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THE NHL SCENE

(Standings on Mon. Dec. 15) EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Wed. Dec. 10 Toronto 3 at Montreal 6 Boston 2 at New York 5 Chicago 5 at Minnesota 8 Pittsburgh 2 at Los Angeles 0 St. Louis 3 at Oakland 3 Thurs. Dec. 11 Toronto 3 at Philadelphia 6 New York 1 at Boston 2 Minnesota 2 at Detroit 2 Fri. Dec. 12 Pittsburgh 1 at Oakland 4 Sat. Dec. 13 Chicago 1 at Montreal 4 Detroit 3 at Toronto 1 New York 5 at Minnesota 2 Boston 5 at Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 8 at Los Angeles 1 Sun. Dec. 14 Montreal 2 at Detroit 5 Toronto 3 at New York 1 Pittsburgh 1 at Boston 2 Philadelphia 1 at Chicago 4 GAMES TO COME Mon. Dec. 15 Minnesota at Los Angeles Tues. Dec. 16 Detroit at St. Louis Wed. Dec. 17 Montreal at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at New York Chicago at Los Angeles Minnesota at Oakland Thurs. Dec. 18 Boston at St. Louis Fri. Dec. 19 Chicago at…

Hockey Crossword

SOLUTION IN JAN. 2 ISSUE ACROSS 1—Power play specialist. 7—Before 8—Man’s best friend. 10—1966-67 Norris Trophy winner. 12—Negative answer. 13—Pictured Player 15—Beverage. 16—An NHL centre answer to this. 17—Rodent. 18—I down’s brother was born in this month, (abbr.) 19—19th, 11th and 5th letters of alphabet. 20—Initials of Glover of Cleveland. 23—A U.S. State, (abbr.) 24—A candidate for rookie award. 28—One of theBlues’executives. 29—Top scorer in AHL answers to this. DOWN 1—1957-58 Calder trophy winner. 2—A former Hawk defenseman. 3—Iron 4—First name of former great Stewart. 5—Initials of onetime Hab Davis. 6—A Philadelphia farmhand. 9—Traded forward thriving. 11—The. (Fr.) 14—New NHL captain. 21—A St Louis farmhand. 22—An NHL referee answers to this. 23—Not far. 24—6th and 12th letters of the alphabet. 25—Preposition. 26—That is. 27—Compass point. LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS ACROSS 1—TKACZUK. 7—REID. 8—KEON. 10—END. 11—TEN. 12—M.N. 13—BOSTON. 15—BEV. 16—L.D. 17—ARE. 19—AYE. 21—ROD. 22—T.W. 23—ROLFE. 26—S.C. 28—R.E. 29—MAKI. 31—V.H. 33—PIT. 34—UDVARI. DOWN 1—TREMBLAY. 2—KENNEDY. 3—AID. 4—C.D. 5—UKES. 6—KENT. 9—NON. 11—TO. 14—ODROWSKI. 17—ART. 18—ED. 20—EGO. 23—READ. 24—LAVA. 25—E.M. 27—CITY. 30—A.P. 32—H.R.…

Broken Foot Mended, Spencer Back On Ice

SAN DIEGO— Irv Spencer made a quick recovery from a broken foot and marded his full-time return to the San Diego Culls’ lineup with a last minute goal to tie the Western Hockey League leading Portland Buckaroos 4-4. Spencer, 32 this month, caught a shot in the foot in a game against the Vancouver Canucks. With the ankle heavily taped, he was skating within a week and in three weeks played a couple of shifts against the Phoenix Rooadrunners in a 1-0 victory. The Gulls didn’t play again for six days and by then Spencer was ready to play a full shift. The Buckaroos had tied the game when one of the Gulls put the puck into his own net when goaltender Jack McCartan was trying to corral a rebound. Spencer, 5-10, 185, lugged the…