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July 1, 1970

The Hockey News July 1, 1970

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02338/3619518-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL 1969-70 TEAM STANDINGS</h2><h3><b>NORTH DIVISION</b></h3><h3>SOUTH DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03278/3619511-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="1168" height="212"></div><h3>INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND PENALTY STATISTICS</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04196/3619504-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="1234" height="5008"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS FOR REGULAR SCHEDULE</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02210/3619497-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="1199" height="434"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Complete IHL League And Playoff Statistics

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Looking At CHL Coolers

<h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2><h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2136/3619865-1-eng-US/f0022-212.jpg" title="f0022-21" width="572" height="176"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2232/3619858-1-eng-US/f0022-222.jpg" title="f0022-22" width="568" height="152"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2333/3619851-1-eng-US/f0022-232.jpg" title="f0022-23" width="577" height="783"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2428/3619844-1-eng-US/f0022-242.jpg" title="f0022-24" width="585" height="1303"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE FINAL STATISTICS

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div><p>&bull; <b><i>THERE WILL be comparatively little time for glad-handing and reminiscing in the corridors at the summer) hockey meetings this year. It will be all business and long heated sessions, most of which will, be, conducted behind closed doors.</i></b></p><p><b><i>The NHL has been assured of a crowded summer agenda what with a new format for player fines, owner player council meetings to cope with increased player demands, rule changes, and three draft sit-tings highlighted by the stocking of the expansion clubs.</i></b></p><p><b><i>However, the most signicant item on the summer program is one the NHL had not expected. The thorny issue of who owns and what happens to the financially embarrassed Oakland Seals.</i></b></p><p><b><i>NHL President Clarence Campbell admitted that &ldquo;things would have been relatively quiet&rdquo; had the Oakland situation not come up. Now it looms as the most important.</i></b></p><p>&bull;<b><i>CAMPBELL SAID the league governors had not expected to be confronted with the Oakland situation but a recent ruling by a San Francisco court judge changed all that and now the NHL must take an in depth look at the constantly changing Oakland picture.</i></b></p><p><b><i>The court ruled that the Seals must revert to the original owners, headed by Barend Van Gerbig because the current backers&mdash;Trans-National Communications Inc., have been delinquent in the terms of purchase for the club from Van Gerbig&rsquo;s group. However, the NHL has stepped in and made a ruling of its own&mdash;the Seals cannot change hands without the consent of the league and that&rsquo;s where the trouble lies. Thus the item becomes a must on the busy hockey agenda no matter what else is up for discussion.</i></b></p><p><b><i>Van Gerbig wants the ownership of the Seals to revert to him in order to peddle the club to Charles O. Finley, the controversial owner of the Oakland baseball club in the American League.</i></b></p><p><b><i>However, the NHL has the last word on the transaction and the club must remain in the hands of Bill Creasy and his TNC confreres until the league decides the court is justified in taking it away from them.</i></b></p><p>&bull;<b><i>ONE OF the summer meeting highlights will be the discussion on rule changes and the most poignant will be the adoption of legislation to curb stalling by defensive teams, particularly in the closing minutes of hockey games.</i></b></p><p><b><i>The NHL wants to eliminate such flagrant abuses as &ldquo;freezing the puck unnecessarily&rdquo; or &ldquo;shooting the puck out of the rink intentionally&rdquo;. The latter practice has become common place among NHL goalkeepers, notably with Boston goaler Gerry Cheevers, who has probably been the most guilty party when it comes to lifting the puck into the crowd to relieve pressure on the club. But Cheevers isn&rsquo;t alone and now when a goaler commits such a foul, the puck would be placed in one of the face-off circles near the net of the offending team, which is similar to the free throw in existing in basketball and soccer.</i></b></p><p><b><i>The non-offending team will have the right to play the puck without interference, which could prove hazardous for the already harassed NHL netminders.</i></b></p><p><b><i>There will be other rule changes proposed and likely passed. Among them are the discarding of equipment during a fight. The NHL will insist the offending players should proceed directly to the penalty box without recovering their equipment. It will help speed up games and eliminate long fight delays, which the NHL abhors.</i></b></p><p><b><i>There will be other matters to be aired like the increase in player fines from $25 to $50 for a misconduct penalty, doubling the $100 match penalty stipend and raising the game misconduct levy from $50 to $100.</i></b></p><p><b><i>A conspicious figure at the summer meetings of course will be Alan R. Eagleson, the official mouthpiece of the stars, who can be counted upon to bargain long and hard when it comes to insisting on increased benefits and endorsements for the NHL Players&rsquo; Association, of which he is the executive director.</i></b></p><p><b><i>There will also be some dicussion about the $30,000 player waiver price, which could be increased if the governors decide it is for the betterment of the league.</i></b></p><p><b><i>The expansion draft of course will provoke the most interest as the NHL moves to stock its two new entries&mdash;Vancouver and Buffalo.</i></b></p><p><b><i>It will cost each team a cool $6,000,000 to become a part of the Establishment. Not even Oakland&rsquo;s $440,000 operating deficit can deter the new teams. No matter what players they get it won&rsquo;t be worth the price but it&rsquo;s a start towards getting big league hockey and ultimately a place in the sun even though it may take 10 years of hard spending.</i></b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01985/3617949-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="277" height="439"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Oakland Decision Crowds Summer Agenda

<div class="byline">BY CHARUE HALPIN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01617/3620212-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BUD POILE&hellip;He&rsquo;ll Deal For Canucks</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>f the new Vancouver and Buffalo teams show a noticeable preference for younger players in the upcoming second NHL expansion draft it will be for a good reason&mdash;they hope to unload some of their new talent after the draft in trading.</p><p>Buffalo Sabres&rsquo; manager coach Punch Imlach has declared that he will definitely set his draft sights on younger talent with the hope of swapping quantity for quality. Admittedly top players will be hard to come by. Of course that doesn&rsquo;t mean Imlach won&rsquo;t grab some veterans, who are bound to be unprotected. He has always been partial to older players, managing to win four Stanley Cups with seasoned performers while at Toronto.</p><p>But Imlach generally is going to stress youth in the expansion draft. Along with his picks in the inter-league draft, in which the already stocked Vancouver Canucks will not be eligible to participate, and the amateur hockey draft, Imlach could conceivably put together some attractive packages for his post draft dealings and there will be some takers. It isn&rsquo;t beyond the realm of possibility that Imlach will ultimately ship off five or six of his young players to established teams in return for experienced hands. Montreal and Detroit might fit into Imlach&rsquo;s trade pattern.</p><p>The Vancouver Canucks already have the experience they need in their current Western Hockey League championship club. General Manager Norman &lsquo;Bud&rsquo; Poile will be casting an eye at some youthful skaters to complement his veteran-studed club. The Canucks and Sabres will pick off 20 players including two goalkeepers each before the expansion drafting is concluded and for this they will both compensate the NHL to the tune of $6,000,000.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02469/3620205-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1167" height="872"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PUNCH IMLACH&hellip;The Man Who Will Hand Pick Sabres</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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BUFFALO, VANCOUVER AIM AT YOUTH

<h2>PLAYER CHANGES</h2><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><b><span>D</span>ennis Hextall,</b> forward, sold outright to Oakland of NHL. <b>Jack Norris,</b> goalkeeper, <b>Larry Mickey</b> and <b>Lucien Grenier,</b> forwards, dealt to Los Angeles of NHL in exchange for <b>Leon Rochefort,</b> forward, <b>Greg Boddy,</b> defenseman with Springfield, and <b>Wayne Thomas,</b> goalkeeper, Univ. of Wisconsin. Jude <b>Drouin,</b> forward, sold to Minnesota of NHL in return for &lsquo;future considerations&rsquo; <b>Christian Bordeleau,</b> forward, sold to St. Louis of NHL in return for &lsquo;future considerations.&rsquo;</p><p>OAKLAND&mdash;<b>Fran&ccedil;ois Lacombe,</b> defenseman, dealt to Montreal of NHL in return for <b>Ernie Hicke,</b> forward, with Salt Lake of WHL.</p><p>TORONTO&mdash;<b>Murray Oliver</b> forward, sold to Minnesota of NHL in return for &lsquo;future considerations&rsquo;. <b>Brad Selwood,</b> defenseman, with Vancouver, and <b>Rene Robert,</b> forward, with Rochester, reacquired from Vancouver of WHL.</p><p>NEW YORK&mdash;<b>Denis Dupere,</b> forward, with Omaha of CHL, sent to Toronto of NHL as part of Tim Horton trade last spring.</p><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;<b>Brent Hughes,</b> defenseman, sold to Philadelphia of NHL in exchange for <b>Mike Byers,</b> forward, with Quebec of AHL. <b>Bob Wall,</b> defenseman, traded to St. Louis of NHL in return for <b>Ray Fortin,</b> defenseman.</p><p>BOSTON&mdash;<b>Jim Lorentz,</b> forward, sold to St. Louis of NHL in return for player to be named after draft.</p><h2>NON-PLAYER CHANGES</h2><p>BOSTON&mdash;<b>Tom Johnson,</b> former player and asst, to the general manager, named coach of the Bruins to suceed <b>Harry Sinden,</b> who resigned to enter private business.</p><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;<b>Red Kelly</b> elevated to the post of general manager and retained as coach. <b>Jack Riley</b> relinquished GM role to step up as executive director of Penguins.</p><p>VANCOUVER-<b>Walter &lsquo;Babe&rsquo; Pratt</b> named assistant to team&rsquo;s vice-president and new NHL club&rsquo;s goodwill ambassador.</p><p>DAYTON&mdash;Larry Wilson retired as player-coach and handed new contract as nonplaying coach of IHL club.</p><p>SASKATOON&mdash;<b>Jackie McLeod</b> named coach and general manager of Saskatoon Blades of Western Canada Hockey League.</p><p>CALGARY&mdash;Bert Olmstead named coach of Calgary&rsquo;s Mount Royal Junior College hockey team.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Off-Season Movements

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ean B&eacute;liveau wants to play again and the Canadiens will be glad to have him try for his 18th season in the NHL when he reports to training camp in September.</p><p>Off on a fishing trip following a recent business jaunt to Paris, the Habs&rsquo; brilliant captain wasn&rsquo;t available for comment on his plans&mdash;to play or not play&mdash;a matter of controversy since the team wound up out of the playoffs for the first time in 22 years.</p><p>But Mrs. Beliveau, not long back from an overdue holiday with the hockey great in Barbados, came up with the answer.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no question of Jean quitting this year, he&rsquo;s ready to play again and the feels good.&rdquo;</p><p>Canadiens&rsquo; general manager Sam Pollock quickly sanctioned that statement and admitted the club has plans for the veteran who will be 39 in August.</p><p>&ldquo;The decision is 99 percent sure that we will protect him,&rdquo; offered Pollock about the Canadiens&rsquo; intention to name Beliveau as one of 18 in the intra league draft and among 15 protected from expansion pluckings by Buffalo and Vancouver.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll protect him, then it simply depends what happens when he hits the ice in September,&rdquo; added the GM. &ldquo;If Jean plays well we&rsquo;ll be delighted but if there&rsquo;s a repetition of last year it can&rsquo;t be considered.&rdquo;</p><p>Pollock was referring to Beliveau&rsquo;s problems throughout last season, a slow start due to fatigue, a couple of injuries and a production of only 19 goals and 30 assists, lowest of his career in the NHL.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s fortunate that we have so many good young players who don&rsquo;t have to be protected. Otherwise protecting Beliveau would be a serious move.&rdquo;</p><p>In reserve strength, the Montreal club is great shape with so many first-year pros exempt from draft. These include Bobby Sheehan, the little buzzsaw who made a hit last season, Rejean Houle, Marc Tardif, Guy Charron, Larry Pleau, Phil Roberto and Greg Boddy, a young defenseman obtained in trade recently. Fran Huck, former Canada Nationals centre, is another draft ineligible.</p><p>Meanwhile the annual guessing game is underway about which players will or won&rsquo;t be protected by the Canadiens and if shrewd Sam Pollock will make any drastic trades following the expansion draft.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a definite possibility that one or two of last year&rsquo;s players won&rsquo;t be protected.&rdquo; offered Pollock without giving an inkling which of the Habs may move. He declined comment on rumors about Ralph Backstrom, Ted Harris, Bobby Rousseau or Jean Claude Tremblay being traded. He indicated however, that the club will guard six defenseman.</p><p>The status of Serge Savard, who suffered a badly broken leg and whose absence really hurt Canadiens in the stretch run last March, surely affects the protected list. Chances are the versatile 24-year-old player won&rsquo;t be ready until the second month of the schedule.</p><p>The question of Savard and the potential of Voyageurs&rsquo; stars Guy Lapointe and Pierre Bouchard, both eligible for draft, adds to a touchy decision regarding the defense corps. Besides these three the Habs have Jacques Laperriere, Terry Harper, Tremblay, Harris and fine prospect Paul Curtis.</p><p>Nine of the 10 remaining forwards from last year are likely to be protected, Beliveau, Backstrom, Henri Richard, Yvan Cournoyer, Bobby Rousseau, Mickey Redmond, John Ferguson, Jacques Lemaire and Peter Mahovlich. Veteran Claude Provost won&rsquo;t be guarded but insists again he will hang up his skates rather than play away from Montreal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01897/3617528-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="493" height="585"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JEAN BELIVEAU&hellip;Ready To Play Again</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Canadiens Facing NHL Draft Problems But Big Beliveau Not Up For Grabs

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ichel Briere, young star of the Pittsburgh Penguins, remained unconscious in a Montreal hospital and doctors were unable to say when he might regain consciousness or if he will ever play hockey again.</p><p>Briere, 20, suffered a fractured skull in a car mishap near his hometown of Malartic, Que., May 15.</p><p>He was rushed to a Montreal hospital where he underwent surgery for removal of a blood clot near his brain the day after the crash.</p><p>Just recently, he underwent a second brain operation for removal of a blood clot in the left temporal area.</p><p>Briere is said to be resting well and there are no complication affecting the young star.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02823/3617559-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="261" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Michel Briere</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Doctors Don’t Know When Briere Will Be Conscious

<p>TWIN CITIES&mdash;</p><p>The Minnesota North Stars are shopping for a new coach.</p><p>The club announced that veteran Charlie Burns would not be returning as coach.</p><p>Wren Blair, general manager of the North Stars, said the 34-year-old Burns, who guided the team most of last season, had signed a two-year contract to play.</p><p>&ldquo;Burns&rsquo; contract contains a clause in which he is guaranteed another position in the North Stars&rsquo; organization.&rdquo; Blair said.</p><p>Burns guided Minnesota to an 11-25-12 won-lost-tied record and a third-place finish in the Western Division.</p><p>Blair explained the reason for not hiring Burns as coach. He said the North Stars could lose four players, three in the expansion draft and a fourth player who would be protected and then given to Montreal Canadiens as part of an earlier deal.</p><p>&ldquo;Had Charlie retired, that would have made five players. We can&rsquo;t afford to lose that many players.&rdquo; Blair said.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Burns Out, North Stars Hunt Conch

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>rading was relatively quiet in the pre-draft dawn of the National Hockey League summer meetings but it doesn&rsquo;t necessarily mean that it will prevail through the forthcoming draft period.</p><p>Some hockey men foresee a brisk draft session despite the lament by the new clubs that the pickings are lean and the usual declaration by the established clubs that they are not to about to give up a &lsquo;battleship&rsquo; for a &lsquo;rowboat&rsquo;, which is what they&rsquo;ve been saying year in and year out.</p><p>The regular intra-league draft will kick off the summer hockey clambake at the posh Queen Elizabeth Hotel, where the meetings hold forth for four days. In the intra-league drafting the 12 existing NHL clubs only will participate. Each club will be allowed to protect 18 players. However, goalkeepers are exempt from the drafting along with first year pros and amateur players under 22 at Dec. 31, 1970. The asking price is $30,000 for each player claimed with a maximum loss to each club of one player.</p><p>The inter-league draft will follow with one slight variation. Buffalo Sabres, the new NHL entry, will be the only big league club taking part. The Sabres are going into the summer expansion draft with only three owned players while the other new expansion starter&mdash;Vancouver Canucks&mdash;have a ready made hockey team and will not be allowed to take part in the inter-league draft.</p><p>All players whose names are on the reserve lists of the AHL and WHL teams will be available for the draft, except those listed with the WHL Vancouver team and the AHL Rochester club. These players are the property of the new NHL Canucks and will constitute the basis of their first big league hockey operation.</p><p>The NHL teams will be forced to trim down to 15 players on their protected lists and two goalkeepers for the expansion draft in which Vancouver and Buffalo will flip a coin to decide which club will get first pick in the draft. The new NHL teams will each select 18 players and two goalkeepers. The present clubs cannot lose more than three players each in addition to one net minder in the drafting.</p><p>There will be considerable roster shuffling before the protected lists are filed for the draft as the result of the trading that went on in recent weeks prior to the meetings. It was light but objective.</p><p>The Toronto Leafs pried veteran goaler Jacques Plante away from St. Louis and allowed Murray Oliver, a seasoned center, to go to Minnesota. Maple Leafs also reacquired defenseman Brad Selwood, the WHL&rsquo;s rookie of the year, from Vancouver Canucks and picked up the option to repurchase forward Rene Robert from Rochester.</p><p>Montreal unloaded a bevy of AHL stars from the Voyageurs. The most prominent was Jude Drouin, who won the AHL scoring title week 106 points and the captured the rookie award. Drouin went to Minnesota since the Canadiens couldn&rsquo;t afford to protect him in the draft. The Habs also sent goaler Jack Norris and forwards Larry Mickey and Lucien Grenier to LA in exchange for Leon Rochefort, a forward who disappointed this season and two minor leaguers. The Habs also peddled left wing Christian Bordeleau to St. Louis and sent Dennis Hextall to Oakland in a straight cash deal. Montreal picked up defenseman Francois Lacombe from the Seals for Ernie Hicke, a minor leaguer with Salt Lake last season and brother of Oakland&rsquo;s Billy Hicke.</p><p>In other swapping, Rangers dispatched CHL star Denis Dupere to Toronto as part payment in the Tim Horton deal of last spring; Boston sold excess center Jim Lorentz to St. Louis; Philadelphia swapped minor leaguer Mike Byers to LA for defenseman Brent Hughes; and the Kings traded Bob Wall, also a rearguard, to St. Louis for Ray Fortin, a backup defenseman, in an even up deal.</p><p>Now lets clear the desks. It&rsquo;s draft time again.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01901/3617621-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="522" height="587"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACQUES PLANTE&hellip;Back In The East</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02769/3617614-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="535" height="569"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JUDE DROUIN&hellip;Excess Baggage</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hockey Men Expert Brisk Draft

<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><p>1 DEJORDY, Denis</p><p>2 NORRIS, Jack</p><p>1 CAHAN, Larry</p><p>2 FORTIN, Ray</p><p>3 FLETT, Bill</p><p>4 GRENIER, Lucien</p><p>5 JOYAL. Eddie</p><p>6 KRAKE, Skip</p><p>7 LONSBERRY, Ross</p><p>8 MAROTTE, Gil</p><p>9 MICKEY, Larry</p><p>10 MONAHAN, Garry</p><p>11 RAVUCH, Matt</p><p>12 ROBINSON, Doug</p><p>13 SHACK, Eddie</p><p>14 STANFIELD, Jim</p><p>15 WIDING, Juha</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>GORING, Butch</p><p>HOGANSON, Dale</p><p>LANDON, Bruce</p><h2>Available</h2><p>RUTLEDGE, Wayne</p><p>AMADIO, Dave</p><p>SNEDDON, Bob</p><p>BYERS, Mike</p><p>CORRIGAN, Mike</p><p>DUFOUR, Marc</p><p>INGLIS, Billy</p><p>LABOSSIERE, Gord</p><p>LEMIEUX, Jacques</p><p>LEMIEUX, Real</p><p>PETERS, Jimmy</p><p>MacDONALD, Lowell</p><p>HUGHES, Howie</p><p>PITTSBURGH</p><p>1 BINKLEY, Les</p><p>2 SMITH, Al</p><p>1 BLACKBURN, Bob</p><p>2 HARBARUK, Nick</p><p>3 HEXTALL, Bryon</p><p>4 McCREARY, Keith</p><p>5 McMAHON, Mike</p><p>6 MORRISON, Jim</p><p>7 PRATT, Tracy</p><p>8 PRENTICE, Dean</p><p>9 PRONOVOST, Jean</p><p>10 RUPP, Duane</p><p>11 SATHER, Glen</p><p>12 SCHINKEL, Ken</p><p>13 SHOCK, Ron</p><p>14 SWARBRICK, George</p><p>15 WOYTOWICH, Bob</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>BRIERE, Michel</p><p>KESSELL, Rick</p><p>LABRE, Yvon</p><p>HOGANSON, Paul</p><p>ZAINE, Rod</p><h2>Available</h2><p>BOYER, Wally</p><p>FONTEYNE, Val</p><p>SNELL, Ted</p><p>WATSON, Bryan</p><p>DALEY, Joe</p><p>CAMERON, Craig</p><p>McCALLUM, Dunc</p><p>BARRIE, Doug</p><p>SWAIN, Gary</p><p>BILLOWS, Larry</p><p>LAGACE, Jean-Guy</p><p>HICKS, Wayne</p><p>BATHGATE, Andy</p><p>PRICE, Noel</p><h2>TORONTO</h2><p>1 GAMBIE, Bruce</p><p>2 PLANTE, jacques</p><p>1 DOREY, Jim</p><p>2 ELLIS, Ron</p><p>3 GLENNIE, Brian</p><p>4 HARRISON, Jim</p><p>5 HENDERSON, Paul</p><p>6 JOHNSON, Danny</p><p>7 KEON, Dave</p><p>8 LEY, Ricky</p><p>9 McKENNY, Jim</p><p>10 PELYK, Mike</p><p>11 PULFORD, Bob</p><p>12 QUINN, Pat</p><p>13 SELBY, Brit</p><p>14 ULLMAN, Norm</p><p>15 WALTON, Mike</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>DUPERE, Denis</p><p>ACOMB, Doug</p><p>SELWOOD, Brad</p><p>HUGHES, Frank</p><p>SPENCER, Brian</p><p>MOSER, Ernie</p><p>McINTYRE, Larry</p><h2>Available</h2><p>EDWARDS, Mary</p><p>CLANCY, Terry</p><p>ARMSTRONG, George</p><p>SMITH. Floyd</p><p>WARD, Ron</p><p>EVANS, Chris</p><p>HINSE, Andre</p><p>MURRAY, Randy</p><p>NELSON, Gord</p><h2>ST. LOUIS</h2><p>1 HALL, Glenn</p><p>2 WAKELY, Ernie</p><p>1 ARBOUR, Al</p><p>2 BERENSON, Red</p><p>3 BORDELEAU, Christian</p><p>4 ECCLESTONE, Tim</p><p>5 GOYETTE, Phil</p><p>6 LORENTZ, Jim</p><p>7 MAKI, Wayne</p><p>8 MCDONALD, Ab</p><p>9 PICARD, Noel</p><p>10 PLAGER, Barclay</p><p>11 PLAGER, Bob</p><p>12 ROBERTS, Jim</p><p>13 SABOURIN, Gary</p><p>14 ST. MARSEILLE, Frank</p><p>15 WALL, Bob</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>JIRIK, Jaroslav</p><p>LOWE, Mike</p><p>TEAL, Vic</p><p>GAGNON, Bernard</p><p>GLENWRIGHT, Brian</p><p>SALMELAINEN, Tammi</p><h2>Available</h2><p>ANDERSON, Ron</p><p>BUCHANAN, Ron</p><p>DENNIS, Norm</p><p>KEENAN, Larry</p><p>BOUDRIAS, Andre</p><p>CRISP, Terry</p><p>McCREARY, Bill</p><p>PLAGER, Billy</p><p>TALBOT, Jean-Guy</p><p>VENERUZZO, Gary</p><p>GRAY, Terry</p><p>HENRY, Camille</p><p>OBENDORF, Phil</p><h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><p>1 FAVELL, Doug</p><p>2 PARENT, Bernie</p><p>1 BALL, Terry</p><p>2 BERNIER, Serge</p><p>3 DORNHOEFER, Gary</p><p>4 EDESTRAND, Darryl</p><p>5 GENDRON, Guy</p><p>6 HALE, Larry</p><p>7 HILLMAN, Larry</p><p>8 HILLMAN, Wayne</p><p>9 HUGHES, Brent</p><p>10 LACROIX, Andre</p><p>11 MORRISON, Lew</p><p>12 NOLET, Simon</p><p>13 PAIEMENT, Rosaire</p><p>14 WATSON, Joe</p><p>15 VAN IMPE, Ed</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>CLARKE, Bob</p><p>CURRIER, Bob</p><p>CHARTRE, Claude</p><p>BELHUMEUR, Michel</p><p>BROSSART, Bill</p><h2>Available</h2><p>WILSON, Dunc</p><p>CHERRY, Dick</p><p>FLEMING, Reg</p><p>SARRAZIN, Dick</p><p>PETERS, Garry</p><p>DROLET, Rene</p><p>HEISKALA, Earl</p><p>MACSWEYN, Ralph</p><p>DUFOUR, Guy</p><p>JOHNSON, Jim</p><p>MEEHAN, Gerry</p><p>SUTHERLAND, Bill</p><p>NEW YORK</p><p>1 GIACOMIN, Ed</p><p>2 VILLEMURE, Gilles</p><p>1 BALON, Dave</p><p>2 BROWN, Amie</p><p>3 FAIRBAIRN, Billy</p><p>4 GILBERT, Rod</p><p>5 HADFIELD, Vic</p><p>6 HAMILTON, Allan</p><p>7 HORTON, Tim</p><p>8 LUCE, Don</p><p>9 NEILSON, Jim</p><p>10 NEVIN, Bob</p><p>11 PARK, Brad</p><p>12 RATELLE, Jean</p><p>13 SEILING, Rod</p><p>14 TKACZUK, Walt</p><p>15 TROTTIER, Guy</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>EGERS. Jack</p><p>DEMARCO, Ab</p><p>APPS, Syl</p><p>JARRY, Pierre</p><p>DUPONT, Andre</p><p>McDUFFE, Pete</p><p>SURMAY, George</p><p>WILSON, Bert</p><p>HELLEMOND, Bruce</p><p>MILLER, Tom</p><h2>Available</h2><p>IRVINE, Ted</p><p>MARSHALL, Don</p><p>STEWART, Ron</p><p>BROWN, Larry</p><p>KURTENBACH, Orland</p><p>ASH, Bob</p><p>BLACKBURN, Don</p><p>JONES, Bob</p><p>KENNEDY, Forbes</p><p>KRUUCKI, Jim</p><p>RIVERS, Wayne</p><p>ROBITAILLE, Mike</p><h2>MONTREAL</h2><p>1 MYRE, Phil</p><p>2 VACHON, Rogatien</p><p>1 BACKSTROM, Ralph</p><p>2 BELIVEAU, Jean</p><p>3 COURNOYER, Yvan</p><p>4 FERGUSON, John</p><p>5 HARPER, Terry</p><p>6 HARRIS, Ted</p><p>7 LAPERRIERE, Jacques</p><p>8 LAPOINTE, Guy</p><p>9 LEMAIRE, Jacques</p><p>10 MAHOVLICH, Peter</p><p>11 REDMOND, Mickey</p><p>12 RICHARD, Henri</p><p>13 ROUSSEAU, Bob</p><p>14 SAVARD, Serge</p><p>15 TREMBLAY, J.C.</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>CHARRON, Guy</p><p>HOULE, Rejean</p><p>TARDIF, Marc</p><p>SHEEHAN, Bob</p><p>PLEAU, Larry</p><p>ROBERTO, Phil</p><p>HUCK, Fran</p><p>BODDY, Greg</p><p>THOMAS, Wayne</p><h2>Available</h2><p>BERRY, Bob</p><p>CARON, Alain</p><p>CURTIS, Paul</p><p>BOUCHARD, Pierre</p><p>PROVOST, Claude</p><p>GAUTHIER, Jean</p><p>ROCHEFORT, Leon</p><p>LACOMBE, Francois</p><p>TREMBLAY, Gilles</p><p>&#9733;</p><h2>DETROIT</h2><p>1 CROZIER, Roger</p><p>2 EDWARDS, Roy</p><p>1 BAUN, Bob</p><p>2 BERGMAN, Gary</p><p>3 BREWER, Carl</p><p>4 CONNELLY, Wayne</p><p>5 DELVECCHIO, Alex</p><p>6 HOWE, Gordie</p><p>7 HARRIS, Ron</p><p>8 LIBETT, Nick</p><p>9 MAHOVLICH, Frank</p><p>10 MacGREGOR, Bruce</p><p>11 MONTEITH, Hank</p><p>12 ROLFE, Dale</p><p>13 SPECK, Fred</p><p>14 STEMKOWSKI, Peter</p><p>15 UNGER, Garry</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>KARLANDER, Al</p><p>VOLMAR, Doug</p><p>GARWASUIK, Ron</p><p>OLDS, Wally</p><p>RUTHERFORD, Jim</p><h2>Available</h2><p>CROTEAU, Gary</p><p>DEA, Billy</p><p>JEFFREY, Larry</p><p>HATOUM, Ed</p><p>POPIEL, Paul</p><p>WATSON, Jim</p><p>McCANN, Rick</p><p>HART, Gerry</p><p>WALTERS, Ron</p><p>LECLERC, Renald</p><p>REICHMUTH, Craig</p><p>FALKENBERG, Bob</p><p>HUCULAK, Dennis</p><p>KURT, Gary</p><p>GRAY, Gerry</p><h2>OAKLAND</h2><p>1 HODGE, Charlie</p><p>2 SMITH, Gary</p><p>1 DILLABOUGH, Bob</p><p>2 EHMAN, Gerry</p><p>3 FERGUSON, Norm</p><p>4 HAMPSON, Ted</p><p>5 HICKE, Billy</p><p>6 HICKE, Ernie</p><p>7 HOWELL, Harry</p><p>8 INGARFIELD, Earl</p><p>9 JARRETT, Gary</p><p>10 LAUGHTON, Mike</p><p>11 LEDUC, Bob</p><p>12 MARSHALL, Bert</p><p>13 MULOIN, Wayne</p><p>14 ROBERTS, Doug</p><p>15 VADNAIS, Carol</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>O&rsquo;DONOGHUE, Don</p><p>FEATHERSTONE, Tony</p><p>HARDY, Joe</p><p>BOUGHNER, Barry</p><p>STACKHOUSE, Ron</p><p>NICHOLSON, Neil</p><p>FARMER, Pierre</p><p>WHITE, Alton</p><p>HARRISON, Warren</p><p>VIPOND, Peter</p><h2>Available</h2><p>PERRY, Brian</p><p>MATTIUSSI, Dick</p><p>MENARD, Howie</p><p>HEXTALL, Dennis</p><p>ERICKSON, Autry</p><p>SZURA, Joe</p><p>POLANO, Nick</p><p>WORTHY, Chris</p><h2>BOSTON</h2><p>1 CHEEVERS, Gerry</p><p>2 JOHNSTON, Ed</p><p>1 AWREY, Don</p><p>2 BAILEY, Garnet</p><p>3 BUCYK, John</p><p>4 CASHMAN, Wayne</p><p>5 DOAK, Gary</p><p>6 ESPOSITO, Phil</p><p>7 HODGE, Ken</p><p>8 MARCOTTE, Don</p><p>9 McKENZIE, John</p><p>10 ORR, Bobby</p><p>11 SANDERSON, Derek</p><p>12 SMITH, Dallas</p><p>13 SMITH, Rick</p><p>14 STANFIELD, Fred</p><p>15 WESTFALL, Eddie</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>ADAMS, John</p><p>JENNER, Merlin</p><p>HURLEY, Paul</p><p>BOLDIREV, Ivan</p><p>JUNKIN, Joe</p><p>SPRING, Frank</p><p>TANNAHILL, Don</p><p>QUOQUOCHI, Art</p><h2>Available</h2><p>ATKINSON, Steve</p><p>BEVERLEY, Nick</p><p>CARLETON Wayne</p><p>GILBERTSON, Stan</p><p>GREEN, Ted</p><p>LESUK, Bill</p><p>SPEER, Bill</p><p>WEBSTER, Tom</p><p>WILKINS. Barry</p><p>WOODLEY. Dave</p><p>SCHOCK Dan</p><h2>MINNESOTA</h2><p>1 MANIAGO, Cesare</p><p>2 WORSLEY, Lorne</p><p>1 BARLOW. Bob</p><p>2 BURNS, Charlie</p><p>3 COLLINS. Bill</p><p>4 CULLEN. Ray</p><p>5 DROUIN, Jude</p><p>6 GIBBS, Barry</p><p>7 GOLDSWORTHY, Bill</p><p>8 GRANT, Danny</p><p>9 LAROSE, Claude</p><p>10 MCKECHNIE, Walt</p><p>11 NANNE, Lou</p><p>12 OLIVER, Murray</p><p>13 O&rsquo;SHEA, Danny</p><p>14 PARISE, Jean Paul</p><p>15 WILLIAMS, Tommy</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>REDMOND, Dick</p><p>O&rsquo;BRIEN, Dennis</p><p>GILBERT, Gil O&rsquo;DONNELL, Fred</p><p>WALTON, Bobby</p><p>WHITLOCK, Bob</p><h2>Available</h2><p>BOIVIN, Leo</p><p>VASKO, Elmer</p><p>McCORD, Bob</p><p>MISZUK, John</p><p>LAWSON. Danny</p><p>RIVARD, Fem</p><p>BRODERICK. Ken</p><p>ERICKSON, Grant</p><p>POLANIC, Tom</p><p>REID, Tom</p><p>SLY, Darryl</p><p>JOHNSTON, Joey</p><p>JOHNSTON, Marshall</p><p>SEGUIN, Danny</p><p>ORBAN. Bill</p><h2>CHICAGO</h2><p>1 DESJARDINS, Gerry</p><p>2 ESPOSITO, Tony</p><p>1 ANGOTTI. Lou</p><p>2 CAMPBELL. Brian</p><p>3 HULL, Bobby</p><p>4 HULL, Dennis</p><p>5 JARRETT, Doug</p><p>6 KOROLL, Cliff</p><p>7 MAKI, Chico</p><p>8 MARTIN. Pit</p><p>9 MIKITA, Stan</p><p>10 MOHNS. Doug</p><p>11 PAPPIN, Jim</p><p>12 SHMYR, Paul</p><p>13 STAPLETON, Pat</p><p>14 WHITE, Bill</p><p>15 WISTE, Jim</p><h2>Not eligible</h2><p>MAGNUSON, Keith</p><p>PINDER, Gerry</p><p>BORDELEAU, J.P.</p><p>ROMANCHYCH, larry</p><h2>Available</h2><p>NESTERENKO, Eric</p><p>McKAY, Ray</p><p>UBRIACO, Gene</p><p>CAFFERY, Terry</p><p>WHARRAM, Ken</p><p>BROWN, Ken</p><p>LONG, Barry</p><p>LEBLANC, J.P.</p><p>GAUDET, Oscar</p><p>LAVENDER, Brian</p><p>PATERSON, Jim</p><p>BIZZUTO, Garth</p><p>SAUNDERS, Bill</p><p>KELLY, Dave<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

How Expansion Draft Lists Will Look

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01953/3617697-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="365" height="447"></div><p>&bull; <b>HOCKEY HAS</b> suffered some tragic happenings since the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The untimely death of Terry Sawchuk has really shocked the hockey world, and the near-fatal auto accident involving Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Michel Briere which nearly a month later still found the outstanding young rookie unconscious&hellip;Veteran NHL referee Vern Buffey has decided to retire. He believes he is injury prone and hopes to land an administrative job with an NHL or minor pro team&hellip;Pittsburgh Penguins have promoted Bed Kelly to general manager and coach effective immediately. THE HOCKEY NEWS Coach of the Year takes over the GM duties from Jack Riley who assumes the role of acting president of the Pens&hellip;Joe Crozier failed in his first bid to sue the Vancouver Canucks. The former manager of the Canucks was asking $.35,000 which he claims was due him under his existing contract&hellip;Paul Brown, former manager of the Boston Arena and younger brother of the late Walter Brown, passed away recently in Framingham. Mass&hellip;Boston University will be the host to the 1971 National Collegiate hockey championships, to be held March 18-20. The 23rd annual NCAA tourney will be played in the Walter A. Brown Memorial Rink, which is part of the B.U. sports center&hellip;Goalie Doug Favell of the Philadelphia Flyers says his injured achilles tendon has completely healed. He has been playing a lot of tennis lately&hellip;Philadelphia will televise 30 away games during the upcoming season as well as the All-Star game and Stanley Cup playoffs&hellip;Several letters have reached this desk praising the excellent work of Howie Meeker as a commentator during the Stanley Cup playoffs on Canadian TV. The viewers appreciated the candid and authoritative comments of the former NHL player and coach. They found him a refreshing personality&hellip;Bernie Geoffrion&rsquo;s contract as assistant general manager with New York Rangers, has expired and he is planning on moving back to Montreal. He will do some scouting for the club.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02909/3617690-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="259" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Vern Buffey</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>THE CANADIAN</b> Amateur Hockey Association hopes to be settled in its new Ottawa offices before the start of next season&hellip;Boston&rsquo;s Derek Sanderson is negotiating to make a movie with Joe Namath in Italy. Boston promoters received 10,000 entries in a contest, the winner to have a New York date with Sanderson&hellip;Pat Stapleton, Chicago&rsquo;s ace defenseman, had an operation on his injured knee and is currently walking around with a cast&hellip;San Diego Gulls will train at Trail. B.C. this fall; The Gulls will be the first pro team to train in thatcity and everyone is quite excited about it&hellip;Philadelphia Flyers are in good shape in the goaling department. The outstanding play of Quebec Ace&rsquo;s Bob Taylor in the AHL playoffs gives the club one more top goalie to go along with Bernie Parent, Doug Favell and Dunc Wilson&hellip;Jean Beliveau was elected a director of Montreal&rsquo;s Blue Bonnets Raceway&hellip;At the recent annual meeting of the Eastern Hockey League, Phil Thompson, long time secretary-treasurer of the league, asked to be relieved of his duties. He will remain on as a consultant until a replacement is found. A commitee consisting of Nate Podoloff, New Haven, Mark Parrish, Nashville, and Paul Buck, Charlotte, was created to try and find someone to take over the duties of executive director and secretary-treasurer. Interested parties should contact Nathan Padoloff, Chairman, 26 Grove St., New Haven, Conn. 6511&hellip;They say Bobby Rousseau and J.C. Tremblay will be traded to New York and Toronto respectively by the Montreal Canadiens&hellip;Another rumor making the rounds in that Danny Grant will return to Montreal from Minnesota&hellip;J.C. Tremblay and Detroit&rsquo;s Carl Brewer are both sporting mustaches this summer along with extended sideburns&hellip;Jacques Plante says he is fully recovered from the concussion suffered during the playoffs and is looking forward to joining Toronto Maple Leafs his fourth NHL club, He&rsquo;s happy, to be No. 2 man with the Leafs and hopes to extend his NHL career&hellip;Murray Oliver was annoyed at the way he found out he had been traded by Toronto to Minnesota&hellip;Hockey people disappointed at the one-year delay in the $8,700,(XX) remodelling of Buffalo&rsquo;s Memorial Auditorium to meet NHL standards.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03804/3617683-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="262" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pat Stapleton</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>CLARENCE CAMPBELL, NHL</b> president, will take part in the American Airlines second annual Golf Tournament at Toronto&rsquo;s Board of Trade Golf Course. Campbell will play in the pro-am tournament on June 25&hellip;Allan Eagleson, executive director of the NHL Players Association, will also be playing in the same event&hellip;Almost all of the name NHL players will be on hand for the popular tourney which is being co-sponsored by American Airlines and the NHL Players Association with proceeds going to the Variety Club of Ontario. It is hoped to have the final two days of the tournament televised nationally in Canada&hellip;Hockey enthusiasts keen about &ldquo;goal: Bruins,&rdquo; the re-cord highlighting Boston&rsquo;s exciting 1969-70 season&hellip;plus interviews with all the key members of the Stanley Cup champions. See order form on back page of this issue&hellip;John McDonald, who did such a fine job broadcasting the Buffalo Bisons&rsquo; Calder Cup championship this past season, has been the play-by-play announcer now for four Calder Cup winning teams. He handled the mike chores for three Rochester teams prior to Buffalo&hellip;The new Buffalo Sabres think they may sell as many as 9,000 season tickets before the opening face-off and the majority of these will go to Canadians living in the Niagara Peninsula&hellip;July 4 is the day Parry Sound, Ont. extends a civic welcome to its leading citizen Bobby Orr&hellip;Vancouver Canucks made a popular move in hiring Babe Pratt as assistant to the vice-president and the club&rsquo;s goodwill ambassador. Pratt, one of hockey&rsquo;s greatest defenseman and a member of the Hall of Fame, has been waiting for a job such as this ever since he finished playing and he should do a standout job for Bud Poile&rsquo;s team&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04702/3617676-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="256" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Babe Pratt</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<p><b>OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b> 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> President and Publisher</p><p><b>Charlie Halpin</b> 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 <b>Printed in Canada</b></p><p><b>Vol. 23 MONTREAL, JULY, 1970 No. 33</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>ed Harkness has been involved in the higher learning process for 21 years&mdash;14 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and seven at Cornell University.</p><p>Now the 48-year-old Harkness is cramming for a post-graduate degree and that means coaching and winning in the National Hockey League.</p><p>The new Red Wing coach has immersed himself in work since being appointed April 16. Harkness attended the Boston-Chicago and Boston-St. Louis Stanley Cup series, took in some American Hockey League playoff action and meets daily and long with Red Wing staff personnel.</p><p>And the folks around Olympia are very impressed with the energetic Harkness. Things were rather low key at Olympia in the past.</p><p>Harkness has gone over every player in the Red Wing system with general manager Sid Abel, pro scouting director Baz Bastien, farm club chief Jim Skinner and chief U.S. scout Jack Paterson.</p><p>He met personally and talked to the top 25 or 26 players in the system&mdash;those who played for the Red Wings last season and the leading farm club prospects.</p><p>Harkness had long talks with veterans Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio and worked his way on through the lineup.</p><p>&ldquo;I like him,&rdquo; said one enthusiastic employe. &ldquo;He gets everyone&rsquo;s opinion and then makes up his mind. He wants to learn everything and he&rsquo;s completely dedicated.&rdquo;</p><p>Harkness has a great deal to do in a short time. With the National Hockey League meetings in Montreal there are players to protect and players to draft or hopefully make deals for.</p><p>Each club can protect 15 players and two goalkeepers for the expansion draft which will stock Vancouver and Buffalo.</p><p>Picking the first 13 is easy: defensemen Gary Bergman, Bob Baun, Carl Brewer. Dale Rolfe and Ron Harris and forwards Howe. Delvecchio. Frank Mahovlich, Nick Libett, Garry Unger, Wayne Connelly. Pete Stemkowski and Bruce MacGregor.</p><p>Al Karlander is exempt from the draft because he was a first year professional.</p><p>So that leaves two spots before the list is full and the chief candidates are Fred Speck. Hank Monteith. Doug Volmar. Rick McCann, Ed Hatoum and Gerry Hart from the Fort Worth Wings and Gary Croteau who was acquired from Los Angeles along with Rolfe in a late season trade.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05570/3617752-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="256" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ned Harkness</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Wings’ New Coach Ends ‘Homework’ For First NHL Draft

<p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Philadelphia Fivers, hoping to land some desperately needed offensive punch, appear to be going into the NHL summer hockey drafts without turning up a single scorer.</p><p>Flyers&rsquo; general manager Keith Allen spent weeks talking with five general managers of NHL teams and ended up trading minor league forward Mike Byers to Los Angeles Kings in exchange for defenseman Brent Hughes.</p><p>The deal hardly satisfied Allen&rsquo;s wants but then the Fivers just found no takers.</p><p>What are the Fivers looking for in the way of trades?</p><p>&ldquo;Well. I know that our scoring was up last season and it din&rsquo;t hurt our defense.&rdquo; said Allen. &ldquo;However, we still need more scoring especially on the wings.</p><p>&ldquo;Serge Bernier and Rosaire Paiment have done good jobs with the Quebec Aces.&rdquo; volunteered Allen. &ldquo;They are going to get a shot at making the Fivers this fall.</p><p>&ldquo;We, feel they can make the jump from the American League to the National.</p><p>&ldquo;All the clubs are interested in Bobby Clarke but we feel we must build around a player like that for the future.&rdquo; said Allen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06376/3617783-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="258" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Serge Bernier</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Flyers Go Unchanged For Draft

<p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Boston Bruins quickly shook off any Stanley Cup victory hangovers they may have incurred when coach Harry Sinden unexpectedly dropped a bombshell and quit as coach.</p><p>It was almost like turning the celebrations into a funeral party when Sinden walked into the Bruins&rsquo; office and emerged to announce to the stunned hockey world that he had had it as coach of the Bruins, who were still damp from the champagne dousings they received for their cup conquest.</p><p>Sinden declared he was going into private business and the Bruins didn&rsquo;t appear to try to stop him. Instead they tossed the job into the lap of club organization man, Tom Johnson.</p><p>The 42-year-old Johnson, a former player with Montreal and Boston, and assistant to general manager Milt Schmidt the past seven years, thus inherits a ready made hockey club, which will help soothe some of the headaches of not having any coaching experience whatever.</p><p>Bruins&rsquo; president Weston Adams Jr., said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m delighted he accepted the job. Tom&rsquo;s accustomed to being with a winner. He played on Stanley Cup teams and he more or less grew up with our Stanley Cup team.&rdquo;</p><p>Schmidt said that although he considered close to 20 men for the job, Johnson was the club&rsquo;s unanimous choice. &ldquo;Tom is a good sound hockey man who has been in our organization seven years and knows the club. He also knows the likes and dislikes of the players on and off the ice,&rdquo; commented Schmidt.</p><p>Johnson looked upon his appointment as a challenge. He admits he may have a few problems at first because of his lack of experience, but adds, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s better to inherit a Stanley Cup winner than a last place club.&rdquo;</p><p>Sinden&rsquo;s resignation to accept a position of assistant director of sales engineering for a firm called Stirling Homex Corporation of Avon, New York, really rocked Boston hockey people.</p><p>The personable 37-vear-old Sinden was joining a boyhood friend as a business partner after reportedly failing to negotiate a new contract with the Bruins for next season. His current contract ran out after the Bruins&rsquo; cup win but he insisted money had nothing to do with his decision to leave the NHL club for private business. One report said that Sinden had sought a multi-year agreement and was turned down since this is not the club&rsquo;s policy.</p><p>Sinden said he regretted leaving the Bruins but allowed that he was going on to an exciting new challenge and opportunities in mass residental construction.</p><p>After 17 years travelling in hockey, he said he also welcomed the chance to spend more time with his growing family, a luxury he could not afford as a big league hockey coach.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01851/3617814-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="259" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom Johnson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Johnson Inherits Ready Made Cup Team

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02706/3617918-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL OVERALL WON AND LOST RECORDS FOR 1969-70 SEASON BETWEEN NHL TEAMS</h2><h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03507/3617911-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="578" height="291"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04334/3617904-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="579" height="295"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05214/3617897-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="576" height="293"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-06135/3617890-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="580" height="298"></div><h2>THREE-YEAR EXPANSION SCOREBOARD</h2><h3>1969-70 SEASON</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0779/3617883-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="759" height="127"></div><h3>1968-69 SEASON</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0853/3617876-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="757" height="130"></div><h3>1967-68 SEASON</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0933/3617869-1-eng-US/f0005-092.jpg" title="f0005-09" width="753" height="127"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How Teams Compared In National League

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div><p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p>From five o&rsquo;clock May 10 until the same hour on May 11 was an Orr-inspiring day for Boston.</p><p>After 29 years, the fabulous 22-year-old native of Parry Sound, Ont.&mdash;need he be identified as Bobby Orr&mdash;had brought the Stanley Cup back to Boston Garden.</p><p>His overtime-goal that defeated the St. Louis Blues in four straight games by a 4-3 score was cherished by millions of fans who over the next decade will claim they were there at the North Station rink to see it first hand.</p><p>Actually only 14.385 fans were able to get into the Garden to see this game in the flesh compared to the 16,000 that witnessed the last cup victory by the Bruins in 1941.</p><p>The difference in capacity attendance is due to fire laws in existence since the Coconut Grove fire disaster of 1942.</p><p>But because of television, many, many more were able to see the historic happening and there was no arguing the police estimate of 150,000 that turned out the next afternoon to mob Orr and all the Bruins in a victory parade around the city.</p><p>Of them all. Orr probably was the calmest and most composed person in the area, although he became the first man in NHL history to walk away with four trophies, the Hart. Norris, Ross and Smythe awards.</p><p>He had set a new record of nine goals and 20 points for a defenseman in the playoffs and had spurred the Bruins to a record 10 straight playoff victories over New York. Chicago and the Blues.</p><p>&ldquo;But there should be 19 other guys sharing this with me,&rdquo; he said, as he accepted the Smythe award from the NHL Board of Governors as the outstanding individual in the playoffs.</p><p>&ldquo;This is the happiest day of my life. We have a heckuva team and I just hope we can do it again next year.&rdquo;</p><p>Although there was no doubt that Orr was the standout individual there was no disagreement with his statement that he had help along the way to this long-awaited hockey triumph.</p><p>Phil Esposito set a record of 13 goals, Gerry Cheevers not only was in the goal for 10 straight victories but was 11-1 for the series. The-Johnny Bucyk-Fred Stanfield-Johnny McKenzie line racked up another record of 52 points.</p><p>Bucyk skated around the ice holding the venerable old cup aloft for the edification of the fans on hand but more so for himself.</p><p>&ldquo;I can hardly believe it,&rdquo; he-aid. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been waiting 15 years for this and I don&rsquo;t want to let go of this thing. This is the greatest thrill of my line.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hub Crowd Of 150,000 Hailed B’s

<h2>BOBBY ORR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02765/3618053-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="529" height="278"></div><h2>JOHN BUCYK</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03544/3618046-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="530" height="186"></div><h2>JACQUES PLANTE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04372/3618039-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="528" height="183"></div><h2>GLENN HALL</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05303/3618032-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="529" height="187"></div><h2>JOHN McKENZIE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06211/3618025-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="533" height="185"></div><h2>TONY ESPOSITO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-07109/3618018-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="529" height="231"></div><h2>PHIL ESPOSITO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0856/3618011-1-eng-US/f0006-082.jpg" title="f0006-08" width="531" height="209"></div><h2>PHIL GOYETTE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0935/3618004-1-eng-US/f0006-092.jpg" title="f0006-09" width="528" height="214"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Top Money Winners

<p class="dropcap"><b><i><span>J</span>ohn Rozanski of 30260 Hathaway Street, Livonia, Mich., 48150, USA, is the May winner of the monthly Gruen Precision Watch contest. Jules Lefave of the Nova Scotia Sanatorium, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, is the June winner of the Gruen contest.</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WINS GRUEN WATCH

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p>Boston&rsquo;s brilliant Bobby Orr just can&rsquo;t seem to avoid making money. It literally falls into his lap.</p><p>With the culmination of the Stanley Cup playoffs and Boston&rsquo;s ultimate victory, young Orr emerged from it all with the major share of the accolades and a bulging bankroll to match.</p><p>Selection to the first NHL All Star defense mean&rsquo;t another $2,000 bonus for the sensational Boston rearguard and raised his monetary awards&rsquo; to a high of $17,750, tops for the NHL for one of the most glittering seasonal performances ever seen in the big time.</p><p>Orr had to share the All-Star spotlight with the Esposito brothers, Tony and Phil, who were both selected as well to be-come the first pair of brothers to be named to a first All-Star team since 1937-38 and only the third brother duo to turn the feat in the 40-year history of the selections.</p><p>Goaltender Tiny Tompson of Boston and left winger Paul Thompson of Chicago were first team selections in 1937-38 while defenseman Lionel Conacher of Chicago and right winger Charlie Conacher of Toronto were named in 1933-34.</p><p>Tony Esposito was a unanimous choice while Phil barely nosed out Chicago center Stan Mikita. The only other unanimous selection was Orr. A unanimous choice releeves 180 points. Sophomore defenseman Brad Park of New York, right winger Gordie Howe of Detroit and left winger Bobby Hull of Chicago were the other players named to the First Team.</p><p>The second team included Ed Giacomin of New York in goal, Carl Brewer of Detroit and Jacques Laperriere of Montreal on defense, Mikita at center, John McKenzie of Boston at right wing, Detroit&rsquo;s Frank Ma-hovlich at left wing.</p><p>Orr, of course, has swept just about every award available to him this season. Earlier he was named winner of the Hart, Norris and Smythe Trophies after winning the Ross Trophy as regular season scoring champion. His selection to the first All-Star team is his third straight and in 1966-67, his rookie season, he was named to the second team.</p><p>Orr&rsquo;s bonus money breakdown included $2,000 as scoring champion plus $1,500 for each of the other three trophies he won and $2,000 for being named to the first All-Star team. In addition, he received $8,750 as his share of Boston&rsquo;s team awards. He also received $500 as a member of the winning East Division team in the mid-season All-Star game.</p><p>Tony Esposito also had a lucrative season in award money earnings, picking up a total $13,000 from the league. In addition to his $2,000 in All-Star bonus, he received $2,000 as winner of the Vezina Trophy, $1,500 as Calder Trophy winner, $750 as runner-up in the Hart Trophy balloting, $500 as a member of the East Division team in the All-Star game and $6,250 as his share of Chicago&rsquo;s team awards, The last goaltender to be named rookie-of-the-year and win the first team All-Star berth in the same season was Roger Crozier of Detroit in 1964-65.</p><p>Each player selected to the first team received $2,000 while those named to the second team won $1,000 each. Selections were made by the National Hockey League Writers&rsquo; Association in the 12 league cities.</p><p>Tony Esposito and Park are making their first appearances on an All-Star team while the other four players on the first team are holdovers from 1968-69. This is the 15th straight season in which Howe has been named to either the first or second team, breaking the record of 14 straight which he had shared with Maurice Richard, former great right winger with Montreal Canadiens. It is the eighth time in those 15 seasons that Howe has been on the first team. Altogether during his brilliant 24-season career. Howe has been named an All-Star 21 times, including a record 12 times to the first team.</p><p>Following is a complete list of players who received votes in the All-Star balloting:</p><p>GOAL&mdash;Tony Esposito, Chicago, 180; Ed Gia-comin, New York, 81; Jacques Plante, St. Louis, 28; Bernie Parent, Philadelphia, 9; Roy Edwards, Detroit, 9; Gerry Cheevers, Boston. 6; Ernie Wakely, St. Louis, 6; Rogatien Vachon, Montreal, 3; Gary Smith, Oakland. 2.</p><p>DEFENSE&mdash;Bobby Orr, Boston, 180; Brad Park, New York, 134; Carl Brewer, Detroit, 58; Jacques Laperriere, Montreal, 57; Al Arbour, St. Louis, 39; Jim Neilson, New York, 30; Pat Stapleton, Chicago, 28; Keith Magnuson, Chicago, 23; Barclay Plager, St. Louis, 20; Doug Mohns, Chicago, 12; Doug Jarrett, Chicago, 9; Serge Savard, Montreal, 9; Gary Bergman, Detroit, 9; Larry Hillman, Philadelphia, 7; Wayne Connelly, Detroit, 5; Bob Baun, Detroit, 4; Carol Vadnais, Oakland, 3; Bill White, Chicago, 3; Rod Seiling, New York, 3; Arnie Brown, New York, 3; Terry Harper, Montreal, 3; Harry Howell, Oakland, 3; Bob Woytowich, Pittsburgh, 2; Bill Collins, Minnesota, 1; Jim Roberts, St. Louis, 1; Jim Morrison, Pittsburgh, 1; Don Awrey, Boston, 1.</p><p>CENTER&mdash;Phil Esposito, Boston, 139; Stan Mikita, Chicago, 131; Walt Tkaczuk, New York, 15; Phil Goyette, St. Louis, 12; Garry Unger, Detroit, 11; Red Berenson, St. Louis, 10; Jean Ratelle, New York, 2; Pit Martin, Chicago, 1; Tom Williams, Minnesota, 1 Alex Delvecchio, Detroit, 1; Dave Keon, Toronto. 1.</p><p>RIGHT WING&mdash;Gordie Howe, Detroit, 158; John McKenzie, Boston. 92; Bill Goldsworthy, Minnesota, 39; Ron Ellis, Toronto, 14; Yvan Cournoyer, Montreal, 9; Ken Hodge, Boston, 5; Frank St. Marseille, St. Louis, 3; Jim Pappin, Chicago, 2; Jean Pronovost, Pittsburgh, 1; Gary Sabourin, St. Louis, 1.</p><p>LEFT WING-Bobby Hull, Chicago, 137; Frank Mahovlich, Detroit, 78; John Bucyk, Boston, 40; Jean-Paul Parise, Minnesota, 26; Dave Balon, New York, 23; Jacques Lemaire, Montreal, 7; Red Berenson, St. Louis, 4; Dean Prentice, Pittsburgh, 4; John Ferguson, Montreal, 3; Ross Lonsberry, Los Angeles, 1; Ab McDonald, St. Louis, 1.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

First All-Star Berth Swells Orr’s Bonus Take To $17,750

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01891/3618122-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>After waiting 29 years, Boston fans were rewarded with the Stanley Cup this season and here&rsquo;s the team that made it all possible with an impressive 12 wins in 14 playoff games to capture the world championship of professional hockey for the first time since 1941. First row, left to right, GERRY CHEEVERS, MILT SCHMIDT, general manager, HARRY SINDEN, coach, EDDIE JOHNSTON, WESTON W. ADAMS SR., chairman of the board, WESTON W. ADAMS JR., president, TOM JOHNSON, asst. to the general manager, JOHN ADAMS. Second row, DAN CANNEY, trainer, BILL LESUK, BOBBY ORR, WAYNE CASHMAN, ED WESTFALL, PHIL ESPOSITO, DON AWREY, DON MARCOTTE, JOHN BUCYK, FRED STANFIELD, JOHN FORRISTALL, asst. trainer. Third row, JOHN McKENZIE, RON MURPHY, DALLAS SMITH, DEREK SANDERSON, WAYNE CASHMAN, KEN HODGE, BILL SPEER, GARNET BAILEY, GARY DOAK, JIM LORENTZ, RICK SMITH.</b></figcaption></div><p><b>15 pages of complete statistics</b></p><p><b>THE CHAMPIONS OF 1969-70</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02757/3618115-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="2402" height="1337"></div><p><b>Allan Cup Winners: SPOKANE JETS Memorial Cup Champs: MONTREAL CANADIENS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03545/3618108-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="570" height="1796"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOCKEY NEWS SALUTES

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01974/3618181-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL 1969-70 STANDINGS OF NHL TEAMS</h2><h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02874/3618174-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1705" height="241"></div><h2>TOP 25 SCORERS</h2><h3>FINAL INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03733/3618167-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1149" height="1099"></div><h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04448/3618160-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="607" height="3984"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05333/3618153-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="616" height="3896"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NHL FINAL SCORING GOALING PENALTY RECORDS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06267/3618219-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg"></div><h2>THE TOP 10 NETMINDERS</h2><h3>COMPLETE REGULAR SCHEDULE GOALKEEPING RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07208/3618212-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="1204" height="1548"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Looking At NHL Coolers

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PENALTIES BY TEAMS

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BERRY</div><p>DETROIT&mdash;</p><p>The season ended much too soon for the Red Wings but nevertheless, it was a record-buster in nearly every way.</p><p>The Red Wings rewrote the attendance record page in their facts book and tied or set a number of individual and team records with their 95 point season.</p><p>The attendance marks were shredded&mdash;single game, season and average.</p><p>Olympia&rsquo;s listed seating capacity is 13.235 but the Red Wings averaged 14.169 for their 38 home games, breaking the former average mark of 13,737 set in 1966-67.</p><p>Total announced attendance was 538.458. the first time the club cracked one-half million. The previous record was 496.067. set in 1968-69.</p><p>Five times the club announced crowds of 15.390 during the campaign and the previous single game record was 15.347.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Red Wings Set New Crowd Marks

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05390/3618375-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="351" height="670"></div><h2>EAST-WEST FINAL FOR STANLEY CUP</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06332/3618368-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="1123" height="175"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED IN SERIES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07291/3618361-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="831" height="174"></div><h2>SERIES &lsquo;A&rsquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08267/3618354-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="579" height="205"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed. April 8</b></p><p>Detroit 2 at Chicago 4</p><p><b>Thurs. April 9</b></p><p>Detroit 2 at Chicago 4</p><p><b>Sat. April 11</b></p><p>Chicago 4 at Detroit 2</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>Chicago 4 at Detroit 2</p><h2>SERIES &lsquo;B&rsquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09257/3618347-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="576" height="144"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. April 8</b></p><p>New York 2 at Boston 8</p><p><b>Thurs. April 9</b></p><p>New York 3 at Boston 5</p><p><b>Sat. April 11</b></p><p>Boston 3 at New York 4</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>Boston 2 at New York 4</p><p><b>Tues. April 14</b></p><p>New York 2 at Boston 3</p><p><b>Thurs. April 16</b></p><p>Boston 4 at New York 1</p><h2>SERIES C&rsquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10235/3618340-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="575" height="135"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. April 8</b></p><p>Minnesota 2 at St. Louis 6</p><p><b>Thurs. April 9</b></p><p>Minnesota 1 at St. Louis 2</p><p><b>Sat. April 11</b></p><p>St. Louis 2 at Minnesota 4</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>St. Louis 0 at Minnesota 4</p><p><b>Tues. April 14</b></p><p>Minnesota 3 at St. Louis 6</p><p><b>Thurs. April 16</b></p><p>St. Louis 4 at Minnesota 2</p><h2>SERIES D&rsquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11204/3618333-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="579" height="202"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed. April 8</b></p><p>Oakland 1 at Pittsburgh 2</p><p><b>Thurs. April 9</b></p><p>Oakland 1 at Pittsburgh 2</p><p><b>Sat. April 11</b></p><p>Pittsburgh 5 at Oakland 2</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>Pittsburgh 3 at Oakland 2</p><h2>SERIES &lsquo;E&rsquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12166/3618326-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="534" height="166"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Sun. April 19</b></p><p>Boston 6 at Chicago 3</p><p><b>Tues. April 21</b></p><p>Boston 4 at Chicago 1</p><p><b>Thurs. April 23</b></p><p>Chicago 2 at Boston 5</p><p><b>Sun. April 26</b></p><p>Chicago 4 at Boston 5</p><h2>SERIES &lsquo;F&rsquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-13150/3618319-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="574" height="204"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Sun. April 19</b></p><p>Pittsburgh 1 at St. Louis 3</p><p><b>Thurs. April 21</b></p><p>Pittsburgh 1 at St. Louis 4</p><p><b>Thurs. April 23</b></p><p>St. Louis 2 at Pittsburgh 3</p><p><b>Sun. April 26</b></p><p>St. Louis 1 at Pittsburgh 2</p><p><b>Tues. April 28</b></p><p>Pittsburgh 0 at St. Louis 5</p><p><b>Thurs. April 30</b></p><p>St. Louis 4 at Pittsburgh 3</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01943/3618312-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="1475" height="899"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02834/3618305-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1479" height="889"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The highlight of the 1969-70 NHL season was of course Boston&rsquo;s first Stanley Cup victory in 29 years. There was jubilation on all sides after the Bruins&rsquo; great win. At left, a tearful TED GREEN in civilian clothes is flanked by his teammates as they move in for cup presentation by NHL President CLARENCE CAMPBELL, standing beside the famed trophy. At right, veteran JOHN BUCYK, one of the big heroes of the playoffs for the Bruins, skates around Boston Garden to give appreciative fans a closer look at the elusive cup.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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STANLEY CUP ’70

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Final Playoff Statistics

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Goaling Records

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01964/3618489-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL 1969-70 TEAM STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION</h2><h2>WESTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02798/3618482-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1197" height="249"></div><h3>INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND PENALTY STATISTICS REGULAR SCHEDULE</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03621/3618475-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="1213" height="6096"></div><h3>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS FOR REGULAR SEASON</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04471/3618468-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="1201" height="1168"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

<h2>FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05358/3618555-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="573" height="135"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2><p><b>Wed. May 6</b></p><p>Springfield 3 at Buffalo 4</p><p><b>Sat. May 9</b></p><p>Springfield 2 at Buffalo 5</p><p><b>Sun. May 10</b></p><p>Springfield 2 at Buffalo 6</p><p><b>Wed. May 13</b></p><p>Buffalo 6 at Springfield 2</p><h2>FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06273/3618548-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="569" height="133"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2><p><b>Wed. May 6</b></p><p>Springfield 3 at Buffalo 4</p><p><b>Sat. May 9</b></p><p>Springfield 2 at Buffalo 5</p><p><b>Sun. May 10</b></p><p>Springfield 2 at Buffalo 6</p><h2>SEMI-FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07199/3618541-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="575" height="170"></div><p>(Round-robin series to declare finalists)</p><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2><p><b>Wed. April 22</b></p><p>Springfield 3 at Montreal 2</p><p><b>Sun. April 26</b></p><p>Springfield 1 at Buffalo 2</p><p><b>Wed. April 29</b></p><p>Buffalo 4 at Springfield 7</p><p><b>Fri. May 1</b></p><p>Buffalo 3 at Montreal 1</p><p><b>Sun. May 3</b></p><p>Montreal 2 at Buffalo 4</p><h2>QUARTER-FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-08150/3618534-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="575" height="144"></div><p><b>(Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2><p><b>Tues. April 7</b></p><p>Baltimore 0 at Montreal 4</p><p><b>Fri. April 10</b></p><p>Baltimore 3 at Montreal 6</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>Montreal 3 at Baltimore 4</p><p><b>Wed. April 15</b></p><p>Montreal 3 at Baltimore 1</p><p><b>Fri. April 17</b></p><p>Baltimore 6 at Montreal 10</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-09115/3618527-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="573" height="137"></div><p><b>(Buffalo wins best-of-seven series4-2)</b></p><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2><p><b>Wed. April 8</b></p><p>Quebec 2 at Buffalo I</p><p><b>Fri. April 10</b></p><p>Quebec 3 of Buffalo 4</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>Buffalo 2 at Quebec 3</p><p><b>Wed. April 15</b></p><p>Buffalo 3 at Quebec 2</p><p><b>Thurs. April 16</b></p><p>Quebec 0 of Buffalo 2</p><p><b>Sat. April 18</b></p><p>Buffalo 3 at Quebec 1</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1096/3618520-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="588" height="144"></div><p><b>(Springfield wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</b></p><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2><p><b>Wed. April 8</b></p><p>Hershey 2 at Springfield 1</p><p><b>Sat. April 11</b></p><p>Hershey 2 at Springfield 3</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>Hershey 6 at Springfield 3</p><p><b>Tues. April 14</b></p><p>Springfield 4 at Hershey 3</p><p><b>Thurs. April 16</b></p><p>Springfield 4 at Hershey 3</p><p><b>Sat. April 18</b></p><p>Springfield I at Hershey 2</p><p><b>Sun. April 19</b></p><p>Hershey 4 at Springfield 5<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AHL PLAYOFFS

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Stanfield Top Playoff Scorer

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01931/3618617-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><p><b>AHL Champions&mdash;BUFFALO BISONS</b></p><p><b>The Buffalo Bisons didn&rsquo;t win the over-all league title this season but they showed they had it when it counted&mdash;during the Calder Cup playoffs. The Bisons came on strong in the post-season round to wrap up the cup against Springfield and Montreal. First row, left to right, ROGER COTE, GERRY OUELLETTE, captain, AL JOHNSTONE, GILLES VILLEMURE, GUY TROTTIER, DENNIS KASSIAN. Second row, FRED HUNT, general manager, FRANK CHRISTIE, trainer, JOHN BARBER, BILL KNIBBS, RON ATTWELL, BOB JONES, DON BLACKBURN, WAYNE MAKI, JOE CAVANAUGH, secretary treasurer, FRED SHERO, coach. Third row, GARY VENERUZZO, BOB ASH, DICK PARADISE, LARRY HORNUNG, RANDY LEGGE, WAYNE RIVERS.</b></p><p>BUFFALO&mdash;</p><p>The Buffalo Bisons and the Pastors went out as champions&hellip; as the Pastors prayed they would and Emile Francis promised they would.</p><p>The Bisons clamped a fitting climax on their farewell season in the American Hockey League by rolling past the Springfield Kings in four straight in the Calder Cup finals.</p><p>For the Bisons, who knocked off the Quebec Aces in six games in the first round, and then won three of four games in the controversial round-robin which made up the second round, it was the first Calder Cup triumph in seven years.</p><p>The victory was all the sweeter for the new champions,&rsquo; who had their league-leading scorer, Guy Trottier, for only six of the 14 post-season games, and were forced to operate without Trottier and Capt. Gerry Ouellette in the last three with the kings.</p><p>In 14 seasons under ownership of the Pastor brothers, Ruby, Sam and Al, the Bisons won two Calder Cups and four regular season titles. The Pastors have sold the team to the Buffalo Sabres, who will represent this city in the National League next winter.</p><p>The Calder Cup triumph wound up a 96-game season for the Bisons, which all began eight months earlier at the Kitchener, Ont., training site. In addition to T4 playoff games and 72 regular season games, the Bisons played 10 pre-season contests.</p><p>Fred Shero, the low-key Buffalo leader finished a three-year stand in Buffalo with his sixth title in 12 seasons of coaching. He won five titles in nine years before coming here to win two division titles and the Calder Cup after opening with a third-place finish.</p><p>The Buffalo triumph provided Francis, general manager and coach of the parent New York Rangers, with his second title of the spring. The Omaha Knights, another New York affiliate, won the Central League championship and bolstered the Bisons with five players when a string of late-season injuries staggered the Herd.</p><p>The Rangers and the St. Louis Blues, with whom the Bisons had a partial working agreement, moved 35 players in and out of the Buffalo lineup, making it clear Francis wasn&rsquo;t fooling when he said he would provide the Pastors with a winner in their swan song.</p><p>&ldquo;We will miss the Pastors&hellip;Buffalo will miss the Pastors&hellip;and more important, hockey will miss them. They have been a great part of hockey.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bisons Clear Way For Sabres With Cup Win

<p>WEST SPRINGFIELD&mdash;</p><p>For the second successive year, goaler Gilles Villemure has been named both the American Hockey League&rsquo;s most valuable player and All-Star netminder.</p><p>Villemure recived a near unanimous 38 out of a possible 40 points in the MVP voting for the Les Cunningham Plaque.</p><p>Villemure&rsquo;s selection as MVP ranks him with former AHL greats Johnny Bower and Billy Hicke. the only other players to win the award two years in a row. Fred Glover, who is now coaching the Oakland Seals, won the award three different times but never in two consecutive years.</p><p>Montreal rookie Jude Drouin was second in the voting collecting 22 points. Others receiving votes included Noel Price and Gordon Labossiere of Springfield; Mike Nykoluk of Hershey; Guy Trottier, Buffalo; Ren&eacute; Drolet, Quebec; Mike McMahon, Baltimore; Kent Douglas, Rochester; Marcel Paille, Providence; Guy Lapointe, Montreal.</p><p>Villemure, whose 2.52 average lead the league and automatically gave him the Harry (Hap) Holmes Trophy, made it a clean sweep with his selection to the first-team All-Stars. The three awards plus his earnings in the playoffs give him $3,600 in extra money for the 1969-70 season.</p><p>At no time during the regular season did Villemure&rsquo;s average go above the 3.00 mark and on one occasion dipped below the one-goal mark.</p><p>During the course of the season Villemure&rsquo;s outstanding play earned him eight shutouts, one short on the AHL record.</p><p>Villemure&rsquo;s brilliant performance proved a key factor to the Bisons&rsquo; rise to the Calder Cup.</p><p>In the other two individual awards&rsquo; voting, Noel Price of Springfield was chosen winner of the Eddie Shore plaque as the outstanding defenseman of the year, edging out Montreal Voyageurs&rsquo; Guy Lapointe in the balloting 28-25.</p><p>Drouin, whose contract has been sold to the Minnesota North Stars by the Montreal Canadiens, was the unanimous pick as rookie-of-the-year to win the Red Garrett Trophy.</p><p>Villemure and Drouin were unanimous choices for the AHL&rsquo;s first All-Star team.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Villemure Sweeps Awards In AHL

<p><b>FIRST TEAM</b></p><p><b>Gilles Villemure, Buffalo</b></p><p><b>Noel Price, Springfield</b></p><p><b>Guy Lapointe, Montreal</b></p><p><b>Jude Drouin, Montreal</b></p><p><b>Guy Trottier, Buffalo</b></p><p><b>Doug Robinson, Spring</b></p><p><b>SECOND TEAM</b></p><p><b>Jack Norris, Mtl.</b></p><p><b>Mike McMahon, Baltimore</b></p><p><b>Paul Curtis, Montreal</b></p><p><b>Gord Labossiere Springfield</b></p><p><b>Norm Beaudin, Cleveland</b></p><p><b>Don Blackburn, Buffalo</b></p><p><b>GOAL</b></p><p><b>DEFENSE</b></p><p><b>DEFENSE</b></p><p><b>CENTER</b></p><p><b>RIGHTWING</b></p><p><b>LEFTWING</b></p><p><b>Cunningham Plaque as MVP&mdash;Gilles Villemure, Buffalo Shop aque as top defenseman&mdash;Noel Price, Springfield Garrett Trophy as rookie of year&mdash;Jude Drouin, Montreal Leading Scorer&mdash;Jude Drouin, Montreal Leading goaler&mdash;Gilles Villemure, Buffalo</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

AHL Stars, Awards Winners

<p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>The Terry Sawchuk case was handed over to Nassau County Grand Jury to &ldquo;clear the air&rdquo; in the sudden violent death of the New York Rangers&rsquo; standby net minder.</p><p>The hockey world was shocked at the death of the 40-year-old one-time goaling great here May 31 in hospital after a series of operations following a reported mysterious injury sustained in a front-lawn wrestling match with teammate Ron Stewart three weeks earlier.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03631/3618741-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="253" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ron Stewart</b></figcaption></div><p>District attorney William Cahn said he and his aides were studying the autopsy report, which showed immediate cause of death to be a pulmonary embolism&mdash;a blood clot in the lungs. A secondary cause was the laceration of Sawchuk&rsquo;s liver, which was reportedly hanging by a thread from a severe blow to the abdomen.</p><p>Sawchuk, who had been quarrelling with Stewart off and on through the latter part of the hockey season over domestic affairs even though they were close friends and shared a Long Island apartment together, told authorities before he died that he tripped and fell over Stewart&rsquo;s knee at 3 a.m. in the morning while the two were scuffling on the lawn. Stewart said the two were engaged in &lsquo;horseplay&rsquo; after drinking in a tavern nearby.</p><p>Stewart voluntarily returned from his Canadian home to New York to testify in the hearing along with Rangers&rsquo; manager-coach Emil Francis, who had been with Sawchuk in his final moments and had accompanied him by ambulance when the critically injured goaler was transferred from a Long Island to a New York hospital for special emergency surgery.</p><p>The New York district attorney&rsquo;s office said that a possible manslaughter charge could be laid against Stewart following the Grand Jury hearing but it was doubted that any charges would be brought against Stewart, who termed the affair &ldquo;a pure accident&rdquo;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Grand Jury To ‘Clear Air’ In Sawchuk-Stewart Affair

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01935/3618710-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>As A Maple Leaf Latecomer He Shared Vezina Trophy.</b></figcaption></div><p><b><i>(As Seen in The Toronto Star)</i></b></p><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p>Terry Sawchuk earned widespread recognition as the finest goalkeeper professional hockey ever saw&mdash;but it&rsquo;s much more likely he&rsquo;ll be remembered as a man whose luck was almost all bad.</p><p>He was as famous for the jinx that clung to him as he was for his puck-stopping genius.</p><p>His life was a ceaseless procession of tragedies. For each of his achievements, and they were many, there were half a dozen sad reversals&mdash;sickness, injury, personal heartbreak. He endured them all, regularly, and when he passed away in New York after failing to withstand major intestinal surgery, he was alone, divorced from the woman he married 17 years ago, separated from his children and ostracized by most of his teammates.</p><p>Sawchuk&rsquo;s brother, Gerry, and Emile Francis who, as coach and general manager of New York Rangers, was his boss, had been with him the last few days.</p><p>Sawchuk was 40, a physical and nervous wreck, and all washed up as a hockey player after 20 big-league seasons. Rangers didn&rsquo;t want him any more, although there&rsquo;d been rumors he was to be shuffled west to St. Louis for at least an-other winter or two.</p><p>He had been the best, even as recently as three years ago when his miraculous goaltending against Chicago and Montreal produced a Stanley Cup championship for Leafs. No goalie ever played more sensationally than he did in those 1967 playoffs when he was shoved into the lineup in place of ailing Johnny Bower.</p><p>That was, as Sawchuk himself, said, the pinnacle of his career. But his reputation had been made when he was younger and healthier, almost two decades ago. Then, as the youthful net-minder for Detroit Red Wings, he was a league All-Star in his rookie campaign, and in the two seasons following.</p><p>His average never climbed above two goals per game through his first five years in Detroit and during that period he registered 56 shutouts, building a cushion he was able to boost to a lifetime total of 103, a record for the National Hockey League.</p><p>Sawchuk began in hockey at 10, inheriting a set of goalie pads when an older brother died of a heart attack. Tragedy and misfortune were to bedevil him the rest of his life.</p><p>His right arm was permanently deformed because of a mishap in a boys&rsquo; football game. Three operations, removing 60 bone chips, didn&rsquo;t correct the condition: they did alleviate the discomfort.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02806/3618703-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="567" height="1474"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TERRY SAWCHUK&hellip;Life Was An Ordeal</b></figcaption></div><p>As an 18-year-old youngster in the minors, he took a stick in the eye and his sight was saved only because a famous eve surgeon happened to be in Omaha that day.</p><p>His Detroit boss, Jack Adams, ordered him to lose a few of his 228 pounds. He dropped to 188. then 168 and battled forever afterwards to put weight back on.</p><p>Mononucleosis, a blood infection. interrupted his career in 1955, after he&rsquo;d been traded to Boston Later, he quit Bruins following a nervous collapse. They returned him to Detroit.</p><p>Somebody skated across his left hand, the one he caught pucks with, severing all the tendons. He never could close his fist thereafter. Doctors had told him he&rsquo;d never regain use of the hand.</p><p>He was hospitalized for an operation to remove a bowel obstruction.</p><p>During the 1964 playoffs, he was confined to hospital for treatment of pinched shoulder nerves, but was allowed out long enough to play each match, returning immediately afterwards. He was superb but Detroit lost.</p><p>In 1966. spinal surgery disclosed two ruptured vertebrae. Repairs straightened a swayback condition and removed many of the minor disorders, such as headaches, that had plagued him for years. He had never been able to sleep for more than two hours at a stretch.</p><p>Those were the major disasters. but by no means the only ones. He totalled more than 400 facial stitches before adopting a mask in 1962. He broke bones regularly, had concussions, arthritis. charley horses. Surgery was necessary once when he suffered a collapsed lung in a car accident.</p><p>Perhaps understandably, he was not a happy person. Most of the time, he was a morose loner who, in the later years, had periods of heavy drinking.</p><p>Human relationships were difficult for him. His wife. Pat. Who lived in the Detroit area even when he was playing in other cities. had sued him for divorce previously, in 1958. They reconciled that time but split up for good last fall.</p><p>&ldquo;Ukey was in Toronto for three years and never made what you&rsquo;d call a friend.&rdquo; a Leaf player of the mid-60s said. &ldquo;The only one was Marcel Pronovost who&rsquo;d been with him in the good days at Detroit.&rdquo;</p><p>Almost any newsman who covered hockey in recent years has a Sawchuk story. His style was to listen placidly to a question, then look the reporter in the eye and snarl, &ldquo;get lost.&rdquo; or words to that effect. A simple question, sensible in his case. such as &ldquo;how do you feel?&rdquo; would elicit this response: &ldquo;With my hands, dummy.&rdquo; To a query about some incident&mdash;&ldquo;you saw the game, didn&rsquo;t you?&rdquo;</p><p>But when he&rsquo;d had one of his good nights, Sawchuk could be engaging and cordial.</p><p>He once approached this reporter. with tears in his eyes, and apologized for having been surly. &ldquo;I get so wound up at times 1 don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m saying.&rdquo; he said.</p><p>On balance, most people were willing to forgive him for being irritable. Life seemed to be an ordeal for him.</p><p>Sawchuk made a lot of money out of hockey, but retained little of it and had some reason for bitterness toward the game. He was constantly on the move, despite his greatness. He was at his very peak in 1955. when the Detroit club abruptly traded him. Wings got him back but left him open in the 1964 draft and Toronto took him.</p><p>He was sent to Los Angeles when the new NHL teams were stocked with an expansion draft in 1967. A few weeks later, he was named Toronto&rsquo;s top player of that season. To him. it was just another kick in the teeth. He was used to it.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01725/3618696-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="2379" height="1472"></div><p><b>CHL Champions&mdash;OMAHA KNIGHTS</b></p><p><b>The Omaha Knights proved this past season that class tells in the long run. They won the league championship and proceeded to add the Adams Cup in the Central Hockey League playoffs in 12 games. First row, left to right, PETER McDUFFE, MIKE ROBITAILLE, JAKE MILFORD, general manager, RON BOEHM, captain, LARRY POPEIN, coach, JACK EGERS, GEORGE SURMAY. Second row, CURT GORDON, publicist, BOB PARADISE, DENIS DUPERE, BERT WILSON, TOM MILLER, ANDRE DUPONT, AB DEMARCO, DON LUCE, ROCK BATLEY, trainer. Third row, SYL APPS, BRYAN LEFLEY, PIERRE JARRY, BRUCE HELLEMOND, MIKE PARIZEAU, JIM KRU-LICKI, JOHN BARBER,</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Tragedy Stalked Sawchuk Throughout Career In NHL

<div class="byline">BY GLENN REDMANN</div><p>TWIN CITIES&mdash;</p><p>When the 1970-71 National Hockey League season gets under way next October&hellip;</p><p>Chicago will be everybody&rsquo;s favorite to walk off with the Clarence Campbell trophy, emblematic of West Division surpremacy.</p><p>St. Louis likely will be conceded the No. 2 spot in the West because of its strong showing during the past two campaigns.</p><p>So that might well leave the division&rsquo;s other five clubs&mdash;Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Oakland and Los Angeles&mdash;in a battle royal for the final two playoff spots.</p><p>Chicago, with Tony Esposito and Gerry Desjardins, apparently is set in the nets.</p><p>Ditto St. Louis with Glenn Hall and Ernie Wakely.</p><p>But what of the other five?</p><p>Where do they stand in the all important goalkeeping department? Well, this reporter isn&rsquo;t qualified to criticize Pittsburgh, Philly (where Bernie Parent is one of the best around), Oakland (Gary Smith) or Los Angeles, but if Minnesota is able to start the campaign with Cesare Maniago and Gump Worsley, the North Stars figure to be in pretty good shape.</p><p>Tall Cesare and short Gump were a strong twosome for the Minnesotans during the final five weeks of the 1969-70 season when they sparked their team from fifth place to third in the wild-and-wooly chase with Oakland and Philly.</p><p>There&rsquo;s not a shadow of a doubt that Minnesota brass would be pleased to open in October with the two veterans who combined to win nine games, lose five and tie three down the stretch.</p><p>Maniago, certainly one of the most consistent players in the Stars&rsquo; brief, three-year history, wants to return for a fourth campaign.</p><p>&ldquo;I think with all the good, young players we have in our organization, plus a lot of seasoned veterans,&rdquo; said Maniago, &ldquo;next season could be our best.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

North Stars Ready To Co Again With Mania go, Worsley In Coal

<div class="byline">by BILL LIBBY</div><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>Prior to the NHL draft meetings and just at the trading deadline, the Los Angeles Kings continued to shift personnel with three minor deals. They sent defence man Brent Hughes to Philadelphia for right winger Mike Byers, and goalie Wayne Thomas, defenseman Greg Boddy and right-winger Leon Rochefort to Montreal for goalie Jack Norris, right-winger Larry Mickey and left-winger Lucien Grenier. They also swapped defenseman Bob Wall to St. Louis for Ray Fortin, another rearguard, in an even up deal.</p><p>Hughes, obtained originally in the expansion draft, is almost 27. He made considerable progress in his second NHL season, but lapsed last season and the Kings concluded he was not a major league defenseman. Rochefort, obtained in trade last summer, seemed to have lost his scoring touch and at 31 appears on the way out. Boddy, a high amateur draft pick last summer, debuted as a pro at Springfield and was considered a good prospect. Thomas played as an amateur at Michigan State.</p><p>Mickey, a 5-11. 175-pounder, who will be 27 this next season, had a serious auto accident and a broken arm which troubled him through parts of 1967 and 1968. He has played with Chicago. New York and Toronto and Montreal through six seasons of bouncing up and down between the minors and majors without establishing himself. He scored four goals in 21 games for Montreal last season.</p><p>Grenier, a 5-10. 160-pounder. will be 24 this season. He has played four seasons with modest success in the minors, appearing in 24 NHL games for Montreal last season, scoring twice.</p><p>Norris, who will be 28, has had three trials in the NHL with Boston and Chicago. He is best remembered in L.A. for two mediocre seasons with the old. mediocre L.A. Blades, but he has been effective in the high minors the last two seasons.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

LA Kings Turnover Steps Up

<h2>FIRST TEAM</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01908/3618827-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="590" height="164"></div><h2>SECOND TEAM</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02779/3618820-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="472" height="156"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NHL All-Star Teams

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01918/3618865-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL 1969-70 TEAM STANDINGS</h2><h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND PENALTY STATISTICS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02778/3618858-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="1205" height="4768"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03592/3618910-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS FOR REGULAR SEASON</h2><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS FOR PLAYOFFS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04427/3618903-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="1127" height="231"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05303/3618896-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="549" height="933"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ART JONES&hellip;Top WHL Scorer</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Looking At WHL Goalers

<h2>FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06251/3618955-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="577" height="167"></div><p><b>(Vancouver wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed. April 22</b></p><p>Portland 1 at Vancouver 4</p><p><b>Fri. April 24</b></p><p>Vancouver 6 at Portland 4</p><p><b>Sun. April 26</b></p><p>Vancouver 1 at Portland 4</p><p><b>Wed. April 29</b></p><p>Portland 3 at Vancouver 5</p><p><b>Sat. May 2</b></p><p>Portland 1 at Vancouver 8</p><h2>SEMI-FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07205/3618948-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="586" height="146"></div><p><b>(Vancouver wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Tues. April</b></p><p>San Diego 1 at Vancouver 7</p><p><b>Fri. April 10</b></p><p>San Diego 5 at Vancouver 4</p><p><b>Sat. April 11</b></p><p>Vancouver 6 at San Diego 3</p><p><b>Mon. April 13</b></p><p>Vancouver 3 at San Diego 6</p><p>Wed. April 15</p><p><b>San Diego 4 at Vancouver 7</b></p><p>Sat April 18</p><p><b>Vancouver 5 at Son Diego 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08175/3618941-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="572" height="135"></div><p><b>(Portland wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed. April 8</b></p><p>Seattle 0 at Portland 6</p><p><b>Fri. April 10</b></p><p>Portland 3 at Seattle 6</p><p><b>Sat. April 11</b></p><p>Portland 2 at Seattle 6</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>Seattle 0 at Portland 5</p><p><b>Wed. April 15</b></p><p>Seattle 1 at Portland 8</p><p><b>Sat. April 18</b></p><p>Portland 3 at Seattle 1<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WHL Playoffs

<div class="byline">BY VICTOR BERNS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01889/3618986-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;</p><p>The St. Louis Blues have been fighting a lonely battle.</p><p>Each year they ravage the Western Division of the National Hockey League, but then are beaten by an Eastern Division team in the Stanley Cup finals.</p><p>During the season they are acclaimed as a good, solid hockey team, the best in the West, the team that is demonstrating the wisdom of expansion.</p><p>But those compliments are conspicuously absent at the end of the season. Then the Blues are told they don&rsquo;t have a chance in the finals, that they shouldn&rsquo;t even be in the same league with the Eastern teams and that the finals are an anti-climax.</p><p>The talk about an anticlimax was a little quieter this year because the Boston Bruins ripped through the Chicago Balck Hawks in about the same way they demolished the Blues.</p><p>But the Blues are still held accountable for the faults of expansion. They are the best of the expansion teams and, therefore, have the sometimes happy, sometimes unhappy chore of carrying and defending the banner of hockey&rsquo;s major-league expansion.</p><p>But. don&rsquo;t feel sorry for the Blues. They&rsquo;re not complaining about the setup; indeed, they&rsquo;ve prospered in it. They&rsquo;ll survive an occasional humiliation and become a better hockey team because of it.</p><p>The St. Louis players have been joined on a team at various stages of their various careers. Every one of them has been given a chance&mdash;first, second or third&mdash;because of expansion. Several of them were hockey&rsquo;s heroes long before expansion, and others would have become heroes without the doubling of the league.</p><p>They&rsquo;ve enjoyed rousing success on the ice. They&rsquo;ve enjoyed the inspiring loyalty of their fans. They&rsquo;ve enjoyed the gracious consideration of their owners, who once again this year treated the team members to a post playoffs vacation in sunny Miami.</p><p>Some have worried about the Blues&rsquo; future. They&rsquo;ve said that the team has taken on a little age and could be headed for a decline rather than for a continuation of its steady rise among the pros.</p><p>The decline will come, but not yet. It will come eventually because it is inevitable&mdash;no team can be on top every year. The pattern in pro sports is to go from top to bottom and then start back.</p><p><b>WHL Champions&mdash;VANCOUVER CANUCKS</b></p><p><b>In their farewell season before stepping up to the NHL the Vancouver Canucks went out in a blaze of glory as they completely dominated the Western Hockey League winning both the league and playoff championships. First row, left to right, GEORGE GARNER, PAUL ANDREA, MARC REAUME, LYMAN D. WALTERS, vice-president, ANDY BATHGATE, captain, THOMAS K. SCALLEN, president, DUKE HARRIS, PAT HANNIGAN, LYNN ZIMMERMAN. Second row, PHIL MALONEY, scout, GERRY GOYER, GERMAIN GAGNON, TED McCASKILL, BOB LEMIEUX, LEN LUNDE, TED TAYLOR, EDDIE SHAMLOCK, trainer. Third row, GREG DOUG-GLAS, publicist, BUD POILE, general manager, JOHN ARBOUR, BRAD SELWOOD, CLELAND MORTSON, DOUG DUNVILLE, MURRAY HALL, HAL LAYCOE, coach, LEONARD HEATH, team office manager.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Vanquished Blues Not Ready To Dip

<h2>FIRST TEAM</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03599/3619055-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="991" height="269"></div><h2>SECOND TEAM</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04462/3619048-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="987" height="234"></div><p><b>Leader Cup as MVP&mdash;ANDY BATHGATE, Vancouver</b></p><p><b>Laycoe Cup for best defenseman&mdash;MARC REAUME, Vancouver Fred Hume Cup for gentlemany player&mdash;ANDY HEBENTON, Portland</b></p><p><b>Outstanding rookie of year&mdash;BRAD SELWOOC. Vancouver Leading Scorer Award&mdash;ART JONES, Portland Leading Goaler Award&mdash;GEORGE GARDNER, Vancouver.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WHL Stars, Awards Winners

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Hall, Goyer Top Playoff Scorers

<h2>FIRST TEAM</h2><p>Goal: <b>Serge Aubry,</b> Tulsa</p><p>Defense: <b>Mike Robitaille,</b> Omaha</p><p>Defense: <b>Gordie Nelson,</b> Tulsa</p><p>Center: <b>Don Luce,</b> Omaha</p><p>Right Wing: <b>Oscar Gaudet,</b> Dallas</p><p>Left Wing: <b>Jack Egers,</b> Omaha</p><p>Coach: <b>Marcel Pronovost,</b> Tulsa</p><h2>SECOND TEAM</h2><p>Goal: <b>Peter McDuffe,</b> Omaha</p><p>Defense: <b>Andre Dupont,</b> Omaha</p><p>Defense: <b>Barry Wilkins,</b> Oklahoma</p><p>Center: <b>Bill Orban,</b> Iowa</p><p>Left Wing: <b>Danny Johnson,</b> Tulsa</p><p>Right Wing: <b>Danny Seguin,</b> Iowa</p><p>Coach: <b>Doug Barkley,</b> Fort Worth</p><p>MVP Award&mdash;Danny Johnson, Tulsa</p><p>Rookie Of Year&mdash;Andre Dupont, Omaha</p><p>Top Defenseman&mdash;Mike Robitaille, Omaha</p><p>Leading Scorer&mdash;Jack Egers, Omaha</p><p>Leading Goaler&mdash;Serge Aubry, Tulsa<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

CHL Stars, Awards Winners

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01622/3619117-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL 1969-70 TEAM STANDINGS</h2><h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND PENALTY STATISTICS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02538/3619110-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="1233" height="4278"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Central League Final Statistics

<h2>FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05267/3619200-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="572" height="100"></div><p><b>(Omaha wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p>Omaha 6 at lowo 2</p><p><b>Sat. April 11</b></p><p>Omaha 1 al lowa 3</p><p><b>Wed. April 15</b></p><p>lowa 2 at Omaha 4</p><p><b>Fri. April 17</b></p><p>Iowa 6 at Omaha 7</p><p><b>Sat April 18</b></p><p>Iowa 5 at Omaha 7</p><h2>SEMI-FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06224/3619193-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="572" height="102"></div><p><b>(Omaha wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07193/3619186-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="573" height="99"></div><p><b>Iowa wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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CHL PLAYOFFS

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AppsLeading Playoff Scorers

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>The most starling development to come out of the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s annual meeting recently at Williamsburg. Va., was the bid of Knoxville to rejoin the circuit.</p><p>President Tom Lockhart is eager to discover whether Knoxville actually will become a member of the circuit again for it could mean quite a difference in the type of schedule that he draws up for the loop. The Knoxville group tentatively was accepted pending its ability to meet the league&rsquo;s financial requirements.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01633/3619269-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="255" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gilles Banville</b></figcaption></div><p>If the Tennessee group is able to do so, plans call for the cessation of interdivision play between the North and South next season. Knoxville&rsquo;s entrance would place six teams in the South&mdash;Greensboro, Charlotte, Salem, Jacksonville and Nashville already being members.</p><p>Should Knoxville fail to make the deadline for the money, then it is likely that interdivisional play will be expanded. In the past seasons, inter-division play consisted of a home and away game with each cross division rival. Otherwise the teams didn&rsquo;t meet until the championship finals for the Walker Cup.</p><p>Knoxville was a member of the league before dropping out at the end of the 1967-68 season. The Knights had come to Tennessee from Cherry Hill, N.J., Knoxville&rsquo;s group includes Ed Robbins, W.M. Avery and Swan Seymour.</p><p>A surprise at the session was the failure of St. Peterburg, Fla. to apply for membership. It had been a foregone conclusion that the city would make a bid. but evidently it didn&rsquo;t have the financial backing. Thus it&rsquo;s likely that Jacksonville will play some of its home games next season at St. Petersburg.</p><p>All of the 11 teams from last year will be back and the only change was at Syracuse where a new group has taken over the club.</p><p>One of the surprising developments was the appointment of a special committee to request the National Hockey League to appoint referees for all EHL games.</p><p>There was other action at the session including the return of a $2,500 fine that had been assessed on Jersey for missing a game in Johnstown last December. The league lifted the fine after receiving testimony from a bus company about the perilous conditions of the highway due to a heavy snowstorm.</p><p>Lockhart also disclosed that the bids of Richmond and Norfolk for spots in the 1971-72 season and of Providence and Boston for the 1972-73 campaign were discussed. It&rsquo;s likely the league will expand then when the rinks are completed in these locales.</p><p>It was also announced that the EHL will open its season on Wednesday, Oct. 14 and continue through Mar. 7 with a 72-game log. The junior rule was retained meaning each club must have two players on its roster born after January 1, 1949 and three born after January 1, 1948.</p><p>Phil Thompson retired as league secretary and representatives of Nashville. Charlotte and New Haven were chosen to screen potential candidates. Thompson had been in the job for 35 years.</p><p>There also was some trade talk. Jersey was trying to close a deal with Syracuse for Ray Ad-duono, the league&rsquo;s leading scorer. The Devils also were after Bob Shupe, the Charlotte defenseman.</p><p>Nashville&rsquo;s Mark Parrish also had some ideas of dealing with Jersey. His target was goalie Gilles Banville. Parrish said he wasn&rsquo;t misled by Banville&rsquo;s goals allowed average. &ldquo;His saves were in the low 90 percent range and our goaltending was in the 88 percent area,&rdquo; said the Flyers owner.</p><p>Other items discussed were the waiving of players, failure of clubs to make games, further agreements with the IHL, revision of league regulations, and investment of league funds.</p><p><b>JERSEY:</b> Prexy Jerry Burg has been delighted by early response to season ticket sales for next fall&hellip;Goalie-trainer Brian Caley took a trip to the Bahamas. Jamie Kennedy and Bill Christodal have off-season jobs here.</p><p><b>SYRACUSE:</b> William F. Gooden, who played for the New York Rangers in 1944, is head of the group that has purchased the Blazers. He is hopeful of rejuvenating the club to produce more fans and a higher finish. So far the team plans to continue at the War Memorial despite testing the Coliseum late last season.</p><p><b>CLINTON:</b> Pat Kelly is reported to be one of the candidates for coach or general manager for the New Haven franchise in the AHL for the 1972-73 campaign. Comet fans claim one of Pat&rsquo;s biggest achievements this past season in winning the Walker Cup was in talking Len Speck and Don Davidson out of retirement.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN:</b> Don Perry headed for a vacation in California and Las Vegas after his group failed to win the rights at the new Coliseum here. Pexy Nate Podoloff hasn&rsquo;t indicated what will happen to the Blades when the AHL moves in here.</p><p><b>CHARLOTTE:</b> Prexy Al Manch reports that the Checkers showed a profit for the past sea-son and he was delighted with the steady attendance. He felt enthusiasm for hockey was high this year and that his off-season goal is to improve the club to obtain a team that can take Southern laurels next year.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02511/3619262-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="1751" height="1469"></div><p><b>EHL Champs&mdash;CLINTON COMETS</b></p><p><b>For the second straight year, the Clinton Comets ruled the Eastern Hockey League. The Comets won both the league and playoff titles in another spectacular performance this season. First row, left to right, PETE PROVOST, JACK KANE, captath, TED TUCKER, DON DAVIDSON, TOM MITCHELL. Second row LEN SPECK, JAKE RATHWELL, IAN ANDERSON, BOB MALCOLM, JOE ROBERTSON. Third row, PAT KELLY, coach, MOE ST. JACQUES, BORDEN SMITH, BILL BANNERMAN, DAVE ARMSTRONG, DON HERRIMAN</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Door Open For Knoxville If City Can Find Finances

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EHL Final Playoff Statistics

<h2>FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04283/3619359-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="569" height="133"></div><p><b>(Clinton wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sat. April 4</b></p><p>Greensboro 6 of Clinton 7</p><p><b>Sun. April 5</b></p><p>Clinton 2 ot Greensboro 7</p><p><b>Tues. April 7</b></p><p>Greensboro 7 at Clinton 8</p><p><b>Wed. April 8</b></p><p>Greensboro 0 at Clinton 3</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>Greensboro 2 at Clinton 4</p><p><b>Tues. April 14</b></p><p>Greensboro 2 at Clinton 8</p><h2>NORTHERN DIVISION</h2><h3>FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05214/3619352-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="564" height="156"></div><p><b>(Clinton wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</b></p><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Sat. March 21</b></p><p>New Haven 2 at Clinton 5</p><p><b>Tues. March 24</b></p><p>New Haven 2 at Clinton 3</p><p><b>Thurs. March 26</b></p><p>Clinton 3 at New Haven 0</p><p><b>Sat. March 28</b></p><p>Clinton 0 at New Hoven 2</p><p><b>Mon. March 30</b></p><p>New Haven 2 at Clinton 0</p><p><b>Tues. March 31</b></p><p>Clinton 0 at New Haven 3</p><p><b>Wed. April 1</b></p><p>New Haven 3 at Clinton 4</p><h3>Semi-Finals</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06175/3619345-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="573" height="300"></div><h2>Southern Division</h2><h3>FINALS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-07150/3619338-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="575" height="172"></div><p><b>(Greensboro wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><h2>GAMES COMPUTED</h2><p><b>Sat. March 21</b></p><p>Charlotte 2 at Greensboro 5</p><p><b>Sun. March 22</b></p><p>Greensboro 3 at Charlotte 6</p><p><b>Tues. March 24</b></p><p>Charlotte 1 at Greensboro 4</p><p><b>Wed. March 25</b></p><p>Greensboro 1 at Charlotte 2</p><p><b>Fri. March 27</b></p><p>Greensboro 4 at Charlotte 3</p><p><b>Sat. March 28</b></p><p>Charlotte 3 at Greensboro 4</p><h3>Semi-Finals</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-08125/3619331-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="595" height="278"></div><p><b>(Charlotte wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><p><b>(Greensboro wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0018-04

EHL PLAYOFFS

<h2>FINAL SCORING</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01606/3619411-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="606" height="5106"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02500/3619404-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="587" height="689"></div><h2>FINAL 1969-70 TEAM STANDINGS</h2><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03391/3619397-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="1165" height="297"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04332/3619390-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="1169" height="257"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0019-01

Complete EHL Regular Season Statistics

<p><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></p><p><b>Goal</b></p><p><b>TED TUCKER, Clinton and DAVE HAINSWORTH, New Haven (tied)</b></p><p><b>Defense</b></p><p><b>LEN SPECK, Clinton</b></p><p><b>Defense</b></p><p><b>PAT KELLY, Clinton</b></p><p><b>Center</b></p><p><b>MIKE HORNBY, New Haven</b></p><p><b>R. Wing</b></p><p><b>BILL BANNERMAN, Clinton</b></p><p><b>L. Wing</b></p><p><b>BORDEN SMITH, Clinton</b></p><p><b>Coach</b></p><p><b>DON PERRY, New Haven</b></p><p><b>Top Rookie</b></p><p><b>TED TUCKER, Clinton</b></p><p><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></p><p><b>Goal</b></p><p><b>JIMMY LETCHER, Salem</b></p><p><b>Defense</b></p><p><b>TED LANYON, Greensboro</b></p><p><b>Defense</b></p><p><b>JACK CHIPCHASE, Salem</b></p><p><b>Center</b></p><p><b>BOB SICINSKI, Greensboro</b></p><p><b>R. Wing</b></p><p><b>MOE L&rsquo;ABBE, Greensboro</b></p><p><b>L. Wing</b></p><p><b>DON BORGESON, Nashville</b></p><p><b>Coach</b></p><p><b>COLIN KILBURN, Salem</b></p><p><b>Top Rookie</b></p><p><b>TOM TREVELYAN, Charlotte</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

EHL All-Star Teams

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01454/3619466-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg"></div><p><b>International League Champions&mdash;DAYTON GEMS</b></p><p><b>The Dayton Gems did it again this season in the International Hockey League winning the Turner Cup in playoff competition after relinquishing the league title to the Muskegon Mohawks. The Gems took the Hawks in the playoffs and were not to be denied, as they downed Port Huron for the IHL crown. Front row, left to right, PAT RUPP, CHICK BALON, GARY MacMILLAN, DUNC ROUSSEAU, captain, LEFTY McFADDEN, vice-president and general manager, LARRY WILSON, coach, JACK WALKER, president, BARRY MERRELL, BILLY STAUB, DAVE SIMPSON, MIKE DUMAS. Back row, MOE BENOIT, TOM IANNONE, EARL CURTIS, trainer, GORD MALINOSKI, MIKE SAUTER, LORNE WEIGHILL, DON WESTBROOKE, SID GARANT, ROY ATCHEYNUM, TOM KEMPTON, publicist, JOHN HUFFMAN, business manager.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-01

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

<h2>FINALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-05107/3619570-1-eng-US/f0020-052.jpg" title="f0020-05" width="572" height="136"></div><p><b>(Dayton wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</b></p><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Thurs. April 9</b></p><p>Port Huron 1 at Dayton 6</p><p><b>Sun. April 12</b></p><p>Dayton 0 at Port Huron 3</p><p><b>Wed. April 15</b></p><p>Port Huron 1 at Dayton 4</p><p><b>Fri. April 17</b></p><p>Dayton 5 at Port Huron 8</p><p><b>Sat. April 18</b></p><p>Port Huron 2 at Dayton 5</p><p><b>Sun. April 19</b></p><p>Dayton 2 at Port Huron 4</p><p><b>Tues. April 21</b></p><p>Port Huron 2 at Dayton 5</p><h2>Semi-Finals</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0681/3619563-1-eng-US/f0020-062.jpg" title="f0020-06" width="576" height="137"></div><p><b>(Dayton wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Thurs. March 26</b></p><p>Dayton 1 at Muskegon 2</p><p><b>Sat. March 28</b></p><p>Dayton 5 at Muskegon 4</p><p><b>Sun. March 29</b></p><p>Muskegon 2 at Dayton 7</p><p><b>Wed. April 1</b></p><p>Muskegon 1 at Dayton 9</p><p><b>Fri. April 3</b></p><p>Dayton 3 at Muskegon 7</p><p><b>Sat. April 4</b></p><p>Muskegon 1 at Dayton 4</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0772/3619556-1-eng-US/f0020-072.jpg" title="f0020-07" width="571" height="135"></div><p><b>(Port Huron wins best-of-five series 3-2)</b></p><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Tues. March 31</b></p><p>Des Moines 1 at Port Huron 3</p><p><b>Thurs. April 2</b></p><p>Des Moines 3 at Port Huron 4</p><p><b>Sat. April 4</b></p><p>Port Huron 2 at Des Moines 5</p><p><b>Mon. April 6</b></p><p>Port Huron 4 at Des Moines 10</p><p><b>Wed. April 8</b></p><p>Des Moines 3 at Port Huron 5</p><h2>Quarter-finals</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0863/3619549-1-eng-US/f0020-082.jpg" title="f0020-08" width="573" height="312"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0020-05

IHL Playoffs

<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div><p>EDMONTON&mdash;</p><p>No one is quite certain how many Western Canadian juniors will be grabbed off in the NHL draft.</p><p>On the one hand, the Western Canada League, main breeding ground in the West for future pros, was in a rebuilding year during the past season. On the other hand, the success of Western juniors last year (Bob Clarke. Butch Goring and Dale Hoganson cracked NHL lineups) is certain to draw more attention to the prairies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01298/3619601-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="248" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Reg Leach</b></figcaption></div><p>Evidence of this is the fact that Vancouver Canucks officials stopped off in Edmonton for meetings with WCHL moguls en route to the Montreal draft sessions.</p><p>The number of draftable players in the WCHL is down this year, but there is still some outstanding quality. Reg Leach, the prolific 19-year-old scorer who paced Flin Flon Bombers to the WCHL title, is certain to be the first Western selection.</p><p>Gary Young. Boston Bruins&rsquo; chief scout, rates Leach and Gilbert Perreault of Montreal Junior Canadiens as the top draft choices in Canada. Buffalo Sabres will pick Perreault since he is an Eastern boy, Similarly, the other new entry, Vancouver Canucks. will pick Leach because of his folk-hero reputation in the West.</p><p>Former NHL goalie Johnny Bower rates Leach&rsquo;s blazing wrist shot&mdash;&ldquo;which he doesn&rsquo;t telegraph&rdquo;&mdash;as the Indian youngster&rsquo;s greatest asset.</p><p>Edmonton Oil King general manager Bill Hunter calls Leach &ldquo;a sure-fire NHLer and potential super-star&hellip;if he&rsquo;s not picked first or second in the NHL draft there ought to be a federal investigation.&rdquo;</p><p>Besides his shooting ability, Leach is a smooth, effortless skater and at six-feet and 190 pounds, has pro size. He also matured into a leader on and off ice, was named Flin Flon captain and capped his junior career by winning the league&rsquo;s MVP award.</p><p>Next most eligible Western prospect is Greg Polis of Estevan Bruins. Although less flashy than Leach, Polis was physically the strongest forward in the WCHL, finished second to Leach in individual scoring, and was an easy All-Star choice.</p><p>Top Western goaltending nominees for the draft are Ray Martynuik of Flin Flon and Ed Dyck of Calgary.</p><p>Martynuik is a colorful player who resembles Jacques Plante in appearance and manner, wore dual-colored face masks, carried on running feuds with fans in several cities, and assisted on two goals in one playoff game this spring.</p><p>Dyck, larger than Martynuik but not a fast with his feet, possesses the quickest glove hand in Western junior ranks. He was not highly-rated outside Calgary at the start of the season, but converted critics with consistently solid play.</p><p>Flin Flon&rsquo;s second-string goalie Cal Hammond is also draftable, although lack of exposure last season will hurt his draft status. Hammond is nonethless rated almost equal to Martynuik. and could develop to stardom with more ice time which he may get back in Flin Flon next season.</p><p>Winnipeg Jets have a top prospect in big Chris Oddliefson, a first-team WCHL All-Star. Oddliefson led the league in sassists, but was also a penalty leader with his fiery, agressive style. At 6-1. he has the size pros seek.</p><p>Another near-certain pick is Doug Kerslake of Edmonton. Kerslake will be selected because of his size and ability to push opponents around, not because of any extraordinary playing ability. However, he has fair skating ability and could develop into a complete pro with time. Personal problems held him back much of last season, but fortunately for him. he finished with a fluorish that caught scouts&rsquo; eyes.</p><p>Twins Ted and Bob McAneeley of Edmonton are also good prospects. Ted, a defenceman. is rated a better choice because of his offensive ability. Former NHL great Bob Goldham says the day of big immobile rearguards is gone in favor of defensemen with mobility and rushing ability. Ted fits the latter description, although lack of size could hurt somewhat.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0021-01

WCHL’s Leach Headed To New Club

<p>DAYTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>arry Wilson has been signed to serve as a non-playing coach for the Dayton Gems, defending Turner Cup champions of the International Hockey League and he&rsquo;ll also take on other administrative duties.</p><p>General manager Lefty McFadden had said earlier he favored a playing coach and Wilson had hopes of moving up to a coaching job in a league of higher classification. But, after several days of negotiations the two got together and agreed on a new one year contract which according to McFadden &ldquo;will make Larry one of the highest paid coaches in all of minor league hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>Wilson guided the Gems to the league and playoff championship in 1968-69 and in 1969-70 his Gems won the Southern Division crown and repeated as Turner Cup Champions beating the favored Muskegon Mohawks in the first round and the Port Huron Flags in the finals.</p><p>In both seasons Wilson was a player-coach but the one time Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks skater has decided to hang up the playing gear at age 39.</p><p>Thus Wilson and McFadden will again be at the helm next season. Earlier McFadden had been given a raise by the Board of Directors but turned down a new contract. Lefty still has two years to go on a 5-year contract. In honor of his outstanding hockey work, THE HOCKEY NEWS this season selected McFadden as the minor leagues&rsquo; executive of the year.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Wilson, McFadden Set To Guide Dayton’s Cup Winners Again

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02248/3619677-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="569" height="155"></div><h2>FINAL SCORING</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-03216/3619670-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="594" height="2556"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-04170/3619663-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="579" height="440"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01324/3619656-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="2999" height="869"></div><p><b>Allan Cup Champions&mdash;SPOKANE JETS</b></p><p><b>Here are the Spokane Jets, the first United States team to ever win the Allan Cup. The American-based Jets came out of the Western International Hockey League this season to romp to the Canadian senior hockey championship. First row, left to right, DAVE COX, GAIL HOLDEN, TOM RENDALL, CHARLIE GOODWIN, FRANK JURDY, team president, TOM HODGES, captain, AL ROLLINS, coach, BUD BODMAN, JIM CHOW, LARRY PALANIO, SETH MARTIN. Back row, CARL CIRULLO, trainer, RON HUSTON, DON SCHERZA, VINCE COLLINS, JOHN THOMPSON, GORDON TURLIK, JIM LITTLE, DAVE TONER, KEN GUSTAFSON, BRIAN STRIMBISKI, GEORGE TALOTTI, PETER VIPOND, VIC REGIS, asst. trainer.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0022-02

WESTERN INTERNATIONAL

<h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-05144/3619813-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="569" height="127"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-06115/3619806-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="577" height="785"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-07102/3619799-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="568" height="329"></div><h2>WESTERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0892/3619792-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="573" height="128"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0984/3619785-1-eng-US/f0022-092.jpg" title="f0022-09" width="576" height="529"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1074/3619778-1-eng-US/f0022-102.jpg" title="f0022-10" width="575" height="378"></div><h2>CENTRAL JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1169/3619771-1-eng-US/f0022-112.jpg" title="f0022-11" width="571" height="154"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1265/3619764-1-eng-US/f0022-122.jpg" title="f0022-12" width="573" height="602"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1358/3619757-1-eng-US/f0022-132.jpg" title="f0022-13" width="574" height="550"></div><h2>MANITOBA JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2><h3>NORTH DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1450/3619750-1-eng-US/f0022-142.jpg" title="f0022-14" width="571" height="127"></div><h3>SOUTH DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1548/3619743-1-eng-US/f0022-152.jpg" title="f0022-15" width="572" height="127"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1642/3619736-1-eng-US/f0022-162.jpg" title="f0022-16" width="586" height="1117"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1738/3619729-1-eng-US/f0022-172.jpg" title="f0022-17" width="575" height="229"></div><h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1837/3619722-1-eng-US/f0022-182.jpg" title="f0022-18" width="569" height="153"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1937/3619715-1-eng-US/f0022-192.jpg" title="f0022-19" width="577" height="757"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2036/3619708-1-eng-US/f0022-202.jpg" title="f0022-20" width="570" height="204"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0022-05

TOP JUNIOR SCORERS IN COUNTRY

<h2>TOP TEN SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02239/3620050-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="576" height="276"></div><h2>PLAYERS WITH TWO TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-03185/3620043-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="578" height="507"></div><h2>SCORING BY TEAMS</h2><h3>MONTREAL</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-04149/3620036-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="574" height="480"></div><h3>PETERBOROUGH</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-05124/3620029-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="581" height="704"></div><h3>ST. CATHARINES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-06110/3620022-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="576" height="749"></div><h3>TORONTO</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0796/3620015-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="582" height="706"></div><h3>OTTAWA</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0881/3620008-1-eng-US/f0023-082.jpg" title="f0023-08" width="580" height="582"></div><h3>LONDON</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1057/3620001-1-eng-US/f0023-102.jpg" title="f0023-10" width="581" height="831"></div><h3>KITCHENER</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1144/3619994-1-eng-US/f0023-112.jpg" title="f0023-11" width="582" height="785"></div><h2>OSHAWA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1236/3619987-1-eng-US/f0023-122.jpg" title="f0023-12" width="587" height="627"></div><h2>HAMILTON</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1331/3619980-1-eng-US/f0023-132.jpg" title="f0023-13" width="587" height="685"></div><h2>NIAGARA FALLS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1429/3619973-1-eng-US/f0023-142.jpg" title="f0023-14" width="586" height="909"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><h3>PETERBOROUGH</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1525/3619966-1-eng-US/f0023-152.jpg" title="f0023-15" width="576" height="130"></div><h3>MONTREAL</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1623/3619959-1-eng-US/f0023-162.jpg" title="f0023-16" width="575" height="109"></div><h3>TORONTO</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1717/3619952-1-eng-US/f0023-172.jpg" title="f0023-17" width="576" height="107"></div><h3>OTTAWA</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1813/3619945-1-eng-US/f0023-182.jpg" title="f0023-18" width="576" height="154"></div><h3>ST. CATHARINES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1910/3619938-1-eng-US/f0023-192.jpg" title="f0023-19" width="575" height="155"></div><h3>KITCHENER</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-206/3619931-1-eng-US/f0023-202.jpg" title="f0023-20" width="575" height="102"></div><h3>LONDON</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-215/3619924-1-eng-US/f0023-212.jpg" title="f0023-21" width="572" height="126"></div><h3>HAMILTON</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-225/3619917-1-eng-US/f0023-222.jpg" title="f0023-22" width="576" height="154"></div><h3>OSHAWA</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-234/3619910-1-eng-US/f0023-232.jpg" title="f0023-23" width="571" height="128"></div><h3>NIAGARA FALLS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-243/3619903-1-eng-US/f0023-242.jpg" title="f0023-24" width="570" height="188"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01305/3619896-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="2389" height="1454"></div><p><b>Memorial Cup Champions&mdash;Montreal Canadiens</b></p><p><b>Here are the Montreal Canadiens, the best junior hockey team in the country during 1969-70. The Canadiens swept all opposition in their path starting in the Junior OHA and went all the way to the Memorial Cup for the second straight year. First row, left to right MICHEL DION, JOCELYN GUEVREMONT, PHIL WIMMER, general manager, GILBERT PERREAULT, NORMAND GRATTON, ROGER BEDARD, coach, ROBERT GUINDON, WAYNE WOOD. Second row, ROBERT STEWART, trainer, ROBERT LALONDE, RICHARD LEMIEUX, SCOTT MacPHAIL, SERGE LAJEUNESSE, RICHARD MARTIN, CLAUDE MOREAU, JOHN GARRETT, PHIL LANGLOIS, trainer. Third row, PIERRE BRIND&rsquo;AMOUR, IAN TURNBULL, ALLAN GLOBENSKY, MICHEL LATREILLE, HARTLAND MONAHAN, PAULIN BOR-DELEAU.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<p>ST.JOHN&rsquo;S&mdash;</p><p>It appears the Memorial Cup playoffs will henceforth become a &lsquo;super&rsquo; series&mdash;open to only a select few hockey teams across the nation.</p><p>This was the aftermath of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association&rsquo;s annual meeting here as delegates headed home after giving their approval to a blueprint for a split-level Junior A setup which would embrace only the Ontario Hockey Association, the outlaw Western Canada Hockey League and the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association, including one representative from the Ottawa district.</p><p>The rest of the country would be relegated to a lower tier of competition as the result of a split vote on the CAHA proposal.</p><p>The one-sidedness of this year&rsquo;s Memorial Cup playdowns may have influenced the CAHA&rsquo;s thinking but generally the reason for the division was the association&rsquo;s recently published white paper proposal by the CAHA executive to create a two-tier plan for junior A hockey.</p><p>Meeting delegates generally approved the CAHA move but many were opposed to the resolution that would allow the maverick WCHL to get $100,000 in junior development funds if it agreed to rejoin the CAHA.</p><p>The WCHL dropped out of the CAHA in 1967 and its president Ron Butlin wasn&rsquo;t so sure that his group was ready to step back in despite the CAHA&rsquo;s proposals. He admitted they were interesting but said his league would have to think about it.</p><p>Under the new &lsquo;super&rsquo; category plan, the Memorial Cup playoffs this season would have been restricted to Montreal Canadiens, Flin Flon Bombers, Quebec Ramparts and the Ottawa M & W Rangers of the Central Junior Hockey League.</p><p>As it turned out, the Canadiens embarassed the Northern Ontario Hockey winners, the Sault Greyhounds, the Ramparts overwhelmed the Maritime Champions, Charlottetown Islan-ders, and the Montreal Habs breezed past the Weyburn Red Wings in a lopsided four-game Memorial Cup final that lacked excitement, fans and balance.</p><p>Western observers also claim the WCHL champion Flin Flon Bombers would have had little trouble disposing of the Weyburn Wings, who were the CAHA&rsquo;s Western Canada junior representatives.</p><p>The CAHA&rsquo;s white paper said the WCHL would supply 10 of the tier one teams and would receive $100,000 of the $377,000 junior development fund expected this year from the NHL.</p><p>Ten other teams would come from the OHA and seven from the QAHA. including one from Ottawa.</p><p>The plan, which still hinges on whether the outlaw group will accept the CAHA&rsquo;s conditions, would give $5,000 to the 10 tier one OHA teams and $35,000 to Quebec&rsquo;s seven.</p><p>Tier one and two teams would have separate national championships.</p><p>Meanwhile, the CAHA has decided to play it cool as far as international hockey competition is concerned until the world hockey organizations learn to see things Canada&rsquo;s way.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Memorial Cup To Become ‘Super Series’

<p>ST. JOHN&rsquo;S&mdash;</p><p>The Alberta Supreme court fired an ominous shot at the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association that the governing Canadian hockey group wasn&rsquo;t expecting.</p><p>The court decided the CAHA must pay eight teams in the outlaw Western Canada Hockey League a total of $14,000 for eight players drafted by the National Hockey League following the 1967-68 season.</p><p>The CAHA had based its case on the fact the WCHL was not entitled to compensation because it withdrew from the associaton in 1967 following a dispute over age limits. But the court dismissed the CAHA argument and ruled in favor of the WCHL clubs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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