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October 23, 1970

The Hockey News October 23, 1970

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>COMMACK&mdash;If the rest of Ed Stankiewiczes goals are attained as easily as his first objective, the Long Island Ducks will be a team to watch in Eastern Hockey League play this season.Stankiewicz, the new general manager-coach of the Ducks, looked over a 21-man roster and commented, &ldquo;the biggest item we lack is a guy on defense to act as our &lsquo;police-men&rsquo;. That&rsquo;s what our defense needs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0498/3669034-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="254" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Hainsworth</figcaption></div>He hadn&rsquo;t uttered these words 24 hours when his wishes came true for the Ducks made a deal with New Haven that brought back John Brophy, a &lsquo;policeman&rsquo; if there ever was one, to Long Island. Stankiewicz acquired Brophy in a straight player transaction which sent center Dwight Winters to the Blades.Brophy has played with the Ducks on several occasions in the past and always was a popular performer here. In fact, two seasons ago he served as the playing skipper of the team. There never has been any doubt as to his talents in instilling trepidation into enemy forwards, and his acquisition has Stankiewwicz elated.&ldquo;We needed a &lsquo;policeman&rsquo; and an exceptionally tough defenseman and we believe in Brophy that we have the man to fill the bill,&rdquo; said the coach.Stankiewicz feels his biggest job now is to create a hustling healthy attitude among his personnel to bring about a winning spirit. Back here after a five year absence, the Duck&rsquo;s pilot only has a few men who started the 1969-70 season with the club.He figures the club&rsquo;s defense will be improved with Brophy on hand and that &ldquo;goalie Wayne Doll also will be better since our team will also be conscious of back checking. I&rsquo;m pretty sure we&rsquo;ll score quite a few goals this season, but I&rsquo;m more concerned with reducing our goals against average.&rdquo;John Dolby and Jim Blain are the only two returning defenseman since Blake Ball, last year&rsquo;s coach, is now at Johnstown and Jake Hendrickson was traded to Port Huron.Up front, the Ducks again will have the services of Les Calder who coached in Newfoundland last year after pacing the club scoring the previous campaign. Also available are veterans Butch Morris, Russ McClenaghan (top scorer with 91 points and ir assists with 62) and Jean Nicol.Stankiewicz also has high hopes for several newcomers including Steve DeGurse, a full-blooded Indian from Sarnia, Ont who played Junior A hockey witr Chatham in the Western Ontark Junior League and took thuc spot in league scoring. A defense man from the same club, Larry Tomchick, has impressed the Ducks with his fine shot and his puck handling. Another prospect is Dave Birch who is reputed to be a good checker and an excellent penalty killer.CHARLOTTE: Fred Creighton is piloting team for seventh season. Checkers trained at Fort Erie. Biggest loss was top scorer Tom Trevelyan who ended with Quebec of the AHL. The club is hopeful that some of the rookies can make the grade.NASHVILLE: Dixie Flyers trained at Port Colborne, Ont. Goalie Al Cecile had competition from four other goaltenders. Eleven players are back from last year&rsquo;s club. Over 30 candidates were eyed by coach Lloyd Hinchberger at the drills. Team hoped to have $45,000 in season ticket sa lesNEW HAVEN: Blades received some unexpectedly good news when goalie Dave Hainsworth was returned by Omaha after an extensive tryout. Winger Kevin Morrison also was returned but defenseman Gordie Smith was taken on a pre-season tour. Club trained at Windsor, Ont.JOHNSTOWN: Coach Dick Roberge, Blake Ball and Jim Coombs appeared on TV Special here. GM John Mitchell eyed a lot of young talent at the training camps of Detroit and Pittsburgh and hoped to land some for the Jets. Club also may get some help from Vancouver.JERSEY: Devils had 30 players at their drills at their Arena, half of them being newcomers. Some of best new faces are Rick LeFebvre, a defenseman from North Bay; Ken Venning, also a defenseman from Toronto; Larry Young, another rearguard from Johnstown, and Al Flanigan, onetime Syracuse forward. A local boy, Vince DiMezza, tried out for the club.CLINTON: Comets did their training at the Welland, Ont. arena, birthplace of coach Pat Kelly. The team originally had intended to train in Clinto but repair work at the Arena caused the change. Kelly got a big lift when defenseman Len Speck, who had threatened to retire, decided to come back.SYRACUSE: Blazers trained at Sorel, Que. where GM Bill Charles invited 35 players to perform under new skipper Phil Watson. EHL scoring champion Ray Adduono isn&rsquo;t expected back as he intends to remain at Selkirk College in Trail, B.C. Ed Skyhar, the last of the original Blazers, is attending NotreDame College in Western Canada. Winger Lee Inglis is in Europe. Center Brian Elwell, an 86-point man last season, is recuperating from last spring&rsquo;s knee surgeyr.SALEM: Team now is officially called Roanoke Valley Rebels. Club elated that it has Claude Piche and Jack Chipchase back. Piche was at Minne-sota camp but North Stars didn&rsquo;t want him to turn pro yet. Chipchase came back from Rochester. Colin Kilburn also hopes to get back Jack Lacey from Clinton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0582/3669027-1-eng-US/f0025-052.jpg" title="f0025-05" width="556" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN BROPHY</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Bad John Brophy Returns To Ducks; Omaha Sends New Haven Stars Back

<h2>Fri. Oct. 9 LOS ANGELES 3 at VANCOUVER 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02755/3668105-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="580" height="531"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 10 OAKLAND 3 at DETROIT 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03602/3668098-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="588" height="747"></div><h2>BUFFALO 2 at PITTSBURGH 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04463/3668091-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="588" height="553"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 1 at PHILADELPHIA 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05343/3668084-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="584" height="483"></div><h2>NEW YORK 1 at ST. LOUIS 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06285/3668077-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="574" height="285"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07250/3668070-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="580" height="236"></div><h2>Sun. Oct. 11 MONTREAL 2 at PHILADELPHIA 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08225/3668063-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="579" height="335"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09208/3668056-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="584" height="161"></div><h2>TORONTO 3 at VANCOUVER 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10185/3668049-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="593" height="449"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-03183/3668042-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="577" height="293"></div><h2>DETROIT 3 at BOSTON 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-04140/3668035-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="577" height="236"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-05111/3668028-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="584" height="750"></div><h2>OAKLAND 1 at CHICAGO 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0688/3668021-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="582" height="645"></div> &#9632;

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NHL Opening Summaries

NEW YORK&mdash;The National Hockey League opener has come and gone and at least a half dozen players missed the start by not signing their contracts.The Rangers were the most affected team in the NHL with two of their top stars, defenseman Brad Park and center Walt Tkaczuk, sitting out the New York inaugural when they failed to come to terms with general-manager and coach Emile Francis.The other two late Rangers holdouts&rsquo; center Jean Ratelle and winger Vic Hadfield, signed and made the first game lineup but the Rangers had to go without their No. 1 performer. Park and High scoring Tkaczuk. The void proved too much and the New Yorkers took it on the chin &lsquo;3-1 against St. Louis.Two big name NHL stars signed in the final few days before the curtain raiser. Boston&rsquo;s Derek Sanderson, seeking a $40,000 contract, inked a one-year pact with the Bruins which reportedly gave him more than the $35,000 he earned last season. Stan Mikita was the other late holdout but managed to get his name on a contract before the first game.However, neither player got into action. Sanderson, who missed much of the club&rsquo;s training camp period, was held out by new Boston coach Tom Johnson because he lacked conditioning. Mikita was hit with a virus and he, too, missed the opener.Two Vancouver Canucks, defenseman John Arbour, and winger Ted Taylor, left camp and returned to their homes until the new NHL club met their salary demands. Rookie rearguard Greg Boddy packed his suitcase and headed home when the Montreal Canadiens optioned him to their Voyageurs&rsquo; farm club in the AHL where he was expected to play for half the $15,000 offer he was would have received had he made the big club.The Rangers were seriously concerned about Park and Tkaczuk, both of whom were awaiting a settlement on their contract demands which had gone to arbitration.Francis said he was seriously considering suspending both players again if they didn&rsquo;t soon come to terms and rejoin the club.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01909/3666931-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="504" height="737"><figcaption class="caption-body">WALTER TKACZUK</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02832/3666924-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="513" height="753"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN RATELLE</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rangers’ Stars Hold Out Past NHL Opener

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;There are no losers in sports until the season opens. Every team begins with high hopes. The Kings have started every year that way. Some seasons were not too bad. Last year was the worst.This one, well, there have been so many changes on the club that it is impossible to make an intelligent prediction about how the Kings&rsquo; chances of escaping the cellar are and regaining the respectability with which they opened their brief history.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01919/3667842-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="260" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Noel Price</figcaption></div>Jack Kent Cooke, the owner, is an optimist by nature, but the man most responsible for optimism on the Kings has been Larry Regan. As manager through the Kings&rsquo; first three seasons, Regan consistently has predicted progress, while suffering through recession. Now, he is the coach as well as the manager, and he is being slightly more cautious in his predictions than before. Now, he is the man on the spot. If things go wrong, he will be blamed.&ldquo;We will be tougher, faster and we will score more,&rdquo; predicted Regan as the season opened. &ldquo;More important than anything, we have a new spirit. There has never been a Kings&rsquo; team with better spirit.&ldquo;At Victoria, we just completed a tremendous training session. The facilities, the attitude of the players and the conditioning were exceptional. It was a hard camp from early-morning calisthenics on. No one complained.&ldquo;We have a more favorable schedule, specially early in the season, then we have had in the past. And we have added so many fine new players that &lsquo;it was difficult to make the final cuts. I think we have much improved personnel.&rdquo;However, instead of predicting a pennant as he has for his coaches in the past, he now will only say of his own team, &ldquo;We will be in contention.&rdquo;Having broken in with the Kings through the last part of last season, defensemen Gilles Marotte and Matt Ravlich and goaler Denis Dejordy are being counted on by Regan to provide the basis of a steady defense.The manager-coach was impressed with the pre-season play of two other new defensemen, veterant Noel Price and rookie Paul Curtis, and pleased with the play of new reserve goalie Jack Norris, who replaces the injury-troubled holdout Wayne Rutledge.Regan also felt that Bob Pulford&rsquo;s checking up front showed it will improve the overall defense. Pulford may play some on a wing with Eddie Joyal, Butch Goring and Juha Widing available at center.Joyal and his lawyer-manager got nowhere with their efforts to have him be delcared a free agent on the charge that the Kings voided their contract by failing to pay him a bonus. He signed up in time to get in 10 days of practice.Among the forwards whose preseason play pleased Regan were Bob Berry, Gary Dineen and Gordon Labossiere. Berry was in camp on a trial basis from Montreal. Dineen was an outstanding amateur who was troubled by injuries in recent years and was brought in from Minnesota. Labossiere is a veteran minorleague star who has flunked several NHL trials in the past.Previous Kings&rsquo; coaches felt the club needed veteran leadership on ice and Regan feels Pulford and Dick Duff will provide that this season. They will have to steady a new team which has not yet been fit together completely. Joyal and Bill Flett were the only heroes of the Kings&rsquo; first years remaining prominent as rebuilding began.<h2>MEET THE ROOKIES</h2>The name Syl Apps is synonymous with hockey success in the old National Hockey League. For 23-year-old Syl Apps Jr, of the New York Rangers it&rsquo;s a tough road ahead to emulate his father&rsquo;s exploits but he&rsquo;s ready to give it a sincere try. Young Apps is one of a number of refreshing new faces to dot the lineups of the NHL teams this season and he&rsquo;s won himself a big league berth by his tremendous late-season performance last year with the champion Omaha Knights of the Central League and a sterling training camp showing this season with the Rangers. Apps steps up to the New York club as possibly one of its three starting centers for 1970-71. He&rsquo;s six-feet tall and weighs 175 pounds. Last season he had 54 points in 68 games for Omaha but was even more brilliant in the CHL playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02783/3667835-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="1147" height="1902"><figcaption class="caption-body">SYL APPS JR&hellip;New York Rangers</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Regan Predicts ‘New Spirit’ Will Make Kings Better Club

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01624/3669400-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="832" height="1776"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRAD PARK</figcaption></div>ANOTHER SYL APPS HITS THE BIG TIME&mdash;PAGE 12FERGUSON, BACKSTROM RETIREMENTS ROCK HABS&mdash;PAGE 7BRUINS FUTURE BRIGHT WITH KID ICE STARS&mdash;PAGE 6<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02475/3669393-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1147" height="1404"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN FERGUSON</figcaption></div>WEST DOMINATES EAST IN NHL EXHIBITIONS&mdash;PAGE 9 &#9632;

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TOP RANGERS SIT OUT NHL OPENER—PAGE 2

PITTSBURGH&mdash;The Pittsburgh Penguins led the Western Division of the NHL during the exhibition schedule but when it got down to the real thing, they blew their 1970-71 season opener&mdash;and to a new club.The Penguins finished with a 4:3-2 won-lost-tied mark in nine exhibition games but they dropped their first game of the current campaign. 2-1, to the Buffalo Sabres, an expansion club starting its first season in the NHL.The Penguins gave up the winning goal at 11:36 of the third period and to rookie Gilbert Perreault, a scoring whizz with the Montreal Junior Canadiens last season.But that wasn&rsquo;t the only setback the Penguins&rsquo; front office brass faced.Mellon &lsquo;Bank filed a suit recently to recover $4.6 million allegedly owed by the owners of the Penguins.The suit charges that the Hockey Club of Pittsburgh has fallen behind on a demand note signed by the owners. The Penguins are in a partnership of nine Detroit businessmen.They apparently borrowed the money to purchase the club in March, 1968.A bank lawyer said the club owes nearly $64,000 in interest alone on the loan.A spokesman for the owners said the club was up for sale but that the franchise could not be transferred.The National Hockey League Board of Governors is the only body allowed to make a decision on a transfer of franchises to another city.Meanwhile, the Penguins are hoping to regain some of their exhibition season momentum for the long schedule ahead. The next seven games&mdash;none against the NHL&rsquo;s power clubs (Boston. Montreal. Chicago, New York, Detroit and St. Louis)&mdash;may give the Pens a chance to straighten out and fly a little before they run into the heavy guns of the league.The Pens are slated to oppose Minnesota, Philadelphia. Buffalo, Los Angeles, Oakland. Vancouver and the Kings again before running into Chicago.The Pens ended second last season and they have been picked to finish anywhere from third to fifth this season.<div class="sidebar"><h2>WINS GRUEN WATCH</h2>Steve Hayward, 942 S. Home Ave., Oak Park. Ill., U.S.A., is the September winner of the Gruen Precision Watch monthly contest. &#9632;</div>

Pens Blow NHL Opener As Club Besieged By Off-Ice Troubles

The grand opening of the new Gunzo Sports Center has been set for Tues. Oct. 20 in Chicago.Victim of a $105,000 fire that virtually wiped out his business, &lsquo;Gunzo&rsquo; has come back and has announced the opening of his new premises at 7706 West Madison St., River Forest, Ill.Members of the Chicago Black Hawks, including Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull, will be on hand for the inaugural. &#9632;

Gunzo Ready For Opening

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MACLEAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01913/3667024-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chicago&rsquo;s BOBBY HULL is hockey&rsquo;s top salaried performer at $100,000 plus per season.</figcaption></div>NEW YORK&mdash;September 1970 has been a year of travail for most general managers in the National Hockey League. No longer do they deal directly with their players, in many cases, but now they are beseiged by agents, pitch men and lawyers.Everyone knows about R. Alan Eagleson, the president of the NHL Player&rsquo;s Association who is the foremost player&rsquo;s laywer in the field. Eagleson is a knowledgeable expert and probably knows more about the salaries of the players in the NHL than anyone save President Clarence S. Campbell.Pro Sports Inc., a New York based firm this fall handled part of the negotiations for Brad Park. Walter Tkaczuk, Vic Hadfield and Jean Ratelle of New York as well as Carol Vadnais and Harry Howell of Oakland and Murray Oliver of Minnesota. They are fun by two lawyers, Steve Arnold and Marty Blackman and have negotiated some very lucrative basketball contracts, particularly in the fledgling American Basketball Association. They are also a factor in the National Football League, but this was really their first venture into hockey.Bob Wolff, the noted Boston barister handles Derek Sanderson of the Bruins. Gerry Cheevers, the Bruins&rsquo; goalie is another Wolff client as well as Wayne Cashman.Milt Schmidt actually has bypassed much of the contract negotiating. Bobby Orr&rsquo;s multiyear pact was handled by Eagleson and Charles Mulcahy, a Boston Garden lawyer and legal counsel who also holds the title of vice-president.Emile Francis handled the Ranger chore and did succeed in breaking the log jam caused by a dispute over who was going to arbitrate the dispute. Perhaps an explanation of the agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players Association is in order for greater clarification at this point.According to the agreement, each NHL club must submit contractual offers to their players by July 15. The player has until August 1 to say yes or no. If he says no and no agreement is reached by August 21, the case must be submitted to arbitration. The arbitrator must be agreed upon by both sides, which in itself could seemingly take a month of Sundays.In the past Campbell was the sole arbiter, but the players took the position that he worked for the owners of the teams and refused to accept him as the sole arbitration at their disposal. He still may be used if both sides agree, but he is not the final judge now.Francis suggested either Campbell or Eagleson in the arbitration and was turned down by Pro Sports, who knew that Eagleson was a rival agent.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know anyone else who knows the economics of hockey qnite as good as these two men. You couldn&rsquo;t call me in to settle a strike at a General Motors plant because I don&rsquo;t know what the union gets or the economics of each job,&rdquo; said the Ranger General Manager.Pro Sports countered with a request that Marvin Miller, the baseball players union representative, handle the arbtration, but this went aglimmering when Park agreed to his father and Campbell and Tkaczuk went with Campbell and a long time friend from he Kitchener Arena, a director whom Walter knew and admired.Harry Sinden, the resigned Boston coach, was mentioned as the arbiter in the Oliver and Howell situations, with Eddie Shore&rsquo;s name even creeping into the conversation. About the only one not mentioned was Walter Kheel, the famous New York meditation man who settles just about every union dispute that takes place these days.Part of the problem can be traced to the much higher cost of living these days, but the big break through came when Orr and Eagleson landed Bobby&rsquo;s big rookie contract back in 1966-67. When a Boston veteran griped to Schmidt he countered with the now famous, &ldquo;Play like Orr and I&rsquo;ll pay you like Orr.&rdquo;It is estimated that Orr will be a millionaire or close to it by the time he is 25. Robert Gordon is now 22. He makes three times as much out of hockey as in it, many of his investments being matched by Eagleson&rsquo;s own money. Orr and Eagleson are currently negotiating with Mulcahy for a five year contract at $200,000 per season. This will begin next season after the third year of Bobby&rsquo;s current pact runs its course. Orr had a reported $50,000 bonus clause in his contract based on the Bruins winning the champonship. His own goal enabled him to collect this.Bobby Hull was the first hockey player to reach the $100,000 mark in a salary and it is estimated Bobby makes at least this much more on the outside. His fringe benefits were the cause of his famous month long holdout last fall even after he admitted he had signed a multi year contract, the prior season. Tommy Ivan, the Chicago general manager sat tight and Hull eventually capitulated. This season there has been no trouble with his long term agreement.Tim Horton, now with the Rangers cracked the big money barrier when he zoomed from $42,500 to $80,000 last season. Horton was supposed to be the savior of the Toronto defensive &ldquo;Kiddie Korps,&rdquo; but Tim had missed fall training and had a poor season. He is 40 and was grabbed by the Rangers when they were uptight in March because of numerous injuries on the blueline.Horton&rsquo;s coup has led to other problems for Jim Gregory, the sophomore Toronto general manager. His best player center Davey Keon, wanted a cool $125,000 and seemed in no mood to compromise. Keon later relented and settled for $75,000, but this is a lot of dough for a man who was in the $40,000 bracket previously. Keon also got miffed when he realized Norm Ullman, the former Red Wings&rsquo; center who was traded to Toronto in the famous Frank Mahovlich deal of March 1968, was making $60,000.Gordie Howe has been elevated by the Wings to a cool $100,000 with a two year contract, but Howe never was a problem for GM Sid Abel or any of his predecessors. Howe operates a profitable Hockeyland skating rink and has other interests, but he is less preoccupied with money than Hull or Orr.Some of the big money ideas of the pro stars has reached down into the training camps where the junior whiz bangs of last season are trying their wings as pros. Many have high evaluations of their own worth.&ldquo;I still have to decide if these guys are good enough to play for me. but you would never know it from what they want,&rdquo; griped Punch Imlach, the general manager-coach of the new Buffalo Sabres.All in all, negotiations 1970 style, have added a newer dimension to the burden of running a hockey team. Another facet, and a strange one is the sometime practice of asking a rival general manager to act as the final arbiter in a contract dispute. In this manner Francis even suggested Sam Pollock, the GM of the Montreal Canadiens.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02779/3667017-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1167" height="1029"><figcaption class="caption-body">Now and old hand at dealing for big time hockey stars R. ALAN EAGLESON is shown left with his most celebrated client, Boston super star BOBBY ORR, right. That&rsquo;s Minnesota center KEVIN O&rsquo;SHEA between Eagleson and Orr.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03522/3667010-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1742" height="1019"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eagleson has been good for the NHL players. He formed the NHL Players&rsquo; Association and is its executive director. Here he receives award at this year&rsquo;s American Airlines Golf Tournament from RED BERENSON, left, captain of the St. Louis Blues and currently the president of the NHLPA.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS 1970 STYLE

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01965/3667076-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="359" height="425"></div>&bull; WHAT&rsquo;S GOING on with the Montreal Canadiens?&hellip;It seems strange that two of their veteran players, John Ferguson and Ralph Backstrom, both resigned days apart and right on the eve of the 1970-71 season&hellip;Canadiens will really miss Ferguson who was the guts behind Montreal&rsquo;s great teams of recent years. John was one of the most respected performers in the game by opposing teams and they are all keen in wishing him well in the future and a long retirement&hellip;There are many cynics who figure Fergie will return to the Habs lineup before the half-way mark of the current schedule is reached&hellip;Ed Giocomin of the New York Rangers, the NHL&rsquo;s outstanding goalie last season, has reverted to the face-mask and opened the new season wearing one. In previous years he had worn the mask only in practices&hellip;Derek Sanderson finally inked his contract with the Boston Bruins, just hours before the Bruins&rsquo; opening game. Sanderson really had no one fooled with his retirement talk. Everyone knows he has but one career and that&rsquo;s hockey&hellip;Chicago Black Hawks were happy to ink Tony Esposito to a new three-year contract. The rookie goalkeeping sensation had been a firm holdout this year&hellip;The introduction of Fred &ldquo;Cyclone&rdquo; Taylor, 87-year-old member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and a member of the Vancouver team that won the Stanley Cup back in 1915 drew the loudest cheers in pre-game ceremonies marking the opening of Vancouver&rsquo;s entry into the National Hockey League&hellip;Jim Robson did a first-rate job as play-by-play announcer of the Canucks&rsquo; games. His play calling was well received by the critics across the nation&hellip;All NHL clubs will wear their white uniforms at home and their colored sweaters on the road this season. This is something new and was brought about by the difficulty the clubs were having in keeping their white uniforms clean on an extended road schedule&hellip;The latest edition of the National Hockey League Guide is now available and is a must for all enthusiastic followers of hockey&rsquo;s Major League. The 1970-71 edition is the best yet. See order form on page 16 of this issue.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02921/3667069-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="256" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tony Esposito</figcaption></div>&bull; FOUR NHL TEAMS will wear Bauer skates colored to match the team uniforms during the first month of play and two more teams are expected to follow by the end of 1970. The four clubs are Los Angeles. Oakland. St. Louis and Pittsburgh&hellip;Detroit and Philadelphia are expected to be wearing the Bauer colored skates by New Year&rsquo;s Day&hellip;Goalie Glenn Hall has been with St. Louis Blues since the club entered the NHL but he played his first exhibition game with them this fall. In previous years Hall was late in arriving either because of crop harvest, barn painting or threatened retirement&hellip;The bitter fighting that took place in last spring&rsquo;s semi-finals between Pittsburgh and St. Louis spilled over into the first exhibition game between the two teams this season. Barclay Plager of the Blues and Nick Harbaruk of the Penguins led the fisticuffs as the hostilities between the two teams was resumed and each was fined $100&hellip;Oakland Seals are the sole NHL team to have the players&rsquo; names appear on the back of their jerseys&hellip;The Seals have also completed arrangements for their best radio coverage since the club&rsquo;s inception. All home and away games will be broadcast live on Station KEEN-1370, and one of the best hockey announcers to be found anywhere in the United States, Roy Storey, will air these games. During his 20 years as a sports announcer. Storey has broadcast every major sport, and hockey has always remained his favorite and he will supply the enthusiasm and knowledge necessary to make the Seals&rsquo; games popular with hockey fans in the Bay Area&hellip;Joe Kane, former president of the Central Hockey League, has signed to coach Orillia of the Ontario Hockey Association Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; league&hellip;Miss Beth Kibler, assistant public relations director of the Minnesota North Stars and the only woman publicist in the National Hockey League, has been filling in as guest columnist for Twin City dailies recently&hellip;and doing an exceptionally competent job, too&hellip;Beth has been with the North Stars sice the formation of the team and has done an outstanding job as assistant to Public Relations Director Dick Dillman&hellip;Frank Mathers is starting his 15th season as coach of the Hershey Bears of the American League&hellip;The feeling around Montreal is that Ralph Backstrom&rsquo;s retirement will be short-lived and he will be traded to either Vancouver or Toronto by Canadiens.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03816/3667062-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="253" height="376"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hall</figcaption></div>&bull; JOHN McLELLAN, coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, is completely &ldquo;brassed off&rsquo; by the manner in which his charges have played so far this campaign. John was disappointed in the club&rsquo;s preseason series of games and he wasn&rsquo;t any happier after their loss to first-year Vancouver Canucks in their first game of the new schedule&hellip;Sid Abel, Detroit&rsquo;s General Manager, has been after Garry Unger for his long hair&hellip;There are several NHL General Managers who feel the same way about some of the hair currently being worn by their athletes. They are fed up with it&hellip;It now seems inevitable that the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise will be sold&hellip;but that it will remain in Pittsburgh. Thus tar no new owners have been found&hellip;Bobby Orr was injured in Boston&rsquo;s first game of the 1970-71 season and may be sidelined for a period&hellip;Gordie Howe may have started the season on defense for Detroit Red Wings but don&rsquo;t bet he won&rsquo;t be back to his right wing post before long&hellip;The NHL clubs will use more charter flights this year to meet schedule obligations&hellip;Gary Dineen has played well for Los Angeles. He&rsquo;s been the surprise of the Kings&rsquo; training camp&hellip;The NHL plays a total of 456 games this season, averaging 21 games a week during the 25-week schedule. The season opened October 9 and closes April 4, plus another four or five games of playoff action.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04714/3667055-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="250" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Garry Unger</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

Founded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 107, Canada.Kenneth William McKeniie President and PublisherCharlie Halpin Editorial DirectorYearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada $7.00 in the U.S.A, and $9.00 in Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point. N.Y Second class mail&mdash;Registration No. 1327Printed in CanadaVol. 24 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 23, 1970 No. 3 &#9632;

The Hockey News OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<h2>Game Of Week Needs Better Camera Angles</h2>CBS-TV coverage of the NHL is often uninteresting, and conveys little of the excitement of ice hockey. A vital part of watching the game is being able to anticipate the action, to see the forming and dissolving of the offense and defense. But with the primary camera located at the red line, the players and puck change direction too fast for the camera man to follow. Often, all we see of a shot on goal is the follow through.The cameras should be located high above diagonal corners of the rink and show, in close-up shots, the play moving toward the opposite goal. This combination of the high, long and side views would impart a three dimensional aspect to the coverage. It would eliminate the jerky, impossible to follow, back and forth movement of the camera and substitute a fluid side to side movement. With the camera trailing the play, the viewer would be carried smoothly to what is the focal of the game&mdash;the goal!SEYMOUR WINIK Baltimore. Md.<h2>Blues&rsquo; Fans Risking Injury To NHL Stars</h2>Ever since the withdrawal of the Houston Apollos from the CHL two years ago, I am an avid hockey fan in desperation. The CBS game of the week was scratched from the Houston area, and hockey seems to be lost from this area except for mv weekly HOCKEY NEWS.&rdquo; But I have found one link still to live hockey and that is the radio broadcast of the St. Louis Blues. Despite my happiness in receiving the Blues&rsquo; broadcast, I do not like the Blues or their fans for one reason alone.Each time a big Blues&rsquo; goal is scored, the St. Louis fans instantly litter the ice with all kinds of matter including eggs. Scrappers must then clear the ice and this delays the game several minutes. The Blues seem to welcome this outburst with appreciation as they have yet to voice opposition to defacing the ice. Through the stupidity of the fans and the Blues themselves, both visiting teams and the Blues play with a higher risk of injury.WADE FORD Houston, Tex. &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01859/3667155-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div>When you&rsquo;re too big for a pee wee and too small for a pro size stick, play the Junior Pro. Junior Pro sticks are identical in construction, quality and grading to our professional line. Why settle for a cut down, sawed off, makeshift hockey stick, when Sherwood has a stick that&rsquo;s made just for Junior Pros? Check these features and see why the Junior Pro is your kind of stick.&bull; Lightweight for stick handling ease.&bull; Longer lasting due to extra strength at blade/handle mating.&bull; 3 piece construction for extra strength at the throat.&bull; Blades 2-3/8&rdquo; by 9-1/2.&rdquo;&bull; Epoxy coated for more blade strength.&bull; Exclusive Ruftex fiberglas finish prevents blade splitting.&bull; 12-month-air-dried Ash handle and Rock Elm blade construction.&bull; Tip hook and straight rocker blades available in lies 5-6, in left, right or neutral.&bull; National Hockey League players autographed models available.** Sherwood Advisory Staff: Brad Park, Danny Grant, Vic Hadfield, Ed Westfall, John Ferguson, Harry Howell, John Bucyk, Ken Hodge. Keith McCreary, Don Awrey and Ted Green. &#9632;

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MEET THE NEWEST, HOTTEST ROOKIE ON THE ICE SHERWOOD JUNIOR PRO HOCKEY STICKS

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01997/3667186-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="269" height="442"></div>&bull; THE NHL&rsquo;s Board of Governors have been burning the midnight oil with problems cropping up everywhere.Everything from player contract arbitration to forming a security bureau have kept the big time barons of hockey hopping. A new season invariably presents situations like the Pittsburgh affair where the club has practically been tossed into the laps of the governors until more solvent owners can be found. Meanwhile, the NHL has guaranteed the players&rsquo; salaries.Here&rsquo;s how it went in the last two weeks for the NHL men who make the big decisions for the league:First Frank Torpey, a onetime FBI agent, was selected to head up the NHL&rsquo;s first ever security bureau in an effort to keep everything above board as far as the athletes are concerned. The NHL is desperately trying to avoid any involvment with the gambling set and doesn&rsquo;t want to have happen to hockey what happened to baseball in the Denny McLain case.Torpey, a New Yorker who served the FBI for 11 years, will guard against intrusions into hockey by any gambling or underworld elements. NHL president Clarence Campbell said, &ldquo;this criminal intelligence activity will be to prevent undesirable characters from befriending NHL players where it might put them into a compromising position.&rdquo;Campbell said the new bureau will also work to the players&rsquo; benefit as well. &ldquo;It will offer investigation assistance to players who may choose to enter other businesses without being involved with those undesirables who cling to professional athletes.&rdquo;&bull; AFTER THE hiring of Torpey, the Governors went after an assortment of problems like indemnification to the Western and American Hockey Leagues for their loss of the Vancouver and Buffalo franchises to the NHL&rsquo;s expansion program.The NHL set a price of $750,000 to compensate both minor leagues but the figure was considerably below what the AHL and WHL were seeking.The NHL also voted to abandon its free face-off rule because the trial proved unsuccessful in exhibition games. It also proposed to increase the draft claiming price to $40,000 its $30,000 waiver price.But the one rule the NHL governors might have passed but didn&rsquo;t was the one whereby each team would be allowed to keep 19 players on its roster for a game. The existing NHL rule allows each team to dress 16 men and two goalkeepers. The motion was defeated by a vote of all 14 NHL teams.Rangers&rsquo; general-manager and coach Emile Francis was the instigator of the move to have the roster eligibility rule extended to 19 players and with good reason. The Cat is loaded with young talent and he could foresee the day he would be able to put another promising youngster on his bench.Francis, who often amazes hockey fans with his constant line juggling and player changes, thinks every NHL team should be allowed to carry a fourth line, possibly made of young players who are on the verge of breaking into the big time.It appears Francis would have easily assembled a fourth line with the depth he had on his roster this season. The Rangers brought their biggest squad in years to training camp and the Cat had to spend a few sleepless nights just pondering over his cuts.At any rate the player limit rule stays in the NHL for this season but you can bet it will come up again for consideration and it&rsquo;s likely the Cat will be the man behind the move.The Rangers are so rich in hockey talent that they could be the next NHL club to create a dynasty once they actually make it to the league&rsquo;s throne room.Now all Francis has to do is convince his Rangers of it and inform the Boston Bruins&mdash;who are already building hockey&rsquo;s next Stanley Cup monopoly. &#9632;

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Decisions Keen Governors On The Move

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON&mdash;The &ldquo;old&rdquo; Bruins have barely embarked on the quest for a repeat of their 1969-70 Stanley Cup success, but already there is much discussion of the long-range future of the B&rsquo;s as the power in the National Hockey League.This is common practice in all sports. When a king is dethroned, a new dynasty that will rule for years to come is predicted.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02772/3667217-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="289" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Plumb</figcaption></div>Sometimes the prediction comes true and it does seem that the Bruins are in a position to make that prediction come true in the NHL.Not only are there few decrepit legs on the squad that roared to the top last year but drool cups are full all over the league with reports on the flock of kids the B&rsquo;s unveiled in their training camp this fall at London. Ont.It is generally conceded that if the kids realize their full potential Boston will be the hockey capitol of the world for years to come.Most widely known of the youngsters the big team put on display this fall are 1970 amateur draft choices Reg Leach, Rick McLeish, Bob Stewart, Ron Plumb and Dan Bouchard.While the attention centered on these youngsters during training camp games, the Bruins had others on display like Ivan Boldirev, Dan Schock, Frank Spring and Don Tannahill.Most of them will be playing this year at Oklahoma City or Hershey but with the inevitable attrition of injuries and other mishaps encountered through a 78-game schedule a call for help can be expected from the parent club at some stage along the way and any one of the above-nentioned could be called with little visible suffering.Off what he showed early, Leach is the most highly rated of them all. The 20-year-old, 180-pound wing burned up the Western Canada Junior Hockey League with Flin Flon last year with 65 goals and 46 assists and showed his scoring touch in the intra-squad games.McLeish was another All Star with 45 goals and 56 assists for Peterborough and is a tough man in the corners.Stewart is the largest of the defensemen at six-feet, 190 pounds with an open ear for tips from Teddy Green helping to offset time lost with Oshawa last year from injuries resulting from an automobile accident.Plumb is more of a rusher than Stewart and was the unanimous choice for the Tilson Award as the OHA&rsquo;s out standing defenseman at Peterborough last season.Bouchard played for former Bruin Bep Guidolin last year at London. He weighed 156 pounds when drafted by the Bruins but reported back this fall at 185 pounds and strong.Boldirev, Tannahill and Spring have a year at Oklahoma City behind them and only part of the group that brings smiles from Bruins&rsquo; Chief Scout Garry Young.He has a veritable mother lode of nuggets being polished for the time the big club calls for replacement of worn out parts.Among the prime futures are center Jimmy Adair, second year pro; Fred O&rsquo;Donnell, the second draft choice from Minnesota as part of the deal for Tom Williams; Bill Klatt, a second year pro at right wing from Minnesota and Glen Siddall, picked up from the Kitchener Rangers.Also listed are Hugh Harvey a big center drafted from the Philadelphia Flyers for the Bruins by Hershey and Campbell Allison who was with the Canadian National team. The Bruins persisted for four years in their efforts to get him.There are others too, seemingly by the dozen.Some of them may see Boston this year, others will fall by the wayside or land in other pastures. But the important thing is that the Bruins are not content with the present but planning for the future. &#9632;

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Bruins’ Future Looks Bright With Bumper Crop Of Kid Stars

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01902/3667262-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="958" height="520"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02761/3667255-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="956" height="518"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03546/3667248-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="962" height="525"></div>MONTREAL&mdash;John Ferguson, whose rambunctious style rocked so many opponents, decided to retire from hockey the same way last week. He rocked the Canadiens from their moorings and the retirement story was in the paper before GM Sam Pollock or his team-mates knew about it.The 32-year-old left-winger said he had been thinking about hanging up his skates all summer, decided midway through training camp and then waited a few more days to make sure of his decision.Pollock was in New York attending the NHL Governors&rsquo; meeting when Ferguson reached him by phone after the story had broken in press and radio. The general manager met with the player the next day without success in attempts to talk him out of it.&ldquo;John gave me his reasons and I had to accept them,&rdquo; said Pollock. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s definite about what he wants to do and I can only wish him good luck.&rdquo;The main reason is that Fergy&rsquo;s mushrooming business interests have cut deeply into his feeling for hockey. He has a one-third partnership in an expanding knitwear business, operating from Montreal.&ldquo;My mind isn&rsquo;t 100 per cent on hockey and I just can&rsquo;t play under those conditions,&rdquo; said Ferguson. &ldquo;I know other hockey players have businesses and they are still playing. That&rsquo;s their business. I can&rsquo;t do it. If I can&rsquo;t give 100 per cent, I&rsquo;d rather not play at all&rdquo;Fergy emphasized that he had no complaints about the coach, the team or management in deciding to retire.&ldquo;Management has been wonderful to me. They couldn&rsquo;t be better. And that&rsquo;s why I feel I shouldn&rsquo;t play unless my mind is 100 per cent on hockey.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not as if I don&rsquo;t know where I&rsquo;m going. My business is taking more and more of my time and leaving me less and less for the game. I feel it wouldn&rsquo;t be fair to Canadiens management and to members of the team if I continued to play, feeling the way I do.&rdquo;The first hint Ferguson was thinking of packing it in after seven NHL seasons came when he failed to appear for a skating session. He had been inactive for a week with a bad elbow and had missed the Habs&rsquo; last four exhibition games. Instead of skating, he tried to contact Sam Pollock to tell him of his decision but couldn&rsquo;t reach the GM in New York.The loss of Ferguson is a tremendous blow&rsquo; to the Canadiens, hoping to regain respectability after missing the playoffs for the first time in 22 seasons. The swashbuckling winger was responsible for winning a lot of hockey games since he joined the team as a &ldquo;policeman&rdquo; in 1963-64.John Bowie Ferguson quickly earned the respect of teammates and opponents alike. No one took liberties with any of the more mild-mannered Habs when Fergy was around and he had a way of lifting the team both in the dressing room and from the bench with his chatter.Ferguson just hated to lose himself&mdash;he couldn&rsquo;t stand anyone who didn&rsquo;t hate to lose&mdash;and always played his best when the going was toughest at home or on the road.Coach Claude Ruel says &ldquo;he was one man I could always count on to give the team 100 per cent. Remember last year when he was hurt and the team wasn&rsquo;t going well. Fergy came back and we won eight and tied one of our next 10 games.&rdquo;The absence of Ferguson for 28 games through injuries and a controversial suspension for stick-swinging&mdash;on Gary Sabourin at St. Louis&mdash;had much to do with the Canadiens downfall from making the playoffs.Although he set records for penalties and amassed 1,052 minutes in 440 scheduled games, Ferguson scored 129 goals and assisted on 144 others in seven seasons. Two years ago he scored 29 goals and earned 23 assists to prove, despite his rugged style, he was something of a hockey player.Fergy was a great playoff performer with 16 goals and 12 assists in 67 games while helping the Canadiens to four Stanley Cup triumphs.The loss of Ferguson hit the Montreal lineup hard.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a shock, especially coming only a few days before the team starts the season,&rdquo; said Sam Pollock. &ldquo;If I had known earlier I might have been able to make a trade for a good left-winger. Now we have to make plans without him for the start of the season.&rsquo;&rsquo; Jacques Lemaire had been tabbed to switch from left wing to centre this season. But without Fergy, he will probably return to the portside along with Peter Mahovlich and rookie Marc Tardif. &#9632;

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Ferguson Stuns Hubs By Quitting NHL

MONTREAL&mdash;&ldquo;Fergy told me a week ago he was going to quit. I didn&rsquo;t believe it then and I don&rsquo;t believe it now. He can&rsquo;t go out a loser. I couldn&rsquo;t do it and neither can he.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s how Ralph Backstrom reacted to the surprise retirement of side-kick John Ferguson.But the centre they fondly call &ldquo;bulldog&rdquo; pulled a retirement caper of his own when he adviser the Canadiens he wouldn&rsquo;t be making the trip to Philadelphia for the NHL opener.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04386/3667293-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="263" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ralph Backstrom</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Ralph phoned me at home and told me he was fed up and was going to retire,&rdquo; said captain Jean Beliveau.&ldquo;I tried to talk him out of it and argued that this could be the most important decision of his life. But his mind was made up that he wasn&rsquo;t making the trip.&rdquo;The news came as a surprise&mdash;though hardly a shock&mdash;to the rest of the Canadiens who strom at Montreal East Arena. When they arrived at the airport to wait to the charter to Philadelphia, the Habs seemed to be looking at one another in silent question &ldquo;who&rsquo;s next?&rdquo;&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s happening to our team,&rdquo; muttered Beliveau. &ldquo;That makes eight regulars we have lost in lest that two years.&rdquo;The trend started in February 1969 when Gilles Tremblay was forced to kang up his skates due to a respiratory ailment. Dick Duff had personal problems at training camp last fall and eventually was traded to Los Angeles. Gump Worsley couldn&rsquo;t get along with Claude Ruel and shuffled off to Minnesota. Bobby Rousseau and Ted Harris were traded to the North Stars last June. Claude Provost dropped to the Voyageurs.Now Ferguson and Backstrom have jolted the Montreal hockey scene by sudden retirement.What are the chances of Ralph Backstrom going to another NHL club?&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a hypothetical question and there&rsquo;s no way I&rsquo;ll try to answer it now,&rdquo; Sam Pollock said. &#9632;

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Backstrom Follows Fergy To Sideline

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01986/3667331-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="305" height="380"></div><h2>Cup Win Vindicated Him</h2>THEY SAY NO TEAM wins a hockey championship without an outstanding goalkeeper, but &ldquo;they&rdquo; also have passed the summer saying how Bobby Orr, Derek Sanderson and Phil Esposito tied for the pennant and won the Stanley Cup playoffs for Boston&rsquo;s Bruins as though no goalkeeper was present. There was one at almost all times, however, and his name usually was Gerry Cheevers, who played 41 of the regular-season games and 13 of the 14 playoff games. Ed Johnston played 37 regular-season games and a single playoff tilt.Cheevers is neither as good as Glenn Hall nor as funny as Dick Cavett, but he is the quickest goaltender with a quip in hockey which endears him to writers, and he produced under pressure in the playoffs last season, which again endeared him to his teammates, his bosses and his fans. For a long time there were a lot of people who did not think he played this game very well, so it was not surprising when, as he sat soaking in champagne from the cup last season, he confided to a friend. &ldquo;The old boy is vindicated.&rdquo;&ldquo;The old boy&rdquo; soon will turn 30. He has bounced around as he enters his tenth season as a professional, having changed uniforms ten times. He began with Toronto, but was drafted by Boston in 1965. Boston kept sending him down to Oklahoma City and calling him up and sending him back down until 1968, when he stuck on top. &ldquo;I have covered more ground than a stewardess,&rdquo; he sighs. &ldquo;For awhile there, I had to look down at my uniform to see what team I was playing for that night. I never knew where I was. After awhile, all the towns and arenas looked the same. The human yoyo was at home anywhere.&rdquo;Balding, he says he lost his hair from &ldquo;fear&rdquo;. Masked, he says without one he would be &ldquo;a coward.&rdquo; His protector looks like a Haloween mask because he sketches stitch-marks on it every time it is hit by a puck to remind himself how many times he almost got killed. They are his medals of honor, similar to the portraits of planes painted on the sides of a fighter-plane to depict enmy craft shot down. &ldquo;Fighter pilots have machine guns. I have only my mask and stick. The mask is the greatest invention since sliced bread. Mine is a defensive art and it is my main weapon.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02886/3667324-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="578" height="898"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY CHEEVERS&hellip;Felt Like A Yo-Yo</figcaption></div>The way Cheevers tends goal, it sometimes resembles in several ways an offensive art, however. He uses his stick the way a jungle fighter uses a knife. He keeps the path clear in front of his net. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not dirty,&rdquo; he protests, &ldquo;just agressive.&rdquo; His home away from home is the crease and in this residence he is a recluse who rejects visitors. An unwelcome mat should be painted on the ice at his feet. Still one admires his willingness to cross sticks with foes when one understands his fear of being lured into a fight. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m the worst fighter in the world.&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;There is no way I could win a fight. So I have to get my licks in before the fight starts.&rdquo;<h2>One Is A Wanderer&hellip;</h2>CHEEVERS, HIMSELF, is a wanderer who strays from home often. In practices, he sometimes gets so bored in the nets that he skates out and does a bit of stick-handing with the other fellows. His coach at St. Mike&rsquo;s in Toronto tried to teach him a lesson once by playing him at forward for a dozen games. Gerry failed to score a goal. &ldquo;You&rsquo;d think if anyone knew how to beat a goalie it would be a goalie, but I drew a blank,&rdquo; Gerry sighs wistfully. &ldquo;I had my chances, too. Once I had a clear breakaway against Roger Crozier, but I forgot to think. I shot straight into his bads. I onlv wish everyone played forward like I did. I&rsquo;d never be scored on.&rdquo;He was not scored on often last season, limiting foes to an average of 2.72 goals per game whle compiling a 24-8-8 record, then holding the opposition to 2.23 goals a game in a 12-1 performance that supported the Bruins&rsquo; Stanley Cup drive. Asked what he would do with his bonus money, he asked, &ldquo;What bonus money? Whatever I&rsquo;ll get, I&rsquo;ve already spent. I&rsquo;m one of the world&rsquo;s great money-spenders. I&rsquo;ll save&hellip;when I have something to save for, like a good night&rsquo;s entertainment.&rdquo;For the second straight summer, he earned extra money as a member of the public relations staff at the Fort Erie race track in Ontario. A slick public speaker, he emceed packed luncheons entertainingly, along with handling more routine publicity duties. He notes. &ldquo;My first year I hosted the breakfast club. This year, the luncheons. I&rsquo;m moving up. Eventually, I should make the dinner show.&rdquo;He loved his work at the track because he loves horse-racing. He wants to write a novel about the sport. He once explained, &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t do it alone, but my wife is a college graduate with a degree in literature. I&rsquo;ll front for her.&rdquo; He owns one horse, a four-year-old, Senacle Image, which has won some money, and wants to buy others. &ldquo;A guy can&rsquo;t find a better way to blow dough,&rdquo; he says.He would like some day to start a winner in the Queen&rsquo;s Plate, Canada&rsquo;s version of the Kentucky Derby. &ldquo;I have had two main dreams,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;One was to win the Stanley Cup. That has been realized. I&rsquo;ve also dreamt of training a championship thoroughbred, but that will have to wait until my hockey days are over.&rdquo;Asked how long a normal goaltender might be expected to play, he said, &ldquo;Until he&rsquo;s 35 to 40. However, I might add there is no such thing as a normal goalie.&rdquo; He did say he saw no reason why the Bruins can&rsquo;t begin a dynasty. &ldquo;We have everything,&rdquo; he concluded &ldquo;Sometimes we even have adequate goaltending.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO&mdash;Captain Dave Keon ended a 13-day holdout and signed a new contract with Toronto Maple Leafs less than a week before they were due to open their 1970-71 National Hockey League schedule against Vancouver Canucks.Naturally, general manager Jim Gregory refused to reveal terms of the deal beyond the fact it would cover only this one year. But he did make one thing very clear: Keon is not going to receive the largest salary in the history of the Toronto club.Keon had agreed to resume workouts the day before he actually affixed his signature to an agreement. He made this concession because he felt negotiations were progressing satisfactorily. And almost before he had laced on his skates, it was rumored around Toronto that he was going to get the biggest stipend ever paid a Leaf player&mdash;more than the $85,000 Tim Horton accepted last winter, although less than the $125,000 he originally sought.According to Gregory, Keon did not break the Dave Keon Horton record, or reach the $100,000 figure which was mentioned prominently. However, it seems reasonable to assume Keon will hit a new high for forwards, surpassing the $57,000 Ullman was given last year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03742/3667362-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="263" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Keon</figcaption></div>A good guess might be $75,000.Keon&rsquo;s contract proposals were submitted by the company he&rsquo;s involved in, along with former hockey players Mike Elik and Harry Neale, plus Billy Harris, who&rsquo;s been attempting a comeback with Pittsburgh Penguins. So far, this firm has confined itself to operating a group of hockey schools, with the flagship operation in Toronto, but Neale and Elik did this business work for a number of players-headed, of course, by Keon.Discussions followed and Keon agreed to show up at Maple Leaf Gardens for the start of training camp Sept. 10. He said he&rsquo;d practise for 10 days and then make an assessment of negotiations up to that point. If there had been satisfactory headway, he would stay.On Sept. 20, he walked out and Leafs were faced with the most serious holdout they&rsquo;d ever encountered.The only encouraging feature of the whole thing was that Keon continued workouts on his own at the Doublerink Arena in Weston, headquarters for the Harris-Keon school.He didn&rsquo;t have much to say about the stalemate, publicly, but he let it be known he was prepared to stick to his guns. It was pretty obvious Leafs were going to have to come up to a certain figure or else find a way to get along without their most consistent workman.Underlying the entire argument was the knowledge, shared by both sides, that Keon was simply too good a player to be frozen out of hockey. If Leafs couldn&rsquo;t do business with him, they ultimately would have been forced to let some other club try through trading him.Management&rsquo;s case wasn&rsquo;t strengthened at all during the exhibition series, because they seemed to need Keon. The club had an appaling 1-5-2 record in pre-season play without Davey. The one thing the 1970-71 club is going to have going for it is good centers&mdash;Ullman, Keon, Mike Walton and the combative Jim Harrison plus, possibly, rookie Darryl Sittler.So finally they came to terms, just in time for Keon to accompany the club on its last pre-season trip and be ready for the opening contest.Keon was coming off his most productive, although not necessarily his best, season. He had led the 1969-70 Leafs with 32 goals (a career high) and 30 assists for 10-year totals of 231 goals and 318 assists. He celebrated his 30th birthday last March.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s not much satisfaction in getting a lot of points when the team finishes last,&rdquo; Keon pointed out.It wasn&rsquo;t that scoring output which prompted Keon to seek a mammoth increase in wages this autumn. He had merely come to the conclusion he&rsquo;d been underpaid for a number of years when he saw what men like Horton and Ullman and others around the NHL were getting for lesser contributions.And of course, his bargaining position was strong. With him, Leafs may be able to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs, which can mean a difference of a million dollars in gate receipts.&ldquo;I was glad to be back,&rdquo; Keon said. &ldquo;It was strange working out by myself. I&rsquo;d wake up at the same time in the morning and think to myself it was time to the Gardens. Then I&rsquo;d remember I wasn&rsquo;t going to the Gardens at all.&rdquo;Perhaps the most relieved person in Toronto, once this matter was settled, was coach Johnny McLellan.&ldquo;People would yell, &lsquo;come on, you cheapskate, give Keon what he wants,&rsquo; when it really wasn&rsquo;t my job at all,&rdquo; McLellan said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not my department.&ldquo;But I can tell you I was keeping my fingers crossed that this thing could be worked out because we need Davey badly. You know the story. He&rsquo;s my most consistent man and a mighty good penalty killer, besides.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Leafs’ Futile IcePlay In Camp Exhibitions Clinched Keon Pact

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div>CHICAGO&mdash;The &ldquo;sophomore jinx&rdquo;&mdash;for whatever that old sports cliche may be worth&mdash;occasionally is whispered around Chicago these days when conversation turns to the Black Hawks.Cautious Billy Reay, the coach, and Tommy Ivan, the general manager, have seen players come and go, but when they stressed that the success of this season&rsquo;s Hawks depends greatly on last year&rsquo;s standout newcomers, they weren&rsquo;t for a minute foreseeing a letdown.&ldquo;Anything&rsquo;s possible,&rdquo; Reay said. &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s not likely. They&rsquo;re too good a crew.&rdquo; As for the men in the spotlight&mdash;Tony Esposito, Keith Magnuson, Cliff Koroll, Gerry Pinder, and Paul Shmyr&mdash;the phrase &ldquo;sophomore jinx&rdquo; has a distinct hollow ring.&ldquo;For me, and I&rsquo;m sure for the rest of us,&rdquo; said Koroll, the Hawks&rsquo; articulate right wing, &ldquo;it just means working that much harder. Last season, we all made our share of mistakes, and because we were rookies, they were often overlooked. This season, if we make the same errors, they won&rsquo;t be overlooked. Which means there&rsquo;s that much more reason to work hard.&rdquo;The quietly efficient Koroll knows all about hard work. After scoring 28 goals for Dallas in 1968-69, he joined the Chicago training camp that September and, admittedly, &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t do too well.&rdquo;He continued to dig and stayed with the parent club, only to be snagged by injury at the start of the season. But in mid-December, he notched his first hat trick, and things went better thereafter.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s too much for me to learn yet to get big-headed over any accomplishments or contributions I might have made last year, Koroll said. &ldquo;And I think the rest of us feel the same, too. The attitude is good here. I suppose there is such a thing as getting overconfident after a pretty good rookie season, but it won&rsquo;t happen here. I expect to do better than last year&mdash;you can&rsquo;t be satisfied.&rdquo;Koroll possesses immense class, and he has handled success gracefully. A fine debut (18 goals in 1969-70) and an East Division team championship failed to dent his humility.&ldquo;There are always challenges,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Our challenge this year is to finish first again and go all the way. There is a certain feeling about playing in the NHL&mdash;we won&rsquo;t let ourselves slip.&rdquo;&ldquo;No matter what we did last year,&rdquo; Pinder asserts, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ll have to do better this year. That&rsquo;s a different kind of pressure than a rookie faces. We&rsquo;re in familiar surroundings now, have a year under our belts, and should improve and we will.&rdquo;A mediocre 4-4 exhibition record failed to perturb Reay, who experimented throughout the preseason contests.HAWK&mdash;EY TALK: Captain Pat Stapleton, Hawks&rsquo; star defenseman, received a standing ovation when he returned to action in the Chicagoans&rsquo; final exhibition ame at the Stadium Oct. 4. Stapleton severely injured his leg last Feb. 7 during a game, and suffered through a long recuperation. He looked nimble and drew an assist&hellip;Hawks reached the .500 mark in exhibition games by sweeping a weekend set from Toronto.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01954/3667393-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="551" height="887"><figcaption class="caption-body">CLIFF KOROLL&hellip;We Must Improve</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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‘Sophomore Jinx’ Just Hollow Phrase For Hawks’ Koroll

CHICAGO&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks and Tony Esposito came to terms over his new contract just two days before the team was to open its 1970-71 NHL season against Oakland. Espo, winner of the Vezina Trophy and the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year last season, signed for three years. Terms were not disclosed but the goalkeeper declared he was &ldquo;quite satisfied&rdquo; with the new deal. &#9632;

Esposito Signs Three-Year Pact

MONTREAL&mdash;Individually, East Division teams boasted a superior record in the National Hockey League&rsquo;s annual pre-season exhibition action, but it was the West Division which emerged as hockey&rsquo;s &lsquo;Grapefruit&rsquo; champions.The West posted on overall 16-12-7 tab to better the East Division in the windup to the exhibition series. Where did the West gain its advantage? By feasting on three clubs&mdash;Vancouver, Toronto and Buffalo.The ineptness of these three teams against the West enabled the so-called expansion division to pile up the more impressive exhibition record. Toronto and Buffalo were each beaten four times while Vancouver took it on the chin in three games with Los Angeles. Totalled up that provided the West with 11 of its 16 wins and their ultimate edge over the established East Division.Minnesota, Philadelphia, Chicago and the L.A. Kings each contributed three victories to the West&rsquo;s domination of the Eastern teams.Both the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers did their utmost to uphold the superiority of the East that has been exhibited in each of the last three years of play against expansion clubs. They both won three times, the Canadiens beating Chicago in all three meetings and the Rangers throttled St. Louis Blues also in three outings.The best individual team performance was registered by the Canadiens, who ended with a 63-1 record to top the 14-team exhibition series.Both Buffalo and Toronto struck out in the warm-up games. The new Sabres garnered only five out of a possible 18 points while the Leafs were even more futile collecting five out of 20.In the West, Pittsburgh with a 4-3-2 record, led the division exhibition standings with 10 points but the most effective club was the Los Angeles Kings, who lost only one game in six pre-season starts.<h2>Exhibition Scoreboard</h2><h3>EAST</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02841/3667455-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="583" height="308"></div><h3>WEST</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03629/3667448-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="578" height="300"></div>(Final standings incude games played only between NHL teams)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thu. Sept. 17New York 4, Buffalo 4Toronto 4, St. Louis 4Fri. Sept. 18Chicago, 7, Boston 5New York 5, St. Louis 1Oakland 6, Buffalo 0Minnesota 3, Vancouver 1Philadelphia 7, Quebec (AHL) 4Sat. Sept. 19Detroit 7, Buffalo 2Montreal 3, Philadelphia 2Oakland 4, Pittsburgh 1Vancouver 5, Minnesota 3Sun. Sept. 20Detroit 5, New York 2Philadelphia 4, Montreal 2Louis 6, Pittsburgh 0Vancouver 0, Minnesota 0Tue. Sept. 22Boston 5, St. Louis 2Pittsburgh 8, Buffalo 5Montreal 4, Chicago 1Wed. Sept. 23Boston 2, New York 2Buffalo 3, Pittsburgh 3Montreal 4, Chicago 3Minnesota 3, Toronto 0Philadelphia 4, Quebec (AHL) 0Fri. Sept. 25Boston 6, Detroit 5Louis 3,'Oakland 2Angeles 6, Vancouver 3Sat. Sept. 26Oakland 2, Buffalo 1Detroit 6, New York 2Minnesota 5, Toronto 4Angeles 8, Vancouver 2Sun. Sept. 27Philadelphia 2, Boston 1Montreal 3, Chicago 0New York 4, St. Louis 2Toronto 2, Minnesota 1Los Angeles 3, Vancouver 2Mon. Sept. 28New York 4, Boston 0Philadelphia 3, Montreal 1Pittsburgh 5, Oakland 1Tue. Sept. 29Chicago 2, Vancouver 2New York 4, Detroit 3Oakland 4, Philadelphia 2Wed. Sept. 30Detroit 3, Boston 3Chicago 5, Los Angeles 4Montreal 4, Toronto 3Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3Cleveland (AHL) 4, Minnesota 2Thu. Oct. 1Buffalo 4, Pittsburgh 4Vancouver 4, Chicago 2Fri. Oct. 2*St. Louis 2, Minnesota 2Toronto 1, Montreal 1Oakland 6, Rochester (AHL) 1Sat. Oct. 3Pittsburgh 2, Buffalo 1Chicago 5, Toronto 3New York 6, St. Louis 5Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 3Detroit 6, Fort Worth (CHL) 6Philadelphia 6, Hershey (AHL) 2Sun. Oct. 4Montreal 5, Boston 4Buffalo 2, Pittsburgh 1Chicago 4, Toronto 2Minnesota 3, Cleveland (AHL) 2Philadelphia 3, Rochester (AHL) 3Mon. Oct. 5Boston 5, Montreal 3Tue. Oct. 6St. Louis 4, Minnesota 2Vancouver 4, Toronto 1Wed. Oct. 7Boston 8, New York 6Philadelphia 3, Oakland 1Toronto 2, Los Angeles 2Thu. Oct. 8Montreal 4, Montreal (AHL) 1 &#9632;

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West Division Dominates NHL’s Exhibition Series

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Pete McDuffe, goalkeeper. Andre Dupont, Brian Lefley, Dick Paradise and Andre St. Pierre, defensemen. Bert Wilson, Mike Murphy, Duaine Wylie, Gary Coalter and Normand Gratton, forwards, assigned to Omaha of CHL. Don Blackburn, forward, sent to Rochester of AHL on loan.PITTSBURGH&mdash;Rod Zaine, forward, returned to Baltimore of AHL. Cam Newton and Duffy Lewis, goalkeepers, Len Cunning, Yvon Labre. Billy Horton, Jim Pearson, Dave Simpson and Larry Bignell, defensemen, Mike Quinn, Rusty Patenaude, John Stewart, Steve Cardwell, Brian Vescio, Larry Billows, Gary Swain, Guy Allen and Gary Brown, forward, assigned to Amarillo of CHL. Ron Ullyot, forward, returned to Fort Wayne ofIHL.BOSTON&mdash;Dick Cherry, forward, assigned to Oklahoma City of CHL as assistant playing coach. John Adams and Danny Bouchard, goalkeepers, Paul Hurley and Ron Plumb, defensemen Ivan Boldirev, Bob Stewart, Rick McLeish and Don Tannahill, forwards, assigned to Oklahoma City.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Ray Fortin, Brian Gibbons, Wayne LaChance and Brian Mikkelson, defensemen. Gary Marsh, John Healey, Terry Holbrook, forwards, assigned to Springfield of AHL. Don Fedun and Mike Schneider, forwards, released.MONTREAL&mdash;John Ferguson, Ralph Backstrom, forwards, placed on voluntary retired list. Ken Dryden, goalkeeper, Leon Rochefort forward, assigned to Montreal Voyageurs of AHL. Bobby Sheehan, Rejean Houle and Guy Charron, forwards, retained on NHL roster.MINNESOTA&mdash;Lou Nanne, defenseman, assigned to Cleveland of AHL.BUFFALO&mdash;Steve Atkinson, forward, secured from St. Louis of NHL on a look-see basis. Gerry Ouellette, forward, assigned to Omaha of CHL. Dennis Kassian and Ted Hodgson, forwards. Steve Cuddie and Francois Lacombe, defensemen, assigned to Salt Lake of WHL.DETROIT&mdash;Fred Speck, forward, assigned to Baltimore of AHL on loan. Don McLeod and Gerry Gray, goalkeepers, Randy Manery, Joe Zanussi, Serge Lajeunesse, Doug Hinton and Lee Carpenter, defensemen, Bobby Guindon, Tom Gilmore, Steve Andrascik, Tom Martin, Herb Boxer, Ron Walters, Rene Leclerc, Ross Perkins John Fisher, Al Genovy, Gary Bredin and Jim Shires&rsquo; forwards&rsquo; assigned to Fort Worth of CHL.CHICAGO&mdash;Dan Maloney, forward, recalled from Dallas of CHL. Darrell Maggs and John Marks, defensemen, Bill Young, Dan Ladboa Dave Hudson and Michel Archambault, forwards, assigned to Dallas.VANCOUVER&mdash;Bobby Walton, forward, assigned to Rochester of AHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>HERSHEY&mdash;Wally Denault, goalkeeper, sent to Syracuse of EHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>PORTLAND&mdash;Jack Turner, defenseman, and Bob Trembecky, forward released. Dennis Romanesky, forward, returned to Jacksonville of EHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>LONG ISLAND&mdash;John Brophy, defenseman. secured from New Haven of EHL in exchange for Dwight Winters, forward.NEW HAVEN&mdash;Dave Hains-worth, goalkeeper, and Kevin Morrison, forward, returned by Omaha of CHL.STRACUSE&mdash;Chuck Charlong, forward, returned by Boston of NHL.SALEM&mdash;Claude Piche, forward, returned by Minnesota of NHL. Jack Chipchase, defensemen, secured from Rochester of AHL. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;Red Berenson, a man who likes challenges, will have his hands full this season as the ice leader of the St. Louis Blues.The Blues face a season-long struggle with the Chicago Black Hawks in the Western Division of the National Hockey League, and a nip and tuck battle will be in great contrast to the Blues&rsquo; romps through the schedule of their expansion mates the past two seasons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01975/3667510-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="270" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Craig Cameron</figcaption></div>St. Louis General Manager Scotty Bowman ripped his team for &ldquo;inept play&rdquo; during the exhibition season and threatened some changes if the Blues didn&rsquo;t show improvement. One change was swapping Ron Anderson to Buffalo for Craig Cameron.Berenson pushed himself into playing form before his teammates did. As the Blues&rsquo; new captain he adds an official title to the great store of respect he has earned from the other St. Louis players.Berenson is a quiet man who becomes a tornado of hard work and effort when there is a job to be done. When there is no immediate challenge facing him, he will look for one. The Red Baron spent two weeks of his summer by canoeing with five other outdoorsmen down the rugged waters of the Churchill River as it surges across Saskatchewan.Berenson knows that the challenge for the Blues this season will not be easy but he is determined to finish the campaign in the Stanley Cup finals for the fourth straight year.He acknowledges the danger to the Blues of having the Black Hawks in the Western Division but points out that the Minnesota North Stars also present a problem for St. Louis.&ldquo;All the teams are improved,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not that good of a team that we can just throw our sticks on the ice and expect to win. We have to respect them all or they jump on us.&rdquo;Berenson rates the North Stars a better contender than the Pittsburgh Penguins, who pushed the Blues to six games in the Stanley Cup semifinals last spring.&ldquo;Pittsburgh has lost Michel Briere,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and I don&rsquo;t think that Pittsburgh has improved as much as Minnesota.&rdquo;Berenson shared the exasperation of Bowman and coach Al Arbour with the Blues&rsquo; play during the exhibition season. The Blues finished with an inept 3-52 log.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a good thing that the exhibition games don&rsquo;t count,&rdquo; Berenson said. &ldquo;The guys were doing their best but just not clicking.&rdquo;Bowman and Arbour blamed some of the sluggishness on the defensemen, whose ranks were decimated by Arbour&rsquo;s move from the ice to the bench.Pittsburgh&rsquo;s general manager and coach, Red Kelly, said after one game, &ldquo;They missed the old guy. They didn&rsquo;t have anybody to settle them down out there. That&rsquo;s one thing that Al always did.&rdquo;Arbour accused his players of &ldquo;making basic mistakes, ones that even juniors don&rsquo;t make.&rdquo;The new coach was giving several of his new players a chance to show their talents because the Blues have a good contingent of bright prospects available to them this season.George Morrison, the college scoring champion from Denver, has been impressive, and Christian Bordeleau, injured part of last season at Montreal, was moving the puck well. And 20-year-old defenseman Jack Taggart was reminding some of the cool, calculated play of Doug Harvey. &#9632;

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Blues’ Sluggish Camp play Muy Put Berenson To Test

ST. LOUIS&mdash;The West Division champion St. Louis Blues didn&rsquo;t have much to shout about after posting an unimpressive 3-5-2 exhibition record but the club brass certainly had to be ecstatic over the goal scoring performance of rookie George Morrison.The young scoring whiz from Denver University poked in seven goals in the 10-game exhibition run of the Blues to clinch a starting berth for the 1970-71 season.Morrison and newcomer Christian Bordeleau each sniped twice in the Blues&rsquo; windup 4-2 exhibition decision over the Chicago Black Hawks, who will be the Blues&rsquo; main hurdle to first place in the West this season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02805/3667541-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="557" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">GEORGE MORRISON</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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St. Louis Rookie Morrison Scores 7 Exhibition Goals

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BERRY</div>DETROIT&mdash;RED WING NOTES: Frank Mahovlich finished as Detroit&rsquo;s top scorer in seven exhibition games with 10 goals and six assists&hellip;the Big M finished with three straight two-goal games, two of them against New York and Boston.Switching to defense didn&rsquo;t hurt Gordie Howe&rsquo;s offense&mdash;he was second in scoring with two goals and 12 assists.Garry Unger&rsquo;s hair length was something of a problem and he had to get it cut several times before it finally was short enough to please management.The Wings were happy when it was learned that Unger would be ready for the season opener despite missing all the exhibition games because of a diving board injury suffered two days before camp opened. &#9632;

Mahovlich Registers Ten Goals, Howe 14 Points In Exhibitions

<div class="byline">&#x2026;By MAKI</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02821/3667627-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;When You&rsquo;re The Fastest Shot In The West, You Dress The Way You Like!&rdquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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ICE QUIPS…

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT&mdash;In the pecking order adhered to by most National Hockey League teams, the sweater with the &ldquo;1&rdquo; on it is reserved for the club&rsquo;s No. 1 goalkeeper. The No. 2 man usually wears the number 30.But in Detroit 30 is No. 1 and 1 is No. 2 And both are happy about it.Coach Ned Harkness asked Roy Edwards if he&rsquo;d like to switch to 1, the number worn by Roger Crozier before he was traded to Buffalo in June for Tom Webster. Edwards declined.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01942/3667572-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="262" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Rutherford</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a little superstitious,&rdquo; Edwards said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had two good years wearing 30.&rdquo;Then Jim Rutherford, Don McLeod and Gerry Gray fought it out in camp for the 1, the right to be the No. 2 goalie. Rutherford, a second-year pro, won and, surprise, the new owner of the 1 looks just like the old 1.Rutherford is a Crozier-sized five-feet, eight-inches, weighs 150 pounds and has an acro batic style.Rutherford originally was scouted and signed by the Red Wings as a youngster but when the agreement banning NHL ownership of amateur clubs went through, Rutherford became the property of the Hamilton Junior Wings of the Ontario Hockey Association.The Wings jumped in and made him their first choice in the 1969 amateur draft and Rutherford split the Fort Worth goaltending last season with McLeod and posted a 2.68 goals average in the Central League, a shooters&rsquo; league.When the Wings traded Crozier in June, Rutherford knew he had a shot at the NHL. But so did McLeod and Gray.&ldquo;I started slow in camp,&rdquo; Rutherford admitted. But then he came on strong.McLeod was hampered by a back injury and Gray took himself out of it in a game against Boston. At that, Rutherford&rsquo;s exhibition record wasn&rsquo;t breathtaking&mdash;a 4.86 goals against average while playing 110 minutes or half of four games.Harkness liked his style and attitude and work in camp and named him No. 2.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll probably start me against an expansion club on the road and see how I do,&rdquo; Rutherford said. &ldquo;They told me I&rsquo;d probably play 20 to 25 games. I&rsquo;m rooming with Roy and he told me he doesn&rsquo;t want to play them all.&rdquo;Edwards is very definite on that.&ldquo;No one can play all the games. That showed on (Ed) Giacomin last year,&rdquo; Edwards said of the New York goalie who obviously wearied down the stretch as New York skidded from first and barely hung onto fourth place.Edwards played 47 games for the Wings and hung up a 2.59 goals against average. Of goalies who played at least half of their club&rsquo;s games, Edwards had the third best average, exceeded only by Chicago&rsquo;s Tony Esposito and Giacomin.The 2.59 followed a 2.54 mark for 40 games and right now Edwards must rank as one of the NHL&rsquo;s most underrated netminders.He&rsquo;s not a flashy stylist and he doesn&rsquo;t get many shutouts&mdash;only two last season. &ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;m just not a shutout goalkeeper,&rdquo; Edwards said. &ldquo;Something always seems to happen.&rdquo;But he did have eight one-goal games and he was voted Detroit&rsquo;s most valuable player by the local chapter of the NHL Hockey Writers Association.Crozier had a good year too, perhaps better than many people realized. Until that horrendous 95 licking on the final Sunday in New York when the Rangers came to play and the Red Wings obviously didn&rsquo;t, Crozier&rsquo;s goals against average was 2.44 for 29 games. It ballooned to 2.65 in that episode.&ldquo;I was kind of surprised they traded Roger,&rdquo; Edwards said. &ldquo;He had a good year and won a lot of big games for us.&rdquo;Nor did it come as a particular delight to be tapped so plainly as the No. 1 man.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t sit on the bench and hope the guy who is playing will have a bad night so I can play the next night,&rdquo; Edwards said.One thing that does delight the 33-year-old goalkeeper though is the Red Wing schedule which contains only one sequence of four games in five nights compared to seven of them last season.It figures that Edwards is going to shoulder much more of the load this season and every little edge helps. &#9632;

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Edwards, Rutherford Form Wings’ New Net Team

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK&mdash;As the New York Rangers prepared to open the National Hockey League season a wild guess at the makeup of the Broadway sextet&rsquo;s offensive fire power might read something like this.One line centered by Walter Tkaczuk with Dave Balon and Billy Fairbairn on the wings. Another with Jean Ratelle as the pivot with Jack Egers and Rod Gilbert in the alleys. The third trio should show Bob Nevin and Vic Hadfield at the wing spots with Syl Apps as the center.This does not discount the work of centerman Don Luce, who along with Apps and Nevin were showing the way in the New Yorker&rsquo;s pre-season point parade. Undoubtedly, Luce will get early season action at the third pivot spot, along with Apps.Other forwards still with the team include Ron Stewart, Jim Krulicki and Ted Irvine.If Apps makes the Rangers as a regular, it will be a blow to the loyal followers of the Toronto Maple Leafs, to whom the name Apps has the same reverance as Joe DiMaggio does to New York Yankees&rsquo; fans. Syl is the son of Syl Apps Sr., the non pareil Maple Leafs center of the late thirties and early forties, who is in hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01947/3667658-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="270" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike Robitaille</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Apps was the most improved player on our Omaha farm at the end of last season,&rdquo; noted Emile Francis, the Rangers&rsquo; general manager-coach. &ldquo;His skating improved tremendously. He is 23, six foot even and a nicely distributed 185 pounds. Remember, this is only his second full season as a pro. He went to Princeton University where he played under Johnny Wilson for while, before I talked him into trying his hand at the pro game. Part of the reason for his late pro debut was his father&rsquo;s desire that he get a college education first. Right now, he still has about a year to go and is enrolling at Queen&rsquo;s University in Kingston, Ont., in the season.&rdquo;The Ranger defense now lists seven players including Brad Park, Jim Neilson, Arnie Brown, Rod Seiling, Tim Horton, Larry Brown and Mike Robitaille. One surprise was the farming out of defenseman Ab DeMarco Jr., who figured to squeeze in ahead of Robitaille.&ldquo;Robitaille won the spot in training camp. DeMarco is a tremendous prospect and he can play his way back with our Omaha farm,&rdquo; said Francis.Experts agreed that Mike had hit a bit harder and played a bit better than the slender DeMarco, who came to camp with the spot seemingly wrapped up after a great showing in the post season playoffs when the Rangers were in dire straits for defense help due to a variety of injuries.In goal will be Eddie Giacomin and Gilles Villemure, with Villemure tentatively scheduled to play about fifteen to twenty games his year, in relief of the man who is known as the iron man of NHL netminders.Going down with DeMarco were Pierre Jarry, Mike Parizeau and Tom Miller, all forwards who were getting extra looks because of the holdout status of Hadfield, Ratelle and Tkaczuk.On the negotiation front, two of the four recalcitrants, including Park, still had not signed. Francis hinted he might even suspend them again just in order to move things along towards an agreement prior to the opening of the season.&ldquo;Every day they lost in camp hurts this hockey club,&rdquo; says Francis.BLUE CHIPS: New Yorkers were 5-2-2 after first nine preseason games&hellip;Tim Ryan will do the play by play with Bill Mazer handling the color commentary for the telecasts of New York road contests&hellip;Bob Wolf will be at the microphone for the New Yorker&rsquo;s home contests viewed over Cable Television with this reporter serving as color commentator&hellip;Marv Albert is again handling the radio broadcasts over WNBC with Bill Chadwick the color man. &#9632;

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Another Apps Bursts On NHL Horizon

NEW YORK&mdash;The New York Rangers will televise 20 games during the 1970-71 campaign and will broadcast 49 times. Most of the telecasts will cover the usual Saturday night road games, while eleven of the radio shows will cover road games not televised.The complete Radio-TV Schedule is as follows:<h2>TELEVISION (WOR-TV)</h2>Oct. 10&mdash;at St. Louis, 9:00; 17&mdash;at Toronto, 8:00; 24&mdash;at Minnesota, 9:00; 31&mdash;at Boston, 8:00.Nov. 14&mdash;atChicago, 9:00; 21&mdash;at Montreal, 8:00.Dec. 5&mdash;at Toronto, 8:00; 19&mdash;at Minnesota, 9:00; 26&mdash;at Detroit, 8:00.Jan. 2&mdash;at Pittsburgh, 8:00; 9 at Minnesota, 9:00, 15&mdash;at Oakland, 11:00; 30&mdash;at Philadelph a, 8.00.Feb 13&mdash;at St. Louis, 9:00; 20&mdash;at Pittsburgh, 8:00; 27&mdash;at Pittsburgh, 8:00.Mar. 6&mdash;at Detroit. 8:00; 20&mdash;at Toronto, 8:00, 27&mdash;at Boston, 8:00.Apr. 3&mdash;at Montreal, 8:00.<h2>RADIO ((WNBC)</h2>Oct. 14&mdash;Buffalo, 7:30; 18&mdash;Montreal. 7:00; 21&mdash;Toronto, 7:30; 25&mdash;Oakland. 7:00, 28&mdash;Detroit, 7:30.Nov. 1&mdash;Chicago, 7:00; 11&mdash;Pittsburgh, 7:30; 15&mdash;Toronto, 7:00; 22&mdash;Minnesota, 7:00, 25&mdash;at Philadelphia, 8.00; 26&mdash;at Buffalo, 8:00; 28&mdash;Boston, 1:30; 29&mdash;Pittsburgh, 7:00.Dec. 2&mdash;St. Louis, 7:30; 6&mdash;Vancouver, 7:00, 13&mdash;Los Angeles, 7:00; 16&mdash;Buffalo, 7:30; 20&mdash;Vancouver, 7:00; 22&mdash;at Buffalo. 8:00; 23&mdash;Pittsburgh, 7:30; 27&mdash;St. Louis, 7:00; 29&mdash;Oakland, 7:30.Jan. 3&mdash;Montreal, 7:00; 10&mdash;at St. Louis, 9:00; 17&mdash;at Chicago. 8:30; 20&mdash;Philadelphia, 7:30; 21&mdash;at Buffalo, 8:00; 24&mdash;Minnesota. 7:00; 27&mdash;Boston, 7:30; 31&mdash;Los Angeles, 7:00.Feb. 3&mdash;Chicago, 7:30; 4&mdash;at Detroit, 8:00, 9&mdash;at Boston, 8:00,- 10&mdash;Minnesota, 7:30; 14&mdash;St. Louis. 7:00; 17&mdash;at Montreal, 8:00; 21&mdash;Detroit, 7:00, 24&mdash;Philadelphia, 7:30,- 23&mdash;Vancouver, 7:00.Mar. 3&mdash;Oakland, 7:30; 7&mdash;Los Angeles, 7:00; 10&mdash;at Chicago. 8:30; 12&mdash;Philadelphia, 7:30; 14&mdash;Toronto, 7:00; 18&mdash;at Philadelphia, 8:00, 21&mdash;Montreal, 7:00; 23&mdash;Buffalo, 7:30; 28&mdash;Boston, 7:00; 31&mdash;Chicago, 7:30Apr. 4&mdash;Detroit, 7:00. &#9632;

Rangers Put 20 Games On TV—49 For Radio

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-14" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1496/3667804-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg"></div>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 12)<h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1589/3667797-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="1119" height="331"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Fri. Oct. 9Angeles 3 at Vancouver 1Sat. Oct. 10New York 1 at St. Louis 3.Oakland 3 at Detroit 5Buffalo 2 at Pittsburgh 1Minnesota 1 at Philadelphia 2<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Mon. Oct. 12Vancouver at St. LouisTues. Oct. 13Detroit at MontrealWed. Oct. 14St. Louis at TorontoBuffalo at New YorkBoston at Los AngelesVancouver at ChicagoThurs. Oct. 15Montreal at BuffaloChicago at DetroitVancouver at PhiladelphiaPittsburgh at MinnesotaFri. Oct. 16Boston at OaklandSat. Oct. 17Chicago at MontrealNew York at TorontoDetroit at MinnesotaBuffalo at St. LouisPhiladelphia at PittsburghOakland at Los AngelesSun. Oct. 11Montreal 2 at Philadelphia 1Toronto 3 at Vancouver 5Detroit 3 at Boston 7Oakland 1 at Chicago 5Sun. Oct. 18Montreal at New YorkToronto at Philadelphia* Boston at VancouverMinnesota at DetroitPittsburgh at BuffaloSt. Louis at ChicagoTues. Oct. 20Oakland at VancouverWed. Oct. 21Minnesota at MontrealToronto at New YorkPittsburgh at Los AngelesSt. Louis at OaklandThurs. Oct. 2Chicago at BostonBuffalo at PhiladelphiaFri. Oct. 23Detroit at BuffaloSt. Louis at VancouverPittsburgh at Oakland*Afternoon Game<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02812/3667790-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="265" height="220"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03635/3667783-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="246" height="246"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04426/3667776-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="286" height="194"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05312/3667769-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="226" height="231"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06256/3667762-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="289" height="154"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07222/3667755-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="245" height="254"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08194/3667748-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="276" height="229"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09159/3667741-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="252" height="233"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-10146/3667734-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="245" height="223"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-11134/3667727-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="271" height="170"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-12115/3667720-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="215" height="259"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-13103/3667713-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="291" height="257"></div> &#9632;

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THE NHL SCENE

LOS ANGELES&mdash;No one is willing to say how much the Kings paid Eddie Joyal to get his name on a contract but it was learned he received a $5,000 raise and bonuses which could amount to $17,000 on a one-season pact.How much does that bring his total wages up to? The Kings still wouldn&rsquo;t say but negotiations were being carried on at the $35,000 level prior to his signing meaning that the veteran center could pull in a cool $52,000 if all goes his way this season and the Kings get into the playoffs.Joyal met with manager-coach Larry Regan five hours before signing the contract. &ldquo;I never had any intention of not playing hockey this year,&rdquo; Joyal said, &ldquo;It was just a case of getting together with Larry and ironing out a few things.&rdquo;The 30-year-old Joyal is the Kings&rsquo; all-time scoring leader and holds the team record for most goals in one season, 33. &#9632;

Joyal Could Earn $52,000

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaPHILADELPHIA&mdash;If the Flyers had a hockey player as old as Methuselah, he&rsquo;d deserve to play every game if he could do the job.At least that&rsquo;s how Bill Sutherland feels about it, and Sutherland should know because some people feel he&rsquo;s about as old as Methuselah.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m only 35 and I&rsquo;m not even the oldest guy on the team,&rdquo; said Suds. &ldquo;Guy Gendron is older. Besides. I feel they pay you for what you do, not for how old you are.&ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t see why certain people keep pointing a finger at me and saying, &lsquo;He&rsquo;s so old&rsquo;. If there was a guy 50 years old around here who was playing better than me, then he should have my job.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01930/3667897-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="272" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Sutherland</figcaption></div>Sutherland is hearing about his age because, as always during training camp, the veterans are being pushed by the younger players for the berths on the parent club.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s how it should be, because that&rsquo;s how it always was,&rdquo; reasoned Suds. &ldquo;The older players have to battle to keep their jobs. It happens every year.&rdquo;This year is a little different than last season when Suds was benched in training camp because Coach Vic Stasiuk felt he wasn&rsquo;t in shape. However, he soon was back in the lineup playing steady and wound up scoring 15 goals despite limited ice time due to a leg injury.Every one of Bill&rsquo;s goals were considered &ldquo;important&rdquo;, seven of them being the first score of the game. He is the only NHL player with 15 or more goals that can claim the distinction.Most of Suds&rsquo; success last season came while playing left wing on a line centered by Jimmy Johnson, and Gary Dornhoefer operating at right wing.&ldquo;Our line, when it played together, did the job expected from us,&rdquo; said Sutherland, who scored the first goal ever at the Spectrum and also the club&rsquo;s first goal in historv &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t see why we can&rsquo;t continue to do the same job if we continue to play together.&ldquo;All I&rsquo;ve ever wanted was ice time, so I could prove I could score. Age has nothing to do with it, just so the pucks keep going into the net.&rdquo;One thing with which Sutherland agrees is that a team should have a proper blend of age and youth.&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t have all older players and you can&rsquo;t have all younger ones, either,&rdquo; said Suds. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s got to be a mixture of young and old, of youth and experience.&rdquo;Sutherland does feel, however, that experience means an awful 1ot.&ldquo;Just take the case of the Toronto Maple Leafs,&rdquo; he concluded. &ldquo;Heck, they won the Stanley Cup three times going with all old guys. Now they&rsquo;ve got all young ones and they&rsquo;re not even making the playoffs.&rdquo; &#9632;

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It’s How Many Times You Put Puck In Net Claims Vet

NEW YORK&mdash;Robert E. Joyce, of West Haven, Conn., has been named secretary-treasurer of the Eastern Hockey League, according to an announcement by President Tom Lockhart.Joyce is publisher-advertising manager of a newspaper and also president of his own publishing corporation. He was instrumental in the construction of a skating rink there and was the founder and first president of a youth hockey association. He helped start a program that operated a 15-team league for 350 boys with a voluntary staff of 100.He also is a member of the board of directors of the New England Amateur Hockey Association and the Amateur Hockey Association of America. Joyce, a graduate of Southern Connecticut College, has had considerable experience in the publishing field, business and in chamber of commerce work.He succeeds Phil Thompson who retired this summer. &#9632;

Joyce Takes Post In EHL

<h2>In The East</h2>Young, tough Wayne Maki is a relatively new face around the NHL and it goes without saying he has become a marked man after his infamous stick duel with Ted Green last year. But Maki is a determined and rugged player who isn&rsquo;t going to let the scars of the Green episode mar his big league career.He took a step in that direction in the NHL&rsquo;s opening weekend when he pumped in two second period goals to lead Vancouver Canucks to a 5-3 decision over the Toronto Leafs. It was an auspicious start for the former St. Louis Blues&rsquo; farmhand, who was grabbed by the Canucks in the expansion draft.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Maki as the East Division player whom we think belongs among the NHL&rsquo;s top Stars Of The Week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02784/3667959-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="559" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE MAKI&hellip;Vancouver Canucks</figcaption></div><h2>In The West</h2>It was a lucky day for Bob Berry when he was allowed to go to the Los Angeles Kings on a look-see basis by the Montreal Canadiens.In fact Berry might consider it the biggest day of his life after his sensational National League debut on the opening league weekend. He scored two goals including the game winner to provide the rejuvenated Kings with a 3-1 win that spoiled Vancouver&rsquo;s big league hockey opener.A hard-nosed, opportunist who saw no future on the Montreal roster with so many super stars about, Berry pleaded for a chance with the Kings and the Canadiens gave their consent.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Berry as the West Division player whom we think belongs among the NHL&rsquo;s ton Stars Of The Week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03596/3667952-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="558" height="610"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB BERRY&hellip;Los Angeles Kings</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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STARS OF THE WEEK

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National Hotkey League Rosters

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01899/3667990-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="572" height="961"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM WILLIAMS&hellip;May Face Surgery</figcaption></div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;Injuries are an integral part of professional hockey, and the people in the game accept them as such, but one that has the Minnesota North Stars genuinely concerned is Tommy Williams&rsquo; ailing back.It may be serious enough to strike a premature end to the career of the popular native Minnesotan.Williams said his back was sore and stiff almost from the day the North Stars opened their training camp in Winnipeg on Sept. 11, but he kept it to himself until he virtually collapsed on the ice during a workout on Sept. 22.The North Stars were taking a brief morning scrimmage prior to boarding an afternoon flight for a Toronto exhibition game with the Maple Leafs the next night. Williams suddenly groaned loudly, and had to be helped off the ice.Examined in a Winnipeg hospital, he was told there were &ldquo;lumps&rdquo; in the lower lumbar area of the spine, and that surgery was possibly the only permanent solution. He flew to the Twin Cities the next day for consultations with one of the North Stars&rsquo; team physicians, Dr. Franklin Sidell, who advised a week of bed rest before making a further diagnosis.Williams sat out the remainder of Minnesota&rsquo;s exhibition games, and there was considerable doubt whether he would be ready for the early portion of the National Hockey League schedule.&ldquo;I can skate with no problems,&rdquo; Tommy said. &ldquo;Then at night I get pains in my back down into my legs. The other day I really thought about quitting hockey, but now I&rsquo;m determined to play out this season, no matter how much it hurts.&rdquo;Williams disclosed he had undergone back trouble five years ago with the Boston Bruins, which required him to spend a week in traction. He had surgery on his knee in December of 1968, which put him out for the rest of that season, but the knee gave him no problems last year with the North Stars.His loss would be a crushing one for the Minnesota club. Switched from his normal right wing position early last season to center the line of J.P. Parise and Bill Goldsworthy, Tommy responded with a 67-point season, including a Minnesota record of 52 assists.The Williams line accounted for 204 points, second in the NHL only to the Detroit unit of Howe-Delvecchio-Mahovlich.In camp this fall, despite his sore back, Williams had been impressive as ever.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m uncertain how my other two lines will fill out,&rdquo; coach Jack Gordon had said, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;ve got no worries about the Williams line.&rdquo;Now, in the wake of Tommy&rsquo;s injury, Gordon has plenty to worry about.For one thing, it complicates Gordon&rsquo;s plans of where to play Bobby Rousseau. Right wing was his usual station at Montreal, but Rousseau had looked so good at center in camp with the North Stars that Gordon would have preferred to open with him there, flanked by Danny Grant and rookie Buster Harvey.Neither Williams nor Rousseau are physically strong, but they can make the plays. They are particularly effective on the power play, Williams in the slot and Rousseau back on the right point.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not even thinking about an operation now,&rdquo; Williams said. &ldquo;If I need it later, I&rsquo;ll face it then. I just hope I can lick this thing and play.&rdquo;The North Star management is worrving right along with him.NORTH STAR NOTES&mdash; Two other injuries struck the North Stars just before their season opener. Fred Barrett, the fine young rookie defenseman who was headed for a regular berth, suffered a broken toe on his foot when he was hit by a shot fired by Bill Goldsworthy. The next day, ironically, Goldsworthy came down with an infected blister on his heel&hellip;Blair and Gordon plan to keep at least 22 players on the Minnesota roster to open the season. They want to get another look at several prospects who had a slow start in camp, among them ex-Cleveland winger John Gofton and Danny Lawson, whom the North Stars obtained in the trade for Wayne Connelly with Detroit nearly two years ago&hellip;Gordon was unhappy with the way his team skated in a 4-2 exhibition loss to the Cleveland farm club in Thief River Falls, Minn. &ldquo;You didn&rsquo;t skate tonight,&rdquo; the new coach said, &ldquo;so you&rsquo;ll do it in practice tomorrow. We&rsquo;re going with no pucks&rdquo;&hellip;Scotty Bowman, the St. Louis general manager, was most impressed with the new carpeted press box in Minnesota&rsquo;s Metropolitan Sports Center&hellip;The sports scene in the Twin Cities was jamming up, with the North Stars playing exhibitions, the Twins playing Baltimore in the American League baseball playoffs and the Vikings sold out for all their home games. &#9632;

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Williams’ Back Injury Could End Career. Risrupt Hot Line

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;At least three players ticketed for regular duty. Al Hamilton, Skip Krake and Cliff Schmautz, figured to miss the season opener because of injuries when the Buffalo Sabres left their Peterborough, Ont., training base.Hamilton, a defenseman, suffered a fractured small bone in his left foot, and had been off skates for almost a month. Krake, a center, broke the index finger on his left hand during a fight in a pre-season game with the Oakland Seals, and Schmautz, a right-winger, was idle with pulled stomach muscles and a swollen knee.Ron Anderson, a prime favorite with Buffalo fans last winter when he collected eight goals in nine games before being recalled by the St. Louis Blues, was acquired in a trade for Craig Cameron, also a right-winger.In addition, another rightwinger, Steve Atkinson, came to the Sabres from St. Louis on a look-see basis. Atkinson scored the club&rsquo;s only goal in a 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins a few hours after joining the team.Two veterans who figured to lend the Sabres a touch of major league class, Don Marshall and Phil Goyette, had returned to their Montreal homes. Marshall went home for the second time to consider his future, and Goyette was resting a hip injury and attending to several personal matters.Punch Imlach. the Sabres&rsquo; general manager and coach, was trying to make a deal for a defenseman and several forwards.&ldquo;If we can get one or two people who can do the job, we&rsquo;re in business,&rdquo; Imlach said. &ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t been sharp because we&rsquo;re going with a group of players have haven&rsquo;t been together before.&ldquo;This is par for the course with an expansion club. We&rsquo;re improving every time out. and we&rsquo;ll keep getting better as we start playing as a unit.&rdquo;Imlach has been conferring daily with a number of NHL executives, and was hopeful of making several moves before the regular schedule opened.ALONG THE BOARDS&mdash; Gerry Ouellette, the captain of last winter&rsquo;s Calder Cup champion Bisons, was assigned to the Omaha Knights. Former Bison coach Fred Shero eagerly awaited Ouellette&rsquo;s arrival&hellip;Another former Bison, Dennis Kassian, was sent to the Sabres&rsquo; Salt Lake City affiliate in the Western League. Defensemen Steve Cuddie and Francois Lacombe, and forward Ted Hodgson also went to Salt Lake City.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01737/3668167-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="547" height="610"><figcaption class="caption-body">ELMER VASKO&hellip;It&rsquo;s All Over</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Imlach Forced To Juggle Lineup

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BARTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;The cry &ldquo;Mocse&hellip;Moose&rdquo; won&rsquo;t be heard around the National Hockey League any more.Elmer (Moose) Vasko, who spent 10 years with the Chicago Black Hawks and two with the Minnesota North Stars, retired after three weeks in training camp with the Buffalo Sabres.The 6-foct 3-inch Vasko, who will be 35 in December, reported at 243 pounds and was down to 236 when he called it quits.He didn&rsquo;t play in 1966-67 after 10 winters with the Black Hawks, then-ended his first retirement when Minnesota reached in for him in the original expansion draft. He was with Salt Lake City in the Western League last season.&ldquo;The legs don&rsquo;t have it any more.&rdquo; Vasko said. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t make the moves the way I USEd to. Punch Imlach gave me a chance to come to camp, and I can&rsquo;t say enough about how well I was treated. I want to wish the Sabres all the luck in the world.&rdquo;Imlach. the Sabres&rsquo; general manager and coach, said, &ldquo;I was quite pleased with the effort Elmer made at camp.&ldquo;Moose has indicated he would like to stay in hockey, and has shown he isn&rsquo;t afraid of hard work. I am sure he will make a niche for himself in the hockey business, and I&rsquo;m also sure he&rsquo;ll be back in the NHL some dav as a manager or coach.&rdquo; &#9632;

“Legs Didn’t Have It” Vasko Packs Up Career

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02631/3668198-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Boston star PHIL ESPOSITO, left, displays items for his new street hockey program with his business manager, FRED SHARP.</figcaption></div>BOSTON&mdash;One of the most creative manufacturing efforts in the sporting goods field has resulted from the combined talents of hockey super star Phil Esposito and plastics manufacturer Ray Leclerc. Leclerc&rsquo;s company, Mylec. Inc., was looking for product diversification. Esposito was looking for someone to make a line of street hockey equipment to his design.&hellip;A meeting was arranged in the late fall of 1969 between Esposito and Leclerc. Phil outlined his proposals:1&mdash;A low priced plastic puck must be designed which would have the feel of a real puck, yet would slide easily on streets.2&mdash;A plastic replacement blade must be designed which would be precurved for realism, and made to attach securely to the handles of broken sticks.While the items themselves were not new, Phil&rsquo;s concept of the merchandising associated with these items was revolutionary. He envisioned street hockey as a sport all by itself and had in mind a complete line of equipment.Why should a boy have to break his regular hockey stick in order to enjoy street hockey? Phil wanted to offer his blade with a specially selected handle already attached. Phil had an eye to even the smallest details, such as drilling two holes at the top of the blade, and supplying screws for a positive attachment.One final aspect of street hockey evolved from Phil&rsquo;s boyhood days in Sault Ste. Marie, when he and his kid brother Tony would play hockey with a soft tennis ball on the streets. The soft tennis ball&mdash;Phil would puncture holes in a regular tennis ball&mdash;would roll easily, would stick handle beautifully, but would not bounce. Could a special ball be made which would handle in this manner?Having gone over these ideas with Ray, Phil left for an extended Bruins&rsquo; roadtrip. Leclerc went back to his factory at Winchendon Springs, Mass, in order to research out the ways of implementing Phil&rsquo;s ideas. It took three months to hand make moulds and get prototype products. In late March, 1970, Leclerc was ready to have Phil try out the products, and a meeting was arranged in Boston Garden, where Phil tested the items on the ice.Phil went back to hockey, helping the Bruins to win the Stanley Cup, while Leclerc finalized all the details of the project. Production moulds were made; color art work was sent to the printers; and handle shafts were selected. By late May, production was scheduled and Phil went to the factory to personally supervise the first runs, and to thank all of the people involved for their help.&ldquo;Super&rdquo;, he said, and his street hockey program was complete. A program such as this would be of no value without aggressive marketing. Tom Downey, a Mylec Director and Sales Manager, spent the late spring and summer months literally covering the country contacting key retail customers in every area. Tom was convinced that street hockey would sell in all parts of the country and in all seasons of the year. His efforts were not in vain for national distribution has been arranged both in the USA and Canada. All over North America kids will see a lot of Official Phil Esposito Street Hockey items. Few will realize the work and ingenuity which lie behind these items. &#9632;

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Phil Esposito Unveils Street Hockey Project

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;If the pre-season games played by the expansion Vancouver Canucks proved anything, it&rsquo;s that these affairs are strictly an evaluation process for the coaches and not to be taken as a barometer by the fans.The Canucks, like the Buffalo Sabres, were preparing for their first National Hockey League season. Since they are a first year team, general manager Bud Poile scheduled the maximum of 10 exhibition games to give coach Hal Laycoe a good, long look at his club under battle conditions and to give the players a sense of becoming a team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01633/3668253-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="275" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Arbour</figcaption></div>Following a windup 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Canucks had fashioned a record of three wins, four losses and three ties.About what you might expect from a first-year team, but even here the record is deceptive.Vancouver managed a win, a loss and a scoreless tie in three games with the Minnesota North Stars, who finished third in the NHL&rsquo;s western division last season.In two games with the Chicago Black Hawks, now in the West Division, but pennant winners in the tough eastern race last season, the Canucks came out with a win and a tie.But in four games against the Los Angeles Kings, a dismal last in the west a season ago, the Canucks could manage no better than a tie and that in their fourth try. Along the way, they were embarrassed 8-2 before a friendly Calgary crowd, the city where they held their early-season training camp.It is possible, of course, that the Kings have risen from their bed of pain to become one of hockey&rsquo;s powers. Not likely, however.More probable, it seems, is that coach Laycoe is going to have to learn to live with a season of inconsistent performance from his young Canucks as he tries to put together a team that will gradually grow in stature.And as training camp and the long procession of exhibition games unfolded, Laycoe was able to point to several sound reasons for confidence in the future.Perhaps the most valid of these were young men named Dale Tallon and Jim Hargreaves, the Canucks&rsquo; first and second amateur draft choices. Until now, these youngsters have been prominent only among followers of junior hockey in Toronto and Winnipeg. They show strong indications of achieving broader lame in the near future.Early in camp Tallon, the former Toronto, Marlboro who was the Canucks&rsquo; top pick, was the cause for real concern.He reported to camp 10 pounds overweight, then picked up a string of injuries that included an infected elbow, a boil, a pulled groin muscle and a sprained wrist. In addition, he was tried initially at centre, a position obviously far from his best.With all those problems and carrying a huge publicity load on his shoulders, Tallon foundered. To say he looked ordinary would be an understatement.Finally, though, the injuries healed, the weight evaporated and he was shifted to left wing. He immediately looked more impressive.At last, he was moved back to defense, the only position he plays instinctively. Before long, the kid began to look like a really exciting prospect. No Bobby Orr. to be sure, but like a first rate major leaguer.&ldquo;I guess we have to face facts.&rdquo; Peile commented. &ldquo;As a junior, the kid had so much talent he could play anywhere, but in the NHL it looks as if defense is the place he belongs.&rdquo;As a defenseman, Tallon quickly exhibited a deft puckhandling touch, a passing mastery seldom seen in one so young and a deceptive skating style. A big, rangy youngster, he doesn&rsquo;t appear to be moving quickly&mdash;except to the players trying to catch him.Hargreaves, the former Winnipeg Jets&rsquo; defenseman. was another matter. Both his raw talent and rough edges were as apparent as his bulging biceps right from the day he reported to camp.In his first shift in an intrasquad game, the young defenseman crashed rugged Orland Kurtenbach into the boards. In his first exhibition game he nailed the Kings&rsquo; Eddie Shack with a rocking check that put The Entertainer out of action for 10 days with a bruised knee. Meanwhile, he was frequently caught up the ice and trapped out of position, but these are faults Laycoe, an 11-year NHL defenseman, is well equipped to correct.Hargreaves is being described as a young Teddy Green. The description does not appear undutly flattering.Canucks will build their future on young players like Tallon, Hargreaves and perhaps Dave Dunn, another young defenseman currently honing bis skills in Rochester.CANUCK CAPERS: Three players left the Vancouver camp in contract disputes with general manager Poile&hellip;Defenseman John Arbour, a holdover from the Canucks&rsquo; WHL team, wants a straight NHL contract while Poile&rsquo;s offering a two-way pact-one figure for the NHL, a lower one in the event Arbour is sent to the minors&hellip;That is the case, too. with Lasse Oksanen, an amateur who captained Finland&rsquo;s national team last winter&hellip;Oksanen shows promise, but Poile want&rsquo;s him to play a year in Rochester&hellip;The third walkout was Ted Taylor, a rugged left winger who scored 36 goals for the WHL Canucks last season&hellip;Taylor, who established during the exhibition games he belongs in the NHL, simply wants more money than Poile is offering&hellip;expect a compromise&hellip; &#9632;

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Canucks Stumble Through First Camp

LOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaMONTREALS&mdash;The Springfield Kings, who battled it out with the Buffalo Bisons before losing in the finals of the Calder Cup playoffs last season, are off to a flying start in the 1970-71 campaign.Johnny Wilson, back as bench boss of Springfield after handling the Los Angeles Kings last season, guided his club to two victories in the club&rsquo;s two opening games of the season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01645/3668284-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="258" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rey Comeau</figcaption></div>Springfield downed Hershey 4-2 in the season opener Oct. 9 ans then shaded Quebec Aces 3-2 the following night.Meanwhile, the Montreal Voyageurs, last year&rsquo;s regular-season champions and chosen to repeat again this season, started off on a shaky note, dropping their first two games of the season.The Voyageurs, with still an unsettled club because of the uncertainty of some players with the Canadians, lost 4-3 to the Cleveland Barons Oct. 10 and dropped another game by an identical score to the Rochester Americans the next night.Both the Barons and the Americans have been picked as the two teams who will fight it out for the AHL&rsquo;s Western Division crown.They are vastly-improved clubs from last season, primarily because the Barons are now a development club for the Minnesota North Stars and the Americans are the top farm club for the expansion Vancouver Canucks of the NHL.In the Voyageurs&rsquo; opener, they gave up two power-play goals and two goals while the Barons were shorthanded.Rey Comeau, one of Cleveland&rsquo;s big point producers last years, scored twice.The following night against the Americans, the Voyageurs yielded three goals in a space of two minutes and 12 seconds early in the game and then hung on.In other games, opening weekend Baltimore Clippers dropped the Americans 5-3 Oct. 9 and Quebec lost to Providence 4-2. Other Oct. 10 games saw Hershey lose its second in a row, 3-1 to Rochester.Baltimore won its second of the season by beating Providence 3-1 Oct. 11. &#9632;

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Kings Fly In Start Of AHL But Favored Voyageurs Slip

CLEVELAND&mdash;With only one American Hockey League regular season championship in the last 17 years, the Cleveland Barons certainly are due. This may be the season they go all the way in the Western Division.The Barons have a new working agreement. with Minnesota. a new general manager in John Muckier, a new coach, Parker Mac-Donald, and a multitude of new players.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1372/3668315-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="259" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Muckier</figcaption></div>Cleveland should he very stingy at yielding goals this season. Starting with the goaltenders. the Barons will carry either two or three. Gary Kurt, the lanky 6-2 netminder who improved so much late last season and finished with a 3.13 goals-against average in 40 games for the Barons, is back. Fern Rivard, who played 14 NHL games with Minnesota and 18 for Iowa of the Central League is also with the club. Ken Broderick is another possibility.Rugged Dennis O&rsquo;Brien, a 6-0, 195-pound 21-year-old, will have opposing forwards keeping their heads up. He set a CHL record with 331 penalty minutes while with Iowa last season. Tom Polanic, who started 16 games with Minnesota and 44 for Iowa totaled 141 penalty minutes in 60 games and has been assigned to the Barons. So has Marshall Johnston.And ageless Bill Needham, a Cleveland regular on defense starting way back in 1957-58. has had a great training camp and may reclaim a berth.Offensively, the Barons should have their most exciting squad in years, too.Rey Comeau is back and will be joined by Ron Williams, up form the Edmonton juniors, and Bill Orban who had 31 goals and 44 assists for 75 points in E5 games for Iowa last season. Joey Johnston is another probable. And veteran Cecil Hoekstra is trying to return for his eighth season with the Barons.Both wings figure to be filled with sharp-shooting skaters.On the right side. Norm Beaudin. who had 37 goals and 44 assists and was a second team All Star selection is back. Danny Seguin probably will be with Cleveland, as will Bobby Whitlock. Possibles also are Barrie Meissner and Jim Benzelock. &#9632;

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Barons New Look Exciting

<h2>Fri. Oct. 9 QUEBEC 2 AT PROVIDENCE 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02518/3668388-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="583" height="528"></div><h2>ROCHESTER 3 AT BALTIMORE 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03389/3668381-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="584" height="657"></div><h2>HERSHEY 4 AT SPRINGFIELD 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04287/3668374-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="586" height="706"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 10 MONTREAL 3 AT CLEVELAND 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05217/3668367-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="580" height="447"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06178/3668360-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="573" height="127"></div><h2>Sun. Oct. 11 MONTREAL 3 AT ROCHESTER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-07153/3668353-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="586" height="599"></div><h2>BALTIMORE 3 AT PROVIDENCE 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-08128/3668346-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="581" height="408"></div> &#9632;

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American League Summaries

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings On Fri. Oct. 16)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-09109/3668464-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="576" height="176"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1096/3668457-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="582" height="171"></div>(Affiliations: 1. Montreal. 2. Detroit. 3. Boston. 7. Los Angeles. 9. Oakland. 10. Philadelphia. 11. Minnesota. 13. Vancouver).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Fri. Oct. 9Rochester 3 at Baltimore 5Quebec 2 at Providence 4Hershey 4 at Springfield 5Sat. Oct. 10Montreal 3 at Cleveland 4Rochester 3 at Hershey 1Quebec 2 at Springfield 3Sun. Oct. 11Baltimore 3 at Providence 1Montreal 3 at Rochester 4<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Fri. Oct. 16Baltimore at MontrealCleveland at QuebecSat. Oct. 17Providence at HersheyRochester at SpringfieldSun. Oct. 18Cleveland vs Montreal (at Halifax)Springfield at ProvidenceBaltimore at QuebecHershey at RochesterTues. Oct. 20Cleveland vs Montreal (at Halifax)Wed. Oct. 21Springfield at BaltimoreMontreal at ProvidenceThurs. Oct. 22Hershey at QuebecFri. Oct. 23Hershey at MontrealCleveland at Springfield<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE FINAL 1969-70 STANDINGS</h2><h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1192/3668450-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="574" height="171"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1284/3668443-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="577" height="209"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div>HALIFAX&mdash;One person who may be counted upon in future to follow the Biblical formula of &lsquo;rendering unto Caesar that which is Caesar&rsquo;s&rsquo; is Phil Dalgleish, coach of the Maritime Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; League Halifax Atlantics.Dalgleish, who has been mostly regarded as a quietly efficient fellow has suddenly become a highly controversial figure since switching his allegiance from the Cape Breton Metros to the Atlantics.It came to a head on Oct. 5 when league President Judge Hanson Dowell announced Dalgleish had been fined $250 after a hearing on charges of tampering with players belonging to his former employers in Cape Breton, as well as the Charlottetown Islanders.Metros had lodged a complaint in June that Dalgleish had made overtures to Metro players David Nowlan and Delmar Frizzel, whom he recruited on behalf of the Cape Bretonue a year ago. Phantom Phil drew a severe reprimand on that occasion, but wasn&rsquo;t as fortunate the second time around when the Metros furnished documented evidence that their erstwhile coach had arranged a Montreal Junior Canadiens tryout for another piece of Metro property, winger Bruce Coihrane. In defence of that action, Dalgleish pleaded &ldquo;a moral responsibility to fulfill a promise made to Cochrane and his parents over a year ago.&rdquo;The league didn&rsquo;t buy his defence. Dalgleish said he wasn&rsquo;t aware that Cochrane had signed a 1970-71 card with Cape Breton but his defence wasn&rsquo;t enough to disuade the league from handing him one of the stiffest fines in the short history of the organization.In assessing the stiff fine, league President Dowell said he was following &ldquo;a hard line against tampering adopted at the CAHA&rsquo;s annual meeting last May&rdquo;. He added, &ldquo;I trust this will serve as a deterrent against any future raiding tactics&rdquo;. Cape Breton Club President Bob Ferguson in his presentation said it was the feeling of his directors that Dalgleish had a twofold purpose in negotiating with the three Metros players, (1) to weaken the other teams and (2) arrange tryouts with the Montreal Jr. Canadiens in return for late cuts from the Montreal camp.The maritime Amateur Hockey Association elected Lunenburg customs official Fred Fox to the presidency at the annual meet ing. The personable south shore sportsman returns to the office he held a number of years ago, succeeding Steve McDonald of Sydney, who served three consecutive two year terms. Popular Mike Kelly of Halifax, long iden-tified with junior hockey in the Atlantic area, was elected 1st Vice-President, with Pius Callaghan of Charlottetown serving Prince Edward Island and Howard MacKinnon of Glace Bay elected as Cape Breton veep. Jimmy McDonald of Halifax is back with a new title, SecretaryManager, while Judge Hanson Dtwell of Middleton remains as treasurer.NOTES ON THE CUFF: Defending champion Charlottetown Islanders have signed two new goaltenders, Montreal native Steve Van Diest, who saw some service with Jr. Canadiens a year ago, and Allan Hulme, a promising 17-year-old out of Chester, N.S. &#9632;

New Halifax Coach Dalgleish Hit With $250 Tampering Fine

<h2>HERSHEY</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Andre GillJoe Junkin<h3>Defensemen</h3>Ralph KellerPete FordMike MahoneyJean LapointeBob BarberDarryl EdestrandNick Beverly<h3>Forwards</h3>Mie NykolukBud DeBrodyMichel HarveyStan GilbertsonLarry McKillopTed SnellJean GrattonGil GilbertBobby LeiterArt QuoquochiHugh HarveyRoss WebleyFrank Spring<h2>BALTIMORE</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Andy BrownBob WhiddenBilly Yeo<h3>Defensemen</h3>Jim WhittakeiJim NiekampWally ChevrierLarry JohnstonKent De uglasPaul CatesKerry Ketter<h3>Forwards</h3>Ed MacQueenJim BartlettWillie MarshallJ.P. MalletteMarc DufourBrian SmithPete Chi istianJean Marie CossetteBobby RivardJohn CunniffTony GoeganDave FergusonWilf ChiassonFred Speck<h2>MONTREAL</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Ken DrydenRay MartyniukWavne Thomtas<h3>Defensemen</h3>Murray AndersonMichel PoirierJean GauthierBob MurdochBob ParadiseMurrav Flegel<h3>Forwards</h3>Fran HuckPhil RobertoChuck LefleyBernie BlanchetteBob MunroRon BusniakDon LiesemerWayne MaxnerLeon RochefortKen Byrnes<h2>ROCHESTER</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Serge AubryLynn Zimmerman<h3>Defensemen</h3>Doug DunvilkJohn SchellaKen BlockBilly OrrDave Di nnBob Malcolm<h3>Forwards</h3>Red ArmstrongRon WardBob CookCraig BeveridgeJack StanfieldBrent TavlorJack WellsRalph StewartBobby WaltonKeke MortsonDave GilmourDon BlackburnGermain GagnonBarry WatsonDuke Harris<h2>CLEVELAND</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Fern RivardKen BroderickGary Kurt<h3>Defensemen</h3>Dennis O&rsquo;BrienTom PolanicBill NeedhamMarshall JohnstonLou Nanne<h3>Forwards</h3>Norm BeaudinRey ComeauGrant EricksonMike ChernoffRon WilliamsBill OrbanCec HoekstraJoey JohnstonDanny SeguinBobby WhitlockBarrie MeissnerJim BenzelockBill HeindlWavne Schultz<h2>PROVIDENCE</h2>GoalkeenersMarcel PailieRoss Brooks<h3>Defensemen</h3>Nick PolanoAdam KellerRay ClearwaterNeil NicholsonLerry MurrayPierre Farmer<h3>Forwards</h3>Joe SzuraBert FizzellMike HornbyPete LaframboiseChris OddliefsonCurt BennettAlton WhiteDick MeissnerHilliard GravesPaul AndreaDon O&rsquo;DonoghueBobby LeducRandy RotaRon GarwasiukBarry BoughnerBob Kelly<h2>QUEBEC</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Michel BelhumeurBobby laylor<h3>Defensemen</h3>Ralph MacSweynBill BrossartJim MairOnil BoutinRoger PelletieiGary Cunningham<h3>Forwards</h3>Rene DroletAndre GaudetteDick SairazinGuy DufourClaude Chart reBob CurrierBill ClenientTom RevelyanKeith WrightDennis GianniniHenry NowakBob HurlburtDave Schultz<h2>SPRINGFIELD</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Bruce LandonBilly Smith<h3>Defensemen</h3>Roger CoteJean PotvinBrian GibbonsBilly MikkelsonWayne LacbanceFerry ThompsonRay Fortin<h3>Forwards</h3>Jim PetersJohn Healeyl erry HolbrookReal LemieuxRandy MillerHowie HughesAl McDonoughMike BolandDon WestbrookeDune RousseauJim StanfielcJohn VolmarGary Marsh &#9632;

Starting Lineups For American League Teams

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01617/3668519-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB LEITER&hellip;Shifted To Wing Spot</figcaption></div>HERSHEY&mdash;Coach-general manager Frank Mathers&rsquo; experiment of shifting Bob Leiter from a center to a wing spot has proven quite successful, at least through the Hershey Bears exhibition season. The 29-year-old Leiter, skating his sixth campaign with Hershey, popped in three goals as th club showed eight of a possible 12 points in posting a pre-season mark of three wins, two ties and a loss.Hershey&rsquo;s only setback came at the sticks of the National League Philadelphia Flyers, who capitalized on the power play to beat Mathers&rsquo; charges, 6-2, before some 6,000 fans at the Sports Arena. The Flyers nailed four of the halfdozen goals with a Hershey skater in the penalty box. Until the setback, Hershey had run off a five-game unbeaten streak, one of the team&rsquo;s finest pre-season showings in recent years.Leading all the club&rsquo;s scorers was rookie forward Art Quoquochi, the Algonquin Indian from Quebec Province, who collected four markers?. Michel Harvey also had three goals, while captain Mike Nykoluk, Hugh Harvey and Bob Barber each scored two.Hershey, however, won&rsquo;t have the services of goalie Joe Junkin for at &ldquo;least a month&rdquo; according to physicians. Junkin, who suffered a detached retina of the left eye in a hockey summer camp in Oklahoma City, appeared ready for action Oct. 2 in an exhibition game against Baltimore. But a last minute check by doctors ruled him out of play.In the interim, rookie goalie Wally Deneault, Boston Bruins property, was cut loose for a tryout with Syracuse of the Eastern League. Hershey was down to veteran goalie Andre Gill, though Boston was expected to send in a replacement.Mathers, who appears to be set on defense, will have problems making player cuts up front as some of the newcomers have been impressive. Among them are Frank Spring, Quoquochi, Ross Webley, and Hugh Harvey. &#9632;

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Bears Hot In Warm-Up Play; Eye Injury Puts Junkin Out

PROVIDENCE&mdash;When hockey fans streamed into the Reds&rsquo; October 9 AHL opener they received an added treat. Two of their former ice heroes had returned to be inducted into the club&rsquo;s Hall of Fame.Andy Branigan and Stan Baluik were honored along with their wives and families at the game which marked the 45th consecutive season of professional hockey in this city.Baluik, now a golf pro at the Kirkbrae Country Club in nearby Lincoln, and Branigan, a car salesman in East Providence, were presented with plaques at center ice during the game. Baluik had some excellent seasons with the Reds and was a prolific scorer. In 1959-60, Stan was the fourth leading scorer in the AHL with 23-57-80 totals. He was in the top 10 in 1962-63 with 81 points, a total which he had reached the previous season, also placing him among the league&rsquo;s 10 best scorers.Branigan was a key member of the last Providence team to win the Calder Cup&mdash;1955-56. Along with fellows like Zellio Toppazzini, Paul Larivee, Camille Henry and goalie Johnny Bower, that team won 45, lost 17 and tied two and then added the playoff crown to its laurels by downing the Buffalo Bisons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02509/3668557-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="260" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stan Baluik</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03397/3668550-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="262" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Branigan</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Ex-Reds Baluik, Branigan Join Club’s Hall Of Fame

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The goal-tending duties of the Springfield Kings will be in the young but extremely capable hands of Bruce Landon and Billv Smith this season. Both should be able to handle the lone schedule in nets for the Kings. They are admitedly youthful but they can I get the job done.Landon will be No. 1. He will work much of the time between the pipes. Bruce started sensationally last season, his first as a pro fresh out of the amateurs. Toward the end of the season his play tailed off a bit and he did not even see action in the final playoffs against Buffalo.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01465/3668595-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="269" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al McDonough</figcaption></div>But Bruce is quick and moves well around the goal and is a top notch major league prospect once he gets the proper seasoning under his belt. He seems to play well early in the season but he&rsquo;ll have to carry and awfully big load here this year.The goaler backing him up is Billy Smith, another youngster fresh out of the amateurs last winter. He is also rated a fine big league prospect off his play in 1969-70. When he obtains the proper experience there&rsquo;s no telling how far he can go in the game.Smith was a member of the Cornwall Rovals in the Qubec Junior Hockey League last winter. He saw a lot of work during the pre-season games with the Kings and came to town full of confidence he could stick. Coach John Wilson has proved a master with these new, young players.They are already beginning to rave about Al McDonough, who was drafted No. 1 amateur by the Los Angeles Kings last summer. He can skate, check, score and carries himself around the ice like a future big leaguer. The Kings seem to feel he could step into a job with the big club in the very near future.A member of the St. Catherines junior club last season, Al was a standout, potting 43 goals and collecting 103 points. He is a hard nosed type kid who is aggressive and wants to make it to the big leagues. All he needs is the proper seasoning.Bill Mikkelson of the Winnipeg Jets of the Western Canada Junior League is another good amateur Springfield fans will hear a lot from. He is big, strong and aggressive on defense.Another new face with the Kings is Wayne LaChance. A player at St. Lawrence University last season. LaChance has all the ability and natural talent to have a great season. He&rsquo;ll learn fast in the pro ranks but right now looks like a sound prospect.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02343/3668588-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="552" height="562"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRUCE LANDON&hellip;Back In Fold</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Kings Sport NeW Young Look

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03283/3668626-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="778" height="1045"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN OCT. 30 ISSUE</h2><h3>Across</h3>1&mdash;Pictured player.4&mdash;13th and 1st letters of the alphabet.6&mdash;A Minnesota farmhand.8&mdash;A recent North Star addition.10&mdash;Initials of one of the Rangers.11&mdash;Hockey needs these. (S).12&mdash;Preposition.13&mdash;U.S. Police force.14&mdash;An NHL center answers to this.15&mdash;Natve Province of 29 across.16&mdash;Writing fluid.17&mdash;Initials of one of the Kings.19&mdash;Negative answer.21&mdash;1967-68 Lady Byng Trophy winner.24&mdash;Winter sport.25&mdash;An NHL veteran.26&mdash;First name of recently retired Hawk.28&mdash;Initials of an NHL goaltender.29&mdash;With St. Louis since 67.<h3>Down</h3>1&mdash;1960-61 Art Ross Trophy winner.2&mdash;A former Toronto forward.3&mdash;First name of Price.4&mdash;An NHL center.5&mdash;A former Pittsburgh captain.7&mdash;Initials of a new North Star.9&mdash;Laboratory, (abbr.)14&mdash;An ex-New York forward.18&mdash;Initials of an NHL defenseman.20&mdash;City in Norway.21&mdash;First name of a Buffalo defenseman.22&mdash;First name of &lsquo;62-&lsquo;63 Calder Trophy winner.23&mdash;Hockey&rsquo;s iron Man. (first name).27&mdash;Initials of a former Red Wing.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>Across</h3>1&mdash;STANFIELD.8&mdash;T.W.9&mdash;I.R.10&mdash;LAB.11&mdash;CONNELLY.12&mdash;ED.13&mdash;ICE.15&mdash;TOE.17&mdash;SOS.18&mdash;HR.19&mdash;E.P.20&mdash;ERR.23&mdash;LOS.25&mdash;IRVINE28&mdash;G.l.29&mdash;EM30&mdash;G A.32&mdash;VASKO.33&mdash;SASK.34&mdash;N.H.<h3>Down</h3>1&mdash;ST. CATHARINES.2&mdash;TWO.3&mdash;NINE.4&mdash;FRED5&mdash;ELLIS.6&mdash;LAYCOE.7&mdash;D.B.14&mdash;ESPOSITO.16&mdash;ORR.21&mdash;RIVERS22&mdash;C.L24&mdash;O.G.26&mdash;I.M.27&mdash;EGAN.31&mdash;ASH &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER&mdash;The old axiom about &ldquo;one game does not a season make&rdquo; was forgotten here on October 4, but the 2,461 spectators who watched the Rochester Americans surprise the National League&rsquo;s Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-3 exhibition tie could be forgiven over their delirious joy.There hasn&rsquo;t been much to cheer while watching the Amerks for quite a while. In fact, you have to go way back to February 27 to find a game that generated as much enthusiasm on the part of the local fans.You say February 27 was more than a month before the end of last season? Right. But that was the last time the Rochester Americans won a hockey game, too.The Amerks trounced champion Buffalo, 8-2, that night, then went into a tailspin that saw them crash to the bottom of the American League&rsquo;s Western Division. They lost 10 and tied four of their final 14 games and dropped the last eight in a row.With Vancouver&rsquo;s NHL expansion club bolstered by the June draft, things promised to be better here this season&hellip;and they probably will.But coach Dick Gamble&rsquo;s charges were beaten 7-5 by Hershey in an exhibition game here that was really much more lopsided than the final score. Then the Amerks struggled to a 6-1 loss to the National League&rsquo;s Oakland Seals in front of the hometown fans.So it was no wonder there was plenty of apprehension on the part of the Amerk followers when their heroes were to skate against Philly here just two nights after the Oakland fiasco.The Flvers winged into town with a fine 5-2 pre-season slate. They had beaten Hershey soundly by a 6-2 score the previous night. Their stingy goaltending pair of Bernie Parent and Doug Favell had, between a 3-2 loss to Montreal&rsquo;s Canadiens and a 42 penalty-ruined defeat to Oakland, stopped the Canadiens, 4-2, Quebec, 4-0, Boston, 2-1, and the Canadiens again, 3-1.The Amerks fell behind 3-1 midway through the second period and the fans began envisioning another rout. Apparently the Flyers did, too, because they stopped skating and checking.Rochester started doing both and when rookie defenseman Dave Dunn tucked in a long shot at 11:58 of the finale, and popular Red Armstrong followed 24 seconds later, it was a 3-3 hockey match and the spectators roared their approval to the finish.The third period alone that night removed the onus of so many frustrating evenings. Are brighter days ahead? &#9632;

Fans Convinced Better Days Ahead For Amerks

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01308/3668681-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="476" height="516"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY JOHNSTON&hellip;Can Lay On Muscle</figcaption></div>BALTIMORE&mdash;When you watch Larry Johnston lower the boom on an oncharging forward hurtling toward the goalie&rsquo;s crease, it&rsquo;s not too difficult to understand why the burly, 27-year-old defenseman is regarded as a &lsquo;bad man&rsquo; among American Hockey League blueliners.But, when you collar the quiet spoken Kitchener native off the ice, you have to take a second look to make sure you are conversing with Peck&rsquo;s Bad Boy.There&rsquo;s nothing about Johnston that connotes meanness, nor viciousness. At least that&rsquo;s the impression he leaves with you after a pleasant and interesting conversation around the lunch counter at the Oyster Bay across the street from the Civic Center.Johnston, who two years running led the AHL in most penalty minutes, is now a Baltimore Clipper. This, through the courtesy of the Detroit Red Wings, with whom GM Terry Reardon has effected a working agreement. Johnston went to Detroit late last year in a six-player trade between the Wings and the Los Angeles Kings.Married to the former June Snow whom he met in Springfield, Johnston spends a great deal of his time making life easier for his two children, Tracy, 8 and David, 6, and making life miserable for opposing hockey players.&ldquo;In my first year as a pro with Tulsa (1964-5) I spent half the season in the penalty box,&rdquo; Johnston admitted. (Records show 262 minutes to be exact and tops in the Central League). Three years ago, Larry rolled up 197 minutes and two years back he hit a record high of 240 but nevertheless made the AHL&rsquo;s AllStar squad.It wasn&rsquo;t always that way, but as Johnston reminisced, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve played defense all of my life, and that means from the age of five when mv parents started me off through the regular hockey programs in Kitchener Waterloo.&rdquo;Born and raised in Bridgeport, just outside of Kitchener where his father Roy owns a billiard hall, Larry&rsquo;s older brother Glenn got as far as Junior B and Senior A hockey in the amateur ranks, but not quite good enough to become a pro.Johnston, who rarely seems to smile, but can when urged sufficiently, graduated from Kitchener High School in 1959. He was a tackle on the football team and handled third base for the high school nine, but &ldquo;not quite like Brooks Robinson&rdquo; he laughed.Hockey, of course, was and is his major pursuit and it began seriously with a five year stint as an outstanding defenseman for the Waterloo Siskins. That&rsquo;s the name of an airplane, and Johnston&rsquo;s club flew mighty high most of the time under coach Bob Noble, as they won three championships.&ldquo;We had a pretty good team,&rdquo; Johnston reflected. &ldquo;Don Awrey, now with the Boston Bruins and Bill Goldsworthy, a clever forward with Minnesota, were on the same club, as well as quite a number of present big leaguers.&rdquo;During those years, Johnston belonged to the Boston organization, and in 1963 he left his home area to play with the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern League under coach Butch Martin, who used to handle him at Kitchener. Boston let Larry slip through their negotiation list, and Joe Crozier, then with Rochester, put him on Toronto&rsquo;s list and sent him to Tulsa.Midway through the next winter, Punch Imlach traded Johnston to Eddie Shore at Springfield for goalie Bruce Gamble. And, that&rsquo;s when another budding hockey career almost came to an early demise.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t care for Springfield much,&rdquo; Larry admitted. &ldquo;It always seemed that I could never please Mr. Shore. There were lots of things like six hour practices and suspensions, that weren&rsquo;t easy to take.&rdquo;Later, Los Angeles bought all the players when they took over at Springfield and this brought forth the arrival of Johnny Wilson.&ldquo;Johnny did a lot for me,&rdquo; Johnston said. &ldquo;He got me to control my temper more, refrain from taking the cheap penalties like holding and tripping, and all told made me into a hockey player.&rdquo;As for his new home, the 5-11, 195-pound rearguard says, &ldquo;I was happy to come to Baltimore. &#9632;

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New Clipper ‘Bad Man’ Can Also Play It Cool

PORTLAND&mdash;The Portland Buckaroos&mdash;most successful team in pro hockey with 404 victories in the last 10 years&mdash;will start their second decade of action confident they&rsquo;ll be a top threat for the Western Hockey League title this season.Coach Gordon Fashoway believes his club is in good shape to shoot for an eighth championship in 11 seasons.&ldquo;We need a right winger who can put the puck in the net and play with a center with the ability of Art Jones,&rdquo; he said. And help is expected.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01335/3668733-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="259" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gord Fashoway</figcaption></div>&ldquo;And we may need a defenseman,&rdquo; Fashoway added, &ldquo;to replace John Barber until he is ready to play.&rdquo;Barber, a strong young blueliner who played last year for titlewinning clubs at both Buffalo and Omaha, is recovering from a back operation.&ldquo;Otherwise, the club is in pretty good shape,&rdquo; said Fashoway. &ldquo;Everyone is in top physical condition except Rick Folev, Norm Johnson and Larry Leach. And they are behind only because they did not go through the entire training camp.&rdquo;The Buckaroo roster was reduced to 19 with the release of defenseman Jack Turner. The 19-man crew included 15 holdovers from last season&rsquo;s 42-23-7 team plus one professional on loan. Jerry Sillers, and three rookies&mdash;defenseman Barry Cummins, center Brian Dickie and right wing Laurie Yaworski.The three freshman additions to the Buckaroos are products of the strong Western Canada Junior Hockey League. Cummins and Yaworski were with Saskatoon Blades while Dickie performed with Swift Current.Returning trom last season are goalers Jim McLeod and Dave Kelly; defensemen Mike Donaldson, Connie Madigan, Jerry Korab and Foley; centers Ken Campbell, Art Jones and Norm Johnson; left wings Roger Bellerive. Bill Saunders and Dick Van Impe; and right wings Andy Hebenton, Mel Pearson and Leach.Gone from last year&rsquo;s second-place squad are Paul Terbenche and cliff Schmautz, both drafted by the new Buffalo Sabres of the NHL, and defenseman Dennis Kearns, a first team All Star in 1969-70 who is the property of the Chicago Black Hawks and has been impressive enough to stick with the NHL club for the opening of the NHL season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02253/3668726-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="558" height="740"><figcaption class="caption-body">JERRY SILLIERS&hellip;A New Face</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-03221/3668719-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="537" height="726"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY HEBENTON&hellip;An Old Face</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-04175/3668712-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="557" height="722"><figcaption class="caption-body">ART JONES&hellip;Top Scorer Back</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Fashoway Expects Buckaroos To Be Threat For WHL Title

<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 14)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-05148/3668764-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="570" height="240"></div>(Affiliations: 2. Detroit. 4. New York. 5. Chicago. 6. Toronto. 9. Los Angeles. 14. Buffalo).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Fri. Oct. 9San Diego 3 at Denver 3Sat. Oct. 10San Diego 5 at Denver 4Salt Lake 1 at Seattle 4Sun. Oct. 11Salt Lake 3 at Portland 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Oct. 14Portland at PhoenixThurs. Oct. 15Denver at Salt LakePortland at San DiegoFri. Oct. 16Salt Lake at PhoenixDenver at SeattleSat. Oct. 17Salt Lake at San DiegoDenver at PortlandSun. Oct. 18Portland at SeattleTues. Oct. 20Denver at SeattleWed. Oct. 21San Diego at PhoenixSeattle at PortlandThurs. Oct. 22Portland at Salt LakeFri. Oct. 23Salt Lake at DenverPhoenix at San Diego &#9632;

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<div class="byline">&#x2014;McCONNELL</div>PHOENIX&mdash;The Phoenix Roadrunners will have completely new leadership this season.Bob Whitlow resigned as president and general manager a few days after the club returned to the Valley of the Sun from its Toronto training camp.Aut Erickson, who had played defense for the Roadrunners for the past two years, was named coach a few days before training camp opened.Erickson, publicity director Jim Wells and majority stockholder Gary Hooker were handling duties until Whitlow&rsquo;s successor could be found.Disposing of his stock in the club, Whitlow hinted he would attempt to put a WHL club in Mexico City next year. He has been investigating the possibility for two years.Internal problems and an apparent power struggle developed in the Roadrunners&rsquo; organization with the death in Chicago of Ted McNabb, owner of 35 per cent of the club&rsquo;s stock.Hooker, owner of 37 per cent, and his siter. A. J. Thompson, wanted to purchase McNabb&rsquo;s interest or divert it to persons of their choosing. Whitlow was reportedly trying to divert control elsewhere. Among names mentioned were Joe Crozier, former manager-coach of the WHL Vancouver Canucks, the St. Louis Blues and a group organized by Phoenix businessman Jack Leonard.On the eve of the Runners&rsquo; WHL opener, Erickson was still attempting to bolster his defense but said he had assurance of at least two &ldquo;good WHL calibre defensemen&rdquo; from National Hockev League clubs. &#9632;

Whitlow Said Eyeing Mexico City Entry After Quitting WHL

<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div>SAN DIEGO&mdash;Max McNab did not do much paring of his 25-man San Diego Gulls&rsquo; roster before the opening of the Western Hockey League season.Last year WHL rules permitted each club to carry only 18 players plus two defensemen although with an active injured list, McNab always had more players than that around.This year, with limits off, he approached the opener with three goaltenders, nine defensemen and 12 forwards. Only the defense may be reduced, but Irv Spencer sitting on the sidelines with a shoulder separation, could delay that.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01315/3668826-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="261" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Irv Spencer</figcaption></div>Gary Simmons has impressed McNab greatly in camp and the young goaltender will probably get a five-game pro trial. He played last season for Calgary and was the Alberta Senior League&rsquo;s All Star netminder and most valuable player.The Gulls still have All Star goaler Jack McCartan, one of the few U.S. born players in the game, and Bob Champoux, who played on loan last season to Kansas City and Dallas of the Central Hockey League.At defense are John Miszuk. Al LeBrun, Dennis Huculak, Jim Cardiff, Gerry Odrowski, Jim Eagle, Gord Sinclair, Jack Evans, the assistant coach, and Spencer.Through a 3-1-2 exhibition won-lost-tied pre-season against WHL opposition, McNab had Gerry Goyer from Vancouver centering Al Nicholson and Bob Courcy from Seattle.Craig Reichmuth, on loan from Detroit, has been paired with Sandy Fitzpatrick at center and Willie O&rsquo;Ree at right wing.Late in the camp, Alex Faulkner moved between Ed Ehrenverth and Alain Caron who played for the Montreal Voyageurs last season while Warren Hynes took over his spot with John MacMillan and Len Ronson. McNab thought he would stick with the new lineup for the early games anyway.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02248/3668819-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="440" height="513"><figcaption class="caption-body">CRAIG REICHMUTH&hellip;Secured On Loan</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Culls May Carry Large Squad

<h2>OCTOBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-03190/3668913-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="534" height="919"></div><h2>NOVEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-04154/3668906-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="539" height="940"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-05129/3668899-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="542" height="462"></div><h2>DECEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-06115/3668892-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="576" height="1311"></div><h2>JANUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-07101/3668885-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="554" height="142"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0886/3668878-1-eng-US/f0023-082.jpg" title="f0023-08" width="574" height="1453"></div><h2>FEBRUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0972/3668871-1-eng-US/f0023-092.jpg" title="f0023-09" width="565" height="476"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1061/3668864-1-eng-US/f0023-102.jpg" title="f0023-10" width="534" height="856"></div><h2>MARCH</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1148/3668857-1-eng-US/f0023-112.jpg" title="f0023-11" width="539" height="1076"></div> &#9632;

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British Columbia Junior League Schedule

<div class="byline">BY BOB LINDLEY</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaFORT WORTH&mdash;In his rookie campaign as coach of the Forth Worth Wings former National League defen sive star Doug Barkley almost won a championship with a tean &ldquo;that couldn&rsquo;t put the puck in the ocean&rdquo;, as the saying goes.Barkley&rsquo;s Wings were the lowest scoring team in the Central Hockey League last year, yet fell only four points shy of first place and went to the seventh and deciding game before being ousted from the playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-04130/3668965-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="261" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tom Martin</figcaption></div>Now, consider this.Off that punchless squad Barkley loses two 30-goal snipers, yet he&rsquo;s predicting that the 1970-71 Wings could be the best in the club&rsquo;s history.Fred Speck and Doug Volmar are gone from the Wings, taking with them the combined total of 60 goals and 138 total points they notched last year.Also gone is team leader Rick McCann (15 goals) and veteran winger Hank Monteith (20 goals).But what Barkley is banking on this season is balance, potential scoring threats in all three forward lines rather than a couple of individuals.&ldquo;Even with Volmar&rsquo;s 30 goals our right side only scored about 50 last year,&rdquo; Barkley pointed out. &ldquo;And I&rsquo;m confident the three right wingers should be able to match or better that this season.&rdquo;Right wingers this season include Steve Andrascik (eight goals at FW last year), Tom Martin (21 goals for the Tulsa Oilers), and collegian Herb Boxer (24 goals at Michigan Tech).The center ice corps was heavily hit with departures, including Speck and McCann, but if there&rsquo;s safety in numbers, then Barkley is home free since he&rsquo;ll open the season with five center icemen in the fold.Ron Walters (23 goals) returns from last year, joined by veterans Rene LeClerc (17 goals at Cleveland), and Ross Perkins, out most of last year with an injury; and newcomers John Fisher and Allan Genovy.Fisher played for the Edmonton seniors last year and Genovy is a graduate of Denver U.The left side is well-manned with second-year man Gary Bredin and veteran Jim Shires nailing down two of the berths and rookies Tom Gilmore and Bob Guindon battling for the other spot.Veteran goaltenders Don McLeod and Gerry Gray guard the Wings net, which was punctured for the second fewest goals in the league last season.That was because of Barkley&rsquo;s stout defense and stingy net-tending, handled last year by McLeod and Jimmy Rutherford.Off the blue-line corps of last year come Randy Manery and Joe Zanussi, who were called two of &gt;he league&rsquo;s finest rookie defensemen by Barkley.Three rookies comprise the remainder of the rearguard. Serge Lajeunesse off the Memorial Cup champion Montreal Junior Canadiens. and Doug Hinton and Lee Carpenter.The Wings had a great preseason record, winning five of six against CHL foes and posting a 1-0-1 mark against the parent Detroit Red Wings.DALLAS: The Dallas Black Hawks were the hottest team in the Central League in the final two weeks of the 1969-70 campaign, but their surge came too late to earn a playoff berth. Now coach Bobby Kromm brings a rookie-loaded team to town hoping to win his second CHL championship. (The Hawks won in 1968-69). There are 11 first-year pros on the roster, including three big. tough ones on defense Darrell Maggs. John Marks and Roger Wilson. But Kromm also has experience on his blueline corps in the persons of Barry Long. Dave Burroughs and Tommy Serviss. The veteran forwards include Oscar Gaudet, perhaps the leading point-getter in CHL history; Terry Caffery. Bill Young. Don Gordon and Bob Sicinski. The rookies include Dan Ladboa, Ron Dussions, Milt Black. Dave Hudson. Dan Malo ney, Mo L&rsquo;Abbe and Marcel Archambault.AMARILLO: After a year&rsquo;s absence from this West Texas city, hockey returns with the Amarillo Wranglers and a handful of familiar faces off that 196869 team. These include Larry Billows. Dave Simpson. Gary Swain. Guv Allen and Gary Brown. Billows. Simpson and Swain all played at Amarillo two seasons back while Allen and Brown appeared here with other CHL clubs. The Wranglers may be fielding the least experienced club in the league this season, with possibly as many as a dozen rookies on the squad, including goalies Cam Newton and Duffy Lewis. The parent Pittsburgh Penguins may still give the Wranglers veteran net-tender Buddy Blom, who took a year&rsquo;s leave of absence to finish his schooling. Others on the Wrangler roster include Len Cunning, Yvon Labre, Bill Horton, Jim Pearson and Simpson on defense, and forward Billows, Brown, Swain, Mike Quinn, Larry Bignel, Rusty Patenaude, John Stewart, Steve Cardwell, Brian Vescio and Greg Polis.OMAHA: Since the Omaha Knights are wearing the league crown this season, they&rsquo;ll be targets for the other six clubs in the league. But don&rsquo;t feel sorry for coach Fred Shero and GM Jake Milford. The Knights lost a handful of talented hockey players&mdash;namely Jack Egers, Don Luce and Dennis Dupere&mdash;but Omaha will be in the thick of the championship fight again. The Knights return nine skaters off last year&rsquo;s Adams Cup winners. including rookie-of-the-year Andre Dupont and All Star goalie Peter McDuffe. A veteran defensive corps is headed by Dupont. Ab DeMarco, Brian Leflev and Dick Paradise. The forward lines are anchored by such experienced players as Pierre Jarry, Bert Wilson, Tom Miller. Mike Parizeau and Norm Gratton. Rookies on the squad are Andre St. Pierre, Mike Murphy, Duaine Wylie, Gary Coalter and Wendell Bennett.OKLAHOMA CITY: Last year, for the first time in their history, the Blazers failed to earn a playoff spot, finishing sixth in the seven-team Central League. Look for coach Murray Davison to have his club fighting for the championship again this season. Davison goes into the campaign with 14-year veteran Dick Cherry as his assistant playing coach. The goaltending will be in the capable hands of veteran John Adams and highly regarded rookie Dan Bouchard. Paul Hurley returns on defense and experience up front includes Ivan Boldirev, Greg Shephard, Don Tannahill. Nels Jacobson, Bill Klatt and Jim Adair. High draft choice Rick McLeish and top rookies Ron Plumb and Bob Stewart should fill gaps left by the loss of Steve Atkinson, Tom Webster and Barry Wilkins during the off-season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01323/3668958-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="560" height="730"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK CHERRY&hellip;New Challenge</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02252/3668951-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="531" height="729"><figcaption class="caption-body">RENE LECLERC&hellip;Punch For Wings</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-03175/3668944-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="567" height="736"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROGER WILSON&hellip;Hawks&rsquo; Rookie</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Barkley Says New Wings Could Be Best; Cherry Joins Oklahoma As Player-Coach

<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Thurs. Oct. 15Kansas City at AmarilloOmaha at Fort WorthFri. Oct. 16Dallas at TulsaSat. Oct. 17Dallas at Fort WorthKansas City at TulsaOmaha at Oklahoma CityWed. Oct. 21Kansas City at Oklahoma CityFri. Oct. 23Tulsa at AmarilloOmaha at Fort Worth<h2>FINAL 1969-70 STANDINGS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0599/3668996-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="568" height="268"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAHD

<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE FINAL 1969-70 STANDINGS</h2><h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01270/3669072-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="576" height="241"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02194/3669065-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="572" height="205"></div><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 13Nashville at SyracuseWed. Oct. 14Syracuse at New HavenLong Island at New JerseyThur. Oct. 15Charlotte at SalemFri. Oct. 16New Haven at ClintonSyracuse at Long IslandJohnstown at New JerseyGreensboro at CharlotteSalem at JacksonvilleSat. Oct. 17Nashville at ClintonJohnstown at Long IslandSalem at CharlotteGreensboro at JacksonvilleSun. Oct. 18Long Island at New HavenJacksonville at SalemTue. Oct. 20New Haven at SyracuseNashville at CharlotteWed. Oct. 21New Jersey at New HovenGreensboro at SalemFri. Oct. 23Syracuse at Long IslandNew Haven at New JerseyClinton at JohnstownJacksonville at CharlotteGreensboro at Nashville &#9632;

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<div class="byline">&#x2014;POLLACK</div>CHARLOTTE&mdash;Goalie John Voss rates as the key figure in Fred Creighton&rsquo;s plans for the Charlotte Checkers this season.If Voss can do the job that Creighton thinks he can do, the Checkers could be a decisive force in the Southern race. If Voss falters, the club could be in trouble.&ldquo;John could be the best goalie in the league,&rdquo; says Creighton, &ldquo;but sometimes he is his own worst enemy. If he takes the right approach, he&rsquo;ll be one of the real stars.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-03130/3669103-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="251" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Voss</figcaption></div>Voss has been rated a very talented goalie during his former tenure with Greensboro, Jacksonville and Salem. Late last year he joined Charlotte and appeared in 28 games with a 3.77 goals allowed average. His overall record was 15-10-3 and he was outstanding in many games.In the playoffs against Salem, Voss was at his height. That&rsquo;s one reason why Creighton figured the goalie could be a lifesaver for the Checkers this year if he could duplicate that performance. John realizes there are not too many places to go if he fails with the Checkers and will be ready to fulfill Creighton&rsquo;s confidence in him.Creighton paid Voss a personal visit before the start of the season to talk over the current campaign. Both came away from the meeting happy and eager for the EHL race to get underway. &#9632;

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Voss Holds Charlotte’s Title Hopes

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>TOLEDO&mdash;Chick Chalmers, who has played in the largest number of regular season games and scored the greatest number of points of any active player in the International Hockey League, is back for a 14th sdason.And Glenn Ramsay, who has played in the largest number of total games, including playoffs, and in the most seasons of any active performer, is starting his 15th season. Both players signed their contracts with the new look Toledo Hornets.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0777/3669148-1-eng-US/f0026-072.jpg" title="f0026-07" width="263" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chick Chalmers</figcaption></div>Chalmers ranks second in the all-time scoring, with 1,214 points, 163 behind, the retired Len Thomson, but far ahead of any other active player. The veteran center holds other outstanding records. While with Omaha in the 1961-62 season he scored a point in 40 consecutive games. In that period, from November 12 through February 6, he accounted for 18 goals and 66 assists. He is also the co-holder, along with Thomson, of the record for assists in one season, 93, accumulated as a member of the Louisville Rebels in the 1959-60 season.The blond center had seen five seasons as a member of the Toledo Blades before being traded to Des Moines, but he remained there only one season before coming back home in a mid-November trade last year. He was inserted at center between rookies Wayne Zuk and Bruce Helle-mond igniting one of the ton scoring lines in the league. Although missing many games with injuries, he finished with 60 points, an average of over one a game.Ramsay, who has been named All Star goalie the last four years, needs just 50 more games to become the first player in the history of the league to participate in 1,000 games. He appeared in 61 games last season, had an average of 3.25 goals per game and had five shutouts. He has been on the All-Star team 10 times, nine of them on the first team.FORT WAYNE: The Komets were seeking to sign Randy Gates, who played two years for them but was with Fort Worth of the Central League the past two seasons&hellip;Last year&rsquo;s coach Moe Bartoli was expected to supply several players from the Sudbury area, including Bernie MacNeil, who played the final playoff game with the Komets&hellip;Paul Hoganson, last year&rsquo;s star goalie was expected to be lost to a higher team in the Pittsburgh organization likely Amarillo of the CHL&hellip;New trainer is Roger Gibson, who hails from Sudbury.FLINT: Flint&rsquo;s official season ticket sale ended with a total of 1,768 sold&hellip;Generals who were in higher camps and released back to Flint are Ron Racette from the Los Angeles Kings and Ron Ringler and Keith Tomasson from the Philadelphia Flyers&hellip;The Gens have announced that in addition to four pre-season games prior to the IHL opener, they have scheduled three exhibition games during the season including one at home with the U.S. National Team Sun. Dec. 13. The Generals will also play a home-and-home series with Green Bay Bobcats of the USHL Nov. 14 in Flint and Dec. 4 back in Green Bay&hellip;The Gens&rsquo; road games will be aired on WKMF 1470 during the regular season. Carl Robertson will again handle the play-by-play. Jim Kirwan, a former player, coach and now commissioner for the Greater Flint Hockey Association, will be the color man.DES MOINES: The Oak Leaf management prepared for the new season by enlarging the seating capacity of the Ice Arena, painting all seats with colors coordinated with tickets and seating brochures, installing new rink boards and individual player booths in the fully carpeted team dressing room.MUSKEGON: Jerry DeLise has lined up former IHL executive Ken Wilson as his special assistant&hellip;DeLise has just returned from the Montreal Canadiens training camp and brought back with him such players as goaler Bruce Mullett, defensemen Jim Bannatyne, Doug McFadden and Peter Stoutenberg and forwards Robert Fowler and Kevin Ahearne&hellip;Former Providence trainer Ernie Marconi has signed on with the Mohawks.DAYTON: Lefty McFadden was the man who arranged the working agreement deal again with the NHL Boston Bruins&hellip;The Gems have lost their two big scorers Dunc Rousseau and Don Westbrooke to Springfield of the AHL but McFadden is confident replacements will be found for both of them&hellip;Lefty has added Jules Bouchard from Columbus by way of the draft and expects IHL fans will hear plenty from his rookie crop that includes such names as Howie Howdle, Clem Tremblay, Bob Roselle. Glen Siddall, Jack Borotsik and two new goalers&mdash;Gordie Kopp and Bob Ring. Kopp had a brief fling with Salt Lake of the WHL last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0868/3669141-1-eng-US/f0026-082.jpg" title="f0026-08" width="565" height="578"><figcaption class="caption-body">GLEN SIDDALL&hellip;New With Gems</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0962/3669134-1-eng-US/f0026-092.jpg" title="f0026-09" width="563" height="593"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB ROSELLE&hellip;Dayton Rookie</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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All-Time IHL Leaders Ramsay, Chalmers Back To Skate With New Look Of Hornets

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Fri. Oct. 16Toledo at FlintDes Moines ot MuskegonSat. Oct. 17Dayton at Port HuronDes Moines at Fort WayneFlint at MuskegonSun. Oct. 18Muskegon at Port HuronFort Wayne at FlintToledo at DaytonWed. Oct. 21Flint at DaytonPort Huron at ToledoMuskegon at Fort WayneFri. Oct. 23Dayton at FlintPort Huron at Des MoinesFort Wayne at Toledo<h3>FINAL 1969-70 STANDINGS NORTH DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01274/3669186-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="570" height="174"></div><h3>SOUTH DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02220/3669179-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="569" height="168"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0026-10" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1059/3669217-1-eng-US/f0026-102.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">LEO &lsquo;JERRY&rsquo; LAMOUREUX JR., left, is shown after signing his sixth contract with the Bridgeport, Conn., Home Oilers. GM-Coach PETE CORRENTY looks on approvingly. Son of the late Leo Lamoureux, he will also serve team as assistant coach.</figcaption></div>BRIDGEPORT&mdash;The Bridgeport Home Oilers welcomed veteran Leo &lsquo;Jerry&rsquo; Lamoureux Jr., back to the fold this season for a sixth term. Something new has been added since last year for Lamoureux. He will also act as the team&rsquo;s assistant coach to Pete Correnty, who doubles as head coach and general manager of the Oilers.The Bidgeport star is the son of the late Leo Lamoureux, who played in the NHL with the old Montreal Canadiens.The Oilers play independant games and will be start ing their 33rd season. In seven seasons under the guidance of Correnty, they have recorded 113 wins against 20 losses and skated to five ties.Also returning to the Oilers&rsquo; training camp will be Don Atamanchuk, Eno Kraft, Don Newman, Norm Ryder, Bob Veilleux, Paul Tanguay, Don Brassil, Dave Watts, Brian Molloy, Sam Gregory and ageless John Sherban, who was one of the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s top scorers with the famous New Haven CBS line of Yvan Chasle, Claude Boileau and Sherban.The Oilers, who average better than 2,000 fans per game, play at the new Wonderland of Ice on Saturday evenings. &#9632;

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Lamoureux Inks 6th Bridgeport Contract

<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div>MEDICINE HAT&mdash;Medicine Hat Tigers started from scratch when they joined the Western Canada League this year, and their initial adventures pointed to a disastrous season.First they opened training camp a week later than most teams. The reason: no ice in the new Medicine Hat Arena due to a faulty brine pump.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01258/3669255-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="260" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Brisson</figcaption></div>Then two chief prospects, Yvon Bilodeau and Ror Chipperfield, refused to report.Through it all, coach Jack Shupe kept digging and the early results have been impressive. Tigers scored after less than a minute in their first league game, and lost by only one goal to defending Western Division champion Edmonton. Steve McFarland, a dandy goaltending find, and Ernie Heinemann, a defenseman picked up from Calgary in the expansion draft, have been early season leaders.Medicine Hat rooters are looking to a big rivalry between their team and the Swift Current, Sask., Broncos. &ldquo;The conditions are ideal,&rdquo; says Phil Johnson, sports writer for the Medicine Hat News. &ldquo;The communities are close together and rivalries in other sports have existed for years.&rdquo;Elsewhere, Edmonton, with a rookie-filled lineup, has found early trouble finishing off scoring chances. But the return of big Doug Kerslake, the league&rsquo;s toughest forward, has made them the league&rsquo;s most aggressive team.Calgary has shown the early edge in the Western Division because of experience (Coach Scotty Munro had to deal veteran winger Brian Carlin to Medicine Hat to get within the league limit of four overage players).Swift Current is feeling the loss of its two big guns, 40-goal scorer Don Kozak who is now with Edmonton, and captrain-defenseman John Migneault.At Brandon, new coach Gerry Brisson is experiencing a painful rebuilding year, but fortunately Wheat City fans are among hockey&rsquo;s most patient.Flin Flon coach Pat Ginnell is back at the helm of the defending league champion Bombers after managing to turn down an attractive pro offer. From early results, the Bombers will again be tough although they won&rsquo;t likely duplicate last year&rsquo;s 42 victories.At Saskatoon, new coach Jackie McLeod is taking steps to make the Blades respectable. The team had only a dozen players for much of last season. This season, says McLeon, &ldquo;boys who play tor us have a big responsibility&hellip;to give the team a first-rate image both on and off the ice. Our whole program is aimed at being No. 1 in every possible way.&rdquo;Education is important to McLeod; he is not letting any boy sit around when not playing hockey. If a player does not attend school, he must either move into a technical program or begin work in a trade.Winnipeg Jets are feeling the loss of Henry Boucha, the 19-year-old American Indian who entered the U.S. army. He won&rsquo;t return until November at the earliest, and could be lost for the season.His future is up to the U.S. national team, which is working on an agreement with the army for use of their players. Boucha&rsquo;s mother says her son desperately wants to play in Winnipeg, but the decision will be up to Nationals&rsquo; coach Murray Williamson.Ernie (Punch) McLean is back as coach at Estevan, his retirement. vows last spring. McLean has apparently resolved the business pressures which threatened to force him out of hockey.At Regina, home of the league&rsquo;s other new entry, the Pats are playing in an arena that has undergone a niftyface-lifting. Club leader is big centre Larry Wright, who played last year with University of Minnesota at Duluth.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-02204/3669248-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="506" height="680"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACKIE McLEOD&hellip;No Idlers On Team</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Medicine Hat Impresses In WCHL Debut

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>NIAGARA FALLS&mdash;Predicting the outcome of any junior hockey league is as difficult as picking a winner in a nine-horse field of unraced two-year-old fil lies. However, just as in ra cing, there are always those who will take a chance.This year in the Ontario Hockey Association major Junior A League the defending Memorial Cup champion Mont real Canadiens, St. Catharines Black Hawks and Toronto Marlboros were rated by the &ldquo;experts&rdquo; as the teams to beat.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-03150/3669286-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="266" height="348"><figcaption class="caption-body">Paulin Bordeleau</figcaption></div>After less than a week of play those predictions look just a little shaky.The Canadiens needed a penalty shot goal to tie Ottawa 67s 4-4, the Black Hawks lost 6-5 in Peterborough, 4-3 in Ottawa before finally picking up their first win, a 5-3 decision at home against Kitchener Rangers.The Marlboros did win their opener by the unusual score of 11-10 but had to come from behind a 9-4 deficit in Niagara Falls before picking up the two points.In brief, it looks like another of those seasons when upsets are the rule rather than the exception in the 10-team OHA League.All teams have had early-season problems but Niagara Falls Flyers&rsquo; troubles would be enough to drive manager Hap Emms and his coaching son, Paul, to some other occupation.For the first time in 10 years the Flyers missed the playoffs in the 1969-70 schedule.Before Christmas the Emms father-son duo saw the writing on the wall and decided to write off the season and start building for 1970-71.They either traded or released almost all their older players and concentrated on giving experience to l6 and 17-year-olds.The new squad was to be built around defenseman Larry Sacharuk, 17-year-old native of Saskatoon who was brought in when one of the Flyers decided to give up Junior A hockey and accept a scholarship in a United States University.Many felt that Sacharuk was the most promising defenseman since Bobby Orr left Oshawa Generals to join the Boston Bruins.However Sacharuk, for reasons which have not been clarified, refused to report to the Flyers this season and has been working out with the Saskatoon team in the Western Canada Junior League.Latest word from the west is that Sacharuk absolutely refuses to join the Flyers, leaving a gaping hole on their defense.As if this wasn&rsquo;t enough, the Flyers drafted Paulin Bordeleau from Montreal Canadiens and he too has refused to play in Niagara Falls.Bordeleau, younger brother of Jean-Paul and Christian Bordeleau who went from the Junior Canadiens to professional hockey, was allowed to play in Montreal under the stipulation that he would become a free agent at the end of the 1969-70 season.OHA Junior A rules forbid transferring players until they are 17 years of age and Bordeleau was granted special permission to move from his home in Noranda to Montreal for one year, then be open to the draft of midget-aged players.As the last place team in 1969-70 the Flyers had first draft choice and immediately took Bordeleau.The 16-year-old reported to the Falls camp, stayed two days, then left for home and hasn&rsquo;t been heard from since.Last season he was one of the most talented rookies in Canadian Junior A hockey and played a part in the Canadiens&rsquo; winning their second successive Memorial Cup.The only course left open to Hap Emms in the Bordeleau case is to make some type of trade with the Canadiens&mdash;the team with which he obviously wants to play.Meanwhile two of the most gifted teen-agers in the country are on the sidelines and the Flyers are forced to go with mainly untried rookies. &#9632;

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Player Woes Strike Flyers As Top Hopes Bolt Niagara

<h2>ONTARIO MAJOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-04117/3669324-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg" title="f0027-04" width="579" height="377"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Oct. 6Kitchener 1 at Hamilton 3Thu. Oct. 8Ottawa 1 at Peterborough 5Fri. Oct. 9Ottawa 5 at Niagara Falls 7London 1 at Kitchener 6Sat. Oct. 10Montreal 4 at Oshawa 3Sun. Oct. 11Peterborough 4 at London 3Niagara Falls 0 at Ottawa 6Hamilton 6 at St. Catharines 7Toronto 4 at Kitchener 4<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Mon. Oct. 12London at PeterboroughToronto at OshawaTue. Oct. 13Montreal at St. CatharinesNiagara Falls at HamiltonThurs. Oct. 15Oshawa at PeterboroughFri. Oct. 16Montreal at Niagara FallsKitchener at OttawaSun. Oct. 18Niagara Falls at St. CatharinesToronto at LondonPeterborough at OshawaKitchener at MontrealTues. Oct. 20St. Catharines at HamiltonOttawa at OshawaThurs. Oct. 22Niagara Falls at PeterboroughFri. Oct. 23St. Catharines at KitchenerMontreal at TorontoPeterborough at Niagara FallsOshawa at London<h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0592/3669317-1-eng-US/f0027-052.jpg" title="f0027-05" width="577" height="371"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thur. Oct. 8St. Jerome 7, Cornwall 4Drummondville 5, Rosemont 4Sherbrooke 4, Sorel 2Fri. Oct. 9Quebec 6, Drummondville 2Shawinigan 7, Sorel 3Sherbrooke 6, Rosemont 4Three Rivers 6, Verdun 4Sun. Oct. 11Rosemont 2, Three Rivers 2Verdun 5, Sorel 2Drummondville 6, Cornwall 3Shawinigan 5, Sherbrooke 3Quebec 8, St. Jerome 3 &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY SPENCE CONLEY</div>OAKLAND&mdash;Bob Sneddon may be the most important of the Oakland Seals&rsquo; newcomers.A lank 26-year-old goalkeeper who figures to win the backup job to Gary Smith this season, Sneddon demonst rated during training camp that he&rsquo;s got what it takes to play in the National Hockey League.But that&rsquo;s mostly because coach Fred Glover decided to take the time to teach the former Springfield netminder to stay on his feet and be more conscious of the shooting angles around the stoal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-01121/3669362-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="289" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ernie Hicke</figcaption></div>Glover is certainly a man who knows the shooting angles, too. One look at his playing record will attest to that.Sneddon and Glover both feel that if ever there was a time for Bob to make it in the bigs, that time is now.The Seals had a half-dozen goalies in camp when training began in the middle of last month. But&hellip;Ray Gibbs, a draftee with some potential, wrecked a knee and had to undergo surgery. Chris Worthy, who had spent some time as a backup man two seasons ago, just lost his touch and his confidence and subsequently went back home to Seattle after refusing to report to Providence of the AHL. Ross Brooks, a new face from the Reds&rsquo; organization, isn&rsquo;t ready yet.So, almost by default, but more because he seemed to have the ability, Sneddon moved into the No. 2 spot behind Smith.&ldquo;We&rsquo;d like very much to have Bob as our backup man this season,&rdquo; explains general manager Frank Selke. &ldquo;But he&rsquo;s the property of Providence and we&rsquo;ve got to make a deal to get him. We aren&rsquo;t sure just what we&rsquo;d be willing to give up to get him, nor are we really certain at this point just what Providence wants.&ldquo;There is little question, however, that Sneddon is ready. He&rsquo;s come along very well.&rdquo;Sneddon has always found himself in a rather bad position in his pro career. When he was with Cnicago, he was faced with the impossible task of trying to displace either Glenn Hall or Denis Dejordy. And later, when he joined the L.A. Kings, it was a case of beating out Gerry DesJardins or Wayne Ratledge. And in both cases, Sneddon never got much of a look.But now, things are changing. He&rsquo;s in an organization which needs strong backup goaltending. The Seals lost veteran Charlie Hodge to Vancouver in the expansion draft and Worthy just wasn&rsquo;t up to it.Other newcomers will figure prominently into the Seals operation this season, as well. Gary Croteau, picked up from Detroit in the June draft, has won a job at left wing; so has Ernie Hicke, brother of Billy; and so has centerman Dennis Hextali.Figuring that the Seals will complete a deal for Sneddon with Providence, both he and Smith will be the goalkeepers at season&rsquo;s start.Here&rsquo;s how the club figured to line up for the new season opener in Detroit:Goal-Sneddon and Smith.Defense&mdash;Harry Howell and Carol Vadnais, Doug Roberts and Ron Stackhouse, and Wayne Muloin, not necessarily in those pairings, however.Forwards&mdash;wings Ernie and Bill Hicke with center Ted Hampson; Gary Jarrett and Gerry Ehman with Earl Ingarfield; Gary Croteau and Norm Ferguson with Dennis Hextall. Tony Featherstone and Joe Hardy are the spares.SEAL NOTES: Bert Marshall will be able to join the club in about a month&hellip;he&rsquo;s had the cast removed on his fractured left wrist (a late-season injury last year) and has been skating in Oakland&hellip;Center Mike Laughton won&rsquo;t be ready until the first of the year&hellip;he&rsquo;s recovering from knee surgery (a training camp injury traced back to a problem he had four years a go when he broke into the pros with Victoria of the WHL&hellip;the Seals had a 6-3 record, the most recent win a 3-2 victory over Providence, which required a three-goal second period to accomplish. They lost 3-1 to Philadelphia in their final game to end up 4-3-0 against NHL clubs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0284/3669355-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="548" height="750"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB SNEDDON&hellip;Ready For Biq Time</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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October 23, 1970

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