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March 1, 1969

The Hockey News March 1, 1969

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>JACKSONVILLE, Fa. &mdash;Bob Sabourin, skipper of the Jack sonville. Rockets, wishes he knew how to make his club play consistently good hockey so that the possibility of not making the Eastern Hockey League playoffs would be removed from his worries.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1027/2899609-1-eng-US/f0021-102.jpg" title="f0021-10" width="270" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Sabourin</figcaption></div>It seems the Rockets every so often come up with performances that dazzle both their fans and Sabourin. If more of these were forthcoming, the Rockets wouldn&rsquo;t be fretting that the Salem Rebels might catch them.&ldquo;I know we have a real team,&rdquo; says Sabourin &ldquo;I believe the team hasn&rsquo;t reached its full potential. Every so often there is a spark and it makes you wonder why they don&rsquo;t do it more often. It just seems that every so often we go off the beam and it takes us some time to regain our bearings.&rdquo;The Rockets held the driver&rsquo;s seat as far as the fourth playoff spot in the South is concerned, but Salem was lurking not far off the pace. The biggest redeeming feature is the fact that four of the Rockets final five games are at home including one game with Salem on the next to last night of the campaign.Ron Willy has been a steady pointmaker since he came through a flu attack. Two hat tricks and other production helped give the offensive forces a big lift although the Rockets have no chance of catching third place Charlotte.The injured Harrison Gray is back in the nets since short-term goalie Phil Headley returned to Des Moines. He was effective in his short stay and filled a gap that might have made the club&rsquo;s position much more precarious if he hadn&rsquo;t done the job.Sabourin set a target of nine victories during February as an insurance number for a playoff berth. A completion of that objective was halfway reached at this writing and it appeared the Rockets would be moving into the playoffs with more steam than they had been exhibiting earlier.NEW HAVEN: Blades acquired John Brophy from Long Island for Ed Megaffin and cash. Bill Smith has taken over club scoring lead from Mike Hornby. Terry Jones flew to Phoenix to help Rrangers farm club but never saw a bit of action.SYRACUSE: The Blazers had a bad southern trip, gaining a tie in five outings. Ron Dundas and Claude Bernard doing some scoring. Frazer Rice has had settos with Jersey&rsquo;s Wayne Kitchen in three straight frays. Rice had two goals in game at Salem in which the Blazers were nipped in final period. Goalie Tony Gale suffered back injury at Nashville and Chuck Rutledge did a good job in hisLONG ISLAND: Ducks dropped John Brophy as playing coach and gave the job to Les Calder for the rest of the year. Brophy decided not to remain with team and was traded to New Haven. Calder was shooting for 40 goals. Ducks game at Charlotte delayed a day when team couldn&rsquo;t get to southern city.NASHVILLE: Flyers&rsquo; hopes of beating out Greensboro were jolted by three straight losses on northern trip. Flyers beat Charlotte 9-5 in season play. Mushy ice helped Syracuse surprise with tie on Flyers ice. Wally Sprange and Cliff Pennington likely will battle to wire for southern scoring title as both were even at 102 points at this juncture.SALEM: Rebels disposed of the balkly Wally Chase by sending him to Johnstown for Dan Patrick. Rebels wound up with impressive 6-4-2 record against northern rivals. Jim Jago scored hat trick against Long Island. Dave Lucas put himself on 20-day disabled list with heel injury.CHARLOTTE: Neil Clark and Ernie Dyda have been club&rsquo;s hottest scorers of late. Checkers finished 8-3-1 against northern rivals. Barry Simpson regained stride after six-week absence with torn knee ligaments. Rumors persist that Fred Creighton will leave club at end of year and that Don Carter, former Greensboro star, is his likely replacement.GREENSBORO: The Chicago Black Hawks have reassured the Gens that they will continue sending talent here. Barry Salovaara did well at Dallas and there was a chance Roger Wilson also would get a shot with the CHL team when Barry returned. Billy Armour sat in for Salovaara. Trainer Bob Smith&rsquo;s play in nets as Pete McDuffe&rsquo;s sub was enhanced by club&rsquo;s improved defensive play.CLINTON:Comets didn&rsquo;t reach New Haven for game in snowstorm and stayed over in nearby motel to play game the next night. Lyle Carter had back to back shutouts, his 10th and 11th, vs Nashville and Syracuse. Comets also couldn&rsquo;t reach Jersey for a game. Carter shooting for EHL record of 15 shutouts held by Norm DeFelice.JERSEY: Claude Piche&rsquo;s goal earned Devils tie with New Haven. Larry Pleau picked on U.S. national team that will compete in World Games in Sweden Mar. 15 Devils began stretch drive with road wins at Syracuse and Long Island to cut distance between them and Ducks. Bill Christodal swung stick at Johnstown&rsquo;s Dick Paradise and got a crack on his head in return. Ray Brunet carried off ice on stretcher after being elbowed by Long Island&rsquo;s Hal Willis.JOHNSTOWN: Dick Mortenson obtained from Baltimore to play center and wing. He&rsquo;s Detroit property and had 93 points at Edmonton last year. Fans contributed to help pay for Terry Sexsmith&rsquo;s medical bills. Goalie Lynn Zimmerman had 52 saves at Clinton. Club&rsquo;s 9-game unbeaten streak at home stopped by Charlotte. Reg Kent still in driver&rsquo;s seat for northern scoring crown.JACKSONVILLE: Harold White charged referee Bob Giovati at the end of a game to protest a scoring decision which failed to give him an assist on a goal. Danny Belisle and Ron Willy battling for club scoring laurels. Harley Hodgson&rsquo;s nose broken when hit by a puck off Greensboro Ted Baylis&rsquo; stick. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Stretch Log Favoring Rockets As Jacksoonville Eyes Playoffs

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y. &mdash;Moving steadily towards their eighth first-place finish in the 29-year history of the club, and the first since their 1962-63 Calder Cup win the Buffalo Bisons are also within striking distance of a number of American Hockey League records.With 29 games remaining in the 74-game schedule, the Bisons, with a 15-point lead in the Western Division, have won 28, lost 8 and tied 9.At home, the Herd has won 16, lost 5 and tied 3, and on the road they own an incredible record of 12 wins, 3 defeats and 6 ties.The Bisons will play 13 more games at home and 16 on the road in the regular schedule. While none of the records will come easily, they are within the realm of possibility.The record for the most wins in a single season is 49, set by Springfield in 1960-61. The fewest games lost in a season were the 12 dropped by Cleveland in a 48-game schedule in 1937-38.The Bisons have a good chance of breaking the single season record for road victories of 20, set by Rochester four years ago. However, the home victory of 31, established by Springfield in 1960-61, is alreadv beyond reach.In the individual department, at least two Bisons, goalie Gilles Villemure and right-winger Guy Trottier, are within hailing distances of long-standing AHL records.Villemure owns 6 shutouts, three short of the record set by the Bisons&rsquo; Gordie Bell in 194243. Trottier has 33 goals, and the record of 55 is shared by Sid Smith and Carl Liscombe. Smith, with Pittsburgh, and Liscombe, with Providence, each scored 55 goals in 1948-49. The Bisons&rsquo; team record is 50, set by Len Lunde in 1964 65.First-place finishes, incidentally, aren&rsquo;t exactly something new to Fred Shero, the Buffalo coach. Shero led teams to first-place finishes in five of nine seasons before he came to Buffalo a year ago and steered the Bisons into the playoffs for the first time in three years.&ldquo;Records are important, particularly to professionals, who use them in contract negotiations,&rdquo; Shero said. &ldquo;In pro sports, you get paid on what you did the previous season.&ldquo;However, I would like to think that winning remains paramount with our club. In the final analysis, there isn&rsquo;t anything like winning. And, if you win, the records will follow.&rdquo; &#9632;

Flag-bound Bisons Eyeing AHL Records

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;The Los Angeles Kings&rsquo; newest and hottest line has Howie Menard centering Howie Hughes and Bob Wall. These are three of the smallest players in the National Hockey League and they form the smallest line currently in the circuit and one of the smallest of all time.In fact, they are too small to be called a &ldquo;line.&rdquo; More appropriately, they should be called a &ldquo;thread.&rdquo; A good nickname for this mini aggregation then might be, &ldquo;The Dread Thread.&rdquo;Menard stands 5-6 and weighs 160 pounds. He says he stands 59, but if he does, this writer is as tall as a tree, as slender as a reed and as beautiful as a flower. Wall stands 5-10 and weighs 170 pounds. Hughes, the bruiser of the bunch, stands 5-9 and weighs 180.The terrifying trio in unison stands 16 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 510 pounds. Laid end to end twice, they are barely a first down. It would require a measurement. Any two of them weigh less than some pro football tackles. Yet, since Coach Red Kelly put them together late in January, they have been his most effective unit.One of the Kings&rsquo; best minor leaguers is Billy Inglis, 5-9 and 160 pounds. They should call him up and put him on this line, too. They&rsquo;re so small, they&rsquo;d be entitled to play a four-man line. Look it up in the rules.Just shbrt of the three-quarter point of the season, Menard, Hughes and Wall have totalled only 31 goals between them. But, united, they pumped in 11 goals in six games. Perhaps more important, they have not given up a goal in that stretch.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01787/2897811-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="368" height="723"><figcaption class="caption-body">Minnie Menard</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02643/2897804-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="368" height="721"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Hughes</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03479/2897797-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="366" height="721"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Wall</figcaption></div>The chemistry that makes up a good line is curious. The three best forwards on a team won&rsquo;t necessarily produce as a unit. Coaches doodle countless combinations, then hit on one that works well together by sheer chance.Menard, Hughes and Wall have much in common. Hughes is 29, Menard and Wall 26 each. Hughes is in his ninth season as a pro, Menard and Wall in their sixth seasons each. Each had great minor league records without receiving much major league opportunity.In the minors, Hughes had four 20-goal seasons and two 30-goal seasons, Menard had two 25-goal seasons, and Wall, though a defenseman then, had two 10-goal campaigns. Yet, until expansion and the Kings came along last season, Wall had only 40 games in the NHL, Menard only three and Hughes none.Hockey men say size doesn&rsquo;t matter, but their actions betray their words. Little guys like this are always underrated. Hughes is the most honest King forward and one of the most consistent scoring threats, but he&rsquo;s always being benched. Wall was converted from defense this season and has been a spot-player part of the time. Menard wasn&rsquo;t called up until the middle of last season, and though he played real well then, was back down the first part of this season.You can bet that&rsquo;s why they haven&rsquo;t been a line before too.But all three are good skaters, good playmakers, tireless forecheckers and diligent defenders, who skate their positions and check their men. Hughes is the only sharp-shooter of the trio, but Menard and Wall force a lot of opportunities. As a unit, they keep up with one another and they bedevil the opposition.All are knowing, shrewd veterans. Wall is a cheerful chap, who voluntarily surrendered his captaincy this season to concentrate on his own play. Menard and Hughes are tough little cusses, who say their size had been a handicap to them only possibly in the minds of their bosses.&ldquo;Size doesn&rsquo;t make a blank,&rdquo; Hughes says politely. &ldquo;I feel six-four,&rdquo; drily comments Menard.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve played a lot with Hughes and I felt Wall would fit in nicely with us, but who was I to suggest it?&rdquo; Menard adds. &ldquo;But now that we&rsquo;ve proven what we can do together, someone&rsquo;ll hear from me if we&rsquo;re broken up real quick, I guarantee you.&rdquo;The writer suggested to Wall that he had made the other two effective. &ldquo;They needed someone to carry them,&rdquo; he smiled. Hughes made a face: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t put thoughts like that in his head. He&rsquo;ll get tough to live with. Menard&rsquo;s tough enough.&rdquo;Which Menard is. Recently, against New York, the dread Reg Fleming, 5-10 and 185 pounds of meanness, challenged little Menard, who backs down from no one. Menard grabbed Fleming&rsquo;s jersey and yanked. Fleming&rsquo;s skates slipped out from under him and he started to fall backward.Just as Menard was about to pounce on and flail Fleming, Howie&rsquo;s teammate, Brent Hughes, trying to help protect his little buddy, meaning well, jumped in-between them. Then Ranger Brad Park grabbed Menard from behind. By this time, Fleming had regained his balance, was standing up again, and was wasting punches.Later Menard, cheated of an impending fistic triumph that might have made him famous, moaned, &ldquo;I was just about to lay into him. My muscles were tensed. My fists were clenched and cocked. Oh, but he was lucky. In an even fight, he&rsquo;d kill me. I wasn&rsquo;t about to waste this kind of chance.&rdquo;Nor do Menard, Hughes and Wall want to waste the chance they now have. They have tried too long. Potentially, &ldquo;The Dread Thread&rdquo; could endure as a teamsparking, crowd-pleasing gate attraction.KINGS THINGS &mdash; With almost three fourths of the schedule completed, the Kings have a 4-21-4 road record and have won only one of their last 14 road games &hellip; They lost, 4-1, in St. Louis, although they outshot the Blues, 47-14. They&rsquo;ve never won in St. Louis. What worth shots?They remain a team that can&rsquo;t handle penalties. At one point, they had killed off all penalties for 12 straight games, but lately they have reverted to form and have surrendered power-play goals in 10 of the last 12 games and 35 times out of 176 opportunities this season. Meanwhile, they have scored power-play goals in only three of the last 18 games and only nine of 168 opportunities this season. &#9632;

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Menard, Hughes, Wall Form ‘Mini’ Line

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1121/2899640-1-eng-US/f0021-112.jpg" title="f0021-11" width="582" height="680"></div> &#9632;

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EHL Point Race

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-02121/2900143-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="355" height="654"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andre Boudrias</figcaption></div>TRADES RETURN FAST DIVIDEND for BLACK HAWKS and RED WINGS &mdash; Pages 5 and 8<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01148/2900150-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg" title="f0001-01" width="229" height="270"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0356/2900136-1-eng-US/f0001-032.jpg" title="f0001-03" width="355" height="651"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Connly</figcaption></div>EAST vs WESTMinnesota&rsquo;s Walt McKechnie a and Montreal&rsquo;s Larry Hillman<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0411/2900129-1-eng-US/f0001-042.jpg" title="f0001-04" width="2124" height="1483"></div>FANS&rsquo;ALL-STAR BALLOTS &mdash;On page 2 &#9632;

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NHL EXPANSION SEEN UNLIKELY BEFORE ‘71 — ON THE INSIDE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01694/2897428-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="439" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED GIACOMIN &hellip; Goalkeeper</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02654/2897421-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="439" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">TIM HORTON &hellip; Defense</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03542/2897414-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="435" height="609"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL WHITE &hellip; Defense</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04384/2897407-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="439" height="606"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED BERENSON &hellip; Center</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05269/2897400-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="436" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL &hellip; Left Wing</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06175/2897393-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="433" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HOWE &hellip; Right Wing</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;If you have always longed to pick a big league all-star team and compare it with the experts, here is your big chance.THE HOCKEY NEWS this week launches the voting for its 22nd annual National Hockey League all-star selections and invites its thousands of readers and fans throughout the world to participate in the poll.Merely clip the ballot shown on this page, read the voting regulations carefully and then fill in your selections. It&rsquo;s simple and it can be fun.As has been the custom in the past, you are requested to pick a first and second NHL all-star team, printing the names of the players carefully on the ballot.Remember, you are also afforded a chance to cast a vote for the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie and most valuable player of the year. It&rsquo;s all contained in your ballot.The ballot will appear in three issues only and your team will be announced in THE HOCKEY NEWS dated March 29.Remember, if one of your favorites should fail to gain a berth on the Fans&rsquo; All-Star team by the margin of just a few points, it could be because you didn&rsquo;t send that ballot in as you had intended. So right now, while it&rsquo;s still fresh in your mind, fill out the ballot on this page and mail it right awav to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 212, 1434 St. Catherine St. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Hockey fans take note. This is your only chance to exercise your right to select an NHL All-Star team. THE HOCKEY NEWS is pleased to be able to extend this opportunity to its readers.Get in on the fun and see how close you can come to outguessing the experts. &#9632;

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HOCKEY NEWS OPENS FANS’ ALL-STAR POLL

1 &mdash; Anyone is eligible to cast ballots for the National Hockey League All-Star Team, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming first and second team, as well as MVP and Outstanding Rookie.2 &mdash; The ballots will run for three weeks. Final ballot will appear in the issue dated March 15,1969.3 &mdash; Use blanks published in THE HOCKEY NEWS, or reasonable facsimile or tracings of some if you do not wish to deface your copy. Be sure to fill in your own name and address.4 &mdash; Ballots must be mailed &mdash; to All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, Room 212, 1434 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal, Que. Can. &#9632;

Here Are The Voting Regulations

<h2>EAST</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-07102/2897497-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="536" height="288"></div><h2>WEST</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0862/2897490-1-eng-US/f0002-082.jpg" title="f0002-08" width="534" height="292"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0939/2897483-1-eng-US/f0002-092.jpg" title="f0002-09" width="1144" height="193"></div> &#9632;

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WHERE THE NHL TEAMS ARE

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01696/2897549-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="521" height="326"></div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;His name is Dick Sarrazin and his Flyers&rsquo; uniform number is 21 and, if you&rsquo;re wondering what he&rsquo;s doing on the roster, you&rsquo;re no more mystified as Sarrazin himself.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02577/2897542-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="259" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Sarrazin</figcaption></div>Before this hockey season even got underway, Sarrazin was more-or-less an anonymous right wing buried on the Flyers&rsquo; American Hockey League far club in Quebec City.The Flyers had plans for him, of course, but they didn&rsquo;t mean today or tomorrow. They were looking ahead to next season, maybe, or, if not then, perhaps the year after that.Sarrazin, however, fooled them all &mdash; the same way he has been doing a phenomenal job fooling goaltenders on opposing National Hockev League teams. Dick admits he got a big break just coming to the Flyers and he is intent on staying around permanently. Right now he&rsquo;s out of action temporarily.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03385/2897535-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1168" height="1272"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sarrazin is &lsquo;shadowed&rsquo; by Hawks&rsquo; Pit Martin (7) in league action. He has 32 points in 36 games.</figcaption></div>Sarrazin suffered a broken toe when blocking a shot by one of the Black Hawks in the Flyers&rsquo; most recent game in Chicago. X-rays revealed a minor fracture, which would keep Dick out of the lineup for about 10 days.Sarrazin has proved that he deserves to stay with the rapidity of his point production since joining the Flyers well after the season got underway. At last look he was averaging just under a point a game in 36 contests, one of the hottest scoring paces by a rookie in NHL history. He had 10 goals and 22 assists for 32 points in that span.&ldquo;I just go. out there every game and try to do the best job I can,&rdquo; explained Dick. &ldquo;I want the Flyers to know that 1 am not just a one-game player. I want to prove to them that I can do the job they&rsquo;ve come to expect from me.&rdquo;From the beginning, the Flyers weren&rsquo;t expecting too much from their young French-Canadian. After all, he had been recalled from the Aces &mdash; where he played a year ago &mdash; due to a multitude of injuries at right wing.The Flyers felt that Dick could fill the gap defensively until the other more experienced wingers were healthy again, but they never dreamed they&rsquo;d get such production from him on offense.Right from the very beginning, Sarrazin was on target. Almost every game he was chipping in with a goal or an assist.In fact, his most memorable contest was helping the Flyers stage one of heir greatest comebacks in history, when they rallied from a three-goal deficit to whip the Pittsburgh Penguins, 53. All Dick did was register four assists.It tied an NHL record but Sarrazin didn&rsquo;t know about it until someone mentioned it to him over a meal one week later.&ldquo;Gosh,&rdquo; he responded to the news. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s nice. Now I just hope they (the league statisticians) don&rsquo;t forget to mention it when the next league record book comes out.&rdquo;The big thing about Dick is that he plays his position very well. This means that he&rsquo;s able to do a job defensively, but also is a Johnny-on-the-Spot when there&rsquo;s a key goal to be made.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve nicknamed him The Phantom&rdquo; because of the way he seems always to be right there when there&rsquo;s a goal to be scored,&rdquo; said teammate and defenseman Larrv Hale. &ldquo;To me, it just seems Dick pops out of nowhere and &mdash; whamo! &mdash; there&rsquo;s a goal.&rdquo;Sarrazin is just one example of how young hockey players are figured wrong when they&rsquo;re buried deep in the minor leagues.For example, Dick was playing with the Johnstown Jets in the Eastern League some three years ago when the Jets informed him that he had been cut. Evidently, they figured he wasn&rsquo;t good enough.Sarrazin latched on to a berth on the Jersey Devils&rsquo; roster, playing for Vic Stasiuk, and finished out the season. He must have impressed Stasiuk and the Flyers&rsquo; brass because the next season they acquired his pro rights from the Detroit organization.Dick played for the Aces last year and, in 69 games, had 17 goals and 19 assists. It wasn&rsquo;t bad, by any means, but it didn&rsquo;t look like he&rsquo;d be able to score in the NHL.When he got his chance, though, Sarrazin went to town. In fact, he had scored 12 points (five goals and seven assists) in his first 10 games with the Flyers. Then, when everyone was waiting him to cool off, he coninued red hot.One of his feats is becoming the first Flyer in history to score two goals in two consecutive games. He scored a pair against the New York Rangers, then got two more against the Penguins in the very next contest.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04228/2897528-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="1168" height="1485"><figcaption class="caption-body">Flyers&rsquo; rookie star has averaged point-a-game pace in first 36 NHL starts with Philadelphia.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hockey ‘Unknown’ Dick Sarrazin Turns Out To Be Scoring Rage

PHILADELPHIA, Pa,&mdash;Most of Dick Sarrazin&rsquo;s luck has been playing right wing on a line with center Andre Lacroix and left-wing Jean-Guy Gendron. Sarrazin moved onto the line when Simon Nolet was sent down to Quebec.The Lacroix-Gendron-Sarrazin combination &mdash; known as the &lsquo;French Line&rsquo; &mdash; has been by far the Flyers&rsquo; most productive and most consistent goal-scoring unit.All french-speaking Canadians, they normally play together on the Flyers&rsquo; power-play team, and Dick also has been killing penalties. &#9632;

Sarrazin Part Of Hot ‘French Line’

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02709/2897656-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="380" height="441"></div>&bull; BRIAN CONACHER SAYS there is no way he will return to professional hockey and join Minnesota next season. The North Stars got the rights to Conacher in the deal that sent Wayne Connelly to Detroit for Danny Lawson. Conacher, 27, feels that he&rsquo;s no better than a fringe player and wants to get started in business now rather than spend six or seven years in hockey&hellip; A North Stars &mdash; Minneapolis Tribune hockey clinic attracted over 900 youngsters recently. Earl Ingarfield scored three goals and drew five assists in six games with Oakland after his trade from Pittsburgh&hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s Roy Edwards was the latest NHL goalie to wear a face mask. He started with it New Year&rsquo;s night and lost only twice in 13 games &hellip; Wayne Connelly says he&rsquo;s happy to be with the Red Wings. &ldquo;I always felt that if I had to be traded, I wanted to go to Detroit.&rdquo; However the father of two youngsters has planned his permanent home in Minnesota where he purchased a home last summer&hellip; Not Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, nor Rocket Richard but Jean Beliveau has scored the most goals in an NHL season &mdash; that was 1955-56 with a total of 59. During the schedule (47) and Stanley Cup playoffs (12)&hellip; Fifty goals used to be a one-man target but seven players are in strong position to reach the half-century this season&mdash;Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito, Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer, Ken Hodge and Frank Mahovlich are over the 30-mark with a month to go&hellip; Boomer Geoffrion intends to remain in New York even if he doesn&rsquo;t coach the Rangers next season and that appears to be the case. The ousted and ailing New York coach will do some scouting, a job left vacant since Jackie Gordon tossed in the towel with Rangers and went back to Cleveland. Geoffrion has purchased a home in New York and his wife and children like the big city. Ranger players agreed Boomer wasn&rsquo;t emotional suited to coach an NHL team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03611/2897649-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="270" height="473"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brian Conacher</figcaption></div>&bull; ST. LOUIS BLUES HAVE already sold over 2,000 season tickets (new subscribers) for next season. The club intends to limit season ticket sales to 12,000. The Blues have been playing to 98 per cent capacity&hellip; Philadelphia, despite a poor showing compared to last year&rsquo;s first place finish, has been averaging 10,800 - a 1,000 increase&hellip; Unusual occupations: Philadelphia defenseman Ralph McSweyn is an Ontario turnip farmer in the off-season&hellip; Bernie Parent of the Flyers, an avid fisherman, has been invited to judge the annual lobster carnival at Summerside. P.E.I&hellip; Andy Bathgate, now with Vancouver, Vic Hadfield and Harry Howell recently purchased a farm near Burlington, Ont. which they intend to convert into a golf course&hellip; Bobby Hull and his business manager Lester Stanford were really caught shorthanded recently after Bobby&rsquo;s fourth son had been born in a Chicago hospital. They rushed to a pay phone to spread the news but didn&rsquo;t have any money&hellip; Hull made quite a hit as a story teller at the recent Lester Patrick award dinner in New York. He said he had three things to consider: to raise better cattle, go into business or even do a little coaching for a year&hellip; Toronto rightwing prospect Mike Byers has come up with a new innovation. After he tapes his stick he drills six holes through it - to cut down on air resistance when he slaps shots&hellip; Montreal captain Jean Beliveau recently drew an unusual misconduct penalty &mdash; for trying to shake hands with the referee. The official didn&rsquo;t accept Jean&rsquo;s gesture since it was in sarcasm after he had been giving a minor for tripping&hellip; Reports are that ratings have been rising steadily for hockey&rsquo;s Game of the Week on CBS, putting the NHL in a more favorable position on which to discuss possible renewal of the contract later this month.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04527/2897642-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="258" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike Byers</figcaption></div>&bull; TWO NHL PLAYERS showed their indifference for management this past week and found themselves suspended. Mike Walton quit the Maple Leafs because he felt he wasn&rsquo;t getting enough ice time. He said he was through playing for Punch Imlach and wished to buy up his contract. Imlach suspended him and now is trying to made a trade for him. Guessing is Imlach won&rsquo;t part with the balky Walton in spite of his actions until the end of the season. He would bring a pretty return particularly from the expansion clubs. Forbes Kennedy of Philadelphia is the other wayward National Leaguer. He and Flyers&rsquo; coach Keith Allen had words at the Montreal airport last weekend. GM Bud Poile promptly sent him back to Philadelphia and then ordered him to Quebec. Kennedy said he wouldn&rsquo;t report and Poile suspended him, too. Knock against Kennedy was his heavy penalty assessments this season, which hurt the Flyers considerably. In a recent game he skated over and challenged the entire Oakland bench&hellip; Bob Wolff, director of public relations for Madison Square Garden, has become executive assistant to Irving Mitchell Felt, president and chairman of the Garden Corporation&hellip; With seven games remaining on their home schedule, St. Louis Blues have drawn 442,365 fans for an average of 14,270 per game. Hat&rsquo;s off to the Blues, they&rsquo;ve done a tremendous job of showing that the NHL acted wisely in granting the city a major league hockey franchise&hellip; Referee Vern Buffey suffered torn ligaments in his chest during that ice collision with Canadiens&rsquo; Ted Harris.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05429/2897635-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="282" height="475"><figcaption class="caption-body">Forbes Kennedy</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06347/2897687-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg"></div>(Statistics include Games of Sunday, Feb. 23) &#9632;

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EAST WEST SCOREBOARD:

<div class="byline">BY GLENN REDMANN</div>OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 3, Canada.Kenneth W. McKenzie President and PublisherWilliam Z. Stevenson Managing DirectorYearly Subscription Rates: $5.00 in Canada$6.00 in the U.S.A, and $8.00 in Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash.Printed in CanadaVol. 22 MONTREAL, MARCH 1, 1969 No. 21TWIN CITIES, Minn. &mdash;Back in late January when Wren Blair swung a deal with Pittsburgh that brought the veteran Leo Boivin to Minnesota in exchange for Duane Rupp, manv a North Star fan was heard to ask:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01758/2897604-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="261" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Danny Lawson</figcaption></div>&ldquo;How can Blair justify trading for a 36-year-old defenseman when all along he&rsquo;s been giving us a snow job on a so-called youth movement?&rdquo;Well, it took awhile, but the firey GM-Coach came up with an answer on the weekend of Feb. 14 by trading twice within 20 hours to gain 14 years plus a couple of players to be named after the season.Blair&rsquo;s first swap since the Boivin-for-Rupp deal came late in the evening on the 14th when defenseman Mike McMahon, 27, and centerman Andre Boudrias, 25, were dispatched to Chicago for left winger Bill Orban, 24, and defenseman Tom Reid, 22.That was a gain of approximately six years although the scrappy Orban, who picked up a pair of assists in the Stars&rsquo; 6-2 victory over Detroit here Feb. 15, will have turned 25 by the time this reaches print.An hour or so before that important victory over the Red Wings &mdash; the club&rsquo;s fifth against four losses and two ties since Blair returned to coaching &mdash; Wren shocked the populous hereabouts by announcing that he had traded Wayne Connelly to Detroit for first-year pro Danny Lawson.In this case, Blair said the &ldquo;player to be named later&rdquo; will be someone presently on the Wings&rsquo; roster, &ldquo;a guy who just might wind up being the kev man for us in the deal.&rdquo;Brian Conacher turned our to be the second man in the deal.Connelly&rsquo; chosen as THE HOCKEY NEWS player-of-the-year in the West Division last season after scoring 35 regular season goals and eight more in 14 playoff games, is 29.Lawson, a 52-goal man in 1967-68 for the Hamilton Juniors who had been with the Wings until mid-January (when he was sent to Dallas in the Cnetral League), is only 21. Hence, a gain of eight years.Connelly had 14 goals and 30 points at the time of the trade, but had been held without a goal since Jan. 9 when he scored two in a 7-2 loss to Pittsburgh.Pointing to the fact that Lawson, a fast-skating right winger who stands an inch taller (at 5-11) and is 15 pounds heavier (at 185 pounds) than Connelly, is ineligible for next June&rsquo;s draft, Blair said:&ldquo;This gives us 11 players we don&rsquo;t have to protect. I believe that&rsquo;s more than any other West Division club.&rdquo;In addition to gaining years, Blair believed that he had strengthened his club defensively as well.&ldquo;We needed another hard-checking left winger in the mold of J.P. Parise,&rdquo; said Wren, &ldquo;And I think Orban will fill the bill. Reid should also help tighten things up on the right side.&ldquo;As for McMahon, Connelly and Boudrias, I think all three of them are fine hockey players, but perhaps more offensively inclined. They should do well for their new clubs.&rdquo;The decision to trade Boudrias, whose 53 points were more than scored by any other NHL rookie in 1967-68, was hastened by the splendid development of Walt McKechnie at center on the No. 3 line.&ldquo;Walt (the Western League rookie-of-the-year last season) has worked very hard,&rdquo; added Blair. &ldquo;Our decision to go with him relegated Boud to penalty killing and I didn&rsquo;t think that was fair to him after what he&rsquo;d done for our club last season. He deserved to get a full-time shot with another club.&rdquo;Fine play by Boivin and a steady comeback by Wayne Hillman probably made up Blair&rsquo;s mind to let McMahon, a 14-goal, 33-assist rearguard in 1967-68, go to the Black Hawks.As for Connelly, Wren admitted this was an extremely difficult decision to make. But here again, the opportunity to get as hot a prospect as Lawson plus Conacher undoubtelly was just too much for Blair to pass up.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re an expansion franchise,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and we still need bodies.&rdquo;McKechnie, playing between Orban and Bill Goldsworthy, scored two goals and helped set up two others to share hero honors with Claude (two-goal) Larose in the win over Detroit, only the Stars&rsquo; third of the season against the East in 30 starts. They&rsquo;ve lost 23 and tied four.STAR-LITES: Tom Reid sustained a bruised right thigh in a Central League game just before joining the Stars, so had to sit out his new team&rsquo;s first two games &hellip; The third sellout (14,606) in as many Saturday nights at the Sports Center Feb. 15 pushed home attendance to 353,679 for 28 games, which is an average of 12,631 per date and slightly more than 24,000 ahead of last season&rsquo;s gate pace &#9632;

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Stars Look To Future, Gained Youth In Swaps

<h2>Burly Bruins Won&rsquo;t Be Intimidated Any Longer</h2>I would like to say a few things not only to the disgruntled hockey fan from New York, who berates the &lsquo;beautiful, big Boston Bruins&rsquo; for their &lsquo;sock-it-to-&lsquo;em&rsquo; style of play, but to all non-Bruin fans throughout the hockey world.I say to one and all it&rsquo;s just too bad the Bruins will no longer be intimidated by the rest of the league. Now they will do the intimidating.We the fans of the Boston Bruins are not fair-weather fans nor are we complainers. We have stuck with our team through thick and thin and we will continue to do so regardless of their standing in the NHL.But now we are on top and cherish the feeling it has given both the players and fans alike.MRS. PEGGY PONTES, Arlington, Mass.<h2>Berenson Proved All He Needed Was Ice Time</h2>Regarding Mr. Grier&rsquo;s letter in your February issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.Mr. Grier doesn&rsquo;t seem to be as &ldquo;immensely happy&rdquo; with the Berenson-Stewart trade as he claims to be. Sounds more like a slight case of &ldquo;sour grapes.&rdquo; Only in St. Louis did the &ldquo;Red Baron&rdquo; get enough ice time to show his stuff and that he has done against teams of both divisions.That &ldquo;bunch of old retards,&rdquo; as Mr. Grier calls them are the class of the West and more than capable of holding their own against any Eastern irval. Before some of the Blues die of old age, I&rsquo;d like to point out that St. Louis has a crop of youngsters (Cameron, Ecclestone, Sabourin, et al.) who are making valuable contributions to the team&rsquo;s success.JAMES J. STANLEY, Mexico, Mo.<h2>St. Louis Blues Rate Credit&mdash;Not Criticism</h2>Whatever happened to &ldquo;giving credit where it is due&rdquo;?I&rsquo;m amazed at the criticism directed towards our St. Louis Blues &mdash; a team that speaks well for expansion and the NHL. If it isn&rsquo;t Punch Imlach crying about the Blues management, it&rsquo;s some fan discrediting Red Berenson, who happens to have 66 points at this writing. So be it.For the record, let the Blues management and Red Berenson stand on theirs. They deserve credit, not criticism.One last reflection&mdash;I had the pleasure of visiting Montreal for the 1967-68 Stanley Cup playoffs. Even though our Blues lost, it was indeed a pleasure to come in contact with the Montreal fans at the Forum. Their recognition of, and enthusiasm for well played hockey, whether displayed by the Canadiens or Blues, was rewarding. Many fans (and coaches) should take a leaf from their book. They still remember how to give credit where it is due. They were truly &ldquo;mesdames et messieurs&rdquo;.DOTTY SCHNEIDER, St. Louis, Mo.<h2>St. Louis Club Would Welcome More &lsquo;Retreads&rsquo;</h2>In THE HOCKEY NEWS issue of Feb. 8, I read an article in the Fan Forum concerning the Blues&rsquo; Red Berenson. It seems a New Jersey fan didn&rsquo;t like the &lsquo;Red Baron&rsquo; while he was a Ranger and was glad to see him traded.Rangers were well set at centre ice so Berenson became &lsquo;available&rsquo;. Scotty Bowman and Lynn Patrick saw a chance and immediately grabbed him. Berenson, with a new lease on life, regained his condidence and helped the Blues to the cup finals.As for the Blues being&rdquo; &hellip;a bunch of old retreads&rdquo;, they are making a runaway of the Western Division and have a better record against the East ern clubs than the Rangers. If New York or any other club have any more &lsquo;flukes&rsquo; or &lsquo;retreads&rsquo; available, kindly let the Blues&rsquo; front office know.KENN CHAMPION Crestwood, Mo.<h2>Sather Helps Bruins With Penalty Kiting</h2>The Boston Bruins are really flying this season and I think much of their success is due to the all-around work of penalty killer Glen Sather.Although Glen doesn&rsquo;t play on a regular line he can come off the bench and give 100 per cent plus. He is one of the greatest penalty killers in the NHL. Glen doesn&rsquo;t get as much publicity either as the Orrs and Espositos, but he does deserve credit.We Boston fans really enjoy watching Sather play because he&rsquo;s a hustler. We are proud that he is a Boston Bruin.SHERRILL TARR, East Boston, Mass.<h2>Howie Young Deserves &lsquo;Break&rsquo; From the Refs</h2>I would like to say a few words about Howie Young of the Chicago Black Hawks. I often wonder if he is the marked man of hockey. The refs say there is no such thing as a marked man, but I find this hard to believe.Earlier this season I watched a game Chicago vs Oakland in wich George Swarbrick, then of Oakland, cross-checked Howie viciously three or four times, but when Howie defended himself the ref gave Howie two minutes for roughing and Swarbrick got nothing. Then in a recent game Chicago vs.Detroit, Frank Mahovlich hit Howie right in the head with his stick, but when Howie defended himself again he got a two minute penalty for roughing and Mahovlich got nothing.I agree he hurt a lot of people in his career, but are we living in the past or the present? So, I make a plea to give Howie a break and let him play hockey without being a marked man.WILL SCHWENN, Oak Lawn, Ill.<h2>Team Leaders Don&rsquo;t Have to Wear A `C&rsquo;</h2>I will have to disagree with the comments made by Rev. G. R. Goodhand in the Feb. 1 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.I think that this business of one man wearing a &ldquo;C&rdquo; is pure nonsense.A hockey player can be a leader in every respect without wearing a &ldquo;C&rdquo;, take for instance Tim Horton of Toronto who is not their captain but still a team leader.ISAAC FRYDMAN, New York, N. Y. &#9632;

Fan Forum

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01710/2897718-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="548" height="600"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE CONNELLY &hellip; Turns Fast Dividend.</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.The Red Wings better make the Stanley Cup playoffs.Why, Ellen Munley, the redheaded box office treasurer, has ordered the playoff tickets.And general manager Sid Abel made his &ldquo;playoff insurance&rdquo; trade, acquiring Wayne Connelly from the Minnesota North Stars.That&rsquo;s an unbeatable combination. Isn&rsquo;t it?The answer isn&rsquo;t likely to come until the very end of March. The Eastern Division race is a good one, the kind that keeps the turnstiles humming. When those tickets for the five March home games not held by season subscribers went on sale the Wings had their longest ticket line in years. It was like old times, the times when the Wings made the playoffs with monotonous regularity &hellip; 20 straight years.However, the Wings missed the annual spirng carnival the last two seasons. Now Abel and coach Bill Gadsby feel they&rsquo;ve got the manpower to make it, that the Wings&rsquo; aren&rsquo;t a one line team anymore.Connelly, top goal-getter in the West last season with 35 goals, paid an immediate dividend by scoring the first goal and helping to set up the second in his Red Wing debut, a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.What had happened, as nearly every hockey fan knew, was that the Wings had one great line &mdash; Frank Mahovlich, Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe.But if that line had an off-night, the Wings were in deep, deep trouble. The two other lines just weren&rsquo;t producing.Pete Stemkowski has been a valuable man as second line center and penalty killer but his wingmen, Dean Prentice and Bruce MacGregor, would&rsquo;ve had trouble scoring if they had a faceoff inside the net.Garry Unger, the slick 21-year-old sophomore center, had rookies on his flanks and the whole line floundered.So Abel was all ears when Minnesota manager-coach Wren Blair instigated trade talk and the Wings sent promising 21-year-old right wing Danny Lawson to the North Stars for Connelly who turned 29 in December.Incidentally it was announced as a two-for-one trade with Minnesota getting &ldquo;a player to be named later.&rdquo; Abel denies that. He said it was straight one-for-one.The &ldquo;player to be named later&rdquo; was Brian Conacher who never reported to the Wings and has retired from hockey to become a stockbroker. The Wings instead of putting him on the voluntarily retired list, asked waivers on him and Minnesota was going to put in a claim on him.The Wings, of course, wouldn&rsquo;t get the $30,000 waiver price unless Conacher plays and Conacher says he doesn&rsquo;t want to. But, if he ever does, the Wings possibly could recover the $30,000 they spent to get him in the 1968 draft.Meanwhile, back with Connelly, Gadsby put him on a new third line with Prentice at left wing and Unger at center. The unit scored three goals, two by Unger, in its first game.And Unger, who&rsquo;d been using a straight stick after starting with a hooked blade, went back to the hook. Why?&ldquo;They stole my straight ones,&rdquo; he cracked. And indeed, the Wing dressing room in Minnesota was rifled for 35 sticks and a bag of long underwear.But that&rsquo;s not why Unger went back to the hooked stick.&ldquo;I figure I&rsquo;m going to be getting the puck more now because I&rsquo;m playing with two experienced players who can get it to me,&rdquo; Unger said. &ldquo;So I may as well use a stick I can shoot with.&rdquo;Unger, the Wings&rsquo; brightest young player, was in a sort of limbo while centering a kid line. He still scored &mdash; he&rsquo;s at 20-plus-but not the way the Wings feel he can. Nor was he making plays the way he&rsquo;s shown he can.&ldquo;We felt Garry&rsquo;s play was deteriorating,&rdquo; Abel said.So now, with Connelly, the Wings have two lines with fine scoring potential and another that can get an occasional goal and do a good job of checking.Detroit is a vastly improved team from the one that started the season. Paul Popiel is the most improved player on the club and has been playing tremendous defense, both defensively and offensively. Roy Edwards has given the club new confidence in goal. He&rsquo;s not a showy goalie but he&rsquo;s consistent and he stands up.And now Connelly is being banked on to inject scoring power.&ldquo;He can skate, he can really fire a puck and he knows how to score,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always liked him &mdash; when he was with Boston and when he was with Minnesota last reason.&rdquo;Connelly beamed over the trade although he&rsquo;d just settled into a house in Minnesota and likes the area and the people.&ldquo;Am I glad to be here. Maybe I wasn&rsquo;t skating up there. I don&rsquo;t know. I was getting enough ice time but nothing was going right for me.&ldquo;And here,&rdquo; Connelly looked over to Gordie Howe, &ldquo;it gives you a lift just to see him on the ice, finally on your side. You&rsquo;re always pleased to see him play but when you&rsquo;re playing against him you don&rsquo;t like to see him too often.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS: Alex Delvecchio&rsquo;s two assists the night Howe scored his second hat trick of the season, against Los Angeles, pushed him past the 1,000 point career mark, a peak reached by only Howe and Jean Beliveau before him.Through Feb. 18 the Wings had eight three goal, or plus, games. Mahovlich led with four Howe had two, Unger one and Stemkowski one. The Wings had only three all last season. &#9632;

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Abel Figures Winger ‘Playoff Insurance’

<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Forbes Kennedy, forward, assigned to Quebec of AHL but refused to report. Suspended by Flyers. Dune Wilson, goalkeeper, returned to Quebec.CHICAGO &mdash; Paul Shmyr, defenseman, returned to Dallas of CHL.MONTREAL &mdash; Howie Glover, forward, recalled from Cleveland of AHL and returned. Ernie Wakely, goalkeeper returned to Cleveland.BOSTON &mdash; Don Marcotte, forward, returned to Hershev of AHL.ST. LOVIS &mdash; Bob Plager, defenseman, recalled from Kansas Citv of CHL.DETROIT &mdash; Gerry Hart, forward, called up from Baltimore of AHL as emergency replacement.MINNESOTA &mdash; Gary Dineen, forward, recalled from Memphis of CHL. Brian Conacher, forward, secured from Detroit as unnamed player in recent trade.PITTSBURGH &mdash; Mary Edwards, goalkeeper, recalled from Amarillo of CHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>HERSHEY &mdash; Ted Snell, forward, secured from Phoenix of WHL.BALTIMORE &mdash; Andre Pronovost, forward, obtained from Phoenix of WHL in exchange for Bob Cunningham, forward. Nick Polano, defenseman. recalled from Amarillo of CHL. Dick Mortenson, forward, sent to Johnstown of EHL.QUEBEC &mdash; Lyle Bradley, forward, secured from Houston of CHL on loan. Serge Bernier, forward dropped from roster.CLEVELAND &mdash; Don Fedun, defenseman. secured from Houston of CHL.PROVIDENCE &mdash; Alton Whaite, forward, called up from Columbus of IHL on five-game protry out.ROCHESTER &mdash; John Gofton, forward, secured from Vancouver of WHL in exchange for Jim McKenny, defenseman.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>PHOENIX &mdash; Doug Dunville, defenseman, returned to active roster. Terry Jones, forward, recalled from New Haven of EHL on five-game pro tryout.PORTLAND &mdash; Claude Cardin, forward, added to roster.VANCOUVER &mdash; Nick Harbaruk, forward, returned to Tulsa of CHL.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>DALLAS &mdash; Barry Salovaara, defenseman, returned to Greensboro of CHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>MUSKEGON &mdash; Tim Tabor, goalkeeper, sent to Jacksonville of CHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>SALEM &mdash; Wally Chase, forward, traded to Johnstown of EHL in return for Danny Patrick, defenseman.JACKSONVILLE &mdash; Phil Headley, goalkeeper, returned to Des Moines of IHL.NEW HAVEN &mdash; John Brophy, defenseman-coach, secured from Long Island of CHL in return for Ed Megaffin, forward.LONG ISLAND &mdash; Les Calder, forward, named playingcoach replacing John Brophy. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div>St. LOUIS, Mo. &mdash;The St. Louis Blues got Gary Sabourin in a grab bag and he has proven to be a solid gold prize.It was the tow-headed, steel-ribbed 25-year-old Canadian who last April 27 popped a sudden-death goal into the Minnesota North Stars&rsquo; cage to send the heroic Blues into the seventh game of the semi-final series for the Stanley Cup. The Blues eventually won that game and went on to challenge the Montreal Canadiens for the Cup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01738/2897849-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="258" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Seiling</figcaption></div>That was one of the many story-book endings of the Blues&rsquo; sensational first campaign in expansion hockey. Sabourin had earlier been dumped to their Kansas City farm club, but the sturdy right winger, who had fought his way from the frozen rivers of Canada to Hockey&rsquo;s big apple by sheer determination, quickly proved his plans did not include residence in Kansas City. One night there was a call to rejoin the Blues and Gary came back to the banks of the Mississipi to finish the season with 13 goals and 10 assists.&ldquo;It was a pretty good start for me, I thought,&rdquo; says Sabourin, &ldquo;but I wanted to improve my shooting.&rdquo;Last summer Gary got himself a bucket of pucks and every chance he got he would practice shooting them off a slab of plywood in the backyard.&ldquo;I wanted to get the feel of hitting a target without even looking,&rdquo; he explains.Now Sabourin has emerged as the most prolific goal scorer among the Blues&rsquo; sophomores.The grab bag that brought him to St. Louis also contained some other gems who have contributed greatly to the sensational domination of the Blues in the Western Division. They are winger Timmy Ecclestone and defensemen Bob Plager and Gordon Kanegiesser. All but Kanegiesser are among the Blues&rsquo; regular troops.They came to the Blues in June 1967 in a trade with the New York Rangers that sent defenseman Rod Seiling to New York. There&rsquo;s cause to wonder if Ranger boss Emile (The Cat) Francis has suffered some sleepless moments over that transaction.Sabourin, born in Parry Sound, Ont., grew up in the little village of Blind River, Ont. where the total population would have had no trouble finding seats in just a tiny section of the St. Louis Arena. &ldquo;When the Blues play at home,&rdquo; he remarks, &ldquo;there are 15 times as many people in the building as there are in all of Blind River.&rdquo;But it was a frozen over Blind River that gave him his first chance to test his legs on blades at the age of four. &ldquo;Like most Canadian kids, I had hopes of playing pro hockey,&rdquo; he says.Gary played midget and intermediate hockey and was on the high school team at Blind River. He even got the attention of a Chicago Black Hawk scout who had him invited to a rookie camp at St. Catharines, Ont. when he was 15.&ldquo;What a thrill that was,&rdquo; he recalls, &ldquo;but I must not have made a great impression. They sent me home after one week. I guess I thought then that there was not much hope for me in the game. But a year later, restless and still dreaming of playing hockey for a living, Sabourin took off with a couple of friends in an old jalopy and headed for Orangeville, Ont., where he had heard there was a Junior B team. &ldquo;I sort of took a leave from high school,&rdquo; he says dryly.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02653/2897842-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1167" height="1227"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARY SABOURIN &hellip; Expansion Was His Big Break.</figcaption></div>At Orangeville, Gary made the team and was paid the magnificent sum of $1.50 a week in cash and given his room and board. And it was at Orangeville that a New York Ranger scout saw something in Gary that he liked.What he saw was a hard-nosed, chippy kid who seemed to get a delight out of knocking people down and smashing them into the boards.&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t that great a player,&rdquo; says Gary. &ldquo;I had to make up for it with aggressiveness.&rdquo;The Rangers moved Gary from the Kitchener (Ont.) Jrs. into the pro game with their St. Paul club of the Central Hockey League. He spent four years with St. Paul, Minnesota and Omaha getting the rough edges sanded away and learning the finer skills of the business. He credits Fred Shero, ex-star defenseman, and a coach in the Ranger farm system, with teaching him many of the things that have made him a very improved player.&ldquo;Shero taught me how to play positional hockey and how to do a good defensive job,&rdquo; Sabourin says.Sabourin, along with a lot of other good hockey players, realized that his chance of cracking the Rangers&rsquo; lineup was slim indeed.&ldquo;I was hoping and expecting that expansion would come.&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I figured that would be my chance to show what I could do in the big league.&rdquo;The Blues&rsquo; Lynn Patrick and Scotty Bowman thought so too.When they sat in on the first big player draft in Montreal in June 1967 they picked Rod Seiling from the Rangers and then promptly traded Seiling back to New York for the four-player package which included Sabourin.What is his ambition this season?&ldquo;Like a lot of players I would, like to score 20 goals and have&rsquo; our club go on to win the Stanley Cup,&rdquo; he declares.Just a few hours after he made that statement on February 15, Gary Sabourin notched his 19th and 20th goals as the Blues socked it to the Los Angeles Kings, 4-1. &#9632;

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Sabourin Proves Bargain Buy For Blues In Grab Bag Trade

NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;The National League is extremely anxious to expand beyond its present 12 teams but has decided it can&rsquo;t &mdash; not for a couple of seasons, anyway.On the other hand, further growth will come before 1973, the year president Clarence Campbell recently mentioned as the earliest possible.The NHL&rsquo;s expansion committee, headed bv general manager Sam Pollock of Montreal Canadiens, has advised the governors that there simply aren&rsquo;t enough players available to staff an additional two clubs &mdash; let alone the four that would be considered preferable.Indications are, though, that sufficient manpower may be available by 1971, at which time an enlarged NHL of perhaps 16 teams would be realigned into genuine Eastern and Western Divisions.Right now, the Eastern section consists of the teams that existed prior to expansion in 1967 and the Western clubs are the new members &mdash; even Philadelphia is included.Vancouver will be among the cities admitted when this next growth takes place. That was about the only encouragement offered by the NHL to the city which was again turned down. PROUDFOOT &#9632;

NHL Expansion Seen Likely In 71 Only

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Andre Boudrias knows he&rsquo;s been presented with the opportunity of his hockey life and he&rsquo;s determined not to mess it up.&ldquo;This has to be the biggest weekend of my life,&rdquo; said the 5-8, 165 pound center after scoring a goal and picking up two assists during a 5-1 victory over the Boston Bruins in the Stadium.&ldquo;Being traded to Chicago, playing in two wins, scoring two goals, and playing on the same line with Bobby all in two days &hellip; that has to be something,&rdquo; continued Boudrias.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01773/2897904-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="265" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andre Boudrias</figcaption></div>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t ask for more than a chance to play on the same line with the greatest left wing in history,&rdquo; bubbled the 25-year-old Boudrias. &ldquo;You have to take advantage of a chance like that.&rdquo;Bobby, who picked up his 37th goal of the season in the first period, thanks, in part, to some fine work by Boudrias, is impressed with his new middleman.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been excellent, so far,&rdquo; said Bobby. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s mobile, works hard checking in the offensive zone, and it sure looks like he knows how to score.&rdquo;Neither Boudrias, who scored 19 goals as a rookie last year, nor McMahon, who led all defensemen in goals with 14 last season, had done much with the North Stars thus far this season. McMahon still is scoreless and Boudrias&rsquo; two tallies with the Hawks merely ran his season&rsquo;s total to six.A couple of months ago, both were among several North Stars threatened with fines and suspension by Manager Wren Blair for what he termed &ldquo;indifferent play.&rdquo; In fact, McMahon did spend two weeks with the North Stars&rsquo; Memphis team in the Central league.&ldquo;If I knew what went wrong with the North Stars, it wouldn&rsquo;t have happened,&rdquo; said McMahon. &ldquo;I know I wasn&rsquo;t playing well and when we went 14 games without winning, things kept getting worse.&rdquo;&ldquo;I got off to a bad start this year,&rdquo; said Boudrias. &ldquo;I was playing left wing and couldn&rsquo;t put the puck in the net. I wound up killing penalties and doing little else.&rdquo;Hawk Coach Billy Reay doesn&rsquo;t know why the pair failed this year in Minnesota but he&rsquo;s happy over the fact that the Hawks now are back in the race for a playoff position to care.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be O.K.,&rdquo; said Billy. &ldquo;Boudrias fits in with Bobby and Eric like he was born to the job and we&rsquo;re getting great work from Doug Mohns and Gilles Marotte on defense, and trom Stan Mikita, Howie, and Kenny Wharram.&ldquo;And don&rsquo;t forget the tremendous work turned in by Dave Dryden in goal.&rdquo;Reay has to be happy with the work of Young, an exdefenseman who, in effect, has changed places with Mohns and now works the left side for Mikita and Wharram on the Scooter Line.Howie took a couple of solid runs at the normally truculent Bostonians during that 5-1 victory, and midway in the second period streaked in from center ice to beat Goalie Eddie Johnston for what had to be the back-breaking goal as far as the Bruins were concerned.&ldquo;I guess with Howie on our line, you&rsquo;ll have to call us two Scooters and one Harley-Davidson,&rdquo; quipped Mikita. &ldquo;Old Howie was really roaring.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Newest Hawk Boudrias Makes Auspicious Bow As Pivot For Hull Line

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02683/2897942-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="304" height="402"></div><h2>The Fine Art Of Tending Goal</h2>THE ROOKIE &mdash; Gerry Desjardins is 23 years old and has been a professional only four seasons now. Last season outsiders couldn&rsquo;t believe it when he narrowly missed being named Most Valuable Player in the American League with a 3.45 average. &ldquo;Those people who think he couldn&rsquo;t have been that good don&rsquo;t know how bad our defense was,&rdquo; says Oakland coach Freddie Glover, who coached Desjardins then. Now, again, Desjardins has mediocre statistics, but the coaches of the NHL consider him the outstanding rookie to break into the majors this season by a wide margin. You have to see his games to know how good he does for a defenseless team.It is a job which bends the spirits and breaks the hearts of strong men, but he is too young to understand that as yet.He is as yet inexperienced and imperfect technically, but for every ordinary shot he permits past him. he stops three sizzlers. He has been blessed with amazing reflexes which is something you can&rsquo;t learn, and may learn the rest. He has the fastest gloved hand and is the best rookie on breakaways we&rsquo;ve ever seen. &ldquo;I love breakaways,&rdquo; he grins, getting excited at the thought of them. &ldquo;It shakes me up. It&rsquo;s a challenge, one on one. If I stop one, I&rsquo;m great the rest of the game. If I fail on one, it does depress me.&rdquo; With the Kings he has had to face as many as five in a single game, stopped four, then got beat on the fifth. Desjardins has been beaten 7-5 and 7-3 and 5-0 yet people who see only the scores and not the games, can&rsquo;t imagine how good he was. He never quits.&ldquo;I got beat 11-2 with Cleveland New Year&rsquo;s day last year and made a vow to myself I&rsquo;d never quit on a shot no matter the score,&rdquo; Desjardins says. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not easy, no, when they get three goals in the first 10 minutes of a game and you have to play 21/2 periods yet. It&rsquo;s not easy, no, when you&rsquo;re four or five goals behind with 10 or 15 minutes to play. But you just got to keep telling yourself to hang tough, to give it everything you&rsquo;ve got on every shot. It&rsquo;s easy to quit. But you quit, and the other teams will pounce on you like wolves. It&rsquo;s a terrible responsibility for it&rsquo;s results goalies have to live with and it&rsquo;s easy to blame you teammates, but you have to live with them. And they do their best. You know in you guts if you played well. That&rsquo;s what counts. Many&rsquo;s the time your teammates save you.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03563/2897935-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="813" height="861"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY DESJARDINS &hellip; Calder Would Be Beautiful</figcaption></div>He has had four shutouts, including two in a row and eight one-goal games. Because of an injury to the immensely talented sophomore Wayne Rutledge, Desjardins has had to play all the games for two months, but it was only a few yeas go that goalies were expected to do this and resented being asked to sit out even one game. Desjardins, who stands 5-11 and looks chubby, says, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s tough to play every game but I don&rsquo;t mind. I&rsquo;m playing for that rookie-of-the-year award the Calder Cup. Wouldn&rsquo;t that be beautiful?&rdquo;<h2>Plante-The Nomadic Netminder</h2>THE YOUNG VETERAN&mdash; Ed Giacomin of the New York Rangers is prematurely grey at 29. He has been a pro nine seasons and a major leaguer four seasons. He is the best goal-tender in the Eastern Division this season and has been the best in hockey over a span of three seasons. He used to play goal all over the ice, but has learned to stay in his little netted home-away-from-home most of the time. He admits to being mystified by his own specialty. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s very unpredictable,&rdquo; he says, wistfully. &ldquo;The bosses like standup, stay-put goalies, but the job requires such quickness you have to do what comes natural to you and if you didn&rsquo;t learn right, you find it difficult to change.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always most admired, even idolized Glenn Hall because he seemed to know where the puck was going to go and could scramble up and down so quick and even make saves while he was down, but I also admire Jacques Plante, who stands up but does move around. As a kid, you dream of making one spectacular save after another and stopping fierce teams cold. Smart stand-up goalies who play the angles perfectly make hard saves look easy, but stand-up goalies are the most spectacular because they do splits, which are the most spectacular saves.&ldquo;Some nights I&rsquo;ve found it easy to stand up the whole game and make the saves easily. You see everything and you say to yourself, &ldquo;Boy, this can be a soft touch if you work it right.&rdquo; But then another night, you find yourself flopping all over and running here and there and constantly screened out and I swear you don&rsquo;t know why, but I guess it&rsquo;s the way the plays break in the game. Some nights you feel rotten and play great. Other nights, you feel great and play rotten. Some nights, you could stop a pea fired from a cannon at close range, and other nights you can&rsquo;t stop a football lobbed from the other end.THE OLD MAN &mdash; Jacues Plante is 40, turned pro and seems frail, yet he turned pro 18 years ago and came back this season after a three-year retirement to be about as good as he has ever been, which was about the best. Plante, teammate Glenn Hall, another ancient pro, and one who gets sick before every game, and Philadelphia&rsquo;s young Bernie Parent, who may be the next great one, have been the best in the game this year, and of them old Jacques is the coolest. &ldquo;I had to quit because my wife was sick. She is not sick now, so she told me it was all right to go back to what I wanted to do, which is this,&rdquo; he smiles.He is that rare person who re-shaped his specialty, donning a mask and moving out of his little place on the ice. &ldquo;1 don&rsquo;t say anyone should copy me,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I do what works for me. It doesn&rsquo;t make sense to leave the net, but it makes less sense to let the puck go free. It doesn&rsquo;t make sense to let your face hang out in the open to be cut to ribbons, but some guys aren&rsquo;t comfortable in masks, and the job comes first. Any way you work it, it&rsquo;s a hard job for all us crazy guys, and you have to be a little crazy to play goalie.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;It&rsquo;s a vintage year for scorers and a vintage year for several goalkeepers, in the National Hockey League but it&rsquo;s a year refereein - chief Scotty Morrison and his staff would like to forget.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01752/2897987-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="274" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Scotty Morrison</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had 10 serious injuries to referees or linesmen plus Frank Udvari&rsquo;s car accident,&rdquo; Morrrison said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the worst season I can remember for officials being hurt and there doesn&rsquo;t seem to be any rhyme or reason for it.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve looked for a pattern or for some answer but there doesn&rsquo;t seem to be one.&rdquo;The year started darkly on opening night when Vern Buffey, the No. 1 referee, had to be helped off the ice early in the Red Wing game at Boston Garden. Buffey sustained a leg injury when he got caught in a collision of players by the boards.Morrison was there that night so he got into Buffey&rsquo;s gear and went in as a linesman with linespan Pat Shetler moving up and wearing Buffey&rsquo;s red arm band as referee.Since then Buffey&rsquo;s been hurt again. He was hit by Montreal&rsquo;s Ted Harris in a game in St. Louis and had to be carried off the ice with a chest and back injury. His rib cartilage was torn.Fortunately, Morrison was in the audience that night, too, and because neither of the two linesmen had a great deal of NHL experience, Scotty went in as referee.Udvari, Eastern Supervisor of Officials, sustained the most serious injury. Returning to his Kitchener home following a game in Toronto, Udvari was the first car after a truck which jack-knifed and he couldn&rsquo;t stop and there was nowhere to go.Udvari suffered a detached retina in one eye&mdash;doctors are hopeful he&rsquo;ll get 50 to 75 percent vision back in the eye &mdash; 10 broken ribs, a smashed nose, extensive facial cuts requiring 60 stitches and a punctured lung.Udvari returned to duty Feb. 19.Morrison&rsquo;s other wounded troops were Neil Armstrong, a 19 stitch cut across the back of his hand; Pat Shetler, splinter from a broken stick went in his eye; Matt Pavelich, broken ribs; George Ashley, cut hand; Wally Harris, broken collarbone; Bill Beagan, back injury; Dave Newell, tendon injury at the back of his foot and Malcolm Ashford, hit on the gluteus maximus by a shot and it hurt so bad he couldn&rsquo;t walk &mdash; the bruise then spread over the entire area.And, of course, Bob Sloan has been punched twice, by Los Angeles Kings&rsquo; general manager Larry Regan and Boston Bruins&rsquo; center Phil Esposito.It&rsquo;s been a rough season for the stripe-shirt set.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04480/2897980-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="560" height="599"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB SLOAN &hellip; Punched Twice.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05373/2897973-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="558" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body">VERN BUFFEY &hellip; Carried Off Ice.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Even ‘Chief’ Morrison Gets In On The Act

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03570/2898018-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02689/2898025-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="203" height="209"></div>(Standings on Monday, Feb. 24)GAMES COMPLETEDWed. Feb. 19Montreal 1 at Toronto 5Detroit 1 at New York 1Boston 0 at Pittsburgh 3Chicago 2 at Oakland 5Philadelphia 1 at St. Louis 3Los Angeles 4 at Minnesota 7Thurs. Feb. 20Toronto 1 at Montreal 2Pittsburgh 0 at Detroit 3Chicago 6 at Los Angeles 2Fri. Feb. 21St. Louis 2 at Oakland 3Sat. Feb. 22Toronto 2 at Minnesota 7Boston 0 at New York 9Philadelphia 1 at Detroit 9Los Angeles 4 at Oakland 3GAMES TO COMEMon. Feb. 24Minnesota at Los AngelesWed. Feb. 26Detroit at MontrealSt. Louis at TorontoChicago at New YorkBoston at Los AngelesMinnesota at OaklandThurs. Feb. 27Toronto at PhiladelphiaBoston at OaklandChicago at PittsburghSat. Mar. 1St. Louis at MontrealPittsburgh at TorontoNew York at BostonDetroit at MinnesotaPhiladelphia at Los AngelesSun. Mar. 2Montreal at DetroitChicago at Toronto (afternoon)St. Louis at New YorkPittsburgh at BostonPhiladelphia at Oakland &#9632;

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THE NHL SCENE

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;February is the month of the Valentine and apparently the Canadiens just love it. They start playing their best hockey at that time of the year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01769/2898056-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="252" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption></div>Enroute to their whirlwind finish for the Eastern Division championship and then the Stanley Cup last season, the Habs caught fire in February for 10 wins and a tie in 13 games.Before the past month&rsquo;s schedule commenced, the Montrealers trailed Boston by as much as eight points and just couldn&rsquo;t gain ground on the streaking Bruins. But Valentine victories started coming their way and they skated through a dozen games in February to nine wins and a tie before meeting Philadelphia and Detroit at the Forum.&ldquo;We have taken 19 out of 24 points, that&rsquo;s not so bad,&rdquo; offered Coach Claude Ruel, especially happy the Habs were able to defeat all five rivals in the Eastern Division during that stretch. &ldquo;Boston has some games in hand but they still have to win them and we are putting on the pressure.&rdquo;Ironically, the Canadiens&rsquo; scoring figures were comparatively close for February 1968 and this year. Last season they scored 49 to 28 against in 13 games. Last month, their tally was 47 to 31 in a dozen starts.It was a productive month right down the line with little Yvan Cournoyer winding up as the leading point-getter and top playmaker instead of Jean Beliveau. Coumoyer, who could wind up with close to 50 goals, scored only six times but picked up 13 assists including all four setups on Beliveau&rsquo;s four-goal night against Los Angeles.Beliveau who has topped the 30-goal total for the eighth time in his brilliant 16-season career had better than a goal-a-game average during February, scoring 13 times and setting up four other goals.While the Habs&rsquo; one-two punch kept hitting as it did all season, Bobby Rousseau and Dick Duff were the other hot-shots last month, both scoring six goals. Rousseau earned seven assists to six for Duff, the latter showing the same late-season drive that marked his play in four previous seasons with Montreal.Jacques Lemaire led the rest of the forwards for points (four goals and nine assists) while Ted Harris and Serge Savard had 1-5 marks from their defence positions.Goaltending remained the question-mark of Montreal&rsquo;s quest for a first-place finish ahead of Boston. Rogatien Vachon continued hot and cold in four wins, one loss and a tie while giving up 19 goals. Gump Worsley had just hit his stride, only two goals against in three games, before being knocked out in the first period of a game at Toronto.The Gumper was kept in Toronto hospital for observation only overnight but his status left Coach Ruel in a quandary.The Canadiens stayed healthy enough but had one big worry &mdash; whether or not Gilles Tremblay would play again this season. The veteran left-winger returned for only one game after the team&rsquo;s long road trip early in February and wound up in hospital for treatment of bronchitis. The same ailment had kept him out of 11 games at the turn of the year.&ldquo;Gilles was just starting to play the way he can when we lost him,&rdquo; moaned Ruel. &ldquo;He was skating and getting a few goals. Now he will have to start all over when he comes back.&rdquo;Meanwhile Terry Harper was chomping at the bit to get back into action for the first time in three months. The hardrock defenseman has been out since late November due to surgery on a gimpy knee. Ruel was hesitant to play Harper &ldquo;until I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;s 100 percent.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Canadiens Launch Late-Season Push To Knock Bruins Off Top NHL Perch

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NHL SCORING RACE

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;Murray (Muzz) Oliver is a much better hockey player than Toronto Maple Leafs thought he was when they acquired him from Boston Bruins in 1967. He has been an extremely pleasant surprise.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04497/2898247-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="264" height="484"><figcaption class="caption-body">Murray Oliver</figcaption></div>Leafs felt Oliver, a centre, was one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s more skilful playmakers, but they never dreamed he could do the job he has performed for them as a diligent left-winger who excels in the defensive end of things. Previously, Oliver had never displayed excessive interest in checking duties.Oliver patrols the port side on a newly formed forward line with Dave Keon at centre and Floyd Smith on the right wing. After 52 games, Oliver had 13 goals and 19 assists. Moreover, he&rsquo;s been a regular at all times since joining Leafs. Eddie Shack, the player Toronto gave Boston Bruins in exchange for Oliver, wasn&rsquo;t a first-stringer with Leafs.As a junior, Oliver chose baseball as a career, deciding Cleveland Indians were more interested in him than Detroit Red Wings, who owned his services as a professional hockey player. Oliver signed to play minor-league baseball in the Cleveland organization, but ruined his chances by fracturing his arm in the junior playofts with Detroit&rsquo;s Hamilton farm club. He tried to play baseball, but was unable to recover his throwing ability, essential to an infielder.And so Oliver turned professional in 1958 and jojned Detroit&rsquo;s affiliate at Edmonton. His rookie NHL season was 1959-60 and he scored 20 goals.Wings faulted his checking ability and felt he wasn&rsquo;t aggressive enough to make up for his size-5-foot-9, 170 pounds. He had that 20-goal season behind him and had counted 11 in the 1960-61 campaign when he was dealt to Boston Bruins.Gary Aldcorn, and Tom McCarthy accompanied Oliver to Detroit, while Leo Labine and Vic Stasiuk were sent to Detroit.Oliver always was a prolific scorer with Boston but was one of the athletes Bruins considered dispensable when coach Harry Sinden and general manager Milt Schmidt were rebuilding the club that finished last in 1967. When Phil Esposito and Fred Stanfield were obtained from Chicago Black Hawks and Derek Sanderson was ready to move up from junior competition, Bruins no longer needed Oliver.They were interested in Shack, though. And Leafs needed some reserve strength at centre. Oliver wasn&rsquo;t quite the industrious forechecker manager-coach Punch Imlach prefers but on the other hand, he was a steady and consistent player.Oliver must have been overjoyed to get to Toronto. He&rsquo;d cashed only one Stanley Cup bonus cheque during his entire career while Leafs got into the playoffs as a matter of habit. And it wasn&rsquo;t Oliver&rsquo;s fault that Leafs didn&rsquo;t qualify for Cup competition in his first season here. He was one of Leafs&rsquo; best men throughout the 1967-68 campaign, which they finished up in fifth place.But what is remarkable about Oliver is the fact he&rsquo;s succeeded in a job Leafs didn&rsquo;t have in mind for him when they got him. In other words, he has made a spot for himself. &#9632;

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Oliver Becomes Defensive Star Much To Surprise Of Maple Leafs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05417/2898278-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg"></div>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 23) &#9632;

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NHL Goalkeepers’ Race

<div class="byline">BY LOU PRATO</div>&lsquo;You like 7up 7up likes You&rsquo;&lsquo;You like 7up 7up likes You&rsquo;PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;When Ken Sckinkel was named to represent Pittsburgh in the National Hockey League AllStar game a few weeks back there was con siderable criticism about the selection.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01739/2898309-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="280" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Schinkel</figcaption></div>Even Schinkel was some what mystified and surprised by the choice. He had not been playing very well, and, in fact, was in what could loosely be termed &ldquo;a season-long slump.&rdquo;There were other Penguins who deserved the All-Star honor ahead of Schinkel but for the second straight year he was the team&rsquo;s lone representative. Knowing this, the normally amiable Schinkel refused to comment about the situation, expect to say curtly &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to talk about it.&rdquo;That was a few weeks ago. Today, Schinkel is playing like a bonafide All-Star and he&rsquo;s smiling and talking again.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy that things are starting to break for me,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but I don&rsquo;t like the way the team is headed. We can&rsquo;t seem to get going and the only thing that has saved us completely is that Philadelphia and Minnesota have been losing, too. So, we still have a crack at the playoffs.&rdquo;Although the Penguins have been floundering, Schinkel has been the hottest player on the team of late. He has quickly moved towards the front in the individual statistics, challenging team leader Charlie Burns. At one point he had scored 7 goals in 9 games and by mid February had recorded 12 goals and 24 assists.&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t skating before,&rdquo; Schinkel admits. &ldquo;I think it as a combination of my leg injury from last year and my not getting off to a good start. I was favoring the leg and it&rsquo;s just now starting to come around.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t have confidence in my leg. I was going into the corners and easing up. I had trouble since I couldn&rsquo;t stop and go. My legs gave in and I was on my can half the time. But now I&rsquo;ve got the strength back and I feel confident again.&rdquo;The confidence had been missing since late last year when Schinkel suffered a hairline ankle fracture that caused him to miss 18 games. Later, he aggravated a knee injury and during the offseason he needed an operation to repair the damage. Throughout pre-season drills and during much of this season he favored the knee.&ldquo;With me not skating, that left a lot up to Earl (Ingarfield), &ldquo;Schinkel said, &ldquo;and he was having his trouble, too. Earl wasn&rsquo;t carrying the puck that well and I&rsquo;m not a puck carrier so we both had difficulty.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not knocking Earl. It just so happened that we both were off to bad starts and that put a lot of pressure on us. Neither could help the other.&rdquo;Schinkel traces his rejuvenation to the day Coach Red Sullivan placed him on a line with Billy Harris at center and Vai Fonteyne at the left wing. That just about matches the time that Ingarfield was traded to Oakland in a six player deal.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been handling the puck a little more with Bill and Val,&rdquo; Schinkel said. &ldquo;Bill handles the puck a good bit and I get a lot of shots from him. Then, when you start going good you get hungry. You want the puck more. Last year, I went into the corner and dug the puck out and I started doing that again.&rdquo;At the rate he is going, Schinkel will probably surpass his NHL high of 14 goals and 25 assists from last season.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the best hockey player I&rsquo;ve got right now,&rdquo; says Coach Red Sullivan.And a real All-Star, too. &#9632;

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SCHINKEL PLAYING LIKE ‘ALL-STAR’ FOR PENGUINS

The Chicago Black Hawks are ready to launch their late season kick to make the NHL playoffs and they could do it on Bobby Hull&rsquo;s scoring exploits alone.The Hawks&rsquo; Golden Jet turned in another highly productive week for Chicago scoring five times as his team won two of their three starts to move out of last place and into the thick of the battle for the remaining two playoff spots.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02641/2898340-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="252" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Hull</figcaption></div>Hull collected a hat trick in the Hawks&rsquo; 6-2 bombing of Los Angeles Kings and he also had the tieing goal against Toronto as the Hawks again won 4-2.The five goal weekraised Hull&rsquo;s season count to 42 and his point output to 83, only nine behind leader Phil Esposito.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the NHL&rsquo;s playear-of-the week in the East:Bobby Hull&hellip;Chicago &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE EAST

There have been days when Red Sullivan wished he had more Keith McCrearys on his Pittsburgh hockey club.The blond Penguin star has been doing a steady and dependable job for the NHL expansion club despite their last place showing. McCreary has more than done his part.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03508/2898371-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="272" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Keith McCreary</figcaption></div>This past week he broke out with three goals and two assists as the Penguins found out how the other half lives by winning two games in three starts. McCreary scored the winning goal in the 3-0 upset over Boston and set up the deciding goal by Bill Speer that toppled Detroit 3-2.McCreary already has passed his 1967-68 production for the Penguins. He has 16 goals, two more than he collected all last year.El Producto and THE HOCKEY NEWS are pleased to salute the NHL&rsquo;s playear-of-the-week in the West:Keith McCreary&hellip;Pittsburgh &#9632;

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NHL Player Of The Week — IN THE WEST

<h2>MONTREAL</h2>Goal, Vachon, Worsley, Defense, Laperriere, J.C. Tremblay, Harris, Hillman, Savard, Forwards, Beliveau, Bordeleau, Backstrom, Duff, Cournoyer, Provost, Rousseau, Richard, Ferguson, Redmond, Lemaire.<h2>TORONTO</h2>Goal, Gamble, Bower. Defense, Pilote, Pronovost, Horton, Pelyk, Ley. Forwards, Ellis, Ullman, Oliver, Keon, Mickey, Walton, F. Smith, Henderson, Pulford, Armstrong, Sutherland.<h2>CHICAGO</h2>Goal, Dryden, DeJordy, Defense, Marotte, Young, McMahon, Ravlich, Stapleton, Jarrett, Forwards, Boudrais, Martin, Pappin, B. Hull, Mohns, Nesterenko, C. Maki, Wharram, Schmautz, Mikita.<h2>NEW YORK</h2>Goal, Giacomin, Villemure, Defense, Hamilton Brown, Park, Neilson, Seiling. Forwards, Gilbert, Nevin, Fleming, Jeffrey Hadfield, Stewart, Baton, Ratelie, Goyette, Marshall, Tkaczuk.<h2>DETROIT</h2>Goal, Crozier, Edwards, Sawchuk. Defense, Baun, Douglas, Popiel, Bergman, Harris. Forwards, Unger, Howe, Delvecchio, F. Mahovlich, MacGregor, Libett, Hatoum, Stemkowski, Monteith, Prentice, Leclarc, Connelly.<h2>BOSTON</h2>Goal, Cheevers, Johnston, Defense, Gauthier Green, Westfall, Smith, Awrey, Forwards, Esposito, Hodge, Bucyk, Cashman, Sather, Sanderson, Stanfiled, McKenzie, Shack, Murphy, Webster, Lorentz, Orr, Sanderson.<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>Goal, Parent, Favell, Defense, Van Impe, Watson, Miszuk, Stanley, Hale, Cherry. Forwards, Lacroix, Rochefort, Selby, Gendron, Dornhoefer, Sarrazin, Peters, Blackbum, Johnson, Kennedy, Stankiewicz.<h2>OAKLAND</h2>Goal, Smith, Worthy. Defense: Roberts, Vadnais, Lacombe, Mattiussi, Marshall, Odrowski, Forwards, Laughton, Ehman, Hicke, Hampson, Jarrett, Ingarfield, Dillabough, Ferguson, Szura, Perry, Ubriaco.<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>Goal, Binkley, Daley, Defense, Rupp, Pratt, Price, McCallum, Woytcwich. Forwards, Angotti, Fonteyne, Bums, Watson, Swarbrick, Schinkel, Dea, Harris, Boyer, Pronovost, McCreary.<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2>Goal, Hall, Plante, Defense Arbour, Bob Plager, Roberts, Barclay Plager, Talbot, Picard. Forwards, Berenson, St. Marseille, Schock, Sabourin, Ecclestone, McCreary, Cameron, Keenan, McDonald, Henry.<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>Goal, Maniago, Bauman. Defense, W. Hillman, Boivin, Vasko, McCord, Nanne, Reid. Forwards, O&rsquo;Shea, Cullen, Parise, Lawson, Orban, Johnston, Larose, Collins, Grant, Goldsworthy.<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>Goal, Rutledge, Desjardins. Defense, Wall, Amadio, Rolfe, B. Hughes, Cahan, White. Forwards, Campbell, Peters, R. Lemieux, H. Hughes, Irvine, Joyal, Flett, Labossiere, Anderson. &#9632;

NHL TEAM LINEUPS

<h2>WED. FEB. 19</h2>MONTREAL 1 At TORONTO 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01727/2898573-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="586" height="625"></div>DETROIT 1 At NEW YORK 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02678/2898566-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="586" height="475"></div>BOSTON 0 At PITTSBRUGH 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03629/2898559-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="580" height="453"></div>CHICAGO 2 At OAKLAND 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04577/2898552-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="582" height="625"></div>LOS ANGELES 4 At MINNESOTA 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05474/2898545-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="576" height="824"></div>PHILADELPHIA 1 At ST. LOUIS 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06404/2898538-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="580" height="474"></div><h2>THURS. FEB. 20</h2>TORONTO I AT MONTREAL 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07374/2898531-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="578" height="257"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08351/2898524-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="546" height="231"></div>PITTSBURGH 0 at DETROIT 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09334/2898517-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="584" height="453"></div>CHICAGO 6 at LOS ANGELES 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10312/2898510-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="584" height="757"></div><h2>FRI. FEB. 21</h2>ST. LOUIS 2 at OAKLAND 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11287/2898503-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="584" height="523"></div><h2>SAT. FEB. 22</h2>ST. LOUIS 3 At LOS ANGELES 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12251/2898496-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="580" height="481"></div>CHICAGO 4 At TORONTO 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13217/2898489-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="582" height="598"></div>DETROIT 2 At PITTSBURGH 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14184/2898482-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="580" height="523"></div>PHILADELPHIA 1 At MONTREAL 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15152/2898475-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="580" height="102"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-16110/2898468-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="594" height="405"></div><h2>SUN. FEB. 23</h2>TORONTO 2 At MINNESOTA 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1789/2898461-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="592" height="733"></div>BOSTON 0 at NEW YORK 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1875/2898454-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="588" height="777"></div>PHILADELPHIA 1 At DETROIT 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1958/2898447-1-eng-US/f0013-192.jpg" title="f0013-19" width="582" height="417"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-2038/2898440-1-eng-US/f0013-202.jpg" title="f0013-20" width="582" height="379"></div>LOS ANGELES 4 at OAKLAND 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-2129/2898433-1-eng-US/f0013-212.jpg" title="f0013-21" width="580" height="82"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-2223/2898426-1-eng-US/f0013-222.jpg" title="f0013-22" width="584" height="493"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">with ED FITKIN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01727/2898618-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="313" height="426"></div>CONVERSATION WITH Milt Schmidt, GM of the Boston Bruins early in the 1967-68 season: &ldquo;When I took over as general manager, I realized we had the neucleus of a pretty fair club. At the same time I wasn&rsquo;t satisfied that we had a winner. I started thinking back to the old days when I played. We had some really great teams from 1939 to 1941, the last time we won the championship. It struck me that those teams had one thing in common &mdash; big, hard-hitting forwards and a tough defense. I looked over our roster and saw that we were lacking in big and rugged forwards. From then on, I decided that any trades I made would be slanted towards getting some big guys. Just before the expansion draft (June 1967) Tommy Ivan called me and wanted to talk trade. He wanted Gilles Marotte. I hated to give up Marotte but pretty soon the deal was shaping up the way I wanted &mdash; big forwards. Phil Esposito for one. Kenny Hodge for another. Finally, we agreed. We also got Fred Stanfield. We gave up Marotte, Pit Martin and goalie Jack Norris. Then I worked a deal with Toronto, giving up another small although talented player, Murray Oliver, for another bigger, more rambunctious type &mdash; Eddie Shack. Now I think we are on the right track. Now perhaps we can regain that old championship spirit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02616/2898611-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="265" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt Schmidt</figcaption></div>THAT WAS EARLY in the 1967-68 season, remember. Seems to me now, in retrospect, that Schmidt concocted the proper formula for success &hellip; The Bruins began clawing their way up from the depths, playing a robust game, hitting and skating &hellip; the three ex-Hawks, Esposito, Hodge and Stanfield provided the needed scoring punch, and so did Shack &hellip; And for the first time in nine years, the Bruins made the playoffs It wasn&rsquo;t quite a Cinderella story, though. The power-packed Montreal Canadiens stunned Beantown&rsquo;s loyal fandom bv disposing of the Bruins four straight &hellip; But Boston is back again this year, hitting harder, more confident and more determined to do the job &hellip; Esposito has had a fantastic year and is well on his way to becoming the NHL&rsquo;s first 100-point man &hellip; He and the dextrous Bobby Orr, in particular, spearheaded the team into first place in the East, despite a siege of injuries that would have shattered the morale of a less-dedicated group &hellip; With Orr out of action, because of a knee injury, the Bruins lost their big lead over Canadiens but with a healthy Orr back in the lineup, along with Ron Murphy, Derek Sanderson and Johnny McKenzie, the Bruins will make it a tough pennant fight right down to the wire &hellip; Harry Sinden has done a tremendous job, and behind the scenes, Weston Adams, Schmidt and Tom Johnson have backlogged young players who have been capable of coming up under emergency conditions and playing excellent hockey &hellip; The Bruins, I would say, have a rosy future ahead of them.TWO OF THE OUTSTANDING candidates for the Calder Trophy &mdash; Gerry Desjardins of the Los Angeles Kings and Norm Ferguson of Oakland Seals &mdash; are no strangers to each other in competition for rookie of the year honors &hellip; A year ago, when both were playing for the Cleveland Barons, they were prime choices for the American League rookie award &hellip; Desjardins got the nod because his spectacular goaling was considered slightly better than Ferguson&rsquo;s 42 goals scored &hellip; Now the two are locked in this season&rsquo;s Calder duel. Desjardins has been the goalkeeping &lsquo;find&rsquo; of the year while Ferguson has been scoring consistently for the Seals &hellip; They have great respect for each other&rsquo;s talents and as Desjardins said: &ldquo;if I don&rsquo;t win it, I sure hope Norm does. He&rsquo;s a great player&rdquo; &hellip; There are other fine rookies extant this season and one of the most impressive is Brad Park, young New York Ranger defenseman &hellip; In many ways, he reminds me of Carl Brewer. He handles the puck with finesse, is an excellent rusher and he can hit &hellip; But for a torn cartilage in 1966-67, Desjardins incidentally might now be sharing the Montreal netminding chores with Gump Worsley, instead of Rogatien Vachon &hellip; Desjardins was No. 1 goalie for Houston, Montreal&rsquo;s CHL form club, in 1966-67, and Vachon was the backup man &hellip; The injury sidelined Gerry and while he was out of action, Montreal surprisingly summoned Vachon to the NHL in a goaling emergency &hellip; It&rsquo;s history now that Vachon (Punch Imlach called him a junior B&rsquo; goaltender) responded to the challenge with brilliant displays and has stayed with Canadiens ever since &hellip; Talk about your Hollywood scripts!<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03478/2898604-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="258" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ferguson</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Footloose

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;It&rsquo;s always refreshing when an athlete of superstar caliber plays down his own role in a team&rsquo;s success. It is downright exhilarating when that superstar happens to be only 20-years old.The main subject of this essay is Bobby Orr, the talented defenseman of the Bruins who was headed for his first Norris Trophy as the outstanding defenseman in the National hockey League until he suffered the recurrence of a knee injury nearly three weeks ago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04348/2898649-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="271" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Orr</figcaption></div>At that time the Bruins were riding to a 19-game streak without a defeat and were on top of the East Division by six points. And Orr was hailed as the leader of the most awesome offense in the league and the key to the best defensive group in the East.In a stretch of nine games since his injury, however, the Bruins slipped to a 4-3-1 record and dropped two in a row at Montreal and Chicago last weekend for their longest losing streak since October.The loss of Orr was pinpointed as the major reason for the slump.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s not true,&rdquo; insists the quiet youngester from Parry Sound, Ont.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just one of 18 men. No one man is that important. If I was able to do a job until the knee kicked up it was because the other 17 were poing that.&ldquo;The reason the team has been playing well until the last few games was because it was a team and, as I say, I was just a part of that unit.The fact of the matter is that Orr does have a point. Althougn any time he is out of the lineup the Bruins are undoubtedly hurt. The case history of this team has been one injury after another since the start of the season.When Orr went out of action only Phil Esposito and Ken Hodge had played every game for the Bruins up front.Esposito&rsquo;s suspension the last two games for his altercation with referee Bob Sloan in the Feb. 8 game against Philadelphia, left only Hodge and Westfall in the lineup for every game.This is the way the injury list has gone this year. Tom Williams out for the year with knee surgery; Gary Doak out for the year with mononucleosis Teddy Green, Johnny McKenzie (twice); Johnny Bucyk (twice), Eddie Shack (twice), Derek Sanderson, Wayne Cashman, Tom Webster, Eddie Johnston and Ron Murphy.That the Bruins were able to compile a record of 19 straight without a loss and only one defeat in 22 games that included 13 on the road, is a tribute to the depth of their farm system.In addition to Cashman and Webster, the B&rsquo;s have a various times called up Jim Lorentz, Don Marcotte, Jean Gauthier, Ricky Smith, Barry Gibbs, Jim Lesuck, Colin McCormick, and Jim Harrison.But with McKenzie, Sanderson, Murphy and Cashman all on the shelf at the same time the Bruins had run out of bodies for replacement.&ldquo;Hershey and Oklahoma City are both down to eight forwards,&rdquo; said General Manager Milt Schmidt. &ldquo;We have taken a lot from them during the season. We&rsquo;ll just have to go with 10 forwards and sweat it out until some of the others get healthy.&rdquo;Murphy and Cashman were back in the line up for a game at Pittsburgh and hopefully Orr would be able to resume his normal efficiency at New York. Esposito is the next man due to return next Wednesday at Oakland.&ldquo;If we can weather this stretch we should be in pretty good shape for the final month,&rsquo; says Harry Sinden, &ldquo;Then we may have everyone back.&rdquo;But Boston fans can&rsquo;t help feeling that the return of Orr is the single key factor in the B&rsquo;s final surge. &#9632;

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Bruin Super Star Orr Disclaims Credit For Team’s Solid Year

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;Dmile &ldquo;The at&rdquo; Francis Its surround by the press the anteroom posite the New York Rangers&rsquo; dressing om. It was sunday Evening february 16.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01701/2898680-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="248" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brad Park</figcaption></div>The West Coast of the previous week, which was supposed to build a Ishion for the Rangers, against their so called expansion cousins and ended in disaster, with acsses to Oakland 3-2 on Febuary 12 and 4-1 to Los Anles on February 13. Then came clutch back-to-back weekend series with the challenging fifth face Toronto Maple Leafs, who though a point or so behind a third place Rangers in the Endings had four games in and on the Gothamites.Toronto whipped the Broadway gues by a 6-2 count on February and closed the margin to a are two points. The Rangers, Bose flight to the west coast had en a hectic blizzard harassed, dress ordeal, were ripe for the Bring, as they were playing their Birth game in five days.Now the big game with the was over and the Cat was cock of the walk again. &ldquo;We at them 4-2 with our backs to be wall. Nobody will catch us. The schedule is with us. Btroit has to go to the Coast and does Chicago and the days of automatic victory over the western Division of the National hockey League are gone. And we B goals from Larry Jeffrey No. Band Dave Balon and this will up pick up the whole club.&rdquo;What Francis failed to mention the change in the New York hes which had, finally, stifled Norm Ullman led trio which ludes Paul Henderson and Bill therland. Ullman had gotten hat tricks against the New workers this season and was the as the Leafs took four of the at five games with the RangersEmile switched his lines as follows: Walter Tkaczuk centered Dave Balon and Bob Nevin this trio was matched against Ullman line. Reg Fleming was talled in Nevin&rsquo;s right wing on the line with Phil Goyette Donnie Marshall. Only the Ratelle, Vic Hadfield, Rod Bbert combo was left alone.Toronto got a goal from second he winger Floyd Smith and brother from defenseman Jim rey, but the big Ullman line as blanked and the Rangers Re full value for the victory.They needed a shot in the arm the trip to the gentle Pacific pes. The reaction of the Bives, meaning the Oakland Rls and the Los Angeles Kings not sentie, or pacific. The Rls, playing with the youthful his Worthy in goal as a last minute sub for regular, Gary who came down with a tastic job out of Chris, was worthy of the victory.Down south in the land of the Rigs, New York was blitzed in the first five minutes and thirty three seconds by three LA goals. Gilles Villemure was the New York netminder in this game as Francis rested Giacomin for the big Toronto weekend. It took the locals just 21 seconds to light the lamp behind Gilles, who admitted &ldquo;it wasn&rsquo;t one of my better games.&rdquo; Brad Park, who has scintillated in most contests was partially responsible for two of the Los Angeles&rsquo; tallies. Park lost the puck to Eddie Joyal at the Kings blue line and was trapped as Joyal walked down and drilled a 35 footer through Villemure. This occurred at 4.38 of the first and less than a minute later, Park let Ted Irvine loose in front of the New York net and Ted deposited Gordon Labossiere&rsquo;s pass behind Villemure.Even this bad day had a ray of sunshine as Park came back with a fair performance against Toronto on Saturday February 15 and a good one on February 16. In other words he did not brood over his miscues, as some rookies are apt to do. &#9632;

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Line Shakeup lelps Blues Stop Toronto

<div class="byline">BY SPENCE CONLEY</div>OAKLAND, Calif. &mdash;The Goods Guys were hurting. The situation was critical, only John Wayne and the U.S. Cavalry could save the Oakland Seals now. But wait a minute, who&rsquo;s that galloping out of obscurity to save the day? Why it&rsquo;s Beeps and the King and Cool Earl.Beeps is 24-year-old Brian Perry, a utility forward in his rookie season, and the King is 23-year-old Mike Laughton, the lanky sophomore centerman who wears his helmet like a crown, and Cool Earl is 34-year-old Earl Ingarfield, a classy veteran.But back up a minute and get the picture a little more clearly.The Seals hadn&rsquo;t had too many serious injuries this season and were getting a generally good effort from the entire team. Oh, the goaltending had been something of a problem, and there were nights when the defense wasn&rsquo;t up to par, but for the most part there weren&rsquo;t too many problems.Then, one day during practice, all-star left wing Gary Jarrett was struck in the eye by a hard shot which had deflected up off a stick and caught him straight on.He was cut in three places and needed 20 stitches to close the wounds, but more than that, there was some minor eye damage &mdash; bleeding in the back, to be specific.All of a sudden, the Seals, leading goal-scorer (19) was out for an indefinite period.Perry, troubled by a slow start, hadn&rsquo;t been getting too much ice time. Still he got the call to replace Jarrett.Perry moved onto the left side of Mike Laughton&rsquo;s line with Bill Hicke on the right.That was on Jan. 17. In the following eight games, Perry picked up three goals and 10 assists for 13 points.The Seals won four, lost three and tied one, with Pittsburgh, Toronto, and Montreal (twice) taking defeat. Boston had to score in the last 17 seconds of play to get a tie.No doubt about it, Beeps was great in relief.But then defenseman Bert Marshall was hammered in the chest by a Leaf charging out of the penalty box. He caught Bert on the blind side accidentally and Marshall went out of the game with a separated rib.Two days later, during another practice, Hicke, the Seals&rsquo; leading scorer, took a hard shot on his left instep and was carted off to the hospital with a badly bruised foot.Injuries were suddenly a very big problem.Laughton had lost both of his linemates and the two best shooters and leading defensemen were out of action.But Laughton didn&rsquo;t let it bother him. He kept working and it paid off.Ingarfield was moved up off the special teams &mdash; power-play and penalty-killing &mdash; to take over for Hicke.The first crack out of the box with the &ldquo;Bailing Wire&rdquo; line, Laughton and Perry each scored twice and assisted on a pair of others in a 5-1 rout of Montreal, Feb. 5. Ingarfield got a pair of assists.Ingarfield had come to the Seals along with Gene Ubriaco and Dick Mattiussi in a three-for three trade with Pittsburgh. The Seals parted with George Swarbrick, Bryan Watson and minor league defenseman Tracy Pratt.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02631/2898711-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="556" height="619"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRIAN PERRY &hellip; Top Relief Role</figcaption></div>Although he hadn&rsquo;t played very much in Pittsburgh, Mattiussi stepped in as a replacement for Marshall and did a beautiful job.Ubriaco scored in his first two games and ran his season goal total to 17 and added both speed and hustle to the left side to Teddy Hampson&rsquo;s line with Gerry Ehman on the right side.Even Joe Szura, who had difficulty finding himself during the early going, untracked and earned a regular job between Bob Dillabough and Norm Ferguson, the Calder Trophy candidate.Despite the overall team effort, the inspiration has come from Beeps, the King and Cool Earl.Even John Wayne probably couldn&rsquo;t do that. Or could he? &#9632;

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Perry, Laughton Jump In To Bail Seals Out

NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;Emile &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Francis will remain as the General Manager and Coach of the New York Rangers for the rest of this season it was announced in New York February 18.Bernard &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion, the team&rsquo;s coach who has been convalescing in Florida following his collapse in Oakland last month will act in a scouting capacity as well as being assigned certain other important duties.&ldquo;Geoffrion is well and feels fine,&rdquo; said Francis. &ldquo;However, it was felt that to return him to the coaching job now was asking too much. He has missed a full month of the campaign and with 18 games left it was decided to leave things the way they are.&rdquo;Under Francis the Rangers won 8 games, lost 4 and tied 2 and rose from last place to third and contention for a spot in the post season playoffs.Speculation as to the Ranger high command for the 1969-70 season seems to center around Francis. Whether or not he will hire a coach for next year is a moot point. &#9632;

Francis Stays As Coach, Boomer Turns To Scouting

<h2>SUN. FEB. 16</h2>HERSHEY 4 at QUEBEC 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01548/2898864-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="582" height="606"></div>BALTIMORE 0 at ROCHESTER 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02471/2898857-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="590" height="455"></div>CLEVELAND 3 at BUFFALO 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03371/2898850-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="588" height="733"></div>SPRINGFIELD 3 at PROVIDENCE 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04296/2898843-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="588" height="483"></div><h2>Tues. Feb. 18</h2>PROVIDENCE 3 at BALTIMORE 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05224/2898836-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="591" height="485"></div>HERSHEY 3 at QUEBEC 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06177/2898829-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="586" height="452"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07164/2898822-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="590" height="233"></div><h2>FRI. FEB. 21</h2>BUFFALO 4 at ROCHESTER 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08148/2898815-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="596" height="781"></div>PROVIDENCE 2 at CLEVELAND 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-09127/2898808-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="592" height="563"></div>HERSHEY 5 at BALTIMORE 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-10107/2898801-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="590" height="651"></div><h2>SAT. FEB. 22</h2>BALTIMORE 4 at SPRINGFIELD 0<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1193/2898794-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="590" height="497"></div>CLEVELAND 2 at HERSHEY 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1278/2898787-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="586" height="341"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1367/2898780-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="592" height="303"></div><h2>SUN. FEB. 23</h2>HERSHEY 5 at CLEVELAND 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1462/2898773-1-eng-US/f0016-142.jpg" title="f0016-14" width="590" height="253"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1556/2898766-1-eng-US/f0016-152.jpg" title="f0016-15" width="552" height="317"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE SUMMARIES

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div>ASK YOUR DEALER ABOUTLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS (FORMERLY WALLY)(Hockey stickers distributed in the U.S. through the Hillerich & Bradsby Co.)ASK YOUR DEALER ABOUTLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS (FORMERLY WALLY)(Hockey sticks distributed in the U.S. through the Hillerich & Bradsby Co.)HERSHEY, Pa. &mdash;Mike Nykoluk, better known as the &ldquo;Big Bear,&rdquo; is fast closing in on another milestone in his long American League career.The veteran Hershey Bears&rsquo; centerman, third greatest playmaker in AHL annals, was only six points shy of hitting the 700-point mark as of Feb. 15.After 52 games, the 34-year-old Nykoluk, who has spent 11 of 13 AHL seasons with Hershey, was the club&rsquo;s third leading scorer with 10 goals and 42 assists for 52 points.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1653/2898895-1-eng-US/f0016-162.jpg" title="f0016-16" width="302" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike Nykoluk</figcaption></div>One of the league&rsquo;s most popular skaters, Nykoluk shows a career log of 841 games, 147 goals, 547 assists for 694 points with 22 games remaining.His assist mark places him in very select company. Only Fred Glover, former Cleveland star and now coach of Oakland in the NHL, and Baltimore&rsquo;s Willie (The Whip) Marshall, an ex-Hershey hand, have logged better playmaking standards.Glover, the greatest scorer in league history, ended his career with 81 assists, while Marshall is second with 768, 29 of which were garnered in his first 48 eames this season.For years big Mike&rsquo;s play went unheeded. Time and again he was passed over in the all-star balloting.However, in 1966-67, Nykoluk, who had been entertaining ideas of hanging up the blades for good, was voted the league&rsquo;s most valuable player, a prize long overdue the Toronto product. He earned a second team al star spot.And last year, Nykoluk, who tallied 85 point and paced the league&rsquo;s playmakers with assists, was named to the first all-star club.&ldquo;I was seriously thinking of retiring after the 1966-67 season,&rdquo; said Mike, &ldquo;but when won the most valuable player award I figure I&rsquo;d hang in there.&ldquo;I was going to step out last season, but felt I was in good shape and as long as could help the club I&rsquo;d stick around.&rdquo;Once again it&rsquo;s been Mike&rsquo;s playmaking the has helped Hershey stay on top of the Easter Division since the first puck was dropped launch this season. He&rsquo;s played with a number of different wingmen, but the hustling forward has continually payed the way for his linemater to blink the light.Added to this, his penalty killing effort have been outstanding. In fact, Nykoluk is rated as one of the finest at this particular chore.Recently Mike was awarded the Bruce Drape Memorial Trophy, emblematic of the club&rsquo; leading scorer. The award was introduced this season in memory of his former teammate which died of cancer last year.In the off-season Nykoluk is a successful cal salesman for the Blake Cadillac Co. in Harris burg.Nykoluk, like the rest of his Hershey team mates, feels this year&rsquo;s club has the talent snare the Calder Cup, a prize that has escape coach Frank Mathers&rsquo; skaters since 1958-59 Nykoluk was one of the stars of the last Hershey Calder championship outfit, racking 15 points in 13 post-season matches. &#9632;

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Nykoluk After 700th AHL Point

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01461/2898940-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="535" height="564"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDRE PRONOVOST &hellip; Secured from Phoenix</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02409/2898933-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="538" height="572"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETE GOEGAN &hellip;Added From Denver</figcaption></div>The Rochester Americans did their own mini bit in Buffalo Feb.12 &hellip;and the results certainly were astonishing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03338/2898926-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="251" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Cook</figcaption></div>No, playercoach Dick Gamble didn&rsquo;t shorten his squad&rsquo;s uniforms. But if he had any fewer players that evening, the club could have traveled to Buffalo by car rather than bus.It all started when Gamble agreed to a shift of players with Tulsa and Toronto. Defenseman Brian Glennie went from Rochester to Tulsa of the Central League to help out the short-handed Oilers who had lost Rick Ley to Toronto because of injuries. When the Leafs became healthy, Ley was due to join the Amerks. He was expected to meet the club in Buffalo for the Feb. 12 game, but was kept by the Maple Leafs.Veteran defenseman Warren Godfrey was declared out of the Bison game because of a badly-bruised hip, and center Barry Watson was sidelined with a twisted knee.Came time to board the bus for Buffalo late the afternoon of the 12th and center Bronco Horvath reported with a skin infection so irritating he was rushed to a doctor instead of going to Buffalo. Defenseman Claude Labrosse hobbled in on a bruised ankle that had swollen overnight following practice the previous day.That left Gamble with Wayne Mosdell, who had been pumping gas in a Montreal station until midNovember; Ken Block, who had been playing left wing in the last several games, and Jack Chipchase, just coming back after being out since Dec. 10, as the defense. He moved Bob Cook, a winger who had been gathering dust on the bench, in as the fourth blueliner.Ah, but the story is not yet finished.Block departed with an ankle injury during the first period and didn&rsquo;t return.Now Gamble had no choice but to move Ron Ward, his star center and a cinch to be named AHL rookie of the year, back to defense.Ward and Cook formed one defense pair, giving the Amerks five forwards on the ice even when they were killing penalties.A player change during the game was funny. All that remained on the bench were back-up goalie Bobby Perreault and one other player.Buffalo&rsquo;s powerful Bisons went into the game with a 30-9-9 record in the American Legues Western Division, while Rochester was strugging to stay out of the cellar and owned a 17-28-8 record.What a chance for the Bison sharpshooteurs to fatten their scoring totals!But the Amerks&rsquo; minisquad put out a maxi-effort and stunned the Herd 3 to 1. Yes, truth is stranger then fiction. &#9632;

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‘Mini’ Amerks Stun Leading Bisons

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div>BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;About some twenty five years of good hockey experiences was injected into the Baltimore Clippers lineup as Coach Aldo Guidol in made last minute personnel changes in the final run to the AHL wire, by adding veteran defenseman Pete Goegan and equally experienced left winger Andre Pronovost.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04265/2898971-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="253" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Hart</figcaption></div>Both players come to the Clippers on loan from the Minnesota North Stars via their minor league affiliates. Goegan has been spending this season with Rudy Pilous and his Denver Spurs while Pronovost has been shooting for Alf Pike and his Phoenix Roadrunners. Goegan&rsquo;s arrival comes as a straight player loan, while Pronovost was obtained in exchange for the services of center Bob Cunningham.On the heels of these front office maneuvers by GM Terry Reardon, the club also got burly Nick Polano back from Jack Button&rsquo;s Amarillo Wranglers. Polano had been loaned out to the Texas club for two weeks, while-some of their regulars recuperated from a series of injuries.In yet another move, Rear-don sent rookie winger Dick Mortenson to the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Amateur League. The 20-year old youngster had impressed local hockey buffs with his speed and adroit stick handling, and actually played very well in his ten appearances. However, both Guidolin and Reardon felt he needed more playing time, and since he belongs to the Detroit Red Wings, both Sid Abel and Baz Bastien also agreed that the Edmonton kid should be sent out for more ice time.Meanwhile, the Clippers continued to delight their adoring hometown fans by turning loose a series of sparkling offensive efforts at the Civic Center. In one spell, just before the readers get this particular edition of the News, the Clips put together five straight borne wins and scored 32 goals during the spree. Victimized in order were: Hershey, 5-2; Springfield 7-3; Providence 7-0; Hershey again 7-4, and Quebec 11-2.Looking ahead to the final six weeks of the campaign, the Clippers appear to be in good shape for the battle with Hershey, Providence and Springfield in their eastern wheel. Gil Boisvert and rookie Andy Brown have been doing well in the nets, while in addition to himself. Coach Guidolin can call upon Goegan, Jim Morrison, John Arbour, Wally Chevrier, Nick Polano and rookie Gerry Hart, who incidentally has captured the hearts of all Baltimore fans for his rugged style of skating and colorful contributions to the team&rsquo;s success. &#9632;

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Clippers Add Ice Vets For AHL’s Stretch Run

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05218/2899023-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="586" height="401"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Feb. 18Providence 3 at Baltimore 1Hershey 3 at Quebec 4Fri. Feb. 21Hershey 5 at Baltimore 3Providence 2 at Cleveland 5Buffalo 4 at Rochester 6Sat. Feb. 22Cleveland 2 at Hershey 4Baltimore 4 at Springfield 0Sun. Feb. 23Quebec 6 at Buffalo 6Hershey 5 at Cleveland 3Baltimore 3 at Providence 6Springfield 3at Rochester 4GAMES TO COMETues. Feb. 25Providence at BaltimoreBuffalo at QuebecWed. Feb. 26Springfield at HersheyFri. Feb. 28Buffalo at QuebecProvidence at RochesterSat. Mar. 1Baltimore at HersheyCleveland at SpringfieldSun. Mar. 2Springfield at BuffaloCleveland at ProvidenceQuebec at Rochester<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06183/2899016-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="578" height="229"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07161/2899009-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="582" height="305"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-08130/2899002-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="578" height="509"></div> &#9632;

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LOOKING AT AHL RACE

<div class="byline">BY LOUIS FUSK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01467/2899061-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="568" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY LUND &hellip; Loaned by Seattle</figcaption></div>QUEBEC CITY, Que. &mdash;It all started at Cleveland the night of Jan. 18. At that time Quebec Aces were in third position in the Western Division of the American Hockey League. Aces Were trailing Barons by 1-0 and were pouring in shot after shot on goalie Ernie Wakeley who was pulling off miracle saves. Suddenly there was a collision involving Aces&rsquo; Rene Drolet and Stan Fuller of Barons. Drolet didn&rsquo;t get up, but nobody at the time figured that this was the start of one of Aces&rsquo; most difficult stretches in its 10-year history.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02377/2899054-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="276" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rene Drolet</figcaption></div>At the time Aces were only a few points out of second place and they looked like a good bet to looked the runner-up spot. Fourteen games later Aces found themselves in the cellar. The Quebec team&rsquo;s record since the night of that collision has been a totally! unimpressive 10 defeats against three ties and one win.Drolet had been the sparkplug of the team and up to the time of his accident was leading the league with 55 points on 27 goals and 28 assists. He will be on the sidelines for another 10 days with a injured knee and coach Vic Stasiuk is counting on his players to put on an extra effort in order to get the team into the Calder Cup playoffs.However, just recently Aces have received two new players and prospects are brighter. Seattle Totems of the Western Hockey League have loaned them Larry Lund, while Montreal Canadiens have sent Lyle Bradley here from their Houston farm team in the Central League.The newcomers have given the Quebec team a measure of drive since their arrival here and Aces&rsquo; front office is confident that the club will &lsquo;qualify for the playoffs. Aces have won their last outing edging Hershey Bears by 4-3 to create a new atmosphere of confidence in the camp. &#9632;

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Aces Hoping New Players To Lift Club

ORILLIA, Ont. &mdash;Bob Haggert, president of the Mike Walton &mdash; Bobby Orr Sports Camp, figures the acquisition of Tom Watt as new camp director is a step in the right direction towards a successful summer season.The 33-year-old Watt has been the hockey coach at the University of Toronto since 1965, and his Varsity Blues have been the powerhouse of collegiate hockey for the last three seasons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03278/2899116-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="264" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tom Watt</figcaption></div>Watt, who is a graduate of the University of Toronto&rsquo;s physical education course, played hockey for the Blues, and upon graduation in 1959, he joined the teaching staff of Jarvis Collegiate. He next headed up the physical education department of Monarch Park Collegiate, and then moved on to the University of Toronto to be assistant coach for the football team as well as handling the top job on the hockey end.Watt&rsquo;s overall hockey record with the Blues is 76 wins &mdash; 8 losses &mdash; and 4 ties.According to Haggert, Watt was the first man considered for the job, and the Walton, Orr, Haggert combine &ldquo;is delighted with his acceptance.&rdquo;The Bobby Orr &mdash; Mike Walton Sports Camp will commence operation on the first week of July, 1969, and will continue for nine weeks.Haggert will be in charge of enrolment and the business end of the organization.&ldquo;Both hockey schools and summer camps are doing a sold-right-out business,&rdquo; says Haggert, &ldquo;and we believe that with the combination of daily hockey instruction from Bobby and Mike along with excellent camping facilities (a rink adjacent to the main lodge, a swimming pool, tennis courts, baseball diamond, and a half mile of beach on Lake Couchiching) gives our business a substantial chance for financial success in our first year of operation.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Watt To Head Orr-Walton Hockey Camp

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div>PORTLAND, Ore. &mdash;The San Diego Gulls exploded to one of the fastest starts in Western Hockey Lea gue history&hellip; then Vancouver started to jell and some of the railbirds started conceding the title to the powerful Canucks &hellip; buty by mid-February it was the same old story.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01446/2899154-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="263" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Saunders</figcaption></div>Hal Laycoe&rsquo;s Portland Buckaroos were five points in front of the pack in their drive for a fifth straight regularseason championship in the Western Hockey League.The race wasn&rsquo;t over, of course, but if the Buckaroos went on to wrap it up, well, let&rsquo;s just put it this way:No other Western League team ever won five straight titles. No team in the American or Central leagues ever did it. And only one team in the National League-the DetroitRed Wings of the &lsquo;50s-ever put together such a string.Detroit won seven straight. The Buckaroos, if they finish first, will come close to matching that. Another title would be the seventh in eight consecutive seasons.Portland&rsquo;s latest success story has raised a new howl in the Western League this season.A few years back when Portland&rsquo;s attendance was the largest in the world outside the old National Hockey League, such lovable characters as Bud Poile and Keith Allen and Roy McBride used to scream that the crowds in Oregon were running the games, intimidating referees, etc., etc.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1364/2899147-1-eng-US/f0019-132.jpg" title="f0019-13" width="550" height="585"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM McLEOD &hellip; Leads WHL Goalers</figcaption></div>Now that crowds in San Diego and Vancouver are larger than those in Portland, the battle cry has changed. The current charge is that the Buckaroos play dull hockey. Fans in Seattle raise banners proclaiming this, and reporters in Vancouver write about it.Sure, they do. That&rsquo;s why the largest crowds in Seattle and the largest crowds in San Diego turn out to watch the Bucdaroos. All those fans must be stupid, eh?Dull hockey? You bet. Portland&rsquo;s the highest-scoring team in the league for the fourth time in the last five years. The other season the Bucks finished second to a Los Angeles team that played the whole year with 16 forwards and 2 goalies.Dull hockey? Sure, that&rsquo;s why Portland leads the league in major penalties for throwing fists all over the place.The dull hockey accusation translated means that the Buckaroos are unfair because they play the best defense in the league, as well as the best offense.Portland defensemen forget goal-scoring (after 55 games, Connie Madigan, Mike Dibakdson, Dennis Kearns and Jim Hay had combined for five goals) and play their position. &#9632;

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Portland Combines Solid Defense With Hot Offense To Grab Lead

How They StandFor The Best In Hockey Reoding It&rsquo;s HOCKEY PICTORIAL Hockey&rsquo;s Most Exciting PublicationSave $$$$$$ Subscribe To The HOCKEY NEWS Receive 35 Issues At Home & Save $3.75<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1459/2899192-1-eng-US/f0019-142.jpg" title="f0019-14" width="582" height="243"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Feb. 18Vancouver 2 at Phoenix 2Wed. Feb. 19San Diego 4 at Denver 6Thurs. Feb. 20Vancouver 6 at Phoenix 4Son Diego 3 at Seattle 6Fri. Feb. 21Portland 3 at Denver 3Seattle 1 at Vancouver 7Sat. Feb. 22Portland 5 at Denver 3San Diego 2 at Seattle 5Sun. Feb. 23Portland 3 at Phoenix 1San Diego 3 at Vancouver 4<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Feb. 25Seattle at VancouverWed. Feb. 26Phoenix at DenverSan Diego at PortlandThurs. Feb. 27Phoenix at SeattleFri. Feb. 28Seattle at DenverSat. Mar. 1Seattle at DenverSan Diego at PortlandSun. Mar. 2Denver at San DkgoPhoenix at Portland<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1553/2899185-1-eng-US/f0019-152.jpg" title="f0019-15" width="577" height="608"></div> &#9632;

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How They Stand

<h2>WED. FEB. 5</h2>SAN DIEGO 3 at PHOENIX 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02388/2899293-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="581" height="476"></div>DENVER 0 at PORTLAND 8<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03315/2899286-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="582" height="631"></div><h2>THURS. FEB. 6</h2>DENVER 5 at SEATTLE 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04270/2899279-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="596" height="695"></div><h2>FRI. FEB. 7</h2>SAN DIEGO 1 at PHOENIX 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05225/2899272-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="594" height="421"></div>DENVER 7 at VANCOUVER 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06177/2899265-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="580" height="933"></div><h2>SAT. FEB. 8</h2>VANCOUVER 5 at SAN DIEGO 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-07153/2899258-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="586" height="449"></div>PHOENIX 1 at PORTLAND 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-08138/2899251-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="592" height="683"></div><h2>SUN. FEB. 9</h2>VANCOUVER 1 at SAN DIEGO 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-09117/2899244-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="586" height="233"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1099/2899237-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="588" height="163"></div>DENVER 2 at PORTLAND 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1183/2899230-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="578" height="399"></div>PHOENIX 1 at SEATTLE 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1276/2899223-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="576" height="633"></div> &#9632;

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Western League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY TOM RENO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01290/2899324-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="568" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">ERNIE HICKE &hellip; Ahead of Last Season</figcaption></div>HOUSTON. Tex. &mdash; Houston left winger Ernie Hicke turned up with the hottest hand last week, scoring five goals and three assists to earn CHL &ldquo;Player of the Week&rdquo; honors.Hicke, 21, is a second-year pro who now has scored 23 goals and 26 assists for 59 points, 23 more than he tallied all last season. He hails from Regina, Sask.The top two point leaders in the Central League, Jim Lorentz and Tom Webster, both of Oklahoma City, are up with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Lorentz now has 96 points, including a record-breaking 67 assists, and Webster has 69 points, 10 more than Hicke and Omaha&rsquo;s Bill Fairbairn.Oklahoma City&rsquo;s Steve Atkinson has passed Webster in goals scored with 30. Webster, Lorentz and Juda Widing of Omaha, each have 29.Jack Norris of Dallas-leads in goals-against-averages with a 2.57 mark. Norris and Ray Reeson, Tulsa, each have four shutouts.Shutouts were recorded last week by Gary Edwards of Kansas City as the Blues blanked Tulsa, 3-0; by Ray Reeson as Tulsa blanked Oklahoma City, 2-0, and Fern Rivard as Memphis beat Ft. Worth, 3-0.With five straight victories at home. Omaha has slipped back on top in the Northern Division, ahead of Tulsa and Kansas City. &#9632;

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Houston Ace Ernie Hicke Turns In Hot 5-Goal Week

New Subscribers To THE HOCKEY NEWS Guaranteed To Get First Issue Within Two WeeksHOCKEY NEWS Makes An Ideal Gift On Any Occasion. Give A Subscription To Dad Or Brother<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-175/2899362-1-eng-US/f0020-172.jpg" title="f0020-17" width="581" height="460"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Feb. 18Amarillo 2 at Fort Worth 5Wed. Feb. 19Kansas City 8 at Memphis 1Oklahoma City 3 at DaliaslTulsa 4 at Houston 1Fri. Feb. 21Amarillo 1 at Oklahoma City 5Dallas 3 at Omaha 1Fort Worth 2 at Tulsa 7Memphis 2 at Kansas City 5Sat. Feb. 22Fort Worth 3 at Dallas 4Kansas Citt 3 at Amarillo 4Oklahoma City 2 at Houston 8Sun. Feb. 23Dallas 3 at Fort Worth 0Houston 4 of Fort Worth 0Memphis 3 at Tulsa 5Oklahoma City 2 at Amarillo 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Feb. 25Amarilloat HoustonWed. Feb. 26Oklahoma City at Fort WorthOmaho at MemphisTulsa at Kansas CityThurs. Feb. 27Omaha at HoustonFri. Feb. 28Amarillo at DallasHouston at TulsoOklahoma City at MemphisSat. Mar. 1Amarilloat TulsoDallas of Fort WorthMemphis at Kansas CityOmaha at Oklahoma CitySun. Mar. 2Dallas at Oklahoma CityFort Worth at OmahaKansas City at HoustonTulsa at Amarillo<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-184/2899355-1-eng-US/f0020-182.jpg" title="f0020-18" width="584" height="606"></div> &#9632;

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<h2>Fri. Feb. 7</h2>HOUSTON 1 at MEMPHIS 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02213/2899491-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="590" height="355"></div>TULSA 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03177/2899484-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="592" height="725"></div><h2>SAT. FEB. 8</h2>HOUSTON 1 at OMAHA 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04134/2899477-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="586" height="454"></div>MEMPHIS 1 at AMARILLO 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0570/2899470-1-eng-US/f0020-052.jpg" title="f0020-05" width="594" height="637"></div><h2>SUN. FEB. 9</h2>MEMPHIS 3 at DALLAS 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0652/2899463-1-eng-US/f0020-062.jpg" title="f0020-06" width="594" height="440"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0743/2899456-1-eng-US/f0020-072.jpg" title="f0020-07" width="590" height="401"></div>OMAHA 3 at TULSA 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0836/2899449-1-eng-US/f0020-082.jpg" title="f0020-08" width="602" height="757"></div>HOUSTON 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0925/2899442-1-eng-US/f0020-092.jpg" title="f0020-09" width="596" height="653"></div><h2>WED. FEB. 12</h2>HOUSTON 4 at AMARILLO 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-1021/2899435-1-eng-US/f0020-102.jpg" title="f0020-10" width="587" height="781"></div>MEMPHIS 3 at FORT WORTH 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-1115/2899428-1-eng-US/f0020-112.jpg" title="f0020-11" width="582" height="81"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-1214/2899421-1-eng-US/f0020-122.jpg" title="f0020-12" width="590" height="541"></div>DALIAS 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-1312/2899414-1-eng-US/f0020-132.jpg" title="f0020-13" width="598" height="803"></div>TULSA 0 at KANSAS CITY 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-1411/2899407-1-eng-US/f0020-142.jpg" title="f0020-14" width="584" height="319"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-1511/2899400-1-eng-US/f0020-152.jpg" title="f0020-15" width="590" height="159"></div>OKLAHOMA CITY 0 at TULSA 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-167/2899393-1-eng-US/f0020-162.jpg" title="f0020-16" width="592" height="565"></div> &#9632;

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Central League Summaries

<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01153/2899578-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="576" height="508"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Feb. 18Clinton 2 at Syracuse 0Greensboro 7 at New Jersey 5Charlotte 2 at Jacksonville 7Wed. Feb. 19Greensboro 5 at New Haven 10Johnston 7 at Long Island 7Thurs. Feb. 20Long Island at Syracuse 6Fri. Feb. 21Johnstown 8 at Syracuse 2New Haven 2 at Clinton 0New Jersey 5 ot Long Island 3Salem 3 ot Charlotte 4Sat. Feb. 22Long Island 2 at Clinton 12Jacksonville 2 at New Jersey 4New Haven 1 at Johnstown 6Greensboro 5 at Nashville 9Sun. Feb. 23New Jersey 4 ot New Haven 6Clinton 2 ot Long Island 4Jacksonville 2 at Johnstown 5Salem 2 at Nashville 6Charlotte 3 at Greensboro 3<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Final Standings)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02114/2899571-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="578" height="363"></div><h2>QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 24)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0376/2899564-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="582" height="234"></div>(x-plays partial schedule)<h2>WESTERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Sat. Feb. 22)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0465/2899557-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="581" height="201"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0558/2899550-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="585" height="253"></div><h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Wed. Feb. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0650/2899543-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="576" height="200"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0742/2899536-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="583" height="303"></div><h2>NEW ENGLAND JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0836/2899529-1-eng-US/f0021-082.jpg" title="f0021-08" width="580" height="165"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0930/2899522-1-eng-US/f0021-092.jpg" title="f0021-09" width="588" height="279"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Races

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01170/2899678-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="588" height="283"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Feb. 18Port Huron 4 at Columbus 7Fort Wayne 4 at Des Moines 4Wed. Feb. 19Port Huron 3 at Columbus 3Thurs. Feb. 20fort Wayne 2 at Des Moines 4Columbus 3 at Dayton 7Fri. Feb.21Toledo 1 at Muskegon 7Dayton 3 at Port Huron 3Des Moines 1 at Muskegon 3Fort Wayne 4 at Port-Huron 4Sun. Feb. 23Des Moines 1 at Columbus 4Port Huron 3 at Dayton 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Feb. 25Des Moines at DaytonWed. Feb. 26Des Moines at Fort WayneColumbus at ToledoFri. Feb. 28Dayton at Des MoinesFort Woyne at MuskegonPort Huron at ColumbusSat. Mar. 1Muskegon at Port HuronDayton at Des MoinesColumbus at ToledoSun. Mar. 2Toledo at DaytonPort Huron at Fort WoyneMuskegon ot Columbus<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-205/2899671-1-eng-US/f0022-202.jpg" title="f0022-20" width="579" height="346"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>TOLEDO, O. &mdash;The International Hockey League is hoping to make some belated collections from the National Hockey League for services rendred&mdash; in the form of reimbursement for developing players now in the big time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02110/2899709-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="253" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Shaw</figcaption></div>This point was brought up at a meeting of the IHL, when commissioner Andy Mulligan and the board of governors made plans to push for a quick settlement.There are many former IHL players either active or on the reserve lists of National League clubs. Among these are Guy Trottier, now with Buffalo in the American League and on the reserve list of the New York Rangers, who called him up for two games. The Dayton Gems hope to realize $3,000 for his development, a year and a half after he left the IHL.Frank St. Marseille is another recent graduate of the IHL, making it big in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues after being developed by the Port Huron Flags.Others mentioned in this category who appear to be on their way up after serving apprenticeships in the IHL are Billy LeCaine, with Baltimore last season, now with Amarillo of the Central League and on the Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; reserve list; Bobby Rivard, a gradute of the Fort Wayne Komets, also on the Philadelphia reserve list; Bobby Rivard, a graduate of the Fort Wayne Komets, also on the Philadelphia reserve list; goalie Russ Gillow, from Des Moines, now with Oklahoma City of the Central League, on the Boston list; two goalies, Ray Reeson and Bob Sneddon, both Port Huron products and both on NHL reserve lists; Bob Lemieux, Muskegon, with the Western League&rsquo;s Vancouver, club but on the Oakland list.There are a number of others, still in the IHL gaining experience and for whom the various clubs hope in time to collect from the NHL.FOR WAYNE &mdash; The Komets had a string of eight games at home without a loss, including two ties and also including wins over both leaders, Toledo and Dayton &hellip; Doug Reid was back in action as a center between Ron Ullyet and Ken Knapton &hellip; Goalie Jim Shaw gave up only five goals in nine games &hellip; The Komets had their sixth crowd over 7,000 for a total of 148,796 in 30 games &hellip; They were 4-5-1 against the leading Blades.MUSKEGON &mdash; Goalie Bruce Mullett returned to action in a game at Des Moines after being out since midDecember with knee surgery and had 44 saves &hellip; Tim Tabor, another goalie, was sent to Jacksonville of the Eastern League after the cutdown &hellip; Gary Ford, normally a center, was moved to left wing when Gary Schall returned to action &hellip;TOLEDO &mdash; The Blades got down to 12 skaters when Ray Germain and Lou Kazowski went out with injuries &hellip; With Ramsay out, the Blades were gambling that goalie Bill White would stay healthy after letting go emergency man Jim Helkie &hellip; The Junior Blades were to represent the IHJL in the national junior tournament in Minneapolis &hellip; The Blades hit the 100,000 attendance mark for the third consecutive year.DAYTON &mdash; League leading scorer Don Westbrooke was held without a point in the important 5-1 victory over Toledo but while the Blades were occupied with him, five others scored goals &hellip; Coach Larry Wilson said, &ldquo;We used a different style against (the Blades) but I&rsquo;m not going to say now what it was.&rdquo;DES MOINES &mdash; Goalie Phil Headley was back from a six-game loan to Jacksonville and held Muskegon to a 2-2 tie in his first game &hellip; Defenseman Don McLeod returned to action after missing 12 games with an ankle injury &hellip; Duffy Lewis had a 4.00 average in five games in goal &hellip; Steve Sutherland had his first penalty, for tripping, in 24 games.PORT HURON &mdash; Nelson Tremblay, moved from right wing to center, had four goals and seven assists in his next seven games &hellip; Only Guy James and Bob McCammon were left from the original Flags purchased by John Wismer seven years ago &hellip; Gary Harmer, Dave Green, Jim McCloskey and Meehan Bonnar were all placed on the disabled list &hellip; Geoff Powis* and Ron Ringlers were deadlocked for scoring honors with 53 points.COLUMBUS &mdash; The Checkers had a winless slump of eight games &hellip; Center Real Paquette and defenseman Bill Bond were out with injuries &hellip; Doug Volmar topped the league goal scoers by a wide margin with his 52 goals. &#9632;

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IHL Hopes To Collect From NHL For Developing Big League Stars

<h2>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0396/2899852-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="578" height="373"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including games of Sun. Feb. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0478/2899845-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="584" height="553"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0568/2899838-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="579" height="274"></div><h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Fri. Feb. 13)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0652/2899831-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="586" height="162"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0750/2899824-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="583" height="277"></div><h2>MASSACHUSETTS JUNIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0844/2899817-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="580" height="211"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0940/2899810-1-eng-US/f0022-092.jpg" title="f0022-09" width="580" height="228"></div>CENTRAL JUNIOR LEAGUE(Standinas on Tues. Feb. 18)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1032/2899803-1-eng-US/f0022-102.jpg" title="f0022-10" width="582" height="201"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1129/2899796-1-eng-US/f0022-112.jpg" title="f0022-11" width="593" height="240"></div>MICHIGAN JUNIOR LEAGUE(Standings on Mon. Feb. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1228/2899789-1-eng-US/f0022-122.jpg" title="f0022-12" width="577" height="206"></div>LEADING SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1322/2899782-1-eng-US/f0022-132.jpg" title="f0022-13" width="582" height="278"></div>INTER-CITY JUNIOR(Standings on Mon. Feb. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1415/2899775-1-eng-US/f0022-142.jpg" title="f0022-14" width="583" height="332"></div>NEW YORK METRO LEAGUE(Standings on Mon. Feb. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1513/2899768-1-eng-US/f0022-152.jpg" title="f0022-15" width="587" height="212"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-169/2899761-1-eng-US/f0022-162.jpg" title="f0022-16" width="583" height="200"></div>LEADING SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-176/2899754-1-eng-US/f0022-172.jpg" title="f0022-17" width="580" height="277"></div>FINGER LAKES COLLEGIATE(Standings on Mon. Feb. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-185/2899747-1-eng-US/f0022-182.jpg" title="f0022-18" width="586" height="400"></div>LEADING SCORERS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-195/2899740-1-eng-US/f0022-192.jpg" title="f0022-19" width="577" height="151"></div> &#9632;

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LOOKING AT HOCKEY RACES

COTTON STRINGS &mdash; the hottest new demand item since the turtle. Tuned to the fashion of cool clear hues. Featured here by our two fashion models Jacques Lemaire wears a highi V style #220; Jacques Laperriere a mock turtle style #221. Other styles &lsquo; available come in marl tones and pencil stripes. Make sure to ask for them by name &ldquo;KAMBERN ORIGINALS&rdquo;. Our full spring collection can be seen on display at your leading Men&rsquo;s Wear Store or Department store from coast to coast.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-215/2899883-1-eng-US/f0022-212.jpg" title="f0022-21" width="744" height="723"><figcaption class="caption-body">(PHOTO BY Famous Studio PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE STARS)</figcaption></div>Highland Knitting MillsMontreal, Canada &#9632;

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“KAMBERN ORIGINALS”

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div>HALIFAX, N.S. &mdash;Halifax Canadiens clinched first place in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.Halifax has drawn a bye into the finals and stand by while Charlottetown Islanders and Turk Broda&rsquo;s Moncton Beavers engage in a best-of-seven semi-final set.The best individual performance of the new year was turned in by Halifax winger Lennie Little, who counted five goals in a 14-6 rout of Moncton. When the Beavers came into Halifax two weeks later and lost 13-2, coach Broda fined each member of his team &ldquo;one week&rsquo;s pay for indifferent play&rdquo;. The move had the desired effect as Beavers bounced back with fine performances against Halifax and Charlottetown.League President Pius Callaghan has cracked down on rough play &hellip; Luc Bedard, Hilliard Graves, Dave Saunderson and Paul Jelly of Charlottetown, Charlie Barter and Barry Toner of Halifax all received from one to three game suspensions for drawing match penalties. Canadiens hosted Niagara Falls Flyers in a pair of exhibition games, losing 5-1 and tieing 6-6.The Maritime League will grow to a four team and perhaps five in 1969-70. Dartmouth Lakers are sure starters and plans are underway in Cape Breton to ice a fifth entry. Jack Kane&rsquo;s big, well rounded St. Dunstan&rsquo;s Saints are well in front in the Maritime Intercollegiate Hockey League. Pre-season favorites St. Mary&rsquo;s and St. F.X. have dropped back. But the greatest improvement shown since the new year has been by Memorial Beothuks of St. John&rsquo;s, Newfoundland. They&rsquo;ll miss the playoffs due to a bad beginning, but figure prominently in other seasons.Just about everybody&rsquo;s choice to win Maritime intermediate &ldquo;A&rdquo; honors are the Charlottetown Royals, a power packed aggregation gathered by sponsor Sandy Frizzell. They&rsquo;ve beaten everybody in sight and seem to be pulling away from the pack as the season wears on. &#9632;

Dartmouth To Join Maritime Juniors

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;With the exception of Kitchener Rangers who have the dubious &ldquo;honor&rdquo; of clinching last place in the 10-team Ontario Hockey Association Junior A League, not one position has been decided as the group heads into the final two weeks of the schedule.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01150/2899938-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="246" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Paul Emms</figcaption></div>When the junior age limit was lowered according to the agreement between the National Hockey League and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, fears had been expressed that the Ontario league would suffer.Oddly enough just the opposite seems to have been the case.The race is the best in years, the calibre of players is at least equal to other seasons and all-time attendance records will certainly be established.Montreal Canadiens still rank as favorites to win the pennant although they have failed to shake off challenges from either St. Catharines Black Hawks or Peterborough Petes.For the first time this season the Canadiens lost two consecutive games &mdash; 8-5 in London, 4-3 in Toronto &mdash; then were held to a 5-5 tie by St. Catharines in the Forum before close to 17,000 fans.However, coach Roger Bedard got his club back in the win column with a 3-1 decision over Niagara Falls Flyers in a game in which Flyer coach Paul Emms became involved in a fight with one of the Montreal spectators.Emms and his playing personnel required a police escort Jan. 12 during a similar incident three weeks earlier.The Canadiens&rsquo; advantage rests in the fact that they have played fewer games than either the Hawks or Petes.With time running out they still have three games in hand on both clubs and this could be enough to push them into first place in the final standings.Regardless of what happens, however, the Canadiens, Hawks and Petes will occupy the first three positions, not necessarily in that order.Hamilton and Niagara Falls are isolated in their battle for fourth and fifth positions, with the team finishing highest getting the extra home game in the first round of the playoffs. &#9632;

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Lower Junior Age Limit Fails To Stop Thriving OHA Loop

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02111/2899969-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="907" height="1212"></div>SOLUTION IN MARCH 8 ISSUE<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Pictured player.6&mdash;Denotes scoreless tie.7&mdash;Initials of one of the Wings.8&mdash;1961-62 Calder trophy winner.10&mdash;Initials of one of the Blues.11&mdash;Beverage.13&mdash;Francisco.14&mdash;Initials of ex-N.H.L. player Shero.15&mdash;12 down is presently here.16&mdash;Brad Park is in his frist year as one.17&mdash;Native Province of pictured player, (abbr.)19&mdash;One of the Bruins.20&mdash;One of the Seals.24&mdash;8 across answers to this25&mdash;Negative answer.27&mdash;7 down is one. (abbr.)28&mdash;Initials of one of the North Stars.29&mdash;Ed Johnston was born in this month.30&mdash;First name of one of the Fivers.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Wears No. 16 for Minnesota.2&mdash;One of the Habs.3&mdash;12 down is trying to win this trophy.4&mdash;Skating requisite.5&mdash;Initials of last season&rsquo;s rookie winner.7&mdash;One of the Leafs.9&mdash;Initials of a St. Louis defenseman.12&mdash;one of the Bruins.15&mdash;Initials of Polonic of Phoenix.17&mdash;A Leaf Rookie.18&mdash;21st and 2nd letters of the alphabet.21&mdash;An N.H.L. general manager.22&mdash;A Phoenix defenseman.23&mdash;15th and 2nd letters of the alphabet.26&mdash;Same as 6 across.28&mdash;Initials of Rangers Captain.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;TREMBLAY6&mdash;VI7&mdash;L.R.9&mdash;S.M.10&mdash;KEON13&mdash;LEONARD15&mdash;III16&mdash;P.O.17&mdash;N.B.19&mdash;ROD22&mdash;R.S.23&mdash;APR.25&mdash;BLACKBURN28&mdash;RAY30&mdash;A.N.31&mdash;B.N.32&mdash;D.D.33&mdash;RUEL<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;TESSIER2&mdash;E.V.3&mdash;MIKE4&mdash;LEON5&mdash;Y.L.8&mdash;RED11&mdash;E.O.12&mdash;NAP13&mdash;LINDSAY14&mdash;RON18&mdash;BURNS20&mdash;ORLAND21&mdash;PAUL24&mdash;PRICE25&mdash;BRAD26&mdash;KEN27&mdash;B.L.31&mdash;B.R. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0024-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01161/2900098-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRIT SELBY of Flyers is foiled by Minnesota goaler CESARE MANIAGO in bid for goal.</figcaption></div>PHILADELPHIA. Pa. &mdash;Center Andre Lacroix picked up five goals during the early part of February and all came on the power-play.Lacroix has been real impressive on the power-play this season. He has been in 17 of the Flyers 29 PP goals. For the season, he has nine goals and eight assists while on the PP team. His linemate, left wing Jean-Guy Gendron is right behind with 15 points on four goals and 11 assists.Overall, Gendron is pacing the club in scoring with 45 points on 18 goals and 27 assists. He now needs four points to tie the club scoring record of 49 points set last season by Lou Angotti. Gendron has passed his best previous season he had in the NHL. When he was with the Boston Bruin, Gendron scored 43 points during the 1962-63 season.Lacroix Las equalled the Flyers&rsquo; rookie scoring record of 36 points, set last season by Ed Hoekstra. Lacroix already has broken the PP goal record.General manager Bud Poile and coach Keith Allen have been happy with the way the defense has been playing. Defensemen Ed Van Impe, John Miszuk, Allan Stanley, Joe Watson, Ralph MacSweyn and Larry Hale have been working hard in front of goalie Bernie Parent.In 44 games, the 23 year-old Parent has allowed 118 goals for a 2.75 average.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02111/2900091-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="1174" height="1251"><figcaption class="caption-body">Flyers&rsquo; goaler BERNIE PARENT always alert.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0378/2900084-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="1168" height="1245"><figcaption class="caption-body">Philly captain ED VAN IMPE trails Dave Keon.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0461/2900077-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="253" height="362"><figcaption class="caption-body">Philly FamilyEd Snider Chairman</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0548/2900070-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="257" height="357"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bud Poile VP-General Manager</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0640/2900063-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="256" height="359"><figcaption class="caption-body">Winfred Sellers Controller</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0735/2900056-1-eng-US/f0024-072.jpg" title="f0024-07" width="255" height="367"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Blackburn Treasurer</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0831/2900049-1-eng-US/f0024-082.jpg" title="f0024-08" width="256" height="360"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Pelletier Special Rep.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0926/2900042-1-eng-US/f0024-092.jpg" title="f0024-09" width="261" height="339"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dr. E. Borgnesani Oral Surgeon</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1023/2900035-1-eng-US/f0024-102.jpg" title="f0024-10" width="262" height="363"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Putnam President</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1122/2900028-1-eng-US/f0024-112.jpg" title="f0024-11" width="257" height="357"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Scott Vice-President</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1218/2900021-1-eng-US/f0024-122.jpg" title="f0024-12" width="259" height="359"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Scheinfeld Dir. Prom-Adv.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1310/2900014-1-eng-US/f0024-132.jpg" title="f0024-13" width="257" height="372"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Kadlec Publicist</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-148/2900007-1-eng-US/f0024-142.jpg" title="f0024-14" width="259" height="361"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dr. Stanley Spoont Physician</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-155/2900000-1-eng-US/f0024-152.jpg" title="f0024-15" width="259" height="330"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Lewis Trainer</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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March 1, 1969

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