difference in fan reaction to the scoring of individual players… In the 10-5 victory of Chicago. Bobby Orr scored three goals and at least 50 hats were flung on to the ice… The following night Phil Esposito scored three against Pittsburgh.…
National Hockey League Summaries
TUES. DEC. 17 PITTSBURGH 2 at PHILADELPHIA 8 FIRST PERIOD 1—Philadelphia, Kennedy (Hale, Sarrazin) … 4:03 2—Philadelphia, Lacroix (Sarrazin, Gendron) … 17:19 3—Philadelphia, Selby (Stanley, Paiement) … 18:14 4—Pittsburgh, McCreary (Burnt, McCallum) … 19:55 Penalties — Kennedy 9:42, Miszuk 15:22, Van Impe 17:51, McCallum 18:10. SECOND PERIOD 5—Philadelphia, Selby (Sarrazin) … 6:34 Penalties — McCreary 6:17, Kennedy 11:35. THIRD PERIOD 6—Philadelphia, Sarrazin (Selby, Johnson) … 6:13 7—Philadelphia, Sarrazin (Johnson) … 9:37 8—Philadelphia, Rochefort (Stanley, Halo) … 13:44 9—Philadelphia, Lacroix (Nolet, Gendron) … 16:13 10—Pittsburgh, McCreary (Burns, Andrea) … 19:22 Penalties — Miszuk, Angotti 2:10, Gendron 11:54, Kennedy 18:21. Shots against: Attendance: 6,986 OAKLAND 3 at MINNESOTA 2 FIRST PERIOD 1—Oakland, Hicke (Lacombe, Hampson) … 17:59 Penalty — Larose 16:37. SECOND PERIOD 2—Minnesota, Larose (Cullen, Parise) … 8:12 3—Oakland, Szura … 8:29 4—Minnesota, Grant (McCord, Larose) … 11:02 Penalty — Parise 18:52. THIRD PERIOD 5—Oakland, Hicke (Jarrett, Laughton) … 10:04 Penalty None. Shots against: Attendance: 10,730 WED. DEC. 8 LOS ANGELES 2 at MONTREAL…
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