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November 28, 1969

The Hockey News November 28, 1969

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IN THIS ISSUE

RAINBO ARENA

<h2><b>BUFFALO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02347/2693404-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="583" height="433"></div><h2><b>HERSHEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03281/2693397-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="581" height="452"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04241/2693390-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="589" height="428"></div><h2><b>BALTIMORE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05200/2693383-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="583" height="480"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06155/2693376-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="583" height="456"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-07135/2693369-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="583" height="475"></div><h2><b>ROCHESTER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-08121/2693362-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="585" height="477"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-09102/2693355-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="590" height="458"></div><h2><b>SPRINGFIELD</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1088/2693348-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="584" height="460"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AHL Teams, Scoring

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p>Johnny Bower celebrated his 45th birthday Nov. 8, thereby becoming old enough to start collecting his National Hockey League pension.</p><p>He isn&rsquo;t eligible, though.</p><p>because he&rsquo;s on Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; active roster.</p><p>Bower checked the details with Clarence Campbell, the NHL president. &ldquo;He laughed,&rdquo; Leafs&rsquo; goal tending antique reported, &ldquo;and said 1 can&rsquo;t go on pension while I&rsquo;m still an active employee of a member club.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0150/2694615-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="258" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Marv Edwards</b></figcaption></div><p>It is, of course, a little surprising that the pension society has this stipulation in its rules. Who could ever have foreseen the possibility that a 45-year-old man would be able to hold down an NHL job?</p><p>There is, apparently, no plan to use Bower in the Toronto nets unless either of the present goalies, Marv Edwards or Bruce Gamble, gets hurt.</p><p>General manager Jim Gregory said some time ago that Leafs would make Bower available to Canada&rsquo;s National team for the 1970 world championships in Montreal and Winnipeg next March. One NHL appearance this season would disqualify him for such an assignment.</p><p>Bower&rsquo;s understanding of his position with Leafs is that he&rsquo;s supposed to keep himself in readiness for emergency duty. Accordingly, he works harder than other players in practice sessions.</p><p>Old Jawn also functions as an unofficial goaltending coach.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown me a lot about playing the angles.&rdquo; says Edwards, who is an NHL rookie at 34. &ldquo;He always did handle them better than anybody else.</p><p>&ldquo;Johnny also gives us a lot of advice about how to play various guys on the other teams.&rdquo;</p><p>Bower appeared in 20 league games for Leafs last season, giving up an average of 2.85 goals per match. He started once in the Stanley Cup semi-finals and relieved Gamble three times.</p><p>The last night of that disastrous series against Boston Bruins, Punch Imlach was fired as coach and general manager. Bower was one of several veterans who indicated he wouldn&rsquo;t be interested in continuing under whatever new regime took power.</p><p>It seemed that the retirement decision would stick when Leafs drafted Edwards from the Pittsburgh organization.</p><p>But Gregory and Coach Johnny McLellan convinced Bower there was still a place for him with the Toronto club and he turned up at training camp on that basis.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s worth the money just as insurance,&rdquo; says Gregory.</p><p>As a matter of fact, netminding was not Leafs&rsquo; problem through the early weeks of the 1969-70 schedule. The inexperienced defence corps was giving the enemy plenty of scoring opportunities but both Edwards and Gamble were performing efficiently.</p><p>Edwards was undefeated in his first five starts and was chosen the first star in two appearances at Maple Leaf Gardens.</p><p>Gamble, on the other hand, was in goal for Leafs&rsquo; first five setbacks.</p><p>&ldquo;But Gamble has played well,&rdquo; McLellan argued. &ldquo;Look at the game against Rangers, for example.&rdquo;</p><p>Gamble stopped 24 New York shots in the first period and Leafs wound up on the short end of a 32 score. The loss was charged to Gamble, but it clearly wasn&rsquo;t his fault.</p><p>Imlach hadn&rsquo;t hesitated to single out Gamble as the man who put Leafs in the playoffs last spring.</p><p>&ldquo;He kept saving us despite the problems our greenhorn defence was having,&rdquo; Imlach said.</p><p>There&rsquo;s no question now that Edwards has emerged as No. 1, just as McLellan suspected he might be when he suggested acquiring him last spring.</p><p>The two of them had been teammates with Belleville McFarlands when they won the 1959 world amateur title for Canada. They&rsquo;d been together when McLellan was coaching at Nashville in the Eastern League.</p><p>Last winter, McLellan was coaching Leafs&rsquo; Central League club at Tulsa and Edwards was tending goal for Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Amarillo affiliate.</p><p>&ldquo;He gave us all kinds of trouble there, too,&rdquo; McLellan recalled.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0247/2694608-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="547" height="933"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHN BOWER&hellip;Headed For Nationals?</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bower Can’t Collect On Pension

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div><p>NASHVILLE&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>ashville&rsquo;s Dixie Flyers are encountering rough going in the early portions of the Eastern Hockey League race, but one of their problems has been alleviated with the addition of veteran Pierre Gagne.</p><p>Coach Lloyd Hinchberger previously had been plagued by the lack of an experienced center and attributed the club&rsquo;s difficulties to the absence of such a performer. Nashville plummeted to the bottom of the Southern Division almost from the outset of the campaign and has been endeavoring ever since to extricate itself.</p><p>Now that Gagne is on the scene, Hinchberger has a feeling that the rise of the Flyers to a contending position isn&rsquo;t far away.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown me he can do the job in the short time he&rsquo;s been here,&rdquo; says Hinch, &ldquo;and if we can get the rest of the squad to jell, we&rsquo;ll make our presence felt.&rdquo;</p><p>Gagne is somewhat on the big size for a forward, scaling a good 210 pounds and soaring six feet two inches high. His career includes three seasons with Providence, and he even boasts of two games with the Boston Bruins.</p><p>Actually he is still Providence&rsquo;s property. Originally this fall Gagne was sent to the training camp of the Denver Spurs. But eventually he was sent to the Flyers to operate at center although his physique would indicate that he could play defense.</p><p>His career also includes a short stint at Clinton, junior and senior A hockey and a stretch at Ottawa University. Gagne, who is 29, has impressed fans with his ability to move the puck and with his speed in getting up and down the ice. He&rsquo;s working well with his wingers, and his line should produce many goals for the club.</p><p><b>SYRACUSE:</b> Blazers were first team to beat Clinton to continue unusual jinx of past years. Goalie Billy Yeo&rsquo;s first shoutout came over Long Island. Ray Adduono has taken up where he left off two years ago to lead club in scoring and give notice of a threat to win northern scoring crown. Team unbeaten in first six home starts. Doug Ferguson&rsquo;s return caused coach Ray Crew to move Ed Skvhar to right wing.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN:</b> Blades beat Russ McClenaghan&rsquo;s scoring helped Ducks topple Charlotte. Defenseman Jake Hendricksen&rsquo;s club after delaying his availability for personal reasons following his acquisition from Charlotte. Lynn Margarit nursed injured knee. Lots of problems here with melting ice especially late in games. Club&rsquo;s great start has delighted coach Don Perry. Goalie Dave Hainsworth gets as many cuts and bruises as any EHL goaltender.</p><p><b>LONG ISLAND:</b> Veteran Russ McClengahan&rsquo;s scoring helped Ducks topple Charlotte. Defenseman Jake Hendricksen&rsquo;s play has elated coach Blake Ball. Club troubles have been lack of consistent scoring punch and a leaky defense. Junior defenseman Dennis Henderson dropped. Ball trying to make additional changes to enhance club&rsquo;s chances of making playoffs.</p><p><b>SALEM:</b> Paul Grills and J.C. Garneau placed on injured list with groin and knee ills respectively. Rebels traded defenseman george Forgie to Jersey for center Claude Piche. Bob Lacey secured on loan from Clinton. Wayne Caufield bruised his ribs. Coach Colin Kilburn says his club&rsquo;s big problem is to keep the opposition from scoring. Goalie Jim Letcher playing with bad knee.</p><p><b>JERSEY:</b> Devils went 10 games without a win after taking opener. Goalie Jack Crandelmire dropped and replaced by Brian Caley. Gordie Stratton&rsquo;s knee has been giving him trouble. Ron McPherson and Rene Lavigueur, released and Ted Szydlowski signed to pact. Club minus a good slap shot artist. George Forgie expected to toughen defense after acquisition from Salem.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01101/2694047-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="537" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PIERRE GAGNE&hellip;Lifts Nashville</b></figcaption></div><p><b>CLINTON:</b> Ted Tucker back in Comets nets after recuperating from auto accident. His sub, Lyle Carter, did great job while he was out with three shutouts. Bill Bannerman&rsquo;s hat trick paced win as Jersey. Jack Rathwell had wing ding with Claude Piche in the game. Return of Moe St. Jacques from Montreal caused Bob Lacey to be sent to Salem. Don Herriman and Jack Kane posted hat tricks vs Jersey.</p><p><b>JOHNSTOWN:</b> Gene Peacosh pacing Jets&rsquo; scoring and battling for division lead. Jean Bouchard bothered by foot infection and Gary Gresdal by illness. Joe Beggs and Dave Hunt released. Nineteen penalties called on Jets in game with Syracuse were club record. Newcomer Doug Reid is former Jet. Reg Kent&rsquo;s scoring punch should bolster attack as he holds four Jet records.</p><p><b>GREENSBORO:</b> Ron Anderson plagued by back ailment. Club is operating with five defensemen and eight forwards so defenseman Doug Carpenter occasionally plays up front. Moe L&rsquo;Abbe scored ten goals in six games. Gens played deliberate hockey to win at Charlotte. Ron Muir decided to retire after nine seasons with Gens. Dom Di-Berardino&rsquo;s cousin, Tony Del-Monte, is a linesman here.</p><p><b>JACKSONVILLE:</b> Game with Salem was postponed due to racial problems in city. Harold White, last year&rsquo;s most popular player, has rejoined club and given penalty killing chores. Goalie John Voss bothered by hand injury and has been replaced by Michel Plasse who was secured from Cleveland. Harley Hodgson upset over club&rsquo;s failure to use him or trade him.</p><p><b>CHARLOTTE:</b> Checkers had bad northern trip with a 1-3-2 record. Tom Trevelyan continued to score however to pace southern division scoring. Ex-captain Art Hart returned to club after one-year retirement and replaced defenseman John Van Horlick who had shoulder injury. Bob Graham released and plans to retire. Ernie Dyda had nose broken against Greensboro.</p><p><b>NASHVILLE:</b> Bob Foster dropped by Dixie Flyers when he didn&rsquo;t impress Lloyd Hinchberger enough to replace any defensemen. Jean St. Cyr released. Club tried to place him in senior A league. Doug Smith suffered 3-stitch tongue cut. Flo Pilote still wavering about quitting retirement. Pierre Brillant club&rsquo;s No. 1 scorer. Norm Martel broke finger and Dave Fisher replaced him in cage. Karl Haggerty passing out cigars after birth of son.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Ex-Red Cagne Strengthens Flyers’ Sagging Middle

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01483/2694677-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><p><b>HUMBLE BOBBY HULL RETURNS&mdash;PAGE 17</b></p><p><b>PHILADELPHIA</b></p><p><b>ROOKIE PROVES</b></p><p><b>Diabetics</b></p><p><b>Can Play In The NHL</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02359/2694670-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="442" height="619"></div><p><b>BOB CLARKE&mdash;RAGE 3</b></p><p><b>HABS&rsquo; FERGUSON IN HOT WATER&mdash;PAGE 2</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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“WE’RE NO. 1” RANGERS’ CHANT

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>The ever growing groundswell of public euphoria for New York&rsquo;s champion Jets, Mets and pennant contending Kinicherbockers had neatly categorized the New York Rangers as also-rans. Gotham&rsquo;s faithful hockey fans were content with just making the playoffs when the Emile Francis coached Blueshirts finally broke into the post season Stanley Cup games in 1966-67. But now, in 1969-70, after three straight seasons of spring-time frustration in the playoffs there was slight, but nevertheless noticeable pressure for the Rangers to join New York&rsquo;s other winners.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01647/2691804-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="281" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Fairbairn</b></figcaption></div><p>On Monday November 17, New York stood atop the National Hockey League East with an 11-4-2 record and 24 points. In the lexicon of the Shea Stadium scoreboard they were No. 1. And it had been accomplished after as weird a western expedition as any led by George Armstrong Custer or Buffalo Bill Cody. First of all, the Rangers unexpectedly lost in Chicago as the Black Hawks demonstrated that Robert Marvin was not the Hull show in polishing off New York 3-1 on November 5. Then came an 8-1 win in Oakland on Friday November 7, a 4-1 triumph in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon November 8, 4-2 over Detroit Nov. 12, a 6-5 win cliff-hanger over Boston Nov. 15 and a 4-2 decision againt St. Louis Nov. 16.</p><p>Encapsulating the pulsating Coast trip in that fashion is like saying that Mayor John V. Lindsay was re-elected and letting it go at that Much of the excitement was off the ice and via long distance telephone and calbe between Emile Francis, the New York General Manager and his opposite ego, Larry Regan, the LA Kings general factotum. Jack Kent Cooke, the Kings owner also was in the act on one of the most bizarre of plots the usually placid NHL has seen in years.</p><p>Prior to leaving for the West, the Ranger front office discovered that Cooke had changed the Saturday night of November 8 to the afternoon without either notifying the NHL office or asking permission of the Rangers. It seems that Cooke had booked the Rolling Stones into the Forum that evening and had a guaranteed $250,000 sellout.</p><p>Francis, with tongue in check, routinely sent a cable requesting 11:00 AM practice time at the Forum and never mentioning the new starting time of 2:00 PM.</p><p>Finally he sent another cable informing the Kings that he was not consenting to the change and suggesting that they read the NHL by-laws. Emile then indicated that he would take the two points via the forfeit route and asked President Clarence Campbell of the NHL to back him.</p><p>&ldquo;It is up to Francis,&rdquo; said Campbell. &ldquo;If New York wants a forfeit they can have it. Los Angeles did not notify the NHL or the Rangers of the change and it will work a hardship on New York to play in Oakland on Friday night and then have to shoot right down to Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to meet the Kings.&rdquo;</p><p>To make a long story short, the Rangers finally agreed to play in the Forum in the afternoon, but only after Cooke chartered a private plane and had it waiting at the airport in Oakland for the trip to Southern California. This guaranteed the Blueshirts a little extra shuteye and saved the NHL from the embarassment of a forfeit.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe in forfeits,&rdquo; said Francis. &ldquo;It ied for the game.&rdquo;</p><p>Meanwhile the Rangers, properly fired up by the office hijinks rolled over Oakland on Friday, scoring a frenetic six goals in the first period for their best showing of the year. It was a night to remember as Juha Widing, Arnie Brown, Bob Nevin, Bill Fairbairn, Rod Gilbert and Dave Balon each netted the disc, in a wild flurry which put the game out of reach. It was Widing&rsquo;s first NHL goal and will help the Swede in the confidence department. Later Walter Tkaczuk and Brown, again, scored to bring the final count to, 8-1.</p><p>Notice, the almost awesome balance of the New York scoring in that binge. It has Met like qualities about it. The New York basebailers were not supposed to have enough attack, but somehow they always punched it out and made their excellent defense stand up. The Rangers might, just might, try something along these lines.</p><p>With the Oakland game under their belts, the now high as a kite New Yorkers were whisked to LA for a few hours of sleep and then right onto the Forum Ice. Two and one half hours later the game was over with Balon having led the charge for New York. Dave got his seventh goal of the season, Vic Hadfield got his ninth (tied for NHL lead) and Brad Park and Jean Ratelie also chipped in with scores. Everyone was happy, including Jack Kent Cooke who had won everything but the hockey game, which was all that counted for Francis and the Rangers.</p><p>Speaking of that Ranger scoring balance, it must be noted that the line of Walt Tkaczuk, Dave Balon and Billy Fairbairn again comported themselves with merit on the trip. New York plots it susual strategy of a scoring line (Ratelie, Hadfield, Gilbert); a holding line (Tkaczuk, Balon, Fairbairn) and a checking line (Widding), Nevin, Stewart, Marshall etc.) When the holding line becomes the hotest in the NHL, things like first place happen in a hury.</p><p><b>BLUE CHIPS:&mdash;</b> Attendance in Oakland was about 7,000&hellip;In Los Angeless it was 7,028&hellip;William Mitchell Jennings Jr., the son of Ranger President Bill Jennings was married to Nancy Clift Gillespie of Saturday November 8 at Christ&rsquo;s Church, Rye, N.Y&hellip;Rangers have nine of next twelve games at home and should be in good spot to make move&hellip;Rangers sent Orland Kurtenbach to Buffalo to aid in his conditioning after spinal surgery&hellip;The win at the Forum in LA was the first in Ranger history. New York had won at the Sports Arena but not at the Forum&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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“We’re No. 1” Fans Chant As Rangers Answer Critics

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;</p><p>The St. Louis Blues are demanding that National Hockey League President Clarence Campbell throw the book at rough, tough John Ferguson of the Montreal Canadiens.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02616/2691842-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="271" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gary Sabourin</b></figcaption></div><p>Ferguson has been cast in the first test of the NHL&rsquo;s new legislation against stick swinging and St. Louis coach Scotty Bowman is screaming for the severest penalty possible for the Montreal winger.</p><p>The initial case for president Clarence Campbell since the Wayne Maki-Ted Green incident resulted from Fergy&rsquo;s two-handed slash at Gary Sabourin that brought about a benches-cleared scuffle and marred the best game of the season.</p><p>With the score 2-1 for Montreal late in the second period, Sabourin sank to the ice in delayed action after brushing with Ferguson in mid-rink. He was helped to his feet but reclined near the St. Louis bench before going to the dressing room&mdash;returning later to become the Blues&rsquo; most dangerous forward.</p><p>The sight of Sabourin-seemingly badly injured&mdash;sent the record arena crowd of 17,031 into a frenzy and Noel Picard promptly wrestled Ferguson to the ice with neither landing a punch.</p><p>Ferguson was banished with a match penalty for attempt to injure but was met by Bob Plager just before stepping through the gate behind the Montreal goal. They exchanged words before Fergy gave the St. Louis defenceman a trouncing with combination punches and both benches cleared before things quietened down.</p><p>Bowman reluctantly allowed writers to view films of the incident which showed clearly that Ferguson had swung his stick but may have been high-sticked by Sabourin before hand. However, it was hard to tell where or how hard he hit the St. Louis winger and Sabourin had no marks to show he had been badly hurt.</p><p>&ldquo;It just grazed my head and I was dizzy for a little while,&rdquo; said Sabourin who skated like a demon in the third period and had two of the Blues&rsquo; best scoring chances.</p><p>However, Bowman, whose own hockey career was ended 20 years ago by a stick over the head from Jean Guy Talbot, now a St. Louis defenceman, was adamant in calling for Ferguson&rsquo;s scalp.</p><p>&ldquo;The only difference between this thing and the Maki-Green affair was that it wasn&rsquo;t a stick swinging fight. Ferguson just pole-axed Sabourin. Players who do these things should be thrown out of hockey for life.&rdquo;</p><p>Ferguson, deeply disturbed by the match penalty for stick swinging which will incur an automatic $300 fine and possible suspension, said he could not believe it when Sabourin slumped to the ice.</p><p>&ldquo;The first thing that came to my mind was that the kid couldn&rsquo;t have been hurt,&rdquo; said Fergy. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no way I bring my stick back if he doesn&rsquo;t hit me first and no way I could have hit him on the head. I&rsquo;m willing to bet Bowman told him to lay down when he got to the bench.&rdquo;</p><p>President Clarence Campbell, in Chicago to hear Oakland goalie Gary Smith&rsquo;s version of his elbow smash on referee Ron Wicks 10 days ago, planned no immediate action on the St. Louis affair.</p><p>&ldquo;I intend to examine the official&rsquo;s report and to look at the film before doing anything,&rdquo; said Campbell.</p><p>Besides ruling on Ferguson, the league president may act strongly against both clubs who are liable to $5,000 fines for allowing players to clear the benches. St. Louis may be fined double since the Blues also left their bench to battle with Pitts-burgh Penguins in an earlier game.</p><p>Campbell may also censure the Blues&rsquo; owners Sid Salomon Jr. and Sid III for invading the referees&rsquo; room after the second period of the Nov. 15 game with Montreal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03515/2691835-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="540" height="1016"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHN FERGUSON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Blues Demand NHL ‘Throw The Book’ At Habs’ Ferguson

<p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p>It takes courage to wake up every morning, stick a needle in your arm and give yourself 55 units of insulin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01649/2691880-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="257" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Clarke</b></figcaption></div><p>It takes, will power to adhere to a diet that eliminates rich desserts and limits the amount you can eat at every meal.</p><p>It takes determination to practice and play big-league hockey every day when you realize that you&rsquo;re burning up blood-sugar like engine fuel.</p><p>And it takes guts to risk head and facial cuts when every medical dictionary says you&rsquo;re very vulnerable to infection.</p><p>The man with all these unusual problems and admirable qualities is Bob Clarke, the Flyers&rsquo; 20-year-old rookie center and the only known diabetic in the history of the National Hockey League.</p><p>Bob is very self-conscious about the disease and hates to be looked upon as someone special,&rdquo; Flyers&rsquo; trainer Frank Lewis said, &ldquo;but his courage should be a great example to others afflicted.</p><p>&ldquo;We like to think diabetics can do anything,&rdquo; added Dr. Stanley Spoont, the Flyers&rsquo; physician. &ldquo;With careful thinking and certain daily precautions, Bob Clarke can enjoy a normal and useful career in the NHL. He is not in any grave danger,&rdquo;</p><p>The American Diabetic Association reports that only two professional athletes&mdash;Clarke and a baseball player who prefers to remain anonymous&mdash;have the disease. In the past, tennis stars Billy Talbert and Ham Richardson, Notre Dame quarterback Coley O&rsquo;Brien and Phillies&rsquo; outfielder Bill (Swish) Nicholson performed normally while afflicted.</p><p>Baseball star Jackie Robinson contracted diabetes after his retirement.</p><p>&ldquo;They say it&rsquo;s hereditary, but I didn&rsquo;t get it until I was 15,&rdquo; Clarke explained. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not my fault and I&rsquo;m certainly not ashamed of it.&rdquo;</p><p>Bob, a talented center from Flin Flon, Manitoba, said his parents were not diabetics, but that the disease frequently skips a generation. &ldquo;I think my grand-father&rsquo;s brother or uncle had it&mdash;but nobody I ever knew.&rdquo; he said.</p><p>Because diabetics have an excess of sugar in their blood, they must inject themselves with insulin every morning. Then, as the day wears on, they burn up the sugar and sometimes have to gulp down a sweetened drink or candy bar to avoid a blackout.</p><p>&ldquo;Clarke passed out twice at training camp in Quebec City,&rdquo; trainer Lewis said. &ldquo;Both attacks followed early-morning workouts when he had skipped breakfast. The insulin tends to reduce your appetite and that&rsquo;s bad because a diabetic needs to eat a good, solid breakfast.&rdquo;</p><p>Clarke said that the Quebec City attacks were his first &ldquo;in two or three years.&rdquo; He admitted his system was upset because he was a nervous rookie trying out for a major league hockey team. He had never played a professional game before this season.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02531/2691873-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1761" height="1419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Here&rsquo;s rookie BOB CLARKE of the Flyers scoring his first NHL goal against Rangers&rsquo; ED GIACOMIN after defenseman ARNIE BROWN, &lsquo;on ice, failed to stop the exciting Philadelphia freshman star.</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;After that,&rdquo; Lewis said, &ldquo;I told him he&rsquo;s gotta work closely with me all season. We&rsquo;ve gotta be frank with each other. I know how he feels about the disease and I try not to make a big project out of it when he needs something.&rdquo;</p><p>Lewis gives Clarke a Coke with two or three tablespoons of sugar before each game. Between periods, the rookie gets a half-glass of sweetened orange juice. After the game, he gets a full glass.</p><p>&ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t like chocolate bars at game time because they make him thirsty,&rdquo; Lewis said, &ldquo;But I have them in my training kit all the time. I also have a tube of 100 percent glucose which I&rsquo;m supposed to force down his throat in case of emergency.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;As his career goes along, he&rsquo;ll be a source of inspiration to diabetics everywhere,&rdquo; Dr. Spoont said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m really optimistic about this. We&rsquo;ve got a tiger by the tail and we can control the tail, so to speak.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;We had the Mayo Clinic examine him and the report said the disease should not be a deterrent to his hockey career,&rdquo; Dr. Spoont said.</p><p>Diabetics are supposed to be highly susceptible to infection when cut, but Clarke hasn&rsquo;t been troubled yet.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been carved up all over the face,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Once I needed 15 stitches around my eye. I couldn&rsquo;t play the rest of the game because I couldn&rsquo;t see. But there was no infection and I played the next game.&rdquo;</p><p>Dr. Spoont believes the healing process won&rsquo;t be slowed down until Clarke has been a diabetic for 20 or 30 years and his arteries harden.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll dress every wound and keep them extra clean,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Bobby won&rsquo;t be rushing back on the ice after a cut.&rdquo;</p><p>Word of the Clarke story is beginning to spread around the NHL and the Flyers already are receiving letters from patients.</p><p>&ldquo;We have a boy here who&rsquo;s a Pee Wee goalie,&rdquo; wrote someone from Children&rsquo;s Hospital in St. Louis. &ldquo;He thought he could never play hockey again because of diabetes. But he heard about Clarke on television and his eyes lit up.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY NEW SPECIAL! Flyers’ Bob Clarke Proves An Inspiration To Diabetics

<p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>ome skeptics are certain to accuse the Philadelphia Flyers of cruelty, forcing Bob Clarke to play such a rugged sport at his own risk. Clarke disagrees violently.</p><p>&ldquo;I never thought of anything but playing pro hockey,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If the Flyers didn&rsquo;t draft me, I&rsquo;d be playing just as hard in Flin Flon. Even if a doctor told me to quit, I&rsquo;d probably sneak out and play pickup games.</p><p>&ldquo;If I had to go back to school and learn some trade, I&rsquo;d be miserable.&rdquo;</p><p>It&rsquo;s obvious that the Flin Flon flash prefers his strict hockey routine to sitting home and living like a vegetable.</p><p>No NHL team drafted Clarke (one of Canada&rsquo;s five top amateurs) on the first round last June, so the Flyers picked him in the second round. He was the 19th player drafted.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bob Clarke Says Hockey His Life

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01711/2691956-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="365" height="441"></div><p><b>&bull; TOMMY WILLIAMS</b> has found his niche since Wren Blair placed him at center for Minnesota between Bill Goldsworthy and J.P. Parise&hellip;Williams, one of the few United States players to make it to the NHL, was played mainly on the wing during his days with Boston Bruins&hellip;Blair, the North Stars&rsquo; G.M.-Coach, always figured that Tommy was capable of playing center, and it&rsquo;s proven his switch was a good one&hellip;Los Angeles Kings are really missing Bill White on defense. What a difference his presence would make on the inept LA rearguard&hellip;As a result of the outstanding success enjoyed by the New York Jets, the New York Mets and the high-flying New York Knickerbockers, more pressure is on Emile Francis and the New York Rangers this season&hellip;This is the year that the loyal New York fans want to see the Rangers give a good account of themselves in the Stanley Cup playoffs&hellip;Tall Terry Harper has been playing terrific defense for the Montreal Canadiens. Since he&rsquo;s had a chance to play regularly for Canadiens after J.C. Tremblay was sidelined with injuries, Harper has been the steadiest player on the team game in and game out. He reached his greatest heights recently in a game against Oakland&hellip;In a game between St. Louis and the North Stars played in Minnesota one fan vented his displeasure over a call bv Referee Bob Sloan by throwing&mdash;of all things&mdash;a blue brassiere onto the ice&hellip;The first NHL telecast on CBS will occur on Sunday, January 11, three hours before the Super Bowl commences. The network will carry hockey through May 17 if the Stanley Cup playoffs last that long&hellip;Bryan Hextail, Jr. of the Pittsburgh Penguins has finally come into his own as a National League performer. Son of a Hockey Hall of Famer with the same name, Hextall has been slow in displaying the ability and predictions that preceded him into the NHL.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02662/2691949-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="272" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tommy Williams</b></figcaption></div><p><b>&bull; ST. LOUIS BLUES</b> expect to draw 625,000 fans this season, their third in the National Hockey League. In their first year they drew 329,209 and last year they attracted 548.508, not including playoffs. The Blues are the biggest sports attraction to come to St. Louis in 30 years&hellip;No fewer than 11 players born outside Canada are listed as regulars in the NHL this season. They are: Stan Mikita (Sokolce, Czechoslovakia), Ken Hodge (Birmingham, England), Charlie Burns (Detroit), Tommy Williams (Duluth, Minn.), John Miszuk (Naliboki, Poland), Poul Popeil (Solested, Denmark), Walt Tkaczuk (Emstedetten, Germany), Juha Widing (Uleaborg, Finland), Brian Perry (Aidershot, England), Doug Roberts (Detroit), and Nick Harbaruk (Drohiczyn, Poland)&hellip;Dink Carroll, former sports editor of the Montreal Gazette and outstanding columnist of that paper for over 30 years, was semi-retired by the Gazette and his popular column will now appear only twice a week. Dink is one of the best-liked sports writers in the country&hellip;Stan Mikita and Doug Mohns are regular visitors to see their former linemate Ken Wharram in the Chicago hospital where he is recovering from the heart attack which ended his hockey career&hellip;&ldquo;Ken is putting on weight and his outlook has brightened in the past 10 days,&rdquo; Mohns advised&hellip;He hopes to get out of the hospital in a few weeks time. His wife is with him but his children are attending school in his native North Bay, Ont&hellip;Emil (Pop) Kenesky, a 92-year-old former harness-maker, makes the goalie pads for ever goalkeeper in professional hockey. Operating out of his ancient Hamilton, Ont., sporting goods store. Pop boasts that there isn&rsquo;t a goalkeeper playing anywhere in professional hockey that isn&rsquo;t wearing pads made by him personally. Top price for his hand-made, hand-sewn products are $135 a pair and Pop Kenesky makes 300 pairs a year&hellip;Harry Howell, Andy Bathgate and Vic Hadfield are together in a real estate deal that could make them all wealthy. Since they purchased 160 acres of land in Burlington, Ont. it has increased in value three times.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03566/2691942-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="271" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Brvan Hextall</b></figcaption></div><p><b>&bull; CECIL DILLON</b> former star left winger of the New York Rangers, died at Meaford, Ont. the other day. Born in Toledo, Ohio, he learned his hockey at Thornbury, Ont. and was a member of the Rangers&rsquo; Stanley Cup teams of 1932-33 and 1939-40&hellip;Nice to see our old friend Tom McKenna appointed trainer of the New York Mets. Out of the Twin Cities, Minn., Tom trained the New York Rangers immediately following the war&hellip;Mickey Redmond&rsquo;s father was a durable minor professional defenseman during the 1950&rsquo;s. Eddie Redmond is pleased as punch with the goal-scoring exploits of his 22-year-old son who is fast becoming one of the premier luminaries on the Stanley Cup champion Canadiens&hellip;Pittsburgh Penguins feel their 20-year-old rookie forward Michel Briere has a good chance of winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league&rsquo;s outstanding first-year player&hellip;Games between Toronto and Detroit will be especially spirited this season as most observers feel the playoff hopes of both clubs depend on how well they do against each other&hellip;A rumor has it that Carroll Rosenbloom, owner of the NFL Baltimore Colts, is interested in acquiring a National Hockey League franchise for Baltimore&hellip;The eye-catching Official National Hockey Annual will hit the newsstands next week. It&rsquo;s the best yet and has 168 player sketches&hellip;Toronto railbirds anticipate a fine season for Brit Selby, who played all his hockey around the Queen City before going to Philadelphia for two seasons. The 24-year-old winger has been the Leafs standout forward in many of their games to date&hellip;Crowds in Montreal lor the Voyageurs games have been very disappointing&hellip;Oakland Seals are in the midst of a bad slump.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04494/2691935-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="265" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Brit Selby</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<p>Founded October 1st, 1947</p><p><b>Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</b></p><p><b>1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 107, Canada.</b></p><p><b>Kenneth William McKenzie</b><br>President and Publisher</p><p><b>Charlie Halpin</b><br>Editorial Director</p><p><b>Yearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada $7.00 in the U.S.A, and $9.00 in Foreign Countries.</b></p><p>Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y,</p><p>Second class mail&mdash;Registration No. 1327</p><p>Printed in Canada</p><p><b>Vol. 23 MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 28, 1969 No. 8</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<h2><b>Rules Revision Would Boost Expansion Clubs</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he NHL should revise their rules for the new teams entering the league in the 1970-71 season. Vancouver and Cleveland or Buffalo should have been able to draft 20-year-olds since the end of the 1967 season. These new teams would then have had to farm out till expansion of 1970-71 season. Under this system, the new teams would be better contenders than the expansion teams that started the 1966-67 season.</p><p>Players like Steve Atkinson. Don Marcotte. Jim Lorentz, and Bill Fairbairn could be the ones playing for these clubs. If the NHL would have chosen the two teams for 1970-71 expansion at the end of the 1966-67 season, these new clubs could come into the league as ready made contenders.</p><p>Maybe the western division team would agree if they would have been able to draft 20-year-olds before, today they would have better teams.</p><p>ROBERT RENAUD,<br> Toronto, Ont.</p><h2><b>Sharp-edged Ledges Should Be Padded</b></h2><p>I would like to ask a question legarding the construction of hockey arenas. Why isn&rsquo;t the wooden, sharp-edged-ledge which runs around the top of the boards, padded in some manner?</p><p>It serves no useful purpose at all, and merely invites unnecessary serious injuries. As both a player and a spectator, I have seen several such injuries occur. This simple and inexpensive precaution would eliminate such risk.</p><p>BOB FRESCHI.<br>Bergenfield. N.J.</p><h2><b>&lsquo;Dirty Derek&rsquo; Resembles Grade Z Movie Peasant?</b></h2><p>That letter about &ldquo;the new-look in the NHL&rdquo; sounded like the impassioned discussion I used to hear in the teachers&rsquo; lounge of the local junior high. Tsk! And in the Age of Aquarius, too!</p><p>Personally, I prefer the quiet professiorial look and style of, say, Al Arbour. But if Derek Sanderson wants to look like a grade Z movie version of the peasant lout about to be hanged for poaching in the wicked count&rsquo;s forests, it&rsquo;s his option!</p><p>As a fan, I admit I derive a great deal of pleasure from hating &lsquo;Dirty Derek&rsquo;, but it sure isn&rsquo;t for the way he wears his hair. And as for the Bruin brass, I&rsquo;m certain they worry far less about his head than about his more valuable knees.</p><p>ERIKA SITZ<br>Forest Park, Ill.</p><h2><b>NHL Coaches, GMs Should Be Muzzled</b></h2><p>Isn&rsquo;t it about time that Clarence Campbell really started doing something about the constant criticizing of the officials by coaches and general managers?</p><p>Major League baseball and the NFL don&rsquo;t have this problem, so why should the NHL be spoiled bv it?</p><p>P. DE VRIES,<br>Willowdale, Ont.</p><h2><b>Boston Fan Hunting More Hub Fan Clubs</b></h2><p>I&rsquo;ve taken part in many fan clubs but only two for the Boston Bruins. If any of your readers knows of any Boston fan clubs other than Ted Green and Gerry Cheevers, please have them write me.</p><p>Also if someone could tell me the address to the Cheevers&rsquo; club, I would be happy because it has become difficult to find.</p><p>JIMMY TURNER,<br>248 Prospect St.,<br>Norwood, Mass. 02062<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Fan Forum

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div><p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p>There is a saying in professional sports that you can&rsquo;t stand still and succeed.</p><p>Bruins&rsquo; coach Harry Sinden is a firm believer of that philosophy. He believes in patience, naturally, but patience can be overworked.</p><p>So when the Bruins went into their first slump of the season after an unbeaten streak in their first seven games, he made changes. And they were drastic changes.</p><p>He took Ken Hodge off right wing with Phil Esposito and replaced him with Wayne Cashman. He decided to use rookie Ace Bailey more and to alternate him with Ron Murphy on left wing with Espo and Cashman.</p><p>What was to be an alternating move between Bailey and Ron Murphy actually became permanent when Murphy injured his shoulder.</p><p>In order to keep Hodge active, Harvey put the big right wing on the line with rookie center Jim Harrison and shifted Eddie Westfall over to left wing.</p><p>Prompting these switches, of course was the fact that the B&rsquo;s had gone through a stretch of five games with but two ties.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01664/2692042-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="532" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>KEN HODGE&hellip;OH Big Line</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;We were getting shots on net but we weren&rsquo;t scoring&rdquo; said Sinden. &ldquo;I thought a shake-up might have some effect.&rdquo;</p><p>It certainly did.</p><p>Although the Bruins dropped their first game with their new alignment 3-2 at Detroit on Nov. 8, they bounced back two nights later at the Garden to bomb Oakland 8-3 with the fantastic total of 63 shots.</p><p>&ldquo;The guys finally were flying and shooting like they should,&rdquo; said Sinden.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just surprised we didn&rsquo;t have more goals. Gary Smith and Charlie Hodge will have to get credit for that.&rdquo;</p><p>Probably the must unusual thing about the change was the separation of Murphy-Esposito-Hodge. This combination scored more points&mdash;263&mdash;last year than any other line in the history of the NHL.</p><p>But while Esposito had eight goals in the first 13 games, Hodge and Murphy were lagging.</p><p>&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t the fault of anyone in particular,&rdquo; said Sinden. &ldquo;Things just weren&rsquo;t clicking the way they should.&rdquo;</p><p>Whether it was the juggling of two lines or just the fact that the slump was due to break anyway, the Johnny Bucyk-Fred Stanfield-Johnny McKenzie line also finally came to life against the Seals.</p><p>Bucyk had nine shots and scored twice, McKenzie had seven shots and also scored twice, Stanfield had eight shots and scored once.</p><p>That&rsquo;s 24 of the 63 Bruins&rsquo; shots and five of the goals.</p><p>Not a bad night&rsquo;s work.</p><p>&ldquo;I finally felt like myself,&rdquo; said Bucyk. &ldquo;I had been feeling kind of punk for almost two weeks. I had some sort of a virus and couldn&rsquo;t seem to get going.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02598/2692035-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="528" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHN BUCYK&hellip;Shook OH Virus</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;But that might everything fell into place and think we&rsquo;ll be all right from now on.&rdquo;</p><p>Actually while the Bruins had fallen from first to fourth place in the East Division standings during the live game slump, they still had lost only three games. They had won seven and had three ties.</p><p>This compared with their 84-1 record of last year at the same point and they had scored five more goals&mdash;47 against 42&hellip;But they also had allowed nine more goals than a year ago&mdash;37 to 28.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the thing Sinden didn&rsquo;t particularly like.</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to keep the goals against down to a minimum&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We like to play an open style of game. At times this leaves us vulnerable.</p><p>&ldquo;But if we play good team defense we can still, play our game and keep the scoring down.</p><p>&ldquo;The main object is to be consistent, though,&rdquo; he concluded. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t be up one night and down the next.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve just got to have everyone working at the same time.&rdquo;</p><p>And if he has to keep changing to achieve this, Sinden certainly has indicated he will change.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Sinden Shakes Up Bruins, Record Line

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div><p><i>&bull; FOR THOSE who anticipated parity was just around the corner for the National Hockey Lea gue, this past wook had to serve as a grim tomindor that East and West are still as competitively apart as the day expansion was thrust on the hotkey world.</i></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01738/2692073-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="266" height="509"></div><p><i>You would expect that after two years of confrontation on the ice, the West would at least start to bridge the gap with their Eastern counterparts. But sadly they haven&rsquo;t. In fact, if the current new season trend continues in the NHL, equalisation could become more distant for the expansionists.</i></p><p><i>The plight of the West was noticeably evident in the last seven days when Eastern division clubs swept to victory in leght their tames scheduled with the new clubs. They tied a ninth and one went into the books as a decision for the West. The pathetic 1-8-1 log enchanced the East&rsquo;s position even more. To date the East has a 79-10-9 record over the West as compared to 30-1 3-6 at this time last season.</i></p><p><i>Scotty Bowman, the youthful but astute mastermind of the St. Louis Blues had a few words about the situation and the top expansion manager-coach didn&rsquo;t speak too kindly of his Western cohorts.</i></p><p><i>Bowman says not to expect any startling change in the figures between this year and last because it is too early in the season, but he readily admits there is a worrisome trend.</i></p><p><i>&ldquo;Now that we&rsquo;re in the league tor the third year, we should be getting better, but we&rsquo;re not,&rdquo; says Bowman, who admits the Western teams have an immensely poorer record having won less games, scored less and the most glaring of all in Scotty&rsquo;s eyes, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve let down defensively and we&rsquo;ve had more goals scored against us.&rdquo; Bowman knows that if the West is to ever catch up to the East the first requiste is to reduce the number of goals scored against them. They are not succeeding in this all important phase tor parity.</i></p><p><i>&bull; BOWMAN ALSO feels that expansion clubs are not doing what they set out to do two years ago. He says the first season the new clubs had something to prove and were compelled to play tight hockey or have eight or nine-goal games shoved down their throats. The situation was unchanged last year. The new clubs still had to play it close but that&rsquo;s where the trouble started in Bowman&rsquo;s opinion. He says the individual players on the Western teams began to get the feel of becoming top scorers and they liked the idea.</i></p><p><i>This season too many of the expansion stars are too preoccupied with scoring goals instead of trying to keep them out and that says Bowman, &ldquo;is our downfall.&rdquo;</i></p><p><i>&ldquo;We are getting clobbered this year simply because we aren&rsquo;t doing what we&rsquo;re supposed to be doing&mdash;playing the Eastern teams up tight.&rdquo;</i></p><p><i>Bowman admits that if things don&rsquo;t change fast the West could be in for a disastrous letdown from which it may never recover.</i><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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West Letdown Seen Setback For NHL Parity

<p>OAKLAND&mdash;</p><p>Things were going from bad to worse for the Oakland Seals as the team dropped farther back in the Western Division race.</p><p>Three losses last week to Eastern teams, plunged the Seals into a tie for fourth place and barely two games out of the depths of the division&rsquo;s cellar position.</p><p>With only four wins in their first 15 games, the Seals were experiencing all sorts of problems and their main trouble was their inability to measure up to the Eastern clubs who had taken them eight times in 10 expansion starts.</p><p>As if it wasn&rsquo;t enough to be losing on the ice. the Seals stood to lose their netminder. big Gary Smith in the committee room. The rangy goaler was on the carpet for allegedly shoving referee Ron Wicks in a game although Smith has steadfastly denied that he did it intentionally. He maintains it was purely accidental and he was off balance when he crashed into Wicks with his elbow.</p><p>NHL President Clarence Campbell is studying the case now and a decision is expected this week.</p><p>Injured centre Earl Ingarfield was back is harness but his presence failed to stop the Seals from rolling backwards. It appeared that Coach Fred Glover has reached a crisis and must find ways to bring the Californians back to their last season form before it is too late.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Eastern Teams Help Put Skids To Seals

<div class="byline">BY VICTOR BERNS</div><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;</p><p>Phll Goyette has gone from the Broadway Blues to the St. Louis Blues and found a happy home.</p><p>The study center, who celehrated his 36th birthday by taking his children trick or treating on Halloween, is now in his 14th season in the National Hockey League and enjoying every shift of it.</p><p>I&rsquo;m having one of mv better starts,&rdquo; Goyette said quietly.</p><p>A good start, indeed! If the handsome playmaker maintains his present pace, he&rsquo;ll more than double the production in his best season of the past 13 years. The best season so far was 24 goals and 41 assists for 65 points in 67 games with the 1B03-64 New York Hangers, Hut this year Govette is setting a blistering pace of nearly two points a game and is among the lenders in the NHL scoring race.</p><p>The Blues made a modest expenditure to pick up Goyette last June, They gave the Rangers their first draft choice in the amateur draft, Goyette had played with the Montreal Cana (liens for six lull seasons before being traded to the Rangers for another six seasons.</p><p>&ldquo;I was a little reluctant to move from Montreal to the Rangers,&rdquo; said the native of Lachine, Que. &ldquo;Hut I really had no reluctance in making the change to the Blues.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a known fact throughout the league that the St. Louis fans are fantastic,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Also I&rsquo;d heard that the Blues&rsquo; manage ment treated the players pretty well, and so far I&rsquo;ve had no disappointments.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I had a few people lecture me about quitting when I was tra ded,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;But I&rsquo;d like Hi day in hockey as long as I can.&rdquo;</p><p>As a member of the Blues. Govette finds himsell in a happy mixture of old pros and brunt youngsters, and he says, &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s ideal,&rdquo;</p><p>Lynn Patrick, the Blues managing director, had said before the season&rsquo;s first faceoft, &ldquo;Goyette definitely fits into out style of play.&rdquo;</p><p>A fan observing the different Styles of the Rangers and the Blues might have doubled that Statement After all. the rushing Rangers force play to the other end of the ice and sometimes get caught up ice, while the defense-minded Blues make sure they&rsquo;re covering all of the opposing players.</p><p>But Patrick once again proved to be right. Goyette, centering Ab McDonald and Ron Anderson on a forward line and McDonald and Gary Sabourin on the power play, has enthusiastically given the Blues a boost and helped put them at the top of the Western Division.</p><p>Red Berenson was the yeoman of the Blues&rsquo; offense last season when he led the Western Division in scoring, and the acquisition of Goyette was intended to take some of the psychological load off Berenson. Goyette hasn&rsquo;t only done that much; but his line has outscored Berenson&rsquo;s and after nearly a month of the season was the highest-scoring line in the NHL.</p><p>The Goyelle-McDonald-Anderson line, put together by coach Scotty Bowman in the final exhibition game, is playing as if the three principals have been together for years.</p><p>Goyette and McDonald played on the Montreal teams of 1958-59 and 1959-60, and Goyette says, &ldquo;Ab knows my ways, and I know his.&rdquo;</p><p>Goyette says of Anderson, his young right wing, &ldquo;Ron is trying very hard; he&rsquo;ll develop into a real good hockey player.&rdquo;</p><p>Bowman has been notorious for swapping players from one line to another in various educated experiments but he&rsquo;s been inclined to leave Goyette, McDonald and Anderson untouched. Bowman had toyed with the idea of swapping Sabourin for Anderson and putting Anderson on Berenson&rsquo;s line. But then the coach expressed some disappointment with Sabourin&rsquo;s recent play and decided to keep the 24-year-old Anderson with his prospering linemates.</p><p>Goyette is enjoying the Blues&rsquo; good start this season but is impatient for even more success and notes that &ldquo;Oakland and Minnesota are winning their share against the other division.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a lot better to get as many points as possible at the start of the season,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Once midseason passes, the pressure is on the rest of them, not on you. At the end of the season, when playoffs are about to roll around, it&rsquo;s a little harder and tighter.&rdquo;</p><p>And, oh yes, that reference by Goyetee to the &ldquo;other division&rdquo; is what the Blues and their fans like to hear. Meaning, of course, the established Eastern Division in which he toiled for 12 full seasons, Goyette gives it the back of his hand with the word &ldquo;other&rdquo; and delights the Mid-western rebels who have watched the Blues put some dents in the establishment.</p><p>To paraphrase Patrick&rsquo;s earlier remark: Goyette not only fits the Blues&rsquo; style of play, he also fits the Blues&rsquo; style.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Change Of Scenery Puts Veteran Goyette In Orbit

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Cooper

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01724/2692190-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="299" height="373"></div><h2><b><i>Rangers Get Rotted&hellip;Almost</i></b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>W</span>HEN THE ROLLING STONES,</b> the hottest of the pop groups, became available for a Saturday night in November, The Fabulous Forum, the hottest of the arena groups, booked them, moving a Kings&rsquo; game with New York Rangers down to that afternoon. Pop concerts are boffo biz here: Unfortunately, some-one forgot to notify the Rangers. When Emile Francis of the Rangers discovered the fact, he was furious. While the Kings would be resting, his Rangers would be flying in to play the Seals on Friday night, then fly tn to face the Kings the next afternoon. The Cat threatened to wait to show up at the original night time, then claim a forfeit. However, cooler heads, possibly those siting on the shoulders of the team&rsquo;s bosses, Jack Kent Cooke and Bill Jennings, prevailed, Francis relented with the help of a chartered plane provided by Cooke.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02639/2692183-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="555" height="977"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ROD GILBERT&hellip;Swings On and Off Ice</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll play,&rdquo; Francis said, &ldquo;though I think the least the L.A. people could do is provide tickets to the concerts for us.&rdquo; And play the Rangers did, trimming the Kings handily, 4-1, though tiring fast at the finish. &ldquo;We worked everyone short shifts and held on.&rdquo; Francis sighed later. &ldquo;We have a better team, but you don&rsquo;t beat these teams every game and we were set up to lose one we figured to win.&rdquo; The way the Rangers are playing, however, they can beat anyone, day or night, with or without rest, which is the way it is with hot teams. They are a threat to Boston and both are threats to Montreal.</p><p>It was not so long ago the Rangers were not a good team, but now they are, primarily because of Francis, not only an inspirational leader, but a shrewd one. He was a key figure in the development of Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelie, Walt Tkaczuk and Jim Neilson on the farm and the drafting of Brad Park. Vic Hadfield also was drafted. And Francis made two great trades&mdash;four minor players for Ed Giacomin. and two used-up ones (Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney) for Rod Seiling, Bob Nevin. Arnie Brown and others. Giacomin is 30, but a gifted and durable goalie. Park is only 21 and with Seiling, 25. Brown. 27, and Neilson, 28, provides longterm defense insurance. Tkaczuk is only 22 and with the forward stars Gilbert, Ratelie and Hadfield, only 28 or 29 each, provides offensive power at its peak. The odd Ranger has age, but the basic team is young and just arriving at the top.</p><h2><b><i>Mod Rod, A Coot Character</i></b></h2><p>Gilbert is a typical Ranger. He is only 5-9 and 175 pounds, had to survive a serious back injury and operation and must endure discomfort to play, but he can skate, handle the puck and shoot and he is tough. In seven full seasons with Rangers, he has scored 20 or more goals five times and he has scored 28 or 29 goals each of the last three seasons. Yet it is not enough for his critics, who demand champs. He is young and extremely handsome and he wears his hair and sideburns long in the current style and he dresses in the new mod manner and he is a bachelor who likes girls and he plays in the New York, so the writers want him to be bigger than life, to be another Bobby Hull, which he is not. This season there have been countless magazine articles about him wondering if this is the time he finally will live up to all that is expected of him.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m used to it and I don&rsquo;t pay much attention to it any more,&rdquo; Rod said after the Kings&rsquo; game. &ldquo;All I can do is go out there and do my best. In recent seasons I feel I&rsquo;ve played as well as I can. I don&rsquo;t think that&rsquo;s been too bad. I could score more goals if I just concentrated on that, but on this team we&rsquo;re expected to make plays and work on defense, too. Coach Francis stresses team play and extra effort at both ends of the ice, and that&rsquo;s the way I like to play the game, too. Perhaps it curtails some of the individual statistics, but it&rsquo;s very satisfying to play hockey the way it was meant to be played and if it translates into team victories, that&rsquo;s what really counts. We&rsquo;ve become winners in recent years and now we seem to be on the verge of going all the way in the next couple of years, so I&rsquo;m content.&rdquo;</p><p>His long, wavy hair was mussed and sweat ran down his good-looking face. He seemed tired, but exhilarated. &ldquo;Winning makes it possible to enjoy life.&rdquo; he smiled. He does enjoy life. He is a celebrity in a big town, dates pretty girls, frequents the plush spots. He makes a good salary. He can afford good things, like nice clothes. As he dressed. we noticed his tie. A blind man wouldn&rsquo;t have missed it. It was about four inches wide and was colored red. white and blue, black, brown and tan, orange, yellow and green, purple, mauve, ochre, persimmon, and a few off-beat colors. One might say things are bright for the Rangers these days, both on and off the ice.</p><p>&ldquo;I guess things could be worse.&rdquo; Francis grinned. Indeed, they could be. For example, the Rangers could have gotten tickets to the RollingyStones show. Actually, two concerts. 7 and 11 p.m. were scheduled, and all 38,000 seats were sold out in advance. The first show didn&rsquo;t begin until almost 9, the second until 1 the next morning. Some of the fans waited six or seven hours and the last show didn&rsquo;t break up until 5 a.m. Most didn&rsquo;t seem to mind. They had an inner glow going. And the Forum family didn&rsquo;t mind the glowing 45,000 attendance in 12 hours and 57,000 over two days, with a basketball game thrown in, which may be records for indoor arenas. The Rangers were luckv. The Kings could have asked them to plav the game right after the concerts.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY GLENN REDMANN</div><p>TWIN CITIES&mdash;</p><p>Operation shake-up has paid quick dividends for Wren Blair and his Minnesota North Stars.</p><p>After suffering through a pair of humiliating losses on the road, first to Pittsburgh (6-3) and then Philadelphia (6-2), Blair did some juggling among his No. 2 and 3 lines.</p><p>Ray Cullen who had been centering J.P. Parise and Bill Goldsworthy on the No. 2 unit, was moved to the middle on the No. 3 line.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03526/2692221-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="258" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tommy Williams</b></figcaption></div><p>In Cully&rsquo;s place came Tommy Williams, who had been slow rounding into shape in the NHL club&rsquo;s first six or seven games.</p><p>Charlie Burns, the No. 3 line centerman, moved over to left wing in place of Bob Barlow with Billy Collins remaining on the right side.</p><p>So what happened?</p><p>In the first game under the new alignment, Collins and Goldsworthy scored goals that helped the Stars earn a well-deserved 2-2 tie at Montreal.</p><p>And in the next encounter, Goldsworthy&rsquo;s hat trick proved to be the spark in a 5-2 victbry over St. Louis.</p><p>Left alone in Operation Shake-up was the No. 1 line of Danny O&rsquo;Shea between ex-Canadiens Danny Grant and Capt. Claude Larose, but even that unit became unglued when Larose went on the shelf with a sprained left knee early in the St. Louis tilt.</p><p>Larose&rsquo;s place was taken by Barlow, the 34-year-old rookie, who promptly chipped in with a pair of assists on goals by Grant and O&rsquo;Shea which put the big win over the Blues on ice.</p><p>Said Blair, the energetic manager-coach, of the shalke-up:</p><p>&ldquo;I had to do something after we gave up six goals in each of those games against Pittsburgh and Philly.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always felt that Williams could do a job at center. I used him there when he first broke into pro hockey at Kingston eight or nine years ago.&rdquo;</p><p>And do a job Williams did in the St. Louis game which was the Stars first regular-season, home-ice victory over the Blues in exactly two years to the day.</p><p>The former U.S. Olympic star who missed two-thirds of last season after undergoing knee surgery led one rush after another and was credited with assists on the first and third goals by right winger Goldsworthy.</p><p>Parise, who like Goldy and Tommy came out of the Boston organization, had a hand in all three of Bill&rsquo;s goals to run his assist total to nine.</p><p>J.P.&rsquo;s specialty is digging in the corners and, like Goldsworthy said after the game, &ldquo;if Jeep and Tommy keep getting the puck to me like that, I should be able to score twice as many goals as I did last season.&rdquo;</p><p>That would be 28 since the big blonde out of Kitchener, Ont. finished with 14 in 1968-69 after a pitifully slow start.</p><p>The loss of veteran Leo Boivin for from two to three weeks with a broken bone in his left foot forced Blair to do some shuffling on the back line, too.</p><p>Wren&rsquo;s first move to shore up that position wass the recall of Tom Reid from the club&rsquo;s Iowa farm club, and the rugged former Black Hawk chattel acquitted himself admirably.</p><p>Barry Gibbs returned to action in the St. Louis tilt after being out for seven games with a severe charley horse.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Operation ‘Shake Up’ Brings Speedy Results As North Stars Roll

<p><b>Are you happy with the shape of NHL expansion so far?</b></p><p><b>WARREN BRANSBY,</b> floor-covering magnate. Area-dia; Calif:</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy with it so far. I think it&rsquo;s been done extremely well, better than in any other sport. However, I do think it has been carried as far as it should be carried for a few years. They&rsquo;re talking about adding two more teams nextseason and I think they&rsquo;regoing too far. We&rsquo;ve doubled the NHL from six to 12 teams and I think we should wait 1 until the six new teams are on a level with the six old teams before spreading the talent further vet.&rdquo;</p><p><b>THOMAS T1ERNEN,</b> movie-studio handyman. Hollywood. Calif.:</p><p>&ldquo;Yes. The established teams have been reasonably? generous with the expansion teamsand while the old teams are still too good for the new? teams, few of the meetings &lsquo;between them are mismatches. I used to live in New i York and it wasn&rsquo;t very exciting to have the same old teams, only five visitors. coming in all the time. Now. i there is great variety with 11 teams, and next year 13. guess, and it&rsquo;s a real big league. coast to coast, which it i didn&rsquo;t used to be.&rdquo;</p><p><b>ROGER DEMLEN</b> insurance salesman, Oakland, i Calif:</p><p>&ldquo;No. The new teams seem, as far away from parity as they were when expansion began, yet now they&rsquo;re talking about bringing two new teams in next season. And they&rsquo;re charging eight million each&rsquo; team is it? Which is four times as much as they charged when expansion began, which is too much, as has been proven in Oakland and Pittsburgh, and which is terribly unfair to Vancouver.&rdquo;</p><p><b>SALLY ROSSBERRY,</b> clerk. Los Angeles:</p><p>&ldquo;Yes. up to a point. I&rsquo;m? from Canada and love hockey and I&rsquo;m glad I get to see good hockey in Los Angeles, but the teams aren&rsquo;t progressing as fast as I&rsquo;d hoped they would. The best of the new teams. St. Louis, is an old team without much future. The owners talk about patiently building with young players. 3 but they wind up with old players. I think the fans like? to see promising young aces. Mv boy friend told me the new teams traded away the chance to draft young players for old players. If that&rsquo;s true I&rsquo;m mad. If it&rsquo;s not. he&rsquo;s in trouble for telling me so.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

THE FANS’ CORNER

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT&mdash;</p><p>Roger Crozier wore a mask for an entire National Hockey League game for the first on Halloween&hellip;it wasn&rsquo;t a treat but it did the trick.</p><p>Crozier, making a belated start because of a recurrence of his stomach malady on the eve of the season, won the game, 3-1. in Oakland as the Detroit Red completed their first California sweep in six tries.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01705/2692283-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="263" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Roger Crozier</b></figcaption></div><p>Crozier is wearing a mask to make management happy. There&rsquo;s been no direct order but general manager Sid Abel has been after him to do it for several seasons&hellip;well, really, since the pressures built so much that Crozier quit hockey and fled to the northern Ontario woods two years ago.</p><p>Roger was spectacular his first two years. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as top rookie in 1964-65 and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as outstanding playoff performer the next year even though Montreal beat Detroit in the Stanley Cup finals.</p><p>But in 1966-67 his goals against average soared to 3.35 and the Red Wings finished in fifth place. Then, just a month into the 1967-68 season. Crozier chucked it and went home, saying he&rsquo;d forgotten how to play the game.</p><p>And with Roger, it was no game. It was a gut-churning experience and Crozier has a bad stomach, a chronic pancreas condition which nearly killed him one summer.</p><p>&ldquo;Some guys play 20 years and don&rsquo;t go through what I&rsquo;ve gone through already,&rdquo; the prematurely balding. 27-vear-old goalkeeper said:</p><p>Management felt wearing a&rsquo;mask might give Roger a little more piece of mind but he resisted it even though Terry Sawchuk tried to talk him into it, telling him that it had given him a new lease on life and extended his career.</p><p>Roy Edwards, the other half of Detroit&rsquo;s goalkeeping team, became a firm believer in the mask last season and finished with the fourth best goals against average in the NHL, a nifty 2.54.</p><p>Crozier finally gave in and during training camp said he&rsquo;d go with the mask&hellip;and he did and played brilliantly during the exhibition season. Then, just before the season opened, he went off his rigid dietary setup and had another pancreatitis attack that hospitalized him for a week.</p><p>&ldquo;They gave me hell at the hospital,&rdquo; Crozier said. &ldquo;It was my fault&hellip;I had something I wasn&rsquo;t supposed to&hellip;I thought I was over this. But, I&rsquo;ve found that it&rsquo;s going to stay with me always.&rdquo;</p><p>So, just as he&rsquo;s resigned himself to his malady, so did he resign himself to the mask.</p><p>&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t give me any more piece of mind. You don&rsquo;t say to yourself &lsquo;Now that you&rsquo;ve got a mask on, dive in.&rsquo; It&rsquo;s awkward and don&rsquo;t let anyone tell you that you don&rsquo;t lose the puck sometimes because of it.</p><p>&ldquo;It I could get away without wearing one, I would. But everyone seemed to think it would be a good idea. I&rsquo;m in the adjusting stage now and the longer I wear it, I imagine it will be harder to dispose of it&hellip;that it&rsquo;ll just become another piece of equipment.&rdquo;</p><p>It seems that more is involved, really, than just a piece of protective fiberglas with eye holes and air holes, that it&rsquo;s really a struggle within him.</p><p>When Crozier returned after his nearly three months in the woods two years ago, he said he was going to come up with a new attitude on the game, that he wasn&rsquo;t going to take every game home at night and play it all out again.</p><h2>Meet The Rookies</h2><p><b>The Philadelphia Flyers experienced two unexpected surprises this season during training camp. One was Bob Clarice and the other Lew Morrison. If anyone had told the Flyers that Morrison, a first-year pro last season with Quebec Aces, was ready to make the jump from junior to the NHL in a span of two years, they would had little response from the club brass. But Morrison did it after an impressive camp and he&rsquo;s doing all right for a 21-year-old fresh out of the Flin Flon Junior Bombers&rsquo; ranks in 1967-68. The six-foot, 185-pound right wing wasn&rsquo;t too prolific as a scorer with the Aces either. He only had 12 goals in 70 games.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02651/2692276-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1164" height="998"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEW MORRISON&hellip;Flyers&rsquo; Surprise Package</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Crozier’s Net Play Perks Up And Veteran Credits Fate Mask

<p>Following are the latest player movements in hockey:</p><h2><b>NATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;<b>Terry Ball, Rosaire Paiement and Serge Bernier,</b> forwards, recalled from Quebec of AHL.</p><p>BOSTON&mdash;<b>Don Marcotte,</b> forward, recalled from Hershev of AHL.</p><p>MINNESOTA&mdash;<b>Dick Redmond,</b> defenseman, returned to Iowa of CHL.</p><p>MONTREAL&mdash;<b>Dick Duff</b>, forward, rejoined team. Pete <b>Mahovlich,</b> forward, returned to Montreal Vovageurs of AHL.</p><p>CHICAGO&mdash;<b>Bobby Hull,</b> forward, rejoined team and placed on active list.</p><p>DETROIT&mdash;<b>Brian Gibbons,</b> defenseman, recalled from Fort Worth of CHL and assigned to Cleveland of AHL.</p><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;<b>Al Smith,</b> goalkeeper, and <b>Bob Blackburn,</b> defenseman, assigned to Baltimore of AHL.</p><h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2><p>ROCHESTER&mdash;<b>Bronco Horvath,</b> forward, released. <b>Gerry Goyer,</b> forward, secured from Portland of WHL.</p><p>BALTIMORE&mdash;<b>Paul Hoganson,</b> goalkeeper, sent to Fort Wayne of IHL. <b>Bob Cunningham,</b> forward. assigned to Denver of WHL. <b>Keke Mortson,</b> forward, sold outright to Vancouver of WHL.</p><p>BUFFALO&mdash;<b>Don Giesebrecht,</b> forward, returned toi Kansas Citv of CHL.</p><p>QUEBEC&mdash;<b>Gilles Bare ville,</b> goalkeeper, recalled from Seattle of WHL.</p><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;<b>Jean Potvin,</b> forward, added to roster.</p><h2><b>CENTRAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p>OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash;<b>Garry Braun,</b> defenseman, called up from Syracuse of EHL on five-game pro trvout.</p><p>KANSAS CITY&mdash;<b>Gary Edwards,</b> goalkeeper, sent to San Diego of WHL in exchange for <b>Bob Champoux,</b> goalkeeper.</p><h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><p>FORT WAYNE&mdash;<b>Ken Lockett,</b> goalkeeper, left team and returned to home in Toronto.</p><p>FLINT <b>&mdash;Terry Lei son,</b> forward, released.</p><h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p>SYRACUSE&mdash;<b>Doug Ferguson,</b> forward rejoined team off inactive list.</p><p>NEW HAVEN&mdash;<b>Chuck Stuart,</b> forward, joined team after trade from Charlotte of EHL.</p><p>LONG ISLAND&mdash;<b>Dennis Henderson</b>, defenseman, released.</p><p>SALEM&mdash;<b>Paul Grills</b> and <b>J.C. Garneau</b>, forwards, placed on an injury list. <b>George Forgie</b>, forwards, placed on injury of EHL in return for Claude Piche, forward. <b>Bob Lacey</b>, forward, secured from Clinton of EHL on loan.</p><p>NEW&rsquo; JERSEY&mdash;<b>Jack Crandlemire</b>, goalkeeper, released. <b>Ron McPherson</b> and <b>Rene Lavigueur</b>, forwards, released. Ted Szydlowski, signed off inactive list.</p><p>JOHNSTOWN&mdash;<b>Joe Beggs</b> and <b>Dave Hunt</b>, forwards, released.</p><p>GREENSBORO&mdash;<b>Ron Muir</b>, forward, placed on inactive list.</p><p>JACKSONVILLE&mdash;<b>Harold White</b>, forward, rejoined team off inactive list. <b>Michel Plasse</b>, goalkeeper, secured from Cleveland of AHL.</p><p>CHARLOTTE&mdash;<b>Bob Graham</b>, defenseman, released.</p><p>NASHVILLE&mdash;<b>Bob Foster</b>, defenseman, and Jean St. Cyr, forward, released.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY BYRON YAKE</div><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;</p><p>Suddenly, the Pittsburgh Penguins looked like an expansion club.</p><p>After 11 games they had the record of an expansion club and were just one point out of last place.</p><p>But there was hope. Red Kelly&rsquo;s club time and again outshot and outplayed its opponents, only to lose where it counts&mdash;in the score. And they were only four points out of first place even though they were clinging to the top edge of the basement. The Penguins had only one man in the top 25 NHL scorers and that was a defenseman&mdash;Bob Woytowich&mdash;with 10 points in 12 games.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01724/2692338-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="259" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Woytowich</b></figcaption></div><p>The Detroit Red Wings came to the Civic Arena and the Penguins had a few things to even up.</p><p>The game before in Detroit the Pens had taken a 3-1 lead only to lose when the 41-year-old Gordie Howe scored three goals in the last period for his 19th career hat trick.</p><p>In Pittsburgh it started out all Penguins. They met the Red Wings at center ice and stopped their drives with aggressive forechecking. In the first 15 minutes Detroit managed only one shot on goalie Les Binkley. In 19 minutes the Red Wings got three shots.</p><p>Then bang, A goal with 43 seconds to go in the first period and two in the first two minutes of the second period, all coming after obvious Penguin mistakes.</p><p>The Penguins did get two goals later, but you had the feeling all the time they would go for naught.</p><p>It was the way the Red Wings scored that raised Kelly&rsquo;s ire.</p><p>&ldquo;They worked their heads off,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But sometimes I think we treat them like cousins. We start off well and then make the boobs.&rdquo;</p><p>The Penguins had definitely outplayed the Red Wings. Goalie Roger Crozier was asked what he does when he is saving twice as many shots as his opponent.</p><p>&ldquo;Pray,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>Crozier, for the night, stopped 34 of 36 Penguin shots. Detroit managed 18 shots; four went in.</p><p>One goal came when Garry Unger intercepted a shot in front of the Pittsburgh net and scored unassisted. The next one came when Howe wiggled away the puck from Val Fonteyne and slid a pass to Frank Mahovlich who scored. But it was the third one that got Kelly.</p><p>&ldquo;We have a play on face off. It&rsquo;s man to man. But one guy lets a man loose, a defenseman who is supposed to be on the left side is on the right and a defenseman who is supposed to be on the right is on the left. We give the puck to them.&rdquo;</p><p>Bruce MacGregor, the man who got loose, took a pass from Nick Libbet and Gary Bergman across the front of the net and drove it past Binkley who was screened out. The Red Wings went on to win 4-2.</p><p>The pattern of playing well in the first period continued the next game against the Chicago Black Hawks. But the Pens again missed the net and rookie goaltender Tony Esposito took care of the rest.</p><p>The Pens led 1-0 on Woyto-wich&rsquo;s third goal of the season, but former Penguin Lou Angotti swept around Glen Sather three minutes later, faked Binkley and scored from close range.</p><p>Stan Mikita blasted a 60-foot shot which struck the crossbar and dropped into the net with 38 seconds left in the period while the Penguins were shorthanded.</p><p>Then Jim Pappin and Pat Stapleton added goals for the final 4-1 score.</p><p>The Penguins outshot the Black Hawks 31-20, but after Chicago took the lead the Pens were forced to press, making the Black Hawks, work easier.</p><p>&ldquo;They can&rsquo;t put the puck in the ocean,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to take them down to a pier and see if they can hit the water.&rdquo;</p><p>You couldn&rsquo;t blame Kelly for letting his feelings show. The Penguins had just lost their third straight game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Kelly Angered As Penguins Blow Carnes But Team Showing Signs Of Improvement

<div class="byline">By Gordon Howe</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01715/2692383-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><p><b>Only Gordie Howe could have written this book.</b></p><p>Here are full facts on conditioning, equipment, skating, stickhandling and passing, and shooting to score. Here also is invaluable information on playing and coaching for the goalkeeper, the defenceman, the forward line, power play and defence; on injuries and how to avoid them, and a complete section on the official and players&rsquo; attitudes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02662/2692376-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="539" height="839"></div><p>Fully illustrated, and with complete information for every hockey enthusiast, there can be no doubt that this is the most valuable instruction book on hockey ever written.</p><p>As Gordie Howe says in his opening words: &ldquo;There is nothing complicated about learning to play hockey so wel that you can enjoy playing it, and it will teach you to be a good winner and gracious loser&hellip;qualities you will carry all through your life.&rdquo;</p><p>For every budding hockey player, and certainly every sports library, this book is a must.</p><p><b>FREE WITH EVERY PURCHASE</b></p><p>A copy of Brian McFarlane&rsquo;s best-selling book:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03565/2692369-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="303" height="436"></div><p><b>50 Years of Hockey</b></p><p>An intimate, and fully illustrated, history of the National Hockey League. With completely updated records and statistics.</p><h2>RESERVE NOW * USE THIS ORDER FORM</h2><p><b>HOCKEY&hellip;Here&rsquo;s Howe</b></p><p>TO, HOCKEY NEWS, 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal 101, Canada.</p><p>Please send me&hellip;copies of &ldquo;HOCKEY&hellip;Here&rsquo;s Howe&rdquo; by Gordon Howe at the special pre-publication price of $2.95 each. I enclose payment in full. Please also send me FREE a copy of &ldquo;50 Years of Hockey&rdquo; by Brian McFarlane.</p><p>NAME&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;</p><p>ADDRESS&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;</p><p>CITY&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;</p><p>STATE OR PROVINCE&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;ZIP CODE&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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TOP 25 SCORERS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04347/2692466-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg"></div><p><b>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 19)</b></p><h2><b>EAST DIVISION</b></h2><h2><b>WEST DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05259/2692459-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="1116" height="303"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Mon. Nov. 10</b></p><p>Montreal 6 at Los Angeles 3</p><p>Oakland 3 at Boston 8</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 12</b></p><p>Montreal 5 at Oakland 0</p><p>Pittsburgh 3 at Toronto 0</p><p>Detroit 2 at New York 4</p><p>Philadelphia 2 at Minnesota 4</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 13</b></p><p>Detroit 1 at Boston 3</p><p>Pittsburgh 0 at St. Louis 4</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 15</b></p><p>Montreal 3 at St. Louis 2</p><p>New York 6 at Boston 5</p><p>Philadelphia 2 at Toronto 4</p><p>Detroit 2 at Minnesota 2</p><p>Oakland 2 at Chicago 3</p><p>Los Angeles 1 at Pittsburgh 3</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Montreal 0 at Chicago 1</p><p>St. Louis 2 at New York 4</p><p>Los Angeles 4 at Boston 7</p><h2><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h2><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Detroit at Montreal</p><p>Los Angeles at Toronto</p><p>New York at Chicago</p><p>St. Louis at Pittsburgh</p><p>Oakland at Philadelphia</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 20</b></p><p>Los Angeles at Philadelphia</p><p>Minnesota at St. Louis</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Boston at Chicago</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>Oakland at Montreal</p><p>Detroit at Toronto</p><p>New York at St. Louis</p><p>Philadelphia at Pittsburgh</p><p>Los Angeles at Minnesota</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 23</b></p><p>Montreal at Boston</p><p>Toronto at Philadelphia</p><p>Oakland at New York</p><p>Pittsburgh at Chicago</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Montreal at Toronto</p><p>Boston at New York</p><p>Detroit at Philadelphia</p><p>Los Angeles at Chicago</p><p>Pittsburgh at Minnesota</p><p>Oakland at St. Louis</p><p><b>Thu rs. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Philadelphia at Boston</p><p>Los Angeles at Detroit<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE NHL SCENE

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Looking At NHL Coolers

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01682/2692647-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="859" height="581"></div><h2><b>Game-By-Game Summaries</b></h2><h3><b>Mon, Nov. 10 BOSTON 8 AT OAKLAND 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02636/2692640-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="582" height="881"></div><h3><b>MONTREAL 6 AT LOS ANGELES 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03591/2692633-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="582" height="702"></div><h3><b>Wed, Nov. 12 MONTREAL 5 AT LOS ANGELES 0</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04540/2692626-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="584" height="483"></div><h3><b>DETROIT 2 AT NEW YORK 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05445/2692619-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="586" height="677"></div><h3><b>PITTSBURGH 3 AT TORONTO 0</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06379/2692612-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="598" height="471"></div><h3><b>PHILADELPHIA 2 AT MINNESOTA 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07349/2692605-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="586" height="631"></div><h3><b>Thurs, Nov. 13 PITTSBURGH 0 AT ST. LOUIS 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08327/2692598-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="585" height="629"></div><h3><b>DETROIT 1 AT BOSTON 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09311/2692591-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="586" height="638"></div><h3><b>Sat, Nov. 15 MONTREAL 3 AT ST. LOUIS 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10289/2692584-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="580" height="558"></div><h3><b>NEW YORK 6 AT BOSTON 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11264/2692577-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="580" height="867"></div><h3><b>DETROIT 2 AT MINNESOTA 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12231/2692570-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="587" height="490"></div><h3><b>PHILADELPHIA 2 AT TORONTO 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13197/2692563-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="582" height="586"></div><h3><b>OAKLAND 2 AT CHICAGO 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14166/2692556-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="582" height="583"></div><h3><b>LOS ANGELES 1 AT PITTSBURGH 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15136/2692549-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="579" height="508"></div><h3><b>Sun, Nov. 16 MONTREAL 0 AT CHICAGO 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1696/2692542-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="575" height="424"></div><h3><b>ST. LOUIS 2 AT NEW YORK 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1775/2692535-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="586" height="601"></div><h3><b>LOS ANGELES 4 AT BOSTON 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1863/2692528-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="580" height="853"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

<h2>MONTREAL</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Lome Worsley</p><p>Rogatien Vachon</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Jacques Laperriere</p><p>Guy Lapointe</p><p>Ted Harris</p><p>Serge Savard</p><p>Terry Harper</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Jean Beliveau</p><p>Ralph Bockstrom</p><p>Dick Duff</p><p>Claude Provost</p><p>Bobby Rousseau</p><p>Henri Richard</p><p>Yvon Cournoyer</p><p>John Ferguson</p><p>Chris Bordeleau</p><p>Mickey Redmond</p><p>Jacques Lemaire</p><h2>ST. LOUIS</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Jacques Plante</p><p>Ernie Wakely</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Ray Fortin</p><p>Al Arbour</p><p>Noel Picard</p><p>Bob Plager</p><p>Barclay Plager</p><p>Jim Roberts</p><p>Jean-Guy Talbot</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Red Berenson</p><p>Frank St. Marseille</p><p>Phil Goyette</p><p>Gory Sabourin</p><p>Tim Ecclestone</p><p>BillMcCreary</p><p>Ron Anderson</p><p>Larry Keenan</p><p>Andre Boudnas</p><p>Ab McDonald</p><p>Camille Henry</p><h2>BOSTON</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Gerry Cheevers</p><p>Ed Johnston</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Bobby Orr</p><p>Rick Smith</p><p>Dallas Smith</p><p>Gary Doak</p><p>Don Awrey</p><h3>FORWARD</h3><p>Ken Hodge</p><p>John Bucyk</p><p>Wayne Cashman</p><p>Garnet Bailey</p><p>Fred Stanfield</p><p>Ed Westfall</p><p>John McKenzie</p><p>Phil Esposito</p><p>Jim Harrison</p><p>Jim Lorentz</p><p>Ron Murphy</p><h2>OAKLAND</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Gary Smith</p><p>Charlie Hodge</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Doug Roberts</p><p>Wayne Muloin</p><p>Carol Vadnais</p><p>Dick Mattiussi</p><p>Bert Marshall</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Billy Hicke</p><p>Gerry Ehman</p><p>Ted Hampson</p><p>Don O&rsquo;Donoghue</p><p>Gary Jarrett</p><p>Joe Hardy</p><p>Mike Laughton</p><p>Norm Ferguson</p><p>Brian Perry</p><p>Bob Dillabough</p><p>Tony Featherstone</p><h2>CHICAGO</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Denis Dejordy</p><p>Tony Esposito</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Keith Magnuson</p><p>Doug Jarrett</p><p>Ray McKay</p><p>Pat Stapleton</p><p>Gilles Marotte</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Lou Angotti</p><p>Pit Martin</p><p>Jim Pappin</p><p>Bobby Hull</p><p>Dennis Hull</p><p>Doug Mohns</p><p>Terry Caffery</p><p>Eric Nesterenko</p><p>Chico Maki</p><p>Cliff Koroll</p><p>Jim Wiste</p><p>Stan Mikita</p><p>Gerry Pinder</p><p>Howie Menard</p><h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Bemie Parent</p><p>Doug Favell</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Ed Van Impe</p><p>Joe Watson</p><p>Larry Hillman</p><p>Wayne Hillman</p><p>Ralph MacSweyn</p><p>Dick Cherry</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Earl Heiskala</p><p>Andre Lacroix</p><p>Simon Nolet</p><p>Jean-Guy Gendron</p><p>Dick Sarrazin</p><p>Reg Fleming</p><p>Bill Sutherland</p><p>Gary Dornhoefer</p><p>Bob Clarke</p><p>Lew Morrison</p><p>Terry Ball</p><h2>DETROIT</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Roy Edwards</p><p>Roger Crozier</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Gary Bergman</p><p>Bob Baun</p><p>Carl Brewer</p><p>Poul Popiel</p><p>Ron Harris</p><p>Matt Ravlich</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Gary Unger</p><p>Gordie Howe</p><p>Alex Delvecchio</p><p>Garry Monahan</p><p>Bruce MacGregor</p><p>Nick Libett</p><p>Hank Monteith</p><p>Wayne Connelly</p><p>Pete Stemkowski</p><p>Frank Mahovlich</p><p>Rick McCann</p><p>Billy Dea</p><h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Les Binkley</p><p>Joe Daley</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Duane Rupp</p><p>Bob Woytowich</p><p>Bryan Watson</p><p>Tracy Pratt</p><p>Jim Morrison</p><p>Mike McMahon</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Bryan Hextali</p><p>Keith McCreary</p><p>Vai Fonteyne</p><p>Nick Harbaruk</p><p>Ken Srhinkel</p><p>Glen Sather</p><p>Ron Schock</p><p>Wally Boyer</p><p>Jean Pronovost</p><p>Dean Prentice</p><p>Michel Briere</p><h2>TORONTO</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Bruce Gamble</p><p>Marv Edwards</p><p>John Bower</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Tim Horton</p><p>Ricky Ley</p><p>Mike Pelyk</p><p>Pat Quinn</p><p>Jim Dorey</p><p>Brian Glennie</p><p>Randy Murray</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Jim McKenny</p><p>Ron Ellis</p><p>Murray Oliver</p><p>Wayne Carleton</p><p>Dave Keon</p><p>Brit Selby</p><p>Mike Walton</p><p>Floyd Smith</p><p>Paul Henderson</p><p>Bob Pulford</p><p>Terry Clancy</p><p>Ron Ward</p><p>Norm Ullman</p><h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Gerry Desjardins</p><p>Claude Hardy</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Dale Rolfe</p><p>Brent Hughes</p><p>Bob Wall</p><p>Dale Hoganson</p><p>Larry Cahan</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Eddie Joyal</p><p>Eddie Shack</p><p>Dennis Hextail</p><p>Jim Peters</p><p>Bill Flett</p><p>Ted Irvine</p><p>Skip Krake</p><p>Howie Hughes</p><p>Bryan Campbell</p><p>Ross Lonsberry</p><p>Leon Rochefort</p><h2>NEW YORK</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Ed Giacomin</p><p>Terry Sawchuk</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>Brad Park</p><p>Amie Brown</p><p>Jim Neilson</p><p>Rod Seiling</p><p>Allan Hamilton</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Rod Gilbert</p><p>Bob Nevin</p><p>Real Lemieux</p><p>Bill Fairbairn</p><p>Vic Hadfield</p><p>Ron Stewart</p><p>Dave Balon</p><p>Walt Tkaczuk</p><p>Jean Ratelie</p><p>Juha Widing</p><p>Don Marshall</p><h2>MINNESOTA</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3><p>Ken Broderick</p><p>Cesare Maniago</p><h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3><p>John Miszuk</p><p>Leo Boivin</p><p>Lou Nanne</p><p>Tom Polanic</p><p>Darryl Sly</p><p>Barry Gibbs</p><p>Tom Reid</p><h3>FORWARDS</h3><p>Danny O&rsquo;Shea</p><p>Bill Goldsworthy</p><p>Chazlie Bums</p><p>Ray Cullen</p><p>Jean-PaulParise</p><p>Tommy Williams</p><p>Bob Barlow</p><p>Claude Larose</p><p>Bill Collins</p><p>Danny Grant<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

National League Rosters

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><p><b><i>&ldquo;You like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</i></b></p><p><b><i>&ldquo;You like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;</i></b></p><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>Prior to this season, a revitalized Los Angeles Kings team was considered a possible contender for the Western Division pennant if defending champion St. Louis fell off a bit. After one full month of the season, it appears the Kings will be struggling all season merely to make the playoffs.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01680/2692702-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="271" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Hal Laycoe</b></figcaption></div><p>They no longer are the youngest group in the NHL, though they remain the youngest of the expansion teams. A young team with many new players and a new coach, facing a difficult early schedule, the Kings figured to get off to a slow start. This, they have done.</p><p>They opened with three on the road, all of which they lost by decisive margins. They they had eight games over four straight weeks at home, but six of the eight were against the established Eastern Division teams. They beat the last-place Eastern team and the only two expansion foes they faced. Their three wins came against the three weakest foes they faced.</p><p>Had they faced more fellow expansionists, they probably would have won a couple more. As it was, they lost five of their last six at home.</p><p>By the time this reaches print, the Kings will be well into the toughest road tour in their history&mdash;nine games in 17 nights. Four of three games are against expansion foes. If by the time they return home Dec. 3 they have not won three or four of these games, they will be in a hole from which it will be tough to dig out all season. History is against games on the road all last season.</p><p>Two seasons ago, in their first season, the Kings lost only four of their first 11, providing a padding which softened a later slump and enabled them to finish second in their division, only two games below .500. Last season, they lost five of their first 11 and then slipped steadily winding up fourth, 18 games below .500. This-season, they lost eight of their first 11, and stood last in the entire NHL.</p><p>One or two key players have been letting down critically in almost every game. Technically, the Kings&rsquo; key flaws have been that they give away the puck too much and that, while they have been making some good plays, they have been shooting poorly. In their most recent losses, Kings missed several wide-open nets completely from close in.</p><p>After the 6-3 loss to Montreal which concluded the Kings&rsquo; home stand, coach Hal Laycoe commented thay &ldquo;If there are any tougher teams for us to play, they must be in some league above this one.&rdquo; He quizzed a Montreal writer as to whether this had been one of Montreal&rsquo;s better games. The writer couldn&rsquo;t understand the question at first, and finally said simply that it was not. Another Montreal writer shrugged and said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m afraid the Kings don&rsquo;t have much.</p><p>Actually, they do have some good talent though it does appear now they are still far from parity with established foes. They have some players in the minors at Springfield in the American League who are going good and perhaps deserve to prove they can do better in the NHL than some of the Kings have been doing.</p><p>However, at the end of the home stand, Laycoe said, &ldquo;If I thought we had other players who could do better or even would try harder, I would make changes. I don&rsquo;t believe in making just for the sake of change.&rdquo; So far, Laycoe has seemd very patient and surprisingly philosophical about his team&rsquo;s troubles. He says certainly isn&rsquo;t happy, but has been insisting, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re playing well, only we haven&rsquo;t been very lucky.&rdquo;</p><p>Possibly, Luck wins or loses a few games here and there, though it seldom places a team in or out of a respectable record.</p><p>Laycoe is a brilliant coach and has indicated he will get the most out of his talent in the long run. Owner Jack Kent Cooke and manager Larry Regan remain high on the team&rsquo;s talent.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Kings Sputter tn Usual Lethargic Start But Tough Road Ahead To Become Contender

<h2><b><i>In The East</i></b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>obby Orr continues to be the hottest individual player in the National Hockey League. He is picking up points at a record pace and this past week turned in the highest single flurry of any player this season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02571/2692740-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="273" height="474"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Orr</b></figcaption></div><p>Orr collected two goals and eight assists in Boston&rsquo;s four games to regain the NHL scoring lead from Phil &bull; Goyette of St. Louis. At his present pace, Orr will easily break Pat Stapleton&rsquo;s assists record of 50 set last season. After 16 games, the B&rsquo;s All-Star rearguard has 25. Orr has four goals to give him an overall 29 points, four more than Goyette.</p><p>Never has a defenseman dominated the NHL scoring race in the manner Orr is doing this season. Last year when he set a new mark with 64 points, he had only 13 points after Boston&rsquo;s first 16 games.</p><p>THE HOCKEY NEWS and El Producto are pleased to salute the NHL Player-of-the-week in the East:</p><p><i><b>BOBBY ORR&hellip;Boston</b></i></p><h2><b><i>In The West</i></b></h2><p>Expansion teams wound up a horrendous week against the established NHL clubs. In fact their record was an ignominous one win and a tie in 10 starts.</p><p>The only blot on the Eastern record was Pittsburgh&rsquo;s 3-0 whitewashing of Toronto and the made wielding the brush was veteran goaler Les Binkley of the Penguins. &lsquo;Bink&rsquo;, making a belated start in the Pittsburgh goal, went to the post in all three of his club&rsquo;s games and came away with a pair of wins and a 4-0 loss to St. Louis in a game in which he was peppered with 37 shots.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03436/2692733-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="267" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Les Binkley</b></figcaption></div><p>Binkley&rsquo;s shutout was his first of the year, the club&rsquo;s first and gave the Penguins new hope that at least they can count on solid goaling after neither Joe Daley nor Al Smith could get the job done.</p><p>THE HOCKEY NEWS and El Producto are please to salute the NHL Player-of-the-week in the West:</p><p><i><b>LES BINKLEY&hellip;Pittsburgh</b></i><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

<p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>KINGS THINGS&mdash;After 11 games, Eddie Shack led the Los Angeles club in goals with five, three of which came in one game. Skip Krake led in points with eight&hellip;Bill Flett scored his first goal in his ninth game, Leon Rochefort in his 11th game, leaving Bryan Campbell the only regular forward without a goal. At that point, Ted Irvine, who had three goals, still did not have an assist. Eddie Joyal and Dennis Hextall had three goals each, Ross Lonsberry and Krake two each.</p><p>Last season, Flett also went to his ninth game before he got his first goal and he wound up with 24. The previous season, Flett had three in his first 11 (though three more in his 12th) winding up with 26. Joyal had only two in his first 12 last season, winding up with 33, and two in his first 12 the season before, ending with 23. Sadly, these buddies both seem to be slow starters. There&rsquo;s hope there.</p><p>Their first season, the Kings averaged 8,147 at three home arenas. Last season, the Kings averaged 8,826 fans per game at home. This season, after eight home games, they are averaging 8,762.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Shack Leading Kings’ Sniper

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<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p>They have taken one of the Frenchmen off of the &ldquo;French Line&rdquo; but Dick Sarrazin is confident that he&rsquo;ll be back before too long.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nobody else&rsquo;s fault but my own,&rdquo; he sighed, while sitting out the Flyers&rsquo; <b><i>2-2</i></b> tie with the Oakland Seals. &ldquo;Things have been going real bad for me right from the start of training camp and I just haven&rsquo;t been able to get going.</p><p>&ldquo;Naturally the coach (Vic Stasiuk) must go with guys who have better records. And, I am the first to admit, my record so far this season has not been very good.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01655/2692819-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="554" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DICK SARRAZIN&hellip;Nothing Went Right</b></figcaption></div><p>After the Flyers&rsquo; first 10 games, Sarrazin contributed only one assist while center Andre Lacroix and left wing Jean-Guy Gendron, his mates on the &ldquo;French Line&rdquo;, had each scored four goals.</p><p>This meant that Dick just wasn&rsquo;t keeping in step with Lacroix and Gendron as he did a year ago. Last season Andre led the Flyers with 56 points, Guy followed with 55 and Sarrazin was third man on the totem pole with 45 even though he wasn&rsquo;t even around at the start of the season.</p><p>Last season, while the Flyers were running through a rash of injuries among right wings, Sarrazin was called up from the Quebec Aces farm club as a defensive replacement. Then, when Simon Nolet was sent down to the Aces because of poor play, there was a vacancy on the &ldquo;French Line&rdquo; and coach Keith Allen gambled and put Sarrazin there.</p><p>Almost miraculously, Dick started scoring at a point-a-game pace. He was one of the most consistent scorers in the league for quite some time.</p><p>&ldquo;Things certainly went real good for me last season,&rdquo; recalled Sarrazin. &ldquo;It seemed that, no matter when I touched the puck, I wound up with a goal or an assist. I was shooting good and I was passing good. Not this year, though.</p><p>&ldquo;Now I just can not seem to do a thing. Why? I do not know exactly. I do know one thing&hellip;it is the same team, it is the same league and they are the same players.&rdquo;</p><p>The 23-year-old forward, who hails from St. Gabriel, Que., figures the pressure may have gotten to him after he failed to click offensively in the first few games.</p><p>&ldquo;You try not to let the pressure get you but it is very tough not to be affected,&rdquo; he remarked. &ldquo;Why, the other night against the Montreal Canadiens, I had an excellent scoring opportunity but I waited and waited so that I&rsquo;d have the best shot possible. The next thing I knew, I had skated behind the net and did not even get off a good shot.</p><p>&ldquo;What I must remember, while things are going bad for me, is that this sort of thing happens all the time in every sport. Players go through slumps like I am going through. I am not the first and I am sure I will not be the last.</p><p>&ldquo;Most important, I cannot get discouraged. I must just try harder than ever in practice, and I must go all out when I do return to the lineup. If I keep working things will start to fall in place for me.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;All I know is I want to get back out there on the ice. I am sure I will, too, and I am sure things will start going in my favor. Despite what is happening, I still have confidence in myself. That is the big thing&mdash;confidence&mdash;and, thank goodness, I have not lost it.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Sarrazin’s Slow Start Forces Flyers To Drop Star Off French Line’

<div class="byline">&#x2014;CONRAD</div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>nyone who says hockey players aren&rsquo;t the most gutsy guys in sports should have been at the Spectrum when the Flyers and Oakland Seals battled to a 2-2 tie.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02589/2692850-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="253" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Van Impe</b></figcaption></div><p>Flyers defenseman Ed Van Impe dropped in front of a shot from the blueline by Wayne Muloin and caught the puck in the mouth at point-blank range.</p><p>&ldquo;Ed lost six teeth and needed 35 stitches to close wounds on his tongue, lip and lower gum,&rdquo; said Dr. Everett Borghesani, the club&rsquo;s oral surgeon. &ldquo;This definitely was the worse injury of its kind we have ever had to deal with&rdquo;</p><p>After being patched up and having his mouth frozen to relieve the pain, Ed amazed 11,886 fans at the Spectrum&mdash;not to mention his teammates&mdash;by returning to the bench and taking a regular shift on the ice.</p><p>&ldquo;Somebody said Van Impe has a lot of guts,&rdquo; said coach Vic Stasiuk. &ldquo;And, believe me, he certainly showed it&rdquo;.</p><p>Frank Lewis, the Flyers&rsquo; trainer, echoed a similiar sentiment.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been around hockey 13 years and that was the worse mess I have ever seen,&rdquo; said Frank. &ldquo;When Ed returned to the ice after all he went through, it revealed his 100 percent dedication and 100 percent courage.&rdquo;</p><p>Van Impe, though, simply shrugged off reference to guts.</p><p>&ldquo;You learn to live with these things,&rdquo; said Ed, the team captain. &ldquo;It has happened before and it&rsquo;ll happen again. It&rsquo;s all part of the job&rdquo;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Puck In Mouth Fails To Stop Flyer Captain

<div class="byline">BY DAN MOULTON</div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen you realize the incredibly bad physical condition of the Black Hawks right now, their recent victory streak which pushed them past the Maple Leafs into fifth place in the Eastern division verges on the astounding.</p><p>After Billy Reay&rsquo;s crippled commandos had run their streak to four with a 9-0 victory over the Leafs recently, a quick check of the lame and halt revealed:</p><p>1&mdash;Stan Mikita, who turned in a hat trick in the final period of the Leafs&rsquo; game, was playing with a left wrist so badly swollen that he barely could bend it, the result of taking a two-hander across the arm from Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Tracy Pratt on the previous night. In addition, Mikita revealed that he has been playing since last season with a painful back injury.</p><p>2&mdash;Rookie right wing Cliff Koroll was able to work only one shift because of a knee injury he picked up in Pittsburgh.</p><p>3&mdash;Doug Mohns missed the action while nursing his chronic back problem.</p><p>4&mdash;Chico Maki was sidelined by an attack of stomach flu, which struck during the previous game.</p><p>5&mdash;Rookie left wing Jim Wiste worked full time with Mikita, despite a painfully sore wrist, which restricted his passing and shooting.</p><p>&ldquo;I figured we&rsquo;d be a little light for the Leafs game,&rdquo; said Reay, &ldquo;particularly after playing a tough game in Pittsburgh the night before. But once again, we got great goaltending from Tony Esposito when we had to have it and the team turned in a tremendous effort.&rdquo;</p><p>Esposito might, indeed, be the key to the startling about face the Hawks have executed since they dropped the first five games of the season.</p><p>In at last three of the victories during the streak, he turned in his best efforts early in the action, while the young Hawks were struggling to gain their bearings.</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to get that kind of goal-keeping,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;This is particularly true when you have a fairly young team that has trouble coming back once it&rsquo;s fallen behind by a goal or two.&rdquo;</p><p>So efficient was Esposito during the streak that by the time it hit four, the Hawks had allowed fewer goals than any team in either division, an indication that Reay and Manager Tommy Ivan&rsquo;s program designed to cut the Hawks goals against figure from last year&rsquo;s horrendous 246 is taking effect.</p><p>A resurgence by Mikita, who was off to a faltering start, also was a major factor in the Hawks&rsquo; hoped for climb to respectability. The four time scoring champion snapped out of a slump during the Pittsburgh-Toronto week end with four goals and could have had at least three more had the Penguins&rsquo; Les Binkley been a bit more charitable in goal.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not really doing anything differently than I did at the start of the season,&rdquo; said Mikita. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just that things are beginning to work how.&rdquo;</p><p>The absence of his regular wings, Kenny Wharram, since the season started, and Mohns, for much of the way thus far, had to have hampered Mikita&rsquo;s play during the early going. But young Wiste has come along nicely on the left side and Koroll has provided needed muscle and speed on the right to give Stan a most effective new set of linemates.</p><p>Mikita is particularly impressed with Wiste&rsquo;s work although he concedes the youngster still has some unfortunate habits to overcome.</p><p>&ldquo;Jim&rsquo;s a good strong skater and he&rsquo;s plenty smart with the puck,&rdquo; said Stan. &ldquo;Now all he has to do is learn to give a little harder pass, and not to stop skating once he gets the puck on his stick.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04269/2692888-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="557" height="608"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TONY ESPOSITO&hellip;Making Big Saves</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05200/2692881-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="555" height="587"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JIM WISTE&hellip;New Wing For Mikita</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;That will come, though. The big thing is he&rsquo;s big enough and can skate.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Esposito’s Net Play Key In Hawks’ Resurgence

<div class="byline">with ED FITKIN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01501/2692933-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="311" height="422"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>P</span>UNCH IMLACH</b> is now a gentleman of the fourth estate and he has discovered the sagacity of that old axiom: &ldquo;The pen is mightier than the sword.&rdquo;&hellip;Punch fought for years with newspapermen in Toronto, sometimes facetiously, sometimes seriously, and on occasion went so far as to bar the dressing room door to the scribes&hellip;Now he&rsquo;s a full-fledged writer himself, even has an NHL Writers Association card, and he has discovered, as I said, that the power of the press is greater than he ever dreamed&hellip;His book &ldquo;Hockey Is a Battle&rdquo; is selling well; he writes a weekly column for the Toronto Telegram that is syndicated across Canada and also in Buffalo; and. additionally, he has his own radio show in Toronto and a CTV network show with Johnny Esaw called &ldquo;The Punch and Johnny Show&rdquo;&hellip;Punch has been scathing in some of his columns, particularly those dealing with Stafford Smythe, who fired him a few minutes after Toronto&rsquo;s fourth straight loss to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup semi-finals last spring&hellip;He has strong opinions and always has had and he can speak from personal experience in such a way that his columns, which he laboriously writes in longhand, are authoritative.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02427/2692926-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="275" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Punch Imlach</b></figcaption></div><p><b>HE WAS OUT ON THE WEST COAST</b> recently on a hockey safari at the time when Emile Francis and the New York Rangers were in high dudgeon over the Los Angeles Kings changing a scheduled Saturday night game to a 2 o&rsquo;clock matinee without giving proper notice&hellip;Emile the Cat kept Kings&rsquo; GM Larry Regan on the hook until late in the afternoon of the dav before the scheduled game but agreed finally &ldquo;for the good of hockey&rdquo; to be in L.A. for a 2 o&rsquo;clock start&hellip;Jack Kent Cooke chartered a 110-seat jet to make sure Rangers got out of Oakland, where they were playing the Seals Friday night, as quickly as possible after the game&hellip;Imlach, with a flair for a phrase reminiscent of Dick Beddoes, saw Regan in the press room and, in reply to a query, said. &ldquo;Why am I here? I thought I&rsquo;d come down and see &lsquo;The Cat and Mouse&rsquo; game. What you&rsquo;re trying to do to The Cat is terrible. I&rsquo;m really going to rake you over the coals in my column.&rdquo;&hellip;Stu Nahan. who does a TV sports show on the ABC station in Los Angeles and also heads East whenever necessary to be the TV play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Flyers, asked him if he missed coaching. Punch answered: &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t be honest if I said I didn&rsquo;t. I miss being down there at the bench, involved in the action. But perhaps a year out of hockey will do me good, give me a chance to relax and to get a new outlook on the game. My ulcers should benefit.&rdquo;</p><p><b>HE THINKS VANCOUVER</b> will be a gold mine if and when it gets an NHL franchise but says the $6 million price is too high&hellip;Asked what he thought was a fair fee, Imlach said; &ldquo;Four million. That&rsquo;s double what the original six expansion teams paid.&rdquo;&hellip;Watching the Rangers forge a 4-1 victory over the Kings, Punch said: &ldquo;Your guys played well but they happened to be up against a team that right now is about the hottest in the league.&rdquo;&hellip;Most of his praise for the Rangers was directed at sophomore forward Walt Tkaczuk&hellip;&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a kid with a great future,&rdquo; he remarked. &ldquo;He could be the difference in the Rangers being a Stanley Cup winner.&rdquo;&hellip;Defenseman Brad Park was another Ranger who elicited laudatory comment from Imlach&hellip;and at one point in the game he said in surprise: &ldquo;Did you see that? Rod Gilbert threw a bodycheck!&rdquo;&hellip;When I mentioned that I had read that Rod intended to play more forcefully this season, Punch said: He doesn&rsquo;t have to waste his strength bodychecking. He&rsquo;s got too much talent.&rdquo;&hellip;Punch thoroughly enjoyed the game. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s great to be able to just sit and watch what&rsquo;s happening, and not having to worry about who wins.&rdquo;&hellip;From Jack Kent Cooke&rsquo;s fabulous Forum, Imlach headed for the airport and a game that night in San Diego between Vancouver and the Gulls &lsquo;&hellip;Next he&rsquo;s en route to Russia and the international tournament&hellip;The power of the press gets a guy into a lot of places, as Punch Imlach has found out.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03338/2692919-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="273" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Walt Tkaczuk</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Footloose

<h2>EAST vs WEST</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02367/2693009-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="604" height="2014"></div><h2>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS POWER PLAY GOALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03301/2693002-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="579" height="287"></div><h2>GAME WINNING GOALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04236/2692995-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="582" height="330"></div><h2>GAME TIEING GOALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05192/2692988-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="575" height="58"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NHL WEEK—In Statistics

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01416/2693040-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="527" height="617"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOBBY HULL&hellip;Golden Jet Returns</b></figcaption></div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p>It was a comparatively humble and meek Bobby Hull who reentered the fold of the Chicago Black Hawks at a press conference last week.</p><p>Hull, who had been locked in a contract dispute with Hawks&rsquo; management since before training camp, finally rejoined the Chicago club brimming over with apologies for verbal slurs he had apparently cast in the direction of general manager Tommy Ivan and coach Billy Reay during his lengthy holdout.</p><p>Hull, who set an NHL record last year by scoring 58 goals, announced: &ldquo;My wish is that the whole episode will soon be forgotten. I pledge my utmost efforts to helping our club to a playoff berth and winning the Stanley Cup for Chicago.&rdquo;</p><p>Bobby, whose four-year contract still has three years to run, said he walked out on the Hawks wl en &ldquo;differences arose between my advisers and the club on matters which I now realize are entirely unrelated to my functions as a hockey player. I have not abandoned any position I have taken in the past on this subject,&rdquo; he added.</p><p>In reference to the fact that the Hawks were fining him approximately $17,000 for the games he has missed this season. Hull said: &ldquo;I know I will be docked on a per diem basis for games missed since the start of the season&rdquo;.</p><p>Hull, whose salary is reported to be in the $100,000 per year bracket, boycotted the Hawks primarily due to his feeling that the team had failed to satisfy financial agreements he claimed were made beyond the contract provisions when he inked his four-year pact prior to the 196869 campaign.</p><p>Hull, who had been hoping to see some action against Montreal last weekend in Chicago, was not immediately inserted into the Hawks&rsquo; lineup because Ivan and Reay did not think he was in adequate shape.</p><p>&ldquo;Billy and I will decide when he is fit enough to join the team on the ice,&rdquo; proclaimed Ivan. &ldquo;From what we&rsquo;ve seen of his skating he&rsquo;s not ready.&rdquo;</p><p>Retorted Hull: &ldquo;If Ivan or Reay have been watching me skate, it must have been from behind pillars at midnight.&rdquo;</p><p>Explained Ivan: &ldquo;We decided early in training camp to insert as many rookies as the club could stand, and rebuild completely. Understandably, we must be patient because of their inexperience. But our main concern is to get a maximum team effort, with aggressive as well as defensive play.</p><p>&ldquo;After all, hockey is a team game. We do not detract from Hull&rsquo;s great ability as a hockey player or discount some of his spectacular efforts or contributions to the club in the past. But we learned last season that individual records do not win championships.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Humble Bobby Hull Rejoins Hawks

<p>TWIN CITIES&mdash;</p><p>Apparently, Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion will not return to National Hockey League coaching for love or money.</p><p>The Boomer turned down an offer estimated at $35,000 per season to take over the reins of the Minnesota North Stars, who are currently being coached by general manager Wren Blair.</p><p>Geoffrion, who will retain his duties as assistant to New York Rangers&rsquo; general manager-coach Emile (The Cat) Francis, was given permission by the Rangers to discuss terms with Blair.</p><p>After huddling with Geoffrion, Blair gave the former Montreal Canadians&rsquo; great three days to consider the North Stars&rsquo; offer. But the Boomer, who collapsed under the pressure of coaching the Rangers a year ago, decided to decline Blair&rsquo;s proposition, evidently for reasons of health.</p><p>&ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t have the desire to coach hockey again anywhere,&rdquo; explained Geoffrion.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Boomer Rejects Offer To Coach North Stars

<h2><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></h2><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS <i>Mode in Conodo by</i> HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO LIMITED WALLY ENTERPRISES LIMITED. AFFILIATE Arnold Street. Wolloceburg. Ontario</b></p><h2><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></h2><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS <i>Mode in Conodo by</i> HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO LIMITED WALLY ENTERPRISES LIMITED. AFFILIATE Arnold Street, Wallaceburg. Ontario</b></p><h2><b>HOW THEY STAND AMERICAN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 18)</b></p><h3>Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1545/2693102-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="567" height="162"></div><h3>Western Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1643/2693095-1-eng-US/f0018-162.jpg" title="f0018-16" width="576" height="338"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Tues. Nov. 11</b></p><p>Montreal 4 at Providence 1</p><p>Cleveland 6 at Springfield 8</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 12</b></p><p>Cleveland 3 at Hershey 1</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Cleveland 1 at Baltimore 4</p><p>Providence 1 at Rochester 5</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 15</b></p><p>Rochester 1 ot Buffalo 3</p><p>Baltimore 1 at Hershey 5</p><p>Montreal 3 at Springfield 1</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Montreal 2 at Buffaid 3</p><p>Cleveland 4 at Providence 1</p><p>Springfield 3 at Quebec 2</p><p>Hershey 1 at Rochester 4</p><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><p><b>Tues. Nov. 18</b></p><p>Cleveland at Montreal</p><p>Springfield at Quebec</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Rochester at Baltimore</p><p>Buffalo at Hershey</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 20</b></p><p>Springfield at Montreal</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Baltimore at Cleveland</p><p>Providence at Rochester</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>Buffalo at Baltimore</p><p>Springfield at Cleveland</p><p>Providence at Hershey</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 23</b></p><p>Buffalo of Providence</p><p>Montreal at Quebec</p><p>Springfield of Rochester</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Rochester at Buffalo</p><p>Providence at Cleveland</p><p>Springfield at Hershey</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Springfield at Baltimore</p><p>Quebec at Providence</p><p>Buffalo at Rochester</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 28</b></p><p>Hershey at Baltimore</p><p>Quebec at Montreal<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div><p>BUFFALO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>WO years ago. in his first season with the Buffalo Bisons, Guy Trottier&rsquo;s nine-game scoring streak was broken when he was recalled by the parent New York Rangers.</p><p>As this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press, 1rottier had going a six-game scoring streak, five short of the American Hockey League record. Fred Glover set the record in 1950-51, and Billy Hicke equalled it in 1958-59.</p><p>The 28-year-old Trottier, always a big shooter, was a 41-goal man in his first term here, and followed with 45 last winter, leading the league and earning the right-wing spot on the first all-star team.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01422/2693133-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="254" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Guy Trottier</b></figcaption></div><p>This season, Trottier had 13 goals in the first 15 games. His seven-goal total at home gave him at least one in each of the first six games in Buffalo, and he had scored at least once in five of the first nine road games.</p><p>Trottier is working with two new linemates, center Terry Crisp and left-winger Don Blackburn.</p><p>&ldquo;His slap shot and wrist shot are both terrific, and he&rsquo;s real smart in close,&rdquo; said Coach Fred Shero. &ldquo;And he works. What else do you need?&rdquo;</p><p>Trottier has added something new. Three of his goals came after he dug the puck off the boards behind the cage, circled his way in front and jammed it in.</p><p>&ldquo;A lot of people won&rsquo;t make that play,&rdquo; Shero said. &ldquo;You leave yourself wide open to be thrown against a goal-post. But Trottier does it, and does it well.&rdquo;</p><p>ALONG THE BOARDS&mdash;The Bisons were operating with 17 players, one under the limit, while awaiting Wayne Maki&rsquo;s return following a 30-day suspension for his fracas with Boston&rsquo;s Ted Green&hellip;The Bisons returned forward Don Giesebrecht to Kansas City of the Central League and were using Sheldon Kannegeisser, a defenseman, up front&hellip;Gilles Villemure, the Bison&rsquo; all-star goaltender, went all the way in the club&rsquo;s first 15 games, the AHL&rsquo;s only backstop to play in every game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0018-01

Herd’s Trottier Embarked On New Streak

<h2><b>SAT, NOV. 8 BUFFALO 5 AT CLEVELAND 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02335/2693248-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="580" height="654"></div><h2><b>ROCHESTER 5 AT HERSHEY 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03242/2693241-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="577" height="602"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE 5 AT BALTIMORE 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04192/2693234-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="579" height="626"></div><h2><b>TUES, NOV. 11 MONTREAL 4 AT PROVIDENCE 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05140/2693227-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="582" height="496"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND 6 AT SPRINGFIELD 8</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06117/2693220-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="582" height="957"></div><h2><b>WED, NOV. 12 CLEVELAND 3 at HERSHEY 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-07103/2693213-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="577" height="405"></div><h2><b>FRI, NOV. 14 CLEVELAND 1 AT BALTIMORE 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0888/2693206-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="581" height="528"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE 1 AT ROCHESTER 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0976/2693199-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="582" height="550"></div><h2><b>SAT, NOV. 15 MONTREAL 3 at SPRINGFIELD 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1068/2693192-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="576" height="429"></div><h2><b>SUN, NOV. 16 MONTREAL 2 at BUFFALO 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1163/2693185-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="577" height="502"></div><h2><b>SPRINGFIELD 3 at QUEBEC 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1257/2693178-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="576" height="453"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND 4 at PROVIDENCE 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1349/2693171-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="584" height="501"></div><h2><b>HERSHEY 1 at ROCHESTER 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1446/2693164-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="576" height="457"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0018-02

American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><p>HERSHEY&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>or two years big Don Marcotte, rated by many as one of the finest wingers ever to lace on the boots for a Hershey team, has been bypassed in the American League&rsquo;s AllStar voting.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01399/2693279-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="254" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Marcotte</b></figcaption></div><p>The burly 185-pound forward from Asbestos, Que., isn&rsquo;t wasting time letting the press-radioTV All-Star voters know he&rsquo;s still around bulging the nets with his trigger-like shots.</p><p>The 5-11 skater is off to a brilliant start for the defending Calder Cup champion Bears.</p><p>In his first nine games, he&rsquo;s hammered in nine goals, including a &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; against the Springfield Indians at the Bay State club&rsquo;s rink. Two of his markers have been game winners. Marcotte, owned by Boston Bruins was called up this week when injures hit the NHL club.</p><p>Marcotte was returned to Hershey after failing to make the Bruins in a training camp tryout, which was somewhat of a surprise, even to Bears&rsquo; coach Frank Mathers.</p><p>&ldquo;I thought Don would stick this year,&rdquo; said Mathers, &ldquo;but it wasn&rsquo;t to be. As long as he&rsquo;s not up in the National League, I&rsquo;m just glad we&rsquo;ve got him. He&rsquo;s one of the finest I&rsquo;ve ever coached. And if there&rsquo;s a better two-way winger in the league, I haven&rsquo;t seen him as yet.&rdquo;</p><p>The 21-year-old Marcotte, who played junior at Niagara Falls, launched his rookie season with 31 goals, then came back last season to bang in 35, aiding the Bears to the Eastern flag and Cup title.</p><p>He spent a couple of weeks with Boston during the season&rsquo;s mid-point last year, playing both left and right wing.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s not that much difference between the two leagues,&rdquo; said Marcotte. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re just a little faster up there.&rdquo;</p><p>Boston was tagged as the &ldquo;animals&rdquo; because of their roughhouse play, but Marcotte didn&rsquo;t find them that tough.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been in rougher games in the American League,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>Marcotte said the most difficult thing for him to learn in the rugged pro world was to keep his head up.</p><p>&ldquo;In junior you can freewheel with no problem,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Everyone flies up and down the ice and doesn&rsquo;t worry about checking. In the pros you keep you head up or you&rsquo;ll wind up on the seat of your pants.&rdquo;</p><p>Hershey, which won three of its first four home games, pulled a 2-2 split in its first short road trip, beating Cleveland and Springfield before losing a pair to the surprising Quebec Aces.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0019-01

Marcotte’s Goal-a-Game Pace Attracting All-Star Voters

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>t seemed almost ironic that the year they chose to overlook old &lsquo;Banana Nose&rsquo; from the American Hockey League yearbook that it should be the time he has finally passed from the AHL Scene.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1176/2693317-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="260" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bronco Horvath</b></figcaption></div><p>It all came to pass this past week when the 41-year-old Bronco Horvath found himself without a job in professional hockey for the first time in 20 years.</p><p>The Americans, for whom Horvath had played regularly since 1963, decided &lsquo;The Count&rsquo;&mdash;as Bronco liked to call himself&mdash;no longer fitted into their new youth policy. Horvath had to go but he won&rsquo;t be forgotten.</p><p>He was one of the Rochester &lsquo;originals&rsquo; when the Americans were first granted an AHL franchise in 1956. He went up to the NHL for the next six years and then came back to Rochester in 1963 via Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>However, being overlooked in the yearbook is another matter.</p><p>How anybody could forget the slick-passing, snap-shooting veteran centerman of the Americans is&hellip;well, is unthinkable.</p><p>But when prospects for the 1969-70 Amerks were being discussed following last season&rsquo;s tailspin into the American League basement, Horvath was considered to be finished&hellip;washed up&hellip;through.</p><p>The American Hockey League has just released its annual record book. It costs a dollar but somehow, Horvath wouldn&rsquo;t give you a dime for one, though, because somehow his name has been omitted from the list of all time goal scorers in the AHL.</p><p>Okay, so this can happen in a book that has to be rushed through as quickly as this does. But Horvath also should have been in last year&rsquo;s AHL PressRadio TV Guide, but wasn&rsquo;t!</p><p>If you&rsquo;re going to get one or have it already, please put Bronco Horvath&rsquo;s name as No. 6 on the all time leaders in assists list with 483, and make him 15th on the 20 top all time goal scorers with 260.</p><p>Eager AHL publicity director Gtrdie Anziano was so chagrined at discovering the faux pas that he sent a letter of apology to Horvath.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1270/2693310-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="535" height="1239"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>KEKE MORTSON&hellip;Sold To Vancouver</b></figcaption></div><p>In addition to making sure he doesn&rsquo;t forget Bronzo on the assist and goal list, he&rsquo;s got to remember to put Horvath on the list of leading all time point scorers. Bronco went into the season one point behind the retired Fred Thurier. 10th and last on the list. He jumped into 10th spot Oct. 25 in Springfield with two goals and an assist.</p><p>But that&rsquo;s as far as The Count will go for now. You see he&rsquo;s all through with the Americans and possibly in the AHL.</p><p>Horvath has gone but certainly he left his mark.</p><p>The aging Rochester veteran incidentally was only one of two well-known AHL performers to slip from the league scene this week.</p><p>The other was Cleland &lsquo;Keke&rsquo; Mortson, the fiery and controversial center of the Baltimore Clippers, who was sold outright to Vancouver Canucks of the WHL. Mortson, who is 35, has been a pro since 1953. He has spent seven of his last eight years in the AHL with Hershey and Baltimore. He was a 20-goal scorer last season with the Clippers but this season, like Horvath, fell victim to the club&rsquo;s newly-introduced development youth program which has been instilled in practically all AHL clubs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0019-11

Vets Horvath, Mortson Pass From AHL Scene

<div class="byline">BY JOECELDAK</div><p>QUEBEC CITY &mdash;</p><p>Quebec Aces&rsquo; right winger Simon Nolet, the American Hockey League&rsquo;s leading scorer two years ago, is making a determined bid to make it back to the National Hockey League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0552/2693511-1-eng-US/f0020-052.jpg" title="f0020-05" width="249" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Simon Nolet</b></figcaption></div><p>The handsome 27-year-old Frenchman, who formerly played on the Philadel phia Flyers&rsquo; French Line, is off to the greatest start of his career.</p><p>In the Aces&rsquo; first 14-games, Nolet netted 10 goals and 13 assists, which was good enough to lead the AHL.</p><p>Meanwhile back in Philadelphia, Flyers&rsquo; general manager Bud Poile was raving about the play of Nolet and Aces&rsquo; defenseman Terry Ball.</p><p>&ldquo;Both players are playing their way back into the NHL,&rdquo; stated Poile. &ldquo;Ball is the best offensive defenseman in the minors and Nolet has been burning up the American Hockey League.</p><p>&ldquo;They are the best players in the minors, we own them both, so why not give them a chance? The only thing we have to lose is a couple of plane fares.&rdquo; The Flyers decided not to wait and the call went to Ball to report to the NHL club.</p><p>Poile went on to state that the Aces are playing outstanding hockey for Quebec.</p><p>&ldquo;Every player on the team has been working hard,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So hard, that they deserve a little better fate,&rdquo; said Poile.</p><p>&ldquo;Sometimes, though, working hard is not enough. In addition to working hard, you have to produce. We just haven&rsquo;t been producing enough,&rdquo; he said.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-05

Nolet, Ball Lauded For Play With Aces

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>f the Springfield Kings have their strongest club in three seasons what are they going to be like with the recent additions of goaler Wavne Rutledge and defenseman Jacques Lemieux.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01244/2693449-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="266" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Greg Boddy</b></figcaption></div><p>Both members of the parent NHL Kings were sent here by Los Angeles to get some of the needed ice time they didn&rsquo;t receive in the NHL. Lemieux was the extra defenseman at LA and Rutledge has just gotten over surgery and needs to play regularly to get his NHL timing back. With Springfield both will get the ice time and the AHL Kings and fans are the ones who will benefit.</p><p>Last season, the local Kings just plain looked pitiful. Poor goal-tending, inadequate defense and little scoring punch. This has all been changed this season as the fans who have been flocking to the games can well testify.</p><p>&ldquo;The team has played well.&rsquo; Coach John Wilson stated, &ldquo;but we have a long way to go. That new Montreal club looks like a contender in our division. We really can&rsquo;t know what chances we have until we meet them in a few games.&rdquo;</p><p>The Kings definitely have their work cut out for them on their current eight-game road trip. They are away from home ice until Dec. 5 and before they return to Springfield they will have made stops in Quebec, Montreal. Cleveland. Rochester. Baltimore. Hershey and Buffalo.</p><p>No doubt, both Lemieux and Rutledge will get a chance to flex their muscles in this lengthy road trip which could easily make or break the &lsquo;new look&rsquo; Kings in the AHL race.</p><p>Veterans Dave Amadio. Noel Price. Roger Cote and Randy Miller are back, so is Billy Inglis and Gary Croteau and newcomer Boh Sneddon is on hand. But still, we can&rsquo;t help but think the lifeblood of-Springfield is the new and fresh talent which has been doing a tremendous job. Two are candidates for rookie of the year in the AHL.</p><p>We speak of goalie Bob Landon. a prime NHL prospect now at 20. The 5-9 native of Kingston, Ontario was in amateur ranks with the Peterborough club where he performed well in the nets. He had a 3.22 average with this club and has been sensational here.</p><p>Bob Goring is the other former amateur along with Landon who is a top prospect now. He is a 5-9 center man with some nice moves on the ice, can back check well and digs every turn on the ice. He is also developing into a top scorer. He played with Winnipeg and the Canadian National team last season.</p><p>The big boy on defense is Greg Boddy, a six footer who weighs 200. He is from Edmonton where he also played amateur hockey last season. The boy is only 20, but is a hard checker on defense who keeps the other teams up tight.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02174/2693442-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="540" height="1024"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b><i>Goaler WAYNE RUTLEDGE has been assigned to the Springfield club of the AHL to play himself back into condition after undergoing surgery.</i></b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03143/2693435-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="554" height="859"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>AL SMITH&hellip;Bolsters Clippers</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0020-01

Best Team In 3 Years, Kings Get Rutledge, Lemieux From NHL

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div><p>BALTIMORE&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ake it from Aldo Guidolin. the former Baltimore Clippers&rsquo; player-coach who is now handling important scouting assignments for the organization, &ldquo;If the Clippers continue to improve as much through the rest of the year as they have since I last saw them two weeks ago. they could go right on and win the Calder Cup.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04111/2693480-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="257" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wayne Hicks</b></figcaption></div><p>This optimistic comment from the popular detenseman who starred for many years in the American League before turning in his skates this year for a front office assignment came alter the Clippers most recent trip to Buffalo where they held the vaunted Bisons to a 2-2 standoff in the latter&rsquo;s own &ldquo;madato rium&rdquo;.</p><p>It was about three weeks before. October 19 to be exact, that Guidolin motored over from his home in Guelph to watch the Clippers lose 5-2 to the Bisons. &ldquo;They were outplayed in that one.&rdquo; the bespectacled veteran averred, &ldquo;and the future didn&rsquo;t seem too rosy. But tonight was a different story altogether. If the boys continue to put out like this. Baltimore fans can look ahead to a very exciting and interesting winter.</p><p>Needless to say. Clipper coach Rudy Migay was also highly pleased with the effort, even though they didn&rsquo;t win. Especially luminating was the spectacular netminding of Al Smith, whom the parent Pittsburgh Penguins sent to Baltimore on option just three days prior to his confrontation with the western division Bisons. The burly, agile goaltender made a number of brilliant saves, several bordering on the almost impossible to believe.</p><p>Since their faltering 1-6 start the Clippers have rebounded and had it not been for a frightful four minutes of disorganization at the start of the third period in a home game-here against Providence recently, the locals would be pressing the vaunted Hershey Bears for second place in the west. In that skirmish, Baltimore had a 3-1 lead going into the final stanza and appeared en route to a handy win before the season&rsquo;s best crowd of almost 6,000. However, the visiting Reds hit lor four goals within 3&frac12; minutes and skated off with a 5-4 triumph thus destroying the Clippers hopes of fashioning a three game winning skein. As it was, the Clips won two and tied one in that four game span.</p><p>Much of the credit for the recent turnabout has to be accorded the return to action of three of Baltimore&rsquo;s last year&rsquo;s stars, plus the addition of goalie Smith and All-Star defenseman Bob Blackburn from Pittsburgh as well as the continued improvement shown by the rookies. Jim Bartlett, Willie Marshall and Wally Chevrier all returned to the Clipper lineup last week, and the former got off to a rousing start by scoring the 3-goal hat trick in Baltimore&rsquo;s 10-1 rout of Rochester here on Halloween Night.</p><p><b>CLIPPER CLIPPINGS&hellip;</b> Veteran right winger Wayne Hicks was appointed the team captain by Coach Migay, and the move proved extremely popular with his teammates&hellip;The burly forward has completely-recovered from the broken leg he suffered late last season in Providence and strides freely despite a 12-inch metal plate in his right thigh&hellip;Bob Cunningham who has been with the Clippers off and on for the past five years, was loaned to Denver of the Western League&hellip;The Clippers&rsquo; Booster Club is active. Next, month they will host the players and their wives at their annual Christmas Party&hellip;Jim Young is the club&rsquo;s new president and gets great help from Lucretia Hart, Roz Rosenberg, Mabel Ruppert, Carol Weinberg, Mary-Hart and Ken Kiggins&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-04

Ex-Coach Guidolin Predicts Improving Clippers Cup Threat

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div><p>PROVIDENCE</p><p>Tom Foxcroft is the youngest member of the Providence Reds. He also is the smallest. And the fastest.</p><p>And he also may be the only professional hockey player who is the president of another player&rsquo;s fan club.</p><p>&ldquo;You bet I&rsquo;m the president of the Ron Stackhouse Fan Club,&rdquo; the 19-year-old Foxcroft laughed, &ldquo;because in my book, Ron is going to be a National Leaguer in a year or two.&rdquo;</p><p>Naturally, Foxcroft hopes to join defenseman Stackhouse on the roster of the Oakland Seals, the parent club of the Reds, in a season or two.</p><p>&ldquo;Of course I want to play in the NHL&rdquo;, the foot-8, 165-pound right wing said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the aim of all of us who play minor-league hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>Coach Dave Creighton of the Reds thinks Foxcroft has the ability to make the jump.</p><p>&ldquo;One thing he certainly isn&rsquo;t lacking in is hustle.&rdquo; the Providence boss offered. &ldquo;Tom never stops skating once he gets out there on the ice.&rdquo;</p><p>Unfortunately, the Toronto native is off to a slow start this season and the Reds are dawdling far behind in the AHL&rsquo;s Eastern Division race.</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe the jump from the Ontario Junior League to the AHL has a lot to do with it,&rdquo; Foxcroft reported, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;ve never had a start as slow as this season.</p><p>&ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t feel quite right out there,&rdquo; he continued, motion ing towards the R.I. Auditorium ice, &ldquo;and I don&rsquo;t know why. I only hope I can get going.&rdquo;</p><p>Foxcroft demonstrated his ability to score points last season when he performed for the Oshawa Generals in the OHA, scoring 30 goals and 27 assists.</p><p>He met Stackhouse in that league.</p><p>&ldquo;Ron played for Peterborough,&rdquo; recalled Foxcroft, &ldquo;and it seemed as if he was always in the way. I mean, he always seemed to be able to block any kind of shot with a minimum of effort.</p><p>&ldquo;He also was a tremendous offensive threat for a defenseman,&rdquo; Foxcroft added, &ldquo;the kind of player who always scored&mdash;or helped set up&mdash;the important goals.&rdquo;</p><p>Ron scored 15 goals and 35 assists last season.</p><p>Stack house, a first-year pro as is Foxcroft, also has gotten off to a slow start this season. That, unfortunately for him, has made Ron the No. 1 target of Providence boo birds.</p><p>&ldquo;The booing definitely is bothering Ron,&rdquo; notes Creighton. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s adversely affecting his performance.&rdquo;</p><p>Foxcroft agrees.</p><p>&ldquo;If they&rsquo;d only leave Ron alone for a little while,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;he&rsquo;d start showing them a few things. He can really play this game.&rdquo;</p><p>So, offers Creighton, can Foxcroft.</p><p>&ldquo;He may not have a lot of size,&rdquo; the Reds&rsquo; coach declared, &ldquo;but once Tom gets a little experience and savvy under his belt, he&rsquo;s going to make a name for himself.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01110/2693542-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="553" height="575"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOM FOXCROFT&hellip;Slowest Start Ever</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0021-01

Reds Lag As Rookies Faii To Hit Early Form

<p>BUFFALO&mdash;</p><p>Organists and other music-makers in arenas where professional hockey is being played are being instructed to curtail their activities.</p><p>In accordance with instructions from National Hockey League headquarters, referees are asking organists to confine the music to breaks in the action on the ice.</p><p>In other words, there is to be no music while the puck is in play.</p><p>Additionally, there is to be no music while a faceoff is being set up. This is to ensure everyone hearing any whistles.</p><p>Norm Wullen, the veteran Buffalo organist, usually plays a marching beat during faceoffs. Referee Ron Wicks ordered the music cut off before a faceoff recently in a game with Baltimore.</p><p>Later, the official said he was acting under instructions from the NHL office.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Referees Warn Rink Organists, No Music While Puck In Play

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0279/2693597-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="904" height="1203"></div><h2><b>SOLUTION IN DEC, 5 ISSUE</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Pictured player.</p><p>8&mdash;A Minnesota farmhand.</p><p>9&mdash;Nickname of a former U.S. President.</p><p>11&mdash;21st and 9th letters of the alphabet</p><p>12&mdash;Type of shot.</p><p>13&mdash;A Pittsburgh forward.</p><p>15&mdash;Pronoun.</p><p>17&mdash;Initials of one of the Red Wings.</p><p>18&mdash;Statisticians do this.</p><p>21&mdash;A former Bruin line.</p><p>22&mdash;An ex-Leaf defenseman.</p><p>24&mdash;A member of the 60-61 cup winning Hawks.</p><p>27&mdash;Initials of Nicholson of San Diego.</p><p>28&mdash;An NHL coach.</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of an NHL veteran.</p><p>31&mdash;Nickname of AHL team.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1&mdash;61-62 Calder trophy winner.</p><p>2&mdash;One of the Hawks answers to this.</p><p>3&mdash;Initials of one of the Rangers.</p><p>4&mdash;An NHL forward.</p><p>5&mdash;Preposition.</p><p>6&mdash;One of the Penguins.</p><p>7&mdash;Nickname of former Ranger Guidolin.</p><p>10&mdash;A high scoring Ranger.</p><p>12&mdash;Initials of one of the Kings.</p><p>14&mdash;One of the Leafs.</p><p>16&mdash;Led NHL in goals in 64-65.</p><p>19&mdash;Initials of an NHL centre.</p><p>20&mdash;Girl&rsquo;s name.</p><p>22&mdash;One of the Flyers answers to this.</p><p>23&mdash;First name of 66-67 Smythe trophy winner.</p><p>24&mdash;22nd and 7th letters of the alphabet.</p><p>25&mdash;Beverage.</p><p>26&mdash;11th and 22nd letters of the alphabet.</p><p>29&mdash;Initials of Attwell of Buffalo.</p><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1&mdash;DETROIT</p><p>7&mdash;U.A.</p><p>8&mdash;N.A.</p><p>9&mdash;LARRY.</p><p>12&mdash;RED.</p><p>14&mdash;VENERUZZ</p><p>15&mdash;A.L.</p><p>16&mdash;CAR.</p><p>18&mdash;N.N.</p><p>19&mdash;C.N.</p><p>20&mdash;I.K.</p><p>22&mdash;H.G.</p><p>23&mdash;ICE.</p><p>24&mdash;10.</p><p>26&mdash;IKE.</p><p>27&mdash;OTTAWA.</p><p>31&mdash;IN.</p><p>32&mdash;TALBOT.</p><p>34&mdash;MINT.</p><p>35&mdash;RON.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1&mdash;DELVECCHIO.</p><p>2&mdash;TURNER.</p><p>3&mdash;RARE.</p><p>4&mdash;IN.</p><p>5&mdash;TARZAN.</p><p>6&mdash;ALDO.</p><p>10&mdash;A.E.</p><p>11&mdash;YR.</p><p>13&mdash;EZINICKI.</p><p>17&mdash;ANGOTTI.</p><p>21&mdash;KEENAN.</p><p>23&mdash;11.</p><p>25&mdash;WALT.</p><p>28&mdash;TAN.</p><p>29&mdash;W.B.</p><p>30&mdash;A.O.</p><p>33&mdash;T.R.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0021-02

Hockey Crossword

<p><b>Save $$$$$$ Subscribe To The HOCKEY NEWS Receive 35 Issues At Home</b></p><p><b>For The Best In Hockey Reading It&rsquo;s HOCKEY PICTORIAL Hockey&rsquo;s Most Exciting Publication</b></p><h2><b>HOW THEY STAND</b></h2><h3><b>WESTERN LEAGUE</b></h3><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 18)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-149/2693635-1-eng-US/f0022-142.jpg" title="f0022-14" width="576" height="365"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tues, Nov. 11</b></p><p>San Diego 3 at Denver 3</p><p>Phoenix 3 at Salt Lake 0</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 12</b></p><p>Vancouver 1 at Phoenix 5</p><p>San Diego 3 at Portland 1</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 14</b></p><p>Salt Lake 4 at Denver 4</p><p>Vancouver 2 at Phoenix 4</p><p>San Diego 4 at Seattle 1</p><p><b>Sat, Nov. 15</b></p><p>Vancouver 5 at Salt Lake 2</p><p>San Diego 2 at Portland 2</p><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><p><b>Tues, Nov. 18</b></p><p>Salt lake at Vancouver</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 19</b></p><p>Denver at San Diego</p><p><b>Thurs, Nov. 20</b></p><p>Salt Lake at Seattle</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 21</b></p><p>Denver at San Diego</p><p>Salt Lake at Vancouver</p><p><b>Sat, Nov. 22</b></p><p>Vancouver, at Denver</p><p>Salt lake at Portland</p><p>Phoenix at Seattle</p><p><b>Sun, Nov. 23</b></p><p>Vancouver at Denver</p><p>Phoenix at Portland</p><p><b>Tues, Nov. 25</b></p><p>San Diego at Vancouver</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 26</b></p><p>Denver at Phoenix</p><p>San Diego at Seattle</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 28</b></p><p>Salt Lake at Phoenix</p><p>Portland at Seattle Son</p><p>Diego at Vancouver</p><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><p><b>(Including games of Jan, Nov. 9)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-158/2693628-1-eng-US/f0022-152.jpg" title="f0022-15" width="576" height="477"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0022-14

WESTERN LEAGUE

<h2><b>Tues. Nov. 4</b> PHOENIX 2 AT VANCOUVER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0358/2693774-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="582" height="504"></div><h2><b>Wed, Nov. 5 SEATTLE 4 AT SALT LAKE 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0444/2693767-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="583" height="712"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER 3 AT SAN DIEGO 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0536/2693760-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="579" height="599"></div><h2><b>Sun, Nov. 9 VANCOUVER 1 AT SAN DIEGO 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0630/2693753-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="577" height="449"></div><h2><b>SEATTLE 1 AT PORTLAND 6</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0730/2693746-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="583" height="622"></div><h2><b>DENVER 4 AT SAN DIEGO 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0827/2693739-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="578" height="575"></div><h2><b>PHOENIX 4 AT PORTLAND 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0924/2693732-1-eng-US/f0022-092.jpg" title="f0022-09" width="579" height="615"></div><h2><b>Thurs, Nov. 6 PORTLAND 2 AT VANCOUVER 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1019/2693725-1-eng-US/f0022-102.jpg" title="f0022-10" width="573" height="349"></div><h2><b>Fri, Nov. 7 SEATTLE 4 AT DENVER 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1118/2693718-1-eng-US/f0022-112.jpg" title="f0022-11" width="574" height="445"></div><h2><b>PHOENIX 3 AT SALT LAKE 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1217/2693711-1-eng-US/f0022-122.jpg" title="f0022-12" width="575" height="472"></div><h2><b>Sat, Nov. 8 SEATTLE 0 AT DENVER 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1314/2693704-1-eng-US/f0022-132.jpg" title="f0022-13" width="571" height="322"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0022-03

Western League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div><p>VANCOUVER &mdash;</p><p>The scene was so typical, somehow, of Vancouver&rsquo;s early-season experiences in the Western Hockey League.</p><p>The Canucks of Joe Crozier were playing on home ice against the Portland Buckaroos. At game time, the Canucks had not lost to the Bucks over an eight-game stretch counting last spring&rsquo;s playoffs. And no other Portland opponent in history could make that statement.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01127/2693673-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="268" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Howie Young</b></figcaption></div><p>With less than six minutes to play, the Vancouver club was leading, 1-0, and the chances seemed strong that the string would be stretched to nine in a row.</p><p>At 14.46, Dick Van Impe scored for Portland to knot the score at 1-1. Well, those things happen.</p><p>Less than a minute later, at 15-57, the irrepressible Howie Young fired an elbow at Portland&rsquo;s Norm Johnson. At that point, it was a senseless gesture.</p><p>Eighty seconds later, Portland&rsquo;s Dennis Kearns scored on the power play whileYoung was a spectator. It was 2-1 for the Buckaroos. And that&rsquo;s the way it wound up.</p><p>Typical, somehow, of Vancouver&rsquo;s early-season play? Right! For two reasons!</p><p>1&mdash;The Canucks had dropped another game on home ice.</p><p>2&mdash;The Canucks had been hurt again by penalties.</p><p>After 15 games this season, the record of the Vancouver Canucks read like a misprint.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0271/2693666-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="543" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GEORGE GARDNER&hellip;Net Play Bright Spot</b></figcaption></div><p>On the tough old road, where many hockey teams have problems, the Canucks were breezing with a winning record&mdash;four victories, two ties, only two defeats.</p><p>But on ever-loving friendly old home ice, the Canucks had won only two while losing four and tieing one.</p><p>The Canucks had outscored opponents 24-18 on the road but had been outscored 21-18 in Vancouver.</p><p>As a result, the team picked by coaches to finish first in the Western League was playing .500 hockey at the 15-game mark&mdash;six victories, six losses, three ties. They are the defending NHL champions.</p><p>And penalties? No one knocks penalties&mdash;and the Canucks were leading the league in them. No one knocks them because heavily-penalized teams most often finish on top or mighty close to it. You could look it up in the records.</p><p>But the Canucks were getting hurt by them.</p><p>After 15 games, the Canucks had scored only 8 power-play goals, had given up 14 while short-handed with players in the penalty box.</p><p>The bright spot in Vancouver&rsquo;s first 15 games was the play of the defense.</p><p>It had been feared in some quarters that youngsters such as John Arbour and Brad Seiwood might have problems in the Western League. And goaltender George Gardner can be brilliant at times but erratic at times.</p><p>No such problems in the early going!</p><p>The Canucks gave up only 39 goals in their first 15 games&mdash;a fine average of just 2.60 a contest.</p><p>And Gardner was 2.52 in the nets.</p><p>Especially impressive were Gardner&rsquo;s performances against Portland, league champions for five straight seasons and out in front again this year in mid-November.</p><p>Last season Gardner had nothing but trouble with the Buckaroos. His overall goals-against average was 3.01&mdash;second best in the Western League. But his record against Portland was 3.76.</p><p>In his first four appearances against the Buckaroos this season, Gardner held the first-place club to just seven goals&mdash;an average of 1.75 a contest.</p><p>And Vancouver, despite an overall .500 record, was winning (2-1-1) against Portland.</p><p>The Canucks, in the early going, were having problems on offense. Eleven times in their first 15 games, they had scored three or fewer goals. That&rsquo;s putting too much pressure on the defense. And Vancouver&rsquo;s record in those 11 games was 2-6-3.</p><p>The Canucks had scored four goals three times and five goals once&mdash;never more. They were unbeaten&mdash;four victories&mdash;in those four contests.</p><p>In one stretch, November 4 through November 9, Gardner allowed only nine goals in four games&mdash;a sizzling 2.25 average. Vancouver won only one of those four games.</p><p>It was clear, in the early going, that the Canucks still had not replaced their 1-2 goal scorers from last season, Bob Barlow (now with Minnesota) and Bryan Hextall (now with Pittsburgh).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0022-01

Canucks Lose Home Ice Touch As Penalties Hinder Champs

<p>PORTLAND&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>rt Jones, captain of the Portland Buckaroos, captured the Western Hockey League scoring championship last season with 114 points&mdash;third-highest total in the history of the circuit.</p><p>Jones is not resting on his laurels. After 15 games this season, the Saskatoon product was leading the league with 27 points and was 8 points ahead of his championship pace of last season.</p><p>He picked up 19 points in his first 15 games last year.</p><p>This is the best start of Jones&rsquo; 13-season professional career. His best previous start was 22 points in 15 games in 1966-67.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Jones Setting Hot WHL Pace

<div class="byline">&#x2014;Mc&#x2019;CONNELL</div><p>SAN DIEGO&mdash;</p><p>With Jack McCartan playing some of the best goal of his life, the San Diego Gulls have only lost two of their last nine games and although well behind in number of games played, have started up the Western Hockey League ladder.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01108/2693836-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="257" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gary Edwards</b></figcaption></div><p>It promises to be a tough climb as the Gulls face a stretch of six games in eight days, four of them on the road.</p><p>McCartan&rsquo;s 2.63 goals against average ties him for the WHL lead with Vancouver&rsquo;s George Gardner, who is seeing things much sharper this season with a new set of contact lenses.</p><p>Coach Max McNab engineered a deal to provide McCartan with a new partner and at the same time meet the new WHL rule of two rookies per roster. Gary Edwards arrived from Kansas City on loan for Bob Champoux, who moved to the Central League club.</p><p>The Gulls now have three rookies, Edwards, and forwards Kevin O&rsquo;Shea and Butch Morris. McNab has been extremely pleased with the play of the rugged 6-2, 205-pound O&rsquo;Shea.</p><p>His teammates have dubbed O&rsquo;Shea, &ldquo;Kayo&rdquo;, and his Irish good looks have made him an instant favorite of the Gulls&rsquo; fans who are averaging 10,606 per game this season.</p><p>With cutdown date approaching, the Gulls are still carrying 22 players, four over the limit. The next few games are a trial period for more than half a dozen players.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0272/2693829-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="546" height="1018"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOB CHAMPOUX&hellip;Leaves San Diego</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0023-01

Edwards Joins Gulls But McCartan’s Play Tops Among Goalers

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div><p>PHOENIX&mdash;</p><p>Road games are off the minds of the Phoenix Roadrunners until next February&mdash;and maybe it&rsquo;s just as well.</p><p>The Runners, who played nine of their first 14 on the road, are at home for 22 of their next 31 games.</p><p>The Roadrunners were unbeaten through their first four road games (two wins, two ties) but have been winless in their last four.</p><p>Poor road performances, such as last season when Phoenix won only four, will be a concern to Coach Alf Pike when the Runners only play three home dates in February and five in March.</p><p>A three-game losing streak&mdash;all road games&mdash;was terminated with a 3-3 tie in the Salt Palace where the Salt Lake Golden Eagles have only lost once in eight games (4 wins, 3 ties).</p><p>Bobby Schmautz&rsquo;s penalty shot goal against Don Caley earned the Eagles a tie in the final minutes and was highly disputed by Phoenix. To say the least, it was unusual.</p><p>Gary Marsh was called for hooking Schmautz but the Runners not only questioned Schmautz having a clear path to the goal but the fact that he got his shot away and Bruce Carmichael got another shot off the rebound.</p><p>Defenseman Aut Erickson, one of the two Roadrunners in traction in hospital for a back injury, was released after a week and hoped to be back in the lineup within a few days.</p><p>Dick Lamoureux remained, his future in doubt, and the Runners sorely missed his strong checking game. Coach Pike has accused most of his forwards of being a &ldquo;gang of puckwatchers.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Runners Lethargic On Road Cause Of Concern For Pike

<p><b>New Subscribers To THE HOCKEY NEWS Guaranteed To Get First Issue Within Two Weeks</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY NEWS Makes An Ideal Gift On Any Occasion. Give A Subscription To Dad Or Brother</b></p><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h3><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 18)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0347/2693898-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="570" height="365"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed, Nov. 12)</b></p><p>Kansas City 4 at Tulsa 4</p><p>Oklahoma City 5 at Omaha 2</p><p>Iowa 4 atFort Worth 2</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 14</b></p><p>Kansas City 9 at Fort Worth 6</p><p>Omaha 1 atDallas 3</p><p>Tulsa 2 at Iowa 4</p><p><b>Sat, Nov. 15</b></p><p>Dallas 6 at Kansas City 4</p><p>Omaha 2 at Oklahoma City 4</p><p>Iowa 1 at Tulsa 5</p><p><b>Sun, Nov. 16</b></p><p>Dallas 4 at Omaha 6</p><p>Fort Worth 4 at Iowa 1</p><p>Kansas City 7 at Oklahoma City 4</p><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><p><b>(Including Games of Sun, Nov. 9)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0436/2693891-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="567" height="329"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0024-03

CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BOB LINDLEY</div><p>FORT WORTH&mdash;</p><p>Young Bert Wilson lay in a bed in the intensive care unit at a Fort Worth hospital Nov. 9 and the old controversy over the mandatory use of helmets reared its head again.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01118/2693936-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="242" height="381"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Serge Aubry</b></figcaption></div><p>Wilson, a promising rookie with the Omaha Knights, had taken a spill near the Fort Worth net and had struck his head on the ice, suffering a severe concussion and a deep scalp laceration.</p><p>He was carried unconscious from the ice on a stretcher and spent four days in the hospital before being released.</p><p>&ldquo;If Wilson had been wearing a helmet,&rdquo; said Fort Worth&rsquo;s team doctor Arthur Berryman, &ldquo;he couldn&rsquo;t have been hurt. This only serves to point up the vital need for some kind of rule making it compulsory for players to use helmets.&rdquo;</p><p>Dr. Berryman was so concerned over the matter that on the following morning he contacted both Central League president Emory Jones and National League president Clarence Campbell, asking both to take steps toward alleviating the problem.</p><p>But the reply was that wearing of headgear is an individual matter and can not be legislated.</p><p>&ldquo;Apparently we&rsquo;re going to have to attack this thing from a different angle,&rdquo; Dr. Berryman said. &ldquo;What we&rsquo;re going to have to do is give the players enough evidence to show the value of wearing helmets that they&rsquo;ll take the initiative. We must convince them of the necessity, for their, own safety.&rdquo;</p><p>Dr. Berryman said Wilson was very lucky to have escaped without more serious damage, calling his accident very similar to the one in which Bill Masterton was fatally injured two years ago.</p><p>&ldquo;Masterton fell backwards and hit the back of his head,&rdquo; Dr. Berryman said, &ldquo;and had he been wearing a helmet he would probably be alive today.&rdquo;</p><p>One team has done something about the problem. The Boston Bruins sent orders to their Oklahoma City farm team for all players to don headgear and the plan has already paid dividends.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve gotten calls from various cities around the country since the story about our wearing head gear came out in THE HOCKEY NEWS,&rdquo; Blazer general manager Bill Levins said, &ldquo;and I believe it will eventually be the rule rather than the exception.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Our players are getting adjusted to them and some are glad they&rsquo;ve been ordered to wear them. Barry Wilkins took a real bad rap on the head at Dallas recently and he came out thanking his lucky stars he had the helmet on.&rdquo;</p><p>The Wilson incident also brought about the donning of a helmet by Fort Worth defenseman Kerry Ketter, who was a witness to the unfortunate accident.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to press the matter here in Fort Worth,&rdquo; Dr. Berryman said, &ldquo;I hope I can convince all of the Fort Worth players to go with them.&rdquo;</p><p><b>OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash;</b> The Blazers continued to establish records adding their third CHL standard in a recent game when defenseman Paul Hurley scored a hat trick in a game against Dallas. The Blazers and Kansas City recently rewrote the records for most goals in a single game (18) and most goals in one period (10).</p><p>Injuries to defense brought about acquisition of amateur rearguard Gary Braun from Syracuse for five-game try out. Blazers had both Barry Wilkins and Nick Beverly shelved for awhile with various ailments.</p><p><b>OMAHA&mdash;</b> Knights continue to dominate standings and individual scoring with Jack Bgers leading CHL in point totals for the second straight week. Egers picked up 4 points to bring his total to 22 on 8 goals and 14 assists. Teammate Mike Robitaille with 16 and Alan Karlander of Ft. Worth are in a second place deadlock with Steve Atkinson of Okla. City and Don Luce of the Knights locked in third place with 15 points each.</p><p><b>DALLAS&mdash;</b>Veteran forwards Garth Rizzuto, Oscar Gaudet and J.P. Leblanc continued to supply most of the Black Hawks offense as coach Bobby Kromm lamented the lack of scoring through the club&rsquo;s first 10 games, Leblanc had five goals, Rizzuto four and Gaudet only one, but had chipped in with eight assists. The trio accounted for 10 of Dallas&rsquo; first 22 goals. Goalie Ker Brown scored first shutout by blanking Kansas City 4-0.</p><p><b>IOWA&mdash;</b> The goaltending duo Gilles Gilbert and Fern Rivard continued to be the stingiest in the Central League as the Iowa Stars led circuit in fewest goals against after first month of season. Between them they had al-Icwed enemy forwards to score at a slim 2.36 per-game rate. Rivard recorded club&rsquo;s second shutout when he stopped Fort Worth 1-0 in a home game Nov. 8. Rookie defenseman Dick Redmond returned to club after short stay in Minnesota. Veteran defender Tom Reid remained with North Stars to fill in for injured players.</p><p><b>KANSAS CITY&mdash;</b>The Blues finally got home and a standing room crowd of 6,400 greeted them as they battled Omaha to 2-2 tie. It seemed only fitting that Omaha should sort of spoil the Blues&rsquo; home opener since Kaycee pinned a 3-2 setback on the Knights in Omaha&rsquo;s start at Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum nine days earlier. St Louis called up Goalie Gary Edwards, and sent him to San Diego of CHL on loan in exchange for Bob Champoux, who comes here. Ken Faranski returned to action after sitting out a coupleof weeks with a broken nose. Claude Cardin was side-linedagain with agroininjury.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0270/2693929-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="531" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PAUL HURLEY&hellip;Scores Hat Trick</b></figcaption></div><p>CHL President Emory Jones announced that Kansas City again won the Clarence Campbell Trophy which is awarded annually to the club having the best opening night crowd based on percentage of seats sold against total seating capacity.</p><p><b>TULSA&mdash;</b>The Oilers put together a four-game unbeaten streak thanks to sterling goaltending of veteran Serge Aubry and climbed into the thick of fight for first place in the league, the stretch including a 2-2 tie at Oklahoma City and a 5-0 shutout over rugged Blazers in a return match at Tulsa. Bob Liddington and Doug Acomb began finding the range to give veteran forwards Len Bazay and Danny Johnson help on the offense.</p><p><b>FORT WORTH&mdash;</b>Alan Karlander continued to lead Wings in scoring and heroic deeds, saving the Wings from disaster with a goal with one second remaining in a close-checking game at Fort Worth that brought 1-1 tie with Omaha. Karlander had eight goals and eights assists through team&rsquo;s first 13 games, Goalie Don McLeod had a 2.14 goals against average through seven games to lead the league. The Wings have scheduled exhibition with Oklahoma City for Amarillo, Texas, on Dec. 9.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Fort Worth Team Medic Demands Mandatory Helmets

<h2><b>WED. NOV. 5 KANSAS CITY 0 at DALLAS 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0528/2694016-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="572" height="502"></div><h2><b>FRI, NOV. 7 FORT WORTH 4 at OMAHA 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0624/2694009-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="574" height="575"></div><h2><b>DALLAS 3 at OKLAHOMA CITY 7</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0721/2694002-1-eng-US/f0024-072.jpg" title="f0024-07" width="579" height="801"></div><h2><b>SAT, NOV. 8 TULSA 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0818/2693995-1-eng-US/f0024-082.jpg" title="f0024-08" width="575" height="454"></div><h2><b>FORT WORTH 0 at IOWA 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0916/2693988-1-eng-US/f0024-092.jpg" title="f0024-09" width="571" height="426"></div><h2><b>SUN, NOV. 9 OMAHA 1 at FORT WORTH 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1015/2693981-1-eng-US/f0024-102.jpg" title="f0024-10" width="570" height="426"></div><h2><b>OKLAHOMA CITY 0 at TULSA 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1115/2693974-1-eng-US/f0024-112.jpg" title="f0024-11" width="569" height="523"></div><h2><b>IOWA 1 at DALLAS 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1212/2693967-1-eng-US/f0024-122.jpg" title="f0024-12" width="572" height="499"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Central Hockey League Summaries

<h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues, Nov. 18)</b></p><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0261/2694099-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="570" height="235"></div><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0340/2694092-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="571" height="296"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Mon, Nov 10</b></p><p>Greensboro 2 at Charlotte 4</p><p><b>Tues, Nov. 11</b></p><p>Johnstown 2 at Charlotte 4</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 12</b></p><p>New Jersey 3 at Syracuse 6</p><p>Long Island 2 at Clinton 9</p><p>Salem 3 at Greensboro 6</p><p><b>Thurs, Nov. 13</b></p><p>Clinton 5 at Long Island 4</p><p>Nashville 3 at Salem 5</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 14</b></p><p>New Haven 4 at Syracuse 6</p><p>Long Island 5 at New Jersey 5</p><p>Clinton 4 at Johnstown 0</p><p>Jacksonville 0 at Charlotte 6</p><p>Greensboro 3 at Nashville 5</p><p><b>Sat, Nov. 15</b></p><p>New Jersey 2 at Clinton 8</p><p>Syracuse 2 at Long Island 5</p><p>New Haven 5 at Johnstown 5</p><p>Hacjsonville 5 at Greensboro 4</p><p>Nashville 2 at Charlotte 5</p><p><b>Sun, Nov. 16</b></p><p>Long Island 4 at New Haven 7</p><p>Clinton 9 at New Jersey 4</p><p>Jacksonville 3 at Salem 5</p><p>Charlotte 1 at Nashville 3</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Tues, Nov. 18</b></p><p>Salem at Charlotte</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 19</b></p><p>New Jersey at Syracuse</p><p>Johnstown at New Haven</p><p>Salem at Greensboro</p><p><b>Thurs, Nov. 20</b></p><p>Johnstow at Long Island</p><p>Nashville at Salem</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 21</b></p><p>Long Island at Clinton</p><p>New Haven at New Jersey</p><p>Greensboro at Charlotte</p><p>Salem at Nashville</p><p>Johnstown at Syracuse</p><p><b>Sat, Nov. 22</b></p><p>Syracuse at Clinton</p><p>New Jersey at Long Island</p><p>New Haven at Johnstown</p><p>Charlotte at Greensboro</p><p>Nashville vs Jacksonville (At Macon)</p><p><b>Sun, Nov. 23</b></p><p>Long Island at Syracuse</p><p>Clinton at New Hoven</p><p>New Jersey at Johnstown</p><p>Greensboro at Charlotte</p><p>Nashville at Salem</p><p><b>Tues, Nov. 25</b></p><p>Salem at Charlotte</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 26</b></p><p>New Jersey at New Hoven</p><p>Clinton at Johnstown</p><p>Jacksonville at Greensboro</p><p><b>Thurs, Nov. 27</b></p><p>Clinton at Long Island</p><p>Syracuse at Johnstown</p><p>Charlotte at Salem</p><p>Greensboro at Nashville</p><p><b>Fri, No. 28</b></p><p>Johnstown at Clinton</p><p>Long Island at New Jersey</p><p>Nashville at Greensboro</p><p>Salem at Jacksonville</p><h2><b>NEW YORK METRO</b></h2><p><b>(Standinqs on Mon, Nov. 10)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0430/2694085-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="575" height="243"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0529/2694078-1-eng-US/f0025-052.jpg" title="f0025-05" width="572" height="329"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOW THEY STAND

<h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 9)</b></p><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0619/2694144-1-eng-US/f0025-062.jpg" title="f0025-06" width="579" height="277"></div><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0718/2694137-1-eng-US/f0025-072.jpg" title="f0025-07" width="577" height="280"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0815/2694130-1-eng-US/f0025-082.jpg" title="f0025-08" width="576" height="427"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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EHL POINT RACE

<h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. Nov. 9)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01109/2694175-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="583" height="680"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IHL POINT RACE

<h2>IHL JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2><p><b>(Standings on Sun. Nov. 16)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0262/2694269-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="571" height="169"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0346/2694262-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="574" height="292"></div><h2><b>BORDER CITIES JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Sat. Nov. 8)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0431/2694255-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="574" height="201"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0527/2694248-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="574" height="252"></div><h2>MICHIGAN JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2><p><b>(Standing on Wed. Nov. 5)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0618/2694241-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="572" height="233"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0716/2694234-1-eng-US/f0026-072.jpg" title="f0026-07" width="575" height="304"></div><h3><b>INTERLOCKING STANDINGS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0815/2694227-1-eng-US/f0026-082.jpg" title="f0026-08" width="573" height="402"></div><h2><b>CENTRAL JUNIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 12)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0914/2694220-1-eng-US/f0026-092.jpg" title="f0026-09" width="569" height="200"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1012/2694213-1-eng-US/f0026-102.jpg" title="f0026-10" width="569" height="277"></div><h2><b>ARROWHEAD JUNIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 11)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1111/2694206-1-eng-US/f0026-112.jpg" title="f0026-11" width="569" height="163"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><p>DES MOINES&mdash;</p><p>The Oak Leafs of Des Moines, who were reported to be possible drop outs from the International Hockey League before the season started, now loom as one of its potential powers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-128/2694307-1-eng-US/f0026-122.jpg" title="f0026-12" width="271" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Paul Hoganson</b></figcaption></div><p>The Leafs were beset with financial problems stemming from the difficulties surrounding the Ice Arena, their home building and also the fact that they had finished last for two straight seasons, with accompanying&rsquo; decline at the gate.</p><p>But the Leafs&rsquo; backers refused to surrender and new hope was pumped into the undertaking when they lured into the operation, Terry Slater, master psychologist with a fresh and optimist Viewpoint.</p><p>Things began to pick up for the Oak Leafs almost immediately. The fans apparently were stimulated by a hustling, rebuilt club that promised to give them an interesting season.</p><p>Then they tried a couple of merchants nights, which had not proved too successful in past seasons. These promotions, with many half-price tickets sold to business men for free handouts, brought in crowds of 4,655 and 4,138. This swelled season attendance for six games to 21,091, more than 7,000 ahead of the same number of games last season.</p><p>General Manager Slater, who had decided to confine his activities to that role, said, I&rsquo;m not going to take our road trip this week-end, I plan to stay here and keep promoting. I&rsquo;d like to fill the building for every game we play&rdquo;</p><p>While the Leafs were not contending for the division lead, they were off to a much better start on the ice as well as the box office. They were more than three weeks ahead of last season&rsquo;s victory pace.</p><p>The Leafs were undergoing a process of elimination by Slater and Coach Bob Perreault. Twenty-two players had been tried and released and these included some well-known IHL performers such as John Annable, Barry Jakeman and Pat Donnelly.</p><p>The Leafs were led by Cliff Pennington, 29 years of age and a veteran of 13 years in pro hockey, including Boston Bruins, Quebec Aces, Los Angeles Blades and last year a 117-point man with Nashville of the Eastern Hockey League.</p><p><b>DAYTON</b>&mdash;Right wing Garry MacMillan was out for two or three weeks with a shoulder injury</p><p>A 75-foot goal by defenseman Lome Weighill gave the Gems a tie at Flint&hellip;Tom lannone, on loan last season to Columbus, was by far the Gems&rsquo; best goal scorer with 11&hellip;The Gems had an average attendance of 4.526 for their first six games.</p><p><b>FORT WAYNE&mdash;</b> Attendance at the first four home games was, in order: 7,777, 6,108, 3,031 and 6,721 for an average of 5,909&hellip;Paul Hoganson, sent here by the Pittsburgh Penguins, was the fifth goalie looked at by the club over this season&hellip;Bob Baird had his first goal in eight games to tie Tcledo. 2-2.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-137/2694300-1-eng-US/f0026-132.jpg" title="f0026-13" width="553" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CLIFF PENNINGTON&hellip;Leafs&rsquo; Ice Leader</b></figcaption></div><p><b>PORT HURON&mdash;</b> Dave Gorman registered the first hat trick of the season for the Flags&hellip;Right wing Jack Brewer was sent back to Muskegon after seeing limited action&hellip;The Flags added Montrealer Art Thomas, left wing, property of the Oakland Seals&hellip;Dale Power was reinstated after a fine and suspension for training infractions.</p><p><b>MUSKEGON&mdash;</b> Hugh Harris and Gary Ford were neck-and-neck for point honors, although Harris, winner of the first star of the month award, was far ahead on goals. He had 12 to lead the IHL&hellip;Only three penalties were called by Referee Sam Sisco in a game with Port Huron, won by the Flags, 7-4&hellip;Bernie Blanchette was awarded the first penalty shot of the season but missed after injuring his leg on the play.</p><p><b>TOLEDO&mdash;</b> Goalie Glenn Ramsay was back in action after missing one game with a muscle spasm&hellip;The Blades picked up defenseman Gary Wood from Nashville, formerly with Dayton and goalie Al Cecile from Port Huron, after two weeks with Fort Worth of the Central League&hellip;Stan Maxwell, who hadn&rsquo;t played in a game, started to work out&hellip;</p><p><b>COLUMBUS&mdash;</b> In a game against Des Moines the Checkers had their first penalty called with only 1:54 remaining&hellip;The Chex had a string of seven unbeaten games broken by Port Huron, 6-5&hellip;Rookie goaler Mike Lovett just missed a shutout, returning to action after missing several games with a throat infection&hellip;Bert Fizzell was leading the Chex in scoring.</p><p><b>FLINT&mdash;</b> Doug Abel had his second hat trick of the season&hellip;The Generals released winger Terry Leifson and defenseman Larry Klewchuk went out with a shoulder injury&hellip;The Gens&rsquo; &ldquo;hot line&rdquo; was composed of Wally Kozak, Warren Harrison and Bob Clyne&hellip;Average attendance for the first six home games was about 2,800.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Des Moines Enjoying Hockey Revival; lannone, Harris Hot IHL Goal Snipers

<h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 19)</b></p><h3><b>NORTH DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-146/2694345-1-eng-US/f0026-142.jpg" title="f0026-14" width="556" height="160"></div><h3><b>SOUTH DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-154/2694338-1-eng-US/f0026-152.jpg" title="f0026-15" width="570" height="227"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. Nov. 12</b></p><p>Port Huron 5 ot Fort Wayne 3</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Fort Wayne 5 at Columbus 2</p><p>Port Huron 3 at Flint 6</p><p>Muskegon 4 at Toledo 11</p><p>Dayton 7 at Des Moines 5</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 15</b></p><p>Flint 0 at Fort Wayne 3</p><p>Columbus 4 at Muskegon 9</p><p>Port Huron 1 at Toledo 1</p><p>Dayton 2 ot Des Moines 3</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Toledo 5 at Dayton 3</p><p>Fort Wayne 1 at Port Huron 2</p><p>Muskegon 6 at Columbus 3</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Toledo at Fort Wayne</p><p>Muskegon at Des Moines</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Flint at Columbus</p><p>Fort Wayne at Toledo</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>Des Moines at Fort Wayne</p><p>Flint at Muskegon</p><p>Columbus at Dayton</p><p>Toledo at Port Huron<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<h2><b>ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 16)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0193/2694432-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="581" height="371"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tues. Nov. 11</b></p><p>Peterborough 5 at Oshawa 2</p><p>Toronto 1 at St. Catharines 5</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 13</b></p><p>London 2 at Peterborough 4</p><p>Kitchener 4 at Hamilton 3</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Oshawa 4 at Niagara Falls 5</p><p>Hamilton 2 at Kitchener 5</p><p>London 4 at Ottawa 5</p><p>St. Catharines 4 at Toronto 5</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Kitchener 3 at St. Catharines 6</p><p>Niagara Falls 4 at Toronto 8</p><p>Montreal 4 at Peterborough 9</p><p>London 5 at Oshawa 5</p><p>Hamilton 7 at Ottawa 3</p><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3><p><b>Tues. Nov. 18</b></p><p>Kitchener at London</p><p><b>Thurs. Nov. 20</b></p><p>Niagara Falls at Hamilton</p><p>St. Catharines at Peterborough</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Hamilton at Niagara Falls</p><p>Montreal at Kitchener</p><p>Oshawa at London</p><p>Sun. Nov. 23</p><p>Peterborough at Montreal</p><p>Ottawa at Toronto</p><p>London at St. Catharines</p><p>Hamilton at Oshawa</p><p>Niagara Falls at Kitchener</p><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><p><b>(Including Games of Sun. Nov. 9)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0263/2694425-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="580" height="434"></div><h2><b>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 10)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0342/2694418-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="581" height="202"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0437/2694411-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg" title="f0027-04" width="579" height="209"></div><h2><b>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Fri. Nov. 14)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0528/2694404-1-eng-US/f0027-052.jpg" title="f0027-05" width="582" height="304"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0624/2694397-1-eng-US/f0027-062.jpg" title="f0027-06" width="583" height="303"></div><h2><b>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 10)</b></p><h3><b>EASTERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0721/2694390-1-eng-US/f0027-072.jpg" title="f0027-07" width="575" height="167"></div><h3><b>WESTERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0820/2694383-1-eng-US/f0027-082.jpg" title="f0027-08" width="574" height="166"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0919/2694376-1-eng-US/f0027-092.jpg" title="f0027-09" width="576" height="174"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div><p>KITCHENER&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>s a general rule when a hockey team isn&rsquo;t living up to expectations it&rsquo;s the coach who comes under fire while the general-manager remains in a relatively safe position.</p><p>However just the reverse took place in Kitchener where general-manager Brent Madill of the Rangers resigned because of the usual &ldquo;pressure of business&rdquo; while coach Gerry Forler was given a vote of confidence by the Kitchener executive.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1017/2694470-1-eng-US/f0027-102.jpg" title="f0027-10" width="253" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Brent Madill</b></figcaption></div><p>Former owner of the Kitchener junior B Greenshirts, Madill gave up his holdings in that club to assume the duties of generalmanager of the Rangers in the Ontario Hockey Association junior A league.</p><p>Kitchener finished first two successive seasons (1966-67 and 1967-68) but both times were knocked out in the provincial playoffs before advancing into the Memorial Cup series.</p><p>Last year the Rangers finished last in the 10-team group and while definitely improved this season were still slightly below the .500 mark when Madill handed in his resignation.</p><p>Forler was named interim manager until a successor is chosen and, in his first game in the dual capacity of coach and manager the Rangers got a late goal by Gerry O&rsquo;Flaherty to edge Peterborough 5-4.</p><p>O&rsquo;Flaherty, the son of former American Hockey League star Peanuts O&rsquo;Flaherty who also coached in St. Catharines with the junior A Black Hawks, has six goals so far this year, half of them game-winners.</p><p>Madill said that he was not bitter about leaving the Kitchener junior hockey scene, that there had been no personality problems between himself, the executive and coach Forler.</p><p>However he added that he hoped to be back with another junior A team before the end of the season which had to weaken his claim that his resignation was because of business pressure.</p><p>There are rumors to the effect that one-time senior player Walter (Punch) Scherer may take over the general-manager&rsquo;s position with Kitchener.</p><p>Scherer owns a car agency in Kitchener and has been an active member of the Rangers&rsquo; executive.</p><p>St. Catharines Black Hawks tied a club record with eight consecutive wins after taking only one victory in their first six games and squeezed into second; Montreal Canadiens were third on the strength of a win over Ottawa and their tie with Toronto; Peterborough, after a string of six straight wins to start the season, hit a slump but still held fourth.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1115/2694463-1-eng-US/f0027-112.jpg" title="f0027-11" width="514" height="537"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY O&rsquo;FLAHERTY&hellip;Big On Game Winners</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0027-10

GM Madill Steps Out Of Picture In Shakeup Off Kitchener Team

<h2><b>WESTERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Fri. Nov. 14)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1214/2694529-1-eng-US/f0027-122.jpg" title="f0027-12" width="577" height="204"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><p>(Including Games of Sun. Nov. 9)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1311/2694522-1-eng-US/f0027-132.jpg" title="f0027-13" width="579" height="233"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standing on Sat. Nov. 8)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1411/2694515-1-eng-US/f0027-142.jpg" title="f0027-14" width="573" height="163"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-159/2694508-1-eng-US/f0027-152.jpg" title="f0027-15" width="580" height="323"></div><h2><b>ALBERTA JUNIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 10)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-168/2694501-1-eng-US/f0027-162.jpg" title="f0027-16" width="585" height="240"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div><p>CALGARY&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>espite his occasional failings on low shots, Ed Dyck, young netminder of the Western Canada Junior League&rsquo;s Calgary Centennials, is making a strong impression among pro scouts.</p><p>The scouts&rsquo; line is that Dyck is already the equal of some NHL goalies on any shot above his knees.</p><p>&ldquo;His glove hand is exceptional,&rdquo; says one. Realizing this, rival teams try shoot low.</p><p>With relatively inexperienced defensemen in front of him, Dyck has managed only a so-so goals against average. Still, he is a major reason why Calgary is in the Western division pennant race.</p><p>His coach, Scotty Munro, feels Dyck will be drafted by an NHL club and will turn pro next season even though he will still be eligible for the Western Canada League.</p><p>The young goalie was obtained last year in a trade with Estevan Bruins. He celebrated his 19th birthday not long ago by registering back-to-back shutouts. Both were against his former team, Estevan.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve coached several pro goalies&hellip;Al Rollins, Emile Francis, Jack Norris and others,&rdquo; says Munro, &ldquo;and Dyck is as good as any of them.&rdquo;</p><p><b>SLAP SHOTS&mdash;</b> George Senick is the new coach of Saskatoon Blades, replacing George Agar&hellip;Jerry Melnyk, former NHLer whose career was cut short by a heart ailment, has joined Edmonton Oil Kings&rsquo; coaching staff.</p><p>Ironically, three rookies have been Winnipeg Jets&rsquo; steadiest forward line&mdash;Wally McCheyne, Dave McConachy and Brian Howie&hellip;Goalie Val Borisenko, who was recently dealt by Saskatoon to Swift Current Broncos, is the league&rsquo;s most-travelled netminder. He started as Calgary property&hellip;Scotty Munro has sent forward Marty Kissel, a 16-year-old Calgarian, to Centennials&rsquo; Jr. &ldquo;B&rdquo; club at High Prairie, Alberta&hellip;Saskatoon general manager George Agar feels stiff fines rather than suspensions should have been handed out to his star players Jim Booth and Laurie Yaworski for badgering officials and fighting. Agar says fines hurt individuals involved but suspensions hurt the entire team.</p><p>Calgary has a new scout, Don Larose. He previously worked in the Detroit Red Wing organization&hellip;Dept, of confusion&mdash;Winnipeg thought its goalie, Mike Schneider, was on Edmonton&rsquo;s negotiation list. It turned out Edmonton had a Wally Snyder on its list.</p><p>Howie Heggedal of Calgary Centennials, who attended Seattle Totems&rsquo; pro camp at Kamloops, gives the Cents badly-needed ruggedness along the forward lines. He&rsquo;s a 170-pound leftwinger.</p><p>Saskatoon played 80 per cent of its early games on the road. Since Saskatoon is a university centre and many of the team members attend school, this enables the players to remain at home later in the season when exams are scheduled&hellip;Rusty Patenaude turned down $13,000 ($5,500 for signing and $7,500 salary) from Baltimore Clippers to play again for Calgary. He decided he&rsquo;s better off in Calgary than being used sparingly as a pro.</p><p>Bob Neufeld, a Toronto Maple Leaf draft choice, turned up at Winnipeg Jets&rsquo; camp&hellip;Bill Thomson, who played part of last year with Saskatoon, then went to Swift Current in the offseason, is back with Saskatoon after being released by the Broncos&hellip;Winnipeg&rsquo;s Don Saleski was a late cut from Philadelphia Flyers. Teammate Ron Boyes attended Columbus&rsquo; camp in the International League.</p><p>Captain Jerry Wright of Calgary is the league&rsquo;s top centreman, according to coach Scotty Munro. Munro has so much confidence in Wright that he left him in charge of practices while he was out of town fecently&hellip;John Huber, fresh out of Calgary juvenile ranks, is making a big noise as a rookie.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Calgary Coaling Whiz Ed Dyck NHL Bound Says Scotty Munro

<div class="byline">BY BEN BODDING</div><p>SACRAMENTO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Nite Hawks have opened up a three point lead over the defending champion Argonauts after the first round of play in the Sacramento Calif., Ice Hockey Association.</p><p>The SIHA, now in its 13th season, is off to a strong start as attendance is up almost 25 per cent and the league&rsquo;s four teams play before near capacity crowds (capacity at Sacramento&rsquo;s Iceland rink is 550) every Wednesday and Sunday evening.</p><p>Glen Stewart, Elmer Malakoff and goalie Dave Shaw are leading the Nite Hawks charge to the front. The Hawks have skated past three straight opponents, including a 6-2 victory over the Argonauts. Against the Argos, Stewart scored three goals and assisted on two others, while Malakoff had one goal and three assists and Shaw kicked out 50 shots. Two defensive mistakes cost Shaw a possible shut out.</p><p>The Argos follow the Nite Hawks in second place with a 1-11 record for three points, while defending playoff champs, Li&rsquo;l Joe&rsquo;s, are 1-2 for two points and hold third place. Newcomer Pacific Mutual has only a tie to show for three outings and is anchored in the cellar.</p><p>Stewart is the league&rsquo;s leading scorer with 11 goals among his 18 points. Teammate Malakoff has eight goals and eight assists for 16 points and second in the scoring race. Gary Potten of Li&rsquo;l Joe&rsquo;s, Vern Kaiser of Pacific Mutual and Fred Lehr of the Argonauts round out the top five scorers with 13, 11 and 10 points respectively. Potten has 10 goals.</p><p>Shaw is the SIHA&rsquo;s top goaler with a 4.5 average.</p><p>The highlight of the loop&rsquo;s 36 game schedule and playoffs will be an All-Star game against the Fresno Aces in Fresno&rsquo;s Seeland Arena on Dec. 12. The SIHA is also attempting to set up games with other teams in the area, either on the road or in Sacramento.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hawks Early Pace Setters in Sacramento Puck Loop

<div class="byline">&#x2014;PROUDFOOT</div><p>TOKON TO&mdash;</p><p>Mike Walton was unfortunate, in a way.</p><p>He was the first player to manhandle a referee after the National Hockey League authorized a crackdown on abuse of game officials.</p><p>The result: A three-game suspension, without pay.</p><p>What was particularly ironic about the situation was that the referee he pushed, Tom Smith, is a friend of his away from hockey.</p><p>This was during Leafs&rsquo; Nov. 4 visit to Oakland.</p><p>Walton shoved Smith and was given a game misconduct penalty. In Montreal. NHL president Clarence Campbell said Walton wouldn&rsquo;t be allowed to play the following night in Los Angeles and would have to appear at league headquarters the following Friday.</p><p>After a detailed investigation, Campbell imposed a three-day suspension, to be completed in week-end games against Montreal and Chicago.</p><p>&ldquo;I just wish he&rsquo;d hit me with a big fine,&rdquo; Walton said. &ldquo;I deserve to be hit in the pocketbook but this way, it hurts the team.&rsquo;</p><p>Coach Johnny McLellan was angry at Walton tor what he&rsquo;d done and delivered a stern lecture to Jim Dorey when he took a misconduct in L.A.</p><p>&ldquo;Even if you&rsquo;re right, you&rsquo;re wrong when you challenge a referee,&rdquo; McLellan pointed out. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no way you can win. The next guy that takes a misconduct will&rsquo; lose more to the club than the $25 to the league.</p><p>&ldquo;We re going to stamp this thing out, here and now.&rdquo;</p><p>McLellan&rsquo;s point was that the players had been given ample warning of the league&rsquo;s get-tough policy. By defying the edict, they were asking for trouble.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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