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October 10, 1969

The Hockey News October 10, 1969

<h2>OVERALL RECORD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02465/2867346-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="529" height="405"></div><h2>AGAINST NHL TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03366/2867339-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="527" height="411"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thurs. Sept. 18St. Louis 5, Toronto 3Fri. Sept. 19New York 4. St. louis 1Los Angeles 5. Oakland 4Minnesota 3, Chicago 1Sat. Sept. 20Montreal 4, Boston IOakland 3. Los Angeles 2Minnesota 4. Chicago 1Sun. Sept. 21Montreal 2, Philadelphia 1Detroit 6, Los Angeles 3Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo (AHL) 3St. Louis 5, Boston 1New York 5. Toronto 3Mon. Sept 22Detroit 5. Montreal 3Boston 5, Toronto 1Tues. Sept. 23Montreal 4, Detroit 1Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 0New York 5, Boston 2Wed. Sept. 24Pittsburgh 2. Minnesota 1St. Louis 8, Oakland 2Toronto 4, Chicago 1Philadelphia 2. Quebec (AHL) 2Los Angeles 6, Springfield 2Thurs. Sept 25New York 4, Chicago 2Fri. Sept. 26Detroit 4. Boston 2Pittsburgh 3, Los Angeles 3Oakland 5, St. louis 4New York 4, Toronto 2Sat. Sept. 27Montreal 2, Chicago 0Oakland 4. Philadelphia 3St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1Boston 3. Detroit 3Sun. Sept. 28Chicago 6. Montreal 1Minnesota 5, Detroit 4St. Louis 7, New York 4Providence (AHL) 3, Oakland 2Toronto 6, Boston 6 &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Exhibition Scoreboard

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>CHERRY HILL&mdash;They say hope springs eternal and the Jersey Devils are filled with optimism for the coming Eastern Hockey League campaign due to the acquisition of a new skipper and the continuation of a working agreement with the Philadelphia Flyers.The new coach is Lou Jankowski, a 38 - year - old wing who performed last year for Amarillo in the Central League and who will be a playing pilot here. He succeeds Marcel Pelletier, who moved back into the Flyers&rsquo;top working organization.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01127/2868171-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="240" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ray Crew</figcaption></div>Jankowski is currently drilling his personnel at the Arena here which has been completely refurbished. This is the same site over which there was some doubt that a lease could be acquired. But all the problems have been ironed out.Jankowsi, holder of the Western League record of 57 goals in a season, went to the Flyers&rsquo; camp in Canada to get a glimpse of some talent. He was a onetime mate of Vic Stasiuk, current Flyers&rsquo; coach and former Devils&rsquo; skipper, and expe.cts considerable cooperaion from Vic and Bud Poile in staffing his club.Lou finished last year as the interim coach at Amarillo but this is his first full shot. He has indicated that one of the biggest items on the Devils&rsquo; agenda is the acquisition of a top notch defenseman who can serve as the club&rsquo;s policeman.New general manager Gordon Storholm is confident that Jankowski will handle the job well.&ldquo;We&rsquo;needed a first class coach and we only got one but also a guy who will score a lot of points for us, he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re certain we&rsquo;ll be in the playoffs and how high we go depends on the material we get. There are some promising newcomers in our crop.&rdquo;Jankowski has been playing 18 years in the pro ranks. Aranow was delighted with the addition of Jankowski but he also was happy that the Devils will be able to get help from the Flyers.Storholm, a 35 year-old college professor, now has the majority interest in the team along with a five year lease on the building.&ldquo;In five years the Devils franchise will be worth $250,000&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Otherwise I wouldn&rsquo;t have &lsquo;bought it.&rdquo;The Devils also announced the appointment of John McAdams of Rosetree, Penna., as publicity director of the club for the new season. McAdams has served as statistician for the Devils for the past three seasons.CLINTON: Pat Kelly will be back as Clinton pilot. Jacksonville vainly talked to Len Speck about coming out of retirement to coach Rockets. Pete Provost, who was out all year from auto injuries, is back. Billy Heindl went to Boston training camp and goalie Lyle Carter&rsquo;s status is in doubt since Montreal may have some plans for him. Exibitions with Johnstown and Jersey scheduled.LONG ISLAND: Three members of Commack Jr. League including the Ducks, stickboy, are at club&rsquo;s camp. Bill Campbell, the stickboy, and forwards Joe Muskin, and Michael O&rsquo;Toole are the trio. Ducks will meet Nev&rsquo; Haven in two pre-season games. New skipper Blake Ball is optimistic about season.GREENSBORO: Carson Bain has been named club prexy succeeding Richard Bullard who stepped down due to business interests. Club is training at St. Catharines with Dallas. Coach Ron Spong hopes Dom DiBerardino&rsquo;s knee holds up as he can help the club attack &hellip; He turned down job of coaching Salem to stay here. John Murray has decided to go to school in Canada.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0360/2868164-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="546" height="835"><figcaption class="caption-body">NEW COACHESLOU JANKOWSKI &hellip; Faces Challenge</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0448/2868157-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="542" height="820"><figcaption class="caption-body">COUN KILBURN &hellip; New Salem Pilot</figcaption></div>SALEM: Colin Kilburn, 41, is new pilot of team succeeding Dave Lucas who left the Rebels for a scouting post with Pittsburgh.Colin who once had a brief fling with Detroit Red Wings in the NHL, was general-manager and coach of the Spokane Jets ot the Western International Hockey League, an amateur circuit last year.JOHNSTOWN: Dick Roberge has signed his 15th year Jet contract and third as coach. Frank Dell will play four straight road games before home opener.JACKSONVILLE: Bob Sabourin again will be the coach and general manager of team. The Cotiseum here sprung a leak but it was repaired in time for the club&rsquo;s opener.CHARLOTTE: Jack McCreary married in off-season to Charlotte girl. Only single men left from last year are Bob Graham, Barry Burnett, Tim McCormak, Alife Sutherland and Jack Wells Fred Creighton, sixth season as coach, is happy that club&rsquo;s big northern swing will be made in November.SYRACUSE: Ray Crew is in his second year as Blazers coach and his 15th year in the EHL. General manager Harvey Miller said the club will be getting help from the Boston Bruins organization. Gary Young and Lee Moore of the Boston organization were visitors hereNASHVILLE: The Dixie Flyers received a citation from the Nashville Chamber of Commerce for the recognition they have brought the city for the past seven years, Prexy Mark Parrish looks for attendance to rise again &#9632;

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Hopes High For Jersey Devils As Jankowski Takes Over Club

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;On all hockey teams, few men work harder or are more valuable than the trainer. This is true on the Los Angeles Kings as it is on other clubs. The Kings trainer is Norm Mackie, a tall, 34-year-old red-haired fellow who tends the players&rsquo; minor wounds, tapes them up, takes care of their sticks and other equipment, takes care of their clothes, washes their clothes or sees that they are washed, and so on and so forth into the wee hours.Mackie is the first to arrive in the dressing room and the last to leave. Think about it for a moment: Every time the Kings have a game, Norm must see that all their gear is distributed in the proper cubicles. After the game, he must pick up after his &ldquo;children&rdquo;. On road trips, from town to town, he packs and unpacks and packs and unpacks huge travelling trunks. Sometimes he is stranded outside deserted arenas, often not in the best parts of town, late at night, finally finished and ready to go to bed long after everyone else is finished.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02402/2867415-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="222" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Mackie</figcaption></div>It is all pretty good training for being married, which Mackie became last April&rsquo;26 after a long hold-out. More than a year earlier, he had taken a Kings player to Daniel Freeman Hospital to have an injection. Here, he met Rebecca Simmons, a nurse from Ohio, who had moved to Los Angeles. Being incredibly charming, Mackie broke down Rebecca&rsquo;s resistance and got a nurse in his house to take care of his own wounds.Mackie was born and reared in Toronto, where he was an outstanding fastball pitcher and a good basketball player and not a real good hockey player. He played softball with Jim Gregory, then the manager&rdquo;trainer&rdquo; of the St. Michael&rsquo;s Juniors, now the new general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. When Gregory was appointed last winter, Mackie commented dourly, &ldquo;Jim got ahead faster than I did.&rdquo;Mackie began to go to St. Michael&rsquo;s practice sessions and got his start as Gregory&rsquo;s assistant at training camp in 1957, when Norm was 22. He stayed with them awhile, then switched to the Toronto Marlboro juniors. When Larry Regan moved in as manager of the L.A. Kings in 1967, Mackie was offered the job of assistant trainer. When the fellow sought as head trainer didn&rsquo;t take it, Norm got the top job.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a bad job,&rdquo; Mackie says. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t dare pay you more than the bottom player makes, but still it&rsquo;s a long way from the $5 a night when I started back in Toronto. Sometimes when you run out of time you have to wash the players&rsquo; underwear by hand, but I guess they don&rsquo;t have enough money in the world to pay you enough to make that worthwhile.&ldquo;The players are all right. Some of &lsquo;em are great. A lot of em like to needle you. The trainer always seems to be the butt of needling in all sports. Some of the players are whiners. Some are hypochondriacs. You have to be a psychologist. You try to get along with all of &lsquo;em. You do make some good friends, but you kind of hesitate to be.&ldquo;1 had no formal training. I read books and talked to doctors and other trainers, Still do. I&rsquo;m not supposed to be a doctor, which is an important thing to remember. I can use the whirlpool and ultrasound machines and put on tape and band aids and give first-aid, really, but if a real injury is involved, we have doctors to tend to it. You&rsquo;d be surprised at the number of players that take care of themselves. Some guys tape themselves. Some guys rub a gallon of liniment on themselves at every game.&rdquo;Mackie laughed wistfully. &ldquo;I like to think I&rsquo;m an important member of the club. All trainers are important members of their clubs. Some do their jobs better than others. I try to do a good job. I try to learn and improve. But if I left, they&rsquo;d get another trainer and it wouldn&rsquo;t cost the team a Stanley Cup or anything like that. Because it&rsquo;s a job that takes time and care and all that, you can&rsquo;t get all swollen up about it. The good thing is we don&rsquo;t get traded, like players.&rdquo; &#9632;

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‘Catering’ To Kings Trainer Mackie’s Job

-See page 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01146/2868440-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg" title="f0001-01" width="276" height="380"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-02119/2868433-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="952" height="1020"></div>Referee Strike A verted By NHL &mdash; Page 3Creen&rsquo;s Career Seen In Doubt &mdash; Page 10Hull Says Pay Or Trade Me &mdash; Page 16<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0354/2868426-1-eng-US/f0001-032.jpg" title="f0001-03" width="2003" height="1572"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY CHEEVERS Mask Ripped Off</figcaption></div>Special NHL PREVIEW 69Also NHL, AHL, WHL Season SchedulesON THE INSIDE &#9632;

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‘WILD’ IS WORD FOR NHL’S PRE-SEASON HOCKEY ACTION

<div class="byline">BY VICTOR BERNS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01686/2866159-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02647/2866152-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1449" height="790"></div>ST. LOUIS &mdash;How many games will Glenn Hall play for the St. Louis Blues this year? As many as 40 or as few as none?In other words, will Hall again team with Jacques Plante to give the Blues the best goaltending in the National Hockey League or will he finally decide to retire to his wheat farm in Canada?Hall has been threatening retirement for years and several times has talked seriously about it. He is serious about it again this year, but once again maybe the money and fun of big-league hockey will lure him back for another year. Hall did not report to the team&rsquo;s Ottawa training camp leaving most of the early goal-tending to Plante.Upon Hall&rsquo;s decision rests a good part of the Blues&rsquo; anticipated success in the 1969-70 season. The team&rsquo;s officials have tried not to worry about the possibility of Hall&rsquo;s becoming a fulltime farmer. But Hall&rsquo;s absence would leave a big gap; that fact is certain. The real question&mdash;one that cannot be answered now&mdash;is whether Hall&rsquo;s possible retirement would affect the Blues&rsquo; chances to repeat as titlists in the Western Division.Without Hall the Blues would push the 40-year-old Plante to the extent of his stamina and desire. He would be spelled by Ernie Wakely, acquired in a trade with Montreal, or possibly one of two fine young goalies from the Blues&rsquo; Kansas City farm club, Ted Ouimet or Gary Edwards.The Blues really have another goalie, a fellow who doesn&rsquo;t wear the goalie&rsquo;s mask pioneered byPlante and adopted last season by Hall. Defenseman Al Arbour, the team&rsquo;s soft-spoken captain, should earn a part of the goalie&rsquo;s pay for the shots he blocks &mdash; many with his chest. With the Blues&rsquo; goal under siege Arbour will sometimes station himself outside the corner of the crease and &mdash; with or without his stick &mdash; will hurl his body at the puck.Arbour&rsquo;s buddies on the Blues&rsquo; defense are a gang of ruffians who can quickly discourage the opposition with their boardcrashing style of play. In Noel Picard and the three Plager brothers, Bob, Barclay and Billy, the Blues have a lot of defensive hustle and an awfully good stable of fighters. Add underrated Jimmy Roberts and old pro Jean-Guy Talbot to the defensive corps, and the Blues have a solid back line.Much of the Blues&rsquo; scoring puch comes from the stick of Red Berenson, the Western Division&rsquo;s leading scorer last season with 35 goals and 47 assists for 82 points. The Blues acquired Phil Goyette from the New York Rangers, and Bowman has indicated he may experimentwith scorer Berenson and playmaker Goyette, both centers, on the same line with Berenson as the one making the shift to wing.The Blues are making history this year by having in training camp the first player from behind the Iron Curtain to sign a contract with an NHL club Jaroslav Jarik, a 30-year-old left wing, was the top scorer on the Czeck Olympic team.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0861/2866145-1-eng-US/f0002-082.jpg" title="f0002-08" width="1734" height="1241"><figcaption class="caption-body">When the St. Louis Blues hit the Algonquin Hotel at St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, N.B., for the start of training camp, the first place they headed was the golf course. In addition to daily ice sessions there was time for golf. At top left, TIM ECCLESTONE, PHIL GOYETTE and RED BERENSON share an electric golf cart on the course. At right, manager-coach SCOTTY BOWMAN, left, and veteran defenseman AL ARBOUR prepare to head out on the course. After golf, it was hockey time and goaler JACQUES PLANTE, above, flanked by two of the PLAGER brothers, BOB, left, and BILL, went out for the ice drills. Blues ended week stay at CP hotel resort and went to Ottawa to finish off pre-season training.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Blues find golf relaxing before start of ice wars

<h2>NHL Teams</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03538/2866218-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="501" height="606"></div><h2>Other Leagues</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04382/2866211-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="503" height="252"></div><h2>Columnists</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05267/2866204-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="503" height="202"></div><h2>Other Features</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06173/2866197-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="499" height="150"></div><h2>Schedules</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-07101/2866190-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="496" height="143"></div> &#9632;

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WHERE YOU’LL FIND IT ALL

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01688/2866270-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="533" height="490"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED GREEN &hellip; Future Doubtful</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02569/2866263-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="531" height="520"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE MAKI &hellip; Rough NHL Bow</figcaption></div>MONTREAL &mdash;Hockey men will have to dig deep to find another pre-season training period to compare with the one being enacted by National Hockey League teams.This had to be the &lsquo;wild&rsquo; one &mdash; it had everything and in case your memory has become a smidgen clouded by the series of events that led up to the start of the 1969-70 campaign, maybe we can refresh you slightly.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03379/2866256-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="253" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Allan Stanley</figcaption></div>First, there was the opening weekend exhibition between Montreal and Boston in which both benches emptied in a game closing donnybrook. Goalie Gerry Cheevers go into the fray and when big Terry Harper of Montreal tangled with Cheevers and couldn&rsquo;t find a suitable place to land a punch, he simply ripped Cheevers&rsquo; face mask off to make his job easier.It was a fine way to start the new season. You would have thought it was the ending of the old one the way they went at it.Then came the surprising but tragic stick swinging duel between Boston&rsquo;s tough Ted Green and rookie Wayne Maki of St. Louis. Both men were the aggressors in the exhibition game. Green speared Maki, who retaliated. The only problem, Maki connected on Green&rsquo;s skull and he was rushed to hospital for a five-hour brain operation. The doctors put a plate in Green&rsquo;s head and thus a great NHL career appears to be in doubt. The case is still pending before NHL president Clarence Campbell.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04225/2866249-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="1176" height="1923"><figcaption class="caption-body">Canadiens&rsquo; defenseman TERRY HARPER puts a bear hug on goaler GERRY CHEEVERS of Boston before ripping off his face mask in opening exhibition brawl.</figcaption></div>The sticks were still high when Los Angeles&rsquo; defenseman Brent Hughes caught a blade in the eye and went out of action indefinitely. John Ferguson tried to get a piece of Carl Brewer in a Halifax game and wound up with a broken thumb and a six-week stay on the sidelines.In between Ken Wharram, a grand little guy and competitor, suffered a heart attack and was in the intensive care ward with his hockey future likely behind him for all time.While the players were taking their bumps, the NHL game officials decided to band together and walk out on the league if the National League wouldn&rsquo;t recognize their newly-formed association. The NHL balked and the 20 referees and linesmen told their representative, lawyer Joe Kane, the erstwhile Central HockeyLeague president, that they would not report to the NHL&rsquo;s special training camp for officials until they got what they wanted.The strike was averted when the NHL and officials agreed on a seven-point program. The league apparently did not agree to recognize the National Hockey League&rsquo;s Referee&rsquo;s and Linesmen&rsquo;s Association as such but did settle the chief issues with the striking whistle-blowers.Peace was restored and the officials agreed to go back to work after the NHL threatened to bring in all new men from minor leagues to do the job. Referee-in-chief Scotty Morrison was reportedly ready to get back on skates and do a little whistle tooting to fill the gap.There were other startling developments to spice up the preseason scene. Tim Horton demanded $84,00 to come out of retirement to play for the Leafs. He received $42,000 last year. New Leafs&rsquo; GM Jim Gregory said he would have to stay retired for that price. Allan Stanley quit the NHL ice wars after 21 years and 1,244 games to concentrate on a business school operation.Bobby Hull was still listed among the NHL&rsquo;s late holdouts and the NHL agreed to expansion in 1970-71 with Vancouver one of the two new teams and Chicago slated to move into the Western division in a realignment of the league.Yes friends, it was one of those rare starts to a National HockeyLeague season. In fact most hockey men can&rsquo;t remember one quite like it before. &#9632;

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‘Wild’ Is Word For Pre-Season Play As NHL Averts Walkout Of Referees

VANCOUVER&mdash;They cried foul here in 1966 when this city was passed over as an expansion site when first the National Hockey League doubled its&rsquo; membership.And they set up such a stir that Canada&rsquo;s Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, stumping for election in June 1968, threatened investigation of the NHL if Vancouver was left at the altar again.So it was no surprise when the NHL buckled to Canadian public opinion last month and anl nounced that &ldquo;yes&rdquo; the league wouls expand again in 1970-71 and &ldquo;yes&rdquo; Vancouver would be one of the two chosen cities.&ldquo;We felt we couldn&rsquo;t carry on with any hope of good will in Canada without making provision for another team in this country,&rdquo; said president Clarence Campbell, explaining the move in Montreal.&ldquo;The digestion of our previous expansion.&rdquo; he added, &ldquo;now going into its&rsquo; third year, could have been more complete, but the governors have decided the other factor is more important.&rdquo;But now they&rsquo;re asking, &ldquo;what price expansion?&rdquo;The NHL&rsquo;s announced franchise price is $6.000,()()() exactly triple the cost of a team only two years ago.Moreover the costs of operating a club in its initial season can be staggering; from arena rental to equipment purchases, to setting up a farm system to front office personnel, down to printing club stationnery. It all adds up.Then there&rsquo;s travel costs, a terl ribly expensive item for any West Coast club. Vancouver Canucks&rsquo; officials figure it will cost $1, 500,000 a year to operate, and in the first year $1,100,000 just to bail out of the Western Hockey League (the indemnity price demanded by the WHL)Add to this the bleak prospect of obtaining only broken down hockey players in the June draft, and the likelihood of finishing last for at least five years, and the picture becomes even less rosy.&ldquo;Figure it this way,&rdquo; said one Canucks director. &ldquo;Income taxes take 50&rsquo; of your net profits, that means we&rsquo;d have to show a profit of $1,200,000 a year just to break even and when you figure we&rsquo;d gross $2,000,000 drawing 80&rsquo; of capacity, that isn&rsquo;t going to be easy.&rdquo;Little wonder then, that some Canucks&rsquo; shareholders are balking at the price tag. &#9632;

Vancouverites Balk At Expansion Cost

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01750/2866346-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="364" height="437"></div>&bull; FOUR NHL managers are very much on the spot this season. If their respective teams fail to make the playoffs they&rsquo;ll be looking for jobs &hellip; It appears Toronto Maple Leafs need Tim Horton this season whatever the cost. If they can&rsquo;t offer enough money to coax him out of retirement they&rsquo;ll have to trade for an experienced defenseman to go along with their eager but inexperienced defensive corps &hellip; New York Rangers will be the fifth NHL team that Terry Sawchuk has played with. Previously he&rsquo;s been with Detroit, Boston. Toronto and Los Angeles &hellip; &ldquo;All we want from Terry is 12 or 15 games. Just enough to give Ed Giacomin an occasional rest,&rdquo; informed Emile Francis, GM-Coach of the Rangers&hellip;Bryan Campbell, a left winger with the Los Angeles Kings, may be the best dressed hockey player. He brought his tailor along to Barrie, Ont. Where the King ran their training camp&hellip;Jim Dore, Toronto&rsquo;s youthful defenseman. became a proud pappy the other day&hellip;Jim Bishop has been appointed to a new post with Detroit Red Wings and Olympia Stadium. He will be executive director and coordinate the sports operation of the Red Wings and Olympia and will report directly to owner Bruce Norris. The 40-year-old Bishop has an impressive sports background and was rated one of Canada&rsquo;s most successful lacrosse coaches &hellip; Bob Wolff, executive assistant to Madison Square Garden Corporation chairman and president Irving Mitchell Felt, will also be the telecaster for the Rangers&rsquo; games over WOR-TV this season. Before joining the Garden over three years ago, Wolff was a nationally-known sports announcer airing most of the popular sports at one time or another &hellip; Two former Detroit stars, Marty Barry and Hec Kilrea, died recently. Johnny Quilty, former NHL rookie of the year with Montreal Canadiens, in 1941 also passed away &hellip; Barry was a member of Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02701/2866339-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="261" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption></div>&bull; PIT MARTIN must have wanted desperately to be traded from the Chicago Black Hawks to say the things he did at the start of the training period&hellip;Over $135,000 was paid for Bobby Hull&rsquo;s 240-herd of polled Hereford cattle last month. More than 2,000 people were on hand for the eight-hour sale&hellip;Bob Pulford is looked upon as the looked upon as the player who will make Toronto pennant contendders this season, it&rsquo;s felt the Leafs will do likewise &hellip; but if he has a good one he could be the player to lead the Leafs to the top &hellip; Andy Mulligan, who recently retired after a lengthy tenure as Commissioner of the International Hockey League, is off on a long-promise? trip to Alaska. Andy will continue to manage the Toledo Sports Arena. He was succeeded as IHL Commissioner by Bill Beagan, ex-NHL referee and linesman &hellip; Gary Dornhoefer, forward with the Philadelphia Flyers, won the NHL golf tournament at Manchester. Vermont last month for the third straight time. It was an exceptionally well-organized tourney under the direction of Don Ruck, NHL vice-president and public relations director &hellip; Ted Kennedy, former Toronto captain who played a key role in five of the Leaf&rsquo;s Stanley Cup wins, selected the following as his all-time Leaf team of the past 25 years: Goal, Turk Broda; defense, Jim Thomson and Bill Barilko; center, Syl Apps; right wing, George Atrmstrong and left wing, Sweeney Schriner&hellip;&rdquo;? took over Mahovlich on all-around ability,&rdquo; he stated &ldquo;Frank lifts the fans out of their seats but to me schriner was better in the clutch. He won many games for us adn was at his best in the playoffs.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03603/2866332-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="266" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Dornhoefer</figcaption></div>&bull; TWO OF the most exciting players in the National Hockey League will be missing from action most of this season. It is very doubtful just when Chicago&rsquo;s Kenny Wharram, who suffered a heart attack the day after training camp opened, or Teddy Green, Boston&rsquo;s All-Star defenseman who incurred a serious head injury, will return to the ice lanes &hellip; Wharram was not allowed telephone calls to his hospital room 10 days after his attack &hellip; Both players will be paid in full by their respective clubs for the season&hellip;Last year was a clean sweep for the American Hockey League champion Hershey Bears. They won the Eastern Division championship, the Calder Cup, Frank Mathers was picked as the Coach of the Year. Lloyd Blinco was awarded the James Hendy Award as the executive making the outstanding contribution to the AHL; and John Travers of the Harrisburg Patriot-News was the winner of the James Ellery Plaque as the league&rsquo;s outstandig hockey writer and contributing most to the league&rsquo;s progress &hellip; Travers has been a HOCKEY NEWS correspondent for 20 years &hellip; Defenseman Allan Stanley, who has retired, played in the NHL for 21 seasons, just two less than Gordie Howe. Stanley, 43, will devote all of his time to his hockey school at Fenelon Falls, Ont &hellip; Most hockey fans and several executives we&rsquo;ve talked with feel Ted Green&rsquo;s skull fracture wouldn&rsquo;t have happened if he&rsquo;d been wearing a helmet. One prominent hockey exec who favors helmets said: &ldquo;He&rsquo;d have a headache instead of a borken skull&rdquo; &hellip; Los Angeles are having their troubles at training camp &hellip; Eddie Shack and Bill White are both holdouts, Lowell MacDonald retired and Brent Hughes is out for a few weeks as a result of an eye injury &hellip; MacDonald is returning to college and will play hockey for the University of St. Mary&rsquo;s at Halifax.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04523/2866325-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="265" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brent Hughes</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

Statement of the ownership, management, etc., of THE HOCKEY NEWS, a weekly paper, published in Rouses Point, N.Y.The name of the publisher is Kenneth W. McKenzie; editor is Charles S. Halpin. 32 Belcourt Rd., Dollard des Ormeaux, Que. The publishing company is Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd., 1434 Ste. Catherine St., West, Montreal, Que., Canada.There are Kenneth W. McKenzie, 4226 Hingston Ave., Montreal 28, Que. and There are no bond holders, mortgages or other security holders. The average number of copies of earn weekly issue of the publication sold and distributed through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the twelve months preceding the date shown, is 57,174. &#9632;

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<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 107, Canada.Kenneth William McKenzie President and PublisherCharlie Halpin Editorial DirectorYearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada$7.00 in the U.S.A, and $9.00 in Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point. N.Y.Authorized as second Class mail, Post Office Department, OttawaSecond class mail registration number 1327 Printed in CanadaVol. 23 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 10, 1969 No. 1TWIN CITIES&mdash;The North Stars are sill smarting from their sub-par, out-of-the-money finish of 1968-69.So it&rsquo;ll be a &ldquo;more determined and dedicated&rdquo; Minnesota team which opens National Hockey League pay at home for the first time in three years against Philadelphia Oct. 11 at Metropolitan Sports Center in nearly Bloomington.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05427/2866401-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="253" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Vasko</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We know what we have to do to start wining our share of games,&rdquo; said veteran goalkeeper Cesare Maniago, &ldquo;and we&rsquo;re determined to go out and get the job done.&ldquo;We feel we&rsquo;re a better club than we showed last year, but that&rsquo;s done with and I think we&rsquo;ve put it out of our minds.&ldquo;I think more than the past couple of years we&rsquo;ve been talk ing over what we have to do. The guys are determined to give the fans a play-off spot.&rdquo;What the North Stars have to do, mainly, as they begin their third consecutive season under the wing of General Manager and Coach Wren Blair, is tighten up the defense.This is where the dedication comes in.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve hammered away at thinking defense, defense, defense in camp,&rdquo; said Blair,&rdquo; &ldquo;And it would seem to me that most of them are dedicated to getting that goals-against average (3.5 per game last season) down around three anyhow.&ldquo;I think we got off on the right foot in our annual opener against the Central League farm club.&ldquo;They beat us in both of the other games including 9-7 last year, so it was a major accomplishment to win this season. 31.&rdquo;The North Stars followed up that performance with a pair of victories over Chicago, giving them a record of 3-1 in exhibition play against the Black Hawks over the last two seasons.Although the Hawks played without Bobby Hull and Ken Wharram. Blair justifiably was proud of the fact that his charges held the Hawks to a combined total of only 46 shots on goal in the 3-1 and 4-1 triumphs.When Blair talks about improved defense, he doesn&rsquo;t only mean the boys on the blueline.&rdquo; Our forwards must be tougher defensively, too,&rdquo; observed Wren, &ldquo;or we ll again find ourselves on the outside looking in at playoff time.&rdquo;Before oing to camp &ldquo;The Bird&rsquo; theorized that the North Stars very likely would keep six defensemen around (instead of the customary five) at least for the first month of the season.He also said there was a strong possibility that none of the six would be among those who started with the club in 1968-69.That put last season&rsquo;s captain big Moose Vasko, in trouble even before he showed up at Haliburton. Ont. some 20 pounds heavier than the figure prescribed for him by Blair.Leo Boivin, picked up during 1968-69 from Pittsburgh in an even swap for Duane Rupp, figures to be one of the six. Barry Gibbs, the 1968-69 most valuable defenseman in the Central League will be another. Newcomer John Miszuk and former U.S. Nationals ace Lou Nanne are the next best bets.Ex-Black Hawk Tom Reid, minor pro vet Darrell Sly and rookies Dick Redmond and Tom Polanic were locked in a battle for survival at this writing.Either pudgy Fern Rivard or former Canadian Nationals star Ken Broderick will back up Maniago. who played extremely well in early exhibition tilts.Blair was far from happy when third-year pro Rivard reported to camp some 20 pounds overweight, but Fern worked hard and his impressive pre-season play brought more than one smile to The Bird&rsquo;s face.On the front line, Blair left his No. 1 scoring line of last season intact. That would be former Canadian Olympic star Danny O&rsquo;Shea, a 49-point man in his first pro season, between ex-Canadien wingers Danny Grant and Claude Larose.Grant, of course, will find it hard repeating his 35-goal season of a year ago because opposing forwards are expected to stick to the accurate-shooting Calder Award winner like glue. &#9632;

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Vasko’s Position Shaky As Stars Hope To Climb With New Determination

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01702/2866432-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="531" height="1387"><figcaption class="caption-body">NORM ULLMAN &hellip;Leaf&rsquo;s New Leader</figcaption></div>TORONTO &mdash;The Maple Leafs will pay Norm Ullman more money this season than they&rsquo;ve ever spent on a player before. General Manager Jim Gregory made this fact known at a recent press conference and subsequent investigation disclosed that the amount is $57,000.The only way that could be surpassed would be if defenseman Tim Horton is lured out of retirement. He got $42,500 last winter and mentioned $85,000 as a figure which would cause him to change his mind about quitting now.Ullman, of course, is worth a hefty salary, just as Horton would be if he came back to steady the greenhorns on Toronto&rsquo;s rearguard. Ullman is a superb 2-way centre who will be called upon to spearhead Leafs&rsquo; attack and, with Dave Keon, to provide all-important forchecking.Leafs never have had a scorer like Ullman on their side. Las season&rsquo;s 35 goals and 42 assists raised his career totals to 364-488 for a point total of 852. He&rsquo;ll be 34 Dec. 26.Ullman actually flunked the medical when Leafs opened their 1969-70 training camp at nearby Peterborough. But doctors decided that corrective surgery on his shoulder could be delayed until next spring.That was a relief to rookie coach Johnny McLellan. who doesn&rsquo;t have many truly solid men on whom he knows he can depend. Strength up centre is vital. Ullman is a good one. So is Keon, 27-34 last winter. He needs two more, and the men for the job could be Mike Walton, a good scorer, who may improve now that he&rsquo;s in a position to forget his feud with Leafs&rsquo; deposed boss, Punch Imlach. And McLellan has high hopes for a minor league star, Ron Ward.Ullman was given a new right wing partner at training camp and in the exhibition series, veteran Bob Pulford. Paul Henderson, of course, is the left flanker coming off his finest National Hockey League season. He hand 27 goals and 32 assists last year.Back, too, are Ron Ellis whose 1968-69 output was 25 goals. Murray Oliver, 14. George Armstrong, 11, and Brit Selby, 12.Have you noticed something? That&rsquo;s right. McLellan has the makings of two first-rate forward lines but he&rsquo;s going to have trouble assembling a third that&rsquo;s good enough to hold its own against balanced opponents such as Montreal, New York and Boston.All of which increases the burden Ullman will bear. After all, he does expect to work hard to earn his money, as he always has done.Ever since he reached the NHL in 1955, he&rsquo;s been one of the league&rsquo;s most industrious workmen, the perfect example of a Toronto centre. He was Punch Imlach&rsquo;s ideal, a relentless and fast forechecker, a reliable backchecker. a shrewd playmaker and, on top, of everything else, an opportunistic scorer.An Imlach dream came true in the spring of 1968, when he was able to obtain Ullmain from Detroit Red Wings. &#9632;

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Ullman Becomes Highest Paid Maple Leaf With $57,000 Pact

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03470/2866463-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="543" height="547"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN BEGG OLD SCOTCH WHISKY</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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The Incoming Scotch for Outgoing People

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA &mdash;Forbes Kennedy may be long gone as a Fiver but his memory &mdash; currently in the person of Reggie Fleming &mdash; lingers on. Fleming, acquired from the New York Rangers during the summer, is anxious to use his fists whenever necessary to promote the Flyers&rsquo; cause.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m the same type ot player as Forbes,&rdquo; admitted Reggie &ldquo;He&rsquo;s out there giving it everything he&rsquo;s got while he&rsquo;s on the ice. After all, you can&rsquo;t take the game home with you. You have to give it everything or else you&rsquo;re not in the game in my opinion.&ldquo;I honestly don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ve taken a stupid penalty.&rdquo; continued the veteran forward. &ldquo;It may have looked like it in some people&rsquo;s mind but hockey&rsquo;s a game of reflexes and you do what you have to do at a given moment.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02621/2866501-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="289" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Forbes Kennedy</figcaption></div>Fleming assures the Flyers he&rsquo;ll be the &lsquo;policeman&rsquo; they want him to be. He&rsquo;s pleased, too, because he&rsquo;s sure it&rsquo;ll mean a lot of ice time.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care where they play me &mdash; even goalie &mdash; just as long as I play,&rdquo; said Reggie, obtained in a trade for Leon Rochefort who was since shipped to Los Angeles. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care where I have to play, just so I&rsquo;m playing in the NHL.&rdquo;The 33-year-old wing hopes to provide the Flyers with the muscle power they&rsquo;ve been missing ever since Kennedy got into a scrap with the club&rsquo;s management and sentenced himself to a different uniform in Toronto late last season.Forbes, too. is a fighter but not as consistent as Fleming. &ldquo;Sir Reginald&rdquo; &mdash; as they affectionately called him in the Madison Square Garden &mdash; has spent more than 130 minutes in the penalty box each of the last five seasons.Reggie explains how he happened to get stereotyped as a battler. It came in his NHL debut against New York and was one long bloody brawl.&ldquo;I was an only child,&rdquo; he recalled. &ldquo;And when I got back to Montreal, my mother asked me what had happened. I told her I had racked up 37 minutes in penalties in my very first game. I also told her, if this is what I have to do to stay in the National League, then this is what I&rsquo;m gonna do.&ldquo;It takes a lot of steps to get up the ladder, but only one step to go down. I never want to take that step. This is where I want to play.&rdquo;General manager Bud Poile feels that the acquisition of Fleming is a tremendous plus for his club.&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t finish first last season because the defense didn&rsquo;t play as well as the year before,&rdquo; said Bud. &ldquo;The easy way is to blame it on the offense. I don&rsquo;t give a rap about how many goals we score. The only thing I look at is the right-hand column (wins and losses) in the paper to see where the Flyers stand.&ldquo;Look. Chicago had eight guys who score more goals than they allow and they still finished last. Eight &lsquo;plus&rsquo; players and they still finish in the cellar. We had only one &lsquo;plus&rsquo; player (defenseman Ralph MacSweyn) and we finished third.&rdquo;A &lsquo;plus&rsquo; player in hockey is a guy who&rsquo;s on the ice while his team scores more goals than it allows to be scored against it.Fleming, a goat in Philadelphia due to his scraps with several Flyers in the past, says it&rsquo;ll all be forgiven and forgotten when he wears the club&rsquo;s orange and black uniform on the ice for the home opener against Montreal.&ldquo;Fans are funny,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They all love a winner and they hate a loser. It doesn&rsquo;t make any difference in what city you&rsquo;re playing in. They love the guy who&rsquo;s playing for them.&ldquo;Why, I remember when I used to play in Chicago. the fans would scream so the coach would send me out on the ice. Then I was traded to Boston and pretty soon I got involved in my first fist fight back in Chicago. Boy, the fans really booed the heck out of me.&ldquo;They loved me in New York. I know, but I guess when we go up there to play them, they&rsquo;ll probaby hate me.&rdquo;One thing that will be dropped in a hurry by his new Flyer teammates is the unaffectionate nickname. &ldquo;Cement Head&rdquo;, which they called him when they were opponents.&ldquo;Oh, I don&rsquo;t mind the nickname,&rdquo; concluded Reggie with a grin. &ldquo;At least they can&rsquo;t hurt me by hitting me in the head. In fact, I even use it as a weapon sometimes.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04317/2866494-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="1176" height="1026"><figcaption class="caption-body">REG FLEMING &hellip; He&rsquo;ll Let His Fists Do The Talking</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Fleming Anxious To Become Flyers New ‘Policeman’

<div class="byline">by CHARLIE HALPIN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01779/2866532-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="270" height="365"></div>&bull; THE DAY may be near when National Hockey League club owners-the men who bankroll the big league operation-will want it made mandatory that all NHL players wear helmets to protect their investment.And who could blame them if they did. No club owner wants to see one of his super-stars get his skull crashed in at the hands of a jittery rookie just because he wasn&rsquo;t wearing protective head-gear.The alarming rash of high-sticking injuries this season in season camp exhibitions both the players and the owners concerned. Boston&rsquo;s chances of challenging Montreal for the Stanley Cup this season were considered legitimate until defenseman Ted Green was skulled by freshman winger Wayne Maki&rsquo;s stick. Now at best, the B&rsquo;s can expect to finish second without Green.The serious eye injury to Los Angeles defenseman Brent Hughes was another jncident involving a loosely carried high stick.Naturally, NHL referee-in-chief Scotty Morrison is going to insist on more stern controls. Actually there is no place in hockey for stick swingers. Immediate expulsion is the only remedy in our opinion. Fist fighting you can more or less condone, but not stick duelling among heated players.&bull; SCOTTY BOW MAN, the levelheaded coach of the St. Louis Blues, was blunt about the situation after Maki, one of his players, was involved in hitting Green over the head, fracturing his skull and putting him out of action possibly for the rest of the season.&ldquo;The NHL hasn&rsquo;t explored enough avenues to control stick swinging. Fines haven&rsquo;t stopped it. Suspending a guy for a few games is nothing. It might be differentifa player was suspended a full year without pay,&rdquo; suggests Bowman.The Blues&rsquo; coach speaks from experience. He had his NHL career nipped in the bud by a wildly careening hockey stick in the hands of Jean-Guy Talbot back when the two were playing junior hockey. Talbot is playing for Bowman today. The tragic Bill Masterton episode last season aroused the hockey world into thinking that the solution was more NHL players would start wearing helmets.The Chicago Black Hawks for all their faults in 1968-69, came forward to take the lead in hockey helmets. At one time more than a half dozen of their players wore them. Some have discarded them since.Most major leaguers have scorned the head protectors. Their argument is simply, we never started out wearing them why use them now after 10 or 12 years in the league. This isthe same complaint uttered by NHL goalkeepers regarding face masks. Unfortunately, neither reason makes sense. It is time NHL players started putting common sense and safety ahead of glamor and begin wearing helmets. &#9632;

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INSIDE HOCKEY

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL &mdash;Despite one of the largest training camps in club history with 105 players turning out lor the parent Canadiens and the new AHL Vovaseurs, Montreal is expected to have a standpat roster, tor the NHL opener.But early exhibitions left a gaping hole at the club&rsquo;s most vulnerable spot on left-wing&mdash;when hardrock John Ferguson suffered a bad thumb injury in a pre-season game at Halifax. It turned out to be torn ligaments and a bone chip in his left thumb and while no operation was necessary he was expected to be sidelined about six weeks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02635/2866570-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="255" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pete Mahovlich</figcaption></div>It was a freak accident when Fergy barely ran into Carl Brewer as the Detroit defenseman let his shot go and followed through. Somehow the Hab winger caught his hand in Brewer&rsquo;s equipment and he felt it starting to swell almost immediately.Another left-winger, Pete Mahovlich who looked good in camp hoping to win a berth with the Habs, came out of the same game with a knee injury. There was good news about the exDetroit player in that the injury wasn&rsquo;t as serious as expected but he was on the sidelines for about 10 days.The left-wing situation was bright on the other side, however, with the possible return of veteran Gilles Tremblay who was sidelined with bronchial trouble most of last season and his future appeared in jeopardy. Although short on condition and without a test in exhibition play, Tremblay has been skating regularly and the medics are hopeful he may join the Canadiens early in the season.A couple of youngsters have also filled in well on the portside. Chris Bordeleau, who was impressive with the National Leaguers late last season, came up with two goals in the second exhibition against Detroit, a 4-1 win after the Wings won the first game at Halifax 5-3.Marc Tardif, up from the Junior Canadiens, also looked good in early exhibition play, making some good moves and refusing to back off from big league opposition.Tardif was one of only three new faces on last weekend&rsquo;s cutdown of the Montreal roster as none of the veterans had to worry much about their jobs. Chuck Hamilton, 30-year-old minor league veteran who had 28 goals and 46 assists with Hershey last season, remained a possible starter as a penalty-killer and left wing. Rejean Houle, OHA scoring champ with the Junior Habs last year continued in the fold at right wing during exhibition contests.Otherwise Coach Claude Ruel had no problems in going with the same players who carried the team to a clean sweep of the Eastern division and the Stanley Cup last season.And one of the brightest spots was on defense where Terry Harper, having dressed for only 21 games last season, looked better than ever. He was rated the best rearguard on the ice in the two games against the Red Wings.With Guy Lapointe shifted to the AHL Voyageurs, Ruel had Harper, Jacques Laperriere, Ted Harris, J.C. Tremblay and Serge Savard, last season&rsquo;s Conn Smythe Trophy winner, making up the blueline brigade.Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard, Ralph Backstrom and Jacques Lemaire remained at center. Bobby Rousseau, Yvan Cournoyer, Claude Provost and Mickey Redmond worked at rightwing with veteran Dick Duff as the only oldtimer on the left.The Canadiens started their preseason schedule with three goalies. Jack Norris, former Boston and Chicago net minder was observed closely. However Gump Worsley, the 40-year-old veteran who had nervous tension problems for awhile last year, came on strong to keep his job.The Gumper reported to training camp in close to the best shape of his lengthy professional career and chalked up three straight shutouts in the intrasquad practice games. It appears Worsley will share equal status again with young Rogatien Vachon. Roggie. outstanding in the windup playoff last spring against Boston and against St. Louis, got off to a slow start in camp but soon returned to form.The Habs posted three triumphs in their first four exhibitions. They beat the Bruins 4-1 in a fight-filled opener at the Forum, edged Philadelphia 2-1 at Quebec, then split the Halifax series with Detroit.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03475/2866563-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="1623" height="1095"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ice Quips &hellip;by Maki&ldquo;Can You Handle A &ldquo;Bullheaded&rdquo; Hockey Player For Me?&rdquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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New Habs To Have Same Old Look Despite Problems On Left Wing

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01730/2866601-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"></div>In today&rsquo;s game, this young man handed out five stiff body checks, blocked two slapshots from the point, was boarded by a big right winger, caught an elbow while digging the puck out of the corner, was flattened trying to clear the puck, and picked up an assist on a goal.He played a good game.He played it hard.But most important, he&rsquo;sstill in one piece.That&rsquo;s the part we played in today&rsquo;s game.CooperHockey EquipmentDon&rsquo;t play games with anything else.260 Laughton Avenue, Toronto 9, Ontario, Canada.Triangle Industrial Plaza, Division and Robinson Street, North Tonawanda, N.Y. 14120. &#9632;

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<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>OAKLAND &mdash; Gary Smith, goalkeeper, defensemen Frank Lacombe and Adam Keller, forwards, Joe Szura, Alton White, Warren Harrison, Tony Goegan and Tom Foxcroft, assigned to Providence of AHL.MONTREAL &mdash; Jack Norris, goalkeeper, forward Larry Mickey and defenseman Guy Lapointe, assigned to Montreal Voyageurs of AHL. Lyle Bradley, Ron Roberts Drake Jopling and Jim Pritchard, forwards, assigned to Salt Lake City of WHL. Rocky Farr, goal keeper, John Schella and Dan Sharp defensemen, Jean Rene Losier Hugh Harris, Kent Byrne an Serge Boily forwards, assigned to Denver of WHL. Dale Blomquist, forward, sent to Des Moines of IHL. Mike Goulet, forward, assigned to Columbus of IHL. John Cowley, Jim Shine, Ed Kassa, Ron Forbes and Bob Shannon, forwards, released outright. Andre Pronovost forward, purchased from Minnesota of NHL.DETROIT &mdash; Bob Falkenberg, Jim Watson and Doug Piper, defensemen, Gerry Gray, goalkeeper, and Craig Reichmuth, forward, sent on loan for season to Cleveland of AHL.MINNESOTA &mdash; Bob McCord, defenseman, assigned to Phoenix of WHL. Bobby Walton, forward, signed to pro contract.CHICAGO &mdash; Paul Terbenche and Jerry Korab, forwards, and Rick Foley, defenseman, assigned to Portland of WHL. Brian McDonald, forward, sold to Denver of WHL.PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Bob Courcy and Bill McEwan forwards, and Dwight Carruthers and Bobby Taylor, defensemen, sent on loan to Seattle of WHL. Michel Belhumeur, goalkeeper, and Jim Mair, defenseman, signed to pro contracts and assigned to Quebec of AHL. Allan Stanley, defenseman, placed on voluntary retired list.TORONTO &mdash; Marcel Pronovost, defenseman, assigned to Tulsa of CHL for purposes of serving as playing-coach. Doug Acomb, forward, quit team to return to college.NEW YORK &mdash; Ab DeMarco, defenseman, signed to pro contract and assigned to Omaha of CHL. Jim Krulicki and Jack Egers, forwards, assigned to Buffalo of AHL. Pierre Jarry, forward, signed to pro contract and assigned to Buffalo.LOS ANGELES &mdash; Dale Hoganson, defenseman, signed to pro contract. Lowell McDonald, forward, quit team to return to college.ST. LOUIS &mdash; Bobby Schmautz, forward, assigned to Salt Lake City of WHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>PORTLAND &mdash; Doug Messier, defenseman, placed on voluntary retired list.SEATTLE &mdash; Guyle Fielder, forward, placed on voluntary retired list.PHOENIX &mdash; Larry Lund, forward, secured from Seattle of WHL. Jim Murray, defenseman, secured from Springfield of AHL.SALT LAKE &mdash; Ted Hodgson and Bob Toothill, forwards, secured from Oklahoma City of CHL. Billy McNeill, forward, purchased from Vancouver of WHL in exchange for Germain Gagnon, forward, and cash.DENVER &mdash; John Rodger, forward, purchased from Los, Angeles of NHL. Ray Clearwater, defenseman, John Sleaver and Pierre Gagne, forwards, secured from Providence of AHL. Roger Lafreniere, defenseman, secured from Omaha of CHL.SAN DIEGO &mdash; Kevin O&rsquo;Shea, forward, signed to pro contract.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>JERSEY &mdash; Herman Karp, forward, returned by Long Island of EHL. &#9632;

Off-Season Movements

KITCHENER &mdash;Take it from Emile Francis, the manager-coach of the Rangers. Anyone who picks the Boston Bruins over the Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup again is out of his mind.Francis, who was one of those who thought the Bruins should have beaten the Habs last spring in the playoffs, said, &ldquo;anyone who picks the Bruins over the Canadiens will have to be foolhardy. You know what happened last spring. Besides the Canadiens have the depth to beat you,&rdquo; predicted the &lsquo;Cat&rsquo;.So if you&rsquo;re picking the 1969-70 cup winner, mark down the Canadiens again, and remember, Emile Francis told you so. &#9632;

Habs For Cup Again Says Francis

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>KITCHENER&mdash;When the New York Rangers opened their 1969-70 training camp at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, they were 70 players strong, yet the one man rated as New York&rsquo;s super star was not even in uniform.Unfortunately for New York, he wasn&rsquo;t supposed to be. His name, Emile &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Francis, the Rangers General ManI ager &mdash; Coach.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01765/2866656-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="260" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brad Park</figcaption></div>The Cat is without a doubt the key to New York&rsquo;s fortunes in the National Hockey League. Whether through respect or fear or both he drives his players to heights, which other leaders have not been able to do. This season, Francis is coming off a campaign in which the Rangers finished third and made the playoffs for the third time in a row. And they got beat in the playoffs for the third time running. Ranger fans want the team to show its mettle in the post season games and this, too is Francis&rsquo; aim.In the off season, he cleaned house, unloading 33-year-old Reg Fleming, 34-year-old Phil Goyette and 37-year-old Harry Howell.&ldquo;These moves were the toughest in my career,&rdquo; says Emile. &ldquo;They were necessary in order to really make this team a Stanley Cup contender and to make room on our roster for some of the young players we have been developing in our farm system.&rdquo;Francis stressed that all jobs are open, but this is probably not true. Certain men have locks on their spots, but nonetheless a superior showing by some of the louth of Canada and presto a veteran can be gone.Running down the club position by position one finds that a veteran has been added in goal in the person of 39-year-old Terry Sawchuk, late of the Detroit Red Wings. Sawchuk, the hero of the Toronto Stanley Cup triumph of 1966-67, was obtained in a swap for Larry Jeffrey. Terry is here for one reason only &mdash; to back up the National Hockey League&rsquo;s No. 1 regular goaltender Eddie Giacomin. Giac has posted 24 shutouts in the last three seasons, the most in the loop and was named to a post on the second All-Star squad last year. His only problem came in the playoffs wherein Francis benched him for the fourth and last contest with Montreal after Eddie had been less than brillant in the first three and after his mates had forgot how to score. Sawchuk figures to take Don Simmons, spot as the standby netminder and probably will play about fifteen contests, just enough to give Giacomin a bit of a rest here and there. And Sawchuk will be available and rested for the playoffs if Francis chooses to play it that way.Sawchuk has looked pretty good in camp, even if he doesn&rsquo;t extend himself in the wind sprints which are a part of Francis&rsquo; daily ritual. Undoubtedly, Gilles Villemure, the American Hockey League All-Star, will again be assigned to&rsquo; Buffalo.The defense, which season allowed just 196 goals, secondinthe NHL, and six goals better than first place Montreal, is back, full of vim, vigor and youth. The regulars figure to be Jim Neilson, the 27-year-old Cree Indian who annually stages a big second half drive and Brad Park, the sophomore 21-year-old speedster as one pairing with Arnie Brown 27, snf Rod Seiling, 24, on the other. Both Brown and Neilson helped the attack with 10 goals each last season.More of same is expected from them and from Seiling, who did an amasing job on bad knees in 1968-69. He has undergone successful surgery on both knees and should be able to move the puck up ice like the forward he used to be.Fighting for the fifth defense spot are a host of talented youngsters. This observer&rsquo;s choice to start the season with New York is 23-year-old Allan Hamilton, who is in his 3rd shot at making the New York club.Hamilton played mainly with Buffalo last term and did well there. He stands six two and weighs 195 pounds.&ldquo;Hamilton once rated with Bobby Orr in Junior and I want a shot at coaching him full time,&rdquo; says Francis. &ldquo;He has a lot of ability.&rdquo;If Hamilton doesn&rsquo;t make the team, New York has such as Mike Robitaille, Andre Dupont, Ab DeMarco Jr., Larry Brown and Rand Legge to chose from. Dupont was obtained in the draft in exchange for Goyette and is a future New York star. He stands six one and weighs 200 pounds.The Ranger attack still centers around the big line of center Jean Ratelie, a very much underrated operative and right wing Red Gilbert and left Wing Vic Hadfield. Both Gilbert and Ratelle got 77 points a year ago with Jean notching 32 goals and Rod 28. Hadfield, the slap shooting hatchet man of the trio has been extra rough in camp, even working over team captain Bob Nevin. He got 26 goals last season and wants 30 this yearNew York&rsquo;s second and third combinations are not set and may not be until well into the season. At right wing one finds Nevin, a 31-goal man last term. Guy Trottier, 45 goals with Buffalo of the AHL and Omaha hot shots Jack Egers and Bill Fairbairn That is being unfair to Ron Stewart, Bobby Hull&rsquo;s perennial shadow, who usually gets between fifteen and twenty goals. Bevin is close to being the best two-way wing in the NHL.The left wingers include assistant coach Donnie Marshall, the 37 year old, 20 goal man, who survived Francis&rsquo; purge of the elderly, scrappy Dave Balon, who also doubles at the other two forward positions and Real Lemieux, a 24-year-old tough guy from the Los Angeles ings. Francis got Real for Leon Rochefort, whom the Cat had wrangled out of the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Fleming.Strength down the middle is the path to the championship and New York has it. In addition to Ratelie, the Rangers show sophomore whiz bang Walter Tkaczuk, who can only get better alter a fine rookie year. Walter got 12 goals and 24 assists as a checker last year and may be turned loose on the attack this season. Orland Kurtenbach returns after missing a season with spinal surgery. The New Yorker missed his police tactics, but so far Kurt has taken it easy and judgement on his recovery must be held in abeyance. Taking up the slack has been Yuha Widing, the 22 year old Finn who was reared in Sweden and came to Canada at 15. Widing got 80 points with Omaha of the Central League and is pushing Kurt for the third center spot. Veteran Forbes Kennedy, who split last year with Toronto and Philadelphia before starting a wild Toronto-Boston Stanley Cup brawl, has been hurting and was returned to New York for medical examination. His left knee is bothering him after surgery.Francis has used Tkaczuk with Nevin and Jones, Widing between Marshall and Stewart, Kurtenbach with Lemieux and Egers and Omaha rookie Don Luce with Blackburn and Trottier. The final lineup is still in the laps of the gods and how things work out between now and ope ning day.An evaluation of Ranger prospects leaves one to think that they will most assuredly make the playoffs. &#9632;

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Emile Francis Expects Young Blues To Hustle Vets As 70 Attend Camp

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01744/2866711-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"></div>In the history of team sports in Canada, the Toronto. Maple Leaf Hockey Club has always meant colour, spirit, fight, dash-and excellence. And this book, in words and pictures, in nineteen chapters, in statistics and anecdotes, in the retelling of the team&rsquo;s drive to a grand total of eleven Stanley Cup Championships, is the story of the Maple Leafs&rsquo; excellence.It begins with the rise of that remarkable Canadian, Conn Smythe, the man who launched the Maple Leafs in 1927, who built Maple Leaf Gardens in 1931, who led the way to the first Stanley Cup in 1932 and who sparked, cajoled and fought for the Leafs for thirty-five years before he passed on this leadership to his son Stafford in 1962.Smythe&rsquo;s early teams were rowdy and rambunctious, enlivened by such headlong characters as King Clancy, Charlie Conacher and Hap Day; and the opening chapters of the book reveal their adventures off and on the ice. They also tell of the Leafs&rsquo; fiery rivalry with the Boston Bruins that almost led to tragedy in the notorious Ace Bailey-Eddie Shore incident.The book traces the Toronto team through the glorious comeback victory in the 1942 Stanley Cup finals and their win again in 1945, when the war-time Leafs, a club of cast-offs and juniors, of the very old and the very young, held together in a miracle of team play. It recalls in biographical sketches. the great players of the late 40s and early &lsquo;50s, Syl Apps and Ted Kennedy and Turk Broda and all the other stars who helped to make the 1948 team perhaps the most powerful of all.The Leafs won four Stanley Cups in five years, from 1947 to 1951,and then slumped through the mid-1950s until they rose again in a new era, the Punch Imlach reign. The book deals with Imlach&rsquo;s eleven stormy years with the Leafs, years that produced four more Stanley Cups and that gave Toronto such shining heroes as Frank Mahovlich, Johnny Bower, Dave Keon and Norm Ullman.With the firing of Imlach in the spring of 1969, and then the dramatic ousting of Stafford Smythe and Harold Ballard by the Toronto Maple Leaf Board of Directors, the Leafs today, stand on the edge of a brand-new period in hockey history. The team has behind it a heritage of colourful play, fighting victories and, of course, of excellence.This is the fascinating story of how they got that way.Advance Price: $5.95 (including postage) FULLY ILLUSTRATED Complete records and statistics &#9632;

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SPECIAL PRE-PUBUCATION OFFER

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01761/2866749-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="297" height="380"></div><h2>The Hardest Job In Sports</h2>This was this summer in the Forum in suburban Los Angeles. Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens had flown into Southern California to shoot a hockey commercial, believe it or not. &ldquo;The technical stuff is all here,&rdquo; he grinned. His job was to knock down some milk cartons with some shots, then say a few words. He shot for several days. One day, he shot and spoke and waited around and shot and spoke and waited around and so forth and so on from 3:15 in the morning until 7:15 at night, just to get two 30-second commercials, one in English, one in French, in the can. &ldquo;It takes patience,&rdquo; he smiled. Heck, he could win a Stanley Cup in that time. Ten hours? It took horn only four one-hour games to knock off St. Louis in the finals last season. With some help, of course.Big Jean is closing in on 38 now, after 17 years in the NHL. How time flies! Unbelievable, really. It doesn&rsquo;t seem long ago that he came out of the amateur ranks just about the most heralded prospect before Bobby Orr, and signed a fancy contract with the Canadiens and had all eyes on him as he struggled through his first season. &ldquo;I felt the pressure. I&rsquo;ll never forget it. All that publicity,&rdquo; Jean admits. &ldquo;The second year, though, things broke for me, I got 37 goals and more or less established myself and everything was all right after that. Some years have been better than others, of course, but no one was waiting for me to flop after that second season and I could just get on with the job of playing hockey.&rdquo;He is a hockey immortal. He scored 47 goals in his third season and 45 another season and 20 or more almost every season. There was a time in the early 1960&rsquo;s when he scored just 18 a couple of years running and a time three years ago when he scored just 12, and people began to write him off, but he was usually injured when his pace fell off. He scored 31 two seasons back and 33 last season and still remains great. He enters this season with 463 in his career, which is fourth best on the all-time list. If he plays three more seasons, which is unlikely, he could pass Maurice Richard&rsquo;s 544, but he won&rsquo;t pass Bobby Hull&rsquo;s 472 unless the Golden Jet sticks to his latest poverty strike. Gordie Howe&rsquo;s 732 is off in another world.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02662/2866742-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="591" height="921"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN BELIVEAU &hellip; Winning Easy To Take</figcaption></div>Beliveau was named most valuable player in the NHL just once, which tells you something about the selectors and such selections. Most hockey men will tell you he&rsquo;s been with the possible exception of Howe, the most valuable player in the league for most of the last 10 or 15 years, the key men who has helped his team win 10 pennants and nine Stanley Cups in an unparallelled career.&ldquo;I think it is the dream of every Canadian boy to wear the white, blue and red of our team. When you are wearing it, you can see the pictures of the great Canadiens&rsquo; teams of the past on the walls before and after every game and between every period. This sort of tradition is really very inspiring, which is one reason we keep winning,&rdquo; Beliveau says. &ldquo;Another is that when you have been a winner for a long time, you have confidence, you expect to win, so it is easier to go on winning.&ldquo;New players to our team are always surrounded by veterans, who are used to winning. Everyone demands more of himself in our uniform, and everyone is brought in knowing he must sacrifice himself for the good of the team. Individual honors are unimportant next to team honors. Perhaps the most important reason we have won so often goes back to Mr. Frank Selke and continues through with Mr. Sam Pollock &mdash; we may not always have had the best team, but most of the time we have had the best team.&rdquo;<h2>Big Jean&rsquo;s Top Ice Thrills</h2>Beliveau says that personally, he feels his biggest thrill came when as a Quebec minor-leaguer he scored three goals in an exhibition game against Canadiens and the Rocket. After that, perhaps the night he scored his 200th goal, off Terry Sawchuk. A few nights after he scored his 450th, and had just boosted it to 453, Red Fisher asked him what his next ambition was? &ldquo;I am aiming,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;for 454.&rdquo; However, all things considered, big Jean says the real thrills come in winning the Stanley Cup &mdash; &ldquo;the first one and every one thereafter, even the last one. No matter how many times you win it, you never are bored by it. Many great players play long careers without even winning it. You keep thinking of that.&rdquo;Always graceful and effortless, the 6-3, 210-pound veteran is still fit and, in a game where the good ones have been able to play longer than in most games, Jean hopes to go on awhile. &ldquo;Hockey has been my life. You don&rsquo;t give up on that so quickly,&rdquo; he sighs. &ldquo;If I ever get fed up, well that would be another thing. If it got to be a chore to go to the Forum, or if I got afraid of injuries or if I was not able to do so well anymore, well than I would say it was time to hang &rsquo;em up, but it is not that time yet, it&rsquo;s not an-easy life but I still enjoy the game.&rdquo;Beliveau is a good person. He has never been a mean player, or a selfish one, is civil even to reporters and has few if any enemies. It is a fact that hockey more than any other sport I know has been blessed by its hereos. Truly, among the current super-stars, the enduring greats. Howe, Hull and Beliveau, there is not a Joe Namath in the bunch. Bill Russell is a great sportsman, but he wouldn&rsquo;t sign an autograph for the president of his league, much less a kid.Howe might knock you down and jab at you some if you showed up on ice in an enemy uniform, but after the game he&rsquo;ll pick you up and then give reporters all the time they want explaining with which muscle he knocked the guy down and how sorry he was he had to do it. I&rsquo;ll never forget Hull with a wired-up jaw, in pain, answering kids&rsquo; foolish questions after a game last year. Beliveau is cut from this cloth.He&rsquo;s big business now, and it&rsquo;s time, hockey players were that, with a manager, Jerry Patterson, and contracts with American Motors, Sun Life Insurance, Purepak, Morgan&rsquo;s Hudson Bay and several other big outfits, but the father of three daughters still seems like one of the boys. I wonder how many fans in the new cities realize how fortunale they are to have gotten this game while Howe, Hull, Beliveau and a few others still were playing? &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04426/2866811-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Colin W. Lorimer, vice-president of marketing for Yardley of London (Canada) Limited, is a happy man as Boston Bruins&rsquo; star Bobby Orr signs contract to endorse Black Label line of men&rsquo;s grooming products for Yardley&rsquo;s. Also shown at signing are, standing, Bob Haggert, left, president of Sports Productions, and Ron Hewat, a sportscaster.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Bobby Orr Joins The Yardley Team

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON&mdash;The only consolation Bruins fans had from the first week of training for the opening of the 1969-70 National Hockey League season is that things couldn&rsquo;t possibly get worse.First veteran right wing Ken Hodge, who scored 45 goals, was hospitalized with an emergency appendectomy. Then Derek Sanderson injured his right knee in an exhibition game with Montreal.Next was the most severe blow of all when Teddy Green suffered a fractured skull, requiring emergency surgery, after being hit on the head with a stick by Wayne Maki in the first period of the sec ond exhibition game of the season against NHL competition at Ottawa.Sandwiched among these misfortunes was the sidelining of all-star defenseman Bobby Orr with a heavy chest cold and virus and the death of Johnny McKenzie&rsquo;s mother in Nanton, Alta.By far the most serious mishap was the hospitalizing of Green. Initial reports feared not only that his career was ended but that his life was in danger.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03549/2866780-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="278" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Hodge</figcaption></div>Prompt attention and immediate surgery, however, averted both tragic results, although Green will have further surgery at a later date to insert a plate in his skull.The medical report in part stated that Green suffered a &ldquo;compounded and depressed skull fracture, with dural laceration and a brain laceration.&rdquo;Dr. Michel Rchard of Ottawa, who performed the operation, was pleased with Green&rsquo;s post-operative reactions and indicated the rugged defenseman might be able to play the last month or two of the season with a helmet.Three days after the operation Green was up and around in the hospital and able to shave himself and to talk with Bruins&rsquo; General Manager Milt Schm idt on the telephone.Green was expected to be out of the hospital and would spend a couple of weeks at his home in Transcona, Manitoba before reporting to Bruins&rsquo; doctors at Mass. General Hospital in Boston for further determination of his condition.&ldquo;It was a terrible and unfortunate incident,&rdquo; said Weston W. Adams Sr., chairman of the board of the Bruins, &ldquo;but Ted had some luck on his side.&rdquo;With the absence of key players from the lineup and a policy of trying a promising crop of rookies under game conditions, the Bruins lost three of their first four exhibition games against NHL competition. beating only Toronto at Peterborough on Sept. 22, the night after Green&rsquo;s accident 5-1.But there was every expectation that the situation would change before the start of the season on Oct. 12 at the Garden against New York.Gary Doak, recovered from last year&rsquo;s back ailment and mononucleosis, moved into Green&rsquo;s spot on defense with Don Awrey and Bill Speer, Barry Wilkins, Rick Smith and Rookie Nick Beverly were all given a chance to win the fifth defense spot.Hodge also rejoined the squad at their London, Ont., camp just a week after his operation and was able to skate by hiself. Although there was no indication of when Hodge jvould be able to play, he might be available for at least light action by the first week in November.Wayne Cashman was moved into Hodge&rsquo;s position at right wing with Ron Murphy and Phil Esposito. &#9632;

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Training Camp Casualties Sanderson, Hodge, Green Dim Bruins’ Early Hopes

SAM BEZONSKY, dry goods executive. Los Angeles:&ldquo;No, with the curved sticks, shots curve and drop beyond reason. The goalies&rsquo; job is tough enough without it. It makes a rough game too dangerous, really. And it&rsquo;s like using an artificial weapon, like a wider bat, which isn&rsquo;t the way the game was meant to be played.&rdquo;ELLIOTT LEMMING, salesman, Los Angeles:&ldquo;Yes. They let defensive players hit and grab and pull and interfere with the offensive players plenty, there&rsquo;s little enough scoring in the game and if it is possible to help the offensive player by improving his equipment a little. I&rsquo;m all for it.&rdquo;ROGER ELLIS, police man, New York:&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s a good thing to curtail it. I&rsquo;ve been watching the Rangers around the Garden for years ad they&rsquo;ve been getting along pretty well without it. Mind you, I think it has been a bonanza for the big scorers, like Mikita and the rest, but it sure is hard on the goalies. I wouldn&rsquo;t want to be in Giacomin&rsquo;s shoes out there facing those crazy pucks.&rdquo;JIM WILKS, salesman, Toronto:&ldquo;Yes. I like the idea of cutting down the curvature of the sticks. I used to be a goalkeeper myself in my junior days and I dont envy any of them facing up to those crazy shots that come at them. I think it would also bring NHL goal scoring back to a proper perspective with less curve on the blade.&rdquo;SANDRA DINARDO, housewife, Phoenix:&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t know they had any. I go to a lot of games and I hadn&rsquo;t noticed. I don&rsquo;t think the fans notice things like that. You say it helps them shoot trickier shots? I guess it&rsquo;s good then, but I have enough trouble following the puck now without further complicating it. Maybe they could paint the puck red. Then they could make pretzels of their sticks and I wouldn&rsquo;t mind.&rdquo; &#9632;

THE FANS’ CORNER

<div class="byline">BY SPENCE CONLEY</div>OSHAWA &mdash;Those scruffy Oakland Seals, who surprised everybody but themselves in climbing out of the West Division cellar last season into second place and a position of respect and admiration, are enjoying their greatest ever training camp.And that ought to be good news for everybody in the National Hockey League who didn&rsquo;t think the Seals, like Chicago, were for real for example.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01752/2866873-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="261" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Muloin</figcaption></div>Coach Fred Glover, THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; pick as NHL coach-of-the-year for his rebuilding job, is pleased as punch &mdash; but that&rsquo;s only because of the pleasing punch his squad candidates have delivered in camp scrimmages.&ldquo;I think there was more hitting in the first 20 minutes of our first scrimmage than there was in our entire training camp las year,&rdquo; enthused Glover.Thanks to a fine draft and a hook-up with Providence of the American League, Glover and general manager Frank Selke welcomed a record 60 players into camp.&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t have more than 30 players in Port Huron,&rdquo; said Selke, &ldquo;and we had a few more when we were here last year, but this season we have had a terrific camp. The spirit is very high and our possibilities for improving are very great indeed.&rdquo;Among the most impressive candidates have been ex-amateurs Don O&rsquo;Donoghue and Tony Featherstone of Peterborough, and defenseman Ron Stackhouse of St. Catharines. All three have been signed to pro contracts.ALTHOUGH Featherstone turne an ankle not long after the scrimmaging began, he showed enough grit and skill, despite a choppy snow-shoe skating style, to make Glover grin broadly.The lanky Stackhouse, 6-4, 190, has good. puck-handling ability and a clear understanding of how to play defense.But O&rsquo;Donoghue, a smooth-striding right winger, has developed quickly &mdash; more quickly perhaps than either Glover or Selke might have expected. He paid strict attention to position and was generally in the right place at the right time to either score or assist his always-changing linemates.A few other new faces have contributed. Most notable:Tony Goegan, the Providence left wing. He had a little difficulty early in adjusting to the speed and quickness of his NHL-seasoned associates, but his hitting game finally came around. Unfortunately, mainly because Glover is not too crazy about training camp fights, Tony got into a beef with defenseman Nick Polano, a likeable Italian, and Nick came out of it with a stick across the mouth and a six-stitch cut.Goegan had some bruised knuckles, but maybe the bout did him some good. He, too, is a pleasant fellow, but he was frustrated by this inability to unleash his sock-it-to-&rsquo;em brand of the game. From that point on, Tony began rapid improvement in the wake of disappearing frustrations.Wayne Muloin, 28, a Providence defenseman. It didn&rsquo;t take long for &ldquo;The Destroyer&rdquo; to make his presence felt. The very first day, he cut down Mike Laughton and the veteran center sprained a wrist. The next day, he nailed defenseman Carol Vadnais on a rush and injured Vad&rsquo;s knee.Vadnais was taken to a hospital for x-rays. He suffered strained knee ligaments and the joint was placed in a cast and he was ruled out of action for at least a week.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02693/2866866-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1185" height="786"><figcaption class="caption-body">One of the big surprises of the Oakland training camp has been winger GARY JARRETT, left, shown with BILLY HICKE. Jarrett, who has recovered from a serious eye injury, led the Seals&rsquo; post-season scorers.</figcaption></div>After taking care of Laughton and Vadnais, Muloin gave a shot to Teddy Hampson, but the nifty Hampson at least had his head up and survived &mdash; but barely.The problem, of course, with Muloin cutting down attackers like wheat was that he&rsquo;d be out of position and had more than a few goals scored against him. But as camp progressed, he settled down, quit zapping the forwards &mdash; at least with such obviousness &mdash; and handled the puck with more confidence and skill.&ldquo;If anyone has really benefitted from this camp, it&rsquo;s Muloin,&rdquo; said Glover. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a much better hockey player and right now has a decent chance to make the team. He&rsquo;s really learning.&rdquo;Another of the Reds, defenseman Adam Keller, also has played well. He has experience and although tends to make the odd mistake, has enough moxy to overcome his shortcomings. He, too, has a chance.There is much for Glover and Selke to be happy with, not including the three signed amateurs, Goegan and Muloin.Gary Jarrett, a mid-season West Division All-Star left wing, has recovered completely from his eye injury of last year and has regained the fine scoring touch which gave him 19 goals by his mid-season accident. He is the leading camp scorer, so far.Chris Worthy and Charlie Hodge have played well in the nets. So has Providence old-timer Marcel Paille. Gary Smith, last season&rsquo;s regular, has been spotty so far.In the first exhibition season of their nine-game slate, the Seals lost to the Los Angeles Kings, 54, and Glover wasn&rsquo;t too happy with Smitty&rsquo;s performance. All five goals were scored on the big (6-4, 200) goalie, Hodge blanked the Kings in his 30 minute apparance.The next night Worthy blanked the Kings for 30 minutes at the start while the Seals (Hampson, Dick Mattiussi. with his third goal in two nights, and Gene Ubriaco) rolled up a 3-0 lead. The Kings coul only get two back against Paille and the Seals claimed their first win, 3-2. &#9632;

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Clover Clows As Seals Rock In Show Of New Spirit At Training Camp

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01719/2866974-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"></div><h2>OCTOBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01731/2866967-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="879" height="1611"></div><h2>NOVEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02633/2866960-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="876" height="1438"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03502/2866953-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="861" height="1177"></div><h2>DECEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04368/2866946-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="900" height="1998"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05276/2866939-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="861" height="532"></div><h2>JANUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06229/2866932-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="912" height="2625"></div><h2>FEBRUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02672/2866925-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="869" height="2564"></div><h2>MARCH</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03624/2866918-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="876" height="568"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04572/2866911-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="888" height="2151"></div><h2>APRIL</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1786/2866904-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="882" height="604"></div>NHL ALL-STAR GAME JAN. 20 AT ST. LOUIS &#9632;

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Notional Hockey League 1969-70 Schedule

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05470/2867082-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg"></div>(All times are local)<h2>BOSTON</h2><h2>CHICAGO</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06400/2867075-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="1113" height="43"></div><h2>DETROIT</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07370/2867068-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="1098" height="124"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08347/2867061-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="1103" height="50"></div><h2>MINNESOTA</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09330/2867054-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="1101" height="126"></div><h2>MONTREAL</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10308/2867047-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="1097" height="48"></div><h2>NEW YORK</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11283/2867040-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="1105" height="166"></div><h2>OAKLAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12248/2867033-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="1101" height="82"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13214/2867026-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="1105" height="168"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14181/2867019-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="1101" height="134"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15149/2867012-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="1105" height="54"></div><h2>TORONTO</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-16107/2867005-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="1123" height="52"></div> &#9632;

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STARTING TIMES OF NHL GAMES

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01693/2867218-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="547" height="624"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02624/2867211-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="526" height="616"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03527/2867204-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="544" height="626"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04409/2867197-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="535" height="619"></div><h2>MONTREAL</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01719/2867190-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="372" height="254"></div>By PAT CURRANSTRONG POINTS: Same as in recent years much bench strength with adequate rookies ready if necessary through injuries. A still-young defense and no sign of old-age down the centre which has been the heart of the Habs. In addition big things are expected from such young forwards as Mickey Redmond and Chris Bordeleau while Yvan Cournoyer and Jacques Lemaire will gain from last year&rsquo;s experience.WEAK POINTS: Possibly at left wing where John Ferguson will miss the early part of the schedule due to a thumb injury. Veteran Dick Duff must get off to a better start to be effective and only time will tell whether Gilles Tremblay can make a comeback.NEW FACES: Probably none to start but Chuck Hamilton, a seasoned minor leaguer from Hershey, who can play left-wing and kill penalties; Marc Tardif and Rejean Houle, the junior grads.OUTLOOK: As bright as ever for both the Eastern title and the Stanley Cup. Claude Ruel has a year of NHL coaching under his belt which should be a plus and if goaltending stands up he should have another double winner.<h2>BOSTON</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02608/2867183-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="343" height="348"></div>By BOB HARRISSTRONG POINTS: B&rsquo;s felt success last season for first time. This year their desire might be even stronger. Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Bobby Orr pace a blistering attack that broke all kinds of NHL records last year. Club has better depth although injury to Ted Green will weaken strong defense. Gerry Cheevers will be keyman again Offensively Bruins solid after 303-goal season.WEAK POINTS: Goalkeeping could be problem if Cheevers has to go it alone. Ed Johnston has become injury prone but if he&rsquo;s healthy Bruins could be tough again. Loss of Green for most of season is crippling blow. Defense might be hard pressed without him.NEW FACES: Probably one on defense where Bill Speer might make it with Green out. Jim Lorentz and Jim Harrison best of forward crop along with Don Marcotte and Garnet Bailey. Bruins may be forced to hold two of them up all year because of age creeping up on club.OUTLOOK: With Green, Bruins could have challenged Canadiens for first. Without him, they&rsquo;ll have to settle for second spot again.<h2>DETROIT</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03470/2867176-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="412" height="196"></div>By JACK BERRYSTRONG POINTS &mdash; The Power Line of Frank Mahovlich, Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe which combined for an NHL record 114 goals last season, the two-way work of underrated Pete Stemkowski and the 100 percent effort of Bob Baun who looked like the Baun of old last season.WEAK POINTS &mdash; Maybe question mark points would be a better term. The second and third lines were inconsistent last season. They&rsquo;ve been re-worked. The defense, while better than the sieve of 1967-68, wasn&rsquo;t good enough and the goalkeeping wasn&rsquo;t consistant. All must be remedied.NEW FACES &mdash; Carl Brewer is the key one, back after a four year exile. He&rsquo;s back with old Toronto defense partner Bob Baun. Garry Monahan, acquired in a trade with Montreal, is left wing on the new second line with Garry Unger at center and Wayne Connelly. This line is expected to score goals. Larry Jeffrey is a familiar face back for a second tour. Besides Brewer on defense, Matt Ravlich was drafted from Chicago.OUTLOOK &mdash; Very iffy. If Brewer tightens defense and Roy Edwards and Roger Crozier combine for a solid, consistent season in goal the Wings should make the playoffs. If Brewer comes through the Wings could finish in third place. If not, they could go as low as sixth.<h2>NEW YORK</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04341/2867169-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="327" height="307"></div>By NORMAN MacLEANSTRONG POINTS &mdash; Best regular goalie in NHL in Eddie Giacomin, mobile youthful defense which allowed only 196 goals last year. Solid Number One line of Jean Ratelle, Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfield plus depth at all positions. Brad Park may blossom into all star and Jim Neilson was coming fast at end of last season. Emile Francis is solid coach who is skilled at getting a little extra from his men.WEAK POINTS &mdash; Team still lacks big star. Playoff failures may have become a phobia but that is problem for April and not regular season. Left wing is a little short of talent although Francis has obtained replacements at this spot.NEW FACES &mdash; Terry Sawchuk, former Vezina Trophy winner will backup Giacomin in goal. Real Lemieux, a left wing from Los Angeles should nail down a forward spot. Allan Hamilton may be the fifth defenseman and Juha Widing has a real shot at the third center spot.OUTLOOK &mdash; New York will make the playoffs, most probably third. Francis wants to win in the Cup games this time and will move heaven and earth to accomplish this. If Boston stops scoring a bit or has some injury problems, N.Y. might challenge for second.<h2>CHICAGO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05257/2867162-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="344" height="312"></div>By DAN MOULTONSTRONG POINTS &mdash; Even if Bobby Hull should fail to make the season opener, Hawks will have a fairly potent attack with Stan Mikita, defenseman Gilles Marotte adding some much-needed muscle up front at left wing. Defense should be a bit tougher this year, too, with Doug Mohns back at his old stand and newcomers Ray McKay, Barry Long, Paul Shmyr, and Keith Magnuson pushing the veterans.WEAK POINTS &mdash; Goal-keeping was shaky all of last year and figures to be a critical position again.Center ice, which has become a chronic problem, still is being manned by small men. Mikita, Martin, Lou Angotti, and, probably, Terry Caffery. Reay is hoping that addition of netminder Tony Esposito will beef up the net crew.NEW FACES &mdash; Caffery seems almost certain to make a place for himself, as do McKay and Shmyr, with both Long and Magnuson rating as possibilities. Esposito will battle Dave Dryden for the No. 2 goalie spot.OUTLOOK &mdash; If goal-keeping holds up and a respectable job is turned in at center ice, Hawks could manage to make it all the way up to fourth.<h2>TORONTO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06216/2867155-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="295" height="323"></div>By JIM PROUDFOOTSTRONG POINTS &mdash; Not many. Johnny McLellan&rsquo;s &ldquo;good guy&rdquo; coaching technique may help Leafs more than most analysts realize. He should be able to muster adequate scoring from Norm Ullman (35 goals last season), Paul Henderson (27), Dave Keon (27), Ron Ellis (25) and Mike Walton (22). And there&rsquo;s always chance those kid defensemen could mature quickly under McLellan&rsquo;s supervision. Jim McKenny could become a leader at the blueline. He has the requisite ability. Moreover, Leafs, anchored by McKenny, Pat Quinn, Jim Dorey and Mike Pelyk, are tough.WEAK POINTS &mdash; Many. Inexperience on defence, with four sophomores, plus McKenny and possibly rookie Brian Glennie, figures to hurt badly, especially if Tim Horton sticks by his retirement decision. They&rsquo;re going to have to go with some forwards who aren&rsquo;t what they used to be, such as George Armstrong and Bob Pulford. And the goalkeeping must be considered an uncertain factor.NEW FACES &mdash; Marv Edwards is a veteran minor leaguer Leafs acquired from Pittsburgh. McKenny, 22, could be ready to break through as an NHL defenceman and McLellan is high on Glennie, who was on his Tulsa rearguard last winter.OUTLOOK &mdash; Bleak. McLellan and rookie GM Jim Gregory face a rebuilding chore that might take a couple of seasons.<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05310/2867148-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="345" height="278"></div>By VICTOR BERNSSTRONG POINTS &mdash; The National Hockey League&rsquo;s best goaltending if Glenn Hall once again rejects retirement and accepts the Blues&rsquo; contract to team with Jacques Plante. A tight defense led by Noel Picard and the Plager brothers, Barclay, Bob and Billy&mdash;all having the powers of intimidation with or without their gloves. Superstar Red Berenson, the Western Division&rsquo;s leading score with 35-47-72. Newly acquired playmaker in Phil Goyette.WEAK POINTS &mdash; If Hall doesn&rsquo;t play, Blues could find it tough sledding with 40-year-old Plante forced to go it alone. Also if Berenson doesn&rsquo;t have another big year, offense could be in trouble.NEW FACES &mdash; Goyette, who may play on same line with Berenson; Wayne Maki from Black Hawks, Ron Anderson from Kings and Andre Boudrias from Hawks. Goalie Ernie Wakely, a top minorleague goalie for many years, was acquired from Montreal organization and, depending on Hall&rsquo;s absence or presence, may play half the season or not at all.OUTLOOK &mdash; Blues appear deeper than last season when they romped to the western title. The Blues have the ability and the experience to repeat as titlists, and no reasons have yet surfaced to prevent them from doing so.<h2>OAKLAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06258/2867141-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="351" height="314"></div>By HUGH MACKIESTRONG POINTS: Seals were highest scoring team in West last season and they can only improve this year. Good young players like Norm Ferguson, Brian Perry and vets like Billy Hicke.Ted Hampson and Gary Jarrett will keep club offense moving. Defense will also improve with Bert Marshall and Carol Vadnais key operators. Team was well coached last year under Fred Glover.WEAK POINTS: Goaling appears to be major problem facing Glover. Team has three netminders but Gary Smith is inclined to blow hot and cold. Chris Worthy might be answer if he matures. Old reliable Charlie Hodge might get nod if Smith doesn&rsquo;t settle down to more consistency. Defensive depth behind Vadnais and Marshall might present another worry.NEW FACES: Likely none since Seals didn&rsquo;t draft or trade for any of their stars. Glover felt the other NHL teams didn&rsquo;t have anything better to offer. Glover will probably start with same theam that ended second to St. Louis last year.OUTLOOK: Seals have enough depth and fire power to grab second place again.<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07232/2867134-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="340" height="391"></div>By BILL LIBBYSTRONG POINTS &mdash; Youth and size, outstanding young goaltending potential if third-year man Wayne Rutledge is healthy. Second-year-man Gerry Desjardins, team MVP last season, all-star future. Eddie Joyal and Bill Flett give the team good punch. Bill White, Dale Rolfe and Brent Hughes could be fine defensemen. Also some good young prospects.WEAK POINTS &mdash; Lack of solid power-play and penalty-killing units; poor overall defense, especially by forwards; inconsistent attack, lack of aggressive hitting. Team has no veteran leader. And poor road attitude.NEW FACES &mdash; Plenty of them, including erratic, but exciting veteran Eddie Shack, veteran Leon Rochefort, and young Bryan Hextali and Ross Lonsberry up front. But the most important new face is new coach Hal Laycoe, who had the best minor-league coaching record of the last decade.OUTLOOK &mdash; Much improved. The talent is equal to the best of the expansion clubs and if Laycoe can organize it, the club not only may fight for second place in the West, but could contend for the pennant.<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08208/2867127-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="338" height="208"></div>By BILL FRASERSTRONG POINTS: Basically Flyers are same club as last season but addition of Reg Fleming and Hillman brothers as well as new coach in disciplinarian Vic Stasiuk might make difference in club&rsquo;s final position. Goaling is tops with Bernie Parent and Doug Favell. Andre Lacroix should benefit from last season&rsquo;s productive year. Defense will again be club&rsquo;s No. 1 asset.WEAK POINTS: Biggest rap against Flyers is inability to scoregoals. Team ranked as lowest in NHL last season and is doesn&rsquo;t appear as though off-season moves have improved situation. Flyers experienced letdown from highly-successful first year in expansion. Stasiuk must restore their confidence as well as find ways of getting players to put puck in net more. French Line will have to carry load and this could be too much for their combined abilities.NEW FACES: Wayne and Larry Hillman, of course, and Fleming. Stasiuk is another. Serge Bernier, Gerry Meehan, Mike Byers will be new. Darryl Edestrand, Terry Ball and Lew Morrison are also strange faces to Philly fans but all may not be around.OUTLOOK: Because club is loaded with question marks and because Stasiuk must prove himself in NHL, Flyers are not expected to make it any higher than fourth and if they don&rsquo;t score more, even lower.<h2>MINNESOTA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09192/2867120-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="342" height="305"></div>by GLENN REDMANNSTRONG POINTS &mdash; Proved scoring power in Danny Grant, Ray Cullen, Claude Larose and J.P. Parise &mdash; all 20-goal men last season &mdash; plus ex-Bruin Tommy Williams. Rangy Cesare Maniago provides excellent goalkeeping and defense should improve with veteran Leo Boivin and rookie Barry Gibbs the main cogs. Billy Collins and Charlie Burns top-notch penalty-killers.WEAK POINTS &mdash; Neither Fern Rivard nor Ken Broderick have the experience to alternate with Maniago, who should have more rest than he got in the last two years. Sieve-like defense, which allowed 3.5 goals per game in 968-69, should improve, but the question is how much? Forwards must do more checking.NEW FACES &mdash; Stars are loaded with them. Burns, Williams and Gibbs figure most prominently along with ex-Flyer John Miszuk, who is expected to shore up blue-line corps. Rugged Tom Polanic could be fifth defenseman and veteran minor pro forward Bob Barlow has chance to make club.OUTLOOK &mdash; Offensively pretty good, but defense definitely a question mark. Annual hunt for goals must stop in search of keeping puck out of own net. Final playoff spot withing reach: third place a possibility, too.<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10169/2867113-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="311" height="315"></div>By LOU PRATOSTRONG POINTS &mdash; Veterans Les Binkley and Joe Daley give Penguins solid goaltending. Goaltending could be outstanding with stonger defense expected from having Bryan Watson all season to pair with Bob Woytowich. New coach Red Kelly must be considered a plus off his record at Los angeles.WEAK POINTS &mdash; So much of Penguins alignment is uncertain that just about everything could be considered weak. Too many question marks all the way around. Center especially questionable. Big need is for point man on power play. Andy Bathgate could make comeback solely to play point.NEW FACES &mdash; So many new faces that even hometown fans will need scorecard. Wingers Dean Prentice, Craig, Cameron and Glenn Sather along with defenseman Bob Blackburn, Hextall and Schock. Defenseman Doug Barrie and wing Gary Swain, both up from Amarillo, could be rookie discoveries.OUTLOOK &mdash; On the surface, hard for anyone to predict higher than a fifth place finish. Purely on hunch that Red Kelly could never coach a loser, take Penguins for long shot at third place in West. &#9632;

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HOCKEY NEWS NHL PREVIEW 1969

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07174/2867270-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="635" height="1317"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHILSILTO</figcaption></div><h2>FINAL STADINGS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08149/2867263-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="643" height="209"></div><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09135/2867256-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="652" height="202"></div><h2>TOP 20 SIRES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10119/2867249-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="646" height="674"></div> &#9632;

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Looking Back At Last Year

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div>CHICAGO &mdash;It things continue in the present depressed state, the Black Hawks will start this season just as they wound up last year &hellip; in deep trouble.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01540/2867308-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="242" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Barry Long</figcaption></div>Two weeks into training camp found Billy Reay and Manager Tommy Ivan wrestling with enough problems to occupy an entire league, rather than one organization:1&mdash;Two Hulls were in training camp but THE Hull was missing.2&mdash;One of the Hawks&rsquo; prized youngsters, who was being counted on to push a couple of veterans for a spot on the defense corps? still was fighting to slim down to the point at which he could make it through the dasher gate.3&mdash;Several players still were attempting to discern the motive tor Pit Martin&rsquo;s well-publicized blast at the Hawks ownership, management, and much of its personel.4&mdash;Gallant little Kenny Wharram was lying in the intensive care unit of Henrotin hospital, the stout heart which got him into the NHL and maintained him there tor 11 seasons, having betrayed him at age 37.The Bobby Hull problem, which has become an annual affair. could be the toughest of all over which Reay and Ivan have any control.While Dennis Hull is working dilligently to get in shape for his fourth full season with the Hawks and Gary Hull is laboring to make up for a six-year absence from the game. Bobby was busily promoting a new business venture and insisting that the Hawks must live up to last year`s agreement before he&rsquo;ll even consider negotiating tor the coming campaign.Bobby no longer is talking retirement but he&rsquo;s not discounting the possibility of being traded.&ldquo;I have no desire at all to leave Chicago.&rdquo; said the Jet. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m getting tired of all this trouble every year. If the Hawks don&rsquo;t want to deal with me. maybe they ought to trade me&rdquo;The bulky defenseman is Barry Long, who gave an indication in his first pro campaign at Dallas last year, that he could become one of the truly good ones. His troubles began midway last season when he suffered a badly torn knee and was put out of action for the rest of the year while he recovered from surgery.The big youngster from Barrie, ont., normally carries about 210 pounds on his 6-2 frame. But when he reported to the Stadium. that frame was sagging a bit under 237 pounds.&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll probably get it off before too long.&rdquo; lamented Reay. &ldquo;But you hate to see a 21-year-old kid having weight problems. It makes you wonder about his future.&rdquo;The Martin blast, issued a fewdays before camp opened, may have shaken up several of Pit&rsquo;s teammates, who were accused, almost to a man. of not being concerned over the team`s collapse last year.But Ivan and Reay took it all calmly.I&rsquo;m happy to hear Pit was angry over the way things went last year,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;But I have news for him. He&rsquo;s not the only one who was plenty upset.&rdquo;Ivan&rsquo;s only argument was with Pit&rsquo;s contention that management failed to be properly alarmed over the flop into last place.&ldquo;A lot of what Pit said was true.&rdquo; said Ivan. &ldquo;Too many of our players were too concerned over scoring last year. Our lousy defensive record proves that. And there are a lot of practices in the dressing room which didn&rsquo;t make for good morale.&ldquo;But he was wrong to think we didn&rsquo;t worry over the things that were wrong. He couldn&rsquo;t have known it of course, but as early as last April we had plans in the works that will insure some of the things not happening again.&ldquo;Even now, during training camp, the players are learning that things will be different this year and as soon as we get our team picked, the guys will really find out what the new score is.&rdquo;Wharram&rsquo;s heart attack, which occured while he was in the hospital for treatment of a paracarditis condition (inflammation of the sac which surrounds the heart). that had been detected by the team doctors in the pretraining physical, hit Reay particularly hard.&ldquo;That the little guy&rsquo;s heart should be the cause of his trouble is really ironic.&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;No body in hockey has a bigger or tougher heart than Ken.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04293/2867301-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="540" height="664"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN WHARRAM &hellip; In Intensive Care</figcaption></div>&ldquo;A great man. You never had to worry a second about him, because as long as he had anything to give he gave it. You never had to ask.&rdquo; &#9632;

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‘Holdout’ Hull Says Pay Or Trade Me; Wharram’s Heart Attack Saddens Reay

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01454/2867384-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Kings&rsquo; GM LARRY REGAN points out to EDDIE SHACK that he agreed he would meet the new Kings&rsquo; winger any time and any place to talk contract. Here two talk on Barrie, Ont., lake sitting in a motorboat. In top right photo, Shack joins with four other new LA performers in gag shot as they get ready to move west. From left, ROSS LONSBERRY, NOEL PRICE, Shack, LEON ROCHEFORT and DENNIS HEXTALL.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03332/2867377-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="1776" height="1156"></div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Not wishing to endure air flights any longer, Lowell MacDonald of the Kings decided to quit hockey rather than continue to suffer from the flying phoebia.MacDonald left in the early stages of the Kings&rsquo; training camp at Barrie, Ont., and said he would not be returning. Larry Cahan, the big veteran defenseman who was considering retirement, did not report to camp the first week and his status was doubtful.Meanwhile, new coach Hal Laycoe, learning his team, put the Kings on two-a-day drills prior to the opening of the exhibition schedule. An.early problem was the reoccurence of a groin injury which sidelined goal-tender Wayne Rutledge most of last season and was supposed to have healed over the winter. It&rsquo;s a sort of scary situation. Gerry Desjardins, who shouldered most of the burden last season, sent his pretty mini-skirted wife Michelle in to talk contract with Regan. She was armed with scrapbooks, records and so forth and had a nice salary program mapped out. She impressed and scared Regan so he grabbed Gerry and signed him quick before Michelle could corner him again. Gerry&rsquo;s salary? Maybe $22,500, up from last year&rsquo;s $14,000.Eddie Shack arrived a day late by chartered helicopter and was sent by an annoyed Laycoe to drill with the rookies, but then his hustle got to Hal, who is trying to make the big winger over into a center. Eddie never located his wing, anyway, Shack also is hustling owner Cooke and manager Regan Pretty good, too. &ldquo;Mr. Cooke has a lot of money. He can share some of it with a young fellow like me,&rdquo; said the Entertainer. Laycoe has Bob Wall back on defense from wing.&mdash;LIBBY &#9632;

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Dislike for Flying Forces Kings’ MacDonald To Quit

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01459/2867446-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="245" height="468"></div>Pittsburgh hockey fans are getting squarely behind their Penguins this season and to an enthusiastic group headed by Tom Niemiec, Bob Walde and Steve Kisic, their ice hero is defenseman BOB WOYTOWICH. They think so highly of him, they had 1,000 bumper stickers printed for distribution with his name on them. They call themselves Bob Woytowich&rsquo;s Polish Army and their slogan is &lsquo;Back The Penguins&rsquo;. They even travelled to the club&rsquo;s Canadian training camp at Brantford and are among Pittsburgh&rsquo;s most staunch hockey supporters. &#9632;

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BOB WOYTOWICH’S POLISH ARMY Sez… BACK THE PENGUINS

MONTREAL &mdash;The pattern of new coaches in the National Hockey League this season was similar to 1968-69. There were four new men at the helm of NHL clubs then and this year there are four more.Vic Stasiuk at Philadelphia, John McLellan at Toronto, Hal Laycoe at Los Angeles and Red Kelly with Pittsburgh are the new bench operators with National League clubs for the new season. Only Kelly is familiar to the big time ice wars. He moved over from Los Angeles after two years coaching the Kings to replace Red Sullivan with the Penguins.All the others coached in the minors last year.<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>Los Angeles &mdash; Hal Laycoe replaced Red Kelly.Pittsburgh &mdash; Red Kelly replaced Red Sullivan.Philadelphia &mdash; Vic Stasiuk replaced Keith Allen.Toronto &mdash; John McLellan replaced Punch Imlach as coach.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>Quebec &mdash; Turk Broda replaced Vic Stasiuk.Montreal &mdash; Al MacNeilL named coach of new AHL club.Baltimore&mdash;Rudy Migay replaced Aldo Guidolin.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>Portland&mdash;Gord Fashoway replaced Hal Laycoe.Salt Lake &mdash; Ray Kinasewich named coach of new WHL club.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>Tulsa &mdash; Marcel Pronovost replaced John McLellan.Fort Worth&mdash;Doug Barkley replaced Fern Flaman.Iowa &mdash; Parker MacDonald named coach of new CHL club.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>Long Island &mdash; Blake Ball replaced Les Calder.Jersey &mdash; Lou Jankowski replaced Marcel Pelletier.Salem&mdash;Colin Kilburn replaced Dave Lucas.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>Des Moines &mdash; Terry Slater replaced Howie Milford.Columbus &mdash; Moe Mantha replaced Jack Turner.Toledo&mdash;Bill Mitchell replaced Terry Slater.Fort Wayne &mdash; Moe Bartoli replaced Len Thomson.Flint &mdash; Ken Hodge named coach of new IHL club. &#9632;

Four New Coaches Escalate Changeover Of NHL Pilots

<div class="byline">BY LOU PRATO</div>BRANTFORD &mdash;Only a fool or a clairvoyant would unabashedly attempt to analyze the future of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1969-70 season.There are simply far too many indeterminate factors to consider.No one, for example, can predict how the team will react to a new coach. It is assumed that Red Kelly&rsquo;s success as a coach with the Los Angeles Kings &mdash; and his achievements in 20 years as an NHL player &mdash; will rub off on the heretofore erratic Penquins. But no one can be certain.Keith McCreary and Jean Pronovost are expected to take up where they left off last March as the team&rsquo;s scoring leaders and zoom to greater heights. But that, too is only an assumption.So is the thought that Bryan Watson will continue his aggressive strong arm tactics on defense, Watson perked up last year&rsquo;s team after being acquired in a mid season trade. But whether he can continue his rough-housing without help is another matter.Of course, the Penguins&rsquo; management figures it has added enough muscle in off-season maneuvres to enable Watson to perform with more gusto. But that, too, may be only wishful thinking.General manager Jack Riley says Bryan Hextail, drafted from Vancouver, and Ron Schock, acquired from St. Louis, should add strength at center. And he looks for Glen Sather, taken from Boston, and Craig Cameron, another St. Louis reject, to provide extra punch.Yef, it is questionable on how much help the new talent can add to a team that has finished out of the playoffs the past two years.What is needed, then, for the Penguins to become bonafide contenders in an extraordinary amount of good fortune. That is not to say that luck alone will propel the Penguins towards the Stanley Cup. But each of the unknown factors &mdash; new coach, new players, and veteran players achieving greater goals &mdash; will have to combine at the opportune time.There is perhaps no club in the NHL which has had the turnover of the Penguins. Of the 19 players who were on the team&rsquo;s roster at the start of last season, only nine remain. And some of those nine may be pushed aside by youngsters before the team&rsquo;s first game of the year Oct. 11.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02369/2867501-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="543" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY BATHGATE &hellip; Launches Comeback</figcaption></div>One of the biggest question marks is the veteran Andy Bathgate, the one time NHL super-star. Bathgate led the Penguins scoring in their initial season two years ago. But he was cut in preseason training last September and played out the year in Vancouver where he scored 37 goals and 36 assists.&ldquo;We may have given up on Andy too soon,&rdquo; says Riley, who admits Kelly is optimistic about a Bathgate comeback, even at age 37.Still, the unknown factor in Kelly&rsquo;s coaching will probably determine the final position of the Penguins. Kelly proved at Los Angeles with two playoff finishes that he can coach a winner. He also proved in his first year with the Kings that he could take a rag-tag outfit and transform it into a winner. &#9632;

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Bathgate May Figure In Makeup Of Penguins As Kelly Molds Club

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01438/2867532-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="558" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">RUDY MIGAY &hellip; New Penguin Skipper</figcaption></div>BALTIMORE&mdash;The Baltimore Clippers are continuing to become closer aligned with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.The two clubs have put their shoulders together this season, first by jointly selecting Rudy Migay as the new Baltimore bench coach, then training side-by-side at Brantford, Ont.The big news emanatihg from the club offices of course was the appointment of Migay, former National Hockey League player, as coach. Migay handled the disbanded Amarillo Wranglers of the Central Hockey League last season. Migay replaces player-coach Aldo Guidolin, who will remain with the club as one of its regular defensemen.The training program was also a first for the Clippers. In 1962-63 the team trained in Brandon, Man. The next year it was Winnipeg. Then came the Uline Arena experiment in. Washington prior to training the past four years in Hershey.Meanwhile, general manager Terry Reardon was getting everything in shape for the start of the AHL season. Only cause of concern was the retirement of 44-goal scorer Sandy McGregor.Both goalies from last years team &mdash; Andy Brown and Gil Boisvert &mdash; will be back.Defensively the Clippers will have two of the oldest but smartest rear-guards in the game returning in last year&rsquo;s player-coach Aldo Guidolin and team captain Jim Morrison. The popular Guidolin has put in 18 years of pro hockey, six in Baltimore and has been a perennial standout on defense.On offense, the Clippers are stronger at center and left wing than on the starboard side. Only veteran Ed MacQueen remains as the club&rsquo;s sole right winger but Wayne Hicks who broke his leg late last year is expected to be sent back by the parent Penguins along with a couple of promising youngsters.Ageless Willie Marshall who is rapidly closing in on Fred Glover as the AHL&rsquo;s alltime scorer, recently had a broken right wrist operated on, and since he led the Clippers in scoring last year while playing with a damaged hand, promises to be just as tough in the clutch this winter. The 38 year old veteran of twenty seasons heads a formidable crew of centers including the colorful Keke Mortson, Bob Cunningham and probably clever Bob Rivard from Pittsburgh.On the portside the Clippers feature Jean-Marie Cossette, named to the league&rsquo;s second All-Star team last year and second leading scorer behind Marshall. &#9632;

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Clippers Appoint Rudy Migay Coach As Club Aligns With NHL Penguins

<h2>OCTOBER</h2>Fri. 10 Quebec at ClevelandProvidence at MontrealBaltimore at SpringfieldSat 11 Buffalo at ClevelandBaltimore at HersheyProvidence at SpringfieldSun. 12 Quebec at BuffaloSpringfield at ProvidenceMontreal at RochesterTue 14 Quebec at BaltimoreBuffalo at MontrealWed. 15 Quebec at HersheyFri. 17 Cleveland at MontrealBuffalo at ProvidenceQuebec at RochesterSat. 18 Providence at HersheyBuffalo at SpringfieldSun. 19 Baltimore at BuffaloMontreal at ProvidenceCleveland at QuebecHershey at RochesterTue. 21 Cleveland at QuebecWed.22 Springfield at BaltimoreCleveland at ProvidenceFri. 24 Rochester at MontrealCleveland at SpringfieldSat. 25 Montreal at BaltimoreProvidence at BuffaloCleveland at HersheyRochester at SpringfieldSun. 26 Montreal at BuffaloQuebec at ProvidenceBaltimore at RochesterTue. 28 Cleveland at BaltimoreBuffalo at QuebecThu. 30 Buffalo at QuebecFri. 31 Rochester at BaltimoreHershey at ClevelandBuffalo at MontrealProvidence at Springfield<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>Sat. 1 Montreal at ClevelandHershey at SpringfieldSun. 2 Buffalo at ProvidenceHershey at QuebecSpringfield at RochesterTue. 4 Hershey at QuebecFri. 7 Quebec at BuffaloProvidence at ClevelandHershey at MontrealSat. 8 Providence at BaltimoreBuffalo at ClevelandRochester at HersheyQuebec at SpringfieldSun. 9 Baltimore at BuffaloSpringfield at ProvidenceMontreal at QuebecCleveland at RochesterTue. 11 Montreal at ProvidenceCleveland at SpringfieldWed. 12 Cleveland at HersheyFri. 14 Cleveland at BaltimoreProvidence at RochesterSat. 15 Rochester at BuffaloBaltimore at HersheyMontreal at SpringfieldSun. 16 Montreal at BuffaloCleveland at ProvidenceSpringfield at QuebecHershey at RochesterTue. 18 Cleveland at MontrealSpringfield at QuebecWed. 19 Rochester at BaltimoreBuffalo at HersheyThu. 20 Springfield at MontrealFri. 21 Baltimore at ClevelandProvidence at RochesterSat. 22 Buffalo at BaltimoreSpringfield at ClevelandProvidence at HersheySun. 23 Buffalo at ProvidenceMontreal at QuebecSpringfield at RochesterWed.26 Rochester at BuffaloProvidence at ClevelandSpringfield at HersheyThu. 27 Springfield at BaltimoreQuebec at ProvidenceBuffalo at RochesterFri. 28 Hershey at BaltimoreQuebec at MontrealSat. 29 Rochester at ClevelandBuffalo at HersheySun. 30 Springfield at BuffaloCleveland at ProvidenceHershey at QuebecBaltimore at Rochester<h2>DECEMBER</h2>Tue. 2 Hershey at MontrealBuffalo at QuebecThu. 4 Buffalo at QuebecFri. 5 Buffalo at MontrealRochester at ProvidenceQuebec at SpringfieldSat. 6 Montreal at BaltimoreHershey at ClevelandRochester at SpringfieldSun. 7 Hershey at BuffaloMontreal at ProvidenceRochester at QuebecTue. 9 Rochester at QuebecFri. 12 Hershey at BaltimoreQuebec at BuffaloRochester at MontrealSat. 13 Buffalo at ClevelandRochester at HersheyQuebec at SpringfieldSun. 14 Montreal at BuffaloHershey at ClevelandProvidence at QuebecBaltimore at RochesterTue. 16 Providence at QuebecWed. 17 Providence at MontrealFri. 19 Quebec at MontrealRochester at ProvidenceSat. 20 Buffalo at BaltimoreRochester at ClevelandQuebec at HersheyMontreal at SpringfieldSun. 21 Cleveland at BuffaloBaltimore at ProvidenceMontreal at QuebecHershey at RochesterThu. 25 Quebec at ProvidenceBuffalo at RochesterFri. 26 Rochester at BaltimoreSpringfield at MontrealSat. 27 Quebec at ClevelandBaltimore at HersheyBuffalo at SpringfieldSun. 28 Springfield at BuffaloCleveland at ProvidenceBaltimore at Rochester<h2>JANUARY</h2>Thu. 1 Cleveland at BaltimoreBuffalo at RochesterFri. 2 Providence at BuffaloQuebec at MontrealSat. 3 Quebec at BaltimoreRochester at ClevelandMontreal at HersheyProvidence at SpringfieldSun. 4 Baltimore at BuffaloHershey at ClevelandMontreal at ProvidenceSpringfield at RochesterTue. 6 Providence at QuebecWed. 7 Montreal at BaltimoreSpringfield at HersheyThu. 8 Providence at QuebecFri. 9 Hershey at BaltimoreSpringfield at ClevelandProvidence at MontrealBuffalo at RochesterSat. 10 Buffalo at ClevelandRochester at HersheyMontreal at SpringfieldSun. 11 Cleveland at BuffaloHershey at ProvidenceBaltimore at QuebecMontreal at RochesterTue. 13 Baltimore at QuebecWed. 14 Providence at HersheyFri. 16 Providence at ClevelandBaltimore at MontrealQuebec at RochesterBuffalo at SpringfieldSat. 17 Montreal at ClevelandBuffalo at HersheyBaltimore at SpringfieldSun. 18 Hershey at BuffaloBaltimore at ProvidenceMontreal at QuebecSpringfield at RochesterTue. 20 Rochester at BaltimoreCleveland at QuebecWed. 21 Springfield at HersheyCleveland at MontrealFri. 23 Springfield at BaltimoreRochester at BuffaloQuebec at MontrealSat. 24 Baltimore at HersheyCleveland at SpringfieldSun. 25 Montreal at BaltimoreCleveland at BuffaloSpringfield at ProvidenceHershey at RochesterTue. 27 Cleveland at BaltimoreSpringfield at QuebecWed.28 Providence at HersheyFri. 30 Hershey at BaltimoreQuebec at BuffaloSpringfield at MontrealProvidence at RochesterSat. 31 Montreal at ClevelandQuebec at HersheyRochester at Springfield<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>Sun. 1 Hershey at BuffaloBaltimore at ClevelandQuebec at ProvidenceMontreal at RochesterWed. 4 Rochester at BaltimoreFri. 6 Montreal at BuffaloProvidence at ClevelandHershey at RochesterSat. 7 Baltimore at ClevelandHershey at SpringfieldSun. 8 Springfield at BuffaloHershey at ProvidenceMontreal at QuebecCleveland at RochesterTue. 10 Rochester at QuebecWed. 11 Springfield at ClevelandRochester at ProvidenceThu. 12 Hershey at QuebecFri. 13 Cleveland at BuffaloHershey at MontrealProvidence at RochesterQuebec at BaltimoreSat. 14 Buffalo at ClevelandProvidence at SpringfieldSun. 15 Baltimore at BuffaloHershey at MontrealSpringfield at ProvidenceQuebec at RochesterTue. 17 Springfield at BaltimoreRochester at MontrealWed. 18 Springfield at HersheyThu. 19 Rochester at QuebecFri. 20 Providence at BuffaloSpringfield at MontrealSat. 21 Buffalo at BaltimoreQuebec at ClevelandMontreal at HersheyRochester at SpringfieldSun. 22 Rochester at BuffaloHershey at ClevelandQuebec at MontrealBaltimore at ProvidenceTue. 24 Providence at QuebecWed. 25 Cleveland at HersheyThu. 26 Cleveland at BaltimoreFri. 27 Providence at MontrealBuffalo at RochesterHershey at SpringfieldSat. 28 Providence at BaltimoreBuffalo at HersheyCleveland at Springfield<h2>MARCH</h2>Sun. 1 Hershey at BuffaloSpringfield at ProvidenceCleveland at QuebecMontreal at RochesterTue. 3 Buffalo at BaltimoreWed. 4 Cleveland at MontrealRochester at ProvidenceThu. 5 Baltimore at QuebecFri. 6 Rochester at BuffaloBaltimore at MontrealQuebec at SpringfieldSat. 7 Cleveland at HersheyMontreal at SpringfieldSun. 8 Hershey at BuffaloBaltimore at MontrealQuebec at ProvidenceCleveland at RochesterWed. 11 Quebec at HersheyFri. 13 Montreal at ProvidenceBaltimore at SpringfieldSat. 14 Montreal at HersheyProvidence at SpringfieldSun. 15 Springfield at BuffaloMontreal at ClevelandHershey at ProvidenceBaltimore at RochesterWed. 18 Springfield at ClevelandBaltimore at HersheyFri. 20 Hershey at BaltimoreMontreal at QuebecSat. 21 Baltimore at ClevelandRochester at HersheyBuffalo at SpringfieldSun. 22 Buffalo at Montreal.Baltimore at ProvidenceSpringfield at QuebecCleveland at RochesterTue. 24 Springfield at QuebecWed.25 Providence at BaltimoreCleveland at HersheyFri. 27 Providence at BuffaloBaltimore at ClevelandRochester at MontrealQuebec at SpringfieldSat. 28 Quebec at BaltimoreRochester at ClevelandMontreal at HersheyProvidence at SpringfieldSun. 29 Cleveland at BuffaloBaltimore at MontrealSpringfield at ProvidenceQuebec at RochesterTue. 31 Providence at MontrealBaltimore at Quebec<h2>APRIL</h2>Wed. 1 Baltimore at BuffaloRochester at HersheyFri. 3 Buffalo at BaltimoreQuebec at ClevelandSpringfield at MontrealHershey at ProvidenceSat. 4 Providence at BaltimoreRochester at ClevelandBuffalo at HersheyMontreal at SpringfieldSun. 5 Quebec at MontrealBuffalo at ProvidenceCleveland at RochesterHershey at Springfield &#9632;

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 1969-70 Schedule

CLEVELAND &mdash;Cleveland Barons&rsquo; General Manager-Coach. Jack Gordon, returned to the Cleveland hockey scene mid-way last season and irected his young club to a second place finish in the Western Division behind Buffalo.This season, things could be different. Gordon has had time to plan strategy over the off season and he knows his talent better. The Barons are working with Detroit Red Wings a move which should provide more experience to Gordon&rsquo;s club.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01282/2867594-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="260" height="398"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Falkenberg</figcaption></div>During the summer, the Barons acquired wingers Ken Kelly and Norm Beaudin. and center Rey Comeau from Montreal Canadiens. They drafted young goaltender Gary Kurt from the New York Rangers&rsquo; organization.Right wing looks to be Cleveland&rsquo;s strong suit. The Barons have veterans Howie Glover and Jim Mikol there and Beaudin who is also effective on the left side.Returning captain Bill Needham is the lone-Cleveland owned backliner with the club but Detroit eased the situation by sending in rearguards Bob Falkenberg. Doug Piper and Jim Watson. Both Falkenberg and Watson have had experience in the NHL. The Red Wings also optioned rookie right wing Craig Reichmuth and goaler Gerry Gray, who played 37 games with Fort Worth last season, to the Barons.&ldquo;This gives us a good number of players to work with during the early days of camp,&rdquo; said Gordon. &ldquo;We are particularly glad to get defensemen and another goaltender.&rdquo; Gordon indicated other players from Detroit will join the Barons later.No question about it, the AHL West does line up like a powerful division. Chances are, though, that the capable Gordon will have a hockey club able to take care of itself when regular season rolls around. He has never failed to take his club to the playoffs and there is little reason to believe this year will be any different.Barons&rsquo; owner Nick Mileti has worked just ashard off the ice as his hockey players have trained in preparing for the opening of, the season.Mileti arranged for the Barons to train at nearby Bowling Green State University (Mileti&rsquo;s alma mater). This is the first year in Barons&rsquo; history that they have trained that close to home. The result was greater interest among tans and the city in general.Earlier, Mileti replaced over 2,000 seats in the Arena, ordered a new scoreboard with magic message panels inside the building and outside on both sides as well.He worked out an arrangement with the neighboring University Club for a connected Arena Club facility that members (season ticket holders are eligible) can use each time the Barons play at the Arena this season.Tickets, by the way, have been doubled over last year and represent the largest season sale in Cleveland in over twenty years. Mileti has the Barons&rsquo; games, home and away, all periods, on radio station WERE with nationally known Bob Neal doing the play by play. That hasn&rsquo;t been done in Cleveland in twenty years either: He is opening, believe it or not, a unique Gallery of Sports Art. There&rsquo;s nothing like it anywhere.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03171/2867587-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="537" height="1432"><figcaption class="caption-body">NICK MILETI &hellip; Making Things Happen</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Gordon Elated As Detroit Sends 5 Players

QUEBEC CITY &mdash;Walter (Turk) Broda, one of hockey&rsquo;s all-time great netminders and a member of Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame, has been named to coach the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League.Broda will be forced to fill a big pair of hockey shoes. He replaces Vic Stasiuk, who was elevated to the head coaching job with the Philadelhia Flyers of the NHL after guiding the Aces the last two years.Broda told Quebec newsmen that he hoped to have a winning club, a fact that was supported by Philadelphia general manger Bud Poile, who was on hand to make the announcement of Broda&rsquo;s appointment.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02205/2867625-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="298" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Turk Broda</figcaption></div>The new Quebec coach played most of his professional career as a goaltender with the Toronto Maple Leafs. During his fourteen seasons with the Leafs, he played on five Stanley Cup winners. He was named on two first All-Star teams in 1940-41 and 1947-48 and on a second in 1941-42. He also won the Vezina Trophy in 1941 and was later named to the Hall of Fame. &#9632;

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Broda Wants Winner As New Aces’ Coach

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NED SINGER’S HOCKEY SUPPLY CO.

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div>PROVIDENCE &mdash;Move over all you new arenas. The old Auditorium in Providence is not ready to succumb in its 44th year.Admittedly, a new Civic Center for hockey and other sports is on the drawing board but Rhode Island hockey buffs will be watching the action once again at the old ice house on North Main St.But unlike other years, the fandom parade will lead to a building which has taken a new lease on life with a $50,000 face lifting which has made the old antique look positively bright and acceptable.The architect of it all has been one George Sage, whose entrance into the field of ice hockey came when he purchased The Auditorium and the Reds&rsquo; franchise from the estate of the late Louis A.R. Pieri.When Sage took over, it cleared the way for Providence voters to put the OK on a $6 million Civic Center project. The new home of the Reds is slated for completion around the end of 1971. In the interim, the Providence skaters will be back at the same old stand and Sage has made it livable.It is not at all surprising that Sage is off to a flying start as boss man of the Reds. He has a reputation for doing things right. It is almost a business world legend in the Easstern United States how Sage took four broken down buses and an outlay of a couple of hundred dollars and converted these assets into one of the nation&rsquo;s most successful bus operations.Hundreds of players and many teams have passed through Providence since the Auditorium was built in 1926 but not many of them, except those of recent vintage, would recognize the home of the Reds&rsquo; today. Plexiglas has replaced chicken wire around the sideboards. Gallon on gallon of paint, some bright yellow, has spruced things up.While enthused at the changes in the Auditorium, Sage admits he is all excited about being a farm club for the Oakland Seals of the National League. &ldquo;It looks like a good arrangement and we seem assured of getting our share of players from the Seals, especially the promising young ones.&rdquo; Sage was only a season ticket holder last season when the Reds were working with the St. Louis Blues. Dave Creighton, now the general manager and coach of the Reds, has guided the Reds into the Calder Cup playoffs two years in a row. This time around he has had a chance to select his players from a group larger he has been used to. &#9632;

Reds’ Rink Gets ‘New Look’ With $50,000 Face-Lifting

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO &mdash;Coach Fred Shero was more than pleased with his rookies and newcomers, and something less than happy with his veterans after the Buffalo Bisons won their first two pre-season games and tied the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National League in the third.The Bisons, defending Western Division champions in the American Hockey League, knocked over the Central League Omaha Knights, 5-3, and followed with a 7-3 romp over the Denver Spurs of the Western League.Against the Spurs, three rookies handled the scoring as Jack Egers and Jim Krulicki each scored three times and Pierre Jarry once.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01145/2867795-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="249" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Krulicki</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t need to be remindedthat it takes the older fellows a little longer to regain their skating legs,&rdquo; Shero said, &ldquo;but some of the holdovers haven&rsquo;t been giving it a big effort.&ldquo;We have a lot of good kids in camp, and they are all working hard. They need some drilling on positional play, but otherwise, they&rsquo;re doing great.&rdquo;The Bisons got a big break early in the training season at Kitchener, Ont., when goalie Gilles Villemure escaped serious injury after being hit a puck.Villemure, the All-Star backstop in the AHL last winter, was hit in the collar-bone by a slap shot fired by Brad Park, the fine young defenseman of the New Ycrk Rangers.At first it was feared Villemure had been hit in the side of the head or the throat. However, the shot struck him in the collarbone, and fortunately there was no break.Giles was back scrimmaging the following day.Defenseman Sheldon Kanne-geisser, who has been troubled by a blood disorder, has received a clean bill of health following extensive medical examinations.The handsome youngster played with the Bisons two years ago and went to Omaha last winter after being struck ill during training camp.&ldquo;Sheldon has a lot of potential, and now that he&rsquo;s healthy again, he just may win a job with our club,&rdquo; said Shero. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a strong skater and a willing youngster.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02108/2867788-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="1164" height="1792"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hockey&rsquo;s newest professional club is the Montreal Voyageurs and here&rsquo;s head bench coach AL MACNEIL with one of his stars, ALAIN (BOOM BOOM) CARON modeling the club&rsquo;s hockey livery for the start of the AHL season. Team sweaters are solid red with blue and white trim.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rookies Steal Early Spotlight As Bisons Sizzle In Camp Play

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div>PORTLAND&mdash;As the opening of the 1969-70 Western Hockey League season approached, the most settled clubs appeared to be the Portland Buckaroos and the San Diego Gulls.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01162/2867854-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="267" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ray Clearwater</figcaption></div>The Vancouver Canucks, defending Lester Patrick Cup champions, were unsettled chiefly because it might be some time before Coach Joe Crozier made definite decision about which players wod go to Rochester and which would stay in the West.The Seattle Totems were looking for help from Philadelphia &mdash; and needed it. Phoenix was expecting major help from Toronto &mdash; and needed it.The Denver Spurs and the new Salt Lake City Golden Eagles had large training camp rosters (39 with the Eagles. 33 with the Spurs) but these included a wide assortment of amateurs rated little chance of sticking with the clubs.Taking a quick swing around the league:<h2>PORTLAND</h2>One thing was clear after four days of practice in Portland. New Coach Gordon Fashoway was going to be tough.Defenseman Connie Madigan, a first All-Star defenseman for four straight years, staggered off the ice after one punishing drill and muttered, &ldquo;I never wanted to leave the ice so much in my whole life.&rdquo;&ldquo;Toughest practice since I&rsquo;ve been in Portland,&rdquo; said defenseman Jim (Red Eye) Hay.After a week of drills, only two Buckaroos were missing from last reason&rsquo;s club that finished first for the fifth straight year. Del fenseman Doug Messier had retired. Winger Bill Saunders, a 53-goal sniper last season, was in Chicago&rsquo;s camp.Brightest of the newcomers were center-defenseman Paul Terbenche from Dallas of the Central League and two big defensemen, Rick Foley and Jerry Korab. Foley reported at 207 after checking in at an impossible 230 a year earlier. He looked lean and mean. Korab reported at 210, looked mean and was amazing camp followers with his blistering shot from the point. Both are rated tough customers. And both could make Portland&rsquo;s club.<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>The Canucks were drilling in Horseshoe Bay near Vancouver.Despite the loss of such stars as Bryan Hextail, Bob Barlow and Darryl Sly from last season&rsquo;s playoff champions, the team in camp looked tough and powerful. But some of them would have to bolster Rochester. So the lineup was uncertain.But as one Western League veteran put it, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry about Joe Crozier. He&rsquo;ll come up with the hockey players.&rdquo;<h2>SAN DIEGO</h2>The pre-training camp roster of the Gulls showed holdovers Ircm last season&rsquo;s team that finished third in the Western League ind battled Portland to the seventh game of the playoff semifinals.Only new professionals were defenseman Irv Spencer from Fort Worth, center Ross Perkins (a former Gull) from Fort Worth and center Sandy Fitzpatrick from Memphis.Among newcomers, the Gulls were especially high on Kevin O&rsquo;Shea, a 6-2, 205-pound right winger who played last season with the Canadian National team.&ldquo;All the reports I have on him are very solid.&rdquo; said San Diego Coach Max McNab. &ldquo;And the reports I have on him are very solid,&rdquo; said San Diego Coach Max McNab. &ldquo;And I am impressed by his attitude and his desire to play professional hockey.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02102/2867847-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="546" height="705"><figcaption class="caption-body">New Faces&hellip; &hellip;In WHLPAUL TERBENCHE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0388/2867840-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="558" height="708"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB McCORD</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0472/2867833-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="561" height="709"><figcaption class="caption-body">As Old Ones&hellip; &hellip;RetireDOUG MESSIER</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0563/2867826-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="561" height="718"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUYLE FIELDER</figcaption></div><h2>SEATTLE</h2>There was a pretty unusual notation on the training camp roster of the Seattle Totems.Cinttr Guyle Fielder&rsquo;s name was listed &mdash; then there was a supplementary note saying &ldquo;anl nounced voluntary retirement.&rdquo;When training camp opened. Fielder was still in British Columbia operating his new hotel.The is really serious about retiring of course, the Totems have lost the all-time scoring leader of the Western League.The Seattle roster listed (besides Fielder) 12 holdovers from last season&rsquo;s team that finished fourth. Professional newcomers included right wing Tommy McVie from Phoenix, who played in&rsquo;Seattle almost a decade ago and is one of the Western League&rsquo;s allltime goall scoring leaders; defenseman Dwight Carruthers, a former Totem, who was with Amarillo last season, and left wing Bill McEwan from Quebec.<h2>PHOENIX</h2>Throughout the Western League, the word seemed to be &ldquo;look out for Phoenix.&rdquo;The first training camp roster included 14 players who played last season for the Roadrunners&rsquo; fifth-place club.Then there were announcements of some potentiallv-sound newcomers &mdash; center Larry Lund from Seattle, winger Bill Snow from Fort Worth, defenseman Jim Murray from Springfield and veteran defenseman Bob McCord from the Minnesota North Stars.But there was the suspicion that Coach Alf Pike might wind up with some mighty helpful players from Toronto, too. Let&rsquo;s wait a week or two and check their names.<h2>DENVER</h2>The Spurs, who made an impressive comeback in the second half of last season, listed 12 holdovers on their 33-rnan training camp roster, including top scorers Wilf Martin. John Rodger. Billy Carter and Ed Hoekstra.New professionals included Ray Clearwater, Jerry LaFond, John Sleaver and Pierre Gagne from Providence, plus Georges Guilbault from Kansas City, Roger Lafreniere from Omaha, Brian McDonald from Dallas, Doug Shelton from Dallas and Etn Sharpe from Amarillo.<h2>SALT LAKE CITY</h2>Man. oh. man. oh. man. Coach Ray Kinaswich, as training camp opened, must have been seeing hockey players in his morning oatmeal &mdash; or whatever.As coach of a new club, he had gathered professionals from seven different teams &mdash; and the list seemed to grow daily. And there were amateurs of every size, shape and skating ability.He had some solid performers in Ted Hodgson and Bob Toot hill from Oklahoma City, Bobby Schmautz from St. Louis, Dick Pagnutti from Springfield and Dave Rochefort from Baltimore.The biggest question mark would be Billy McNeill. There never was any question about McNeill&rsquo;s talent. He was WHL Most Valuable player in back-to-back seasons. &rsquo;65 and &rsquo;66, with Vancouver. Then the swinging center had problems with coaches and never regained top form. &#9632;

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Portland, San Diego Shaping Up But Rest Unsettled For New Year

SAN DIEGO &mdash;San Diego Gulls announced the signing of their two All-Star selections from last season &mdash; goalie Jack McCartan and right winger Willie O&rsquo;Ree.Both McCartan and O&rsquo;Ree were voted to the second All-Star team.McCartan, 34, was a tower of strength for the Gulls in their early season surge. He finished with a 3.36 average and a 20-15-6 record.O&rsquo;Ree signed a twolyear coni of his career. He scored 38 goals and added 41 assists for 79 points.O&rsquo;Ree signed a two-year contract and McCartan agreed to a one-year pact. &#9632;

Gulls Sign Pair Of WHL All-Stars

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (Special) &mdash; This is the revolutionary grapefruit diet that everyone is suddenly talking about. Literally thousands upon thousands of copies have been passed from hand to hand in factories, plants and offices throughtout the U.S. and Canada.Word of its success has spread like wildfire. Because this is the diet that really works. We have testimonials in our files reporting on the success of this diet. If you follow it exactly, you should lose 10 pounds in 10 days. There will be no weight loss in the first four days. But you will suddenly drop 5 pounds on the 5th day. Thereafter you will lose one pound a day until the 10th day. Then you will lose 1 1/2 pounds every two days until you get down to your proper weight. Best of all, there will be no hunger pangs. Now revised and enlarged, this new diet plan lets you stuff yourself with foods that were formerly &ldquo;forbidden,&rdquo; such as big steaks trimmed with fat, roast or fried chicken, rich gravies, mayonnaise, lobster swimming in butter, bacon fats, sousages and scrambled eggs. You can eat until you are full, until you cannot possibly eat any more. And still lose 10 pounds every two days plus 1 1/2 pounds every two days thereafter until your weight is down to normal. The secret behind this new &ldquo;quick weight loss&rdquo; diet is simple. Fat does not form fat. And the grapefruit juice in this new diet acts as a catalyst (the trigger&rdquo;), to start the fat burning process. You stuff yourself on the permitted food listed in the diet plan, and still lose unsightly fat and excess body fluids. When the fat and bloat are gone you will cease to lose weight and your weight will remain constant. A copy of this new and startlingly successful diet plan can be obtained by sending $2 to GRAPEFRUIT DIET PUBLISHERS, DEPT. 145, Premier Way, Calgary 6, Alberta. Money-back guarantee. If after trying the diet plan you have not lost 7 pounds in the first seven days, and 1 1/2 pounds every two days thereafter, simply return the diet plan and your $2 will be refunded promptly and without argument. Tear out this message as a reminder. Decide now to regain the trim, attractive figure of your youth, while enjoying hearty breakfasts, lunches and dinners. &#9632;

Lose 10 lbs. in 10 days on Grapefruit Diet

SALT LAKE CITY &mdash;The newest entry in the Western Hockey League plucked themselves a piece of prize hockey property &mdash; if he wants to take the game seriously again.The fledgling Salt Lake Golden Eagles completed a transaction whereby they secured the services of Billy McNeill, a two-time winner of the WHL&rsquo;s most valuable player award and a pretty sharp hockey performer when he settles down to the game.McNeill, a fast-skating right winger and a 15-year veteran of pro hockey wars, comes to the Golden Eagles from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Salt Lake&rsquo;s number one choice in the recent hockey draft, Germain Gagnon, and a substantial amount of cash. The latter played at Vancouver last season, but was the property of the Montreal Canadiens organization from whom Salt Lake drafted him. He played in only 22 games when he encountered difficulties with Vancouver&rsquo;s managercoach, Joe Crozier.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01142/2867933-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="537" height="556"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY McNeill &hellip; Returns To Play</figcaption></div>McNeill, who split his career among the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and Edmonton and Vancouver of the WHL, has played 754 professional games, scoring 208 goals and adding 381 assists for 589 points.His two finest seasons came in 1964-65 when he scored 88 points (29 goals and 59 assists) in 68 games and in 1965-66 when he tallied 102 points (40 goals and 62 assists). He won back-to-back Leader Cup trophies, designating him as the top performer in the WHL.McNeill is a 5-10, 185-pounder. He was born in Edmonton, Alta., on Jan. 26, 1936. He and Golden Eagle general manager-coach Ray Kinasewich were rookies together in 1955-56 with the Edmonton Flyers of the WHL.&lsquo;This has to be one of the brighter moments in our club&rsquo;s short history&rdquo;, said Kinasewich in announcing the acquisition of McNeill. &ldquo;We traded off a defensive hockey player (Gagnon) for a performer possessing tremendous offensive firepower. Billy is a proven superstar, as a evidenced by his winning of two MVP awards.&rdquo;Daniel H. Meyer, president of the Golden Eagles, was lavish in his praise for McNeill: &ldquo;He is the most magnetic personality in the Western Hockey League and consistently has been one of its biggest drawing cards. A fast, effortless skater who has the knack for being in the right place at the right time and forcing the opposition into mistakes, McNeill is a high-scoring, crowd-pleasing player who should be one of our club&rsquo;s top performers in its first year of operation.&rdquo; &#9632;

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New Salt Eagles Grab Veteran Billy McNeill In Deal With Canucks

DENVER &mdash;Denver Spurs have acquired Brian McDonald from the Chicago Black Hawks for the 1969-70 season.McDonald, a center and right wing, was a member of the Central Hockey League Champion Dallas Black Hawks, a Chicago farm club, last year. With Dallas, McDonald scored 19 goals and added 44 assists for 60 points. In 11 playoff games, he accounted for 13 points, seven goals and six assists. The 5&rsquo;10&rdquo;, 193 pound forward picked up 65 penalty minutes during the regular season, and 28 minutes in the CHL playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02105/2867964-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="262" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brian McDonald</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I told Tommy Ivan (General Manager of Chicago) at the June draft meetings in Montreal that I was interested in McDonald&rdquo;, said Rudy Pilous, general manager coach of the Spurs, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;ve been trying to buy his contract since then. Ivan told me the Hawks still have hopes of McDonald making the NHL team, but will loan him to the Spurs for the entire season.&rdquo; Pilous added. &ldquo;Next spring, I&rsquo;ll have the first option of refusal to buy McDonald&rsquo;s contract.&rdquo;&ldquo;He can work either center or right wing, and has a hard, quick, accurate shot. He has the size and strength, and if Brian plays to his ability, he could be one of our best players this season.&rdquo; McDonald tied for 18th position among the CHL individual scorers and was fourth on the Dallas club. &#9632;

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Denver Buys Hawk Chattel

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Starting Times WHL Games

SEATTLE &mdash;The new Salt Lake Golden Eagles and the San Diego Gulls will share the first combat when the Western Hockey League kicks off its 22nd season October 10th. But while the &ldquo;newcomers&rdquo; are introducing hockey to Salt Lake City they&rsquo;ll have to share the stage opening night with the WHL&rsquo;s two oldest teams, Seatie and Vancouver, who will inaugurate in Pacific Coliseum what could be the Canucks&rsquo; final season in the league.There are five more games on the schedule for the opening weekend in addition to the Friday games. On Saturday (October 11), Salt Lake moves into Denver, Phoenix tests San Diego and Portland invades Seattle. Vancouver moves into Portland for a Sunday (October 12) encounter while Denver plays at Seattle. Each of the teams, with the exception of Phoenix and Seattle, will see action twice on the opening weekend.The Totems play three games in three nights while the Roadrunners are in action only once.Phoenix will be the last team to open at home. The Roadrunners&rsquo; home opener is scheduled for October 15 (Wednesday) when Salt Lake will make its first appearance in Phoenix in addition to marking the Golden Eagles third &ldquo;opener&rdquo; in six days.The seven games on opening weekend mark the beginning of what promises to be the finest season in WHL history. The season will end on April 4, 1970, after 252 games. The teams will play a balanced 72 game schedule. Each will play 36 games at home and 36 games on the road. Each of the seven teams will face its six opponents 12 times, six games at home, six games on the road. &#9632;

Salt Lake To Open At Home In WHL’s Inaugural Action

<h2>OCTOBER</h2>Fri. 10 San Diego at Salt LakeSeattle at VancouverSat. 11 Salt Lake at DenverPhoenix at San DiegoPortland at SeattleSun. 12 Vancouver at PortlandDenver ol SeattleWed. 15 Salt Lake at PhoenixDenver at PortlandThu. 16 Vancouver at SeattleFri. 17 Seattle at Salt LakePortland at PhoenixDenver at Vancouver*Sat. 18 Seattle at Salt LakePortland at San DiegoSun. 19 Phoenix at PortlandTue. 21 San Diego at Salt LakePhoenix at VancouverWed. 22 San Diego at DenverSeattle at PortlandThu. 23 San Diego at PhoenixFri. 24 Denver at Salt LakePortland at VancouverSat. 25 Vancouver at PhoenixDenver at PortlandSun 26 Vancouver at San DiegoDenver at SeattleTue. 28 Seattle at San DiegoWed. 29 Portland at DenverSeattle at PhoenixThu. 30 Portland at Salt LakeFri. 31 Seattle at Vancouver<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>Sat. 1 Salt Lake at DenverPhoenix at San DiegoVancouver at SeattleSun. 2 Vancouver at PortlandPhoenix at SeattleTue. 4 Phoenix at VancouverWed. 5 Seattle ol Salt LakeDenver at San DiegoPhoenix at PortlandThu. 6 Portland at VancouverFri. 7 Seattle at DenverPhoenix at Salt LakeSat. 8 Seattle at DenverVancouver at San DiegoSun. 9 Vancouver at San DiegoSeattle at PortlandTue. 11 San Diego at DenverPhoenix at Salt LakeWed. 12 Vancouver at PhoenixSan Diego at PortlandFri. 14 Salt Lake at DenverVancouver at PhoenixSan Diego at SeattleSat. 15 Vancouver at Salt LakeSan Diego at PortlandTue. 18 Salt Lake at VancouverWed. 19 Denver at San DiegoThu. 20 Salt Lake at SeattleFri. 21 Denver at San DiegoSalt Lake at VancouverSat 22 Vancouver at DenverSalt Lake at PortlandPhoenix at SeattleSun. 23 Vancouver at DenverPhoenix at PortlandTue. 25 San Diego at VancouverWed. 26 Denver at PhoenixSan Diego at SeattleFri. 28 Salt Lake at PhoenixPortland at SeattleSan Diego at VancouverSat. 29 Seattle at DenverPortland at Salt LakePhoenix at San DiegoSun. 30 Portland at Denver<h2>DECEMBER</h2>Wed. 3 Seattle at DenverPortland at PhoenixFri. 5 Seattle at Salt LakePortland at San DiegoDenver of VancouverSat. 6 Seattle at PhoenixSalt Lake at PortlandSun. 7 Seattle at San DiegoDenver at VancouverSalt Lake at PortlandTue. 9 Salt Lake at VancouverWed. 10 San Diego at PhoenixDenver at SeattleFri. 12 San Diego at PhoenixSalt Lake at VancouverSat. 13 Phoenix at DenverSan Diego at SeattleSun. 14 Phoenix at Salt LakeTue. 16 San Diego at VancouverWed. 17 Denver at PhoenixSan Diego at PortlandFri. 19 Phoenix at DenverPortland at VancouverSat. 20 San Diego at PhoenixVancouver at PortlandSalt Lake at SeattleSun. 21 Salt Lake at San DiegoThu. 25 Vancouver at PortlandSalt Lake at SeattleFri. 26 San Diego at Salt LakePortland at PhoenixSeattle at VancouverSat. 27 Salt Lake at DenverPortland at PhoenixSun. 28 Denver at San DiegoVancouver at SeattleTue. 30 Portland at San DiegoDenver at VancouverWed.31 Salt Lake at PhoenixDenver ol Seattle<h2>JANUARY</h2>Thu. 1 Seattle at PortlandFri. 2 Denver at Salt LakePhoenix at VancouverSat. 3 Vancouver at DenverSalt Lake at San DiegoPhoenix at PortlandSun. 4 Vancouver at DenverPortland at SeattleTue. 6 Seattle at PhoenixWed. 7 Vancouver at Salt LakeThu. 8 Seattle at PhoenixFri. 9 Vancouver at Salt LakeSeattle at San Diego*Sat. 10 Salt Lake at DenverVancouver at PhoenixSeattle at PortlandSun. 11 Vancouver at San DiegoDenver at PortlandWed. 14 Vancouver at PhoenixThu. 15 Seattle at Salt LakeVancouver at San DiegoFri. 16 Seattle at PhoenixPortland at VancouverSat. 17 Denver at Salt LakeSun. 18 Seattle at San DiegoTue. 20 San Diego at VancouverWed. 21 Portland at Salt LakeDenver at PhoenixThu. 22 San Diego at SeattleFri. 23 Portland at Salt LakeSeattle at VancouverSat. 24 Denver at PhoenixSun. 25 Portland at PhoenixDenver at SeattleTue. 27 Portland at San DiegoDenver at VancouverWed. 28 San Diego at Salt LakeDenver at PortlandFri. 30 Portland at DenverSan Diego at PhoenixSalt Lake at SeattleSat. 31 Portland at DenverPhoenix at San Diego<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>Sun. 1 Seattle at PortlandSalt Lake at VancouverTue. 3 Denver at Salt LakeSan Diego at VancouverWed. 4 Denver at PhoenixSan Diego at PortlandVancouver at SeattleFri. 6 Phoenix at DenverSan Diego at SeattlePortland at VancouverSat. 7 Phoenix at Salt LakeDenver at San DiegoVancouver at PortlandSun. 8 San Diego at DenverTue. 10 Denver at SeattleWed. 11 San Diego at Salt LakeDenver at PortlandFri. 13 Portland at DenverSalt Lake at San DiegoPhoenix at VancouverSat. 14 Portland at Salt LakePhoenix at SeattleSun. 15 San Diego at DenverPhoenix at PortlandTue. 17 Phoenix at Salt LakeSan Diego at VancouverWed. 18 Phoenix at DenverSan Diego at PortlandVancouver at SeattleThu. 19 Salt Lake at PhoenixFri. 20 San Diego at DenverSeattle at VancouverSat. 21 Vancouver at PhoenixSalt Lake at SeattleSun. 22 Vancouver at San DiegoSalt Lake at PortlandMon. 23 Phoenix at Salt LakePortland at SeattleTue. 24 Phoenix at VancouverWed. 25 Salt Lake at San DiegoThu. 26 Denver at Salt LakePhoenix at Seattle*Fri. 27 San Diego at Denver<h2>MARCH</h2>Sun. 1 Salt Lake at SeattleWed. 4 Salt Lake at Portland*Fri. 6 Phoenix at DenverPortland at San DiegoSat. 7 Vancouver at Salt LakePortland at San DiegoPhoenix at SeattleSun. 8 Vancouver at Salt LakePhoenix at SeattleWed. 11 Salt Lake at San DiegoPhoenix at PortlandSeattle at VancouverFri. 13 Salt Lake at San DiegoPhoenix at VancouverSat. 14 Seattle at Salt LakeDenver at PortlandTue. 17 Portland at Salt LakeDenver at VancouverWed. 18 Portland at DenverSeattle at PhoenixFri. 20 Phoenix at DenverSeattle at San DiegoSalt Lake at VancouverSat. 21 Portland at PhoenixSeattle at San DiegoSun. 22 Seattle at DenverSalt Lake at PortlandTue. 24 Seattle at DenverSan Diego at Salt LakeWed. 25 Salt Lake at PhoenixVancouver at PortlandThu. 26 Denver at San DiegoVancouver at SeattleFri. 27 Denver at Salt LakePortland at VancouverSat. 28 Salt Lake at DenverSan Diego at PhoenixPortland at SeattleSun. 29 Phoenix at San DiegoSeattle at PortlandTue. 31 Denver at Phoenix<h2>APRIL</h2>Wed. 1 Vancouver at Salt LakeSan Diego at PortlandThu. 2 Vancouver at DenverSan Diego at SeattleFri. 3 Salt Lake at PhoenixSat. 4 Vancouver at DenverPhoenix at San DiegoPortland at Seattle(*Games at Colorado Springs) &#9632;

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE 1969-70 Schedule

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01153/2868081-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="462" height="472"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARCEL PRONOVOST &hellip; Oilers&rsquo; New Player-Coach</figcaption></div>TULSA&mdash;With all seven Central Hockey League teams knee deep in training camp programs, the spotfight swung towards a 39-year-old National Hockey League star defenseman who became the loop&rsquo;s latest and final coaching selection.Marcel Pronovost, a 19-year veteran of the NHL ice wars, announced he had consented to leave the parent Toronto Maple Leafs and accept the coaching assignment with the Tulsa Oilers of the CHL. Pronovost will be a playing coach.Tulsa general manager Kay Miron said Pronovost had signed a one-year contract to coach the Oilers, who were guided the past two seasons by John McLellan. Pronovost has been with the Leafs for the past four seasons and when McLellan moved up from Tulsa to replace deposed Punch Imlach, he launched a youth movement to get the Toronto club back into top major league contention. Pronovost appears to be the first of the club&rsquo;s handful of veterans who are to be eased out of the NHL operation.Pronovost is one of only 20 players in NHL history who have participated in a 1,000 or more games. He saw action in 34 contests last season to raise his lifetime total to 1,199. He spent 15 years with Detroit and four with Toronto. His career totals include 19 active seasons. 1.199 games, 88 goals, 256 assists, 344 points and 847 penalty minutes.The appointment of Pronovost completed the CHL coaching alignment for the 1969-70 season. He is the third new coach since last year. Doug Barkley replaced Fern Flaman at For Worth and Parker MacDonald took over the new Waterloo Iowa Stars, who were formerly the Memphis South Stars. Other coaches are Bobby Kromm at Dallas, Larry, Popein at Omaha, Murray Davison at Oklahoma City and Fred Hucul at Kansas City.While all CHL clubs are in the process of conducting training camps, most teams will have to await final cuts from the parent NHL teams before determining their lineups for the new season.New CHL president Emory Jones said everything is in readiness for the league opener Oct. 11. Six of the seven clubs will be in action that date Kansas City plays in Tulsa, Oklahoma City visits Forth Worth and Omaha Knights unveil pro hockey in Waterloo, Iowa, when they opl pose the new entry &mdash; the Waterl loo Iowa Stars.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0546/2868074-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="1158" height="1308"><figcaption class="caption-body">Among the 40 or more candidates attending the Kansas City Blues training camp at Ottawa were these two European ice stars, Finish ace TOM SALMELAINEN, left, and Czechoslovakian National team star JAROSLAV JIRIK. Both are given a good chance to crash professional hockey off their camp play.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Tulsa Appoints MarcelPronovost Pilot To Complete CHL Coaching Alignment

<div class="byline">with ED FITKIN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02104/2868126-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="315" height="418"></div>SO MANY ODD THINGS happened during hockey&rsquo;s off-season that I&rsquo;m not quite sure what the NHL season coming up can produce in the way of an encore. Here are a few examples:&bull; Bill (Cowboy) Flett, the husky, high-scoring right winger of the Los Angeles Kings, and a rodeo rider in the off-season, was entered in the Calgary Stampede&rsquo;s calf-roping competition. The Kings PR department reasoned it would be a great idea to get some film of their Cowboy in action in the world&rsquo;s biggest rodeo. So with the camera lens following his every move, Flett rode briskly into action, lariat at the ready, hotly pursuing a calf. It was no contest. The calf shut him out. He tried against a second calf. Same result. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t even get the rope on them,&rdquo; Flett reported ruefully. &ldquo;What happened? I guess I choked.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0373/2868119-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="267" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Flett</figcaption></div>&bull; Carl Brewer, who quit hockey four years ago for a number of reasons, one of them his fear of flying, returned to the NHL as a member of the Detroit Red Wings and it was reported that he intended to get over his fear of flying by taking private flying lessons. It&rsquo;s conceivable that in the future he 11 say to GM Sid Abel: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry about me making the trip, Sid. I&rsquo;ll grab my own plane and meet you there. Where&rsquo;s a sack of mail so I can make this trip pay off?&rdquo;&bull; Gump Worsley, who hates flying so much he turns pea green just looking at an air schedule, joined with Bob Baun to win the best-ball honors in, of all things, the American Airlines golf tournament!&bull; Eddie (The Entertainer) Shack shook up the Los Angeles Kings training camp-at Barrie, Ontario by arriving in a helicopter. Hal Laycoe, the Kings new coach, wasn&rsquo;t impressed. When Eddie made a grand, if belated entry to the ice. Hal stopped practice, roared at Shack: &ldquo;What are you doing here? Get off. I&rsquo;m not running a circus. You can practice with the rookies.&rdquo;&bull; A Barrie housewife, ordering meat, was served by a young man who was a stranger but looked vaguely familiar. It was Shack. He proved right at home behind the meat counter, cutting and chopping the beef. Butchering is one of his many skills. Off the ice, I mean.&bull; Tim Horton, winner of the J.P. Bickell Memorial Trophy as the MVP of the Toronto Maple Leafs last season, decided to retire but said he would reconsider if the Leafs gave him double his 1968-69 salary, estimated in the $40,000 vicinity. Otherwise he would concentrate on doubling his profits as president of Tim Horton Dol nuts Inc. $80,000? Phew! Tim must figure there is more dough in the NHL than in doughnuts!&bull; Blond, mini-skirted Michelle Desjardins. 22-year-old wife of Gerry, the Kings great young goalie, not only accompanied her hubby for salary discussions with GM Larry Regan but negotiated the contract. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy with the contract,&rdquo; Gerry said. &ldquo;I basically got everything SHE wanted &hellip;&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0458/2868112-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="265" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tim Horton</figcaption></div>Other unusual occurrences: Pit Martin teeing off on his Chicago mates and naming only a half dozen who were really playing for the team &hellip; Bobby Hull giving the Hawks what is becoming an annual more-money-or-else ultimatum. this time capping it by saying he&rsquo;d play for Canada&rsquo;s National team &hellip; Eddie Shack being run over by a motor boat and suffering zebra-like lacerations on his right leg &hellip; Moose Vasko living up to his name and reporting at 242 pounds, a shock that sent Wren Blair soaring higher than a lark &hellip; One player missing death by inches when hit over the head with a stick, while another suffered a heart attack &hellip; Then the referees went on strike &hellip;What Can the NHL season produce in the way of an encore? &#9632;

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Footloose

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY &mdash;Nine new skaters, including heralded rookie Jean Guy Gratton, one-time property of the Montreal Canadiens, featured the training camp roster of the American Hockey League Calder Cup champion Bears.The 26-man squad was largest ever to report to coach Frank Mathers.&ldquo;The way things are shaping up,&rdquo; said Mathers, &ldquo;we should have the same type of club as last year. We&rsquo;ll have some young players to offset the veterans.&rdquo;Mathers and club president Lloyd Blinco visited the Boston Bruins training camp to look over a number of young prospects.&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ll get at least three players from Boston, probably all forwards,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be very sound on defense and in goal with all veterans. One new player, Jean Lapointe, should help us on defense. He&rsquo;s a strong, young kid who played for Quebec last year.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0284/2868202-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="255" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alain Beaule</figcaption></div>Three skaters who aided Hershey to the Eastern title and Cup crown, Stan Gilbertson, Ace Bailey and Don Marcotte are training with Boston.&ldquo;I expect to get Gilbertson back,&rdquo; said Mathers, &ldquo;because another year in this league would be to his advantage. But you can&rsquo;t tell. He just might make it.&rdquo;The only other departing faces from last season&rsquo;s championship array are forwards Chuck Hamilton, drafted by Detroit and then traded to the Montreal Canadiens, and Ted Snell, who. rejoined Phoenix in the Western League. In the event Hamilton doesn&rsquo;t make the grade, the Canadiens must first offer him back to Hershey before making any deal.Gratton could be the best $7,500 investment Hershey has made in a number of years. The 20-year-old winger was sensational last season for the Junior Canadiens and Sorel, notching an incredible 93 points in 28 games. He tallied 46 goals.Big Alain Beaule, who failed in a couple of tryouts to make the Bears, will get another shot at defense.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been a terrific player for Dayton in the International League, but somehow just couldn&rsquo;t cut it here. Maybe he&rsquo;s ready now. I want to find out how tough he is.&rdquo;From the goal to the blueline the Bears are perhaps the most solid outfit in the nine-team AHL.John Henderson, Colin McCormick, Andre Gill and rookie Bill Yeo, formerly with Oshawa, will fight it out for the two goalie spots open. &#9632;

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Nine New Faces On Hand As Bears Hold Largest Pre-Season Puck Camp

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>MUSKEGON &mdash;There&rsquo;s a new man at the top of the International Hockey League and a new&rsquo; coach behind the Columbus Checkers.The search for a commissioner was ended when it was announced that Bill Beatgan of Windsor, Ont., was selected to succeed outgoing chief Andy Mulligan.At the same time, Columbus announced that veteran defenseman Moe Mantha has agreed to a contract to coach the Checkers. Mantha, a member of the Providence Reds last season, will replace Jack Turner. Mantha is 36 and has been a minor pro since 1957-58.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01135/2868247-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="248" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Moe Mantha</figcaption></div>The announcement of Beagan&rsquo;s selection was made by Jerry DeLise, chairman of the board of the Muskegon Mohawks and a member of the IHL board of directors.Beagan had been a referee in the National Hockey League for the last two years and prior to that officiated in the International and American Leagues. He has had a varied career outside of hockey. Born in Parry Sound, Ont., he became a career soldier, serving 12 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. During his tour of duty, he was with the United Nations in the Middle East and Europe. He was also with the Canadian Forces Headquarters staff in Ottawa and in Washington, D.C.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0288/2868240-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="530" height="860"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL BEAGAN</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0370/2868233-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="2388" height="1148"><figcaption class="caption-body">Retiring IHL president ANDY MULLIGAN got together with representatives of the league teams for his final official meeting when the loop met at Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs, Mich. Shown front row, left to right, KEN ULLYOT, Fort Wayne, RAY PERRY, Mulligan, JERRY SCHMELZER, Columbus; JERRY DELISE, Muskegon. Second row, TERRY SLATER, Des Moines, FRANK GALLAGHER, Flint, JACK WALKER, LEFTY McFADDEN, Dayton, JERRY NUERGE, Toledo. Third row, TED GARVIN, JOHN WISMER, Port Huron and COLIN LISTER, Fort Wayne.</figcaption></div>The new commissioner resides in McGregor, a suburb of Windsor and is expected to operate the league offices from there.Mulligan had served as IHL commissioner for seven years but declined to accept another appointment. He will continue as manager of the Sports Arena in Toledo. Previous commissioners in the IHL were Frank Gallagher and Fred Huber.With the appointment of Beagan as commissioner the IHL prepared to open its 25th season. Coaching assignments were completed with the selection of Mantha as Columbus coach and Bill Mitchell, former IHL defenseman, as bench coach of the Toledo Blades. Other coaching changes from last season include Terry Slater from Toledo to Des Moines, Moe Bartoli at Fort Wayne in place of Len Thomson, and Ken Hodge to head the Flint Generals, the new IHL entry. Coaches returning are Ted Garvin at Port Huron, Moose Lallo at Muskegon and Larry Wilson at Dayton.Fred Blackburn of Windsor, Can. was re-appointed refereein-chief for the third year. The Toledo Blades, who will come under new management, a group of 20 businessmen who purchased the club from Steve Stranahan, enlarged their front office staff with the appointment of Marv Brink as promotion manager. It is a newly created position by new general manager Jerry Nuerge, who feels that the hockey club needs at least one man to work full time on the promotion of hockey in the Toledo area.Brink has been connected with a sports promotion firm in Toledo for seven years.Tom Kempton. 24-year-old native of Athens, O., is the new public relations director for the Dayton Gems.Kempton, who graduated from Athens High school in 1963 and needs only 18 hours for a degree in journalism from Ohio University, has been director of the Ted Kluszewski Baseball School at Bainbridge, Ohio for the past three years.Gems&rsquo; General Manager Lefty McFadden, who announced the hiring of Kempton. said the Gems had received more than 40 applications for the job which was vacated last May when Sonny Tate left the Dayton club to become promotion director for the Cincinnati Reds baseball club. &#9632;

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Ex-NHL Referee New IHL Commissioner

PITTSBURGH &mdash;Any hope of a post-season playoff meeting between the champions of the International Hockey League and the Eastern Hockey League were ruled out here in a meeting between the two circuits.The inter-league championship series has been discussed for three years but this season the idea was flatly turned down hv the Eastern League. &#9632;

EHL Rejects Playoff With IHL

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01119/2868302-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="525" height="880"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK BOWNASS &hellip; Takes On Dual Role</figcaption></div>HALIFAX&mdash;The expanded Maritime Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Hockey League is pointing to great things in the 1969-70 season. The addition of two new clubs, Dartmouth Lakers and Cape Breton Metros and the return of two charter members, Halifax Canadiens and Charlottetown Islanders has given league officials good reason for optimism.Both Cape Breton and Dartmouth officials have gone all out to insure the success of their operations. Cape Breton, dividing home games among three rinks, in Sydney, Glace Bay and North in Sydney, get an early jump with the signing of Phil Dalgleish as coach. Dagleish is a Montrealer who has served as coach of Halifax and Port Hawkesbury teams in recent years. He co railed a number outstanding Maritime prospects and added a dash of Central Canadian talent to augment his club.The Metros began their ascent with the purchase of three players with Moncton Beavers last season, centre Robert Anderson, and wingers Art Billard and Eddie Roberts. From the Montreal area Dalgleish acquired winger Scott McPhail and his brother, George, a goaltender and from the Hamilton Red Wings camp came defenceman Ken Michilin, on loan from Eddie Bush for one year.Not to be outdone, Dartmouth Lakers signed well travelled veteran Jack (Red) Bownass of Winnipeg as general-manager and coach and even the season opened, Bownass has become a very popular figure among Twin City hockey fans. The astute rehead has assembled what club President C.A. (Arinie) Patterson has described as &ldquo;potentially the most exciting team in the league&rdquo;. Bownass slipped into Ottawa en route to Dartmouth and persuaded brilliant young centre Dale Turner of Moncton that he should join the Dart mouth organization. Turner was everybody&rsquo;s choice as All Star centre in the league last season. Lakers also reported some prize catches from the region. An 18 year old centre, Terry White of Amherst, son of the former professional star Shermie White, Tim Ripley, another Amherst product who spent last season with St. Mary&rsquo;s Huskies of the Maritime Intercollegiate League, former St. Lambert, Quebec stars Bob Reid and Kevin Cross and a number of last season&rsquo;s Nova Scotia midget champions, Kentville WildcatsCharlottetown Islanders, with their rookie team practically intact from a year ago, are rated as strong favorites to win everything. Jackie Hynes is back as coach, with all but three of last year&rsquo;s players returning.FOOTNOTES: New Brunswick has formed a four team junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit, made up of entries from Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton and Oromocto. Sonny MacDonald of Saint John was elected league president. Maritime fans delighted with the choice fo former Moncton coach Turk Broda as new mentor of the Quebec Aces. Turk did an excellent job in developing the Beavers last season. Alf LeJeaune of Glace Bay mentioned as a possible NHL referee this season. Halifax Forum completely sold out for a pair of exhibitions between Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens this month.Bob Boucher is building a powerhouse intercollegiate entry at St. Mary&rsquo;s University and popular opinion is that the Huskies will be definite threats for Canadian honors. Boucher has added four ex-pros to his roster including goaltender Chuck Goddard and forwards Ed Hebert and Ron Hindson from the Nashville flyers, defenseman John Murray from Greensboro Generals and high scoring forward Bill McNally from the Cornwall juniors. &#9632;

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Expanded Maritime Junior Hotkey Ready To Roll

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0288/2868333-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="906" height="1192"></div>SOLUTION IN OCTOBER 17 ISSUE<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Pictured player.7&mdash;Number of goals scored by 11 across last season.8&mdash;A Veteran AHL forward.10&mdash;Initials of Hab who once won rookie award.11&mdash;This Leaf is a hold-dout.13&mdash;Denotes number worn by a veteran NHL captain.14&mdash;First name of NHL forward.15&mdash;Initials of one of the Habs.16&mdash;A Buffalo defenseman.18&mdash;Initials of one of the Schmautz brothers.19&mdash;Dennis Hull was born in this month.20&mdash;Edmonton &mdash; Kings.22&mdash;Twin vowels.23&mdash;17th and 19th letters of the alphabet.24&mdash;A former Leaf.29&mdash;Initials of Erickson.30&mdash;Red Kelly is this.31&mdash;NHL director of Administration.32&mdash;Golf ball stand.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;With Pittsburgh and Oakland last season.2&mdash;Wears No. 20 for Los Angeles.3&mdash;Initials of one of the Flyers.4&mdash;Mountain, (abbr.)5&mdash;Native province of Pictured player, (abbr.)6&mdash;An NHL Linesman answers to this.7&mdash;Pronoun.9&mdash;Initials of Pittsburgh farmhand McCarthy.12&mdash;1967-68 Masterton trophy winner.17&mdash;Number of goals scored by Doug Roberts last season.21&mdash;First name of one of the North Stars.23&mdash;Beliveau was a star in this league (init.)24&mdash;Esposito excelled at this last season.25&mdash;Pictured player wears this number.26&mdash;One of the San Diego gulls.27&mdash;1 across wore this number with Detroit. (Rom. Numb.)28&mdash;City in Norway.31&mdash;Initials of former Bruin Tessier.<h2>SEPTEMBER ISSUE ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;ANGOTTI.8&mdash;NEIL.9&mdash;ONCE.11&mdash;D.S.12&mdash;REGAN.13&mdash;R.T.14&mdash;F.M.15&mdash;EEL.17&mdash;ROY.19&mdash;ART.20&mdash;F.L.21&mdash;11.22&mdash;ONE.24&mdash;E.V.25&mdash;KEON.27&mdash;LES.29&mdash;00.30&mdash;ANDRE.32&mdash;G. A.34&mdash;MACNEIL.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;ANDREA.2&mdash;NESTERENKO.3&mdash;G.I.4&mdash;O.L.5&mdash;TOE.6&mdash;INGARFIELD.7&mdash;HENRY.10&mdash;C.A.12&mdash;R.M.16&mdash;L.T.18&mdash;OLIVIER.23&mdash;E.E.26&mdash;N. A.28&mdash;SEAL.29&mdash;ORR.31&mdash;NON.32&mdash;G.M.33&mdash;A.A. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT &mdash;In New York this year there&rsquo;ve been complaints about the poor telephone service. One large advertising agency took a full page ad in the Times chiding the phone company because its calls weren&rsquo;t getting through.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01111/2868371-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="264" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Gadsby</figcaption></div>Bill Gadsby didn&rsquo;t like the phone service in Detroit, either. But it wasn&rsquo;t the telephone company&rsquo;s fault &mdash; the calls were getting through and that was the problem. Club owner Bruce Norris was making suggestions from his private box, relayed through general manager Sid Abel sitting in the press box, to the phone several rows behind the Detroit bench.By the end of the season, another frustrating one in which Detroit missed the playoffs for the third year, Norris was criticized in both Detroit papers for meddling with the team.It was Norris who suggested in the waning games of the season that Gadsby and Abel switch places, Gadsby going to the press box observatory and Abel move behind the bench, in an effort to get the team out of the slump that cost it fourth place. Gadsby didn&rsquo;t like that.And, Norris visits the club locker room before and after all the games he attends. In contrast, Detroit Tiger owner John Fetzer makes it a point to stay away from the dressing room &mdash; he went there twice in 1968, the night the team won the American League pennant and the day it won the World Series.William Clay Ford, owner of the Detroit Lions, is, like Norris, a frequent dressing room visitor and who knows if it&rsquo;s coincidence or not but the Lions have had hard times ever since Ford assumed full control.It&rsquo;s a ticklish situation because after all, the owner is paying the bills and if anyone is entitled to know what&rsquo;s happening, he is. But it also can be mighty difficult for the coach who has all he can do to run the team without hearing footsteps.So during the summer Gadsby did some thinking and decided he wanted to run the team &hellip; himself&hellip; from behind the bench. No telephones. And Abel said that&rsquo;s the way it will be.Abel knows what it&rsquo;s like to, have someone just over your shoulder. The late Jack Adams used to sit several rows behind the bench and would send instructions to the coach via the trainer. It was obvious to everyone what was going on and it caused a strain.Norris moved Adams to the end of the press box but it wasn&rsquo;t long before Jack got a phone and was calling the bench with suggestions.&ldquo;That kind of system might work all right for football but I just don&rsquo;t think it will work in hockey,&rdquo; Abel said.So Gadsby&rsquo;s the boss and he instituted one of the tougher camps in Detroit history and set down a two-a-day schedule for the first time in Abel&rsquo;s recollection, a span that exceeds three decades.&ldquo;The morning workout is conditioning, basically,&rdquo; Gadsby said, &ldquo;and the afternoon is for fundamentals.&rdquo; Not everyone worked twice daily but they generally were called on to do it two out of every three days and the Wing camp took on a much more brisk atmosphere.There are some other changes, too. Jim Bishop, Canada&rsquo;s lacrosse wizard as coach and general manager of the Oshawa Green Gaels, has been named &ldquo;executive director of Olympia Stadium and the Red Wings.&rdquo;What it means is that Bishop is supposed to be the expediter between the club and stadium hierarchies.Bishop has a reputation not only of being an idea man but one who follows through and executes it.ICE CHIPS: Something is floating in Frank Mahovlich&rsquo;s knee but it&rsquo;s been decided to forego surgery as long as the problem-apparently a bone chip &mdash; doesn&rsquo;t bother the Big M.The matter was discovered during the training camp physical and Mahovlich went to the University of Michigan medical center for an examination. The knee doesn&rsquo;t seem to be bothering Mahovlich at all in camp.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0258/2868364-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="519" height="506"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich &hellip; No Knee Surgery</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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GADSBY OFF HOOK WITH PHONE OUT

DETROIT &mdash;Carl Brewer&rsquo;s Red Wing debut was slightly less than sensational. He lasted 51 seconds in the exhibition opener against Los Angeles, being thumbed for profanely protesting a minor penalty for freezing the puck. Officials decided to bear down on that infraction this season and Brewer very obviously was guilty. Carl showed he hadn&rsquo;t forgotten the old magic words during his self-imposed four year exile from the NHL.Ironically, Brewer&rsquo;s old partner in crime with Toronto, Bob Baun, didn&rsquo;t make it through the first game either. Baun was chased for fighting with Ross Lonsberry with 2:31 to play. &#9632;

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October 10, 1969

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Hopes High For Jersey Devils As Jankowski Takes Over Club

‘Catering’ To Kings Trainer Mackie’s Job

‘WILD’ IS WORD FOR NHL’S PRE-SEASON HOCKEY ACTION