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October 24, 1969
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Larose Named North Stars’ Captain
TWIN CITIES — The Minnesota North Stars have a new leader on the ice for the 1969-70 National Hockey League season. He’s Claude Larose, high-scoring right winger, whom general-manager-coach Wren Blair desig nated as the new captain of the North Stars this season. Larose, who came to Minnesota from Montreal Canadiens with the advent of NHL expansion, scored 25 goals and 37 assists last year playing on the club’s top line with Danny O’Shea and Danny Grant. He was also chosen as Minnesota’s most valuable player for the 1968-69 season.…
WESTERN LEAGUE
Save $$$$$$ Subscribe To The HOCKEY NEWS Receive 35 Issues At Home For The Best In Hockey Reading It’s HOCKEY PICTORIAL Hockey’s Most Exciting Publication HOW THEY STAND WESTERN LEAGUE (Standings On Wed. Oct. 15) (Affiliations: 1. Montreal 2. Detroit. 5. Chicago. 6. Toronto, x-independent). GAMES COMPLETED Fri. Oct. 10 San Diego 2 at Salt Lake 4 Seattle 4 at Vancouver 1 SAT Oct. 11 Salt Lake 3 at Denver 5 Phoenix 4 at San Diego 2 Portland 8 at Seattle 5 Sun. Oct. 12 Vancouver 5 at Portland 2 Denver 1 at Seattle 4 GAMES TO COME Wed. Oct. 15 Salt Lake at Phoenix Denver at Portland Thurs. Oct. 16 Vancouver at Seattle Fri. Oct. 17 Seattle at Salt Lake Portland at Phoenix Denver at Vancouver Sat. Oct. 18 Seattle vs. Salt Lake (At Colorado Springs) Portland at San Diego Sun. Oct. 19 Phoenix at Portland Tues. Oct. 21 San Diego at Salt Lake Phoenix at Vancouver Wed. Oct. 22 San Diego at Denver Seattle at Portland Thurs.…
Seals Rush Smith Back From Minors After Club’s Dismal Camp Record
OAKLAND— The Oakland Seals started training camp amid the optimism that they had all the ingredients to be an even stronger contender for the West Division title in the National Hockey League this year. But their nine-game exhibition season ended ignominously in Buffalo. The Bisons clubbed the Seals, 5-1, and the Oaklanders finished with a 3-5-1 record. But in the middle, there were injuries — Mike Laughton, Carol Vadnais, Earl Ingarfield,. Chris Worthy; disappointments — goalie Gary Smith, center Joe Szura and defenseman Frank Lacombe, and sometimes Gary Jarrett and Gene Ubriaco; and surprises — impressive rookies Don O’Donohue, Ron Stackhouse Neil Nicholson and Wayne Muloin. Among them all, the most important single individual was Gary Smith, the 6-4, 220-pound goalie. Smitty had reported to camp 10 pounds lighter than the year before.…
Cooke Expects Kings To Be Top Draw In Forum Once Fans Take To Sport
“you like 7up 7up likes you” “you like 7up 7up likes you” LOS ANGELES— Jack Kent Cooke’s Forum in Inglewood in suburban L.A. is a spectacular success story Opened at the end of 1967, the building drew 2,096,000 fans for 230 events in 1968 and is projecting more than 2,250,000 for 250 events in 1969. The top crowds have not been for sporting events. A meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses attracted 22.598. Rock groups have been boffo. The Jimi Hendrix Experience lured 18,705. The Temptations twice and the Supremes once have topped 18,000. The Cream drew 35,109 for two straight nights. The Ringling Bros, circus twice lured more than 160,000 and the Ice Follies twice more than 150,000 for long stands. A boxing match, Lionel Rose vs. Chu chu Castillo, drew 15,096 fans who paid $193,020.…
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